Nov. 18, 1999 issue 11 Loquitur

Crime wave sweeping Cabrini campus

by ChrisNielsen perspectiveseditor

The past few weeks have seen a dramatic uprise in thefts and vandalism on Cabrini's campus. The crimes have ranged from car breakins to stolen laptops to damaged art projects.

Many of the thefts on campus have occurred behind locked doors, leading many to believe that the perpetrator or perpetrators have a master key to the school.

'Iwo laptop computers have recently been stolen from the Biology suite in Founders Hall. The thefts both occurred three weeks ago. According to Dr. Sheryl Fuller-Espie, professor of biology, one computer was stolen during class time, and the department then asked Public Safety for the locks to be changed. Another laptop was

stolen late at night 'The locks weren't changed in time," said Fuller Espie.

Also stolen from the Biology department in the sameweek were a VCR and Dr. Fuller-Espie's power cord to her computer. 'The VCR was in a closet, which also suggests a master key," said Fuller Espie.

There have been other incidents of theft from biology department faculty members. Dr. Janet Kumar, professor of biology, had a computer stolen earlier this semester. She then proceeded to borrow a VCR from Mary Budzilowicz, Director of Instructional Support, which was stolen from a similar spot a few weeks ago. "We have since had our office re-keyed, and it is no longer on a master key," said Budzilowicz.

The crime wave is not limited to college property. On Monday, November 8 , there were four car break-ins in the Dixon Center Parking lot. One of the cars broken into belonged to Dr. Jerome Zurek, chair of the English/Communication department. Zurek admits that he left his car unlocked.

''A tape deck and small briefcase were removed from my car. 1be briefcase was found the next day in a medical examiner's office in Delaware. They also got my credit card number off of a receipt and bought $1500 worth of jewelry from a company in Florida," Zurek said.

Upon discovering the thefts, Zurek contacted Public Safety, who told him that be should contact the Radnor Police Department, since the stolen goods were

his private property. Also broken into were the vehicles of freshman Dan Sirhal, a commuter, and Michael Demarest, a resident of Xavier Hall who had his car stereo stolen. Junior Katie Vallone also had 30 CDs stolen from her room in Sullivan House.

According to Corporal Kevin Gallagher of the Radnor Police Department, the police have no records of any of the recent thefts on Cabrini's campus.

There has also been recent damage to art projects in Room 4 of the Holy Spirit Library. 'There was a clay head, and someone put horns on it and an exacto knife through the bead," said Lisa Lerner, professor of fine arts.

As of the time of print, Public Safety refused to comment on the situation.

''We don't have a good security system. We're just throwing money down the drain," said Fuller Espie.

Hunger and homelessness drive continues

by Beth Conahan staff writer

Campus ministry is allowing students to experience, learn and offer a helping band in its monthlong Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Campaign.

The Widener Center Gathering Area hosted the Work of Human Hands Craft Sale on Tuesday, Nov. 2 and Wednesday, Nov. 3. Work of Human Hands, supported by Catholic Relief Services, buys crafts from cooperatives, rather than from sweatshop labor. This benefits the developing countries that the workers live in. Some of the crafts came from the Missionary Sisters' mission in the Philippines. The sale was a success and was received "enthusiastically," said Campus Minister Mary Laver. The department estimates that it made over $1,000.

Campus Ministry was also responsible for several speakers on Cabrini Day, including Jennifer Stafy from the Bethesda Project. This Philadelphia organization is dedicated to helping the homeless in the area. Stafy was greeted with a full house. Not a seat was empty and some who attended had to stand

On Monday, Nov. 8, students participated in a Hunger Banquet in the Mansion Dining Room. It

was a dramatization which allowed students a pee.I.into the inequality of food distribution to different economic classes in the world. Whether a participant found himself in the lowest class, receiving only rice and water, in the middle class, receiving rice, beans, bread, broth and water, or in the highest class, feasting on salad, stir fry, bread and dessert, was completely random. People blindly chose an identity from a basket, which determined their placement.

Some were able to rise to one of the higher classes but most of those that changed positions found themselves falling to a lower class.

Coordinator Mike Porta, a junior, was encouraged by the students' reactions. He said that he was glad to see students that truly came to an understanding of what the night was about. Harsh realizations were made when the room was reminded that only 15 percent of the population consumed 70 percent of the food.

At the end of the night, two students volunteered to take the left over food to a homeless shelter. In the spirit of Hunger and Homelessness awareness, junior Azeen Keramati and sophomore Melissa Shannon carried these Tupperware containers of food to My Brother's

House, a homeless shelter for men in Philadelphia.

The date for Arrested for Hunger has been changed to Monday, Nov. 22. This activity, which was popular last year, will be returning in the same format.

People can have their friends, professors, staff members and administrators arrested. The hunger police will come to their offices or rooms and arrest them. They will be brought to the Widener Center Gathering Area, where they will appear before a hunger judge, who will hear their cases and decide on the bail. The hunger convicts will have half an hour to make calls to try to raise the bail money. "Bail money" will go towards Hunger and Homelessness Relief.

A Night in Solidarity with the Homeless will be held Thursday, Nov. 18. It begins at 10 p.m. with a prayer service in the chapel. At midnight, there will be an educational presentation in the Xavier Hall Great Room. Then students wiH have to find a place to sleep for the night somewhere on campus. Anyone is welcome to come to the prayer service or to the educational presentation, but those who want to sleep outdoors must first sign up. Students will be able to experience and see first hand what it is like to be homeless and not know where to spend the

night.

Campus Ministry is also holding their ongoing Thanksgiving Food Drive. They have challenged Eastern College and have hopes of beating them to collect the most food cans.

The real winners will be Our Lady of Hope Parish and Old St. Joe's Parish, to whom the food will be donated. There are boxes placed for collection in all of the

residence halls outside of the Resident Assistants' doors, throughout campus, and in the Campus Ministry office.

If anyone is interested in volunteering to deliver food to Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 23, please contact Campus Ministry. They are also seeking people willing to volunteer some of their time over the Thanksgiving holiday.

photo by Ben Lunn

Two of the vandalizedprojects from the Holy Spirit Library

photo by Laura Casamento Representativesfrom CampusMinistry have placed food drive boxes around the college grounds as part of their Hunger and HomelessnessAwarenessCampaignactivities. This one is located outside the Faculty Secretaries'Office in Grace Hall.

SJudents disagree with class cutting survey

by Chps Vesci assistant copy editor

A recent study conducted at the University of Kansas concluded that at least 25 percent of college class members are likely to be absent on any given day, and students enrolled in larger classes tend to cut more than those do in smaller classes.

Professors are stepping up their attendance patrols by employing sign in sheets,in-class quizzes and by counting attendance towards each student's final grade.

At Cabrini, "students are responsible for their own class attendance," according to the Student Handbook.

The handbook goes on to state that classes tend to be different in attendance expectations, but students should clear up any uncertainties by conferring with the class instructor.

"Short term absences" (one to three classes due to illness, funer-

als, emergencies) should be reported to the professor, but longer absences should be reported to academic affairs.

Students are also liable for any class work missed on account of their absence.

Dr. Jonnie Guerra, vice president for academic affairs, said that her office issues a memorandum to all professors.

"It talks about the elements of a good syllabus, including clear explanation of an attendance policy," she said.

However, she adds that it is each faculty member's right to dictate his or her own attendance policy.

Guerra also states that in her sixteen years working as an educator, the "most important reason" a student gets in academic difficulty is because of missing class.

"If you want to be successful, you must go to class," she said.

Jenna Marquadt, a first-year student, describes herself as having "pretty good" attendance. Howev-

er, she says, it is sometimes challenging to wake up for her 8: 15 a.m. math class. Marquadt also said that she finds the class too easy, which is another reason she contemplates skipping it.

Marquadt disagrees with one of the study's findings-that students in lower class levels skip more often than upperclassmen.

