March 26, 1998 Issue 22 Loquitur

"C" is not the average anymore

Confusion about what is the average grade at Cabrini has forced faculty to create a new version of the college catalog's definition of each of the letter grade's meaning. The nationwide concern is how important a good letter grade is if the majority of students are getting A's.

by Jennifer Nespoli assistant features editor

What has happened to the C grade? The average grade has crept from a C to a B, and the -average has slowly been rising over the years.

The C is an average grade, act:ording to the course catalog, but the average GPA at Cabrini is 3.036, a B.

In the fall of 1973, the average GPA was 2.8, but last fall the average GPA was 3.036. Though it has not had a significant jump as it has at more prestigious universities like Princeton, it still concerns administration and faculty.

it clearer for professors and students to understand the meaning of each letter grade.

A grade of B means that the student has a "good knowledge of subject matter and a good manifestation of the ability to work independently demonstrates good scholarship, research, analysis or performance," ac~ording to the new grading standards.

It also means a "good understanding of the fundamentals," and a "very good level of proficiency in oral, written or other expression."

A grade of C constitutes a "satisfactory knowledge of course content, satisfactory completion of co~rse requirements [a]basic understanding 6f fundamental principles and an ability to apply them," and somewhat proficient in oral, written or other expression.

The average GPA for all undergraduate courses is a B, 3.036, which implies that

Does an A grade mean the same as it did in the past? If more and more students are receiving A's, is the grade inflating, or are Cabrini students just that good?

In 1973, 2 8 percent of the students received an A grade. In 1996, 39 percent received an A grade. The percentage of students who received a B grade in 1973 was 36 percent, but in 1996, 29 percent received a B grade.

Grades are the mark of a student's knowledge.

It was an almost-complete switch from 28 percent of A's in 1973 to 36 percent of A's in 1996.

In response to growing confusion about the meaning of grades, the faculty has approved an amended version of the grading standards for undergraduate courses published in the undergraduate catalog. The new version tries to make

Cabrini students are above-average students.

"There are a lot of pressures to get good grades," Nancy Gardner, assistant to the provost/academic dean, said. "Grades are the mark of a student's knowledge."

Princeton University is having the same problem. According to an article in the New York Times on Feb. 18, the dean of Princeton made a report for the faculty and administration. to review grade inflation at the university.

The study was a review of 24

years of undergraduates grades, according to the article.From 1992 to 1997, the percentage of grades at Princeton that were A's was 43.4 percent. B's accounted for 39.9 percent. Only 9 percent of grades were C's. In 1973-1974, 30.1 percent were A's, 39.1 percent were B's and 14.6 percent were Cs. In the fall of 1997, almost a quarter of all full-time under-

graduate students at Cabrini made the dean's list, about 266 students. A student makes the Dean's List with a GPA of 3.5 or above.

Gardner is hoping that the new grade definition standards will help curb the rising grades. "Teachers can still have their own grading system," she said, "but hopefully this will be helpful to them."

Course scheduling creeps up on students

by Megan Zustra assistant copy editor

College students are under a great deal of pressure. Choosing courses for the next semester is just another added pressure they feel.

Choosing classes can basically be compared to choosing your future.

How much time should the college student allow for sorting through the schedule booklet, making an appointment to meeting with their adviser, actually meet with their adviser and then finally going to the registrar to make their new

schedule official?

On March 9, campus mailboxes were filled with registration forms and course selection booklets.

From that point, seniors wishing to register for summer or fall classes had until Tuesday, March 17 to go through the process.

Juniors registered on Thursday, March 19. Sophomores have two dates, Tuesday, March 24 and Wednesday, March 25 as do first-year students on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27.

This means that seniors had under 10 days to sort everything

out and first-year students had just under 20 days.

Students have mixed feelings about this process.

Junior Kevin Kronk is a former Harcum student and can compare experiences.

"At Harcum we had a month to do it [the registration process]," be said.

"It really threw me off this semester here at Cabrini," Kronk said. "I realized the day •before I was supposed to register that it was so near. Thank God one of my classes was canceled so I could figure it out and get it done on time."

According to Kronk, there is

too much pressure here because of the time constraints.

First-year student Heather Lamb is new to the whole registration process because the last time she did it was during sum- • mer orientation when things were very structured and guided.

When she had to go through the exact same process without all of the guidance she ran into problems with getting an appointment with her adviser. Actually she did not even know who her adviser was.

"I think it is hard to get an appointment with your adviser," she said. " You can call and call

but they never call you back."

Lamb is an education major who was notified through the mail who her new adviser for her sophomore year would be. "I don't even know who he is," she said. "I guess I will have to ·find out soon though because registration is coming soon."

The registrars office is extremely busy during this particular time of the semester When asked to comment on why the process is done the way • it is everyone_in the office was unable to comment because of the hecticness as a result of registration.

There are a lot of pressures to get good grades.

graph by Jen Nespo/i This graph depicts the average grade distribution that is allotted at Cabrini in the fall semester of 1996.

Vandalism persists in apartment complex

by Erin E. McHugh features editor

Vandalism continues on campus in the new apartment complex.

According to resident life manager Maggie Mitura and residents of the complex, on Saturday, March 21, the facility was repeatedly vandalized. A second floor stairwell window was broken when a fire extinguisher was thrown out of it, after it was set off. In another starrwell, a banister was ripped out of the wall. Address plates were removed from the walls. Laundry was thrown out of a laun-dry room window. A screen was damaged and the extension phone located at the north entrance is broken.

Mitura said she does not feel this vandalism is alcohol-related and said it may be attributed tu unescorted guests leaving the building. However, some students think Mitura is wrong and that alcohol was involved.

Drinking and vandalism go hand-in-hand. A study reported by The Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, said one in 10 students in a study of 4,845 students from 68 colleges and universities engage in

vandalism due to alcohol.

Resident life believes this building is an environment for independent, responsible living. For next year's residents, however, it is going to be available only to juniors and seniors and anyone 21 or older. There will also be an increase in room and board from the houses and dormitories.

Mitura was on duty the night of the occurrence~ and even held a fire drill around 10 p.m. She said she did not feel any of her residents seemed out of control at that time. Public safety officers patrolled the building three times, according to Mitura and also went on rounds with her as well.

Some resident students feel annoyed about the vandalism in the complex.

"I definitely think it was alcohol related,'' junior Meredith DiNapoli said. "I do not think anaverage, sober student would rip a banister off tfie wall and discharge a fire extinguisher."

DiNapoli said the responsibility should be placed on the students themselves or the guests they invite in to the complex.

"I do not think random people just walk in off the street and vandalize the complex," DiNapoli

said.

A major reason why schools are faced with substantial vandalism, according to the prevention center, is that many students drink too much. Many colleges and universities pay a huge economic and sociat: price for alcohol-related vandalism.

In the student handbook, and according to physical plant, replacing a fire extinguisher can cost between $35 to $85. Broken windows' cost varies on the building and type of window, and they too range as high as $200. Physical plant had no estimate on the repair costs of a banister at this moment.

Residents of the complex are also concerned about who will pay for the damages, since the damages have not yet been accounted for by a specific person or student.

"The school needs to do something about it," junior Colleen Dionne said.

Dionne, a resident of the apartment complex, said things are only going to get worse before they get better, and action needs to take place, Dionne said. There is definitely partying and drinking and people are getting in whether they are guests or not and this when the destruction begins.

this past weekend.

"This independent living is not working," Dionne said. "The people fighting for this type of living are the same people who are abusing it."

According to 11.itura, students in the complex held a meeting hoping to prevent this type of damage and destruction. These students ~alked about how they too need to keep an eye on the building and the people who are coming and going and how to prevent vandalism.

This meeting was held just a few days before the incident in the complex.

School administrators should anticipate that intoxicated students

may damage or destroy whatever they can get their hands on, according to the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Prevention.

Dionne also said that if resident life wants to treat this apartment complex as a place for independent responsible living, they should take action similar to an actual apartment building. In a apartment building a person would be evicted if they were caught vandalizing the building.

Mitura said resident life is aware of what is going on and because the building is so brand new, everything they experience is brand new as well.

Professors enthusiastic about new courses

by Melissa Lessig assistant news editor

It is time t() decide the fate of your fall semester, 1998. Registration has arrived once again and this fall you have a few new courses at your disposal.

