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BY SARAH LUCKERT dish room open for all to see, some students community, believe it needs a new name. %3#4"(*$+*O"$O,"*6/$*6)%'*'$*2$#"*'$*5#"(-2)*'$*.$*&$*,"1),,>8= Deputy Editor and staff found this very unappealing dur- Names including9/$&"*'/)'*#)(2/".*/",.*4>*&-1%&*'/)'*(").F*:GZ3),*'(")'#"%'*+$(*),,=* the “Cav Café” and the ing meal time. Now students deposit their “Cavateria” were just a few rumored ideas. and “No human can be illegal” at the rally.

The doors to the Marketplace were used dishes into a small opening where Perhaps there will be a vote sometime in <()%2"&*[)(("'F*&$O/$#$("*&$2-),*6$(7*)%.*DO)%-&/*#)U$(*)'*G)&'"(%* opened for the first meal time since the they are then taken into the dish room on a this upcoming H%-I"(&-'>F*6)&*3O,-+'".*4>*'/"*&/""(*%3#4"(*$+*O"$O,"*)'*'/"*(),,>8 year.

BY JAMES CROWELL anticipated renovations on Thursday, Aug. rolling device.

Some students:\'*6)&*("),,>*O$6"(+3,*'$*4"*-%*'/"*#-.&'*$+*&$*#)%>*O"$O,"*'/)'*6)%'* would describe the preNews Editor 24. It was an exciting day for students and Cabrini dining services is proud to be vious Marketplace looking like a high change and have traveled so far to stand up for their rights,” Garrett said. faculty alike as the Marketplace served its known as a trayless college. Being a tray- school cafeteria with unwelcoming feel.+($#* V"&'*Students need-%*assistance 9/"*an R)'-%$* 2$##3%-'>* C/"&'"(* who 6)&* ),&$* )''"%.)%2"* first full-course meal to the entire Cabrini less college saves about 200 gallons of wa- “With the new),$%1&-."* renovations, it has&'3."%'&8* changed D(8* ;-#-* with!"T)3,F* course2$$(.-%)'$(* registration, tranC)4(-%-* $+* ]-&O)%-2* community. ter per 1,000 meals and also reduces food not only my overview a scripts, student billing financial #-%-&'(>* of $+*the D'8*campus 51%"&*asC/3(2/F* 6)%'".* '$* ()-&"* /"(* and I$-2"* +$(* '/"* The “all-you-care-to-eat” dining experi- waste up to 50 percent. This is not the only whole but it has also changed the outlook aid now have a new resource at undocumented. ence is the most popular location for stu- thing that sets Cabrini apart from the rest. from the student body,” Gregory Robinson, their disposal. :9/"("Y&*4""%*)*,)(1"*]-&O)%-2*O("&"%2"*^-%*'/"*2$%1("1)'-$%_*&-%2"* dents to enjoy food on campus. Along with The Marketplace is enrolled in a program sophomore political business the `aAbF=*science !"T)3,*and &)-.8* :b@* O"(2"%'* )("*Located ;"X-2)%F*in`@*Grace O"(2"%'*Hall, )("* T3"('$* Jazzman’s Café and Sandella’s, the Mar- that agrees to send one or more students to major, said. “Students feel they can relax Cavalier Express Center is a new, ketplace is owned by the popular sustain- take food from the dining hall and donate it and enjoy their food with their friends and centralized office that can provide able food company, Sodexo. to NMI Hospitality Center. not feel rushed to eat and leave. The new students and their families with !$##%&'()*+', ,3..%,45'#-,36)012.25#301$%*.377 Renovation and re-design plans of the Making a difference for students, fac- Marketplace has given Cabrini a major multiple services that include being Marketplace started originally a few years ulty and staff as well as other community face-lift that was extremely needed.” able to pay your college bills, regisago when general manager, Drew Nie- members is what makes the dining services After taking three weeks to complete tering for and dropping classes and mann, met with the former Vice President stand apart from the rest. the project in time for its grand-opening, finding out where classes meet on a of Finance and Administration. The plans “I am just happy to see everyone else the Cabrini dining services staff continues day-to-day basis. have since then been updated a few times happy,” executive chef Rodney Stockett to enhance the space with minor changes.

Students will no longer need to +$(* R-+"* -%2,3.-%1* C)4(-%-* C/""(,").-%1F* C5T* NOELLE WESTFALL until this summer when they were put into said. “We have only received positive feed- Adding pictures and other wall decorations go to the Mansion to pay a bill, or E$)(.F*!",')*T/-*e-F*[""7*DZ3).F*9")#*5OO),)2/-)* STAFF WRITER action. back from the changes.” throughout the year will keep the Marketto two different offices in Grace NW66@CABRINI.EDU )%.*J),,">*<$(1"*9($U)%&8 Playing an important part in the renoFor students who recently graduated, place looking updated and new.

Hall to discuss registration and fi:\'Y&* %-2"* +$(* C5T* E$)(.* '$* &/$6* &3OO$('* +$(* vations was President Marie George, who the renovations seem too good to be true.

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Editorial: A decade. Ten years ago. While it seems like only yesterday our lives were forever changed, in actuality, quite a lot of time has passed.

Most of the children who lost their parents on Sept. 11, 2001 are now young adults who have grown up without a parent. Most of the adults who lost spouses, children, relatives, co-workers, neighbors or friends have had to live with a heavy heart from absence. Even if you didn’t lose a loved one on that day, all American citizens still carry a sense of loss: a loss of security, a loss of trust, a loss of innocence.

Here at the Loquitur, most of the editorial staff was in fifth grade on the fateful day. Many of us remember parents coming to pick us up from school, teachers doing their best to pretend everything was fine while nervously checking cellular devices and the principal coming around to take away children who had parents who worked in New York.

While hopefully nothing will ever match the confusion and emotion felt by all of us on that day, both are still very much a part of a us, 10 years later, as we are on the downward stretch of our college careers.

For the past few weeks we have been hearing phrases in light of the anniversary such as “Always Remember, Never Forget.” We at the Loquitur believe that while we will never forget, we could do a better job of remembering.

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011

Remembering 9/11 through our actions, thoughts, courage

In the case of any great tragedy or lifealtering event, there is a difference between forgetting and actually remembering.

Being that most of us were ten years old when 9/11 happened, we may not remember everything perfectly or accurately from that day, but the one thing we can all recall is

that in the days following the attacks, this country was brimming with national pride and respect for the fellow man. Every value that our forefathers possessed came back to life in full swing in the post 9/11 days. Even as scared and confused ten-yearolds, we could realize the great unification of the peoples of this country. Whether we saw it in school or how people were friendly on the roads, this country was a better place. While 9/11 was terrible, this after-effect was incredible.

As the children of the 9/11 era, we believe there is a reason this one thing has stuck with all of us throughout our growth and maturation. The one thing that was greater than our confusion, our anger and our sadness.

The desire to come together as Americans to be the very people we are supposed to be, to lead the very lives our forefathers wanted us to lead. Lives full of kindness, generosity and citizenship.

Let’s remember by living this. Not just on the anniversary, but everyday of our lives.

We owe it to ourselves, to our fellow man, to our country and especially to those Americans who lost their lives. We can’t let our patriotism and our values only come out in a time of tragedy. Our sense of self and security is dependent on this.

“Always Remember, Never Forget.”

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Mission to Asia proves life-changing for senior student

BY MELANIE GREENBERG Managing Editor

One phone call in the middle of class changed Danielle Alio’s plans for summer vacation, and her life, more than she could have ever imagined.

“I was very, very shocked when I got the phone call because you’re thinking, ‘This is a national competition.’ There are entries from all over the world so everybody is making a video,” Alio said.

Alio, a senior communication major, produced a three-minute video on different stories she has covered for Cabrini promoting the common good. Alio’s video highlighted those affected by the earthquake in Haiti, the crisis in Sudan, the need for education in Swaziland and the work the Spanish ECG class has been doing.

“Many people were sharing their experiences and services saying ‘This is what I do,’ and I was thinking I hadn’t done much community service,” Alio said. “My service was putting together these articles and video pieces for our student media outlets to educate others whereas there were tons of other people who actually went out and helped. Maybe in a soup kitchen or volunteer here and there and I haven’t really done those things. I didn’t think I had a chance at winning. When I got the call I was very excited. Excitement is an understatement.”

Despite her doubts, she was awarded a free two-week trip to tour South Korea and Taiwan with the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers.

“It was an opportunity to see the world,” Alio said.

The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers are an American Catholic organization that, for nearly 100 years, has been reaching out to those in the world who are the most in need.

Along with excitement and anticipation, Alio still had to convince her parents to allow her to travel half-way around the world.

“At first my family was a little bit nervous because I had never been away from home without my family or without really

close friends. Especially because I had never been 10,000 miles away from home. I had never left the continent without my family or friends so they were really nervous,” Alio said. “When you think about foreign countries you think about the problems first before the experience. They think of the risks.”

A phone conversation and a visitation with the Maryknoll priest Alio would be traveling with settled their nerves and allowed her parents to see the positives that would come from this trip.

Alio left Maryknoll at 10 a.m. on July 7. Two plane rides, a layover, a bus ride and 18 hours later, Alio was finally at the Maryknoll house in Taipei, Taiwan. Learning to use chopsticks would be just one of the difficulties Alio would encounter on her day in Taichung center. She soon learned the stories of the oppressed Filipino migrant workers. The struggles they faced were so similar to the struggles Mexican migrant workers face in the United States.

Physical and sexual abuse, low wages and long stretches of time away from family occurred even halfway around the world.

