March 23, 1990 Issue 19 Loquitur

cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087

friday, march 23, 1990

Businessoffice haltsspending

by Clyde LaForest

President Eileen Currie, MSC, announced in a memo to all division heads, department chairs and supervisors recently that expense accounts are frozen.

"In order to obtain more accurate accounts," the memo said, "it is necessary to restrict financial act1v1t1es immediately.

After consulting with board members, it has been decided tofreezeexpense accounts as of March 7, I 990. " The freeze calls for no new expenditures after March 7 without written permission from the president; however, the memo also said, "All current payroll obligations, contractual agreements and outstanding accounts will be met.''

Chief Financial Officer John Barclay said the freeze, which he

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called a '' slow down,'' is a time for the business office to "gather togetherall the costs." "It's a way to slow down and say, 'Let's get this thing together'," he said.

Barclay said the slow down has nothing to do with a shortage of funds or with incorrect charging of departmental accounts. He said the business office is charging the accounts correctly, but not everything has been charged.

There are bookstore recquisitions and other charges from last school year that have never been charged to the accounts, Barclay said. '' A lot of these things are from the people who were here before me,'; he said. Barclay came to Cabrini in September 1989.

Department heads are affected

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Facts about,a modernplague

by Anna-Marie Karlsen

On a beautiful day in mid March, the AIDS Task Force of Philadelphia held a lecture on a not so beautiful disease.

The lecture focused on what AIDS is, how it is spread, and what we can do to protect oµrselves.

"Our main goals are to educate ourselves, educate others, and teach people to treat those with AIDS with dignity and humanity," said Roger Armstrong, the director of education at the A TFP. AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. The virus that causes AIDS

is called HIV. When this virus enters the body through the bloodstream, it causes a breakdown in the body's abiliiy to fight off infection. ''No one dies of AIDS,'' Armstrong said. '' A person with AIDS dies of the infection that their body cannot fight."

"I wish more people would have attended the lecture," freshman Lorraine Lill said. "It was an informative lecture, I just don't believe that enough is known about AIDS." AIDS and HIV+ There are two kinds of AIDS.

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Superthonschedule The 1990 Superthon to benefit the Ronald McDonald House is this weekend. Here's the schedule of events: Friday, March 23 -Beginning at 4 p.m., Lou Monocao and Bud Mellon kick off the M&M Maration. They will be airing on WCAB for 48 hours until 4 p.m. Sunday.

-8 to 10 p.!Jl.- Jello wrestling in the gym.

-10 p.m. to 2 a.m.- Film festival

featuring Pet Semetery and Look Who's Talking. · Saturday, March 24

-11 :30 a.m. to 1p.m.- Brunch in the cafeteria.

-Noon- Torch lighting c;eremony on the soccer field.

-Noon to 12:30 p.m.- Parade beginning in front of Sacred Heart

Hall.

12:30 to 3:30 p.m.- Olympic Games <;msoccer field: 12:30- 3- legged race

Senior Stephanie Cole helps one of her special friends spruce up during her spring break visit to Appalachia. (Photo by Lisa Brzezicki, printed by Kristin Kroll) Record toss Scattergories

1:00- Ping Pong Bocce Ball Cabrini Van Crunch (See how many people can fit into the van) l :30- Mile Run Twister Water balloon toss 2:00- Obstacle course Pie eating contest

2:30- Egg drop Pool tournament 3:00- Scavenger hunt 3:30 to 4:40- Volleyball Tournament behind the Mansion.

4:00- Compute-a-face pictures will be taken on the soccer field.

4:30 to 5:30- Bar-B-Que on the soccer field.

9 p.m. to Midnight- Concert in the gym featuring the bands Abstractions and For the People.

10 p.m. to 2 a.m.- Film Festival

featuring Childs Play and Parent-

hood Sunday, March 25 •

10:30 to 11:30- Liturgy 11:30 to 1p.m.- Brunch in cafeteria. · 1:30- Softball game on field.

4:30 to 5:30- Dinner and Awards ceremony in cafeteria. *In the event of rain, all outdoor events will be held indoors.

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Working Moms

A very special

news ................. 3, 4, 5

balance families

editor's note

and careers

{see page 11)

features

6, 7,8,9

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

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Lack of assistancefosters¡apathy In the last issue of Loquitur, a letter written by sophomore Jennifer Cligget stated her <lissatisfaction with office personnel's treatment of student's needs. ¡ Cligget universally stated that one of the primary jobs of office personnel is to treat students with the respect they deserve because, in essence, our $13,000 yearly tuifion pays their salary.

Do office personnel take students and their problems seriously, or do the the workers act as if the students place a burden on their daily workload?

Some office personnel act like it is a chore to provide service to students, which is an intricate part of the~r job.

Does a paranoia exists among office personnel at Cabrini leading them to treat the faculty and administration better than the students?

In order to be taken seriously on this campus, one must do something monumental; form a coalitio~, propose a special interest house or generally be a go-getter.

Where does this situation leave the average student who is not visible and not labeled a go-getter?

A student survey targeting members of every class provided helpful in determining that the negligent attitudes exhibited by some office personnel are prevelant. When posed the question of whether they felt that the service provided to them by offices on campus was adequate, and polite, 60 percent stated that they were not.

If the average student feels alientated by the impoliteness and trivial by the red tape mix-ups, then they will not stand up for what they believe in.

Thus, office curtness is not just a nuisance - it has a domino affect of fostering negative attitudes among students towards the school.

What people will remember the most about their college experience, aside from the academic and social part, is how their money and business was handled. Students are close to their wallets, and if the hands that touch them don't say please, students will come away with negative thoughts about their institution.

Part of the draw to attend Cabrini is the personal attention and caring one is to receive here. Office apathy is unwelcome at larger institutions, it should be intolerable here.

Students remember the impolite responses, puzzled looks, and the office run-arounds when dealing with Cabrini's infrastructure. When getting things accomplished becomes a chore for many students, then many begin to question if it is worth the trouble.

Constantly trying to swim upstream in a river of indifference proves burdensome and time consuming.

We are too busy getting an education to think about that.

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Superthon '90:

Spirit¡andservicewith a smile angie corbo managing editor Superthon -- a wild and crazy weekend where students stay up to all hours, exert all kinds of new-founded energies, partake in olympic style competitions, and find themselves having a great deal of fun while in a campus-wide attempt to raise money for a worthy charity.

I have been "coerced" into doing some crazy things during the various Superthons, however, Jello Wrestling in this year's Superthon may even top my own record.

There is no doubt about it, it's one heck of a killer weekend. People have asked me over and over again, "Why do you do it?" ''Why does the SGA promote such a masochistic event?"

After co-chairing the 1988 Superthon with my roommate Trish Fitzgerald and Heather Corlett, my perspective towards the entire event has been inspired. I grew to see an additional side of what Superthon represents.

Spirit comes alive in all kinds of people, in all kinds of forms. It is a wonderful sight to witness. People going back to the basics -opening their minds and hearts to do service for another human being -- this is what Superthon is truly about.

involved gives off more of a high than anything.

Spirit comes alive in all kinds of people, in all kinds of forms. It is a wonderful sight to witness. People going back to the basics -- opening their minds and hearts to do service for another human being -- this is what Superthon is truly about.

This may sound a bit philosophical, but when you put the hoopla and clowning around out of the picture, charity, service, and selflessness are what support an event such as Superthon.

When I stop and think how we made a contribution to the Father Bruce Ritter's Covenant House in New York, in 1988, I do not even think that I realize the full extent of what we accomplished.

Each time when I hear the words "Covenant House," I recall efforts that our college community put forth in striving to support this worthy event. It was a phenominal occurance that annually occurs on the campus, but because many times we are caught up in the activity of the moment, we fail to realize what a wonderful thing we are doing for ourfeiloW man.

More than the jello wresting, the olympics, Ronald McDonald, the Rocky Horror picture show from last year, something else comes out from this event. A sense of giving in all aspects of human life for another human life.

If I could, I would redefine Superthon as such: the total selfless giving of one's self towards a cause that touches those who are in need of our support, love and prayers.

I hope that more of you will be touched by this same spirit during this weekend. Enjoy yourselves and have a ball -- laughter is part of that spirit that brings us closer to one another.

Editor-in-chief: Barbara Wilson

The Student Government sponsors Superthon Week end each year in order that we as students may have the opportunity give something back to our community. Seeing those who truly reap the wealth of Superthon 's profits makes me feel that Cabrini is making a valuable contribution to someone who really appreciates the time, energy and consideration.

Meeting the beneficiaries from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the 1989 recipient of Superthon Weekend, makes a healthy college student feel humbled. Walking away from a scene like that provides the opportunity for one to probe into their thoughts and emotional appeal.