In the biology department, a new course is being offered. BIO 304 A: Cell and Molecular Biology is open to biology majors only. It is not an elective. The pre-requisite is BIO 101-102 or 103-104. The course is being taught by Janet Kumar on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:35-10:50 a.m. in Founder's Hall room 301. The lab portion of the course is on Fridays from 1:00-3:30 p.m. in the same room.

The language department is offering a new literature course in Spanish for the fall semester by one of the new full-time professors who is yet to be hired. "It will

be a very exciting new course," Dr. Cynthia Halpern, associate professor of Spanish, said.

The course title and professor have not been established, but it is listed in the schedule as SPA 400 A: Hispanic Literature and Culture on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:50-3:05 p.m. in Founder's Hall room 106.

The philosophy department will be offering a brand new course in the fall semester called Environmental Ethics. PHI 326 A will be taught by Harvey Lape on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3: 10-4:25 p.m. in Founder's Hall, room 202. It fulfills the values requirement of the required core curriculum,

Lape has already taught this course at other colleges and is personally committed to it, according to Dr. Sharon Schwarze, department chair of philosophy. "He has unique ways of approaching the i

environment. I believe that this course has issues that students will enjoy talking about." Schwarze said.

This course is divided into two different parts, according to Lape. In the first part, the course will discuss traditions of the environment and in the second part the class will create moral views concerning the environment.

"One of the main traditions is domination." Lape said. "It is the idea that human beings were given the environment to use and destroy. This tradition has fallen out of favor, but can still be found in business as business looks at the environment as converting money.

Another tradition is stewardship, meaning taking care of the environment," Lape said.

The contemporary tradition is that of "the environment having value in its own right, indepen-

dent of human beings. "Ecology is an example of this," Lape said.

The course will question the environment and how to treat it from the perspective of the traditions, according to Lape. "In the second part of the course, we will try to develop systems of environmental ethics and moral views," Lape said.

The psychology department is offering a new course to students as well. PSY 268 A will be taught by Dr. Doreen Greenberg on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:35-10:50 a.m. in room 211 in Founder's Hall. The course is called Sports, Culture and Society.

This course will be valuable to students interested in sports, sports sciences, sociology, psychology and cultural issues, according to Greenberg.

"This course is designed to acquaint students with current theo-

ries and research in the area of sport and society. The focus will be interdisciplinary, including sociological, psychological, historical, philosophical and economic perspectives," Greenberg said.

The course incorporates social ideas as well. "Special attention will be given to moral, ethical, racial, economic and genderbased issues in sports and the contribution these often controversial areas have made in the evolution of North American and other cultures," Greenberg said.

Greenberg also said "the interaction between sports and culture and the psychosocial processes will be examined."

Basic topics that will be covered in Sports, Culture and Society are sports and deviant behavior, media influences and sports, politics in sports, and culture; fitness and body image.

photo by Erin E. McHugh This is the broken banister in the apartment complex that was broken over

Children'sSchoolmakingthegrade011campus

by Jennifer Nespoli assistant features editor

Amid an array of colorful markers and scattered artwork lie 10 children, each clutching a marker and adding careful strokes to their pictures. They are making a card for Miss Nina, their teacher, who just bad a baby.

One card reads, "I love you, Nina." A little girl named Anna notices the message her classmate '(im has written and asks him to help her write it on her card. At 5 years old, they are already writing sentences.

Outside, raindrops fall softly on the playground. The children will not be able to go outside for recess today, but they do not seem to mind.

In another classroom down the hall, four-and-a-half-year olds are smearing blue paint onto paper with their fingers. Yellow paint sits nearby waiting to be added. They are about to discover the color green.

The lessons may seem simple for these children at the Cabrini College Children's School, but Ellen Jackson, director of the school, can attest to the amount of work that goes into making learning seem effortless to these children.

"Our teachers are among the very best," Jackson said proudly. "They are dedicated. They work hard and are very well-prepared."

Most of the teachers are either Cabrini graduates or they got their teacher certification at

Cabrini. Besides the school's full-time faculty, there are two student teachers, six to eight field experience students and seven to eight work study and work grant students.

Jackson is pleased to have students from Cabrini at the school. ''Cabrini's program is one of the best around," Jackson said.

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home of the Children's School, so it had to find a place to move.

After 20 years on Cabrini's campus, the Children's School moved to its current location, in the United Church of Christ building on Walker Road in Wayne.

"Of course we miss not being on campus," Jackson said, "but it's a beautiful facility and it was built for children."

The Church's right wing was unused during the week and the space turned out to be the perfect place for children to come and learn.

The administration at Cabrini helped find the new home for the school and the two are still closely linked despite their separate locations.

"It. is good experience because it gives students the opportunity to be in schools from the beginning so they learn what it's like to be teaching. They get to see how a curriculum develops and they work directly with the children."

Jackson, who has been at the school for 21 years, received her teacher certification at Cabrini.

The school used to be located on campus, on the land where the Dixon Center now sits. Four years ago when the college was trying to find a good location for the sports and recreation complex, the best spot they could find on campus was then the

There are three different groups of children attending the school. The children, all preschool age, learn in groups of 10 to 12, except for the younger group.

"We want the children to be productively involved with their education," Jackson said. "We have an integrated curriculum, which means that everything is woven together. All learning is related,"

The curriculum is built around themes. Last week was a dinosaur theme, which is still obvious from the decorations on the walls of one of the .classrooms. Pictures of dinosaurs co_veredthe wall and a paper dinosaur hung from the ceiling. This past week the theme was green because of St. Patrick's Day.

The school also has an inclusion program for children with special needs. The program allows children with special needs to interact with other children and they learn from each other.

A team of therapists work with one little boy. They deliver their services at the school so he does not have to leave.

Although it is the law for schools to have some kind of inclusion program, it is not easy to do, according to Jackson. There has to be a lot of support for the staff and the specific needs of the children must be met. "In a good program," she said, "everyone works together."

The fruits of their efforts are

showing already. The little boy working with the therapists bas made visible progress. When he . first came to the school he was not talking, but now he is talking and the teachers can hardly contain their excitement.

"This is the reason I became an educator," Jackson said. She is perhaps the proudest of all the teachers.

Dr. Nancy Rush, who just retired this year, founded the school in 1975 with the help for Eve Concannon, an educator from England. Concannon brought her teaching model with her to the school.

"Together they set up an environment that not only meets the needs of the children but also engages the children's enthusiasm for 1eaming," Jackson said. "It makes it exciting and fun, but within a structure."

It is obvious what the children think of this teaching system. Their smiles tell the story. Nina's class is so excited by their work that every student

wants their picture taken with their card.

Jackson is busy helping them spell words like "would" and "visit." Dot Briscoe, a teacher, passes out more paper so that they can continue drawing. They are enjoying this lesson.

The children do not realize it is a lesson. The finger-painters do not-realize what an important discovery they made today. They are just having a good time.

A mother comes in to take her daughter home. Sarah is reluctant to go home. In her red stockings and pretty white dress, she is hard to argue with. Jackson assures her lunch is only five minutes away, so she will not be missing anything important.

"In the beginning of the year they cry because they don't know if they're going to like it," Jackson said. She smiles as she watches Sarah leave reluctantly with her mother. "By the end of the year they're crying because they don't want to leave."

set up an eli~ironment that not only meets the needs of the children but also engages the children's enthusiasm for learning.

Children are coloring during their day at the Children's School, which once was on Cabrini's campus until the Dixon Center came along.

photo by Jen Nespoli

Ellen Jackson, director of the Children's School, reads with a little boy who is a student at the school.

Thursday, March 26, 1998

What's Happening

During the week of March 26 - April 2

THURSDAY

0 Registration

First-year students can pre-register for summer/fall 1998 courses in the registrar's office, T~ursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27.

FRIDAY

0 Housing deposit due Deadline for students to have their housing deposits turned in at the business office in the mansion, is Friday, March 27.

SATURDAY

0 Unplugged

Come to the coffee house to experience the feeling of unplugged on March 28 at 8 p.m.

TUESDAY

0 Job Fair

Bloomsburg University will be holding its teacher job fair on March 31.

0 Scripture and Supper

Experience a scripture and supper in the Xavier Great Room from 5:30 - 7 p.m. on March 31.

