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Campus News A&EThe Warrior Run is awarding grants to students and student groups for raising awareness about mental illnesses.

The announcement of Trevor Noah as Jon Strewart’s replace-ment on “The Daily Show” sparked controversy.

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The Xavier community took a moment to acknowledge the many social injustices that have been taking place across the coun-try and around the world. The Center for Interfaith Community Engagement invited students, faculty and staff to the Circle of Peace vigil on March 29.

The event served as a symbol of soli-darity for those who have suffered from discrimination and injustice and offered Xavier students an opportunity to come together and show their support.

“I think this has just been a very dif-

Center for Interfaith Community Engagement Rabbi Abie Ingber said. “From the tragic kill-ing of the three Muslim stu-dents at UNC, the racist rants on the bus at the University of Oklahoma, the Ferguson case, in Staten Island, in Cleveland, the Boko Haram abduction of

young Nigerian women, just the world seems to be on the verge of madness, some perhaps more pessimistic (people) would say we have already entered into

madness.” The event was original-

ly intended to be held on the Academic Mall between the McDonald Library and Hinkle Hall, but inclement weather caused the event to be moved in-doors to the atrium of Gallagher Student Center (GSC).

All the lights in GSC were

dimmed as students, faculty and

ceremony. The vigil began with an introduction by Ingber, and was followed by President, Fr.

Michael Graham, S.J. as the key-note speaker.

This was followed by a can-dlelit portion of the vigil, headed by Graham. Students took turns lighting each other’s candles and then came together in song for “Dona Nobis Pacem.”

“I think that it is arguably true that all hardships become light-

Students unite in Circle of Peace

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) is an annual campaign brought to the Xavier community through a series of events sponsored by local clubs and organizations during the month of April.

A key goal of the movement is to educate students about prevention measures for sexual violence.

A study by Hill & Silva (2005) reported that nearly two-thirds of college students in the United States experience harassment, and less than 10 percent of the victims tell a college or university employee.

According to Kate Lawson, Xavier’s Title IX Coordinator, limiting the problem is possible through dynamic participation

and communication.“Sexual violence impacts all

of us, and together we have the power to end it,” Lawson said. “(Conversation) must engage the vast major-ity of students in healthy sex-ual and inter-personal rela-tionships so that they can live and lead our outreach, education and prevention ef-forts as active bystanders.”

The move-ment informally began in the

-nization known as “Take Back

marching protest against rape and sexual assault. Similar events

were coordinated throughout the nation, and SAAM became rec-ognized as a national campaign

in April 2001. President Barack

the United States to formally kick off the campaign in 2009 and con-tinues to deliver the proclamation each year.

“We can change our cul-ture for the better by standing to-gether against the quiet tolerance of sexual assault and refusing to accept the unaccept-able,” Obama said in reference to SAAM 2015 on April 1 at the

White House.Xavier students interested in

participating in SAAM can at-

Sexual Assault Awareness MonthPrograms target prevention on campus

tend events such as the “Take Back the Night” march and can-dlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. on April 23 at the Cincinnatus Statue at Sawyer Point.

On “1 in 5 Day” students will

-en who experience sexual assault during their college years.

There will also be vari-ous movie screenings and dis-cussions, such as the “Sexual Violence in LGBT Communities and Relationships,” a conversa-tion led by the Buckeye Regional Anti-Violence Organization, and “My Masculinity Helps,” a doc-

-ence of African American men in preventing sexual violence.

For more information on SAAM, visit www.nsvrc.org/saam.

Male students don high heels to participate in the annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event, which supports survivors of sexual abuse and assault.

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XU students to recognize Deaf Awareness WeekBY ANDREW KOCHEditor-in-Chief

Students can be exposed to a new way of communication as the Sign Language Club will host a number of events from April 19 to 23 to celebrate Xavier’s Deaf Awareness Week.

Some of the events include sign language bingo on April 20 and a deaf festival on April 23.

An American Sign Language (ASL) interpretor will also be present at the 4 and 10 p.m. masses on April 19 at Bellarmine Chapel.