Yes, believe me, I still felt the physical aches, Jack of sleep, feeling of panic from being behind on my school work and that lost sense of reality when it was all over. Despite all of that, I acquired a new feeling, one that I can not imagine will ever leave me.

Obviously the weekend marathon is an event that takes extensive preparation. It is exciting watching people getting psyched up for the events, going out and giving it their all. I can't wait to see people slop around in the jello wrestling arena this weekend. The competition among the classes is another hot event following the torch lighting ceremony.

The WCAB M & M 48 hour Marathon will be a documentary of the Weekend's activity as well as an incredible vehical for' communication. More than anything, watching the hype for this by the chairpersons

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Freshman remember to register on Wednesday, March 27.

Spring Convocation will take place at 7 p.m. in the gym on Friday Mar~h 30.

A Beef and Beer open to everyone will be given by the Accounting Association on April 6. The party will include a disc jockey, food and beer for those with ID. Seniors can get in free by reserving a ticket: send your name to box 91 or 589 by March 30 confirming your attendance. Admission at the door for non-seniors or seniors who didn't reserve tickets will be $7. Advanced tickets are available from the Accounting Association at $5.

"Crimes of the Heart" will open on March 31 in Cabrini's theatre in Grace Hall.

R~servations are recommended; call 971-8510. Admission is $4.

Educators and Computers will meet at the third annual Eastern Pennsylvania Educational Computing Conference (EPECC) on March 27, 28 and 29 at the Valley Forge Convention and Exhibit Center. The conference will feature over 90 presentations by well-known educators, 55 commercial vendor exhits and hands-on labs sponsored by Apple, IBM and Tandy. For registration, contact Doug Lehnen, EPECC '90, c/o Bucks County I.U ., 705 Shady Road, Doylestown, PA l 8901. Registration fees vary from $35 to $65.

Shadow Fax is coming to Cabrini. May 6 is the date and tickets will be $16 per person.

If anyone is interested in more information contact Karen Berlant in the Public Relations office.

The Cabrini Dance Ensemble will perform at West Chester University's Phillips Auditorium on April 19, 20 and 21 in the show "Dance Production Workshop."

Spring Fling and Sibling Weekend will be¡ the weekend of April 28.

Volunteers needed to '' adopt a grandparent' ' for an evening at the Juniors for Seniors dinner-dance. The Social Work Club is organizing the event which will bring senior citizens from Main Line Senior Services to Cabrini's cafeteria for dinner, dancing and prizes. The dinner-dance will be on April 6 at6 p.m. If you can't make it to the dance, the club is taking pledges of $5 to help pay for the event. Contact Tricia Loughran at 341-9569.

Srapple Lovers, don't miss the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's presentation called, "Scrapple--Philadelphia's First Food" to be held at the society's building, 1300 Locust St., on Sunday, March 25 at 2 p.m. Pierre Robere won't be there.

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AIDS from 1 Their names are Symptomatic and Asymptomatic.

Symptomatic AIDS is the active form of the disease. This is the one where the people are sick. The patients are falling victim to opportunistic infections.

Some of the early symptoms are swollen glands, sore throat, a cough not associated with smoking, fever and diarrhea. These symptoms are more commonly attributed to the flu, but it is really the body's way of saying that a virus is being fought.

Asymptomatic AIDS is when a person is tested positive for the HIV virus. This does not mean that they have AIDS, it simply means that they have been exposed to the virus.

"We still don't know if a person who tests HIV+ will definitely get AIDS, we just can't tell yet," Armstrong said.

Transmission In the nine years that scientists have been studying AIDS, they have found that there are three ways to contract the virus.

Blood to blood, semen/vaginal fluid to blood, and mother to fetus.

Tests have also shown that bodily fluids and secretions such as sweat, tears, saliva, urine and feces do not pass the AIDS virus.

AIDS is a blood-borne virus. Tests have been conducted to see if the virus can live in other fluids, and because of it's molecular structure, it can only survive and reproduce in blood.

In the years since AIDS was discovered, it has been widely known as the '' gay man's disease". In 1981, gay men began coming down with symptoms that matched those of a rare form of the flu, called PCP. That is how AIDS was found and where the infamous association comes from.

But in the last two years, a new group of people have been the proliferators of AIDS. Intravenous drug users have taken over the leading role as the spreaders of this modem day plague. By sharing needles, they escalate the risk of catching AIDS from infected fellow druggies.

Protecting Yourself With a cure for AIDS so far in the future, the main concern for people is prevention.

The first step is educating yourself about the disease. The next steps are each person's choice.

"Besides abstinence, a condom is the most effective form of protection from AIDS," was the statement made by former Surgeon General C. Evertt Koop. A condom, since the study1n 1985, has proven to be the best form of protection against AIDS for those who are sexually active.

"Latex condoms should be used because the condQ!JlS made of animal skins are porous, and the AIDS virus can pass through it," Armstrong said.

Armstrong does stress that condoms offering the best protection against AIDS are those that have the lubricant non-oxynol9, a chemical that inhibits the spread of the virus.

Today and Tomorrow But in an area like Radnor, why should we be concerned about AIDS? Diseases like rhis only hit people in the inner-city, right?

Wrong.

Figures from February show that in the U.S., there are 122,000 who have had the symptomatic AIDS, 70,000 of which are already dead. Between 1.5 and 2 million people are HIV+, and 98% do not know it.

Nationally, one third of all AIDS cases are from the five-state area. Pennsylvania bas 3200 cases of AIDS, New Jersey has 8000 cases, and New York state has 26,000 cases. Philadelphia.aRd surrounding counties have 50- 70,000 people who are HIV+, again 98 percent are uninformed.

By the end of 1991, less than two years from now, 300,000 people will have or have died from AIDS. For More Information If you need to contact the AIDS Task Force of Philadelphia, you can call the AIDS hotline at 732-AIDS(2437).

For free and confidential HIV testing, call 735-1911.

For general information, call 545-8686.

To call the national AIDS Hotline, call toll free 1-800-342-AIDS. Remember, know the facts, know how to protect yourself, and tell others.

Freezefrom 1 East Germans Choose Non-Communists In their country's first free elections since Hitlertook power in 1933, the East German people resoundingly denounced 40 years of communist rule by electing two democratic political parties into the Volk.shammer (People's Chamber), equivalent to our Congress.' The Alliance for Germany, a seven-week old party created by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, won 48 percent of all votes, and was subsequently awarded 193 of the 400 seats in the Volkshammer. Another democratic party, the , Social Democrats, came in second with 22 percent. The Party of Democratic Socialism, the new name for the communist party, came in third with 16 percent. Over 80 percent of East Germans voted.

Status Report on America's Children: Poor.

According to a government study, American children are affected more by poverty, divorce and violence than any other major industrial country. In other categories, such as infant mortality, the United States fails to keep up with the leaders. For example, Japan has an infant mortality rate that is half that of the United States.

Child-care Bill Provides Hope A bill that would provide $1. 7 billion a year in federal money to child-care providers and to parents for the purpose of funding child-care programs will be voted on this week. Despite objections from President Bush and other Republicans, the Democrats say they have enough votes to get the bill passed. The bill, as it stands now, would also expand the Headstart preschool program.

57 Elephants Poached in Kenya Winthin the past two months, 57 African elephants have been killed by poachers in one game park in Kenya, according to Kenyan officials. Renowned anthropologist.

Richard Leakey, put the blame for the surge in kills on Great Britain for its decision to allow Hong Kong's existing ivory stocks to be sold off even though a ban was placed such activity last October. According to renown anthropologist, Richard Leakey, 2,250 of Africa's elephants have been poached for thier tusks since Britan entered into a six-month trade ban with Hong Kong.

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by the freeze since they are responsible for theirdepartments' budgets. Four departmentheadswho were polled said the slow down is frustrating,but that they understoodwhy it is needed. ''It'saninconvenience,''saidDr.AdelineBethany,fineartsdepartmentcbair, ''but I think. I understand thereasoningbehindit Withall thechangein thebusinessoffice, things have to be looked at carefully."

"I see this as being effteient and respsonsible," Bethany continued. "The new chief financial officer has inherited the problem and band-aid efforts won't w<>Ik anymore.'' According to Cabrini College Catalogs, Barclay is the fifth financial director since 1980.

Dr. Anthony Tomasco, chairperson of the psychology department, said he is annoyed and angry, but he also said he knows that the freeze was enacted so that the school would not overspend its various budgets.

Sr. Regina Patterson, MSC, coordinator of the social work program, said she is ''panicky'' because she bas expenses she is already committed to. She said she thinks it is a wise move to freeze the accounts, though, to avoid overspending.

