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The McConnell Scholar's
program is searching for a
new director. The position will
now be an endowed chair at
the University. For all the
details, see page 3.
SGA campaign
period lengthened
By Brian Kehl
Staff Writer
The University of Louisville's Stu­dent
Government Association elec­tions
have undergone two major
changes in an ef-fort
to streamline
the elections pro­cess.
The Elections
Committee has
discarded the
old Belknap de­bate
format, in
which candi­dates
discussed
issues during
Barnes
lunch in the Student Activities Center
cafeteria. Instead, the March elections
will feature an hour-long debate in the
Floyd Theatre. In addition, the cam­paign
period was lengthened from
seven to 10 days.
In years past, candidates would
meet at an appointed time and field
questions in the SAC cafeteria. This
year's debates are scheduled for Feb.
18 in the Floyd Theatre and will" gen­erate
more interest and be conducted
in a more appropriate forum," said
Michelle Clemons, the associate direc­tor
for Student Life.
The forum was changed to a more
structured format so that more stu­dents
who were interested could be
exposed to the candidates, Clemons
said. She said that more students may
have been reached in the cafeteria, but
that they might not have been entirely
focused. This year the students will not
hear questions and answers between·
bites of food, but will be able to focus
more on the proceedings without dis­traction.
Chad Barnes, head of the Elections
Committee, said each of the candidates
for the four SGA executive positions
will be allowed 15 minutes for' debate.
After the initial question is asked, all
candidates will be allowed a rebuttal,
and the first candidate will be allowed
a response. The last half hour of the
debate will be spent with candidates
See SGA, page 16
January 26, 1999
Crime Reports 5
Recess 8
Comics 10
Classifieds/Crossword 1 1
Sports 12
Viewpoint 14
. Photo by Nina r.r.,im,l:
1997 Southern States Swimmer of the Year Melodie Dickerson, a U of L senior, won the 200-yard freestyle
and the 200 fly and was a member of the winning 40D-medley relay team at their meet against Evansville on
Saturday in the Crawford Pool. Also, Eric Whitlatch (not pictured) was named the 1998 Southern States
Independent Swimmer of the Year. For more meet results, see Sports, page 12
Owsley plans to keep lots
open as long as possible
By Michael A. Tynan
News Editor
The fences are up, the gravel ·
has been removed, and Univer­sity
of Louisville students know
that signs that say "Coming in
February" mean that the nearly
2,000 parking spots located in the
Green lots across from the Stu­dent
Activities Center will soon
be gone to make way for Cardi­nal
Park.
Owsley said the best interests
of students will be considered at
every step of the process.
"My objective is to keep that
lot open as long as possible,"
Owsley said. "I don' t want to
close that lot before I have to."
Owsley's p lan is to offer a
shuttle system that will transport
students from the Papa John's
Cardinal Stadium parking lots to
various campus locations
throughout the day. Owsley said
he is working with bids on a sys­tem
to be run by the Transit Au­thority
of River City or another
firm .
Owsley
plan" is to d evelop the shuttle
system and use it as "a major
parking mechanism."
Photo by Dan Spaulding
The Floyd Street parking lots will remain open until construction. is expected to begin in mid­February.
The over 2,000 parking spots will be replaced wi~h the Cardinal Park sports facility.
"We're going to open bids next
Tuesday on (the construction of)
Cardinal Park," said Larry
Owsley, Vice President for Fi­nance
and Administration said.
"(But) it will be three or four
weeks before we award a con­tract,
and we won't be closing the
lot until we be&!n construction,
and right now it looks like that
will be around mid-February."
He said that information on the
shuttle parking is tentative, but
more information will be pro­vided
to the students as it be­comes
available, possibly as early
as next week.
Owsley said the "long run
"In the future ... there would
be a transport system around
campus (that would) make a con-
See LOSS, p age 16
Social Security fund's
longevity in doubt
• Social Security
funds projected to
be exhausted by the
year 2032
By Jeni Estes
Staff Writer
As Social Security becomes more of a
national concern, many members of Gen­eration
X are facing the question of if the
benefits that so many others in the past
have enjoyed will still be around.
Social Security is a form of "social in­sudmce"
the government collects from
the paychecks of every citizen. In return,
workers receive monthly check at retire­ment,
and funds also can be distributed
to dependents if a sponsor dies.
But there has been a steady decline in
the amount of money returned. In the
1960s, 70s, and 80s, beneficiaries received
up to four times the amount of money
that they paid into Social Security in the
form of a pension and financial benefits.
In 1995, they received about the same
amount of money they put into it; now,
people don't even get as much out of it
as they put into it, according to Political
Science Professor David Imbroscio.
He teaches a public policy class and
has dealt with Social Security reform in
the curriculum in the past. He said the
demands of each new generation will
force changes in the program.
"As people continue to get lower and
lower returns from the money they put
into Social Security, there will be more
pressure to restructure Social Security so
more people will get more money than
they are set to get," Imbroscio said.
Something will have to be done with
Social Security because it is projected to
run out, or become insolvent by the year
2032. lmbroscio said. This date coincides
with the time the Baby Boomers will be
in retirement. This also means, that un­less
changes are made, traditional stu­dents
(age 18 - 22) and their generation
will receive nothing during retirement.
See FUNDS, page 16
Students camp for tickets
By Mark Matherly
Assistant News Editor
Reminiscent of an early morning
in New Orleans' French Quarter,
Louisville's Fourth Street was
awash in morning rain and leftover
beer. There is no mistaking the am­biance
of the rain-washed city
streets after an
evening of de-
Boland, a Palace box office assistant,
"and they were all drunk."
The line stretched fo;r practically
three blocks, Boland said, from the rain
drenched sidewalks of the Palace box
office to around the Cafe Kilimanjaro.
"The line was really long at about 4
a.m.," said Brant Wommack, a mem­ber
of the Student Activities Board. "It
went past Cafe Kilimanjaro."
Those who
bauchery.
Camping out in
the rain for concert
tickets does not
have to be a dull af­fair.
University of
Louisville students,
who lined the street
"It rained most
of the night, but
it wasn't too
camped out Friday
night were spared
the usually cold
winter tempera­tures,
but not the
precipitation. cold." "It rained most of
in front of the Pal­ace
Theatre last
weekend for tickets
to the Dave
the night, but it
wasn't too cold,"
Wommack said.
-Brant Wommack,
Student Activities Board In spite of the
crowd, the Palace
box office staff, long
accustomed to large crowds, managed
to dispatch the bulk of the ticket buy­ers
about 30 minutes after tickets went
on sell.
Matthews concert
for the U of L community, know
how to make the best of a damp
evening.
Palace employees couldn' t help
but notice the students' vigor on
Saturday morning.
"It was crazy," said Molly
Perhaps most of the students who
See MATTHEWS, page 16
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Photo by Mark Matherly
Students lined up early Saturday
morning in front of The Louisville
Palace for Da"e Matthews tickets.
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