The Xavier cross country team made history this weekend as junior Tom Ohlman broke the school record in the 8,000-meter run. Overall, the men’s team placed 13th out of 24 teams, and the women’s team finished 37th in their race at the NCAA pre-nationals cross country race. Ohlman crossed the […]
Month: October 2012
– Vegan friendly campus? –
Xavier’s recent nomination for peta2’s Most Vegan-Friendly College competition has our minds blown. This is ridiculous – Xavier may have vegan options, but it is definitely not vegan-friendly. The Xavier Newswire has a few vegetarians and former vegans on staff, so we feel we know what we’re talking about. What […]
Ecology comes alive at Sustainabilty Day
A few weeks ago a collaboration of various Xavier groups across campus encouraged students to go green and partake in Sustainability Week. These groups included the Xavier University Sustainability Committee, Brueggeman Center for Dialogue, Center for Faith and Justice, Women’s Center, Mission & Identity, the Biology Department, the English Department, […]
Xavier students and faculty participate in charity walk for Alzheimer’s
For the seventh year in a row, Xavier students and faculty participated in the local Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s earlier this month and donated more than $2500. The Xavier University Psychology Department Forget- Me-Nots, consisting of thirty students and faculty, participated in the 5k walk on Oct. 6 […]
Xavier community’s latest security initiative: Safety Team 2
Last summer Jeff Coleman, associate vice president for audit and risk management, began assembling a coalition of Xavier community members called the “Safety Team 2” initiative, a committee working to make campus more secure by suggesting a number of new safety measures. Safety Team 2 is made up of thirty-four […]
Professor Profile: Ann Marie Tracey
The Xavier Newswire’s Kris Reilly sat down with Associate Professor of Legal Studies and former judge, Ann Marie Tracey, J.D., to get to know her a little better. Xavier Newswire: What classes do you teach? Ann Marie Tracey: I teach The Legal Environment of Business (BLAW 300), Business Law and […]
New Director of Student Integrity transfers from University of Cinncinati
Kris Reilly interviewed Jean Griffin, who took the newly created position of director of Student Integrity here at Xavier University. She joins her husband who is on the faculty here at Xavier and continues her tradition of living out Jesuit ideals. Xavier Newswire: Where did you go to college and […]
Peta2 Nominates Xavier as Vegan Friendly
Xavier University has been nominated by peta2, PETA’s youth division, to compete in the organization’s seventh annual Most Vegan-Friendly College contest. One college out of 32 large and 32 small schools will be selected to win. Xavier University will be competing this year as a small school for the first […]
Reggae Run celebrates life of Maria Olberding
The 19th annual Reggae Run celebrated the life of Maria Olberding in the Mount Lookout neighborhood (On Saturday, Oct. 6.) Olberding was murdered in 1994 while on a run, and in her memory her family and friends established the Reggae Run, complete with Maria’s favorite music, stated her brother and […]
Patz, Crutchfield lead XU golf
The men’s golf team finished 13th out of 15 teams at the Cobra-PUMA Invitational in Ft. Meyers, Fla. yesterday. The women’s team placed third at the Wolverine Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich. two weekends ago. Both teams have three more tournaments before the fall semester concludes. At the Wolverine Invitational […]