WEDNESDAY.

0 Job Fair

Kutztown University is holding its annual teacher job fair on Wednesday, April 1.

THURSDAY

0 Recruitment F'1ir

Millersville University is holding its annual teacher recruitment fair on Thursday, April 2,

Last Week in the World of News

by Becky Raetsch news editor

03/18

Fisca] plan rejects Clinton's program

Senator Pete V. Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, proposed the first detailed fiscal blueprint for next year's budget plan, which rejects all of President Clinton's notions for increased ,domestic spending. White House officials said Domenici's plan attacked the core of their plan to help families. Their idea was to improve public schools and provide more assistance with day care expenses.

"This budget squeezes out education and squeezes out children," Gene Sperling, the White House's economic policy adviser, said.

0 3/18

More autonomy for Kosovo Russia called for wider autonomy for ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo while rejecting demands for independence. Russia's foreign Minister, Yevgeny M. Primakov held discussions with the Serbian foreign minister, Zivadin Jovanovic.

0 3/19

Hindu party reconsider India's new Hindu nationalist Government said they would review their country's nuclear weapo·n policy on Thursday, March 19. They may "induct nuclear weapons" into the military arsenal. This proposal is very likely to set off new anxiety about an arms race between India and Pakistan.

The government said it will be "keeping the option open". Governments before have secretly developed nuclear weapons over the last 25 years without publicly acknowledging it. •

0 3/19

Restructuring of NATO

There was big discussion on Thursday, March 19 as to whether to approve the treaty admitting Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic into NATO. Those who favor expanding the alliance had hoped to build support for their view with an orderly presentation and debate, which would hopefully spark the public and press, therefore resulting in enlarging NATO.

"This vote on NATO," Senator Paul Wellstone, a Minnesota Democrat, talking of the start of the debate, "is not about what our position is on NATO. It is

about saying we thought we were going to have a debate on education."

03/20

Retrial convicts ex-officer

On Friday, March 20, Walter Budzyn a former officer in Detroit Michigan, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter during a retrial in the beating death of Malice Green. Involuntary manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 15 years.

The previous jury convicted Budzyn of second-degree murder, which carries a sentence maximum of life. Last summer, the State Supreme Court overturned the verdict.

The court dismissed the first verdict partly because the mostly african-american jury was show "Malcolm X" during a break. Green died after the con• frontation, which left him with severe head injuries. Budzyn testified that he did not hit Green.

0 3/20

Spray controls salmonella

Scientists announced a new technique to reduce salmonella in chickens by providing protection before factory farming. The technique is naturally transferred from a mother hen to her chicks. The product is

called CF-3. The treatment would add 2 cents a pound to the retail price of chicken. Preempt will not completely eliminate salmonella, which means there will still be opportunities for reinfection though at lower levels.

Carol Foreman, as assistant secretary of agriculture in the Carter Administration and critic of agriculture department, said Preempt was "a step forward" but that "consumers will still have to treat every piece • of poultry as if it is contaminated."

0 3/23

New director of I.L.O

Juan Somavia, Chile's chief person to United Nations, was elected to serve as the general director of the Jntemational Labor Organization, on Monday, March 23. Somavia's position takes control in March 1999.

Maria Nieves Roldan-Confesor, a former Philippine Labor and Employment Minister, was cast as his only rival. The job of I.L.O is to promote social justice and human/labor rights of people. Somavia was once president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 199394.

Graduate school info given by alumna

Janice C. Funk staff writer

"Nuggets of knowledge" in the form of both information and bitesize candy Snickers were offered to English/communication students at a recent career_development meeting led by Dawn Timbario, a 1993 graduate of Cabrini.

Timbario spoke extensively of her experiences since graduation, including her two years in graduate school at Ohio University, studying journalism.

Although Timbario admitted that graduate school was much more difficult than undergraduate work, she vouched that "you're well prepared coming out of Cabrini for going into grad

school."

Timbario addressed the issue of pursuing a masters' degree directly after graduation from college versus. finding a job and learning from the work world.

From her own experiences, she found that her fellow students who were fresh from undergraduate work were still disciplined in the areas of studying and being a student.

On the other hand, those were returning to school after some time in the work force had a wealth of information and firsthand experiences on which they could draw when it was time to write papers.

-Timbario has no regrets about enrolling immediately in graduate

In addition to offering information and advice about choosing a graduate school, Timbario talked about her current position as the senior marketing manager at Strategic Management Group, a Philadelphia-based management consultant firm.

photo by EmilyMercer Dawn Timbario speaks to the English/communication students about her experiences since graduation. school. "I was good at being a student," she said.

At SMG, Timbario works as a production manager for interactive media training seminars for managers and assistant managers of other corporations. As "with past career development speakers, Timbario stressed internships, connections and risk-taking as important components of a successful career.

A guide to night life in Philly

by Karin Letcher assistant a&e editor

It seems as though there are more nightclubs in Philadelphia than there are people who actually go to them. In addition, new clubs are always popping up and older clubs are constantly changing names and formats. The following is a guide to some of the more well-known clubs in the Philadelphia area, based_primarilyon their price ranges.

The most expensive clubs also happen to be the most trendiest Some might label them snobby. Proper and stylish dress is required at

a majority of these establishments, which means you will probably get turned away at the door if you are wearing the traditional college attire of jeans, sneakers and a faded Tshirt.

The average customer of the more costly nightclubs is not a college student, but student presence is visible. Most of these types of club-goers are young working professionals who have the money to throw around and spend on clubs.

Leading off the list of pricier nightclubs is Shampoo, located at 417 N. 8th St. Shampoo, which: recently celebrated its one-year anniversary in January, is open Thursdays through Mondays. The club contains three dance floors, with various music and DJs on each, depending on the night of the week. Vrrtually every type of music is spun at Shampoo - hip-hop, reggae, house, disco, acid jazz and techno to name a few. What you will not hear a lot of is mainstream, top 40 music.

Probably the best, well, cheapest night to hit Shampoo is Thursday. The doors open at 9 p.m. and the admission price is $10. The $10 cover includes free drinks and buffet from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. However, the drinks are bottom shelf, which means you will not be imbibing any high-quality liquor.

Other clubs of comparable prices and music include District, which is on 600 Spring Garden St. District, formerly known as the Bank, also has three dance floors. District's Thursday nights cost $15, which includes a top shelf open bar and buffet from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

The Palmer Social Club, 601 Spring Garden St., and Fluid, 613 4th St., also offer similar music and prices. The Palmer Social Club opens and closes later than most clubs. Its

"Wild Things"

by Colleen Ehrle arts and entertainment editor

"Wild Things" (Columbia Pictures) is a steamy suspense thriller that keeps the audience incessantly guessing the unraveling twists of the plot and is being deemed the next "Basic Instinct."

The movie is set in a well-todo community in Blue Bay, Fla., where the schemes of two distinct high school girls, Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards) and Suzie Troller (Neve Campbell),

involving their attractive high school guidance counselor Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) leave the audience attempting to discern the manipulators from the manipulated until the very end.

Richards and Campbell play contrasting characters. Richards comes from a very affluent and powerful family, while Campbell plays a convincing rebellious and troubled youth. They find an ultimate likeness in their shared desire for their guidance counselor whom both girls become involved with and ultimately accuse him of raping them.

Throw in a few detectives, Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) and Gloria Perez (Daphne Rubin-Vega) and some attorneys, Ken Bowden (Bill Murray) and Tom Baxter

hours are 11 p.m. to 3:30 a.m., Wednesdays through Mondays. Fluid is an extremely small club that shares a unique characteristic with Shampoo. Both clubs have uni-sex bathrooms, so prudish people beware.

Egypt on the Waterfront, located on 520 N. Delaware Ave., rankswith the above clubs in terms of cost, but is less trendy and strict with dress codes. Open on Wednesdays, occasionally on Thursdays and always on Fridays through "Sundays,Egypt's average cover charge is $7. Egypt has four rooms featuring different music like modem rock, dance, hiphop and techno. If Q-102 is one of the stations programmed into your stereo's memory, then Saturday nights at Egypt are for you. Saturday nights are Club 102 nights at Egypt and admission is $10.

