Professor Profile: Dr. David Yi
Megan Jacobs
Staff Writer
Dr. David Yi
Economics professor Dr.David Yi, who is originally from Seoul, South Korea, and who has B.A. in Economics from Wayne State University and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, teaches students that economics is not only important in business, but also in the real world.
Q: What classes do you teach?
A: I teach Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomic, Public Economics for majors and Managerial Economics at the MBA level.
Q: What is your favorite thing about Xavier?
A: It is very people friendly; both the schools I attended are big. Compared to those two schools Xavier is very personable, nice and friendly. people say hi to you here even if they don’t know you. You feel like you belong.
Q: Why do you think students should take an econ class in college?
A: Because it makes you smarter. It teaches you to think and view things differently.
Q: How did you become interested in economics?
A: My junior year in college one of my professors in econ was very influential on my decision. I always wanted to work with young people. The idea of shaping the minds of people and guiding them in the right direction always seemed attractive to me.
Q: What is the coolest job you can get with a degree in economics?
A: The chair of the Federal Reserve Bank. Wouldn’t that be cool to control world economics?
Q: What did you want to be when you were little?
A: I wanted to be a soldier, like a G.I. Joe-type soldier.
Q: If you were a contestant on Survivor what is the one thing you would bring that you can’t live without?
A: My Bible.
Q: What is one country that you would want to visit?
A: I always wanted to go to Africa, anywhere in the South Sahara.
Q: If you could hang out with a famous person for a day, who would you choose to hang out with?
A: Billy Graham. I would also like to hang out with Barack Obama.
Q: Do you have any advice for your students?
A: Dream big.
Q: What is on your iPod right now?
A: I don’t have one. I like the Baroque period music like Bach and Vivaldi.
Q: What is one thing that you think Xavier should have on campus after it is expanded?
A: A real football team.
Q: Is there anything your students should know about you?
A: I really care about their future, but I don’t know if students are aware of this. We want the best for them. Sometimes students think we push them too hard, but we do it because they need this. A little bit of pressure is a good thing because the real world is harder than they expect. We don’t do it to make their lives miserable.
SGA execs working to achieve platform goals
Stephanie Metz
Assistant Campus News Editor
Many of the current goals laid out in the SGA Executive platform have been achieved or are in progress, while others have not been begun, but SGA intends to work on these projects this semester.
One of the major projects of the SGA Executives Maggie Meyer, Kailin Borton and Craig Scanlon, was the implementation of a weekend shuttle service running the first Friday of each month to Newport on the Levy. A shuttle was also created to provide transportation to off-campus worship sites on Jewish and Muslim holidays.
SGA Executives hosted an administration form where students were given the opportunity to voice concerns and ask questions of President Fr. Michael Graham, S.J. and others in the administration. A second forum is being planned for the spring semester.
SGA Executives, with the help of Physical Plant, worked to organize and complete the construction of sand volleyball courts before the beginning of the 2007-08 academic year.
The Executive Board also supported All Card access to dorms which will begin Jan. 22.
Other platform goals, which are in the works, include a monthly day-time shuttle to area stores. It is scheduled to begin in February.
The executives are collaborating with Auxiliary Services to have All Cards accepted at various area restaurants. A student survey taken sometime in January will help determine which restaurants should be included.
An international information fair is being organized to give students more opportunities to pursue study abroad programs.
A few platform goals, such as creating a Rate-My-Landlord program and the ability to use fitness classes for credit hours have not yet been started by the Executive Board.
During the spring semester, the Executives plan to “administer a survey to assess student input on this progress, as well as suggestions for future projects and initiatives.”
SGA Executives have created the ride board located in the GSC, worked with the Administration, Peace and Justice Programs and Campus Ministry to construct a ramp to the Dorothy Day House and Loyola House, and installed ice cream vending machines in the Gallagher Student Center during the fall semester.
Meyer, Borton and Scanlon said, “We have found that many of the goals of various folks on campus are much more similar than they are different, and that there is much greater opportunity for positive change on campus if we are in constant collaboration with one another.”
Police Notes
Dec. 10, 3:52 p.m.- A student reported someone may have tampered with the deadbolt lock on a door leading into his or her on-campus house on Ledgewood Avenue.
