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.
The actual effects of a Yellowstone super-eruption could be different depending on the size of eruption, the time of year and any number of other factors. How likely is all of this? An event as massive as a super-eruption would change the Earth and our society forever. It's difficult to predict the full devastation that would follow.