Friday,Nov.11,1994 Vol. XLI, No. 10 Cabrini College Radnor, Pa. 19087
PAC Champs! Battle:
Bands drumit out to see who's best by Andrea Kel/Jherand John Lindsay staff writers
photo by J,m Grego,y
Sophomore Graham Vigliotta chases the ball down field en route to Cabrini's 1-0 PAC Championship victory. The winning goal was scored by first-year student Larry Teal.
The sophomore class sponsored The Battle of the Bands. This event generated a profit of$326. These funds will be allocated towards the Spring Formal. The battle took place on Friday, Nov. 4 at 8:30 p.m. in the Widener Center Gathering Area. Marianne DeFrusio, director of student activities, said this event was one of the highest money making activities for any class board. The seven members of the class board began the setup of this event in September with the climax occurring last Friday. Sophomore class vice-president Rob Marish was the main organizer of this social gathering. Sophomore Andrea Kelliher, secretary, and sophomore John Lindsay, social activities representative, helped with the publicity, donations of food and equipment. The bands Marish collected for this event came from the Philadelphia area. The bands were the Dipschitz, Suicide Kings, Drowning by Numbers, 5.0 and Mountain Cry. The event started off with five bands playing, but by Friday, Mountain Cry had dropped out due to the fact that their drummer was unable to attend. Cabrini students were represented in two of the bands. First-year student Lauren Modestowicz was the lead singer of Drowning by Numbers, while Marish was the solo drummer of his band, the Dipschitz.
All of the bands came free of charge and were extremely happy to get exposure outside of the city. This event was a nonalcoholic sponsored party with a large tum out of guests. Health Services office agreed to pay for the cost of security for the evening, since this party did not cater to those who drink. This event was publicized both on and off campus. A large number of guests who attended came from the Philadelphia area. While Marish said the preparation of this activity was a tremendous amount of work, a lot of money was earned which will help reduce the cost of the Senior Farewell Dinner/Dance, otherwise know as the Spring Formal. Karen Bell, adviser to the sophomore class, said she gives the students a lot of credit for all of the hard work and dedication they put into this activity. She said that because of the success of this activity, there will not be as much pressure on raising money for the formal. "I enjoyed the whole evening and I think the class board did a great job in publicizing and promoting this event," first-year student Angela Palazzone said. "That is why it was such a success." "Attendance for the event was very good," sophomore Marie Augustino said. "I liked the bands very much. It seemed as though the students from Cabrini that performed were supported by the student body of the campus. It was great moral support for them."
Racism alive in Delaware County by Regina MIiier arts & entertainmenteditor
Approximately100 African-Americans announced the needfor solidarityand protestedthe inequality in Delaware County at the Media
Courthouselast Saturday,Nov. 5. ''We are here fightingwith you and for you," the Rev. Nonnan E. Grant, rally organizerand pastorofBethanyBaptistCburchinCbester,said. The FreedomRallyfocusedonpoorrepresentationof minoritiesin governmentpositionsand theirattitudesondiscriminatioo. "We knowthat these thing<,are going on," a rallyparticipantsaid. ''We knowthatwe're tired of it, and we're not going to take it anymore." Signs of protest were carried, yet words of hope were beard. l..eaderswelcomedallobserverstojoinintheir circleof hands. The cry of discriminationwas heardloud and clear. Leadersalternatedwords and said it is not a black thing, it is not a Hispanicthing, it is not a
