By his own admission, Vince Cain was "all over the place" on Friday night at the Red Barn. When he wasn't preparing food or organizing canned goods, he was working with the seven bands the venue featured that night or working the door. If he didn't get to stop and enjoy the music for a moment or munch on the food arrangement offered, it was because he was busy ensuring the success of Lambda Chi Alpha's first annual Chopstock music festival, an event that collected funds and canned goods to benefit Dare to Care food bank.

When the University of Louisville football team takes the field Saturday, it will be facing an opponent that it has no business playing. It's not because the opponent is from a lower level conference, or because their stadium isn't even close to beng half the size of Louisville's.

The University of Louisville listened. Ah, finally some attention. They listened to the grumbles of stomachs and the voices of a concerned student body. Changes to U of L's food service provider, from Chartwell's to Sodexo, is a positive step forward in the right direction.

The University of Louisville College of Education and Human Development has garnered a lot of attention lately, but it's not the latest U.S. News & World Report's rankings people are talking about. Former Dean Robert Felner is under investigation for misuse of grant money, specifically a $694,000 No Child Left Behind grant, secured in 2005.

The class of 2012 has an ACT average of 24.4 and 62 percent are residing in university housing. They are also the largest freshmen class for the University of Louisville. As U of L welcomed them to their new home this weekend, their predecessors have a new campus this fall.

University of Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz has grown accustomed to dunking, but just not in the water.? Incoming freshman Sean Lydon introduced Walz to the water as he connected with the dunk tank and sent the coach into a tub of water at this year's CARDnival, an event held at Trager Field as part of the 2008 Welcome Weekend.

The No. 13 ranked University of Louisville field hockey team will open its season Saturday with a rematch from last year with No. 12 Duke University at Trager Stadium. Duke prevailed last year 2-0 on a neutral field, but another year of experience for the young Cards and home field advantage has the team optimistic.

Freshmen girls, listen up because I'm going to tell you some things most boys don't want you to hear. I know you are finally free from your little hick town and thrown into this world of anonymity and freedom. Now you are supposed to let loose, have fun and make mistakes.

Staying healthy while at college can sometimes feel impossible. "Usually students are pretty fit in high school, but when they get to college their exercising drops off," said Karen Newton, director of Health Promotions and Education for Campus Health Services at the University of Louisville.

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Blaine Hudson shook his head. $830,000. That was how much had to be cut from the A & S budget for the 2008-09 school year. Hudson had seen budget problems in the past, but these were going to be difficult to solve. "It got pretty scary there for a minute when Gov.