April 18, 2002 issue 23 Loquitur

Controversy surrounds Resiaence, Life; RAs respond to termination

With four RAs fired and fear over more terminations looming, uncertainty and doubt have caused hurt feelings and resentment within the college community. Now, as rumors spread throughout the campus, many residents are left wondering, who will be next?

by Justine Di Filippo and eaul William.JJ._..s'-----------statt writer and web editor

With only a few weeks left in the semester, four resident assistants have been dismissed from their duties, raising questions among students about the .relationship between Residence Life and RAs.

David Carpenter, Director of Residence Life, said, "Each RA

has to sign a Resident Assistant agreement. The agreement states the rules. and guidelines that the RA~ are supposed to follow."

Carpenter continued to say, "Being an RA means th~t you are a member of a team, you have to be a visible roll model. This is a job that pays."

Depending on the situation there are many steps Residence Life takes in letting go an RA. Carpenter said, "Generally we usually put the RA through what we call counseling, where we sit the RA down, talk to them about the problem and figure out what should be done to fix what had happened. After that is done, there is written documentation followed by probation. The last step is separation from the RA position on campus."

According to Kat Pirrone, she was let go because her residents decided to write letters on Kat's behalf hoping she would be a returning RA next year. Pirrone was the RA in Woodcrest and this was the first year she was an RA on campus. Pirrone said, "I don't think what happened was fair. I did not know that they had written letters, and when I asked to seewhat was written I was not allowed to see them." She continued, "I was

Learning communities to benefit freshmen

by Sharvon Urbannavage managing editor

Next year, Cabrini will implement learning communities into the core curriculum as a beneficial feature for incoming freshman. A learning community is a program that will link two classes together in criteria.

Thirty percent of higher education institutions nationwide utilize learning communities within their curriculum. "The learning communities will integrate courses together to make the freshman

experience more coherent," Catharine O'Connell, dean of academic affairs, said. O'Connell has worked with learning communities at her previous school before coming to Cabrini last fall. "It's not that students will go from one class to another class, which might have nothing in common, but that there would be a sense that you talk about the same ideas and issues, and work on the same skills in several different classes." Two core classes\ one being

, See FRESHMEN,page 2

Clarence

because of failure to respond

a call while on duty. approached in an intimidating way and told that I was giving out information pertaining to

Residence Life and that See RAs,page 3

Pollution- concerns spawn 'Watershed Day'

by Paul Williams web editor

The entire Gulph Creek is impaired and threatening the wildlife, and the people living along the creek. Off of King of Prussia road, near Valley Forge Military Academy, the Gulph Creek runs paraJlel to Gulp Creek road and deposits into the ponds at Eastern and Cabrini. The creek stretches from Montgomery County to Delaware County before emptying into the Schuylkill River.

The most important part of the creek is a six-square mile piece of land called a watershed. A watershed, as defined by Desiree Henning-Dudley, the water manager for the Southeast- Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, is. "The area of land on which rainwater drains from the highest elevation to a common river system."

Eastern University held a free educational seminar on Saturday, See WATERSHED,page 4

Kat Pirrone, junior, believes she was fired as a result of a letter writing campaign.

Scott (left) and Ricky Cruz (right), both seniors, were terminated

to

Accusations of misconduct and disorder

by Geri Lynn Utter

thing about the hardships these then walked Atwell back to house staff writer students have suffered, because he six where Carpenter, the other stuknows nothing about the students dents and the Radnor police were

"I came to Cabrini with the whose lives he is responsible for," gathered. Jelleyman then stated intention to grow academically Hillen said. that Carpenter documented him and socially without fearing my Beck, Hillen, Foster and Atwell for a "so-called" noise and a disorsafety on campus. I never expect- claimed to be approached by derly conduct violation after ed that such an influential authori- Carpenter outside of house six, bringing Atwell back to house six. ty figure like David Carpenter after a party was broken up inside "I think David Carpenter had would tell me to drive home after the house. Carpenter asked the no valid reason for calling the I had been drinking," Jimmy students to produce identification Radnor police; nothing was hapAtwell, junior, said. and advised them they were being pening," Catagnus said.

On Briday morning, April 6, documented for a noise violation. Carpenter stated that the poli~e around 1:00 a.m., Jimmy Atwell - At that time not all"the students are contacted depending on a para commuter student - alleged that were able to produce identifica- ticular situation or incident. These David Carpenter, director of tion because they-didnot have it in students feel that Carpenter Residence Life and Student their possession. It was then that demonstrated no respect when he Activities, told him to drive home the students recall Carpenter call- asked them to produce identificaunder the influence. Atwell lives ing the Radnor police. For those tion. "If Mr. Carpenter begins

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An incident occured Friday, April 6; involving Public Safety and members of Residence Life.

15 minutes away in Bryn Mawr. students that did not have identifi- treating the students that make up nature of the situation, non- resi- There are many elements Other than the testimony of cation on them, resident assistants this school with respect, in tum, dent students that are intoxicated involved in determining the entire Jimmy Atwell, three other resident escorted them to retrieve their maybe he will get the respect he and asked to leave campus can get truth of what happened on Friday. students claim to have heard identification. After discovering feels he deserves," James Beck, a ride home from someone who is However, many people suffered Carpenter tell Atwell to drive his that Atwell lived off campus, junior said. not intoxicated, stay on campus the consequences of the events car home. Those students are Carpenter allegedly advised Students, as well as David under the care of another student, that took place outside of house James Beck, Katie (Kit) Hillen Atwell to drive home under the Carpenter, have the freedom to take a cab or in extreme cases be six that morning. Students do not and Colleen Foster. Daniel influence. defend their reputations regarding reinoved by the Radnor police and have to agree with their punishJelleyman and Philip Catagnus "I can't believe he wrote me up such serious allegations. How- taken to the hospital," Carpenter ments or the judgments of others claimed to stop Atwell from dri- for a noise violation when I wasn't ever, Carpenter does not have the said. that did not witness what hapving home because he was drink- even present and telling my friend complete freedom to address or Students need to evaluate their pened first hand. The administtaing. Jimmy to drive under the influ- discuss a particular incident that goals and what it means to be a tion gives students the option to "A lot of students on campus ence," Daniel Jelleymen, junior, occurred on campus. However, part of the Cabrini College com- appeal any citation or allegation have had to deal with the death of said. At that point, Jelleyman, when Carpenter was questioned munity and the responsibility that brought against a student. A situatheir friends from drinking and along with junior Philip Catagnus, on the policy for properly han- theyil.aveto the community and to tion like this gives students the driving, and David Carpenter is claims to have heard Atwell say he dling an intoxicated campus visi- themselves in following those perfect opporti,mity to exercise trying to promote it by telling a was told to drive home and pro- tor, advising an intoxicated stu- behavioral expectations that are that right.

the class

FRESHMEN,frompage 1 English 101, will be linked together with a common topic. As with the seminar courses. these courses will have designated themes. However, the learning communities are not a mandatory requirement for the new freshmen. "It's just to add on a benefit for freshmen, but it's not required," O'Connell said.

"We've already sent out a questionnaire asking students which English 101 topic they find most interesting," O'Connell said. If one topic appeals to th_estudent, the correlating class is then suggested to them for the opportunity to participate in the learning community.

Usually incoming freshmen who are accepted into the ·Honors

et-ogram are not required to take English l 0 1, but rather take an honors freshman seminar. "What we're doing for next fall is one of the sections of Honors SEM 100 is linked to a· religious studies course, so those students would have the same option that all the other students would have," O'Connell said.

The students taking a particular English course Will also be offered a correlating course within another department focusing on a similar curriculum. The two professor~will work in collaboration with one another to design a course of study to relate the assignments and discussions in both classes.

English/communications professor Dr. Charles McCormick will also be incorporating his

sports and society course into the learning community curriculum next semester. Along with Dr. Janet Lohmann, professor of sociology, McCormick will design his course work to focus on issues of race, gender and class. "We are planning events that are in COffi• mon with each of our classes," McCormick said ... Maybe trips to games or showing films to the students."

An advantage to the learning community experience is the familiarity of classmates within the two classes. "The research • supports this very strongly," O'Connell said. "When students are mmore than one class together they are more likely to explore ideas within tht: class because they feel comfortable with their peers and in addition they are

more likely to continue the discussion of academic topics outside of class because they work together as a group."

However. the scheduling experience may not be as advantageous. "Basically if students want to be in a particular learning community, those would be the first courses on their schedule," O'Connell said. ''Then their other classes would be arranged around those."

Though the learning communities are directed to affect the incoming freshmen, they have already impacted the curtent students on campus. "I know that upperclassman were probably a little frustrated when classes they really wanted to take were bracketed off and reserved for freshmen," O'Connell said. "But I

think the way it usually works at this school and at most schools is that th'e freshmen get the last choice of classes and not very much is open by the time freshmen register."

Should the learning communities among the freshmen prove to be a successful venture for the core curriculum, the future of the program may be offered to upperclassman as well. 'There's nothing magical about putting it in the freshman year. That's just where most institutions start," O'Connell said.

"But once they grow. any courses, at any level, can be linked together. There's nothing to say that it wouldn't be a possibility."

