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ability to finance; • Equitable educational opportunity for all citizens of the Commonwealth implications for existing institutions and their students; • Current legislature bills related to higher education; by Michelle Perna • Pennsylvania Higher Education · In the last couple of weeks panic has Assistance Agency grants to students atgripped many st udents at Cabrini. Why? tending out-of-state institutions; Many students anticipated a tuition hike • Student representation on policy for the 1975-76 school year because of making bodies; Governor Shapp's budget for next year, • The roles of the Commonwealth which proposed dimi nution of a $12 Association of Students and the Pennmillion program to aid students attending sylvania Student Lobby in relation to the pr ivate colleges . state, Pennsylvania Association of A sigh of relief was heard on campus Colleges and Universities and inwhen on April 17, Sister Mary Louise stitutional administration; Sull ivan, President of the college, an• Undergraduate vs. graduate nounce d in a newsletter to the students, education; · " ... if !.A .G. Funds are not approved by • The role of proprietary schools in the state legislature your tuition for 1975Pennsylvania's higher education com1976 will not be increased above the munity. amount published in February, which was • On the governor's budget chart for $2,000 for tuition and $1,500 for room and . 1975-1976, private institutions like board." Cabrini College, do not even have a place T he situation, however, still remains among the other priorities. Governor cr itical, and while Cabrini and many other Shapp stressed at the conference . that private colleges may be able to freeze there was only so much in the budget and . their tuitions for a year or two, the loss of that he could not operate a deficit any the Institutional Assistance Grants longer . (!. A.G.) is a significant one . • After the meeting with the governor , On April 3, 1975, S.G.A. President Cabrini's student government held a Lawrence Sugden and Theresa Alberici, general student assembly. All students S.G .A. vice-president, attended a conwere urged to write letters to their fer ence in Harrisburg with Governor representatives in Harrisburg expressing Shapp together with hundreds of other their concern over the I.A.G .'s loss . st udents. Some topics of discussions . • The Pennsylvania Student Lobby we re: (P .S.L.), which i~ the statewide as• State fina ncing of the community sociation of collegiate student governcolleges; ments, criticized the governor's proposed • State financing of the state-aided inhigher education budget. The suggested stitutions; increases in Shapp's budget total $91.7 • State financing of the state-owned inmillion. Frank John Muraca, PSL chairstitutions; person, stated, "Shapp's budget shuts the • State financing of the state-related door to the future for thousands of Penninstit utions; sylvania's youth ... " Muraca also said, • Institutional assistance grants to "Students have always been willing to private institutions; bear most of the cost of their own • Pennsylvania Higher Education education but now Governor Shapp is in Assistance Agency student grants and · effect asking them to carry nearly all of servicing student loans; the increased burden of recent inflation.'' • Th e effects of inflation and recession . At the rate of Shapp's increases, no on 1) the state's ability to finance; 2) instudent will be able to attend school stit utions' ability to finance; 3) students' =-- unless they are independently wealthy!
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Studen ts request: .open library by Fran MacDonald
If Cabrini is an academic institution, all . of its academic facilities should be available to the students on weekdays and weekends. At the present time, Cabrini's library is closed on Saturdays except for special exceptions, such as the final exam period. The decision to close the library on Saturday, made by Mrs. Gough after discussion with the Council of College Affairs, was based on the fact that fewer than five students used the library on several Saturday afternoons. This resulted in a waste of electricity, money, and the librarian's time. After the decision was made, it was decided that if ten students signed a petition by Wednesday , the library would open on Saturday. Students are required to sign-in when they enter the library on Saturday to prove that they have been there. Frankly, this entire idea seems absurd. What happens if only five or six students sign up to use the library? Or what if one gets an assignment on Thursday or Friday
Dear Editors: In reference to Maryjane Wenk's article on Middle States (Loquitur, March 11, 1975), I'd like to elaborate on the opening remarks about the need for improved career counseling at Cabrini College.
