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Letter to the editor on SGA & SAB

Record Store Day is Coming

SXU Softball Continues Winning

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Salsman to Leave Saint Xavier Nicole RosalesSenior News Editor

Brittany Salsman’s last day at SXU is Thursday, April 18th. Saint Xavier University

Students Bemoan Food Prices & Gilhooley’s Tony BaraEditor in Chief

Brittany Salsman, current Assistant Director for First Year Halls, has stepped down from her position at Residence Life at Saint Xavier University. Be fo re coming to the unversity, Salsman served as Resident Director at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She later came to Chicago to fill a position opening at SXU. “I’ve always wanted to live in Chicago,” said Salsman. “I’ve also always had a passion for working with first year students, so when this position became available, it seemed like a perfect fit.” However, after her time at the university, Salsman feels that a new experience awaits her. “I’ve decided to leave because I need a new challenge,” she explained. “I fee l l ike I ’ve gotten comfortable in my position here, and that’s a place that, professionally, I don’t ever want to find myself in. I always want to be pushing myself to grow and be better at what I do.” Salsman expressed that although she has loved her position

at Saint Xavier, she has taken what she can from it. “It’s time for me to step to the next opportunity,” she said. Salsman also stated that she has no current plans as to her next job, but she is excited for her future. Even with no plans, Salsman’s next goal is to work with an orientation program or first-year experience program, as she hopes to have the opportunity to dive into student support more directly. This is Salman’s last week at Saint Xavier. Her last day will be Thursday, April 18. “Without a doubt, I’m going to miss the students the most,” Salsman said of her work at the unversity. “I mean that from the bottom of my heart. The students are what have kept me here for the amount of time that I’ve been here. I’ve developed so many great relationships with residents, and students in general. I’ve really enjoyed the impact I’ve had on them, but also what they’ve given to me. I’ve learned and grown so much from what they bring to this campus. I hope they understand how thankful I am that I was able to work with them for the time that I was.”

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Complaints predominated at a forum held to discuss Saint Xavier’s Dining Services on Tuesday, April 9 in the diner atrium. The event, cosponsored by the Residence Hall Association (RHA), the Student Government Association (SGA) and the Student Activities Board (SAB) was intended to gauge student opinions regarding the various dining venues on campus. Most students who attended were extremely critical of what they perceive as high meal prices at the venues. “If I didn’t have to eat here, I wouldn’t,” claimed Jeanine Sinople, a senior speech pathology and psychology major who is also a resident student. “It’s just expensive.” Vince Canino, a freshman computer science major who is a commuter student, agreed

admitting that he tends to avoid dining on campus whenever he can. “There’s got to be something they can do to lower prices,” he said. “ P r i c i n g i s a l way s my challenge,” said Linda Moreno, Director of Auxiliary Services and the school’s liaison with its food supplier, Chartwells. “I’m always trying to challenge Chartwells to be as good or better priced than [its rival] Sodexo,” she stated. Even so, she admitted that in order to sustain any kind of food business on campus, a constant balance must be struck. She explained that, unlike a normal franchise which can simply leave a location if business does not warrant its continuation, dining venues must always be accessible to students, no matter how many or how few use them. “The underlying infrastructure must always be there, even if the student is not,” Moreno emphasized.

As a result, certain price levels must be maintained merely to cover costs. She suggested that one solution to cut costs and prices would be to close a food venue—a proposition she believes students would not be fond of, and one she is therefore not exploring. Dining Service’s need to bring in a certain amount of revenue just to cover costs also explains why resident meal plans are mandatory. Some resident students complained about the mandatory meal plans, claiming that they spend much less money then they have on their particular plan and, as a result, end up wasting unused dollars. To that, Moreno observed a contradiction that on one hand students complain about high prices and on the other hand many students cannot spend enough to fully utilize their meal plans. Vice President for Student Affairs, John Pelrine, who made an

appearance at the forum, suggested that bringing in addit ional commuter dollars could help offset some of the costs. “We’re trying for a commuter meal plan,” he stated. Moreno confirmed this saying that she is currently working on a commuter meal plan idea but that for it to prove effective, it would need to bring in extra dollars above and beyond those raised from commuters paying in cash. She also hopes that such a plan would help improve the campus socially, encouraging commuters to stick around longer. The quality and service of Gilhooley’s, the university-owned saloon, was also questioned by forum participants. Specifically, complaints about slow, rude service and lack of social events dominated the discussion of that restaurant. Stephanie Moye, Sr. Director for Dining Services, maintained that al l student complaints

regarding Gilhooley’s have long ago been addressed. Regarding the rude service, “We are taking corrective actions with the person involved,” asserted Moye. Both Moye and Moreno expressed great confidence in Gilhooley’s new manager, David Powers, who they described as someone who models customer service with a high energy level. Fur thermore, Moye has implemented several additional social events at Gilhooley’s including karaoke nights, comedy shows and dances to promote the restaurant both to the Saint Xavier population and the surrounding community. Moye also plans to send “secret shoppers” to Gilhooley’s and other campus dining venues.

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These shoppers will secretly observe and report the venues’ quality. Moreno described Gilhooley’s as having “an identity crisis” because students often avoid it because they do not view it as directed toward them, while older community members often avoid it because they feel it is purely a student restaurant on a college campus. She said that both groups must be accommodated so that Gilhooley’s can become a “neighborhood gathering place” and effectively compete with other Southside bars. Other issues raised at the forum ranged from complaints about food menus and portion sizes to food variety, freshness and nutritional information. Both Moye and Moreno assured that they could easily have allayed student concerns had they been invited to the food forum, which they both said they had no knowledge

of. “We feel like we missed an opportunity to hear first hand from the students,” said Moreno. SAB president Christine Bowe said the reason Moye and Moreno were not invited was to encourage “students to feel free and comfortable in expressing their

concerns for the food services.” Moye emphasized, “A lot of these solutions are easy, but we have to know about them.” As a result, she is running her own diner forum on Thursday, April 18 at 4:30 p.m. in the diner atrium. She welcomes all students to attend.

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On Thursday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m. an induction ceremony was held for new members of Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honor Society) and Pi Sigma Alpha (The National Political Science Honor Society) in the Fourth Floor Board Room. The Xavierite interviewed both Amanda Lopez, Assistant Professor of History and Political Science, and Matthew Costello, Professor of History & Political Science, to obtain more information on both societies. “Ph i A lpha Thet a was

established in 1921 at the University of Arkansas. Our chapter, Alpha-Omicron-Eta was established this year at our induction ceremony,” explained Lopez. She continued, “Phi Alpha Theta is a national history honor society for undergraduates , graduates and profess ional historians.” Ten students were inducted into the Phi Alpha Theta Honors Society on Thursday. The students are Tony Bara, Brian Michael Foran, Macy Zamudio, Mark R. Korosa, Daniel Melecio, Amber Lynn Miller, Trumaine Mitchell, Kyle Mossman, Valarie Nowicki and Christopher Sarna. Both Tony Bara and Trumaine Mitchel are

charter students and helped with the application process. Lopez went on to say that “Phi Alpha Theta provides opportunities for students to present their work at national and regional conferences and publish in its national journal, The Historian. There are also scholarships and prizes available.” Other than members from the Department of History and Political Science and the inductees from both societies being there, the President, Provost, Dean and Lee Brice, who is a member of the Nation Council of Phi Alpha Theta and a Professor of History at Western Illinois University, attended the ceremony. Lopez discussed her hopes for

Phi Alpha Theta “We have so many bright and talented history students at SXU and establishing a chapter of Phi Alpha Theta brings them the recognition they deserve. I hope it will encourage others to strive for success in their history classes as well.” She continued, “I hope that Phi Alpha Theta will be an avenue for history students to bring more history focused events to campus and to share their interest in history with their peers. We would like to host a regional Phi Alpha Theta conference in a few years as well.” Macy Zamudio, sophomore, History/ Secondary Education major, was one of the ten students that were inducted.

