Xavier Newswire 09-30-15

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September 23, 2015

Volume CI Issue 7

Ingber: “I will never forget”

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Photo courtesy of Rabbi Abie Ingber

Rabbi Abie Ingber, Dr. William Madges and Dr. James Buchanan present a gift to Pope Francis I at the Vatican on Sept. 16.

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Realistic Barbie alternative gets her period

BY MAX CREAGER â&#x20AC;&#x153;New trends in toy sales serve funded an alternative to the tune of In March 2014, 13,612 backStaff Writer ers launched a crowdsourcing DV Ă&#x20AC;VFDO HYLGHQFH WKDW FKLOGUHQ DOVR $500,000,â&#x20AC;? Laura Stampler, reporter Barbie dolls have been un- campaign and ordered 19,000 of want natural, realistic beauty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; rath- at Time magazine, writes.

This year Lammily took its der scrutiny for a long time for Lammâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dolls. By November the er than unattainable ideals. Barbie, what some critics say is an un- dolls had been manufactured and who has seen her share of criticism realistic-sized doll to a new level realistic presentation of beauty and anatomy for young girls. In 2014, graphic designer and artist Nickolay Lamm used 19-yearold female Americansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; average proportions from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to create a side-by- side picture comparison between an average woman and Barbie. ´)RU P\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW SURMHFW , VKRZHG how distorted fashion dolls are in relation to typical human body propositions, and this got me thinking what if fashion dolls were simply made off of standard female body measurements,â&#x20AC;?

Lamm said.

After Lamm published the comparison, he received broad support from several news outlets as well as celebrity actress and Photo courtesy of womenshealthmag.com musician Demi Lovato. Lamm The Lammily doll, dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;real Barbie,â&#x20AC;? represents the average 19-year-old American femaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body proportions. claims that he received thousands of messages from parents ask- shipped across the U.S. Although for being an anatomically impossible of reality by creating a $10 ading where they could get dolls WKH RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDO QDPH RI WKH FRPSDQ\ mutant, is losing her clout among dition to the original doll called that looked like his realistic photo is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lammily,â&#x20AC;? many commenta- girls and their parents. As people â&#x20AC;&#x153;Period Party.â&#x20AC;? The pack intors simply called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real Barbie.â&#x20AC;? stopped buying Barbies, they crowd- cludes an educational pamphlet, comparison.

Wellness Week Schedule

RQH SDLU RI SDQWLHV WR Ă&#x20AC;W WKH Lammily doll, 18 reusable colored pads/liners, stickers and a calendar with dot stickers for tracking menstruation. Although the kit does not actually add any of the physiological by products of menstruation, Lammily says their main goal is to give parents and children another tool to talk about an inevitable taboo. The company released a video on Youtube called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Da Period Talkâ&#x20AC;? to highlight the awkward and ineffective communication that parents often attempt with their pre-pubescent adolescents about their formative changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you look at the current fashion doll market you see it dominated by divas, princesses and mermaids. You also see a lot of different careers, which these dolls promote, and I applaud them for that. However, what about the real steps you must take to achieve your dreams? I believe that one of the KDUGHVW WKLQJV LQ OLIH LV WR Ă&#x20AC;QG \RXU own path, something that is your FDOOLQJ %XW WR Ă&#x20AC;QG WKLV FDOOLQJ \RX FDQQRW MXVW SUHWHQG \RX KDYH WR actively engage in reality,â&#x20AC;? Lamm WROG WKH +XIĂ&#x20AC;QJWRQ 3RVW

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Oct. 2

Oct. 4

Oct. 5

Oct. 6

Oct. 10

Caring for our Whole Person: An Invitation for Rejuvenation and Resilience featuring Sian Cotton, PhD and John Sacco, MD

Yoga on the Yard: A Lesson in Mental Wellness

6th Annual Xavier University Health and Wellness Fair

Snowball Fight and Snow Cone Stress Buster

The Warrior Run

2 p.m.

North Yard by Husman Stage

11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Xavier Yard and GSC

12 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Outside GSC Yard

2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

413 CLC and Kennedy Auditorum

Common Ground featuring Rev. Dr. Monica Coleman 8 p.m.

GSC Clock Tower Lounge

Various Wellness Week events are sponsored by the following: Warrior Run, the Hatton Foundation, Xavier University Public Relations Student Society of America, CFJ, Xavier Student Health Leaders, S.W.A.G., the clinical mental health counseling program and the McGrath Health and Wellness Center.

5:15 p.m.

Mariemont-Bell Tower Park

Alpaca My Bags: Send Depression Packing!

3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Xavier Yard Love & Kindness Meditation 5 p.m.

Xavier Yard South CFJ Community Night featuring Rev. Dr. Monica Coleman 5 p.m.

310 GSC

For any questions regarding Wellness Week, consult the Xavier Univeristy Eigel Center (xavier.edu/eigelcenter).

Xavier Newswire Edited by: Raymond Humienny humiennyr@xavier.edu

Campus News

Student Wellness revamps services

BY EMILY LINGINFELTER

ZLWK DQG IRU RWKHUV 7KH\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW Staff Writer have to start with themselves by building the proper tools and The Division of Student strategies needed for balancing Affairs recently began reorgaWKHLU KHDOWK Âľ *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q VDLG nizing wellness-related services The missing component to under broader categories in the wellness department is stuspring 2015, and the departdent- led work, according to ment plans to expand its ser*ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q vices throughout the academic Similar to the national trends, year. administrators within the Xavier The subdivisions of the campus have noticed an increase Student Wellness Model now in requests for clubs and orgainclude departments such nizations that support mental as Student Integrity, Health health issues. This has generServices, Counseling Services ated engagement and advocacy and Psychological Services. through organizations such as The services offered will not the Xavier Student Wellness be affected by this process, but Advocacy Group and Xavier additional funding has made Students Against Destructive it possible to hire new mediDecisions Every Day. cal and counseling staff, a care Throughout the upcoming management coordinator and DFDGHPLF \HDU *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q VDLG WKDW an administrative assistant for she and other staff members of Student Integrity, who will asPhoto courtesy of xavier.edu Student Affairs hope to incorsist in improving the responses to student behavioral and men- *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q KDV KHOSHG XSJUDGH ;DYLHU PHQWDO KHDOWK VHUYLFHV porate these passionate minds tal health needs.