Parents face unpleasant changes with Children's School closing; teacher loss

by Jen Smith staff writer

The parents of the students enrolled in Cabrini College's Children's School are up in arms over the recent changes in the school's curriculum. According to many accounts, the recent alterations in curriculum have brought about unpleasant and complicated changes in their children's education.

"We were devastated by the destruction of a very beautiful program," said Reeves Swainston, a parent.

"And what made it worse, was that this change came about so abruptly, and completely without notice."

The first letter to the parents came out in February, instructing that changes in the curriculum were on the horizon.

A meeting of the parents and the board followed, including such Cabrini faculty as-Dr. Jonnie Guerra and Dr. Dawn Middleton.

The meeting consisted of the parents, the faculty and a mediator, so that all questions would be fairly addressed.

Amy Johnson, a working mother who has been with the children's school for ten years, is deeply saddened and strongly disappointed by the recent changes and the ways in which they were presented to the parents.

"We were just told." Johnson said. "In January we were told that we didn't have summer camp, in February they told our teachers that they would have to reapply for their jobs, and in March we were told that they were removing before and after school daycare. March is when you sign up for daycare. It was too late, and now I'm o.n a waiting list."

Johnson isn't the only parent who is affected by the recent changes. Many parents, who deeply loved and supported this school, are now looking for an equally good educational program for their children to begin in the fall. However, according to parents, it is hard to find the kind of compassionate, loving environment that Cabrini's Children's School once offered.

" 50 percent of these parents are in the education field, so we knew what we were looking for

when we were looking for a preschool." Said Johnson.

The price tag that comes along with Cabrini's children's school isn't a small one, but the parents all felt that the bill was worthwhile.

"It is the second highest tuition in the area. But we love those teachers, and we loved that school. We're all in this together, there is just a myriad of people in this school who would have been willing to help if they needed it."

Johnson said.

At the meeting between parents and administration in March, the parents presented the question: "How does the administration feel that eliminating the before and after school program could be the better model?"

According to the parents, their question was never answered. The other side to this story lies in the teachers whose jobs now lay on the line for rehire next year. Linda Glavin, a teacher at the children's school, and supporter of the new curriculum had her own opinions.

"I think it is really exciting that more college students will be

there and that we 'II get to work .with the very young and with young adults." Glavin said. The recent changes in the curriculum are allowing for more education majors to gain hands on experience at the school.

"This new situation is going to be very beneficial to college students who will be able to learn in a very secure environment. They will get to experience teaching in a part of the Cabrini family." Glavin said.

At the heart of this battle lies Dr. Dawn Middleton, Education Department Chair. Despite the bitter 'complaints by parents of unreasonably short notice and the demise of the institutio~, which they chose to -entrust with their children, Middleton feels positively about the new change in curriculum.

"We are in the process of enrolling children for September. The enrollment is going well. Those parents looking for daycare hours are not considering

The Children's School of Cabrini College. The reactions from incoming parents and chil-

dren have been positive." Middleton said.

In the end, the answers become no clearer. There is an administration that feels without fault that they are doing what is best for the school, and parents who are unable to rearrange their schedules around the impossible hours of a standard preschool program, but want nothing less than the best for their kids.

"Part of growing up is play and social life, learning to socialize with kids who are older and younger. It was a wonderful philosophy; unfortunately, it doesn't fit what they envision any more. The only problem is, they never told us what they envision.:• Swainston·said.

"I am so sad, because we were so happy there. I used to recommend this- school to everybody, and now I don't recommend it to anybody."Johnson said. Regardless of anyone's hesitation to the change, it will undoubtedly be taking place beginning fall of this year.

RAs speak out about recentterminations

RM, from page I

I was let_go. l'm sad that I was let go. I finally found something that I loved to do on Cabrini College's campus and now I arn not allowed to do it"

Clarence Scott and Ricky Cruz were let go because they did not respond to a call when they were on duty.

Both men were RAs for two years. Scott was in charge of the third floor of die Cabrini Apartment Complex, and Cruz was the RA of house six. Cruz said, "It was weird. We were in Clarence's room all night, and the phone didn't ring. There wenen't even any voice mail messages."

Scott said, "I was mad when

they handed me the letter and I read it. I was never on probation before and it was harsh for the offense."

Cruz said, "I have mixed feelings of them frring me. I have been on probation before for not carrying a logbook, no one covers those books, and I'm the only one to get into trouble. We didn't have control over what happened. The radios did not go off that night."

Frank Plum, a senior who was recently let go from his RA position, said, ''I regret working for Residence Life during my senior year and wasting the year."

When a student becomes an RA they have to sign a Resident Assistant agreement. This agreement oµtlines all the rules that an

RA must sign and follow to receive their payment of free room and board.

John Verdi, an RA in the New Residence Hall, said, "I have had no problems with Residence Life and my Resident Director, Trish • Arnold; has been very supportive. I look forward to continuing as a RA next year in house five, and I might apply to be an RD at a college after my time at Cabrini."

Josh Dzielak, a pre-RA this year who will be a RA for Xavier Hall next year, said, ''The recent occurrences make it obvious that there is a fine line to follow, but I am not overly worried about that. If I don't follow the rules, others won•t. If I do, th~n there will be less to worry about. I am e~cited

about being an RA and working in a team."

There are many duties that Residence Life expects an RA to follow. They must be available to their residents at all times !ffld know aU their names by the end of the second week. They must also be able to work well with others, maintain a 2.5 GPA, attend RA functions and only school comes before their job as a RA.

Residence Life is asking any students that want to be an RA for the remainder of the school year to contact Residence Life officials.

SectionXITermination:

"I understand that for unsatisfactory perlormance or breach of contract agreement, Residence Life may terminate me from my position and I will be i~ligible for future employment by the department. In the case of appointment, termination or resignation, I understand that Residence Life reserves the right to transfer my housing assignment to another residence hall or terminate my housing agreement. If I continue in a resi<fencehall, I will pay the balance or the rent for the academie year and will abide by'the residence hall policies and Cabrini College Code of Conduct. In case of employment terminatlM'reSignation, I will repay to R'tJSidtJnceLife the prorated amount of my meal plan that should be remaining as of the dates of my appointed termination.•

'Watershed Day' for awareness

Students share talents with peers

by Sharvon Urbannavage managing editor

Fifteen Cabrini students had the honor of presenting their research and artistic talents at the annual Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium of Higher Education Honors Conference, held at Arcadia University on April 6.

"The purpose of the conference is to give students in the [honors] program the chance to share their ideas with their peers. It is set up like a professional conference," Dr. Joseph Romano, coordinator • of the -Honors Program, said. "There are no restrictions on th~ topics. It can be from a course or a work in progress."

Plans are in the works to restore Eastern University's upper pond. WATERSHED,from page l April 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m te educate the community about environmental issues, espe..:iallywatersheds and the upcommg Gulph Creek Watershed project

The morning began with the ,;ecretary of the DEP, David Hess presenting Eastern with the Growing Greener grant that totaled $352,201. Thomas R1dmgton, vice president for development at Eastern, accepted the grant on behalf of Eastern, which will go to restoring Eastern 's upper pond, recently renamed McGraw's lake. In attendance for the presentation was fonner Pennsylvania Senator Richard Tilghman and state representative Thomas P. Gannon.

Henning-Dudley presented the reasons that Pennsylvania worries about watersheds. Part of her job 1s to gather information about water quality. Henning-Dudley said, " The area of the Gulph Creek Watershed is not attaining the proper designated uses that it should be. The amount of fish, ~wim ability and the PH of the water all n_iake up designated uses."

She went on to explain that non-pomt source pollution was a big obstacle to overcome in clean-

ing up the watershed. "Non-point source pollution is any pollution that docs not travel from pipes into the creek. For instance. road salt, pesticides and manure are all types of pollution that can be considered non-pollution,:• HenningDudley said. Concluding her speech, Henning Dudley said, "Animals, plant life and humans all depend on the water for life. and the Gulph Creek's current state is affecting the 1ife of all of them."

"The rest of Pennsylvania does not understand that there is different kinds of pollution that the area around Philadelphia suffers from," said Bill Gothier, a watershed specialist for the Delaware County Conservation.

The increases of floods and droughts are a big- problem that Gothier addressed. "Developments and buildings along watersheds have removed the natural vegetation from the land increasing the amounts of t1oodmg during a year. Bllilding biological structures around the watersheds and flood areas will reduce floods," Gothier said.

The number one pollutant into the creek is manure from geese. "They manage to directly drop their pollution into the creek, which is hard to combat.'' Gothier said.

The director of the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust. David Robertson. addressed hov. people can clean up watersheds.

"People should be responsible for the environment and what tbey put mto it. People who use excessive amounts of pesticides and change the oil from their cars and dump the oil down drains are worsening the environment," Robertson said. He then gave examples of how to clean things up. ''Boy Scouts and community efforts can do a great deal in working to clean their environment. Several vmes and plants that grow on the land because of a lack of water to the land, are growing out of control and killing trees. These plants and vines can be killed by people using the proper tools."