“It’s definitely an honor to be a part of a national organization that recognizes history students and that also recognizes the importance of history,” said Zamudio. She then explained “Despite the negative things that some students may say about it, history is fun and it is a totally awesome subject...but, then again, I am a history nerd, so my opinion might be a bit biased! I guess being a part of Phi Alpha Theta makes it nice to know that there are more people who are history nerds like me!” As mentioned before, Phi Alpha Theta was not alone in

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On Monday, April 15, there was an explosion during the Bos-ton Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts. One runner stated, “There are a lot of people down“. There are current investiga-tions to what caused the explosion. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22160691)

Turkish pianist Fazil Say was found guilty by an Istanbul court for “insulting Muslim values” and was given a ten-month jail sentence on April 15, 2013. Because of this, many question religious influence in politics within Turkey. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22151212)

In China, the Chinese bird flu, H7N9 has claimed 60 lives as of April 14, 2013. According to Chinese authorities, this has only been found with direct contact with infected birds. Evidence of human-to-human transmission has not been seen so far. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22141290)

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inducting members into their society; Pi Sigma Alpha did as well. Pi Sigma Alpha inducted nine members this year. The members included Victoria Brown, Chance Cutrano, Maritzza Escudero, Guy Gilbertson, Neveen Hammad, Zaheya Hasan, William McGill, Mary Rewerts, and Mona Sadek. Costello explained, “The society recognizes outstanding performance in the study of political science. Membership is thus a recognition of high levels of academic performance. Members are awarded honor medallions with

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the Pi Sigma Alpha key to wear with their academic robes as a sign of their achievement.” He continued, “Additionally, the society offers scholarships for graduate study and Washington semester programs, Best paper awards , and has par tnered with several organizations such as the Washington Internship Institute and Washington Center for discounts on tuition to their programs and with the Princeton review for discounts on LSAT preparation courses.” Unlike Phi Alpha Theta, this is not Pi sigma Alpha’s first year at SXU. The Phi Chi Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha began in 1998.

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SXU Pi Sigma Theta and Alpha’s 2013 Inductees. Amanda Lopez

A recent survey of 50 SXU students has found that only 14% of students polled listen to WXAV. WXAV 88.3FM is Saint Xavier’s student run radio station. Founded in 1977 as WSXC, a radio station that would broadcast exclusively in SXU’s diner. The station would change its call letters to WXAV in 1991 when the station officially became a FCC licensed radio station. Ever since, WXAV has served the SXU community as both an extracurricular activity and a source of entertainment.

In recent years, though, students involved in radio have expressed growing concern that WXAV hasn’t been receiving enough airplay on campus. When asked whether or not, they would listen to WXAV if it was played on or around campus, 66% of students polled answered that they would and 68% said that they listened to radio in general. 98% of the surveyed students said that they knew what WXAV was. WXAV has been trying to increase the amount of airplay that they have been receiving around campus, namely by trying to get the station played in the bookstore, the diner, and the Shannon Center.

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“Radio management has been working with the administration to get WXAV played in the Shannon Center and the bookstore,” said Lyndsey Caliendo, a junior Early Childhood Education student and WXAV’s program directors. In terms of WXAV’s prescences at events around campus, Campus Life stated that they try as often as possible to invite the Radio Station out to events that they organize. W X AV a l s o d o e s l i v e broadcasts of various games that SXU sports teams participate in including most of the Cougar home games during the Football season. In the future, WXAV plans on increasing the amount of

advertising and promoting they do for the station in order to increase listenership among students on campus. “For the past semester, the staff at WXAV have been evaluating their promotional methods. Over the summer, the students will review their results and begin implementing a new promotional strategy for the Fall 2013 semester.” Said Peter Kreten, the Director of Student Media when asked about the station’s plans for future advertising endevours. For more information on WXAV or SXU student media, feel free to visit www.wxav.com or listen in at 88.3FM.


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The Xavierite Staff

Letter to the Editor:

The Xavierite Sees no News, Hears no News, Speaks no News

The Xavierite makes an error in neglecting to interview key members of future SXC organization.

Christine BoweNursingStudent Activities Board PresidentCommunity Liaison

Letter to the Editor:Sticks and Stones May Break my Bones,

But Compliments will Definitely Hurt Me

Former Senior Viewpoints Editor Genevieve Buthod crticizes Tony Bara’s evaluation of

“radical feminists”.

Genevieve ButhodJuniorComputer Studies/Philosophy

This past Monday the Name It, Change It campaign released their survey on exactly how physical descriptions and remarks affect female politicians. Survey respondents were asked to rate which candidate they preferred after hearing a series of stories. In the first story, Jane Smith and Dan Jones are running for Congress. No physical description is given, and Jane maintains a slight lead at the fictional polls. In a second version, Jane is given a neutral description, and then turns up 5 points behind Dan. Another version describes her as attractive, and suddenly she’s 13 points behind Dan. A final version describes her as unattractive and then she’s 15 points behind. What this tells us is that any description whatsoever hurts her chances politically. Even if calling attention to a woman’s physical appearance weren’t politically damaging to her, even if it weren’t unprofessional and totally unrelated to her political qualifications, it would still be wrong. It doesn’t matter if a positive remark about her appearance comes from the president of the U.S. or a creepy guy on the street. Any remark about a woman’s appearance, whether approving or otherwise, is at its core objectifying. It asserts the right of the speaker to pass judgment on a woman based on her body rather than her mind, something all women have to deal with on a near-

constant basis throughout our lives in many ways. Assuming that feminists simply can’t take a: joke, compliment, etc. is an easy cop-out and a purposeful blindness to modern gender issues. In your article, you mention that Obama in fact did compliment her mind as well as her body, so the comment on her body is acceptable.

“Nevertheless, even with this logic staring them in the face, many radical (and I emphasize radical) feminists still choose to believe the paranoid delusion that anytime a man even so much as thinks about a woman’s looks, he is being a sexist pig.” -Tony Bara (vol. 82 No. 21)

This point unfortunately d o e s n ’ t h o l d w a t e r w h e n considering women’s place in politics in the broader realm. This incident wasn’t one innocent compliment that got taken the wrong way by “radical feminists.”

“By attacking men for chivalrously complimenting women, the radical feminists only make a mockery of

themselves and hurt their cause. They propagate the false stereotype that all feminists are crazy Amazons in an eternal war against the male population.” -Tony Bara (vol. 82 No. 21)

The compliment itself was just one remark among so many that every female politician must overcome before she can even be taken seriously in her career. Think about how much of an article written about any woman in politics focuses on her outfit choice, her hairstyle, whether her amount of cleavage or skirt length was appropriate. It would be laughable to read any news piece about Obama that focuses on his tie more than his words. You don’t have to be a radical; you don’t even have to be a feminist to see that this is true. All you have to do is follow politics and read a newspaper occasionally.

Dear The Xavierite Staff,

My letter today, is regarding the Xavierite Volume 82, Number 20 that was released Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013. Specifically, the article titled, “SGA and SAB Combine to Form New Council.” While reading this article I noticed that I was not in fact inter v iewed, quest ioned or contacted prior to the release. Being the President of the Student Activities Board, I would like to suggest for your future references to include not one, but both of the presidents of the two organizations that are “combining,” as stated in the title of your article. Quoted and cited in your article you notably interviewed the President of the Student G ove r n m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n . However, according to your article, the combination of what is now SGA and SAB will be happening during the 2013-2014 school year. My question to you now is why you would interview members of

this organization that will not be involved in the new Council. Regardless of not speaking with me directly, why wouldn’t you reach out to the future council members? I would like to take a moment to also point out that you quoted four members from the Student Government Association and not one of the Student Activity Board members was quoted or mentioned. I was informed that you, nor anyone from The Xavierite for that matter, reached out to Shonice James and Rachel Fenton who are currently on the Student Activities Board and will be holding two of the four future Executive Vice Presidents. Shonice will be the EVP of Communication and Rachel will be the EVP of Campus Connect. That being said, not interviewing two members currently on the current Student Activities Board insinuates that The Xavierite is in fact not “the eyes and ears of the

students,” seeing as you left out the entire programming board currently and for the future. This is now showing me as well as the entire programming board that you are incapable of accurately stating the facts of our organization now and for the future Council, which is completely and utterly disheartening. I fee l i t i s complete l y inappropriate to write an article titled “SGA and SAB Combine to Form New Council,” and fail to interview the president of this organization, my advisor, let alone any of my members on the Student Activities Board. The “combining” of both SAB and SGA was a joint effort in which both organizations were active in regards to the restructuring. I ask that for all future articles that all parties involved are contacted appropriately with sufficient and adequate facts printed when writing about SXC and any future article.

Students and the administration share the responsibility for promoting campus events, activities and organizations... like

our radio station

For the past 12 years, WXAV 88.3FM has served the SXU community as its award-win-ning student-run radio station. Like most college radio stations, however, WXAV is faced with the problem of attracting listeners from amongst the student community.