“We are trying to promote the fact that being Deaf is not a disability and that [people who are Deaf] have an amazing cul-ture in our country that many don’t know about,” Secretary of the Sign Language Club Darcie Haskins said.

More than 220 students are currently enrolled in ASL classes, making ASL the largest language program on campus. While no

-ed, linguists believe that between 250,000 and 500,000 Americans use ASL.

will be posted around campus to learn more about the week’s events.

er if they are carried in unison,” Ingber said. “To bring our Xavier community together and to say, ‘we are all impacted not by exact-ly the same event in exactly the

same way.’” “But we are all touched, we

are all hurt and we have to com-mit ourselves to create a world starting at our doorstep here at Xavier and getting broader into the world community a world of peace,” he said.

The event was closed with remarks from Student Government Association Legislative Vice President-Elect Josh Devinceno, and the group sang “We Are Called.”

Ultimately, students had the chance to make deeper connec-tions with themselves and oth-ers right here on campus.

“Although we can look at instances like Ferguson and say

racial tension only exists there in St. Louis, that’s false,” senior

Circle of Peace volunteer Emily Spring said. “It’s a way to show that these things are happening right here at Xavier University and exist in Cincinnati, and as a Jesuit university it’s important that we talk about that and come together and embody that soli-darity that our Jesuit values have taught us.”

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The Cincinnati Warrior Run and Xavier are offering grants ranging from $100 to $750 to students and student groups interested in raising awareness about mental health is-sues and suicide prevention on campus. Grants will be awarded to those who propose an event or project about mental health is-sues on campus.

Those who are awarded grants will be-gin their project next semester and are expect-ed to complete it by Oct. 1 for pre-sentation during Wellness Week.

“The goal is to get together with your colleagues and think of something you’d love to do, whether it’s out on the mall or at a classroom, and propose it, and you don’t have to think about it again … until you come back in August,” Sean Rhiney, director of the Eigel Center for Community-Engaged Learning, said. “The goal is for it not to be burdensome.”

Applications must include a description of the project or event and explain how it will pro-mote mental health education on Xavier’s campus. It must also in-

clude a request for an amount be-tween $100 and $750 and a budget supporting that amount.

Each grant is taken from a $5,000

Warrior Run College Challenge.

In October 2014’s Warrior Run, the competing universities were scored by the ratio of stu-dent participants to total enroll-ment, number of service hours before the event and amount of funds raised for the Warrior Run.

Warrior Run College Challenge, the Warrior Run actually began in October 2008 as the Jim Miller Memorial Mile. Nancy Eigel Miller started the event following the death of her husband Jim Miller.

Jim worked at Xavier for 25 years as director of Gallagher Student Center and advisor to the Student Government Association

before ending his life in July 2008.All proceeds from the 5K Warrior

Run are given to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center to assist their suicide prevention program. Since 2008, the Warrior

Run has raised over $300,000 for Children’s.

In addition to the grant, a $1,500 schol-arship will be awarded to one student who is either passion-ate about mental health preven-tion on campus or has recovered from a mental ill-ness and learned skills at Xavier

to cope. Students and faculty can nominate those who they think are eligible or themselves.

Grant applications will be ac-cepted until April 27 and can be submitted to eigelcenter@xavier.edu. Applicants must write a 500-word essay or create a short video explaining their eligibility.

“I think one of the most pow-erful things about our campus is when (the students) create things

said. “Because then people go be-cause you created it and you know what you want to see and hear, and I think that’s the empowering piece about this.”

Warrior Run offers grants, raises awareness about campus suicide

With registration for next semester at a close, many students have

However, a new waitlisting system has been implemented to ease the process for frustrated students in the future.

Xavier’s new waitlist system is much more streamlined and respon-sive this year. Students are now able to see where they are on the wait-list and are given 24 hours to register for the class when a seat opens.

Students are waitlisted when registering for a closed class. If a “reg-istration add error” appears on the screen while adding a class, it is likely that the class is closed. If a section is closed, students can change the status of their class from “closed” to “waitlisted.”

