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Haiti’s stability in question !"#$%&%'$"((%)*'+,$ one year after earthquake %--%.$"/%,&'$)+,$-
struggle
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By Justin Sillner Features Editor
on good sanitation practices.
CRS and other nongovernorganizations are hard at ERG722@the CABRINI .EDU improving the sanitation In less than a minute, work lives of the people were rallied facilities in Port-au-Prince, Hundreds of Haitian thousands of people at the National Mall the in turned upside down due to a capital and site the earthquake. Washington D.C. on Sunday, March 21 in support of ofcomprehensive tragic earthquake, with nearly a In addition to the cholera outimmigration reform. quarter million dead in an instant break, rest of Haiti hangs in !"#$%&'()'$(&*$+*),,*%)'-$%),-'-"&*()-&".*'/"*0the *)1&*$+*'/"-(*2$3%'(-"&*$+* and 1.6 million homeless. Elevthe balance. 4-('/*),$%1&-."*'/"*5#"(-2)%*0*)1*-%*)*2($6.*'/)'*&'("'2/".*+$(*4,$27&8*9/"* en months later, the country still Haiti is the poorest nation in :;)(2/*<$(*5#"(-2)=*(),,>*6)&*'/"*,)(1"&'*&-%2"*?@@A*)+'"(*-##-1()'-$%* finds itself struggling for stabilthe ("+$(#*,"1-&,)'-$%*6)&*&/$'*.$6%*-%*?@@B8 western hemisphere. Eighty ity. percent of people live on'/$&"* less <$3('""%* C)4(-%-* &'3."%'&* )%.* +)23,'>* #"#4"(&* 6"("* )#$%1* Since then, little progress has than $2 a day. Poverty, because '/$3&)%.&8* D'3."%'&* +($#* E(>%* ;)6(* C$,,"1"F* G)&'"(%* H%-I"(&-'>* )%.* been made to clean up the rubble. of the earthquake, has become J-,,)%$I)*H%-I"(&-'>*)&*6",,*)&*$'/"(*$(1)%-K)'-$%&*+($#*'/"*)(")*6"("* On Sunday, Nov. 28, Haiti more severe. The challenges for also present. tried to elect new leaders. But acthe relief agencies for immediate L)'>* <(-11,"MN$('$%* O("O)(".* '6$* 43&"&* '$* '()%&O$('* '/"&"* 1($3O&* cording to the latest reports, no effort remain crucial. A di!"##$%&'#"()*'+,-.."/%012.2 +($#* J-,,)%$I)* H%-I"(&-'>8* * N$('$%* -&* )%* )2'-I"* 2$%1("1)%'* )'*recent C"%'(),* clear winner has yet emerged for saster, burying Haiti even deeper Baptist Church in Wayne. president. Wide-spread problems into &-%2"* poverty :9/-&* -&* '/"* 4-11"&'* (),,>* $%* '/"* #),,* P4)#)* /)&* 4"2$#"* in voting occurred, as might be and instabilpresident,” Norton said to the group. expected,)'*but obity, was the;)/$%>* +($#* R$&* DO")7"(&* '/"* international (),,>* -%2,3.".* C)(.-%),* Q$1"(* servers say the election is still Nov. 5 hur5%1","&*)%.*S"&&"*S)27&$%8*T("&-."%'*P4)#)*),&$*#)."*("#)(7&*'/($31/* valid. ricane. )*O("("2$(.".*I-."$')O".*#"&&)1"*I$-2-%1*/-&*&3OO$('*'$*'/"*2($6.8 Recently, the country has exHurriD'3."%'&*6"("*#$'-I)'".*'$*)''"%.*'/"*(),,>*+$(*)*%3#4"(*$+*.-++"("%'* perienced a severe outbreak of cane Tomas (")&$%&8*;$%-2)*E3(7"F*&"%-$(*G%1,-&/*)%.