“One of my favorite parts was interacting with the Maryknoll missionaries,” Alio said. “Being with the brothers and sisters who were over there doing that work, they are very inspiring people and I admire them for what they do. They dedicate their entire lives to living in these foreign countries. And the people love them.”

When interviewing as a finalist, Alio explained she wanted to see the people in their own environment and speak to them first-hand. She was hoping for an eyeopening experience.

“You hear about the sweatshops and you hear about the low pay and you hear about the people who make our electronics but to meet them first-hand? It’s all very different. To see the wounds on their hands and the scars from manually putting together things. They don’t have machinery over there that acts as an assembly line. They do it all by hand. To see them, and to meet the people, it was really humbling,” Alio said.

The people she met and the journey she was able to experience have inspired Alio to continue her knowledge of world issues.

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Alio visits a temple in Lugang, Taiwan during her Asian trip abroad this summer.

Her faith and hope are stronger after meeting people in despair who continue to work with smiles on their faces.

“The missionaries are relied on and it was great to see their relationship in action. The one brother who works in Taiwan with the Filipino migrant workers, he is their rock,” Alio said. “Their faith in God is number one, the brothers and the sisters and the workers and their faith is what keeps them going. It’s inspiring,” Alio said.

“Because of Cabrini, I was able to make these pieces to put together and submit.

Without Cabrini I would never have met the Swaziland missionaries or Malual, the

Lost Boy of Sudan,” Alio said. “I wouldn’t have had the initiative. I was able to learn about these issues first which gave me the drive to want to learn about them more. I was given the opportunities to meet real, live people who experienced all these things. I have a feeling that is hard for me to describe. It is almost like a feeling of fulfillment.”

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Alio meets with Filipino migrant workers for a barbeque and forms lasting relationships on her two-week trip of a lifetime to Taiwan and South Korea.

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Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011

THURSDAYBRIEFING [GLOBAL - NATIONAL - REGIONAL - CAMPUS]

REGION & CAMPUS

GLOBAL & NATIONAL

Five men die in separate shootings

Economy shows zero job growth

In one night, five young men were fatally shot in separate cases in Philadelphia Sunday night.

Police withheld all five names of the men killed due to the ongoing investigations. No arrests have been made in the cases. The five killings bring the city’s annual homicide total to 225, according to the Philadelphia Police Department.

August brought no increase in the number of jobs in America, which may signal that the economy has stalled.

The unemployment rate sits at 9.1 percent and the White House said it was expected to stay that high through at least 2012. Many economists said the possibility of a double-dip recession is increasing.

Read the original story on NYTimes.com | Sept. 1, 2011

9/11 victims remembered on tenth anniversary Thousands of families gathered at ground zero in Lower Manhattan, at the Pentagon and on a field of wildflowers in Pennsylvania to honor the nearly 3,000 killed on that infamous morning when jetliners were turned into missiles 10 years ago.

“It was real inspirational to come here after all these years and finally see his name,” Dennis Baxter, 65, of King of Prussia, Pa., said of his brother, Jasper, who died in the South Tower.

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Michael Lehrman, Executive Managing Director of Cantor Fitzgerald and Co., bows his head at the names of some of the over 600 employees from Cantor Fitzgerald who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

Postal service nears default The United States Postal Service is extremely low on cash and it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter unless Congress takes emergency action to stabilize its finances.

Possible solutions for the USPS include closing up to 3,700 postal locations and laying off nearly one-fifth of the agency’s work force despite a no-layoffs clause in the unions’ contracts.

Read the original story on NYTimes.com | Sept. 11, 2011

Read the original story on NYTimes.com | Sept. 4, 2011

Turkey fortifies navy in response to Israeli tensions

Local battle goes public on bullying of gay students

Turkey prepares to fortify sanctions against Israel and increase its naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, following a fray over an Israeli raid on a Turkish-flagged ship.

Turkey demands compensation for the relatives of those killed in the raid and an end to the Israeli embargo on Gaza.

Turkey pointed to intense security inspections of Turkish passengers in Tel Aviv Airport last week.

Read the original story on NYTimes.com | Sept.. 6, 2011

One suburban school system within Michele Bachmann’s Congressional district is currently caught in the eye of one of the country’s hottest culture wars — how homosexuality should be discussed in the schools.

Read the original story on NYTimes.com | Sept. 13, 2011

James Crowell News Editor jfc46@cabrini.edu

THIS WEEK AT CABRINI Thursday, Sept 15

Friday, Sept 16

Constitution Day Lecture Dr. James Hedtke, professor and chair of Cabrini’s history and political science department, will present the annual Constitution Day Lecture from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Grace Hall Board Room.

This event is free and open to the campus community.

Cabrini Night at the Phillies The Cabrini College community will cheer on the Philadelphia Phillies to victory against the St. Louis Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park. The Cabrini Dance Team will dance with the Phanatic, and the Cabrini College Chorus will sing the National Anthem. Game time is 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Sept 18

Monday, Sept 19

Mass Celebrate mass in the Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of St. Joseph from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Poster Sale Beyond the Wall has rescheduled. There will be posters for sale in Jazzman’s Café to sell posters from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept 17 Sports See page 14 for a list of all Cavalier games and times.

Tuesday, Sept 20 Welcome back BINGO A Cabrini tradition, SEaL will have a BINGO night in Jazzman’s Café from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.; There will be 12 rounds in which you can win prizes.

Read the original story on Philly.com | Sept.. 12, 2011

Husband accidentally runs over wife, daughter An 89-year-old man allegedly injured his wife and their daughter, in their driveway in Havertown, Delaware County, Pa. When the elderly man accidentally stepped on the accelerator while the car was still in reverse, both women were knocked down causing each to be hospitalized, cops said.

The accident is under investigation. The driver was not charged.

Read the original story on Philly.com | Sept. 13, 2011

White house advisor headlines domestic violence symposium Lynn Rosenthal, the White House advisor on violence against women, will be a speaker at the domestic and dating violence education symposium on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

The symposium will help participants identify and address domestic violence, and is part of the college’s broader initiatives on domestic violence education.

Read the original story on Cabrini.edu | Sept. 2, 2011

James Crowell News Editor jfc46@cabrini.edu

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Cabrini, St. Joe’s receive fair trade grant

BY DIANA CAMPEGGIO A&E Editor

Cabrini and St. Joseph’s University have jointly been awarded a fair trade grant

by Catholic Relief Services over the summer in order to promote fair trade awareness. The grant, awarded back in June, provided $14,000, and both schools will match the amount received to develop two main goals.

The first goal is to help CRS assess if fair trade courses and immersion trips have a positive impact on people who take them, meaning, when students take these fair trade courses, what do they learn and are these lessons staying with them throughout their lives?

“We think so, but we have to somehow show that,” Dr. Mary Laver, grant manager and former director of international partnerships at Cabrini, said. “CRS wants to know if students who take courses and trips about fair trade actually develop into committed fair trade activists and leaders.”

Dr. Mary Harris and Dr. Erin McLaughlin, business administration department, are developing two new courses, which will help students to delve more deeply into the world of fair trade. These two courses, a 200-level ECG this spring and a 300-level ECG in the fall, will help students understand why fair trade has become so important to Cabrini and CRS. These courses will be aiding the Cabrini community in Swaziland to receive their fair trade certification for their craft as well as other projects and lessons that teach how fair trade is a way to help those who

are in poverty.

At St. Joseph’s University, Dr. Keith Brown, assistant professor of sociology, will also be developing courses and assessing their effectiveness.

The second goal is to host a fair trade conference for the 12 Catholic colleges and universities in the Philadelphia area. According to Laver, both Cabrini and St. Joseph’s hope to motivate other colleges and organizations to become involved in fair trade by forming a fair trade consortium with these schools. In building this consortium, students, faculty and staff from all of the 12 schools would be able to share ideas, motivate each other and buy larger qualities of fair trade products.

Along with developing assessment strategies and building the consortium, money from the grant will also be used to create web media and “will be used to develop really easily shareable and interesting, informative web materials,” Laver said.

According to Laver, fair trade at Cabrini was started five years ago through the interest of student Meghan Hurley and Sodexo manager Drew Niemann. Through support from Sodexo and CRS, fair trade has grown as a way Cabrini can support farmers overseas just by choosing fair trade products. Products on campus include coffee, chocolate, rice, t-shirts, and sugar, to name a few.

Any students who are interested in fair trade are encouraged to contact the Wolfington Center for more information on how to get involved. mct DCC59@CABRINI.EDU

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Pa turnpike tells drivers: “Quit texting”

BY CAROL DWYER Copy Editor

During a stop at the Peter J. Camiel Travel Plaza on Saturday, July 2, I was one of many travelers who came face-to-face with a clear message. “Quit Txtng on the Trnpk,” stated numerous campaign signs displayed on the doors of the travel center located in Elverson, Pa. Texting while driving has grown rapidly as today’s society opts for mobile technology in busy everyday life. As behind-thewheel texting dangers continue, officials at the Pennsylvania Turnpike have been taking a stand with their “Quit Txtng” campaign. I first heard about the campaign via Twitter, and was glad to read about and see in person the turnpike officials’ antitexting efforts.

It is all too often that drivers are on the phone, their attention diverted from the road and anything they could encounter.

A driver never knows when he or she is going to round a corner and have to deal with a vehicle only partially off the road.

A driver may have to cautiously go past a bicyclist or yield to construction work.

These are just a few of the scenarios that need 100 percent of a driver’s attention, unlike a text message.

Of course, not all drivers with a mobile device are actually texting back and forth.

