CAVAL ER OF TH WEEK

by MananneMcKim staff writer

How would you like to know a little bit about one of the busiest men in the Registrar's office?

Chad May, Registration and Reporting Co-ordinater is not only busy now, but while he attended four years here at Cabrini College he was involved with numerous commitments.

To start things off, May double majored in mathematics and history. He also co-facilitated Dr. Hedtk:e's College Success Seminar for three years, co-coordinated the first year orientation for the summer of 1999. May worked as a student ambassador in the admissions office, along with dedicating his time by trying to help further the education of his fellow classmates by tutoring in the Rooyman's Center. He also helped with the Search Committee that hired Dr. Laura Valente. He served on the academic council for one year and the academic curriculum for two years and to top it off he still fit in time for singing with the college chorus. But it doesn't stop there.

May was also involved in Campus Ministry, where he co-chaired the Hunger and Homeless Week. He was in charge of getting volunteers to help with the different activities. May also gave his time to the retreats offered each year. During his junior year he was a leader for the Search Retreat and in his senior year he was a leader for the First Year Retreat

May also sat on the Student Government Association (SGA) where he was the chair of the Student Academic board. This is where they select the faculty members who receive the Lindback Excellence in teaching. They also take care of any academic issues that come up, such as "Do we need more computers in the labs?" or ''Do the lab hours need to be extended later?"

During the second semester of May's senior year, he interned for Institutional Advancement. May had many responsibilities while putting together a written report on alumni contributions to the college. May wrote up an analysis of alumni that gave to the college for the past ten years. May was in charge of two large programs, the Phone-athon and the direct-mail brochure. May was the cocoordinator of the Phone-a-thon that calls parents and alumni for donations to the college. May put together the plans, solicited students, picked dates and came up with a strategy of whom to call. The direct-mail brochure solicits a donation for Cabrini. He also helped design the Annual Giving Brochure. After this the Vice President of Institutional Advancement offered May a temporary position over the summer until something else came along. May heard about a full-time position in the Registrar at Cabrini. He put in his application and was hired in early Aug He will be working in the Registrar's Office until June 2001.

''My future plans are to go to Grad school for higher-eeladministration or student college personnel," May said. Although he hasn't applied yet, his first choice is to attend Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He was informed that Bowling Green was the top school in student college personnel. He would like to get involved with it because it prepares careers in student affairs, it works with student activities, health education, disability support along with many other aspects.

Although May has decided to further his education, he does enjoy working at Cabrini. When asked why he came back to Cabrini he said '1 really like the people here." Apparently, that's true.

by ChrisNielsen guest writer

Last summer, Cabrini College decided that our legal parties were not legal at all, thus ending one of the college's long standing Saturday night traditions. No longer can students of the legal drinking age pay $3 to go out and dance and drink five cups of Natty Light. This could well have left a gaping hole in the social lives of our students, but it has not.

The Cabrini legal party- out. The Brownies 23 East office party- in.

Ah, yes Brownies office parties, a new tradition in the making. Where else can you win a Saturday night party in your name and have all your friends get in for no cover charge and quarter priced drinks for two hours? It's almost too good to be true.

Brownie's 23 East, owned by Villanova graduate Joseph Rufo, will celebrate its fifth anniversary this February. Contrary to popular belief, the bar/nightclub is not part of a chain and is not affiliated with Brownies Plymouth, another local bar.

Although many college students populate the bar , it is not a "college bar" in the traditional sense, according to Janet Richards, advertising manager of Brownies. "Thursday nights draw in a whole different crowd for our Grateful Dead band, Splintered Sunlight," Richards said.

Friday nights are the most popular at Brownies, due in part to their happy hour specials (quarter-priced drinks.)

What really separates Brownies 23 East from other local watering holes is the live music. Among the bands who draw a big crowd at Brownies are Mr. Greengenes, Speed, Steamroller Picnic, Burnt Sienna, and Tin Pan Alley.

So if you are 21 or older and going through legal party withdrawal, there is a place for you to go on Saturday nights. "It's a fun atmosphere. People who work here like working here, and it shows," says Richards. And as Shawn Hazlett brings up, "It's away from Cabrini." Does