First annual A & S art exhibit to be held at Red Barn The College of Arts & Sciences Student Council will hold the first annual University of Louisville art exhibit - on Wed., April 9, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., in the Red Barn. Any one can enter up to four pieces in the exhibit, which will be free and open for all to view.

The University of Louisville came one step closer to realizing its financial fate on April 2, as the Kentucky General Assembly passed its state budget. The budget cuts funding for higher education by three percent and failed to increase any taxes, including the heavily debated cigarette tax.

As a slight drizzle of rain dampened the University of Louisville's Belknap campus this morning, word was released concerning a hostage situation at the student health center. At 8:32 a.m. university police received a call from the student health center regarding a woman armed with a gun. University police responded with officers on the scene at 8:39 a.m. and discovered that a victim was being held hostage, according to Cindy Hess, director of communication and marketing at U of L. The officer called for backup and the suspect was disarmed at 9:14 a.m.

Three days. Three crimes. Three crime reports. Over the course of seven days two University of Louisville students and a non-student were assaulted and robbed, with the crimes reported to the U of L Department of Public Safety, April 1-3. All three crime reports were sent out to students via e-mail warning of the violent behavior and descriptions of the suspects.

Belknap Campus is where undergraduate students spend much of their time, it isn't uncommon to find students congregating at a variety of places found across the college grounds. Near the Quad on campus, is Ekstrom Library. Students spend a good amount of their college days here - and not just studying.

Derek Fathauer likes to talk to animals on the golf course. The senior golfer says they help him to stay concentrated during matches. "When you are walking between shots, you want to keep your mind off golf," he said. Derek said the animals will tell him different things, like "have a nice day" or "stay away from the woods.

The University of Louisville will hold its annual drawing for student season tickets on April 18, utilizing a method of ticket allocation only in its second year of use. The tickets, which were previously distributed on a first-come-first-serve basis, are now being given through random selection.

Heading toward the International Convention Center amidst the flood of cars adorned with placards which advertised the name of each driver's favorite politician, there was a subdued excitement building on the approach to Fourth and Market Streets. Not the sort of excitement present at an event where the participants expect to be entertained, but the sort of excitement from participants that expect to be enlightened.

The J.B. Speed School of Engineering has been home to Professors Patricia Ralston and Larry Tyler for many years. Together they have a combined seventy years of experience to offer students. The two began co-teaching in 1999, after repeatedly receiving overwhelming suggestions to do so, in teacher evaluations.

The Louisville Cardinal April 1, front page story; "Student charged with murder of two children," contained an error and the accompanying editorial, "Concerns presented, effectiveness questioned" was simply off the mark. The writer of the article stated that at 8:32 a.