Residents from several houses and residence halls have been placed on residential probation because of damages incurred to their rooms last semester. Find out why on page 2.
Due to a lack of parking spots, the class of 2002 cannot park on campus.
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scoop on things do when you're not in class.
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See what helpful advice Cabrini s head honchos have for first-year students.
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Many damages have occurred in the residence halls over the past few semesters. Due to this, students who have exceeded $250 in fines have been put on residence hall probation. These students will be suspended if they receive another write-up.
by Nicole Klimas managing editorDue to the fact that extensive damages had been done to many of the buildings on campus, resident life began cracking down on vandalism in the resident halls this semester.
Many students whose resident hall fines exceeded $250 received a letter stating that they had been placed on resident hall probation, meaning that if they received another write-up their resident hall privileges would be suspended.
If a resident student's residence hall privileges are suspended, the student is forced to move off campus and is not allowed in the residence halls,
even to visit a friend.
Once a student's residence hall privileges are suspended, a new bed is left waiting for a student wanting to move onto campus. However, according to Dr. Robert Bonfiglio, vice president for student development, the use of the residence hall probation is not a ploy in order to open more beds to students wishing to live on campus.
Cathy Caulfield, director of resident life, said that the real reason behind the residence hall probation was the fact that the resident life staff wanted to communicate to the residents that damages done will not be taken lightly.
By stiffening the penalties, students would possibly be less
likely to commit damages and more likely to disclose the identities of the perpetrators.
must sign that, "Residents whose end of the year damage bill is deemed to be excessive by the director of resident life may be subject to disciplinary action."
The disciplinary action that has been taken by resident life has been to place those people with excessive fines on residence probation.
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Many students wondered why they were placed on residence probation without any warning. According to Bonfiglio, it is stated in both the student handbook as well as in the residence hall agreement that all residents
Many students have complaints about the policy, saying that it is unfair to be charged for vandalism they did not commit.
However, the majority of the charges for damages come from common areas, such as the lounge or bathrooms, where the person responsible cannot be ascertained.
Therefore, if no responsible
party can be found, the house or dorm as a whole must pay for the damages resulting in high fees.
Students also had problems with fees because many students moved during the second semester and were forced to pay fines for damages that were already committed before they moved in.
"I think its unfair," said junior Mike McGann. "House 6 was trashed before I even moved in and I also had to pay a $1,000 fine."
Bonfilgio did say, however, that if any person believes that they were unfairly fined they could bring the matter to the attention of resident life and the matter will be discussed and possibly solved.
Marquis refused to house sophomores and juniors for the 1998-99 school year. Those students who were supposed to live there were notified by resident life through a letter and given their options.
by Laura Casamento editor in chief
Students were left scrambling for housing early in the summer when they were told that they would not be able to move into the Marquis Apartments for the 1998-99 school year.
Students were given the option to move into these off-campus apartments when they signed up for the housing lottery at the end of the spring 1998 semester.
According to a representative from the Marquis, Cabrini administrators did not make a deal with the complex's owners before giving the students the option to move in.
"Cabrini never asked us for permission," the representative said. "They did not have any agreement with us."
The Marquis' owners allege that they were never even notified by Cabrini about their plans to house students there.
"We found out about it when
several parents called to ask about their children's housing," the representative said.
Dr. Robert Bonfiglio, vice president of student development, denied the representative's allegations.
"We went over in the spring several times to meet with these people," Bonfiglio said. "We shook hands on the last visit and agreed to house students at the Marquis."
Bonfiglio said that accommodations had been made for 60 students to live at the Marquis.
"[The owners] gave us floor plans and everything," Bonfiglio said. "Basically, they welcomed those 60 students to stay there."
However, Bonfiglio said, the final financial agreement was left up to the rental agent and Stephen Lightcap, vice president for finance and administration.
"According to what [Lightcap] told me, the Marquis never finalized the deal with Cabrini,"
Bonfiglio said.
"Basically, they decided that they did not want sophomores and juniors living at their apartments," he said. "When the parents of the sophomores called up, Marquis decided to back out of the deal."
Lightcap has been out of the office and was not available to comment on the situation.
With no other readily available housing methods for the displaced students, the resident life staff sent a letter to the students explaining the situation and their options.
"We sent a letter to the students offering them the opportunity to stay on campus," resident life director Cathy Caulfield said.
Students who chose to remain on campus were moved to the head of their classes on the waiting list.
"They were given preference in their class," Caulfield said. "For example, juniors who had no housing were placed before
students who already had housing but just wanted a different room or building."
The resident life staff also offered the students the option to commute to school. Each student who picked up that option received a $2,000 bonus.
"About 15 students took the $2,000," Caulfield said. "About five or six didn't come back to school at all and the rest were housed in campus housing."
Junior Erin Dougherty was scheduled to live in the Marquis this semester.
"I went to Cathy [Caulfield] and asked her if there was going to be any problems with the Marquis, because I didn't want to be left with no housing,"
Dougherty said. "She said that the apartments were the least of her worries and that I definitely had a place at the Marquis. Then she told me not to go into the [on-campus] apartment lottery."
Dougherty found out in June that there was no contract be-
tween the school and the apartment complex.
"Basically, we're out on our own," she said. "By June all the leases are taken and the campus didn't seem to be doing much to help us out."
Dougherty and two friends managed to find an off-campus apartment. However, they cannot move in until Oct. 1 and have been staying on-campus in friends' rooms.
"Now I'm pretty much homeless for a month and a half," she said.
"The worst part is that we all got split up. I was supposed to live with another junior and two seniors, but the seniors have to live somewhere else."
Bonfiglio, however, feels that the arrangement has worked out to everyone's advantage.
"Everything is working out better now," he said. "Everyone is on campus, we don't have to worry about students being far away, we don't have to worry about shuttle buses, etc."
"I think it's unfair. House 6 was trashed before I even moved in and I also had to pay a $1,000 fine."
McGann, junior
by Jennifer Nespoli features editor
There seems to be one question burning on everyone's mind this week: "When do I get my e-mail account?"
There are two answers. You can wait until October when the college can provide you with access to the Internet. Or you can use a friend'~ computer to access the Web and set it up yourself right now using a system called Emurl.
Emurl is similar to Hotmail. It is a free service provided by the college through Cabrini's website. It can be accessed from any computer on or off campus, as long as that computer has access to the World Wide Web.
To create your own account, log onto the World Wide Web and go to the web site <http://xavier.cabrini.edu>. See the bar at the side for more instructions.
You can access your e-mail at
the same address after it has been created. Remember your log in number and password because you can not be given a new password.
If you had an e-mail account last year, it has closed down since then. Your password to access the Internet should still work. If you have forgotten your password, see one of the assistants in the computer labs in Founder's Hall.
If you are a new student or you did not have an e:mail account last year, one will be created for you. You must go into room 113 in Founder's Hall and fill out an account form to activate your account. It may take a few weeks to get your account activated.
"We created accounts for all registered students," said Kristine Mudrick, vice president for information technology and resources.
