Xavier welcomes Class of 2018: Student leaders prepare for Manresa

By: Taylor Fulkerson ~Managing Editor~     Every class of Xavier students spends its first days on campus completing the Manresa orienta­tion program, which is designed to initiate students into the Xavier community. While first-year students will not arrive on campus until Aug. 20, the Office of Student Involvement and student coordinators have been working for months on the ori­entation program. The Newswire sat down with the Manresa Core team, a group of students responsible for coor­dinating the four-day program, to learn more about Manresa and what its organizers hope incom­ing students will gain from it. Xavier Newswire: What do … Continue reading Xavier welcomes Class of 2018: Student leaders prepare for Manresa

2013 First Year SGA Elections: Meet the Candidates

SGA will hold elections for the four vacant first year spots this Wednesday and Thursday. There are nine prospective candidates in this year’s election. Students can vote for four of these candidates on the Xavier Portal until 4 p.m. on Thursday. The candidates answered the following question: If you could change one thing about Xavier, what would it be? Here are some of Their responses: Alex Fath: “In my short time so far at Xavier I have found nothing that I absolutely want to change. The only thing I could that I would want to improve is the vast sense … Continue reading 2013 First Year SGA Elections: Meet the Candidates