Sept. 06, 1996 Issue 02 Loquitur

Student government seeks student _support

by Paul Mante news editor

"This year is going to be the year, all we need is the students behind us."

These words, recently spoken by the Student Government Association President, Andrew Burke signify the desire to see student involvement as the force that turns the goals of the 199697 Executive Board into reality.

This year's board consists of juniors Burke as president, Lisa Minnino as vice president, senior John Lindsay as Campus Activities Programming board chairperson, junior Felicia Miccoli as academic board chairperson, sophomore John Gwiazdowski as treasurer, juniors Hollie Havens as recording secretary, Stacey Caiazzo as corresponding secretary and Milena Porreca as parliamentarian.

According to Burke, the Executive Board is planning a series of projects designed to generate studcn interest and participation through offered SGA opportunities.

Some of these projects include the establishment of a Cabrini Counsel, a conduct review board consisting of students.

Those under review would have the choice of having their case heard by a board of administration members or one consisting of their peers.

However Burke mentioned that because of legal issues, the Cabrini Counsel could not be established until the spring

the earliest.

Another project is the Collegiate Club Counsel, which Burke described as an executive board of clubs.

This club would give campus organizations a more stronger and unified voice, thereby allowing more goals to be accomplished.

The Residential Hall Counsel is another avenue SGA has provided students with a chance to get involved.

Minnino said that she and Resident Director Steve Murray had revamped the counsel in order to establish better communication between resident assis-

tants and the R.H.C.

Burke also listed several projects igne o make l!.iudcn life easier.

These projects include the possible installation of a MAC machine, on which Burke has received a proposal from CoreStates, a phone directory for all campus phone numbers and a professor profile list which would provide students with a biographical background of fulltime professors as well as their "teaching style."

Burke hopes to have the profiles ready by spring semester registration.

Burke also mentioned that in

addition to campus-wide meetings, newsletters and SGA.reprel>c:ntalives, monthly surveys would be dJstributed to students as a chance to voice their concerns and suggestions.

"We need to hear what's going on in order to change things," Burlce said. "We are hear to listen to student concerns and take action."

Ultimately, Burke said the motivation of student interest will be the deciding factor as to whether or not SGA's goals and projects are successful.

"If students get behind a cause then it will happen," Burke said. "They don't realize the

power they have (to get things done)."

Burke said the school is run by staff and administrators for the students and that students need to realize that it is being run for them.

According to Burke, one of the Executive Board's biggest goals is to establish the Take An eXtra Initiative program (TAXI) which consists of an over 21 return van service from the Main Line. Vans would run in l continuous loop from midni(1t 10 2 a.m. in order to return students safely back to campus. However Burke aid there were no specific plans on how it would be done.

Furthermore, be aid there are numerou legal issues involving the service ranging from separating drivers from passengers by a screen to having drivers be required to take drug tests.

Burke said the program is in its "very beginningstages."

"There are 100 hurdles. We are on number four," he said. evertheless, Burkefeels that TAXI should start this semester as long as the legal "hurdles" are cleared.

"This year's board is a tightknit group that recognizes each others strengths and weaknesses," Burke said about the Executive Board as a whole.

"With that, I feel that we can accomplish any obstacles or hurdles that face us," he said. "We are all friends, but we know when business is business. It's not a time for complaining or moaning. Its a time to get things done."

$5,000 budget increase falls short of expectations

The increase still leaves Student Government with considerably less than most area colleges provide their SGA.

by Paul Monte news editor

Hoping to improve last year's budget of approximately $20,000, SGA sought to improve their fiscal standing with the request for a substantial monetary increase.

According to the SGA budget proposal for 1996-1997, SGA felt that a sharp increase was needed in order to "bolster the quality of programs and serve the students while improving (themselves) as an organization."

SGA believed a guaranteed portion of Cabrini College's general fee would suffice in that $25 per semester per student portion of the general fee

would go to SGA to meet their needs.

SGA President Andrew Burke emphasized that students wouldn't be paying more money. SGA would only be taking more from the already existing fee.

approximately $35,000, giving them approximately $55,000 to work with in the 1996-97 ac.ademic year.

Last year, as treasurer, Burke conducted a survey of local colleges to ascertain their Student

dents and a $35 SGA Fee] to $138,000 [Western Maryland College with 1150 students and a $120 SGAfee].

Cabrini's SGA sent the budget proposal to the administration in January 1996 with the proposed

events bigger and better. We expected more."

Burke indicated that with the assistance of Bob Bonfiglio, vice president for student development, SGA's budget needs have been made part of a "master plan,. that could allow SGA to receive a possible $5,000 increase in their budget each year for the next three years.

"Bob was helpful in the budget process," Burke said.

According to Burke, after conducting budget breakdowns, estimates, club needs and the request of a portion of the general fee, SGA concluded that they would be asking for a budget increase of

Government fees and total budgets. Burke received eight responses out 19 requests. Out of the eight responses, total budget figures ranged from $35,000 [Rosemont Co1legewith 500 stu-

$35.00 increase. They were told four weeks ago that they were getting a $5,000 increase.

I'm happy that the administration heard our concerns," Burke said. "We wanted to make our

Burke said that be would have liked to see a larger increase.

"We would have liked to see more immediate results," Burke said. "But we realize that things don't happen immediately."

photo by Stacey Caiazzo

Student Government president Andrew Burke is shown engaged in a mock handshake with a mural of Gabrini's mascot, the Cavalier. The mascot was recently painted on the wall outside of the student government offlce. One of Burke's major goals this year is to rally the students behind the efforts of the SGA. semester at

"I'm happy that the administration heard our concerns,'' Burke said. "We wanted to make our events bigger and better. We expected more."

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IFriday, September 6, 19961

The editorials, viewpoints and opinions published in Loquitur are the views of the student editorial staff and the individual writers, not the entire student body or the faculty and administration.

EDITORIAL Voice your Concerns

In almost every hallway, someone can be heard • complaining. Somewhere, someone is unhappy with some aspect of Cabrini.

Chances are, the students complaining have no idea that a stu·dent government exists. If they did they would bring their complaints to them, instead of issuing them on deaf ears.

Perhaps there are students who don't quite understand why a student government exists.

If this is the case, then accept this simp1ified explanation. They are here to serve you, the student body. They are not here for their health.

The Student Government Association is an organization composed entirely of students acting as a liaison between students and the administration.

Ironically, SQA's biggest problem is a lack of student involvement. The SGA serves as a voice for the students but the student population must act as the muscle.

The SGA cannot tackle the problem if they are unaware that it exists. They are not mind readers. They are students, but they are students with a plan.

Unfortunately, they are unable to carry out their plans unless they receive support from the student body.

Think about it. Who are administrators more likely to lend an ear to? A collection of eight people claiming to represent the interests of the students or a more substantial group of individuals making some noise l~tting people know, "We want change."

When problems arise, take them to the SGA office. The door should be open.

Remember,__strengthexists primarily in unity. Do not walk alone.

Loquitur is established as a forum for student expression and as a voice in the unjnhibited, robust, free and open discussion of issues.

Editor in Chief

Thomas McKee

Managing Editor & Copy Editor

Mirella Addesi

News Editor Paul Monte

Perspectives Editor Chris Lomanno

Carol Brady was not a career woman

by Mlrel/a Addesl managing/copy editor

jSometimes I wonder whether being a journalist will be harder or easier once I graduate.

