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SAC books spring concert
Not quite ‘the suburbs’: Ben Folds set to rock Cintas Center instead
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It has been three semesters since the Student Activities Council last sponsored a concert, but SAC said on Tuesday that they have scheduled a spring concert for Feb. 19 at Cintas Center. [full story]
Endowment down 31 percent
Xavier University’s endowment has lost 31.1 percent of its value this year, and is currently valued at $86 million, according to Maribeth Amyot, the vice president of financial administration. [full story]
Officials explain task force
Xavier’s newly formed Structural Review Task Force has been charged with identifying potential “permanent budgetary improvements” in the university’s operating budget, according to a letter from Xavier President Fr. Michael Graham, S.J., that was sent to members of the task force almost three weeks ago. [full story]
Verdict: Crawford must sit
Xavier aims to up enrollment, despite economy
Despite the current economic crisis, Xavier University is still hoping to increase
freshmen enrollment for the 2009-10 school year.
Xavier has set a goal of 940 freshmen students, up from the goal of 870 students
last year. [full story]
Hebrew Union College partners with Xavier
New partnership promotes interfaith relations, establishes Jewish Studies minor
Professor Profile: Dr. Brent Blair
XU celebrates Christmas with local children
Christmas came early to nearly 125 underpriveledged children on Xavier’s campus yesterday. The event, “A Xavier Christmas,” was hosted by the Student Involvement Office. [full story]
Police Notes
Jessica Thimons
Finals: The binge and caffeine roller coaster
December marks a rollercoaster of a lifestyle for most college students. The culmination of an entire semester’s work is coming to a head, and a buildup of assignments accrue, all leading up to the non-stop pace of exam week. The sporadic, stressful lifestyle of this time has the potential to alter the regular emotional state of the typical college student, and many form certain unhealthy tendencies during this time. [full feature]
It’s beginning to get to us
Finals are only days away, and under the imminent pressure our exams present, the Newswire has a number of recommendations to solve the inefficiencies every student faces at the end of the year.
In most classes, professors assign end-of-the-year projects or papers that are due during the week before exams, earning it the nickname “Hellweek.” As the projects due for several classes accumulate at the end of the semester, it leaves many students with an unreasonable amount of work, considering this work could have been spread throughout the previous months. Furthermore, it leaves students with little time to spend the week before exams actually studying for exams. [full article]
Staff Editorial: While we were waiting
K-mo’s adventures in procrastination
Letter: Shame on us
Letter: Slack not OK
Guest Column: The only viable solution
Erika Bresee
Mens' basketball undefeated, yet unhappy
In a week when the Xavier Musketeers reached their highest December ranking in school history – No. 9 in the Dec. 8 Associated Press poll – head coach Sean Miller had plenty of points of contention with his team. [full story]
Women upset in Crosstown
Despite being favored against Crosstown rival University of Cincinnati on Sunday, the Xavier women’s basketball team came up short against the Bearcats, 65-55.
'Xavier Tales' chronicles Xavier’s rich history
Xavier can win local respect with win in Crosstown
XU Singers hop down the rabbit hole
The University Singers took audiences down the rabbit hole last weekend in their production of “Alice’s Psychedelic Journey.” Highly conceptualized by Singers’ director Danny Manning and firmly anchored by pop hits from artists such as Pink Floyd, Gnarls Barkley, Beck and Chris Brown, the show was as fantastical as the Lewis Carroll novels at its center. [full story]
‘Grandmother’s Attic’ had stories to share
When can you relive the excitement that comes from child-like faith and imagination if not during the holiday season? The Xavier Players brought the spirit of the season to life in their production of “Tales from my Grandmother’s Attic,” which played in the Black Box studio last week from Thursday, Dec. 4 to Monday, Dec. 8. [full story]