It is everywhere and it is not hard to find. Every Thursday students are informing other students of the most exciting and biggest parties on or off campus and everyone looks forward to going.
Unfortunately, not everyone is going to these parties to meet new people and socialize.
They are there to get drunk. In fact, if you are not drunk or passed out, some people say the party was not worth going.
According to a study done by the Harvard School of Public Health, more than one-third of freshmen who enter college take part in binge drinking their first week of school.
By the end of their first semester, the study found, 68 percent will have abused alcohol College, to most incoming freshmen, is an overwhelming feeling of freedom from their parents and from rules.
They feel as if they will not get in trouble and that nothing bad will happen to them. /
According to Tricia Buonacore, the Health Educator here at Cabrini College, freshmen have a feeling of invincibility, that drinking is the "norm" because it makes them cool and popular.
They feel the need to fit in and drinking five drinks in one night is not a big deal to them. They have the "it-won't-happen-to-me syndrome."
"Eight out of 10 students
believe that when they are caught with aJcohol and must attend the alcohol violation class, they feel that they haven't done anything wrong and they shouldn't be there," Buonacore said.
Buonacore feels that the consequences for alcohol violations are not stJ.ict enough and so it really does not cross a students mind before they begin to drink.
They drink, Jake a class, do community service and then pay the fine. -
"Alcohol is becoming one of the biggest problems on college campus everywhere.
Widely used despite its illegality for most undergraduates, alcohol contributes to almost half of all motor vehicle fatalities, the leading cause of death among young Americans. It is also associated with unintentional injuries, such as. as unsafe sex, a growing threat with the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to the Harvard School of Public Health.
These results are from one of the Harvard studies which tested over the 17,000 students on 140 different campuses nationwide:
84 percent of all students surveyed reported drinking during the school year with 44 percent qualifying as binge drinkers and 19 percent as frequent binge drinkers.
One-third of the schools surveyed qualified as high binge campuses, which meant more than half of the responding students were binge drinkers.
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Fraternities and sororities were found to be the biggest holder for binge drinking.
Binge drinking is modified by gender and the national standard measure.
Binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks in a row one or more times during a two-week period for men. Four or more drinks in a row one or more times during a two-week period, is considered binge drinking for women.
According to Buonacore, the freshmen come here with the notion of partying in order to fit in.
They believe that if they drink enough and party enough, then they will be accepted. "Reality sets in during their second semester or the beginning of their sophomore year.
The problem with drinking is that getting drunk is becoming socially acceptable. Cabrini is not any different than other colleges and binge drinking is everywhere," Buonacore said.
There are so many circumstances of binge drinking on college campuses.
For example, a Louisiana State University student died from alcohol consumption during his first week of college.
One of the main reasons why the drinking age was raised to 21 was to prevent more teenagers from dying in alcohol-related accidents.
Fifty percent of deaths went down when the drinking age was raised.
"All policies have good legitimate reasons behind them and they are enforced for a reason," Buonacore said.
"There have been mandatory meetings for all freshmen to attend during the fall orientation regarding alcohol awareness.
On Tuesday, Sept. 9, 1997, an alcohol awareness program was run by the Peer Educators and two students from Villanova that are in wheelchairs. Of the 455 freshmen, only 50 showed up. It was a mandatory program for freshmen to attend.
'That just shows that they do not take mandatory seriously," Buonacore said.
According to the Harvard
study, many binge drinkers in college just carried the habit over from high school.
"It is your choice and you better be willing to accept the consequences such as pregnancy, diseases, being killed or killing someone. You must be responsible for your actions," Buonacore said.
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Bulldozer, metal piling, concrete mixers and construction crews. What do all these things have in common?
They are all a, part of Cabrini's new construction on campus. Cabrini College just celebrated its 40th anniversary and is receiving a multi-million dollar face lift.
The new~st sites that are being added to our campus are: Founder's Hall, formerly Sacred Heart; the apartment complex, our new housing project and our final project, SPARc, Cabrini's multi-purpose sports center.
The renovations of Sacred Heart Hall have been completed, just in time for Cabrini's largest incoming class ever, consisting of 455 students. Cabrini is moving into the 21st century with a new look toward the future.
Sacred Heart Hall was designed back in 1960 for a class population of less than 200 students.
Phase one: This included wiring pentium-based microcomputers, digital projectors, video cassettes, CD and laser disks in all multimedia classrooms controlled by a master computer console.
Phase two: This phase will start once the SPARc Center is finished.
The project will b.egin with creating new classrooms and office space in the east, wing of Founder's Hall, where the gym and locker rooms are now located.
Phase three:
In the third and final phase of the renovations, Cabrini will be adding a new science education wing to Founder's Hall.
Sacred Heart Hall has been renamed in loving tribute to Cabrini's first president and founder on ber 100th birthday, Sr. Ursula Infante. Once the final changes are complete, Founder's Hall will change its name again to the Sister Ursula Infante Learning Center.
plex that Cabrini is adding to house its students.
This facility is estimated to be finished by January 1998.
The apartment complex will be able to hold up to 120 students.
In~ividual apartments will hold anywhere from four to six people per apartment.
The apartments consist of two or three bedrooms, a dinning room and a livin_g area which _ will all be shared by the entire apartment complex.
The apartment complexes will have two resident assistants along with a resident director.
The apartments will be opened for all students who want to participate in the new lottery system in late October or early November of this year.
At that time all students living over at Harcum will be able to move back onto campus.
The SPARc Center construction is on schedule and will be available to students next year. Cabrini is not yet finished with its renovations.
College President Dr. Its new design, will host over 2,000 students. It is the start of a three-phase process. The next project scheduled to be done is the apartment e;om-
Antionette Iadarola has been talking with students on what the next project for Cabrini should be.
Despite the ongoiilg teachers' strike, 23p00 students from the Catholic high school Philadelphia Archdiocese began the school year last week.
Although the teachers' three-year contract actually expired at· midnight on Sunday, Aug. 31, the Philadelphia Archdiocese refused to negotiate a new contract past Thursday, Aug .28.
The Association of Catholic Teachers; representing 950 teachers, urged the teachers to vote the proposals down. The proposals have been discussed for the last six months and covered over 30 issues. On Tuesday, Sept. 2, the contract was rejected by 22 Catholic high schools in the fivecounty area. It was the first strike in 21 years.
Most of the teachers say the strike is due to monetary issues and a lack of
respect.
The salary for a new teacher in the diocese begins at $24,800. The average salary, with 21 years' experience and a master's degree, is $36,000, which is less than that earned by comparables.
Suburban public school teachers' salaries begin at $30,000. With 15 years' experience, a teacher could make $65,000.
ACT wants wage increases of $2,600, $2,700 and $2,800 over the three-year contract. The archdiocese is offering pay increases of $1,700, $1,500 and $1,400 over the next three years.
During a news conference at union headquarters in Center City ACT president Rita Schwartz said, "We're a union that says, 'No contract, no work."'