This is not a problem faced exclusively by WXAV, though. Most if not all student-run organizations and even some of the departments on campus (as last week’s editorial pointed out) wrestle with a problem of attract-ing student attention.

The question that student-run organizations like WXAV are forced to ask themselves or face slowly fading into extinction is simple: “How do we get more members of the student body either involved or interested in what we do?”

An answer to this problem is to find new, more efficient means of promotion. The more people who are aware of some-thing, the greater the chances of people getting involved.

There are two groups that have the ability to improve and work on promotion: the students directly involved and the manage-ment and administration who can influence things on the larger scale.

While it may seem at times that students have no ability to influence the grand scheme of things, the truth is simply that in terms of student-run organi-zations like WXAV and other activities that involve us students, we do.

The trick is to make our voices heard and to shamelessly self-promote when needed. In terms of WXAV student DJs, producers and management, it’s a matter of going to your friends and family and asking them to listen in.

Another way that students

can help bring attention to orga-nizations that they care about is to organize events.

Even smaller scale events can gain attention for the spon-sors. WXAV, for example, would attract more positive attention from the student body if they would have events such as the few times in the past year where they set up shop in the diner and took student requests.

The more interaction with the intended audience, the more likely it is that the audience will interact with you.

There is, however, only so much that we as students can do. At the end of the day, it is the management and administration who have the ability to approve events and assist student-run organizations like WXAV.

Keeping with the WXAV example, departments such as Campus Life and SXU Athlet-ics do have an ability to invite WXAV to events as either a form of covering the event or as part of the entertainment.

Also while the bureaucracy of the administration system can seem slow and nonsensical at times, student organizations can work with it to meet an end goal.

WXAV has been commu-nicating with the administration to get WXAV broadcast in areas of campus such as the diner or the Shannon Center, and while they have been so far unsuccess-ful, the day may still yet come when WXAV gets played through speakers in the recreational areas around campus.

In the long run, collabora-tion between both students and the administration along with initiative on the students’ part is key towards better promoting the student organizations and activities that we enjoy and are involved with.

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Cagestruck: An Internet Love Story

Maybe it’s just me, but there seem to be some people out in the world (namely on the internet) who are obsessed with actor Nicolas Cage. I had this startling revelation when I found a link to an official petition pending White House recognition to give Nicolas Cage the Declaration of Independence. The petition reads: “Nicolas Cage deserves the Declaration of Independence. He is a National Treasure. Having stolen the Declaration once, he is clearly capable of doing so again, but chooses not to out of the kindness of his heart. He should be rewarded for his work as an actor and a historian by being given the Declaration of Independence” (petitions.whitehouse.gov). I’ve already done a column on how it’s wrong to waste the government’s time with silly frivolous petitions (last time, a group of knuckleheads was trying to push legislation to get a real, working Death Star built). But this absolutely fascinated me. I was surprised that this petition – which is clearly a joke – has received nearly 3,000 online signatures (2,595 the last time I checked before the paper went to print). Now, that’s nowhere near 100,000 signatures needed by April 25 for this to officially reach

the desk of President Obama, so I get the feeling the Declaration of Independence can enjoy its stay in Independence Hall a bit longer. Regardless of how I feel about Nicolas Cage and his movies, it is undeniable that the man has seemed to have struck a chord across the internet. This petition is only the latest in, frankly, weird tributes to the Oscar-winning actor. Many of these tributes are made to pay homage to the actor’s quirky and somewhat overblown performances in modern-day turkeys like “The Wicker Man” or “Face/Off”. My personal favorite of these tributes is the Youtube video “Nicolas Cage Losing his S***”. It’s 4 minutes and 14 seconds from all of Cage’s movies featuring the actor shouting obscenities, bursting into tears, screaming the alphabet and combusting into wild hysterics. There is even a website called niccageaseveryone.blogspot.com where people who really love Nicolas Cage can see their favorite screen idol Photoshopped into screenshots of other movies, historical events or even nature photos. Around Valentine’s Day, Facebook was littered with Nicolas Cage Valentine e-cards, with such sentiments as: “You’re a National Treasure!” Very clever…. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t find most of these things quite

All of my life, I have played the game of making a straight line of “A”s appear on a piece of paper. The rule of this game is simple: repeat after me. Despite its simplicity, this game is one played with trillions of dollars and millions of lives every single day, and the sad fact is that many people lose this game. With such high stakes it would be only fair for everyone to be judged in the same way, except we are not all the same, thus making the game rigged. The question now is how do we fix this game we call school? It is hard to realize that (partly because we are not taught about it) there are alternate paths of education than the k-12 and college system we have currently. However, dismantling everything would be too chaotic and costly. Maybe in future days, when our country

burns the wake of its ideological dogma and inhumane practices we will rebuild the system from scratch, but until then we need to work with what we have. Exactly how we determine if the system is working is actually one of the major problems with it. Since our earliest days in school, we are graded by tests that focus on the regurgitation of information. Everything has to have a point value, everything has to be a letter grade and everything has to be correct on the first try. This does not facilitate learning and comprehension; it turns education into nothing more than a trivia game. The more points, the better your grade, the better your college, and the better your job, thus rendering the entire education system a pursuit of wealth. This leads to all sorts of problems like students being able to justify cheating and other academic dishonesty. I saw this a lot during high school especially during the ACT and SAT testing times. Students getting hopped

up on Adderall to get that extra edge on tests. The ends justified the means to the students because they felt validated in that extra couple points. Another disturbing thought is: what happens to all the students who fail only by a small margin due to test errors. Tests are rarely double checked by anyone, so the errors go unnoticed and the students wrongly branded failures. Every tests and assignment is used to reinforce that arbitrary evaluation of failure or success and consequently our feeling self-worth. We will not be bagged, tagged, shipped and sold by that splat of

ink on paper. The potential that resides within all of us is not something our education system tries to nurture. You spent the prime of your life playing a parrot, shaped you mind into a cog, and accumulated thousands of dollars of debt, and for what? To find a job in a market over saturated with college graduates all with the same skill sets and who will work for dimes to pay off the mortgage size loans? This education is no more an enlightenment than Wonder Bread is enriched wheat. In physics class we learn about action potential,

but what we truly need to discover i s o u r h u m a n potential. R e c e n t l y I discovered some talks by Sir Ken R o b i n s o n , a n expert in alternative e d u c a t i o n , i n w h i c h h e addresses this very issue, “We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manu fa c tu r ing

model , which is based on linearity and

conformity and batching people. We have to move to a model that is based more on principles of agriculture. We have to recognize that human f lourishing is not a mechanical process; it’s an organic process. And you cannot predict the outcome of human development. All you can do, like a farmer, is create the conditions under which they will begin to flourish.” That is our task: to make every student realize that they are more than just a GPA and a bank account.

hilarious. But, it’s the seeming randomness of it all that makes me laugh. Why Nicolas Cage? I know he’s done some stinkers and overacts at times, but you can say that about any actor in Hollywood. Why not a site like johntravoltaaseveryone.com or videos like “Christopher Walken Losing his S***”? I’m sure those would be equally hilarious. Nicolas Cage has been working at such a high frequency lately (he owes quite a bit to the IRS, which would explain his heavy work load). Maybe that’s why the public is so fascinated with him. Someone might be thinking: How does he do so much so fast and why is none of it really that good? One day Cage, I am sure, will do another film that makes us remember why he became such a huge star in the first place. Maybe when he has time to do the films that he wants to do we’ll get the chance to see another film from Cage like Mike Figgis’s “Leaving Las Vegas” or Spike Jonze’s “Adaptation” – both films that benefit from the brilliant character actor Nicolas Cage. Until then, I’ll enjoy the films being produced by Cage in his “Nutty Nic” mode (a phrase coined by Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips) and let the memes, videos and pictures of Nicolas Cage as historical figures roll in….

Nicolas Cage finds a new kind of fanbase online as people pay tribute to the star in strange ways.

