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Cabrini launches activist program CHRISTINE GRAF ASST. NEWS EDITOR ACG724@CABRINI.EDU

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Approximately 500-thousand adjunct instructors are employed by higher-education institutes around the country. Adjuncts have no job security because their job is not guaranteed from year to year.

Adjunct professors fight for equality LIZ LAVIN DEPUTY EDITOR EAL723@CABRINI.EDU

No job security, no benefits and pay that has been referred to as a “poverty wage.”

Sounds like a job a college student would hold, right? Wrong.

The people employed in these jobs are on college campuses but not as students. They are adjunct instructors, instructors who teach part-time and colleges across the nation rely on them every year so they can offer a variety of courses and keep their classrooms full.

Technically, adjunct instructors do not work full-time for the institutions that employ them; therefore they are not eligible for the higher salary and benefits their full-time counterparts receive.

There are approximately 500,000 adjunct instructors employed by higher-education institutes around the country, according to Keith Hoeller, cofounder of the Washington PartTime Faculty Association and member of the American Association of University Professors.

Hoeller and other adjunct instructors across the country, in-

cluding Doug Collins and Dana Rush, two adjunct professors in Washington, have started a fight for equal treatment for adjuncts; their argument is they do an equal amount of work as their full-time, tenured counterparts, so they should receive equal treatment.

In any other profession, two people doing the same job would be paid the same without question, Collins said. “For some reason, in academia, [unequal pay] is tolerated. We do the same work as our colleagues but we do not get equally compensated.”

When Collins first started

teaching as an adjunct, he says it did not take long for him to realize that the union did not have his best interest in mind. When it comes to the full-time, tenured faculty’s interests over the interests of adjuncts, “nine times out of 10 the union will come down on the side of the full-timers,” he said.

Rush agreed, citing the union as the major roadblock in the way of better treatment for adjuncts.

“The union continues to tell us that we have representation

A college president who is a national leader in putting his university at the service of the poor neighborhoods of his city has come to Cabrini to advise the college on its partnership with Norristown.

Tuesday, March 25, marked the arrival of Brother Raymond Fitz, former president of University of Dayton in Ohio where he is currently a professor of social justice.

Cabrini College invited Fitz with hopes of exchanging knowledge in Catholic social teaching, most notably learning from his experiences with community partnerships.

Fitz led the University of Dayton for 23 years. He is nationally known for connecting Catholic social teaching to the surrounding community of Dayton. Like The University of Dayton, Cabrini College has been working in a community partnership with Norristown, a local urban area. The Cabrini College Wolfington Center feels that this similar connection the two institutions share will bring much insight for growth in new general curriculum and engagement in the

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Author and superintendent to headline common good symposium on campus CHRISTOPHER R. BLAKE ASST. NEWS EDITOR CRB724@CABRINI.EDU

Highly acclaimed author and educational critic Jonathan Kozol along with Superintendent of New Orleans’ Recovery School District Paul Vallas will headline the Common Good Symposium,

“No School Left Behind: Opportunities and Challenges in 21st Century Education,” at Cabrini College on March 28-29, 2008.

“As educators, we all seek the good in our students and this symposium provides us the opportunity to acknowledge the tremendous strides we have made towards our commitment to the

Common Good while offering the occasion for us to collaboratively confront the challenges ahead,” Dr. Beverly Bryde, associate professor of education, said.

The Common Good Symposium is the academic event commemorating Cabrini’s 50th Anniversary. The symposium was chaired by the academic

dean, Dr. Charlie McCormick.

“Yes, the topic of social justice is a common theme in almost all educational institutions, but what is most relevant to Cabrini is that our campus is a pioneer with regard to service,” Dr. Cythina Halpern, associate professor of romance languages, said. “We are affiliated with Catholic Re-

lief Services and have made giant steps in this arena long before other institutions of higher learning.”

Educational leaders from across the country along with Cabrini professors and students will speak at the two-day event addressing a

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Consequences of serving in Iraq Recently, 23-year-old male Courtney Lockhart was charged with murdering Auburn University freshman Lauren Burk. He is being charged with capital murder during a kidnapping, capital murder during an attempted rape and capital murder during a robbery. Eighteen-year-old Burk was found shot on a Tuesday night a few miles from campus.

In an interview with a television station, Lockhart’s mother apologized for her son’s actions, sending her heart out to the Burk family. Very nice, right?

After that comment, she went on to say that her son has not been the same since serving in the Iraq war. That comment alone opened up a topic that not many prefer to talk about.

When soldiers go to Iraq, they experience things that no one else would be able to identity with. The sights, the sounds, the smells, could haunt them forever. When they come back, they are offered a couple sessions of counseling, but not many take it. Do they think they would seem weak if they did have counseling?

In a report by WRBL, a local station in Columbus, Ga., stated that Lockhart spent three years in the Army but was dishonorably discharged for punching a sergeant. At desperate times like these after being in a war with Iraq for over five years, it must take something big to be discharged from the Army.

That said, was Lockhart violent before he even stepped foot into the Army, or did he change once he started training?

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a former neighbor of Lockhart’s said that he was a troublemaker and always picked on younger boys – yet another said he seemed like a good kid. It just shows that you may not know your neighbors as well as you thought.

Lockhart is also being linked to other robberies, all performed after he came back from Iraq.

If you feel something wrong with you, maybe you feel more violent, or think that you’re above the law, why wouldn’t you try to seek help?

This is going to be an obstacle for the next President to overcome. He or she will need to find a way to have every soldier that comes home from Iraq to go through some type of therapy, as well as find psychiatrists around the country who would offer their services for war veterans.

In an article by CBS news, there is ongoing research that says that from the start of the Iraq war on March 19, 2003 until the end of 2005, at least 283 veterans took their own lives. According to the Defense Manpower Data Center, a total of 147 troops have killed themselves in Iraq and Afghanistan since the war began. These are numbers that most people would not know, and even more would find overwhelmingly shocking.

According to the Veterans Affairs Department, over 400 veterans are homeless all over the United States. Not only are soldiers getting killed, killing themselves, and killing others, but they’re also found homeless after serving our country.

Giving up their lives for a short period of time for the United States of America is a big deal and an extraordinary accomplishment. Having such awful outcomes when they come home is not something that should be happening. The next president may have a lot to do with the economy, health care and immigration when they come into office, but the treatment of the Iraq war veterans should be moved higher to the top of their list.

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Campus hosts health care conference MEGHAN SMITH ASST. MANAGING EDITOR MES733@CABRINI.EDU

Cabrini College hosted “Health Care, Human Rights and Social Work Practice,” a daylong conference on health care in Pennsylvania on Friday, Feb. 29.

Dr. Laura Groves, assistant professor of social work, and Kristen Smith Nicely, visiting assistant professor of social work, put the all-day event together.

“All you need to do is say ‘health care’ to spark a debate,” President Antoinette Iadarola said during her opening speech. As the nation continues to debate health care in America, state legislators, clinical social workers and scholars and members of economic human rights grassroots organizations will partake in panel discussions and workshops on health care and economic human rights.

Panelists and moderators included keynote speaker State Representative Barbara McIllvaine Smith, associate professor of social work at West Chester Univer-

sity Dr. Nadine Bean, Pennsylvania clinical social worker and board member of Health Care 4 All Pa. Bob Mason; founder of the Northeastern Organizing Center and board member of Media Mobilizing Project and Health Care 4 All PA Frank Sindaco and scholar-in-residence at Union Theological Seminary Willie Baptist.

Smith spoke about her experience with the American health care system when her husband fell ill in 2006 and they did not receive much help. After experiencing severe pain in his hip, Smith’s husband went from specialist to specialist searching for an answer. A few doctors later they discovered it was cancer.

Smith’s healthcare denied her husband a PETscan—which would enable them to determine where the cancer was coming from—four times.

Five months later, Smith’s husband was dead.

“Our health care should be the best in the world, but we know it is not,” Smith said.

Throughout her speech, Smith

kept emphasizing the idea of “patients before profits” and expressed her support for a singlepayer universal health care plan.

A single-payer system is an approach to health care financing with only one source of money for paying health care providers.

If this plan were to go through, advantages would include administrative ease for patients and providers and result in considerable savings in overhead costs.

Of the presidential candidates, only Dennis Kucinich proposed a single-payer health care plan.

Smith stated that on March 19, HB 1660 for health care reform will be going in front of Pennsylvania legislature and urged everyone in attendance to contact their legislators in to voice their opinion in favor of a single-payer health care plan.

“This conference gave me an overall better understanding of America’s health care system and how it is going to affect us in the future,” junior social work major Andrew Pillar said.

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Event to educate on New program promotes social justice issues ‘education of the heart’ PREVIEW, Page 1 cation at Notre Dame de Namur number of issues including educational equality, the effectiveness of choice plans, diversity issues, the role of charter and parochial schools and the relationship of higher education institutions to their community partners.

