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Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 2002-01-30 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" (2002). All Xavier Student Newspapers. 2901. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/2901 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]. Freshman debate rages on XAVIER_ •Nefertti, angels on display in Cohen •Xmen up win streak to 10 games THE XAVIER U N I 'y E R S I T Y 87th year, issue 18 week of JANUARY 30, 2002 www.xu.edu/ne,wswire/ Xavier, UC ready for HelpOut BY COLIN A. MCDERMOTT Event Pavilion, Xavier will pro­ Contributing writer vide a sign-up in the Cafe for those who are interested. On Sat­ Xavier University and the Uni~ urday, a bus will be provided for versity of Cincinnati will be hold­ Xavier volunteers to be trans­ ing their fifth annual Crosstown ported to UC. Before the program HelpOut this Saturday, Feb. 2. starts, a continental breakfast will The Crosstown HelpOut is held. be provided. There will also be an after Xavier and UC compete in after-party at UC. the Crosstown Shootout basket­ There will be 20 sites again this ball game. year, and each site will attempt to The Crosstown HelpOut is a have an even distribution of volunteer program in which vol­ Xavier and UC people. unteers donate a Saturday to help Some of the sites are com­ clean and fix-up Cincinnati area pany-sponsored. For instance, to schools. Service will consist of a meet the need for painting, the variety of tasks - painting, plas­ paint has been provided by tering, waxing and general clean­ PHOTO COURTESY OF XAVIER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Glidden Paints, and Home Depot up. XU students participate in a past Crosstown Helpout at St. Francis De Sales. School in Evanston. mixed the paints for each indi- Of this volunteer service be­ vidual school's order. tween the two schools, Mary Ann ideals, which stress community helping local ·schools," she said. helped 20 local schools. Volun- In addition, Home Depot "pro- Schomaker, the assistant director service, and the other was the ri­ In this fifth year of the pro­ teers. from Xavier are generally vides employees of theirs to go of the National Alumni Associa­ val~y between the two universi­ gram, Schomaker notes if has alumni, while those from UC are· out ahead of time· to see what's tion at Xavier, said, "This phi­ ties. "An alum came up with the. grown ev~ry year. Last year, they more service-oriented students. losophy grew out of two differ­ idea of the two universities go­ received 550 volunteers from This year, because the Cross­ See HelpOut, page 2 ent things." The first was lgnatian ing out into the community and both schools combined and town HelpOut will meet at UC's Campus Internet: the need for speed BY JENNIFER PUTNAM receives first priority with "enter­ Steve Weissenburger, president of semester, th~ university network nected out of a total just under Asst. Campus News Editor tainment traffic" receiving last: A RSA .. "Sometimes it doesn't seem has peen experiencing major de­ 1750. firewall was also put in place to lays as the Internet connection As for the future, the univer­ In response to the multiple increase security on the network. has nearly reached its capacity. sity is awaiting the addition of complaints regarding the dwin­ Second, more capacity was "Students.are very Individual usage and services Internet 2. Internet 2 would be an dling speed of the university net­ added. Internet capacity has two such as Instant Messenger and upgrade of the current Internet 1 work, the Residence Students As­ components. The physical con­ happy. Sometimes it Real Time Video are programs and is considered the "next ver­ sociation (RSA) maximized the nection is referred to as the pipe, that minimize the network's ca­ sion" of Internet services. It will remaining network capacity and and the ISP services that are used doesn't seem to be pacity. facilitate high traffic sites and al­ augmented additional capacity to over the physical connection. Dramatic growth of students low for faster and increased ·aca­ the network. · The RSA's solution was to in­ much faster, but it accessing the network is the main demic and research assistance. The goal of the RSA was to crease the university's physical ts.. " contributing factor to the delays. Many academic institutions have the bandwith of the connec­ connection with the addition of This increased usage can be at­ - Steve Weissenburger are using the medium. Xavier's tion increased. First, the univer­ the DS3 pipe, which increased the tributed to the addition of the Internet service provider is work­ president of RSA