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April 15, 2015

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BY JESSICA GRIGGS Staff Writer On the evening of April 12, the new student government met in the Conaton Board Room as Andrew Redd, Fare Olagbaju and Josh DeVincenzo (AFJ) were ofÀFLDOO\ VZRUQ LQ DV VWXGHQW JRYernment president, legislative vice president and administrative vice president, respectively.

The members of AFJ each received gavels after they recited their oaths and then delivered short speeches of thanks and motivation for their coming term, which runs from April 12 to Dec. 31.

Their speeches presented a common theme that will fuel the agenda for the new student government’s term: community. “Our biggest goal is to make Xavier University the forefront of promoting individual growth and community-building centered on the concept of inclusion,� newly-elected President Andrew Redd said about what AFJ aims to achieve during their term as executives.

DeVincenzo detailed his “lowest week at Xavier� in his speech during which he was uplifted by the smiles and sympathies of friends and acquaintances on campus after the loss of one of his childhood friends.

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Olagbaju echoed similar sentiments after acknowledging the emergence of his native Nigerian accent that was caused by nerves and drawing chuckles from the audience. He expressed his desire to be both a great and effective vice president to the student body and teammate to the other two members of AFJ. Finally, Redd was sworn in and delivered a speech thanking the previous leaders of the Student Government Association (SGA) for being exceptional role models and for helping the incoming leaders adjust to their new positions.

He proceeded to elaborate on the previous speeches, articulating the community aspect of Xavier and the need to continue to construct an all-inclusive atmosphere.

AFJ also promised to increase involvement with univerVLW\ RIĂ€FHV OLNH WKH 'RURWK\ 'D\ Center for Faith and Justice and the Mulitcultural, Gender, and Women’s Center. “That’s what we ran on,â€? Redd Photo courtesy of galleryhip.com said. “That’s the legacy we want /DXUHQ +LOO DERYH UDLVHG DERXW PLOOLRQ IRU FDQFHU UHVHDUFK WKURXJK 7KH &XUH 6WDUWV 1RZ )RXQGDWLRQ to build.â€?

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Xavier recognizes student research

BY JESS LARKIN Copy Editor More than 120 students and around 25 faculty members participated in various independent research projects that were presented in the Celebration of Student Research. The event played host to more than 80 posters and 15 oral presentations showcasing student research over the course of the summer and academic year.

The presentations were given on April 10 as a way for students to display their year of research and hard work to the Xavier community and celebrate their academic successes. Junior and senior students were eligible to present their research at the event.

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only use skills learned in lectures and labs, but also gives students the opportunity to learn how to plan and follow through on project, to handle the challenges, celebrate the successes and present the results.�

The celebration recognized the work of Xavier students and faculty who strive for academic excellence. “Undergraduate research is something to be proud of,�

Totten said. “It requires a lot of time and effort, so it is great to not only share that with other students, but to be able to celebrate this experience and the results of research with them as well. Undergraduate research ZRXOG GHĂ€QLWHO\ QRW EH SRVVLEOH without the support of the entire Xavier community.â€?

Information about research that was presented at the celebration can be found at http://www. xavier.edu/cas/documents/ AbstractBooklet2015.pdf.

A&E The Xavier Department of Music and Theatre debuts “Spring Awakening� on April 16. Staff Writer Zenab Saeed has more.

A Grand Jury indicted policeman Michael Slager in the shooting death of Walter Scott (right), an unarmed 50-year-old black man. page 5

languages, music, philosophy, Philosophy, Politics & the Public (PPP), physics, political science, psychology and social work.

The celebration began with a keynote address from Vanderbilt chemistry professor and 1992 Xavier graduate, Jeff Johnston.

The Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Award was presented to psychology professor Dr. Christian End. This is WKH ÀUVW \HDU WKH 8QGHUJUDGXDWH Research Mentor of the Year Award was presented. The award recognizes a faculty member that assists students with research and actively promotes and endorses the undergraduate research initiative.

Senior chemistry major Lindsey Totten presented her research on green analytical chemistry. “Working on this project has been a great experience,� Totten said in an email. “Undergraduate research allows students to not

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April 15, 2015

Edited by: Lydia Rogers rogersl2@xavier.edu

Campus News Golden Rule Week continues with additional events Print management campaign

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ing free hugs in Fountain Square. D EDVNHW ´ÀOOHG ZLWK ,QWHUIDLWK W Staff Writer Anyone who wishes to partici- VKLUWV DQG VZDJ Âľ 3URFHHGV EHQHĂ€W The Center for Interfaith SDWH ZLOO HQMR\ ZDUP HPEUDFHV Greater Cincinnati’s largest home&RPPXQLW\ (QJDJHPHQW LV KRVW- and a free t-shirt. Students are less shelter, Drop Inn Center. ing Golden Rule Week, which be- free to volunteer for half an Immediately following Charity gan on April 13 and will conclude hour or stay for the entire event. Fest, the documentary “Slavery By on April 17 with Hug Day. “Do Interfaith covers MetroPlus Another Nameâ€? will be playing in unto others, as you would have bus fair for students to get to Kennedy Auditorium. Interfaith, them do unto you,â€? is a concept Fountain Square. along with the Harriet Beecher “Having this friendly touch, Stowe House and the history deechoed by 10 faith traditions. Signs are dispersed around campus to MXVW VRPHERG\ VLPSO\ WRXFK- partment, are sponsoring the disremind and inform cussion of the students about the documentary led by Golden Rule.

S. Paul O’Hara, as“It is important sistant professor of for us, as a part history at Xavier. of a global comAlso, the Last munity, to underShaabat Dinner stand that compaswill take place on sion and love are April 24 in order common in every to celebrate Jewish faith,� Interfaith’s traditions.

Program Assistant “We will be honStephanie Renny ored to help heal Newswire photo by Raymond Humienny said in an e-mail.

