Nov. 21, 2002 Issue 12 Loquitur

THURSDAY Nov. 21, 2002

Vol.XLIX Number 12

l~SIDE:

• Admission standards, page 4

• Irish dance competition, page 7

• Campbell's Soup curse, page 8

Tension rises over CAC desk

JANA FAGOTfl ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR

Concerned residents of the Cabrini Apartment Complex voiced their opinions without hesitation on Tuesday, Nov. 19, when the Residence Hall Association hosted an open forum concerning the front desk in the CAC.

The Dixon House lounge was anything but a place to relax on Tuesday, as CAC residents gathered for the open forum. Kevin Quaglia, president of the RHA, as well as the executive vice president and secretary of RHA were also present.

Residence Coordinator, Angie Hodgeman, who is also the resident director of the apartment complex, attended the forum offering support and an openmind for her residents, as well as Mike Quickel, residence director of Xavier, Student Government President Bern Hazel, and secretary Jesse Gluckman. Dr. Richard Neville, vice president of student activities, and Director of Residence Life, David Carpenter were not in attendance.

Security guards and RDs have been sitting at a desk, placed in the front of the CAC, every night for the past two weeks. Residents of the apartment complex, who were used to simply swiping their identification cards and entering freely, are now required to sign

guests in and out. The desk has brought a lot of security to some residents and a lot of stress to others.

Hodgeman explained that the desk was put in place for a number of reasons: "One, by student request, and two, for vandalism." In the apartments, there has been a substantial amount of vandalism, disruptive behavior, and reported physical and sexual assaults. This was all taken into consideration when the decision to place the desk in the apartments was made. Quickel said that the original concept of the front desk was to "promote safety and security." However, the residents were not consulted in the decision to add the desk and the forum served as a place for annoyed residents to express their concerns and complaints.

"Where do we go so people will listen?" Mike Piccoli, a junior, said.

"We are here for you," Quaglia said. Secretary Megan Hartman, a senior and resident of the CAC, sat at his side taking notes for a meeting being held today between Quaglia and Neville to discuss the policies that will take place concerning the desk.

"I want a desk. Things were stolen from my apartment," senior Jamie Getka, CAC resident assistant, said. The apartment complex has been a place where doors are left open and unlocked without second thought. A resident responded to Getka by suggesting that she start locking her door.

"We asked for more security than that," Getka said

"I do not want it," Candice Linehan, a senior and CAC resident, said. Linehan said that she feels the minority of the building has won in the case of the desk.

"A petition has been circulating

throughout the apartments in which the majority of the students do not want the desk," Linehan said.

Toya Bradley, another CAC resident, feels that much of the activites that take place in the Residence Halls are "childish."

Bradley said "I do not like the desk but leave it there. Maybe a higher level of maturity will be reached."

The guest policy of the apartments was also briefly discussed. There is a campus-wide policy that each resident is only allowed two guests. However, Neville is open to the idea of unlimited guests but nothing is set in stone. Residents have a hard time believing that their ideas and concerns will be heard and respected by the Residence Life staff. "Administration and RAs are the first ones to disrespect student concerns. When are they going to start listening and stop taking our

rights?" Piccolli said.

"It is disrespectful that the people who need to hear this are not here," Getka said. Many students agreed with Getka and Piccolli on the issue of disrespect campuswide. "Students are not being listened to and that is a problem," Hazel said. Further concerns arose with public safety and the abuse of power over the CAC residents.

Kerri Houseman, a senior and CAC third-floor resident, told a story of how she had to convince an officer that she, in fact, Jived in the complex after knocking on a neighbor's door in her hallway. "I was not allowed to knock on a door," Houseman said.

Pasqual Bocchicchio said "The desk itself does not have an effect, but fired up peers affect residents."

The students were asked to make suggestions about the desk, which is permanent to the apartment complex. Senior and CAC ..

resident Amanda Cappelli suggested that the desk only be in place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights when the complex has a higher population of visitors. Residents even expressed interest in the idea of student leaders running the desk as opposed to public safety. The idea of security cameras, visitor buzzers and additional phones was discussed and will be presented to Neville, as well as other student concerns expressed during the duration of the evening.

CAC residents are still confused as to why their privileges were revoked so abruptly. They have questions that will remain unanswered until the proper lines of communication are opened.

A campus-wide forum is currently being scheduled to discuss the decisions made about the desk in the CAC before Thanksgiving break.

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Seth Klinesigns himself in as Kelly Wilson's guest in the apartments.

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Jim Beck signs in Colleen Foster at the Cabrini Apartment Complex as a Public Safety officer looks on.

Don Guanella School active. in campus activities

CllmYL WAGSTAFF SPORTS EDltOR

The men's basketball team scrimmaged the children .from the Don Guaoella Springfield Delaware County School for Boys on Sunday, Nov. 17.

The Don Guanella School is a residential facility for males ftom the age of 5 to 21 with special needs in Philadelphia.

Robert Neely, the activities director, arranges for the children to participate in different activities with local colleges and universities, such as Temple and Vtllanova. "It is more beneficial for the schools that we go to than for the kids although, the kids have a blast," Neely said.

Leslie Danehy,associate athletic director, set up Sunday night's scrimmage. It gave the children an opportunity to play with the men's basketball team and show off their skills. Neely began taking the children to various schools to play basketball with the varsity teams when Chris Burke, star of "Life Goes On" and "Touched By an Angel,'' came to the Don Guanella School and was an avid basketball player. Now they do it every year.

The men's basketball team is not the only Cabrini team that plays host to the Don Guanella School. The men's lacrosse team also holds scrimmages with the children.

Neal Newman, theater director, holds workshops with the children. "We have been doing scenes from different movies," Patrick Lutz, of the Don Guanella School, said. Mary Laver, coordinator of community outreach and partnerships, also works with the school. lt is one of the locations that first-year students visit on their day of service. Cabrini students get the chance to visit the Don Guanella School throughout the year at its school dances.

The children enjoy playing with the college students. Lutz's favorite college basketball player is Brooks Sales, who graduated from Villanova last year. Don Guanella student Fred Yarboughprefers professional basketball and his favorite players are Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal.

Officials respond to CAC desk

MELISSA DIPIETRANTONIO ASSISTANTNEWS EDITOR

There have been many concerns and issues primarily from the residents of the CAC this current semester. In fact, it was the students themselves who addressed their concern to residence life.

In response, a new desk was put in the Cabrini Apartment Complex for the safety and comfort of the residents.

According to David Carpenter, director of student life, there were unescorted guests in the building, a smoke detector was disabled, doors were being propped open and groups of people were entering and roaming the building. There were also a few reported thefts and problems with people's behavior.

In response to the disabled smoke detector, Charlie Schaffner, director of public safety, said "It is a safety problem that is jeopardizing everybody in that complex."

Schaflher said, "I think that if residence life feels there is a necessity to monitor the traffic in and out of the building then I feel

that we should comply with that. I know that there were some complaints from the residents that some of the damage to the building was being done by people who were not residents of the building. There have been complaints that a large number of freshmen are hanging out in the building also."

Freshman Cristin Missimer said, "I think it is unfair for the people that live in them because they are old enough to live on their own."

Carpenter said, "To support the community and for security we put a front desk in there and we will run it until the end of the semester and evaluate whether or not it is going to become a permanent fixture as far as the next phase for increasing the size of CAC."

Cabrini is looking into putting an addition on the CAC and when that is done, residence life will look into putting a permanent desk in the CAC and determine its hours of operation and how it will be staffed.

Sophomore Jayme Thompson said, "I think it is horrible, however, if people keep taking things

that do not belong to them then I guess that is their last resort, to get a public safety officer. I guess I am in between."

Freshman Kacie Green said, "I think that it is good because it regulates how many people are in the apartments but it also makes you feel like you have no responsibility because you have to sign in to get into the apartments."

Currently, the RAs sit at the front desk from 8 -to IO p.m. and then public safety guards it until 6 a.m.

The policies are the same as every other building. It has the same visitation rules and expectations.

Sophomore Brad Rink said, "It is independent living. If they pull that when I live there, I will get my lawyer involved."

Carpenter said, "Thus far we have seen a decrease in problems. We have not had any issues with theft in the building since we started. Certainly a lot less propped doors and a lot less unescorted guests. It is simply making the environment safer and more secure."

