September 1976 issue 01 Loquitur

0 LOOUITUR Vol. XXIII,

No. 1

Cabrini College, Radnor, Pa.

.September, 1976

Cabrini Names New Chaplain

by Gene Hutter

Whippleheads foodservice

by Sue O'Hagan

Charles E. Whipple is the new Saga Food Service manager at Cabrini for the 1976-77 school year.

Mr. Whipple, a 1975. Dennison University (Ohio) graduate with a B.A. in history, is a former teacher.

After taking an interest in food management, he trained at Colgate University and joined the Cabrini staff.

Food management is a very touchy subject. No one can cook like mom! But Whipple is ready for the challenge.

Though he doesn't guarantee a cuisine "just like Mom's," he doP,S intend to please as many students as possible.

Whipple needs the support of the college community in his efforts to improve food quality, create a varied menu, provide balanced nutrition, and "spruce things up a little." He feels his mast valuable and vital tool is community feedback.

If last evening's meal was terrific, say so! If breakfast could be improved, don't complain among yourselves - drop him a line. Better yet, talk to him in person.

This type of working relationship can make the difference between a good meal and a great meal, Whipple feels.

an assuming his new position at Cabrini, Father places his primary concern in being a part of the Cabrini family, whereby he might exercise his availability. "My biggest hope is to have an on-going campus community. The priesthood today is not a closed-shop deal. I am here and I am to go out to be available to the students, the faculty, and the alumni. My function here is what the Cabrini community makes it."

Rev. Thomas A. Piechocinski has been named chaplain for Cabrini College.

Father formerly served as director of student personnel services at Holy Spirit High School, Absecon, N.J ., and as associate pastor at Epiphany Roman Catholic Church, Longport, N.J. Because of his deep interest in young people as well as in higher education, Fr. Piechocinski -was granted permission by the Most Rev. George H. Guilfoyle to work outside the Diocese of Camden.

Goldberg fills special ed spot

by Cynthia DeRitis Mrs. Margaret Goldberg, Lecturer in Special Education, is a new member of Cabrini's faculty this year.

She attended the University of Wisconsin as an undergraduate. After graduating from there, she taught for one year at the Sabold School in Springfield, Pa. Mrs. Goldberg did her graduate work at the University of Pittsburg where she received her Master's Degree in Special Education.

For three years she taught at the Lower Merion School.

Prior to her position at Cabrini, Mrs. Goldberg supervised teachers enrolled in the Certification Program at Penn State .

The two courses Mrs. Goldberg is teaching this semester at Cabrini are Introduction to Special Education and Diagnostic Perspective Teaching.

Mrs. Goldberg feels Cabrini has an "interesting population of students." She comments, "The students are involved, concerned and give of themselves."

Dianne Kerrplansto workfor students

by Gene Hutter

~1iss DiJnne M. Kerr, Coordinator of Special Education, has been appointed Acting Dean of Students., replacing Sister

Mona Hallock.

Miss Kerr says that "the role of Dean of Students should be one characterized as an advocate for students, seeing her

role as working for students rather than to be an administrator."

Excited about this one-year assignment, Miss Kerr looks forward to working for the students and their concerns.

Library Ripoff:

How manydo you have?

Meet Shelly!

by Fran MacDonald The next time you go to the library and find out that the book you want isn't there, don't blame the librarians, don't blame the library, don't blame the school.

Blame the person who sits next to you in class, blame your roommate, blame yourself.

In an inventory taken over the summer months, Mrs. Gough, head librarian, reports over 8,000 books missing. These are not just books that were never returned, many are books that were never checked out and, therefore, are stolen books.

Periodicals have not been spared. In addition to the book losses, Mrs. Gough reports that "More than 1200 separate issues of periodicals are missing." Furthermore, she adds, "unless these periodicals are available on an exchange basis from other academic libraries, they are virtually impossible to replace."