The Ou tco mes Report, which constitutes the final chapter of Cabrini's 1975 Self-Evaluation Report, also identified the ne ed for better ca reer counseling, thus corroborating the findings of the Students Committee's Report . Outcomes reflects the responses of 44 .5% of Cabrini College's graduates to a questionnaire relating to their experiences both at Cabrini College and after graduation. Two questions on this survey are pertinent. Alumni were asked: "How do you rate the following aspects of your Cabrini education: career counseling, guidance , and job placement?" (question No. 42) . "How do you feel about each of the following as they relate to Cabrini College: . . . greater attention to advising.?" (question No. 86). In relating alumni response to these
which requires use of the library facilities and it is too late to sign up? The library is there to be used by the student body, not to exist as a decoration. It's hard to use it if it's locked up every Saturday . According 'to Mrs. Gough, head librarian, the library was closed for two reasons: to protect tuition and to respond to the students lack of interest. She felt that because only one or two students used the library on Saturday, the students obviously were not interested . Perhaps she fails to realize that after five days of classes, exams and studying, many students don't care if they ever see a library again. Yet, there are others who do wish to use the iibrary and their rights as students are being severely restricted if the library is closed. It is unfair to generalize and say that all students are not interested . Besides, even if there is only one student who wishes to use the library, if that student attends Cabrini, he or she has the right to use the facilities on the weekend . As far as protecting tuition is concerned, why bother to pay it at all if you
can't use the facilities?, Keeping the library open for a few hour s on Saturday could not be such a severe strain on t he budget . Cabrini students are now facing their second tuition in crease in two yea~s. This student sincerely doubt s that money spent to keep the library open on Saturday had the slightest influence on these increases. It is obvious to all that this problem must be worked out in the near future. The answer cannot be found in forcing students to commit themselves through petitions and then force them to go by sign-in sheets. Yet, the librar y's excuses are not without validity. The purpose of the library is to be used by the students. A communi cat ion gap now exists between the st udents and the library . A Student Library Committee was recently instituted to deal with such problems. Any student is free to sub mit suggestions and ideas to this comm ittee concerning the library. Submit your ideas now . The cooperation of the students themselves, as ¡ well as the library and its staff, must be enlisted to solve this problem .
two questions , I quote dire ctly from the Outcomes Report (pages 201-202): "A weak link in the area of proper utilization of the professional skills developed at Cabrini is the obvious lack of career counseling, guidance, and job pla ceme nt . Overwhelming numbers of alumni (59% ) ranked this area as inadequate to their needs . Additionally, 89% agree that greater attention to advising is crucial," I hope that many undergradua tes will read the Outcomes Report in its tota lit y in order to see that overall context in whi ch these remarks appeared. But my main purpose here is let your readers know that help .is on the way, Last year, the Alumni Association Executive Board approved development of an Alumni Resources Center. This ce nter will take the form of a file on alumni who are engaged in varieties of business and professional careers. The file will be indexed by nature of the industry in which the alumni are employed as well a" by career category within an industry (industries). When completed, the file will be available for reference by undergraduates who will be invited' to personally contact any alumnus who is _
willing to share his valuable experience with students. Since the file is being developed by alumni volunt eers, it may be next Fall before it is operable. We must also secure the personal consent of each alumnus before adding his or her name to the resources file . Both are time-consuming tasks which our Alumni Association feels will pay dividends in the long-run, since it will enable students to secure valuable advice from alumn i and will also provide an incomparable alumni service to the College . ¡ We owe more t han a word of thanks to Mrs . Caro lyn Cashman Beliveau '65, who initiated the program last year, and to Mrs. Nancy O'Neill Mazzoni '65, who is now car rying the project forward. Other alumni volunteers also help in the day-today construction of this Resources Center which we hope will eventually fill a vital need at Cabrini College. Sincerely, (Miss) Jacqueline Roddy Vice President Development & Public Relations
