March 20, 1997 Issue 21 Loquitur

VOL.XLIII, NO. 21

Features

Lazy spring days

pp. 8&9

Sports Men's lacrosse

p.14

THURSDAY,MARCH 20, 1997

A&E

The Fox comedy

"King of the Hill" offers hilarious takes on real life.

p.6

RADNOR, PA 19087

by Erin E. McHugh assistantfeatureseditor

During the first meeting of the task force, Bonfiglio stated that Cabrini is an ooen campus, allowing students and visitors to come and go during all times of the day and night. He menGuests of students have been the cause of many incidents on tioned how residents of the community around Cabrini are welCabrini's campus. In Xavier Hall, last spring, a student's guest corned to ride their bikes, walk their dogs and come on to camstabbed another student. Guests of a student caused the flood in pus at any time. He said an open campus is one way to run a House two in the fall of 1996. A rape was reported to have college, but closing it is another. occurred, again by guests of a student, during the spring of • "I have the authority to decide no visitors on campus, but I 1997. Due to these incidents, the Dean for Student don'tthinkmakinganotherruleistheanswertotheproblems," Development, Robert Bonfiglio, and the Student Government Bonfiglio said. President, Andrew Burke, have asked for the help of students in A letter sent out by student development in February asked creating a task force. students who were interested in creating the task force to come

forward with any ideas they have about the safety of the campus. This gives resident students the opportunity to be a part of any changes going to be made. Bonfiglio had stated after the letter had been sent out that he wishes for the staff and students to work together to create a better climate on campus. The main topic of the discussion meeting was to bring together the students' ideas on what to do about the visitation policy of the college. The seven students involved gave many ideas and left many options open.

continued on p. 3

Careerfairbringsjob-seekers,employerstoCabrini

by Jennifer Kietur assistant perspectives editor

Hundreds of students milled around Cabrini in search of a future. They came to the Grace Hall atrium to find their future at the annual career fair on March i3 from 1-4 p.m.

The career fair was held by Cabrini in collaboration with Rosemont, Eastern and lmmaculata Colleges. The fair was held at.Immaculata last year and only 49 students showed up. In past years, the attendance by both students and employers has been on the decline.

This year, Nancy Hutchison, director of co-operative education and career services, decided she wanted to make this year's career fair a success.

"I started planning for this eight months ago. This is my first time doing this, so I wanted it to be great," Hutchison said.

Hutchison began to make a list of all the perspective companies that would be invited. She researched new companies that have never been invited

before. She also went through the co-op program, because those companies are already impressed with Cabrini students.

Three different mailings were sent out for this career fair. One was sent in September, one in November and one small one in January.

Once the RSVPs started coming in, she was able to judge how many more companies could be invited because only 55 can fit in the atrium.

Fifty-two companies for all different majors were at the career fair and over 296 students attended. This was one of the biggest turnouts in a long time.

The employers will tell Hutchison how many interviews were set up.

It may be a while before a student hears about how their resume is doing. Hutchison knows only of results that come in through surveys.

"I am thrilled with the turnout of both employers and students. All my hard work has finally paid off. I took home all

of the evaluations and, unanimously, it was a great event all across the board," Hutchison said.

"I would like to pay tribute to the students, faculty and

staff. I would also like to thank Dr. [Antoinette] Iadarola, [college president,] for inviting all the companies to lunch. The

companies spoke highly about all the students. They were well dressed, articulate and well prepared," Hutchison said.

Clintonannouncesdrop in collegeloan defaults

by Paul Monte news editor

Reviving the popular education theme of his reelection campaign, President Bill Clinton recently announced another drop in the college default rate and promised to seek "dramatic advancements in education" in his second term.

The number of borrowers who defaulted on student loans dropped to 199,233 in fiscal 1994, compared with 212,052 a year earlier. It was the fourth straight year of decline, with default rates dropping to 10.7 percent in 1990.

The president credited tougher screening of schools, more stringent efforts to collect loans and a healthy economy that has created jobs for graduates.

Clinton said he financed his higher education with scholarships, loans and jobs. He had long felt that it should be easier for people to go to college. But,

he added, "It ought to be harder to evade your obligation to repay the debt."

The centerpiece of his effort will be a $1,500 tax credit for community college classes and tax deductions up to $10,000 a year for college tuition.

More broadly, Clinton expressed a willingness to negotiate with Congress on a plan to balance the budget by 2002. Clinton sent his proposal to Congress on Feb. 6. He said it "will show that I am making a clear effort to reach out to them, to meet them halfway, to get this job done."

Clinton did not rule out the possibility of higher Medicare premiums for upper-income taxpayers, saying, "I don't want to remove all the suspense from my budget presentation."

The president's comments on education highlighted one of the family-values themes he plans to emphasize in coming weeks to set the tone for his second term.

photo by Dina Tartaglia

Senior Joe Morris speaks to Nick Te/lie, a representative of Fortis Investors at the Intercollegiate Career Fair held on Thursday, March 13. Fifty-two companies were represented and 296 students attended.

Tasklorcediscusseslutureolcampussecurity

continuedfrom p. 1

Bonfiglio stated how each incident was reported to have happened by guests of students. He noted the reason for the meeting and task force was to help decide on visitation, visiton; on campus, when the col-

in their fellow students. They felt that educating students on responsibility is what is needed and policy change would be unnecessary.

Superthonweekend hopes to raise funds for charity

by JenniferKietur assistantperspectiveseditor

'Tm in favor of education. The policies are in place, which make the students liable for their guest." lege wants visitors here, when the college does not want visitors here, what the college's expectations are when visitors come to campus and how visitors' appearance on campus impact other people in the college's community.

• The discussion meeting, according to Bonfiglio, could perhaps lead to recommendations of possible changes in

policy. It could also decide there is no need to change policy and instead work on a way of educating the students more on visitation and the responsibility that comes with their guests.

Some idea~ that were brought up were more security, a gate house officer, sign-in sheets in the houses and a strict policy enforcement. An agreement has not been made and more meetings are being set up to further the discussion.

Some students discussed how they feel the campus may be too lenient towards visitors and what they do. Those student~ gave idea on how a stricter policy is needed and possibly more security in the houses and dorms.

junior John Mack said.

During the meeting the question of student judgement towards their guests was mentioned. The students were wondermg if they could trust other Cabrini students to be responsible for who they invite to campus. When the topic of responsibility was brought up, the mention of alcohol and how it influences students became the center of attention. The meeting

discussed how students are good at • judging their visitors, but once under the influence of alcohol, they tend to lose the position of taking responsibility for their visitors. Another idea was to position an officer at the gate, allowing visitors with a purpose and destination to enter the campus and prohibiting uninvited or unexpected guests from entering.

"At some colleges you can't go there unless you know who you're going to visit and where they are at." junior Milena Porecca said.

Even though an agreement has not been reached, the students, Bonfiglio and Burke all agreed that something needs to be done All students are welcomed to join the task force. The next meeting will be on April I. at 12:45 p.m., in the student development

Others at the meeting disagreed· and felt confident conference room.

Superthon is the one weekend where profit is the most important thing on everyone's mind. Each year the Campus Activities and Programming Board raises money for a specific charity of choice and gives all the proceeds to that organization. This year, they have chosen to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The proceeds go to funding cancer research, educating families with relatives that have cancer and for cancer rehabilitation.

On Friday. March 21, there will be a car wash from 12-3 p.m. and a social hour from 4:30-6:30 p.m. for faculty, staff and students over the age of 21. There also will be a comedy troupe presentation from 7-8 p.m., followed by a bachelor auction featuring Cabrini's own men.

