April 8, 2018 issue 13a Loquitur

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EDITORIAL

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WE ARE THE

LOQUITUR 2017-2018 Editorial Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ANGELINA MILLER WRITING MANAGING EDITOR

CORALINE PETTINE VISUAL MANAGING EDITOR HOPE DALUISIO NEWS EDITORS EMMA RODNER-TIMS KELLY BUSH SPORTS EDITOR JOHN WILLIAMS LIFESTYLES EDITORS ERIC STONE KAITLYN D’AMBROSIO PERSPECTIVES EDITOR LAURA SANSOM WEB EDITOR SHANNON FINN ADVISER JEROME ZUREK

MISSION The Loquitur student newspaper and website are integral parts of the educational mission of the Cabrini communication department, namely, to educate students to take their places in the public media. Loquitur Media provides a forum of free expression. All members of the univeristy community may submit work to the editors for possible inclusion. Publication is based on the editorial decision of the student editors.

HOPE DALUISIO / VISUAL MANAGING EDITOR

President Donald Taylor is passionate about art and selected his favorites to be displayed throughout the school.

President Taylor empowers Cabrini culture Being a member of the Cabrini community means working toward excellence in academics, becoming a leader and, most importantly, fighting for social justice.

Four years ago, the Cabrini family opened their arms to our current president, Dr. Donald Taylor.

Taylor is the eighth president of the institution and the first male president.

In his time here, Taylor has helped Cabrini evolve from a college to a university in 2016.

After that evolution, Taylor introduced two doctoral programs, one in Educational Leadership and one in Organizational Development.

He also instituted four dean-led schools within the university: the School of Education, the School of Business, Arts and Media, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Natural Sciences and Allied Health.

Additionally, he implemented four centers within the university: one on immigration, a second on urban education, equity and improvement, a third on global learning and a fourth on domestic violence.

But, some of his most outstanding contributions to the Cabrini community have been geared toward acts of social justice and diversity.

From encouraging students to write letters to their local government officials and protecting his students of Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Taylor stands to represent equality and diversity.

He is working to garner diversity and becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution through a partnership with National Hispanic Institute (NHI) and schools in South Africa.

With so much success behind him, Taylor has no signs of stopping.

He has recently released his “mission-driven, entrepreneurial” strategic plan: Cabrini 2020 Roadmap: Vision, Impact, Growth.

The ultimate goal of this plan is to strengthen the experience of Cabrini’s Catholic and liberal arts education for the diverse populations of undergraduate and graduate students, who are often the first in their family to attend college.

This plan includes increasing international awareness, strengthening infrastructure, cultivating the undergraduate and graduate programs and much more.

Having Taylor as the president of the university creates an environment for students to thrive and grow as individuals outside of the classroom, teaching them humanistic skills and values.

President Taylor brings culture to Cabrini that can neither be replaced nor imitated.

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NEWS

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Cabrini students immerse themselves in Florida schools

BY LAURA SANSOM Perspectives Editor Over spring break, 16 students from the education department, as well as advisers Dean Beverley Bryde, Dr. Martha Ritter, Dr. Amber Gentile and Dr. Coleen Lelli, traveled to Collier County, Fl for an immersion experience.

This was the second year that the department offered this trip. Collier County School District is in high demand of teachers and has low teacher retention, with the annual turnover rate being 9.5 percent While there, the Cabrini students were able to assist teachers in the district, as well as learn about educational funding, domestic violence, community outreach and teacher shortages.

Most of the schools in Collier County are Title I schools, meaning that the majority of students that attend them come from low-income families, there are no school busses and the students all qualify for free or reduced price lunch.

“Working with the schools in Collier County is just a whole different experience than working in the schools in the Radnor area, “ junior Gabrielle Case said. “A lot of the kids in these schools don’t have a great home life, so they really look forward to coming to school. All of the kids were so appreciative, eager to learn and happy to have me there to help them.”

