April 20, 2001 issue 22 Loquitur

Reality of sweatshops passed on to students

by Renee DI Pietro assistant features editor

Silent night, holy night, shepherds quake at the site ... actually, Christmas is long gone, but the treacherous hours that are put in to prepare for the holiday season are just around the corner - for sweatshop workers.

Spring is here, summer will shortly follow and then we get to take a break from our harder days of. the year, our "school days." Yet as we begin to relax our schedules a little more during May and June the heat is turned on for workers of sweatshops all around the world.

It is known as the "Black Season," a time when they are forced to work 16-hour shifts, seven days a week, which adds up to 110 hours a week. Workers are submitted to these long days so that sneakers, clothing and other material necessities will be on the store shelves in the U.S. in time for the holiday season. These long days and small pay are not the worst part in this sweaty picture. In sweatshops all around the world, workers live in the poorest housing conditions and are sometimes locked in their factories because the manager is afraid that they might steal the merchandise during their breaks.

Sweatshop factories still continue to exist because they hide their production ethics behind locked factory gates, barbed wire, armed guards and fear.

Sweatshop employees learn to be quiet in order to protect their

job. They need their job, without it, they lose everything. When workers are fired they are not compensated with unemployment insurance or Social Security. They are sent back to their rural community with nothing but the clothes on their back.

Jeanne Radicone, a junior double majoring in secondary education and special education, recently embarked to Mexico for the Border Experience with the Campus Ministry. Radicone was exposed to the reality behind sweatshops, or maquilas as they are known there, and returned to the States saddened and disgusted.

Radicone explained her reactions, "I'm disgusted to think that big companies, such as Nike, Gap, and Wal-Mart, seem to think degrading people is ok. Whatever happened to having a conscience?"

Celena Blasucci, a senior elementary special education major, also went to Mexico with Campus Ministry. Like Radicone, she returned with a new perspective, the result of learning about the typical lives of a sweatshop worker.

"When I go shopping now I look on the tags of clothes before I buy them," Blasucci said.

"If it is made is Mexico, I don't buy it, which confuses me sometimes whether that is doing more harm then good."

Radicone also feels confusion now when shopping on whether or not to support companies that use production in Mexico.

"Boycotting a store that manu-

CEO vs. Worker Compensation A Sample of starvation wages

CEO 1998 Compensation around the world

HOURLYTAKE HOME PAY: (includes salaries, stock options,

• Millard Drexler, GAP $660 million

• Michael Eisner, Disney $177 million

• Floyd Hall, Kmart $23 million

• Phil Knight, Nike $3 million

• Paul Charron, Liz Claiborne $7 million

•David Glass, Walmart $40

factures their products in Mexico sounds like a good idea, right?" Radicone said. "But then what happens? The maquilas are closed down in Mexico. That might sound good, but it really is not. Ultimately, the big companies will just move to another country and build more maquilas, which will leave several Mexicans unemployed."

Most of the sweatshop workers in China producing goods for the United States companies are young women, who are 17 to 25 years old. They are migrants from rural communities with little education and are often not aware of their legal rights. These women call their "home" a dorm room that houses at least six to 12 other women. They live on thin rice gruel and can be fired for discussing the conditions of the factory work they do.

The company name found on the labels of merchandise that were produced in sweatshops is a disguise of the endless sweat and torment that went into the production of that merchandise.

The workers and the stories of their lives have been hidden behind various labels for too long and the Human Rights for Workers and the National Labor Committee have blown the lid off of many sweatshop factories.

Nike, Gap, Kmart, Liz Claiborne, Sears and Structure are just a few of the multi-national companies that continue to use sweatshops for their production. Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, has become the target for many human-rights organizations. The organizations hope that if they can change the production decisions of Wal-Mart, then hopefully the entire industry will begin to operate differently.

The end of sweatshops will not come about by workers quitting their jobs because that will not happen. The workers need their miniscule pay an hour to support their family back home in rural communities.

Radicone tells the story of the woman named Cristina, who she met while on the Border Experience while building a library for her house. Cristina worked for a sweatshop and helps educate

the situation many Mexicans sweatshop workers are faced with.

"Cristina lived in Anapra (a colony) and had an accident at the maquila (sweat shop). She was hurt badly from being burned and was unable to work. However, the doctors at the maquila told her that she was fine and that she could go back to work. She was also told that if she did not go back she would be fired. Consequently, she did go back to work despite the pain from her accident."

Cristina, her husband and children are not involved with the production in sweatshops anymore, but they educate the students that visit her town on the Border Experience as they do community service work. Last summer they helped build a library.

For most sweatshop workers in China, like in Mexico, this is their first job and they not aware that they have rights. They are subjected to the consequences of being fired for being pregnant or for showing interest in organizations to defend their daily rights. Besides their substandard wages, they are being screamed at when the factory is not meeting the daily quota of production, sexually harassed, monitored and limited bathroom breaks and denied health care.

"I could never imagine working long hours in those horrific conditions for a measly salary," Radicone said.

Blasucci believes that the workers in Mexico want to come over the border, but that the wages that they survive on in Mexico is not enough to survive on in the States.

"Once the workers get to the U.S. they just have to go back again because they cannot survive," Blasucci said.

Though the life of a sweatshop worker seems empty and unfulfilling, Radicone expressed a positive quality she found in the people she met in Mexico.

"The thing that touched me the most," Radicone said, "was their unfailing faith in God. For example, although Cristina, her husband and their four children didn't have a lot materialistically, they were rich in so many other ways and were grateful for the blessings that they did have, such as each other."

To learn about the battle to close sweatshops visit www.nlcnet.org, the National Labor Committee's web site. The latest breaking reports on sweatshops and the fight against the production ethics are updated immediately. The new findings may cause you to take a second look at company tag before you buy their merchandise.

Junior Jeanne Radicone (right) helps mix cement to build a library at former sweatshop employee Christina's house. people about

Mother Ursula Infante, MSC

Mother Ursula, foundress, laid to rest

by StephanieMasucci and Renee Tomcanin managing editor and assistant news editor

The classrooms were empty and the sound of footsteps walking slowly against the paved roads was the only noise this campus stirred. A light snowfall the night before left a blanket across the grass and a chill in the air for those waiting outside to show their respect. Hundreds of friends, faculty, alumni and students, gathered together, to give respect to an extraordinary woman who touched the lives of everyone who crossed her path. The Brockmann Chapel was beautifully decorated to celebrate the passing of Cabrini College's foundress Sister Ursula Infante on Tues. April 18.

Mother Infante's funeral was a celebration of a life lived, rather than a sad recollection of what was lost. Feelings of love, respect and admiration penneated the air as individuals took a moment to reflect during the viewing on all that Mother Infante did for them and others.

At 11 am., the Mass began as President Dr. Antoinette Iadarola welcomed those in attendance by reminiscing on the times that she spent with Mother Infante. Iadarola recalled Mother Infante's passionate love for God and people along with her sense of humor. Mother Infante stated to Iadarola that "vegetables were not necessary for salvation or a long life;' at one of their last meals together.

The Mass continued with the

words of principal celebrant Cardinal Theodore McCanick, Archbishop of Washington, D.C. Cabrini's chaplain, Rev. Steven Alvero, the Very Rev. Robert McManus, the Very Rev. Charles Schaeflein, Rev. John Stabeno, Rev. John Delli Carpini, Rev. Jason Kulczynski and Rev. Jack Replogle concelebrated. The sound of beautiful hymns, such as "How Great Thou Art," one of Mother Ursula's favorite songs, and "On Eagle's Wmgs;' were sung by The Cabrini College Community Chorus accompanied by organist Joseph Holden and directed by Adeline Bethany.

Cardinal McCarrick delivered the homily with a personal story that he had heard about Mother Cabrini. A short time before Mother Cabrini passed away, she was sick with

pneumonia and instructed by the doctors and nurses to rest and stay in bed. She crept out of her room and was later found wrapping Christmas presents for orphans. Her friends told her to get back into bed and to ''Rest, rest, rest!" She replied, "work, work, work. There will be plenty of time to rest in paradise." Cardinal Mccarrick felt that this story fit Mother Infante well. He called for the congregation to "celebrate the rest she so well deserves."

Dr. Mary Louise Sullivan, M.S.C. eulogized Mother Infante by reading aloud a letter that she convinced Mother Infante to write in 1985 after her 70th anniversary of service to the order. This letter, which Sister Mary Louise felt would better portray the kind of person Mother Infante really was, was a detailed account of the day Mother Infante decided to enter the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She took off her ring and diamond earrings, changed into a beige suit, and took off leaving a note behind. Mother Infante wanted to become a sister at the age of 14 but was told by Mother Cabrini that she must wait until she was 18. At age 18, in 1915, Mother Infante's mother thought she was going to work when in actuality she was going to New York to accept her vocation.