"Everyone skips sometimes-not just freshmen," she said.

However, she said that she is less likely to miss her Spanish class, since her professor regularly passes around a sign-in sheet.

Azeen Keramati, a junior and social work major, confesses that she saw a lull in her own class attendance during her sophomore year.

However, she thinks that the study's conclusion that 25 percent of a class is absent on any given day seems a bit "too high" for Cabrini's classes.

In addition, Keramati says she feels guilty skipping a small class,

Search retreat receives positive reviews

Thirty-seven participants attended the retreat, which is sponsored twice a year by the college's Campus Ministry department.

by Allison Webb staff writer

Spiritual and moving were two words used to describe Cabrini's Search retreat. The retreat was held this weekend at Appel Farm in Elmer, NJ.

Thirty-seven Cabrini students and team members loaded onto the buses Friday afternoon to head out to the farm for a captivating experience.

The retreat involved discussions,

presentations, and activities. John DiMucci, campus minister, lead the group on this adventure.

''The Search retreat allows participants to get to know themselves, others and God;' DiMucci said.

The trip was run by the students and for the students. Nick Luchko, a junior, was one team member who attended the retreat. He described it as "the best thing on this campus.

"It makes an impact on a per-

son's life. Everyone had a great experience and a great time," Luchko said.

Jenna Mancini, junior, also joined the retreat and had nothing but praise to give it.

"It was one of the best things I could have done for myself," she said. "It was about spirituality, yourself and what you make of it!'

Anyone who missed out on the Search retreat can attend the next one, which will be held during the spring semester.

because her absence is noticeable by the professor.

Like Marquadt, certain factors tempt her to miss a class, such as a teacher who reads to the class directly from a textbook.

"It's the student's responsibility to go," she said. "We're paying so much, you might as well go."

One concern of educators in this information age is that students will post their notes on the Web after a class. Some companies even hire students to put notes on the Internet following a lecture.

A number of instructors at Cabrini offer a range of Internet sources.

Dr. Marilyn Johnson, a professor of English and cornrnunications, posts her entire syllabus on the web, as well as listings for Web pages on the particular topic her class is currently studying. For example, she posted the link to an old English site on her linguistic course's page.

However, she states that this in-

formation is merely "a supplement" and does not make up for a missed class.

"I don't do lectures on the web, nor do I post class notes," she says. Johnson said that she often has quizzes in each class to ensure attendance.

Dr. Rocco Paolucci, chair of the information science and technology department, regularly posts his own lecture notes on the Internet for his students, citing that it allows for more discussion in class-students do not need to be distracted by writing every word down.

He contends that these notes are "not a substitute" and they are merely highlights of the lecture. Paolucci said that he hopes that the notes aid students who miss class for a legitimate reason.

Although he does not like students to skip his class, Paolucci said that he respects their choices. ''They're all adults," he said. 'That is their decision."

photo courtesy of Nick Luchko

Participants in this fall's Search Retreat pose for a picture at Appel Farm in Elmer, N.J.

photo by Tori l:y

Students from the Children's School raised money for Muscular Dystrophy during a "Hop-A-Thon" held at the Peace Garden on Thursday, Nov. 11.

History department to sponsor Civil War forum

by Jennifer ten Boom staff writer

Bloody battles. Brother against brother. The Battle of Gettysburg. Those are the tenns that come to people's minds when they describe the bloodiest war in American history: The Civil War.

A forum will be held next weekend, on Saturday, Nov. 20, about the Civil War. The title of this forum is 'The Civil War That Nobody )(nows." The forum will start at 8 a.m. and last until 5 p.m.

In this forum, topics that are not normally discussed are brought to light.

The forum's creators have invited a number of speakers from different colleges and disciplines to specifically talk about topics not normally discussed at forums of

this kind.

This forum was organized by the students from the History Club, who wanted to sponsor a forum on the Civil War in conjunction with the Honors Civil War class. Dr. James Hedtke, chair of the history department, agreed to help the students sponsor this forum.

One of the forums that is offered is about Santa Oaus and is presented by Mr. Kevin Rawlings, a social historian.

The Santa Claus concept that people know today was created by Thomas Nast during the Civil War to help Union families cope during the Christmas season.

Another lecture is about southern plunderers, presented by Mr. Karlton Smith from Gettysburg National Military Park.

A common misconception of the

Civil War era is that the Union Army members were the only plunderers. Smith will prove that

tie of Gettysburg.

Dr. Lee Jennings, the head historian from Fort Delaware, will speak about the Civil War Prisons. One of these prisons, in fact, was in the Philadelphia area. Fort Mifflin was a P.0.W holding for Confederate officers.

Two more forums are offered about the African-Americans who fought during the Civil War.

Not many people know that 10 percent of the American army consisted of African-American soldiers. Dr. James Paradis will talk about The Sixth United States Colored Infantry in the Civil War.

offered, including one by Dr. Jolyon Girard, a professor of history at Cabrini College.

Girard will lecture on the crisis out at sea called The Trent Affair.

Dr. Randell Miller from St. Joseph's University will also come to discuss the enduring meaning of the Civil War.

this idea is ~rong. His talk will be about how the Confederate Army plundered Gettysburg and the surrounding counties during the Bat-

Dr. Russell Weighley, a professor from Temple University, will speak about the relationships of the African-American troops and their meaning of the Civil War.

In addition, three other talks are

The third talk is by Lt. Colonel Conrad Crane, a professor of history at the Military Academy at West Point. Crane will talk about he little-known battle that took place in New Mexico during the war called the Battle of Valverde. Hedtke said that the department has many reasons for presenting the forum.

'The individual perspectives are important, from the fighting soldier to the women who helped in the war," Hedtke said.

Disability support services coordinator joins staff

by Stacey Hanby staff writer

As you are walking through the hallways of the Rooyman's Center because of a bad case of the sniffles or trouble in math class, you may find yourself coming across the office of the new Coordinator of Disability Support Services, Andrea Maneval.

Maneval is a graduate of Penn State with a Masters of Education in counselor education, a partial Masters in special education, an undergraduate degree in speech communication, and a Minor in business.

but decided education was where she wanted to be.

She then worked at a number of colleges in their Disability Support Services departments.

Maneval decided to come to Cabrini College for many reasons.

"I love working with students and I wanted to be in a position where I'd have the resources and ability to help students succeed," she said. "I also liked the Catholic college environment. It is very supportive."

As a Coordinator of Disability Support Services, Maneval provides support for students with learning handicaps.

disabilities. For example, she sets up accommodations for students

For students with learning disabilities, Maneval tries to make it so that the students get extra time for a test.

"We want to equalize success and level the playing field," she said. "We just want everyone to have a chance."

Besides providing accommodations, she also helps with registration, advising and tutoring.

She teaches study strategies and next semester will be tutoring biology.

Maneval is also an academic and personal counselor and said that she has compassion and a strong willingness to help others.

really want to learn.

"When a student says thank you, that's what means the most to me," she said. "I know in my heart this is what I'm meant to do."

In her extra time, Maneval has become very involved in nutrition, and would like to start teaching Weight Watchers classes. When she can, she likes to put together puzzles and make crafts. She and her husband are in the process of buying a new home, so she decided that all the Christmas presents this yearwould be handmade.

She said that she loves her job and absolutely loves it here. After graduating, Maneval worked in business as a contractor, She also provides accommodations for students with physical who cannot write their notes or their exams.

The best thing about her job, she said, is working with students who

'The people here are so wonderful," she said.

• First-year student spring pre-registration

• Hugh Sung, Pianist, 7:30 p.m., Mansion

• Suburbia, 8 p.m., Red Cloud Coffehouse Grace Hall

• First-year student spring pre-registration

• Fall Formal, Valley Forge Hilton Hotel, 9p.m.