Then on Saturday, March 22, the CAP board will be selling pretzels and 50/50 tickets at the men's lacrosse gan1e.

On Sunday, March 23, members of the CAP board will into Wayne to collect donations for the American Cancer Society.

In collaboration with the CAP board, Tricia Costello, health educator, and the peer educato~ are sponsoring Daffodil Day on Friday, March 21, to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

"Health services and the peer educators are running Daffodil Days to demonstrate that there is hope for finding a cure for cancer patients by selling daffodils," Costello said.

The basis behind Daffodil Day is to show that 1t is a kickoff of spring and the flower of hope. "Millions of flowers will brighten up areas across the country in a joyful ~emonstration that there is hope in the fight against cancer," according to the American Cancer Society.

The CAP board's goal is to make more money than la~t year and also to provide activities for the campus community.

"I think the American Cancer Society is a great organization and this weekend is a chance for the CAP board and the college campus to give something back to the community," senior John Lindsay, CAP board chair. said.

First-year students drawn to teaching; medicine

by Erin E. McHugh assistant features editor

The average student applying for college is in high school finishing their twelfth year. At this point they may ask themselves what they are an expert in. If they have been in school since the age of five, the thought of education as a major may not be passed by. A positive education experience may also be a reason students choose to be a teacher.

According to an Associated Press article, first-year college students are being drawn to teaching and medicine.

More students want to enter helping professions like teaching or medicine, shunning business, according to an annual survey of first-year college students released in January. Interest in·law dropped to an all time low after peaking, like business, in the l 980s.

Cabrini College is well-known for its edu~ation program and majors. A recent survey sent out

by the student development office shows that an average of 35 percent of first-year students have future job goals in an educationalrelated field. In the health and helping relating field an average of 15 percent and only 12 percent in business related majors.

Paul Weaver, assistant director of admissions, stated that most students looking for a college may not really know what they want.

Weaver also commented that there are many possible reasons for a choice in medicine. One may be the goal to help others. Larges salaries also play a role, as well as the fact that prime time televisi_on portrays doctors in apositive light.

The AP article stated along with high choice in education and medicine, that freshman like most students are worried about paying for their tuition.

Education and medicine may not be the _demanding job fields today but there are still many incoming freshman who want to pursue their goals.

"At some colleges you can't go there unless you know who you're going to visit and where

they 're at. "

-Milena Porecca a junior

This & That

0 Job opportunities are available at the Radnor & Wayne Hotels. Desk agents. servers and bartenders are some of the jobs available. Pay is between $8 and $10 an hour. Apply in person at The Radnor Hotel, 591 E. Lancaster Ave., St. Davids, Pa., 19087, (610)688-5800.

0 "Party of Five," the critically-adored ratings-deprived family drama, which airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m., has been renewed by Fox for a fourth season.

0 Cabrini College's theater will present an environmental production of "Cabaret.'' The show premieres on Friday, April 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. and $5 for students with valid identification. Call the theater department at 9028510 for more information.

:l Random Quote:

"God gave us memory that we might have roses in December."

-JamesM. Barrie

Last Week in the World of News

by Gavin Mirigliani assistant

perspectives editor

0 3/13

Longevity or suffering?

Dr. Joel Potash had performed one of his monthly visits on a patient who had cancer that was spreading throughout his body. After his check-up, his patient turned to him and asked Potash to aid him in his suicide. Potash made his feelings known to his colleagues and believes terminally ill patients should have the right to take their own lives and not suffer.

0 3/15

President Clinton injures knee.

President Bill Clinton was v1s1trng friends when he slipped on the stairs and tore a tendon in his knee. He now faces surgery. Clinton was rushed to National :-.raval Medical Center where was made aware of his condition. Clinton will be immobilized and may have to cancel a meet-

ing with Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin about the expansion of the NATO Alliance. He has been able to fulfill his duties from his hospital bed even after he underwent surgery.

::J3/16

Ridicule turns to cures.

Navy officer Judah Folkman accidentally found a cure for cancer a mere 35 ago.

Folkman was working on creating a new blood substitute for the Navy when he made his discovery.

It has taken 35 years for the cancer society to accept his findings and use them to benefit patients.

The newest drug that has spawned from his work, endostatin, has been tested. It still will take a decade or longer until this drug is available to the public. This drug will be given to patients who have not been able to respond to treatments.

0 3/16 Leave it to the system.

The murder trial of Kimberly

Is marijuanathe best medicine?

by MildredMetz

staff writer

Marijuana, the flower-child drug of the '60s. has gradually increa'>ed to the fat cigar blunt used for a longer lasting high in the '90s. This popular drug is used for pleasure and could possibly hold treatment for nausea, glaucoma and wasting, a severe weight loss associated with AIDS.

The new state laws in Arizona and California allow for the medical usage of marijuana. but the Clinton administration has stated that these laws have no bearing because the drug is illegal to prescribe under federal law.

Doctors who recommend that patients use marijuana could possibly be eliminatedfrom the Medicare and Medicaid programs causing them to lose their right to prescribe drugs. Criminal charges could come up against doctors if there is any sign of an unprofessional relationship between doctor and patient, which could be interpretedas drug dealing.

Many people believe that Arizona's law was not created to go against the federal law, but simply to allow someone who has been arrested for possession of marijuana to be released if it was a doctor's prescription.

Research has shown that marijuana can be useful in treating internal eye pressure in glaucoma. It can also help relieve nausea in cancer patients who are being treated with chemotherapy,as well as those who suffer from wasting.

As these theories are being tested for definite confirmations. there are other experts who have stated there is no evidence that smoking marijuana can serve a medical purpose.

"If you legalize marijuana, people will abuse the use of it. like the legalization of alcohol. which people abuse and is one of the leading causes of deaths in the United States,"junior Agueda Lazala said.

"Marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes only which would have to be prescribed by the

Ernest, a case that garnered national attention, went to the jury. The verdict came in on accused murderers Richard Wise and Herbert Haak.

The jury acquitted the two men due to the lack of evidence presented at the trial.

The two men had signed a confession to the murder, but recanted it, saying that police coerced them into it.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the jury had a hard time believing the confessions because of the lack of evidence. The DNA, semen and blood samples of the two men did match that of Wise and Haak. The case will remain open.

0 3/17

Clinton changes schedule.

Clinton has been able to postpone his meeting with President Boris N. Yeltsin one day. Clinton is still feeling the pain of the surgery that kept him in bed for two days.

Clinton was sent home Sunday night to rest and looks to only be delayed one day but the

rest of his schedule is subject to change in the upcoming weeks.

While President Clinton is recovering from his injuries, Vice President Al Gore will assume the position of Clinton in his hectic schedule, until Clinton is able to move around.

0 3/17 FBI under investigation.

The National Association of Defense Lawyers filed suit against the FBI, which they hope will show the FBI has sent innocent men to jail. These allegations have followed the attacks the FBI has faced in the past few weeks.

The FBI has been accused of not having proper training and of sloppy work on major investigations. Inmates will have a year to challenge their convictions once the courts release these files.

This will affect cases such as the Oklahoma City bombing, the Unabomber and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City in 1993.

doctor but, it should not be used for pleasure," first-year student Jasmine Paulino said.

There are many medicines that are better and more efficient in treating the symptoms mentioned earlier.

THC is the active ingredient in marijuana and can be found in legally prescribed drugs. It is monitored closely by doctors and the dosages are rationalized.

