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.
Few living things can survive an ash flow. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 generated an extremely large ash flow that completely devastated an area of 600 square kilometers.Close to Mount St. Helens forests were striped completely from hills. Trees two meters in diameter were mowed down like blades of grass twenty five kilometers from the volcano.ew living things can survive an ash flow. The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 generated an extremely large ash flow that completely devastated an area of 600 square kilometers.