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The Xavier University September 14, 2011

Volume XCVIIIssue 5

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AlwAYS REmEmbER 9/11

Student Government Association’s (SGA) Executive Branch and Senate Board are experiencing a significant transi-tion in leadership.

Affective Sept. 7, Legislative Vice President (LVP) senior Ricardo Martinez formally re-signed from his position and, ac-cording to the SGA Constitution, the Senate Coordinator junior Brock McMorran has been sworn in to fulfill another SGA vacancy.

Martinez’s resignation from LVP, McMorran’s subsequent swearing in as acting LVP and his formal resignation from Senate Coordinator occurred at the beginning of a Student Activity Council’s (SAC) routine Wednesday meeting.

In his official statement, Martinez said that the reasons are personal and family related.

“As much as I love this place, I can’t change the things that happen in life,” Martinez said. “God does things for a reason and I am sure he has a plan for me.”

The overlaying sentiment in SGA is that Martinez will be significantly missed, though the

Association must move forward.“In addition to being a great

friend, Ricardo has been a tre-mendous part of this Association for the past two and a half years,” Student Body President senior Ryan Alleman said in an offi-cial communication from SGA. “At the same time, I remain su-premely confident in the abilities of Legislative Vice President McMorran.”

“While I am sad that Ricardo is no longer LVP, I am excited to work with Brock for the rest of our term,” said Administrative Vice President senior Lydia Gerlach. “I am confident that our already smooth transition will continue to be produc-tive throughout the rest of the year.”

Because the vacancy on the Executive Branch caused McMorran to resign from his Senate Coordinator position, the Senate Board witnessed a total of three vacancies last week, as McMorran’s vacancy from Senate added to the previous two left by the resignations of former Senators junior Jimmy Geiser and senior Tim McGrath.

KeVIn TIgheStaff Writer

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Resignation from SGA lVP

SPIRIT CELEBRATION

Following the Spirit Celebration Mass in the Cintas Center, students, faculty, staff and friends of Xavier walked in silence and remembrance to the greenspace in front of the New Residential Complex and Hoff Dining Commons to give their respects to those who died in the attacks on Sept. 11 of 2001. Pershing Rifles, a student club within ROTC, presented the colors and words of remembrance. A prayer were given, as well. Further silence ensued, until Fr. Michael Graham, S.J. transitioned into christening the New Residential Complex and Hoff Dining Commons.

Newswire photo by Andrew matsushita

9/11 commemoration

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In an effort to better the paper, please tell us if you find corrections that need to be made.

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The LGBTQ Train-ing and Support Intern, mentioned in the Sept. 7 edition, is a temporary student position that will be charged with creat-ing a Safezone-like train-ing program for students, faculty and staff and con-ducting a needs assess-ment for LGBTQ support at Xavier. See letter to the editor for further detail.

In previous issues, the title of Scott Chadwick, Ph.D was improperly stat-ed. His correct title is Pro-vost and Chief Academic Officer.

BRIEFS

Crime, Espionage and War in Cyberpace

From 7:30 - 9 p.m. on Sept. 15 in the Duff Banquet Center at the Cintas Center, Richard Clarke would be giving a presentation regarding cyberspace crimes.

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Xavier University will be one of four locations throughout Cincinnati to be the first U.S. hosts of the traveling New York City ReelAbilities Film Festival.

The festival will be in Cincinnati from Sept. 10 through September 22.

This festival features nine films, presentations and programs fo-cusing on the lives, stories and art of people with disabilities.

Three films will be shown at Xavier during the festival: Warrior Champions, Snow Cake and Henry O!

Warrior Champions follows the stories of four veterans of the war in Iraq who lost limbs and suffered paralysis while fighting for their country and who strove to par-ticipate in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.

The film follows each soldier for a year as they compete for a spot on the Paralympics team.

Each made it on the team, some in as short as a year after their injury. The viewing of this movie is paired with speaker April Kerley.

Kerley is a U.S. paralympian and teammate of the paralympi-ans featured in Warrior Champions. The film will be shown at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 19 in the Cintas Banquet Center.

Snow Cake tells the story of Alex, an ex-convict, who picks up Vivienne, a hitchhiker, while on a

By molly BoEsNews Editor

road trip. After a car accident kills Vivienne, Alex is inspired to visit Vivienne’s mother, a woman with high-functioning autism.

The program starts at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 20 in the Conaton Learning Commons room 412 with a performance of The Rescue courtesy of Marjorie Book Continuing Education, followed by the film at 7 p.m. The Rescue is a one-act play depicting the adven-tures of a teddy bear as he lives with different families.

Henry O! is the story of a man, Enrique (Henry) Oliu, who, de-spite being blind since birth, has become a color narrator for the

Tampa Bay Rays. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. on Sept. 22 in the Conaton Learning Commons room 412 and is a bonus film for festival pass holders.

The film festival will also be showing movies at the College of Mount St. Joseph, the Cincinnati Art Museum and Mayerson Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati campus.

Seating is limited at the events and admission is free for Xavier students with an All Card.

Tickets are first come, first serve and are available on the website, www.mayersonjcc.org and at the door.

Film festival in Cincinnati

In 2004, an IED explosion took Melissa Stockwell’s leg. Since then, Stockwell has earned a spot on the U.S. Paralympic swim team.

Photo courtesy of http://warriorchampions.com

Fall Career Fair

From 3 - 6 p.m. on Sept. 20 in the Cintas Center, the Career Services Center is hosting the Fall Career Fair for students of all majors. Students are asked to bring their All Cards, multiple copies of their resume and a padfolio to hold resumes.

