CAC,house residents suffer

CAC restraints, page 1 occupied by trailers and equipment for the construction project. This has not gone over well with the students living in the apartments.

“I’m an upperclassmen and I shouldn’t have to walk from House Two because there is no parking spots,” Sachs said.

When asked about the fences around the apartments and if they are an inconvenience, junior business administration major Erik Serio also commented on the parking situation, “They are a huge inconvenience. I can’teven park near where I live. Sometimes I find myself parked down by House Three and House Four” Serio said.

Since the students residing in the apartments have to park in the lots and the driveways outside of the houses, this causes parking inconveniences for nearly every student that has a car on campus.

House Two resident and sophomore business administration major Chris Strano said, “The whole parking situation is ridiculous. The people living in the apartments have to park outside of the houses and in our driveways which forces everyone else to park farther away from their houses.”

Even though the fences may be the greatest inconvenience for those in the apartment complex, they are in fact there for good reasons.

Michael Caranfa, director of construction and renovation, said that the fences are there for a purpose. “The fences and gates are there to protect the students from what is potentially a dangerous area. Construction sites by their nature contain trip hazards, sharp objects, steep slopes etc.,” he said.

They are trying their best though to make things as easy and as organized as possible for the students. Caranfa noted that they have tried to accommodate the student needs and have worked with the residence life staff in designing the fence. “During move in and move out weeks we open the gates so students can drive up to the building,” he said. college education. “You are selling yourself as the product when looking for a job,” Francis said, while adding that “The most in demand skills are communication skills.”

There is not much that Cabrini students can do about the fences, they are up for safety reasons, and for everyone who thinks that they might be coming down soon, think again because Caranfa also said that the fences must remain until the project is complete, which is going to be sometime next summer.

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Possibly the best approach is to start by speaking with a helpful representative at Cabrini College’s Co-op and Career Services office, located in Grace Hall. Director of Cooperative Education and Career Services Nancy Hutchison Said, “ [Career services] have a database filled with thousands and thousands of job opportunities.”

According to statistics presented by the career services office, 92 percent of the 2004 graduating class were employed within ten months of graduation. Counseling services are available toboth students and alumni, and Hutchinson added that all it takes is practice to be prepared.

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