My first question is "WHY"? Is it that much trouble to check out a book and to return it when you're done? I doubt if anyone who has stolen books from the library realizes what they're doing to next semester's tuition. The money to replace these books has to come from somewhere, so you can pretty well assume it will come from the pockets of the students.

What makes matters worse, some of these books cannot be replaced. Some are out of print and there are others which are valuable reference books that Cabrini may not be able to afford to replace.

So now Cabrini has been forced to institute security measures. If you've read the papers lately, you'll already know that schools like LaSalle and the University of ¡ Penn., who share our problem, have installed electronic devices to detect books being taken from the library. Cabrini's methods aren't that drastic - yet. Windows and doors have been screened and barred and an inspection station has been set up at the door.

Eventually, if the problem does not decrease, turnstiles will be installed as a further method of detection.

C~llege administrators and authorities in various institutions say increased competition for grades and jobs have caused the outbreak of stealing in college libraries. I call it sheer selfishness. Students are depriving other students of the right of using the library by stealing the books for their own personal use.

With a library the size of Cabrini's, the students cannot afford to lose any more books. So, it is up to the students to make sure that the books are still left in the library stay there. Check _your books out and return tlrem ¡on t_ime. If you know anyone who has a book that belongs to the library, convince them to drop it in the return box in front of the library. That way, no questions will be asked and the library will have one less book to account for. Make it known that periodicals can be checked out overnight for special reasons through the head librarian. There is no need to steal, just ask.

It's probably too late to save most of the books and periodicals that have disappeared from Cabrini's shelves. Not it is up to the students to make sure that we don't lose any more.

by Sue O'Hagan

The Cabrini College Admissions Council is among the many offices to report a change in personnel.

As of September 1, Michele Marra of Springfield, Pa. is employed in the Admissions office along with Mrs. E. Oristaglio, Ms. Donna Sadowski, and Ms. Carol Scarcelle. Michele, preferably known as Shelly, is not a stranger to the halls of Cabrini. She is a former student who graduated in May of 1975 with a B.A. in English. After graduation, Shelly was employed by the General Binding Corp. in King of Prussia as an office manager. When notified of the opening in admissions, Shelly took the job as admissions counselor, confident that her previous public-relations work had been the perfect background for her new undertaking.

Basically, the admissions counselor job entails visiting various high schools, community colleges with the intent of recruiting new students for Cabrini College. Shelly will also be called on to speak at various college nights throughout the school year. Her territory covers areas of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, where she will speak to various groups and distribute literature concerning admission policies and matriculation at a small liberal arts college such as Cabrini.

Of her new job, Shelly cannot say too much due to her recent employment. She does say, however, that she eagerly anticipates every aspect of her work, especicially the travelling and meeting new people.

Letterfrom Sr. Bernadette Dear Membersof CabriniCampus, Moving out west this summer did not afford me the opportunity to say good-bye and to thank as many of you as I would have liked. Sister Mary Louise gave me some parting gifts in the name of Administration and students; they will be

reminders of many days and moments spent on campus. My gratitude will best be expressed in prayerful remembrance.

Three years at Cabrini means accumulating many memories, stories, escapades, and best of all, friendships.

Being across the U.S.A. will not make me

forget, to be sure. I take this opportunity to wish you a very good year, hoping and praying that God's love and peace will accompany each of you.

Thank you again. Have a good year!

Sister Bernadette Anello, M.S.C.

How UnusualWasYour Summer?

by Janet Gennaro

While I spent a large part of my summer trying to avoid mosquitoes, Legionnaire's Disease and "Afternoon Delight" (the song), many of my colleagues at Cabrini spent the summer of '76 in unusual and profitable fashions .

Two students from Cabrini's Language Department, Lisa Burdo '78 and Natasha Pelaez '78, spent the month of August touring and studying in Spain . The trip, sponsored by the Villanova University Language Department, was a comb ination of education, culture, and entertainment.

The group toured all over Spain, but 1according to Natasha, they "stayed mostly in Madrid and went to classes during the week in the morning ."