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!Skinny ~-----=': ... skinnier .. . by Fran MacDonald
You can almost feel that hot, blazing sun, the warmth of the sand, and the roar of the ocean. You can almost see yourself lying there on the beach in that new bikini. That is, if you're thin enough . •Yes everyone, it's that time of year again , the time when everyone from your 45 year old mother to your 14 year old sister begins to diet frantically in a mad effort to lose that extra roll deco rating the midriff, or those five pounds gained in all the "wrong" places. If you happen to fall into this seasonal trap, as many do, remember your health as well as your figure and diet wisely . The market abounds with fad diets , designed for quick weight loss, not nutrition . Daily you see ads for pills, exercises, drink, anything from seaweed and vinegar to "eat what you want anp still lose weight" gimmicks that are usually as phony as they sound. Only your doctor can prescribe a healthy, nutritional diet guaranteed to provide gradual but healthy, and usually long-lasting weight loss. Guaranteed, that is , if you stick to them. It's too bad some of these companies don't offer a willpower pill instead of a miraculous diet pill. It
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would make life a lot easier for the weakwilled dieter whose resolutions melt at the sight of an ice cream counter. If you are one of the many who believe that the on ly bad diet is one where you don't lose weight fast enough, read some of the current health magazines. In an effort to make people aware of the implications of improper diet. methods, even popular women's magazines are now reporting on "anorexia nervosa," a , widespread psychological disorder caused by excessive dieting. Classic anorexia nervosa symptoms include a distorted body image, self-imposed starvation, loss of menstrual periods, an obsession with some "safe" food, and often an increase in ca lorie-burning exercise. According to the latest studies, it usually occurs in middle or upper-class girls who are used to succeeding at what they do . Extreme anorexia nervosa can even lead to death. So, if you're on the way to the market to pick up that yogurt or those grapefruits, stop first at your doctor's office. He can prescribe a diet, ranging from 1,000 to 1500 calories which will guarani ee safe weight loss if followed correctly. Don?t fall victim to the fad diet syndrome . You'll only be hurting yourself.
Academicnews The proposed concentration in Women's Studies has been approved and passed by th e Council of College Affairs . It requires 18 credit hours in the fields of Religion, Philosophy, English, History and Social Science. A seminar or independent study on specialized topics will make up the final three hours.
Staff news To commemorate Volunteer Recognition Week, Cabrini College held a luncheon on April 21 to honor its RSVP volunteers for the services rendered to the college throughout the past year. The volunteers, who give freely of their time and skills, are working in such areas as the college library, business office, college store, academic dean's office and the formal gardens. Among those from the loca l RSVP chapter volunteering their services at Cabrini are: Mrs. John Lawlor , Mrs. John C. Mellon, Mrs . Hilda Cooney (Wayne); Miss Flora DeLaurentis , Mrs. Marcel R. Foucre, Miss Katherine Skelton (St. Davids); and Mr. Meinhardt Raabe (Broomall.)
Beaver graduate program here by Maureen Larkin
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For fourteen weeks during the fall semester of 1975, numerous new people will be involved in Cabrini's evening division. From. September 8 until December 17, Cabrini will be host to teachers and graduate students from Beaver College, Glenside. Beaver offers a Masters of Education and a Masters of Art in Education . Four courses related to these degrees will be taught at Cabrini: Crafts in the Elementary Classroom, Elementary and Middle School Science, Material for Teaching Mathematics and Human Relations in the Tea ching-Learning Process. The classes will be three hours long and will meet once a week . Cabrini teachers will not participate in any of the teaching; all of the professors will be from Beaver, as well as a majority of the students attending the courses. This plan was conceived through the Lehigh Regional Consortium. The Consortium is composed of a group of colleges
who coordinate and prepare programs such as the one to be offered here. Last summer through the Consortium, Cabrini was able to set up a Math Workshop. People who attended the ~orkshop received credit towards their Masters
Degrees. Advanced senior students will be allowed to participate in this program if they so desire . Graduate credit will be given to them for attending any of these courses.
