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After a short opening prayer, members of the Xavier Black Student Association (BSA) ex-ecutive board met Monday to discuss plans for the next four months. The club has an ambi-tious semester ahead, with sev-eral events targeting the larger campus community and initi-ating conversations about race relations. One of these events will feature the creators of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Alicia Garza and Patrisse

Cullors, two of the movement’s initial creators who started a so-cial activist group along with Opal Tometi, will be present at the event. Garza and Cullors will each speak for about 25 minutes and then take questions from the audience, which will be com-posed of only Xavier students, faculty, staff and guests from the community invited by the plan-ning committee.

The event, which will take place on Feb. 1, will likely focus on the origins of the movement as early as the Trayvon Martin

case in 2012, how their cause has progressed and its future goals.

BSA Treasurer, senior Kayswanna McCoy, said she believes the event will increase social awareness among Xavier students.

“I think this is really going to bring awareness to the Xavier campus,” McCoy said. “We’re hoping (students) come and learn and want to get involved.”

While talking about how she believes the topic of race has been addressed since she arrived on campus nearly four years ago,

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Twitter talksThe #BlackLivesMatter movement has received wisespread support

and opposition on social media.

McCoy compared the social cli-mate at Xavier to a bubble of comfort.

“Students can’t see past it,” McCoy said. “I feel like there’s a lack of conversation happening.”

McCoy said a more honest conversation is the way to rec-tify the issues she sees and that Xavier needs to live up to its Jesuit values.

“(We need an) open approach when talking about race, open ap-proach when we’re talking about social justice, especially when relating to African Americans,”

McCoy said. “We need to step up our game.”

the event, where students who wish to attend should RSVP, cites the limited capacity of the Cintas Center banquet rooms as cause for the event being advertised as private.

In addition, there are two events tentatively scheduled for the week following the lecture, including a town hall style meet-ing on Feb. 2 and a vigil on Feb. 8. The Newswire will report on those events in coming weeks.

#BlackLivesMatter creators come to XavierBY MICAH PRICEStaff Writer

Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi started the #BlackLivesMatter social media movement in 2013 in response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen.Photos courtesy of politico.com and blacklivesmatter.com

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Late night movie: Frozen

11 p.m., Jan. 21-23 GSC Theater

Muskies After Dark: “Winter Wonderland”9 p.m., Jan. 22-23

Gallagher Student Center

Black Lives Matter - An Evening with Patrisse Cullors

and Alicia Garza, creators of the

movement*6 p.m., Feb. 1

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Approximately 100 people gathered in the basement of a church last week to discuss racism. They did not just discuss feeling the sting of racism from any par-ticular individual, but also what they have experienced due to insti-tutional racism.

Various volunteers led discus-sions, including conversations about institutional racism in the economic and criminal justice systems. The volunteers lead conversations in mixed groups, composed of people of all ages and races. The event was

Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) and the Cincinnati Humans Relation Committee (CHRC).

“I think the event went really well,” Christina Brown, Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for CHCR said. “We were able to bring about a discus-sion of racism in areas which people traditionally may not have realized.”

“Rethinking Racism” took place on Jan. 14 in Father Rivers

Hall at St. Joseph Parish. The event began with a large group en-gagement, where instances of rac-ism were brought up by individual members one at a time. Smaller groups emerged following the conversations, led by the volun-teers who brought up the original issues discussed.

“I thought it was an interest-ing opportunity to bring a diverse audience from around Cincinnati to have an open discussion about whatever anyone wanted to talk about concerning race and rac-ism within the city of Cincinnati.” Brian Igel, a senior theology and philosophy major, said.

The group reconvened after

they had all learned. They then broke off once more to engage in discussion with another group about a new topic brought up in the large group. This was repeated once more, allowing for people to engage in discussion about many

different issues.There will be another event

from 5-6 p.m. on Wednesday at IJPC. At this meeting, another dialogue will occur so that at-tendees can recap what was dis-cussed in the previous meeting and what can be done moving forward.

The IPJC hosted several discussion on racism on Jan. 14. Volunteers led conversations on topics such as institutionalized racism and interpersonal racist encounters.

Xavier’s Martin Luther King (MLK) week began Jan. 17 and will continue until Jan. 21. This event was started by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in order to honor MLK and to continue his work for racial equality.

“I’m excited for this week,” Center for

Diversity Inclusion Director Taj Smith said.

“I’ve been doing MLK weeks for a very long time, so what I get excited about is making sure that everyone remembers the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all the other people

that worked with him on these is-sues of racial

justice that are still occur-ring today.”

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events of MLK week in-

volves Xavier’s own police force and a select group of students. The event is titled “Right to Not Remain Silent.” Its goal is to of-fer insight on XUPD’s opinion’s about events in the media and racial violence targeting the Black community.

“During this event, we hope to build and improve the relation-

at Xavier,” Smith said. The Center’s feature event will

include its keynote speaker, social activist and scholar Rosa Clemente on Jan. 20. She will explain what she thinks it means to be a social activist, how Xavier students can

implement her ideas and become one as

well. She will discuss her story and how

she came to care about social

justice issues.

herself as an Africa-Latino, where she

recognizes both of her heritages and the strug-gles within them. She

plans to discuss these identities, along with several

others during her presentation,” Smith said.

The Center for Diversity and Inclusion will also host two lead-up events for the major events it plans to host in February. The center will host an event on Jan. 21 involving Fr. Graham and two other Xavier staff members. The event, “Why It Mattered,” will discuss the Cincinnati Riots, in-cluding their impact and how they

society. “These riots beg the question

of how were they are different from today, and are we continu-ing to deal with the same strug-gles?” Smith said. “This event is really here to give students a per-spective on the institution, how Graham acted as an individual and why responding to racial is-sues is still so important today.”