If the idea of paying cover charges scares you away from nightclubs, there are a variety of clubs that offer free admission. Baja Beach Club, located on 939 N. Delaware Ave., never requires a cover charge. Baja is open on Wednesdays, and Fridays through Sundays and features bartenders in tacky swimsuits and lots of Puff Daddy songs.

Other clubs feature special nights without cover charges. Polly Ember's, located on 1201 Race St. next to the Philadelphia Convention Center, has no cover on Thursday nights. The emphasis at Polly Esther's is disco music and the club has a lit-up dance floor 'a la "Saturday Night Fever."

The Warehouse Nightclub, 700 N. Delaware Ave., often has no admission fees on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Most Thursdays at the Warehouse feature $1 drinks and a free buffet from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with Q-102 host.ingthe night.

Underage? No problem. There are plenty

(Robert Wagner), for the ensuing law suits that emerge from both girls' alleged accounts and the countersuits from Lombardo, and the plot soon becomes very erratic and complicated.

The impending question that plagues the viewer until the bitter end is who is the best manipulator and who will be awarded $8.5 million in charges?

Usually, as the credits begin to roll, it is a sign for the audience to depart. However, this is highly discouraged because all the loose ends of the intricate plot are explained in short scenes integrated within the credits.

The ensemble cast does an awesome job in its portrayal of these disturbing individuals. However, all of the plot's twists and turns

Wednesday nights are for ages 17-24.

of nightclubs that have underage nights. Shampoo has one on Sundays from 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Admission is $10 and you must be at least 17. Shampoo keeps the underage patrons and the 21-and-over customers in separate rooms and those not allowed to drink are given wrist bands.

District offers an underage night on Wednesdays that features gotbic and industrial music. The cover charge is $5. Egypt also has an underage night on Wednesdays, allowing only ages 17 to 24 to enter. Admission is $10.

By the time you finish reading this article, the fonnats and prices of the included clubs have probably already changed. Be sure to call ahead to make sure the details listed still apply and by all means, have fun.

create a predictability about the unpredictable nature of the film.

This film is not for all viewing audiences as it contains a high vio-

Bacon.

photo by Karin Letcher Baja Beach Club, located at 939 N. Delaware Ave., has no cover for those who are tight on cash but still want to partake in the Aightlife.

photo by Karin Letcher Egypt on the Waterfront, located at 520 N. Delaware Ave., provides a variety of music, with a $10 cover.

photo eourtesy of Columbia Pictures Neve Campbell and Denise Richards in the film Wild Things."

Jenee and sex factor. In fact, the steamy scenes include excessive nudity, including a brief shot of full frontal nudity of

Bootlegging: a popular trend and business

by James Kuhn staff writer

Bootlegging is defined as an unauthorized duplication of sound recording. In slang terms, it is duplicating the real thing, with some flaws.

Bootlegging became an issue in the '60s when the forever touring Grateful Dead allowed a "taping pit" for all fans to record their live shows. It is said that the Dead shows had just as many tape recorders as tie-dyes and

Bootlegging has also become a big business via the Internet. You can practically go onto any of your favorite bands' websites and find someone selling or willing to trade a bootleg copy of a live or rare performance.

Bands like the Black Crowes, Phish, the Grateful Dead and the Dave Matthews Band are a few of the numerous bands that have millions of copies of bootlegs for sale or trade through the Internet.

You can also find bootlegs for sale in yourtown's record shop. They are sold on compact disc, audio tape long hair:

However, bootlegging is frowned upon by most of the music industry today because artists apd record labels feel that the "bootleggers" infringe upon their recording rights.

and video tape. The price range for a CD is usu-

ally $20-$30 arid the price range for a tape, depending on the quality of the sound recording, is usually $8-$15. Usually, bootlegs are encased in glass or in the section called "imports."

Many bands preach against the purchasing of these unauthorized copies of their live shows and some, imch as the case where members of Led Zeppelin went into a record shop in London and threatened the owner if he did not take the Zeppelin bootlegs off the shelves. graphic obtained via Internet Grateful Dead fans were the pioneers of bootlegging in the '60s.

So why are bootleg copies of live performances so popular? "Bootleg tapes give the listener a sense of euphoria when listening

to them, because it makes you feel like you are at the show itself," according to first-year student Justin Slagle.

People also believe bootlegs are popular because these recordings are not mass produced by record companies. "You get to hear the originality of the music and own something that is can be considered a collectors item," first-year student Roy Mander said.

However, many store owners and bootleggers disregard the laws that protect the bands and recording labels simply because people are willing to have something that no one else has and because people are willing to pay good money for them.

In chain stores like Tower Records and Blockbuster Music you cannot find any such thing. They only carry items that are. legally produced by the artist's record label. 911 Records on South Street and Revox Records in the Valley Forge Shopping Center on Route 202 are stores where you·have a chance in finding a bootleg from one of your favorite bands.

Today, only a handful of bands like the Black Crowes,

Cabrini rewinds to the '80s

by HeatherKing staff writer

Let us take a step back, actually quite a few steps to the '80s. Most students have their share of special memories from the '80s and on Friday, March 20 all of it was brought back with the '80s dance party.

Sponsored by the Campus Activities and Programming Board and benefiting Cystic Fibrosis, the party kept swinging from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.

Unlike the '70s party at Cabrini, hardly any students were dressed to the '80s hilt. The few exceptions included first-year student, Martin Day, who sported a yellow shirt with a skinny pink tie and a mohawk up to the ceiling!

''The '80s thing, man. The hair days and the clothes were cooler. Dudes could get away with wearing makeup," Day said.

The DJ was playing the classic

'80s bits like "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper, "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang and the famous Billy Idol song "Mony, Morry."

Occasionally, the DJ let a late '70s song slip into the scene like Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and

"Rainin' Men." Some of the older students liked the change of pace and got off their chairs with renewed spunk and did these cool dances that none of the younger crowd had seen.

The faithful '80s lovers though, never left the dance floor. They'd be out there movin' and groovin' no matter how many people stayed with them. An example of these '80s obsessors were first-year Azeen Keramati and Mike Larrauri.

"I wasn't really intending on staying, but I had the gnarliest time," Keramati said.

11ike Larrauri on the other hand, went with the intent to jam and definitely showed off his '80s --skillsby breakin' down and doing the 'worm' in just his overalls.

"I don't really remember the '80s, but Run DMC is the sh** and I loved the "Dukes of Hazard" since I had a crush on Daisy Duke," Larrauri said.

Recently the '80s have been commercially reinvented with releases of several CD compilations, movies like ''The Wedding Singer," VHl 's best of the '80s and MTV's '80s specials as well. They are bringing it all back; the music, the crazy hair, the whacked-out clothing and the whole ethics of dancing on the ceiling and watching "Fame." What rocks the house is that Cabrini had an edge to pick up on the retro move and let students show their '80s love!

photo obtain'ed via Internet Phish is one of the many bands that have a huge Internetbased business of bootleg trading and selling run by their fans.

Moe and Dave Matthews a11ow fans to bring tape recorders to their shows, but most bands leave the recording up to the professionals with recording licenses to do the job.

Next time you go to the Electric Factory for a show, chances are you will see someone sneaking in a tape recorder, The problems with this are the sound recording is usually very poor and the risk of getting caught. If you are caught with a tape recorder at a show, you can fac.e up to a $300 fine, loss of your recorder, a possible law suit by the artist or label and the possibility of jail time.

Though frowned upon by artists and labels, bootlegs are a very costly and unique way to own something that you can here live over and over again.

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Enjoy a long walk through

By JenniferNespoll assistant features editor

At Longwood Gardens, spring and summer never left. A part of it has stayed and flourished and is a welcomed sight from the bare. gray.look of winter.

Most of the 1.050 acres of land that make up the horticultural extravaganza are -eagerly awaiting spring, but the four acres in the conservatory are as hot and humid as a tropical rain forest. Plants and flowers bloom in every color and each room is picturesque in its own, unique way.

There is an orchid house, a rose house, a Mediterranean garden and a fruit house, to name a few, each adjoining the main hall of the conservatory. But, despite the beautiful flowers and trees thriving insidel the outside gardens are just beginning to bloom.

Another highlight at I.:ongwood Gardens will soon come to life. •The many fountains that ac~ cent the gardens have been shut down for the win,ter. When the warm weather returns, so will the spectacular view of the:fountains and waterfalls.

