2008-09 Issue 01 Loquitur

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Freshmen embrace chance to protest christine graf deputy editor

acg724@cabrini.edu

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First-year Cabrini students hold up signs in protest of disabled Kensington residents after unexpected transportation problems left them in position to help the community members. 55 freshmen particpated in the day of activism initiated by the Wolfington Center.

Cars honked as first-year Cabrini students protested for the rights of disabled Kensington residents, holding up signs such as “orange juice for breakfast not bleach – close Philadelphia Nursing Home” and “how do you spell murder – PNH!” “The people protesting needed us and we were showing them that we cared,” Kelly Fisher, freshman political science and secondary education major, said.

These freshmen did not set out during the day of service to protest. It happened unexpectedly and they seized the opportunity.

A service trip to Kensington, an impoverished area of Philadelphia, was interrupted by an empty gas tank in their bus.

The Wolfington Center set up this trip to Philadelphia through a program called “S-cubed” which introduced first-year students to Cabrini’s core mission and values, while providing meaningful community building– but no one could predict the actual amount of real life experience some of these new freshmen would get.

Renee Roff, elementary education major and one of the student leaders of the program, described her particular experience with the freshmen students in Kensington and how their tour of the welfare and drug funded area turned into protesting.

At the end of their “reality tour,” given by the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, the bus pulled up to the Philadelphia Nursing Home and many residents of the nursing home were sitting outside protesting for its closing.

The protest leaders got on the bus and explained that the nursing home was not treating its residents properly and many of them, although disabled, could and would live on their own if the city of Philadelphia gave them suitable housing.

As the protest leaders got off the bus, the Cabrini students were ready to get back to campus for their next planned activity when a change of plans arose– the bus’ fuel gage was broken and they were out of fuel.

The protesters had been going FRESHMEN, page 3

Excessive drinking continues to afflict campuses christopher r. blake news editor

crb724@cabrini.edu

As many freshmen kiss their parents goodbye, for more than a few, visions of uninterrupted keg parties, unlimited liquor shots and games of beer pong come to mind.

“I expected more drinking.

I’m not going to lie. I was a little disappointed,” Melissa Szymborski, freshman special education major, said about her orientation at Cabrini.

As students leave home for college this month, university administrators are not only preparing to deal with another year full of excessive drinking and alcohol-related mishaps on their campuses, but they feel they have found a solution to reducing excessive binge drinking.

“Twenty-one is not working,” a statement from 128 college presidents, said. “A culture of dangerous, clandestine ‘bingedrinking’ — often conducted offcampus — has developed.”

INSIDE this week’s edition

By lowering the legal drinking age presidents at colleges and universities around the country believe binge drinking and the consequences of drinking including sexual mishaps, violence, even death will decrease among their student populations.

College presidents from elite colleges and universities including Duke University, Dartmouth College and Tufts University have partnered up with the Amethyst Initiative to propose that our government officials rethink the legal drinking age of 21.

“The first night of school I was not obliterated drunk, but I did see a couple of students throwing up,” Szymborski said.

Colleges have found that excessive alcohol consumption interferes with a successful transition to campus life in and out of the classroom. One third of firstyear students fail to enroll for their second year.

“My friends influenced me to drink from an early age,” Szymborski said. “There was nothing else for us to do, so that’s what

we did.”

Szymborski, 19, described herself as a social drinker. During high school she regularly drank on the weekends. However, she has never allowed alcohol to control her life.

“I always know when enough is enough,” Szymborski said. “I never go over my limits.”

Although some Cabrini students drink alcohol, others have made the decision to not drink.

“I hear a lot of ‘Wow, that’s really cool. How do you do that? I could never,” sophomore Richard Cardoza said.

Cardoza, 19, has stayed away from alcohol since an early age.

Growing up in a family with alcohol abuse history was enough for him to stay true to his inner pact.

“I chose not to drink mostly out of personal experience with my family members,” Cardoza said. “It’s just something I never really got into.”

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CHRISTOPHER R. BLAKE/NEWS EDITOR

A group of freshmen play drinking games during their first week in college. Recently college presidents have supported lowering the legal drinking age.

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Drinking age debate far from over

The time has come to lower the drinking age!

It’s Thursday night; let’s crack a beer and invite some underclassmen to join— legally.

Does that sound like a statement made by college freshmen in hopes that this year will be filled with alcohol and drunken walks back to the dorms? Well, actually it is from over 100 college presidents from across the country.

These presidents recognize that the current drinking age is not working and has driven young adults to a world where binge drinking is accepted and even celebrated on college campuses.

Amethyst Initiative, a group of college chancellors and presidents, has signed a statement that calls on elected officials to rethink and discuss the current drinking age.

As of Tuesday, Aug. 26, the Amethyst Initiative statement has 128 signatures, including presidents from Saint Joseph’s University, Gettysburg College and Arcadia University.

If 17 of the 128 presidents are from the Keystone state, then why doesn’t Pennsylvania step up and lower the drinking age for its residents?

The catch is the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. Passed 24 years ago, this act allows the federal government to withhold 10 percent of any state’s federal highway funds that does not make 21 their minimum drinking age.

As the list of college presidents grows larger, will Dr. George start off her Cabrini career by pledging her support of lowering the drinking age?

Mothers Against Drunk Driving has recently spoken out against the presidents’ statement claiming that lowering the drinking age would cause more injury and fatalities. According to MADD.org, 28 percent of fatal traffic crashes involving teen divers are alcohol related. MADD contests the rates would rise if the drinking age were to be lowered.

In contrast, the presidents believe that because of the current drinking age, students often leave campus to consume immense amounts of alcohol and then travel back to campus when done.

A behavioral change towards alcohol needs to happen among students to break the current drinking habits. The presidents’ group understands there needs to be some type of change and thinks it is hard to get students to stop under-age drinking, when they are allowed to vote, fight in war and be part of a jury.

It is ironic that such a large group of highly respected individuals have recognized that current alcohol education seems to not be working, yet Cabrini College spent last week trying to teach freshmen about the dangers of drinking, rather than teaching the freshmen about how to drink more responsibly.

Even though making 18 the legal drinking age may not be the solution to this country-wide problem, a discussion needs to take place to better understand the root of this problem and what can be done to educate college students in responsible behavior.

This statement may sound like party time to many freshman ears, but don’t count on a change coming anytime soon. In fact we hold many reservations and would urge Dr. George to consider whether lowing the drinking age would really combat binge drinking on college campuses.

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Taking steps to reduce carbon footprint brittany mcleod copy editor

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With the current green trend sweeping the nation, colleges and universities are jumping on the bandwagon and taking steps towards reducing their carbon footprints.

In April 2008, the presidents of more than 520 public and private institutions had signed the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment. Each college commits to develop a budget that will account for all carbon-emissionsassociated campus operations and a long-term plan for balancing that budget to achieve carbon neutrality, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Cabrini was not on that list.

Still, according to the New York Times, as colleges and universities rush to declare themselves green, some higher education officials worry that campuses are taking easy steps to win the label rather than doing the work that would actually reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Instead of actually benefiting the environment, colleges have used the new “green rating” in the Princeton Review’s annual guide to college as a publicity stunt.

The process of going green can be a costly one. For example, the private, nonprofit Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, otherwise known

as LEED, is the leader in environmental building. But instead of going through the expensive process, the majority of schools believe they can follow LEED’s principles to build green.

LEED’s certification is based upon a point distribution for elements that promote sustainability and a greener lifestyle. These enhancements can be added without the campus needing to be certified “green.”

Cabrini has begun to implement a number of green features, including the recycling bins throughout campus. Cabrini dining services, provided by Sodexo, has also taken a number of steps.

This year, Sodexo has integrated a new system called APEX from Ecolab that tracks the actual usage of cafeteria materials compared to how much should be used. To save water and energy, the cafeteria has gone tray-less and the new napkin dispensers reduce paper waste.

“We no longer have trays, which reduces about 200 gallons of water per meal period,” Drew Niemann, general manager of Cabrini dining services, said.

This summer, the staff experienced a training program about sustainability and plan to enhance the course of “going green” over the fall.

As the year progresses, expect to see a more noticeable change in the dining hall, with organic and local produce and posters

and pictures all around the cafeteria advertising a more sustainable outlook. According to one: Cabrini Dining Services— Buys Local, Buys Organic and Supports Sustainability. All coffees supplied are a part of the Rainforest Alliance and the majority is Fair-Trade Certified. The fish are farm-raised and produce is shipped from no more than 150 miles away.

As menus pop up around the eatery, a red symbol will indicate locally supplied items, a green symbol will indicate organic items and a blue flower will indicate sustainable items supplied.

“It’s not so much as we’re going green, we’re doing a lot of things to be sustainable,” Dan Sorrels of Ecolab said. Sorrels is handling the switch over to the Apex system in the cafeteria kitchen. With the switch, dining services now uses environmentally-friendly detergents and chemicals.

Another change that may not be noticed but has major energy savings is the new lighting provided in Jazzman’s. All light bulbs are now energy efficient ones that can considerably reduce energy use.

Though not advertised, changes are taking place throughout Cabrini to reduce its carbon footprint.

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Freshmen learn community building through activism FRESHMEN, page 1 strong for 24 hours and were not planning on backing down until the mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, recognized the need to close the nursing home. Roff decided that it wouldn’t hurt to aid in the progress.

“There we were with time to kill and a protest that was going on for 24 hours. We were offered to join; I figured why not, and invited any first year student to join if they wanted,” Roff said.

