Category: Opinions

I have always been an advocate for women. Well duh, I am a woman. We have come such a long way in terms of rights, we have a lot of opportunities that…

While flipping through some articles this past weekend, I came upon an amazing story that hasn’t seemed to grab many headlines thus far. I find this odd given the fact that this…

Recently a proposal to ban smoking on campus has been brought forward to administration. This proposal, if passed, can potentially ban smoking on the entire Saint Xavier University campus. This has led…

Dear Xavierite Staff: We appreciate the article you wrote last week concerning Homecoming and the divide between residents and commuters; however, we find it to be extremely flawed. Homecoming flyers were distributed…

Two years ago, when I was but a first year columnist, I wrote a series of stories called “Battlefield Christmas.” This installment of stories was written as a wartime report and how…

I was recently made aware of a new app called “Yik Yak”. Naturally, I downloaded it to see what it had to offer. The app is essentially an anonymous version of Twitter. It…

With the Ebola virus making its way into the United States, it has understandably caused quite a stir. With plenty of media coverage and the frightening buzzwords of “epidemic” and “death” being…

In the past few weeks, it seems that the coverage of the current Ebola crisis seems to have faded from the headlines and into memory. This, the observation of the Xavierite staff,…

This weekend marked the 40th year in the history of Saturday Night Live. To celebrate this achievement, before the premiere of the new season NBC ran an old SNL episode. The episode…

My dear readers, in just two short weeks I will be celebrating a very momentous occasion, something every college student waits for. That’s right, my 21st birthday. I am just as excited…