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Sweeping changes in the State's student grant progqim's method of operations for the 1975-76 academic year were made today by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency . The changes were required to enable PHEAA to begin processing awards on May 1 at a funding level of $68.4 million rather than the $78 million the Agency said it needs to conti nu e to operate the program in t he same m an ner as was done during t he current acade mi c year. Because t he program is one of need , the Agency eliminated from the changed rules certai n categor ies of needy individuals as well as veterans of the armed forces. This means tha t veterans will co ntinue to receive maximum awards. Maximum awar ds also will continue to be made to th ose st uden ts whose family's major wage earner recently died. Generally, stude nts who enrolled in postsecondary study .prior to April 1, 1973, and therefore are not in line for federal assistance, also will be co nsidered for the maximum award and for the full academic year. Also, family home equity will be given broader consideration, as will families with more than one student in posti secondary ~du cat ion . The PHEAA Board of Dire cto rs, in deliberating what had to be done for 197576, too k into cons idera t ion the fact that college costs were up in privat e inst itu tions and that a larger number of individuals t his year would be applying for state aid be ca use of the depressed econo my . These changes were mandated by the Board: • Initially, the Agency will make only one-h alf-yea r awards, rather than fullyear awa rds to nearly all students in the program. • Second-half-year awards would be adjusted later . How they will be adjusted will depend on whether the Legislature appropriates more than the $68.4 million which the Governor included in th e annual budget as his figure for Agency funding. • Nearly all st udents will be required to file for assistance under the federally operated Basic Educa t ional Opportunity Grant Program (BEOG ). This is a program of entitlement for almost every st udent. Once the student's BEOG eligibility is determined, PHEAA then ca n adjust the secondhalf-year state grant in accordance witn available state funds . Students who are found to be ineligible for _BEOG will receive the same state grant as they
were awarded for the one-half-year. Overawarding will thus be preve~ted, but by using a combination of BEOG and PHEAA, most students actually will receive more combined grant aid than they would from PHEAA alone. The maximum award at any school will be 80% of tuition and fees at that school. Previously , the maximum allowable award under the rules of the program was tuition and fees or $1,200 whichever was less. Since the award now will be predicated on 80% of · tuition and fees, the state award will be somewhat less, but it is expected that the student will pick up the difference · from the BEOG program in most . cases. PHEAA has requested $78 million to operate the grant program for a 12-month period . During the curren t year, $73 million was spent in grants to 113,000 Pennsylvanian s to attend colleges, universities, business, trade, technical and nursing schools. Under a law pa sse d in 1974, PHEAA will be forward-funded for the sum spent the previous year excluding any deficiency appropriations that were necessitated for that year. Therefore , the $68.4 million figure is the amount that will be forwardfunded for the upcoming year. It also coincides with the amount in the Governor's budge t. The Governor , anticipating going into a 15-month fis ca l situation to put the state in line with the federal government's fiscal year, included the s ame figure of $68.4 million for the 15-month period as for the 12-month period. PHEAA has told the State House Appropriations Committee that to go into a 15-month fiscal year, it would need $109 million to pro ces s grants in a "business as usual" manner . "Because we are requiring students to file for BEOG aid," explained Kenneth R. Reeher , Executive Director for PHEAA. "we are mailing federal government applications to applicants ' homes . We are doing this at no cost to the state because we hav!! permission to use federal franking privileges ." PHEAA will continue to meet one-third of need for all except veterans and those with re ce nt deaths of major wage earners in the family . In those cases, maximum awards will be made under the new 80% of tuition and fees schedules. The Pennsylvania maximum award will continue to be $1,200 for students instate. Out-of-state awards will carry a $600 maximum limitation except for veterans and renewal applicants who had awards prior to 1974-75 in which case the student may receive $800.
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develop,ments Those planning college study during the summer months will find the expanded summer program at Cabrini College filled with a variety of interesting courses and workshops. Cabrini's summer coeducat ional program is divided into two sessions and features both day and evening classes. Among the new courses being taught at Cabrini during the first session, May 19 June 26, are Principles of Zoology, Plant Physiology , Bio-chemistry of Nutrition, the Educator as Counselor and Math : Cultural Experience. During the second session, July 7 August 4, new courses are being offered in Basic Library Methods , Introdu ct ion to Journalism for Secondary School Teachers and a course in Special Education : Methods, Materials and Management, which is being presented in a workshop format. The Marine Biology course offered in the evening division this semester will once again be taught at the second summer session. In addition to the new summer courses being offered, there are several workshops in Early Childhood Education covering such topics as Children in the Hospital, Child Welfare , Art, Creative Dramatics and Music and Movement for Young Children. A series of one creclit single topic courses in Chemistry will also be offered and is designed as a supplementary course for secondary and junior high teachers or those employed in science professions who would like to keep .current. Undergraduate and graduate credits may be earned t hrough a series of mathemati cs workshops in July. Graduate credit will be awarded through Beaver College. An internship program for credit will be provided by American Delphi, Cabrini College's resident theater production company. The internship involves par• ticipation as an apprentice with the IbsenShaw Festival , May 26 - August 9. Registration for the first summer session will be held from 4 until 8 p.m. on May 13 and for the second session on June 24 at the same time. Those planning to attend both sessions may pre-register on May 13. The summer sessions are open to graduates of accredited high schools or their equivalent or to those holding a bachelor's degree and may be taken for credit, enrichment or teacher certification .
