A theology class began the torture for me; a class where I was wrangled into critically analyzing the world, made to “struggle” with the fact that there were religions and faith traditions other than my own. The dialogue around this idea of “something more” pierced my daydreaming ability and interrupted […]

Every day for the past few weeks when entering Fenwick Place, I have observed the construction inside the space closest to Currito and the Dining Hall. I was excited to hear what treasure Xavier planned to put inside this central location, but instead I was shocked and disappointed when I […]

So after a little over two years at Xavier, a Mark Twain quote has greatly defined what I have learned during college. As I am writing this I can already see the cringing of admission counselors at Xavier along with a “what the hell?!?” look emerging from the faces of […]

If the Republican debates are any indication, America wants blood. Not only that, but foreign blood seems to have lost its appeal; for some people, the time of America’s great purging has drawn nigh. But yeah, socialized healthcare is totally one of the Third Reich’s scariest political contributions. Sometimes hitting […]

The students of Xavier University spoke, and the administration heard. After multiple emails, a freeze mob and finally a petition with over 135 names was turned into Father Graham along with a letter that cordially asked him to affiliate our University with the Worker’s Rights Consortium (WRC), we the students […]

As it was made clear in the last issue of the Newswire, Sept. 11th is a tragedy that the people throughout this great nation will never forget. It was a cowardly attack done by a group of extremist Middle Easterners known as Al-Qaeda. The central religion of this terrorist group […]

Many have gawked at the new cafeteria. We all marvel in its aesthetic beauty. Some even question how necessary the expenditures were. But what ever happened to the old cafeteria? The old cafeteria currently sits empty in a prime space in the Cintas Center. I have heard various plans for […]

I believe in American Might Honestly, when 9/11 happened I did not fully comprehend the implications of what had happened. Honestly, I still don’t really know. I never had any relatives or friends in the two World Trade Centers when they fell. And honestly, I still don’t know what the […]

Xavier University has for the second year in a row undergone a radical transformation. The closest comparison I can make to Xavier’s new cafeteria is a Disneyland resort restaurant. I have also heard the new dorms referred to as the “Taj Ma’sophmorehal”. However, some of us who have been able […]

T he well-known plight of every humanities major revolves around the question, “What are you going to do with that?” If we answered honestly, we would only need one finger. So instead, we often lie. The question serves as a sort of inside joke for people with more “practical” majors. […]