Sl~(~URI'fYQ llEPORT Security incidents reported Feb. 27 through March 19

Theft 3/15-1 :50 p.in.-The Educational Resource Center reported the theft of a Panasonic VCR that had been missing since Feb. 24. The equipment was stolen from a closet in Sacred Heart Hall and there was no sign of a break-in.

Suspicious Person 3/18-1:45 a.m.-A male was reported as being behind House Three. Security's investigation of the area found no one.

Personal Injury 3/18-2: 15 a.m.-An ambulance was called for a male student from another unii<""'>ity visiting a female student in Xavier Hall. His condition is unknown.

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Longtime problems are getting ironed-out

by Clyde LaForest

For the past several months, since fall registration, the college's new computer system has been blamed for many problems.

The cause of the current slow down of departmental accounts in the business office can be traced back to the new IBM mainframe. This time, however, Chief Financial Officer John Barclay is hesitantto say, "It's a computer problem."

Merely blaming mistakes on the computer is not a good idea, Barclay said. He said that does not describe the actual situation well; the computer problem is a mix of machine and human error. The problems with the new computer system are the result of poor software testing by the college and error-prone data entry, which in turn are the result of three circumstances that existed.

Starting with what he said was the most negatively influential, Barclay said the absence of a chief financial officer hurt the school's billing and accounting procedures. The previous chief financial officer, Jay Louks, left in June 1989. Barclaydidnotcometo Cabrini until the beginning of September 1989, which means there was no chief financial officer for about three months.

The financial ship christened "Cabrini College" had nocaptain during the entire summer of I989.

The

Second, Barclay said, was the use of a new accounting (computer) system without the support of a parallel system. Cabrini replaced its Wang system with an IBM mainframe in the spring of 1989.

Barclay explained that when a new computerized accounting system is installed, in an ideal situation it does not completely replace

explained was the business office's nearly 100 percent turnover rate during the late summer and early fall of 1989. Only one member of the current business office staff was here last year. Barclay does not kno\.\'why five of the six staff members quit, but he said they were probably unhappy having to deal with the large amount of work. the business office was doing.

software was not carefully tested for errors before bills were prepared on it, and no history was kept of the student account data entry.

New staff members were unaware of errors in the program and the progress of data entry. All this happened before Barclay came.

The company that wrote the business office's software, CMDS, trained two of the staff to use the

The college has had five financial directors in the last 1O years, according to Cabrini College catalogues; one of these was not here for even a full year. the old one immediately. The old one is retained and it continues to do its work.

The new system is then a parallel system: It does the same work as the old one and, periodically, the accuracy of the new system's work is checked against the old.

Cabrini did not continue to use the old system and switched to the new one "cold turkey," Barclay said. He was not here then, so he does not know why this is so.

Without another computer system whose accuracy is known, the business office has had difficulties knowing if the 1BM was accurate! y reflecting the status of student accounts.

The third circumstance Barclay

Social

Although any one of these circumstances by itself would present the business office with some difficulties, it is the combination of all three at the same time that is the real cause of all the problems the business office has had this year, Barclay said.

Bills for the fall 1989 semester that were issued in July were prepared on the Wang system, Barclay said. These bills had no problems, as far as he knows. But the new system was used for the August bills, and that was the beginning of what Barclay called "the fall fiasco." ¡ Barclay said that because of the fluid state of the business office staff during the summer, the new

program when the college bought it, but neither of them are still here.

When he came in September, Barclay asked CMDS to come here and train the new staff. However, the Virginia-based company was not able to send anyone until late October, Barclay said.

The business office's staff did not stabilize until December.

After that, Barclay and one other staffer went to Virginia for more training, and he said someone from the business office will go again in the near future.

Additionally, CMDS has worked on the software throughout the year via the telephone lines.

The same problems plagued the billing for the spring 1990 semes-

ter, and many students' accounts were still incorrect from the fall billing. In January the business office stopped entering financial aid information into student accounts and took about a month to manually check every student account, Barclay said.

After verifying the information with the financial aid office and correcting the mistakes several times, the business office finally had financial aid listings in student accounts ''99.99percentaccurate,'' Barclay said.

Since then, he said, the business office has been working on other billing errors, such as those who were mis-billedfor room and board, .and unbilled laboratory fees. He said he hopes the next billing will be totally correct.

The college has had five fmancial directors in the last 10 years, according to Cabrini College Catalogs; one of these was not here for even a full year. This incontinuity has had a negative effect on the business office's operations in general, Barclay said. The added stress of a new computer system made the last transition between financial directors even worse tha'i\ in the past.

Barclay gives the business office staff the credit for working hard to solve the problems. Not one of the new staff members has quit, and Barclay is still here.

Time is Running Out!

Committee

extends its thanks to everyone who ....... in ther participated March 2 "Night at the Races."

CO-OP positions are now available for SUMMER1990 American Red Cross/IBM The Spectrum/ Unisys/ WCAU-TV Wyeth-Ayerst and many more.

STOPBY NOW!!

Special thanks to Gary Armstrong, associate professor of fine arts, for donating to the surprise auction a handcolored offset lithographic print of "Tc- ¡my,." one in a series of children's portraits.

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Cooperative Education Office Grace Hall- Room 16l

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Bushcuts college·aid Correction:Due to B mistakeIn Int week's publlcstlon,the fol/owingstory Is being reprinted.

by Jennifer A. Morrison President GeorgeBush recentlyproposeda slash in aid for 300,00 college students in the 1991-1992 academic year. According to AssistantFinancialAid DirectorElizabeth Cairns, this should not cause any majorproblemsfor Cabrinistudents.

Bush's proposalwould containcuts in the following Cabrini programs:Perkins StudentLoans, Pell Grants, College Work-Studyawards,andStaffordStudentLoans.

The PerkinsStudentLoan is a low interestloan that gives a small amount of studentsfinancialaid thatis given by thecollege or university.Inhisproposal,Bush will save $135 millionby eliminatingthefederalcontribution to the Perkins.

Education Department officials saidinstitutionswould havesufficient Perkinsfunds to provideloansto 695,000 students in 1991-1992-down from 804,00 expectedin 1990-1991. ' 'This' may hurt us a bit, but I feel thatthe government is trying to make the colleges and universities self-sufficient," said Cairns. "There will be tougher rules on the Perkins recipient acceptance.''

Pell Grants are grants that are given to those students who are in need of extra financial aid. The reqirements for a recipient to receive the grant are strict. With this proposal the requirements will be tightened.

Education officials said that 14,000 students who now qualify for $200 grants will be eliminated in the program in 1990-1991.

According to Cairns only six Pell recipients at Cabrini will lose their $200 Pell grant.

College Work-Study programs will drop an additional 5,000 students according to Bush's plan along with providing no increases in the program for 19911992.

A~ording to Chris Pesotski, financial aid work study coordinator, this drop should not effect students ·at Cabrini. ''5,000 students nationwide is only a drop in the bucket in the entire CWS population," said Pesotski.

"Students will be able.to earn their potential workstudy programs at Cabrini and the dismal area won't show until 1991-1992 academic school year", said Cairns.

Stafford Student Loans (SSL) or the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) as it was once called is a loan that students can get from banks. The institution, however, must evaluate the student.

This year Cabrini began to interview possible recipi. ents. "This is due to the fact that loans are responsibilities for students," Cairns said. "We feel that this will educate more students as to what the loan signifies.''

According to Cairns, the cuts for this program will affect the lenders or banks before it affects the students.

It makes the lenders wary of marginal institution default rate. A default rate depends on how many students fail to complete paying off the SSL. Even though Cairns feels Cabrini won't be affected by the cuts she suggests that students take the initiative to find out what grants or scholarships they are eligible for and contact the financial aid office to confirm these eligibilities. '' Any student can look in the job squad_section of the paper, come into the office and look in our files, or talk to their own or their parents' employers to find out what they have to offer." said Cairns. "Co-Op is also a very valuable way to earn money while getting the credits and experience you need to graduate.''

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Bookstore no longer s(;111s di~ks

by Carlo Iacono

at other times.

"If a club member is monitoring the lab, then a student Students who wish to tap the Cabrini network com- may also purchase the disks then,'' Costello said. puter system t_hroughthe key of a network disk must now The reason the ten-member club took over the selling of do so via the Computer Club. the disks stem from the need for production of the disks.