"If you legalize it under prescription use, it will still get chaotic and people will push for other drugs to get legalized under the same belief of prescription.'' sophomore Vivianna Benitez said.

All of the available research has concluded that marijuana is dangerous to our health. Marijuana harms the brain, heart, lungs and immune system.

The American Medical Association is encouraging federal funding be made available for research that will determine the validity of marijuana as an effective medical treatment.

VFMAollersROTCopportunities

Editor's note: This article, which was originally published in the Dec. 6, 1996 edition of Loquitur, is being reprinted due to an error in layout that prohibited publication of the entire article.

by Dave Jurkiewicz assistant perspectives editor

Now is your chance to be all you can be.

J:he 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 crossenrollment with Valley Forge Military Academy.

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

The first program is 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 work is primarily book work based on leadership management. The lab offers practical applications for the material covered in class.

There is no obligation to join the army for first-year students and sophomores in this program.

Junior year is the year of decisions. If students decide they want to be a member of the

army or army reserves, they can ask to be contracted. If they meet certain physical and scholastic qualifications, they will be contracted into the ROTC and receive an 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 students fulfill all their requirements, when they graduate, they will enter the army as a second lieutenant.

The second ROTC program is the two-year program. This program 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 army, or to make up for the two years missed in the progression program.

Basic camp is a six-week program held at Fort Knox, Ky. It is an introduction to the army and its leadership principles.

If a student fulfills the goals of basic camp and wants to maintain involvement in the ROTC, they can be contracted and complete the program just like the progression students.

As with the progression program, there is no obligations unless a student is contracted in the ROTC.

There are many benefits for being involved in the ROTC, primarily scholarship opportunities.

ROTC scholarships are awarded for two, three and four years. The four-year scholarship is not available to students entering their first year. However, they can apply for the two and three-year scholarships.

The scholarships are awarded on a tiered basis. That is, there are four scholarship amounts that a student can receive based on how they rank in the competition.

Included in the scholarships are tuition money, a book allowance and a subsistence allowance.

Competition for the ROTC scholarships is very high. Students must have an 850 on the SAT or a 19 in the ACT. Also, the students must pass medical and physical exams. Involvement in extracurricular and civic activities is also taken into consideration for scholarships.

For more information on the ROTC, contact Captain Sublett at Valley Forge Military Academy at (610) 989-1445.

Phi Sigma Iota inducts members

by Paul Monte news editor

Seven students were initiated into the Gamma Xi chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, the International Foreign Language Honor Society on Saturday, March 15 at Cabrini.

They include junior Mia Fitzgerald, Patricia Marie Ricci, Cara Santelli and Bonnie L. Sterling and sophomores Lori Anne Jarosh, Andrea Koch and VeronicaRamos.

During the ceremony, upcoming events for the society were discussed. They included the trip to Spain where students will live with families from Cabrini High School in Madrid and The Spanish Institute at Cabrini College. Also. there will be an opportunity for students to earn credit teaching at Casa Cabrini. Students in this society must maintain a 3.0 grade point average.

After the induction ceremony, the students enjoyed dinner at the Mexican restaurant ZuZu in Berwyn and then went to see Calderon de la Barca's "Life is a Dream" translated in English at the Montgomery County Cultural Center in Norristown.

CABRINI CLASSIFIEDS

WHAT'S HAPPENING

DURING THE WEEK OF MAR. 21- APR. 9

Friday 0 SUPERTHON WEEKEND

Superthon weekend will take place from Friday, March 21-Sunday, March 23. Contact student activities at 902-8407 for a schedule of events and more information.

Tuesday 0 FIRST-YEAR STUDENT FALL REGISTRATION

First-year students will register for Fall 1997 courses on Tuesday, March 25. Contact the registrar or your 1997 Fall course catalog for your time of registration.

Thursday

0 EASTER BREAK BEGINS

Cabrini will close for Easter break on Thursday, March 27, after your last class. Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 1.

Friday April 4 0 SPRING FORMAL Spring formal will be held at the Hilton in Valley Forge from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Call student activities at 902-8407 to inquire about room availability.

Come

Tuesday, March 25, 1997, 7:30 p.m. -9 p.m. in the WCLH.

Art iffii ta tes life

by Kirsten Yard assistant news editor

Some read about his artistic talent and tried to capture it in their minds. But it all became a reality when his works were displayed at the opening reception on Sunday, March 2

William Mammarella, the artist with a different touch, came to the Holy Spirit Library with his work to show viewers what one can actually do when they put their hands and minds together.

Mammarella paints with a clever aspect in mind: leisure.

His works, nearly 20 oil paintings and seven photos displayed on the walls of the upper level in the Holy Spirit Library, depicted the environment and how land is used for amusement purposes, such as parks.

Some of his paintings consisted of escalators, amusement park arcade rooms, sky rides, water slides and nature.

His photographs mostly consisted of amusement parks.

One photo displayed was a close-up of a car which was a part of an actual ride at an amusement park.

Another was of a palm tree at an amusement park. There was a roller coaster in the background of the palm tree photo which added a different touch.

Every painting and photo depicted something fun to do or watch.

Mammarella makes the viewer feel like a part of the picture, but his work does not seem to have a distinct location. Location could be anywhere and at any time.

Mammarella lets the viewer decide what to think and lets their imagination take way.

Not just another animated sitcom

by Paul Moser assistant sports editor

'The Simpsons" airs on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. and has been in the slot for the past three seasons. There have been many shows that have tried and failed to make the slot behind 'The Simpsons." Finally one show has been successful: Mike Judge's "King of the Hill."

"King of the Hill" is another invention from the brain of Mike Judge, creator of MTV's "Beavis and Butthead" and "Daria."

Judge creates a vivid picture of a stereotypical Texas town, much like Highland, where Beavis and Butthead reside. In this particularneighborhood there lives a propane salesman,Hank Hill, who is the leader

of a group of good-old-Texasboys in this portrayal of small-townAmerica.

The two characters that receive the best laughs are voiced by Judge. Judge, himself a native of Texas, plays the voices of Hank, who sounds very similar to 'Beavis and Butthead's" Mr. Anderson. and the voice of Boomhauer,Hank's mumbling friend.

Although the writing is exceptional, the most attractive part of this series is the wackiness of the characters. They all interact together to form a very whimsical and surprisingly funny show. The situations are so real and so accurate that the viewers forget that they are watching a cartoon. If you enjoy the political and sociological satire of the Simpsons then you will definitely want to visit Hank Hill's neighborhood in "King of the Hill."

The opening reception, which lasted from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., was organized by Cabrini's art department with the direction of Dr. Adeline Bethany, department chair of fine arts.

Most of the 20-25 viewers were people Mammarella knew.

Only about three viewers were from the college or local community.

Mammarella commented with disappointment at the lack of Cabrini students, but said he understood the reasoning due to spring break.

Bethany explained that the art students are normally taken as a group during their art classes to view and analyze the artwork during their class time.

There they discuss angles and things relevant to artwork itself. Most students do not attend openings and things of that nature for this reason.

Bethany also said the opening is more a social event rather than educational, but that it is a good opportunity for art students to talk personally with the artist.

There were former Cabrini alumni who attended, including Tracey Howard.

Mammarella's own teacher. Bill Hoffman, was there as well.

Two people from California. just visiting the area, also came to view the exhibit.

The college food service provided cheese and drinks for all who attended.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. There was a guest book for people to sign in and add their comments about his work.

