Speed News

September 5, 2006 Editor: Shelly Willingham

Frogger o More
By: Shelly Willingham
make Eastern Parkway safer for have seen the aftermath of semi
You are just out of class in both pedestri- trucks failing to make it under the
Sackett and have 10 minutes to ans and for Statistics bridge.
make it to Humanities. You can motorist. The Traffic volume: Not only is this not safe for the
either go down to the crosswalk second will 17,500 vehicles. trucks but when a truck does get
and wait for the walk signal or be to improve More than 250 stuck, traffic is backed up or re-
play “Speed School Frogger” and the aesthetics pedestrians cross routed in this area. For example
cross all 4 lanes of traffic when of this side of on a typical week- on October 18th of last year a
its clear. If you are a frequent campus. The day morning. truck got stuck during the morn-
Frogger than you might want to final purpose ing rush hour. I was coming
try the crosswalk. will be to “…’promote walking down Third to go to the graphics
On Thursday August 24th, and healthier lifestyle activities in lot and had to turn around go
Governor Ernie Fletcher an- a safe environment,’ concluded back to Cardinal, go around cam-
nounced that the University of Transportation Cabinet Secretary pus and up to Central so I could
Louisville received a $2 million Bill Nighbert.” come back down Third so I could
check to improve the safety of The renovations also include get in to the graphics lot.
Eastern Parkway. making improvements that will To help prevent this from hap-
According to the press release alert truck drivers of the under- pening, the plans include an over-
from Governor Fletcher’s office, pass at Third and Eastern. Being head warning system located
these improvements will serve engineering students, most of us south of the railroads.
several purposes. One will be to have either witnessed, heard, or (Continued on page 2)

had corn hole and music playing all

Around Campus day. Most of the time you could find
By: Shelly Willingham people setting around talking, play-
Ah, Labor Day weekend, the end of summer and ing corn hole, or throwing a football
the start of fall. Fall, changing leaves, colder or a Frisbee.
weather, and FOOTBALL. Everyone knows that While walking around I noticed that this year
football includes tailgating. corn hole was a favorite among tailgaters as well as
So what all does tailgating include? Well there grills and music. There was even a group with a
are a couple of places to tailgate. You can find a slip and slide.
more adult and established crowd in the parking lot About 30 minutes before kick off you can find a
of Papa Johns stadium and the gravel lots of Old large group of people heading down to the stadium.
Cardinal Stadium or the college co-ed crowd in the This way you have a place to park and won’t have
grass lot of Old Cardinal Stadium. to fight the stadium traffic.
I decided to go out to the grass lots to see what With just about every home football game you
all tailgating included. The group that I was with can find fans tailgating in the lots of Old Cardinal
had people arriving at 8am; they even fired up the Stadium. It is $5 a carload to park and there is
grill to cook breakfast. Along with the grill they plenty of places to park and have a good time!
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Here is a list of improvements: Society Corner
• Lane reduction or “road diet,” which will re-
BMES
duce the current four-lane Eastern Parkway to The date has not been set yet but it will be in Septem-
two-lanes from the intersection of Third ber so keep an eye out!
Street to the I-65 interchange;
• Wider sidewalks to facilitate pedestrian traf- Association of Computing Machinery
fic; September 12
• Improved pedestrian signals and advanced
warning signs for safety; Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Schedule for the semester:
• Elimination of northbound free-flow traffic to Meetings:
improve safety of newly proposed pedestrian Sept 6th
crossing of Eastern Parkway at Third Street; Oct 4th
• Addition of a landscaped median with fence October 18th
to prevent mid-street crossings; November 1st
• Addition of an island to facilitate pedestrian November 15th
:
crossings of Eastern Parkway at Third Street;
Bowling Nights @ Executive Lanes ($2 a game):
• Addition of landscaped buffers to improve the Sept 7th
aesthetics and cohesion of the Belknap Cam- Oct 5th
pus areas (these buffers will allow future Nov 2nd
flexibility to add bicycle lanes on Eastern
Parkway if recommended as part of the Lou- IEEE Picnic Friday, September 15th, 6PM-9PM at
isville Olmstead Park’s Conservatory’s study; Knights of Columbus.
• And the addition of overhead mast arm truck All of this will be posted on the IEEE office door
warning system south of the railroads bridge
with high visibility advance signals to reduce
collisions. As always if your society wants anything announced in
the Speed News please email speed-
If you would like to see a copy of the press re- news@speedcouncil.org by noon on Saturday to guaran-
lease go to http://governor.ky.gov/newsroom/ tee printing, anything submitted after that may or may
pressreleases/ and click on Governor Fletcher An- not appear due to space.
nounces $2 Million in Improvements on Univer-
sity of Louisville Campus

