The University of Louisville equestrian team will be sending four riders to regionals at Morehead State University this Saturday. The equestrian team, which is a part of the Equine Business riding and racing club, was reserved champion high point team for the University of Kentucky show hosted at Lakeside Arena in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Matthew Clark released a statement Thursday afternoon announcing that he has dropped out of the race for Student Government Association President. Although there was a Supreme Court hearing to evaluate Clark's eligibility scheduled for this Sunday, Clark said his resignation is due to personal reasons.
On Feb. 14, 27-year-old Steven Kazmierzcak walked into a classroom on the campus of Northern Illinois University, and opened fire. When the dust had settled, six people, including Kazmierzcak, were dead, and another 13 people were wounded. The incident happened just ten months after the massacre at Virginia Tech claimed the lives of 32, and has forced colleges and universities across the country, including the University of Louisville, to further reevaluate their approach to campus safety.
University of Louisville swimming and diving Coach Arthur Albiero took the women's and men's teams to the Big East Championships, in East Meadow, N.Y., with the intentions of coming back as champions. The teams didn't win the titles. However, they did come back with a pair of runner-up finishes, 27 new school records and two MVPs.
Before registering for classes, many students have different approaches to choosing what they will take for the upcoming semester. As some students know, Web sites such as pick-a-prof.com, ratemyprofessors.com and services available on myspace.com provide students with the opportunity to view the critiques that their fellow peers give certain professors.
When University of Louisville senior diver Robbie Lewis heads to the NCAA Diving Zones, he'll be going up against old friends and rivals from years past. Lewis will travel to Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. to take part in his fourth straight NCAA Diving B Zones meet.
The 14th annual Louisville Jazz Fest will begin tomorrow at the School of Music here at the University of Louisville. It's an event meant to attract new students of the School of Music and give current School of Music students a chance to work with some big names in the jazz world.
While many often find themselves stewing over current situations, Anthony Reddington takes action. Reddington, a junior history major, has recently been credited with founding the Japanese Club and the new Asian Studies minor at University of Louisville. "There are over 1,000 foreign companies in Kentucky.
With plastic quickly replacing cash, the resulting paper trail makes identity theft an increasingly common crime. According to the annual Federal Trade Commission report, consumers reported $1.1 billion in losses last year as a result. "Prevention is fairly simple: secure the information you do not wish a third party to know, or at least make it difficult for someone to access the information," said Robert M.
On a bitter cold Saturday morning, while most of their peers were sleeping in, a host of University of Louisville students were hard at work for a worthy cause. Students like Patrick Beiting, Megan Reeves and Patrick Mayer, among others, joined forces to assist those in need by handing out blankets, toiletries and warm meals at The Lord's Kitchen.