E/Rs faculty seriesFrom 4 - 5:15 p.m. on Sept.

14 in the Conaton Learning Commons room 412, Tyrone Williams will present “Tolerance, Translation and Ecstasy: A Future.” The respondent is Gabriel Gottlieb.

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UNIFAT school founder visits X

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The Xavier student group Unified for UNIFAT is hosting an event called, “An Evening with Abitimo,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Kennedy Auditorium, room 412 in the Conaton Learning Commons.

This event will feature Abitimo Odongkara, the found-er of the Upper Nile Institute for Appropriate Technology (UNIFAT) school in Gulu, northern Uganda. In 1985, Abitimo, a Ugandan educa-tor and peacemaker, began the school in order to help the Ugandan children impacted by poverty and civil war violence gain access to an education.

Currently, the UNIFAT school has over 1,300 students from nurs-ery to P-7, roughly the equivalent of the 7th grade.

The service organization Unified for UNIFAT was started in 2005 and works to raise aware-ness and support for the children of UNIFAT at Cincinnati high schools. Meghan Marth, a Xavier sophomore and one of the found-ers of Unified for UNIFAT, has also founded a Xavier chapter. Marth has visited the UNIFAT School in Uganda twice.

“We are excited to have Unified for UNIFAT on campus because we think that Unified is a very unique and special organization. Unified for UNIFAT provides us with the opportunity to be di-rectly involved in helping educate and empower students, just like ourselves, in northern Uganda,” Marth said.

The Xavier student group plans events to raise funds for

On Sept. 10, several of Xavier University’s athletic teams partici-pated in the 16th annual Buddy Walk in downtown Cincinnati.

The event is a 2k walk accom-panied by live music in Sawyer Point Park, by the Ohio River.

It is put on by the Downs Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati (DSAGC) every year as a day of fun for people with Downs syndrome, as well as their families and friends.

Coach Andy Fleming and his #24 Xavier men’s soccer team, along with Xavier’s baseball and women’s soccer teams took to the

park to show their support for the Downs syndrome cause.

This year, the event had an es-pecially personal feel to it since Coach Fleming’s 4-month-old daughter, Devin, was born with Downs syndrome.

“Saturday was a great day. One of the best days of my life, a won-derful day for Xavier athletics and Downs syndrome awareness and, above all, a special day for my daughter, Devin,” Fleming said.

The participants were divided into hundreds of fundraising “teams.”

Fleming created “Devin’s Team,” and an army of people turned out to support them.

“On Saturday morning, we saw

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babysitters, neighbors, co-workers and in all, 107 people who were there as part of “Devin’s Team” and there for our daughter. The women’s soccer team got back from a game at 1 a.m. on Saturday and still came. The baseball team was there. No one had to be there; they wanted to be there and it was a special gesture that we will never forget,” Fleming said.

“Devin’s Team” raised a stag-gering $4,165 — $3,165 higher than their given target — for the DSAGC.

This is the second time this week that the Musketeers have received a top 25 ranking; they ranked 15th out of hundreds of teams in fundraising at the Buddy Walk, just six days after receiving their first Top 25 national ranking for soccer.

Fleming puts an emphasis on his team being made up of not just good players, but all-around good people, and the Buddy Walk was something that made him very proud of his players.

“I was so impressed of how engaged our players were and how they truly gave themselves and put smiles on some faces during the after party. They embodied what true Xavier students are about,” Fleming said.

The Buddy Walk was estab-lished in 1995, and since then its popularity has skyrocketed.

An estimated 11,000 people participated in the Buddy Walk this year, and u n d o u b t e d l y Fleming will add members to his army of “Devin’s Team” for next year.

the UNIFAT primary school in-cluding bake sales, a benefit con-cert and sales of Ugandan Acholi beads, headbands and bags.

All of the funds raised go di-rectly to UNIFAT school, sup-porting the child sponsorship program and mentorship, con-struction and technology projects.

Through the child sponsor-ship program, 133 students who otherwise would not be able to afford an education are attending school.

The mentorship program helps provide strong role models for the students, and construction for new classrooms is also an effort that is supported through the funds raised by Unified for UNIFAT.

“Abitimo’s labor of love is UNIFAT school, which she founded in 1985 with the mis-sion to educate students with the mindset of ‘learning for love and understanding,’” Marth said. “She is a beacon of hope in northern Uganda, and she has come to share her story with you.”

photo courtesy of www.unifiedforunifat.files.wordpress.com

Founder of the UNIFAT school in Uganda will be speaking on campus Thursday.

Xavier athletes help out at Buddy Walk

By ed morleyStaff Writer

Newswire photo by Greg Rose

On Sept. 10, athletes from Xavier men’s soccer, men’s baseball and women’s soccer teams raised money during the Buddy Walk.

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Johnson named interim dean for Williams College of Business

BY REBECCA BAYENSStaff Writer

With the departure of Dr. Ali Maleksadeh, former dean of the Williams College of Business, Dr. R. Stafford Johnson is stepping up as the interim dean through July 2012.

Malekzadeh left Xavier University last April for a dean and board position at Kansas

State University. Johnson, who received his

Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky, is a finance professor as well as the Director of the Center for Applied Finance.

Johnson has worked at Xavier since 1982 and has served as Finance Department Chair from 1988 to 1998.

“I’ve been…involved in many college and university-related ac-tivities over the years,” Johnson

said in an e-mail correspondence. “When asked to be the interim

dean, I thought I had the experi-ence and knowledge of the college and university to serve…I also was very honored to be asked.”

