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VOL. 70, NO. 25 14PAGES TilE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR Tiffi UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVlllE MARCH 10, 1998
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U of L stands to benefit from UPS expansio~~ .,
•University, along with Jefferson Community College and Kentucky Tech, will see increased enrollment through a special program ·
By Allen J, Heintzman
News Assignment Editor
and Michael A. Tynan
Assistant News Editor
The University of Louis­ville,
Kentucky Tech,
Jefferson Community College
and United Parcel Service,
have joined to create the Met­ropolitan
Scholars Program.
With the announcement of
UPS's opening of a mega­hub,
the Louisville-based
shipping company hopes to
better utilize Louisville's stu­dent
population in its work
force.
According to Ken Shapero,
spokesman for UPS in Louis­ville,
college students make
ideal workers.
"We have been working
with U of L and other area
Athletics has plans
for new sports park
.•Facilities to be located on Floyd Street
lots between Cardinal and Warnock
By J,J, Hysell
' Sports Editor
The University of Louis­ville
is planning for the future
of its athletics programs with
plans to build a modern sports
park facility on Belknap Cam­pus.
The design includes a na­tatorium,
a field house, and
possibly more practice fields.
It would be built on Floyd
Street in the parking lots be­tween
McDonald's restaurant
and Cardinal Boulevard.
Currently, U of L's swim
team uses an outdated pool in
Crawford Gym, and needs an
upgraded facility ·t0 comply
with Title IX regulations. Ac­cording
to Title IX, a federal
law that requires gender eq­uity
for schools that receive
federal funding, athletic fa­cilities
must meet certain
standards.
"It's obvious at this Univer­sity
that we need a swimming
facility, and that's something
we hope to get in the sports
park," U of LAthletics Direc­tor
Tom Jurich said. "I think
a natatorium is a must here for
our swimming program."
U of L's track and field and
soccer programs will also
benefit from a proposed com­bined
track and soccer sta­dium
that would seat upwards
of 2,000 people. It would re­semble
the track that fellow
Conference USA school
UNC-Charlotte recently built.
"This will be an all­weather,
all-purpose, top-of­the-
line track," Associate Ath­letic
Director Mike Pollio
said.
According to Pollio, the es­timated
cost of the track sta-dium
is around $2 million ,
the field house $15-20 mil­lion,
and the natatorium $35
million.
Pollio said the sports park
is more than just an added
benefit for Louisville athlet­ics
- it is a way to improve
the image of an urban camp~s.
"It's like having a beauti­ful
house with a hundred cars
parked in front of it," he said.
"That is why this sports park
is so critical, not only for our
student body to use it, but for
the image. If we build a sports
park, this will be the best ur­ban
campus in America."
Jurich said the benefits of
the park would reach far be­yond
just the athletic depart­ment.
"I'd like to have a facility
that the University can use as
well as (atheletics) can use,"
he said. "Intramurals could
use it, alumni could use it for
functions, and we could use it
for practice times. The com­munity
could use it for events
like maybe Pop Warner foot­ball,
or track. It's a win-win
situation."
When asked for an esti­mated
completion time on the
project, Pollio said,
"A.S.A.P."
In the interim, Pollio has
proposed erecting a "bubble"
facility on campus. A bubble
is an all-purpose astroturf
field with a durable cover
overhead.
According to Pollio,
bubbles can last 10-20 years
and the estimated cost is $1
to 1.5 million.
The bubble would be used
for athletic practices,
See NEW, page 16
This bubble, located at Augsburg College In Minnesota, is similar
to a bubble proposed by U of L's Assistant Athletic Director Mike
Pollio pending completion of the new sports park.
Next Issue On Stands March 24
Due to Spring Break next week, The Louisville Cardi­nal
will not publish an edition next week. The Cardi­nal
wishes everyone a safe Spring Break and will
resume its publication schedule on Tuesday, March 24.
colleges since the opening of
the Louisville hub in 1981 ,"
Shapero said. "At the time
there were only about 250 em­ployees
and the vast majority
of them were college students.
A lot of those people are in
management now."
U of L Provost Carol Gar­rison
agrees with Shapero
about the opportunity for Uni­versity
students.
"Basically,. this is an exit­ing
opportunity for the Uni­versity,
the students, and the
city," Garrison said.
She said that because of the
placement of the mega-hub in
Louisville, UPS will use U of L
workers for the nighttime
shift.
The problem for many stu­dents
is attending morning
and early afternoon. classes
after working night shifts at
UPS. Through this new pro­gram,
U of L and UPS offi­cials
hope to alle"viate the
problem.
Shapero said UPS will of­fer
students a part-time em­ployment
plan with benefits
and opportunities for ad­vancement.
