2006 Vol.76, No. 3 Xavierite

              The Xavierite
THE EYES AND EARS OF SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
www.xavierite.com
Volume 76, Number 3
This week..
Editorials
The day...the
music...died...
(Guitar riff)
Page 6
Features
Great, now I'm
hungry. The new
"Taste Buds"
restaurant review.
Page 8
Entertainment
What do politics
and a concert have
in common? A
funny headline.
Page 15
Sports
Will SXU Football
ever stop winning?
Page 24
Rancic star of Homecoming events
By Nicholas Kerr	
News Editor
This year Homecoming week will
be used to launch a series of events that
commemorate the 160th anniversary of
the founding of Saint Xavier University.
The first event in the series will feature
a lecture by Chicago area native Bill
Rancic.
There will also be a concert featuring
the music of 1991 Pulitzer Prize winner
for Music Shulamit Ran. In addition,
homecoming traditions such as Mercy
Day and the 5K walk/run will take place
this week. The week will end with the first
homecoming game at the newly renovated
Bruce R. Denton Memorial Field against
Saint Francis University.
On Sept. 20 Bill Rancic, winner of the
first season of NBC's "The Apprentice,"
will give a lecture on entrepreneurship
and ethics as the main event of the
Homecoming festivities.
The lecture, which is free to the
public, will be held in the Shannon Center
at 7:00 p.m. Seating for the event will be
limited so those wishing to attend are
encouraged to come early. After Rancic's
speech, he will sign copies of his two books
that will also be available for purchase.
Rancic also plans to address how he
handles being a celebrity. After winning
"The Apprentice," he ran the building of
the Trump International Hotel and Tower.
The building was originally designed
to bring the world's tallest building
back to Chicago, but
plans were scaled back
after the September
11 attacks. Before
working for Trump,
Rancic was highly
successful starting
up the company
cigarsaround
theworld.com which
makes millions in
revenue annually.
He recently resigned
from the Trump
Organizations to
pursue other business
ventures.
SXU  Business
Professor Christopher
Clott told The Xavierite, "As the first
'you're hired' person to be hired by
Donald Trump on 'The Apprentice,'
Bill Rancic will always be well-known."
Clott also added, "beyond the television
celebrity though, it is my hope that he can
inspire students at Saint Xavier to become
entrepreneurs themselves. Our economy
needs dynamic individuals who can act on
hopes and dreams to achieve success."
In addition to the speech, Rancic
will meet with six business students to
discuss papers they wrote about ethical
issues today in business such as the
controversial "Big Box" ordinance passed
by the Chicago City Council requiring
big retailers to pay their employees at ten     "Homecoming" continued on page 4
Bill Rancic
dollars an hour.
One of the benefits of having
many of the University's alumni around
during Homecoming week is that it gives
students a chance to meet alumni and
form relationships with them. These
relationships could help in finding
employment for students after they
graduate. To facilitate the formation of
these relationships the Alumni and Parent
relations, Campus Life and the Counseling
and Career Services department are
hosting the event "The SXU Connection:
Students and Alumni Working Together."
The event will be held in the Student
sxu celebrates
160th Anniversary
By Theresa Kurzeja
News Correspondent
For students, it's easy to overlook the
complex history of Saint Xavier when we
are entrenched in studies and hectic work
schedules; but this year, our reminders
will be more pronounced. This academic
year marks the 160th Anniversary of the
founding of the University, and to celebrate,
the administration has planned numerous
lectures, concerts and events to commemorate
the rich history of St. Xavier.
It has been 160 years since six Sisters of
Mercy, including Francis Xavier Warde, came
Cardinal George among this year's guests
to Chicago and started St. Xavier Academy
in the Mercy tradition of Catherine McAuley.
They began their Academy championing a
Liberal Arts education and aimed to educate
all that wanted to learn. Over the years, the
Academy has changed locations and names
but the vision upon which it was built has
withstood the test of time.
As a tribute to the years that the
University and the Sisters of Mercy have
worked to educate students and serve the
community, the administration has organized
a number of lectures and events to remind
the St. Xavier community of the basis of its
founding.
The events, scheduled throughout the
academic year, are meant to entertain the
members of the SXU community as well as
educate and inspire them to examine the role
of faith, service and education in their lives.
Beyond the numerous Homecoming
Week festivities-including Mercy Day
observation and the Cougar 5 k Run/Walk-
the University has organized the Catholic
Colloquium lecture series "To Be in 'Good
Standing'" as part of honoring the 160th
Anniversary. This lecture series will feature
prominent figures and scholars in the realm
of religious academia examining what it is to
be in "good standing" with the tenets and
beliefs of the Catholic Church post Vatican
II.
The series is also meant to examine
the modern challenges posed to a Catholic
University.
"160th anniversary" continued on page 2
Nominations for
laureate sought
By Sean Reynolds	
News and Copy Editor
Time is running out seniors, and if you
cannot find a professor to convince with
flattery, there's no shame in asking a friend.
Until Friday, Sept. 15 the office of Student
Affairs is accepting nomination forms from
faculty, staff and students for the esteemed
Lincoln Academy Medallion.
This award, conferring the title of
Student Laureate, is awarded each year to
one senior from each four-year institution
of higher learning in Illinois.
Candidates for the award are selected
for their "overall excellence in curricular and
co-curricular activities." Once nominated,
each senior will be informed of this honor
by the office of Student Affairs and then
have until Oct. 5 to produce one to two
endorsements from individuals within the
SXU community.
From among this final field of candidates
one senior selected by Student Affairs as
this year's laureate.
The laureate will receive a formal
presentation of the medallion on behalf
of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in the Hall of
Representatives at the Old State Capitol
in Springfield, Illinois.
Last year, the Lincoln Academy
Medallion was awarded to class president
Sean Gross whose academic excellence
as well as involvement in SGA, Campus
Ministry and service made him an
outstanding candidate.