Published since 1915 by the students
of Xavier University
Published since 1915 by the students
of Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
Last Monday, a day that was meant to observe nonviolence, turned out to be anything but peaceful when several violent and chaotic scenes erupted during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Classic high school basketball tournament at Cintas Center. A total of six arrests were made throughout the day. [full story]
Wins over Illinois, K-State highlight break games
The Xavier men’s basketball team seemed to make good on senior Brandon Cole’s guarantee that the Musketeers would “right this ship” during the Christmas break. [full story]
“The goals of the day included looking at Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision and racism in the context of the history of slavery and the Underground Railroad..." [full story]
Basketball raffle for fundraiser
December 12 - January 7
Withrow High School basketball coach Walt McBride is quoted saying, “What it comes down to is, they just need more security for an event like this. They need to pay whatever it takes to have more security.”
Well, the Newswire disagrees. [full article]
Women’s basketball takes five of six, prepare for sold-out Shootout
The Xavier women’s basketball team won five straight games over Christmas break, including two Atlantic 10 road games, before losing a heartbreaker at Charlotte over the weekend, 61-59.
[full story]
Interim coach Riegler named swimmers’ new head coach
After filling in as interim head coach following former head coach George Rathman’s resignation in November, Xavier University has named Steve Riegler the new head coach of men’s and women’s swim teams. [full story]
If a fortune teller were to look into the future and have one tag line about the Golden Globes, it would have simply been, “The British are coming.”
The prestigious award ceremony, most famous for being the big prediction of the upcoming Oscar race, was a night of gowns, laughs, tears and way too much information.
At 7 p.m. on Monday in the Schiff Family Conference Center, the Vision of Hope Speaker series will continue with Peter Schraeder. [full briefs]
To pump myself up for the first week in a new semester, I’ve been listening to the same three songs incessantly: N*SYNC’s “Here We Go,” Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again On My Own” and Ludacris’ “Get Back.” The first two are for inspiration. The last one is fo’ that there punk standin’ in tha way o’ mah cash money, baby.
The songs played all weekend and when I headed to class I had an excited bounce in my step. Then, I remembered what it was like to be in class after class for hours.
