Jan. 27, 1989 Issue 12 Loquitur

friday, jan. 27, 1989

cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087

vol. XXXV, no. 12

Asbestosremovalset for summer by Kerry M. Gallagher

The number of particles found is below the danger level estab-

brown finishing coat--the asbestos. This iswhatmustbescraped

Sacred Heart Hall will be closed this summer so that it can be cleared of asbestos, according to Sr. Eileen

lished

Currie, M.S.C., president. Asbestos is an element thii.twas used for

Trustees, has decided to take care

off. Sacred Heart Hall is, of course, the main classroom building on campus. Thus, alternative sites must be plotted out for summer courses. Dr. Mary Ann Biller, vice president for academic affairs; Antoinette Schiesler, academic dean; Midge Leahy, dean of continuing education and Currie are at present holding discussions on where to hold classes. They are looking at area high schools for possible sites. They have not closed out the option of holding classes in the campus residences, such as the house living rooms. However, Currie was not too enthusiastic about that option, as it doesn't provide a real classroom setting. "For example. there are no blackboards," Currie said. "We are really looking for classrooms.'' The Master's of Education program will probably use the classrooms in the library, but, again. that is not definite either. One thing is for certain.

construction purposes years ago, but now it has been found to cause

by

the Environmental

Protection Association. However, Currie, along with the Board of of it now before it reaches an unacceptable level.

asbestos in Sacred

Renovations are included in the Master Plan for the bottom floor of

Heart Hall, however, is not a dangerous situation, according to

Sacred Heart and the Registrar's office. (All offices are being

Currie. Summer

moved from Sacred Heart Hall to

cancer. The

classes will still be

held, although the

number

and

the new Grace Hall complex.) Since the building was going to

location have yet to be decided, Currie said. Currie expects the

undergo construction

building to be ready for classes in the fall, but she admitted that it is

clear the asbestos first. It also is cheaper to remove all of it at once.

not a guaranteed certainty. Asbestos testing has been done

rate of degradation,but we'd rather

continually over the years, and this is the first time that some loose particles have become evident.

anyway,

Currie said, it made more sense to

"There is really no sense of the not wail until a panic situation is at hand," Currie said.

particles have

The ceilings will be removed on all three floors. The asbestos

become loose in the ceiling on the bottom floorofSacred Heart Hall.

is actually located in the "ceiling above the ceiling," according to

Asbestos particles can be danger-

Currie. When the workers installed

ous if inhaled.

the ceilings, they sprayed on a

Some

asbestos

Summer classes will not be completely discontinued. Too many students need courses offered in the summer in order to graduate on time, Currie said. However, there may be some modifications to the summer program, and the number of courses offered may be decreased in number, according to Currie. More information on the summer courses should be known by mid-to-late February so that it can be ready for publication. Although classes will continue through the summer, there will be no summer rentals on campus, according to Currie. The gym will definitely not be able to be used except for storage purposes. Currie expects the work to be completed in time for classes in the fall, although, Currie said, ··anything can happen.'' She is plans to negotiate a deal with the company in which the company must pay a penalty charge if the work takes longer than scheduled. The company has explained that it will take two weeks to remove and replace the ceiling of each floor, so Currie is allo'wing seven weeks for this task. In addition to the actual work on the ceilings. time must be alloted for

removal and storage of desks, materials, equipment, etc. Also, time is needed after the work to replace lighting fixtures and to paint. Currie hopes that the building can be re-opened in mid-August. She said it would be permissible, for instance, to be on the first and second floors even while they are still working

on the

third. She

hopes, however, that it will not come

to that in the fall. The gym, cafeteria and Registrar's office do not have an asbestos problem, for their ceilings are unlike those in the rest of the building. Currie has decided that the gym will be used as,arstorage facility for the summer. Currie plans to hire a moving company to transport classroom items from the classrooms to the gym. She is also seeking the assistance of faculty members to aid in the care and specific needs for their department's equipment, such as science

laboratory

materials

and the computers.

Direct marketing professionals certified Cabrini College worked with leaders in the Philadelphia Direct Marketing Association to start a direct marketing certifying program. The program's first graduates, shown at left received their certificates on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at a meeting of PDMA,, an organization for professionals in the direct marketing field. The program consists of four courses: fundamentals, creative media and design, production and management. Recipients of the certificates are as follows; Pamela Albright, Mary Jo Ambrogi, Michelle Jones, Mary Keese, Thomas Opher, Lynn Shapiro, Marie Stafford and Patricia Jum . Photo b Karen Sie I

inside perspectives .. .... 2, 3

Sorting coupons

Lady Cavs plan for

news ................ 4, 8, 9

and a new baby

the future.

features .......... 5, 6, 7

(see page 5)

(see page12)

sports ........ 10, 11, 12

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Alike and still unequal Venturingintothe real world He then threw the old, "What does Roe

When it comes to racial equality today's society is an absolute disgrace. Wellman think about?" at which point I In I 989, we are still surrounded with oppression. Martin Luther King Jr. honestly had not one thought in my head. So, had an awesome dream, but has it come true? Think about it. Can black men I babbled some more and probably looked like a complete and total idiot. I sure felt like and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics join hands and one when he told me that last year's interns sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last, thank came from Columbia, Dartmouth, Yale and God almighty, we are free at last." Can we just join hands? Harvard, and I was the first Cabrini person There is still a fightto be fought because we don't understand each other. As human beings we undergo a lot of that he had ever interviewed. We are alike in so many ways, yet so much separates us. We are culturally "firsts." Our first steps, first tooth, first The interview truly went downhill from similar yet treated so differently. We share the same language, yet words, first kiss, and of course the dreaded here and hit rock bottom when he brought sometimes still don't understand each other. We have the same family first job interview, or in my case, first me to a cubicle with a computer where I was structure now, yet the black people lost much of their identities when they internship interview. to take the writing test. ''Just two parts to it,'' were brought to the new world, taught a new language and separated from I prepared myself, or so I thought, but I was told. Well, those two parts took two their families. A white student can quickly say I'm Irish from Ireland or soon found out just how naive I really was. long hours and I had one massive headache Italian from Italy, but a Black student can't answer as quickly or at all for that You see, in my opinion there really is no preparation for the possible hell you could go when I was done. I then went to find this matter. Think about it. overbearing, pompous interviewer only to be The White race had so much of an influence on blacks that lighter skin through. I purposely took a class called Profes- told, very smugly by his secretary, that he tones became more socially acceptable than darker complexions among the sional Practices to prepare me for a job had gone to lunch and the interview was black race. interview, while also directing me in the over. I left with a heavy heart. When slavery began, no one expected that someday blacks and whites writing of cover"letters, resumes, and, of I soon came to realize how much more I would live next door to each other, that their children would some day share course, the art of selling myself. It was a had to learn and just how much more I had to the same school or drink from the same water fountain and that is why the great class in which I learned an awful lot prepare myself. I did know what to do, but adjustment is hard. But the Emancipation Proclamation was signed over (but maybe too much), as I became too big for I wasn't prepared for what the interviewer my britches. 100 years ago. That's a mighty long time and how far has society come? would do. Unfortunately, I let him get the I completed all the work required. Some Today, there is a struggle for the black race to establish status and for that best of me, therefore letting him intimidate said it was too much, but I, on the other to become the norm. It is normal and accepted for a headline in a newspaper me so I just lost it. hand, thought it was just right, but. more to read, "First Black To ... " Many companies and universities have a importantly, a necessary part of any college One good thing came from this harrowing minority quota to reach for employment and enrollment. What more proof student's life. I listened attentively during experience and that is that I have learned a lot is needed? --there is still an unequal distribution of status. class and was truly excited about going out from it and now I can say I went on my first We will never be able to join hands--not when a white student, here at and getting myself an internship. job interview. For all those who have gone or will be Cabrini, can scream to a black student, ''white supremacy.'' The difference I sent out my resumes and waited, holding between racism 20 years ago and today is that it has become more subtle, and my breath for any responses that would going, I wish you the best of luck and truly because of this, not many people realize that it is still alive. Twenty years come. Soon, I received three complete hope yours goes better than mine did. I rejections, one saying the internship was no would recommend the Professional Pracago, the more offensive word, nigger, was used more frequently. longer being offered and one asking me to set tices to any student who will be joining the Movies like "Mississippi Burning" and "Betrayed" capture the up an interview. job search because it is valuable and does realization of this problem. The KKK is alive and well. One student on I was upset but I did jump for joy over campus had a sign that read, "KKK Lives" in his dorm room. He said it was that one letter which showed someone was teach you a lot. Just keep in mind that you are entering the unknown and anything is a joke. But what's the punch line? interested in me. I called the very next day, For a liberal arts college, Cabrini is lacking in the understanding of only to be told that the person to whom I was possible. other people's culture. The sad thing is that for many students, Cabrini is to speak was on vacation. "Call back in a their final step before vent~ring out in the world, hopefully to make a week,'' I was told by a very irate and abrupt contribution to society. But how much can we contribute to a world that is secretary. I seriously sat on the edge of my seat, made up of people that we can't relate to? Editor: Denise Civa counting the days until I could call back and The yeller of white supremacy could one day be a politician~ the joker of Staff Manager/Copy Editor: Kerry Gallagher truly set up an appointment. The day arrived, "KKK Lives" could one day be a school teacher. So as a society how far I called, was put on hold for five minutes and News Editors: LaTonya Lucas and Lisa Brzezicki Assistant News Editors: Marian Armstrong and Johanna Church have we come and where are we going? Think about it. finally told "he'll get back to you."