If this graph does not make you wonder what is going on, than... read it again. source: connectednation.org

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Sixyearsago,adaywasbornthatwouldhelpbringindierecordstoresoutoftheshadowsandintothelimelight.Yes,folks,theveryfirstRecordStoreDay(RSD)wasonApril19,2008.Sincethen,themusiclovers’holidayhasalwaysbeenonthethirdSatur-dayofAprileachyear. Youmaybeaskingyourself,“Whatisthepointofadaydedicatedtorecordstores?WhataboutadaydedicatedtoWal-Mart?”Well,ignoringthefactthatyoushopataterriblestoresuchasWal-Mart,RSDisadaytocelebratemusicasatrueartform.Ithelpskeepindependentrecordstoresonthemap,insteadofallcrumblingagainsttheinternet. Whiletheinternetisajoyandmakesallofourliveseasier,itjustcannotgiveyouthesamesatisfactionaswalkingintoasmallrecordstoreandbeingsurroundedbymusic.Andnotonlymusic,butart,REALart.Fromthepostersonthewallsadvertisingforup-comingconcertstothealbumcovers,youarevisuallystimulatedfarmorethanyoucouldbeifyouarejustpurchasingasongfromawebsite. Youaresurroundedbyothermusiclovers,youngandold,thatarediggingandsearchingforthatonevinyl,cassette,orCDthattheycanbringhomeandlosethemselfin.Youcanstopandchit-chataboutthebestalbums,theworst,thecraziest.Youcanmakenewfriendsorevenpeopletojusttrademusicwith.Doyouthinkyouwillfeelthatsortofcamaraderieontheinternetoreveninabigboxstore’smusicsection?Noway. Andthus,RecordStoreDayisheretosavethatconnectionthatallfansofmusicneedtosurvive.Withouteachother,wewouldneverfindoutaboutnewmusicandwhatsoundsgoodandwhattoavoid.Whileallyearwemaydriftapart,thisdaybringsusbacktogethersowecanrememberwhatismostimportant:theartofmusic.

What is Record Store Day?

What happens on RSD? Every third Saturday in April, independent record stores all over the globe open their doors a little bit earlier for fans to enjoy a day of a music fan’s dream. Typically, bands will release exclusive RSD albums in a few different formats. They can either be vinyl, CD, or sometimes even in cassette form. So, just so you know, you do not have to have a turntable to be able to participate in RSD. There are a few different types of special releases. There are “RSD Exclusive Releases”, which are albums that are exclusively released on RSD by RSD participating stores. You won’t be able to find these albums at any other stores on any other days in the same formats. The next type of special release is “RSD Limited Run/Regional Focus Releases”. These releases are VERY limited. They are restricted to under 1000 copies and sometimes even much less than that. These also may only be available in certain stores/regions. The third type of special release is “RSD First Release”. These releases are going to be eventually released in a month or two to other stores, in the same format, however on RSD you will get a head start of everyone else and be able to purchase the album early. Besides the awesome albums available for purchase, there are also more things that go on during this day. Of course, each location will vary, so you cannot expect every store to have the same things happening. There often will be free in store performances, giveaways, and sometimes meet and greets. Basically, you get a mini music festival in a store!

Where stores are participating? Alright,nowyouknowwhatRSDisandwhathappensontheday,nowyouneedtoknowwheretogetinontheparty,right?Sinceitdoesnotmakesensetogiveyoualistofallofthestoresparticipatingaroundtheworld,Iwilljustgiveyoualistofstoresintheareawiththeiraddress.Thisway,youcanactuallyhoponatrainandgetthere!*

Beverly Records 11612 S. Western AveChicago, IL

The Music Experience 1959 1/2 East 73rd StChicago, IL

Shuga Records 4115 W. Ogden AveChicago, IL

Record Breakers 2105 S. State StChicago, IL

Val’s halla Records 239 Harrison St.Oak Park, IL

Reckless Records: Loop 26 E. MadisonChicago, IL

Permanent Records 1914 W. Chicago Ave.Chicago, IL

The Old School Records 7446 W. Madison St.Forest Park, IL

Jazz Record Mart 27 E. Illinois StChicago, IL

Reckless Records: Forest Park

7511 Madison StreetForest Park, IL 60130

Dusty Groove 1120 N. Ashland AveChicago, IL 60622

The Exchange 1524 N. Milwaukee AvenueChicago, IL

Reckless Records:Wicker Park

1532 N. Milwaukee Ave.Chicago, IL

saki 3716 W. Fullerton AveChicago, IL

Logan Hardware 2410 W. FullertonChicago, IL

*IhaveonlyincludedstoresintheareathathavesignedtheRecordStoreDayPledge.Accordingtowww.recordstoreday.com,storesthathavesignedthepledge“haveagreedtoactinthespiritofRecordStoreDay,andsellthecommercialRecordStoreDayreleas-estotheirphysicalcustomers,onRecordStoreDay;nottogougethem,orholdproductbacktosellthemonline.”

What is being released?

WhileIwouldlovetogiveyouadetailedlistofwhatisbeingreleased,therejustisnotenoughroomonthispagetodoso.Also,asthepopularsayinggoes,“Ain’tno-bodygottimeforthat.”However,youcangoaheadanddownloadthePDFofthefulllistonwww.recordstoreday.com.Theirlistwillincludethetypeofreleaseanalbumis,theformatitwillcomein,andalsohowmanycopiesofitwillbereleased. Thelesscopiesthereareofacertainitem,themorerarethealbumwillbe.Some-day,thiscouldfetchyouaprettypennyifyoudecidetopartwayswithit.Itisalwaysbettertoreallyappreciatethemusicthough.Don’tbethatpersonthatsnatchesupanalbum,justtogougepeoplelaterontheprice. (Also,justatip,ifyouarelookingforararerelease,itisbesttomakesureyoucallthestorefirsttomakesuretheywillbegettingit.Also,itdefinitelywouldnothurttoshowupearly...veryearly.)

What about in-store events?

AsIsaidbefore,RSDhasmanygreatin-storeevents.SomeofthestoresinChicagoaresomeofthemanystoresaroundtheworldthatwillhavesomefreeperfor-mancesandotherawesomethingsforyoutoenjoywhileyoupickupsomenewmusic.Herearesomehappeningsinthestoresinthesurroundingarea.MaybethiswillinfluenceyourdecisiononwhichstoretocheckoutthisSaturday. OntheeveofRSD,inRecklessRecords:Broadway,BlackAngelswillbeplayinganin-storeperformanceat2:00pm. AtLaurie’sPlanetofSoundinChicago,theywillbethrowinganalldaypartyintheirstore.Therewillbegiveawaystothefirstonehundredcustomersandaspecialgive-awaytothefirstfortycustomers.Then,therewillbeseveralbandsplayingthroughoutthedayincluding:DollyVarden,NicholasTremulis,Claps,Unur,andmore. RecordBreakerswillalsohaveseveralfreeperformances.Somebandsthatwillbeplayingthereare:JoanofArc,SuperMinotaur,TheNewDiet,CloudCult,andmore.Theyalsoboastthattheywillhavefreesodaandhotdogs! IfyoucheckoutRecklessRecordsinWickerPark,youwillnotonlygetperfor-mancesfromLairoftheMinotaur,Their/They’re/There,Jar’dLoose,andSpeckMoun-tain,butyoucanalsowinsomefreestuff.Andevenbetterthanthat,youcangetaRockn’rollcaricaturebySteve‘PlasticCrimewave”Krakowfrom12-5.

Layout and articles by Lauren DwyerRSD Posters courtesy of the Official Record Store Day Facebook.


Where stores are participating? Alright,nowyouknowwhatRSDisandwhathappensontheday,nowyouneedtoknowwheretogetinontheparty,right?Sinceitdoesnotmakesensetogiveyoualistofallofthestoresparticipatingaroundtheworld,Iwilljustgiveyoualistofstoresintheareawiththeiraddress.Thisway,youcanactuallyhoponatrainandgetthere!*

Beverly Records 11612 S. Western AveChicago, IL

The Music Experience 1959 1/2 East 73rd StChicago, IL

Shuga Records 4115 W. Ogden AveChicago, IL

Record Breakers 2105 S. State StChicago, IL

Val’s halla Records 239 Harrison St.Oak Park, IL

Reckless Records: Loop 26 E. MadisonChicago, IL

Permanent Records 1914 W. Chicago Ave.Chicago, IL

The Old School Records 7446 W. Madison St.Forest Park, IL

Jazz Record Mart 27 E. Illinois StChicago, IL

Reckless Records: Forest Park

7511 Madison StreetForest Park, IL 60130

Dusty Groove 1120 N. Ashland AveChicago, IL 60622

The Exchange 1524 N. Milwaukee AvenueChicago, IL

Reckless Records:Wicker Park

1532 N. Milwaukee Ave.Chicago, IL

saki 3716 W. Fullerton AveChicago, IL

Logan Hardware 2410 W. FullertonChicago, IL

*IhaveonlyincludedstoresintheareathathavesignedtheRecordStoreDayPledge.Accordingtowww.recordstoreday.com,storesthathavesignedthepledge“haveagreedtoactinthespiritofRecordStoreDay,andsellthecommercialRecordStoreDayreleas-estotheirphysicalcustomers,onRecordStoreDay;nottogougethem,orholdproductbacktosellthemonline.”

