A look at Louisville's Fourth Division

As an urban campus, the University of Louisville sees its share of crime. But, according to the Department of Public Safety's Assistant Director Major Kenny Brown, the recent wave of robberies and burglaries on the Belknap Campus area is "highly unusual."

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The Cardinal, March 22, 2005

Podcasting a new way to listen to shows Podcasting a new way to listen to shows

There's TiVO with DVD-R, but where's the high-tech version of recording a favorite radio show on a cassette? Granted, most people probably don't have a favorite radio show, but they might if there was a good way to listen to it. Enter podcasting, a combination of "iPod" and "broadcasting," and a new way to download audio files.

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The Cardinal, March 22, 2005

'Goat' describes frat hell

At the University of Louisville, hazing is forbidden. All the Greek organizations deny any allegations of hazing, and the rest of the student body has no way of knowing otherwise.

Brad Land can tell you other universities are the same way. It's just as Newsweek wrote: "From now on the definition [for hazing] should simply read: see Brad Land's memoir, 'Goat.'"

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The Cardinal, March 22, 2005

DHS funding priorities make homeland insecure

I've been losing a lot of sleep lately. At night I lie in bed and wonder what the FBI is doing to keep me safe from terrorists -- with only 12,000 special agents and about $4 billion to work with, I can't imagine how it works.

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The Cardinal, March 8, 2005

Spread the Light

Annual banquet showcases international dance, cuisine

Everyone's heard of the story "Around the World in 80 days," but on Saturday night, it was "partially around the world in two hours," said Kaushik Nagendran. Nagendran is the president of the American International Relations Club, which hosted its annual International Banquet on March 5.

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The Cardinal, March 8, 2005

Sen. Hutchinson visits U of L

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) addressed students, staff and community guests in the SAC's Floyd Theater on Monday as part of the McConnell Center's lecture series.

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The Cardinal, March 8, 2005

Theater company sets up shop in PRP

A little field research told Chad Sheffield he has something Pleasure Ridge Park needs. As far as he could discern, Sheffield said, "there's not even a bookstore or a coffee shop on Dixie (Highway). We went looking for one."

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LEO, March 2, 2005

You say you want a REVOLUTION

New machine breathes life into Dance Dance RSO

The Cardinal Game Room was just like a 1980s arcade with a new Pac-Man machine --- until Monday, Feb. 21, when the new Dance Dance Revolution machine had its premiere in the game room, and oddly giddy college students showed up to ogle and try out the new game.

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The Cardinal, March 1, 2005

Not invincible, not tested

Students engage in "high risk" behavior, but free HIV testing is available on-campus

"There are a lot of people infected," Cathy Howard said, referring to HIV in the college-age demographic. Howard is a member of the Northwest Area Health Education Center --- NWAHEC --- and the director of the HIV testing program.

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The Cardinal, March 1, 2005