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SUMMER 2007
WHAT'S INSIDE
NEWS
Top 1 0 stories
from 2006-2007
Find out what went on
around campus in the year
before you arrived.
See pageA3
Finding friends in
new places
A look at how starting a
new student organization
can be an exciting
adventure.
See pageA2
FEATURES
Ready to buy your
first textbooks?
This week's Fe atures section
takes a look at the options
when it comes to buying in
c;torec; ve rsus online.
See page AS
SPORTS
Sports backed by
rich history
Find out all the latest info on
Cardinal sporting eve nts.
See page B1
How to be a true
Cardinal fan
Trevor Joelson is your g uide
to becoming a real fa natic.
See page B1
ENTERTAINMENT
More than just
metal and rocks
Wo nde ring about t hose
statues around campus?
Find out what they are.
See pa ge 85
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more stories and
photos;
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INDEX
Briefs A2
Classified A11
Editorial A6
Entertainment 85
Features A8
Opinion A6
Sports 81
Weather A2
Web link A2
www.louisvillecardinal.com VOLUME 80, ISSUE 30 • 20 PAGES, •
Tuition upped from 06-07
By Dennis O'Neil
The Louisville Cardinal U OF L TUITION, 1998-2008
The incoming Class of 2011 wi ll pay 9.9 percent
more than the Class of 20 10 when they entered the
University of Louisville. The 2007-08 hike marks the
fifth year in a row that ruirion has gone up at the Uni­versity
of Louisville.
Incoming students may ask, why the tuition hike,
and what will the money pay for?
According to Vice President for Finance Mike Cur­tin,
state funding for higher education has gone steadily
down over the years, forcing many Kentucky institu­tions
to raise tuition.
"There is a mentality in many state legislatures that
college education satisfies more of a private good than
a public good," Curtin said. "So, as state funding goes
down, tuition goes up."
According to U ofll operating budget for the 2007-
08, part of the increase will go towards student financial
aid and improving education.
An estimated $3 million was allocated for financial
aid, and an additional $13 million will be invested in
students' education experiences such as the newly de­veloped
Quality Enhancement Plan, which is geared
towards improving critical thinking skills in the class-room.
2007-08 $6,870
2006-07 $6,252
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-00
1998-99
TUITION see page A4 S- 11,000 $2,000 S3,000 54,000 S5,000 $6,000 S7,000 $8,000
GRAPH BY CHRJS BROWN/LOUISVILLE CARDiNAL
• Par tnno man's land
YURIY LOZ!TSKIY/LOU!SVTLLE CARD!NAL
There are few cars parked at Papa John's Ca rdinal Stadium during the summer, but during the peak hours of the fall semester, these spaces will be filled to the fences.
Commuter campus compounds problems
By Brad Atzinger
The Louisville Cardinal
Despi te the banners hanging from Free­dom
Hall and Papa John's Cardinal Stadium,
most University of Louisville students will
say that parking is the top sport played at U
of L.
"It's all about timing," said sophomore
Forrest Pittman about his parking technique.
"You have to learn the schedules to know
when to find the best parking spots."
On a landlocked campus, parking remains
a major issue, especially for a university com­posed
of more than 16,000 commuter stu­dents.
"The fact that this is mainly a com­muter
school creates a need for more parking,
but there aren't a lot of commuter spots on
campus," said sophomore engineering stu­dent
Nick Moorman.
According to the Assistant Director of
Parking Doreen Wood, there were 13,115
parking permits issued for the Belknap Cam­pus
for only 11,460 parking spaces. Simi­larly,
3,648 permits for the Health Science
Campus were issued for only 3,038 spots.
"Typically, you would always sell signifi­cantly
more permits than spaces because all
members of the community are not here at'
the same time and come and go constantly/'
Wood said. "For example, you have day stu­dents
as opposed to evening students."
Wood said the parking division works to
acclimate new students to the U of L park-
PARKING see page AS
Newgov't
leaders set
for action
By Sarah McSparin
The Louisville Cardinal
With its notable impact on stu­dent
life, the Student Government
Association (SGA) at the Univer­sity
of Louisville is arguably one of
the most powerful organizations on
campus.
"SGA is everywhere," junior
Morgan Pace
said. "They
make a tre­mendous
effect
on every stu­dent's
college
career whether
it is fighting
against tuition
increases or
funding an
orga ni zation
for students to
participate in,"
said Pace, who
is studying po­litical
science.
Since its
creation m
1971, the U
of L SGA has
acted as an
outlet in which
students can
express their
opinions to
the university
a dminis t r a­tion.
Today
more than 170
recognized stu­dent
organiza­tions
(RSOs)
and the 11 col­leges
ofU of L
are represented
in the three
branches of the
organi zation
- the executive
staff, Supreme
Court and
Senate.
The SGA
also has a his­tory
of butting
heads with the
administration
and various
RSOs. During
tl1e 2006-07
SGA
TOP FOUR
Brian Hoffman
SGA President
Kate Brueggemann
SGA Executive VP
Rudy Spencer
SGA Services VP
term, disagree- Matt Flairty
ments erupted SGA Academic VP
between the
SGA and the Board ofTrustees over
the athletic fee and the Association
of Black Students over the 2007-08
budget.
Aside from the clashing, last year's
SGA introduced 33 reso lutions that
undertook issues such as improv­ing
student tickets, combating the
SGA see page A2
Small cases constitute majority of campus crime
Major threats
keep force vigilant
By Ray Dillon
The Louisville Cardinal
Although there are more than
220 "incidents" recorded in the
University of Louisville's D e­partment
of Public Safety online
crime log since Jan. 1, the opin­ion
of both students and DPS
staff seems to be that the campus
is generally safe.
"It's a pretty safe campus,"
said sophomore Dina Kulenovic,
a psychology major. "I mean, ev­ery
now and then you hear stuff
about someone being held up
off campus, or that someone had
someth ing stolen when they were
in the lib rary o r something, but I
don't feel unsafe here. Things like
that are more the exception than
the norm."
Since Jan . 1, there have been
102 reports of thefts or mislaid
property over and under $300;
three reports of assaults or robber­ies;
31 incidents of harassment or
physical threaten ing; nine reports
of hi t and run; 15 reports of auto­motive
b!'eak-ins; 17 incidents in­volving
drugs or alcohol; and 46
other incidents of various crimi­nal
mischief, vandalism, etc.
Sergeant Joseph D ittman of
DPS said that while the incidents
may seem high in number, the
incidents range from the theft of
CAMPUS CRIME
~ Mo re than 220 crime
cases were reported to
Public Safety in 2006-07.
~ Most of the cases were
theft re ports.
~ DPS sergeant says most
reports we re d ue to care­le
ssness of individ uals.
~ To re port a crime, call
DPS at 852-61 11.
a cell phone, wh ich is categorized
as a theft under $300, to damage
to a parked car, which is classi­fied
as a hit and run on the crime
log. Sq uabbles between lovers or
CRIME see page A2
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