Kozol has written several award-winning books but is most acknowledged for “Savage Inequalities: Children in American Schools,” his noted work defending the rights of poor children and their lack of equal educational opportunity in the United States caused by the way public education is funded in this country. Kozol’s efforts have raised awareness in American society to promote equal access to education and resources.

The other speaker, Paul Vallas, served as chief executive officer for the School District of Philadelphia from 2002-2007 and as chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools from 1995 to 2001.

His execution of sweeping district-wide reforms in Philadelphia and Chicago turned both major cities into nationally recognized models for education reform. His commitment to education and the common good continues today in New Orleans.

Other highlighted speeches will come from a national authority on emotional intelligence, Anabel Jensel, professor of edu-

University and past president of the University of Dayton, Brother Raymond Fitz, who will talk about utilizing neighborhood schools not only for student success but for neighborhood revitalization.

“I do believe that this symposium held on our college campus will raise awareness of social issues at institutions of higher learning elsewhere, but more importantly, I believe that the event will raise a nationwide awareness that Cabrini is the institution in the forefront of social justice issues,” Halpern said.

Registration for the symposium ends on Thursday, March 27.

Online registration is free for all Cabrini faculty, staff and students.

“It is important to remember that we are all educators in some way and we all have the responsibility to educate ourselves about the challenges and opportunities in the education field. Our future leaders are being educated in today’s schools,” Bryde said.

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The partnership between the institutions and their surrounding areas are not only beneficial to the community they partner with, but also gives valuable experience to students, faculty and staff, Fitz believes.

Fitz talked about how students gain real life experience in participating in a community partnership by dealing with a diverse group of people that one might not encounter otherwise.

“Students can read something in a book and can think about social justice issues but when they go out and sit down at a coffee table with a singleparent-mother who works a couple jobs to keep her kids in school, and get to know this person as a friend they will never think about poor people as they did before,” Fitz said. ”Students get introduced to

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poverty is to overcome. Once they see all the problems and issues that one must deal with living in poverty, they can overcome the stereotypes of being poor.”

Fitz’s arrival began the Cabrini College Wolfington Center’s first annual ScholarActivist-in-Residence program that will end March 29. The purpose of this program is to educate faculty and staff to fully integrate the meaning of Mother Cabrini’s motto, “education of the heart,” into the classroom.

Dr. Nicholas Rademacher, assistant professor of religion at Cabrini College, gave a response to the opening presentation and stresses the importance of having guest speakers like Fitz.

“The Scholar-Activist-inResidence program is very beneficial in terms of making it possible for faculty and students to learn more about what we are doing in terms of

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munity,” Rademacher said.

“The program also provides information and knowledge about how to put together a curriculum that actually does get Cabrini students more involved in the community based research.”

Fitz expresses community partnerships as engaging in “good conversation” with the community in order to understand their agenda and assets and then combining them with the institution accordingly.

During Fitz’s visit he will get to explore Cabrini’s partnership of Norristown, have dinner with students involved in the Norristown partnership, visit classrooms of Catholic social teaching, and engage in Cabrini’s Common Good Symposium.

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Rush cited one example of the “current situation” of adjuncts. One of his adjunct positions is at a community college; his salary when he started there in 1992 was $13,000. During his years there he has taught threequarters of a full-time, tenured faculty’s teaching load, yet he is now making $21,000, giving him a raise of $500 a year.

“If I was paid at a pro-rated share of my tenured colleagues’ rate, I would be making $36,000,” he said. “The concern is that we’re not only being short-changed for our salaries, we’re being short-changed for our future, for our retirement accounts and social security.”

According to Rush, adjunct instructors are also unwilling to compromise with the union because

their unfair treatment extends past a smaller salary and no benefits. In one situation, the union claimed responsibility for an improvement made solely by Hoeller.

As part of an adjunct instructors’ contract, their accrued sick leave evaporates at the end of each semester they teach.

Hoeller wrote a bill enabling adjuncts to accrue their sick leave through all of their time teaching, so when they retire they have the option to sell it, an option that is given to full-time faculty.

Because Hoeller is one of the few adjunct instructors in the union, the union took credit for the bill, claiming it was an improvement that had come through because of the union’s involvement.

According to Collins, the fight for equal treatment is about more than money. Adjuncts have no job security because their job is not guaranteed from year to year.

“Job security and pay go hand-in-hand,” he said. “Adjuncts get stuck in a rut because if you speak up for higher

pay, you’ll just lose your job.”

Adjunct instructors have seen a “15 percent improvement in the pay gap between adjuncts and fulltime faculty in the past decade and that’s just not enough,” said Rush.

“If that’s the trend, it’ll take us at least 50 to 70 years to close the gap and some of us are too close to the end of our careers to wait for baby steps.”

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Combat correspondent in an unpopular war: Marine speaks out about life in the military CHRISTY ROSS STAFF WRITER CLR725@CABRINI.EDU

Wednesday, March 19 marked the beginning of the sixth year since the U.S. occupation began in Iraq. Over the course of his time there have been close to one million Iraqi and about 4,000 U.S. service personnel killed.

This unpopular war anniversary is bringing over 30 different peace and justice organizations together to act in a nonviolent way to protest against the “Pillars of War” that uphold the U.S. occupation in Iraq.

On Nov. 13, 2006, Cabrini College alumnus, Michael Stevens, set off for U.S. Marine Corps recruitment training at Parris Island, S.C. After graduating from Cabrini, Stevens entered the work field like any other college graduate, but still felt like he could do more.

“My expectations for joining the military were to become part of an organization that has had a storied and honorable history,” Stevens said. “After college you hit a moment when you realize you need to do something to benefit your life in the long run.”

It has been several months since Stevens left to further his career in the Marines in Iraq. Stevens is stationed in the al-Anbar province

of Iraq where he works as a combat correspondent. As a combat correspondent for the Marines, Stevens is responsible for releasing timely news information to the military public, retired service members, military families, external audiences as well as local and national news.

While reporting in Anbar province, Stevens and the country have seen a huge difference compared to two and three years ago.

“The Anbar province was a hotbed for insurgent activities. It’s astonishing to see the improvements made in this region throughout the course of the war,” Stevens said.

The most important and by far the most remarkable improvement is in the confidence level in the Iraqi Army and the police according to Stevens.

Stevens is responsible for reporting on these improvements.

“Marine corps combat correspondents are not responsible for shaping the civilian media’s reporting. Our job is to work with the civilian media to release accurate information,” Stevens said. This goes for reporting on Anbar province.

Stevens has reported on many other stories aside from the Anbar improvements. “Al Asad

Air Base is a mix of all branches of the military. Because of this, I’ve had the opportunity to write some pieces on the jointservice operations we are able to partake in,” Stevens said.

Stevens also had the opportunity to write stories on the Army medical company that serves as the “air ambulance” for the area of operation he is currently working.

“The greatest feature about my job is being able to experience all the different facets the Marine Corps has to offer,” Stevens said. “The brilliance of my job is that I am able to go out and experience someone else’s job for the day, take pictures and learn about what they do and then write about it for the rest of the Marine Corps to read and learn.”

As for the five year anniversary, Stevens feels that the improvements he has seen in his time there are huge.

“To see the improvements and to personally see the faces on the Iraqi civilians I have met, and to be welcomed openly, it’s one of the greatest and most accomplished things I’ve ever felt since I enlisted,” Stevens said. “I didn’t do anything myself, but knowing that I’m part of an organization that did so makes me proud.”

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Michael Stevens joined the military after graduating from Cabrini College. He works as a combat correspondent in Iraq in an attempt to push himself beyond the typical work field post graduation.

Special Olympics turns dreams into reality MALLORY TERRENCE ASST. MANAGING EDITOR MMT723@CABRINI.EDU

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Dr. Melissa Terlecki and Dr. David Dunbar attended the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Snow Sports Training and Competition 2008 at Jack Frost Mountain in the Poconos.

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The Special Olympics of Pennsylvania credits thousands of volunteers for making the athletes’ dream a reality. The organization holds over 300 events and competitions each year, free of charge to more than 18,000 athletes.

Two Cabrini professors, Dr. Melissa Terlecki, assistant professor of psychology, and Dr. David Dunbar, associate professor of biology, along with 16 honor students brought Cabrini College’s passion for volunteering to the slopes of Jack Frost Mountain in the Poconos, to assist during the Special Olympics Pennsylvania Snow Sports Training and Competition 2008.

The event was held on Jan. 28 and ran until the 30. Although Mother Nature was not on their side, with below freezing temperatures and rain, it did not stop the students from being enthusiastic and the athletes from completely enjoying the experience.

“The athletes are always so grateful for and openly appreciative of our help. They look forward to seeing familiar faces, catching up from one year to the next as well as meeting new college students. The athletes are what make the experience worthwhile,” Sam Sauer, sophomore

special education major, said.

Dean Charlie McCormick originally started Cabrini’s involvement with Special Olympics winter events in 2004. The relationship began through a special Presidential Initiative that President Iadarola launched in the summer 2003 to encourage faculty to pursue community engagement opportunities. Dean McCormick handed the torch over to Dunbar in 2005 and later Terlecki signed on.