• Women's basketball at Grove City Tournament, TBA

• Women's basketball at Grove City Tournament, TBA

• Suburbia, 8 p.m., Red Cloud Coffeehouse, Grace Hall

• Mass, 7 p.m., Brockmann Chapel of St. Joseph

• Personacards, 12 p.m., Founder's Hall Dining Hall

• Turkey Trot 5K Run entries due/runner's meeting, 3:45.p.m., Dixon Center

• Turkey Trot 5K Run, 4p.m.

• Amateur Afternoon, 1-3 p.m., WCGA

• Mass, 4:45 p.m., Brockmann Chapel of St. Joseph

• Women's basketball vs. University of Scranton, 7 p.m.

• Men's basketball at Wtlkes University, 7 p.m.

"The individual perspectives are important, from the fighting soldier to the women who helped in the war."

-Dr. James Hedtke history department chair

"We want to equalize success and level the playing field."

-Andrea Maneval coordinator of disability support services

Last Week in the World of News

11/11,Newport,R.L

A fleet of shi~ assigned to the search for EgyptAjr Flight 990's cockpit voice recorder are due to resume the search earlyFriday,Nov.

12, with better weather.

Initial analysis of the flight data recorder showed that the BQeing 767 had entered a steep but seemingly controlled descent before. crashing into the ocean, killing all 217 people on board.

11/12, Philadelphia, Pa.,

The USS New Jersey returned home to a hero's welcome.

Ending its last major sea voyage before going to a final berth in its namesake state, the most decorated battleship in the history of the nation docked at the former Philadelphia Naval shipyard after being saluted by thousands.

11/13, Ankara, Turkey

A massive earthquake hit Turkey, killing at least 120 people, injuring more than 500 and destroying hundreds of buildings in the country's northwestern region.

The 7 .2-magnitude quake was centered in the town of Ducze, on the outskirts of a region devastated by the August I 7 earthquake that claimed more than 17,000 lives.

Local skydiving clubs offer lessons, jump opportunities

by Matt Cough/In staff writer

The Earth is over two and a half miles below and suddenly it is getting closer at an incredible rate. At times, this rate is 120 m.p.h.

Later, the instructor will remind you that you just jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, but for now you ignore looking up at the underbelly of the twin-prop cargo plane and instead take in the view below.

The adrenaline threatens to force your heart right out of your body. After 30-some seconds, freefall is over. The parachute opens and you float gently, slowly down towards the ground. This is skydiving. Skydiving is a fast-growing sport in the U.S. The United States Parachute Association, a non-profit safety organization dedicated to promoting the safe enjoyment of skydiving, boasts a membership of 34,000 individuals and 300 drop-zones.

Over three million jumps take place each year in America. This number includes USPA members

as well as an estimated 300,000 first-timers.

There are two ways in which the adventurous person can experience their first jump. First, one can take a brief course on how to jump, at the end of which the individual can jump solo. This usually ranges from $180 to $300, with the prices going down as more courses are taken.

If the idea of having to pull the cord on your chute yourself scares you, the second option is tandemjumping. Tandem-jumping entails having the instructor strapped to the back of the jumper. Tandemj umping is sometimes cheaper, but sometimes more expensive, than solo-jumping, depending upon the location. There are several places to skydive in the area. These include the United Parachute Club at the New Hanover Airport in Gilbertsville, Freefall Adventures at the Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown, NJ. and, if you are in the Poconos over the winter, Above the Poconos Skydivers at the Hazelton Airport. All of these drop zones are members of the USPA,

whose members adhere to USPA Basic Safety Requirements.

For more information on the USPA contact them on the web at www.uspa.org, or phone (703) 836-3495.

11/14, Kabul,Afghanistan

The United Nations imposed sanctions on Afghanistan for refusing to hand over suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden, which prompted protesters into the streets of Kabul.

The sanctions took effect at midnight. preceding last minute pleas from the Taliban army. Protesters gathered into the streets of Kabul, burning US flags and shouting anti American slogans.

11/15, Gennany

Mannesmann, the German telecommunications giant, denounced a $106.4 billion friendly takeover offer made " by Vodafone Airtouch of Britain.

The German giant's action sets in motion a battle that could attract other possible corporations that have already been involved in negotiations.

Such companies would include MCI Worldcom and

What should you do to stop a friend from driving drunk? Whatever you have to. Friends don't let frlend8 drive drunk.

-MsttTholey

Jackie Esworthy was killed by a drunk driverone week after her high school graduation.

Art works

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Meetings will be held on Mondays at 6 p.m. in the COlDIIUda'S•louoge. Everyoneis welcome to eome and sblre their idr:aatartie club;

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Members will be ableto 'Nit art galleries and art DJHlf'UJDS'lD ttipl M die club will Im. This wiD " students a cmnce to view other kinds of art mediumsand expandtbeirborizom.

Art i, CUDendyOD ule to faculty and staff' to fund the activides plam1ed.

A sign up sheetbN been huqg outsa the art room for students to sign up on. Come out and join the art club and have a chance for your creative talent to be viewed on campus.

Songs that are Sung

by Shanna Lynn Fane/II

Pianist Hugh Sung will be performing in the mansion tonight, Thursday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Sung, who began his career with a performance with The Philadelphia Orchestra at 11 years old, has traveled all over the world performing in renowned places such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, The National Gallery of Art and the Ravinia Festival.

Sung has also toured with distinguished music groups that include the Concerto Soloists Chamber Or-

More than beauty in America

by Shanna Lynn Fanelli

a & e editor

Admist the rumpled bed linens and tangled masses of dark locks, the charcoal-lined lids of a young teenage girl give confirmation and authority to the "yes" that rings from a mouth whose lips had just kissed virginity good-bye. With the fuzz and static that only a home video camera can do, the opening scene and following sequence of movie in "American Beauty" ushers the audience into a world that may be all too familiar in a frighteningly clear way.

Actions speak louder than words and "American Beauty" screams from the movie screen with a voice that will not be ignored. It's a plot whose umbilical cord feeds into each character, allowing the audience to vicariously struggle with the pursuit of happiness, taste the sweat of attaining self-fulfillment and smell the sweet smoke of illegal weed and fantasy-induced rose petals. Despite the moments that induce giggles, either amused, nervous or embarrassed, this is one movie whose roses definitely have their thorns.

It only comes about when your father is a lost loser who misplaced his reasons for existence some time back in the eighties. It happens when your mother is a shell of a human being obsessed with work, perfecting each detail of a routine called life with Martha Stewart abandon. It's when your best friend is a self-absorbed, model wannabe who talks like she's been there but really hasn't done that. What's an only child in her adolesant years to do?

neo-nazi dad. Well, ain't life a bitch.

''American Beauty" runs deeper than the nervous breakdowns and dysfunctional family situations that inevitably leads the characters to ride a downhill road to misery-ville. It's a shock wave of two-hour, in-your-face contemplations that force some very real, very ugly and very loud, seat shifting uncomfortableness. You walk away with a lot on your mind.

Go see "American Beauty." Really see it. If you must, watch it twice. It's not a pretty sight, but true beauty is only skin deep. And baby, this movie is just that.

''The only thing that I have to say about it is although the main character died at the end, it wasn't sad because he died happy and fulfilled." - Ben Lunn.

" Yeah, the dude died stoned and making it with a teenage chick, (thumbs up.)" - Chris Nielsen.

'This movie does not even compare to the great movie, the "Messenger," the Joan of Arc story. I think it is a shame that space is being wasted on this movie review." - Stephanie Masucci.

a & e editor

photo courtesyof the Cabrini CollegeFine Arts Department

Sung is a member of the Curtis Institute of Music and servesas the director of instrumentalaccompanimentfor its Student Recitals Series.

chestra of Philadelphiaand the South Jersey Symphony On:bcstra as well as guest appearances on numerous radio shows.

His performance in the Mansionwill feature worts by Ravel.Chopin. DebussyandMendelaobn.