However, the Catholic school system argues that they will risk losing students if the tuition is raised to pay for the teachers' pact. Tuition, already raised $100 from last year, is currently $2,950.
Also affected by the strike are Catholic high school sports.
Joanne Walls, Cardinal Dougherty principal and chairman of the Catholic League Board of Governors, said all functions, including sports, will be held "provided there is proper supervision."
Yet several Catholic League officials doubt coaches will cross picket lines to coach or hold practices.
Officials of the Philadelphia Archdiocese opened schools for freshmen orientation on Wednesday, Sept. 3. Administrators and over 200 lay teachers, already in _school,tended to the students.
The strike began Tuesday, Sept. 2 after 850 members of Local 1776 of ACT rejected the proposals. The members then proceeded to march from the Sheet Metal Workers Hall, on Delaware Avenue, to the Philadelphia Archdiocesan Building, 222 N. 17th St., which was followed by a short rally.
The following day 72 teachers formed picket lines outside the gates of Archbishop Prendergast and Monsignor Bonnor High Schools in Drexel Hill.
Charlie Gallagher, a biology teacher at Bonnor for 31 years, said, "I have a master's degree and certification, so I could teach anywhere. I choose to teach here because the church is important to me."
A possible end to the strike could be near ff Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua agrees to arbitration, Schwartz said.
In eight South Jersey high schools teachers rejected the Camden diocese's three-year offer for a three percent pay increase the first year, 3.25 percent the second and a 3.5 percent increase for the third. The strikers are asking for a 6.75 percent increase in wages in the next three years. Only 4.500 students attend Catholic high schools in South Jersey.
"We simply have to strike to change the way we're treated," Gallagher said.
During the week of September 12September 18
FRIDAY Drop/Add
Friday is the last day to drop/add a class without a fee.
SATURDAY Soccer
The Mens' soccer team will ho ·t Baptist Bible on Saturday, Sept. J 3, at l p.m.
Philadelphia
There will be a trip to visit Philadelphia on train at 1 p.m. Saturday. Sept. 13.
SUNDAY Baseball Game
The Philadelphia Phillies host the Red at 1:35 p.m. on Sunday. See Student Activities for more information.
TUESDAY Soccer
The Women's soccer team plays Kings at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Sept. 16 on Cabrini's campus.
Luncheon
The Big Brother/Sister Luncheon will be held in the cafeteria on Tuesday, Sept. 16 starting at 11 :30 p.m.
See Student Activities for more informaton.
The women's field hockey team ho ts Rosemont College on Wednesday, at 4 p.m.
THURSDAY Bingo
Bingo will be held on Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. in the Widener Center gathering area.
MichelleSaboja staff writer
09/7
Mother Teresa1s death mournedby all.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta passed away on Sept 5 from heart failure at age 87. Her death brought people of all religions together to mourn the loss of the well-known, nun from Calcutta, lndia.
Not only did she touch the hearts of many Roman Catholics, but Hindus and Muslims as·well. All who loved her gathered at her Missionaries of Charity to pay respect to the late Mother Teresa.
Indian government declared a day of national mourning and will grant her a state funeral on Sept. 13. State funerals are usually only reserved for presidents andprime'ministers. The funeral was originally scheduled for Sept. 10, but was delayed to give more time for nuns to reach Calcutta.
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Touchingeulogy given for Diana.
A touching eulogy awaited Princes Diana she passed millions of people in the streets of
London and even more watching around the world on date. Inside Westminster Abbey, Diana·s brother, the ninth Earl Spencer gave an emotional eulogy for his sister. He spoke of her humanitarian work, her desire to reach out to people all over the world.
He criticized the paparazzi, who regularly followed her around He closed by speaking of Diana's imperfections and how she strugled to feel secure about herself. At the end of his tribute applause was heard from inside Westminster Abbey.
Singer Elton John re\\TOte lyric from his song "Candle in the Wind" to honor the princess. The performance was said to be one of the services most touching moments.
09/8
Secretary of state to travel to Isreal.
Secretary of State, Madeleine K Albright will travel to Isreal for the first time. Duril;lgher trip she hopes to set up peace talks between the Palestinians and Isrealis.
She aims to get Palestinian President Y asir Arafat to take action against terrorists and their followers. Albright wants Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to work with Arafat to end the tensions and work towards peace.
She al o hopes to employ the help of surrounding Arab leaders to help end the tensions.
This trip comes after days of terroristic acts in the region. Albright feels that the chances of peace in the region are fading away due to the increased violence there.
09/8
Savingeducationplan tops projectlist as Clintonreturru.
President Clinton returned yesterday to the White House after a three week vacation in Martha's Vineyard.
Returning to work, the president put his plan to save education standardsand testing tops on his things to do list.
The president was angered that his campaign to highten national education standards and test learning did not go over well. So far only six states and 15 school districtshave agreed co his plans that would begin in 1999.
::l 9/9 SunkenFerryin Haiti.
An overcrowded ferry sank
Incidents reported by public safety during the dates from September3 to September7.
Medical Injury
9/3
An RA in Woodcrest made a call to public safety regarding a resident who hurt her ankle. It was advi ed that the resident go to the nurse then to a local hospital for treallnent.
Burglary 9/3-9/4
Public safety found that an unknown person entered Cabrini's bookstore during closed hours between Sept 3 and Sept. 4. lbree bags of store merchandise was removed.
The incident is being reported to Radnor Township Police for further investigation.
The bags were found early -inthe morning of Sept 4 with all the assorted merchandise in it.
yesterday in the Saint Marc Channel off Montrouis in Haiti. As many as 400 passengers on boared are feared to be dead.
The boat was lacking life jackets and some doors were bolted shut
The largest ferries have a maximum capacity of 300 people. These maximum capacity limits are often disregarded by Haiti's sea transport .industry.
09/10
80 Peoplekilledin Algeria.
About 50 assailants armed with hatchets attacked Algeirs, Algeria. The neighborhood of Beni Messous, 12 miles west of Algeries, Algeria was attacked late Friday night.
Doors to homes were kicked in and entire families were murdered. The attack lasted about three hours which killed at least 80 Algerians.
No one has claimed responsibility yet for the Berri Messous attack.
The discription fits the tactits of Islamic militants fighting Algeria's military regime for the past five years.
The cause is over canceled Algerian elections in 1992, which an Islamic fundamentalist party was expected to win.
9/4
A "stop" sign located by Grace Hall had been removed by an unknown person(s) on Thun;day, Sept. 4. Physical Plant put another "stop" sign in its place. There are no known suspecrs at thi time.
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A small fire was caused outside of House three by a cigarette butt. Public safety used the sprinkler to fini h putting out the small fire, after the RA used a fire extinguisher.
Theft 9/8
Public safety received a call from a person who noticed their wallet was missing. No money was reported to be in the wallet, but quite a few personal items were in the wallet. The Radnor Police were called and took a report from the person. No updates have been made.
by Erin McHugh features editor
Students sometimes choose to live on a college campus in order to gain "the full college experience."
