Published since 1915 by the students
of Xavier University
Published since 1915 by the students
of Xavier University
Colleen Bott
Contributing Writer
On October 22, prepare to hear some hammering on the academic mall. Sunday kicks off Shantytown, a week long event dedicated to raising awareness of homelessness.
The cardboard constructs on the mall are hard to ignore, and a dedicated group of students has been working since last spring on this event in hopes of sparking new conversations about homelessness on campus.
Junior Katy Murphy explained how Shantytown affected her.
“Shantytown helped me realize how homelessness can happen to anyone,” she said. “The quotes on people’s shanties about why people are homeless really affected me. I realized it was a bigger issue than I thought.”
This year’s event focuses on efforts to raise the minimum wage, with a Tuesday showing in the Logan Hall auditorium of Morgan Spurlock’s effort to live on minimum wage for thirty days.
Groups who donate $25 or more will have the opportunity to build a shanty. In previous years, the price has been a $50 donation. Shantytown board fundraising coordinator Lauren Grove explains the reasons for the change.
“We decided to try something simpler,” she said. “It’s about raising awareness. Fundraising is our secondary focus. We decided to lower the cost to make it more feasible for college students.”
Recruitment director Meghan Snyder also wanted to make Shantytown more accessible.
“This way more people can become aware of the issue,” she said. Snyder explained the theme for this year’s Shantytown events: “Think outside the box.”
“Many people have a certain view about homelessness, and we’re calling people to view it in a new way – to think outside the cardboard box,” she said.
Junior Kari Huske reflected on her experience of building a shanty.
“In building the shanty, I tried to think from the perspective of a homeless person – you have to realize that this is someone’s home. It’s bigger than this week. People actually live in these things,” she said.
Huske gained a new perspective on Shantytown after participating in Xavier’s academic service learning semester in Nicaragua last spring.
“I had never seen a shanty before building one here,” she said. “When I went to Nicaragua, I saw people living in them everywhere.”
To increase awareness of global issues surrounding homelessness, there will be a presentation and discussion with the group ACTION at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the GSC Clocktower Lounge.
Groups interested in building a shanty need to turn in their money to the Dorothy Day House by Friday. Proceeds will go to the Greater Cincinnati Coalition for the Homeless. Snyder emphasizes that the goal of Shantytown is more than raising money and is meant to extend awareness for longer than a week.
“It gets discussions going,” she said. “It makes people think about the issue, which is what is needed.”
Research compiled by Jennifer Downing
Ted Strickland Ted Strickland
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Party Platform:
• Experience: Five terms in Congress
• Education: Provide every child a fair start through access to high-quality early care and education, improve schools/technology; increase number of students in Ohio colleges by broadening access.
• Economy/Energy: Building on Ohio’s regional economies and globally competitive industries, spurring small and mid-size business growth, supporting emerging entrepreneurs in our cities, unleashing the potential of Ohio’s universities and investing in next generation energy as a job source.
• Health Care: Stabilize health costs for government and businesses alike and advance the health of our citizens by increasing the number of Ohioans who have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, preventing illnesses and injury and focusing on community-based services for children, families, older adults and persons with disabilities.
• Jobs/Industry: Provide all Ohioans the opportunities to attain skills for high-quality jobs with a focus on industry sectors.
Ken BlackwellKen Blackwell
Party Affiliation: Republican
Party Platform:
• Experience: Current Secretary of State
• Jobs: Ken’s proposal to privatize the Ohio Turnpike will generate a $6 billion JOBS (Jobs for Ohio Businesses) Fund exclusively for job development. Without increasing tolls or reducing maintenance, its job-building projects will offer worker retraining, entrepreneurial starter loans, cheaper, cleaner energy research and improved rural and Appalachian broadband access.
• Education: Ken Blackwell supports parents’ right to choose public, charter, alternative or home schooling, and he wants to expand the voucher program.
• Pro-Life & Pro-Marriage: Government has an obligation to protect innocent life and defend marriage.
• Defender of 2nd Amendment: As a life member of the National Rifle Association, Ken Blackwell is steadfast and resolute in his support for the right to bear arms.
Friday, Oct. 20
Pre-Game Party Cookout - 5:30 p.m. O’Connor Sports Center
Women’s Soccer vs. La Salle - 7:00 p.m. Soccer Complex
Xavier Players presents Noises Off - 7:30 p.m. Gallagher Student Center Theater
Friday Night Concert: Trey Anastasio - 7:30 p.m.
Cintas Center. Bingo - 10:00 p.m. O’Connor Sports Center.
Saturday, Oct. 21
1831 Society Brunch for parents and students - 9:30 a.m. Co- naton Board Room. By invitation only.
Brunch - 10:00 a.m. James Hoff Dining Hall.
Club Football - 11:00 a.m. Shea Stadium (Norwood).
Xavier University 175th Birthday Party - noon Residential Mall.
Scavenger Hunt - 12:30 p.m. Gallagher Student Center.
Gospel Choir - 12:30 p.m. residential mall greenspace
Art Gallery Showing - 1:00 p.m. A.B. Cohen Center Xavier Art Gallery
Xavier Players presents Noises Off - 1:00 p.m. Gallagher Student Center Theater.
Cornhole Tournament - 2:00 p.m. Residential Mall Greenspace.
Mass with President Michael J. Graham, S.J. - 4:00 p.m. James and Caroline Duff Banquet Center
OMA Dinner - 5:00 p.m. Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Dinner - 5:00 p.m. James Hoff Dining Hall/Local Restaurants.
