By Adam Hinton

U of L buzzes in on quick recall

This fall a group of students is taking the university where it has never been before: to the Kentucky Collegiate Quick Recall League.

The league, composed of almost 20 universities and colleges from the Kentucky and Ohio area, is similar to the Quick Recall section found in high school academic team competitions.

With eight tournaments planned for this season, each hosted at a different university or college, students will get the chance to compete academically with their peer group and earn bragging rights for not only themselves, but the university as well.

In the first event of the season, held on October 5 at Georgetown College, the rookie U of L team placed an impressive second place in Division 1, or Varsity, after defeating the likes of Murray State, Georgetown, Ohio University Southern, and Pikeville.

The students who competed on the team were Karthik Suresh, team organizer and math major; Suzanne Nichols, a physics major; and chemical engineering majors Matt Purcell and Todd Rickett. All of the students on the team are members of the University Honors Program.

As the season continues, the team would like to recruit more members, especially those from different majors. This strategy is an effort to diversify the knowledge of the team members so as to better tackle the gamut of questions the team faces in a competition.

When asked about why they started the team, Matt Purcell commented that he “heard about the league and were interested in showing others what we had to offer.” The team’s next tournament will be held at Pikeville College on November 9.