There are ways to cope with a crisis without using violence. That was the concept behind the live musical perfonnance and film presented by Key Arts.
Joe Patterson, orator for Key Arts, presented a film that was created from conversations given by peer medfators from the Philadelphia schools who are dealing with violence: techniques to avoid it, what it is, and why it usually gets started.
At the opening of the presentation, Patterson said, "Fighting is senseless, and nobody ever wins."
This statement introduced the remarks from the peer mediators about their resolutions for avoiding violence and the harmony of the Key Arts duet.
Techniques given by the mediators for avoiding violence include clarifying the problem, staying cool and not letting your emotions guide your decision. Listen to what the other party has to say. Negotiate an agreement, and compromise. Most importantly, if all else fails, walkaway.
-ToccaraBuckleyHow would you feel if your country were in a war, if you were forced to make a decision that could affect your entire life?
These are the pressures that Sejla Hasic-Stamps, the director of residence life here at Cabrini, faced in Bosnia eight years ago. Sejla was born in Bosnia and grew up there until the war began. She had to make an important decision of whether she wanted to stay in Bosnia or escape the war and move to another country that was safer. Sejla put her life at risk and decided to escape Bosnia. She did not want to be a victim anymore.
Sejla spoke about her experiences in Bosnia in the time of the war. The war began because Bosnia had gained independence from Yugoslavia. When it began, she was on a bus in 1992. For the next couple of months, Sejla witnessed
many tragic events. She witnessed death, crime and violence. Sejla did not want to live in fear any longer, so she decided to take matters into her own hands. She, her sister and niece ran away. They first went to Croatia, where they stayed for a year. Then the Serbs attacked Croatia, so they ventured on, once again, to Italy. They no longer wanted to be in the ex-Yugoslavic territories in fear of the war following them. So, they stayed in Italy for a few years'.
Sejla did not want to stay in Italy, however. She wanted to move to the United States. She went to the U.S. embassy in Italy and asked permission to go to the United States. Sejla did not receive the support from the U.S. embassy in Italy. It was not until Cabrini College got involved to help Sejla that she received her visa to visit the United States and receive a college degree at Cabrini College.
People at Cabrini helped Sejla in so many ways. They offered her a college education, they assisted her in getting the permission to move to the United States and they supported Sejla in her rough transition period after she moved. Sejla believes that Cabrini College has given her the conclusion that the United States truly is a great country.
-ColleenConnor
There are now more people trying to immigrate to the United States than at any time in history. More than 3.6 million applications for residency were filed last year alone, but few realize the odyssey of paperwork and red tape that today's immigrants face.
Linda Collier, in her lecture entitled "Coming to the United States: Immigration Through Sponsorship," made this difficult process into a board game and invited students to play.
The game simulated immigration for those who already have a resident "sponsor" (a family member or employer willing to attest that they will be gainfully employed and not a drain on social services), but the student players quickly found
out that even with the advantage of a sponsor, getting permission to live in the United States is a long, expensive and often futile undertaking. In fact, none of the players succeeded, often going broke because every time their petition was rejected, they had to pay the $500 fee again before re-petitioning.
Collier explained that authorities make the process "deliberately discriminatory" to limit the number of immigrants coming into the country. Little wonder, then, that of those 3.6 million applications, only 414,000 (12 percent) were accepted.
-Kim GormleyMany students wonder what the Cabrini Mission Corps really is. It an actual missionary group founded in Mother Cabrini's spirit, not just an office behind the cafeteria.
One Cabrini Mission Corps volunteer spoke. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh last May, Lisa Grzyboski decided to join the mission as a volunteer. She had originally wanted to travel to South America for her service, but the Corps directors thought her best placement would be in New York City assisting immigrants.
The Mission Corps offers many services to immigrants such as English as a second language, finding public housing and other work. Grzyboski teaches an ESL class. She finds the work very rewarding. She met an older Chinese woman who had lived in the United States for 30 years before finally taking English lessons. After only two months, she is able to converse with most Americans.
Grzyboski said, "I think it's the people I meet that will make my mission experience." So far she hasn't been wrong.
-KatieBernsonImagine being so scared that you cannot even speak and your fate is in the hands of an airport attendant. This is what happens to refugees
trying to get into the United States.
Dr. William Westerman works with some of these refugees at Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey. He first started working as a volunteer with refugees when he was a grad student at the University of Pennsylvania.
"I learned just as much working with the refugees as I did in the classroom," Westerman said. "Up to the 1990's, refugees were allowed to stay in our country. But that changed in 1996 when Congress passed a new immigration law. Refugees have no rights, and if they have no VISA or passport, then they will be held in a detention center until they can prove their identity or their case is decided."
Of the two million people in American prisons, twenty thousand of them are refugees.
The "Hunger Project" provides a chance for students enrolled in the nutrition course to venture beyond their normal views of the world and to delve into the hunger and poverty stricken areas of Philadelphia and surrounding localities.
Selected to speak on behalf of the class, Nyetta Pendleton, Renee Lewis, Megan Lomas, Eric Kennedy and Justin Christian shared their individual experiences and stories with a standing-room-
only audience in Founder's Hall Room 279 on Cabrini Day. Ranging from one-on-one encounters with lower-class citizens to working with the Metropolitan AIDS and Nutrition Affiliation (MANA) to traveling door-to-door on Cabrini's campus collecting packaged foods, the project presentations shared the unifying theme that providing assistance for the less fortunate should be a "year round endeavor," not just seasonal guilt for the hungry, according to moderator and nutrition professor Dr. Sheny Fuller-Espie.
Last May several students from Cabrini participated in a community service project on the border of Mexico. This is the way Jeanine Laskowski, a senior, described the third-world conditions that are present in Mexico. Clean running water is rare and babies are four times more likely to die before their first birthday than in the United States because of diseases. She went on to tell of their experiences in Mexico, describing people they met and the great satisfactionthey felt as they helped build a library and care for Mexican immigrants who have nowhere to go.
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photo by Justine Di Filippo Rev. John McNamee read poems and prose on the immigrant experience during the "Words We Bring With Us" workshop.continued from page 2
Amnesty International is campaigning to highlight the major issue of gun violence in our society. The statistics are shocking: there are 65 million handguns in the United States.
34,000 people where killed from firearms in homicides, suicides and accidents last year. 4,500 of these were children. That is, 10 children die each day dying from gun violence.
lfas society come to accept this as part of American life? Brian Miller, from Cease-Fire New Jersey, is one of many campaigning to reduce gun violence not only in New Jersey but also in the country as a whole.
Miller's brother was murdered six years ago when a man entered a police station in Maryland with a concealed weapon. The man shot indiscriminately, killing three law enforcement officers and critically injuring another.
Miller has taken on this mission with many others who have experienced the tragedy of gun violence. He strongly believes that there should be greater legislation on handguns and that they should be child proofed. "Every industry makes its product safe, yet the gun industry will not," he said.
He works with teachers' unions, law enforcement officers and religious groups. He also reaches out to parents and young people to encourage them to actively participate and join together to move this issue.
-Sarah SmuhIf you are not black, you are white. True or false?
According to many people in our world, this statement is quite true.
Father Thomas Betz, director of archdiocesan Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees, related in his seminar that many people believe that if you are Asian, Hispanic or American Indian you will marry into either the Caucasian or African-American race and eventually become one of the two.
Among other issues that Betz talked about were refugees who have come to America not because they themselves will have better lives, but because they want their children to have better lives. Many of these refugees are under 20 years old and not even prepared to have children yet. They work constantly just to get by and live on the hope that one day their children will be able to make something of themselves.
-Jana SukalaThe Rev. John McNamee, a poet and pastor, and student presenters shared insightful works, family stories and poems about the immigrant experience.
