The Buzz
“I don’t know whether to congratulate him or offer condolences. Some of us wanted Mike Bobinski, the former Xavier athletic director now on Xavier’s management side. Given his strong relationship with Skip Prosser, some believed one hiring would result in another.” Cincinnati Enquirer columnist Paul Daugherty on the hiring of Mike Thomas as the athletic director at the University of Cincinnati
“Regardless of outcome of winning or losing, what being a sports fan offers you is feeling of being included in a group. Across cultures we all feel a need to belong and a need to interact with others. Some might have church groups, and some might have fulfilled their social needs through work or their neighborhood, but a large percentage of our population are attracted to sports. And this is a way that they can feel that they belong. Hope springs eternal. There’s always that hope that in the future, hey, we have a strong, young nucleus, and people are going to be predicting us to win it all next year.” Christian End, a psychology professor at Xavier University, in the Augusta (Ga.) Free Press
“We were so enthusiastic about it—just something we wanted to run with and it just fits so much into Xavier’s mission: responsibility to our fellow man and to use our resources to help people.” Sophomore Maggie Meyer on WCPO.com about the Alternative Break Program in which students spent their spring breaks in Louisiana helping hurricane victims
“His lyrics investigate the self and its truthfulness.” Philosophy professor Daniel Dwyer in the National Catholic Reporter in why he teaches a class on Bob Dylan’s lyrics
“Our system is so geared to going to college right out of high school that it takes an adventurer to jump the tracks and do something different.” Jim McCoy, associate vice president for enrollment management in The Cincinnati Enquirer on students who take a year off after high school to pursue other endeavors
“People are very aware of women’s basketball and its growth, but it still hasn’t caught on like it has nationally.” Women’s basketball coach Kevin McGuff in The Cincinnati Enquirer on the popularity of women’s basketball
“Had this occurred at Cincinnati, the dognapping would have featured gunplay and a car chase.” The St. Louis Post Dispatch on the controversy created by men’s basketball player Dedrick Finn taking his former girlfriend’s dog
“Relationships don’t change in one outing, but if you walk away thinking it’s better than you’ve interacted in a long time, then I would say, ‘Job well done.’” Michael Nelson, professor of psychology in CinWeekly on getting along with relatives during the holidays
“When we watch others who are being rewarded for their violence and aggression, we want to act the same way.” Psychology professor Christian End in The Washington Post
“Banks are always aware of who is out there and available and who might be interested in them.” Phil Glasgo, professor of finance in The Cincinnati Enquirer on the rumored sale of Fifth Third Bank
“In essence, they’re communicating to him, ‘Yeah, there would be value to that.’” Christian End in The Virginian-Pilot on one-upsmanship by sports fans
“Can it cause conflicts? Of course. But in terms of anything that is conclusive, it doesn’t seem to have a huge impact on relationships. There can be spats here and there … But if you’re talking about a marriage, chances are that the husband or the wife of the superfan, if we can call them that, knew that this is who the person was before getting married. So if it’s truly going to be an issue that drives people apart, chances are that it’s happened premarriage.” Psychology professor Christian End in The Augusta Free Press
“If you have to cause the demise of an individual in order to recover the cells, then that is not acceptable as far as the church is concerned because of the individuality of that being. [As life issues, philosophically the two] are the same. But they are not of the same magnitude.” Professor of philosophy and biology Robert Baumiller, S.J., in The Columbus Dispatch on stem-cell research vs. abortion
“I think there might be some threat. When you associate with Missouri basketball and all the supposed violations that have occurred in the past four or five years. Psychology professor Christian End in The Kansas City Star
“The program is a great way for our international students to get involved in the community. It fits well with the Xavier mission and provides them with a way to share their unique qualities.” Kathy Hammett, director for international student services, in The Cincinnati Enquirer on a project in which international students work at Cincinnati’s Children’s Medical Center’s activity center helping patients write their names in different languages
“The new building really is a value statement being made by the university—that the business school is important and that business education is important.” Rich Sorensen, chairman of the board of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, on MSNBC on Xavier’s building a new building for the Williams College of Business
