Feb. 21, 2002 issue 17 Loquitur

Freshman. blues plague physical, spiritual and emotional well-being

by Beth Conahan news editor

Freshmen health suffers after the first year at college. Physical health, mental health and spiritual health are all affected in the months between August and May when students are subjected to their first year away from home or set in a different academic and social scene.

The Higher Research Institute Education .at the University of California at Los Angeles administers the survey. It surveyed 3,680 freshmen at 50 institutions in the fall of 2000 and surveyed them again the following year.

The results were disquieting. Freshmen students face a first year of deteriorating health in their physical, emotional and spiritual lives.

There is a significant drop in response to the survey question of emotional health. Approximately 52 percent of freshmen surveyed

before the school year felt their emotional health was "above average." The following year, the students' responses dropped to approximately 45 percent.

Cabrini, though not one of the 50 schools surveyed, experiences a similar decline in emotfonal heath during the first year. Suzanne Mallaghan-Rasco, clinical psychologist and counselor, recognizes that students' first time on their own creates a perfect setting for new stresses. "It's normal to feel a little anxiety;' Rasco said. Though Cabrini does not offer "long-term support," a student's emotional health will not be ignored should they need it. Students who require long-term counseling will be referred to an outside source since the counselors would be inadequate when you take into consideration school breaks. However, Rasco· said that most students do not require longterm counseling and six to eight visits is usually sufficient.

Accessibility: where there's a wheel,there's a way .... c

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by Justine Di Filippo photo editor

Students· that are wheelchair bound have found a few changes on this campus in the past year. There are still many problems on this campus that are a daily obstacle for disabled students in wheelchairs.

The major change was the new path that went from Woodcrest to Xavier, and ran to the new dorm and to house one. Today it is now

a sidewalk that is safer then the previous painted streets. As a request by the students many power-operated doors were placed in several of the campus buildings. New automatic door open~rs were placed in the radio station and Xavier.

The last time campus went through major changes was in 1993, when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) called for changes a year before. The Mansion and House one received

ramps to make them more accessible. Sidewalks were built all over campus making it easier to get around, and a path was painted onto the street between Xavier and House one to make a safe path between each building.

The 2000-2001 school year brought a lot of changes to the school. A new wing was added to Founders Hall, a new dorm had been constructed and at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year Woodcrest received new steps.

The new dorm has many accessible features, ramps and elevators, big bathrooms, water fountains that can be reached by a wheelchair bound person and room to get around in. Tina Shelley lives in the new dorm and said, "This is the most accessible building on campus. I can get around a lot easier in this dorm then I could in Xavier."

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ph<Jtoby Justine Di Filippo Woodcrest is unaccessible for junior April Caldwell to enter. A new

Woodcrest over the summer.

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Last year April Caldwell att,;mpts to visit her friend Amanda Snow in Woodcrest.

Residents to select housing for next year

by Alexis Strizziere assistantfeatures editor

With housing selection 2002 just around the corner, the thought on everyone's mind, other than, "whom will I room with?" is "where should I live?" Trying to decide where to reside next year can be tough and the decision can be even worse if you do not know the difference between the living facilities on campus.

''The •campus is divided into three major housing areas. Basically the designation of the housing areas is the biggest difference between the living facilities," Shayla Hasic-Starnps, the assistant director for residence life, said. Area one is designated for freshman, area two is designated for sophomores and area three is designated for juniors and seniors.

Area one includes Woodcrest, Xavier and New Residence Hall.

Area two includes Woodcrest, Xavier, New Residence Hall and Houses One,1\vo and Three. Area three includes houses Five, Six and Seven and the Cabrini Apartment Complex. House Four can go either way depending on housing needs.

The easiest way to understand the areas is to remember that campus is divided into "dry" and "wet" living facilities. By state law there must be housing available for those wishing to reside on campus under the legal drinking age of 21. However, freshmen should not panic because they are required to live in "dry" housing until their junior year.

The Residence Life office does have a method to their madness.

''The dorms on this campus are like any other dorms on any other campus. They are typical underclassmen dorms with RAs and Public Safety that watch over the building from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.,"Stamps said. "The dorms are geared towards freshmen and sophomores to get them used to being away from home for the first time. The only thing they are not allowed to do is to have alcohol in the dorms or overnight guests of the opposite sex," Stamps said. " The houses and the CAC are geared for students who have matured and are of legal drinking age. They have their own separate rules just like the dorms," Stamps said.

For some students this concept of freshman/sophomore housing is not hard to deal with. "I loved both Woodcrest and Xavier. I met all of my friends in Woodcrest because we lived there together, we hated it together and at the same time we never knew we were making such a bond together,"

junior Kate MacDonald said. "I would never take any of it back, I had some of the best times in both Woodcrest with all the girls and in Xavier with all the guys," MacDonald said.

"I liked Xavier. It isn't as bad as everyone said it was going to be," freshman Paul Archambault said. "It's kind of homey but the triples are too small and the visiting hours are no good;' Archambault said. A customary initiation right for freshmen is to stick them in

triples. However, as a sophomore on up you can choose how many people you want to live with. Dorm rooms hold anywhere from two to three people. The houses range from singles to quads and the apartments are broken down into four, five and six person apartments.

Although it may seem like the upperclassmen have a much better campus living situation in the houses or CAC because they do not have to deal with visiting hours, overnight guest policies and alcohol policies, it is not all peaches and cream living there either. " People know we can party in the houses and CAC so they come here to party. We are the ones who have to clean up, get written up if busted and deal with damages to the house if it happens though," junior Kate Kempton said.

"People don't realize that you are secluded from the rest of campus in a house because you live with just your housemates and that's it," junior Stacey Gregoretti said. Of course there are lots of benefits to the houses and the CAC. You can choose your roommate or mates, pick which room or apartment you want and ultimately live with all of your friends in the same location. The houses and apartments resemble independent living. They are an opportunity Cabrini gives its students to learn how to live on their own.

" I love living in the apartments but sometimes I miss the pillow talks in Woodcrest. I think every year gives you one step up towards

female first-year students. adulthood as you move through the different living faciliti~s," junior Megan Gallagher said. " Every freshman should have to go through dorms, we all had to. It's really not as bad as it seems," Gallagher said.

At times students have complained that there is too much security in the dorms, no where to put their trash, the washers and dryers are always broken, the showers are too small and that the houses on campus need a lot of work. However, Residence Life is aware of all the problems that need fixing and they are working on it. In the meantime, however, students need to sit back and realize what they have before them.

No matter what your take is on the living facilities on campus, they all have their own positive

sides and negative downfalls. Some people have no problem with campus housing while others do. The office of Residence Life has a suggestion. "We can't fix anything unless we know it's broken. We can't make living accommodations here any more comfortable unless someone suggests something," Stamps said. "If you have a suggestion or you think something needs work, speak up and tell us so we can try to fix the situation," Stamps said.

When selecting primary choices for housing, keep in mind how different aspects of the variousliving facilities may suit personal needs. It is important to understand the positives and negatives of housing options while planning for next year.

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Cabrini's counselors are working on methods to better prepare students for their first year away from home. They are currently planning a program or programs that would be held during orientation. Rasco would like to run a program that would also prepare parents for their children's departure from home. She acknowledged that it is a difficult experience for the parent as well as the child.

A student's physical health is also in jeopardy during their first year. Students surveyed who rated their health "above average"

dropped from approximately 51 percent to 41 percent. Many things cause this drop. Students exercise less frequently after the first year, students drink alcohol more regularly and many even pick up the habit of smoking.

A student's spiritual health is also affected. Students who attended religious services dropped from approximately 85 percent to approximately 60 percent. This drop is also evident at Cabrini.

Campus Minister Mary Laver notices that masses in the earliest weeks of school are the most

attended. As the school year progresses, attendance fluctuates. Ash Wednesday is a day when Campus Ministry sees the highest attendance in the chapel. Almost the entire campus is in attendance. She also notices a higher attendance just before finals.

She believes that college is a time in a student's life when he or she begins to qqestion what he or she was taught to believe by their parents and their schools. She thinks that students use their time here to decide ·what they really believe.

Laver's theory seems to be sup-

ported by the data collected within the survey. Before their freshman ·year, only 47.7 percent of the students surveyed felt that "integrating spirituality" into their lives was important. By the end of the year, the number jumped to 56.7 percent.

A student's first year of college is a difficult time. The changes of lifestyle and academic expectations are no doubt causes of this stressful time. Their health suffers but there is hope. Sophomore year is just around the comer.

Circle of Love Dance Saturday, Feb.23 9 p.m. - 1 a. m. $3

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Three beds and three desks fit into rooms in Woodcrest to house three

'Access from An}'Where'

ACCESSIBILITY continued from page 1

On every floor in the N wing of the new dorm there is at least one accessible bathroom. The first floor has one bathroom in alI of the wings that is accessible. These bathrooms come equipped with lower sinks handrails and a handicapped shower. The elevator has a new design as well instead of using a key to tum on the elevator it had an id scanner and only those who have access can open the doors to this elevator. The elevator is also the biggest on campus both Caldwell ~d Shelley could fit inside without a problem. The New Dorm also has wider hallways, crossing paths with another wheel chair bound person is no longer an obstacle. The only problem that Shelley has with accessibility in the New Residence Hall is the laundry room. There is not enough space for her to get around to the back washers in her wheel chair. Shelley says, "If there are no available washers in the front I have to walk to the other side and between balancing my laundry and myself it is a real challenge."

