Oct. 23, 1992 Issue 06 Loquitur

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f riday, oct. 23, 1992

cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087

vol. xxxix no. 6

Crash coursein drunkdriving by Kimberly M. Haban editor-in-chief The police cars raced down Residential Boulevard. The ambulances and firetrucks followed with lights flashing and sirens blaring. Sophomore Bob Macartney awoke and thought something serious had happened to someone on

tract him from the car. Latvenas said the scariest part of the scene was having handcuffs on. "The thought of me being under

arrestforD.U.I.and hurtingafriend was scary for me," Latvenas said. Patti said he was not nervous or scared at all. "All those guys were.

communicating to each other the whole time, they knew what they were doing. " Sophomore Frank Petrane wit-

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campus. Radnor police officer Martha . Gurney arrived at the scene frrst to . find Junior Jeff Patti and Senior John Latvenas in a car accident caused by drunken driving. Students gathering around the parking lot, stared at the scene in ..:~ front of them and asked "What is going on here?" What happened was the result of Medical Assistant Tom Foran' s efforts to increase campus awareness of drunken driving and its consequences. Although· it was a simulated event, Latvenas was given the sobriety test, handcuffed and treated like a true drunken driver. Patti was left in the vehicle as Radnor firefighters and rescue workers worked for a full 15 minutes using the Jaws of Life to ex-

nessed the scene. Petrane said "I saw how long it takes them to get you out of there, you don't have a good chance." "Eerie," was how Pam Weekes, senior, described the simulated accident. Weekes said "I've never seen the Jaws of Life before, it made you think that it was real. It was freakie." According to George Fielden, assistant fire chief, there are approximately 20 drunken-driving accidents every year in Radnor township that require rescue services. Fielden said one of the worst accidents he had to attend to was when one person was killed and the other had his legs cut off. One leg .was severed at the ankle and the other was cut off at the knee. Foran, senior, is also a volunteer fireman anctrescue worker along with being an MA. Foran said the MAs and the resident assistants sat together and planned events for alcohol awareness week. Foran said "They were saying

Cabrini supports alcohol awareness weekby staging a simulated drunk driving accident.

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Graduate Studie~ Program 9eleprates 1O years by Kelly Adams

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1982: An actor was in the White House. War waged in the Falkland Islands. The Equal Rights Amendment was not passed. And Cabrini College began its graduate division, offering a master's degree in education to students. The program was the result of two year's worth of work by then Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Joseph Romano, Dr. Ann Kennedy, Dr. Ruth Sower. Work began in the fall of 1980. • Romano, now a professor of philosophy, said that beginning a graduate division at Cabrini had been talked about for many years. According to Romano, those involved believed that the school's charter prevented having a graduate division. Romano said that when he and Sower traveled to Harrisburg to have the charter changed they found that the assumption was false. Sower, now division head for education and the graduate division at Holy Family College, was the frrst director Cabrini's graduate division. Sower said," Adding the

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first graduate division in a school is no small measure." According to Romano, approval for any graduate program must be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Education~ Romano said that the initial proposal was a 154 page document, three-fourths of an inch thick, which included everything from an overview of the proposed program to why Cabrini should have a graduate division. Romano said that when the graduate division was approved in the fall of 1982 it was a time of intense pride on campus. Sower said that the early years of the program were optimistic and euphoric. According to Sower, she knew that the graduate division would do well and that the everexpanding program was difficult to keep up with. "Space was always a critical issue when it came to night classes," Sower said. Sower said that this was a welcome problem. Colleen Malone-Wellstein, a 1984 graduate of the graduate division, said, "It was a learning experience for the college and for me." Malone-Wellstein said that if she continue see more GRADUATE pg.4

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