The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) performed a series of concerts over the past two weekends entitled Russian Festival. The idea was to perform great works by Russian composers. I attended the latter of the two called Russian Voices. The two works performed at this concert were Tchaikovsky’s first symphony, “Winter […]
Xavier volleyball wraps up season
After falling short of their overall goal, an Atlantic 10 Conference championship and NCAA tournament appearance, the Xavier volleyball team had one last chance to end the season on a high note at Cintas Center last Saturday. Head coach Mike Johnson scheduled an extra regular season home match against Lipscomb, […]
A Xavier Party
When you walk into a party and scan the people dancing, talking and drinking, you hope to find a scene that’s worth engaging in – more than a superficial humpfest of young adult pheromones and suffocating Axe spray. With the Xavier community, we hope for a similar scene. Every year […]
Giving thanks or spending money
With the holiday season in full swing, there are many annual activities that come right along: families decorating the tree, making Christmas cookies, watching Christmas movies and lots and lots of shopping. But when should the shopping begin? That is the question. Each year, Black Friday shopping inches closer and […]
Xavier Players Perform Voices for Change
Recently, Xavier Players presented Voices for Change, a theater production in which students are given the chance “to stand up and be heard,” said this year’s producer senior Jay Cusick. Presented in the small and intimate space of the Gallagher Student Center Studio Theatre, audience members were up, close and […]
Sports Opinion: 903 Devilish wins for Duke’s Coach K
Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was known for years as a sweater vest-wearing, honest, straight shooter who led a clean, yet extremely successful football program at Ohio State—that is, until he got busted for lying to the NCAA about improper benefits that more than fifty of his players […]
Xavier wins in overtime thriller
The Xavier Musketeers remain undefeated after winning a thriller in overtime at Vanderbilt University on Monday night. The Musketeers overcame a ten point deficient to come back and beat the Commodores 82-70. Though Xavier out-rebounded Vanderbilt offensively, posting 25 to contrast Vanderbilt’s nine, the Musketeers scored only 15 second- chance […]
Xavier takes on the Boilermakers
The Xavier men’s basketball team will take on the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday, continuing the toughest stretch of its non-conference schedule. Coming off of a thrilling overtime victory over No. 19 ranked Vanderbilt, the Musketeers should be ready to take on the Boilermakers. The biggest challenge for the Musketeers will […]
Students venture to Georgia for protest
What started as a handful of students and faculty traveling to Ft. Benning, Ga. to partake in a protest has evolved into a group of over 30 students and faculty coming together to stand up for something they believe in. On Nov. 8, this group hopped on a bus for […]
Police Notes-11/30/11
Nov. 17 2:56 p.m. – A student reported the theft of an iPod cord from his/her unlocked vehicle in the Village Lot. Nov. 18 5:17 p.m. – A student reported that he/she was assaulted at an off-campus house party approximately one week ago. Norwood Police have been notified. Nov. 18 […]