2012-2013 recap: Best of the best
By Joey Yazell– The 2012-2013 year has been filled with events and activities of all sorts with something for everyone. With the work of the Student Activities Board and sports programs, U of L had moments and experiences throughout the school year that those in attendance will always remember. As the semester wraps up, U [...]
‘The Orientation’ Issue:’ Poised to be the case of the summer, the Defense of Marriage Act meets the ‘court of last resort’
April 30, 2013 1 Comment
By Simon Isham– Name: Sonia Sotomayor Age: 58 Track record: Attempted to avoid the question of same-sex marriage in her 2009 Supreme Court nomination hearing. Remarks: “If the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society take time to figure out its direction, why is taking a case now the answer?” Name: Stephen [...]
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“It’s not a political issue, is it? It’s a humanitarian issue. There’s no apparent reason why anyone shouldn’t be able to marry who they want to.” “I think everybody should be able to marry who they want to marry. In this day and age, we should have equality. It’s not fair for anyone to [...]
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By Val Servino– Senior Molly Eames is the delightfully exuberant Resident Assistant in the Rustin Community, on University Tower Apartments’ eighth floor. “They’re in top five best things that happened to me, along with bacon,” she jokes about her residents. Her motives for working and living in the community, however, are much more serious. “I [...]
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By Simon Isham and Maggie Cunningham– Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage case Edie Windsor married Thea Spyer in Canada after a 40-year romantic partnership. After Spyer’s death in 2009, Windsor was faced with $363,000 in federal estate taxes, since same-sex marriages were not recognized in their homestate of New York at the time of Spyer’s [...]
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By Simon Isham– The Multipurpose Room in the SAC is no stranger to fierce and fabulous. As host to PINK, the university’s annual drag variety show, the venue lives a double life. By day, it is a drab, crowded eating area where students nosh on systematically prepared lunches, then rush to class. By night, it [...]
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By Simon Isham and Maggie Cunningham– LMPD Mac 24 program graduates 36 recruits A diverse group of 36 recruits has graduated the Louisville Metro Police Department’s MAC 24 program. Among the recruits, 66 percent have graduate or masters degrees in varying subjects from engineering to homeland security and criminal justice. The graduates are also diverse [...]
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By Cailtlyn Crenshaw– “For we remember the lessons of our past,” President Obama declared in his second inaugural address last Monday. Most notably, Obama remembered the lessons of Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall; however, these lessons seem to be more forgotten than remembered. While some media outlets are proclaiming that the inclusion of the mention [...]
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Kentucky Kingdom will reopen A new lease agreement was approved by the Kentucky State Fair Board on Thursday. With this agreement, once the Kentucky Kingdom LLLP investors have $25 million in private loans the park will reopen, an event that could be as early as spring 2014. The park has been closed since 2009, but [...]
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Ky. town passes LGBT fairness ordinance For the first time in 10 years, another Kentucky city approved a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) anti-discrimination Fairness ordinance. The three other cities in Kentucky that have passed the LGBT anti-discrimination laws are Louisville, Lexington and Covington, with Covington most recently in 2003. The Fairness ordinance was [...]
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