Friday,Oct.27, 1995 Vol. XLII, No. 8 Cabrini College Radnor, Pa. 19087
CAP chair spared: Resigned,refused,reviewed,renewed-removed? "WhenAndreatoldme thatseveral AccordingtoKelliher,Lindsayhad members of the·boardwere unhappy takenontoomuch. Shesaidthatevents Onl_ymonthsafterthene:. lyfonned withmyperfonnance,Jfeltthatlshould were late getting started,there was a Student Govennent Associationbe- leaveratherthanhave·allofthemleave,"lackof organizationand Lindsaywas Kelliher gan,thechairoftheprogrammingboard Lindsay said. "I never wanted to re- notdelegatingresponsibilities. saidLindsayhad beenon SGAprobaorally resigned from office, had his sign." However, when eight of the 14 tionfornotfulfillinghisresponsibilities resignationrejected,was reviewedby the board, and was almost removed members of the programmingboard and missingtwo meeting.5. were interviewed,none said that they However in an earlier interview, from office. However,juniorJohnLindsaywas feltincapableofworkingwithLindsay Kelliher said, "John is still the best put on a 30-dayprobationaryperiod. nor didtheysaytheyfeltthattherewas person for the position,and I believe "He was not removed.He was put any communicationproblems with thathe can stilldo thejob. It is a lot to on probation," sophomore Lisa Lindsay.Theothersixmembersofthe ask of anyone." "Itwasn't so muchthatI was overMinnino,recordingsecretaryforSGA'sboardcouldnot be contacted. ''If Johndoesn't get bac½on SGA, worked,but that therewas no student executiveboard, said. "We are just said."That going to make sure he handles his I'm quitting," sophomore Angela activitiesdirector,"Lindsay responsibilities.We are helping him Palazzone,a member of the board, positionis toomuchfor any studentor studentsto fill" said. out for a while." Many members of the board felt Accordingto Lindsay,he has deAfter initiallyrefusing comment, that Lindsay had taken on too much, cided to fight for his job on the proSGApresidentAndreaKelliher,ajunbut that he was still the most capable gramming board. "When I resignedI ior,said,"Hewillbereviewedon Nov. person for the job. was very stressed and I felt I couldn't 19. He couldbe removedbeforeNov. "He is doing a great job," senior deal with it anymore," Lindsaysaid."I 19." Terri Carragher-said. "He is just overnow see other avenues and I knowthat Accordingto Lindsay,hisresignawhelmed. I can do my job with the supportof tion was the resultof a disagreell,le~t Lindsay's reponsiblities. include others." between Kelliherand himself. Ac'The programmingboardis in bad cordingto Kelliher,"Severalmembers pledge coordinatorfor Kappa Sigma Omega, a member of the Cabrini Day shape. It all has to do with SGA and of the boardfelt that they could no committee, arts and entertainment edipolitics," juniorMelissaHunsberger,a longerwork withJohn." tor of Loquitur, orientation counselor member of the board, said. "If they Kellihersaidtqeproblemwas with and co-facilitator. Following the resigwould just let him do his job and take communication. offof him, Lindsay's resignationwas not ac- nation at the start of the semesterof someof the responsibilities ceptedby the executiveboardbecause MarrianeDeFruscio,fonner director he coulddo hisjob better." , According to sophomoreStacey it was not in writing. However,the of studentsactivities,Lindsayhasfillcd executiveboardheld a meetingto de- that position along with junior Jane Caiazzo,a member of the programcide whetheror not it shouldremove Boyle.Lindsayalsocarriesafullcourse mingboard, "Ifhe is removed,no one willknowhow to run the events." load. him from office.
Walkingfor Life
by Laura Testa news editor
1995 • j
photo by Marie Barrett
Studentsput away theirbooksand put on theirsneakerstojoin the 9th annualAIDS walkon Sunday,Oct.15. Campusministry organizedthe event,and thegirls in housesix collected donationsand signedup waJkersfor the event Cabriniraised over $250. Theentireeventraisedover$1 million. f=iGhty-eight centsof ev!ry dollarraisedat the Walkgo to directcarP,, educationand preventionservices.Accordingto WalkFor Ute, AIDS is secondonly to homicideas the leadingcauseof death for 18-23year olds in the UnitedStates. TheAIDS Walkis a memorialfor manyand hope forall. AccordingtoDr.RobertBonfiglio, vicepresidentof studentdevelopment, therealproblemisthelackofafulltime staff member to fill the positionof studentactivitiesdirector. "I believe that the programming boardhas doneand continuesto do an admirablejob," Bonfigliosaid.