As expected, these qualities can into the growth and development â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve merged and added a produce an effect on studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of cura personalis, or the care for the couple of positions to help us do overall and day-to-day perfor- whole person, approach to campus a little more to support student mance, especially as learners in the health.

For anyone interested in proZHOO EHLQJ Âľ -HDQ *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q WKH GL- classroom and active members in moting the Xavier Wellness Model rector of Student Integrity and the Xavier community. dean of students, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our department wants to see and advocating new programs, The word â&#x20AC;&#x153;well-beingâ&#x20AC;? is a students succeed and leave the FRQWDFW -HDQ *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q JULIĂ&#x20AC;QM # broad term. It includes intercon- university as men and women xavier.edu). nected personal qualities such as emotional wellness and behavioral FKRLFHV DFFRUGLQJ WR *ULIĂ&#x20AC;Q

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Upcoming SAC Events Compiled by Raymond Humienny

Xavier Newswire

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Friday,rogersl2@xavier.edu Oct. 2 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Gallagher Student Center

Trip to Cedar Point*

Saturday, Oct. 3 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Buses will begin loading students at 8 a.m. around Buenger Circle

Katie Wirsing spoken word Monday, Oct. 5 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Kennedy Auditorium

Emerging leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initiative Monday, Oct. 5 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Gallagher 214 *Limited ticket event. More information online.

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Students should stay away from sick people, stay home if sick and wash their hands often with soap and water. Frequently touched surfaces should also be cleaned and disinfected in their homes, work environments and classrooms during this time of year.

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BY MICAH PRICE

*XHVW :ULWHU In the wake of the scandal that caused Martin Winterkorn, former Volkswagen Group CEO, to step down, more questions than answers loom over the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top selling automaker and world auto markets.

U.S. regulators revealed early last week that Volkswagen had rigged its diesel model cars to sigQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQWO\ UHGXFH HPLVVLRQV ZKHQ tested, while road models gave off emissions well above legal limits. As expected, Volkswagenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stock (VLKAY) took a major hit in the immediate aftermath of the company admitting to the allegations made by the Environmental Protection Agency.

There was some hope that the scandal could be stymied with the naming of Winterkornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successor, Porsche CEO Matthias MĂźller. Porsche, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, is not yet implicated in the scandal, although there are some worries among industry experts that Volkswagen may not be alone in its misdeeds and that similar revelations about other automakers could be brought to light.

This fear has been a catalyst in the fairly steady decline of Volkswagen stock. The appointment of MĂźller held investors in a short-lived state of stability as major world markets closed at the end of last week. However, if weekend exchanges are any indication, the price of stock in the 78-year-old company may con-

tinue to decline.

It is expected that more executives from the German automaker will be ousted as a consequence.

As Volkswagen conducts internal investigations and deals with IRUWKFRPLQJ Ă&#x20AC;QHV DQG OLWLJDWLRQ which could total more than $18 billion in the U.S. alone, the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-term future could depend on how the scandal is handled publicly.

It is still unclear how MĂźller plans to regain the trust of consumers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My most urgent task is to win back trust for the Volkswagen Group â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by leaving no stone unturned and with maximum transparency, as well as drawing the right conclusions from the current situation,â&#x20AC;? Mueller said in a Friday press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pretty good

statement,â&#x20AC;? Leslie Rasmussen, associate professor of communication arts at Xavier, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The statement is vague, but at this point they might not know what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do or how to do it.â&#x20AC;?

5DVPXVVHQ YRLFHG KHU FRQĂ&#x20AC;dence that the auto titan, which has until now garnered a strong reputation, could recover with the right steps. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their biggest problem here is that they were not being transparent. There is really no room for error when it comes to transparency,â&#x20AC;? Rasmussen said.

As for the speed with which the company responded, Rasmussen is concerned that it took as long as it did for statements like MĂźllerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to be issued.

Only time will tell if Volkswagen can get up to speed.

Sept. 21, 12:23 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police detained a suspect in the 3800 block of Ivanhoe Ave. The suspect was wanted for a theft that occurred at the Family Dollar in the Norwood Plaza. He or she was turned over to Norwood Police.

Sept. 21, 1:00 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police assisted Cincinnati Police with a two car accident at Dana Ave. and Woodburn Ave. Sept. 21, 2:43 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A student reported the theft of his or her bicycle from the rack in front of the Conaton Learning Commons.

Sept. 21, 4:43 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police assisted Residence /LIH ZLWK FRQĂ&#x20AC;VFDWLQJ D VPDOO

Boehner resigns after meeting with Pope

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Matthias MĂźller, former Porsche CEO, took over as head of Volkswagen after a recent scandal forced Martin Winterkorn to resign from his position.

Sept. 21, 8:09 a.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police assisted Cincinnati Police with a two car accident at Dana Ave. and Woodburn Ave.

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Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that he would resign as Speaker and from Congress at the end of October as a result of caucus chaos.

amount of marijuana from residents in Brockman Hall.

juana from an apartment in the Village.

Sept. 23, 5:41 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police assisted Residence Life with a room search in the Village.

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Sept. 24, 2:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A subject who attempted to shoplift in the All for One Shop was detained and issued a criminal trespass warning.

Sept. 23, 6:38 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police assisted Residence Life ZLWK WKH FRQĂ&#x20AC;VFDWLRQ RI PDUL-

A job well done Sept. 25, 12:19 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police and Cincinnati Fire and Rescue responded for D Ă&#x20AC;UH DODUP LQ &LQWDV &HQWHU The alarm was set off by staff cooking steaks.

Sept. 24, 2:44 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier 3ROLFH DQG 5HVLGHQFH /LIH FRQĂ&#x20AC;Vcated marijuana from residents in Kuhlman Hall.

Sept. 24, 5:12 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police assisted Norwood with the search for a suspect wanted in the robbery of the Family Dollar in the Norwood Plaza.

The suspect was not located during the search.

Sept. 25, 11:27 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Xavier Police assisted Norwood Police with a student in the 1900 block of Hudson Ave. The student was arrested after a brief foot pursuit and cited by Norwood Police for disorderly conduct while intoxicated.

Speaker John Boehner announced his resignation from congress at a news conference in the Capitol on Sept. 25. +H ZLOO RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDOO\ OHDYH KLV SRsition at the end of October.

