Need Nurse? Will Travel

April 1, 2004 | By France Griggs Sloat

Amanda Downer had always heard Chicago was the place to be in the summer. So off she flew to live in the Windy City, and she loved it. Then winter came, blowing the cold air off the lake and through … Read More

More Letters to the Editor

April 1, 2004 | Xavier University

Conscientious Objection I strongly suggest that the administration reassess its values and its priorities before scheduling another scum such as filmmaker/author Moore. And please, none of that “diversity” nonsense. John D. Harris, MBA Class of 1965

 

Biology Bonding I … Read More

Natural Bridge

January 2, 2004 | Greg Schaber

For centuries, Appalachia was a world unto itself. Its ridges sheltered a mysterious, ephemeral beauty reflected in foggy hollows, ancient music and drawled speech patterns that mystically transformed words like “creek” into “crick.” But the ridges also harbored something else—a … Read More

Forming the Foundation

January 2, 2004 | By France Griggs Sloat

A fleet of 22 canoes glides past a long bend in the Ohio River. The mammoth hand-hewn pirogues holding at least 10 men each fill the channel as they slip past the hilly banks. Dipping their paddles into the clear … Read More

Family Matters

January 2, 2004 | By France Griggs Sloat

By 10:30 p.m., dinner, homework and baths are finished, and the kids are in bed. Now—finally—Dianne Ceo-DiFrancesco can get back to work. At a time when most people who’ve been up since 6:00 a.m. are turning in, Dianne is grabbing … Read More

Poetic Justice

January 2, 2004 | Xavier University

It’s 4:00 a.m., a crisp October morning on New York’s Upper West Side. Silence hangs thick in the air, punctuated only by the occasional wail of sirens rising up from the streets below. In his 16th-floor apartment, Russell Goings Jr. … Read More

Romain’s Domain

January 1, 2004 | Xavier University

The marketing effort of the University’s sports information department last year helped David West land honors as an All-American and as the nation’s player of the year. This year the department is turning its attention to Romain Sato, albeit differently. … Read More

Off the Tee

January 1, 2004 | Xavier University

Each year for the last 14 years, the University’s men’s golf team has lowered its collective stroke average—sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. And as its strokes have gone down, its ranking has gone up, culminating in the team now … Read More

Aaaand Action

January 1, 2004 | Xavier University

Before the women’s basketball team started studying game films, they spent some time making some films. The team shot two 30-second TV commercials on campus in October showing the players in the middle of normal, everyday family or school activities—while … Read More