Some could be dialing a number to make a call, and it may even be a stored number for one-touch access. However, consider-

ing all the scenarios that a driver may unexpectedly face, is it really that important to text or make a call while driving? Is there a place to pull over and do so if there are no passengers to text or call?

It is not just one driver’s life being saved, and not just the lives of their own passengers. It is also saving the lives of people in surrounding cars, on motorcycles and the lives of pedestrians and bicyclists when not using a mobile device behind the wheel. Drivers need to think about the overall picture of consequences regarding who could be affected and how, all from a single text message.

PennDot’s Drive Safe Pa website has a wealth of information regarding traffic accidents back to 1985. According to their Pennsylvania Crash Facts & Statistics documents, there has been an increase in overall distraction-related crashes and those with fatalities from 2008 to 2010.

The overall number of speeding-related and drunken-driving-related crashes reported in the PennDot / Drive Safe Pa statistics still outnumber those resulting from distracted driving. However, that is not to downplay the dangers of texting while driving as the technology of on-the-go connection attracts people.

New drivers on the road each year give more reason for continued awareness about texting-while-driving dangers. For a generation growing up on mobile technology, the dangers of texting behind the wheel should be built-in to their driver education. It will keep them safe from one less hazard, and prevent that hazard from growing to the numbers equal to that of drunken-driving.

It would definitely be senseless if an ac-

cident happened because a driver engaged in texting, despite having a passenger who could have done so instead. So many scenarios on the road simply need both hands on the wheel to have complete control of a vehicle and to get through safely.

While traveling with family, I’m always the “designated directions” front-seat passenger, assisting with getting to wherever via the GPS on my smart phone. The GPS function recognizes that I’m in a moving vehicle and cautions me against using the device while driving, even though I’m a passenger. Therefore, a driver will even be reminded by technology itself to think twice about using their mobile device behind the wheel. Like in my family travels, the passenger can always do the job of mobile device use for the driver.

According to Driving Laws, it has not yet been made illegal throughout the state to use cell phones or other texting devices behind the wheel. However, certain areas have prohibited the use of cell phones while driving. For instance, there are multiple signs posted in Lower Chichester Township, alerting drivers to the local ban on using a cell phone behind the wheel.

I hope that this eventually becomes a state-wide law, prohibiting the use of mobile devices while driving. Being on the road has too many dangers without this new one we’ve only begun to face. Some dangers are by drivers, other dangers are weather-induced. We have to take control in any way we can to be safe as we travel the roads from one place to another. cd466@cabrini.edu

A new normal; 10 years after 9/11

BY JIMMY CROWELL News Editor

A lot has changed in the past 3,656 days. We now have a Department of Homeland Security, flying anywhere requires us to take off our shoes and everyone now knows the term ‘ground zero.’ How has our country reacted to living in a post-9/11 world? How was our world redefined?

On the early morning of Sept. 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda affiliated hijackers took control of four commercial airliners and crashed into the World Trade Center’s North and South Towers, the Pentagon and into a field in Shanksville, Pa that was intended to target the Capitol Building or the White House.

Those people who came of age during the Great Depression will remember where they were during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sept. 11 gave my generation a grim new parallel to my grandparents’ generation.

These horrendously inexcusable acts perpetrated on the people of the United States and the world will never be forgotten, nor should that day be ignored, but what effect has that infamous day had on American

culture and our way of life?

Easily the biggest aspect of life that has changed forever is how the federal, state and local law enforcement agencies preform their duties. The first major effect of 9/11 was the creation and passing of the USA Patriot Act. Signed into law on

One brutal reality of life is the dismal state of the federal budget and the resulting debt crisis of 2011. The state of the budget can be linked to 9/11 due to the financial strain put on the American economy from the funding that was funneled into the wars in Afghani-

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Oct. 26, 2001 by then President George W. Bush, the act substantially reduced restrictions on law enforcement’s ability to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, library and other records.

In May 2011, President Barack Obama signed a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA Patriot Act: roving wiretaps, searches of business records and conducting surveillance of individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.

stan and Iraq. The cost of those wars is often measured in a body count, but another metric is the ‘emergency funding’ that President Bush used to fund the wars, which he did not include the federal budget.

Another reality of the post9/11 world is the late-2000s financial crisis that has depressed the economy and suppressed job creation. In September 2001, the unemployment rate was at five percent, now it is at 9.1 percent. The root causes of the economy as it is result

from events and bank failures that have happened in the last decade.

The Sept. 11 attacks have completely altered the perception of America as viewed by the rest of the world and how we in the United States view the Middle East. Began in March 2003, the War in Iraq has been seen by many as a senseless war spearheaded by President Bush. Whether we should have kept our main focus on al-Qaeda in Afghanistan can and will be debated for years to come, but neither war would have happened if it were not for Sept. 11.

In the past 3,656 days, many aspects of life and our culture have been altered and we will never be the same country or world. The biggest positive result to come out of that September morning ten years ago was the strong sense of unity as our country came together following the attacks. There were no democrats, no republicans, no Muslims, no Christians.

There were just Americans. If we are to learn anything from that day, we must try to strive to maintain that sense of communal unity that brought millions of people together; if we can strive for that each day, then we may be able to keep the memory of those who died alive for years and decades to come.

JFC46@cabrini.edu

Children having children, watching trash

BY MELANIE GREENBERG Managing Editor

I watched a lot of television growing up. Restrictions on television were few in my family, but I also wasn’t exposed to anything extremely inappropriate. As a kid, I enjoyed, “Power Rangers” and was forced to play the boy so my older sisters could be Kimberly and Trini.

“Rugrats,” was a show I enjoyed beyond an acceptable age, as well as many of the other cartoons on Nickelodeon.

This summer, the ‘90s were recognized again on television. It was a joyous occasion, deserving enough of its own hashtag on Twitter. Young adults were reminded of a childhood so young and innocent. All was happy once again as we watched Kenan and Kel get into trouble and Clarissa allow a man to climb through her window.

Now kids are growing up watching orange trash run around the “Jersey Shore.”

The problem may be that children are now having children and don’t exactly want to sacrifice their own television for a bit of “Dora” time.

While “16 and Pregnant” glorifies teen pregnancy and “Teen Mom” simply creates faux celebrities out of those who were unable to drop a few dollars on a pack of Trojans, “Toddlers and Tiaras” allows us to see into the future of those children having children.

I have to add that the mothers of those poor toddlers should be in jail for spray tanning a 3-year-old.

Why are there no stories about normal kids these days? Selena Gomez is a wizard. Great. What happened to the Lizzie McGuires in the world? That show was like a transitional stage for me. I wasn’t quite ready for things as heavy as “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” but I was prepared to watch Hilary Duff champion ribbon dancing.

Kids still have their “Spongebob,” a show I quite believe is directed more towards adults, they still have whatever Disney protégé is being spit out these days. But where is “Hey, Arnold” when you need him? Sure he may have lived in the slums, but he always seemed to save the neighborhood and showed kids that even if your head is oddly shaped, you can get by.

I can’t say that I don’t enjoy trashy television and often times spend hours wasting my life on the couch. But as a kid I looked forward to TGIF on Fridays and “All That” was a kid’s “Saturday Night Live.” We didn’t look forward to “Jersday” but instead looked forward to the new Disney Original Movie each month.

Maybe reality television and social networking are to blame, maybe our generation was the last of the innocent and naïve. But either way, I do believe the #90sAreAllThat. mgreenberg14@gmail.com

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The everyday life of a Minor League intern

BY KELSEY ALVINO Perspectives Editor

People always say you should pursue what you love. What do I love? Sports.

Ever since I was little I knew one day I wanted to work in the sports industry and this summer I got a look into that world.

This summer I interned with the New York Yankees AA team. Before long I adjusted to the everyday life style of a full- time staff member, I didn’t have a choice. It’s 8:30 a.m. and my phone alarm goes off.

I struggle to get out of bed and get ready for work. By 9:00 a.m. I’m on the road headed to Trenton, a lovely city that only ever seems to have a green light every 10 seconds. As I rush into Waterfront Park at 9:30 a.m. (9 hours and 35 minutes till game time) I am immediately tossed from department to department with work to do that essentially given to me because no one else wants to do it. I’m an intern, I understand.

I stand alone in a back closet for two hours folding pocket schedule boxes while I wonder what I’ll be doing tonight when the gates open at 7:05 p.m. More work is distributed and then we make our cold calls for the day. List, of hundreds upon hundreds of people to call and speak to about possibly buying tickets, to an upcoming game. Some are pleasant, most are not and if by chance you sold tickets you feel as if you just won the lottery.

Around 4:00 p.m. , 17 interns have a meeting with our supervisors to discuss what is going on at the game that night. Our directors reiterate to us what pregame ceremonies are planned, which sponsors have tables on the concourse, what the giveaway is, what still needs to be set up, special promotions and the list goes on and on. This is where a lot of the learning comes in. I was able to observe the work put into every game and understand what steps needed

to take place in order for clients, sponsors and fans to be happy. Special promotions planned months in ahead were finally being released, sponsors who have spent thousands of dollars will be in the ball park tonight and of course our loyal fans; ev-

from every direction on the concourse in the process of finding their seats. This moment was always my favorite of the day. For a few seconds I would stand and watch to see the ball park all set up, fans pouring in and the players taking the field

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erything needs to be perfect and anything less is unacceptable. But the most important and most anticipated topic of the meeting: the “assignments”. Each intern is assigned to a specific position for the game, ranging from ushering and selling to front office duties such as the front desk or assisting in the accounting department. All 17 of us hold our breath, in hopes of getting a cherished position, obviously more fun and insightful then others, but all important.