“I find it so meaningful. I feel so good as a person after I leave that event. It’s kind of spiritual for me to be part of this,” Dunbar said.

All volunteers have a place in Special Olympics of Pennsylvania (SOPA) and without the dedication of thousands of Pennsylvania citizens the organization could not exist. The Cabrini volunteers had different levels of ski experience and SOPA was able to designate jobs accordingly. Besides being able to cheer loud and keep a smile upon your face, no specific skills are needed to volunteer.

“We were on the mountain cheering for the athletes and in the lodge when they got their award no matter what place they came in. It’s really important to be supportive and have a genuine interest in the athletes,” Traci Beltz, sophomore exercise science and health promotion major, said.

Beltz, the student assistant of the honors program, had been

communicating with SOPA and organizing every detail since early fall. Terlecki and Dunbar attribute the success of this year’s event to Beltz’s selfless dedication and the other students’ fervency for the cause.

Cabrini’s students served as gatekeepers, timers and other supervisory roles while on the mountain. They also decorated for the Victory Dance and were part of the award ceremonies.

“We get such great compliments from Special Olympics every year on how ideated they are to our students for pitching in and helping out. They want us to take more leadership in the years to come because of the great things they see our students do,” Dunbar said.

Although the event is held during the week, it does not stop the students from wanting to be involved year after year. They do not mind having to catch up on course work, they group was even joined by an alumna of Cabrini, Nora Marchetto-Ryan, Class of 2007.

“After the incredible experience I had last year, I knew I would be depriving myself if I did not attend this year. Seeing the athletes smiles and knowing that I’m helping to foster their positive self-image is more rewarding than I could have ever imagined,” Sauer said.

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Financial crisis may lead to recession LIZ GARRETT ASST. NEWS EDITOR EGG722@CABRINI.EDU

The top U.S. papers have been focusing on the dayto-day news coming in from the Federal Reserve, concerning the deepening of the nation’s financial crisis.

Economists are looking at the risk factor of the Federal Reserve’s temporary solution of pushing more and more money into the economy. The forcing of money seems to be the Fed’s quick-fix in order to avoid a recession. Economists are now pointing out the importance of how long a recession could last. Americans are in agreement with the economists. A recent poll showed that 76 percent of the nation feels that a recession is already in action, according to USA Today.

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Wendy Odyniec was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 36. From the time she was a little girl, she faced the many symptoms of the disorder, but was not diagnosed properly. Odyniec now uses prescription medication and schedules regular visits with her psychologist in order to stabilize her illness.

Bipolar disorder causes misconceptions to arise DIANA TRASATTI ASST. COPY EDITOR DLT722@CABRINI.EDU

“I always knew that there was something wrong with me,” Wendy Odyniec said, as she brushed her dark hair back behind her ears and sipped her warm coffee. “A lot of years were spent just thinking I was crazy.”

Odyniec is just one of the 5.7 millions of Americans who have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Bipolar disorder is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, which leads one to have extreme up and down moods. During the manic state of the illness sufferers tend to engage in behavior that can be considered risky or dangerous. It is in the depressive state that they feel upset with what they’ve done and in a sense, crash.

Odyniec is no stranger to either side of the illness.

“I always felt there was a hole inside of me and nothing could fill that hole up,” Odyniec said.

In an effort to fill up that hole, Odyniec turned to drugs and alcohol at the age of 11.

Being misdiagnosed as hyper, she was given Valium, which the doctors hoped would calm her down. By the age of 16, Odyniec and her friends were all taking the Valium, a way to combat their “hyper-activity.”

“It really wasn’t the right answer, but I didn’t know

what was wrong with me and I wanted to feel better.”

At 36, Odyniec hit the bottom.

Subsiding into a major depression caused doctors to finally diagnose her properly. Upon being medicated for depression and having it produce the opposite effects, doctors were able to tell Odyniec the cause of that hole she felt and the ups and downs she experienced since she was 11.

Bipolar disorder can begin anywhere from the early childhood years up until the age of 50.

It does not discriminate against race, gender or social class. It is found in all different types of people from all parts of the world and of all varying statuses, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Since the illness is caused from a chemical imbalance, it also carries a genetic link. Those with parents or relatives who have the disorder are also likely to inherit the illness.

Despite increasing knowledge and medical advances, society still looks down upon mental health illness and does not fully understand it.

“People say to you ‘Just snap out of it.’ Well, you can’t just snap out of it. It doesn’t work that way. I think that’s the thing that bothers me the most.

I don’t choose to be this way.”

Everyone may experience a depression or mood swings within the course of their life, but consistency and extremity in this trend may constitute for concern.

You will see the typical ups and

downs that everyone will encounter, in bipolar patients. It is a cause for concern when the shifts in moods become more extreme and occur on a regular basis, according to Dr. Anthony Tomasco, professor of psychology.

Some of these shifts in moods have caused Odyniec to do things such as paint her entire ceiling in black, overturn her fully set dinner table and simply walk out and leave the hospital in which she was being held after a confrontation with the police.

A steady use of the prescription medication lithium and regular visits with her psychologist have helped Odyniec live with and stabilize her illness. In addition, Odyniec uses laughter as a means of coping.

“What else can I do? You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Crying is not going to get me anywhere.”

With the proper medication and treatment, those with bipolar disorder are able to live a regular life.

“People will say to me all the time ‘I would never know you’re bipolar.’ I’m not embarrassed about being bipolar. If you had diabetes, would you be embarrassed? If you had cancer, would you be embarrassed? You would want to get help. So, I’m not embarrassed.”

That hole inside of Odyniec, which she desperately tried to fill since the age of 11 still resides, but in a different way.

“I was always trying to fill that hole up. I think I’ll always have it, but now I know what it is.”

Senator Obama has chosen to face the negativity the media has let loose about the controversy surrounding the sermons of his spiritual advisor, Reverend Wright. He delivered his speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, beginning by saying that Wright’s comments were conflict-ridden and wrong. Obama continued on to say that the words spoken by Wright were a result of African-American’s ongoing aggravation concerning racism. He defends his point by stating that there is a reason behind these sermons, and it must be taken into consideration in hopes to lessen misunderstandings between races.

Invasion of Iraq marks fifth anniversary The invasion of Iraq has come to its fifth anniversary. President Bush has concluded in Washington that the war has blown away all original expectations. However, he said the war is something that the nation cannot give up on. Bush focused on the success he feels has been obtained by sending more troops overseas. Democrats argued that the president lacks a plan to bring the U.S. troops home.

Search for AIDS vaccine is unsuccessful The search for an AIDS vaccine has led to the conclusion that scientists have shown little to no improvement, now 20 years after they began looking for a preventive vaccine. The news worsens when the public found out that the only possible answer to an AIDS vaccine could cause an increase in chances to catch the infection. These failures are causing officials to become unsure about why $500 million is spent annually for these inquiries.

Nosing into passport files causes deeper concerns Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently made a public apology on behalf of the State Department employees for looking through presidential candidates’ passport files. Even though the workers viewed the files without approval, officials say that they did not violate any laws, according to The Washington Post.

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Race to the White House comes to picking a president. We have serious issues that face our country that if left in the wrong hands could spell disaster.

Obama has proven through his campaign th that this is the time for change and he means it. Boast Boasting that he can not onl only fix what’s been broken but also change the entire climate of Washington, which in my opinion pinion is long ove overdue. Politicians need to remember that they serve the people, the voters who put them there rather than the lobbyists who have no business on Capitol Hill in the first place.

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Not just good looks

years ago but didn’t win.

Our generation is going We all love our grandpas, they’re nice and always to be extremely important have fun with us, espe- in the next few years, to cially when we’re smaller. help figure out how to get We may love hanging out this country back on track. with them and talking with We need a younger Presithem,but we may not want dent who is open to new them to be in charge of us, ideas, not an old man who beliefs raising us the way they were portrays all of his be afith old-fashioned about the United States af raised with nd maybe not as ter our current President beliefs and Bus up-to-datee with the technol- Bush.

We need something day as we are. You ogy of today - another 11111111//1 and a Democrat at typica different, know what typical 1111111111. trait is of a grandpa? To bbe is the difference we need.

Another Republican w will old.

John McCain is old continue to pull the same enough to be a college-aged shaninigans that President kids’ grandpa. If he became Bush is today.

I may love my grandpa the President of the United States, he’d be around the to death but I would not same age as some of our want him being the Presigrandpas. Who wants that? dent of the United States – sorry John McCain, you’re Certainly not me.

McCain is 71 right now. not going to win.