Cabrini College had such a large request for on campus housing this year that they were forced to place students on another college campus close by.
Harcum College, in Bryn Mawr, will house 50 Cabrini students for the fall semster.
Melina Espaillat, a first-year student, was placed at· Harcum for the fall semester.
having to live at Harcum until she moved into her dorm.
Piechowski is very unhappy with many things.
"I have to pay $75 to park my car at Harcum and another $25 at Cabrini," Piechowski said.
"I understand that my housing deposit was late, but the school is not taking responsiblity on their end," said Piechowski.
Piechowski said resident life made living at Harcum sound good.
Yet there are many things they are not receiving that Cabri:rriresidents are. -
Espailllal,t'shometown is Marlton, N.J. which makes "We have no long distance," Piechowski said. "If it almost impossible to commute. , we want it, we have to pick it up ourselves, with a call-
She, like many resident students, paid her housing ing card, or MCI. deposit in May.
Washer and Dryers are not free the way they are on
At that point she had heard that there was no room Cabrini's campus." on campus but she did not know what the outcome was One of Piecbowski's biggest concerns was security. going to be.
She said they lock the door to the dorm building at Espaillat later found out in August that she would 8:30 p.m. and it is hard to get in. There is no combilive at Harcum College. nation or code.
Espaillat feels that she will not be able to meet as You have to bang on the front door for the security many students as she would if she lived at Cabrini. to open it and if they do not hear you, you have to walk "There is nothing to do here," Espaillat said. around the building to call them hoping they will
Despite the fact that Espaillat did not find out until answer the phone," Piechowski said. August where she was living, she still thinks she Piechowski feels that this is not only an inconwould have come to Cabrini. vience but also feels it is unsafe.
"It's only until the fall," she said in a positive tone. "I would just rather be living at Cabrini."
Stephanie Piechowslci of Burlington, N .J. is a junior "They told us we would be getting the same as resat Cabrini. Piechowski did not have a problem with idents on Cabrini's campus, but we're not. If they
won't give us the same as Cabrini residents we she at least get something else," Piechowski said.
Mike Shaw. a junior, put in his housing deposit late and was chosen to live at Harcum.
Mike does not seem to mind the change he even wishes that Klein Hall was on Cabrini's campus.
"I like this building, the cafateria is right downstairs, and there is a gym in the basement."
Shaw agrees that security needs to have some changes.
He said he spent one night just knocking and knocking for someone to open the door.
Shaw's attitude towards the housing is a positve one
"If it were not for having to take the shuttle everything would be great, I think people just want to complain," Shaw says.
As for first-year student Mark Hentosh, he too feels fine with the situation.
''I would rather be living here than in a triple, I don't think I would like it," Hentosb said.
Hentosh likes having the gym and the cafateria in one building.
"I like to play basketbal and now I can go right downstairs to play."
There are many mixed emotions when it comes 10 students who were placed on Harcum' s campus, but the outlook seems to be pos~tive.
The students all know this is temporary and they will be back on Cabrini's campus in January.
by Becky Raetsch news editor"I'd like to split up my class of 31 studentsinto one of 15 and another consistingof 16 students in each," Litavec said. "When the school advertisessmall class sizes,I'd like to know There are all these new faces on Cabrini's campus. who's getting the small class size." Overcrowded? Maybe not, but perhaps a shock for returning Not only are the class sizes directly affected, but other students, faculty and staff to see just how many people now aspectsof college life will be impacteo with the crowdedcolattend Cabrini. lege.
With the largest incoming class, of 455 students, to ever Even though it is only the second week of school, people attend Cabrini, some faculty and staff may be a little con- are beginning to see a taste of just how long they might have cemed. to wait in line in the cafeteria to get their lunch or dinner.
Dr. M.L. Corbin Sicoli, professor of psychology, sociolo- Sometimesthe line to get food ends where the meal card gets gy and social work, has one of her classes in the basement of scanned,at the door.
Holy Spirit Library.
"With 660 students and only 320 seats, there is a problem
The students sit at odd angles, Sicoli said, an&Therewere right there,'' Brian Saul, catering director for Wood Dining notenoughseatsforthefirstdayofclass. Service,said. Saul went ontosayhownoonistheprimetime
"There is definitely a space problem on campus,'' Sicoli for studentsto pour into the cafeteria, creating the enormous said lines and seat shortageproblems.
d I h• the large increasein studentson campus. ple get situated. The food servicetried to break up som5 9ffue-- - - p nI a e p I a
Sicoli is not the only professorhaving trouble dealing with Saul believesthe cafeteriacrowdingwill ease up once peo- __e ----
Mr. Andrew Litavec,professor of education,likes the new massness in line by having a ''Top Hits"...crn.mrertowardthe renovated rooms in Founder's Hall, but does not agree with back of the cafeteria. ..- the idea of doublingup class sizes and crowdingin a room that _..\YhMtht-iood court opens on Sept. 11, Mark Smith,assisis now smaller than before. - taut director of Wood Dining Setvice, feels it will-also defi"I really like the room, don't get_!llewreng,-but~ot when nitely affect them as well. you have 31 students.).~a-dass if it is not comfortable for Not all areas of the campus are impacted the way others ther!l,'' I.,itavecsaid. "Usually my classes are a hands-on are. Rich McErlean,directorof public safety, reports that the experience,but now that had to get modified because of the additionalstudents on campus has not yet affected the public size." safety department.
Litavecbelieves.the classes are not constructedfor healthy Still, there is a general feeling among certainprofessors. learning situations and said there is not enough space for the ''The quality of educationsuffers when you don't have the studentto get the best education. space," Litavec said
When schoolwork gets too much, get away and have fun. Read below and find the weekend that fits you.
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Can you believe it ? The all mighty video game has turned 25 years old.
It was in 1972 that N o 1 a n Bushnell began the early versions of Atari, intoducing the video game, Pong, which • eventually started the video game craze. With this one moment in our histo-
ry we can calculate the begin-
The video game continues to reinvent itself year after year, mesmerizing generations old and new. Varied home video systems with a vast selection of games keep this genre of entertainment thriving.
aliens and fighting masters. We have spent 25 years in front of the television sets playing everything from Pong to M a d d e n Football.
This popular form of entertainment has oecome bigger and bigger with each coming year.
What started as the electronic alternate to the board game has become a huge hit for all ages.
How did the home Start?
In
system 1972,
Nolan Bushnell introduced the photo obtained from internet Mario from Super Nintendo System game pong to audiences and the popular game became available to home audiences three years later to huge sucess.
ning of all of the seemingly "wasted" hours of many of our Jives from that time to the present fighting fictional apes, The original Pong home sys-
The Atari 2600 was among the original systems to hit the stores in the early 1980s. The 2600 was the first interchangable home system.
tern consisted of just the technology to play one game, Pong on it.
It was not until another two years that the Atari 2600 was
Soon came the Intellivision from Mattel and the Colecovision also from Mattel.