Normally the labs in Founder's Hall canbe used by students to surf the Internet and access their email, but for now they are tern-
porarily holding classes. There are six labs in Founder's Hall, but several of those are used mainly for classes. The labs include rooms 103, the education and language lab; 108, a classroom; ll0, the CIS lab; 113, the open lab; 312, the social sciences lab; and 315, which will be the business and CIS lab when it is finished undergoing construction. Currently there are problems with the 26 computer classes offered this semester and where they can be held. 'There have been more computer classes than we can accommodate right now," said Mudrick.
Some computer classes have been temporarily moved to other labs due to construction in lab 315 in Founder's Hall. The former classroom is being turned into a computer lab and will hold 20 work stations when it is completed.
The open lab, room 113, will not normally hold classes. After the
A nationwide search is in the works for a new provost/academic dean in the wake of the resignation of Dr. Thomas Boeke, according to college president Dr. Antoinette Iadarola.
Boeke's resignation was announced to the college community on Wednesday, Aug. 26 by way of a memorandum sent to faculty and staff members shortly after he told Iadarola of his intentions.
In it, Iadarola gave no reason for Boeke's abrupt departure.
Nancy Gardner, who previously served as assistant provost/academic dean, stated that, contrary to rumors circulating the campus, Boeke did not step down due to a forced resignation.
"This was his decision," Gardner said. "He said this was due to personal reasons. Once he said that, we did not go into the details."
Gardner will temporarily fill
the position until an interim provost can be named. Her duties will include working with the faculty on their problems and concerns, looking at course enrollments and deciding whether to cancel them or offer them again, and dealing with faculty contracts.
The school will be conducting a national search for a person to fill the position.
"Dr. Iadarola has told me that she is hoping to fill the position fairly soon," Gardner said. "She does have several people in mind."
Although Iadarola was not available for comment, College Relations Director Nancy Santos Gainer was able to speak on her behalf.
Gainer also denied rumors that Boeke was forced to resign. "That is not true," she said.
Gainer said that plans are in order for an interim provost to arrive at the school by the end of the month.
renovations are finished, computer classes will return to their original homes. Normal Jab hours for room 113 will then be posted.
In the meantime, students can still use the labs as long as there is no class being held there at that time. Most of the Jabs have between 16 and 24 work stations. Room 113 has 24 work stations.
Over the summer, all the dorms and houses were wired for Internet access. Students can now tap into the college's network from their dorm room if they have a computer or laptop. The project, which started with the apartments, is now completed in all the dorms. Each room is wired for maximum capacity.
The project cost the college approximately $100,000 (not including labor), according to Mudrick.
In order to get your computer connected to the network, you must pick up an application in Founder's Hall room 105.
To open an e-mail account:
• Log onto the Internet
• Go to the website "'http://xavier.cabrini.edu"
• "Emurl" automatically comes up on the screen
• Type in your log-in name. (This is your e-mail name, not your real name.)
• Type in your password. It is a good idea to write it down somewhere private in case you forget it.
• Retype your password to confinn it.
• Your e-mail account is now created. You can access your email anytime from any Internet connection.
About Cabrini's website:
• You can access the class schedule from the registrar at <http://cabrini.edU>. Find out whether or not a class is closed, or how many people are in a class.
However, the nationwide search for a new provost will continue.
"The interim provost will not be a candidate for the permanent position," Gainer said.
Iadarola will also be fulfilling the duties of Boeke's position.
"The provost's main duty is helping faculty when they need it," Gainer said. "Faculty can bring their concerns to [Gardner], who will forward them to president Iadarola."
"The administration is going to do whatever is best for the faculty," Gainer said.
According to Iadarola's memorandum, during his five-year term at Cabrini, Boeke oversaw the reaccreditation of the education department, the accreditation of the social work department and the renovations to Sacred Heart Hall.
Boeke is still working with Iadarola on several projects and continue to work on them until the end of the semester.
Congratulations to Karen Karlsen
for winning the distinguish teacher award. Halpern is a spanish professor.
for winning the outstanding employee award. Karlsen works as the assistant registrar.
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Concern over recent student deaths at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Louisiana State University and the University of Virginia have led administrators to adopt a "zero tolerance" policy towards student drinking.
by Melissa Lessig news editorLast year Cabrini initiated a policy suspending any student who was sent to the hospital for drinking. Due to the increasing number of recent deaths of college students across the country from alcohol, Cabrini plans to continue with this policy.
Before the start of the 1998-99 school year, a letter was mailed to all Cabrini parents by Dr. Robert Bonfiglio. vice presideQt for student development and dean of students. The topic of this letter was alcohol and the positioij. of Cabrini College on the matter including the new policy.
According to Bonfiglio, the reason for the letter was due to the deaths of students on college campuses throughout the United States at the hands of alcohol.
"Last year was a very difficult year for people in positions like me," he said, "there was the death of a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the death of a student at Louisiana State University and the death of . student at the University of Virginia. Nothing scares me more than the fear that something like that will happen here."
"After the death of the student by alcohol at MIT, a letter was sent to schools from the superintendent of the district where the MIT student attended," Bonfiglio said.
The superintendent basically asked schools to make sure they are doing all they can to prevent this.
Bonfiglio then thought he should write a letter to the parents of the students at Cabrini.
The letter explains the policy held by the college on "illegal and excessive alcohol consumption" and notifies the parents of plans that the college has initiated to alleviate the problem of alcohol abuse.
According to Bonfiglio, last year, after a few students were sent to the hospital for drinking, the college established the policy that anyone sent to the hospital for drinking would be suspended from school for a week.
"We will be continuing this policy," Bonfiglio said. Bonfiglio said they have always had a policy that if anyone does harm to himself or herself, such as threatening suicide, he or she would be suspended for a week. Bonfiglio thought the same policy should apply to alcohol abuse.
Also, the college has hired Karen Pollack as its new drug and alcohol health educator.
According to Bonfiglio, she is working under the resident life staff. Therefore, when an alcohol incident occurs in the resident halls, she will be more integrally involved.
In addition, as the letter informs, a nationally known speaker, Fr. Joseph C. Martin, wil1 be speaking at Cabrini on Monday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Dixon Center.
Martin runs a rehabilitation center in Maryland named Ashley. The letter states he is "most notable for helping thousands of alcoholics in the United States."
Bonfiglio thinks the college has taken all the necessary steps to help prevent alcohol abuse without eliminating alcohol on campus.
However, to Bonfiglio, banning alcohol does not seem like the solution
"We would be denying 21-year-olds the legal rights that they have in society," Bonfiglio said."Our job is to prepare students for society and it is not a dry world. It is not an educationally appropriate policy."
Ultimately, Bonfiglio feels that is important to consider others, such as family and friends, when abusing alcohol.
"I've seen the impact of drinking to the excess on family and friends," Bonfiglio said. "If you don't want to do something for yourselves, consider others."
Due to the problem of over-crowded parking problem, first-year residents cannot bring their cars to campus. This also enables students to stay on campus and get involved.
by Julie Shallis news editorFirst-year residents have been affected by many of the changes that have occurred on campus. These residents cannot bring their car to campus.
As the population on campus is expanding, so is needed space. One of the solutions was to minimize the number of cars that are on campus.
