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April 21, 2010 XAVIER NEWSWIRE Volume XCV Published since 1915 by the students of Xavier University Issue 28 Midwest Masala Blogging from the dugout Aly Cabrera brings you the Sports Editor Scott Mueller chats with ALWAYS ONLINE: full color and flair of Midwest Xavier baseball player Drew Schmidt Masala. about his insider blog. xavier.edu/ FEATURE, pg 12 SPORTS, pg 8 newswire inside @ SAC books concert WCB moves up BY JOHN SCHROECK Features Editor in MBA rankings Although the 2010 Spring Concert, featuring hip-hop duo BY DOUG TIFFT cruiting,” Assistant Dean for Reflection Eternal, is arriving Editor-in-Chief MBA Programs Jennifer Bush late in the semester, the Student said. “Most people think about an Activities Council has been work- Flanked by names such as MBA for two years before com- ing for nearly a year to bring high- Harvard, MIT and Wharton, the ing to school, so getting prospec- caliber talent to Xavier’s campus. Williams College of Business tive students to recognize our “Concert co-chairs junior MBA program was placed in the programs and think of them so Megan Belden, sophomore Hattie top-25 in four different degree highly is very important.” DeLisle and the rest of the con- programs in the 2010 U.S. News Since the U.S. News and World cert committee have put in a great and World Report‘s annual rank- Report and other popular rank- deal of effort this year to make a ings of America’s best business ing systems focus on peer evalu- concert possible,” SAC Chair ju- schools. ations along with raw data such nior Emily Dougherty said. “I am The rankings, re- as average GPA, grateful for their passion to bring Photo courtesy of defpenradio718.com leased on Thursday, post-graduate sala- a concert to campus.” Reflection Eternal will perform at 6 p.m. on the greenspace Thursday, April April 15, placed ries and number of Reflection Eternal is composed 22. the WCB 17th in applicants, the WCB of Brooklyn emcee Talib Kweli Eternal returns to Hi-Tek’s home- Unlike SAC-sponsored con- the executive MBA has focused on pro- and Cincinnati rapper/producer town to perform a collection of certs over the past several years, category, 20th in moting its brand to Hi-Tek. songs at Xavier in support of its the event will take place on the management, 23rd other universities at “These artists are highly re- second album “Revolutions Per greenspace. in finance and 24th conferences, presen- spected in the hip-hop commu- Minute,” with an expected release “SAC used to hold music festi- in international tations and through nity,” Dougherty said. “Their live date of May 18. vals on the greenspace and it was business. scholarly journals. performances are energetic and Opening for Reflection Eternal extremely popular for students,” It was the first Since Malekzadeh engaging. Their music simultane- is up-and-coming talent J. Cole, a Dougherty said. “It is an area year that Xavier has assumed his current ously educates and entertains.” rapper/producer best known for that allows for a free show, which been mentioned position as dean in Kweli’s 2007 solo album becoming the first artist to sign is something we wanted to do. It in the four categories, as previ- 2003, the WCB has also begun an Eardrum debuted at No. 2 on the with Grammy Award-winning was also a great addition to our ous rankings had only ranked the executive mentor program, which Billoard charts, and Hi-Tek has rapper Jay-Z’s music label Roc Spring Week.” WCB’s part-time MBA program, has grown to include around 200 worked with well-known rap art- Nation. He was also featured on Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek and J. Cole not the entirity of the graduate professionals from the global ists such as 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg the track “A Star is Born” from will perform at 6 p.m. on Thursday, degrees offered. business community. and Mos Def. Jay-Z’s most recent album “The April 22 on the Greenspace. In a statement, Ali Malekzadeh, “We have a number of profes- On Thursday, Reflection Blueprint 3.” Admission is free for all students. dean of the WCB, said that he was sionals who serve as speakers or gratified to be honored among the mentors, and really help us pro- nation’s elite business school. mote our program,” Bush said. With the MBA programs be- “That group that Dr. Malekzadeh Women’s basketball duo ing mentioned in the widely-pub- has