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U ofL's campus news source si1~ce 1926 . '"''Nvv.louisvillccardinal.com April26, 2005 I Vol. 77, Issue 30
U of L library · ·
catches classic
whale tale
BY MATT THACKER
StaffWriter
news@louisvillecardinal.com
With numerous plays, mov­ies,
songs and even a restaurant
chain taking irs name, Herman
Melville's "Moby-Dick" has
become an American icon. Now
U of L owns a rare first-edition
copy of the classic.
U of L President James
Ramsey unveiled the book on
April 18 in the poetry room at
the William F. Ekstro~ Library,
where he praised the school's
library system for both its ac­quisition
of the book and its
continued efforts to improve.
"The heart of every great
university is its library," Ramsey
said. "We have a great library
system at the University of
Louisville ... and we're adding
again today to that outstanding
tradition."
U of L's library, ranked as
one of the top 100 libraries in
North America according to the
Association of Research Librar­ies,
obtained the book in the
name of Flora Lee Sims Jeter.
Jeter is the mother of U of L
English professor Sena Naslund,
who was named poet laureate
of Kentucky earlier this .year.
The book was bought in part
See NOVEL page 2
Officials break ground for new housing
Todd Schmiedeler, Community Park Task Force chairman, joins U of L Trustee Angela McCormick Bislg, SGA President
Bill Brammell and university President James Ramsey at l!lst Thursday's groundbreaking ceremony .behind Greek row.
BY EsTEVAN CHAVEZ
StaffWriter
news@louisvillecardinal.com
Th.e Uqiversity of Louisville
celebrated the first steps toward
. expanding Community Park on
Thursday. The ground was broken
and shifted to make way for new
university student housing . .
A crowd of Greek organizations
and alumni gathered-for the event.
Todd Schmiedeler led the task
force to make Community Park a
reality.
"A decade from now people will
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not remember the work that it took
or the commitment the university
made, but it will change the lives of
the people that are on this campus,"
he said.
Schmiedeler said that there are
currently 21 Greek organizations
aligned with this campus. This new
development will lead to the hous­ing
of 19 of the 21 groups. Presently,
only 11 of the Greek organizations
are housed on campus. Community
Park will be able to house a total of
350 students .
See HOUSING page 6
State Attorney General to rule on open-meetings appeal
BY MATT THACKER
StaffWriter
news@louisvillecardinal.com
The Louisville Cardinal filed an
appeal last week with Kentucky At­torney
General Greg Stumbo after U
ofG SGA officials refused to provide
written minutes from Academic Vice
President Sarah Hester's removal
hearing.
By a senate vote, rhe question­ing
and discussion portions of rhe
hearing were held behind closed
doors, barring the public, including
non-SGA witnesses and members of
the press, from being present. The
removal vote, though, took place
in public.
Supreme Court Justice Michelle
Grant said rhe SGA senators ar the
hearing wanted rhe trial to be closed
to the public because of concerns that
Hester's privacy would be violated if
information about her past medical
problems were made public.
"The hearing was closed because
'it concerned what is analogous to
a personnel matter and, more spe­cifically,
could have concerned how a
student's health impacted her ability
to perform a job," Grant said.
Editor in Chief of The Cardinal
Mallory Bowman said if reporters
had been allowed to attend the hear­ing,
the focus would not have been
on Hester's medical situation bur
on whether she had fulfilled the re­quirements
of her position. She said
even ifThe Cardinal loses rhe appeal
she will have no regrets because she
wants w serve "rhe best i nteresrs of
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"Until elected campus officials
are willing to disclose information
to the student body, it is impossible
to have a democracy on campus,"
Bowman said.
Bowman sent SGA President
Ryan McKinley a letter on April 13
req11esring that the minutes taken
-at the hearing be made public. The
lerrer also stared that she would file
an appeal with rheArtorney General's
Office if the minutes were not pro­vided.
McKi nlcy deferred the req uesr
to Vice President for Student Affairs
Denise Gifford.
Gifford, who ran the hearing,
responded the following day that she
would review the letter before reply­ing.
She also said that the minutes
were not taken ·at the hearing, and
that no recording was made.
At press time on Sunday, The
Cardinal had not received a written
response from Gifford. Accord­ing
to a policy set by rhe attorney
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