Senior Meghan Merkel shared a story about a young girl and her story of immigration. The girl was lost and could not find her family. She was reunited with her family by the help of a stranger. The stranger was Mother Cabrini.
Sophomore Renee DiPietro shared a story about her own family's struggles with immigration and ultimately how they survived once in the United States.
Father McNamee read three of his original poems and tied their meanings into the theme of immigration and also to the previous presenters. He spoke not only
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about the past stories of immigration but about those that still go on today. He said that it is nice to reflect on the past in our own families, stories, and poems but we need to be aware of what presently goes on around us. This was the message of Father McNamee's poems and talk.
-Lucy TruglioImagine the feeling of not knowing where you will be in 24 hours, let alone if you will be alive or not.
The people of Sudan and Burundi deal with starvation and the effects of civil war in their everyday lives.
Kristen Schwarze, the daughter of Cabrini philosophy professor, Dr. Sharon Schwarze, risked life and limb helping the victims of the civil wars in Sudan and Burundi.
The workshop consisted of the trials and tribulations that Kristen
Schwarze underwent during her trip in Africa. She spoke of everything from the violence that she witnessed to helping the underprivileged in the countries that she visited. "It is a great way to reach out internationally," Schwarze said. She explained how the wars affect the lives of soldiers, civilians, children and wildlife.
Schwarze spoke not only about the hardships in Africa, but also about how she and everyone she worked with helped the poor by giving them food, clothing and vaccines. They also set up clinics that taught families about nutrition and keeping their families healthy.
-Cheryl WagstaffCabrini Day concluded with a prayer service and an awards ceremony. The prayer service, conducted by the campus ministry, paid homage to Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on the 150th anniversary of
her birth and the 50th anniversary of her being named the Patroness of Immigrants.
The Charles A. Mastronardi Awards for Service and Leadership were granted to seniors Chris Nielsen, Nick Luchko and Tricia Arnold and sophomore Melissa Kelshaw. These students were chosen for their outstanding contributions to campus life and service to their school and communities.
The ceremony concluded with President Antoinette Iadarola conferring the Cabrini Award to the Cabrini Immigrant Services of New York. The award was accepted by Sr. Pietrina Raccuglia, MSC, Sr. Roselle Santivasi, MSC, and Patricia Krasnausky. Sr. Roselle ended the day's activities with an emotional video depicting the struggles of a Mexican family that had immigrated to the United States. A child bad been removed from this family by a social services agency. Through the efforts of the Cabrini Immigrant Services, the family was able to regain custody.
-John O'DonnellPerkins Prom1ssoryNotes have been distributed to student mailboxes. If you received a Federal Perkins Loan as a part of your financial aid award, then you must sign a Promissory Note in order to keep the money. The Note is your agreement to repay the loan upon graduating or leaving the college.
1. Get the promissorynote from your mailbox.
2. Sign and date the promissorynote.
3. Returnone (1) signedcopy of the promissorynote to the FinancialAid Office.
You must return the signed promissory note to the Financial Aid Office before 5:00 p.m. on Nov. 10, 2000.
• Failure to do so will cause you to lose your Perkins loan funding. If you have any questions, call the Financial Aid Office at (610) 902-8420.
"It's a going to be won by a whisker. From the beginning of September all indicators pointed to this happening," said Dr. James Hedtke, associate professor and chair of history and political science. In the closest and most heated election race in U.S. history, candidates George W. Bush,. Republican, and Al Gore, Democrat, were in a dead heat, making every vote count from the state of Florida. At press time Wednesday, 2/l0s of
one percent of the vote would determine the next president.
Early Tuesday evening Florida's 25 electoral votes were given to Gore by all major television networks. Not long after it was reported that the vote in Florida was too close to count and was pulled from Gore's possession, leaving the 25 electoral votes game for either candidate. With more than 100,000 absentee ballots to count from Florida, voting officials cannot tell who will win the electoral votes or when a decision will be available; however the state was
given to Bush at 2 a.m. Wednesday morning and then taken back due to the closeness of the race. Gore and Bush are tied with 249 electoral votes apiece with 270 electoral votes needed to win. The 25 electoral votes up in the air from Florida will make it 274 electoral votes for one of the two.
"This Q election is close. That's it, it's close. In the tainted election of 1824 where John Quincy Adams won by a small margin, he was only a one-term president," Hedtke said. "In every close election, great re-
forms were made.''
Gore prevailed in all of the Mid-Atlantic States and northeast states with the exception of New Hampshire, which went to Bush. Bush also garnered most of the Mid-Western and Plains States. California, which has 54 electoral votes, can almost always be counted on to support the Democratic candidate and it did. It was reported early on that Gore swept the state despite rigorous campaigning by Bush over the past few weeks. While Bush spent millions of dollars in last-minute ads to sway the vote to the Republican side, the elder Bush and Bob Dole abandoned hopes for vict.ory in California during their own campaigns for the presidency. Though Bush did
Nader's heavy campaigning in the Pacific Northwest to gain five percent of the vote proved unsuccessful. He had hoped for strong support from Washington and Oregon. Five percent._of the vote is needed to receive federal campaign funds. This would have placed the Green party in a crucial position in the election of 2004.
Locally.Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Rick Santorum defeated Democratic candidate Ron Klink. Klink had an underfunded campaign, which made for an easy win for the Santorum team. Democrat John Conine won the heated New Jersey senate seat race over Republican Bob Franks. A year ago Corzine was a political novice. He spent over $65 million of his own money in campaign ads shattering all national records. Former Delaware governor Tom Carper beat out 79-year-old Bill Roth for the Delaware senate race. Roth's name is most commonly associated with the IRA investment programs. First Lady Hillary Clinton outdid Republican contender Rich Lazio for the New York senate seat.
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The above map shows the st~ won by Gore (darker states) and Bush (lighter states). Florida and Oregon are still undecid~wever Florida will be the determining factor for the winner of the race for the presidency.
The House of Representatives will remain under the control of the Republican Party. Though they do have control, there was a lot of seat switching between the parties throughout the states. Republicans also retain control of the Senate, but only by one to by a wide margin. He secured two votes.
not win California, his campaigning helped other Republicans triumph over Democrats for congressional seats. Gore lost his home state of Tennessee
less than 40 percent of the vote there. 1
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
• FEAST DAY OF
• Junior Pre-registra-
• Fall Theater Produc-
• VETERANS DAY • Mass, 7 p.m.,
• Sophomore Pre-regis-
• Comedian Alexandra tion for Spring Semes- tion, "Popcorn," 8
• Forum, "Baseball Bruckrnann Chapel of SAINT FRANCES tration for Spring Se- McHale, 8 p.m., Grace p.m., Red Cloud Cof- and the American Tra- St. Joseph XAVIER CABRINI mester Hall Atrium ter
• Sophomore Pre-regis-
• Workshop, Develop- feehouse dition," 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,
• "Remembering tration for Spring Se-
• Workshop, Developing Your Resume, 3:10 WidenerCenter Lee- Teddy," Leslie Eliza- mester ing Your Resume, 3:10 p.m., Grace Hall, ture Hall beth Bowen Art Ex-
• Mass, TBA, Bruck- p.m., Grace Hall, Room 160
• Fall Theater Produc- hibit Opening Recep- mannChapel Room 160
• Karaoke Night, 8 tion, "Popcorn," 8 tion, 3-5 p.m., Fine
• lmprov Troupe,
• Mass, 4:45 p.m., p.m.-Midnight, WCGA p.m.
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"Thiselectionis close. That's it, it's close."
Dr. James Hedtke professor and chair of history, political science
by Justine Di Filippo assistant photography editor
The history club is sponsoring ' a baseball forum in the Widener Center Lecture Hall on Saturday, Nov. 11.
