EDITORIAL Strategic planning?

Cabrini College has, in the past few years, unveiled a strategic plan for the next five years that includes, among other things, a mission to bring 500 more students to the campus, bringing the total enrollment up to about 1,700. From the size of this year's class of first-year students, it is plain that the college has already begun accepting a greater number of students in the hope of achieving their goal.

However, there is one major problem with accepting a greater number of students: the college has no accommodations for them. Cabrini is experiencing the same phenomenon as several other area schools, such as Drexel, Temple and Villanova Universities. None of the administrators of these schools seems to have figured out where to put their excess students, and are stuck housing them in converted lounges, tripled-up doubles, hotel rooms or other colleges' dorms.

The solution to the problems of these four schools is obvious~ however, it is one that can only be solved in hindsight. Administrators should have made sure that there was enough room to house these students, who asked for oncampus accommodations, in on-campus quarters.

No one should have to reside in these conditions. Living in cramped rooms with too many roommates or catching a bus across town to attend class are not only detrimental to students' studies, but to their health and safety as well. A little planning would have solved these problems long before they started.

A matter of safety

On Tuesday, Nov. 24, a fire broke out in Xavier Hall. There were a number of students who chose not to evacuate the building in response to the fire alarm. There was no way those students knew that the alarm was signaling a real fire OF not. However, they ignored it anyway. How hard is it to get out of bed and go outside for a few minutes in order to possibly save your own life?

The decision of the administration to punish th_osestudents who did not leave their rooms during the fire alarm is completely justifiable. Not only does it set an example for other students, but it also sends the message that safety violations will be taken seriously.

LETTER To THE EDITOR

Nobodyhas the rightto kill

Dear Editor, I am a supporter of the pro-life movement, but this is not the sole reason for my displeasure at Joe Elliott's article, "Killing for no apparent reason." It disturbs me that the Loquitur would publish an article containing false statements such as, "A baby, when killed in the mother's womb, is not at all developed," without verifying the facts. Had this statement been checked upon, one would discover that by eight weeks of age a young fetus has 10 fingers, 10 toes, a beating heart and a developing brain. It is irresponsible journalism to allow these facts to be mis-

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It also disturbs me that the "Perspectives Editor" of the Loquitur seems to have disregarded the other perspective. While I believe in the right to life. I believe in the right to all life and do not condone in any way the threatening or killing of abortion doctors. Elliott's statement, "I'm not trying to say that all pro-life activists are bad, but all you need is one person to make the water dirty," is insulting. I resent that a vast number of pro-life supporters are classified according to the radical minority.

I agree that it is tragedy when abortion doctors are killed. No one should have the right to take a life but God, which brings me to my point. Who are we to say who lives and dies? How can we decide that someone is better off dead than alive? We can't. Who speaks for these children. Who will protect them? Yes, I grieve for the families of the deceased abortion doctors, but I also grieve for the millions of innocent children murdered each year. It's a sad thing when the most dangerous place to live these days is in your mother's womb.

Sincerely,

Jenna Mancini First-Year Student

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To the imprisonment of President Iadarola. How does it feel to be stuck in a jail?

To my brother Mike, for letting me borrow his nice radio because ours is crazy.

To the food court, for charging an arm and a leg for soft pretzels.

To housekeeping or whoever was responsible for cleaning the houses over break.

compiled by Joe Elliott perspectives editor