“Surprisingly most of them were eager to help.”

Kelsey Wetman, freshman undeclared major, Alykat Tyms, elementary education major, Mary Watson, pre-nursing major and Kelly Fisher, political science and secondary education major, were some of those first-year students who jumped at the opportunity to lend a helping hand to those in need.

“I was completely thrown off by the sight of Cabrini freshmen on their first day at school protesting for the closing of the Philadelphia Nursing Home; it was unreal,” Roff said.

The once tired-out protest was

rejuvenated by young fresh voices who added that extra spark that was lost in the midst of tired but still dedicated residents.

“We really brought a lot of emotion and energy to the protest,” Watson said.

The freshmen who participated were enthusiastic to be involved in something so hands on and proactive. It was no delay for them as they filed off the bus to join the many residents whose lives depended on some sort of change within the nursing home system.

“We were making the best out of the situation and it felt really good doing it; I actually wish we went with the intentions of doing it,” Wetman said.

Tyms agreed. “It was exciting; we were living what we were learning.”

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Students hold candles in solidarity following mass in Bruckmann Chapel. After a long day of activism Father Michael and students came together in an effort to spread social justice throughout Cabrini.

Students reflect on college alcohol experiences DRINKING, page 1

CHRISTOPHER R. BLAKE/NEWS EDITOR

Empty beer cans sit upon a table as students congregate together. For many colleges binge drinking has persistently been a problem on their campuses. Colleges feel by lowering the drinking age excessive drinking will decrease in the future.

Although some students allow alcohol to influence their everyday lives, Cardoza does not see alcohol in the same light. He does not know if he will choose to drink in the future or not. He takes life one day at a time.

“I don’t plan on making a decision to drink based on my age.

It’s more of a thing where, if I want to, then I will,” Cardoza said.

Alcohol is a popular social activity on most college campuses.

Students often feel a sense of peer-pressure to drink with their new acquaintances.

“It doesn’t really bother me not drinking in college,” Cardoza said. “Most of my friends would say that I’m just as enjoyable in drinking scenarios. If anything, college only solidified my decision not to drink even more.”

Tom Hayes, 20, has been drinking alcohol since late in his high school career. The junior also identifies himself as a social drinker.

“There must be at least one person in the room I’m drinking in,” Hayes said. “Whether they’re drinking or not is up to them.”

Hayes and a large majority of his friends drink but he never looks down upon non-drinkers.

“I do not look down on nondrinkers because throughout most of high school I did not drink either. It’s a choice and there are worse things than not drinking,” Hayes said. “You can still be a social person and interact with drunk and sober people.

Now if you don’t drink and you have no personality, then you’re screwed.”

Although Hayes enjoys alcohol, he has seen the negative effects of excessive drinking.

“There are the times when people will get crazy, black-out style, including myself and not remember the chaos of the previous night, but most of it is harmless fun.”

“College students drink wherever their friends may be,” Hayes said. His drinking usually starts as soon as he knows he has nothing else to do for the rest of the day.

But the difference between Hayes and other students is he knows when to stop.

“If you let alcohol control your life, that’s considered an addiction, and I don’t have time for an addiction,” Hayes said. “It gets in the way of having fun and enjoying everything around you, you would miss otherwise.”

Shane Evans recently graduated from Cabrini in the spring of 2008. Evans, 22, started drinking at the age of 17. His experiences with alcohol have differed greatly throughout his high school, college and now post-graduate days.

“Freshmen want to drink more than everyone else because they aren’t adjusted to life in college and the freedom that comes with it,” Evans said. “They are naïve and don’t realize the effect that alcohol will have on them.”

Evans feels Cabrini students drink responsibly but at the same time he wants to emphasize the importance of a balanced life.

“Don’t let alcohol run your life and definitely put your education first, because that is what you are paying all the money for, not to get drunk every night,” Evans said.

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Building named after former president liz garrett news editor

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Former President Antoinette Iadarola poses in front of the newly named Iadarola Center. The former Science, Education and Technology facility was dedicated to Iadarola last June.

“I was shocked. It was hard to believe that the Board of Trustees managed to keep such a secret from me,” retired President Antoinette Iadarola said, when asked about her first reaction upon hearing that Cabrini’s Center for Science, Education and Technology building was to be named for her.

Cabrini College’s Board of Trustees has honored Iadarola’s retirement by dedicating the campus’ state-of-the-art academic facility to her. It has been renamed the Antoinette Iadarola Center for Science, Education and Technology. The tribute was formally announced back in June and came quite unexpectedly, according to Iadarola.

“I am absolutely thrilled and surprised,” Iadarola said. “It has been truly an honor to lead Cabrini during a time of such transformation and success. It was an experience of growth for me.”

Iadarola sustained her position as president of Cabrini College for 16 years and retired on June 30, 2008. She is responsible for leading Cabrini throughout many years of progression and new opportunities, while

strongly maintaining the college’s primary mission. The core value of combining moral issues and awareness of the common good with an education was kept alive throughout her time at Cabrini.

“We encouraged the students to become involved with the faculty, and the college campus joined together to envision what we wanted our future to be like,” Iadarola said. “So we prioritized by renovating Founders Hall as well as some of the residence halls. We also saw the importance for an athletic facility and an updated academic facility.”

Under her leadership, Iadarola set the stage for numerous improvements that the college community could be proud of. Among her many efforts, she supervised the addition of a thriving athletic building known as the Dixon Center as well as the Hamilton Family Communications Center, which is home to Cabrini’s student newspaper, FM radio station and television studio.

During her term as president, undergraduate enrollment went from 763 in 1992 to over 1,700 currently. Iadarola also oversaw the renovation of residence halls along with the building of three new student residences. The enhancement of outdoor lighting

added to the restoration of Edith Robb Dixon Field, which is another one of her achievements, according to the summer 2008 edition of the Cabrini Magazine.

Iadarola spoke humbly about her impressive accomplishments, and pointed out that her goal when arriving as Cabrini’s president was mainly to connect students with faculty in order to maintain the college’s core values. Providing each student with the opportunity to receive an “education of the heart” was another strong ambition of hers.

“I wanted to help the Cabrini College community to dream again,” Iadarola said, in regards to her legacy at Cabrini which sparked this honor. “My aim was to visualize what our future could be today and do whatever was necessary to make changes.”

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George emphasizes retention as top priority christopher r. blake news editor

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Over the last year Cabrini has seen more and more students leave the college after freshmen and sophomore years.

“Persistence and retention is my highest priority but not that it’s my work, it’s all of our work,” President Marie Angelella George, said.

Last spring, student development ran focus groups with freshmen in hopes of learning student expectations for their first year, which ones were met and where students felt their experience fell short.

“This was a rich source of information which allowed a whole series of retention initiatives to come forward,” George said.

The administration, along with George, have defined characteristics of successful Cabrini students and clustered them into key areas: where they get involved and engaged in campus life, how they become academically invested, how they take responsibility for themselves and how they build their character.

“We know this is a very strong community here. Students’ experiences are transformational from where they start to where they end up,” George said.

Other issues George addressed were tuition, the strategic plan, fundraising and financial aid.

Tuition In a time of economic uncertainty and recession, Cabrini stu-

dents have faced yearly increases in tuition ranging from 3.4 percent to 14 percent.

“These are tough economic times, not just for Cabrini, but for all colleges and universities from the most elite to those who are really struggling institutions,” George said. “Cabrini is an expensive college. But we are not the most expensive in the region, and from what I can see increases in the years before I arrived were relatively moderate.”

Strategic Plan In an exclusive interview with Loquitur, President George emphasized her desire to not change Cabrini but to bring into fulfillment the strategic plan.

“I think if there’s an element that I bring to my presidency and that’s expected of my work into the future and consistent with the strategic plan is to work on a road map through 2012 that addresses qualitative changes here at Cabrini,” George said.

Endowment George emphasized a number of changes that she feels are vital to the future of Cabrini, specifically the college’s endowment.

“Important to me and my presidency will be to grow our endowment. That’s critically important. That way we will have a greater ability to offer more financial aid to our students,” George said.

George said that in a time of economic recession students and their families must be patient but the Cabrini administration is do-

ing everything in its power to help with student finances.

“The packaging of student financial aid is taken very seriously but it’s difficult. Ninety six percent of our annual budget, the budget that runs the college, is fueled by the tuition of our students,” George said. “We are a tuition-dependent institution.

And by directive of our trustees 38 percent of every tuition dollar goes back to students to assist them to afford our tuition. And 98 percent of our students receive some form of financial aid.”

In George’s first month on campus, she has made a realignment of the admissions enrollment area, putting it in academic affairs. She also hired a vice president of institutional advancement, Ken Boyden and a director of student diversity initiatives, Melissa Waters. George is supporting Cabrini’s new general education curriculum.

“I certainly support the general education curriculum, which I believe is unique in all of higher education and will be piloted this year with a 100 students to be fully operational next fall,” George said.

George will address the Cabrini community on “shorter term initiatives” Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the all-college meeting. Her inauguration is scheduled for Nov. 15.

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First-year President Marie Angelella George sits in her office in the Cabrini mansion. George recently spoke to The Loquitur about significant campus issues.

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Obama chooses Biden for vice president liz garrett news editor

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Barack Obama named Delaware Sen. Joe Biden his vice presidential running mate for the 2008 election.

