Dec. 06, 1996 Issue 13 Loquitur

VOL.XI.III, NO.13

Gayforum tacklesfear ofunknown

by Kirsten Yard staff writer

Fear of the unknown surrounds the lives of gay people and their families and friends, according to gay students, their parents and friends at the discussion in the Red Cloud Coffeehouse on Tuesday, Nov.19.

Sue Cassidy, the mother of a gay son, emphasized that the meaning of homosexuality becomes totally different when you have to put the face of your child on it. She stressed that she loved her son Paul and that nothing was going to change their relationship. She then joined Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays in hopes of gain• ing the strength to deal with this new change in her life.

The meeting was organized by senior Jeff Orlow, who is gay, because he wanted to make more gay people aware that there are resources and professors on campus who are willing to talk to people uncertain about their sexuality.

Orlow also coordinated this event in an attempt to reach out to members of the campus, mainly students, and make them more aware that there are homosexuals living on campus. He wanted people to gain a better understanding about the relationships that gays and lesbians have with everyone. He said a lot of people have not been exposed.

About 70 people attended the discussion moderated by Dr. Leonard Nonnan Primiano, assistant professor of religion, and Dr. Anne Parks, assistant professor of social work.

Cassidy is gay and found it very difficult to attend family events because he was uncertain of how everyone would react to his news of being gay.

Mirian Glusman, mother of Joanne Glusman, expressed her fear of how society would begin to treat her daughter once they found out she was a lesbian. She attended PFIAG with intentions of helping other gay children who were thrown out of their own homes by their parents because of their sexual preference. She said when children come out of the closet, parents go in.

Joanne Glusman is a lesbian who stressed that being gay is not a choice, but something that just comes naturally. She feels that our society is focused on the fact that there is a choice when there really is not one.

"This puts a human face to what for many people is a closed issue," Primiano said in conclusion.

Hangin' for the holidays

Sports Women's Basketball

The Lady Cavs bounce back with a blow out vie• tory over Rosemont.

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Scholarships, co-op'sspur enrollment

by Kevin SCott staff writer

The reasQn why you may be finding it a little more difficult to find a parking space or an empty chair in the computer lab this semester is due to an enrollment surge that is currently occurring at many private colleges throughout the Northeast as well as at Cabrini.

Cabrini enrollment is up 8 percent over last year.

College officials in the Northeast say the biggest factor for enrollment is probably financial aid.

According to last year's Director of admissions, Nancy Gardner, ops and financial aid are top reasons for the increase in the student population at Cabrini,

One of the most important aspects that helps to promote the college is the eo-0p program. Only a ool.Jegl~ ha,vea•.u·..q,i.,__..,... --=-..:~ of program, so it is important to show the students what it can do for them.

College snuffs out smoking

by Paul Moser staff writer

Smoke was surprisingly offcampus on Thursday, Nov. 21, or at least that was the purpose of the Great American Smokeout. On this day, there is a nationwide call for all smokers to stop smoking for a day.

"The idea is that if you can quit smoking for a day then you can qujt smoking all together."

Lisa Meade, associate nurse, said.

Smoking related deaths are the largest killer in the United States.

The American Cancer Society is the organizer of the smokeout.

The event is supposed to encourage smokers to stop and prevent non-smokers from ever starting._

Cabrini took part in the smokeout by making the campus aware of the event and the effects of smoking.

The health services department sponsored this effort to end the smoking through the Great American Smokeout.

On Thursday, Nov. 21, literature about smoking and its hannful effects were handed out all over the campus. There also was a table set up with gum and lozenges to help

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The college was also able .to make some academic scholarships more attractive, which permits the college to become more competitive with the other colleges in this area.

Open houses were also very successful in presenting the college to students and their families while the college made a decision to expand its recruiting territory. -

Cabrini usually focuses on the surrounding states for its students, but this year they went as far as New England in their recruiting efforts.

Full time undergraduate enrollment increased 8 percent from last year's 910 students to this year's 985 students. This increase leaves the undergraduate population only 15 students shy of 1,000.

"Research shows that less than 7 percent of high school seniors want to attend a college with less than 1,000 full-time undergraduate students," Gardner said. "On the other hand, about 44 percent want to attend a school that has between 1,000 to 5,000 full-time undergrads."

Overall, the college has experienced a 4 percent growth in student population. This brings the total enrollment to 2,042 students this year, leaving the all-important student to faculty ratio at 16 to 1.

These new students, however, are not all flocking to the same major.

Most programs have experienced similar increases, while there has actually been a decrease in the number of undeclared students.

photo by Dana Nenlwig

Clockwise from top, sophomores Michef/e Schaeffler, Becky Raetsch and Andi Koch telf St. Nick their

wish

at the King of Prussia Mall.

Financial Aid offers reminders for college loan payments

by Becky Raetsch staff writer

Few students go through college, let alone Cabrini, without a loan to help them through the next four years. Loans may seem to be in the back of some students' heads now. But after they graduate, it will be on the top of their list.

A student who graduates from Cabrini typically owes $18,125 after four years, which is tqual to the price of a 1997 Acura Integra Coupe.

The average Cabrini graduate earns $24,176 a year in their first job after graduation. Basically, someone will end up with take home pay of around $1,500 each month. With that check they have several payments to look forward to, one being the loan payment. Based on a standard 10-year repayment plan, someone will owe

roughly $200 a month for the college loan, in addition to other living expenses like housing, groceries and clothing.

So the college loan payment becomes a significant expense.

Elizabeth Cairns, director of financial aid, recommended that students who have trouble meeting loan payments stay in touch with their lending bank.

Most people do not have multiple loans from a number of different sources. The financial aid offi~e tries to advise frortl the beginning to steer people towards the correct path, which is to deal with only one lender.

But if you do have loans from several sources, one option for getting rid of this burden is loan consolidation.

Consolidation allows someone to combine all loans into one loan, making one mo_nthlypay-

ment. Then if graduates find the loan payment too high, they can go to the lender and negotiate smaller payments. This will spread out the loan over a longer period of time, beyond the original years. The more years the loan is spread over, the smaller the monthly payments, but it also means more interest.

The longer period of time a graduate chooses for the consolidation program, the larger the interest is because it is over a Longer period of time. This does not suit everyone. It happens to be a matter of preference and how much money someone is earning.

Students are advised to pay off their credit card debts first.

"Absolutely pay off credit cards first. They have the highest monthly payment," Cairns said.

The credit card interest rate

FBI agent talks terrorism

by Thomas McKee editor-in-chief

Speaking in the Grace Hall board room, FBI special agent Lou Vizi said the face of terrorism is.changing and becoming more religious oriented.

Vizi defined terrorism as violence for political, social or religious goals whose purpose is to influence government not to do something they would normally do or to do something they normally would not, when he spoke in front of 18 people.

Dressed in a navy blue

sports coat, a powder blue shirt and khaki pants, Vizi said that religiously motivated terrorists acts, which are becoming more and more frequent, were the ones that scared him the most.

"Not only can they blow you up," Vizi said. "But they're going to heaven for doing it."

Vizi asked the audience why they cared about terrorism, since he beHeves it is not something the average person goes through the day thinking about.

Vizi cares about terrorism

because he said it can force governments to do something they .do not want to.

"Terrorism is violence. We read about it all the time," Vizi said. "When you talk to people who have been victimized by terrori~m and you realize what it does to them, you have to care about terrorism."

Vizi believes that religousLy-influenced terrorism is here to stay, but he also said that if a shift in the terrorism trends did occur, he believes that terrorist groups will become more environment oriented.

Pohlhauslectureson theology

by Danielle Murray staff writer

Dr. Gaile Pohlhaus, a professor at Villanova University, stressed her opinion of women in the development of church theology lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 20., in the Grace Hall board room.