Spring semester's new courses

RYAN NORRIS STAFF WRITER

There are three new courses being offered this spring, and as of Thursday, Nov. 14, students have signed up for them.

Sociology of Happiness, which is an honors seminar 300 course, is being taught by Dr. McKinley. This course will count as an individual in society course, and it will examine the relative value of both individual and institutional factors in the creation and maintenance of human happiness.

Various definitions of happiness will be examined with particular attention to the historical and cultural that impact the way we come to see happiness. Contemporary literature of the social sciences will be examined to establish the validity and reliability of those claims to measuring

happiness. The impact of culture, gender, age, income, education and religion, all will be assessed in determining the influencing factors of happiness.

Festive Drama, which is also an honors seminar 300 is being taught by Dr. McCormick. This course will count as an aesthetic course. It will cover the nature and function of festive celebrations and rituals that have been performed at all times and in all places. This course will explore the many connected relations of these celebratory dramas. It also examines a wide array of festive drama performances and will include some field work.

History of Modern Middle East, which is History 269 for the Spring semester, is being taught by Jeremy Rich. This course will explore the roots of violence, religious revival and political

upheaval in the Middle East from 1800 to present. Issues covered will include the rise of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, ties between the United States with the region, the history of modern Iraq, changing understandings of Ishim in the 19th and 20th centuries, the birth of feminism in the Middle East and the rise of authoritarian regimes in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and elsewhere.

Also new this spring are affiliations with Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education. In addition to the existing agreements with Eastern College and Valley Forge Junior College, Cabrini College has entered into an agreement with the colleges of the SEPCHE. This agreement is very similar to the existing agreements.

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Where does your tuition money go?

GINA PERACCHIA ASSISTANTA&E EDITOR

The questions "Where does our tuition money go?" and "Why is tuition so expensive?" are brought up frequently by students on campus.

Tuition is $18,470 for both residents and commuters, and with room and board that price escalates to $26,650.

"Higher education is a business that is very labor intensive. So there is a very high percentage of the [tuition] dollars that go to salaries and benefits. We have done surveys over the past couple of years and compared benefits and salaries with other institutions, so we have to continue to pay a competitive salary to attract new employees. That is what any business would do. But, tuition dollars do not go into big capital projects. There is a separate budget fOI' that," vice president for

finance and administration treasurer, Stephen Lightcap, said.

Not only does tuition money go toward the salaries, but also towards the technology that needs to be updated every few years.

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"We do have plans to add parking. It is on our master plan, but most donors do not want to buy a parking garage," Lightcap said.

spaces will be provided in the future and if it is corning out of everyone's tuition. The answer is yes and no. The money for parking will not come out of students' pockets. The money actually Executive Director of comes from outside donors such as bonds, government grants and private gifts, not from tuition. Marketing and Communications, Nancy Santos-Gainer said, "If you look at a lot of colleges, they have had to increase their tuition substantially because of these factors."

Most students do not pay the full $26,650. The amount of money coming out of the budget for the 2002-2003 fiscal year for financial aid is about $8.6 million.

"About 80 percent of the population receives some fonn of a gift or grant, and around 92 percent receive self-help, which is loans. So I think when you look at the sticker price, $18,470 is a fair price (for tuition]," Lightcap said.

A big question on campus is whether or not more parking

Students want to see the way they live on campus reflected in their tuition, but a strong majority of residents do not see it at all.

"Yes, I do think the tuition is expensive," freshman psychology and Spanish major Joneeta Byrd said. "You would think with all the money we pay, we could at least have hot water [in the dorms]. Internet service is horrible. They charge you for a computer fee even whel you do not have a computer, and they charge you for a

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Sophomore Stephanie Moffa agrees. "In our dorms we have no soap, so for $26,000 they should supply soap."

Some people would agree they are paying too much, because of

residential problems, but there are others who think they are getting their. money's worth. Marketing ntajor, Jennifer Keller said, "I guess our tuition is expensive, but I think it is put to good use. We really do have good facilities."

RHA gets organized, adopts constitution

JERMAINE O'NEIL STAFF WRITER

Cabrini's newly adopted Residence Hall Association, the organization created to bridge the gaps between residents and administration, is ready to do exactly that. They are willing to listen to the concerns and issues that Cabrini residents have.

In getting organized and prepared, the RHA has recently finished its constitution. Their constitution sets a structure for the whole organization. It outlines the responsibilities of the members. It also outlines the goals of the

group and discusses the jobs to be done by specific members.

The RHA has also nominated all its association leaders and given all its members their positions within the group. There are several members appointed to position.

The members first fall under two main categories. There are the executive officers that oversee the organization, and then there are the different committees that perform certain tasks. There are four executive officers. The president is Kevin Quaglia, the vice president is Jana Fagotti, vice president of communications is Megan

Hartman and vice president of finance is Jason Dias. There are currently four committees. The committees fall under the categories of policies and procedures, programming, public relationsand fundraising.

All the committees are set do to their part. Although they are working with a limited budget they are still coming up with ideas for events and ways to come up with fundraisers. This is an important focus right now. The organization is putting all its efforts into fundraising and organizing school related events.

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See how the Old Testament predicted Jesus' birth in the New Testament.

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campus at the end of this fall semester is a date auction. Those who work under the programming board are organizing this event. They will have certain Cabrini students go on auction. Then other fellow Cabrini students will bid on them. This will be a fundraising event. This is one of the first events hosted by RHA, but far from the last.

RHA is one of the newest organizations at Cabrini College. The best of efforts is being put in to make sure that this organization is a success. "Although RHA is a new organization to campus, from what I see now it looks to be very

successful in the future," programming board member Michael Sofia said.

The organization cannot work within itself though. It needs the residents and administration to function correctly with them in order for things to shoot for the positive. It starts with the residents, is bridged by the RHA and then goes to administration. But in all actuality, the RHA is where the initial action takes place. RHA is there to do its part as long as others go about things in an orderly and fashionable manner.

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Admission standards, diversity low at Cabrini

ANNE MARIE WHITE ASSISTANTMANAGINGEDITOR

The admission standards of Cabrini College are simple: an incoming student must have a 3.0 grade point average, have an average of 1000 on the SATs and letters of recommendation. An entrance essay is not mandatory but it is welcomed. This no-essayrequired policy may be replaced by sending in a graded paper from high school to take place of the college essay that many other institutions require. This idea has not yet beel).made official.

The buzz among students has been that Cabrini is not all that selective in their process of choosing who is admitted based on the fact that an essay is not included in the application package. Some quietly say that it is strange to see so little diversity in a township

that is part of a metropolitan area.

Charlie Spencer, assistant director of admissions, said, "We visit schools in Philadelphia, have gone down to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. That is where I met Angelle Penn. We are doing less Pennsylvania-based traveling."

Cabrini has branched out to reach potential students in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, the Midwest and the West Coast.

In reference to the tracking down of future student's grades, Spencer said, "We find the students through the information that students have permitted us to see from their standardized tests. We like to monitor the student's progress in their senior year and we try to offer them the program that best suits them according to their interests or activities."

First-year student Alexis Figueras said, "I think Cabrini has

low admissions standards. There was no essay involved as most colleges do. I know someone who had an SAT score of around 600. I know SATs are not supposed to matter but for some colleges it's a big deal. Cabrini offered me a scholarship before they knew my grades."

Gary Johnson, dean of enrollment services, said, "I do not know if adding an essay would add to the higher admissions criteria in the application package."

"The question is whether the more 'prestigious' schools that require the essays utilize it as part of their assessment of the potential student. Does it really count in the student's evaluation? A high school student can hand in a really polished piece of work and you wonder if that student really wrote that work themselves. Is it a true measure? We might start asking in

our packages for students to send us a graded paper from high school."

The National Collegiate Athletic Association does not allow the preferential treatment of athletes through aid grants.

The pursuit of a diversity of students of racial, economic and religious backgrounds within the Cabrini community is an issue that the admissions staff has tackled but there is no way you can force someone to stay. Johnson said, "You have to be genuine in your commitment. The administration and the community have to communicate back and forth. We will not understand what is going on unless we are told what we should improve and change. I believe that the Cabrini community itself has a good communication. With the 'education of the heart' and the emphasis on community service,

it draws students together and it gives us the opportunity to make changes little by little."

