Speed News September 22, 2008

September 22, 2008 Freshman Advice By Hannah Downs ―For an optimist the glass is half full, for a pessimist it's half empty, and for an engineer it's twice as big as necessary."

Edited By: Brian Goessling Email: [email protected]

targeted for Speed School students. Freshman Council is a great way for incoming engineering students to speak up and get involved. In addition to being a Do you like Classrooms that are the temperature necessary great way to meeting fellow to write? for a polar bear, real-life Frogger, and more classmates, faculty, and staff, calculus homework the first week of college than Council is an excellent way to Sick of writing only math in a whole month of math class in high set yourself apart from the equations? Wish you had an school. Welcome to Speed School. For most others students looking for a outlet for your creative incoming engineering students, the first year of co-op. It's free to join and has potential? E-mail Speed School can be quite overwhelming. One many added perks, such as [email protected] organization that has been proven time and time free food at meetings, free Tfor more information on writing again to aid these students in their most stressful shirts, and a great way to for the Speed News! times is the Speed School Student Council begin networking for future (SSSC). In conjunction with this organization is classes, co-ops, and careers. our Freshman Speed Council. Speed Council meetings are every Thursday at Here at U of L, the Speed School Council is 12:20pm in Vogt 311. Freshman Council known widely across campus and across the meetings are every Sunday night at 5:30pm in nation for being the most active school Vogt 311 followed by a Calculus Study Jam at council. Speed School Student Council hosts the 6:00pm. For more information, contact annual Engineer's Expo each Spring, inviting Freshman Council Advisors Adam Pfendt at high school students all across the state to come [email protected] or Hannah Downs at and learn about engineering and Speed School [email protected]. specifically. Our council also hosts many different career fairs, cheap lunches, and events Can't wait to see you there!!!

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CommonGround Presents: PRIDE Week 2008!

Schedule of Events:

Monday, October 6 3:45 – 8:30 p.m. Kickoff even with Special Guest Keith Boykin—discussion of current legal issues, LGBT Ally Awards, and book signing in the Chao Auditorium Submitted by Common Ground Tuesday, October 7 12 – 1 p.m. Mock Wedding in the SAC The time has come for U of L’s PRIDE Week!! 3 – 4 p.m. ―Welcoming Spirituality to the LGBT CommonGround is proud to host this annual event October Experience‖ in The Intersection 6-10. All students and faculty are invited to join in Wednesday, October 8 celebrating the diversity of the LGBT community and allies. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. ―Live Homosexual Acts‖ between The main events include a kickoff event with special guest Humanities and Interfaith Center Keith Boykin, a mock wedding, ―Live Homosexual Acts,‖ 3 – 4:15 p.m. WGS Lecture Series with Dr. Kaila Story, and the Pride Celebration Cookout and Student Speak-Out. Racializing Homonormativity in Chao Auditorium Look for the chalkings around campus, and come out the Thursday, October 9 first full week of October. Join this diversity event and enjoy 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Pride Celebration Cookout and your PRIDE! Student Speak-Out at the West Lawn Friday, October 10 6 p.m. Pizza Party at The Intersection

SSSC Annual Society Picnic

This Thursday, Sept. 25th from 11-1pm outside of the JB Speed building. There will be FREE FOOD for everyone attending. This is a great chance to learn more about your professional engineering society for your major if you have not already joined that organization.

For more information, go to http://louisville.edu/rso/commonground

Student Council Info By Adam Pfendt, SSSC President Perhaps you have noticed that there have been some changes with the food services being offered on campus this semester. Extended hours, closing of Mitzi’s Café, a new smoothie bar in the SAC, and a food trolley roaming campus are all part of the initial plan put into action by UofL’s new food services provider, Sodexo. Several million dollars worth of renovations, extended hours, and new restaurants are in the works to be completed by Spring 2010 in response to students’ discontent with the services offered by Chartwell’s over the past several years. What do these changes mean for students? Perhaps the biggest change is the implementation of a mandatory meal plan for all full-time undergraduate students on the Belknap campus beginning in the Fall of 2009. The available plans are summarized below:

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Students in on-campus residence halls without kitchens: $1,095 Students in on-campus residence halls with kitchens: $675 All other full time students: $250

These meal plans are for each semester of enrollment. These plans differ from those of previous years by requiring that all students buy at least a $250 meal plan. This option, when broken down, equates to spending $18 per week on campus food and drinks. This amount appears reasonable based on campus surveys indicating that students spend close to this sum currently in a week. These mandatory meal plans help fulfill enough sales to warrant the large investment Sodexo is making to the dining services on this campus. Full details of these services, meal plans, and renovations can be found online at www.uofldiningservices.com, and contact any of the Speed SGA Senators if you wish to voice your opinions or would like further information. To get in contact with your Speed School, email [email protected].