The audience in the chapel listened attentively as Sister Mary Louise read the words of a woman she had known since the age of six. As a final tribute, ''Nearer My God To Thee" was played by trumpeters from the Valley Forge Military Academy and College in accordance with the bells

four years ago at Mother Infante's 100thbirthday party, she could still remember who they were and what their maiden names were.

"She had a great memory," Carter said.

Mother Infante lived on the third floor of the mansion while these girls attended Cabrini. They admired her strength and dedication to everything she did.

"She was a woman who wanted women to succeed;' Zager said. "We were her girls. I still have the white blarer we used to have to wear."

"She was a feminist before it was fashionable," Carter added. Jankowsky mentioned that Infante gave her a women's athletic scholarship, something that was unheard of at the time.

atop the chapel.

After the services, attendees headed over to the Mansion for a reception. The voices of women telling about the times when Mother Infante was president could be overheard as people walked to the buffet table.

Mother Infante was president while Joan Gionnoscoli Jankowsky, Angela Abbonizio Zager, both class of 1964, and Sue Scanlon Carter, class of 1965, attended Cabrini. Their faces lit up with respect and joy and they told of their personal interactions with Mother Infante.

"She was like a little black shadow. We would see her black habit flowing as she would run from place to place;' Jankowsky said.

"She ran it all;' Zager said when describing Mother Infante's duties as admissions director, president, and librarian to name a few.

They even commented on bow

Lisa Mininno, class of 1996, was a recipient of the Mother Ursula Award in 1998. This award is given to a student who shows exemplary work in and outside of the classroom.

"I was honored to be given an award in her name. She was an extraordinary woman. Without her none of us would have been here or met our friends;' Mininno said.

After the service had ended, Sister Mary Louise said it was exactly what Infante would have wanted. It was basic and traditional.

"She would have loved the trumpeters, " Sister Mary Louise said. "She loved this college, but most of all she loved the students."

Mother Ursula is a role model for the past, present and the future, In her own words, 'The Sacred Heart of Jesus is my all!"

Read MotlierIn/ante'sletter011 page 10.

photo by Justine Di Filippo

The pallbearers Douglas Brown, Michael Horton, Thomas Nerney '77, Stephen Highsmith '88, Anthony Lampazzi and Clinton Stuntebeck carry Mother lnfante's casket after the funeral.

photo by Joe Holden

This was the view from behind the Herald Trumpetersfrom Valley Forge MilitaryAcademyand College. The final song played was "NearerMy God to Thee."

photo by Justine Di Filippo MarthaDale, left, directorof alumniaffairs,and other Cabrinialumnae share storiesand memoriesof Mother Infante.

Darkroom to turn out lights for the last time

by Meghan Merkel features editor

The day the darkroom died. For 19 years, the communications department has offered the uses of the photography darkroom, located in the old Communications Center. Prior to 1982, the original darkroom was located in the Mansion but according to Dr. Jerry Zurek, chair of the English/con;ununication department, "It was abandoned because of ghosts."

For years students have enrolled in the communication courses, Basic and Advanced Photography, both necessitating darkroom use. This semester is the last they will be offered.

Tracey Howard has been teaching these courses here for four years. "Photography is an outlet for creative ideas. It has an application for every student as it's geared toward learning how to see your world," Howard said. She taught photography previously at St. Joseph's University, University of Delaware, Univer-

sity of the Arts, Abington Art Center and Bucks County Community College. Every one of her classes was within the fine arts department.

"Dober and Associates, the college's space planner, didn't feel there was enough room for the darkroom within the old communication area when it is converted to the fine art studios," Zurek said.

Digital photography promises a technological tomorrow. "We're sorry to see the darkroom go beca use students over the years have enjoyed learning how to use the darkroom. However, chemical darkroom is now more suited to art photography than communication. The communication department already has been using digital photography extensively so we are just making the transition completely," Zurek stated.

Zure}c,along with English/communication professor Cathy Yungmann, has been visiting other universities to examine their digital photography equip-

ment. According to Zurek, "We will be purchasing more digital cameras, scanners and color printers so that digital photography will be able to be taught to an equal number of students as now take darkroom photography."

Tim Gordon, junior English/communication major, is disappointed that the darkroom is being taken out. "I took basic photography last semester and really enjoyed it. I still use the darkroom this semester to continue working on my prints," he said.

Jenine Ikeler, another junior English/communication major, agreed, "It was a unique experience being able to go through the process of how to develop and print your own film. The darkroom's atmosphere allows students to be in a different world." This will also be Howard's last semester at Cabrini. "I loved teaching here and really enjoyed working in the darkroom with the students. Curiosity and learning is so important to staying vital,

and if I can help others by teaching, then it's always worth it," Howard commented.

Ikeler concluded, "I can't imag-

ine not seeing Tracey [Howard] around. She is so talented and helped us understand the art of using the darkroom."

Psych students to submit topics in Washington, D.C.

by Georgiana Rushworth staff writer

How do parents influence adolescent alcohol use? Do parental conflict/divorce affect children's later romantic relationships? Does the teacher's and the student's gender influence the instructors teaching effectiveness surveys we are given at the end of each semester?

These are just a few of the topics that Cabrini's Psi Chi members are writing about and will submit to the Eastern Psychology Association. The American Psychology Association breaks the country into different areas and Cabrini competes with the other colleges on the East Coast. Some of our competitors are Carnegie Mellon University, Lebanon Valley College, Penn State-Abington and University of Rhode Island. Mary Louise Sicoli, adviser of Psi Chi said, "Cabrini College always has the most winners or are at least in the top three."

The process begins when the psychology students are in their junior year. The students pick a topic that interests them and Anthony Tomasco and Janet Lohmann help them to research and begin to write their papers. Tomasco and

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Lohmann read over the students' papers and determine whose papers are excellent and should go on to Sicoli for further research. Sicoli teaches a course called Research Practicum, which gets the papers into competition shape.

Sicoli then chooses which papers deserve to be sent to the EPA and three pro-

fessors from around the country will score their papers. Sicoli said, "Our psychology students deserve a lot of credit for working so hard on these topics for two years and deserve to be recognized."

The finalists from Cabrini are Diana Andrejczak, Colleen Martin, Nicholas Williamson, Christina Vergara, and

Stacey Carpenter. Andrejczak is researching the effectiveness of the surveys that students are given at the end of each semester and looking at how gender affects these tests. Martin surveyed 57 students performing their mandatory community service for their SEM 300 course and is determining if a relationship exists between empathy and attitudes toward community service. Williamson is researching a topic on the influence of parents and peers on adolescent alcohol use and Vergara is examining how students feel about alcohol consumption, social standing and peer acceptance. Carpenter has been investigating how parental conflict and divorce affects romantic relationships.

Those with the highest score will present at the EPA on April 20 in Washington, D.C. They will earn $300 and will be known as the Regional Research winner.

If anyone is interested in reading more about these topics, their articles will be published in the psychology journal. The journal can be found in the library or in Sicoli's office in Founder's Hall 271.

photo by Matt Holmes

Sophomore Kelly Christian uses the tools in the photography darkroom located in the Widener Center to develop her film.

photo courtesy of Dr. M.L. Corbin Sicoli

left to right): Seniors Diana Andrejczak, Stacey Carpenter and Colleen Martin are three of the psychology students presenting topics at the Eastern Psychology Association in Washington, D.C. on Friday, April 20.

National College and University News

MichiganUniversity

U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman dealt a blow to the Universityof Michigan Law School, denying a motion to change the injunction he issued last week that forbids the consideration of race in admissions.

'The court's injunction is simply and easily complied with: race is not to be used as a factor to achieve a racially diverse class or to remedy societal discrimination," Friedman wrote. 'The court sees no insurmountable obstacle in completing the admissions process while obeying the injunction."

The university is pleading with Friedman, saying that his decision will endanger this current admissions season, which has been halted by his decision striking down the law school's policies, but Friedman has not budged.

GeorgeWashingtonUniversity

On Wednesday,April 4, a line of hundreds of college students from George WashingtonUniversitywaited outside My Brother's Place restaurant on Capitol Hill as part of a lobby day organiz.edby Napster. Nearly 500 supporters of Napster passed through the restaurant, receiving information packets, shirts and other Napster paraphernalia before heading to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on digital music to influence their senators to support Napster.

In early February, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the company,saying that it must prohibit the sharing of copyrighted songs. Today, legal challenges continue and the fate of Napsterremains uncertain as users and supporters of the setvice continue the fight for its presetvation.

SouthernIllinoisUniversity

Students may be falling deeper into debt, according to a report released by the State Public Interest Research Groups' Higher Education Project. The report, "Big Loans, Bigger Problems," said students do not realize how much debt they are getting into in college because they do not factor in the extra costs that come with loans.

