Governor Pat Quinn last week stated that the temporary income tax increase he implemented three years ago may become permanent. According to a recent Chicago Tribune article, “Keep tax hike or face…
Author: The Xavierite
Brand Spankin’ New…Science
Saint Xavier University’s Chemistry Department has recently received a $10,000 grant from the Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grants Program to be used for the purchase of a picoSpin NMR Spectrometer. The…
Students to Speak at Purdue Calumet
Saint Xavier University will be sending three of its honors students to the 2014 Clement S. Stacy Memorial Undergraduate Research Conference at Purdue Calumet. The conference is focused on presentations regarding liberal…
New Environmental Organization at SXU
The new Environmental Concerns Organization is now at Saint Xavier University. It was founded by its president, Evan Held, and the rest of its current officers with the help of its faculty…
SXU Senior ReFOCUS
Wednesday, April 9 from 5-6:30 p.m. Career Services will be hosting a senior class career event titled ReFOCUS on the Future in the Butler Reception room. The main goal of this event,…
Baseball Splits Double-Header with Davenport
In a difficult early season for Saint Xavier baseball, the Cougars split a double-header with Davenport University on Saturday. The first game had to be pushed back to wait for higher mercury…
Cougars Get Stomped
SXU Men’s Volleyball has looked more impressive in the past couple weeks while trying to overcome a slow start to the season. Just recently they went over .500 in conference play by…
“Cougar Sports Den” to Grace Small Screen
Saint Xavier continues to get SXU TV off and running and a new type of student-generated content will be added to the mix. The Cougar Sports Den, a WXAV 88.3 FM Chicago…
Bulls Are Going to the Playoffs on Noah’s Ark
The city of Chicago is a custom to seeing greatness on a basketball court and the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s epitomized the word “greatness”. After watching Jordan and company terrorize the…
With Season Winding Down, Hawks Look to Turn Up! Teravainen Joins Hawks
Central Division Update This point of the NHL Regular-Season marks a crucial time where teams in both conferences fight for a playoff spot. Most teams fight all season just to make the…