SpecialParentsWeekendIssue
friday,oct. 4, 1985
Preview on Field Hockey - inlSports.
cabrini college, radnor, pa. 19087
vol. xxxii, no. 4
Hurricane heralds mud-ball season Hurricane Gloria may have lost her steam, according to the weather forecasters; but her affects were still felt on the east coast states, giving Cabrini and other schools and businesses an extended weekend. Aside from the damage and inconveniences caused by the storm, students enjoyed the free day as a chance to break away from their usual schedules. At right, some students formed a mud-ball game on the boggy Woodcrest front lawn. Participants waddled through mud puddles all in the name of good sportsmanship. Other students awaited the passing of the storm with more sedate activities on various parts of the campus. Most students caught up on sleep, cooked their own meals in their dormitories, or tried to contact their families living in the coastal regions over the telephone. (photo by Monica Palko)
Athletic scholarships second to academic by Cara Graham Scholarships, both academic and athletic, have certain criteria that students must uphold in order to keep their award. An academic scholarship is based on the student's grade point average, while an athletic is based on the student's athletic ability and financial need. Arlene McEvilla-Dittbrenner, financial aid director, said that the criteria has remained the same for at least seven years. As of1986-87, there will be a change in the scholarship policy. All in-coming freshmen who have received scholarships have the opportunity to keep their scholarship but at a lower grade point average of 3.3 out of a possible 4.0 when they enter their sophomore year. The previous requirement had been 3.6 in order to receive the award for the next year; -a3.75 was required to keep the award at its full value. Sophomores and juniors have an open competition for academic scholarships without their overall cumulative average affecting their chances; only the previous year's work will have any bearing on the decision.
All incoming freshmen who have receivedscholarships have the opportunity to keep their scholarship but at a l9wer grade point average of 3.3. McE'villa-Dittbrenner said that more money is set aside for academic scholarships than athletic scholarships. Accord. ing to the NCAA rules regarding athletic. scholarships, the recipient must need financial assistance in order to qualify for
Lisa Catini, junior, has had her athletic scholarship since her freshman year. Catini said, "I have no difficulty with my school work and sports. In fact, if it wasn't for my scholarship I'd have to work off campus which would take too much ofmy time thus my school work and sports activities would suffer."
'I find budgeting my time to be the most difficult. But I have a better opportunity_to get involvedwith school activitiesnow that I don't have to work off campus.' -Barbara Colantuono, ¡ senior Barbara Colantuono, senior, has an academic scholarship. Colantuono said, "I find budgeting my time to be the most difficult. But I have a better opportunity to get involved with school activities now that l don't have to work off campus." Colantuono also commented that she only had the scholarship for this year. Colantuono said she had better grades her junior year because she felt graduation closing in. "When I started to think about graduation and sending resumes to future employers, I realized that they look at your college record so I started to really get serious about my school work and I found I was eligible for a scholarship." Catini, when asked what she had to do in order to keep her athletic scholarship, said, "I have to attend all practices and games. That's the¡ easy part, hut I have learned to work with a team, which is hard to do when you have to work."
Studentsrecall Gloria'swrath by Michelle M. Bamber Last Thursday, hurricane warnings were issued for states from North Carolina to Connecticut. Hurricane Gloria could have been the most destructive hurricane of our time and people all along the expected danger zone took precautions. Thousands of people gathered around their televisions to keep updated on the hurricane situation. They were told she could take three main paths, and our area was directly in one of them. Resident students and commuters were all affected in some way by Gloria. Cynthia Goss,junior, is an employee ofK-Mart in Strafford and was working Thursday evening before the storm. "People were buying batteries and flash lights and before the end of the night we were out of them." Lucia Laurito, senior, was in the Acme Grocery store in Wayne before the hurricane hit. "People were grabbing the food off the shelves and carts were overflowing. It was like the Indy 500 with carts!" School was cancelled on Friday because of the hurricane, which resulted mainly in heavy rains and slight gusts of wind. Electricity was lost on campus for almost nine hours and the campus phone system was down. No major damage was suffered by the college except for a tree that fell in front of Xavier Hall. There was an incident of flooding in Xavier Hall. Chris Corcoran and Jon Janelli, juniors, will have to move -into a single because of flood damage suffered to their room in the lower floor of the dorm. This room was the same one that flooded last year and Corcoran said the room flooded despite relandscaping efforts during the summer. The tele.vision lounge in the lower floor of Xavier Hall also flooded. Students were able to attend lunch in the cafeteria on Friday even though the electricity was off. The cafeteria was lighted by candles and according to a cafeteria employee, over 100 students came to eat. Students used their free afternoon playing mud football and trivial pursuit, relieved that the hurricane did less damage than expected. Cindy Kehler, sophomore, said her family owns two houses in Sea Isle City, NJ. ''There was really no damage except that sand blew in and got on the carpet. No windows were ~roken and there was no water damage. My dad did remove our boat from the water." Christy Mason, sophomore, resident of Port Jefferson, New York (east end of Long Island) said that her family lost their electricity on Friday and it can not be restored until today or tomorrow. 'i\11 the food went bad, and they have to cook outside on the grill. My sisters can't even go to school." Patty Torzone, sophomore, commuter, said that her home in Eagleville, PA was not too badly damaged except that her basement flooded and became water logged. "I spent my day off vacuuming up the excess water." B.J. Petracci, junior, has a summer house in Longport, NJ. Her basement also flooded and had significant water damage. ''The ocean and the bay met in front of my house. I was really worried when I heard on the news that they had evacuated Longport."