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New residence hall Powell and set for students Stern go NEW HALL, page 2 there over the houses.” “While a rate has yet to be assigned for the new residence hall being constructed, it is reasonable to assume that as the newest building with a semi-private suite configuration, the rate will be somewhat higher than that charged for New Res,” Lysionek said. With regards to cost, Carolyn Steck, a sophomore accounting major, said, “I am open to the new hall even though I would
pay more to live there than the houses. The hall will be great and will hopefully offer seniors a housing option if they do not have room in the CAC.” Sophomore Ryan Dunn said, “I think the new hall will be great. It will be one more place to party on campus.” Although many students will view the new hall as a place to party, Lysionek said, “The lobby of the new hall will include a sign-in desk similar to those found in New Res and the CAC. The hall will be monitored in a similar fashion with guest rules.”
Kelly Grant, a sophomore math major and resident assistant in house two, said, “The completion of the Science Education and Technology building and the new hall prove Cabrini is growing. The college is attracting more students each year and Cabrini is accommodating the growing class sizes. The number of college students is increasing and Cabrini’s campus is expanding, too, with it. I think it’s great that more students will be able to stay on campus and enjoy the experience.”
Murder Mystery draws large crowds in mansion MYSTERY, page 4 The event started with 100 people sitting in anticipation in the Mansion’s dining room, eagerly awaiting the unique experience shortly ahead. With bass heavy sound effects reminiscent of the Halloween season bellowing through the dining hall, attendees chatted with each other as the hired actors casually took seats among them. Most students sat at the tables introducing themselves to the actors, others, enticed by the smell of the buffet, sat silently, thinking to themselves about how hungry they were. After the up-scale dinner, the audience was told of the murder of Hal Capone, a prominent Gangster in 1928, Chicago. During prohibition, this time period was filled with bootlegging, gambling and prostitution, and many of the actors sitting among the audience embodied these themes in both fun and clever ways. The actors really played their parts convincingly, and never once slipped out of their 1920s
era personas. The actresses playing prostitutes made for especially interesting conversation, and in a few cases had female students in the job market sarcastically pondering the occupation. Throughout the rest of the dinner, the actors continued to interact with different tables, giving out different clues until the audience was finally given enough to make a proper accusation for who killed Hal. The actors were hilarious, and included a machine gun toting prostitute/club owner, a wise cracking gambler, an Irishman wearing golf attire, and other slightly offbeat characters. Audience members were asked to sing, dance, and even kiss for clues. The clues, although designed with humor in mind, were quite detailed and helped give the audience a background for the characters. The audience was then given a “verdict sheet”, and asked to pick which actor they thought killed Hal, and the reason for the murder, either love, envy, revenge, greed, self-preservation, or fear of exposure. Students had a great time
picking out who killed Hal. The murder mystery dinner’s success can be largely attributed to the company that was hired by organizers to play the characters. Sarah Pizza, a sophomore, marketing major, said, “The company the college used was great. All the characters interacted very well with the audience making the experience feel very real.” T.J. Crowthers, a sophomore, social work major said, “The best thing about the dinner was how the actors involved the whole audience, making them sing and dance for clues. I laughed a lot, and got really into figuring out who did it.” What did the killer have to say for herself? “Silky” Adams, also known as Jill Weisberg said, “Murder mystery dinners are 75 percent improvisational. You are given a short description of the character, and then you just got to run wild with it.” Weisberg added, “If you were to not include the free baked ziti, the audience’s reaction was the best part for me.”
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Radio jock Howard Stern called into KGO-AM radio in San Francisco while in a live interview with FCC Chairman Michael Powell. In the interview he accused Michael Powell of getting his job only because his father is Colin Powell, our current Secretary of State. Since Sterns show was dropped by Clear Channel Communication after the FCC proposed a $495,000 fine against it for comments and remarks made by Stern. Stern who is known for saying and doing as he pleases argued with Powell claiming that he has the “largest fines in history” after Powell claimed that they haven't made any particular special “crusade against the Howard Stern Show”. Powell thinks that Sterns argument is weak claiming that Stern just wants to be able to do whatever he wants, according to MSNBC. New species found The bones of a human dwarf species were uncovered on a remote Indonesian island by scientists. The specimens' ages range from 95,000 to 12,000 years old. Scientists have named the specimens' Flores Man and believe that the Flores Man is a whole new creative completely different from normal humans. They believed that these creatures lived about 18,000 years ago on the island of Flores. Chris Stringer, who is director of human origins studies at the Natural History Museum in London says that “this finding really does rewrite our knowledge of human evolution”, according to MSNBC. Hassan pleads for life Fifty-nine year old Margaret Hassan, head of CARE International in Iraq has been kidnapped and made a plea for her life on a video aired on Al-Jazeera television. In the video you can see her holding back tears and she asks for Britain to withdraw troops from Iraq and also was asking for all Iraqi female detainees to be released. Although it is not known what group is responsible for her abduction, followers of Jordian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi made the same demand for releasing three other female prisoners. All three of the other prisoners were beheaded, according to MSNBC. Rehnquist future up in the air Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist after announcing last week that he had throat cancer said that he is being treated with chemotherapy and radiation. He originally wanted to return to work this week, but decided not to and there is not estimate as to when he will return to the Supreme Court bench. Rehnquist doctors have not made any official statements concerning the justice's condition, which has caused speculation that he will not return to the bench and that the cancer has possibly spread. The court has not had a new justice in over 10 years, which made the topic of particular concern for voters heading to the polls to vote for the man who could appoint a new justice as president of the United States. Rehnquist officially said, "While at home, I am working on court matters, including opinions for cases already argued. I am, and will continue to be, in close contact with my colleagues, my law clerks, and members of the Supreme Court staff," according to the New York Times. Kelly files lawsuit On Monday, Nov. 1 singer R. Kelly filed a lawsuit against rapper Jay-Z. Kelly claims that he was kicked off a recent tour because Jay-Z was upset because that Kelly was the higher paid entertainer. Kelly filled the lawsuit for $75 million. Kelly also claims that an employee of Jay-Z doused him with pepper spray, causing him to go to the hospital. Kelly was to receive 60 percent of the $15 million from the tour, while Jay-Z was to receive 40 percent. The tension between the two entertainers is not new. The tour was plagued by cancellations, according to MSNBC.