For example, most students at Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale take out loans under the Federal Direct Stafford Loan program. This program has a 3 percent origination fee, which can add a few hundred dollars to a loan. Then, when repaying the loans, interest also becomes a factor. Under the Stafford Loan program, interest can climb to 8.25 percent, adding even more to the loan, although it varies from year to year and person to person. Students are often baffled by the total price they owe after college.

University of Massachusetts

Former Black Panther David Horowitz addressed a crowd of approximately 400 students and faculty members at the University of Massachusetts about slavery reparations and his recent controversial newspaper advertisement on that topic.

The heavy security presence forewarned all entrants that any protest would lead to immediate ejection. Horowitz addressedthe necessity for increased security, apologizing to audience members who simply came to hear a different point of view, explaining that some would rather not hear information that they deemed offensive.He explained that protesters throughout history crushed the need for an open dialogue about the issue of slaveryreparations, and that the students and faculty have to remember to be open to different points of view.

Universityof Californiaat Berkeley

Both the University of California at Berkeley and the UC system have admitted the largest freshmen class in more than four years, showing a marked increase in underrepresented minorities.

UC Berkeley admitted more students in every ethnic group to the fall 2001 class, with the largest increase in the admission rate of female students. Women make up over 56 percent of the admitted class.

With this year's 10 percent increase in freshmen admitted to UC campuses, the university is making strides to accommodate the 60,000 extra students expected to enter the UC system by 2010. The UC campuses collectively admitted 46,130 students for next year, 8,580 of whom were underrepresented minorities.

-Renee DiPietro

FREE Students not realizing that bulk of loans must be paid off after graduation

by Kate Pe/usi staff writer years three through five. The grace period begins six months after a student drops below half-time, graduates, or leaves school. Students also have up to 10 years to repay this loan in full.

Seniors might want to hold off on a shiny new car after graduation or an ultra-chic new apartment when they see how much money in loans they may need to pay back.

According to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, students are going into debt and do not realize how much they will need to pay back after graduation.

There are various types of loans. First, a Perkins Loan is granted based upon a student's need and also requires the student to be attending school at least halftime. The interest rate on a Perkins Loan is fixed at 5 percent and $3,000 is the maximum amount loaned. The grace period begins nine months after the student drops below ·half-time, graduates, or leaves school.

A subsidized Stafford Loan is also based on need and requires half-time status. The interest rate is variable with an 8.25 percent cap. The maximum amount increases while a student continues school. Year one, $2,625 is the maximum; $3,500 for year two and $5,500 for

An unsubsidized Stafford Loan is not based on need, but still requires half-time status. This loan is designed to help students who do not qualify for any other types of financial aid, but still need assistance in paying for tuition. The interest rate, maximum loans, and grace periods are identical to a subsidized Stafford Loan.

Another type of loan is an unsubsidized Stafford Loan for independent students. The student most either be either an independent student or a dependent student whose parents were denied a Federal PLUS loan. A student can receive a possible maximum annual loan amount of $23,000 for undergraduate studies and $73,000 for graduate studies. Up to 10 years is given to repay this loan with a minimum monthly payment of $50.

A Federal PLUS loan gives money to the parents of a dependent half-time or full-time student. The maximum amount of tuition minus any other financial aid is loaned and a Federal PLUS Joan must be

repaid within 10 years with a minimum monthly payment of $50.

According to the Chronicle for Higher Education, eight out of 10 students surveyed underestimated the total cost of their loans. The article mentioned that students underestimated these costs because they did not understand the impact the interest had on loans.

It was found that students were off in their estimations

The article also reported that Rep. George Miller of California (D.-CA) is supporting efforts to eliminate fees required by the government in order for a student to receive a loan.

"When I am done school, I'll get a job and pay off my loans before I go to graduate school," said junior biology major Kathleen McCarthy.

Angela Thornton, senior human resources major commented, "I'll just pay of the loans by making the monthly payments."

Student Loans are an excellent way to make a college education possible. However, it is never too late to begin to set aside some money each week in preparation for paying back loans after graduation.

Room and Board and some mad money in exchange for care for my kids.

Papa Roach and company light the stage

by Tracy Timson staff writer

The concert line-up for Wednesday, April 11 was Alien Ant Fann, Snapcase, and the headliner Papa Roach. Alien Ant Fann is a new band that also opened up for Linldn Park earlier this year. Their debut CD titled "Anthology" was just released on March 6 of this year. Lead singer, Dryden Mitchell, pulled the audience into the performance with his questions about which songs the fans liked the best. They went through their CD tracks doing songs like "Movies" which is their first single from "Anthology." Out of all three of the bands that played this Wednesday night AAF was by far the best act. They proved that they take their music seriously by the energy they had on stage. They ended their set by doing the track titled "Smooth Criminal" which is a remake of the famous Michael Jackson song.

Snapcase was the photo from paparoach.com next band on the Papa Roach singer Coby Dick stage. What can I say but where did these guys come from? Their music, if that's what you want to call it, consisted mostly of screams. They did not even introduce themselves to the audience. Instead there was a loud musical introduction followed by their screams. It might not have been so bad if all of their songs did not sound the same. Even the fans standing around us were

screaming things like "Get off the stage." All in all, Snapcase should probably stop touring for a little more practice. Police sirenssounded, red and blue lights flashed, and then, Papa Roach was on the stage, ready to begin. A band made up of Coby Dick, Dave Buckner, Tobin Esperance, and Derry Horton. A band famous for their singles "Last Resort" and "Broken Home." Unfortunately, these singles were probably the best songs of their set. Of course lead singer Coby Dick was full of energy and at one photo from alienantfarm.com point even dived The boys of Alien Ant Farm into the audience but for some reason it did not fulfill my expectations of the;!concert. It might have also had something to do with the fact that before Papa Roach went on I had to sit through the whole Snapcase performance. I believe Papa Roach is a good band and they definitely had my attention throughout the show, but , if I had to rate this concert, Papa Roach would have come in second to the newest band Alien Ant Farm.

photo from paparoach.com Papa Roach thanks the fans.

Many more concerts to come this summer

J?Y.John O'Donnell

Buried Treasures: MUSIC

by MarianneMcKlm,.,___....,_

staff writer

Louie OeVito:"New YorkCHy Underground Party Volume3"

Mixed by Louie DeVito, "New York City Underground Party Volume 3'' has a plethora of great dance songs that make you want to get up and move. If you are into techno ry: P'Jl"V

staff writer

Summer vacation is approaching and students will be looking for places to go and things to do. Upcoming concerts in the Philadelphia area should provide a source of entertainment for every taste.

AC/DC with Buck Cherry are on the second leg of their Stiff Upper Lip tour. They will be performing at the First Union Spectrum on Saturday, May 5. Unfortunately, tickets for this performance are already sold out. Pantera will bring its Extreme Steel Tour to the First Union Center on Friday, June 22, at 6:00 p.m. Tickets for this show are still available for $39.50. Additional information about upcoming shows at the First Union complex is available by telephone at 215336-3600, or by visiting their website at www.comcastspectacor.com.

The Tweeter Center in Camden, N.J. formerly the Sony E-Center, is also beefing up its concert offerings. Oasis and

the Black Crows will perform on May 30 at 7:00 p.m. Ticket prices are $39.50 for general admission and $24.50 for a spot on the lawn. The Dave Matthews Band is scheduled to perform on Friday, June 22, and Saturday, June 23. All of the tickets for these performances are sold out. A third performance was added for Sunday, June 24. Tickets are still available for this date.

The Backstreet Boys with Shaggy will perform on July 3 at 7:00 p.m. Reserved seating is sold out, but lawn seating is still available for $38.50. The Tweeter Center offers recorded messages of upcoming events at 856-365-1300.

If you prefer a smaller setting for a concert, the Electric Factory in Philadelphia is presenting Blink 182 on May 6. General admission tickets are $15.25. Blues Traveler will perform on May 9. General admission tickets for Blues Traveler are $25.

Other local offerings are Shaggy at Kahunaville in Wilmington, Del. on April 25 and David Gray at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, Pa. on May 1.

or club music, you will definitely appreciate the club essence that DeVito gives off while he mixes some fabulous grooves in with some popular hits, such as Spice Girl, Melanie C. and her recent hit "I Turn To You;• and Zombie Nation's "Kernkraft 400." He also mixes it up with some not-sorecognizable songs such as 'The Final Chapter" by Mike Macaluso, "Someone" by Ascension, "Castles In The Sky" by Ian Vandahl and Darude's fantastic song "Sandstorm," that will get you up dancing and sweating to the underground sound. No matter what he puts together, DeVito is always mixing something up that will get you moving to the music with the elements of the true atmosphere in New York City. So if you can't make it into the city, make sure you grab a copy of this incredible CD and pass the word along.

