Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 1998-04-29 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. 2798. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/2798 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]. ][ Newswire's M9st Intriguing A student's run-in with the Athletes of the Year pqlice over fake ID's . page 11 page 9 STYUKA WEATHERS STORM Business 4 .college. renamed BY KARA BENKEN MANAGING ED1TOR Rev. James E. Hoff, S.J.; presi­ dent of Xavier University, and the Board of Trustees announced Monday that the· College ofBusiness Administration will be named in honor of two founders of The Western and Southern Life Insur~ ance Company, brothers William J'. Wil­ liams and Charles F. Williams. The Williams College of Business Adminis­ tration will be officially dedicated Thurs­ day, May 7. "Naming our business college for two such outstanding men; men whose .descendants have continued their tradi­ tion of leadership in Cincinnati busi­ NEWSWIRE PHOTO BY PETE HOL TERMANN ness, education and charitable circles, is While the crowd looks on, junior Andrew Peters, donning a cow outfit, pays to throw a pie at senior Roderick Hinton during agreathonorforall ofus at Xavier,'' said Saturday's STYUKA charity festival. The festival raised over $1,000 for Ashland Child Development Center. SEERAINING PAGE 12. Michael Webb, dean of the college. The Williams family is making a · · $1 million contribution to Xavier's busi~ . \ ness··college, and the Western-Southern Foundation is joining that gift with a $3 'TUiiion iftcreaSeS, s:s p~rceni million donation. Xavier is studying the best ways to utilize these donations, the most recent of several donations from Faculty salaries, facility maintenance cited as cause the Williams family arid the Western­ Southern Foundation. BY Eruc NEWCOMER steadily each year, according to Hirte. Also;· the roofs must be Hoff announced in a statement NEWS WRITER repaired on many of the dorms. yesterday that WilliamJ. Williams, chair­ ·Tuition will increase by 5 .5 Because Xavier is a private man of Western and Southern, wanted percent for the 1998-99 school institution, it receives no state to honor his father and uncle, who led year to $14,4QO-a $750 increase funding. Western and Southern from its founding over this year; According to Bundschuh, . in 1888 until 1952. The increase will help fi­ pricing is very significant to all of "They would be honored to be nance higher employees' salaries, those on the Board of Trustees remembered in this way. It is a fitting provide additional funds for schol­ who WO!k to keep Xavier's edu­ tribute to their accomplishments," said arship iwa:rds, counteract the ef- · cation affordable to students. Williams. "We want Xavier University fects .o:(inflation and fund im­ The bottom line is the to have one of the top business schools; provements to the university' sin­ school's cost structure must be one which is well-known and can attract frastructure. covered, and tuition must be in­ students from all over the country." In a letter written· to stu­ creased in order to ensure quality . William J. Williams was a mem- · dents and their parents, Xavier academic programming. ber of Xavier's Board of Trustees from PresidentRev.JamesRHoff,S.J., Some parents and students 1973-81, serving as vice chairman from defended the new budget citing question the size and necessity of 1975-76 and chairman from 1977-78. Xavier's need to "meet the de­ the tuition increase. Both the family and the foundation have mands of today's rapidly chang­ Bill Jackson, a resident of been consistent supporters of the ing andtechnologically sophisti­ Indianapolis and fatherof a Xavier college's Businessman's Mobilization cated society" as the basis for the freshman, was angered when he Campaign. increase. heard he would be required to pay · Last year, the Western-Southern He further . stated· that the SOURCE: CPI, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS GRAPHIC BY CHAD ENGELLAND more money to fund his son's Foundation gave $500,000 to endow a new computer facility in the Uni­ According ·to· Dr. Richard BostonCollegenearthetopofthe. education. nursing scholarship for minority and versity Center and "importantup­ Hirte, vice president for financial list. · Accordihg. to Jackson, the disadvantaged students at Xavier. to-date scientific equipment" are affairs, "pricing is very signifi- · ~undschuh cites the neces­ price he is currently paying is a "Xavier has had a long and close amenities which require subsidy. ·cant."· Xavier must increase its sity ofincreasing faculty and staff sizable. amount which should relationship with the Williams family "Because we are a very dy­ . tuition to maintain its competi- salaries ·"to compensate them cover improvements, not to men­ and Western and Southern," said Hoff. namic place ... we have to keep ·tiveness with other colleges. fairly." Substantial salaries need tion heating, lighting and sewage "Xavier would be honored in a new way up-to-date on these things ... and "Over the past five years to be offered to faculty members costs. "Show me how much the - by having its College of Business Ad­ improvement is linked to costs," Xavier has done very well in keep­ in order to attract the best possible. price of heating has gone up," ministration named after the two mem­ . said Dr. James Bundschuh, vice . ing its costs down relative to insti­ professors. said Jackson. bers of the Williams family who were president for academic affairs, . tutions we compar~ourselves to," According to Hirte, the fac­ "The tuition increases ev­ founders ofWestem and Southern.'; The university did institute said Bundschuh. ulty will receive a4 percent salary ery year, so it's nothing new," In addition to undergraduate de­ a $60 a semester technology fee · This year, 20 outof the 28 increase and all support staff will said freshman Tricia Giessler. "I gree programs; the college includes a this year that has helped finance Jesuit colleges and universities receive a 3 percent increase. try not to worry about matters center for international business, entre­ new computers for the computer have higher tuition rates than · Additionally,· the cost of involving money-that's my par­ preneurial center, MBA program and labs. Xavier, with Georgetown and heating, lighting and sewage rise ents' job." executive MBA program: ·· . ... '' .. .. :·'... ,, ,,..~'. ~ <- ':· .' .- ., ..... · : · . THE XAVIER.NEWSWIRE• .WEEKOFAPRIL29, .. 1998 ~ PAGE2 ·. · · · ' "'~ · ' .. · . •, ,:: · ' ; ~ ·~·' ·''"':-..~" 'i." ''=".::::.: :_v•.- • > "•'":.·-.··x·nv"'~":"''"'""!-.O::: ''(')":~-.:.·:~ ·:;:_::• ·.. ~:-:,..o::··,..~~· ~;..... \' ~::.. ::-:.· ::' ""::":'~:.~· '!: ·::: :-.,. .....,. 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All card hours Beginning May 2 and running through Aug. 26, the Xavier All Card Center will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. During these hours identification cards and validation and adminis­ trative service cards for copy machines will be administered. For further information call 745.-3374. ·. PHOTO BY BILL TERRY . The student chapter of Habitat for Human­ new hm;ne located at 841 Hutchins Ave. in Art exhibit ity joined with the Cincinnati affiliate of Habitat Avondale. for Humanity to complete its first house building Students broke ground on the project on Oct. The art gallery in Cohen Center will display an exhibit of ·project last Sunday. 17, .1997 through contributions made by Fi_delity approximately 430 ceramic forms hand-built by Stephanie Lanter. They are the first student group in the Federal Savings Bank, the Better Way Foundation, The opening reception will be Friday, May 1, from 6-9 p.m. The Greater Cincinnati area to build a home with a ·Xavier's Student GovernmentAssociation (SGA) exhibit will be on display until May 8. local family in need. Junior Kristi Waning .· as well asa number of small individual donations, welcomes Vicky Stevens_and her family to their Presentations On Tuesday, May 5 senior advertising majors will _be present­ .ing their creative portfolios. Their works will be on display. from 5- Seniors sanction. 7 p.m. in room 7 of CBA. Refreshments will be served. celebration "The champagne brunch is a parttrient will be there with his jazz BY KELLY HIX~ON Free coffee timeforseniorstorelivetheirweek-