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The Louisville Cardinal
OCTOBER 6 - 12, 2009
Speed Museum
expands to
reach students
By Michael Kennedy
The Louisville Cardinal
mkennedy@louisvillecardinal.com
The Speed Art Museum
has a problem. Thousands of
students walk past its doors
every day, but few actually
enter. The desire to draw
students in is at the heart
of the museum's upcoming
expansion.
The first phase of the
expansion is expected to
begin construction by fall
2010, and be completed by
spring 2012, according to
principal architect Kulapat
Yantrasast.
Lisa Resnik, director
of capital campaign and
strategic initiatives for the
Speed Art Museum, said that
she thinks the exterior is too
foreboding to students, and
many students don't know
that the museum exists.
"There's this dark building
that you can't see in," said
Resnik. "It's difficult to
see inside; we're not very
inviting."
Yantrasast, of wHY
Architecture, said that the
museum feels isolated and
closed off. He hopes the
expansion will change that.
"It has to be inside­out,
Yantrasast said of
the museum. "It has to be
completely transparent. It
has to connect with everyone
from all directions."
& part of the expansion,
a plaza will be created near
the Schipp Street entrance,
between the museum and its
parking garage. According to
Resnik, there will be a cafe, a
possible water feature and a
sculpture garden in this area.
Additionally, this will become
the only entrance into ·the
museum, and the museum
shop will also be there.
Resnik hopes the plaza·
will become a hotbed of
activity, where students can
enjoy the cafe, and use free
wireless access.
SPEED see page 2
The Speed Art Museum will soon
undergo an expansion.
The independent weekly student newspaper at the University of Louisville since 1926
www.louisvillecardinal.com VOLUME 84, ISSUE 7 • 8 PAGES, 1 SECTION
Fun, food
and foam at
homecoming
By Elijah McKenzie
The Louisville Cardinal
thebeat@louisvillecardinal.com
Following last week's
Paint the Town Red event,
1Oth annual Foam Party,
sixth annual Block Party and
Student Outreach Uniting
Louisville's Day of Service,
this week the University
of Louisville will kick
homecoming into high gear.
There will be a cookout at
the Health Sciences Campus
quad on Tuesday, Oct. 6; a
Quidditch tournament on
Wednesday, Oct. 7; a tug
of war on the intramural
field on Thursday, Oct. 8
and a homecoming dance
on Friday, Oct. 9. Finally,
the festivities wrap up with
the main event: the U of L
vs. University of Southern
Mississippi football game at
Papa John's Cardinal Stadium
on Saturday, Oct. 10.
With midterms just
around the corner, the packed
schedule of homecoming
events may seem a little
overwhelming for some
students. There seem to be
two main reasons that some
students do not attend the
events. There are some that
are aware of the homeceming
celebrations, but choose not
to participate, in an effort
to focus more on homework
and exams. Then there's the
secondcategoryofuninvolved
students- those that are
completely unfamiliar with
homecoming and, due to a
lack of knowledge, miss out
on some of the main events.
Clifton Crouch, a
sophomore computer
UofL Alerts and crime updates
information systems major,
said that he is not familiar
with the homecoming parties
happening on campus.
"I didn't even know any
of these events were related
to homecoming," Crouch
said of the foam and block
parties. "I knew they were
school-related events, but I
thought they were directed
more towards freshmen, to
increase their involvement
with the university."
By Billy S. Garland
The Louisville Cardinal
bgarland@louisvillecardinal.com
Since the beginning of the semester, the University of
Louisville has been repeatedly hit with criminal activity.
Since August, there have been approximately five reported
robberies, one alleged sexual assault and one individual
apprehended for carrying firearms onto campus. All of
these incidents were followed by a crime notification sent
out by the university. To release the notification after the
initial crime, it has taken an average of seven hours. The
question some students now have is: Why did it take so
long?
"I just don't understand why it takes so long to get the
alert," said junior biology major Hudson Rison. "It seems
that if they were trying to keep us safe they would let us
know a lot quicker."
According to U of L spokesman John Drees,
concerns like t his one are valid, but stem from a simple
misunderstanding.
"A lot of students get confused about this," said Drees.
"There are actually two different systems that we use.
What you normally get is a crime update. We send these
out after all of the information has been collected from
the investigation. The other method is the UofL Alerts.
These alerts are like the warning that was sent out on
Monday. We send these out when it appears that there is
an imminent threat to students."
Monday's event that Drees referenced was an
investigation into an alleged sexual assault near the
Ekstrom Library. The university used on-campus phones,
e-mail and text messaging to alert students of the reported
event because, according to Drees, officials had reason to
believe the alleged perpetrators were still on campus.
"We use the crime updates to inform students and
parents of events on campus," said Drees. "The UofL
Alerts system is intended to warn students when there is
a potentially imminent threat."
Drees and other university officials have put into
official documentation a brief explanation of the different
communication methods and how and when students
might receive them. According to the document, a crime
update "is [a) notification of an on-campus crime by a
person that poses no imminent danger to the campus
community." The release goes on to explain that students
will receive these updates within 24 hours of the U of L
Department of Public Safety receiving the report.
In contrast, the document describes the UofL Alerts
as "notification[s) of any situation that poses imminent
danger to the campus community or is time sensitive."
These messages are rdeased immediately after DPS has
determined that there is an immediate threat to the
campus.
According to the report, students must opt into getting
the UofL Alerts, if they want to receive them via e-mail
and text message. This can be done by going online to
louiville.edu/alerts.
This distinction between the two methods of
communication works to answer Rison's question, but
how have the methods worked to prevent or lessen crime
rates on campus? According to the 2009 Jean Clery Act
ALERTS see page 2
Although he will be
attending tailgating parties
with friends, Crouch stated
that he hasn't taken an active
HOMECOMING see page 2
Students found rides like this one
at the sixth annual Block Party.
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