Wheat and Chaff
Skip Tate
For 11 days in 2001, Cincinnati police chased a death row escapee through the city, garnering national—and even international—attention. What made the story so riveting was that it was actually a cow that was on the lamb. Sensing its future—or lack thereof—was bleak as it was being paraded into the slaughterhouse, the cow bolted over a six-foot-high fence and made a run for it. As it evaded the police, it captured the hearts of sympathizers everywhere, including Gary Franke, a 1982 graduate and former pitcher on the Xavier baseball team. So Franke, an attorney by day and writer by night, decided to craft a children’s book out of the cow’s story. Titled Cinci Freedom—A Cow’s Story, the book was written to raise animal welfare awareness among children and to illustrate the dedication of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A percentage of the book’s proceeds are donated to SPCA in Cincinnati. Not to ruin the ending of the book, but when cow was finally captured it was given its freedom, the name “Cinci” and, seriously, a key to the city …
Each year on June 16 people around the world bring out their inner Ulysses and six international students at Xavier were no exception this year as they celebrated the de facto holiday commonly known as Bloomsday in honor of Leopold Bloom who is the main character in James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses by joining a party with other Joyce fans at a local Irish pub and each of the students taking a turn at reading the final paragraph from the novel in his or her native language including Amharic by Maza Dowling-Brown and Arabic by Hind Arrajehi and Japanese by Asami Tsushima and Spanish by Sonia Aiguabella and Swahili by Sheran Oradu and Turkish by Gulay Ozden and proving that yes indeed yes Joyce’s lack of punctuation can be overcome in any language …
Marie Giblin, associate professor of theology, and Kathleen Smythe, associate professor of history, received the 2006 Xavier Faculty Fellowship award. The two receive a one-semester leave with full salary, a travel allotment, student assistance and appropriate materials related to the scholarly work, which is on “Americans, Africans and the Quest for a Humane Future.” They begin their joint, collaborative research project in rural Tanzania in September, examining the effects of globalization in rural Tanzania in the areas of health care, imported clothing and agriculture …
Senior Karen Gravelle won the $18,000 William G. McGowan Scholarship as the entrepreneurial studies student who best demonstrated not only an outstanding academic record but leadership ability and significant involvement in academic, campus and community activities. The program is based on the experience of William G. McGowan, founder and chairman of MCI Communications who was admitted to Harvard Business School to study for an M.B.A. degree but did not have sufficient funds to complete his studies. However, he won Harvard’s Baker Scholars award that provided the funds necessary for him to earn his degree and launch a successful business career. No pressure there, Karen …
The University is expanding into Indiana by offering core master of education courses at Sunman-Dearborn Middle School. Designed to provide the convenience of taking courses close to where teachers live and work, the program allows students to complete four courses at this site before fulfilling the remainder on campus. Xavier has similar programs at other schools around Ohio and Kentucky. Tomorrow, the world …
After years of helping Xavier students improve their writing skills, Alison Russell stepped aside as director for the University’s writing center in August to become the chair of the department of English. She turns the center’s keys over to the capable hands of Kara Northway, an assistant professor of English, who is being assisted by Rebecca Todd, a full-time English instructor who is serving as the newly created associate writing center director. Write on …
The Community Building Institute at Xavier received a $5,000 grant from Duke Energy to assist the city of Norwood with the completion of a financial analysis and provide a set of recommendations to improve Norwood’s long-term financial situation and to improve the economic climate in the community …
The University has a new director for campus ministry. Joseph P. Shadle now oversees the University’s worship and spiritual development for students of all faith traditions after serving as a pastoral associate with the St. John Fisher Catholic Church in Cincinnati for the past six years. He previously worked with St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Ripley, Ohio, for another six years and is an adjunct faculty member at the Athenaeum of Ohio, where he earned his master’s degrees …
The men’s golf program is now ranked 19th nationally. Golf Digest compiled the ranking of the top 25 college programs in the country, placing Xavier higher than traditional golf powers Texas, UNLV and even defending national champion Oklahoma State. The men’s team, which has been under the guidance of head coach Doug Steiner for 19 years now, has five NCAA regional appearances in the last six years and four Atlantic 10 Championships since 1998. And this was due in part because …
The men’s golf team made it to the NCAA Championship’s Central Regional for the fourth straight year, finishing 16th, its best-ever finish. Senior Andy Pope led the way, finishing 30th with a 7-over-par 220. Jason Kokrak carded a 221 and John Streibich recorded a 226. Kokrak and Streibich were also named to the PING All-Midwest Region Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Xavier and Northwestern were the only teams in the region to place two golfers on the team. The team returns four of its top five players next season. But during the summer …
Kokrak celebrated his 21st birthday in style over the summer by carding a 4-under-par 68 to earn co-medalist honors at the U.S. Open local qualifier. Former Xavier standouts Miles Maillet and Matt Makinson also finished in the top 10 of the event, which earned each of them a spot in the U.S. Open sectional qualifier, while Andy Pope earned the second alternate spot with an even-par round of 72. Kokrak finish third in the sectional, earning him the first alternate spot for The Open. Maillet finished 18th. But wait…
Kokrak went on to win the Ohio Amateur Championship, joining the likes of previous winners Arnold Palmer, John Cook and Ben Curtis. Kokrak shot a final-round 71 to capture the 100th Ohio Golf Association amateur title at the Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, finishing seven-under par for the championship—four strokes clear of the field. Not to be outdone …
Women’s golfer Lindsay Cornell was runner-up in the New York Women’s Amateur golf tournament. The sophomore fell in the championship match, 7-and-6, to top-seeded Maggie Lester at the Nevele Country Club in Ellenville, N.Y. Cornell’s 78.57 stroke average last season was the best ever by a freshman at Xavier. And if that wasn’t enough …
Cornell was joined by seniors Kathleen Hardy and Kara Manis as members of the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team this year—key members on a team that was also recognized as a NGCA All-Scholar Team and having the nation’s 12th-best team grade point average of 3.580. Hardy was third on the team with a 78.58 stroke average, while Manis led the Musketeers with the lowest scoring average at 77.48 for the second consecutive year …
Xavier is hosting the Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Tournament this year at the Cintas Center. The Tournament runs from Friday, March 2 to Monday, March 5. This is the first time Xavier has hosted the event…