Musketeer Madness presented by Skyline Chili - 7:00 p.m. Cintas Center Arena.
Praise & Worship Team - 7:00 p.m. Gallagher Student Center Atrium.
Xavier Players presents Noises Off - 7:30 p.m. Gallagher Student Center Theater.
Oct. 3, 4:05 p.m.—Two subjects who had been soliciting students for money around the GSC were cited by Campus Police and sent on their way.
Oct. 4, 5:30 p.m.—A student reported that his/her car parked in the R2 lot was burglarized and that $300 worth of electronic equipment had been stolen.
Oct. 5, 3:05 a.m.—Campus Police assisted Cincinnati Police with a report of a burglary in progress on the 1000 block of Dana Avenue. However, the suspect had fled by the time the authorities arrived on the scene.
Oct. 6, 12:04 a.m.—Campus Police and Cincinnati Police investigated a loud party on the 900 block of Dana Avenue and brought the event to an end.
Oct. 7, 7:10 a.m.—Campus Police and the Cincinnati Fire Department investigated a fire alarm at the Commons. Investigators concluded that a faulty water pump on the outside of the building had activated the alarm.
Oct. 7, 2:00 p.m.—Two students reported a minor auto accident in the C-1 lot.
Oct. 7, 2:57 p.m.—Campus Police and Cincinnati Police investigated a criminal damaging report on the 900 block of Dana Ave. The suspects were four unknown students.
Oct. 8, 1:05 a.m.—A student reported a hit-and-run accident in the C-1 lot.
Oct. 9, 4:26 a.m.—Campus Police and Cincinnati Police investigated an attempted burglary on the 1000 block of Dana Avenue which was reported 20 minutes after the incident had occurred. The suspect was gone upon the arrival of the authorities.
Oct. 9, 7:00 p.m.—Two students involved in a previously reported domestic dispute were cited for violating a Xavier Police stay-away order.
Oct. 12, 5:00 p.m.—An employer reported that several small items from the common area in the Alumni Center’s first floor offices had gone missing.
Oct. 14, 7:10 a.m.—Campus Police and Residence Life investigated a domestic dispute in the Commons. Both individuals were cautioned. Residence Life will be monitoring the matter.
Oct. 14, 3:30 p.m.—A non-student selling magazine subscriptions in the Commons was cited and told to leave the premises. Money was returned to two students who had purchased subscriptions from the subject.
Police Note of the Week
Oct.7, 2:49 a.m.—Campus Police and Residence Life responded to the Village for the report of a fight between two students. Residence Life dealt with the matter.
Kelly Shaw 
Campus News Editor
The Outdoors Club will be holding a campout at 5 p.m. on October 27 on the greenspace. Bring your friends, tents, sleeping bags, snacks and favorite funky costume to join in the fun! There will be lots of surprises. Contact Amy Westheimer at westheimera@xavier.edu with questions.
Banner supplies
The Student Activities Council (SAC) provides banner paper and paints to all SGA-recognized clubs and organizations. These supplies are available from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the SAC office, on the second floor of GSC. Pick up only two banners per event.
XU Football T-Shirts
The XU Football Club will be selling T-Shirts from 11a.m.-2 p.m. until Friday in the GSC. The cost is $10 per shirt. Contact Joe Moorman at moormanjrl@xavier.edu or 745-3345.
Scholarship opportunity
The Third Annual Women in Technology Conference will be held from 8:15a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Oct. 27 in the P&G Mason Business Center. This conference, sponsored by Xavier, Proctor and Gamble, Convergys, General Electric, Miami University and the University of Cincinnati serves to encourage local high school and college students to learn more about the exciting careers offered in the field of Information Technology (IT). Participants will attend breakout sessions that include a recent graduate panel; interns and recent graduates share their experiences; navigating careers; skills; managing functional cultural and gender differences and others. Email or call Liz Johnson at johnsone@xavier.edu or 745-3667. Interested persons do not have to be majors, but simply have an interest. Pre-registration is requested.
Theology
discussion
How do conscientious Christians use prayer to respond to evil in the world? The Department of Theology and the Office of Student Success and Retention invite everyone to a video presentation and discussion on this question at 7 p.m. on Friday on the 10th floor of Schott Hall. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor, pacifist and Nazi resistor during WWII will be commenting on this issue. Michael Morrison, a doctorial candidate at San Francisco Theological Seminary and Bonhoeffer specialist, will also be sharing his remarks during the presentation. Refreshments will be served. Contact Gillian Ahlgren at ahlgren@xavier.edu or call 745-4247.
Flu vaccines
Prepare your body for the coming winter. Flu vaccines are now available from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the McGrath Health and Counseling Center. The charge of $20 may be added to your bursar bill. No appointment is necessary.
'Time Well Spent' audience
The Xavier University Television Associacion (XUTVA) broadcasts the show “Time Well Spent” every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. To be a part of the studio audience, come to the TV studio located on the south end of Brockman Hall. Everyone is welcome.
Men 4 Others
The Men 4 Others group is holding their first meeting at 9 p.m. on Thursday in the Men 4 Others House, 3728 Ledgewood Ave. All students are encouraged to attend. The group will be reviewing plans that might include movie nights, Halloween Featastik Funapaloozas, Christmas dinners and a very special event that involves wheels and moving bodies. Contact men4others@xavier.edu for more information.