The Cincinnati Riots of 2001 were triggered by the deaths of three black men by local police

-ing Graham’s early presidency, and the discussion will ex-plain how he chose to handle the issue within the Cincinnati community.

also be held on Jan. 21 and will discuss what it means to be white in today’s society, the meaning of white privilege and how people can respond to this concept. Two of Smith’s col-leagues will speak to Xavier stu-dents about their experiences of

and their work in different racial settings.

Smith said the Center for Diversity and Inclusion hopes that this event expands in the following years and want stu-dents to get as involved as pos-sible. All of these events lead up to other major events in February.

“Xavier students should be excited about this and see it as an opportunity to get involved in a weeklong program that involves these current issues of racial jus-tice nationally as well as locally,” Smith said.

“We are caught in an inescap-able network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly af-fects all indirectly” Letters from Birmingham Jail – Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa Clemente’s speech takes place at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 in the Cintas Center Banquet Rooms.

Xavier celebrates MLK Week

Community discussion leads conversation on race: Rethinking Racism captures open dialogue on struggles in diversity

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Get on their level

Jan. 13, 5:21 p.m. – Xavier Police, Cincinnati Fire and Rescue and Physical Plant rescued four students who were stuck in an elevator in Fenwick Place.

Jan. 6, 2:46 p.m. – Xavier Police received a report that a statue had been stolen from the McDonald Memorial Library. It was later determined that the statue was located in another room on campus.

Jan. 7, 9:27 a.m. – Xavier Police and Cincinnati Fire and Rescue responded to Cintas

alarm was set off by construc-tion in the area.

Jan. 11, 8:55 a.m. – Xavier Police received a report that two projectors were stolen from Logan Hall.

Jan. 11, 9:18 a.m. – Xavier Police and Cincinnati Fire and

in Logan Hall. No cause could be determined.

Jan. 11, 4:17 p.m. – Xavier Police assisted Residence Life in recovering drug paraphernalia from a room in Buenger Hall.

Jan. 11, 8:33 p.m. – Xavier Police assisted Physical Plant with a water leak in Husman Hall. Several rooms suffered minor damage.

Jan. 13, 9:42 a.m. – Xavier Police assisted Residence Life with a room search in Kuhlman Hall. A small amount of mari-

search. Residence Life will follow up.

Jan. 13, 3:34 p.m. – Xavier Police helped Cincinnati Police with a three-car auto accident at Victory Parkway and Ledgewood Drive.

Jan. 13, 5:14 p.m. – A student reported problems with an ex-

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Jan. 14, 7:48 a.m. – Xavier Police and Residence Life in-vestigated a student who was passed out and covered in vomit

-dent was unable to get into his or her apartment while intoxicated

sent back to his or her room.

Jan. 15, 5:45 p.m. – An em-ployee reported that there was

stall in the McDonald Memorial Library.

Jan. 16, 12:43 a.m. – An em-ployee reported damage to a door

in Alter Hall.

Jan. 16, 3:56 p.m. – Damage to a concrete pillar outside the entrance to Cintas Center was reported by an employee.

Jan. 16, 10:53 p.m. – Cincinnati Fire and Rescue transported an underage intoxicated student to Good Samaritan Hospital.

Jan. 17, 6:28 a.m. – Xavier Police and Cincinnati Fire and Rescue responded to a fire alarm at 1421 Dana Avenue.

Jan. 18, 8:20 p.m. – A stu-dent reported the theft of his or her cell phone while at-tending an off-campus event in Kentucky.

Jan. 18, 10:45 p.m. – Xavier Police assisted Physical Plant with a water leak in Hailstones Hall, resulting in minor damage to a classroom.

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Behind schedule from the start, the installation of busi-nesses in University Station has yet to be completed.

A noticeably unfinished business is Delicio, a coal fired pizzeria that has yet to confirm a date or time for when it will open its doors to customers.

-ect was initially slated to last from 2001 to 2011. Phase one of the project ended in 2014 but left the pizzeria and several business plots at the corner of Dana Avenue and Montgomery Road empty.

Ackermann Group Real Estate Services and Messer Construction were in charge of

the $54 million mixed-use devel-opment with 178 student apart-ments, 46,000 square feet of of-

of retail space. “It’s going to bring a lot of

life to our campus community. It’s going to bring a lot of folks from the neighborhood, folks

from around Cincinnati, oppor-tunities for our students right here on campus, and that’s only going to help us in terms of competitiveness,” Aaron Meis, Xavier’s dean of admissions and

Enquirer

completed. With businesses such as

Goldstar, Starbucks, Graeters,

place and functioning, it would seem that the mixed-use devel-opment is delivering in many ways.

However, the open spaces and unfinished buisness are beginning to raise questions with students and community members as to what will fill them and when they will be open for business.

Although the mixed-use de-velopment was scheduled to be completed in 2011, 54 percent of the property, retail or otherwise, has yet to be leased, and the piz-

on record.

Edited by Campus News Editor Jessica Griggs

BY MAX BRUNSStaff Writer

Pizzeria opening remains a mystery

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BY REGINA WRIGHTStaff Writer

Edited by: Jessica Griggsgriggsj1@xavier.edu

After six months on the run, the world’s most wanted man, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, was captured in his home state of Sinaloa, Mexico.

Guzmán is the kingpin and creator of Mexico’s most pow-erful and violent drug cartel, the Sinaloa Cartel.

The cartel originated in 1980 and became a multibillion-dollar empire that supplied marijuana, cocaine and heroin throughout Mexico and the U.S. and later ex-panded to Europe and Asia.

Rivalry with other drug cartels created an ongoing drug war in Mexico, leaving thousands dead. U.S. indictments claim the organi-zation is responsible for using as-sassins and hit squads to show off its power. Guzmán himself has had a direct hand in the murder of hundreds.