—If the deadline to register af-ter receiving the email passes and you are still interested in register-ing for the class, you may apply to the waitlist again.

—The waitlist will close after the seventh day of the spring and fall semesters. Refer to the sum-mer calendar to see the waitlist deadlines.

—Be mindful of other classes that are available when on the waitlist for a course. Do not rely on registering for that one course. Luckily, you can still reg-ister for classes in the same time slot while on the waitlist because

-cially registered.

—You may not register for the waitlist for two different sections of the same course.

—You can view your position on the waitlist by accessing your “detailed class schedule” in the Student Hub. The information will be noted under “waitlist position.”

—Not all courses will allow wait-lists. It is up to the department to determine which classes will allow a waitlist.

—You cannot be added to a waitlist if there is a hold on your account.

New Registration Guide

Here are some tips to help students with the new system:

BY JESS LARKINCopy Editor

Photo courtesy of cincywarriorrun.org/CindyZullaRunners participate in the 2014 Warrior Run to raise awareness for mental health issues

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Where do you think you are, Bowser’s Castle?

April 5, 12:48 a.m. – A non-student was arrested for criminal damaging after Xavier Police discovered that the suspect drove his or her vehicle over the stairs between the Musketeer Mezzanine and Hailstones Hall, across the Xavier Yard and down to the stairs between Buenger Hall and Manor House.

March 26, 5:10 p.m. – Xavier Police assisted Residence Life with a room search in Husman Hall. A small amount of marijuana, drug parapherna-lia and prescription pills were

March 26, 11:34 p.m. – Norwood Police informed Xavier Police that they arrested an underage, intoxicated stu-dent at Montgomery Road and Cleneay Avenue.

March 27, 12:09 a.m. – Norwood Police informed Xavier Police that a student was cited for disorderly conduct in the 3700 block of Montgomery Road.

March 27, 11:57 a.m. – Two students reported the theft of property from their rooms in Buenger Hall. The rooms were unlocked at the time.

March 28, 8:32 p.m. – An ex-student who was banned from campus was found in Kuhlman Hall and charged with possession of marijuana and

Edited by: Meredith Francis francism@xavier.edu

March 29, 12:01 a.m. – Xavier Police assisted Norwood Police in the 1900 block of Cleneay Avenue with a group of students. One student was cited for possession of an open container of alcohol.

March 30, 10:13 a.m. – Two students reported the theft of personal property from the art studios at Cohen Hall.

March 30, 8:49 p.m. – A stu-

dent reported that he or she ac-cidentally struck two parked ve-

Victory Parkway. The accident happened when the student dropped a lit cigarette in his or her lap and became distracted.

March 31, 6:10 p.m. – A student reported that his or her parked car had been damaged by a baseball launched from Hayden Field while his or her car was parked in the GSC Lot.

April 1, 4:01 p.m. – A stu-dent reported that his or her car had been broken into in the C-1 Lot. Personal property was stolen.

April 2, 8:20 p.m. – Xavier Police issued a public safety notice when Cincinnati Police informed them of a robbery in

April 2, 11:05 p.m. – Xavier Police issued a public safety no-tice when Cincinnati Police in-formed them of a robbery at the

Avenue and Montgomery Road.

Iran agrees to nuclear deal framework

BY RICHARD MEYERCopy Editor

Photo courtesy of nytimes.comFrom left, European Union representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, British Secretary Philip Hammond and Secretary of State John Kerry meet in Switzerland after reaching the nuclear deal.

A framework for a deal with

nuclear weapons was released on April 2 following a meeting in Switzerland.

Leaders from six world powers

to discuss the agreement that lim-its the country’s nuclear program in exchange for an alleviation of economic sanctions. The coun-tries represented were the United States, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia.

-ber of centrifuges in the country to 6,100 with only 5,000 that en-

10,000 working centrifuges. The reduced number of centrifuges will still be able to be used for re-search purposes.

enrich uranium enough to power parts of the country, but restricts the enrichment to an amount that cannot build a nuclear weapon.

of enriched uranium from 10,000 kilograms to 300 kilograms for the next 15 years. Reducing the centrifuges and the enrichment increases the time it would take to build a nuclear weapon from two months to one year.

using the Fordow nuclear reac-tor, the country’s largest, to enrich uranium for the next 10 years.

