Xavier Magazine
Summer 2003
Swiss Misses
October 1, 2003 | Xavier UniversityLaura Noernberg Zizka needs an atlas to map out her life.
The 1993 graduate lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, a city of 250,000 that overlooks Lake Geneva—and sits a world away from Xavier University. But it was her time at Xavier … Read More
Letters to the Editor
October 1, 2003 | Xavier UniversityMaking Improvements I believe that this letter is long overdue, but I feel that I must not keep my disappointment in Xavier magazine silent. After all, how else can one improve oneself? First of all, I was dismayed several months … Read More
Honorable Endeavor
October 1, 2003 | By France Griggs SloatThe University is enhancing its 50-year tradition of honors offerings—and raising its academic profile in the process. In February, it added a third honors program called Philosophy, Politics and the Public that is expected to add to the University’s academic … Read More
He’s Going Back, Way Back…
October 1, 2003 | Xavier UniversityTom Fesolowich is setting baseball back 140 years. The 1989 graduate is captain of the New York Mutuals, a vintage “base ball” club that plays the game the way it was played when it was spelled as two words. They … Read More
Happiness Times Four
October 1, 2003 | Xavier UniversityTracee Leugers recently dropped out of the University just four classes shy of earning her M.B.A. But she has four very good reasons for doing so. Their names are Brennan, Gavin, Rowan and Morgan. Leugers is expecting quadruplets and, having … Read More
Following Father Finn
October 1, 2003 | Xavier UniversityBenjamin Krause understands that education is about more than books. And it’s because of this understanding—and his willingness to share it—that Krause received the Francis J. Finn, S.J., Award at Honors Day. Marie Giblin, an associate professor of theology who … Read More
Blessed are the Businesses
October 1, 2003 | Xavier UniversityDon Waldy wants to put spiritual principles to work—and change the way America does business. So the 1970 graduate put his plan on paper, and the result was Veritas: A Gospel of Commerce and Spirituality. The Beatitudes of Business, a book … Read More
West Word
July 2, 2003 | Xavier UniversityIs David West the best basketball player to attend the University? We posed that question a year ago in Xavier magazine. The debate about “best” will continue, but as he wraps up his career at Xavier, we found a few … Read More
Goodwill Hunter
July 2, 2003 | Xavier UniversityMary Schoen clicks the control on her slide projector and a new slide drops into place. “These are going to be a little darker,” she says, rising to close a set of vertical blinds against the soft, early spring sunshine. … Read More
Ghetto Art
July 2, 2003 | By France Griggs SloatEd Adams pulls into the Golden Nugget Flea Market in Lambertville, N.J., just across the Delaware River from his gallery in New Hope, Pa. Searching for a way to fill part of his weekend and maybe find some interesting art, … Read More