The games produced from these systems established classic games and soon died out witht he advancew of comp·anies such as Nintendo and Sega.
In 1985 the first Nintendo System was released as was the first Mario cartridge. This game set off the most interest the video game industry has seen since Pac-Man.
been just two systems that have held an edge on the market.
Sega and Nintendo have fought for the past five years to control the video game market with their 16 bit systems.
As with all systems, the 16 bit could not last forever and with the jump to the 323 bit system a new player came into the mix, Sony.
In 1995 the addition of the Sony Playstation to the market allowed the market to open up a little and left the two other major companies struggling to catch up.
The Sega Saturn has not shared the success of either the Playstation or the Nintendo 64. Although argued by many to be a superior system, does not have the titles to compete on the same page as the Playstation.
So as we look back on the past we can wonder what the future holds for Video Games. There is one thing that we can
The Super Mario Brothers, for a time, were the king of the video photo obtained from internet game world, and still remain among some of introduced and had the ability to play a variety of different video games on its system.
It was from this system that such popular home games as Asteroids, Donkey Kong, and Pac-Man were first played.
Out of all of the titles for it Pac- Man had the most impact round world and socially made everyone addicted to this form of entertainment.
Video Games just kept getting bigger and bigger and more advanced and more advanced.
The Atari 2600 inspired other companies to produce home games.
the most popular selling titles.
In the 1990s, there came two new types of games that would soon dominate the market.
Sports and fighting games became among the highest selling titles in the history of video games.
As the years went by the games became more and more accurate and more and more violent.
It was at this time in the history of video gaming that the ratings system, Jike the system used to rate movies, was used for video games.
Since the 1990s there had
photo obtained from internet Sonic the Hedgehog be sure of though, that video games will stay for a long timeand will continue to entertain us for just as long as they are around.
All pictures for this story were obtained from the Internet.
The spirit of the Emerald Isle will infiltrate the Wildwood, N.J. community by attracting Irish enthusiasts from the tristate area on the weekend of Sept. 18 - 21.
North Wildwood's sixth annual Irish Fall festival will feature a varied selection of Irish music, a dance workshop, a golf tournament, a SK run, loads of vendors and a food court.
Entertainers expected to perform throughout the weekend include: Misty Isle, Gabriel Donahue, Cozy Marley, Crossroads, Busy Fingers, Cherish the Ladies, The Wolfe Tones, Blackthorn, Paddy Reilly, Tommy Moffitt and the Timoney and Gibson Irish dancers.
For more information call 1800- IRISH-91.
Thursday,Sept 18
9 a.m. A.O.H. (Ancient Order of Hiebemians) Irish Open at the Cape May National Golf Club on Route 9 in Erma; cost $85 per person (Includes beer, buffet, golf fees, cart, cap, pictures and prizes)
7:30 p.m. Concert at Wildwood Catholic High School, 15th and Central avenues, featuring Cherish the Ladies, the Wolfe Tones, the Gibson Irish dancers; cost $20
Friday, Sept 19
Saturday,Sept.
11 a.m. - l p.m. - Ceili Irish Dancing Workshop (for beginners) at the Anglesea Pub Tent
8 p.m. Irish music in all local pubs and taverns
8 p.m. - Midnight Celli Dancing and music by South Jersey Ceili Band in St. Ann's School at Glenwood and New Jersey avenues
* AUDITIONS FOR CABRINI'S FALL PRODUCTIONS WILL.TAKE PLACE IN THE RED CLOUD COFFEEHOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24 AT 7 P.M.
* ACTORS ARE NEEDED FOR PLAYS BY EUGENE O'NEILL.
* INPROVISORS ARE NEEDED FOR CAVALIER ATTITUDES INVITATIONAL.
* BACKSTAGE HELP IS ALSO NEEDED.
Actors will read from scripts. Improvisers will be given a project by the comedy troupe members. Performers should come prepared with material (ex. song, standup, etc.)
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editorCabrini's campus radio station, 89.1-WYBF, has implemented a new format and slogan this semester. In addition, Steve Murray, former resident director of Xavier Hall, is the station's new general manager.
The new format is a more obscure selection of mode~ rock music, replacing the mix of various types of rock music ranging from the early 80s artists such as Van Halen, Bon Jovi to current Top-40 "alternative" artists like No Doubt and the Gin Blossoms.
The modern rock format was chosen to target the audience left behind from the former 103.9 WDRE-FM, in Philadelphia, which was sold in February.
Besides the new music, DJ's now recite "The Edge" after the call letters and station frequency, while on the air instead of the former 'The Voice of Cabrini College."
Murray replaced Sheri Sabot as the station's general manager this past summer so she could persue
Murray is no amateur to the radio business. He was program director for WYBF in his senior year at Cabrini.
He also had varied internships in several aspects of radio broadcasting such as production, copywriting, sales and radio ratings research, while still attending Cabrini.
Following graduation, he worked in sales and weekend on-air shifts at 95.1 WAYV-FM in Atlantic City.
Campus and community awareness and inolvement in the station are Murray's main objectives. As well, he hopes to make things interesting for the age group ofl8 - 25, but it will be a challenge for him.
Steve encourages new students to get involved with the station.
"The station is an excellenttesting ground for students. It offers hands on experience and an opportunity to grow for students as early as their freshman year, which is not the case at most college radio stations," said Murray.
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Thursday, September 11, 1997
The editorials, viewpoints, opinions and leuers to the editor published in Loquitur are the views of the student editorial staff aud the individualwriters, not the entire student body or the faculty and administration.
Cabrini is final1y entering the 20th century. Physical advancements are making this campus more popular to future students and even the ones who are presently enrolled. It is also quite a treat to sit in a comfortable chair, in a carpeted room, with electronic educational equipment to aid professors and teachers.
A new recreation center is running its course of construction and will hopefully be completed by the spring semester. This is likely to bring joy into everyone's life, especially the athletes, who will be able to run on a track field and not around the campus perimeter.
Change is good, And it is especially welcomed on a campus so needy as ours. Perhaps, an athletic complex should have been thought of earlier. Maybe it was and it just was not in the budget to do so. Whatever the situation may be, it is a gracious welcome and we should be thankful that Cabrini can equate itself with other colleges.
SPARC, Founder's Hall and an apartment complex are definitely providing Cabrini with a new look and a new attitude. Crowding is a problem on campus, but hopefully once the complex is finished the problem will be solved.
At any rate, Cabrini is moving forward. There may be some gliiches, but at least the college is demonstrating its potential to make the time spent here more beneficial. Yes, it is a shame that these changes were not made sooner, but the past is in the past and nothing can be solved by looking back. We must now look to our future.
Alcohol is a problem on college campuses. Having fun somehow is equated with getting drunk, passing out and waking up is some foreign bedroom with people you do not know.
Trying to educated studentson the effectsof alcohol is somethino-Cabrini has tried to do, but how can they when hardly no b one shows up for programson alcohol?The problem is that students want to have fun. But do you need to have a beer in your hand in order to have fun?