There are 36 seventh graders of Radnor middle school, who have their whole curriculum in school based on watersheds. When in sixth grade, the student:lentered into a lottery to be in the class. with the only restriction that there be. 18 boys and 18 girls. The clas~ studies music, history, science and English. For instance. in history, the class will study civilizations like the Lenapes, Swedes and Quakers, whose Jives revolved around water and preserving their environments. Seven of the 36 students discussed what they learned

efficiency of academic programming, student access, faculty development, institutional operations and community outreach, through sharing a range of activities, services, technology and infonnation.

"I personally had a lot of enjoyment," Romano said. "'The response I've been getting from the students and faculty is wonderful." Next year's SEPCHE conference is scheduled to be held at Cabrini.

CAB~J PRESENTERS

Seniors

• Alison Colantonio

• Beth Conahan

• Greg Kulnis

• Lisa Meehan

• Melissa Shannon

Students may also share their own artistic talents including art, literature, or music. ··1t has expanded, in a good way, to the arts,'' Romano said.

Arcadia Umversny, Chestnut Hill, lmmaculata, Holy Family, Gwynedd Mercy, Neumann and Rosemont, as weJI as Cabrini, are among the schools that participate in the SEPCHE conference.

These colleges work together in order to promote quality and about watersheds through handson materials like science experiments, and also from their studies in other areas.

Vincent Cerniglia, chairperson of the Environmental Advisory Committee, said, "Water levels are down. We have been in a drought for almost two years and life in the streams are down. Cerniglia brought up another problem plaguing the Radnor area that relates to water. He referred to the extra -plants and vines that are growing and killing trees. ''The extra plants and vmes are food for deer. There is an extreme abundance of deer that is about 20 times more than nonnal in Radnor County." Cerniglia said. "If you can get rid of the extra plants and food for the deer. then there obviously won • be as many

• Heathec Woodward

Juniors

• Tara McFalls

• Linda Cylc

• Catherine Dewe)

Sophomores

• Vincent Crognale

• Dolores Tomambe

Freshmen

• Marian Gibfried

• Jodi McHenry

• Lara D' Allessandro

• Jacqueline Steinberg

Cerniglia also gave advice for getting rid of geese. He said, "Do not feed them and have big dogs around the water because geese are scared of them."

The afternoon portion of the event had a driving tour of the Gulph Creek Watershed, a walking tour of the upper pond and watershed at Eastern, environmental displays and questions and answers. There was also a fonn where people could sign to start the first-ever Gulph Creek Watershed Associauon to educate and help to change the current status of the Gulph Creek Watershed.

Cernglia concluded his presentation when he said. '"Almost 7(1 percent of the earth h, made of water. Of that 70 percent. onl) one percent 1sdrinkable."

photo by katie Reing

LIFE IN A WARZONE

by Cheryl Wagstaff sports editor

A familiar face on Cabrini's campus Dr. Rachel Back, who read her poetry to· the students earlier this semester. is back at her home in the north of Israel, in the Galilee. •

Over the past few months Americans have been hearing about the numerous. suicide bombings that have been occurring on the nearly daily basis. It is haFd for Americans to comprehend what is going on in Israel right now, but slowly Americans are becoming educated on this subject.

The suicide bombings have only occurred within the Green Line, which is not in the occupied territories. Back, poet and professor of English literature at TelAviv University and Oranim College, recalls a day last week when a suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus killing eight people. Many of her students did not come to class that day either because the roads were closed or due to they were too afraid.

At this point in time no place in Israel is safe. Every major city and the smaller ones for that matter, have been bombed.

The only place where one can even remote)): feel safe in Israel is at home. The most high-risk places to go are public places such as: malls, hotels, stores, open-air markets, restaurants and cafes, bus-stations and even the buses. Due to the dangers of going out in public many people stay home. When they do decide to go out to dinner they only go to a restaurant with an armed guard at the entrance.

Life has changed for the Israelis. They ar/ constantly living in a state of anxiety. The simple everyday choices that they make could decide their fate. If they wind up on the wrong bus or travel to the wrong area they-may not live to see the next day.

Parents try to keep their children close to home. All school field trips have been cancelled.

Parents are also appointing guardians to their children just in case something might happen to them. There was a case last month where one of the bombings in Jerusalem killed a mother and father leaving behind two little girls. It is no longer uncommon for parents to be killed, and the children are being left behind.

Although Israelis are experiencing a lot of anxiety they also have a life goes on mentality. They go to work, their children go to school and they have electricity, running water and all of the other basic municipal services to keep life comfortable.

The lives of the Palestinians are not as comfortable as the Israelis. In Jenin, Nablus, TulKarem and Bethlehem the bui!dings have been demolished due to the battles, and people have not been able to leave their homes for days at a time without food, wate·r or electricity. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed. It is not clear exactly how many.

Back believes that the fighting began as a means to "route out terrorism." She said, "It is the result of years of despair at being an occupied people, coupled with religious fanaticism and indoctrination."

"I believe that this bloody and tragic military option was taken by this • government - with General Sharon at its head - as a type of revenge, as a flexing of its greater power, and as an attempt to demolish the Palestinian Authority," Back said. She feels that nothing good will come as a result of the fighting. There will just be more years of hatred and violence.

Back fears the day when her oldest son becomes an adult in this society. She wonders how she can keep them from becoming soldiers. "I want to protect his body and soul both," Back said. "Obviously, Israel must leave the territories once and for all, letting the Palestinians build their own state. And the Palestinians must acknowledge Israel's right to exist and stop all terrorist activiti~s."

Poetry amid h'1tred

The

following letter was received via e-mail

At this point in time, because of the suicide bombers, the reality of civilian life in Israel is that no place is safe. Every major city has had its spate of bombings, as have smaller towns such as Netanya, Hadera and Ntanya. It is important to emphasize that these suicide bombings are happening within the Green Line - that is, not in the Occupied Territories. I live in the north of Israel, in the Galilee, and just this past Wednesday a suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus at a junction on

my route to work, killing 8 people. Most students didn't arrive for classes that day, both as an expression of fear and also for the very practical reason that the roads leading to the college were closed for hours after the explosion. The high-risk places are all public places: malls, hotels, stores, openair markets, restaurants and cafes. bus-stations. and the buses themselves. Restaurants and cafes have been hardest bit. it seems - resulting in a tendency to stay home and a sense that one chooses where one might eat out according to the.security of

the place (ie an armed guard at the entrance, a less crowded or popular venue being preferable). Recently, there have also been a few bombings at private celebrations - such as weddings and barmitzvahs - held in public halls.

So yes, certainly, the lives of Israelis have been profoundly changed by the reality of suicide·bombings. We live in a high level of anxiety and a sense that simple every-day choices - such as which bus you board - are fateful. Parents keep their children close to home (all school trips have -beencancelled) and appoint guardians for the eventuality thatsomething might happen to them (in one of the bombings in downtown Jerusalem last month, a mother and father were both killed, leaving behind two little gjrls. Thisphenomenon is, of course, not uncom• mon). And, having said allthis, l must also emphasize that our lives go on - we go to work, our children go to school. We have electricity and running water andall the basic municipal services that keep life comfortable. In contrast, the Jives of Palestinians have screeched to a halt duringIsrael's :recentinvasion of the towns in theTerritories - in Jenin (where the bloodiest battles have taken place);' in Nablus~ in Tul-Karem, in Bethlehem. All the infrastructureshave been demolished, and people have been closed ·inside their homes for days on

f?YCheryl Wagstaff:

end, with no food; water or electricity. Most tragic of all, of course, is that hundreds have been killed it is, at this stage, unclear how many.

Why are young Palestinian men and women blowing themselves up in the centers of Israeli towns?

I believe that this horrific phenomenon - horrific for perpetrator and victims both - is the result of years of despair at being an occupied people, coupled wjth religious fanaticism and indoctrination.

Why is the Israeli army re-occupying Palestinian towns, paying a steep price in soldiers' lives, polarizing the Israeli public even further, wrecking havoc with the economy and severely straining relations with its allies?

While the official reason given is to ''route out terrorism," I believe that this bloody and tragic military option was taken by this government - with General Sharon at its head - as a type of revenge, as a flexing of itsgreater power. and as an attempt file photo to demo Ii sh the

Palestinian Authority.

Clearly, nothing good will come of this - just more years, ~cades perhaps, of hatred and violence.

The despair here is great. I fear that it will be a very long time before Israelis and Palestinians will again sit at a negotiation table in an attempt to bring peace to its peoples and peace to the region. My oldest son is turning 11 this summer - I fear that in 7 years time he could be an occupying soldier, and I wonder what can I do now to prevent that eventuality, to protect his body and soul both. Obviously, Israel must leave the territories once and for all, letting the Palestinians. build their own state., And the Palestinians must acknowledge Israel's right to exist and stop all terrorist activities.

Wednesday is Israel Independence Day - known as "the Day of Catastrophe" to the Palestinians. My second son. a first grader, was given home-wotk of writing a bitthday blessing for the State. Without a second's pause and in his beautiful first-grade handwriting, be sat down and wrote in big letters: "May there only be peace:'

Withbest wishes,

Dr. Rachel Tzvia Back Poet andProfessor of English Literatureat TelAviv University and Oranim.College

Israeli poet Rachel Tzvia Back, shown here earlier this semester, informs the campus community via e-mail on the reality of fife in Israel during a war.

