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CampusintrudershocksCabrini by Robin Larkins The direct result of a series of intrusions, encounters and assaults of stud~nts on campus within the past week has been the immediate increase of safety and security measures on campus. Administrative and overall campus concern of safety and security at Cabrini are issues which have emerged and have prioritized themselves to the forefront of campus response, action and discussion as a result of the recent incidents which have occurred. "Who the hell are you?," asked the victims of the initial encounter which occurred at about 3:30a.m. last Thursday (Apr. 26) morning. This question has been repeatedly asked on campus of the identity of a man who was first encountered by Cabrini residents of Maguire House. The females first posed the question when they woke up to find a man kneeling beside one of their beds ·with a white washcloth draped over his face. . This encounter proved to be the beginning of the strange and bizarre string of events which has left Cabrini, a college thought by many to be immune and secluded from such illegal activity, coping with an aura of fear, anger and mystery permeating the air of the entire campus; puzzling Cabrini's own security force, local law enforcement officials and extra security men hired from an outside corrcern to preserve the safety of the campus. Information compiled from those who encountered the intruder thus far lead to a man who fits the description of being a white male around six foot to six foot three inches tall, approximately in his twenties, with wavy sandy to dirty blonde hair having a length down to aroµnd the collar, a
· · medium build, and a blemished complexion. The facts of the incidents present four cases of assault or attempted assaults and numerous reports of encounters with suspicious men fitting the aforementioned description stemming all the way back to suspicious sightings occurring before the Easter break. Specific measures which have been taken regarding the incidents include: The occurence of an immediate meeting involving Sr. Eileen Currie, MSC, president of the college, Sr. Christine Marie Baltas, MSC, dean of students, Mary Ellen Lilly, acting director ofresident life and Mike Caranfa, director of the physical ·plant to discuss courses of action to take regarding the incidents which occured. The substantial increase of security on campus, specifically through the hiring of an additional guard from Wells Fargo Security, an outside firm contracted to help protect the Cabrini campus, until graduation, according to Caranfa. The placement of metal plates around the locks of the doors of the seven houses, to further secure the locks and add extra security against break-in. Contact and cooperation with the Radnor police assigned to the case. Cooperation of the students who could formulate a description of the man they saw by providing police with the details for a comI,>ositesketch. The calling of a meeting of the residency staff by Lilly to present the facts, and to plan strategies to raise awareness in tbe dormitories regarding safety and security. Visits by Lilly to the residences to keep residents informed and to air questions and concerns in a constructive manner. · more intruder on 3
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Fate of new dorm will greatlyaffect residency b D.B. Field Will Counsel Hall be reduced in size or closed down all together? Will two or three of the female houses become male? Will the people at Cabrini East (in the fall semester 1984) have to stay at Cabrini East during the spring
emester of 1981)? No, this is no the plot of a "s:,ap opera." These are the questions surrounding next years residency situation, and apparently the answers depend upon the fate of the new dorm. "We still anticipate the sub-
s · 1 completion of the new dormbymid-October," cePresident for Development and Public Relations John Heiberger said. "By substantial I mean the building itself will be completed. All that will be left is moving in the furniture, laying down the carpet,
etc. Students will be able to move in by the beginning of spring semester 1984 ." (For more information concerning the completion of the new dorm, read "Contractor employs 'fast-track' to keep new dorm on schedule" on page 4.)
Resultsof New Dorm Survey OUTOF THE FOLLOWING 153 FEMALES NO. SURVEYED:
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69 FRESHMEN
41 SOPHOMORES
46 JUNIORS 44 SENIORS
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If the new dorm. is finished by spring it will have a major effect on next year's residency situation, according to Mary Elien Lilly, acting director of resident life . For instance, Cabrini East will be closed, and its residents will be able to move on campus. If the new dorm is all female, and if Counsel is reduced or totally closed down, then two to three of the female houses (depending on how many rooms are required) will become male. (The college administration wants to, at least, reduce the size of Counsel due to the expenses and problems of keeping the old building in condition) Lilly said it is rather unlikely that the new dorm will be all male, because, according to the most recent enrollment numbers, there will not be enough men to fill the two buildings. Lilly also said, however, that if the new dorm were to be one building male and the other building female, then less residency change would be neccessary. (The new dorm is actually two different buildings connected by a walkway.) "The decision regarding the • new dormitory is made by the College Administration, as of this
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SGA review: A look at the 1983-84year
CounselHall holds its first wrestlingnight
The SGA Commentary will do a year-end review of its accomplishments, as well cover the events of Spring Fling Weekend. The SGA section is on pages 6 and 7.
Cabrini students turned into amateur wrestlers in the Counsel Hall sponsored wrestling night. This unusual sporting event took place in the Widener Center Gathering Area . See page 10 for details.