Founders Hall Communications Center was given new technology in accessibility. The radio station has remotes that look like garage door openers to get into the radio station.

Getting into the COM Center if the main doors are closed is a different story. Many times these doors are propped open but when they are not they become difficult because of their weight. Caldwell was lucky enough to have a training specialist in high school. She said, "She taught me how to open doors. In case I was ever by myself I would be able to get in and out of buildings and to know that I can do things for myself."

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Frustrated while trying to do research off campus? Finding that some of the free information on the Internet will not pass muster with your professor? Wishing that you could have access to the Library's growing list of propriety databases from home?

Well, Cabrinians, your wish bas been fulfilled. On Monday, Feb. 18, the staff of Holy Spirit Library celebrated their newest service: off campus access to Library databases. A ribbon cutting ceremony and refreshments accompanied the formal introduction of this new service.

"Access from Anywhere" is the slogan the Library is using to publicize this new service, since you can literally access Library databases from anywhere in the world,

as long as you have a Cabrini Proxy is that your browser accept Domain Account. cookies. The EZ-Proxy cookie is Accessing databases off-camgus not used to track your use, but is similar to accessing them on- only to let you keep your conneccampus, with the one difference. tion as you move from one dataAfter selecting the database you base to another. This cookie will want to search (from disappear when you exit your h ttp://www.cabrini.edu/Li brary/ d browser.

b.aps), you will be prompted to The Library staff is excited enter your· Cabrini Domain user- about being able to offer this new name and password. Add that service and is grateful to the information and the database you Informa_tion Technology and selected will be ready to search. Resources staff for making it hapThe software that enables the • pen.

Library to offer this service is The one caveat that the Library called EZ-Proxy. And it is easy! staff has is that Academic EZ-Proxy does not require that Universe/Lexis-Nexis is currently your browser be configured in any not available through EZ-Proxy special way to use Library software. ITR is working to solve resources from outside the Cabrini this problem. Co11ege computer network. The only prerequisite to using EZ-

Woodcrest received new steps this past summer. Last year, we were told that the main reason was that the older buildings, Woodcrest and·the Mansion, were not accessible because "There were not standards that had to be followed in the construction of these buildings [when they were built]" (Loquitur, March 22, 2001 no. 19). W!J.enthe new steps to Woodcrest were built, they were still not accessible. To April Caldwell this was one of the improvements she was hoping to see come out of last year's lobbies for more accessibility. Caldwell said, "I wanted to be able to get into Woodcrest for three years. Woodcrest used to hold all kinds of activities but I could never go because I couldn't get inside." Mike Caranfa chief facilities officer said, "[Making the Woodcrest entrance accessible] was discussed, .but since the building is not accessible once you get inside it was decided not to build a ramp."

Throughout her three years here, Caldwell and many others have tried to make this campus more accessible. She feels annoyed and upset that besides herself and many others tried to get more accessibility on campus and still there was "no great improvement to this campus."

Caranfa said, "There are still areas that are not accessible, mostly due to architectural impediments, but as buildings are renovated they will •be brought up to the current standards. All future construction will meet the requirements of the ADA."

If there was one thing that Caldwell wants most it's "better maintenance of the doors: These are the biggest problems that I face during the day."

Scholarship Opportunity!!!!!!!

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WHO: All fulltime undergraduatestudents,whohave an extraordinarycommitmentto communityserviceand who havedemonstrated creativityin shapinghis/hervorunteeractivities.

HOW:Applicationformsare availableat the FlnancialAid Office.Returncompletedapplicationsto the FinancialAid Office.Do not submitapplicationsdirectlyto AICUP,theywillnbt be accepted.

DEADLINETO APPLY:All applicatipnsmustbe receivedno laterthan Friday,April 19, 2002

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library celebrated the opening of ''Access from Anywhere" with a ceremonial ribbon cutting.

Russian Professor teaches on American soil, abroad

Educationmajorsadjustto new policy

by Shannon King assistant features editor

Last semester, senior education majors were in an uproar over the new policy that concluded that student teaching was not an option until all of the National Teachers Examinations were passed. These students who did not pass the, required tests would be forced to become educational studies majors. The students fought the administration, but because of new regulations and a poor placement on the National Report Card issued by the federal government, Cabrini did not have much of a choice.

Gabrielle· Beltran, senior secondary education major, said, "I did finally get placed at St. Andrew's in Drexel Hill, Pa., which is a kindergarten through eighth grade school. It took me three trips to the academic dean to establish this placement for the 'internship program.' We started a week and half behind all of the other student teachers, so now we have to teach a week later than they do." She also noted that although she is·a secondary education major, this is her fifth position in a middle school, not a high school.

ment for those students who did not pass the tests until the next test results are in, which are scheduled to be mailed on Feb. 26. We are only at our first placements until March 20." Beltran also said, "According to Middleton, it takes the education division up to three months to place an education major at a school for field experience or student teaching. So why are they only allotting two weeks for this second placement to be arranged?"

by Kelly Finlan staff writer

Thousands of miles from home, Elena Glavatskaia teaches Russian History 408, a history she knows well. At home in Russia, she teaches the same curriculum to a generation of students who can hardly remember communism and the problems that accompanied it.

Elana Glavatskaia is a Russian history teacher both at Cabrini and abroad. She teaches history and anthropology at the same state university in the Ural Mountains she attended, the same university at which she defended her doctoral dissertation. At the time, it was an industrialized area, prohibited to outsiders. No one was permitted to travel; she lives in the same building in which she grew up. Everyone who lived in the area attended the same university. It was a natural progression from high school to college.

During the period of communist rule, curriculurns were stifled. "There were serious limitations," she said, remembering growing up and studying in the Soviet era. The study of religions was restricted to scientific atheism, based on the notion that people should not be religiously affiliated. In reality, it was the criticism of world religions from the Soviet perspective. She continues to be amazed by the religiousness of the American people. Glavatskaia developed the first course at"Ural State University teaching religious studies and world religions, after the fall of communism. She teaches religion, history and anthropology, specializing in the indigenous people of Siberia, at the Ural State University in Russia and will continue to do so when she returns at the end of the spring semei,ter.

Students and faculty at universities experience new challenges now. Some institutions do not have the financial resources to rent their buildings. Glavatskaia remembers a winter in the not-too distant past in which there was no heat. But daily freezing temperatures ranging from .0 to -50 degrees (Fahrenheit) could not deter students and faculty alike from attending classes.

Curiosity, and an invitation from Dr. Jolyon Girard, a history professor here, brought Professor Glavatskaia to America. She leaves her husband and two daughters, ages 15 and 17, but it is not the first time they have been separated. •Glavatskaia participated in a program four years ago at Rosemont College in which students were taught by teachers of varying ethnic backgrounds, depending on course content.

"I love American generosity," she said, "and the feeling that tomorrow will be a better day."

The •pandemonium, the arguments and the tears have, for the most part, subsided this semester. "Everyone is placed in a student teaching position or in an internship in a school in such cases where student teaching was not permitted. Everyone seems to be understanding the timeline and how complex the situation is," Dr. Dawn Middleton, chair of the education department, said. Senior, secondary education major, Anthony Contipodero said, "For those students who had problems getting their GPA up, they have all increased. It's still the tests that are giving people a bard time." The problems of last semester have quieted down, but new problems were looming on the horizon for some students.

by LucyTruglio staffwriter

A Berlin man who laughed too much and too loudly was evicted from his home after the neighbors complained. a newspaper reported. Juergen Oslchewski, 59, was forced to leave his home because he "violated the rules" by laughing too loudly. Officials said there were too many complaint_Sfrom neighbors.

A Texas jury found a man guilty of aggravated assault for shooting his girlfriend, because be thoughtshe was aboutto say the words"New Jersey". His attorneyunsuccessfullyfoughtto freethis manon thegroundsthat

Beltran is not the• only student having problems. Senior Kara Hawksley, early childhood and elementary education major, did her field experience at Arrowhead Elementary and was expected to be back this semester. She received the approval form for student teaching and at the last minute was told that she could not student teach there. She was placed in St. Theresa's school and Cabrini never notified Arrowhead that she would not be back. "My teacher called me at home and asked why I never showed up for school that day. Cabrini didn't notify them that I wasn't corning until two days after I was supposed to start," Hawksley said.

Beltran envisions other problems to come within the next month. "The school is not going to start looking for another placecertain words set off an uncontrollable rage in him; combined with his history of mental illness. Other. words that can bring out the same rage in this individual are ''Wisconsin;' "Snickers," and "Mars".

