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December 2008 Your monthly alumni news
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The South Asian Society's Festival of Lights.
Crosstown viewing
This year’s Crosstown Shootout is Saturday, Dec. 13, at 8:00 p.m., and the alumni associations of Xavier and the University of Cincinnati are co-hosting a series of viewing parties across the country. For more information, contact the National Alumni Association at 800-344-4698, option 5.
Find the party nearest you.
Laughter on campus
Comedian Michael Palascak, a 2004 graduate, makes his inaugural Xavier performance on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 8:00 p.m. at the Cintas Center. Palascak has received considerable recognition, including Chicago Reader’s Best of Chicago ’08 Stand-Up Critic’s Pick, HBO’s Comedy Festival Lucky 21 Winner and Comedy Central’s Open Mic Fight: Chicago Winner. Tickets are $10 for the general public. For more information, call the Cintas Ticket Office at 513-745-3411.
Puppet partnership's premiere performance
Tales From My Grandmother's Attic, the first production by the partnership between Xavier University’s Department of Performing Arts and Madcap Productions Puppet Theatre, is scheduled for Dec. 4-8 at the Gallagher Student Center Theater. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. each day and at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6. Tickets are $6 and can be reserved at 513-745-3576 or by leaving a message at 513-745-3939.
Xavier rates
Results of the National Survey of Student Engagement found a majority of Xavier freshmen have a favorable image of the University, and most seniors would select Xavier again if they were just starting their college careers. The survey included 380,000 randomly selected first-year and senior students this year at 722 four-year colleges and universities in the U.S. including 904 students at Xavier.
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