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by Michelle Perna A series of amendments to correct the technical errors and oversights in the . Buckley Amendment have been enacted by Senators James L. Buckley and Claiborne Pell. Two of the amendments to the amendment of particular interest to the student are: PCS's and Confidential Letters In the case of colleges, but not in the case of elementary and secondary schools, students need not be allowed to look at financial information furnished in the past or future by their parents nor at confidential letters of evaluation which have found their way into the records before January 1, 1975. As to such letters received after 1974 the law allows the student to waive his right of access, if the letters have to do with admission, employment or honors, if the letters are used only for those purposes, and if the student is told, on his request, the names of all letterwriters. No student or applicant, waiver or not, has no right to inspect all or any of the file accumulated in his case. What is not a record FERPA II defines certai n other material as falling outside the definition of "educational records" and thus not (so far as Federal Law is concerned) opened to inspection by parents or students. Such material are: a)' the records about studehts made I by teathers and ' administrators for their own use and not · shown to others; b) ca mpus police records, under ce rtain circumstances; c) employment records for college employees who are not also curre nt students; d) records about college or over 17-year old stude nts "created or maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or other recognized professional or paraprofessional" acting or assisting in such capacity, for treatment purposes, and which are available only to persons provided such treatment .
Men move in Cabrini College will open a residence for men in the fall of 1975. The opening of Counsel Hall will mark the first time in the history of the college that an on. campus dormitory has been made available to male students. Cabrini began accepting men in 1970. Male students now account for 11% of the total student population at the college and are actively involved-in all phases of campus life. This year men have been elected to serve as president of the Student Government Association and as Student _
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...an educationalexperience by Larry Sugden The Sixth Annual National Student Symposium on the Presidency, attracting undergraduate and graduate students from throughout the nation, convened the weekend of April 11-13 at the Sheraton Inn and International Conference Center in Reston, Virginia. Cabrini was chosen along with 250 other colleges and universities to send a representative to the symposium entitled: Leadership and National Priorities . . The symposium jointly examined not only the Presidential but also the Congressional elements of leadership, our national priorities, and how they are determined . As S.G.A. Pre side nt, I represented Cabrini. Th e Honorable Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator of Arizona, delivered the keynote session in the Caucus Room of the Old Senate Office Building . He stressed "freedom" as the major priority of the United States. Also, he sees the U.S. as moving towards a centralized government and says "our days are numbered if this continues." We then returned to the International Conference Center to meet with other representatives of the government . Some of the distinguished speakers included the Hon. Warren S. Rustand, Appointments Secretary to the President; Major General , Robert N. Ginsburgh, USAF 'Deputy Director of the Joint Staff; the · Hon . L. William Seidman, Asst. to the President for Economic Affairs; Patri cia S. Lindh, Special Assistant to the President for Women ; and Casper W. Weinberger , Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. It was an eventful weekend, filled with receptions , speakers, discussion groups and many interesting people. It was an opportunity to meet with students from across the country as well as a few students from abroad. A pleasant and easy going atmosphere surrounded the
weekend, though a strict schedule was maintained. Most of the speakers spoke along the lines of national priorities, but some got into the issues they were particularly involved with. Ms. Lindh, for example, spoke on women in American Political Leadership. She cited how difficult it is to get women involved in running for office. She wants to see more women holding high positions within our system. Mr. Seidman spoke on the Economic Policy Board showing how a broad range of views are considered before a decision on a policy is made. He also talked of the recession, saying that it is at its worse point since WW II. "Economic activity is going downhill, unemployment is forever increasing, inventories are shrinking but the bottom of recession is in sight." He believes that the inflation rate is continuing to decline because we are reaching the goal of operating at a $60 billion deficit. Each dollar beyond that will put us back further and further ." In all there were approximately 35 guest speakers. Following ea ch round tab,le we were given the opportunity to bre~k up into sma ll groups enabling indivi~uals to offer their own insights on the key ,issues discussed as well as providing the btudents with the chance to talk with the Fpeakers on a onJ to one basis. Tl\le concluding Summary Address was givel'I by Congressman Udall of Arizona. Being a possible Democratic nominee for President , his speech referred to his plat. form j He spoke of initiating foreign policy , strengthening the Executive Branch and modifying the seniority system within Congress. I was impressed with his enthusiasm and the good nature about him , but maybe I was falling into the "trap" of the politician. Although he talked of problems, he had no solutions, only cute phrases to resave him from the qu~stions asked.