The gardens, located off Route l in Kennett Square, Pa.~ have been in existepce .since the

700s, though they were not always open to the [ ublic. , · •

In 1700, the land was purchased from William enn by the Pierce family, a family of Quakers ho used the land as a fann. It was not until 100 ears later that Joshua and Samuel Pierce began eveloping the land in an arboretum.

In 1906, Pierre S. DuPont bought the land and aped it into the beautiful collection it is today. ~or the past 44 years, the gardens have been nder professional management and have welomed visitors.

Now that the 1.050 acres of land lias been med into 20 outdoor gardens and 20 indoor garens, with 11,000 different type of plants and owers. It attracts over 900,000 visitors annual-

Longwood Gardens is a place for all types of •ople, young or old, who wish to take a long alk through a never-ending garden.

If you decide to go, wear comfortable shoes d bring your camera.

For more information go to www.long1oodgardens.org or call 610-388-1000

photos by Erin E. McHugh and Jennifer Nespoli

EDITORIAL Making the grade

Being an above-average student may have meant being an exceptional student in the past, a student who grasps the knowledge of a field of study with such insight and intelligence that it renders that person a good grade, perhaps a B. Earning a B used to define a person as an above-average student. However, the average grade at Cabrini in the fall of 1997 was 3.0, a GPA rendering you an above-average student, even f:h_oughthe 1997-1999 course catalog deems a C as being satisfactory. In fact, in the fall of 1997, 1200 students earnedA's, while 170 students earned F's. Grade inflation is occurring nationally. The average grade at Princeton University is a B also. Being an above-average student is no longer a privilege, but expected. Either students are getting smarter or institutions are becoming less strict with their grade distribution, causing a vast majority of students (two-thirds of all grades) to receive an above-average grade for perhaps below average work.

Grade inflation has occurred at Cabrini, but ever so slowly. In 1973 the average grade was a 2.8, still a B. But the implications of having that aboveaverage grade in society today may be threatening. Employers will not be able to distinguish the best candidates for jobs based on grades. In fact, if everyone is earning a B or above, grades may no longer be a factor. Since a quarter of the college makes the dean's list, what makes that such an accomplishment? Since students are earning high grades and maintaining them, there is no real distinction for earning Ns or B's. Are students getting smarter or are educational standards getting lower?

Many times grading is subjective, especially :inmajors requiring essays or research papers: Earning an A in an English class is more subjective than earning that A in math class, since math testing may be more objective. However, fighting for grades on tests is not that uncommon and sometimes teachers even give in. A reason for the grade inflation may be because teachers are becoming more lenient with grading procedures, faltering under the pressure - of the students. Perhaps students feel since they have paid a lot of money to attend an institution they deserve good grades for compensation. Or perhaps teachers permit many chances for students to earn those A:s. For example, students are allowed to resubmit papers to earn a better grade or argue those test answers in order to gain a few extra points that give them higher grades. However, some may argue that resubmitting papers helps students learn from their mistakes, which counts more than the grade they earned.

In order tighten over abundance of above-average grades, perhaps some ideas above grade distribution should be debated among faculty and students-.

• Only the top 10 percent of the class should be permitted on the dean's list This would require an evaluation of a person's overall GPA and rank in class.

• Teachers should only be allowed to distribute a certain amount of A's in class. Students would have to earn that A based on grading standard.

• Use the Bell Curve as a standard. The same amount of students who receive A's will have to receive F's.

• Make grading harder. Professors would not yield to the pressure of giving good grades without having the student prove he or she earned them.

Looking at such proposals may intimidate some. Some students may ask themselves how on earth would they receive those B's and A's if such rules were enforced. However, there may be some good if policies such as these are enforced. It may assist employers in distinguishing qualified students, encourage student accomplishment, distinguish above-average students and heighten educational principles. But, then again, what student wants to be average, when becoming above-average has been so easy?

I've never been big on tradition.

I guess you could say it's my innate desire to leave my own distinct mark on anything I'm a part of.

So I really didn't think twice when I first heard the news that my graduating class would be the first to graduate from the new sports complex.

After all, that would be just another break from the normal, boring out-back-of-the-mansion ceremony that every graduating class since Mother Cabrini first entered the convent has been a part of.

A nice change of pace by any person's definition.

But then I started to think about it, and the more I did, the more I.realized that I don't want to graduate in the sports complex. ln fact, I don't even want to go inside the sports complex.

Don't get me wrong. I think it's great that Cabrini finally bas a stateof-the-art athletic facility.

Current students will have the top-notch resources they want for exercise and physical activity. And with a brand new building opening, recruiting willcertainly be easier for John Dzik and Cabrini coaches.

But that doesn't mean I want to spend my last moments as a Cabrini student there. The fact of the matter is Cabrini's sports complex has had as much an impact on my college yearsas the Apollo, Temple University's new arena.

None.

So forgive me if I can't get excited about the prospect of graduating from a building I've never set foot

in.

It wasn't supposed to be like this, of course. I can remember being excited about the prospects of this new building, which was originally scheduled to open sometime during my junior year.

But delays are inevitable, and groundbreaking didn't even occur

THOMAS MCKEE

until Sept. 29, 1997. Still, students were assured that the building would be open in plenty of time for the 1998 fall semester. Hrnrnm.

At the start of the 1998 spring semester, Toni Iadarola's $7-rnillion erector set was still doing what it's done best-tie up potential parking spaces and create headaches for students.

Now, finally as I am being fitted for my cap and gown and sending out graduation invitations, Tony Verde, the chair of the sports science department and overseer of the building's construction, says the building is 98 percent finished.

But even if the building opened on Easter Monday, which at this

point seems unlikely, it would give this year's senior class just 35 days to use the building before graduation.

Talk about a rip-off.

The fact of the matter is this building has nothing, I"repeat nothing, to do with the time our class has spent at this institution. We've played no games there, seen no games there and broken no sweat there, so why are we expected to graduate there?

At least we can look to a little tradition to justify a ceremony on the back lawn of the mansion.

And if the outside of the building is any indication of what the inside looks like, the aesthetics of the lawn have to be better.

I'll probably go to the graduation ceremony, if for no other reason than to make my parents happy, but I really have a problem with graduating in the sports complex. Making the change next year would have at least allowed that senior class some time to get accustomed to their new surroundings.

For four years, the class of 1998 has made due with what they've had. We've played hockey on the tennis courts. We've played basketball in the gym. We've played football and baseball on the lawn outside Xavier Hall. We didn't have a sports complex.

Our graduation ceremony should take place in the same area our recreation did On the grass.

ThomasMcKeeis a seniormajoringin English/communication. Heis thedesign editorof Loquitur.

Things that bring you together

Tragedy bring people together. Though it is a terrible thought, it is true. Last week tragedy struck my family. My 13-year-old brother was hit by a car right outside our house. He did not die, tbank God, but he was severely hurt.

My brother David was crossing the street, not a big street, but a small, one way, narrow street that our row home rests on, when a car tum~d down the street the wrong way.

My family spent most of the night together in the emergency room.

I admit we, as a family, do not regularly spend time together. but on Friday, March 20 we spent the whole night together.

My dad said it best when be said, "It is so hard when you look at your son in so much pain and you are helpless. There is nothing you can do. I felt helpless."

My parents spent every waking hour last weekend at Chil-

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dren's Hospital in Philadelphia with my brother. My sister and I came in and provided entertainment for my brother. We were a family helping each other.

During the last years we have grown apart as a family. We spend about two hours together

Two Cents

DIANE GRIMALDI

as a whole per week when we have dinner together, if we have dinner together. We sort of take each other for granted. I think this weekend changed us for the good.

After this weekend, my views on family relationships have changed. I believe a family tends

to drift apart, and when they get to a certain point, something happens to bring them together again. It may be a birthday or a holiday or maybe even a marriage or a birth. Whatever it turns out to be, it makes the family strong again. Sometimes the thing that brings us together is not as c~eerful as a birth, marriage, birthday or holiday. Sometimes the thing is tragic. Sometimes it is hurtful. But no matter what it is, it creates an e tra bond between the family member that makes them remember they_ are a family. not just a group of people living together under the same roof. This is what happened with my family. Even though it is very sad my brother was hit by a car. we are lucky to have each other and to be able to be there for each other.

