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Luke Spencer, senior forward on the men’s soccer team, is currently tied for first in the na-tion in goals and was last week’s A-10 player of the week. Got talent, anyone?

Rabbi Abie Ingber returned on Aug. 31 from a trip to Cameroon to give two presentations at a Cameroon Muslim Students’ Union (CAMSU) conference.

The possibility for this trip was initiated at the end of April when an African delegation came to Xavier to discuss religious freedom in the United States. Rabbi Abie was invited to meet the delegation and following this meeting, one of the delegates, Ismail Boyomo Embolo, extended an invita-tion to Ingber inviting him to speak at the CAMSU conference.

“The thought that a community of young people would come together and remain true to their faith while partak-ing in critical dialogue about how to better their country made me go run-ning to get there,” Ingber said.

With the help of Dr. Sarah Melcher, chair of the theology department, and Dr. Janice Walker, dean of the college of arts and sciences, Ingber produced the funds for the trip including a grant from the state department.

Photo Courtesy of Rabbi Abie Ingber

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Rabbi Abie and conference attendees at the CAMSU Conference.

By MOlly BOESManaging Editor

Ingber arrived in Cameroon on Aug. 23 to begin his weeklong stay.

The conference took place in Douala, the largest city in Cameroon.

Ingber presented two lectures at the conference. The hosts of the confer-ence requested that he give one pre-sentation about Islam in America. In this lecture, Ingber addressed the lives of Muslims in the U.S. mostly after the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Ingber emphasized that before Sept.

11, America could basically pretend that Muslims did not exist in America, but after Sept. 11, America felt that ignor-ing them was a mistake. Ingber also said that although this shift originally started out poorly, the Muslims in America have grown from it.

Ingber’s second presentation dealt with the topic of interfaith bridge build-ing. Ingber emphasized that it is im-portant when building a solid founda-tional interfaith bridge to maintain their

Rabbi Abie travels to Cameroon for CAMSU Conferenceown faith. The American ambassador in Cameroon, Robert Jackson, introduced Ingber before he began his lecture.

“It was mind-blowing,” Ingber said, “being in Africa at the CAMSU confer-ence being introduced by the American Ambassador.”

After the lectures, Ingber was able to have open discussions with those present at the conference and while he gave his lectures in English and had a translator translate them into French, most of his discussions were held in French.

Ingber highlighted that the conversa-tions also were real and brought up topics such as al-Qaeda, Muslim extremists, rac-ism and Islamophobia.

Outside of the conference, Ingber tried to experience the culture of Cameroon during his stay. He had the opportunity to visit a rubber tree farm, eat local fruits and have discussions not only with those present at the conference, but also with people he encountered on the street.

“It was a magical experience” Ingber said, “I went to the conference to share a small piece of Xavier teaching and came back with a message for the community here at Xavier.”

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X-Mile:FreestyleRap Contest

Many Cincinnati natives are fa-miliar with the bucket drummers that perform outside of Reds games every night.

But not as many people know about Xavier’s own group of im-promptu percussionists.

Wrecking Crew is a student-run organization whose members read and play music written for bucket drums.

The group rehearses twice a week, and members choose one of four different buckets: small buckets, large buckets, trash cans or barrels.

When played together, the buckets create a unique percussive medley that Vice President, senior music education major Taylor Brown, is hoping will find a way to be heard.

“We hope to play in the atrium in Cintas Center during basket-ball games,” Brown said after a rehearsal Sunday night, though the Wrecking Crew has no official plans yet.

Despite high interest early last fall, Wrecking Crew strug-gled to maintain regular rehears-als throughout the school year. Brown has high hopes for the group despite setbacks last year.

“I would love to have so many people interested that we have to buy new buckets,” Brown said.

Rehearsal times vary for each of the four “bucket sections,” and each member is expected to be at rehearsal for a total of two hours per week.

Two of the bucket sections have sectional rehearsals from 7 to 8 p.m. on Sunday nights and the remaining two sections re-hearse from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday nights.

All four sections come together

for group rehearsals each Sunday at 8 p.m. and each Wednesday at 10:30 p.m.

Anyone interested in joining Wrecking Crew is encouraged to stop by room 205 in Edgecliff Hall during rehearsal times. Brown stresses that everyone is welcome, regardless of musical ability. “Having people of differ-ent backgrounds makes the whole thing more rewarding,” she said.

X-Mile, Xavier’s first freestyle rap contest is taking place at 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 in the Gallagher Student Center Atrium.

The event will feature individu-als who have signed up before the event but will also be open to any-one who wishes to perform during the “open mic” session following the contest.

Anyone who has not signed up but wishes to participate sim-ply needs to show up at the event and stand in line. “I’m excited to see new and unique music ven-ues around campus like X-Mile, David Franke, X-Mile competitor and former Xavier Fest performer said. After each contestant has had the opportunity to perform for a maximum of five minutes, judging will begin and prizes will be awarded to the top three performers.

Collin Neri, the chair of the X-Mile event and a member of the SAC Concerts Committee said, “In order to retain the es-sence of the movie that inspired us (8-Mile), judging will be done based on how much cheering/intensity the crowd has for a cer-tain artist.” In order to avoid any discrepancies in choices, if there is a close call, we will have the per-formers in question do another set on stage as a tie-breaker.”

The prizes to be awarded in-clude in-ear Beats By Dre head-phones for first, a Sony Smart Box for second and an 8-Mile DVD for third. Jay Jones will be the fea-tured DJ at X-Mile.

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In an effort to better the paper, please tell us if you find correc-tions that need to be made.

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CORRECTIONS

current wrecking crew Members:

Tim Graulty (President)Taylor Brown (Vice Pres.)Emily Kenkel (Secretary) Lindsey Hittmeier (Treasurer)

Emily AntoneliAlana Brown

Kylee BurkeKristin Clark

Christian ConwayKevin Davis

CJ EliasenAlex Flores

David GeisNick Henrichs

Lauren HoltCarl Mai

Danny MillerAlana Monfort

Dillon MorrisCaitlin Ray

Patrick RocksJohn RothanAmanda Sapata

In the Sept. 5 is-sue of the Newswire, a headline was incor-rect. Staff members resigned from the the Center for International Education.