The education, campus aesthetics and size of Cabrini have attracted some far-away students. Pierre Archambault, a sophomore student ambassador and a native of Colorado, said, "My brother found out about the school through lacrosse camp. The thing that I tell the people that I give tours to is that for a small school Cabrini gives you big advantages. You cannot expect for something to happen, you have to get yourself known. Your face is known; your teachers can actually talk to you and care about you. They want to see you in class. You get a better education in small schools. For myself to be so far away from home, I would rather be in a small school and get the attention that I feel I need."

Not unlucky but13Even

KATIE REING PHOfO EDITOR

"I do a lot of walking and one day I ran into Greg. He needed a singer, and l thought 'Why not?"' ,Kevin Healey, the lead singer of 13Even, said shrugging. Kevin rocks back and forth in his chair and drops his eyes almost shyly. Hard to believe that the lead singer of an aggressive rock bandcould be shy, but then 13Even hardly irts the norm when it comes to mmic.

The five-member band from Yardley, Pa. bas been together for overa yearnow. Composed of guitarists John Bozzoto and Jack Wood, drummer Greg Thompson. bassist Aaron Huntsberry, and lead vocalist KevinHealey, the band behaves as if they've been together for decades; passing quiet jokes and teasing each other good naturedly. 13Even is not just about the fun friendship the guys in band share, it's about the music. And the band knows it. Pouring emotion and intellect into their lyrics and creativity and energy into their music, the band exudes a confidence and edge while performing that has earned them a close following among Pbiladelphia1s rock

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The band paid a visit to Cabrini College on October 7. l 3Even performed live on WYBF "TheBum" for anhout and a half jam session. Band member John Bozzuto is a former cabrini student, although Bozzuto claims that "Every member of the band has at one time or another thrown up or [partied} here." During the pinety minute show,. l3Bven played crowdfavorites such as "Invalid from Heck.'•"Relax.,. and·even an acousticcover of Guns 'N Roses hit "Welcome to the Junsfe."

"Our goal is to bring creativity andthoughtinto our song. writing."said Healey. In addition to their close fan base,

13Even's unique music has earned 1hem a clothing endorsement from the -California based extreme sports company SPLIT.

13Evena1sohas played with bands $UChas Lost Prophets, Hoobastank. and Breaking Benjamin's.

l3Even will be perfonning on October 25 at The Haunted Park in Norwood, Pa at 8prp.. You' can find out more about 13Even on the web at www.13even,com.

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7:05 p.m. on Tuesday,Nov. 12.

One light hits the stage only two days before opening night of "Boy gets Girl." Dress rehearsal is being held during what most call "hell week," the week before the show when practices are held every night and run into aJI hours of the evening.

7:15 p.m.

ENTER: Amanda Snow, stage manager and a current junior, informs the cast and crew as to how much time they have until the run of the show will begin.

Snow:Fifteen minutes!

7:18 p.m.

ENTER: Stagehand Devon Spratling, a sophomore, is running through the progression of scenes just to be sure he knows what set pieces are needed. Neal Newman, stage director, sits in the audience, taking in the tense atmosphere. "Chaos? I don't see any chaos," says Newman.

7:22 p.m.

ENTER: Haven McMickle, student director, is seen on the sidelines rechecking props.

Newman: We're missing an actor?

Snow, referring to actress

Laura Giorlando who plays the role of Detective Becht: Laura has no voice at all?

7:25 p.m.

Snow: Five minutes to curtain!

Newman: Devon has something new and we have to put it in the set.

7:26 p.m.

Stagehand Chris Friel, a freshman, places a new picture center stage.

7:29 p.m.

Snow: Places!

Newman: No, we have a problem. Technical difficulties.

A readjusted stage causes last minute changes.

7:55 p.m.

Snow: PLACES! The mumbles fade, as

Spratling takes deep, cleansing breaths; preparing for show time. "Getting to do all this craziness, I thrive on this. SmelJ that? Smells like victory," says Spratling. The lights dim and the show begins.

8:00 p.m.

In the lighting and sound booth, Snow and Suzanne Euler, a sophomore, concentrate on getting their cues right, yet this is only beginning.

8:03 p.m.

Backstage Giorlando is waiting for her cue at the end of scene one. Giorlando, actor Brian Fry, a junior, and Ashley Koch, actress and current freshman, all act as stage crew members when they are not on stage. Actress Marian Gibfreid, a sophomore, runs out of the ~oom in a very pale state.

8:04 p.m.

Koch: Marian's not feeling too good.

Fry: She's okay. She doesn't go on for three more scenes.

Koch asks Fry to take over stage crew duties while she takes care of Gibfreid,

Stage crew is often overlooked when considering the production of a show. They build, they set, they run, and they get half as much credit as the performers, but it's fun. "I actually like doing this stuff," Euler said,

In the words of Giorlando, "The better play's backstage."

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While never seen by the audience,stage crew members ( I to r) Alex Conyngham, Chris Friel, Devon Spratling, AmandaSnow and H;wen McMicklework hardfor the show.

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Crew member Devon Spratling prepares for the show by double checking props on

the prop table.

Author takes a 'shot' at student life

LINDSI SCA.'iLAN GUESTWRITER

"One day it is going to happen. You're going to look around and reaJize your parents are gone, your laundry is dirty. you've gained, lost and gained back again fifteen pounds. You're in college."

And so, the saga begins. From orientation to job hunting. from hooking up to finals, Steve Hofstetter, a 2002 grad of Columbia, covers it all in his first book, Student Body Shots: A Sarcastic Look at the Best 46 Years of Your Life. "What. could I have in common with an Ivy Leaguer?" you may ask. Well, you 're a college student of courae and this book is for all of us, so Hofstetter said Student Body Shots is basically a collection of statements and observations, mixed in with a little advice, about the life of a college student. This book takes a look at topics such as "The Daily Grind," "Men and Women," "Social Life" and "Academics." Each clever comment reminds you of something you did, thought, or said at least onceduringyour college career and if you didn't you know a friend who bas.

"If my professor gives out 200 pages of reading rn only do the first fifty and wonder why they assigned so much. So the next week they give 50 pages. I read the first ten pages and wonder why they assign so much."

In the forward of this book, Rider Strong, the actor who plays Shawn on Boy Meets World takes note of how real this book is. He remembers returning to his dorm room after taping a "Very Special

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Episode" about college dorm life for Boy Meets World and finding his real roommate passed out on the floor. "TV is twenty years behind the times," says Strong but Hofstetter's book is not. Unlike a PBS special about the dangers of binge drinking and how college students are such nuisances to society, this book would make anyone not in college excited to get there and anyone in college sad to admit they have to leave someday.

The idea for this book came from a column Hofstetter writes called, "Observational Humor" on www.collegehumor.com. Anyone who wants a preview of this book and its laugh-out-loud characteristics needs only to check out this column. Instead of doing the readings assigned for class, flipping through this book is a great way to waste your time and much more interesting than IMing your roommate.

Many of the experiences Hofstetter writes about are remarkably similar to those of any college student, and he does an excellent job of writing it all down. Anyone who bas ever thought of keeping a journal throughout coUege so that they can remember all the great times needs only to get this book, While every school is different, and every person is different everyone is able to enjoy this book. As Hofstetter said, "The only things that make college 'normal' are the minute details we have in common, those little acts of stupidity, or naivete or college level ingenuity that together we can look back upon, or forward to, shake our heads and gladly realize we're not alone.''

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JACKIE FREESE ASSISTANT PERSPECTrvES EDITOR

The Irish spirit was in the air at the annual Coyle Feis Irish dancing competition on Sunday, Nov. IO at Norristown High School

The dancers were from various dancing schools from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey. All dancers competed in various forms of traditional Irish dancing.

Kathy Wilson, director of The Coyle School, which hosted the Feis, said there are six different kinds of Irish dances at competitions. Dancers compete in the reel, jig, slip jig, hornpipe, treble jig, and the treble reel.

"Usually, the dancers compete in the six traditional dances," Wilson said. "However, sometimes dancers compete in set dances or ceili dances, when there is a group dancing,"

In competition, Irish dancing has five different levels. When a dancer first starts out, they are in the beginner level. After beginner, they move onto novice and then onto prize winner. If a prize-winner receives first place at a competition, they move onto preliminaries and then finally championships.

