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ASLS out of Africa
Service trips to Ghana, India suspended
Xavier University
Xavier University, the only Jesuit university in the country with multiple international service learning semesters, is reexamining and restructuring the Academic Service Learning Semester programs. [full story]
Breaking news: SGA voting flaw discovered, being dealt with
A flaw in the Student Government Association Executive Elections system will not taint the results of the elections, according to both SGA and Xavier website officials.
Under the new voting system, students log into their myXU portal and cast their vote under the Student Services tab. However, some non-students who are ineligible to vote--such as alumni, transfers and even some Xavier officials--can also cast an electronic vote in the elections.
To read more, click here to connect to the Newswire Blog.
Paychange affects student workers
Erika Breese
Ohio has implemented a new system for determining the statewide minimum wage, raising base pay for Xavier student employees to a minimum of $7 an hour.
But as a result of the new system, the minimum wage for Ohio has the potential to shift annually, leaving employers like Xavier uncertain as to where base-wages will be, according to Judy Brown, the student employment opportunities coordinator.
The new minimum wage in Ohio will be based annually on the consumer price index, or CPI. The CPI measures the average price of purchased consumer goods, and is also a measure for inflation. [full story]
Gamboa, Hale, Callejas
Scanlon, Johnson, Badall
SGA Election Preview
The Newswire sat down with this year's candidates for SGA President, Executive Vice President, and Legislative Vice President. Read the trasncripts and check out exclusive poll data. [click here]
Staff Editorial: Service semesters are staples, should stay
Academic Service Learning Semesters are a small aspect of this university, but an important one. Our program has developed so much that we are the only Jesuit university that has three different international sites. Xavier prides itself on this program, as it should because it is one of a kind.
There’s a section of the prospective student website devoted to the programs, it’s plastered all over Xavier marketing materials and some students even choose to come to Xavier so they can one day participate in a trip to Ghana, Nicaragua, India or Over-the-Rhine.[full article]
Staff Editorial: Working on our workout hours
Darren LaCour: Eyes and ears open wide
Madeline LaFave: Madeline’s new cure-all elixir
Ask the Experts: Doc Talk
Letter to the Editor: Mixed reaction, Mixed intent
Letter to the Editor: The saftest sex
Letter to the Editor: Promoting Unity
Letter to the Editor: Loss of Liberty
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Battling the St. Louis Blues
Men head to SLU for tough road game; return Sunday for St. Joe’s
“Be ready.”
Those two words have been head coach Sean Miller’s rallying cry before every big game this season. [full article]
Women strong in A-10 play
Lead by sophomore Amber Harris and freshman Ta’Shia Phillips, Xavier’s women outshined the St. Louis Billikens in their game on Wednesday, winning by 17 points with a score of 69-52. [full article]
Paul Moeller's take on Superbowl XLII
'Throbbing' with meaning
The Xavier Player’s production of Paula Vogel’s “Hot ‘n Throbbing” is the most controversial yet meaningful play in their line-up this season. Freshman Kelli Brinker takes on the tough role of Charlene, a single mother divorced from her abusive husband, played wonderfully by Zach Berger.[full story]
Out of body experience
Whether you are into science or not, “Bodies…the Exhibition” at the Cincinnati Museum Center is well worth the price of admission. The exhibit opened Feb. 1 and showcases real human bodies stripped of their skin and displayed in a way to show viewers the complexity of the human body. [full story]
Wednesday
In order to accomodate the massive amounts of change in this year's paper, Calendar City has been yet again re-formatted.
Fortunately, we have returned to our home on the back page.
Unfortunately, the page has to be tweaked a bit and I fear change like the elderly fear Indian food.
Perhaps the free massages at the GSC fireplace at 12 p.m. sponsored by the AB West Virginia group will help calm me down.