Center for Catholic Education. Michael Graham, S.J., Xavier's President, has committed the University to engaging students intellectually, morally, and spiritually - with rigor and compassion - toward lives of solidarity, service, and success. This is Xavier's Catholic and Jesuit identity and heritage.
On Saturday, Japan's Mount Ontake volcano erupted without warning, surprising several hundred nearby hikers. Plumes of volcanic gas and ash overtook the fleeing hikers and buried nearby lodges and outbuildings. Though most of the people on Mount Ontake that day were able to escape.
Chapter 3. Environmental Response I. Volcanic eruptions release tremendous amounts of energy, a portion of which is converted into potential energy in the placement of lava hardened to rock on the slope of the volcano. The most basic interest of ecologists is how organisms interact with their environment.