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BRIEFSXU rap Battle

On Sep. 12, SAC is host-ing the XU Rap Battle in the GSC Food court at 8:30 p.m. It is Xavier’s first rap battle, come check it out!

Fall career Fair Prep

On Sep. 13, The Fall Career Fair Prep Walk-Ins is being held in the Career Services Center, CLC, Room 530 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Recruiters will re-view your resume,ask career fair prep questions, or discuss your 30 second elevator pitch with a recruiter!

cFJ Monthly Service outing

Each month CFJ sends a group of students to volun-teer at the St. Francis Seraph Soup Kitchen in Downtown Cincinnati. 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. This is a ONE-TIME COMMITMENT! On Sep. 14, the Service Shuttle leaving Bellarmine Chapel Circle at 4p.m. and returning before 6 p.m. Sign-up sheets will be made available in GSC 310 the week of the service. The number of participants is limited to 10, so sign up early!

Bursar Bill Info SessionUnderstanding Your

Bursar Bill- There will be a financial literacy workshop in Alter 214 from 1:15 until 2:00 p.m. Attend this infor-mational session to be more informed about your bursar bill! Contact with questions: 513-745-3758

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Police

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Notes of theWeek

Sept. 9, 12:52 a.m. – Xavier Police and Residence Life investigated the report of a fight in progress in the Residence Halls between two students involving a possible knife. Both parties declined further assistance and were separated.

Sept. 9, 12:13 a.m. – Xavi-er Police assisted Norwood Police break up a loud house party in the 1800 block of Mentor Avenue. One student was arrested for running a disorderly house and one stu-dent was cited for underage consumption of alcohol.

Sept. 7, 2:57 p.m. – A stu-dent reported damage to their car windshield while parked in the C4 Parking Lot.

Sept. 7, 1:20 p.m. – An employee reported the theft of a chair from his/her office in Hinkle Hall.

Sept. 7, 8:09 a.m. – Xavier Police assisted Residence Life with a room search in Fen-

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Xavier Police investigated a report of someone releas-ing derogatory fliers down the Atrium of the Gallagher Student Center from the third floor.

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Sept. 8, 6:16 a.m. – Xavier Police and Residence Life in-vestigated the report of a fight in progress with a possible gun involved between several stu-dents and one non-student. All parties were separated and the non-student acquaintance of a residence student was asked to leave campus.

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wick Place. A small amount of drug paraphernalia was recovered.

Sept. 6, 11:40 p.m. – Two students walking through Lot A with a backpack containing alcohol were cited for under-age possession and lying to University Officials.

Sept. 6, 2:05 a.m. – Xavi-er Police and Physical Plant responded to a smoke detec-tor going off in a room in Husman Hall.

Sept. 5, 3:09 p.m. – Xavi-er Police assisted Norwood Police locate a commuter stu-dent who had not been heard from for almost a week. The student was located.

Sept. 5, 9:26 a.m. – A Physical Plant employee re-ported damage to the fence around the soccer complex.

Sept. 9, 1:45 a.m. – A stu-dent was observed urinating in the Tri Health tent and was cited for disorderly conduct.

SGA encourages students to join SAC

“ ”...we need leaders for the years to come to keep

SGA a vibrant part of the university community

Needom Mitchell, Senate Co-ordinator

Students have encountered many different forms of en-couragement to join both SAC and Student Senate across cam-pus and on the Portal. Both have strongly encouraged first years to apply.

“As the largest programming body on campus, SAC offers various events to all students,” LeeAnn Scherbauer, SAC Chair said.

“As a member of SAC, first years help plan and execute these events. Different leader-ship skills are gained from be-ing a member of SAC, and it is a great way to meet people,” Scherbauer said.

In addition to hosting differ-ent events on campus, such as Muskies After Dark, Late Night

Movies and a major concert on campus, members of SAC also have the opportunity to attend different leadership conferences throughout the year.

SAC also wants new members to help achieve specific goals for this year, which include host-ing a vast array of collaborative events with other clubs on cam-pus, helping to involve students in the choosing of a major con-cert artist and to serve students

There is no way this kid goes to Xavier...

Sept. 7, 2:30 a.m. – Norwood Police informed Xavier Police that they had arrested a student on the 1700 block of Cleneay Avenue for underage consumption, disorderly conduct and ob-structing official business. A Norwood Police officer was injured while chasing the stu-dent, who was transported to Hamilton County Jail.

by hosting programs students will be interested in attending.

First years also have the op-portunity to join the Student Senate.

“Joining the Student Senate will allow [students] to get an inside look at the university and its administrators,” Senate Coordinator Needom Mitchell said.

“We have 20 positions on the senate and four of those are re-served for first year students to join in the fall. We are specifi-cally seeking first years [because] they have a new and different perspective on the university than upperclassmen do, they al-low us to better represent an im-portant population on Xavier’s campus, and because we need leaders for the years to come to keep SGA a vibrant part of the university community.”

Sophomores and juniors c a n apply f o r S A C a n d r u n f o r

Student Senate in the spring. SAC is also having a second se-lection for all students this fall due to unforeseen vacancies. More information is to follow.

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organization, sending trips around the world.

It starts with a single step.

The construction on Dana Avenue has come to a conclusion af-ter almost 2 years of improvements and repair work

For those who have not yet seen the changes that have been made, here is a list of them:

BY CALESSE CARDOSIStaff Writer

1. Sidewalks have been added to both sides of the road to enhance pedestrian safety.

2. A median divides the upper half of the road.

3. A left-turn lane has been added to turn left onto Montgomery to help ease the flow of traffic.

4. Grass and flowers have been planted for aesthetic appeal.

5. The pedestrian crossing area has been improved.

6.The road has been re-paved.

The annual boat dance host-ed by Student Activities Council will be occurring earlier in the year than it has been in previous years. The dance, traditionally held in the spring semester, will be held during the fall semester.