A 65-year-old veteran in the Senate for three decades, Biden was chosen based on his experience in foreign policy. At a rally outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Obama praised Biden on his blue-collar roots and a unique public servant. Obama hailed Biden as a, “leader who is ready to step in and be president.”

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The Wolfington Center sponsors the new Pew Grant provided for the prisoner reentry program in Norristown, Pa.

Grant connects students with inmates liz garrett news editor

egg722@cabrini.edu

A three-year, $180,000 grant has been awarded to Cabrini College in order to aid its affiliation with the Norristown community.

The Pew Charitable Trustees is responsible for giving the grant, which is dedicated to assist in prisoner reentry programs for individuals exiting the Montgomery County Correctional Facility.

“This grant creates a network that will bring together agencies and resources to prepare incarcerated individuals to reenter society while they are still in prison, and to continue supporting them when they are released into the community,” David Chiles, director of the Wolfington Center, said.

These men and women are in need of services to help them prepare to return to society. Social workers, members of the community and the criminal justice system are among the many associates within the Norristown network that will also be involved with this program.

“The network will be a tremendous benefit to the prison, to the agencies who will see their programs strengthened through collaboration and to Norristown, which will benefit from a lower rate of repeat offenders,” Chiles said.

The mission of the project,

which has been in effect for three years, is to create a link for previously imprisoned individuals so that they have access to job opportunities, housing and education.

“The vast majority of ex-prisoners really want to do the right thing and not return to prison, but they face a lot of obstacles,” Dr. Jeffrey Gingerich, associate professor of sociology, said.

“It’s important, both for the exoffender and for the community safety, that we give them as much support as possible to make good decisions in their new life.”

Only a total of 100 men and women will be chosen to participate in this program every year.

The ultimate goal of this project is to gradually decrease the amount of people who leave the correctional facility and end up returning to prison.

“Cabrini will benefit as well, since our students will have the opportunity to work with the network through internships and field placements,” Chiles said in response to how the Cabrini College community will become a part of the program.

The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program: Exploring Issues of Crime and Justice Behind the Walls is the program that allows Cabrini students to have the chance to learn in the presence of several inmates.

This is a SEM 300 class that meets weekly in the Montgom-

ery County Prison. There are 15 Cabrini students (who are called outside students) and 15 inmates (who are called inside students) who have the opportunity to learn together in the same environment.

“This is a great chance for the college to partner with the Norristown community to address a need that was voiced by people in the community,” Gingerich said.

“Cabrini was able to access the resources for this program and now we can work with the prison and the Norristown community to improve the support for men and women leaving prison.”

Along with learning about issues of crime and justice, the 30 students are assigned the same type of school work. There are also projects designed for both the inside and outside students to work on together. Reports on prisoner reentry have been formulated over the past two years that truly show the class’s ability to work together, according to Gingerich.

“I’m personally very excited about this grant. It expresses the commitment of the college to work collaboratively with Norristown to create a real, positive change in the community,” Chiles said. “It strengthens our partnerships, and those partners will have more capacity to provide deep and impactful educational opportunities for our students.”

Russia to withdraw troops from Georgia Russia has recently announced its withdrawal of troops from Georgia and into South Ossetia. The New York Times mentions that short-range ballistic missiles have been moved by Russia and placed in South Ossetia, is in range of Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. Russian army battalions have appeared to be moving towards the border of Georgia as well. An attack against Georgia has been predicted according to the New York Times, ever since exercises have been performed by Russian bombers in the Black Sea. Hospitals in South Ossetia claim that 40 people faced their deaths because of Georgia’s fight to seize the territory. According to Russia, however, 2,000 civilians were killed during the battle. Ossetian civilians have apparently put their trust in Russian troops and are welcoming their arrivals.

Poll puts candidates in dead heat According to a new poll, Barack Obama and John McCain are now said to be tied. Obama has been making a strong effort to come out above the tie by speaking in southern Virginia about his sympathy over U.S. job losses last week. The Los Angeles Times claims that after looking at both candidate’s tax proposals, national debt is likely to increase with both the Republican and Democratic plans, according to economists.

U.S. military may withdraw from Iraq by 2011 Front page news from Iraq has announced the negotiators, both Iraqi and U.S., have agreed to a timetable that results in all U.S. forces out of Iraq by the end of 2011. The agreement is still awaiting the approval of the Iraqi prime minister as well as parliament. The U.S. and Iraqi governments both need to sign off on the agreement. Security gains have made the talk of a pullout a reality mainly because of the increased strength of the Iraqi army. At this point in time, 10 of Iraq’s 18 provinces are now looked over by Iraqi forces.

Taliban assaults results in casualties There have been two Taliban assaults that have caught the eye of U.S. papers, one was the death of 10 French soldiers and the other occurred on a NATO base. The instance of death is constantly increasing in Afghanistan, according to both the New York Times and the Washington Post. This act of violence is referred to as one of the most serious in the six years of battles in Afghanistan. There were about 10 suicide bombers said to have attacked the country’s base.

Plots for assaulting that nation’s capital have only increased since these recent reports in Afghanistan.

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Chug, chug, CHUG ... it’s okay to DRINK IN MY OPINION

J A K E V E RT E R A N O a&e editor

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I couldn’t wait to get wasted. That was my first thought as my dad drove the 15 mile per hour speed limit up Cabrini’s endless driveway.

Freshmen, I know what you’re thinking right now.

Alright, well I can guess anyway. Some of you are probably just as excited as I was as a freshman to drink up every drop of alcohol in sight. On the other hand, some of you are probably crapping your pants thinking of even being around alcohol right now.

I’m going to lend you guys some advice. Take it or leave it. I don’t want to sound like a parent, but I also don’t want to sound like a toolbag .

For those of you who

are petrified to drink, you’ll get over it. I have tons of friends that are completely anti-drinking. I used to be one of those people, not going to lie. But once you get drunk for your first time, you’ll realize it’s not that big of a deal.

Even if you say you’ll never drink, you most likely will. It’s just the way

college is. Everyone gives into that peer pressure and eventually has a great time with it.

You will need to have that one night where you redecorate the bathroom in vomit. I know, it’s unfortunate, but you’ll need to learn to control your alcohol. Don’t be afraid of it though, I promise your

Living with a stranger NOT for this girl

I N MY OPINION

DANIELLE FEOLE sports editor

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The horror stories of living with a new roommate have never been something I’ve had to face.

I came to Cabrini as a freshman and lived in Woodcrest with someone I had known since the sixth grade. We always talked, but were never inseparable.

Now we are best friends!

I’ve heard the craziest stories about living with a complete stranger. There is the girl who steals everything she can get her hands on or the guy who thinks his roommate’s laundry basket is a toilet. Then, you have the roommate that goes to bed way earlier than you

and has a totally different group of friends on campus.

I never had to worry about my clothes being stolen or turning a light on past 11 p.m.

Coming to Cabrini with a friend just worked for me and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

A lot of people think that living with a friend your first year doesn’t allow you to meet new people or experience college situations on your own. I completely disagree. My roommate Lauren and I met fabulous friends and have two completely different majors. We never step in each other’s way.

I’m one of those people that isn’t a huge fan of change. I feel that coming to school with Lauren has always given me a piece of

home and has given me a friendship that I’ll have for the rest of my life.

I don’t always recommend coming to college with a friend. I’ve had friends in high school that always wanted to be the boss of things or were too outspoken and I could never live with them!

I think since Lauren and I weren’t best friends and came to school together, it made us closer instead of pushing us further apart.

I could never live with someone that I don’t know.

Living with someone you don’t get along with can destroy your first impression of college. But, I give a lot of respect to the students who survive the terrors of a horrible first roommate.

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friends will have hilarious stories about how disgusting you were the next day.

If it makes you feel any better, one time I puked all over my hand and described it as “sexual.” Yes, I was that drunk ...oh boy.

Anyway, just have fun with it. If you don’t want to get crazy drunk you don’t have to … but don’t

be afraid to chill out with a beer in hand and enjoy the party. You only live once, make no regrets!

For those experienced party goers, don’t go too crazy. I mean have fun, but don’t party every single night. I know when you first get to school it’ll be tempting, but try and control it.

I actually hardly ever

drank when I first got to college. As excited as I was, I put my academics first.

As nerdy as it sounds, you have to do well in school to party. Think about it, if you flunk all of your classes you’ll have to go back to that dreaded place, HOME! If you are one of those people who needs to party every night, make sure you get your work done or multi-task. For example, write that SEM 100 paper, but enjoy a nice Corona while doing so.

These next couple of years are going to be amazing for you. Make the most of it, meet the people who make you smile, take the classes that make you learn and have the fun that makes you, you.

It’s going to be a lot of fun, so don’t be afraid to try new things. Enjoy it, I’m jealous.

Getting involved IN MY OPINION

SHANNON KEOUGH copy editor

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The scariest thing about starting a new school, especially college, isn’t how hard the classes are going to be or if you’re going to get lost the first week. Let’s face it; the most terrifying thought going through your head is how you’re going to meet a new group of friends.

Living on campus is a difficult adjustment because you’re completely thrown into a new environment. It’s not easy but it’s an exciting experience and you learn a lot about yourself in the process.

Roommates are awesome and you’ll spend a lot of time with them, but don’t be afraid to branch away from them. Having a variety of friends is always

better because you know you’ll always have someone to hang out with.

Take advantage of the fact that you chose to go to a small school. Maybe the parties are lame but there’s so much you can get involved with. There are many opportunities that Cabrini will offer you and you just can’t be scared to take them.