The $2 network disk was available for purchase Originally, moderator Charlie Wright made every network through Albert's bookstore, but as of March 12 the disks disk and sold them to Albert's which in turn made them are now the sole distribution of the computer club. This available to the student body. When it became apparent rather unassuming change does bring with it several that the work associated with producing the disks was too adaptations in terms of availability time. much 'for one person, the club assisted in the making of the Disks could be bought during weekdays between 12:30 disks. The process involved in the making of the network - 2 p.m. and qn Saturdays between 9:30 - 1-2:30p.m. disk is to format a blank computer disk in order to access the These times are in stark contrast with the average 12 various computer programs in the main drive of the computer hour opening of Albert's bookstore. lab.

"We wanted to pick hours that would make it as '' After the club decided to assist in the making of the convenient as possible so that is why we choose the hours disks, they thought about selling the disks themselves and when people weren't in class," junior Dottie Costello, thus turning a profit that could be put back into the upgrading Computer Club member, said. of the computer lab facility," Wright said.

Once the problems of insufficient time for purchasing Wright approached Albert Vassalo, manager of were presented to the club, they addressed the student Albert's bookstore, and received his approval. body's concern.

According to theclub,thefirstbatchofdisks will nottum "We are selling the disks for the students and we a profit because of the original $200 to purchase the blank encouraged their input," Costello said, "After listening disks and that the volume of purchases are slow at the midto them we've come up with solutions of extending hours semester point. and/or having them available during the computer Costello said, ''The beginning of next semester will be classes.'' the test on two fronts. For one, more people buy disks at Citing that the basic need for the disks are for the word · the beginning of the semester and I'm curious how we'll processing classes and other computer classes, the Com- handle the volume. And the other front is if we'll turn a puter Club feels that their availability is sufficient and profit.'' that purchases can be made from members of their club

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by Chris Pesotski Jen Morrison's Counsel Hall room is littered with stacks of photocopies, hundreds of posters, band promo tapes, tee-shirt designs, and time schedules. "We can'tev,en find our carpet," Morrison's roommate, Jacqui Ricci said Sounds pretty much like the room of most college students right?

To some extent, yes. But this room is different, and has been sinGe before Christmas. This room is a primary planning station for many of the events of Superthon 1990. "I don't go home much anymore," Morrison, the events ch~irperson for this weekend's activities, said. Morrison also serves the Student Government Association as the chairperson of the social activities board.

Superthon is the single largest event that the SGA is responsible for planning and producing, according to the Superthon Chair-¡ man, Frank Emmerich. Among the events planned for this mammoth undertaking are Jell-O wrestling in the gym, film festivals, a parade, olympic events, a concert, a radio marathon, and an awards ceremony.

The events raise money to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Philadelphia.

The Ronald McDonald House serves tenninally ill children and their families by providing a home-away-fromhome. According to Emmerich, whose responsibilities include coordination of all financial matters involving Superthon, the proceeds for the weekend are hoped to enable the charity to purchase playground equipment.

All of the planning for the events began in the weeks preceeding Christmas break. "I even worked over the break," Morrison said. "I had tapes from various

bands home, and I began working on a selection then."'

The concert is one of the focal points of the weekend. "We've got a relly good yourig band," Morrison said. "It took us a while to make a choice, but we made a good one."'.

The committee's choice was Abstractions, a band from Maryland with connections to Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield, and St. Joseph's University.

Another band, from Cabrini,called For The People will open for Abstractions. "Each of those bands has its own following,

specially for Superthon 1990. "The competition between classes has always added spirit to the weekend," Emmerich said.

The games will run all afternoon Saturday and the final winner will be detennined at the championship volleyball game scheduled for 3:30 p.m. The Olympic awards ceremony will be at dinner Sunday afternoon.

Less structured events round out the weekend. Film festivals will run from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. both Friday and Saturday nights.

Jell-O wrestling should draw a rambunctious crowd Friday night,

All of the work has a higher purpose than fun. Smallchildren in Philadelphialive in whatwouldbe a bleak world if it were not for the warmthand caring found at the RonaldMcDonald House.

"We'retryingto make things better for the kids."

- Frank Emmerich Morrison said. "We're very excited."

One of the other events Superthon committee members are excited about is the parade and torch-lighting scheduled for Staurday morning. Ronald McDonald will be present and any children on campus will be invited to participate in the parade. "Just last week we were able to get a band,'' Morrison said.

The committee attempted for two months to get a band before Christina Rudden, the parade chairperson, confirmed that the Valley Forge Military Academy marching band could play.

The Olympic events are the traditional rallying point for the weekend. Each class is decked out in different tee-shirts designed

as the organizers hope to feature director of resident life John Doyle on the card.

The Jell-O wrestling event is run by an outside company. The company was contracted during the period preceding the resignation of former director of student activiites, Rita Calicat. Accoring to Emmerich and Morrison, only minor difficulties were encountered due to Calicat' s departure.

"I can call her anytime I need to,'' Morrison said. ''The problems we've had have been small, though. Emmerich concurred, "Bob Bonfiglio (dean of students) has ¡helped us out on the contractual matters," he said. "Otherwise, we've been all right.

The flavor of the boardwalk

will come to campus as th.estudent restaurant, according to Emmerich. activities office sponsors a comIn a donation which benefitted pute-a-face booth. Dinner on the both the Comprehensive Camsoccer field will give a picnic paign and Superthon, the firm of atmosphere to Saturday afternoon.

Francis," Cauffman, Foley, & Each of these events can require Hoffman Architects, Ltd. became days of planning, as campus de- the weekend's second corporate partments must be notified, menus sponsor. "It was really gratifying selected, and overtime approved for for me to get those donations," college employees.

Emmerich said. "It was the first AU of the work has a higher time in my life I felt I'd ever truly purpose than fun. Small children sold someone on an idea." in Philadelphia live in what would Pepsi-Cola became the official be a bleak world if it were not for soft drink of Superthon on Tuesthe warmth and caring found at the day, March 20, when the corporaRonald McDonald House. "We're tion donated 500 cans of the soda to trying to make things better for the SGA to sell for a refreshing fundkids,'' Emmerich said. raiser. The offer came in response The charity was picked from to -a request Emmerich faxed to among the American Red Cross, Pepsi headquarters the afternoon the American Cancer Society, the before.

Sunshine Foundation and others.

Another fund-raiser this week"First the SGA Executive Board end will be the M&M radio screened the charities,'' ~mmermarathon.

For pledges, Lou ich said. ''Then at an open Monaco, of the WCAB sports meeting, the charity was ap- department, and Bud Mellon, proved. Ronald McDonald House communications center superviwas the most popular choice.'' sor, will stay on the air for 48 Part of Emmerich's work is to straight hours starting Friday at 4 ensure that the college's student p.m. ''They hope to raise nearly community can present the char$1000," Emmerich said. ity with a sizabledonation. "My When all of the details are taken primary responsibility is finding into -account, nearly 60 student corporate sponsors. I am sort ofon volunteers will have coordinated the outside of all the events," the effort, according to Morrison.

Emmerich said. "That way I can The number swells to well over pick up on any little details that get I 00 when campus personnel are forgotten." accounted for.

The goal for Superthon is to The culmination of all the effort raise $2000 for charity. Two cor' will be more than a good time, in porate sponsors recruited by Emmerich's estimation. "I'll call Emmerich have already added it a success if people go out and nearly $1000 to the pot. For the last have fun, and in turn help out the two months, Emmerich has can- charity,"he said. vassed area businesses for supAt the awards ceremony Sunday port. afternoon, SGA will present a check The Wayne/Strafford for Superthon's proceeds to a McDonald's put up nearly $ l 000 in representative of Ronald cash, coupons, and prizes to McDonald House. President Sr. become the event's first corporate Eileen Currie, corporate sponsors, sponsor. Among the prizes will be and the participants in the olympic a "romantic dinner for two" at the events will all be featured at the ceremony.

Springcleaning for 110 rollingacres of greenergrass ..

by Deborah Ryder

The sun is not yet overhead and eight pairs of small feet are making a beeline forthe woods. The fallen leaves are churned up into a leaf storm breaking the mornings's stillness and mixing with shouts of excitement.

With briars snagging their clothes and fallen tree branches catching their sneakers, this team of energetic youngsters stumble down the paths of the Children's School's nature trail. They are on a mid-morning outing generating as much excitement as an April Easter egg hunt for them.

Eager, chubby hands pluck, from the crumbled leaf mat of the woodland floor, yellowed newspapers, gum wrappers, and corrugated cardboard. From a nearby tree branch, one dark-haired l:foysnatches a half-full roll of Charmin toilet tissue and rushes back to the trash bag unfurling a white streamer behind him.

It too goes into the large brown plastic bag entrusted to 4-and-1/2-year-old Brian Johnson's care.