'·The art department does a wonderful job arrangi(!g things like this. Not many colleges look for local artists," Mammarella said.

Mammarella's work will be displayed through Monday, March 31 in the Holy Spirit Library.

photo by Stacey Caiazzo

A scene depicting a train station is one of the paintings featured in William Mammarella's art exhibit which opened over spring break. His artwork will be displayed in HSL through March 31.

"King of the Hill" joins other MikeJudge creations such as "Beavis and Butthead" and "Daria" in prime-time television. It currently airs at 8:30 p.m. Sundays on Fox after "The Simpsons."

Alternative overkill

With the decline of record sales and the airwaves overcrowded with Pearl Jam sound-a-likes, it seems concert goers are no longer willing to pay high prices to see their favorite artist. The music industry has decided to lower concert prices.

by Kelly Ann Monahan staff writer

No more working an entire weekend to pay for one measly concert· ticket at over $20 a pop.

To see Jewel in concert at the Tower Theater it only costs $20. Fans of Beck, who was named artist of the year for 1996, can pay $16 to see him at the CoreStates Spectrum. The Breeders concert ticket costs as little as $11.75.

The saturation of alternative and underground artists has not only affected radio and record sales, but also concert prices.

Jesse Lundy, assistant publicist for Electric Factory Concerts, says the industry at large decided to drop concert prices within the last few years because audiences have not been willing to pay.

Is the drop in concert prices due to so many alternative bands or their generation of consumers and listeners?

Jen Scott, assistant manager for The Wall in the King of Prussia mall, says that she

remembers when the Eagles toured in the early '90s and people paid $100 a seat. Phil Collins is playing at the CoreStates , Center on March 29 and people are paying anywhere from $27 .50 to $50.

Generally, artists such as these attract audiences older than the audiences of alternative music. Jewel This raises another point. Are other music styles besides alternative saturated?

"No, because the fastest changing area of popular music is alternative," Lundy said.

According to Lundy, record companies began to see a trend in alternative music by the late '80s.

Following the explosion of artists like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, record companies started to sign countless numbers of new alternative and underground bands. Now the market is saturated with these artists.

This would not be a problem if there were about a million or so radio stations that could play all the music. The fact is that airplay is limited.

Y-100 now has even more pressure from alternative and underground artists for

exposure, especially since WDRE has been bought out by an urban station.

So what happens to these new and unpublished bands? Are record companies J glVlng their artists time to i develop or [ just basing a [ record cons: tract on the ;. strength of one song? (b - Lundy says the bands that breakthrough with one big hit usually somehow fade away in the midst of all the other new talent.

Hey, did you hear that great song on the radio? That is really a shame, because you might be waiting a heck of a long time to hear it again.

The flooded market has also affected record sales.

"Looking at this as a trend. sales have been down because young people have less disposable income right now. The money is spread thin because there are so many bands," Lundy said.

Scott, however, argues the opposite.

"Record sales at The Wall have increased lately because our targets are higher this year as a whole,·· Scott said.

The discrepancy of sales may lie within each individual record store location and its quotas.

Stores like The Wall in the King of Prussia mall could have increased record sales as a result of not typically carrying the music of smaller artists.

Selling mainly larger artists like Alanis Morissette, who has sold 18 million copies of her album "Jagged Little Pill" since

its release in '95, would explain such increased sales.

One thing both alternative and other styles of music have in common is their success with record sales as opposed to singles recently, according to Scott.

The answer to this is clear.

Record companies want to increase profits.

Why do they want to increase profits?

Pertaining mostly to record companies which are signing endless alternative and underground bands, it is because their strategies for artist development are not well planned.

If plans were executed, many artists would not be disappearing, and they would not need to keep signing so many bands to increase profits resulting from previous failures.

It is an endle~s cycle that

begins and ends with the record companies.

If this was an ideal world, we would all turn on the radio and hear the song we want to hear. Every artist would get a record deal and every musical release would skyrocket. Unfortunately, this does not happen in the real world.

The biggest shocker, however, does not even pertain to the dropped concert prices or how competitive and fierce the music industry is as a whole.

Rather, it is in regard to those who have yet to discover this unfortunate reality: record companies.

For more information on upcoming concerts in the Philadelphia area call (610)667-INFO.

Above: Beck, winner of two Grammy awards, is performing at the Spectrum for $16. Ten years ago it may have cost at least $20 to see such a popular artist. Most concerts now cost less than $20.

FEATURES

Thursday, March 20, 1997

Junior Diane Grimaldi takes photos such as these for photography classes. She also does professional portraits as well as freelance photography for the News of Delaware Coµnty and is assistant photogra.phx ·tor of Loquitur. While taking --:h~- tries to capture the inner ~ito~i"':bf her subjects. She feels that wen in the most simple subject there can be a deeper and more profound appeal. These photos are just a few examples of her work.

All photos by Diane Grimaldi

Above: This picture was taken at the nature trail off of King of Prussia Rd. for a photojournalism class during the fall semester of 1996. Photos on the right and below were taken in West Chester for a basic photography class during the spring semester of 1996. These photos were taken to convey beauty in a not so beautiful world.

Above: This photo is of three-year old Sonya Kripke. It is a professional portrait taken just before Christmas in 1996. The top right hand photo is a portrait of Cabrini alumnus Bryan Bonfiglio taken for a basic photography class during the spring semester of 1996. The photo was taken at Valley Forge National Park.

Above: This photo of five-year old Lee Kripke was taken during the same shoot as his sister Sonya. Left: Carol Grimaldi and her dog, Blitz. It was the winning photo in the Cotfeehou ;e Photography Contest 111the 1996 spnng semester.

are the views of the student editorial staff and the

individual writers, not the entire student body or the faculty and administration.

Thursday,March 20, 1997

EDITORIAL

It will make you feel good

Moiphine, codeine, Vicadin, Valium,Xanex, etc... The list goes on and on. These are all synthetic drugs used by people and,prescribedby physiciansfor ailments such as physicalpain or bad nerves.

All of these drugs are potentially addictive,like marijuana, but the difference is that not all of the drugs mentioned are potentiallylethal. Any of the syntheticdrugs above,if taken in a large enough dosage, could kill you.

The odds of doing yourself in from simply smoking or ingestingmarijuanaare about the same as the odds of overdosing on non-electricKool-Aid:nil.

The medical uses for marijuana are numerous. The treatments for many illnesses such as AIDS or cancer are often accompanied by nausea, vomiting and physical pain. Thousandsof individualsstrickenwith these afflictionsand others have reported a more successfulrelief from their devastating pain and discomfortby using marijuanathan any other pain medicine available.

Accordingto "NewsweekMagazine,"48 percentof oncologists, doctors who work specifically with patients who have tumors, said they would prescribe marijuana if they could and 44 percent of them admittedrecommendingit to patients.

The fact that needs to be considered is that marijuanais no more dangerous than many legally controlled substances,yet the federal governmentconsidersit a scheduleone drug, meaning potentiallyaddictivewith no current medical use. So even in states like Arizona and California, where the constituents have approved medical marijuana by referendum, physicians face disciplinaryactionby the federalgovernmentfor acting on the right their state bas given them.

The answer, for the time being, is to classify the drug as schedule two, potentiallyaddictive,but having some accepted medicaluse and have the federalgovernmentregulateit accordingly.

