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by Bill Matoney assistant sports editor

This past Friday night, April 4, Cabrini held the annual Spring formal at the Valley Forge Hilton. No incidents were reported until the end of the evening, when a reported altercation took place involving Cabrini students, guests of students and a security guard representing the Hilton.

Sources state that while students exited the dance, the fight broke out in the hall of the hotel, between Cabrini students and friends of other Cabrini students.

Numerous security guards broke up the skirmish and forced everybody outside, where the fight resurfaced. The motive for the fight is unclear.

Only one security guard was found outside during the fight. Eventually, more security guards came out and helped disperse the crowd. Radnor Police was summoned to the hotel. No arrests were made.

Junior Colleen Adair, who is a resident assistant of House two, was struck during the incident.

"Once again we found a relationship with off-campus visitors, invited by our students, that resulted in serious problems," said Dr. Robert Bonfiglio, vice president for student development.

Earlier in the evening a reported prank was to take place, which involved Cabrini students hiring a formal, which was held on Friday, April 4. male dancer to strip for college President Dr. Antoinette Iadarola.

The prank was scheduledfor the senior dinner, according to sources.

Several students confirmed the prank, but spoke on the condition of anonymity. "'The stripper was here and ready to go, the only problem is our president declined to appear," said one student involved in the prank, who was nicknamed"Fuzzy."

The students said they hired the stripper and split the bill and tip, which cost them $150 or about $15 each.

''It would have been worth the

Poet, activist Ginsburg dies

by Dave Jurkiewicz assistant perspectives editor

On April 5 at 2:39 a.m. the voice of the "Beat Generation" fell silent.

Allen Ginsburg, 70, died of a heart attack as a complication from inoperable liver cancer. Ginsburg. the radical poet considered to be the father of the "Beat Generation," was the first mainstream homosexual poet and a constant countercultural icon. Ginsburg's poetry was inspired by a wide range of religious beliefs; friends such as Jack Kerouac and Timothy Leary; his father, a conservative high school English teacher; and his mother, a Marxist who died in a mental institution.

money, and it would have blown the port-a-potty prank away," said another cohort, nicknamed "agent 088 Fingers."

According to Bonfiglio, Iadarola failed to show up due to an "early flight to Chicago" the next morning. "She was thoroughly exhausted," said Penny Becht, executive assistant to the president.

Iadarola hoped the students "wouldn't mind" her absence.

"Yeah, l minded. Yet again, Iadarola cost me money on something that I'll never see," "agent 088 Fingers" said.

Later in his life, Ginsburg moved beyond poetry and became a religious and politicai activist. He worked for the legalization of marijuana and coined the phrase "flower power." Ginsburg's activism led to the opening of an FBI file by J. Edgar Hoover after he publicly protested the Vietnam War in 1967 and teargassed the Democratic National Convention in 1968. He continued to be an active voice in the world until his death.