The date was changed over the summer. With both Xavier F e s t and a s p r i n g concert b e i n g h e l d in the s p r i n g semes-ter and no fall concert, it was decided by the event chairs, senior Kevin Tighe and sophomore Kaitlin Whelan and the campus tradi-tions chair, sophomore Colleen Reynolds, to move up the date of the dance.

“We usually have a Fall Ball, but we wanted to make things different for this year,” Reynolds said.

This year’s theme for the dance is Masquerade.

“We went with the Masquerade theme because it can be both fun as well as for-mal,” Tighe said.

The boat dance will take place

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on a larger boat this year with two levels open to students as opposed to the smaller boat that has been used in previous years. The chairs said that with the big-ger boat and hosting the dance in the fall that they hoped for a bigger turnout than in previous years.

There will also be two DJs at the dance, one on each floor.

Tickets for the boat dance will be sold from 6 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 19 outside of Gallagher. The tick-ets will be $10 each with a limit of two tick-ets per

All Card and 400 tickets will be available. Non-Xavier students are welcome to the dance as long as they attend with a Xavier student.

The boat dance itself will take place on Sept. 28 with buses leaving campus at 6 p.m. Weather is not a factor.

Dinner will be offered at the dance as usual and masks will also be handed out.

“We’re really excited for the dance,” Whelan said. “It gives students something different to do on a Friday night.”

BY MOLLY BOESManaging Editor

Boat dance movedAnnual event to take place in fall semester

The “A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II & The Jewish People” exhibit re-opened on Monday in Cincinnati at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute for Religion.

More than 800,000 people from across the nation have seen this 2,200 square-foot exhibit since it first opened October 2004.

Pope John Paul II blessed the exhibition, celebrating his connection and relationship with Jewish people. On May 18, 2005 (the pope’s 85th birthday) the exhibit opened on Xavier’s campus.

Rabbi Abie Ingber, Dr. William Madges, a theology pro-fessor, and Dr. James Buchanan, the director of Xavier’s Edward B. Brueggeman Center for

Dialogue, were the o f f i c i a l f o u n d -ers of the e x h i b i t . I n g b e r w a n t e d to see the e x h i b i t inf luence people and open them up to liv-

ing like the pope when it comes to embracing people of other faiths.

“It is an exhibit, but actually it is an opportunity and an in-strument for fostering interfaith engagement,” Buchanan said, “he sees the exhibit as an oppor-tunity for people of all ages, es-pecially students, to learn about the importance of forming in-terfaith relationships.”

The exhibit encourages inter-faith engagement and has a posi-tive impact on local Christian and Jewish communities.

It shares Pope John Paul II’s experience of childhood through the twentieth century in Wadowice, Poland, his perspec-tive during World War II and the Holocaust, his young priesthood experience in Krakow and his papacy.

He is the first pope to ever enter a synagogue, the first to officially visit and acknowledge the State of Israel and the first to officially engage in an act of repentance for the Catholic Church’s past adverse treatment of Jews.

There is a focus on the pope’s relationship with his Jewish childhood friend Jerzy Kugler, despite the past tension between their religious communities.

At the end of the exhibit, there is a Western Wall replica where visitors can insert their personal prayers. These numer-

ous prayers are unread, hand delivered and placed in the real Western Wall in Jerusalem.

The name of the exhibit was influenced by the pope’s letter from 1986 memorializing the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The pope wrote, “As Christians and Jews, following the example of the faith of Abraham, we are called to be a blessing to the world. This is the common task await-ing us. It is therefore necessary for us, Christians and Jews, to be first a blessing to one another”.

Cincinnati is the exhibit’s last venue before its European tour next year through Poland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy and maybe Israel.

Thanks to the collabora-tive effort of Xavier University, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education, The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Skirtball Museum the exhibit has re-turned to Cincinnati.

The exhibit is located at the Skirball Museum, 3101 Clifton Ave., until December 31. The admission is free, but donations are appreciated. For more infor-mation, call (513) 487-3200 or visit hucinci.org.

...it is an opportunity and an instrument for fostering interfaith engagement

Dr. James Buchanan

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BY SAUNTA ANDERSONStaff Writer

Pope John Paul II exhibit arrives in Cincinnati

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Men’s soccer remains unbeaten

Women’s soccer has split week Cross country continues reign over Queen City

The Xavier men’s and women’s cross country teams topped the University of Cincinnati this week-end to take home the Queen City Cup for the fourth straight year. The meet featured Xavier, UC and Northern Kentucky University, with Xavier taking home the cov-eted trophy.

Head coach Ryan Orner was particularly pleased with both teams’ performance.

“We were able to bring home the Queen City Cup and winning the meet overall is a significant accomplishment for us,” Orner said.

The Xavier women’s team placed first out of 10 teams and posted the low score of 33 points. The Musketeers managed to de-feat runner-up UC by 23 points.

Leading the way for the wom-en’s team was junior Clare Fischer, who placed second overall with a time of 18:47.

“It was great to see. Obviously our women’s team has a lot of depth and that will be our strong point this season,” Orner said.

Four of the varsity runners were unable to compete due to injury or illness, yet the team still won the overall race.

On the men’s side, the team placed third behind Cedarville and Cincinnati. Leading the way for the men’s team was junior Tom Ohlman, who won the race with a time of 15:36.

Not far behind Ohlman was senior Hank Geer who finished just 16 seconds behind him in sixth place. This was Geer’s first cross country race since 2010 due to injury last season.

“I was very impressed with Hank. He’s come back with a lot of ambition and I know that the heat affected him in the race so he will have better races throughout the year,” Orner said.

Next weekend the teams will be travelling to South Bend, Ind. for the National Catholic Championship. Last season both teams took fourth at this meet.

“We as a team are stronger this season so we are looking for a higher finish. This race features better competition and I know that our team is ready,” Orner said.

The women’s soccer team split two games this week when they fell 5-0 to Indiana University and then came back to defeat Morehead State 2-1.

Indiana scored four of their five goals in the first half against the Musketeers. The Hoosiers had 16 shots, 11 of which were on goal.

