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Nursing Offers Accelerated ProgramCatlyn HicksSenior News Editor Saint Xavier University’s School of Nursing will be launching a fifteen-month accelerated program for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing so students who already have a baccalaureate degree can move quickly through the pre-licensure problem. It has been projected that the need for nurses will only increase due to the new healthcare reform and retiring nurses. With this need for nurses the School of Nursing decided to create this program because they already have a strong undergraduate curriculum that’s not only nationally accredited but is also names a center of excellence. An extreme amount of work went into creating this accelerated program. A team of faculty from the nursing school came together to take the courses from the traditional five semesters program and repackaged them to fit a fifteen-month time frame. Outside of this team the new program was a full SXU initiative that involved other departments such as marketing and admissions. The accelerated program begins every

May going through a summer term, fall term, spring term, and one more summer term. All supportive classes, such as Microbiology and Psychopathology, are previously completed allowing students to focus on the core nursing courses as well as their clinical rotations. This program is geared more towards a mature student, the adult learner. Such students would already have a college degree, so they would ideally be in their twenties or thirties. When describing the students who would become a part of the program Associate Dean, Undergraduate in Nursing Peggy Gallagher stated, “Mature adult students are not only extremely dedicated and committed, but also extremely involved in their work. Because of their maturity level they aren’t afraid to challenge professors, which is something the faculty is definitely looking forward to.” It is not only Saint Xavier’s school of nursing faculty that are looking forward to these students, but also the hospitals that many students go to for their clinical rotations such as University of Chicago, Northwestern, and Advocate

Dean Beverly Gulley Steps DownCatlyn HicksSenior News Editor

After serving seventeen years as the Dean of the School of Education here at Saint Xavier University, making her the longest serving dean of education her in Illinois, Dr. Beverly Gulley will be stepping down for what she says is a year long sabatical. Dean Gulley attended Wesleyan College in Georgia where she was a Religion major. She then came here to Illinois to further her education at Northwestern University, and eventually obtained a masters degree in education from Indiana University. It was at Southern Illinois University where she acquired her doctorate. Upon completion of her doctorate Dean Gulley decided to stay and work at Southern Illinois in Carbondale where she was for twenty years before coming her to Saint Xavier University. Her decision to apply here for the position of Dean of Education came when inquiring about an alternative job for one of her students. It was during this time that a faculty member of Saint Xavier’s School of Education mentioned the position and that Gulley should consider applying. When asked what factored into her decision to apply to Saint Xavier University’s School of Education Dean Gulley explained that at the time her husband was living up here while she was still down south, resulting in a five and a half hour trip back

up here every weekend. However, she didn’t actually decide to apply for the position and put in her application until the very last day that they were being accepted. Since gaining her position seventeen years ago Dean Gulley, along with the rest of the faculty of the School of Education, has worked tirelessly to progress the development of the program. This is clearly seen by the School being accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). This national accredidation ensures that the School of Education is providing high quality education to prepare oour future teachers, specialists, and adminstrators. Through this system of accreditation the education system ensures the advancement of the development of both competent classroom teachers as well as other educators, all of whom strive to better the education offered to students P-12. There is a lot required for national accreditation to occur, and beyond a strong leader to introduce the idea there is also the need for a faculty who are not only willing to work but want to do whatever they can to help in the strenuous application process. In fact, Dean Gulley exclaimed that she has several cabinets full of application papers in her office. The results of all that hard work was worth it since Saint Xavier University’s School of Education is one of twenty-three

universities out of fifty-nine in the state of Illinois to gain nationl accreditation. The School of Education has been accredited for multiple programs, i.e. early childhood education and foreign language education, at both national and state levels which includes the preperation of students to work in the K-12 academic world. According to Dr. Gulley one of the accomplishments that she is most proud

of bein a part of in the last seventeen years is the creation of the Barbara Vick Early Childhood and Family Center. This center was created to help children between the ages of three and five years old who have been diagnosed with special needs and are also at risk.

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Christ all of whom have agreed to accept students for their clinical rotations. Because this is an accelerated program in an area of study that is already fast paced, the admission requirements are set high. They are looking for students who have a strong academic past, which can be seen in the cumulative GPA requirement of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale as well as two professional letters of recommendation. Another way they have amped up the requirements was by adding an in person interview to make sure that individuals who are applying not only understand what it needed to participate in this program, but also to discern whether or no this is truly what the applicant wants. These measures are completely understandable considering not only how rigorous the course work as well as how limited the timeframe is, but the program is one charge of $42,500 an amount that most times financial aid will not help pay for because it is in pursuit of a second bachelors degree. Because of this students are going to want to not only be dedicated, but also sure that this is the path they wish to pursue. Admissions is already accepting appli-cations, so if you’re a senior or recent gradu-ate who feels nursing is the right career path you can go online and apply. Once you have completed the initial application admis-sions will contact you regarding all other requirements such as transcripts and recom-mendation letters. For more information you can go to the SXU website and check out the under-graduate nursing program where the accel-erated program is listed. If you are looking for information beyond what is provided there Dean Gallagher recommends either contacting her at [email protected] or Professor Teresa Miller at [email protected].

When they went to speak with the CPS about the center Dean Gulley explained that they were skeptical and said that it couldn’t be done. This didn’t stop them from moving forward because as Dean Gulley stated, “You don’t give up on these things. You keep going.” The last seventeen years has seen the School of Education flourish under the leadership of Dr. Beverly Gulley. This can be seen in the students who have enter the School of Education. Senior Jennifer Szalko, an art secondary education major, explained that the reason she chose Saint Xavier University was, “I heard that the school of education had a good reputation, and I liked that we would

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get to experience both CPS and suburban schools.” The reputation that Dean Gulley has been a part of proceeds itself, and is a staple for why students majoring in education choose Saint Xavier University over other schools. Historically the School of Education has been known for successfully providing its students with opportunities to work as eucators and administrators in both private and public schools. After such a successful time here at Saint Xavier a person is left to wonder why Dean Gulley has decided to step down. Following a career that began as a third grade teacher followed by her twenty years at Southern Illinois University and eventually seventeen years here at Saint Xavier Dean Gulley explained that she thinks it is time.

