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Erika Breese
Half baked
With the Sodexo contract expiring, Xavier’s search for a food service provider has been narrowed down to three companies with less-than-sterling records.
The quest for a food service provider at Xavier University has been narrowed to three companies that, in the past, have been cited for having poor food and service quality and questionable business ties. [full story]
The end of Sodexho?
Expiring contract means opportunity for changes in caf.
After a 10 year contract with Sodexo Inc. as Xavier’s food provider, administrators are showing interest in new companies for a five-year contract, set to begin at the end of this fiscal year. [full story]
Legislation may reduce some textbook burdens
New legislation being debated in U.S. Congress promises to hold textbook publishers and universities more accountable for the cost of a college education. These measures may help reduce the cost of tuition and the price of textbooks for college students across America. [full story]
NSSE provides alternative school standards
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) recently published the benchmark scores for over 250 colleges that agreed to participate in their 2008 survey.Xavier scored above the institutional type average in all five categories based on votes from both freshmen and seniors. [full story]
Proactive professors, perhaps?
We love the idea that the federal government is stepping in to regulate the outrageous price of textbooks. We really do.
But federal legislation or not, Xavier faculty could be doing a lot more to save their students some valuable cash on their books.
We’ve pleaded with faculty members to send out lists of required texts with ISBNs to their students, so students can shop around for books and save money. Some professors do, some professors don’t. The fact that not all professors send book lists with ISBNs to students is tremendously disappointing to us.
[full article]Staff Editorial: Are we colorblind?
Andrew Chestnut: Goldfish, shrunken heads and clothes
Diversity - Fact or fiction?
Speaking Up - A vision beyong controversy
Letter: We want pitchers
Letter: We Are Not Millionaires
Letter: Sport the School Colors
Erika Breese
Muskies escape George Washington
Miller unhappy with team after 66-56 victory on Saturday night
The experts will tell you that a successful college basketball team should be on a roll as March begins.
On the surface Xavier fits that molds, winning their last 11 games and clinching the Atlantic 10 Conference title. [full story]
Where are they now? Lionel Chalmers
I’ve talked a lot about Xavier’s historic run to the Elite Eight the last couple of weeks as part of the “Where are they Now?” series because that is how most of the guys became legends of this campus.
Doellman, Myles, Sato…all players that, given their absence, Xavier may be left wondering what it’s like to play after the Sweet Sixteen. There’s still a major piece missing to this puzzle, however. [full story]
buffalowingsandrings .com
“Steel Magnolias” steals your heart
There has never been a stronger cast for a main stage production than this cast of Robert Harding’s “Steel Magnolias.” This play, which is more famous for its movie version, centers around the lives of six Louisiana women. They meet on Saturdays in Turvy’s (senior April Sauline) salon to get their hair done and catch up on small town gossip.. [full reviews]
PRojectU at XU
This year, Xavier University is participating in PRoject U, a statewide intercollegiate competition that encourages colleges to create anti-tobacco campaigns on their campuses. The competition is sponsored by “DEBUNKIFY” in conjunction with stand, an organization committed to ending tobacco use among Ohio’s youth.
Wednesday
I’m feeling rather nostalgic this week...
I miss the good ol’ days when Calendar City didn’t move around all parts of the paper. We were always in one location on the back page that we could pretend was the front page by simply folding the paper differently.
I miss Soupies. The comraderie that came from all ages coming together for a night of nonsense has yet to be replaced.
I miss the 1940s when everybody wore classy hats and sounded like they were stepping out of a film noir-style movie. The men would say things like “Mmmmmyah, see” with crazy-sounding accents.