I basically just sat on my butt in my freshman year and hoped that I would make friends. Unfortunately, things don’t come that easily. I was miserable and I regretted it, but sophomore year I was determined to get involved and meet new people.

Last year I joined the newspaper, co-led the Poverty Awareness Campaign, became a CRS ambassador, worked on campus and went to Appalachia on a service trip. I know that seems like a lot, but keeping myself busy was the best thing I ever did. I branched out into different groups and met tons of great people as a result.

Those are only a few of the activities you can get can involved with at

Cabrini. Try not to join a group only because your best friend is in it. Go to the involvement fairs and think about what really interests you. There’s CAP board, sports teams, intramurals, Cavaliers for Life, Student Government Association and a bunch more.

Although there are many activities to choose from, don’t join a crazy amount because you’ll only stress yourself out and you won’t have any time for yourself. Pick a couple that you want to dedicate your time to but remember that you also will have homework at some point.

Also get to know the people in your major. You’ll find out that you have a lot in common with them and you’re going to see a lot of them over the next four years.

Freshman year is the best time to get involved because your workload is low so don’t wait; just jump right in because the sooner you do the faster you’ll start making friends and making memories.

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Life’s meaning: not about the money IN MY OPINION

CHRISTOPHER R. BLAKE news editor

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Let me tell you about my thoughts. Call me crazy but I feel as if I have found the true meaning of life. Maybe not for you. But for me.

As I sit on this British Airways flight, high above the Atlantic Ocean, I cannot help but appreciate life.

I have spent the last month studying in Madrid, Spain.

Not only did my entire perspective of the world change but my life plan or at least a brief blueprint of my life has come to me.

I want to live my life as a journalist. A journalist you ask? Well, journalists do not make a lot of money now, do they? A year ago this would have been my exact response. But we have to remember that life is not about money.

Money truly is the root of all evil.

Money is what keeps people in jobs that they hate for their entire lives.

Day in and day out people sit in their offices like zombies counting the seconds down till the next minute comes because they will be that much closer to being able to leave.

Journalism is the path I want to take. I want to trav-

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When on a weekend getaway in San Sebastian, Spain, Chris Blake and roomate Mike Spangler, a 2008 graduate of Loyola Marymount University, enjoy the views. el this entire world. I need to see everything.

I want to educate myself to the best of my abilities and I want to meet people of all nationalities with their own faiths, cultures, perspectives, etc.

By traveling the world I will use journalism in the forms of photography, written works, and film to help me document my journey.

What will lead me on this journey? I am unaware.

But I embrace the challenge with open arms.

At this point in my life I am looking for exploration. I know I am not ready

to settle down. And I do not think that this is a bad thing.

My actions are not always great, but what can I do. For I am only human.

The girls I have hurt, the friends I have left, my family I have embarrassed. But for every negative thing I have done in my life I feel like I have done something positive.

I can make people laugh.

I make them feel good about themselves. I do my very best to work hard.

So what do you think?

Do you have a good grasp on what the hell is going on

in this world? Honestly I might not have one clue but by keeping faith and living for something other than ourselves we will each find our own path. We will each figure out exactly what this world is about.

To all the freshmen: go out and meet new friends. I lived my freshman year in a cramped dorm room eating Campus Corner. Be brave.

Use your courage and follow your heart. Everyone is in the same position. Not one person is better than another.

Sophomores: Use this year to hold on to the

friendships you have made in your freshmen year. Find what you love and stick to it. We can change the world.

Do not be lazy for hard work is the only obstacle in the way of your success and lack of hard work is the path to failure.

Attention juniors: Enjoy your life. Take a step back and look in the mirror. Look

deep down into your eyes.

Do you see who you have become? Is it not beautiful?

Seize the day, each day.

Live your life to the best of your abilities and do not hold back.

Seniors: As John Mayer said in the song, “No Such Thing,” “There is no such thing as the real world.”

Do not be afraid to leave Cabrini College. You are ready. You have put in the work and for that you will be forever grateful.

As I sit on this plane I can not help but cry. Cry and love life. I want to thank all of you that have supported me in my efforts.

For without you, I would not be anyone.

If I could give you one last word of advice from my moment of clarity. Hold on to your friends, hold onto your family and keep your faith.

My faith in God has been hiding but I know it will return. Without my faith, my family and friends have been my rocks. Go out and love. Love life. Love yourself. Love one another.

Do not settle for the minimum. Write down your goals and do not stop reaching for them until success is achieved. With a little heart anything is attainable.

Peace and Love, Christopher R. Blake To the Cabrini College Community and beyond.

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Did pump prices hurt summer fun?

Let t e r fro m a n edit or a little less than $1000.

You’re probably thinking I must have gone on some elaborate vacation. Nope.

Bought a new car or an apartment? No sir. Then where did all my money go, you ask? Straight to my 11-gallon gas tank. Which, by the way, cost $22 a year MEGHAN SMITH ago but now costs me over $40 to fill up. managing editor My summer days were mes733@cabrini.edu spent working at a summer camp and my nights were Dear Mr. President, I just wanted to thank spent as a server at Apyou for emptying my plebees making a measly wallet for me this sum- $50 a night in tips thanks mer. It was really nice to the lovely state of our economy right now. I would of you.

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gallon of gas and another $4 for a gallon of milk. We just can’t live like this.

Do you know what it’s like to be a college student today? Let me paint a picture for you—empty pizza boxes, empty beer cans, empty gas tanks and empty wallets.

As a junior at a $40,000 college I just spent $100 to buy a perking permit— which won’t get me a parking space anywhere on campus anyway—$300 on books—that my professors will neglect to use all semester—and have little money left for groceries and supplies let alone have enough to fill my gas tank once a week.

So I just wanted to thank

you for teaching me a very valuable life lesson: money really does matter and apparently if you aren’t making six figures you’ll just be getting by. This summer also taught me a tough lesson in decision-making—to buy food for lunch or gas so I could get to work, that is the question. I don’t know about you, but doesn’t that sound a bit extreme? Having to decide on buying gas or food should not something any American citizen should have to do.

But hey, thanks for the recent drop to $3.47. That was super nice of you.

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Program promotes social justice Britany Wright Features Editor blw726@cabrini.edu

An inmate of 60 years said, “I was mad at myself; my mother with Alzheimers never understood why I never came to see her anymore,” and one of the few times he would still be emotional about being in jail was when she would say, ‘How come you never come to see me?’ These are the facts about real people, real stories and real pain.

Cabrini students, at a special orientation program, had an opportunity to see a play about prisoners, performed by exprisoners.

The Wolfington Center debuted a program called “Service Spirit Solidarity” this year. First-year students had the opportunity to move in two days early and learn about social justice. One of the events sponsored was a performance by TOVA, Hebrew for good, which was held in the Widener Lecture Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 8 p.m. The group invoked an emotional response from the audience members.

TOVA, artistic projects for social change, is an organization committed to promoting awareness of the stories of prisoners and their families. Teya Sepinuck, the artistic director, founded the organization in 1991.

The success of the program is depended upon the collaboration of Theater of Witness programs, videos, workshops and educational programs. The performers within the group speak for those 70,000 men and women who have been affected by incarceration in

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Joshua Whearry, a freshman undeclared major joins the performers of TOVA in the Widener Lecture Hall. TOVA is a performing group that returned this year in order to further promote the ideals of social justice.

Pennsylvania.

“I wanted to cry several times. Seeing this (performance) makes me want to promote social justice,” Alicia Blanding, sophomore biology pre-medicine major, said.

The months of workshops held in the maximum-security prison at Graterford, Pa. helped to develop the personal side to a tough issue to portray.

As the count of prisoners grows, the issue calls for an increase awareness of the issue.

A recent article, “Inmate count in U.S. dwarfs other nations” by Adam Liptak for the New York Times shows that the United States has almost a quarter of the prisoner population of the entire world even though it only holds 5 percent of the world population.

Prisons hold many young prisoners. However, Pennsylvania prisons have high populations of

older prisoners due to mandatory life sentences in the state. These prisoners however, are not the same men they used to be.

Theater of Witness demonstrates true life stories of those who have been viewed negatively by society.

The empowering message of those is built upon spoken word, dance, music and video projection and especially due to the performers themselves. Hakim Ali, Cameron Holmes, Suzette Salmon, Roderick Slocum and Gloria Allende are a few of the performers who develop the emotional build up because they have been subjected to the issues themselves or have known someone who has been marginalized.

The group performed excerpts from “Holding Up: A New Prison Legacy” and “Beyond the Walls: The Wall to Redemption.” On video they showed pieces from

“Living With Life” and “Raising Our Voice.”

According to David Chiles, director of the Wolfington Center, TOVA came to Cabrini last year through a connection with Dr. Jeffrey Gingerich, associate professor of sociology, and shared their message with students.

This year the Wolfington Center sponsored the event to increase the awareness of prisoners and the family members.

Some of the performers are former inmates who work alongside with victims of domestic abuse and mothers and children who have been left to uphold the communities they live in while their family members are incarcerated.

After the show the actors offered their personal stories.

Students embraced the opportunity and related to the actors.

“It was good to do it here.

People who are far away from it (the issue) get to know the firstperson experience to understand the issues,” Anne Borkenborough, sophomore special education and early childhood major, said.

“It takes commitment and dedication, because TOVA’s work is not so easy to define,” Sepinuck said. She also says that it is not easy to define the work because the message is so important that it requires different approaches artistically, educationally, spiritually, politically and through social service.

