The possibility of waiving graduate tuition for students employed at the University was mentioned by President John Shumaker. Currently we're out of line with other benchmark institutions, and we have to look at waiving some graduate student's tuition. Also, the 2000-2002 Biennium Budget Recommendation was presented. It includes plans for a new medical research building, building remodeling and the wiring of some dorms for network services. Shumaker also gave a mandate to increase freshman minority enrollment from the current 11 percent to 16 percent.
Plans are also underway to raise the minority retention rates.
Sarah Grady Staff Writer William F. Axton, a former chairman of the English department at the University of Louisville died last Tuesday at Norton Audubon Hospital. Axton has attended many well-known universities, such as Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Ohio State and University of Louisville. Yet, he taught English at numerous universities before coming to U of L in 1967, including Miami, Brown and the University of Kentucky. Axton, a retired professor of 19th century English literature, was particularly interested in Charles Dickens. Axton was a former president of the University of Louisville Library Associates and a member of the Modern Language Association, American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Professors and the Browning Society.