Dr. Gaile Pohlhaus is an assistant professor of practical theology at Villanova University. She teaches a variety of classes at the university about women and religious studies.

Her main argument throughout her lecture was the role of women in religion from the first century to the 20th century. She discussed authority, sex, marriage and women in a graph with authority at the top, followed by sex and marriage and ending with women.

This is what theologians believed to be the way.

She began her lecture with a story.

"Once upon a time three civilizations became quite intertwined, Roman, Jewish and Greek," Pohlhaus said. "Within the three societies not one influenced greater than the other. From the Roman civilization, came law, structure, clear lines and authority.

"From Greek western civilization came the arts, philosophy and

development of church theology. duality," Pohlhaus said.

"From the Jewish western civilization came ethics and monotheism and through the tree civilization graphed the tree trunk of Christianity," Pohlhaus said.

"In the third ~ntury marriage was for the kids or in other words the only reason that a man would marry a women was to have children," Pohlhaus said.

"All women did was provide a pJace for the child and it was the strong s~ of the man that created the child not the egg of the woman," Pohlhaus said.

The Gnostic believed that if you kill children after they are born _they will go to heaven.

During the medieval time period marriages were not for love but were arranged by the fathers.

is often around 18 percent.

Another helpful hint is to try to pay back loans quickly and really work at paying them off. Whatever amount someone pays over the due amount will go to pay off the principal and will help them out in the end. There are consequences for not paying a loan back. The person essentially turns delinquent and certain things can happen.

Your tax refund may get retained or money can get taken right out of someone's paycheck. Someone can end up with a bad credit record lasting seven years. So, if one tries to put a down payment on a house or buy a car, he or she will be refused because of bad credit record.

"Always ask questions. and keep pursuing until they feel satisfied that they understand," Cairns said.

Cairns also said it is the stu-

dents' responsibility after graduation to pay off the loan, not their parents'.

Feeling overwhelmed all of a sudden? It is the financial aid office's job to help with any problems. So before graduation consumes students, they should talk to the financial aid office where they wjll learn about the exit interview, which reveals the different payment options available.

"Come to us and we will tell you who to talk to if we don't have all the answers," Cairns said.

It makes sense to think about your loans now. As Raymond Loewe, president of College Money said, "Try to pay them off soon. If not, they'll get in the way of your life style later, when you may want to get a big home mortgage that will have taxdeductible interest."

Hebertaddresses1cone1easpart ofcommunityscholarseries

by Paul Moser staff writer

Dr. John Hebert, director of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, spoke about the interactionof different cultures as a direct result of Columbus' landing in the west in 1492 to the "Community of Scholars Lecture Series," that took place on Nov. 18 and 19 at Cabrini.

The lectures were for faculty first and foremost but were open to everyone.

Hebert came to Cabrini to discuss the theory that Columbus landed in America, "not as a discovery but as an interaction of different peoples that changed their civilizations," according to Mark Quantinilla, history professor.

The fact of the matter is that most historians now teach this theory, as opposed to the way in

which most children were taught when they were little.

Hebert holds a Ph.D. in history and has worked at the Library of Congress for the last 25 years.

The Hispanic division of the Library of Congress is one of the largest divisions with over 25 million items.

Hebert is director of the biggest Latin American history resource library in the world.

Chances are if students are studying Latin American History in graduate school, they will at one point use the resources at the Library of Congress and will go through Hebert.

Hebert has also published close to a dozen books and has donated them to the Sacred Heart Library.

Hebert's session, "Peoples of the Atlantic," drew a big crowd and approximately 100 students attended over the course of the three presentations.

Catherine of Siena, the youngest of 25, opened the doors for teaching authority by combining passion and reason.

She did not want to get married. When the young, soon to be fiance came to meet her, she cut her long beautiful hair and cov-. ered her body in dirt.

When the man took a glance at her he was out the door. Her parents gave up and she was never married.

According to Arlene Smith, campus minister, the lecture was targeted towards those with an extensive knowledge of religion.

"It was certainly geared to an academic audience and it would have been beneficial to students if they had a better understanding of theology," Smith said.

photo by Diane Grimaldi

Villanova University professor Dr.- Gaile Pohlhaus discusses the

FallSemester Follow-ups One woman's battle with

by Paul Moser & Justin Fa/clan/ staff writers

O E-Mai1Accounts

Moving into the last weeks of this semester, e-mail accounts are being delayed as a result of an industrial support specialist leaving Cabrini Colleg~ to work for another company.

Brian Mayo was working on most of the accounts. His departure will slow things down acc0rding to Kim Scarborough, who graduated from Cabrini last year and is currently working full time for academiccomputingservicesat the college. The. computer lab has made over 400 e-mail and Novell accounts and has about 200 more to go, she also said. Academic Computing Services hopes to get all accounts done by next semester.

ONewDonn

The financing of the proposed apartmentbuilding is still being negotiated.

The apartments were originally projected to be rea~y for March of '97, but financial negotiating with the open market for the best borrowing situation has not been completed.

According to John Barclay, vice president for finance and administration, "We want to make·sure everythingis right."

The permits ·are done and the construction crews are ready to start building. It is just a matter of getting the money to pay them with.

by Kevin Eppler staff writer

"I'd spend nights at a time, even wee-ks, crying myself to sleep. I would wake up and lazi1y walk to school. I would shift fr.om class to class never paying attention to much except for my history class. I like history for some r~ason. Anyway, after school I'd walk home, go to my room and listen to music, the only thing .that made me happy. I thought I was alone. I thought no to their loneliness. Jenny recog- more try. _ one cared, not even myself,"' she nized there was help but not the listening may help save somesaid. kind she needed. one's life.

We will call her "Jenny." She "I knew there were psychia- If someone tells you they are is now a college sophomore who trists and counselors, but I didn't • contemplating suicide, listen to spent three months of her senior want them. They didn't, at least I them. year of high school in a hospital didn't think they could understand It may prevent them from receiving treatment (physical and my problems. I didn't want to attempting suicide. It may save "psychologi- their life. It cal") for ====~==================== may have attempting s t o p p e d to overdose Jenny from on miscella- trying. neous overthe- counter drugs.

Suicide is the third l_eading cause of d e a t h among- 1524 yearolds, behind homicide and accidents. No matter who attempts suicide, it is always a c;ryfor help. For suicidal individuals, especially Jenny there seems to be no other available options

They feel terribly isolated, secluded in their own thoughts and loneliness. Often they feel there is no -one to turn to, adding

talk to some SO-year-old shrink who thought he understood my problems. How coµ)d he? He wasn't me," she said.

Many people, especially teenagers, have shared this thought. 5,000 teens each year never receive the chance to find their wrong. 5,000 teens, kill themselves each y_ear. Many

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illustrationsby VictorSgro friend to promise not to commit •suicide and that he or she will contact you or someone else when they feel like hurting themselves. Most importantly, always take them seriously and listen. If possible refer them to someone trained to help them most effectively.

"I wanted a friend. I wanted someone other than a person I paid to listen.

"My parents wouldn't listen to me," she

If a friend confides in you about suicide tell them you do not want them to die.

Often, making yourself available demonstrates to him or her that someone indeed cares and is listening.

Attempt to make a "No-suicide contract" by asking your

Public Safety Update

Security incidents as reported by Public Safety from 11/21-11/23

Alcohol Violation 11/21

Public Safety received a call from Resident Life regarding an alcohol violation in House seven. Upon arrival, the officer secured a half keg of beer from the room. •

O Mischief 11/21

dent began to curse at ·and physically threaten to harm the resident director.

The resident director notified Public Safety, who were advised that the resident was infuriated by the presence of the resident director.

The incident was witnes-sed by resident assistants and resident students.