Eleven American couples exchanged vows on Valentine's Day in Jamaica in 'a mass nude wedding. It is the second year in a row the Hedonism Ill resort staged a nude wedding. Unlike during the previous years event, when there were many protests, there was not even a whisper from Church leaders or members of religious groups. Toe event went very smoothly, said a hotel worker. Ten of the couples mar-

Many students, including Beltran and Contipodero, will have to return to Cabrini, postbaccalaureate, for six more student teaching credits at $350 per credit. Many of the students believe that they were just not notified soon enough of the changes that were being made to the program to complete it successfully unhindered.

"Our class got screwed in the long run," Hawksley said. "We should have been grand-fathered in or notified about what was going to happen." Most students understand what happened and even though n()thing they can do will help their situation now, they are taking everything that happens now with a grain of salt.

Contipodero said, "It's kind of calmed down this semester. Nexf year should be ok: This was just a transition year so as long as juniors know what is going on, they should be fine." pages

ried were fully nude, with the males wearing just a simple bow tie. Only one couple decided to tie the.knot wearing underwear.

That lipstick you're dabbing on may have a bit more to it than meetS the eye. A Norwegian biotech company said that it sees a boomingbusiness in providing cod sperm for use in cosmetics. But don't worry jf your loved one will think there is something fishy about your kisses. Supposedly the cosmetics smell nor taste of anything relating to the cod or its sperm.

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Educatiori of the Heart embraces Bus·h's stance on community service

by-Jen Smith staff writer

On Tuesday, January 29, in his first ever State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush called upon every American citizen to "commit at least two years... four thousand hours over the rest of your lifetime... to the service of your neighbors and your Nation." Now that the president has started the ball rolling, what will the country do to meet the new home-front call to service?

Cabrini College prides itself on being a service-oriented institution with a mission that clearly states, "[Cabrini College] is a Catholic, coeducational, residential undergraduate college that strives to be a leader in community service." So with a distinct and clear call to service from the president himself, what does a school like Cabrini College plan to accomplish in response?

"I think Cabrini does pretty well," said Mary Laver, coordinator of comm.unity outreach at the Wolfington Center. "However, the question becomes, how to cultivate this desire?" Cabrini offers their students a number of forced service projects, such as their Sem 300 requirement and their freshman day of service, which is char-

acteristically uncommon among most colleges, but Cabrini entitles its motive an "education of the heart" considering hands on experience to be equivocal to classroom learning.

"Twenty-year olds are young adults with minds of. their own who can make responsible decisions," Laver said. Until Sept. 11, "responsible decision making" included the personal choice of whether or not to participate in community service. However, for a service-oriented school such as Cabrini, community-service was never an option for most students.

While freshman day of service was considered "optional," it was also ·"strongly recommended" that all incoming freshmen participate. Sem 300 is however not even partially optional, as it is essential to fulfill even the most basic of core requirements.

Cabrini does not consider Sem 300 a "service" course. The class is considered to be "the promotion of human dignity through a minimum of 10 hours of social action related to the reflective material of the course." No matter what you call it, getting through Cabrini College without ever performing an act of service work could narrowly be avoided.

Laver does not feel that there is anything wrong however, with

creating service opportunities like these and others, such as Project Appalachia and the Mexican Border Experience which are both en_tirely optional, for students. "Something that may cause a little pain and stress might have valuable meaning to it." Laver said.

Cabrini graduate Missy Sellitto is currently living in Brooklyn N. Y. working for the Mercy Volunteer Corps. Sellitto feels that upon realizing her potential in a service-oriented environment, that her own life changed for the better, not simply the fives of those she helps. "This experience has been truly challenging. It has challenged my opinions, convictions, and the way that I view the world around me. Everyday I am challenged to reevaluate what is important in my life and the difference between my wants and needs. Most of all, this experience has challenged me to be honest with myself, recognizing my own strengths, successes, talents, and gifts as well as the weaknesses that I recognize all too easily." Sellitto said of her work with the MVC.

Although uplifting, not all accounts of service work are as positive, which is a problem Cabrini faces while trying to uphold their mission of service, and one that Americans are sure to

First-year students participate in annual day of service.

face in the months and years ahead.

According to Laver, the call to service is an admirable one, which will in effect promote an educated citizenry. The hopes of everyone from the president of the United States to the president of this college is that a society educated through the act of service learning, will be a "humane society" at the very least. However from this call to action seems to have expounded a rise in hesitation on the part of the American public, perhaps the

same hesitation that Cabrini College faces when requiring its own students to participate in service projects.

"It's a tension I don't want to ignore," Laver said "People need to make up their own mind about the benefit of service experience on education. All I can think to say i~ that I hope colleges like Cabrini would be a forefront for that issue."

'A Kaleidoscopeof Cultures'·celebrate_Black History Month

by Cheryl Wagstaff staff writer

February is Black History Month. Cabrini does not only celebrate the history of African Americans, but it celebrates the history of many races.

According to Shirley Dixon, director of diversity initiatives, Black History Month began because black society wanted to make sure that the history of black America was being taught and heard.

Black History Month was not always a month long; it started out as a week. In 1926, its first year, it

was called· Negro History Week. There is a lot of speculation about Black History Month being in February because it is the shortest month of the year. Some people feel that it should be during a different month. However, it is celebrated in February because of the birthdays of Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and W.E.B. Dubois.

Cabrini is not really involved in Black History Month, due to the fact that there are so few people of color at the college. Instead, Cabrini hosts a week of activities called Cultural Kaleidoscope Week.

From Feb. 11 to the 18, students embraced a number of different cultures. This year Dixon was not as involved in planning the week because she had the help of many student-run groups such as the residential advisers, the International Club, Latinos and Friends and the Ethnic Student Alliance. The activities included everything from a dinner to a poetry reading.

Nelsi Vasquez and Nicole Faison hosted a cultural dinner that served mainly southern and Latin foods. They also played ethnic music to add to the atmosphere. Overall Vasquez felt 'that the event was a success. Over 20 people

participated. During the dinner the main discussion surrounded the issue of becoming a more culturally diverse c~pus.

Dixon said, "My personal vision, for Cabrini, is that we do not need a day, a week or a month to celebrate anyone. We should not be waiting until February to celebrate Black History Month. It needs to be celebrated all of the time."

Dixon feels that it is necessary to have Cultural Kaleidoscope week because there are more minorities than African Americans. She believes that Cabrini needs to recognize them

all. She feels that it is a time for people to learn about someone other than themse]ves.

Dixon's hope for the future is to not have a need for B1ack History Month. She wants people to be educated about the people who make this country what it is all of the time. "We like to say that we are color blind, but we are not. What is the first thing that you notice about someone? It is their color," Dixon said.

For now, she is happy that there is an awakening and a learning of the history of black Americans.

Deep b I u es om et hi n g: Burning a Past

by Ken Baumbach staff writer

After time away, spent on creative song writing and constant playing, the Texas-based rock band Deepbluesomething is back with a brand new self-entitled album. It is the band's first album since their breakthrough album "Home," which sold over 2 million units worldwide and featured the hit single "Breakfast at Tiffany's." The album was distributed on the EMI-distributed Aerza Records and is in stores now.

Deepbluesomething originated in the early '90s at the University of North Texas. Two brothers, Todd and Toby Pipes, started the band along with John Kirtland and Clay Bergus. After local and regional success, they rose to national success with the album "Home," once the major record label Interscope picked it up. Interscope, who had heard their hit "Breakfast at Tiffany's," was immediately interested in the band and quickly signed them. The album was then re-released globally and became a smash hit. The

single "Breakfast at Tiffany's" reached #3 on the Billboard Hot J00 and was popular worldwide, even reaching the # J spot in the United Kingdom. The band toured extensively all over the globe in support of their breakthrough. album but eventually felt the need to get back to creating songs they liked and yearned to escape from the pressure of the corporate formula of trying to create "hits" and chose to part ways with lnterscope before releasing their new album. Their new album features a new distinct sound for the band. Gone is the catchy upbeat pop sound of "Breakfast at Tiffany's." They are no longer, it seems, as concerned with creating pop hits, but instead creating music that is more serious and more personal. Songs such as "Military Man" and ''Page Me Wolverine" are some of the highlights in the album with their unique sounds and lyrics. The band has taken what they call a "Beatlesque" approach to their music, meaning that they are more concerned about creating albums that are technically sound and original, instead of touri.Rg. The

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album is a collaboration of work consisting of self-produced tracks as well as production renderings done by Charles Fisher who has worked with bands such as Savage Garden and Hoodoo Gurus. Mixing the album is Time Palmer who has worked with bands such as U2 and Pearl Jam. Although the band is not currently touring, they hav~ been very busy trying to promote their new album. They have participated in extensive radio campaigns as wen as numerous press campaigns in light of their album release. Deep Blue Something is also on the bill for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. They will perform on February 21, playing an acoustic set at the McKay Event Center on the Utah Valley State College campus, which is located in Orem. The band is looking forward to the performance, and they will be in good company with the likes of Joan Osborne and Shawn Colvin, among many other famous names in the music industry.