Full name: Shawn SalmonDepartment: MusicTitle: Director of Jazz Studies, Guitar professor

Dr. Salmon was born and grew up in Chicago land area. He got his undergraduate degree from Eastern Illinois University, then went on to earn his Masters from DePaul University, and finally went to Ball State University for Ph.D. After earning Ph.D. he got married and moved back to Chicago. He has two young children, a boy and girl, who love music as much as he does. Salmon started working for SXU during 2013-14 academic school year. When asked about how much he likes his new job, Salmon responded, “I’ve got one of those jobs when you wake up and go, ‘Wow! I get to do this? This is great!’” He has no complaints yet. “The students are fantastic, they’re easy to talk to, hard-working, supporting, and just wonderful,” said Salmon. He also thinks the faculty is fantastic, and enjoys everyone that he has worked with. But Dr. Salmon almost didn’t apply for the job because of the description. It did not seem like the long-term job he was looking for. However, it turned out to be everything he was looking for; a director of jazz position where he could also teach guitar in particular. As he simply put it, “it was too good of a job to pass up.” Although Salmon used to play guitar

for a living, there are a lot of similarities between preforming and teaching. Particularly in jazz there is a communication that is always going on. Similarly, while teaching you have to be ready to answer student questions, like you have to be ready to improvise while playing jazz. He also cited that there is an element of excitement and creation that he enjoys in both activities. Dr. Salmon jokingly said that teaching provides a safer environment and better pay while considering which job was his favorite. He could not recall teaching a class where he got a barstool thrown at him. Ultimately, teaching has a lot of pluses. Dr. Salmon said, “I feel like I am always growing because students are learning very different things than I learned while an undergraduate student, mostly because of technological innovation.” He encourages musicians of all majors to keep playing, especially since SXU offer musicians a chance to play in a university ensemble regardless of discipline, an opportunity that is rare to most university students. Salmon’s favorite artist is a jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, and favorite album is The Incredible Guitar of Wes Montgomery, but he also enjoys listening to John Scofield, James Brown, and The Doors. His hobbies outside of music include grilling and reading. His favorite grill in Chicago is the Smokers Shack in Hyde Park. He was also relieved to move back to Chicago,from Indiana because he could finally have some decent deep-dish pizza. “I like to read. When I’m not reading a jazz biography, or a music-related book, I

like to Sci-Fi novels; I recently started to read Game of Thrones,” commented Salmon. But Friday nights he gets to do his most favorite hobby. Then, he enjoys a pizza/movie night with his family. His first SXU jazz concert is on Friday, at 8 p.m. in McGuire Hall. Next semester Dr. Salmon is teaching two classes open to all SXU students’ regardless of their musical skill level; an introduction to guitar class, MUS-104, and Jazz in Chicago, MUS-129. He strongly encourages everyone to consider a music course or attend a music event during his or her college career.

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Kudos to your writer, David Rodriguez, and your article “Debunking the Parking Myth” in the recent issue. It may be that all 1,900 holders of parking permits are not on campus at one given time, but beyond the difference between passes sold and bought, there is the fact that snow, standing water and very tight spots all contribute to a miserable campus experience. The problem, too, is aggravated when we have other visitors on campus, such as the current attendees to the Renaissance Academy and Admissions Events. One solution, besides a shuttle just for lot 14 would be a tier of prices. Make the cost of a parking spot at lot 14 cheaper and perhaps more faculty, staff and students would park there. Sincerely, Olga Vilella, Ph.D.Director, Foreign LanguagesDepartment of English and Foreign Languages

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In response to“The Problem with Parking”

It was interesting to read the article today “Debunking the Parking Myth” and contrasting that with your editorial “The Problem With Parking”. I am not a student or faculty member at SXU, but I spend about 10 days a year on campus, and have for the last 10 years. As a visitor, what is obvious to me about the parking situation is that while there are enough spaces for the students, a great many of them are very far away from the academic buildings. This creates a problem for visitors because students park in the few visitor spaces available. I have spent close to an hour on many occasions looking for a visitor’s parking space, given up and parked in a permit-required lot, and been ticketed. At the very least, campus security should ticket students parked in visitor’s spaces, but the fact is that parking at SXU is horrible. Larry FoxSXU Community Member

Letter to the Editor PolicyAt the Xavierite we try to represent the opinions of the university in our Viewpoints section. We always welcome students, faculty or other community members to voice their opinions directly by writing a Letter to the Editor. If you read something in our paper, or perhaps want to talk about something that we did not cover but feel should have been, write to us at [email protected] with “Letter to the Editor” in the subject line. Please include your full name and major if you are a student, full name and position/title if you are a member of the staff/faculty. Letters may be edited if they include profanity, libel or do otherwise not meet the standards of ethical journalism.

The Crusader of SanitySuccumbing to the nostalgia of the holidays

A while back Tony Bara, our newspaper’s former Editor-in-Chief and a good friend of mine, wrote an article about nostalgic feelings he was having at the time. Now, earlier within the week, I found myself a sort of victim of nostalgic upswellings. It was late one night and I was perusing Netflix – as I’m sure many of you know the feeling – and I found myself consumed with watching old episodes of the 90s television show Goosebumps. As a kid I loved Goosebumps – the television show as well as the books. I was in the mood to watch something Halloween oriented. So I was looking through Netflix and stumbled upon Goosebumps. It was late and I was tired, so I only watched four episodes – The Haunted Mask parts I & II and Night of the Living Dummy III parts I and II. And I’ll tell you what…it’s still as good as I remember it to be. Sure the effects are a little dated, but it was so fun to go back and watch a show that I had gotten so much enjoyment out of in the past. (It was super fun to see a young Hayden Christensen – better known to the populous as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars – Episodes II-III – appear in Night of the Living Dummy.) The more I thought about Halloween and the reason I liked it, I realized that it was the sort of childlike wonderment that I get for this holiday. I’m not someone who likes to dwell on the past. I don’t find much purpose in reminiscing for the sake of reminiscing. If I or someone I’m with is

reminded of something and they want to bring it up, that’s fine. But seldom if I ever do I take strolls down memory lane for the sake of doing so. However, when it comes to the holidays – particularly Halloween – there’s nothing more that I love than to think back to the time when I was younger, putting on a costume and going out to get a bundle of free candy only to come home and watch a bunch of scar television specials or monster movies - my favorite of these being the Charles M. Schultz classic It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!. In fact there’s almost nothing in the coming weeks that I’ve looked forward to more than sitting down at 7:00pm on Halloween night and turning on ABC, like I do every year, and watching the Peanuts gang go through their Halloween ritual. Readers, I may not strike you as a sentimental man – save for Batman and Star Wars – but I do get rather sentimental during the holidays. Though I’ve battled against the invasion of Christmas pre-Halloween, I also love that holiday as well. Once it’s after Thanksgiving I turn into a Christmas fiend; I play the music non-stop, I stare at my Christmas tree just because it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and I pack my DVR with the classic Christmas specials – Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer, A Year Without a Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman and – of course – my favorite, Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! (For some reason I’ve always identified with the character of Charlie Brown.)

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Years of dedication and hard work can impact a work place or department towards a worthwhile goal. This was no different for Dr. Beverly Gulley, Dean of Education, at SXU. The impact that Dean Gully has been great. As noted in ‘Dean Beverly Gulley Steps Down’, her list of accomplishments have been many. Under her direction, she not only achieved accreditation for Saint Xavier’s School of Education under the NCATE, but Dean Gulley also started the Barbara Vick Early Childhood and Family Center, a center to help children with special needs. Both of these, in turn, reflect how Saint Xavier’s School of Education is viewed, and under her term as Dean, it flourished into what is today. What do these accomplishments mean for the Saint Xavier students, especially those majoring in Education? The accreditation received from the NCATE shows that Saint Xavier’s curriculum for it’s Education is of the highest quality and ranking in par with other top colleges and universities in the United States.