Sure, a career in the field probably seems much more detailed and stressful than simply holding two editorships on a college newspaper. But, there are obstacles in either instance.

I unde~tand that having this job as a career wou Id entail roundthe~_clockwork, however, there would not be things like other class work, part-time jobs and partying to stand in the way.

A career as a journalist would be twice the stress, minus the distractions. I wouldn't have to worry about whether my homework for my 8:15 class was done. I certainly wouldn't have a parttime job to be on time for, and as far as partying goes... well. one distraction is allowed.

Anyway, the way I figure it, a career has to be much easier than doing this in coJlege. I could give it 100 percent and it would be my top priority. Watch out. Here I come. There will be nothing to stand in my way. I will be the best possible journalist I can be. Nothing can stop me.

Nothing. Except one thing. One maj9r thing. Children.

I used to want 10 kids. I love children and think that the miracle of life is a beautiful thing. If I could afford it, I would have 20. That is how I used to feel anyway. Now I don't want any. OK, so I'm exaggerating. I

probably will have three or four, but my point here is that having a career and having a family at the same time is virtually impossible.

Sure, there are those people out there who do manage it, but I don't think l could.

I'm in love. I want to get married. And some day, I want to have children.

At the risk of sounding conceited, I am also very intelligent and a hard worker. [ am and aJways have been very ambitious. And I want a career.

One thing I don'1 want though, is my kids calling someone else "mom." I would never leave my kids with a nanny. It's not that there is anything wrong with that, but my mother came from Italy and neither myself nor my younger sister or brother was ever left at home with a nannyor anyone else for that matter. I don't think I ever had a babysitter.

Now, I know this is the '90s and women are expected to have careers, but I want to be able to devote all of my time to my husband and my children, just as I would to my job.

So what do I do?

Do [ first establish my career? Maybe work in the field for four or five years, take a leave and have children, then go back to work once my kids were in high school.

t didn't really plan on waiting five years after getting married to have kids, but if I don't work first, then there reaUy is no point in going to college.

Right now, I am working harder than ever to graduate a semester early and head out into the real world. Whether that means going lo grad school or law school or

getting a job right away, I'm not sure yet But either way, I am anxious to get out there.

I love to work. l have had steady jobs ever since I was thirteen yea.rsold, sometimes three or four at a time. I want to work when I get out of college and I want to be able to support myself.

I never realized how difficult it would be to have a family until my senior year of high school when I took part in a "flour babies" project.

Every student in my psychology class was required ro carry around a five pound flour bag attached to a doll th-atwould represent a child. For one week, we were re ponsible for these babies. We carried them around all day and all night, and when we were not available., we hired a babysitter. I left the baby with my mom whenever J was busy, but I took the project very seriously.

1t was when I was writing my journal for class that I realized how big a responsibility children really are. But it wasn't until this Labor Day weekend, that I seriously questioned my aspirations for a careeranda family.

I have come to no conclusions as of yet [t is a difficult decision to make in this day and age, but I figure I have time.

There is one thing that I rely on for reassurance when I start questioning my future. That is even if I do have 10 children and do give up my job for 20 years, my education will always be there to back me up. In no way am I wasting any time or money. On graduation day,I will take away with me four years of experience that have made me who l am.

Sports Edjtor Jim Martin Arts & Entertainment·& FeaturesEditor Jeanne Lombardo

PhotographyEditor Stacey Caiazzo

Assistant PhotographyEditor Dana Nentwig Adviser Dr. Jerry Zurek

PhotographyAdviser Don Dempsey

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by Chris Lomanno perspectiveseditor

July 7, 1989 was the first time in my life l had ever seen anything like it. I would have sworn it was 1969 revisited.

It was the last event the venerable structure, once known as John F. Kennedy Stadium, would be able to tolerate.

There were at least 100,000 people inside the arena and it seemed like twice as many people outside.

This brain tingling event would later come to be known as my first Grateful Dead show.

The scene outside was pure mayhem. I was walking around with some of my boys from high school. Dave was the one responsible for getting me there.

This was when I found out that unlike the traditional concert event, half of the people were there to party. They could care less about who the band was playing inside.

What I would later discover was the whole scene was in fact a pany on the road.

The dead was a band that would take their trippy hippie sounds from town to town without a care, and their die hard fans would some how make it there.

Life on the road has a relaxing quality about it that somehow toughens you up. I would say it is probably the knowledge that no matter what happens, life is going to go on and

Follow the golden·road

eventually you are going to get wherever it is you are trying to go.

Try to keep all of these things in mind all of the time. You will be sure to lead a more stress free existence.

Anyway, one of the more amazing things about the whole dead scene is the diversity of the crowd. First of all, at any given summer show you would be sure to see license plates from all of the lower 48 states and even some Canadian provinces.

Then you get to the crowd. There are doctors, lawyers, athletes, teachers, college students, truck drivers, accountants and most of all, professional tour heads.

Tour heads are people who follow bands full-time. They make their living in a vari.ety of ways such as hustling party favors, and other goods like food, beer, T-shirts and crafts like hair ties, bracelets, glass pipes and art work.

Now, the beautiful thing about all of this is that everyone gets along. Thirty dead shows later, this is what T figured out.

The band brought together all kinds of different people from all kinds of different places and we all got along. We were mostly different in what we did but there was one thing we all had in common.

Call it karma, call it fortune

or call it fate. Whatever you want to call it, no one wanted to interfere with anyone else's.

To me, karma is the belief that you better be kind to your brother or else.

This attitude was clearly prevalent on the scene, and is pretty much a guiding principal in my life.

Where else could you go to a show, walk around with your index finger in the air screaming, "I need a miracle!" and get a free ticket? Where else could you script "Cali bound?" on a piece of cardboard and get a ride home with no problem?

These things mighf not seem like a big deal but it is the principle behind the actions. It is the action of simply doing something cool for someone for the fun of it.

I've seen it time and time again and it rubs off. These gatherings of the body, spirit and mind have taught me valuable lessons. The first and most important of all is that we accept each other for what we are.

Whatever shortcomings I may carry with me, no one can call me prejudiced, no one can can me narrow minded and best of all, no one can call me unkind. These are all qualities I am proud of and have been fine tuning over the past seven or eight years.

My advice to everyone, consider the golden rule.

Corrections Box

In the story "College closer to Dixon Challenge," Al Mollica was referred to as executive director of financial advancement. His correct title is vice president for institutional advancement. Mollica clarified that lhe building was nol a $7 million building, but rather a $6.8 million building. The terms of the challenge were incorrectly reported. The correct terms are as follows: If the college is able to raise $1.5 million by December, 1996, Eugene Dixon will donate $500,000 to the College.

In the story "Spons complex ground-breaking to begin while apartment complex still delayed,"it was reported that the model of the sports complex that the college had decided to build would cost the same as the original model. This is incorrect. The newer model will cost less and will be air conditioned. It was also incorrectly reported that the school had hired a new company to build the apartment complex. The company building the apartment complex is Butz Construction. Gilbane Construction is building the spans complex.

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Shakeup on Residential Boulevard NEWS

One resident assistant resigned. When Resident Life asked a second resident assistant to relocate he also resigned. Now Resident Life is scrambling to find a resident assistant for the Lanshe House

[Friday, September 6t 19961

The resignation of two resident assistants has left members of Resident Life scratching their heads and scrambling to find a replacement.