Activities Chairman . A men's intercollegiate basketball team was also officially orga nized earlier in the year. The dormitory will accommoda te those students who are coming to Cabrini from out-of-state as well as an increasing number of Philadelphia-area students who . want the convenience of on-campus housing . In addition to providing the usual bedroom space, Counsel Hall includes a TV-sitting room and a kitchen. Tho s interested in obtaining further in formation about the men's residence may ca ll Mrs. Estelle Oristaglio, Director of Admis sions, extension 23.
Chorus concert The Cabrini College Choral Ensemble has presented its final spring concert of madrigals and folk songs in the Man- . sinn foyer. The musical program under the direction of Ms. Lucy Carroll includ ed Arbeau's 16th century madrigal " Belle Qui Tiens," Vecchi's "Fa Una Canzona" and John Dowland's "Come Again Sweet Love," The madrigal, "Contrappunto · Bestialle Alla Mente," by Banchieri was performed by a instrume~tal trio made up • of the violin, violoncello and flute.
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Food Day I Are you aware that: • The U.S. Military budget is 60 times greater than the budget for overseas economic aid. During a 14-hour period, the Defense Department spends more than the entire annual budget of the United Nations food program. • Only about 40 percent of Americans eligible for food stamps currently receive them. • The ad budget of General Foods is almost three times bigger than the budget of the Food Bureau of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. • The American meat-based diet deprives the world of 18 million tons of cereal protein, an amount almost equal to the world's protein deficiency. • President Ford, during the recent World Food Conference, denied the U.S. delegation permission to increase emergency grain shipments from one million to two million tons to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Tanzania. • Americans consume, on the average, about one hundred pounds of sugar each year. Some foods sugar-coated cereals, for instance - contain up to 50 percent sugar. • 40 million Americans are overweight; almost half die of heart disease. The non-profit Center For Science in the Public Interest was aware. In reaction, the center collaborated with dozens of other individuals and groups to develop Food Day, a national day of action on the food crisis. Food Day became a reality on April 17.
MR. WALTER WADE, owner and manager of North Penn Health Foods, explained the nutritional aspects of a vegetarian diet as part of the activities of Cabrini's Food Day.
