Getting up with people and Cabrini

It seems to me that I've sort of become the PR person for the student body, well I'd like to take this opportunity to write a positive article about how good a job the students did this weekend. It seems, as always, the students are the stronger force on cainpus and they managed to do something that the rest of the school has been unable to do, they defined the "Cabrini way" which we've heard so much about this semester. Before I get too much into it, I would also like to give props to Bridget Baxter and the student activities board who put together a full weekend of well planned activities.

For those of you who decided to go home, you missed a groundbreaking weekend. In fact, there were things going on from one end of the campus to the other. For the first time this year everybody was on the same page, and it didn't take much for this to happen. The Homecoming dance was a nice change of pace being held in the lobby and out front of the mansion, which was covered by a party tent. There was also the carnival which took place Saturday on the commons and the musical revue on Sunday which featured selections from Rent which was followed by a performance from the improv troupe, "On The Spot." Across the lawn on the field was a kite-flying event and let's not forget the glue that brought it all together, 160 crazy foreigners! That's right, this was also Up With People weekend, and along with family weekend it's safe to say there was a lot of people on campus, all having the times of they're lives.

The majority of residents know that our apartment was the place to be this weekend. We bad people of all ages from all walks of life just hanging out and funneling through the revolving door of our room. Friends some of us haven't seen in years sharing a laugh in the kitchen with a kid from Sweden, a girl from Belgium and the guys down the hall. Friendships were made, if only for a short time, and residents got to know other residents better. Positive energy was evident in an overpowering form. RA's stopped by and stayed for awhile with their Up With People guests along with random Up With People who came by to track down our three guys, and don't forget the siblings that made the rounds as well. Basically what I'm trying to say is we had a cross-cultural, campus-wide party until the sun came up (two nights in a row) and besides the many noise violations that we probably should have received, nothing else went wrong. There was no alcohol-related sicknesses, no fights, no violence, no sex, just good times, and that is what I'd like to see around here more often. I want a bombardment of activities all the time, so many that I couldn't possibly even go to every one. Variety is nice too, you know. Things that don't just suit individual interests but bring the whole campus together. Not that I want there to be a thousand people running around campus every weekend, but just that we preserve this vibe for as long as we can.

I think the best thing about this weekend is how every person from Up With People told us that this was one of the best times they had since they've been on the road, and one of our guys was on his third year! They were extremely impressed by how comfortable the environment was and how welcomed they were into everybody's lives. And that. my friend is the "Cabrinian way".

This is the type of interaction that made this place worth coming back to year after year, the kind of activity and positive feelings that were threatened by the rulemaking tirade earlier this semester. This weekend will be talked about for years to come in all comers of the globe and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Letter to the editor "War Hell Ride" -visual

Hey everyone. I am completely aware of every complaint that all the students have regarding housing policies, administration, tuition and the like. I can honestly say that I have really never had a problem with this college in my four and a half semesters here--until now. My complaint is about housekeeping.

Last Thursday, I went out to my car in the driveway of house four only to find a four and a half foot dent along the passenger side. The day before that, my friend, who lives in my house, said that he saw the housekeeping truck almost hit my car. In my own opinion, it's a good thing that I drive a tank (an '85 Grand Prix) or I might not even have a door left. As soon as I noticed the dent, I immediately filed a report with Public Safety. Later that night, I went back to check with the officer who had filed my report. He said that he went back and looked at the housekeeping truck and found paint on it that matched my car. He said that it was pretty evident that housekeeping hit my car, but it was difficult to be sure because they bad gotten in a lot of accidents that week. A LOT OF ACCIDENTS?! His saying that led me to believe that this is a common occurance. After knowing that housekeeping did hit my car, I found out that it is, in fact, a common occurance. Not even six hours later after I filed my report, another car was damaged by housekeeping in the apartments.

Being the compassionate person that I am, I can certainly understand accidentally hitting a car. Perhaps the driver was tired and didn't notice the 16-foot car in front of him or her. However, I did find it completely unethical for the driver's lack of notifying someone. Did they actually think I wouldn't notice? Thank goodness my friend told me he saw them almost hit it or I would have no idea who did. The fact that the accident was not reported by housekeeping leads me to believe that this has happened before and other people have actually never found out who hit their car. I also find it ridiculous this has happened many times before. I will admit that if there is any job on God's green earth that I absolutely DO NOT want, it is definitely housekeeping, and I thank them for the work that they do. I don't want to know who the person is that bit my car. What's done is done, and the past cannot be changed. However, I can hope for the future. I ask that the wrong that has taken place be fixed accordingly. I also ask that only capable people be put behind the wheel. J\nd for crying-out-loud, if you hit a car, tell someone. The last I heard, if you hit a car and don't notify the driver, that's called a "hit-and-run" which is AGAINST THE LAW.

Becki Carman Student

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