It’s 5:30 p.m. (1 hour and 45 minutes until game time) and Waterfront Park is ready to go. The seats have been wiped and the merchandise tables are all ready to go and fans are anxiously waiting for gates to be open. The gates have just opened for season ticket holders who are trickling in one by one to watch batting practice. Once a half hour passes, the gates open to the rest of the fans. The pregame atmosphere always has a sort of rushed feel to it as people come

and to think, I helped put this together.

It’s 6:40 p.m. ,(25 minutes to game time) and the pregame ceremonies are underway.

The throwers of the ceremonial first pitches and the mascots emerge from the dugout shortly thereafter. Boomer and Strike greet the fans while the umpires explain the ground rules to the coaches at home plate.

Then the worst happens. It starts to rain.

The field is rushed by all the interns and front office staff; it’s time to pull tarp.

We’ve all seen it, that poor person who falls under the tarp on ESPN’s “not top ten”, I always laughed until I was the one running as fast as I could pulling plastic over a field.

In these moments I prayed not to fall. Tarps on, wait it out, we rarely cancel games.

New start time is 9:05 p.m. As we take the tarp off the field the crowd claps and the interns makes jokes about putting “professional tarp pullers” on their resumes. But nevertheless the field looks

perfect, we’re ready to start the game. To wrap up the pregame ceremonies, a young fan says “play ball!” into the microphone.

Now, it’s game time. It’s 9:05 p.m. , and the first pitch is being delivered by a starting pitcher. Everyone is silent for a second. “STRIKE!” the umpire yells. Each first pitch seems to entrance the audience, it never matters what game or who’s playing.

While I was with the Thunder, we had some big names roll into town. Derek Jeter, Phil Hughes, Brad Lidge and Shane Victorino all rehabed in Trenton. Jeter helped break the all time attendance record, and I was lucky enough to experience this.

I go to my position in the manual scoreboard for the night, in the back of the ballpark next to the digital board. I stick my head out of the small slot and pay attention closely to the game to make sure I have the right score, hits, runs, errors, balls and strike count. The outfielders make small talk with me and tell me I’m doing a good job and everything looks about right.

I learned a lot about baseball to say the least. By the end of the game, its celebration time and clean up time.Once all the fans have exited the ballpark, cleanup begins. The picnic area chairs are folded, the merchandise tables are put away, and the A-frame signs are brought inside from the approach. (11:45 p.m.)

Before we all go home, we end the night with an intern meeting. Our bosses want to hear any comments that we might have from the game. After those problems are addressed, we are reminded that we have to be in the next day at 9:30 a.m.

All the interns walk as a group back to the parking garage, partly because it was recommended to travel in a group around Trenton, but mostly because we have all become so close. Jokes are made and we laugh about our 15- hour day, that we will never receive a pay check but honestly the experience was great. We say bye, get into our cars and call it a day around midnight.

The everyday life of a minor league intern.

KMA69@cabrini.edu

Do you have proper gym etiquette?

BY LAURA HANCQ Editor in Chief

There is nothing better than waking up on a nice summer morning, when there is no school, and you have the day off from your summer job, and thinking, “Great I can go to the gym!” Well, maybe not everyone experiences this, but there are plenty of us who get really excited over the idea of sweating.

For those of us who feel this way, the gym is a utopia of stress relief where nothing else matters but working on personal fitness goals to your favorite jams on your iPod. It’s therapeutic. And your monthly membership fee is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

So you walk in to the facility, swipe your little card attached to your car keys, breathe in the pleasant aroma of perspiration and disinfecting liquids and head towards your workout area of choice.

You get on your machine, let’s use a treadmill for argument’s sake, and begin the process. Just as you begin to feel the burn in your legs, you sense a slight imbalance in the atmosphere.

You turn your head slightly to the right and you notice the machine next to you is now occupied, even though there are 20 other treadmills in this gym and they are all unoccupied.

Perhaps this person is a young and trim college-aged male who has been working up the courage to come say hello after spotting you across the juice bar. If so, consider yourself incredibly blessed because usually it is just a person who does not understand personal gym space.

Common sense would tell most of us that when sweat is involved, distance is usually your friend.

So you try to forget about the awkwardness; there really is no other option because you can’t stop mid-workout to go practice common sense for another person. Just as you begin to refocus on your own progress, you realize you aren’t the only one watching your calorie count because personal space violator is now so not-subtly watching the numbers on your machine.

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only one watching your calorie

count because personal space violator is now so not-subtly watching the numbers on your machine.

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There are not many options when it comes to solving this problem. Since we have already ruled out the possibility of getting up and moving elsewhere, the choices are A) be the bigger person, ignore the nosy person and get over it, or B) try and get the offender to learn that the behavior is not appreciated.

If you choose route B, which let’s be honest, most of us feel the need to go that way, methods include shoot-

ing “stop looking at my machine!” glances, making a mockery of yourself by trying to cover the numbers with available body parts, or everyone’s personal favorite, run ten times harder so your numbers shoot up and you look awesome before falling off the machine in cardiac arrest.

My friends, these examples that I have so-kindly laid out for all of you, are gym nightmares that unfortunately come true almost every day at fitness centers around the country. Because certain people do not care to practice proper gym etiquette, those of us who wanted a peaceful gym day find ourselves full of unnecessary stress and force ourselves to find new methods to make this stop.

So how can we put an end to this horror so gyms can be enjoyed by all once again? The answer is simple: be an advocate for gym etiquette. Lead by example.

While I have laid out some of the most common transgressions of gym etiquette, the possibilities are endless.

We have all been witnesses to everything from people who wear incredibly inappropriate clothing to that one man who feels the need to rap out loud while simultaneously running on the treadmill and shadowboxing.

We can all practice being considerate in the gym by remembering that the gym is a public place and the general rule of thumb for any public place is that you don’t do anything you wouldn’t do outside the safety and comfort of your own home. If you are still confused about what is appropriate to do in and outside of your own four walls, well, thankfully there is a solution: build a home gym and allow the rest of us to sweat in peace.

LCH23@cabrini.edu

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Campus tells stories of 9/11

Traveling to New York City or Washington D.C. or seeing the American flag has a new heartfelt meaning because of the tragedies that took place beginning

BY: CHELBI MIMS 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday Sept.11, 2001.

Nearly 3,000 people died due to the attacks that day and many more suffered and grieved days and months after. A total of 19 terrorists hijacked four planes Features Editor

and by 5:20 p.m. the Twin Towers were shattered, a part of the Pentagon lay in memory and a plane of innocent and brave people crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pa. to avoid targeting the U.S Capital.

Vince DeFruscio and Amy Gassen, two past editors of the Loquitur, covered the breaking news of the tragedy that changed America.

“My first or second article as a staff writer was the campus reaction to 9/11, ” De Fruscio said.

Each resident hall displayed a board for students to tell where they were when they heard about the attacks. Student ministry held a special chapel to pray for the victims of the attacks and the bells rang at the time the Twin Towers were attacked.

Students and faculty from around the United States remember exactly where they were when they heard the news and how it affected them. Since Cabrini is in such close proximity with New York City and Washington D.C., many students and faculty on campus were affected by the attacks and the aftermath. The Loquitur would like to give students and faculty on campus a chance to express where they were and how the events of September 11 affected them.

JOHN SOLEWIN Alumnus 2011

KELSEY CUMMINS sophomore education major

GLORIA JIMENEZ sophomore business major

DAVID WATSON sophomore education major

Hope came after 9/11

Rest easy Uncle Brian

One death affects all

Nothing is the same

“I was sitting in class when my teacher, Mrs. Stise, told us what happened. At the time, I knew it was bad. I’m not sure being in middle school I knew what it meant. I am not sure I knew that the world around me would change forever. 9/11 was a terrible day, the day America got knocked down but 9/12 is the day that America got back up, the day we began to rebuild and showed the world that we could.”

“My Uncle Brian died in the 9/11/01 attacks. He was in the first building on the fourth floor, he was a market maker and partner at Cantor Fitzgerald. I will never forget that day. Me and my younger sister were pulled out of class and were brought to my neighbor’s house where we then found out the tragic news. My whole family was at my grandparents’ house in Manasquan, New Jersey. We did not find his body for a couple of days. This day is very hard for me because he was my favorite uncle, rest easy Uncle Brian.”

“I’m from Central Jersey and many people from the area I lived commuted to NYC or worked at the WTC. I was in class and a lot of my friends were leaving early, except for me. The principal came around the school and told us what had happened.

At that point, we found out that one of our classmate’s father passed away; so my whole grade was affected since we were all either best friends or acquaintances with him. We were very supportive when he came back to school a few days later and even until this day.”

“I was in school. My mom picked me up at the end of the day and was in tears, she was very emotional and I didn’t understand why until I saw the video footage. I was young and didn’t understand the magnitude of it all until I watched the news daily because it was the only thing on TV. That day changed everything around me. I wasn’t affected personally but since then nothing seems the same.”

Minutes turned to hours “I was in sixth grade and the teachers did not tell us anything, but we knew something was wrong. We saw teachers taking phone calls MAUREEN BROWNE during class, which was senior education major very unusual so we knew something horrific happened. Some students left school early and we could not figure out why.

