VoL.:XLIV, No. 1
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MTV Music Video Awards Preview.
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New women's ath1etic director comes to Cabrini.
Tul.JRSDAY,SEPTEMBER 4, 1997
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New faces on campus
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Diana's tragic demise leaves many in mourning.
RADNOR, PA 19087
Lack of housing on campus has forced Cabrini to send 150 students to live at Harcum College.
See story on pg 3.
photo by Stacey Caiazzo
Familiar faces on a not-sofamiliar campus filled the mansion lawn at the Faculty and the Faculty Alumni Picnic on Sunday, July 27.
"Oh my God. It is so good to see you," filled the air as family and friends ate, drank and reminisced about Cabrini College.
One hundred and fifty prepaid guests mingled on the mansion lawn as the sun blazed down H~wever, just a couple of hundred yards away, Cabrini's once-wooded area contained a site for new apartment buildings. And a little farther down the road a new athletic building was running its course of construction.
But the development of the campus was welcomed instead of ridic1,Iled.
In fact, Nancy Costello, special assistant to the president for mission integration, was very pleased with the construction as she reminisced about the 110 first-year students at the orientation earlier that week.
Emma Legge, director of student activities, interjected, "This one was not as big as the first."
Construction and the largest first-year class were topics for discussion, especially with Dr. Antoinette Iadarola, president of Cabrini.
"Everything is on time and everything is on budget," Iadarola said.
In fact, Iadarola has even worked with designers during
the summer to restructure the gym to create more classroom space for the growing number of students the college has and is currently recruiting.
•However. the problem of overcrowding is not yet solved. Many first-year students must reside at Harcum College for the first semester due to the largest incoming first-year student class ever to enter Cabrini.
Iadarola said the only thing that can be done is to honor the time line for the apartment building in order for students to return to Cabrini's campus in the spring semester.
A community of friends and colleagues gathered on a sunny day in July to reunite and enjoy the fun, food and games on a growing campus.
Yet, according to Iadarola, Cabrini's growth into a regional college will not have an effect on the community spirit of a once small and mainly local place of education.
"It is planned growth. We are becoming more popular. Many more people want to get in,» Iadarola said.
In fact, Iadarola said more faculty were hired to keep the student-teacher ratio and also the growth of students will hopefully increase the attendance of activities this year.
"It's the spirit that makes it a community," Iadarola said.
According to Margaret Corcoran, special events coordinator and community liaison, the fun factor for the college is going up for the coming year.
by Erin E. McHugh features editor
Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris early Sunday morning. She and her companion, Dodi al-Fayed, were aJlegedly being chased by the • paparazzi when their car, a blue Mercedes 600, went out of control in a tunnel near the Seine River.
It was later discovered that the driver, identified as Henri Paul, was found to be three times the legal limit.
His blood-alcohol content was 0.175, according to a judicial source.
Princess Diana died at 4 a.m.-Paris time, after going into cardiac arrest.
At 36 years old, Princess Diana left behind two sons, William and Harry.
Diana was known to be the most photographed woman of the world. Just days before the accident she talked about leaving England because of the hounding media.
She told the French newspaper that "the press is ferocious", that it forgives nothing and is only hunting for mistakes.
Princess Diana spent most of
her royal life in the eye of the press. She was photographed at the gym, picking up her sons from school and even driving in her car.
It was a constant fight to have a moment without the flashes of cameras in her vision.
Princes Diana and Dodi alFayed were seen leaving the Rit~ Hotel with his bodyguard and a driver from the hotel just before the accident.
They left through the back door, hoping to sneak away from the photographers. They even left her car and took a hotel car.
The car was being pursued by several photographers on motorcycles just before it flew out of control and hit a cement piling in the tunnel.
According to a news report on CNN the moment after the accident photographers were seen taking pictures of the crash and hesitating on the rescue of the victims.
The seven paparazzi photographers were taken custody after the accident. Twenty rolls of film were confiscated from the photographers to determine if they were truly the cause of the accident that killed the
Princess, her companion, Dodi al-Fayed and the driver.
The paparazzi photographers could face charges of manslaughter and of breaking France's "Good Samaritan" law, which requires bystanders to help anyone in danger.
Until now, the primary focus in the investigation of the death of Princess Diana, Fayed and Paul was due to the paparazzi. But now, the police are led to believe that Paul was driving while intoxicated.
"Under the French law, driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.05 is considered a misdemeanor while a 0.08 level is considered a greater offense.
Most American states use 0.10 as the level at which a driver is too intoxicated to operate a motor vehicle, although some use 0.08," according to the "Philadelphia Inquirer", Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1997.
Prince Charles was notified of his ex-wife's death while vacationing with their sons in Scotland.
The Prince of Whales flew to Paris on Sunday with Diana's two sisters and brought her body home to Britain.
Princess Diana left behind many unforgettable memories
Corcoran, coordinator of the picnic, successfully demonstrated her plans with the faculty picnic.
Children searching for candy in a candy hunt, faculty tossing water balloons playfully in the water balloon toss and even a group picture with the mansion as a backdrop, were just a few highlights of the friendly yet hot atmosphere.
However, the heat did not intrude on the community spirit.
In the words of Sister Ursula Infante when asked about the weather, "We take the cold. So we take the heat."
Even though the college was under construction with the sun blaring down from a cloudless sky, oveT 150 guests emphasized their community spirit.
.Most memorable were the Fairy-tale wedding in 1981, the well reported separation between the two in· 1992 and their divorce in 1996.
After the divorce Princess Diana still held the hearts of those who loved her.
She helped with charities, and was currently working on a cause to end land mines in Bosnia.
She seemed to have control of her life and even brought some of that old fairy tale back with her new boyfriend.
Diana was the most photographed woman of the world, she was in the public eye, even when she tried her best not to be.
Princess Diana's funeral is open to anyone wishing to attend and will take place on Saturday, Sept. 6, 1997 at 11 a.m. in Westminster Abbey. She will have a horse drawn carriage carrying her coffin.
According to staff writer, Fawn Vrazo, for the "Philadelphia Inquirer", "The fact. that her funeral will be conducted at Westminster Abbey says, more than anything else, that Diana , in death, has been welcomed back into the royal fold."
During the weeks of September 4 - September 10
THURSDAY
0 Classes begin
- On Thursday, September 4, 1997, there will be an Opening Liturgy given by Campus Ministry. Classes will allow all students to attend.
- Following the mass is a Campus wide picnic on the commons for everyone to enjoy, from 121: 15 p.m.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY
0 Welcome Weekend
Join the CAP Board in welcoming back the campus community for the 1997-98 school ear.
Beginning this semester. 50 resident students will be starting the year off at Harcum College. This is because of the Jack of living accommodations at Cabrini.
This years incoming class consists of 455 new students. Out of the 455 student 302 of them are re"sidents.
This influx of new residents has posed a problem for the administration. There is not enough space on campus to provide for all of the students, until the apartments are finished being built.
Cabrini, in the past, has mostly been a commuter school. This is because of the convenient location of the school. New residents were welcomed to campus because of the construction of the apartments.
Unfortunately, they are not ready in time for the beginning of the fall semester.
Cabrini administration attempted to solve this problem during the spring semester by offering any student who paid their housing deposit $2,000 to live at home. Only 15 students accepted this offer. Lack of interest in the
money left Cabrini short of room on campus. To accommodate the 300 new residents Cabrini renovated Sullivan House, creating new bedrooms in the basement, along with converting many of the lounges in the other dorm's into rooms for the ·students.