Self-reclusion and a trust no-one Att-i-Tude of course. Add to that a passionate hook-up with the boy next door, whose main hobby is taping anything and everything while burning messages of love into turf and evading an abusive,

Whatever your thoughts are on the movie, "American Beauty," one thing is for certain. It's going to make you think. A lot.

Come dance the night away

by Kristina Geerken

assistant features editor Ladies, put on your glittery dresses, gentlemen, don your finest suit.

Everyone, put your dancing shoes on for yummy bor d' ourves, a cash bar for those 21 and over and some good tunes, the WmterFormal is calling you!

It is time to celebrate before Thanksgiving vacation. On Friday, Nov. 19 the Winter Formal will be held at the Valley Forge Hilton from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.

This year, there will be a shuttle service for students. According to Janice Funk, president of the junior class, they want to maketransportationaccessible so that more studentscan come.

..We want to get as manypeople thereas we can by making the dance affordableand providingtransportation," Funksaid.

The college bas reserved 20 rooms, so interested parties can reserve a room at the discount price of $86.

To reserve a room, call the Hilton 610-337-1200 and mention that you are a student at Cabrini College.

Tickets will be sold in the cafeteria, during lunch and dinneron Thursday Nov. 18 and Friday Nov. 19. Prices are $25 a person. $40 a couple.

There will also be a chance for last minute partygoen at thedoor.

For moreinformllim, contact JaniceFaakIll c::11.lfi6S.

by BenjaminLunn editor in chief

The dialog ends, the lights go down and a deafening silence fills the theatre. Though the acting was superb and the directing was just as flawless, SubUrbia, by Eric Bogosia~, was a play that wasn't nearly what the audience expected and fittingly, ended without the applause that is always expected. SubUrbia didn't end with the applause that is little more than trite gestures done out of habit.

It ended the only way it could-with few precious moments in silent contemplation of what was just witnessed. The material and themes of the play were so dramatically fresh and real that no other ending would have been acceptable. Had the audience immediately clapped and cheered, I would have left the theatre gravely disappointed. Anything other than silence would have led one to believe that the messages were lost in a haze of drunken yelling, cursing and emotions. Even three days afterwards, I still find myself mulling over what I watched.

Much of the content bas a very strong sexual feel and throughout most of the play situations and languages came up that

would make nearly anyone blush at some point. If this is what the audience went to the play to focus on, they would have left believing shock theatre to have made a comeback. If patrons could only look beyond the language, sex and drugs, they would find the emotions, dreams, fears and desires that drive each of us in our lives.

Dealing with the search of today's youths for their places in the world and the meaning behind their existence, this play

was more than fitting to be performed on a college campus.

Each of the characters brought his/her own beliefs to the 7-eleven street comer that these 20-somethings call home. Tim (John Dell'Osa), the air-force dropout and "world traveler" teaches his life lessons to Jeff, (Chris Swift), his best friend, who has few dreams other than to continue his life. Jeff's girlfriend Sooze, (Amanda Huth), has dreams of her own and thinks endlessly about realizing them, while Buff, (Tony Barrett), the cor-

Last chance to see SubUrbia

SubUrbiawill be playingThursday,Nov. 18, Friday,

Nov. 19 and Saturday,Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $5. Friday ntghtP,Elrfortnanc&Is free.

ner druggie, is just in search of the never ending party. Bee Bee, (Jessica Snow), spends her time quietly observing and hangin' out with her friends, all of whom are considered to be bums by the 7-eleven owner Nazeer Chaudry, (Mike Fenn), and his sister Pakeeza, (Rachel Sedgwick).

This group is left so hopeless in spite of their dreams that the only thing worth talking about is Pony, (Matt Holmes), a friend who actually became famous rock star, and his publicist Erica, (Lisa Finegan).

Over the one night that the play is set, each will face trials and ordeals that will test their friendships, their beliefs, their very dreams. This is all but another day in Suburbia, but the SubUrbia that they know is far from the "American Dream" that others look for. Just one more group of 20somethings in search of themselves and their dreams, inevitably lashing out at the barriers and situations they find themselves in, some of their own creating. The night begins like any other, but by the time it is over we will ride with them along the roller coaster of emotions, marvel at the highs and mourn them with their lows. Just another day in SubUrbia.

SubUrbia will be playing again this week in the Red Cloud Coffee House in Grace Hall.

photo by Ben Lunn

From left to right: Sophomore Matt Holmes (Pony) and Senior Lisa Finegan (Erica) talk on-stage.

Jeff (sophomore Chris Swift) takes a breather outside the local convenient store

photo by Ben Lunn

Sooze (senior Amanda Huth) performs for friends.

by Tony Barrett

staff wrtter

"The semester is almost over"

-Mike Fenn

'1'besemesteris almostover andthe weather"

- JohnDell'Osa

"Family and a break from school"

-Charlie Spencer

"I get to go home for a few days."

- Mike McGann

"My room on campus and the best roommates in the world"

- Colin McGinley

"Happiness and the well being of my children"

- Dr. Jerry Zurek

"Relaxing, time off and family."

- Nick Insogna

''The beautiful weather for the time of year"

- Toni Pirrone

"'A chance to get away from Philadelphia"

- ShannonDowns

"Food, good home cooked food''

-DanDenvir

''The steps"

-Jess Snow

"Play rehearsals"

- Chris Swift

"Family and the opportunity to be here at Cabrini College with a great bunch of students"

- Dr. Louis Nudy

"'l'be generosity of the entire campuscommunity

- John DiMucci

"Skillful knowledge of duct tape wallet making"

- Matt Holmes

"Family, friends and pumpkin pie"

- Melissa Shannon

"Family, niece. nephews. God for giving me life."

- Nate Harrell

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by Jen1111Mancini staff writer

When an editor was presented with the poetry of Cabrini student Shelley Nixon, prior to reading it she said," This girl is either going to be a horrible writer or feel really sorry for herself." That editor was in {or a big surprise. After reading Shelley's poems, the editor was impressed and asked Shelley to write her autobiography. Ecstatic, Shelly answered yes.

"From Where I Sit: My Way With Cerebral Palsy," is the result. In this memoir, Shelley chronicles her journey through life with cerebral palsy. The book will appear in stores in December.

"From Where I Sit," came about by chance. A few years ago, local author Donna Jo Napoli was writing a book that included a character with cerebral palsy. To ensure that her portrayal of the character was accurate, napoli turned to Shelley for some advice. Shelley made her suggestions and quickly became friends with the author. When Napoli found out that

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Shelley wrote poetry, she brought some copies to one of her editors. Originally, the editor was doubtful but upon reading the poems, she knew that Shelley had a gift and the rest is history.

"From Where I Sit," is Shelley's story. It is a catharsis of Shelly's hopes, dreams and the chronicle of someone who loves to write and who enjoys life. Through the book however, it is quite evident that Shelley's cerebral palsy is only a fraction of who she really is. During the process of writing, ''From Where I Sit," Shelley received many notes from a publisher who

lrenough copies to sell so that it will remain on the shelves. The Rose-Tree Media School District may even include "From Where I Sit" in its REACH program, which educates students about differences. This is surely an indicator of more success to come.

What is in the future for Shelley? If "From Where I Sit" proves successful, another book could be in the works. But for now, she's going to take it easy and enjoy the glory of being a published author.

When Shelley was asked how she feels about having cerebral palsy, she replied, "Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be able-bodied, but not often. I don't have the time."

With a blossoming writing career, a busy college schedule and buzzing social life, who would?

kept asking, "What does this have to do with you CP?" To that, Shelley replied, "Nothing. My life doesn't revolve around CP. I'm a normal person."

The word "normal," however, is understanding Shelley Nixon. Extraordinary would be more like it. Shelley's positive attitude towards life is inspiring. She doesn't let her disability get her down and when she does she "picks herself back up."