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by Tracy Timson sports editor

It was Feb. 13 and the First Union Spectrum lights went out and the sounds of Linkin Park filled the arena. The band of two lead singers Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington sang all their hit singles that are played on the local radio stations but also played new stuff like their new song with the X-ecutioners titled "It's Going Down."

The crowd was into the performance from start to f'.inishcheering the whole time and begging for more when the band stepped off stage. The band members incorporated the crowd into the show by asking them to sing and by crowd surfing in the front of the stage.

They also made sure to bring out their whole entourage of DJs and opening bands like Cypress Hill for a grand finale. Cypress Hill was greeted with the same cheers as Linkin Park, who did the song we all know from middle school '1nsane in the Membrane" while smoking up on stage.

Before Cypress Hill and Linkin Park, there was a DJ competition for entertainment to keep the crowd occupied. Unfortunately, one of the DJs, going by the name DJ Unreal, came out in a Kobe Bryant jersey and was booed off of the platform. Needless to say, the other DJ won without hearing what DJ Unreal bad to offer.

Even though it was the most smoke filled concert I have ever been to, it was also probably one of the better concerts I have ever attended. The band definitely put on a show. I have to admit I purchased their cd before the concert, but I listen to it even more now. Linkin Park is a band I would definitely recommend to see next time they are in town.

Deepbluesomething had some success with their hit KBreakfast at Tiffany's.# They're back with a new CD, a complete departure from their previous efforts. They will perform at the McKay Event Center at the Winter Olympics tonight.

escape the one-hit-wonder status of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" that they received. Whether their new album will be taken seriously or not has yet to be determined. With a new sound and attitude,

Deepbluesomething is trying to get away from eating breakfast at a certain girl's house, and is trying to move on and grow as a band.

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Through the Eyes of Back

by Kelly ~inlan guest writer

February 18, 2002 - To a packed room, Dr. Rachel Tzvia Back read from her latest collection of poetty, Azimuth. This followed a lecture in which she tackled such controversial issues as US-Israeli relations and IsraeliPalestinian relations, ending Cabrini's week-long Cultural Kaleidoscope.

University in Jerusalem, and she moved to Israel in 1981. She became the seventh generation of her family to live in Palestine. She ·livesin Lower Galilee in a small village on the northern side of a hil1top with her husband and three children. On the southern side of the same hilltop are the ruins of the Arab town of Miar. Its inhabitants were evacuated •and never allowed to return; this town was dismembered over time. On a

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membered. It is from here, between these two decimated villages, that Back draws her inspiration.

Back read from Azimuth, published this fall by Sheep Meadow Press. Such poems as 'Three Love Chants," "Unplated," "Abu Saleem Healer," and "Where Grief Hollars" paint a vivid picture of love and loss, tradition and separation.

Dr. Back spoke of a vision she had of a buffalo, wandering the plains of Israel. There have never been any buffalo anywhere near this area. This vision served as inspiration for a collection of more recent poetry she calls "The Buffalo Poems." She read from this collection. They focused around the similarities between the violence in Israel and that toward the buffalo. "A Middle Eastern Fable and Nursery Rhyme" spoke of children from both cultures and the daily brutality ,they must endure.

Take 22 disco SQOgs, a small Greek island and a mother/daughter relationship, and you have the new musical "MammaMia!" Benny AnderssonandBjorn Ulvaeus, fonnally of the band ABBA, have createda maste~ of '70s songs and typical musical comedy, which is currently playing at the Forrest Theatre.

Dr. Rachel Tzvia Back, famous Israeli poet, visited the campus and read from her collection of poetry, •Azimuth.n

Back was born in Buffalo, New York in 1960. The daughter of American parents, she was brought up to believe that s)le and her family were "temporary inhabitants" of the United States. She studied at Yale, Temple University and the Hebrew

hilltop to the north, the ruins of another village stand. They are the remains of a farm, the farm that once belonged to Back's great great great grandfather. He founded the town and established the first modem farm in Israel. This town was also evacuated and dis-

The political stability of her country is of great concern to Dr. Back. She understands and can appreciate the perspectives of both the Israeli and Palestinians. "These people [Palestinians] were completely displaced fifty years ago," she said. At the same time, she sympathizes and defends the Zionistic viewpoint, their landlessness and victimization. "I would like to see Israel become a ~emocracy" with Jewish tradition, but without the presence of ·atotal Jewish state. This is a controversial Post-Zionistic standpoint. Back has abandoned the hope for peaceful resolution in the near future. "There was a time,'' she said, "when it was possible and, in fact, probable. But not now." She_ suggests unilateral separation.

Despite the violent state of Israel and her conflicting opinions concerning the rearing of children in such a state, Back does not intend to leave. "I love Israel." There is a focus on community and on family that she finds unique and comforting.

MichelleAravena plays Sophie Sheridan, a 20 year-old gid who, much to her mother's dismay, is getting married. However,in order to make her white wedding perfect, she needs her father to walk her down the aisle. Unfortunately there are three possibilities. She invites the men to the island, where they all reunite with Sophie's mother, Donna played by Dee Hoty. Gary P. Lynch, Craig Bennett and Mark p/rQto t>yRenee Tomcanin Zimmerman play the three potential '"MammaMla;the play that incorporates fathers, each having a the music of ABBAopened in Philadelphia dark, painful past at the Forrest Theatre on Feb. 14 with Donna. The addition of Donna's former backup band, the Dynamos (played by Mary Ellen Mahoney and Gabrielle Jones), infuses comedy and the kind of '70s feel one would expect from an ABBA musical.

Sophie tries to fill in the gap that is missing'in her life while her mother confronts her past relationships. Each of father figures explores what having a grown daughter in their lives could mean.In addition to the main cast, friends and locals combine in spectacular song and dance numbers to help tell the story of self-discovery and finding out what is important in life.

There is a kind of electricity that runs through "Mamma Mia!" that separates it from most other musicals. ABBA classics such as "Dancing Queen;' "Super Trouper:' "T~ a Chance on Me" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You" sneak in when least expected and fit perfectly into the plot line without being forced. The dance sequences are powerful and fun, showcasing the talent of the cast. The leads and the chorus perfectly blend vocally. Hoty, Mahoney and Jones steal the show during their one-time-only performance as "Donna and the Dynamos," with sequined jumpsuits, silver platform shoes and singing style that would make Elton John jealous. The whole musical has a rock concert feel while maintaining the qualities of a good musical comedy.

Whether youare a full-blown ABBA fan or just a casual musical goer."Manuna Mia!" will delight and entertain you. The songs are brought down from their disco status to mingle nicely in with the storyline, so those who are not fans of the music of excess wiJIenjoy it also. Make sure you stay through the curtain calls for a big_sw-prise.

"Mamma Mia!" is playing now until March 23 at the Forrest Theatre on Walnut Street in Philadelphia. For tickets and information, visit www.telecharge.com, www.forrest-theMre.com or can (800) 447-7400.

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Which would you rather have?

Being five minutes away from any class; being able to wake up five minutes before class and still be respectively on time; having school resources at you finger tips, having your friends five minutes away; not having to drive home from a campus party after you've gotten completely wasted, or ordering a chicken finger hoagie at la.m. from campus comer and sharing it with your roommates are just some of the perks of living on campus.

Then we look on the side that has th~ greener grass according to Cabrini students. If you have your own apartment off campus then you lose a lot of the perks of being so close. You must deal with traffic, lose sleep, come back to school when you need materials and you must dial 902 before calling any of the faculty on campus. However you will never be in the Loquitur Public Safety report, you can drink and not hide the bottles when there is a knock on the door, you can smoke in your room, your computer server will be up more often, when you do the walk of shame nobody knows you and you don't need a food plan.

To live on Cabrini College campus you must pay $7,860.00 for" room and board, an extra

It's that time of year again. It's time to make the decision on whether or not you will live on or off campus. After weighing your options which will you choose?

$250.00 for a private room, an extra $350.00 to live in the apartments and a $350.00 security deposit. To live off campus with in a 20 mile radius the cost varies from $500.00 in the Conshohocken area to $1500.00 in the King-of Prussia area, a month for a one bedroom apartment. You can get a full list of varieties on www .apartment.com, but for the basic one bedroom, one bath, unfurnished apartment it will run you· around $500.00-$650.00 in rent per month. Let's figure this out: $600.00 X 12 months in a year equal $7200.00. Plus a security deposit, which is normally, the first and last months rent, so now we are up $8400.00. Utilities for

one person will run roughly around $200.00 with phone and basic cable. Now the bill is up to $8600.00.

This does not include food. At Cabrini, students have something called meal exchange. This meal exchange gives you three options, 19 meals per week with $12.00 in flex money, 14 meals per week with $25.00 flex money or •10 meals per week with $50.00 flex money. Flex money is attached to your student ID like a credit card. This money is used for a m!!al, or a snack between meals. A student may only get the 10 meal deal if they live in the Cabrini apartment complex. "Why you must have a meal program when you live in the

apartments is beyond me," Christ Swift said. "We have a kitchen, why travel to the cafeteria to eat. If our flex time worked at-Giant food market it would be more feasible." While Cabrini students have this meal program more often than not they spend money at the grocery store and fast food joints regardless of the meal program. Therefore food for an off campus commuter saves you money. I don't eat three meals a day," said Kit Dewey, an apartment resident. "Plus the fact that flex·moneydoes not carry over."