Woodcrest, formally doubles with only 12 friples, now has 30 triples throughout. the building to create more space. Also, both study lounges on the second and third floors have been converted into triples in order to create more room on campus. Occupancy rooms have also been added to Xavier Hall to make extra room on campus.
Cabrini has housed students at Kingswood Apartments since the fall of 1994. This semester the apartments will once again.house Cabrini students.
stay in Kings wood Apartments
were given a $ 100 credit and a IO-meal plan to live there.
This year 59 students will reside in the Kingswood Apartments.
The 300 students staying at Harcum College will be living in Klein Hall. A meal plan is provided to the students that allows them to eat both at
Cabrini and Harcum.
Klein Hall will be run separate from the rest of Harcum's campus. Cabrini is providing public safety, resident assistants and a resident director for the hall.
Students living at Harcum and Kingswood will be provided with a shuttle bus back and
forth to Cabrini. The students are scheduled to live at Harcum for the rest of this semester.
In January, when construction is planned to be finished, new students will be offered traditional living arrangements on campus, while the more mature student will be offered rooms in
the apartment complex. The students living on the Harcum campus were not all enthusiastic about their given living arrangements. Their feelings are that they are glad they only have to live there for one semester and they can move back to Cabrini's ca,npus in the spring.
Knowing ['m powerless over people, places and things doesn't mean I'm not a powerful person. Ir just means I'm beginning to show some good sense.
-Anonymous
You don't find love, love finds you.
-Anonymous
What if life is a joke and we -don't get it? Or what if life is a joke and we get it?
One thing is certain: when we become too serious about ourself and life, we may miss how funny we are.
-Anonymous
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
-Will Rogers
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
-Gilbert K. Chesterton
We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.
-Virginia Satir
Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other - it doesn't matter who it is - and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.
- Motber Teresa
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
-Henry Ford
Love is a wonderful thing. You never have to take it away from one person to give it to another. There's always more than enough to go around.
-Pamela J. deRoy
08/27
Biggest party school title goes to West Virginia University
West Vrrginia University has proven to be the No. 1 party school in the country, according to an annual survey conducted by Random House guidebook. Students, alumni and staff say this title is undeserved by WVU and that the school has really changed in the past 10 to five years.
Certain students say the new reign could be damaging to the university's reputation for prospective students. Rachel Welsh, the student president at the University of West Vrrginia, says being named the nation's top party school is also inaccurate.
08/30
47 dead in Algeria attacks
47 people died in Algeria when attackers went berserk, people of the yillage said. In October, municipal elections are to occur
and also President Liamine Zeroual made announcements of trying to beat the Islamic insmgency. This is to be believed as the worst massacre in five years.
Algeria's military government promises that things are under control now after nearly 1,500 people total have been killed since early June when the government held elections without the fundamentalists' input.
:l 8/30
Husband , vs. wife in antismoking lawsuit
A Chicago man, retired Col. Richard J. Thomas is suing his wife, Sally, for smoking, declaring that the second-hand smoke is a cancer-causingpollutant under the _ Federal Clean Air Act. The reason for the lawsuit is, according to Thomas, he loves his wife and would drop the suit if she stops smoking.
Environmental tobacco smoke is not covered under the Federal Clean Air Act, though, according to Phillipa Cannon of the
Environmental Protection Agency's Chicago office.
09/1
Belfast Rioting
In Belfast, Northern Ireland, early this morning, about 100 people started rioting by throwing gasoline bombs at p.olice, who reacted by firing off the same amount of plastic bullets.
It was believed that the motive for the rioting was to protest the arrest of a neighborhood man, last week, on the presumption that the man was engaged in terrorist activity. The altercation did not affect the British Government's decision to invite the IRA's political wing, Sinn Fein, to take part in peace pledges for the first time next month.
09/2
Miami Post Office Shooting
Jesus Antonio Tamayo, 65 , critically wounded his ex-wife and a friend before turning the gun on hinlself in a post office shooting September 2, 1997.
Incidents reported by public safety during the dates from Aug. 20-Sept. 2.
0 Wild Animal Intrusion
8/20
Public safety responded to a call in the Mansion regarding a bat flying around the living room area on August 20, 1997 around I 0:00 p.m. Public safety secured the area.
0 Theft 8/29
An Eastern College sign was stolen and noticed by public safety in a room in House One. while investigating a fire alarm. The sign was confiscated by public safety.
0 Drug Violation 9/1
Tamayo was a counter cled: with 41 years experience. Customers began fleeing the post office at I p.m. The post office is only four blocks away from the scene where Italian designer Vianni Versace was shot to death in July.
09/2
Two dead in bounty hunters mistake
In the mistaken identity of a young couple, bounty hunters, Matthew Brackney and Michael Martin Sanders kicked open the front door of the house leaving the couple dead.
Brackney and Sanders, among three other bounty hunters, did not have a warrant or a state license to kick in the front door of ChristopherFoote's house.
Foote, 23, and girlfriend, Spring Wright, 20, were killed after their home was destroyed with at least 29 bullet holes. Senator John Kaytes, chairman of the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee, said on September 2, 1997, that he was planning a bill to regulate hunters_
RA's in Xavier Hall reported the strong smell of marijuana to public safety.The residents would not admit to whose pot it was. The residents were asked by Public safety for their identification.
The public safety officer and the two resident assistants exited the room and met the Resident Director at the front door. A message was left on the director of Public Safety's answering machine. The marijuana was confiscated by Public Safety.
0 Theft Attempt 9/2
A public Safety Officer doing rounds around campus noticed two white males walking behind the bushes at the Mansion convent. They seemed to be carrying large objects. As the officer approached the area, the males dropped the objects and ran in the opposite direction.
They did not respond to the officer's order to "stop" and therefore evaded questioning.
Host Chris Rock and a slew of insane and provocative performers take the stage to present the I Thursday, September 4 , 1997 Iawards for the best music videos from the past year in the annual MTV ceremony ·
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by Colleen Ehrle arts & entertainment editorThe 1997 MTV Music Video Awards will air tonight at 8 p.m. and several times again this weekend. Comedian, Chris Rock, wiH be the MC for the event.
~rtists to perform include: Beck, Spice Girls, U2, Jamiroquai, Puff Daddy, The Wallflowers, Marilyn Manson, Prodigy, Jewel, and Lil' Kim with an AU-Star Female HipHop Ensemble. Here your guide to the nominees. Make your pick and tune in to com-
Pollution," Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity," Jewel '"You Were Meant For Me,'' Nine Inch
Nails "The Perfect Drug," No Doubt "Don't Speak"
Best Male Video: Babyface "Ev_erytime I close my Eyes," Beck "Devil's Haircut," R. K~lly "I Believe I Can Fly," Will _Smith "Men In Black"
Best Female Video: Erykah Badu "On And On," Meredith Brooks "Bitch," Toni Braxton "Un-Break My Heart," Paula Cole "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone," Jewel "You Were Meant For Me"
B.est Group Video: Blur "Song 2," Counting Crows "A Long December," Dave Matthews Band "Crash into Me," No Doubt "Don't Speak."
The Wallflowers "One Headlight''
Best Rap Video: Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre "No Diggity," Dr. Dre "Been there, Done that," Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)," The Notorious BIG "Hypnotize"
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Alternative artist Jamiroquai leads the board of nominees wHh ten nominations at this years MTV music awards. pare.
Viewers Award: Choice Jewel "You Were Meant For Me," Prodigy "Breathe," Puff Daddy & The Family" ['11 Be Missing You" featuring Fai1h Evans and 112. Spice Girls "Say You '11 Be There."
