Feb. 24, 2006 issue 17 Loquitur

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Bush proposes standardized testing for colleges

MICHELLE MORAN ASST MANAGING EDITOR MLM724@CABRINI EDU

Standardized testing in colleges could take effect soon if a new proposal under the Bush administration is successful. A federal commission is exploring whether the use of standardized testing in colleges would be useful by forcing schools to show how much their students are really learning and to allow for easier comparisons among colleges.

The new urge for colleges to measure up is being fueled by the government’s push for colleges to be held more accountable to students, parents, taxpayers and employers. With the cost of a college education soaring and increasingly more studies being released about dropping literacy rates among college graduates, many are questioning the education received for the money being paid.

Katie Haycock, a commissioner of the group appointed to conduct the study, said, “Any honest look at the new adult literacy data for recent college grads leaves you very queasy So doing something on the assessment side is probably important. The question is when.”

In addition, the government is concerned that about one-third of the annual investment comes from the federal government and officials know very little about what they are getting in return.

The scores of the tests could also potentially help aid in students’and parents’decisions when deciding between colleges. Patrick Downs, a senior business and finance major, said, “Individualized testing tests the school’s ability to teach individuals. I would want to know how well schools score on standardized testing if I were to further my education. I think it’s a good thing.”

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Students rally against immigration legislature

MEGHAN HURLEY STAFF WRITER

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Over 70 students and faculty from five different local colleges stood together as “Students in Solidarity for Just Immigration Reform.” The event took place Feb. 17 in the Grace Hall atrium underneath the mural of immigrants that was made for Cabrini Day last year.

Students from Villanova University, Rosemont College, St. Joseph’s University, Immaculata University and Cabrini College, all a part of the Greater Philadelphia Higher Education

Peace and Justice Consortium, joined to express their need for comprehensive immigration reform by gathering letters to be delivered to Senator Arlen Specter. Over 650 letters were c ollected to be delivered to Specter’s office.

Cabrini graduate student Jennifer Ayoub, one of the about 15 Cabrini students in attendance, said, “Today was an effective way to gather students to show others the steps to make a difference.”

Cabrini submitted approximately 200 letters that were signed by students, faculty and

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The above crosses were displayed to symbolize the 500 people who have lost their lives tr ying to cross the border. staff. They also included around 18 handwritten letters from students expressing their opposition to criminalizing undocumented immigrants, citing personal experiences and feelings toward the issue.

These students are promoting comprehensive immigration reform that will create a system that acknowledges the country’s need for immigrant labor and allow more workers to enter with temporary legal status.

Earl Aguilera, a sophomore at

St. Joe’s University, presented 120 letters from his school. “Immigrants are human beings, and we can’t just file them away as criminals,” Aguilera said. Also, as part of the rally, Villanova and Immaculata students brought wooden crosses to be displayed. Carrie Leone, a senior French language and literature major from Villanova, said that they “brought the crosses to represent the over 500 people who

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New project to crack down on underage drinkers

ASHLEY WEYLER

NEWS EDITOR

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The Liquor Control Board is looking to crack down on people who supply minors with alcohol. Anew grant progra Source Investigation Project will give towns money to go-after suppliers. Radnor Township, the location of Cabrini College, Valley Forge Military College, Villanova University and Eastern University, is just one of the few townships chosen statewide to be given this grant.

According to Lieutenant A.J. Antonini of the Radnor Township police, they have received a $10,000 grant to carry on their program, which kicked-off last week. Antonini said, “The penalty for providers of alcohol to minors

student population. Superintendent John Rutty said, “By making a very visible presence on our campuses and publicizing any arrests, we hope to convey to students that it is not okay to engage in risky behaviors, nor is it acceptable to provide alcohol to minors.”

For underage drinkers or fake IDs, the penalty is a summary offense.

In a press release from the Radnor police, any arrests that are made through SIPwill be publicized through media outlets that are likely to reach Radnor’s

With Radnor Township’s new “Cops in Shops” program,police officers and establishments where liquor is sold will fight underage drinking. is a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail. Providing alcohol to minors, which means anybody under the age of 21, not 18 as some people maybe believe, is a misdemeanor and will go on your criminal record.” Antonini also warns that it can affect future employment.

