Coffee Emporium ‘Perks’ up Gallagher
Stephanie Metz
Assistant Campus News Editor
Erika Breese
The Coffee Emporium, a local Cincinnati business, offers Xavier students new coffee choices in Gallagher Student Center.
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.
Victory Perk had been student run during the 2006-2007 academic year and fall semester of this year.
Last semester, Tony Tausch, owner of Coffee Emporium, was contacted by as a possible coffee supplier to Victory Perk.
Tausch met with Kyle Wynk, student manager of Victory Perk. A few weeks after this meeting, Tom Barlow, director of Auxiliary Services, asked Tausch if he would be interested in taking over the coffee shop in Gallagher as an outpost of Coffee Emporium.
“We were honored when Xavier approached us to bring our coffee retail operation to their Student Center,” said Tony Tausch.
Coffee Emporium is Cincinnati’s oldest locally owned coffee company, opening in 1973. In 2001, 2003 and 2006, Coffee Emporium was also named the Best in Cincinnati by Cincinnati Magazine.
Eileen Tausch, wife of Tony Tausch and Coffee Emporium employee believes Coffee Emporium offers all their customers a “premium cup of coffee” and will be a “quality source” of coffee beverages to Xavier students, faculty and the administration. “Xavier students have a little more sophisticated taste, and Coffee Emporium hopes to appeal to and cultivate that, said Eileen Tausch.
Director for Auxiliary Services Tom Barlow also believes that Coffee Emporium will be a great addition to Xavier in that “This family owned company fits very well into our mission to support local communities and businesses.”
Coffee Emporium has continued the tradition of selling fair trade and direct trade coffee that Victory Perk started on Xavier’s campus, but has also made some improvements.
They installed a new espresso machine, created an enlarged menu with both coffee and non-coffee drinks and are committed to buying and serving local pastries.
A special coffee blend is also being developed specifically for Xavier. The Tausches are talking to Xavier students about the possibility of them baking for Coffee Emporium.
As with Victory Perk, Coffee Emporium is committed to having a student-driven coffee shop. Eileen Tausch stated that Coffee Emporium will also work with Xavier’s business college and the entrepreneurial studies programs in the coming months. The staff and managers of Coffee Emporium will be Xavier students. In addition, senior student managers would have the chance to visit a Costa Rican coffee plantation with Coffee Emporium. Tony Tausch thought that working with Coffee Emporium will be a great opportunity to “help develop small business skills for interested students.”
Xavier commits to go green
Fr. Graham inks commitment to reduce Xavier’s carbon footprint
Kelly Shaw
Senior News Writer
Q&A about "green" plan:
What exactly are presidents and chancellors committing to?
Presidents signing the Commitment are pledging to eliminate their campuses’ greenhouse gas emissions in a reasonable period of time as determined by each institution. This involves:
- Setting up a mechanism (committee, task force, office, etc.) within two months to guide the process.
- Completing an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions within 1 year, from the subsequent of the three annual start-dates: September 15, Jan. 15 or May 15.
- Creating and implementing a climate neutral plan (that includes a target date and interim milestones for achieving campus climate neutrality) within two years.
- Taking two of seven immediate steps specified in the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while the more comprehensive plan is being developed.
- Integrating sustainability into the curriculum and making it part of the educational experience.
- Making the action plan, inventory and periodic progress reports publicly available.
What emissions sources are included/how are they calculated?
It is recommended that participating campuses use Clean AirCool Planet’s Campus Carbon Calculator to calculate their total emissions. At a minimum, participating campuses should include in their inventories emissions produced through on-site combustion of fossil fuels; electricity consumption; student, faculty, and staff commuting; and institution-funded air travel. As the inventory methodology develops and to the extent practical, participating institutions should also endeavor to evaluate embodied emissions in purchased goods and services, including food.
Father Michael Graham, S.J. signed Xavier’s name to an effort that hopes to eventually neutralize greenhouse gas emissions on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
The American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, whose goal is becoming “climate neutral” has now been signed by over 472 presidents.
The document, that Graham signed yesterday, states that global emission of greenhouse gases needs to be reduced by 80 percent by the middle of the century in order to avert the “worst impacts of global warming.”
