On Nov. 24 a grand jury reached their decision on whether to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on charges filed on the shooting death of Michael Brown. The story in Ferguson…
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Budget Cuts Hit Illinois Universities
Budget cuts are looming for many Illinois State Colleges as Governor Elect Bruce Rauner prepares to enter office. A memo sent out via email from the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s Executive…
College Costs Breaking the Bank
The cost of a college education is on the rise according to findings by the College Board, but what does this mean to Saint Xavier’s students? The calculated average cost of attending…
Cougar Football Sneaks into Top 3 for NAIA Playoffs
The Playoff Picture The Saint Xavier Cougar football team improved to 8-2 with a 36-6 win over Olivet Nazarene University Saturday. It was the final regular season game of the season for…
SXU Honors their Student Veterans
On Nov. 11, Veterans Day was being celebrated nationwide across the United States. Beginning on Nov. 7, Saint Xavier University held a variety of events centered toward honoring the student veterans of…
Diversity Informs, Educates and Inspires
“I think the campus does a great job highlighting and hosting mulitcultural events. We have an incredibly diverse campus and each one of the events hosted certainly shows a new aspect of…
Dumb and Dumber To Review
It’s been 20 years since moviegoers were last acquainted with Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey), but the two great idiots of cinema are back in Dumb and Dumber…
Women’s Volleyball Reaches End of Road
The women’s volleyball team split games once again, as they closed out their season on Nov. 13. The Cougars played two games last week, winning the first and losing the second. The…
Krolicki Strong as SXU Takes Two From Trinity International and Saint Ambrose
The Saint Xavier women’s basketball team finished up their two week, season opening road trip with back to back wins against Trinity International University (Ill.) and Saint Ambrose University. These wins improved…
Bastion of Bad: Bears Beat Vikings with Peterson Still Inactive
Well, the Bears finally won a game. Here’s the kicker: they even did it at home. I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to happen this season. I was actually on the…