NBA Finals: How the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers Built Their Franchises

NBA Finals: How the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers Built Their Franchises

By Sam Rector, Reporter October 8, 2020

The 2020 NBA Playoffs have been played in an unprecedented situation. The NBA invited twenty-two teams down to Orlando to play in a bubble. The bubble format has worked to perfection, as the Playoffs have...

Kung Fu Fandas

Kung Fu Fandas

By Nucci Delaney, Senior Reporter October 5, 2020
In the film KUNG FU PANDA, Po, voiced by Jack Black, secretly dreams of becoming a kung fu legend. So too did this year’s SAC  Team dream of hosting a legendary school event.
North Korea Wins 2020 Olympics

North Korea Wins 2020 Olympics

By Aidan Higgins, Editor-in-Chief September 20, 2020

An exclusive report by the North United Korean Establishment of Media Enterprising (NUKEME) revealed yesterday that North Korean athletes have won every medal awarded by the National Olympic Committee...

Some cool chairs

What I Wish I Knew as a Xavier Sophomore

By Aidan Higgins, Editor August 10, 2020

1. Slow and steady wins the race When setting goals, one would be well-advised to dial back his or her initial schedule/deadlines by 50% or more. It's much wiser to set humble goals that can be incremented...

Book Review: Wicked

Book Review: Wicked

By Robert Mullins, Reporter June 11, 2020

Lately, I have taken a break from my classics to read a more contemporary novel. This week, I am reading Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire. It is a revisionist...

One of the many negative side-effects of over-sleeping.

How to Get up in the Morning

By Aidan Higgins, Editor May 31, 2020

If you're anything like me - well, first of all, I'm sorry everything turned out this way. Second of all, you are probably well-acquainted with the psychological turmoil involved with trying to get out...

Book Review: The Scarlet Letter

Book Review: The Scarlet Letter

By Robert Mullins, Reporter May 8, 2020

In The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is a Puritan woman accused of having an amorous relationship outside of her marriage. This claim is only substantiated by the birth of...

My Advice to Future and Current Students: Hopefully Not Clickbait?

By Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-chief May 5, 2020

As I've been wrapping up my time at Xavier (yes, again with the reflection pieces), I wanted to think about what "wisdom" I have acquired here through my many, many, many mistakes. Most of it, you've probably...

Four Years Gone

By Alexander Pralea, Editor-in-chief April 30, 2020

In May, within three short weeks, my senior year will finally be over. No more AP exams (hallelujah), no more biology reading guide questions, no more Edgar Allen Poe stories (I don't mean to offend my...

Future Diary: Not a Very Good Show

Future Diary: Not a Very Good Show

By Aidan Higgins, Editor April 26, 2020

Once in a blue moon, the cruel, heartless television gods who reign down from the heavens above find themselves overcome with compassion and bless their earthly subjects with a television show that is...

How the Nature vs Nurture Debate Contradicts Free Will

How the Nature vs Nurture Debate Contradicts Free Will

By Aidan Higgins, Editor February 27, 2020

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the psychological argument I have alluded to in the title, the nature versus nurture debate is an intellectual conflict that has been waged across various fields...

A History of Class Rings

February 27, 2020

On Friday, January 31, the Junior class celebrated the long cherished tradition of the Ring Ceremony. With a beautiful mass celebrated by Father Ernie, the class of 2021 was able to bond over prayer, fruit...

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