Movie Review:

College lampooned· yet again

by Ryan Mulloy a&e editor

It is hard to imagine a movie that could depict college life and make you laugh like "National Lampoon's Animal • House." While we don't have fraternities here on campus, making this movie .more of a world which we will nev·erknow, we can still look at this movie as the way it should be.

The years have not been kind for the movies trying to follow in the footsteps of "Animal House," so the National Lampoon's crew have added another feature film to their long list of comedies.

"National Lampoon's Van Wilder," released last Friday, has

some big shoes to fill, but gives it the old college try.

The cast is rounded out with - some familiar names and a few faces of those actors you know you've seen before. Ryan Reynolds plays Van Wilder, the lead character. Reynolds once played Berg on ABC's short-lived sitcom, "Two Guys and a Girl."

Tim Matheson, a alum of "Animal House," played Wilder's father, Vance Wilder, Sr.

Representing the cast of actors whose named you probably don't know are Paul Gleason.

Remember Gleason? He played the principal in "The Breakfast Club" and the police chief in "Die Hard." The cast also has Curtis Armstrong, who played Booger in

the "Nerds" movies. Good to see these guys again, playing the roles they've always had: the overbearing old guy and the weird guy.

The movie itself is sick in almost every way it can be. It is certainly not a date movie, as dog's oversized testicles and other crude jokes are the kind of thing you want to share on that very • special date.

That, however, does not mean the movie should not be see. The humor en be very crud,e, and the language can be extremely dirty, but that's what makes this a National Lampoon's movie.

There are few developed characters in the rriovie, but those who are developed do a fine job. Reynolds plays the perfect smart-

ass who looks like he runs the show. And after seven years of college, you'd like to think you r.an the show too. Unfortunately, besides Kai Penn, the actor who plays Wilder's assistant, there is very little character development,. I can say now that I cannot even name another character, since they were all pretty disposable.

The movie's theme is inspiring though. It seems the whole theme is that Wilder does not want to leave college and is like a hero for everyone at the school. There is even a scene when he goes to the trouble of throwing a party for the stereotypical nerds on campus.

Overall, this movie is a good time. While it sounds like I wouldn't recommend this movie, I

think this movie has potential to be a college student favorite for years to come. If you don't mind crude sexual humor, then go see this movie. If your stomach is not as strong as you would like it to be, rent something far more tame. I think Disney has a rather large catalogue.

RYAN RATING (out of five):

Disclaimer: These are the personal views and opinions of Ryan Mulloy.

Woodcrest magazine r·eveals new face

by COiieenConner staff writer

During the week of May 2, Cabrini will be putting out its spring edition of the Woodcrest Magazine. The magazine will be priced at $5 and will be available for anyone interested in reviewing the talents of students.

Students involved with the Woodcrest practicum and Nonfiction Writing for Publication, taught by Dr. Charles Mc_Cormick, will distribute the magazines at different

Cryptic when they were up and running, so as a result both publications were combined into ·a new, larger magazine, the current • Woodcrest.

Dr. McCormick, Dr. Seth Frechie and Dr. Jerry Zurek of the

These dasses require students to write various manuscripts of creative and non-fiction writing. The best stories then get chosen to appear in the Woodcrest Magazine for that particular semester. This spring, the magazine is focused on non-fiction manuscripts, artwork and phot.ography. There will be several non-fiction essays produced by Cabrini writers. as well as a piece of poetry, a collection of student artwork and photo essay.

The students photo by Kalie Reing have worked diliareas on campus.

A few years ago, there was a Woodcrest

Yearbook, which focused on the senior students of Cabrini College. There was also a journal .knownas the Cryptic, which presented various creative writing pieces, photography and artwork from the students at Cabrini.

gently to create this magazine. On April 23, there will

Students look forward to the brand new Woodcrest magazine on May 2, with an additional 30 pages of material compared to the fall issue which will be perfect-bound. be a reading in the English/communications depart- Gryphon Cafe, in Wayne, at 7:30 ment decided to add several class- p.m., where visitors can join the

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Enjoy readings of articles and literary pieces from authors featured in the student-produced magazine.

• There was not much involvement with the yearbook and the

es to their curriculum to work -On the .writing and publication of the new magazine. In the fall, Freebie teaches Creative Writing for Publication, and in the spring, McConnick teaches Non-fiction Writing for Publication.

in celebration of the complete of the magazine. The reading will feature the works that are present• • ed in the Woodcrest Magazine Spring 2002 edition. The authors will read excerpts from their writings.

Formore information contact: Dr. Seth Freebie @ x 8364 Dr. Charles McCormick @ x 8467

Spring Fling: Changing the speed limit with 'Drive Faster'

by Ken Baumbach staff wrfter

This year's Spring Fling, on May 4, is shaping up to be a day filled with fun. With live music, food, various events and plenty of partying, Spring Fling will be a day that no one will soon forget. This year the local band, Drive Faster will play at Cabrini.

Scott Slomeana and Anthony DiLella, the founders of Drive Faster, fonned the band in August 2000. It was a venture they· had wished to pursue for a long time. The duo teamed up with high school friend, Chris Dunne who played drums. With Slomeana on bass and DiLella on guitar the trio began writing songs immediately.

Drive Faster played their first show a few weeks later, opening up .for Slomeana and DiLella's other band, "The New Victims," which is no longer in existence. The band got the idea for the name Drive Faster from the movie "That Thing You Do."

"There is a band on the soundtrack called The Vicksburgs who play some song called 'Drive Faster.' It's the hardest f------ thing in the world to come up with an original band name. The name just

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"Drive Faster," one of the several bands affiliated with Spring Fling, will play the "Bum Bash" on May 3 in the Grace Hall Atrium.

clicked and we figured we'll keep 'it," Slomeana said.

After Dunne was forced to leave the band in order to attend college, Slomeana and DiLella wasted no time in finding a new drummer. Long-time friend Matt Tooley, filled in for Dunne and the

trio connected perfectly. The band soon entered the studio and recorded a nine-song demo. Drive Faster played as many gigs as they could, to try and get their music heard, and spent countless hours trying to promote the band. The band won first place in Cabrini

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Eventually a second guitarist, Todd Cericola joine<t the band. With Cericofa, Drive Faster was now a four-piece band with a heavier and more defined sound in their music. "Drive Faster is made up of four washed up has-beens now. I'm the drunk guy who rambles and attempts to play bass. Anthony wishes he played guitar for Bon Jovi but settled for Drive Faster. Matt likes to break stuff, which most of the time ends up being his drums, and finally Todd, well, no one knows where he came from," Slomeana said.

On the one-year anniversary of the band, Drive. Faster entered Trax East, Nj., to record their first full-length album entitled "From This Second On." The 11-track CD celebrates the emotional punk/rock scene the way the band sees fit. One may purchase the CD on-line at www.drivefasterrocks .com For more information about the band check out the web site.

Drive Faster will be perform~ ing at this year's Spring Fling at the "Bum Bash" on May 3.

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by Renee Tomcanin staff writer

Oracles. Prognosticators. Mystics. Fort,,metellers. Predicators of our futures. They claim to hold magical powers from beyond our realm of understanding. They harness our psychic energy and help to guide us and give us a glimpse into events to come. These supernatural items are, of course, Magic. 8-balls and Ouija boards.

Both the Magic 8-ball and the Ouija board are taken as tongue-in-cheek fortunetellers, seeing how they are marketed as toys. Many people on Cabrini's campus use them but do not take their claims of having mystical powers seriously.

"I have used them, but no, I don't believe in them," Melissa DiPietantonio said. DiPietantonio's view is similar to many of those on campus, particularly abo)-ltthe Magic 8-ball.

"I prefer when you draw a circle and throw rocks into the air like in 'The Lion King,"' Aking Beverly said.

Still others chalk belief in these items to other means. Kelly Wilson said, "It's like Santa Claus or horoscopes; you interpret it to fit your life."

Many people use or have used these toys as a game or a sleepover trick. "We had sleepovers in sixth grade, so we've all used them to freak people out," Dori Cutler said.

The Ouija board actually did start out as a parlor game in the aftermath of a psychic craze in the 1800s. According to the Museum of Talking ~oards (which is not a real museum at all, just a website), two sisters, Kate and Margaret Fox, became celebrities when they contacted a spirit. From the fame of the Foxes, a fad and modern spiritualism was born.

An early predecessor to the Ouija board is table turning, where a medium and the interested participants would sit with their fingertips on the table and "the table would knock on the floor to letters • called from the alphabet," according to the Museum of Talking Boards. Spirit writing and planchettes, or "little planks," were designed to accept messages from spirits and spell out words. From this concept, Charles Kennard developed the Ouija board as we know it

today. According to an old advertising campaign, it was described as "interesting and mysterious; surpasses in its results second sight, mind reading, clairvoyance; will give intelligent answer to any question." His financial backers soon took over his idea in 1892, and a former employee of Kennard, William Fuld, took over. Fuld mass marketed the board, and it became a huge success. Since then, Ouija boards have been sold by • Parker Brothers and come in key chain and glow-inthe-dark- varieties among other versions.

