A lack of creativity has pro- gressively become an issue for Hollywood in recent years. Big wig directors are not necessarily putting out bad films, but they are putting out predictable plot lines that we have seen numerous times before without adding anything to the picture to make them stand […]
Month: January 2013
The Vaccines take a step forward with Come of Age album
The Vaccines burst onto the scene in 2011 with their debut al- bum, What Did You Expect from the Vaccines? The band was hailed as saviors of rock ‘n’ roll, much like their predecessors, The Strokes. The Vaccines employed the same punchy guitar attack and upbeat songs. Their new album, […]
Cincy Shakes performs Richard II
The Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is already renowned for their fantastic performances of Shakespeare’s plays, as well as for their stage adaptations of other literary works (e.g. Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest). Their most recent pro- duction of Richard II, directed by Brian […]
XU’s plans for Taming of the Shrew in March
From the same department that produced Hairspray in the fall, the new Theater Department is producing William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew as their spring semester show. For those of you who are not familiar with the show, it is the premise for the 1999 movie Ten Things I […]
Xavier’s Christon strives for success
Basketball means something different to every person who has ever picked up a ball. It can be love, money, fame, fun or some- times just a game. For Xavier freshman guard Semaj Christon, basketball has never been just a game. Christon knew from a very young age that basketball was […]
Men’s basketball faces tough road tests
The Musketeers’ win on Saturday did more than instill con- fidence and the usual swagger that comes with conference play. It put Xavier on par with newcomers Butler and VCU at the top of the Atlantic 10 standings, thanks in part to ugly losses by Saint Louis and Temple in […]
Spencer makes Xavier soccer history
Luke Spencer, senior forward for the Xavier men’s soccer team, became the first Musketeer to ever be picked in the Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft on Thursday afternoon. Spencer, a Cincinnati native, was picked 23rd in the draft by the New England Revolution, who finished the 2012 season 9-17-8. This […]
Women’s basketball struggles in A-10 play
Over the past week, the Xavier women’s basketball team played the Butler Bulldogs and then head- ed down south to play Charlotte. The Musketeers kept both games close, but did not win either game. They lost 71-67 to Butler and 55- 67 to Charlotte. In the matchup against Butler, redshirt […]
Liar liar
We’ve all heard the news that broke last week: Lance Armstrong admitted to taking performance-enhancing substanc– es during all of his seven Tour de France victories from 1999-2005. During his two and a half hour interview with Oprah Winfrey, Armstrong seemingly came clean about some of the al- legations that […]
So Long Solo and open mic night: music in the Clocktower Lounge
On Jan. 17, Xavier Student Activities Council (SAC) hosted an open mic night in the Gallagher Student Center Clocktower Lounge. Headlining the event was So Long Solo, an up-and-coming acoustic duo consisting of Heather and Mark Miller. Offering exotic hot teas, a variety of tunes and a comfortable atmosphere, SAC’s […]