Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 1997-12-10 Xavier University Newswire Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) Follow this and additional works at: https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper Recommended Citation Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio), "Xavier University Newswire" (1997). All Xavier Student Newspapers. 2786. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/2786 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Xavier Student Newspapers at Exhibit. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Xavier Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Exhibit. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Diversions staff helps fill Get a full, in- out your .depth preview· of Christmas lists .· the Crosstown with a gift giving Shootout Award given to bio prof Infiltrating enemy ground guide f'oge9 Poge3' Poge5 Misused letterhead causes controversy BY KARA BENKEN ing the yard with over 70 political. "crime;" The lettenvas signed "Bill NEWS EDITOR campaign signs during the.night. Sheridan," an alias believed to rep- A couple ofpranks culminated As a way to get back at the resent an executive position within in two things: several hours of de­ group of friends for the prank, .two Student Services. · · bate within the private quarters of of the people at 965 Daria Ave. Freshman Laura OeVore was _Student Senate and the requested typed memos on SGA letterhead, one of the members of the team who formal apology of Administrative provided by Halverson, to the fresh~ · received a letter, believed to be from Vice Pr~sident Damon Halverson. men members of the lacrosse team · SGA. The apology' is for the misuse of suspected .of being involved with "At first we were afraid, and Student Government Association the yard sign prank. when we called the guys they played (SGA) material and abuse of execu­ The letter, addressed to each along as if it was real. But then tive power. individuual, cited imaginary codes when we realized it was a prank, we Halverson, who serves as one and statutes of a nonexistant hand- thought it was all in good fun," she of three executive officers. wi.thin book, saying their actions were dis- said. "We neve.r thought it.would go SGA, recently adII1itted to provid­ respectful to the individual, to oth- this far." ing 20-25 sheets of SGA letterhead ers, to the authority of the club and By "this far" DeVore was ref- to be used as a prankon some mem­ to property. erencing the Student Senate's re~ bers of the Xavier women's lacross·e Becaus·e these individuals· .· sponse to Ha!Verson'sactiohs, a re~ team. , . , , . ~~~e iii ""'.iolati~n" ofconduct codes, sponse'which' was'ihiti~tedoil Mon:. The letterhead was used in the memo said, the women's la- day, Nov. 17 and finally reconciled response to a pr~rik members ofthe crosse team could face a one-year this past Monday. team pulled on those who reside at suspension and a loss of funds if 965 Dana Ave. in the form oflitter- they were found guilty of the (Please see Letterhead, page 2) Miamipulls upset, hands XU first loss .- . .. ·-. BY PETE HOLTERMANN. SPORTS EDITOR Miami University kept alive a·22 game home basketball winning streak Tuesday night by upsetting Xavier 80-72. The Redhawk defense was responsible . for the win. Miami used a tight man-to-man defense to effectively halt the Xavier offense. Xavier turned the ball over 19 times and Miami converted on many of those opportu­ 80 - 72 nities to scord 20 points off of those turnovers. "There's a lot of things we didn.'t do," · When .Xavier did get shots off, they · said point guard Gary Lumpkin. "We didn't didn't fall. Xavier made just 28 of 69 at­ knock down open shots, we didn't defend in tempts, including shooting 5-20 from three the halfcourt. We have to go back to work and point land. get better." . Meanwhile, the Redhawk offense was: Xavier did make a late charge and re­ red hot. Wally Szczerbiak led the way with29 . fused to quit. They slowly crawled their way points on 11-15 shooting. Damon frierson back into the game after going down by 24 added 23 points. · points six minutes into the second half. "We tried to find an answer for After another Szczerbiak jumper, Szczerbiak. Different guys tried, but we · Gmy Lumpkin was one of the many Musketeers that were stymied by the Xavier put up nine unanswered points to draw couldn't solve him," said head coach Skip Miami defense on Tuesday. Lumpkin shot only 5-15 from the field and 2-9 within seven with 2:56 left. Prosser. · · from three point range. Szczerbiak made another jumper and Miami jumped out quickly to take a 5- Miami