The Wallflowers "One • Headlight''
Best Video of the Year: Beck "The New
Best Dance Video: The Chemical Brothers "Block Rockin Beats," Freak Nasty "Da Dip," The Prodigy "Breathe," The Spice Girls ''Wannabe"
Best Rock Video: Aerosmith "Falling in Love (is hard on the Knees)," Foo Fighters "Monkey Wrench," Dave Matthew Band "Crash into Me,'' Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People," Rage Against the Machine "People of the Sun"
Best Video: Alternative Beck "The New Pollution," Blur "Song 2," Foo f1ghters " Monkey wrench," nine inch nails "The Perfect Drug," Sublime "What I Got"
Best New Artist: Fiona Apple "Sleep to Dream,'' Meredith Brooks "Bitch,'' Hanson "MMMBop," Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity," The Wallflowers "One Headlight"
Best Video from a Film: R. Kelly "I Believe I can Fly'' from Space Jam, Iggy Pop "Lust for Life" from Trainspotting, Will Smith "Men In Black" from Men In Black, Bruce Springsteen "Secret Garden" from Jerry Maguire
Best R & B Video: Babyface with Stevie Wonder "How Come How Long," Erykah Badu "On and On," Blacksrreet featuring Dr. Dre "No Diggity," Toni Braxton "Un-break My Heart," Puff Daddy & the Family ''I'll Be Missing You" featuring Faith Evans and 112
Best Direction: Beck "New Pollution," director Beck Hansen; Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)," director Hype Williams; Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity,'' director Jonathan Glazer; •nin~ inch nails "The Perfect Drug," Mark Romanek; The Smashing Pumpkins "The End is the Beginning is The End," director Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Best Choreography: Beck "The New Pollution," Cibo Matto "Sugar Water," Dr. Dre "Been There, Done That," Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity,"
Will Smith "Men In Black" The End," The Wallflowers Eels "Novacaine for the ·"One Headlight" Soul,'' Jamiroquai "Virtual Best Insanity,'' Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People," The Smashing Pumpkins ''The End is the Beginning is the End," Will Smith "Men In Black"
Best Art Direction: Beck· "The New Pollution," Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity," Marilyn Manson "The Beautiful People," Nine Inch Nails "The Perfect Drug"
Best Editing: Beck "Devil's Haircut, Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity," The Smashing Pumpkins "The End is the Beginning is
Cinematography: Eels "Novacaine for the Soul,'' Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity,'' nine inch nails "The Perfect Drug,'' The Smashing Pumpkins "The End is the Beginning is the End"
Best Breakthrough Video: The Chemical Brothers "Setting Sun," Daft Punk "Da Funk,'' Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)," Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity, "Radio head ''Paranoid Android"
SOCIETY HILL PLAYHOUSE, 507 S. 8th Street, Phila.
Shows start at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights tnd at 3 p.m. on Sundays. For more information and icket sales call (215) 923-0210.
* "Zombies From the Beyond" - a musical sci-fi :omedy for the whole family. Sept. 20 through Nov. 3.
* "Lafferty's Wake" - an audience- interactive com:dy centering on a family from Ballyslattery, County :ork, Ireland coping with a departed relative at an Irish· vake featuring·· lots of songs, stories, jigs and pipes. 3egins Oct. 16
* "Monkey Business" - a musical comedy about a ;roup of brothers from St. Bernard's in their attempt to aise $250,000 from fund-raising to save St. Bernard's vfonastery from turning into Bernie's Casino Royale. 3egins January 1998.
* "Philly Band Stand" - an audience-interactive
musical comedy that allows the cast and audience to dance together the Cha-Cha, Jitterbug, the Stroll, the Pony and the Stomp. The Playhouse promotes fifties dress for audience members such as: school uniforms, saddle shoes and pompadours. Begins April 1, 1998.
THE ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY, 40 N. 2nd Street, Phila. For more information and tickets call (215) 922-8900.
* "Molly's Delicious" (World Premiere) - a romantic comedy that centers around a young pregnant girl who finds herself in a bit of a dilemma when her aunt tries to hook her up a nice gentleman. While, she deals with -.rejection from her estranged true love who is on-call with the Coast Guard. Begins Sept. 25 through Nov. 9.
-, * "Tiny Island" (World Premiere) - Two sisters meet after 30 years, They relive both positive and negative memories of their childhood and reflect on their future. Begins Nov. 20 -Jan. 4.
* "Hedda Gabler" - a sociological exploration of the ethics practiced by a woman throughout her life. Begins Jan. 22 through March 8.
THE VILLANOVA THEATRE, 108 Vasey Hall, Villanova. For more information and tickets call (610) 519-7474.
* "The Devil's Principle" - This production takes place during America's fight for independence, in the year 1777. A political uprising occurs between two American pioneers and a British general, which causes the future of the country to become unstable. Runs from Sept. 24-28, 30 and Oct. 1-5.
* "Speed the Flow" - focuses on an entangled mess, a cunning Hollywood producer finds himself in the middle of with the help of an old friend and a total stranger. Begins Oct. 22-26, 28-31, Nov. 1-2.
* "Racing Demon" - is an exploration of the Church of England and the position it plays in society. Begin's Nov. 19-23, Dec. 2-7.
* "In the Boom Boom Room" - centers on the life and aspirations of-a Philadelphia exotic dancer. Begins Feb. 11-15, 17-22.
* "Into .the Woods" - a musical that blends the stories from several fairy tales including Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and more.
1uest
writerVINCE GILL
July 4, Sands Casino, Atlantic City
Ok, so every city has firer,orks on July 4. But only one f~y can boast of Vince Gill set~1g theirs afire. And Atlantic ~ity was the place to be. r·The concert unquestionably ~owcased Gill's rich.quality loice and guitar wizardry. Not rany can sing and play lead fliitarat the same time so solidf. The large-scale band that ncluded two drummers - not jke Gill can not afford it or fything - only assisted Gill in raintaining his high level of onfidence.
Any lacking in performance fealt strictly with personality. "he exceptional quality of f usic could have overshadwed that for most folks in the udience, though.
But if they went the follow• rg month to a concert featurng Garth Brooks - yes, the me Garth Brooks who acked some 50,000 fans from 1 over the wotld ,in Central ark, New York on August 6 -
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
they would actually cry for Gill. When people ~o to a concert, they want the artist to reach out to them, relate to them, talk to them as if they were old friends. Ultimately, they want entertainment. Brooks entertains. Gill just performs.
Gill's music is an element of life that will never be overlooked. Country fans everywhere know this.
But Vince, the next time you play Atlantic City, be prepared for whatever that Jersey accent dishes out from the audience. Remember, you are in Jersey. And remember, we East coast characters expect just a little more.
by Colleen Ehrle arts & entertainmenteEditorTHE WARPED TOUR
July 30,
CoreStates Center Parking Lot
What do you get when you combine three alternating stages of hardcore, ska and punk music with a skateboarding fest out in the middle of the CoreStates Center parking lot? The Warped Tour.
Headliners for the event included: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Social Distortion, The Descendeots, Sick of it All and Pennywise. The remaining list of performers included: Bouncing Souls, Less than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Suicide Machines, Lagwagon, Royal Crown Revue, Millincolon, Blink 182 and Snapcase. There was another stage featuring more underground artists, as well.
The sh.ow lasted almost eight hours. However, most sets didn't last more than 40 minutes long. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were the highlight of the show energizing the crowd with many old-school tunes, which incouraged moshing, dancing and crowd surfing, thus causing mass chaos for a completely overly tight-fitting audience.
by Laura Cacimento sports editorDAVE MATTHEWS BAND
June 6, 1997 Sony E-Center
Dave Matthews Band opened this year's summer concert series to a full house (er, lawn?) at the Blockbuster/Sony Entertainment Center on the Camden Waterfront on June 6, right in the middle of Flyermania.