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Orbital:"In Sides"

"In Sides" is Orbital's fourth album. According to the guys in the band, they had intentions of it being a dance album, but since their music emphasizes their lives, it turned out to be an album of "frustrating depression." Orbital usually puts out songs that are a big part of the trance world. '1n Sides" has tracks with very deep meanings. Many of them can be related to what was happening at the time of their recording. "In Sides" offers a great surprise after buying the album - there is a second disc. The second disc offers the theme song from the movie The Saint, but on the contrary, they also have a song called 'The Sinner," and another one called "Satan," which is done in the studio and live. Orbital ties up their second disc with their daydreaming/trance song called "Halcyon," which they do live. Orbital's "In Sides" offers great music for relaxation and a nice chill environment.

NYC: "Hardcore"

This CD is very rare, maybe too rare to even be found in most stores. It was mixed by a local Maryland DJ and has remixes of some great songs that are very popular in the underground world. It starts off with the jungle sounds of The Gateway Release and "Fix," along with "Genetic Twist" by The Kings Of Tribal. Then it takes a sharp twist with a remix of Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right, But It's Okay." "Hardcore'' offers listeners new sounds, especially with the rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" originally done by Queen. All the songs on this disc send off great vibes that will keep you ravers sweaty and all others dancing till dawn. So if you are one of the lucky one's that finds this CD ma store, don't hesitate to pick it up. You will not be disappointed.

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South Street: Something to do

byAmy Gassen

Where do all the hippies meet? South Street.

Aspiring DJs and fans of vinyl can find a plethora of sports editor records at 611 Records. Hidden a half a block off of Fourth

This hot spot for hippies in the times of peace, love, and war, is now a hot spot for many walks of life. Stores, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, tattoo parlors and piercing parlors, populate the street targeted to serve a spectrum of social classes and cultures.

The heart of South Street, that beats rapidly with eager shoppers and sight-seers, runs from First Street through Seventh Street The Delaware River, which is decorated with many nightclubs, runs perpendicular to the famous strip.

There is an array of posh boutiques and fancy restaurants splattered throughout the area that attracts pop-cultures yuppie crowd. Balancing a college budget, however, requires shopping at the more wallet friendly stores offered.

Beyond the Wall, a cheap decorator's dream, sells posters of all sizes, colors, genres, and prices. A black and white large-sized Rocky poster can be bought for under $20, while a framed imitation Monet can be purchased for over $200. The store also sells an eclectic mix of post cards for those who like to frequently mail home. All posters and other items are dorm room friendly.

Music lovers have many stores to choose from while taking a stroll up and down South Street Tower Records, a music giant, houses a three story store in the middle of the shopping district. This store, however, is very pricey with CDs ranging around $18. Repo records, a much smaller music store, sells used CDs for $6.99. The store will also buy old CDs. Disco Round, another cheaper music store, sells used CDs for $5.99. Repo has a very impressive rock selection.

Street, this store contains a nice selection of hip-hop and drum and bass. Across the street from 611 Records, there is 611 Records clothing store. Sanrio accessories and UFO clothing are often on sale at this store.

American Pie Contemporary Crafts is by far the best store on the street. Each item sold in the store is both a common day appliance and a piece of art. For example, a colorful hand crafted table and chair set is for sale covered in inspirational quotes and pictures of people. A lampshade made out of spoons rests on top of a lamp. Dirty girl soap, handmade from vegetable glycerine, can be purchased for $6.95.

Quakerhead brings out the inner-child in every shopper. A huge selection of Anirne movies and action figures in addition with Sanrio knick-knacks sits on the shelves closest to the front door. Deep into the store, however, Simpsons and Star Wars action figures are displayed, at a very reasonable price. Twinkie the kid, Toucan Sam, The Beatles, and other nostalgic items are also sold at this store.

If you have a hot date and are too cheap to splurge for flowers, a dozen roses can be bought on the weekends for around $6. Other exotic and common day flowers also go on sale during the weekend rush.

If you get homesick for Cabrini, WAWA nestles nicely between Eckerds and Xando a half block off of South St. on Second Street.

Hippies can still be found in abundance. Imagine, a thrift store combined with new merchandise such as peasant blouses and corduroy dresses, contains attire and accessories that speak to the inner-hippie in all of us.

staff writer

Nightclubs, restaurants and shopping. Considered one of the hippest streets in Philadelphia, South Street provides entertainment for many. But have you ever wondered how South Street became the South Street that we know of today?

Before the late •60s. South Street did not contain any of the above mentions. It instead housed junk stores, small eateries, and churches, as mentioned by Dennis Sheridan at openair.org/maxwelJ/psher.html,for a mostly black population.

These stores, eateries and churches lined the streets. Singing was common on South Street at the time. With many folk, blues, and non-mainstream acts playing at local clubs around the area, any one of black or southern decent came to South Street and was taken in by everyone.

During this time, South Street reeked of poverty, but the people did not show it in their heart. Many of the musicians loved South Street because they could find any food that they desired. Many were poor, but everyone united All of this changed in the late '60s. It was at this time that the city decided that South Street desperately had to change. In a short amount of time South Street was reconstructed into a place for people of other decent to come for entertainment. The junk stores, diners and churches were all torn out. Many of the stores put in are what you see today, but the street has changed with the times.

Today South Street offers greatentertainment to people of all ages, races.and sexes. Maybe in a little way, both South Streets have combined.

photo courtesy Dave Wiley South Street offers a little something for everyone. This is just a sample of the shops that line the street.

photo courtesy of Dave Wiley

Imagine is a seventies retro store on South Street.

Mother Ursula Infante, MSC

Mother Ursula Infante MSC 1897 - 2001

by Joe Holden editor 1n chief

Th.is is the story of Mother Ursula Infante's last days.

Mother Infante bad been placed on deathwatch a little less than a week prior to her death. In the time leading up to her death, the other sisters with whom she lived assisted her in,every way possible. Whether it was being wheeled to the chapel

for prayer or fetching the Philadelphia Inquirer, she was surrounded by her sisters, her beloved friends.

"She was a delight to be with," Sister Christine Perazzoli said.

Sister Perazzoli is the superior of the Saint Frances Cabrini Nursing Home, a nursing home for the sisters. It is her job to see to it that the sisters' needs are fuJfilled.Sister Perazzoli found Mother Infante to be more charming than ever during

her last days.

Mother Infante spoke more than usual in the days prior to her death.

Sister Perazzoli remained with Mother Infante for long periods of time. "She was afraid to be by herself at night, so I remained with her and talked to her."

Mother Infante ate full, healthy portions on the day of her death. "She naturally had her glass of beer both at lunch and dinner," Sister

Perazzoli said. At 7 p.m., she went to the television room to watch Jeopardy! with her other sisters.

Around 9 p.m., Mother Infante told Sister Perazzoli that she wanted to go to bed, this being earlier than her usual bedtime. She noted that Mother Infante became very serious and that something was wrong.

Sister Perazzoli brought her to her bedroom and another nurse began to tuck her in, when Mother Infante said, 'Tm dying."

Mother Infante struggled to breathe. She was placed on oxygen and other sisters came to see her.

Sister Perazzoli held Mother Infante' s hand as her breathing stabilized.

'Tm prepared. The Lord is going to take me. I'm dying."

Sister Perazzoli could feel Mother Infante's hand becoming cool. At this time, she left the room to call the chaplain and other members of the order. When she returned, Mother Infante's hand was ice cold.

Sister Perazzoli noted a change in the expression on Mother Infante' s face after her death. "She had a gray appearance on her face while she was struggling to breathe. But when I returned she looked so peaceful. Her face was white and shiny. It is how she wanted to die"

Mother Infante died April 9 as she wished -surrounded by her fellow sisters at the home, West Philadelphia- after months of failing health. Mother Infante, 104, died at 9: 15 p.m., according to nursing home officials.

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Or. Mary Louise Sullivan, MSC, and Mother Infante at the college in the early 1970s.

In a statement released by the office of the president on April 10, Antoinette Iadarola, president, wrote that Mother Infante would have wanted the community to "take comfort in the apothegm she lived her life by and the words said so often by St. Cabrini, 'I can do all things in Him who strengthens me."'

Mother Infante died praying. Her death reflected the life she had lived. Whether it was reciting the rosary in the television room or community prayer in the chapel, prayer was her main and dearest activity. "She was such a woman of prayer," Dr. Mary Louise Sullivan MSC, faculty member of the college, said.

It was prayer that helped her decide to become a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. And it

photo by Linsey Heiser

Cabrini foundressdies; legacy lives on

was prayer that brought about her to open the doors of Cabrini College in 1957.

