Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 1996-12-11 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" (1996). All Xavier Student Newspapers. 2759. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/2759 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]. Bevis, Jack, Denzel Giving Five-0 11.V -part two in a series Going Strong and Nicole star in their due A student.gets the results XU grad and NBA star holiday flicks -page 5 1ofhis HIV test - page 4 Derek Strong -page 10 NBBJpicked to design Center Sa111e .fit:.!n ~o design Bengal's stadiurn and X.avier l..,onvocation l'fenter BY PETE HoLTERMANN has seven offices worldwide, and THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE its Los Angeles office houses their Sports & Entertainment Xavier University is on the Division. The firm also has an verge of moving one step closer to office in Columbus but, accord­ breaking ground on its 250,000 ing to the NBBJ website, that square foot Convocation Center. office is primarily responsible for The school has selected an architect oversc;:~s projects. to design the facility, mid may reach ·.· Currently, NBBJ is . a contract agreement with the firm working on the designs for the as early as this week. Cincinnati Bengal's new football NBBJ Sports & Entertain­ stadium, . The proposed arena is ment, a national ar~hitectural ,firm, to seat 70,000, and be on the·. will design the:building for.Xavler, .cutting edge of stadiiitn design; '. · beating out three other finalists. .. Several other NBBI , . The Cincinnati Enquirer first projects are considered to be state reported NBBJ' s selection on · of the art. Two such facilities Tuesday after finding information are baseball stadium's that will incoq,orate retractable roofs. Students smacked about Xavier's Convocation Center on the company's website. Ground has. been broken on one According to Tuesday's of these projects, Miller Park in Enquirer, the site showed "a · Milwaukee, and the designs were by wage increase recently presented for Pacific conceptual illustration of the ate to the vice president of the The Director of McDonald Northwest Baseball Park in center's interior." The article goes BY KARA BENKEN Financial Administration Office, Library Dr. JoAnne Young assures on to say that NBBJ removed the Seattle. THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE said there was no indication that students that attention to their drawings from their site after the Basketball arenas are not new to NBBJ. They designed the the increase .would affect the needs will be given top priority. paper contacted them about publish­ budgets of departments and in She said, "Let me stress that Key Arena in Seattle, the home ing the drawing. turn the amount of hours or jobs we do not intend to cut people. Sources familiar with the of the NBA' s Super Sonics. They also· have performed a.site The minimum wage for on-campus employees. · "We may need to reassign situation confirm that NBBJ was The library, however, as a individuals working a few hours selected in early November to work study in Los Angeles on the Los increase of 50 cents enacted on Angeles Sports and Entertain­ Oct. 1 of this year may have separate depaitment, had a less to other departments such as on the project. According to these student budget allocation which tech services, put we will do all ment Complex. The. facility negative repercussions for some sources, NBBJ beat out two other was $25,000 lower.than ·antici:- · that we can to honor our commit- • parties, KZF Incorporated of · woul_d include a 20,000 seat arena Xavier student workers. that could be a potential home.for Approximately 84 students pated needs submitted by the ments to.the students first" Cincinnati, and a co-operative bid support staff. The various departments are . from H.O.K. of Kansas City and the the NBA's Lakers and NHL's who work in McOonald Library Kings in downtown L.A. may either lose hours or be forced The minimum wage notsure how they are going to local firm of GBBN. increase added an approximate ·honor these commitments yet, but KZF is the firm that did the Xavier University officials to transfer to other departments in have been very quiet about the order to keep their promised hours $15,000 strain to the library's they insist they are working on it. preliminary drawings of the resources .. Although special The library staffers in charge matter. per week. Convocation Center that surfaced requests for more money resulted of studentworkers will be meeting last spring. Sophomore Justin Wilson, (see Architect on page 2) who works in the circulation in an extra $9,000, it will not with the Coordinator ofStudent NBBJ has a history of being cover the deficit the library .is Assistant Services Pam Bach on involved in large projects. The firm department, voiced co.ncerns that many students are raising. experiencing. Thursday to discuss possible He said, "The minimum In Octqber, at a monthly . solutions to the problem. wage was increased so people . review of the student budget, One of the goals for this could have more money to spend, executives within thelibrary meeting is to hash out details · but with decreased hours, we'll be calculated the number of hours . regarding the effects of student· making•the same amount or each department had for the cutbacks on the services the library .. lower." remainder of the year. These itself provides. The Small Business Protec- · figures were based on the amount . · 'This is merely a review of . tionAct of 1996.increased of student hours each department · _our budget and how we can take . nlinimum wage from $4.25 to used last year, which in some .. steps to stay within our. budget and· $4.75 earlier this fall, and is cases, were not reflective of the honor our commitment to the. scheduled to increase an addi­ needs for various departmentS · . students. We certainly couldn't .. · tional 40 cents on Sept. l, 1997. during ,this current school year, · function as we do without the . At the time the 'increase was with th~ incorporation of new students," Young said. announced, Mike Grdina, ass~ci- projects. (see Minimum page 3) ,• •·1 r -•.·:··· No more noisy neighbors Bv WILLIAM KoNOP amplifiers sent loud music up the will be a model for other colleges, residential mall and into the THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE Slepitza said, "Xavier.has always tried community. to be considerate of its neighbors and Enraged locals flooded the we fully understand the community's· Safety and Security office with leaders' concerns about noise." Holiday shuttle Xavier has become the first · phone calls and even summoned ·slepitza urged the citizens "to . ' . college in the United States to the Cincinnati Police, who continue to contact the school if any . SGA and the Department of Safety and Security will · formally adopt a specific noise arrived just as the concert was other modifications of the policy are be sponsoring service of the Xavier shuttles to and from the level policy for on-campus events. ending. needed to maintain good relations." Cincinnati Airport both before and after Christmas break. · ·From now on, any event NANA then directed their When asked if this policy is the Applications; available at the Information Desk, must be held on the academic mall, the complaints to the President's result of the lack of concerts scheduled filled out by 5 p.m. this Friday in order to be eligible. An residential mall, the Village office.and to Vice President of on campus this semester, Staudt said airport schedule will be posted at the Information Desk on gazebo, Cohen Field or the Student Development Dr. Ron that it was also a matter of time and Dec. 16. For more information call 745-4230. O'Corinor Spons Center cannot Slepitza, money that has prevented concerts. produce a noise level in excess of To prevent further prob­ "We didn't have any more 60 decibels at the perimeter of lems with the community, outdoor concerts this semester first of campus. Slepitza and Danielle Staudt, all, because none were planned. But The noise will be measured concert chair for SAC, organized ~lso because of the problems with the No stop signs by school officials using a sound a series of meetings with NANA neighborhood," said Staudt. meter and the direction of all representatives, aimed at reaching However, SAC does have at acoustic equipment must be a compromise for campus events. least two concerts planned for next The city traffic engineer Qas taken down the stop directed to keep the sound from Staudt said that the first two semester, although none of these will signs at Ledgewood and Herald because it is no longer carrying into the neighborhoods. meetings were tense, with be outdoor concerts. considered an intersection. The stop signs have been In addition, most concert citizens venting their anger over Likewise, Staudt assures that replaced by cross walk signs which Chief Couch said will . events in these areas will be much more than campus concerts. both Styuka and Reggae Fest, which is hold drivers more ~countable for pedestrians. "People required to end by 10 p.m. "At first they were held in the Village Gazebo, will be · were not stopping at the signs anymore, so the more The policy was drafted in complaining not only about taking place next semester.