The United Nations’

Agency will gain access to all de-clared facilities in order to ensure

-tivity that violates the deal.

Union will be required to lift sanc-

a major constraint on the coun-try’s economy.

The deal has been met with criticism from U.S. Republicans, who have demanded that the deal be put to a vote by Congress.

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SportsSpring woes continue for baseball team

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Busy week for men’s basketballJust because its season is over

does not mean that there are not any updates on the Xavier bas-ketball team. Here are just a few as we begin the countdown to Musketeer Madness:

Big Man’s Big Weekend —After Xavier’s über-talented and Uber-driving senior center broke into the national conscious with his outstanding game in the Sweet Sixteen against Arizona, Matt Stainbrook got to spend another weekend in the spotlight.

Stainbrook was invited to play in April 3’s Reese’s College All-Star Game for graduating seniors at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Playing for the East, Stainbrook -

bounds and two blocks in a 107-89 loss to the West.

Stainbrook then spent a day in-terning for the Dan Patrick Show, a nationally-syndicated radio show also broadcasted on NBC Sports

Network. Wearing his full Musketeer uni-

form, Stainbrook discussed pies and schooled the show’s hosts in an improvised basketball game.

The center also discussed his professional prospects, claiming that he does not think he would be drafted but that he could still make the NBA.

“If I said that I didn’t think I’d have a shot at the end of this month, I’d be a liar,” Stainbrook said. “I believe in myself and think I’m a good player.”

Mack gets another year —After leading Xavier to its third appearance in the Sweet Sixteen in his six years as head coach, Chris Mack’s contract has been extend-ed a year through the end of the 2020-21 season.

This happened less than a year after he received a two-year exten-sion from the university last May that made him the highest paid coach in Xavier history.

While it is unclear if the latest

extension includes a pay raise, his salary of over $1.1 million made him the 39th highest-paid coach in the 68-team NCAA Tournament.

Steele still waiting — Xavier assistant coach Travis Steele still does not have a head coaching job, despite interviewing for the

University job last week. Steele, 31, has been at Xavier

for seven years and is responsible for bringing in Indiana recruits such as Trevon Blueitt and Dee Davis for the Musketeers.

According to an ESPN report, the Butler alum is on the short-list of candidates for the Wisconsin- Green Bay vacancy along with two others. The Phoenix are members of the Horizon League and lost in

-ing with a 24-9 record.

Randolph to transfer — After appearing in just 24 games last year for the Muskies, sopho-more guard Brandon Randolph will transfer.

The former four-star recruit from Inglewood, Cal., was never able to develop into the player that fans and coaches alike hoped he would become.

In his sec-ond season with Xavier, Randolph averaged only 2.1 points per game and fewer than ten minutes per game. In 2014-15, his produc-tion and playing time decreased from the previous season.

Madness excitesIn the midst of gloomy April

weather, we remember the mad-ness that dominated our lives for the past month.

From 3-14 upsets to buzzer-beaters and broken brackets to bragging in the face of your friend, not to mention the infamous “I’m taking notes on my laptop today, I swear,” when everyone in the room really knows you have at least two games streaming side by side. March truly is a different time of year.

For the men’s bracket, early tournament predictions were thought to be all but realized.

There would be a slew of 5-12 upsets, a team was going to make

However, none of the former predictions came to fruition. One may even say that this year was predictably unpredictable.

The Sweet 16 consisted com-pletely of teams that had made that stage of the tournament at

years, and each coach in the Final Four already had a national cham-pionship to his name entering Easter weekend.

While this year did not offer the traditional 5-12 upsets that brack-et enthusiasts have become so accustomed to, 14-seed Georgia State knocked off 3-seed Baylor in the West region while fellow 14-seed University of Alabama-Birmingham toppled Iowa State in the South bracket.

