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September 8, 2010 XAVIER NEWSWIRE Volume XCVI Published since 1915 by the students of Xavier University Issue 4 Sports, pg 9 Campus News, pg 4 Inside the huddle Breaking away ALWAYS ONLINE: Steve Rosenbaum goes in-depth with Get the latest on bikes on and around the the Xavier Club Football team. xavier.edu/ Xavier campus. newswire inside @ Fire damages Avondale Endowment stagnant 1,500 Endowment (in hundred thousands) 1,340,700 1,300 1,100 900 832,924 700 645,800 500 285,500 300 131,424 113,497 102,000 100 UC BC ‘SLU Butler Xavier Marquette John Carroll BY SARAH WIETEN recently as 1994, the endowment Managing Editor held steady at around $20 million. After a rough previous two Fortin attributed this growth Newswire photo by Alexa von Bargen years, the University’s endowment partly to Hoff ’s charisma and per- Firefighters fought a blaze in North Avondale Monday night. The fire damaged three homes and forced many seems to be stabilizing, though sonality. “What Father Hoff said students to evacuate their homes, but did not cause any injuries. it continues to lag behind other he was going to do when he came from Creighton University and ac- BY DOUG TIFFT Dakota Avenue called 9-1-1, in- the flames from above and send- comparable universities. Editor-in-Chief cluding multiple Xavier students ing firemen toward the house with According to National cepted the presidency here was to A three-alarm fire destroyed who saw the flames from the hoses. A CFD spokesman said the Association of College and learn to love the university. That parts of three North Avondale Gallagher Student Center. setting of the fire was disadvanta- University Business Officers and idea was really just contagious,” homes just west of the Xavier Firefighters arrived and evacu- geous to the approaching firemen, Commonfund Institute, in 2009 Fortin said. campus Monday evening, causing ated residents along Marion and exasperating the impact. Xavier University had the 365th Still Xavier lags behind other roughly $500,000 in damage but Dakota Avenues, along with a “There are several issues here,” largest endowment in the country. universities of similar size and no serious injuries. number of Xavier students in Cincinnati Fire Department In 2009, Xavier’s Endowment Jesuit affiliation in this measure of At approximately 11:30 p.m., rental properties on Winding Way. spokesman Michael A. Washington was listed at $89.9 million, down financial stability. residents along Marion Avenue— Neighbors soon confirmed that said. “One is water supply—we 27.8% from $124 million in 2008. “Of 28 Jesuit colleges, we are located off Winding Way, just no one was left inside after all five are moving thousands of gallons According to Dr. Roger Fortin, in bottom quartile as far as en- east of the Xavier University children of the White family were of water per minute. [There was] academic vice president and pro- dowment size,” Fortin said. Armory—reported hearing two accounted for, along with the a residential main [nearby], so the vost, the endowment is at roughly The endowment is controlled loud noises and seeing the ga- residents of a neighboring home initial fire companies had to bring $102 million as of this week, sig- by the Financial Committee of rage behind the home of Vanessa along Dakota Avenue. in water from a little distance away. nificantly less than in 2008, before the Board of Trustees. and Byron White at 1007 Marion “This is a pretty close street so The type of construction [was also the economic downturn lowered Students may recognize the Avenue engulfed in flames. it makes it even more terrible,” an issue]. This is an ordinary-type the endowment’s worth. name of one of the most promi- “I heard two loud explosions,” said Dr. Stephen Yerian, an as- building construction with void “Pretty much every institution nent members; investment banker said John Jones, who quickly evac- sociate professor in the Physics spaces, and the fire was able to get is experiencing this kind of loss– Steve Smith, for whom, along with uated with his mother from the Department who lives across the up into the void spaces.” it is not unique to Xavier,” Fortin his wife, the new Williams College home next-door before the fire street from the site of the fire. Neighbors estimated the value said. of Business building is named. spread. “I think it probably started The Cincinnati Fire of the homes at nearly $250,000 However, the current endow- According to xavier.edu/trea- on the eves of the garage.” Department used