Since it was her second year attending this trip, Case had the opportunity to spend the whole week in one classroom, bonding with the students.

Students who had not previously attended the trip trav-

elled to a different school each day. They were able to see how some schools were much more privileged than others.

“One of the schools was not a Title I school and the difference from that school compared to the others we went to was very noticeable in the academic and demographic aspects,” junior elementary education with special education major Juliana Longo said.

Between community engagement and the in-classroom experiences, the Cabrini students were able to learn a lot about schools with different demographics.

“One of the biggest things I still think about is how the students are really the heroes in the classroom when it comes to helping each other out,” Longo said. “In my first classroom, one of the students had just started that day and he did not speak any English. Seeing how much the students were willing to help him communicate to the teacher and vice versa was absolutely amazing. Towards the end of the day, they even listened to a recording of a story and had asked the teacher to play it in Spanish so the student would understand what it had said.”

Due to the work of the Barbara and John Jordan Center for Children of Trauma and Domestic Violence Education, while in Florida, the students were also able to visit an emergency shelter for victims of domestic violence.

“We were shown pictures that children had drawn of their home life while still living with an abusive parent and after coming to the shelter and receiving the help they needed,” Longo said. “The after pictures compared to the before pictures were so different. I never realized how much a child can be affected by the relationships of their parents until seeing those pictures.”

Attending this trip allowed Cabrini students to develop a larger understanding of social justice issues through personal experience.

“Students gain a positive regard for student, familial and community differences,” Gentile said. “They observe and take away the strategic use of instructional technologies and best practices for all learners.” Students’ awareness of social justice issues is increased by being immersed in these school communities and by visiting an emergency women’s shelter and hearing from their professional staff.”

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Students spent time in the Collier County Schools.

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First annual Mitch Kline Cav-A-Thon proves to be a huge success for CHOP

BY CONNOR TUSTIN Assistant Sports Editor

At a spring 2017 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meeting, Cabrini senior Brittany Runyen pitched an idea to the committee for a new, student-run event. Only one year after first brainstorming the event, it would raise more than $19,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Runyen’s idea was to bring the popular dance marathon concept to Cabrini University.

“The idea came to me right after Penn State completed their THON,” Runyen said. “It’s so cool to see what they do and I thought to myself: ‘Why can’t we do something like that?’”

Ryan Brong, a junior Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member, loved Runyen’s idea of bringing the event to Cabrini. The moment he heard about the concept, Brong wanted to play a major role in the planning. Runyen and Brong would eventually became the two overall captains in charge of spearheading the first ever Mitch Kline Cav-A-Thon.

The decision to name the event after former Cabrini softball coach Mitch Kline came a few months after his passing. The event would honor a man who gave his heart and soul to not only the Cabrini athletic department, but to cancer research. To the committee, it was only right to name an event focusing on cancer research in Kline’s honor.

As planning begun, Runyen and Brong set the goals which they wanted to reach by hosting the event. Although raising money for pediatric cancer was the main goal, there was much more that the two captains wanted to accomplish.

“As athletes we are always looking for ways to give back to the community,” Brong said. “We also wanted to bring the school together to rally behind one common cause.”

“To go back on the old Cabrini slogan, we really wanted to do something extraordinary,” Runyen said.

In the months leading up to the event, committee teams were formed to start the process of raising money. A full week before the actual event was even held, the committees goal of $10,000 for pediatric cancer research patients at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was already reached.

When the day finally had come, over 150 students, athletes, faculty and staff all gathered proudly on March 24 to attend the first Mitch Kline Cav-A-Thon. The event ran from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. that night, giving all those who attended the opportunity to dance, play games and spend time together.

“I wanted to dance tonight at Cav-A-Thon to let kids know that they can win their battle with cancer,” Amanda Lynn, a freshman early childhood and special education

major, said.

During his opening remarks for the event, Brong informed the crowd that no one in the Nerney Field House would be allowed to sit until 12 a.m. The Field House was full of games like corn hole, water pong, Jenga, Connect Four and more to keep everyone in attendance on their feet for the full six hours.