By the time he gets into - Kaitlin Barr office, he’ll be 72. Sorry, Editor in Chief you had your chance a few kmb738@cabrini.edu

Experience is better

an advocate for women’s rights and the welfare of children. Her first job out of Harvard Law School was working for the Children’s Fund. Under a Madame Clinton administration, environmental laws that were g weakened and outright eliminated under the BushI I administration will be re-I I stored and strengthened soI I that your children might I I actually have fresh air toI I breathe, clean water toI I drink and not have to mort-I h hhouse tto fi fill th h gage th the ll up the car.

Hillary Clinton is your choice in the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary.

Full of fake promises

Obama for change

Barack Obama is the candidate who has been preaching change since day one of his campaign.

The immigration crisis, nal debt, lack rising national care are plan and of a healthcare an economicc downturn are just a few of the pproblems mediate action, that need immediate ma has promwhich Obama iver. er. From his ised to deliver. hicago trydays living in Chicago ing to improve poor neighborhoods, he has never changed his stance and has continued his unwavering position that he is simply trying to change this country for the better.

It’s time people stopped thinking about race, gender and personal life when it

Close your eyes. Now, picture you’re on the beach.

You look to your left and there is Hillary Clinton, in a bikini. Look to your right, and there is Barack Obama ma in his swim trunks.

Now, w, no questions about it, Obama bama is sure to look better er in a bathing suit than ~ Clinton, however, is that all he is good at – looking better than his opponent?

Sure, Obama is a nicelooking African-American man who has charmed his way through the Senate and into the hearts of Americans but how does his resume look?

It barely exists.

A few great policy papers, passing only one bill

and one or two important speeches really doesn’t add up to an outstanding resume. I mean, how could he have a red-hot resume when he’s only been in politics for 12 years.

With little, to no experience, no wonder why he’s making such big promises • 111111on his campaign. He was stated as saying, “I will bring ring this war to an end in 2009” 009” by hoping to brin bring home one or two combat brigades each month, with all brigades out in 16 months. Excuse me? All combat brigades out of Iraq in 16 months after him being sworn in as President?

Maybe I’m bad at math but wouldn’t that mean the war would end in 2010?

Obama is a dreamer.

Someone who hopes for the best but doesn’t have any evidence to support him or his campaign. However, he does have a confidence about him tthat makes him abou seem llllll like hhe knows what he’s ta talking about. Just wait un until hhe has to resurrect these pla plans, that’s when his charm aand good looks won’t be ab abl able to help him.

ca’s armed forces.

One of McCain’s strongest stances relates to defense and the use of our nation’s military. For many years McCain pushed for a larger ground force to execute a new counterinsurgency campaign like the one now underway in IIraq.

With the success of the surge, McCain has pro proved his knowledge in the wo world of war. As a former PO POW of Vietnam, McCain understands the horrors of war. Ass president, he will not be one to rush into war or military action - for he knows too much pain - but one to do to it for the right reasons. His age and experience prove positively that he has been through a lot and in return understands much more and at this level, experience is priceless.

Our generation seems to be less concerned with par-

ty labels and more focused on the movement. McCain is a candidate who reaches across the aisle to Democrats. He brings people together to get things done.

If there is one thing I have learned from this election is to pay close attention to what each candidate is saying, not just who you think you are voting for so that you are able to see the issues from all sides.

Whether or not you love the candidate you are voting for shouldn’t matter. You marry someone for love; you vote for someone for what they can do.

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As college students, this election is one of the most important ones we will ever vote in; for it is who we elect in November that will be leading our nation when we step out into the real world. It is our duty as American merican citizens to pay ay attention to wh what these candidates have to say ' and formulate an educatedJI opinion so that we can vote for someone ~ with whom we can place our complete trust. st Senator John McCain is the candidate in whom I am placing my trust. McCain’s impeccable leadership record and experience exemplifies his steady lifelong commitment to service.

McCain has led the fight for reform in Washington, the elimination of wasteful government spending and the strengthening of Ameri-

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Clinton’s the woman Hillary Clinton is your man, uh, woman.

Why? First, she is the only candidate in this presidential election that is focusing on a health care plan that will cover every American. She’s also dedicated to estoring oring the middle class restoring ■ n America; a class that ■ is in perilously moving to ex■ inction during the last sevtinction ■ en years. For any student’s ~ ■ whose parents are having■a ficult time financing their diffi ■ d ti she h iis committed itt d education, to making education more affordable for the middle class, and especially for families that are financially strapped. She also has wellthought-out ideas for bolstering retirement savings plans and has firm plans to turn the economy around and save the faltering housing market.

Clinton has always been

Vote Hillary, make history,” is the slogan posted and plastered all over America in signs, bulletins, buttons and t-shirts.

Make history? America, what kind of history do you plan on making?

Is it the history that Clinton 111111..will create 36 hours in a day to run all her camI paign promises? Or is Iit the history of keeping the I American tradition recently I created of having our deI ti mocracy bbecome a patriarchy?

What about the fact that she is a woman? Are you making history voting for a woman, although highly unqualified?

Has anyone ever looked at Clinton’s campaign?

For once America, think about it. Yes, we are highly involved in the Iraqi War, and it is not the greatest

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war ever but is it honestly Clinton claims that she possible to pull out of war is real. Do we really know in three simple easy steps? the true Hillary Clinton? I I do not think so. for one feel her promises What about healthcare? are so over the top she is It would be great for ev- just going to become aneryone to have healthcare other president making no and the payments based on impact while in office. income but is that honestly The Hillary I know has a fair? We are trying to cre- fake personality who needs need ate equality not a helpless to stop being so defensive defensiv ~ society.

Clinton’s plan 1111 for in debates and check into int ■ healthcare brings pity onto reality with her oh so many man ■ ■ I lower class citizens. Way impossible campaigning campaignin ■ I to go America! plans.

■ Ass it stands today, HilHi ■ Clinton’s plan is to put an end to global warming, arming lary armin lar Clinton, Cli Clinton you o do d not no while creating millions of have my vote! jobs. Her plan, reducing greenhouse gas emissions - Megan Pellegrino by 80 percent, and by re- Web/Copy Editor ducing foreign oil imports mrp727@cabrini.edu by 10 million barrels a day by the year 2030. Honestly Clinton, where are we getting our oil from then and this is a major aspect to the end of global warming?

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Times marches on St. Patrick’s Day the American way

NEWS EDITOR JLH729@CABRINI.COM

When I think of the semester coming to a close and the end of my third year in college near completion, I am reminded how quickly time goes by and how precious each moment really is. Sometimes I think we get so caught up in the daily routine of life that we bypass the simple, more beautiful aspects of the world that surrounds us.

We seem so conditioned to follow a certain plan or manufactured blueprint that most of our lives consist of the constant battle to advance and survive in a world where the cost of living continues to rise and success equals money.

From the time we are born, we are thrown into a process in which we spend the first quarter of our lives going through schooling just to be able to eventually obtain a position in the career field of our choice and commit our time to advancing in that field. In the process, years fly by and time keeps ticking.

It would be hypocritical of me to pretend as if I am not so caught up in my work at times that I forget to stop and take in all that surrounds me day to day. However, I have made a conscious effort to enjoy the special moments and to take those opportunities to slow time down once in a while.

We all must survive in a world where the pace is predetermined and rapidly increases before our eyes. The one thing that remains consistent is the amount

of time that continues to pass.

Life is not a dress rehearsal and we only get one chance to navigate through this journey and take full advantage of what life has to offer us.

There is so much more than we sometimes take the time to notice whether it’s the beauty of a sunset on the drive home from work or the serene silence heard after a beautiful snowstorm.

I remember looking forward to important milestones when I was a little girl. The first that comes to mind is my 16th birthday. It always seemed so far away but then it came and I was driving my new car off the lot before I knew it.

After that, I prepared for the excitement of the big 18th birthday that everyone always talked about. Getting accepted into a college and eventually celebrating my 21st birthday seemed so far off that I didn’t even bother getting excited.

After all, everyone always told me how young I still was.

Now my 21st birthday is in the past, I live in my own apartment and the next milestones seem larger than life. I look ahead to graduation next year and the departure into the world of my undetermined career.

While my 16th birthday floats further away, marriage and a family become milestones that are closer within my view.

In the past, these milestones never really made me think twice about life and how quickly it has gone.

Although I am still young, I realize how quickly those future milestones will mark their presence in my life.

As I close out my third year in college, I realize what a journey lies ahead of me but how precious the moments along the way will truly be.

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St. Patrick’s Day appears to be associated worldwide with a number of things, the foremost being an association with all things Irish. The phrase “everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day” does appear to be true as St. Patrick ’s Day celebrations are held in every corner of the globe from Ireland to America to Argentina.

Right or wrong, the day also seems to be celebrated by having a beer or four. It is for these reasons that I have decided to write a few lines to provide a better insight into the feast day, and

indeed the man that was St. Patrick.

Most people will be surprised to learn that St. Patrick himself was not actually Irish. He is widely believed to have come from Roman Britain where he was captured by Irish raiders and brought to work as a sheep farmer in Ireland.

