March 16, 2014
By Rae Hodge– 5. Smoking ban – Smoking bans usually mean the cessation of smoking. That was not the case on Louisville’s campus after last year’s ban. The smell of smoldering tobacco still lingers in thick clouds in front of Ekstrom library and the Bingham Humanities Building. It would be ...
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By Lee Cole– “Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.” – Ronald Reagan There was a time in America when we trusted scientists. Science ...
Read MoreBy Anna Meany– I recently spent an entire night questioning the motives of a few young Louisville men – after witnessing an almost-fight, I can’t believe they have the pride to show their faces in daylight. After embarrassingly failing to break up the argument, I realized it could never ...
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By Lee Cole– “Dude, get on Reddit NOW, Barack Obama is doing an AMA.” If you’ve never heard of Reddit, this statement won’t mean much to you, but it’s the text I received around 4:30 pm, last Wednesday. Marking a watershed moment in campaign history, President Obama took to the ...
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For students, parking at U of L is a nightmare. There’s a choice of paying $90 and over for a parking pass that may or may not ensure you a spot – at residential halls, lots fill up quickly, forcing tenants to seek parking in the Floyd Street parking garage – or you can find... Read More
By Michelle Eigenheer– The comments made by Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy in June and July are still sparking controversy in the world of gay rights. However, Dan Cathy really didn’t say anything that everyone didn’t know. Chick-fil-A has, since its inception in 1961, been a company that has ...
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By Aaron Williams– The Kentucky Grand Ole’ Party made headlines a few weeks ago when they, particularly Representative Ben Waide and Senators David Givens and Mike Wilson, expressed outrage that high school biology exams would test Kentucky students’ basic understanding of the theory of ...
Read MoreBy Lee Cole– “…To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate ...
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By Gabby Peters– Nothing sparks my interest on a topic or screams “this is going to be good” quite like the first results of research consisting of multiple apologies and pleas for forgiveness from a candidate for senate. As I waded through the countless stories about just how sorry ...
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By Ryan Hiles– “Voter ID which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the State of Pennsylvania…done!” This was Pennsylvania’s House majority leader, Mike Turzai, on July 23rd when speaking at a GOP rally in his home state. When I heard this quote, my first thought was “how about ...
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