Friday,Feb.23, 1996 Vol. XLII, No. 18 Cabrini College Radnor, Pa. 19087
Passing the torch
Lambertiresigns: Studentswithouta voicefor academicconcerns by Kathy S. Cephas perspectives editor
photo by Caroline Croley
Assistant coach John McQueen, who was the all-time leadingscorerfor 10 _yea,sat Cabrini with 1,524 points, presented senior Billy Carr with a plaque after he broke McQueen's record. Carr broke the record when he scored 21 points againstAllentown College Wednesday,Feb. 14,at home. For more on Carr's record breaker, see page 16.
Edith Lamberti, a senior, delivered her resignation letter from her position as chair of the Student Government Association's academic board due to "personal reasons that have nothing to do with SGA or anyone on the SGA Board," on Sunday, Feb. 18. Among the responsibilities the student academic board has are voting on core requirements on the curriculum committee, voting seats on the academic council, which makes important class decisions including the recently passed valedictorian policy, and holding two seats on the scholarships and financial aid committee, which decides how much money should be allotted for financial aid and who receives scholarships. These are all important duties and studentconcernsthat couldpossiblybe neglected now that there is effectively no chairof the studentacademicboard. The leaders of SGA expressed amazement and shock at the news of Lamberti's resignation. ''We do not know what we are going to do," SGA president Melissa Scomavacca, ajunior, said. "Edie was overwhelmedwith dealing with it, and Kathy Malone expressed no desire to do it either. I guess we arejust going to pick up the pieces and move on."
Kathy Malone,ajunior, is the assistant to the student academic chair. In the meantime, sophomore Donna Falcone, interim SGA vice president, will assume Lamberti's position, a responsibility that Falcone said she knows little about. "I never really knew just what Edie did," Falcone said. "I know thatshe did a lot of work with Boeke,but I had no idea of everything she had to do." Dr. Thomas Boeke is the academic dean and provost. "I think that she was an ineffective communicator and she tried too much to be in control rather than lead,'' a student on the student academic board said. Upon request, the student's name is being withheld. "She perceived normal happenings, like classes, other club meetings and work schedules to be inconveniences to her board," the student said. "She was unreceptive to honoring any of these as valid excuses for nonattendance and would often threaten removal from the board as provided under SGA 's constitution." Lamberti refused to comment. Carol Serotta, chair of the math department and head of the computer-information and science/mathematicsdivisionsaid,"Lamberti was terrific in that role." However, when presented with the fact that according to the SGA constitution, that Serotta should have two student representatives present
at division meetings, she said, "I did not know that we were supposed to have representatives. Edie took care of everything." Lamberti refused to comment. Dr. Kathleen Daley-McKinley, sociology department chair and interim psychology/sociology division head, also expressed concern for the need of an effective student voice with respecttostudentacademicneeds. "Studentscannot affordto Jose such a powerful voice with the administrationandfacultyonthiscampus,"DaleyMcKinley said about the position. HoweverDaley-McKinleysaidshe had not had any contact with Lamberti and expressed concern that no student from the SGA board was attending psychology department meetings. Lamberti refused to comment. When earlier asked if she was overwhelmed by actually delegating duties to be given out to her board, Lamberti said, "I think the board was working hard as a whole but was not getting things as organized as they should have been." At her first and final student academic board meeting held Monday, Fel>.19, Lamberti was just informing the members of the board about the passing of the valedictorianpolicy, almost three weeks after it had been passed. According to Lamberti, the meeting was the first time the board could get togetherbecause of conflicting schedules among board members.
Snowy legal party pleases largest crowd of the year by Jim Martin assistant sports editor
It may not have been the Blizzard of '96, but there were 10 inches of snow. Not even Mother Nature could put a chill on the heat created by this legal party, On Friday, Feb. 16, the Valentine's Day legal party was held in the cafeteria from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m. The party was run by seniors Christina Feehan and Terri Carragher, party committee chairs for the CAP (Campus Activities and Programming) board. "It was the best legal party of the year," junior John Lindsay, CAP board chair, said. When snow forced Cabrini to cancel its afternoon classes, there
was great thought given to canceling the legal party. "It was almost canceled," Lindsay said. However, Lindsay made arrangements for the beer and food to be delivered early, and he made arrangements for Feehan and Carragher to be picked up from the Kingswood Apartments so they could be there to run the party. The party started off slowly as there were only a few people there for the first hour. However, at around 10 p.m. people starting arriving. People came in looking to have a good time. "It was one of the best legal parties I've ever been at," senior
Tom Eagan said. "I enjoyed myself more than I thought I would," junior Joe Morris said. "It seemed like everybody was having a good time. A lot of people were out on the floor dancing," Feehan said. However, during the party the scanner, which students run their identification cards through before entering the ·cafeteria, was stolen. The scanner was not discovered missing until the next day by cafeteria workers. At a CAP board meeting on Monday night, Lindsay requested that if his board members knew the whereabouts of the scanner that they convince the party to
return it, no questions asked. On Tuesday, it was returned to security by a member of the board. According to Lindsay, this legal party made the· mc>st money out of all the ones held so far this year. Although lega·1 parties cost about $600 to run, the CAP board was able to make back $475 on admission at the door. Approximately 175 people attended the party. Feehan said that one of the reasons the party was a success was because the three kegs of beer at the party lasted until the last half-hour of the party. Lindsay said that there would have been even more people there if it was not for the snow.
Inside ... Week at a Glance ... News
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Find out when renovations of Sacred Heart Hall will take place.
Images pgs.5-12 This issue will feature Spring Break. Check out possible day trips in the area, as well as what Cabrini events are planned for the spring.
Friday I/Social hour from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m, in the WCGA.
Saturday '
Sunday I/National Collegiate Health and Wellness Week begins. I/Get Acquainted Day.
Monday
There were some commut(?rs, like junior Jim lacavino, who could not make it to the legal party because of the snow. "My car was snowed in at home so I was unable to make it," lacavino said. "However if it wasn't for the snow, I would have been there." Along with the scanner being stolen, there were also four firstyear students written up by security for underage drinking. Tkese four women were caught when a resident assistant saw the four women holding beers in their hands without having identification bracelets to signify that they were 21 years of age or older. All four women will be fined
$150.
Feb. 23 to Feb. 29 Wednesday
Tuesday I/Caricatures outside of the cafeteria during lunch.
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Thursday I/Spring Break giveaway during lunch outside of the cafeteria. and I/English communications speaker at 12:30 p.m. in the WCLH.