Sports for this week

Writers: Ben Gerstle, Brandon Shelley

 Senator’s at Work Career Development Connection
This year there have been several changes to food ser- With the new semester the Career Development
vices, several of which have occurred across the street at Office has some news for you regarding co-op and
MITZI's. The most notable changes include the disappear- graduate recruiting events. Here are some dates to
ance of the pasta bar and individual pizzas from the lunch remember
menu, and the breakfast bar from the morning menu. During
the first few days of class, only a salad bar sat in their place at
To students who will be graduating within the
lunch; nothing was evident in replacement for the breakfast
next year (December 2006, May 2007, or August
foods. When news came of these missing items, your Speed
School senators spoke up, resulting in a meeting between 2007) and will be looking for full-time professional
SGA VP Activities Justin Tooley and campus food services employment.. Please attend one of the following
management. Information Sessions to find out about the signup
As a result, pasta has been reinstated, along with extra process for interviewing with companies coming to
breakfast foods in the morning; however, these foods are no campus to recruit graduates as well as discussion
longer self serve and do not satisfy some students' need to about today's job market.
have hot food that can quickly be grabbed when on the go. Wednesday August 30, 2006 12:00PM to 12:50PM
Your senators are very interested in hearing your comments Thursday August 31, 2006 12:30 -1:20 P.M.
on the current food situation at MITZI's. Any feedback will Both session will be held in Vogt 311
be reported to the proper parties, in the hopes of creating the
optimal food selection at MITZI's. If you have comments, Job search related seminars have been scheduled
please send them to Speed Senator Matt Pulley ( pul- for graduates and alumni. They are:
ley.matt@gmail.com).
~Tony Harper Effective Resumes & Cover Letters
Wednesday September 6, 2006 from 12:00 - 12:50
Letter From Shelly in Vogt 311
Hello!
Hope you had a safe Labor Day weekend and did not Professional etworking
become a lobster like I did! Wednesday September 13, 2006 from 12:00 - 1:20
Over the last week I have been meeting with several in Vogt 311
people on the future of Speed News and I need your help!
You will find a survey in this issue. If you could please Please attend these sessions as they will be very
fill it out and return it to the student council office (JS 105) informative in helping you with your job search.
If you fill it out you will be entered to win a t-shirt from
the council office. They are on display in the lobby of JB There will also be a University Wide Career Fair
Speed if you would like to take a look. On another note, on October 19 in the multipurpose room in the
you can also purchase a shirt from the council office! SAC.
I hope that this semester will bring some positive
changes to the Speed News. One of the biggest changes so For more information about any of these events
far is the addition of two new writers, Ben Gerstle and and weekly events check out speed.louisville.edu
Brandon Shelley. These two have some awesome ideas
for the upcoming semester, I am really looking forward to
what all we can come up with! Commuter Students
~Shelly :) Student Affairs announces that ACCESS (Adult
Commuter Center/ Evening Student Services)
Wor kSt udy Appl icat ions! now is called Commuter Student Services. As a
result of a survey presented to commuter stu-
The fall semester 2006 Work Study apps are on the
dents last spring, we have changed our name to
Speed School website under the forms section http:// better reflect the students we serve. We are still
speed.louisville.edu/pdf/WorkStudyApp2006.pdf. located in Room 105, Davidson Hall, and offer a
If you already have a work study position or want to lounge, study space and computer labs to the
apply for one, make sure you fill out your application and entire university community. Hours of operation
turn it in at the admissions office in room 218 of the J.B. are 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday - Thursday and 9 am -
Speed Building. Contact Matt Bergman at 852-0398 with 2 pm on Fridays. For more information email
any questions. commuter@gwise.louisville.edu.

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By: Ben Gerstle
September 5, 2006 Editor: Shelly Willingham

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Top 10 Games of: 1988
[Gamespot.com]
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#3: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES)
#4: Forgotten Worlds (Arcade)
#5: Double Dragon II: The Revenge (Arcade)
#6: Bionic Commando (NES)
#7: Mega Man II (NES)
#8: Guardian Legend (NES)
#9: Zelda II: Adventure of Link (NES)
#10: Contra (NES)
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NSBE General Body Meeting
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