Guzmán was extradited from Guatemala in 1993 and sent to Puente Grande, a maximum-secu-rity prison in Mexico. Eight years

in a laundry cart. He was recap-tured in 2014.

In July 2015 Guzmán escaped for the second time. He escaped from Altiplano Federal Prison by crawling through a hole in his cell-block’s shower area into a tunnel,

which led to a house. Guzmán then traveled to San Juan del Rio where two small planes were wait-ing for his arrival.

Guzmán was captured for the third time on Jan. 8, near-ly six months after his second escape.

During a pre-dawn operation Mexican authorities moved in and raided his beachside condo tower where he was asleep next to his wife.

The day after Guzmán’s arrest, Rolling Stone magazine published an interview with Guzmán by Sean Penn.

The article has been followed by debate since Penn met with Guzmán while he was on the run. It was three months after the fu-gitives’ escape that Guzmán met with Penn and conducted a sev-en hour-long interview. Kate del Castillo, a Mexican actress who supported Guzmán, planned the interview. Penn also conducted a follow-up interview through text messaging and video.

Currently, Guzmán is back in the same prison from which he escaped six months prior and faces the possibility of being ex-tradited to the U.S. under drug

could take several months, and Guzmán would have the right to appeal.

Drug lord captured in home state

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English actor and director Alan Rickman died last Thursday, Jan. 14, at a London hospital from pancreatic cancer.

He had been diagnosed last August after suffering a stroke but kept his terminal diagnosis from public knowledge, much like re-cently deceased English entertain-er David Bowie.

Both were 69 years old.In a career of highlights,

Rickman may be best remem-bered for his widely beloved role as Potions

Master Severus Snape in the film adaptations of the Harry Potter series. Critics and fans alike praised

Rickman’s performance as Snape for the entire length of

An outpouring of tributes came from former costars

and fans after news broke of his death, including a

memorial set up under the “Platform 9¾” sign at the London King’s Cross railway station, in reference to his role in the Harry Potter

Rickman began his career as a stage actor, including

work with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Fans mourn loss of Alan Rickman, favorite villain BY NICK BERGEMANStaff Writer

prominence for originating the role of Vicomte de Valmont in Christopher Hampton’s ad-aptation of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1987.

After several stage and tele-vision roles, Rickman was cast in his first feature film at 42 years old in 1988 as villain Hans Gruber in “Die Hard,” opposite Bruce Willis.

considered one of the greatest action movies ever made, and Rickman’s character Hans Gruber was named by the American Film Institute as the 46th best villain in

Gruber became the first in a string of roles as vil-

lainous characters for Rickman, includ-ing as the Sheriff of Nottingham in “Robin Hood:

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Thieves” (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), the title character in the HBO biopic “Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny” (for which he won a Golden Globe and Emmy for Best Actor in a TV movie) and Judge Turpin in Tim Burton’s adaptation of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

In addition to various oth-er acting credits on stage and screen, Rickman enjoyed a suc-cessful career as a director and

“The Winter Guest” in 1997 and “A Little Chaos” in 2015.

Besides his entertainment career, Rickman will be remem-bered for his commitment to various charities and benevolent causes, such as being honorary president of the International Performer Aid’s Trust.

Rickman finished two films before his death that have yet to be released. Those two are “Eye in the Sky,” a thriller to open in the U.S. on April 1, 2016, and “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” the sequel to the 2010 “Alice in Wonderland” to be released May 27, 2016.

Though gone, Rickman’s

felt through his performances. Always.

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Georgetown upsets No. 5 Xavier

BY JOSH BOZZICKStaff Writer

Game Summary:Xavier split a pair of Big East

conference games in the past week, winning at Marquette be-fore being upset at home against Georgetown.

The 74-66 road victory over the Golden Eagles (12-6, 2-4 Big East) on Jan. 16 was led by senior forward James Farr, who scored 16 points in addition to a career-high 19 rebounds. Marquette rushed out to an 18-11 lead, but a 21-0 run by the Musketeers gave them the lead for good. Marquette never came within seven points of the Musketeers for the remainder of the game.

Sophomore guard Trevon Bluiett led the Musketeers with 18 points, while Marquette’s fresh-man forward Henry Ellenson led all players with 20 points and add-ed 7 rebounds.

The Georgetown Hoyas (12-7, 5-2 BE) surprised everyone Tuesday night by storming into Cintas Center and coming away with a 81-72 win over the No. 5 Musketeers.

The Hoyas started the game strong and weathered several Xavier runs to take a 39-33 lead into the locker room. They would never relinquish that lead, al-though Xavier did cut it down to two at one point in the second half.

Sumner returns:After taking a scary fall at

Villanova on New Years’ Eve, red-shirt freshman guard Sumner re-

time against Marquette to post 15

Sumner had sat out the previ-ous three games due to a concus-sion. For his performance in the Marquette game, Sumner was named Big East Freshman of the Week.

Player of the Week:As the Big East named Bluiett

as its conference Player of the Week on Monday, there is little reason to name another as the Newswire Player of the Week su-ince no one really played all that

BY BRENT RAINESSports Editor

The Musketeers women’s bas-ketball team capped off its third week in Big East conference play with a 1-1 split in the two games it played during the week.

Xavier outlasted the Marquette Golden Eagles (7-11, 2-5 Big East) last Friday night by a score of 71-66.

Four Xavier players went for

Brianna Glover went for a team high 20 points to go along with 7 boards. Senior guard Jenna Crittendon provided 12 points, with RS Junior guard Raeshaun Gaffney and senior guard Aliyah Zantt both contributed 10 points

apiece. Zantt led all Musketeers in

rebounding with nine, an im-pressive number for a point guard.

The win over Marquette set the scene for a showdown on Sunday with the Big East

DePaul Blue Demons, 14-6 (6-1 BE).