Boehner has been speaker since 2011 and in congress since 1991.

This decision came after Boehner had a private meeting with Pope Francis the night before.

While complaints have been raised by fellow Republicans in regard to Boehner wishing to avert a government shutdown, the decision came as a shock to many.

When he made the decision to resign, Boehner did not consult many. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So before I went to sleep last night, I told my wife, I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You know, I might just make an announcement tomorrow,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Boehner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This morning I woke up, said my prayers, as I al-

ways do, and thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is the day I am going to do this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? +LV UHVLJQDWLRQ LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW time a speaker of the house has stepped down voluntarily, since Thomas Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Jr. in 1986.

The leading candidate to replace Boehner is Representative Kevin McCarthy, R-Cal, as the more conservative members of the party favor him.

Representative Paul Ryan, R-Wis, who many Republicans preferred for the job, has said that he does not wish to take over as speaker.

President Obama was surprised by the announcement, he said.

Though he and many other Democrats disagreed with Boehner on many political issues, Obama respected the way that Boehner presented himself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Boehner) always conducted himself with civility and courtesy with meâ&#x20AC;? Obama said.

Boehner graduated from ;DYLHU LQ DQG ZDV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW speaker from Ohio since 1931.

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Pope Francis visits U.S., speaks to Congress

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to be canonized in the U.S. On Thursday, Pope Francis Staff Writer addressed a joint session of After arriving in the United the U.S. Congress about many States on Sept. 23, Pope Francis issues including new forms of began his trip to America with a slavery, climate change, social welcoming ceremony at the White justice, the death penalty and House. arms trading.

In the afternoon, Pope Francis Pope Francis started his speech held the Mass of Canonization of with honoring Abraham Lincoln, JunĂ­pero Serra at the Basilica of Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day the National Shrine of Immaculate and Thomas Merton.

Conception in Washington, D.C. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They shaped fundamental JunĂ­pero Serra was a Spanish values which will endure forever Franciscan friar who aided in in the spirit of the American peocolonizing California in the late ple,â&#x20AC;? Pope Francis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A people 1700s and converted thousands of with this spirit can live through Native Americans to Catholicism. many crises, tensions and con-XQtSHUR 6HUUD LV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW Ă LFWV ZKLOH DOZD\V Ă&#x20AC;QGLQJ WKH UH+LVSDQLF VDLQW DQG WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW VDLQW sources to move forward, and to

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do so with dignity.â&#x20AC;?

Pope Francis spoke about immigration and encouraged people to take in families from Syria, the source of the largest immigration crisis since World War II, and urged listeners to respect all immigrants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In recent centuries, millions of people came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom. We, the people of this continent, are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.â&#x20AC;?

Pope Francis advocated for global abolition of the death penalty by reemphasizing The Golden Rule, treat others how you would like to be treated.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Golden Rule also reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development â&#x20AC;Ś I am convinced that this way is the best, since every life is sacred, every human person is endowed with an inalienable dignity, and VRFLHW\ FDQ RQO\ EHQHĂ&#x20AC;W IURP WKH rehabilitation of those convicted of crimes.â&#x20AC;?

He also spoke about climate change and the duty that lies on every country to contribute to changing many aspects of their behavior that affect the environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are un-

Flowing water found on Mars

BY JAMES NEYER Staff Writer

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past,â&#x20AC;?

Jim Green, NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of planetary science, said to The Guardian. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liquid water has been found on Mars.â&#x20AC;?

Top NASA scientists conĂ&#x20AC;UPHG WKDW OLTXLG ZDWHU KDV EHHQ found on Mars at a press conference on Sept. 28.

During the summer months on Mars the water runs down canyons and crater walls, leaving long dark trails that can sometimes be hundreds of meters in length.

These trails then dry up during the autumn months as surface temperatures drop.

This evidence brings up questions about the possibility of life on Mars. /RRNLQJ IRU Ă RZLQJ ZDWHU KDV been of utmost importance because it is the best place to look for life.

In an Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread on Reddit, the deputy project scientist, Leslie K. Tamppari, said that it is possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know of forms of life that hibernate during dry seasons on Earth. The water that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing within the RSL (the seasonal dark streaks that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing on slopes on Mars) is salty. Salty water could be harmful to life,â&#x20AC;? Tamppari said.

The salt water on Mars is quite

dergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all,â&#x20AC;? Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis also called for a confrontation of problems like the arms trade and the disadvantaged youth.

After his address to Congress, Pope Francis declined dinner with the politicians and instead opted to eat with members of the homeless community.

During his journey to the U.S. Pope Francis also held mass at St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cathedral in New York City, addressed the United Nations General Assembly and visited Philadelphia.

Pope Francis left the U.S. for Rome on Sunday night.

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NASA has previously found evidence of ancient streams on Mars, pictured, and now believes the planet to have water currently.

different from the oceans and seas on Earth. The salts detected in the water at the moment are magnesium or sodium perchlorate. These types are much less hospitable but are the reason that the water is able to remain liquid at much lower temperature. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Liquid water, even if very salty, is still a good place to look for life forms,â&#x20AC;? Rich Zurek, chief scientist of NASA said in the AMA thread. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water in any form is a resource that future missions could exploit,â&#x20AC;? he said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where the water in these hydrated salts come from. That is the next mystery to solve,â&#x20AC;? Tamppari said.

The briny water could come from various sources. Possible explanations given by Tamppari are the salts soaking up moisture from the atmosphere or the water coming up from under the subsurface.

Scientists are not able to get a physical example of the water to WHVW IRU PXOWLSOH UHDVRQV 7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW is that Curiosity, the Mars rover,

was not sterilized to the necessary degree, meaning that it could have potential microbes that could contaminate such an environment with terrestrial life. In addition to WKDW WKH SODFHV LQ ZKLFK WKH Ă RZV occur are too steep for present rovers to reach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Presently, NASA is looking into the possibility of sending humans to the vicinity of Mars in the early 2030s. In this scenario, the earliest humans to the surface would be in the late 2030s,â&#x20AC;? Zurek said.

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September 30, 2015

Edited by: Brent Raines rainesb@xavier.edu

Xavier soccer splits conference openers

BY BRENT RAINES

Sports Editor The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer teams kicked off conference play last weekend, as the teams split their opening games against DePaul.

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer was victorious, with senior forward Calum Lathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golden goal breaking a scoreless 105 minutes of play.