The decision was not last minute or made overnight. College president Antoinette Iadarola and her cabinet saw this as a solution during the summer of 1997, according to Dr. Bob Bonfiglio, vice president for student development.
Over-crowding is not the only reason for this decision, though, Bonfiglio said.
By not allowing first-year students to have cars on campus, he hopes they will become more involved.
They will not go home on weekends and Bonfiglio hopes they will take advantage of the Dixon Center. Even though this is one of the solutions, there have been complaints over the summer from first-year students, according to Bonfiglio.
Liz Licursi, first-year student, lives in Cinnaminson, N.J. and she feels it is an inconvenience. "I think it sucks," Licursi said. "If I want to go home, I have to call my parents."
As Bonfiglio hoped, students say they will not go home as much, since they do not have their own trans-
portation.
"If I had my car I would go home all the time," Licursi said.
Casey Smith, a first-year student, is from Cape May, N.J. and has the same feelings on the issue. "Even if you wanted to go out to dinner, you can't," Smith said.
Sara Orefice, another first-year student. thinks this is reasonable since there 1s no space for their cars anyway. "It makes sense. but I don't know anything and can't go anywhere," Orefice said. "I want to explore, but I can't."
These students are not left out in the cold. The college provides a shuttle, but when the students were asked about the shuttle, their response was, "what shuttle?''
The students were not provided with any kind of schedule and when it starts.
"Now I have to worry about a schedule, the times and where you have to catch it," Smith said. "If I had a car I could go when I wanted to and leave when I wanted to."
The college used to run the shuttle themselves, but last year they went with an outside company, according to Bonfiglio.
The schedule has not changed and it will take students to the trains, King of Prussia Mall and the stores on Lancaster Avenue.
The shuttle schedule can be found in the student development office. This gives you the times, and places
you can catch the shuttle.
So what about the other resident students? Are they now guaranteed a parking spot on campus?
"No one is guaranteed a spot , not even faculty and staff," Bonfiglio said.
During the week of Sept.10-17
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Rwanda prime minister sentenced
Fonner Rwanda prime minister Jean Kambanda was sentenced to a maximum penalty of life imprisonment for genocide and crimes against humanity.
THURSDAY 0 Club Fair
The club fair will be held on Sept. 10 in the Widener Center Gathering Area from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
SATURDAY 0 Fall Fling
Come to the Commons on Sept.12 for an entire day of entertainment, food and fun begin at 1 p.m.
MONDAY
0 Speaker Father Joseph Martin will speak about alcohol abuse on Sept 14 at 7 p.m. in the Dixon Center.
THURSDAY 0 Psychic Madman
Come out and enjoy the psychic madman show on Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. in the Widener Center Gathering Area.
Kambanda pleaded guilty in pretrial hearings held in May, and now that he was found guilty, he wishes to appeal the sentence.
Kambanda's reign lasted from April 8, 1994 to July 17, 1994.
During this time over 800,000 members of the Tutsi minority and moderate Hutus were slaughtered.
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North Korea enforces demand
North Korea has demanded money from the U.S.
The demand is based on the U.S. terminating missile ex-
portsfrom North Korea. According to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, North Korea. has become the biggest missile exporter in the world. Last year an estimated $1 billion was earned from the exports.
The selling of the missiles brings in much needed foreign currency, and if the U.S. is going to block this trade, compensation is needed, according to Pyonyang.
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Tension mounds in Afghanistan
Iran is building up their troops along the Afghanistan border due to tension over the fate of Iranian diplomats in Afghanistan.
The build up is a result of reports stating 11 Iranian diplomats were captured by Taleban guards at the Iranian consulate in Mazari-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.
All of the action taken by Iran has been claimed as military exercise. Included in the exercises were 25 attack aircraft, 80 T-72 tanks, two SA-6 mobile missile
batteries, 90 pieces of heavy ar- Shahabuddin Ahmed, the tillery and 60 armored vehicles. country's non-partisan presiBoth of the countries have dent, asked the country's politiequal amounts of force and it cians to put aside their differcould prove to be a long and ences. bloody war, if one indeed does break out.
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Bangladesh in crisis
After two months of rain, Bangladesh has witnessed over 700 deaths.
The heavy rain is causing the mountain streams in the Himalayan Mountains to overflow and wash out small towns along their paths.
The U.S. has provided approximately 400,000 tons of foodgrains for the people at a cost of about $65 million. Bangladesh has already lost over $300 million in crops.
Doctors are facing problems with diseases such as hepatitis, jaundice, malaria and scabies to go along with over 150,000 cases of diarrhea contracted from rotten food or polluted water.
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Black box found
After three days of underwater searching, the flight recorder or "black box" from Swissair Flight 111 was retrieved by the Canadian Military and police divers and ships.
The flight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off of the coast of Nova Scotia and killed all 229 people aboard, according to an air safety official.
It was flying from New York City to Geneva, Switzerland. By retrieving the recorder, Vic Gerden, chief investigator of the Canadian Transportation Safety Board, hopes to find out if there were any system failures while the plane was in flight.
Campus was anything but quiet over the summer. It was alive with activity as workers completed renovations in Woodcrest, Xavier and many other places.
The new renovations include new carpeting, tiling and a new roof in Woodcrest, the newly redecorated dining hall and the newly repaved road leading to Upper Gulph road. Also, all dorm rooms were wired for Internet access on the college's server.
This year's changes are similar to changes made every summer, according to Dr. Bob Bonfiglio, vice president for student development. These changes were not the reason for this year's tuition increase.
The card access system in the
apartment complex is not new this semester, but it is different from the code boxes that the other dorms have. Eventually this system will replace code boxes on the rest of the dorms on campus.
The two resident assistants in the apartment complex are pleased with the ID card system.
"I feel safer without the code system. Anybody can tell anybody the code, but now they need the card to get in," said senior Yolanda Lazier.
Michelle Schaeffler agreed. "The ID card system is better, faster and more convenient," said Tammy Gowans, a senior and a resident in the apartment complex. "This eliminates the problem of forgetting the code."
Woodcrest received a makeover inside and out. New beige tiles replaced carpeting in the dorm rooms. There is new furniture in
the dorm rooms, new lights and the walls received a new paint job.
"I think Woodcrest looks fantastic,'' Bonfiglio said.
Sophomores Shannon Broadhurst and Kelly Marshall are im-
pressed with the changes. "It makes it easier to move furniture around the room," said Broadhurst of the new tiling in the dorm rooms. "We heard that this is a lot better than it was last year."
by Karin Letcher a&e editor
Ym has Yang,Tom has Jerry and now, Spring Fling has Fall Fling. This Saturday,Sept 12, the Campus Activities and Programming board will be sponsoring a Fall Hing/WelcomeBack Weekend.
The day will begin with lunch on the grounds in front of Founder's Hall at 11:30a.m. From noon until 2 p.m., Y-100will be on campus giving away free goodies and sponsoring a raffle for a new car. Y-100 will also be bringing along with them past and present members of the Philadelphia76ers. Students will be able to play against the Sixers on a makeshift basketball court.
• At I p.m., the band Flip.Like Wilson will take the stage set up by the \ Peace Pole. Their repertoireincludescovers of current alternativefavorites.