At the age when traditionally a person would retire, Mother Infante, 60, was planting the seed that would take firm bold and root itself in the rich Radnor soil. Thirty-two women made up the first graduating class. Cabrini College bas grown much since that time. It now boasts an enrollment of over 2,(X)().

Born Anna Lawrence on Feb. 18, 1897, she was adoptedby a well-to-do family from Brooklyn, N.Y. She was educated in Catholic schools and entered theconvent on July 21, 1915.

Mother Frances Cabrini, now Saint Frances Cabrini, founder of the order, accepted Mother Infante into theorder.

Mother Infante, a persistent woman of a little morethan5 feet in height, broke genderbarriersduring a time when thewoman'splace was believed to be outsideof the classroom. She completed degrees in pharmacy and education at Fordham University, New York City, and eamed a master's degree in education from Columbia University,

New York City, by the mid 1920s.

She taught in the Catholic school system of New York City, eventually becoming principal. Though her job of being a principal was important, the powers of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart had other plans. The order saw Mother Infante as an innovator and sent her to the Philadelphia suburbs to petition the archbishop to open another Catholic college with order's name behind it.

Archbishop John Cardinal O'Hara turned Mother Infante away, arguing that there was no need for another college. Her opinion differed.

Mother Infante visited the surrounding Catholic colleges and met with the presidents. She asked if they would object to the formation of another college. Mother Infante returned to the archbishop's office with approval and left with a new college.

Named for the patroness of the order,CabriniCollege was led by Mother Infante for 10 years. During an eraof. twnultuous change in the Catholic Church,Cabrinioffered

young women a post-secondary Catholic education under the strict and watchful eye of Mother Infante, arguably an unshakable pillar.

Mother Infante was transferred in 1967 to direct Cabrini-on-theHudson Retreat House, West Park, N.Y. She returned to the college in 1984 and was charged with translating over a thousand of Saint Cabrini's letters from Italian to English. She also published a book containing the translated letters.

After her retirement from the college, Mother Infante continued to be a beacon of inspiration for college students, staff, volunteers and handful of other visitors to the nursing home up her last minute. She had a love for the orchestra and the performing arts and would frequent the Academy of Music. She was an avid rummy and poker player and was rarely known to lose a hand. She claimed that beer was the key to her longevity.

Dr. Antoinette Iadarola, president, visited with Mother Infante the abemoon of herdeath.Iadarola recalled that she was ''very zesty

and quite alert." She also spiritual formation of the student," mentioned--Mother-.IDfaate's.-love-,-Iadarola said "She was teaching for the students. ''She tdked about right to the end." education of the heart and the

clockwise from top: Mother lnfarrte is welcomed by her fonner student Fr. Ted, now Cardinal TheodoreMcCarrickof WashingtonD.C.; College students waited for Mother Infante at the airport after she returned from Italy in the earty 1970s;Dr. Bobbi Jacquet, library director,shows Mother Infante how to access the internet in Oct., 1999; Sister Lucia and Mother Infante take a boat cruise on the New Yori<harbor on a summer day in 1986.All photos courtesy of Dr. Mary Louise Sullivan, MSC.

Cabrinifoundress: Renaissance Woman

A woman well ahead of her time, Mother Ursula Infante, MSC, lived her life to the fullest. 104 years of service to the Lord, she helped pave the way for humanitarians to come. Those of us who knew her personally can not help but light up when talking about her. Her funny jokes, those strong hugs, and those blue eyes always wide open when she smiled. She was always happy to see everyone and always sought to do what was best for each individual. When she was president of Cabrini College, she always had her office door open, and was always willing to lend a helping hand to any of the students.

For those of us, who were not lucky enough to form such a tight bond with this wonderful woman, we can not help but feel as if we did know her. Alumni from this school, faculty and staff will help keep Mother Ursula's spirit alive.

As students of Cabrini College, we could not help but get excited when hearing that Mother Ursula would be attending an event. Can she walk? What does she look like? Many of us were stunned to see how vibrant, pleasant and healthy lopking this woman who had lived to see the turning of two centuries was. She would look these students directly in the eyes and ask them questions. How are you doing? How do you like Cabrini? Whenever girls would visit the convent, Mother Ursula would ask how are the boys. She always referred to her students when she was president here as "her girls."

It was as if she was looking directly inside of you. She cared about what was going on in your life. We have heard the stories about her remembering students that she taught 40 years ago. One woman walked up to her and said, "you may not remember me but I was one of your students."

M.9ther Ursula responded "of course I know who you are." And she knew her first name, last name and maiden name. Half of us can not remember our friends from home's phone numbers when we are at school, and here this woman can remember a woman that she knew as a girl 40 years ago. For those of us who never met Mother Ursula we look to those who will keep telling us stories about our great foundress. Requiem in Pace Sister Ursula Infante, MSC.

day to remember: July 21, 1915'

took the subway to 181st St. and while we were walking to 190th St., Mother Aurelia was giving me advice for convent life. She said: "You know Anna, the Sisters are curious. Don't tell them all your business. If you are asked something, don't refuse under the pretext of not knowing how- try to do it," etc Finally we reached the Sacred Heart Villa on Ft. Washington Ave. in New York City.

by Mother Ursula Infante

It began on the preceding evening when I attended the parish church for Tuesday devotions and benediction. Moreover, I needed the grace of courage for the following day. At the conclusion of the services, I bid farewell to my pastor, Fr. John Vogel, and to my confessor, Rev. Max Haarpainter; also to my special friends who were not in favor of my leaving for the convent. They argued that later on I might discover that it was not my vocation, etc... I countered that with saying: "I'll consecrate myself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and I'll stay- vocation or not."

Wednesday morning dawned. After attending to my ordinary chores, I removed my diamond earrings and ring and placed them on the bureau in my room. I changed my summery shortsleeved dress for a long-sleeved blouse and a beige suit. When my mother saw me, she wanted to know what was wrong with me, wearing a suit on a hot day. I put on my hat, picked up my bag and left.

My parents did not know I was leaving for the convent. Since all pleas to win their consent had failed, I decided to go without their knowledge. I left a letter for them in my room, which they did not see until I failed to return home in the evening. I was supposed to be at work.

I walked to South Ferry where according to pre-arrangements, I met Mother Aurelia and her companion who had my luggage. We

time was in the loft making mattresses.

So tremulously, I rang the doorbell. Sister George, who already been informed of my arrival by Mother Cabrini, let us in. She recognized me and said that Mother Foundress was expecting me, and she went to notify her. Mother Cabrini came smiling to the parlor of the Professed House. She talked awhile to Mother Aurelia and me, and then, right there in the parlor, in not time at all, I was vested in the habit of a postulant of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. My secular clothes vanished. I remember Mother Foundress straightening my cape. After Mother Aurelia left I asked for the book of Rules so that I would know what to do. That request went unheeded. The next thing I recall is that I was served dinner in a room by myself. Among other things, there was a bowl of soup on the tray. I detested soup! But Mother Aurelia had told me that if I was choosy about eating, it would be a sign that I had no vocation. And, after running away from home, I wanted Mother Foundress to know, above all others, that I did have a vocation. So I ate all the soup that was in the bowl.

In the afternoon, I was brought down to the Novitiate where the Novices took me in hand. One novice, in particular Sister Giacomina, tried to make me realize how fortunate I was to enter on a Wednesday, a day dedicated to St. Joseph, the patron of interior life. Then she went on to show me all the Community Prayers we say each day, and elaborated on the 3 1/2 hours we had on Friday mornings with meditation, office, Mass, Hour of Adoration and Benediction. Later I met Mother Daniel the Mother Mistress who at the

In the evening when I entered the refectory for supper, I saw about 100 Sisters who had come for their Annual Retreat standing in perfect silence. After grace there was a roar of joyful greetings. I was amazed! Everyone seemed so happy to see each other. With the passage of food, the roar diminished. Following recreation, the Spiritual Exercises began in the Chapel where Mother Foundress spoke from the rear. I was busy thanking the Lord for getting me thus far, that I did not pay attention to what she said.

Then night came and with it came the fear of my parents' reaction to my leaving home. It was my first night away from home. Tears flowed. Sister Basil and Sister Cyprean McDonald came to my room to help me dress for the night and dry my tears. They left me reassured and happy. Thus ended the day of my entrance into the convent, and the day I had yearned for four years, the day Mother Cabrini had chosen for me to enter.

As I write this today, exactly seventy years later, I thank God with all my heart for having chosen me for His Service, and for all the graces He has bestowed upon me. Praised be His Most Sacred Heart.

Mother Ursula Infante, foundress of Cabrini College, wrote this letter on the occassion of her 70th Anniversary as a religious servant.

