Xavier Newswire: Where did you go to school? How long have you been at Xavier? Arthur (Art) Dewey: I am from Boston, and I graduated from the honors program at Boston College. I also studied at Harvard. I have taught at Xavier since 1980. XN: Tell me about your family. […]
Month: February 2012
Dancing for a cause:
Saturday in the O’Connor Sports Center the annual XU Dance Marathon (XUDM) took place. XUDM is an annual fundraiser for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). Xavier students raise money throughout the year and then come together to celebrate Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. On the day of the event, participants celebrate […]
Room dedicated to Fr. B
The Albert J. Bischoff, S.J. Reflection Room in the Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice office was dedicated in honor of its namesake at his recent birthday celebration on Jan. 17. The birthday party, with more than 200 people in attendance, featured cake and ice cream to celebrate the […]
New degree evaluation system
On Feb. 20, Xavier students will use a new system to view their degree evaluations. Efforts to improve the current system began two years ago after talking to students, faculty and staff about the problems that occurred with the system. After perusing the enhancement options, it was determined that the […]
Meet the candidates:
President……………………………………junior Brock McMorran Administrative Vice President……junior Morgan Zuziak Legislative Vice President…………..junior Kevin Tighe The second ticket, pictured above, focuses its platform around seven ideas: club improvement, job opportunity development, health and advocacy initiatives, campus communication, diversity celebration, sustainability and academics. Some of their main ideas for campus improvement include budget […]
Apathy is the new black
When I found out I got to write an editorial, the first thing I thought was, “What pisses me off?” Turns out, the list goes on and on, but none of the real hot-button issues (soon to be pressed and considerably cooled) made me upset or inspired enough to add […]
An American’s Experience:
LONDON, ENGlAND — I knew that I would be having adventures while I was in London, but the last place that I expected to have an adventure was in a museum. On Saturday, I went to the Imperial War Museum with a group from my university. Winston Churchill and World […]
Madonna: Super Bowl letdown?
If you were ever hoping to see a brightly colored, sexy version of Gladiator, Sunday night was your night. Madonna headlined the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI and the whole experience could be best described as someone gobbling down pieces of cake while shoving ice cream down their throat […]
Regarding Xavier’s mission statement
The University Mission Statement Task Force has recently released its third draft of a proposed mission statement for Xavier University. If the end result is to be a mission statement that may speak to Xavier’s core purpose and identity for some years to come, then the Xavier community ought to […]
Top 10 Super Bowl commericals
Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest events of the year. It is so popular that it can be called a de facto holiday. Every first Sunday in February, millions of Americans gather around the television to see the best of best in the NFL duke it out for […]