friday, oct. 26, 1990
cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087
vol. xxxvii, no. 7
Communityservice proposaldebated
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by Karen Dumorney
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photo by Frank Emmerich
As part of a spree of campus damage, vandals destroyed the candy machine in the basement of Sacred Hean Hall/ last weekend. More photos and a story on page 11.
Opting to pay a fine or do community service is something the resident life department is taking into consideration since Frank Emmerich, junior, president of the Student Government Association, (SGA), submitted a proposal in July 1990. According to Emmerich, the code of conduct is in need of a better system of retribution and rehabilitation for violators. ''The current system which emphasizes fines in my opinion does not deter a student from committing acts against the code of conduct because the obligation of paying fines becomes the responsibility for the student which in most instances is the parents,'' Emmerich said. The proposal, if implemented, would serve as follows: -emphasize that this is a positi\'e reaction to a violation of the code of conduct. -include the option of the program expanding into the surrounding community with the public relations value that this is a
positive response to a violation. -those choosing community service should have a reasonable choice of projects to do, perhaps right in the immediate area of the violation. -the responsibility of scheduling and monitoring community service hours be handled by a professional member of the resident life staff such as the Iesident manager. -the parents should be made informed of the policy change which would allow community service hours to replace heavy fines. In addition, it's purpose is to put emphasis on the code of conduct's focus on responsibility and respect individuals and the community in general. By participating in community service, viohrtors of the code of conduct would be putting their services back into the community in which they took from. In a traditional case, those financially responsible for the student take more SERVICE on 11
Budget crunch leads college to freeze hiring
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by Kimberly Keck Sister Eileen Currie, college president, has put a hiring freeze into effect. This freeze will affect all categories of people employed at Cabrini, according to John Barclay, chief financial officer. These departments consist of faculty, administration, cle.rical, security and housekeeping. Only Currie can make exceptions to the freeze, according to Barclay. According to Linda Fox, human resources manager, there was no more hiring than usual before freeze. "Cabrini is a small college with an average turnover,'' Fox said. This freeze mainly pertains to full-time positions. Part-
time employees or adjunct faculty can be hired if the department has enough money in their budget. This was the solution for Meredyth Leahy, dean for continuing education. Two people from her fulJ-time staff, Lia Terrey, academic records specialist and Mary Klein associate director of continuing education, resigned. Leahy believes that these positions should be replaced with full-time faculty. "The same number of staff dealing with 259 students are now dealing with 445 students.'' Leahy said. According to Leahy, Terrey's position was added in 1986 when there was 256 continuing education students. In 1988, Klein's position was added and 340 students were enrolled. This year, there are 445 continuing education
students. •'Program development is harder when having to worry about day-to-day issues. There's less time to be creative,'' Leahy said. According to Leahy, Terrey's position was replaced on a pan-time basis by Gail Crawford, former Cabrini employee and continuing education graduate. A segment of Klein's job was replaced by Steve Welch. He will assist in advising continuing education students. Library cataloger, Muriel Clouser, died on Sept. 10. Her position can notbereplacedbecauseofthehiring freeze. "I have forwarded a request to Dr. Biller for Muriel's position more FREEZE on 6
Sign situationworsens by Rita S. Cellucci Cabrini has a problem; people can not find it. For the past five years, the college has been trying to have traffic signs placed on the major roadways. · Last year, Loquitur reported on the problem of signs being bent and unreadable. Because the signs are so small, students and their families must always be on the look out for Cabrini's -signs. This year, due to a lack of funds, the signs will not be replaced for a while. Karen Berlant, public relations
director, has been working closely with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Penn DOT) and met over the summer to discuss the situation. Berlant is also looking to place a sign on the Blue Route exit at Lancaster A venue. There are other locations that need attention for signs and PennDOT. PennDOT and Radnor lfownship have many guidelines and restrictions for educational insti more SIGNS on 5
photo by Edd McNamee
Budget constraints make it unlikely th.at the stolen Cabrini sign at Rte. 320 and the Schuykill Expressway will be replaced in the near future.
·inside perspectives ..... . 2, 3
Keaton terrorizes
Knee injuries:
news .... 4, 5, 6, 11, 12
landlords in
The road to
features .... 7, 8, 9, 10
"Pacific Heights"
recovery
sports .. 13, 14, 15, 16
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