Lisa and Natasha each took two courses while they were in Spain. Natasha said, "Our teachers were tough, but I learned a lot." While in Madrid they stayed in a "residencia," which is like an apartment compl ex with individual . efficiencies .

Natasha said she would definitely like to return to Spain, but next time she would rather go on her own . Lisa would also like to return to Spain, "but not for a whole month ."

In comp aring Spain with the U.S., Natasha noted , " The only kind of graffitti they have is political."

Judy Clay '78, who worked on Cabrini's maintenance staff during the summer, took off to Montre al where she had a " bar 's eye view of the Olympics."

She said, "Things were expensive and crowded, but it was an experience. The peo ple were very hospitable, and there was no problem speaking ; the people there are bilingual."

Edda Pitassi '77 applied for a magazine internship, a program sponsored by the Magazine Publisher's Association. She was one out of twenty-eight students selected nationwide, and spent her summer in New York working on the staff of

Pensions and Investments.

Edda said that she did a lot of writing, and was glad tor the opportunity to work for a newsmagazine. "It was a terriffic discipline," she said,"trying to get your own thoughts in order."

Edda's experience this summer proved that "what you learn here at Cabrini can be used outs ide." Edda explained, " I was very gratef ul tor taki ng journalism I and The Development of Mass Media course here. It helped me this summer ."

Another two students from Cabrini's Language Department, Nga Dao '79 and Dorinda Russell '79, acted as interpreters when many foreigners came to Philadelphia for the 41st International Eucharistic Congress. Nga was stationed at Cabrini where she helped interpret ~ rench tor a group ot rrench Canadians who stayed at Cabrini.

Nga said she felt gratified because the people were excited to find someone who could speak their language.

Dorinda acted as a Spanish and French interpreter, and was part of the Hospitality Committee at the Belvue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia during the Congress.

Dorinda said she spent a good deal of time helping a bishop from Uruguay get around the city to the various events . I was scared at first," Dorinda confided, "but I'm glad I did it; it was -unique."

Loretta Alioto '79, was also involved in the Eu<:haristic Congress. She was a member of the chorus in the play "Miracie of the Bread" at the Rob in Hood Dell.

In addi t ion, Loretta appea red as a peasant refugee on the Hunger for Justice float in the opening day parade for the Congress.

"It was an experience, '¡ Loretta said, "I felt I was amidst very good peop le; everyone was so considerate and kind ."

Lorraine Matteo '78, spent her . summer packaging Slim Jims, a meat ' product similar to beef jerky, "It was a boring job," Lorraine said, "but the money was good ." She said it got so boring that she would save her evening prayers for the next day at work . "It's a great job if you have the mentality of a sixth grader," she said.

Barbara Wolfington, a part-time student at Cabrini, started her summer by gettin g a school bus driver's license. She then went to work as a school bus driver for Radnor Township. "I made enough money the first week to buy plane fare down to Florida," Barb said, " .. . then I split."

After spending five weeks in Florida, Barb came back to Bus no. 20. She enjoy driving the bus, but she is not very enthused about the passengers. "It requires an incredible amount of patience," Barb explained, "but for $4.1 O an hour, I'd do anything!"

Well, mosquitoes have now disappeared, Legionnaire's Disease may remain a mystery forever, and Afternoon Delight has dropped from the charts. But for many people at Cabri ni, the memories of summer of '76 may last forever, or at least until next summer.

These AreTheTimes ThatTryMen'sSouls

by LorraineMatteo Which men? The freshmen, of course.

Being an upperclassman I didn't have to report to Cabrini for registration until September eighth. My summer job had ended and I was bored, so I came up a day early.

What a day! The halls were mobbed with new freshmen . Watching them I realized how uncomfortable one can be in an unfamiliar situation. It gets to the point wh ere one must ask for help or be left in some dark corner crying in frustration and confusion, "I know I'm a resourceful freshmen but I want my mother!!"

Some freshmen chose to test their resourcefulness. There were the run of the mill problems for these new students such as: finding out you're scheduled for Basic Playdoh 101 on Wednesday. But that can't be because the registrar says there is no such course. If it was Basic Pinball Playin g Techniques you signed up for the class was cancelled due to the fac~ the pinball machines are missing.

