Xavier University Exhibit All Xavier Student Newspapers Xavier Student Newspapers 2009-04-15 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" (2009). All Xavier Student Newspapers. 562. https://www.exhibit.xavier.edu/student_newspaper/562 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]. April 15, 2009 XAVIER NEWSWIRE Volume XCIV Published since 1915 by the students of Xavier University Issue 26 Op-Ed, pg 7 A&E, pg 10 Point, counterpoint Midwest Masala ALWAYS ONLINE: Two columnists weigh in on Nora Heink introduces you to the xavier.edu/ Sean Miller’s desert desertion. Muskie Masti dance troupe newswire inside @ Eight days later: at last, it’s Mack C h r i s M a c k Age: 39 (born 12/30/69 in Cleveland, Ohio) Family: Mack and his wife, Christi (also the head girls basketball coach at Colerain High School), live in Kentucky with their daughters Hailee and Lainee Background: Played basketball at St. Xavier High School, University of Evansville and Xavier University, where he was a two-year captain. Head Coach, Assistant Coach, Head Coach, Mount Notre Dame Wake Forest Xavier (2002-04) (2009-?) High School (1996-99) 2000 2005 1996 Director of Basketball Associate Head Coach, Operations, Xavier Xavier (1999-2002) (2004-09) Photos courtesy of goxavier.com, graphic by John LaFollette Chris Mack, a longtime member of the Xavier community, will take the helm of a men’s basketball team that is projected to be in the pre-season top-10 when the 2009-10 season begins. BY DOUG TIFFT has spent the last five seasons as ple candidates—including a “great that fans can make of Bobinski’s Skip Prosser at Wake Forest for Sports Editor Miller’s top assistant, and had been presentation” from Mack on recent search may be Mack’s lack three seasons, before returning The Xavier Athletic drawing interest over the past few Wednesday, April 8—before arriv- of head coaching experience, the to Xavier as the top assistant for Department ended a week-long years from a number of programs ing on Mack as his final choice. length and scope of Bobinski’s Miller from 2004-09. search with an in-house hire on as a head coaching candidate. The exhaustive search for a new search would seem to eliminate any Over those five seasons with Tuesday by naming former associ- The hiring of Mack was fi- coach comes only five years after possible gripes about the selection Miller, Mack has proven himself ate head coach Chris Mack as the nalized on Tuesday following a the athletic office hired Miller one process that proved Mack to be to be a capable recruiter, heading new head coach of the men’s bas- recommendation from Xavier day after then-coach Thad Matta the most qualified candidate. Xavier’s fruitful efforts to sign cur- ketball program. Athletic Director Mike Bobinski departed for Ohio State in July After serving as head coach rent Musketeers Jamel McLean, Eight days after Sean Miller to President Fr. Michael Graham, of 2004. Former Xavier Athletic at Mt. Notre Dame High School Mark Lyons, Jordan Crawford, vacated the position to head to S.J., after which both parties de- Director Dawn Rogers was widely from 1995-99, where he was Kenny Frease, Brad Redford and the University of Arizona, Xavier clined to comment publicly on the criticized for the haste and lack of named Cincinnati Post Coach of Brian Walsh. is set to announce the hiring of coaching search. depth of the 2004 decision in sub- the Year in 1996, Mack moved on As a result, many of those play- Mack at a press conference sched- The eight-day interval between sequent years as Miller compiled a to three years as Xavier’s Director ers—including Frease and Dante uled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, April the departure of Miller and Mack’s 38-23 record in his first two sea- of Basketball Operations. From Jackson publicly—have thrown 15. hiring was a busy time period for sons at the helm. there he joined the coaching Mack, a 1992 Xavier graduate, Bobinski, as he interviewed multi- While the most glaring criticism staff of his former head coach Continued on page 8 Fall enrollment numbers Speaker selected to deliver commencement address hold promise for university speaker for the undergraduate the university will meet its enroll- financial aid in order to more ac- commencement ceremony. BY JOHN LAFOLLETTE ment projection of 940 first year tively pursue students. Morris was director of the AND EGHAN ERNEKING M B students. An increase in enrollment WFP, the world’s largest humani- Xavier administration officials “Tempering our optimism is could result in the university de- tarian agency, from 2002-07. are “cautiously optimistic” about