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Gifford resigns
from Student
Affairs office
BY MATITHACKER
News Editor
mthack~r@louisvillecardinal .com
Denise Gifford resigned her po­sirion
as vice president for Student
Affairs this summer, prompting
a search for her replacement and
possibly triggering a change in the
structure of the Student Affairs
office.
Giffo(d, whose resignation took
effect Aug. 1, worked nearly 30 years
at the university and had served as
vice president for Student Affairs the
past 10 years.
· "Dr. Gifford was a strong stu­dent
advocate,
and she will be
missed," Univer­sity
Provost Shir­ley
Willihnganz
said. Willihnganz
credited Gifford
with expand­mg
on-ca_mpus
housing and resi­dence
life, increasing intramural
sports and beginning international
student service programs.
Gifford, who accepted a new
position as dean of Students for
Zayed University in the United
Arab Emirates city of Dubai, has
already left the United States and
was not immediately available for
comment.
However, in a letter published by
the National Association ofSnident
Personnel Administrators, Gifford
showed interest in returning to U
of L to reach after one or rwo years
abroad. She also e;pressed excite­ment
over her new opportunity.
"The UAE is a small and very
oil-rich country that. is establishing
a stron_g national education and
See GIFFORD, page 3.
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August23, 20051 Vol. 79, Issue 2
Welcome Weekend
Students and staff
take advantage of
free food. and gam-es
BY CURTIS CREEKMORE
Assistant Copy Editor
news@louisvillecardinal.com
More than 1,500 students
and staff showed up last weekend
as the University of Louisville
opened its arms ro welcome
students for the start of a new
semester.
Both new and returning stu­dents
attended the annual festival
called Welcome Weekend. The
celebration got a slight makeover
this year with the addition of new
events, but the overall purpose of
the weekend stayed the same.
Administrators began the
program in 2001 as a way to
familiarize the freshman class
with the ways of campus and
college life.
"Since orientation sessions
were moved from July to June,
we thought students would forget
everything about the campus,"
Chuck Srinson I Louisville Cardinal
Mikhail Shekhovtsov and Nikolai Retva enjoy a game of boxing at Welcome Weekend's Rooftop Party.
said Desiree Anderson, a Welcome
Weekend intern. "These events just
give the students a chance to accli­mate
themselves again socially and
academically with the campus."
Students seemed to enjoy the so-cial
gatherings and free food. Fresh­man
Brittany Zimmerman said she
was having a great time.
"I knew very few people when
I got here, but I like eve1yone I've
met," she said.
The focus of each event is to get
students involved. Coming into a
new atmosphere can be a scary ex­perience
for students, so Welcome
See WELCOME, page 4.
Professors can affect textb9ok prices
The rising price of textbooks makes Eric
Woodward dread going to the bookstore.
BY MEILISSA MooDY
St.affWriter
news@Jouiisvillecardinal.com
Sruden ts attending a four-year public
college spend on :~verage one-fifth of the ·
amount of their tuition on textbooks each
year, according to a national survey conducted
in January 2004 by the State Public Interest
Research Groups.
At the University of Louisville, officials
estimate that students spend $800 per year
on textbooks and suppli"es, which is slightly
less than one-fifth of the cost of tuition, not
including room, board and other fees. All
told, textbooks constitute a large pan of the
cost of attending colleg~; howev~r, there's a
. lor that professors can do to unload some of
the financial burden. ·
Every semester before 6nals, the U of L
Bookstore sends out notices to professors
reminding them to place their book orders
for the upcoming semester. When professors
place orders before the completion of finals,
bookstores can purchase textbooks from
students for as much as 50 percent of the
See TEXTBOOK, page 3.
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