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"Take Back the Night," an annual
event to ptotest violence against
women, held its kickoff on Thursday
Sept. 5. For the whole story, see
page 3.
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September 15, 1998
Calendar
Crime Reports 7
Recess 8
Classifieds/Horoscopes/Comics 11
Sports 12
Viewpoint 16
Fraternities claim DPS has Metro United Way
increased visits to houses receives funding
• Tau Kappa Epsilon president says
routine DPS visits to fraternity houses
are an .I invasion of privacy'
keys, and they don't give a rea­son.
I guess they are looking for
underage drinkers. It's annoy­ing,
that someone would come
in every night assuming that
you were doing something
wrong."
going out to find something."
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"It's never been like this, and
I'm a senior this year," Shutte
said.
DPS Lt. Tom Fitzgerald1said
the patrols are nothing out of
By Brian Kehl the ordinary.
Contributing Writer
Two University of Louisville
fraternities say the Department
of Public Safety has been too ag­gressive
with its patrols on Fra­ternity
Row.
"They come into our living
room twice a night, four or five
nights a week, with no excuse,"
Kane said. "These visits are on
nights when we don't have par­ties,
and don't have noise com­plaints.
They don't give an ex­cuse.
They walk around looking
for under-age drinking."
Bot,h fr.aternities had stu­dents
cited for alcohol posses­sion
by a minor o~ Aug. 22 and
Bridgette Pregliasco, assistant
vice president for Student Life,
said the incidents may have led
to increased patrols.
"We have what we call a flex
platoori. We've had it on or off
for the last four or five years,"
he said. "The primary empha­sis
is to be on or around all stu­dent
complexes during evening
hours. It depends on the man­Patrick
Kane, president of power we have available."
Tau Kappa Epsilon, and Greg
Schutte, president of Phi Kappa
Tau fraternity, both say that DPS
visits their fraternities regularly
and without cause.
Schutte agreed.
"DPS has· been in here (the
Phi Kappa Tau house) just
about every night," Schut.te
said. "They have their own
But Kane said the visits from
DPS have occurrecd since the
first week of school.
"I have never seen DPS come
over here this frequently," Kane
said. "It's almost like they're
Statistics show that 18 people
were arrested last year for .alco­hol-
related infractions, when . _ • • : .-.. • ·;s .· _),' ;.,i~r- ~ ·~.:;, .,.: , . , · ~-«··, _ .
Chilq'ren from: a day care sponsotEkl by United Way sing
a song at the U of L luncheon held on Wednesday Sept.
9, at the University Club
See DPS, page 14
A Scream of an event By Amy Grimes
Assistant News Editor
of the Innoc,ents, one of over
100 United Way agencies.
Even though the Univer­sity
of Louisville raised over
$260,000 last year in support
of Metro United Way, some
may find the faculty and staff
working even harder this
year to increase that number.
A personal donation of a
few dollars may not seem
like it could affect their goal,
much less help those in need;
however, in the case of Metro
United Way, every dollar
matters.
Thanks to fund-raisers by
Metro United. Way, Karen
Napolilli, a recent U of L fac­ulty
member, and her hus­band
Bob are able to live a
easier life with the reas,sur­ance
that their son, Robby,
can be properly taken care of
each day. From birth, 15-
year-old Robby has suffered
from a brain disorder un-en­abling
him to speak, hear, or
even comprehend.
"Long ;;lgo I gave up hope
seeing Robby going to the
prom or waiting at the alter
for his bride," Bob Napolilli
said. "However I still have
high hopes for Robby. I hope
Robby can learn how to walk.
I hope Robby can learn how
to swim. Mostly, I hope that
Robby enjoys the quality of
life."
On Wednesday, Sept.9,
the U of L hosted its annual
fund-raising kick~££ lun­cheon
in support of Metro
United Way.
The com:Dlunity of U of L
exceeded their goal of
$210,000 last year by $21;000.
This year, the university's
goal has increased by 10 per­cent
of last year's earnings ..
Josh Duglin
Students gathered on the West Lawn outside of the Student Activities Center for the "Great College Drive-in movie,"
Complete with blankets and snacks, students viewed the movie Scream II. This drive-in event was sponsored by the
Student Activites Board on Tuesday Sept. 8. See Recess, page 8, for the whole story.
Two years ago, th,e
N apolilli' s son 'became to big
for them tQ care for properly
at home. Since then, he has
been admitted to the Home
"Let's reach deep into our
pockets,'' co-chairperson of
the U of L/United Way steer­ing
committee Jay Dholakia
said. ':We are here because
we give - ~ith that in mind,
I'm sure we can meet our <I ..
new goal of $231,000.'~
Last year, not only were,
See UNITED, page 14 .
Arts and Sciences student
council seeks non-greeks
By Rachel Edwins
Contributing Writer
With applications due Sept.18, and vot­ing
to be held Sept. 22 and 23 in the Student
Activities Cente~ the Arts and Sciences Stu­dent
council elections are almost under way
at the University of Louisville.