"I don'tknowwhereAndreathinks she is goingto find someoneto do the job that he did," seniorKim Forde, a member of the programmingboard, said. "He doesn't get the respectthat he deserves,"Hunsbergersaid."I hopehe gets a fairshake."
Ghostbusters: SGA cancels Haunted House HauntedHouse. Accordingto juniorJohnLindsay, copy editor and assistantdirectorof studentactivities editor in chief and chair of CAP (CampusActivities The HauntedHouse,a 15-yeartra- and Programming)board,GaryYates, dition, bas been canceled. Student atemporarycollegerelationsemployee, GovernmentAssociationplanned to called him at the end of September run HauntedHouse from Thursday, requestinginfonnation fortheHaunted Oct.26, throughSaturday,Oct. 28. Housefor press releases. But according to junior Andrea Lindsay said he gave Yates th..: Kelliher,SGApresident,therearefour price,the date,the time and the target reasonswhy it wascanceled.Shesaid marketfor HauntedHouse. However, therewereproblemswithcollegerela- accordingtoNoreenJameison,college tions sending press releases, Xavier relationsspecialist,to her knowledge, Hall residents' participation,lack of Yates never spoke with any student planningtimeforspecialeventschairs, regardingHauntedHouse. and the fact that thereis no directorof ''We're not allowed to publicize studentactivities. infonnationoffcampus,"Lindsaysaid. Although college relationslisted 'They have to do it for us." HauntedHouseon the fall calendarof ''We needtostraightenourcommuevents,whichis sent to localmediain . nicationin a lot of ways," Jameison September,it never sent out an addi- said tionalpressreleasefocusingsolelyon The second problem Kelliheradby Jamie Latshaw and Kimberly Sheldron
dressedwas the lack of participation fromXavierresidents.In orderto hold HauntedHouse, consentforms must be signedby all Xavierresidents.According to sophomore Angela Palazzone,chairof theHauntedHouse committeeon thespecialeventsboard, themajorityof Xavierresidentsdidnot handtheconsentforrnsback. Palazwne saidthat afterthreeattemptsto collect the signed fonns, only 25 residents cooperated,out of 68 formsneeded. "They[XavierHallresidents]don't care,"she said. AccordingtoJenniferMarks-Gold, multiculturalcoordinatorand former directorofstudentactivities,everyyear there are problemswith cooperation from the residents. "But then people gt}toverit,"she said. "And it's always one of the best events." "I understandwhy some people mightnotbe interestedin doingit,"Dr.
RobertBonfiglio,vicepresidentofstudent development,said. "It's really disruptiveto theirlives." AccordingtoPalazzone,theadmission price to Haunted House funds betteractivitiesfor the school. 'They [XavierHall residents]are goingto be the ones complainingthat thereisnothingtodoontheweekends," Palazzonesaid. Accordingto Kelliher,the special eventschairsdid not feelas if they had enoughtimeto pullthe eventtogether. Plans hr Haunted House could not continueuntilalltheformsweresigned. Kellihersaidanotherproblemwas the lack of communicationbetween Lindsayand the specialeventchairs. ''We weresoworriedthatifweheld this event, it would be a flop,"junior Cathy DeSant, special events chair, said, "and make Cabrini College look bad."
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Sports
Friday
Saturday
Sunday t/Mass in the chapel at 6 p.m.
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Men's soccer is victorious in PAC, while women tie.
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In the past the directorof student activitiesplayeda key rolein theplanning proce'iSof coordinatingevents. But uponthe early-semesterdeparture of MarianneDeFruscio,formerdirector of student activities,the special events chairshad largerresponsibilities. "It's hardfor us,withouta director of studentactivities,to look ahead," Kellihersaid,"andconstantlypre-plan weeksaheadoftirne.Therewasnoone thereto constantlyremindus." AlthoughKellihersaid there was no monetaryloss, some studentsare upsetaboutthe lossof a tradition.The eventwascanceledfollowingthe oral resignationof Lindsayfrom the SGA boardas the chairof CAP. ''It stillwasfeasiblypossibletopull ittogether,"Lindsaysaid."I'm kindof sadthata traditionthat'sgoneon forso longisn'tgoingtotakeplacethisyear."
Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 Tuesday t/Mass in the chapel at 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday
Thursday t/Mass in the chapel at 12:15 p.m. t/Casino Night at 9:30 p.m. in the WCGA.
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