When the dancers are in the novice and prize-winner stages, they wear costumes that their teachers pick out for them. They also wear their hair in bouncy curls to create the illusion of them jumping higher, which is the key

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Coyle student Meghan Earnest dances a slip jig in competition. Meghanwas one of nearly I 000 dancers to compete in the Coylefies.

to placing first in a competition. When they advance from prize winner to preliminary and championship, they wear a solo dress, which means they pick out their own colors and patterns, and they also wear a tiara or colorful headband that matches their solo dress.

"I am so excited to dance," 12year-old Megan Ernest said. "I really want to get first place today

so I can move up to preliminaries and wear a solo dress."

"My daughter has been dancing for years and I think these competitions are wonderful," Eileen Fagan, who works for The Coyle School in its travel department and is an alumna of Cabrini, said. "The kids are always in such good spirits."

The Irish spirit seemed to be everywhere throughout the competition. The music the dancers danced to was lively with either a fiddle or accordion accompanying it and the competitors always had a smile on their face.

"The people are there because they love to dance," Colleen Kelly, co-director of The Coyle School, said. "Their love for the sport shines through when they compete. You hardly ever see a dancer who is not happy or smiling."

The dancers are mostly Irish but any nationality may compete. Schools for Irish dancing cost about $35 a month, not including the price of shoes, head bands, hair pieces and dresses, which can range from $700-$1,000.

For more information on The Coyle School visit www.coyleschool.com

For information on Irish dancing visit www.irish-dancer.co.uk

Keep you,r·fi.n.gers

crossed

HEATHER DILALLA ASSISTANT PH010 EDITOR

A superstition is the fear of an unknown trust in magic despite evidence. Often times, athletes, adults and children use superstitions in their every day lives. For example, don't step on the crack, or you '11break your mother's back, is one that children refer to when walking on the sidewalk.

"When I was younger and shopping in the mall with my mom, I used to avoid the cracks on the floor, so you would see me hopping from one tile to the next, so I wouldn't break my mother's back like the saying says," sophomore Michelle Ward said.

People who fish might be familiar with the superstition of throwing back the first fish in order to have good luck the rest of the day while fishing. Or perhaps, an old custom is to say 'Rabbits' or 'White Rabbits' on the first day of the month as a good luck charm. It is important that it be the first word said that morning, otherwise the charm is not potent. Crossing your fingers helps to avoid bad luck and helps a wish come true

If a pitcher is throwing a perfect game or a nohitter, never speak of it while it's going on.

"Everyone knows if I am throwing a good game, to not talk about it. If something is said, I can guarantee that a girl will get a hit off of me the very next inning," sophomore and women's softball pitcher, Ange Templin said.

Jennifer Beam, also a sophomore women's softball player, has worn the number 13 since her very first tee-ball game. Throughout high school she was involved in numerous activities and people frequently asked her why she wore such a bad luck number. "Growing up, my dad was always the type

of person to do the odd or unusual, something no one expected. He always chose the number 13 in all of his sports, so when I was born I kind of inherited the number from him because I too was an athlete and my friends know how unusual I can be at times," Beam said. "I think I have an advantage over people by wearing 13, because I look at it as good luck."

"Before games, I always wear a certain shirt under my unifonn, ifl don't it will not be a good game for me. Also, as a team we pray before each game, if we were to forget it would be bad luck," Maureen McQuade, a junior field hockey and lacrosse player, said.

"I have had the same shoulder pads since seventh grade. It has got to be bad luck to get new ones now,"

Brian Felice, a sophomore men's lacrosse player, said.

"One of my favorite superstitions is when you find a four leaf clover, you will have good luck. [ found one when I was in elementary school, and the next day I found $20 when I was walking home from school. It was great," sophomore Desiree Ferrell said.

"I think superstitions are all in a person's head. I mean, if you think something is going to be bad luck just because someone says something, of course it is. Especially if something really does go wrong, then you can just blame it on a superstition," freshman Mariel Murtha said.

People may not realize they have superstitions in their day to day lives. It can be as simple as saying "I have a test today, cross your fingers for me," or "I saw a black cat today, so something bad is sure to happen." Superstitions play a role in people's lives whether they are aware of it or not.

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"It sounds cool, but you would have to be somi childhood and elementary education major, said. "I is my major."

According to Dr. Romano, professor ofphilosopl are teaching a class on cinema. Ifl show a movie f~ -a-haulic, I think it is too expensive."

The first three movies from the list are delivered own individual mailers that are self-addressed with with no late fees, who would pass this up?

"It's a good idea especially for college students 1 get so the no late fees are awesome," Rob Eshelm:

"I have never heard about Netflix, but it sounds of people would use it if they rent four to five D' junior, business major, said. However, sophomore, Does it sound too good to be true?

Aren't you tired of going to the movie store stock? Through Netflix, the DVDs are always in munications, said, "I think renting movies online fun going to the movie store with your friends or s1

While Jason Bazzone, director of student activi1 he feels that the effects of Netflix is two-fold. "134 rental could be great for those students who would use it as a leisure activity, but it could also be detrimental. The student could use it as a one-stop-shopping deal by renting the DVDs online and ordering take-out food to be delivered. They would never leave their room and never get involved. However, on a personal level, I think that it would benefit my family life."

Netflix, is it a scam or a great and convenient way to rent DVDs without leaving your home?

For more information visit their homepage at www.netflix.com.

You decide!

seems

be a jinx on the NFL athletes who are spokespeop1e for Campbell's Chunky Soup. With Donovan McNabb's exit from the game this past Sunday, fans are wondering who will be next to fall under the Campbell's Curse. Of course, this is all superstition

Terrell Davis.Denver Broncos Forced into retirement earlier this season because ofatomACL

Kurt WarnerSt Lwis Rams Has i>een hampered with several injuries this year.

Donovan McNabbPhi/ooelphiaEagles Broke his ankle this past Sunday,and will be out the remainder of the season.

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The only uninjured NFL spokesperson for Campbell's. For how long!

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LAUREN GATTO ASSISTANTFEATURESEDITOR

'l is the newest way to rent DVDs. With no late fees you choose movies over the Internet from over 12,000 titles .aredelivered right to your address by U.S. mail in a presmm envelope for a cost of$19.95 per month.

JCtionto drama, to classics to documentaries, Netflix feacreate a list of preferred movies on the website and these ··hed with one movie, they can drop it in the mail and nthly fee allows the customer to keep the three movies

really likes to rent movies," Ellen Briant, senior, early be a good resource to have for teaching since education not see how teachers could use such a thing unless they s, I tape it from the television. Unless you are a movie

to four days via first class mail. The DVDs come in their postage so it does not cost the customers anything. And

i.Jao·1 have the time to return the movies. Plus I usually for, marketing major, said.

MDJDVenient. I would definitely use this service. I think a lot a:,nth. This would save them money," Melissa D' Angelo, 161 Williams said, "I wouldn't use it. It sounds like a scam."

ilog that the movie that you really wanted to see is out of Cathy Yungmann, associate professor of English/comfrom that whole social togetherness. Isn't it much more -.nd picking out a movie together?"

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Art ... Unleashed

ALEXIS STRIZZIERE SPORTS EDITOR

What do you call a three-foot high and

.,!:-four and a half foot long unleashed .JLabrador? Art.

Now what do you call a whole litter of Labradors just like Art unleashed? Well, uh "Art Unleashed!"

Grab your doggie treats and bones because the Main Line went to the dogs or perhaps to doggie heaven for all those dog lovers out there.

A recent public art display of 50 uniquely painted fiberglass dogs has brought a "paws" in the traffic on the Main Line while the typical dog extraordinaire has stopped to sneak a peek at these larger than life dogs.

• Concluding in September what The Main Line Art Center has believed to 'f be the most comprehensive and exciting public art display exhibition to date, these dogs have claimed stakes outside of businesses, residential lawns and commercial real estates along the six-mile long stretch of the Main Line from Ardmore to Wayne since the unleashing began last April.

Beginning in 1999 in Chicago with the idea that crossed the seas from Switzerland was the CowParade, which consisted of some 300 cows grazing along the streets. Then Baltimore had fish and Los Angles had angels. Inspired by dozens of fish on a visit to New Orleans by executive director of MLAC, Judy Herman, "Art" was born some time after in Haverford, Pa.

"I saw the fish that were throughout the city, came home and said that somebody has to do this in Philadelphia," Herman said according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. "So we took the initiative."

