A group of 32 students dedicated a few days of their winter break to help make dreams come true. True to their slogan “dedicated to dreams, no matter the distance,” the Distance 4 Dreams club traveled to Disney World to participate in the Disney Marathon Weekend, one of the biggest […]
Month: January 2012
Xavier Students win Cincinnati’s Got Talent
Two Xavier music students, junior Taylor Brown and senior Katie Giuliano won Cincinnati’s Got Talent, a talent competition hosted by the Cincinnati Reds on Dec. 3, 2011. Performing an arrangement done by senior Tim Graulty of Adele’s’ “Someone Like You,” Brown sang vocals while Giuliano played the harp accompaniment. Brown […]
The reel review with Joe:
When I heard that Stieg Larsson’s internationally best selling novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was being made into a movie, I was thrilled. The book was a terribly attractive read that kept me up well past 3 a.m. on multiple occasions, and I hoped that the movie makers […]
The brawl heard ’round the world
The administration’s reaction to the ‘brawl heard ‘round the world’ at this year’s Crosstown Shootout has been telling. Twenty ba-ga-zillion official statements, countless news stories and the absurd hour-long reflection sessions revealed that our administration seems to believe that the identity and character of this University is defined by the […]
RIVALRY REFLECTIONS
Holiday cheer, yule logs and the simple joy of a stress-free month are usually words that describe a Xavier student’s winter break. So, it was a shock to most when students received an e-mail that required mandatory reflection on the Crosstown Shootout and sportsmanship. “The student section contributed to the […]