The Mortar Board chapter at Xavier University recently received a national award from Mortar Board, the premier national honor society for college seniors. The D’Artagnan chapter at Xavier University was among the outstanding Mortar Board chapters to be recognized at the 2012 Mortar Board National Conference, held in Chicago in […]

Last year, a collaboration of Xavier undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds succeeded in bringing the fi rst TEDx, standing for Technology, Entertainment Design, (“x”is an independently organized TED event) to Xavier and plan on doing it again this year. This event is based on an annual TED conference with the […]

On Monday, Oct. 29th, SAC, Active Minds, Artists for Others and Residence Life brought Frank Warren, founder of Post Secret to Xavier University. Post Secret is a project where people around the world can mail their personal secrets anonymously to Warren. [The only rules state that the secrets must be […]

Alpha Epsilon Delta hosted Xavier University’s fi rst annual “Bra Bash” on Oct. 25. Students purchased bras for $5 each and decorated them however they chose. Xavier’s swim team then modeled the bras in a fashion show. Students purchased tickets to the show for $5 each. All proceeds benefi ted […]

Over the last few weeks, rumors have been going around campus concerning the future of the Center of Interfaith Community Engagement (CICE). The Xavier Newswire sat down with Provost and Chief Academic Officer Scott Chadwick to clarify what exactly is going on with CICE. Xavier Newswire: First, could you clarify […]

Xavier Students Against Sexual Assault (XSASA) and the Criminal Justice Society (CJS) have teamed up to bring Debbie Gardner, founder of Survive Institute to Xavier University. On Wednesday, Oct. 24, Gardner will lead a free seminar on self-defense in Kelley Auditorium at 6 p.m. Gardner worked as Deputy Sheriff for […]

This semester a group of students will be continuing the tradition of making the journey to Fort Benning, Georgia to attend the School of the Americas (SOA), now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC). WHINSEC is a military institution dedicated to training soldiers from Latin America. […]

Xavier University implemented an anonymous reporting hotline in July. Students and faculty are now able to either write an email or make a phone call to report issues and make suggestions about safety on campus anonymously. There are nine different categories of issues that can be reported: accounting and finance, […]

Xavier will host Frank Warren, bestselling author and founder of PostSecret, on Oct. 29. Warren will be giving his presentation which features secrets anonymously submitted via postcard by over half a million people. On the project’s website, Warren describes PostSecret as an “ongoing community art project” that is made up […]

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 […]