The casting call for artists to create these playful pooches started as close as Narberth and went as far as Maryland. Wayne native Janet O'Leary, a former master of education student of Cabrini College was just one of the many locals to partake in such an extraordinary art display with her version of "Hot Mama."

The original 100 entries were narrowed down to 50 by a selection of jurors before the pups were released to their owners. Sponsors then adopted the pups for the summer for the viewing pleasure of those in the Main Line area.

As public art displays are part of a growing trend, "Art Unleashed" is especially significant to the Main Line. "This is the first time a suburban location ever ran an art program like this," Lisa Clark of the MLAC said. Not only did the dogs put the Main Line on the map, but mans best friend also put something else back into the community.

All proceeds from the auction held in late September to help find Art and all his brothers and sisters a home went into the further development of MLAC, which will fund scholarships for artistic development and outreach in the community. With the help of public display expert C. Hugh Hildesley from Sotheby's, New York. the auction raised more then $275,000 towards the MLAC endowment.

STAFFPHOTOGIW'HER

The sale of the Main Line dogs raised more than $275,000 for the Main Line Art Center.

e,~-r1ve,~ editorial

Reside,nts should make call on1 CAC desk

Residence Life, in attempt to make the Cabrini The loquitur staff is split on the issue. Some the desk to help keep them safe and keep damApartment Complex safer for residents, has staff members and editors strongly believe that ages down, so be It. On the other hand, if they installed a check-in desk at the front door and a the desk is an effective way to keep damage would rather live without the desk as their few stipulations limiting the number of guests down and to monitor unwanted guests. Other guardian and risk the chance of high damage allowed per resident. Residents generally like the staffers and editors side with the majority of costs and more falsely pulled tire alarms, so be it, idea of a desk, and with good reason. Over the Cabrini students and say that the desk defeats too. past semester, a couple hundred dollar's worth of the purp9se of the Independent living apart- Residence Life has made the decision to have damage has been done to the apartments. ments. Those against the desk also argue that a desk at the front door of the apartments. What Guess who has to pay for it - CAC residents.

Of course, residents did some of the damage but it is common knowledge that most damage was done on weekends by outsiders. The funny part is that the outsiders are the ones oomplaining most about the desk. They are often heard

residents of the apartments are adults and they should do now, after a nice trial period, is should have the freedom to have guests without take a look at its effectiveness and present the signing them in. facts to CAC residents. In the end, after being

Despite the two arguments, both sides agree informed, it should be the decision of thos,- who that the two-guest limit per resident is absurd. live there - majority rules.

College juniors and seniors pay extra money to A side note on the Issuedirected to those who sputtering phrases like "The apartments suck live in the apartments, yet each resident can only cause the problems that force restrictions like the since they put 1hat desk in," and other Intelligent have two guests at a time. Plain and simple, it is desk to be implemented - be responsible and points, note the sarcasm. SOme CAC residents absurd. respect your peers. It is sad that you have to be agree with the concerned outsiders and say that With the student body seemingly tom on the reminded, solearn from your mlstakes and make the desk denies them the freedom for which they Issue, the only way to handle It ls to have the Cabrini a fun place In a positive way. decided to live in CAC. CAC residents make the decisiOn.If they want

As a CAC resident how do you feel about the new desk and regulations in the building?

Moritz, Kendall Neil, TiffanyPlatt

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

Sir Winston Churchill

"We chose to live "It doesn't bother "It is completely ''It should be there here so we don't me, but I don't ridiculous. We are on party nights. have to sign peo- want them to 21 years old and There is no reason pie in." abuse their power should be able to on other nights." and go to rooms take responsibility because they have

Drexel student's Internet woes

Questioning authority about

•• mar1Ju.ana use on campus

l wanted to write to the Loquitur to see what is being done about pot smoking on campus. As a Cabrini student. I find it very disturbing at the amount of pot smoking that goeson on campus. I hear people make reference to it, admit to smbking it and I have even beard about people getting caughtwithit l don't smoke pot and would never even consider it, because it is an illegal dnig and quite frank]y, doesn't do much to ~Ip one to succeedin school. I get annoyed when people come upandtaJkto me andI can see in their bloodshot eyes that they are hlgb ftom pot. l certainlydon'tlike going back to DI)' dorm and smelling it in the ballwaysor outsidethe building. I haven't heard,however, of anyone being tumed into the Radnorpolicefor bav· ing or lllllOkingpot. it is.an ILL£GALdru&w"1·me sm,

dents only "written up" for it, and not turned into the police for an arrest? I know that their "stash" is confiscated, but what happens to it after that? What does Public Safety do with it after it is taken from an offending student? Do they turn it in to the police?

If so, don't the police ask where it came from? My point in all this is, l think that if Cabrini was tougher on pot, there ~Id be a lot less of it on campus.

The pot smokers should pay for their illegal actions and have to answerto the local police department,instead of a piece of papersayingtheyOMl thescboo1a few ext.rabucbfor being caugbl

Maybe bc;ingbailedout by their parents from jail Will makethese law-breakersdrink twice bdolo fi8htingup .1bat natjoint. • ·SmbJohmoa

I found the article titled "Students, faculty question Drexel partnership" written by Shannon King in the Nov. 7, issue. of Loqwtur to be very interesting. I am a Drexel student and I've dealt with Drexel's Internet server for the last four years. As a freshman living in the resident hall, I thought that having a Tl, T2 or a T3 connection was awesome, until the server went down. My freshman year, the server crashing didn't happen as much as it happens now, but the fact remains, it happens.

Just as Cabrini students rely on the Internet to e-mail papers to professors and access infonnation for various classes, Drexel students pretty much do everything by the Internet. We register for classes, we access our records, we receive our grades, and if you happen to live off campus, you check your e-mail using webmail.drexel.edu. When the server goes down, whether it's for a short period or a long period, there is nothing that you can do, but be patient and pray that it's not down for a long period of time.

As a student that Jives off campus and accesses the server using

DSL, I. have encountered more problems with connecting to the Drexel server especially to check e-mail. Webmail.drexel.edu is used to check e-mail, but if you accessed the Internet and went to the webmail address, you would read the following: "Attention Webmail Users! Webmail has been regularly reaching full capacity during the hours of 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. If you receive a message 'Login Failed' or 'Intruder Alert Lockout' - but you know your password is correct - your attempt to check email has probably exceeded the system limit. Please either try again later, or try another m~thod to check your email (see http://www.drexel.edu/IRT/news.Ii ndex.html#webmailfull). Please enter your name and password, then click the Log In button to enter the system."

After reading this for the 50th time, I thought to myself, this is unbelievable, bow can the server be full to capacity if I'm not logged in? I would think that every Drexel studentshouldbe logged in before the serveris full to capacity.As far as sendingand receiving.we face the same prob-

lem, I could send a message from ~y Drexel e-mail to another Drexel e-mail and that person would get it within a half hour. But lately if you send an e-mail from your Drexel e-mail account to another Drexel e-mail account, don't bank on the person getting it.

What's sad though is that as students (Drexel and Cabrini) we can't use the resources that have been put in place to help make life less stressful because that's what's causing us the most stress. Some choose not to get a yahoo or hotmail account because of all the spam and junk that you get on a daily basis but if you don't get an account that you can access everyday, you suffer to lose a lot of valuable time and energy. I would rather deal with a routine maintenance (occurs once a year), or even an upgrade that would take two hours of the day (occurs once every six months), than deal with a server that's down for five days in a row, or no access to e-mail duringcertainhours.

Amira Jarvis Drexelstudent

Procrastination: a habit that is hard to kick

ASSISTANT MANAGING

f EDITOR

There's a little more than a week left of school before Thanksgiving break. So if you knew me, you would know that I've been packing my bags since the middle of October.

I should be floating through these last days with no worriesjust relishing the thought of the hours of sleep I'd catch up on and the good times that I'd definitely have with family and friends.

No. I'm sitting in front of my computer, blanking out on how I'm supposed to explain how a

character from a book is a pariah of society when I have a multitude of computer, math and political science assignments to complete, needless to say start on.

I know I'm not the only procrastinator on campus so I guess a lot of people can relate when I say I feel swamped with all this backed up work.

The study experts, or whatever they're called, say that as long as you are familiar with your study habits, and that you get things done, you're just fine. But what if you're not okay with how you do things?

Every time that I have a major paper or project to do, I sort of "forget" the day that it's due, so all the research and writing has to be done in the crucial weekend

before it needs to be handed in.

