Friday,Feb.9, 1996 Vol. XLII, No. 16 Cabrini College Radnor, Pa. 19087
Softballplayers throw beef-n-beer
Sports complex and apartments obtain approval from township by Tom McKee assistant news editor
photo by DennisFohner
Juniors Dawn Montgomery, Denise Canaris, Kelly Brannigan, Amy Hummel and sophomores Cara Santelli and Milenna Procca enjoy the beef, beer and conversation at the beef-n-beer held Friday, Feb. 2, in Grace Hall. The party was given by the softball team. For more on this story, see page 9.
Academiccounsel acceptsnew valedictorian policy by Allyson Hannigan
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vantage in the past." According to Lamberti, various colleges were sutveyed on their valedictorian policies, and from there the academic board suggested a variation of the other schools' policies, coming up with the new policy. An informal sutvey was taken among senior class officers and students about their opinions and suggestions for a policy. The policy was then voted on by the student academic board followed by the student government executive board. The final decision was made by the academic counsel. "The valedictorian should have the majority of their work and college experience at Cabrini," junior Vanessa Guglietti,an academic board member, said. Others said they felt there should be two valedict0rians, one for each division. Jennifer Peacock, a senior and academic board member, said although she did not vote on the policy, there should be two students who best represent the different divisions. Lamberti said if there are any problems the policy will be revised.
In orderto solvetraditional-agestuclents' complaints of having non-tulltimestud.:ntsconstantlybeingthevaledictorian, the academic counsel approved a new valedictorian policy. Unlike past years, the selection of a \·aledictorian will not rely solely on grade point average. Potentialvaledictorianswill have to submitpre-valedictorian speeches as well. Candidatesforvaledictorianwillbe chosen among the top three continuing education and undergraduatestudents with the highest grade point average. These six students will be notified of their nominations and asked to submit speeches to the registrar's office. The written speeches will then be handed over to a committee, which will choose two of the best speeches out of the six. The writers 0f the two best speeches will then be asked to orally presenttheir speeches before the committee. The committee will then choose the best of the two, and the selected speech will be presented at commencement. Senior Edith Lamberti, chairperson of the student academic board,
Radnor Township Planning Commission has approved the building (,lf both the sports complex and the on-campus apartment building, pending alterations to Cabrini's proposal. The township's main concern revolves around the increase of traffic that the sports complex will bring to Eagle Road. Cabrini plans to alleviate this problem by installing an island on Eagle Road between the entrance and Paul Road. Eagle Road traffic will then be able to enter the college only by making a right tum. Outgoing traffic will only be able to make a right tum onto Eagle Road. The college will no longer be accessible from Paul Road. According to B. Duncan Hubley, engineer for Radnor Township, the college now needs to apply to the state of Pennsylvania for
a permit to install the island. "It won't be a problem to get the permit," Duncan said. "There may be some conditions, such as widening the road." Cabrini is also planning to station a guard where Residential Boulevard meets the Eagle Road entrance. The guard's purpose will be to direct traffic away from the Eagle Road exit. The guard will be stationed there only when the sports complex has reached its maximum occupancy or when both the Sacred H, .irt Hall and Grace Hall parking lots are foll. If Cabrini does not adhere to this regulation, a gate will be erected in , place of the guard. With plans for a restriction of access to Eagle Road, Cabrini is planning to widen the King of Prussia Koad entrance by two feet, bringing the total width to approximately 1,200 feet. This would allow two-way traffic, permitting both entrance and exit from King of Prussia Road.
Menominee activistto win Ivy YoungWillisAward by Justin Mlrlgliani
with the students and faculty in the Widener Center Lecture Hall The Ivy Young Willis Award, at3p.m. From5:30p.m. to7p.m. given to a woman who has made a Deer will have dinner with Dr. substantialcontnbutioninpubliclife, Antoinette Iadarola, college presiwill be given to Ada Deer. dent, and invited guests. Then it The award was dedicated by the willbebacktothelecturehallforthe late William Willis in the memory presentation of the award at 7:30 of his wife, Ivy Young Willis. p.m. Deer is the assistant commisDeerwasbominKeshena, Wis., sioner of lncliJ11Tribes. in 1935. She graduated from the This is •he fifth year the award University of Wisconsin-Madihas been given. son and completed her master's DeerisaMenomineelndianwho degree in social welfare at the played a largepart in developingher University of Columbia. She also tnbe both socially and politically. has honorary doctorates from The award presentationand fes- Northland College in Wisconsin tivities are sponsored by Cabrini's and the University ofWisconsinhistory and politicalscience depart- Madison. ment and the League of Women's Deer is a member of the faculty Voters. The day will start with a at the School of Social Work and private lunch at 1 p.m. The lunch NativeAmericanStudiesattheUniwill befollowed by a symposium versity of Wisconsin-Madison. co-sports editor
Find out what students think about the Polee verdict.
News
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Have a fake ID? Check out page 4.
Sports
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Billy Carr wins the Bill Bradley Award, again.
Friday v'lOONights at 8 p.m. in the WCGA.
Saturday v'Cupid's Ball at 9 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium.
by Chris Donato assistant photography editor
House Seven experienced major flooding problems due to the melting of snow from the Blizzard of 1996. Unfortunately, the problems began at the same time residents were returning from winter break. Public safety officers, while patrolling on rounds, discovered a leak in the first-floor main entrance way on Friday, Jan. 12. According to Cathy Caulfield, director of resident life, the flood originated in the second-floor hallway. Water seeped through the upstairs windowbecauseitcouldnot be drained throughguttersthat were clogged with snow. The runoff leaked through the second floor to the first. Public safety officerscontactedphysical plant about lhe situation. The carpet was shampooed after the gutters and roof were cleared of soow. Junior Amy Butler, a resident of ered a major leak in room five while attempting to move in. "I opened the door, took one step, and there was water everywhere," Butler said. Resident assistant senior Joy MacAlister promptly telephoned Laura Irwin, assistant director ofresident life, about the flood in room five. Irwin contacted public safety officer Billy Beard who visited the house immediately. Beard guaranteed that Butler would not have to spend the night in the flooded room. Butler and her roommate, junior Kate Schneider, were relocated to Wooclcrest Hall while repairs were being conducted. After assessing the flood to be a hazardous condition, Beard went to Xavier and instructed Irwin to report the situation to Caulfield. Irwin promptly telephoned Caulfield about the situation. Although physical plant operations manager, Steve Murphy, was beeped on Monday, Jan. 15, and public safety telephoned later that day, repairs did not begin until Tuesday, Jan. 16.
More ... Flood on page 4
Inside ... Week at a Glance ... Perspectives pg.3
Flood dampens resident return
Sunday v'Persona Greeting Cards outside of the cafe from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. v'African American History Museum trip.
Monday v'Ivy Young Willis Award at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. for the public in the WCLH.
Feb. 9 to Feb. 15 Tuesday v'ESA showing of "Panther" at 9:30 p.m. in House Two.
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