The initial vacancy was created when Paul Monte, a junior and first-year resident assistant, resigned due to what he tenned personal reasons and time conflicts. Monte was going to be the RA of House Six before he resigned 011Friday,August 23.

"I realized too late that I would be u11ableto do what I wanted to do to the best of my abilities," Monte said. "[My position as] RA was the last of my priorities. It would have been unfair to my residents. I wouldn't have been in the house enough."

Monte also serves as the news editor of Loquitur and is very involved with the theater department.

Laura Irwin, assistant director of resident life, was then faced with the reality of having to replace Monte with another RA. The maJe alternate RA is junior Chris Schmid.

liwin said that being named an alternate does not 11eccesarily mea11you will be offered a position if an opening arises. Irwin did, however, say that she was planning on using Schmid.

One of the major things tbat Resident Life looks for when assigning an RA is the potential to build a community within the h,;mseor donnitory that has been

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assigned, according to Irwin.

This played a role in Irwin's decision to ask an RA to relocate, rather tban to just place Schmid in House Six.

"I requested that Justin Mirigliani move to House Six because I believed he would be able to build a community there," Irwin said.

Mirigliani, a senior, was the first-year RA of House Four.

Irwin said that Mirigliani had done a good job of building a community in House Four. In fact, the residents of House Four submitted a petition to Resident Life asking that Mirigliani not be relocated. All of the residents signed the petition.

According to Mirigliani, he

was given two options by Resident Life. He could move to House Six or he oould resign. Mirigliani formally announced his resignation to Irwin on Friday, August 30.

Mirigliani said he resigned because he feJt he was better served staying in House Four.

"I fee] that I am qualified enough to be the RA of House Six," Mirigliani said, "but that I didn't have enough training at this point in the year.

"The difference between House Four and House Six," Miriglialli said, "is that House Six is the house where students go to party. House Four is the house where students lea~e to go to party."

Mirigliani said that if he had been asked to relocate to another house he might have considered moving.

"I have no problems with the people who live in House Six," Mirigliani said. "'But I felt that I would not only have been the RA for House Six, but for the entire partying community."

"I have no hard feelings towards resident life whatsoever," Miriglfani said. ''They did what was best for their situation and I did what was best for mine."

As of now, no decision has been made concerning the RA of House Six. Irwin is meeting with other members of Resident Life and Student Development in an effort to make a decision.

Ethnic diversity house plans programs to create racial harmony

by Paul Monte news editor

On April 12, 1996 Resident Life awarded this year's only special interest house to the ethnic diversity group. 21 men have taken up residence in the Lanshe House (6) to undergo the challenge of promoting and advocating ethnic and racial harmony on campus.

According to the Ethnic Diversity Special Interest House Proposal, their goals include the creation of an environment that would allow Cabrini to acknowledge its ethnically diverse population, to educate the campus community on cultures other than their own, to provide assistance to needy people in the surrounding campus community and to be a house of mature, responsible adults who can lead the college by their examples.

The ethnic diversity leadership staff includes junior John Mack as president, sophomore Jim McTamney as vice president, junior James Williams as

events coordinator, senior Ken Skitek as treasurer and sophomore Jim Marino as secretary.

The residents of the house are seniors Skitek and Constantin Grecu, juniors Williams, Mack and Ed Mack, sophomores Khalil Bundy, Derrick Grayson, Nafis Collins, Randall Sims, McTamney, Marc Palumbo, James Folsom~ Chuck Shearer, Wayne Brown, Sean Hunsiger, Andrew Dreger, Marino, Cory Miller, Bill Gibson and Ty Ross.

The ethnic diversity group bas the sponsorship of several faculty and staff which include Professor of History Jolyon Girard, Admissions Counselors Paul Weaver and .Priscilla Fuentes, Athletic Director John Dzik, and Brad Coyle from tbe physical education department.

Acoording to the house proposal, the ethnic diversity group has listed many projects to help make their goals of ethnic and racial understanding and hannony a reality.

Their house programs include car washes, the sponsorship of an

Beach party opens Welcome weekend

by Stacey Calazzo

photography editor

Don't put away those bikinis and swimming trunks just yet because on Saturday, Sept.

7, the Campus Activities and Programming board will hold its first beach party to kick off Welcome Weekend, a11event that is free to all students. This event will be held from 12-4 p.m. and will take place outside on the commons, courtesy of Ray Boston Productions.

Food, beverages and live entertainment will also be provided.

The beach party will feature one 3,500 gal1011pool which is three and a half feet deep, a beach area complete with scenery, lighting and

surfer "cut-outs" for pictures, patio tables and chairs, a lifeguard chair, T-shirt giveaways, twister games, a fan to blow the scent of suntan lotion around, free smartfood popcorn, a putti11ggreen, golfing area, contests, and much, more.

Angela Palazzone, assistant chafr of the CAP board, hopes that a lot of first-year students will come to this event in order to see what is in store for the rest of the year.

"Hopefully, the first-year students will stay on campus for the weekends because there are more exciting events planned that students are sure to like," Palazzone said.

Students with questions can contact Student Activities at 902-8401.

"inner city" youth, food drives for the homeless, fund-raisers for scholarship funds, first-year student mentoring programs, collaboration with the Ethnic Student Alliance to promote their goals and movie nights.

Their campus-wide programs include ethnic food festivals, volunteer escorts to aid Public Safety, workshops on selfdefense, sex and sexuality, health and nutrition, spiritual development and ethnicity. The group also plans to organize the intramural sports program, offer free tutoring and have an aerobics night.

Their proposal also states that

a bi-weekly newsletter will be distributed, telling of their upcoming programs as well as informing the campus community as to who they are and what they are doing.

"We are going to have fun and learn at the same time," Mack said as he mentioned bis excitement for the corning year. "Every member of our house is known as a leader."

According to WtlJiams, the reason for organizing the ethnic diversity group was to prove that people of different ethnic backgrounds could Livetogether.

"The purpose of our house is to make our campus a better

place to live in," Williams said.

In addition to activities such as flag football, Williams also mentioned that he is most looking forward to the house's open forum entitled "Are Men Dogs?" A time and location have yet to be announced.

The ethnic diversity group's first sponsored event will be a party on Sept. 12, again with a time and location to be announced.

"We want the freshman to look at us as role models and upperclassmen as examples on how to act and co-exist with people of different ethnic backgrounds," Williams said.

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New Hot Spot for IFriday,

September 6, 19961

Philly Concerts

On Sept. I 2 the Cranberries will be performing at the new CoreStates Center. Tne show begins at 7:30p.m. with Cracker as the opening act. All tickets are $25.

On Sept. 13 you can catch Gloria Estefan at the Corestates Center. The show begins at 8:00p.m. and ticket prices are $27.50 for general admission seats and $3 7. 50 for floor seating.

On Sept. 15 Ozzy Osbourne will rock the CoreStates Center with special guests Danzig, Sepultura and Prong. The meshing begins at 7:00p.m. All tickets are $22.50.

Check Out

New Fall Releases

Released this week:

Natalie Cole

Tina Turner

Clint Black

Sept. 10:

AC/DC will be appearing with the Wildhearts on Sept.6. The show begins at 8:00 p.m. All tickets are $24.50.