One of the featured guests is William Simons. Dr. Simons is a professor of history at SUNYOneonta State University in New York. Simons teaches sports history, amongst many other subjects. "It's not just about baseball," Simons says, "It's about the American
dream."
Simons teaches the class not to understand baseball as a sport, but to understand Americans. Baseball is a larger society~o~n~ at American dreams anx1et1es.
_)Ian who runs the most rtant Baseball Symposium
often writes articles for the Daily Star, a local paper in New York. He is also an editor for a book that is being written by many authors as well as him, titled "Cooperstown Symposium".
Joe DiMaggio at the forum on Saturday. In the 1930s, people of Italian descent were seen as gangsters and the image of not being too bright.
DiMaggio was the alternate image of the common thought of Italians. He was seen as a man with class.
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Other than being a professor, Simons is also a writer. He
Simons story is called "Comparing Ethnic Standards: Joe DiMaggio and Hank Greenberg." His story is a comp~i between Joe DiMaggio a Erio' Greenberg, bow they werejected to prejudice and how they came out of it.
Simons will be talking about
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In a time when America was in a collision course with Italy and Mussolini, DiMaggio showed patriotism towards America. Simons said, "Joe DiMaggio was an ideal of American masculinity."
The state of Indiana has not cast a single vote for a presidential candidate since 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson became president. However, every four years thousands of Indiana residents vote for democratic candidates.
Many people argue that the Electoral College is flawed in that it does not let everyone's vote count as much. Professor Emeritus Thomas Wolf says, ''A democrat in Indiana can forget about having any influence on the Electoral College."
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Many women on the U Penn campus have strong opinions on abortion and are heavily considering the candidate's stances on the topic.
Al Gore is protecting the right of women to have an abortion while George W. Bush is pro-life. The candidate's positions on the topic will be one of, if not the strongest deciding factors of the election.
Escalating violence in the Middle East is causing concern for the Muslim and Jewish students of the University ofVrrginia.
Some argue that Yassar Arafat should not forfeit land to Israel that was previously held by Palestine. Others passionately feel that Barak should not concede Jewish holy sites to Palestine.
Joint access is another option, because Israel can be a haven for all faiths as long as the creation of an independent Palestine state does not interfere or compromise Israeli safety.
Napster has agreed to a monthly service charge, funneling some of the profits to record companies and artists that hold copyrights to songs.
Although the details have not been fully worked out, Napster plans to charge a $4.95 monthly fee. Harvard University's president said it is not Harvard's prerogative to enforce copyright laws. However, be said that it is important that there be some way to regulate the pirating of music.
Thanks to state funded grants; schools in Lee County Alabama will be able to monitor their students using security cameras.
According to the governor's office, 15,816 school violence acts were reported in Alabama schools during the 1998-1999 school year. Larry DiChiara, the safety coordinator if the Lee County school system said, "It's not that we have a problem, we use them as a deterrent for behavior."
This is not the first time Simons will be speaking. He has also spoken at the Baseball Hall of Fame, libraries and the Cooperstown Symposium many times. He is looking forward to talking here at Cabrini College. The forum begins at 9 a.m. and runs to 4:30 p.m. You must register to go to the forum. The cost is $25 for honored guests and $15 for visiting students. Registration will take place at 8:30 a.m.
Need someone to listen? Cabrini has two new counselors to hear you out
Susan Irwin and Krista Russell now have office hours in the Rooymans Center.
Russell is a licensed social worker and Irwin has a master's in counseling psychologyfrom Villanovaand is a certified student assistant liaison. Irwin brings 10 years of experience in community mental health and drug and alcohol abuse to the college.
The college's counseling services have undergone a series of changes this year.
In order to make an appointment, simply call or stop by the Rooymans Center.
If after speaking with a counselor, the issue seems as though it will require long-term therapy, situationslike alcoholism and eating disorders, the student will be referred to an outside agency with greater expertise in his or her area of need.
Krista Russell is a licensed social worker and now has office hours in the Rooymans Center.
The college bas decided that on-campus long-term counseling simply wouldn't work, and Irwin agrees.
"You can't.do it when you (students) have a month break at Christmas and holidays," Irwin said.
If a student's issue doesn't require long-term therapy, he or she will continue sessions with either Irwin or Russell on campus. Most situations only require six to eight visits.
If after those visits the student needs to come back, be or she can just call and makeanother appointment.
In addition to being a counselor on campus, Irwin is also the coordinatorof the Peer Health Educators. Peer education went from being under health services to counseling services, another change this year. Peer educators have just finished up with programs on Alcohol AwarenessWeek and are preparing for Nov. 16, the Great American Smoke Out.
To make an appointmentwith a counselor,call Russell or lrwirl at (610) 902-8566. If the counselors are busy with a
call Eleanor DiDonato at (610) 902-8561.
Counselors are available on Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Tuesdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesdaysfrom 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Six employees of the Imax theater in King of Prussia were forced at gun point into the office by a lone gunman. The employees were taken to the office area where the gunman had stolen approximately $5,000 cash who then fled from the scene before the police arrived.
On Sunday, Nov. 6, at 1~ the Upper Merion Township Police Department received a 911 call that an armed robbery had occurred at the lmax movie theater, which is located at 300 Mall Boulevard in King of Prussia. Upper Merion Police responded to the call and arrived shortly after the initial call. The perimeter of the Imax theater was secured and safeguarded by police units, and telephone contact established with six of the theaters employe.Cs\vho were being confined to a second floor office. LV
The theater was not open at the time of the robbery. Two female and four male employees were taken to the office area where the manager was forced to open a safe. The gunman allegedly placed $5,000 cash into a black nap sack and then duct taped each of the employees' hands and feet before fleeing the scene.
As Upper Merion Township Police arrived on the scene, it was uncertain whether or not the suspect bad time to exit the building. The Central Montgomery County Emergency Response Team was activated. The tactical team secured the office area of the theater and safely removed all six ~oyees from the building. None of the employees~eported injured. A complete search of the theater was then conducB.e The suspect was not located during the search. A PA.,StateA lice helicopter assisted at the scene as we as th~ State Police and the Tredyffrin Townsliip Police.
The suspect in this incident is described as: A African-Amerian male, 165 to 170 lbs., about 6 ft. tall with a :fto 4~day beard growth; wearirlg a black hooded sweat shirt, black jeans and carrying a black Jansport nap sack. The suspect was armed with a long barrel silver handgun with duct tape on the handle.
Attention! Campus ministry is welcoming anyone who~ terested in volunteering\t!!Er} time at a homeless shelter. The dedicated people of campus ministry have an event titled "Outreach" that will take volunteers to neighboring homeless shelters
and soup kitchens.
One of the events planned for this Saturday, Nov. 11 is a trip to St. John's Episcopal Church located in Norristown.
This is a trip to a soup kitchen and volunteers will help prepare and serve food to those who are either homeless, unemployed or severely down on their luck.
Volunteers will also be going
to St. Fran@nn, which is located in Kensmgton. This is also a soup kitchen and the volunteers will help prepare and serve food. Volunteers will also be lending a band an another soup kitchen located in Germantown at St. Vincent DePaul Church. If volunteering at a soup kitchen does not appeal to you, then there is an alternative.
Also on Saturday, Nov. 11 the Cav-pride group will be visiting a shelter in Chester. At this shelter, volunteers will play will children giving them an ear. to- ear smile. I\ /\
If you are interested in participating in any of the events being held this weekend, do not hesitate in contacting campus ministry. Campus ministry will pro-
vide transportation, but you need to sign up as soon as possible to ensure a spot.
For more info. on the Hunger and Homelessness Campaign events, contact Campus Ministry at ext. 8225 or 8409.
by Matt Coughlin assistant news editor
Students interestedin a career in environmentalscience, or concerned with environmental issues are invited to the Environmental Science Open House on Saturday,Nov. 11.