“I think this is an important issue for society in general, universities included, especially Jesuit, Catholic ones like Xavier,” Graham said.
The commitment also states that signatories “believe that colleges and universities that exert leadership in addressing climate change will stabilize and reduce their long-term energy costs, attract excellent students and faculty, attract new sources of funding and increase the support of alumni and local communities.”
Goals of the agreement include developing a plan of action and regularly evaluating its results.
Suggestions for the plan includes adopting an energy-efficient appliance purchasing policy, offsetting all greenhouse gas emissions generated by air travel paid for by the institution and purchasing or producing at least 15 percent of the institution’s electricity consumption from renewable sources within one year of signing the document.
Graham has already begun to input Xavier’s plan of action.
“Most immediately, we will be setting up an oversight committee and charging it to steer our progress on campus. It will include faculty, staff and administration. Its work will build on a variety of things that have been done here over the course of the last number of years to reduce energy consumption, but now in a more focused direction around the issue of sustainability and its goal of reducing our carbon footprint,” Graham said.
Professor Profile: Ann Hagedorn
Matthew Finger
Managing Editor
Professor Ann Hagedorn
Professor Ann Hagedorn of the English Department teaches creative nonfiction at Xavier and has experiences ranging from writing to violins. Born in Dayton, Ohio, she has lived in Kansas City, Mo., Cleveland, Ohio, Ann Arbor Mich. and New York, N.Y. She has a B.A. in history from Denison University, a M.S. in information science from Michigan, and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia. Hagedorn also has studied at Yale, and is proficient in German.
Her first professional job was as a research librarian at the University of Kansas. She began her writing career in New York City writing speeches, brochures and grant proposals as a faculty member of the New York University library.
She began her career as a journalist writing about crime and covering trials in the East San Francisco Bay area. She then began writing for the Wall Street Journal, where she wrote on subjects ranging from violent crimes in shopping malls to securities fraud on Wall Street. She has also written for the New York Daily News, and has contributed to the Washington Post.
Hagedorn has written four books, including “Wild Ride,” which is about the decline of the Calumet Farm, America’s premier horse racing dynasty.
She has taught at Northwestern University and Columbia University, and has also lectured at several colleges and universities across the country. Hagedorn is also nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in history for her book Savage Peace. It was also nominated for the National Book Award and the Bancroft award for history.
Q: What do you like most about Xavier?
A: It’s an upbeat, friendly and efficient environment. All the students are polite and gracious.
Q: What do you like the least about Xavier?
A: I don’t like the parking.
Q: What did you want to be when you were a little kid?
A: Since the fourth grade I’ve wanted to be a writer. I was inspired originally by “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” Also “The Great Gatsby” had a big influence on me.”
Q: What is on your iPod right now?
A: I don’t have an iPod. But I like opera, and Brahms. Bob Dylan too. His lyrics are genius.
Q: If you could spend the day with anyone, who would it be?
A: Oh, geez. Can I pick five? Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. de Bois, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ghandi and Bobby Kennedy.
Q: Do you have any advice for your students?
A: Believe in yourself.
Q: What’s one thing that you want your students to know about you?
A: I try to play the violin.
Police Notes
Jan. 14, 11:55 a.m.- A student reported roommate trouble that happened before Christmas Break. Residence Life was notified.
Jan. 14, 2:37 p.m.- A non-student soliciting signatures in the O’Connor Sports lot was arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Jan. 14, 8:13 p.m.- A non-student urinating in the South lot was arrested for disorderly conduct while intoxicated, obstructing official business and for having an outstanding warrant.
Jan. 14, 10:05 p.m.- A student stopped for running a stop sign in the R-1 lot was cited for permitting drug activity in his or her vehicle.
Jan. 15, 11:00 a.m.- A student reported that his or her wallet was lost or stolen off campus. Cincinnati Police were notified.
Jan. 15, 7:06 p.m.- Two students reported the theft of a purse and $100 from an unlocked room in Husman Hall.
Jan. 16, 6:44 p.m.- Campus Police assisted Cincinnati Police with an accident at the corner of Dana and Ledgewood avenues involving a car that ran off the road and destroyed an emergency phone.