Everyone knows what alcohol can do to you. Everyone knows that the are susceptibleto all kinds of violencewhen they are intoxicated. Yet, busts are still made and parents are still notified. It is very hard to educate people who do not want to hear the same stuff they are told over and over again in classes or even by their parents. But, the college cannot stop trying to educate. If only one person listens and puts down that beer, it is one life that could be spared from the-effects,,f-aleohoh
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Fraternities: Good or bad? Do they belong on Cabrini's campus?
You go to Cabrini. You want to go out on a Friday night. You want to experience "a college weekend." In other words, you want to get falling down piss drunk. Where can you go?
Do you try to get someone to by beer foi' you and party in your dorm room? Do you risk getting arrested and go out to a bar with your fake ID? What if Cabrini had fraternity houses and a Greek system?
Fraternities are an enigma on many college campuses. While they play a definite role in the social lives of many of the students, many people consider them more of a headache than they are worth.
Supporters of the Greek system say that fraternity houses give the students a piace to go to have fun. They offer a certain sense of camraderie among their members.
They say that they create a sense of brotherhood. Administrators say that graduates who were involved in the Greek system are the group most likely to make donations to their alma mater.
Opponents say that fratemity houses are simply tolerated drinking establishments. They are places where underage drinking happens and the authorities look the other way, The hazing that occurs can be dangerous and lethal in some cases. Others say the Greek system alienates students who are not a part of it.
I am now a Cabrini student. In a time not too long ago, I was a student at the University of
Pennsylvania. In my short time there, I pledged and joined a fraternity. For me, it was a great experience. I made friends that I still consider to be some of my best.
I was not hazed. I did know many people pledging other fraternities who told me st?ries of abject horror. -
That said, given the disparity of experiences from house to house, whether or not fraternities beiong at Cabrini would be_ a difficult debate.
At Cabrini, we have to consider the impact of a Greek system on the already delicate balance here. A system of fraternities and sorori• ties would only further the riftbetween residents and commuters.
As you look at the dollar costs of being in a house, there would also be divergence between those with the funds to join and those without.
The pros for fratemities on campus, in my opinion, are few. I admit that they would give Cabrini students bona fide locations on campus to hang out and socialize that were not a part of the everyday routine, like the food court. They would be social groups that students could join and thus feel like they were living out more of "The Cabrini Experience."
All of these things can be seen as being of benefit to the school. But before we all vote to introduce frats to our world, we should consider the cons.
Opponents will say that fraternities foster underage drinking. Fraternity houses and parties would offer kids a place to go and drink on campus that is essentially under the auspicies of the adminis-
tration.
The legal parties would become a thing of the past and monitored consumption of alcohol would fall to the fraternities. Binge drinking and alcohol poisoning would increase.
An introduction of fraternities would open Pandora's box in terms of hazing and other fraternity related issues.
Let us not forget all of the horror stories of fraternity gang rape and alcohol related deaths.
We must also consider the fact of unmoderated living for what would be a large number of college age men or women.
In my opinion, a Greek system at Cabrini would be a travesty. The environment here is not, in my mind, conducive to having such separatist organizations.
There is enough separation between commuters and residents that the introduction of fraternities or sororities on campus would only widen the gap. The Cabrini experience would become far more different than it already is for residents vs. commuters. To sum it up, having seen the way a fraternity is run and the way the people in the fraternity deal and relate to nonmembers, I believe that a Greek system would only erode the moral fabric tying Cabrini together as a community.
The logistical implications I am not considering, except in the most general of terms, but socially, the implications are huge.
Students at Cabrini would seem more distant to each other, based on membership and ability to experience this new facet of Cabrini life.
JlJJ In issue No. 1, the Vince Gill review, Garth Brooks was sited to have packed 50,000 fans in Central Park, NY. The correct estimate is 250,000 fans.
JlJJ In issue No. 1, "A new home for Cabrini students" had numerous errors on the number of students that are living at Harcum. The actual number of Cabrini students irvinggt H~rcum is so.
We regret our errors
Dr. Joseph Romano: No, with proper compensation, it should not affect a students' learning experience.
Christine Ream, sophomore: Yes, the large class size does take away from individual attention. It makes it harder to know your professors.
Anthony Metz, sophomore: Yes, things don't sink in when your in a crowd. There has been no affect here at Cabrini, classes are the same as last year.
Jeannie Wesolowski, senior: Yes, in a smaller class there is more one-on-one and th.ere is no hiding in the back of the classroom you are forced to participate.
Miguel Williams, sophomore: No, I have no problems being around people, they are not distracting to me.
Juhong Park, sophomore: Yes, because many students have different experiences and you can not understand everyones' experiences.
When I was a child I 1ooked forward to every Saturday morning. Yes, I loved the cartoons but it was the day when my parents and I- would go food shopping at the grocery store.
The aisles were filled with cereals and cakes and cook-.i,es. I could not wait to dive into the sugar bliss in aisle four.
In fact, I remember going shopping with my parents quite frequently. Whether it be a grocery store or a clothing store, I had fun walking down the aisles and picking out things that I wanted. Not always getting them, but just dreaming about it.
But now the simple pleasure of doing such a thing as shopping has become a war zone. Over the summer something happened in my
otherwise pretty quiet neighborhood.
There was a shooting at my local Acme Market store. Two people lay dead and two injured in a store that used to be the highlight of my Saturday mornings. It is a complete nightmare to me. I do not understand how individuals function today, especially in the city.
The thing I was most afraid of when I was younger was that someone may mug me, either on the street or in a store. Now, I must be afraid that someone will murder me while walking across the street or down a grocery st~re aisle.
I am thankful each day of my life that I am alive. I hear every day about murders, rapes, muggings and abuse. Every day I tum
on the news and the top story has to do with one of those four things or a variation.
I have no idea how or why a person would randomly commit these acts of violence. Some may say that the person is insane and could not rationally think.
Many times that is used as a defense. Others may blame it on abuse when they were younger. So that gives the person a -right to murder, rape and steal?
I say to those people who make up excuses to look inside themselves. Really think how they would feel if such a horrific even happened to their mother, father, sister, friend or even to themselves.
I work in a phannacy part-time to help pay my way through
Dear editor,
This summer brought a number of renovations to the building formerly known as Sacred Heart Hall, now Founder's Hall.
In addition, other changes were made to the campus. Were these benificial ?
Has all of this construction and distruption been worth the wait and incovenience?
This is certainly the case in Founder's Hall. I remember the first time I toured the newly completed project in late August.
There were still some boxes scattered here and there, but I could feel a distinct difference.
It seemed like a college classroom setting. Before, the bare walls and echoing hallways reminded me of a high school.
This is no longer the case. New carpeting, soundproofing, and air conditioning throughout all of the building creates an ambiance for learning more so than in the past.
However, the changes in the
classrooms themselves are no ler ; important.