Lisa Jones, a 21-year-old senior english and communications major, thinks that this punishment is ridiculous and thinks that a suspension of license would be more appropriate. “Yes, I have provided alcohol for minors. I have bought it at the beer distributor and have also been at a bar where they don’t card and then give them drinks at the table,” Jones said.

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The students pictured above participated in a promotion of comprehensive immigration reform that will create a system that acknowledges the country’s need for immigration labor and allows more workers to enter with temporary legal status.

Sr.Helen Prejean captivates crowd with peaceful message

“Probably one of the best speakers ever hosted by Cabrini,” was among many of the compliments overheard in crowds of students filing out after Sister Helen Prejean’s incredible speech. Relayed through a thick, Southern accent, Sr. Helen captured the attention of the audience and refused to release until her message was conveyed.

Working for social justice, Prejean arrived at Cabrini to promote her literary works, “Dead Man Walking” and “The Death of Innocents.” Proceeds of the books are being utilized to gain funding for her moratorium campaign against the death penalty.

Sister Helen’s message was simple and convincing in a world so complex and pessimistic. She followed the words of Jesus and interpreted the actions He performed. “The poor who endure will be poor no more” is the belief that sparked the light within Sr. Helen to participate in working for social justice.

As Prejean began to investigate the lives of those in poverty, she started to see what she called, “the back-side of the tapestry,” in reference to the lives of the impoverished many of us never see.

The fact that the leaders of our country are losing touch with the way people in America live was frightening, yet true. Poverty is rising in our country while the rich are receiving tax cuts; this truth stings the conscience of a morally intact individual. Avoice is needed for the people suffering in this great country.

Sr. Helen has been that voice for the voice-less. And who in the world has less of a voice than an inmate on death row? In a country that is so quick to remove an eye for an eye and resort to vengeance, Sr Helen Prejean has lead a crusade over the years fighting the forces that claim to act within the words of Jesus.

“Taking Jesus hostage” was the term used by Sr. Helen when she described the relationship between Jesus and the leaders of our country. We must remember, however, that resorting to violence and taking away the dignity of another human is not the way of the Lord, no matter how many references to the Bible our government may spit out.

With the Catholic Church, Amnesty International and United Nations’Convention Against Torture in her corner, Prejean hopes to change the death row process and eliminate capital punishment.

The trouble is that no matter how much support a leader like Sr Helen may garner, the United States is a country deep-rooted in using force to get a point across. The process to change such a controversial practice like the death penalty can be excruciatingly slow and frustrating.

The task may appear daunting, but the efforts by peaceful visionaries such as Sr. Helen will never cease. Whether or not one supports the death penalty, Prejean’s message was extremely convincing. All she asked is that we act in response to her words and remember the human dignity that is deserved in each one of us.

The hope behind Prejean’s campaign is to create the spark within members of her audience, similar to the spark that was lit in her heart years ago.

Controversy follows domestic spying program

TUNOMUKWATHI ASINO ASST EVENTS EDITOR

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Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended President Bush’s controversial domestic spying program at a senate judiciary committee hearing investigating President Bush’s policy on wiretapping.

According to CNN, Gonzales said, “The spying program is firmly grounded in the president’s constitutional authorities. T he Constitution charges the president with the primary responsibility for protecting the safety of all Americans, and the Constitution gives the president the authority necessary to fulfill this solemn duty.”

The wiretapping caused controversies because President George W. Bush did not get authorization from the special court that has been set up for Congress to approve domestic spying.

According to media reports, the program authorizes the National Security Agency to conduct electronic surveillance of communications between the United States and other countries.

Dr. James Hedtke, a professor of history and political science, said he did not want to give his opinion on whether the wiretapping was right or wrong. He would rather explain that the president had executive powers. Hedtke said that he feels that the court will say the president has

executive powers, but there are laws that he has to follow. Until he can prove that there is a crisis, he has to follow the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Hedtke gave an example of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company versus Youngstown Sheet case. “Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. Sawyer established for the first time that limits exist in the exercise of the president’s inherent powers in seeking to safeguard the security of the nation. The president must first use existing law to safeguard security and can only turn to extraordinary measures if legislation proves futile,” Hedtke said.