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Nuclear threat

My generation has the same fear as my father's generation, but in a different light. When my father was young and in grade school, they practiced hiding under their desks in fear of nuclear attack. We are in the same situation, we are under nuclear attack. Just like my father's generation, we are naive about what the nuclear threat is. When my father was a child, they told him that they would be safe under nuclear attacks if they hid under the desks at school. They knew little about nuclear bombings. Now we face a nuclear threat and again we are uneducated about it. Nuclear threat is the procedure known as cloning.

In the past few weeks, we have heard talk about the potential cloning of humans in the newspaper and in the workplace. The two cloning breakthroughs that we recently have seen have been the cloning of an adult sheep in Scotland and the cloning of two monkeys in Oregon.

According to the Associated Press, President Clinton has announced that there will be no federal funding towards the research of cloning humans.

Current laws prohibit funding for experimentation of human embryos. This law is subject to expire on Sept. 30. Congress is voting to make this ban permanent.

What our government and its citizens do not realize is that this experiment was not just an experiment to clone animals, but to study the stages of the cell through its development process. For now, we do not have to worry about scientists cloning humans for a long time. When the time comes for human cloning, there will be a legitimate reason for it.

When that time comes, then we can start to question its ethical purposes.

From what I have read and understand about cloning, I do not feel that we have the right to play around with human life. Having attended a Catholic school, I was taught that all man is created equal and man was created in His (God's) divine image. I understand that we want to learn about how things work, but the major question I have with experiments like this is, at what point are we willing to stop?

I have been corning up with the

by Gavin Mirigliani assistant perspectives editor

same questions that I ask with the abortion issue. At what point does conception take place or does it with cloning? Can conception occur in a petri dish or is it from the love of a man and woman in sexual intercourse?

I guess you can say I have old fashioned views. The miracle of child birth is an experience that should be shared with a man and a woman because it is an expression of their love. It should not be shared with a scientist and his colleagues in a laboratory.

There are a lot of things that I am ignorant about, but there is a place in this world where we should stop what we are doing and ask ourselves if what we are doing is right. This is one of those topics where no one can really say there is a right or wrong answer. It all depends on your own personal feelings and beliefs. The only way to do this is by looking into your own heart to tell you what is right and wrong.

I do not know all of the scientific reasons why cloning can benefit this world and I would like to know all of the facts about a subject before I can make a judgment on a topic such as this.

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Family ties

A couple of months ago, I sat down beside my grandmother who was crocheting an afghan that she has been making for the past seven months. It was one of the most beautiful afghans 1 have ever seen her make. My grandmother has been making afghans for decades.

She makes and collects afghans not only becatise of their beaut}. but because of their history and what slie imagines their histor) to he for the people she makes them for. She has one lying on her couch that she made out of left-over yarn.

In one corner. there is a face of a clown and the initials J.C. in blue embroidery and rn the other, a brown horse done in crewe work. When I looked at it. I saw a woman, building it bit by bit and block by block. I sat there listening to her talk about herself and her accomplishments. her disappointments. her children and her grandchildren, and most of all, her life-long dreams.

There is one kind of afghan she calls the family afghan, which emblems our family tree. This is the essential thread that has so often kept the pieces of her own life together, and from time to time kept her from falling apart.

Even though our family is spread out all across the country, this afghan gives her the sense of security. Even though we are not all physically together, we will always be together in each other's hearts. After all, family is forever.

Sometimes I imagine my family in these pieces of bright yarn. The checkered block represents my brother, who lives down South. He called today to ask me about school and to tell me about his new job.

The bits of deep purple represent my cousin, Kelly, who is about to have her first child in the next couple of months. The ed patch represents my uncle Sam, who has just moved into

his wonderful new home. And all throughout the afghan there is a chain linking all of the patterns together and that chain represents my grandmother. I do not get to see my grandmother as often as I would like to. but she makes sure she calls me at least once a month. "Where were you?" she says if she gets my machine, and "Where were you?" I say if I get hers. And when we find one another we move on to gossip and news, soul-searching and support. I can tell her anything. and so can she, but most of the time we do not have to. Most of the time we already know everything we need to know.

I remember my aunt Linda, her be ·t friend Rachel, my grandmother and my greatgrandmother conversing with each other.

I remember as a child, seeing those women in conversation with one another. It was like seeing an iceberg. kno\\-ing that so much was going on, had gone on beneath the surface of that moment, and the years. tears and confidences they had once shared with one another.

Back in the 1970s. my grandmother made my father a Philadelphia Flyers afghan that had the Flyers insignia in black and the rest of the blocks in orange with Bobby Clarke's jersey number in the four corners. One night, my father's friend from work came over to the house and saw it lying on the couch. He fell in love with it the minute he saw it.

This man offered my grandmother $200 for her to make him one, but she said no because it was an original afghan that she only wanted my father to have.

My grandmother had also made a special afghan for me. She gave it to me for my 14th birthday. Boy, was I surprised. My grandmother told me that this afghan was the most challenging one she had ever made

by Stacey Caiazzo photography editor

and the most time consuming. I could tell just by looking at it that she put a lot of time and effort into it.

The afghan consisted of mauve, pink and rose colored flowers that peaked out from the initial base of the afghan so when you laid on it, the flowers would pop back up by themselves. In one corner of the afghan there is a label that says "made especially for you by your lovmg grandmother." I thought it was the cutest thing I have ever seen. This afghan still lays upon my bed at home an<l probably will until the yarn i!> upon its last string.

The afghan my grandmother was making when I saw her last is finally finished. It was hard for her to determine what to crotchet for my cousin Kelly's new baby since she did not know if it was going to be a boy or girl. So she decided to play it safe and went with different color stars as a pattern.

My grandmother told me that someday she will be making an afghan for my baby. Sometimes I think she likes to crotchet just to pass the time, but other times I think she does it because she wants to give us something that we will always remember her by.

Piece by piece, she crochets the world together into something that I will cherish forever, something which I can cover myself with against the cold and lonely nights.

I do not know what in the world I would do without her, for advice, for comfort, for simply knowing that there is someone out there who knows me as I am, and loves me despite and because of it.

What I do know is that I do not need an afghan to remind me of my grandmother, because she is the type of person that has left a permanent mark close to my heart forever and I will never forget her.

Whoisyour favoritecartoon characterandwhy?

Matt Moore. continuing education: Zonker from Doonsbury because he is laid back and mellow and hasn't grown up yet.

Mary Lou Achacoso, a fust-year student: Smurfette, because she 1s small and people used to call me Smurfette. She is a confident female in a male-dominated society.

Shronda Smalls. a first-year student: Pepe le Pue. he's a love god and he likes to make other cartoons his love slaves.

Lyndi Paladino, a junior: Hank from King of the Hill. because he could do a 30-minute show on constipation and not be boring.

Marc Palumbo, a sophomore: Wacko from Anamaniacs, I just like him because he's the craziest cartoon character I've ever seen. He's nuts.

Sam Vasiliades. mailroom manager: Charlie Brown, he gives you a little bit of what life is all about.

A weekend of realization for emerging leaders

As the city skyline began to vanish out of sight, the vans began to head toward our destination. Upon departure, we were headed for the Jersey shore, but after participating in this adventure, a new destination became apparent. Not one of physical location, but one of . limitless potential for the future.

On Jan. 31, 21 students boarded vans for a free weekend away from the hustle and bustle of campus life. This particular group of students consisted of volunteers. Some came for curiosity, others for hope of one day landing a good job and others to hopefully meet new people with similar views and ideas. Unbeknownst to us, we were just pawns in the game we were getting ready to partake in.

Our skillful leaders, Andrew

King and Emma Legge, had an eventful night and day already planned. Our first evening had a specific agenda of getting the students to break down the barriers each had set up when encountering new people.

