2000 Vol.69, No.12 Xavierite

              XAVIERITE
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Vol. 69, No. 12
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
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Concert a success at CAC
By Shannon Doherty &
Rosemary Mazurowski
Xavierite Editors
An enthusiastic crowd of fans
began to line up outside of the 
Convocation and Athletic Center as
early as 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March
28, patiently awaiting the arrival of
Jars of Clay, Saint Xavier
University's inaugural concert at the
newly constructed complex.
As chairs and bleacher seats began 
to fill up, fans headed toward
the floor to get a closer view of Jars
of Clay and the two opening 
performers, David Wilcox and Burlap
to Cashmere.
The concert began promptly at
7:30 as David Wilcox took to the
stage. Only accompanied by an
acoustic guitar, he entertained the
crowd as last minute fans filled the
CAC.
Following Wilcox, was a surprisingly 
entertaining performance by
Burlap to Cashmere. Although not
a commercially popular band, the
group did have several followers
who sang along as they performed.
Finally the moment the crowd
Xavierite/Andrew P. Dunning
Over 2300 packed the Convocation and Athletic Center for the Jars of Clay concert, Tuesday, March 28.
was anticipating arrived. Starting
with their current billboard single,
"Unforgetful You," Jars of Clay took
the stage with a thunderous round
of applause by the over 2300 fans
that attended.
"I've been to three concerts this
week, Brittany Spears, Mariah
Carey and Jars of Clay and this one
was definitely the best," commented
Megan Stolte, 18, of Downers
Grove.   "I thought it was a great
show," chimed in her older sister
Amanda Stolte.
Jars of Clay continued their set
See CONCERT page 6
Matthews to say 'good-bye' to SXU
By Jennifer Koziel
Contributor
George Matthews, vice president for
Academic Affairs will be leaving SXU
at the end of this semester to pursue his
new role as President of Lourdes College.  
One of Saint Xavier University's
most cherished staff members, Dr.
George Matthews, vice president for
Academic Affairs has resigned in
order to pursue the role of president
at Lourdes College in Ohio.
Matthews will leave us following
the end of this semester.
Matthews came to SXU in May
1995 with 25 years experience as a
professor and administrator in
higher education some of which include, 
Paul Smith College (New
York), La Roche College (Pittsburgh), 
and Missouri Western State
College (St. Joseph).
He received his baccalaureate
degree in English from Iona Col-
lege, his master's degree in English
from DePaul University and his
doctorate in American Literature
from the University of Iowa.
As Vice President of Academic
Affairs, Matthews has the 
responsibility of overseeing all academic
programs, the support systems of
the University which include, the
library, Academic Advising,
Registrar's Office, Media Services,
The Adult College and the International 
Studies program.
He is also responsible for the hiring 
of faculty members as well as
providing any recommendation to
the president in regards to the tenure 
and promotion of faculty members. 
He also deals with student
appeals.
Over the years, he has belonged
to a number of professional 
organizations dealing with issues in higher
education, and has also served on
statewide commissions and regional
task forces pertaining to topics of
assessment and accreditation.
Matthews has been a consultant-
evaluator for the Commission on
Higher Education.
When asked what would he bring
to the role as president of Lourdes
College, Matthews responded, "I
have expertise in matter of long
range development, assessment,
strategic planning and curricular 
development as well as a number of
other areas dealing with faculty
matters."
See MATTHEWS page 3