Friends of the student subdued him physically and kept him from physical contact with the resident director.

As a precaution the resident director's vehicle was moved to the Physical Plant site on Willow Avenue to protect it • from potential retaliatory damage by the resident.

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Public Safety arrived at Xavier Hall for a handicap assistance when the officer heard the door alarm going off. Physical Plant joined Public Safety.

Someone had set off the door alarm and taken a key not meant for the alarm box and broke it off in the alarm box \e,rhole. Physical Plant fixed the alarm box keyhole and reset the alarm.

Threats

11/23

A resident director was investigating an incident of an alcohol violation- by a resident of House seven when the stu-

O Alcohol Overdose

11/23

While investigating another matter, Public Saf~ty recejved a complaint that an unconscious male was on the floor in the first floor rest room of House seven.

The subject was awakened and identified to Public Safety. Radnor Township Police and Radnor Ambulance arrived and the subject was taken to Bryn Mawr Hospital for treat-

WHAT'S HAPPEN IN(; FOR

THE WEEK OF DEC. 6-DEC. 13

Friday FORMAL

It is about that time. The fall formal will be held at the Adams Mark Hotel on City Avenue in Philadelphla Friday, Dec. 6 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Saturday

O "THENUTCRACKER"AND READINGOUTLET TRIP

Expand your horizons and take in a performance of "The Nutcracker" at the Pennsylvania Ballet on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 11 a.m. Tickets are available in Stu.dentActivities for $13.

The trip to the Reading Outlets will also take place on Saturday. Vans will leave campus at 1 p.m. Call Student Activities at 902-8401 for more information.

Sunday

0 PERSONALIZED GREETING CARDSAND LIGHT SHOWTRIP

Put the personal touch on a greeting card to a friend, family member or loved one on Sunday, Dec. 8 from 10 a.m.2 p.m. in the Dining Hall.

Do not miss the opportunity to attend the traditional Christmas Light Show held at Strawbridge's in Center City on Sunday. Vans will leave campus at 1 p.m. Call Student Activities at X8401 for more information.

Monday

OYULELOG

The annual lighting and ceremony of the Yule Log will take place on Monday, Dec. 9, in the mansion courtyard. The evening focuses on a theme of diversity and includes readings from scriptlue. There will also be a holiday party following the ceremony in the mansion. Call Student Activities at x8401 for a time and more information.

Tuesday

O COOKIEDECORATINGAND PRAYERSERVICE

Add your artistic touch to Christmas cookies on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 8 p.m. in House two.

An Advent prayer service will be held in Woodcrest on Tuesday at 10 p.m.

Call Student Activities at x8401 for more information.

Last Week In the World Of News

by Becky Raetsch staff writer

011/22

British couple steals together.

Peter and Linda Garnett almost got away with $17 million earlier this year, but were sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on Nov. 22.

The couple came under suspicion when they deposited a check for $16.6 million in Britain's central bank along with a welfare check for $595.

• Authorities are still trying to figure out who stole the check and expertly forged the signature on it.

The Garnetts' were caught when trying to withdraw the first of $85,000 from a bank in Grantham, England.

O 11/22

Woman sets her mattress ablaze.

A fire raged through Brenda Vincen's apartment on Saturday, Nov. 22, after she torched her mattress in the

4600 block of Leiper Street in Philadelphia.

She is charged with arson, risking a catastrophe and reckless endangerment, police said.

No one was hurt, but the fire caused extensive damage to her first-floor apartment and four ·other apartments in the building.

O 11/23

Amtrak train derailed.

Secaucus, NJ was the scene of an Amtrak train derailment Saturday, Nov. 23. An Amtrak Fast Mail train was traveling from Washington to Boston. The derailment held up progress well into the night. Thirty-four people were injured.

Tens· of thousands of passengers from Newport News, VA to Montreal were affected.

O 11/23

Beauty page.ant turns ugly Rubber bullets, tear gas shells and bamboo canes dispersed throughout the Miss World 1996 contest on Nov. 23.

This & That

Political parties, communists, and feminists all demonstrated against the pageant, which they said was demeaning to women.

Despite the rioting, Irene Sklira, 18, of Greece captured the pageant title. Throughout the pandemonium, more than 50 people were injured and 1,650 people arrested.

0 11/23

Great-grandmother's belongings sold and trashed by grandson and four friends.

Five teens were arrested after selling one of the boy's great-grandmother's belongings and trashlng her home, on Nov. 23.

The teens are believed to have spent the last few days in the home in Bucks County.

The great-grandmother had been in a nursing home the last two weeks.

The boys were caught when , George Dombrawski, her son, stopped to check on his mother's home with his two sons.

Tickets for the fall formal at the Adams Mark Hotel are $13 in advance and $15 at the door. can x8053 for information on ticket sales.

All library materials are due on Dec. 10, 1996. If you need materials for exams, please bring them into the library for renewal. Extended hours are llp.m.1 a.m. These hours are for quiet study during finals week. Please call 902-8538 for dates and details.

D Quotes for the week:

"Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?"

-Lillian Hellman

"In Paris, they simply stared when l spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their own Language."

-Mark Twain

VFMA offers ROTC opportunities

by Dave Jurkiewicz staff writer

Now is your chance to be all you can be.

The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps is a way to start a career in the U.S. Army. The ROTC is a program offered to all Cabrini students as a cross enrollment with Valley Forge Military Academy.

There are two programs through which a student can become a member of the ROTC.

The first program was called the progression program. This is offered to first-year students and sophomores. It involves one hour of class and a 90 minute lab per week. The class time is mainly spent on book work based on leadership management. The lab offers practical applicationsfor the ('

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material covered in class. There is no obligation to join the army for first-yearstudents and sophomores in this program.

Junior year is the year of decisions. If students decide that they want to be a member of the army or army reserves they can ask to l?C contracted. If they meet certain physical and scholastic qualifications, they will be contracted into the ROTC and receive a small allowance. It is at .this point.,after being contracted, that a student is obligated to serve in the army or army reserves.

The progression program continues until the end of senior year. If a student fulfills all the requirements, after graduation he or she will enter the anny as a Second Lieutenant.

The second ROTC program is the two-year program. This pro-

gram is for students who discovered the ROTC after their sophomore year. The first part of the two-year program is called basic camp. Students can use basic camp as a way to see if they want to be in the anny, or to make up for the two yearsthey missed from the progressionprogram.

Basic camp is a six week program held at Fort Knox, Ky. It is an introduction to the army and leadership principles. If a student passes the goals of basic camp and wants to maintain involvement in the ROTC, they can be contracted and complete the program just like the rest of the progression

program students. As with the first two years of the progression program, basic camp has no obligations unless a student decides to be contracted at the end of the program.

There are many benefits for being involved in the ROTC. Primarily, there are scholarship opportunities for students involved.

ROTC scholarships are awarded on a two, three and four year basis. The four year scholarship is not available to students entering in tfieir first year. However, they can apply for the two and three year scholarships.

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LOQUITUR

To Houston: Thank you for a great five months. I'm glad we'll get to spend this Christmas together. I hope we'll have many more.

Merry Christmas.

Love, Justin

Merry Christmas to all of you that we can stand.

The Four Horsemen

Happy Holidays to the hardest working students oo campus .--the CAP Board.

Merry Christmas to the Peanuts ··gang: Linus, Sally, Charlie Brown, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Marcie and Snoopy. I love you guys.

Love, the little redheaded girl

Try to have a Merry Christmas Business office, even though Santa's on our side this year.

To all of my roomies., Have a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe break! I love all of you!

Jen. Trish - I miss Marlie Mackamato already!- Jen

To Joe P.

Can you sleepwalk and snuggle every Friday?

AndyV.

To Andy: See you next Friday at 5 a.m.

Joe P.

