Being a vegetarian is a difficult task for anyone, but just how hard is it on the University of Louisville campus? Furthermore, how much more difficult is it for a student to be a vegan? Students turn to alternative diets for many reasons. One of the most cited reasons for adopting a vegetarian lifestyle is health.
The University of Louisville has been ordered by Gov. Steve Beshear to cut its budget by three percent through the end of this fiscal year, ending on June 30. U of L's cuts are part of state-wide cuts, after Beshear announced a state budget shortfall of $434 million.
The University of Louisville women's basketball team knew that their first full week of Big East Conference play would keep their hands full. Their first loss, and their second straight in conference play, came to 14th ranked University of Notre Dame, 82-74.
Leadership development. Networking. Meeting new people. Stepping outside ones comfort zone. These are all phrases junior mathematics major Jonathan Perry used to describe Greek life at the University of Louisville. Perry has been a member of Sigma Chi for two years now and is president of the Greek organization.
When a student, parent or alum visits the University of Louisville Web site, it is one of the first things seen-a face of a student from U of L. With one click, the user is taken to a video of the featured student, detailing everything from their daily routine, to highlighting events like Welcome Weekend and Homecoming.
"It was a somber moment to realize Kentucky wouldn't make it to space that day," said Chris Gleim, a senior computer engineering and computer science major and part of the U of L KySat team. Graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Louisville Speed School worked to design the orbital satellite for Space Express, part of the KySat program, along with students from other Kentucky universities.
Students gathered in the Red Barn Thursday to e-mail their state senators and state representatives, urging them to not raise tuition. Michael Walz, senior business management major, was one of the students who e-mailed his legislators. "I've written the President before, but not a legislator.
The University of Louisville pep band has come a long way, but there is still work to be done. As I sat in Conseco Field House watching the Cardinals take on Purdue University, I remember catching a glimpse of the two pep bands. Purdue's student pep band was on their feet cheering on the Boilermakers, while our geriatric version, was sitting down waiting for their next opportunity to play something from VH1's list of Awesomely Bad songs.
This spring the Speed Art Museum will become one of only four museums in the U.S. to house the exhibit "Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from London's Victoria and Albert Museum." This fascinating exhibit includes 35 masterpieces from the Renaissance and Medieval Ages the pinnacle of which is an actual journal of famed painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci.
Junior Louisville linebacker Lamar Myles has declared himself eligible for the June NFL draft and has signed with an agent. Myles was named second team All Big-East and led the Cardinals in tackles this past season with 128. "The time is right for me to move on to the NFL," Myles said in a statement on 790 WKRD.