Johnson’s interest in finance has led him to write five mono-graphs, four books and to partici-pate in the writing of more than 50 academic articles.

Although he now teaches fi-nance, his doctoral degree is in economics.

“As an economist, I consid-ered finance to be a study of the fundamentals underlying the capi-tal market system, which I found to be intellectually intriguing,” Johnson said.

“Like economics, I also found finance to be a challenging sub-ject, requiring one to have some knowledge of math, statistics, ac-counting, economics, law, history and other disciplines.”

Overall, Johnson said he has certainly enjoyed his time working at Xavier.

His favorite part of Xavier is “the Xavier family: faculty, stu-dents, staff, administrators, alum and community that all love what Xavier and Jesuit education mean and who are brought together with a common desire to advance the Xavier mission.”

Dr. Stafford Johnson will lead Williams College of Business as interim dean.Photo courtesy of xavier.edu

PoliceNotes

Note of the

WeekIn honor of acheiving four of

the eight Police Notes this week, the 900 block of Dana Avenue re-ceives the first ever You-Should-

Move Award.

Sept. 7 4:03 p.m. – Xavier Police investigated an anonymous report of a person inside a re-stroom of Smith Hall carrying a firearm. The building was checked to no avail.

Sept. 8 11:53 p.m. – Xavier Police assisted Cincinnati Police in breaking up party on the 900 block of Dana Avenue.

Sept. 9 11:31 p.m. – An un-derage intoxicated student was arrested by Norwood Police for yelling profanities as they were walking on Cleneay Avenue. The student was cited to court and released to Xavier Police who transported him/her to his/her Residence hall.

Sept. 10 1:50 a.m. – A student reported they were robbed at gun point on the 900 block of Dana Avenue by two suspects armed with a revolver. The suspects fled west on Dana Avenue toward Reading Road. Xavier Police and Cincinnati Police searched the area to no avail.

Sept. 10 3:08 a.m. – Xavier Police and Cincinnati Police re-sponded back to the 900 block of Dana Avenue for a report of

two suspects possibly matching the description from the earlier robbery who were now following students. The area was searched to no avail.

Sept. 11 12:28 a.m. – Xavier Police and Cincinnati Police broke up a student party on the 900 block of Dana Avenue.

Sept. 11 12:40 a.m. – Norwood Fire & Rescue transported an underage intoxicated student to University Hospital for possible alcohol poisoning. The student was found passed out on the grass of the corner of Cleneay Avenue and Regent Avenue.

Sept. 12 12:05 a.m. – Three students were observed smoking marijuana in the woods behind the volleyball courts at the Victory Family Park. They were cited for drug abuse.

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quires at least a half-term of expe-rience with Senate.

As McMorran transitions into his new role, he is moving from the

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This past Monday, however, Senate welcomed three new mem-bers, as Alleman appointed junior Desmond Dodd, junior Needom Mitchell and sophomore Ricky Narsinghani—a former senator—to the board.

The Senate Board will be voting on Sept. 19 for the new Senate Coordinator position. Only five senators are eligible —junior Victoria Masny, junior Meghan Savercool, junior Seth Walsh, sophomore Elizabeth Bousson and sophomore Ricky Narsinghani—as the position re-

SGA

Newswire photo courtesy of Andrew MatsushitaWith Ricardo Martinez’s resignation, former Senate Coordinator Brock McMorran joins Ryan Alleman and Lydia Gerlach as Legislative Vice President.

“whoa” phase, which he voiced in his official statement on Sept. 7, to being “endlessly confident that the new Senate Coordinator will take [his] work, make it their own and be the best they can be.”

In response to the shift in leadership, the new faces among the Senate Board and the in-coming four first-year senators, McMorran said, “Everybody is so new that I don’t believe there will be any type of culture shock.”

Alleman echoes those feelings.“One of the big things that we

want to help encourage in SGA this year is new ways of thinking,” Alleman said. “We need new ap-proaches. We need more innova-tive thinking. We need new and different ideas if we’re really going to succeed.”

On Sunday, Sept. 11, at ap-proximately 7:20 a.m., Xavier University campus experienced its first unplanned power outage since May of 2010.

The power outage occurred when Cincinnati Water Works accidentally struck a high volt-age power cable with a track hoe during its construction at the in-tersection of Dana Avenue and Ledgewood Drive, blowing the circuit breaker of a Duke Energy power line.

The accident shut off all power on campus, including in dormitories, faculty and staff of-fices, classrooms and the dining hall. Residents on Dana Avenue between Montgomery Road and Victory Parkway likewise lost power.

Power was restored right be-fore 9 a.m. as Duke was able to switch the damaged cable with an-other set of cables to re-feed the University rather promptly.

“Duke assured us relatively quickly that the power would be back within the hour, and fortu-nately it was,” Mark Hanlon, as-

sistant director for the Xavier Physical Plant, said.

Cincinnati Water Works had been working all weekend re-placing underground water pipes for the Dana Avenue Widening Project, closing various intersec-tions along the route. Due to the power outage, the project was set back a day, and the closure of the Dana Avenue and Ledgewood Drive intersection was extended until Monday, when Duke re-paired the damaged cable.

Xavier officials decided to alert the Xavier community of the out-age through the use of the XU AlertMe system.

“Everything—the chapel, the food, the offices—runs on elec-tric,” Hanlon said. “But because of the [early morning] timing, it was only a slight inconvenience to the University.”

