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Phonathon employee wages, along with wages of work study employees, were affected by the restructured student payroll system.
Altered pay structure affects student wages
Students with on-campus jobs often find their hourly wages are not equal to those of other student employees. These discrepancies have come primarily as the result of changes to the pay structure for on-campus students, in addition to other factors like specific skills required for the job. [Full Story]
Bricks to be discontinued for ‘10 class
Graduating seniors will not be able to make a donation and receive a senior brick this year, due to the high price of upkeep and the lack of fulfilled pledges after the initial brick donation from recent alumni. [full story]
SGA execs look to fulfill platform, plan for creation of executive cabinet
Photo courtesy of Tim Conroy and Jessica Kelly
The Student Government Association’s executives—senior Kiki Richardson, president; senior Tim Conroy, legislative vice president; and senior Jessica Kelly, administrative vice president—have fulfilled some of their campaign platform goals promises, although many of these promises have not been addressed or remain in the preliminary planning stages. [full story]
Executive cabinet to serve as SGA advisors
Fulfilling a main component of senior Kiki Richardson, president; senior Tim Conroy, legislative vice president; and senior Jessica Kelly, administrative vice president’s, platform, the Student Government Association executives are establishing an executive cabinet, designed to reach out to a greater number and variety of students. [full story]
McGrath position nearly filled
The search for a new Director at the McGrath Health and Wellness Center has narrowed to three candidates. [full story]
Betta’s owner to open coffee shop/wine bar
A new coffee shop and wine bar will be opening next month just minutes away from Xavier. Café Cornetti, located next to Betta’s Italian Oven on Montgomery Road in Norwood, will offer a wide selection of wine and coffee, as well as Italian pastries and gelato. [full story]
All Card Discounts
Whether as a pass for the cafeteria or identification at sporting events, the All Card serves a host of purposes. [full story]
Professor profile: Dr. Thomas Wagner
The Newswire recently sat down with communication arts assistant professor Dr. Thomas Wagner to discuss his unusual and catchy teaching methods. [full story]
Police Notes
EDITORIAL | SGA PLANS
The SGA executives are putting together an executive cabinet—a board of students whose purpose is to reach out to other students to understand their opinions and critiques of Student Government. Student response to SGA in the past has been painfully underwhelming, so the attempt to reverse this trend is encouraging. [full editorial]
EDITORIAL | ALUMNI BRICKS
Give us back our bricks. [full editorial]
Staff Opinion: Student wages remain unfair
Staff Opinion: In defense of economics majors
For the last three years, I have had to defend my decision to major in economics on countless occasions. While this is to be expected at Xavier—a place where, unfortunately, people tend to look down upon people in different areas of study—lately I find that I am frequently being forced to defend the field of economics itself. [full article]
Letters to the Editor
Newswire photo by Danielle Meiners
Kauffmann leads XU to front of the pack
Coming into the final few strides of the four-mile grass course at the Mike Hodges Cross Country Invitational, Xavier junior Tommy Kauffmann was still not sure whether he had done enough to defeat competitors from a field that included defending National Champion University of Oregon and No. 15 ranked University of Washington. [full story]
Musketeer men drop two in A-10 play
The Xavier men’s soccer team dropped a pair of crucial Atlantic 10 games this weekend to Duquesne and St. Bonaventure. [full story]
Volleyball falls to SLU, rebounds with two wins
Women’s soccer drops two to A-10 opponents
Newswire Photo By Jessica Thimmons
Taking Back Sunday takes the stage of Cintas this Thursday
This Thursday evening, Taking Back Sunday will be taking the stage in Cintas Center, kicking off their latest tour featuring music from their recently released album “New Again.” [full story]
Genesis gets reborn through ‘Children of Eden’
"Children of Eden" by John Caird and Stephen Schwartz is set to hit the Gallagher Student Center’s main stage this weekend. [full story]
‘Art at the X’ celebrates women
In honor of 40 years of women at Xavier , the art department’s current gallery show is themed "Celebrating Women." [full story]
Borderlands breaks the plain
Do you have a love for blowing things up in a virtual world while chatting with friends about how cool it felt? If so, the online role-playing first-person shooter game Borderlands is for you. [full story]
Elements of Style: Fall/Winter '09
1. Bright Coats
2. Mary Janes (with a twist)
3. Smartphones
4. Geek Chic Glasses
5. Plaid
6. Cardigans
7. Above-the-knee/Thigh-high Boots
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