I find this absolute torture every time that I have to stay up until the early hours of the morning, agonizing at the thought that I was annoying my roommate with my typing sounds and fighting the heaviness of my eyelids and pounding migraine.

Being the moron that I am, I made a contract to myself saying that I won't leave everything to the last minute for the next paper. Have I followed my own advice? Heh. l '11let the reader answer that.

So, I'm telling you that I'm sorry ahead of time, roomie. I'll be typing away frantically until the day before I leave for Thanksgiving break.

e,~-r1Ve}~

Residents should make call on, CAC desk

Cabrini students and say that the desk defeats the purpose of the ir;idependent living apartments. Those against the desk also argue that

-too.

Residence Life, in attempt to make the Cabrini The Loquitur staff is split on the issue. Some the desk to help keep them safe and keep damApartment Complex safer for residents, has staff members and editors strongly believe that ages down, so be it. On the other hand, if they installed a check-in desk at the front door and a the desk is an effective way to keep damage would rather live without the desk as their few stipulations limiting the number of guests down and to monitor unwanted guests. Other guardian and risk the chance of high damage allowed per resident. Residents generally like the staffers and editors side with the majority of costs and more falsely pulled fire alarms, so be it, idea of a desk, and with good reason. Over the past semester, a couple hundred dollar's worth ot damage has been done to the apartments. Guess who has to pay for it - CAC residents.

Of course, residents did some of the damage but it is common knowledge that most damage was done on weekends by outsiders. The funny part is that the outsiders are the ones complaining most aboUt the desk. They are often heard

Residence Life has made the decision to have a desk at the front door of the apartments. What residents of the apartments are adults and they should do now, after a nice trial period, ls should have the freedom to have guests without take a look at its effectiveness and present the signing them in.

Despite the two arguments, both sides agree that the two-guest limit per resident is absurd. College juniors and seniorspay extra moneyto

sputtering phrases like "The apartments suck live in the apartments, yet each resident can only

since they put that desk in," and other intelligent points, note the sarcasm. Some CAC residents agree with the concerned outsiders and say that the desk denies them the freedom for which they decided to Jivein CAC.

have two guests at a time. Plain and simple, it is absurd.

With the student body seemingly tom on the Issue, the only way to handle it is to have the CAC residents make the decision. If they want

facts to CAC residents. In the end, after being informed, it should be the decision of those who live there - majority rules.

.A side note on the Issue directed to those who cause the problems that force restrictions like the desk to be implemented - be responsible and respect your peers. It ls sad that you have to be reminded, solearn from your mistakes and make Cabrini a fun place In a positive way.

"We chose to live "It doesn't bother "It

Jana Fagotti, Andrew Findlay, Kelly Finlan, Jaclyn Freese, Lauren Gatto, Rosemarie Gonzalez, Jamie Knobler, Cristin Marcy, Antonio Masone, Lauren Mineo, Stephanie Moritz, Kendall Neil, Ryan Norris, Jermaine O'Neil, Gina Peracchia, Christina Piselli, Amanda Snow, Anne Marie White

Staff Photographers

Ma,y Adam, BethBeswick,Amy Olan, Kim Gayton, David Ooud, Kristina Cooper,Michelle Crowley,KitDewey,Jim Diamond,JamieKnoolei;JennaLewandowski,StephanieMoritz, Kendall Neil,TiffanyPlatt

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

Sir Winston Churchill

Questioning authority about

•• mar1Juana use on campus

I wanted to write to the Loquitur to see what is being done about pot smoking on campus. As a Cabrini student, I find it very disturbing at the amount of pot smoking that goes on on campus. I hear people make reference to it, admit to smoking it and I have even heard about people getting caught with it.

I don't smoke pot and would never even consider it, because it is an illegal drug and quite frankly, doesn't do much to help one to succeed in school. I get annoyed when people come up andtalk to me and I can see in their _bloodshot eyes that they archigh ftom pot.

Drexel student's Internet woes

dents ooJy "written up" for it, and not turned into the police for an arrest? I know that their "stash" is confiscated, but what happens to it after that? What does Public Safety do with it after it is taken from an offending student? Do they tum it in to the police?

If so, don't the police ask where it came front? My point in all this is, I think that if Cabrini was tougher on pot, there would be a lot less of it on campus.

The pot smokers should pay for their illegal actions and have to answer to the local police department, instead of a piece of papersayingthey owe theschoola few extra bucks for beingcaugld.

I ccrtainJy don't like going beet to my dormandsmeUina it in tho llallways or outaidethe building. I haven't bemd, howeYU, of 8ll)'ODC bcin&turned into thelaclnorpolice for having or lfflODl8 pot. Al_it ii-• ILLEGAL dntc, wily are

Maybebc!in8bailed out by their parents from jail will mmthese law-brakas 1bink twice lighliDgup 1hal Deltjoint. •

SinbJohmon

I found the article titled "Students, faculty question Drexel partnership" written by Shannon King in the Nov. 7, issue of Loquitur to be very interesting. l am a Drexel student and I've dealt with Drexel's Internet server for the last four years. As a freshman living in the resident hall, I thought that having a Tl, T2 or a T3 connection was awesome, until the server went down. My freshman year, the server crashing didn't happen as much as it happens now, but the fact remains, it happens.

Just as Cabrini students rely on • the Internet to e-mail papers to professors and access information for various classes, Drexel students pretty much do everything by the Internet. We register for classes, we access our records, we receive our grades, and if you happen to live off campus, you check your e-mail using webmail.drexel.edu. When the server goes down, whether it's for a short period or a long period, there is nothing that you can do, but be patient and pray that it's not down for a long period of time.

As a student that lives off campus and accesses the serverusing

DSL, • I have encountered more problems with connecting to the Drexel server especially to check e-mail. Webmail.drexel.edu is used to check e-mail, but if you accessed the Internet and went to the webmail address, you would read the following: "Attention Webmail Users! Webmail has been regularly reaching full capacity during the hours of l l a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. If you receive a message 'Login Failed' or 'Intruder Alert Lockout' - but you know your password is correct - your attempt to check email has probably exceeded the system limit. Please either try again later, or try another method to check your email (see http://www.drexel.edu/IRT/news/i ndex.html#webmailfull). Please enter your name and password, then click the Log In button to enter the system."

After reading this for the 50th time, I thought to myself, this is unbelievable, how can the server be full to capacity if I'm not logged in? I would think that every Drexel student should be logged in before the server is full to capacity.As far as sending and receiving.we face the sameprob-

lem, I could send a message from my Drexel e-mail to another Drexel e-mail and that person would get it within a half hour. But lately if you send an e-mail from your Drexel e-mail account to another Drexel e-mail account, don't bank on the person getting it.

What's sad though is that as students (Drexel and Cabrini) we can't use the resources that have been put in place to help make life less stressful because that's what's causing us the most stress. Some choose not to get a yahoo or hotmail account because of all the spam and junk that you get on a daily basis but if you don't get an account that you can access everyday, you suffer to lose a lot of valuable time and energy. I would rather deal with a routine maintenance (occurs once a year), or even an upgrade that would take two hours of the day (occurs once every six months), thandeal with a server that's down for five days in a row, or no access to e-mail duringcertainhours.

AmiraJarvis Drexel student

Procrastination: a habit that is hard to kick

characterfrom a book is a pariah of society when I have a multitude of computer, math and political science assignments to complete, needless to say start on.

before it needs to be handed in.

EDJTOR

There's a little more than a week left of school before Thanksgiving break. So if you knew me, you would know that I've been packing my bags since the middle of October.

I should be floating through these last days with no worriesjust relishing the thought of the hours of sleep I'd catch up on and the good times that I'd definitely have with family and friends. No, I'm sitting in front of my computer, blanking out on how I'm i,upposed to explain how a

I know I'm not the only procrastinator on campus so I guess a lot of people can relate when I say I feel swamped with all this backed up work.

The study experts, or whatever they're called, say that as long as you are familiar with your study habits, and that you get things done, you're just fine. But what if you're not okay with how you do things?

Every time that I have a major paper or project to do, I sort of "forget" the day that it's due, so all the research and writing has to be done in the crucial weekend

I find this absolute torture every time that I have to stay up until the early hours of the morning, agonizing at the thought that I was annoying my roommate with my typing sounds and fighting the heaviness of my eyelids and pounding migraine.