Once Flip Like Wtlson completes their set around 4 p.m., the band Brothers Past will perform. Brothers Past features sophomore Joe D' Amico and graduate Thomas McKee. They describe their sound as free-form improvisational.
Throughout the day, various amusements will be available for students to enjoy. Bouncy boxing, a giant slide and moon bounce will be set up on the grounds surroundingthe Peace Pole.
The first 400 students will receive free Fall Hing T-shirts courtesy of the CAP Board, so make sure you come out early.
After about a week or so of experiencing life at Cabrini, you are probably just about ready to venture off campus. Here is a guide to some of the stores and entertainment venues in the immediate area.
Movie Theaters
The only number you need to know for movies is 222FILM. This service provides listings of all the current movies in the greater Philadelphia region, their locations and their running times.
There are three movie theaters in the King of Prussia mall area. The Eric Plaza is located by Sears at the Plaza at King of Prussia. Further north on the left on Dekalb Pike (Route 202) is the Eric Queen and the Eric King. The Eric Queen is on Town Center Road and the Eric King is found in the Valley Forge Shopping Center.
On Lancaster Avenue (Route 30) there are two local theaters. The United Artist Ardmore is located on 36 W. Lancaster Ave. in Ardmore and the United Artist Bryn Mawr is at 824 Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr.
Video Stores
Not interested in trekking out to a movie theater? There is a Blockbuster Video in Wayne at 233 E. Lancaster Ave. (right next to the Taco Bell). Blockbuster's hours are 10 a.m. to midnight Mondays through Sundays. For more obscure or hard to find videos, try TLA Video in Bryn Mawr, located at 763 Lancaster Ave. TLA is open 9 a.m. to 11 p.m seven days a week.
Coffee Shops
There are an abundant amount of coffee shops on the Main Line. Two of the closest to Cabrini are Cafe' Procopio (1 West Ave.) and Gryphon Cafe' (105 W. Lancaster Ave.) in Wayne. Cafe' Procopio features local artwork on its walls and is open until 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. The Gryphon Cafe' stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and has computers with Intemt!t access.
Three Starbucks dot the local area as well. They are located in Wayne at 218 E. Lancaster Ave., Suburban Square in Ardmore and 140 W. Dekalb Pike in King of Prussia.
and Saturdays. This coffee shop features journals that patrons are welcome to write in and read past entries. There are seven volumes of journals already completed.
Bookstores
Borders Books and Music and Barnes and Noble are on Lancaster Ave. in Bryn Mawr. Borders is in Rosemont Square on the left and Barnes and Noble is on 720 Lancaster Ave. on the right. Both stores hold special book signing events and Borders often showcases musicians.
Reader's Forum (116 N. Wayne Ave.) has an incredible amount of books packed into a very small store. If you need a book before an 8: 15 class, this is the store to go to. Reader's Forum opens at 7:30 a.m. on weekdays.
Besides the music stores in the King of Prussia mall, there is a Tower Records just down the street at 340 W. Dekalb Pike. Tower has a large selection of music and is abo a Ticketmaster representative_
If you are interested in selling CDs or buying used ones, Repo Rtt«ds (1045 W. Lan-caster Ave.) and Plastic Fantastic Record Ex-c:bange (26 W. Lancaslf!I' Ave.) are your best bets. Both stores are in Bryn Mawr and also feature new CDs as well
Animal
Hail Hail Given To Fly
Corduroy
MFC
I Got Id Even Flow
Jeremy Daughter
WMA
Off He Goes Immortality
Rearviewmirror
Brain Of J Black
Better Man
• The MTV Video Music Awards, hosted by actor Ben Stiller, air tonight at 8 p.m. Scheduled to perform are Madonna, \Viii Smith, Beastie Boys, Brandy and Monica, Master P, Hole, Backstreet Boys, Dave Matthews Band and Marilyn Manson. Those scheduled to appear include Tori Amos, Tyra Banks, Jackie Chan, Missy Elliott, Rupert Everett, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Natalie Imbruglia, Sarah McLachlan, Puff Daddy, Chris Rock, David Spade and Marlon Wayans.
by Nick Levanduslcy design editorDespite the slight strain in lead singer Eddie Vedder's voice, Pearl Jam managed to put on a show at the Blockbuster Music Entertainment Center in Camden, NJ. that was very powerful and emotionally driven.
Pearl Jam did not petform any soundchecks before appearing on the stage in front of a sold out crowd of 25,000 people. It seemed, though, as if they had, because the clarity and togetherness of the band was fantastic through all 25 songs. This was the first appearance by Pearl Jam in this area since April 10, 1992 when they played at the Trocadero in Philadelphia.
The concert began in darkness, with only six candles lined up along the back of the stage providing light Then, a low moan from Vedder's gut started the beginning of "Release," the first song from their debut recording entitled Ten.
Throughout the show, the band continued to bounce from album to album for their song selection, with the exception of "Jeremy" and "Even Flow" which can be found on Ten. There were also some songs played that cannot be found on any of the major releases, songs like "I Got Id," "Hard to Imagine" and "Leaving Here."
During the song ''Rearviewmirror," Vedder experienced some gui-
tar problems. He managed to keep on singing while he switched guitars. He did not miss a beat and maintained his composure like a professional.
At the beginning of the first encore, the band played little pieces of "Sweet Home Alabama," an old Lynard Skynard song. Vedder then asked the crowd, "Isn't that what started the Civil War?" Then, they played a little bit of "Philadelphia Freedom," a song originally done by Elton John.
Lead guitarist Mike McCready put on a show with his phenomenal ability. Most of the CDs put out by Pearl Jam do not include long jam sessions like a Phish CD or an Allman Brothers CD. However, when Pearl Jam plays live, McCready seems to get trapped in his own world. ''I Got Id," "Immortality," ''Black" and "Alive" were the most powerful performances by him along with ''Porch" at the end of the concert. He was almost falling over at times, jumping around the stage and constantly bending down to see what magical sounds he could put together with his guitar pedals and switches. He even received a comment from Vedder after playing "Immortality."
During the concert, Vedder did not talk to the crowd very much, probably because of his ailing voice. He mentioned that his favorite episode of the TV show "COPS" took place in Philadelphia, so he dedicated
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• The Second Annual Fringe Festival runs from Sept. 9 - Sept. 19 in the Old City section of Philadelphia. Venues include the Tin Angel, Upstairs at Nick's and the Brick Playhouse. Call (215) 413-2070 for show and ticket information.
• The 50th Annual Prlmetime Emmy Awards air live from Los Angeles on Mon., Sept. 13.
''WMA" to Philadelphia. He also had a political comment on the next terrorist bomb attack. He told the audience that he though it would be the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
As Pearl Jam played the night away, the crowd was singing each song at the top of their lungs. At times, it became hard to hear Vedder's voice. It sounded like he was following the crowd's lead. The crowd was dancing and acting like crazed animals until the stretch of songs including ''Daughter," "Off He Goes" and ''Immortality" mellowed them out a little. While he was singing these songs, the large projection screens, meant for those on the lawn who cannot see to well, showed a man who was definitely in touch with his words and his feelings.