Some might think this accreditation does not mean much now, but when employers are hiring teachers, the NCATE’s accreditation will help in putting a resume right on the top of the list. While it may be saddening to see Dean Beverly Gulley step down from her position, here at the Xavierite, it does bring up several questions. Who will replace the vacancy of the Dean of Education? Many responsibilities are associated with taking up the position of the Dean of Education and it will take someone ready for the job to take lead after Dean Gulley steps down. Just last year, the SXU’s Graham School of Management was in the same position as their dean stepped down. The position may be filled either externally (by someone that might not currently be working at the school) or internally (someone already working at SXU, possibly a professor or staff member). Nevertheless, that is up to those working in the department itself. What credentials will the new Dean of Education need to have? Well, that

depends. Regardless of the department, picking a new dean may likely involve looking at past accomplishments, how he/she interacts with students, their drive for his/her particular field, and other such areas. A majority of us at the Xavierite would look for those key areas if we had the option of choosing the new Dean of Education. Will the successor be ready to fill position and lead on the department like their predecessor? Only time will be able to tell for Dean Gulley has not stepped down just yet! But how does this step down affect the students here at SXU? What will be the impact of the new successor? Will the successor stay with the status quo. Will there be a push towards a more techonology-based curriculum? These are just several questions resulting in the impact of Dean Gulley stepping down on students. What we do know is that we at the Xavierite wish Dean Gulley luck on her endeavors and hope her endeavors here at Saint Xavier last for a life time. And on behalf of the St. Xavier University community, we thank her for her

This week we were fortunate enough to have members of the SXU community write in and voice their opinions in Letters to the Editor. If you are interested in writing into the Xavierite with your valued opinions, the letters and guidelines printed below are a great example of how to do so.

Dean’s Exit Creates QuestionsWith Dean Gulley stepping down, what is next for the Education Department

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The UnBarable TruthThe Saga of Lake Marion: Episode II - Troubled Waters

[Previously on The Saga of Lake Marion: After being accidently discovered in the late 1950’s, Lake Marion became a lively center of activity for Saint Xavier College students with its boating, swimming, fishing and ice skating opportunities. Nevertheless, trouble was rapidly approaching.] As Saint Xavier College students were enjoying boating, fishing and swimming in Lake Marion during the early 1970’s, an airborne menace advanced from the north—a menace that would quickly taint the crystal waters of our precious pond and destroy the innocent fun that had transpired there for nearly two decades. This menace was the Canadian goose. A Xavierite headline in 1976 called Lake Marion (then known as SX Sea) a “not so ‘great lake,’” and for good reason (Xavierite 11/08/76, pg. 2). Pollution levels had risen substantially, to the point where swimming had become outright dangerous. Although the culprit behind the pollution remained obscure in the 1970s, when I recently interviewed Sister Marion Johnson, who taught biology at SXC during that time, she attributed the cause to Canadian geese. “The lake became contaminated by geese [because] they carried bacteria into the lake,” explained Johnson. Today, we take the geese for granted.

They have enveloped our campus en masse, and one cannot walk too far without being hissed at by these petulant birds. However, they apparently did not have a significant presence on campus until the 1970s when their droppings began to pollute the water, effectively ending any kind of recreational activities there. Saint Xavier was not about to take the legal risk of letting students swim or boat in a polluted pond. Unfortunately, the closure of the lake for recreational activities did nothing to prevent the various tragedies that occurred there over the next two decades. The first tragedy occurred even before the pollution. It was a common sight in the 1960s for students to see a particular workman out boating on Lake Marion every day. One day, however, people saw the boat floating emptily on the lake. Rescuers arrived and were horrified to find that the man had mysteriously fallen off the boat and drowned in the lake (Interview with Sister Marion Johnson and Sister Joy Clough). Sadly, this was not the last such occurrence. In the early 1970s, a mentally handicapped man being treated at Pacelli Hall, which was then being rented out to a mental health treatment center, was fishing on the lake when he had a seizure and fell in. He too, drowned. Similarly to the first case, the drowning’s full details were unfortunately never discovered (Interview w/ Johnson & Clough). Finally, a third tragic accident occurred when some inebriated individuals drove a car into Lake Marion after a party. Horrifically, one of the individuals did not make it out. The car was eventually fished out (Interview w/ Johnson & Clough). Despite this, legends have persisted to this day that there are vehicles buried at the lake’s bottom.

These tragedies represented the darkest moments of the lake’s history and undoubtedly reaffirmed SXC’s administrative decision to ban any kind of activity there. As a footnote to this troubled period, it is worth mentioning that many local pets were abandoned in the water. Goldfish and 10-inch snapping turtles were commonly found there, left and forgotten by their owners. In one instance during the 1970s, a baby alligator was found off shore, no doubt shocking passers-by (Xavierite 11/08/76, pg. 2). As the 1970s passed into the 1980s and 1990s, Lake Marion’s glory days passed into distant memory. Now, the polluted lake stood devoid of any activity. Although it still remained a relaxing place for students and locals to frequent, it was a shadow of its former self. Yet, even during the dark times, Saint Xavier never completely forgot about its key landmark. There was always hope for what the lake could become. Stay tuned for the epic finale: The Saga of Lake Marion: Episode 3—Hope Springs Eternal.

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Several major retailers have recently announced their intent to open early on Thanksgiving Day to allow consumers to get a jump start on their Black Friday shopping. Popular department stores like Macy’s and J.C. Penney have decided to open their doors to shoppers on Thursday November 28 rather than opening early on Black Friday. Kohl’s has also announced that it will be opening at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving and will remain open through Black Friday. It is rumored that other popular stores like Target and Toys R’ Us also plan to follow this trend by opening at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving. To say that I am saddened and disappointed by this news would be an understatement, yet I am not surprised. Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays and has become increasingly important to my family and I as the years have gone by. Thanksgiving is simple. You gather with the people that are important to you and share a meal. There’s no excessive

decorating or gift-giving. This holiday is much different than most other holidays and more important than most people realize. In our consumer culture how often do we take even a minute out to be thankful let alone a whole day? Almost never. As a child I remember driving past the extremely crowded parking lot of Best Buy the day after Thanksgiving and thinking it was a little strange even then.Now it is absolutely insane. It baffles me how we can spend a day being thankful for what we have only to wake up at 5 a.m. or leave our meal that very same night to race through packed stores

and trample people to get good prices on what we don’t have. Sadly, we are trampling right over Thanksgiving without a second thought. We have been watching Thanksgiving die slowly for years now. With each passing year we cut the thankfulness a little bit shorter, and now, Black Friday and Thanksgiving have officially merged. I understand that the money generated from holiday shopping is essential to our economy. However, I cannot fathom why beginning the Christmas shopping season before Thanksgiving has fully ended is necessary.

