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September 10, 2014
Graham announces budget shortfall
BY TAYLOR FULKERSON Managing Editor President, Fr. Michael Graham, S.J. announced that the university would undergo another budget shortfall this academic year during the University Convocation on Sept. 8. Graham noted that there was a budget shortfall for the summer period, and “that there is going to be a shortfall in the fall, and that that will be several orders of magnitude larger than the summer numbers. We don’t yet know what those numbers are going to be exactly because of a variety of reasons,” he said. Graham addressed faculty, staff and students, explaining university projects and goals for the next year in addition to the budget shortfall. There are plans to reassess the use of student space in the Gallagher Student Center, to launch the new School of Arts and Innovation next year and to assess the feasiblility of building a new sports complex to replace O’Connor Sports Center. To address the budget shortfall, Graham explained that the administration needs to know
the shortfall several ways. One way Graham noted is to focus on retention from fall to spring and to assess why there has been a “downtick in enrollment from the local area” recently. Graham stated that the issues currently facing Xavier are common in higher education today. “I’m telling you the Xavier University version of a higher education story that’s almost everywhere these days,” he said. “This is not something that’s unique to us. It’s happening just about any place you can name that’s not a marquee brand with a billion-dollar endowment and a bulletproof Photo courtesy of bizjournals.com Graham (above) recently discussed catch-all pool for students. This ;DYLHU·V ÀQDQFLDO VWDWXV IRU WKLV IDOO is just the landscape in which we what the numbers are and “where currently are. It is what it is.” they came from,” but declined to Graham responded to quesRIIHU D VSHFLÀF QXPEHU tions from faculty and noted “For example, there are still that the administration needed people who are enrolling, es- to “project (numbers) better” pecially in graduate programs, this year to get a better picture which have different enrollment of how large the shortfall might cycles,” Graham said. “So we will be to maintain better commuknow what those fall numbers are nication between faculty and with greater certainty by the time administration. that the Board of Trustees meets “I think the most importtwo weeks from (Sept. 12).” ant thing we do, frankly, is keep The administration can reduce talking,” Graham said.
Volume C Issue 4
In Focus: Spirit Celebration
Continuing a tradition dating back to 1940, Xavier joined other Jesuit institutions around the world in celebrating the Mass of the Holy Spirit as a way of beginning the new school year.
Program Director of the Center for Mission and Identity, Br. Darrell Burns (left), Visiting Professor Bryan Norton, S.J. (center) and senior Joe McGrath (right) participate in the entrance to the mass.
Students from different choirs on campus joined together to provide music for the service.
Students promote suicide awareness
Newswire photo by Sarabeth Cuddihy
Juniors Ryan Dipaulo (left) and Matthew Kehling (center) speak with fellow junior Katie Solszmon (right) at the Active Minds table in GSC.
BY JESSICA LARKIN Copy Editor Every year, a week in September is dedicated to raising awareness about suicide. Active Minds, a national organization dedicated to “changing the conversation about mental health,” ©2014
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uses this time during the year to educate college students about the reality of suicide and how it can be prevented. According to suicide.org, suicide is the second leading cause of death on college campuses and for people between the ages
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of 15 and 24. Roughly 1,100 students commit suicide each year. These statistics urge organizations like Active Minds to take action and inform college students about suicide and how to help someone who may admit to having suicidal thoughts. Each year, Active Minds sets out a display known as “Send Silence Packing” to demonstrate the reality of suicide on college campuses. “Send Silence Packing is a national tour of backpacks put on prominent parts of campus to showcase how suicide effects campuses and individuals,” Lindsey Mooney, president of the Xavier chapter of Active Minds, said. “Stories of college suicide victims will also be displayed with the backpacks.” Members of Active Minds will spread backpacks around campus on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12,
Photos courtesy of the Center for Faith and Justice
Suicide Facts and Figures
each containing a story of a student who committed suicide. “We want this week to celebrate life, not just prevent deaths,” Mooney said. Active Minds had a table According to the Centers set up on Sept. 8 in Gallagher for Disease Control, in Student Center, where the group the United States: presented information about suicide prevention and general menAmericans die WDO KHDOWK ,WV ÀUVW PHHWLQJ ZDV DW 7 p.m. on Sept. 9. The group is by suicide each year. inviting all students on campus to wear either turquoise or purple On average, people for National Suicide Prevention die by suicide each day. day on Sept. 10. The week will end with the Send Silence Packing display. of sui“Suicide Prevention will not cide victims are male. end with our week,” Mooney said. “Active Minds would also like to advocate for the Warrior Suicide is the Run, Oct. 11 and the Out of the leading cause of death beDarkness Walk, Oct. 19 — two tween the ages of 15 and 24, races that strongly promote and and is 10th overall. fundraise for suicide prevention.”
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Xavier will soon host a series of lectures on sustainability and energy justice. Copy Editor Richard Meyer has more. page 5
Alumni David West and James Posey will return to Xavier for an NBA exhibition game in October at Cintas Center. page 6
Columnist Amelia Ryczek discusses the ethics of the recently-released nude photos of multiple celebrities. page 8
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The Newswire staff reviews the ÀUVW VKRZV RI WKH VHDVRQ IURP Xavier’s theater program and the local Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati. pages 10-11