Despite being over an hour and a half late due to an extended performance by the opening act, Dela Fleck and the Fleckstones, the band came onstage with all the energy and enthusiasm that DMB fans have come to expect from their live performances.
The band led off with some of the lesser known songs buried deep in their wildly popular "Crash" CD, such as "Drive In Drive Out," "Two Step," and "Lie In Your Grave."
In addition, they played a fifteen-minute long rendition of "# 41", joined by
seyeral members of the Fleckstones.
In between the more obscure songs, the band played their hit song "Crash," which inspired more than a few fans to permeate the atmosphere with the unique smell of one thousand joints being lit simultaneously.
Following a short inter, mission, the band came back onstage and went into fullforce productions of their more popular songs.
For more than one half hour, they performed both "So Much to Say" and "Too Much," using colored lights and fog to hype up the crowd.
They ended the concert with their most recent hit, "Tripping Billies."
Despite the fact that all of their songs came from the year-old "Crash" CD, Dave, Leroi, Carter and the rest of the gang gave the Philadelphia re-gion an exciting performance that more than made up for the fact that the Flyers lost the Stanley Cup on the same night.
I Thursday, September 4, 1997 I
by Stacey Caiazzo photography editor and
Erin E. McHugh features editor
Cabrini College's campus is not just filled with new students, meet the new faculty and st
Uob Resident Director, Harcum College
Location Harcum
Birthplace Delaware County, PA
Graduated from Upper Darby High school
iTransportatlon goal Gold "97 Saturn
Most likely found watching ER on Thursday Nights
Favorite read Beneath the Wheel
Playing in her car tape deck Barry Manilow
Best time of her life "has not happened yer
Worst time of her life grandmothers death 2 years ago
When not at home watching ER or reading, can be found playing golf or tennis
iThe word that best describes is FUN
Colleen's hopes and goals while working at Cabrini are to make the resident student at Harcum feel welcome. She wants to help the freshman have a positive experience while attending Cabrini.
Job Resident Director, Xavier Hall
Childhood residency Marlton N.J.
Would love to own Emerald Green Jag
Can be found in front of the tube watching A&E Biography
Favorite read Autobiography of Malcom X
Favorite music Group Counting Crows
Greatest experience of life Backpacking through S. America for 3 months
Saddest time of life Watching mom fight Breast Cancer
Hobbles Include Basketball, exercise, reading and writing poetry, going to the shore
Word that best describes Diverse
John is concentrating on making Xavier a fun, productive and orderly residencehall.
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, iWouldread a secondtimeA nm& :toKiH .·
loves to hearthe Voice of Sarah McGlockin
Best time of life Experiencingit Now
Enjoys water sports and hiking
Word that best describes versitile
Leslie s goal as Assistant Athletic Director is to start building the NCAA Life
S • ram her t rini
Job title General Manager of WYBF Cabrini's radio station
Hometown Woodbury,N.J.
Dream Car Dark Blue "67 Camaro
Never Misses reruns of Seinfield
Best book ever read To Kill A Mockingbird
Best Time of Life Freshman year of College
Worst time of life Freshman year of high school
Favorite Pass time Reading and Writing
If Pictured in a dictionary would be next to relaxed Steve Murray hopes to become focused on his career and remain having fun while doing it.
Job Status Resident Director, Houses
Birthplace Chester, P.A.
High School Almamater Cardinal O'Hara
Favorite Television Show ER
Last book read Deep End of The Ocean Dreams of owning a Red Mustang
Best warm feeling memory Completing Grad School at Trenton State College
Most sad feeling memory moving Three hours away from family and friends
Best word of description Easygoing
Dawn's goals for the school year is to try to get to know all the residents and to just have a good time.
Thursday, September 4, 1997
The editorials, viewpoints, opinions and letters to the editor published in Loquitur are the views of the student editorial staff and the individual writers, not the entire student body or the facultyand administration.
You are a freshman. You are entering your first year of college and you couldn't be happier. Not only are you getting away from home, but you are about to embark on a new and exciJ:inglife full of fun and yes, education: But, there is just one problem. The college you picked and were accepted into does not have room for you. You may have purposely picked a small college so you would not have to hike miles to your classes, but to your dismay, instead of walking you will be put on a shuttle and transported from another college to the college of your choice. Confused? Well, it is quite obvious that the administration must have been as well.
Fifty students will start their first and exciting year of college at Cabrini on Harcum's campus. Due to the increase in enrollment, there is no room for the 300 residents who were accepted. So where could the college tum? A new apartment complex is expected to be completed by January, so not accepting the students would not be logical. However, one may wonder if it is ethical to make many new and perhaps nervous students travel back and forth every day and night for classes, activities, meetings and other events that they may wish to participate in.
But the future is now in the college's hands. Hopefully the housing problem will be resolved and the 50 students living at Harcum will be able to enjoy Cabrini's campus life. So instead of hopping on a bus to get back and forth to school, they can casually stroll on the campus in which they are paying for and enjoy the community spirit of Cabrini.
Do check your room carefully so that you do not get charged for anyone else's mess • Don't divide the room down the middle-it creates hostility when one roommate invades another's space• Do get to the bookstore early so t..b.a,tyou don't get stuck needing seven texts for a class that requires eight• Don't try to hide in the showers when the fire alarm sounds-the R.A.s will find you and drag your cold, wet ass outside anyway• Don't talk behind anyone's back or do anything that you do not want anyone else to find out about • Do remember that this is Cabrini College, mother of all rumor mills • Don't waste your food court money on 17 bags of chips the first week of school • Do get involved---being part of something helps you make friends easier• Don't set off the sprinkler system in House Two unless you first prepare the area with sandbags and buy lots of bottled water
We are supposed to think of police officers as our saviours. They are the ones who will rescue us. They are the ones who will protect us.
They are, in most cases, the only source of protection we have. So when I heard about the fatal accident between two police cars in South Philadelphia, I was not only shocked but disappointed.
It is not that uncommon for people in Philadelphia to be disappointed in their local police departments.
In fact, I can remember trying to cross the street when I was about 10 years old and almost getting run over by a police officer on call.
Safety is supposed to be their biggest concern. Sure, if an officer is in distress, help is needed and they should get there as quickly and as safely as they can. But, why should helping an officer take precedence over the lives of civilians?
A baby and his father were killed when two police vehicles were responding to an officer in distress. Not only were two lives taken, but the poor child's body was found wrapped around a telephone pole.
How can we place our trust in a system, even though it was totally - unintentional, so incompetent that two human.lives were taken?
I have always believed, ever since the day I tried to cross that street and almost got hit by a flying police car, that policemen drive harzardously. It is just a shame that two innocent pedestrians had to die to prove my point.
It is quite scary that we cannot have faith in the only force of protection we can rely on.
It is no surprise to me that many people have decided to protect themselves. Carrying knives and guns.have become somewhat of a necessity.
Walking down a street anymore could be a life-threatening process.
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by Dina Tartaglia managing editorWaiting at a traffic light could even put your life in danger. This is a very violent world. And I am sure that this is not news to you.
But what I find to be quite ironic is that the police are supposed to be our guardian angels. Sure they can't be there when you are walking down that street, but we need something. We need some force to reassure us that those ba_Qguys will be caught
I just hope and pray that the police can renew that trust we are supposed to have for them. I just hope that we will one day be able hold them high in our minds.
