Vol. 60, No. 24 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
U of L to appeal
NCAA's ruling
against Morton
By JODY DEMLI G
taff Wntcr
mver\lly of LoUtwillc official'
have dectdcd I hey "til appeal a a­tiona!
ollegiate Athletic A;, ocia ­IIOn
ruling whtch prohobll' Central
HtghSchool\ D"ayne Morton from
playmg tor the ardmal;,.
The CAA ruled of L gained an
unfa ir recruotmg adv<tntage through
a ov 6 mecllntt between of L
c:oach Denny Crum and Motion',
mother and hi' htgh ,chool coa h
R.olph John,on
Morton. :1 top candtdatc for Ken­lucky
·, Mr Ba,kctball. wa,dcclarcd
tnchgohlc becttu'c the mec11ng oc·
currcd wlthtn the AA ·' dc.1d
pcnod. the 4X hour' pnor tot he offi
cwl \lgmng period in which recruit ­er\
may make no per,onal contact
wtth recruit\ or thetr fam the\.
Janet M. Ju<;IU\. N AA director of
ehgtbtllty. \atd the voolatoon. no
maner ho~» 'eriou'>, was commined
by U of L and for that rca,on the
Univer"IY i' being puni'>hed.
"The violatiOn wa; commined by
the imtt lutoon ttnd part of the dcco ­\
IOn " to penali1e the in\lllullon,"
Ju,tu" '>ttid. " II i' agatn>t the in'>litu­lton
becau'e of the contact they ob­tamed
with the recruit. Becau e of
that, they \hould not have that player
playing for them."
Ray Y'>lrand. dean of the School
of Education nnd a\'>i>lanl to the
Pre'\ident for alhlctic'>. <oaid the ni­ver,
ity will appeal the dcct 'iion and
1ry 10 get Monon' <; cligilili1y rein ­'
latcd.
"The AA 'cnt u' a lener that
denied Dwayne 's eligibility."
Y'>lrand <,aid. " II i' now our inten ­t
ton to appeal to the CAA eligibil ­tl)
commtllee atthos point."
y.arand \aid the Univer\ily i., un­happy
with the ruling.
" II wa;, not the re.,ult we wanted
and that i~ why we are going to ap­peal
it ... he ~aid.
The niver~it y will go over all
malter\ in 1he
ca;,e. y>lrand
;,aid. and then give
lhe NCAA a rc·
\p<Jn'>COil I he >iiU ­aliOn.
"We will re­view
all I he notes
and the leuer
(from the NCAA)
and prepare a writ-
Morton ten respon'>e." he
\aid. "II i;; to my
under;tanding
they"' 111 hold a phone hearing and allow
people Ill prc;cnt more ev1dence to
them."
Ju,lu' '><~id 11 the Univer,lly goe\
through '"'h the appeal the AA eli ­gtbilily
commtucc will make the deci ­'
ion on whether or not to rein~late
Morton·~ eligibility.
" If 11 "'"he>. the niver~ity can ap­peal
to the Divhion l eli gibi lity commit ­tee:
· 'he \a id. "That it it happens. it
would be ~ome thin g for David Berst
( CAA Enforcement Director) to ad­dre,
s.
" If they appeal it. the eligibtlity com­mince
would call a conference. hear the
hearing and malo.e a final decision to give
10 the Untver\i ty."
Justu5 \aid appeal\ have been won in
the past but would not say anything
more on Lou i> vi lie·' case.
"There are time> when the comminee
overturn'> decis ion'> after appeals," ~he
;,aid. "But I will not comment on any­thing
e l~e until I see what happen.,."
ymand said only that the University
"ill try its hardest 10 win the appeal.
"I really can't comment on what we
are going 10 say. but frankly we are
going to make the stronge>l case pos­'>
ible.'' he ;.aid.
When seve ral other Univer,ity ofti­ctab
were a'>ked to comment on the
'>i tuation. they had the same reaction.
Pre>idcnl Donald C. Swain had no
comment. a; did Tom Lyons. University
coun~el.
A1hletic' director Bill Olsen said he
would not comment on the maner "until
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MARCH 8, 1990 14 PAGES AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Harmon eligible
Jerome Harmon, U of
L's leading scorer, has
been declared elgible for
the Metro Conference
Tournament.