Hedtke explained that for e lectronic media tapping, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requires for a president to get an order from a special court within 72 hours. Hedtke said the court has rarely said no.

Danielle Murphy, a freshman psychology, sociology and religious studies major, said, “Anybody who has a problem with the wiretapping has something to hide.” Murphy said that she feels the president has to do what he has to do to secure the country.

Liz Lavin, a freshman English and communication major, does not support the wiretapping. “I don’t agree. Bush thinks he is above the law,” Lavin said. She said that the president should not be allowed to break the law.

Caitlin Jill, a freshman elementary education major, does not agree with the wiretapping. “But I feel that the president has

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to do what he has to do to keep us safe, as long as they are not listening to random citizens,” Jill said.

Jennifer Bell, a freshman mathematics major, supports the NSAwiretapping. “I feel that his spying program was put in place to ensure the safety of our country. I feel that his plan is clearly justified and in the interest of U.S. citizens,” Bell said. Bell thinks that President Bush’s plan may be somewhat unethical, but in reality, he is just looking to protect every individual in America.

Senators briefed by administration officials about the surveillance termed the information inadequate, and called for more investigation of the eavesdropping. Critics, who include Republican and Democratic lawmakers, have contended that the president’s authorization of the surveillance, which began shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, violated federal laws that require the government to obtain special warrants for any domestic spying.

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Immigration bill in hands of Senator Specter

IMMIGRATION, page 1 have lost their lives trying to cross the border into the United States.”

This movement started when t he House of Representatives approved an immigration bill that classified all undocumented i mmigrants as “aggravated felons” and classified anyone helping these immigrants as criminals. This bill is now in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Senator Specter leads.

Candice Harris, the programs assistant for Catholic Relief Services’northeast regional office, was also on hand at the event. She encouraged students to keep this movement strong. “Specter ishearing a lot from the other side of this issue, and he is hearing it loudly. We need to be the voices of the immigrants, and we need to make our voices louder and stronger,” Harris said.

The letters are scheduled to be delivered to Specter’s office the week of Feb. 20 by a group of students. Students also hope to continue to work together in this issue by visiting Specter’s office, collecting more letters, sending e-mails and calling to make sure their side is heard.

Mary Laver,the director of programs for applied catholic social teaching at Cabrini and one of the organizers of the event, thought the rally was very successful. “I thought there was agreat show of energy and commitment to an issue that is com-

SIP seeks to stop underage drinking before it starts

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“I just did it because they are my friends,” Jones said. Since the consequences are steep, Jones said, “I’m probably not going to continue to do it.” Jones said that the reason why she provided minors with alcohol was because when she was a minor, she would have other people buy her alcohol. “I actually had mysister’s license for eight months before I turned 21 and Iused it to get into bars and no one ever questioned me,” Jones said.

Fake IDs are felonies under federal statutes initiated to c ombat terrorism and the felonies would have to be prosecuted by the feds, which ishighly improbable, Antoninisaid.

“Though Radnor PDwill always charge for Fake IDs, it will be most likely under summary or non-traffic penalties unless it is a second or more offense, which make it a misdemeanor, which includes fingerprinting, photographs and criminal record,” he said.

In addition to SIP, Radnor Township is also unveiling the Cops in Shops program. This program is a joint effort between the law enforcement and retailers to stop minors from purchasing alcohol. Local establishments will be trained in the proper procedures for checking identification and recognizing false or altered IDs. There will be

plicated and controversial. These students are ready to use their passion and to let their voices be heard,” Laver said.

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signs warning minors that that particular establishment is participating in the program. Police officials in regular clothes will be stationed in stores at various times. If a minor is caught attempting to purchase alcohol, they will be cited on the spot.

Cameron Pitt, a 19-year-old sophomore elementary education major, does not have a fake ID. Pitt said, “I usually get my alcohol from either a friend of mine from school or a couple of friends who have their sibling’s IDs.”

Antonini is not worried that when underage drinkers are caught they might not tell who their source of alcohol is. They go on a case-by-case basis. “Obviously, people don’t like to tell on their friends, but I hope they realize it’s in their best interest,” he said.

Pitt said that her biggest thing isthat she would never give her sources up to authorities. “I would never rat them out because they go out of their way to do that and it’s not fair to them because they went out of their way to get alcohol for me,” Pitt said.