Each student stated their name, favorite color, car they could most identify with and specific fictional character with whom they identified.

As the group began to speak, the overall theme was BMWs, sports cars and cartoon characters. This broke the ice. We then began to laugh and joke and the tension that was once thicker than the Chicago fog, began to dissipate and even disappear. The next piece of our puzzle was laid before our eyes, a test not of acquired knowledge, but of personality traits and behavior.

The results produced new meanings to old terms. Like extrovert, introvert, feeler, thinker, judge, intellect and intuition. These labels are placed upon us early in life and we do not know what they mean. But sitting in the room, it was like a giant light bulb lit up for the first time. For the first time in our young lives we were something other than someone's label board. This exercise taught us what our skills are.

For example, a judge was someone who saw that everything had an end to a beginning.

The students began to see that these labels were not bad and could actually be used towards something good. I learned that being extroverted meant that I intend to use the energy of others in order to get things done.

Morereactionto printingol hatemail

I am incensed by the letter to the editor that you chose to run in the Feb. 20 edition of Loquitur.

Why did you use the pages that should be expressing the views of Cabrini students to print such hateful propaganda from an anonymous ignorant bigot in another state?

I found it to be especially disturbing that this article is being printed at the same time that a large forum was being held where international and minority Cabrini students discuss their very

real, ugly encounters on this campus with the behavior that is fostered by such distorted rhetoric.

Your printing of the article and the malicious acts of prejudice experienced by students at the forum make me question where the spirit of Mother Cabrini and the respect for one another that make up this college's mission have gone. It has become very uncomfortable to be a member of any minority group on this campus.

Janet G. Shoemaker, M.Ed.

Corrections Box

0 In the March 13, edition of the Loquitur, the Public Safety Report contained an entry titled "Littering." The van in the report was a fan bus, and did not contain the men's basket ball team.

0 In the March 13 edition of Loquitur, in the article "Changing with the times," part one in the series "Shaping the Future of a College," the name of Laurie Turns, director of admissions was misspelled in the photo caption of the photo that ran alongside the story.

We regret the error.

As our weekend progressed we became more curious, and the more curious we got, the more friendly we became.

The group was also introduced to other situations. We learned conflict mediation and we were picked for an argument that we had to solve. It was a very amusing situation now that I can sit back and think about it. At the time, it was exciting to see the range of emotions and feelings in the room. It began with anger, excitement, frustration, misunderstanding, defense and finally resolve which Jed to solutions.

We learned that behind every impressionable student, there is a leader waiting to emerge. We saw that not everyone is a leader, but when working together we can make things happen.

The leader just happens to be able to take other's strengths and weaknesses to complete a task, run a business, run a hospital or lead a nation. The tools we were taught to use this weekend put us in a position to do any or all of the above. The most interesting thing was the fact that in the beginning, we were just a group of 21 students, but in the end we were united and our destination became apparent.

The trip we took will lead us down the paths that would make us tomorrow's leaders. As one of 21 students, I realized my potential. I encourage everyone to partake in this journey because you never know one's potential until you go looking for it.

Mike Bergels, first-year student

Loquitur 1s established as a forum for student expression and as a voice in the uninhibited, robust, free and open discussion of issues.

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So what is all the fuss about?

Surely, no one with half of a brain would believe any of the drivel in what's her name's letter- let alone anyonelike a liberallyeducated student at Cabrini College. I am loatheto even respondto such ignorance, but I am quite curious. What reason could the editorialstaff have had in mind to publish such a Jetter?

If the intent was to stir up controversy-at least print somethingthat is worthy of refuting or arguingabout. I think you shouldhave left that lady and her twaddle in misery. ( or was that Missouri?)

Carol Serotta, mathematicsdepartmentchair

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Whiletheirrivalsrestock,Flyersdodiddlyat deadline

by Bill Matoney assistantsports editor

You heard the rumors. And after this past Tuesday's trade deadline, they remained just that: rumors.

The Philadelphia Flyers, who were suppose to pick up defenseman Jamie Macoun and goalie Felix Potvin from the Toronto Maple Leafs, Luke Richardson from the Edmonton Oilers, or Vancouver Canuck Kirk McLean, did basically nothing.

In a minor deal. the Fly-boys traded their seventh round draft choice this year to the Canucks for defenseman Frantisek Kucera.

Who, you might ask? Frankie Kucera is a veteran defenseman that has played two games with the cellar dweller Canucks.

He is worth about that, a seventh round pick.

While teams like the Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers and Washington Capitals made recent move. this

week to better their Stanley Cup chances, the Flyers transaction report was basically blank.

Florida made a last minute deal with Toronto landing Kirk Muller, improving their scoring and already aggressive style. Muller, who is 31 years old, has 20 goals and 17 assists, which helps the injury prone Panthers a lot.

In return the Leafs got prospect Jason Podollan.

New Jersey made no more deals, but none were 'particularly needed after landing Doug Gilmour and Dave Ellett from the Maple Leafs a couple weeks ago.

Ditto the Capitals, who received Adam Oats, Rick Tocchet and Bill Ranford recently from the Boston Bruins.

The Rangers improved their scoring and grit by trading with Vancouver earlier last week, receiving Esa Tikkanen and Russ Courtnall.

Toronto continued to house clean as- they shipped out reliable defenseman Larry Murphy to the

Detroit Red Wings for cash.

In other deadline deals, the Pittsburgh Penguins picked up big right winger, Roman Oksiuta, from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and veteran scorer Ed Olczyk from the L.A. Kings.

The Montreal Canadiens and Phoenix Coyotes swapped hard hitting defensemen, with Dave "Chuck" Manson moving to Les Canadiens for Murray Baron and right wing Chris Murray. Murrny was then sent to the Hartford Whalers for rugged defenseman Gerald Diduck.

The New York Islanders acquired veteran scoring center Robert Reichel from the Calgary Flames for left winger Marty Mclnnis, a minor league goalie and a 1997 sixth-round pick.

The Buffalo Sabres upped their goal scoring ability by acquiring 22-year-old left winger Miroslav Satan from Edmonton for two minor league players.

So what it comes down to is this. General Manager Bobby

Clarke and the Flyers sat and watched as prnctically every other Cup contending team in the league improved themselves.

Frank Kucera is the wound. The salt that is sprinkled on top is the fact that every player mentioned previously could have, and most likely would have, improved the orange and black attack.

Muller, who would look tremendous between Rod Brind'Amour and Trent Klatt, went to Florida for a song and a dance. Florida gave up Jason Podollan for Muller. Couldn't Clarke top that?

Olczyk, a sniper, scored 21 goals on an awful Kings team. The Pens gave up mucker Glen Murray. Wouldn't the Kings prefer Shjon Podein?

Manson, Diduck and formerFlyer Baron, would have done wonders for Philadelphia in comparison to Kucera.

Chris Murray, Reichel, Mcinnis and especially Satan would have been tremendous second line assets for Philly. But instead they go to

other teams in the conference.

I personally have nothing against Frank Kucera, or the seventh round pick we gave up for him, but does GM Clarke honestly think that this is the missing piece of the puzzle?

Out of these I 6 deals made on the deadline, the Flyers made one of them.

One. Uno. Solo. Un. Zool. A An. Only. Solitary. Lone.

For those of you keeping track, that is one-half the amount of games Frank Kucern played for the Western Conference's tenth best team, the Canucks.

Granted the Flyers need veteran defensive help since Kjell Samuclsson went down, but there are more pressing needs.

