Louisville lags in minority enrollment

2006-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13th, 2006|Uncategorized|

An annual status report released by the American Council on Education shows total minority enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities is up by 50.7 percent, an increase of 4.7 million students nationwide between 1993 and 2003. The trend isn't exactly the same at the University of Louisville, however.

LIBERTÉ, EGALITÉ, DIVERSITÉ

2006-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13th, 2006|Uncategorized|

The French department at the University of Louisville has been hard at work to create a program that incorporates the motto of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, fraternity. Tomorrow their efforts will come to fruition. "The title of the day-long event is a play on the French Revolutionary motto

Women’s basketball finishes strong

2006-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13th, 2006|Uncategorized|

Staff Report The Louisville Cardinal Over the weekend the University of Louisville women's basketball team swept through the Cardinal Classic, defeating Dayton, Winthrop and Memphis. On Friday, the Cards handed the Dayton Flyers their first loss for their season opener, 81-54.

Campaign seeks to drive down cost of textbooks

2006-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13th, 2006|Uncategorized|

Student Public Interest Research Groups are running a campaign against the college textbook industry in an effort to make prices more fair and affordable. The campaign calls out the publishers and accuses them of inflating prices beyond necessity. According to a recent report from InsideHigherEd.

U of L debate team seems an issue to be debated

2006-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13th, 2006|Uncategorized|

Author Violet Ketels once said, "It is possible to bring down dictatorial regimes through violence or a gradual transformation of the conscience." Though this quote may seem extreme for a college campus setting, it is the very basis of why some students should voice their concern with the University of Louisville debate team.

Ohio State elevator kills student

2006-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13th, 2006|Uncategorized|

Twenty-four Ohio State University students packed into the 11-story Stradley Hall dormitory elevator in the late hours of Oct. 20. The last student to enter was Andrew Polakowski, an 18-year-old freshman at the university. As he entered, the elevator doors remained open while the elevator began to descend from the third floor.

Book prices lie in publishers’ hands

2006-11-13T00:00:00-05:00November 13th, 2006|Uncategorized|

During the past two weeks, students at the University of Louisville have been registering for spring classes. While enrolling in new classes is a relatively easy process, paying for the required textbooks can be a pain. It seems that every semester, the same complaints ring loud and clear throughout the student body - that we are essentially being hustled by college bookstores.

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