The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team was less successful, falling 4-0 to the defending conference champions.

Both games kicked off at 2 p.m. Sept. 26, with the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game taking place in Chicago and the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the Xavier Soccer Complex.

Despite the scoreless regulation period and extra time, the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game had plenty of action. ;DYLHU Ă&#x20AC;UHG PRUH VKRWV WKDQ WKH Blue Demons (1-7, 0-1 Big East), winning that battle 13-8. Six of Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shots were on target, whereas only four of DePaulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s required a save.

Sophomore defender Corey Brown picked up a yellow card in the 67th minute, the Musketeersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; seventh of the season.

Each team squandered a poWHQWLDO JROGHQ JRDO LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW period of overtime, as redshirt MXQLRU PLGĂ&#x20AC;HOGHU 0DMHG 2VPDQ had his shot saved by DePaul senior keeper and Cincinnati native

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Xavier redshirt senior goalie Dallas Jaye kept the game going with a save in the 100th minute RQ D VKRW Ă&#x20AC;UHG E\ %OXH 'HPRQ sophomore forward Phillipp Koenigstein.

Lathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golden goal came shortly after, off of an assist from VRSKRPRUH PLGĂ&#x20AC;HOGHU -RVK *UDQW It was Lathamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth career goal and his second of the season.

While the men won a hard-

fought battle at DePaul (7-2-2, 1-0 Big East), the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team struggled through a home game against the Blue Demons.

The Musketeers were out-shot 27-3 by the visitors, as only one of Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attempts was on goal.

Freshman forward Franny Cerny registered two goals for the Blue Demons, with senior forward Elise Wyatt and sophomore reserve forward Jessie Schmidt each adding another. The 44th-

minute goal was Wyattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh of the season, good for third place among the Big East leaders. Sophomore forward Kenadie Carlson was the only Musketeer with a shot-on-goal.

The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team returns for a two-game home-stand startLQJ DW S P 2FW DJDLQVW Georgetown.

The women will follow suite, and face the Hoyas at 1 p.m. the following afternoon.

bounces of the famous Augusta 1DWLRQDO KH SOD\HG LQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO JURXS RQ 6XQGD\ DQG Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG LQ second place to two-time champion Bubba Watson.

Even with all this, nobody could predict what we would see from Spieth in 2015.

It started at Augusta in April, where an opening round eightunder-par score of 64 gave him the lead.

He never gave it up, at one point setting a Masters scoring record and becoming the secondyoungest player to ever win the tournament.

7KHQ DW WKH 8 6 2SHQ ZLWK steady play and some help from others he gained his second major of the year and became only the sixth player in history to win both RI WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW WZR PDMRUV LQ D VHDVRQ His stellar season wrapped up at the Tour Championship, where a win would net him the seasonlong FedEx Cup and the $10 million prize.

Throughout the week, Spieth couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss with his putter, the club that led him through his incredible season and pushed him to a four-shot victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the greatest season Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had, obviously,â&#x20AC;? Spieth said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one where I believe we took our game on-course and offcourse to a level that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think would be possible at different times in my life.â&#x20AC;?

With players like Spieth, Rory Mcilroy, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson, Watson and Justin Rose, the future of golf is bright.

Opinion: Spiethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stellar year is great for golf

BY BRENDAN BURRIS

Staff Writer When 22-year-old Jordan Spieth made par on the 18th hole at East Lake Golf Club to win both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup, golf fans around the world rejoiced at one of the greatest seasons in modern golf history.

Along with an $11.5 million payout for winning this past Sunday, Spieth climbs back to being the No. 1 player in the world, will likely win the PGA Tourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s player of the year and caps off

the most lucrative on-course year in golf history with over $22 million in on-course winnings.

As early as 2011, when he became the only golfer in history to win two U.S. Junior Amateur Championships, golf fans knew that Spieth was going to be something special.

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Xavier celebrates its nail-biting victory over St. John’s. Xavier is the only Big East team that is 3-0 in conference play.

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8 September 30, 2015

Opinions&Editorials

Xavier Newswire Edited by: Jonathan S. Hogue hoguej@xavier.edu

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First Amendment to the United Statesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Constitution Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Democracy is alive and well throughout the world.

In America, we are entering the primaries, which will decide the Democratic and Republican partiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; choices for president. While this is going on here, our cousin across the seas had an interesting week themselves.

As we slept, Australian Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for leadership of the liberal party. After a 5544 vote, Turnbull was chosen to be the next Prime Minister of Australia on Sep 14.

This may not seem like a big deal, but the shocking point is that Turnbull will be the fourth Prime Minister of Australia chosen in the last two and a half years. For Americans, it would seem preposterous to change leaders this often. Once elected, our president has his job for the next four years and does not have to worry about losing his job. However, Australia follows the British style of federal parliamentary government. This means that instead of the people, elected representatives vote for the leader.

It is therefore possible that the prime minister can get voted out four days before being eligible for his pension.

The most likely reason for the change is that there is a federal election next year. The Liberal Party hopes that by removing a widely despised prime minister, they might still remain popular and maintain representatives in the parliament.

While the change in leadership is interesting, it does raise a standard question: Why should we care about this? Well, there are two major reasons for it.

7KH Ă&#x20AC;UVW LV WKDW LW LV LPSRUWDQW WR OHDUQ DERXW WKH affairs of foreign governments. This broadens our knowledge, and it is one of the primary duties of our president.

The second reason is that we soon will experience a change in leadership. Abbott was originally met

with mixed reactions. While some people disliked him, there was not as much hate for him as there is today. Many grew to hate him in the last couple of years due to various issues. Every bad change that the government brought about had a face. A face that is easy to hate, as you watch it eat a raw onion.

Turnbull, in contrast, was seen as a friendly face to the people. As the disdain for Abbott grew, so did the love for Turnbull. He seemed wiser, calmer and less radical than Abbott. As people looked at Turnbull saying how different it would be if he were prime minister. Well, they now have their wish, but the question is: How different it will be?