Being the moron that I am, I made a contract to myself saying that I won't leave everything to the last minute for the next paper. Have I followed my own advice? Heh. I'll let the reader answer that.

So, I'm telling you that I'm sorry ahead of time, roomie. I'll be typing away frantically until the day before l leave for Thanksgiving break.

Good friends cirehard to find

must be honest and unmerciful.

CRISTIN MARCY ASSISTANT PERSPECTIVES EDITOR

"A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail. A best friend is the one sitting next to you saying, "Boy, that was fun!"

I Jove my friends, and I would do anything for them. When living on campus you start to form a special family with your close friends. These friendships have the potential to last a life time. To have this bond, one must be a true friend and to be a true friend one

Friendship is honestly the most important thing you will learn from your four years living on campus. The importance of friendship is to tell your friend what you think when you think it. You have to be totally truthful to them no matter how much it hurts. Think about it; your family tells you the truth even if it hurts. They are only trying to protect you. Yes, college is all about being independent but it is imperative to have people, your close friends, looking out for you.

Never ever be afraid to confront your friends with informa-

SG A not useless ALEXJS

STRJZZIERE SPORTSEDITOR

As the senior class president, it baffles me as to why any one student on this campus would make such a bold and self-righteous comment to depreciate the value and asset to the college that the Student Government Association is and stands for.

In reading the paper two weeks ago on Oct. 31 in Paul Williams' article on student-professor interactions, I was ashamed to admit that the student that made the comment about the "useless SGA" is a human being let alone a student that I represent as an SGA member. We, as student leaders, do our best and devote considerable amounts of time to develop programs and address issues that are concerns of the students as well faculty and staff.

Well Mr. Teilhard Beauchesne, in response to your insightful view of the SGA as "useless" and your' opinion that "the President of SGA is like the president of a high school class," I feel as though it would behoove you to reconsider your opinion as it is based upon an ignorant understanding of what it is we do and stand for as student

tion they do not want to hear. When something is bothering you, tell that person, do not hide. If you do you are not being a true friend. True friends are unmerciful and want you to succeed in life, therefore would do anything to help you.

On the other hand, if you confront a friend or tell them your sincere opinion and they do not respect it, then perhaps that person was not really your friend to begin with. If a true friend cannot take your honest opinion and get some good out of it maybe they do not deserve to have your respect or your friendship in the first place.

Just think about it; what kind of friend are you if you did not take friends advice. Maybe it is just me because I have a big mouth and am always the first to be straightforward, but I can not just sit back without giving my opinion. Hey, it is their choice if they want to listen to me or not. At least I said something.

Due to the fact that we live in close comers, it is easy to involve yourself in petty drama that everyone ends up laughing over in the end. I and most of my friends stay on weekends so we are with each other 24/7, just as we where with our families. Now we have formed

our own family to love and care for. And it is simple to have a small quarrel that gets blown out of proportion. The best thing to do is talk it over, share your opinions and listen to each other and soon your campus family will be healed.

It is college so have tons of fun but always remember to look out for your friends because they are the closest thing you have to a family. Just remember to be honest and unmerciful, because that is what it means to be a real friend. I love you, friends!

CACdesk annoying

leaders. At a college that is working towards the bettermeTlt of its students and is ever-academically expanding, we work with the administration to meet the needs of the students.

As one of those who has stepped up to meet the challenges of fulfilling the role as a leader for their peers, I feel it is imperative to reiterate the fact we as student body representatives stand up for people like you.

So this I say to you. Mr. Beauchesne, the next time you decide to ride out a power trip in the Loquitur by deflating the importance of a student run government and by tearing down our president, I suggest you also ,nention what, if any, affiliation you have had with any high school associations that gives you the right to make such bogus statements. I also would like to know the last time you attended a SGA event or mentioned any suggestions you may have to a SGA member.

The next time you have a remark to make. make sure you also run for office and remember to also vote on SGA election day because your remarks have not gotten you anywhere except in the Perspectives section of the Loquitur.

It seems as though Cabrini has put a front desk in the Cabrini Apartment Complex. If this isn't treating adults like children, I do not know what is. Putting a front desk in the CAC is preposterous. The students in the CAC choose the apartments because Cabrini advertises the CAC as "independent living." What "independent living" has a RA and a public safety officer watching over them 24/7? This also means Cabrini will have to pay another public safety officer or two to sit at the desk all night.

-Cabrini seems to think the students here act like wild animals. Granted that taking a crap on a floor or punching a hole in the wall is stupid and unnecessary, but the times that it happens are few and far between, much less than at any other college or university in the area.

If Cabrini wants to see some wild animals, they need not go to a state school like Penn State or West Chester, but go down the

road to similar-sized small schools like Ursinus College -0r Albright College.

I have been to both colleges and I must say that the house• keeping staff, residence life and facilities staff has it pretty damn easy here compared to the ones at Ursinus and Albright. Those students act like animals; there were holes in the walls, people stumbling around drunk everywhere, toilet paper strewn about and fights taking place left and right.

I visited Ursinus frequently last year and this was part of the students nightly routine. The crazy part is that these students lived in houses or dorms, not in an apartment where it is their own responsibility to clean their messes up.

I usually stay on-campus on the weekend. I do like to visit other colleges, but staying here is sometimes more fun. This campus is so tame on the weekend that I wonder if anybody lives here. The administration should be thankful that the students here are calmer and more responsible than most other college students.

I was looking forward to living in CAC next year, but I am

rethinking my position now.

Putting a desk in CAC is a direct threat to my freedom. I know with freedom comes responsibility and students sometimes abuse freedom, but so does the college. I do not have my parents breathing down financial aid's throat every time they take away more money from me just because they can (oh, how my parents would love that).

Please do not take this rebuttal as another angry student who is complaining about no social life or nothing to do at Cabrini. I find plenty of things to do here and my social life is just. fine; putting a desk in CAC is not going to change anything about that.

Whenever Cabrini seems to have a problem with students and their behavior, they seem to take the most drastic means possible to s1op them.

Cabrini is already having a problem retaining students and this move is certainly not going to make the college more appealing to the ready-to-transfer freshman who so abundantly walk this campus. Residence Life and Public Safety seriously need to rethink this move because it is an asinine one.

Women's basketball is back

KENDALL NElL

A&E EDITOR

ASSISTANT

The women's basketball team has high hopes for a winning season. Senior Lisa Kqira is the captain this year and feels that the team is going to be great this year. The Lady_Cavs are favored to win the Southern Division with 61 points. They also received one first place vote. However, according to the 2002-03 pre-season poll, Gwynedd-Mercy is expected to win the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Championship this year with 66 points and 6 first place votes.

"We played in a summer league together so that has really helped us to develop team unity. As a team, we are really close," Kqira said.

The team this year includes many new freshmen. Kqira said

that some of the freshmen are difficult schedule."

already emerging as leaders of the team. "It's so different from last year because we have more girls on the team this season. We have enough people to scrimmage dur-

Lisa Kqira senior

ing our practices," Kqira said.

Running through scrimmages allows the women to perfect their technique in preparation for the season which Kqira said may be one of their toughest seasons yet.

"There aren't going to be any easy wins this season. We have a really

Alumni defeat ·current Cavaliers

CR.ISTlNM..ulCY

ASSISTANTPERSPECTIVES EDITOR

Over 20 alumni of the men's basketball team revisited the co\Jrt on Saturday, Nov. 16 to take part in in the annual alumni basketball game. This was a chance for the alumni to play in a competitive but spirited game and reminisce about the good times they shared at Cabrini.

A friendly competitive game was well played between a blue and white team, with the white prevailing in the end by a score of 70-67. "It is good to be back," a 1998 graduate,John Mack said. "I am happy we won, otherwise I wouldhaveto hearaboutit all year."

Even though manyof the playershave not been playing basketball.competitivelyfor a whilethey still keptthe game exciting by executing plays. Theplayersbadenergyandstaminathatallowedthe crowdto

Big games for the team will come when they face Alvernia and Gwynedd-Mercy. The Women's DIil News Preseason Poll ranks Alvernia 11. However,Alvernia is ranked behind Gwynedd-Mercy with 65 points and 5 votes for first place in the PAC pre-season poll in the North. One of the biggest games of the season will be when the Lady Cavs take on GwyneddMercy. "We're really excited to play Gwynedd-Mercy this season, especially because they beat us in the finals last season," Kqirasaid.