sity maximized what capacity was Internet connection by 5.5 times Commons to campus .. ing on providi~g access to still available by utilizing a for the residents and will allow . There has been a general in­ Internet 2 as soon as possible. "Packetshaper,'' which would pri­ for future upgrades. The service to be much faster, but it is. It will crease in usage with 80 percent oritize the traffic for campus used over that connection, called be realized as a consistent in­ of residence hall students using servers by type. Internet l, was updated as well. crease." their connections. That is ap­ Academic and research use "Students are very happy,'' said Since the start of the 2001 fall proximately 1450 students con- ©2002 The Xavier Newswire All rights reserved NEWS: OP-ED: SPORTS: DIVERSIONS: ;;jiW!'fQQ~J~it1~ifj1~f<lt(~j~)}d~~i~J~gj Xavier helps Resident hall Rifle drops WVU Mandy Moore's Advertising (513) 745~3561 housing project inequalities crossover flop ~''-~i'.Jlittltf:\:1fiil\\~@1c~1:3y~t-45..~~J:5.o: Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 PAGE 2 PAGE 6 PAGE 10 PAGE 17 1 ' · 1 , ·'.. 1 ., · 1 ·"' 11 ,,. " . ·:, '' ,i/·A- . ·'k f":\I 1 .Ii.I• Ci. £'\" A·il . n.. 1 '" "· 1., t ' 1 n ·E N· ·E· 'I · L' n~ I · A: M' ' " ' · · ' ' ' ' · , • '\) , , 1 1 :1 i' ,il·, -'.'" ~,ft\., ,·~ ' 'i':J ·JN:t ~ J \S/: 1x. ,' LV·l'. , LJ· ~ · 'u · 'v·· ~1x /{\. ' ~ , ,, · · . · · . · 1 • 2 week of JANUARY 30, 2002 CAMPUS N-EWS. THE XAVl ER NEWSWIRE BRIEFS >-Elizabeth Boneau, Editor >News Room: 745-3122 ReSTOC rehab·s, rejuvenates, reaches out >[email protected] BY. ELIZABETH BONEAU issa Currence spoke yesterday in goes to paying its Campus News Editor Kelley Auditorium as part of the tenants' utility Cincinnati's Over the Rhine is STYUKA "Peanut Butter and Jelly bills, which have XU/UC Crosstown the largest historic district in the Lecture Series." increased 50 per­ HelpOut country and has been receiving a Participants were asked to ei­ cent since last year. great deal of attention lately from ther donate $3 or a meal from their The tenants are The XU/UC Crosstown developers with opposing interests. meal plan in exchange for a pea­ left to pay only the HelpOut will take place on Satur­ Mayor Charlie Luken's office has nut butter and jelly sandwich be­ rent, which ranges day, Feb. 2 at 8 a.m. Participants proposed to make Vine Street, run­ fore the lecture. from $285/ month are to meet at the party pavillion ning through the heart of Over the All of the money raised at pre­ for a single unit to located at UC. Come help out as Rhine, a kind of commercial thor- · STYUKA fundraisers, such as the $410/month for a alumni, parents, students and oughfare between the city's two "Nearly Naked Mile" and the four-bedroom friends work together for commu­ biggest employers: the University .ReSTOC lecture, goes .toward · unit. nity schools. For more informa­ of Cincinnati and the Kroger C_or- . STYUKA. In tum, all of the money Tenants them~ tion, contact Xavier University poration. · raised the day of the spring selves often meet Alumni Association at 745-3333. On the other side of the issue STYUKA charity event from ticket with politicians to Information is also available ·at stands ReSTOC, the Raee Street sales, booths and food goes to ben­ help ·-further www.crosstownhelpoutcom. Tenant Organization Cooperative,· efit ReSTOC. ReSTO!='s cause, whose objective is to buy up run­ "We use all of our resources. We and demonstrate down housing in lower income use them until we wring them dry," they are worth neighborhoods and turn those said Currence. supporting with · NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY DEVIN MATHIS Volunteers needed buildings into clean, safe, "afford­ ReSTOC's needs for funds is city funds. Such a Melissa Currence explainsthe ReSTOC Women Helping Women, an need is evident in able housing" for poor individu­ evident. It offers only six paid po­ mission at the STYUKA "PBJ" lecture. organization that provides ser­ als and families. sitions and relies on volunteer the case of the vices to victims of sexual assault, Luken strongly opposes more groups coming from AmeriCorps, ReSTOC's Vine Street Community position facing us. It is addictive incest and domestic violence, is development of lower income the AARP and Saturday work Project, estimated to cost over $6 · work because it is such a needed seeking volunteers.· Applications housing, placing ReSTOC in a crews coming from local schools million, $3.5 million of which the ·thing we do here and we feel the are due by Feb.15 and ·training frustrating position since they are and service organizations.

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