had a defender in the face of got few open looks at the basket, and the added a free throw, then Lumpkin answered 0 lead. The Redhawks opened up that lead every XU shooter. rhe Muskies looked hur- . Redhawks closed off the passing lanes. with apruroffoul shots of his own, making it throughout the half. By halftime, Miami had ried, tur~ing the ball over 12 times in the first . XU' s troubled offense disabled the 73-65 with 1:49 left. built a 42-26 lead. half. · Muskies entire attack. For Xavier's game Torraye Braggs tipped in a Lumpkin . Xavier's offenseled to their d~mise. In Xavier struggled at the start of the ·sec- plan to work, they need to hit buckets to set up miss with 1 :25 left. The Muskies then re­ the first half, Xavier hit justl 0 of 26 shots for ond half as welt The Muskies took a 20 their press. · sorted to fouling, and the Redhawks responded a 38.5 percent shooting perc~ntage.· second time out after mfasing four straight · On Tuesday night, even when Xavier by hitting seven of eight foul shots down the · "In the first half, we didn't run our shots and Darnell Williarns picked up a charge. got into the press, the Redha:.vks beat it. stretch. Lenny Brown led Xavier with 19 offense. We tried to shoot our way out m'ld we The offensive Woes co~tinued to be Miami made passes overthe-top of Xavier's points and Posey had his fourth double-double dug a hole for ourselves," said James Posey. · caused by Miami's man-to-man defense. XU traps to get the ball down the floor. of the season with 17 points ~nd 11 rebounds. 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Letterhea,d ov~trule$,pt~li}{s ·· foiriform'tlie public of the misuse of· w9uldtheteby discred°h the a:ssocia­ (continued from page 1) ·· power," said Chair of the Sen.ate tion.. · · · The letters were brought to Relations Committee Brendon Cull. ·"Every mip.ute we were in .Senator Bill Kellermeyer's atten­ For this reason, the Associa~ Executiv~ Session was grueling and tion, who then addressed the issue at tion Affairs Committee of the Stu- Tm proud of our Senate for taking Changing ATMs the Nov. 17 meeting. dent Senate wa~ called upon. to in- ·the amount ofti1llejt didto make· a . The letters. were brought to vestigate the matter and then make a •· de~ision; It· WaS;· ~y ~o •.means ·an The two A TM machines located' outside the Univer­ the attention of Senate after recommendation baSed on this iri- easy decision ·(or· any of the sena- · sity Center will be changed during Dec. 18-Dec. 23. The Kellermeyer moved that Senate go· vestigation to the Senate. In addi- . ·tors," said Cull. · Jeanie/ATM, facing Walsh and Kuhlman will now be into "Executive Session," which is a tion to interviewing Halverson and Dave Coyfo, SGA president, provided by Fifth Third Bank, and the MAC/ATM, facing ·. time for internal issues to be dis- other residents of 965 Dana Ave.,· . recognized the situation needed' to Brockman, near the Musketeer Inn, will be provided by cussed within clqsed doors (not open the committee thought about conse- ' be addressed. ''Damon niade a mis-. Star Bank. The ATMs will also switch locations·. Call to the public as their meetings usu­ quences for Halverson' s actions, take and he sincerely apologized{9r 745-4281 with questions. ally are) for an indeterminate runount including the possibility ofimpeach- it weeks ago. That should have been of tinie. It was here Halverson ad­ ment. the end of it," said Coyle. mitted he provided the writers with "I know what I did was Senators however, disagreed. ·the letterhe.ad: Senate was in Ex- wrong," said Halverson, ''But! also "We thought it was best for ecutive Sessfon for overl 0 hours at ·wonder .if senators shouldn't ·be · the student body and for everyone More Coke winners over three different meetings. spending more time dealing wi'th . involved to be held accountable. No "According to the SGA Con­ the concerns of the other 6,000 'stu- business was ignored during the time stitution, it is wrong for an officer to dents on campus." we were in Executive Session, it Coke is giving away four tickets to each winner for discredit the association, and it is Theconcernsamongthesena- was m,erely postponed," said Cull. a Cincinnati Cyclones hockey game or a Silverbacks therefore the duty of senators as tors .were that the letters were a soccer game. Tickets are good for any home game at the representatives of the student body misrepresentation of SGA, which Crown, at the dis.cretion of the winner. Winners will find stickers on the Coca-Cola products in the vending ma­ chines, and may be redeemed for four tickets at Auxiliary Endowment front the Huntanities Services in Walsh Hall.