“It’s great just to come out as a college campus and stand on our feet for a few hours for kids battling cancer,” Selena Scialfa, a sophomore early childhood and special education major, said.

In addition to all of the fun and games, the Cav-A-Thon committee welcomed a family to the event who has been affected by pediatric cancer. Three-year-old Jaxson and his family were given the opportunity to come and spend the night with the Cabrini community. Jaxson is just one of the thousand’s of children who will benefit from the money raised for the event.

“After talking to his mom about everything, Jaxson will never be able to say he is cancerfree,” Runyen said. “But to know that a little kid like Jaxson had fun running around with a bunch of college kids for a couple hours and felt like a normal kid was truly the main goal we wanted to reach.”

Due to the success of hosting Jaxson and his family, the committee is hopeful to get more families like Jaxson’s involved for next years event.

“A family like Jaxson’s was the best base family that we could have ever started this with,” Runyen said.

After six straight hours of dancing and games, members of the committee took to the stage to reveal the final amount of money raised for the first ever Cav-A-Thon.

In total, the event raised $19,001.13, with all proceeds benefiting pediatric cancer.

Thanks to the success of this years event, a tentative date next March has already been set for the second annual Cav-A-Thon. The committee is already in the planning stages for next year and is hoping for an even bigger result the second time around.

“There are certain things within the fundraising aspect we can build on by starting much earlier,” Brong said. “We are going to have the entire year to fundraise, compared to the few months before this years event and we still almost doubled our goal.”

Cav-A-Thon proved to be a huge success for not only the students involved, but the Cabrini community as a whole. The committee is looking to gain a lot more involvement from the student body and alumni, in hopes of making next years event even more successful.

“We are looking at how we can enhance what we did this year to make next year more spectacular in a big way,” Brong said.

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MEET THE CABRINI TOUR GUIDES

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ince 1957, Cabrini University has been welcoming learners of all faiths, cultures and backgrounds to discover who they are and what they can accomplish. With the help of Cabrini’s student ambassadors, every student is welcomed onto Cabrini’s beautiful campus and instantly empowered to make a better life for themselves and

for others. At Cabrini, student ambassadors work in the Admissions Office to share their own Cabrini knowledge and experiences with every visiting student. They function as Cabrini’s tour guides, event hosts and accomplish many other day-to-day tasks behind the scenes of enrollment. Almost every Cabrini student can recall a memorable event with an Ambassador from their first tour, overnight visit or Admissions event.

BRIANA WORMLEY Major: Psychology. Minor: Criminology Hometown: New Jersey Member of CAVS Step Team, Delta Alpha Phi Honor Society and an Undergraduate Admissions Student Ambassador “I chose Cabrini because of the familyoriented environment and also embracing that I have a learning disability that has helped me flourish on campus and appreciating the oneon-one attention from others and professors.”

JOHNNY MYERS Major: Writing. Minor: Theatre Hometown: Newtown Square, Pennsylvania Cabrini Theatre (Actor), Student Ambassador, Admissions Intern, VP of Alpha Psi Omega, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Omicron Kappa Delta, Sigma Tau Delta, Purple Feet Foundation, Woodcrest Literary Magazine.

“I chose Cabrini because it felt like home. I immediately felt a sense of family. I also had the chance to see Cabrini’s musical, which influenced my decision, too.”

MATT KEELAN Major: Business Management. Minor: Theatre Hometown: Hamilton, New Jersey Member of Cabrini Theatre, Admissions, Alumni Department and Impact LLC “I chose Cabrini because I was welcomed in as family here and the beautiful campus made me feel at home.”

LATTANA SITHARA Major: International Business Hometown: Collingdale, Pennsylvania Player for Women’s Tennis “I chose Cabrini because of the faculty involved in making my admissions process go smoothly.