What about in-store events?

AsIsaidbefore,RSDhasmanygreatin-storeevents.SomeofthestoresinChicagoaresomeofthemanystoresaroundtheworldthatwillhavesomefreeperfor-mancesandotherawesomethingsforyoutoenjoywhileyoupickupsomenewmusic.Herearesomehappeningsinthestoresinthesurroundingarea.MaybethiswillinfluenceyourdecisiononwhichstoretocheckoutthisSaturday. OntheeveofRSD,inRecklessRecords:Broadway,BlackAngelswillbeplayinganin-storeperformanceat2:00pm. AtLaurie’sPlanetofSoundinChicago,theywillbethrowinganalldaypartyintheirstore.Therewillbegiveawaystothefirstonehundredcustomersandaspecialgive-awaytothefirstfortycustomers.Then,therewillbeseveralbandsplayingthroughoutthedayincluding:DollyVarden,NicholasTremulis,Claps,Unur,andmore. RecordBreakerswillalsohaveseveralfreeperformances.Somebandsthatwillbeplayingthereare:JoanofArc,SuperMinotaur,TheNewDiet,CloudCult,andmore.Theyalsoboastthattheywillhavefreesodaandhotdogs! IfyoucheckoutRecklessRecordsinWickerPark,youwillnotonlygetperfor-mancesfromLairoftheMinotaur,Their/They’re/There,Jar’dLoose,andSpeckMoun-tain,butyoucanalsowinsomefreestuff.Andevenbetterthanthat,youcangetaRockn’rollcaricaturebySteve‘PlasticCrimewave”Krakowfrom12-5.

Check out these awesome RSD posters!


There are some moments in history that had such an impact on the future that they must be retold through film to people in the present. The monumental events of the past shape our social views in the future. Elements in our society, such as war, politics, art, or music, have all contributed to how people view society throughout history. One element that has come to have an immeasurable impact is sports but more specifically baseball. In the United States baseball has been considered America’s

42: The Story of a HeroDamone GriffinFeatures Contributor

pastime since the late 1800s, and players such as Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Joe DiMaggio were regarded as heroes. The game was thought to be so perfect that not a thing about it should be changed, including absolutely no integration of African American players. Unfortunately after World War II was over, professional baseball players and pundits thought it would be a terrible idea to let African Americans play with Caucasians in the same league on the same teams. One bold man was chosen to break the racial barrier, and when he did, it was like a sonic boom rang out throughout the country. On April 15, 1947 Jackie

Robinson took a few small steps on to the field in a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform but took one giant leap for h u m a n i t y i n America. T h e f i l m 4 2 t e l l s t h e incredible true s to r y o f how Jackie Robinson became the first African American to p l ay o n a team in Major League Baseball

and the trials and tribulations he went through almost every day because of racism. The man selected to play this groundbreaking titan was Chadwick Boseman, and he did a phenomenal job. He gave his best efforts in making the audience believe they were actually watching Robinson’s pain and triumph up close and in person. The movie also starred Harrison Ford playing Branch Rickey, the old stubborn team executive of the Brooklyn Dodgers that would not let people talk him out of giving Robinson a chance. Ford was perfect for this part even though people think of him as the action-adventure hero we have seen play Indiana Jones and Han Solo. Ford definitely played a hero in his movie as his character pretty much proved almost a whole nation wrong by showing that it does not matter what color a person’s skin is but how much talent and skill he has to help a team win. He gave a remark ab l e and entertaining show stealing performance that will make people remember this story even more. The people that created the film 42 did a great job of accurately portraying Jackie Robinson’s story. They showed how Robinson faced doubters and ignorant racism at practically every turn but did not

give up. The movie ref lects the impor tance of looking past somebody’s skin color and ethnicity because everybody at the end of the day just wants a fair shot to prove who they are and what they got. Jackie Robinson was able to get so many people just a fair shot where they were no longer judged by just race. 42 reminds the viewers that

it can take a whole a lot of guts to achieve glory and that is exactly what people like Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey had. Everybody should go see this amazing film because it was a turning point in America as the film takes you back to witness what Jackie Robinson started and why he has a grand legacy in the pantheon of not just sports but American society. umw.eduRobinson changed America’s favorite pastime forever.

moviehousememories.com42 is a homerun of a movie!

Everyone must have been watching the exciting television series Castle because it recently aired its 100th episode “The Lives of Others,” on Monday, April 1st on ABC Family. Castle, which has been a growing hit TV series since 2009, has crossed out one of the goals on its bucket list. Tamala Jones, who plays the sassy Forensic Analyst Lanie Perish, had much to say about the shows latest achievement! When asked about how it must feel to wrap up the 100th episode, Jones stated that “It, for me, is a dream come true. I mean I think about the day we celebrated the 100th episode on set, we all have dreamed about being on the show and reaching 100 episodes. And when you get there, it is such an overwhelming feeling.” Jones went on to say “You wanted to get here, and now your here. You cry, there are tears of joy, you are hugging, and it’s like you conquered it, and with people you really care about, it just made it so much better.” It was clear to me that the show was going to be a winner from day one, but Jones stated that she never expected it to be THIS big. “Honestly, the way they were doing TV shows on all the major networks, they really weren’t giving anything a second chance. They would have it one season, and then

Nermeen ShaabnehFeatures Contributor

they would take them off. So we didn’t know, I mean we all knew we all had a great cast and a great crew, but we didn’t know because we knew we needed time.” BUT…what happened next Jones? “But then the fans kicked in, and started writing in on how much they enjoyed the show, and the ratings were going up every week. The hundredth episode is really due to the fans, and how they have been with us throughout the entire process of shooting. We have become so close with a lot of them, and it’s really because of the fans that we have made it” Who doesn’t love a behind the scenes cast tell all? Nobody! Jones went on to talk about the Castle main characters Nathan Fillion (who plays Richard Castle) and Stana Katic (who plays Kate Becket). Jones begins with the all too funny Nathan Fillion, “Oh my God, well Nathan is crazy. He’s always playing pranks on people. He’s like a little mischievous boy running around there. He’s definitely a joy to work with and to be around. “ What about the fierce Stana Katic? “Stana is just so freaking gorgeous, and such a sweetheart. She’s like mama around there; she looks out for everybody and makes sure everybody is alright. She keeps the guys in line. I sit back and laugh

at them. Stana’s like ‘alright you guys, let’s get serious.’” Sometimes, us fans like to know if the actors are anything like the characters they play in our favorite shows. Lanie Perish, as Jones explains, is like her in many ways. “I am sassy; I am definitely a sassy girl. And I can say as far as Lanie and the importance of friendships and relationships, I am very much like that. My friendships mean a lot to me. And anything I could do a friends life, they give back,” Jones said. She continued, “It’s a give and take on both ends, we always

look out for each other, and we are always there for each other. We don’t have to speak to each other all the time, but we are there when we need to be there for each other, and I see that with Lanie and Kate Becket. Beckets of handling her cases and Lanie is handling her medical forensic analyst stuff, and if Becket needed to talk, Lanie is there. When Lanie needed to talk, Becket is always there, and I love that.” Jones’s character has been developing along with the show, whether its handling a lot of work, or getting together with Detective Javier Esposito (Jon Huertas). When asked where her character would be heading, Jones revealed juicy details.“I can tell you, I am hearing

little secrets about it being another season, and that’s where you are going to see Lanie sprout out. I truly believe, going off the things I talked to Andrew (Andrew W. Marlowe- Executive Producer 2009-20013) about and things that he said to me.” How about the last episode? We want to know!!! “As for the last episode, you better get ready, because we already shot that one. It’s amazing, explosive, it’s exciting, and you are going to need a neck brace honey. You are going to get some serious whiplash, from trying to keep with what’s going on.”

