If anyone was to see University of Louisville communication and sport marketing sophomore Robert Stuppy on campus, they would probably recognize him as the cheerleader that gets the thousands of Cardinal football fans pumped up during pre-game festivities.

University of Louisville's Chapter of UNICEF (The United Nations Children's Fund) will be hosting what their president, law student Justin Clark, said he has never heard of any other college doing before. This Saturday, Dec. 1, he and his members will be hosting the 2007 Concert for Peace featuring Guest Speaker Nick Clooney, an operatic performance by soprano Caroline Worra and conductor Scott Voyles, a U of L alumnus.

Student parking could take a hit from a new research and office park development on the University of Louisville's Health Sciences Campus. The development is slated for the Haymarket parking area at the corner of Jefferson and Preston Streets, which currently provides 450 spaces for students with green passes.

Before graduating in the spring, Brett Batchelor, a senior physics major, is leaving his impression on the University of Louisville and its Greek Life. Batchelor is president of the new Greek organization at U of L - the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Although Batchelor didn't become involved in Greek Life until his junior year, he saw the U of L chapter of Phi Delta Theta as an "opportunity to start something different and guide an organization.

Religious groups and parents alike are up in arms again as "The Golden Compass" makes its way into theaters this Christmas season. The uproar began after claims had been made that the author, Phillip Pullman, is an atheist. Pullman wrote a series of books entitled "His Dark Materials," on which the film is based.

The rising cost of tuition will be the most important issue of tonight's Student Government Association Student Body Address, according to President Brian Hoffman. "Today's student should also be concerned about the University [of Louisville] keeping the welfare of students at the heart of all decisions," Hoffman said.

Set in 1980 Texas, this movie is wicked. Flesh wounds, a car bombing and strangulation are only part of it. The director brothers Ethan and Joel Coen ("Fargo," "O Brother, Where Art Thou?") once again bring originality to the theater screen. "No Country For Old Men" is correct; this movie shows the chasing down of a roughneck by a mass murderer.

At the University of Louisville, some students see college as more than just hitting the books. "If you're not having sex, you might be studying," said Josh Roberts, a junior psychology major. Research supports many of the stereotypes about college students and their sexual activity.

With the month of November coming to an end, University of Louisville students have had the opportunity to check out the new and improved men's basketball team. However, the men's basketball team isn't the only hot topic lately. U of L students have mixed feelings about the new pep band.

For anyone who has ever spent any amount of time in the downtown area, it is nearly impossible to have escaped the phrase, "Excuse me, do you have a few dollars or some change you can spare?" Before that comes disclaimers of all types, something of a general apology, followed by justifications of anything from bus rides to something to eat.