Speed News

November 28, 2006 Editor: Shelly Willingham

Semester in Review
By Shelly Willingham September November
Another semester has come Students got the chance to Elections brought new
and gone, here is the semester meet the faces to con-
in review: dean. gress.
The shut- Students
August tle Atlantis also had the
Classes started and Dell also took off after several post- chance to learn
recalled mil- ponements. how to negotiate benefits.
lions of bat-
teries because October This has been a busy se-
they could potentially catch on Rent was due at the Louis- mester, I can’t wait to see what
fire. ville Palace. Google bought next semester will bring.
Governor Fletcher visited out You Tube. Good luck on finals and
Speed to announce safety en- Fall Festival have a safe break!
hancements to Eastern Park- brought fun to the Speed stu-
way. dents.

Top Ten Reasons….Holiday Style Black Bart

Only I didn’t say fudge
The turkey
By Brandon Shelley
The bunny costume
Why to watch National Lampoon’s Christmas The sexy lamp
Vacation Triple-dog dare
Squirrel! The bully with yellow eyes
Aunt Bethany says Grace The duck is smiling – WHACK!
Christmas Tree on fire!
Clark goes insane Why to watch It’s A Wonderful Life
Surprise arrival by cousin Eddie and fam- I want to live again!
ily Old man Potter
Eggnog in the famous “moose cups” Good ole’ Building and Loan
The Christmas Tree trip Clarence
Going sledding Every time a bell rings an angel gets his
Attic movies wings
Draining the RV fluids into the sewer Zuzu’s rose petals
Lasso the moon
Why to watch A Christmas Story Even the nanny gives money
You’ll shoot your eye out His brother would have died!?!
Make sure to drink your Ovaltine It’s a classic for crying out-loud
 Letters From The Writers Season' Eating's
Letter From Ben By Brandon Shelley
Happy Holidays
It has been a positive experience writing for this
newsletter. Even though there are only a handful Pear Crisp
of you compared with our potential audience, I’d
like to thank you for taking time to enjoy our
weekly issues. Please have a safe Christmas
break, and return promptly to continue the grind.
I hope you’re wiser for having graced yourself
with our wisdom. Please continue to provide us
with your constructive criticism.
Ingredients
Letter from Brandon 6 large pears, cored and thinly sliced
I would like to take the time and thank all of ¼ cup of warm (not hot) water
the students, staff, and faculty members who 1 lemon, juiced without seeds
have made me feel so welcomed to JB 2 cups of oats
Speed School. If it wasn’t for you helping me 2 cups of all-purpose flour
2 cups of light brown sugar
network into the Engineering school and not
2 tablespoons cinnamon powder
treating me like a typical freshmen, the next
1 stick of butter, melted
five years here in Louisville may have been
extremely hard. I have enjoyed writing for Instructions
the Speed News and look forward continuing Preheat oven 350°F
this role next semester. My topics tend to in- Combine pears, warm water, juice from lemon in
clude the Sports Reviews and Calendars, an 8-by-8 inch baking pan
Food Articles, and usually something to do In separate bowl combine the oats, flour, brown
with Louisville (be it a political debate or an sugar, and cinnamon
around town event). Please feel free to send Pour melted butter in with the oats mixture bowl
an e-mail to the Speed News staff if there is a and fold in throughout
topic you would like to see appear in a future Spread oats/butter mixture on to fruit in baking
issue. I hope your finals go well and you all pan and spread mixture over the top evenly
have a safe and happy holiday vacation. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, checking periodically,
until top crust is golden brown
Letter From Shelly
Hey guys! Can you believe the semester is almost Enjoy the holidays and don’t forget to empty
over! I hope your semester has gone well and that fi- your refrigerators before you head home!
nals won’t kill you. Happy Holidays – B. Shelley
I would like to thank Brandon and Ben. You guys
have helped me so much this semester. I have really
enjoyed working with you two! You even put up with
me when I was late to our meetings.
I would also like to thank the readers for taking
copies of the Speed News each week, I enjoy walking Assassins is over! Congratulations to the winner:
in to Speed and seeing the Speed News box empty! Ray Smith He had the most kills with 10 Congrats
I hope you have a safe and relaxing break. Good Ray! Here are the top 5:
luck on your finals!! ·Ray Smith: 10 Shannon George: 3
~Shelly :)
·Mary Soltys: 3 Jana Leichty: 3
·Alina Carrillo: 3