Eastern Conference rivals Florida, Washington, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Montreal, Hartford, Buffalo and the Rangers met their needs.

It now seems that the balance of power has shifted in the Eastern Conference.

Cavs capture first victory of the season

After jumping out to an early 9-4 lead, the men's lacrosse team saw their lead diminish as Lycoming College cut the score to 11-10. However, the Cavs responded by scoring two goals for a 13-10 victory which evened their record at 1-1.

by Ron D'Orazio staff writer senior Kevin Camp.

After a loss in their first game the men's lacrosse team came back to win their second game, 13-10, over visiting Lycoming.

Coach Pat Scarpello's squad, boosted by a very quick start, beat Lycoming at home on Wednesday, March 12.

The Cavaliers came out after the' opening whistle and played a physical and aggressive opening quarter by throwing two or three hard body checks that forced turnovers and brought the home crowd to life.

The crowd became more excited after Cavalier attacker senior captain Joe Collins scored two goals in the first three minutes to open the game.

The defense of the Cavaliers was stingy during the opening half. They did not allow Lycoming attackers to have many solid scoring chances on goalie

Camp played well, making three solid saves with the shooter standing right in front of the net.

The defense protected Camp using stick-checking and man-to-man coverage in front of their net to hold off much of the Lycoming attack during the first half.

Turnovers that the Cavalier defense caused combined with coverage miscues by Lycoming's defense led to a fast start for the Cavalier offense, Collins pumped in five of his seven total tallies in the first half.

Collin's production was aided by junior mid-fielder Phil Gagliardi, who chipped in a goal and four assists in the first half.

At the end of the first half, the game looked like it would end in a blowout as the Cavs led, 9-4.

Lycoming's favor. Lycoming came out with fire and cut the Cavalier lead to 97 before Collins scored again to increase the Cavs lead back to three goals.

Lycoming's defense began to tighten and their physical play started to show, as the Cavaliers began to tum the ball over.

The Cavaliers experienced some foul trouble during the course of the game, including the reception of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for illegal celebration.

This foul came after junior attacker Brian Bugey scored in the first half and swung his stick in the air.

Their penalty troubles continued into the second half. Lycoming received several man-advantages, one of which they were able to capitalize on and close the gap between themselves and the Cavaliers to a one goal lead of 11-10 early in the last quarter.

The start of the second half began like the first half, but this time it was in Cabrini closed out the last quarter of

the contest with two insurance goals by junior mid-fielder Mike Friel. Along with his game winning tally, Friel completed a hat trick to go along with an assist.

The offense and Friel received help from Gagliardi who finished with a goal and a game high of six assists.

After the win, Bugey said, "The team got off to a quick start. We never lost our confidence and we kept a good edge."

Scarpello said Lycoming played a very good game for only being a firstyear program.

The Cavaliers played well under pressure and displayed poise in holding off Lycoming at the end, Scarpello said.

He wants the team to try and use the win as a building block in gaining momentum for the remainder of the season.

"The season should continue to go well if the team can stay out of penalty trouble," Scarpello said.

MarchMadnesslivesuptoitsnamewhentopseedsfall

by Jim Martin sports editor

St. Joseph's continues on while Villanova can only watch.

The craziness lives on.

Critics who have argued that the National Collegiate Athlettc Association tournament should consist of the top 64 teams in the nation instead of taking some tt?ams from less superior leagues have had their arguments blow up in their face this weekend.

Only the NCAA tournament would have Duke watching the tournament next weekend while Tennessee-Chatanooga _goes against Providence.

In a weekend full of upsets, many people saw their office pools go up in flames.

The four No. 1 seeds all survived the first two rounds, but they still had their troubles.

Fairfield University, who won their conference tournament despite t)le fact they finished in eighth place during the regular season, led North Carolina at halftime of their first-round game.

Fairfield continued to lead until the last couple minutes of the game, when North Carolina's superior talent took over.

This was another game that proved the beauty of the NCAA tournament.

Tennessee-Chatanooga has been the Cinderella story of this tournament.

They jumped out to a huge lead in their first-round matchup against Georgia and held on for a victory.

Many people. including myself, probably figured that UTC had the game of their life against Illinois and would lose in the second round to IUinois.

• H o w e v e r, T e n n e s .s e eChatanooga, showed what makes the tournament so special by rallying in the final 10 min_utes of the game to def~at Illinois.

Among the other upsets were number two seed South Carolina falling to Coppin· State. South Carolina w~s one of the top teams this season; but they lost by 13 points against .Coppin

State.

Duke, looking to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in three years, fell to a Providence team that was too physical for Duke to handle.

As for our local teams, St. Joseph's is the only team going to the Sweet 16.

If someone had told me before the season that St. Joe's would have made the NCAA tournament, I wou_ld have thought they were crazy.

However, St. Joe's now finds itself in the Sweet 16, where they will face mighty Kentucky.

The Hawks have been a major surprise this season. Everybody knew they had terrific guards but nobody figured they would be . this good, because of their lack of an inside game.

Everybody thought the Hawks were a fluke in the beginning of the season, but not anymore.

St. Joe'~ started their tournament by defeating Pacific University.

Their second round game

against Boston College was typical of the Hawks season. St. Joe's trailed Boston College by 10 points with less than 10 minutes left in the game.

Then they went on a huge run • to take a four point lead with less than a minute remaining.

Just when St. Joe's fans thought they could breathe easy, the Hawks decided to give them another heart attack by blowing the lead.

However, the Hawks regrouped in overtime and went on for an 81- 77 victory, in a game where they launched 43 incredible three-pointers.

On the· opposite side of 'the spectrum are the Vill.anova Wildcats.

There is little doubt that Villanova bas more talented • players than St. Joe's, but for the third year in a row, the Wildcats choked in the NCAA tournament.

Villanova was.supposed to be one of the best teams in the nation this season with sel)iots Alvin Wilt'iams and Jason

Lawson and with freshman sensation Tim Thomas leading the way.

However, Villanova was a major disappointment all season. They fell to California University, a team that was less talented than Villanova, but had much more heart.

If Villanova had as much heart as St. Joe's, then they probably would still be playing today.

Temple University thrashed Mississippi in the Opening round before falling to number one seed Minnesota. •

As March Madness continues this week, many more upsets are sure to follow.

Upsets are what the tournament is ·all about.• Teams come out of nowhere and capture your heart as they play the role of David taking on Goliath.

Tennessee-Chatanooga and St. Joe's will be in action this week while Duke and Villanova can only watch.

March madness continues.

Part five of a five-part series on health & fitness

Area gyms provide pricey alternative

Students who think Cabrini's workout facilities are inadequate are turning to area gyms to fill the void. The benefits are better facilities. The big drawback is price.

by Michelle Burns and Paul Moser assistant features editor and assistant sports editor

You look at yourself in the mirror and see those little imperfections in your body. After worrying about your appearance, you seek a way to lose the weight. The solution to correct those imperfections of fat, for many people, is to join a gym. Pick one, they are all over the place. Fitness, is an issue that can plague college students. The question of where to go comes up frequently.

There are many different environments in which one can work out. Fortunately for students around the Main Line, there are many health clubs in which one can work out to get into shape. There are many places to choose from. It is just a matter of finding the right place.

Sophomore Neel Daphtary has found that place in Hally's Women's Softball

MARCH

20 Swarthmore 3:30 p.m.

22 Wesley College (DH) 3 p.m.

24 at Allentown (DH) 3 p.m.

