As I’ve mentioned previously in this space, I did seven years in Ohio from the late ’60s to the mid-’70s: A four-year stretch at Xavier University in Cincinnati, followed by an extended rehab stint after eight long years of Jesuit education.
(Many of the gory details can be found here, but definitely not for the faint of heart.)
Regardless, as a semi-proud Musketeer, back in 2020 I recorded Xavier’s Wall Street Journal College Ranking among the top 500 U.S. universities.
As I noted at the time, “It’s a bitter pill to be bested by Alma College, but boy, did we kick Pacific Lutheran University’s ass, yeah?”
XU dropped to #359 in 2022, then disappeared altogether from the WSJ’s Top 500 in 2023.
Regardless, I eagerly awaited this year’s rankings, which the Journal published the other day.
Sad to say, Xavier University has stayed missing from the Top 500 this year.
Fun fact to know and tell: Xavier University of Louisiana – the only historically Black, Catholic university in the United States – ranks 405 in this year’s WSJ bakeoff.
So dry your Musketears, Xavier of Ohio alums. At least one XU is representing.
Campaign Outsider 
Hysterical as always!
Thanks!
Took the plunge on the gory details and glad I did. Your New York skills may actually have helped you survive Ohio. What a great combination of scrappy, bookish, and confident enough to get what you needed. The sure recipe for becoming a reporter! And Prof. Eick is priceless. Un mec génial.
Thanks, Jean – you are a most splendid reader.
So glad you met and liked John Eick. He was indeed an amazing guy, one of the best I ever knew.
Still in the ‘gory details’ and could, as always, continue reading forever, mesmerizing and great fun !
Best to ‘the Missus’ or however you spell it….
Thanks, C – you’ve always been at the top of my reader board.
In case you’re also a glutton for punishment, here are the other two stories in the Tale of Three Cities boxed set.
East 89th Street
https://web.archive.org/web/20211025103145/https:/east89thstreet.com/
The Redemption Unit
https://web.archive.org/web/20210117020741/https:/theredemptionunit.com/
Cheers,
JC
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