Whiplash? It’s worth it! What kind of surprises? “Every season ending, there is a cliffhanger. This last episode is different in so many ways from the way we have done the cliffhanger of Castle in every season up until now. It is completely outside of the box, unexpected, and your mouth is going to be open. That is all I can say, your hands are going to be up like ‘what, are you freaking kidding me right now, what just happened rewind, rewind!’ Come on Jones! What else? We know you want to spill the beans! “Please record it because you are going to need to rewind it! Get ready, it completely different, not all of the cast is in the last episode, and there is a good reason why. It so different and it’s so good!” Jones stated. That’ll do! Although Tamala Jones is wrapped up in positive Castle drama on and off the set, she dishes about the many projects she has going on. “I have so much to do; I have now become the spokesperson for The Brain Aneurism Foundation. I have a film that is currently in the film festivals called “Things Never Said” ...

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An Interview with Castle’s Tamala Jones

Bobby QuillardYou can watch Jones (and Castle) every Monday at 10 p.m. on ABC.


15 Facts that You Can Use to Amaze Your Friends But Have No Other Significant Purpose

In Everyday LifeBecki BrownSenior Features Editor Have you ever been sitting around with your friends and you guys have nothing to talk about? Well, do not worry because I have just the thing for you: 15 random facts that you can use to amaze your friends. Sure, knowing these facts will not get you a job, a house, a car, or a girlfriend/boyfriend. However, it will score you maybe thirty seconds of feeling smarter than your friends, and you cannot put a price on that. I am sure somebody has tried to put a price on it. Tried and failed horribly. That is something else you could talk about if you run out of facts too quickly. If nothing else, you could always discuss the weather. It is rather nice out today after all.

1. Because they are 98% water, jellyfish evaporate in the sun

2. It is practically physically impossible for a rabbit to vomit.

3. The average cell phone contains more bacteria than a toilet seat.

4. Julius Caesar and Socrates both suffered from epilepsy.

5. “Lethologica” is the term used for when you cannot think of the word you want to use.

6. In the United States, between 2.5 and 3.8 cans of Spam are consumed every second.

7. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

8. A group of unicorns is called a “blessing,” a group of apes is called a “shrewdness” and a group of otters is called a “romp.”

9. 5% of people have an extra rib.

10. “Bezoar” is the technical term for a cat’s hair ball.

11. It would be impossible to survive long enough to watch all the videos that are currently on YouTube.

12. A “jiffy” is a unit of time, and it would take 100 jiffies to take up a single second.

13. A peanut is not a nut. It is a legume.

14. Before the 17th Century, carrots were purple.

15. Venus is the only planet the rotates clockwise.

Aries (3/21-4/19)Yo u r e n e r g y , ch a r i s m a , effectiveness and clout still soar. Settle into home and family issues late Monday. Wednesday – rest, too, and be diplomatic with authorities, bumbling friends Tuesday. Romance, pleasure Thursday onward.

Your Weekly Horoscope By: Kristen Mabry

Taurus (4/20-5/20)This is your last week of weariness, heavy duties and solitude. Use this time to rest as much as possible. Even before Friday, your personal radiance grows, attracts smiles and warm glances. Social joys, optimism fill Thursday.

Gemini (5/21-6/20)The party ends soon, Gemini. This is your last week of social joys, light romance, and “busy plans.” However, you do go out with a bang – your charisma soars Monday and your natural talents shine Thursday.

Cancer (6/21-7/22)Remain ambitious. Monday calls for rest, contemplation and planning. Your charisma and energy surges this week. Saturday night brings friends. Friday begins a month of optimismand general happiness. You might make a home with a casual friend.

Leo (7/23-8/22)Mellow times continue, but ambition is on the horizon. Your popularity shines Sunday: a wish could come true, especially Sunday morning. A romance could “come true” also. Retreat Monday– think, plan and rest.

Virgo (8/23-9/22)This is your last week of mystery for a while. Monday is for ambition, reputation, prestige relations – you could impress the right people! Popularity, friends, optimism and happiness arrive Thursday. Rest on Saturday.

Libra (9/23-10/22)Be ambitious Monday night to Thursday morning. Wish fulfillment, social joys and optimism brighten everything late week. Tackle chores on Monday. Assignments and other obligations may creep up on you, so make sure to knock them out of the way.

Scorpio (10/23-11/21)One last week of work, then you’ll be “released” to pursue brighter horizons. Monday is filled with delicious and prof i t ab le myster ies : get intimate, commit, or invest.

Sagittarius (11/22-12/21) It’s your last week of romance, beauty and pleasure. Take advantage. Monday promotes relationships, partnerships, and exciting meetings. Gentle love and culture on Saturday.

Capricorn (12/22-1/19)Ta ck l e ch o re s M o n d ay . Relationships fill Thursday. Life’s depths, mysteries, and f inancia l openings come Thursday to Saturday. Friday begins a month of romance.

Aquarius (1/20-2/18)A busy week! Monday promotes romance, creativity, speculation, beauty, and pleasure. Tackle c h o r e s M o n d a y n i g h t . Relationships excite Saturday. Saturday night brings a message.

Pisces (2/19-3/20)Monday features home, parent relations, gardening, nutrition, security, retirement and such things. Passion, art, beauty, charming kids, romantic and creative surges and speculative urges fill midweek.

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Blackhawks are Division Champs! Frank MarkasovicSports Editor

SXU Volleyball Has Four All-Conference

Team Members

Magee’s MinuteAmanda Magee

Senior Sports Editor

To wrap up their 2013 season, the SXU men’s volleyball team had four members recognized for being among the top players in the conference. Sam Kull, a freshman middle blocker, was granted second team honors by the Mid-America Men’s Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference (MAMVIC) East Division. Kull led the Cougars with a .383 attack percentage, 101 total blocks and 52 service aces. Junior outside hitter Justin Cousin, sophomore setter Dan French and Sean Blackwood, a sophomore middle blocker, all earned spots on the honorable mention team for the 2013 season. Cousin led the team with 250 kills while French racked up 757 assists throughout the season. French also added 137 digs to the season. Congratualtions for being some of the top players in the conference!

Cougars Compete at Eagle Invitational

Men’s Golf Finishes StrongTim CarrollSports Contributor

Will WeyantSports Correspondant

The Saint Xavier track and field teams found themselves competing in the Eagle Invitational this past Saturday, April 13 at Benedictine University in Lisle. This was not the best week for the Cougars as a team, but there were some runners who had good individual outings. Starting off on the men’s side of track, freshman Eric Hancock had a good outing finishing fourth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 10:03.88. Sophomore Dan Spencer just got by Benedictine’s Omar Lopez to take seventh place

in the 110 meter hurdle with a time of 16.21. Sophomore John Stancato finished third in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.12. Junior Shane Kenney finished the men’s 800 meter run in seventh place with a time of 1:57:24. In the 400 meter hurdles, sophomore Dan Spencer finished in sixth with a time of 58.17. K i ck ing i t o f f fo r the women, junior Jordan Wallace placed in fourth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 12:46.67. Senior Rachael Dean finished seventh in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:46.92. Senior Jackie Ott placed eighth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:18.07. This was not one of the

Cougars better outings. The men ended up taking 15th place, and the women ended up in 14th place. The next event for Saint Xavier is this upcoming S a t u r d a y , Apri l 20th in t h e C C A C Championships at St . Francis Unive r s i t y in Joliet. Good luck to the Cougars competing in the conference event!

SXU AthleticsSenior Rachael Dean.

By the time the men’s golf team had entered the clubhouse at Inwood Golf Course this past Tuesday, April 9, they had played their way into a new school-record team score and their second consecutive second-place finish. The par 71 course in Joliet, Ill., played to a distance of 6,196 yards and set up nicely for the Cougars. Inwood fit the eyes of the host University of St. Francis golf team just a bit better, though, as the SXU team was bested by a slim three strokes. St. Francis was also the winner of the Olivet Nazarene Spring Invite two weeks ago where

SXU finished second. The success of the team score was anchored by two of its most seasoned players. Juniors James Kerr and Kirby Brown each shot a two-under 69 to lead the Cougars to the close finish. Their individual scores were good for a tie with each other for second place in the tournament. This was also Brown’s second consecutive second-place individual finish. He and Kerr, a native of Donegal, Ireland, would have placed in first if not for a 68 by Josh Glass of St. Francis. Right behind Brown and Kerr was sophomore Kyle Bahnick, who shot an even par 71. Junior Brendan

Ryan concluded the scoring with a 75. The total team score, 284, made for an impressive finishing score average of even par for each player. The Cougars, whose sea son i s coming to a close, have saved some of their best golf for last. The solid results have the team looking optimistically upon the prospects for SXU golf in the years to come.

SXU AthleticsKirby Brown.