This really sheds a light on a broader issue. Shouldn’t we be spending much more time being thankful for what we have in general? I constantly find myself having thoughts like “I need to get the new IPhone” while I am failing to realize the fact that I even have an IPhone to begin with is incredible and is a gift most people in the world will never experience. Realizations like this are rare for me and my peers and that’s unfortunate. It seems like we can never have enough. We should be vastly decreasing the time we spend in a shopping frenzy and increasing the amount of time we spend being thankful for things that really matter and everything we already have. By extending the Black Friday shopping hours to a point where they overlap with Thanksgiving we are doing just the opposite. We are limiting the already scarce amount of time we spend thinking about what we have instead of what we want. This year, try to hold off on your holiday shopping. Even postponing our shopping one day is the step in the right direction. Allow Thanksgiving to really be celebrated in full and allow yourself the time to actually be thankful. We might miss some of the sales, but we might also find that we spent a little extra time with the people that matter which is far more valuable.

Black Fr iday invades Thanksgiv ing

Nothing says Thanksgiving like lining up to trample people for a deal.

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Step2:Darkenandbruisetheareasaroundyoureyes.Youwantyoureyestolooksunkenin.Usethepurpleeyeshadowfirstandthenblendintheblueeyeshadow.Usedabsofblackfacepaintandblendthemintogiveitadarkerlook.Theeyeswillbeaverybigsellerforthislooksinceyouwon’tbeusinganyfakeblood.Thisisprobablywheremostofyoureffortswillgo.

Step3:Usetheredmakeuptomakewoundsonyourface.Then,usingthebruisingtechnique,justputbruisesaroundtheredtomakeitlookalittlemorerealistic.Mixalittleoftheblackintotheredsotheydon’tlooktoobrightandfake.

Step4:Usetheredfacepaintandmakelinesofbloodcomingoutofvariousplacesinyourface.Yourcouldbecryingblood,haveabloodynose,etc.

Step5:Rubsomeoftheredfacepaintaroundyourmouthsoitlookslikeyoujustgotdonemunchingonsomebrains!Andyou’redone!

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Zombify Yourself This Halloween Zombiesarealltherage,sowhynotlearnhowtoturnyourselfintotheperfectzombiethisHalloweenseason?Weputtogetheraguideformakingyourselfinotheperfectzombiethisyear.Fromchoosingthetypeofzombieyouwanttobetowardrobetothreedifferentwaystodoyourmakeup,wehavegotitcovered.Followthesestepsandyouwillbethemostgruesomeand

unforgettablezombiepartyguestthisyear.

AWholeLotofBlood GetMessywithLiquidLatex Thismakeupmethodisforsomeonethatwantstoputatonofeffortintotheircostumeandgoforsomeawesomespecialeffects.Forthisyou’llneedliquidlatex,1-plytissue,concealerlighterthanyournormalskintone,darkpurpleandblueeyeshadow,redandblackfacefaint,scabblood,andvampireblood.Alsofortools,youwillneedq-tips,makeupsponges,andafewcheapmakeupbrushes.Step1:Putalayeroffacelotiononandthenputalayerofconcealeronyourface,ears,andneck.Thiswillgiveyouanicepalelook.Step2:Decidewhereyouwantyourwoundstogo.Layertheliquidlatexandthetissue.Makesurethetissuepiecesarejagged,becausethisisyourtornskin.Themorelayersyouputon,thedeeperyourwoundwillbe.Letitdry.Step3:Darkenandbruisetheareasaroundyoureyes.Youwantyoureyestolooksunkenin.Usethepurpleeyeshadowfirstandthenblendintheblueeyeshadow.Usedabsofblackfacepaintandblendthemintogiveitadarkerlook.Step4:Oncethelatexisdry,ripitopenwithtweezerstomakethewound.Step5:Timetopaint.Colortheinsideofyourwoundwiththeredfacepaint.Mixsomeblackintootomakeitlookdarker.Don’tworryaboutperfectionbecauseitwillbecoveredinbloodanyway.Coverthewhiteofthetissuewithconcealertoblenditinwithyourskin,andthenusethebruisingmethodtomakeitlookmorerealistic.Step6:Usethescabbloodandapplyitontheinsideofthewoundwithaq-tip.Putsomeontheoutsideofthewoundtoosoitlooksniceandfresh.Step7:Usethevampirebloodandyourhandoramakeupspongeandapplythebloodtoaroundyourmouth.Youjustgotdoneeatingsomebrains,somakeitmessy.Step8:Startgroaningandmoaning,becauseyouarefinished.Nowgooutthereandscaresomepeople!

Soyouwanttogetbloody?Well,here’sasimplehow-toguidetomakearealisticbloodyface.You’regoingtoneedacontaineroffakebloodgelandtwoorthreeQ-TipsIdon’tknowifthismakeoverworkswithanyothertypeoffakeblood,soIrecommendstickingwithgelblood.Youalsohavetheoptiontousetypicaleyeshadowtogiveyoureyesadeadpop.Thecolorsyouwouldneedareblackandpurple.Trytostayawayfromshinyeyeshadowsbecausethey’lljustmakeyoulooklikeyousteppedoutofaTwilightmovie.

Step1:Ifyou’regoingtobeusingtheeyeshadow,coatyourbottomeyelidswithaverythinlayerofblackeyeshadow.

Step2:Gooverthesameareawithathicklayerofyourpurple.Thisgiveyoureyestheappearanceofbeingsunkin.

Step3:TakeaQ-Tipanddipitintotheblood.Scoopsomeoutwithexcess.Swabyournostrilandpulldowntoyourlip.Goingintoyournosehelpsgiveitamorerealisticlook.Repeatthisforyourothernostrilandmakesurethatthebloodiseven.Youcangooverthespotsmorethanoncetomakeitseemreal.

Step4:UseanothersideofaQ-Tiptogetatrailofbloodgoingfromyourlipstoyourchin.Startbytracingyourtoplipfromthefarthestnostriltotheedgeofyourlip.Dothesamethingtoyourlowerlip.Gotothecornerofyourmouththatthebloodisdrippingtoandmakealargetrail.Bemessywithit.Blooddripsfreely.Aswiththenosebleed,makesuretogooverthespotsthatseemtobeuneven.

Step5:UsinganotherQ-Tip,lineyourwaterlinewithsomeblood.BesurenottogetanybloodINyoureye.Itburns.Make“tears”downatthecornerofyoureyes.Youcanputmoretearsifyouwant,butIstickwithtwoineach.

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The Xavierite Staff Gets Spooky Here at The Xavierite, we love to dress up for Halloween. What is more fun than being able to be someone else for a day? We put a whole lot of effort

into this kind of thing. Check out some of our costumes this year!

Senior Sports Editor, Tim Carroll, dressed up as a farmer with a very tiny tractor. He won’t plow the fields very fast with that thing.

Senior Viewpoints Editor, Brian Laughran, is a werewolf this year. Here he is in his natural habitat voicing his opinions in the school newspaper.

Deputy Editor in Chief, Brittany Klyczek and Editor in Chief, Becki Brown dressed up as anime characters. Brittany is the personification of The Netherlands from Hetalia and Becki is Hanajima Saki from Fruits Basket.

Editor in Chief, Becki Brown, also dressed as Debbie from Addam’s Family Values. I hope no rich man falls into her trap anytime soon. She’s quite the killer.