At 2:30 p.m. as we prepared for dismissal, the principal came over the loud speaker and informed the student body, two planes had flown into the the World Trade Center buildings earlier that day. She warned us to not turn on the television when we went home unless an adult was there. My mom was home at the time, babysitting, when

my uncle called right after the attacks. He frantically asked my mom, “Is Dan okay?” and my mom responded, “ Yeah, he’s at work. Why?” My uncle said a plane just flew into the World Trade Center. My mom hung up and immediately called my dad’s cell phone. She was relieved when he answered and said he was figuring out how to come home.

My dad worked in the city and I remember my mom picked my sister and me up from school at the same spot she did every day. I remember shouting, “Is Dad okay?” as I ran down the street. I remember starting to cry when she told me he was fine and on his way home.

Once we were home, my phone kept ringing. It was my family calling to make sure my dad was safe. He arrived home a little after 3:00 p.m. A 45-minute travel time home took my dad five hours to get home. My dad worked 10 blocks away from the buildings. He told me he was at the copy machine and heard the loud bang. He went to the

window and could not believe his eyes. He saw the buildings on fire and the immense clouds of heavy smoke. Then the next thing he saw was from out of a movie; he saw bodies falling from the World Trade Center. He saw bodies on fire jumping from the windows. When I asked him why, he said they probably were stranded at that floor and did not want to burn to death.

Several students in my school were absent the next couple of days due to deaths. Our family friend’s grandmother’s body was never recovered, not even a piece of her.

There were other stories where people took a later train or were late to work and did not even make it to the buildings.

So many lost their lives that day. We will never forget and continue to pray for those who still protect our country. God bless America.”

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Continuing to pray

BRANDON MINCER junior social work major “I remember being in gym, and coach Adams told all of us to come to the locker room. He turned on the tv and we saw the the second plane hit the South Tower. We all thought it was a movie, because it didn't seem real. We saw people running the streets crying and panicking.

The principal started praying over the loud speaker. My dad came to my school to pick me up. My entire family was worried because the last we heard my grandparents were supposed to visit the towers that morning.

We couldn't get in touch with them, so we thought the worst.

Later that day they finally got in touch with us. I will never forget the events of that day. I continue to pray for the families

The day that changed my city “I remember being in sixth grade in my Spanish class, and we're all talking in class waiting for it to start. My principal comes in, she tells us not to panic, the towers had been hit. So immediately we all CHARLENE GUZMAN run to the window, from senior, history and political my school we had a clear science major view of the towers. And it was the most surreal thing I've ever seen. I kept thinking, where was my mom and dad?

That day they were both off from work. My school went into immediate lockdown because we were a block away from the 59th Street Bridge. As our Spanish teacher tried to calm us down, we played some games. But none of us kept our eyes off the windows and then I remember looking out and only seeing one tower. I didn't know it had collapsed, I thought all the smoke in the air was covering it. Then my principal came back in and told us one of the towers had fallen. I remember her taking one of my classmates, a small little boy by the

name of Josh, with her. We all were wondering why, and then we found out his father was a firefighter, on duty that day.

“I always thought I lived in the untouchable city, my city was shaken that day.”

Josh stood by to see if there was any news about his father.

His father never made it home. I remember my mom picking me and my brother up, and it was like the heavens opened up, but now we had to see if my grandpa and my cousin were okay, both who lived in Brooklyn. It took us forever to get to Brooklyn; it’s usually only a 10-minute ride. I remember looking out to the city, the skyline, and only seeing the Empire State Building, and smoke where the towers were. My cousin had her first job interview that day, in the North tower at 8:00 a.m. I've never seen my mom more scared to go to my

aunt’s house. My cousin came out and we all started crying; it was a miracle, she told us. The lady who scheduled her interview changed it to 12 noon. If she went when they originally scheduled it, who knows if she would have been here. I look at her now and she's married and has three kids, and I can't help but think God was watching over her that day. As for my grandpa, who was a taxi driver, he stood in Brooklyn that day, and was safe when we got to him. I am a New Yorker, as many people know, but my story of 9/11 isn't that amazing. I wouldn't want it to be. That day there was never more of a silence in the air.

My school went on lockdown for the rest of the week, so of course I was happy. But the magnitude of what happened never really hit me, until now. I never went to ground zero, I refused because to me hell was in my backyard, that day you smelled the difference in the air. It didn't have to take me being right there in front of the towers to experience anything.

My outlook on life was never the same since then, I always thought I lived in the untouchable city, my city was shaken that day. A day I'll never forget, I remember it like yesterday.”

Tuning out the negativity I was working as a career counselor at the University of Georgia in a staff meeting when the plane hit the first tower.

We completed STEPHANIE REED the meeting Director of Student Diversity abruptly but we were not dismissed from work. I was in my office for the next hour and watched the second plane hit the 2nd tower live on CNN and was glued to CNN for a while. One of my closest friends was flying from N.Y. to LA that day for business and I received a call from her frantic mother who was

worried sick because she could not find her!

Thank the LORD, her flight was grounded and she never made it to LA. I stayed at work until my mother was finally able to reach me and she urged me to go home despite not having been “officially” dismissed. Needless to say, I left, permission or not. I watched CNN for the rest of the day and it was the most devastating thing I have ever witnessed in my life.

In 2001 I purposely stopped watching news for quite some time so that I could move on with my life. I wanted to be healed and I wanted my mind to be free of the negativity. I had & (still have) friends who are Muslim or of Arab descent and at the time, the media was portraying the religion in the nationality so negatively that I felt myself being affected. I made a conscious choice to tune it out.

CHELBI MIMS, FEATURES EDITOR

cam376@cabrini.edu

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Get Your Thrifting On staffplaylist Some dos and don’ts for thrift store shopping

NICK LAROSA/ sports editor

BY: DIANA CAMPEGGIO A&E Editor In case you haven’t noticed, we live in expensive times. And with a country that loves to shop most of their hard-earned cash away nonetheless, searching for a better means of shopping is a necessity. We need to embrace thrifting. It may be one of the best means of shopping on a budget out there and it is most likely located right in your very own hometown; you’ve just been overlooking it.

Many people are against thrift stores. They think that they sell nothing but junk and are dirty and filled with people with whom you would never otherwise associate. Many people also think that they are “above” thrift stores and could never find anything they would like or use. I am here to tell you you’re wrong. Yeah, I said it. You’re wrong, plain and simple.

Yeah, sometimes thrift stores carry some ugly, ugly clothes and junk that people should never buy. But, and this is a huge but, people donate perfectly good and gently-used items that are truly fabulous. Clothes that people have simply grown out of, household items that were never used, vintage items that are now in style again, etc.

Thrift stores are a great source for vintage (and sometimes even brand new) clothing, as well as household finds and furniture. And, in many cases, purchasing thrift store items also donates to a great charity. It’s like killing two birds with one stone, great interesting finds and giving a donation all in one.

The trick is, having a certain set of rules to follow before you even step foot into that store.

First, if you have something in mind you are looking for, great, but don’t limit yourself to that one item. Make a list of things you are looking for, but there is always next time. Search through all shelves and racks, and focus on looking for other great items too. Don’t get discouraged if what you’re looking for isn’t there that week. Keep an open mind and don’t close yourself off to making some other great purchases.

When looking for clothes, hunt for those vintage and classic pieces that will never go out of style. If you find a pair of gently-used Uggs in a thrift store, chances are, they are there for a reason and they are no longer in style. My advice to you, always try everything on! Many thrift stores don’t allow returns and if you find the perfect pair of vintage high-waisted jeans, it doesn’t make a difference if they only fit your one thigh.

Don’t underestimate the power of a pair of scissors and a needle and thread either. Jeans can be

made into shorts and t-shirts into skirts and tube tops. There are a ton of different tutorials online for making your own clothes, pillows, wallhangings, etc. Think outside the box a little.

Another thing, wash or dry clean everything.

That’s just a given. You don’t know who owned that item previously, and everything should feel clean and new once you go to wear it.

In my experience, thrift stores have been great at furnishing my college apartment on a budget.

I’ve bought tons of kitschy kitchen items, cheap furniture and even curtains. It’s all about how you look at the item.

As I stated previously, thrifting is all about keeping an open mind. You need to look at a piece of furniture and ask yourself how you can make it work. Sometimes, putting on new knobs and a fresh coat of paint can change something drab into something perfect. You want to think creatively about the items and not every item needs to be used for its original intention. Old drawers can be used as wall shelves and wicker baskets as light fixtures. Fabric and paint are your friends and you need to embrace them. The possibilities are really limitless.

Make sure you know the sales. Many, if not all, thrift stores run sales on different sections of their merchandise or put colored stickers on random items and each day the different color is on sale. Take advantage of those sales and grab those items that you’ve been eyeing up, but didn’t want to spend that extra dollar or two. Make sure you know the sales and take that price into consideration. Sometimes you can grab a sofa or table for under $10.

Another factor to take into consideration is that you should know the charity you are supporting when you purchase the items. You want to make sure that you know what your money is going towards, but not all stores are run for charity. Some stores are simply owned and operated by a person or family and the profits go to them. If you want, or don’t want, to support a certain charity, make sure you know where your money is going.

All in all, thrifting should be enjoyable. It should be something that you look forward to, maybe even make a day of it. Keep an open mind and you are guaranteed to find something that is great.

DCC59@CABRINI.EDU

Thrift Stores in the Area

1789 Markley St. Norristown, PA Impact.com

1000 E. Lancaster Ave Berwyn, PA goodwill.org

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710 S.5th St Philadelphia, PA phillyaidsthrift.com

The Longest Mile / Circa Survive Fragile Bird / City and Colour Follow Your Bliss / Psychic Babble

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Mr. Know It All / Kelly Clarkson Lovestory / Taylor Swift Calling All Angels / Train

Application of the Week:

Skitch

BY: JENY VARUGHESE A&E Editor Skitch is a great application to have for those who love to take and share pictures and be creative with them.

