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For more information, please contact [email protected]. tHE XAVIER UNIVERSITY 85th year, issue 17 week of JANUARY 26, 2000 www.xu.edu/soalnewswirel Rivalry proves constructive Crosstown Help-Out shows there's more to XU, UC than just basketball BY SARAH KELLEY planning committee, along with help-out prevented the p~nding sus­ Senior News Editor three UC students, all of whom led pension of the school In the wake of the Crosstown the effort to get students involved. "I was really amazed that every­ Shootout rivalry, Xavier and the These representatives spent the one from the community could University of Cincinnati teamed up day coordinating volunteers and come together and work on such a over the weekend to volunteer at organizing activities from the big project;• said Walker. "It would local urban schools for the third alumni office at UC. be very benefi9ial if this could be annual Crosstbwn Help~Out. "Working with the UC students done more than once a year." Students, alumni, families and was a lot of fun," said Moore: "We This year, Home Depot served friends participated in the commu­ had a great time and joked around as the corporate sponsor of the nity service project in an effort to while we.worked together." Crosstown Help~Out by donating provide cleanup and basic repairs "I worked with mostly UC stu­ close to $10,000 worth ohupplies, for local schools. dents even though I had the oppor­ as well as T-shirts and sweat shirts Approx.imately 450 people took tunity to work with Xavier stu­ for the volunteers. part in the help-out, a number dents," said sophomore Rebecca Sl<yline Chili and La ~osa's slightly less than last year's turn­ Walker. "We had a lot to talk about Pizza also sponsored the event and out. According to Nancy Meiers, while we worked together, which donated fc:iod to be served at the assistant director for Alumni Rela­ made it a very comfortable atmo­ Chill and Grill, a party following tions, the decreas~ in volunteers can sphere." the help-out. be attributed to the cold weather and Xavier students who participated T)le post-party, organized by the snow. in the project were driven to UC's student committee members, in­ "We had an amazing turnout campus by shuttle, where they were cluded live Jamaican music, cour­ with student volunteers,'~ said served breakfast before heading out tesy of the Elder High School Band, · Meiers. "One hundred Xavier stu­ to sites throughout Cincinnati and and raffle prizes donated ,by both dents participated, which is more Northern Kentucky, universities. than in previous years." Volunteers performed tasks "We have received a great re­ The Crosstown Help-Out, which which are 'not covered in the gen­ sponse from the schools, teachers was initially proposed by a Xavier eral fund of the schools and are of­ and students who benefit from this graduate, is organized each year by ten overlooked each year. project,'' said Meiers. "In terms of a committee which includes Xavier One of the beneficiary schools building community between and UC alumni, students and staff. involved in the program was in Xavier and UC, it has been very NESWIRE PHOTO BY LAUREN MOSKO This year, Xavier junior Ann jeopardy of being closed down be­ successful. Both schools have a lot Holy Spirit Convent in Newport, Ky;, was· one of the beneficiaries Moore, sophomore J.P. Engelbrecht cause it was in n.eed of repairs. The in commbn in wanting to help oth­ ofthis year's Crosstown Help-Out. Pictured (clockwise from and freshman Audrey Martin served minor repairs and cleanup per­ ers." bottom left) are Chris Zahumensky UC '98, Rachel· Napolitano as student representatives on the formed by the volunteers at the XU '01, Carey Tapp UC '98 and Thom Laiig XU '02. Tuition increase relatively minor 4.9 percent tuition hike second smallest in decades BY DAVID HOINSKI sufficient funds for academic pro­ toward the salaries of university Contributing. Writer grams, finandal aid and strategic employees, including professors. Xavier tuition wiil increase by initiatives." "McDonald Library, which cur­ ·approximately 4.9 percent next rently receives an annual budget of year, the second-smallest increase 'Xavier prides itself approximately $50,000, also stands in 20 years. to benefit from the tuition increase," The increase amounts to about on being able to Dr. Bundschuh said. $733, pushing annual undergradu­ "Xavier prides itself on being ate