To "Rudy," Lisa vs. Rudy,. Battle of the Bulge at Bob and Barber's Thursday night. It's the ultimate test of manhood.

To "Rudy," Roxanne, you don't have to put on the lights because you're the transexual of my dreams.

To '~Gabe,'' You're the foreign lover that I always wanted. The friction between us is gone to set the earth on fire. From Sean

To three loser work study students: Can't wait for our first snowball fight.

Loser Boss

To Kevin Mitchell: We still don't know the difference be'tween those two things, so let's go to lunch.

Laura, Sue and Tara

To sweetest Lissa, You are the cream in my Oreos with double stuff. Peace and herbs. Love, Chris.

Lisa, Stop asking so many damn questions.

Tom, Chris and the rest of us

Victor, Stoned is the way of the walk.

The peddler

To Jitn Marino: Cool the 4 a.m. phone call and eat fromunda cheese instead.

Laura, Sue and Tara #

To Andy Virtue: We are opening the loser car wash. You can be our fust customer. Laura, Sue and Tara

God's peace for a blessed Advent and a joyful Christmas season to the Cabrini Community.

From John & Arlene in Campus Ministry

Happy Channakauh to our Jewish co11eagues,students and friends and a wish for true peace

From John & Arlene in Campus Ministry

Jessica-You rock!-Lauren

Lindo-Eight minutes baby HA!-Lauren

Doc-Stop typing!-Lauren

You guys are whacked!-know your epemy

Jessica,

You're an absolute sweetheart. You're the best! Thaox for giving a dumb junior a chance. This is the happiest I've been in forever!

Yours, Paul

To Cynthia, Danielle, Phil, Christa, Dave, Joe, George and anyone I've missed-you:guys are the best! Thanx for everythingMerry Christmas! To 241 and E2, you're awesome!

From, Paul

Paul, It's been great so far, hopefully more to follow! I'll always remember this!

Love, Jess

Chris and Dan, It's great having you guys next door! We'll have to break the waH down!

Love, Jess

Justin, I think we should see other people.

Tomarackus

Joe, Andy, Ben, Mike, Party in your rooms 4-ever!

Natie kicks A-! Have a great Christmas!

Love, Jess

Lindo and Doc, It's been awesome! Stay sweet and crazy! 4.0 rules! You're gonna have kids like that.

Love, Jess

To the campus community, Don't be a bailer.

Lots of love, C-$

To the girls of House of Smoked including Joe, we're all getting cancer for Christmas.

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas, Megan

Dear Larzi, Another Christmas as best friends. Many more to come. You rock! (and always will)

Love, Jess

Chris, We're going to hell in a bucket, but at least we're enjoying the ride. Thanks for being my rock.

Tom

HOLIDAY PERSONALS

To the Jlers and JZ, What can I say? It's been fun working with you all! I'm looking forwad to next semester. See you all in 1997. Merry Christmas!

With Love, Jeanne

To: Mr. Happy Tongue, Merry Christmas.

Love, your Teddy Bear

Merry X-mas to the "Crest" girls! Luv ya!

To Diane, Dara, Brian, TeriAnn, Bums and KeUie, You guys are the greatest. Have a merry Christmas.

Love, Schaeffler

Co]]een, Merry Christmas with Jove. I hope we have many more together.

Love, Paul

Merry Christmas to all of my best buds, Ron, B, Brian, Jason, Neel, Justin M., Gavin M., Paul Monte, Paul Marturano, Bums, Dave, Kelly Monahan, Allison V., Doc Primiano, Tony S., Erica, Erica J., Jaimie, Dara, Bill, Mooney, Stacey, Dina, Becky, Andi, Jen and everyone else I forgot.

Love, Paul Moser

To: Gavin Noses are red and toes are frozen blue. I thfok Rudolph is cute and so are you!

Love, Gina

Dear Baby, You are the best thing in my life. Here's hoping that this Christmas will be even better than last. I love you.

Love, your secret admirer

Trisha, Merry Christmas baby! Maybe if we're lucky we'll be healthy this holiday. And if we're really lucky, we']] actuaHy get to see each other.

• Happy Holidays, 'The artist formerly known as Shaggy

To Maurice, Here's hoping that Santa will leave you a bottle of Rogaine and the hot wax hair remover that you desperately need.

From, your roommate

Merry Christmas to an my friends. I hope your holidays are fi])ed with joy and Jove. Thank you a]] for being truly wonderful friends!

Love, Rose

To the House 2 Quad girls: Thanx for being there when I needed you. Jen, Ame & Stacey - you 're the best friends a girl could ever ask for. I love each of you. Merry Christmas! See ya next semester. Always, Trish

Merry Christmas to the second floor of Woodcrest.

Dear Mike, Thank you so much for being a part of my life. I love you very much and I am looking forward to sharing our 2nd Xmas together. Merry Xmas! Love, Rose P.S. Next year will be even better!

Captain, we're having problems with the warp drive but our photon torpedos are fully functional. Just remember-even though you are in the holodeck, you still need protection!

Love, number one P.S. I am fully functional & programmed in multiple techniques.

Justin - I'm looking forward to spending .Christ-mas with you, Goof! I hope your holidays are filled with happiness. Mine will be.

Hugs & Kisses, Jamie

Dara - Merry Christmas to the bestest friend in the whole wide world. Love ya lots!

Your friend, Jamie

To Tomarackus McKackus Hope your Christmas is more than a mouthful. You're a good friend and a great lover.

Love your friends, Sharkbite & Volkov Koslov

S.S. It is amazing how bitching about someone-can be an excuse to get familiar. Thanks for letting me vent. Let's keep in touch.

Love, P.M.

Sheri...What color will your hair be next? Love, your inspiration, Pippi Longstocking. _ • P.S. I think blue would look cool!

To Anthony, You'll always be the nerd to me. Do you ever get the feeling that someone is stalking you? Never, ever give your child away.

Love, your co.

To B - If she makes you happy, then why are you so sad?

Love, your secret admirer

Dear Gina,

These past two months that we have had together have been great. I look forward to the ones to come. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love, Gavin

Our Dearest Tony, So when are we going to New York? After all, four is better than two.

Love, Dave & Michelle P.S. I want to go to the pub.

To Paul Moser, Paul Monte, Paul Marturano, Anthony, Dave, Miche1le, Angie, Agueda, Marleny, Jasmine, Robin, Jamie, Justin, Phil and all of my friends at Cabrini.

Merry Christmas .p1dHappy New Year!!!

Love, Shannon

T&T,

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Here's to a happy and successful 1997 -Merry Christmasthanx for everything. I owe you guys!

Love your littlest Quinn, Birdie

Merry X-mas to Dutchess, Gimp, Pegleg, Meg and to our other tools Bald Boy, A-hole, Mighty Midget, Copppertop and no pants boy.

Love, Doc and Lindo

Topher & Tom, What would I have done without my Loquitur men this semester? You guys help me to keep my sanity. I hope you both have a Merry Christmas and an excellent 1997!!

Peace, love and doobies, Jeanne

Merry Christmas & Happy Ne\YYear to all of the frolickers in House 3 and House 5. Hope Santa leaves some H.P.S. under the tree for each of us.

To Freak, I hope Santa is good to you and gives you everything you want- and don't get into too much trouble on New Year's Eve.

Always, me emem1'er~tofl""•~-1\.l..,a""'n'"'l't!""'"'"~""ty-------~; Bunch and his family and friends •in your thoughts this first holiday season without him in our lives. He is greatly missed, yet we know he is safe and watches over us an "with the eyes of a sparrow."

Jay, Remember that you will always be my teddy bear.

Love, Stacey

Bill, Thanks for being a great friend and may the force be with you. I hope Santa treats you good this year, after all you did your good deed for the year.