Countdown to Halloween: One Day to Go!Becki BrownEditor in Chief

There is only one day left until Halloween. I know that some people may need some encouragement to get stay on top of Halloween-related things, so I am still going to be breaking things down, week by week. These are not orders but (very strong) suggestions, so if you don’t want to do what I’m suggesting, feel free to do otherwise. However, since there is only one day left, you really should have listened to me. For those of you who did, I applaud you.

Costumes You better have gotten your costume together by now, or you will end up with whatever is left at the Halloween stores (I hope you like being sexy Big Bird or Boots from Dora the Explorer because that is all they will probably have left, at least in your size) or a t-shirt that says this is my costume (along with at least another five apathetic or “ironic” people at the party you’re going to). For those of you who listened to my advice and already have your costume prepared, you might want to give it a test run so that if you need to make any quick

fixes, you will have enough time to do so.

Parties At this point, all you really need to do is get any perishable items you need for your party and then set stuff up, unless you didn’t listen to me, in which case you might have just started thinking that you should totally have a party. I would not go to that party. Poorly planned parties are totally lame. Don’t have a lame party.

Decorating Take a folding chair, set it up in

your house, sit back, and admire all the decorating that you’ve done. Good job. It looks awesome. If you didn’t listen to me and still haven’t decorated, then just get some fake cobwebs (or real cobwebs) and throw them all over your house.

Things to Watch So far you’ve watched Ghostbusters, Hocus Pocus, The Addams Family, and The Addams Family Values. Now it is time to watch my personal favorite Halloween movie: The Nightmare Before Christmas. This is a favorite, and you can watch it from Halloween to Christmas (or all year if you are like me). The Nightmare Before Christmas is a mix of nostalgia, whimsy, wonder, and scares. Who wasn’t (or still isn’t) terrified of the Oogie Boogie Man? Who didn’t (or still doesn’t) have a crush on Jack or Sally? I mean, he’s pretty cute for a skeleton. Plus, Danny Elfman’s soundtrack mixed with stop motion animation makes this a classic and a must-see.

Music to play I t ’ s astounding. Time is fleeting, and now is the perfect time to listen to

the hit song from the Rocky Horror Picture Show: the Time Warp. If you don’t know how to do the time warp, don’t worry. They explain it in the song. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, I suggest you watch that as well. Don’t worry. It never really makes sense the first time you watch it. For more songs to listen to, check out Zhana’s article “Your Halloween Playlist.” She talks about some of the same songs that I’ve mentioned in previous articles, but getting a refresher never hurt.

rockyhorror.com impawards.comLet’s do the Time Warp, and then let’s do the Time Warp again! Jack is the Pumpkin King!


Your Halloween PlaylistZhana JohnsonFeatures Correspondent

It is about that time of year when everything that can possibly smell like pumpkin and cinnamon tries its best to, when it is apparently legal for mobs of thirsty kids to bang on your door at all hours of the night, when it is respectable for a grown man to eat his body weight in chocolate, and when the weirdos get noticeably weirder--and drunker. So, if you are planning on throwing a Halloween party for said weirdos to come together and grind on one another, it only seems right to include some staple songs on that ghoulish playlist.

The Good “Closer”- Halloween songs are all about a convincing theme and this one definitely has it.This lesser known Kings of Leon ballad laments the struggle of a merciless albeit weary predator.While the song seems to have multiple meanings for everyone, for the sake of the season we’ll just say it is an analogy for a vampire and not at all about emotional baggage or drug use.Why should it be on your list? Despite its dragging tempo, it definitely plays on that desolate, trapped in a haunted house vibe. Horrific mentions (If you are looking for a good time): “Disturbia” by Rihanna, “Heads Will Roll” by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Midnight City (Man Without Country Remix) by M83, “No One Believes Me” by Kid Cudi, “Dragula” by Rob Zombie.

The Classic “Thriller”-How dare you even think of composing a Halloween music playlist without Michael Jackson’s Thriller? Shame on you, even Party City exploits the crap out of it in that ridiculously annoying flash

mob promotion--it wouldn’t kill you to use it.Why should it be on your playlist? Because everyone knows the lyrics, everyone knows the dance, it is the well pressed meat on that ideal playlist sandwich. Ignoring the fact that there was nothing poetic in the slightest about that last metaphor, it would be almost criminal for Thriller not to be included.

Horrific mentions (If you are old as dirt): “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell, “Freaks Come Out at Night” by Whodini, “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult, “Superstition” by Stevie Wonder, “Highway to Hell” by AC/DC.

The Campy “I Put a Spell on You”-It is a golden rule that everyone must shut up and sit down when Hocus Pocus comes on. Hocus Pocus is like the groundhog of autumn, it is how we know Halloween is coming.Why should it be on your playlist?There are many great things to love about the film, more notably is the Sanderson sister’s captivating and impromptu performance of “I Put a Spell on You.” Whether you use the original version by Screamin’Jay Hawkins or the one performed in Hocus Pocus (with no dialogue however it is short) the song is sure to set the mood for the night.

Horrific mentions (If you are looking for cheesy): “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett, “Everybody” by The Backstreet Boys, “This is Halloween” from Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas, The Addam’s Family or Beetlejuice theme--quite frankly any Tim Burton or Danny Elfman OST has its merits.

Aries: March 21 -April 19

Let yourself be free once in a while. Don’t coop yourself up in a room all day. Live!

Taurus: April 20 -May 20

Spread your wings and fly. Your neverland is right around the cor-ner, seize this moment.

Gemini: May 21 -June 20

Don’t beat yourself up over the small things. People appreciate you no matter what.

Cancer: June 21 -July 22

Keep your anger in check. Not everyone is out to get you, so relax.

Leo: July 23 -Aug. 22

Don’t listen to the peer pressure. It will turn you into someone your not.

Virgo: Aug. 23 -Sept. 22

Your motherly in-stincts are amazing, but don’t let that make you overbearing

Libra: Sept. 23 -Oct. 22

Justice doesn’t always mean vengence. Think over your actions be-fore it hurts someone.

Scorpio: Oct. 23 -Nov. 21

Help friends overcome their problems by giv-ing them some good advice.

Sagittarius: Nov. 22 -Dec. 21

Work on your people skills. You may come off as strange and it can push others away.

Capricorn: Dec. 22 -Jan. 19

Pushing others to do something can lead to issues down the road.

Aquarius: Jan. 20 -Feb. 18

While you should work on bettering yourself, don’t obsess on some-thing you can’t be.

Pisces: Feb. 19 -March 20

Don’t overwork your-self. World domina-tion doesn’t happen overnight.

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Dear Lauren,

There’s someone that I no longer want to be friends with. How do I let this be known without upsetting them?

