STR-UCK CABRINI

Yungmann were there. My whole wedding party was made up of Cabrini girls except for my maid of honor and. Dan's best man was a Cabrini guy," Francis said.

Love At First Sight

A Roast Beef Romance

Dawn was all business with a school bag that her friends referred to as "the briefcase" and the big bows that she wore in her hair, while Dan was more alternative with his long hair that he permed and put in cornrows. To top of Dan's eccentric style he was a bass player in a band called Aynap. Despite their different styles these two opposites attracted.

"When two people love something or share a common interest they tend to gravitate toward one another. We did all of our projects together and became friends. I would go and see him play in his band. I thought that he was really cute, but we were both dating people at the time," Francis said.

Dan graduated from Cabrini in '92 and Dawn graduated a year later and then went off to Ohio University for grad school. Over Christmas break in Dec. '93 Dawn and Dan had met up again. They went out a few times, but that was it.

''Three years later, I was at a trade show and the guy whose

Dawn and Dan were reunited that day over roast beef sandwiches. Dan was trying to be cool and ask Dawn out again while almost choking on his sandwich. Dawn had thought that Dan had gotten married and had had kids by that time. They had their second first date on Nov. 14, 1997 and Dan knew that he wanted to marry Dawn on that date because she ordered des·sert,something that most girls don't do. On May 15, 1998 Dan and Dawn were engaged and they were married on May 22. 1999.

"We had a down-home wedding with all homemade food. It was a great time. Dr. Zurek and Cathy

Freshmen Gabby Beltran met sophomore Shawn Hazlett at cross country camp in the summer of '98. "He saw me, but I did not know who he was," Beltran said. "Once school started I was taking a class at Villanova. One of my friends usually picked me up and one day I was standing there waiting, but I didn't see her car. Shawn was there to pick me up instead. He had asked my friend to let him pick me up because he wanted to ask me out."

Shawn and Gabby had their first date at the movies along with two friends. One month later they were going out and have been ever since. "Shawn is the only guy that I have ever kissed at Cabrini. I went out with a guy in high school who was the complete opposite than him. Shawn was everything that I was looking for and I can't see myself with anyone else," Beltran said.

In Aug. '01, Shawn rode a rental bike over from Bikeline where he was working to propose to Gabby during her student ambassador training in Grace Hall. He proposed to her on campus because that is where they had met. "I had no idea, I thought he wanted to borrow money for lunch and then he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him," Beltt:an said. "He told me that he had the ring for three days under pty bed. He was hiding it in my room. I couldn't believe that it was right under my nose the whole time."

"From the first time that I saw her I knew that there was no else in the world for me, but her," Hazlett said. The couple will marry in June '03. They are still deciding on where the ceremony will take place. Gabby would like to get married in an arboretum where there are tons of flowers blooming, but the couple is also considering getting married at Cabrini being that this is where they first met and got engaged.

Melissa and Chad will be married on Oct. 19, 2002.

A Proposal Over Pizza

Melissa Feehan met Chad May at her freshmen orientation. She was an incoming freshmen and he was an orientation counselor. "Our first conversation was through an event ran by Campus Ministry to the Tyler Arboretum for a pumpkin festival," May said, who was a junior at the time.

Melissa and Chad began dating in Dec. '98. Their first date was at Bennigan's. "Melissa said that she knew from the first time that she met me she knew that this was something special," May said.

Melissa, an early-childhood education major graduated a semester early this past Dec. and is now teaching. Chad graduated in '00 with a double major in Math and History. He now works in the Office of Institutional Research in the Registrar. "With Melissa living at home in NJ. and teaching I don't get to see her as much because she is 45 minutes away from me. I got to see her more when she was on campus," May said. Soon enough Chad will get to see Melissa everyday and every night On Oct. 19, 2002 they will be married at St. Lucia Church.

On Nov. 30, 2000 Chad proposed to Melissa at Altarneo's on Lancaster Ave., in Stratford. Their Friday night ritual was going to Altameo 's when they were both students. "We had talked about it, but she was surprised at the timing. It was really nice because we knew all of the waiters and waitresses from always going there," May said. "I am ~eally excited."

A SoftbaUSweetheart

Rosanne Crafagano was working in a doctor's office '92. One of her colleague's told her that her friends, Kevin Corcoran, needed a girl for a softball game that he was having. Rosanne was the perfect teammate because she was a softball player. In August of '92 she agreed to play on team.

Kevin graduated from Cabrini in '88 and Rosanne is a graduate of the class of '94. The two are only a year apart, but Rosanne took some time off from school, but later came back to Cabrini.