Writers: Ben Gerstle and Brandon Shelley

 Dates to Remember End of Sports 2006
December
December 4- Last day of class
December 5– Reading Day
December 6-12– Finals
December 12– Degree Date
brought to you by www.uoflsports.cstv.com
December 14– Commencement SATURDAY 12 / 2
Men’s Basketball vs. Sacramento State
TBA Freedom Hall
Football vs. UCONN
TBA Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium
Women’s Volleyball @ NCAA Tournament
SUNDAY 12 / 3
Women’s Basketball vs. Kentucky
1:00pm Freedom Hall
FRIDAY 12 / 8
Men’s Basketball vs. Ohio
7:00pm Freedom Hall
Announcements SATURDAY 12 / 9
Woman’s Basketball vs. W. Kentucky
1:00pm Freedom Hall
A student study area has been es- Men’s Basketball vs. St. Josephs
7:00pm Freedom Hall
tablished on the first floor of SUNDAY 12 / 10
the Kersey building. It will be open Men’s Basketball vs. Bellarmine
5:00pm Freedom Hall
Monday thru Thursday 7 am to 10 WEDNESDAY 12 / 13
Men’s Basketball vs. Massachusetts
pm, Friday 7 am to 3 pm, and Sunday 7:00pm Freedom Hall
3 pm to 10 pm. Copy machines, a THURSDAY 12 / 14
Women’s Basketball vs. Cincinnati
print station and vending machines 7:00pm Freedom Hall
SATURDAY 12 / 16
are installed in the area. Men’s Basketball vs. Kentucky
1:30pm Freedom Hall
Women’s Basketball vs. Belmont
An application for the April 2007 administration of 7:00pm Freedom Hall
MONDAY 12 / 18
the Fundamentals of Engineering exam is available
Women’s Basketball vs. Butler
on the Kentucky State Board website at: http:// 7:00pm Freedom Hall
kyboels.ky.gov/fourappl.pdf Instructions for WEDNESDAY 12 / 20
completing the application can be found at: http:// Men’s Basketball vs. Savannah State
kyboels.ky.gov/enfundinstruct.htm 7:00pm Freedom Hall
The application deadline is February 1, 2007. SATURDAY 12 / 23
The exam will be given on Saturday, April 22nd. Men’s Basketball vs. Miami Fla
Speed School is planning to offer the FE review 2:00pm Freedom Hall
course. Information about the course will soon be
available on the bulletin board outside JB Speed
Building room 216. Information will also be in-
cluded in a future edition of the Speed News.

Submitted by Brandon Shelley

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Ekstrom News
The Ekstrom Library has set up an exhibit
"2006 Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry and
Physics" on the lower level across from Chao
Auditorium. It will stay open till December 15,
2006. The exhibit includes their pictures, mate-
rials on the topics of their research for which
they were awarded the prize. Fore more infor-
mation on the exhibit please contact Janardan
Kulkarni, Reference Librarian, Ekstrom Li-
brary, Phone number 852-7645; E-mail:
jmkulk01@louisville.edu
Games Guide 2006
By Ben Gerstle
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Nintendo DS
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day -
Nintendo DS
New Super Mario Bros. - Nintendo DS
Super Mario Kart - Nintendo DS
Gears of War - Xbox 360
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent - Xbox
360
Call of Duty 3 - Xbox 360
Company of Heroes - PC
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War -- Dark Cru-
sade - PC
Ninja Gaiden Black - Xbox
Need For Speed Carbon - Xbox
Bully - PS2
Guitar Hero 2 - PS2
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence - PS2
Lost Keys
A set of car keys have been turned into Speed
main office two weeks ago. Please contact
Leigh Ann Elles in the Speed Academic Af-
fairs to claim the lost keys. JB Speed Build-
ing, Rm 213 or call 852-4415 or e-mail at
leigh.elles@louisville.edu.
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• Take responsibility for yourself
• Center yourself around your
values and principles
• Put first things first
• Discover your key productivity
periods and places
• Consider yourself in a win-win
situation
• First understand others, then
attempt to be understood
• Look for better solutions to
problems
• Look to continually challenge
yourself
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