at least 12 fire each and the cumulative damage ment shows exponential growth in surer, the endowment provides Multiple witnesses along trucks to attack the blaze, shooting from fire and smoke damage to be the last 15 years, much of it under Marion Avenue and neighboring water from an extended ladder at $500,000. former president Jim Hoff, S.J. As Continued on page 3 Former student grabbing political headlines BY DOUG TIFFT contract with Walker. Xavier students to an off-campus Editor-in-Chief “We have pulled it down off party and served the women alco- A former Xavier student with of YouTube, it is not on the web- hol on Oct. 12, 2006. One woman ties to the campaign of Christine site,” Eric Odom, project director reported waking up the next day O’Donnell, a Tea Party candi- for Liberty.com, said. “We have naked and unable to recall the date in the Sept. 14 Delaware moved on to the other content events of the previous night. The Republican senatorial primary, that we have and are looking for- other woman met Walker the next caused an Internet buzz last week ward from here. It is not the most night and reported being attacked when he added to accusations that stellar of situations, but that is again. O’Donnell’s opponent was en- where we are now.” After discussing the situation, gaging in extramarital affairs—an The incident made Walker—a the two women went to Cincinnati allegation that contributed to his veteran of the 82nd Airborne di- Police, who issued a warrant for dismissal from a conservative po- vision of the United States Army Walker’s arrest on Nov. 9, arrested litical website. before arriving at Xavier—a po- Walker on Nov. 13 and released Michael “Yates” Walker, who litical talking point on blogs and him on $250,000 bail on Nov. 14. left Xavier in 2006 in the wake websites in the ensuing days, in- In October 2009, after the of an indictment on sexual cluding discussion of Walker’s Newswire refused to remove the misconduct charges, served as 2006 indictment on sexual mis- Continued on page 2 Photo courtesy of Twitter.com O’Donnell’s spokesman before conduct charges while attending ©2010 becoming a contract consultant A veteran of the 82nd Airborne division of the United States Army, Michael Xavier. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE at Las Vegas-based political firm “Yates” Walker (right), left Xavier in 2006 after being indicted on three counts On Nov. 9, 2006, Walker was of sexual misconduct and two charges of rape. He was later acquited. All rights reserved Liberty.com in mid-August. indicted on three counts of sexual Walker produced a video for Walker then made a statement Liberty.com later released a misconduct and two charges of Liberty.com on its launch-date, to Politico.com reporter Ben press release apologizing that rape, but was later acquitted of all Wed., Sept. 1, featuring an em- Smith, saying the alleged affair was administrators “weren’t able to charges. Advertising (513) 745-3561 ployee asking, “Isn’t [O’Donnell “common knowledge,” and that keep a close eye on all aspects of According to archived editions Circulation (513) 745-3130 opponent, Rep.] Mike Castle Liberty.com “asked the question, the content,” and noting that the of the Newswire, Walker, then 27 Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 cheating on his wife with a man?” [but] didn’t specifically say it.” company had terminated their years old, invited two freshmen www.xavier.edu/newswire FIAT JUSTITIA, RUAT COELUM 2 September 8, 2010 News XAVIER NEWSWIRE Xavier employee named Chief Future printing Financial Officer of the Year stations in the Village BY JAKE HEATH Amyot helps Xavier plows News Editor Jump- starting Student through economic crisis with a Government Association President Kevin Contreras's plat- positive attitude form for the 2010-2011 school year, the Village apartments will BY DAVID MAXWELL Staff Writer be test driving a 24-hour print sta- tion much like those previously Maribeth Amyot, Xavier’s vice Commons and Smith Hall and located on the second floor of the president for financial admin- see the students, faculty and staff Gallagher Student Center. istration and chief financial of- making use of these first-class Unlike the computer labs of Photo courtesy of Alexa Von Bargen ficer, was recently honored as a facilities.” GSC or the McDonald Library, Information Resources in the Conaton Cincinnati-area Chief Financial Amyot has 25 years of expe- this station plans to be for print- Learning Commons helps pay for the new printing stations in the Village.