Sincerely,Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Dear Breaking, Ending a relationship is always difficult. But the first thing you need to do is to decide why you want to part ways with your friend. If it’s over an argument, it’s good to remember that those sort of things ca be talked out. There’s no need to run away from someone just because you had a disagreement. If it’s because you just don’t get along with them, then think about why you were even friends with them in the first place. Maybe they have some redeeming qualities you would miss. In that case, maybe you should

keep them around. However, if you decide that you just cannot be friends with them anymore, then there are two ways to approach the situation. Either you can just tell them to their face that you would rather not have contact anymore and give the reason. Or you could be passive aggressive and just avoid them. This second way may not be the best way, but it is easier. Just ignore their texts, avoid going to the same places they are, etc. Overall, just make yourself invisible to them. While both ways will hurt, this

way will hurt even more. So really, it isn’t the greatest route if you don’t want to come off as an inconsiderate jerk. The best thing to do is to go with option one and be honest and upfront. It will probably hurt their feelings, but at least there is closure in the friendship. Good luck and remember to listen to Lauren!


Colorado Avalanche: Soaring in the StandingsFrank MarkasovicSports Editor

Is this the year for the Avs? Have they finally turned things back around in Colo-rado? Well, so far, it seems pretty promis-ing. The Avs have lagged behind in the Western Conference for quite some time due to their extremely young and inexperi-enced team.

However, this year has kicked off with a bang in Denver, Colorado. The Avalanche are currently leading (as of 10/27/2013), and have lead, the Central Division. They hold a record of 10-1-0 and with 20 points; they sit in first with a 5-point gap between them and the second place defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Chicago Blackhawks.

So, what’s making the Avs thrive like this? How have they gone from dead last in the NHL last year to starting an eighth of the season just one point behind the League leading San Jose Sharks? I think I have a few ideas…

CoachingI think a huge factor in the Avalanche suc-cess early on this season is due to the new coaching of four-time Stanley Cup Cham-pion and Hockey Hall of Famer, Patrick Roy. Patrick Roy was an incredible goal-tender back in his day. He has earned an astounding amount of awards for his Hall of Fame level of play including: the Conn Smythe Trophy (1986, 1993, 2001), Vezina Trophy (1989, 1990, 1992), the William M. Jennings Trophy (1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2002), his #33 jersey was retired in both Montreal and Colorado, and many, many more.

This is the kind of guy the Avs needed, an Avalanche player from the Stanley Cup years with a tremendous amount of experi-ence and the knowledge of the game. Oh, and did I mention that Patrick Roy is kind of an intense guy?

On the night of his Avalanche coaching de-but, after beating Anaheim 6-1, Coach Roy engaged in a shouting match with Ducks’ forward Corey Perry. His lips were pretty readable and what was saying upset Ducks’ coach Bruce Boudreau, which sparked a confrontation between the two coaches. Roy then proceeded to almost break the glass barrier separating the two benches.

This just goes to show you the intensity of this guy. This is the kind of attitude, I believe, that is driving this team to success, especially the goaltending unit, which leads me to my next point…

GoaltendingEvery team needs a solid goaltender no matter how many goals the team can generate. Take, for example, the 2012-13 Tampa Bay Lightning. They scored more total goals than the teams above them in the standings, however, their goaltending lacked significantly.

For the Avs so far this season, goaltend-ing is no issue. With a dynamic-duo like Semyon Varlamov and Jean-Sebastien Giguere, opposing teams are finding it tough to get pucks to the back of the net.

Semyon Varlamov has been an okay goalie in the past for Colorado, but for whatever reason, this year he has come back with the poise of an elite goalie. Now I am not calling him an elite goalie, but his numbers this season are very impressive.

Varlamov has a GAA of 1.76 and a SV% of .945 (as of 10/27/2013). He has 7 wins and 1 loss in his 8 games played. Surpris-ingly, Varlamov also has an assist so far this season, a treat for a goalie, no doubt. He has played on a whole new level so far this season and I hope he keeps it up. Avs fans across the world are excited for this new level of performance coming from Varlamov.

On another note, Jean-Sebastien Giguere is not too far behind Semyon. Although Semyon Varlamov has earned the majority of the starts this season, Giguere’s numbers in his few games played are outstanding. His GAA is a league leading 0.67 and his .981 SV% also tops the leader boards for NHL goaltenders.

With this in mind, I expect the goaltender position in Denver to become more com-petitive as the season progresses. These two tenders have turned heads in the league with their level of play as of late. Whether their success is due to the goaltender ex-pectations of legendary Coach Patrick Roy or the time in their careers is just right for both men, I believe that as long as the two guys in net stay hot, the As will continue their dominance.

DepthAside from great coaching and outstand-ing goaltending, the Avs also have their offensive depth to thank for their point production. For several years, as mentioned before, the Avalanche remained a very young and inexperienced team. However, in this 2013-14 season, the youth has de-veloped and the inexperienced has almost diminished.

The Colorado forwards have been produc-ing goals in opportune times to put them ahead of opponents. This offensive effort is lead by 22 year-old forward Matt Duch-ene. Duchene, a personal favorite player of mine, has the third-most goals in the NHL with 9 goals total, including 3 game-winning goals. He also has 4 assists and a +4 rating.

Veteran Alex Tanguay, Paul Stasny, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Erik Johnson, Jamie McGinn, Ryan O’Reilly, and PA Parenteau, joins Duchene when it comes to produc-ing offense. Although Duchene leads the team in goals scored with 9, the majority of the team has at least 1 goal and as many as 3.To me, this means that the offense is being spread out among the entire team. Perhaps this, too, is a key to the Avs’ suc-cess.

Although first-round draft-pick Nathan MacKinnon has only produced 1 goal, he also has contributed 6 assists. I, along with many other Avs’ fans, believe that MacKin-non will produce more goals or at least we hope he will. In the meantime, I think Matt Duchene will make up for MacKin-non’s pending goals of the future.

What’s Next?If the Avalanche want to keep hold of the top spot in the Central Division they bet-ter keep doing what they are doing, keep winning games, and keep scoring goals. It is inevitable that they will cool off at some point in the long 82-game season, but it is in their best interest to stay as hot as they can for as long as they can in a tight divi-sion like the Central Division.

They just better look out for those Black-hawks!

Bad Brandons: The Marshall-Meriweather BeefTim CarrollSenior Sports Editor

From an ethical standpoint, people aren’t going to argue that domestic violence is acceptable. But it would also be difficult to defend the act of launching all your body weight like a missile at the head or neck of another person. Safety Brandon Meriweather of the professional Washington, D.C., football team was flagged for illegal hits twice in a game against the Chicago Bears on Oct. 20. One of those flags was thrown when he left his feet to target receiver Brandon Marshall above the shoulders. “Guys like that really don’t understand that there is life after football,” Marshall said of Meriweather, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I respect the league trying to better our game and guys like that, maybe he needs to get suspended or taken out of the game completely... I played defense growing up. I was a headhunter. Even sometimes on the offensive side, I played that way. But with rules in place, you’ve got to respect it.” Meriweather, whose initial two-game