"We played in the game and that was it. Then later that year in Dec. I had a Christmas party to go to. I wasn't going to bring anyone, but one of friends suggested that I ask Kevin so I did," Corcoran said. "It was a whole different atmosphere. When you are playing sports it is so competitive, going to a party together was completely different."

Not only were they compatible teammates, but also mates for life. Rosanne and Kevin married a year later on Dec. 26, 1993. They had 17 guests that were Cabrini graduates at their wedding. "I like the fact that we had our first date in December and we married in December," Corcoran said. "I think that's pretty neat."

The Corcorans have been happily married for eight years and have two daughters, Rosemary, 4 and Erin, 11 months.

by Vince DeFruscio assistant news editor

Grab your candy necklaces, your "Count Chocula," and your "Pound Puppy," because it's time to watch the "Berenstein Bears!"

The '80s were a decade of flash and pizzazz, CQeesy"pop" music, and big hair!

Wall Street, greed and politics reigned supreme, and were even mocked by· such '80s shows as "Family Ties," and movies like "Wall Street." This image led the '80s to be dubbed, "The 'Me' Decade."

What is it about the '80s that seems to be so comforting to us?

We all talk about "Punky Bruster" and "Rainbow Brite," perhaps because they remind us of our childhood. Everyday, e-mails are circulated throughout the Internet, they are forwarded and copied to share with friends. Most of them have subject headings such as "You know you grew up in the '80s if "

Do you still end your sentences with "psych!"? Did you admire Mike Seaver's friendship with "Boner?" How about Theo Huxtable's friendship with "Cockroach?" Perhaps you wished that you had a tree outside your bed-

Features

room window, so that a young Zack Morris could climb in and comfort you when your stint on caffeine pills sent your record career into a tailspin. "I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so ... scared!" Or maybe Vinny from next door would invite himself in while you were typing up your discharge orders/diary every night, as Doogie Howser, M.D. did.

I can still remember going to "Circus Town" (a precursor to "Chuck E. Cheese") for my birthday, where the hit makers, "Celebration Station" would sing "Celebrate Good Times." I was most likely wearing my fanny-pack and one of my birthday gifts had to have been a "Transformer." There signed specifically for nostalgic '80s-boomers. Sites such as www.80snostalgia.com, and www.inthe80s.com, profile such '80s things as games, like "Candyland," "Pac-Man" and "Cooties." They also profile slang words and phrases, such as, "gag me with a spoon," "grodie," "like" and "sick."

One of the most commonly associated trends with the '80s are Saturday morning cartoons. Shows like "Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Alf," "Popeye the Sailor Man," "Pound Puppies" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."

ABC's T.G.I.F., originally consisted of shows like "Perfect Strangers," "Full House," "Family Matters" and "Just the Ten of Us." was also the "Transformer"-ish Here is the real question; can you "Mask" series, where vintage cars put these shows in order, by the morphed into weapons of destruc- time they came on? Well, if you tion. can, chances are you were a prod-

There have been recent resur- uct of the '80s. gences of '80s trends, including a Shows like "Sesame Street" T.V. show called, "That '80s and networks like "MTV" that Show," and the always popular, were developed in the '80s remain crimped hair. Madonna was num- pop-culture icons. Musical acts ber one on the charts for much of like Cindy Lauper, Madonna, the beginning of the new Millenni- Michael Jackson and New Kids on um and Michael Jackson is up for the Block al.l. saw their careers a Grammy at this year's 2002 • peak in the '80s. awards. The one thing that most people There are even website$ de- remember about the '80s, is the

Go anywhere on campus, and you will hear spirited recounts of life in the '80s. Rachel Kanter, junior English major, remembers "Garbage Pale Kids," tie-dyed shirts and Chinese-jump-ropes. "I remember hair spray frizzed arches," says Kanter, "it was like, 'how high can my hair go'?"

Now the question remains, will the '80s fashions ever return?

Many people believe that fashion trends repeat themselves every 30 years, which means that we are all in for a little dose of '80s humiliaticmsooner or later.

The 'BOs was full of material girls and mullets, cheesy movies and endless love music. fashion faux pas we all committed. Hair spray, mullets, Frenchrolled jeans, Swatch watches, Z. Cavaricci, pump high tops and "L.A. Lights" were all "musthave's."

Everyone wonders who will still be around in 20 years. Many people think that *Nsync, "Reality Shows," Starbucks and XandO's will turn out to simply be fads. Whatever the future holds, one thing is for sure, the timeless allure of a decade past can always bring smiles back to our faces!