When power was restored, stu-dents received an “all clear” notifi-cation from the XU AlertMe sys-tem, assuring them that activities planned for the day, such as the Spirit Celebration, would go on as planned.

Campus goes dark early on Sept. 11Construction causes power outage

Newswire photo courtesy of Andrew Matsushita

McMorran swears in junior Desmond Dodd, junior Needum Mitchell and sophomore Ricky Narsinghani, who are pictured standing.

LVP resigns

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attacked by mem-bers of the terrorist group al- Qaeda, the original twin towers were destroyed leav-ing destruction and the deaths of 2,997 victims in its wake.

six proposals were made for the rebuilding of the world Trade Centers and Ground Zero includ-ing the rebuilding of the original Twin Towers.

The design known as The Freedom Tower (now renamed One world Trade Center by the Port authority) was approved. in all, there will be six new wTC buildings.

Construction com-menced on the build-ing of One world Trade Center. The location is where the original six world Trade Center once stood.

On the day after the 10th anniversery of the attacks, the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero opened to the public. The memorial includes two acre - size reflecting pools and the world’s largest hand - made waterfalls.

set to be completed in 2013, One world Trade center (the lead building in the new world Trade Center complex) will be the tallest building in the United states at 1,776 ft.

As I write this ar-ticle, it is Sept. 11—exactly 10 years since the attacks on the World Trade Centers in 2001.

For many of us, pic-tures of the burning buildings and later, the gaping holes where they once stood, have become common im-ages both as some-thing we remember and something we now teach in history class.

We have visited Ground Zero, written

songs about our mem-ories and some of us have been personally affected by the loss of a loved one on that fateful Tuesday.

Yet even as we grieve, we heal. As part of this healing, in 2003 the Lower Manhattan D e v e l o p m e n t Corporation began plans for a new build-ing, one that would both commemorate the Sept. 11 attacks and bring new life to the area.

What arose was the Freedom Tower, the final design of which was approved in June of 2005. When it is finished (current pro-jections say 2013), it

is set to be the tall-est building in the United States.

The project was originally overseen by Larry Silverstein, who owned the lease on the Twin Towers in 2001.

However, the overseeing of the Freedom Tower was later handed over to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

In accordance with the latter’s ap-proval, construc-tion commenced on April 26, 2006. The tower is set to be one part of a large redevelopment of the area being over-seen by Silverstein.

In total, the area will contain five new skyscrapers, a memorial and mu-seum to 9/11, retail space, a transpor-tation center and a performing arts

center. Collectively the area will be known as the World Trade Center.

In accordance with this title, the Port Authority changed the title of the Freedom Tower in 2009 to One World Trade Center; the other four build-ings are also numeri-cally named (Two World Trade Center, etc.). The World Trade Center website hails the project as “A 21st Century Renaissance of New York.”

When One WTC is complete, it will soar

1,776 feet into the air, roughly 350 feet higher than the Empire State Building.

Designed by David M. Childs of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is due to contain 108 floors and 2,600,000 square feet. The build-ing will not only contain office spaces, but also restaurants and an ob-servation deck. In total, One World Trade Center is expected to cost $3.1 billion.

Perhaps the most mov-ing part of the project is the National September 11 Memorial, which opened to the public Sept. 12.

This tribute to the trag-edy consists of two re-flecting pools built into

the remaining bases of the original towers, and filled by the largest man made waterfalls in the country. Around the rims of the pools are inscribed the names of all those who lost their lives on Sept. 11 along with the fatalities of the lesser known attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993. The September 11 Museum is situated in between the two pools.

The remaining towers—2,3,4,5 WTC—will sur-round One World Trade

Center and are owned by Silverstein Properties. Only One WTC will be under the possession of the Port Authority.

In a rather odd system of numbering, a seventh, but not a sixth, World Trade Center will be built. Six World Trade Center was part of the original World Trade Centers and held the U.S. Customs House. One World Trade Center is currently being built on the same site that six WTC once stood. There has been no talk of building a second sixth World Trade Center.

For as beautiful as the whole complex will be, its design and conception were anything but simple. Brainstorming for the proj-ect began less than a year af-ter the attacks, in July 2002, with six original design suggestions. All proposals were met with mixed re-sponses. In fact, before the current design was selected, two different cornerstones were laid for two different projects.

Concurrently to these suggestions was a push for

the original towers to be rebuilt. Those in favor claimed that it was nec-essary to prove that the United States would not be cowed by terrorism. However, Silverstein Properties never gave credence to these ideas, and settled on the proposal of architect Daniel Libeskind.

Yet even after the de-sign was “chosen,” the topic was far from set-tled. The design being built now is a conglom-eration of changes de-

cided upon by multiple author-ities and overseen by architect David Childs, who is still the head architect of the project.

Paul Greengrass, the director of the Bourne trilogy once said “Remembering is painful. It’s difficult, but it can be inspir-ing and it can give wisdom.” Never have these words been truer than when thinking about Sept. 11, 2001.

In order to heal, we must re-member; in order to draw the inspiration to move on, we must remember; in order to gain the wisdom to learn from our devastating experience, we must remember.

The work being done at Ground Zero is a project in re-membrance. We remember the pain of that day, but we memo-rialize the heroes and the unity it brought to the U.S.

Regardless of whose design was the best, the important part of the rebuilding is that we mourn, we heal and we remember.

Ten years later: One World Trade Center

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Xavier Newswire8 sportsseptember 14, 2011

Cross country earns second Queen City Invitational win

In the 30th running of the Queen City Invitational, the Xavier cross country teams com-bined to win their second consec-utive Queen City Cup.

