Mainstream Baptist (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Mark Gstohl, Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Xavier University of Louisiana, has published an essay on the Religion Dispatches weblog about the Southern Baptist Convention's affirmation of the "War on Christmas." Here's a quote: What Southern Baptists are seeking is for employers to force their employees to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Would Christian employees be comfortable being...
HBCU Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Three tennis players from Xavier University of Louisiana -- sophomore Anastesia Opata and seniors Dominique Bell and Miroslav Vukicevic -- were named Friday to NAIA All-American teams. Opata, from Lawrenceville, Ga., was selected to the women's first team. Bell, from...
HBCU Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Courtesy: Xavier(La.) University Sports Information Led by Dominique Bell and Anastesia Opata, 13th-ranked Xavier University of Louisiana defeated McKendree 7-2 Monday in the opening round of the NAIA Women's Tennis Championship at Mobile Tennis Center. The Gold Nuggets (17-7) ended...
HBCU Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Courtesy: Xavier (La.) University Sports Information The Xavier University of Louisiana women's tennis team earned one of 10 at-large bids Monday to next week's NAIA National Championship. It will be the third trip to the national tournament for the Gold...
HBCU Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Xavier University of Louisiana added another accolade to its athletic trophy case, with men's and women's tennis finishing in the NAIA national rankings for the fourth and third years, respectively. While their place in the Gold Coast Athletic Conference and...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
John McCain on Thursday directly confronted what many perceive as one of President Bush's most monumental failures.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 04/25/2008
Sen. John McCain yesterday blasted the Bush administrations handling of Hurricane Katrina as "disgraceful," declaring...
AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 03/26/2008
Register now for this unique conference on New Orleans’ role in the black music diaspora, the first in a series of conferences on the black music diaspora from the Center for Black Music Research, CBMR.org/ Paper Sessions The New Orleans event will feature commissioned papers by Thomas Brothers (Duke University), Samuel Kinser (Northern Illinois University), Nick Spitzer ( American Routes radio program...
Michael Homan (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
Water damaged every building on Xavier's Campus in August of 2005 after the levees broke My employer, Xavier University of Louisiana, last week learned that the U.S. Supreme Court would not hear its appeal. Earlier a federal appeals court ruled that Xavier and other institutions and homeowners could not sue their insurance companies for repairs if the insurance policies excluded flood coverage.
Targuman (Free subscription) | 02/25/2008
Although we are no longer there in body our thoughts remain with NOLA and Tulane. The success of the universities will play a major role in the recovery of the city. New Orleans Colleges See Surge in Applications Applications have jumped nearly 100 percent at Tulane University compared with this time last year, the paper reports. [...]
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to offer help to Hurricane Katrina victims who want their insurance companies to pay for flood damage to their homes and businesses.The justices rejected appeals from Xavier University and 68 other individuals and businesses seeking to allow their lawsuits against the insurers to go forward.Xavier asked the court to step in after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to offer help to Hurricane Katrina victims who want their insurance companies to pay for flood damage to their homes and businesses.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 02/19/2008
The Supreme Court has refused to offer help to Hurricane Katrina victims who want their insurance companies to pay for flood damage to their homes and businesses.
Library Chronicles (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
As a rule, this site generally does not endorse candidates for public office because Such persons rarely if ever deserve anyone's tolerance much less approval. Nobody in their right mind cares what this site thinks anyway. However, this weekend provides us with a (perhaps one-time only) exception to these rules (at least to the first one). If you are a Democrat and choose to vote for any of the Orleans...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008
By Anonymous Jan. 21 Interfaith Service, 10-11:30 a.m. at Holy Name of Jesus Church, 6331 St. Charles Ave. The service is part of the Xavier University of Louisiana, Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans and Dillard University's annual Martin Luther King Week of Peace.