Entering the contest, the

tie atop the conference stand-ings with the Blue Demons.

DePaul entered the game after pulling off a monumental win over Butler on Jan. 15.

Their coach, Doug Bruno, became just the 19th Division 1

women’s basketball coach to reach the 600 victories mark. Bruno has been at DePaul for 30 years and

Tweet of the Week

Farr backs down Ellenson in last Saturday’s game. Farr was named Xavier student-athlete of the week and will graduate in May.Photo courtesy of scout.com

has compiled an impressive record of 600-315 during that span.

Unfortunately for the Musketeers, Bruno notched his 601st win Sunday as Xavier fell in blowout fashion 70-53.

The score at halftime was 30-22 DePaul, but the third quarter is what sealed the Musketeers’ fate. The Blue Demons won the third quar-ter by 8 points and entered the

lead. With the loss, Xavier fell

to 14-4 overall (5-2 Big East), and moved into a 2nd place tie in the Big East conference standings with Villanova. Guard Raeshaun

Forgrave, a college basketball for Fox Sports, shares the current Marquette coach’s sentiment.

well against Georgetown, so we will punt on that game and focus on Bluiett.

Farr Bounces Back:After an uninspired four point,

DePaul last week, Xavier head coach Chris Mack had some tough words for Farr.

“He has to play harder. As you

beat the drum about James Farr being one of the best bigs, most improved players in our confer-ence. He took tonight off and he hasn’t played well over the last couple of practices,” Mack said. “It’s disappointing, and when he changes his attitude back to what it was, he will play exactly how he’s been playing.”

Farr responded big time against Marquette. In addition to the career-high 19 rebounds, his 16 point tally was the second high-est of his career trailing only his 18 point performance earlier this season against Western Kentucky on Dec 5.

Looking ahead:The Musketeers will face two

of the three Big East teams that they have yet to play in the com-ing week. They will host Seton

Hall (13-4, 3-2 BE) at 2 p.m. on Saturday before heading to Rhode Island to square off against Kris Dunn and the Providence Friars (15-3, 3-2 BE) at 9 p.m. on Jan. 26.

Seton Hall is off to a solid sea-son after being picked just seventh in the Big East preseason rank-ings. The Pirates have three play-ers in Isaiah Whitehead, Khadeen Carrington and Desi Rodriguez

while Angel Delgado averages more than nine points and nine rebounds.

With an RPI of 41 and wins over Wichita State and Providence, Seton Hall will be looking for a big win to bolster its bubblicious

be broadcast locally on Fox Sports Ohio.

While Player of the Year can-didate Kris Dunn deservedly gets most of the attention, most improved player candidate Ben Bentil actually leads the team av-eraging 19.1 ppg and 8.0 rpg.

The Friars have already picked up wins against Arizona, Illinois, Butler and Rhode Island. The game will be broadcast nationally on FS1.

Gaffney scored a game-high of 21 points, well above her season average of 12.7 PPG. Gaffney also grabbed a team-leading 7 rebounds, but the Musketeers were narrowly outrebounded by DePaul 37-35. Guard Aliyah Zantt and forward Brianna Glover both scored 8 points apiece.

DePaul had three players score

Xavier will look to seek revenge against the Blue Demons on Feb. 12 when they travel to Chicago to face them in what hopes to be a better game.

This week the Musketeers will be traveling on the road to face Seton Hall Friday and St. John’s Sunday.

Junior forward Madisson Blackwell dribbles.

Photo courtesy of leadertelegram.com

Newswire photo by Adam Spegele

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Sports

BY DONNIE MENKEStaff Writer

Opinion: Tanking in the NBA is not all that badOne of the bigger issues sur-

rounding the NBA the past few seasons has been tanking and whether it will have an overall negative impact.

To clarify, tanking is purpose-fully putting a bad team on the court in hopes of obtaining bet-ter draft picks and accelerating the rebuilding process.

The almost universal opin-ion is that tanking has no place in the league and should not be tolerated.

One of the biggest arguments against tanking is that it makes for awful basketball and that people do not want to watch it.

It’s true that most people, in-stead of watching a tanking team, will watch a different game if available. However, it’s not neces-sarily true that tanking makes for

bad basketball. The best example of tanking the last few seasons is the Philadelphia 76ers, and while they certainly aren’t a good team, they aren’t bad to watch.

Another point in favor of tank-ing is that if you can be patient enough to endure the process, you are almost certain to come out with a championship-caliber team.

It may be hard to picture, but teams like the 76ers could be at a championship level if they draft well, instead of always being stuck in the middle. Right now, tanking

and follow, but they could eventu-ally reach elite levels.

Tanking may seem like teams are trying to put the worst squad possible out on the court every night, but in that regard it may be viewed incorrectly.

In reality, what most of the tanking teams do is realize they

have no chance at a title with their current roster and can’t obtain the necessary talent through the draft or free agency to become a cham-pionship team.

What they do next is tear the team down to the base and start over. To do this, you need to get rid of most, if not all, of your pieces that will have no value to you when making a title run and get as much as you can for them. This creates a faster rebuild and al-lows the younger players, who will be assets in the future, to develop.

Also, while tanking is purpose-ful, once the teams are playing, they are just like any other subpar team the NBA has to offer. The only difference, in my opinion, is that the tanking teams will be bet-ter before their opponents.

Tanking, at its core, is an ex-treme and accelerated method of rebuilding a team.

BY ADAM TORTELLIStaff Writer

While it can be painful to watch and follow, the potential payoffs are enormous. Everyone who watches basketball wants to watch teams like the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland

Cavaliers, and they more than off-set potential revenue issues the 76ers and other bad teams might cause.

All in all, tanking is not as bad as it seems.