The men and women scored 89 points in the meet, which was enough for them to defeat Cincinnati and hoist the trophy.

The women finished in first place in their division with 38 points while the men came in sec-ond place with 51 points.

Led by sophomore Ashley Vincent, the Musketeers placed five runners in the top 10. Vincent crossed the line in a time of 18:32.40; only four seconds behind her was senior Caylin Howell.

Junior Calesse Cardosi and sophomores Anna Ahlrichs and Clare Fischer finished eighth, ninth

and tenth places, respectively. “We are showing a great deal

of improvement from last year on the women’s side, which is a credit to the work they put in during the summer and the first month of practice,” head coach Dan Flaute said.

On the men’s side, the Musketeers had two of the top four runners. Sophomore Tom Ohlman crossed the line third with a time of 15:23.85, while senior Keith Albrektson was one spot behind him (15:28).

The men finished one place behind “a very good Cincinnati team,” Flaute said.

Flaute was pleased with the performance.

“They get the chance to race them three more times this sea-son, so hopefully we’ll be able to get them later in the year,” Flaute

said.“I’m happy with the way we

competed despite it being early in the season,” Flaute said. “We bat-tled and m a n y of our r u n n e r s s h o w e d improve-ment from last year. It was a nice a c c o m -plishment to defeat our rivals to start the season.”

B o t h teams re-turn to action on F r i d a y , September 16 in South Bend, IN at the National Catholic Invite. Since the men and women run the Notre Dame course each year, it gives the coaches and runners the ability to compare the times from this year to previous years.

“I’m also excited to see how we stack up against Atlantic 10 com-petition such as Dayton and Saint Louis,” Flaute said.

Volleyball holds on for two close wins

After dropping the first contest of the weekend to Western Kentucky at the WKU Invitational, the Xavier volleyball team bounced back with wins over LSU and Wake Forest in the second two matches of the week-end in Bowling Green, Ky.

The Musketeers were led by a double-double effort in both kills and digs by sophomore Sarah Brown in both wins over LSU and Wake Forest.

Xavier had yet to have a player record a double-double this sea-son until Brown achieved it in consecutive matches on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. The Atlantic 10 named Brown the “Offensive Player of the Week” for her efforts.

“Sarah had a great weekend. She’ll be the first to tell you her success was a result of the total team’s effort,” head coach Mike Johnson said.

Coach Johnson credited the play of the middles and freshman Aubree Smith’s ability to distrib-ute the ball, along with Smith’s of-fensive output in each victory this weekend.

“Sarah stepped up big time, and it’s great that we can have a different star on a day to day ba-sis,” Johnson said.

Neither match was easy to win, as it took five sets to defeat the LSU Tigers and four sets to top the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. The third set between the Tigers and Musketeers included 20 ties and 10 lead changes. LSU, who had received votes in the lat-est American Volleyball Coaches Association Top-25 Coaches’ Poll, had not lost a Sept. match since the 2009 season.

Johnson compared the inten-sity of the LSU match to that of

an NCAA tournament match. “I’m thankful that we came out

on top. A volleyball match can be an emotional struggle. The match-es that are the toughest mean the most to us,” Johnson said.

The Muskies came out winning the first two sets Saturday against Wake Forest, but they almost saw the match slip away from them af-ter losing the third set and initially struggling in the fourth set. Things didn’t get going until Elizabeth Lucich sparked Xavier with a ca-reer day at the service line.

“The hallmark of a good team is to be able to perform well when it is not your best day,” head coach Mike Johnson said via goxavier.com. “We were out of rhythm in a few phases of our game, but we were able to dig deep when it mattered. Our serving, which had been problematic early [in the match] was the spark plug to our success. Liz Lucich broke the game open and allowed our of-fense to flow.”

With another two wins this weekend, Xavier improves to 6-3 on the season.

The Musketeers will take the court again next weekend in the Michigan/Adidas Invitational in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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After posting three consecutive wins at home, the Xavier women’s soccer team succumbed to de-feat against Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. this past Friday.

The loss leaves the women searching for their first road win of the season and moves their record to 3-3. Nonetheless, head coach Woody Sherwood has been happy with his team’s overall per-formance so far this year.

“We have shown our abil-ity to play athletic teams [such as Indiana, Ohio State, and Cincinnati] close and not give up many goals,” Sherwood said.

The Musketeers were evenly-matched with Indiana until an 84th minute goal put the Hoosiers up for good.

“We almost stole the game against another very dangerous, very athletic team,” Sherwood said. “We are as happy as you can be without getting a win.”

The match featured another impressive performance by fresh-

man goalkeeper Katie Markesbery, who recorded 10 saves on the day.

“We knew Katie was good in high school, but she has exceed-ed our expecations. If you were to watch her play, you wouldn’t know she was only a freshman,” Sherwood said.

Even though the Musketeers were unable to put any goals in the net, Sherwood believed his team had the best chance of either team to score a goal.

With 20 minutes left in the game, the Musketeers had “one really good chance” to take a one goal lead but were unable to find the back of the net.

Sherwood has enjoyed the women’s ability to stay organized defensively this season but would still like to create some more qual-ity scoring chances in the coming games.

The women look to contin-ue their dominance at home on Friday, Sept. 16 as they play host to Eastern Kentucky. The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Xavier Soccer Complex.

By kyle isaacsAsst. Sports Editor

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Women’s soccer falls to Indiana

The men’s and women’s cross country teams finished first with 89 points to bring home their second consecutive Queen City Cup.