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This was seriously beginning to give me an ulcer. After four more days of waiting, I called back, underwent the same routine and once again was told, "he 'II get back to you.'' He finally did, asking me to meet with him the next morning at 10 a.m. My boss was immediately told that I would not be in and I began making plans on what I would wear, what I should say and how I should act. My clips were in order, as were my thoughts, and I was ready for my first-real-job-in-thereal-world interview. I showed up 15 minutes early, sat on the edge of the chair with sweaty palms and butterflies doing flip-flops in my stomach. He finally showed up 20 minutes late and escorted me to his office. My adventure was finally beginning, and I was ready for it. We entered his office, he thumbed through my clips, showing little interest and then asked me to tell him, "Who is Roe Wellman?" At this point, I was so off balance that all my preparations flew out the window and I began to babble. (You see, I was taught in that class to ask "What exactly would you like to know about me?" so that I would have control of the interview. Needless to say-- I blew it !)

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Counselingcenterto offer sessionson self-care by Katherine Preston One of the aspects of being in college that I always liked the most was the fact that every semester I got a chance to start over again. No matter how the previous semester has gone--whether I'd sailed through my final ·papers and exams, or dragged myself, exhausted and disheartened, through the last days of the semester--the following semester always started fresh. Just like in grade school when I delighted in my new crayolas, pencils, and one of those big, fresh erasers every fall, as a college student I was always excited by the prospect of my new texts, my new syllabi and my new professors. And whether it was January, May or September, I usually started out with some form of a "New Year's" resolution: "This semester I'm going to start early." 'Tm going to begin my homework assignments as soon as I get them." •Tm going to go to the library right away and start researching a topic for that big term paper due at the end of the semester." "I'm going to get all my work done on Thursday, so I can play all weekend.'' Well, the best laid plans ...Sometimes I changed my old habits, and sometimes life and the fast lane of being in college got the better of me, and I completed the semester a little less delighted than I'd begun it. I am grateful to be finished at last, after many years of prolonged schooling, with the cycle of midterms and final exams. Yet as an adult in the "real world," I still sturggle with periods of overwork, where it seems as though there is just too much to complete in the time allotted, and with the corresponding tension of mental "to-do" lists. I've experienced the breathless sensation of not allowing myself to take a break because I've felt there simply were not enough minutes to fit in all my "to-do's" if I took time out. If that sounds like a stressful way to live, it is. In this achievement-oriented society, most of us are given a lot of opportunities to feel tense, worried and overworked. Those sensations are so commonplace that a whole industry of "stress management" has developed to help us cope with those feelings. The concept of stress was popularized by the Canadian physician Hans Selye in his 1956 book, "The Stress of Life." According to Selye, life is stress--and vice versa. Anything that requires the body to respond to its environment--heat, cold, pain, noisy (or nosy) neighbors--is a stressor. The body reacts by setting off an alarm, a set of builtin physiological changes that are useful for brief challenges but that can harm the body in the long run. Selye also emphasized that not all stressors are bad, even if they make demands on your body. Falling in love, competing in sports, or working hard on a project you

enjoy is not likely to harm you. He also showed that stress is not something to be avoided completely; it's impossible to live a stress-free life. The goal should be to minimize wear and tear on your body, not to eliminate it. Though I'm not a college student anymore, the notion ofmaking "New Semester's" resolutions has stayed with me. I've resolved for myself to complete the to-do's on my list, and to enjoy the process along the way. As James Taylor sang it, ''The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time.'' While that might sound simple, I've found that it sometimes takes more focussed "stress management" than simply deciding to enjoy the passage of time. Last semester the Medical Assistants, in conjunction with the Counseling Center staff, ran a series of lunchtime programs which they dubbed the "Power Nap." In the business domain, the "power lunch" provides the salespersonwith a competitive edge. In the world of stress management, the "power nap·' allows the seeker of inner calm an opportunity to revitalize and recharge their batteries in the least amount of time, and a chance to bring some of those sensations of peacefulness and ease back to the workd with them. I've always had trouble in the past with napping because even as I'm lying on the bed I run mental lists of what I should be doing when I get up. The key to letting go to those mental lists is to focus the mind purposefully on some activity other than worrying about what's not getting done as you take your break. So you can focus on what's happening in your body and on releasing the specific tensions in various muscle areas; or you can take your mind somewhere completely different, where your daily cares can't intrude-not unlike being absorbed by a really good movie. As with any new habit, it takes some instruction and practice to really perfect and make powernappinga part of your daily life. There are a variety of different ways to work with oneself, each of which apeals to different kinds of people. As part of our commitment to assisting members of the Cabrini Community with their "New Semester's" resolutions, the Couseling Center will be offering a series of instructional and experiential sessions throughout the spring semester on a variety of different power napping techniques. The sessions will be offered from 12:45 to I :45 p.m. in the Xavier Great Room, on Feb. 2, Feb. 16, March 9, March 30, April 13 and April 27, The first session will be providing a "Body Awareness Tour." Subsequent sessions will focus on Autogenics, Guided Visualization, Meditation, Progressive Relaxation, and Self-Hypnosis. Please come join us in our commitment to self-care!

Have your say! The Loquitur is now accepting letters to the Editor and opinion articles written by students , faculty, and staff of Cabrini College. All articles are due by Monday at noon. and can be delivered to the newsroom in Widener Center. All articles must include the writer's name and where they can be reached. Any letters or opinion articles may be published anonymously if wished, with prior approval from the Editors of Loquitur.

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We have arrived! To the Editor: During this month in which we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's fourth official national holiday, emotions arise in me about the struggles and achievements of my black comrades. Ronald Reagan made a statement that Black Civil Activists are making an occupation, not non-profit, out of fighting for rights and movements for a minority that has already achieved. The Black Community was enraged by the ex-presidents statement. Well, in fact, we have come a long way and many of the new Black Civil Activists are preaching old Dr. King speeches and the theme is getting boring; they're fueling their speeches on fumes left from the Martin Luther King era. The community shouldn't forget the struggle, but do not use it as an excuse every time a minority doesn't get a position or opportunity. If a male and female of the black race are applying for the same positions as a white male and female and the white female or male receives the job, it is discrimination. Maybe he or she was just the best qualified. Because Jesse Jackson did not make the White House, an outcry of "We, as black people, can't get ahead'' or' 'The white man wants to keep us down and out" was heard. We drink from the same water fountains; we eat in the same restaurants; attend the same colleges; we have high political positions; and we have entertainers that are not

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token celebrities but qualified athletes, T. V. personalities._ actors and actresses. Black Civil Rights Activists are no longer needed because most of the black community will use them as cover sheets, curtains or a crutch. It makes the black community handicapped, not to fight for themselves, which they need to do. We don't need any more marches to Washington. We need to stop fighting each other and fight for one another, not through or behind paid black activists, but through a frontier of active blacks. Active blacks fighting for things not yet accomplished, not history. Through an active black community starting at home by telling our children how far we have come since desegregation, not how much others are keeping us down. Starting with, not sending our children to school, but making sure he or she goes to school. And if not starting with college, starting with a worthwhile effort, work and achieve the highest position oropportunity. And finishing with the black attitude, to quote and paraphrase John F. Kennedy: Not, what can my country do for me but what can I do for my country; not what can the white man do for me as a black man but what can I do for myself to get where the white man is; and not why, when, where, and how will I achieve, but I will achieve when, where, how, and why with the help of the dream -- that has come to pass. Sincerely, An Anonymous Black Student

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op1n1on 'Meat is murder'theory challenged by Bob Dumas I saw a bumper stickeron a truck the other day that said, "Meat is murder." If that's true, I'm a serial killer. I am the Charles Manson of cheeseburgers. I understand that there is a lot of attention paid these days to health, nutrition, diet and all that stuff and how it ties into your life expectancy. Everyone knows, too many french fries and you 're staring a coronary in the face. Food, glorious food. But before I go into any nutritional dissertations I want to address this "meat is murder'' baloney. I am very sympathetic with the vegetarian cause. What you eat is your prerogative. Most of the vegetarians I know-and I know several--don 't eat red meat for some very good reasons. One is, they don't like it. I can relate. I don't like Spam so I don't eat it. Simple. Some contend meat is unhealthy for you. I believe that's open for debate, but nonetheless, if you believe it, then for God's sake, don't eat the stuff. All I ask is you don't wear your food preferences on your sleeve. If you see someone enjoying a nice T-bone, don't saunter up and say, "Enjoy the steak while you can. I just hope your family will be well taken care of after you are gone.'• All the reasons for becoming a vegetarian stated above are fine. I accept them and respect them. I do, however, draw the line with the Veg Heads who purport that killing cows for human consumption is an abomination. I suppose the act of whacking a cow over the head with a sledgehammer is a tad disconcer1ing. That's why I'd never do it myself.