Syrian refugees, supBaha’i Faith is just one of many religions featured within Golden Rule Week.

The annual port Cincinnatians Golden Rule week started in ing our arm and holding it, affected by homelessness, promote 2009 with yard signs that repre- buffers the physiological con- MXVWLFH DQG KXJ VWUDQJHUV Âľ 5HQQ\ sented 10 faith traditions, show- sequences of this stressful re- said. “For me, Hug Day is most reping the universality of different sponse‌(touch) also increases resentative of what we are about. faith-based maxims. New to release of oxytocin‌which 7KH GD\ LV Ă€OOHG ZLWK MR\ DV ZH FHOGolden Rule Week this year is a basically promotes feelings of ebrate and literally embrace people devotion, trust and bonding,â€? from all walks of life. Hugs are series of educational programs.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Matt Hertenstein, an experi- universal. This year’s shirts will say, April 15, Six Hours for Syria will mental psychologist at DePaul ‘Happiness is an unexpected Hug: a raise money for Doctors with- University, told NPR. Hug means love in every language.’�

As a follow-up to Golden Rule out Borders in Syria via open Anyone is welcome and enmic performances of every kind. week, Interfaith will be sponsor- couraged to participate. Students Interfaith will partner with the ing two additional events on April can sign up to be a part of the hug Muslim Student Association as 19. Charity Fest will be taking team by visiting GSC 340. Contact place on the Xavier Yard from Stephanie Renny at rennys@xavico-sponsors of the event.

Between noon and 3 p.m. on 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be er.edu or call (513) 745-3569 for April 17, volunteers will be giv- IRRG JDPHV DQG UDIĂ HV LQFOXGLQJ more information.

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advises students to cut back

BY JESS LARKIN

Copy Editor In Fall 2014, the Newswire reported an on-campus sustainability effort known as the “Cut Back, Don’t Cut Down� campaign that encouraged students to print fewer pages. The print management campaign aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of Xavier students by encouraging more mindful printing and less wastefulness.

The print management team estimated that, last year alone, Xavier students printed more than four million pages. This large number led to the estimate that WUHHV ZHUH FXW GRZQ WR IXOĂ€OO that demand.

Students were individually emailed with information regarding their own printing habits during the Fall 2014 semester. The WHDP VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ WDUJHWHG PDMRUV with a high volume of printed materials, namely occupational therapy (OT).

OT students printed an average of 1,000 sheets per student.

27 DQG RWKHU PDMRUV JXLOW\ RI frequently printing were encouraged to digitize their curriculum to reduce the amount their students print. “Printing was a good way to raise awareness about environmental issues because most students print paper for the various classes they are taking, thus showing that we are all a little bit responsible for

the actions we take in regards to the environment,� print management team member Taylor Roberts said. “This is an important campaign to continue because it makes students more aware of their environmental footprint.�

The goal for the team was to reduce the number of pages printHG E\ ÀYH WR SHUFHQW E\ (DUWK Day in 2015. Data was collected from the spring of 2014 and compared to the spring of 2015.

Overall, printing was reduced by 93,170 pages (more than 18 boxes of paper), which equates to nearly 10 pages per student. “Sustainability initiatives are happening in different areas all around campus,� Maggie Rodriguez, another team member, said. “Being conscious of our paper consumption and subsequent waste is not only about saving money. As a Jesuit university, our community is concerned with how we care for the world around us. Cutting back on printing positively impacts the environment.�

Due to the success of the campaign, the print management team will partner with Sustainability Club for the 45th DQQXDO (DUWK 'D\ HYHQW 7KH Team will be in the CLC on April 22 to showcase the success of the printing campaign. Donuts and coffee will be provided to students and faculty.

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New addition to the Multigender, Gender, and Women’s Center staff

BY JUSTIN WORTHING

and faith,â€? Smith said in an e-mail. and they will co-sponsor proStaff Writer “The hiring of this position, in gramming with groups like Xavier’s Multicultural, Gender, conjunction with the rest of the X-Men, LEAD and GOAL. In and Women’s Center (MGWC) FHQWHU¡V VWDII VLJQLĂ€HV DQ LQVWLWX- the future O’Neil may also orgarecently hired Kelsey O’Neil, re- tional commitment to intellectu- nize an intersectional women’s cent graduate of Southern New ally develop a student body that is support group.

Hampshire University’s According to Smith, graduate school, as their O’Neil prefers gendernew Assistant Director. neutral pronouns, such as O’Neil graduated in June “they� and “them� instead with a Masters of Science of “she� and “her,� or “he�

(MS) in Organizational and “him.� Other examLeadership and began ples of gender-neutral proworking at Xavier last nouns are ze, hir and hirs. month.

In their free time, O’Neil While at Southern enjoys cooking and playing New Hampshire with their dog Taj Mahal, a University, O’Neil worked mastiff/lab mix. as the LGBTQ Graduate Smith is excited about Assistant where they orthe new hire because he ganized LGBTQ events sees it as a way for more and multicultural events ;DYLHU VWXGHQWV WR Ă€QG D and promoted diversity home here on campus. and LGBTQ initiatives “What excites me the on campus, among other PRVW DERXW Ă€OOLQJ WKLV Photo courtesy of LinkedIn.com position is that students responsibilities.

Taj Smith, Director of Kelsey O’Neil became a part of the staff as of March 2015 who’ve felt at the margins the MGWC, said the decision to compassionate of others’ differ- before or during their Xavier exhire an Assistant Director is meant ences, even while holding differ- perience can graduate feeling to promote a more inclusive and ent values or beliefs.�

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O’Neil’s primary responsibili- empowered to live out the Jesuit “As director, it is my vision ties include “supporting all stu- YDOXHV RI ORYH UHĂ HFWLRQ VROLand responsibility as a privileged dents at Xavier to critically en- darity and justice,â€? Smith said. cis-gender heterosexual man to gage with issues of gender and The MGWC can be found on consider the ways in which the sexuality.â€? *6&¡V VHFRQG Ă RRU URRP Xavier community can have reO’Neil will directly advise the For more information about spectful conversations about the LGBTQ Alliance and Xavier the Center, visit xavier.edu/ intersection of gender, sexuality Students Against Sexual Assault, multiculturalaffairs.

