Philosophy professor Robert Urekew remembers his time as a student when his professor addressed the class: "you better be wearing a sport coat when you come into my classroom."
"One day," said Urekew, "a student came to class wearing only a sport coat and a jockstrap."
When it comes to picking out appropriate clothes for class, some have a harder time than others.
If you're thinking about coming in late, text messaging, holding side conversations or playing video games during class, you had better think again.
Professors at the University of Louisville are catching on and striking back against disruptive behavior in the classroom.
Communications professor Dana Seay believes that consistent tardiness affects the flow of class.
"The two things I think are rude are coming to class late and coming to class unprepared," said Seay.
There are a lot of University of Louisville students who were active in theater in high school but dropped the interest in college due to lack of opportunity. Most students are aware of the main stage productions but are not theater majors or feel too intimidated to get involved.
As a second year law student at the University of Louisville, Andrew Henson devotes much of his time to studying.
On Thursday, however, Henson set aside the books and took to the stage to perform with his band in Lawlapalooza 2008.
"Law school can be pretty damn stressful," said Henson of his motivation to play in the event held at the Phoenix Hill Tavern.
Walking by the Red Barn last Thursday, students may have noticed things were a little quieter than usual. However, ask those who were inside the building that day and their story may be different; there was a lot of communication going on.It was the first annual Deaf Awareness Day at the University of Louisville, and the Louisville American Sign Language Association (LASLA), who sponsored the event, said they were excited to see the student turnout.
Sleep is a fundamental part of human health; research has concluded that a good night's sleep helps the immune system function and improves memory, concentration and attention. For many students, however, a good quality sleep can be hard to achieve.
According to an anonymous Campus Health Services survey last spring, 31.5 percent of University of Louisville students say sleep difficulties negatively affect their academic performance.
With light music playing in the background by the University of Louisville's own Graduate String Quartet, students honored their parents and caregivers at the first-ever "Parent of the Year" award reception.
The event was one of a few "firsts" for the university this past weekend, with the additions of "Family Weekend" and the "Parent of the Year" (POTY) award to the campus.
Sleep is a fundamental part of human health; research has concluded that a good night's sleep helps the immune system function and improves memory, concentration and attention. For many students, however, a good quality sleep can be hard to achieve.
According to an anonymous Campus Health Services survey last spring, 31.5 percent of University of Louisville students say sleep difficulties negatively affect their academic performance.
Childhood stories were easy to understand and digest with midnight sweets and milk, however, once adulthood hits the fairy-tale, hunky-dory, happy ending tales sometimes take a turn for the worse.
The University of Louisville's African American Theatre Program is aware of a story's importance so much that they will be dealing with these social issues in their upcoming play titled, "The Story."
"Stories unify people and their personal experiences," said Frances Lewis, a junior theatre arts major. "The audience will have to write their own ending to the story, just like in life."
As a sexual health educator, Kari Kuka has heard some of the craziest and most incorrect myths and rumors about sex among college students. Though it's a part of the job she encounters daily, she still cringes at how misinformed college students can be when it comes to sex. "One girl I met this summer believed that herpes was more of a problem now than in the past because of the popularity of beer pong," she said. That is just a small part of the misinformation that college students have and perpetuate about sexual intercourse, and it makes the task of Kuka and other sexual health educators all the more difficult.