Still, I can't help but believe that the Supreme Being made us top dog on this planet, and in doing so, cursed us with the heavy burden of being carnivorous. Since the dawn of time, cavemen have hunted mastodons with crude weaponry. They had recently discovered fire (and soon after, charcoal briquettes) and were in dire need of red meat for their holiday cookout. It's part of the food chain which goes something like this: Grass grows in dirt. Cows eat grass. Man eats cow. Thankfully, the chain ends there. But we're talking natural order of the universe here. That's something you don't want to mess with. Suppose we stop eating cows. What happens next? In India, the cow is sacred and they can be seen roaming the streets freely in New Delhi. Picture that here in America: Hoards of surly cows wandering aimlessly, jumping out in front of cars, leaving cow chips on the sidewalk and picking fights in bars. If you subsci~ to the meat is murder theory, then you certainly can't stop with cows. What about chickens? This makes Frank Perdue the Ted Bundy of poultry. And if we rule out chicken, we must rule out eggs, which are, after all, just very small chickens. Fish would be taboo, too. Mo more tuna melts! In fact, we'd have to include every single living thing on the planet. Plants are living creatures, are they not? Every time you pluck a piece of fruit from a tree, you're causing it great pain. We murder millions of broccoli and carrots each year! That rules out everything except food chemically created by man. Gee ... maybe I better learn to like Spam.

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1988 began, ended in triumph and tradegy Olympics

PanAm 747

by Leonora Veterano

after breaking the l00-yard world record. This left his competitor, United States' Carl The year was 1988, a year which marked Lewis, with three gold and one silver medals. the lighting of the flame for the Winter We also watched as Greg Louganis, Olymics held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada during Olympic preliminaries, banged his and the Summer Olymics in Seoul, South , head against the springboard, causing a gash Korea. that needed five stitches. Having regained The 70,000 spectators in the stadium and his composure, Louganis went on to become the nearly three billion television viewers in the winneroffour gold medals. But let us not more than 100 countries watched as 9,627 forget the amazing women, like the triumph athletes from 160 nations came to prove who of Florence Griffith-Joyner and ???Joynerwas the best. Kersees, who leapt to an Olympic record, as Hightlighting the winter games was West well as winning the gold. Janet Evans, at 17, German ice skater Katarina Witt's performcame home to Placentia, Calif., after winance as Carmen, in which she won the gold n-ing three individual gold medals. medal. Jee skater Brian Boitano of the United But for the 1988 Olympic games, all of States also won a gold medal. the athletes displayed a triumph that they all Misfortune came to the Canadian team can share. Not only can the Olympic fire be when their prized sprinter Ben Johnson was lit for victory but for the coming together of disqualified from the Olymics because he people as one. was tested positive for anabolic steroids,

President Bush by Leonora Veterano For every exit we take, there is a new entrance to which we must follow. As we look into the year 1988, Ronald Reagan, leaves the White House in order to hand over the country's affairs to George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States. President Bush, 64, owes his victory to two main factors: his role as Reagan's political heir at a time of Reagan's rising popularity and his basic contentment with the state of the nation's economy. But President Bush's own issues had a

strong impact on helping him to seal the presidency. The issues of crime, strong national defense and low taxes were all cited in the polls as a central neccesity to those who cast ballots for him. The struggle for the presidency was not an easy one for Bush. Governor Michael S. Dukakis almost turned the polls around in his favor in the contest's final days by winning 46 percent of the vote and doing better than Democratic candidates in 1984, 1980, 1972 and 1968. President Bush defeated Dukakis by 54 percent to 46 percent of the popular vote, winning 40 states with 426 electoral votes.

Amnesty concert by Lou Monaco Early in September, six musicians gathered at JFI,< Stadium inPhiladelphia, to draw attention to Amnesty International's campaign for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights all across the world. Sting, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez and Youssou N'Dour each combined their unique and diverse musical styles into one unforgettable

"Save the Whales" was the rallying cry of October 1988. Three whales named Bonnet, Crossbeak and Bone were trapped underneath the frozen ice of Barrow, Alaska. Many volunteers, fishermen and Eskimos worked 16-hour nights in sub-below tern-

India74 7, which was eventually attributed to

Of the 258 passengers aboard Flight 103, none would survive the explosion the plane was to encounter at 30,000 feet. All would accompany the plane to its final destination. The quiet, green countryside of Lockerbie, Scotland, would be the final touchdown of the Pan American 74 7. At least 17 of the small town would be killed by the plane's wreckage which hurled to earth after the plane exploded in mid-air. The debris from the crash covered a I0-mile radius with the bodies of young, old and innocent. Awaiting the arrival ofFlight l03 in New York's Kennedy Airport were the parents, friends, and relatives of 35 students of Syracuse University who were studying abroad as part of an exchange program, much like the program Cabrini participates in. The plane's two flight recorders--one for mechanical data, and the other for voices in the cockpit--did not provide any immediate clues as to why the explosion occurred. The faint noise that followed the abrupt end of the recording did resemble that of the recordingrecoveredfrom thecrash of an Air

performance. Sept. 19, 1988, will be remembered as a day where all people of all races, creeds and religions came together as one to fight for one of mankind's most important values: freedom. Amnesty's recent concerts have produced thousands and thousands of new members who help out in letter-writing campaigns and peaceful protests to help release many prisoners of conscience.

by Karen Shank

shutoff and the strengthening of the wings to improve the safety margin on ascent.

As fire, smoke and a huge rumble took

The main goal of the four-day flight was

over the still, Florida sky on Oct. 6, 1988, a renewed pride in the space shuttle program

tasks were performed as well.

filled the minds and hearts of many Ameri-

communications satellite was launched from

cans.

Discovery's cargo bay, and several experi-

space _shuttle Challenger

disaster;

years since we watched fire,

three

smoke, and

death fill the air; three years since we saw the

actually to test the shuttle itself, but other A massive

ments were carried out. Though these tasks were carried out with no problems, there were some difficulties during the flight. A duct in the Flash Evaporation system,

expression of joy and pride drain from the

which

faces of the parents of Christa McAuliffe,

launch and landing, became clogged with

cools

the shuttle's interior during

school teacher and astronaut, as confusion,

ice. The crew had to tum up the heat in the

shock and sadness poured in.

cabin to well above 80 degrees in an attempt

The crew of the space shuttle Discovery: Frederick Hauck, commander; David Hilmers and Mike Lounge, mission specialists; Dick Covey, pilot and George D. Nelson, astronomer, had trained longer

peratures to help free the whales. Unfortunately, one of the whales died, but the other two managed to find open sea within a couple of weeks. The Soviet Union played an intricate part in the rescue of the whales by sending volunteers and various ice-breaking machines to help out in the rescue effort.

a terrorist bombing. Since the explosion and crash, it has been made public that on Dec. 5, 1988, a phone call was made to the U.S. embassy in Helsinki, Finland, warning that a bomb would be planted on board a Pan Am flight originating in Frankfurt, West Germany, (as Flight 103, in fact, did), sometime in the next two weeks. The tip was investigated and suspected to be "nonsense." The threat was only one of 87 received by telephone at U.S. diplomatic facilities since the start of September 1988. If the tragedy of Flight 103 was indeed the work of terrorists, which at this point is suspected to be the case, there are several terrorist organizations which fall under susp1c1on. These include pro-Iranian fundamentalists and Palestinian renegades such as Abu Nida!. Some Israelis blame the Palestine Liberation Organization. Regardless of who committed this crime and why, the lives of over 275 lives were snuffed out on Dec. 21, 1988, for reasons probably not evelt4-ealized by most of the victims, and definitely unjustified to their survivors.

Shuttle

It has been nearly three years since the

Save the whales by Lou Monaco

by Karen Shank

than any

other space crew. The shuttle itself was redesigned, with a nl}mber of safety improvements made. Among the improvements were the addition of an escape route to permit astronauts to bail out in flight, the addition of a latch to the main fuel lines to prevent accidental

to melt this ice. When Commander Hauck attempted to coax a three-foot dish used fortransmitting TV signals and other data back toward the cargo bay because it was not rotating properly, a second problem occurred. The dish began to oscillate wildly and had to be turned off and could not be used for the rest of the flight. In spite of these difficulties, America's return to space was an overall success. The smiles displayed on the faces of onlookers of the launch were allowed to remain and the pride reborn is as alive as ever.

