A common dilemma many students face when beginning their college careers out of high school is figuring out how to stay in shape while adjusting to a new schedule.
The Student Activities Center’s fitness center offers a variety of different activities to help keep students in shape, including an accessible weight room stocked with treadmills, free and machine weight systems and other cardiovascular equipment.
“In the Louisville Metropolitan area, this [SAC] is one of the best facilities around,” Ken Carey, gym employee, said. “The vast array of equipment and stuff that this facility has here along with the facilities at the Crawford and Humana, it can’t be beat.”
The SAC is open weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is free with an active student ID.
The SAC fitness center also provides five racquetball courts, two squash courts and complete locker room facilities along with four multi-purpose gym floors which are used for basketball, volleyball and badminton.
“It offers pretty much everything you want,” Greg Welsh, junior nursing major, said. “They have a gym, basketball courts, racquetball and they’re always open when you need them to be so it’s pretty convenient.”
For those looking to keep themselves occupied in some competitive form or just looking for a way to blow off some steam without all the sweat, the Cardinal Corner might be the answer. Also located in the SAC, the Cardinal Corner provides an assortment of free games for students to compete in, including pool, ping-pong, air hockey and foosball.
The Ralph Wright Natatorium, located on the corner of Warnock Ave. and Floyd St., is one for the newest facilities on campus and allows students a chance to swim in an Olympic-size pool. The Natatorium is also home to the U of L’s men’s and women’s swim teams and is complete with an eight-lane, 50 meter competition pool with depth ranging from four feet, six inches to 18 feet.
“It’s really a great facility,” Matt Blanford, graduate student and lifeguard, said. “It’s brand new and I think students are surprised when they find out that it’s even here and they’re allowed to use it for free.”
The Natatorium is open from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and is also open at various times on weekends.
The Humana Gym is another facility available for students looking to work out. Located on Bradley Ave. and Eastern Pkwy., the Humana Gym offers complete weight and cardiovascular rooms, dry heat saunas and gym floors are available when not used for club practices. Free for students, the Humana Gym is open from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
U of L also offers a variety of different sports clubs and intramural league sports which provide students looking for a more structured plan to help maintain a healthy lifestyle, a solid solution while satisfying their competitive juices.
With clubs like badminton, fencing, gymnastics and many others, students are given the opportunity to compete while receiving a chance to learn a new sport or continuing to play a familiar one. There are also many different intramural league sports students can play including football, basketball, and soccer.
DeMarcus Topp was enjoying some dinner with friends on the bottom floor of the Student Activities Center last Wednesday. The next thing he knew, he was a suspect in a robbery investigation. A Wendy's employee thought she recognized Topp as one of the assailants from the Wendy's robbery a week earlier who were identified as black. The employee called the Department of Public Safety who, after arriving on the scene, approached Topp and asked for his ID while questioning the employee.
Last Wednesday proved to be a disturbing day for the University of Kentucky community. UK's campus police received a call at 7:45 a.m. regarding an effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hanging from a tree near the William T. Young Library. By 8:25 a.m., the physical plant had cut down the effigy using a crane.
For students like Dustin Littrell, the University of Louisville financial aid office has become a port in the economic storm America is suffering under. Littrell said that he was burdened by the cost of not only tuition but the rising cost of food and gas during his first semester as a freshman. Thanks to a full Monday through Friday course load as well as nine hours a day at an outside job, Littrell said he was exhausted from the work. "I studied every hour I wasn't at work," Littrell said. "I just graduated high school and it was a shock anyway. I had too much on my plate."
A bike instead of a car. A dark office instead of a needlessly lit one. An idle computer with the monitor turned off instead of one that stays on sucking energy needlessly. The University of Louisville spends up to one million dollars a month on energy, according to the head of the Sustainability Council Barbara Burns. A new energy pledge from the university aimed toward encouraging energy conservation among students and faculty could make some of these choices common practice at U of L.
Robert Felner looked like he had a lot on his mind this past Thursday as his case was arraigned in front of Judge Dave Whalin in the West District Courthouse. The former College of Education and Human Development dean wore a haggard, worried expression, giving "yes, sir" and "yes, madam" answers in meek tones, as he was indicted on six counts of tax evasion, one count of mail fraud and one count of money laundering conspiracy.
With elections right around the corner, several professors at the University of Louisville have had a topic to discuss in the classrooms that will greatly affect college students. "We just finished the chapter about the elections in my American Government class," political science professor Sherri Wallace said. "Prior to that, my main goal has been to serve as an informational conduit for students who are registering for the first time to vote."
Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, is currently leading his republican opponent John McCain in the polls for this race.
McCain has echoed the Obama campaign in this race by also presenting himself as a candidate that will bring reform and change to this country.
During his first term, Yarmuth helped pass a bill that called for the largest increase in college aid in 60 years.
Former five-term representative, Republican Ann Northup, has returned from a failed bid for governor in an attempt to reclaim a seat in the House.
McConnell led the republican minority during his fourth term as state senator.
This is Lunsford's first campaign for a senatorial position. Lunsford has held several positions with the Democratic party over the years, and boasts a career as a successful businessman, having invested in horse racing, theme parks and the film industry.
For Wes Allen, the upcoming November 4 election is more than just the average voting go-round. It is a chance for students to fulfill their civic duty. "I think we will see a vast increase in voting by young adults unlike any other election before," said Allen, a senior justice administration and sociology major. "High fuel prices, high tuition rates, the condition of the economy, tax breaks for those who need them and many other concerns are at stake."
Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, is currently leading his republican opponent John McCain in the polls for this race.
McCain has echoed the Obama campaign in this race by also presenting himself as a candidate that will bring reform and change to this country.
During his first term, Yarmuth helped pass a bill that called for the largest increase in college aid in 60 years.
Former five-term representative, Republican Ann Northup, has returned from a failed bid for governor in an attempt to reclaim a seat in the House.
McConnell led the republican minority during his fourth term as state senator.
This is Lunsford's first campaign for a senatorial position. Lunsford has held several positions with the Democratic party over the years, and boasts a career as a successful businessman, having invested in horse racing, theme parks and the film industry.
David Huber, U.S. Attorney for the West District of Kentucky, announced a press conference today that former University of Louisville College of Education and Human Development Dean Robert Felner is being indicted on charges of money laundering conspiracy, tax evasion and mail program fraud. An associate of Felner from the University of Rhode Island, Thomas Schroeder of Illinois, was also indicted.
