cabrinicollege,radnor,pa. 19087
friday,oct. 26, 1984
vol.xxxi,no. 7
Mondale,Reaganstands fuse politicalexplosion cy due · to large budget deficits. Mondale emphasizes his rural background, contending that he can save $10 billion through tighter management of This -is the last a five-part ·series •.'1.,· f farm programs. examining different aspects of the _ ~> , • Mondale promises more federal aid to schools, and new g, focus on scientific and technical research. 1984 Presidential Campaign. Reagan cut student loans and financial aid during his tenure . Cuts were also made in the school lunch program. ,bY Gia DiGiminiani • On the environment issue, Reagan made budget cuts at · the EPA, and experienced irregularities in the agency's Election day is winding down and the two candidates for hazardous waste cleanups and the attempted drilling in · the presidency, Walter Mondale, Democratic nominee and wilderness area by James Watt, former secretary of the Ronald Reagan, Republican incumbent, are battling interior. harder than ever to make their stands on the issues heard. Mondale calls for increasing the EPA budget, acceleratIt is often easy to get caught up in the political garble and ing toxic cleanup and taking strong measures to protect lose track of exactly where the candidates stand; voting public lands. • time comes and many Americans are left undecided on the • In terms of foreign policy, Reagan accuses Mondale of candidate that they want. Reagan and Mondale decidedly offered different versions having a "record of weakness" on defense "second to none," and tlie former vice president responds that Reagan's defiof the nation's troubles: • The economy is an aspect of the campaign which Reagan nition of national strength was to "throw money at the has emphasized, contrasting them with what he refers to as Defense Department." the dismal record of"the Carter-Mondale administration." • Mondale has been attempting to reassure Americans of Mondale chose the high-risk strategy of making his pro~ his strength by professing a platform which calls for annual posal to raise taxes to alleviate the deficit the centerpiece of summit meetings between the U.S. and Soviet leaders. his campaign. Mondale gained his foothold on the budget Mondale holds that he would use U.S . military force if issue by repeatedly challenging Reagan over social necessary to keep oil flowing in the Persian Gulf, and wants security, especially the president's short-lived 1981 plan to to maintain current U .S. troop strength in Europe . trim benefits. Mondale makes the claim that he can cut the Reagan contends that the United States under his current $200 billion deficits in half by 1989, even allowing administration welcomes diversity and peaceful competition. In addressing the United Nations General Assembly for $30 billion worth of new programs. • Much of the farm belt is reeling from the high interest earlier this month , Reagan stated that the U.S . is not ideorates imposed by Reagan , and is heading towa_rd bankrupt logically rigid , but does have principles , and will stand by
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. them. • Mondale accused Reagan of failing in his attempt to deal with arms control and the Soviet Union. Reagan's first meeting with top Soviet leader, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, held six weeks prior to Election Day, scored political points for Reagan, but did little to progress the arms control issue. • Mondale supports a nuclear freeze and Reagan does not . Mondale also stresses his opposition to the MX missile and the B-1 bomber, both favored by Reagan . • In the last few months it had see°'1ed that Reagan's policies in Central America were having successful results, when the story surfaced of a CIA guerrilla manual for the anti-Sandinista contras, whom we are backing , which advocates assassinations of Sandinistas, and the hiring of criminals to assassinate the guerrillas we are supporting in ~rder_to create martyrs. •. Mondale berated Reagan's claim to ignorance of these activities. Mondale's plan, similar to Reagan's present plan, includes: aid to El Salvador, an improved judicial system, and an end to death squads . Mondale advocates putting a stop to U.S. support of rebels fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua , but favors the prohib ition of weapons flowing from Nicaragua into El Salvador . On the whole , Reagan is offering the voters sta bility based upon his record , asking his famous 1980 ques ti on is America better off than it was four years ago? The Pres ident's summation from Kansas City emphasized tha t his • tenure had given America a "new beginning ," while Mondale asserted that America must find new leadership for the "future of the world ."
Computerera integrates modernizationat Cabrini by Bonnie Zischang
Easyas pie Mike Tamburro, junior, exhibits his creative skills by keeping with the traditions of the Halloween season. Carving a pumpkin brings us back to the days of masks and make-up, apples and candy corn, ghosts and goblins and trick or treating with friends~ (photo by Mark Viggiano) '-----------------------------------------'
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The technological advances of the computer age have not excluded Cabrini from its sphere of influence . Man y beneficial resul ts and a handful of disadvan tages have re sul ted from th e installation of the computer system . The installat ion of the centr al pr ocessing unit into the business office and the computer terminals into administrative offices, occured in August oflast year . Representatives from Applied Business Technology (ABT ) came to familiarize the department's operators with the computer and give them basic training. The training program, sponsored by ABT was des igned to give the administra tiv e staff a run down of basic computer opera ti on of th e Wang system. Many offices found this tr aining to be beneficial , particularly t hose wh o were previously fami liar wit h compu te r systems and operations . Others who have never work ed on computer s found thi s to be a new experi ence , sl i ghtl y t o t h eir dis ad vantage because of the ti me factor in volved in learning the tech_nicalities . Robin Larki ns, sen ior, worked with t he Wang system thi s summer for the studen t service s office. Of her experience she commented , "Basicall y I was hired for my word processing experience . My initial job was to learn word processing on the Wang system and then teach it to the other members of the office who C'bviously did not have time or the familiarity with computer s to sit hours at a time and pour over manuals of instructions. I found that the office per sonnel were extremely uncomfortable · with the computer and had a fear of work-
Halloween's not just for kids anymore The Cabrini community has its own way of celebrating Hal1owe en - dances, haunted houses , hay rides and even our own legendary spooky stories. For some seasonal stories, see pages 4 and 5. (photo by Mark Viggiano)
ing with it. " As expected, the installation of the computer system in the business office has been extreme ly he lpful in conse rving a lo of tim e that would normally be spen o long and tedious work. Jim Keches , business manager , as responsible for the conversion and installment of the Wang system and served as the campus liason between ABT and Cabrini . ''The administrative offices are adju sting well to the computerization of their departments. It's funny, after a wl,iile you get dependent on the computer and can't imagine everyday use without it ," Keches said. Although there has been a sense of success generated from the new Wang system , there also has been noticeable problems among some of the offices. The problem, as it seems by general concensus among these offices, is the limited amount of time to learn operation te chniqu es. Mary Ellen Lilly, director ofresid ent life sees this as a problem that te mporarily hinder s he r from sophi sticati n g her knowledge of the Wang. "In order to learn how to operate th e comput er, you must make time to work with it," she sai d . Colleen DiR a ddo , stud ent activities director , is still in t he process of learning about the Wang system . "Righ t now we are still learning how to alter the progr ams . Jim Keches helps us with that . Some tim e in the near future I will be putting TWAC on the computer and the (dean of studen ts) office will be storing other items , such as the handbook , and records of parking tick ets, " DiRaddo said.
SGA'sturn to comment on growth The Student Government Association adds their input to the ongoing issue of growth at Cabrini. For their commentary, as well as the various SGA sponsored club ads, see page 7. (photo by Mark Viggiano )