Traditional Don’ts
It’s easy to get caught up in some of the fun things to do in college. But here are a few things you don’t want to do during your time at UofL: Don’t Wear a UK shirt to Campus This is often a hot button issue among students. Wearing UK or any other opposing team’s [...]
Fans & Fanatics
Card March Just can’t wait to get your first look at the Cards before they take the field? A few hours before kickoff, the Cardinal football team makes its entrance through the parking lot of Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in front of hundreds of screaming fans. Led by the Marching Band, the players march from [...]
Watching the Action
Excited? Charged up? Ready to wave a big head in the stands and do the Cards Cheer? Well, here’s how to go. Go to any UofL sporting event–excluding football and men’s basketball–and flash your UofL ID. You’ll get in free. To get student priced tickets to men’s basketball and football games, call the Ticket Office at [...]
Wicked Rivalries
Every school has that one famous rivalry—the “other school” that you just can’t wait to beat. The winner of these (hopefully) friendly competitions earns the type of respect that can sometimes reach godlike status. UofL, with its top-notch athletics teams and passionate fan base, has more than its share of famous rivals. University of Kentucky [...]
Card Nation
Louisville First, Cards Forever In 2010, with a shot at the national championship on the line, fans of UofL’s men’s soccer team packed Cardinal Park to the brim to cheer their team to a 5-4 victory over UCLA. There wasn’t a seat left in the park, and many fans stood outside hoping to catch a [...]
Return to the Nest
The UofL Alumni Association and a bunch of student groups get together to throw an epic party each fall. It’s Homecoming, and it’s the one time of year when students, faculty, staff and alumni from around the globe gather on campus to celebrate. There are a ton of events–culminating with the big tailgate before the [...]
What’s Your UofL IQ?
In what year did eight prominent Louisvillians declare their intention to establish Jefferson Seminary—the predecessor to the University of Louisville? In 1846 the state legislature created the University of Louisville proper when the Louisville Medical Institute (forerunner of the School of Medicine) and the struggling Louisville Collegiate Institute merged at “University Square” at Eighth and [...]
Think you know about UofL’s Thinker?
He’s a masterpiece among us—the real deal. The Thinker statue that sits in front of Grawemeyer Hall is the first large-scale bronze cast of The Thinker. French sculptor Auguste Rodin personally supervised the casting in Paris. It came out of the mold Dec. 25, 1903, and was completed in early 1904. The Thinker design has [...]
The Lay of the Land
Belknap Campus (not to get you confused, but that’s mostly where you’re going to be during your undergraduate years) has its share of interesting (and strange) places and their accompanying superstitions and traditions: Freedom’s Muse Right by the Quad sidewalk leading straight into Ekstrom Library, this mysterious dancer has been the subject of much student [...]
Name Those Tunes…
OK, maybe you won’t make the cut on Glee. But you can still show your UofL pride by singing along with “Fight! UofL” or the classic “All Hail UofL!” Granted, neither of these tunes rate any Top 40 radio play, but when they break out at UofL games and other university functions they still drive [...]