tuition for full-time students to provide a wide able to provide a wide breadth of $15,680 for the 2000-2001 aca­ breadth ofservices to services to the student body, and in demic year. part, these tuition increases help to Last year tuition increased by the student body, and make that possible;' Dr. Bundschuh only 3.8 percent, the smallest in­ said. crease in recent history. in .part, these tuition Annual increases in tuition are The past two years taken to­ to some degree in~vitable, at least gether represent a relatively mod­ increases help to with respect to private academic erate rise in the pric~ of undergradu­ make that possible. " institutions such as Xavier, which ate tuition. do not receive state funding. The 2000-20001 budget, which - Dr. James Bundschuh, In light of this, X.avier students mandated the tuition increase, was Vice President of were happy with this year's rela­ approved at the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs tively moderate tuition increase. meeting this past December. "I'm glad that Xavier is increas­ In a January 2000 letter ad­ Dr. James Bundschuh, vice ing tuition only minimally, while dressed to the students, university president of Academic Affairs, maintaining its high standards of President Rev. James E. Hoff, S.J., noted in a telephone interview that academic excellence," said sopho­ stated that "throughout the planning the tuition. increase contributes to more Tony Coleman. process that created this budget, the university's effort to provide great efforts were made to contain better technology for the students. tuition increases while providing In addition, tuition increases go ©2000 The Xavier Newswire All rights reserved ·NEWS: OP-ED: SPORTS: DIVERSIONS: N~{i~ Spike Lee to visit Amnesty tackles. Women knock Tell everyone you know, Advertising (513) 745-3561 campus homosexuality issues offGW except Anna -·~Editor-in-Chief (513) 745-3607 PAGE2 PAGE 7 PAGE 11 PAGE 12 . 2 . week ofJANUJ,\ltY 26, 2000 CAMP.US N ..EWS THE XAVIER NEWSWIRE BRIEFS· s ~m uu1; 11:n1 tJ u !l m::; m i!~U mm ams s:~rn1: oos: >Bryan Riechman, Editor >News Room: 745-3122 ·xavi,er ·. g.·· ets, sni'k~d >[email protected] i 1 ~!l ?! !'. m~mmstm~ BY BRYAN RIECHMAN . · . · · .I:' cision to host Lee's lecture is "a Campus News Editor great example of how student gov­ Blood drive · Spike Lee-producer, director, ernment can appeal to all students They want to suck your blood writer and actor - will speak at on campus." - from your arm, that is. The 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4 in Several students have expressed Hoxworth Blood Drive is today Schmidt Fieldhouse as part of surprise that· a public figure with and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 Xavier's Student Government As­ such magriitude is coming to Xavier. p.m. in the Terrace Room. To sociation (SGA) Lecture Series. Students have also spoken to the make an appointment, call 558- Lee's presentation, open to all excitement surrounding Lee's ce­ 1287. Xavier students and faculty, will lebrity stature, as well as the ideas focus. on the importance of diver­ he is expected to promote. Service learning sity in America in relationship to "I'm not going just for the Hol­ film and life. lywood director Spike Lee; I'm. Today, there will be an infor­ "It's going to be exciting be­ going to hear a black leader's views mation session on the urban ex­ cause we haven't had this big a on the importance of diversity in perience at 4 p.m. in the Regis name on campus for at least a America and to see if I agree with Roo.m for students considering · couple of years," said Lynn him," said sophomore Sam J. participating in next fall's ser­ Grunzinger, president of SGA. Stephens. vice-learning semester. Tickets will be sold for $3 in the Senior Carrie. Henderson, who On Feb. 7, there. will be a ses- . Student Activities Council office has already purchased· her ticket, sion for both the urban and Nepal on weekdays through Wednesday, said, "Spike Lee stands for power­ experiences. For more informa­ Feb. 2 from noon-3 p.m. and 5-7 ful and important issues that need tion, call Susan Narriei at 745- p.m. On Thursday, Feb. 3 and Fri­ to be addressed - not only across 3042. day, Feb. 4, tickets will be sold in the country, but also on college the SAC office from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. campuses." · Cloning cloning or until they are scild out. "I think this discussion is com­ Dr.