He takes his responsibility seriously and holds the bag wide open. Soon a ring of other faces have joined him stuffing in bits and pieces of scavenged paper.

As a pile of newspapers are gathered up, the round stones of a fire circle are revealed. The children recall last year's Halloween marshmallow roast at this place.

"I found a bottle," cries out one voice.

"I found a box," another one echoes.

The slender, brown glass bottle still bears its label, "Busch."

A chorus of 4- and 5-year-old voices identify the brown glass vessel as a beer bottle.

These youngsters are in agreement; they do not like "cleaning up", but they are all joining in.

By picking up trash and tending to flower beds, they are

participating in the Grass Roots campaign, a campus wide clean-up day sponsered by the public relations department Ellen Jackson, director of the Children's School, sees the project as an opportunity to teach the children about the value of caring for the environment.

Lauren Tennant, age five, said, "I wouldn't throw anything on the ground," but if somebody dropped it on the ground I would pick it up and put it into a trash can."

The morning was beginning to heat up into another unseasonably warm day. Early wildflowers, pushing up from under leaf mulch, dotted the edges of roads and paths like yellow stars. Spiky branches of forsythia shrubs blazed yellow, heralding spring's return.

At 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 16 students , dressed primarily in tee shirts and shorts, strolled across campus headed for classes or lunch.

Michelle Friel, freshman, in the process of grabbing a quick lunch, scrunched her face up inquisitivly and said, "I dido 't know anything about it."

Friel was not alone, many students gave the same response when asked whether they were particip~ting in Cabrini's first campus-wide clean up day.

The Grass Roots campaign was organized and promoted

by Melissa Middleman, junior, as a special project for her co-op position in the public relations department. ''We want to clean up the campus and get people interested in seeing how they need to be involved in caring for their environment and the worlds','' Middleman said.

Other students, especially student teachers who were not on campus during the daytime, knew about the March 16 event, but were unable to to participate.

A gleaming red sports car moved slowly along Residential Boulevard while residents from House Seven

collected debris scattered in the woods between the boulevard and Eagle Road.

Spotting another discarded tire, Carlo Iacono asked, "Whose going to get it?" His question was greeted in laughter. After covering a 50-foot wide section of woods, the length of the boulevard, the men of House Seven wete glad to be finishing the job.

During the day, the road was lined with bagged trash, boxes of recylable cans, broken chairs and bald tires.

Physical plant crews had been making the rounds to remove the trash to dumpsters.

Almost 200 volunteers turned out for the day's event including 100 staff members. Armed with gloves, pruning shears and rakes the grounds around buildings were quickly cleaned up.

Across from the tennis courts, a stone wall had emerged from behind an overgrowth of azalea bushes and monkey vines. It's presence was greeted by surprise and delight.

The cry, "To the wall," was taken up and answered as nearly two dozen people tackled the task with renewed energy.

Four-year-old Amanda Deardorff, a planter of pansies, concentrating intensely on the drawing before her had little to say.

However, she had given her¡opinion earlier. Standing near scattered beer bottles, the breeze teasing with her long brown hair she was asked why she thought the trash had been left there.

Amanda answered thoughtfully, "I think everyone doesn't like these woods."

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Student Teachers:

Former roommates; future colleagues Editor's Note: This is the second of a three part series spanning this semester looking at the lives and growth of student teachers as they prepare for classroom of their own.

by Angie Corbo

Educational objectives were the common goal between roommates Heather Corlett and Joyce Mundy in September of 1986. Both women entered college with the aspirations of becoming teaching professionals: Four years later, Corlett and Mundy are mid-stream in their student teaching. In just a few short weeks, both will be certified by the state to be teachers.

Both women in their freshman year were secure with their decision towards their educational paths. In their four years stay at Cabrini, neither has doubted her plans as tb the proper course of study. Instead, the women only became more confident and convinced that the classroom was the place for them to be.

Throughout the years, the women have worked hard towards their ultimate goal: teaching. Tutoring, field experience, and their studies have shaped their styles and influenced their minds. Now in the final semester, both women are combining all their resources together and putting to practice what they have acquired.

In 1990, both women have many diverse experiences to share. They have grown intellectually, socially, emotionally, and spiritually in anticipated ways as well as in other areas throughout their collegiate experiences.

No longer roommates, both women have taken on the challenge to serve as resident assistants. They agree that their teaching background has helped them cope with the demands of the job, and vise versa. ''Being an R.A. requires the same skills that it does to teach,'' Corlett said.

The only difference that seperates Corlett's roles is that in her residence hall she de;ils with young adults and in her classroom she works with young learners.

Working with the third grade, Corlett found ner niche was with the younger pupils. She is enjoying her student teaching experience at Robert's Elementary School.

Corlett conducts her class much like she would run a hall meeting. She treats her pupils with respect and talks to them like adults. In return, she has gained the attention of the minds of her students.

There was a lot of stimulating gadgets in her classroom, but it was apparent that Corlett did not need to rely on those '' educational toys'' to perserve the energy level of her class. When she called time for a reading group all of the students gathered close to her in the reading comer and watched her with great anarnation as Corlett read

aloud to the class. assumed character roles in the play. Mundy neither agrees or disagrees. She has looked There seems to be a natural talent or starred Macbeth. back and realized that her student teaching ability where Corlett is easily able to relate Before and after the performance, Mundy has recalled feelings for her that have been to to the students on their level, . while main- explained the scene thoroughly and issued keep that close bonded feeling of the fathertaining her rapport as an adult. a Macbeth worksheet for the women to daughter relationship alive within her heart.

Corlett's cooperating teacher, Mrs. complete.

Teaching is a profession about which Conover, had only outstanding qualities to She is living out her dream and a dream of professionals have said time and time again, point out about her student teacher. She someone dear to her heart. Prior to his death ''YoÂľ really have to love it to do it, and to do considers Corlett to be a great asset to the in August 1986, Mundy' s father had recently it well." classroom as well as a wonderfully qualified completed his preparation to teach accountAlthough this passion is prompted through teacher. ing to college students. Mundy had no inten- diverse reasons in the two former roomApparently the students feel that she is a tion of duplicating her father's dream, yet mates, the energy and drive behind the great "real" teacher too. A few weeks into she found within herself the same desire and emotion has the women leaving Cabrini with her student teaching experience, she had a talent to teach. the same commonality that attracted them few handcrafted gifts appearing on her desk Both she and her mother found this ' to the college and as to each other as friends. by some of her students. coincidental, but not intentional. Some Although her primary education may say like father like daughter, Mundy degree and certification will be in Elementary Education, Corlett has supplemented her curriculum by adding history as a second major. If she goes back to receive her secondary certification, she will be able to teach elementary education as well as history on the secondary level.

Mundy, however, discovered in her first semester at Cabrini that she was being called tow~ds an English concentration and found her preference to be working with older students. Today, she is student teaching secondary English at Arch bishop Prendergast, an all female's private Catholic school.

Mundy controls her English classes with her sharp thinking, command for attentiveness, and by probing for participation from her students. Her mastery for the subject is apparent as she is able to relate the complex subject material to women in various grade levels, on different track levels. Joyce Mundy invited Angie Corbo to assist her and her students in acting out Being up to date on the latest teenage Macbeth's witches scene. (photo by Meghan Kane) heart throbs, issues that many of her students are facing and the dilemas of being an almost-not quite woman are an added bonus that Mundy has devoped with the students.

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Loving her job is only scratching the surface when describing Mundy's enthusiasm for teaching English. She makes the subject personal for herself and her pupils.

Having a total appreciation and comprehension for the language, literature and usage of English, Mundy is able to make her area of expertise an element that enters into each facet of her life.

She recently introduced the world of Shakespeare to her third track juniors.

Needless to say, these women were not exactly looking forward to reading Macbeth.

Sensing this apprehension, Mundy took a creative approach towards teaching this masterpeice. She invited this reporter to come and to display some fine From4pmMarch23rd,until4pmMarch25th,historywill acting talent. Okay, what she really did was bemadeonWCABastwo of Cabrini'smost¡unique"personaliask me to play the role of the witch and to work with some of the other students who ties,LouMonacoandBudMellon,cometogetherfor48hoursof

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Joyce Mundy prepares her class for reading Shakespeare's Macbeth. (Photo by Meghan Kane).