"Stardust" "Wildest Dream" "Greatest Hits"

Catch Neil Diamond on Sept. 27&28 at 8:00p.m.

For more information on upcoming concerts call (Z 15)-LOVE-222 or (610)-667-INFO. For ticket prices, sale dates or to charge tickets by phone, call (215)-336-2000.

Piece of Broadway Comes Alive in Red Cloud Coffee House

by Jeanne Lombardo arts and entertainment/features editor

"Rent" is the hottest musical/rock opera currently being performed on Broadway. The Red Cloud Coffee House is hosting a "Rent" party on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m.

"The thing that makes it interesting is that it really sounds like songs you bear on the radio," Neal Newman, theater director said. "It doesn't have that theater music sound that young students don't respond to."

"One of the problems bas always been that rock music was not applicable to theater music," Newman said. "The orchestration was limjted and the lyric patterns were limited."

Jonathan Larsen was the first writer/composer to combine rock and theater, and keep it modem.

"He knew oper.~sreally well, he knew musicals really well and he knew pop.music really well. He was trying to do all three at the same time, which nobody else has been able to do," Newman sajd.

"Rent" is set in modem day New York, on the lower east side, where a group of young,

starving artists attempt to live out their dreams.

"They are all broke. Their wardrobes come right out of the trashcans that they find or out of the cheapest thrift stores," Neumann said. "They are all banded together to get through the difficulties of life."

Each character has a particular career goal. One character aspires to be a composer. Another wants to be a filmmaker and another character is a performance artist.

A theme from one of the songs is "in America at the end of the millennium, you are what you own."

"That means if I have a big house and a swimming pool, I'm somebody," Neumann said, "and if I've written five songs and they 're brilliant, but nobody's published them, I'm nobody."

"Do you go for what makes a lot of money?" Newman asked.

"If you do that you have to change who you are. You have to change the essence of everything."

Larsen, the author of "Rent", was a starving artist who actually lived the life of the characters portrayed in "Rent." Larsen Livedin a very small room with only a mattress to sleep on.

He had written one or two short plays that had been performed in various places in New York. "Rent" was Larsen's first shot at an off-Broadway musical/rock opera. "Rent" was revised three or four times before it was performed offBroadway.

After Larsen had seen the last dress rehearsal, he died due to an aortic aneurysm in February, 1996. "'Rent" received rave reviews and opened on Broadway last March. The Broadway show bas been sold out through next Christmas.

''lt is predicted that this is going to be a No. one pop album," Newman said. "We'll see. It certainly has makings of what would make a No. one pop album."

During the "Rent" party, Newman will play the soundtrack to the musicaVrock opera and he will give a little background information on "Rent" beforehand. If a small crowd shows, Newman will be taking the audience back to bis house to listen to the soundtrack on bis stereo system.

If anyone is interested in attending the "Rent" party, they must call Neal Newman at 9028510 and make a reservation by Friday, Sept. 6.

John Mellencamp

REM "Mr. Happy Go Lucky"

Suzanne Vega Pet Shop Boys

"New Adventures in High Fi" "Nine Objects of Desire" ''Bi-lingual"

Sept. 17: ZZTop "Rythmeen"

Dog Star Grateful Dead "Our Little Visionary" "Anthology '77-' 95"

Sept. 24:

Counting Crows

Sheryl Crow

Weezer

"Recovering the Satellites" "Sheryl Crow'' "Pinkerton"

Helmet "Aftertaste"

David Sandborne "Songs from the Night Before"

Must Have:

Patti Rothberg ''Tidal" "Between the 1 and the 9"

Fiona Apple

Don't Bother:

Traci Chapman

PearlJam "A New Beginning" "No Code"

release dates compiled by The Wall in Springfield

Oasis plays live at CoreStates Center

by James Kuhn staff

writer

Toe CoreStates Center opened its concert series with a bang on Sept. 2, with the controversial British rock band Oasis.

Oasis rocked the crowd with their hit songs "Don't Look Back in Anger" and "Wonderwall," while amusing the spectators with their trashy comments about themselves and the audience.

Though present for this concert, Liam Gallagher appeared to have some throat problems. Guitarist Noelspectacle of a I concert for any fan. For a

Despite a flawed performance and many abusive comments by lead singer, Liam Gallagher, Oasis put on a

oasis I

Gallagher sang a few of the songs toward the end of the capacity crowd and about five hundred people standing in the pit, the CoreStates Center welcomed everyone into a comfortable environment.

The mosh pit never peaked, so everyone on the floor danced the night away to Oasis and opening acts Manic Street Preachers and The Screaming Trees.

concert. Unlike the last show at the Tower Theater in March, the band acknowledged the crowd with jokes and their appreciation for everyone coming out to see them.

Some upcoming concerts at the Corestates Center are Melissa Etheridge on Sept. 5, The Cranberries on Sept. 12 and Ozzy Osbourne on Sept. 15.

photo credit: Dean Kan

photo credit Mark Seliger

phato credit Michael Halsband

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by Jeanne Lombardo arts and entertainment/features editor

Some people are lucky if they can trace their roots back to their grandparents. Others are considered fortunate if their grandparents are even alive.

Perhaps senior Kathy Malone is doubly blessed. Not only has she grown up knowing her grandmother and just recently met her great-grandmother, but she has also bad the once in lifetime opportunity to travel to Poland, her grandmother's homeland, and meet a branch of her family tree that had been lost, but not forgotten.

Malone's grandmother, Anna, was born on a farm in southern Poland. At 13 years of age, the Gestapo came to her village and infonned her that she had to leave her home. Without any time to gather her belongings, or to even say a simple goodbye to her loved ones, she was taken to Krakow, where she met many others in her position. There, they boarded a train headed for Germany.

When they arrived, a full 24 hours later, they were put to work in places such as factories and kitchens. Malone's grandmother worked there until the war ended. After World War II ended, the prisoners were released by the Germans, but they were not able to go back to their homes. They had no money and their only possessions were the clothes on their backs.

Malone's grandmother was put into a refugee camp and stayed there for about a year. Later, she worked in a restaurant for the U.S. soldiers. It was there she met her husband.

Eventually, Malone's grandparents and their baby daughter, Malone's aunt, were sent to live in the U.S. because Malone's grandfather was still in the service. At this point in her life, Malone's grandmother still had not seen her family since she had

left home at the age of 13.

Over the years, Malone's grandmother had contact with her family but the connection was a • weak, on-again off-again relationship through letters and sometimes through an occasional phone call. Unfortunately, Malone's family in Poland lost track of her grandparents because they moved and eventually her grandmother

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their three floor home themselves. Unlike American homes, the homes in Poland do not have any bedrooms. The rooms that should be bedrooms, have large couches in them rather than beds, so that it is easier for them to entertain their guests.

"Everything there is oriented toward guests, entertaining and hospitality,., Malone said. "It was really differlost their address.

In 1994, on what may have seemed like

artwork was beautiful and the

churches are so ornate. They had a lot of black and

gold decoration,"

"She was speaking Polish and my grandmother

Malone said, "It was lovely."

was speaking English, but they were both crying," Malone said. "It is amazing that they had gotten through to one another after all those years."

It was around this time that Malone's sister, Barbara, came up with the idea of taking their grandmother back to Poland, to visit a family she had not seen in 54 years. Barbara had been saving her income and wanted to do something special with il Malone, her sister Barbara, their father and their grandmother endured an eight and a half hour flight and a seven hour car ride from the airport to Malone's great-grandmother's house in the country. Next door to her greatgrandmother live Malone's cousins and near-by are her greatgrandmother's sisters.