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Food Day II As a part of the national movement, the Cabrini College religion department and Awareness Group sponsored on-campus Food Day activities. As part of the day of food awareness, three-quarters of the student body and faculty consumed large helpings of textured soy protein tuna and vegetarian salad, rather than eat the traditional serving of grilled ham and cheese for lunch. According to Mrs. Sue Zurek, Cabrini religion instructor, "Food Day is a day set aside nationally to examine not only the problems of global hunger, but also the problems of nutrition and environment. It is important that we be aware of the world hunger crisis and how our diets can affect the diets of others. Understanding the world food crisis helps to point out to us what, nutritionally, we should look for in our own diets," she said. As students were eating the tasty vegetarian concoction of mixed greens, raisins, carrots, mushrooms, cheese, bamboo shoots and walnuts, they were viewing a film on the plight of the world's hungry and being asked to donate funds to help alleviate that hunger feed them. Earlier in the day, students heard Walter Wade, owner and manager of North Penn Health Foods, explain the nutritional aspects of a vegetarian diet, an alternative Americans can choose to resolve the present food crisis . Mr. Wade explained that although there are many types of vegetarian diets, the true vegetarian is one whose food comes largely from the plant world. "Often with the vegetarian diet it is difficult to maintain the proper proportion of amino acids. There arc eight amino acids that are essential to the well balanced diet," he said. According to Mr. Wade, "Cancer is a cooked food disease." Food is prepared and preserved and nutrients are cooked out . Eventually, he said, everyone will have cancer because of cooked and processed foods. Thus, Mr. Wade's own diet includes mostly raw foods, such as nuts, seeds, grains, ground up greens and now and then some organically raised meat, which he feels he needs for endurance. Valerie Danielik, a nurse, spoke about the chemical additives in the food we eat. "In this age of the supermarket," explained Ms. Danielik, "food producers cannot afford to wait to produce our food and are building up the rate of production more rapidly through the use of chemical preservatives and early crop picking. It used to be that we took five years to raise a steer for market and now the average length of time in the United States is 10 'months," she said. Other events scheduled during the Cabrini Food Day Were the UNICEF
• VALE R IE DANIELIK, a nurse, discussed the chemical additives in the foo d we eat as part of the Food Day program. documentary, "Drought in Africa" and a biology club eco-system display showing the effects of pollution on our environment. Mrs. Theresa Collins won an Indian sari donated by Father Rudy Rooymans and raffled off by the Awareness group. Money from the raffle will benefit the Norbentine mission in India, Father Rudy's home base for 30 years. Food Day was merely a novelty for some members of the college community but hopefully Food Day activities sparked increasing nutritional awareness as well as concern for world hunger.
A theater • experience The Ibsen-Shaw Festival offers the opportunity for students to receive credit and experience in four theatrical productions as the American Delphi Company returns for their third summer residence at Cabrini College . American Delphi has been in residence at Cabrini since they paren ted the Reader's Theatre. Several Reader's Theatre productions have taken place in Cabrini's Little Theatre this semester. Cabrini student participation in Readers Theatre is anticipated in produ ctio ns to be presented next fall on campus. College credit for participation in the I Ibsen-Shaw Festival can be arranged through the evening division. Student interns in the Festival may acquire experience in almost any aspect of theatre, from production to acting. Charles Cook, executive producer of American Delphi, encourages audience participation by maintaining the lowest possible prices to the patron. Mr. Cook says he "insures the highest standard of artistic achievement," in all productions.
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The fine art of ¡cheating by Michelle Perna If you ever have trouble writing a book review, you might question what a book reviewer employed by a large magazine must go through in writing his or hers review for public criticism. It may not get you an "A" on your next book review but it might make you feel a little better. John B. Breslin, literary editor of America Magazine and chairman of the Catholic Book editorial board, gave some insight to students on questions like: What is a good book review? What is involved in putting out a magazine? What makes a best seller, a best seller? Mr. Breslin said that a good review must be informative; it must not merely be an editorial, but it must have some kind of form. He also said that the style has a lot to do with a good book review and that the writer must have a sense of good writing and an independent mind. Commercialism, Mr. Breslin said, plays just as big a part in making a best seller as the material itself. "You can't make a best seller unless you spend money on publicizing the book." He went on to say that many books are coming out today, so many it would be impossible to read them all. This is also one of the major reasons for the short shelf life of a book. If the book doesn't sell within approximately a month, it is unshelved simply because of the deluge of new books coming in. Mr . Breslin emphasized the reality of the book world, its mechanics and functional characteristics. His descriptions deviated from the glamour world of the inspired young writer forging to make his or her way to fame by writing a best seller. Perhaps this is possible, but more than likely, one must be exceptionally good and have an ev~n more exceptional publisher before picking up a pen. Then one might gain fame through writing.