suspension because of the hits on Marshall and teammate Alshon Jeffery was reduced to just one game last Wednesday, responded through Washington media on Monday. “He feels like I need to be kicked out of the league? I feel like people who beat their girlfriends should be kicked out the league, too,” Meriweather told The Washington Times. “So, you tell me who you’d rather have, somebody who plays aggressive on the field or somebody who beat up their girlfriend?” Allow me to pretend for a moment that Meriweather’s question was not asked rhetorically. My answer is, I don’t want either guy. Meriweather is right, Marshall has a less-than-exemplary track record. In 2007, according to the Chicago Tribune, Marshall was arrested near Denver because he was suspected in a domestic violence report. He completed anger management counseling and the charges were dropped. In June of that year, Marshall was named in two incident reports filed by Atlanta police. His then girlfriend, Rasheedah Watley, told police that Marshall had cut her

thigh and punched her in the face. Later in June, Watley told police of more d o m e s t i c a b u s e . Mar sha l l ’ s wife, Michi N a g o m i -M a r s h a l l , also stabbed him in the s t o m a c h in April

of 2011. These are c o n c e r n i n g incidents. But since M a r s h a l l was traded to Chicago before the 2012 season, there have been no reports of d o m e s t i c violence. The same can’t be said of the violence for which Meriweather is responsible. Meriweather has been in the NFL since 2007. The NFL fined him $50,000 in 2010 for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Baltimore tight end Todd Heap (which was reduced to $40,000 after an appeal), according to the Chicago Tribune. When he was with the Bears in 2011, he was separately fined $25,000 for unnecessary roughness and $20,000 for another helmet-to-helmet hit. He was also fined $42,000 earlier this season for an illegal hit on the Packers’ Eddie Lacy. Then came his illegal hits on the Bears’ receivers. Meriweather has made a career of hurting people, or at the very least attempting to do so. And Marshall certainly got this right: Meriweather doesn’t get it. “To be honest, man, you’ve just got to go low now,” Meriweather said, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “You’ve got to end people’s careers, you know? You’ve got to tear people’s ACLs and mess up people’s knees now. You can’t hit them high no more.”

He doesn’t seem to understand that there’s plenty of room to hit players above the knees but below the shoulders, and I’d be shocked if he actually made an attempt to become any less of a dirty player. After all, he’s been targeting players’ heads for just about the entirety of his seven-year career. The difference between Marshall and Meriweather is change. Marshall has apparently sworn off domestic violence—and it’s about time. But Meriweather doesn’t care to make a change. Even though domestic violence and violence on the football field are not directly comparable, we can compare people’s attempts to move away from the bad things they’ve done in the past. What Meriweather should have asked is, Would you rather have a guy who’s done bad things in the past and made a concerted effort to end that behavior, or a guy who’s done bad things in the past and just doesn’t seem to care? That’s not a rhetorical question, and I’ll take Marshall.Marshall took issue with Meriweather’s hits. wdis.net

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Women’s Volleyball Keeps FightingDamone GriffinCopy Editor The Saint Xavier University women’s volleyball team has played past the midway point of the season but are still searching for consistency. There are still a few games left, though, before their conference tournament starts on Nov. 12, so the Cougars have time to pick up their level of play. On Oct. 17 the Cougars took on the Illinois Institute of Technology in a make-up match from Sept. 10. The match went the distance, but the Cougars pulled it out in five sets by winning 25-11, 23-25, 25-15, 21-25, 18-16. The match on Sept. 10 between these two teams was cancelled due to excessive heat, but that did not stop Cougar co-captains junior middle hitter Marie Hackert or junior setter Kelli Shaffer from being on fire. Hackert had a career night with 17 kills and also tied another career high with 8 blocks in the five-set thriller. Shaffer posted 47 assists for a new career high to along with five kills and eight digs for a nice all around game. The team also got sensational efforts from other players during the victory. Sophomore middle blocker Heidi Gregerson had 13 kills and a season-high nine total blocks for the Cougars. Defensively the team was led by junior libero Dominique Aramburu. She had 25 digs, sophomore right side hitter Meghan Falsey had a career-high 22 digs and junior outside hitter Jessica Galotta had a season-best 18 digs to along with 10 kills. The next match for the Cougars after scoring back-to-back victories against Illinois Institute of Technology was a conference

road match against Cardinal Stritch University. The team struggled offensively, posting .103 team attack percentage for the match and ended up falling in three sets: 13-25, 13-25, 17-25. Falsey led the team offensively with seven kills for the match and Shaffer stuffed the stat sheet with 14 assists, three kills, two service aces and seven digs. Gallota had eight digs to lead the team defensively and Gregerson chipped in four blocks for the match. The loss dropped the team to a .500 record (11-11) before their two-day CCAC

Crossover Tournament in Arlington Heights, Ill. This past weekend the team took a trip to Arlington Heights looking to dominate the competition. On the first day of competition the Cougars split the first two matches by losing the first match to the University of Saint Francis (Ill.) and winning the second match against Calumet College of Saint Joseph. The first match on that Friday afternoon was against rival Saint Francis, which the team lost in four sets: 25-20, 19-25, 20-25, 23-25.

The Cougars were led in defeat by Gregerson, who had 14 kills and five total blocks and they got 11 kills from Hackert. Shaffer put up 38 assists and 10 digs, Falsey had 10 kills and Aramburu had 19 digs for SXU. In the second match Friday evening the team regrouped to beat Calumet College of Saint Joseph in five sets: 25-22, 22-25, 15-25, 25-21, 15-11. Gregerson once again was an offensive force to reckon with, putting up 13 kills. Her partner in crime, Hackert, had 12 kills for the match.

Men’s Soccer Battles for a Tie The Saint Xavier University men’s soccer team fought to climb to the top of the standings and they fought for 120 minutes to be in first place. The Cougars went on the road to play first-place Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wis. The team had a chance to move into first place if they picked up a win at the Uihlein Soccer Complex. The teams scrapped and clawed for 90 minutes plus two overtimes, but the game ended in a tie 1-1. The tie reduced Cardinal Stritch’s conference lead to one point, as the Cougars are hot on their heels. The Wolves remain in first place with a 6-1-2 record (20 points), but the Cougars are in second place with a record of 6-2-1 (19 points). Neither team was able to get on the scoreboard in the first half, but in the second half Cardinal Stritch put one in the back of the net during the 61st minute. Sophomore midfielder Ignacio Baeza scored on an unassisted goal to give the Wolves a 1-0 lead. The Cougars would soon respond in the 71st minute. Junior defender Rene Leon would score a clutch goal for the Cougars off of a

rebound from a shot off the foot of junior forward Lorenzo Savino. That would become the last goal either team would score the rest of the night because both of the teams’ defenses locked in from that point on. Both teams’ goalkeepers played extremely well, making sure the game stayed tied up. The Wolves junior goalkeeper Jim Jones led his team by making five saves and SXU senior goalkeeper Kyle Held continued his magnificent play this season by stopping six shots on goal. After 90 minutes was not enough,

the game went into overtime. After two overtime periods neither team could score to secure victory, so the game was called a tie. The Cougars and Wolves should both be proud of the effort put into this game as they played each other to a stalemate on the scoreboard. The Cougars built a lot of momentum going into this game, especially after finding out that junior midfielder Brandon Simoes was named CCAC Offensive Player of the Week. Simoes must of have borrowed his teammate Marco Gutierrez’s shoes because

he also has an offensive player of the week award. Simoes had four goals over the course of two games for the Cougars including hat trick against Trinity Christian. The team is still building momentum and sitting atop the conference standings with only three regular season games left. SXU Men’s Soccer plays their next home game Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. against Roosevelt University on Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field. Come out and support the team.

