Published since 1915 by the students
of Xavier University
Published since 1915 by the students
of Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
Xavier students were able to begin preparing for the holidays on Monday with “A Xavier Christmas.” Sponsored by SGA, the event was an evening of Christmas events for Xavier students, faculty and 100 local elementary school students who participate in the Xavier Buddies program. [full story]
Junior forward Josh Duncan scored a career high 25 points and senior forward Justin Doellman added 10 more as Xavier easily dispatched the University of Detroit Mercy Titans, 88-55 on Tuesday night at Cintas Center.
The win brought Xavier’s record to 7-1 to start this season, their best since starting the 1996-97 season 10-0. UDM fell to 2-6 with the loss. [full story]
Xavier’s first annual Dance Marathon, an event that is held nationwide at different colleges and high schools in conjunction with Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) and the local CMN Hospital (Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Research Center), will take place this Friday. [full story]
XU and Jewish center support diversity
Xavier University and the Hillel Jewish Student Center have announced a historic partnership between the two institutions, marking the first formal relationship between Hillel and Xavier.
Terrorism, as defined by the ever useful Dictionary.com, is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. Here in America we have settled into a fearful mindset, or have we? [full article]
Women’s basketball splits homestand with win over Morehead State, loss to no. 19 Louisville
The Musketeers went 1-1 last week, dropping a 63-59 decision to No.19 Louisville Cardinals on Thursday, before coming back to defeat the Morehead State Eagles, 72-55 on Saturday. [full story]
The Spectator by John LaFollette
As a staunch defender of the original, the new and the cutting edge, it is with great regret that the Spectator offers this cliché to explain the sporting phenomena he has seen in the weeks since his overdue vacation: the more things change, the more they stay the same. [full story]
This weekend, the tables are being turned and you’re about to go back in time with the original musical “Totally 80s Snowball.” The “Snowball” is a dance at a fictional high school during the 1980s, obviously, and as most of us remember (or may even want to forget) dances are never without their drama. [full story]
If you have been practicing your steamy Latin dance moves and are dying for the chance to show them off, join the Student Organization of Latinos (SOL) for their Latin Night Dance Party. [full briefs]
Imagine simply walking down the academic mall to class. You’re likely listening to your iPod so you don’t have to have normal social interaction in the three-minute walk. Perhaps you’re talking on the phone to someone in a two-minute conversation that just could not wait.
Nevertheless, the morning seems like any normal one as you put one foot lazily in front of the other headed to another boring core class that you brought other homework for.
Suddenly-BAM-you’ve fallen five feet under the ground into a huge sinkhole. This event is exactly what happened to a 64-year-old woman in Brooklyn. I’ll bet you won’t find that story anywhere in the rest of the paper. And people say I don’t report relevant news... [full week]