whitething. The focuswas on unityandfaimes& A paragraph froma statementpaperfromthe African-AmericanCoalition said the political hydro-headedmonsterin DelawareCountygovernmenthas a death-gripstranglehold on some well-thinkingpeople. Unfortunately,some of thesepeopleareinthedecision-makingpositions. They arebeingsqueezedintosemiconsciousness on the ismieof fair play and equalityin the work place and they are in danger of slippinginto an irreversiblecomatosestateif the presentpractice persists. ''We are not attacking anyone," Grant said. ''We're just doingwhat we knowis necessaryto be done so that we can get the attentionthat is neededfor us to be ableto be gainfullyemployed in some of thesemeaningfulpositionsand it will take thejustice departmentto make that happen. Therefore,we are workingwith the U.S. Justice Department and we are still cooperatingwith councilto bringabout some change." According to Grant, those meaningfulpositionsincludejobs in the districtattorney'soffice, the prison system and the 911 communications
department In DelawareCounty,thereare 32 deputyand assistantdistrictattorneysandnoneof themareof African-Americandescent,accordingto Grant Also, there are 80 employeeswithin the district attorney's office and out of those80 positions, therearethreeof African-Americandescent,two are secretariesand one is with the CID department He saidthereare 176positionsavailablein the 911 emergencycommunicationsdepartment andnoneof thosepositionsareheldby minorities of African-Americandescent AccordingtoGrant,African-Arnerican'srepresentbetween11.2 and 12 percentof the populationinDelawareCounty,andtheyholdapproximately21-23percentofthejobsintheworkforce. However,he saidthejobstheyholdarethemenial jobs,suchasjobs ascustodians,withinthevarious housingfacilitiesfor theelderly. He saidwhen it comesto thejobs which are managerialor have some kind of supervisorypositions,blacks are hardly seen there. For example,in the sheriffs department,thereare no sheriffsof rank and one brownshirtdeputywho has beeninvolvedfor30
years,who does not have anyrank.·In the prison sysrem.there is one ranked person who is a sergeant Thisrallywasafollow-uptothefustFreedom Rallyheldon Sept.6. It is to maintaina consistent outcryagainstDistrictAttomey BillRyanandhis hiringpracticesof exclusion,accordingto Grant "If it {theFreedom Rally) does not help to create the changewithincountygovernmentand its agencies,"Grant said, "it has alreadycreated thechangeinusasapeople.Weknowwhatneeds to bedoneforustoventourfrustrationsandtovent our anger. Therefore,this is therapeuticto us as wellashelpfulinregardtoopeningupthosedoors of exclusionand discrimination." TheAfrican-AmericanCoalitionof Delaware Countyhas filedwiththe U.S.Attorney'sOffice EasternDivisionin Philadelphia. 'They havejust recentlyindicatedto us that theyhavediscussedourcasewiththeDepartment of Justice in Washington,D.C.," Grant said. ''Because of the nature of our case, they have referredour case to the U.S. JusticeDepartment Divisionof Discrimination."
Inside ... Week at a Glance ... Nov. 11 to Nov. 17 NEWS
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Cabrini alumna's brother makes it big in film.
SPORTS
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Men's and women's soccer teams win PAC.
A&E
FRIDAY tl'9p.m.-la.m. Fall Formal at the Valley Forge Sheraton.
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Check out the preview about "Fresh Out of Rats," which will be performed Nov. 17-19. -·
SATURDAY SUNDAY tl'lOp.m. Movie night in Woodcrest Hall, "Four Weddings and a Funeral." tl'Food-for-Fines in the library, in eelebration of Spirit Day, will be in effeet until Nov. 18.
tl'Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week begins. tl'6p.m. Liturgy in chapel. tl'lOp.m.Movie night in Xavier, "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY tl'Noon "Adopt a Family Fund Raiser" outside caf. tl'7p.m. Alumni Basketball game. tl'8p.m. Bonfire by the soccer field. tl'8:30p.m. Party in WCGA.
Feed the I/Cabrini tl'12-4p.m. homeless at Old St. Joseph's Church in Spirit Philadelphia. Day
tl'World Fast Day v"10a.m.-2p.m. WCGA, Third World Craft Fair. tl'l 1:30a.m.-2p.m. in WCGA, Keith Marks musician. tl'lOp.m.Coffeehouse, comedian Nancy Parker.
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