House 5 residents puzzled by flooding

ASHLEY WEYLER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ARW723@CABRINI EDU

The Casey House, also known as House Five to Cabrini students, has been dealt some major problems. Just two weeks ago, on a Wednesday morning, the residents of House Five were in the middle of a flooded mess due to frozen pipes that burst. Not only did this happen once, but it also occurred during the winter break.

Kristin Poroski, a junior elementary/special education major awoke to water coming in through her door. Alarmed, she quickly phoned public safety. They told her that they would send somebody right away. Five

KRISTEN CATALANOTTO NEWS EDITOR KMC723@CABRINI EDU

As pictures of the devastation from the tsunami poured in, aid money poured out. The images that were shown world-wide tugged at the heartstrings of everyone from celebrities to college students.

Millions of dollars have been donated from everyone corner of the globe. Small villages of a few thousand people were completely destroyed by the wave and those people that did survive, are now struggling to re-build and go on without their loved ones.

The survivors lack necessities such as clean water, food, housingand medicine. After the initial shock of the natural event, the concern was to prevent diseases from spreading. Cabrini made it's own effort to lend a helping hand to those whose lives changed forever on Dec. 26, 2004.

On Tuesday, Feb. 1, Cabrini held a Tsunami Response Day in order to raise money and awareness for those hit hardest by the tsunami.

The idea of having an event to help raise money for the victims was first sent out through an e-mail by Dr. Mary Laver, the director of applied social teaching, over winter break. Laver soon received responses from many interested students willing to give their time to make the day a success. The students worked on four different levels: education, reflection, fund-raising, and advocacy.

The day began at 10 a.m. with a bake sale, poster presentations on some areas hit by the tsunami and the selling of wrist-bands to show support and unity. The students that planned the event partnered with Catholic Relief Services in order to make the day a success.

Sophomore Kellie Belmonte decided to get involved after receiving the e-mail from Laver, “My main goal was that I wanted to try to get all of Cabrini involved in some way. When people come together in