See atory, Page 10
I can ;ec what happens ...
Crum ~atd he would have to walt
until the Untversity i' through loolo. ­ing
at the ca>e before he make" any
co mment ~ .
"It ' ;, \omething the Uni ver\ily is
inve'iligallng. When the proper au­thoritie'
arc fini~hed. then we'll de­tennine
our game plan ...
The ruling will not affect Crum's
$1 million bonus promised to him by
the University if he ran a clean pro­gram
for I 0 years.
·• o. because this is not a maner
before the CAA Infraction\ Com­mince...
ystrand s:tid. "Thi'" not a
maller in which the ruver\lty b
beingpenali1ed forthc' iolation. This
is a mallerthatdea ls with theeligibi l­ity
of a student -athlete."
The per;on who will suffer mo~t
from the ruling i> Morton. Justu' sa id
the CAA ·s intent is not to hurt
Morton but to >how U ofL it need~ 10
watch what they are doing.
" II does affect the young man but it
is meant to be a penally again\! the
institution ." she said. "Because of
this we hope in turn the institution
will paycloseranention in the future.
ystrand said the University will
;,lay within NCAA guidelines.
"We want to do our best to obey
the rules,·· he ·aid. "What happened
here was inadvertant. There was no
intent to break the rules."
SGA requests input from the campus
by placing nine suggestion boxes
By BE J.TALBOTTIII
taft-Writer
When \ludcnh return from Spring
Brealo.. they will find nine ;,mall but
potentially unportant addition\ to cam­pus.
red and bl:1 1-. tudcnt oovernmenl
A>sociauon \ugge.,tion bo xe~.
If they want to complain. compliment
or simply comment. students can find
the bo~es in Threlkeld Hall . Unitas
Tower. Univer;,ityTower.Cardinalllall.
Bingham Humanities. Davidson Hall.
the Health Science's Library. Burnham
Hall on Shelby Campus and the Medical
and Dental Apartments.
" lf astudenthasacon emanddoesn't
have time 10 stop by the GA office.
then he can u\e the '>ugge;tion box," .. aid
Bub Abraham. outreach coordinator for
SGA. "Whether the sugge,lion be posi­tive
or negative.
"I hope the bo~c<; wi ll tmprove com­munication
hetwecn 'tudenl\ and SGA.
That i<o our ultimate goal." he ' :ud.
Student\ may ,auffthe boxes wi th any
sort of paper. Abraham >aid. becau\c a
fom1al , Jip o<on 't provided. " I'm 'ure
we' ll be receiving a lot of M & M
wrapper'> though.'' he \aid.
Abraham wi ll look oven he re;pon,es
weekly before bringing them up at SGA
staff meetings. said Tim Haggerty, SGA
exec utive vice president.
If the \ugge,tion deals w11h a campus
office or an admini strator. then Abra­ham
will pursue it. Haggerty said.
"If a \ludelll ha\ a financial aid prob­lem.
Bob will go to financial aid and see
if he can do anything." he l>aid. " But the
problem has to be legitimate."
llaggcrty \aid the idea of the sugges­tion
box came up when the current SGA
officer' were running for election. After
they decided where to place the boxes.
SG hired Phystcal Plant to butld and
in:.tallthem.
Students remain cautions but hopeful
that the boxes can bring about change.
Jenny Donnelly, a freshman majoring
in chemical engineering who lives
in Cardinalllall.said "Theoretically it is
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STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC CURRIER
The University of Louisville's Student Government Association is
hoping to get feedback from students by placing suggestion boxes.
a good idea. but it probably won 't be
sucessful because students won 'ttake it
seriously."
Troy Spran. a sophmore majoring in
chemical engineering. said that the sug­gestion'bolles
should have been installed
earlier.
"I think it is a step in the right direction
but by the time our suggestion b voiced
the school year will be over. Thil>l>hould
have been done long ago, at the begin­ning
of the fall semester:· Spmn said.
orley Everen. a "emor majori ng 111
political sc ience and an Art, and Sci­ences
\llldent se nator. agreed.