I do not think we should fear them, but we should realize that they are huinan.
I cannot forget the article I read which described in detail the poor child. But, I guess I need to understand that things happen. I just hope that if it is me walking down the street my life will be spared.
Why? This question I had been pondering since the begging of July. Why are we all obsessed with a morbid desire for death.
Every year you will notice one more event that brings our society down another step of the moral ladder of life. I can not understand this craving to death that we all possess inside of us.
After these events occur, it is the first thing that appears in our waking minds, the first thing that we talk about at the water cooler with our co-workers, the conversation that monopolizes the dinner discussion with family and friends.
But why? What is this need that needs to be filled in our lives and how can we control it.
The summer of 1997 has been no different than any other summer in the resent years past.
I like the countless !)Umberof Americans had focused all of their waking hours this summer in truing to discover the newest kad on the highest profiled case in resent years.
In the summer of 1994 we witnessed the Los Angeles Police Department case a white Ford Bronco down the interstate with a frightened and confused OJ. Simpson in the back of the
vehicle. Simpson had been evad- shadows of ing the police for approximately night after his murderous spree. eight to nine hours. He was the Andrew Cunanan had gained lead suspect in the Ronald ultimate glory when he gained Goldman and Nicole Brown the acknowledgement of the slaying. entire world with the murder of
We all witnessed the police Gianni Versache. department talk Simpson out of Unfortunately we do not committing suicide \and took him know why we view the things in into custody into the wee hours this- world the way we do and of the morning. unfortunately it will continue the
LeighAnn, a first-year student: Definitely. they were chasing Princess Diana and she crashed and instead of calling the ambulance they took pictures. Tabloids spread lies and destroy people's lives.
Our eyes were turned back to cycle of events that have been the TV in 1995 when we all occurring. viewed our judidal system at Will we see more acts of viowork_ It was the case of the cen-.- lence in the news because it will tury and no one could stand not to bear the latest breaking news in the O.J. Simpson trial.
O.J. Simpson had an outstanding defense team, what the papers were calling a dream team.
The TV had yet again captured the attention of eager minds, explosion had broken television ratings.
In the summer of 1996 we focused on Timothy Mc Veigh and the investigation of the Oklahoma City Bombing and the explosion of an Olympic Venurder.
Once more our eyes were turned back to the screen, with a murderous chameleon. Everyone in the world was watching a master of disguise hide in the
fill a void in our lives?
As much as we desire to witness these horrific events, so do the people who commit these crimes yearn for the popularity and fame that goes along with the events.
I notice in myself that I, too, am drawn into these stories which you must find out about. But in the. end, when you look back at these events did you not want to see them hold off for a longer period of time or were you one of those people who wanted to continue the violent rage of society by hoping for their death.
If we take interest in these events are we not feeding the source that causes them to develop?
John Scavvitto, campus security officer: Absolutely. Everyone has the right to privacy. There is a time and a place to get everything that they need, at functions. They do not need to follow people on their vacations with their families.
Christie Martin, a first-year student: Yes, people need to know the things that go on in this world, but everyone doesn't need to know everything.
Mike Burgeis, a senior Y-es and no. Yes when it is live, like with hockey players outside of the stadiums being question about the game. There is a time and a place in this world. You don't need to go 80 miles an hour to catch up with a car they could wait until it had stopped to get their picture, like with Lady Diana
Erica Dahlen, a first-year student: Yes, the public's curiosity doesn't need intimate detail, they shnulf! not have been chasing Princess $ Diana in the first place. It soould_...!!Qthave happened.
Roman Gabreiel, a junior: I feel the media overstepped its bounds and should be restricted to protect the rights of all individuals, both famous and common.
This summer started out just like any other summer. Classes ended and I started work. I had l1flplans, no big vacations, basically nothing to look forward to.
Actually, I started this summer pret!Y~Glown.Most of my friends moved back home, so I was left with nothing to do but go to work.
I know, you really could care less about my boring summer, so I won't tell you. Instead I will skip the boring parts and tell you about the last three weeks of rny summer.
Just a little background. Midway through the summer I received a phone call from Dr. Zurek. He said he heard theAntiDefamation League was sending college newspaper editors on a
study mission to Israel. Might I add a free trip, no strings attached study m1ss1on to Israel. Naturally, I ask, "Where do I sign up."
After going-through the application process· 1 had to wait to find out if I was accepted on the mission. Surprisingly enough I was picked to join the ADL on the mission.
After a quick three day stop in Poland to visit Holocaust sights and various other World War II sights, I was off to Israel.
Let us regress for a moment.
When I first told people that the ADL was sending me to Israel for free most people laughed. The most _ common reactions were, "Oh, so what do you have to
I am writing in reference to the nation. In that I feel that a headline agic death of PrincessDiana. I feel storyfor the Q.ni..tedState-sshauldthat the media is blowing thiRgffiut impact thesecurity or well-beingof of-1:}ffiportion"a;usual. the citizensin this country.
I think that it is ironic that one The top story should impact the persons death could make headlines area of its distribution all over the world, While thousands The Loquitur should deal with of other people die everyday and things that impact the Cabrini cammay make the local obituaries in a pus. The death of a world leader few days or so. However tragic it does not directly impact my well was but all deaths are tragic. being or the well being of other citEngland lost a charismatic and izens in this country. The media energetic leader. Now they are left strives off from its task to inform with a complicatedsituationto deal the public of what is urgentnews to with as who will be the King or them.
I hope for there sak~ that-- Tney base headlines on what prince William.w-llinoftake over as sells. The media as a whole is now - tire King.· ran like a business on what paper,
If you know the British govern- magazine, or television station can ment system most of the major deci- get the best ratings. sions are made in the Parliament. Most newspapersand television The Parliament is the legislative stationsare separatedfrom national body. news, world news, sports, weather
11 This is not as big of a govern- and ect. mentalproblem as if a presidentof a So I feel that the PrincessDiana nation would have clied.This defi- story shouldhave been placedin the nitely is of world importance but I world news sections of lhe various do not think that this deserves front aspectsof the media.That the headpage of just about every paper in the lines of US newspapers. Should
write for them?" and "Watch out for the terrorists", or my personal favorite, "They are trying to get you to become Jewish."
Just for the record, I did not have to write anything about this trip, I \Vas careful of terrorists (they can put a damper on your plans) and I am still not Jewish.
The reason the ADL can send us to Israel at no charge is because of Raymond and Ruth Perelman. They are a couple who sponsored the trip. They want students to see first hand everything there is to experience in Israel. Well, I did.
For eight days l went with very little sleep and lots of jet lag to almost every imaginable piace in Israel.
I swam in the Mediterranean Sea while I was in Tel Aviv. I bargained in the Arab market while in the Old City of Jerusalem.
I camped in the desert with nomads, I even got to ride a camel (Of course with a Camel cigarette).
I climbed Massada, floated in the Dead Sea, swan in the Sea of Galilee.
I visited every religious spot in Israel, including the Whaling Wall, the Dome of the Rock, the two separate sights that are claimed to be where Jesus was nailed to the cross.
I slept in a Kibbutz in the North while an air raid happened over Lebanon , rafted in the -
by Diane Grimaldi editor-in-chiefJordan River, I even ate kosher KFC and was interrogated in the Tel Aviv airport.
After all of the touring and sightseeing we did I was more than happy to be home.
I missed familiar people, familiar voices and familiar places.
Despite of everything I missed from home I would not have given up the experiences I had in Israel for anything in the world.
I will probably never receive an opportunity like this one again so I would like to thank everyone who made it possible..
