We Do Need Some Education: “Hey Teachers, Leave Them Kids Alone!”
[caption id="attachment_2291" align="alignright" width="300"] Barbara Byrd-Bennet (CEO of Chicago Public Schools) advocated against kid protesters.[/caption] When will we learn? I mean that in two senses....
The End of an Era, but not of Spirit
There are a number of great people leaving the University this year, but one in particular hits close to home: Mark Vargas, the Executive Director...
Schools Should Wade into Un-Chartered Waters
A charter school is a publicly funded school that must have an open enrollment policy. They have to abide with state testing and federal accountability...
Healthy Relationships: No Easy Task
[caption id="attachment_2261" align="alignright" width="300"] Relationships are hard work, but they are worth it if you and your partner are willing to communicate and accept and...
No Tolerance For Intolerance
I might not ever get married. I’m not sure it’s for me. I don’t know that I dig marriage. But I dig love. And I’ll be...
Student/Administration Conflict, Diner Blues, Exiting and Welcoming Staff Members…All in a Year’s Work at SXU
Alas! Another year passes at Saint Xavier, a year filled with its own problems, successes, excitements and stressors. We at The Xavierite have been honored...
Faculty Overhaul
Saint Xavier University will be experiencing a change of professors for the 2013-2014 school year. When students in Dr. David Neff’s Spirituality classes received news...
Onward to Omaha
[caption id="attachment_2247" align="alignright" width="270"] Sister Sue Sanders has been with SXU for 12 years.[/caption] As Sister Sue Sanders loaded a milk dud into a toy...
Orland to Miss Outgoing Sister
On July 1, Sister Margaret Mary Hinz, Associate Director for the Graham School of Management’s Graduate Program at the Orland Park Campus, will begin her...
A Farewell to Dr. McNellis
[caption id="attachment_2240" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. McNellis hopes to continue work in education.[/caption] Saint Xavier University’s Department of Communication will soon be one member short. After...