The Open House will enable students to learn more about the program here, as'well as more about current environmental issues. The Open House will be a free-form forum in which students will be able to interact and question professors and professionals up close. It runs from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. There will be table for each of the guests and a lot of literature available.
Dr. Lou Nudy~ints out that the Open House is not simply for science maj~ will address "social, political and ethical issues with a scientificaspect to~
~y. associat~fessor o{giemistry and coordinator of tht§ovironmental\rybgrams, is hoping that the Open House will help to get the word out about the new environmental major.
"We hope to let local high school students know about our environmentalscience program," Nudy said. Nudy, Dr. Joseph Smith, assistant professor of chemistry, Harvey Lape, philosophy instructor and 9L-,.Sherry FullerEspie, assistant professor and chair of biolo~tll all be avail-
able to the students throughout the Open House."We have a lot of faculty and advisers with the experience and credentials to teach in this program;' Nudy added.
Students will also be able to meet people in differentaspects of the environmentalscience field. Attending the Open House will be Debo~onovan of Corporate Environmentand Safety Sunoco, Itjr- James A. Fava of Five Wmds International, and Ralph Spagnolo, a Wetlands scientist with the Environmental ProtectionAgency. AJ. DeFalco of A.J. Defalco &AssociatOtcheg Gertz of Environmental Health and,.,S.l:!.{ety PQ Corporatic/4:MarYAnn Hogan of Crystal Clear, L~ryl Byles of BridVco~ulting Services and Dr. Vmce Marchesani, director of health, safety and environment at Montell USA, Inc. will be there to speak with students and answer questions.
Also attending will be several Cabrini administrators. Dr. Ron Becht, vice president of graduate and professional studi¢s.' Vicki Maumus, assistant admissions director, and NantY' Hutchison. director of cooperative education and career services, will be available to discuss working towards careers in environmentalscience.
Nudy hopes that the environmental major will become "a vibrant attractiveprogram that will attract a lot of students in the future."
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Recent scares of an on-campus attacker have had the community in an uproar. Public Safety has offered to escort students to different on-campus locations while many others opt to use the buddy system. Tracey Greenwood, fitness director, coordinated a self-defense class to help ward off attackers.
"Because of the recent incidents on campus," Greenwood said, "we thou© would be beneficial for our students to learn some simple techniques."
Basic techniques in self-defense were demonstrated and practiced in the Dixon Center on Saturday, Nov. 4.
Flex Houvig, a community member, taught the class. According to Houvig, he has been studying various forms of martial arts for th~ast 25 years including Judo, Tai Chi and Southern ayib.g Mantis.
"A lot o!,.UM;things I've le ed in the various arts," Houvig sit{d, "I: tried to tie together and apply (for the class.)" '---"
The clais~hich was_ offered free to students and Dixon Cenkr--fuembe(Swas composed of four female students and one adult~munity member.
"We worked on a lot of simple things to do to ward off an attacker," Houvig said. According to Houvig, the class was broken down into decision-making and not getting flustered when forced to make a quick decision, simple techniques to ward off an attacker, what to do when attacked from behind and how to ward off an attack from the ground.
"The key is to show people things and have them actually try them," Houvig said. He would ~x a defense technique, demonstrate the techni e, 1 n he would have the class practice the move.
A "don't mess with me attitude" wa~whole idea of he class. "Most attackers go after pe le thi will be an easy target," Houvig said.
Azeen Keramati, a senior, was one of the class participants. She took the class because of the attacker scare and to take advantage of the "really good opportunity to learn to defending yourself."
"It was very good. It was really informal. It empowers yourself to really take care of yourself," Keramati said ab~ass.
Tho that ssed the class and would like to partake in a self- e class should contact Tracey Greenwood at extension 8318.
photo courtesy of Dr. Cynthia Halpern
Recent~-,.t;;;_~rge Eckhardt, adjunct lecturer of French, held a French dinner at his home in King of Prus'Jia~"'.:Anding the dinner were Olga Morales,lecturer of romance languages, Dr..Arlene Nobel, fessor of French at Valley Foirge Military Academy,Cabrini and VFMAstudents in French 101, 201 and 203, Dr. Cynthia Halpern, chair of romance languagesand members of Phi Sigma Iota, tbrlnl's international foreign lagu~ ~Of ~aqrru. , 11 :HU.En,
"Right now, if I get a request, we'll certainly have another class," Greenwood said. According to Houvig, another self defense course will be offered the fust weekend in December.
For more information about the self-defense class, contact Tracey Greenwood at ext. 8318.· ,. .., 1 " " I ti
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by Renee DI Pietro
enjoyed the dance. "Public safety had a rules and regulations of the school hand- crowded circle. Those in attendance also staff writer strong presence, but everyone kept danc- book applied, but some were surprised at sang, relaxed and dedicated songs to othing and having a good time." the seemingly additional measures campus ers as a class, as friends, and as team-
Lights brightened the dance floor and the formal was over, but those who survived lingered around to talk to old friends, new friends or just to hang out and hold on to the night a little longer.
The Fall Formal took place last Saturday, held at the Radisson Hotel in Valley Forge. The hotel was a knock out from afar A beautiful fountain greeted guests stimulating an exciting and hopeful feeling for a unique night, which the dance surely provided.
Students who were not asked to leave security exhibited. mates. Pictures were snapped all night for illegal reasons, such as under-age The constant theme of those being es- since a formal does not happen every Satdrinking, were asked to leave shortly after corted away for underage drinking was an- urday. the dance ended. Time had run out literal- noying throughout the night, but fun was If one lasted till the end of the night and ly the second after one in the morning. still had by those who abided by the rules, still was not smiling, the case may have
"I'm not saying you have to go home, or just were too sneaky to get caught. been the cauliflower and carrots were not but you have to get out of this room," the "I had fun at the dance and was happy filling enough or he was wondering how DJ said to the congregation who were still with the turn out," senior Brian O'Connell that hole got in his pocket, not realizing catching their breath from dancing. said. "It was like any old regular, fun the expensive cost of the cash bar.
He did not ruin the moment, but just Cabrini dance."
"For 30 bucks," said sophomore added to the uptightness of the whole Attendants danced to every song, and if Michael Kazanjian, "there better be lobnight. The preview for the dance last week the song was not a typical dancing song, ster next time."
Junior Patty Boerckel, biology major, warned all interested in attending that all creative ones invented moves to entertain a
b MichaelA Kazan·;an assistant a&e editor
Optimism is the key and Karen Fisherowski has found the lock.
This new Cabrini employee is making her mark quickly and redefining the idea of a ''happy work environment."
Any time a Cabrini event is mentioned on television, in newspapers or on the radio it is the work of Karen Fisherowski,Cabrini's media relations coordinator.
Graduating from Indiana University of Pennsylvaniain May with a degree in journalism and communications media, Fisherowski was hired at Cabrini two weeks later. Cabrini, like other colleges, has a lot going on. The "Up With People" performance, "Casa Cabrini" and other events are a draw not only for people affiliated with Cabrini but people of all sorts. There are obviously fliers all over the school when an event is occurring but that doesn't do outsiders any good. That's where Fisherowski steps in.
Events are scheduled and planned a month or so more in advance. During that time the student activities board, run by Bridget Baxter the coordinator of student activities, starts preparing the event, while Fisherowski, and the rest of the media relations department start to spread the word.
When Channel 10 shows up or reporters from the Philadelphia Inquirer it's not a miracle. Fisherowski and her department put in dozens of calls to local stations and magazines like "Main Line Life" to come and feature the event. In a way it's very similar to PR.