Loquitur is established as a forum for student expression and as a voice in the uninhibited, robust, free and open discussion of issues.
by Chad May guest writerhave to deal with or directly impact the citizens of this nation. The media like all other aspects to American culture is money driven. Evecything loses value when it is done for the motive of money.
I fell the media should show more consideration to the average American citizen and -what will affect them and not what.will affect the Ep.glish.
I know this sounds as I am knocking the media system and in one way I am, but I will also say that the media has a difficult task and does an excellent job most of the time.
I would just question there motive for why they take positions within the media and what determines headline stories.
My position is that they should step back and ask themselves what is relevant to them and there families and friends. They should not look at what will the average American buy.
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Since mid-summer, Cabrini's fall athletes have been on the field or on the court in preparationfor the coming season. Here is a guide on this year's hopes, losses and players to watch.·
gles, 12-1), Lauren Wiggins (fifth while Daciw returns after being side singles, 2-0). lined for most of the '96 season with Returning Starters: junior a tear in her anterior cruciate ligaMicheile McDevitt (1996 All-PAC ment (ACL) and is expected to be a team); sophomore Karin Lechter strong defensive force at middle (1996 All-PAC); sophomore Nicole blocker. Burton stepped up to lead Klimas. the Lady Cavs in digs and should Top Newcomers: first-year stll- continue her All-PACways. Arnold dents Charisma Timmons, Lori and Wawrzynek were both AllCross Country Gibbons, Karenn Love, and Carrie League selections at their high Coach: Tom O'Hora '{16thyear Smith; sophomores Michelle Leidy schools, and, along with Farnan, coaching men, ninth year coaching and VictoriaMorris. should seriously contend for varsity women) Outlook;· Coach Day has an positions. Tahara Keahey, a sopho-
Key Losses: Joe Uff (two time impressive task ahead of him,.as he more middle blocker, is this year's Gav's MVP), Miguel Williams. lost six letter. winners from last player to watch: she combines an Returning Starters: senior Ed year's squad. However,co-captains aggressive defense with powerful Mack, senior John Mack, senior McDevitt and Lechter have proven serves and spikes.
Lyndi Paladino, senior Nicole themselves as dominant singles
Volikas, sophomore Camille players and Klimas has shown Men's Soccer
Clouden, sophomore Jen increasingtalent throughoutthe sea- Coach: Duncan Hubley McGowan, sophomore Alicia son. Watch for Timmons, who (eleventh season, 109-76-4overall) McNevin. accompaniedthe team on its annual Assistant: Doug Meader (sixth Top Newcomers: first year stu- trip to Hilton Head for a spring tour- season) dents David MacKay, Chuck nament, to emerge as one of the 1996 record: 5-1 PAC (second Hartzell, Ricky Romyn, Sabrini team's top players. Despite their place); 10-9 overall Smith, Becky Jurich, and Kelly youth, Day says that the players' ta!- Key Losses: Joe Morris (three Dorian;junior Dagmar Johnson. ent is deep. "Our middle and lower goals, six points); Noab Scharper Outlook: The men's team is seeded positions will have a big part (three goals, six points); JimMartin looking to win the PAC champi- in getting the job done," Day said. (two goals, five points); Graham onship after finishing second last Vigliotta (two assists); John Volpe year. John and Ed Mack will anchor
Women'sVoUeyball (two assists);Jeff Winters. the team as captains in their final Coach: Jim Harrigan (seventh Returning Starters: junior year. The brothers will be joined by year, 73-100 overall) Wayne Brown (forward; seven a trio of first-year standouts- Assistant: Joe Malizia (seventh goals, one assist); junior Don Eadie MacKay, Hartzell and Romyn- year) (midfield; four goals, four assists); who were all top runners in high 1996 record: 4-1 PAC (second senior Anthony Noel (goalie; 35 school. place); 11-17overall wins, 19 shutouts, 1.26 goals against For the women, seni(')fco-cap- Key Losses: Dawn Johnson (86 average overall: Cav's all-time tains Paladino and Volikaswill try to games, 84 aces, 101 kills), Bridget leader); senior Paul Hollinger bring the team back into contention Egan (86 games, 80 kills, 35 (defense;nine games, two goals, one after a disastrous injury-riddled '96 blocks), Colleen Adair (126 assists), assist}; senior Larry Teal (midseason. Clouden, McGowan and Tracey Egan (22 blocks), Lesley field/defense; two goals, two McNevin all tllned and in fine per- Kerrigan (105 gaJ1}eS,54 aces). assists); junior Paul Donaghy (forformances as rookies and are Returning Starters: junior ward/midfield;five goals). expected to repeat their successes Cynthia Macedo (co-captain,setter); Top Newcomers: senior Ted this year. Veteran Johnson, who sophomore Kristy Burton (co-cap- Melampy (defense/midfield); firsttransferred to Cabrini from tain, outside hitter), sophomore year students John Amerman (forMontgomery County Community Natalie Daciw (middle blocker), ward), Erik Lukach (goalie), College, and first-year runners sophomore Erica Philo (setter/out- Richard Balasa (goa,lie), Robert Smith, Jurich and Dorrian will also side hitter). Donnely (defense), Michael Potts figure heavily in the team's plans. Top Newcomers: first year stll- (defense). dents Tricia Arnold (outside hitter), Outlook: Hubley has touted this Women'sTennis Shannon Creamer (setter), Mary team as the best he has ever fielded, Coach: Reggie Day (10th sea- Beth Farnan (middle blocker), and it looks like the players have the son, 100-56 overall) Angela Gtassa (setter), Teresa talent to prove it. Hollinger and Assistant: Michelle Mcilvaine Milliken (outside hitter), Kelly sophomore Michael Primavera are (tirst year) Mollenkoff (defensive specialist), retllming from injwies and are
1996 record: .5-2 PAC (third Danielle Wawrzynek (outside bit- expected to add intensity and pasplace); 15-3 overall ter). sion to the squad. On offense, '96
Key Losses: Keely Crawbuck Outlook: Johnson and Bridget leading goal scorer Brown and (first singles, 19-4 overall), Jodi Egan, both 1996All-PACselections, junior Matt Kaiser, along with firstHolmes (secofid singles, 15-6), \\,ill be difficult to replace. Macedo year sensationAmerman, will share Donna Schaeffer (third singles, 14- will be counted on heavily as both a the scoring duties, while record set2), Michelle Mcilvaine (fourth sin- consistent setter and a team leader, ting netman Noel will be joined by I: I
rookies Lukach and Balasa. Eadie enters the season at ninth on the Cav 's all-time scoring list with seven goals, eight assists and 22 points. Transfer student Ted Malampy, from PAC rival College Misericordia, is a versatile player who is comfortable,at any position on the field and is expectedto add to the Cav's formidabledefense.
Coach: Dianne Pierangeli (fourth season; 26-24-2 overall)
As.5istant: Art ·Hunter (second season)
Associate: Christopher Ranft (fourth season)
1996 record: 1-2 PAC (third place); 12-5 overall
Key Losses: Nancy Kraus (13 goals, four assists); Denise Canaris (three goals, twD assists); Amy Hummel (one goal, one assist); Mandi Hopta (goalie; 17 games played, eight shutouts, l .Q_6goals against average).
Returning Starters: senior B_eckyWard (defense;first team ;\11PAC); senior Cara Santelli (defense); sophomore Erin Barney (sweeper);sophomore Megan Hyde (forward/midfield); sophomore Megan Meyers (forward); senior Kelli Williams (defense); sophomore Michelle Gabriel (defense/midfield); sophomore Jennifer Reichert (midfield).