And then there's the male studen t's dilemm a. He innocently walks into the ladies room instead of the men's rest room. But can he help it if he's on the second floor of Sacred Heart Hall and has to make a visit - only he can't waste time going downstairs?

The one freshman I had the most sympathy for was the guy in front of me in the lunch line. He stood at the cashier's table pulling out his dollar bill. "Aren't you a resident?" she asked. "Yeah, why?" "Well, you already paid for your food in the room and board bill ," she explained. "Oh yeah, I keep forgetting," he mumbled turning slightly pink, as he replaced his wallet in his back pocket.

He picked up his tray and started off when he heard, "Hey, wait a minute, what's your number?" "My number ... ," he thought to himself, "Oh they told me it'd be Iike this. I'm only here for a day and already some girl wants ... " "Your number,could I have your number?"

"Sure," the freshman replied gleefully, "It's area code 632 ... "

â&#x20AC;˘ t HaveYouNoticed A Change 10 Cabrini

by BarbaraMcHugh Cabrini College has grown and changed a lot in the past three or four years . This continuous process of growth has caused a change in atmosphere.

Cabrini seem s to have more of a campus life and a college air. For instance, this Saturday, a group of students got together for a softball game.

If you had walked on the field at the time, you would have seen freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors getting to know each other without the problem of class distinction. You would have seen students, both male and female, interacting only two weeks after the start of the semester.

Susa n Snyder, a senior, says, "Cabrini has definitely grow n tremendously in the three years I've been here . My freshmen year, I know of, feared, and respected the seni ors, only because they let me know they were SENIORS and it was beneath them to associate with a lowly frosh. This year, it doesn't matter who's a frosh, who's a soph , or who's a junior, bec ause they're all people, and at this stage, class or age shouldn't make a difference."

Other upperclassmen are aware of Cabrini 's growth also . Karen Bruetsch, an

upper- classman beginning her third year here, comments, "I don't know what the change could be attributed to, but I can definitely tell that since last year something's come about. I think maybe it's that we're more unified."

Commuter-resident interactions have also changed Cabrini's atmosphere . Mrs. Estelle Oristaglio, Director of Admissions, told the Loquitur that there used to be a definite distinction between residents and commuters.

She explained that now,

commuters and residents seem to be on a more equal balance. Mrs. Oristaglio also stated that there seems to be a more widespread participation in club activities.

One of the biggest changes at Cabrini took place when the primarily female campus voted in the first male Student Government president in the history of the school. This took place three years ago. Since then, the sports program has added a men's collegiate basketball team, a coed soccer clinic, and a Women's varsity volleyball team. Cabrini has seen the opening of the first male dorn on its campus and I am sure that there are more changed ahead.

ResourceCenterEstablished

by Edda Pitassi If you already have a job lined up when you graduate from Cabrini, you are a lucky person .

But if you're sti ll frustrated and undecided about a career choice, the Cabrini alumni resource center might be the first place to go for advice and guidance .

The alumni resource center is a result of the 1975 survey in connection with Middle States evaluation. In the survey, Cabrini alumni were asked to identify areas they fe lt the college needed to develop.

Thirty-eight percent of the respondents felt that the career guidance and job placement they received as undergraduates was poor. This confirmed that a rea l need existed at Cabrini to improve services in this area.

Miss Jacqueline Roddy, VP of development and public relations, helped a board determine how the alumni could start a resource center.

Although Cabrini does not have a ci.!reer placement service, 65% of the graduates responding to the survey rated their Cabrini education "good to excellent" in preparing them for their major fields, noted Miss Roddy .

Agreeing to serve as Liaison between undergraduates and the participating alumni is Rev. Thomas A. Piechocinski , Cabrini's chaplain and coordinator of counseling services.

A master card file containing various career and occupational categories will be located in Father Tom's office in the library.