All five goals were given up by sophomore keeper Katie Markesbery, but she gathered five saves in the match as well.

The Musketeers collected 12 shots throughout the match and freshman forward Erin McGauley placed four of those 12 shots.

Junior forward Ashton Green, freshman midfielder Catherine Allon and junior midfielder

Bridget Tully each were able to put one shot on goal.

During Sunday’s game against Morehead State, both teams were evenly matched. The Musketeers had the same number of shots and shots on goal as Morehead State. Each team ended with nine shots and five shots on goal.

Morehead State struck first scoring in the sixth minute when a ball deflected off of a defender allowing for a goal.

This was the only goal allowed in the game by the Musketeers. Markesbery was the starting keeper again in this match and allowed only one goal and made four saves.

Tying the game in the 39th minute was sophomore midfield-er Margaret Woods on an assist from sophomore defender and

The unbeaten Xavier Musketeers (4-0-1) took the field Sunday coming off a 3-1 road vic-tory against IUPUI.

The Xavier men’s soccer team delivered a convincing 3-1 victory over IUPUI.

Sophomore midfielder Gino De Paoli scored his first goal of the season in the first 10 minutes of the game. Junior midfielder Matt Walker struck two goals of his own in the 70th and 75th minute.

Senior forward Luke Spencer had another big game with two goals in a 3-1 victory over the University of Milwaukee.

Spencer’s first goal came in the 32nd minute, his fifth goal of the season. The men’s soccer team re-

grouped defensively after the goal and remained focused for the re-mainder of the half.

Although the Musketeers did not concede a goal immediately af-ter scoring, they found themselves on their heels when Milwaukee’s Stuart McBain drilled a shot from the corner post.

Xavier found itself in a simi-lar position to break the tie. Like they’ve displayed all year, they found a way to pull away. Freshman Rhodes Moore set up the goal for Luke Spencer who sunk the ball in the back of the net in the 65th minute.

Spencer notched an assist for sophomore midfielder Will Walker, who would chip in his second goal of the

year. The win against Milwaukee

capped off back-to-back three-goal performances for the Musketeers. Senior for-ward Luke Spencer leads the Atlantic 10 in goals with six and is tied for most goals in the nation.

Xavier looks to continue its hot streak as they take on the Virginia Cavaliers at 7 p.m. on Friday in Charlottesville, Va.

midfielder Alyssa Tindal. It was Tindal and Woods’ only points in the game, but Woods was able to lead the Musketeers in shots dur-ing the match with three. Junior midfielder Taylor Dearbraugh led the team in shots on goal in the afternoon with two.

At the 57:24 mark McGauley was able to beat a defender out front and score the go-ahead goal for Xavier. That was McGauley’s only point in the game, the first goal of her collegiate career and a crucial goal for the victory.

“This is a great game to build off of, help us continue to move forward and forget about Friday,” McGauley said.

The team will play the Eastern Kentucky Colonels at 7 p.m. on Sept. 12 at the Xavier Soccer Complex.

The Xavier women’s soccer team saw success at home with a 2-1 victory over Morehead State this weekend.Newswire photo by Andrew Matsushita

Junior cross country runner Tom Ohlman placed first this weekend.

Newswire photo by Libby Keller

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Opinion: Why you should love fall sportsVolleyball finishes second in Delaware Invitational

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Luke Spencer continues stellar season

Newswire photos b y Andrew Matsushita

It’s only a month into the colle-giate men’s soccer season, and one Xavier player has become a name every soccer fan needs to know.

Senior forward Luke Spencer is currently tied for first in the na-tion in goals, was named Atlantic 10 player of the week by College Sports Madness and was last week’s A-10 player of the week as determined by the conference.

In addition to his national and conference accolades, the senior has led the team to its best start in school history.

“We’re a veteran team. We only lost two people from last year’s roster. We’re used to how practice goes, how our coaches

work together and how our team works together,” Spencer said. “I think that’s helped in our start this year.”

In Sunday’s victory over Milwaukee, Spencer scored two of Xavier’s three goals, assisting sophomore midfielder Will Walker in the team’s third and final goal.

The forward began playing soc-cer as a defender, but Spencer has made his position on the team as a reliable scorer evident, an aspect of playing forward that he loves.

“I chose to play forward be-cause it’s exciting. I wanted to score goals; it’s one of the most exciting parts about soccer,” Spencer said.

And score goals he does. Spencer has scored in all but one

of Xavier’s contests in the regular season thus far. He’s scored six goals so far this season, including

two two-goal games. Spencer got his start in soccer

through his older brother, Nate. Playing up with his brother, he found his niche.

The 6-foot-2 forward, how-ever, says there’s another sport he would play if he could.

“I love basketball. I always play it when I get the chance, or at least when my coach doesn’t get mad at me,” Spencer said.

While Spencer has become quite the fan favorite, the Cincinnati na-tive also has his family present at many games.

“I feel extremely fortunate that my family can get to most of the games, especially the home games,” Spencer said. “I feel for the players that don’t get to play in

front of their families as much. I don’t take it for granted.”

Spencer has been a part of a Xavier team that saw some of the lowest points in Xavier history, and a team that is now ranked as high as 19th in the nation.

“It’s completely different, a 180 really,” Spencer said. “We went from winning two games my fresh-man year to having the best start we’ve ever had. It’s amazing.”

As the team continues to im-prove, Spencer improves with it. Now in his senior season, it is clear that Spencer’s name will be one to be remembered for years to come.

The Xavier women’s volleyball team traveled to Newark, Del. and returned home with a second place finish in the University of Delaware Invitational.

The Musketeers finished the weekend with two wins and one loss while placing a few players on the All-Tournament Team. Xavier lost its opening round match to Texas A&M University Aggies on Friday afternoon but defeated Columbia University in straight sets later that night.

They went on to beat host-school Delaware in three sets on Saturday to place second in the tournament. The Musketeers are now 7-4 on the season and are 3-1 in neutral-court matches.