He later escaped home to his family, yet returned to Ireland to preach the word of God. He is widely acclaimed as being the man who brought Christianity to Ireland and it was for this reason that the 17th of March, the day on which he died, was made the national holiday for Irish people and the world wide day for celebrating all things Irish.

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in many ways.

Most people who have ever celebrated it would agree that it is indeed “one hell of a party.” Back home, I celebrate the day for the most part with friends and family.

This normally begins with

a trip to mass, as indeed the day is one of Catholic obligation in Ireland. Then, we usually travel to Bundoran Co. Donegal, a small seaside town to see the St Patrick ’s Day parade.

Celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in the north of the country is sporadic as most Protestants do not celebrate the holiday, and thus many Catholics have to travel southwards to celebrate the feast of the patron saint.

After the parade, my friends and I usually go out and celebrate in traditional Irish style. It was thus of great interest to me to see how St. Patrick’s day would be celebrated in a different country, especially in the United States.

What to do for St. Patrick ’s Day was something I had thought a bit about. I turned down the chances of going to Boston and New York with some of my Irish friends, instead to celebrate the day here at Cabrini and attending the festivities

in Conshohocken. Many American friends of mine thought I was crazy but I reasoned with myself that I spent plenty of St. Patrick’s Days with Irish friends and this was perhaps my only opportunity to spend it with Americans.

Going to the parade in Conshocoken was a great experience. I thought it was great the way in which Americans in even a small town celebrated the day in such a fine way. One could almost be forgiven for feeling at home with such a fine display.

The parade was good, the people were friendly and the beer was flowing.

As we say back home the “craic was ninety” which basically means it was one hell of a good time.

After the parade we continued to celebrate and a great day was had by all.

St .Patrick’s Day 2008 will not be one I forget. It is definitely a fond memory of my time here.

Phillies announce no college nights IN MY OPINION

NICHOLAS PITTS ASST. SPORTS EDITOR NDP722@CABRINI.EDU

As a habitual Philly sports Web site checker, I was happy to see that the promotion schedule for the Phillies has been recently posted. I could just taste those semi-gross and yet irresistible dollar dogs as I skimmed the list looking for the first of the college night series. I got to the bottom before I realized, they were missing.

At first I was angered. I ran down the hallways knocking on every Phillies fan’s door and spread the terrible news. The Phillies did away with their college nights.

No more really cheap 500-level tickets. No more

nights out at the Phillies with friends from other colleges throughout the area.

No more cool free t-shirts.

Of all of the things I have to look forward to for the spring, I’m going to have to say that college night at the ballpark was pretty high on the list.

I thought for a while about why they would discontinue such a thing. Every time I went it seemed as though they sold the upper levels out, which they don’t usually do otherwise. It was definitely a successful promotion.

Then, I remembered what a typical college night at the Phillies game is like.

The last of these that I was in attendance for, I ended up losing count of the number of drunken underage college kids who got kicked out of the game.

It was just a big 500level drunken dollar dog fight. People threw hot dogs on the field and cursed at the not-so-intimidating ballpark security guards.

None of the college crowd really looked like they were

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there to watch the game but rather to just get totally hammered.

It’s really a shame that it came to this. I sat there thinking to myself at the last college night that it’s a wonder they still have these things, as I counted the number of empty beer bottles dropping into the lower seating sections of the park.

It is a pretty big cliché to say that college kids don’t have a lot of money because of the rising tuition costs for school. We were not making a very good case for ourselves when were paying our 21-andolder friends to buy ball park beer for everyone.

That is, ball park beer at $5 a cup!

I on the other hand, don’t particularly enjoy shelling

out $30 for a decent seat when just last year, $10 got me down on the first level with my college ID. I suppose that in a sad way, we don’t deserve to have college nights. I mean, it’s your typical case of how college-age kids, let’s say 18-22, are a harm to society and we aren’t worthy of anything nice because we screw it up anyway.

But what about those who really wanted to go spend a night at Citizen’s Bank Park? My friends and I froze our butts off in early April supporting the Phils.

Now, I’m not really sure whether or not I’ll go to a game this season. Not because I can’t afford to go, but simply because it just won’t be the same.

Letter to the Editor Teachings from Pope provide ‘clarity and freedom’ for gay community To the Editor: In response to your Feb. 28 article and editorial about the gay community at Cabrini being in need of support, I wanted to offer an invitation to teachings that, in my own experience and that of my husband’s, provided support, clarity and freedom to us as sexual beings.

The teachings are within the Catholic church and especially highlighted in a body of work written by Pope John Paul II called Theology of the Body.

The Theology of the Body speaks to the dignity of every human being.

Cabrini is a Catholic college and I believe the campus community at large owes the entire student

body information about sexuality, chastity, contraception, marriage and more from the Catholic perspective which, many times, is gravely misunderstood and miscommunicated.

The Catholic faith requires us to love our neighbors as ourselves. That is the basis of an ‘education of the heart.’

My heart aches for

anyone who is suffering, unsupported, harassed or unaccepted because of their sexual behavior whether they are dealing with same-sex attraction, sexual promiscuity or questioning their gender roles. My hope is that each individual can truly feel loved by Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church.

Before turning to secu-

lar solutions like a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning group, I believe it is incumbent upon the Cabrini Community to delve into the holistic teaching that our Catholic faith offers which protects our minds, hearts, bodies, souls and relationships.

My husband and I would be glad to sponsor a Theology of the Body speaker for

Cabrini’s campus or to make tapes and books on this topic available for anyone interested in learning more.

- Kimberly Savage Editor in Chief, Loquitur, 1992; Alum, Class of 1993.

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Cabrini students build relationships in Ecuador

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Cabrini students playing with the younger children at Manos Abiertas on a parachute.

The Cabrini group with three men from a foundation for Hansen’s Disease called Padre Damien showing the hammocks that they make and sell in order to raise money for the foundation. Cabrini students from left to right: Jessica Hagerty, George Post, Genicka Voltaire, Amanda Stout, Nicole Necci, Caitlin Gill, Christa Angeloni and Lauren Brown.

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One of the men from Padre Damien making a hammock.

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One of the volunteers playing a game with some of the children at Manos Abiertas.

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A typical house in Duran, Ecuador.

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Genicka Voltaire playing dominoes with some of the men from Padre Damien.

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Chris Cantwell playing soccer with the children at Manos Abiertas.

Three children from an afterschool program called Manos Abiertas.

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A neighborhood in Ecuador called Antonio Jose de Sucre.

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Vacationers wake up early to lay out by the pool and beach all day.

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After long days by the pool, the nightlife still brings in a crowd.

Cancun never sleeps during spring break DANIELLE FEOLE ASST. SPORTS EDITOR DF727@CABRINI.EDU

Cancun, Mexico should be called the city that never sleeps. Going away for spring break to Cancun is a neverending party.

The Oasis Cancun is the perfect resort for any college student looking for the best place to stay over spring break.

The hotel is right on the beach and has beautiful pools.

This resort has a DJ and stage set up everyday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The DJ performs hit songs and entertains the crowd with various contests throughout the day.

Student Travel Services has representatives that stay at the Oasis Cancun from February to April. The representatives give you the opportunity to buy a party package, which is definitely worth it. The party package is around $200 and you will receive a wristband. The wristband gives you express entry into the main event or nightclub for the night. The nightclubs get extremely packed during spring break season, so the Student Travel Services representatives are at each main event, bringing you to a V.I.P. spot to take any frustration away from your Cancun experience.

“Student Travel Services were always around making

sure we were having a great time,” Stephanie Keleshian, junior graphic design major, said.

Most clubs in Cancun open at 10 p.m. and don’t close until 5 a.m. It’s easy to lose track of time when you are dancing the night away. They play awesome techno mixes and every night they have a well respected DJ on board.

The party package this year included a night at The City, which is shaped like a stadium inside and holds 10,000 people per night. The City has different shows that take place throughout the night, including acrobats and fire. Pat O’Brien’s is a club that holds an inside and outside Mardi Gras party where they give out sombreros and beads.

“Driving down the strip to get to the different nightclubs was like driving through Vegas, with all of the lights,” Lauren DiCintio, junior elementary education major, said.

Basic is a nightclub that is located on the water. The dance floor moves and has water that shoots from it. Cocoa Bongo is a nightclub that bases their shows on celebrity performances.

They have actors and actresses that dress up as Elvis, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Beetlejuice, Prince, etc. You even have to duck from Spiderman kicking you in the head as he flies around. The package includes a night cruise that takes passengers to Isla Mujeres. It is a beautiful island that is about 30 minutes away. They have a dinner buffet,

dancing and contests.

With the amount of tourists that come through Cancun, the restaurants in the resorts are not much to brag about.

The Oasis Cancun assumed that college students only want to eat greasy hamburgers and slimy hot dogs. The sushi restaurant in the resort was impressive but not part of the all-inclusive plan.

“I would love to go back and I found a new love for sushi,” Maggie Walmsley, junior psychology major, said.