This app allows you to capture screenshots or upload images, crop, resize image, sketch, comment on and share pictures.

Skitch’s integration with Evernote makes this app fast and easy to use. This app helps you draw attention to detail.

Skitch is available for a free download on the app store for Mac computers and on the Android market.

You can give feedbacks to friends who use this application.

Also, you can edit pictures, easily share images with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. You can also draw images from scratch. This app allows you to screen grab an image from the internet (Mac) and set privacy settings to control who can view the images.

After downloading the app, when you first open it, there are three possible icons to choose from (Android phone). The camera icon allows you to take pic-

SATURDAY

RITTENHOUSE PARK FINE ARTS SHOW

BREWS, BLUES & BBQ

Beginning with local art students, this show is now one of the most respected outdoor art shows in Philly. Sept. 16-18

15 BBQ masters competing for Best of Philly title, 70+ craft beers and live music throughout the day.

Rittenhouse Square, free, 11-7 p.m.

The Electric Factory, $45, must be 21+, 1-5 and 6-10 p.m.

tures to edit, the screenshot icon allows you upload an image and the third icon with a plus sign allows you to draw an image from scratch.

Some of the tools available to edit pictures on this app include a pen tool, text, arrows and different shapes allowing you to personalize images to your liking.

These tools help you point out something important or interesting. If you make a mistake while editing, a backwards arrow on the top corner allows you to undo a move. Likewise, if you don’t like an image that was edited, clicking the trash can icon on the top allows you to delete it.

Skitch’s history allows you to re-use an image and archive them. You can also edit the same image in different ways and save it multiple times.

The Evernote icon on the top right hand corner of the app lets you sync images to your Evernote account to save it.

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SUNDAY 27TH ANNUAL FERIA DEL BARRIO

This free, family-friendly festival celebrates Philly’s latin community with food, music and performances during the day.

N. 5th Street between Cambria and Lehigh Ave, free, noon-5:30 p.m.

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Primetime gears up for fall season

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JAMES CROWELL News Editor Dominated by reality shows, this past summer has been an exciting one. But as programs such as CBS’s “Big Brother 13” and season six of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” come to a close this week, the four major broadcast networks are gearing up for fall with a healthy variety of new shows and returning favorites. Here are just a select sampling of the shows premiering in the coming weeks:

“Prime(NBC) Suspect”

Starring Maria Bello, this police procedural drama takes a hard look inside a New York City homicide department. Detective Jane Timoney (Bello) is an outsider who has just transferred to a new squad where her new colleagues already dislike her. Timoney is confident and focused, yet she is rude, abrupt and occasionally reckless.

Timoney has her vices, and rumors of a questionable past follow her everywhere. But at the end of the day, she’s an instinctively brilliant cop who can’t be distracted from the only important thing: the prime suspect. (premieres Sept. 22)

“The X(FOX) Factor”

Spearheaded by creator Simon Cowell of “American Idol” fame, this singing competition is open to both solo artists and groups of any age. Contestants will have to audition in front of the judges to prove their vocal prowess.

The four judges will then act as mentors helping to decide song choices, styling and staging, etc. The winner stands to receive a $5 million recording contract with Cowell’s record label Syco Music (Sony Music). In the end, the only thing that judges will look for is an ‘X’ factor from the contestants. (premieres Sept. 21)

condition that enables her to have superior autobiographical memory. Wells joins her former boyfriend’s homicide unit to help solve cases due to her urge to figure out how her sister was murdered. Actress Marilu Henner, who possesses a superior memory in real life, will serve as a consultant for the series. (premieres Sept. 20)

“Pan Am” (ABC)

Centered around the iconic airline Pan American World Airways during the 1960s, this period drama will focus on the pilots and flight attendants working for the worldfamous airline. Writer Jack Orman (“ER”) and director Thomas Schlamme (“The West Wing”) have an ensemble cast, including Christina Ricci and Kelli Garner, that focuses on the golden age of airlines and the prestige that went along with such a lifestyle. The show displays the glamorous and prestigious lives of those who make the sky their home. (premieres Sept. 25)

“The(NBC) Office”

The position of office manager is up for grabs following the departure of Michael Scott (Steve Carell) during last season. This situation comedy depicts the lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pa., branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company via an ensemble cast.

Watch as this comedic cast comes together for another year and see what kind of mess they can get themselves into this season.

(Eighth season premieres Sept. 22)

“Grey’s(ABC) Anatomy”

“Survivor” (CBS)

This season of the long-running reality show will be set in the south pacific in the vicinity of Upolu, Samoa. There will be 16 new players as well as two returning players: Oscar “Ozzy” Lusth and Benjamin “Coach” Wade. Jeff Probst, host since season one in 2000, will return along with the Redemption Island theme from the previous season.

(Season 23 premieres Sept. 14)

“House, M.D.” (FOX)

Ramming his car into Cuddy’s home was a deed that will not go unpunished for Princeton‑Plainsboro’s misanthropic medical genius. Serving a prison term for his various misdeeds, Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) will have two new people to use and abuse: Dr. Jessica Adams (Odette Annable) will be a doctor working at the prison and a as-yet unnamed character (Jaleel White) will be House’s cellmate who will show him the ropes as he serves his sentence. Following Lisa Edelstein’s departure from the series, who will replace Dr. Lisa Cuddy to be the new dean of medicine at Princeton‑Plainsboro Teaching Hospital? What will House’s team of diagnosticians do while he is incarcerated? These answers and more will be answered in the coming season.

(Eighth season premieres Oct. 3)

“Fringe” (ABC)

Shortly after creating a bridge between the two universes on Liberty Island, Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson) was erased completely from the space-time continuum.

But why do Olivia (Anna Torv), Broyles (Lance Reddick), Walter (John Noble) and others remember him existing?

These perplexing mysteries may be answered in this coming season.

(Fourth season premieres Sept. 23)

Following a former detective named Carrie Wells (Poppy Montgomery), this police procedural features a main character who suffers from hyperthymesia, a rare medical

The return of this medical drama will pick up where it left off as Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) struggles with a marriage on the rocks, being fired from her job as a surgical resident at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital and an adoption in jeopardy due to both. Will she regain a stable life following last season? Will Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) keep her unborn child? Tune in to find out!

(Eighth season premieres Sept. 22)

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

PEARL JAM TWENTY SHOWING

ROGER DALTREY PERFORMS THE WHO’S TOMMY

“Unforgettable” (CBS)

PHILLY RISING OPEN STAGE Grab some great food, some great drinks and enjoy some local music, with a special performance by Julia Price.

The film shows the beginnings of the band and the chaos of becoming a star in the music world.

World Cafe Live (3025 Walnut St.), free, Sign-ups at 6:30p.m.

The Trocadero (1003 Arch St.), $16.50, 7 p.m.

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This classic rock icon will perform the legendary rock opera from start to finish, as well as some The Who classics.

The Mann Center (5201 Parkside Ave.), $29.50-$125, 6 p.m.

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Biohazard spreads fear in ‘Contagion’

WEEKLY REVIEW Fey leaves readers laughing with ‘Bossypants’

BY: CAROL DWYER Copy Editor

While comedian Tina Fey may be best known for her impression of 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, her new book, “Bossypants,” is an insightful look into what makes her a standout among so many drab entertainers of our time. In essence, her admirable ability to laugh at her herself. This quality shines through in her writing to make for a truly enjoyable reading experience that provides sidesplitting laughter and more than a few inspiring life lessons.

While Fey’s book can certainly be considered a comingof-age story, she does not invoke any holier-than-thou wisdom upon her readers. Instead, she shows how having a certain “brush-it-off-and-laugh” outlook on everything from her incredibly awkward childhood to the roadblocks of being a woman in the male-dominated field, somehow miraculously molded her into the type of person who lands their dream job. Perhaps this is Fey’s most likeable attribute, to this day, she still cannot believe she actually is one of those people who gets paid to make people laugh.

The cover of her book is an airbrushed image of herself with huge, burly, male arms, which depicts how she sees herself in a male-dominated field. From first glance at the cover to reading the very first pages, Fey depicts her life through her hilarious stages of womanhood and how these events define her life and world-

Coughing, sweating, dazed individuals in various cities around the globe prepare audiences of “Contagion” for the full scope of what is to come. The first of these is an only slightly ill Beth (Gwyneth Paltrow), the wife of Mitch Emhoff (Matt Damon).

Beth arrives home and settles back in with her family after a trip to China. On what starts out as an ordinary day, she is stricken with deadly symptoms. Suddenly a widow, it is only the beginning of Mitch’s personal encounters with an unknown virus from equally unknown origins.

Mitch sees Dr. Erin Mears (Kate Winslet) to determine whether or not he has contracted the virus. Mears comes up against some red tape when it comes to handling an outbreak, both with treatment centers and their funding. In the process, she also falls ill and reports her symptoms to colleague Dr. Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne).

The film leaves a question as to how Dr. Mears came into contact with the virus. The uncertainty of where she contracts it adds to the mystery of where such real-world concerns originate.

People everywhere are touching all kinds of objects, as well as each other, on a daily basis; nobody knows who came into contact with what, and an invisible killer spreads. With little information about the virus, it becomes all the more dire to create a vaccine that will work. The length of time it will take to go through all the steps, from vaccine discovery and testing to FDA approval and mainstream availability, is of great concern.

