friday, oct. 19, 1990
cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087
vol. xxxvii, no. 6
Studentgovernment,adviserdebate movienight by Kimberly Keck Because of a dispute over copyright laws, movie night, sponsored by the Student Government Association has come into conflict with the student services office. The social activities committee sponsors movie night. SGA's adviser Jennifer Marks-Gold advised SGA to give movie night an educational theme. The copyright laws state that films used for educational purposes do not infringe copy right laws. The legality of SGA showing films solely for entertainment in a
public place is questioned by the student services office. "Breaking these laws could lead to Cabrini being sued," Marks-Gold said. In orderto continue movie night, a temporary compromise has been put into effect. Thought provoking questions known as movie menus will be distributed at each movie showing. After the movie, a voluntary discussion will be led by an SGA member. "The college hopes to have official guidelines for the entire campus (not just SGA) by the end of this semester,"
according to Marks Gold. '' And these guidelines will be printed in next year' student handbook.'• Marks-Gold was enthusiastic about the movie menus. According to Marks-Gold, these menus will not conflict with leisure. She said, ''The movie menus will enhance the movie by questioning the movie's themes and help determine what to look for in a movie.'' SGA prefers to keep movie night in its original form. According to Jennifer Morrison, social activities chairperson, the student activities committee investigated before
registering complaints. "We are willing to cooperate," said Barbara Wilson, social activities assistant. ''People don't have to learn 24 hours a day," said Joe Hvisdos social activities assistant, ''Movie night is a stress reliever. We shouldn't have to educate students.'' According to Felicia Falcone, social activities assistant, this new format will drive people away. Falcone said,' 'I fail to see the more MOVIE on 4
Conductcode revised by Matt Hodlofski If you haven't noticed, the student code of conduct has undergone a few changes to last year's inaugural policy. The changes include new or revised clauses on arson, littering, and smoking and non-smoking areas. The rest of the changes from 1989-1990 to 1990-1991 concern ordeal in directrelation to prejudices with social, cultural, ethnic, racial, religious or sexual slants. "I believe the recommended sanctions serveasa preventiveand educational service, Dean of Students, Dr. Robert Bonfiglio said. It is only the second year that the code of conduct is in effect. We wanted to make sure everything was clear." According to the student handbook minimum sanctions range from·· first offense written warnings and community service to probation and finally after the fourth offense, expulsion. Although the code of conduct has added some needed bylaws and extra phrases and sentences, the code does not say what is right or what is wrong. The 1990-1991 student handbook has listed different policies which Cabrini administration must follow. The most controversial policy resident assistants deal with is the alcohol policy. "I think the sanctions should be more clearly defined," junior Michael Tino said. "Cabrini College considers the abuse of alcohol... as a health care problem and treats it as such. The term abuse as used in this policy shall refer to the consumption of alcohol... during one's tenure at Cabrini College,'' according to the student handbook. ''This includes on-campus consumption, consumption at
Cabrini- sponsored events, and one's return to campus while under the influence of alcohol...·' In other words, if a student comes back from the local tavern intoxicated, an RA has the right to put that person on report whether they cause a commotion or not. "Nobody hangs out together here at Cabrini because resident life does not allow the campus to be united the way it is supposed to be," Tino said. ''The code is more specific but sanctions are more vague. The administration allowed themselves a lot more leeway in dealing with individuals," second year resident assistant Pam Stempleski said. The biggest change from last year to this year in resident assistant's jobs is the confiscating of alcohol from an illegal party. Last year if a party was broken up by a resident assistant he or she would have to take the alcohol away from the offender(s). This year they don't have to. "I like this change because I am in a less dangerous situation now. I'm trusting them (the offenders) to get the alcohol out themselves,'' Stempleski said. For some resident assistants, their job is as clear as their job description. "My job is if somebody breaks a rule I write them up," first year resident assistant Mary Shimkus said. Although I know what my job is,Idonotthink these new rules differ people from breaking them." ''We need to maintain a sense of order and enhance the way people relate to each other," Bonfiglio said. The only violationsthat are listed officially with fines are disobeying the alcohol policy, visitation policy, illegal room changes and the trash policy.
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Over 200 people participated in the Hone Sky, One World" celebration for world peace on Sun. Oct.14. See page seven for more coverage.
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Drugs: finding answers by Karen Dumorney Enforcing and implementing drug policy on college campuses is one way colleges and universities are curbing the drug and alcohol abuse on campus. According to the Cabrini College Handbook, Cabrini is concerned with illegal drug use and views it as detrimental to the achievement of institutional and individual goals and inconsistant with the proper functioning of an academic community. Therefore, the possession, sale or use of illegal drugs as prescribed by Commonwealth law, and the unauthorized sale of prescription and over-the-counter drugs are in violation of College policy. Similiarly, the manufacture of drugs and the possession or use of drug paraphernalia are also violations of College policy. Persons involved in this type ofactivity, eitheron or off the Cabrini campus, will be subject to disciplinary action. In every case, drugs and paraphernalia found will be turned over to the proper authorities as well.
In no case will the college shield students from the possible legal consequences of drug possession and use, according to the Student Handbook. The following, is an example of illegal activity and the applicable sanction: Drugs: -There are both federal and state laws that proscribe the possession, use and distribution of illegal drugs. The sanctions for offending these laws consist in many cases of mandatory imprisonment, coupled with substantial fines. The sanctions for any given offense vary widely, depending on the nature of the offense, the type of drug involved and the quantity of the drug involved. Also, under federal law, anyone who is at least 18 years old and distributes drugs to anyone under 21 will be imprisoned and/or fined up to twice what is more DRUGS on 8
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