UPS said it will
also provide financial su.p­port.
U of L's celebration of Women's .
History Month continues ...
Who are these five women, and why are they wearing the same dress?
Photo ,courtesy of John Fitzgerald
Five Women Wearing the ~Same Dress, which opens March 11 in the Thrust Theatre and runs
through March 15, stars (c:lockwlse from top left) Diane Stretz-Thurmond, Cheryl L. Kaplan,
Melissa J. Kenney, Sharon Kinnison and Taryn Hansen. See story in C3 , page 8.
Other Women's History Month events inside news:
The first speaker in the
Minx Auerbach Lectme
Series was author Barbara
Ehrenreich, who visited
Belknap Campus on March
4. To learn more about both
Ehrenreich and the new lecture
series, see page 4.
Also, "Connecting with our
Legacy: Kentucky's Early
Women Lawyers," a multimedia
display featuring the faces and
voices of 20 women who
entered the legal profession
between 1925 and 1958,
opens March 11 in the Law
Library. For a sneak preview,
see page 4.
"UPS will help people who
might not have had the oppor­tunity
in the past to attend col­lege,"
Shapero said.
Garrison said tbere are
other aspects that should also
draw students to UPS.
"Not only does UPS pro­vide
reasonable pay, but they
also offer many attractive
See Uof L, page 16
School of
Medicine
• receives
$10 million
. By John Friedlein
Staff Writer
The $10.3 million the Uni­versity
of Louisville School of
Mepicine is scheduled to re­ceive
this year from Universi~
Medical Center, Inc. is onlf
part of the picture. · J
The total promised mone~
from UMC - an. alliance qf
Jewish Hospital, Alliant Health
System, and U of L-adds up
to about $33 million. UM~
took over the hospital when Cq­lumbia/
HCA Healthcar~
dropped its sponsorship of Uni­versity
Hospital.
"They are a much better rev­enue
source than Hum ana ... no
question," said Dr. Donald
Kmetz, outgoing dean of the
School of Medicine.
Why such a big boost in
funding from UMC?
"We want an integrated Lou­isville
Medical Center," said
Ken Marshall, UMC 's direc­tor
of marketing and public re­lations.
"When UMC and U of
L were in negotiations, we felt
there needed to be support to
build research programs anCI
develop faculty at the school.
It doesn't make sense to either
compete with or shut out one
organization - synergy is the
key part."
A(ter Columbia's departure,
the medical school reached a
three-year agreement with
UMC,' which calls for a series
of two, separate guaranteed
payments, according to Kmetz.
The first total of about $25 mil-.·
lion ($8.3 million a year) comes
from all three entities in UMC.
See UMC, page 16
Award presented by U of L Trustees view.ed
as 'highest honor' for faculty members .,
By Amy Grimes
Staff Writer
The University of Louisville
Board of Trustees is extending
the deadline for acceptance of
applications for the Trustees'
Award to March 16.
The Trustees' Award is "an
award for faculty members who
have made an extraordinary irn­pact
oo students," said Karen
· Howe, assistant secretary to the
board.
"Because of the achievements
and high standing of the previ­ous
winners, the Trustees Award
is now viewed as the highest
award that can be given to a U of
Lfaculty member," board mem­ber
Ulysses Bridgeman, Jr., said
in a recent letter concerning
nominations for the award.
Nominations for the Trustees'
Award can be made by anyone,
including students, faculty, staff
and members of the community.
The recipient of the award is pre-
Exhibit Opens At The Hite Institute
Allen R. Hite Art Institute annual student ar-t, exhibi-tion
will be on display this week and is dedicated to
Michael Laswell. For some of the displays and more
on the exhibit, see the C3 article on page 8.
sented with $5000 and a com­memorative
plaque.
"The only (limitations) are
that the nomination must be for
a faculty member, you can't
nominate yourself, and you can't
win the award two years in a
row," Howe said. "A full or part­time
faculty member can be
nominated."
Howe said a group of students
can nominate a faculty member;
or a student can nominate a group
of faculty members
The Board of Trustees
founded the award in 1989 to
·recognize faculty members at U
ofL.
"(The board) wanted to recog­nize
the contributions of the fac­ulty
in a tangible way - to show
them that they are appreciated,"
Howe said.
Philosophy professor John
Flodstrom receiyed the Trustee_s'
Award in 1992.
See STAFF, page 16
Women's Hoops Gets NCAA Invitation
The University of Louisville women's basketball team
was forced to wait until the last set of brackets before
learning its fate. The Cardinals received an at-large bid
and will play Utah in the first round on March 14. For
the team's reaction, see the Sports article on page 12.