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...
Senior Class Gift of 2013
The Class of 2013’s class gift will help fund projects that showcase student and faculty cooperation. The Student-Faculty Partnership Endowment aims to create a strong...
Interfaith Expo at SXU
On Monday, April 15, the annual Interfaith Expo took place in the Butler reception Room. The Expo’s theme, “Who’s Got Faith in Faith Anymore?” brought...