As the Xavier men’s soccer team prepares for the upcoming season, they will be complemented by the addition of new assistant coach Michael Biggs from the University of Alabama Birmingham. Biggs is replacing former assistant coach Alex Morawieki. Biggs played four years for UAB as a walk-on and became the […]
Month: February 2012
The Oscars:
The Oscar season has finally arrived. President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Tom Sherak, and actress Jennifer Lawrence, who is best known for her Oscar – nominated performance in 2010’s Winter’s Bone, announced the Academy Award nominations on Tuesday, Jan. 24. The following films were announced. […]
What to do with Alter Hall?
We’re about to see a major change on campus — the replacement of Alter Hall, but it’s more than just an aesthetic shift we need. Alter’s traffic jams are unavoidable and it’s somewhat uninviting. The administration is already in the planning process for a new building, but based on the […]
The reel review with Alex:
The year of 2011 was officially the year of the sequel (28 to be exact), but was also a year that provided us with another generous offering of marvelous films. You won’t find Hugo, The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Midnight in Paris or The Help on this […]
Quality TV: BBC America
I never had cable when I was growing up. My mother thought the idea of spending hours in front of a black box that fried my brain was despicable and ridiculous. So I spent the majority of my childhood playing outside, cutting down trees and catching small reptiles. Saturday morning […]
London: a flourishing city
London is a very cultural city. During orientation week ne of my tour guides told my group that, out of the seven million people in London, only about two million of them are native Londoners. With so many different people coming to the city, the wide variety of cultures that […]
Swimming falls short
The Xavier men’s and women’s swimming teams took a trip to Dayton to go head-to-head against Wright State this weekend. Both teams fell short to the Raiders. The men’s team accumulated 100 points versus the Raiders 161, while the Xavier women gathered 116 to Wright State’s 146. The Musketeers had […]
Zennedjian: swimmer or ping-pong champ
The Xavier men’s swimming record book has one name that constantly appears: Michael Zennedjian. The senior from Farmington Hills, Mich. currently holds seven Xavier records, three coming from individual events and four on relay teams. Head coach Brent MacDonald had nothing but praise for his senior swimmer. “As a coach […]
XU track excels
The Musketeers broke many school and personal records at the Indiana Relays this weekend. In the 800-meter run, junior Rachel Clark ran a time of 2:16.61 minutes to break the previous record by less than a second, a record held by her older sister. Senior Brittani Peltz finished in the […]
XU Track Player Profile:
The Xavier Newswire sat down with sophomore runner Tom Ohlman. Xavier Newswire: How’d you get into running? Tom Ohlman: In sixth grade, one of my good friends was running track and wanted me to do track with him. I started out doing hurdles and quickly found that I was really […]