The Ouija board may have been billed as a "wonderful talking board," but those around Cabrini are skeptical. When asked, "What makes the Ouija board work," most people graphics retrieved from the internet replied,. "other people moving it."

"I think it is the felt on the bottom of the little pointer," Cecelia Francisco said.

"I think it is psychology," Cutler said. "You all think the other person is moving it, but you end up moving it yourself." Cutler's observations are what most people see as the true moving force behind the Ouija board. According to Straightdope.com, something called the "ideomotor effect" occurs. This is the result of involuntary movement that happens when your muscles move without you consciously thinking about it.

The Magic 8-ball's history is not as deeply rooted in the spiritual. According to brtb.com, in the 1940s, the . Alabe Crafts company took the idea of the paper fortuneteller, also known as a cootie catcher, and evolved it into the plastic prognosticator the Magic 8-ball. They were promoted as a paperweight and a conversation piece.

Many versions and imitations of the Magic 8-ball exist today. It is now manufactured by Tyco and comes in standard black, pink and even smiley face styles. Yoda has had his own version, and Avon even made a lotion filled model. Barbie has one her own size. It is also possible to get a custom made Magic 8-ball if there is enough of a demand for it.

The anatomy of a Magic 8-ball is uite simple. There is the "Spirit Slate," plastic icosahedron (having 20 sides to atch the 20 possible answers). The "Spirit Slate" sits inside a plastic cylinder. There is the hard plastic casing, which holds both the items. Then there is the mysterious blue fluid which floats around inside. While most believe it to be water and blue dye, sources have been unable to point to the exact contents of the fluid. "I don't want to know what the blue fluid :is," Francisco said. "It reminds me of feminine hygiene commercials." When told of a report that ingestion of the blue fluid

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caused numbness and headache, Haven McMickle said. "I think it's blue Novocain."

"I think they [Magic 8-balls] are great stress relievers," Mary Laver, coordinator of service and learnmg and community outreach, said. Laver mentioned that in the '50s they asked the 8-ball many questions, from which boys liked them to whose parents would have the next baby. As for the blue fluid, she said it is probably very toxic, and the FDA would not approve it nowadays.

These toys are not seen as innocent fun to everyone. Many strong religious believers have seen trying to predict the future as contrary to their beliefs. "I don't use [Magic 8-balls and Ouija boards] because they are demonic," Catrina Brown said. "You are not supposed to use stuff like that.''

Whatever the common belief system, Magic 8-balls and Ouija boards have been popular forms of entertainment for many years. Maybe it has to do with the potential psychic powers they possess or the novelty of !he items. Perhaps it is the fond memories of childhood. Or maybe, just maybe, the secret to their success lies with the formula of the blue fluid.

Some sites for furthering your mystic knowledge and fun:

• The Public 8-ball: 8ball.federated.com

• The Magic 8:-ball:jaked.org/8ball.htm1

• The Unofficial Magic 8-ballpage: ofb.net/8ball.com

• The Museum of Talking Boards: museumoftalkingboards.com

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Down to Earth

by Jennifer Dalvano staff writer

Every year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated throughout the world to raise awareness on the conservation of the world's natural resources. Although Earth Day came about as a campus movement led by students, it is now become a major educational and media event.

Think for a minute. When you hear the words Earth Day what comes to mind? Did you think about all the environmental problems that the world has? That-is the whole point of the day. To hope that you think about the pollution of the air, water, the destruction of thousands of plant and animal species and the wasting of our natural resources such as oil and fuel.

The whole point of the day is to make you realize that _ this planet won't last forever if we keep destroying it. The planet is a beautiful place that many of us take for granted. We don't realize that when we throw things out the window, our car is cleaner, but that we are adding to the pollution of OUR planet, the home of us all.

In the midst of thinking about the Earth, the day hopes to focus on the solutions that will reverse the negative effects of human activities. We have come along way, we recycle now more then ever, we conserve energy and fuel to the best of our ability, ap.d we protect endangered species, and ban destruction of the rain forests.

With the beautiful weather approaching, you '11be outside more and more. You might play Frisbee, or go swimming in a lake, go for a bike ride, or even a jog. Take pride in the world around you. Just because Earth Day is only internationally celebrated one day a year, doesn't mean you can't let the effects of this one day last all year through.

EDITORIAL

Learning communities may cause problems now, but will help Cabrini grow for the future

Soon to be a junior, a current sophomore struts into the Registrar's office with high hopes of landing a schedule full of choice courses at convenient times to fulfill final core curriculum requirements. The kind employee behind the desk speedily enters keystrokes of course descriptions into the computer and, to the surprise of the student, reveals that the core classes carefully selected by the student are full. Outraged, the upperclassman demands answers. The only response offered by the innocent work grant student employee is that the spot that could have belonged to the weathered college student has instead been locked for an upc_omingfreshman who decided to take the course as part of a Learning Community because the common link subject matter sounded "cool." Denied the necessary course, the second year student is forced to choose an alternate course not full of freshmen whom share similar interests.

If this scenario sounds familiar, you are not alone. Many upperclassmen have recently been forced into undesirable courses because of course clogging caused by a new program being implemented for the fall semester intended to bring freshmen with common interests together in and out of class to discuss 1:Ilaterialcovered by a common theme strung through each course.

Although this sounds like a travesty, Cabrini is adopting this program based on its success at many major colleges, and to take a gigantic evolutionary step to make Cabrini a more appealing institution.

It is true, of course, that some upperclassmen may suffer the annoyance of rearranging their rosters to a less convenient schedule. However, in the future, the potential success of the Learning Community program could very well prove to be an. asset to the Cabrini graduate as well as future freshmen generations.

As with anything new and experimental, bugs can be expected in the early stages of the Leaming Community program. Instead of sweating the stress of course denial, however, the future alumni (current students) should support the efforts of Cabrini to expand and grow.

If the forthcoming of Cabrini was to remain stagnant, without change, then the degrees of graduates could appear to be stale to potential employers as well. After all, Cabrini is as much a representation of its students as its students are symbols of the college.

Community leaders should be accountable·

staff writer

There is a problem with some of the leaders of society today. For every problem there. is a solution, but how do reparations start when the wound is self-inflicted? There are a lot of ,opinions presented as to how to heal and prevent inciden~s such as molestation from occurring; but there has not been much spoken about how to better the characteristics of our leaders.

I'm not talking about the priests. Priest and bishops are the equivalent to the mayor and congressmen of society. Leaders of society, priest or not, mayor or not, leaders should be the best of the best. They should be an example that everyone strives to follow. These people are only human, so mistakes and flaws are expected, but lying is· a characteristic that society should not stand for, as well as the church. Is it so hard to live what you preach and stand for?

When Clinton had his little dress incident with Lewinsky, no one should have stormed the White House, breaking the door

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down to find out the juicy story. But after he lied about it, that is when everyone should have been infuriated-which we were. We were mad. Not because he did it, but because he did it and he didn't care if he hurt us with his dishonesty about it.

Dishonesty hurts more than honesty, no matter how horrid the truth. Those priests should have never acted the way they did with those boys. Enron leaders should have never been so stupid and selfish. Clinton should have resisted his temptations.

Our leaders should not have to be forced into acting the "right" way. They should be examples of the people to look to for when we foul up and need guidance.

Leaders should be the kind of people that if they were given the option to be invisible for the day, they would be just. They should be just and prime example of it with a capital J. They should not only be just when the whole world has its eyes on them either, but also when there are no eyes on them. It should be natural.

Leaders should be willing to be like this. They should be leaders who lead and at the same time are servants to society and not use society to their advantage only.

I want more leaders to lead and not to play around. Their jobs are important. They should be respected. But how can we trust them and follow the laws if they are not? This is a real issue that needs to be addressed by us, the people, their peers. It is partly our fault that some of OIJT leaders have completely fallen apart. It is our job to watch them and to scold them when they do wrong and also to, more importantly, congratulate them, when they are good. We need to let them see their importance to us so it makes it harder for them to screw up. These are not matters that can be tossed aside or saved only for class discussions. These are matters that are more important than we really understand. We need to motivate ourselves and our leaders to start getting serious.

All of the scandals stories of this year, at least there is one good outcome. Just as you need a little black to truly recognize and appreciate the color white, we need a couple of bad eggs to truly appreciate the good leaders out there. Without the example of wrong, we would not really know what was right.

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My life as an RA

I guess the sharp pains in my back began last March when I found out that I was rehired to be an RA for my senior year. I would have to say that I had mixed emotions about accepting the job for the second year in a row. It felt good to know that my peers •respected me and that I did a good job, which prompted the heads of Residents Life to rehire me. What bothered me the most was that last year was terrible due to all of the rule changes that we had - to enforce and the way that our opinion never counted. The deciding factor was the free room and board, which is tempting to an impoverished kid from Philly. So I took the job, and that's when my back started hurting.

The day comes to sign our new contracts, and surprisingly enough there are new amendments made

to our contracts as well. The first glaring change in the contracts was, "you have to start duty at 6 p.m. instead of 8 p.m." When we , asked why that change was put into our contracts, we were told by our bosses that it was because they wanted us to be seen by students earlier in the day. They wanted us

"taken into consideration." This can also be interpreted as "leave me alone." This is a term that you hear coming from that office a lot. After reluctantly signing my RA job contract, I continued on to finish the rest of my school year and I had a great summer.