The Lady Cavs will start their season November 22 and 23 with the Tip Off Tournament. "Of course our goal is to come out on top at the tournament, but it is going to give us a really good sense of bow well we will play as a team throughout the season," Kqira said.

Blue and white game fires up men's basketball before opener

have a thrilling time. "It was fun to watch. I especially liked to see Gary Goldman come back and play," a sophomore basketball fan, Shaun Smith said.

This game was also an opportunity for many of the alumni to get together and share fond memories. 2002 graduate, Gary Goldman said,"The most exciting part of the entireevent was to see all the other alumni and catch up with old friends," Formany of the alumnithis is the only chance they get to still play. "I miss playing competitive basketball, this is a great opportunity to play again with Cabrini alumni; Mack said.

2002 graduateTun Gordon said, "It is nice to comeback and see everyoneand see how things have changed.I always enjoy coming back and look forwardto it next yeat."

CRISTIN MARCY ASSISTANTPERSPECTIVESEDITOR

The men's basketball white team defeated the blue team 73-69 in the final seven seconds of the blue and white game on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Every year the men's basketball team competes against each other in the annual blue and white game. The basketball team divides into two squads and enjoys friendly competition. This is a spirited rivalry that pumps the team up for the up-coming season.

"It is a lot of fun competing against your teammates and I like the competition," sophomore Jody Boon said.

At half time the blue team was winning by ten points, but in the second half an exciting turn of events occurred. For the first time the white team was ahead in the last seven seconds of the game. They had been trailing the blue

team until that point. The white team was able to hold the lead when Messiah Reames made two foul shots to secure the victory.

"It is good to be on the winning end," white team member, Chris

very serious.

Sophomore Boris Smojver said, "I wish I could have played more, it was mostly varsity, but despite that fact I still smiled throughout the game." Each member of the team makes their role very important and they each enjoy the competition that comes with the blue and white game.

"It is great to play your team members because it creates a lot of competition when it comes to sports on the teams," sophomore Dan Bachman said.

Dan Bachman sophomore

McCrackhen said. "This is my second blue and white game; it is something I look forward to every season." Even though this is a friendly game the players take it

The main purpose of this game is to get the team prepared for the tasks at hand, along with getting them eager and energized for the season.

"The team looks good this year," said sophomore, Billy Leahy. "I hope for great success this year and I cannot wait to start the season."

"There aren't going to be any easy wins this season."

PHOTO COURTESYOf JASON 8oZZONE

The women's basketball team poses for a team picture at midnight maddness.

"It is great to play your team members because it creates a lot of competition when it comes to sports on the teams."

Swim·club lo'ses first meet

Cabrini's swim club, in its early development, is hoping to get more recognition. Not yet a varsity team, the club is hoping to accomplish as much as they can with all of the hard work that they put into practices every week.

In five out of the seven days of the week, the swim club manages to weight lift in two of the mornings, and swim for an hour and a half to two hours each day. If the swimmers cannot make it to practice, they must find some time in their schedule to swim on their own.

Gina Treml, junior swim club member, said, "I wish we could be

a team this year, but we have to be a club for a year first. However, I think this gives us a chance to prepare for what being in a varsity team will be like."

Although the club consists of nine women, and no men, they hope to live up to varsity status next year.

Jamie Ragukonis, the swim club coach, is trying to build the group of nine women so that they can become more versatile and comfortable during their competitions with other schools this year.

"I think we feel lilce a team because we do have some meets to swim in and M practice lilce a team would,"Treml said.

The club's first meet, on Oct. 26, was against Notre Dame

College, whom they lost to. It was a home competition against a team that had more players.

Ragukonis said, "I'm really happy with how the team did. Notre Dame had a few more swimmers and some of my girls were nervous."

Regardless of having butterflies in their stomachs, the club managed to come out with a few individual first and second place winners in the 100-yard butterfly, the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 50-yard freestyle.

"Now that they have one meet under their beh, I think that they will do a much betterjob their second time around," Ragulconissaid.

The club's second meet is set for Dec. 7, at home, starting at I

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Theswim dub hopes to do becter in their next meet now that they ha¥eone meet undertheirbelt.

p.m. against Kings College. "I swimming can get boring at times, have confidence in them and I but it is really important to really know that all of the hard work and want to be here and togethpractice that they put in will pay er." off," Ragukonis said. "I know that

Men's basketball ranked 23rd

How sweet it must have been to be one of the top 16 teams in the nation for division three men's college basketball last year. The men's basketball team has a lot to live up to this upcoming season to continue its successful history.

The men's basketball team is the winningest division three basketball program in the country. "That says a lot." head coach John Dzik said. The cavaliers made it to the Sweet 16 last year, won eight championships in the past l 0 years, two of which were the past two seasons. They are ranked 23 in the country according to DIII news, and out of 300 division three teams across the country this allows the men's basketball team to be placed in the top l O percent.

"My expectations are probab{y different then everyone else's. I don't really have any expectations any year except to do the best that you can." Dzilc said.

The men's basketball team is not favored to win the

Pennsylvania Athletic Conference this year. Newman College is favored to win the PAC this year. Due to an addition of a division one center transfer, Newman looks like the best team on paper. Cabrini is tied with Alvernia College in second. "I am kind of happy not to be number one, we're always number one and its like everyone gets excited to play us. Maybe people will get less excited to play us this year and more excited to play Newman." Dzilc said

In terms of players "Brian Wood is probably the player that we could not afford to lose. Brian usually averages a double/double in every single game." Dzilc said Beyond that Dzik is looking for seniors Kris Pittman, Tim Maddox, and Bill Rookstool to lead the team this year. "We need to have good players out of the seniors this year if we are going to have a good season. They have to lead by word and example to let the otherplayers understand what it tllces. Its their team, they really ac dtc tiey componentsto any &'UCCCU."Ozik said.

Coach Dzik has prepared a packed schedule for men this season starting with tournaments in

of success. "One of the reasons we were successful last year in the NCAA and the PAC's was because we woo on the road By playing on the road you are able to learn what it takes to win on the road. It's you against everybody." Ozik said

This year starts John Dzik's 23rd year as head coach of Cabrini College and he has never had as many home games then away games on their schedule. They start their fist PAC game against Newman College on Saturday Dec. 14. Newman is the men's only PAC game the fi{st semester. "That's a big game."Uzik said. Other big games for Dzilc'aQdthe men's basketball team will include Alvernia. "Games against Alvernia are always big games. There is a rivalry especially in men's basketball." Dzik said. Misericordia will also look to be a big game for the men this season. They return with a first team all American senior who is the leading scorer in the country.

who are experienced. We have some good freshmen that are talented They wiJI be called upon next year to make an impact. With seven seniors leaving there are a lot of open spaces for next year. " Dzik said.

Dzik understands that many people are saying if they don't make it to the Sweet 16, then they are a failure, and if they don't win the league then they are a failure. "I always feel pressured·to live up to the reputation of Cabrini College basketball. There is a lot of high expectations and I hope the players understand that its about doing our best. If you do your best, then you can take the results no matter what they may be." Dzilc said.

With hearts, smarts, and togetherness, (something chanted after every huddle of the men's basketball team,) they look ahead to a more successful season then ever.

Virginia, Florida, and Maryland. lhilc desoribes it as a preparation

"The freshmen areit1a little bit of a tough spot this year due to the faci that there are a lat of seniors

The women's swim club lost its first meet to Notre Dame on Oct. 26. They hope to gain more recognition in their next meet against King's College.

ROSlE GONZALEZ ASSISTANTFEATURESEDITOR

"The freshman are in a little bit of a tough spot this year due to the fact that there are a lot of seniors who are experienced. We have some good freshman that are talented. They will be called upon next year to make an impact."

John Dzik head coach

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Calendar of Events ,

Thursday, Nov. 21

First-Year Student Pre-Registration for Spring Semester

Friday, Nov. 22

First-Year Student Pre-Registration for Spring Semester

Movie "Austin Powers in Goldmember,,, 8 p.m., Widener Center Lecture Hall

Sunday, Nov. 24

Mass, 7 p.m., Brockmann Chapel of Saint Joseph

Tuesday, Nov. 26

Residence Halls Close at 6 p.m.

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The swim club is still in its early development,but hopes to become a varsity team in the near future.

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