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Editorials Entertainment Sports Sean Reynolds Meet the new After 310 days, the explores the world Editors. See NHL lockout is of high gas prices why the previous finally over! And and large SUV's in Editors were WAY do sports fans even Space shuttle Discovery America. better. care? returns to earth safely Page 7 Page 11 Page 18 HEALTH CENTER OPENS AND NEW DORM ON THE WAY 'New dorm to be completed Fall 2006, despite cries from students for more parking. cHfe' Carrie Williams Deputy News Editor As the number of students attending Saint Xavier expands, there is a demand for bigger and better facilities on campus. This being said, a new health center has opened this August, and a new Residence Hall will be opening next Fall. In response to the growing enrollment and increased faculty and staff, the new health center, located at the main campus, opened August 15th and will have a grand opening October 1st. The health center was previously situated in the School of Nursing (E408 and E-110) in the Warde Academic Center. This space is now the Where the proposed new dorm will be located new home of the Center for International to walk-in if necessary. However, they are 1,000 within five years." Students from and handicapped accessible bathrooms in Education (previously A-207). The new encouraged to make an appointment by over seventeen different states attend the building. This will be the first residence health center is located near the Campus calling the center at 773.298.3712. this University. Having waiting lists for hall to be ADA accessible. Media Center, where it now has twice as In keeping with improving campus housing for the past two years, there is a Anticipating opening in Fall 2006, many examination/consultation rooms. services in order to accommodate the clear demand to increase the number of this will be the third residence hall built at Due to the changes, Director Monica expansion of the student body, construction students Saint Xavier is able to house. Saint Xavier since 2001. The building will Ryan expects to serve 5,000 patients on a new residence hall at the Chicago RH3, as it is temporarily named, will be located on the Southwest side of Morris annually, as opposed to the 3,000 she Campus will begin December 1st. According be four stories, unlike three-story Morris Hall. Once built and filled to capacity, the and her staff have seen. The new center to a letter sent from President Judith A. and McCarthy, in order to save space. University will house 703 students. includes three family nurse practitioners, Dwyer to SXU Today, the first objective The new hall will also be the location of Since the dorm is being built to satisfy a clinical nurse, an administrative assistant of the Campus Master Plan, approved by the new Residence Life office and possibly the abundance of students wanting to live and other clerical employees. These the Board of Trustees last year, is to build a conference room. Featuring apartment on campus, who better than the students enhancements "will enable the staff to a new unnamed residence in order to help style housing, RH3 will house 88 students. to offer their opinions on the subject? expand upon current services, which Saint Xavier gain regional and national Most of the units will have two bedrooms, Freshman Frank Nielsen said, "The dorms include care for minor illnesses and recognition for "high quality academic and each unit, being able to house four right now are bland. If they are going to immunizations," Ryan said. programs" and for "talented students students, will also have two bathrooms, and build a new dorm, at least make it look a Along with a new location, the hours seeking engagement in exceptional campus a common area with a kitchen. A few of little nicer." Senior Peter Kreten offered a have also increased from forty to sixty, services." The decision to start with this the units will be handicapped accessible. different opinion saying, "The new dorm including Saturday mornings for the first project is based on the need for additional According to the Americans with will be good for the University and bring time since the center opened almost twenty housing along with a self-supporting Disabilities Act of 1990, in order for a more people in, but maybe they should years ago. The new hours are Mondays revenue the new hall will create, alleviating room to be considered ADA accessible focus on more pressing concerns like through Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; funding concerns. there has to be both audio and visual fire parking." Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 As the Saint Xavier population alarms. Currently, Morris and McCarthy Parking is a big problem at Saint a.m. to 12 p.m. Due to the growing number increases, Vice President for Student have either audio or visual alarms, but not Xavier. As the number of students, faculty of patients, it is necessary to request that Services John Pelrine says, "Part of our both. The new residence hall will have all patients schedule appointments at the Strategic Plan is that we want to increase both alarms on the Northwest side of the center. However, students are permitted the number of on-campus residents to first floor. There will also be wider doors "Dorms" continued on page 3 EVENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED Ratzinger had been the Prefect of the elected me, a simple, humble worker in embryonic stem cell research, Pope John By Kevin Shannon Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of God's vineyard." Paul II was loved by traditional Catholics, Editor-In-Chief/News Editor Faith and was John Paul IPs chief advisor The election of the new Pope was while more liberal Catholics would have Cardinal Ratzinger elected new Pope for the past 20 years. seen as a watershed liked to see a change in ideology. Ratzinger th On Wednesday, April 20 2005, After the white smoke appeared moment for the was seen as a controversial selection by Catholic Bishops elected Joseph Cardinal from the Vatican's chimney signaling the future of Catholic many American and European Catholics Ratzinger to lead the Catholic Church bishops had reached a consensus, Joseph teachings. that view him as too conservative. A poll following the passing of Pope John Paul Cardinal Ratzinger emerged from a Vatican Considered a hard of Catholics in America stated that 75% II. Ratzinger, who chose the name Pope balcony as Pope Benedict XVI and spoke line conservative would use their own sense of conscience Benedict XVI, was what most experts to a crowd numbered in tens of thousands, on social issues when dealing with moral issue; rather than called "the obvious choice" to be an the saying: "dear brothers and sisters, after our such as abortion, successor to Pope John Paul II. 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Among the considered were Other rulings affected by her "swing" Administration, he signed a brief stating Cardinal Francis Arinze from Africa, vote include a 1989 decision restricting that Roe v. Wade should be overturned. Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera who set-asides for minorities for government America returns to space. is the Archbishop of Mexico City and contracts and a 1984 decision allowing a After the crash of the Columbia on Cardinal Ivan Dias from India. All three town to keep a Nativity scene displayed. February 1st, 2003 NASA wasn't sure if candidates were considered to moderate O'Connor proposed the "endorsement" there would ever again be manned space to conservative on all social issues. While test, a measuring stick for lower courts on flights. Two years later and many hours 'ow to ret your ,•/.::••! m '( o//j\i/ B/7 >''!' "'•'.'„. Ratzinger was chosen, the thought amongst how to determine rulings on separation of spent overhauling the space shuttles, Any information or changes that clubs, papal experts is that the next pope has church and state. organizations or other event sponsors would a good chance of bemg from the third The Nomination of John Roberts Jr. like to have published in the News Kites world. Less than three weeks after O'Connor column or the weeklv Cougar Calendar, please e-mail Copy F.ditor, Christina Cucci at Sandra Day O'Connor steps down from retired, President Bush announced that [email protected] in advance ti >r requests. Please the Supreme Court Judge John Roberts Jr. would be his include dates, rimes, locations and a possible Long had speculation come from nomination to the Supreme Court. brief description of the event. political pundits that some time in the Roberts, a judge on the U.S. Court of summer of 2005, a Supreme Court Justice Appeals for the District of Columbia, is I 'mdos I'irst Meeting I•'testa no stranger to the politics of Washington Join the Latino influence on Thursday, would resign, leading to a viscous fight September /"'at 8 p.m.