Bill: The Story of a TypicalCabriniStudent

by Mike McGann

MEGAN ZUSTRA thought about transferring-that I would make the best of the four years here, and I have so far.

I have made many friends and some enemies as well, but that's just the way life goes.

Speaking about life, I have learned a great deal about "real life" during the past two years here. A good deal of it came from journalism.

I also started to do something that I have never done before, collecting things. I am OBSESSED

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My goal for the remainder of 1998 is to have 100 Beanie Babies. This may be a little unrealistic because, after all, I am poor. I am a waitress and make pretty good money but since I pay my own tuition and the tuition is constantly on the rise it makes it tough to buy as many Beanies as I wish I could.

But I can dream, can't I?

MeganZustrais a juniormajoring in English/communication.Sheis thecopyeditorof Loquitur.She needsa newhobby.

Administrationplaysfavorites,studentsloseout

Last Thursday, I, along with a few of my friends, decided to go to a bar in Delaware to watch the band Brothers Past perform. It was a lot of fun. A great amount of the crowd were fellow Cabrini friends, so obviously a good time was had by all. But no one person can determine the way a night will go. Due to this, the night turned a little ugly when a local to the bar said something to my friend, which was not very nice (of course, it was not as bad as Dr. .Bob Bonfiglio and the now infamous "poppycock" incident, but more about that later). Nonetheless, it caused a rift in the mood at the bar, and in no time, the bar had cleared, leaving a few oblivious people still listening to the band playing. Somewhere in this transition, I hit somebody in the face who had a friend of mine in a chokehold. Even better, to my surprise, it was a bouncer. Well, with that, I grabbed the people that I had gone with and proceeded to hang outside until everybody was ready to leave.

It kind of surprised me that wherever I seem to go somebody is trying to cause some sort of trouble. I personally do not believe that fighting is the way to solve a problem. I believe that talking it out will save yourself from tlirowing punches and from getting yourself in trouble that could lead to getting suspended or even arrested.

Over the past couple of weeks Cabrini College has been fighting with the students. It might not be known by everybody, but for your information, it seems as though the school is losing slowly. In many instances Cabrini officials slowly began to bite their tongues in fear that they might slip up and say something that will get themselves in trouble. I feel it is the job of the student body to get the answers.

In issue two of the Loguitur, an article was written about the students who had been taken off the residence hall probation for damages from the spring semester. Bonfiglio, vice president for student development, said that there was no specific criteria for the readjustment of the status of a student. So what criteria is used to take a student off probation? At the same time, how can a student discuss individually with Bonfiglio about his probation? It does not seem as though this new policy was standing on finn ground.

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We all know that this school is filled with people that will suck up to the administration. Every body is guilty of that I sure as hell know that I do it. Some feel that it is just that they are nice people and this is true also. But, on the other hand, the administration would look to let go of certain students in need of help. So maybe the office of student development and resident life decided to look beyond the probation and see that they are students with the high standings that make the school look good.

In one of the future issues of the Loquitur, I hope to figure out what the school plans to do to make the students happier in the future. In gathering that infonnation, I found that this probation story might not be the only time the school has protected the students that make the school look good.

JOE ELLIOTT people on probation are not allowed to be given out due to the Family Rights and Privacy Act, we do not know who was on and who has been taken off the probation.

I feel like the school is playing favorites. Some of the students were taken off-like senior Jim McTamney and a member of the Student Government Association- but Mike McGann was not taken off.

All three of the parties spoke to Bonfiglio about getting off the probation, but why were only two of them taken off and not the third?

Bonfiglio really could not offer up that much of an explanation to the situation. All he had to offer was the explanation "that's poppycock." And that was final. The administration could never judge people based on their academic or social standings, or could they?

I found that the school had devised a strategic plan to develop the school into a "school of the future." This plan, which consists of faculty, administration and students, has been continuously been planning on making the future of Cabrini. Did you just see that? Students are on these boards. I did not know this, but I would have liked to have had part of that. I think it is not only good because I can help the school, but it would look good on my resume.

But, of course, the students that were put on these boards are RAs, SGA and CAP members, all in good standing with the school.

So it makes it seem as though the school really does try to make sure that the right students get taken care of and the rest are just left fight by themselves.

JoeElliottis a juniormajoringin English/communication. Heis the perspectiveseditorof Loquiturand willtakeon EvanderHolyfieldnext.

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To Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, who helped bring tradition and prestige back to baseball with their home run chase.

To the CAP board for the legal party on Friday night in the Widener Center.

To the makers of Marlboro brand tobacco, for not only raising the price, but for getting me hooked.