Astronomy lecture to be held

by Benjamin Lunn editor in chief

Black holes, stars, planets and distant galaxies are working their way to Cabrini in the near future.

Dr. David DeVorking, curator of the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., will be giving a talk to the college and surrounding communities on modem astrophysics.

Sponsored by the American Astronomical Society, this talk, part of the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureship

Progr~ will be open to the entire public and will deal primarily with the change in astrophysics in this century.

The lecture will be held on Monday, March 13, 2000 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. in the Widener Lecture Hall.

A second more informally organized session will be held on the following day, Tuesday, March 14, solely for members of the campuscommunity. In this session, participants will have the opportunity to ask any questions of interest about astronomy, from black holes to careers in astronomy. The session will run from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the Grace Hall Board Room. All students interested are encouraged to attend.

The lectures have an ulterior motive to them, however. The college is hoping to drum up interest in a new astronomy

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course for non-science majors that will be offered here in the future. Dr. Joseph Smith, a chemistry professor, has had an interest in astronomy for quite some time and recently got the new course approved. The course will cover the ideas of black holes, super novas, quasars, solar systems, eclipses and among many others, the idea of extraterrestrial life in the universe. Odds are that the course, which will be Chemistry 107 (CHE 107), will not be offered next fall. However in years to come the class will fulfill non-lab science requirements, and hopefully be a successamong the students.

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THE INTERCOLLEGIATE CAREER FAIR

Wednesday, March 29, 2000

12 p.m.-3 p.m. Cabrini College Dixon Center Network with representatives from 65+ organizations.

All are welcome and it's free!! For addtional information contact the Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services.

Appalachia becoming popular spring break spot

by Matt Tho/ey assistant perspectives editor

Some students choose to spend their spring break in either the Bahamas or Cancun, but many Cabrini students have chosen to spend their spring break in Appalachia, providing a service that will assist in the living conditions of others.

Cabrini will sponsor its annual al• ternative spring break trip, to Ap- palachia, West Virginia, which will take place from Saturday, Feb. 26 through March 5.

This project has been a Cabrini tradition for almost two decades.

The annual trip to Appalachia provides many students with both a • service to others and an educati..;nal experience.

Students who participate in the project perform volunteer work that generally entails home improvement and repairs, visitation to the elderly and the homebound and other needed work in and throughout the area.

The two main areas of focus during the trip are Union and the East Bank.

According to David Wiley, senior student volunteer, most of the work performed in West Virginia goes hand in hand with the community.

As far as funding for the trip, students and participants are expect- ed to raise funds for transportation, food and other necessities.

Cabrini only provides "seed money" to help sponsor this trip.

Grant money has also been donated to help sponsor the trip. The grant money is spent primarily on construction, cleaning supplies and materials.

Wiley believes that this year's trip to Appalachia is the largest.

''This is our largest turnout. Over 30 people will be participating in the volunteer work," Wiley said. Wiley also feels that students participating in the Appalachia trip are not only providing a service to others but are helping to promote and further their own education.

John Ferrise, sophomore English and secondary education major, has a lot of respect for people who are willing to give up their spring break. "I think that it's cool that people sacrifice their spring break to help others," Ferrise said.

Amy Gassen staff writer

What do you get when you add together two sequels, a prequil and two future sequels to the prequil? "Star Wars!" This famous movie empire gave the world and beyond many memories. In ''The Empire Strikes Back," the first sequel, Darth Vader delivered the much imitated line, "Luke, I am your Father." In the second sequel, Darth.Vader met his death.

Throughout the years, many movie makers have tried to capture the "Star Wars" sequel success. Most have failed. Despite this, many sequals can be spotted trailing along behind their mother movies.

Take "Scream 3," for example, the latest in horror sequel success, currently showing in theatres. This second "Scream" sequel reteams Neve Cambel's character Sydney with David Arquette and Courtney Cox Arquette. The movie takes place during the filming of "Stab 3,'\the third in- stallment of a fictitious movie. Since over half of the cast dies on average in every horror movie, Jenny McCarthy and Parker Posey are added for the newest "Scream" installment.

During the movie, Sydney, the main

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On the other hand, Mike Huth, first year student, stated, "Sequels usually aren't as good as the first. You have to wait for the third one to come out to enjoy the second."

Huth lists "Halloween 2" and "Nightmare on Elm Street 2" as sequels that are worth skipping.

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But is it really worth it? How much is too much?

"It depends on the movie," junior Beth McArdly said. "'Scream 2' was bad but the "Jaws" and "Star Wars" sequels were good."

"Sometimes they're good," Kevin Kauffman adds.

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