University of Louisville baseball head coach Dan McDonnell accomplished more in his first season than some coaches achieve in their entire career. McDonnell was the first rookie head coach to lead his team to the College World Series in 27 years. He coached the Cardinals to a school-record 47 wins last season, which included their first trip ever to the CWS, and was named National Coach of the Year by Rivals.

In a society that exaggerates the negative aspects of the human body, the University of Louisville is taking active measures to remind its students of the positive. "Everybody with a body will benefit from U of L's first-ever BABA week," said Karen Newton, director of health promotion and education at U of L.

Last season, the University of Louisville baseball team made an appearance in the College World Series with help from a young freshman, whereas, the experienced senior watched from the dugout. This season, sophomore Justin Marks and fifth-year senior B.J.

Maryse Condé is a living legend, one of the most famous and prolific francophone authors alive she has written over 10 plays and taught at Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Virginia and many other schools.

Dave Chappelle's alter ego Tyrone Biggums once preached that dog food tastes just like it smells, delicious. Biggums has obviously never been to the University of Louisville's Belknap campus. Located on 2441 S. Floyd St. right beyond the campus, next to the Bass Rudd Tennis complex and across from the Yum! Center and Lacrosse Field is the Solae factory.

Until 1865, African Americans did not have the right to vote. For women, it wasn't until 1920. Today, candidates and slates were announced for the 2008 Student Government Association elections and, as every year, few students will participate in the process of selecting the University of Louisville's future student leaders.

February may be the designated month to celebrate black history and achievements, but here on the University of Louisville campus the contribution of the black students is praiseworthy year round, especially in the arts. The Black Diamond Choir and African American Theatre Program are two programs that offer artistic outlets for black students on campus.

The Student Government Association at the University of Louisville recently formed the Club Programming Committee, in the hope of assisting Recognized Student Organizations in funding their events. The committee was formed in cooperation with the Office of Student Affairs.

Steven Kazmierczak was a 27-year-old sociology student on Wednesday and joined Cho Seung Hui in the inner-most circle of Hell on Thursday. In Dekalb, Ill., on St. Valentine's Day, students at Northern Illinois University were taking notes, text messaging, and drifting in and out of focus in their afternoon geology class when Kazmierczak emerged from behind a screen and indiscriminately began murdering.

In a state where tobacco is still king, we have seen another step toward keeping big tobacco happy. There seems to be another story playing out in our General Assembly. With talks about cutting funding for higher education, legislators are also debating raising the cigarette tax.