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."

OOPS!

• 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.

•We misspelledShanna Fanelli, and she's really pissed. . ,. _ · ~. ..