Following their loss to the Aggies, Xavier picked up a straight-set victory over Columbia (25-21, 25-14, 25-19). The Musketeers notched a season high hitting percentage of .402, led by junior Sarah Brown’s 13 kills.

Fellow juniors Kelsey Dunaway and Alex Smith added 12 and 10 kills, respectively, to help the Musketeers score their sixth win of the season. Sophomore Aubree Smith posted a double-double in the match with 34 assists and 11

digs. Senior Stephanie Vorherr re-

corded a match-high 14 digs in the win.

Xavier finished off the invita-tional with a three set defeat of Delaware (25-13, 25-23, 25-18).

In the highly contested sec-ond set, Alex Smith took charge late, scoring four of the final five points for the Musketeers. Smith finished the day with 10 kills to go alongside Brown’s team-high 11 kills.

Aubree Smith posted another double-double with 28 assists and 10 digs.

“To beat a team that has been a perennial NCAA Tournament participant means a lot,” head coach Mike Johnson said. “I’m ex-cited for where we’re headed.”

Both Brown and Alex Smith earned All-Tournament Team honors following the invitational.

The women return to action this Friday when they travel to South Bend, Ind. for the Golden Dome Invitational.

The Musketeers face off against the University of Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m.

Xavier will conclude the tour-nament with two Saturday matches against Kansas University and the University of Loyola Marymount.

Fall sports are often the over-looked cousin of basketball here at Xavier. It’s a perfectly legitimate reality: students get distracted by everything in the new school year, all the while preparing themselves for the upcoming basketball sea-son. If you fit that mold, don’t fret — this quick rundown will help.

what you oughta knowThere’s something special going

on at Xavier’s Soccer Complex. The Musketeers are ranked

as high as 19th in the nation and have yet to be defeated in the regular season. Victory Parkway’s close location is probably a coin-cidence, but the fact still remains: rain or shine (and there’s been a bit of rain), all this team’s been doing is winning. Senior Luke Spencer, who has made the difference for the nationally ranked squad, has dazzled soc-cer fans.

Spencer has already earned multiple Atlantic 10 Player of the Week awards, and rightfully so: in seven games (including exhibi-tions against No. 16 Notre Dame and No. 20 Marquette) Spencer has scored six goals, three of which won the game. The rest of the team has scored five. That’s not meant to be a belit-tling stat. The Muskies’ ball movement and con-trol is nothing short of sensational.

The stellar defense wouldn’t be there without a group effort, either. In seven contests, the Xavier defense has not allowed more than one goal in any game, three of which were against Top 25 teams. In fact, in the season opener at No. 25 Northwestern, Xavier almost took home a win until the Wildcats scored a last minute penalty kick goal.

The team cer-tainly looks like it’s geared for another shot at the A-10 title, and the odds of getting past the first round of the NCAA tourna-ment are looking more attainable. With the star play of Spencer and the camaraderie of the team, this

third-time push for a tourna-ment run might finally be a

charm for head coach Andy Fleming and the

Musketeers.

six Degrees of separationAn incredible thing happened

on Friday: an Olympian and World Cup soccer player competed at Xavier’s Soccer Complex… and it went completely under the radar.

When the Xavier women’s soc-cer team faced Indiana University, they were also matched up against Colombian national player Orianica Velasquez. For what

it’s worth, Velasquez, a senior at IU, was only allowed four

shots on goal in the 5-0 Xavier loss.

But to me, that’s not the main takeaway from this game. It’s pretty

amazing to think that our soccer team played against

a woman who has competed against some of the world’s great-est soccer players, not to men-tion stars like Abby Wombach and Hope Solo (the Colombian national team lost to the United States 3-0 in the Olympics this summer).

Maybe the Muskies took a posi-tive from this too — they bounced back two days later with a 2-1 win over Morehead State.

what to expectThe women’s volleyball team

could surprise their competitors this weekend in South Bend, Ind. The Musketeers are slated to face Notre Dame, Kansas and Loyola Marymount, and despite their 0-3 record against big conference schools (2-9 in total sets), they could catch a few giants sleeping. The key for Xavier this weekend: contain the attack.

In Musketeer losses this season, Xavier has a .114 hitting percent-age vs. their opponents’ .231 per-centage. Even more importantly, in Xavier wins, the Muskies have sported a .241 hitting percentage while holding their opponents to a measly .089 percentage.

If they can post similar num-bers this weekend, the Musketeers can grab their first top spot in tournament competition this year.

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Political season is obnoxious.Yes, it only comes once every

four years, but campaigning itself seems to last for a year at a time. The problem the Newswire finds especially annoying about presidential campaigns is the political advertising.

Advertising isn’t exactly the best word to use here – attacking is much more fitting. Instead of focusing on the issues, presidential candidates hurl insults on why he or she is the better option for president.

Plus, the nation’s money could be spent a lot more wisely.

That being said, campus has been swarming lately with politi-cal “advertisements” of its own – students pestering everyone to register to vote.

Asking politely once is one thing, but following students out of the CLC while badgering them with questions is another.

It’s also a little extreme that these same students are going door-to-door in on-campus dorms and apartments.

We got the point the first time,

when we were hunted down out-side Alter Hall.

It’s nothing against the politi-cal student groups personally. We are sure they are great people. Still, this has gone way too far and has got to stop.

The government has already got our heads spinning from de-bates, discussions, speeches and

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www.thexunewswire. $400 each to spend on food. They took student dollars un-

constitutionally and without ap-proval from SGA to willfully spend on themselves.

This money came from the rollover fund from last year’s bud-get while other universities in the area chose to use their rollover dollars to provide direct scholar-ships to the student body, instead of personal meal plans and the new flat screen television that our executives bought.

On Monday, Senate voted 8-7 in favor of allowing the executives to keep the money and therefore not have to pay back the funds.

I think this was a sad decision for our student representatives.

They are elected to SGA to serve the student body and care for our interests.

While the current executives have done some positive things that have affected campus this year, this selfish decision to spend student dollars outweighs those positives.

So I call on the executives to do what is right by issuing an apol-ogy to the student body for their abuse of power and to repay the money they so carelessly spent.