Lately, Fisherowski is all work. Starting with her commute from Boyertown, which is never an easy task, until 5 o'clock rolls around Fisherowski is a very busy person. What she manages to do, however, is remain extremely cheerful throughout the ~Y-
"I' m very happy here. The people I work with made me feel at home right away,"Fisherowski said. "For my first job out of college I couldn't be happier. Many people I know hate their jobs after they graduate. I feel lucky that everything is going so well" she concluded.
For the majority of her life Fisherowski was a swimmer.She was a four-year member of a competitive swim team and spent some of her time volunteering to work with young children swimmers. With her busy schedule, however, Fisherowski hasn't had the time to keep up with this, even though she would love to be able to volunteer again. In the meantime Fisherowski is content with sitting at home on Sun~y watching football. something her roommates find just a tad strange.
"For my first job out of college, I couldn't be happier. Many people I know hate their jobs after they graduate. I feel lucky that everything is going so well."
-Karen FisherowskiFisherowski's good mood is almost unnerving.
In fact the only time she stopped smiling was when she was trying to think of something that she didn't like.
It was not an easy task for her to figure out.
"I'm a very outgoing person and since I'm still young I'm willing to try most things at least once. I am very goal oriented and have a set schedule, so I guess the only thing that really bothers me is when people mess up my schedule, but I guess that's about
it."
With plenty of events corning up in November like the Major Donor Dinner and the Hamilton dedication of Founder Hall's new wing, Fisherowski is certainly busy.
But that won't break Fisherowski's good mood. Come to think of it, that may be an impossibility.
1be recent chill in the air might have you reaching for your favorite sweater or flannel PJ s, but perhaps you should be thinking about the upcoming winter and the dangers that come along with it
''The. leading cause of death during winter stonns is transportation accidents," according to the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency.
Therefore, knowing how to manage your vehicle in the winter season is vitally important to your safety.
The Christmas season with its chill and frost can be particularly treacherous on the winding roads of Cabrini's scenic campus.
Here are sometips for safer winter driving:
According to several car safety websites, if there are any little problems with your car in good weather those problems will only get worse in bad weather.
So if your car is in need of a tune-up or due for regular service, get it done as soonas possible. In addition, car batteries lose power as the temperature drops.
Lt Diana Pohl of Public Safety suggests,"Ifyour batteries are old get them checked or replaced because it is dw:ingthewinter that most people need jump starts."
It is also important to have some basic supplies in your car if a snowstorm is expected, such as a snow brush and ice scraper.
It would also be beneficialto have snow shovel,since according to Pohl, Public Safety does not shovel people out.
Having your driving skills up to paris very important in the snow and ice.
Allow yourself extra time to get places in baz.ardous weather.
Reducing your speed and leaving enough distance between you and other cars are key when driving on slipperyroads.
Any rapid movements could cause you to skid and unless you want to feel like you are being pulled by unnatural forces you do not want that to happen.
If unfortunately you find yourself skidding, "DO NOTBREA.K.
1.Instead,take your foot off the acceleratorand gently turn your car in the directionyou want your front wheels ~o.
.Lffittingthe brakes or turning sharply will only lock you into a skid," according to the Oklahoma University winter safety web page.
Some other simple points to keep in mind: make sure windshield wipers are in good shape, have windshield washer reservoir full at all times and maintain at least half a tank of gas during the winter months.
Schaffner, the director of Public Safety, had some helpful advice also. If you are driving on a snow emergency route without snow tires, your car can be towed Schaffner's advice to residents, "If it is icy don't drive. Walk as much as possible." To ensure their safety and parking spots for commuters during winter stonns, Schaffner suggests that residents, "Dress warmly and walk to classes."
To find out if classes are cancelled due to a winter stonn listen to KYW 1060, or watch Fox's Morning News 6-7 and "Good Day Philadelphia" from 7-9. Cabrini's school codes are as follows: 523 for day classes and 2523 for night classes. To obtain this and other important informationrefer to page 152 of your student handbook. infomnation gathered from: http://cartalk.cars.com.wwwiema.gov and www.pp.okstate.edu.
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" from that moment I was no longer of the earth I knew the Holy Ghost had come to me," St. Frances Xavier Cabrini said (from the online Catholic Saints web site).
St. Frances was born in 1850, in Lombardi, Italy. She was one of 13 children raised on a farm and hoped that someday she might become a nun, but poor health stopped her. She continued to work as a farm hand until the death of her parents.
At the age of 27 she took her formal religious vows and began her work of charity.
Her first hand was lent to the orphans of Lombardi. Since there were no missionaries offered to women, St. Frances founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1880. Pope Leo xtn saw 'Mother Cabrini as "a woman of marvelous intuition and of great sanctity."
In 1889, Mother Cabrini relocated with six nuns to New York City and began to help the needy immigrants; most immigrants had relocated from Italy.
Mother Cabrini traveled throughout Europe and the Americas for the next 25 years and founded many hospitals, convents, and orphanages. She opened institutions in Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Paris, Madrid, Turin and London. Her houses, which held over 1.500 nuns, aided the sick, poor, illiterate and unskilled workers.
In 1909, Mother Cabrini became a naturalized citizen. In 1946, Pope Pius XII canonized her and she became the first American to become a saint. Dec. 22, 1917, Mother Cabrini died in Chicago, Illinois. In 1950 she was named the patron saint of immigrants.
St. Frances Cabrini's feast day is Nov. 13.
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You're looking around for something to eat. You find nothing. You on't think you can force another pack of Ramen noodles down. at you could do is join Dave Wtley, president of the cooking club, r ask him for some of his great recipes. If you're not into the club ne, you can always participate in the events they partake in.
Since the cooking club does special events for the campus, each ear they pick a theme of what they want to do. This year's theme is • erent cultural foods. They are trying to experiment in making oods from all over the world. This will then allow people to experince food from different cultures. For each event one or two club embers assist Wtley. "It is a fun and interactive way to learn," Wtley aid.
The cooking club tries to have an event every two weeks. They sually take place in house three because that is where many of the embers reside. Sometimes the events are more spread out. This ast weekend they had the pies to do for the family weekend and on ednesday they made an Asian appetizer spread for the cultural day.
If you had any of the delicious pies over family weekend, they ere most likely Wiley's. He and two other people made about 30 ies for Homecoming. There was a variety of apple, pumpkin and herry.
At the end of the semester Wtley has decided that he wants to do chocolate covered night. This is a chance for students and others to ring fruits, nuts or whatever they want and dip it into melted chocoate. They are combining this program with the resident assistant o ouse three so it will be a break from studying for finals.
Wtley said, "I could never do this alone. Toni Pirrone is the vice resident of the club and she helps out a lot. I couldn't do this withut her."
Wtley is unsure of what they are doing for November, but is open o any suggestions. To contact Wtley about the cooking club, events r to recommend an idea call him at x or Pirrone at x3127.
Students went to events on Cabrini Day. Students actively participated in events on Cabrini Day. Attendance sheets show that over 600 students attended various events held on campus last Thursday in honor of the college's patroness, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. Students enjoyed the fact that the events were not labeled as mandatory, but rather optional for possible extra credit.
Cabrini Day is held as a day of alternative education. Its workshops were planned and designed to help students to learn more about injustice, poverty and intolerance in the world. This year's theme was immigration and how Saint Frances Cabrini had an impact on the millions of people who immigrated to the United States. Often it is a stretch for students to be able to expand their minds beyond the limits of America and see the global society in which we live. There is not as much coverage of foreign issues on television news broadcasts as compared with domestic ones. Students have grown up in an America-centered society. The choice of workshops helped to make students aware of the many issues facing the global society.
Cabrini Day is a unique experience. Not all colleges and universities have similar days, programs or events to aid its students in being well-rounded and open-minded thinkers. This day was an informative and insightful one into the issues that were dealt with in Saint Frances Cabrini's day and that are still being dealt with today.
