By The Editorial Board: Section Editors And Photo Director

The University of Louisville has been spending the summer making some changes to the School of Arts and Sciences. The changes involve the cutting of 13 degree programs, seven undergraduate and six graduate. This bold move, made by Administration, is part of President John Shumaker’s Challenge for Excellence to raise tuition and raise minimum class attendance requirements.

What will this move do for the students? Besides the fact that they now have less options for picking a major, but getting a minor in some of these classes is going to be costly and more time consuming. It appears that the University is looking at ways to cut the costs, regardless of what it will do to students and professors needs.

In trying to become a better university, the Administration needs to listen more to the needs and concerns of the students. They are the heart and soul of this university and without them there would be no campus, there would be no University of Louisville. Along with this idea is that without the professors, there still wouldn’t be a University of Louisville. As soon as President Shumaker realizes this, the sooner the campus atmosphere will collide into a strong and prosperous equation of insight and advatages that will result in the challenge for excellence. It’s not about what makes it work, it’s not about the numbers and meeting the budget, it’s about those that are involved, it’s their needs that should be heard and meet.

Making this move might save a few dollars here and there, but can that money buy dedication and commitment? Chances are it can’t, but you can bet that many students and professors will feel decieved and unheard due to the choices the administration made regarding the future of of A&S.