There is no more suffering through class in those hard plastic chairs that give no comfort. Furthermore, each room is a "smart room." We have stepped into the age of technology, and itis a good thing.
Yet not only Sacred Heart underwent altercations. The bridge between the Widener Center and Founder's Hall had a wheelchair accessible ramp installed. Although it eliminates the three step entrance, this is a positive renovation.
It indicates the simple things to facilitate or meet the needs of physically-challenged individuals is the wave of the future.
After all, small touches such as braille numbers next to the doors in Founder's Hall can be indicative of an attitude of assistance in concrete with the principles of Frances Xavier Cabrini.
Still what would a look at change be without some criticism?
Despite all of the exciting proj~~~ _
school and someone could walk in and blow me away. That scares me.
That scares my parents. However, now it has become a part of life. But why? How could a Saturday morning full of joy become one of fear? The only thing I can do is try to protect myself.
1 guess the shooting at Acme was a wake-up call for me. I really did not think anything that I heard on the news could happen so close to home.
I was wrong. My father could have been the man shot in the chest.
My mother could have been the woman shot in the arm. But thank God they were not. They could be next time. I pray for change apd
hope for a safer future.
The only thing I can do is to be aware. It has become second nature to me to look over my shoulder and to know who and what is around me. I sometimes think I am a detective trying to cautiously prevent something horrible from happening to me.
Life is definitely not simple and each one of us should cherish it. I know I do. Watching people being wheeled out on stretchers on the evening news has become an incentive for me not to be one of them.
My life is something I treasure. And maybe one day I will be able to live in a safe enough world again where Saturday mornings for my children will be full of fun and not terror.
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complete over the summer as well as those to be done next year, the cafeteria must be addressed.
I can live with it not having been assimilated into the Founder's Hall effort, but there is a definite need for expansion.
You can wait in line for 20 minutes just to get burgers or hot dogs. It is a small complaint and hopefully the food court activating meal exchange will reduce the traffic.
However, we will not really know until after the spring 1998 semester is over.
Only then will all the residents have been living on campus on a consistent basis.
But regardless of these future troubles, things are looking up. We hace moderized in some places and touched up others.
We might even have a breather after the apartments and SPARC are opened. For now, it can be said that Cabrini has done it right and let's enjoy it.
JoeZe~ski, seniorA new practice by Cabrini's admissions and athletics departments has the school looking for new recruits outside of Pennsylvania, formerly its primary applicant pool. The standard has brought three new players to the field hockey team.
by Laura Casamento sports editorAs undeniable proof that Cabrini's new mission of recruiting more out-of-state students is working, three women from assorted parts of the country have joined Cabrini's field hockey team.
First-year student Laine Reddish comes to Cabrini after spending her high school years at Foxcroft Boarding School in Virginia.
Despite the school's location, 45 minutes from Washington, D.C., Reddish said it was situated "in the middle of nowhere."
Reddish permanently resides in Middleburg, Va.
Throughout her high school years, Reddish, an eight-year veteran, started on the field hockey team.
However, she maintains that the team was "awful."
"There was no consistency," Reddish said. "We had a different coach with a different style of coaching every year.
\ Saturday. Sept. 3
The Cavaliers lost to Franklin and Marshall University by a score of 1-0. Senior goaltender Anthony Noel racked up four saves.
Saturday, Sept. 6 North Carolina Wesleyan Tournament
Junior Paul Donaghy scored on a penalty kick, but the Cavaliers were unable to hold off North Carolina Wesleyan University. Cabrini lost 3-1 in their opening matchup.
Senior Anthony Noel recorded six saves.
Every time a new one came he would wipe out absolutely everything you had learned the year before and you'd have to start all over again."
Reddish heard of Cabrini through her aunt, who lives in Lawrenceville, Pa., and grew up in Philadelphia.
After applying to Cabrini, she received a personal note from the business' office, which, she says, really helped her to make up her mind.
''It showed that they really knew and paid attention to their students as real individuals," she said.
Reddish also applied to Penn State and American University, but preferred Cabrini because of its small size and friendly atmosphere.
"At ·those other schools, I always felt like I would get lost in the crowd," she said. "They were way too big."
Reddish is an English/communications major and plays the position of sweeper for the Lady Cavs' field hockey team.
Once first-year student
Kathleen Ross heard of Cabrini's small campus and friendly atmosphere, she decided it was the only place she wanted to apply.
''I came from a small high school and I liked the people's attitudes and how close everyone was," Ross said.
"I wanted to stay in that style of school."
Ross comes to Cabrini from Delmar, Del. "It's about as far south into Delaware as you can get," she said. "It's almost in Maryland."
Ross applied only to Cabrini and was accepted in early October.
"I love the location and the campus," she said. Although she was recruited by other colleges, Ross was uninterested.
"All the other coaches turned me off. They weren't very personable at all," she said.
"When [head coach] Jackie [Neary] called, she was very nice. She even showed me around the campus."
school field hockey team in both her sophomore and senior years.
"Sophomore year we were really good. We went to the state tournament that year, but we lost in an overtime game in the second round," she said. "It was very disappointing."
Ross is pursuing a degree in early childhood education and wiJI be playing at midfield for the Lady Cavs.
First-year student Kathleen MacMenamin also comes from an exceptionally strong high school team.
"My junior year, we just missed being the top-ranked team in the state," she said.
MacMenamin, who hails from Sayville, N.Y., said her decision to come to Cabrini was "fate."
"I actually read their tuition offer when it came in the mail instead of throwing it ou1 like I did with the other schools' letters," she said.
"They were offering me a very good financial aid package· to go here."
also heavily recruited MacMenamin.
"I got calls from the track coach [Tom O'Hora] and from Jackie [Neary]," MacMenamin said.
"I was really impressed by~ how they came after me."
MacMenamin was also attracted to Cabrini's small campus.
"It's very friendly here," she said.
However, the deciding factor may have been location.
"A lot of my friends live or go to school close to here," MacMenamin said. "I can always call them if I'm homesick."
MacMenamin wiH be backing up junior Mary Lear in goal this season.
All three women are expected to compete for spots on the ,starting roster.
Ross started for her high
Cabrini's athletic department ,
Sunday. Sept. 7
Junior Don Eadie had a goal and an assist and junior Paul Donaghy netted a goal as the soccer team defeated Washington College by a score of 2-1. Junior Anthony Noel grabbed 10 saves in the game.
Thursday. Sept. 4
The women's soccer team dropped their home opener to York College, 1-0, in double overtime. Sophomore Jennifer Reichert had five shots on goal, while first-year goaltender
Katie Hecht recorded nine scored her first collegiate goal, saves. assisted by her sister, junior Jessi Valerio, who also netted a Saturday, Sept. 6 goal. Junior Mary Lear had six saves.
First-year student Karin Hale scored a goal and senior Cara Santelli netted the game-winner as the Lady Cavs defeated Albright College, 2-1.Sophomore Erin Barney contributed one assist in the matchup.