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Sophomore Ashley Vincent

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Sophomore Sarah Brown had 22 kills and 22 digs versus LSU.

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Best start in XU soccer history

The Xavier men’s soccer team defeated Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 5-0 on Tuesday night after a nine day break.

This win marks Xavier’s first 5-0 win since a win over Indiana University-Purdue University

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“The players did a great job responding to the nine day layoff between matches. Some teams might have come out flat but our guys were ready to go from the opening whistle,” assistant coach Kris Bertsch said.

The Musketeers improved to 3-0, holding strong to their cur-rent undefeated record.

This season has had the best start in the 35-year history of men’s soccer at Xavier.

“We are happy to finally earn that ‘emphatic’ win of the season. We have played a number of 1-0 matches where we felt if we could have gotten the second goal the match would have been closed out. Tonight, we did a great job getting that second goal and because of it we were able to get goals three, four and five,” Bertsch said.

In the first three matches of the season, Xavier has earned its first national ranking of No. 24 in the country.

Junior Luke Spencer was named Co-Player of the Week last week by the Atlantic 10 for his role in Xavier’s best start of a sea-

Men’s soccer wins 5-0 for the first time in four yearsson since 2007, 2-0-0.

“Luke is an important linchpin to our attack. When he has a good game, we tend to play well over-all,” Bertsch said in an e-mail.

Spencer scored one goal against IPFW. His goal came in the 47th minute to give the Musketeers a 2-0 lead.

“Spencer’s goal was huge for us tonight. It gave us a two goal cush-ion for the first time this season and gave us a confidence boost to break the score line open,” Bertsch said.

Freshman James Weber scored his first goal of the season in the 78th minute from 18 feet out.

Weber then went on to score his second season goal in the 84th minute to score Xavier’s fifth and final goal of the night.

Weber led Xavier in scoring with two goals.

Xavier’s other goals came from junior James Queree and redshirt sophomore Tanner Petrick.

Xavier goalkeeper junior Justin Marshall played for 76:31 and had one save combined with se-nior Ryan Engelmenn to shutout IPFW.

Engelmenn played for 13:29 and had one save.

The Musketeers will return to action when they take on the Northern Illinois Huskies at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16 in Chicago. The Huskies are currently 5-0-0, and NI senior Francis Otira was named co-Mid-American Conference Player of the Week.

Luke Spencer scored to give Xavier their first 2-0 lead of the season.

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Freshman James Weber scored his first two goals of the season.

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When people choose Xavier as the place to spend their next four years, they do not choose it based on the wild party scene. There is none. They don’t make their selec-tion based on which fraternities or sororities it of-fers. It doesn’t offer any. Nor do they, most of them, pick based on the elaborate and e n o r m o u s buildings and amenities it offers, because, un-til recently, there were very few. We are the Xavier Newswire believe if you surveyed a majority of Xavier students about why they selected Xavier, you’d probably find that the community feeling it emanates is among the top reasons.

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First and foremost, I would like to thank the Newswire for writing an article on our hard work and summer progress. We are proud to have made strides in several multifaceted projects and initiatives over the past few months.

However, I would like to clarify the progress made on the LGBTQ position. Over the summer, SGA re-evaluated and changed – in a significant way – the position the previous Executive Board had created. Our temporary position, the LGBTQ Training and Support Intern (LTSI) will have the responsibility of coordinating a training that will be similar to Safezone as both educational and supportive. This training will be open to students, faculty, and staff. The LTSI will also be charged with conducting a needs assessment for Xavier and conducting further research on how other institutions, both Jesuit and non-Jesuit, provide support for their LGBTQ communities. The LTSI can then suggest possible next steps for Xavier’s LGBTQ support. Applications for this position will be open to all students, including graduate students, later this semester. I hope this gives a clearer picture of the LGBTQ Training and Support Intern’s future role at Xavier. Thank you!

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than when they were students. The fact that Xavier can retain its community feel even through various external and internal transformations is a great compli-ment. Perhaps even greater is the fact that this community feel is something that professors desire because it strengthens the bonds between students and faculty and enriches the educational experi-ences for both parties.

Monetary donations and gifts from alumni can buy us fancy buildings and updated technolo-gies for which, of course, we are eternally grateful. But, let’s face it, without professors we wouldn’t

even exists as a uni-versity. Sure, Xavier

has its quirks: the CORE, which is unbearable for some; the new buildings, which, for those who re-member the days

when the Dorothy Day House was literally a house can be a a bit disconcerting; even the lack of on-campus dining se-lections compared to other uni-versities faces some criticism. But we have one thing they don’t have: professors who take such pride in their alma mater that they chose to spend not just four years, but their entire lives, dedicated to that place. And we think that’s pretty amazing.

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this i believe

September 11th affected each and every American. These articles are viewpoints from Xavier students,

commemorating the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

We all remember the moment we discovered that the tragedy had occurred. We are filled with sorrow when we see videos of the buildings burning and falling to Ground Zero. Our hearts tremble when see the horrified faces of the New York citizens. The crying mothers, fathers, sons, daughters and families at the funerals of their loved ones reach deep into us, tugging at our very souls.

That pull, that inundation of emotion within us as we remember a day when so many humans died, connects us and fuses a community of shared experience. We are often told that this country united after the attacks, but it is often neglected to say in what we were united. Some may say that it was in the hatred for those who caused those deaths, but this I do not believe. Some may say it was in the camaraderie of countrymen in fac-ing a common enemy, but this I do not believe. Some may say that it was a reaction to a personal attack on our way of life, but this I do not believe. If we allow ourselves to believe we were united in hatred, opposition, vengeance or even defense, we degrade the true reality of our unity.