Newly constructed parking lot ready for use by Barbara Wilson The new Grace Hall parking lot is ready for use, according to Michael Caranfa, physical plant director. Caranfa said, '' All that needs to be done to the new parking area is for it to have the top layer added, which will be done in the spring, and to have lights installed.'' Grace Hall's parking area now has 249 parking spaces compared to the old lot which only allowed 60 spaces. Although at the moment the area is not serviceable for night use, due to the lack of lighting, Caranfa expects the parking lot will be

furnished with lights sometime before the end of January. Another feature in the new parking lot that has been installed for safety is a phone. The phone can be used to call sercuity if there is ever a need for a ride. Islands have been installed throughout the lot. According to Caranfa the township requires a IO percent green space in such an area. Due to the addition of the islands, the parking lot will be difficult to maintain when there is heavy snow fall, Caranfa said. In the spring, a sidewalk will be put in leading to Grace Hall, but until then wood chips have l-,,en put down to protect pedes-

trians from mud. One of the purposes of this new parking area is so that cars are not illegally parked. The parking lot has allowed for plenty of overflow from Sacred Heart Hall's main lot. Although the new lot has been used, there have been a few cars ticketed and towed for illegal parking. A few new signs and yellow banners have been installed to alert drivers of no parking zones. The banners will be taken down in a few weeks once everyone becomes aware of the new parking rules. The project began the third week in Au-

gust and was completed the second week in December, but until the spring, the parking lot will be without its final top coat. In the future, Cabrini is planning to install an additional parking lot where the children's school and physical plant are now located, but that will not be done before the college takes care of some other needs. According to Jenni Obrecht, commuter, the new parking lot is an inconvenience because of its location and the fact that there is no sidewalk for people to walk on. "I really don't like the parking lot right now, but maybe I will when it is finished," Obrecht said.

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Sorting coupons, garlicky green beans, a Phillips screwdriver, and a newborn baby by Lee Mirenda

Monday, Dec. 5, 1988.

9:02 a.m. Seven pounds, 15 1(2 ounces. 19 l/2 inches long. lO fingers, 10 toes. It's girl.

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No this isn't a WMGKcommercial. This is about the birth of a new addition to Cabrini's campus -- Christina Marie Doyle. It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon and I had the ordinary Sunday "after-brunch" feelings: I have homework to do but I don't feel like doing it. I have finals to start studying for but I don't feel like studying. I have a dirty room to clean but I don't feel like cleaning it. I have laundry to do but who feels like doing laundry? I haven't been down to visit John and Lisa since Thanksgiving, why not go down and tease Lisa for being fat? Plus, this would give me the chance to play with the baby's toys before he/she gets a chance to. Poor John, he had to go through four baby showers of getting bows and ribbons stuck on his head. Oh well, the humiliations fathers-to-be have to go through. But it's the least they could do compared to what mothers have to go through. (Right, mommies?) Lisa has been a little st_ircrazy lately. She started her maternity leave about a week ago and a person can only clean their house so many times in a week. Plus carrying a not-so-tiny baby around for nine months tends to take a toll on the comfort of a human being. Boredom comes easy, so Lisa decided to look for some excitement on this boring Sunday afternoon in the tremendously exciting task of sorting coupons. After we got all the fun we could out of sorting coupons, we spent the afternoon talking, watching television, playing with toys, and, for something different, abusing John. It was about 4:30 p.m. when I said I was going to leave, when Lisa invited me to dinner. No college student in their right mind would tum down a homecooked meal for slop surprise in the cafeteria, so I gratefully accepted. Dinner was great, especially if you like garlic salt. You see, when Lisa was making the green beans she went to shake in some garlic salt and the top came off spilling about half the can into the pot. That wasn't all. Strange things were happening to Lisa all

day. She said she had some weird pains earlier, but attributed it to heartburn or cramps. She was clanging pans and . spilling things all over the place but that was only clumsiness. After dinner, when Lisa was hooking up the portable dishwasher to the kitchen sink, water squirted all over the place but mostly on herself. (I guess she can chalk that one up to stupidity.) After dinner, we went back to the living room to watch television. Around 6:45, Lisa was sitting on the couch when all of a sudden she grabbed the top right side of her pregnant belly and let out an "OW!" so loud, it made their cat Tiffany jumped. This baby sure is a fiesty little kid. I decided I procrastinated my homework long enough and I did not want to wear out my welcome. John offered me a ride back to my dorm, but I declined because I felt like taking a nice brisk walk. On the way back I had a feeling, a feeling that tonight was going to be the night. It seemed like it was yesterday when we were at leadership camp and John asked me to go to the hospital with them. The next three months were filled with guesses if it would be a boy or a girl, shopping, showers and baby drills which consisted of calling me at any given time and driving to the hospital to make sure we could make it in less then 30 minutes (And I am proud to say that we even had time to spare. So much that we could have stopped for coffee and donuts if we wanted to.) I gave them my course schedule and all the phone numbers that I could be reached at so they could find me any minute of the day. When I got back to my room, I sat down at my desk to do work and my phone rang: "Hello?" "Lee?" "Yeah ... " "This is John.'' "Hi John, long time no see." "Guess what?" • "What?" "Lisa's water broke." ''No ...'' "Yeah, you left, Johnny Depp came on TV and Lisa started wetting all over the place!'' "I knew it! I knew it!" •'We called the doctor and he said wait til the contractions are about five minutes apart or 9 a.m. and bring her in. Are you ready?" "You bet." "We might be calling you in the middle of the night..." · "That's OK--whenever--I'm ready!" Like I am going to get done homework now ... About an hour later, John called me again because he needed a favor, •'Do you have or can you find me a Phillips screwdriver?" APhillips screwdriver, his wife is in labor and he wants a Phillips screwdriver. What could he possibly want with a Phillips screwdriver? I think the pressure finally got to John. Well it turned out that John needed it to fix the timer on his video camera. Anyway, I brought it down to him and I found John in the living room fiddling around with his camera and Lisa in the kitchen emptying the dishwasher.

The woman is in labor and she's emptying the dishwasher. I guess you've got to do whatever you have to, to keep your mind off things . The baby run call came at about 12:30 a.m. and we were off to Delaware County Memorial Hospital, John driving, Lisa moaning, and me timing contractions. What a night! John dropped Lisa and me off at the hospital's main entrance and he went to park the car. Lisa and I walked up to the door and it wouldn't open. The main entrance to a hospital would not open. Here I am with a woman in labor in the middle of the night and the door was locked. All I could picture was Lisa having the baby in the hospital parking lot and John documenting the entire event on his video camera. We had to walk almost half-way around the building until we found the emergency entrance. When we went in, the receptionist told Lisa to "have a seat." I went back outside to find John and I told him the situation and he starts laughing, turns on the camera and tells me to say it again so he can get it on film. After Lisa was wheeled into the labor room, John set me up in the waiting room. I was equipped with a bag full of change and a list of names and phone numbers to call at certain times of the labor and delivery process in order to update family and friends of the situation. I dubbed myself "baby central." At different times during the night,.lohn would come out and tell me how Lisa was doing, get a candy bar or just take a break. It was a long and anxious night, a night filled with anticipation, worry and excitement. I got some company around 7 a.m. when Lisa's mother came and a little later when John's mom and dad came to the hospital. The last time I saw John before he was officially a parent was about 8:30 a.m. when he said that Lisa was into the heavy contractions and delivery should be within the hour. Ten a.m. rolls around and still no news. Both grandmothers-to-be asked the nurse in the nursery if she could find out anything . John came out a few minutes later and said the baby was born at 9:02, •'Are you ready grandmas? It's a girl.'' The rest of the morning flew by. After John and I had lunch in the hospital cafeteria, we went back to Lisa's room and found her speaking with the pediatrician. I left to make some more phone calls and stare at the beautiful new life in the nursery. The nurse told me that the daddy could come and get the baby and bring her to the room if he wanted to. So I passed that message on to John and Lisa. Off John goes and he comes back wheeling in his new daughter. I got up and grabbed my wallet to make the rest of the phone calls and leave the two of them alone with their baby. John picks up Christina and says, "Where are you going Mirenda?'' I answer, •'To make the rest of the phone calls." He said. "Put your wallet down Mirenda!" and starts walking toward me with the baby. "Don't you give me that baby!" "Lee, take the baby," John said. "Don't give me that baby! Give her to her mother." "Lee, take the baby," Lisa said. And then John placed a precious, new tiny life in my arms. Oh wow. It happened. It's real. It's a girl.

CO-OP FACT FILE: #1

CO-OP FACT FILE: #2

Students enrolled in cooperative education at Cabrini College in 1988 earned 381 credit hours toward graduation and earned over $286,000. in Co-op jobs.