Thursday. Sept. 4
The Lady Cavs were defeated by Moravian College in their home opener by a score of 5-2. First-year student Katie Valerio
Saturday. Sept. 6
Drew College Tournament
Junior Mary Lear had 17 saves, but it was not enough as the Lady Cavs lost to host Drew College, 4-0.
Sunday, Sept. 7
Drew College Tournament
The field hockey team lost to Wesley College by a score of 41, despite a goal by junior Jessi Valerio. Junior Mary Lear
In addition, they are part of a talented young core of players that the teams' coaches plan to use to dominate the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference in future years. notched 16 saves in the loss.
Thursday. Sept. 4
The Lady Cavs were unable to hold off a scoring outburst by Haverford College and los their season opener, 3-0, witn match points totaling 15-2, 154, 15-4. Sophomore Kristy Burton led the team with nine digs and four kills, while firstyear student Tricia Arnold had six digs and four kills. Firstyear student Nicole Gramlick had four digs, first-year student·· Angela Grassa had five digs, and sophomore Erica Philo had three digs.
There are currently 16 sports at Cabrini College, not counting the junior varsity squads.
That means there are a lot of rebounds, shooting percentages. batting averages, wins and losse~ stats over career / season and winning percentages to calculate.
One man heads up the mission to keep track of all the statistics that aw produced by Cabrini athletes.
That man is Rich Schepis, sports information coordinator.
Schepis fills a new position
with a familiar face.
As sports information coordinator, it is Schepis· job to keep the media and conferences of which the Cavs are involvedin up to date on all of the information the Cabrini sports teams produce. Schepis is also responsible to make press releases and information booklets for each game.
Graduating with the class of '97, Schepis is continuing his stint at Cabrini as an employee in the College Public Relations Department.
Schepis had been attending Cabrini over the past three and a
half years.
Schepis graduated from Washington High School with the class of 1988 and then attende·d Penn State's Ogontz campus for one year, not having any idea of what he wanted to do with his life.
After he left Ogontz, he entered corporate America, working for Comcast Cable Company.
'Three years later Schepis left that same corporate world and enrolled at Cabrini as a second semester first-year student, hoping to study teaching.
Schepis felt he did not make a difference in the world as a Comcast employee and thought that teaching would help him fill the void that he felt by not helping others.
Schepis enrolled at Cabrini as an English/Education major.
But like most college students, Schepis' interest swayed to something new - sports.
Admittedly a "sports fanatic," Schepis and athletics were a natural fit.
His interest in Cabrini sports came after Schepis covered a Cabrini vs. Allentown basketball game for the Loquitur, the first Cavalier basketball event he ever attended.
Reflecting on that event, Schepis remembers attending the exciting game against Allentown and having his very own story published about it. From then on, Schepis was interested in covering Cabrini sports.
According to Schepis, "journalism was the key. It gave me the opportunity to combine my interests in both writing and sports."
Following that game, Schepis talked with Athletic Director John Dzik and developed a relationship with him that would land him his first internship.
Schepis took over for the current sports information intern, Cabrini graduate Bob McCartney, and in his junior year started as the sports information intern
Anyone interested should call Rich Schepis at 902-8259.
From there, Schepis said, "the rest is all history."
Reflecting on his time at Cabrini, Schepis acknowledges
many people who helped him become what he is today.
Among them, he cites Dr. Arthur Young, English professor and director of CARe; Nancy Gainer, director of college relations; former Professor Carter Craigie; assistant professor of graphic design Don Dempsey, and Dzik.
Schepis said, "The thing I always loved about Cabrini is the willingness of people to help me. That's the greatest thing about this job, it gives me the opportunity to give back. The fact that I am able to give back as well as receive is great."
As sports information coordinator, Schepis has the opportunity to interact with athletes and press. He takes pleasure in being able to answer all of their questions.
Schepis' outlook is simple. "As long as I am happy, then I'm content," he said.
Schepis also looks ahead to new things to satisfy his need to improve, planning to go back to school to get his master's degree in sports administration in the next few years
"I don't like to stay put," .he
said. ''I feel that you can always improve yourself no matter what you do."
Schepis understands that are more glorious positions that he could have, and some that he could receive more money doing but is happy doing what he is doing, because it makes him happy.
"I love division III sports because of the people and dedication that people have," he said.
"There is nothing l like to see more than heart, and in my job I get to see examples of heart everyday. You can't defeat the human spirit."
Part of Schepis' passion comes from his love for the Cabrini CaYaliers. Schepis loves to help out the sports department and is proud of what he does.
"I am proud to be part of the seasons I've spent doing the stats for the Cavs," he said.
Although content with what he is doing now, Schepis says he may look down the road in order to improve his responsibility and challenge himself with other positions in his area of expertise. Right now Schepis is leaving all of his options open.
Show your Cabrini Spirit and try out to be the college's official mascot ... "THE CAVALIER"
Like all professional sports teams, the basement-dwelling Philadelphia Phillies have been both blessed with outstanding - or at least good-players, and plagued by the prov.;erbial thorns in the side. Here, as the regular season grinds mercifully to a halt, I present my 1997 Philadelphia Phillies Report Card:
Infielders
Rico Brogna, first base: Though his batting average has continually hovered just below the .250 mark, Brogna is high on the team's list of home run hitters and produces a lot of runs. Additionally, he is more than consistent in the field, making many outstanding plays during every game, from snagging line drives to pulling low throws out of the dirt. Grade: B.
Mickey Morandini, second base: Morandini seems to have emerged as a team leader after Darren Daulton's departure for the Florida Marlins in July. Offensively, he leads the team in batting average, where he consis-
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tently hits above .300, and in doubles with 14. Morandini is also steady in the field and comprises one-half of one of the most reliable double-play combinations in the majors. Grade: A.
Scott Rolen, third base: Just a rookie, Rolen is the team leader in runs batted in and second on the team's list in home runs. He has also been a solid defensive player, robbing many players of triples or doubles up the third base line. And the boy can run. Rolen leads the team in stolen bases and is second in triples. Is there a better candidate for the Rookie of the Year? Grade: A.
Kevin Stocker, shortstop: Though he has shown that he can bat better for average, Stocker has established career highs tbis year • in triples and home runs. Previously shaky in the field, Stocker (with only eight errors on the season) and Morandini have combined ,to lead the National League in double plays. Grade: B-.
Mike Lieberthal, catcher: Lieberthal has exploded along with the team in the second half of the season and now leads the team in home runs. Though his average is still relatively low, it is a huge lift from his first half, Mendozaline totals. However, Lieberthal is still inconsistent in the field and
must start calling better pitches if he wants to help the team be a contender next season. Grade: B-. Outfielders
Gregg Jefferies: Talk about your waste of money. Despite the multi-million dollar deal he signed a few years back, Jeffries has not put up numbers even close to what the Phils expected. He has achieved only mediocrity in all offensive categories and seems to be playing poorly on the defensive end in protest of being moved from first base to the outfield.
Grade: D-.