The cooperation and support from my admission counselor to talking to a financial aid advisor made it clear that they wanted to do everything possible in order for me to decide which college I wanted to attend. Their help and support gave me the confidence to make Cabrini my home.”

SAL ZAMPIRRI JR. Major: Middle Level Education Hometown: Wildwood, New Jersey Men’s Soccer, Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Dixon Center Employee, Honors Program and Sigma Rho Member “I chose Cabrini because I was being recruited to play soccer here and fell in love on my tour. I was looking for a small school with a family feel and I found it here.”

SEAN DAILEY Major: Human Resource. Minor: Leadership Studies Hometown: Haddon Township, New Jersey Vice President of recruitment and retention for CAP board, former SEaL leadership programming intern, Orientation Leader, Member of LEADStrong “I chose Cabrini because I went to a small high school and grew up in a small town so to me Cabrini felt like home, and I am also a third generation at Cabrini so my family really helped guide me to come to Cabrini.”

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PERSPECTIVES

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What I learned about myself at Cabrini

BY ERIC STONE Lifesyles Editor

What I learned about myself at Cabrini is that I am not a stupid person. Yes, I once actually thought that I was stupid, and it was a mindset that plagued me for quite some time.

In high school, you’re given a miscellaneous group of subjects to learn, including math, history, science and whatever else the school deems necessary. If you aren’t able to easily educate yourself on these subjects, whether you are interested in them or not, you are automatically looked at as unintelligent, and that begins to reflect your own mindset as well.

At Cabrini, I learned that I am quite the opposite from a stupid person. For the first time ever, I was able to flourish tremendously with my grades, because I was able to take classes that

were very meaningful to me.

Whether it was a hands-on communication class that helped to expand my mind or an ECG class that helped to expand my heart, Cabrini showed me that I could be the intelligent person that I always wanted to be, both in academics and in my heart. Professors and instructors are there to also guide me along the way.

Those mandatory guidance counselor meetings in high school never seemed to accomplish anything for me personally. It was refreshing to see how tremendously my academic adviser would work with me one-on-one and be right down the hall if I had any questions.

Cabrini is not simply an outlet for me to get a bachelor’s degree or to show my parents a stellar report card. While those aspects are certainly important, Cabrini has allowed me to grow as a person in ways I could have never expected.

Stone has been able to explore his passions and find his skills throughout his time at Cabrini.

I am competent as a student and, more importantly, I am competent as a human being. I now realize the potential in myself to not only excel academically, but to personally achieve prosperity in my own life and the lives of others.

I have discovered so many new talents and abilities, as well as some aspects of a future career I would like to pursue and some aspects I would not like to pursue. Cabrini really gives you a good concept of the kind of person you want to mold yourself into and effectively allows you to use the aspects that you excel in to reach your full potential.

In short, I owe it to this wonderful school for showing me my true identity and allowing me to do what the university really strives for: to live with purpose.

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SPORTS

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“The athletes are like one big happy family.

There is a special bond between all of the teams.”

2018 Stats Singles record: 3-3 Doubles record: 1-3 Jackie Neary, lacrosse Nick Tilley, tennis

“What I love most is having the abillity to play at the highest level in division three, playing some of the best teams and players in the country.”

Jordan Krug, lacrosse

“I knew Cabrini was the place for me after seeing they had a golf team that usually has a good chance of going to nationals every year.”

Clay Anders, golf

2018 Stats Games: 17 Batting Average: 2.55 Home runs: 3 Jess Giordano, softball

“I love it because I’m able to balance all aspects of my life as a student and as an athlete and I have a great relationship with my teammates and coaching staff.”

Dylan Butler, baseball

“I love how [playing a sport at Cabrini] has introduced me to so many amazing people who I wouldn’t have met if I didn’t play.”

2018 Stats Singles record: 3-2 Doubles record: 0-3 Meghan Murtha (right), rowing Kim Pepenella, tennis GRAPHICS BY HOPE DALUISIO / VISUAL MANAGING EDITOR