To summarize the 2015 NCAA men’s college basketball tourna-ment: never count out Michigan State as long as Tom Izzo is the coach.

No matter how many

McDonald’s All-Americans and potential NBA lottery picks make up a roster, basketball is still a sport that involves teammates’ ability to work together.

Do not try to convince your-self that you have correctly pre-dicted all aspects of the tourna-ment, you will only drive yourself into further embarrassment.

While Duke was certainly not the biggest underdog to ever win the title, the top-seeded Blue Devils and the referees surprised the college basketball world and helped pick up Coach Mike

And while the undefeated

Wildcats disappointed on the men’s side, the overwhelming fa-vorite on the women’s side once again took care of business.

The University of Connecticut’s women’s tourna-ment run was its usual exhibition of dominance. Until the title game match-up with fellow No. 1 seed Notre Dame, UConn outscored no less than 20 points.

UConn coach Geno Auriemma picked up his tenth title with the

seven titles.Edited by: Brent Raines

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March has been hard on the Musketeers this season. Since March 24, the baseball team’s re-cord has been 1-9.

The single win came from an away game at Ohio University.

The Musketeers totaled nine runs with 15 hits in the game against the Bobcats. Freshman Nate Soria went 3-for-6 at the plate, with three RBIs.

Senior Eric Stiene pitched for -

the mound. Senior reliever Zach Johnson

striking out three and only allow-ing two hits and a single run.

Xavier played a three-game se-

weekend. The team hosted the

7-4.

Jacknewitz prevented the Norse from scoring again. The sopho-

The following day looked bet-ter for the Musketeers.

Senior Adam Hall pitched the

BY BRENT RAINESStaff Writer

one run while striking out six. The Muskies held a 3-1 lead

until the top of the sixth, where

and reliever Johnson.

in the ninth. Xavier rallied but fell short in

BY ANDREW UTZStaff Writer

the bottom of the ninth, dropping

-more Trent Astle threw for six innings and struck out six. Astle only allowed three runs during his time on the mound.

Reliever Sean Campbell was in for only two innings and allowed one run. But the Musketeers fell short in the ninth, ending the se-ries with a 4-2 loss.

During the following week Xavier visited Dayton before the Big East opener later in the week.

The team collected a total of 12 hits but could not overcome the Flyers, suffering an 8-5 loss.

In the Big East opener against Seton Hall, Xavier notched four runs against a steep, seven-run lead posted by the visiting Pirates.

-nings, allowing only three runs and striking out six.

April 4 played host to a double-header between Xavier and the Pirates. The Muskies fell 4-2 at

The Pirates secured the series over the Muskies in the second part of the double-header with a 5-2 win.

The Musketeers play this week-end in a three-game series against the Creighton Blue Jays at TD Ameritrade Park.

BY ADAM TORTELLIStaff Writer

Stainbrook, who was voted to the Second Team All-Big East, scored 805 points in his Xavier career.

Coach Geno Auriemma won his tenth championship with the UConn women’s team.

Freshman catcher Nate Soria attempts to throw out a NKU baserunner. Soria leads the team with a .307 batting average.

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Trevor Noah’s ‘Daily Show’ appointment stirs controversyBY ALEX SPINDLER Arts & Entertainment Editor

Almost two months following Jon Stewart’s announcement that he would depart from his long-running, critically-acclaimed “The Daily Show,” producers stated that correspondent Trevor Noah will take over as host either in late 2015 or early 2016.

However, a slew of critics have pointed to the South African comedian’s Twitter account as reason not to promote him to Stewart’s host spot.

The resultant struggle ignited a

Noah had previously tweeted what some alleged to be offen-sive comments about women and Jewish people.

Over the years, Noah has gar-nered a reputation for being sub-versive and controversial in his comedic style.

From his earliest stand-up rou-tines to his recent work on “The Daily Show,” Noah has attracted polarized reviews for his blunt ap-proach to topics such as racism, sexism and homophobia.

Though many American view-ers may not recognize Noah or his comedy, Noah is well-known on the international stage, primar-ily due to his ability to speak mul-tiple languages.

