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.
Abstract. It is difficult to imagine an environmental occurrence leading to the destruction of an entire population. Yet, this is what happened in 79 AD when a volcano, Mt. Vesuvius, erupted near Pompeii, one of the Roman Empire's provinces.This volcanic eruption hid the sun, caused a tsunami, and buried the city, killing its inhabitants.n other words, Pompeii could have become a threat to Rome at any point, as they had during the Social War. This threat, however, was permanently eliminated for Rome when the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (and the subsequent destruction of the environment) caused the fall of Pompeii.