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Speed News
September 5, 2006 Editor: Shelly Willingham
You are just out of class inSackett and have 10 minutes tomake it to Humanities. You caneither go down to the crosswalk and wait for the walk signal or  play “Speed School Frogger” andcross all 4 lanes of traffic whenits clear. If you are a frequentFrogger than you might want totry the crosswalk.On Thursday August 24th,Governor Ernie Fletcher an-nounced that the University of Louisville received a $2 millioncheck to improve the safety of Eastern Parkway.According to the press releasefrom Governor Fletcher’s office,these improvements will serveseveral purposes. One will be tomake Eastern Parkway safer for  both pedestri-ans and for motorist. Thesecond will be to improvethe aestheticsof this side of campus. Thefinal purposewill be to “…’promote walkingand healthier lifestyle activities ina safe environment,’ concludedTransportation Cabinet SecretaryBill Nighbert.”The renovations also includemaking improvements that willalert truck drivers of the under- pass at Third and Eastern. Beingengineering students, most of ushave either witnessed, heard, or have seen the aftermath of semitrucks failing to make it under the bridge. Not only is this not safe for thetrucks but when a truck does getstuck, traffic is backed up or re-routed in this area. For exampleon October 18th of last year atruck got stuck during the morn-ing rush hour. I was comingdown Third to go to the graphicslot and had to turn around go back to Cardinal, go around cam- pus and up to Central so I couldcome back down Third so I couldget in to the graphics lot.To help prevent this from hap- pening, the plans include an over-head warning system locatedsouth of the railroads.
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Ah, Labor Day weekend, the end of summer andthe start of fall. Fall, changing leaves, colder weather, and FOOTBALL. Everyone knows thatfootball includes tailgating.So what all does tailgating include? Well thereare a couple of places to tailgate. You can find amore adult and established crowd in the parking lotof Papa Johns stadium and the gravel lots of OldCardinal Stadium or the college co-ed crowd in thegrass lot of Old Cardinal Stadium.I decided to go out to the grass lots to see whatall tailgating included. The group that I was withhad people arriving at 8am; they even fired up thegrill to cook breakfast. Along with the grill theyhad corn hole and music playing allday. Most of the time you could find people setting around talking, play-ing corn hole, or throwing a footballor a Frisbee.While walking around I noticed that this year corn hole was a favorite among tailgaters as well asgrills and music. There was even a group with aslip and slide.About 30 minutes before kick off you can find alarge group of people heading down to the stadium.This way you have a place to park and won’t haveto fight the stadium traffic.With just about every home football game youcan find fans tailgating in the lots of Old CardinalStadium. It is $5 a carload to park and there is plenty of places to park and have a good time!
Frogger o More
Around Campus
By: Shelly Willingham
Statistics
Traffic volume:17,500 vehicles.More than 250pedestrians crosson a typical week-day morning.
By: Shelly Willingham
 
 
BMES
The date has not been set yet but it will be in Septem- ber so keep an eye out!
Association of Computing Machinery
September 12
 Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Schedule for the semester:Meetings:Sept 6thOct 4thOctober 18th November 1st November 15th:Bowling Nights @ Executive Lanes ($2 a game):Sept 7thOct 5th Nov 2ndIEEE Picnic Friday, September 15th, 6PM-9PM atKnights of Columbus.All of this will be posted on the IEEE office door As always if your society wants anything announced inthe Speed News please email speed-news@speedcouncil.org by noon on Saturday to guaran-tee printing, anything submitted after that may or maynot appear due to space.
 
Society Corner
Here is a list of improvements:
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Lane reduction or “road diet,” which will re-duce the current four-lane Eastern Parkway totwo-lanes from the intersection of ThirdStreet to the I-65 interchange;
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Wider sidewalks to facilitate pedestrian traf-fic;
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Improved pedestrian signals and advancedwarning signs for safety;
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Elimination of northbound free-flow traffic toimprove safety of newly proposed pedestriancrossing of Eastern Parkway at Third Street;
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Addition of a landscaped median with fenceto prevent mid-street crossings;
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Addition of an island to facilitate pedestriancrossings of Eastern Parkway at Third Street;
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Addition of landscaped buffers to improve theaesthetics and cohesion of the Belknap Cam- pus areas (these buffers will allow futureflexibility to add bicycle lanes on EasternParkway if recommended as part of the Lou-isville Olmstead Park’s Conservatory’s study;
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And the addition of overhead mast arm truck warning system south of the railroads bridgewith high visibility advance signals to reducecolli
sions.
 If you would like to see a copy of the press re-lease go to http://governor.ky.gov/newsroom/ pressreleases/ and click onGovernor Fletcher An-nounces $2 Million in Improvements on Univer-sity of Louisville Campus 
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Sports for this week 
Writers: Ben Gerstle, Brandon Shelley
 