Cabrini College students received a slap in the face courtesy of the staff of the Radisson Hotel, Valley Forge. The fall formal was held there Saturday night. Several unidentified members of the student body were removed from the hotel and its premises due to intoxication and other related disturbances. Due to the dumb decisions of a few students, the remainder of college guests at the hotel were treated harshly and with disrespect. It is now time to grow up, college students, and realize that this school is no safety blanket from legal prosecution. Over the past few years, the formal has had to relocated almost annually due to the intolerable behavior of a few moronic individuals. There is nothing wrong with having a good time .!:t<n,;e a good time responsib-ly-and-think-of-eVCT~-mvol-ved:-- -
disc jockey Weederwax, we went ahead and planned to have our Fall Formal at the Radison in King of Prussia.
Man, what a week. Cabrini Day, "Popcorn" /4ud PAC championships i~tosi(SJuntry (that's a four-peat, in case you've lost track). I could write-just about anything.
But I'm going to write about the Fall Formal. I mean, it's not every week that you get to write about beautiful women, angry janitors and cowboys all in the same building all at the same time. Makes for great copy.
The outside world does not like us college students. Just about everyone wants <'thcii· own kids to go to college, b'ht--rio'body wants college students as their neighbors. Or apartment guests. And sometimes, but not always, we earn our bad name.
During our Spring Formal at the Hilton last year, there was a rowdy, outofjontrol Bar Mitzvah party who I suspect set off the fire alarm and tore off one of the men's room stall doors. Somehow, the management assumed it was us. So, along with our trusty
Now, from what I hear, some students got in trouble for having a scavenger hunt and caused about $600 worth of damage to the hotel. Also, some kids were running around on the roof, some threw ice at the apartment manager, you get the picture. (Yeah, I know that's all heresay, but hey, this is the Perspectives Section. Please.) After that, the hotel sent around a horde of management, security and janitors to bust some heads. They searched students' rooms in a style that would make the most stringent Public Safety officer sa~That's just not cool."
On our way down to the dance (which several unfortunate students were no allowed to go to), I pointed out to one of the more talkative janitors that this is supposed to be "independant living." She then swung at me with a mop, but I was too quick. I run Cross Country.
The dance itself was all right, but nothing to write home about The only weird part was how hard it was to get a drink down the~. I could buy a gun showing less forms of ID than they require to buy a beer. Thanks,NRA!
The final insult came when I thought I would stop in Club 92.5, the country music bar. Figuring it looked kind of like Partners Pub
with line dancing, I thought I'd stop in. The bouncer wouldn't let me in, however, because I wasn't wearing a cowboy hat. But nei~r was he! I guess I just looked ~bollegiate.
So what does all this mean?
Well, my original title was going to be "Adults Are Mean and Don't Want College Students To Have Any Fun," but I don't think that's entirely fair. As the self-appointed voice of reason, I'll admit that some of our students are jackass~ and should be shunned.
Our community doesn't like us. I think the only reason we're allowed to say around is because we have a cool gym. Every time one of us messes up, it makes life that much harder for everyone else. So, for all the screw-ups, blood~grow up already. I sure as hell am't gonna lecture anyone on underage drinking, but some students who can't handle their booze are giving it a real bad name.
And everyone else, if we do go back to the Radison next semester, come prepared with a cowboy hat. They fit in better than we do.
Chris Nielsen is a guest columnist for the Loquitur. When he puts on a cowboy hat, call him "The Dude."
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I know it's been two weeks since I last wrote a commentary, but have no fear. I have returned to provide my reading audience with the brash, abrasive commentary that people love me
for, or at least that's what I tell myself.
I wanted to do a commentary on the winner of the Presidential election, but the results came in after my deadline. So instead I've got this article that I've been sitting on for the past couple of weeks. It may be a bit dated but I think my ultimate message will still ring true.
I haven't watched TV in over two months because I don't have an antenna on the TV in my apartment and the cable installation fee is egregiously high for someone to just drive down to Cabrini and flip a switch. So I'm a bit out of the loop when it comes to current events and the latest pop culture crazes. Thankfully I have the internet so I'm not completely cut off from the world. On a visit to my favorite website, Seanbaby.com (the same website where I got last semester's panda-porn story), I read an interesting story about a commercial that aired during the Summer Olympics (Yes, I know the Summer Games ended like a month ago. I aJready told you I was out of the loop.).
Nike ran an ad where middle-distance runner Suzy Hamilton (of CliapStikcommerical fame) is in a cabin in the woods and gets attacked by a Jason-like psycho with a chainsaw. But Suzy, being the athlete that she is, eludes any harm by out-running the psycho who stops chasing after her, huddles over wheezing for air because he is out of shape and goes home. The tag-line to this commercial is •Why Sport? Because you'll live longer." So it's a parody on slasher horror movies. Clever idea for a commercial, right? Not according to the hyper-sensitive.
Many women were outraged at this commercial because they felt that the ad was promoting violence against women. Nike was flooded with angry letters and E-mails the vast majority being from women. With all the controversy over the ad, NBC pulled it off of their Olympic coverage. I don't know whetheror not the commercial can still be seen on television. and that doesn't matter to me that
much considering I lack television watching capabilities. But does matter is how our society gets offended and outraged at the drop of a hat over anything these days. Well, this recent incident was the last straw for me. I am sick of parents' groups, teachers' groups, women's groups, men's groups and mainly religious groups for going on the warpath when they don't like something in the media, whether it be television, movies, music, or video games. When people think that a commercial about a woman using her athletic talent to escape a gruesome death at the hands of a chainsaw-wielding maniac is promoting violence toward women, then our world is in serious trouble. And so I must strike back with extreme prejudice against them. And I'm going to hit them where it hurts the most.
A good majority of these social crusaders are Christians. That's not to say that other religions don't take up arms against things they find offensive either, but I'm aiming for the biggest target here. Whether they be Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, or whatever, Christians all have one thing that links them all together, something vital and essential to them.
I am calling for the banning of every edition of the Bible in all l:>ookstores,libraries and schools. I find it offensive and it promotes violence. I now present to you specific examples to support my argument.
Example one: The story of David and Goliath. David slays Goliath by hitting him in the head with a rock. This is clearly promoting violence against tall people. It's practically saying "Hit tall people in the head with rocks."
Example two: The crucifixion of Jesus. This is some pretty graphic stuff right here. The scourging at the pillar, the crowning of thorns, the nailing to the cross, the spear in the side and then finally the death of Jesus. This is far more violent than anything on network TV or basic cable. What kind of effect do you think this graphic imagery has on kids? What happens if a child reads this? They could get the idea that they should gruesomely crucify people. And as you may not know, crucifixion is a horrible way to die.
Example three: Many groups that are against homosexuals claim that the Bible says that homosexuality is a sin and that those who commit homosexual acts will be thrown into hell. I did some research and found this to be true. It's in the book of Romans. Sounds like the big book is promoting intolerance here, which inevitably leads to violence. And don't even get me started on the Crusades. I could take up another page commenting on that.
Example four: The wedding at Cana. Jesus turns all the water into wine. Well, what about the people who didn't want wine? The Bible is promoting alcoholism, which can lead to violence, namely domestic violence. And domestic violence is a huge issue with women's groups.
Example five: The fourth commandment. Honor thy father and mother. What about if you have abusive parents? You're not quite honoring your parents if you have them arrested for savagely beating you with a bag of oranges and for putting out their lit cigarettes on your face. So in essence, the Bible is telling people not to rat on their parents if they're being abused, which is pretty much promoting child abuse.
