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December 8, 2010 XAVIER NEWSWIRE Volume XCVI Published since 1915 by the students of Xavier University Issue 15 Campus News, pg 4 Sports, pg 9 Farmville Mad science AlwAys Online: sabrina Brown sits down with farmer/ professor Phil Glasgo of the finance Sports Editor Scott Mueller crunches the xavier.edu/ department. numbers to find the most valuable athletics program in the Atlantic 10. newswire inside @ Hassle now, payoff View from above BY SARAH WIETEN later in Gallagher Managing Editor From his perch in the 200 feet above ledgewood Avenue, Dave King has the best corner office on campus. King has been a crane operator for 30 years and now operates the one remaining crane at the site of the new residence hall and central dining facility. Spending eight hours or more per day suspended high above campus can make some queasy, but King got his heights training early in his career. “The guy told me to put a rock in my pocket and climb up there and walk out to the end and drop Newswire photo by Jake Heath the rock [off the crane] on the Sophomores Arthur Havey and Pat Deacon help move some furniture in trailer and i was trained,” King Gallagher Student Center. said. “Back then you didn’t have a tie on, a harness, just this little BY KEVIN TIGHE py the space in Alter Hall that aca- six inch rail that you walked out Staff Writer demic advisors currently occupy, on and it was 200 feet up and 220 until they permanently move into while the current changes oc- feet out, and i dropped that rock Photo courtesy of Bob Inkrot Career services current location and i ran back and said, ‘Come on, Crane operator Dave King can see all of campus from his office window. curring in Gallagher student on the third floor of Gallagher; Center are affecting numerous lets get this done.’” ever gets moved, we move it.” said. “i really liked Cincinnati the Newswire will move into the Messer has six crane operators Though the job is necessary, it Financial Corporation building. departments, the faculty and stu- current Resource Center of the dents being moved remain opti- that work on various construction can be lonely. They only had one crane there mistic about the potential impact Continued on page 3 crews around the tri-state region “i’m by myself up there with and kept me pretty busy. it always of the moves. using cranes rented from Maxim the radio,” King said. “Got a re- helps when it is busy, makes the ©2010 crane company. frigerator, a microwave and a time go faster.” Many changes will occur over THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE winter break as the plans for the All rights reserved The cranes are an integral part bucket, but that is about all that And Xavier is a particularly Gallagher student Center are set of the construction process in all fits” in the four foot by four foot fast-paced site. into motion. phases. by five foot space. “There isn’t ever really down Career services will be moving “we poured the concrete for Having worked on dozens of time,” King said. “i mean when from Gallagher to the fifth floor Advertising (513) 745-3561 the columns, we are moving ma- projects in his career, King has we were coming up with the main of Conotan learning Commons; Circulation (513) 745-3130 chines around, right now we are developed a feel for what makes structure, we didnt even break for the Dorothy Day Center for Faith Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 flying morter and brick for the a good site. lunch, we just kind of ate whenev- and Justice will temporarily occu- www.xavier.edu/newswire masons,” King said. “i mean what- “This has been alright,” King Continued on page 2 Students giving input to Res. Life from students about the new resi- BY JAKE HEATH dence hall and their opinions on News Editor who should be living in them next Residence life is acting to com- year. bat poor past communication be- According to lambert, the ma- tween students and administration jority felt that Brockman should through its first student and fac- stay freshmen students only, while ulty mixed board. the new dorms should range from “we’re just trying to figure out sophomores, juniors and seniors. what is best,” Director of Resi- Junior and senior students felt dence life lori lambert said. they should have priority over the The board currently consists of single bedroom suites and many 15 members, although seven at- felt that having a meal plan was tended the first meeting on Friday, not much of an issue. nov. 19. They also agreed with the ad- According to lambert, the ministration’s decision to rein- board is made up of a mix of stu- state the previous policy requir- dents, Residence Assistants and ing freshmen and sophomores to Newswire photo by Jake Heath Hall Directors. kuhvvhvm,vbjksbfjkbbhlbjhlkbjkljbbj remain on campus, as well as re- The students part of the com- stricting the Commons to housing mittee varied in age and were in- only juniors and seniors. vited by Residence life based on “with the new residence hall, nominations from those working we are going to have much more in their residence halls. room to house upper class stu- Topics included quiet hours, Photo courtesy of Residence Life dents,” lambert said. “we think vandalism, cleanliness and smok- Residence Life recently completed a floor plan for the new dorm at the corner of Ledgewood and Herald Avenues. that expanded occupancy will not ing. up really didn’t have too much to bert said. “A lot of the issues we relations.” “Most of the topics that came do with the administration,” lam- discussed had to deal with student The board also heard opinions Continued on page 3 FIAT JUSTITIA, RUAT COELUM BY AMY WINDHORST Campus News Editor 2 December 8, 2010 News XAVIER NEWSWIRE -Paid Advertisement- View from above Continued from page 1 shut down before we let anything ler we had time in between things. happen like that. Messer’s one of We come in whenever they the safest companies I have ever need us and we go home at the worked for.” end of the day. There’s been days Yet, even after climbing up 200 that I come in at one o’clock in feet every day, King still has to the morning and go home at six deal with the hazards of the job. at night.” “I wasn’t afraid of heights When he does when I dropped get time to re- that rock but lax at his perch, “Nowadays I am afraid of King likes to lis- heights now,” ten to The Bob we are so on King said. & Tom Show and safety we shut M e s s e r check the weath- hopes to have er on the laptop down before the north tower to “help out the we let anything nearly finished guys pouring happen like that. by February and concrete.” plans are in the However, not Messer’s one works for a set of all jobs are so low of the safest student and fac- key. ulty tours in the “Not working companies I have early spring— for Messer but ever worked for.” much like last at other compa- year’s tours of nies we have had the Conaton things fall,” King -Dave King , L e a r n i n g said. “I was work- crane operator Commons and ing [on a building for Messer Smith Hall, ac- at] 7th and Walnut construction cording to [Streets] down- Bob Inkrot, Sr. town and we had Project Manager a load fall from for Messer the 24th floor all the way to the construction. ground. All the windows across the street shattered. Accidents Jake Heath, News Editor happen. Nothing like that here. Phone: 745-3607 Nowadays we are so on safety we [email protected] -Paid Advertisement- XAVIER NEWSWIRE News December 8, 2010 3 Hassel now, Students Students encouraged to ask payoff later giving input questions at public forum in Gallagher on Res. Life Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 BY MOLLY BOES Center for Faith and Justice on the be necessary this next year.” Assist. News Editor third floor; finally the Office of The group plans to meet one An attempt to enlighten stu- Student Involvement will occupy to two times during each semes- dents and fellow faculty concern- the space that Student Activities ter to insure that the Residence ing Xavier issues, Xavier held Council is leaving, as SAC merges Life administration keeps in good a public forum on Thursday at into the adjacent Senate space on communication with students. Cintas Center. the second floor. In addition to the new Open to all students and faculty, The second floor of GSC will Residence Life student board, the Peer Leadership Team (PLT) have a new club workspace that Residence Life has attempted hosted the event, with the Student once was a 24-hour computer lab to hear student feedback using a Government Association and the as well as a club room that was survey.