Turnbull has made some changes with the cabinet, DSSRLQWLQJ 0DULVH 3D\QH DV WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW IHPDOH 0LQLVWHU of Defense and Michaelia Cash to the position of Minister for Women. This helped bring the women of Australia to peace when the previous Minister for Women, Tony Abbott, was removed. With all these changes, there are a few questions that remain. :LOO WKHVH FKDQJHV EH VXEVWDQWLDO RU VXSHUĂ&#x20AC;FLDO" Will he stay the course and bring about his views that he has held for a long time, or will he fold and follow the same path as Abbott? With this change in leadership, it will be interesting to see if the same unpopular ideas get passed or if Turnbull will turn things around.

The Popeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent decision to dine with the homeless instead of the American political elite has fathered a massive wave of popular support. However, supporting this decision is easy. Theoretical homeless people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t smack you in the face with the harsh realities of destitution.

They arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t covered with the raw, unsettling smell of suffering that challenges the limits of altruism. We treat theoretical homeless people much better than their real counterparts.

My good friend told me about his extent of involvement with the homeless. One afternoon in Cleveland, a homeless woman asked him for spare change.

He decided to invest in his karma by giving the woman a few dollars and proceeded on his way. As he was walking down the street, he heard a loud cry behind him shouting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;YOUNG MAN! YOUNG MAN!â&#x20AC;? He turned and saw the homeless woman heading toward him, waving her arms for his attention. Instead, he ran away.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve speculated in vain about why this woman called after him. Maybe my friend dropped his wallet? Maybe some spare money fell out? Maybe she just wanted to thank him?

He told me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what she wanted, and I am content with that.â&#x20AC;?

Though my friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent was to aid someone in need, he was more comfortable with the monetary interaction than the actual human interaction that followed.

I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean to paint my friend as heartless. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s someone who would guide a blind person across the street and perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on anybody no matter the oral hygiene situation. Frankly speaking, if I were in his situation, I probably would have responded with a similar degree of alarm.

As individuals part of a larger societal framework, we are conditioned to behave according to certain expected social â&#x20AC;&#x153;scripts.â&#x20AC;?

Cultural groups often have a collective social script that members subscribe to, such as the social aggregate of the homeless: they situate themselves in the backdrop of society, rest stoically against public infrastructure with a cardboard sign and wait for altruism to show up.

Apart from the occasional babbling, dialogue is limited to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thank youâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;God bless you, baby.â&#x20AC;?

Social scripts create a standard of normative behav-

ior in society. If an individual violates the accepted script, the interaction can become uneasy. Thus, when the homeless woman yelled at my friend after the monetary transaction, the production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young Man Donates to Homeless Womanâ&#x20AC;? deviated sharply off-script. She did not follow her expected supporting role of thanking the benefactor and allowing the curtain to fall on the interaction.

Instead, she refused to be typecast as homeless and played the part of a human. This ostensibly minor transgression usurped the expected norm, unsettling the social instincts of my friend and consequently OHDGLQJ WR KLV VHHPLQJO\ GLVSURSRUWLRQDWH Ă LJKW reaction.

Why do we cast homeless people to play the part of social ornaments instead of actual people? Why are we stunned into disbelief when they remind us of their humanity and attempt conversation with us?

Being a good person is in vogue; we fashion values of kindness, generosity and compassion. Charity is QRZ ODWKHUHG LQ PDVWXUEDWRU\ VHOI JUDWLĂ&#x20AC;FDWLRQ The idea of suffering has become romanticized and photoshopped of blemishes. It is more convenient to donate money to faceless charities than talk to survivors of suffering.

It is easier to be charitable within the realm of obscurity than to face the very unsettling countenance of misery. Often we are guilty of walking past the homeless without even acknowledging their presence.

We strip them of their dignity and liken them to statues carved from stigma. How can we expect social progress when we refuse to look suffering in the eyes? Basic civility is cheap. Eye contact is free.

Smiles arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t taxed. Hoping someone has a good day will not bankrupt your expenditures.

How can we think of ourselves as charitable when we give people money but deny them of their humanity?

James Neyer is a staff writer with the Newswire. He is a senior Honors Bachlors of Arts major from Cincinnati.

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Sara Ringenbach is a staff writer at the Newswire. She is a junior psychology and theatre major from Cincinnati.

Xavier Newswire Edited by: Jonathan S. Hogue hoguej@xavier.edu

Opinions&Editorials

9 September 30 , 2015

The essence of an immigrantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s diginity

A rebuttal to arugments said about immigrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public perception

In response to an article published Sept. 23, 2015 concerning immigration and the current migrant crises, we feel that a response is necessary. In our opinion, this particular article seems to undermine the lives of immigrants and their often unfortunate circumstances.

The result of this seems to be a lack of consideration for those ZKR ZLOOLQJO\ RU QRW Ă HH WKHLU homeland in hopes of a better life somewhere different.

We hold that all lives have dignity, regardless of citizenship, race, religion, creed, etc. and we believe that this claim is self evident.

Because of this foundation, we Ă&#x20AC;QG WKDW WKH DUWLFOH IURP ODVW ZHHN fails to take into consideration the position of the other.

We want to be clear. The lives of our own citizens do matter, and we agree that â&#x20AC;&#x153;DEA agents, ERUGHU SDWURO DQG SROLFH RIĂ&#x20AC;FHUVÂľ should have a voice in the current immigration discussion. But, given the principle stated above, so should immigrants themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They are more than numbers.

7KH\ DUH KXPDQV Âľ :H DJUHH EXW LI ZH ´Ă&#x20AC;UVW DGGUHVV WKH FKDOOHQJHV WKDW RXU RZQ FLWL]HQV IDFH Âľ WKHQ we are inherently placing one personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dignity over anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

In a way, because these particular immigrants are coming to us, we should not undermine or belittle their problems.

You could shut them out. You could ignore them. You could plug your ears and close your eyes and plead ignorance of the highest degree. But when undocumented immigrants live in our neighborhoods, work in our cities and attend our university, we cannot ignore them and their intrinsic human dignity.

Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights agreed upon by the United Nations ( UN) states that â&#x20AC;&#x153;everyone has a right to leave any country, including his own, and to reWXUQ WR KLV FRXQWU\ Âľ :K\ ZRXOG anyone leave his own country?

Can you imagine how hard it is to leave behind your people, your culture, your language, your home? And yet people do. Every day people leave the places they

know the best. Why? In the hopes of something better.

There was a time when the media was important. Americans could turn on the evening news and see balanced, straightforward reporting from men and women ZKR VDZ WKHLU MREV DV D YRFDWLRQ for the public. Sadly, the era of concentrated reporting is over.