Shelley is a part-time student at Cabrini who will graduate in three years with an individualized major in Human Services. With her degree, Shelley hopes to counsel others with disabilities. She credits some of her successes to counselors who helped her realize her potential and overcome obstacles she faces as a result of CP. Shelley is getting a head start by acting as a camp counselor to children with disabilities. She also participates in the theater group, "Able Arts," which is a cast of able-bodied and disabled individuals working together. Shelley lives in Gradyville with her parents, Brenda and Jack, whom she cites as her inspiration and her younger brother, John.

Shelley's greatest hope is that people buy her book and enjoy it. She wants

Thia is the poem that Shelley won third place In the Delaware County Young Poets contest with.

My cerebral palsy anchors me in so many ways. It is the anchor that tugs and keeps me from drifting towards my desires.

One of my dreams has always been to climb a tree. A simple wish, but one impossible. So, at night the person I wish I could be directs my dreams and allows me to soar in places unknown:

I grasp at brancheswhile my feet searchand scramblefor footholds. Higher and higher and higher. Until i almost reach the sky!

I sit amongthe leaves. they caress me. Their touch is intimate and they murmur, "You are tn,e. m,e, m,e!"

The sturdy branches cradle me. If I shed a tear it would careendownward, skipping off leaves to a tiny muddy "plop" below.

When I shed a tear now it mocksme as it splatters OD my tray. Can't there be a tree out there for ,me?

photo obtained from book jacket cover Shelley's book will be available at major book stores like Barnes & Noble and Borders Book Stores.

"My life doesn't revolve around cerebral palsy. I'm a normal person."

-Shelley Nixon

photo obtained from back of book cover Shelley began writing poetry as far back as the fifth grade, when she presented a poem to her dad for Father's Day.

1be editorials, viewpoints, opinions and letters to the editor published in Loquitur are the views of the student editorial board and the individual writers, not the entire student body or the faculty and administration.

EDITORIAL

Not your everyday editorial this time

This week, we were supposed to have an editorial on the problem of thefts on campus. There have been a lot of them lately. Four cars were broken into last week, including Dr. Zurek's. He was then salty and ye11edat his Mass Media freshmen. Real shame, really.

But guess what? Public Safety didn't want to talk with us about the situation. They were not allowed to give an interview because they didn't get permission in time from College Relations, Alumni Affairs, Wood Dining Service and the Cabrini Track Elite. You know, these things take time.

But anyhoo, we decided that to write an editorial about this subject was too much trouble. Instead, we went out to the Villanova Diner. We ate appetizers and drank water with someone else's lipstick on the glass. Afterwards, a few of us went out to the movies. "Dogma" was not showing, so we saw "American Beauty." (

One of the themes of the movie was that you have to really enjoy life and not be concerned with petty things, like editorials which will be ripped apart anyway. So on Tuesday night, the Loquitur staff did just that.

Some of you probably tum to the editorial every week --! in the hopes of finding something controversial. Well, we wouldn't want to disappoint you. For what it's worth, the Radnor Police Department has not been notified of any of the thefts in the past month, which, incidentally, have included a number of laptop computers, car stereos, video equipment, credit cards, and CDs. Apparently, Radnor gets called whenever there is a fight in the apartments, but they don't get a call to investigate a slew of robberies that is affecting everyone on campus.

So take this editorial for what it is worth, which is probably not much. And, by God people, take home ~EVERYTHING YOU CAN over Thanksgiving break. You sure as hell can't trust Cabrini College to watch out for your stuff.

Why won't my managerbe nice to me?

I ' m sure any of you who are employed have had a supervisor or manager that you weren't Cvnthia Taura ex a c 11 Y thrilled with or vice versa. Well, the same is true for me now. For those of you who don't know, I work at Hallmark in Plaza section of the King of Prussia Mall.

Let me tell you about "Michelle" (not her real name). Michelle is the assistant manager at Hallmark. Now if any of you have ever met someone who seemed pretty nice at first and then all of a sudden seemed to develop an attitude with you, then you can relate to me. I have no idea what happened. She just seems to have an attitude with me for no apparent reason. Okay, yeah, I called out a couple of times, but they were for a legitimate reason school! I had to call out last week to study for a test for a class that I was doing pretty lousy in, so I called out to study all day and night. Well, she tried to get me to come in anyway by saying, "Can't you study in the day?" in a really nasty tone, so I had no choice but to get nasty right back. I said to her that it was a really big test and I needed to study. The end result? I got an A on the test! If I had come in to work, I probably would've failed or just received a border-line grade. Now, I stand a much better chance at getting a better grade in that class.

Michelle is also the type of person who is all business-like at work, but will then leave work early because her fiancee is mad at her and threatening to break up with her. She yells at us about receiving and making personal calls at

work, meanwhile she is ca11ingher fiancee's aunt just to be told that she will never marry her nephew. Is it just me or are these the acts of a hypocrite?

Some of you may be thinking why I'm still at that job. Well, while I have a bitchy assistant manager, I have a really cool store manager. "John" is the type of person who I can feel totally comfortable with and who I don't really think of as a boss. John and Michelle are hysterical together as a team because they are always bickering at each other and making the employees and customers laugh, but that seems to be as far as it goes for Michelle to be even remotely funny.

Other than having a nice store manager to work for, I am working there to make money for an apartment. Don't get me wrong, I love my family, but there is no way in hell I am moving back to New York unless I absolutely have to. So my options are either possibly getting an apartment with my cousin or moving to Scranton with my boyfriend. Knowing my luck, I will end up going back to New York and commuting to Manhattan every day which is the last thing I want. I may not be making enough money working at the mall for an apartment, but we will see what happens. It's still six months away and anything can happen between now and then.

For now, I will still be working at Hallmark until I graduate. I'm not exactly miserable there, but it would be nice not to have to deal with such a hostile personality three or four days a week. So, for those who can relate to my situation, I can sympathize. It just goes to show that we gotta do what we gotta do whether we like it or not

Cynthia Taura is the copy editor of Loquitur. She is not likely to be voted "Hallmark Employee of the Month."

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• In issue No. 10, we misspelledGwynedd Mercy in the OOPS box.

• Jessica Snow is the assistantsports editor of Loquitur.

• The Search Retreat was attended by students from Cabrini College alone.

• Former Cabrini College student Ryan Jones was not named in the cross countrypicture.

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Picking a fight with all the local mallrats •

T b e King of Prussia Mall and I b a v e never been good friends.

CHRIS VESCI The firSt time we met I got lost inside of its sweltering and crowded confines. I made a few nasty remarks about its imposing exterior appearance, wondering if it sits on more land than Philadelphia International Airport does. I bad trouble finding basic things such as soap and toothpaste, while the mall chose to flash extravagant cookware and thousand dollar sunglasses in my face.

Shopping is not one of my favorite pastimes, but I don't mind it if I can get in and out fairly quickly. But that seldom happens here where I am a prisoner in the depths of my nemesis, the Titanic of malls. It's enormous, gaudy and over packed with both

products and people. Destination: Extravagance. (That is, if the ship doesn't run aground first.)

When I walk King of Prussia's boundless passageways, I always come across the mall directory, which displays an organized outline of the complex and the millions of stores teeming within. This is my enemy's battle plan-my enemy has the audacity to flash this before me. I'm losing this war, folks.

Always present at these signs is the confused congregation of the damnedrefugees hoping that Moses will lead them home, I suppose. Yes, they are all damned, for they cannot find that simple shoe store or CVS in this collision of grandeur.

Sitting on a bench to take a breather is like watching a chain reaction accident on the Blue Route. One appalling thing happens after another. A group of people play stuff the elevator.A pack of bickering teens bumps into whomever they please. An inattentive mother lets her toddler run loose to be snatched up by any creepy stranger.

