Jason Korkrak Former Musketeer golfer Jason Kokrak secured his PGA tour card after finishing 4-under par for a tie for fifth at the Nationwide Tour Championship in Charleston, S.C. Kokrak started the Nationwide Tour Championship in 70th place, moved into the top 25 after his first win and then into […]
Musketeers end Dayton Flyers’ winning streak
Senior Michelle Matia recorded 10 kills, a solo block and six assisted blocks in her final career home game Friday night against archrival Dayton. Xavier’s three seniors, Matia, Kathryn Traut and Emily Mayers, went out with a bang, as XU snapped Dayton’s 36-match winning streak against Atlantic 10 Conference teams, […]
XU mission statement changing
The first formal rewrite of the University’s Mission Statement since 1987 has begun its second phase of revision by the University Mission Statement Task Force (MSTF), appointed by President, Fr. Michael Graham, S.J. Xavier’s current mission statement is a page-and-a-half-long text, which is outdated. The revision of the mission statement […]
Police Notes-11/9/11
Nov. 3 8:31 a.m. – A physical plant employee reported damage to the Xavier Yard after an unknown vehicle drove on the grass the night before. Nov. 4 12:18 a.m. – Xavier Police, Cincinnati Fire Department and Residence Life responded to a fire alarm in Fenwick Place. The alarm was […]
XU excels in exhibition
The Xavier men’s basketball team defeated the Bellarmine University Knights 76-73 on Saturday in its first and only exhibition game of the season. The game came with a large dose of déjà-vu for many Xavier fans after last year’s nail-biter in which Xavier lost to the Knights 63-61. This year’s […]
Xavier Campus Scouts
Senior Alicia Dean leads the Xavier Campus Girl Scouts in their fifth year on campus doing volunteer work and building confidence in local girls. They coordinate their volunteer work with the Western Ohio Girl Scout Council, helping Girl Scout troops whose members are generally 10 to 15 years of age. […]
XU Sustainability Day
On Monday, Xavier kicked off its annual Sustainability Day that continued through Tuesday. This year, Xavier marked Sustainability Day with the traditional formal presentations, but also with opportunities over two days to explore the treatment of waste and urban water in our region. On both Monday and Tuesday, there were […]
“Cancer Sucks” shirts raise money for research
Walking through Hoff Dining Complex on the way to lunch, students may have noticed a table selling t-shirts last week. The group selling the shirts was none other than Xavier University’s own swim team. The designs were red t-shirts that read “Cancer Sucks” in bold white letters and were on […]
TRiO hit by budget cuts
Due to federal budget cuts, TRiO, a set of three federal programs designed to help low-income, first generation students, as well as non-traditional students and students with disabilities, experienced a 3.1 percent decrease in budgeting. In the budget cuts, the national TRiO program lost $26.6 million for the 2011-12 year, […]
Xavier to see a new Alter
Alter Hall has stood as Xavier University’s main academic building, housing over one-fourth of the campus’s classrooms, for over fifty years. This has been the sentiment around XU for at least the past decade, as it is one of the buildings planned to be torn down in the long-term vision […]