Students Mostly· Apathetic

Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 1998-11-04 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" (1998). All Xavier Student Newspapers. 2808. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/2808 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]. XAVIER UNIVERSITY 84thyear, issue 10 week of NOVEMBER 4, 1998 www.xu.edu/soa/newswirel .Basketball Students mostly· apathetic Preview Inside But higher voter turnout estima~ed nationwide BY CHAD ENGELLAND ing to SGA President Desiree **************** and KARA BENKEN Demonbreun. The drive lasted five Yesterday's elections were an hours and had stations in the Vil- opportunity for people to voice their !age, University Center and outside Kev local results opinion, but the overwhelming the Marior House. >Issue 11, the referendum opinion expressed by Xavier stu- Not all studen.ts were. apathetic. · deciding the location of the dents was one of indifference. Some exercised their right and cast baseball stadium "I saw someone with a sticker to the political process. a ballot. "I felt it was my responsi- Winners: Supporters of baseball on and that's how I knew they were "Ijustdidn'tfeel I was infqrmed bility [to vote]. I just don't think on the riverfront voting today," said junior Gretchen enough on the issues to vote. I you can complain about things if · Bandoli. "f try to avoid the whole didn't make an effort to make my- you don't try to change them, and >1st Congressional district, political scene with President Clin- self knowledgeable about these voting is a means for change," said the nationally-watched race ton and Lewinsky." subjects," said junior Tony Fletcher. senior Tony Anderson. between incumbent Steve Chabot Featuring: Despite this widespread apathy, · "I don't really connect with any- Sophomore Dan Morris voted and Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne some students and professors did thing," said freshman Ben Coyle. on campus and found it convenient. , Qualls >Xavier's men's and vote and did have an opinion on is- "I'm sick of hearing about it [the "It was right outside the cafe and I women's teams assessed, Winner: Republican Steve highlighting the good sues ranging from the location of Clinton scandal]." eat anyway," he said. Chabot and bad as well as the the new baseball stadium to dove Rev. JOhn LaRocca, S.J., sur- Xavier professors expressed season outlook hunting as well as about individual veyed his two classes and found concern about the low student turn >U.S. Senate, the contest >The men's and women's candidates and their races. only nine of 61 were planning to out and suggested a number ofrea- between Ohio Governor.George Atlantic 1O outlook, Many students from out of town vote, a ratio ·he described as "irre- sons for students' indifference, Voinovich and Mary Boyle featuring a school-by- . cited lack of foresight as a reason sponsibly low." Many, he said, some·even sharing their own diffi Winner: Republican George school analysis for not voting by absentee ballot. didn't even know what an absentee culty with the political process. Voinovich >Full color pullout "I wasn't really paying attention to ballot was. "Voting has.become more prob- poster of each team's any of it," said sophomore Allison LaRocca cited "it general dislike lematic for me. The more seriously >Governor, the race between 1998-99 schedule · Carter. and mistrust of government and the I take the consistent ethic of life, ·Lee Fisher and Bob Taft for "I'm not from even close to weather more than anything else" the more difficult it becomes to Ohio's top post vn~nunr around here and didn't even think to explain the low turnout. vote. Both major parties contradict Winner: Republican Bob Taft about it," said sophomore Joe Student Government Associa- the consistent ethic of life. Some- ..c=a"==:=;,,~..,.ASK,ETBALL, ... Anstetffrom North Dakota. , tiCm sponsored ~a ·i:me~day student · times I choose wh.at appears the Others were simply indiffer~~t · registration drive ori Oct. 2, accord- • See' Elections, Page 3 .. * * * Ori-campUs c:fime down HANGING. OUT Lowest crime rate in seven years, statistics show BY AMY lYWICKI The university is also required According to the crime report, · Campus News Editor to disclose certain offenses such as over the past six years there have Crime on campus is the lowest assault, robbery, burglary, theft and only been six sexual assaults on it has been in seven years, accord arson. campus, three· of which were in ing to Xavier Campus Police's an Other offenses, such as public 1992. nual crime and service report. indecency, criminal