Freelance blogger Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law) experiments with one solution, posting his findings and alerting the public through social media. Krumwiede’s work regarding the globalscale virus gains him a far and wide-reaching audience.

Referencing present-day communication technology and reallife pandemics (SARS, Swine Flu), “Contagion” hits hard with what can happen. An overall intelligent film, it shows how quickly and silently biological viruses spread.

However, it is not just the storyline that is top-notch. According to IMDB, all six headlining cast members have either been nominated for or won an Oscar.

Such a line-up of great dramatic talent only strengthened the story directed by Steven Soderbergh, also owner of an Academy Award (IMDB).

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BY: LAURA HANCQ Editor-in-Cheif

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“Bossypants” puts into words how Tina Fey has managed to land her dream job and live her life with a laugh-it-off attitude. views. She is not, will never be and never wants to be a Hollywood “glamour girl,” which is a viewpoint that is more than refreshing.

While her childhood anecdotes of summer theater camp and the friends that came with it

are definitely roll-over funny, the comedic high-point is without a doubt her accounts of her youngadult life, including her tenure at the University of Virginia and her move to Chicago in 1992 to study improvisation at the famous Second City.

Fey’s account of her honeymoon is by far one of the highlights of this book. It is exceptionally funny because it is 100 percent true. Her husband is deathly afraid of flying so she convinces him to go on a cruise and then what do you know, the ship catches fire, their lives are endangered and they end up having to fly home. She writes, “Oh yes, there’s a ship fire coming in this story. Wait for it.”

As Fey delves into her career with “Saturday Night Live” and “30 Rock,” she is not afraid to show her readers all the criticism she has received over the years.

While yes, it hurts when people call you an “ugly, pear-shaped, bitchy, overrated troll,” Fey believes instead of letting it ruin your self-image, it’s better to respond with, “To say I’m an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair. I’ll leave it for others to say if I’m the best, but I am certainly one of the most dedicated trolls guarding bridges today. I always ask three questions, at least two of which are riddles.”

Fey uses her book to show that at every stage of your life, if you can laugh at yourself, you are going to turn out a lot happier than if you let people get you down.

As her very last sentence reads, “Either way, everything will be fine. But if you have an opinion, please feel free to offer it to me through the gap in the door of a public restroom. Everyone else does.”

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‘TrueBlood’ season finale leaves patrons anxious for more BY: MELANIE GREENBERG Managing Editor “Holy crap,” were the first words that came to mind as the season four finale of “True Blood” came to an end. This season we were introduced to a new type of magical, mythical creature as Wiccans took over the small town of Bon Temps. The entire season, it seemed viewers were waiting for a climax and we finally were awarded with a murderfilled finale.

Poor Lafayette seems to have lost the only people he truly loved. While possessed by the crazy dead spirit of Marnie, he stabbed his boyfriend, Jesus, to acquire his dark magic. Yes, tears came to my eyes because Jesus was one of the only characters and romantic storylines who held it together.

Tara, on the other hand, may finally be dead. That may be a little harsh, especially after having a heart-to-heart with Sookie about growing old together and then saving her from crazy Debbie Pelt, who also had her head blown off at Sookie’s hand, but Tara’s antics were growing old.

Sookie, attractive to men only because of her fairy blood in my mind because she is far too whiney to hold a steady boyfriend otherwise, chose not to go with brooding Bill. She also gave up sexy Eric Northman. Sookie and

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HBO’s “TrueBlood” rounded out season 4 with a well-awaited, murder-filled season finale. spellbound Eric’s relationship could have been wonderful, like in the “Sookie Stackhouse series,” but was badly portrayed. Fingers crossed she finally goes warm blooded for werewolf Alcide.

A ton of ghosts came back, including Gram who is a seriously creepy dead woman, which may foreshadow yet another supernatural being in season five. Rene, serial killer from season one, came back to warn Arlene about Terry. Terry may have PTSD but I can’t see him hurting even a fly, I mean he has an

armadillo named Felix living under his bed.

Jessica and Jason got it on and the couple may be more adorable than Jessica and Hoyt.

Hoyt, understandably angry that his best friend slept with his ex, could go from lovable to intolerable next season.

On top of everything, former king of Mississippi, Russell Edgington, escaped his concrete imprisonment setting up a serious showdown next season. Waiting sucks.

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Howell returns to East Coast, joins Cabrini as sports information director BY: NICK LAROSA Sports Editor After spending the last five years in Rockford, Ill. as the sports information director for Rockford College, David Howell was named to the same position at Cabrini College on Tuesday, Aug. 30. Howell officially began his tenure at Cabrini on Tuesday, Sept. 6.

A native of Wilmington, Del., Howell had been hoping to land a job on the East Coast so that he could be closer to his family.

“Location was a huge factor for me,” Howell said.

“Once I saw the listing [for the job at Cabrini] I looked at the school a little bit and as I learned more it seemed like a good fit for me.”

Howell graduated from Kettering University with an undergraduate degree in marketing and then went on to Wayne State University to receive his master’s degree in sports management. Before his job at Rockford, he was a strategic communications intern with Palace Sports & Entertainment, a company that owns and works with the NBA’s Detroit Pistons.

Howell’s duties as sports information director include overseeing all game day sports information operations, maintaining the Cabrini Athletics website and acting as the main media contact for the Cavaliers.

“The organization at Cabrini is a lot more than it was at Rockford, so that allows me to focus more on my job responsibilities like doing stats for games and monitoring the website,” Howell said.

Still a new face on campus, Howell envisions himself working in Radnor, Pa. for years to come.

“I’ve already met a lot of people who have a lot of pride about the school and a lot of pride about what they do.”

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“I had told the staff on the interview that I was hoping that my next job would be my final job,” Howell said. “I was looking for a place that I could be for the next 30 or 35 years.”

When interviewing for the position, Howell mentions

that he asked the staff what they like about the school and why they stay here. They all told him the same thing: the people.

“Everyone said it was the people,” Howell said. “The location of the school is fantastic, but if you get the right location and the wrong people it’s still a bad fit. I’ve already met a lot of people who have a lot of pride about the school and a lot of pride about what they do.”

With a location near his hometown of Wilmington and a campus full of pride, Howell felt that Cabrini was his best option.

“Working in the Dixon Center, you see a lot of people who are not necessarily associated with athletics; people who come in to work out and spend time in the center,” Howell said. “That’s kind of a testament to what the school is about.”

Despite a busy schedule, Howell feels that his job as sports information director allows him to watch sports while still interacting with other people. He always has sports on his mind, whether he is working in his office or relaxing at home.

“Being a sports fan and working in collegiate athletics, especially Division III athletics, it’s like a dream job,” Howell said. “I love what I do.” nal42@cabrini.edu

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Rafferty participates in Global Sports Academy, has experience of a lifetime BY: JESSE GAUNCE Copy Editor Fran Rafferty, sophomore accounting major, had the experience of a lifetime this past summer. He was able to play basketball overseas against top competition.

Rafferty, the first one in his immediate family to travel to Europe, played against teams from the Czech Republic as well as Germany from Aug. 10-18 and cites it as “a great confidence booster.”

“Not many people can do that in their lifetime,” Rafferty said.

“I recommend it to anyone who can go. It was an amazing overall experience.”

Rafferty said even though the weather was not ideal, he favored Germany a little more because his aunt is 100 percent German.

“I thought Germany was a little cooler just because my aunt is full-blooded German and it was

fun to finally see all the different landmarks and other things that she always talks about,” Rafferty said. “I was just in awe of everything, despite the bad weather. I wasn’t just there to play basketball, I was there to see the world.”

Rafferty credits his friend, Andrew Radomicki, a student at Widener University for the text message that started it all.

“My friend Andrew texted me in early May about his coach at Widener taking people overseas to play,” Rafferty said. “I jumped at the chance.”

Rafferty took as many steps and reached out to as many people as he could to make his dream a reality. He reached out to family members and local businesses in King of Prussia, Pa. “I went to my high school and handed out the fliers to everyone I know,” Rafferty said. “They were more than willing to contribute what they could. I also went to a pizza shop, the place I get my hair cut and the bar where my brother

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works. My family and I know the people who own all of them and we’ve been customers of all of those places for years.”

Rafferty and the group of players he traveled with, which included Radomicki along with one of Rafferty’s other close friends, Kyle Hammonds, a student at Kings College, spent four days in Germany and four days in the Czech Republic.

Rafferty described the group as “close-knit” and “a very easy group of guys to get along with.”

During the trip, Rafferty and company played in a couple of different stadium-type gyms that fit a few hundred people.

“One game had over 100 people in the Czech Republic,” Rafferty said. “That was a big turnout considering the Czech’s were starting their pre-season.”

Rafferty states that he would definitely play overseas again if given the opportunity.

“I might do it again in two years when I’m a senior,” Raf-

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Fran Rafferty, top row, second from left, spent part of his summer playing basketball overseas in Germany and the Czech Republic. ferty said. “Money is always an issue for anyone these days but if you want to go, you’ll make it happen somehow. You just need to have the desire.”

After playing top competition overseas, Rafferty is as ready as ever for the Cavaliers to start their season.

“I think we’re going to be in

the mix again to win the CSAC,” Rafferty said. “We should be ranked in the top 25. We have four of five returning starters and a great group of fresh talent coming in and the sky’s the limit for us.” jtg45@cabrini.edu

SPORTS BLURBALS Eagles defeat Rams in season opener

Thursday, Sept. 15 No games

Friday, Sept. 16 Women’s Soccer @ Cedar Crest College 4 p.m.

