On Monday, Xavier kicked off its annual Sustainability Day that continued through Tuesday. This year, Xavier marked Sustainability Day with the traditional formal presentations, but also with opportunities over two days to explore the treatment of waste and urban water in our region. On both Monday and Tuesday, there were […]
Month: November 2011
“Cancer Sucks” shirts raise money for research
Walking through Hoff Dining Complex on the way to lunch, students may have noticed a table selling t-shirts last week. The group selling the shirts was none other than Xavier University’s own swim team. The designs were red t-shirts that read “Cancer Sucks” in bold white letters and were on […]
TRiO hit by budget cuts
Due to federal budget cuts, TRiO, a set of three federal programs designed to help low-income, first generation students, as well as non-traditional students and students with disabilities, experienced a 3.1 percent decrease in budgeting. In the budget cuts, the national TRiO program lost $26.6 million for the 2011-12 year, […]
Xavier to see a new Alter
Alter Hall has stood as Xavier University’s main academic building, housing over one-fourth of the campus’s classrooms, for over fifty years. This has been the sentiment around XU for at least the past decade, as it is one of the buildings planned to be torn down in the long-term vision […]
Entrepreneur visits Xavier
On Thursday, Xavier University hosted a special lunch event for Alum Sang Joon (Steve) Lee in Cintas Center. Steve, who graduated from Xavier with an MBA in 1974, is one of the most highly decorated and experienced global entrepreneurs to have graduated from the William’s College of Business’ distinguished program. […]
Possible bike trail:
The Wasson Way Project, a proposed bike trail that would connect Xavier University with Hyde Park Plaza, Rookwood Pavilion and ultimately the Little Miami Bike Trail, continues to gain local support. “We were just driving down Wasson in January and started thinking how great of a bike trail it’d make. […]
Volleyball kills crucial matches
The Xavier volleyball team avenged road losses to George Washington and Rhode Island this weekend. The Musketeers dropped a five set match to the Colonials of George Washington on Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C. On Oct. 22, they traveled to Kingston and lost to the Rhode Island Rams 3-1 in […]
Trick-or-treating falls behind
Rumors traveled around Xavier about children coming to trick-or-treat on campus this Halloween. Unfortunately, the event did not happen this year. What used to be called the “Fall Fun Fest” has not happened since 2009. The Fall Fun Fest was a Xavier event put on for kids living in the […]
Posner performs at Cintas
To see a pop star performing his number one single in a Xavier basketball jersey would be something that Xavier students would struggle to fathom. On Saturday, this became a reality when Mike Posner performed at Cintas Center. Student Activities Council (SAC) organized the show and the 1,200 people who […]
New sustainability coordinator hired
After four years of striving to make Xavier a more sustainable campus, the University hired a sustainability coordinator, Anne Dougherty, on Oct. 24. In 2008, President, Fr. Michael Graham, S.J. signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment and formed a sustainability subcommittee. This committee, along with the sustainability […]