Dr. Mary Louise Sullivan, MSC, a faculty member and dear friend of Mother lnfante's, asked her to write about her first day as a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

editorials, viewpoints, opinions and letters to the editor published in Loquitur are the views of the student editorial board and the individual writers, not the entire student body or the faculty and administration.

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From 141 to the pages of Loquitur

My days at Cabrini are numbered, conveniently I might add by the Senior Class Board. The stark realization of this fact came in journalism class, where we selected our successors. They start next week, meaning this is the last column that I have written as Perspectiv.ps Editor of the Loquitur.

Looking back on my four years at Cabrini, I think it's damn amazing I ever wrote for the Loquitur in the first place. I'll give you the abridged version of this true and mind-boggling tale (which is still pretty damn long, but nowhere near as long as the full epic story).

I lived in room 141 of Xavier Hall my freshman year. It was in this room in the spring of '98 that I started producing an independent publication known as The 141 Newsletter. It was born from a comment said in obvious jest by my roommate Nick Reilly about how our room should have a newsletter. So I made one. Mainly the Newsletter was just about stuff that happened in room 141, fictional stories about our inanimate roommates (like our blue marker Mortimer Ichabod and our refrigerator Frostman) and whatever else I felt like writing about that week. We distributed it to our friends and they thought it was extremely funny. Word got around Xavier about the Newsletter and by the end of the semester we had over 20 subscribers, including the RD and all four RAs. My roommates and I celebrated our implausible success by throwing a semi-formal in our room for our loyal subscribers. Not bad for something born from a

joke.

I kept cranking out the Newsletter sophomore year, even though I no longer lived in 141 of Xavier. I was still the main writer, but now other people were submitting articles for it. We held Newsletter events, like miniature golfing in House 2 and a Ms. 141 Pageant. We had a devoted cult following on campus, so devoted that the Loquitur took notice of us. This was both a blessing and a harbinger. We received word that the Loquitur was interested in doing a story about the Newsletter. We replied back that we would love to be in the Loquitur, even though in previous issues we had prodded them, saying we were a superior publication in terms of entertainment value (which we were, wink wink). Two weeks later, the Loquitur had not gotten back to us about the story and we at the Newsletter felt slighted. So we proceeded to rip into the Loquitur. Sure, we could make relevant points when we wanted to, but we were still mainly a lewd and crude humor publication that shouldn't have been taken too seriously. The Loquitur editors, however, did take us way too seriously and were incensed, especially the editor in chief whose name will be withheld because I've already caused h~r enough pain and psychological trauma in her life. This jump-started the infamous "141 vs. Loquitur" feud, and it got ugly. Real ugly.

The climax of this feud happened on II Speaking Out, 11 89.1 WYBF FM's call-in talk show. Nick and I were guests on the show. The show was supposed to be about Cabrini campus life, not about the Newsletter. That changed 10 minutes into the show when the irate Loquitur editors called in to the show from the newsroom to verbally tear into Nick and I (but mostly me). This is when the situation got downright scary. The thing to remember is that before the Communication Center was

Letter to the editor

Dear Loqunur, Enlightenment is the greatest gift. Sister Ursula Infante gave thousands of people an education. She will continue to do so. It's quite a legacy. But I'm sure Sister Ursula would blush under such praise.

A while ago I met Sister Ursula. I spoke with her for a few moments and then spent a half hour in her company but I ascertained much. Most notably, I saw a goodness in her that was simple and certain. There was also tolerance and piety. There was fierce integrity and devotion. She held the wisdom and strength of immeasurable experience coupled with the humor and instinct of someone fresh and polished.

But below all of this was something stronger. It was the underlying and overpowering force of humanity. This was a woman who shared all the feelings we experience. She was discouraged, inspired, disappointed and victorious. And through all of this, on a mission that lasted 104 years,

she pressed onward, making 1t her duty to do good. It's easy to meet a remarkable person and be swept away. It's very much harder to remember that they are human beings. I once met a Holocaust survivor who said that people often shy away from her. They raise her to a very high level and feel overwhelmed by who she is and what she symbolizes. So, whenever she introduces herself, she says, "My granddaughter says I make the best pancakes in the world. So I'm just a normal person like you guys."

Let's not put Sister Ursula so high up that we will never be able to reach her again. She lived in our world and was just like us. She looked within and gave out an abundance of goodness. There is goodness in all of us and it is our choice to make that known. Because in the end, isn't that what's most inspiring?

Chris Vesci, Senior Class

even conceived, the radio station, video studio and newsroom were in the Widener Center. When the radio station was broadcasting a talk show, they used the video studio to wire the multiple microphones and to comfortably seat the guests. One singular door separated the newsroom and the video studio. So imagine that you're in a room and behind the door of your only way out are six angry people calling for your blood. Can you say "recipe for disaster?" Steve Murray, the general manager of WYBF at the time, seriously considered having Public Safety escort us out of the Widener Center after • the show.

The next issue of the Loquitur featured a supposedly scathing opinion column about The 141 New~Jetter, and also specifically me again, by the Perspectives editor (whose name shall also be withheld, but if you must know do your own research). I say supposedly because it did more to help the newsletter than hurt it and it wasn't written that well either. The newsletter received 10 new subscribers that week, putting the total to just over 60. Take into account that the Newsletter was just something I produced in my dorm room for fun and raunchy giggles and this whole story sounds more absurd than a Samuel Beckett play.

The feud ended by the end of November '98 with no further incidents. Four months later, production of the Newsletter ended when I got mono. Even after I recovered, I couldn't get the newsletter started again. The newsletter was gone, but by April so were the Loquitur editors who hated me. New editors took their place, editors who had been Newsletter subscribers and contributors. They allowed me to write guest opinion columns in the Loquitur during their reign and actually pitched the idea of being Perspectives editor to me (an idea that originally and ironically started off as a jestful comment as well but ballooned into a good, feasible idea after thinking about it). I thought there was no way in hell I'd actually get the position, based on my dubious history " with the Loquitur and my disregard of ethics, morals and journalistic integrity, but I did. The remainder of this tale you have witnessed yourselves this year.

So if there is anything to learn from this both significan.t and insignificant story it is that you never know where life is going to lead you. It can be a crazy ride so enjoy the journey just as much as the destination.

Mike '80s Butlerwas Perspectives Editorof the Loquitur.Now that he is free of this position,he can now spend his Tuesday nightsdoing more constructivethings,like writing his manifestoor beinga submarinecaptain.

Loquitur Dome: The Eternal Debate

by Jenine J. Ike/er __ assistant photography editor

We are all aware that it is illegal to consume or purchase alcohol until the ripe age of 21. Many adults think that at 21 a person is supposedly mature enough to handle the responsibility associated with drinking.

Why is 21 the suggested age that makes one intelligent and mature enough to handle drinking? I personally know some adults wlio abuse alcohol and I definitely know some teenagers who handles themselves quite responsibly while drinking. Why is age a factor? I will never fully understand why people think that the day they turn 21 they suddenly know everything and are mature.

To my understanding, the drinking age used to be 18 in some states. My parents were legally allowed to drink at 18. I think today that teenagers are more responsible than ever. They are forced to grow up faster and make tough decisions daily. This in my eyes makes the 21 restriction way out of date. At 18, a person can drive cars, fly planes, vote, marry, pay taxes, take out loans at a bank, sell and serve alcohol and risk losing their lives in war. However, they cannot go into their local tavern and have a drink.

Teenagers regard drinking as an adult activity. The time when you turn 18 until you reach 21 seem like the longest three years of a person's life. In order to get a drink, teenagers will pay about anything to obtain a fake I.D. or even sneak from their parents' liquor cabinet. I should know, I was famous for it in high school. Teenagers could write a book on

the various ways they get alcohol. This dishonest behavior does not promote safe, responsible drinking. Furthermore, when teenagers get together and have the opportunity to drink, all they want to do is get wasted. This I think is when binge drinking becomes a serious problem.

The drinking age sbould be lowered to 18. If we as a country focus on teaching youth about safe drinking instead of just saying wait until you turn 21 then many problems I think would be solved. In America, teenagers do not learn how to drink safely and in moderation. In Europe, however, they learn at a young age to appreciate alcohol. They are even encouraged to drink wine at dinner nightly. Obviously this is why Europe has a lower rate of alcoholism and alcohol abuse than the United States.

The drinking age should be lowered because the current age has no real effect on youth. Reality check: the majority of teenagers already drink regularly before turning the big 2-1. We need to teach safe drinking and moderation. Many problems concerning the youth of America and drinking would be less if the drinking age were lowered. As a legal adult at 18 a person should be given every right that is granted to an American citizen.

Every right!

