Wednesday, November 22, 2006 www.xavierite.com Volume 76, Number 11 THIS WEEK... REGISTRATION BARES ITS CLAWS By Sean Reynolds the internet, but it's the CLAWS server that unique, and related to the growing pains of News and Copy Editor can't handle the load," she said. configuring the new version," she said. "Students who can't get in at their time Despite the logjam of students trying to Editorials Registration for Spring '07 was not slot are then trying to get in during later enter the server, the Registrar's office claims without its "growing pains," as week one slots and it pushes everything back," Wahl that the amount of successful registrations of online-only registration flooded the added. was impressive. university's new CLAWS server. With This registration term was the first live "Considering we had over 730 students in-person registration unavailable until test of a newly installed server. Although registered before Tuesday morning, and the second week, many students found test were done to simulate peak activity, over 1900 students registered by the fourth themselves unable to access CLAWS during day before lunchtime, we consider CLAWS their registration time slots. registration a great success!" On Wednesday afternoon, students "Students keep on comingup and The Office of Records and Registration lined around the carousel of computers in decided to delay in-person registration due saying that there is something Page 3 Byrne Memorial Library waiting for SXU's to an apparent lack of demand. As of the CLAWS server to allow them to log in. wrong with the internet, hut it's first implementation of online registration, "Basically, we are just sitting here all "very few" students have used in-person trying to log in and looking at each other's the CLAWS server..." registration, according to the Registrar's screen to see who will be the first to get in. office. It's a waste of time. I walk by the Registrar's -Library Aide Sutton commented, "As our population office and there's not even a line," said one grew, we needed to increase the number of frustrated student. available time slots. Since so few students Features Library aide Judith Wahl confirmed Barbara Sutton, Associate Registrar, said registered in person, the decision was made that students had been complaining all week that many of the kinks experienced were an to delay in-person registration until the that they could not register online. inevitable outcome of the servers first live second week. We feel very strongly that Carrie studies "Students keep on coming up and run. electronic registration is the most equitable abroad while saying that there is something wrong with "Our problems this term were method for all students." studying abroad. Detail inside. THE MASTER PLAN TO BUILD UP SXU Page 5 By Nicholas Kerr News Editor Throughout this year, Saint Xavier University has had a lot to be excited about between the 160th anniversary, the US News rankings, and renovations making the recently dedicated Bruce R. Deaton Entertainment Memorial field a state-of-the-art facility for small colleges. While this could lead to f*» contentment among some, the university Arrgh! administration has developed a long-range plan to improve the university. That was 'Pirate The campus master plan is a $250 million renovation project the university Talk' for check out hopes to be completed in the next 10 to 20 "The Pirate Queen' years. The design of the campus master plan came about with the help of Boston-based Dober, Lidsky, and Associates. Other clients Page of the campus building firm include Harvard, University of Chicago, and Yale. While many students might fear that such bold renovations to the campus would lead to tuition hikes Vice President for Business and Finance Susan Piros told the Sports Xavierite this will not be the case. A sample of the master plan. She said, "the majority of the money Because of fundraising concerns, among would include a space for bibliographic that will come through the campus master other reasons, there are no immediate plans instruction to go along with the service desk plan will be by fundraising and will also to add anything to Rubloff Hall as buildings for references in circulation. lead to a higher amount of undergraduate SXU Football completed under the campus master plan. The new library would also house students at the Chicago campus." When asked what would be the most desired offices for the Learning Center and Media makes first The next addition to the campus addition, Piros spoke of a library. The new Services. Also the Learning Center will have playoff win! according to Assistant Vice President Paul library would be located where the parking the tutoring lab and a space for studying Matthews is an extension of Lake Marion. lot is across the street from the Warde and testing. Media services would have a The extension would be .78 acres with the Academic Center. distribution center, a video-editing suite and main purpose of helping drain the campus The 30 million dollar library would library. There will also be a place in the new after a rainstorm. This, along with newly Page 12 be three stories and take up 83,000 gross library for information services. The new added rain gardens, will hopefully help curb square feet. The library would have five library would also house an auditorium, an the flooding problems on campus. components. atrium and a cafe. Green technologies, or otherwise The academic part of the new library To help alleviate the parking that will referred to as sustaining technologies, would focus on rooms for group study and be lost due to the construction of the library, is going to be a feature that is used in improve certain services for students in the university will try to construct a parking constructing master plan projects. Matthews regard to research. When it comes to group lot located at practice field behind McCarthy told The Xavierite "We want to have green study, each floor of the library will have a hall. The parking lot will be able to fit 250 technologies as part of our new buildings. room where a group of eight students can cars. Facilities Management is designing the Will they be as green as Rubloff? We cannot meet, and an additional room where three plans so that they can begin construction as tell. We hope to use what we learned in to four students can study. Rubloff in future designs." As for improving research, the library "Master Plan" continued on page 2 Page 2 The Xavierite Wednesday, November 22, 2006 «.-* 5 -^r ^-v » ^Q c The Xavierite "Master Plan" continued from page 2 SXU CHARITY CHANCES soon as they get the approval to build it. Call By Theresa Kurzeja Participants receive the name of a There is also a hydration test under way to see if a parking lot on the site would be 773.298.3380 News Correspondent child along with their age and interests and possible. The university hopes to eventually Fax are asked to purchase and wrap a relevant build a parking garage on site. The garage The spirit of giving is alive and well on present for the child. 773.298.3381 would be able to house 125 cars per floor. the SXU Campus as community members Participants are asked to spend between E-mail have enthusiastically shown their support Another feature of the campus master $ 10-15 on their gift to help make the holidays for charitable causes. plan is a walking trail that would stretch thexavierite@yahoo. com special for these less-fortunate children. from the Softball field to the Pulaski Center, Write First, Donations for the annual Names are still available, and all Thanksgiving Food Drive were taken all which under the campus master plan would presents should be turned in on Dec. 4 and The Xavierite of last week in several locations across the be turned into a renovated Graham School, 5 to the Mercy Ministry Center. main campus as well as the Orland Park that would be called the "Heritage Walk." Saint Xavier University For more information, contact Margaret Campus. Vice President for University Advancement Schroeder in the Mercy Ministry Center at 3700 W. 103rd Street The items collected in the food drive Stephen Murphy said of the Heritage Walk, (773) 298-3900. Chicago, IL 60655 will be donated to the Catholic Charities "in everything they build we want to be Visit South Suburban Food Pantry at St. Blase state-of-the-art. We also want to include Church in Summit. our heritage: past, present, and future. The Campus Media Center The food drive aimed to collect non- walkway would include Mary's Circle and Room CMC 101 perishable food items for the less fortunate the Mercy Bell." in the South suburban areas of Chicago. Other features of the campus master Staff: Secondly, many community members plan would include a new building for the Editor in Chief have been taking part in the Adopt-a-Child art education and science departments. A Chris Lonergan program being run by Campus Ministry new art gallery, which would be located next Copy Editor and supported by the Student Success to the proposed library is also a proposed change for the SXU campus as well as a Sean Reynolds Program. three- story Campus Center that will house, News Co-Editors This program aims to provide children of low-income households with gifts for the among other things, meeting rooms for Sean Reynolds Campus Ministry helps those in need. holidays. student organizations.