Damone GriffinCopy Editor

Shaffer continued her incredible play with 33 assists, six digs and four kills, and Galotta put up a very nice all around effort with 12 digs, seven kills and two service aces. Aramburu was a defensive guru with a team-best 13 digs on the night. The Cougars had one match in the tournament to play the next day against Indiana University-South Bend. The team wanted another win before they went home, but alas it was not meant to be as they fell to their opponents hailing from South Bend in three sets: 21-25, 17-25, 20-25. Gregerson continued to be the offensive MVP for the Cougars during the tournament, putting up double-digit kills. Once again, she finished the match with 10. Falsey, the stellar second-year player, also had 10 kills and Hackert finished with five kills and three blocks. Aramburu led the team defensively with 17 digs and Galotta had 11 digs. Shaffer helped the defense out with 8 digs while also racking up 27 assists. Erica Harris had 10 digs. Their next and last true home game is Thursday Nov. 7 against Judson University.

Hackert had a career night for the Cougars SXU Athletics

Simoes has been amazing SXU Athletics

Leon scored a crucial goal SXU Athletics


SXU Football Keeps Playoff Hopes AliveCougars Win Second of Five Must-Win GamesTim CarrollSenior Sports Editor

Two wins down, three more to go for the Saint Xavier University Cougar football team in their quest to make the NAIA Football Championship Series. Sixteen teams will qualify for that tournament, and the Cougars were ranked No. 14 in the NAIA Top-25 Poll when they defeated the William Penn University Statesmen by a final score of 12-6. As of this week’s poll, the Cougars remain No. 14. It was quite the defensive battle, especially in the first half. At the end of 30 minutes, the score was tied 3-3. During that first half, the Cougars’ offense accumulated just 98 yards on 33 plays, while the Statesmen racked up only 84 yards over 35 plays. Leading the defense was senior linebacker Zach Dolph, who last week became only the sixth player in school history to pick up 300 tackles (303 at the Waldorf game’s end). He added 23 more tackles against the Statesmen’s triple option offense and also combined for a sack with freshman defensive lineman Josh Hickey. For his efforts, Dolph was awarded the honor of being the NAIA Football National Defensive Player of the Week and MSFA Midwest League Defensive Player of the Week. The key on the defensive side of the ball was staying disciplined and making sure that all the players at the skill positions were

accounted for. “Everybody’s going to have an assignment on every play,” head coach Mike Feminis said before the game. “Somebody’s going to have the dive back, somebody’s going to have the quarterback and somebody’s going to have the pitch back. If you stick your nose where it shouldn’t be, that’s when problems happen.” The William Penn defense also largely kept Saint Xavier in check. Senior quarterback Joe Gill completed only two passes out of 11 attempts in the first half. He came back strong in the second half, though, completing 11 of 17 passes to finish the day 13-of-28 for 91 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Gill’s touchdown would be the only one of the day and it came at an absolutely critical moment. Tied 6-6 with less than 6:30 remaining in the game, Gill dropped back to pass from the Statesmen’s six-yard line, was rewarded by his offensive line with plenty of time and found freshman receiver Stephen Simms for what would ultimately turn out to be the game-winning score. On the ensuing extra point attempt, senior placekicker/punter Spencer Nolen pushed the kick wide right. That miss could have meant the ballgame had William Penn been able to score a last-second touchdown

and made the extra point, but such was not fate. Helping Cougar fans to forget about the missed extra point was the fact that Saint Xavier would not have been able to score the game-winning touchdown without a huge contribution from Nolen. On fourth-and-ten from his own 35-yard line, Nolen went back in punt formation. He sold every bit of a fake, pretending to drop the ball to his foot and completing the kicking motion before taking off toward the first-down marker. He picked up 16 yards (and a little turf

burn) in his effort, which got the Cougars into Statesmen territory. Gill would find Simms in the end zone just nine plays later. Nolen was also responsible for the first six points that the Cougars scored. He made a 31-yard field goal to tie the game late in the second quarter, then tacked on a 50-yarder in the third quarter that put his team up 6-3. Those field goals were paramount considering that the offense was unable to put up big plays and big points. Feminis knew that it would come down to smart offensive football over flashy, big-gain football. “Don’t turn the ball over

and put our defense in bad situations,” said Feminis when asked what the key to a Cougar victory would be. “I think if we do that we’ll be OK.” Even when the Cougar offense did put the defense in difficult spots, they responded by keeping points to a minimum. After a first-quarter fumble by freshman receiver Dennis Vilimek gave the Statesmen the ball at Saint Xavier’s 32-yard line, they drove to the Cougars’ four-yard line before their drive stalled. Kicker Marcus Kerrigan picked up the first points of the game with a 21-yard field goal. One other turnover was committed by the Saint Xavier offense. Gill threw an interception to sophomore cornerback Cameron Penny. That did not result in any points for the Statesmen, another testament to the high quality of play by the Cougars’ defensive unit. Next up is probably the most difficult of the final three games ahead of Saint Xavier. This coming Saturday at 1 p.m. will be a tough road test against the No. 13-ranked Saint Ambrose University Fighting Bees. Saint Ambrose (5-2) is coming off a 35-21 loss on the road to Grand View University, so they will be eager to get back on track at home. The Cougars, who are just 2-2 away from home this season, will need to muster all they have in order to keep their winning streak going and their playoff hopes alive.

Dolph recorded 23 tackles in the win against WPU. SXU Athletics

Spencer Nolen picked up a huge fourth-down conversion. SXU Athletics

Damone GriffinCopy Editor

The month of October continues to be unkind to Saint Xavier University’s women soccer team. The team has lost six of its seven games in October, and on top of that they are having trouble putting goals in the back of the net. In four of the seven games this month the Cougars haven’t scored a goal. The Cougars would try to find offense and a win last Tuesday night against Cardi-nal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wis. The team did everything in their power to get on the scoreboard but were defeated in the end 1-0 by CSU. The Cougars had eight shots on goal

and 14 total shots for the game but still couldn’t put the ball pass the goalkeeper. The Wolves got the game-winning goal in the first half from sophomore midfielder Jordan Lott and teammate freshmen mid-

fielder Anna Stadler provided the assist. Goalkeeper Kara Casebolt had eight saves on the night to preserve the shutout for the Wolves. The Cougars played well defensively

and junior goalkeeper Danielle Koncius had six saves for the Cougars, who dropped to a 4-10-1 (2-7-1) record overall for the season after the loss. There is still a few games left in the season and the Cougars will look to pick up some more victories before the confer-ence tournament starts. The team has one more true home game left against Roosevelt University on Nov. 2 at 11:30 a.m. on Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field. Come out and see the team at home one more time before the season ends as they try to make up as much ground as possible in their conference before the tournament starts. Lets show the team some support.the SXU Women’s soccer team SXU Athletics

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