Off the resort, the food in Cancun is exquisite. A restaurant called Chocolate City has delicious steaks, seafood and the best chocolate fondue fountain with everything imaginable to dip in it.

Carlos and Charlie’s is a great dining experience. They have mouth-watering fajitas and quesadillas. The servers at Carlos and Charlie’s are like actors and they are all about getting their audience involved. The servers danced with the people at their tables, performed conga lines throughout the restaurant and taught the customers line dances.

“When people talk about going away on spring break to Cancun, it truly is everything that everyone makes it out to be and more,” Jessica Zawrotny, junior psychology major, said.

Not another typical love triangle film BRITTANY LAVIN FEATURES EDITOR BLL722@CABRINI.EDU

Based on the novel by Phillipa Gregory and adapted for the screen by Peter Morgan, “The Other Boleyn Girl” delivers a tale of the very nature of seduction, betrayal and ambition.

The film follows the story of Henry VIII and his many wives, a concept we have seen before in films such as “A Man for All Seasons” and more recently in the Showtime original series “The Tudors.”

Even though we have seen the story before, “The Other Boleyn Girl” gives it a fresh take with the help of performances by Eric Bana, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson who take on the three points of this love triangle.

Early in the film we are introduced to the Boleyn family, who plans to set Anne (Portman), the oldest daughter, up with King Henry (Bana) whose wife has continually failed to produce a male heir. Here we also see up-and-

coming actor Jim Sturgess, best known for his role in last year’s “Across the Universe,” play a brother to Portman and Johansson as George Boleyn.

However, when a hunting accident causes Anne to fall out of Henry’s good graces, the Boleyn family offers up its other daughter, Mary (Johansson), who is opposite to Anne in every way from her hair color to her behavior.

While Anne is flirtatious and proud, Mary is gentle and submissive.

The king takes to Mary immediately and makes her his mistress. With this act, the Boleyn’s ambition to achieve power is seemingly fulfilled. However, Anne’s ruthless determination to become queen tears the sisters and possibly England apart.

Though the film has been given mixed reviews by critics, it is definitely worth seeing if you’re a fan of history or even just a fan of Bana, Portman or Johansson.

Not just your typical romantic drama, “The Other Boleyn Girl” mixes history and fiction while at the same time teaches you about the bonds of sisterhood and how far one will go to attain power.

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Spill Canvas does fine with third album

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Above are the members of The Spill Canvas who have just released their third album.

JAMIE HUFNAGLE NEWS EDITOR JLH729@CABRINI.EDU

“No Really, I’m fine” is the third album released by The Spill Canvas and conquers the music scene with powerful lyrics and original elements that only this band can deliver.

After releasing their first album in 2004, founding member Nick Thomas added a full band behind him to advance his already established sound. “No Really, I’m

fine” follows the band’s previous album release of “One Fell Swoop” in 2005. The Spill Canvas proves they have the talent to take a step forward and make their presence known in the world of music.

“Reckless Abandonment” sets the bar high by opening the album and leads to the breakout single “All Over You.” The steady rock beat starting the song leads to a chorus that has perfectly placed lyrical hooks. The repetition of the line “I’m all over you, I’m not over you” causes you to sing the song long after the album has stopped spinning.

The powerful, heartfelt lyrics on this album are not to

be overlooked and Thomas’ vocals produce a defiant sound unlike any other. The lyrics on this album reach far beyond being typical into an emotional realm that is unique in the music industry today.

“Connect The Dots” takes on a slow, seductive persona that gives it a distinct sound, setting it apart from the rest of the tracks on the album. Thomas’ breathy vocals take center stage, while the lyrics “Don’t you just love the feeling of my fingertips circling your lips” are repeated throughout the song.

The tempo instantly picks up with the next track “Bleed, Everyone’s Doing It,” further establishing the unpredictability of this rare talent. “Appreciation and the Bomb” follows close behind, displaying a unique appeal with lyrics like “…But we try so hard not to die, Sometimes we forget to appreciate life.”

This album also presents collaborations with other big names that fans of The Spill Canvas would most likely recognize instantly. “Saved” features Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin and Something Corporate while “Bleed, Everyone’s Doing It” features Anthony Green of Circa Survive.

“Lullaby” is arguably the most romantic track off of the album and the perfect way to leave a lasting impression on fans already awaiting the next album release. The originality of the lyrics makes this a love song any girl would be crazy to resist. The chorus echoes the lyrics “Rest assured if you start to doze, Then I’ll tuck you in, Plant my lips where your necklace is closed” while Thomas’ vocals deliver the pure emotion behind each and every word.

The Spill Canvas has left their mark with this unique blend of originality and raw talent. This album takes fans on a journey of love and desperation as if they were actually by Thomas’ side through every minute of it. Setting the bar so high can only leave fans to anticipate the material this phenomenal band will produce in the future. Until then, no really, we’re fine.

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Bunnymania invades Times Square JAKE VERTERANO ASST. A&E EDITOR JCV722@CABRINI.EDU

Sex sells.

While the topic may be controversial, history has shown that something marketed sexier will sell better. Playboy magazine certainly agrees with this strategy.

The magazine, which will celebrate its 55th anniversary this December, has World Wrestling Entertainment Diva, Maria Kanellis, on the cover this month. Kanellis is the seventh WWE Diva to pose for the magazine.

On March 6, Kanellis signed copies of her issue at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. A crowd of over 500 fans showed up to meet the auburn haired beauty.

“I grew up a very small town girl, so to be on national television is crazy,” Kanellis said. “But to be on the cover of Playboy, now that’s making a statement.”

While Playboy approaches the subject of nudity in a more tasteful light than their competitive male magazines, many people feel the magazine is inappropriate.

“I cannot believe any woman would ever choose to pose naked,” Emily Miller, a sophomore neural science major at New York University, said. “I don’t think it’s classy at all.”

Some people feel that nudity is something that should be kept private and not on public display. In some parts of Asia, sales of Playboy are so controversial that they have been banned.

“I don’t see the problem. I mean, everyone has private parts,” Kristen Alexander, a senior journalism major at New York University, said. “If someone wants to pose nude, more power to them.”

Kanellis joins the ranks of Marilyn Monroe, Kim Basinger, Denise Richards, Chyna and Drew Barrymore as a Playboy

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World Wrestling Entertainment Diva, Maria signed copies of Playboy magazine.

Playmate. Many actresses, models, athletes, and musicians have posed for Playboy over their 54-year history.

Despite its controversy, Playboy has remained a staple of American culture. The Playboy logo can be seen on tons of merchandise and in many tattoos. ‘The Girls Next Door,’ which is about the lives of Playboy Playmates, is also one of the most popular shows on television.

“I’m glad Maria decided to pose,” Carolyn Sweeney, a sophomore education major, said. “Maria is proving that women can be strong and sexy at the same time.”

The majority of people who showed up to Kanellis’s signing were male, as the magazine is targeted towards an audience of young men. There were a few females in attendance.

“I think Playboy is a really positive influence for women,” Kristin Zaleski, a

sophomore education major at St. Joseph’s University, said. “I would love to model for the magazine one day. The way I see it, if I’m proud of my body, there’s nothing wrong with it.”

Maria’s Playboy hit newsstands on March 7. Maria can also be seen competing at Wrestlemania 24 which emanates from the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. She will be teaming up with fellow WWE Playmate, Candice Michelle, to take on the WWE Women’s Champion, Beth Phoenix and Melina in a Bunnymania tag team match.

“I think any girl would feel wonderful about being asked to pose nude,” Maria said. “For someone to say, I think you’d look hot naked…that makes you feel good.”

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Comedian Ronnie Jordan will be performing in Jazzman’s Café on Monday, March 31 at 8 p.m.

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It has been a long and winding path down “October Road” this season. On Monday, March 10, ABC aired the twohour season two finale in which several of the season’s plot lines were either wrapped up or tangled up.

The finale kicked off with Hannah being arrested for assaulting Ray’s ex-wife, Christine earlier in the season. That dilemma was cleared away quickly and Hannah returned to planning her engagement party, which the bulk of the episode revolves around.

There to help her is Janet, who is stunned by the news that Eddie’s ex-girlfriend is in town and he hasn’t told her. Just as stunned by the news is Eddie and when Janet misinterprets a moment the two share, she turns to Rooster for alcohol and comfort at the same time that Eddie is being beaten up by Ray’s lackeys.

Ikey comes to the rescue, however, and takes him to the hospital where Janet visits him and confesses her mistake. Needless to say, Eddie doesn’t take it well and ends their relationship.

Elsewhere in Knights Ridge, Nick’s agent is in town and is trying to convince him to go on tour with U2. Nick isn’t sure but when his father the Commander reveals he has bone marrow cancer, Nick surprisingly decides to go.

The show ends with the whole cast, except Physical Phil of course, at the engage-

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Pictured above is the cast of “October Road” whom have just ended their second season on ABC, leaving fans with more questions for the next season. ment party where webs continue to weave and tangle. Empowered by his older brother’s departure, Ronnie confesses his secret love for Nick’s girlfriend Aubrey with even more surprising results.