Much of the King of Prussia Mall's spe-

cialty is frivolous fluff. This includes a Barbie boutique which offers thousands of versions of the busty blonde, such as Dr. Barbie, Nurse Barbie, Dentist Barbie and Orthodontist Barbie. The golf store proudly displays that popular board game Monopoly Golf in its already crowded window.

Even the normal stores are somehow perverted. The pet store is assorted with the most depressed dogs I've ever seen. (Note that these animals are not given adequate chewing toys and often chew on themselves or on the cage doors.) It also features birds-manic little finches and parrots that have been fondled, no doubt, by every little spoiled suburbanite.

And, as if one over priced CD retailer is not enough, there are two Walls.

Might I add that for the nation's largest shopping complex, King of Prussia boasts some absurdly narrow promenades-yet another weapon that this great aggressor employs against me.

In all seriousness, however, my current events professor once handed us a study conducted by Phillip Harter of Stanford Uni-

versity. Basically, it personifies the world's hunger and poverty statistics. Did you know 70 percent of our planet is illiterate and 50 percent is malnourished? Can you imagine how many homeless people we could fit into that mall? But such projects are seldom undertaken if profit is not involved.

Are we a logical species when we build billion dollar super structures for the privileged few that can use them? No, of course we are not logical, and this is a capitalistif society, I know. Just keep on buying those Nike shoes and Hillfiger coats, and they'll keep building these mega-malls. K-Mart anyone?

Chris Vesci was the assistant copy editor of Loquitur. In November of 1999, he disappered in the mall near King of Prussia while writing a commentary. On Tuesday, his commentary was found.

- SPECIAL GUEST WRITER

The return of Mr. Ignorant (not the author's name)

Murderers, those meat eaters are.

Meanwhile, three states over, 600 chickens are mashed so tightly together their straggly feathers meshing through the metal dividers s you don't see where one starts and one ends- that a child, accompanied by a curious mother, answers her question saying that there must be like 20 chickens in there. His mom looks again at the chickens and then at her son. Don't look to close Tommy, those chickens don't have wings or beaks, she wants to tell him, but she lets it wisp away in die fecal breeze. Their wings and beaks hacked off, to impede fighting, increasing egg yields, still dot the ground around their matching Keds.

Behind the chicken coops, Mr. lgnorant's soy fields are being sprayed with insecticides, the same insecticided which are, simultaneously, dropping on the people picking coffee and cotton. A deer, which would have made a venison for a hunter's family, lies staking in the grips of death, like a Guatemalan Indian. Two weeks later, the deer is beyond death, oddly preserved, crows and hawks poisoned by its side. An ecosystem of poison and ignorance. The poisoned carcass won't fertiliu a field. The farmer will need to use the chemical fertilizeft-fo{_that. And so the world turns and turns.

Back in the kitchen. Mr. Ignorant is just complimenting himself on a good cooking job, when the clock strikes eight. It is time to report to work-Mr. lporant is, yes, a punctual guy- at McDonald's. whose, companies mission is, besidcd cookins.to uvc tberain forestsol tbe world."Yes. .. be says out

loud, "that is why I work for the company." But later this afternoon he will also have to report to Sears, since McDonalds only pays $5.50.

At the side door next to the kitchen, a strange fog steals into the kitchen. Suddenly, it retreats into the door jam, where an apparition of a Guatemalan child is standing, blood so at home on her skin that she no longer wipes it away.

Mr. Ignorant rises, reaches for his jacket, and heads towards the little girl. Surprisingly, she stands as if emotionless. Mr. Ignorant walks by her and out the door, down to the comer where he will catch Septa. She is used to being ignored.

With a cloud of exhaust announcing its arrival, the bus squeals to a stop. "Damn public transportation," he speaks, his face twisting like a Genaurdi's bag. "I can't wait to get my Camry back." A lady who sees the earthquake of emotion on Mr. Ignorant's face asks "Are you okay, Mista?"

Firing a look of superiority at her, he mumbles to her, "Yeah. Hit a deer with my car, so its in the shop. Damn deer. Something needs to be done."

Robert May is a guest writer for Loquitur. He is a senior majoring in English/Communications.And no, fellow Cabrinistudents,the GuatemalanIndians are not a minorIBaguBbas«,a/1 '8am.

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Making this a formal I will actually remember

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Th.is Friday night, many of the women of Cabrini College will spend hours doing their hair and makeup.

CHRIS NIELSEN They wm also put on their best dresses, which they spent weeks looking for at the King of Prussia Mall. The men of Cabrini will tie their ties if they still remember how to and maybe even iron their khakis. After that, they will drink absurd amounts of alcohol, half of which will end up, one way or another, on their well-groomed clothes.

It's the Winter Fonnal, baby!

I love the fonnals at this college. The way people act at formals is at times friggin' hilarious. I mean, when else would you get to spend $25 a ticket, $40 a couple if you plan ahead and get a date, and I don't know how much to get a room, and then proceed to spend $10 for a case of beer to get absolutely ridiculous? Oh, the irony of it all.

I know that some of my readers are first-year students who have never attended a Cabrini fonnal before. I just want to tell you that they are worth every last cent, in all seriousness. Here are just some of my fondest memories of fonnals past, in no particular order:

1) Guy throwing up in hallway in front of fonner director of student activities;

2) Confrontation between sports teams started by guys who are not allowed to be there in the first place;

3) Mosh pits broken up by the DJ after five seconds; And, perhaps what Cabrini fonnals are best known for:

4) People hooking up who have absolutely no business hooking up with one another.

Maybe I am looking at this all wrong, though. Maybe the really special things about the fonnals are not the things you remember, but those you don't.

I woke up the morning after last spring's formal still in my shirt and tie on House Five's living room couch, with a bottle of Tropicana Twister next to me. My first action was to promptly call my friends over at House Seven to ask them what I had been up to. They said I wanted to start a band called Mumbles with my friend Mark the Pimp.

(Our band never came together, by the way. Creative differences, you know.)

People discover new talents at the fonnals. For example, there are many excellent swing dancers in this school, including yours truly. And I've never even had a lesson!

Lately I've been thinking, though. I wonder what our formals are like for people who choose not to drink alcohol. What is going through their minds as they watch the inebriated majority make delightful fools of themselves? How do they manage to make their bodies dance without the added lubrication of Natural Ice beer, known for its smooth taste?

I kind of want to find out. Just a sort of test for myself, to see if I can go out in a shirt and tie and not use that as an excuse to get bombed. It could be interesting, being out on a dance floor with a clear mind. I'll try anything once.

Now don't get me wrong, I am not going to the formal completely sober. I enjoy the taste of good beer, as do the majority of my friends. I will without a doubt drink a few Yuenglings or perhaps Labatt's Blues before going to the Valley Forge Hilton. But instead of 10, I'll only drink three.

And maybe then I won't decide to try and tackle any of my fellow editors from Loquitur. Maybe I won't mistake one girl for another who I have been in school with since kindergarten. And maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to go to work the next day without a splitting headache.

And if not, there is always the winter gala, and that one is free.

Chris Nielsen is the perspectives editor of Loquitur. Everybody make way for his "Jump,Jive and Wail" dance.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Administration responds to the issue of sexual harassment on campus

I am writing in response to the editorial "Are Cabrini's women being harassed?" The person who wrote this article does not seem to have read the sexual harassment policy carefully or to understand its purpose.

The policy applies to "anyone enrolled at or who works for Cabrini College" and it was developed to govern the way all members of our community- students, faculty and staff-interact with and communicate with each other. The policy is intended to protect members of the Cabrini College community from unwelcome sexual attention and advances from other members of the

community, both those in higher authority and those at the same institutional status. It is for this reason that the vice president for academic affairs, the dean of students and the director of human resources are the contact people. The are the people who have the primary responsibility, respectively, for faculty, students and staff.