"I feel the timing of the 'uggc,tion
box i' very curious becau'e they are
being put lflt nght before the upt'UITring
SGA election,," orlcy ~a id . "In addi ­tion
the Greek hou'>es arc being 'nubed.
on c ag:tin by \llldent government.
because no boxes are in any of those
student donm. II '!- as if their opi nion
doe;,n ·a muller ...
Senate panel charges that federal
financial aid program is in disarray
Bread for the World hopes to raise cash,
consciousness in global peace initiative
Collegiate Press ervice
WA II INGTO - The federal stu­dent
aid program is plagued by so much
fraud :md inefficiency that it no longer
works correctly, a Sena1e panel charged
earlier thi' month.
tution~ that have high default ratel..
"The report i~ oversimplifying a very
complex situation ." charged Hal Lewis.
financia l aid director at Coker ollegc
in Harts•illc, S.C. "The broad generali-
7ation doesn 't apply" to all campusc't.
Lewi" and other> say most oft he fraud
and inefficiency occur at trade schools.
cover default '>.
Dc\pitc the increa'e 111 defaulter,,
Martin said he believe' 1hat. "Ove rall
the vu\1 majority of >tudcnl' and in,titu ­tion'
are working hard und domg a good
job. It'' important tn gct tot he root oft he
problem. but don't give the ornprco.,ion
By Ml HAEL A. Ll DE BERGER that the whole \ystem " roncn."
taff Writer
A\ mtcmationul political ten'>ionsease
ahno't daily. many \OCial advocate;, in
thi' country are '!epping up lobbytng
effort' to catch Congre'' 's eye a' 11
ponder'> ho"' 10 \pend the "peace divt ­dend."
One group. Loui" illc Mc1ro Bread
for the World. wtll he pia) tng hoM 10 an
annuul"offering of kner'" alii' March
-0 "Harvest of Pe<tce" conference at
Bcllarmme College\ Pa'>teur Hall .
Conl'erenc:e 01 g;m11cr' hope to both
educate the clly· rc,tdenl a\ well a'
bombard Kentuck) \ LJ .• congrewnen
"'ith lcner' 'uppontng "Hane't of
Peace" legi,latton. "luch would re'olve
to tran\fcr btlloCIII'> from the dcfcn\e
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March 22 ..
budget 10 '>OCial programs like feedtng
1he hungry.
"I kno~>. I hi" \Ounds like a lot. but we
arc pu,hing for a 50 percent cut in mili ­tary
spending worldwide.'' said confer­ence
coordinator Pamela Mounce.
"Military '>pendmg and war are the
bigge'>l ca u\e~ of hunger in the world."
;he 'atd.
Keynote 'pea!..er Dr. Glen Stassen, a
nuclear ann, expert Wtlh the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, will,peak
on lm experience in East Germany and
.. are..- the need for ongre\s to cut the
dcfen'e budget.
"I ~»a' in ~:;,,, Gcnnay the day the
Wall came down.'' tu'>sen '>aid. "The
ll\crwheahning tmprc,sion wu' that
everythmg i' new. The whole world ha'>
changed dramattc:llly. What counts now
prev iew of the
M lro Tournament
See story, Page 8
is can we ... adjust 10 new realities'>
"What that means also i> we can uf­ford
to educate our people, to provide
medical insurance for the 37 million
people who need it and feed the hun­gry."
he \aid. "Even with all their prob­lems
and their poverty Ea'il Germany
ha\ been able 10 feed their hungry. There
is no reason why we can't."
The lener\ the group will ~end 10 the
sl:lte's congre;sional delegation will
have u dramtic effect. Mounce said.
"When a ongre;,.,man gets eight or
I 0 leners on the Mtme maner he \it\ up
and take' notice." Mounce \aid. "We
normally get hundred' of lener\ ...
"Bread For the World ha' had really
'ce GROUP
Page 2
"To date we have not found one area
that we have examined in the federal
student aid program<, that is operating
efficiently or effecti•ely," •aid a staff
statement at a hearing by the Senate's
pem1anen1 \Ubeommittee on inve>tiga­tion\.
The 'ubcomminee issued the state­ment
after compiling a report about the
\late of the program\.
