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THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
The U S. Women's
Soccer team will play
at Papa John's Cardi­nal
Stadium in the
Nike U.S. Women's
Cup Oct. 10.
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Published Weekly Vol. LXXII, No.ll
© 1999 The Louisville Cardinal
Tuesday, August 24, 1999
Apartments constructed for
Metropolitan College students
SAB sponsors
free Deadeye
Dick concert By Amy Grimes
News Editor
Nearly a year ago the Univer­sity
·of Louisville joined an alli­ance
with Jefferson Community
College and United Parcel Service
to form Metropolitan College en­abling
students to attend college
and maintain a successful job.
Now U of Lis breaking ground
to build a residence hall for these
students.
On Fourth Street just behind
Masterson's restaurant, an apart­ment
complex with 485 beds is
being built. The apartments will
be completely funished and the
building will be constructed over
unused parking spaces.
"Everything is a go," said
Frank Mianzo, Director of Resi­dence
Administration. "We
started work on the site. They will
be apartments with private bed­rooms
and kitchens."
A name for the new residence
hall is yet to be decided, but it is
expected to open for lease in the
fall semester of 2000.
This residence hall is a first for
the University because of it's
uniqueness in ownership. The
building is being built and managed
by a private developer. Students liv­ing
in the building will sign a lease
with the managing company, just as
they would with any other apart­ment.
How~ver, Mianzo says the
University'·plans to work closely
with the management.
A $'17.6 million apartment complex for Metropolitan College and
U of L students is expected to be completed by Fall 2000.
The University decided to
work with the Collegiate Hous­ing
Foundation on the project af­ter
administering proposals.
"We put out a request for pro­posals
to comparlies all over the
country," said Mianzo. "Then we
had a committee evaluate all of
them."
U of L choose the Collegiate
Housing Foundation because of
their past experience with other
universities.
"We looked at the experience
they had in college housing at
other universities," said Larry
Owsley,. Vice President for Fi­nance
and Administration. "The
organization has been involved
in university housing across the
country. We· hope to create a
more residential atmosphere on
campus."
The apartments are open
strictly to students enrolled in
Metropolitan College, however,
U of L students may also have the
oppQrtunity to live in it as well.
"If the rooms aren't filled up
by Metropolitan College stu­dents,
U of L upper class students
will be able to live there," said
Mianzo.
Owsley says this is just the be­ginning
of what the university
plans to do to improve university
housing.
"If things go well, we will have
a phase II and phase III," he said.
If other resi"dence halls are con­structed,
their expected sites ·are
the parking lot behind Grays Col-
Former U of L assistant
coach sues NCAA
By J.J Hysell
Sports Editor
Former University of Louis­ville
assistant basketball coach
Carlton "Scooter" McCray has
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Carlton "Scooter"
McCray, former
filed a
multi-mil­lion
dollar
lawsuit
against the
NCAA for
defamation
and inva­sion
of pri­v
a c y .
McCray is
also suing
the Wilson
U of L assistant Inn Hotel
basketball coach
Manage­ment
Co., and Kemmons Wilson
Companies for fraud, breach of
contract, breach of contract on
behalf of a third party beneficiary,
and breach of fiduciary duty.
McCray, who was shifted from
a position with the U of L coach­ing
staff to a position in the U of
L Department of Athletics in June
of 1998, was an integral figure in
the NCAA investigation of the U
0f L men's basketball team con­cerning
violations that ocurred in
1996. The investigation focused
on recruiting incentives and
breaches of the extra-benefit rule
for student athletes.
As part of the NCAA's find­ings,
McCray was cited as being
involved in a major violation
when he left his Diner's Club
credit card to hold a room for the
father of U of L basketball player
Nate Johnson. Charges for
Johnson's room were pos.ted to
McCray's card, and the NCAA
mled that action was a violation
of the NCAA extra-benefit rule.
Because U of L had been rep-
. rimanded for violations that
ocurred in the men's basketball
program in 1995, the NCAA
Committee on Infractions desig­nated
U of La "repeat violator"
and was banned from postseason
play, among other punishments.
U of L submitted an appeal to
the NCAA in November stating
that the ban on postseason play
was "excessive and inappropri­ate."
In an unprecedented move,
the NCAA overturned its deci-sion
and allowed the Cardinals
to play after the regular ·season.
The NCAA (llso oveturned a
three-year, showcause penalty
against McCray that prohibited
him from coaching, reducing the
sentence to "time already
served."
McCray's contract with U ofL
was not renewed in July of 1999,
and the former U of L basketball
star said he has had a difficult
time finding a coaching position
since the NCAA's repeal.
"My inability to secure even
an interview with another uni­versity,
the hardships that my
family has had to endure for the
last two years, and just the expec­tations
I had of myself of becom­ing
a head basketball coach
brought on this suit," McCray
said.
McCray and his lawyer, R.
Gregg Hovious, filed the suit at
the Judicial Center in Louisville
last Wednesday.
"Scooter charges that the
stigma from the unfounded alle­gations
has ruined his career and
denied him the opportunity to
See NCAA, page 24
lege Bookstore on fourth Street,
next to PNC Bank located on
Third Street, and the parking lot
located behind Greek Row, next
to Louisville Hall on Fourth
Street. The university has al­ready
begun to discuss parking
plans if these phases are carried
out.
The new campus housing is
expected to include a 24-hour
security desk, exercise room,
home theatre, sand volleyball
court and swimming pool.
"They're going to be really
nice apartments," said Mianzo.
