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Flyers grounded
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Stanley Burrell turned up the intensity to score 13 points, and played lockdown defense on Brian Roberts of Dayton. The Muskies tallied their 24th straight home win against the rival Flyers Thursday, 69-43.[full story]
Betta's owner recognizes Xavier's impact
Erika Breese
The upcoming Xavier campus expansion has had an effect on local businesses and communities.
As a former member of the Norwood City Council and a local business owner, Will DeLuca recognizes the impact that Xavier has on his restaurant, Betta’s Italian Oven, which opened in 2003.
DeLuca bought property at 3764 Montgomery Rd. in February 2001 with the intentions of building a restaurant there. People thought he was crazy for opening a restaurant on Montgomery Road, DeLuca says... [full story]
"New library 'Chronicle'-d
With the first floor of the library being transformed into the prototype for the new Learning Commons, the university has been successful in generating quite a bit of hype about its project.
In fact, the project has even garnered the interest of a popular and prestigious university trade publication. [full story]
Erika Breese
Coffee Emporium ‘Perks’ up Gallagher
The start of the spring semester brought a change in coffee retailers to Xavier with the opening of Coffee Emporium in Gallagher Student Center last week. [full story]
Xavier commits to go green
Fr. Graham inks commitment to reduce Xavier’s carbon footprint
Professor Profile: Ann Hagedorn
Police Notes
Staff Editorial: Bad press?
We’re not going to lie; Xavier’s progress with the Learning Commons project has us impressed. We’ve never been so excited to walk into a building filled with old books, though that’s probably because we can’t see any of the old books.
And though we don’t have a real idea of how the new integration of the library and technology staffs is going, things seem to be fairly well. [full article]
Staff Editorial: Noticing our neighbors
Madeline LaFave : Sobering stories
Matthew Finger: Hallowed Ground
Ask the Experts: Brian Holubetz
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Muskies navigate rocky road
Xavier men split tough road trip at Temple and George Washington
Many will tell you that the true mark of a championship-caliber team is their ability to take a punch and respond resiliently.
If that is the case then this year’s Xavier Musketeers men’s basketball team could have something special. [full article]
Super Bowl assumes look of mere consumation
The year was 2005 when the New England Patriots last played on football’s greatest stage.
For the San Diego Chargers, it was a decade earlier, at the conclusion of the 1994 season.
The Patriots were in tireless pursuit of the perfect season while the unexpected Chargers sought to extend their eight game winning streak... [full story]
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A Colbert Commencement
I suspect that most people spend their last semester before graduation worrying about getting a job, applying to grad school or simply cowering in fear at the prospect of entering the dreaded “real world.” I, on the other hand, have been spending a tremendous amount of time lately considering who the perfect commencement speaker would be for the Class of ’08.[full story]
A wee little 'wii-view'
Like I’ve said, video games bewilder and discombobulate me. To play a typical video game these days, I would have to learn a books-worth of new things—like what buttons to push and in which part of the head to shoot opponents — and that just isn’t fun. I think playing an NFL football game would be simpler than playing a football game on Madden ‘08. [full story]
Life at the Newswire
Wednesday
Welcome to Calendar City’s new spot! Due to space constraints and renovations, Calendar City has had to move.
For some of you, it was probably nerve-wracking to flip to the back page of this paper and not see Calendar City. I thank you for your patience and welcome you back into the loving arms of this nonsensical column.
For those of you who have never seen nor heard of Calendar City because you’re too lazy to read the entire paper or you only want to read things with “content” or “substance,” shaaaa. I just shaaa-ed on you.
Deal with it.