Tony Barron: Barron is a true success story from the Phillies' farm .organization. Since joining the team in August, he has pushed his average into the .280s and smacked several extra-base hits. In the field, Barron is a walking highlights film: he has made diving catches, leaping catches, running catches, and, oh yeah, those catches where you just stand there. Grade: B+.
Midre Cummings: Cummings is another Phillies' success story. After being released by Pittsburgh, the Phils' claimed him and he made his mark with the bat early. He hits consistently, staying around .275 and drilling several extra-base hits. However, Cummings' field-
ing has yet to see the same improvement.
Grade: B.
Rex Hudler: Hudler returned from the disabled list to be the hero of an August game by hitting two home runs - one of them a game winner - but he hasn't done much since. He needs to raise his average about one hundred points before he will see himself on SportsCenter. Grade: D+.
Danny Tartabull: The linescore: $20 million, 7 at bats, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 runs batted in, 0 home runs. Great acquisition by that wizard of trading, Lee Thomas. Grade: Incomplete.
Pitchers
Curt Schilling: On a better team, Schilling would be a frontrunner for the Cy Young Award. With almost 300 strikeouts, he has been completely dominant against the most formidable pitchers from any league. He is hurt by only two things: the Phillies' defense and the Phillies' offense. Oh, and by that fiasco that they call the bullpen. Grade: A+.
Mark Leiter: On a better team, Leiter would be in the bullpen. He has given up the most earned runs, hits and walks and has one of the highest earned run averages on the team. And included in the package: a warm and fuzzy relationship with children, dogs, old ladies and the rest
of the general public. Grade: D+.
Matt Beech: Beech has finally won some games after going 07 in the first half of the season and holding the Phillies' to an 0-14 record in the games he started. It has been an impressive turnaroW1d-he has racked up 100 strike outs with the help of his renewed confidence. However, teams still score a ton of runs against him and it shows in his ERA. Grade: C+.
Garrett Stephenson: Stephenson has been one of the most impressive pitchers on the team with an ERAjust above 3.00 and only 35 runs allowed. Adding to the credentials: Mark McGwire went 0-3 in his National League debut against the young pitcher. ,.All three of his at bats were strikeouts. Stephenson has proven himself as a pitcher with plenty of potential to be a team leader in the seasons to come.
Grade: B.
Ricky Bottalico: At the Phillies' closer, Bottalico has had his' good days and then has had days that make Phillies fans yearn for the sight of good old number 99 on the mound. He has racked up 26 saves, but has blown seven and has an ERA above 4.00. He needs to settle down and concentrate on throwing the heat instead of his fancier pitches. Grade: C. Cross Country
SEPTEMBER.
13 Wagner Invitational
20 Baptist Bible Invitational
27 Philadelphia Metro Inv.
OCTOBER
4 Belmont Classic Invitational
11 Dickinson Invitational
18
11 at Alvernia College 3 p.m. 16 at Eastern College 3:30 p.m.
Women's Tennis
NOVEMBER
1 PAC Championship TBA
I Thursday, September 11, 1997 I
by Ron D'Orazio safes associateTaking to the courts with no seniors and only three returning players from last year's squad, the women's tennis team opened the regular season with a 5-4 comeback victory over Albright College on Saturday, Sept. 5.
To open the contest. the doubles teams battled in an eight-point pro set, with the first team to reach eight winning the match.
The No. 1 and No. 2 doubles teams fell short. 8- J and 9- 7 respectively. while the number three doubles team of first-year student Karenn Love and sophomore Karin Letcher rebounded with an 8- l victory.
Going into their singles matches down 2- l. the Lady Cavs knew it was going to be tough against the fl]Ore experienced players of Albright.
Three out of six of the Lady Cavs· singles players were firstyear students playing in their first
After dropping the number one and two singles matches, the women's tennis team rebounded to defeat Albright College with key wins at third doubles and third, fourth, fifth and sixth singles.
collegiate match, including the players filling the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, Carrie Smith and Lori Gibbons.
Both Smith and Gibbons were defeated by more experienced opponents.
Junior Michelle McDevitt, a first team All-Pennsylvania Athletic Conference honoree, rebounded with a 6-1, 6-1 victory to keep the Lady Cavs into the match-
Letcher and Vicki Morris. a transfer student. also contributed with singles victories.
McDevitt said she was nervous before the match for two reasons: first. she had just been moved up from number five to number three singles. and, second, because she had lost her singles match to Albrighfs team last year.
As for the actua: match. McDevitt •aid he played a consistent game without many mistakes.
McDevitt wa able to use a lefthanded advantage over her righthanded opponent by making her
opponent return her forehand shots with her own weaker backhand.
McDevitt' s victory tied the teams at 4-4, with the decision resting squarely on the shoulders of Love in a key match.
Love's win gave the Lady Cavs the 5-4 decision over Albrigh~ avenging last season's 5-4 loss to the visitors.
Morri~ also turned in an impressive performance in her bout with Albright
After about an hour and a half of back-and-forth advantages, Morris pulled out the victory by a score of 6-3, 3-6. 6-3.
The win for Morris was her first in a full year as well as her first win on the college level.
Morris said the match was the longest of her career, but she was ·helped by the sideline support from her coach. Reggie Day.
Morris Jlso noted that she had to work harder after losing the second set en oute to her comeback victory.
Day said the match was a very
opponent,
match
·'These ladies played their hearts out today, showmg a lot of ~pirit. enthusiasm. hustle, and fight." Day said.
Day also said the team 'ih<Jwed "110 percent'· out on the court.
"That's a11rm asking for,'" Day said.
According to Day, the team is blending and showing great team chemistry in such a short amount of time.
McDevitt said the year looks uncertain since four starters have graduated or moved on, but everyone on the team is working hard to establish the team in the PAC.
No. 2 singles player Gibbons said that the pressure the match had on her was overwhelming, since it was her first college match.
As a first year student, Gibbons said, '1t is a whole new level of tougher competition above high school."
Gibbons said she hopes to learn from this experience to better her· self for the next match.
Toewin was a first not only for the seru.on but for the threefu&c-year players as well as new
calls
assistant coach. Cabrini gra~uate 'vlichelle Meilvaine.
career." big win in what he expects to be a rebuilding year for the team.
Mcllvame pl<1yed for he Lady Cavs for four seasom. 1993-96, running a career record of 45-19 in singles pla}'.
The victory also marked a back-to-back win in home open ers after the team defeated Chestnut Hill College in their first match last season.
_ The match was the team's first since surviving "Hell Week," five days devoted to improving their tennis skills as well as developing a strong sense of teamwork
"Preseason camp was one of the hardest experiences that I've endured, but I'm glad I persevered because in the end it pays off," said sophomore Nicole Klimas.
"Not only did it prepare us for the tough season ahead of us, but it also provided us with a strong bond, knowing that we survived together," Klimas said.
The team faces the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science Friday, ~~t. 12 at 4 p.m. on the tennis C(?lirtS, --=-~