This I believe: we, the people of the United States, were united in experiencing the honor, cour-age and outright humanity of those who reacted and responded to the attacks on September 11, 2001. I saw men and women rushing into dust, falling metal and fire to save utter strangers. I saw neighbors support one an-other in sorrow and in mourning. I saw an American people, often distracted by the business of life, stop and reach out to one another in love and compassion. We will forget the anger, hatred and ven-geance, but we will never forget the raw human compassion we discovered we were capable of that day.

Ryan LaValleyColumnist

I was sitting on my couch on a Thursday morning watching cartoons because I was home sick from school. I was anxiously waiting for my mom to come home because she was bringing me a milkshake for my sore throat. Much to my surprise my mom did not walk in the door and come to the couch with a milkshake in her hand and say “How are you feeling, Honey?” Instead my mom rushed through the door and ran straight to the TV, changing the channel from cartoons to the local news station. On the screen I could see a large tower with smoke billowing out of it. As I sat there and watched the news reports come through, my mother stood in the middle of the room with her hand over her mouth and her eyes wide in shock. I was too young to show much emotion other than anger, but I understood that this day was much like December 7, 1941: soon our nation would be going to war.

The first few days after 9/11 were the worst for my family. My father, who was an FBI Agent at the time, was in Quantico, Va.—ironically for counter terrorism training. Transportation was chaotic: He was unable to find a ride to New York or to the Pentagon so that he could help with rescue efforts and he couldn’t find a ride home to be with the family. My family didn’t hear from my brother, who is in the Navy, for three days because he was on a submarine off the coast of San Diego. We feared that there would be a second attack, this time on U.S. military personnel. When we finally heard from him he told us that the base he was on, along with all other U.S. bases around the world, had been put on lock down. The worst feeling for me in the aftermath of 9/11 was not knowing—not knowing who was to blame, not knowing where my brother was, not knowing how to help and not knowing what was going to happen in the future.

Today, at the 10th anniversary of that unbelievably horrifying day, our country is at a fork in the road that has the nation divided. In one direction we can end the War on Terrorism. We can leave Iraq and Afghanistan and bring our troops home. In the other

direction, we can stay and fight. We can continue to put the lives of our nation’s young men and women in harm’s way and contin-ue the War on Terrorism. I can-not speak for the nation or for the U.S. military. I can only speak for myself. If we do not continue in our endeavor to bring those who have attacked and threatened our country to justice, if we give up and bring our troops home, if we turn our backs to such a danger-ous and radical enemy, I fear that my future children will be fight-ing the same war that we were too tired to finish. Again, the worst feeling I have is not knowing…

James E. BoydBattalion CommanderXavier University Army ROTC

Honestly, when 9/11 happened I did not fully comprehend the implications of what had happened. Honestly, I still don’t really know. I never had any relatives or friends in the two World Trade Centers when they fell. And honestly, I still don’t know what the best course of action was after 9/11, and honestly I still don’t know what course of ac-tion we should pursue today.

But here’s what I do know: I know I live in the greatest country in the world. Our country displayed resiliency then, and we display resiliency now. 9/11 tested the might of the greatest experiment in democracy in the history of the world. It was the first time the contiguous United States of America had been attacked on a major scale since the War of 1812. Our response, regardless of any assessment of it, was decisive and unified.

Today, we as Americans fight on. The effects of the terrible tragedy still linger. Our economy is still in flux. We still have soldiers overseas and the structure on the site of the two fallen towers is still under construction. Even with so many lives lost and incredible symbols destroyed, we, as Americans, get stronger every day through shared experience and a commitment to getting better.

What the terrorists do not know, and will never understand, is American might. We’ve been on cloud nine in the 1920s, only to be hit hard by the Great Depression. We’ve experienced great peace, and we’ve been shellshocked in Pearl Harbor. But each and every time in the face of adversity, we forge ahead. We may quibble over entitle-ments and taxes in Washington, D.C., but in the end we always find a way to emerge intact and true to principle.

I believe the terrorists will never win because they cannot fathom our inextinguish-able motivation. I believe regardless of who occupies the Oval Office, America will con-tinue to be the greatest experiment in democracy. I believe I love this country because it truly is the best nation ever to exist on earth.

Mike HillsOp-Ed Editor

I believe in American Might

I believe we are united

I believe it is not over

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XAVIER UNIVERSITYFour years just weren’t long enough.

Community. The word saturates every conversa-tion that involves anything Xavier. It’s written on essays and job applications, spoken in meetings and addresses. It’s even a part of our newly-themed caf-eteria. Though a hefty part of why we are here, the word has lost its meaning due to overuse and fallen into the category of ambiguous terms like “love” or “economic crisis” or “NFL lockout.” Obviously, these words have meaning. But there has been something lost in their over-popularity.

What do we mean when we say the Xavier com-munity is what brings kids from around the nation to southern Ohio for four of the greatest years of their lives? When we say the Xavier community has the most intimidating home court advantage?

I suppose part of the word’s power lies within its omnipresence, covering every aspect of Xavier, ev-ery niche and friendship in a single, all-encompass-ing word. However, to really discover the heart of this word requires a fresh look from some “older” students.

Xavier University has a large population of pro-fessors who are more than proud to call Xavier their home. Many of these were XU students. So I asked, after graduation and more education, why come back? Their answer…this “community.”