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to their motherland by bringing African culture closer to them. It To celebrate its 10th year would also like to expose the comas a club, the African Student munity to African culture, and Association (ASA) plans to hold give everyone the opportunity to its ninth annual African experience it.

Gala on April 17.

The event will take place from This year, the African 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on April 17 Student Association’s in Cintas Center. Students can Gala is called “A buy tickets this week in GSC Warrior’s Tale of Africa� for $15 with their student ID or and features the keynote $20 without their ID. Students speaker Titlope Sonuga, are asked to dress in formal or as well as several African African attire if they plan on atcuisines, African entending this event. tertainment from their “As students you get to exmembers and its special perience a great deal of the host, Clifford Owusu.

African culture from the attire, Two ASA members will cuisine, music, fashion shows, also be honored during dances and dramas for just $15. the African Gala with a It promises to be a very enterbook scholarship for the taining and rewarding night,� upcoming school year.

Orizu said. “We have an amazing ASA also held a Durbar in keynote speaker this year, the fall semester where it invited Titilope Sonuga, and an ASA alumni to campus to disentertaining host, Clifford cuss their Xavier journey and Owusu. We also have a Photo courtesy of facebook.com their life after Xavier. It will have drama presentation that Students can look forward to attending on April 17. its end of the year party on April has been directed by one of the “The Annual African Gala was 25 as well as a naming ceremony board members, and this year we organized to address the misrepre- this semester. decided to have a bigger event with sentation of the African continent “ASA appreciates the support 350 people, which is a drastic in- while simultaneously acknowledg- of the Xavier community these crease from 200 people last year,� ing the challenges facing the conti- past nine years since we started Treasurer of ASA Chioma Orizu nent and upholding the foundations hosting events in 2007,� Orizu said. of the African culture,� Orizu said. said “This year, the ninth Annual This year’s African Gala plans ASA hopes to promote di- African Gala promises to be yet to display the club’s theme of versity and inclusion during the another wonderful celebration African pride, to expose other African Gala. It also hopes to of Africa and we look forward African values, cultures and cur- ensure connections between the to having the Xavier community rent events to the Xavier commu- Africans living in America back join us.�

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nity, to exhibit diversity through cultural displays and social gathering and to facilitate interactions between Xavier students, faculty and staff.

April 15, 2015

Upcoming SAC Events Compiled by Raymond Humienny

Late Night Snack - Holtman’s Xavier Newswire Donuts Edited by: Lydia Rogers rogersl2@xavier.edu Wednesday, April 15 9 p.m.

Xavier Yard

Trip to One Night Only Fest at University of Cincinnati, feat. Big Sean, Cherub and Big Gigantic* Saturday, April 18 6:45 p.m.

Buses leave Buenger Circle for UC’s Fifth Third Arena

Trip to “The Lion King� musical* Sunday, April 19 12 p.m.

Buses leave Buenger Circle for Aronoff Center

XavierFest, feat. Smallpools Friday, May 1 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Xavier Yard *These events are sold out.

Campus Climate Survey raises sexual assault awareness

BY JUSTIN WORTHING

Staff Writer Xavier is conducting its fourth annual Campus Climate Survey to measure student, faculty and staff awareness of campus sexual assault programs, knowledge of appropriate sexual harassment responses and perception of sexual assault on campus, among other factors. Title IX coordinator Kate Lawson encourages all students, faculty and staff to complete the brief survey by 5 p.m. on April 30 at Xavier’s Title IX’s website (xavier.edu/titleix).

Colleges and universities across the country have used climate surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of their sexual assault prevention programs. The use of these surveys has been endorsed by the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, the Department of Education and sexual assault prevention experts. ;DYLHU ÀUVW XVHG WKH VXUYH\ WR gauge campus awareness of sexual assault issues and resources in Fall 2012. At that time, the survey reported that 57 percent of students knew to whom to report sexual assault. In the last climate survey, Spring 2014, the percentage increased to 62.

Faculty and staff also reported increased awareness of sexual assault resources over the past two years: faculty and staff awareness

rose from 70 percent in 2012 to 84 percent in 2014.

The survey also asks respondents about how familiar they are with Xavier’s policy on sex discrimination and sexual harassment. Comparisons with previous surveys also showed an increasing trend in campus awareness of such policies, especially faculty and staff awareness. The number of employees unfamiliar with university policies dropped from 19 percent to six percent over the past two years.

According to Lawson, the results of previous climate surveys have prompted development and implementation of different “prevention and response efforts,� including the Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG), Xavier’s Live the Commitment bystander engagement campaign and Xavier’s Gender-Based & Sexual Misconduct Reporting and Support Options resource sheet for student use. “Participant responses directly impact Xavier’s future efforts to comprehensively address sexual harassment and sexual violence by guiding program development, structure and availability of support resources and services and depth and breadth of Xavier’s outreach, training and education efforts,� Lawson said in an e-mail.

To participate in the survey, or to view the results of previous climate surveys, visit xavier.edu/titleix.

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Campus News LGBTQ week in full swing Project SEARCH: April 15, 2015

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April 15, 2015

News in Brief

BY MEREDITH FRANCIS &DPSXV 1HZV (GLWRU

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Walter Scott’s funeral was attended by thousands at the W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center on April 11 in South Carolina.

BY RICHARD MEYER

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Sports

April 15, 2015

Golf teams continue strong play

BY ADAM PURVIS

all with four members in the top 25: freshman Hanna Lee (ninth), senior Abby Smith (14th), junior Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf continued play this 6KDQH &UXWFKĂ&#x20AC;HOG WK DQG past weekend at the NYX Hoosier sophomore Grace Howie (t-24th).