Weekly BlackhaWks Update

Not only have your Chicago Blackhawks clinched the NHL’s first playoff berth of the 2012-13 season, they have also clinched the Central Division making them Central Division Champi-ons.

They hold a current record, as of 4/15/13, of an outstanding 33-5-4 and a total of 70 points.

The Hawks seems to be going down this year’s checklist one milestone at a time. However, from here on out is no walk in the park. The Blackhawks need to focus on finishing out the season first, and on a positive note at that!

The utmost important goal for the Hawks is to STAY HEALTHY! The Hawks cannot risk any more injuries, especially to any core player such as Hossa, Sharp, Kane, or Toews.

Also while looking forward, the Blackhawks have the best chance, as of now, to claim the President’s Trophy, which is awarded to the NHL team with the best overall record. This would be a great ad-dition to the Blackhawks’ achieve-ments this season and would be a great honor.

However, the President’s Trophy

is not the trophy the Blackhawks have in mind to hoist this season. Hawks fans and Blackhawks alike are hungry for the only trophy that truly matters in hockey, the Stanley Cup.

Stay tuned for more Blackhawks hockey as the Hawks finish out the regular season. Also, Friday April 26th, I will be hosting an SAB sponsored event at Gilhool-ey’s in which we will air the Black-hawks game against the Calgary Flames at 7:30pm. Please feel free to come for free food, drinks, and Blackhawks hockey!

Needed ImprovemeNts

The Blackhawks have looked unanimously solid as of late. I think the all around offense has really cranked it up a notch.

The Hawks have really learned to answer back when down a goal or two, which will really prepare them for any situation going into the playoffs.

Defensively, I think that the Hawks have cleaned up a little since writing the last article. I have seen some more physicality from defensemen as well as goal scoring like Niklas Hjalmars-son after he netted his slapshot against the Dallas Stars on April 15.

Goaltending has been great as well. We are starting to see a bit more of Ray Emery in net rather than Corey Crawford. I did

mention last week that I felt this would be the case given Craw-ford’s play lately. Regardless, I believe that the Hawks are blessed with two outstanding goaltenders that can both be depended on.

Overall, I like the way the Hawks look lately. Their all around solid, fast play will keep them ahead of any other team so long as they keep their consistency. It is too late in the season to slip up or play lazy games. The Hawks better keep the pedal to the metal as they enter into the remaining weeks of the regular season.

FraNk’s three stars oF the Week

1st Star: Jonathan Toews

2nd Star: Ray Emery

3rd Star: Viktor Stalberg

Toews: Johnny Toews continues to impress as the regular season winds down. He has continued his scoring onslaught this season and currently has 21 goals and 23 assists giving him 44 total points. Keep an eye out for Tazer as he leads the Hawks to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Emery: Ray Emery has seemed to take the “starting” goaltender role at this point of the season due to his amazing play as of late. He has earned his position over Corey Crawford due to his consistency and overall outcome of his suc-cess for the Hawks. He now has a record of 16-1-0, GAA of 1.91,

and a SV% .923. Ray Emery will no doubt continue to hold solid in net for the Hawks.

Stalberg: Viktor Stalberg has really surged this past week for the Hawks. He has contributed 2 goals and several assists in just a few games. One goal most noteworthy was his goal against the Dallas Stars on April 15 where he utilized his incredible speed to outskate every defender to then rip the puck past the Stars goaltender. Stalby is heating up,

hopefully he continues to hold onto this point streak; the Hawks could use him as a consistent of-fensive force! He has showed his potential as a great forward, now he must show the NHL that he has what it takes to remain con-sidered a top forward. He has im-proved since the beginning of the season, making himself more of a “North/South” type of player. Meaning that he utilizes his speed more than his agility. His speed is what makes him so dangerous on the ice. Go get ‘em Stalby.

Niklas Hjalmarsson celebrates his goal against the Dallas Stars Photo Credit: NHL.com


2013 Masters Finally Shows ProgressTim CarrollSports Contributor

Golf, to its own detriment, has historically been the sport (or activity, depending on who you ask) of white, affluent men. But it is fast becoming recognized for its value as a sport, and it is just as quickly transforming into a global phenomenon for more and more people of diverse backgrounds. Golf requires accuracy, precision, physical strength and conditioning and the mental activity and toughness to overcome your most recent failure. The recognition of this skill set is why the International Olympic Committee has returned golf to its rightful place among Olympic sports as of the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Games. This will be the first Olympic golf event since 1904.And as it gains recognition as a sport, golf gains popularity on a global stage. The Masters, played this weekend and won by Adam Scott, is a perfect example of the new international nature of golf. Scott is from Adelaide, Australia. This was his first major championship and he became the first ever Australian Masters winner. 2009 champion Angel Cabrera, who lost on Sunday in a two-hole playoff as gracefully as anyone could, is from Argentina. The rest of the top ten was rounded out by three Americans, two more Australians, a Dane, a Spaniard and a Briton. The crowd outside the top

ten was even more diverse. 14-year-old Guan Tianlang of China, the youngest golfer to ever play in the tournament and youngest to ever make the cut in a major championship, spent his first two rounds in a group with 61-year-old Texan Ben Crenshaw. August a Nat ional Gol f Club in Augusta, Ga., host of the Masters, has historically been a symbol of the elitist side of golf. It is a private golf club, which means that the very rich, powerful and exclusive membership gets to select whom they allow to join. For instance, Augusta did not have a female member until 2012, when former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and highly successful businesswoman Darla Moore were accepted. The club also did not have a black member until 1990. Excitingly, while Augusta only enters the 20th century, golf enters the 21st. The PGA of America, the success of the professional tours and initiatives like The First Tee that are aimed toward involving kids in golf have made the sport more appealing and accessible to a wider range of people, which will in turn fuel better competition and better athletes playing the game. Almost as exciting as the future of golf was this year’s Masters itself. It had all the makings of a good story, including the heartbreak and triumph of the sudden-death playoff and some good, old-fashioned controversy. The controversy arose after the second round. Tiger Woods,

three-time winner already this year and heavy favorite entering the tournament, hit an excellent wedge shot into the 15th green. The result was not so excellent, however, as the ball hit the flagstick and kicked back into the water guarding the front of the green. Woods, forced to take a drop, did so two yards behind the spot of his original shot. Though not aware he was breaking the rules, this was an illegal drop After his round was already completed, the circumstances of the drop came to light and he was assessed a two-stroke penalty, which meant he had submitted an incorrect scorecard. The poor practitioner of that infraction used to be immediately and indiscriminately disqualified until rule 33-7 was created in 2011. This allows tournament officials the power under “extraordinary circumstances” to retroactively pena l i z e a p l aye r w i thou t disqualifying him. This rule was exercised before the beginning of the third round, meaning Woods had the penalty added to his score while being allowed to finish the tournament. It was widely suggested that Woods should in fact have been disqualified. But golf continues to prove it is making an effort to become less rigid and more fun, whether that is by finally progressing in its inclusion practices or by relaxing its sometimes-Draconian rules.

Athlete Spotlight: Brad KarpGreg PilafasDeputy Editor in Chief

SXU AthleticsBrad Karp.

Q: Last season, you played an exhibition game at Notre Dame and this season you played at Vanderbilt. How exciting was that for you and which game was more thrilling?

A: It’s exciting playing at those big time Division I schools, because Notre Dame is in the Big East and

Vanderbilt is in the SEC. Playing in that big of an atmosphere and stadium, it is pretty cool because you don’t really get that at the NAIA level. As far as the most exciting one, I’d have to say this year at Vanderbilt because we had them within five with under a minute to go and we had an outside chance of winning the game and that gym was just so interesting because the benches are on the

baseline as opposed to the sideline. You have to really communicate between the bench and the players because it is not as easy because they are not on the sideline, but Notre Dame was also a lot of fun because it was Indiana and I grew up a Notre Dame fan. One of my best friend’s brother plays for them and it was just fun because a lot of my family and people from the school came up.

Q: What are your plans when your career here ends?

A: Well I am a Biology major and a marketing minor so I want to get into medical device sales and also I would love to coach or do something with basketball because it’s in my blood and I don’t know if I can go a day without it.

Q: Last season, you got to 1,000 points in just your second season here. Did you ever think it would happen that fast?

A: No, I really didn’t think I would score 1,000 points period in all four years. All that credit goes to my teammates and coaches for putting me in good positions and letting me do well.

Q: If the game is tied at the end of regulation, would you like to have the ball in your hands and the pressure on you?

