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Movie review
One of the most
interesting movies of the
year is "Magnolia" from
the director of "Boogie
Nights," according to
reviewer Johnny Holton.
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Sports
Cards pull off 75-72
upset of No. 13
Tulane
The U of L women's
basketball team has won
two straight of a four­game
homestand. See
full story, page 8
Opinion
Editorial:
Extending Fall Breal< to
full week
Fall Break should be a
full week just as Spring
Break See page 12
Column:
Extreme park coming ...
Hysell outlines need for
community support for
new sports venue. See
page 13
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The Louisville
THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
Tuesday, January 18, 2000 Vol. LXXIII, No.2
© 2000 The Louisville Cardinal
First University dean of students remembered
By Sarah Grady
Staff Writer
David Lawrence, 87, th~ Hrst
dean of students at the University
of Louisville, died last week in his
home.
A native of Erangler, Lawrence
graduated with a bachelor of arts
in physical education and social ·
science in 1935 from the University
of Kentucky and earned a master's
degree in educational administra­tion
from UK in 1939. While at­tending
UK, he played basketball
for Adolph Rupp, but was still an'
avid University of Louisville fan.
"He was a terriHc ball player for
UK, yet he was the biggest UL fan
there could ever be, " said Kay
Lutes, executive director for the
Downtown Lions Club. "Around
the office, we would make bets on
all of the UL and UK games, and
was always for the Cardinals."
In 1946, Lawrence came to U of
L as a physical education instruc­tor.
Soon after he became the Car­dinals'
track coach and led them
to back-to-back state champion­ships
in 1947 and 1948.
"At U of L, track and field owe
a great part of our success to our
history, including individuals who
made huge strides for 0ur program
such as Lawrence,"saidJene Weis,
U of L's men's and women's track
and field coach.
In 1952, Lawrence was named
dean of men at U of L, and held
that position
until 1963.
Then he was
appointed as
the first dean of
students. He
led U of Lin
creating stu­dent
services
due to an in­crease
of out­of-
town college
students.
" ... track and field
owe a great part of
our success to our
history, iilclfl,ding
individual;s.,.Lawrence."
- [ene Weis·
U of L head track and field
coach for men mid women
decisions. He did
this while room­ing
with other
college students
in the on-campus
dormitories. ·
In Louisville,
he assis.ted in
many charitable
functions., in­cluding
the All­Star
Basketball
Lawrence took a five-month
sabbatical in the 70's, where he
traveled to 24 tmiversities. Some
Qf these included University of Ha­waii
and University of Miami,
where he studied the influences
students have on administrative
game which he
began in the 1940's. He always
made sure that every dime that
was made :.Vent to those in need.
"We all loved him, because he
was so dedicated to helping oth­ers,"
said Lutes.
One of his largest contributions
was serving one year as a past presi- ·
dent of the Downtown Lions Club.
"He was an unreal member who
helped serve in so many areas, es­pecially
those suffering from sight
problems. He assisted in numer­ous
projects, which resulted in giv­ing
children new eyeglasses," said
Lutes.
He is survived by his wife, the
·former Doris Shrader; a daughter,
Judy miller; sons William and Gary
Lawrence; a sister Ruby Meeks;
brothers Duard a'nd Blaine
Lawrence; eight grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be
sent to his church, St. Matthews
United Methodist, or the Kentucky
Lions Eye Foundation.
African.:.American theater program I
honors Rev. Martin Luther· King, Jr.
By Mike Slaton
Staff Writer
In a recent survey by Texas
A & M University and the Univer­sity
of Wisconsin-Madison, the
n~mber one speech "of the 20th
century with the greatest impact
and artistry" was the highly im­mortalized
"I Have a Dream"
speech of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Photo by Jeff Hay
Christopher Neill Bailey delivered the famous "I Have a
This fact that this speech, de­livered
in 1963, still speaks to
modem Americans demonstrates
the importance of King. King,
who recieved the Nobel Peace
Prize in 1964, was a central fig­ure
of the American Civil Rights
Movement, and later an outspo-.
ken foe of the war in Vietnam. He
also fought for the rights of the
poverty-stricken, helping to es­tablish
"Resurrection City," a
Dream ... " speech of Martin Luther King, Jr. The event was town populated by impoverished
held in the Th~ust Theater.
Participants network computers
for annual game event in SAC
By Lee Speck
Assistant News Editor
The sixth Lanwar, an
event in which computer
owners bring their own
computer and connect to
a network in order to par­ticipate
in games, was
held in the SAC Multi­purpose
room this past
Saturday and Sunday.
This is the first Lanwar held
this year. They are u sually
scheduled for one every quar­ter
throughout the year.
People come from all around
the northern hemisphere to
participate in the Lanwar at U
of L. This year a total of 265
people participated in the
event. They came from p laces
as far as Colorado, California,
Florida and Canada.
Lanwar consists of 31
s tra ight hours of computer
games. This year there were
five main categories: Unreal
Tourney Death Match, Unreal
Tourney Capture th e Flag
(CTF), Quake 3 Death Match,
Quake 3 CTF and Star Craft.