Different strokes:

The Xavier swim team began its spring schedule on Jan. 8 fol-lowing a hiatus at the conclusion of the fall season.

Both teams last competed at the Cleveland State University Magnus Cup in November.

third of 10 teams, while the men’s team took second of six teams.

Two Musketeers, seniors Rob Van Kirk and Luke Johanns, rep-resented the men’s team at the AT&T Winter Nationals.

The Musketeers returned to ac-tion in a three-team meet against host IUPUI and Ball State. The women’s team defeated both of their competitors, while the men’s team came in second behind the IUPUI Jaguars.

Sophomore Paxtyn Drew, freshman Becca Titterton, fresh-man Caroline Gaertner and senior Claire Brolsma earned a second

-lay with a time of 1:47.81.

The squad carried the momen-tum into the individual events, as Xavier swimmers took the top three spots in the 1000 free. Junior Emily Wagner had the best time with 10:35:55, junior Mackenna

freshman Jenna Wilkes rounded out the Musketeers at third with 10:46.61.

Freshman Katie Kerr won the

Taylor Jach followed in second

place with 1:58.11. The women’s team also found

with freshman Maggie Kauffeld

freshman Annie Cummins taking

The men started the meet with

medley relay. Junior Erik Biernat, freshman Michael Pettinichi and seniors Knox Hitt and Johanns

Xavier began the individual events with junior Nick Strader’s

100 back with 54.13 and Johanns’ third place spot in the 50 free with

The Musketeers kept up a solid performance with freshman

Rodrigo Suriano earned second

Smith took fourth with 1:58.81.For her performance in

the meet Paxtyn Drew was named Big East Swimmer of the Week by TeamUnify and CollegeSwimming.com.

Both squads will be back in action in the upcoming week. The Musketeer women travel to

against the host team and Ohio. Both men and women will head to

off against Bellarmine, St. Louis, Youngstown State and Butler.

BY ISABEL SMITHStaff Writer

Xavier swims into another yearButler and Big East mourn Smith

The college basketball com-munity is mourning the loss of

Smith played center for the Big East rival Butler Bulldogs during back-to-back national champion-

Upon graduation, Smith spent a season playing professional ball in Lithuania before returning

It was midway through Smith’s only season in Lithuania when doctors found a mass in his chest before he returned to Indianapolis

was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin

With a slight recovery, Smith

cardiac arrest just a few days into

the job. Subsequently, he fell into a coma.

Smith’s story reached national news when former Butler coach and current head coach of the Boston Celtics Brad Stevens vis-ited Smith in his Indianapolis hos-pital room instead of coaching his team’s game against the Chicago Bulls on Jan. 7.

Butler played its scheduled game this past Saturday against St. John’s. The 6-foot-11 big man was remembered before the game by the team wearing 44 on its warmup shooting shirts and a tribute video before his Bulldogs defeated the Red Storm. The team will also wear a patch read-ing “AS44” on the front of their jerseys for the remainder of their season.

As a basketball player, Andrew Smith was not highly recruited coming out of high school but

found a niche with the Bulldogs and Stevens’ system.

Smith left his mark on Butler as one of only three players in school history to score 1,000 points and win 100 games.

Smith’s college career on the

-utes off the bench in Butler’s Elite Eight game against Kansas, in re-lief of teammate Matt Howard, who was in foul trouble, Smith had only played three minutes the entire month before.

The performance only spark-plugged Smith’s offseason mo-tivation as he earned the starting center position on Butler’s second consecutive trip to the Final Four.

Smith would not make the tournament again until his fourth

school record for rebounds in an NCAA tournament game.

Smith with his former coach Stevens. Xavier held a moment of silence before its Jan. 12 game against DePaul in honor of Smith.

76ers Nerlins Noel and Jahlil Okafor have suffered through a rough season in Philly.

Xavier swimming is coming off of back-to-back Big East championships.

one acted like I was a normal person. And you ran-dom stranger, I wanted to thank you.”

That does not mean that you should go around using profanity against people who are suffering. For a competitive kid, not having anyone challenge him was infuriating, and it denied who he was.

Likewise, for those who suffer from depression, common phrases range from “Have you tried not thinking about it,” or “I understand how you feel,

because I have also suffered from (in-sert noun here).” Doing so does not help because it encourages observers to only focus on the illness and not the person.

Everyone means well when they try to help others who are suffering, but they cannot truly put themselves in someone else’s shoes without trivi-alizing what they are going through. Instead, what one should do is simply treat them as a person, as who they were before they started suffering.

This may seem like it does not need to be said, but sadly, common sense is not all too common. When trying to comfort someone, be sure you are not just trying to comfort yourself, cop-ing with the fact that you are suffering along with them.

The kid ended his journal saying, “Thanks to that dipshit who keeps vis-iting me here in the hospital, I know that the people that truly care about me

are here.” If you try and comfort someone, do it by forcing themselves to acknowledge that they still are a person, that they still are the same as they were be-fore.

Do not be someone who is new and fake. Be the “dipshit” they have always cared for, and you will both be comforted.

James Neyer is

a staff writer at the Newswire.

He is a senior Honors Bachelors of Arts major from Cincinnati.

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Death, depression and divorce affect not only the person suffering through them, but those around them. This is not said to criticize sufferers but to bring to light the counterpoint: Those around them can help them heal.

When we look at people who suffer, their suffer-

the person they are. We only see their maladies. No longer seeing them as humans, we do not treat them as such either.

We do not purposefully do so. We try our best to make them “feel comfortable,” but that is honestly a stupid phrase. It is stupid to make someone “feel comfortable” when it usually involves not treating them as a person.

What brings this to mind is reading the journal of an 18-year-old Dutch football player who was diagnosed with terminal can-cer during his senior year of high school. He went from having the status of team captain, a beautiful girlfriend and lot of money, to los-ing his health and ability to walk.