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Should

by Mike Bevelaqua - staff writer

With age comes experience and experience is one of the most proficient teachers. With that in mind ask yourself this question: "How can we expect adolescents and young adults drink responsibly?" I mean, a lot of adults cannot control their drinking and the result is a growing of a progressive illness. Why lower the drinking age and expose the risks of a drug to a younger portion of the population? Ponder that while still realizing the casualties that result from drunk driving.

With this on the table how would you be able to convince anyone to lower the drinking age? The first response usually submitted is the point that every other country in the world has either 18 as the drinking age or no drinking age at all. Although this does seem to work for the rest of the world, to change now would be to open up the floodgates and cause a surge of alcohol-related problems, especially among young adults. The rest of the world also uses the metric system, but for the United States to convert to kilos, much like lowering the drinking age would cause chaos.

If the drinking age were to be lowered what would teenagers and young adults have to look forward to? Imagine high school seniors going off to college legally allowed to consume alcohol. We all know how much drinking takes place on college campuses while the drinking age is 21. By lowering the drinking age, college and university campuses will become literally submerged in Natty Ice. Besides, your 21st birthday should be something memorable and exciting. It has been two

years since any new responsibility has been thrust upon you. When you 're 18 you are given the right to defend this wonderful country. If the legal drinking age were I 8 you would not have anything to look forward to except maybe your IO-year high school reunion or 30th birthday. There is one stipulation I would like to express. If at 18, you are allowed to defend this great country with your life then why should you not be allowed to enjoy an alcoholic beverage? This is one aspect of the red, white and blue I cannot for the life of me understand. If you are old enough to die for your country then I see no reason why you should not be legally permitted to drink. My solution: enlisted men and women should be legally allowed to drink at 18. This might also cause an influx of young men and women at the recruitment offices, but this could be just what the military needs to boost enlistment.

Do not miss understand me, I am not against anyone who likes to enjoy an alcoholic beverage now and then (I have been having wine with dinner before I was legally allowed) however, I do not see any reason to for the drinking age to be lowered. Like I said, wisdom comes with experience and young adults by that token alone, are not as responsible. Besides, it is not very hard for young adults to get alcohol into their possession, but why make it even easier?

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Jenine Ikeler wants to lower the legal age of drinking to 18 while Mike Bevelaqua wants to keep it at 21.

A peak at what happened in sports when Mother Ursula, MSC, was born

by Amy Gassen sports editor

The the year Mother Ursula Infante, MSC, was born.1897-was an historic year in the wide world of sports.

The Boston Marathon, a currently highly public event, started that year. It is America's oldest regularly contested foot race. Originally run at 24 miles, the race currently completes a 25-mile course. John McDermott of New York was the first winner of the famous race with a time of 2:55:10.

Also in that year, the University of Pennsylvania and Purdue University joined the Division I intercollegiate athletics for the sport of basketball. Both of these schools now sit in the top 25 percentile for winning teams.

Week in review of Cav sports

While the two new schools did not place in the final four that year, the NCAA Championship of that year was captured by Yale University with the Individual Championship captured by Louis Bayard of Princeton.

While Babe Ruth was then a figment of the imagination, Honus Wagner hit .300 for 17 consecutive seasons, starting with 1897. He played for Louisville and Pittsburgh during his reign.

Bob Fitzimmons held the world heavyweight title in boxing while Solly Smith was the world featherweight champion.

The U.S. women's pro tennis started that same year. "The Lawn Tennis Championships," now known as Wimbledon, were won by Blanche Hillyard for the women's individuals and by Reggie Doherty for the men's individuals.

Athletes endorse for higher paychecks

by Mike Butler perspectives editor

Ever since Michael Jordan retired from playing basketball, there had been discussion about who the top athlete is when it comes to product endorsement. In 1997, Jordan made $47 million in endorsements alone. Who could be the heir to His Airness?

No one had to wait too long for the answer. It was clear even in '97. All one had to do is look at second place on the top endorsement list. He pulled in $24 million in endorsements that year. That athlete was Tiger Woods.

It is no secret that America loves young, charismatic and successful athletes and Woods fits all of those criteria all to well. And so it's no surprise that Nike, who practically built themselves on the endorsing power of Jordan, was more than willing to make Woods their new top athlete endorser. Woods gets $20 million a year from Nike, a price that is bound to meteorically rise as Woods continues to dominate the PGA Tour.

But man can not live on Nike and winning golf tournaments alone, so that is why Woods also has lucrative deals with such companies as General Motors, Rolex, American Express, Electronic Arts, and General Mills. Combined with his Nike deal, these other endorsements netted Woods $54 million dollars last year. Now recently he has inked a deal with Disney to be a spokesperson for them. The terms have yet to be made public.

It shouldn't be surprising that a golfer is the top product endorser in

sports. Golfers like Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus make exponentially more in endorsements than they do in golf tournaments.

Even though Palmer, Norman and Nicklaus are not young, they are highly charismatic and were highly successful in their prime, setting most of the records that Woods is breaking today.

In these present times where women's sports are becoming just as prominent as the men's are, female athletes are also enjoying the fruits of product endorsement.

rently has the biggest endorsement deal of any female athlete ever with Reebok, a $40 million contract over five years.

These recent deals have put Venus ahead of Anna Kournikova in terms of endorsement money. Kournikova, the one women's tennis playe-rmore popular than the Williams sisters, almost follows the same formula as the Williams sisters and Tiger Woods, being young and charismatic, even more so than the Williams sisters, but is nowhere near as successful as they are.

But women's tennis players aren't the only ones who make big money with endorsements. Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras practically double, if not triple, their tournament winnings with endorsement deals. Even when Agassi was slumping in the '90s, he was still making almost $10 million in endorsements.

by Kendra Clark

Men's Tennis

staff writer

On April 5, the Cav's defeated Gwynedd-Mercy College by a score of 7-0. On April 9, the Cav's lost to Goucher College by a score of 4-3. On April 10, the Cav's came back to defeat Philadelphia Bible College 7-0.

Men's Lacrosse

On April 7, the men defeated Wesley College 17-11. The Cav's went on to defeat SUNY-Farmingdale by a score of 20-9 on April 10. Also on April 13, the defeated Marymount University in overtime, 10-9.

Women's Lacrosse

The Cav's beat Neumann College on April 5, 8-6. On April 7, they came back to defeat Alvernia College 24-1. They continued winning on April 10 by defeating Beaver College 26-5 and Wesley College 17-2 on April 12.

Golf

The Cav's played in one match against Neumann, which was held at Widener University. The Cav's came in second place with a 352 right under Widener University who won with 350. Neumann College ended up in third place with a 358.

Softball

The Cav's defeated both Cazenovia, 9-0, and SUNYCortland, 6-1, on April 7. On April 8, the Cav's beat both St. Lawrence, 8-0, and Ithaca by a score of 4-0. On April 10, they split a doubleheader with Wesley College. The first game they lost 2-1, but came back in the second to win by 2-1. On April 12, the Cav's defeated Misericordia in a double header by scores of 2-0 and 4-2.

Venus and Serena Williams are the tennis world's version of Tiger Woods: Young, charismatic, and successful with the added novelty of being sisters. They recently signed a three-year $7 million deal to promote Wrigley's Double Mint gum, the first athletes to do so in Wrigley's 87-year history. They already have deals with Avon and Nortel Networks.

But what the Williams sisters do together is nothing compared to what they do separately. While Serena has a modest deal with Puma, Venus cur-

Even with Jordan gone, basketball players are still near the top of the money list when it comes to endorsements. Shaquille O'Neal and Grant Hill have been the top players in product endorsement since Jordan's departure. Add that money to their already lavish contracts with their respective teams and there is little wonder why O'Neal and Hill are always in the top ten on Forbes Top 40 money-making athletes list.

Over the past twenty years, a lot of people have been questioning whether athletes are playing more for the money than for the joy of the game. Now those people have to question whose money are these athletes playing for: the team's or Nike's.

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"Over the past twenty years, a lot of people have been questioning whether athletes are playing more for the money than for the joy of the game."

Softball team seeks home of their own

by Jennifer Devereaux staff writer

The 2001 women's softball team is, for the fourth season in a row, without a field to call their own.

The team, coached by Bridget Baxter, used to practice and host games at Archbishop Carol here in Radnor. However, because of field regulations, the team is unagle to play on Carol's field anymore. Carol's field's backstop is 15 ft. behind home plate. In order for a field to be suitable for college play the backstop must be 25 ft. behind the plate.

These days, the girls make do

practicing in local parks and using the batting cages in the Dixon Center. Unfortunately, the lack of a field has been a big inconvenience for the team. However, in spite of this added challenge, the team was ranked #7 in the nation in the April 4 edition of U.S.A. Today.

One of the major problems posed by the lack of a field is not being able to host games at home. All games must be played away. Because of this, the players must miss classes, as the team has to leave an hour earlier than if the game was at home.