Invitational in Bloomington, Ind. 2Q WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW GD\ RI WKH LQYLWDThe team tied for seventh WLRQDO WKH WHDP Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG place, and freshman Jose in fourth place, just one MontaĂąo turned in an instroke behind Morehead dividual win for his secState with a score of 620 ond tournament victory. (+45) after 36 holes of 'XULQJ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW GD\ RI play. the invitational, MontaĂąo Smith ended the day was tied for the lead in in eighth place after a ELUGLHV ZLWK Ă&#x20AC;YH OHDYLQJ jump from a tie for 28th KLP WLHG IRU Ă&#x20AC;IWK LQ WKH due to an even par of 72 Ă&#x20AC;HOG in the second round of In the second round, play. senior Korey Ward led in 7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG VHFRQG birdies and tied for 10th round for Lee ended with place with a score of 67. a consistent 78 and 77, Overall, the team wound respectively, before her up in 10th place after the MXPS LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO URXQG Ă&#x20AC;UVW GD\ ZLWK D FRPELQHG of play.

Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s score of shooting of 584 (+16).

75 in the third round The team was nine and six birdies throughstrokes outside of the top out the event helped her Ă&#x20AC;YH DQG VWURNHV IURP place ninth overall, only Ă&#x20AC;UVW VL[ VKRWV IURP Ă&#x20AC;UVW SODFH The team battled in a 6KH Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG WZR VWURNHV close competition, only to ahead of Smith, who end up in seventh place â&#x20AC;&#x201D; placed two strokes ahead MXVW Ă&#x20AC;YH VWURNHV RXWVLGH RI RI &UXWFKĂ&#x20AC;HOG WKH WRS Ă&#x20AC;YH 0RQWDxR HQGThe team will travel to ed up with 11 birdies, the compete next at the Big VHFRQG PRVW LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;HOG East Tournament, April behind Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12.

Photo courtesy of Twitter.com 16 to18 in Daytona, Fla. MontaĂąoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s under-par Senior Abby Smith hits the driving range before the 2014 LPGA Xavier Invitational in Daytona, Fla. Staff Writer

round clinched the overall individual championship for him.

Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf team will continue its season April 20 to 21 in Cincinnati at the Xavier Invitational before the Big East

Staff Writer Just weeks after their seasons RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOO\ HQGHG IRUPHU ;DYLHU basketball players continue to make strides off the court in their post-collegiate careers.

Former standout from the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team Ashley Wanniger was named the head womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach for her alma mater, Colerain High School, where she graduated from in 2010.

As a Musketeer, Wanniger

played for three different coaches (Kevin McGuff, Amy Waugh and recently-extended current head coach Brian Neal) and was a member of the most recent NCAA tournament team for Xavier womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball as well as conference championship team of the Atlantic 10.

That team, led by then-head coach Kevin McGuff, made the round of 32 after going an astounding 14-0 in conference play.

Wanniger rounded out her

Opinion: Reds Can Surprise

Tournament.

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf continued play on April 10 to 11 at the 2015 Murray State Time Warner Invitational in Murray, Ky. The team placed third over-

career at Xavier with 753 career points, 283 rebounds and 116 assists, while also connecting on 146 three pointers, an elite clip that currently places her at eighth on the all-time record list.

On the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, fan favorite Matt Stainbrook continues to build off his strong senior season just weeks after a disappointing defeat to Arizona in the Sweet 16.

The former center spent the end of last week turning heads at the Portsmouth Invitational

Photo courtesy of goxavier.com

Guard Ashley Wanninger (13) brings the ball up the court in a game against George Washington on March 4, 2013.

Photo courtesy of myrtlebeachonline.com

Starting pitcher Mike Leake winds up to throw.

BY BRENT RAINES

Staff Writer The season may only be a week old, but the Reds seem poised to surprise many of the experts.

Cincinnati was a popular SLFN WR Ă&#x20AC;QLVK ODVW LQ WKH VWURQJ National League Central by media powers like ESPN and Sports Illustrated (who must not have realized that the Indians are in Cleveland when they picked them to win the World Series).

Even though they have cooled down from their 4-0 start, the Reds have shown that last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IRXUWK SODFH Ă&#x20AC;QLVK PLJKW KDYH EHHQ D Ă XNH First baseman Joey Votto and ULJKW Ă&#x20AC;HOGHU -D\ %UXFH KDYH UHturned to form after an injuryriddled 2014 season, and third baseman Todd Frazier has shown off the power that sent him to the Tournament where he dominated All-Star Game and Home Run his opposition and was named to Derby last July. the All-Tournament Team.

However, the Redsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; most imThis particular tournament â&#x20AC;&#x201D; portant player might be their held in Portsmouth, Va. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is de- WKLQQHVW DV FHQWHU Ă&#x20AC;HOGHU %LOO\ signed to give 64 of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hamilton has reached base fresuperior college basketball seniors quently enough to wreak havoc an opportunity to play before on the basepaths.

NBA scouts, general managers We knew the top half of the and other executives in an eight- rotation and the back of the bullteam tournament. pen would be strong. Fortunately, Over the course of three days, the back-end of the rotation has Stainbrook averaged 15 points, also held up its end of the bargain. two assists and over seven reStarters Anthony Desclafani bounds per game as well as con- and Jason Marquis gave the Reds necting on an overpowering 73 decent starts while Raisel Ilgesias percent of his shots. showed promise.

Portsmouth marks Stainbrookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s For the Reds to stay in contensecond postseason event. On April tion until the end of the season, 3, Stainbrook earned the honor the bullpen will need to improve of playing in the 2015 Reeseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s before the ninth inning.

Division I National Association While he once was a successof Basketball Coaches College ful closer, the bespectacled Kevin All-Star game.

Greggâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s advanced stats show that Xavier menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball an- he has never so much as an avernounced its 2015 award winners age reliever. Fan-favorite Jumbo on April 14, in which Stainbrook Diaz has tried and failed to earned the Lew Hirt Society bridge the gap from the starter to Award for â&#x20AC;&#x153;standing out in some Chapman.

VLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW ZD\ Âľ DV GHWHUPLQHG E\ 7ZR RI WKH 5HGV Ă&#x20AC;UVW WKUHH the coaches. losses could be directly pinned Other award winners included on these two relievers, and their Myles Davis claiming the Gordon teammates in the bullpen have not E. Nead Award for his improve- performed much better. ments, Jalen Reynolds taking home Iglesias and other top prosthe Connie Brown Award for his pects should be called up to rerelentless spirit, Dee Davis who inforce Chapman in the bullpen, earned the Skip Prosser Award even if the Reds believe they IRU WR KLV ´XQWLULQJ ZRUN HWKLFÂľ should be starters down the road. and JP Macura was the recipient The Reds believe they have the of the Ernest A. Staak Memorial pieces to contend, and so far most Award for his continued â&#x20AC;&#x153;love of of them have held up their end of WKH JDPH RI EDVNHWEDOO Âľ the bargain.

Notes: Former basketball players thrive

BY ADAM TORTELLI

Edited by: Nick McGill mcgilln@xavier.edu

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April 15, 2015 Sports Track and field teams continue success

Edited by: Nick McGill mcgilln@xavier.edu

BY ISABEL SMITH Staff Writer

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Women’s tennis rolls

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Senior Daniella Patton returns a serve.

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Opinions&Editorials

April 15, 2015

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Learning how to â&#x20AC;&#x153;adultâ&#x20AC;?

The art of learning how to take life in stride

So, graduation is in a month. That means I am sup- the bridge whether I learn about balancing a budget posed to be a real person and start doing real-person or not?

WKLQJV OLNH EDODQFLQJ D EXGJHW DQG Ă&#x20AC;OLQJ WD[HV ,¡P Or, what if I turn out to be pretty good at whatsupposed to be able to prepare balanced meals for ever I try to do next and discover something amazing myself and pack healthy lunches to eat in the break about myself ? room at work. However, I have a problem with this Obviously, I suffer from a severe fear of the unâ&#x20AC;&#x153;lifestyleâ&#x20AC;? for a number of reasons. known, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s causing me to think First of all, what does balanc- â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, the unknown about my future in an unproducing a budget even mean? It sounds way. Many people count down is scary, but we tive miserable and boring. Just the idea the days until graduation. I, on the of learning how to do it makes me shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid other hand, dread it and prefer to want to fake my death and seek refof it to the point deny its existence altogether. But uge under a bridge. Second, I curmore I think about it, the more where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mentally the rently live off pizza rolls and dinothat doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem right. crippling. We saur-shaped chicken nuggets, and Yes, the unknown is scary, but transitioning to grown-up people should embrace it we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid of it to the food will be an unbelievably painful that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mentally crippling. with open arms.â&#x20AC;? point experience that I hope to avoid at We should embrace it with open Lydia Rogers all costs. Also, the idea of going to arms. After all, trekking into the unwork every day without breaks for known is how I got to the amazing WZR KRXU ORQJ QDSV DW S P WHUULĂ&#x20AC;HV PH place where I am today.

Being a college student has been my entire life for %HIRUH FRPLQJ WR ;DYLHU , ZDV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK WHUURU the past few years. The friends Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made here are my I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if I would make any friends or if I everything, and at this point theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re basically the very would pass any classes. I was so clueless, I had a lefabric of my soul. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m also in a bizarre, yet pleasant gitimate fear that I might become addicted to heroin universe where I have the perfect balance between and have to turn to prostitution to support my habit. being independent and structured and living like Despite my irrational a reckless child. Yes, classes, exams and homework fears, everything turned make me rue the day I was born, but they also have RXW Ă&#x20AC;QH IRU PH 1RQH helped me get to know myself and my passions in of those absurd things ways I never thought possible. happened, thank God, Graduating means I have to give that all up and and my experiences hurl myself into the unknown. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to leave my have opened so many best friends and close the door on this chapter of unbelievable doors. my life forever. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to get a real job with real coIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve realized that the workers who probably have children and pay mort- unknown really isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gages, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just look at me and think, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Who is that bad and that even this fool? She doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand a chance. Do you even though I have been havNQRZ KRZ WR DGXOW"Âľ $QG ,¡OO MXVW VFUHDP EDFN ´12 ing the time of my life Lydia Rogers is a senior Help me. What does validated parking mean?â&#x20AC;? at Xavier, I have to let English major from La What if I fail miserably at whatever I try next it go, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s okay.

Porte, Ind. and become known as the weird girl who violently Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to make room mumbles to herself during times of crisis? What if for all the amazingness I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get any job at all and am forced to live under thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yet to come.

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Opinions&Editorials

9 April 15, 2015

Your best has yet to come

Advice on how to make your four years a launching pad to a happy life

As seniors in college, we are under a lot of pressure. Pressure WR JUDGXDWH Ă&#x20AC;QG D MRE GHFLGH where we want to go, blah blah blah. All the adult stuff we like to pretend we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to deal ZLWK %XW WKHUH LV DOVR RQH PDMRU stressor that many overlook. â&#x20AC;&#x153;College will be the best four years of your life.â&#x20AC;?

Wow. Talk about pressure. Not only do we have to go in with that expectation, but we also have to take full responsibility for making it happen. And we better start during orientation week when they tell us, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best years of our lives start now.â&#x20AC;? ([FXVH PH ZKLOH , JR Ă&#x20AC;QG P\ FHQWUDO IULHQG JURXS LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW week of college and spend the next four years in total unadulterated happiness. On top of that, I will be out having fun every single night, have a million friends I see every day and have unlimited funds for all the fun I will be hav-

ing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;the best four years of my life,â&#x20AC;? right?