Dec. 11, 12:21 a.m.- A student reported that he or she was assaulted and touched inappropriately by an unidentified suspect on Winding Way.
Dec. 13, 1:32 p.m.- Residence Life reported graffiti outside the south entrance of Husman Hall.
Dec. 15, 1:15 a.m.- Two students wrestling in the bushes outside Bellermaine Chapel were cited for underage consumption.
Dec. 15, 2:29 a.m.- A non-student smoking marijuana in the lobby of Husman Hall was cited for drug abuse and failure to cooperate. Two students were also cited with underage consumption.
Dec. 17, 2:42 a.m.- Campus Police assisted Cincinnati Police in apprehending a suspect who terminated a vehicle pursuit in front of the Village on Dana Avenue. The suspect fled from the automobile, dropped a handgun on the driveway of the Women’s Center and was eventually arrested in the woods behind the Center.
Dec. 21, 3:38 a.m.- Campus Police checked on a non-student lying in the middle of Harold Avenue near Husman Hall. The person was found to be intoxicated and was released to a friend.
Dec. 22, 3:50 a.m.- Campus Police assisted Cincinnati Police in apprehending the driver of a stolen vehicle driving erratically around campus.
Dec. 24, 3:50 a.m.- Campus Police assisted Norwood Police in arresting a subject who was standing in the middle of the intersection at Montgomery Road and Cleaney Avenue soliciting drivers for donations and blankets.
Dec. 28, 1:10 a.m.- A non-student was arrested in the A-lot on four outstanding warrants and possession of a crack pipe. The suspect advised officers that he or she had just swallowed a gram of cocaine. The subject was transported to University Hospital for observation. A second non-student was escorted off campus from the A-lot.
Jan. 4, 2:44 a.m.– Campus Police, Residence Life and Cincinnati Fire and Rescue responded to a fire alarm in the first floor of the Commons. An investigation revealed that a non-student who a student had allowed to live in their apartment over break had started a small grease fire. The non-student was escorted off campus.
Jan. 13, 10:24 p.m.- A student reported that someone had used his or her credit card to make online purchases in excess of $425.
Jan. 14, 4:42 a.m.- An alumnus parked improperly in the Bell Lot was arrested on four outstanding warrants.
Police Note of the Week
Dec. 15, 1:54 a.m.- A non-student walked into Flynn Hall, the Campus Police station, and was cited for having an open container of alcohol.
Katie Rosenbaum
Campus News Editor
Graduation application
Students preparing to graduate need to submit a “Graduation Application” by Jan. 18. Students not yet eligible for a degree but planning on participating in the May ceremony need to submit a “Walker” application as well as a “Graduation Application” for anticipated actual graduation term. Undergraduates are required to be within 12 credit hours by May 8. Graduates are required to be within six credit hours by May 8. The applications are accessible at the Office of the Registrar website or in person at Alter 129.
Encounter applications
Campus Ministry is offering an Encounter Retreat the weekend of Feb. 22-24 and is now accepting applications. The Encounter Retreat is a follow-up retreat to Xavier’s Approach Retreat or to any Kairos, TEC or other similar retreat. Encounter invites sophomores, juniors and seniors who have been on Approach or any other Kairos experience and are open to connecting with God in others and meeting God in a more reflective, personal way to apply. Contact Fr. Beausoleil, S.J. at x3005 for more info.
China trip
This summer from June 11 to June 24, there will be a trip to China. Students will tour Beijing, the Great Wall, the Terra Cotta Warriors in Xian, Buddist Temples, Guilin, the Li River, Jesuit Cathedrals and Shanghai. Three graduate and undergraduate credits in theology available. For more information contact Dr. Brennan Hill at hillb@xavier.edu.
Mascot competition
PRSSA is looking for contestants to participate in their DEBUNKIFY (anti-smoking campaign) Mascot Competition on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in the GSC Atrium. Contestants have a chance to win the grand prize of $350 through a series of small challenges. Contact Amanda Gregory at gregoryal1@xavier.edu for questions and details.
Club football
The Club Football team is having an organizational/recruiting Meeting at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Schmidt Fieldhouse. Winter workout and spring practice schedules will be discussed The first off-season conditioning workout will be held immediately after the meeting about 9:30 p.m.