Almost all of the different colleges and
schools around campus are holding elec­tions,
such as the College of Business and
Public Administration, Speed Scientific
SchooL and the fields on the Health Sciences
Campus.
The A & S student
senate member or even to an executive mem­be~"
Ramsey said. "This year we really want
a more efficient, effective and very pro-ac-tive
council."
There are 20 seats available for students
interested in pursuing them. There are six
seats for freshman and sophomore students
and eight seats open between the junior and
senior class.
To become anA&S council member a stu­dent
must maintain a 2.0 grade point aver­age,
and be under the maximum hours for
each academic level Freshmen should be un-der
thirty hours,
council is hoping to
draw more interest
from non-greek stu­dents.
"Before the coun­cil
was mostly made
up of greek stu­dents,"
Tonya
Ramsey, A & S stu­dent
council vice
HThis year we really want a
more efficient, effective and
very pro-active counciJ."
sophol;Ilores
under sixty
hours, and jun­ior
and seniors
must have over
sixty hours.
-Tanya Ramsey,
A & S Council Vice President
Ramsey said
that council re­sponsibilities
will include be-president
said. "We
would like for more non-greek student's
voices to be heard."
Promoting academic and extracurricular
life, the student council is a way for every
type of student to become involved at U of
L.
"It is also a way to move up within the
council itself from a regular member, to a
ing on a com­mittee
within
the council, attending one meeting a month,
and representing all students in A & S.
The Speed Scientific School, is one of the
other schools that is holding its elections that
week. According to Katie Lindle, the Speed
School Council public relations director, the
See STUDENT, page 14
Voter drive first project of Political
Issue Committee, plans more eyents
By Michael A. Tynan
News Editor
Unregistered voters beware!
Student government is launching a
campaign to find students who either
have yet to register to vote or are resi­dents
who are registered to vote in the
district of their permanent address.
Jason French, the Student Govern­ment
SAFE (student advocate for edu­cation)
director, is taking on this task
as a part of his duties as SAFE director.
French said the voter drive is an ef­fort
to strengthen student awareness in
politics in a "rock the vote" manner.
"You can register from now until
Oct. 5," he said.
The Oct. 5 deadline is due to regula­tions
that allow citizens to' register up
unti128 days before the Nov. 2 election
day.
"We'll set up booths around cam­pus,"
French said. "(Booths) will be set
up in resident halls and in the (Student
Activities Center)."
French added that the SGA offices
located on the 3rd floor of the SAC will
be a spot where students can register.
"(By) making SGA (offices) a regu­lar
site," French said, "students will
able to register year-round."
French said that resident students
not from Jefferson Co. who are registerd
in the district of their permanent address
can use this opportunity to register in
Je.ffersoil Co., this will allow the students
to begin voting for candidates and on is­sues
that effect them, rather than voting
via absentee ballot in elections that they
may not necessarily be as informed about.
"This will allow the student to vote in
elections that are effecting them," French
said.
French said this drive is a part of a Po­litical
Issues Committee (PIC) that he
has just started; it had its first meeting last
Thursday.
"(We) want to be pro-active in voting
and in politics," French said. He said
that this new PIC, which will meet regu­larly
in the'SAC, will not only take on
political issues, but will . also take on
projects that are oriented with outside
corporations or sponsors, such as UPS
and Papa John's.
PIC is a new idea spawned by French
that the SAFE director usually isn't a part
of.
"This is an ad hoc committee," he said.
"Because this isn't an assembly year (in
Frankfort), there isn't a lot of lobbying
work as (there is) when the (Kentucky)
general assembly is in session."
He said that, because the SAFE direc­tor
is the student representative in Frank­fort,
and because of the lack of lobbying
required this year, the extra time left·him
with more projects to sponsor.
SGA President Jon Jageman said
had encouraged French to take the
SAFE director position into a new
angle, making it more of a on campus
oriented staff position, rather than the
strict Frankfort lobbying that has been
in the focus in the past.
Jageman said that the PIC was one
of the ideas that spun off from the idea
of expanding the SAFE director posi­tion.
Jageman said that although the
PIC's goals are still vague, he is opti­mistic
about what it can do.
"It is looking into researching the
metro-college as one of the first jobs,"
Jageman said.
.French said he sees this· PIC as a new
way to get younger students to get their
foot into Student Government's door.
"We think this is a good opportu­nity
for a lot of younger students who
haven't been involved in SGA, to get
involved," French said.
Mary Vetter, a freshman political
science and communications major, is
one student who is looking to get in­volved
in SGA and is using the PIC
to do so.
"(The first) meeting was informa­tive,"
she said. "We're looking to get
more of the campus involved." ·
The PIC will have its next meeting on
Sept.15at4p.m.inroom314oftheSAC.
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