*2$##3%-2)'-$%*)%.*4-$,$1>* cholera. The challenge for relief struck Haiti, #)U$(F* 4",-"I"&* '/"* 23(("%'* &>&'"#* -&* 4($7"%* )%.* 6)%'".* '$* &/$6* /"(* agencies has been enormous and f l o o d i n g Dennis Warner, support for an overhaul of immigration legislation. CRS technical basic relief work continues to- -%"++"2'-I"F* camps and :V-'/$3'* W*X-%1* '/"* ,)6&* '/)'* )("* -##-1()'-$%* O($4,"#&* adviser. day. chasing Hai2)%Y'*4"*&$,I".F=*E3(7"*&)-.8*:9/"*23(("%'*,)6&*#)7"*-'*-#O$&&-4,"*+$(*'/"* The outbreak of the disease, tian people %3#4"(*$+*O"$O,"*6/$*6)%'*'$*2$#"*'$*5#"(-2)*'$*.$*&$*,"1),,>8= an infection of the small intestine from their temporary homes. 9/$&"*'/)'*#)(2/".*/",.*4>*&-1%&*'/)'*(").F*:GZ3),*'(")'#"%'*+$(*),,=* that causes life-threatening diar- Families brought their belongand “No human can be illegal” at the rally. rhea, has affected 15,000 people, ings through thigh-high water to <()%2"&*[)(("'F*&$O/$#$("*&$2-),*6$(7*)%.*DO)%-&/*#)U$(*)'*G)&'"(%* about 1,500 of whom have died. get to higher ground. The hurriH%-I"(&-'>F*6)&*3O,-+'".*4>*'/"*&/""(*%3#4"(*$+*O"$O,"*)'*'/"*(),,>8 “Our long-term strategy to cane hit Leogane, a town west of :\'*6)&*("),,>*O$6"(+3,*'$*4"*-%*'/"*#-.&'*$+*&$*#)%>*O"$O,"*'/)'*6)%'* better the lives of the Haitians is Port-au-Prince. change and have traveled so far to stand up for their rights,” Garrett said. to ensure to appropriate The hurricane four lives 9/"* R)'-%$* access 2$##3%-'>* +($#* V"&'* C/"&'"(* 6)&* ),&$* took -%* )''"%.)%2"* water and sanitation facilities,” and left two people missing in ),$%1&-."* C)4(-%-* &'3."%'&8* D(8* ;-#-* !"T)3,F* 2$$(.-%)'$(* $+* ]-&O)%-2* Dennis Warner, Catholic Relief the town. #-%-&'(>* $+* D'8* 51%"&* C/3(2/F* 6)%'".* '$* ()-&"* /"(* I$-2"* +$(* '/"* Services senior technical adviser The immediate hope citizens undocumented. for water and sanitation, said at had for stabilizing their country :9/"("Y&*4""%*)*,)(1"*]-&O)%-2*O("&"%2"*^-%*'/"*2$%1("1)'-$%_*&-%2"* Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, a retired auxiliary bisha conference held at Villanova was the elections. `aAbF=* !"T)3,* &)-.8* :b@* O"(2"%'* )("* ;"X-2)%F*November `@* O"(2"%'* )("* T3"('$* op of the Detroit Archdiocese, works to rebuild Haiti University on Nov. 8. Some of the major candidates in the aftermath of the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake. Warner’s plans include elimi- in Haiti’s presidential election nating the contaminated water !$##%&'()*+', ,3..%,45'#-,36)012.25#301$%*.377 supply and educating the people CHOLERA, Page 3 johanna Bberrigan / submitted photo ERIC GIBBLE
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“Right now we are working on measuring our impact on students’ understanding of social justice.”