"Even though we had never met them, as soon as they saw us, they hugged us and they greeted us," Malone said. "I felt like they considered us family."

Malone's family had built

They don't have much, but whatever they have, they share."

While in

ent. I never experienced hospitality like I did there. your average Thanksgiving day, Malone's grandmother received a phone call from her mother in Poland

Poland, Malone and her family had the chance lO see Auschwitz,

a concentration camp. Each building at the camp was dedicated to each country that had victims there. Malone entered two of those buildings. She and her family also visited the childhood home of Pope John Paul II.

According to Malone, Poland in general was a magnificent sight.

"The artwork was beautiful and the churches are so ornate. They had a lot of black and gold decoration," Malone said, "It was lovely."

"Our second to last night we bad a barbecue. They chopped the wood to make the benches and we took sticks and cooked Kielbasa over the fire. They brought out this electric organ that the children play. The kids took turns playing and they were teaching us how to dance the Polish dances and sing the Polish songs," Malone said. ''lbat was probably my best memory from that night. It was just a really good feeling.

Leff: Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland, has a charming myth attached to it about a dragon. The dragon used to live under the castle and ate the villagers' livestock. The wise king decided to stuff a sheepskin with sulfur and leave it in the dragon's cave. After the dragon ate it, his stomach began to bum and he took a large drink from the river. He exploded and there were fireworks in the sky for all the villagers to see.

All photos were provided by Kathy Malone

Above: Kathy Malone poses with her grandmother in the courtyard of Wawel Castle, which is located in Krakow, Poland.

Right: Kathy spends carefree moments with her cousins on the Carpathian Mountains. 'We were walking in the mountains in little streams and we could pick berries right out of the mountains, w Malone said, "They would stop and get a drink of water from the stream.•

Left: (from left) Kathy's sister Barbara, their father, their grandmother and Kathy pase in Czestochowa, Poland.

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WIL\1 "s I L\PPE\IN(; FOR THE WEEK OF

SEPT. 6-SEFT.13

Saturday

QBEACHBASH

Put on your swimwear and shades and head to tbe Beach Bash, which will take place Saturday, S_ept.7 at noon on the commons.

After the party, head to the Widener Center Lecture Hall and check out the hypnotist at 8:00p.m.

SUNDAY

Q PALM READING AND PAUL MARTURANO

See what the future holds for you when you get your palm read in the Cafeteria on Sunday Sept. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Senior Paul Marturano will be performing old classics and new material when he appears for the first time this year in concert at the Red Cloud Coffeehouse Sunday Sept. 8 at 8:30 p.m. Be sure to pick up his CD release "How Many Days?"

WEDNESDAY

QNO CLASSES

There will be no classes on Wednesday, Sept. 11 due to Faculty/Staff Development Day. Wednesday is also the day of opening convocation.

THURSDAY

0 CLUB FAIR.ANDQZAR TRIP

There will be a club fair Thursday Sept. 12 at noon on the commons. This is your chance to get involved on campus!

Hunt down your friends in a futuristic Photon-esque battle with a trip to Q-Zar on Thursday Sept. 12. Sign up in Student Activities.

FRIDAY

0 CASINO NIGHT

Will Lady Luck be on your side? Find out on Friday, Sept. 13 at 8:00 p.m. as you try to break the bank at Casino Night, which comes complete with complementary chips. The Widener Center Gathering Area doubles for Atlantic City.

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Iraqis storm Kurdish capitaJ.

Iraqi forces stormed the Kurdish capital of Irbil amid fierce tank and artillery bombardment. A United Nations official in Baghdad reported that the attack was a joint drive by Iraq and the Kurdish Democratic Party to dislodge from the city the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

Jalal Talabani, bead of the PUK, saia KDP guerrillas were fighting alongside Iraqi forces.

The Iraqi attack, involving an estimated 30,000 troops, represents a violation of the U.N. resolutions ending the 1991 Persian Gulf War, which established a Kurdish haven in three northern Iraqi provinces.

President Clinton, campaigning in Tennessee, said he had ordered U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf to be placed on high alerl and be reinforced.

8/31

Explosive traces found in second area of TWA jet.

Investigators in the crash of TWA flight 800 said that explosive traces found on wreckage of the plane were not in the same area as an earlier discovery.

The second finding of a chemical residue was announced by the FBI and the National Transportation Safety Board. Although authorities would not officially identify the chemical. two sources identified it as RDX.

A week earlier, sources said the FBI had discovered traces of another common explosive ingredient, PETN, on a piece of flooring from the center section of the plane, which exploded 11 and one-half minutes after leaving Kennedy Airport for Paris on July 17. The crash killed all 230 people on board.

Experts say that evidence is still inconclusiveas to what caused crash.

09/1

Last Week In the World Of News This & That NEWS

Peep show dancers form union.

Nude dancers al the Lusty Lady, a fixture in the red-light district of San Francisco, Ca., voted 57-15 to join a union, apparently making them the only nude unionized dancers in the nation.

Dawn Passar, c:ofounderof the Exotic Dancers Alliance, called the vote a historical moment for sex workers everywhere. The EDA is an advocacy group that joined with the Service Employees International Union, LocaJ 790, to engineer the vote.

Dancers at a similar club in San Diego also voted to unionize several years ago, but new workers later voted to decertify that union.

Sandra Steinbauer, the dancers' representative at local 790, said negotiations for a contract should begin within two weeks.

Dancers have said they are concerned about health care and sickleave benefits, favoritism and inconsistency in scheduling.

O According to the Harper's Index of 1984: The number of Americans who drink CocaCola for breakfast: 965,000

O Of the world's 10 alJ-time highest grossing films, the number made by George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, or both: 7

O Famous last words: "I've bad 18 straight whiskeys. I think that's the record." -Dylan Thomas, poet (1953)

0 The Wit and WISdom of Mark Twain: "Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: lhis is the ideal life."

Turnpike repairs to begin this week

by Paul Monte news editor

The Schuylkill Expressway is only one of the roadways to be faced with some serious repaving work this month.

Construction crews will begin to arrive this .week on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the country's oldest toll road.

The turnpike handles about 53,000 vehicles a day and provides commuters with access to Route One, Northeast Philadelphia and Bucks County. It is also a direct gateway to Trenton.

Construction crews will be milling and repaving the asphalt section of ramps leading to northbound and southbound Route One. The toll plaza is mostly concrete.

The project will last until midNovember.

The work is expected to be done at night, probably between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Bill Raves, a member of the turnpike's traffic engineering unit, said in the Philadelphia Daily News that he is aware that that interchange handles a large volume of traffic and that they are not trying to inconvenience anyone. He said that work will be done at night since traffic at that time is the lightest.

A similar project will be undertaken simultaneously at the Willow Grove interchange, nine miles to the west., where crews will repave the ramps leading to and from Route 611.

Flagmen will be stopping traffic for short periods, then directing traffic on the shoulders of the ramps during the rest of the work periods.

Raves said tlie contractor can work seven nights a week, volume pennitting.

Raves said that although the contractor hasn't provided the engineering unit with a schedule, be believes based on the volume

PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE

Security incidents as reported by Public Safety from 8/26 to 9/2.

