All posts tagged "student"

  • Author Matt Ridley “lights up” the room with optimism

    By Maggie Vancampen — Despite the power outage that affected campus, Wednesday, Oct. 10, author Matt Ridley delivered a presentation titled “Optimism and Innovation” to an audience of about 50 in the College of Business. Ridley was...

    • Posted October 19, 2018
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  • Unraveling the mysteries behind credit scores

    By Amber Cobb — This is part two of a semester-long column series on the topic: budgeting in college. One of the great mysteries of the financial world is credit, and as college students, it’s important to...

    • Posted October 18, 2018
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  • Being a failure can be a good thing

    By Kyla Thomas —  On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the College of Business held a seminar called, “Faceplant into Failure.” While some might cringe in slight pain when thinking about the thought of failure, speaker Elizabeth Liebschutz-Roettger explained...

    • Posted October 17, 2018
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  • The making of a genre: Origins of indigenous hip-hop

    By Daniel Cruse — Kyle Mays from the University of California presented a lecture about the relevance of politics and culture in Native American and indigenous hip-hop in the Bingham Humanities Building October 11. It was his...

    • Posted October 17, 2018
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  • Former representatives push for criminal justice reform

    By Sam Combest — The Brandeis School of Law and the Justice Action Network co-hosted a Criminal Justice Reform Symposium Oct. 10 which featured a panel composed of a former district judge, a former U.S. Attorney General,...

    • Posted October 15, 2018
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  • Double standards ruin relationships

    By Quintez Brown — Recently, CONECT, a peer mentoring program for incoming students, hosted an open dialogue event discussing dating and relationships. Men and women in the room discussed many topics, including cheating and domestic abuse, but...

    • Posted October 15, 2018
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  • Nyle DiMarco teaches U of L the importance of loving yourself

    By Joseph Garcia — The American Sign Language department and the LGBT Center teamed up with the Student Activities Board to bring actor, model and deaf activist Nyle DiMarco to U of L to give the Keynote...

    • Posted October 8, 2018
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  • Queer writers let their voices be heard

    By Kyla Thomas — The last week of September at U of L was Pride Week, which meant amazing LGBTQ+ friendly events all over campus. On Sept. 26, students in the LGBTQ+ writing group were excited to...

    • Posted October 5, 2018
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  • Students: Make your midterm votes count

    By Quintez Brown — A week ago, our nation celebrated its 6th annual National Voter Registration Day. The national holiday, celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of September, aims to emphasize the importance of voting, and registering to...

    • Posted October 5, 2018
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  • Bendapudi inaugurated as U of L’s 18th president

    By Joseph Lyell — An estimated 2,500 students, alumni and community members packed the lawn in front of Grawemeyer Hall for the Oct. 4 inauguration of U of L President Neeli Bendapudi. Bendapudi started work May 15...

    • Posted October 4, 2018
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