friday, nov. 17, 1989
cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087
Community relations are betterthan ever by Chris Pesotski The three decades of Cabrini College's existence have ushered many changes to the college, its students and the surrounding community. One constant has been the upand-down nature of the college's relationship with Radnor Township. "As far as I can remember, we've had a positive working relationship with Cabrini," said Bob Crawford, the Radnor Township manager. "Some members of the Cabrini administration have worked with us on various issues in the past, and several students have worked for us in co-op or internship positions.'' Crawford does not rule out the possibility that the college's immediate residential neighbors might have difficulties with some facets of the college¡s presence. "I can remember in l 987 or 1988 some of the residents on the streets joining the parkmg lot ~ complaints about the lighting being too bright and keeping them awake,'' he said. "That'sreallythelastiheard, though." "This is ancient history," said Mike Caranfa, chief physical plant officer. "When we do lighting in any new construction, we meet national and state codes. They take care of Radnor' s codes. Radnor has nuisance codes, but we don't violate them. There have been recent changes in the nuisance codes, which make our lighting restrictions much greater than a business on Lancaster Avenue, but I'm not really familiar with them. "The only recent complaint we've had was when we cut a tree down and a neighbor called to say that a light now shined in her bedroom window. The lamppost had been there for five years. What could we do?" In recent years, Bill Battles, the former vice president for instituional advancement, was the college's primary liaison with surrounding communities. ''Since he left, I'm not really sure who deals with the townships," Caranfa said. "I imagine that when we go to them next it will be Tony Brochi, (present vice president for instituional advancement), who will do most of the talking." Although Radnor has no ordinances or codes specifically designed
to pertain to Cabrini, the township does make regular health and fire code inspections. ''There is a regular schedule of visits, and they are often stepped up if there is a continuing problem or a complaint," Crawford said. "That is not usually necessary with Cab.. ,, nm. ''I think we have an excellent rapport with the fire marshal and the board of health," Caranfa said. "I don'tthink we've ever been cited in formal sense. When they come here, they make recommendations on changes to be made, typically in the food service areas, and we make them. It's as simple as that. If they were to come back, and we hadn't corrected a problem, then we could get cited. But it doesn't ever get to that point.'' The most recent problem Caranfa could recall involving the building or water run-off codes was during the constructionof Xavier Hall. "The contractor had some difficulty with storm sewer run-off, which resulted in a lot of muddy water in and around campus," he said. '' At that time the contractor was cited and the college was not further involved." According to Crawford, the township's relationship with Cabrini is comparable to its relationships with Valley Forge Military Academy and Eastern College. ''I guess because of its size, we tend to have a few more problems with Villanova," he said. Most of the problems tend to arise at the local bars or as a result of students living off-campus. "Recently the - township has enacted a set of codes which limit the areas where college students can live off-campus,'' Crawford said. "These were set up mainly with Villanova in mind, but other colleges are also affected. "I don't often hear of many complaints involving the police and Cabrini students. We get an occasional call to come onto the campus, but not much more." Crawford said the last time the college appeared for a zoning or planning request was in the summer of 1988.
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vol. xxxvi, no.9
Archbishopleadsanniversarymass
I. Archbishop Bevilacquagets a hug from Jasmie MorganduringSunday'sanniversary celebration(photo by Frank Emmerich) by Kelly Ann McGillan
but devoted nun whosegoal wastraveling to the orient. but instead was sent to cross the Atlantic Philadelphia Archbishop Anthony Bevilac- to land in America whe~ she and the group of qua led the MissionarySisters of the Sacred missionary sisters helped the immigrants and Heart, their friends, collaborators, and benefac- opened institutions such as schools, hospitals tors in a mass celebrating the centennial of the and orphanages. arrival of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and the Missionary Sisters in America last Sunday in the gym. Amid resplendent blaring brass horns and the glorious voices of the Cabrini College Community Chorus, the Cabrini Folk Ensemble and the St. Donato' s School Choir, Archbishop Bevilacqua led those gathered in the mass of thanksgiving to end a year of celebration. Sister Veronica Piccone, MSC provincial, welcomed all to the liturgy by describing the frail
Beforeclosingthe mass, Bevilacquatoldthose gathered of the effect Mother Cabrini had on him when he was a child. "When I was growing up, my mother had a picture of Mother Cabrini from the Italian newspaper and I always remember that,'• said Belivacqua. "My mother had great devotion to her even before she was canonized and told me, 'Someday she will be a saint.''¡
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