The University of Louisville held a ground breaking ceremony for its new multi-million dollar Center for Predictive Medicine at Shelby Campus on April 9. The $34.6 million facility, which will house one of the 13 Level Three biosafety labs in the nation, will be used to research and develop vaccines for infectious diseases such as West Nile, SARS and bird flu.
The Cardinals will look to dispatch their second instate rival, when the University of Louisville softball team will be playing host to the Colonels of Eastern Kentucky University tonight at 5 p.m. at Ulmer Stadium. The game comes after taking care of business last week against the University of Kentucky in a 7-6 extra innings win.
The University of Louisville tied with Kentucky State University for first in facility condition with a "fair" rating, while most other Kentucky schools were given a "poor" rating in a April 4 report released by the Postsecondary Education Council. But the report stated that over $1.
I've always been fond of St. Francis's quote, "Preach the Gospel to all the world. If necessary, use words." Recently, I watched the documentary, "Jesus Camp," and as a Christian believer myself, was absolutely dismayed. The film focuses on a summer program intended to, through intense training and discipline, turn the children into extremist Christians.
The University of Louisville cheerleaders and Ladybirds traveled to Daytona, Fla. to battle more than 175 universities in the Collegiate National Championship, on April 5-6. The Cardinal spirit groups weeded out their competition as the large co-ed squad, Ladybirds and all-girl stunt group brought home another national championship.
In a world filled with controversy over legally and illegally downloaded music, Starbucks has launched a music label. Starbucks could have launched a restaurant chain, kitchenware line, or clothing... but they did not. They launched a music label. This leads to the question, Starbucks, who until now has followed a very successful business plan that has led to Starbucks in every state and many countries, why a music label? The recording industry has been lamenting the downfall of CD sales for years and blaming it on downloading.
Bonjour could be the most widely known French word, but at Friday's Fifth Annual Francofolie Celebration at the Red Barn, students explored and expanded their French knowledge. The free event from 10-2 p.m. was in conjunction with the French division of the Classical and Modern Language Department in the Arts and Sciences and the French division at Indiana State University.
The war in Iraq, hurricanes and greedy politicians are some of the recent theories out there to explain high gas prices. Freshman psychology major Kayla Wilbert said last week's rise in prices was due to Jefferson County schools being on spring break. They know when people are going to be traveling, she said.
If you went into a cave and found some books written two thousand years ago, would you read them as if they were scientific fact? Hardly. There was no scientific method with which to test the very little "science and technology" of the day. In biblical times, people mostly relied on myths to explain illness, earthly phenomena, and other occurrences in life that seemed unexplainable.
Horror movies set in hotels, are some of the best of the genre, like "Psycho," "Identity" and "The Shining." The upcoming thriller "Vacancy" looks like its going to carry on this tradition. The movie is set at a creepy rundown motel in the middle of nowhere.