The best way to get involved is to contact the group at tova@ tovaartisticprojects.org or to visit the Web site tovaartisticprojects. org. An excerpt from the play describes a part of the mission of TOVA, “There are things you won’t want to hear and even some that you won’t believe... but nothing remains impossible.”

New friendships form over orientation weekend Jessie Holeva Perspectives Editor jh734@cabrini.edu

The weary woes of class, frightening dorm life and forging life-long friendships plague the freshman mind.

An undecided freshman Ali Thompson, screams while playfully fighting with her new posse. They claim to even go to the bathroom together. The term “bff” may have rolled off her tongue at one point.

Thompson is always with “the girls,” but never in her dorm.

Sure, this Woodcrest girl likes her roommates but she’s rarely there despite having a big basement room.

“It’s already starting to feel like home,” Lindsay Anderson, freshman early childhood education major, said. Anderson lucked out and feels pretty comfortable in her new digs at East Residence.

The welcoming atmosphere Cabrini offers newcomers didn’t go unnoticed. She admits the transition made her nervous but living with a high school pal and the warm environment eased nerves. Not all newcomers came to college with someone they

grew up with.

Take Ross Cohen, freshman business major, only knew fresh Cabrini students thanks to Facebook.

Cohen can be found in Rooymans, an all male building that holds less than 20 guys. He’s the one who’s not too pleased about a non-air conditioned place.

Sure, he compared the building to a motel, but at least Cohen finds the guys in his hall hilarious.

Sean Carroll, freshman secondary education major, is having a lot of fun already. He’s in Voice of Justice living learning community and loves all the students that are a part of it.

Carroll dorms with the living learning community in Xavier, a co-ed freshman building. He’s already found his home thanks to the community.

On Casino Night, members of the group even pulled their chips in hopes of a big win. Now that’s team work.

“I was scared I had to live somewhere new, but I like it. [you] make friends fast,” Rachel Shuster, freshman biological science major, said.

Shuster moved her stuff before ever meeting her roomies. Music and being messy are common

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Freshmen moved in Aug. 21, to their new home away from home, Cabrini College. Throughout the weekend they spent time bonding while unpacking their belongings. Upperclassmen and student athletes helped move in the freshmen to help ease the transition. traits of Shuster and the girls.

Not everything is sunshine and gumdrops.

“You don’t have privacy,” Thompson said. She’s not a fan of sharing either. “I try to do it just to be nice, but I don’t really like sharing things.”

At least the constant nagging from parents diminishes with dorm life.

College drama is bound to come into action in the weeks to come, but for the most part the

new students cling to their new circle of friends.

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Please send your comments to: Loquitur@googlegroups. com.

The editors will review your comments each week and make corrections if warranted.

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Freshmen, with the aid of their parents, unloaded cars full of countless possessions that now align their dorm rooms.

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Total Freshmen

460 Residents

Class of 2012

Current Student Body

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sustainable suggestions with Brittany McLeod

As the leaves turn brown, college students should be going green! With the green movement stirring across the country, students have a number of ways to make their dorm room into an environmentally-friendly one.

As students, money can be tight, so it might not seem easy to really do your part. Still, there are little things that can make your wallet and your ego feel good (along with the Earth, of course).

One of the simplest things anyone can do is install Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs (CFLs). You may have heard about them, but what’s the big deal?

With CFLs, you can dramatically reduce your energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions - all with the flick of a switch.

According to the Pittsburg-Post Gazette, the comparisons between conventional light bulbs and CFLs is obvious: Halogen spot or flood lights - $5$7 (2,000 hours). If lit continuously, that would be 83 days. Standard incandescents - 60 cents (900 hours or 37 days).

Compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) - $2.50-$3 (6,000 hours or 250 days). Reflector CFLs - $3 (6,000 hours).

Even though CFLs cost a little more, you get six times the amount of use as standard incandescents! Along with that, you’re doing the environment a favor.

When looking for a CFL, be sure to check the wattage.

Usually the equal amount of watts will be listed but don’t forget to verify the amount you need.

If you usually use 60-watt bulbs, divide that number by three and you’ll get your proper CFL wattage.

You can find CFLs at your local WalMart or ShopRite, right next to the old energy eating incandescents.

According to iVillage.com, only 10 percent of the energy used by an incandescent bulb produces light and the rest is given off as heat.

Even more notable, if every American replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star Compact Fluorescent Light bulb (CFL), the energy saved could light more than 2.5 million homes for a year!

With that kind of information, it’s hard not to buy a CFL every time you need a light bulb. Come on, you probably already have your laptop, printer, stereo, TV, fan, fridge and medusa lamp plugged in.

Why not save some energy in the most effortless way possible?

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Teachers debate privacy of formal evaluations Britany Wright Features Editor blw726@cabrini.edu Students now have the opportunity to evaluate their favorite, and least favorite professors online and on paper. An article from Inside Higher Ed reports a study by two professors at the University of Maine on the correlation of the results of ratemyprofessors.com and formal assessments to judge the reliability of the Web site.

The online site, allows students to feel more comfortable and able to make personal remarks about their teachers. Just like any other online fad, it has spread to more than just the students, professors have access to it as well. Some of the comments made by students have caused a universal argument between professors and higher education’s administrations whether or not they should post the official assessments of professors on the school’s Web site so that it can be publicly viewed.

Before the site was launched, at the end of each semester professors would pass out the official assessments to the students and remove themselves from the classroom while students took the survey.

The assessment covers the course, the materials and the teacher so that the administration can decipher the success of the program.

Most importantly for the professors, the sake of their careers.

“Teachers should have a level of confidentiality with the results and who they share it with,” Dr. Anthony Tomasco, psychology professor, said.

Some students realize that the surveys are critical to the success of the college and take them seriously. Others, however, fill all the dots out in the middle without reading the question. Students are not the only culprits though. Some professors who have reached tenure and no longer need the evalua-

tion, no longer receive the criticism (positive or negative) that will help improve the program due to voluntary nature of the assessments.

According to Tomasco, anyone who aspires to be a teacher wants to do a good job. The assessments are written documentation of work done that they can present in a job interview. The evaluations also hold weight in the process of applying for tenure.

The main supporting argument professors (who want the formal results online) is that ratemyprofessors.com can boost reputations or ruin them because of one negative remark online.

The site has gained more popularity over the years as incoming first-years learn about the Web site from upperclassmen friends. After all, not just freshmen have to deal with the anxiety of meeting new professors each semester. Upperclassmen go through the same process of the first week of classes with a professor who has just been hired, or one that they have never had before.

However, professors and administrators who have reacted to the Web site believe the selection process should not be left up to which one is the most popular, the easiest grader or the “hottest.” Instead they should be selected based upon how well they will cater to learning styles.

“The language reflects a commercial approach to evaluation.

The assessments should not be evaluating people at the level of social relationships,” Tomasco said.

Many of the videos that have been posted by professors in retaliation to comments left by students remark on the anonymity of the gradings. The fact is some of the students who use the site are just not familiar with the teaching style of that professor.

“When something happens (a negative remark) it’s a no win situation by striking back. It’s just defensive behavior on your part. The best way to deal with it is to [hope] that truth will prevail and people will recognize slander,” Tomasco said.

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Ratemyprofessors.com branches out to a larger audience by now allowing professors to express their feelings of some of the more negative comments.

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Arts & Entertainment

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Girls kissing girls has been a popular fad, but it seems like it has become increasingly popular thanks to Katy Perry’s hit summer anthem, “I Kissed a Girl.” The song is available on Perry’s album, “One Of the Boys.”

I kissed a girl … and I liked it? jake verterano a&e editor

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The taste of cherry chapstick.

It feels so wrong, but it feels so right. Katy Perry’s hit song of the summer, “I Kissed a Girl,” pushed the envelope of sexual promiscuity.

The song has enjoyed seven dominating weeks atop the music charts as of Aug 12. The 23year-old California native’s song has gotten much attention for it’s promotion of homosexuality, sexuality and promiscuity.

While many critics are against the song because of it’s homosexual promotion, others feel it reflects the homosexual community in a negative light.

Perry’s song describes a scenario where a girl is at a party and kisses another girl at the party, most likely under the

influence of alcohol. “‘I Kissed A Girl’ was pretty much the summer anthem,” Lindsay Buckley, junior education major, said. “I feel like hearing the song at a party happened more frequently than a girl kissing a girl!”

It seems like just about everyone has witnessed a girl on girl kiss, either between actual lesbians or even just two drunk friends going crazy.

“I remember being at this one party and seeing two girls going at it,” Jacqueline Marciano, junior business major, said. “I thought they were lesbians until a friend told me they were just kissing. All I could think was … why?”

“The only times I’ve really noticed it is when people are drunk,” Jessie Klemser, sophomore psychology major, said. “Basically, it’s only girls

trying to get guys interested in them.”

“There are a lot of potential reasons why this phenomena is increasingly occurring,” Dr. Melissa Terlecki, professor of psychology at Cabrini, said.

“Much of it is cultural changes in what our culture accepts as far as sexuality goes.”

Whatever the reason is for all of this girl on girl kissing at parties, it remains common.

However, men kissing men is never even seen or heard of at these events.

“It’s a beautiful thing,” Justin DiPasquale, junior human resources and finance major, said.

“I just don’t get why it’s okay for girls to kiss girls, yet it’s totally unacceptable when guys kiss guys at parties.”

“I do think it’s a hot song, however, there are so many movies, songs and what not

about girl on girl lip locking and so forth,” Ben Ferguson, junior Spanish major said.

