September 22, 2008

Freshman
Advice Edited By: Brian Goessling
Email: speednews@speedcouncil.org
By Hannah Downs
―For an optimist the glass is half full, for a targeted for Speed School students. Freshman
pessimist it's half empty, and for an engineer it's Council is a great way for incoming engineering
twice as big as necessary." 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
for a polar bear, real-life Frogger, and more classmates, faculty, and staff,
to write?
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 speednews@speedcouncil.org
organization that has been proven time and time free food at meetings, free T- for 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 adam.pfendt@gmail.com or Hannah Downs at
and learn about engineering and Speed School hdowns07@gmail.com.
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
Schedule of Events:
Presents: PRIDE Monday, October 6
3:45 – 8:30 p.m. Kickoff even with Special Guest Keith
Week 2008! 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 For more information,
the JB Speed building. There will be FREE FOOD go to http://louisville.edu/rso/commonground
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.

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:

 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
president@speedcouncil.org.