I remember having a mental breakdown about a month into college. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an especially large network of friends (a problem associated with introverted, painfully shy and awkward people like myself), I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t getting straight Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and I hated the taste of alcohol. This was a great combination for a college freshman. After voicing my concerns to someone I was close to at the time they told me â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was doing it wrong;â&#x20AC;? which I took pretty seriously.

I hate to admit that I found my niche, brought my anatomy grade up and discovered lemonade was a good mixer before I decided that I certainly wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing college wrong. It took me even longer to realize I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want college to â&#x20AC;&#x153;be the best years of my life.â&#x20AC;?

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get me wrong. My college experience has been indescribable in the best possible way.

I have learned so much about myself, grown as a person and have made friends that are so extraordinary there isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a word worthy of H[SUHVVLQJ LW , MXVW GRQ¡W ZDQW WKLV to be the end of it all. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want it to be the peak.

I come from a relatively diverse family. My sister and I were both adopted from young birthmothers, and my sister is biracial. This, of course, does not make me an expert on diverse families in any matter, but I also had the pleasure of taking a sociology class my sophomore year, a class that focused on families in the 21st century. The outcome of the class was basically this: if you want it to be your family, it is.

I have found the more I write in various classes, the more theVXEMHFW RI IDPLO\ DULVHV , QHYHU thought I cared too much about the makeup of my family, but others seem to be interested in my adoption story, or hearing about how my sister is usually referred to as my â&#x20AC;&#x153;friend.â&#x20AC;?

Families, adoption and the makeup of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditionalâ&#x20AC;? family is a hot issue right now, and I see varying degrees of offensive, neutral and supportive, credible and unfounded articles circulate

across all of my social media.

These articles support antiquated view of the family, which is comprised of a married mother and father, two and a half children and a dog. All of these families live in suburban white-picket fence households with backyard barbecues and K-8 Catholic schools.

They do not account for families with divorced parents, adopted children, same-sex parents, non-married couples and multiracial households. To some, this goes directly against â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditionalâ&#x20AC;? family values. The reality is, in 2015 traditional families are quickly becoming a minority.

More couples are getting married later, or not married at all, children are adopted from both overseas and right in our own backyards, same-sex couples are becoming widely accepted, race is oftentimes not an issue when determining a future partner and sometimes people even want a

replaceable. But not the best. The peak of your life hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happened yet.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m also going to leave this here for good measure: â&#x20AC;&#x153;And now, let us step out into WKH QLJKW DQG SXUVXH WKDW Ă LJKW\ temptress, adventure.â&#x20AC;?

-Albus Dumbledore

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want my life to slow down after college. I want it to speed up. I want to keep having fun with friends. I want to keep making friends. I want to go on adventures and take risks and

MXPS RII FOLIIV DQG ZDON LQWR WKH unknown and embrace the uncertainty of life. All those clichĂŠs people use.

Going into college with the expectation and plans to make it â&#x20AC;&#x153;the bestâ&#x20AC;? will eventually tear you down. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be trying to do all these things all the time with all these people, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never be enough.

Planning to make college wonderful is so much more attainable. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel bad watching 1HWĂ L[ LQVWHDG RI VRFLDOL]LQJ RQH night. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel angry when you discover you are a disorganized procrastinator. You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel terrible if you bomb one test.

You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel lonely when you are by yourself. Nothing will completely tear down the possibility of something being wonderful, as much as something tearing down the possibility of it being the best.

Your college years should be inspiring, fun, incredible and ir-

cat.

Why, then, is this a hot-button issue? I have been incredibly lucky to grow up with loving parents, a caring sister and a society that has accepted me as an adopted white daughter to two white parents. My sister, being biracial, has a different story growing up with two white parents (there was a lot of hair products involved), but overall sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had a generally positive view of our family and the future of diverse families. The key is love.

Most of us come to Xavier as scared little 18-year-olds, fresh out of high school with rose-colored glasses looking to expand our horizons and grow into the people who are going to set the world on Ă&#x20AC;UH , ZRXOG EH UHEXNHG LI , GLG not mention the Jesuits at some point in my editorial). We leave surrounded by a new family, one built by love.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard my friends refer to their â&#x20AC;&#x153;Xavier familyâ&#x20AC;? on numer-

ous occasions and if one more person uses the hashtag â&#x20AC;&#x153;xavierfam,â&#x20AC;? my eyes may roll out of my head. But the sentiment is true.

We do leave with a new sort of family, those with whom we share ERQGV LQVLGH MRNHV ODWH QLJKWV and sunrises, Dominoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cheesy bread and; most importantly, lots of love and understanding. These people may drive you nuts, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re your family.

For these reasons, it is essential IRU XV WR Ă&#x20AC;JKW IRU D PRUH QXDQFHG understanding of what â&#x20AC;&#x153;familyâ&#x20AC;? means. There will always be people who might question the essence of your family, but as long as you love and feel loved, there is a place for you to feel at home, to feel celebrated and to feel valued.

These are basic human rights, and we are all entitled to our form of love.

We graduate and move back to sleepy towns or big cities, or even halfway around the world, but the people we choose to be

our family will always be there, a Skype conversation away. It is up to us to maintain these friendships with our mom or our roommate, our R.A. or our weird cousin who likes horses a bit too much. In WKLV ZH Ă&#x20AC;QG ORYH ZH Ă&#x20AC;QG KDSSLness and we discover who we are, where we want to go and live, and that is okay with me.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your college years should be inspiring, fun and irreplaceable. But not the best. The peak of your life hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happened yet.â&#x20AC;?

Hollis Conners

Hollis Conners is a nursing major from Franklin, Ind.

The family that love built

Campbell Tuel is a senior Enlgish major from Beloit, Ohio.

