He’s been a part of the Xavier community for the past 14 years, is known to greet Xavier students as “saints” and is a beloved member of the Xavier community. If you’re wondering who this man is and guessed Father Albert Bischoff, more commonly known as Fr. B, you are […]
Month: January 2012
Interfaith goes to Guatemala
The holiday season came and went with many Xavier students returning to campus seemingly no different than when they left. However, for some students, this past winter break was very transformative. A group of 12 Xavier students, faculty members and medical professionals travelled to Guatemala over the winter break for […]
Police Notes-01-11-12
Dec. 2 1:36 a.m. — Xavier Police responded with Cincinnati Police to an intrusion alarm at the United Dairy Farmers at Dana Avenue and Montgomery Road. Dec. 2 1:56 a.m. — Four students were stopped for taking construction signs from Dana Avenue. One student was cited for theft. Dec. 3 […]
XU women’s basketball continues in its struggles
The Xavier women’s basketball team’s December struggles continued this past week as they dropped two more games. The women fell 60-54 to Eastern Illinois University on Jan. 4 and then lost to the University of Charlotte 58-54 on Saturday. The losses drop the Musketeers’ record to 3-11 on the season […]
Xavier swim team returns to action
At the Zippy Invitational at the University of Akron the first weekend of December, the Xavier men’s swimming team placed third, and the women’s finished eighth. Freshman Kiernan McGeehan finished second in the men’s 1650 freestyle with a time of 16:06.15. Will Oswald came in fourth in the same event […]
Player Profile: Andre Walker
The Xavier Newswire sat down with forward Andre Walker, a graduate transfer from Vanderbilt. Xavier Newswire: How did you get started playing basketball? Andre Walker: My dad put a ball in my hand when I was two and took me to the YMCA, just playing against other little kids trying […]
Xavier in a business-oriented society
In the past couple articles, Chris Dobbs and I explored the place of the liberal arts at Xavier University and the obstacles Xavier will have to confront in a business-oriented society. Currently, the core is under a reassessment to determine its effectiveness and it may be slashed — once again. […]
EDITORIAL
The Crosstown Shootout has marred the Xavier University 2011-12 academic year. The year will always be fraught with discussion of the fight, the appropriate response from the administration, the role of the students regarding the brawl, and “reflection sessions.” Here at the Newswire, we can’t recall how many times we […]
RA application window opens
The Office of Residence Life is now accepting applications for the 66 available Resident Assistant (RA) positions for next semester. The role of an RA is integral in the daily happenings in the Residence Halls at Xavier University and, as high volumes of applications in past years have shown, it […]
XU music students perform ensembles
The Xavier University Symphonic Winds and the Xavier University Concert and Alumni Choirs both ended the 2011 year with dramatic performances of some of the best known literature in their respective repertoires. The Symphonic Winds ensemble presented Johan de Meij’s Symphony No. 1 “The Lord of the Rings.” Conducted by […]