Xavier Magazine
Summer 2011
Summer Reading
July 2, 2011 | Xavier UniversityPeace and War
Title: Organizing for War: France, 1870-1914 Author: Rachel Chrastil Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Price: $36.52 Purchase: Amazon.com and lsu.edu
The Red Cross as bad guy? That’s one way of looking at Rachel Chrastil’s newest history book, Organizing for War: France, 1870-1914. The assistant … Read More
Open Windows
July 2, 2011 | Xavier UniversityIn 1965, the Catholic Church concluded its revolutionary Second Vatican Council in which it “threw open the windows of the Church” and let in some fresh air. Among its changes was a well-known document calledNostra Aetate that revolutionized the Church’s policies and … Read More
Head of the Class
July 2, 2011 | Xavier University[Extended web version]
NAME: Scott Chadwick TITLE: Provost and Chief Academic Officer EDUCATION: PhD in communication studies, Kansas, 1994 MBA in finance, University of Kansas, 1986 BS in psychology, University of Iowa, 1984
BACKGROUND: Canisius College 2007-2011 • VP for … Read More
Selling Soccer
July 1, 2011 | Felix WinternitzRuss Findlay walks around the hallways of his offices every day, a Sierra Mist held firmly in his grip. To him, the soft drink is more than a caffeine boost. It’s like a baby he’s brought into the world.
The … Read More
Poets Gone Wild
July 1, 2011 | By Jacob BaynhamTy Roth doesn’t just have students sitting in his classroom. He has a target audience. The high school English teacher in Port Clinton, Ohio, recently landed a hefty advance and a two-book deal with Delacorte, a Random House imprint, to … Read More
Making of the St. Francis Xavier (video)
July 1, 2011 | Xavier UniversityIn this Xavier magazine web exclusive, artist Tom Tsuchiya talks about his creating the statue of St. Francis Xavier that is being erected on Xavier’s campus this fall.
Life in the Second 50
July 1, 2011 | Xavier UniversityJ. Leo Klein, S.J., one of Xavier’s longest-serving Jesuits, knows a thing or two about aging, and he has two artificial knees and an artificial hip to prove it. Getting old ain’t for sissies, he likes to say. But he also … Read More
Letters to the Editor
July 1, 2011 | Xavier UniversityMoving Story
I noticed your article about EkoMovers (Fall 2010) and they are truly a great company. To be fair, though, our company has been in business longer, is a certified Green Mover and even opened a moving supply store … Read More
Help for Humans
July 1, 2011 | Ursula MillerTammy Wynn was driving to a crematorium to retrieve her father’s remains in 2004. En route, she was praying and reflecting on her father’s life when her thoughts shifted to her beloved cat, Cagney, who died a year earlier. While … Read More
Fueling Jesuit Ideals
July 1, 2011 | Xavier UniversityEthics and values have always been part of the Jesuit curriculum. But does it make a difference? Associate professor of theology Elizabeth Groppe would argue that it does. As proof, she offers this story of what happened to her this … Read More