Love, Stacey

George (Bean), Thank you so much for making me a better person. You mean the world to me I hope that our first Christmas together will be the ftrSt·ofmany.

Love always and forever, Stacey (Bean)

Dara, Have a very merry Christmas!

Glad that we are back together in time for the holidays.

Love Always.Ron

Merry Christmas to everyone, especialJy the Xavier Crew and all of my great friends. Have a great holiday!

Ron-Man

J1 'ers, Get your heads out of your asses! Keep up the good work. Tom

Jingle All the Way

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by Andrea Koch staff writer

Drunken reindeer,Santas, holiday chaos and a super hero named TuJbo Man jingle their way to the box office this holiday season.

In "Jingle All the Way" businessman and father Howard Langston (Arnold Schwan.enegger)always has his business getting in the way of his family. When the movie begins. Howard is working late at the office and misses his son's karate presentationat school. His son. Jamie (Jake Lloyd). is accustomed to his dad's lateness and forgetfulness. Imtead of giving another phony apology, Howard promises to get his son Jamie the action figure Turbo Man for Christmas.

Turbo Man is the season's hottest action figure that every kid hopes to have under the tree Christmas morning.

But once again, Howard , bas procrastinated and forgotten to buy the toy for his son ootil ChristmasEve.

This is where the journey begins. Every toy store is sold out of Turbo Man.

-While on his toy hunt, Howardmeets the somewhat disgruntledpostman, Myron (Sinbad),who also is searching for the figure. Throughout the movie, they play cheap tricks on each other to get it.

The child-like behavior by both Myron and Howard delighted even the Scrooges of the audience as hints of laughter filtered throughout the theater during the entire movie.

In his escape from an angry police officer,Howard ends up backstage at the parade. Dumfounded, a Turbo Man suit is slappedon himand he must choosea kid to be in the parade who will receive a limited edition Turbo Man doll. Howard puts on a tremendous show that would give Santa and all his reindeera heart attack for the holidays, let alone Jamie's mother.

Do not go trekking out into the blustery cold just to see this dazzlerunless you're really in the holiday spirit. Otherwise, wait for cable. It's jolly good fun for the entire family, but it only receives three out of five snowflakes.

Gifl, a ,c,ooge could love

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is already upon us. Many are scrambling for gift ideas that will not eat away paychecks. Here are a few suggestions for Santa's elves.

by Ron D'Orazlo staff writer

'Tis the season to be crazy.

The countdown to the end of the Christmas shopping season has dwindled to 20 days.

As everyone rushes around to get that perfect gift for a friend, relative or other loved one, the mall stores try to keep up their stock of this year's popular presents.

Every year seems to bring forth a few hot-selJing items that are popular for the 18-20 age group. The King of Prussia mall offers a few stores that give college students the opportunity to purchase the latest fashions in clolhing, music, movies, toys for their siblings and more.

The Wall in the Plaza of the King of Prussia mall offers hot new albums· and movies.

According to store manager

Randy Hawk, whose store opened on "Black Friday" of this year, popular albums include Bush's new "Razorblade Suitcase," Dr. Dre's "Aftermath" and Marilyn Manson's "Antichrist Superstar.,,. Hawk also said the albums by Foxy Brown and 311 are popular this year.

As for movies, Hawk said '"Independence Day' is selling like crazy and 'Toy Story' is a popular one for the younger

kids."

The Warner Brothers store is offering a number of hot selling items for both kids and adults.

"The slippers that resemble the Looney Tunes characters' heads are selling well," Danie] Kauffmann, a sales associate, said. "We are having trouble keeping them in stock."

According to Kauffman, sweatshirts and nightshirts are popular • with young women while the ties are selling with

the young men. Another popular attraction for children is the "Space Jam" line containing all kinds of merchandise stemming from the recent movie. Need more ideas for your younger brothers or sisters? KB Toys has some popular gifts of their own. The new Nintendo 64 video game system is as red hot as its competition, the Sony Playstation video game system, store staff member John Showell said.

Showell said that the Tickle Me Elmo from "Sesame Street'' and the talking Buzz Lightyear doll from "Toy Story" are popular items for the younger kids. Whether you are shopping for someone you are dating or for a friend or family member, get to the stores soon because a delay could cause you to miss out on this year's popular gift

new f lickl fo, new holiday ,ea,on

by Diane Grimaldi staff writer

Christmas vacation is coming fast. And after all of the gifts are unwrapped, boredom could set in. Need something to do over break? Here are December's hot new m o v i e releases being shown at selected theaters:

Opening Friday.

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OpeningFriday, Dec, 20:

*Daylight

Terrorists seal the HoJland tunnel and set off explosives while Sylvester Stalone takes the job of finding a way out of the tunnel before everyone trapped inside drowns.

Opening Friday. Dec, 20:

* "Hamlet"

plays a young district attorney who seeks justice for the murder of civil rights hero Medger Evers.

Opening Wednesday,Dec,25:

$ "In Love and War"

Sandra BulJock and Chris O'Donnell are top billing for the movie. O'Donnell plays young Ernest Hemingway who falls in love with a Red Cross Nurse played by Bullock.

$ "The Preacher's Wife"

The movie stars Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston. Washington p I a y s Reverend Henry Biggs who is visited by an angel who shows Biggs how he has made a difference in his town.

$"Beavis and Butthead Do America"

The famous MTV dumb duo crosses America looking for their lost television set.

$ "Ghost of Missisippi"

The movie's stars include AlecBaldwin, James Wood and Whoopi Goldberg. Baldwin

$ "Night FaJls on Manhattan" Andy Garcia and Richard Dreyfuss lead the movie's cast. Garcia plays a cop turned district attorney who finds pervasive corruption in New York.

$ "Scream"

The movie's stars are Drew Barrymore and Skeet Ulrich who play high school kids at battle with a gruesome killer.

$ "The Crucible"

Winona Ryder and Daniel Day-Lewis pair up in this take on the Arthur Miller play about the Salem witch trials.

Jack Lemmon, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams and Billy Cryst.al star in this take of Shakespeare's famous play.

Da,hing through the net

Do a littleshopping,create your own cards and even bake a batch of authenticSwedish meatballswithoutleavingyour home. Nothingsays 'Christmas'like the WorldWide _Web.

by Dave Jurkiewicz staff writer

'Twas a month before Christmas and on my interface, I found Christmas websites all over the place.

The internet has become the indispensable resource in all subjects for business, education and entertainment. So why not Christmas?

There are literally hundreds of websites dedicated to Christmas. Cookie recipes, carol lyrics, on-line shopping, stories, games, Santa's e-mail and even more can be accessed in less time than it talces Santa to pop down the chimney.

If you're looking for recipes, good luck. By the time you look through them all, New Year's Day will have long passed.

One site to look for is Santa's Workshop (http:// phoenix.ans.se/ santa/santas.htm). Here you can find traditional Swedish recipes for sweets, entrees and calces with full-color pictures included. As an added bonus, learn to make to-die-for traditional Swedish Christmas meatballs.

For those of you who are obsessed with time management and want to know how much shopping time you have left, check out the "Countdown 'till Christmas" (www.chfistmas.com). You will be provided with the time left until Christmas calculated by month, day, hour, minute and second. The creators of this site must actually have had all the time in the world.

Nothing quite captures the holiday spirit like a nice greeting card. But card stores this time of year are the human equivalent to a cattle stampede. Instead of going in harm's way,

Above, right and below: Visit the MCountdown'Till Christmas" web site at www.christmas.comwhere you can find out exactly how much time is left until Christmas. This site counts down to not only the months and days, but also to the exact hour, minute and second until Santa squeezeshis fat butt down your chimney. If you want to avoid crowded malls and departmentstores this holiday season, visit the Disney Store on-line at store.disney.co,n/ to purchase various christmasgifts for your little brother as well as grandma an($grandpa.

send stand-up, ·fold-out Christmas cards via Nordenhok design(nord@mail. calypso.com).