Dustin Farrell, a former Cabrini resident who moved off • • campus in 2001. " I find it a lot easier to live off campus because of the freedom you have," Farrell said. "I have more money that I don't have to worry about giving to public safety. Seriously, I save about $3000.00 a year. Don't get me wrong, my sophomore and freshman years were a blast, but I have grown up and need more independence. I mean I am over 21; I should be able to invite friends over and have a cocktail whenever I want. The beauty of your own place is that you can have a party, or a get together and on the other hand you can be completely alone which is impossible on campus. I am a private person and don't let everyone know my business, which was impossible to make happen with Cabrini's gos-

sip queens. Cabrini just got too strict for me after my junior year. C'mon were in college, we are supposed to have fun."

Between the two living off campus saves money because there is no meal exchange, and one can control money going out for bills by being thrifty. While the bill is higher for living off campus this is for 12 months, not two semesters. Two semesters equals about eight months in which students must move twice on and off campus.

For those students who live with their parents the bill is minimum. "I live home with my parents and don't have to pay for food or rent," said Lauren Socia a Cabrini commuter. "I hate the drive especially when I have to come back five or six times for class or study materials but I like having my own shower and my own room."

Living off campus, where it is cheaper, accounts for more responsibility. Paying bills once a month and keeping a good job to pay these bills is a big step into the adult aspect of lif~. Plus keep up with school is a major challenge. Living on campus does not require a student to have a job as long as tuition is paid. This allows the student to pay more attention to his/her studies. However it is possible to hold a job and do well in school, it is all about motivation.

Not Afraid To Hide His Cav Pride

by Catharine Hernson assistant perspectives editor Name: John Michael Verdi Jr.

Age: 20

Year: Junior

Major: Elementary Education Activities: CAP Board, SGA, RA, Choir, Campus Ministry

How he shows his Cav pride: Verdi took on the majority of work associated with Siblings' Weekend for the CAP Board.

Siblings' Weekend is one of the largest events run by the CAP Board. This year's Siblings'

Weekend was one of the best attended in years. Verdi planned almost the entire weekend as over 200 siblings invaded Cabrini's campus. This event is usually planned by a small committee of students, this year Verdi took on this task nearly by himself. The weekend included a record 10 gallons of ice cream was inhaled after a showing of the movie Shrek, a magician, a carnival and other fun events. All these events during the weekend ran very smoothly with the help of the CAP Board. His deep dedication and hard work is appreciated greatly. •

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''FROM HERE TO THERE'' With Maria Teresa Rodriguez·

by Renee Di Pietro perspective editor

The documentary was inspired by her father's sudden death when she was 21. "While making the documentary, it took a different turn and it became a journey to find out about this man that I didn't know," Maria Teresa Rodriguez. said Jan. 31 to her audience in the first floor lounge in the new residence qall. She was invited by Cabrini's Spanish club to share her award winning . documentary about her father's life and death. She won first place at the Uruguay International Film Festival in 1999 and the style of her 41 minute film "From Here to There" is referred to as "powerful, beautiful, touching and lyrical."

Mariawas unaware of the many honors and achievements her father completed before she set out on her mission. It started out as her thesis while completing her masters in fine arts at Temple University, but it turned into a three-year project that she worked on step by step after graduation.

Maria's father was from Columbia. He grew up in Bogota and later came to North· America for his college education. Here, in Washington D.C., is where he graduated, met his wife Rosemary and raised his family. "He met my mom when he was a foreign graduate student at Catholic University. My mom had recently immigrated from Ireland," Maria said.

Maria grew up in a household of two "vibrate heritages." "I grew up in a world of Irish accents and Latin movements," she said in the beginning of her documentary. "People thought that the two heritages were very different but in truth I see them as really similar." Maria's parents had strong Catholic upbringings; she believed that

their strong faith was a major factor in tying her parents together.

"From here to there is just a second away," her father told her one day, a day when he was close to passing. His voice is there, but you don't see him. It is from a tape-recording that Maria did with •him before he died. As he bounces back between communicating in Spanish and English, you feel the steady peacefulness that he was experiencing and trying to share with his daughter. The screen is unsteady but also steady as candles and light are in focus.

"I was just actually having real conversations with him," Maria began to say to her audience but she doesn't continue her sentence for a while. Her eyes were welling up. The documentary was completed in 1998 but the audience could see bits and pieces of it still unfolding in the present.

Amanda Campbell, senior sociology and psychology major, reflected on the film feeling a personal connection with Maria and her mission. "I thought it was moving and I could definitely related to her desire to know more about her father."

"You could definitely tell she put a lot of emotion into it,'' Jacki Armes, senior Spanish and business major, said.

Lui& Alberto Rodriguez. was Maria's father. There is a close up of his eye and then the camera slowly backs away, until the ·rest of his body is revealed. "I knew the facts, but needed to invent a father. maybe that's why I still speak of him in the present tense," she said

Maria's mom met her father in a hospital room. He was very sick and many students visited him. One night, Rosemary went with her friends from Catholic University to see the boy.

"The room was lined with students but

his demeanor was so impressive," she said. Rosemary decided the next day that she would go back to see him. He remembered her when she got there. She was shocked. There had been many people in the room the night before. He told her that he thought she was a missionary, visiting not only him but many patients. He was happy to find out that she really had come just to see him. "He was a special person,'' Rosemary said. Through writing the documentary Maria learned that her father's mission was "to help young people:' He started a literacy program through radio to educate the local poor.in Columbia. He was the first Latino to ever write such a program. He had his doctorate in economics. At the time there were only a hand few that could say the same. He was invited with other foreign students to the White House by President John F. Kennedy. The invitation was to celebrate the successfulness of foreign graduate students.

In 1988 Maria's father died, as well as two other close family members, from a brain tumor. ''They say things happen in threes," Maria said, "In 1988 I bought a new suit. I felt like I never took it off."

Maria struggled with disappointment in not ever knowing the answers to her final questions for her father, but she ends her personal . film reflecting on her father's inspirational words. '"Don't resist what Ii!'e gives you accept life's rides'."

"From Here to There" is film that shows the world something that cannot be portrayed through writing and photographs. The combination of film and the voices of Maria, her father and family create a living film that breathes emotions, education, life and death.

"It was eye-opening," Dan Bertram, a sophomore from Valley Forge •Military Academy said. "And a different perspective of the language barrier. If a family can do it, why can't a society?"

Age:35

Originally from: O.C.

Currently : South Philly

Favorite Food: Thai food and Vietenamese food

Favorite Music: Latin music, world music and anything by Juan Luis Guerra

Favorite Writer: Edwidge

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Columbia

Her documentary is a door for people to realize what truly can be accomplished through a documentary. Maria teaches filmmaking at the University of the Arts in the media arts department. Her next project is a documentary titled "Mirror Dance."·It is a true story about two Cuban identical twins -who have been separated by cultural and political environments. After 40 years of division and difference the sisters want to try to reconcile their family tension. "Mirror Dance probably won't be done for another year and a half," Maria said. "When it is finished it will more than likely be aired on PBS."

Favorite Movie: 'Wings of Desire" by Wim Wanders, "Strangers in Good Company" by Cynthia Scott, and "La Vida es Silbar" (Life is to Whistle) by Fernando Perez

Wants to give to the world: I love making documentaries and exploring other people's culture and lives. If I can get the feedback that I got tonight and make people think, then that's what I want.

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Accessibility, rumors and cash

Accessibility has been an issue for quite some time. Last March Loquitur reported on how accessible Cabrini's campus was for handicapped students. The report showed that many areas around campus were ·notmade with handicapped students in mind. Last year none of the doors that access The Hamilton Family Foundation Wing, which houses Cabrini's communica- • tions center, were accessible for the handicapped. It is now one year later and we have seen some improvements. Some handicapped students now have remote controls that open certain doors within the communications center but the main entrances still remain unmanageable for physically disabled students.

So Cabrini is almost there when it comes to improving its campus accessibility issues, but what will it take to complete the job? Is money being poured into the ,. right places and if not, what can students, faculty and staff do to improve it?

Rumors have been flying around campus that the new roof on Grace Hall cost upwards of $700,000. This roof is coming soon after faculty benefits were cut. Hopefully the money that the college is saving on its employees isn't being used to put on that lavish roof.

Also being heard buzzing around Cabrini are rumors that the faculty are among some of the lowest paid in the area. Money isn't everything, but it sure is nice when it can keep some wonderful professors here at Cabrini. Someone once said that Rome wasn't built in a day. It took years and years of hard work to get it right. Maybe Cabrini is still going through its formative changes.

Shoot for the moon and you might catch a star. Students and faculty must push the importance of accessibility to the higher-ups involved so that we can "'"'-see results. Things have gotten better, but there is al~ays room for improvement.