Following the introduction of 24-hour media, the news now looks more like a circus than a GLJQLĂ&#x20AC;HG SODFH IRU GHEDWH DQG GLVcussion. News reports regurgitate IDFWV DQG WDNH OLWWOH WLPH WR Ă&#x20AC;QG the issues in stories that are important to the public.

Without making people think, media outlets use misleading tiWOHV Ă DVK\ VHWV DQG XVHOHVV SROOLQJ tactics to make a situation more newsworthy than it is. An example of this mediocrity can be found whenever someone watches a political segment.

Bluntly, Americans are lazy citizens. We have spent trillions of dollars on foreign wars, lost thousands of lives and changed SROLWLFDO SDUWLHV RYHU WKH Ă&#x20AC;JKW WR spread democracy around the world. Yet, Americans wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t vote

for representatives, attend a town hall meeting or even speak with campaign volunteers at their doorstep about civic issues.

It is a shame that stubborn attitudes are acceptable with the lowering of political goals, but it is partly because media pundits encourage the buffoonery.

The 2016 presidential race will not be decided by issues. It will be decided by polls and misguided rhetoric. Before a candidate can even speak on television, stations run hundreds of polls gauging how Americans like a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair, their tone or a speech a ranGRP ´H[SHUWÂľ GHHPV D JDIIH RQ several news outlets. Instead of provoking dialogue on the issues that matter, media outlets use these tactics as the only way of deciding what the public thinks.

Polls, like the electoral process, are unreliable. Media pundits should use their platforms to discuss issues that will not fade away. A poll is a limited resource that guides public thought, but is not the only factor in citizensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deciding process.

People should hear about a candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record, how their experience will aid in their ability to govern or how the public must act in order to make intended reforms a reality. Americans should not care about who a candidate slept with in college, what illegal drug they tried in the 1970s or what voters in Iowa think about the color of Hillary Clintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pant suits. They do not matter at all to the issue of governance.

In countless instances, media RXWOHWV GLVFXVV D SHUVRQ¡V Ă DZV but they rarely discuss the good in leaders and public institutions. I blame a lazy citizenry for most of our countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ills, but I also blame a complacent media for encouragLQJ EHKDYLRUV WKDW DUH QRW EHĂ&#x20AC;WWLQJ of a 21st century democracy.

Walter Cronkite was respected because he told you the news. If a person wanted tawdry details about a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, they picked XS D ´1DWLRQDO (QTXLUHU Âľ %XW LI

â&#x20AC;&#x153;One could easily perceive that this conversation is one-sided in America: It does not take into account the diginity of the human person, a human diginity shared by immigrants as well.â&#x20AC;?

- RenĂŠ Betance, Brian Igel & Jacob Khoury They are people too. We all agree on this. And we cannot fault people for leaving their own country in the hopes of something better, a right the U.N. believes is fundamental to the lives of every human being. With this in mind, we do not think that the

conversation should start with American citizens.

Instead, it should give the immigrants a voice equal to our own in progressing the immigration conversation.

One could easily perceive that this conversation is one-sided in America: It does not take into account the dignity of the human person, a human dignity shared by immigrants as well.

Whether it is a conversation in the political sphere, between friends or in the hallways and classrooms here at Xavier, this conversation must not be about the numbers, but rather the human.

The conversation should be about the father who leaves his IDPLO\ WR Ă&#x20AC;QG D EHWWHU MRE DERXW the mother who faces unspeakable violence and treks across the desert so her children can see better lives or the sons and daughters who seek lives free of hatred and killings, of gangs and guns, who ultimately and unwillingly give up their own heritage in light of their culture falling to pieces.

Our goal is not to chastise the

writer of the aforementioned article. Rather, our goal is to open the doors to have a more productive and fruitful conversation regarding the current immigration situation.

As students at a Jesuit university, we must always keep in mind the voices of the vulnerable, and in doing so, must grant equal dignity to all persons involved.

an individual wished to hear about the issues of the day and properly inform themselves, they watched the news.

Not everything in the public should be commercialized.

Discussion about important issues should not be determined by ratings and online subscriptions.

Reporters have an obligation to leave the hysteria to reality shows and inform the public about the things they need to hear and do not want to hear.

As educated citizens, you have no excuse to live a life in ignorance. The digital age brings information, good and bad, directly WR \RXU Ă&#x20AC;QJHUWLSV ,W LV WKH UROH RI competent adults to distinguish credibility from crap, and retain information that creates a more realistic view of the world around us.

Sadly, I do not see the media changing anytime soon.

Americans are creatures of habit and will not change unless something bad happens. Until a scandal occurs that causes the media to internally reform its habits, we

will continue to hear crap from talking ideologues that present little substance to existing debates. It is sad that as the nation progressed, we lost our sense of credibility in the process.

Walter Cronkite has passed, but there are some individuals who see reporting as an imporWDQW MRE WR WKH SXEOLF 'R WKH MRE RXU PHGLD RXWOHWV ZLOO QRW Take the time to review the information that is given to you. <RX ZLOO Ă&#x20AC;QG OLIH LV EHWWHU OLYHG

Jacob Khoury, Brian Igel & RenĂŠ Betanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article is a response to last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s op-ed , â&#x20AC;&#x153;Is the grass greener on the other side?â&#x20AC;?

Jacob Khoury is a senior biology and philosophy double major from Dallas.

Brian Igel is a senior theology and philosophy double major from Columbus, Ohio.

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The modern media is useless

Jonathan S. Hogue is the Opinions & Editorials Editor with the Newswire. He is a senior Philosophy, Politics and the Public major from Aurora, Ill.

10 September 30, 2015

Arts&Entertainment

Xavier Newswire Edited by: Allison Wisyanski wisyanskia@xavier.edu

Playhouse launches 'High School Alien'

BY TAYLOR ROBERTS

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This family-friendly performance will debut at 10:30 a.m.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the and 1 p.m on Saturday, Sept. 26 at Park launches its 2015-16 "Off Playhouse, and continue its tour at the Hill" series with the world preother tristate community venues miere of Allyson Currinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;High until Oct. 30.

