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Phi Sigma Iota helps hurricane victims
by Shanna Fanelli
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When Hurricane Georges slammed Puerto Rico, creating a domino effect of destruction, Phi Sigma Iota punched back with fierce intentions to deny Georges' lingering taste of damaged property, possessions and spirits. Their ambitions were represented by the pink boxes which dotted Cabrini's campus, along with signs encouraging all to participate in bringing relief by donating various items such as food, clothes and money
''We got a great response," Vivianna Benitez, president of Phi Sigma Iota, said. "People would literally bring trunks full of stuff."
A Halloween raffle, at 50 cents a ticket for a basket of candy, a beanie witch and odds and ends, added to the help by producing over $100.
'This was a great cause that the entire campus could participate in;' Sharon Lee Long, a junior, said.
According to Dr. Cynthia Halpern, language department chair, the "campus wide