Their cards fold easily into an envelope, but fold out into a 31 inch decoration. Nordenhok design also delivers. You can send joy to the world without leaving your living room.

Christmas videos are a hot ticket this time of year. If you want to partake in such classics, visit "The Elf Who Saved Christmas" {http://www.manst.net/elfboy / index.html). You can order the aforementioned film as well as the sequel, "The Elf and the Magic Key," a true video gem. It would be surprising if Siske! and Ebert did not give it two elves up.

Believe it or not, Santa has several e-mail addresses and web sites for the frugal child who wants to send his letter to the North Pole without that pesky postage stamp. These are easy (o find. Just

do a net search for Santa and you are bound to find them. One warning, if you seriously want to send a letter to Old St. Nick, avoid "Dear Santa" {http://marlo.com/dearsant. htm). It is a deceptive advertising ploy.

After typing a heartfelt and sensitive letter to Santa, it will tell you that he can not read it because he is too busy. It suggests that, in the meantime, you check out "JJ Jamm's Santa Watch." To think, someone in this world would crush a child's dreams to make a buck.

Certainly by now, you are not an expert in Christmas on the internet. Hopefully, however, you will have an idea of where to begin.

So, since there is no place like home for the holidays and the weather outside is frightful, you better not shout. You better not cry. Log on to the internet and get ready to rock around the Christmas tree in the new old-fashioned way.

and opinions published in Loquitur are the views of the student editorial staff and the individual writers, not the entire student body or the faculty and administration.

Friday, December 6, 1996

EDITORIAL

An ace in the hole

As the importance of an education grows more and more apparent with time, the college is taking steps to keep up with the trend of more kids attending college after high school and more adults returning to college to retool and get better jobs.

The first aspect to look at is the promotion of the school. Primarily, in the past, the school has been limited to mostly regional appeal. But the fact remains that Cabrini is the beneficiary of prime location, and with the proper guidance could reap the rewards that a thriving metropolitan area has to offer.

With the emergence of cooperative education as ·thepreference of many employers, it has licome the responsibility of the college to make contacts with employers who are willing to let young aspirants come in and learn the ropes. The college has effectively done its part.

The bond that is fostered through this connection is certain to become the wave of the future. A strong co-op program will be necessary to stay competitive in the future world of post secondary education and will ensure the continued annual growth of the school.

With the growth, however, some concerns are raised. First, there is the issue of adequate housing. The college has plans to erect new on campus housing, but with the growth rate rapidly increasing so should the schools sense of urgency on the matter.

Another concern is the endangerment of one of the school's sacred treasures, its size. Many students attend Cabrini because of the small classes and the individual attention they can receive from instructors. A larger student body that is not met with an increase in faculty members would certainly jeopardize the quality education the institution has built its reputation upon. • Growth and change are both good and desirable but must be treated with caution to avoid decline.

Loquituris establishedas a forumfor studentexpressionand as a voicein the uninhibited,robust,freeand opendiscussionof issues.

Christmas is supposed to be the time of perpetual hope and joy.

Kids run around with smiles on their faces in anticipation of running down the steps on Christmas to open up all of their presents.

This scene will be repeated many times throughout the United States on Christmas.

However, in some families this scene will never happen.

Christmas is supposed to be a time when you should give as much as you receive.

I do not believe this is true.

While we wake up on Christmas and open our presents filled with trendy clothes from the Gap and J Crew, others will be waking up and opening presents from the dollar store.

While most of us are lucky enough to be raised by families who can provide us with a great Christmas, others are not as fortunate.

Imagine waking up on Christmas and going downstairs to see that you only have one or two presents.

This is how it is for many kids, both younger and older.

How many of us have ever thought about the less fortunate when we are busy thinking of all the things that we want for Christmas?

Some, probably, but for the majority of people the answer is never.

I can remember waking up for Christmas and acting like a little brat the entire day if I did not get everything I wanted.

At that time, I did not realize how lucky I was to get as many presents as I did.

Remember,The thing that really gets me is how the less fortunate are so overlooked at times like Christmas.

Although there are groups like Operation Santa Claus that give out presents to the needy, there are not enough groups to make sure that everybody has a merry and happy Christmas.

As I have grown up over the years, things like this have made me wonder just how many good people are left in the world.

While some rich families will buy their sons and daughters cars for Christmas, others would be happy just for a new pair of jeans.

Christmas is also a time when you should thank God for all that you have.

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Being the oldest of nine children, I have been lucky enough to experience many joyous Christmases.

Even though I am 21 years old, I can still remember what it was like to be a young child when my little brothers and sisters woke me up at 7 a.m. to see if they can go downstairs to peek at their presents.

I cannot imagine having Christmas any other way.

However, to some children, a Christmas like that is a fairy tale that will never come true.

As Christmas approaches, try to remember what it is all about.

Besides being the day that Christ was born, it also is a day when we should give back.

When you're shopping for presents at the local mall and the Salvation Army man is ringing his bell, try to remem-

her this.

byJim Martin sports editor

Instead of walking by, take out a five dollar bill and deposit it into the bin so that some little kid might get a present they normally would not get.

When I was little, all I cared about was getting presents. I never really thought how it would feel to buy someone a gift and see the smile on their face.

However, I now realize that giving is the best part of Christmas.

To see a little kid smile is one of the best feelings you can have.

I get this feeling every Christmas when I buy presents .for my little brothers and sisters.

However, I also get this feeling in my heart whenever I give money to people such as the Salvation Army. •

Although I will never know which child will benefit from my donation, I gain satisfaction by the fact that it will improve another family's Christmas.

It is great receiving gifts, but there is more to Christmas than that.

Be thankful you are lucky enough to be raised by a family that can provide you with a great Christmas.

However, also remember there are other people who are not as fortunate as you are.

So, enjoy this Christmas to the fullest but try to keep these thoughts in mind.

Remember that you should be just as happy putting a smile on someone else's face as you are when you receive a present.

giving is as good as receiving

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POP QUIZ

You could get a behind-the-scenes look at the Rock and.Roll Hall of Fame and Museum by:

(A) bribing your roommate's mother's .secretary's gardener's cousin who works there.

(B) dyeing your hair and covering yourself with tattoos.

(C) dialing 1 800 CALL ATT for collect calls.

You could get your hands on $10,000 by:

(A) mo'_'.'ingto Texas and sucking up to an oil tycoon.

(B) buying a lottery ticket and praying really hard.

(C) dialing 1 800 CALL ATT for collect calls.

Hey, this is one quiz you might actually ace. Complete a collect call with 1 800 CALL ATT, and you could instantly be one of ten winners of a _week-long, behind-the-scenes look at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Plus $10,000. Or one of thousands of other great prizes. And prizes are awarded every.hour. So pull an all-nighter-on the phone with your mom.

Eagles victory has things back to normal·

by Jim Martin sports editor

When the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys five weeks ago, Eagles' fans were ready to purchase Super Bowl tickets.

A(ter the Eagles lost to the Buffalo Bills, most fans remained calm because they thought it was just one tough loss.

When the Eagles lost three weeks ago to the Washington Redskins, things began to get out of hand.

After listening to some fans talk, one might have thought they had suddenly become the New York Jets.

However, when the Eagles lost to the Arizona Cardinals last week, it really began to get out of control. Some people could not understand how the Eagles had lost to two playoff caliber teams and one mediocre team.

Did they forget that all three losses came down to the final minute?

They were &ayingthe Eagles would be lucky to make the playoffs, much less win a game.

What a difference a week makes.

After the ~agles thrashed the New York Giants on Sunday, 240, things began to get back to

normal.