Moreover, the players must miss night classes because of the extra

hour it takes to get back from what should have been a home game.

At the beginning of the semester, the players had a schedule and could discuss it with their professors, however, now the players have had to abandon the original schedule. As a result, in some cases, they might not be able to inform their professors that they will leave class early or miss class entirely until the day before the game.

Baxter feels that the team works very hard preparing in the summer and the pre-season but now they are being punished for it.

Baxter said, in reference to the

Coaches play dual roles on campus

Justine Di Filippo assistant photography editor

After a long day of working on campus, four employees of Cabrini College lace up their sneakers and prepare for part two of their daily schedule.

These four people take a group of students into their classroom, the field or the court. They do not only teach these students but they enhance the students ability as athletes, and a teammates.

Lesley Danehy, associate director of athletics and head soccer coach, Bridget Baxter, director of student activities and head softball coach, John Dzik, director of athletics and basketball coach and Steve Colfer associate director of admissions and head coach of men's lacrosse are the four people that spend their days going into nights here on campus.

Having a coach on campus fulltime benefits both the coach and the players of their team.

Liz Graham, first year student and soccer player said, "Having Lesley (Danehy) on campus has definitely benefited our team."

Liz said she sees Danehy at least twice a day. Graham also said, "She (Danehy) is good to go to when we have personal problems. She helps us out and also if we need it recommends us for stuff we are doing on camps."

Having a coach on campus full time creates a bond not only between the players themselves but

a greater bond with their coach. Students have someone to go to when they are having a problem on campus and not be afraid. Not only for the student's sake but it also enhances the coaching experience knowing each player day by day instead of just at practice by practice.

Dzik said, "Working on campus has brought my team closer to me., Any coach on staff would

just not as personal." All of them agreed that both jobs were equally difficult when it came down to it.

Though many people on campus feel that athletes on campus get a lot of special treatment it is actually the opposite. Many teams get a curfew on the night of a big game. Not only to make sure they are not out having a little fun, but to make sure they will be fully rested for the big game the next day.

Though in the housing lottery athletes get that extra point it is only because they practice at all hours of the day.

Scheduling a practice where everyone can attend is hard between classes and mealtime at the dining hall they either have early morning practice or evening practice. Many other people get extra points as well.

lack of a field, "It's affecting academics, recruiting and fan-support. Nobody's going to drive an hour away for a game."

Baxter is concerned about obtaining recruits. She feels that recruits want both academics and softball, however, right now the girls can not have both.

Recruits see what the girls go through without a field and it deters them from wanting to be a part of it. An example of this is an occasion when the team was practicing on Eastern College's field. A recruit came to watch but left early bothered by the fact that there was a tractor in the middle of the field.

·Without a field of their own, the softball team stepped up to the bat with the #7 ranking in the entire nation.

·Everyday the team has to search off-campus for a field in order to practice.

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personally be the closest to his team.They are not only there as coaches, but to mentor the team as well."

All of the coaches feel that being a coach and working on campus is not too difficult. Though when their seasons come around it can get a little hectic.

Dzik said, "The athletic realm in season is difficult to balance because he is making a personal impact on his team as a coach but as an athletic director he has a greater impact on more people

All four teams did or are doing well this year. The men's basketball team won the PAC this season, softball won the PAC last year and are looking forward to doing it again, the men's lacrosse is looking good this year and the women's soccer team had a great season as well. Though having a coach on campus full time did not make the team win, it did have an impact on the team.

They now look at their coach not only as a coach, but as someone they can go to regardless of the reason whenever they want. A friend as well as a coach.

''They are not only there as coaches, but to mentor the team as well."

-John Dzik, athletic director and basketball coach

Step up to the challenge; 'Rock it, Mant

by Matt Coughlin assistant news editor

King of Prussia Mall has a new attraction. A rock-climbing facility. The two story artificial rock called Rock it, Man! opened to the public on Jan. 2, 2001.

Multi-colored grips line the stoned-colored face of the artificial rock, some so small as to require a two-finger-grip and others too large to palm.

The artificial rock has four stations of different degrees of difficulty. The difference between d!e advanced and the novice levels is distance. Two climbs cost six dollars, no matter the level of difficulty.

"I've climbed it twice, it is a good time," Candace Hart, co-owner said. Hart and her husband, Robert Basye got the idea while visiting Basye's brother in Ohio. 'This is our first venture into rock-climbing," Hart said.

Bonnie Flinn of Bensalem High looked on from the side. "It looks dangerous," Flinn said. "I'm scared of heights." Flinn added.

The employees help climbers strap in to a harness that connects to a cable hanging from the top of the facility. There have been no injuries at the three-month-old attraction.

The harness and cable allow climbers to be eased down from above rather than plummet. Some even enjoy the ride down.

"The best part is going down," Hanna Umin said.

"I've done rock walls before, at other places someone at the other end is pulling you up, and this one is not like that, it's better," 10-year-old Umin said. Umin took three quick trips up the Rock it, Man! wall.

"Our climbers do range in age from twoyears-old to 72," Hart points out

"It's nice for parents because if they are running errands it is something for their children to do," Hart added. Many parents are unable to guide their children past the

immense site.

"Most of our climbers are under 10," Hart said. "A lot are repeat climbers who come back with their parents." Umin was climbing with her mother watching from the side.

Ryan Hoy works at Rock it, Man! and enjoys climbing occasionally. "It's fun, I race friends up," Hoy said. "I have not lost, but

at Montgomery County Community College. There were kids and teenagers all week according to Hoy.

Bonnie Flinn expressed some apprehension as to her ability to make it to the top.

"A high percentage make it to the top," Hoy said of climbers. At the top, climbers are rewarded with a buzzer that they can tap

Matt Coughlin, senior, diligently climbs to the top of the Rock it, Man at the King of Prussia Mall.

I wouldn't say I am good," Hoy added.

"It's just a neat thing to do, it's something new," Hoy said of rock-climbing.

According to both Hoy and Hart, weekends are the busiest. "We have 150-200 climbs on a weekend day," Hart said.

"Spring break we were busy all week," Hoy said. Hoy is a 19-year-old sophomore

to signal their success. It also serves as a finish line for those racing one another. Rock it, Man! is open the same hours as the mall, 10:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Another site will be opening at the Plymouth Meeting Mall. Hart hopes to have more branches at other area malls soon.

Men's tennis team defends PAC ct:,ampionship

by Mike Butler perspectives editor

Despite the numerous rain-outs and a tough 1-2 start against non-conference teams, the defending PAC champion Cabrini men's tennis team have been dominating opponents this season.

Toe team, ranked #1 in the preseason, is tied for first with Beaver College in the PAC with a 5-0 record in the PAC and a 9-3 record overall. Last week, Cabrini blew out Philadelphia College of Bible, a team looking to be accepted into the PAC in the future, 7-0 and earned a win against conference foe Eastern College 5-2 on Tuesday. Before their 4-3

loss on April 9 against Goucher College, Cabrini had shut out their last five opponents, including PAC competitors Marywood, Alvernia and Gwynedd-Mercy.

Behind this dominating record is a core of dominating players. Scott Giblin at the first singles position has not lost a match all season and has been named PAC Tennis Player of the Week twice, the only player in the PAC to do that this season. Gary Cassera is undefeated in conference play at the second singles position as is Ricky Romyn at sixth singles and PAC Tennis Player of the Week for April 2 Dan McConnell at fifth singles. Len Yacona at third singles has only one loss this season. McConnell and Romyn are the only seniors on the team. Giblin and Cassera are

sophomores and Yacona is a freshman along with doubles players Justin Sicile and Brett O'Malley. With this blend of lower and upperclassmen, the team is likely to grow even more dominant next season.

The most important game of Cabrini's season occurs on Thurs. April 19 at home against Beaver College (4-0 in the PAC, 5-2 overall and ranked #2 in the PAC preseason poll) in a match that could decide who wins the PAC. The last game of the season will be at home against PAC rival Wesley College. Cabrini will then be headed for the P.\C Championships at Eastern College on the weekend of April 27-28. Where Cabrini will be seeded will depend on their performance against Beaver and Wesley.

photos by Joe Holden

Coughlin harnesses up for the novice climb

He uses upper-body strength to scale the difficult wall.

photo by Justine Di Filippo

The Bruckmann Chapel was packed with those who came to pay their last respects to the late Mother Ursula Infante, MSC. The Mass of Christian Burial was

photo by Justine Di Filippo

Douglas Brown, Michael Horton, Thomas Nerney '77, Stephen Highsmith '88, Anthony Lampazzi and Clinton Stuntebeck served as pallbearers at the Mass of Christian Burial.

photo by Stephanie Masucci