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November 17, 2010 XAVIER NEWSWIRE Volume XCVI Published since 1915 by the students of Xavier University Issue 13 Campus News, pg 4 Sports, pg 12 Man of many hats Overtime Thriller ALwaYS ONLINE: The Newswire has a chat with profes- The men’s basketball team survived two close xavier.edu/ sor/guitarist/runner/motor scooter ad- games this week, including an overtime win vocate/philanthropist Doug Olberding. against IPFW on Tuesday night. newswire inside @ MY HANE ULVIHILLen’s soccer takes placeA in which-10 the Musketeers B S M Staff Writer could have been seeded. “Being the underdog deflects This past Monday, instead of pressure from our guys while also waiting for the clock to strike keeping a proverbial carrot in front midnight, Cinderella was wait- of them,” Fleming said. “For us, ing for the clock to strike 4:30. the A-10 Championship was our At 4:30, the Xavier men’s soccer NCAA Tournament and we had team continued its Cinderella sto- nothing to prove, nothing to lose. ry when its gathered together in We were playing with ‘house mon- the Cintas Center Media Room to ey’ and the only ones with high ex- see where they would be seeded in pectations were ourselves.” the NCAA tournament. The sixth seeded Musketeers The team has found them- opened the tournament against selves in a place only they could the No. 3 seed, Temple. Having have envisioned themselves at the already beaten Temple earlier in beginning of the season. the season, the team wanted a Like any great rags-to-riches repeat performance. Sophomore story, the story begins with hard- Photo courtesy of Colin Waters Luke Spencer scored in the 12th ship and struggle. At the conclu- The men’s soccer team celebrated with coach Andy Flemming after winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament. minute. sion of last season, the Musketeers Musketeers’ fairy godmother, tak- tion’s toughest defensive squads. from-behind victory to beat Following the goal, the team found themselves coachless, near ing an underachieving bunch and Xavier’s Cinderella run began in Fordham 2-1. The late game hero- practiced what got them there in the bottom of the Atlantic 10 helping them to unlock its true, earnest two weeks ago during the ics on the part of senior El-Hadji the first place: defense. Xavier standings and owners of just five hidden potential. He has preached team’s final regular season game. Dieng allowed the Musketeers to goalkeeper, sophomore Justin wins in two years. a step-by-step, game-by-game ap- Needing a win to advance to the sneak into the tournament as the Marshall made five saves and Enter new head coach Andy proach that has allowed the team A-10 tournament, the Musketeers sixth and final seed. Fleming. Fleming has been the to blossom into one of the na- engineered a second half, come- This may have been the best Continued on page 12 Pro-student changes in GSC SGA advocates for BY DOUG TIFFT LGBTQ advisor Editor-in-Chief BY SARAH WIETEN done might be different than what After nearly nine years of op- Managing Editor can be done on a Jesuit campus. eration Gallagher Student Center We have to understand that line,” is about to get a makeover. In the wake of a series of sui- Steven Yandell, Alliance club advi- A series of moves will begin on cides by young LGBTQ people, sor, said. Monday, Nov. 22, resulting in the senior senators Chris Hale and Contrera said he anticipated relocation of 10 departments or Joshua Arthur and freshman some similar sentiments from the student organizations across cam- senator Ricky Narsinghani co- board of trustees, who must ap- pus — almost all of whom are re- sponsored a resolution to suggest prove the new position, due to the lated to tenants moving into and the creation of a “professional frequently conservative nature of out of GSC. staff position to provide holistic that body. “I believe we are going to be support for lesbian, gay, bisexu- Yandell said that even finding doing some stuff that is really ben- al, transgender and questioning space for this position is going to eficial to the students,” GSC man- students.” The resolution passed be difficult with the relocations ager Joe Christman said. “I think 20-0 on Monday. currently occurring on campus. sometimes this feels more like However, because the resolu- “Anything that is going to sup- an administrative building than a tion comes after deadlines for fil- port our student body, includ- student center. I want students to ing paperwork for new positions ing LGBTQ members, is great,” feel comfortable in this building for the year have passed, Student Yandell said. “The question [is], and feel ownership. I think a lot Government Association is faced ‘What is the best way to go about of the stuff we are doing is really with the decision of funding the that?’” focused on students.” position themselves or delaying its Newswire photo by Alexa von Bargen “As a faculty member I have The process will begin with The GSC second floor computer lab is only one of many relocations on creation until next year. to say that putting more money the International Students Society campus this year. The duties of the position into administration when budgets temporarily moving from GSC 230 would include “providing sup- are so tight is risky,” Yandell said. to Alter 103 — the space previ- ments of new wall coverings Project Search, currently port, counseling and advocacy on “I think we need to make sure that ously occupied by Student Success and the replacement of old fur- housed in GSC 250, will move campus for LGBTQ students,” we do not have these kind of re- and Retention before it moved to niture, ISS will move back into to the third floor meeting room, Kevin Contrera, SGA executive sources elsewhere first.” the fifth floor of the Conaton the space in early January as part GSC 330. Christman said a num- president, said. Learning Commons at the begin- of an expanded program of the ber of groups who had requested The suggestion for such a posi- ©2010 ning of the fall semester. Romero Center for International the space had to reschedule as a tion came out of series of meet- THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE With ISS out of its space on Education under the directorship result of Project Search’s occu- ings Contrera attended last year All rights reserved the second floor of the student of Ismael Betencourt. pancy of the area. with different clubs, including center, Christman will be able to “We could not be happier to Eventually, likely in January, Xavier Alliance, while running for work with Physical Plant to bring have a great student service like Project Search will move to executive office to gather sugges- in contractors to overhaul the the Romero Center in the build- GSC 350, the area next to the tions for campus improvement. Advertising (513) 745-3561 space. ing,” Christman said. Clocktower Lounge currently oc- However, pushback is expected Circulation (513) 745-3130 After renovations such as de- As ISS is moving, other parts cupied by the Dorothy Day Center from some campus constituents. Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 molition to redefine the space, of the second floor will also get a “I understand that the kind of www.xavier.edu/newswire carpet replacements, install- new look. Continued on page 2 work that these individuals want FIAT JUSTITIA, RUAT COELUM 2 November 17, 2010 News XAVIER NEWSWIRE Pro-student changes in GSC Continued from page 1 be converted into a commuter Clocktower Lounge currently oc- lounge. cupied by the Dorothy Day Center Also, the former computer lab, for Faith and Justice. GSC 230, will be converted into The temporary swing space in a club resource space. With the GSC 330 is required, however, encouragement of the SGA, clubs because the Center for Faith and will be able to create banners and Justice — which includes Dorothy use computers. Day and Campus Ministry — is “That is one of the most ex- awaiting the completion of con- citing parts for me,” Christman struction on the fifth floor of the said. “Between the changes on Conaton Learning Commons. the second floor and commuter Once the CLC construction is lounge that we have been work- complete around the end of the ing on for a while now, it really calendar year, the Career Services expands the space for students in photo courtesy xavier.edu Center will move from GSC Gallagher Student Center will undergo an extensive relocation of offices as soon as the Conaton Learning Commons the building.” 310 to the fifth floor of CLC. construction has been completed. While the rest of the GSC ten- Academic Advising, currently lo- Faith and Justice — including its series of moves at the begin- The Newswire’s move to the ants will remain in their current cated in Alter 104, will also move seven exterior offices, cubicles ning of the spring semester it will third floor will likely not occur locations for now — including to the fifth floor of the Learning and some meeting space — Faith open space in GSC 332, currently until February.