He wrote in his journal, “Okay, I was ill, but I wasn’t dead for Christ’s sake. I’ve got 6 good months of life left but the only things you guys see is a walking corpse.” They no longer mocked

or even challenged him, believing that those things make him uncomfortable.

They thought they were helping him. But in their

him as “that dying kid.” By focusing only on his im-

his illness.What did bring him happiness was when he was

playing the computer game Starcraft 2. It was not playing it itself that made him happy, but what hap-pened while he was playing.

He used the fairly common strategy completely destroying the enemy’s team before they had time to react. The enemy then did what others had failed to do since he had been diagnosed: they called him a “faggot.”

While the word is obscene and extremely offen-sive, he was felt immense joy at being mocked. “For

-

Be the ‘dipshit’ for once

A couple of weeks ago someone asked me, “What do you love?” For me that’s an easy question to answer. There is so much in this world I love, am passionate about and enjoy sharing with others. I’m sure I’m not alone.

We all have those things we light up about when someone asks us to share our interests with others.I blab on and on talking about my favorite bands, tattoos, friends, family,

Xavier, plans for the future and various things. I could go on for a while about the people in my life who I love, the ideas and morals I cherish, etc. I could talk someone’s ear off and not once could I mention myself or anything about me. Not because I’m trying to be humble, but the thought literally never crosses my mind.

It’s not something we’re completely conscious about. Does it mean we don’t love ourselves? I’m not sure.

I just know, at least for me, it’s not on the forefront of my mind. In this day and age, especially from the conversations I have with my peers, I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt for us to have a little more self-love.

Try and think about the things you love most about yourself. Or the last time you thought about self-love.

things you love about yourself. We are our own worst critics. It’s just in our nature.

Now I ask you, what do you love? Think of all the things you love and enjoy and see what comes to mind. Write them out and share the ideas with the next person you see. How many things did you list before you said ‘I love me?’

Ad v i c e o n p ra c t i c i n g s e l f - l ove

Abrena Rowe is a copy editor at the Newswire. She is a sophomore athletic training major from Cincinnati.

“Everyone means well when they try to help others who are suffering, but they cannot truly put themselves

in someone else’s shoes without

trivializing what they are going

through. Instead, what one should do is simply treat

them as a person.” - James Neyer

A be t t e r way t o h e l p tho s e who a r e hur t ing

‘And you will be loved’

stantly reminding you that you totally suck at the simple act of speaking. But that’s okay. If you’re experiencing any kind of turmoil at grapefruit’s expense and it feels like there is no one out there that understands, watch a movie that does.

For socially anxious disasters who gave up on romantic hap-piness, there is ‘Punch-Drunk Love.”

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The cathar tic experience of the moviesThe great, omnipotent be-

ings known only as “they” have a well-known expression in regards to life: When it gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Unfortunately, life is not as simplistic as Minute Maid would like us to think, and it usually gives us grapefruit and demands a milk-shake.

Often, when given these bitter, oversized fruit — shitty lemons,

who can relate to them. Whenever I have a particularly

shitty lemon I self-categorize as either too complex to discuss with a friend, or, in most cases, so overly simplistic I would not consider it worth their time, I turn to a movie. Who needs human

catharsis through visual storytell-ing?

Call me a sociopath all you -

ized dramatization of life expe-

friendly discussion. Movies aren’t the go-to emo-

tional pallet cleanser for everyone, and I can see why. To pinpoint a

and expect it to make you feel any sort of relief is asking a lot and most often happens only in the

case of a pleasant accident. I get that.

Not everyone is so devoid of

and that’s okay. Sometimes, how-ever, when you’re feeling lost and the stars circumstantially align, a movie comes along that tells you

out. For aspiring stunt men expe-

riencing arrested development, perhaps “Hot Rod.” For former alcoholic writers house-sitting a ski resort to pay the bills, perhaps “The Shining.” (If you are actu-

don’t watch “The Shining.”) For socially anxious disasters

who gave up on romantic hap-piness, there is “Punch-Drunk Love,” a movie that could be writ-ten off for a number of reasons.

Mainly, it is a romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler (the idea hurts me as much as it hurts you), and on a surface level nothing more than an arthouse romantic comedy whose merit lies in it be-

about any romantic comedy if you really put your heart to it.

I say “Punch-Drunk Love”

“they will no doubt end up with the boy/girl,” but rather in the sense of literal, diagnosed-or-should-be general anxiety. Sandler’s Barry Egan is never directly addressed

as someone with anxiety and, re-ally, has a lot more wrong with him than simply anxiety. He is a character wallowing in loneliness as a result of his mental health, unable to communicate properly with anyone, much less someone he is attracted to.

Barry is an important charac-ter in this regard, as mental health to this degree is rarely addressed

poor social skills are drawn out and exaggerated for comedic ef-fect, but Barry is a character who emotes a great deal of loneliness and desperation as a result of his overbearing mental state.

“Punch-Drunk Love” is cen-tered on the burden of communi-cation and how not being able to properly express oneself can lead to poor decision-making and un-favorable situations.

The real takeaway from the

mistake you may have made in the past as a result of mental health,

-piness — it is simply a matter of when, where and with whom.

In the case you are a Barry to any extreme, or evenly mildly so out of respect to those who don’t destroy bathrooms when uncom-fortable on a date, “Punch-Drunk Love” may be the cathartic cin-ematic experience you’re looking for.

Watching movies may not be your go-to antidote for whatever shitty lemons life throws at you, but maybe it’s time to give it a shot.