Top Newcomers: first year students Katie Hecht (goalie), Susan Sipes (sweeper), Tara Robuck (defense), Mary Kosmin (midfield), Patricia Carney (midfield), Erica Dahlin (midfield), Karen Erb (midfield), Michelle Gill (midfield), Karen Hale (defense).
Outlook: Pierangeli has had heavy losses to deal with since the end of last season, including the team's all-time leading goal scorer (Kraus) and All-PAC goaltender (Hopta). Barney and Sipes will be called upon for most of the scoring duties, along with Meyers,Hyde and junior JoAnne Dougherty, who has been side lined with injwies for most of her career. In goal, Pierangeli will go with Hecht and junior Cristina Pryor to fill the void left by Hopta. Gabrieland Wtlliams, along with senior midfielder Denise Sacca, will providethe defense. Cocaptains Ward and Santelli will also be called upon often in the back-
field, as their aggressive style of play and knowledge of the other team's weaknesses will allow them to force numerous tllmovers.
Field Hockey
Coach: Jackie Neary (second year, 12-6)
Assistant: Kelly McC!oskey (second year)
1996 record: 6-3 PAC (sixtit); 12-6 overall
Key Losses: Chris Lear (two goals. one assist); Jennifer Wiederwax (five assists); Erin O'Neill (two assists); Melissa Hunsberger (one assist), Rose Rodner.
ReturningStarters:junior Jessi Valerio (two-time All-PAC selection; 14 goals, 10 assists); senior Jamie Paul (13 goals, two assists); sophomore Kristi Paul (seven goals, four assists); senior Tara Pfeiffenberger (four goals, one assist)~junior Becky Grabie (three goals, two assists); junior Marni DiGiorgio, sophomore Christine Aldorasi, junior Mary Lear (goalie; five shutouts, 1.22 goals against average.
Top Newcomers: first-year students Melissa Bullock, Amanda Di.Giorgio,Katie Valerio, Kathleen MacMenamin;senior Carrie Borisb. Outlook: With six starters returning from the '96 season, Neary has a good core of players to build the team around. Valeriois t:n'. team's all-time leading scorer (31 goals in two seasons) and is expected to have another All-PAC year. Co-captain Jamie Paul is questionable with a tom ACL, but Pfeiffenberger, Kristi Paul, Grabie, Marni Di.Giorgioand junior Mandy Seeds are extremely talented and should have no trouble picking up the slack. Sophomores Aldorasi, Angela Cooper,Ashley Pietropaolo, Laurie Hall and Brooke Yochim all have the potential to break into starting lineup and become prominent players. Goalie Lear has compiled team records in shutouts (14), wins (22), and goals against average (1.17), while MacM.enamin provides a solid backup. Bullock and Amanda DiGiorgio both come from strong high school teams, while transfer stlldent Barish brings in power and experience.
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Cynthia Cooper, "Miss WNBA,'.' led the Houston Comets on Saturday. August 30 to the pinnacle of women's basketball, the_ Women's National Basketball Association title, in front of a crowd of over 16,000 ..,,reopleat her home court at the Summit in Houston.
Cooper, selected All-League and MVP by unanimous vote, led the Comets past the New York Liberty by a score of 65-51 to make the team the first champion in the WNBA's history.
Compared by many to the NBA's Michael Jordan, Cooper proved she had what it takes to lead a team to the next level.
Cooper's 25 points accounted for nearly half of the Comets' points in the championship game.
This output by Cooper is
nothing new to WNBA fans. In the Comets' semifinal win over the Charlotte Sting, she accounted for 31 of the Comets' 70 points in a crushing victory to push the Comets into the championship round.
This game proved to be a close one until the last few minutes of the first half.
The Comets led throughout the game, but by half-time the Liberty only trailed by a s_coreof 28-24, just four points. off the winning pace'.
Then Cooper exploded, scoring 14 of her game-high 25 points in the second half. In the paint, 6-2 forward Tina Thompson pitched in 18 points.
The Comets dominated the game on both sides of the court, outshooting the Liberty and using an overpowering defensive attack to hold them to one of their poorest points totals of the summer.
The Comets, like the NBA's Chicago Bulls, were favored before the playoffs to win it all, and behind the leadership of Cooper they proved that they ·could live up to expectations.
The New York Liberty, was another one of the favorites to make the playoffs and possibly win it all.
Behind the leadership of center/forward Rebecca Lobo (12.4 points per game and 7 .2 rebounds per game) and the slashing and scoring of the "double spoons," Teresa Weatherspoon (7.4 ppg) and Sophia Witherspoon (14.1 ppg). the defensive-minded Liberty were one of the favorites throughout the entire season.
The standout Comets, in the end, had too many guns for the Liberty to overcome. Cooper finished the season averaging 22.2 ppg, while teammates Tina Thompson (13.2 ppg and 6.6 rpg) and Janeth Arcain (10.9 ppg) also chipped in with formidable offensive power. In fact, the trio was frequently referred to as the "most fearsome three.some in the game."
This is not the first-or the only-women's basketball league, but it is the only one with a network contract and the marketing ability to allow women to jump to the profess.ional level in a promising marketable environment.
If all goes as planned, this league will allow women's basketball to have a forum to grow and to gain a following of crowds of men and women alike.
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Next year, the league will enter its most important season. Next year will show whether or not the WNBA was just a fad or a true league that will withstand the test of time, as well as the huge promotions and marketing of the NBA.
Critics say that the first season drew crowds only because of fan's interest in the change from the all-male NBA to its female counterparts.
League officials say that next year they will have to do a better job on drawing crowds through increased product marketing as
well as their gender uniqueness.
The WNBA looks like it is up for the challenge with emerging stars such as Cooper and Lobo.
There are also stars such as Ruthie Bolt-Holyfield from the Sacramento Monarchs and Lisa Leslie from the Los Angeles Sparks for fans to follow and to admire.
According to league President Val Ackerman in her state of the game address prior to the championship game, "There is a time and a place for everything and the time is now for women's basketball in the United States."
According to Ackerman, the WNBA will consider expansion in the coming seasons based on the success of this season.
One can only speculate, however, on the location of the two cities that will be considered.
As of right now, there are eight teams in the WNBA: Los Angeles, New York, Utah, Houston, Charlotte, Phoenix,
Sacramento and Cleveland.
Like other leagues in the past, the WNBA started small and grow and expand until it can reach the levels of leagues past. Many people speculate that the WNBA has just begun to tap its viewers in the United States. The WNBA is more than willing to look for those viewers.
Many feel that the league will soon need a superstar to lead it to a higher share of the basketball market in the United States.
For instance, look at what the superstardom of Tiger Woods has done for the sport of golf. His youth and ability have made golf interesting to watch.
If the same thing happens in the WNBA, there wil1 be more profits, higher salaries and more teams.
Could Cynthia Cooper become that player to make the WNBA a league that is successful for many years? Only the seasons to come will tell.
by Paul Mose sporls editor
The re-revolution has begun.
The 76e,rshave started to make their attempt at building a winning basketball teai:n in the city of Philadelphia.
There have been many steps in the past six seasons Lo try 10 change the fortune of this seemingly doomed franchise.
The first major step was the loss of Howard Katz. The city and the team have put up with his bumbling ways long enough.
The addition of Comcast also gives the Sixer a bottomless wallet to keep the talent that they have now. Almost all professional sports teams are moving from family ownership to carport.ate ownership, and Katz could not have survived in that world. Comcast now puts the Sixers in the position to be able to afford player
The next step was to make Pat Croce the team president. This
move rejuvenated an almost totally de-adfranchise. Croce's enthusiasm made the Sixers interesting again to the fans.
