Friday,May6, 1994 Vol.XL,No.25 CabriniCollege Radnor, Pa. 19087
Distinguished journalist to speak at commencement by Kelly McDonald
Geyer's analyses have proven accurate on many occasions. For example,she was the first persontopredicttheguerrillamovementsinl..atin GeorgieAnne Geyer,a distinguishedjournal- Americain the '60s. Geyer also wrote a bookin ist,will addressthe 19'J4graduatingclassduring 1975which predictedthat Mikhail Gorbachev's commencementceremoniesonSunday,May22. generationwould be one to seek rapprochement Geyerisrecogniz.edmostlyforherone-on-one withtheWestandchangesinthecountry'ssystem. interviewswithSaddamHussein,YasserArafat, In the summerof1973 she told the Israeliforeign FidelCastro,AnwarSadatandMoammarGadhafi.ministerthatEgyptwasaboutto attack,andEgypt At present,shewrites for UniversalPress Syndi- attackedin October. catein a thrice-weeklycolumnthatappearsin 120 Geyerwas recentlyinductedintothe Gridiron newspapersacrossthecountry.GeyerhasautboredOub,theClticagoJournalismHallofFameandthe variousbooksonRussia,theMiddleEastandl..atin Society of ProfessionalJournalist. Cabriniwill America,includinga biographyof FidelCastro. present her with an honorary doctor of letters She also is a commentatoron publictelevision's degree. "WashingtonWeekin Review." RobertBonfiglio, vice presidentfor student Geyer is poly-lingual,has establishedworld- development,saidhe doesnotknowexactlyhow widecontactsandhasdeliveredforeigncommen- Geyer was chosen but has a generalsense that it taryfor27years.Shewasthefirstforeignertomeet was becauseshe representsthe ideals of the colwith IraqipresidentSaddamHussein.According lege. to a pressreleasefrompublicrelations,shedidnot In previous years, the junior class president recallthismeetingas a pleasantone. providedBonfigliowithalistofnominated people "Eventhen,in1973,ashesatbeforemeforfour compiledby the junior class. The Ustwouldth.en hours all dressedup in a French silk suit and tie, besubmittedtothepresidentandthenpassedonto therewasnoexpression,noemotion,noflickering thenominatingcommitteeoftheboardof trustees, of feeling on his face," Geyer said. "The con- who is responsiblefor makingthe final decision. sciencelesskiller." That was not the case thisyear. NotallofGeyer'saccomplishmentshavecome Bonfigliosaid thatlast springhe askedjunior easily.Shewasendangeredby anairportbombing class president John Quiros to submit a list of in Managua, has been threatenedwith death by nominatedpeoplefromhisclassmates.However, Guatemala's White Hand death squad, and was a memo from Dr. Antionette Iadarola, college jailed once inAngolaforwritinga book aboutthe president,that was sent out on March 23, 1993 revolutionaries. statedthatall nominationforms mustbe returned editor in chief
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Georgie Anne Geyer, a distinguished journalist, will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree from Cabrini at commencement.
Campus community educated on AIDS
to GretchenDingeein the President'sOffice. No names were submittedto Bonfiglioor Dingee. Bonfiglioreportedtoladarola,thathedidnothave any names to submitof behalfof the class. 'That is where my involvement ended," Bonfigliosaid '"Thenominatingcommitteeobviouslygot namesfrom somewhereelse." Iadarolawas unavailablefor comment. Dr. Jerome Zurek,English/communicationsdepartmentchairperson,saidwhen he firstmet Iadarola , however,sheexpressedinterestin havingGeyer speakat Cabriniin some capacity. According to Bonfiglio,he was notifiedthe same time as the rest of the campus community whothecommencementspeakerwasgoingtobe. Althoughhow and by whom Geyerwas chosen still remains a mystery, Bonfigliosaid he thinksit is nice to be able to bring someone to campus who is a representativeof a career that attractsa lot of our students. On the other hand,Joanne Carbone,a senior, saidthatno one askedforthe seniors' inputon the commericementspeaker. Shesaidshewouldhave chosen a speaker with whom she was more familiar. To ensure they have input on next year's commencementspeaker,the junior class has already compileda list of prospectivespeakers. Bonfigliosaid he is helpingthem gather further informationoftheseindividualssotheycansubmit thelisttothenominatingcommitteeoftheboardof
trustees.
The Kyrgyz are coming!
by Margaret Maio
ry group to plan the content of the course. The program is intendedfor those who want to understand more about the issues and conAIDS. The word alone scares most, and the troversy ihat surround HIV/AIDS. disease is even more frightening. There is no The course is being offered through the cure for AIDS, and it is life-threatening. office of continuing education and will begin In 1993 there were an estimated 270,000 this May. cases of AIDS with over 179,000 deaths. The course consists of five different modCabrini hasjoined in the fight against AIDS ules that will combine for a total of fifteen with perhaps the most powerful weapon there credits. The modules include such topics as is, education. prevention and education, legal and political Beginning this May, Cabrini will offer a issues associated with HIV/AIDS and ethical comprehensive study of AIDS. "AIDS: A and spiritual issues facing those affected with comprehensive study" is a 15-creditcertificate HIV/AIDS. program that will deal with the study of HN The modules will be taught by instructors and AIDS. who are currently working with AIDS in their This program is unlike any other Cabrini professional field. One module is taken at a has offered in that it is completed in just under time, and each group of studentsthat begins the seven months. According to Angela Cooper, program together, remains together through director of program planning and developthe course. This was done so that support and ment, the students meet once a week, but there resource networks could form between stuis a lot of outside reading required. dents and instructors. Cooper is one of many people who deCurrently, Cooper said there is a lot of signed the course. She said that she was · training about AIDS, but it tends to be short, a contacted by the president's office in regard to day or two, and only in one area of interest. a program that was being done at St. Joseph's, "This course provides a very comprehensive in West Hartford, Conn. Cabrini's program is program/ Cooper said, "and there is a need for modeled after the one at St. Joseph's, except this type of program." that it is an intensive course. According to Cooper, the goal of the proThe program was designed with the help of gram is to educate people about HIV/AIDS. many people. According to Cooper, faculty and staff, as well as people from AIDS advoca- "There is no cure, no vaccination. Our only cy groups and professionals,formed an adviso- defense is education," Cooper said. assistant managing and perspectives editor
Inside ... 1/'NEWS pg. 8 Tum to page 8 to see what Ed
Rendell and the City of Philadelphiaare doing about the problemof homelessness.
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v'FEATURES pg. 5 Get a personallook at the Ryan Brotherswho will be graduating togetheron Sunday,May 22. Inside you will learn how they both endedup at Cabrini.
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photo by Kelly McDonald
From left to right: Jumabek Tentiev, from the Kyrgyz Architectural and Building Institute, Djenishbek Rakishev, director, Kyrgyz Republic Financial Economical College, Dr. Jusaev Joldosh Jusaevich, rector and professor, lssyk-Kul State University watch as Margie Tenaglia types a paper in the computer Jab.
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SATURDAY SUNDAY v'Trip to Baltimore Inner Harbor.
v'7:30p.m. Spring Choral concert in WCLH.
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY v'WDREwill broadcast outside near the Peace Pole.
v'lla.m.3p.m. Commuter Day.
v'8p.m. "Tribute to Broadway" in the Red Ooud Coffee House.