friday, feb. 26, 1993
cabrini college, radnor, pa 19087
vol. xxxix no. 17
Foundresscelebrates birthday in cafeteria by Megan Flanigan news editor
The cafe~ria was decorated with blue and white balloons, and a blue and white cake sat on a table to symbolize the colors of the college. Mother Ursula Infante, foundress of the college, entered on President Antoinette ladarola's arm with a smile. A few minutes later, everyone burst into the tune "Happy Birthday" in honor of Mother Ursula's 96th birthday. Mother Ursula said she was surprised, because she did not know she would be celebrating her birthday of 96 years in the cafeteria. Ursula said she thought she was going out to lunch with Iadarola. "I was very muchsurprised,"Mother Ursula said. The decision to celebrate Mother Ursula's birthday in the cafeteria was made by Student Government Association (SGA), Mark Mellor, SGA president, said. "It was nice that every everybody sang happy birthday," Mellor said. It was a little disappointing to Mellor
because there were mostly the same people in the cafe you see every day. "It's a free period and there's no excuse for people not to attend." For the faculty and students who did attend, it was a nice celebration. "It's nice that Mother Ursula is recognized and appreciated," Senior Kristin Mandia said. "Anytime I am in the presence of Mother Ursula I am inspired," Iadarola said. "If we are celebrating 35 years of academic excellence, it's because of Mother Ursula." The celebration was the idea of the students and that was most pleasing, according to Iadarola. Iadarola said that says a lot about the students. "I love student initiated events. They are the best," Iadarola said. "By honoring Mother Ursula, we are honoring the students." Most people would say the best part about birthdays are the presents we receive, but for Mother Ursula it was different. "It was my meeting with the faculty I had hired," Mother Ursula said.
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Mother Ursula lnfante.foundress of the college, continues the educational quest of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini even at the age of 96.
New renovations slated for~. Mansion dorms and offices by Heather McAllister assistant news editor
The mysteryof the Mansionhas finallybeen solved. A year ago the residence hall in the Mansion was closed after 35 years of housing women. Sincethen manypeoplehave wondered how that spacewouldbe used. Plansare now beingmade to expand someof the offices in the Mansion to includethe nowempty dorm rooms. According to Stewart Stabley, director for institutional advancement, the Business Office will be expanded on the first floor. The offices oflnstitutional Advancement, Alumni Affairs and Development will move upstairs into the empty rooms. Stabley said there is a serious space problem in these offices. There are secretaries with desks placed in a narrow hallway, instead of being in their own offices, Stabley said. "We have a director of development who needs much more space and privacy to work," Stabley said. "Right now she is sharing an office with two other people. We also have a lot of student workers in our offices, and we sometimes need to send them out into the lobby or sun-porch to do work because wejust
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don't have enough room." Stableysaidsomerenovationsarenecessaryto convertthe roomsintoofficespace,althoughthey alreadyhavebeenpainted.He saidtheexactprice of the renovations would not be known until PhysicalPlantreceivesallcostestimates.Theywill be overseeingall operationsand hiringsomeoutside worl<ers,Stableysaid. DirectorofPhysicalPlantMichael Caranfasaid he is involvedin theplanningstagesof therenovations. Caranfais lookinginto differentpricesfor heatingand air conditioningthe new officespace. Stabley said heating should not be a problem becausetheupperlevelsoftheMansionalreadyare extremelyhot. Accordingto Stabley,renovationswill begin sometimethis summeraftercommencement. Although neither Stabley nor Caranfa could quoteanexactestimateofrenovationcosts, Stabley did say the money would come from the capital fund. Accordingto Stabley, this fund is set aside for any physical improvements of the campus. Chief Financial Officer John Barclay was
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Resment1tfeevaluatessurvey incorporate one male and one female fromdifferenthousing facilities.Wealso staff writer wanted to have differentclass levels on Vice~ d Studem. Affail'sRobert , the committeeto get input from all stuBonfiglio and PresidentAmmetre Iadarola dents." Theanticipatedhousingconfigurati~ irooedout thetentativegroundworkfora new have four of the sevenhousesgoing to hoosingkttely. Thoughcommitteemeetings wooien, Woodcrestremainingall female, and arouous discussioosstill lie ahead, the and Xavier with co-ed by quads. Thjs basicpremiseforthelotteryhas beenset. This dependsontbeimplicatiooofco-edhous .. wasa follow-updiscussion to ameetingheld
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onFeb.ll. In a questionnaire previouslysent to aD of 285surveysweresenth:lclL lh!twomainconcemsft'X'
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retumingresidentsdealtwithtfuteoook•in oonn roomsandro«thoumgin XavierHaU. For1hosestudems woomumedthesurveys. J46sawthephooehook-up•themainpriority fir~ hou.gng.For other students first-yearstudents. who were polled,122saidthatco-edhousWithanapparentresurgenceofpeople ing was most important to them. Othertop coming backto liveoncampus,Caulfield concerns included guaranteeing rooms is looking forwardto instituting thenew ($(JUatting) and co-ed housingin the houses. lottery plan. Accordingto CathyCaulfield.director "I reallydon't knowwhatis causing of resident life.a committeeis beingest.abpeople to return to campus,butI'mvery lished to discussall the issuesconcerning excited aboutit,"Caulfieldsaid. the newpolicy. "The committeeis going to primarily consist of f.iculty, students and residentlife,"Caulfieldsaid. "Wewant to
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ing. Thestandard$250.00roomdeposit will stillbe requiredto obtainhousing. Onlyttireeof the students&UJVeyed saidtheywouldnotberetumingtoliveon campus.Withthelargenumberof stUdentsestimated to return,combined with the admissionsoffice's speculationof incomingfirst-yearstUdents, Caulfield anticipates a goodchaneeof triplesfor
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