Due to Ikey’s heroics in saving Eddie earlier in the episode, Owen and the rest of the gang finally forgive him for having an affair with Owen’s wife. They return his drumsticks to him, leading into the ultimate mock rock scene of the season.

Elsewhere, Hannah seeks to find out the truth about Eddie’s brush with Ray’s lackeys and Ray assures he had nothing to do with it, even though he did. Will Hannah

end up marrying Ray? Perhaps not. Just when we thought Nick had once again left Knights Ridge for good, he returns to be with the people he loves.

But will things at the Ridge be the same?

We’ll just have to wait for next season.

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Students are encouraged to attend the 2008 formal “the Roaring 20s” on Friday, April 4. The formal is being given by the SGA and will take play at the Dolce at Valley Forge. The cost of tickets are $40 and are available in the Office of Student Activities. The formal will begin at 7 p.m. and is scheduled to end at 11 p.m. Transportation to the event will be provided.

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Lady Cavs train in Fla. for current season NICOLE DUGGAN STAFF WRITER NLD723@CABRINI.EDU

The Cabrini women’s lacrosse team traveled to St. Petersburg, Fla. from March 1 to March 7 to help gear up for their current season. They went through intense practices and training sessions to get connected as a team and prepare for their competitive schedule.

“It’s basically training and spring conditioning,” Anna Scholl, a junior captain and English and communication major, said. “It helped us connect as a team. It’s the most important thing because if you can’t connect as a team, you can’t connect on the field.”

“We go down there so we can bond as a team and just get familiar with each other,” Maura Brennan, a senior captain and criminal justice and sociology major, said. “We

have a lot of freshmen and we lost eight people from last year, so it’s a good chance for us to get used to playing with each other.”

The players stayed at a Holiday Inn on the beach in St. Petersburg, Fla. Every morning, they had a team run followed by a practice session. After lunch, they had time to rest before their second practice of the day, which was at night and usually an intersquad scrimmage. The team said that playing down in the warm weather and out on a field was a nice change from practicing inside a gym almost everyday.

“Our goal was to get in shape, play together and bond as a team on and off the field,” Chrissy Regan, a junior captain and biology major, said.

Outside of just the practices, the team also had some down time. They had one day that

they were able to simply relax and soak up the rays on the beach.

The team also had a day when they scrimmaged other teams who traveled there at the same time. They took part in a round-robin scrimmage tournament playing other teams such as Moravian, Assumption, Mary Washington and Elizabethtown.

The players were very happy with the way the trip went and look forward to their season. Even though they have a lot of new players and eight seniors, they still have a lot of confidence in their team. The trip prepared them well for the one accomplishment they will not walk away from the season without achieving.

“Our goal is to win championships and bring back the PAC,” Regan said.

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The Lady Cavaliers traveled down south to St. Petersburg, Fla. this past spring break to take part in scrimmages and team-building practices to prepare for their current season.

Men’s lacrosse jumps in rankings with early season wins RYAN KIRBY STAFF WRITER REK722@CABRINI.EDU

Winning 10-9 and 14-5 over No. 4 ranked Roanoke College and Greensboro College respectively is a great way to start any season, as well as adding in some warm weather. This year’s version of the men’s lacrosse team had quite an opening week to their season.

The 2008 Cabrini men’s lacrosse team looks much like the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference Championship teams of the past seven years. Ranked 19th in the national pre-season poll and a unanimous pick to win the PAC for 2008, the team was more than ready to start their campaign.

“Our defense played very well. Jeff Moore, Dan DeRosa and Kevin Chenoweth led them. On offense Matt McKinney and Rich Romanelli played well in the Roanoke game and Scott Reimer played well in the Greensboro game,” coach Steve Colfer said.

Goalie Kevin Chenoweth recorded 12 big saves, including four in the closing minutes against Roanoke to seal the win, while on offense Matt McKinney provided two goals and an assist.

“We know we have expectations to meet every year and this year we had the chance to get off to a great start by facing the No. 4 ranked team in the country so we just took advantage,” McKinney said.

Despite a 3-0 deficit early in the Greensboro game, the Cavaliers battled

back and dominated the rest of the game, out-shooting Greensboro 48-18. Junior Scott Reimer led the comeback with a game high five goals, while senior Matt Conaway added three tallies.

“We had a few man-down situations that we had to fight back from but our defense proved its strength in both games,” senior captain Dan DeRosa said.

The Cavaliers jumped from No. 19 up to No. 10 in the rankings following the win at Roanoke.

“Everyone played well and contributed.

It was a complete team effort,” McKinney said.

While many college students were enjoying a week on the beach, this was anything but that.

“After the first win we just went back

to basics and continued to work hard in practice everyday. We are just trying to focus on the next game. If we keep that mentality, I think things will turn out OK,” Colfer said.

“We look forward to some great games this season and we would love for the campus to come out as they always do and support us in our upcoming games,” Colfer said.

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Cavs softball team aims high NICOLE DUGGAN STAFF WRITER NLD723@CABRINI.EDU

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Junior psychology major Kristie Sandefur rounds a base in a game earlier this season. Sandefur recorded two homeruns this past spring break.

The Cabrini women’s softball team participated in two softball tournaments over spring break. They had a tournament the weekend of March 1 and 2 and another on March 8 and 9. Even more, the team practiced in Maryland for a week in between. The team took the trip in order to prepare themselves for their current season.

“Since our team is so young it was really important because it was the first time we all got on the field together,” Kristie Sandefur, a junior psychology major, said.

“It was also nice because it was the first time we played on dirt in general this season because we have yet to play on our actual field this year,” Rachel Davis, a junior biology/ clinical lab science major, said.

Their first tournament was the Beach Blast at Virginia

Beach. Their first game they defeated Keystone College 8-4.

Sophomore Kerri MacNeal hit a three-run homerun and Sandefur hit a one-run homerun in the win. The second game that day, they fell 0-6 to Albright.

Their third and fourth games on the following day, the team fell 5-13 to Meredith College and 0-6 to Guilford College.

All during the week, the team practiced in the midmorning and then had free time for team-bonding activities in the afternoon that included bowling and mini-golfing.

The second tournament was the Sea Gull Invitational held at Salisbury University in Maryland. On the opening day, they were defeated 10-1 by Christopher Newport University. Sandefur scored the only run on a solo homerun hit. The second game they were shutout 16-0 by the host Salisbury.

The next day they lost their final game to Rutgers-Camden 14-0.

“The competition is always harder when we go away so we are more prepared for the competition in our conference,” Davis said.

“My expectations for this season are high,” Sandefur said.

“The only returning players with the same starting positions are our pitchers. Everyone else is either a freshman or playing a different position. Even though we are so young, we have so much talent.”

With all of the talent, the team is looking forward to proving themselves in the conference this year.

“We were picked third in the PAC in the coach’s poll,” Davis said. “I definitely feel that we were underrated.”

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Body Image Coalition backs important cause BRITTANY MCLEOD ASST. SPORTS EDITOR BLM726@CABRINI.EDU

You may be familiar with the heart cutouts that decorated every bathroom stall on campus recently that displayed inspirational messages for toileters to enjoy.

These messages come from the Body Image Coalition.

According to their Web site, the mission of the Cabrini College Body Image Coalition is to “guide and educate all members of the campus community towards a lifestyle rich with body acceptance, wellness and support.”

By promoting health and wellness, the Body Image Coalition has raised awareness of eating disorders and offered help to those in need.

During National Eating Disorder Week, Feb. 25 - March 1, the Body Image Coalition ran a jean donation drive where they were able to collect 65 pairs of jeans that will be donated to the Laurel House in Norristown.

On Feb. 26, the BIC was in the Marketplace handing out informational brochures on nutrition and eating disorders.

With screenings and raffles for many great prizes, many students responded to the coalition’s call. That same day, staff and faculty donated $5 to wear jeans and the BIC raised $155.

“Being our first year we have only had enough time to broadcast one

major event,” Erin Morgan, a junior exercise science major and vice-president of the BIC, said in an e-mail. “We will be seen later in the spring at the health fair and hope to educate even more people about body image.”

Caitlin Mangold, president of the BIC and senior exercise science and health promotion major, said in an e-mail, “Since the event, counseling services has had many people come in that may have an issue with their eating habits.” The success of these events has brought the organization to light among students at Cabrini. Still, the BIC is looking for new members every day.

“This organization is really looking for more students to join. This cause is a serious one that affects everyone it touches.

If anyone is dealing with an eating disorder or knows anyone who is or might be, we ask to you to go to the counseling services on campus for help,” Mangold said.

For more information on the Body Image Coalition and how to get involved, check out the counseling services section of cabrini.edu and look for the BIC’s Web page. You can also contact Mangold at crm725@cabrini.edu to find out more.

“BIC was created to help everyone from students to faculty to members of the community. We didn’t want to subject our organization to solely eating disorders but to help people love their body and themselves; to be healthy and happy with who they are,” Morgan said.