German, Xhosa, isiZulu, Sotho and Afrikaans.

In response, the producers of Comedy Central, the chan-nel that broadcasts “The Daily Show” have defended their

Noah defended himself and his true perspective on these issues, saying that his progres-sive views and childhood in Apartheid South Africa have shaped his comedy in a way that not only entertains but also sa-tirically brings light to very seri-ous issues.

“To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn’t

my character, or my evolution as a comedian,” Noah tweeted.

Stewart himself supports the decision and believes that a handful of tweets does not

talent. Fellow South African co-

medians Loyiso Gola and John Vlismas congratulated Noah on the appointment and cannot wait to see him succeed.

Noah’s impending succes-sion to the late-night comedy stage comes after many other comedians have relinquished their spots.

James Corden recently took over for Craig Ferguson on “The Late Late Show” on CBS, Larry Willmore converted Stephen Colbert’s “The Colbert Report” into “The Nightly Show,”

also on Comedy Central, and Colbert is expected to succeed David Letterman on “The Late

Show” on CBS. As Noah prepares to take

Stewart’s position in the coming

months, a plethora of both cheers and jeers for Noah’s performance is bound to ensue.

Trevor Noah, with his satirical comedic style, is to take over as ‘The Daily Show’ host in either late 2015 or in 2016.Photo courtesy of youtube.com

‘The Wiz’ to premiere as next live musicalBY ZENAB SAEEDStaff Writer

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Another live musical is in the works at NBC: on March 30, the network announced plans for “The Wiz” to be its next live mu-sical performance program.

“The Wiz” will be NBC’s third live musical, following “The Sound of Music” featur-ing Carrie Underwood in 2013 and “Peter Pan” with Allison Williams in 2014. This decision followed NBC’s announcement in January at the Television Critics Association panel.

The network was choosing be-tween either “The Wiz,” “A Few Good Men” or “The Music Man” for its next live musical event.

The live performance will be produced in conjunction with Cirque du Soleil, which will also bring the show back to Broadway for a revival in the 2016-17 season.

“The Wiz,” based on the clas-sic tale of Dorothy and her ad-ventures with the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion in “The Wizard of Oz,” features an African-American context and cast.

The musical made its debut in 1975 on Broadway, where it fea-tured Stephanie Mills as the lead character Dorothy and earned sev-en of the eight Tony Awards for which it was nominated, including Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Choreography.

In 1978, “The Wiz” was taken to the silver screen under the di-rection of Motown Productions

and Universal Pictures. Though Mills was set to revive

version, singer and actress Diana -

duction if she could have the role

instead.

Lumet, featured Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow, Nipsey Russel as the Tin Man, Ted Ross as the Cowardly Lion, Richard Pryor as the Wizard and Lena Horne as Glinda alongside Ross.

-nated for four Academy Awards, including Best Art Direction and Best Original Music Score, it proved to be both a critical and commercial failure as it underper-

NBC’s “The Wiz” will be pro-duced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, both of whom also pro-duced NBC’s live musicals “The Sound of Music” and “Peter Pan.”

Kenny Lion, a Tony Award-winning director, will direct both the televised live performance and the musical’s Broadway revival.

Although the cast for the live musical event has not yet been announced, the performance is scheduled to air on this coming Dec. 3.

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Feature Edited by: Hollis Conners and Hana Priscuconnersh@xavier.edu

Xavier NewswireApril 8, 20158

BY ALEX SPINDLERArts and Entertainment Editor

Vocals, Keyboards, Composer

Ryan

O’T

oole

Mon

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Andrew Wicklin

Alex

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anny

Con

nolly

Bass guitar, Vocals

Singer, (Rhythm) Guitarist, Composer

Violin

Vocals

Lead guitar

Vocals

J.T.

O’T

oole

Lucy

Hol

den

Max MillerKeys

Mike ReschDrums

Jimmy HoganVocals

Lena VolpeVocals

Hydrangea Members of the Band:

Molly May & the Drunken Widow1.

2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.

10.

