Rachel Aretakis News Editor $13.5 million and a 10 year contract later, Louisville’s downtown arena has been named the KFC Yum! Center, which will host U of L’s women’s and men’s basketball teams. The KFC Yum! Center will open in the fall of 2010 replacing Freedom Hall and located

Samantha Gordon Buisness Manager “The Most Exciting Two Minutes of Sports” is set to take place on May 1, 2010. The 136th annual running of the Kentucky Derby is the grand finale of the Kentucky Derby Festival that has taken place for the past two weeks. The Derby is also the first part of th

Stephanie Burry Sports Editor The mission of “four teams; two rivalries; one cause” will be carried out, once again, on April 29 at St. Xavier High School’s football stadium during the Third Annual Pink and White Football Game. Assumption will be teaming up with Sacred Heart, Trinity, a

Stephanie Koch Editor in Chief Like so many routine tasks in our lives, most of us have probably let the 2010 census fly by, expecting our parents to fill it out and send it back.  As teenagers, or maybe even once into adulthood, it is difficult to understand the importance of the constitutiona

Rachel Aretakis News Editor A hum of excitement filled the art room as a crowd of more than 20 people waited anxiously for senior Mollie Nitzken’s arrival. Students and family members chattered and cameras clicked all hoping to catch the first glimpse of her reaction. “I think she’s going

Kathleen Hines Assistant Features Editor It’s more than Facebook official. NBC has announced that Betty White will host “Saturday Night Live” on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2010. The idea for White to host was brought to attention by a Facebook petition started by David Matthews. Matthews’

Allie Schmitt Op/Ed Editor According to Gary Phillips, a researcher at the non-profit American Institute for Research (AIR), “We [America] are not in the lead in winning this race to prepare the minds for the future generation.”   Phillips could not be more correct.  After AIR sent out

Rachel Aretakis News Editor       On Nov. 2, 2010, for the first time in seven years, Louisville Metro will elect a new mayor.      Mayor Jerry Abramson, nicknamed “Mayor for Life,” has served as mayor for over 20 years. First elected in 1985, he served until 1998 and was then