The ·Eagles had finally won and fans seeined to be happy again.

They talked about the playoffs and how they thought the Eagles were going to finish in first place.

In this wild and crazy football town, farts jump on and off the Eagles' bandwagon at least twice a month.

Now that the Eagles have broken their three-game losing streak, it seems as if people once again have confidence in the Eagles.

Although I admit my confidence in the Eagles swayed a tiny little bit, I never once.,Jost faith that the Eagles were a good team. Three-game losing streaks happen, even to good teams.

Look at the hated DaUas Cowboys. They started off the season 1-3, yet they now have the same 8-5 record as the Eagles.

It is now time for Eagles' fans to enjoy the rest of the season. The Eagles will once again make the playoffs, but probably will not make it to the Super Bowl.

Then again, not many people had those kind of expectations for the Eagles this season.

The one thing I was hoping for this season was to see improvement over last year's team. That has definitely happened.

The Eagles have improved dramatically on offense. The injury to quarterback Rodney Peete looks to be a blessing in disguise as Ty Detmer has stepped in and play~d above and

beyond everyone's expectations.

Irving Fryar has rejuvenated his career and is playing at an All-Pro caliber level every Sunday. Also, as- much as one might despise Ricky Watters for his selfishness, there is no denying that he is one of the best running backs in the game.

On defense, the Eagles have played very well, except for that horrible three game skid.

Tbey bounced back with their best defensive outing in the shutout victory over the Giants.

It is amazing how one victory can put the fans back at ease. I saw smiles on my friends' faces ·on Sunday instead of the frowns I had seen the past three·Sundays.

An Eagles victory and everyone is happy again.

Despite Lindros' return, Flyers still need improvement

by Jason Jungreis staff writer

With the return of team captain Eric Lindros, the Philadelphia Flyers look better, but not by much.

The Flyers have been playing a very average game of hockey this season. This is not the same team that was playing last season, but a better team, With the additions of Daniel Lacroix and Scott Daniels, the Flyers' crash line has improved 100 percent. However, there_ are several major problems that seem to be haunting the Flyers this season. The upmost important issue has been the scoring. This is a very · offensively talented team. With players like Mikael Renberg, John Le Clair, Rod Brind' Amour, Shjon Podein and Dale Hawerchuk, this team should have no problem putting the puck in the net. Well they have and they rank among the league's worst offensive teams

Tbe most obvious explanation for the scoring depletion was the fact that it took LeClair, •their leading goal scorer from last season, seven games to finally catch the fire that he had last year.

On the other side of the Legion of Doorn is Renberg. Renberg has only three goals and 14 assists this season. Renberg has completely flipped his game around from being a scorer to a passer. Renberg is one of the premiere scorers in the league and could be the strongest and fastest skater when he comes on a strong angle to the net from the wing. For some strange reason, he has been reluctant to shoot the puck at the net and when he 4oes, his timing is slightly off.

Brind' Amour has apparently not come off that horrible slump that he was in during last year's playoffs. Somehow, he has managed to miss an open net at least every other game this season. If

Bobby Clarke is considering trading anyone to Hartford for Paul Coffey, Rod Brind' Amour should definitely be the prime candidate.

The Flyer's other main problem is their defense. There is a simple solution for this problem. Terry Murray, Flyers' head coach, has got to stop having the defense play the P,!lCkand start playing the body.

The •Flyers concentrate too much on trying to be a finesse team when they should be playing a mean and physical game. The blame has got to go back to Murray. It is his responsibility to prepare the team during practice to play every night and to play the style of play that he wants them to.

When Lindros came into the league, he was unmerciful. He would hit people like there was no tomorrow. Ever since Murray took over as head coach, Lindros has had a collar around his neck with Murray

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hnlding a very short leash connected to it.

If the Flyers would have played the body on defense from the beginning of the season, they would have had at least five more games in the win column. The Flyers are a very big team in size. If Murray would get them to play a more physical game, they would be much more successful.

When your opponent is on his butt, he is much more unlikely to put the puck in the net. The Flyers are too big to be playing a finesse game. The defensemen are too massi\_'e to play the quick games with the smaller offensive players. They are too slow to poke check at the puck. By the time they decide to start poke checking the puck, the offensive player is already behind them on a breakaway towards the net.

This is definitely the solution for the Flyers. If they get more physical and keep a high inten-

sity level throughout the game, instead of just the third period, they would be the top team in the Atlantic Divi~ion instead of the Florida Panthers.

Lindros' return has definitely been a plus for this team. He has two points, both of them assists, so far. He has added a lot of enthusiasm to the first line. The line is working a lot harder since his return, and the team definitely missed his leadership skills.

The Flyers· do look fair this season. As Lindros gets b_ackto himself, the team will join him. Their performance to this point has not been up to expectations, but the Flyers have definitely pulled themselves out of a possible ditch that. could have posed serious problems. As the second quarter of lhe season starts, the Flyers should have a lot of success. This team will eventually come together, and once again become a strong force in the Eastern Conference.

AT THE SAME TIME??

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Cabrini 1996 All-PAC selections

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Men's Soccer·

Senior fullback John Volpewas selected first-teamAll-PAC for the second consecutiveyear. Volpewas co-captain this year and has started since his first year. He was named the Most ValuableOffensiveplayer of the 1995PACchampionshipand was a member of three PAC championship teams.

Sophomorecenter half-backDon

Eadie was named first team AllPAC for the second consecutive season. Eadie was the Cavs' top playmakerthis season as he led the team in assists. He has startedevery game the past two years and is generally considered the most skilled player on the team.

Senior Jeff Winters, the Cavs' sweeper, was named honorable mention. Winters has been a captain for the past two years and has started every game during his career at Cabrini. His All-PAC selection was his fourth in four years at Cabrini.

Men's Soccer

Junior center fullback Paul Hollingerwas on his way to anAllPAC selection before an injury ended his season. Nevertheless,the coaches recogniw:I his outstanding play by naming him honorable mention. Hollinger is generally considered the Cavs' best player and will be a co-captainnext year.

Soccer

First-year fullback Michael Primavera was named honorable mention and was the Cavs only first-year starter. Primavera was lost midway through the season due to a broken leg. Despite his size, Primavera consistently shut down opposing offensive playet;s.

Junior goaltender Anthony Noel led the Cavs with seven shut-outs this season. Noel has started every game in his career at Cabrini and had spectacular games against Misericordia and Ohio Wesleyan this year. Noel will be one of the Cavs' co-captains next year.

Women's Soccer

Senior foiward Nancy Kraus was named first-team All-PAC for the third year in a row. She was a co-captain the past two years. Kraus led the team in scoring this season and ended her career as the aH-tirne leading scorer in women's soccer history at Cabrini.

Senior goaltender Mandi Hopta ended her career by being named a first-team AllPAC selection. Hopta's goals against average was slightly above one goal per game. She has been a s_tarter for three years.

Junior fullback Becky Ward was named first-team All-PAC for the first time in her career. Ward had .a great season, con- • stantly stopping the other teams from getting scoring opportunities. She will be counted on to do the same thing next year.

Sophomore goaltender Mary Lear is a two-year starter for the Lady Cavs and was named firstteam All-PAC for the first time. Lear's stellar play in net helped the Lady Cavs end the season with one of their best records ever. She also led the PAC in shut-outs.

Erin O'Neill

Women's Field Hockey

Senior sweeper Erin O'Neill ended her career with the Lady Cavs by being named a first-team All-PAC selection for the first time. O'Neill was one of the cocaptains this year and has been a four-year starter for the Lady Cavs. She led the team with her outstanding defensive play.

Women's Field Hockey

Sophomore forward Jessie Valerio led the women's field hockey team in scoring for the second consecutive season and was named first-team All-PAC.

