With the end of our bunny-tastic frolics still only hours old, the odds are quite good that a multitude of Easter cheer (a.k.a “chocolate”) is just waiting to shed its pastel foils and give you a sugar buzz; and, oh yes, taxes are due soon, as well, are they not?  Did anyone make an April Fool of you last weekend?  Ahh…such a winning combination of treats, tricks and drudgery.  Number crunching, prank-planning and candy counting always seem to win our hearts and heads in this most merry month – but how many of us can recall the last time we shone like

Basketball isn’t the only competitive activity at Bellarmine. In preparation for national competition with the National Dance Alliance, the Bellarmine University dance team will showcase its full-costume “nationals routine” in a free public performance at Knights Hall at 4:00 p.m. this coming Saturday, March 31 (yes, before The Big Game).

“We will perform the routine once, solicit feedback from judges, and then perform the routine one more time,” says co-head coach Janine Klutka.

They’re back, all right—and fans are set to be louder than ever.

The defending NCAA D-II men’s basketball champions Bellarmine Knights host the Midwest Regional starting this coming Saturday, March 10. After three rounds, the winner will advance to the Elite Eight in Northern Kentucky.

The tournament will take place March 10, 11 and 13 in Knights Hall on the Bellarmine campus. Tickets will be on sale in the lobby from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. today, Wednesday, through Friday. Due to the short time frame, phone orders will not be accepted.

What happens when two Catholic universities go head to head on the lacrosse field on a Friday during Lent? A fish fry breaks out, of course.

This coming Friday, March 2, Bellarmine’s Lacrosse Knights will meet Loyola University’s Greyhounds at Owsley Brown Frazier Stadium, 2001 Newburg Road in the Highlands. The game begins at 7:00, but from 5:30 to game time, an Alumni Association hospitality tent will offer fish sandwiches and sides, along with a cash bar for beer—because what’s a fish fry without some suds? The tent will also be open at halftime.