The alleged unseemly behavior by members of the Valley Forge Military Academy towards some of Cabrini's female students is a violation of Cabrini's Code of Conduct as it is explained under the heading B. Conc:em for the physical health and safety of others on page 36 in the Student Handbook.

It would have been totally appropriate for Cabrini's female students to report the aggressive behavior of the male guests to members of public safety or to other college personnel. The male guests should have been asked to leave campus and forcibly removed by Public Safety if they refused to do so. Their names should have been recorded and their behavior re-

ported to the appropriate administrator on their home campus. It is not clear from the editorial what action the women who felt threatened took.

I would be happy to meet with any of the students who wish to discuss this meeting further.

Jonnie G. Guerra Vice President for Academic Affairs

Local college hoops ready for season

by Brian O'Connell sports editor

It is that time again. The road to the Final Four is under way. It seems like last year's NCAA tournament ended two weeks ago. But, hey, who is complaining? College basketball is by far and away the best basketball to watch anywhere, and anyone in the Philadelphia area who has been around could agree that the local teams are set for a great year.

It all starts with that team down on Broad Street, the Temple Owls. Coach John Chaney has started his infamous practices at sunrise again. The Owls are ready to roll this year. They are fully equipped with the arsenal to take Coach Chaney to his first Final Four. The legendary coach has come oh so close to the Final Four, but hopefully this will be the year he makes it.

The team starts with Mark Karcher, one of the most phenomenal players ever to go through Temple. Karcher had a great year last year, but due to weight problems and being out of shape, his best is yet to come.

Point guard Pepe Sanchez enters his final year of running the offense for Chaney and should be feared by programs all over the country. In addition to these two phenoms, the Owls roster just keeps on going with Lamont Barnes, Kevin Lyde, Quincy Wadley, Alex Wesby and Lynn Greer, who is returning from an injury he suffered last year.

To put it simply, teams better hope and pray they do

1999-2000 Men's Basketball Schedule

Mon. Nov. 29 Widener University 7p.m.

Wed. Dec. 1 Gwynedd-Mercy College 8p.m.

Thurs. Jan.6 Shenendoah University 7p.m.

Head Coach: John Dzik

Career Record: (20th season, 375-157)

Cabrini Record: (20th season, 375-157)

1999-2000 Women's Basketball Schedule

Tues. Nov. 23 University of Scranton 7p.m.

Wed. Dec. 1 Gwynedd-Mercy College 6p.m.

Mon. Dec. 6 Immaculata College 7p.m.

Head Coach: Dan Welde

Note: All games listed are home games for the beginning of the season. Further home games will follow.

not get seeded to play Temple in March.

Over on City Line Ave. are the underrated St. Joseph's Hawks. After leading his teams to an NIT finalist appearance and an NCAA "Sweet 16" appearance, coach Phil Martelli has had a difficult time the past two seasons finishing above .500. That will all change this year. A lot of experts are sleeping on the Hawks, but they are looking to spread their wings and soar above the rest. They have their entire team back from last year including transfers Bill Phillips from William and Mary and Marvin O'Connor from nearby Villanova. Returning are Na'im Crenshaw, Larry Jennings, Damian Reid, ak.a. the "Little Admiral," Tim Brown, Robert Haskins, Frank Wilkins and Andre Howard. Coach Martelli stated that there are no all-league players on the team, but a collection of solid players and an enormous amount of depth, a luxury he has never had. However, he also stated that he has to figure out the right combination of players to win games and return to the post-season. Teams that do not take the Hawks seriously this season are in for a most unpleasant 40 minutes of hard-nosed basketball.

Right down in University City, one might come across the defending Ivy League champs, the University of Pennsylvania Quakers. Head coach Fran Dunphy has some great talent returning this year with senior guard and allIvy League player Michael Jordan (no relation). Also, look out for Lamaar Plummer, who was a backcourt mate of Jordan's at Abington Friends. Don't miss out on freshman Ugonna Onyekwe. He is expected to make some noise in the Ivy League. The Nigerian native has high expectations filling in the forward position for head coach

Fran Dunphy.

Right down Lancaster Ave. one cannot miss Villanova. This will be an interesting year for the Wtldcats. It all starts with senior center Malik Allen. Since moving from the forward position to the center position, Allen's game has totally exploded. Along with Allen is senior Brian Lynch to fill in the outside scoring for head coach Steve Lappas. His unselfish play should help the Cats. Villanova has four newcomers, three of whom are big men, so that is a plus for the Cats this season. Whether they make the post-season or not is up to Allen and Lynch.

Finally, way up on Olney Ave. are the LaSalle Explorers who have made as much noise as a pin drop the past few seasons. However, last year the Explorers were able to finish at .500 in the Atlantic 10 and a game under .500 for _ the regular season. That started to open some eyes for fans and also got Coach Speedy Morris an extended contract. However, the Explorers will have to do without the services of K'Zell Wesson, who gave the Explorers 110 percent every night. Without Wesson, the Explorers frontcourt will get hammered. So, they will have to rely on the outside shooting of senior Donnie Carr, who is a scoring machine, but whose overall shooting percentage needs to improve. Carr finally became a team player last year after cleaning up his disgraceful classless act from his first two years. In addition to Carr, Victor Thomas and Rasual Butler can fill it up from outside.

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Star juniors set pace for Cabrini's runners

by Meghan Merkel assistant perspectives editor

Basketball didn't do it for junior captain Lauren Dean. Softball didn't either. Running a 6:18 mile in her eighth grade gym class first inspired Dean to become a member of the track team.

These ~ays she is more than just a member.

This season Dean won the Belmont Classic, the Cabrini Invitational and the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championships.

"I couldn't have asked for a better season," Dean stated. "I had to battle several minor injuries. Fortunately, I was able to compete in

all but one race."

For those that know Dean, know that running is more than just a

sport to her. She can be found at Dixon Center frequently. She is the one on the treadmill for what seems like hours.

Rain, snow and cold weather don't even play factors in her training. "It was pouring out and there was Lauren, out running by Villanova," junior Kelli Duffy commented.

Junior Jason Bull is also one of Cabrini's extraordinary runners. His track days began in junior high to keep him busy afterschool.

championships Bull had the lead for four and a half miles but was defeated.

This year, however, he made sure that did not happen. He improved his time by 40 seconds to win the PAC championship. He also won the Cabrini and Misericordia Invitationals.

Dean held onto her PAC title again this year.

"It was just something to do for fun, but it became an addiction," Bull explained.

Last year at the PAC Junior Jason Bull also finished first at PACs, making it a "double-shot Saturday" for Cabrini.

Fortunately for Cabrini, both of these cross-country stars are returning next year and hope to lead Cabrini to yet another PAC title.

After they graduate both Dean and Bull plan to continue their training, whether it be in competitive clubs or marathons.

Men's soccer team captures another PAC title

by Brian O'Connell sports editor

The men's soccer team has just finished one of the most memorable seasons in Cabrini history. The team captured the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference title and for the first time in _<:;abrinihistory, the team played in the NCAA tournament.

In terms of the season, the team could not be any happier.

"The season was very productive," junior goalie Eric Lukach said.

In terms of the expectations, the team felt they met what was expected of them.

"Our objective was to win the PAC," senior Bill Hocker said. 'The rest was just a bonus."

Now with this memorable season under their belt, men's soccer team can look forward to next year.

"Our goal is to do the same thing we did this year, win the PAC and go to the NCAA tournament," Lukach said.

Entering this season, the team had a familiar face at a new position. Doug Meder was named head coach moving up from the ranks of assistant coach for the 1999 season.

"We felt Doug did a great job," Lukach said.

"He had some big shoes to fill with Duncan leaving, but he got the job done."

After winning the PAC championship, the team received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

"We made history," Hocker said. "We had never been to the NCAA tournament and a big part of the team's success was the fact that everyone got along."

The team was unable to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament, falling to Vassar College in New York. The team Jost by a final score of 2-1 in overtime. However, the team was very happy to be there.