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ProjectAppalaqhia:'receivingmorethan they·give'

By Kelly Walsh

Virginia live in poverty, we are all one in God, yet seeing differences, we must Spring break is probably one of the most realize unity," Anello said. "Cultural, loved vacations for thousands of college diversity and realization are. three main facstudents. The weather gets nicer, no classes tors of my goal." and places like Cancun, Florida and the Francesca Bansbach has also been to Islands are visited by most people. It's also Appalachia for three years. She has been a time to get together with you old high involved in the long planning process for the school-buddies and meet new people. trip and from that sets four goals and expecHere at Cabrini, students have a different tations for herself and others. destination. There is a special program that '' I feel the students that go to help others deals with caring, sharing, long hard work, in poverty would get a good feeling out of it. but most importantly, having fun. It's calJed It also forms community, a sharing experiProject Appalachia. The area that this ef- ence," Bansbach said. "Spiritually and fects is West Virginia. The state itself is a emotionally, it helps the student's personal composite of high, woodland mountains, growth. And lastly, to be conscious with deep valleys and broad, rolJing plateau. themselves and others when they return."

West Virginia looks like a natural beauty.

Stephanine Cole has worked hard and has West Virginia has about 70 percent of been the coordinator of the program for two rural land. Manufacturing and mining are years. the main factors in the economy. Abundant "My expectations for this would be workresources, excellent water, rail and ing together with my peers at Cabrini. Also, highway transportation; and power gener- trying to do all good with only the short time ated from coal and gas are the basic founda- we have," Cole said. "We will also gain a tion of the growth of the s_tate. better understanding of their way of life.''

Project Appalachia• has affected and ''The planning process was very hard brought new feelings towards the students and long. Anello, Bansbach and myself who went there. They all had fears, each had different responsibilities to make expectations and anxieties about the trip. things easier," Cole said.

Sr. Bernadette Anello, who has gone Sophomore Ellen Battersby, participated there for three years now, has many good on the programfor two years. She also had things to say about the trip. some fears and expectations about going ''My only fear would be that this year there. there is a bigger group ofpeoplegoing. Last ''My only fear ~as thatlastyear's trip was year there was 15 people and this year there excellent and I didn't know if anything could is 26, so therefore, it's a new mix of people top it." which will cause more demands," said ''My expectations are to meet wonderful Anello. people and to have a great time," Battersby "My expectations are hard to put into said. "You also receive more than you give words. I only hope to come back with the and feel refreshed, rewarded and renewed.' ' same wonderful experience and feeling Battersby, a social work major, thinks giftd." this really was the right trip to go on. When She also had many important goals while she came back, feelings really did change. being there. ''I have a whole different attitude about '' I would like to provide an opportunity things and people. I appreciate things more for the Cabrini community to interact as a now and have a good feeling,'' Battersby way of life. Although the people in West said.

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"I really got close with the people, it's like a special bond. I learned that good people need help and when you help them, you get a special and good feeling about yourself."

Sophomore, Julie McKee had her first experience going to Appalachia.

She, unlike others, had more fears than expectations.

"It's a whole new experience for me and I don't know what to expect. I can't describe how I feel, but I know I'll be moved by a lot of the people,'' McKee said.

Although having fears about the trip, she has set some goals for herself. ''I know after the experience, I will have peace with my myself. The experience I have helping others gives me great satisfaction," McKee said. There's poor an over the world and my main concern is that I have the opportunity to do something about it.''

When McKee returned, her fears and

expectations took a different turn, a tum for the better. ''This was the best experience I ever had.

Everyone was so friendly down there," McKee said. "It gave me a whole new perspective on life and I feel that it's a part of me.''

"If everyone saw the beauty, they could capture it in their heart and see the good in the world,'' McKee said.

The planning process the group did for this sounds like a grocery list. The following things were involved: contact Micheal Vincent, the on site coordinator, team planning, paper work, four training sessions two hours each week. fund raising, liturgy planning, medical supplies, vans for discussions and much more. '·Everything sounds like so much work, but we all shared .;,.; responsibilities since we were all very involved and eager to go."

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Inspired by Public Relation's Grass Roots campaign last Friday, members of the student body, faculty, staff, and Children's School pitched into clean up and beautify Cabrini's 110 rolling acres. Left, Frank Emmerich drags a rusty rain gutter from the brush behind Xavier. ( photo by Mark Gudas) Above, Student Coordinator Melissa Middleman and Jim Bligh make room for new spring flowers to grow by picking up fallen leaves. (Photo by Kristin Kroll)

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Super moms in-a stcilled revolution Editor's Note: This is the first of a three part series on working mothers and how their dual roles affect their lives and families.

by Christina Roach With the exodus of women from the home to the work place, many mothers found themselves working a second shift of house work and child care. Many mothers feel compelled to be "supermomS:'by dealing with the second shift alone.

It would seem the next change would be that the men would share the work at home. Since this has not happened yet, many families and employers must find new ways of dealing with the "stalled revolution.''

In her book, "The Second Shift Working Parents and the Revolution at Home," Arie Hochschild described the "stalled revolution."

Women's movement "into the economy has not been accompanied by a cultural understanding of marriage and work that would make this transition smooth," Hochschild explained. ''Most work places have remained inflexible in the face of the family demands oftheir workers and at home, most men have yet to really adapt to the changes in women. This strain between the change in women and the absence of change in much else'' is the "stalled revolution."

Cabrini has helped to ease the stalled revolution for some of its employees. By utilizing a work schedule based on flex-time, Cabrini's Director of Health Services Sue Fitzgerald has been able balance being a career woman, a

mother and a homemaker.

Sue and Jim Fitzgerald have been married for four years. Sue had their baby, Kelsey,Jast April.

She returned to work full-time in Auiust. ''In August, we were on a short work week," Fitzgerald said. "I knew then there was no way I could leave Kelsey five days a week, and only see her Saturday and Sunday.

We couldn't afford full-time day care because it would eat too much of my salary." She then approached her supervisor Dean of Students Robert Bonfiglio with the idea of sharing her job with another nurse. In October she began to share her responsibilities with Olga Lien, R.N. "Employers will have to be more receptive to altemati ve work schedules," she said, "because there are too many women, too many working mothers, coming into administrative and managerial positions in the work force."

Her husband Jim said he likes her working part-time. He said it was her choice whether or not to work. "I don'tthink it is right that someone else sees your baby more than you do. I realize economics play a part for some mothers. If we had two or three kids, I wouldn't want to put them in day care.

Hopefully, Sue will want to stay home then."

According to Hochschild, '' A society which did not suffer from this stall (in the revolution) would be a society humanely adapted to the fact that most women work outside the home. The work place would allow parents to work part time, to share jobs, to work flexible hours, to take parental leaves to give birth, tend a sick child, or care

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Sue works three days a week.

On two of those days, Kelsey's gran4mother watches her. On the third day a Cabrini student has the job.

Jim has a flexible work schedule as a salesman at Cole Publishing. This enables him to take care of the baby on the mornings Sue works.

"When you are in sales," he said, "Most bosses don't care when you work, as long as you produce. You have to motivate yourself.

"Because my schedule is more flexible than Sue's, I don't schedule my meetings too early in the day. And, if Kelsey was sick on one of Sue's work days," he added, "I would stay home with the baby."

According to Hochschild, many women have entered the work force because "paid work has come to seem exciting, life at home dull.''

Often, working mothers do not work just for the money she said. Many women in Hochschild's study revealed "they would be 'bored' or would 'go bananas just staying home all day'."

Sue recalled thinking she would be so bored staying at home with a baby all day. "I thought 'forget it,' infants sleep all day," she said.

"But it is not like that. Babies are so time absorbing. It is not that they are so much work, it is that · they are so much fun.

"The flex-time has worked out wonderfully for me," Sue said. "I enjoy my job at Cabrini and I would miss it. If I were home for five days a week, I wouM probably get cabin fever and long for adult conversation.''

The Fitzgerald's live in a town house in West Chester. Sue said that in her neighborhood, full-time homemakers are called "stay-athome-moms.'' ''Their day is just as long, they just do it in the home,'' she said.

•'Instead of two shifts, they have one long shift. Working outside the home can be more stressful because you cannot put things off.

You can put off cleaning the bathroom, but you can't put off a paper for work. I think they do equal amounts of work, they just deal with different pressures.''

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Hochschild said, "Each marriage bears the footprints of economic and cultural trends which originate far outside marriage. A rise in inflation, which erodes the earning powerof the male wage, an expanding service sector which opens up jobs for women, new cultural images ...that make the working mother seem exciting, all these changes do not simply go on around marriage. They occur within marriage, and transform it.' ' Hochschild explained that the economic arrow currently points toward women. She said it is '• women who are being drawn into wage work, and women who are undergoing changes in their way of life and identity, Women are departing more from their mothers' and grandmothers' way of life." .

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families because of the second shift is the responsibility of house work. Since many women are doing less at home because they have less time, a struggle enters the marriage when there is tension over who will do the things the mother no longer can. Hochschild said "Some men genuinely wantto share the housework and child care, others fatalistically acquiesce, and still others actively resist."