It’s time for the students’ in-terests to come before individual interests.

Letter To The EditorLast year I had the pleasure of

serving on the Financial Affairs Committee on SGA, which at the end of the year helped form the budget for the current school year.

During the meetings, the newly elected executives Seth, Kristen and Matt appeared to be budget hawks who wanted to stop the wasteful spending of student dollars.

So much so that they got rid of sustainability and diversity funding.

All it took was one summer for them to go back on their stated goals.

Over the summer, Seth, Kristen and Matt awarded themselves with

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those God-forsaken advertise-ments. Please don’t encroach on our daily routines, too.

Again, we need to reiterate that these groups are great, and it’s

wonderful that students are encouraged to vote.

After all, voting is a key part to demo-cratic republic, right? The problem is when “encouraged” becomes “hassled.” At that point, students become simply annoyed.

If students want to vote (which they should), they will get

themselves registered. If student groups could just back down slightly, campus could breathe a little easier.

We aren’t even requesting that these clubs stop their efforts.

Simply restraining their would be perfect. Thanks for your pas-sion, Xavier University, but it’s a little too passionate for us.

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Imagine the best class you’ve ever taken at Xavier – classes where

the teacher genuinely seemed in-terested in what you had to say, classes where you felt that the in-put of other students deepened dialogue instead of diluting it, and classes that uniquely colored your world months after the fi-nal test was graded.

Do you, honestly, think you could get that same experience in a class held online?

That’s the bet that the Xavier admin-istration and Scott Chadwick, the aca-demic provost, have made.

Over the past summer and into this semester, Xavier has been slowly expand-ing its online education programming.

This summer, the university sponsored online-only classes, and this semester they’re experi-menting with “hybrid” classes – classes where you meet twice a

week in a classroom and once a week online, for example.

These classes were not adver-tised as hybrid classes last semes-ter during registration, and many students, I’ve been told, have been surprised by their class’s new design.

The University ought to seek student input (or at least warn us) before they experiment on us.

I understand that this experi-

mentation is necessary for the incorporation of new technol-ogy and teaching methods, but it seems morally questionable, at best, to experiment on students without their explicit permission

– especially if that experimen-tal class is of less value than the class they would’ve had.

We have students, here, pay-ing the same thing they would pay for three days per week in a classroom but getting two days in a classroom and one day on an internet forum instead.

Isn’t one of the benefits of online education the fact that it costs less for the school and for the student? If it is, why aren’t

these test-mice stu-dents see-ing that savings?

Beyond X a v i e r ’s c r e a t i v e new source of income,

there is a larger issue

at play. The administration needs to

reconsider and explain its invest-ment in online education as a whole.

Online classes have a truly

Anger. Confusion. Frustration.

These are the emo-tions that came to me in the after-math of Sept. 11, 2001. We all re-member the events that transpired, and we all remember our initial reactions. My initial response was poorly thought out and passion-ate. I was mad, and I wanted people to pay. Then again, I was also 10 years old. But my initial opinion didn’t change much.

Fast forward to college, and I was still mad. How could we let havens of terrorism go on without inter-ruption? How could anyone oppose waging war against known en-emies in Afghanistan? Only fringe liberals and youthful ide-alists stood in opposi-tion to a land war against Osama Bin Laden and his deplorable regime. And, after all, our military was doing a terrific job fighting.

Sept. 11 has nagged me since

it happened. How could we solve this problem? What response should we have as a nation? As a community? What could I do to help the cause? My solution in-cluded military force and a con-demnation of the Middle East as a region soft on terror cells that harass bastions of freedom.

And then, two great professors appeared in my life. I’ve had a few good classes at Xavier. I’ve had a couple great class-es at Xavier. The best classes are the ones that cut deep into what you believe and ask you to explain why. “Have you ever thought there might have been

a response more pow-e r f u l , ” they asked, “than domi-

nant military force?” I

wrote these individuals off fairly quickly. Of course not, I thought, we needed to eradicate the forces of evil from the world. If we did

that with Howitzers and M16s, that’s terrific.

But then they suggested maybe the very people that at-tacked U.S. soil on that fateful day wanted to provoke an attack. They wanted a long and pro-tracted conflict on their own battlefield. They wanted to mire the mag-nificent U.S. military in a place it was likely to lose, in a style of war that was not favorable to us. And even if the U.S. military did ‘win,’ whatever that means, it would be costly and divi-sive to the U.S. at home.

These arguments were so dif-ficult for me. We were attacked, and I wasn’t about to stand back and watch flags drape over coffins without action. There still is not a day that goes by that I forget the horrifying images of individuals jumping from the burning Twin Towers.

I still tense up when I think of what I would have done if I had been on one of the planes that morning.

These arguments asked me to put aside my emotional response and talk honestly and frankly about what is, and what is not, a

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good way to move forward. When I look back in hindsight,

the war at the very least has been

costly and very divisive. And now, more substantial questions are coming to light.

What is victory, and what does it look like? Has our presence in the Middle East helped stabilize the region or contributed to an-ti-American attitudes across the Middle East and the world?

Was the U.S. military prepared for warfare in the Middle East fighting an insurgent campaign?

Last year I watched Paul Simon perform “The Sound of Silence” at Ground Zero on TV on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. I still feel angry. I still want answers. I still really, really want to say what we did as a country was the right

““You should feel angry, frustrated and passionate at times about

what you are studying.”

Mike Hills, Columnist

thing in the days and weeks fol-lowing 9/11. I still have to take a minute to collect myself before I

talk about anything pertaining to 9/11.

It’s still un-comfortable to work through the issues. The difference now is I can deal with all pos-sibilities in the hope of finding

the right solution. The lesson I’ve

learned in all of this is that after asking uncom-fortable questions and formulat-ing justifications of my 9/11 be-liefs, college should cut to the core of your beliefs.

You should feel angry, frustrat-ed and passionate at times about what you are studying.

You should find yourself ex-plaining what you consider to be obvious or supposedly logical.

I’m forever grateful to two professors for asking me these questions.

It’s important to bring up ex-plosive material in class.