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BY GRANT VANCE

Staff Writer Starting this month Marvel will be releasing several new series that will entirely change its traditional FKDUDFWHU DIĂ&#x20AC;OLDWLRQV While Marvel has gone in different directions with characters in the past, what is typical in these instances is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;retcon,â&#x20AC;? otherwise known as a contrived plot device used in order to set comic book storylines back to their respective status quo. As of late, Marvel has been experimenting quite liberally with character identities, but rather than moving in the direction of a retcon, they are instead moving in a more dynamic direction with their, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All-New, All-Differentâ&#x20AC;? campaign.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;All-New, All-Differentâ&#x20AC;? campaign is something the company has been building to for years through different titles, culminating in to the universe-shattering crossover event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secret Wars.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secret Warsâ&#x20AC;? is the current crossover event happening in the Marvel comic book storyline, in which every universe ever established within the mold of the

company has been condensed to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Battleworld,â&#x20AC;? a patchwork planHW RI GLIIHUHQW 0DUYHO DIĂ&#x20AC;OLDWHG domains ruled by a god-like Dr. Doom.

Extremely nerdy exposition aside, the point of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Secret Warsâ&#x20AC;? is to organically shift the status quo of Marvel in a fresher, more dynamic direction.

There are several changes being made to traditional teams all throughout Marvel, most notably their staple team book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Avengers.â&#x20AC;? The â&#x20AC;&#x153;All-New, AllDifferentâ&#x20AC;? Avengers team will consist of Thor (Jane Foster), Spider-Man (Miles Morales), The Vision, Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan), Iron Man (Tony Stark) and Captain America (Sam Wilson).

While many of the heroes that make up the Avengers remain the same, many of their identities have changed, such as Thor, Spider-Man and Captain America.

Other notable changes include new Hulks in Amadeus Cho and â&#x20AC;&#x153;future imperfectâ&#x20AC;? Hulk, new Wolverines in the female X-23 and the fan favorite â&#x20AC;&#x153;Old Man Loganâ&#x20AC;? incarnation, as well as a

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variety of brand new series, including Jason Aaronâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimental â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weirdworldâ&#x20AC;? and Marguerite Bennettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entirely female super team â&#x20AC;&#x153;A-Force.â&#x20AC;?

Be on the lookout for these

new titles at any local comic book shop.

For any non-comic book readers looking for a jumping on point, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All-New, All-Differentâ&#x20AC;? is a great place to start.

leries and other venues that can accommodate art shows.

Urban Eden is one of the many venues where art lovers can roam around and check out work from their favorite artists. Urban (GHQ VSHFLDOL]HV LQ Ă&#x20AC;QH DUW DQG contemporary craft. From photography, to paintings and pottery Urban Eden is sure to have something for every art lover.

If visual art is not your cup of tea, check out Another Part of

the Forest. During Final Friday OTR they had a sale and all CDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s were $2. Another Part of the Forest also has vinyl records, DVDs, cassettes and books for purchase.

If you cannot attend Final Friday OTR next month, make sure you stop by Second Look Saturday at the Pendleton Arts Center. Second Look Saturday provides people with a chance to check out art if they were unavail-

able to do so on Friday.

Final Friday OTR Art Show will take place again on the last Friday in October. Most of the venues have free entry and some may also provide food and beverages.

The event generally begins at 5p.m. and end around midnight.

Certain venues may have different hours of operation during Final Friday OTR, so make sure to check out their website for more information.

Final Friday OTR comes to town

BY MEGAN LUX

Staff Writer If you are looking for something to do on a Friday night that is close to campus and affordable, check out the Final Friday OTR Art Show. This art show only takes place once a month, EXW LW LV GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ VRPHWKLQJ WR anticipate.

In 1991 Jim Verdin of The Verdin Company, the world's oldest and largest bell and clock man-

ufacture, bought the Pendleton Arts Center and made it into a space for local artists.

Final Friday OTR got its origin from the Pendleton Art Center and this past Friday it celebrated its 24th anniversary during the event. Over time, Final Friday OTR has grown dramatically with many local artists participating in the event and selling their artwork. The event has expanded into neighborhood gal-

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London Fashion Week recap

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Paul Costelloe's line at London Fashion Week consists of bright colors and patterns for Spring/Summer 2016. He showcased mostly dresses as well as a few jackets, rompers and skirts.

BY KATRINA GROSS

Staff Writer This year’s London Fashion Week (LFW) featured 71 designers, including veterans of the trade and new designers just breaking into the ever-changing fashion world.

With lines ranging from classic, minimalist fashion to new age avant-garde, designers did their best to create unique and dynamic lines of beautiful and meticulously crafted clothing.

Designers showed previews for

their Spring/Summer (SS) ’16 OLQHV RYHU ÀYH GD\V GXULQJ WKH week. With many designers’ lines portraying styles they personally feel will be trendy in the spring, a majority of the collections have few aspects in common.

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ing. In past years simple color blocking has been common and consistent at LFW, but this year, designers decided to play it up.

By using bright, bold and, in many cases, extremely intricate SDWWHUQV RI ÁRZHUV DQG RWKHU natural-themed fabric, they created beautifully blocked garments, leading to more dynamic clothing.

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ZHDULQJ ORRVHU ÀWWLQJ FORWKLQJ WR emphasize the waist. The color pink, in both pastels and neon, is also expected to be extremely popular in the spring, based on the lines shown at LFW. The widespread use of pink could be a take on Pantone’s color of the year from 2015, which was a deep red/pink called “Marsala.” Offthe-shoulder blouses and dresses were featured in the majority of lines as well, highlighting collarbones for SS ’16.

For those who are not afraid

to take bigger fashion risks and follow less popular fashion trends, netting, chokers and even Victorian era inspired garments are all predicted to be in-style this coming SS season based on the lines shown at LFW. As the other fashion weeks continue across the globe, it will be interesting to see previews of other upcoming SS ’16 collections and what trends and styles begin to become common among the worlds' most popular and up-and-coming designers.

2014 release, “Ultraviolence,” which received tremendous critical acclaim and success with singles like “West Coast” and “Brooklyn Baby” and introduced the Grammy-nominated singer to a broader audience.

After releasing her debut album, “Lana Del Rey” on the iTunes Store in 2010, Del Rey also found success in her popular 2012 album “Born to Die.” Released by Universal Music Group Recordings under Interscope Records and Polydor Records and co-produced by Del Rey, with collaboration from Rick Nowels and Kieron Menzies, the album echoes the honey-like and heartbreaking sound reminiscent of Del Rey’s earlier work.

