Bang. Bang. Bang.
Just one year ago, University of Louisville senior wide receiver Trent Guy heard those sounds echo 19 times as he walked through the parking garage of a local nightclub in the early morning last July. Fortunately for him, only one of those shots hit him.
"An inch to the right it would have hit my spine, an inch to the left it would have hit a vital organ," Guy said.
Reigning Big East Freshman of the Year Victor Anderson looks to continue to put up numbers worthy of All Big East, beginning Sept. 5 against Indiana State.
Anderson, who rushed for 1,047 yards on 183 carries last season, will be no. 1 on the Cardinals' depth chart at running back, the most experienced position on the team.
As college football fans across the country anxiously await another exciting season of action, the University of Louisville football team will open its third season under head coach Steve Kragthorpe. The Cardinals kick off the 2009 season against Indiana State University on Sept. 5 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
On Tuesday, University of Louisville head coach Steve Kragthorpe announced that junior Justin Burke was named starting quarterback over junior Adam Froman.
Kragthorpe told reporters that Burke's consistency proved to be the deciding factor.
The second part of a three-part road construction project will begin next Tuesday, Sept. 8, shutting down parts of Eastern Parkway, from the stoplights in front of the J.B. Speed School of Engineering to the ramps onto I-65.
"This will be a short-term headache with great long-term benefits," said John Drees, University of Louisville spokesman. "We are trying to make this as painless as possible."
Today's world is one that is vastly different from that of the previous generation. There was a time in which America was considered to be a Christian nation. Former President Woodrow Wilson is quoted as saying, "America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture."
On the curves of 65 South, excitement and tension start to fill the car. Jaws are tingling, craving the sweet taste of a funnel cake or the puckering feel of a lemon shake-up. Billboards have been passed, their words bold and blaring: Kentucky State Fair, Aug. 20-30, 2009.
While I am all for some campus renovation and accommodations to students, I cannot help but notice that with every change, we are set back in other areas. For example, take the new Einstein Bros. Bagel shop in Bingham Humanities. In the lobby, at one...
I hope you enjoyed Welcome Weekend here at the University of Louisville. I wouldn't know how it went. I was at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I went to a concert by Matt Nathanson, a national recording artist with a Top 40 hit under his belt. We had, oh wait, our Student Activities Board, SAB, didn't get anyone.