DianeGrimaldiis a seniormajoringin English/communicationmajor.Sheis the editorin chiefof Loquitur.

Do you find vandalism a problem this year on campus?

irmala Narayan, a graduate student: No, if I had any sentimental ties to this campus it would be. I have not seen too much vandalism.

Josh Hage, a sophomore: Yes, there is a big problem, especially in the apartments. Everything is broken numerous times, more so than last year.

Sarah Ruther. a first-year student: Yes, just becau e there i a lot. When people get drunk, they get stupid.

We'll almost certainly print your comments, especially if they are well thought out and about a relevant subject. Letters should be sent by noon on Mondays. Don't forget to include your name.

E-mail us at dgrimall@cabrini.edu

CorrectionsBox:

- Malinda Crews name was misspelled in Two Cents, issue 21, pg 11.

Maureen McDevin, a fir t- year student: I think it is a problem. They should find out who is doing all of the vandali m and charge them, not us.

Marissa Tallarida, a first-year student: Yes, we had a table stolen from the kitchen in the beginning of the year. Now we just bad a screen stolen from down stairs.

Mary Kosmin, a first-year student Not really, there is not a lot of vandalism outside the buildings. It is only little things in the dorms.

Parking with nowhere to go

I am writing to you in reference to the problem that we have been having this entire year. The problem we have been having is one that is common to us all. It is one of parking, I know this has been written in to the Loquitur in the beginning of the year, but I think the dilem·ma has gotten worse as the year goes on.

Cabrini has the knack of having a problem and making it worse than it already is. I do not understand why we would build a new apartment complex for students and not have enough room for them to park their cars there.

This is where the problem begins, when students who live in the CAC cannot find a place to park outside the apartments, the start to look down residential boulevard.

Now the students who live in the houses and want to park, have their options limited. This causes a chain reaction that even effects the commuter population.

If all of the residents are now taking up the spots in front of the Widener Center. Where are the commuters supposed to park, if they are being taken by the residents.

This problem has been here

since the beginning of the semester and now Cabrini has added to the problem that we have with parking, they have allowed freshman to park their cars on campus instead of over in the Sullivan lot or at Valley Forge Military Academy. I have been a commuter for three years and I ha've never seen a problem like this before.

This past week, I received two tickets in one day, that read: its your lucky day, President Miccoli has ruled no tickets for today. I had received two of these ticket in less than a hours time, and no J was not illegally parked.

The only reason why I received these tickets was because I had to take another car to school because my car was in the shop with my Cabrini stick·er on it.

How lucky can I be , Cabrini has over loaded itself to make us larger and did not think of the effects that it will have on the students already here. Cabrini's goal to become larger is not taking into consideration the students that are already attending Cabrini.

The goal in which they should be focused on is one that should incorporate the students that are already here and those

of the future as well.

The solution to this problem could have had a simple answer.

Number one, keep the freshman over at Valley Forge and not allow them to park on campus, because of the lack of spaces, we all have to suffer now.

Why couldn't they wait until the new dorm's are built and not allow freshman to have their cars on campus.

It is not our fault that that the administration has overpopulated us, so why should we have to pay you back for your mistake with parking tickets. At least one good thing will come out of this, and that is maybe Cabrini' will not have to raise its tuition next year. The revenue_s from parking tickets must be staggering for them to count all of the money that they have collected over the course of this year. But as we all know Cabrini, I look forward to that extra 1,000 dollars or so that will be added to next tuition. Hopefully this problem won't be as bad next year, but from what I hear, it might be worse than what they are saying.

Angrily yours Mike

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Wetweatherputtinga-damperonspringsportsseasons

by Laura Casamento sports editor

It' • not just residents of Georgia and California who are feeling the effect of El Nino.

Cabrini's pring sports teams are trying to deal with the rain, snow and wind as well.

The men's lacrosse team traveled to New York over the weekend only to ee their tournament at Alfred University cancelled due to snow.

"We got wpthere and there was six inches of snow on the ground,"

senior captain Phil Gagliardi said. "That killed two games that we have to reschedule in the middle of the season, which is really hard."

Besides the games from the tournament, the Cavs also had to reschedule a game with Lycoming College, which will be played later in the year. The teams could not play due to two inches of snow at Lycoming.

The lacrosse team along with several other Cabrini teams, has been sent to the gym on many days to practice inside.

"The fields are all trashed because of all the rain," Gagliardi said. "It's tough to play outside be-

Men's Lacrosse

The men suffered a nail-biting, 15-12 loss on Wednesday, March 18 against West Chester Univer ity.

First-year student Joe Kostack scored four goal and added to his performance with one assist.

Se11ior Mike Friel picked up where he left off last year by contributing four assists.

First-year student MikeBonnes aJso continued his consistent play last week, tallying two goals in the game.

Senior Phil Gagliardi added two goals and senior goaltender Andy Burke netted 21 saves.

The Lycoming game that was scheduled for Saturday March 14th has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 14.

Last weekend's Alfred Univerity Tournament in New York was also cancelled due to inclement weather.

cause we rip up the grass."

Many members of the team are upset because of the scheduled times of practices. Each team is given an hour and a half inside the gym on rainy days.

"When we practice outside, we can go ometimes for more than two hours;' junior John Gwiazdowski said. "Inside. we can only practice for one and a half."

"When the basketball team had to practice earlier on thi year, we had to practice ar, lik_e,10 or 12 at night," Gagliardi aid.

Gwiazdowski agreed. ·'High school teams get to practice ahead of us sometimes because the coach is an alumnj or something," he said.

Lacrosse coach Tom Scarpella has a solution to the muddy fields.

"We desperate!y need an astroturf field," Scarpella said. "All of the sports would benefit from it. All of the student body would benefit from it. It could be used for intramural like soccer.

·'We need more than two fields for so many spring sport " Scarpella said. "Then we would never have to cancel anything."

The women's lacros e team is facing the same weather problem

Women's Lacrosse

The Lady Cavs defeated Bryn Mawr College in a 10-5 victory on Wednesday, March 18.

Sophomore Megan Hyde exploded with three goals and junior Lesley Kerrigan continued to lead the Lady Cavs' offense with two goals and l,vo as ists. Hyde al o contributed one assist.

Junior Jessi Valerio added to the win with rwo goal and firstyear net-minder Christy Malone racked up 18 saves.

The game cheduled for Saturday, March 21 against rival Cedar Crest College was cancelled due to rain. The game has been rescheduled for tomorrow.

Softball

The Lady Cavs picked up two wins, 2-0, 7-3, in a sweeping defeat of Wesley College.

Junior Amanda Torresani pitched ber first career shut-out

"It's really hard to play outside when it's cold and raining like thi ," first-year student Chri ty Malone, a goalie, said. "Your hands gel cold, your feet get numb and it hurts really bad to get checked.

"It's like you're moving in slomo out there," Malone said.

Sophomore Jen Mander feel the same way. "When it's cold, you really don't feel like running or playing," he aid.

The team's game on Saturday. March 21, wru cancelled due to rain and an already muddy field.

"It was really a shame," Mander aid. "We were supposed to play against Cedar Crest, which was a huge game since they beat us last year."

The team also makes use of the gym on rainy days.

"It's a totally different game in there than it is out on the field " Malone said. "It' such a confined space."

"It's really hot in there," sophomore Christine Ream said. "It's too small to really practice in."

The men's tennis team travels to Philadelphia some nights to practice there. They usually go at about 10 p.m. and practice until midand first-year student· Meghan Merkel went 3-5 with three run scored and three stolen bases in two games.

The Alvernia game cbeduled for Saturday, March 21 was postponed due to rain.

Men's Tennis

The men's team picked up their first win of the year over Widener Uni ersity, 7-2.

Senior Dan Dotsey, returning from an injury that kept him from competing last year, remains undefeated at first singles. He won hi match at fir t singles, 3-0, and racked up another win at second doubles with his partner, senior Alex Corkhill.

Corkhill also won at second singles and Pete Petrani.k was victorious at third singles.

Track and Field

On Saturday March 21st. the

night.

"Usually, when we have the gym, it's at. like. nine at night," junior Chris Vitale aid. "It take a strain out of all of us."

The softball team has also been relocated to the gym. "We get squished in ide and we have to hare time with the other team ," first-year student Katie Ros said.

