Cincinnati, OH
The Dana Deathtrap
Julie Hawk, a Xavier sophomore, was struck by a car while in the crosswalk on Dana Avenue that connects the main campus with the Village and the Alumni Center, on Oct. 1.
Hawk was crossing the street at about 3:37 p.m. with another student. After waiting for traffic to stop she crossed and was hit by a gold Buick Century, according to a Cincinnati Police report. [full story]
Blue Blob makes it big in Bristol
What do Pro Football Hall of Fame member Jim Kelly and ESPN sports anchors Scott van Pelt and John Anderson have in common?
No, it’s not their college degree, and no, it’s not their love of ice cream. Instead it is their appearances with the Blue Blob in Sport Center commercials. [full story]
SAC cancels condiment contest
SAC’s Weekday Committee sponsored a $450 ‘food fight’ in the Gallagher Student Center atrium on Tuesday, Oct. 9, which quickly ended after it was seen to be a danger to students.
According to SAC member Jackie Baker, the event was planned to be a “new and exciting” activity, but suffered some glitches. [full story]
Staff Editorial: Was it over when Res Life bombed Pearl Harbor?
We’re really getting the impression that Residence Life doesn’t respect students very much.
Take their policy of sending letters home to parents when students receive alcohol violations. We think this is the single most offensive and degrading policy towards students at this university, period. [full article]
Pat Stevenson Press Conference
Virtue in vegetarianism
Letter: Passionate for change
Letter: Norwood’s Autobahn
Letter: Hopeless romantic
Letter: Taking steps for the students
goxavier.com
Seven straight, and counting
The Xavier netters swept SDSU in three games with scores of 30-18, 30-23 and 30-28. Leading the way for the Musketeers was senior Jill Quayle, sophomore Kelly Ruth and freshman Claire Paszkiewicz. [full article]
Lav named candidate for Cousy Award
Senior Drew Lavender has been named an official candidate for the Bob Cousy Award, according to officials at the Basketball Hall of Fame, which sponsors the annual award for the nation’s best point guard. [full article]
Tyler Grote: Fantasy football report
Cheers for Jane and her book club
rottentomatoes.com
“It is a truth universally acknowledged” that Jane Austen is just as interesting today as she was over 200 years ago.
While the movie “The Jane Austen Book Club” is not canon Austen the way 2005’s “Pride and Prejudice” was, it is a look at the way modern viewers (and readers) interpret Austen. Based on Karen Joy Fowler’s book of the same name, the movie follows a book club of five women and one man who each read Austen’s six novels. [full review]
Radiohead’s 'Rainbows'
With their new release “In Rainbows,” Radiohead is allowing their fans to name their own price for the CD. The groundbreaking album has been years in the making for the band from Britain, with most of the songs on “In Rainbows” stemming from unreleased material Radiohead has played throughout the years. [full story]
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The new face of dorm diets
Most of us have picked up a dieting book before, only to be confused or scared by what we find inside. If the idea of a no carb, no calorie, no fat diet doesn’t exactly sound appealing, try reading “The Dorm Room Diet” by Daphne Oz. [full story]
Wednesday
Whatever happened to those wonderful fables we used to hear in the days of yore? Back when kings and queens and bishops and women of ill-repute would tell stories with powerful lessons from dawn until dusk?
Those stories were much more than a simple pastime…they always contained profound lessons about humanity, morality and the meaning of life.
Plus, they always had talking animals and talking animals make me giggle.
I thereby therefore thusly dedicate this week’s issue to those old fables, hear ye, hear ye. [full week]