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August 26, 2015
Volume CI Issue 2
Student commitment gains momentum BY NICK BERGEMAN
FDPSDLJQ , WKLQN WKDW¡V Ă€QH EHcause each year there are new This year, Xavier has incorpoissues the campus is facing,â€? rated the “student commitmentâ€? Reynolds said. into the Road to Xavier proCurrent SGA president JUDP IRU DOO LQFRPLQJ Ă€UVW \HDU Andrew Redd said that the comstudents. mitment sends a message to inThe commitment was created coming students that “this is as a way to articulate expectations what Xavier really means,â€? and for Xavier students as individuals lets that message slowly grow on and a community. Since its incepthem as they feel invited into the tion two years ago, it has been community. steadily integrated into more asAccording to Redd, the core pects of campus life. The comof the commitment is to build on mitment reads: the tradition of the school with We are Xavier Musketeers. each new generation. That buildWe are unique individuals who ing stems in large part from “income together in the spirit of St. dividual growth centered around Ignatius to learn together, to serve toinclusion,â€? Redd said, which is gether, and we will succeed in changing part of Xavier’s continued effort the world together. to cultivate a culture of progress We act with integrity, justice and and diversity. Redd added this generosity. is a focus of administrative vice All for one and one for all. president Josh DeVincenzo, who 0RUH WKDQ RI WKH Ă€UVW seeks to develop this throughout 3KRWR FRXUWHV\ RI ;DYLHU 2IĂ€FH RI 0DUNHWLQJ DQG &RPPXQLFDWLRQV Renderings show banners touting the student commitment decorating the outside of Bishop Fenwick year students agreed to the comthe year. Place. Another banner facing Cintas Center may be added, as most visitors to campus pass that way. mitment through Road to Xavier. Finally, Redd said that SGA gether. SGA did not want Xavier DFWLYH VKRRWHUV Âł WKDW DIIHFW WKH hopes students will see this comOthers signed the commitment current form. Over that time period, the students to be bystanders in their lives of college students nation- mitment as a concrete call to as part of the Manresa orientadifferent versions were present- own community, and they now wide. Students could choose one action and be encouraged to be tion program. Some incoming students opt- ed to students, faculty, SGA use the pledge in an attempt to of the four issues and pledge to a part of the community by parand many others to gain input help all students feel that they are make a difference during their ticipating in it and taking responed not to sign the commitment. Thousands of former and on what was most important to not only in the community, but time on campus. sibility for it. Both Dziedzic and This addition was dubbed Redd said that this call implores current Xavier students have say in the statement. However, an integral part of it. Dziedzic noted that truly in- the “Live the Commitmentâ€? the Xavier community to care for signed the commitment in some the main focus was to form the form, even though the commit- commitment around Jesuit ide- tegrating the commitment into campaign. each other and remember that als and prayers. student culture takes a lot of “Those were four issues that the core of its Jesuit ideals is to ment is relatively new. The Student commitment effort and time. It began to be students said they were facing,â€? be women and men for others. It began in the Student Government Association (SGA) was never, and is not, meant to implemented about a year and said 2014-15 SGA president Some time this year, Xavier Xavier Integrity Committee with represent “an honor pledge,â€? a half ago under the 2014-2015 Colleen Reynolds. “The student will display the message on each the coordination of the 2012-13 said Dziedzic, because that SGA executive board, who start- commitment was in the works, side of Bishop Fenwick Place, SGA executive board and Jean would be “too limiting.â€? Instead, ed promoting it with banners in EXW ZH ZDQWHG WR Ă€QG D ZD\ WR projecting it across the campus. *ULIĂ€Q GHDQ RI VWXGHQWV DQG GL- Dziedzic explained that the lan- residence halls, a web page and make it something they could live University president Fr. Michael JXDJH UHĂ HFWV ´DQ DUWLFXODWLRQ T-shirts. The commitment was out. Otherwise, it would just be Graham said in an email that he rector of student integrity. According to 2013-14 SGA of what we want to beâ€? and even spoken as part of the 2015 words to them,â€? she said. is particularly excited about the “Live the Commitmentâ€? was message facing Cintas Center and president Drew Dziedzic, a large “what we expect from students commencement. During the 2014-15 academ- not included in this year’s student the road into campus, adding that team collaborated from mid-No- at Xavier.â€? Dziedzic said that the stu- ic year, the commitment named commitment. vember 2013 to mid-March 2014 it is “a way of declaring who we “If the current SGA execu- are and what we stand for to our to create nearly 50 drafts of the dent commitment was crafted IRXU VSHFLĂ€F LVVXHV Âł VH[XDO DVstatement before it reached its as a means to tie the campus to- sault, suicide, cyber-bullying and tives don’t want to continue that many visitors.â€?
Staff Writer
Club Day to showcase new organizations BY EMILY LINGENFELTER Staff Writer The annual Xavier student involvement fair called “Club Day on the Yardâ€? is scheduled to take place Tuesday, September 1. Depending on the weather, YLVLWRUV FDQ H[SHFW WR Ă€QG WKH Xavier Yard transformed into a friendly, highly active area between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Representatives from more than 160 clubs and organizations will be at tables and displays, trying to recruit new members. Š2015
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“The students are the ones who make it colorful and bring the energy,â€? said Crystal Guffey, the student organization coordiQDWRU IRU WKH 6WXGHQW 2IĂ€FH RI Involvement. “It is their hard work that really brings the event to a whole new level.â€? The numerous booths may initially seem chaotic, but students ZLOO FRPH WR Ă€QG WKHP RUJDQL]HG based on areas of interest, which include academics, cultural diversity, honors programs, music and performing arts, spirituality, ser-
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Center for Experiential Learning in Business that is committed to assisting student-run businesses. Those who visit “Club Day on the Yard� are recommended to swipe their All-Cards at the check-in tents, where they can receive maps and tickets for the free food and giveaways provided by vendors, including Delicio Coal-Fired Pizza, Skyline Chili, Monster Energy, Cold Stone Creamery, Piada, The Pub and Meijer. Students unable to attend
“Club Day on the Yardâ€? have other methods and resources they can use to become involved on campus. Such individuals can explore the OrgSync website to Ă€QG D IXOO OLVW RI FOXEV DQG FRQtact information. Additionally, a similar event, entitled “Spring Involvement Fairâ€? takes place the second semester of the academic year. A preview of the groups attending Club Day can be found on Xavier’s Student Involvement website.
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Sports
We’ve got the lineup for Xavier’s Week of Welcome activities.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will play a preseason game at Cintas Center for the second eyar in a row.
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