In the case of legitimate social anxiety these shitty lemons are ever-present, vile creatures con-

“The great, omnipotent beings

known only as ‘they’ have a well-known

expression in regards to life: When it

gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Unfortunately, life is not as simplistic as Minute Maid would

like us to think.” - Grant F. Vance

How ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ and other movies ease the mind

Grant F. Vance is the Managing Editor at the Newswire. He is a senior English & Digitial Innovation Film and Television double major from Jeffersonville, Ind.

and old ones challenged within a free society. The bulk collec-tion of such communications is a threat to personal liberty, politi-cal change and ultimately a better world because who knows which enemies of the state today will be the national heroes of tomorrow.

Grant F. Vance is the Managing Editor at the Newswire. He is a senior English & Digitial Innovation Film and Television double major from Jeffersonville, Ind.

If you’re anything like me, you woke up late on Monday, rolled over, grabbed your phone, opened up your favorite social media app (mine happens to be Twitter) and spent 15 minutes scrolling through

and pictures of Dr. Martin Luther

up enough strength to throw the sheets off and start the day.

While it was a relief to have a three-day weekend after such an academically grueling week of classes, I couldn’t help but con-sider the irony that the U.S. has a federal holiday for someone who at one point was labeled an enemy of the state.

I agree with many others who consider King to be one of the

private American citizens of the last 100 years. Yet, at the time of his death he was being wiretapped

and monitored by the FBI and National Security Agency (NSA) because of his opposition to the Vietnam War and dedication to civil rights.

It’s not as if King was threat-

the opposite. His dedication to non-violent resistance and open dialogue about civil rights issues is unheard of in today’s political climate.

Everyone who organizes and mobilizes American citizens to enact effective change in their government like Dr. King did should be admired.

What if he was alive today though? Imagine the informa-tion the National Security Agency (NSA), an arm of the U.S. govern-ment that was revealed in 2013 to be monitoring and storing huge

-line and cellular communications ,

would have on Dr. King if he had a cell phone, an email address or a Facebook account.

It would be easy to disrupt the movement he was leading if law enforcement had access to such data. I can see J. Edgar Hoover trying to climb out of his grave if he knew the government had

and searched by keyword.And yet, if we examine the

landscape of candidates running for president, only two – Bernie Sanders and Rand Paul – want to end this practice. Candidates

that they not only support this policy but would actually increase the amount of surveillance in or-

der to “protect national security.” This is despite the fact that there is zero evidence that suggests the program assists in that.

The fourth Amendment allows for law enforcement to wiretap and conduct surveillance on sus-pected criminals provided they have a probable cause and a war-

It does not allow for what the NSA is doing today. It is the mass collection and storage of such data on law-abiding citizens that should cause alarm. Even if this information is not being used ne-fariously now, it could be in the future. Imagine this sort of power in the hands of an irrational, im-pulsive, toupee wearing real estate mogul from New York turned President.

The right to private, uncen-sored communication is essen-tial for new ideas to be formed

The enemy of my enemy is my friend An op i n i o n o n NSA pow e r i n 21 s t c e n t u r y Ame r i c a

Kevin Mulcrone is a junior Philosophy, Politics and the Public ma-jor from Western Springs, Ill.

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Xavier Music Series hosts Brian Newman

'The Revenant' is 'visually stunning'

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The Xavier University Music Series has built a reputation around consistently featuring world-class musicians, many with Cincinnati connections. The Music Series will host Brian Newman and his quintet along with The Nati’ 6 led by Dan Karlsberg On Jan. 24. CET will be in attendance record-ing the show for television.

Brian Newman, Lady Gaga’s jazz bandleader, is perhaps best recognized for his work with Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett

BY NICK MCGILLStaff Writer

“The Revenant” is directed by critically acclaimed direc-tor Alejandro González Iñárritu and stars A-list talents Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.

and treacherous journey of fron-tiersman Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) who is left for dead after a bru-tal bear mauling and proceeds to relentlessly search for those who abandoned him.

“The Revenant” was one of

year due to my love of the talent involved, and this is undoubtedly

-periences I had in 2015.

Aside from the incredible per-formances from DiCaprio and Hardy, by far the most impres-

cinematographer. Emmanuel Lubezki deserves

all of the praise that he has re-ceived, because “The Revenant” is one of the most visually stun-

incredible attention to detail and gorgeous natural lighting.

This is one of the most beau-

and I wouldn’t be surprised if Lubezki took home the Best

BY JACOB MUELLERStaff Writer

on the 2014 Grammy-winning album “Cheek to Cheek.” This album featured arrangements by Newman and his band. He is widely recognized as one of the top jazz performers and is a popular choice for major brands as a master of ceremonies and

events. He plans to release his own debut album in 2016 produced by "Cheek to Cheek" producer Dave Bennett.

“What fascinates me about Brian is how he performs clas-sic songs but makes them sound

fresh and new,” Polina Bespalko, director of the Xavier University Music Series, said.

“He encompasses both jazz and swing, and he breaks down generational walls. His music ap-peals to audiences of all ages.

Sinatra.” Newman and two of his band

members both graduated from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM).

back to perform for the Xavier Music Series because I feel so con-

nected to Cincinnati,” Newman said.

“I wanted to be a real New York City jazz player and the Cinci scene had a huge impact on mak-ing that happen.

” Newman and his quintet will

be joined on stage by Karlsberg and the Nati’ 6. Karlsberg was born in Cincinnati and received both Masters and Bachelors de-grees in jazz studies from CCM, where he now teaches.

“It’s an honor to be involved with the Xavier Music Series, be-

cause it is known for featuring world-class artists,” Karlsberg said.

“I can’t wait to perform on the same stage as Brian Newman and other old friends of mine from Cincinnati’s jazz community.”

The Xavier University Music Series will present the Brian Newman Quintet and The ‘Nati 6 at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24 in the Gallagher Theater. Tickets range in price from $3 to $28 and can be ordered by calling 513-745-3162 or 513-745-3939 or by visit-

Photo courtesy of electric-shadows.com

Newswire Rating:

Cinematography Oscar for the third year in a row.