After a thrilling final performance of "Porch," the crowd seemed like they were drained both physically and emotionally as they reluctantly exited the stadium staring at the stage in awe. Chants of "one more song" echoed throughout the Sony Blockbuster Music Center.
• The musical Rent runs until Sept. 13 at the Merriam Theatre in Philadelphia. Call 336-2000 for more information and ticket prices.
If you are interested, contact Nicole Klimas in the newsroom at 902-8412.
The Loquitur is looking for an outgoing and organized individual to be the business manager. Experience in communications or business is helpful, but not necessary.
Cabrini is welcoming many first-year students and transfer students this year. To help them There is also information on the Dixon Center schedule,
(Can be found in the Student Development Office)
Advice for first-year students: "Get involved with co-curricular activities, join a club, come out to events and make a difference at Cabrini."
Vice
(Can be found in the Student Development Office)
Advice for first-year students: "Be yourself. Get involved. And don't be afraid to ask for help."
(Can be found on the second Door of the Widener Center, ac~ from the Comm. classroom)
Advice for first-year students: "Make sure you talk with your roommate. Meet new people, don't stick to the same group all the time. Get involved with everything. Try new things."
~et better acquainted with campus, here is a guide to the administration and the campus ministers. brary hours, food court hours and the meal exchange schedule.
Campus Minister
(Can be found in the Campus Ministry Office)
Campus Minister
(Can be found in the Campus Ministry office)
(Can be found in Grace Hall, in the Academic Affairs Office, on the same side as the Registrar)
Advice for first-year students: "Attending class and participating is the most important thing you can do in order to succeed."
Advice for first-year students: "Don't be afraid to learn how to think. Get as much information as you can. Explore all the possibilities and think your decisions through. And know when to relax."
Advice for first-year students: "Have the courage to be yourself. Don't lose sight of your original intentions. Be open to experiencing new things, but always assess whether or not it was good or bad. Decide if the.new things you' re exposed to are good or bad for you, and how is it going to help you become the person you want to become."
Food court hours:
Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Saturday
a.m. - 1:00 p.m. No Sunday hours
Late this summer, students whose residence hall fines exceeded $250 received a letter stating that they were placed on residential hall probation, meaning that another write-up will result in suspension of residential hall priveledges. Where is this policy in any of the information available to students, i.e. the student handbook or the residential hall agreement?
According to Dr. Robert Bonfiglio, vice president for student development, this regulation is stated in both the student handbook and the residential hall agreement. The policy is written as follows: "Residents whose end of the year damage bill is deemed to be excessive by the director of resident life may be subject to disciplinary action." This statement is lacking in definition. What is excessive? What kind of disciplinary action? If students are to be subject to such a punishment as residential probation, should they not know ahead of time exactly what they are getting themselves into by accumulating high fines? For students to understand fully what results in residential probation, the policy needs to use specific guidelines in order to properly forewarn students.
Aside from the regulation's deficiency in specificity, there is the issue concerning which students were placed on residential probation. If a student wrecked his room and/or common living area and caused more than $250 in damages, then he deserves to be punished. But what about the student who just happened to be in a quad where another student created residential expenses? Should he be held responsible and receive the subsequent disciplinary action for financial harm he did not cause?
The concept of punishing students in ways other than monetarily for housing damages is a good one. However, students need to be made aware definitively what disciplinary actions will be inflicted and the amount of fines necessary to qualify for further punishment. They should not be informed approximately two weeks prior to the beginning of the fall semester that they have been placed on residential probation, as they were this year. In addition, innocent students who were in the wrong quad at the wrong time should not be disciplined in the same manner as the students who trashed their living quarters.
Back in May of this year I was in pretty good spirits. I was finishing up my classes, arranging to get an easy summer job, packing up my stuff and just looking forward to a nice long three months of slacking off, catching some movies and working on my tan.
Now, in a span of what seems like five minutes, it is September again. I'm still stressed out, my skin is still a glow-in-the~dark shade of white and now, to top it all off, I'm a lot poorer than I was at the beginning of the summer.
Basically, my complete lack of funds comes from our brand new tuition increase, of which I was notified by way of a letter sent to my house (after I registered for classes, by the way).
In it, Cabrini president Antoinette Iadarola states that in order to provide me "with a competitive education that is second to none," Cabrini is, once again, raising tuition. Now I have to pay $13,900 per year just to learn here, plus an additional $6,900 to live here.
Dr. Iadarola says in her letter that "our tuition is the lowest in comparison to our direct competitors," such as St. Joseph's University, LaSalle and Villanova.
Now, I'm not claiming to be the brightest star in the sky or anything, but the last time I checked, those schools were universities. They all have enrollments of around 50 million students apiece, which seems to contrast with our enrollment of 5 undergraduates and 2 graduates. In addition, Iadarola fails to mention that even though our tuition is lower than most schools, our room and board is the second highest in Pennsylvania. I recently attended a meeting in which Dr. Iadarola pointed out several factors that made me wonder why tuition was raised.
First of all, this year's incoming class of first-year students is the
highest ever in the school's 40-some year history. With all of these students coming in, wouldn't the income of the school in terms of tuition already have been raised dramatically with the old tuition amount?
The total resident student enroll-
come to fund these projects. The projects, according to the letter from President Iadarola, include outfitting "each residential facility on campus with computer conduits that will provide access to the local area network and the Internet," beginning Phase II renovations to Founder's Hall, continuing the "technological enhancements to our classrooms," and the construction of another residence hall.
If you figure faculty and staff salaries for the year into the equation, with each of the 200 or so receiving an average salary of $40,000, the college spends another $8 million from its income.
That means that we have well over $10 million left over.
ment for the 1998-99 school year is 620. Each of those students is paying $20,800 for both tuition and room and board. That brings the total income-from resident students only-to $12,896,000.
In addition, Cabrini's income from its endowments is almost one million dollars. We were recently awarded a $200,000grant from the Kresge foundation. Our budget is balanced. We received one million dollars from the Sepche group, in which we participate with several other area colleges, and another $2 million grant on top of that.
That brings Cabrini's total income for the year to almost $17 million, which does not even include the tuition coming in from commuters and graduate students.
When you do add in the money that graduates and commuters pay to go here (over $9 million), the total soars to about $26 million.
Cabrini has developed a fiveyear plan to fund its projects, such as the renovation of existing facilities.
The total outlook for this plan is between $35 and $40 million, which means that about $7 to $8 million will be spent from this year's in-
I have two points to make. The first is that the tuition increase was and is totally unnecessary. Had the tuition not been raised, we probably would have still had several million dollars left over.
Second, I simply want to know what this excess money will be used for. Are we still paying for the Dixon Center or the apartment complex? If so, those projects should have been funded well before the construction even began, much less six months after they were finished.
Are we paying so that Cabrini will be able to attract more students to its campus and further its reputation as a "regional college?"
Or will the money be used for other projects on campus (hel-lo, additional parking spaces)?
Maybe I'm mistaken. I'll admit that math is not my strongest subject But if my numbers are wrong, I'd like to have someone tell me that. An answer from the administration would be nice.