These are just some basic examples of how offensive the Bible can be if you use the same logic that people used to get upset over the Nike ad. Scary, isn't it? And as long as groups and organizations get upset over nothing and try to make decisions for me and the rest of the American public about what I can and cannot watch or listen to, then out of general principle I will continue to lobby for the banning of this so-called "Good Book."
I would like to address the crusaders against things in the media that they don't like. I know I've said this before, but repetition is the best way to penetrate thick skulls. Hey, it worked here at Cabrini during the September war. When a commercial or program shows up on your TV that you personally find offensive, CHANGE THE CHANNEL. When a movie comes out that has content you don't agree with, DON'T P.AYEIGHT BUCKS TO SEE IT. When a CD comes that contains lyrics you don't like, DON'T BUY IT.
But I guess some people just want to feel righteous and so they want to "fight the good fight." But I'll take being intelligent over being righteous any day. I guess we don't value intelligence as much as we used to.
Mike 'BOsButler is the Perspectives Editor of the Loquitur. He loves to stir trouble. If you've got a problem with his article, don't hesitate to write in to the Loquitur and let him know.
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If rock had died, Radiohead didn't attend the funeral, for Radiohead are the saviors. Cut and dry. ThomYorke (vocals,guitar), JohnnyGreenwood (guitar,keyboards), Colin Greenwood(bass), Ed O'Brien(guitar) and Phil Selway(drums) met each other while attending school in Abingdon, England. Originally going by the name "On a Friday," since that was the only day that they could practice, the band was a moderate success in the local Oxford music scene, getting their current name from a "Talking Heads" song Radiohead was about to break.
Back in 1993 Radiohead's first single "Creep" flew up the charts and dominated airtime on MTV. Fans and critics alike were ready to dismiss Radiohead as another onehit wonder mixed in with the rest of the Nirvana wannabes. In essence that's what they really are. Not since "Creep" has Radiohead had nearly as much airplay. In fact it was the only song by the band to enter the top 10. Instead they rose to new hights, winning over critics of all kinds and being unanimously declared the future of rock. What a journey it's been up to now and it's only started.
Radiohead's first album "Pablo Honey" was released in '93 with moderate success. With the exception of "Creep" all of the songs went unheard on the radio. It earned fairto-good reviews and sold a modest amount of copies. On "Pablo Honey" Radiohead fit the stereotypical mark of a rock band. This meant they were loud, obnoxious and full of unbridled energy, only some of which would follow to their sophomore effort ''The Bends" released in 1995. •
"The Bends" was a bit of a departure. Instead of straightforward power chord rock, Radiohead began to flesh out their style in new ways. The acoustic guitar found its way onto a strong number of tracks and the melodies now soared high above an even tighter band. While no single took to the air like "Creep" many songs are known either through soundtracks or brief appearances on the then important MTV. "The Bends" was showered with praise from critics and fans and quickly made its way onto majority of top 10 lists of the year.
Radiohead now had a following, cult though it may have been, that was eagerly awaiting their next effort. Radiohead, however, wasn't about to stick to the same formula and sell the same album over and over, which is what most bands nowadays focus on doing. Instead Radiohead was ready for incarnation number three.
"OK Computer" was released in early '97 making Radiohead a staple in the music industry. Just as "The Bends" differed from "Pablo Honey," "OK Computer" was of yet another breed. One of the only recently released "theme albums" in recent years, "OK Computer" was an anthem of alienation. "Paranoid Android" was the first
single released. With a running time over six minutes it was not very radio friendly. What was surprising though was that the song hit MTV like a thunderbolt. Spending several weeks in MTV's top 10, "OK Computer" was quickly becoming Radiohead's most successful album to date.
"OK Computer" was the album of the '90s. Earning the number 2 spot only behind The Beatles "Revolver" album on Q Magazines top 100 British albums of all time, Radiohead was making history. Their shows have become the hottest ticket on the market, drawing in the likes of Brad Pitt and Michael Stipe who said, ''Radiohead are so good they scare me." A ticket on Ebay at this time would be somewhere in the $10,000 range.
Again Radiohead wasn't satisfied and were ready to reshape themselves A follow up to what was regarded as one of the great musical achievements in recent years was a difficult task. Radiohead didn't blink. Going back into the studio in late '98, Radiohead began work on their fourth studio release. Expectations were extremely high. The band could care less. They write for themselves. Their follow up, the newly released "Kid A," proves it in every way imaginable. Thom Yorke in a recent interview for "Spin" magazine was asked what he thought about "Kid A" being such a departure from their recent works and what he thought about the realization that it may not sell as well. Yorke replied: ''We do not sit down and write a song or a piece of music considering any of these things-if we did I would have left the group a long time ago. You have a sound in your head, or a melody or a word or a rhythm and you need to get it out. You get it out because you need to give it to other human beings, otherwise you crumple up and disappear."
"Kid A" is not a rock album by any stretch of the margin. In fact it's quite hard to describe. Listening to "Kid A" for the first time you're bombarded by sound. Piercing through your speakers and trying to push its way into your head, "Kid" is an experience. Loaded with layered electronic effects and out-of-key horns you're not really sure what it is you're hearing, yet you start to enjoy it. It may not be what you expected or even like on a whole, but you can't disregard its honesty and integrity. They're not trying to sell you on an idea or a concept, they're just selling themselves.
The album, despite some harsh reviews from closeminded critics, hit the top of the charts much to the band's surprise. Radiohead has chosen not to tour for "Kid A" and is instead concentrating on releasing their next album due out in early 2001. One can only speculate what it's g~g to sound like and chances are they'd be wrong. Radiohead is a band best left an enigma. Don't try to figure them out and take what they give you in stride. The future awaits and in this future a sound is playing, an indiscernible sound, drawing us in, little by little.
• Nov. 9 Is Karoke Night from 8 p.m. to
night in the wigwam.
C• ~e fall production of ''Popcorn" will take place in the Red Cloud Coffee House starting at 8p.m.
• Nov. 11 Baseball forum, "Baseball and the American Tradition," will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Widen• er Center Lecture Hall.
• Nov, 13 is a perlormance of the Cabrini lmprov Troupe "On The Spot" at 10 p.m. in House 1\vo lounge. Admission is free and so arethe refreshments.
• Nov. 14A workshop on Developing your Resume and Searching for Co-op jobs on line will be held at 3: 10 p.m. in Grace Hall room 160.
• Nov. 15 Comedian Alexander McHale will perfonn at 8 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium.
The Barnes Foundation located at 300N. Latches Ave in Lower Merion is showing works of Monet. Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, Van Gogh and other Post-Impressionist painters.
"Bounce"Will star Ben Affleckand GwynethPaltrow. Fate is on Ben Affieck's side when he gives up his seat on an airplane that ends up crashing. He may not he as lucky when, a year later, he decides to check up on the widow of the man who took his seat. He finds himself falling in love before he has had the chance to tell her who he really is.
"Grinch;'Jim Carrey stars as the Grinch in Dr. Seuss classic the about a mean spirited creature who, disguised as Santa Clause sneaks into the town of Whoville on Christmas Eve and steals all the residents presents.
"Little Nicky,"Adam Sandler stars as "Little Nicky," the shy self-effacing son of the Devil who lives at home in hell. When his brothers move to New York to create there own Hell on Earth. Nicky. Follows them and try's to restore the balance of good and evil.
Nov. 14 " Case of the Ex" Mya
Nov.14 "1964-74Behind the Door"Cher
Nov.21 " Black and Blue" BackstreetBoys
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The life of an Oscar winning director can~ough. The afffil3/ne paycheckU!le models and t~ctors. In British author Ben Elton's play_''Popcorn" we see the fame and misfortune that comes with being a big shot.
Bruce, played by senior Ben Lunn, is the James Cameron of the year. His controversial movi~)·ordinary America~.has just wbfihim an Oscar and rrtai(ycritical reviews. His critics feel that his work is too violent and controversial.
