At the Doug Raymond Invite at Kent State University this weekend, the Musketeers broke several school and personal records and had an overall strong performance. “It was good to get back on the track after the long layoff. This was a good opportunity to get used to competing again and […]
Month: January 2012
Larkin brothers continue to influence the world of sports in Cincinnati
It was announced Jan. 9 that former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer in Cooperstown, NY. For me and probably many other students here at Xavier, Larkin was a childhood hero. I can vaguely remember going to Reds games when […]
Police Notes-01/18/12
Jan. 10 5:33 p.m. – Xavier Police responded to reports of a fight in progress at Donna’s Carry-Out. Xavier Police observed the subject entering an apartment building and informed Norwood Police, who will deal with the matter. Jan. 11 12:53 p.m. – Xavier Police responded to a damaged stairwell in […]
Core Exercises in Business
Over the last month a series titled “Xavier as a Business” has been published in the Newswire. This series has taken an in-depth look into the University being run in a business-like fashion and voiced an opinion on many topics stemming from this belief. One of the most prevalent issues […]
Athenaeum returns after year-long absence
After a year-long hiatus, the Xavier Athenaeum is being published this spring. The Athenaeum is Xavier’s literary magazine, a publication that allows students—and occasionally faculty—to showcase their creative writing, in both poetry and short prose form, as well as black and white artwork and photography. Students edit the magazine and […]
Newswire Staff Editorial
Dean of Students Luther Smith and Associate Provost for Student Life and Leadership Kathleen Simons have caused quite a stir in the past few months. To begin, they caused uproar among students when they nearly cancelled the longstanding tradition of camping out for Crosstown Shootout tickets. However, this uproar was […]
Renewing Dialogue
I think the recent uproar about the Crosstown Shootout, and especially the student response to the mandatory reflection sessions, is a good illustration of one of the points Donna Szostak and I have been getting at for the last few weeks. Free and open discussion should be easy to achieve […]
An X-treme home court advantage
It is said that every basketball team has a sixth-man. A person or persons that are as much a part of the team as the five players on the court. For Xavier, this sixth-man is undoubtedly its student section. Students at Xavier take basketball very seriously and there are a […]
New faces at Student Life and Leadership
The University and the Office of Student Life and Leadership (SLL) have fought several severe public relations battles in the last month, including the Office of Civil Rights initiating a federal probe of the University’s disciplinary policies and national attention relating to the Crosstown Shootout and its aftermath. Despite the negative […]
XU under federal inquiry
A Xavier alum has filed an official complaint to the Office of Civil Rights, which has prompted a Federal investigation about the handling of sexual assault cases at Xavier University. Kalyn Burgio, who accused former Xavier student Sean Marron of a sexual assault which occurred in March 2009, believes that […]