The editorials, viewpoints, opinions and letters to the" editor published in Loquitur are the views of the stu~ dent editorial board and the individualwriters, not the entire student body or the faculty and administration.

Four years of. forming friendships

Geri Lynn Utter

a&e editor

Even though I shared a room comfortably fit for one with two other girls and didn't have the luxury of my own bathroom, I must say, freshman year in Woodcrest wasn't that bad. In fact, it was one of my most memorable college years. I met a lot of new people and formed meaningful friendships.

Before attending Cabrini, I went to an all-girls Catholic high school in Philadelphia; so living in an all-girl dormitory seemed like a wise transition coming into a coed college. Let me start off by saying, "It was definitely an experience."

I lived with a friend from high school and another girl I met over orientation. We all seemed similar in many ways, but we were also very different. My one roommate was from Lancaster and the other was from Philadelphia. I remember hearing from friends who had already been in college that there would be a huge adjustment period before I actually began to feel comfortable. They were right. We had different schedules and differ-

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ent interests, so all three of us had to learn bow to live with each other.

At first, we did different things and hung out with different people at school. I never really thought I would remain friends with my roommate from Lancaster but a lot can happen in four years.

Throughout freshman year, I found out a lot about my strengths and weaknesses. I had fun freshman year but others never easily influenced me. I did what I wanted to do and people learned to respect me for it.

A nightly Woodcrest tradition was ordering food or ice cream from Campus Corner. We were addicted to those chicken finger hoagies; we couldn't get enough of them. Manicures and hairstyles were_ always changing in Woodcrest. However, the most important thing I found in Woodcrest was friendship, Like I mentioned earlier, I never thought I would talk to my roommate from Lancaster after freshman year because we hung out with different people and had many different interests. My roommate from high school went through a lot of her own changes freshman year, but we managed to stay friends.

Freshman year flew by and before I knew it I was picking a number for the sophomore housing selection. Sophomore year I ended up living with my friend from high school in Xavier.

Sophomore year was all right. My mind was focused on so many different things that even I coµldn't keep track of myself.

Junior year was pretty much the same as first semester; however the second semester was a blast. I turned 21. You can fill in the blanks yourself. Some friends changed and some friends stayed the same.

Believe it or not the girl from Lancaster that lived with me freshman year ended up being one of my closest friends. We both shared the same major and had many of the same classes, which drew us closer together. We would sit in a particular communications class and poke fun at people in the class and just laugh. At the time we were just having fun, but looking back I realize that I • was forming a friendship that would last a lifetime.

I am in the process of preparing for graduation. If it had not been for the friendships that I formed at Cabrini, I don't know how I would have gotten through four years of college. The time spent at college has been an ongoing test and trial of my personality and discovery of who I really am. Without the comfort and laughter provided by the people I have met at Cabrini, I don't know where or how I would be where I am today.

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Drudging through the damper .stages of college and life

Jennifer Dalvano staff writer

Hundreds of things to do, thousands of hopes and dreams, a million expectations and about a billion obstacles standing in my way. Where am I going? What am I becoming? Why am I doing all this? Is it for me or is it to meet those expectations that have been forced upon me by everyone else in my life?

I don't know if anyone else feels this way, but inside, I just feel lost. I feel like the decisions are never ending, that the pile of work never seems to diminish and

the drama, well I swear that's just lurking around every comer here at Cabrini. I feel lost, like I have no· place~ not that I don't belong, just that I don't know where I'm going. I feel like I am being forced to conform myself to fit into this mold, to fulfill these expectations that are almost impossible to fulfill, that everything I do just isn't enough. But by doing this, by confonning, I am losing my true self. Yet then again, maybe it's now that I am actually realizing·who I am. College is a time to grow. Maybe that's what's happening; maybe. I'm just growing up. I guess I never thought that growing up would be this confusing and so intimidating. It's kind of like everyday is a test of life, except I never know if I'm passing or not. Come on, think about it. When your teacher doesn't have your

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tests back to you for the next class, you freak out because you just want to know how you did. Maybe I'm just realizing that life isn't as easy as I thought it would be.

The truth is, the days are flying by. I can remember my high school graduation like it was yesterday but now I am almost a junior in college. Where are the years going? Am I becoming and being the best me that I can be? I have none of these answers. In fact, I don't think any one does. Talking with some of the closest people in my life, I know that they also feel direct1onless. So I just thought, hey, why not just let anyone else out there know if they are feeling lost, confused, powerless and any other word you could use to describe this stage of life that they're not alone.

No meat on Fridays is not fair

Ryan Norris guest writer

Why did I choose to come to Cabrini? Well the main reason, I was told of all the resources that I could use. Being an English/communications major, I was told I would be able to use many things such as: the radio studio, the computers in the Mac lab or the Windows lab, the digital cameras, the video editing room and sometimes the video studio. When I was given my tour I saw all those things and Cathy Yungmann persuaded me to choose Cabrini by telling me students get to use these resources starting out as freshmen. When she said that my brain clicked on and I wanted to go to Cabrini right away.

people on the list can take them out. This is when I got really frustrated. So not only are there no workers from Friday until Sunday, but now I can't take a camera out. So I never got to take pictures for my class."

You know how we scan our ID cards to get into our dorm rooms? Well the same kind of scanners are on every door in the communication center, but THEY NEVER USE THEM. Why are they there if we're not going to use them? We are paying almost $30,0Q0 to attend this college. That money is spent on things like scanners yet we are not using them. They should set it up so that those who are allowed in those rooms should be allowed to get into those rooms when they need to. If I would have known that I was lied to and I amnot able to get to the resources I thought I was able to get to, I may not have chosen Cabrini.

Julian Smoger guest writer

Picture this. You're a college student, and you're hungry. You wander over to the Wigwam in search of a tasty juicy cheese steak only to find out that because it's Ash Wednesday, a Catholic holiday, meat will not be served at all.

Then you go on to find out that meat will not be served at all every Friday until Easter. This angers you. Why? Because you aren't· Catholic, and maybe, like

me, you aren't even of Christian denomination. But alas, you find yourself having to adhere to the same rules as the other Christian students.

I feel that Cabrini, or whomever made this decision, is in the wrong. Granted, the school is a Catholic institution, but they allow anyone to come here, including people of non-Christian religions, and therefore should also cater to their needs.

I have already heard many complaints about this no meat thing happening for Lent and I assume people will get angrier.

I respect the fact that Christians want to adhere to their rules, but that doesn't mean making it harder for everyone else who doesn't believe in that faith.

The food courts can still serve meat, and people can choose to eat it or not, it's their choice. The school shouldn't make the choice for everyone. I want my cheese steak on Fridays; and I bet a lot of the school does as well.

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So far, half of that has been true. Number one, any room you want to get into on the weekends is locked and you must call public safety to open it, which sometimes they will _ not do. Here is one example. I am an English/communications major and I am taking photography this semester. I was told we could use the cameras whenever we wanted. We just had to sign them out. Yet there is only someone wotking in there Monday through Thursday and they are not in there all day. I went on a Saturday when it snowed because snow is one of the perfect pictures. I was going to use it for my photography class. When I got there, the main door to Founders was locked.· So I went around back and luckily the back door was open. Then I went to where the cameras are and that door was locked. So I called public safety and they said they would be right up. Of course they must be busy, seeing as it took thirty minutes for them to get there. When he did get there, he said that I could not take a camera out because I was not on the list. THERE WAS NO LIST. I told him this and he said only the

Another subject is the front doors to Founders Hall. I have a ._ radio show every Wednesday night from midnight until 2 a.m. Every week I go to those doors and they are locked and I cannot get in. I have to go to public safety and have them unlock the door and I have to·fill out a form with my name and social security number every time.

If they're going to lock the doors before midnight, then why do I have a show scheduled at that time? They can't wait till at least after I get in there to lock them. The only thing I can think of is that they get bored.

I love Cabrini College. I love the faculty and the help around here, but the main reason I came here was because of the accessibility of these resources. I feel I was lied to and we really can't get to these things.

These examples I presented were just a few ex!IJllples. I am only one student. There are many students with this same concern who just don't know who to go to.

I don't know if anything will be done to help this matter, but I feel that sometimes we're just giving our money away in return for nothing.

E-mail or snail mail: technology· imposes on old fashion ways

Ryan Mulloy assistant a&e editor

What can you do online? Last time I checked, you can do just about anything you want and you can do it in a matter of seconds. But let's say, for a second, that the Internet didn't exist. Let's say that there's no such thing as email. Ready for this little exercise? Great.

Picture the following: you have a friend who's out of state. Here you are at Cabrini in a world without e-mail. It is going to cost you an. arm, a leg and any other body part just to call this person. Also let's just say your parents are not the ones still paying your bills. Why not send a letter?

I will tell you why. It is point:-,.. less. You have this big news that you really want to send out to a friend or two but by the time the letter gets to them, the news could be old or inaccurate. By that time, you could have changed your mind about what you have written or even forgot about it.

Weeks later when you get a reply, you are confused and irritable. So you have done all of this work to send a letter to someone and waited all of this time for what? A big pile of nothing. You have got a cramped hand, you are out of ink in your pen, the paper is gone and you do not know what is going on anymore.

