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    The ghost of Cardinals past: Our websites through the ages

    By Simon Isham– Ladies and gentlemen, you would not believe how the Internet has changed ...

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    Online classes may be the path to success

    By Maggie Cunningham– In two years, four semesters and 18 classes, I had been to campus a ...

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    Letter from the Editor: Ave atque vale

    By Rae Hodge– There’s a seething hatred of the amateur in U.S. media culture. It comes ...

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    Why should you get involved at The Cardinal?

    Caitlyn Crenshaw, Managing Editor Working at The Louisville Cardinal has been one of the most ...

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    Networking to build a reputation, career

    By Aimee Jewell– While filling out my first job application at age 16, I was confused as ...

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Dear Freshmen: having a successful interview

By Tyler Mercer– Getting the job has become more and more difficult as the years have passed. The amount of education employers require and the skill of networking we should all strive to possess have increased significantly. Aside from ...

Is student safety still a top priority for DPS?

By Anna Meany– Mom has always told me that if I ever work in customer service, to be polite and courteous no matter what. Wise words to live by, yes? Not according to the Department of Public Safety. Every future student attends some kind ...

Silent leader of Louisville’s men’s basketball

By Noah Allison– If you could, think back to the beginning of the basketball season. What player did you think would have the biggest impact on the team? If I had told you we were going to win it all, would you think it would be because of ...

Being thin doesn’t equate to being healthy

By Dakota Neff– Everyone wants a great body, right? You have to impress that really, really attractive person in your anthropology class. Can’t do that with that little bit of extra flab over your abs. You can feel the muscles underneath, ...

Pride in your school, not your pyrotechnics

By Tyler Mercer– The celebration was amazing last Monday night after our men’s basketball team became national champions. Last Tuesday was a struggle for practically everyone in our beautiful city, but the struggle was worth the ...

Senior voice on Cardinal Pride, Kevin Ware

By Aimee Jewell– When you drive down I-65 South from Indiana into Kentucky and coast over the Ohio River, a dark blue sign hangs above your head reading: “Welcome to Kentucky, Unbridled Spirit.” What most people don’t know, if they’re not ...

Narrative: TARC diversity displays more than race

By Wesley Kerrick– I saw it on the bus. A white man volunteered his seat to a young African American woman. Elsewhere on the TARC, white people and black people were sitting side by side. We’ve come a long way since 1955, when Rosa Parks ...

Who is punished with the death penalty?

By Tyler Mercer– Everyone recalls the Aurora Theater shooting this past July, and we look at it with sympathy, compassion and a demand for justice to be served. Rightly so since the shooter held no mercy for the 12 strangers he killed that ...

Killer on campus: soft drinks run rampant

By Dakota Neff– Soda, coke, pop, cola: no matter how you refer to the ubiquitous soft drink, you should know that it isn’t the harmless all-American treat that clever marketing campaigns would have you believe. One specific campaign is ...

Dear Freshmen: good bye dorm, hello mom

By Tyler Mercer– This time last year, I was wrapping up my freshmen year of college and it had simply flown by me. I was not prepared to give up all the fun I was having to return to my hometown in rural, western Kentucky. The end of the ...