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UTC Aug 9, 2018 Louisville has now joined many major cities across the United States in relocating statues that represent their controversial and confederate past. But where will they go?  Mayor Greg Fischer announced Wednesday that the city will relocate the John B. Castleman and George D. Prentice statues. Castleman was a Confederate soldier and Prentice was the anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant editor of the Louisville Journal.  The statues have been repeatedly vandalized, heavily debated and frequently protested by activists in the past year since the violent "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one woman died. The rally started in part because the city planned to remove its statue of Robert E. Lee, the general of the Confederate army.   The lastest: Fischer ways Louisville will move statues that symbolize racism, bigotry Fischer, in a tweet, called the statues "symbols for racist or bigoted ideology," and said that moving them "does not erase history."  "It allows us to examine our history in a new context that more accurately reflects the reality of ...

UTC Aug 10, 2018 Let's cap off this week with some stories from Thursday. Start your day with the Courier Journal.  A student is fangirling over U of L's new president  University of Louisville President Neeli Bendapudi's interest in connecting with students hasn't gone unnoticed. In less than three months on the job, she has quickly made an impression on faculty, students, alumni and members of the community.  "Literally fangirling over her still. She's incredible," said Julie Hummel, a 20-year-old elementary education major, after Bendapudi paid a late-night visit Monday to her and other students who work for UPS as part of the Metropolitan College program. "She wants to get to know students, which is really cool to me." In an interview with the Courier Journal, Bendapudi said she wants to put students first and help University of Louisville develop a widespread reputation for excellence. Read the report from Morgan Watkins here.   ...

Photo by Joe SonkaCave Hill Cemetery could become home to two new stone-faced residents — the statues of Confederate officer John Breckinridge Castleman and anti-immigrant newspaper publisher George Dennison Prentice — but only if the cemetery’s board agrees.Otherwise, the city announced Wednesday, it would seek another “appropriate site” or place the divisive statues in storage. Louisville Metro stated in a news release that it hoped to resolve the fate of the statues by the end of this year, noting that it would cost several thousand dollars to relocate them. The money will either come from the General Fund, private donations or both.The decision to move the statues comes after the creation of a new Public Art and Monuments Advisory Committee and multiple public hearing regarding the future of art and monuments with ties to racism and bigotry. The reevaluation of public art and statues was spurred by the deadly confrontation in Charlottesville, Va., over the removal of a statue a year ago. “Our Public Art and Monuments committee worked very hard, in cooperation with citizens, to develop thoughtful principles to help ensure that our public art and monuments respect our history but reflect the values of today,” Mayor Greg Fischer said in the release.George Dennison Prentice statue Courtesy WLKYA report from the Public Art and Monuments Advisory Committee found that art and monuments honoring slavery, racism and bigotry do not fit Louisville’s identity as an inclusive city.“While Castleman was honored for contributions to the community, it cannot be ignored that he also fought to continue the horrific and brutal slavery of men, women and children; heralded that part of his life in his autobiography; and had his coffin draped with both a U.S. and Confederate flag,” he said. “And while Prentice was founder and longtime editor of the Louisville Journal newspaper, he used that platform to advocate...