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Villanova advances to Sweet 16 The Villanova men’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA basketball tournament after wins over fifth-seeded Clemson and 13th-seeded Siena.

The Wildcats are making their third trip to the Sweet 16 in four years, this year being the most surprising as a No. 12 seed. Villanova is now the only remaining hope for Philadelphia area universities, as both Temple and St. Joe’s were bounced from the tournament in the first round. The Wildcats will now face No. 1 Kansas for the right to go to the Elite Eight.

Tiger Woods winning streak ends After winning five straight PGA tour events and nine out of 10 worldwide events, Tiger Woods lost. The streak saw Tiger make over $7.2 million, tie Ben Hogan in PGA tour victories and lasted for six months. On Sun., March 16 Tiger rolled in a 25-foot putt for a birdie on hole 18 in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods is now tied for third in all-time PGA tour wins, now setting his sights on Jack Nicklaus (73 wins) and Sam Snead (82 wins).

Flyers making late season push The Philadelphia Flyers have struggled as of late, dropping from first to fourth in the Atlantic Division in six weeks. But with a shootout win over the Rangers on Friday and a 4-1 victory over the Islanders on Sunday, they have moved into seventh place in the Eastern Conference, breaking a tie with the Boston Bruins. Playoff tickets go on sale this Saturday, March 29 and with the way the Flyers have played so far down the stretch and the tight competition in the Eastern Conference, it is sure to be a nailbiter.

76ers climb past the .500 mark For the first time since pre-season, the 76ers have won as many games as they have lost, after Saturday night’s win over the New Jersey Nets. Andre Iguodala had 19 of his 28 points in the second half to lead the Sixers to a 91-87 come-from-behind victory.

The 76ers now stand at 36-35 with their most recent win over the Boston Celtics, who have already clinched the Atlantic Division title and hold the NBA’s best record.

Phillies get ready for opening day Despite placing three pitchers on the disabled list last week, the Phillies are well prepared for opening day on March 31 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Pitcher Adam Eaton turned in a solid start with a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Eaton is fighting for the fifth starter spot in the Phillies rotation and lowered his spring earned run average from 9.0 to 5.85. Going into the last week of spring training the Phils stand at 11-14. The Phillies open the season with a series against division-rival Washington Nationals.

Upcoming Games Thursday, March 27 Men’s Tennis at Misericordia University (3:30 p.m.)

Women’s Lacrosse at Rowan University (4 p.m.)

Friday, March 28 Softball vs. Immaculata University (3 p.m.)

Saturday, March 29 Men’s Lacrosse at Cortland State University (1 p.m.)

Softball at Gwynedd-Mercy College (1 p.m.)

Men’s Tennis vs. Neumann College (1 p.m.)

Men’s Tennis vs. West Chester University (4 p.m.)

Monday, March 31 Men’s Tennis vs. Lebanon Valley College (4 p.m.)

Track and Field at Widener Danny Curran Invitational (All Day)

Tuesday, April 1 Women’s Lacrosse at Cedar Crest College (4 p.m.)

Men’s Lacrosse vs. Shenendoah University (6 p.m.)

Wednesday, April 2 Men’s Golf at Neumann College (1 p.m.)

Men’s Tennis vs. Marywood University (3 p.m.)

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Men’s tennis competes in Hilton Head JESSICA HAGERTY SPORTS EDITOR JH729@CABRINI.EDU

The men’s tennis team traveled to Hilton Head, S.C. over spring break in order to prepare for their upcoming spring season.

The Cavaliers competed in 8 a.m. matches against Catholic University, Stonehill College and Augustana College and later held afternoon hitting sessions.

“We got in some tough competition by playing a couple of Division II schools,” junior finance major Drew Brandstetter said.

The team stayed at the worldrenowned tennis destination, Palmetto Dunes, for the eight days of spring break.

“It’s nice to go to Hilton Head and play scholarship tennis programs because we work on our game and what we need to improve on for when we face our regular season,” Brandstetter said. “It helps us get in the right mindset for the season.”

Recently the team has been predicted to place second in the Pennsylvania Athletic

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Senior Penrose wants another championship JUSTIN WALSH/SUBMITTED PHOTO

Members of the men’s tennis team spend their downtime on the beach while competing and training in Hilton Head, S.C. over spring break.

Conference according to the coach’s poll and they have been training hard for their current season.

In order for this season, the PAC is using a championship format, which will place the top four finishers in the finals, according to head coach Rick Aldrete.

“There are about four teams in our conference including us that are good contenders for No. 1 this year,” Brandstetter said. “We like our chances and are eager to see how the season unravels.”

“The team can improve from last year by winning the PAC. We’ve finished in second

place the past few years, so that is an important goal of ours,” junior exercise science and health promotions major Justin Walsh said.

The team opened their season against Eastern University on Tuesday, March 25.

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The women’s lacrosse team was just one game away from earning the title of Pennsylvania Athletic Conference champions. Actually, only 33 seconds came between them and a victory. Senior attack Katelyn Penrose remembers the loss well.

“It slipped out of our fingertips within the last seconds of the game,” Penrose, an elementary education major, said. “Making it to the PAC championship last year was quite a feat. However we came up short.”

But this year, Penrose promises that things will be different.

“As a senior I do not want to leave Cabrini with regrets. My teammates and I will do whatever it takes to win a championship.”

Penrose had herself a banner year last year, leading the team with 54 goals and 11 assists and earning a spot on the first-team all PAC. She also received two academic honors, including the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Association 2007 academic honor roll and became a member of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Academic All-Area women’s lacrosse team.

She hopes to follow up her successes with an even better performance this spring, this time as a senior co-captain.

Other team captains include senior Maura Brennan and juniors Chrissy Regan and Anna Scholl.

Along with Penrose, the team possesses some other great talent.

Sophomores Erin Nollen, Danielle Rothermel, Amanda Alexandrowicz, along with new-comer Jamie O’Hanlon are four strong and solid players whom she knows she can always count on, just to name a few.

“This year we have a lot of different weapons that will be crucial in our season,” Penrose said.

“Last year we worked really hard to get a PAC championship, but this year will be different. My teammates and I are working extremely hard to bring the PAC back to where it belongs, here at Cabrini. Cabrini lacrosse has been an incredible journey. I have had four great years of playing for amazing coaches and teammates. I wouldn’t ask for anything different.”

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Sports No. 9 Cavs fall in overtime to undefeated Gettysburg

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Sophomore Casey Grugan looks to pass during a game this season. Grugan recored two goals and one assist for the Cavaliers against Gettysburg on Wednesday, March 19.

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It was a battle of the unbeatens. The ninth-ranked Cabrini men’s lacrosse team hosted the No. 2 Gettysburg Bullets Wednesday, March 19 in an intense matchup. The Cavaliers entered the game with an overall record of 4-0 while the Bullets maintained a record of 5-0.

Despite the pouring rain, the game was one to keep the fans into it until the very end.

Cabrini came out strong and scored two goals early to take the lead. Senior Pat Jenkins scored the first goal, which was assisted by junior B.J. Kletchek while sophomore Casey Grugan assisted junior Matt Conaway for the second. Gettysburg responded by tying the game with two goals in the end of the first period.

In the second period, senior Matt McKinney scored for the Cavaliers followed by a third goal for Gettysburg. Cabrini sophomore Rich Romanelli answered with a goal, but Gettysburg would then get two more. With time winding down, sophomore Casey Grugan tied the game back up at 5-5 right before halftime by scoring with exactly one second left on the clock.

Gettysburg started the scoring in the second half by netting a goal just over four minutes into the third period. Cabrini responded quickly with Romanelli notching his second goal of the game only seconds

later. He would get his third goal of the game and Gettysburg scored two more by the end of the third period.

The Cavaliers scored the only goal in the fourth period, which was by Grugan who would tie the game at 8-8. The goal was assisted by junior Mike Dolente and it took the two teams into overtime.

After each team had possessions on offense, Gettysburg ended the game in a sudden-death first goal victory by scoring with 32 seconds remaining in the overtime.

The loss brings the Cavaliers to an overall record of 4-1 while the Bullets remain undefeated at 6-0.

“We prepared a lot for the game and we knew everything they were going to throw at us. As for them ranked in front of us, it did not make a difference. We got beat 2-13 last year and this year we wanted to make a statement that we are ‘legit’ and that it wasn’t going to be like 2007,” McKinney, a senior English and communication major, said.

Even though the Cavaliers did not come out on top, they took a lot away from the game. They have high expectations of what is to come of the rest of the season.

“We gained a lot of confidence from this loss because now we know we can play with anyone in the country regardless of rank and that is going to help us down the road in the NCAAs,” McKinney said. “Our goals are always the same; to win the PAC and go far into the NCAA tournament and win that too.”

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Sophomore Rich Romanelli runs past a defender in a game this season. Romanelli led the Cavaliers with three goals against Gettysburg College.