Father Tom will be in the library from 10 to 11 :30 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m.

Within each career category there will be a card for every graduate who has agreed to provide information in that field. A description of the graduate's current job respons ibilities is usually listed.

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Pinocchio Season Starts

Campus Hosts Visitors

by L1s.tSherwood

by Gene Hutter

The Theater Lab of Cabrini College enthusiastically looks forward to an exciting season with the opening of "Pinocchio."

The Little Theater will open Saturday, October 30, played in a lighthearted atmosphere ot an audience in the round.

The excitement and fantasy will permeate the minds of actors and audience alike.

Carlo Collodi 's "Pinocchio," adapted for Cabrini's use by the theater students, will be directed by faculty member Dan Perna, who has directed many of Cabrini's finest performances.

The cast for the production has been selected. Mary DiJoseph will be seen as the impish boy-puppet, Pinocchio. Other characters are: Stephen Pedan¡o as the Cricket; Mark Donohue as Gepetto; Marie Pizzuto, the Fairy; Susan Snyder, the Fox; Lea Bisconte, the Cat; Sal Barabuscio as Stromboli; Anne Callaghar as Candlewick; Rick Godfrey as the Coachman.

Assisting Dan Perna is Gene Hutter as Production and Stage Manager, with Grace Armideo as Music Director, and Dan Langan as House Manager and Set Crew.

The dates of the performances are October 30, 31, November 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, at 2 :30 p.m. Admission is $ 1.00. For group reservations call the Theater Office at 687-2100, Ext. 54.

Summer~ at Labr1n1 can be "different."

Arthur Young, Director of Summer Residency, along with Nancy Denton, Director of Resident Life, and students Joe Reilley, Judy Clay and Ed Stevens found out how as they spent the summer at Cabrini hosting various groups of campus visitors.

The Rotary Clubs' "Future Leaders of America" and the Wheelmen were two of these groups. Celebrating their 100th anniversary, the Wheelmen rode penny-farthing bicycles from Dearborn, Michigan.

The Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart (Cabrini Sisters) were gathered here for the Eucharistic Congress and an international meeting of their order .

A group of French Canadians were Bicentennial visitors. Although there was a language barrier, it is agreed that this was the most lively and entertaining group.

In addition to all this activity, schedules and buildings were made ready for the 76-77 school year and Summer Division classes were held.

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"Obsession., : love and fright

by Barbara Polomano

Obsession: the state of being harassed or haunted with an idea, desire, emotion, etc . That's the dictionary definition. It is also the main theme of an excellent new movie that's currently at area theatres, ''Obsession.''

"Obsession" is, strangely enough, .a combination of a thriller and a love story starring Cliff Robertson and Genevieve Bujold.

Robertson and Bujold play Michael

and Elizabeth Courtland, wealthy sophisticates of the late 1950s.

The first scene involves a tenth anniversary party for the Courtlands.

That same evening, Elizabeth and their daughter Amy are both kidnapped with a ransom demand of a half of a million dollars. And so the action starts rolling.

After withdrawing the money from the bank, Michael seeks the advice of the police. The police insert a microphone into the briefcase full of money . The kidnappers discover the bug , and as a result, Michael's wife Elizabeth is killed.

Here the "obsession," the theme of the movie, is formulated. It's quite an appropriate title, for throughout the rest of the movie, Michael is obsessed with the idea that he killed his wife.

Following Elizabeth's death, the movie develops into a beautiful and unusual love story.

The movie may be compared to an unassembled jigsaw puzzle. Throughout the film the viewer simply c.mnot assemble the puzzle. The pieces just don't seem to fit. But alas! In about 10 minutes toward the end of the film, all of your "why's" (Why did he do that? Why did she say that?) are answered and the puzzle forms a marvelously completed picture. Here the love story brings the audience to an unexpected, totally shocking conclusion .

My own conclusion is that the movie was excellent.

It'll keep your eyes attentively glued to the screen. You won't even be able to drag yourself away to get popcorn!