Del Rey began to work on “Honeymoon” not long after

releasing “Ultraviolence,” but this album harkens back to her classic retro-jazz sound, rather WKDQ WKH URFN LQÁXHQFHG TXDOity of her previous album. Del Rey relies more on her impressive vocals, and given her usually tragic and dreamlike melodies, showcases her consistency as an artist.

The entire album combines to form a cohesive sound with LQGLYLGXDO WUDFNV ÁRZLQJ WRgether and demonstrating Del Rey’s versatility. Del Rey’s vocals deliver, especially on her eponymous lead track “Honeymoon.”

The slow, melancholy-soaked ballad is perhaps Del Rey’s most emotional and velvety performance yet.

The song, “Music to Watch Boys To,” which Del Rey initially considered to serve as her

album’s titular track, is an equally thrilling and passionate combination of vocal performance and honest lyrics.

Overall, the album is wellSDFHG DQG ÁXFWXDWHV EHWZHHQ deliberately-paced tracks like “Salvatore” and slightly faster, but equally pain-ridden songs like “High By the Beach” and “Art Deco.”

The lead single of the album, “High By the Beach,” which begins with a more airy and lingering verse and then progresses towards a catchy, more uptempo chorus, is especially deserving of recognition and captures the entire essence of “Honeymoon.”

Del Rey has not yet announced plans for another album or a tour.

Lana returns to her classic sound in new album

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Lana Del Rey's new album brings romance, lust, violence and bitterness.

BY ZENAB SAEED

Staff Writer On Sept. 19, Lana Del Rey released her highly anticipated fourth studio album. “Honeymoon”

showcases the hauntingly melodic songs expected of Del Rey, but with an even more emotional and hazy soundscape on its 14 tracks.

The album follows Del Rey’s

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Edited by: Hana Priscu priscuh@xavier.edu

WHEN I W AS A KID

BY JESSICA G

GGS Campus News EdRI itor

Griggs and her father give each other bunny ears as they share a father-daughter moment.

While brainstorming an embarrassin g story to share with the Newswire read ership, I asked my best friend if she had any ideas. The list she responded with ranged from the bowl cut I got in fifth grade to every single one of my rela tionships.

Anyway, the summer before sixth grade wasn’t pretty. My hair was short (see bowl cut) and parted down the middle, I didn’t kno w how to use a straightener and I pretty much spent that whole summer in my basement liste ning to My Chemical Romance and watching for production updates on the Twilight movie. I was entering the stage in life that some scientists refer to as puberty but adolescents just call “Hel l.”

Starting sixth grade meant leaving elementary school and entering mid dle school with all of the kids from the other schools. Tha t was scary for my awkward, antisoc ial self, so when I had to go to the open house to meet my teac her, I was a nervous wreck.

I was self-conscious about literally everything as I walked up to the scho ol with my parents, and they were definitely aware. At some point, I snapped at my dad for being embarrassing. I don’t even remember what he original ly did, but what followed had a scar ring effect.

In response to my “’tude,” my dad made a big show of hiking his pan ts up to his nipples and proceeded to fling his legs out in all directions as he continued on his path to the door. This may be distorted in my memory by my colo ssal mortification, but literally ever y single person within a mile radius turned and stared at my dad, which also meant that they star ed at me. I don’t think I said another word that night, and ever since then, my parents have used that story to threaten me whenever I regress to that angsty time in my life.

BY JAMES NEYER

Copy Editor

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BY HANA PRISCU

Feature Editor

As the youngest in a family of only two children, I endured endless torm From being clotheslined around corn ent from my older brother. ers during his WWE phase to being pelted with soccer balls during his FIFA phase, much of this torm ent took place in the form of physica l brutality. However, there was also the psychological component that was utilized when the teasing beca me monotonous.

One particular example began whe n I mistakenly broke my brother’s Sega Dreamcast and apparently was in desperate need of being taken down a peg or two. The followin g day, my brother approached me and informed me that my pare nts had regretfully sold me to the neig hbors.

Dismayed at this new discovery and attempting to hold back tears, I trud house in an attempt to acclimate my ged over to the neighbor’s self to my new home. Upon finding that they were not home, I took the liberty of letting myself in the side door As I sat in this strange kitchen, took and fixing myself a consolation snack in the kitchen. keys jingling outside of the front door in my surroundings and enjoyed my Snack Pack, I heard . My new family was finally hom e.

While one would think that welcomi ng a new child into one’s family would be one of the greatest moments in a parent’s life, my new parents did not treat it as such. As my new mother screamed at the sight of a strange person in her hom e, my new father dragged me out of the house, and I found myself unceremoniously turned out on the street once again.

Mentally planning out my new life as a vagabond, I noticed my ex-mothe a concerned look on her face. “Honey r walking towards me with , why are you crying?” she inquire d.

“My parents don’t love me!” I shrieked .

“Of course we love you!” she said.

“Not you!”

While there is certain psychological damage that can occur from deceivin parents are, there is also a certain deco g a child as to who her true rum that must be followed once a Seg a Dreamcast is broken. And that decorum was most certainly adhered to in this situation. Now that the tables have been leveled, however, we must only wait for the next indiscretion that I will undoub tedly commit.

When I was a kid , I shared a bedroo m with my older brothers Matt and Jay. On e night, my parents were ou t on a date, so som e of my other older siblin gs, Ava, Luke an d Mark, were babysitting.

Normally, we had a fairly early bedtime, bu t because they wer e babysitting, we got to stay up really late. It w as awesome! But when w e went upstairs, w e noticed someone in our ro om sleeping in ou r bed. We started freaking ou t, so we had Mark come up and investigate. H e poked the “body ” and declared, knowingl y, that it was th e corpse of someone who had died in our bed.

We were all incred ibly scared, so w e went downstairs and tried to get Ava to call the cops. Ava told us , however, that th e phone lines were cut, an d she could not ca ll anyone.

Eventually, our pa rents came home an d found out what had happ ened. Mark and L uke, using a collection of hangers and laundry, created a fake body in the bed, and A va pretended that the ph one did not work.

Although Mom and Dad wer e not happy with what they did, all of us remem ber it as one of the funnier pranks we pulled on each other.

The Neyer clan lines up for

a priceless Christmas stair photograph.