" Despite lofty goal' and good inten­tiom.
of the 'tudent aid programs, hun­dred~
of million> of dollars are being
wa.aed or fraudulen tly obtained."
The re\ult of lht~ alleged waste "th:n
legitimme two-year and four-year ol­legc
'' utlenl\ ctthcrdo not receive enough
financtal aid dollars. or none at all.
In reply. campu., aid atlmi nl\trators
-.ay the Semue;,audy i'r too general, bl:un­ing
everybody rather than just the in,ti-
"We know that there are some prob­letm.
but defaults are often limited to a
~mall number who purport to be educa­tional
in,titutions. Many times the edu­cation
i\ inferior. and the student is not
properly trained to compete for a job."
•aid Dallas Mart tn.exccutive director of
the ational Assoc iation of Student
Fin:mcial Aid Administrator;,.
The Government Accounting Office
noted that Washington guaranteed $12
billion in loam. to >tudent;, in 1989. an
increa'>e ofR3 percent over the 7 billion
loaned m 1983. the la\1 year a cumte
'>lati'>tic'> were kept.
But the default rate during the \arne
time. '>aid GAO re\carcher Franklin
Fn11icr. rose by 33R percent. B) 1989.
36 out of every I 00 dollar' in the loan
program went not to student\. but to
Martin, lilo.e othel'\ in the :ud indu~try.
notes a particular problem with trade
schools, which are tor-profit program'
dedicated to teaching '>pecific trade, such
"'true!.. dnving, co,mctoccare ami den­cal
kill\.
The U.S. Dept. of Educ.umn. whtch
admintslel'\ m0\1 federal college pro­gmms.
C\timates that trade ' chool., ac­count
for 35 percent of the 'chool' par­ticipating
in the federal guaranteed .au­dent
loan program. hut for half the total
amount of loam. that are in default.
Marttn al\o thin!..' part of the problem
i-. that the Education Departmem. after
year' of hudget cutbaclo. '· no longer ha\
the fund' or the manpower to pohce ~ud
program' atle<juately.
A&S changes procedure for dropping a class
By CHARLES Me UE
taff Wntcr
If you dropped a cla\S in the ollege
of Art' and cience~ on March l . the last
day to do \0. you probably not iced I he
ab..ence of a few burden-.ome \lep' in
the prOCC'>'.
The new procedure for dropping a
class doe\n ·a retjuire the \ludentlo have
the '>ignature' of the in,tructor or an
advi\er.
" ow the 'tudenl\ come, we hand
them a Drop/Add fom1 . they fill it out
:md we proce,., 11." >Jid Tony Embry,
a..-i..aant director of regil>lration.
A~'rociatc dean for A&S Jim Caner,
who implemented the new procc"· '>aid
now it\ a lot ca\ier for the \tudenl\,
" II greatly \lreamhnc\ the proce..- in a
lot of way<• he \atd. "Both '>ignaturcs
were perfunctory.
"My perccptton wa., \tudcnt'i are
mo\tly inconvemcnced by all or lhi\,"
artcr 'aid the rea'>on behind the
advl\er'' '>ignature "unknown and wa'
~ CONP'ItRENCE
implemented at a time during a "\yl>lem
thut prednted" the computer,,
Thi~ new process abo reduce<, the
workload for advi sers and regi'>tration
employee~. Embry ;,atd.
"It made iteal.ieron u.,: it wa<,ju<ol a lot
fa,ter.'' he <omd.
ow the regi\lration office doesn 't
have to turn away \ludenl'> becau<,e they
don't have the nece\\ary \ignature,,
Embry ex plumed.
"Drop deadline' did not nece\\arily
comcide with the in,tructor''> office
hours." he '>aid.
"The ;,tudenh have 10 track down the
inwuctor and then go o•er and get the
adviser\ r>tgnature. ll 'ia'c' them a lot of
CXCC~'> \ICp\."
arter said \0 far the trimmed-down
drop proce'>'> ha'> been a \Uccc".
"Every bit ol fecdhack ha' been po'i ­tive
.'' he ~:lid.
Student Government A \\OCiation
Pre\ident Taru Wiggmgllln \;lid the new
proce-.. " kmda \hOws the niver\ity i'
gi•ing tudent. more rc'>pon\lbiluy."