New to the faculty as of 2010, Dr. Rebecca Muich, professor of Classics, explains why she and colleagues like her have chosen to return to their alma mater, not only for a prestigious teaching posi-tion, but also to rediscover this sense of belonging.

“I think what is so attractive about coming back, why I feel so lucky, is I know what kinds of students I will be working with,” Muich said. “I know that they are well prepared, but beyond that, they are excited about learning. And they see the value of education. They don’t have to be told why it’s good to be smart. I really felt like I could learn to be an excellent teacher here.”

It is difficult to place boundaries on something like the “feeling” of a community. But to under-stand it better, there can be three common reasons why alumni choose to return: for who we are, why we are here and what we do. It is these three an-swers that are common among these ex-students and compel them so strongly to come back to what they call their home.

“[While I was in graduate school] I was constant-ly thinking to myself, ‘I am so glad I went to Xavier’ because I would have always gotten lost. You know, I never had to put my student ID number on the top of my test. I was a person. I had an identity. I can’t imagine being an undergraduate in that situa-tion,” Muich said.

Who we are: Xavier students are people. We are individuals, not numbers. It is the first stitch that holds this family together because each of us has a name. “I felt like this was home. I want to give cur-rent and future students the same opportunity that I once had,” Dr. Justin Link, professor of Physics and graduate of 2002, said. A university that empowers communal growth, Xavier inspires individual free-dom simultaneously.

“Everyone here was extremely supportive and everyone here is a family. I consider myself ex-tremely lucky to be in the [physics] department…we have a close knit family. Everyone supports each other. This is a great place to be for students, faculty and staff,” Link said.

Why we are here: Xavier students are here to learn. We do not flaunt our ability to showcase con-certs, basketball games or partying before we flaunt that Xavier University thrives on curiosity, academia and ingenuity.

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Rachael Harris, Features EditorPhone: (513) 348-4992

Dr. Andrew Hill, professor of philosophy and graduate of 1996, speaks highly of his position, using philosophy as a means to stay in touch with what he once felt here. “It was a way to never have to leave the candy store,” Hill said, after discovering his reasons for his interest in philosophy.

“I’m interested in how the world works. Physics is one way of exploring that; math is another. Theology is another. Philosophy another. And I thought that maybe one of the things I really like about philosophy is that it was the broadest of those. That you could be in philosophy and do the philosophy of God, philoso-phy of nature or philosophy of mathematics.”

The comprehensive, backward, interdisciplinary curriculum that is presented at XU binds one student to the next. It provides a level platform to see the rest of your classmates eye-to-eye. Everyone takes Theological Foundations. Everyone reads Plato’s Republic. Everyone takes writing composition. As freshmen, we are already bound to this University.

“The thing I love about Xavier is that it is a liberal arts university. And I think that a lot of colleges to-day are really just places for job training. They don’t do much more than that. But you go to liberal arts university, and it might have the effect of helping you to get a job, but principally that’s not what it’s about. It’s about swimming in the ocean of human learning,” Hill said. “It’s not even like you come in and you take the classes for your major and you have all these other boxes to tick off. It’s more like there’s this holistic intellectual development that you get here, and your major is just kind of your emphasis within that.”

Xavier students want to be learning as much as Xavier teachers want to be teaching. Dr. Greg Braun, professor of physics and graduate of 1999, recalls that it is not only his colleagues that wish for his personal best work, but the students do, as well.

“When you walk into the class here, most of the students are on your side…the students want you to do well, the other faculty want you to do well. Everyone is friendly and nice.”

What we do: Xavier has maintained an aura of fel-lowship. Through thick and thin, crisis after crisis, the Xavier community still feels the same after so many years. Dr. Steven Herbert, head of the physics de-partment and graduate of 1984, sees that the campus might have changed, but its community is consistent.

“It’s always been a family. The whole University feels very close and family-like. Just like a family, there are people that don’t get along at times, but there’s something special about Xavier since I’ve been here on faculty. And even before, I’ve felt it, but I felt it as a student as opposed to a colleague. And it’s not just faculty. It’s faculty, and support staff, and professional staff and administration. We’re all here for the same reason.”

Xavier used to be home to many commuters. It used to have large trees in the academic mall. There were houses that lined Ledgewood Drive and an entire street through the greenspace. At one time, Gallagher Student Center did not exist and a parking lot, notori-ously nicknamed “the Pit,” sat where Cintas now sits. Campus has physically grown, but the community is the same.

So what is the Xavier community? It’s a gravita-tion. A slow and constant force that pulls everyone to Xavier’s center. The force is felt student to teacher, subject to subject and building to building. It is unde-niable and inescapable.

“About six months in the job, I remember walking down the hall and just kind of standing in front of the window curtain, and I remember specifically thinking ‘This is where I was meant to be and this is what I was meant to be doing.’ How that transition worked was not just serendipity. It was God’s will,” Herbert said.

“I think what is so attractive about coming back, why I feel

so lucky, is I know what kinds of students I will be working with. I

know that they are well prepared, but beyond that, they are excited about learning. And they see the value of education,” Muich said.

1. Dr. Andrew Hill, Philosophy Department, XU ‘962. Dr. Greg Braun, Physics Department, XU ‘993. Dr. Steven Herbert, Physics Department, XU ‘844. Dr. Justin Link, Physics Department, XU ‘025. Dr. Rebecca Muich, Classics Department, XU ‘026. Dr Andrew Hill with his pet skunk, senior year at Xavier

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