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Meal plan comparable to other universities
Chuck Stinson I Louisville Cardinal
Upperclassmen living on campus now are required to have a meal plan.
By ALLISON STRICKLAND
Managing Editor
plan for this group of students. The amount
charged for a meal plan at most -of the colleges
and universities we surveyed is the same for
Upperclassmen living on campus are now all resident students, regardless of their clas­required
to have a mandatory meal plan for sification."
the first time. "U of I.:s meal plan compares favorably ·
According to Mitchell Payne, associate vice with the meal plans at other Kentucky schools
presidc;:nt for Business Mfairs, "Meal plans -as well as the university's benchmark schools,"
are an essential part of the overall dining said Payne. "With only a few exceptions,
services program at the University of Lou- wheiJ you look at factors such as the amount
isville. They help provide the campus living charged, t\?-e type of meal plan, the cost per
experience ... and help _______________ meal, and flexibility, U
provide the quality and of L's meal plan costs
variety ofdining service '~Meal plans are an essential less money and provides
opportunities expected part· of the overall dining more flexibility for our
by the university and our students." . · services program at the Urn- resident students." The following Ken-
Freshmen living on versity of Louisville." tucky schools require
cam pus are required first-year residents ro
to purchase an $850- -Mitchell Payne on U of L have a meal plan: the
per-semester meal plan, meal plans. University of Kentucky,
which, according to Morehead State, East-
Payne, provides about
$8 a day for food,. "The meal plan is designed
to provide flexibility to students by giving
them a declining balance plan that lets _them
choose where on campus they want ro ear,
what they want to ear, and when they want to
ear. Students-can choose to ear some oftheir
meals off campus, without losing their meal
plan dollars as they would with some meal
plans at other schools."
Payne said rhar, since this is rhe first year
rhar returning students have been required
to have a meal plan, "it was decided to start
with a lesser amount to phase in the meal
ern Kentucky, Northern
Kentucky, Murray State, Kentucky State and
Western Kentucky. Eastern and Western re­quire
only first-year residents to have a meal
plan; UK, Northern Kentucky and Kentucky
State require that all residents purchase one.
Morehead charges the least for its meal
plan, with first-year residents paying $669
per semester for a 100-meal block plan with
· a $100 declining balance, meaning they can
use this moneywhereve'r they'd like. Kentucky
State's plan is the most expensive, with a de­dining
meal plan priced at $1,514
see MEAL, page 4
Students have mixed reaction~' to election results
By MALLORY BOWMAN
Editor in Chief
It was predicted that college-aged students
would have a monumental impact on last
week's election. Although turnouts at polling
places across America were high, the turnout
of registered voters 18-29 years old according
to a CNN exit poll was 17 percent- the exact
same amount as in the 2000 election.
Across America, college students favored
Sen. John Kerry over President George W
Bush. According the CNN exit poll, 54 per­cent
of voters ages 18-29 voted for Kerry and
45 percent voted for Bush.
Students at the University of Louisville
are quick to recognize their impact on the
local and presidential elections, and although
opinions are varied, most students feel that
even if their favorite candidate didn't win,
their votes counted.
Sophomore Dana Ray said she stood in
line for two hours to vote at Baits Elementary
School on Bardstown Road.
"I would have stood in line 'all day," Ray
said. "It was that important to me. I feel it is
my civic duty."
Ray said she made s_ome tough decisions
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when choosing which presidential candidate
to vote for, but eventually she decided to
vote for Kerry. "I was a swing voter for a long
time," she said. "But I ended up realizing
that gay marriage shouldn't trump poverty. I
think it was so important not to look at just
one issue."
Students on U of I.:s campus were also
educated about the local elections. Although
many students didn't vote in Louisville, the
house race, in which Anne Northup was vic­torious
over Tony Miller with 60 percent of
the votes, will affect U of L.
Louisville native and junior Dana Blake-
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more said she was excited about the local
elections.
"I was very pleased with the election re­sults
all around," she said. "I thought it was
so near how many people got behind Anne
Northup." .
However, Blakemore said the senatorial
race between Jim Bunning and Dan Mon­giardo
was discouraging.
"I was really disappointed at how nasty the
Bunning vs. Mongiardo race got."
One issue that appeared on Kentucky's
ballot this election that has also been an is
see ELECTIONS, page 3
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