10 April 15, 2015

Arts&Entertainment

Xavier Newswire Edited by: Alex Spindler spindlera@xavier.edu

Mount Adams Art Walk returns for 2015

BY TAYLOR ROBERTS

Guest Writer Eclectic sounds of soft music and friendly chatter between venGRUV DQG SDWURQV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG WKH VWUHHWV from 1 to 6 p.m. on April 11 in Mount Adams during their Art Walk. Guests could attend the event for free but had the option

very affordable,â&#x20AC;? junior Jaqueline Dauterman said.

The Blind Lemon, Longworthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and 13 other Mount Adams businesses hosted emerging and professional artists from all genres.

Patrons wandered from venue to venue entranced by the array of paintings, photography, fabric

Photo courtesy of Taylor Roberts

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to purchase artwork by more than 40 local artists present at the Art Walk. Prices for certain pieces started at $5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some items were probably out of studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; price range, but there was some neat jewelry that was

art, jewelry and metal artwork on display. Among the many vendors showcasing and selling their work was Allie Guard, a young woman with Down Syndrome from Cincinnati, who uses colored pencil to make colorful creations

called Allie Art. Patrons also enjoyed street music from Gerry Fritsch of Hamilton County Sheriff Pipe and Drum Corps and Infusion Quartet, an award-winning acapella group. If guests grew tired and hungry, they simply popped into one of the venues for drink specials and original food. Many splurged and got UDF ice cream on the sunny 60-degree day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The art walk was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. It was really nice to just walk around sipping a UDF milkshake and look at all the different things showcased there,â&#x20AC;? Dauterman said.

Adults old and young were able to appreciate the art walk and the variety of venues it had to offer.

Children were also able to take part in art appreciation by getting their face painted at a booth.

The event drew a large and diverse crowd representative of Cincinnati, thus showing how art can bring a community together.

Future dates for the 2015 Mt. Adams Art Walks include: May 9, Sept. 8 and Oct. 12. To be a vendor at the Art Walk, one must pay $25 per day. Artists who are interested in being a part of Art Walk can contact Alex Ranney at longworthsevents@gmail.com.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Longest Ride,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; predictable yet enjoyable

BY AIYANA MOORE

Photo courtesy of facebook.com

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Spring Recitals

comparable to several of Sparksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; RWKHU Ă&#x20AC;OPV PRVW QRWDEOH ´7KH Best of Me,â&#x20AC;? (2014) which also told the story of lovers who are brought back together after a breakup through their mutual friendship with a meddling old man.

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Later in the evening, several For many of the students who students gave a recital in Long performed in April 11â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recital Recital Hall that featured a vaVHULHV WKLV LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW VHFRQG RU riety of vocal and instrumental third time they have performed pieces, with Tami Morris accomthe pieces they worked hard on panying many of them on the all semester before students and piano. The audience was treated faculty of the music department. to pieces by composers ranging For the seniors, this is the last from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart time they will ever do so. to Takatsugu Muramatsu. Junior On April 11, Amanda pianist and soprano Ellen Godbey 6WDQVĂ&#x20AC;HOG JDYH KHU VHQLRU UHFLWDO opened the recital with a Mozart in Bellarmine Chapel. A sizeable piano piece and later returned to number of friends, family and perform a fun and light-hearted faculty members were in the audi- vocal piece, also by Mozart. ence enthusiastically listening to Included in the program was her sing. Opening with a sacred D JXLWDU GXHW E\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW \HDU $OH[ piece by George Frederic Handel, Browne and Steve Barone of Billy her performance featured several Strayhorneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mid-20th century pieces in English, Italian, French piece, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take the A Train.â&#x20AC;? Junior DQG *HUPDQ 6WDQVĂ&#x20AC;HOG VKRZHG percussion student Jonathan her mastery of both vocal tech- Norris closed the performance nique and the performance of with a cello piece by Johann foreign-language pieces.

Sebastian Bach, played not on a Photo courtesy of edmunds.tk 6WDQVĂ&#x20AC;HOG HQGHG KHU VKRZ E\ cello but rather on a marimba.

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Sparks has become well-known IRU KLV URPDQWLF GUDPD Ă&#x20AC;OPV WKDW feature a relationship thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s typically doomed from the start, whether it is by class, war or some other devastating factor and he seems to have no qualms about killing off his main characters. Sparksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; newHVW Ă&#x20AC;OP DGDSWDWLRQ ´7KH /RQJHVW Ride,â&#x20AC;? is no different when it comes to his successful formula. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Longest Rideâ&#x20AC;? tells the story of young bull rider, Luke Collins (Scott Eastwood) who meets Sophia Danko (Britt Robertson) when his cowboy hat

Ă LHV RII DIWHU D SDUWLFXODUO\ IHLVW\ bull ride. When Sophia attempts to return the hat, Luke tells her to keep it, and the romance is born.

Luke, a poor country boy from North Carolina, and Sophia, an art history major moving to New York, seem, just as with every 6SDUNV Ă&#x20AC;OP GRRPHG EHIRUH WKHLU relationship even begins. When the couple meets Ira Levinson (Alan Alda), an old man with a story very similar to their own, Luke and Sophiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship is DEOH WR Ă RXULVK IRU D OLWWOH ZKLOH $V IDU DV 1LFKRODV 6SDUNV Ă&#x20AC;OPV go, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Longest Rideâ&#x20AC;? was enjoyable. Though it follows Sparksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; QRZ SUHGLFWDEOH IRUPXOD WKH Ă&#x20AC;OP still managed to have a twist that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite so obvious and characters that moved, ever so slightly, beyond â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love you and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all that matters.â&#x20AC;?

Still, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Longest Rideâ&#x20AC;? was

Xavier Newswire Edited by: Alex Spindler spindlera@xavier.edu

Arts&Entertainment

11 April 15, 2015

g â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Bitch of Livin â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Department of Music and Theatre will produce the provocative and enlightening â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Spring Awakeningâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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Junior Griff Bludworth (far left) portrays the mentally-disturbed teenager Mortiz as he bemoans his inability to cope with his dreams and pacing thoughts. Junior Maya Farhat (middle) and junior Tyler Kuhlman (right) portray the young couple of Wendla and Melchior, respectively, as they discover sexual feelings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Awakeningâ&#x20AC;? is at 7:30 p.m., April 16-19 in the Gallagher Student Center.