How do you get a job with out experience? And how do you get experience without a job? Considering enrolling in the Cooperative Education Program at Cabrini College.

For information concerning co-op, see your advisor or visit the Cooperative Education Office 20 Counsel Hall.

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Cabrini's Missionary Sisters, commit SisterBernadetteAnello by Susan Holefelder

On Aug. 4, 1963, Sister Bernadette Anello, M.S.C., director of campus ministry, joined the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. She recalls that the sisters themselves infuenced her decision to join the order. They taught her in school and she liked their approach and the effect they had on people. This is not Anello's first time at Cabrini, having served as the first director of resident life. She then moved on to other things but returned to Cabrini last year. Anello, at present, is the director of Campus Ministry. "It feels like home," she said. Here on campus, Anello works closely with the staff and council of Campus Ministry. Together, they do a number of things. The activities center around worship

services; social act1v1t1es, like Hunger Awareness, Project Appalachia, and outreach programs; and personal and spiritual growth, like retreats. Anello thinks that •' life is very exciting.'' She has enjoyed everything in life. She feels that meeting the challenges at the present moment is what she hopes to achieve in life. She constantly asks herself, •'What have we done that is good, and what can we do to make it better?" Anello sees as her mission, "the mission ofJesus." This is very personaltoher. 'The good and bad, up and down, if I am loved with the love of Jesus, I can deal with anything,'' she said. Her hobbies include dancing, swimming and walking. Most of all, she enjoys sitting down and talking to people one on one, ''I love being with people."

SisterAnna O'Connor by Johanna Church

Sitting in the warm and bright dinette area of the convent in the Mansion, Sister Anna O'Connor explained why she joined the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of

education. So, last year O'Connor entered Cabrini as a freshman, with social work as her major. After graduation in 1991, it is doubtful that she will continue living at Cabrini. "When I graduate, maybe I will go back

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Jesus. "I'm interested in working with people, on-hands experience in social areas," O'Connor said. "I really felt that my becoming a Missionary Sister was· a call from God, saying this is the way for me to go, this is the way I can be happy most." At age 19, O'Connor entered the convent. "It wasn't something I thought about all my life," she said. "There would be moments in my early teens when I thought about it, but it wasn't until I was 17 or 18 that I really thought about becoming a sister." O'Connor came to the United States about three and a half years ago, from England, to do her novitiate, a training program for the sisters. It was then that O'Connor and other sisters decided that she would continue her

to England," O'Connor said. "We go where the need is most, so if the need is for me to be in England, that's where I'll go." After classes, O'Connor is involved in Campus Ministry and the Social Work club. O'Connor enjoys spending what's left of her time with her friends and listening to music, particularly Les Miserables and soft rock. Another favorite pastime in warmer weather is heading to the beach. After she graduates and takes her final vows, O'Connor hopes to work with families that are experiencing problems as well as to give time to the homeless and poor. This is something which she enjoys because of its spiritual and intellectual fulfillment. "I give of myself through the Sisters, to the community."

York that wasn't too pleasant. She saw the drug addicts, the alcoholics, the homeless, people with gun-shot wounds and various other ailments and hardships. "It just makes you more gentle toward humanity,'' A vitable said. In January 1976, Avitable, still at Cabrini Medical Center, worked as an administra-

tive assistant for the dental department until April 1977 when she became director of admissions at the center. Because of all her work at the hospital and her interest in the well-being of others, she pursued her master's degree in health care from Long Island University in 1981. In 1979, Avitable was made director of admissions at the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in New York. After two years there, A vitable returned to Cabrini to become the registrar for the college. "I enjoyed the interaction with the students,'' Avitable said when she described what she liked best about the job. Avitable stayed at Cabrini until 1983 when she left for Australia to become a hospital administrator. "It wasn't easy, but I enjoyed it," A vitable said of her job. ''The working situations are different. It's easierto be an administrator in Australia then it is here." After spending three and a half years in Australia, Avitable returned to Cabrini to help Sister Eileen and work in the Business office. After that position, A vi table became office manager of the admissions office here at Cabrini and is currently assistant registrar.

Sister AntoniaAvitable by Denise Civa

Sister Antonina Avitable went to Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary School and Mother Cabrini High School in New York. She was used to seeing and dealing with the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so it didn't surprise her in seventh grade when she decided to become one herself. "I wanted to do something for God," Avitable said. She said she chose the order of the Missionary.Sisters because she was impressed by their spirit and happiness. "Because I had them in school, I knew them. They were always ready to talk and help us." When Avitable finished high school, she pursued her chosen vocation. She made her first vows in 1969 and in 1974 officially became a sister. At the same time that she was studying to become a sister, she went to school to get her bachelor's degree in liberal arts which she received from Cabrini in May 1974. In Septemeber l 971, A vitable taught religion an<i reading to fifth and sixth graders at St. Donato's in Philadelphia. In February 1972, A vitable moved back to Brooklyn to teach at her old grammar school, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary School. She taught religion,

science, and math to fourth and fifth graders. After her stint at teaching, Avitable moved into the health- care field. She worked at Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan as a clinical and emergency room registrar. Avitable said that this position was very trying for her. She got to see a side of New

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by Denise Civa Sister Regina Peterson seemed to have a clue that she was meant to be a sister as far back as first grade, but like most younger people, she rebelled against the idea. She thought about the possibility of going into the religious community was because in first grade she was involved in a car accident of sorts. In a freak accident, Peterson was dragged behind a moving car when she got tangled up in some rope that was hooked to the back of the car. Peterson was in great agony after this time, but one of her most vivid memories is

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to visit because she was going to be a sister. Peterson replied that she wasn't sure. The little boy replied that she was coming back because she was going to be a sister so that she could take care of him. Peterson replied that he was right and she said she felt peace when she told him that. Her decision was definite this time, but her father died, so she decided to put off entering the order for awhile. In September of 1967, Peterson finally followed her calling and entered the order. She did various activities after this, including receiving her bachelor's degree in social work which she began here at Cabrini and

Sister Roselle Santavasi thinks of herself as a missionary, but not in the sense of traveling to a for- , eign country. Instead, she serves the people of a local parish as a parish social minister which she describes as comparable to that of a social worker. Her present assignment is at Holy Child parish in Northwest Philadelphia. There Sister Roselle serves the members of the parish and the surrounding community. Santavasi's role in the community is caring for the basic needs of people in the area. She mentioned that these people don't necessarily have to belong to the parish, or even be Catholic. She and other parish social ministers give out food and clothing, give referrals for housing, jobs, special services and offer

counseling. Santavasi 's job focuses on the poor (mainly those who are on welfare), single parents and the abused. She doesn't have one area of concentration, but plans to continue to work for the poor in different aspects. She also is attracted to helping women and children. Santavasi considers her work rewarding. ''I am constantly learning from them. They've taught me about life, survival and faith. They have so much faith!" Santavasi's future plans include service as well. She hopes to start a program in the parish called Adult Children of Alcoholics since so many people come from disfunctional families. Santavasi lives in Cabrini's convent and has lived there for almost t~ years.

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.Sister Julie Toto by Stephanie Hornyak

when her mother said to her that she could have died, but because she didn't, God probably had something important for herto do. Peterson rebelled for years afterthis incident. She did not want to become a sister and she wanted her actions to prove this. Finally her feelings won out though and in her junior year in high school she made the decision to become a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. "What really drew me to the order was their (the sisters) sense of religious vocation," Peterson said. In senior year, Peterson made more positive steps toward her vocation. She made more contacts with the order and visited and spent weekends with them. One particular moment she remembers on one of these visits, is when a small boy of about four or five who was staying in one of the order's homes for abused and neglected children, asked Peterson if she was coming

finished at Loyola University in New Orleans. She began a community center for young adults and senior citizens in New Orleans. She moved to Seattle and worked in a hospital part-time and also taught art. In August 1974 she took her final vows and officially became a sister. From this point, she did many other things including moving to Denver, CO., where she worked at the Mother Cabrini Shrine, moving to New York to work at the Cabrini Medical Center, and going back to West Park, N.Y., where she worked at the residential treating program center. In her spare time, Peterson pursued her master's degree in social work, which she received from Fordham University in 1978. In 1980 she came to Cabrini to teach and set up the social work program. "It was scary in some ways, challenging, but exciting-- that's the primary word," Peterson said of teaching social work on the college level. ''I love my field. I felt there was something I could give to people.''

She has also been an elementary school principal, and has worked in California, New Sister Julia Toto, originally from Edison, York and Pennsylvania. NJ., entered the Missionary Sisters of the She loved being a principal and said that Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1944. she had a very good rapport with the students Shecameto Cabrini in 1973-;and wasthe and other teachers. She was very fair, and in co-director of the continuing education being that way, won their respect. division which was then called the evenin She feels that her mission as an educator division. is "to chalShe left lenge students Cabrini in and to strive 1977, and refor excelturned in 1981, lence." working in the In her free education ditime, she envision as an joys reading or assistant prowatching a fessor. From good movie. 1982 until W h e n 1987, she was asked to dethe coordinascribe her pertor of the secondary education division. sonality, she said, "I love adventure, and I Toto has been an educator her whole appear very quiet, but I'm actually very life. She taught kindergarten through ninth outgoing.'' grade and religion to high school students.

