1999 Vol.67, No.11 Xavierite

              XAVIERITE
Fine Dining
a restaurant review
Page 5
Black History
a month of celebration
Special Insert
Vol. 67, No. 11
The student newspaper of Saint Xavier University
Friday, March 26,1999
Students experience headache scheduling online
By Rosemary Mazurowski
News Editor
Saint Xavier University has stepped
into the future as the entire Summer 1999
and Fall 1999 course schedules are currently
available on the web.
Current and prospective students can
view the course schedules at the SXU home
page. To access the schedule first you must
connect to the Internet from any computer
with a browser. Access the SXU web site by
typing in the address www.sxu.edu.
Once at the home page scroll down to
the bottom of the page. Click on the words
COURSE SCHEDULE. You can scroll the
entire list of course selections from art to
weekend offerings by clicking on LIST.
Students can also view course selections from individual departments by clicking on INDEX. When you are finished with
one department click on the BACK key to
return to the Index and select another depart
ment. This is the most up-to-date information and the site will be updated daily. It is
also possible to print part or all of the schedule if students feel it is necessary.
A printed copy of the schedule was
impossible to produce in time for registration due to the new intricate software system
being put into place at SXU, Colleague administrative software.
According the Assistant Registrar Barb
Sutton, "The new system is Y2K compatible. Saint Xavier has taken huge steps to be
ready for the year 2000. We are all going to
have to take time to adjust to our new system
but it's going to be great." Sutton went on to
say that without this new software the school
would not have been ready for the year 2000.
Marshall Warren in Academic Affairs
said that, "We have been working on the
Y2K problem for two years now." He went
on to say that SXU has been carefully planning to prevent problems with the year 2000.
However, student reaction differs from
administration. Junior Alejandra Torres said,
"Not everyone has a computer at home or in
their dorm room. The labs on campus are
bound to be overcrowded as students take
the time to pick their courses for the fall."
Student Dorothy Pace said, "The information is not organized. Some of the
courses do not mention prerequisites that
need to be taken first."
"I believe having the schedule on the
Internet is very inconvenient because some
people do not have a computer at their fingertips," said student Jenny Mutzbauer.
Business management major Faten
Elayyan said," I think it makes it difficult for
the students because they are dealing with so
many different department's course listings.
It is an inconvience for the students. It is
very time consuming."
For students who cannot access the
schedule on the web, copies of the Fall
schedule are currently available to view in
the Office of the Registrar (A203), Adult
College (A202), the Academic Advising
and Testing Center (LI 12), Library and
each department and school office. The
entire academic year schedule will be available in limited printed copies by mid-May.
The rest of the registration process
will remain the same. Students must meet
with their academic advisors prior to their
registration in order to assist planning their
course schedule for the fall of 1999.
Students who enroll in Summer 1999
courses are welcomed, but not required to
meet with their faculty or staff advisor.
Registration will take place April 5-9, from
8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., daily. The exact day
students may register depends upon the
amount of credit hours the have completed.
The Registrar's Office reminds students that they may only register for themselves.
Appalchia spring break: a time
for reflection and goodwill
Photo Courtesy/Jim O'Donnell
Jim O'Donnell and six students chose to spend their spring break helping to
rebuild houses with the Christian Appalachia Project during their spring break.
By Shannon Doherty
Viewpoints Editor
Take a group of students on
Spring Break, one eager alumni
and what do you have? No this is
not a trick question, this a very
interesting story about a group of
people who took their spring break
and made it into a life experience.
None of them went on a cruise
or basked in the golden rays of
sunshine in some tropical country,
rather these individuals devoted
their week to doing projects for the
Christian Appalachian Project.
This project is the biggest organization that supports work weeks
for students who have decided to
do an alternative spring break.
Six students, who learned of
this project from Campus Ministry,
represented Saint Xavier University this Spring Break. The six:
Roberto "Pepe" Lopez, Vanessa
Blada, Parmella Walker, Kristy
Finn, Taneka Montgomery, Phadra
Rajabar and Jim O'Donnell, part of
Student Life Services, Station manager of WXAV and alumni; drove
eight hours to Jackson County, Kentucky to work for a week on homes
of the people who live in the Appalachians. The Appalachia's were
destroyed when the 60's and 70's
mining companies reaped the land
of crude oil, destroying much of the
ecosystem and leaving it without
repairing the devastating damages.
The group was split up when
they arrived at the camp and put
into groups of students from other
schools such as University of Madison, Southern Indiana and Loyola
University. These people were then
given a project designated for the
week.
The crew would wake up
early in the morning around six or
seven a.m. and after a quick breakfast they were taken to their site.
The site consisted of a person's
house which was in need of serious
repairs. These people were stricken
by poverty and have no money to
do the repair themselves.
See TRIP PAGE 10
Club shares springtime generosity
Baskets and bunnies bring students and children together
By Virginia J. Schumann
Managing Editor
Stuffed bunnies and Easter
baskets are being delivered today
to Children's Memorial Hospital
and Saint Elizabeth's Catholic
Worker House. Organized by St.
Xavier's Service Club, the Easter
project is touching more than 200
family's lives.
This morning, 120 Easter
baskets are being delivered to sick
children and their families at
Children's Memorial Hospital, 707
W. Fullerton, Chicago. Service
Club members are delivering the
baskets and stuffed bunnies to each
child personally.
Nikki Poulakis, Service
Club secretary and community service coordinator explained, "Easter is a hopeful and renewing time.
The baskets give the children a
comforting and caring feeling, it's
nice for the children to know that
other people are thinking of them."
At Saint Elizabeth's
Catholic Worker House, a transi
tional shelter for women and children, Easter baskets, bunnies, activities and dinner are planned.
"It's overwhelming for the kids
because they might not have got-
Easter is a
hopeful and
renewing time.
The baskets give
the children a
comforting and
caring feeling...
ten anything. It's like a double
whammy, with the gifts and the
party. It is really great to see so
many people come together and
make a difference," said Poulakis.
Ten Service Club volunteers
organized the event serving 45-50
people at the shelter. In addition to
making dinner, Service club also
rented a bunny suit. SXU students
Dewey Lee, Jr. and Dominic
Petruzzelli will play the Easter
bunny for the children at both the
hospital and the shelter.
Faculty, staff and students
donated stuffed bunnies, coloring
and activity books, stickers, crayons, and bubbles to the Easter
project. In addition, Margaret
Carroll, school of education professor and moderator for the council for exceptional children chapter, organized a separate volunteer
group to put together over 60
baskets.
Also, Tri-Beta, SXU's science club, donated 25 plastic pails
filled with activity books, games
and little stuffed ducks.
"The Easter project is great,
it shows the community is still
interested. It's a great feeling. It's
nice to see that Service club has so
much support," explained Vicki
Ringbauer, Service Club president.
This stuff is fake... ZZ Z
Xavierite/Karyn Horn
Jim Wand amazed and entertained students and faculty once again when he
visited campus on Wednesday, March 17. As with his past appearances at
SXU, Wand drew in a large audience that crammed into the cafeteria to
watch his performance. Simulating police shootouts, Spice Girls impressions
and drinking "Happy Juice" on the beaches of the Bahamas, Wand
hypnotized students and put them into interesting situations for the crowd's
enjoyment.