“Now I’m not just saying this because I’m gay, but you never hear of guy on guy lip lock because we live in a masculine society. I feel that our society will never progress and look at a homosexual relationship as just a relationship.”

“First, it is more acceptable for displays of homosexual affection to be publicly exhibited today; much more so for females than males,” Terlecki said. “Regardless of whether two females are homosexual or heterosexual, it is not unusual for them to hold hands and hug, or show various displays of affection in public. This is not as expected for males.”

This seems to be the reality of the world. When people see girls kissing at these parties, no one assumes that they will end up as

EVENTS: AUG. 28 - SEPT. 4 Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 CAP BOARD: Video Dance Party (10 p.m. – 1 a.m.)

Ever wish you could be in a music video?

Now’s your chance – enjoy music videos on the big screen and “drop it like it’s hot” to all your favorite songs.

Admission $3 Location: Grace Hall Contact: Amber LaJeunesse (610) 9028755

Friday, Aug. 29, 2008 CAP BOARD: Drive-in Movie (9 p.m.)

“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” will be dazzling the night sky behind the Mansion for your viewing pleasure. So, bring some friends, sit back, and enjoy the show!

Location: Outside – behind the mansion Contact: Amber LaJeunesse (610) 9028755

Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 Dixon Center: Surfing lessons in Atlantic City (8 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Surfs up Cabrini – enjoy the last of summer learning how to surf from the Atlantic City Surf Club.

Location: Meet at Dixon Center Contact: Orlin Jespersen (610) 225-3909

partners. No; it’s just an innocent kiss.

The question: is a kiss just a kiss? Or is it something more?

Is the person initiating the kiss trying to seduce the other or someone else? Is this just a fad?

Perhaps the question of girls kissing girls will never really be answered, but the debate will go on forever.

“Women are also more confident in using their sexuality to get what they want,” Terlecki said. “Look at all of the influences of the media: music videos, movies, advertisements, etc.

The sexualization of women has been going on for centuries, but today it is much more explicit and visual.”

Despite the ongoing debate, girls will most likely continue to kiss girls and according to Katy Perry, the girls are liking it.

Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 Dixon Center: Free Rock Climbing for Cabrini Students (7 p.m.)

Transportation, equipment and instruction is provided – so why not take a break from school and hit the wall.

Location: Philadelphia Rock Gym – Oaks, Pa Contact: Orlin Jespersen 610-225-3909

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Summer concerts: hot as the temp? jessie holeva

perspectives editor

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Jack Johnson The crowd swooned to the mellow tunes as Johnson gently caressed the ear at his summer show in Camden, New Jersey.

A surf pro before breaking into music, the Hawaii native isn’t one for touring, especially to East Coast locations without roaring waves. Luckily, Johnson made two of his summer tour dates within driving distance of Cabrini College.

Johnson played an array of music. Stuff from his work on the “Curious George Soundtrack” to his new album “Sleep Through The Static” made up the set list.

The sold-out show had listeners buying affordable organic cotton tee-shirts and reading up on helping the environment.

Going Green is big for Johnson.

His album cover is from recycled paper and even the studio he records in uses solar energy.

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Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, Sara Bareilles, Maroon Five and Counting Crows toured the Philadelphia area over the summer.

Dave Matthews Band The smoke-filled outdoor venue brought hippies, rockers and beat nicks alike to sway in barefoot music harmony. As usual, DMB did not disappoint and this reporter was fortunate enough to see the performance of lifetime before the legendary saxophonist player, Leroi Moore, passed away.

The lawn felt psychedelic as Dave Matthews played crowd

favorites like American Baby and Ants Marching. Girls in flowing summer dresses danced as guys swayed to the enchanting melody.

The fun summer love vibe continued into the parking lot post-show. Cars stayed parked with windows open and music blasting. DMB fanatics sat on car hoods and strummed guitars in joint fashion with other wannabe musicians that they had never crossed path with before.

All in all, the Dave Matthews show gave off the bra burning, free love mantra it’s legendary for.

Cheap Trick, Heart and Journey A blast of classic rock couldn’t get any better than these three legendary acts. With Cheap Trick hitting the stage first, it was a night bound for rock and roll bliss. “I want you to want me” revved up the crowd and Heart kept up the energy. Their ballads were right on and these older women’s stage presence was insane.

Then it was what everyone was waiting for, Journey. With classic hits like “Don’t Stop Believing,” the audience was wooed which was a major relief for patron fans. Journey’s new lead singer, a Philippino long-haired dude, had fans hypnotized and singing every word to the band’s bigger hits.

If well worn records are your fancy, then this show was where it was at. Sure, none of these

bands played new songs, but their older stuff is legendary and still draws a huge crowd.

Sara Bareilles, Maroon Five and Counting Crows Bareilles sang her heart out with hits like “Love Song” and “Bottle It Up” to open the show.

This was her second gig of the day, since this tour includes Bareilles doing mall shows before taking the stage as an opening act.

Counting Crows dual headlined with Maroon 5 but these two acts were on completely different levels. Counting Crows took the Scranton Stage and bombed their few fan favorite hits like “Mr. Jones” and “Accidentally In Love.” The lead singer, Adam Duritz, hobbled around with a cane. He supposedly got hurt the night before which was the opening tour date. This didn’t stop Duritz from pretending to care about his stage presence and he attempted lame jumps only so he could get audience’s sympathy for his injury. This was also attempted via excessive cane waving.

Maroon 5, however, knew how to blow away the crowd.

Adam Levine, the group frontman, wore all white and shook his body that was reminiscent of Justin Timberlake, minus the super choreographed mantra. His pumped up pull grabbed audience members out of their seats and on their feet. Dancing to every song was the norm.

Fans dress up for movies this summer jake verterano a&e editor

jcv722@cabrini.edu

The Joker, Carrie Bradshaw and the Hulk dominated the box office this summer. Not only were they making their names huge on the big screen, but they were making a huge impact in the fashion world.

Fashion?

That’s right, fashion. Glamazons patrolled the sidewalks outside of theatres all over America dressed as their favorite characters from movies.

“Hell yeah, I dressed up for ‘Sex & The City!’” Barbara Cortellesa, a junior education major and hardcore ‘‘Sex & The City’’ fan, said. “I wore a tight hot pink dress and krimped my hair…I was rockin’ that Carrie Bradshaw look at the movies!”

Women all over America flocked to theatres this summer in anticipation of the popular HBO show’s movie debut. Armed with cosmopolitans in hand, groups of friends wore their best shoes and watched as Carrie and the girls glammed up the big screen.

“The movie was definitely worth the wait,” Cortellesa said.

“It was just sad to know that this is it for the girls.”

Boys also got their chance to

break out some fun costumes this summer.

“I know it’s not exactly the most anticipated movie this summer, but I wore an incredible ‘‘Hulk’’ costume to the premiere,” Jeremy Ukrainski, a junior accounting major, said.

A movie doesn’t have to be the most popular to wear a fun outfit, but it’s usually the big name movies that get all the attention.

This summer, that distinction went to ‘‘The Dark Knight.’’

A parade of fans dressed as Batman, The Joker and Two Face flooded theatres across America on July 18 to see the Batmobile rev up for another ride.

“Sure, it smelled awful under

all that make up…but all of the looks people gave me were worth it,” Kevin Wellman, a sophomore communications major, said. “It was the best movie I saw this summer.”

Movies have always made people think, and let them escape reality, even if just for a little while. Dressing up allows people to totally get involved with the movie and feel like they’re part of it.

It gives them that feeling that they’re part of something bigger than their everyday life.

“Dressing up for movies is so fun,” Cortellesa said. “It makes you feel you’re the star.”

submitted photo/ bill battista

Cabrini student Matt Battista channels Heath Ledger’s legendary character. Donning his signature garments and horrifying clown make-up Battista attended the film.

Submitted photo/ bill battista

‘‘The Dark Knight’’ was one of the most popular films this summer, dominating the number one spot at the movies for five weeks. Fans dressed as their favorite characters from the film.

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Shocking loss for ‘Soul Men’ movie christina michaluk a&e editor

cmm736@cabrini.edu

Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes who are to appear in the upcoming film “Soul Men” have passed away.

On Saturday Aug. 9, Mac died from pneumonia. Complications arose causing the condition to worsen.

The following day newscasters reported that Mac’s “Soul Men” co- star Hayes was found collapsed in his home and then pronounced dead.

Hayes was known to have many recent medical problems.

The cause of his death has not been released. He was 65-yearsold.

The movie will be released on its original date Nov. 14.

“Soul Men” is about two R&B soul singers who are formerly estranged.

They reunite when they find out that their band leader has passed away.

The men come together to pay their respects for their friend.

Malcolm Lee, director of “Soul Men,” said in a USA Today interview, “It had to be some sort of a bad dream that these two

giants would die on the same weekend, both in my movie.”

This is one of the last movie appearances for Hayes and Mac. Mac has a comedy that is due out sometime next year.

It was a project where he teamed up with Robin Williams.

Rumors that the film will be dedicated to both of the deceased actors are surfacing.

Lee says he feels pressure to create a farewell that would fit the level of performances that both men gave throughout the movie.

Hayes was best known for the “Shaft” theme song that he wrote.

The theme song later won an Academy Award.

Hayes made a significant mark on the music community.

In 1997, Hayes made his debut on the hit animated television show “South Park.”

Hayes played the character of Chef. He parted ways with the show in 2006.

