The Louisville Cardinal
OcTOBER 24, 2006
WHAT'S INSIDE
NEWS
Geek squad comes
to local venue
Roving "tech support squad"
offers computer help at Louisville's
Belvedere tomorrow afternoon.
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President recruits
Kentucky students
Ramsey travels across state to talk
to prospective U of L students.
SeepageA2
Federal passport
guidlines change
U.S. citizens now required to carry
passports to Canada, Mexico, other
countries within the Americas
SeepageA3
SPORTS
Tennis player
overcomes tumor
Sophomore walk-on makes it back
on the court after medical battle
See page B1
Students organize iCe
hockey club team
After one attempt at organizing a
team last year, several students are
trying to reorganize a hockey club.
They began practicing this month.
See page B1
FEATURES
Spring break needn't
leave students broke
In her column this week, Toma
Smith looks at several ways to save
money on spring break vacations.
Seepage AS
Universities to boost
minority recruitment
Schools hope to improve diversity
See page AS
ENTERTAINMENT
Review: 1Fiags of our
Fathers' misses point
Director Clint Eastwood's film
about the flag-raising at lwo Jima
leaves audiences disconnected.
See page B4
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The independent weekly student newspaper at the University of Louisville since 1926
www.louisvillecardinal.com VOLUME 80, ISSUE 9 • 14 PAGES, 2 SECTIONS
LAW SCHOOL
Dean search continues at Brandeis
Five candidates interview for
law school leadership position
By Brittany Baumgarten
The Louisville Cardinal
The Brandeis School of Law
at the University of Louisville is
searching for new, qualified leaders
to fill d1e dean slot which has been
open for two years.
According to David Ensign, act­ing
dean of lie law schol, rhe dean
search committee looked at more
than 100 applications before nar­rowing
it down to the five appli­cants
they felt were most qualified.
As the dean search commenced,
meetings with constituents, alumni,
staff and students took place. These
meetings allowed the concerned
parries to ask questions about what
qualities the hew dean should pos-sess.
Information gathered from
these meetings and oilier sources
enabled personnel to narrow
down the candidates to fiYe.
These candidates are on cam­pus
iliis week for ilieir interviews.
Each candidate has or will be host­ing
a question and answer forum
to allow for student feedback in
lie selection process.
The nominees are as follows:
Robert Ackerman, a professor
from the Dickinson School of
Law at Penn State; Jim Chen, as­sociate
dean at lie Univetsity of
Minnesota Law School; Candace Zi­erdt,
a professor from the University
of North Dakota School of Law; Cal­vin
Massey, a professor from the Uni­versity
of California Hastings College
of Law; and LeRoy Pernell, dean of
Norm Illinois College of Law.
"This is a great time to look for a
dean and I am confident we will be
able to select one who will do good
things for us," Ensign said.
In light of lie possible end to
night classes and the fact that U of
L has slipped out of the top 100 law
DEAN see page A2
Professor David
Ensign has served as
the acting dean of
the law school since
last year.
"With so many companies gathered here, the job fair allows me to easily find
a handful ofjobs that will fit into my career path of industrial engineerin$."
-Engineering graduate Steven Kelmer
Belknap
residents
dedicate
Peace Pole
Representatives from a variety of different companies were on hand for last Thursday's annual career fair in the Student Activities Center. The career fair gives
students the chance to explore job options related to their major, as well as other opportunities outside of their discipline.
Students explore job options
at annual campus career fair
By Deanna Tran
The Louisville Cardinal
More than 600 students and alumni of the
University of Louisville attended Career Fair
2006 on Oct. 19 in hopes of finding a potential
career. 'lhe event was held in the multipurpose
room of the Student Activities Center. The semi­annual
fair, which was sponsored by the Universi­ty
Career Center, served to connect students and
employers in the job searching process.
The fair welcomed nearly 90 new and past em­ployer
participants to this year's event. In order
to cover a variety of jobs, the fair had local and
national companies such as Humana, General
Electric, the Louisville Water Company and Old
Navy participate at the event.
Steven Kelmer, a graduate from Speed School
who attended the fair, emphasized the ease in
job searching the fair provided. "With so many
companies gailiered here, the job fair allows me
to easily find a handful of jobs that will fit into
my career path of industrial engineering," Kelmer
said.