This September, hopefully you can ask yourself what and why you believe what you do.

“It seems morally questionable, at best, to experiment on

students without their explicit permission.”

Chris Dobbs, Columnist

able to teach more people, but if we don’t at least attempt to give new students the same Xavier experience that Xavier’s tradi-tional students have enjoyed, we’re taking advantage of those new stu-dents. Xavier University has a duty to stu-dents that are young, old, former military and working. Indeed, Xavier has a duty to

anybody that has a desire to learn.

Let’s not take advantage of their trust.

If somebody wants to come to school here, let’s agree that they deserve a teacher in a classroom.

noble goal – they, at their best, look to bring non-tradi-tional students into the educational fold. Everybody deserves a chance at education, and it’s unfair to ex-pect people that have to support a family, for example, to hold a full-time job and to attend classes be-tween 8:30 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. Monday through Friday.

However, we also shouldn’t so easily give up on in-person classes for non-tradi-tional students.

I believe that classes conducted in a classroom with a teacher and peers is the best model we have for education – and I think that anybody who has a favorite class at Xavier would agree with me.

Yes, we ought to look at in-corporating new technology, especially if that means we’ll be

Cutting to the core

10 Xavier Newswireseptember 12, 2012 arts&entertainment Xavier Newswire

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Taylor FulkersonStaff Writer

PaTrick PhilliPsStaff Writer

When people think of the big theater scene, they immediately turn to Broadway. They think of all the major hits like “Wicked,” “The Lion King” and “Phantom of the Opera” on big stages in New York. However, what many people do not know is that Cincinnati is a major hotspot for the theater scene in its own right, and there are plenty of opportuni-ties this month to get a glimpse of the best of the best. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is Cincinnati’s most-sub-scribed theater. The company is fa-mously known for reviving Steven Sondheim’s “Company,” which then went to New York and won the Tony Award in 2007 for Best Revival of a Musical. Playhouse in the Park is currently putting on “The Three Musketeers,” run-ning Tuesday through Saturday evenings with Sunday matinees throughout September. Tickets, however, are not very condu-cive to the college wallet, pricing $25 and up, yet it is worth every penny. Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati (ETC) is another major theater hub, located in Over-the-Rhine. It gained much recognition last season with its knock-out produc-tion of “Next to Normal,” which won multiple Cincinnati Acclaim Awards. ETC opened “Good

People” last week, a new play by David Lindsay-Abaire, Tony Award-winning author of “Rabbit Hole.” The show runs in the eve-nings Tuesday through Saturday with Sunday matinees until the end of September. It is a great chance to see a brand new play start from the ground up. Also, ETC offers rush tickets (which are usually discounted from the nor-mal price) two hours before they open the house, so if you’re con-cerned about ticket prices, ETC is the place to see some excellent, wallet-friendly theater.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is one Cincinnati’s beacons for theater. Though the company’s name implies they only do Shakespearean pieces, Cinci-Shakes expertly produces contem-porary pieces. Last season, they put on an amazing production

of “The Grapes of Wrath,” even making it rain (no pun intended) on stage. Currently, they are pro-ducing Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and it is a must-see. It runs Thursday through Sunday until Sept. 30. Tickets can be pric-ey; however, Xavier’s theater club, Xavier Players, gives its members an opportunity to get free tickets. Not to shamelessly plug a club, but if you’re interested in seeing some stellar theater at no cost, that sounds like a pretty sweet deal. To find more information on other theaters in Cincinnati, try checking out www.cinstages.com. They post everything from up-coming show dates to auditions for off-campus shows, in case you want to be a part of Cincinnati’s ever-growing theatrical scene.

Cincinnati Theater One of the best parts of autumn is the food, And it doesn’t have to be Thanksgiving to enjoy the flavors of pumpkin, apple, cinna-mon or squash. Fall is just around the corner. Get into the season with some of these easy-to-make recipes!

Treat your friends to a delicious and festive breakfast. Everyone loves pancakes. These have an added ingredient that makes them perfect for fall.

Pumpkin PancakesAllrecipes.com ingredients: 1 1/2 cups milk 1 cup pumpkin puree 1 egg 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 tablespoons vinegar 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground allspice 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions: In a bowl, mix together the milk, pumpkin, egg, oil and vinegar. Combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, bak-ing soda, allspice, cinnamon, ginger and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into the pumpkin mixture just enough to combine. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

This soup is the ultimate comfort food. Rich and delicious, it will warm you inside and out. Creamy Squash SoupPauladeen.comingredients: 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoon butter 3 cans chicken broth (13 3/4-ounces each) 2 carrots, peeled and diced 1 cup diced onion 2 lb butternut squash, halved, peeled and seeded; cut into 1-inch pieces 1/3-1/2 cup light cream (you can use heavy if desired)

Directions: Place squash in a saucepan along with carrots, onions and broth then add in the salt. Simmer 40 minutes uncovered. Puree soup in a blender or food processor along with 2 tablespoons butter. Pour a little hot puree into the 1/3-1/2 cup cream so not to curdle the cream; add to soup. Serve in a wide mouth shallow bowl with a dollop of sour cream, if desired.

Head to the orchard for the day with your friends. Then come home and make homemade applesauce. It’s so much better than store-bought. Homemade ApplesauceSimplyrecipes.com ingredients: 3 to 4 lbs of peeled, cored and quartered apples (Make sure you use a good cooking apple like Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Fuji, Jonathan, Mcintosh, or Gravenstein.) 4 strips of lemon peel (use a vegetable peeler to strip 4 lengths) Juice of one lemon, about 3-4 Tbsp 3 inches of cinnamon stick 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar 1/4 cup of white sugar 1 cup of water 1/2 teaspoon of salt

Directions: Put all ingredients into a large pot. Cover. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Remove from heat. Remove cinnamon sticks and lemon peels. Mash with potato masher. Ready to serve, either hot or refrigerated. Delicious with vanilla ice cream or vanilla yogurt.