Borrow - fudge - crib - copy, they're all familiar synonyms for a familiar topic, cheating. The methods range from the simple glance on a fellow student's paper, to a complicated system that sometimes involves the entire class. With final exams approaching, students are perfecting their skills and professors are perfecting their eyesight. Some of the techniques used for cheating border on sheer genius. Students who could be spending their time s_tudying, and thus avoiding the whole issue, probably sit up nights trying to invent new methods. For those of you who lack imagination and creativity in the fine art of cheating, there are the usual crib shee ts, written on tiny, tiny slips of paper and stuck in inconspicuous places like sleeves, overall fronts, or just held compactly in the hand. If you're brave, you'll write on the back of the desk in front of you, or on your own desk top. If you're brave and imaginative, you'll write it on the palms of your hands, in between your fingers, or, if you can stand them , inside your false fingernails . There's a note to those who use the palm method: if you're new at the game and
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Dr. Flower's presentation revealed a synthesis between different disciplines. She integrated philosophy, psychology, education and physiology. This helped relate the coherence of James' integrated though t on how knowledge relates to the reality of experience. Professor Flower is the co-author of a hook on the history of American philosophy which is soon to be published. Dr. Flower donated the honorarium she received from the Philosophy Club for speaking to the Lawrence Sedlar Philosophy Scholarship Fund.
your palms sweat, forget it. Finally, if you're brave, imaginative and can fake a bad cold, you can even write it conveniently on the inside of your hand- ¡ kerchief or tissue. Those are just general techniques. For each type test offered, there is also an individual cheating method. Multiple-choice and true and false tests offer a variety of methods. Students have devised morse code signals, finger signals, foot placement signals and even yawns to indicate the proper answer . The essay test however, presents more of a problem, and many students maintain that it is impossible to cheat on an essay exam. A few students commented on the idea of taking a prepared blue book into the class, but few students would consider trying it . Besides, most students maintain that it 's easy enough to bull your way through an essay; cheating really isn' t. necessary . Now that you've chosen your method for cheating on finals, rem ,3mber faculty members are also reading this arti cle, and they're choosing their methods for catching offenders. This time, you might not get away with it.
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LOQUITUR
May 6, 1975
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philosophy by Maryjane S. Wenk Can you describe the experience of drinking lemonade while tasting it for the first time? William James, a turn of the century philosopher, would say no. His theory of conscious awareness demonstrates how only after your first experience of drinking lemonade would you be able to analyze or describe it. This theory conflicted with what contemporaries of his day thought on the subject. Their belief was that analysis and experience took place at the same time. Doctor Elizabeth Flower , a prominent Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, discussed the subject of "William James, The Tough-Minded," on · April 8 in the Mansion dining room. She pointed out how James, an unorthodox philosopher, rescued philosophy from the dead Locke theories which prevailed in his time. (Continued on page 7)
JOHN BICKLELHAUPT,MARTHA CAVANAGH (front), BIFF DUFFY and ANN REILLY portraying characters in the Theatre Lab Company's production of "Liliom."
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their existence. Cabrini College's Little Theater has progressed from a thought on paper to a reality. The reality of their progression was quite evident rn "Liliom."
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bu Michelle Perna Experience and many hours of hard work revealed throughout Cabrini College's Theatre Lab production, "Liliom." The cast was superb, the play witty and dramatic, the mechanics, ef. fective! For those viewing the company for the
first time there was entertainment in , watching the sweet, innocence of Ann Reilly's Julie, Biff Duffy's arrogant Liliom, and Martha Cavanagh's saucy Mrs. Mu s kat. However, if you've seen the company in action before there was added delight in their obvious development toward excellence in the short period of
The play, written by Ferenc Molnar, was directed by Theatre Lab instructor, Daniele A. Perna. It was filled with bright, witty characters. Fiscar, pla yed by John Bickelhaupt, with a mumbled, "she's too common" moved the audience to hysteria each time he dragged himself to the stage. Barbara Pinto's performance of naive Marie , so taken up with the marvels "passionate love " and ..,deal love " brought the same response. Her husband Wolf Beifield (Michael Pizzuto) couldn't have looked or acted more perfectly amusing . The servant girls, policemen, ca rpenter, clown, doctor , Mother Hollander and the Young Hollander all added to t he montage of color and versatility of the company. The booming voice of Ray Crew, as the heavenly Magistrate, made one think twice about doing anything wrong on earth . His glittery assistant, Kim Sanders, with her priceless expressions looked as if she were walking on clouds.
MARTHA CAVANAGH and ANN REILLY display their excellent acting abilities during a scene of "Liliom."
Cabrini College's Theatre Lab Company has come a long way. Credit also belongs to the people who worked for end- , less hours on lighting (Mary Beth Senkewicz), wardrobe, makeup, properties, sound, publicity and management .
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