Plans to demolish Alter Hall have been pushed back until the summer of 2013. The Office of Physical Plant is preparing to use this academic year to plan the construction of the new building with Academic Vice President and Provost Scott Chadwick heading the project. Robert Sheeran, associate vice president […]
Professor Profile:
This past week, the Newswire had the opportunity to sit down with Ghanaian-born Dr. Ebenezer Ayesu. Ayesu is professor of African History here at Xavier University and will be returning to Ghana at the end of this semester. Xavier Newswire: What did you do before you came to Xavier? Ebenezer […]
A tale of two sisters
When redshirt sophomore Alex Smith suffered a season ending injury in 2010, one of the first things she thought about was the chance to play with her younger sister, Aubree, for an additional season at Xavier. Alex and Aubree Smith, sisters two years apart and teammates on the Xavier volleyball […]
Men’s soccer earns first national ranking
After starting the season off with two victories, the men’s soccer program has reached new heights. They are ranked No. 24 in the nation according to TopDrawerSoccer.com, which is the first Top 25 ranking ever for the Musketeers. The men began the season ranked 39th in the nation and fourth […]
Player Profile:
As Xavier’s men’s soccer season begins its regular season, the Newswire sat down with No. 24 Xavier’s goalkeeper, junior Justin Marshall. Xavier Newswire: What’s your favorite thing about playing soccer at Xavier? Justin Marshall: The team camaraderie. Most places it’s a team,; here it’s a family. It’s not only fun […]
Study Abroad
I vaguely remember as a first year, over three years ago now, going to see a speaker at the beginning of the semester who was supposed to tell us how to make our “college experience” the best it could be. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that I basically […]
Summer Reality TV Recap:
Just because you spent your summer outdoors doesn’t mean I did. Here’s a summary of some of this summer’s finest in reality TV: “The Bachelorette:” No surprises here. On the beaches of Fiji, Ashley Herbert found love and accepted JP’s proposal, while Ben Flajnik went home heartbroken. As a consolation […]
Venting Dana Avenue Frustration
While new, much needed development on Dana Avenue is certainly welcomed, something seems fishy. Dana Avenue construction has clogged a major artery on Xavier’s campus since early January. Not only does this impede transportation to one of Xavier’s most-storied watering holes, Dana Gardens, but it also affects residents of the […]
How do you do?
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. […]
Move Over Ryan
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 […]