08/30

Pedestrian Investigation

Public Safety investigated two males found sleeping on the front lawn of the CARe Center. The males identified themselves to Public Safety. Both were determined to be not intoxicated and in healthy states.

08/31

Medical Injury

Public Safety received a call from a student stating that he had sprained his left ankle and cut his knees while playing football on the front lawn of Xavier Hall.

The student refused an ambulance and was given bandages for his knees and an ice pack.

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Unsecured Area

While on patrol, Public Safety noticed that the president's office in the mansion was unsecured. While checking the area, an officer discovered an open safe behind a secretary desk. The area was secured by Public Safety.

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Fire Alarm

Public Safety received a call stating that the fire alarm was sounding at House Three. Public Safety responded to find the building evacuated with its residents out front of the building. Public Safety checked the building without incident, , silenced and reset the alarm and allowed students back in.

that he will be working seven nights a week, except holidays.

Toll collectors at the bu y Interchange 28 [Philadelphia] were scratching their heads on Sept. 2 when a petrol-powered flashing electric sign was placed prominently in the ramp median proclaiming: "Interchange Construction/Begins Sept. 4."

One toll worker said that no one told the workers anything about the impending construction work and that everyone was wondering what it meant.

Although no work will be done during daylight hours, morning and evening commuters will at times be riding over milled ramps - roadway that looks like it's be-enscratched.

The same contract also involves some "slope stabilization" work - beefing up some erosion - along the turnpike between the Philadelphia and Willow Grove interchanges.

As for the Schuylkill, repairs

are scheduled to be completed next month.

In a related note, drivers can soon expect o experience congestion brought on by construction of the mother of all park-andride lots.

Northbound lnterstate 95 traffic will be detoured at Woodhaven Road for about eight weeknights, starting around 11 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8.

The detour is necessary for crews to erect steel structures for a ramp that will lead to the huge park-and-ride off southbound I95.

Traffic wilJ be diverted to Route 13 (Bristol Pike) to Street Road from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The target-completion date for this project is October 1997.

When completed, the parkand-ride will handle 1,600 cars. An adjacent 232-space Comwells Heights parking lot will be expanded an extra 95 spac-es as part of the package.

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New faces and new positions highlight a new school year

by Mire/la Addesi managing/copy editor

First-year and transfer students are not the only new faces on Cabrini's campus this semester.

With the departure of many of last year's college employees came the arrival of new staff and the promotion of others.

thing similar, but in a different setting."

Campus m1mster John DiMucci said that Smith "brings a wealth of knowledge, especially in areas of liturgy and spirituality."

."Arlene has a lot of gifts to offer to the Cabrini community," DiMucci said.

"very unique to be able to do all of the positions."

The position of dean of the graduate program has not been filled as to date.

A national search is currently unde1Way to fill the position of vice-president of enrollment services.

Penny Becht has been hired to replace Sarah Lamb as the

She also said she hopes to soak in some of the life that is prominent here at Cabrini. Rich McErlean has assumed the position of the director of public safety.

With the departure of registrar Leslie SuttonSkinner, Ray

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Arlene Smith

photo by Dana Nentwig years of service at Arlene Smith Cabrini.

Smith received her Master's degree in religious studies at the St. Charles Seminary in Overbrook, PA Her bachelor's degree in social welfare was attained at St Joseph College in Emmitsburg. MD.

Smith came to Cabrini after a career as the Director of Religious Education at the Annunciation parish located in Havertown.

Smith said she came to Cabrini to move on to "some-

president. Nancy Gardner

Her job title also included special assistant to the president for educational affairs, dean of the graduate program and director of institutional research.

Nancy Gardner, former executive of administration and financial aid, is now assistant to the provost and academic dean.

Gardner has been in administration for 18 years. She will also be handling the job of director of institutional research in her new position.

Gardner found Biller to be

Becht was fonner1y employed with Kaufman's Departments Stores in Pittsburgh, a division of the May Company. She was the senior coordinator of the Merchandise lnfonnation Systems.

Becht accepted this job because she "always wanted to get back into academia."

She sent resumes throughout the country and when she received the job, she said she was excited about moving into Philadelphia.

Becht says she enjoys the excitement of being on a college campus.

College preparesto celebrate 40th anniversaryiA style~

Mother Ursula's 100th birthday marks one event in a year long celebration.

by Kevin Eppler staff writer

39 years have passed Cabrini by and brought to its doorstep the dawn of a 40th year and the need for celebration.

The school. ~rough excitement and intense planning, has organized a series of events and landmark occasions to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Mother Ursula Infante's opening of the, institution. The entire year promises to be a memorable one.

Chairing the committee for the celebration was Margrit Corcoran of public relations.

"l think the entire place [Cabrini] is very excited," Corcoran said.

"The offices are charged and it's not a normal environment. It is very different and very exciting," Corcoran said.

Corcoran and staff have developed a yearlong itinerary packed full of ceremonies, speakers, and major social events.

Although there is no precise kici<-off date, the main celebration encircles the 100th birthday of Mother Ursula.

In the month of February, the college will hold a bl:1ck

tie Birthday Party for Mother Ursula open to aJumni, administration, and faculty.

According to Corcoran, this black tie event will coini.ide with the PAC playoffs.

A strictly alumni party will be held on March l, 1997.

There will also be the unveiling of the new Cabrini College logo.

Along with the new logo there will be 40th anniversary ties, T-shirts and other paraphranelia, Corcoran said.

One of the main events scheduled is the appearance and address by a "major political figure," Corcoran said.

No name has of yet been released but the planning is still continuing.

The long-anticipated dedication and ground breaking of Cabrini's Sport Complex is planned to occur Sunday Sept. 29.

Along with the progress on the sports complex, continued construction of the new apartment complex will continue.

A series of cultural events muscled themselves onto the itinerary including a professional production of "Cabaret."

According to Theater Director Neal Newman, a larger amount of money has been allotted to Cabrini's theater department for the production of "Cabaret."

Also, the Philadelphia Musuem of Art has requested a

performance of Cabaret on their historical steps. Music wrote itself onto the calel}der with planned concerts by Cabrini's chonis.

A performance by the Academy of Vocal Arts will be held in the Joseph Brockmann Chapel.

According to the public relations office, Adeline Bethany arranged these events. A series of lectures will fill the school year.

"These lectures will help bring community to campus and enhance current activities," Corcoran said.

According to Corcoran, as a gift to the students, the school has developed a scenic 14 month calender including photos of Cabrini's unique doorways and entrances.

AJumni and former employees will be remembered in a series of picnics and lunch-ins over the summer of 1997.

Reunions will be announced and boostering will be increased, according to the public relations office.

"There is a high fun factor and a strong sense of community on campus brewing," Corcoran said. "We want to take what we have at Cabrini and make it better."

registrar.

Dr. Mary Ann Biller, former vice president for enrollment management, retired after 12 new assistant to the photo oy Dana Nentwig Matzelle has moved into the position as assistant dean and assumed the position of campus minister after the resignation of Claire Farnum.

Matzelle was formerly the registrar and coordinator of institutional research at the Reading area Community College.

Matzelle found this job as a great opportunity and was interested in working for a four- year institution.

He expects to give good service to students and hopes to "put more information into the hands of students."

Matzelle, along with the other new faces, hopes to gain professional growth from being at Cabrini.