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MartinLutherKingJr. remembered by Marian Armstrong

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader whose nonviolent movement for equality transformed the nation, would have been 60 years old on Jan. 15. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, King was the son of a minister. He entered Morehouse College at the a:ge of 15 without graduating from high school. It was at Morehouse that King got his calling to be a minister. King's life began to change drastically when, on Dec. l, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move from the white section of a Montgomery, Alabama bus. King was called upon to lead a bus boycott and on Dec. 5, 1955, 50,000 blacks began walking and carpooling. Although the boycott lasted for over a year, the United States District Court found it unconstitutional for city buses to be racially segregated. In 1965, blacks were persuaded not to register to vote in the South and few blacks voted. King supported the right to vote by leading a registration drive in Alabama. People came from all over the country to show their support. As a result, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which barred hindering the right of blacks to vote. King also addressed the issue of poverty. In 1968, he organized a campaign for the poor to unite the poor of all races to fight against poverty. ''I think the movement was a turning

point," said Dr. Joseph Romano, professor of philosophy. Romano remembered that King's civil rights movement really caught on with the bus protest. "There have been obvious improvements." Romano pointed out that King's

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fight for freedom overthrew segregation laws and brought about the opening of public accommodations such as- restaurants and libraries to blacks. Martin Luther King will be dead 21 years in April. How much has.changed in 21 years? Michelle Jones, junior, said, "I feel that his movement was great. We had a change, but it's over. You don't have to go quoting, 'I have a dream.' Now you can live your dream. We're not a minority anymore. We are a majority. Everything is white and black." Jones said that blades should stand as a strong community instead of waiting for another King to arise. However, many students feel there is a great deal yet to be achieved in the struggle for racial equality. Karen Dumomey, sophomore, said, "King achieved a lot, but we still have a long way to go. It's up to us to continue what he didn't finish.'' Dumomey said that as a black individual you have to work twice as hard because of existing prejudice in schools and at work. "I think King's fight for freeedom has gone far in certain parts of the states," said Sue Schwetz, sophomore. "I think it depends on the individual." Schwetz said, "I don't think blacks are treated fairly." She said that some of her friends will walk out of a room if a black person

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One-stopregistration,nextstop home by Linda Smisko Monday, Jan. 16, 1989, marked the beginning of a new phase at Cabrini College. It wa:s the first time in registration history that eligible students could go through a one-stop registration line. One-stop registration was implemented by the Enrollment Management Committee, according to Jennifer Hansbury, registrar. ''Only eligible students were permitted to enter the one-stop registration line. The program was designed to reward those students who had pre-registered correctly and paid their bills in full by the deadline date of Jan. 12. This spring semester 26S students were eligible for one-stop registration," said Hansbury.What purpose does pre-registration serve, when, in many cases, students do not receive the classes they had registered for? Hansbury said, '' As soon as a class is closed, it is posted. There is lag time between accepting students during preregistration and entering their names into the computer terminal. Some students miss out. However, deferred lists of the cancelled classes are sent out over the break. There were fewer surprises this time for students, but there will always be surprises." According to Hansbury, registration is

always held the day before classes begin in order for students to receive clear~nce.lf it were held at another time, students would have to be pulled from class in order to show clearance. Hansbury said that the one-stop Registration program was very effective overall. "We're still evolving it. Next semester

necessary because it reduced the amount of time it takes for the full registration process." "We send out the bills in December, about the time the semester ends. The bills reach the students before the grades so that they can be paid in full by the deadline date, making students eligible for one-stop regis-

Usually you had three or four lines to go through. With one line, it took 1O minutes to register. It's good to see Cabrini modernizing -Doug Jobson, senior it will be completely different because it will take place in the new Grace Hall building. This was the initial test to get the philosophy started,'' Hansbury said. Jay Loucks, chief financial officer, said that registration went fairly well. He will work to promote and encourage the program because it will simplify things for everyone concerned if students get their bills paid in full on time. Loucks said that his involvement was primarily to resolve the problems of students having trouble getting their bills paid. Loucks said, "One-stop registration was

·updates Campus Library Exhibit--An exhibit of rare and special books from the library's collection will be on display in the library's first floor exhibit cases throughout the month of February. Liturgy--There will be a black history liturgy on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. Ash Wednesday--Ash Wednesday's masses will be celebrated on Feb. 8 at noon in the chapel and at 9:30 p.m. in Xavier's Great Room. Ashes will be distributed at both masses. Photography Exhibition--Frank Armstrong's "Roadsides and Main Streets'', an exhibition of color photography, will beon display through Feb. 17 in Boland Hall at St. Joseph's University, Lapsley Lane at City Avenue (between 54th and 57th streets). The gallery will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday and by appointment. For more information, call (21 S) 660-1840.

tration," Loucks said. Sharon DiPaolo, of student billing, said, "Registration went fairly well, but the students have to make themselves more aware of their financial aid and what their bills consist of. It would be a lot easier for the students if they knew what was going on with their bills on registration day." Hansbury and Loucks agreed that certain key problems came up during one-stop registration. They plan to make these changes for next semester. - Conduct registration in a larger area where the several lines can be spread out to

make things run more smoothly. - Have signs which clearly mark the lines (Many students stood in long Business office lines needlessly). - Publicize more about one-stop registration (Nothing was published prior to spring semester). Students felt that one-stop registration was effective overall, but certain problems should be resolved. Dawn Hartley, senior, said, "They need posters or signs outside the room, but also over the tables in the room to mark what each specific table was for." '' I was aggravated because I waited in the financial aid line for 20 minutes because I didn't know I could have handed in my check, received clearance, and left," said Hartley. Monica Rightnour, freshman, said, "I thought registration was more organized. I was no more that five minutes in line." Mary Jean Sakal, sophomore, said, ''The longest thing about registering was standing in line, which took IO minutes, even with bills to pay." Doug Jobson, senior, said, "Usually you had three or four lines to go through. With one line, it took 10 minutes to register. It's good to see Cabrini modernizing."

Improvementsin bookstorebegin by Chris Pesotski "It was just much easier to buy books this semester. The lines weren't nearly as bad as first semester and you got out more quickly,'' Dave Rowland, freshman, said. Many students agreed with this view and stated that it did indeed seem easier to buy books for the beginning of the spring semester than it did to purchase them last fall. Apparently there were several factors which contributed to the shorter lines at the bookstore during registration. ''The concerns of students came to the attention of the Enrollment Management Committee, which had several suggestions to help streamline the process," said Dean of Students and Committee Chairman Bob Bonfiglio. "Jay Loucks, committee member, approached Albert Vassallo, bookstore manager, to discuss implementation of the ideas." Loucks, who serves as Cabrini's Chief Financial Officer, commented on the suggestions of the committee. "There were basically three identified needs. First, there was an identified need for more help at registration time. Second, hours had to be added, especially to allow Continuing Education students to obtain textbooks at convenient times. Third, we wanted to insure that plenty of notice was given to the students as to procedures used by the bookstore.'' "What we did was to sit down and discuss these suggestions with the bookstore personnel. That meeting resulted

in some concrete solutions. Hours were expanded and a new part-time employee was hired to help Albert. More booklists were made available to students to help speed the process," Loucks said. "I think that the solutions were highly effective, and more changes are under consideration for the fa] I semester." Vassallo had further insights on the spring book purchases. "Second semester is always better than the first. Students, especially freshmen, don't need as many books. We have also had a lot of people coming in early and in the new evening hours to get books. Running two registers when it's really busy has kept the lines down. We sit here waiting for business sometimes.'' Whatever the planning behind the book buying process, students think it is convenient and makes things easy for them. "It was a lot less tedious. I didn't encounterthe lines like last time,'' said John Chumetski, freshman. Jen Mathis. sophomore, said' 'It was much easier to buy books here than it was at Delaware County (Community College)." According to Loucks, the plans for the future include the possibility of self-service book buying. "We're working on a plan where students would be able to browse through the stacks, take their purchases to a cashier and get out with a minimum of difficulty. Problems with the plan are location and security, but members of Enrollment Management are working on the plan and hope to implement it for the fall registration process."