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It has been said that in your first year of school you go through all sorts of changes. You make new friends and are constantly trying to make a first impression. Over time, people have made friendships that have been able to last a lifetime. So my only thing to say is that you need to make sure that you are always who you really are, don't be fake and never double park your car. "Because where we're going, we don't need roads."
quote obtained from the movie "Back to the Future."
Words of Wisdom by Joe Elliott
Welcome back to another year of fun at Cabrini!
• As some of you may know, I was one of the 60 people to receive a letter from resident life telling me the Marquis is not available for Cabrini students. However, resident life said they are doing all they can to find me a place to live. Well, that is just great. I went from living in house six to living nowhere at all.
For you first-year students, house six last year was Cabrini College's· answer to Pee Wee's playhouse. I mean, it was a disaster area.
My neighbor and present roomate had close to $1,000 in damages to his room, and that is just one room out of 12. Germany didn't have that amount of damage after the war.
I went into house six when I got back to the college, expecting it to be cleaner, but with no drastic changes done to it. My head almost exploded when I walked in. New carpets, new paint on the walls, new everything. The only thing they forgot is the chandelier in the foyer.
I am glad they waited until the
summer to do all the fix-up work, while I lived in an almost condemned house for the previous nine months.
I am also glad I paid fine after fine and the college bas nowhere for me to live.
My house six neighbor called
TONY BARRETTme up over the summer and asked me if I was interested in getting an apartment. So I weighed my options of living in the apartment or not living anywhere, and took the apartment. So now I am adjusting to commuter life. On the first day of classes, I noticed that the college was in great shape. It looked beautiful and I thought, "Maybe Cabrini has changed." I drove up to the commuter lot to
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find a place to park. The commuter lot was full, so I parked on the grass near the Widener Center. I got out of class and tried to pickup my new student I.D. card, but they don't give commuters new I.D. 's. I can tell this was going to be a great day. I went to my car and found the dreaded yellow ticket on my windshield. That is when it really kicked in. I knew I was back at Cabrini. I was really upset to find out the parking tickets went up $10. Like I have an extra $10 to give to public safety. Where were they last year when house six was falling apart at the seams-writing tickets? So I left for my furnitureless apartment thinking about bow public safety seems to have a contract out on me and the fragileness of life and bow I'm going to pay my parking ticket when all of a sudden this cat runs into my car. The sick truth is I immediately thought public safety would arrest me for murder if they found out.
TonyBarrettis a sophomoremajoringin English/communication.Hedidnot intentionallykillthecat.
by Joe Elliott and Mike McGann
For one reason or another, driving down the turnpike on my way to school last Tuesday seemed a little different this year. The drive, which usually takes two hours, was halted to a slow crawl in New Jersey by a tractor-trailer that was too tall for an underpass and had the roof of both the cab and trailer ripped off and most of the debris scattered on the road and on two cars. It was a pretty scary scene and due to the amount of damage to the innocent C,iUS, I was pretty happy that the accident I was in a few days earlier had me walking away and only having to pay a few hundred dollars for repairs.
I began to ponder if this was going to be a sign from God telling me that I had a rough road ahead. I thought of what Cabrini meant to me and how it had affected my life in the past two years. I laughed, and said to myself, "What am I kidding myself?" Cabrini has helped me learn that the real world is a whole different world than high school and that college tends to really suck sometimes.
I started to worry about school, and in a matter of minutes, I was almost ready to either tum around or just stop on the side of the road. Unfortunately, in no time at all, I was heading down the Blue Route. This is known as the point of no return in my eyes.
Later that day, I sat in my room and wondered were my roommate was and then I just kind of sat there thinking again. I know it was a bad idea, but I did it anyway. I thought that it could not be that bad. All of my friends were back at school-none of them had been kicked out-but I was surprised to find out that the majority of ·my friends were not allowed to come into the buildings. It puzzled me at first, but then I got the real "shocker.'' Almost every person that I had been friends with was on probation. It was confusing. Appparently, they were on probation because they had too much damage to their rooms. Sounded to me like somebody needed to explain this to me.
Apparently, if a srudent had reached over $250 dollars in damages to their rooms, then they were placed on the newly founded Residence Hall Probation. This was most of my friends and more or less everybody living in house six the year before.
So it was brought to my attention
that this policy was passed without the knowledge of any other srudents. And what makes it best is that the policy was passed in June. For some reason, the students that had the high fines from the spring semester of 1998 fell under this new policy. That's baloney. I do not think that this new policy should affect the students that had high fines.
I think what is funny is that the school is always taking our money. Laura already touched upon the money figures that the school has. What I do n,otunderstand is were all of this money goes.
book. When I looked closer, I realized that the prices on all of the fines had gone up. So I decided to take a little walk to our friends at Public Safety. There it was explained to me that the school had to use up all of the previous tickets that were from last year-like they did not use them up all last year-and when they were all done with the old ones, they would start issuing the new revised tickets with gold trim.
I thought it was even better to learn that public safety could stop me for any of the following moving violations: Turfing, blowing a stop sign, uninspected motor vehicle and DUI, just to name a few. To go with those, the price of those fines range from $50 to $100.
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My friend Mike got fined over $1000 dollars for his room. According to Cathy Caulfield, the resident life director, Mike had one of the highest fines in the entire school.
A big question that he had was that it made no sense that he was fined so much. When he received the fine, the school could not offer any reason for the fines. So Mike was placed on Residence Hall Probation.
Mike also wanted to comment that he was fined for new locks and a key to his previous room. The funny thing is that he was charged a lot of money. According to the student handbook, the fine for a re-key lock job is $35-85 dollars and to replace the lock is anywhere between $150-175 dollars. That's a lot of money in my eyes. What makes this story unbelievable is that on Wednesday afternoon Mike went to his old room and was able to key into the room with the key that was supposably replaced, according to the list of fines.
Another thing is that the school is raising tuition and just robbing us of our money. It does not stop there.
Just the other day, I received a ticket on my car. Sure, I admit that I was at fault for the ticket, but it was the second day of school. Just leave me alone. The best thing about this ticket was how neatly it was written. At first, I thought that I was receiving a ticket for every fine in the
So basically Cabrini College just got richer over the summer, so instead of making my life miserable, start making it better by giving me more than a bunch of tickets and fines. Why don't you force the bookstore into giving me a break on the prices of books?
So the other day I went to the book store and spent $274.46 on books. I could not even buy all of them. Now that is a lot of money for a student to have to pay for some books that are going to be returned in a couple of months for not even half of the sellback price.
I think that Cabrini has no priorities set. All they care about is making sure that they have a lot of money and that they look good. They are constantly making sure that the flowers are fresh for the parents and that the facilities are stateof-the art for the board of trustees to see. When it comes to the students, we constantly get jacked on all the things that we should get, like better cafeteria food, better registration procedures to cut the lines down, a friendlier attitude and a more willing staff that will not hide behind others when it comes time for them to answer questions.
I think it is time for the school to start growing up. It is kind of funny that it is hard to get a straight answer from the faculty, instead of them passing the buck on the hard questions and fighting about who gets credit for the good things.
Just remember, Cabrini, you would not be a school without us.