judged by their “value-added” contribution. Of course, “valueadded” is difficult to calculate. “Right now we are working on measuring our impact on students’ understanding of social justice,” Skleder said. “There are no measures, and through work with a national group called The Wabash Study, Dr. Gingerich and the faculty are developing a way to measure this that other schools may use in the future.” According to the Wabash Study webpage, the study is a three-year project designed to create a deliberative process for using evidence that an institution can build on for improvements in
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Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010
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Cell phones continue to distract drivers By Meghan McSloy Copy Editor
“Value-added” education aims to improve students’ education outside the classroom EDUCATION, Page 1 student learning. There are currently 30 colleges and universities participating in the 2010 study. Institutions use the study to measure a certain aspect of their education. David Glenn wrote in The Chronicle of Higher Education that some institutions are using the study to measure the effects of their senior capstone courses, effectiveness of student help centers on campus and student research and writing skills. The National Survey of Student Advancement (NSSE) is another way that colleges and universities collect data about student advancement through a
variety of categories known as “benchmarks.” NSSE is administered to students on the freshman and senior level. There are five benchmarks in total composed of 41 subcategories. Cabrini students have scored well in comparison with scores of students at more than 700 colleges and universities in several categories, according to the 2008 survey. “While most popular college rankings are based primarily on measures of resources and reputation that research studies indicate are not related to learning and personal development outcomes, NSSE results are determined by the students and not by external organizations rating or
assessing colleges and universities,” Lisa Plummer, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, said. After the college receives the results from a survey such as the NSSE, one may wonder what is done with the results. According to Media Relations Manager Dan DiPrinzio, the college includes results when applicable from surveys in publications as well as in press releases and posted on the college website. “Once results have been interpreted, the Office of Institutional Effectiveness presents the findings to campus leadership and faculty for meaningful discussion,” Plummer said. “Cabrini employs multiple means of as-
sessment (i.e. surveys, focus groups, etc.,) both for improvement and accountability. It is from these multiple means that campus decisions are made and improvements occur.” According to Plummer, one change that has occurred as a result of multiple assessments, focus groups and campus polls was the revamping of Rooymans Hall as a student center. See the graphic above to see what categories Cabrini students have been recorded to have done well according to an email sent by Plummer. However, the actual data is not available for Loquitur to examine. dla37@cabrini.edu
“We will be there for them for years,” CRS president says on Haitian development CHOLERA, Page 1 had requested to call it off before the polls closed. Haitian residents protested the election. More than 9,000 UN peacekeepers helped patrol the streets to ensure security but chaos still broke out. Residents claimed to not know the location of the polling stations where their names are registered. Many of the residents came to fulfill their rights as a citizen to vote but were unable to vote because their names did not show up on the electoral list. There is a lack of a winner among the 18 candidates but an election between the top two candidates is expected in
January. CRS is one of the largest non-profit organizations on the ground in Haiti and has raised a significant amount of money towards developing the unstable country. However, Ken Hackett, president of CRS, said it is not how quickly you spend the money that matters but how smart you spend it. “Spending money smart is the best thing to do,” Hackett said at the conference held at Villanova University. “We [CRS] were there with them through the earthquake. We will be there for them for the years and years to come for their development.” jjs333@cabrini.edu
On the road, a driver glances down for a split second to answer a text message. The next moment, they find themselves colliding head-on with another driver in the oncoming lane. This is the reality for 5,000 drivers who are killed each year due to distractions in their cars. Distracted driving is becoming a national epidemic. With the increasing prominence of smart phones and other gadgets in cars, drivers are increasingly busy on the roads. Defined as “any non-driving activity a person engages in that has the potential to distract him or her from the primary task of driving and increase the risk of crashing,” distracted driving is increasing at a rapid rate “An important takeaway is that distracted driving has been a single check-off on most police reports and could include texting, calling on a cellphone, drowsiness, eating food, playing with the radio, GPS, reading a map, talking to other passengers, so it has been hard statistically to break out by category,” Rick Remington, manager of public and government affairs at AAA Mid-Atlantic, said. “In addition, drivers who survive accidents are not likely to admit to a police officer that they were texting or calling on their cell phone.” The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety recently issued “grades” to all states based on safe driving laws. Pennsylvania was given a “red light” due to a lack of laws that keep drivers safe on the roads. When a state is given the “red light” it shows that the state is not doing much in terms of safe driving laws that limit cell phones and other devices while driving. New Jersey was given a “green light,” meaning that they are sufficiently fulfilling the safe driving laws recommended by The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. Despite laws that were recently put into place banning cell phones in cars, drivers are still using their phones. “One interesting statistic that has emerged from N.J. is that police there are issuing 10,000 tickets per month for cell phone use while driving which is banned in the state,” Remington said. The teenage and college-aged population also have a higher rate of distractions in their cars. An August 2010 survey of teen drivers concluded that 60 percent have talked on a cell phone while driving and 28 percent have texted while driving. These teens have sent 28 texts while driving within a month. Of all surveyed, 36 percent believe that they have been involved in a near crash due to their own or other’s distracted driving. mjm374@cabrini.edu