college bestows awards at Cabrini Day '99

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Sophomore Lauren Donati spoke about the possible end of nature and according to her, "the session brought up different issues in our environment."

"The session covered the things that our generation needs to think about for the future," senior Karen Hassell, the speaker for human overpopulation, said.

The speaker for vegetarianism was Laurel Golub. "This session was meant to teach people to be more aware of the environment and to do what they can to make it better," she said.

-Jenny Yoos

When the Mountains Tremble

There are many things happening in the world that are completely overlooked. The struggle that the Guatemalan Indians have been through is an example of this. Many in our country are unaware that these problems ever occurred and of the United States' involvement with this country.

The movie "When the Mountains Tremble" is a documentary on these subjects, narrated by Rigoberto Menchu.

Dr. Maria Rippon, assistant professor of romance languages, said that for Guatemala, "Peace is a slow process." The film showed the Indians fighting for peace in their own country and how the United States was involved by giving the Guatemalan army money that they are not that dissimilar. Besides the sex difference, there are not really that many differences between the men and for weapons. What the people of women Nobel Peace Prize winthe United States did not realize was that U.S. help was merely making Guatemala a larger battlefield.

The film showed interviews with Indian peasants and soldiers, who sometimes did not even know what they were fighting for.

Peace is something that Guatemala still to this day has to fight for. The people of this country may always be struggling for complete peace throughout their home but this film helps by raising the consciousness of the problems throughout the world.

-Tracy Timson

Altruistic Women: What Do They Have in Common?

Altruistic women may be better described as women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize, at least for this topic. These few women have been seen across the world as giving a tremendous contribution to our world today as well as in past years. But how do they compare to the men who have won the Peace Prize? In a speech, given by Dr. M. L. Corbin Sicoli, she explained that no one really knows how each Nobel Peace Prize winner is selected. There are no real characteristics or standards that lead a person to become one of the winners. It is basically characterized by duty, loyalty and contributions to the entire world. Many peoplewho are selected for this special award are humanitarians and peace initiators.

"Most of the women laureates have won for humanitarian reasons," Sicoli said. ''For example, Mother Teresa, Emily Batch, Rigoberto Menchu have won as humanitarians and Betty Williams and Maired Corrigan as peace activists. Although there were humanitarians among men, such as Bishop Belo, most of the male laureates sampled in this study won as heads of state who initiated and encouraged peace agreements amongst countries.

An experimenttakenamong 10 women and 10 men who had won the Nobel Peace Prize points out ners. They were similar in categories concerning birth place, religion, marriage, early altruism and family origin. The only categories in which they were different were education, collaboration and hardships faced along the way.

-Rita Homing

Words that Make a Difference

Reading aloud poetry and other literary works to an audience made up of the Cabrini community, three professors joined four students in a session called "Words that Make a Difference."

"In air of togetherness and understanding, in the name of Mother Cabrini, her mission was fulfilled," stated first-year student Jose Carlos Jalandoni. Jalandoni's words of togetherness reflected the session held by the Cryptic staff under the leadership of Dr. Seth Freebie, assistant professor of English/communication.

Stacey Carpenter and Carolyn Ashton, Cryptic's student coordinators and two of the readers, put a lot of time into preparing for the event. Students Renee Tomcanin and Amy Gassen, Dr. Charlie McCormick, assistant professor of English and communication, and Dr. Joseph Romano, professor of philosophy, completed the group of literary readers. The readers touched on topics from words that personally make a difference to words that make a difference to people in their lives, to words that could make a difference to the generalpublic. Summing up the session, Freebie said, "It certainly helped to introduce people to a kind of poetry and a kind of writing that they might want to try themselves. Hopefully, some of the people who attended today will submit to Cryptic."

-Amy Gassen

·AffirmativeAction and Race Relations

Affirmativeaction and communication are what we need to build positive race relationships. That is what Shirley Dixon, co- ordinator of diversity initiatives, and the Diversity Council told close to 100 students during the second session of Cabrini day. Dixon had the students' attention and she made them a part of her presentation by asking questions and really listening to their replies. Dixon had a computer presentation of stories about Jessica, whose story was outside the classroom, and Brian, whose story was inside the classroom. The situations were real ones which some students have to deal with all the time. The computerized movie showed how the students feel and what they think when they are faced with situations that deal with someone of another race. At the end of Dixon's presentation, she gave her opinions and let the students know that you should talk about your feelings, because people will listen. "We all need to communicate with one another," Dixon said.

-Melissa Lepouski

MissionariesIn our Midst:The Works of the MSC Office

The Mission Office's main goal is to help people find their place in the world, "a place where you can truly make a difference," Allison

Ryan said in the session "Missionaries in our Midst: The Works of the MSC Offices."

The Cabrini Mission Corps is a group of men and women who volunteer to help the less fortunate. They will travel nationally and internationally to places such as Argentina and Brazil. CMC was founded by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1990. The Sisters follow the order of their founder, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, a woman with the determination to share love throughout the world.

In connection with the Missionary Sisters is Mission Integration, that is, to maintain communication with the director of each Cabrini institution; Vocation Ministry, which focuses on a person's call in life by God, and Cabrini Associates, lay men and women who are seeking spiritual development in their religious faith. "The groups meet four times a year to talk about issues and ideas that further the goals of their province," Eileen Zebrowski said.

The main practice of everyone involved is "Education of the Heart" and the idea that one person can make a difference.

-ToriEy