As with all new ownership. There were mistakes that were made. However, many of the mistakes were blessings in disguise, as team owners and officials seemed to learn a lot from them.
For example, the 76ers made a big mistake over the last few years by hiring a bevy of unproven people. Brad Greenburg and Johnny Davis were both God-awful in their brief one-season stints as the Sixers' general manager and coach, respectively.
This reality shock for Pat Croce helped the franchise in the long run.
Croce realized that he had to hire proven, seasoned veterans for the coaching spot and went out and spent the big bucks on 1997 head coach Larry Brown.
Brown may be the answer to many of the Sixers' problems. He is a man who has won virtually everywhere he's been and who can continue to put up winning numbers.
Brown can continue to mold the careers of young superstars, such as Allen Iverson and Jerry Stackhouse, while managing veteran players at the same time.
AU said, Comcast spent $20 million to bring Brown into the city of Philadelphia and he is worth every penny.
The Sixers also began a new trend with numerou acquisitions and by restructuring the contracts of coaches like Rick Pitino, Brown, and Phil Jackson in an effort to bring experience and leadership to Philly.
Led by Brown, the Sixers • organization then made their second major step of the offseason: a huge trade on draft day that landed them several potential stars.
The Sixers got lucky on lottery day and ended up getting the number two pick overall. This left them in an interesting position. Tim Duncan is the only legitimate proven talent coming out of college this year, but picks two through seven were all quality players as well. To Brown, the thing to do was trade down.
The Sixers did that by trading
the rights to Keith Van Home plus Lucious Harris, Michael Cage, and Don Maclean to the New Jersey Nets, who coveted Van Home enough to offer lhe Sixers all-star guard Jim Jackson and center Eric Montross, plus thi draft rights to Vi11anova's Tim Thomas and Anthony Parker.
There is nothing that you can not like about this trade. In my opinion, you don't lose much with rookie talent with the switch from Van Horne to Thomas.
The next part of the deal is that you get Jackson and Montross. With Jack on, you can finally move Stackhouse to his natural position at small forward. In Montross you receive a solid center who is going to give you minutes.
The best part of this deal is that you release the Greenburg and Davis era for good with the departure of the long term deals of Harris, Maclean, and Cage.
Those long term deals could have hurt the Sixers' chances in the long run and hamper their ability to make a stretch run with the burden of those contracts.
This team js now ready to make its next major move in this off-season: to get rid of Derrick Coleman. Coleman and Brown have both publicly admitted that they do not get along. Brown has a low opinion of Coleman and will probably allow him be dealt. I would be suprised to see Coleman in a Sixers unifonn this season.
Coleman wants to go to a winner right now. The only problem is that no winners want him.
If Coleman does get dealt, it will be to the Miami Heat or the Detroit Pistons. If that doesn't happen, don't rule out the possiblility of the release of Coleman. The loss of Coleman on the court will hurt the Sixers, but the loss of Coleman in the locker room will i!_elpin the long run.
The Sixers will start their seaon in a couple of months and will finish over .500. I know that is a bold statement The only thing that convinces me that this season will go well is Larry Brown. With his impact and the players they have acquired. the team should return to the glory they had in the 1980s.
Cross Country
SEPTEMBER
13 Wagner Invitational
20 Baptist Bible Invitational
27 PhiladelphiaMetro
11 Dickinson Invitational
18 Elizabethtown Invitational
25 Cabrini College Invitational
During the summer months, Cabrini has addeed several new faces to its payroll. One of those faces. new to the sports department, is that of Leslie Danehy.
-.. Danehy joined the athletics.staff on June 11 of this year.
She holds the positions of both Senior Women's Administrator and Associate Athletic Director.
Danehy received her Masters Degree in Education in sports management from Springfield College.
At Springfield College, she was working under a fellowship, taking charge of monitoring 25 teams of both men's and women's sports at the Division I and II levels while still attending classes.
She also achieved her Bachelors of Arts degree at Providence College in the field of sociology.
Agam Danehy worked while taking classes at the school, this time as an Associate Director of Operation and Management for athletic facilities.
Leslie Danehy ha,sbeen hired this year as Associate Director of Athletics. She will assist current A.D. John Dzik and be in charge of the women's athletic programs.
She was also the assistant coach, game scheduler and associate recruiter of the soccer team.
After leaving Providence, Danehy worked as an intern at the Amateur Athletic Union in Indianapolis, developing programs for the AAU's basketball commissioners and the national officials of other sports.
Danehy then moved to Western Connecticut University in Danbury, where she served as the Assistant Director of Athletics and as the head coach of the women's soccer team, a program that she started soon after she arrived at the school.
Danehy was an All-American Athlete in high school as a member of the soccer team and was an AllState selection in basketball and softball. In 1988, she was named Connecticut's Athlete-of the Year.
Danehy then moved on to college and continued to play basketball and soccer. However, her •career in basketball was cut short when she had to have reconstructive surgery after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her
knee.
After five knee surgeries, Danehy continued with her soccer career and remains active today in many different sports.
DanthY obtained her NSCAA National Coaching Diploma in 1996.
She served as soccer coach for several schools in addition to Western Connecticut State.
In 1995, she was named Assistant Coach for the semi-professional Connecticut Lady Wolves and also played for the team.
From 1993-96, she coached Yankee United Premier Teams of Connecticut at the Under-12, 14, and 16Tyearold age levels.
At Western Connecticut State, Danehy was named Little Eastern Conference Coach of the year in 1995 after she founded and coached the soccer team to a top ten ranking in the New England region.
At Cabrini, Danehy will be responsible for all of the women's athletic programs, a total of nine of the 16 intercollegiate athletic
She is here to ensure gender equality in intercollegiate programs.
The position also requires Danehy to work with Coach Dzik on the development of the athletic budget and to oversee scheduling, •transportation and contracts of all' intercollegiate games.
She will be the new liaison to the student advisory committee, Cabrini's athletic boosters and the PAC' sports committees.
By filling the position, Danehy has agreed to collaborate with the college relations department on sports information, marketing and report statistics, rosters and other necessary information to the NCAA, the PAC, and the media.
She is also the Assistant to the Administrative Director of SPARC and all summer leagues & camps.
Danehy has not had much experience with a Division III school, but says she is looking forward to working at a small school.
Danehy has several plans for the coming semesters.
In reviewing the NCAA News magazine recently, she saw an article on a new program which she would like to stan here at Cabrini in the fall of 1998.
The article, which tells how to set up a program that will give students a better education, focuses on stressing academics over sports for all athletes, by requiring that student athletes perform community service and working with athletes
on their career development rather than seeing them as just "jocks."
Danehy will be attending a conference in Kansas to learn more about this program and about how to integrate it into Cabrini's sports programs.
The programs that Danehy is trying to develop unifies our sports department with Cabrini's Core Values, a mission statement that Cabrini has implemented to develop programs that make sure students are well rounded individuals.
The program's goals were to develop the mine\, the heart and the body. Cabrini first instituted it into it curriculum in 1989.
When it came into effect, Cabrini was the first institution to implement community service as one of its college career goals.
These goals are still being revised today and with new programs being developed both in and out of athletics, the Sisters of Cabrini are able to complete its intended mission, to serve.
"I am looking to make the athletic experiences of the students a better one," said Danehy.
"Latet on in my career I would like to be Athletic Director of a University, " she added, Danehy is confident that her experiences here at Cabrini will help her to acheive that goal.