By Michelle Eigenheer – Owsley Brown Frazier, a Louisville legend whose generosity was often targeted toward the University of Louisville, was laid to rest on Wednesday, Aug. 22. Frazier died on August 16 after a long fight with illness. He was 77 years old. Frazier was born May 19, 1935 as the grandson of [...]
Continue reading …By Michelle Eigenheer– A man arrested at the University of Louisville on Monday is being charged with driving under the influence, two counts of reckless disregard, fleeing and evading, leaving the scene of an accident and driving without insurance, according to a report from the Courier-Journal. Jason R. Tennant hit a car around 1p.m. on [...]
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By Michelle Eigenheer– When choosing the University of Louisville, a lot of parents worry that their newly collegiate children will not be safe on a campus in the big city. Many have their minds set at ease when they see the dorms with limited access, the well-lit sidewalks and the abundance of emergency calling posts. [...]
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By Michelle Eigenheer– In a throwback to its roots, Facebook is creating an exclusive program that will bring college campuses into the virtual world. This application, Groups for Schools, allows current university students and professors with .edu email addresses to interact with their school within the Facebook universe. In a Facebook blog about the feature, [...]
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By Michelle Eigenheer– Two months after the Kony 2012 video went viral, the hype has died and Twitter feeds have since calmed down. Why is it that such a seemingly important humanitarian effort only mattered to people for a month or two? There are a few reasons, the first being that the majority of people [...]
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By Michelle Eigenheer– A federal judge has ruled that a former University of Louisville student will not be able to collect damages cited in her lawsuit against U of L. Nina Yoder, a former nursing student, sued the university in 2009, claiming that her rights to free speech and due process had been violated. U.S. [...]
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By Michelle Eigenheer– With the rise of social media has come a warning to the working public – be wary of what you put online. Numerous companies have begun to judge their prospective employees by what they see on Facebook walls. Risqué photos, evidence of drug and alcohol use and offensive language or content found [...]
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By Michelle Eigenheer– Going to college at a metro university such as the University of Louisville can pose a challenge when it comes to student housing. Boxed in on all sides, it’s hard for U of L to spread out and build more student housing accommodations. Old Louisville, pushing against Bettie Johnson and Cardinal Towne, [...]
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By Michelle Eigenheer– After the University of Louisville’s men’s basketball team won their way into the Final Four, students across campus jumped at the prospect of obtaining one of 710 student tickets that were slated for release on March 26 at 10 a.m. However, due to technical difficulties, the link to the ticket site was [...]
Continue reading …By Michelle Eigenheer– The non-profit organization Invisible Children returned to the activist spotlight last week when their 30-minute video, released on March 5, went viral, seeming to instantly become a huge global movement. The video raised awareness of Joseph Kony, a man who spends his life kidnapping Ugandan children who are then forced to become [...]
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