“The Revenant” contains mind-blowing one-shot action sequences that are arresting and endlessly impressive, not to men-tion intense.

Not all of the credit should go to Lubezki, because Iñárritu di-

and intensely gripping from the -

ble scene, the bear attack sequence in which DiCaprio’s character is

The scene is so authentic that it’s chilling.

Speaking of DiCaprio, if this

isn’t the performance that earns him his long-awaited Oscar, then

-press how dedicated he is to his craft.

“The Revenant” is certainly

to its endless brutality and inten-sity; however, it’s one of the most

ever seen. The performances are as-

tounding and the direction is near -

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Edited by: Allison Wisyanski wisyanskia@xavier.edu

'Friends': Not exactly a reunion

Sundance Film Festival comes to UtahBY GRANT VANCEManaging Editor

BY ZENAB SAEEDStaff Writer

The sitcom “Friends,” which ran for a total of ten seasons from 1994 to 2004 on NBC and was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, details the lives of six friends living in Manhattan. On Jan. 13, chairman of NBC

circulating rumors that a much anticipated reunion special of the

happening.

In the announcement made at

the Television Critics Association

that all six of the show’s main cast actors (Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer) are expected to participate in the special.

After Greenblatt made the announcement, however, he told reporters that the special might not be the complete ensemble

reunion that fans are hoping for. “I'm hoping all six of them

will be all in the same room at the same time, but I'm not sure if we can logistically pull that off,” Greenblatt said.

by actor Matthew Perry, who portrayed Chandler Bing in “Friends,” during his Jan. 15 appearance on “The Graham

ing of the special, Perry is set to be in London to work on the

play “The End of Longing” and will be unable to participate in person.

“It’s not the reunion everyone

going to be on this special, and I am going to introduce them from London,” Perry said.

The special will be produced by Sean Hayes, who is known for starring in the NBC television show “Will & Grace.” James Burrows will direct the show. He also directed 15 episodes of

“Friends” during the show’s run. The special will be a tribute

to the director, which celebrates Burrows’ 1000th episode behind the camera and is also expected to feature reunions from cast members of other shows that he directed, including “Will & Grace,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Laverne & Shirley,” “Taxi,” “Cheers,” “Frasier” and “Mike & Molly.”

The “Friends” reunion special will air on Feb. 21 on NBC.

The Sundance Film Festival has premiered many notable

“Reservoir Dogs,” “Little Miss Sunshine” and “Memento.”

makers to Utah, Sundance has

to get a chance to showcase their

work. The festival will return

many exciting entries on the slate.

Sundance is an exciting experience for all lucky enough to spend the week in Park City, Utah, watching fresh, original works.

With a variety of categories, attendees are treated to shorts, documentaries and midnight showings.

shortage of diversity, with everything from Sundance veteran Kevin Smith’s (“Clerks,”

“Yoga Hosers,” to several pro

“Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to ‘Off the Wall’” and “Eat That Question – Frank Zappa in his Own Words.”

Some other notable entries include Kenneth Lonergan (“You Can Count on Me,” “Gangs of New York”) returning with his third directorial entry, “Manchester by the Sea.”

who is called back to his hometown in order to raise his neph

ew after his brother's death.Many of the entries deal

with very dark content, including “Goat,” “Dark Knight” and “Christine.”

“Goat,” starring Nick Jonas, exploits the dangers of hazing

Xavier.Entering the realm of reality,

“Dark Knight” focuses on the 2012 shooting in Aurora, CO., during a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” showcasing the evil it takes to commit

about 1970’s reporter Christine Chubbuck, who famously committed suicide on live television.

On a lighter note, former Sundance winner Ira Sachs (“Love is Strange,” “Keep the Lights On”) is returning to Sundance with his charm

Men.”Though not everyone is giv

en the opportunity to see these

premiere, many of them will make it to theaters for a wide release, with the hope that some

or Hulu.

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BY HANA PRISCUFeature Editor

PROCRASTINATI NAs college students, we all know the

crushing weight of procrastination. Even when faced with the pressure of writing this article, my eyes would somewhat brief-ly slip to my phone to see what Tweetsnap or Facemessage I may have received, until the moment my looming deadline broke the trance.

Since the dawn of man, humans have been playing stick ball rather than discover-

it and sitting around sipping tea rather than signing the Declaration of Independence. Little has changed in the years that fol-lowed, and little is likely to change in the future. Procrastination is here to stay.

While people have been putting off un-til tomorrow what they could do today for

well-supported, opinion that college stu-dents make an art form of procrastination.

How we deal with this dark storm cloud

that follow. Some might decide to binge-

on the trap—that is, the couch—will follow.

little progress by most people’s standards, regretfully.

Others may choose to rely on social me-dia. Checking the endless list of messages and pictures piling up will supply one with

what over the long weekend and what Jenny said about Samantha (Can you believe it?). Sadly, this will not help you when your pro-

answer to the class or even repeat what they just said. They could totally tell you weren’t listening.

Although college students have taken procrastination to a new and somewhat frightening level, the ability to cope with massive amounts of stress has been re-newed and invigorated amongst those whose future-selves do most of the work. Those future-selves have embraced pro-crastination and learned to take it in stride. Sometimes right up until the Canvas sub-mission page closes.

How do you procrastinate?

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Cregan

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The Newswire’s Guide to

PUTTING IT OFF

Class of 2016

Class of 2017

Class of 2018

Class of 2016

Search random hashtags.

Watch all the food videos on Facebook.

Get on Tinder and only swipe left.

Watch everyone’s Snapstory in its entirety.

Scan Instagram’s Explore page.

Upvote cat pictures on Reddit.

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eyer

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