Hayes’ co- star Mac was known for his witty and hilarious stand- up comedy acts.

He has appeared in films such as “Friday,” “Bad Santa” and “Mr. 3000.”

Mac starred on “The Bernie Mac Show,” which ran for five

seasons on Fox. He received two Emmy nominations for his role on the show.

Mac appeared with the Def Comedy Jam for two shows and performed with the Original Kings of Comedy; both shows for HBO. His most recent roles included “Ocean’s Eleven,” its sequels and “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.”

The news of both tragic deaths quickly spread throughout the entertainment circle.

Both men left behind their wives and children.

MCT

Bernie Mac and Issac Hayes both passed away the week of Aug. 9.

They will both be appearing in the movie, “Soul Men.”

MCT

Hayes poses with his castmates of ‘south park.’ Hayes was the character Chef for nine years.

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Giving his best ‘shot’; the almost olympian nick pitts sports editor

ndp722@cabrini.edu

Seemingly at ease, Jon Kalnas sits with his feet up in his recliner as he tunes into a primetime Olympic special. After 11 straight months of training, he finally enjoys a night at his parents’ house in his hometown.

But one could sense that he wished he could be in China, competing, rather than in New Jersey, watching.

“I don’t know, my personal best would have put me ninth in Beijing,” Kalnas said, with a half smile.

Kalnas, 28, is a shot-putter coming off of the most successful year of his life. But he now finds himself at quite a crossroad in his career.

On June 25, he had the chance to compete with America’s top throwers at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. Despite a warm-up throw of 65 feet, he only hit the 62.11 foot mark when it counted, finishing 15th overall.

“Sixty-five feet would have put me through to the next day of qualifying,” Kalnas said. “I could have finished fifth.”

From the 12 athletes that made it to the second day, only three moved on with the U.S. team in Beijing.

“I can actually say that I choked,” Kalnas said. “That keeps it pretty simple.”

With Beijing behind him and London four entire years away, Kalnas is unsure he will have the energy, or the financial backing, to give it another shot.

“Over the years I’ve put up with a lot of debt and stress, only to improve by a little bit,” Kalnas said. “I was watching a swimming event during Beijing and thought, ‘Do I really want to go through this again?’”

Kalnas followed a workout schedule that allowed him only to take off on Sundays.

“By the time Sunday came around, I was crushed,” Kalnas said.

Aside from the mental and physical anguish it takes to train, the thousands of calories Kalnas consumed during the day proved very costly.

“In order to keep my energy, I had to eat four to six meals a day and I had to keep

a healthy diet too. That was the expensive part,” Kalnas said. “I know a lot of college kids complain about cafeteria food, but I saw it as thousands of free calories and I’d kill to be back there.”

Caitlin Barry, Kalnas’ girlfriend of two years, admits that sometimes things just get too rough.

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ABOVE: Kalnas in mid-throw during a practice session earlier this year.

BELOW: Kalnas looks onward after finishing a training session.

Jon Kalnas/submitted photo

“It was a positive year for him, but there have been so many up and down moments,” Barry said.

“He loves to look towards the future, but we have to look at what we have to do now,” Barry said.

With his time off after the trials, he has begun to put together an Internet book for student athletes, ranging from chapters on college coaches to relationships.

He and his family were also showcased in an Internet documentary by Kleenex titled “Let it all out,” along with several famous Olympians and their families.

At the trials in Oregon, Kalnas was the only competitor to have a full-time job.

He currently works as a personal trainer in Tinton Falls, N.J., where he has trained Robert Benedickson, a freshman lacrosse player, for two years.

“I was bummed out,” Benedickson said, after hearing of Kalnas’ unfavorable qualifying result. “I thought he could have done a lot better.”

Though Benedickson has never seen Kalnas throw, he looks forward to witnessing it someday, hopefully during training for London. But he has his doubts.

“It doesn’t seem like he wants to put all of that time and money into it again. But I could be wrong,” Benedickson said.

Soon enough, training will begin once more, and Kalnas seems to be leaning toward giving the shot put life at least one more chance.

“I’m going to take it year by year now,” Kalnas said. “If I have a good year, then I’ll continue. I still have so much energy and it has to go somewhere.”

At the end of the day, however, only Kalnas knows whether or not London is in the cards.

“If it leads up to that then I’ll do it. I don’t want to look back and be sick about what I didn’t do in life.”

Guinta named director of athletics and recreation christopher r. blake news editor

crb724@cabrini.edu

The former associate director of athletics at Temple University, Joe Giunta, has been named the new director of athletics and recreation at Cabrini College.

Giunta brings over 14 years of experience to Cabrini as a college administrator, especially in the athletics area.

“Cabrini College has an extraordinary academic and athletic tradition and I am very excited to become a part of the Cabrini family,” Giunta said in a Cabrini press release.

In high school, he played basketball at Cardinal O’Hara. Following high school, he brought his talents on the court to Penn State Delco.

While at Penn State he took a tennis course taught by long time athletic director, Tiz Griffith.

Giunta found a new love in tennis. More importantly he saw the passion Griffith had for her job.

It was at this point he pondered a career as an athletic director.

Following his two-year stay at Penn State-Delco ,Giunta transferred to Neumann College where he played basketball and tennis for the Knights.

“Balancing tennis and basketball at Neumann taught me time management and the will to succeed,” Giunta said.

At Neumann, Giunta excelled on the basketball court as an elected captain both his junior and senior years.

In addition, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication with college and national honors.

After his college graduation and two brief jobs in sales for a newspaper and radio station, Giunta returned to Neumann as director of alumni relations and special programs.

His position helped him learn how to coordinate special events, run recordbreaking giving campaigns and develop an annual alumni magazine.

While in what Giunta calls his “first career job” he was also an assistant

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Joe Guinta, director of athletics and recreation

basketball coach for Penn State-Delco.

In 1996, Giunta left Neumann to attend Ohio University and later earn a masters degree in sports administration and facility management in 1997.

“I was determined to succeed at all costs,” Giunta said. “I worked real hard and was very focused on the goal of a job in the sports field.”

After earning his masters and completing an internship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in an intense oneyear program, he considered several career paths including NBA management, college athletic administration or even a marketing position with a professional golf tournament in Florida.

While interviewing across the country,

an opportunity arose to interview for the director of athletics at St. Edward High School in Cleveland, Ohio.

“The opportunity presented itself and although I never thought I would become a high school AD, I loved it.”

Three years later, with more experience than ever under his belt, Giunta applied and received the job as director of athletics for his alma mater, Neumann College.

“I wanted to come home. I knew I was very fortunate to have an opportunity to be in a college setting at such a young age,” Giunta said about his position at Neumann.

After three years at Neumann, Giunta decided to take the job as associate director of athletics at Temple University, moving from the Division III level to Division I. While at Temple, Giunta managed the day-to-day operations of eight intercollegiate athletic teams, facilities, equipment, athletic training and strength and conditioning programs.

Giunta had reached the Division I level.

But at the same time, realized in order to be a Division I athletic director one must often be willing to jump around the country to earn that position.

“I am born and raised in the Philadelphia area and this is where I want to be,” Giunta said. I feel Cabrini is one of the best Division III jobs on the East Coast.”

Giunta greets the Cabrini community and is excited to be in his new position.

“The campus, the people I met and Cabrini’s tradition of excellence,” Giunta said. “It fit. Only time will tell if this move will be my last.”

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It’s only tough love, Jimmy Rollins nick pitts sports editor

ndp722@cabrini.edu

Let me explain something to you, Jimmy Rollins, because it has recently occurred to me that after spending your entire eightyear career here in Philadelphia, no one has sat you down and told you this.

Oh yeah, all of you sports writers that have sided with Rollins might want to pull up chairs as well.

The Philly faithful bleeds for their sports teams. We want to feel as though we are apart of what goes on in those nine innings, both the good and the bad.

On Aug. 13, you called us front-runners.

What you really did, was betray us.

You created a feeling of alienation between the team and your fan base, and ultimately reminded us of the ugly side of sports.

Here in Philly we don’t want to think of

you for what you really are: a professional athlete, because we would rather have you as a friend.

To me and the rest of the city, when you do something great out in that field, you are our hero. You are a normal dinner table conversation and we want to sport your jersey with pride. When you have a bad game, well, you are going to hear about it.

But our memory is short-term, unless you insult us.

What you did to this city is remind us all that at the end of the night, you have your multi-million dollar paycheck to go home to, as well as your enormous house and your lavish lifestyle.

What do we the fans have to go home to? Well after we spend all of our money on the ticket to the game, the four dollar hot dog and $3 soda, the majority of us drive our minivans back home to our middle-class lives.

We don’t want to see you as just another loudmouth, selfish, multi-million dollar athlete, because cheering for the teams in this city as passionately as we all do is hard enough.

The only thing your “front-runner” fan base knows how to do is show up, rain or shine. After 25 straight years without a championship in any major sport, we still show up.

The Phillies attendance numbers have not been below an average of 18,221 people per game since 1973, and that number has not dropped below 28,973 since 2003.

Incase you were wondering Jimmy, the average home-game capacity this year is 96.3 percent.

I can’t tell you how many times I wrote the team off in September of last season, when every game was a nail-biter and it seemed as though with every loss, playoff hopes were gone.

I wanted so badly not to tune into

games after tough losses, but I did anyway, because I am a Phillies fan, and that is what I do.

We are not front-runners. We are diehards, every last one of us. Do we get down on the team when they are losing?