Volleyball @ Lebanon Valley College 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 17 Men’s and Women’s Cross Country @ Dukes Invitational 10 a.m.

Volleyball vs. Mary Washington University 10:30 a.m. and vs.

City College of New York 1:30 p.m. (Annville, Pa. - Lebanon Valley College Dutchmen Quad Tournament) Field Hockey @ Neumann University 12 p.m.

Women’s Soccer @ Arcadia University 12 p.m.

Men’s Tennis vs. Lebanon Valley College 12 p.m.

Women’s Tennis @ Neumann University 1 p.m.

Men’s Soccer vs. Eastern University 6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 18 No games

Monday, Sept. 19 Golf @ at Franklin & Marshall College Invitational 12:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 20 Women’s Tennis vs. Arcadia University 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 21 Field Hockey vs. Immaculata University 3:30 p.m.

Women’s Soccer @ Centenary College 4 p.m.

Men’s Soccer vs. Marywood University 6 p.m.

Volleyball @ College of Notre Dame 7 p.m.

The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the St. Louis Rams 31-13 on Sunday, Sept. 11 in the season opener for both teams. After forcing the Eagles to punt on their opening drive, the Rams opened the scoring and made it 7-0 on their first offensive series of the game courtesy of running back Stephen Jackson’s 47-yard touchdown run. Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson and LeSean McCoy all had great offensive days for the Eagles. Vick threw for 187 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson made a few highlight-reel catches on his way to compiling 102 yards receiving and scoring one touchdown. McCoy ran for 122 yards and also scored one touchdown.

Ravens embarrass Steelers in latest installment of heated rivalry The Baltimore Ravens cruised to their most lopsided victory ever against the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers 35-7 on Sunday, Sept. 11 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The Ravens defense pressured Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger all day long and forced a record seven turnovers. The Ravens used three turnovers in the third quarter to put the game out of reach for the Steelers. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco threw three touchdown passes while running back Ray Rice ran for 107 yards and scored one touchdown.

Brewers defeat Phillies, avoid sweep The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 on Sunday, Sept. 11 at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Phillies starting pitcher Vance Worley gave up the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning when Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun singled in Nyjer Morgan, who had doubled in the tying run earlier in the inning. Brewers starter Yovani Gallardo improved to 10-6 on the season, pitching seven strong innings while striking out 12 batters.

KHL’s Lokomotiv won’t participate this season After a plane crash that took the lives of the entire Yaroslavl Lokomotiv team and other members of the organization on Wednesday Sept. 7, team president Yury Yakovlev announced the team will not be participating in the KHL during the 2011-2012 season. Lokomotiv would have been allowed to participate this season with a roster of different players from other teams in the league. The season-opening contest will now be known as the Lokomotiv Cup.

Michigan defeats Notre Dame in instant classic The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a 35-31 thriller on Saturday, Sept.

10 in the first night game ever at Michigan Stadium. After the Fighting Irish jumped out to a 24-7 through three quarters, the Wolverines staged an epic fourth quarter comeback that was capped off when Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson threw a 16-yard pass to wide receiver Roy Roundtree with just two seconds left in regulation. Robinson finished the night throwing for 388 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions.

Detroit Tigers win ninth straight game The Detroit Tigers won their ninth straight game on Sunday, Sept. 11, defeating the Minnesota Twins 2-1 at Comerica Park in Detroit. Tigers closer Jose Valverde set a team record with his 43rd save of the season, breaking the 42 saves set by former Tigers closer Todd Jones in 2000. Detroit all but has the AL Central locked up.

They lead the second-place Chicago White Sox by 10 1/2 games. Tigers starter pitched seven scoreless innings and improved his record to 8-13. However, he is 5-1 since being acquired from the Seattle Mariners on July 30.

BY: JESSE GAUNCE / COPY EDITOR

Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011

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ABOVE: Sophomore Adrianna Scotto prepares to serve the ball to her oppenent during the women’s tennis match against Rosemont College on Friday, Sept. 9.

LEFT: Freshman Samantha Trumbo keeps her eye on the ball during her singles match on Friday, Sept. 9. Trumbo is the team’s lone freshman this year.

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Women’s tennis sweeps Rosemont, remains undefeated BY: NICK LAROSA Sports Editor The women’s tennis team defeated CSAC rival Rosemont 9-0 on Friday, Sept. 9 at the Dixon Courts. The victory improved the Lady Cavs to 2-0 on the season and in the CSAC conference.

Cabrini started off the afternoon by winning all three doubles matches against Rosemont. Sophomores Katie Kennedy and Adrianna Scotto won their match 8-6 over Rosemont’s Olesya Kuchma and Kayla Coad while the Cavs’ other two pairings each recorded 8-0 wins over their opponents.

“We played really well and that was important because this was our first home game,” senior Alexis DiCamillo said. “Everyone moved around well and kept their head up.”

DiCamillo was one of the four Cavaliers to win their singles matches by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores. Scotto, Samantha Trumbo and Victoria Nastala also shut out their opponents in singles competition.

Senior Michelle Lettmann won her singles match 6-1, 6-0 while Kennedy fought her way to a 1-6, 7-5, 10-8 victory over Kuchma.

Despite their early success, the team understands that they still need to work hard to better match up with their

opponents, especially when it comes to CSAC matchups.

“I think as a young team, the competition kind of points out what we need to work on,” John Magee, head coach, said. “In our second match I think we could always get used to the competition.”

“This year it’s just a more cohesive and smooth-running team.”

HEAD COACH JOHN MAGEE

Magee has coached the Cavaliers since 2004 and has led the women’s tennis program to four CSAC championships since joining the coaching staff.

Despite having a roster of only seven players, the team knows that they can have another successful season in 2011. The 2010 Cavaliers finished with a 15-3 record and lost to Gwynedd-Mercy College in the CSAC Final.

“It’s still early but we all want to have a strong season,”

Trumbo said.

“We really don’t have to explain a lot to people this year,” DiCamillo said. “Sam [Trumbo] already fits in and everyone on our team sticks together.”

All six players from last year’s group have returned and are now ready to be stronger leaders, especially DiCamillo and Lettmann, who will serve as captains for the Lady Cavs in 2011. Trumbo is the team’s only freshman player this season.

“Having Alexis [DiCamillo] and Michelle [Lettmann] for four years and Gabby [Durand] for three years, they kind of know the drills and they know the team,” Magee said. “Last year was a lot of teaching with the new players.”

Kennedy, Scotto and Nastala, the team’s freshmen players last year, are already leaders on the team despite only having one year of experience under their belts.

“This year it’s just a more cohesive and smooth-running team,” Magee said.

Since Friday, the team has managed to stay undefeated by sweeping Cedar Crest College on Saturday, Sept. 10 and Rutgers-Camden on Monday, Sept. 12. The team also knocked off Lebanon Valley College by a score of 5-4 on Tuesday, Sept. 13. nal42@cabrini.edu

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Campanaro leads Cavs to 8-0 win over Albright BY: NICK LAROSA Sports Editor The Lady Cavs field hockey team used five first period goals to cruise to an 8-0 victory over Albright College on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The win was the Cavaliers’ first home victory of the season and improved their season record to 2-3.

Cabrini outshot the Albright Lions 14-2 in the contest and saw goal contributions from five different players. Senior forward Stephanie Campanaro finished the game with three goals and now leads the team with five goals on the season.

“We were trying a new formation today and it really worked well for all of us,” Campanaro said.

Senior midfielder Maura Gordon started the scoring off for the Cavaliers with a goal 8:04 into the game finished with two goals, giving her four for the season Midfielder Taylor McGarvey, forward Lauren Alessi and midfielder Stephanie Toomey each scored once in the game to complement Campanaro’s and Gordon’s efforts.

“We went with a little bit of a different formation, but it's still the same team,” head coach Jackie Neary said. “I know that they're all happy with the game and have a little bit of confidence now.”

Prior to the team’s game versus Albright, the Cavs lost to Gettysburg College by a score of 4-1 on Saturday, Sept.

10. Neary and the team viewed the loss to Gettysburg as motivation to come out

strong against Albright.

“As a coach, when you schedule these higher teams there's a chance that you might take a beating, but there's also a chance that you may learn a lot and carry that into other games,” Neary said. This fall is Neary’s 16th season coaching the field hockey team.

“We came off of a bunch of really hard games, so I think those games helped us to push our level of play up,” Campanaro said. “I don’t think they were really expecting us to play at the level that we did today.”

The last time the team scored more than seven goals came back in Oct. of 2009 when the team shut out the College of Notre Dame 7-0. Prior to Tuesday, the Cavs hadn’t scored more than three goals

in any of their games this season.

Freshman Genevieve Paulin started the game for Cabrini and made one save to pick up her first career win and shutout.

Albright’s Kaitlyn Pietrusewicz had her team’s lone shot on goal in the loss.

After a 1-3 start to the season, the Cavs are hoping that this game can spark some energy for the team as they prepare to face Neumann University on Saturday, Sept.

17 in Aston, Pa. Neumann currently holds a 1-3 record for the season.

"We just have to stay on top of our opponents and our coaches just need to keep coaching,” Neary said.

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ABOVE: Junior Rita McKeown passes the ball downfield to one of her teammates during the Tuesday, Sept. 13 contest.

LEFT: Junior forward/midfielder Katie Savage keeps her eyes on the ball during the game against Albright College.

BELOW: Stephanie Campanaro, No. 9, races down field and prepares to take a shot on Albright goalkeeper Marguerite DeLucas. Campanaro finished the game with three goals.

ALL PHOTOS BY NICK LAROSA / SPORTS EDITOR