JoeElliottis a juniorEnglish/communication majorandistheperspectiveseditorof Loquitur.Heis frequentlymistakenforthe secondcomingof Christ.
On finishing the renovations of the cafeteria before the students arrived at school.
On making sure that the food in the cafeteria is still just as bad as it was last year.
On raising the prices on everything from tuition and parking tickets to candy and pretzels in the gathering area. compiled
ued with a pitiful 63 yards passing, not to mention an interception and a fumble that both led to the first two Seattle scores.
shootout win, Hoyingmania struck the city of Philadelphia.
No. 7 jerseys were leaping off shelves like hotcakes.
The Philadelphia sports fan in all his schizophrenic glory will soon change its tune concerning Bobby Hoying, the once-procJaimed "golden boy" of the franchise.
Following a horrible performance this past Sunday, I'd say its safe to assume that the lovefest with Hoying is nearing an end.
His sub-par preseason play and first team offense futility contin-
Hoying finished the afternoon completing just nine of 23 passes for 63 yards and an interception. The interception in question would have to be the worst thrown ball of Hoying's short career.
Although this may be a typical game for a rookie starting his first opening day of his career, Philadelphia isn't 'exactly the type of city that can tolerate digression. Hoying looked nothing like the promising young quarterback that was the lone bright spot in an otherwise dismal season last year.
In fact, there has been no sign of that promising young quarterback all season.
Following the Cincinnati
Comparisons soon arose. Hoying was labeled as the next great one. In fact, Hoyingmania remained strong all the way to training camp, but the promising young quarterback got lost between the moon and Philadelphia, or I think that's how the song goes.
Hoying has only one touchdown pass in six games thus far this season and his only touchdown pass came on a busted preseason play.
It is only a matter of time before the boo birds come around to Hoying. But can anyone blame them?
In Hoying's defense, he was sacked nine times and knocked down numerous other times. Not
to mention, a number of his passes were dropped, namely two by Irving Fryar and what could have been a spectacular touchdown pass to Freddie Solomon.
It's evident that Hoying has little faith in his receivers. This lack of faith turned into indecision which forced Hoying to hold onto the ball for that extra two seconds which, more often than not, lead to an incompletion, sack or interception.
Hoying did not throw a confident pass all game long. That was as evident as the amount of empty seats in the Vet during the fourth quarter.
Hoying, however, should not and will not take all the blame for this loss, but as it is with every starting quarterback in the league, you get too much praise when the team wins and too much blame when the team loses.
Unfortunately for Hoying the Eagles left everything in the lockerroom. In fact, they left everything in the dumpsters outside of Veterans Stadium.
The only thing that stood out more than the Seattle Seahawks in this game was the amount of depressing banners were found all over the stadium. My personal favorite read, "Unlike the bible, the Eagles don't have a prayer."
If Hoying is to have a prayer at becoming a good starting quarterback in this league he is going to have to regain that confidence that he had last year.
If that does not happen this could be a long season for Bobby Hoying and the Boo birds.
PaulMoseris a semormajoringin English/ communicationandis oneof Loquitur's sportseditors.Hereceived a S500finefor streakingatSunday'sgame.
September
The Cabrini College sports fall season kicked off recently. There are quite a few teams in the field who just fell short of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference title. Here are a collection of previews that are meant to wet the whistle of even the die hard Cavalier fan.
Men's soccer
Men's soccer coach Duncan Hubley expects his team to accomplish one task during the upcoming fall season and that is to win. Hubley said that he wants his team to finish with a winning record and to make the PAC-playoffs.
With a number of returning players from last season's team that bowed out of the playoffs after a 3-2 defeat at the hands of eventual champion, College Misericordia, Hubley has a compliment to a talented group of first-year players that gives the team ,
depth. The team has five returning seniors including senior captains Wayne Brown and Don Eadie. Paul Donaghy, Matt Kaiser and Mike Robinson, who are corning off of a strong game against Misericordia, are the other returning seniors.
The key player this season will be sophomore goalkeeper and captain Eric Lukach. Hubley said that he expects Lukach to be the best goalie in the PAC.
This squad should be able to contend for the PAC championship and could earn a berth in the East Coast Athletic Conference playoffs.
According to Hubley, the major competition in the PAC this season will come from Misericordia, Wesley College, a team that is new to the PAC and Eastern.
The men's PAC season opens at Neumann College on Sept. 16, at 1 p.m.
Women's soccer
Last season the Lady Cavaliers went a step further than the men did but still were not able to capture the PAC championship.
The Lady Cavs made it to the big dance but came home empty handed. The Lady Cavs were defeated in the conference final 3-0 against College Misericordia, which completed their sweep of Cabrini's soccer teams.
The Lady Cavs return to action this season after losing only three players to graduation, a problem that they will not face at the conclusion of this season. The Lady Cavs enter this season with no players of senior status on the roster.
Returning to the team are junior captains Megan Myers, sweeper and mid-fielder Erin Barney. Junior defenders Michelle Gabriel, Megan Hyde and mid-fielder Jen Reichart shore up the backfield Sophomore forward Karin Hale is back for her second season.
Myers and Gabriel come back to the team as AU-PAC selections after last season. Another key player this season will be sophomore Jessica Huda, a first-year player and starting netminder for the Lady Cavs.
In addition to the veterans on the team, eight new players have joined the squad including Huda.
The young Lady Cavs will have to endure a longer season if they wish to capture the PAC title. The expansion of the PAC has created a longer road to the championship with the addition of more playoff rounds.
Last season the Lady Cavs fell one goal short of taking the PAC title home, losing a 2-1 contest to Eastern College. This season the Lady Cavs return to the PAC chase with 12 players back from a season ago. Look for the Lady Cavaliers to seriously challenge for the PAC title.
Becky Grabie, Mary Lear, Amanda Seeds and Jesse Valerio are
the senior players on the 1998 squad.
Valerio is Cabrini's all-time leading scorer and its first career 50 goal-scored and Lear has been a three year starter.
In addition to the veterans there are eight first-year players and sophomore Lisa Reynolds, who is switching her high tops for some cleats for the time being.
The balance of veteran leadership and young legs should prove a profitable one for the Lady Cavaliers field hockey team.
Women's Tennis
The Lady Cavaliers are going into this season with possibly their best starting lineup in years.
Sophomore Carrie Smith has reclaimed her old spot at no. 1 singles, she is going to be counted on as a leader in the lockerroom.
Senior Michelle McDevitt has moved up the ladder to the no. 2 spot, supplanting sophomore Lori Gibbons who will handle the duties at no. 3 singles this year.
These three girls were the top three singles players last year as well.
First-year students have taken over the duties at four and five singles and look to contribute a lot for this year.
Coach Reggie Day has already classified this season as "a rebuilding year," however, sports fans don't fret, Day has classified almost every team he has coached as a rebuilding team, even in the years in which they challenged for the PAC championships.
The men's and women's cross country team enter this season after sweeping the PAC championships in the fall of 1997.