Sue does most of the cooking and cleaning. She said she doesn't feel a lot of pressure to ask for Jim's help; however, she did concede, "Cooking help from Jim would be nice.

"I don't have a cleaning schedule. It just gets done, usually when it is bad enough that I do not like looking at it any longer.

"I do laundry all of the time.

Most other things get done when Kelsey is asleep or when Jim takes care of her," she said. "Sometimes the:y get done halfway."

Jim takes out the trash, helps with the dishes, vacuums, washes windows and other big projects.

He said, "I think I do enough around the house. When I get home at night, the last thing on my mind is cleaning the house."

"I don't know if I see my second shift as work," Sue said. "It is something that has to be done.''

She added that by calling it the second shift ''you could then look at raising a child as work, and I don't see it in the same light."

Hochschild said that most of the working mothers in her study did most of the work at home.

However, "they felt more permission to complain about it than did working women of fifty years ago.

Many of them wanted to share or believe they already did. Today women feel they are allowed to ask for help at home; but on the other hand, they still have to ask. A hundred years from now men may presume it's their role- to share.

We're in the middle of a social revolution.''

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Straight from Monaco's Mouth lou monaco

Can you believe this.

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editor ...that Cabrini's only co-ed dorm beat Georgetown? ...that UCLA is back in the Sweet 16? ...that Dean showed us his stuff again? ...that a state college named Ball has upset two of the top-seeded teams in the nation? ...that the L-Train has derailed? ...that Northern Iowa actually made it to the second round?

Yes, sports fans, the first weekend of NCAA college basketball tournament action proved that this is· the greatest championship ever to be formed.

But, the big story of this tournament, has been the performance of a team simply namedLMU. Yes, folks, Bo Knows Basketball Very Well.

Yes, folks, Fryer fires three-pointers from Wyoming and sinks them as if it was nothing.

Yes, folks, Per Stumer has a mouthpiece and a heart the size of gold.

Yes, folks, the other members of this unique cast is playing, .....well, you know!

And yes, folks, this team is for real.

As a matter of fact, the Mouth will predict that this team and story will have its final chapter written in Denver on April 2, when they raise that coveted championship trophy above their heads and point it to their "soul and spiritual leader" of this team, Eric "Hank" Gathers.

If they don't win it, what they showed us on Friday night and Sunday afternoon will be enough.

But, in my opinion, THE :MISSIONFOR HANK IS ON AND I REALLY DON'T

SEE IT ENDING .

This team is posessed. This team has turned into America's team. They will not quit, they will not slow down and they just do not know the meaning of the word losing .

The producer of this team is Head Coach Paul Westhead. His class, determination and "unbelievable glue" that has kept this team so close together during the past couple of weeks is a story in itself.

But, the director of this non-stop, fastpaced squad is Gathers. Their leader all year long is now theirleader .....upthere".

As a matter of fact, he is probably dunking all over heaven, going one-on-one with Pistol Pete, with the biggest smile ever on his face, sending down a prayer to his team entitled "Keep It Going!"

LMU will not die and its incredible story will continue Friday night in Oakland when they face Alabama.

This is what March Madness is all about.

It's all about never say die, giving it your all and to shoot for the highest goals for yourself and for the team.

This is also LMU's tournament and come Friday night, LMU will move one more mile closer to Hank.

To everybody who has doubts about this team winning it all, think again. Yes, I picked UNL V to go all the way but LMU, OH BOY! ' Let's be happy and enjoy LMU's performances. In this college athletic world of negativism, this team and this tournament couldn't have come at a better time.

I congratulate the teams of The Sweet 16.

You all have God on your side but, LMU has

God and Hank.

That's going to be tough to beat.

Just think, The Sweet 16 starts in about three hours.

Other notes of little interest: * Chris Jackson of LSU foregoes a possible Top Five club and most importantly, two years of a college education, to enter the NBA Draft.

--Who would have ever thought that?--This is why we should look up to the LTrains of the world. Jackson is an excellent player but his shot is off with this move. * The 1990 Baseball Lockout is over!

--Do you care?, I know I don't.

--The fans got screwed over again but, the Mets will win the East.

* Good luck to Cabrini's softball, tennis and golf teams. WE WANT WINS! * A little quiz for you guys. Match the basketball players of Cabrini with their basketball nicknames. Good Luck!

Jeff Barnes Jeff Hines Che-Perry Paul Karsch Giles Smith John O'Hare Marko Gittens Brian Kilroy Dave Wissler Jason Yurchak Dave Kerschner Mike Carraffa Mike Massari Coach Dzik

KiKi Skinny Greis Huggy Country Time Rasty Bookworm Harsie Fat Boy Foots Rex Griff D.J. Jazzy John Miles

See ya on the hardwood and in front of Channel 10 all weekend long and also listen to the 48-hour M&M Marathon over WCAB 650 to benefit Ronald McDonald House. WCAB Radio Director Bud Mellon and I will be up for two days straight and we need sponsors to motivate us and to keep us awake. So tune in this weekend to Cabrini's own, WCAB 650 AM -- Your Ultimate In Alternate!!!

See Ya Next Week!

P.S.: My previous Final Four Picks were UNL V, Minnesota, Duke and Purdue, with UNL V and Duke in the Championship and UNL V winning it all. Three teams are left, but those are subject to change •· LMU Style!

A Few other notes to throw out at you guys: * Will the Milwaukee Bucks ever get a rookie? * How about that new Reebok vs. Nike commercial when they jump off the bridge? * How about that new Mars Blackmon commercial for Air Jordan? * Do you think Nike is a little po'd?

* Congratulations to Marko Gittens and John O'Hare for their honors at the Philadelphia-Area Small Colleges Banquet, which was held Tuesday night.

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Carrafa's hustle beats the Redmen of St. John's, 5-1 (Editor's Note: This will be a fictitious, satirical journalism piece which will last throughout the season. It is intended for pure entertainment and interest for those who have a love and admiration for the sport of baseball.

Unfortunately, this part of the editor's note is not fictitious. This story is being dedicated to a 10-year old Tampa, Florida little leaguer named William Ryan Wojick, who died so tragically in a game last Sunday. He was struck in the chest by a pitch on his left side. Doctors deter• mined that the impact caused William to go into cardiac arrest. This one is for you pal ! God Bless You!

team after they dropped their second in row on the east coast trip. The Warriors from Stroudsburg defeated the Cavs 2-0.

"Bob Salladino pitched a great game," pitching coach Jim Hedtke said. "He has really run into some hard luck in his freshman year. His work ethic is going to earn him his first win sooner or later."

"I knew this was going to be a difficult year," Salladino said. "I never went up against a guy who could hit the ball 400 feet

"I like the aggressive play in Carrafa. He is one of the toughest players on the squad."

by Ozzie Outfielder and Pete Pitcher A warm week of temperatures enabled the Cav baseball team to up their record to 6-5.

The week began on a sour note, as the Cavs continued to struggle with consistency.

First up for the team was the second half of the Villanova series, which the Cavs lost, 3-1. The offense was led by senior Brian Dougherty. In the top of the second, junior Kevin Evans drew a walk and then proceeded to steal second. After Matt Hodlofski grounded into a fielder's choice, Evans moved to third and up came the righthanded hitting Dougherty. He smashed an 02 fastball into the gap in right center for a double, scoring Evans.

"Brian is one of the best hitters on the team when he is behind in the count," manager Bud Mellon said.

The Cavs then traveled further north to play East Stroudsburg and St. John's.

Things were looking pretty glum for the

"Winning our last three in a row is going to be a big morale booster for the guys."

-- Bud Mellon, manager against the wind.' ' . The Cavs then turned it around as they took three in a row ,defeating St. John• s, Penn State, and Xavier University.

The Cavs easily handled the Redmen of St. John's, 5-1. The longball and heads-up base-running were the keys to the offense for Cabrini on that day. Homers were launched by Sean McDonough, Colin Coakley, and Mark Gudas. Sol~s were sent out by McDonough and Coakley. Gudas hit a two-run job to put the Cavs up, 4-0. In the fourth, junior Mike Carrafa led off with a double, stole third, and then scored on a wild pitch.

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coach Sam Vasalliades said. "He could have taken us out of a really big inning."

"I like the aggressive play in Caraffa," Mellon said. "He is one of the toughest players on the squad."

In the bottom of the ninth, sophomore Matt McGeehan served up a gopher ball that prevented his first shutout of the year.

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The Nittany Lions were a tougher challenge for the Cavaliers, as the game went two extra innings before they pulled it out , 7-6. Senior pinch-hitter Carlos Chammoro came up big as he took one for the team.

