Composer Karl Husa, a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the 1983 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, will be the guest composer at the New Music Festival on Nov. 3-5 at the School of Music. The festival features pieces by contemporary composers - most still living - performed by university groups.
Despite the University of Louisville being a public university, by paying tuition, U of L students receive a number of special privileges not afforded the rest of the public. The right to use on-campus computers is one of these. In the same way that non-students are forbidden from using our weight room, sitting in on classes, buying discounted software from the IT store and buying discounted season tickets, they must also be forbidden from using our computers.
I got a chance to catch up on my NCAA College Football 2008 on my Xbox. As always, I played as the University of Louisville and took on Ohio State University. The Buckeyes hold a similar place in my heart along with Big East referees, ESPN constantly showing Rutgers fans rush the field, Linda Cohn and kicking puppies.
With more than 2.5 million active and reserve soldiers on the volatile frontlines in Afghanistan and Iraq, the realities of war are ever-present for United States Armed Service members across the nation. For the University of Louisville's estimated 600 active, reserve and veteran student soldiers, this reality makes the college experience a more rewarding one.
"Red Reign" flooded campus last week, not dampening the Cardinal spirit for University of Louisville's 2007 Homecoming Week. Pulling out their rain boots and coats, student organizations and dedicated Cardinal fans made both the traditional and new events of Homecoming Week a great success.
Anytime an athlete's name is put in the same sentence as former University of Louisville hoopster Taquan Dean and former U of L tennis greats Damar Johnson and Jakob Gustafsson that can only mean good things for the athlete. Freshman tennis player Austen Childs has been nothing but good news since he stepped on the U of L campus.
Seth McFarlane is a lucky, but hard-working guy. Lucky because with "Family Guy" and "American Dad," he has two successful animated shows on a major network. Hard-working because he has two animated shows on a major network, is working on a live-action pilot and does voice acting for other animated shows like "Robot Chicken.
As University of Louisville remains a public institution, the homeless have become a consistent presence in Ekstrom Library, and sometimes a source of disruption. According to Ekstrom Library dean Diane Nichols, a disturbance was reported involving an inebriated man on the third floor of the library on Thurs.
Last year in Louisville, 14 out of the 25 traffic deaths of 18-24 year olds were directly related to alcohol, according to Allison Maze of the Jefferson County Coroner's Office. In an attempt to combat these numbers, the University of Louisville Campus Health Services and the Peer Health Advocates are working together in designing a Designated Driver Initiative (DDI) in hopes of increasing the intolerance of high-risk drinking behaviors such as drunk driving.
Last week, the Muhammad Ali Institute at University of Louisville celebrated Peace and Justice Week by placing yard signs on campus highlighting a number of social injustices, as they see them. Unfortunately, a couple of the signs were absolutely preposterous.
