With the baseball opener now less than a month away, the team is preparing for their upcoming season. The University of Louisville baseball team has been working hard over the past few months, waiting patiently for Feb 13, 2007 when they open what could be one of the most successful seasons in Louisville Baseball Senior shortstop Chris Cates could be one of the biggest, small stories in collegiate baseball.

Emboldened by alcohol and dubious company, I once struck up a conversation with a beautiful woman who was pursuing a master's degree in literature. An English major myself, I was certain that I would dazzle her with insightful, pithy remarks on J. D. Salinger.

A Democratic House of Representatives began its push for higher education last Wednesday when it passed legislation that would cut interest rates on need-based student loans from 6.8 to 3.4 percent over the next five years. This measure, if enacted, would alleviate the debt of nearly 5,000 full-time University of Louisville undergraduates who receive federal student loans.

There are too many kidnapping stories strewn across the news and far too few of them have a happy ending. Fortunately, two young boys were rescued from a St. Louis suburb recently, despite one being missing for nearly four years. Oddly, the second was only missing for about four days.

Lulu is an old-fashioned term meaning marketable person, object or idea, which is exactly what http://www.Lulu.com is, a premier independent publishing marketplace for digital-do-it-yourselfers. It allows anyone to publish and sell or buy any digital material available.

"With tuitions rising sharply, more and more college and graduate students are being forced to work on the side to support themselves. How can you find time for both work and school?" This is the question asked on the Web site http://www.eHow.com in the article "How to Juggle Work and College or Graduate School.

Peruse any number of music magazines' top albums of 2006, and you're sure to come across Todd Snider's "The Devil You Know." Rolling Stone writer Christian Hoard calls it "the country-folk record of your lit-major dreams," as well as placing it at #33 on the magazine's top 50 albums of the year.

Ever been sitting in class, trying to pay attention, zoning off, staring at nearby classmates, wondering, "Who are these people?" Each week, The Louisville Cardinal will be introducing someone as"Student of the Week." This week we would like to introduce Ellen Whittaker, a sophomore English major.

Not only is "Louder Now" the title of Taking Back Sunday's new album, but also the theme. Each song is not just sung to you, but lead singer Adam Lazzaro takes a special pleasure in screaming it into the listener's ear. Rather than being more dramatic and heartfelt, it becomes annoying.

Code Red and Q Official, rocked the Red Barn at the University of Louisville with their hip-hop music on Saturday night, despite an undersized crowd. The Student Activities Board had spent three months planning and preparing the concert, but only about 50 people showed in the Red Barn during the event.