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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2 0 0 8 E L E CTION P R E VI E W I SSU E ( special 8-page insert inside ) October 29, 2008 XAVIER NEWSWIRE Volume XCIV Published since 1915 by the students of Xavier University Issue 10 SPORTS, pg 6 A&E, pg 7 Volleyball finally falters Portrait of a President ALwAyS OnLine: Squad looses first conference Andrew Chestnut reviews Oliver xavier.edu/ game to ranked St. Louis Billikens Stone’s controversial film “w.” newswire inside @ Harris injures knee, out 3-4 months Departments feel Knee surgery signals trouble for team; Phillips to see expanded role months from today. chill of hiring freeze with only two years in the pro- gram the 6’6” junior has already Dr. Alison Russell, chair of the University Core scored over 1,000 points and english department, said that her holds the career record for blocks department had been accepting to face faculty at Xavier. with 598 career boards, applicants for the positions vacat- she ranks 10th in Xavier history. shortages as a ed by Drs. Christina Fisanik and Last year, while leading the team Kara Jean northway. to the nCAA tournament, Harris result of Xavier’s Both Fisanik and northway averaged 15.3 points and 8.9 re- taught the Rhetoric and financial woes bounds per game for Xavier. Composition courses, which are “i couldn’t be more disap- BY JOHN LAFOLLETTE components of the University Editor-in-Chief pointed for Amber,” said McGuff. Core. “She has worked extremely hard The freeze on hiring at Xavier “Between those two, we have and had put herself in position to that was enacted as a result of the lost a good part of our writing be among the best players in the university’s budget shortfall, has faculty,” Russell said. country. i am pleased that the pro- translated into tough times for northway was also the de- cedure was a success and i look some undergraduate departments, partment’s Shakespeare special- forward to supporting Amber according to their chairs. ist. Russell said that this posi- during the rehabilitation process.” in an e-mail communiqué to tion in particular would hurt the while the loss of such a tal- all faculty members, Academic department, since a course in ented player is certainly a blow Vice President and Provost Roger Shakespeare is a requirement for to the Musketeers, all hope is not Fortin announced an indefinite undergraduate and graduate level lost for a promising season. The suspension of hiring tenure-track degrees in english. Musketeer coaching staff has as- professors. “[The hiring suspension] has a sembled a balanced team with For the english, Philosophy domino effect on everything we depth in the front court. and Math departments, three of do,” said Russell. indubitably, last year’s Atlantic the five non-elective requirements “My mailbox is stuffed with 10 Rookie of the year, Ta’Shia of the University Core, this freeze applications, and unfortunately we Photo courtesy of goxavier.com Phillips, will be asked to shoulder means that they will be unable won’t be able to hire any of those Junior forward Amber Harris had been picked a second team preseason All- much of the load left over from to fill positions that are currently people,” she said. American by the Sporting News. Harris’ absence. vacant. The Philosophy department news, injured her left knee. Harris Despite running into injury The History and Theology de- has also stopped accepting ap- BY KEN BURTON will likely be out for the duration trouble last year herself, Phillips partments, the other two Core re- plications for its two vacant po- Staff Writer of the season. was outstanding. She averaged 14 quirements, will be, at least in the sitions, according to department The Xavier women’s basketball with Amber Harris as the cen- points per game and recorded 18 short term, largely unaffected by chair Dr. Richard Polt. team suffered a monumental blow ter piece of an already deep and double-doubles, ranking first na- the freeze. On his desk is a stack of about in their first week of practice, experienced team, the Xavier tionally among freshmen. english and Math have both a dozen form letters that will be been forced to suspend the hiring when forward Amber Harris, cho- Musketeers had national pre- Phillips also averaged 11.2 re- for three faculty positions each. Continued on page 2 sen as a second team preseason season recognition pouring in. bounds per game on her way to All-American by the Sporting USA Today called the breaking Harris’ single season re- Musketeers one of the top 16 bounding mark. teams in the country. As a freshman. Phillips ranked Faculty to vote on more diverse core Athlon Magazine had them at fifth in the country with 378 BY EMILY HOFERER Minor Steering Committee de- number 21. Sporting news had rebounds. Managing Editor velop a proposal for enhanc- them ranked number 22. The offseason allowed the 50 The Xavier University fac- ing the current core curriculum Harris was to be called upon to percent labrum tear in Phillips’ ulty will vote on an initiative diversity requirement of one lead the Musketeers to what head shoulder to fully heal, which, to implement six credit hours credit, ePU.” coach Kevin McGuff said was go- along with the loss of Harris, of cultural diversity from two The Gender and Diversity ing to be “a special year.” means even higher expectations separate disciplines into the Studies Minor Steering All of that changed last week for the rising sophomore. university’s core curriculum. Committee, chaired by Heydt when Xavier fans were given the “i think ... now (my teammates) “This is not an expansion and Dr. Tyrone williams, cre- bad news: “Amber Harris under- know what i can do after seeing of the number of hours,” said ated the proposal of six credit went a surgical procedure today me go through that last season,” Dr. Carol Rankin, chair for hours of diversity. on her left knee,” said Dr. Robert Phillips said. “now, they expect the Board of Undergraduate “The proposal is an attempt Burger of Beacon Orthopedics. even more out of me.” Studies. to incorporate diverse perspec- “She had a piece of displaced car- ©2008 tilage removed and a graft put in But rather, it will be an inclu- tive within the curriculum, THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE sion of more diversity studies Photo courtesy of xavier.edu perspective that mirrors those place to address an osteochondral All rights reserved within the Core. Dr. Margot Heydt, co-chair of the of our growing and complex defect. it is anticipated that she Under the new proposal, six Gender and Diversity Studies Minor. world,” said williams. will need three to four months of hours of cultural diversity will core requirements.” The steering committee sent healing time.” be required. Students will be Dr. Margot Heydt, co-direc- the proposal to the three de- McGuff says the team “will Fax (513) 745-2898 “able to complete these hours tor of the Gender and Diversity partments on campus for com- remain hopeful that Amber can Advertising (513) 745-3561 similar to the eR/S course, minor said, “a few years ago, Dr. ments, as well as the deans of impact us at some point this year.” Circulation (513) 745-3130 Roger Fortin, requested that the This seems unlikely, however, as Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 complete within the major or Continued on page 2 minor requirements or other Gender and Diversity Studies the regular season will end four www.xavier.edu/newswire FIAT JUSTITIA, RUAT COELUM 2 October 29, 2008 News XAVIER NEWSWIRE Community Action Day reaches out Departments BY AMY WINDHORST The simplicity of the process feel chill of Campus News Editor on CAD appeals to a variety of About 300 Xavier students Xavier students. “All I had to do hiring freeze Continued from page 1 roused themselves from their was show up, pick a site that inter- beds to participate in a morning ested me and go,” said sophomore sent to those who have already of service beginning at 8:30 a.m. CAD volunteer Dan Magness. applied, indicating that the univer- on Saturday, Oct. 25 at various Students who showed up that sity is no longer hiring. sites around Cincinnati. morning chose to attend one of a And while department faculty Community Action Day, an variety of volunteer sites around will likely be stretched a little thin, event put on each semester by the Cincinnati. While on-site, Xavier Polt said there is “not a dire need” X-Action committee, is the larg- students were encouraged to en- for those positions to be filled. est student-run service day on gage with diverse sections of the “The question is more about campus. city. the long-term future of the de- This year, Xavier was able to Sophomore Ashley Taylor, who partment,” he said. work with over 30 non-profit was a first-time volunteer, worked Russell said she recognizes that organizations in the Greater as a site leader during the event.