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Vienna - Soviet Foreign Minister, Euard A. Sheverdnadze, announced on Thursday, Jan. 19, that the Soviet Union will withdraw nuclear-capable artillery pieces and some short-range nuclear missiles from central Europe. Moscow- Neighborhood residents met in a southwest area of Moscow on Friday, Jan. 20, to nominate candidates to the Congress of People's Deputies, the newly constituted Soviet legislature. Warsaw - On Sunday, Jan. 22, the S?lidarity movement accepted an offer proposed by communist authorities for negotiations. The negotiations are aimed at establishing a consensus on future political and economic reforms and setting the terms for the independent union's legalization. Bonn, West Germany - Erich Honecker, East German leader, announced on Monday, Jan. 23, that East Germany will reduce its armed forces by 10,000 people in two years' time and will cut the defense budget bv 10 =rcent.

Kingfrom8 walks in. Dolores Rodgers,junior,said, 'Tdliketosay King gave black people hope, but I think a lot of it died when he died. There was nobody else with his charisma, character, and stamina to carry on.'' Samantha Hidlebird, senior, said, "I think King made greater strides when he was alive and immediately following his death than black Americans have made in the past ten years." She said, "It's obvious by the headlines today that society has reverted back to a lot of the prejudice of the 60s. White supremist movements have been on the rise in recent years." Martin Luther King Day was first celebrated as a federal holiday in 1986. The day is recognized as a state holiday in all states except Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, South Dakota and New Hampshire. Opinions differ as to whether or not schools and businesses should take Martin Luther King Day off. Jones said that schools and businesses should have the day off. She said, "King was an outstanding civil rights

activist and he should be acknowledged for his efforts and achievements.'' Hidlebird said, "If schools are not going to close, they should offer alternative programs in honor of Martin Luther King.'' However, Hid lebird supported the day off. Rodgers said, "Having the day off would just give a lot of idle time to people who won't even think of King." Rodgers said that something positive should be done in businesses and schools as a way of paying tribute. Drexel University had Martin Luther King Day off. Richard Currie, senior at Drexel University, said, "King's fight has gone far, but not far enough. I think more can be done. You've got Jesse Jackson trying to carry on the name, and I think he's doing a good job, and then you've got other people who are doing the opposite." Brandon Brown, sophomore at Temple University, said that he didn't feel he had a right to complain about classes being held at Temple on the holiday since classes are in session on other major holidays as well. He said," If Temple University is going to recognize Martin Luther King Day. · it should be Temple's obligation to recognize other holidays.'' Brown did not attend classes on Martin Luther King Day. "I find it one's own day of conscience," he said.

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Men's basketballfrom 12 CabrinioverpowersFrostburg Then, with three minutes remaining, the gas leak that evacuated the entire building seived only to drag the game out longer. When play resumed an hour later, the Cavs ran out the clock and notched another check in the win column. Cabrini head coach John Dzik said his team's biggest assets were that ''we shot the ball extremely well, ran a good defense, and played well on offense.'' As far as the importance of this game went, Dzik said, "I thought it was a very pivotal game for us, and I was very concerned. But we had a good game and caught them (Frostburg) below their level." When asked what aspect of the game benefitted his team the most, Brian Butler, senior, said, "We rebounded pretty well and we shot well from the floor. But we went out there with a lot of intensity because we knew what we had to do." Concerning what kept the

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Cavs out front so Frostburg director at the University of Georgia,· and other Southeastern couldn't catch up, Jeff Hines, ·soConference (SEC) officials. phomore, said, "our aggressive Georgia officials allegedly told play. We picked up the pace on Dooley to stop recruiting academidefense and we executed our cally unprepared athletes in the offense very well. aftermath of losing a lawsuit to Jan '' This team is very good,'' Kemp, who had been fired for Hines said, "and we could meet complaining she'd been pressured to pass athletes enrolled .in her them again in the playoffs.'' Another contributing factor to remedial studies classes. But Dooley's opponents were the win was the fact that the Cavs still recruiting such athletes.To keep had five players in double figures. competition even, Dooley conMarko Gittens, junior, lead the vinced the whole SEC to observe charge with 23 points; followed by the same recruiting rules he did, Yurchak with 18; Hines with 16 and then helped sponsor Proposiand sophomore Mike Carrafa and tion 42 to get all NCAA schools to do so. Butler with 15 a piece. The reaction was quick. Cabrini was also 24 of 29 from "It's a racist rule," said Temple the foul line and 11 of 17 from University basketball coach John three-point range. Chaney. "For an athletic associaOne sour note to the evening tion to dream up a nightmare for happened to Gittens, who left the black youngsters is totaJly insane." game in the second half with a "I'm not black, I have nothing dislocated ring-finger on his right to gain,'' said Louisiana State bashand, which is now in a splint for ketball coach Dale Brown. "But two weeks. Dzik said he would be you have to call it for what it is. available to play on Saturday but it What they're saying is 'we have a colored water fountain here, a white is up to Gittens upon whether or one here. We 'II allow you to drink not he plays.

from the white one if you pass this test.' It's really disgusting. If I could dropout of the NCAA, I'd do it.'' ''It's a bad rule,'' University of Houston basketball coach Pat Foster said. Thompson is perhaps the most vociferous critic: "Athletics have been one of the few hopes that socio-economically disadvantaged kids have had to introduce themselves to society. If these young people at this point in time no longer belong in higher education institutions because of the 700 on the college boards, what are we saying?" The college boards, moreover, have been regularly blasted by educators as culturally biased against women and minorities, making it harder for them to get higher scores than white, suburban male students. A number of schools -- Harvard, Union, Bates and Middlebury colleges, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology among them -have stopped using the test scores to decide who to admit because the tests don't always accurately predict who will do well in college.

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Bob Schaeffer of FairTest, a New York group that campaigns against the tests, sent a letter to the NCAA protesting the new rule as a "blatantly improper use of test scores'' in the wake of Proposition 42's adoption. If it goes into effect, about the

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Aiello'smove shocks teammates 12 the reasons were right if that is what she wanted." Barb Milligan, sophmore and shooting guardsaid,"It was her decision. It's something she had to do. I can understand that but

it was unfair how she did it.'' But did Aiello leave herteaf!l out in the cold? Many feelings and opinions have arisenfromthetime she left thecourt during a practice on Wednesday ,January 11 without warning two days before a game. Shock did hit the team on that Wednesday. "I was surprised she left," Assistant Coach Terry Mancini said. ''The whole team was surprised she left. We found out one week before school started that she wasn't coming back.'' "It just came as a shock. She was on the court one minute and then gone the next," Milligan said. Assistant coach, James Welde, had a different view of Aiello's decision. "I am not surprised that Donna didn't return. There were rumors that she wasn't happy here." Danny Welde,head coach, explained that there was tension between himself and Aiello. Welde said that she(Aiello) does not like to answer to anyone. "I felt as though when I tried to help her or tell her what to do on the court she always seemed to rebel against me. I think she has to learn to let people help her," Welde said. According to Jodi Snow ,junior and cocaptain, Aiello felt that Welde did not give herself or the team enough confidence because he would often put the team down. "As a coach he(Welde) gives us constructive critism. He tries to make us better by pushing us. He wants us to be winners. I don't feel Donna could take the critism,"Snow said. Aiello was the team's leading scorer, averaging 22 points a game. Behind the sharpshooting guard, the squad had eight wins and two losses. Was Aiello burdened by leading the team in scoring? Snow said, "I don't feel that was the problem. Donna is a good basketball player and she is used to handling

