Residents angry over CAC restraints

DENNIS VALERIO STAFF WRITER DEV722@CABRINI EDU

Ever since the final days of last school year, students living in the CAC, or Cabrini Apartment Complex, have been fenced in with one entrance and exit due in part to the recent construction of West Residence Hall which, if all goes as planned, should be finished by next fall.

The way that the fencing is set up has caused a majority of the students that reside in the apartments this school year a great deal of problems, some as early as when they first moved in this semester. Aprimary issue raised is parking problems on campus.

“When moving into the apartments, the fences and gates were a huge inconvenience because we had to go around them and it was difficult,” Allison Sachs, a junior business major, said when asked if the fences around the apartments are a problem. “It was difficult and annoying to walk around them when carrying large things in such as TV’s, refrigerators etc.”

Junior marketing major Becca

Gallagher also feels that the fences are a problem. “They are really frustrating. I hate it when I have to walk around the fences when I am carrying in my groceries,” she said.

In addition to students having issues with carrying large or heavy objects in to their apartments, the fences seem to be causing problems with student parking as well. years,” Dr. Leonard Norman Primiano, associate professor of religious studies, said.

Unlike last year, students that live in the apartment complex do not have the luxury of parking their cars right outside of the apartments due in part to the fences. Since construction on West Residence hall has started, it has taken away dozens of potential parking spots for students living at the apartments.

The Philadelphia Inquirer also reported that Charles F. Gallagher, the Philadelphia prosecutor handling the sexual abuse cases, claimed there are many more allegations to come. If such an allegation turns out to be true, the loyalty of parishioners to the Church could grow even weaker.

“Forgiveness of their immorality is needed by everyone, but that is obviously a tremendous challenge at this time i n the face of such blatant hypocrisy,” Primiano said.

There is no doubt that some members of the Church will chose to take another path and l eave the Roman Catholic Church behind because of the disturbing allegations.

Arecurring theme, however, among many faithful believers is that the true Catholic Church is in the pews of the Church, not the altar. The initial faith is in God and not the institutional Church.

“These people realize that one case is one too many, but not all priests are predators and many priests do good work in God’s vineyard,” Bielecki said.

Where West Residence Hall now sits used to be the front parking area which contained a good number of parking spots that were available for students who lived in the apartment complex. As for the parking spots on the side of the apartments, they, too, are fenced off and are now being

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