Fun Fall RecipesPaMela braulTStaff Writer

After storming the summer music festival scene this year, Houndmouth, a four-piece band from Louisville, Ky., has finally made their first release. The “Houndmouth EP” was released on Aug. 28 (or a week earlier, Aug. 21, for all you vinyl junkies). It may have a meager four tracks, but it still showcases the heart of this up-and-coming band. The group has a Southern/folk/indie rock kind of sound; they don’t fit nicely into any single genre. They stick close together in their music sonically. Tracks like “Houston Train” are punctu-ated by their warm and powerful harmonies— both vocally and instrumentally— at the chorus. The complex musical integration that defines their songs originates from straightforward vocals and narrative lyrics. Their music is directed toward an ethos of col-lective harmony, but they still wail away both together and on their own with flashy guitar solos. Their music conveys a strong sense of the Louisville area. Band members Zak Appleby, Shane Cody and Matt Myers all live in New Albany, Ind., right across the river from Louisville, where bandmate Katie Toupin lives. Their style is vaguely reminiscent

of another Louisville group, My Morning Jacket. Houndmouth has been around for less than a year, but already has blogs and the inter-national music scene chattering. Houndmouth hopes to release a full-length album in early 2013, according to an interview with 91.9 WFPK Radio Louisville. The four tracks from the EP will ap-pear on the album, but they won’t be recorded at home this time; instead, they’ll be finished in the studio and “they’ll sound a lot bet-

ter.” For now, they’re hitting the road in the U.S. and Canada for a fall tour. You can find the “Houndmouth EP” in your local record store, or on iTunes. This EP may be just a hint of what’s to come, but it’s worth a listen. A full release will certainly be something to look forward to.

A Newswire review of the recent “Houndmouth EP”

Newswire courtesy of dguides.comLast season’s set for Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati’s production of “Next to Normal”

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katheRIne COLBORnArts & Entertainment Editor

Department of Music & Theatre commemorates 9/11 tragedy with eight hour event in GSC Atrium

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Left: painting on display during the performanceRight: Alex Anto-nelli and Camie Tuel reading “Guys” in the GSC Atrium

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This past Tuesday marked the 11th anniversary of the tragic at-tack on the World Trade Center on that terrible morning of Sept. of 2001. Since that day, our coun-try has, in various ways, shared in remembering, commemorating and reflecting on the event that changed our nation. In the atrium of Gallagher Student Center, students from the theater department and members of Xavier Players came together to do a reading of “Guys,” a play inspired by the events on 9/11 and the firefighters who willingly entered the chaos and trauma. The play only requires two cast members, one man and one wom-an. Different pairs of students took turns reading the entire play aloud (utilizing only stands and microphones) every other hour. The event began at 10 a.m. and ended its last reading at 7 p.m. There was also a very poignant painting, created by a former Xavier student, on display. It de-picted the skyline of New York City chaotically engulfed in fire and smoke, behind a still and stur-dy image of the Statue of Liberty in the forefront. When asked about the event, Director of Theater Activities Stephen Skiles said, “I just wanted to do something. I think it’s im-portant to reflect and remember. I had the idea to do this. I knew the play from before and read it a lot.”

“When I was in Sinclair as chair of theater and dance, we had a huge 9/11 event last year and it ended up being a really important thing to do for a lot of people,” Skiles said. “Here, I didn’t hear of anything going on. We didn’t really feel like we needed to fill a void; we just felt that we needed to do something to reflect and remember.” This unique way of commemo-rating the tragedy was incredibly effective. Its general accessibility

was inviting and very successful. “People had the choice to come stay or leave after a few minutes,” Skiles said when asked about the long schedule. By extending the event beyond one single hour or one single read-ing, the performance allowed for multiple interpretations, more chances for passers-by to reflect and a deeper rediscovery of the thoughts and emotions that still follow all of those whom were af-fected by the attacks.

“It’s not one moment,” Skiles said about the reflection process. He’s right. “Guys” is a play that seeks to portray this idea in its themes, characters and narratives. The theater department put together a memorial that beautifully under-lined this idea. Its simplicity and delivery made it deeply profound and truly thought provoking.

The United States has greatly developed in the last 11 years, but the recovery process is not one that can truly ever be completed. It is still, after 11 years, on-going. This year, the Department of Theatre in collaboration with its students and members of Xavier Players helped us to remember that.

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Jellico Motelis a rock and blues band that features Xavier student Rio Van Risseghem as its vocalist.University of Cincinnati and Dayton students also make up the five-piece. They evolved from the Cincinnati Blues Society’s Blues in the Schools program and moved on to gigs around the Cincinnati area, including the 2011 Cincinnati Summer Blues Festival and the Cincy Blues Society’s 2012 Winter Blues Fest. They draw from both classic and modern blues artists and write their own material as well.

got its start over seven years ago with three high school buddies, and it has since evolved into a five-piece that includes Xavier students Gabby DiFiore, Tyler Styons and Jon Tobergte. They

don’t stay clearly in any one genre; rather, they work with country, rock and pop and write

their own material as well. Their next gig is on Oct. 26 at Monty’s on Montgomery Road. You

can find them online at revheads21.com.

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is David Franke, or perhaps David Franke is Cartesian Demon. Or maybe they have evolved into

different identities altogether. Regardless, this freestyle rapper is a junior here at Xavier, and he has

begun to make a name for him-self. He performed last year at

Xavier Fest and has since re-leased a 15-track mixtape

(with three bonus tracks) titled Kaleidoscope. You can follow him on Twitter @CartesianDemon or find him on Facebook, and you can see him live Sept. 20

at the Xavier Athenaeum’s Night of Entertainment.

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got its start last spring, played Xavier Fest and has since pro-ceeded to do all the things young bands ought to do: get some gigs, get some fans and get started recording an EP with original songs. The band includes students Will “Shaggy” Clemens, Sean Dunn, Anthony Notaro and Brian Sheridan. They fo-cus on reverb-drenched indie rock, and they hope to release the EP by mid-October. You can find them on Facebook and see them on Sept. 21 at Ryan’s Pub and Andy’s Mediterranean in the basement of Gallagher Student Center.

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