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Students in the clubs feel they are not understood by others which causes them to feel isolated from the campus ommunity.
by Kelly Ann Monahan staff writer
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The event: a Puerto Rican listening to Spanish music in her dorm. The consequence: everything from people banging on her bedroom door to crank calls.
Whatever the repercussions, the message remains unchanged: turn the music down.
Sophomores Veronica Ramos and Vivian Benitez, both of Puerto Rican heritage, have experienced such an incident.
As a result, Ramos, who participates in both the International Club and the Ethnic Student Alliance, organized an open forum to give the clubs an opportunity to meet and discuss similar concerns.
The clubs met on Thursday, Feb 20.
The International Club, moderated by international student adviser Jennifer Marks-Gold, consists of students from other countries who come to Cabrini to study.
Shirley Dixon, multicultural adviser, mentors the Ethnic Student Alliance which welcomes people of all cultural backgrounds.
Dr. Leonard Norman Primiano, assistant professor of Religious Studies, opened the discussion with two words that signified the epitome of what the two groups wanted to achieve.
"Peace, everyone," Primiano said.
One issue addressed was segregation and whether minorities