Valerio is a two-year starter for the Lady Cavs and was named their most valuable freshman last year.

Women's Volleyball

Women's Volleyball

Senior Dawn Johnson ended her career with the women's volleyball team by being named a first-team All-PAC selection for the fourth year in a row. Johnson was a four-year starter for the Lady Cavs and one of their co-captains this year. She will be sorely missed next year.

Senior Maria Lattanzio capped off her career at Cabrini by being named a first-team All-PAC selection for the first time. Lattanzio played four years for the Lady Cavs and helped lead the team to the PAC semi-finals this year. She was also one of the co-captains.

Sophomore Bridget Egan was named to the All-PAC first team for the first time in her career. Egan was one of the team's most versatile players as she played every posiiion well. The Lady Cavs will be counting on Egan to provide the same play next year.

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Anthony Noel

Men's Soccer

Don Eadie

Men's Soccer

Nancy Kraus

Jessie Valerio

Jeff Winters Men's Soccer

Mandi Hopta

Women's Soccer

Dawn Johnson Women's Volleyball

Paul Hollinger

Becky Ward

Women's Soccer

Maria Lattanzio

Michael Primavera Men's

Mary Lear Women's Field Hockey

Bridget Egan

Friday, December 6, 1996

by Gavin Mlrlgllanl staff writer

After getting blown out by Susquehanna University on Sunday, Nov. 24, the women's basketball team was looking for someone to beat up on. That is exactly what they did on Mo!lday, Dec. 2, as they opened up their Pennsylvania Athletic Conference season with a 78-51 romp over Ro~emont College.

The Lady Cavs came out ready to erase the memories of their loss to Susquehanna. They jumped on Rosemont College from the start and never looked back.

Nicole Johnson, a transfer student from Barbarry College, led the Lady Cavs with 21 points. Johnson looks to be the player the Lady Cavs will need to replace departed junior Stephanie Owens. Sophomore center Melissa Posse contributed by scoring 17 points in the victory. Sophomore guard Janice Egan also added 13 points, including four three-pointers.

The Lady Cavs traveled to Susquehanna University to open up their season with a tournament that was eventually cancelled.

The tournament was cancelled due to the fact that one of the four teams in the tournament had backed out. Nevertheless, the Lady Cavs still played the other two remaining teams.

The Lady Cavs defeated RutgersCamden College, by a score of 76-53 on Saturday, Nov. 23. Posse, returning from an injury that sidelined her during the preseason, led the team wittl 28

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After starting off the season with a victory over Rutgers-Camden, the women's basketball team lost to Susquehanna University. ·However, the Lady Cavs bounced back by opening their PAC season with a 78-51 victory over Rosemont College.

Sophomore guard Janice Egan helped lead the Lady Cavs to'a 78-51 victory over Rosemont College. Egan scored 13 points in the game, including 4 three-pointers. points and 20 rebounds.

After the win against RutgersCamden College, the Lady Cavs suffered a 77-53 loss to Susquehanna University.

In that game, the Lady Cavs were plagued by turnovers, turning the ball over a staggering 34 times.

Posse and senior co-captain Megan Dillon were named to the AllTournament team.

The Lady Cavs are still working with their new roster. They lost two of their

star players before regular season play had even started. The Lady Cavs Jost senior guard Amy Hummel and sophomore guard Jesse Valerio, but had over come their loss with hard work and determination.

This year, the Lady Cavs have been using a starting lineup of first-year student Jackie Pierangeli at point guard, Egan at shooting guard, Dillon at small forward, Johnson at power forward, and Posse at center.

Coming off the bench for the Lady

Cavs and seeing significant playing time are senior guard Kelly Kempton and first-year student Erin Barney. Although the -team lacks a lot of players, the players are still very confident that they can have a good season and capture the PAC championship.

"Our team is playing very well together. Though our main ~truggle is we're not in good enough shape," Egan said. "We're leaning towards playing full court, man to man. To accomplish this we must be in good shape."

Do athletesdrink more than non-athletes?

by B/11Matoney staff writer

It is Saturday afternoon, about 5:45 p.m. You are on the team bus returning from a 2-1 victory over a rival school across town. Though your body is physically exhausted, it does not feel the hard congratulations pats on the back, nor does it feel the sting of the high five. Celebration is a must.

What better way than drinking your face off with your teammates tonight?

This scenario is aU too common in today's college athletic world, according to a report published by The Chronicle af Higher Education.

College is a place deemed as an institution of higher learning. Sports programs are supposed to be there for extracurricular purposes, but that is not always the case.

Apparently, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat is not enough of a high for players. They seek other means of interest.

The poll, conducted by the College Alcohol Studies, Harvard School of Public Health, surveyed all students.

Those defined as "involved in athletics" are persons who spend at least one hour a day in intercollegiate sports and consider athletics important.

When the students were asked if they were "binge drinkers," five drinks per sitting for men and four drinks per sitting for women, the "athletes" towered the polls.

The poll calls sports programs a "center of binge drinking." Kevin Benjamin, a sophomore lacrosse player, stated that Harvard was just jealous, "because they don't know how to party."

Cabrini's athletic Director, John Dzik, questioned the polls in regard to those surveyed. But nevertheless Dzik believes that Cabrini students, athlete or not, "have never turned down a good time."

He feels that Cabrini lies about average compared to other national colleges and universities, "whatever that means," Dzik said.

Cabrini is high compared to other institutions when it comes to. student athletes drinking.

Approximately 20 percent of the students on campus are athletes. According to college records, 83 percent of the students that enroll at Cabrini have previous social_ patterns involving alcohol.

Vice President for student development, Dr. Robert A. Bonfiglio said, "The variable that is significant is that the students are not all athletes, but most (drinkers) are men."

College men are known to be bigger drinkers than their sexual counterpart.

Cabrini's low ratio of men to women makes it seem like the athletes drink more because most men at Cabrini are athletes.

Phil Matteo, a senior and non-collegian athlete, is a believer in the poll's results. He thinks that athletes drink more than the normal student.

Matteo said, '.'Everybody is expected to play as a team and drink as a team."

"When athletes drink, the campus knows," said junior Michelle Durso. Durso believes that the athletes "stand out" from the average student drinker because they are athletes.

The survey found that 61 percent of the males that were involved in athletics engaged in a drinking binge two weeks prior to the study. Of the female athletes, 50 percent drank in the same time period. Of the non-athletes surveyed, 43 percent male and 36 percent female drank.

Junior Jenn Mack agreed with the idea of athletes standing out. Mack is a lacrosse player and feels that the peer pressure comes from both students and athletes, but that it is the drinking athlete that people notice.

• In his 16 years of coaching, Dzik believes that maybe a half dozen players at Cabrini have had drinking problems.

The school reprimands all students equally, athlete or not. Dzik has no special rules for athletes who drink. He lets the college handle any problems that

might occur.

Cabrini is divided on the issue of whether athletes abuse alcohol more or whether drinkers that are athletes simply receive more attention than other student drinkers.

This report may defend the first idea, but there have been other scientific studies that defend the latter.

Two sources close to the athletic department, who asked for their names to be withheld, had conflicting opinions. "Steve" was in agreement of the survey while "Doug" disagreed.

"Though the college does not condone drinking, it certainly does not do all in it's power to prevent it," Steve said. "We have alcohol sponsored legal parties. That certainly doesn't discourage alcohol consumption."

"You can't prevent on-campus drinking, but you certainly can control it and that is the purpose of the legal parties," said Doug. "Students drink, whether they play sports or not."

Another anonymous source told the Loquitur that a lot of the damage done on campus has been the "product of intoxicated athletes, current and alumni."

Athlete or not, a popular t-shirt which can be seen on many Cabrini students might state it all, "College: a $20,000 cover charge."

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