However, participants are
not restricted to the competi­tion
games. Troy Schwartz, co­ordinator
for the event at U of
L, said, "They play all kinds
of games. They can come and
play anything they want."
Participants pay a registra­tion
fee of $25, and in return
receive cash prizes for win­ning
games and 200 to 300
door prizes including games
and joysticks.
The event seems to be a suc­cess
commented Schwartz,
Lanwar was
held this
weekend. in
the Multipur­pose
room
of the SAC.
A total of
265 partici­pants
from
across North
America
participated
in the
computer
event.
who said that they have an 80 is attending the Lanwar at U
percent tp 90 percent return of L for the second time. He
rate for participants, as well as · sa.id that the event offers a lot
several new ones each · of big names in the commu­Lanwar:
U of L's Lanwar is nity here.
the tenth largest computer Funk said, "I like it a lot.
.network game event in the (It's) more organized than
country. other places. Lot more people,
Brian Montross, of Lexing- lot more fun."
. ton,_ Ky., said that this is his For more information on
fourth Lanwar at U of L. He the Lanwar they have a
comes with fri ends and plays website a t [www.lanwar.com].
the · CTF .or Death Match Anyone wishing to can pre­games.
· register here for upcoming
"I think its great. I've met Lanwars. The next Lanwar at
a lot of people on line here. U of L is scheduledto be in
And they come back and meet April. .
more. It's great," he said. "Aside from th a t (!l few
Another participant was technical problems) we've had
Andrew Funk, a senior in high a great one," Schwar tz said of
school at Anderson, Ind., who this Lanwar.
and homeless Americans on the Charles Elliot, a contemporary of
Mall in front of the Washington , King, gave a testamonial. Rev.
Monument. Elliot stressed the importance of
While prominent African- staying with "the dream," as did
Americans like Jesse Jackson, the entire program.
once the mayor of Resurrection A scene from "The Pe.ace­City
carry on his message of equal maker," a play by Arnold Pinnix,
rights and civil liberties; many depicted King and his wife in
people of all races preserve his their private life. The roles were
memory and words, more than played by Leonard House and
thirty years after his death on Star Little. Following that, Craig
April 4th, 1968. Dove El delivered a speech from
Some of those preserving the "Spell #7," a play by Ntozake
message of King yesterday were Shange, stressing the correlation
Ltmdeana Thomas and Nefertiti ofthe institution of slavery to the
Burton of the University's Afri- , modern c.ondition of African­can-
American Theater Program. Americans and the importance of
This year, as their fi,rst program apology for past injustices.
of the year 2000, they have de- Shauna Taylor and Tayana
cided to reinforce the message of Hardin sang "Near the Cross."
King. Cristopher Neill Bailey delivered
The Program began with aNi- King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
gerian Libation Ritual, conducted Several members of the audience,
by Thomas, to convene the ances-tor
spirits. Following that, Rev.
See SERVICE, page 3
New- SGA election
com.m.issioner chosen
By Danielle Moss
Staff Writer
As elections for the Stu­dent
Government Associa­tion
draw near, the new elec­tion
commissioner, Jessica
Fryrear, has been busy pre­paring
new plans for the
event this spring.
The selection process for
the new commissioner be­gan
about halfway through
last semester by SGA. The
pos ition was advertised
throughou t campus. Five
candidates were selected to
participate in an interview
process, and University of
Louisville Law School stu­dent
Fryrear was chosen.
Part of Fryrear's plans in­clude
making the election
proc.ess more informal.
"The goal of every com­missioner
is to gain more
· campus involvement in the
election process both as can­didates
and as voters," said
Fryrear.
This year's commissioner
has ins talled a new policy
known as informal cam­paigning.
Prospective can­didates
are allowed to dis­cuss
the election with their
peers, as well as attend cam­p
us organization meetings
to discuss their ideas and
goals.
"Hopefully, this will a l­low
the prospective candi­dates
a better chance to
reach a wider array of s tu­dents
and spark interes t in
other possible
candidates,"said Fryrear.
The commissioner is also
planning to better publicize
the elections so that more
students will know how to
become a ·candidate, what
the important issues are in
the campaign, and when and
where they can vote.
·when as.ked a bout con­tinuing
plans from the
former commissioner,
graduate Chad Barnes,
Fryrear said, "all commis­sioners
have· the same goal,
to get greater campus in­volvement
in elections. Last
year, Chad led us to make
wonderful progress in that
direction and I plan to build
on the found-ation that he
left."
Fryrear says she thinks
she is definitely qualified for
the job.
"The experience of serv­ing
on the commission las~
year was invaluable because
I was able to see first-hand
how the commission, and
the election process in gen­eral,
functioned. "
"Last year .we made a
great deal of progress as a
commission and I wanted to
be able to continue that
through another year. The
members of the commis.sion
are from every school within
the University and it is a
great opportunity to work
with people from varied
backgrounds for a common
goal."
See COMMISSIONER, page 14