"Students have been asking for
apartments on campus for a
long time so we're very excited.
We hope this is just the begin-ning."
Prices for the apartments will
range from $350 - $400 a month.
Most of the apartments will be two
and three bedroom homes, yet one
and four bedrooms will be avail­able.
The estimated cost for the
project is $17.6 million which the
builders will pay by selling bonds.
U of L will not cover any expenses.
"It's hard to predict what will
happen," said Owsley. "But we ex­pect
both Metropolitan College and
U of L students will be interested."
By Amy Grimes
News Editor
Today is a lucky day for stu­dents
at the University of Lou­isville
still broke from summer
vacat.ion. Tuesday, August
24th, the Student Government
Association and Student Ac­tivities
Board is sponsoring a
free lunch at 11 a.m. outside
the Red Bam, and at9 p.m. that
night a block party and a live
90 minute concert by Dead Eye
Dick inside the Red Bam.
"We're hoping to have
about 400 people at the con­cert,"
said David Needham,
Director of Novelty for SAB.
"We want to fill the Red
Barn."
Needham says music by
Dead Eye Dick will be played
on a loop-over in the cafeteria
all day. Many students may
recognize one the group's most
popular songs "New Age
Girl."
The SAB decided to have
the concert after attending the
N a tiona! Association for Campus
Activities this past Febmary.
"The concert will cost a little
over $3,000," said Needham.
"That's a Lot considering most of
our events are between $1,000 and
$1,500. We talked about charging,
but decided not to because we just
want everyone to feel welcome
the first week back. We want to
get more students involved and
give them something fun."
In November, the SAB intends
to bring performer Mike Rayburn
to U of L. Needham says his per­formance
is related to that of en­tertainer
Adam Sandler.
"We hope the concert really
sets a precedent for future
events," said Needham.
SAB will be continuing activi­ties
for students on Friday, Au­gust
27 with TGIF held in the Red
Bam, as well as an Open House.
The Open House is extended to
all students interested in learning
more about SAB and becoming
involved with active SAB com­mittees.
TGIF is held every other
Friday.
Photo by Dan Spaulding
Last week the six Panhellenic sororities at the University of Louisviile held their annual fall
membership requirement. Over 100 women celebrated with their new sorority sisters on Friday
with pictures on the front lawn.
Urban Studies alarmed
By Micheal A. Tynan
Editor-in-Chief·
Early Friday August 20, a man
entered the Urban Studies depart­ment
and informed the six faculty
and staff members present that
they should leave the buidling for
a fire alarm test. While the six
University of Louisville employees
were outside, the individual pro­ceeded
to search through and
tamper with files, U of L Police
spokesman Tom Fitzgerald said.
The suspect was a black male,
in his late 20's to early 30's,5'8" tall,
medium build, and was clean
shaven. He was wearing dark blue
hospital scrubs, a leathher type ball
cap, and carried a walkie talkie ra­dio.
Fitzgerald said that by inform­ing
the U of L commtmity of what
the procedure for a real fire alarm
test it, the same kind of deception
hopefully won't happen again.
"He was able to dupe the folks
at urban studies ... hopefully it
won't happen again," he said.
Fitzgerald said when there is a
real test of the alarm, the Univer­sity
Fire Marshall or Physical Plant
will place a notice in the buidling
in advance.
He also said that DPS had no
idea why the suspect was search­ing
through files, and why noth­ing
was stolen.
"We don't have any idea what
he was doing," he said.
Individuals who frqm Urban
Studies who were involved in the
incident declined to comment be-cause
tl<ey said it could hinder the
investigation in their opinion.
Students utilize shuttle due to parking loss
By Micheal A. Tynan
Editor-in-Chief
This semester, for the first time,
some University of Louisville stu­dents
with green parking passes
will have to park at Papa John's
Cardinal Stadiwn.
But instead of having to walk
the close to half mile from the Sta­diwn
to the edge of campus, stu-dents
will be able to ride a shuttle
provided by the U0-iversity and
the TARC mass transit company.
U of L Vice President of Fi­nance
and Administration Larry
Owsley said sh1dents will be able
to ride the Floyd Street Circula­tor
for free when they present a
card that is provided when park­ing
passes are purchased.
"If you forget your pass, it's only
ten cents to ride," Owsley said.
Sh1dents will be able to ride the
circulator from Cardinal Stadium
to the cul-de-sac on the Floyd
Street side of the Student Activi­ties
Center, he said. There will
be three 40 passenger busses that
will nm every five minutes from
7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and every
eight minuites from 11 a.m. Lmtil
9:30p.m. Monday through Thurs-d.
ay. On Fridays the shuttles will
nm at the same h~1e, but will have
their final nm at 5:30p.m.
The route operates only when
U of L classes are in session.
"We will gage the shuttle as the
year continues, and can add stops
if we need to," Owsley said.
He said students shouldn't
have a problem parking at the sta­dium,
since there will be more
than enough spaces. "There are
over 7,000 spaces at the
stadium," he said. "We have
more than enough."
. Because there are plans tore­place
the parking on 3rd Street
behind PNC Bank and behind
Greek Row with more buildings,
the shuttle circulator will soon be
expanded to run the entire
perimiter of the campus.
"That won't happen tmtil Cen­tral
Avenue is open," Owsley said.
"(That would be) the fall of2CXXl at
the earliest."
Owsley also said sh1dents need
to be aware of the Shllttle that will
pick up and drop of students mit­side
the SAC cul-de-sac, which
happens to be a popular spot for
See PARKING, page 24
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