Assessment testing to evaluate writing skills

by Dave Jurkiewicz staff writer

On Wednesday, September 11, all first-year students and seniors will participate in an assessment test to evaluate the writing skills of the Cabrini student body.

All undergraduate classes beginning before 5:30 p.m. have been canceled.

First-year students should meet with their Success Seminar classes at 1:00 p.m.

Seniors are to meet in the Widener Center Lecture Hall at 1:00 p.m.

The test will be given in two parts. The first part consists of objective writing. The second part is an essay. The entire test will take approximately 90 minutes.

All students who participate will receive a free drink and a 10 percent discount coupon for use in the campus bookstore.

The assessment test was devised by the Faculty Assessment Committee.

They believe the results of the assessment will help determine the growth in writing skills of the student body over four years.

The test will also determine if any changes need to be made in the core curriculum.

The assessment test will be followed by the Opening Convocation in the Atrium at 3:30 p.m. and a picnic at 5:00 p.m.

Much to their chagrin, computer geeks and ncthcads may find the cybersurf to be a little more crowded these days.

Students at Cabrini College now have access to the Internet.

Although some computer labs still have no access to the Internet, students are now able to use the Internet in a number of different places, according to Brian Mayo, network analyst.

Mayo said students could connect to the Internet in the computer lab on the first of floor of Sacred Heart Hall as well as the psychology lab on the third floor.

ln Grace Hall, all faculty on the second floor are now able to use the Internet.

Also connected are what Mayo termed "the major offices,'' such as the faculty secretaries' office and the admissions office. Mayo said that more offices will be wired.

Both labs containing Macintosh computers, the education lab in Sacred Heart Hall and the fine arts lab/newsroom in the Widener Center, do not yet provide access.

According to Mayo, the delay is being caused by the need to obtain certain parts.

Mayo said a small part would be needed to allow students to access the Internet from the fine arts lab/newsroom. The part is neccesary due to the fact that the computers are networked together.

Cable stiU needs to be laid in the education lab, but Mayo said plans are in progress.

Mayo said students will oon have their own individual account in the computer labs.

The student will log on, using an ac.-countnumber that will be the same as their social security number, Mayo said.

Mayo also said that while not yet available, e-mail accounts wiJI be given to the students soon. According to Mayo, students will have to sign a contract before the accounts will be distributed.

Mayo called the contract a "standard Internet agreement," and said it would be used to prevent studentsj from misusing the Internet.

New era for Philadeiphiasports is .\'ei--,eiv

underway as CoreStates Center opens

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SPORTS COMMENTARY

by Jim Martin sports editor

When Jimmy Johnson decided to step down as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys after winning two consecutive Super Bowls, a collective sigh of relief could be felt throughout the entire Delaware Valley.

Eagles fans knew they still had to face the mighty Cowboys each year, but many felt it would be a lot easier to beat them without Jimmy Johnson as coach.

They were right.

Ever since Johnson left the Cowboys, they have become more vulnerable to defeat.

Johnson's forte was the draft. He turned the Cowboys into Super Bowl champions by drafting, among others, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Leon Lett, Darrin Smith and Darren Woodson.

Without Johnson, lhe Cowboys have suffered because of poor drafts. When players are leaving through free agency, the Cowboys are struggling to replace them because they no longer have the young talent they used to.

As it turns out, Jimmy Johnson looks like he will get the last laugh on Jerry Jones.

Johnson was hired during the off-season as the coach of the Miami Dolphins. He inherited a team with salary cap problems just like the Cowboys and preceded to lose his three best defensive players to free agency.

However, the NFL draft then came and Johnson again made out like a bandit as he stockpiled draft picks by trading down.

When Johnson left Dallas, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wanted to prove that. he played just as big a role as Johnson did in building the Cowboys through the draft and trades. However, he has proven anything but.

The only thing he had done is keep some of his key free agents by circumventing the salary cap.

Johnson is now getting his revenge. Jones can only sit there and watch as Johnson re-builds the Dolphins into Super Bowl contenders with young players through the draft. Meanwhile, Jones will watch his Cowboys dynasty begin to crumble from a Jack of young talent.

It's kind of ironic the way things tum out, isn't it?

by Dana Nentwlg assistant photography editor

It's finally here! The new CoreStates Center opened on August 24 for a public viewing, and received a very warm welcome from its many guests.

The CoreStates Center is the new home of the Flyers and the 76ers, as well as host to musical acts lilce Oasis, the Cranberries, Gloria Estefan apd Melissa Etheridge.

Not to mention that the first game played there was the World Cup of Hockey.

This larger sports arena has 19,500 seats available for the Flyers games, and 21,000 seats for the 76ers and for concert events.

By the way, there are no bad

seats. Because of its unique design, there are no more annoying seats behind a concrete pillar. This makes it possible for everyone to enjoy the event they are attending.

Along with the usual concession stands found in a stadium, the CoreStates Center also has its own Brewery & Pub and a "Beers of the.World" shop.

The memorabilia shop caters specifically to Flyers and 76ers fans.

They carry a wide variety of hats, jerseys, jackets, tee-shirts and sweat shirts.

Another plus is the ticket prices. Even though the CoreStates Center is bigger and better than the old CoreStates Spectrum, the ticket prices are the same.

This makes it even easier to have a good time at a Flyers or 76ers game.

An interesting new addition to the CoreStates Center is the video wan.

Located inside the 11th St. entrance is a wall made up of TV screens where you can see advertisements for upcoming events and games.

It also shows the event happening in the stadium part of the arena, so there is no reason to miss one second of your game or concert while standing in the atrium.

You can say good-bye to bathroom and concession stand lines.

The CoreStates Center has 30 concession stands on two separate levels, 30 bathroom

facilities, and 23 ticket windows.

Now.the part you've aJJ been waiting for: the arena.

The playing area in the CoreStates Center is the most spectacular room I have ever seen.

The walls are covered with electronic signs that advertise everything from beer to upcoming rock concerts.

The seats all provided a great view of the floor, whether in the seats by the floor, or in the nose bleed seats.

And for all the people there, not all the seats were fuU.

Fans are in for a big treat when they go to see a game there.

It was a treat just to be there period.

Philliesfind themselvesin a f~miliarspot as they end the 1996 season, the cellar

by Jim Martin sports editor

As the Philadelphia Phillies head down the homestretch of the 1996 season, they look more like a triple A team than a professional one.

They entered the last three weeks of the regular season with the worst record in the entire National League.

The season started out with promise for the Phillies as they hoped a nucleus of Lenny Dykstra, Darren Daulton, Gregg Jefferies, Mickey Morandini, Todd Zeile, Sid Fernandez, and Curt Schilling would keep them in playoff contention.

However, just like in many other seasons, their wishes did not come true.

Dykstra and Daulton, two out of the three highest paid players on the team, have not been with the team since May.

Dykstra was forced to have surgery on his ailing back.

Daulton left the Phillies because he said he could no longer help the team with the way his knees were hurting him.

In typical fashion, the Phillies started off the season playing pretty good baseball hanging around second and thirdpJace.

After the loss of Dykstra and Daulton, however, things began to snowball for the Phillies.

They began to lose, and since then it has not stopped.

True, the Phillies have been bitten by the injury bug as much as any team in the league.

However, the fact remains that even with everyone healthy, the Phillies would not stack up with the top teams in the league.

