On September 15 and 16, the Saint Xavier Women’s golf team participated in the Deer Park Classic out in Oglesby, Ill. This was the first time all season that the team played…
Big Haul for Fall Softball
The Saint Xavier softball team has answered the call in its fall schedule, winning seven of eight games. Though the games in the fall schedule are officially only scrimmages, the outcomes for…
Men’s Soccer Now Scoring with Consistency
The Saint Xavier University men’s soccer team lost each of its last two games, but the Cougars are scoring for the first time this season. After beginning a winning streak with a…
First Catholic Colloquium Lecture at SXU
On Tuesday, September 16, Saint Xavier University launched their first guest lecture with Sister Helen Marie Burns,R.S.M., Ph.D., in the Butler Reception Room. Sister Helen Marie’s presentation, entitled “Education Requires Ingenuity: The…
O’Brien Medallion Awarded to Students
Tuesday, September 23 was the O’Brien Medallion Ceremony, which is held to acknowledge a student’s exemplary co-curricular involvement and leadership. The O’Brien Medallion also is meant to acknowledge service to the Saint…
Arrival of Chinese Transfers on Hold
Saint Xavier University has been anticipating the arrival of the Chinese foreign exchange students to the Chicago campus, and an estimated arrival date has been set. Students planning to travel from China…
The Cougar Diaries
Since I’ve been in college, environmental activism has been quite important to me. I have begun to realize that even the littlest things we do can have either a negative or positive…
The Crusader of Sanity
“There’s something to be said for pushing whimsy,” says writer/director/podcaster Kevin Smith about his new film Tusk. The film, released last Friday Sept. 19, has a very interesting plot and origins. Conceived…
The Cougar Pulse
With flu season right around the corner, many will flock to their local drug store or clinic to get the flu shot, while others will tout numerous myths about the vaccine. When…
The Maze Runner Review
The movie begins abruptly, lights are flashing on and off, and a freight elevator ascends toward the ceiling so bracingly fast it that it feels like a rendition of the ending of…