built up has been influential licized U.S. News and World Report in helping us grow into where we for the fifth consecutive year, are now, and hopefully will con- teams up on the sidelines Xavier’s recruitment efforts have tinue [once we move into the new seen a boom. Williams College of Business in BY JOCELYN TAYLOR “The long-term impact of August].” Asst. Sports Editor these types of rankings is in re- Just weeks after facing off with Antonio Johnson Scholarship Gala All-Americans in an NBA arena in front of millions of viewers on ESPN, a pair of Xavier women’s basketball players have found a new challenge to test their mettle: a group of 12-year-old girls. Senior April Phillips and ju- nior Special Jennings, two starters on the XU team that reached the Elite Eight of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, have joined forces to coach the Lady Toreros, a team in Photo courtesy of ladytoreros.com the 12-and-under age group of the Junior Special Jennings (far left) and senior April Phillips (far right) are in Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). their second year as coach of the Lady Toreros. The pair strides the sidelines, make the game, the parents of of coaching careers prior to 2009. encouraging the young dribblers the players begged Jennings and “I’ve been interested in coach- and berating referees—all the re- Phillips to coach the team. They ing since I was young,” Jennings Photo courtesy of Facebook sponsibilities of a young, intrepid did, and the team won. A pair of said. “It’s why I’m majoring in Junior Thailer A. Buari ©2010 coaching duo. coaching careers were born, as the sports management.” with the Antonio THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE Phillips and Jennings stumbled Lady Toreros retained the pair, Practices are a learning experi- Johnson Scholarship All rights reserved into the coaching ranks after at- only losing once the rest of the ence for the kids, but Phillips and Award and Alexis tending a Lady Toreros game in summer. Jennings also focus on creating a Ponder with the the spring of 2009 because the “We had a great season last fun atmosphere. Macy’s Multicultural team regularly attended Xavier year,” Phillips said. “And this time “We don’t just focus on post Runner-up Award Fax (513) 745-2898 head coach Kevin McGuff ’s sum- we get [the team] earlier.” play and guard play,” Phillips said, at the 34th Annual Advertising (513) 745-3561 mer camp. While the debut may have been describing some of the drills from Antonio Johnson Circulation (513) 745-3130 After learning that the Lady unexpected, Phillips and Jennings McGuff ’s practices at Xavier that Scholarship Gala. See Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 Toreros’ coach was not going had been holding fledgling ideas Continued on page 9 more on pg. 4 www.xavier.edu/newswire FIAT JUSTITIA, RUAT COELUM 2 April 21, 2010 News XAVIER NEWSWIRE XAVIER NEWSWIRE Students voice concern about Relay for Life thunders on indoors. ceremony, which was set up on campus safety “I think the rain has definitely the greenspace at night to pay kept people away” Kate Nelson, tribute to a specific person who BY JAKE HEATH member of the education club died from cancer. News Editor team, said. “The luminaria [ceremony] is Xavier’s Clocktower Lounge “It’s sad because not many my favorite part of Relay,” Neal was the hub for Campus Police, people are walking on the greens- said. Norwood police, executive direc- pace [around the booths] due to “It represents the whole point tors and students on Thursday, the rain and that’s a big way to of why we Relay. The rest of the April 15, all with one common make money” fellow member day is fun, but the luminaria cer- topic to discuss: campus safety. Christina Strayer said. emony is when you get to remem- The Xavier safety team held its However, many people thought ber the people who have really first forum to talk with students the rain was not a factor in the fought against cancer,” he said. and a variety of on- and off-cam- event. Along with the luminaria cer- pus representatives about Xavier’s “Relay is as big as it was last emony, Relay for Life hosted sev- current safety situation. year without the rain” noted eral other events during the night Participants included Chief Nathan Locklear, future tri-chair that incorporated its “Wish Upon of Campus Police Michael Photo courtesy of coleraintwp.org of Relay.