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The Louisville Cardinal
JANUARY 15, 2008
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The independent weekly student .newspaper at the University of Louisville since 19 26
www.louisvillecardinal.com
Students urge legislators to
'listen up' to their e-mails
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MJCHAELKENNEDYILOUISVILLE CARDINAL
Several students in the Red Barn are e-mailing their state senators and representatives, urging them not to cut U of L's fund­ing.
Such a cut would necessitate an increase in tuition for U o~ l's student body.
Student e-mails concern rise in tuition
By Michael Kennedy
The Louisville Cardinal
Students gathered in the Red
Barn Thursday to e-mail their
state senators and state represen­tatives,
urging them to not raise
tuition.
Michael Walz, senior business
management major, was one of
the students who e-mailed his
legislators. "I've written the Presi­dent
J:>e(ore, but not a legislator.
I probably would have done it
without the free pizza." He com­mended
the event on making it
easier for him to contact his leg­islators.
The event, whiEh occurs sever­al
times throughout the year, was
hosted by the Student Govern­ment
Association. SGA Director
of External Relations Anna Ram­say
was hoping for 150 students
to "encourage the legislators to
provide more funding to U of L
in light of the budget cuts."
Gov. Steve Beshear recently
announced a three percent cut in
university funding from the state
for the rest of this fiscal year. Fu­ture
cuts are expected.
SGA Services Vice President
Rudy Spencer emphasized the im-
LISTEN see page 2
LISTEN UP:
~ More than 150 students
assembled at the Red Barn
to encourage state legisla­tors
to provide more state
funding to U of Lin light
of recent budget cuts.
~There will be three
more Listen Up Legislators
events, on Jan. 24, Feb.
6 and Feb. 28 at the Red
Barn.
~These events will
culminate with the Rally
for Higher Education in
Frankfort.
U of L to launch new branding
campaign, first since 2000
By Kirk Laughlin
The Louisville Cardinal
Dare to be great. For years these
four words have been seen on fly­ers,
in Orange Bowl commercials
and on highway signs branding
the University of Louisville and
ringing in the ears of perspective
applicants and researchers around
the nation.
But this brand will not be
around for much longer. On Jan.
22, the university marketing de­partment
will launch a new brand
advertising for the university.
Grawemeyer Hall has been tight­lipped
on the new slogan, with
John Drees, U of i.:s vice president
for marketing and communica­tion,
offering "no comment."
At the University of Kentucky,
a new branding attempt has al­ready
been put onto the marker
through its "See blue" initiative.
Launched in early October, it has
already been put onto irs homep-age,
in television commercials and
other graphics projects.
As part of the "See blue" pack­age,
UK advertises the advances
the university has made and plans
to make toward becoming a "top
20" research university. Similarly,
Western Kentucky University
has used "The spirit makes the
master" in advertisement, taking
note of forensic championships,
research advances and Fulbright
Scholars that the university has
had in recent years.
The current logo, "Dare to be
great," has been in effect since
2000, when then President John
Shumaker said, "The theme is
ideally suited to U of L today."
Shumaker went on to say, "We've
made major strides in quality
quickly thanks to our faculty, staff
and friends. It's time to tell our
story."
''After eight years of telling this
story, I think the university has
dared to be great and has come up
pretty well," sophomore bioengi­neering
major Sean Warren said.
"It is time that they come up with
a new motto that embodies where
we are today in an attractive and
mature manner."
"The 'Dare to be great' initia­tive
has been around for a while.
The university needs a fresh face,"
sophomore nursing major Ra­chael
Rice said. "Hopefully, it
won't sound tacky and is able to
give us a fresh feel and a good out­look."
DARE TO CHANGE:
~ University of louisville
will change their old brand­ing,"
Dare to be great:'
~ John Drees, U of L's vice
president for communi­cation
and marketing,
declined to comment on
the new branding and said
it will be released on Jan. 22.
VOLUME 82, ISSUE 16 • 12 PAGES, 1 SECTION
Budget cuts force
hiring freeze
Ramsey:
future cuts
'devastating'
By Michael Kennedy and
Dennis O'Neil
The Louisville Cardinal
The University of Louisville
has been ordered by Gov. Steve
Beshear to cut its budget by
three percent through the end
. of this fiscal year, ending on
June 30. U of I.:s cuts are part
of state-wide curs, after Bes­hear
announced a state budget
shortfall of $434 million.
According to U of L Presi­dent
Dr. James R. Ramsey, it is
uncertain how these cuts will
affect tuition for the 2008-2009
school year, where as much as a
nine percent increase has been
discussed. Ramsey did say that
"the next two months are criti­cal,"
in regards to the tuition
situation.
"We have budget scenarios
set up that anticipate certain
cuts," Ramsey said. "Depend­ing
on how much is cut from
state funding in the future,
tuition increases become big is­sues
in this situation."
The three percent cut
amounts to $5 million that the
university must come up with.
Due to a freshman class of un­precedented
size, 200 more
students than anticipated, $1.5
million will come from excess
tuition, leaving $3.5 million
of real cuts that the university
must make.
THE OUTLOOK:
~ U of l must cut it~ bud­get
by $5 mil. by the end
of June.
~ Ramsey says that 3.5
mil. will come from pro­gram
cuts.
~ U of l could suffer as
much as a 12 percent cut
in state funding after the
Kentucky General Assem­bly
concludes its session
in April.
In light of this, Ramsey has
.enacted a hiring freeze on all per­sonnel,
except for positions where
a search was ongoing at the time of
the freeze, or if an offer had been
made to fill a position. For essen­tial
positions, the Provost must
approve, and she will work with
the department head to determine
where the money will come from
to counteract the salary of the
hire.
In light of the fiscal position
U ofL is in, SGA President Brian
Hoffman said, "It's going to be a
tough year."
The university has not made
any cuts yet, and any program cuts
that may occur this year will be
minimal, according to Ramsey.
"We have not come out and
cut any programs," Ramsey said.
''A lot of the time departments are
budgeted money that they don't
spend, so we think we will have
enough money to manage the cur­rent
year."
However, as the Kentucky Gen­eral
Assembly is working on the
2009-20 1 0 stare budget, Ramsey
is convinced that more cuts are
on the way, and he has been told
CUTS see page 2
MICHAEL KENNEDY !LOUISVILLE CARDINAL
According to a recent study, racial diversity among law schools has been
decreasing. Meanwhile, Brandeis School of Law has seen a 12 percent increase.
Despite national trend,
law school has minority
enrollment growth
By Dennis O'Neil
The Louisville Cardinal
As the University of Louisville
continues its mission of diversity,
enrollment numbers for Brandeis
Law School reveal an 81 percent
to 17 percent ratio of white stu­dents
to minority students.
A set of statistics submitted by
the law school reveal that, since
1997, the ratio of white students
to minority students has been as
lopsided as 94 percent to 5 per-cent
in 2006. This year's ratio of
81 percent to 17 percent is the
best the school has had in 1 0
years.
"Diversity is good in almost
every way," first year law student
Brad Palmer said. "It enriches the
educational environment with
more perspectives to consider
and different ways of thinking
about the law."
Second year law studeiu
MINORITY see page 3
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