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Soccer Clinic: Cabrini Kicks Off

by Maureen Larkin

by Joan Buonanno Under the proposal of Mrs. Helen Goodwin, assistant professor of Physical Education at Cabrini College , the policy of having lett er grades with credit for gym was approved in April at the Academic Council meeting and is in effect starting this semester. This grading system is intended to make students accountable for excessive cuts and to allow those who actively participate some measure of satisfaction.

A marking system had existed in the past, yet credit was not given. As a result of student request, this was changed to a pass-fail with credit method. A grade in gym will now be added into the cum as in any other course, however, it will not have a dramatic effect since gym is a half credit.

Mrs. Goodwin hopes that as a result of this policy, an atmosphere of enthusiasm for physical education will be created and shared by more than just a few students.

Openfor Use!

by Joan Buonanno The gym is now open Monday through Thursday nights from 7 P.M. to 10 P.M. and on Sunday afternoons from 2 P.M. to 5 P.M .. Dr. Girard suggested that the gym be available more frequently for student use. There is an assigned supervisor to hand out equipment.

All facilities arc open for use including the new weight room, volleyball nets and balls, and basketballs, except on nigh ts when inter-collegiate activitites are taking place.

The Physical Education Department has a new addition to its fall sports.

Starting this year, soccer will join the list of sports playe d by Cabrini students. A clinic, under the direction of Dr.Craigic, has been started.

The clinic is held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon from 3:00 till 4:30 on the hockey field which ha s been converted into a soccer field.

The first set of instructions were given on Monday, September 20th. The clinic is opened to all students, regardless of sex.

It is expected that the clinic will continue till early November.

Women Volley Again

by Joan Buonanno For the first time, Cabrini College has a varsity and junior varsity women's volleyball team. Last year Cabrini had a success f u I season playing as Eastern College's junior varsity.

Since the volleyball schedules arc made two years in advance and due to a lack of interest the sport was dropped at Eastern. Cabrini chose to follow Eastcrn's forfeited schedule.

Mrs. Goodwin who coached the ) V team last season is sharing the responsibilities of coach with Barbara Gould, a graduate of Eastern College in '7 5 where she played volleyball for all four years. She is in the Masters Program for Educational Research at West Chester

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Students can get what they need and from there, go to the alumni office (located in the mansion) where another card file is maintained. This file has the graduate's name, address and where and how he or she can be reached . Most alumni indicated they can be reached by phone or letter, at home or at work .

"The prospects for the growth of the center are promising," said Miss Roddy, adding that the recent alumni bulletin is soliciting additional volunteers.

State College where she also works as a Graduate Assistant.

Miss Gould is volunteering her time to the team in order to gain some experience.

There is a big turn out of interested girls for the team with an especially good showing of freshmen. Practice time is spent on getting in shape, working on basic skills, and developing offense and defense strategies.

Both coaches agree that with practice the season looks promising for the women's volleyball squad. The Cabrini team is up against a thirteen game schedule with neighboring colleges and universities and will need student support of games to urge them on to a winning season.

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL lmm, ,;;ulata Thursday 9/23 Chestnut Hill Tuesday 9/28 Thursday Harcum 9/30 Bryn Mawr Wednesday 10 /6 Temple Thursd ay 10/7 Gwynedd-Mercy Monday 10/11 Rosemont Thursday 10/14 Swarthmore Monday 10/18 Villanova Wednesday 10/20 Pharmacy Thursday 10/21 Cheyney Thursday 10/28 Tuesday LaSalle 11 /2 Thursday Textile 11/4 Varsity Tournament November 6 0

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Some of the techniques that the students have learned include passing, trapping and side line throwins.

The student body's response to the clinic was very enthusiastic according to Dr. Girard, the Men's Athletic Director.

As a result of this, scrimmages have been tentatively scheduled between Pinebrook and Eastern Christian College's soccer teams.

It is the hope of Ors. Girard and Craigic that this program will receive the same enthusiastic response in the future so that soccer may become a permanent fall sport at Cabrini.

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