2007 Vol.76, No.17 Xavierite

              Wednesday, February 21, 2007
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Volume 76, Number 17
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Editorials
"And tonight's top story,
we're still talking about
Anna Nicole Smith"
Page 4
Features
"Post-Londonian
Adventures" with Carrie
Page 6
Entertainment
Disclaimer: "The Vagina
Monologues" review
inside
Page n
Sports
Guess the pop culture
reference with the
Sports Staff Page 16
By Nicholas Kerr
News Editor
hit
On Feb. 13, a snowstorm
Chicagoland that left the area
buried in as much as eight feet of
snow in some areas. This led to
Saint Xavier University to cancel
the evening classes at that were
scheduled for that day and the
University closed its doors for
nonessential personnel at 4:30
p.m. that day.
The decision to cancel the
evening sessions of classes came
from the University's provost
Dr. Dominick Hart. According
to Hart, the decision to cancel
came from his office and not
the president's office, as it is
customary for the provost of the
university to make that decision
due to its affects on academic
affairs.
Hart described the process
involved in canceling classes by saying,
"for the evening classes, what I do is talk
to Assistant Vice President for Facilities
Management Paul Matthews. I contacted
[him] to get information on what the
conditions were (as Dr. Hart was off campus
that day) and checked the weather reports."
The remnants of the storm
Hart continued to say "We had to cancel
classes by 2 p.m. to get enough of a word
out to (ensure all students were notified.]
Looking at these factors, we determined it
was best to cancel classes." Dr. Hart also
mentioned that day classes were not cancelled
because it looked like the weather would
hold off.
Dr. Hart described the situation
concerning professors personally
canceling classes on the Tuesday
and Wednesday of the storm.
"On a day like the one we were
experiencing, students and faculty
need to exercise good judgment.
We have a formal process that
professors have to cancel classes...
We encourage all professors to have
a listserv of their classes."
In regards to the storm, Dr. Hart
wanted to address the students. "We
are sorry if some of the students did
not receive the news. Our first duty
is not to put people at risk and with
the driving conditions that, that
was the case. With the weather like
that, you cannot be certain the sun
is going to come up later and that it
would be fine." The Xavierite will have more
on the last week's weather problems in next
week's issue.
SXU CAMPUS TAGGED BY GRAFFITI
By Nicholas Kerr
News Editor
On Jan.27 at 10 a.m. Public Safety
received reports of what SXU Police Chief
Paul Kolessar described as an "infrequent"
incident of vandalism on the Chicago
campus.
According to Kolessar, the word "herb"
was written out on the third floor ceiling of
the Regina Hall and the word "sonic" was
written on a women's restroom sign as well
as the sign for Parking Lot 5. Also the letters
CTH were discovered on a "no parking"
marker.
Kolessar has ruled out the possibility of
the situation being gang related stating, "I
spent ten years as a police officer in the public
housing developments here in Chicago. One
thing I can assure you is that none of what we
had was even remotely related to any known
criminal street gang."
Kolessar also described the investigation
by saying," We have a lot of feelers out, but
nothing postive has comeback. Students
who want to report anything can do it
anonymously by calling (773) 298-3838."
He also mentioned that the penalties
faced for graffiti could range from action
by the Dean of Students office to criminal
action. According to faclities management
it cost the university $560 to remove the
graffiti.
According to Dean of Students Candice
Passi, a similar incident could be prevented
by a "general awareness" on campus.
She said, "We
sent out an e-
mail to residents
and through SXU
Today to assure that
we take pride in the
campus."
Public
notification of
the incident was
posted on SXU
Today 11 days after
the incident was
first reported. The
A vandalized parking sign
SXU Today report, written by Facilities
Management, Public Safety and Student
Life, stated, "We all take pride in our campus
and buildings, and to this end, Facilities
Management is working hard to eradicate
these markings in order to preserve the beauty
of our campus. The Dean of Students Office
is working closely with Residence Life and the
Department of Public Safety to identify those
individuals responsible for these actions so
that they can face disciplinary charges."
Passi stated that the main reason for
the delay from the reporting of incident
to notifying the student body came from
coordinating the message with her office,
facilities management and public safety.
Passi also stated, "I would like to
encourage any student with knowledge
about the incident to let us know. If you
feel uncomfortable you can call the hotline.
We need to take pride in our beautiful
campus."