the current economic climate and frosting its hiring freeze. Prior to leading the WFP, higher-than-usual enrollment fig- the fact that many of our com- Facing the economic down- Morris was chairman and CEO of ures for the fall semester, and have petitors will be going all out in a turn and an unexpected budget the Indianapolis Water Company, indicated that they will continue desperate attempt for students,” shortfall, the university imple- as well as chairman of the board to evaluate the status of the hir- Meis said. mented a qualified hiring freeze of trustees at Indiana University. ing freeze as the size of next year’s This sharp increase in tuition last October. He has also served as a member class becomes clear. deposits is somewhat of a sur- The administration will evalu- of both the United States Olympic As of April 14, the university prise, given the uncertainty of the ate select faculty vacancies to fill, Committee and the Board of had received 187 more first-year American economy. Since the re- if they continue to receive encour- Governors of the American Red tuition deposits than they received cession began in December 2007, aging information about fall en- Cross. a year ago. By contrast, at this newspaper reports have consis- Photo courtesy of UN.org rollment, according to Dr. Roger James Morris will address the class The undergraduate ceremony time last year, the number of de- tently mentioned falling enroll- Fortin, the academic vice presi- of 2009 on Saturday, May 16. begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May posits was only 32 higher than it ments at universities across the dent and provost. 16, in Cintas Center. was in 2007. country. The administration is currently BY JOHN LAFOLLETTE Xavier’s director of Interfaith Aaron Meis, the dean for un- Explaining the uptick, Meis reviewing the hiring process, look- Editor-in-Chief Community Engagement, Rabbi dergraduate admission, said that pointed to increased collabora- ing at previous trends and patterns Xavier has selected James Abie Ingber, will deliver the com- despite the 36.7 percent increase tion between the office of admis- of enrollment. Morris, the former executive direc- mencement address at the gradu- in deposits, it is still too early in the sion, the office of marketing and By the May 1 deposit deadline, tor of the United Nations World ate ceremony, which will begin at year to accurately predict whether printing services and the office of Continued on page 2 Food Programme, as the keynote 2 p.m. FIAT JUSTITIA, RUAT COELUM 2 April 15, 2009 News XAVIER NEWSWIRE Sustainability intern promotes green effort Fall enrollment BY AMY WINDHORST ited resources,” said Sustainability numbers hold Campus News Editor Committee co-chair, Kathleen In continued efforts to keep Smythe. promise for Xavier’s campus “green,” Xavier’s According to the committee’s university Sustainability Committee re- research, several other universities Continued from page 1 cently selected junior James Cave have implemented a similar, stu- to fill the role of Sustainability dent-led position in order to boost more decisions will be made as Committee Intern. campus involvement in green is- to which positions to “unfreeze,” The position gained the sup- sues. Indeed, student involvement said Fortin. port of Xavier President, Fr. is at the top of Cave’s priorities. The College of Arts and Michael Graham, S.J., who was “It is quite obvious that stu- Sciences has had 18 “vacant lines” instrumental in gathering funding dent involvement in campus-wide frozen, meaning there are open for the job. sustainability projects is currently faculty positions that will not be The Sustainability Committee at a very low level,” said Cave in filled. At this point, six have been Intern will be granted a tuition a proposal to Fr. Graham. “A stu- unfrozen. reduction that will later be speci- dent leader must be established Dr. Janice Walker, Dean of fied by Financial Aid and a small to unify Xavier’s commitment, the College of Arts and Sciences, budget for events and other promote student awareness and consulted with the departments to initiatives. create student-led sustainability determine which faculty lines will Cave will serve as the student initiatives.” be unfrozen. go-to concerning sustainability ef- Cave, who first drafted the pro- For example, the Theology, forts on campus. posal for the position, was chosen Mathematics and Computer Photo courtesy of Facebook Science and English departments He will be working in con- based on his closeness to the proj- Junior James Cave will fill the role of Sustainability Committee Intern.