"It was just incredible to be able to play in the tournament," Lukach said.

"It was a great feeling to make it to the tournament because we were one of the smaller schools

there," Hocker said.

The men's soccer team loses six of its players, but returns much of the team for next year. Their hope is to repeat this year and keep making history.

Cross-Country team comes up short at NCAAraces

by Gabrielle Beltran staff writer

This past weekend at Frostburg State University the 1999 NCAA III Mid-East Region cross-country championship took place. For many runners on the cross-country team, it was a laid-back, lowpressure race after the victory of

winning the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Championship the previous weekend. However, the lead finisher for the Cabrini College men and women's team had different motives.

Lauren Dean, the captain for the women·s team, was trying to qualify for Nationals. She ran an impressive 19:10 on a relatively flat course of 3.1 miles. Dean fin-

ishes in eighth place overall, and missed nationals by seconds. She was really happy with her season, as were most of the runners for the men and women's team. Jason Bull also was trying to qualify for Nationals and ran a really impressive race. He clocked in at an awesome time of 28:04. Patrick Hutton also ran a great race, although his back went out in the

middle of the race, and he still finished with strong talent. Nationals would have been in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at Fort Fredrick St. Park next weekend. Four out of the top seven runners for the Cabrini women's team ran personal best for the season, which also was something for them to celebrate as a team.

mately 300 runners from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The women's race went off at 11:00 a.m, and the men ·s race was held at 12:00. Cabrini's runners had great weather, because the temperature was m the 60s, the sun was shining and there was no wind.

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photo by Jim Snook Soccer players celebrate a goal at PAC championship game as the men's soccer team advances to the NCAA tournament.

Lady'stennisexceedsexpectations

by Stephanie Masucci assistant a&e editor

A tennis court with six female athletes was seen under the hot August sun. Preseason was beginning and a few months of hard work were in the forecast for this team that was low in numbers.

"We started the season out very thin. We had a group of inexperienced players and only a few older ones," head coach Reggie Day said.

Throughout Day's career at Cabrini he has led his team along on 11 straight winning seasons. His low numbers this year made him believe his team was not going to be as successful as it has been in the past.

The girls pulled together though and surprised him.

"I thought we would be lucky to win one game. By the end of the last weekend of PAC play, if we would have won we would have finished in the top five," Day said.

Sophomore Melissa Shannon explained the emotions that grew during the season

between the team. "We had a rough start due to the variety of players we had. At the end of the season, we were a close knit dedicated team."

As the leaves turned, so did this up and coming team. Players were stepping up and new opportunities were available to this team.

A few newcomers joined the team to help out the numbers and things were starting to come together nicely.

"Lori Gibbons did a nice job for us this season. She moved from playing number three last year to number one this year. That is a massive jump," Day said. Day spoke of other key players that led to this teams success rather then their predicted demise.

"Senior Helene Casinelli did a great job in the doubles matches. We tried to mix things up a bit and we really had no set lineup."

Sophomore Laura Leslie, who won PAC honors last year, was a vital key in the singles matches.

It was the effort and sacrifices this season that made this team perform as well as they did. Day was pleased with their overall record of seven wins and 12 losses.

By the last week of play, Day realized he was going to have to fill two spots that would be empty next year.

"It is hard to fill seniors shoes. They have the experience and the maturity. They will be greatly missed," Day observed.

Co-captains Casinelli and senior Nicole Klimas were the veterans to the team. Senior Lisa Finegan came on late in the season to help the team out.

"Finegan played some important matches for us. She is a real great kid. I wish she was a freshman," Day said.

"It will be a big change to see Nicole go. She was the driving force of our team. I hate to say she was like a mother, but she was," Shannon said.

As the season closed its doors to a few seniors and good-bye to the underclassmen for the year, Day kept his eyes open for the future.

Recruiting has started and good prospects are popping up. Seniors in high schools from New York to Connecticut have showed an interest in Cabrini tennis.

With assistant Coach Rich by his side Day has great hope for next year's team. Four eyes are always better than two and these two men know what they are doing. They refuse to overlook the great accomplishments that happened during this season despite its hardships.

The team never gave into losing and they were against giving up. There greatest reward came when they upset Immaculata College.

If not for Cabrini's win of 5-4, Immaculata could have taken the first place spot. This win showed that the underdog should never be underestimated.

Day had all compliments for his team. His two first-year students did a "super" job and he had compliments for everyone.

"I'm very proud of what they did. It was a good year."

Soccer looksto score big in future

by Jenica Snow assistantsportseditor

The rival is just across the street, they wear a hideous maroon, have a much better field and are one of the best teams in the conference. It must feel so good to beat them. Most of the Cabrini women's soccer team described it as the best moment of the 1999 season.

Sophomore Jessica Storck said, "Last year we lost 5-1. This year we gave them everything we bad and beating Eastern on their home soil was the best." Sophomore Jamie Matozzo added, "When we walked off, we knew we had left everything we had on that field."

The Eastern gamed joined many other Pennsylvania Athletic Conference wins for the Lady Cavs this season, six more to be exact. The team beat every other school in the conference including an overtime win against Wesley. Senior Michelle Gabriel is very proud of this record. Although she would have liked to go out with a championship, Gabriel said, 'The best part of the season was being undefeated in the PAC."

The feeling that this could be a groundbreaking year for Cabrini women's soccer was present from pre-season. The addition of Leslie Danehy as assistant coach was "really exciting and the chemistry was there right away," Gabriel said. "Leslie is an amazing addition to the team. She deserves an entire page of this article," junior Jessica Huda said. Most of the athletes were returning from the previous season. Excitement also came from having "a strong nucleus and a lot of good freshmen," Storck said. Not only is the final team record groundbreaking, but Huda set a school goal keeping record with seven straight shutouts. Although she agrees with her teammates that the Eastern victory was her favorite moment, Huda said that this record was an exciting accomplishment. This season, however, closed disappointingly. The semifinal game pitted the Cavs against Misericordia at Cabrini's home field on Wednesday,Oct. 27. During the regular season the team defeated this strong opponent 1-0. This game ended with a 31 score in favor of Misericordia. Senior MeganHyde said, ''This was our best sea-

son. The best record any women's soccer team bas bad. We just fell short" Storck scored the only Cabrini goal off of a penalty kick with about 20 minutes left in the second half when the score was 2-0. According to Storck, the Cavs were not focused on the present game, but looking ahead to the NCAA tournament for which the team would qualify if it won the PAC championship. "We weren't the team we should have been and they were," Matozzo said. "It just wasn't meant to be."

The team was plagued by injury @oughout this year, especia,llyat the beginning of the season. "We started out nervous because of all the early injuries, but as the season progressed we got excited when we saw all the talent we had," Storck said. Matozzo, sophomore Dena Kobeissi and juniors Katie Hecht and Susan Sipes suffered injuries. Matozzo alone had problems with both of her ankles and her back. At one point she was sidelined for eighteen straight days. "Everyone on the team had to be wrapped for injuries at some point,," Huda said. If the women can keep healthy next season it is expectedto be a great one.

Huda has every confidence the team will be ''just as strong next year." Storck is eveC"more confident. "With top recruiting and good leadership we will be 10 times as good next year," she said. "We are ready to get back there and bring home the championship."

It is the leadership that worries Matozzo. She agrees that the team will benefit from its experiences this year and some good recruiting, but she says, "It is tough to replace that leadership. We are losing four seniors." Gabriel, Erin Barney, Jennifer Reichert and Megan Hyde will be missed. Huda, along with Sipes, Carly Atkinson, Katie Hecht and Tara Robuck will be the seniors next year. Storck is confident that the returning team will be able to provide the leadership and enthusiasm needed to finally take them to the next level.

According to Huda, the team would like to thank the fans. "Everyone was really supportive this year. I hope that can continue," Huda said.