August rolls around and the back pains start up again. My mom tells me to see a doctor but I figure that .the pain will just go away. RA training starts in the middle of the month and I'm pretty excited. I'm glad to see the people from the returning staff and even happier that it's the start of my senior year. The training starts and runs about seven hours per day. After the "training", it is time for the staff meetings that could last from 30 minutes to 2 hours! and you still have to find the time to decorate the rooms on your floor and do the room check reports. These things you have to do on your time. We asked if we could miss a couple of meetings or a training session so that we can have more time to do paperwork and decorations and we were told that our request would be "taken int-0consideration."

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was just going with the flow. I spoke to my RD on a few occasions about things that bothered and upset me, which was helpful because I needed someone I could trust to talk to, and she was there for me. Who knows, she might have even been able to make a change or make a few suggestions that could make life easier. She gave me several suggestions and was very helpful, but she could not help me with my back pain. The sharp pain between my shoulders was getting worse and worse.

This letter is in regards to the incident that took place on Friday, April 5, at approximately 1:15 a.m. outside of House Six. Colleen Foster, James Beck, James Atwell and myself were standing outside of the house at this time, and I was talking to someone through the window above me. Mr.David Carpenter approached us and asked us for identification. When we asked why we had to produce identification, Mr. Carpenter told us if we didn't have identification on us at this time, he was going to call Radnor Police.

James Beck was the only student to have identification on him, andhe gave it to Ophelia Morgan, the RD on duty. Mr. Carpenter proceeded to call Radnor Police. I am a resident in·House Six and my identification was in my room. CoUeen Foster is a resident of the Cabrini Apartment Complex and her identification was inher room also. James Atwell, who Jives off campus, had his identification in his car. Ricky Cruz walked james Atwell to his car, and when he returned he gave his identification to Mr. Carpenter. At this point in time, Mr. Carpenter asked James where he lived off campus. After learning that he lived 15 minutes away in Bryn Mawr, James was instructed to drive home, although Mr. Carpenter knew he had been drinking.

James then proceeded to walk to his car when Philip Catagnus and Daniel Jellyman saw pie chasing after him. They were walking by when James was instructed to leave campus. After Ricky Cruz, Clarence Scott. Philip Catagnus and Daniel Jellyman got him from walking to his car, he came back up to the house where RadnorPolice had just arrived. The story somehow changed at this point to where Mr. Carpenter never told James to drive home, but that he had to take a cab. This statement was never made before Radnor Police was present.

Meetings with my RD were pleasant. The RD of the apartments told us on the first day, " You guys can trust me. I will always tell you the truth, and I expect you to tell me the truth no matter how bad it may seem." This made me feel great. All I could think of was how great it is to have someone on our side, someone in a position of power that would finally listen to us. I was in a state of bliss.

Training ended and in came the students. First semester as a senior went pretty well and not too many things changed from the previous year. Classes were still hard and Thursdays thru Saturdays were still the party nights. This school is so predictable. I didn't really feel the effects of the new RA policies; I

After the learning how to deal with situations that (in many cases) a fool could effectively handle using common sense, and making collages on clip boards for eight hours, we get to meet with our RD's for a period of time. to walk around and be a part of campus life at an earlier time, and they wanted us to be more available ~othe student body. We were not going to be looked at as "cops" like we were the previous year. The next change in the contracts was, "RA's in Xavier, Woodcrest, and the New borm have to be at the front desk from 6 p.m. to IO p.m. and they cannot leave until relieved by public safety." Now, if you have been following along carefully, you will see that this amendment to the contract totally contradicts the reasons that were given to the first change mentioned in our contracts. Another change was that we have to do four programs instead of three. When we brought these facts to the attention of the "brain-trust" in the Residents Life Office, we were told that our thoughts would be

Second semester rolls around and this time becomes harder and harder to deal with. Especially since this is the time when things should be getting easier. I am a senior who is well on my way to graduation, I was on the Dean's List and I had a big part in the school play. Everything seemed to be going well, but there was something that really bothered me and it wasn't just my back. I guess one of the things that really bothered me was that another RA had been tenninated via email, which doesn't seem t90 professional to me. Another thing that bothered me Wa.5 that there was a new amendment to our contracts that stated that we had to handle all lockouts until 6am on nights that we were on duty. When we disputed this amendment due to the fact that we are still students ( which they claimed was most important) and need a proper amount of sleep, we were told that our concerns would be "taken into consideration." Fortunately this amendment did not last that long, but it was a nightmare for as it was in effect.

Then, about three weeks ago, another RA was terminated and I just could not figure out what was going on around here. RA's were dropping like flies and we were definitely expendable, I just wanted to keep my nose clean for the last two months of school. This

See the rest of Clarence's perspective next week.

Daniel Jellyman had come to talk to me on the steps of House Six to calm me down, when he was instructed to leave. When he asked why, he was told to leave again. When he was walking away, Mr. Carpenter asked someone whom Daniel was, and he then got written up for a noise violation and for being non-compliant, Colleen Foster's roommate, who had brought her identification to House Six, offered to drive James Atwell back to Bryn Mawr and Radnor Police allowed this to happen. After this, everyone went to where they were instructed to go. •

The main reason I am writing this letter is due to the fact that an intoxicated student was instructed to drive. Also, the student$, who were my guests I feel, were written up for no probable cause. All of my guests received noise violation :\long with non-compliance. None of my guests had noise violations, especially since it was me who was tal!cingthrough the window and I am the only student that never produced any form of identification. I had not received anything from Public Safety or Mr. Carpenter, and I was involved as much s every other student present at this time, except for the fact I was the only student present who was not an athlete.

On the attached sheet, you will find the signatures of all the witnesses present at this incident, except for Ricky Cruz and Clarence Scott. Sadly enough, the only two students that would have any authority in this situation were asked to leave their positions as Resident Assistants, and Mr.Carpenter himself instructed this. Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions or concerns regarding this letter.

Respectfully, Katherine

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Conversation101

Before I came to college. I barely knew what Instant Messenger was. At the start of freshman year, however, my typing skills rapidly increased due to all of the people I talked to on my computer. Now, two years later, I still love my IM ability to talk to so many people at one time, no matter where they are locatedeven if they're in the same room!

I'm not one of those IM junkies who creates their own buddy icons and has alarms to notify me when every person on my buddy list signs on, but I am one of those IM junkies who wakes up every morning with my first thought being, "I wonder if anyone IMed me." Pretty pathetic, huh?

My friends love to ridicule me for the time I spend on IM, but it is all in good fun. My roommate even threatened me onc_eby saying, "One day, I'm going to detach your mouse, tie you to a chair and make you sit in front of your computer -screen all day. I' 11 tell everyone on campus to IM you and I'll tum up the volume so all you '11be able to do is sit there and watch people IM you. You'd go insane!" Yea, she's probably right - I would lose it.

Think about the abilities that people have with IM that they do not have with any other means of communication. l.) FREE communication with anyone in the world, anywhere. 2.) No telephone to hold up to your ear while you 're getting dressed or doing your makeup, or whatever it is you have to do. 3.) FREE communication with anyone in the world, anywhere.

Other means of communication that people swear by are, obviously, the telephone, text messaging, email and letter writing. Let's examine all of these and their faults. Telephone - if it's a long distance call, you have to deal with choosing what phone - service to use, based on 25 cents per minute long distance or whatever the cheapest rate is. Or maybe you think 10-10-220 is a good deal? Every 20 minutes you have to hang up and call back, or else you're getting charged $.07 for every minute you talk. Yea,

that's appealing. Either way, you have to pay to use a telephone. Even if you order the local calling plan with no long distance, there is still a monthly bill.

What about text messaging? I recently added text messaging on my cell phone for $2.99 per month, which allots me I00 text mess·ages. What I was not told, however, is that the 100 messages counts for incoming AND outgoing messages. Last month, I had 429 text messages and about $40 in extra charges on my bill for the amount that I exceeded. Not only can it get expensive to use text messaging, it's a pain to type your message! If you have a lot to write, you might as well call the person because by the time you 're done putting in your message, you could have called, had your conversation and hung up.

Now let's examine email. Wonderful form of communication, for letter purposes or transferring information that doesn't need to be received right away. For purposes of g~tting in touch with someone quickly, however, email is useless, most of the time. Though some email websites are free of charge, not all of them are. AOL, for instance, has a monthly. charge. Though hotrnail, for example, is a free service, it does not present all of the features as does AOL.

Letter writing. Days or weeks can go by before your letter is received by the intended recipient, practically defeating the purpose to begin with. I think that's all that needs to be said. (We can leave out the 34 cents cost of stamps, as I'm sure no one is pressed for such small change.)

Granted that IM is only useful when you 're at a computer. Telephones and cell phones are good at any point during the dayespecially a cell phone. For purposes outside the home, dorm room or computer lab, cell phones are excellent - yes, I agree. But when you 're just sitting in your room, why pick up a phone to call someone when you can type to them for FREE? Also, if you 're looking for a way to increase yo_ur typing skills, IM is a great way.