"We can't hit real well finside]," junior captain Amanda Torresani said. ·'V.,'henwe do infield practice, the ball bounces different on the gym floor than on the outide dirt. And then the outfield isn't getting practice because we can't hit real high to them. The ball hits the ceiling and bounces off."

Coach Bridget Baxter blames the weather for the team's loss to Philadelphia College of Textile and Pharmacy on Tue day, March 24.

"We definitely weren't prepared," she said. "We had three or four days traight of practicing in the gym and then we went outside and it was totally different.

"It really stinks now, becau e we'll have to make up all of our games back-to-back-to-back;' Baxter said. "It puts a lot of wear and tear on our pitchers. We also won't get a many games in betrack team traveled to Franklin and Mar hail University to compete in the Franklin and Marshall Track Invitational.

Despite snow, rain, strong wind , and frigid temperatures. the Cavs managed to come away with some strong performances. For the women. senior Sue Buccboltz won both the 100 and the 200 meter dashes and ran times fast enough to qualify for the outdoor Eastern College Conference Championships.

Senior Nicole Volik:as ran her personal best in the 400 meters and easily won the event. She also finished fifth in the 800.

First-year student Azeen Kavenmat, in her first throw with a college discus, came clo e to a school record and finished sixth.

First-year student Melissa Bullock finished seventh in the shot put.

The men finished strong. Even though team score were not tabu-

cause there won't be any room for them in the schedule."

The only teams not uffering through the wet weather are the men's and women's track and field teams, which most recently competed in the Franklin and Marshall University Invitational on Sanuday, March 21.

"We do whatever we have to do." coach Tom O'Hora said We ran outside all winter. Why should we change now? •

The team was the only one to compete last Saturday. • We ran in hail," senior Nicole Volikas said.

"It was cold, but we've run in colder weather," senior James Williams said. "We practice in the rain and then we run in the rain.It reduces the chances of getting hurt from all the temperature difference .''

"It's ju t how the sport is," firstyear student Colin Broderick said. "It doesn't matter if there's snow on the ground."

First-year student Jason Bull agreed. 'The cold weather is a chance to see who the real men are.'

"It's definitely not a sport for the faint of hean, ·•O'Hora said.

lated, Cabrini may have won or come very close had score been kept.

First-year student Shaun Hazlett won the 200 and fini bed second in the 100.

Sophomore Miguel Williams won the 400 and was the anchor leg in the winning 4x400 relay team of first-year students Jim Gosser, Ryan Jones, Rich Balasa, and Williams.

First-year student Marc Piet• ranton came in second in a photo finish in the 110 hurdles. His time was the same as the win, 16.0, and wa a new Cabrini record, breaking the record set by senior James Williams last year.

Williams leaped to a second place finish in the triple jump and fir t-year student Colin Broderick fmi hed third in the 800.

First-year student Jason Bull ran a respectable fifth in the 1500 an finished sixth in the 5000 in his fir t attempt at the event.

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Fifthin a series of six springsportspreviews -cavs hoping hard work will pay off with victories

rrackandField

by ShannonDowns staff writer

"We should not be considered players. None of us play around. We take our sport very seriously on - the track," track coach Tom O'Hora said.

As head coach of the men's and women's track teams, O'Horn has seen some of the best talent in out-

door track. He is happy with the way the teams are looking this year.

"Our teams have been very young the past two years," O'Hora said. "Cross country has been established. But, the track team is still in need of warm bodies. There are not a lot of people."

Many of the athletes in track run from August until the end of May.

O'Hora feels these particular athletes are the hardest workers.

Time is, running out for people who are interested in joining the

teams to do so.

"We are down to our last week or so to add more faces," O'Hora said. "We are hoping that some talented athletes out there will come out of their hibernation."

"We really lack depth in the teams," senior Sue Buchholz said.

Buchholz is a student teacher as well as captain of the women's track team. She also has broken regional records for track.

''We really can go far with the talent that we have, even though we're small," Buccholz said. "There are several students who are very big contributors to our teams. [First-year students] Sabrina Smith and Becky Jurich are both coming out of great seasons with cross-country and indoor track. [Smith] is a real up and coming runner."

While the teams are small, they have been growing. Both the men and women's teams have man·y new faces.

Coach O 'Hora is excited about the recruiting, which will be taking place over the year. That will help b1ing even more needed faces for the teams.

Senior James Williams is the captain of the men's team and has

seen how well the newest students have been looking.

"I am excited with the new faces," Williams said. ''We also have some records which have been broken."

"[Williams] has always been a big contributor to our men's team, and he probably always will be," O'Hara said.

In another upcoming event, both teams are looking forward to the Penn Relays.

As the biggest venue in Philadelphia in regards to track, 0 'Hora is really hoping that his teams will be able to make it.

It is one of the biggest meets for any outdoor track athlete.

"I really give Coach O'Hora credit that the teams are growing," Buchholz said. "He has both teams to coach and instead of holding one practice on Tuesday and Thursday, he holds two so that myself and [senior] Nico1e Volikas can practice after we student teach. For him to do that, it really is nice."

Buchholz is also the only sprinter on the women's team. This tends to be frustrating for her and she hopes to see more sprinters come out for the team soon.

Volik.asruns the 800 meters and

1500 meters as well as the four-byfour relays.

Since all of the athletes on the teams are talented in different ways, their practices are not always the same either.

"Everyone has different ways of training," Williams said. "It's hard to say what our practices consist of because of this."

They do, however, consist of running five days a week and lifting two or three days a week, according to Buchholz.

While the size of the teams is his only big complaint, O'Hora is happy with the athletes who are on the teams now. Many of the students are dedicated to the sport and work hard to do well. There are more throwers0 coming out, and with the recruiting, which will bring in more people next year, he hopes that problem will not be as difficult to fix.

"I am happy with the way that the teams look this early on," O'Hora said. "It is not like a basketball team or baseball team where there is a set number of people needed The track teams need a lot of people. It is difficult to say who the stars are. They are all stars in their own ways."

Flyersstillneedto getthatfirstdrinkfromthecup

winner, though. Although they were aggressive at the trade deadline on Tuesday, it still remains to be seen whether or not those trades will make a difference.

The Flyers have a record of 17-3 against the top four teams in the league. Thj:\t record is not going to get any team far into the playoffs.

PAUL MOSER

Sometimes in sports it is hardest to make the leap from being a good team to being a great team.

Take the Philadelphia Flyers, for example. They are now trying to make that jump, but so far without much success.

It seems everything that General Manager Bob Clarke did so far-and believe me, there are a lot of changes this year-still has not gotten the Flyers over the hump.

There is still some tinkering needed for this team to become a

The Flyers have only one tie, which came against their division rival, the New Jersey Devils, and no wins. This proves that they have not yet found a way to beat the trap or, more importantly, the Devils.

Lindros is coming off of a serious head injury and may not be ready for the playoffs. Darius Kasparitas may come to be known as the man who stole away the cup this season for the Flyers if Lindros can not come back the way he was before the hit.

It still seems the knock on the Flyers, though, is their defense. They will shut down a team one night but the next night will look horrible.

It was obvious that they need to make a move here and that is why Janne Niinimaa no longer is a Flyer. I don't, however, think they got the best player for Niinimaa.

Dan MacGillis gives you a little more experience but it is still unknown whether he will fit in. MacGillis is -18 in 67 games this year.

They also added Dave Babych who is a veteran defenseman. Babych is 36 and in his 18th NHL season.

In net, Ron Hextall still has the tendency to occasionally let in a crucial soft goal, something he proved last week against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

If Hextall does anything short ,,

of winning the cup, he will not be the starter next year.

If he doesn't work out, look for the Flyers to sign a free-agent goaltender.

Right now, Hextall is the only goaltender the Flyers are going with, though. They hope that Sean Burke will push Hextall.

On the bright side, however, under new head coach Roger Neilson, the Flyers are 7-1-2

The trades for Alexander Daigle and Mike Sillinger are beginning to make Clarke look like the genius of old. The two have added some needed help on the third line and both could end up being 30-goal scorers next season.

The season, though, may come down to one man-Lindros.

Inevitably, as unfair as it may seem, the blame or praise falls on number 88's big shoulders.-

The Flyers need him to step up

his game in the postseason. Wayne Gretzky had a Stanley Cup within five years. Mario Lemeiux had one within seven.