The Phillies began trying to unload some of their veteran players when it was apparent that it would be another lost season.

They ended up trading away Terry Mulholland, Todd Zeile, and Pete I.ncaviglia for minor league prospects.

In a season full of losses and

m1unes, their were still some bright spots for the Phillies.

Catcher Benito Santiago had one of his best seasons providing the Phillies with power by leading the team in home runs going into the final three weeks.

Second baseman Mickey Morandini signed a two year contract extension during the season. The Phillies also called up their most promising prospect in the minor leagues, third baseman Scott Rolen.

Rickey Bottalico also emerged as a solid closer for the Phillies. Another highlight of the Phillies season occurred when they hosted the All-Star game in July.

During the season, Phil1ies owner Bill Giles came out and said the Phillies would go out and aggressively pursue free agents during the off-season.

However, that remains to be seen.

Giles has said similar things in

the past only to go out and sign a moderate priced free agent such as third baseman Todd Zeile. One thing is for sure.

The PhilJies need help, and Jots of it.

They were among the league leaders for least runs scored and they also had one of the highest ERA's in the league.

There will be plenty of free agents available in the off-season, it's just a matter of the Phillies going out and signing them.

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I Lady Cavs seek three-peat SPORTS

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The reigning champions of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference are younger and hungrier than ever. Another title may await. -

Entering their fifth year as members of the PAC, the Lady Cavs have won the championship for the past two years. Barring some sort of catastrophe, a repeat is not unattaintable.

Virtually every player from a year ago will be returning. Dana Mills, who was a key member of the team, graduated, along with Lisa BeJano.

The good news is senior cocaptain Stephanie Caldwell is returning from an injury.

A strong recruiting year has at Leastfilled the voids created by the departures, if not flat out made the team better off.

According to head coach, Dianne Pierangelli, first-year students Michelle Gabriel, Megan Meyers, Erin Barney and Megan Hyde are all potential starters.

"The wealth of new talent can be attributed to back-to- back championships," Pierangelli said.

"When you establish yourself as a winning program, people want to play for you,'! Pierangelli said. ''It makes recruiting a whole lot easier."

According to Pierangelli there are two things tbese talented

by Chris Lomanno perspectives editor

young players will do for the team.

"First of all, they are making the veteran players work that much harder," Pierangelli said. "'Theycan tell these girls are hungry and fighting for a starting position. In years past, we have not had this competition.

"Another bright point is with a deeper bench, some of my starters o will be able to take a much deserved rest now," Pierangelli B' said. <'II

Some differences are apparent. f

Senior Marisa Kane said, : "This year's team is definitely { faster. More people are taking With the return of senior co-captain Stephanie Caldwell, the Lady things seriously and showing up Cavs hope to capture their third straight PAC championship title. in camp already in shape.

"Last year we had two weeks of practice to get into shape," Kane said. "That is not how it works."

Senior co-captain, Nancy Kraus, likes the way things are developing.

"Everything was great last year," she said, uexcept for our overall record. That is one of the main things we need to work on this year.

Though the Lady Cavs Josttwo valuable players who graduated last season, this year the team is equipped with new strong recruits. Almost every player from last year will be returning to the roster.

"We had a lot of new people last year. This year we have learned how to p1ay together and we are coming in to the season more confident," Kraus said.

''I don't think we will run into

anything we can't handle,'' Kraus said.

According to Pierangelli, senior goal keeper Mandy Hopta looks great in practice and will be shooting for afI conference recognition this year.

"We all knew what we had to do last year and we got it done," Hopta said. "This year we are defending champs again and it is going to be tough.

"Teams like Beaver and Misericordia hate us and want to kill us," Hopta said.

"A lot of us are seniors now, this is our last year and we will win," Hopta said.

Pierange1lipraised last year's defense and expects them to be strong again this year.

The one thing PierangeUi said she wanted to see though, was more goals.

"We have to keep everyone focused and on the same page,'' she said. It should be a great year."

As a reward for a great year the ladies will be sporting some snazzy new uniforms this year.

They will break them in for the .first time Sept. 5, at York College and you will not have a chance to see them at home until Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. vs. Ursinus.

Lady Cavs looking to capture first PAC title

After two consecutive second-place finishes, the Lady Cavs' tennis team may be ready to bring home a championship. But having lost three players to graduation, they will have their work cut out for them.

by Stacey Caiazzo

photography editor

Coming off two consecutive second place finishes in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC) Championships , the women's tennis team is looking for better things in the 1996 season.

Specifically, they are looking to capture their first-ever PAC title.

After suffering two heartbreaking losses to Marywood in the finals of the PAC championships, the Lady Cavs are determined to make this season end in victory.

As they head into this season, they are hoping that their hard work will eventually lead them to the top.

Having had successful seasons in the past, Coach Reggie Day said, it will be a challenge to repeat again this year.

However, part of his coaching style relies on the fact that each season is different and the team's record begins with a clean slate.

The team lost three graduating seniors.

This year's team presently consists of six players. The team will have two returning seniors, co-captains Donna Schaeffer and Michelle Mcilvaine.

Michelle McDevitt, a sophomore, also returns.

"T look at this year as being a rebuilding year for us after losing three out of ours.ix top players last year," Day said.

According to Day, Schaeffer has had a record of 28-1 in her three years at Cabrini, losing only to a player from Washington College, one of the top 25 teams in the Easl McOvaine was awarded the Most Improved Player of the Year for the second year in a row.

"She is playing better than l have ever seen her play before," Day said. "She is very focused and her game has taken a quantum leap in the right direction."

According to Day, McDevitt exceeded her ability as a first• year student last year by playing like an upperclassman in number six singles. The incemiog first-year recruits are Keely Crawbuck, Kim Rudillo and Jodi Holmes.

Crawbuck, who came from Holy Cross, NJ is ranked fifth in the New Jersey District of Middle States.

"She is an excellent all ·court player and has the characteristics of a true number one," Day said.

"She has power, finesse, excellent placement and a lot of tournament experience," he said.

"I expect she will be a force to reckon with in the PAC."

Holmes, who also comes from Holy Cross, NJ will be playing along with Crawbuck in number one doubles.

Both Crawbuck and Holmes have tournament experience which will help them adjust themselves within their game -from one opponent to another.

"I have a lot of confidence in Holmes because she has a lot of power," Day said.

"I think the only thing that is missing for us this year is the collegiate experience in our number one and two spots which will not be a detriment to the players."

Rudillo, who attended Academy Park High Sch~l, was a number one singles player who has the most wins in her school's history.

After losing two seniors last year at the number one and two spots, Day will have to find two other players to fill those positions this year.

"My biggest goal for the year is to make sure everyone stays healthy and to make sure that all of the girls give alJ of their matches a 100 percent effort," Day said.

"As long as they do that I can not ask for anything more," Day said.

photo by St!IC8yCaiazz.o Donna Schaeffer, a senior, is shown returning a shot in practic8.

Schaeffer Is a co-captain along with Michelle Mcllvalne, also a senior. Over the past three years, Schaeffer has compiled a 28-1 record for the Lady Cavs. Coach Reggie Day will be counting on her to help lead the team to its first ..,., PAC title. Day believes this will be a rebuilding year for the Mlwn,having lost three of his top six players from last year. Day has high expectations for several of the new players and believes they will make a contribution to the team.