IM vs. phones

Gina says that IM allowsyou to have multiple conversationsat one time

Gina Roswell staff writer

As much as I like to use Instant Messenger, it is not the best form of communication on the planet. There are many things that are inconvenient about the service, and that bother me in general.

Don't get me wrong, I am an avid IM user, its nice to have when you want to know who is around, or for a quick message. It is not something I want to use when having a serious discussion, or even joking around for that matter. It hurts me to say that I do, but I'm not happy about it.

Reason number one for my dis~ like of the IM service is that it is extraordinarily impersonal. I like to hear people talk; l like to see their body language. It helps me to better understand what they are trying to say. With IM you have no idea if a person is serious or joking, or about to break down into tears from what was just typed. I happen to be a very sarcastic person, I joke around a lot and many of my jokes are not received well over the computer. When poking fun of my friends, it often sounds silly the way I would say it in a real life conversation, but on IM the comment can be construed as rude or insensitive. Tonality and inflection are huge instruments of the human thought process. You cannot hear how unserious a person is over the computer, and this has led to more than one fight for me.

My counterpart has saitl that the IM service is especially useful because it is free this is only partly true. IM is free to people with an Internet provider, and they cost money. Don't think that you 're getting off easy with IM here at school because the Internet 1s always hooked-up and you 're not paying for it. You are. If you look at your tuition bill there is a charge for Internet service, it is a cost of $50 per semester. This may not be as expensive as having AOL at home, but it is a lot more than most new Internet Service Providers, such as AT&T, NetZero,- Juno and Comcast@ home.

Each of these services run at roughly $10 a month, meaning $20 less a semestei: on campus

than we pay, so AIM is certainly not free of charge.

Text messaging is just a ridiculous feature added to cell phones in order to catch people who are already addicted to IM. The service is hard to use and is a blatant copy of IM. The price for l 00 incoming and outgoing messages is a very low $2.99, the problem is that they charge 99 cents for every extra message that is sent, think about this for a minute. You would be paying for three messages for $2.97 after you surpass your 100. thaf s right three costs the same amount as 100. Not a very good deal. How easy would it be to just pick up the phone and talk to the person, I'm sure the message can wait a few minutes until you are available to actually talk. People like to hear other people.

Life without human contact would be a terrible fate for any person. If all you could do was sit in a room and talk over the computer. with no chance of ever meeting or seeing or hearing the person you are talking to again, you would probably be a very lonely person. When I go home for breaks, the only way I can contact friends from school is over IM or e-mail, and I feel so out of the loop that I cannot wait to get back to school where I can just run around campus to see whoever I wanted to talk to. There is just something in the human voice that makes conversation real, heartfelt or funny. You need to have real contact at times; the Internet cannot be your best friend.

My counterpart would "go insane" if she was unable to answer her IM, on the other hand I would probably go insane if I were unable to here or see my friends anymore. I like to talk and joke and have fun with real people, you cannot get that interaction with IM. It is a nice way to have a quick back and forth to find out what is going on, but to have an actual conversation over IM just causes more problems than it's worth.

The IM is the laziest way to hold a conversation. Get out of your desk chair and make aneffort to really talk to people.

Cathar~nesays you missout on havinghuman interactionand hearingpeople'svoices

Blood drives hindered by increasing tattoo·popularity

by Catharine Hernson perspectives editor

With tattoos growing in popularity among college students across the nation, blood drives on campuses may suffer, including Cabrini. With U.S. health advisors considering changes to the rules pertafoing to blood donations from people with tattoos and body piercings, the number of blood donations .from students may go down.

As of now blood donors in the U.S. have to wait a year to give blood after receiving a tattoo, or piercing in non-sterile conditions. The main reason is that during the tattooing or piercing procedure the recipient may have contracted viruses.

Many different thoughts are going into the rule changes, such as how to determine the sterility of the tattooing or piercing. Also the length of the waiting period is too long, since blood banks have

much better tests to detect viruses and infections.

Piercings do not affect donor turnout as much as tattoos do, since much less bleeding is involved. Susan Fitzgerald, college nurse, explained that getting a piercing does not have as much a chance of co11taminatingthe blood as getting a tattoo. Tattoos involve a lot of bleeding; therefore there is more of a chance that a virus could be transferred.

The semi-annual blood drive, held Monday, April 8, 2002, was a. disappointment to Fitzgerald. Only 46 donors came to the drive and 34 were able to donate a usable pint. Fitzgerald believes that this may have to do with students signing up to donate with no intention of actually going to the drive. Tattoos and piercings don't have as much of an impact of the deferral rate at the drive. "We make sure the students are aware, so they don't sign up and get deferred. We try and make it clear

during recruiting," Fitzgerald said. The amount ·of blood being -donated will be affected by the increasing popularity of tattoos and body piercings. It is believed to affect the college population more so than the general blood donating public. "It is the age group that gets tattoos more," Fitzgerald said, how it will affect the blood supply is dependent on what percentage of actual blood donors are college students.

The Red Cross is always in need of more blood and is adamant about the fact that "every unit counts." Of the 34 pints donated by Cabrini students th1~ spring over I 00 people were able to receive blood.

For more information about giving blood or regulation~ regarding tattoos and piercings go to www.pleasegiveblood.com.

Adam's Mark Hotel held the International Tattoo Convention where people were tattooed on the spot.

Lemieux leading way for men's lacrosse

by Richard Magda editor in chief

The men's lacrosse team is shredding competitors on its 11 game winning streak, since losing the first two games of the season. With stellar performance and outstanding. leadership, the team is currently 11-2 and has earned the no. 1 seed in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference.

Reientlessly attacking oppo_:nents, Tom Lemieux, senior captain of the men's lacrosse team, is used to being on top. Leaving challengers behind on the field and on the scoreboard, Lemieux leads his teammates with intensity and emotion, paving the way for success.

This season, Lemieux became Cabrini's all-time leading scorer with 208 career points. Points in lacrosse, like hockey, are a tallied total of goals and assists. Entering the season, Lemieux needed 37 points to break the record previ-

ously held by 1997 graduate Joey Collins. Against Shenandoah on March 29, Lemieux had five goals and one assist, six points, to become the all-time scoring leader in a 22-7 victory for the Cavaliers.

"It happened in Virginia and no one told me anything and then they announced. it before the Neumann game at home and gave me a ball and took pictures. It was a great honor," Lemieux said.

. Despite being the alUime scoring leader and three-time PAC Player of the Week this season, Lemieux credits his teammates for his success

"Breaking the record is something that comes from the players around me. People who get points get recognition but all the players make it happen. It's a credit to all the players around me over the past four years," Lemieux said.

"But I've been working hard all four years. Its tough to be an athelete and deal with the whole

School in Long Island, NY, Lemiuex led the team to a state championship. Playing attack as a captain, Lemiuex was voted onto the All County team in Suffolk County, NY, which has long been a hot spot for lacrosse, according to Lemiuex.

"We won states my senior year. After that, I heard from Carbini and I liked it," he said.

Sophomore goalie Antonio Masone played high school lacrosse with Lemiuex and feels fortunate to be an outlet for Lemieux 's scoring rampage.

''Tommy is an emotional role model," Masone said. "He's a great person on and off the field photo by Geri Lynn Utter and his teammates look up to him. I've been playing lacrosse TomLemieux with him for five years between school thing. My teammates have high school and college and he's helped me out." been someone to look up to."

Success with lacrosse is not When Lemieux's playing days new territory for Lemieux. As a for Cabrini are over, he will not senior at Comsewogue High only be able to say that he helped the team be successful for four

Intramural soccer ·season a success

by Liz Graham guest writer night" and a time "for the girls to take a break and hang out". There was an enthusiastic response from the teams as well; many of the teams came early to cheer on the teams playing. Despite having a lot of fun there was one conflict with the league this year. There were no assigned referees for the games and often a player from another team became the. referee. There were some close games that had a few disputed calls. However, the players brushed bad calls off and continued to enjoy the games.

For the past two years intramural soccer has been a hit. This year the league was organized by Mike O' Reilly from the boy's soccer team. Interest in the league was drummed up mainly through word of mouth. People who were interested in playing for the league formed five teams; red, white, gray, black and blue. Although most of the participants this year were athletes everyone is encouraged to join in on the fun in the future. Last year the improve troupe organized a team and there were a two teams that had a majority of non-athletes on the team. This year the teams played games every Wednesday night for six weeks. Games were played at lO, 11 and 12 o'clock in the Dix-oricenter beginning in January and ending in March. Games were played for two 20 minute halves with a five minute half-time. Six players were on the court at a time; five field players and a goalie. Everyone involved had a great time and enjoyed the level of competition. Freshman Sean Dugan, also a varsity soccer player, felt that the games were very competitive and fun. For many of the games fans sat on the upper track to cheer on the teams. Sophomore Christa Stella had this to say about being a spectator; "it was entertainment on an off

years but that he was a foundational player in Cabrini lacrosse history as well.

As Lemieux recalls, "We only had like 19 players my freshman year and we field 11 so it was tough. The program has come a long way though and it feels great to be part of it."