Now picture yourself in the world we're in. It's in a world with e-mail and you have sent the news to a friend. They have replied about an hour later and everything has gone smoothly. --.. We live in a f~st-paced world. Why not keep with the times and handle your personal correspondence just as fast? Not good enough for you? Let's take something from the book of Ryan in the last chapter we have thus far.

Valentine's Day was a week ago. I started seeing someone and she's in another state. I sent her

flowers and the jerks at 1-800flowers put a limit on my space for the card. What should I do? Should I get a card and send it as well? I'm a perfectionist though. I know I need her to get the card just after she gets the flowers so everything flows perfectly. Yet, I cannot time the mail.

What if she gets the card that says, "I hope you enjoyed the flowers" before she gets the flowers? Kind of ruins that surprise and the Happy Valentine's Day vibe I'm looking to give off. I know those e-cards are lame, but they provided me with adequate space and they let me time everything perfectly. It made it a pretty good holiday without having to deal with the shiny, happy people at the post office.

Maybe I do not trust the post office and real mail because I am an avid "Seinfeld" fan. The very thought of someone like Newman in charge of my mail scares me half to death. I saw the episode where he would not take the mail out because it was raining. I know it is only a TV show, but I am no dummy. Now we are in this technological age where you can do almost everything online from banking to gambling.

My prerogative is that e-mail is a faster way of communicating and is handled far more personally than the real mail, making it better in almost every sense of the word. It's much more personal because I'm delivering it myself and not entrusting a boob, like Newman.

I do not really like getting birthday cards or something personal in the mail to have my parents stare at it and make their comments. My mail is no one's business but my own. I feel it is only a matter of time before we are getting magazines and newspapers on CDs. I even get the New York Times delivered to my Yahoo! account. Then again, this is all just my opinion and we all know that everyone is entitled to my opinion.

Jill Hindman features editor

Yes, I know that we are in the ag~ of technology, but frankly I don't care. 1 am just an old-fashioned gal I guess.

How exciting is it to open the lid to your mailbox and see a pile of envelopes waiting for you? Of course you'll have your average junk mail and a few bills, but as you are. sorting through, a little purple envelope falls out of the pile addressed to you in a penmanship that has you wondering who is this little letter from?

Sure, it is easier to type a simple e-mail. And for businesses yes, I agree that it is a more efficient way of communication when there are deadlines to meet and bosses to please. But what is all of this text messaging on cell phones about? Is it really necessary? Why? So that my crush of the week can get all sappy by typing a message that will appear on my cell phone screen? Please! Write me a letter. Don't bother me by making my phone beep and make me figure out some cryptic message that is supposed to make my heart go pitter-patter? Any guy that thinks that is cute should be escorted right to the curb.

If it was my birthday and my best friend sent me e-mail instead of giving me a card I'd be pissed. What if on your one special day of the year you went to the mailbox and there was not one card waiting for you to tear open? If you said you would not care, you are lying... even you little ogres out there that claim to hate your birthday. I don't buy it. Everyone wants a card on their birthday. So stop lying to yourselves.

What about all-of the love stories that are based solely on love letters written back and forth between men in the military and their wives or girlfriends? Back then you could not e-mail and· obviously now you cafl, but what if your printer is broken, you ran

out of paper or you are out of ink or quite possibly your server went down and you·lost the letter forever? Can you picture a woman trying to explain that her lover sent her the most romantic letter and it took her breath away, but her printer broke so she can't show anyone or even remember what it said? Her friends would be like "Sure Betty, we believe you,': wink, wink. How much nicer it is to have letters saved in weatherbeaten envelopes that have a yellow tint to them binded together by some ribbon or in a little shoebox? Okay, so I am a sap.

I may be biased because writing is my passion. It is what I love and enjoy so I would much rather write a letter and receive one in return than an impersonal email. I enjoy sending my sister letters at school that· are hugged with envelopes that have silly pictures taped all over them and crazy little one liners that we always say and of course my signature smiley face has to appear numerous times. I want to send her something that reminds her of home something that warms her he~ and that she can look at if she is having a bad day or fe~ling homesick. In e-mail I can change the font or background color, but that gets old after a while.

E-mail is simple and impersonal. I am complex and sentimental. I am water; il:is oil. We don't mix Nowadays everyone is in such a big hurry, but really why is that? It is all about delayed gratification, people.

Take the time to show someone you care and write them a letter. If you really are sucked into the cyber world, think of your grandmom or great-aunt who can't figure out hotmail for the life of them, but would love to hear from you. Letters may take longer to be delivered and they might cost you a little bit for stationery and a stamp, but they show that you care and you took the time out of your day to do something nice. Think of it as sending a smile because once the person on the other end receives it, that's what they'll be doing.

He says He says e-mails are accurate and handled far more , personally She says handwritten letters • Win personal hands down and show more emotion She says

Low self esteem causes eating disorders among athletes

by Shannon King assistant features editor

The tenns athlete and sports have come to be synonymous with the labels healthy and fit. What happens when athletes, trying to live up to these standards, turn to dangerous patterns in diet and exercise? A relatively new classification of eating disorder called anorexia athletica, has become a major complication in team sports. Some of the warning signs of this increasingly problematic disease are eompulsive or constant exercising and fanaticism about weight.

According to Andra Riccio, certified athletic trainer, "The type of person who tends to develop such a disorder are usually overachievers, really smart and try to be successful at everything they do. These people put pressure on themselves to be perfect."

According to a 1992 American College of Sports Medicine study, eating disorders affected 62 percent of females in sports such as figure skating, gymnastics and cross-country running. Five percent of young male athletes develop anorexia athletica most commonly in wrestling and cross-country running. Problems start to develop in situations where athletes are judged specifically on technical or artistic merit and are under enormous pressure to be thin. The size of a gymnast has changed dramatically over the past 25 years. In 1976, the average gymnast was 5'3" and weighed 105 pounds. In 199,2,the size of a female gymnast was 4'9" and weighed only 88 pounds. Riccio said, "Females tend to use their athletic training in addition to their regular diet and exercise routine. They end up doing extra exercise, don't eat and the cycle just continues."

Women are not the only ones to have problems in this area, men also fall victim to the pressure to make weight or appear physically fi,t. Wrestling along with cross-country running are two of the major areas where athletes are most at risk. In wrestling, men are subject to weigh-ins and quick weight loss. They may binge eat before a match to load up on carbohydrates and then purge to make weight in. a lower weight class. Spit cups are not uncommon among

wrestlers the day of a match. Every ounce can make a difference on the scale.

Some of these athletes can take their training to the point that it takes their life. Two wrestlers, one from North Carolina and the other from Wisconsin died after wearing rubber sweat suits while working out in hot rooms. One

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died from kidney failure and heart malfunction while trying to lose foiµ-pounds. The Otherdied after suffering a cardiac arrest after he worked out on ari exercise bike and refused to drink liquids to replenish the fluids that his body so desperately needed. He was only trying to lose six pounds. There are many differences between men and women athletes when it comes to how their bodies will react to various degrees of exercise. Women feel as if they have to work out extra hard to lose those extra couple of pounds. There are several reasons for this. One is that men have more lean muscle tissue than women do, meaning that males have higher metabolic rates than females because muscle bums more calories faster than fat does. Women generally have more body fat than men. "One of the biggest differences between men and women athletes is that men will usually stop [their harmful exercise regimes] when the season is over, while wo.men will keep it up;' Riccio said.

So why does someone develop anorexia athletica? According to Riccio, "Some of the things that can trigger an athlete to work out extra hard are comments made by a person that the athlete respects, such as a coach, that are important to the individual." She also saiq that most of the time, athletics might jusr aggravate risk factors that already exist in an individual, including emotional stress and striving for academic success.

If it is suspected that an athlete has this disorder, ignoring the problem is out of the question. If left untreated it can lead to the loss of a menstrual cycle in females, kidney and other organ failure, cardiac arrest and death. When confronting·the person, do not blame them for the problem; it could end up making things worse not better. A coach should be involved in the treatment process. If he or she is aware of the problem, changes can be made in practices and the way that players are talked to or lectured about their appearance.

Pamphlets are available in the nurses office for anyone who wants information on eating disorders.

All athletes are at risk for this type of disease, but according to Riccio, "Most of the problems with this disorder can be traced back to low self esteem within individual athletes."

Corcoran promises change for intramurals

by Leanne Pantone assistant a&e editor

With the sudden resignation of Chris Winkler from the position of athJetic facility manager, the women's basketball coach was hired to fill the position. Kate Corcoran has assumed the role of running the intramurals program that Winkler had started.

"The position fell into my lap," Corcoran explained. "Chris Winkler left and since I was coaching, it fell."

Before Winkler left, be had some activities placed on the calendar for this semester. Many of these activities have not been executed, leaving students confused as to why.

"Things on the calendar were already set when I took the position. I was unaware of what was going on," Corcoran said.

