Despite the fact that the Olympics – a display of international harmony through sport – ended just a week ago, tensions are high between the United States and Russia. If you are…
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A Belated Farewell to Harold Ramis
The Mount Greenwood Chronicles will resume post-Spring Break. The following article, I felt, must be written and printed within The Xavierite. On February 24, 2014 comedy filmmaker and Chicago resident Harold Ramis…
Quick Bits: The Internet and the Movies
The Internet is a breeding ground for people who don’t want to have any fun. Recently, I saw the film The Monuments Men. To give a brief review, the film is flawed…
The Mt. Greenwood Chronicles II: Hamburger Lane
Mt. Greenwood is a place that many may not think of as having its own delicacy. In fact, I couldn’t blame you if you thought that Mt. Greenwood is a place so…
You Say You Want a Revolution
As many of you know, the 50th anniversary of the Beatles first performance in America recently passed. The Beatles stunned America on the “Ed Sullivan” show. It is estimated that 45 percent…
Enough with the Olympics
I write this column at the risk of sounding unpatriotic and unsportsmanlike. But, if I can be honest for a moment, the Winter Olympics are kind of boring. Well, at least some…
Searching for Safety in the Digital World
This weekend, it was reported by several news sources that Apple has experienced a major security breach within its operations. The breach operates by hackers connecting to shared networks and acting as…
9 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Take Valentine’s Day So Seriously
1. It’s never going to be as innocent and carefree as it once was. I fondly remember passing out the Valentine’s that I had carefully selected to every member of my third…
The NSA and You
On February 8, Stephen Braun of the Associated Press reported in his article “NSA gets under 30% of phone data” that the US government’s data collection has had a massive drop off…
The Mt. Greenwood Chronicles: A Mt. Greenwood Colonel
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first of what I hope to be a glorious chronicle of the neighborhood that surrounds our wonderful campus. I am of course talking about the beautiful…
