Campus ministry sponsoring annual retreat

by Jennifer ten Boom staff writer

The first Search Retreat of the 1999-2000 school year will take place Friday, Nov. 12 to Sunday, Nov. 14.

The retreat is sponsored by Campus Ministry. It is put together by students who start making plans for it in September.

This weekend, the retreat is taking place at Apple Farm Conference Center in Elmer, New Jersey. The retreat is peer led.

At the retreat, the students will participate in talks, discussions, and various activities. The talks and discussions that take place at the retreat are designed for the purpose of addressing challenges students face.

The Search Retreat is open to all students, regardless of religious background.

Previous partic1pants stress that the experience is what each individual will make of it because it is a place to learn.

The retreat will also be attended by other schools such as University of Scranton, Villanova, St. Joseph's, and Rosemont.

This gives students from Cabrini the opportunity to meet other people and listen to what they have to say.

Over 100 students from Cabrini have attended the search retreats. The retreat allows a maximum of 32 students. This is the fifth time Campus Ministry has sponsored one. this city better. I don't like his education policy at all."

To sign up for the retreat, the person must fill out an application with important information. The application also specifies the costs and what the student must bring with him or her on the retreat.

For more information on the Search Retreat, contact John DiMucci at the Campus Ministry Office at x8225 or talk to any of the Search Team leaders. There will be another retreat in the spring, April 7-9, 2000.

As a whole, Republicans extended their control in Pennsylvania suburbs.

Chester County elected its first female sheriff, Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh, as well as Terrence Farrel, its first African American to hold county office.

Two Republicans were re-elected and one elected to Delaware County council.

Nationally, voters in Maine decided to legalize marijuana for medicinal pwposes and defeated a ban on certain late-term abortions.

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However, Musgrave was not declared the winner since a candidate must have 50 percent of all votes plus one to win. The state house will have to settle the vote. According to Hedtke, this is because Mississippi is one of the few states with a single-member majority system, as opposed to a single member plurality system, where whoever has the most votes wins.

The Mississippi system is common in Europe, and it allows third parties to "hang around" while forcing post election coalitions. Also of interest is that Republicans seized control of the Virginia legislature for the first time ever. However, Hedtke was "not surprised," citing that Democrats and Republicans both tend to be conservative in Vrrginia.

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