By Larry Croom, The Louisville Cardinal Editor In Chief from 1984-85 —
When I was much younger and in college, I came close to flunking out. I didn’t know what I wanted to do in life and was floundering.
As I was sitting on a park bench pondering my bleak future after receiving some really bad grades, I saw a news rack for the University of Louisville newspaper, The Cardinal. I thought that might be a cool career, so I gave it a try. I remember that first byline like it was yesterday. And a year and a half later, I was the editor of that newspaper.