A Little Hurt

Five Little Prayers

Peaches

NOT P

ICTU

RED:

Interlude of the

Wayfaring Stranger

Nights in Heaven

Rome

Garnet Stones

(A Long Way From Home)

Bonsoir Lune

Track Listing:Xavier Newswire: Who are the members of your band? How did you all start?

Ryan O’Toole: Basically it started with us saying: who wants to be in a band? It was like hey, I wrote an album. Now I need to pick peo-ple who can help me make that album. I picked a band with friends that I’ve known for a long time, that I went to high school with. Danny is a majestic creature. He is my partner-in-crime and helps me write a lot of the music. There was a group of people I had just on vocals. We are all from the Chicago area.

XN: So, you explained a little of how it all started: writing, composing and then saying let’s try and get a band together.

RO: A lot of the music I wrote my junior and senior years of high school. Then senior

-ter of college, I had a lot of the songs written but I didn’t have very good equipment. So the quality of what I recorded was very much lesser than expected.

here, I thought, “I have some really good mu-

good quality to show to a lot of people.” That’s sort of how the idea started. So I spent second semester of last year rewriting, reworking, so starting in the summer we could get to teaching people the music and recording.

I also reached out to everyone around that time. I talked to Danny and sent out an email that said, “You’ve been selected for this experi-ment, kind-of project.” We called it band camp. We had a Facebook group and everything.

type of music? RO:

that I will write more towards. I’m not going to try to make a reggae or rap album because that’s not where my talents lie.

For this album, it was very centered on folk elements and acoustic sounds. Our violinist has

have a lot more rock moments on the album and also vocal music is a huge thing.

I was in choir with a lot of them in high school. Being in choir, I came to enjoy the beau-ty of choral music. I thought, “How can I put that into a more contemporary kind of feel?” A lot of the songs sound like what I would sing in choir.

One of our Scottish songs is a direct inspi-ration from one of the a capella songs that we

or “sophisticated” music that I brought into my music.

In June, it should be all done and ready to

go. The vocal harmonies are turned-up very nicely. The album creates this sense of con-tinuation. I was very inspired by “Spring Awakening.” I remember listening to the soundtrack and loving the use of strings, and

a violinist. I like how these musicals use many vocalists to create many sounds. I don’t want to be the only one singing on every song.

XN: In your love of music and exploration of music – who inspired you to sing? Who inspired you to write? And, who inspired you to perform?

RO: Singing came from my mom. She’s one of the most beautiful singers I’ve ever heard. It wasn’t until sophomore year that I tried to use my voice for something. She was the one who got me to sing. I’ve loved per-forming for a long time.

I remember in third grade they would al-ways have skits that they would perform. I was always very comfortable being onstage. Around the same time, I started singing when I started performing. People saw that I had

-ally good music as a kid. My dad used to play Johnny Cash and Elvis.

I’d always been a good writer, and there have been people since I’ve started writing that have pushed me. My (favorite) old art-ist is not a very “hipster-y” pick, but it’s the Beatles. I really got into their crazy albums and they’ve inspired me.

A new writer that really inspires me is Frank Ocean. He says stuff that is so per-sonal. He speaks of universal things in words that really speak to me. It’s contemporary language mixed with very abstract thoughts and colors.

XN: When people purchase music they expect certain things from certain artists. What do you hope people get from Hydrangea Benison’s music?

RO: I expect for some people to not like my mu-sic because they might not give it the full time of day. I hope I don’t sound pre-tentious. I open the album with something that will immediately grab people. I really don’t write verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge then chorus.

nowadays don’t give their full at-

seconds, they decide if it’s good or not and then move on. The album is truly a full body of work. The songs are ar-ranged in a way that they connect be-tween every song.

Name:

Year:

Major:

Ryan O’Toole

Sophomore

Music Ed.

Hometown:Chicago

Mom, Beatles, Elvis, Frank Ocean

Benison

Sophomore, sports staff writer

for the Newswire Ryan O’Toole

started the band, Hydrangea Benison

with 10 of his musically-gifted friends.

Photos courtesy of Ryan O’Toole

“The White Lake”