Absolutely. But it’s not like we don’t want you to win, because that’s foolish. The sheer fact that over two weeks later the city is still talking about what you said might make you realize that we care a little more than you think.

So don’t you dare insult us for idolizing you, because we are not afraid of letting our heroes know when they are out of line.

We expect you to play some great baseball and will accept nothing less because you mean that much to us.

If you can’t handle that, then you might want to consider playing in a city that doesn’t care as much.

Kahn; third coach in three years for men’s basketball danielle feole sports editor

df727@cabrini.edu

After five different coaching careers, Marcus Kahn was named Cabrini’s head basketball coach. Kahn will become the fifth men’s basketball head coach in Cabrini’s 34-year program history. He will be the third coach at Cabrini in three years.

“I think he’s going to bring a new style of play and up tempo to the court,” assistant basketball coach Saleem Brown said.

Kahn was born and raised in Hampford, Calif. He has been dedicated to basketball ever since grade school. He attended college at the University of Redlands in Southern California. He found the passion of coaching through summer camps.

From California, he moved to Iowa where he helped coach at Grandview College. He then traveled to the East Coast where he was a graduate assistant at Wesley College and worked for his masters and coached for two years.

After leaving Wesley, Kahn became assistant coach at Albright College in Reading, Pa. for one year. His companionship with the head coach paid off, when they decided to travel to Shepherd University in West Virginia together, where he stayed for one year.

With a tremendous amount of traveling under his belt and becoming an experienced assistant coach, Kahn scored his first head coaching career at the Greensburg branch of the University of Pittsburgh, where he coached for six years before coming to Cabrini.

When asked why Kahn chose to coach for the Cavaliers, he replied, “Honestly, Cabrini.”

“I knew of the strong basketball and academic tradition at Cabrini,” Kahn said.

He was familiar with Cabrini from his two years at Wesley.

Though he traveled five hours from his home, he feels he made the right choice in Cabrini.

“Cabrini has the best Division III facility and the best facility in our region,” Kahn said.

Kahn will take on a program ranked sixth in all-time winning percentage among NCAA Division III programs.

“I will take the reins and keep the cart moving,” Kahn said.

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New head coach of the men’s basketball team, Marcus Kahn, walks around the Dixon Center court with pride. Kahn believes the Dixon Field House is among the best facilities in the region.

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The new name and logo of the Colonial States Athletic Conference, formerly the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, as seen on the basketball court in the Dixon Center. The name was officially changed on May 1 and was in effect on July 1.

PAC unveils new name nick pitts

sports editor

ndp722@cabrini.edu

With the start of the 2008 fall sports season comes a new name for the conference.

As of July 1, the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference is now known as the Colonial States Athletic Conference.

“The new name recognizes that we have member schools that are not in Pennsylvania,” Amy J. Friedman, conference commissioner, said according

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to a press release on csacsports.org.

“After years of being confused with other conferences that are similarly named, we will be able to create a new identity and really stand out from the crowd.”

The new name will accommodate schools that are not from Pennsylvania, such as Centennary College from Hackettstown, NJ, the College of Notre Dame located in Baltimore, Maryland,as well as newcomers Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, who has recently become a conference member after competing against the Cavaliers in

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Lacrosse for a few years.

Despite the change in name, Joe Guinta, director of athletics and recreation, says not much has really changed.

“The name is fine, I haven’t really given that much thought,” Guinta said. “What is more important are the schools in the conference, the people, the leadership in the conference office and the student athletes. No one is going to change how they do things just because of a name change.”

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jackie neary

mark hamilton

lacrosse coach

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“ I want to be the first basketball team to win in the CSAC.”

“It’s going to be hard to get used to since I’ve been in the conference for 13 years.”

“It’s a lot better than the PAC, or Professional Armwrestling Championship.”

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saleem brown assistant basketball coach

gina mulranen

junior, secondary education

women’s field hockey and

john sims

senior, business administration

junior, math

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gianna shikitino

sophomore, communication

lacrosse

“I think the CSAC logo is much cooler.”

“CSAC is more appropriate because there are schools from states outside of Pa.”

“I think it will be difficult for people who are familiar with the old name to adjust to CSAC.”

Hinklemon doesn’t crack under pressure danielle feole sports editor

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Playing the position of a goalie can be a hard spot to fill. Colin Hinkelmon, Cabrini’s men’s soccer goalie, never lets the pressure trouble him on the turf.

“I feel that I perform better under pressure and close view,” Hinkelmon said.

Hinkelmon is a senior this year and this will be his fourth year playing for the Cavaliers. He has been playing the position since the age of eight and has played soccer for the past 16 years.

“I got into the position by accident.

An old coach asked me to play and sure enough I fell in love with it,” Hinkelmon said.

Hinkelmon was a three-year varsity starter at Holy Cross High School in Delran, N.J. “The goalie is seen as a director of the entire team on the field because of the capabilities of seeing the entire field all at once,” Hinkelmon said.

Away from Cabrini, Hinkelmon resides in Marlton, N.J. He is an elementary education major and wishes to teach between third and fifth grade after graduating.

“When I first got here we were a team that was in need of rebuilding.

Over the past three years we did nothing but make positive strides at becoming a better team on and off the field,” Hinkelmon said.

Hinkelmon is responsive to the importance of academics always coming first. Balancing soccer and school work have never been a problem for him, with the help of coaching staff as well as professors, here at Cabrini.

“I’m looking forward to this season and continuing the success that last year’s team was able to produce,” Hinkelmon said.

He lives by the motto that Coach Glen Jaskelewicz has set for the upcoming season, “to take it one half at a time and never to look past the first half.”

“The group of freshmen we have been able to bring in, along with a few transfers, will be a great asset to our team in our hopes of capturing the CSAC title,” Hinkelmon said.

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Sports Lady Cavaliers get a lesson in futbol nicole duggan staff writer

nld723@cabrini.edu

Traveling to another country was not something that seemed possible for the Cabrini women’s soccer team. There was always talk about possibly doing a trip somewhere during summer 2008, but they knew it would be an immense amount of work and planning.

With miraculous fundraising over the past year, they made a dream become a reality. On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the team left the U.S. from Philadelphia International Airport and took flight in set of Sau Paulo, Brazil for a ten-day tour through parts of South America.

After a three-hour flight to Houston, a six-hour layover and a nine-hour overnight flight to Sao Paulo, the team finally arrived.

The first night the team had the opportunity to see a professional men’s soccer game. Santos played Atletico in the Santos stadium which is where Pele, the most famous soccer player in the world, played growing up. The stadium was packed with thousands of fans and the environment felt much like a U.S. football game.

“The atmosphere was crazy,” Denise Brumbach, senior special education major, said. “The fans were insane. When the home team scored, they lit fire and flares in the stadium.”

The following night, the team had their first indoor soccer game. In Brazil, most of the players play futsol, which is played indoors on a court similar to a basketball court with a smaller ball.

“Soccer was completely different to how we are used to playing here,” Jen Burke, senior elementary education major, said. “The Brazilians have a much better touch and move the ball a lot faster than we do from always playing in smaller spaces and indoors.”

“Brazilian soccer is the most beautiful in the world. It’s good for our players to see more creative play,” Ken Prothero, head women’s soccer coach, said. “They are not afraid to take chances and to attack

NiCOLE Duggan/Submitted Photo

Cabrini Students Jennifer Burke, Christina Romano, Nicole Duggan and Brittany Shields with the local children of Guaruja. one versus one. Our players in our country need to do more of that and it was good for them to see it.”

On the way to the next city, Sao Bento de Sapucai, the team stopped in the city of Sao Paulo to work and play with kids at a daycare center. The center, Cabrini Creche, is affiliated with Cabrini College and has kids from the ages of four months to 15 years old. While at the daycare, the players ate lunch, played games and exchanged gifts with the kids. Even though they all spoke Portuguese, the language barrier did not serve as an orphan.

“The orphanage really opened our eyes

to see how fortunate we are in the U.S. and the opportunities we have. It was a lot of fun working and playing with the little kids. We could tell they really appreciated us being there with them,” Burke said.

During their three days in Sao Bento, the team hiked up mountains to a farm, went horseback riding and visited a local artist. They also went to a men’s club game and played two soccer games. Unlike the first game, these were both played outside on a regular grass field.

The last stop for the soccer team was the island Ilha Grande. This final part of the trip was more relaxing and the players

enjoyed it immensly. They went snorkeling and spent a lot of the time on the beach.

One night, team had a Bar-B-Que on the docks of the island and another night they had a bonfire on the beach.

On the last day of the trip, the team traveled to Rio de Janiero. While there, they visited the “Christ the Redeemer” statue which is one of the seven manmade wonders of the world.

The team and coaches could not have been happier with the way the trip turned out. They are hoping that because of doing so many activities and playing together even before season, they will be a much stronger team for this season and it will help aid in the success they hope to have.

“This trip was extremely important, especially this season, given the opportunity and chances, we are going to need to win the conference. It was the perfect way to bring the team together and bond,” Jess Huda, assistant women’s soccer coach, said.

“It was definitely a great bonding experience,” Brianna Connor, sophomore secondary education major, said. “It brought our team so much closer together which will definitely show when we play together this season.”

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Senior women soccer players (Pictured left to right: Brittany Shields, Collette Walsh, Jennifer Burke, Christina Romano, Denise Brumbach, Nicole Duggan and Chrissy Regan) enjoy the beautiful scenery in Sao Bento de Sapucai.