Brooke, played by Senior Lisa Nicole Finegan, is a model, or as she likes to say "an actress," who seduces Bruce to get what she wants: a part in his next movie. While engaged in the heat of the moment Brooke and Bruce are interrupted by an intruder who has broken into Bruce's home to seek refuge.
Wayne and Scoef,')rre the Mall Murderers who hav~een shooting everyone and anyone that annoys them accordingly. Wayl)5P,layedby junior Chris Swi~ Va loudmouthed tough gu/wi'th a southern accent. He has his views on lif~mt finds the need to kill those who don't agree with him. Scout, played by junior Jessica Snow, is a sexy,
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naive killer, who speaks her mind when the moment is right.
These four individuals find themselves in a situation that two of them don't want to be in. Wayne thinks Bruce is the greatest ~~or alive, while Scout finds Broo~odeling career to be divine. The Mall murderers pound their idols with questions while Brooke and Bruce try to stay calm in the eyes of the~.5--and 4t<rcarrying murderers. '1:
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"Popcorn" is a smart and entertaining way to pose the question how far does violence on TV affect its watchers.
If you have not been convinced yet, "Popcorn" flirts with the not- so subliminal theme of sexuality. Lunn dons red 3:fl4.black snake-skinned boxers. ~gk makes sure everyone is wbfti?g with moments dedicated to a PG 13 strip dance, and juniors Matt
c::::}he NBA season has started and the Philadelphia 76ers are holding on to the NBA's best record with a 4-0 start. This is probably not what the NBA world expected to happen, but no one in Philadelphia is complaining.
The season started with a blowout win over the New York Knicks in New York. In New York? Yep, that's right. Toni Kukoc played well especially with his little highlight move to the basket for two. Allen Iverson was on fire in the third quarter and the team played well on all cylinders.
Some other impressive wins included road wins over Orlando and Miami. Both were close games. In fact, the Sixers showed their early season maturity by
holdin~ off _the Heat in the lasGseconds to seal the two-pomt victory.
So, now the Sixers are 4-0 with 78 games left. Let's not start cheering yet. It is entirely too early. But there is reason to be very optimistic about this season with the way the team has played. And the best thing about this is they cannot get any worse. They can only get better. This early;season start should be a confidence boost for the rest of the season. But let's work on wining the next game. It is early in the season and the fans are happy with what they have seen. Again, there are 78 games left and the other teams in the league will only improve. I am sure the fans and players are aware of that. I can also guarantee you~at Coach Larry Brown knows this too. After the Six J hird victory, he was very unhappy. Or so it seeme . This was the game where point
Men's Cross Country
The men's team won its race at the PAC Championship meet. First-year student TJ Bruzek came in second and Senior Jason Bull in third, both were named to the first team all PAC. Senior Ryan Jones came in 11th in the race and made second team all PAC.
Women's Cross Country
Senior Captain Lauren Dean came in first at the PAC championship meet last
weekend for the women. The team ended in third place. Junior Kristin Zielinski was third in the race, and both Zielinski and Dean made the first team all PAC. Dolores Edkins, who made second team all PAC, came in 14th in the championship race.
Men's Soccer
The team ended its season with a 1-0 loss away at Misericordia. The game, Wednesday, Nov. 1, was a PAC semi-final game.
guard Eric Snow got into a little fight with Tracy McGrady. He refused to comment on the game or the officials.
"We have 79 games left," he said when asked about the team's 3-0 start. That was a great response. He knows that the fans and the so-called experts will be talking about how great this team is so far. He doesn't want to comment on that or hear about that. As far as he is concerned, this team has done nothing but win three games at that point.
So, now we will have to see what the team does from here. Matt Geiger has yet to come back, but we will see how his rehab goes with his knee. So, all of the fans out there, let's calm down because this team has done nothing yet. Let's sit back and win the next game. It is a long way till the end.
The women's soccer team had many ups and downs this season. Last Wednesday, Oct. 25, the women lost to Beaver College with a score of 1-0, which finished their season.
"We just should have wanted it more,"
Jessica Storck, a junior, said. The women agreed that they played individually,rather than as a team.
However, this season has been a great learning experience for the team. With the addition of nine first-year play-
ers, the women had a chance to recognize each other's strengths and weaknesses. They became a team full of talent and determination.
"They definitely were a huge asset. The girls participated strongly on and off the field," Storck said about the contribution of the first-year students throughout the season
The team agreedthat one of the benefits of having many new players is the amount of experience for years to come. The team is looking fotward to next season, when they hope to pull together and make it another great year.
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Flag Football: Thursday, 4 p.m.
Volleyball: Sunday, 3 p.m. also, Swimming and Squash
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by Geri Lynn Utter staff writer
John Dzik, Cabrini's athletic director and the men's basketball coach, is working overtime along with his players to prepare the team for a competitive season.
"I expect it to be a good year; however, it depends on the team effort put forth and the attitude that surrounds that effort," Dzik said.
After all, a team is only as good as its players. If every player does not bring the same amount of effort to the game, the chances of a successful season lie solely on the shoulders of a few players. It is impossible to leave the fate of an entire team in the hands of a few capable players. Each player must contribute equally to the game in order to beat the competition.
"We are only as good as our last time out," Dzik said. This may be a sore spot for some players, but last year the basketball team was defeated by Misericordia in the semi-finals. What is even more ironic about losing to Misericordia, is that the team beat them two times earlier in the season. The two previous times the team defeated them was during the regular season; and the last time the team played Misericordia defeated Cabrini on their own turf in the semi-finals.
"Last season was an upset, we didn't have the right attitude and we didn't respect our opponent,"
The men's basketball team is practicing for their opener on Nov. 21 against Wilkes University.
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It is a:SI• e~· e. The team was co an they ould beat S cor • m emi-finals, so pd not put forth the right nt of effort in order to defeat them.
"Last year we did not communicate well, we didn't gel right,"
Laval Pinckney said.
This year, the overall focus of the team has concentrated more on the communication they have with each other.
"This season, we have a better grasp on understanding one another's contributions to the game," Pinckney said.
In order for the team to rise above the rest this season, they
must improve on their technique and decision making while playing the game.
"If the team works on shooting, free throwing, their scoring technique and the fundamentals of the game it would make for a more competitive season," Dzik said.
At the present time, the team has no go-to player, someone to score the points.
"Hopefully, as the season progresses a go-to player will emerge and begin scoring the ball," Dzik said.
''The key to success is based on attitude, fight for each other instead of with each other," Dzik said, in order to give his team a few words of encouragement.
Aside from the concerns expressed by Dzik, in the same token he did not hesitate to praise his team for their hard work.
"Our team has a lot of depth; we have two or three qualified players for each position," Dzik said.
Depth is a positive attribute to possess because the team does not have to worry about replacing an injured player with an less competent player.
" The team has an overall good size in accordance to height and
bulk," Dzik said.
Depth and size are definitely positive qualities for a team to possess, but the most influential compliment Dzik could give was when he said, "In general, the team has a good, wholesome attitude that will continue to improve throughout the season."
eThe team is definitely dant that with the hard work player and effective coaching techniques of Cabrini's coaching staff, it will make it to the PACs and maybe even the NCAA Tournament.
Tough teams to watch out for this season are Widener University, College Misericordia and Alvernia College during the regular playing season. Also, keep an-< eye out for Beaver College and Neumann College in the playoffs.
Fans can check out the men's basketball team in action, at the annual "blue and white game" on Tuesda v • on Center. And can also go out and support the men's basketball team as they battle it out against Wilkes University at home on ov. 21st.
The men's basketball team is set for an exciting season during which the players and Coach John Dzik expect great things.
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