Corcoran, however, has implemented some intramural activities for the students, such as indoor soccer, which is currently going on. She is also planning three-on-

three basketball, ultimate frisbee and outdoor softball for the future. Corcoran is welcoming feedback from the students. "If you [students] have. any suggestions get in touch with me."

Corcoran can be reached at extension 3909 or by email at CLC722@Cabrini.edu.

photo by Karen Schweizer

Kate Corcoran will now be in charge of intramurals.

Snowboarding takes the mainstream by storm

by Ryan Mulloy assistant a&e editor

ten out, it.is far more complex. To complete the jump, a snowboarder rides up the halfpipe and rotates

Since the dawn of the Olympics, 180 or more degrees in an uphill winter sports. have been regal and direction. The athlete has the refined. Ice-skating became an art • option to either rotate backside on that involved the slightest of 'the frontside wall of the halfpipe motions to pull off the perfect or rotating frontside on the backmaneuver in hopes of taking home side wall. Sound easy on paper? the gold medal. This year, a new What about the 540? The snowsport was added to the lineup. boarder must rotate 540 degrees in This year, the newest Olympic the air and land riding a fakie. A event is the extreme sport of fakie is a term used to describe snowboarding. riding backwards. While in a halfThe men's half pipe event took pipe, the snowboarder rides up to place in this year's winter games. the pipe, facing it, and rotates the And for the fir~t time in 46 years, full 540 degrees, then lands facing a country swept a winter Olympic forward. Beginning to sound a litevent. Ros~ Powers, Danny Kaas tie harder?

and J.J. Thomas took the event by Well even if snowboarding is storm, winning the gold, silver something you may want to conand bronze medals for the United sider, there are many factors States respectively. - involved. Like any sport, this Like any of the Olympic sports requires a massive amount of out there, snowboarding is about practice, especially on the levels the turns and the tricks of the of games like the Olympics or the '- trade. But most importantly, the X Games. Proper stretching is snowboarding is judged on how well these tasks are pulled off and how accurate they are.

Oddly enough though, a major issue for snowboarders is the condition of their boards. Different tactics are used to perhaps increase the speed of the board or give it the finish it needs to be able to perform in any condition. For instance, some boarders used

on the bottom of their boards to give it a finer base. Smooth edges are also important for the board's use, as is the waxing and the care of the board.

The tricks are what actually make the halfpipe. There are a massive amount of tricks that can all make or break a snowboarder or their snowboard itself. For example, one of the tricks that a snowboarder might use is Alley :- oop. While this so~nds easy writ-

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almost a demand on the body and of course, staying active all year is imperative.

Snowboarding is just one of the many extreme sports that take place at an event like the X Games. Fans of extreme sports may remember that Philadelphia recently hosted the Summer X Games back in August. The city of Philadelphia was prepared for the events, setting up stands and preparing businesses for the swarm of .the extreme followers who were looking to stay in the city. The Philadelphia Inquirer set aside parts of its paper to cover the games as thoroughly as possible. The sixth Winter X Games took place Jan. 17 through 20. They were recently aired on ESPN, ESPN2 and even ABC from Feb. 1 through S. The two major events that took place this winter were skiing and snowboarding, both done in many forms and through many different contests.

Taryn Repici.

Q: What is your major?

A: English/Communication

Q: What is your hometown?

A: Cape May Courthouse, NJ

Q: What are your plans after college?

A: To get a job involving my major

Q: Favorite Food?

A: Pizza

Q: If you were trapped on an island what CD would you bring?

A: Michael Jackson

Q: What is your dream car?

A: Jaguar

Q: Are you single?

A: Yes

Q: What celebrity do you think you look like?

A: My roommate says Gabby Hoffman

Q: What is your favorite thing about basketball?

A: Competition, winning, and just the team, we're all good friends

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For the first time in 46 years a country swept a competition. The American competitors took home all three medals in the half pipe.

Q: What are your hopes for the team as the season ends?

A: To win the PAC

photo by Karen Schweizer

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player profiles

Skiing and snowboarding sports stay alive with lack of snow this winter

by Catharine Hemson assistant perspectives editor

Wiater sports enthusiasts can find salvation just a short trip away from Cabrini. Skiing and snowboarding are two very popular sports, now even more so after people watched the Olympics from Sajt Lake. Cabrini students may not be able to make it out to Utab or Colo. for the day, but there are many places in the Pocono _ Mountains that they could ski.

1he closest ski area to Cabrini is Blue Mountain just 45 minutes away. But some students like to go beyond the Poconos. The mountains of Vt. and N.H. are not to far out of the way for a short weekend trip either.

The Poconos are strewn with various resorts. Some of the more popular places to go are Blue Mountain, Jack Frost, Big Boulder, Camelback and Montage.

There are skiers and snowboard-

ers at all stages who just want to hit the mountains and have a good time. Senior Mike Demarest is in Vt. snowboarding for the week, he has been going out as much as possible since his senior year of high school. While graduate student Mike Fineberg is going out to Big Boulder, in the Poconos, for his first time skiing this weekend

The biggest draws to skiing and snowboarding are the freedoms associated with being one with the mountain. Skiers and snowboarders a like love to get off the main trail and carve their own. "It's been hard this year to hit the back trails, not really enough snow," senior Cliff Beckett said. Yet the need for the thrill keeps him going out to the mountains. Skiers and snowboarders go to mountains with a few specifications to have a good run. Slopes should be clearly marked and not have too many lifts running in to the ski area. Lodge location is also a big selling point for resorts.

A lodge at the top of the hill makes skiing down uneventful because when you get to the bottom of the hiJI all you are able to do is go back up. A wide variety of trails is another key ingredient for a top resort. Both skiers and snowboarders like to be able to get down the mountain without running in to a lot of other people. "If there aren't any good back trails, make your own," Beckett said. Snowboarders like to have park terrain, areas with access to rails and jumps. Also a half-pipe is a must for a good snowboarding resort.

Even with out much snow skiing and snowboarding are faring well this winter. With the winter Olympics drawing more of an audience, skiing and snowboarding are not suffering the dry winter.

Student athletes participate more through the Varsity Club

by Richard Magda assistant news editor

Newly reborn and reformed, the Varsity Club is surging to involve student-athletes in community service and with each other.

Although the club has been in existence for years, it bas been reactivated by 6tudent-athletes interested in doing away with '.'hatred among teams" and pushing for the idea of "getting together to cheer for everyone," according to Katie Kempton, junior basketball player and member of the club.

Elected to attend a leadership conference in Orlando, Fl., cofounders Megan Johnston, senior softball standout, and Brandon Lawler, junior lacrosse player, were inspired to bring the club back to life after years of stagnant

existence.

"We met athletes from other schools and talked about their clubs;' Johnston said. "After that, we decided that it would be a good club to do positive things for the community and the Cabrini teams."

Since its most recent debut, the Varsity Club has already organized the Color Games, which required all student-athletes of the Fall season to participate in games in order to become better acquainted with members of other teams.

"For the Color Garnes, all of the athletes were mixed up and they played fun games for a day," Johnston said. "It was a good way to kick off the year and get the athletes to meet each other so hopefully they would go cheer for each other. We had a great tum out too

because the athletes were required to be there."

Since the Color Games, which were held in September, the club has held "a few meetings and a • few community service events," according to Johnston.

Next on the list for the Varsity Club is attaining a budget thrbugh Student Affairs. "We are applying for a budget now, probably about $500," Johnston said. "Hopefully we can get funding so we can do some fun things in the future like senior presents or something along those lines. We tried d6ing 'fan of the game,' but we didn't get a good response."

For the Spring, the club plans on gathering to clean up campus to show further interest in the community.

"Once there is nicer weather, we are going to organize a day for the

Spring athletes to clean up Cabrini and give something back," Johnston said.

Until then, the Varsity Club continues to be a prospering work in progress. Already, the Color Games are expected to become a long lasting tradition for studentathletes and, "as we get more money and gain more interest, we'll be doing more exciting, beneficial things for the community," Kempton said.

Designed for the better interest of Cabrini student-athletes, the Varsity Club plans to change the view of the teams to a more positive image and bring together teams to pick each other up as they approach the finish line.

photo by Katie Reing

Skiing is just one winter sport popular among Cabrini students.

Please offer opinions about what you would like to see this year with lntramurals and what has worked in the past.

Men's basketball team defeats

The men's team defeated Gwynedd -Mercy in the PAC quarterfinals with a score of 92-57. The team also celebrated senior night by having their parents come out onto the court and presenting them with flowers for all their support over four years. The team advanced to play Alvernia in the semifinals on Feb. 19 ~t 8 p.m.

thurs 21 fri 22

• Trip to "Mamma Mia," 8 p.m., Forrest Theatre

sat 23

• Circle K Circle of Love Dance, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m., Grace Hall Atrium

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• Campus Wide program sponsored by The Houses

• CAP Presents:· Bingo, 9 p.m., WCGA

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• Coffeehouse: Howie Day, 9 p.m., Grace Hall Atrium

• Men's Lacrosse vs. Franklin & Marshall College at Villanova University,TBA

photos by Tom Cartlidge