A: Yeah. I like to know that the game is in my hands and you put

all the work in in the summer and the offseason and you kind of want it to be your decision whether you win or lose, but I mean that is just how I am.

Q: Who do you t h i n k i s t h e greatest NBA player of all time?

A: Greatest is Michael Jordan without a doubt. He is the best and will always be the best. His championship performances will be unmatched by anybody no matter who wins

how many. Six championships, six championships MVP’s and never lost an NBA Finals. It is just unbelievable.

Q: If you could play on any NBA floor, which one would that be and why?

A: I would probably say Madison Square Garden. It’s just so historic and there are so many big games that have been played there. The Big East conference tournament is played there. All of those huge playoff games like Reggie Miller

versus the Knicks. That stadium just has so much history and I think it would be one of the coolest places to play.

To view the video interview of this athlete spotlight along with other video interviews please visit sxucougars.com and click on the Cougar Close-Ups link.

Thank you for reading the Athlete Spotlight articles this semester and be sure to keep an eye out for the May 1st edition for the “Cougar Awards!”Junior Brad Karp has been a leader for this SXU basketball team. SXU Athletics

COUGAR WEEKEND EVENTSThursday, April 18Bible Study7:00 p.m.Mercy Ministry Center

Conference RoomSponsored by:

University Ministry

Sunday, April 21Sacrament of Confirmation at

Sunday Student MassMcDonough Chapel

8:00 p.m. (Choir practice at 6:30 p.m.)

Reception at 9:00 p.m. Sponsored by:

University Ministry

Thursday, April 18 3:00 p.m.SXU Softball doubleheader vs. Purdue-North Central (Ind.)

Friday, April 19Trip to Broadview Detention

Center prayer vigil for immi-grants

6:10 a.m. (returns before 9am classes)

Meet in front of Regina HallSponsored by: Mercy Students

for Peace and Justice


SPORTS

SXU Baseball Claims Victory In Weekend SeriesTim CarrollSports Contributor

The SXU baseball team took the first two games of a three-game series this weekend against Holy Cross College. The Cougars hosted the Saints at Ferrell Memorial Field on Friday in a weather-shortened game and visited Notre Dame, Ind., on Saturday for a double-header.

FRIDAY The conditions for the Friday game were less than ideal, to say the least. The field was the recipient of a good drink of chilly rainwater in the top of the first inning, and even after the precipitation stopped the

players had to fight through gusts of wind that came swirling sometimes from the south, sometimes from the west and oftentimes from somewhere in between. The weather made it so no play was entirely routine. The first inning alone had four errors (3 by SXU) and several wild pitches or passed balls for each team. There was a lengthy delay between the first and second innings when multiple bags of infield mix were required to make the field playable. Despite the uncooperative weather, the Cougars were the victors by game’s end. They beat the Saints by a final tally of 11-8 in five innings. Umpires called

the game in the bottom of the f if th due to darkness. SXU was led by junior l e f t f i e l d e r Brad Myjak, who finished the game 3-for-3 with four RBI and two runs scored, just a t r ip le shor t of the cycle. H i s t h r e e -r u n h o m e r u n i n t h e bottom of the third inning provided an effective end to the Cougars’

seven innings. Junior first baseman Thomas Keating led the way for the Cougars offensively. He went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBI, driving Klein home with a single in the first and again with a double in the sixth. Klein, who played right field Saturday, was 2-for-4 with an RBI to go along with the two runs scored. Augle, who moved to center Saturday, tripled down the right field line with one out in the first before Klein singled him home to kick off the scoring.

scoring. Freshman right fielder Jim Augle also contributed generously to the Cougars’ offensive attack. He had two hits, two RBI and two runs scored in the winning effort. Junior righty Chris Klein made the start for SXU and went five innings to get the win. It did not look good in the top of the first when the weather was at its worst. After getting the leadoff hitter out, Klein and the Cougar defense allowed seven straight base runners. The Saints ran their way out of the inning, but not before picking up five runs. Senior catcher Matt Munizzi hurried to the backstop after a wild pitch with a man on third and flipped to Klein covering home plate to get the second out. Munizzi also threw out a would-be base stealer to get out of the top of the first and allow the Cougars to put up a matching five runs in the bottom half. Klein was solid after the first, allowing only six hits for the outing and striking out two. After the rocky top of the first and giving up a leadoff walk in the second, he induced a lineout double play and a strikeout to settle down.

SATURDAY The Cougars marched into Notre Dame and procured the weekend series win with a 3-0 final score in the first game of the double-header. Senior southpaw Mike Klett pitched the shutout complete game for SXU and gave up a paltry five hits and a walk while striking out six batters in his

The Cougars were not able to pick up the series sweep in Notre Dame, however, as they fell in the second game 13-2. Myjak had another strong game against the Saints and finished 2-for-3 with an RBI, but it was not enough to pull SXU to triumph. The Cougars will look to bring a favorable end to their season beginning with their double-header Friday at Roosevelt University and a Saturday matinee at University of St. Francis (Ind.).

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SXU AthleticsSenior catcher Tony O’Shea.

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No. 13 Saint Xavier Softball Undefeated in Month of April; 12-0

Greg PilafasDeputy Editor in Chief

SXU has won 12 straight games; 31-3 overall record

The No. 13 Saint Xavier University softball squad has continued their impressive season with yet another winning streak, this time of 12 straight games. SXU has not lost a game in the month of April so far with the month over halfway completed. The Cougars have continued to move up the rankings as well all the way from No. 25 in the preseason poll up to No. 13 (as of April 14) currently. Saint Xavier has had numerous people step up for this team during this season and that is why this team is currently 31-3 on the season. Since April 9, SXU has had a couple of rainout days including two match-ups with No. 17 Olivet Nazarene University (Ill.) that was supposed to take place on Wednesday April 10 and then again on Friday, April 12. Both games were rained out and have been scheduled for Wednesday, April 24. Beginning with the games on Saturday, April 13, against Cardinal Stritch University (Wis.), the Cougars won both games by the combined score of 16-1. Junior pitcher Megan Nonnemacher

pitched a complete game with six strikeouts and giving up zero runs en route to the complete game shutout for her 15th win (15-1) of the season. Saint Xavier got the scoring started in the second inning with an unearned run off a fielding error by the visiting Wolves. SXU then got a run in the fifth and sixth inning, but SXU poured on four runs in the sixth inning for the 7-0 win. Junior catcher/first baseman Ariel Hinton chimed in with two RBI’s on the game while freshman

pitcher Nicole Nonnemacher, sophomore catcher Megan James, senior third baseman Kate Mollohan and senior shortstop Ashley Sullivan all chipped in an RBI of their own. The Cougars started off the second game down 1-0 after the top half of the third inning, but a double by sophomore first baseman Amanda Hainlen plated James to tie the game at one apiece. James then reached on a fielder’s choice in the fourth inning which scored sophomore outfielder Shannon Lauret and broke the

1-1 tie. Saint Xavier went on to put up seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning which halted the game right there and SXU was victorious 9-1. Lauret, Sullivan and Hainlen all had two RBI’s paired with the one RBI from James in the second game of the double-header. The Cougars traveled to Joliet, Ill., for their next test against Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) rival University of Saint Francis (Ill.). Saint Xavier quickly found themselves down 2-0 following the first inning,

a single to right field which plated James to knot the game up at two in the fifth inning. A run in the top of the seventh by the Cougars broke the tie and gave Saint Xavier the 3-2 victory. Hainlen had a sacrifice fly which scored Nicole Nonnemacher for their third run of the game. In game two, SXU was the one that jumped out the early lead after scoring two runs in the first and then again in the third, the host Fighting Saints were not able to get back into it and the Cougars came away with a two-game sweep following the 4-2 second game win. Hainlen had a double to right center which gave Saint Xavier their first run and shortly after that Hinton had a single to the same spot to give SXU its second run. Hinton came up in the third inning and had a double to center field this time which scored two Cougars in Mollohan and James. Saint Xavier will battle Trinity Christian College (Ill.) on the road on Wednesday, April 17. The double-header make-up game from April 11 will begin at 2:30 p.m., with the second game following right after that.

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b u t M e g a n Nonnemacher went the rest of the game without giving up another run en route to her 16th win on the campaign. SXU got on the scoreboard in the four th inning on a single through the right side by freshman second baseman Kasey Kanaga which cut the deficit in half, 2-1. Hinton had SXU AthleticsThe Saint Xavier softball team is off to a 31-3 start to the season.

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