Chammoro led off the inning by getting hit with a pitch. Up came second baseman Carlo Iacono who sacraficed him over to second. Chammoro took a big lead off second, drawing a wild pickoff throw that went into centerfield, enabling him to score all the way from second despite a close play at the plate.

"It's a good thing the catcher dropped the ball," first base coach John Doyle said. "If

he didn't, I think he would have been out. It would have been a judgement call.''

The game against Xavier University of Ohio was a defensive gem for both schools.

The final score was, 1-0, in favor of the Cavs. 6-4-3 ran rappant through the scorebook as C.abrini turned six double plays.

The only offense was sparked by graduating shortstop Lou Monaco. Known for his defense and not his hitting, Monaco smoked a line drive that just barely cleared the leftfield fence giving him his first home run of the season.

"I felt like Cal Ripken when I saw it go out," Monaco said. 'Tm glad I hit it when I did because I think it gave Brush the confidence he needed to put away the Musketeers.''

"The defense was great, but pitching with a lead is a lot easier,'' freshman pitcher Matt Brush said.

Fordham, Temple and Rutgers are the next opponents for the team and then they will be traveling west for a road trip that begins in San Diego against USIU, and also will play UCLA, USC, and Oregon State.

"Winning our last three in a row is going to be a big morale booster for the guys," Mellon said. ''We want to win some out west against the big guys:"

V-Ball skid continues at Delaware

by Carrie Corr The morale of the men's volleyball team was shaken but not hindered after its two tough losses against Delaware University's gold and blue teams last Sa\urday at Delaware.

The Cavs lost three games to none against both teams going 7-15, 8-15, and 9-15 against the gold and 12-15, 3-15, and 5-15 against the blue.

Although losses are hard to take, the Cavs felt as though they could have beaten the blue team. ''The gold team was tough and they made mistakes,'' senior Colin Coakley said. ''The blue team played tough and we could have beat them. We just could not get a rhythm going."

"We gave up too many easy points because of fundamental mistakes," sophomore Charlie Tucci said. "We bumped the ball over too much when we should have been spiking, and Delaware took full advantage of that."

One of the main reasons the Cavs are having difficulty gaining a win is the absence of key players in important games.

"With key people missing each game it's hard to pull together a consistent plan of attack,'' Cabrini graduate and team mentor, Mike "Spike" Charvala said. "One ofour seasoned players Leo Eschbach was in Florida when we played Delaware. He was missed.''• Now 0-7, the Cavs have yet to land a victory. Another reason for this is the basic lack of experienced players. "We're a rebuilding team," Coakley said. "We have problems with a strong offense, but the team has come a long way since the beginning of the year." '' A lot of the guys on the team haven't played organized volleyball before,'' junior Gary Burnett said. "We're a young team,

but we have the talent to be a winning team.''

Building up a strong offense is the main goal for this young team. "It's hard to play teams like Delaware and Temple when you 're in the process of rebuilding your team," Charvala said. "When you have a lot of first and second year players learning to play volleyball in the game situation, it's a hard sport to master.''

Last week the game between the Cavs and LaSalle was close and spirits were high for a Cabrini victory. "Morale can go up and down very quickly," Charvala said. "It hurt to lose to Lasalle. It was a game we should have one."

The outlook for the rest of the season is positive, despite the losing record. The team seems to know where they need to make improvements. "We need to get down on the ball," Coakley said. "Spiking the ball is key to a win and we could not get a spike rhythm going against Delaware.''

A team with persistence and hope for a victory describes the Cabrini Cavs to a' 't".

"Our major goal is to put together a few wins," Charvala said. "We 're getting better and better each game."

"It's very frustrating to lose," Tucci said. "We need to come out on the court playing intensely from the beginning, and then we will win."

Practice, attitude and aggressive play is what a winning team is made of. "Charlie Tucci, Tim Janusz and Mike Charvala are good role models for the team,'• Burnett said. ''Their attitudes are positive and good examples for all of the players.''

"As their ·coach I can only ask them to give 100 percent to each game," Charvala said. "It's difficult for me sometimes because after only being off the team since last year, I want to run out on the court and play with the team. But my job is to coach now."

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The answer to this question may lie in the same type of addiction women experience when it comes to soap operas.

Some women could sit from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon and watch a whole string of shows. In a sense, sports are a lot like melodramas. "Who got traded? So-and-so got a $6.4 million contract. Did you hear about the bounty on Louis?" and so on. These are the types of gossip- filled excitement that give men the material they need to perform their male bonding techniques.

That is not the only reason sports are so important to men. Men love competition.

There are football, basketball and base-

·ball pools, and the sweet satisfaction that is felt when the team you predicted to win, wins.

Because I am outnumbered and sometimes, well most of the time, both televisions are being monopolized by the sports world, I am forced to make my own fun.

Everyone in the room is an authority on the game at hand. Therefore they are disillusioned because he thinks he could play far better than the team player who makes $4 million a year. When a team or a player makes a mistake or bad play, the criticisms start to fly. To be the devil's advocate, I chime in with statements like, "If you're so great, why aren't I watching you on the TV.?" Silence usually prevails for about three minutes, and I wait for my next opportunity to interject.

My main gripe against sports, and I know other women share this feeling, is that when the sports come on, my identity disappears. I speak and I may as well be invisible. How come the people who claim to love and adore us so much, leave us behind in the sports waistland until the game is over?

Well, I refuse to become a football widow, if that is what people call it. My advice to all women who have had it with sports is, go out. Go shopping, go out to lunch with a friend or just do something because for almost 22 years I have been a product of trying to divert the attention of four, now five counting my fiance', sports crazy men, and it is frustrating, not to mention close to impossible.

Roux summed it up best. , "Through all of this, a lot of people have been on our side. So win or lose our season will be a success.••

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game at a time."

-- Sue Roux, infielder One game the team is particularly excited about is the Catholic University Tournament in Washington D.C. on March 30. It is the first time the team will be ''Eastern is always a challenge because traveling for a weekend tournament. they areourrivals.'' Villoai said.

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Roux ''The fan support behind us during the said "It will be a totally different environEastern game always makes the game more ment for us.·' excitioa. ,, Diloaepll said.

Why are men so crazy about watching sports?

When the weekend comes the options are unlimited when it comes to having fun. You have the movies, dinner, dancing, a ride to the shore, a picnic, or a walk in the park. The furthest thing from my list of "things to do" is wat<;hing televised ~ports.

For the men in my life, three brothers -die-hard· baseball and football fans, my father - a golf fanatic, and my fiance' - an obsessed Eagles fan, dissolving into a couch potato for several hours at a time to watch their favorite sport, is essential for their well- being.

The main difference between men and women when it comes to sports is that, for some women one game of any sport is enough; for men, ten games in one day is a dream come true. The question I guess most women have is, how do men be-

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Sunny skies, warm temperatures, softball, and David Tajirian.

Who you may ask is that?

He is the new women's softball coach who is taking over for former coach Sam Vasalliades who resigned earlier in the year.

He was one of five candidates for the coaching vacancy. Athletic director John Dzik hired him because he is young and is still active as a player. "Because he is still a player he can see things from a players point-of-view," Dzik said. "He has a realistic approach as to where the softball program is going."

Tajirian is young and has a lot of enthusiasm. "I want to win the ESAC," he said.

"I wasn't sure in the beginning if we could do it, but now that I have seen the players, I think we can."

He may not have a lot of collegiate coaching experience but he feels he has a knowledge of the game and a good positive attitude. At 25 years of age he has already been a coach and a player-coach in· the intramural level at Penn State where he graduated from in 1987.

Right now he is still getting a feel for the team.

His first priority is seeing what players can do and then where they are going to play. After he feels comfortable with what he is working with, he is going to work on strategy and what to do in certain game situations.

Some of the specific things he said he was going to work on was who was going to cover where in bunt situations. He said he wanted to try and get the players thinking where they were going to go with the ball

when it is hit to them. "I want to try and get them to think one out ahead," Tajirian said.

Since he is still getting familiar with the team he doesn't have that many expectations. All he wants is for the players to do the best they can. Me said they could lose all their games but he would sti II be happy as long as he knew they played their best. 'T 11 be satisfied as long as they give 100 percent,'' Tajirian said.

Tajirian is a free-spirited person who is going to do the best he can. "I took the job · because I love to coach,'' Tajiri an said.

His basic coaching philosophy is positive reinforcement. "It is useless to come down hard on people when they make a mistake," Tajirian said. "Ilike the players to be loose and not uptight. That is why I let them listen to the radio while practice is going on."