trespassing, "We have found over th~ years As of Sept. 20, there were 142 telephone harassment and criminal that most of these crimes are op reported on-campus offenses, com damaging, do not have to be made portunity crimes that could have pared with 194offenses reported up public by law, but Xavier reports·· been prevented if the person would until Sept. 20; 1996. those statistics as well. · have anticipated the potential risk "I know it doesn't look like we Through the years, the offense and then done something to pre are doing much because of all the with the most reported incidents vent, deteror minimize the risk. For off-campus incidents, but campus was theft. example, don't walk alone on Clin is safer than it's been in awhile," Although theft is still the most ton Springs, don't leave property in said Xavier Police Chief Michael prevalent offense in the report, it is plain view in you car, don't leave Couch. still down from 107 to 92. your laundry unattended, books The report also showed major Couch attributes many factors to unattended in the library. It's just crimes (assault, theft and burglary) the low crime on campus. common sense stuff that we can all are down 12 percent, from 112 of "There is a lot more availability do," said Couch. fenses reported to 98. All other and accessibility of the officers," "The Xavier police department crime on campus is down 21 per- said Couch. "We are getting away seems to be around more," saidjun . cent, from 211 to 167. from the traditional reactive patrol ior Erin Deery. Under the 1990 Student Right to to a proactive patrol, meaning stu- "We really want to share crime Know Act, university security and dents are working co-actively with info, good or bad, openly with the police departments are required to officers to report suspicious behav- campus and !think we have done a produce standardized documents ior." pretty effective job through. News- which indicate the number of of " It makes me feel better even wire stories, police notes and our fenses reported, or investigated, though ldon 't live on campus," said website. We want students to be Junior Lisa Mccafferty and two small friends trick or treat . cleared or solved, and the number senior Jen Flowers. "It's good to aware of the potential risks that last Friday as part of College Friends' Halloween fest_ivities. of arrests on campus. know I'm safe." See Crime, Page 3 © 1998 Jhe Xavier Newswire All rights reserved 'NEWS: OP-ED: SPORTS: DIVERSIONS: ~IR·~~~· '" !!!dm~\'ta~~a~£t , Eyes ofXavier College basketball is the Women's soccer to fqce GW Well-oiled Machines at Advertising . {513) 745-3561 . · revealed real thing in A-JO.tournament Bogart's. ii! .@ .11 · ; : 'J&V . ' .wi.~ J . Editor-in-Chief {513) 745-3607 PAGE4 PAGE6 PAGE9 PAGE 12 2 week of NOVEMBER 4, 1998 CAMPUS. NEWS THE XAVI.ER NEWSWIRE NEWS ··BRIEFS H ous1ng• s t··11··1 an issue• . >News Room: 745-3122 ~E-mail: [email protected] ·. · BY KELLY HIXSON MATTINGLY · "The definite benefits are the News Writer built-in study groups, but that Mandatory group· housing for "U/e just want · doesn't mean th11t couldn't happen Adopt a family freshman.University Scholars was anywhere else," said Colella. The office of Commuter Services is again sponsoring the "Adopt simply an idea, one that is not go b~tter participation A few veterans of the honors A Family Program" at Xavier. Names of families in need are prp ing to become a reality. and communication program voiced their opinions on vided through the Children's Services Department of the Hamilton Much discussion has evolved·. the thought of mandatory housing. County Department of Human Services. You will receive specific due to the idea of requiring fresh within the honors "If I had to live on the scholars gift requests when you are assigned to a family. Individuals are man honor students to live on the wing as .a freshman, I would not ' ' " encouraged to buy at least two gifts. Stop by the Commuter Infor same fl oor. program .. know half the people I know today. mation Center to pick up a form. Forms must be returned no later "There has been a lot of miscon- · As a scholar, we're in classes to ception," said Dr. Paul Colella, . -·-Peet Zeller, pre.'sident than Friday, Nov. 16. Call Commuter Services at 745-3824 with di~ of gether for four years. We get to questions. rector of the Scholars program. the Honors Council know each other that way. I don't Last year, Residence Life· ran think we necessarily have to Jive into difficulty with the fourth floor schools with whom we' compete together.

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