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pressure on the court." This past Saturday evening the team was defeated by a strong team.Frostburg State offensive boards have to be nit by all the University from Frostberg, Md., and on players. He went on to say that with Aiello Monday the team was victorious over rival missing it gives the other players an opporEastern College. Without Aiello, the team tunity to show their talents. Such players Kathy has won three games and lost two. Barb that Welde mentioned were Milligan has stepped into Aiello' s shoes and Murray, freshman, Joanne McCann,a sophomore transferr, Christi Courseaultjunior, is averaging 12.5 point per game. and Barb Milligan,sophomore. "I wish everybody the best of luck," Welde said,"The absent of Donna could Aiello said, "and I know they'll win games." "It just hurts me when I hear things that work out as a blessing in surprise for Barb people say, and if they want to call me a Milligan. She is now completely out of the shadow of Donna. She has to step forward quitter, then they can, but I can't worry about and develop to her full potential.'' every little thing everybody says.'' MIiligan said,"We need more points "I'm disappointed not so much for me from everyone. I have to pick up more but for the team. She let the team down. In points and so does everyone else. For the long run, she will realize she hurt herself. exampleJodi(Snow)'s seven points agame She was possibly on the way to becoming have to tum into 12 to 15 points a game. Also we have to run our plays more." an All-American,' 'Welde said. '' Also our main offensive problem right Snow said that when Aiello left the team, now is getting the ball inside to Christi she did quit. She explained that from Octo- Courseault. I want to move most of the ber 15, the start of the season, plays were scoring burden to her but we have to work on designed to free Aiello from the defensive to it, "Welde said This problem was evdient as Courseault shoot. was shut down by the Frostburg defense "We worked long and hard to get our scoring only five points. While Milligan and plays down and work as a team. When she Julie Snow picked up the slack by scoring left, she left us without warning which left us 13 and l l points respectively with their to rebuild in a few days. She doesn't realize precise three point shots. McCann was the the little things like the long hours and the high scorer with 15 points. Although, in the Frostburg game the ofhard work we put in, that now is useless. She fensive boards were shared by three players didn't give up on the game but everything who scored in double digits,the team's deelse that goes with it. That's what I mean by fensive lacked force. quitting, "Snow said. Defensively, the teamneedstopickupits As time goes on, resentments and feelings speed. Last year, Welde said, the team had die down but as for now two quick forwards.Sue Evich '88 and Meg disppointment,confusion and hurt feelings Hagan who is now on the injured list.who wereableto goto theboardsquickly. Welde still remain while a team, with playoffs said that the team does not have the speed it approaching, is left to struggle without its needs. leading scorer and work to fill the gap that Milligan said, "Missing Donna's 20 is there. points per game does hurt us but we now "The team will survive. It always does have to be a better defensive team so that no matter who the player is that those 20 points won't be a factor. We have to concentarte on defensive. Depending on leaves, "Welde said. how well we play defense will determine if As for Aiello, she is looking for a job in we win or not." a hospital, and come July she will be Jodi Snow, junior and co-captain, exenrolling in Crozer Chester Medical plained that the team's problem was mainly defense. She said that the team is to slow reCenter's School of Radiology. acting to the ball and we do not communicate enough with one another. "Points will come off of our defense if we play well defensively,"Snow said. Leadership has been and is now a major factorthatthe team needs now to win Welde said. "We need leadership from someone in the back court to take charge and be aggressive,"he said. Chris Federico, senior and co-captain, said that the team always looked for Aiello to take control and step in to make those crucial moves on the court. "Now someone has to step up," she said. ''The team hasn't pulled it together yet. We're not totally ready yet,"Federico said. She also said that the team has to come together personally and athletically again. Milligan said,"We have to become sure of ourselves. In the beginning of the Frostburg game for example we were unsure of ourselves which put us behind but once we got it together our comeback was not enough to win. We have to start from the beginning.'' '' If we work hard, while starting to play with each other more and communicate more, we will be a winning team,' 'Snow said. As Welde said, "Only time will tell."

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LadyCavs can 'control their own destiny' by Paula Phillips After being defeated by Frostburg University located in Frostburg.Md on January 21, the Lady Cavaliers are now tied for second in the Eastern States Athletic Conference(ESAC) northern division with Marywoodand Spring Garden Colleges while Allentown College remains in sole possession of first place. The Lady Cavs are now in the position· to "still control their own destiny" explained Coach Danny Welde. Welde went on to say that to have a playoff berth the team has to be one of the top two teams in their division. Since Cabrini has beaten Spring Garden and Marywood once already in earlier meeetings, the team has the advantage of beating them again with the same talented players minus one. The player is Donna Aiello who was the team's leading scorer. Aiello left college and the game of basketball by her own decision for various reasons. Without Aiello, Cabrini lost to Frostburg 74-64. Did the absence of Aiello hinder the team's performance? "I feel that our defense hurt us the most. We were also slow reacting to the ball. I think the presence of Donna let other people get lazy. She would make up for their mistakes. Now that she is gone the players have to dig deeper and work ali1tle harder to become belier basketball players themselves,"Welde said. With the lost of Aiello, the gain oftransferr Joann Mccann and the return of Julie Snow to court after a shoulder injury, the players do have to "dig deeper" to make some major adjustments to each other on the court both offensively and defensively. Welde explained that the

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and teammates, not to return to Cabrini. "You've got to do what's right for you," explains Aiello. "I made a choice and certain people think that it was a selfish decision, but they don't know the whole story. Financially, sticking it out at Cabrini for one more semester would have left me out in the cold.'' Chris Federico.senior and cocaptain, said that people do feel like she just walked out on the team but it is not fair for people to say that her decision was right or wrong. •'The way she did it was wrong but

(CPS) -- Freshmen athletes at the biggest sports schools in the country will have to pay their own tuition if they don't have certain standardized test scores or grade point averages, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) decided at its annual convention Jan. 14. The measure -- known as Proposition 42 -- provoked a furious storm of protest from some coaches who argued it will keep students who use sports as a way to get an otherwise unaffordable college education off campuses. "What I am a little sick of is people excluding young people from things,'· said Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, who walked off the court during a Jan. 14 game against Boston College and refused to coach in a Jan. 18 game against Providence College to protest the new rule. NCAA reformers, on the other hand, cast it as a way to keep colleges from exploiting young athletes. Currently, freshmen can't participate on NCAA Division I teams if their Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores are below 700, their ACT (American College Testing program) score is below 15 and they didn't graduate from high school with at least a 2.0 GPA in certain core courses. Yet the freshmen remain on scholarship their first year while they try to bring up their grades. Under the new rule, colleges would be prohibited from keeping the students on athletic scholarships if they don't have the grades to compete. The NCAA estimates that 90 percent of the 600 students affected when the rule goes into effect in Fall, 1990,will be black. "You're not solving a problem by saying a young man is not qualified for a scholarship because he doesn't have 700 on his SAT," Thompson fumed. Reacting to scandals in which four-year athletes were graduating as illiterates or were not graduating at all, the NCAA, led by its Presidents Commission, has been raising academic standards for athletes throughout the decade, hoping to keep kids who were unprepared for college off campuses and to assure that college sports were played by •'true students.'' Proposition 42, NCAAassistant director Dave Cawood said, was "a means to strengthen the academir entrance requirements for freshmen." Thompson, too, thought "many of the proponents of Prop 42 may have laudatory academic and athletic goals in mind." The rule was proposed and fueled, critics say, by Vince Dooley, the ath-

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Brian HB_reezeH B~tler, senior forward, protects the ball froma Frostburg opponent while aggressively movmg towards the basket.(photo by Steve Piscali)

Cavs establishedas powerbousein ESAC by Nick Ostrowski The Cabrini men's basketball team continued to establish itself as a powerhouse in the Eastern States Athletic Conference (ESAC) on Sat., Jan. 21, when it defeated Frostburg State 95-71, and ran its conference record to 5-

0. An interesting side note to the ·game occurred with three minutes remaining in the second half. Play was delayed for over an hour because of a gas leak in Sacred Heart Hall which cleared the building. When play resumed, it was just a matter of running out the clock in order for Cabrini to register another win. At tipoff time, the gym was

packed and it seemed everybody in a11endancewas in for a good game. The teams appeared evenly matched and ran hard right from the outset. But it was Cabrini who asserted itself early and, by 12:20 of the first half, had established a 20-14 lead. The Cavs' leadsuddenlyshotto 40-23 and was capped off when Jason Yurchak, sophomore, nailed two consecutive three-point shots. The Cabrini defense tightened its belt another notch and forced three straight Frostburg turnovers. The Cavs continued hitting the outside shot and dominated in the rebound department to blow out to a 46-25 lead. By halftime, the lead had swollen to 53-29. At the start of the second half, Frostburg tightened up its defense

but was having a rough time closing the 20-point gap that separated the two teams. Even with the substantial lead, Cabrini never let up and kept running hard, making life tough for the Frostburg defense which experienced frequent breakdowns. On top of all this, their offense just wasn't able to compete with the Cav defense. The game never materialized into what it started out as. Whatever offense Frostburg had, Cabrini had more. No matter how fast they ran, Cabrini was a lillle quicker. Then, with three minutes remaining, the gas leak that did

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Aiello leaves team,collegeabruptly by Bob Bonner & Paula P_hillips National "It was a hard decision to make," admitted ex-Cabrini basketball player Donna Aiello, "but you've got to grow up sometime." Like many sophomores and juniors in college, Aiello was uncertain about exactly where her life was heading. She had jumped from schoolto school, yet was sti II unsatisified and unsure of what she wanted to do. Marist College, located near Poughkeepsie, in New York State was Aiello's first stop in her college experiences. Aiello was given a full scholarship to Marist, a

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Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) Division I college. Yet after one semester, Aiello had decided that she was not happy at Marist. She missed her family and friends a great deal so she packed her bags and came home to Drexel Hill, Pa. As soon as Aiello returned home, the calls started. Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, University of Scranton and Delaware Valley College all wanted Aiello. But at the time. Aiello did not want any of them. So she worked and after a few months of debating whetherornot school was the right

choice for herself, Aiello enrolled at Cabrini in the summer of 1987. In the fall she started classes, but not basketball. Aiello was barred from the basketball court due to an NCAA rule that states that when a player moves down a division he or she is ineligible to play for one year. But when the spring rolled around, Aiello took to the court. "I love to play basketball," admits Aiello. "I miss playing now and my mom misses watching me play, but you've got to make choices." And during Christmas break, Aiello made a choice. She de, cided, to the shock of her coaches