BY ZENAB SAEED Staff Writer

Xavier Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre is preparing to stage its production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spring Awakening,â&#x20AC;? a rock musical that focuses on the lives of a group of students and their coming-of-age journeys.

The Tony Award winning musical features music written

by Duncan Sheik and is based on the 1891 German play of the same name.

The musical will take place

Theatre at 7:30 pm from April 16 to 19 in the Gallagher Student Center. The production will be directed by Stephen Skiles, feature choreography by Dee Anne Bryll, music direction under Scot Buzza and scenic design by Alana Yurczyk.

Tyler Kuhlman, who will be playing the role of Melchior *DERU VDLG ´, DP Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG IRUHmost looking forward to sharing this production with an audience.

This is such a powerful piece of

theater stuffed with real life isVXHV DQG WR Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ EH DEOH WR deliver the story to an audience will be an amazing feeling.â&#x20AC;? The show largely follows the life of Kuhlmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character, including his best friend Moritz, played by Griff Bludworth, and his love interest Wendla, played by Maya Farhat.

In order to prepare for the production, the cast rehearsed under the direction of Stephen Skiles.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;In preparing for this show, I have had to learn a lot. Skiles has done incredible work with me as an actor. The show has gone from being a performance to actually being a real experience every time we go through a rehearsal,â&#x20AC;?

Kuhlman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He has been able to get me to release my reservations about different scenes and actions performed in the production, and it has brought an immense amount of life to the show. I would also

Ă&#x20AC;QDO FRQIURQWDWLRQ ZLWK 6FDU DWRS a spinning Pride Rock, the audience is never left wanting for entertainment.

Remy commands the stage as a grown Simba, giving a moving performance in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Endless Nightâ&#x20AC;? and deftly tracing Simbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s development from carefree â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hakuna Matataâ&#x20AC;? champion to a king-to-be UHVROYHG WR IXOĂ&#x20AC;OO KLV UHVSRQVLELOLties to his people. Both L. Steven Taylor (Mufasa) and Nia Holloway (Nala) also give powerful performances, as does a truly impressive supporting cast of characters and ensemble members. Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance as Scar, while not the strongest vocally, skillfully conveys the calculating villain and drives the playâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drama.

The technical aspects of the show were perhaps even more impressive than the performances.

The show employs lavish costumes for each of the animals.

Each lion character also wore an elaborate headdress that acted almost as a character in itself, diving to cover the actorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face when characters would confront each other. Richard Hudsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scene

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is a Tony-Award winning sensation, with six under its belt in 1998.

like to give a huge thanks to my cast and crew members,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seeing as I came out of nowhere and landed in their program they could all have easily not been welcoming, but they have all been kind from the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;go.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; <RX GRQ¡W Ă&#x20AC;QG WKDW HYHU\ GD\ DQG it was amazing to feel that kind of comfort from the start,â&#x20AC;? Kuhlman said.

For more information, on the show visit www.xavier.edu/ theatre.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; makes a triumphant return

BY ANDREW KOCH

(Patrick R. Brown). Having been blamed for his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, Disney and Broadway fans Simba takes refugee in the wilalike are in for a treat as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The derness to forget his problems Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;? came roaring back before returning to confront to Cincinnati this month at the Scar and reclaim his seat on the throne after seeing the ghost of Aronoff Center.

The showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plot, based on the his father, the fallen king. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;? holds the DQLPDWHG Ă&#x20AC;OP RI WKH VDPH name (and itself an adaptation record for the highest-grossing of Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hamletâ&#x20AC;?), is show of all time, and for good certainly familiar to movie- and reason. This musical marvels at theater-goers. Simba (young: JJ every turn as a technical, musical Batteast/Treâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jones; adult: Jelani and performative wonder. From Remy), the crowned prince of an the opening scene, in which acDQLPDO NLQJGRP Ă HHV KLV KRPH- tors expertly dressed as various land after his father is murdered animals parade down the aisles to

by Simbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s treacherous uncle, Scar â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Circle of Life,â&#x20AC;? to Simbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

Editor-in-Chief

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Broadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest-grossing musical returns to Aronoff Center with a roar.

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design, especially during the stampede and Simbaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conversation with his father, amazes while makLQJ LQFUHGLEO\ HIĂ&#x20AC;FLHQW XVH RI WKH stage. The score, a collaboration between pop legend Elton John and Broadway veteran Tim Rice, is memorable to a fault, featuring a host of songs deeply embedded in the Disney canon of music guaranteed to remain in the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head for days to come. Even the songs less familiar to fans of the RULJLQDO Ă&#x20AC;OP GD]]OH DFFRPSDQLHG by carefully coordinated dancers

in beautiful costumes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lion Kingâ&#x20AC;? runs through April 26 at the Aronoff Center, and Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Student Activities Council (SAC) will be taking a group of students to see the show on April 19.

Tickets for all of the performances (including the one sponsored

by SAC) are sold out, though rush seating may be available on the night of individual performances.

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Xavier Newswire

Special Feature

Edited by: Hollis Conners connersh@xavier.edu

Part 1

DISCLAIMER:

discussions regarding race, religion, gender and sexuality have played a major role in the national dialogue about diversity. At Xavier, approximately 26 percent of students are considered to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;multicultural students.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no secret that a majority of students on this campus are white and Catholic, and yet hundreds of students on this campus come from other backgrounds: black, Latino, Asian, Muslim, LGBTQ and countless others. These articles are designed to provide a platform for a group of students to voice their concerns about diversity on Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus. In the first part of our story, a few students The students interviewed repanswer the question, what is it like to be considered a minority at Xavier?

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