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U of L could potentially add class time for students

By Baylee Pulliam– The Louisville Cardinal has learned that the University of Louisville could potentially add class time for its students due to a change in accreditation requirements, according to Vice Provost Dale Billingsley. According to Student Government Association President Kurtis Frizzell, the university is “either going to add a week of classes or add [...]

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Athletes and soldiers paired for physical training

By Rae Hodge– On Oct. 14, the University of Louisville’s women’s basketball team traveled to Fort Knox to participate in a leadership reaction course designed by The Fort Knox-University of Louisville-Community Partnership Advisory Board. The 16-member panel was formed over the summer with the goal of creating several projects that will strengthen between the University [...]

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Ky. gubernatorial candidates’ stance on higher education

By Baylee Pulliam– When Kentuckians hit the voting booths on Nov. 8, they will elect a new lieutenant governor. The race has narrowed to three frontrunners – Republican David Williams, Independent Gatewood Galbraith and Democrat Steve Beshear, the incubate candidate whose term as Kentucky’s governor expires this year. Here’s where the candidates stand on an [...]

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Recreation center would relocate  some resident  student parking

By James El-Mallakh– The construction of a new student recreation center on the west side of campus will bring relief from the crowded gym at the Swain Student Activities Center when its slated 2013 opening arrives. But the University of Louisville’s new recreation center will come at a cost – 658 parking spaces surrounding Kurz [...]

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Last day to register to vote for 2011 General Education

By James El-Mallakh– If you’re not registered to vote in this general election, Oct. 11 is the last day to register to vote for the general election runoff. In Kentucky, a central focus of this election season will be the run for the Governor’s office this November. With over 20,000 students at the University of [...]

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New Facebook app maps users’ profile lives

By Chris Hatfield– For what may seem like centuries ago, Facebook has been a place where parents and kids alike could share “their story.” Whether it was the fact that they just got up and ate their cereal, or they just caught their boyfriend in a lie, their story was being portrayed to the rest [...]

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Louisville gets occupied: Occupy Wall Street movement spreads as protesters march on U of L’s campus

By Rea Hodge– On Oct. 4, Louisville residents of all ages organized at 4th and Jefferson streets to participate in Occupy Louisville, an all-day public demonstration in collusion with Occupy Wall Street, whose participants vowed to stage a permanent protest against corporate influence in politics until their demands were addressed. On Oct. 7, the movement [...]

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$3.33 million Coulter grant will fund  university’s bioengineering research

By James ElMallakh– The University of Louisville’s bioengineering school has received a Coulter Translational Partnership Award from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, an organization that seeks to “improve health care and make…improvements available and affordable to everyone” through grants to universities across the nation. The award comes in the form of $3.33 million and is [...]

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Fall break by the numbers

By Michael Baldwin– Four days off which is 96 hours, or 5760 minutes or 345600 seconds. You could watch “The Fast and the Furious” 10.41 times, watch the entire“The Godfather” trilogy 10.72 times, or you can watch the “Back to the Future” trilogy 16.41 times. You could listen to the song “Come Together” by The [...]

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Department of Medicine gets high marks for 2010

By Valerio Rasi– The University of Louisville Department Of Medicine has released a new report regarding the year of 2010. The department made many advances including being awarded several research grants, controlling spending and increasing the quantity and quality of their faculty. The current department chairman, Dr. Jesse Roman, said becoming the top academic internal [...]

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