Continuing his pattern of success, Lemieux is using his experience and leadership to improve the program for the future. "I grew u_pwith lacrosse at home. I'_ve always been on a winning • program and it .feels good to know that wfre good now too. It's just good to be part of it all. We have a great team now," he said.

Since Lemieux first stepped his quick feet onto Cabrini's field, the team has grown considerably. With 44 on the roster, Cabrini men's lacrosse is proving itself as perennial contenders for the PAC title and a serious threat in the NCAA tournament.

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Junior Gina Roswell recently put her moyes to the test at the Philadelphia Eagles cbeerleading tryouts.

by Gina Roswell staff writer

At the Hilton hotel at the Philadelphia Airport, a conference room was filled with approximately 400 anxious, aspirant, females, ranging from 18 - 35 years of age, waiting to try out for the Eagles cheerleading squad.

April 14 was an early day for the majority in attendance, as potential cheerleaders were asked to be at the hotel by 8 a.m. for reg• istration. At 9:30 a.m., Suzy Zucker, Eagles cheerleader choreographer, began teaching her routine.

Approximately 11 a.m. brought the first round of judging to a start as 38 groups of 10 girls hurriedly practiced the three-counts of eight taught to them by Zucker.

the panel of approximately 16 judges, including Zucker, Barbara Zaun, Eagles cheerleader director and Diego Ramos, Q 102 disc jockey, watched as each group of 10 potential cheerleaders presented themselves and their dancing ability.

Immediately after the first . round of cuts, each applicant was sent to a separate room to interview with the Barbizon School of Modeling. Barbizon and the Eagles cheerleaders are offering one girl who does not make the team the opportunity to still be featured in the Eagles cheerleader 2002-2003 calendar.

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Testosterone linked to 'home court advantage'

by Ryan Mulloy A&E editor

The "home field" advantage, • recently explained by scientists as a matter of increased testosterone, is being considered by many schools, including our very own campus. In a recent study, scientists in London have learned that the increased production of the hormone testosterone may very well affect the performances of athletes and the demeanor of the fans.

The Hilton Hotel hosted try outs for the Eagle's Cheerleading squad.

Representatives from Barbizon spoke with each girl and even taught her how to do the "model walk." Aside from the opportunity to be in the calendar, Barbizon will be looking for fresh faces to represent their modeling agency.

At around 2 p.m., after Barbizon was through with their interviews, round two of the cheerleader tryouts began. This time, approximately 150 ladies were competing to survive round two in front of a slightly different panel of judges.

At approximately 3:30 p.m. the finalists were announced. 100 contestants remained to be invited to practice with the tea,rn, and Zucker, on April 22 and 24 at

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Bally Total Fitness, in Philadelphia. According to Zaun, "during each rehearsal, applicants will be evaluated with regard to dance ability, attitude, showmanship, stamina and personal appearance."

After practice on the 24th, a third round of cuts will be held. April 30 is the fourth, and final, evaluation round, held at the Hilton, again.

The exact number of girls being accepted i~ undetermined, as the current cheerleaders must tryout again to maintain their spot on the team. Right now there are 36 girls on the Eagles cheerleading squad - all of whom could be replaced with new members.

Doctors Sandy Wolfson and Nick Neave of University of Northumbria. in England, have conducted several tests to determine what makes testosterone so detrimental to the "home field" advantage. The tests were mainly conducted in England with the sport of football, known as soccer in the United States of America.

Up until now, the relationship between testosterone and this advantage has all been met with speculation and opinions from sports fans. For the NBA, the finals and where the games are played is essential for a team. Sometimes, they can affect their win/loss record, depending upon their performance. For instance, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers, who played in last season's finals, were very ·concerned with where the games were played. While the first game was played in Los Angeles with Philadelphia winning, the future home games were won in the favor of the Lakers.

The same behavior of players can be used to describe the fans of sports as well. The tests con-

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ducted involved the separation of several sports fans and the testing of their saliva. After the conclusion of the games, the saliva was tested. The tests proved that male fans intensity increased as their teams won and decreased dramatically when they lost. According to a study by Physiological Behavior in 1998, the test proved that depending upon wins or losses by one's team, there are undoubtedly physiological consequences that go beyond mood and selfesteem.

The increase of the production of testosterone in very much linked to animal behavior, Neave --, stated in his report. "Like other animals who guard and protect their home territory, footballers may feel more energetic, activated and assertive when faced with threats from out-groups."

Darwin's theory of evolution contains the basic concept of survival of the fittest. This is also linked closely to athletic performance due to testosterone. Hand-in-hand with the notion of animalistic behavior, Neave also stated that the players are like the animals, "fighting for their territory because it means so much to their survival."

While there is still some question as to how women react to being on their home field, there is at least some explanation for the behavior of male athletes, their performance and their fans. Testosterone studies continue to shed some light on the performance of athletes and take drive them even hard to their success in the home town setting.

Women'sLacrosse

The women had a great run this week beginning with a

The women had a tremendous sweep in two doubleheaders this week. The·women shut out Wesley 8-0 in the first game and 7-0 in the second. On April 11, the team

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The golf team teed off against Alvernia and Neumann on April 9. The day ended with a defeat against Neumann and a loss to Alvernia. On April 12, the golf team lost to Widener ~Holy Family, but came out on top over victory over -2 on April 9 sent the team into their had their next v· with a score of~ on April 13 w record of 10-2 o

Track

The track team traveled to Gwynedd-Mercy for the Metropolitan Meet on Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14. The men placed third out of four and the women placed second out of four.

The men's team defeated Wesley with a score of 4-3 in a close match on April 11. The momentum was lost however when the team was upset by DeSalles University on April 14 with a loss of 6- l.

eir way to their l Othmconsectrtive t •with their defeat over Villa Julie on April 9. The men won with a score of 13-9 before traveling to Virginia to compete against Marymount on April 13. They held onto their winning streak with a close score of 13-11. The men are now 102 overall and 6-0 in the PAC.

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Victories clinch play-off Sporfor Cavalier softball team

by Amy Gassen staff writer

The softball team defeated The College of Misericordia twice in a double-header on Tuesday, April 17. During the first game, the Lady Cavaliers defeated the Lady Cougars 4-1 at the top· of the seventh inning. The second game ended with an extra inning when Senior Megan Johnston, pitcher, stole home on an overthrow to third base at the top of the eighth inning bringing the score to 1-0.

According to Karen Pelkey, head coach of the Cabrini softball team, the two wins make it almost certain that the Lady Cavaliers will host the PAC Championships this year on their home field. A win today versus Immaculata College at 3 p.m. will seal the PACs on Cabrini soil.

A big mix of students, parents, faculty, staff and friends rooted on the Lady Cavaliers during the fifth time they boasted a home team advantage while four loyal fans traveled from Misericordia.

"Misericordia is always a big game," Pelkey said. They are our rival in all sports.

During the first game, the Lady Cavaliers scored their first two runs in the first inning with freshman Lauren Cull and jwrior Heather Tu running home. Sophomore Brooke Peterdozzi brought home an RBI.

Both teams played top-defensive games until the top of the fifth inning when

Sophomore Michelle Goff of Misericordia hit a homerun over left field. According to Pelkey, it was the first time that Johnston allowed a batter to hit one of her pitches for the last consecutive 50 innings that she pitched. "She's in the NCAA Division III record book," Pelkey said.

During the top of the fifth inning, Sophomore Shannon Murphy hit a double causing Freshman Megan Lee, left fielder for Misericordia to knock over the new white fence that surrounds the photos by Kit Dewey field. Later on in the inning, The women's softball team defeated The College of Johnston brought Murphy home Misericordia not once, buf twice. with a triple bringing the score to 31. Then, Cull sent Jolinston home, bringing the score to 4-1. Neither team scored for the duration of the game.

During the top of the sixth, Templin walked Lady Cougar Amber Lazorka, sophomore. Lazorka tried to steal during an overthrow pitch to the second batter but was chased down by Tu. Templin struck the next two batters out, culminating in another inning with only three players to take up bats.

At the end of the seventh inning, the score rested at 0-0. An extra inning was added to determine a winner. Misericordia batted first at the top of the eighth. Junior Anne Tesseyman

hit a single. Tesseyman tried to steal ·second while the second batter was up, but was called out when catcher Melanie Klaus, junior, threw the ball to Tu, short stop. The second batter then hit a single. However, the third batter was out on a fly ball and the fourth batter hit to Lisa Jackson, senior who threw the ball to first base player Rita Homing, junior, for the third out.

During the bottom of the eighth inning, Megan Johnston stole home with only one out in the inning.

"We keep on climbing and get~ stronger," Pelkey said. "It's a good sign." •

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• Mass, 12:15

•Commedian Buzz p.m., Sutherland, Grace Bruckrnann Hall Atrium, 8 Chapel of St. p.m.• Joseph

• Softball vs. hnmaculata, 3 p.m.

• Dance 9-1 a.m., Grace Hall Atrium

•Men's Lacrosse vs.DeSales University, 1 p.m.

• Tennis vs. Eastern University, I p.m.

. Mass, 7 p.m., Bruckmann Chapel of St. Joseph

•Women's Lacrosse vs. The College of New Jersey, 4 p.m.

•Coffeehouse: Open Mic, 9 p.m., Grace Hall Atrium