While some students came to glance at job
opportunities, most students at the fair took ad­vantage
of this chance to personally introduce
and express their interests to job recruiters of
participating companies. Fair coordinator, Debra
Mayberry, said, "The fair is intended to recruit
graduating students and alumni for professional
jobs, co-ops, and internships."
When preparing to meet job recruiters fair at­tendee
Melissa Cantrell, a junior marketing ma­jor,
said that she makes sure to look the part.
"When I meet employers, I want to make sure
that I look professional and give them the most
recently updated resume," Many students at the
fair donned professional attire and brought their
resumes.
Jane Gildehaus, a representative of partic ipat­ing
employer Bahk of America, said she has been
· impressed by the professionalism of students at
'' "When I meet employers, I want to
make sure that I look professional:'
- Marketing junior Melissa Cantrell
the fair. Because Bank of America is new to lie
Louisville market, Gildehaus said, "Participating
in the job fair allows for Bank of America to hire
good candidates in the field of banking and fi­nancing."
Recruitment director for Teach for America
Talla Rittenhouse, said, as a reason for participat­ing
in the fair this year. "I know there are out­standing
graduates here at the University of
Louisville, and so locating iliem is the priority,"
Rittenhouse said.
Out of the 30 people she interviewed at the
fair, only five of them have even heard of Teach
for America. Rittenhouse visited campus organi­zations
and classrooms to further lie awareness of
her organization.
This was the first year mat Teach for America
participated in the fair, and Bank of America is
a returning employer participant. Director of
lie University Career Center, Leslye Erickson,
said that a waiting list was created for the high
demand from companies wanting to participate
in iliis year's fair. Booths of wait-listed companies
had to be housed outside the entrance of the fair.
According to Mayberry, employers have rated
U of :Cs fair as one of the best college student re­cruitment
fairs they ha.ve ever attended. Regarding
new leadership under Erickson at the University
Career Center, Mayberry said the fair is growing.
with new and better ideas for organization, ac­commodation
and promotion.
For a complete list of participating employers
of Career Fair 2006 or further information about
job and career assistance, visit http://www.louis­ville.
recruiting. com.
UOFL
CAREER
CENTER
The Career Center
"offers several services
including:
-E-recru iting
-Job and career fairs
-Career counseling
and testing
-Resume formatting
and critique
-Outreach career
seminars and work­shops
Those who are
struggling with
a resume, need
assistance regarding
their work future or
simply l")eed career
advice should contact
the office of Campus
Life at 852-6701
Source: U of L information
See Page A2 for
additional career
fair photos.
By Brittany Baumgarten
The Louisville Cardinal
Residents and staff of Mill­er
Hall dedicated a Peace Pole
during a ceremony on Oct.
17.
The pole is a monument
for peace as well as a visible
reminder to all who see it, to
strive for peace each day, was
designed during a joim project
between the 2005-2006 stafF
and residents.
The pole is a hand-crafted
monument that displays lie
message, 'May Peace Prevail
on Earth," written in Eng­lish,
Spanish, Arabic and Japa­nese.
Peace Poles can be found
worldwide, wiili over 200,000
poles in 180 countries.
Jessica Randall, resident
director for Miller Hall and a
graduate student in Education­al
and Counseling Psychology,
said, "Last year lie hall coun­cil
president wanted to design
someiliing that would last for
years to come."
"The tangible Peace Pole
is a symbol for the endur­ing
interest in peace," said Al
Herring, a representative for
the Ali Institute for Peace and
Justice "Miller Hall and lead­ership
here has it right. lf we
are going to talk about peace, it
starts here," said Herring.
According to Shannon Star­en,
director of Housing and
Residence Life, the Peace Pole
is important to the University
of Louisville, "The Peace Pole
exemplifies lie varied com­munity
liar we are trying to
build," said Staten.
Junior Errol Wint, a resi­dent
assistant in Miller Hall,
describes lie Pole as, "a symbol
and a good emblem to support
our goal for a hate-free zone
here at U ofl."
The council's fi.mdraising
event "Pie lie Staff," gave resi­dents
an opportunity to throw
pies at lie resident assistants
and director. 1l1e event's popu­larity
provided enough fund­ing
to purchase the Peace Pole.
A new Peace Pole obelisk stands
in front of Miller Hall, a dorm on
the north side of Belknap Cam­pus.
The obelisk was dedicated at
a ceremony last Tuesday.
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