 
Send items to speednews@speedcouncil.org by noon on Saturday
 
Letter From ShellyCareer Development Connection
Hello!Hope you had a safe Labor Day weekend and did not become a lobster like I did!Over the last week I have been meeting with several people on the future of Speed News and I need your help!You will find a survey in this issue. If you could pleasefill it out and return it to the student council office (JS 105)If you fill it out you will be entered to win a t-shirt fromthe council office. They are on display in the lobby of JBSpeed if you would like to take a look. On another note,you can also purchase a shirt from the council office!I hope that this semester will bring some positivechanges to the Speed News. One of the biggest changes sofar is the addition of two new writers, Ben Gerstle andBrandon Shelley. These two have some awesome ideasfor the upcoming semester, I am really looking forward towhat all we can come up with!~Shelly :)With the new semester the Career DevelopmentOffice has some news for you regarding co-op andgraduate recruiting events. Here are some dates toremember 
To students who will be graduating within thenext year
(December 2006, May 2007, or August2007) and will be looking for full-time professionalemployment.. Please attend one of the followingInformation Sessions to find out about the signup process for interviewing with companies coming tocampus to recruit graduates as well as discussionabout today's job market.Wednesday August 30, 2006 12:00PM to 12:50PMThursday August 31, 2006 12:30 -1:20 P.M.Both session will be held in Vogt 311
Job search related seminars
have been scheduledfor graduates and alumni. They are:
Effective Resumes & Cover Letters
 Wednesday September 6, 2006 from 12:00 - 12:50in Vogt 311
Professional etworking
Wednesday September 13, 2006 from 12:00 - 1:20in Vogt 311Please attend these sessions as they will be veryinformative in helping you with your job search.There will also be a University Wide Career Fair on October 19 in the multipurpose room in theSAC.For more information about any of these eventsand weekly events check out speed.louisville.edu
Commuter Students
Student Affairs announces that ACCESS (AdultCommuter Center/ Evening Student Services)now is called Commuter Student Services. As aresult of a survey presented to commuter stu-dents last spring, we have changed our name tobetter reflect the students we serve. We are stilllocated in Room 105, Davidson Hall, and offer alounge, study space and computer labs to theentire university community. Hours of operationare 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Monday - Thursday and 9 am -2 pm on Fridays. For more information emailcommuter@gwise.louisville.edu.
Work Study Applications!
 
The fall semester 2006 Work Study apps are on theSpeed School website under the forms section http://speed.louisville.edu/pdf/WorkStudyApp2006.pdf.If you already have a work study position or want toapply for one, make sure you fill out your application andturn it in at the admissions office in room 218 of the J.B.Speed Building. Contact Matt Bergman at 852-0398 withany questions.
 
This year there have been several changes to food ser-vices, several of which have occurred across the street atMITZI's. The most notable changes include the disappear-ance of the pasta bar and individual pizzas from the lunchmenu, and the breakfast bar from the morning menu. Duringthe first few days of class, only a salad bar sat in their place atlunch; nothing was evident in replacement for the breakfastfoods. When news came of these missing items, your SpeedSchool senators spoke up, resulting in a meeting betweenSGA VP Activities Justin Tooley and campus food servicesmanagement.As a result, pasta has been reinstated, along with extra breakfast foods in the morning; however, these foods are nolonger self serve and do not satisfy some students' need tohave hot food that can quickly be grabbed when on the go.Your senators are very interested in hearing your commentson the current food situation at MITZI's. Any feedback will be reported to the proper parties, in the hopes of creating theoptimal food selection at MITZI's. If you have comments, please send them to Speed Senator Matt Pulley ( pul-ley.matt@gmail.com
 
).~Tony Harper 
Senator’s at Work 
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