Lindros is in his sixth season and still has yet to win a Cup.

That brings up a question. What if the Flyers don't win the Cup this year?

Do you still work on resigning Lindros to a long-term contract?

The Flyers are a young enough team to win in the future, but how many years in a row can the Flyers wait?

The future is right now for the Flyers. I'm not saying to jump off of a bridge if tbey don't win the Cup this year, but be worried.

Losing is something that you can not accept in sports and if you keep waiting till next year, there may not be a next year.

PaulMoseris a juniormajoringin English/communications. Heis oneof Loquitur'ssportseditors.

photo by Stacey Caiazzo

The men's track team is hoping that its hard work will pay off this year with several victories.

InquirereditorguesthostsonWYBF'sSportsSource

Philadelphia Inquirer assistant sports editor Gary Miles came on the WYBF airwaves recently for Sports Source, WYBF's only all-pro sports talk show.

by Nicole Klimas assistant managing ec/jtor

A sports reporter should be in close contact with all the players on a team, but a reporter also must keep his distance, according to Gary Miles, an assistant sports editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Miles appeared on "Sports Source" on WYBF on Monday, March 23.

"If the players trust you, they will tell you who to talk to, but you cao't become too close to them because then you won't want to criticize them," Miles said.

Miles, a graduate of Temple University's School of Communications, earned his first job as a sports writer al a local paper covering high school games. He later joined the Philadelphia 1nquirer where he has worked for the past 15 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor.

Miles, however, did not start out as a communications major. He originally was intere.sted in psychology when he attended West Chester University. He later transferred to Temple and changed his major to communications.

Celebrate

"I always enjoyed writing as a kid," Miles said. "English was my favorite subject in school, but I dido 't want to be an English teacher or a professor."

Miles, who was captain of h.is high school football team, was not interested in sports writing originally either. He liked sports but he was not a fanatic and was not really interested in writing sports. However, after bis first job, he was hooked. He continued to write sports and published a book, "Inside Hockey," last November.

The one thing that Miles still wants to do with his career is to write more novels. He is really interested in writing murder mysteries or children's mysteries.

Miles said one of the most important things in his business is to "put in your time and work your way up.'; He said the best part about being a writer is that you get to make the stories interesting and exciting.

According to Miles, the game reports are only part of the story and you have to find ometh.ing else to attract the reader's attention.

Miles, who has covered the Philadelphia Flyers for seven

CARNIVAL! at Cabrini College

years, has traveled all over the United States and Canada. However, the highlight of his career was his trip to cover the Olympics in Albertville, France in 1992. While jn France he covered the Olympic Ice Hockey team and met some of the world's best athletes.

Looking back on his career, Miles would not change a thing. Through his career, he has had the opportunity to travel as weU as to be creative in his writing. His one goal now is to be promoted in the Inquirer's management. He said that through a higher position he could have more of an impact on the newspaper as a whole, rather than just the ports ection.

Most recently he was covering the Philadelphia Eagles when be met junior Ron D'Orazio, a member of the Sports Source" radio team on WYBF, in the Eagles' locker room during a practice in September.

Miles introduced himself to D'Orazio and the two started talking about sports as weUas the radio how. Miles offered to come on the show and be a part of the round table discussion. Over the past few months D'Orazio and Miles have

The Dining Services Team at Cabrini is excited to present Carnival! 1998.

On Thursday, April 2, 1998, from 4:30 to 6:45 in the Dining Hall, our culinary team and several guest chefs will host a unique Carnival! Celebration featuring Spanish and Brazilian flavor sensations, island calypso and a stroll down Bourbon Street.

The French Quarter is the setting for Carnival! Begin your celebration at Mumbo Gumbo and be sure to visit Breads on the Bayou. For the main course, your taste buds will be channed by the lively spiced dishes at St. Charles Street, Napoleon Avenue and Canal Street. Of course, you will want to conclude at "The Feast of the Epiphany" and wash it all down with a cup of Voodoo Brew!

Be prepared to celebrate the festivities t>fFat Tuesday, The Big Easy and Mardi Gras all rolled into one.

Carnival! is sponsored by the Dining Service team at Cabrini and the Wood Company.

*This event i8 part of each student's regular dining plan*

been in contact and Miles finally came onto the show this past Monday.

Up next for "Sports Source" is special guest Glen Mac ow from 610 WIP sports radio and co-host of Mac & Mac Middays on WIP. Tune into 89.1 WYBF-FM on

photo by Nicole Kbmas

Gary Miles, an assistant sports editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, chats with members of the radio sports roundtable asport.s Source." Miles sat in this past Monday Night to talk sports as a guest host. The show airs on Monday nights at 7 p.m. on 89. 1 WYBF.

Monday, March 30 at 7 p.m. to listen to Cabrini's resident sports fanatics-junior Paul Moser, senior Joe Zesski, junior Gavin Mirigliani and D'Orazio-and MacNow debate topics from the realm of sports.

SPORTS

Thursday, March 26, 1998

WestChesterblanksCabrini,7-0,inrout

The men's tennis team finally got a match in on Monday, March 23. They were defeated 7-0 by West Chester University.

@n's Tennis

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'women's Softb.all

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. Thursday, Marth 26 at Rosemont Coll~ 3 p.nL (DH}

Saturday,March 28 Centenary College

1 p.m. (DH)

Men's Lacrosse

Wednesday, April 1 at Stockton State College

3:30p.m.

Women'sLacrosse

Saturday, March 28 at Eastern College*

2p.m.

Tuesday, March 31 Gwynedd-Mercy College* 4p.m.

Men ~sTennis

Thursday, March 26 Goucher College

3:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 28 at Pharmacy I p.m.

Men's Golf

Tuesday. March 25 Neumann */Beaver*/Textile l p.m.

Trackand Field

Saturday, March 28 College of New Jersey Invitational

* DENOTBSPACGAMB.

by Maria L. Izzo staff writer

Cold temperatures, rain and insufficient practice time kept the men's tennis team from victory over West Chester' University this past Monday, March 23.

They lost 7-0 Coach Reggie Day watched his team from the sidelines, confident

that they will gain valuable skills from playing such a strong opposing team.

Both Day and his entire team are looking forward to their upcoming trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina.

They feel that experience will prepare them ultimately for the final championship "West Chester is a very strong team, but we need the playing time to get stronger ourselves," Day said.

"I was also pleased to see good performances by all of our team members in the lineup, not just the No. 1

and 2."

Senior Dan Dotsey played well at No. 1 singles in his matchups and at first doubles with senior Alex Corkhill as a partner.

"Dan and Alex are my No.- 1 doubles players in the lineup. They play very well together and always fight hard in a match," Day said. "Both of them had close matches in their singles sets as well. Dan only lost 4-2 and Alex only lost 3-3."

Freshman Chris Cox was absent from Monday's game, but Day is sure he will return.

''Chris is No. 3 in singles and it certainly is a shame he's not here today," Day stated.

Dorsey emphasized the importance of their upcoming trip to Hilton Head and why it will be a very positive week for them.

"I think we need to get down toHilton Head before we can really hit our peak," Dorsey said. ''We haven't bad enough time to practice because of the rain and cold. We go indoors for an hour at night but that's not enough time."

Dotsey cited West Chester's advantages in having indoor comts to practice in when bad weather hits.

"Todayis a perfect example of what kind of a disadvantage we are at," Dotsey said. "The other team has had the opportunity to get a lot more practice time in than we have in this kind of weather."

Dotsey was not only fighting the effects of the chilled air but a physical setback as well.

"I threw out my ann very early on in the match so that didn't help me any," Dotsey explained.

Sophomore Mike McGann want" to improve his back hand.

"My backhand is my weakness. Those guys were driving shots to my backhand," McGann said.

Day is confident that the technical improvements will be evident in the PAC toJJillament after their trip to Hilton Head

"Once we get some practicing time in, I know they will be solid as a team afterour trip." Day said. "we have a good group this year and they all have tremendous potential. Just the fact that they played such close sets today with one of the toughest teams is evidence of that."

photo by Kann Letcher

Senior Dan Dotsey uses his forehand shot to return the ball to his opponent in the Cavs' recent matchup

with West Chester.