Recently, I have been so excited for basketball season that I almost got swept up in the “whether the basketball team should wear Nike or not” debate. But more importantly the regular season starts this Friday and it occurred to me that there are some newcomers to the spectacle that […]
Month: November 2011
Prof. Profile: Chris Kiradjeff
Chris Kiradjeff is the assistant principle trumpet player in the Cincinnati Symphony as well as an adjunct professor of music at Xavier. Xavier Newswire: What did you do before you started teaching at Xavier? Chris Kiradjeff: I was born and raised in Cincinnati. I went to St. Xavier High School […]
Xavier men’s soccer ends last regular season game in a draw
For the first time, Xavier’s men’s soccer team is headed to the Atlantic 10 Championship tournament in consecutive years. The defending A-10 Champions were 10-4-3 overall and 4-3-2 in A-10 play this season. On Saturday, the Muskies faced the Dayton Flyers in a game that ended in a 2-2 draw. […]
Women’s basketball wins in exhibition
After a summer full of practices and scrimmages, Xavier women’s basketball head coach Amy Waugh is ready for the season to officially start. The women begin their season Saturday when they host Eastern Kentucky University at 2 p.m. at Cintas Center. The Musketeers are looking to win their fourth consecutive […]
A round of golf
Jason Korkrak Former Musketeer golfer Jason Kokrak secured his PGA tour card after finishing 4-under par for a tie for fifth at the Nationwide Tour Championship in Charleston, S.C. Kokrak started the Nationwide Tour Championship in 70th place, moved into the top 25 after his first win and then into […]
Musketeers end Dayton Flyers’ winning streak
Senior Michelle Matia recorded 10 kills, a solo block and six assisted blocks in her final career home game Friday night against archrival Dayton. Xavier’s three seniors, Matia, Kathryn Traut and Emily Mayers, went out with a bang, as XU snapped Dayton’s 36-match winning streak against Atlantic 10 Conference teams, […]
XU mission statement changing
The first formal rewrite of the University’s Mission Statement since 1987 has begun its second phase of revision by the University Mission Statement Task Force (MSTF), appointed by President, Fr. Michael Graham, S.J. Xavier’s current mission statement is a page-and-a-half-long text, which is outdated. The revision of the mission statement […]
Police Notes-11/9/11
Nov. 3 8:31 a.m. – A physical plant employee reported damage to the Xavier Yard after an unknown vehicle drove on the grass the night before. Nov. 4 12:18 a.m. – Xavier Police, Cincinnati Fire Department and Residence Life responded to a fire alarm in Fenwick Place. The alarm was […]
XU excels in exhibition
The Xavier men’s basketball team defeated the Bellarmine University Knights 76-73 on Saturday in its first and only exhibition game of the season. The game came with a large dose of déjà-vu for many Xavier fans after last year’s nail-biter in which Xavier lost to the Knights 63-61. This year’s […]
Xavier Campus Scouts
Senior Alicia Dean leads the Xavier Campus Girl Scouts in their fifth year on campus doing volunteer work and building confidence in local girls. They coordinate their volunteer work with the Western Ohio Girl Scout Council, helping Girl Scout troops whose members are generally 10 to 15 years of age. […]