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Match 19, 2007 Editor: Shelly Willingham

Rigorous Program Draws Professor to Speed School
By Brandon Shelley plines, giving Klein first-hand ex- He notes his favorite mathemat-
perience of a variety engineering ics topic to be Taylor Series, add-
After years of field based and applications. After obtaining a ing how excited he is to be part of
university teaching experience, graduate degree in Education he such an amazing engineering
Paul Joseph Klein returned to taught at a variety of community school. When asked why he
Speed School this January to colleges, a New England prep chose to apply for the position,
work with a nationally “unique” school, and at Xavier University Klein replied “I have always loved
program. A native of Fort in Cincinnati. academics and I never really left
Mitchell, Klein grew up with his it after college … Speed has a
five sisters, three of whom ma- In 2007 Klein joined the Speed rigorous engineering mathemat-
jored in mathematics and one in faculty, teaching EAC 307 ics program that is highly unique
computer science. (Numerical Methods) and assist- across the nation. It's exciting to
ing with EAC 102 this spring. He be a part of that."
Graduating with a Masters in is currently scheduled to teach
Electrical Engineering from the EAC 307 and EAC 330 (Linear Speed News would like to thank
University of Louisville, Klein be- Algebra) during the summer ses- Professor Klein for taking time for
gan his professional career as a sion. Excited to be back at Louis- this interview, and we welcome
sales engineer traveling across ville, Klein hopes with his knowl- him back to the University of Lou-
Kentucky. The job required him edge and experience he can help isville J
to work with professionals from students with their academics
all of the major engineering disci- and overall college experience.

Daylight Savings Time After it was all said and done, there
seemed to be very few problems. I know I re-
By Shelly Willingham ceived several emails stating how to patch all
devices with a clock. These emails seemed to
Over spring break you might have noticed work for the rest of the nation too.
that your clocks had spring forward earlier Technology is a wonderful thing, however it
than normal. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 does cause some minor problems. If you
called for a 4 week extension of daylight sav- have not done so, check all of your appoint-
ings time. ments that were made before the switch that
Most people are used to waking up the day occur in the next few weeks. I know that I
after spring forward and see their computer have had several meeting reminders that re-
has corrected its clock. Most computers re- minded me to adjust my calendar.
quited a patch to correct the clock if it had not
had the needed updates.
There was also a big concern with time
sensitive systems not operating on schedule.
Some media outlets were saying it was like
another Y2K scare.
 Society Cup Weekly Recipe
Society Cup is underway! It started off By Brandon Shelley
Monday with a dodgeball tournament in the Creole Shrimp and
SAC. Here are the events for the rest of the
week :Tuesday 6:00 relay race in front of Lobster Bisque
Law School, and Wednesday 6:00 Thumb- Ingredients
war tournament and group/plank walking 2 steamed lobster tails
race in front of Law School.
Good luck to all of the societies!
4 tablespoons butter, unsalted
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 stalks of celery, finely chopped
1/3 cup of all purpose flour
3 cups chicken broth
Letter from Shelly ½ pound steamed shrimp, me-
Hello! dium size, peeled and de-
I hope you had a relaxing and restful veinded
spring break. I know I should have done 2 cups of half-and-half
more studying than I did. With the conclu-
sion of spring break the beginning of the end
1 tablespoon Creole seasoning
of the semester is coming closer. I know it is
a bit early to talk about finals, but its never toDirections
early to start review old materials so you are Remove lobster from shell and
not overwhelmed at the end of the semester. coarsely chop
Speaking of semesters, have you thought Chop shrimp
about your schedule for this summer and
fall? Registration is coming close. Don’t
Melt butter on medium heat in
forget if you need to met with your advisor to large saucepan
plan your coming semesters. All students Add onion, celery, and a pinch of
under 60 hours MUST meet with an advisor. garlic
If you don’t you will not be able to register Cook mixture for 5 minutes, occa-
for classes. sionally stirring
Eball is just around the corner as well.
March 31 to be exact. Get your dancing
Stir in flour and cook for an addi-
shoes on and come with an empty stomach. tional 2 minutes
You can find more information on Eball in Add chicken broth slowly and stir
this issue. Tickets $20 each and can be pur- Cook for 10 minutes, occasionally
chased in the council office (JS 105). stirring
Add lobster, shrimp, half-and-half,
~Shelly :)
and Creole seasoning
Stir occasionally and allow bisque
to cook for 10 minutes
SERVE HOT!
Writers: Ben Gerstle and Brandon Shelley
 E-Ball! Sports
By Shelly Willingham By Brandon Shelley

Engineering Expo has come and gone. That CARDINAL ATHLETICS

means only one thing...E-Ball. For those of you
who don't know Engineer’s Ball (E-Ball) is a
time to award E-Expo winners their prizes, a
time to present the new board of directors of
student council, and time to have a good time
with all of you engineering buddies.
This year E-Ball will be held at the Galt
House on March 31. Dinner will be served at 7.
Tickets are $20 each and include dinner.
www.uoflsports.cstv.com
I have been asked by several people what to
wear to E-Ball. Well the attire is semi formal to TUESSDAY 3/20
formal. You will normally see the guys in suits Baseball vs. Ball State
or in sports coat and tie. Ladies normally wear 1:00pm J. PATT STADIUM
semi formals or formals, most wear formals
FRIDAY 3/23
though. I suggest a long dress since it is March Softball vs. Liberty
and still kind of cold. Plus with a long dress 10:30am ULMER STADIUM
you can wear flip flops with out anyone notic- Softball vs. Northwestern
ing. Let’s face it heals can start to hurt after a 3:00pm ULMER STADIUM
while.
I am not saying you must wear a long dress, SATURDAY 3/24
Women’s Tennis vs. Morehead St
but in years past that is what I have normally 1:00pm BASS RUDD T.C.
seen. There normally are several shorter semi Softball vs. California
formal dresses. Wear something that you will 1:00pm ULMER STADIUM
be comfortable in, yet is still in the semi formal
to formal category. SUNDAY 3/25
E-Ball is a time to have fun and celebrate all Softball vs. Michigan
2:30pm ULMER STADIUM
the hard work you have done. Hope to see you
all there! TUESDAY 3/27
Softball vs. Missouri
5:00pm ULMER STADIUM

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Announcements
May 2007 Commencement Information
Scholarship of the Week
If you are graduating in May, you can now or-
der your cap and gown on-line. Visit Who:
www.louisville.edu/commencement or go to United States Achievement Academy Scholar-
the UofL homepage and select Current Stu- ship Foundation
dents, then Academics, and then Commence-
Criteria:
ment.
GPA– at least a 3.0
Extracurricular Activities
To participate in the May commencement, you Leadership Skills
must graduate in May, apply on-line for your Rank in class (if applicable)
degree, and order your cap and gown on-line. Honors and Awards

The deadline for ordering your cap and gown is Contact:

March 31, 2007. See Matt Bergman in the admissions office for
more information
If you have any questions about the Speed
School convocation ceremony following the
University commencement program, see Dr.
Harris in JB Speed Building room
216. Commencement is Saturday, May 12th.

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