Jan.18, 4:51 p.m.- A student reported the theft of $100 out of an unattended purse in the locker room of O’Connor Sports Center.
Jan. 19, 12:20 a.m.- A student on University Drive carrying a beer in his or her back pocket was cited for underage possession.
Jan. 20, 2:30 a.m.- A student found in Brockman Hall with a bloody mouth and yelling that he or she wanted to fight was cited for underage consumption.
Jan. 20, 5:22 p.m.- Two employees reported a minor accident on the Cintas loading dock.
Jan. 21, 11:51 a.m.- Campus Police, Physical Plant and Cincinnati Fire and Rescue responded to a fire alarm in the Bookstore. An investigation showed that a broken sprinkler head in the loading dock triggered the fire alarm and caused a small amount of water damage.
Police Note of the Week
Jan. 19, 1:48 a.m.- An intoxicated student having trouble paying his or her cab fair outside Kuhlman Hall was assisted to the ATM and cited for underage consumption and escorted to his or her room.
Meghan Berneking
Campus News Editor
Movie premiere
At 7 p.m. on Feb. 5 in the Gallagher Theater there will be a premiere Cincinnati showing of a new documentary, “For the Bible Tells Me So,” which focuses on the lives of five Christian families who just so happen to have a gay son or daughter. Following this showing, there will be a panel discussion which will include: Director of Campus Ministry Joe Shadle, theology Professor Holly Toensing and Husman Hall Director Jeff Girton. For more information contact xualliance@xavier.edu
Blood drive
Attention all students and staff: The campus blood drive is being held through Fri., Jan. 25. Please visit the web site at www.hoxworth.org/xavier for more information regarding times and locations and to schedule an appointment. Donors are again needed, as the tri-state community needs 350 donors daily to meet the needs of area patients. Questions? Contact Katie Glahn, Hoxworth Blood Center at (513) 558-1562 and Craig Scanlon, Student Government at (614) 216-5209.
Faculty workshop
Drs. Lisa Mills and Kathy Burklow, two experts in the area of community-engaged scholarship, will present a workshop entitled “Participatory Action Research: A Methodology for Community-Engaged Scholarship” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 1 in the experimental classroom on the first floor of the library. The workshop will provide faculty with training in qualitative methods of research which emphasize learning through participation with the community in a way that integrates the needs of the community with those of the academic institution. Lunch will be provided. This workshop is supported by a Wheeler Grant to the Psychology Department. Reservations are necessary and limited. Please direct questions to and RSVP no later than Monday, Jan. 28 to bessler@xavier.edu.
Resume and interview help
Can you benefit from resume and/or interview advice from professional recruiters? Practice interview skills and ensure your resume is professional to give you more confidence at the upcoming Spring Career and Internship Fair Friday, Feb. 8 and during your job/internship search. To participate you must sign up through eRecruiting (xavier.erecruiting.com) by selecting “Employer Resume Critique” or “Practice Interviews with an Employer” in the One Click Searches section. Resume Critiques will take place Jan. 28 – 29 and practice interviews will be held Jan. 30 – 31. Appointments will be held in the Career Services Center (GSC 310). The deadline to sign up is Thursday, Jan. 24. Space is limited. Questions? Contact the Career Services Center at ex. 3141.
Design the X shirt
Any opinions on this year’s X shirt? Well, now you have the chance to design the annual shirt for next year. After two successful years, the tradition will live on with the ‘08-’09 X shirt and we need your designs! Please submit any design ideas to Matt Robinson (robinsonm2@xavier.edu, ML 201) before Jan. 31.
Win $350
Xavier’s Public Relations Student Society is having a Mascot Competition to find a mascot for the DEBUNKIFY campaign this semester. The competition will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31 in the GSC Atrium. One winner will be selected to receive the $350 grand prize. If you’d like to participate, email gregoryal1@xavier.edu or call (330) 618-4928 for more details. Participant cut-off is Jan. 29. Visit www.debunkify.com/xu for more information about the XU DEBUNKIFY campaign.
On campus employment
There are open positions on campus for student workers awarded Federal Work Study or University Employment. Contact the supervisor directly to schedule an interview and discuss employment opportunities. You may also see job listings by coming to the Career Services Center located in Gallagher Room 310.