After the season the men's team went through changes, losing its two captains and the conference champion. Five players from last year's team that have returned are sophomores Colin Broderick, Ryan Jones, Ricky Romyn and captains Jason Bull and Dave McKay. Bull and Broderick received All-PAC honors after winning the championship. The runners who have returned are joined by the sole newcomer, first-year student Patrick Hutton.
As for the success of the team, assistant coach James Williams said, "If everything goes as planned this team will win the conference.
According to Jones, the team is one of the strongest groups in the region if they can stick together and will win the PAC title by far.
The women's cross country squad, another PAC champion, enters the season after losing two of their top runners, Academic All-American Lyndi Paladino and Nicole Volikas to graduation. The Lady Cavs do have defending PAC champion Sabrina Smith. Smith, a sophomore, brought home the honors of All-Regional and All-PAC after winning the PAC. Sophomores Kelly Dorrian and captain Becky Jurich are back to give the team leadership.
According to head coach Tom O"Hora, the team is looking for help from first-year runners Kristin Zielinski and Genevieve Lamb.
Zielinski was considered one of the top runners in southeastern Pennsylvania when she ran for Central Bucks East High School.
O'Hara said that both teams looked strong in their first scrimmage and have shown good spirit.
Women's Volleyball
Another team that is stacked with youthful talent is the women's volleyball team. After a season in which the team failed to qualify for the postseason, the Lady Cavs look to this season as a way to come together for a playoff drive.
Seven players have returned from last year's team. Leslie Kerrigan is the lone senior of the group. The team's two juniors are captains Natalie Daciwa and team Most Valuable Player Kristy Burton
The rest of the team is composed of sophomores and first-year players. The younger players have talent as evidenced by the play of sophomore Cabrini rookie of the year Tricia Arnold.
Sophomore Danielle Wawarzynk said that the team is young but it is expected to develop quickly.
Athletes are able to take advantage of the Center's numerous amenities, including a pool, basketball courts, and a track, to supplement their practice and workout routines.
by Mary Eileen O'Connor features editorThe new multi-million dollar Dixon Center, which opened in April, will change the way athletes train for their sports this year.
Before the construction of this state-ofthe-art complex, athletes had a much smaller area for weight training in the Founder's Hall Gymnasium. The training room was equipped with only two broken treadmills and one small exercise bike.
Duri,ngthe summer, a small percentage of athletes used the new facility. With the fall season in full swing, most athletes are just beginning to take advantage of the Dixon Center's numerous amenities, including a pool, basketball and squash courts, an indoor track and large fitness center. Personal trainers will be available at all areas to help direct workouts.
''The Dixon Center is definitely improving the way the cross country teams train," cross country coach Tom O'Hora said. According to Athletic Director John Dzik, the pool and indoor track are two feaMes that all athletes will benefit greatly from.
The cross country team is already using the pool for water workouts and the indoor track for drills. In previous years, there were times when the cross country teams
needed to go off campus to train.
Dzik pointed out the fitness center is also a great improvement that all athletes will be able to use to their advantage.
With the new facilities at their disposal, coaches can now modify their training programs and tailor the programs to individual athletes.
"If we utilize the facility properly, it will be a tremendous advantage for our teams."
Dzik said "Most importantly, it has brought us up to par with other teams in the league."
Athletes are happy to have a brand new place t? train in.
"Everything is so fresh and new," firstyear basketball player Charles Epps said.
"You have all the facilities you could want. I really enjoy playing here."
Dzik believes Cabrini needed a recreation space that everyone could use and said the Dixon Center will be a great benefit to the entire college community.
With so many athletes using the facility, however, there may be times when sections of the Dixon Center will be closed for practices.
This may potentially cause a conflict for other members of the college community using the facility.
According to Dzik problems like that have not arisen and any problems will be
The Dixon Center is the newest luxury
nity. With the top of the line products and facilities, Cabrini Athletes can train easier for the season. handled when and if they arise.
Since the coaches' offices and weight training area are now located in the Dixon Center, Dzik said the vacated Founder's Hall Gym will be used for indoor practice space and interrnural sports. Dzik believes
the space will eventually be turned into classrooms.
''The Dixon Center will do a lot of good for current athletes and will help to recruit new athletes to Cabrini," O'Hora said.
by Paul Moser sports editor
Countless television reports and numerous newspaper articles have been written about a substance produced naturally in the liver.
The reports, however, have not come from medical journals but rather from the sports sections of newspapers all over the country.
All of the hoopla about this naturally occurring substance has been stirred by one man, a big man for that matter, Mark McGwire, and his pursuit of the major league baseball home run record while taking a performance enhancing drug called Creatine.
McGwire, who looks more like a linebacker in the National Football League than a first baseman, is as dominating a physical specimen as there is in all of baseball.
Many consumers, in emulation and imitation, feel that they can be just as big and impressive if they take creatine.
Creatine Phosphate is a substance that allows people to create energy faster and has been on the market for about 10 years with Federal Drug Administration approval
Ever since McGwire admitted taking the weight supplement, nutrition stores have been selling the over-the-
counter Creatine at an astonishing increasing rate.
People have become obsessed with the get big and muscular quick scheme. Many deem Creatine to be that magic elixir and the secret to the biggest and most beautiful body.
Creatine allows the muscles of an athlete to energize faster, which in turn helps the muscles to avoid fatigue, therefore enabling the athlete to have a more strenuous workout that increases their muscle mass.
The longer and harder you work out the bigger that you will become.
Creatine gives athletes who take it a little edge by boosting their energy.
Creatine will add about 5-10 pounds in muscle to an athlete if it is used properly.
According to Dr. Tony Verde, chairman of the sports science department, it is not totally beneficial for college students to take Creatine. "In the scheme of things, it doesn't really make a difference at the college level whether or not you gain that extra 10 pounds through creatine." Verde said.
Tracey Howard, fitness coordinator at the Dixon Center agreed, "At the college level it is not beneficial to spend the money."( its $50 for a three pound bottle that is used up in a month).
Howard also feels that Creatine is mostly beneficial to weight lifters and other sports that require quick strong bursts of energy such as wrestling or football. Howard also feels that Creatine is not beneficial at all to endurance sports such as basketball or cross country.
Taking Creatine for endurance sports has proven to be detrimental. Since the energy received from Creatine only comes in small bursts, an endurance runner cannot benefit from creatine. In fact, the extra pounds put on by a runner after taking Creatine in some cases has slowed them down. One of the misconceptions, according to Howard, is that taking Creatine alone will increase your muscle mass. Only hard work and training, along with the creatine, will allow the substance to make a difference.
As of this moment there are no known side effects to taking Creatine. However, Creatine has only been on the market for around 10 years and it is impossible to gauge at this time what it's long term effects might be.
Substances such as Creatine, as well as sophisticated weight training techniques have led to bigger and stronge~ athletes over the years. In 1937 at 6'2" and 185 pounds Babe Ruth was a man among boys in 1998 at 6'4" and 250 pounds, Mark McGwire is Goliath swinging a twig in a league of Davids.
The Cabrini sports season is in full swing. Loquitur gives you your athletic fix with its preview page on all Cavalier fall sports plus all of the sports schedules.
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This is the first full sports season with the Dixon Center available to athletes. But are the facilities really improving training methods for the fall sports teams?
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