25 Phil a College of Textile 3 p.m.

APRIL

1 Rosemont College (DH) 3 p.m.

3 Beaver College (DH) 3 p.m.

5 at Alvernia College (DH) I p.m.

7 Neumann College (DH) 3 p.m.

9 at Chestnut Hill 4 p.m.

17 at Misericordia (DH) 3 p.m.

19 at Immaculata (DH) 1 p.m.

22 Rowan College (DH) 3 p.m.

Holiday Fitness. Daphtary is very happy with the services Baily's has to offer. ·'I love Hally's. It's a great place for a great price. The Hally's in King of Prussia is really good because of its three floors of facilities," Daphtary said.

Although Cabrini has workout machines, many students feel Cabrini facilities are pale in comparison to health clubs such as Baily's.

However, as is often the case with college students, the prices to belong to a gym are sometimes too expensive for a typical college student to afford.

Senior Joseph Morris, who said he is looking to join a gym after he graduates, said he looked into joining a gym when he was a sophomore, but could not afford it.

Morris also said he thinks the school should have better facilities so students who want to work out will not have to join a gym.

Women's Lacrosse MARCH

19 at Beaver College 4p.m. 22 at Cedar Crest 1p.m.

24 Eastern College 4p.m.

APRIL

5 Cedar Crest College 1 p.m.

7 at Gwynedd-Mercy 4 p.m.

10 at Eastern College 4 p.m.

12 Bryn Mawr College 1 p.m.

15 at Phila College of Textiles

17 Beaver College 4 p.m.

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For those students who are interested in joining a local gym, here are a couple of possibilitites:

Main Line Health & Fitness

Travel time: 10 minutes

Location: 931 Haverford Rd., Bryn Mawr

Cost: Full-time student membership: $600 a year, 3 month membership: $275

Regular membership: $650 a year

Trial workout with trainer for one day: $35

Equipment available: Free weights, nautilus, 100 pieces of Cardio Vask, a Cardio room with treadmills, stair-climbers. bikes, cross-rowing machines, and others.

With membership, a personal trainer will help you in your first three or four visits to set set up a personalized program that you can follow every day.

Tours available for free.

Men's Tennis MARCH

For more information call (610) 527-2200

Upper Main Line YMCA

Travel time: 15-20 minutes

Location: 1416 Berwyn-Paoli

Rd., Berwyn

Cost: Adult monthly: $35

Family monthly: $58

Senior monthly: $27

Youth rate for three months: $195

College rate for three months: $130

Equipment available: Aerobic equipment, Nordic Track, free weight room, two indoor pools, an outdoor heated pool, youth pool, family 20 yard pool, squash courts, racquetball courts, and a gymnasium.

Classes: Classes change every eighth weeks. Currently there are tone, aero dance, women's body shaping, cross training, and power pump.

In-line skating, physical therapy classes and swimming Men's Lacrosse

MARCH 19

APRIL

3 p.m.

lessons offered.

Leagues: Currently, indoor soccer and basketball. For the spring soccer and T-ball leagues forming.

For more information call < (610) 647-9622

Baily's Holiday Fitness

Travel Time: 10-15 minutes

Location: 256 Mall Blvd., King of Prussia

Cost: $30-$35 a month

Equipment available: Aerobic equipment, mirror pools, body building equipment, freeweights and racquetball courts.

Classes: Aerobic classes are held. Also, you will be given a personal trainer for the first few weeks to set up an exercise program that suits your needs.

All staff are certified trainers. Everything is included in the monthly fee.

For more information call (610) 768-0710.

Track and Field

MARCH

22 Emory College Invitational lOa.m.

29 College of New Jersey Invitational 10 a.m.

5 Swarthmore College Invitational 10 a.m.

6 Montclair State Invitationall0 a.m.

12 Columbus University Relays IOa.m.

19 Phila Metropolitan Championship 10 a.m.

24-26 Penn Relays TBA

26 Moravian College Invitational 10 a.m.

MAY

3 Lincoln College Invitational IO a.m.

by Jason Jungreis assistant sports editor

The Lady Cavalier's Lacrosse team opened their inaugural National Collegiate Athletic Association Di vision III season with a 13- JO victory over Widener University.

The first half of the game was really about who could score next.

After scoring the first goal in the game, the Cavs found themselves down 4-1. The team then managed to come back and cut the deficit to two going into the half 6-4.

"Coach didn't really say anything out of the ordinary to get us fired up for the second half," said sophomore Lesley Kerrigan. '·We just knew what we had to do and we went out there and ex-:cuted.''

Halftime seemed to be the I' key for the Lady Cavs. They came out with a new fire in the second half, scoring four consecutive goals to take an 8-6 lead.

Sophomore Jessie Valerio scored the game tying goal with a blast that went right under the '-" goalie·, arm.

Sophomore Mandy Seeds gave the Lady Cavs the lead with a low spinning shot that streaked by the goalie's legs.

"\Ve needed to get off to a good start in the second half and ~core some goals." Seeds said. "Getting goals right off the bat really gets your confidence up "nd improves your playing."

From that point on. it was all blue and white.

Sophomores Valerio. Kerrigan and junior Donna Falcone all scored three goals for the Lady Cavs.

First-year student, Merrie Lewis scored two goals. Seeds added one goal and junior Carrie Borish scored the final goal at the buzzer to seal the victory for the Lady Cavs.

First-year starters, Lewis and first-year student Gilda Zoccola. have emerged as powerful additions, along with first-

Ladylaxopensseasonwitha victory

After trailing at half-time, 6-4, the Lady Cavs battled back to take an 8-6 lead. They held on for a 1310 victory. to give them a victory in their season opener.

year student Angela Cooper, who is coming off the bench.

"I thought that we were nervous in the first half." said Zoccola. "We really turned it around in the second half and started to play like the team that we are. I think we have a Jot of potential as a team and that we could definitely contend for the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference championship."

"I think that we played really welJ," said Lewis. "As a freshman I didn't know what to expect, but I love the girls on the team and the coaches are great."

"If we play consistently up to our potential, we should continue to win and not suffer senous losses," said junior Theresa McFadden

The Lady Cavs prepared for their season hy taking a pre season trip to Florida for lacrosse training.

While playing other colleges and umversities, the players alJ agreed the team seemed to gel and become more aware of each others capabilities.

"Being in Florida really

helped us bond as a team because we got to play different schools and it really improved our confidence," said junior Jamie Paul. "You can definitely see a whole improvement throughout the team,"

With the strategic offensive and defensive coordination and the tremendous goaltending of senior Stephanie Casinelli, the Lady Cavs definitely looked like they will be a serious contender for the PAC championship.

The Lady Cavs goal is to make it to the PAC championships and then aim for the title.

With Beaver College being the defending PAC champions, Cabrini will have quite a serious road to the top.

The Lady Cavs next six games are PAC games. The team \Vants to make it through that stretch with a winning record.

I thrnk we have a lot to look forward to," said Paul. "We have what it takes to be number one, but we just have to keep a strong head on our shoulder~."

photo by Beth Molloy

First-year player Merrie Lewis chases a Widener player in the Lady Cavs' season opening 13-1O victory on Thursday, March 13. Lewis scored two goals in the game.

photo by Beth Molloy

Sophomore Mandy Seeds and junior Jamie Paul take the ball downfield in the Lady Cavs' 13-10 victory over Widener University. Seeds scored one goal for the woman's lacrosse team in the game. After being a club team last year, the women's lacrosse team is now an NCAA Division Ill team and a member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference.