Cabrini Day planning to begin

MARIA D'ALESSANDRO STAFF WRITER MAD724@CABRINI .EDU

A room on campus that students hardly know, the academic affairs conference room in Grace Hall, suddenly filled to capacity Sept. 13 in order to plan this year's Cabrini Day.

Cabririi Day, scheduled for Nov. 8, will have some changes to the usual day-of-no-classes. Cabrini Day will now be part of a week called either "Cabrini Week," :cabrini Heritage Week" or "Cabrini Identity Week," as the committee has decided to extend activities to a longer and unique week. Although the name is still under discussion, the week's plans are already in full effect.

"We want to capture people's interest," Christine Lysionek, vice presi~ent of student development, said. "They can get a variety of experiences this way."

Resident Chaplain Father Michael Bielecki, Assistant Professor of English and communi- cations Dr. Angela Corbo, Coordinator of Service Learning David Chiles and Director of Student Acfri,,itiesAnne Ferry met to discuss new ideas for Cabrini's repeat theme of immigration for Cabrini Day.

Some others in attendance were Margaret Fox-Tully, vice president of mission integration, Dr. Christine Lysionek, vice president of student development, Amy Hecht, assistant director of student activities, Dawn Francis, assistant professor of English and communications, Dr. Maria Elena Hallion, associate professor of exercise science and health promotion, Laura Gorgol, campus minister, Dr. April Perrymore, assistant professor of psychology, and Carolina Moctezuma, instructor of romance language.

The week will begin with a Mass on Sunday, Nov. 6, with an enhanced liturgy, including more themes of integration and Cabrini identity. Monday night will be the Mr. and Miss Cabrini Pageant with a photo exhibit as well.

Tuesday is the official Cabrini Day. Events will take place all day, including an interactive immigration experience in the Dixon Center, where students will receive a passport from one of the six highest countries in population of immigrants in the Greater Philadelphia region, Mexico, Vietnam, Russia, Haiti, India and Liberia. Students will simulate legal or illegal entry into the United States from 9:15 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Following the immigration will be a celebrity brunch, organized by Moctezuma, from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. After the brunch is the annual keynote speaker, this year from the Tenement Museum Theater Group in New York. The presentation will discuss what happens to immigrants once in the United States and is organized by Chiles, Hallion and Corbo.

Members of Mother Cabrini High School will also be in atten-