Tag Archives: Xavier University

Xavier University Students & Alums Say ‘We’re Number 330!’

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Campaign Outsider

The Wall Street Journal’s College Rankings came out on Friday and – no surprise, really – Harvard came up number one. The hardworking staff, however, was more concerned with how our alma mater Xavier University (class of ’71) fared in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alma College, Best Colleges in America Ranked by Value, CNN Money, College Rankings, Pacific Lutheran Unversity, pizza ATM, Wall Street Journal, Xavier University | 2 Comments

The Redoubtable Joseph Epstein Likes Xavier University!

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

As the splendid readers of our Two-Daily Town kissin’ cousin know, the hardworking staff is a proud alum of Xavier University, whose basketball team took a Brody in the NCAA West Regional semifinal. But all is not lost! The Musketeers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arizona, Butler, Joseph Epstein, March Sadness, Masters of the Games: Essays and Stories on Sport, Musketeers, NBA, NCAA, Rowman & Littlefield, T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, University of Arizona, Wall Street Journal, West Regional, Xavier University | Leave a comment

Rest In Peace Michael Ford, Political Strategist Extraordinaire

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

I knew Mike Ford before he was Michael Ford. He and I roomed together in 1970, the year he graduated from Xavier University. That Jesuit institution in Cincinnati left an indelible mark on Mike, as strong as Holy Communion or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Campaigns & Elections, Center for the Study of the American Dream, Clinton School of Public Service, cybernetics, Five Myth about the American Dream, Joe Trippi, Michael Ford, michaelfordmemories.com, Mike Ford, pig-and-chicken tale, Ted Kennedy, University of Arkansas, Washington Post, Xavier University | Leave a comment

Habemus Papam (Jesuits Rule! Edition)

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardlearning staff, being a double-Jebbie (Fordham Prep class of ’67, Xavier University class of ’71), couldn’t be more pleased with new Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina. Not that it really matters to us: Our Catholicism lapsed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Black Pope, Cathaholics, double-Jebbie, Fordham Prep, Jesuit, Pedro Arrupe, Pope Francis 1, Xavier University | Leave a comment

Xavier University: Sweet Sixteen But Never Been Kissed

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

As an intermittently proud Xavier University alum, the hardworking staff is of course delighted that the Musketeers vanquished the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 7o-58 in last night’s NCAA bakeoff. As Lehigh Valley Live reported: Xavier University men’s basketball coach Chris Mack brought … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Mack, Elite Eight, Final Four, Go Muskies!, Lehigh University, Lehigh Valley Live, Mountain Hawks, Musketeers, NCAA, Sweet Sixteen, Xavier University | Leave a comment

Go (Home, Alas), Muskies!

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

I’m an even prouder alum of Xavier University (although it’s still unlikely I’ll give them any money) after tonight’s knee-buckling, double-overtime loss to Kansas State in the NCAA hoop hootenanny. Damn! Those K-State shooters had ice icewater in their veins, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged double overtime, Kansas State, NCAA, Xavier University | 1 Comment

Go Muskies!

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

As a proud Class of ’71 Xavier University graduate (full disclosure: I’ve never given them any money, then or now), I was of course thrilled to see the old alma mater on Page One of Tuesday’s New York Times. Headline … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Derrick Jackson, New York Times, Sister Rose Ann Fleming, Xavier University | 4 Comments