Antonini said that there is no additional charge for those who do not cooperate. He said, “Some people cooperate and some don’t; that’s their right. If you cooperate with the police, it usually goes better for you.”

Pitt said that even though she wishes that the drinking age was lower than it is, she thinks that it is at a good spot where it’s at.

Inorder for the legal age to drink to be lowered, Antonini thinks that there would have to be

ashift in the attitude of society.

“Kids think it’s expected at college and parents don’t want to deal with it. Drunk driving was accepted 20 years ago, but now it’s not. Our society’s attitude needs to change. We hope to change that attitude,” he said.

Antonini said that Radnor PD just cited a Cabrini student for transporting and thus possessing two 30 packs of beer and four bottles of hard liquor. “She was heading up the mountains with several of her friends from Cabrini and not one of them was 21. I talked to her mom concerning the incident. My opinion was that the girl had known the consequences yet peer pressure overtook common sense and many years of DARE classes. I also think in this case, college students feel they

need alcohol to have fun. It is considered a rite of passage, even by parents too,” he said. Pitt said she knows that she would provide alcohol for minors when she turns 21years-old.

“It’s not good, but I know I would be a provider because people did it for me, so I’m going to do it for them,” she said.

The names of the students have been changed to protect their identity and reputation.

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Tests to ‘show howmuchstudents arelearning’

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ents view the testing as a tool in aiding them in the important decision of choosing a college, others are wary that the testing might work against students or resemble the No Child Left Behind Act. AprilPerrymore, a psychology professor, said, “I don’t think it’s a good idea because it could wind-up being like the SATsand cut offstudents from attending certain schools.”

Other critics of the testing say that students achieve well in

many different ways and that a standard test cannot equally measure everyone’s different abilities. Lisa Liberatti, a junior education major,said, “I think the testing is pointless. It takes away from students’learning. I feel it should be based on students’grade point averages, if anything.”

Despite some of the harsh criticisms of the testing, some schools already use standardized testing as a way to assess student learning. The University of Texas has already begun using the tests as a way to monitor learning but

also to develop academic standards and expectations.

Charles Miller, the chairman of the commission that is conducting the study,commented on the University of Texas’testing, and said, “I think the process has been very effective. The surprising thing is that people who went through it, some of them reluctantly,all felt they gained.”

The testing committee has until August to submit a report on their findings including accountability,cost and quality.

Underage drinkers and their alcohol suppliers will be fined and punished with the enforcement of the SIP program in Radnor Township.

Cabrini is beginning to test their seniors beforegraduation to see howmuch the students arelearning.Look for a follow up story in issue 19 about Cabrini’s new standardized tests.

American workers threatened by the highly skilled, low wages

MELISSA STEVEN PERSPECTIVES EDITOR MS727@CABRINI EDU

Every year the United States lets approximately 900,000 legal immigrants into this country. Members of the business community often want to bring workers from other countries to the United States because of superior skills. Workers in the United States often see foreign workers as a threat to their jobs.

“I am a strong believer in the free flow of labor and in the world economy,” Jim Quinn, a former vice president of Toyota in the United States and Europe and is now currently the director of fixed operations for Sloane Automotive group, said.

“Acompany has every right to go somewhere else to find a qualified person, as long as the reason to look elsewhere is not for diversity,” Joe Daly, a gas designer for a local gas and electric company, said. Daly has been in this line of work for 29 years.

Daly said that in some aspects of highly skilled jobs it is required that companies need to go overseas to find the appropriate person to do the job.

Quinn said that the more skills, training and education a person has, the more job security

it brings. “Corporations having t o import their workers and knowledge is nothing new; they’ve been doing it for years.

The scientists who built the atomic bomb were immigrants and so were the people who started NASA,” Quinn said.

Employees, whether they are highly skilled or manual laborers, all are in competition with workers from other countries. Quinn also said that when unions began to form, it tended to make

American workers uncompetitive a nd complacent. “All people need to do is avoid complacency. You have to continually learn throughout your life and keep educating yourself to be the best person at your job,” Quinn said.

Companies seek workers overseas for two reasons: they are better educated or they work for less wages.

“I have a very skilled job. What I possess cannot be taught in college, because I’ve done it

for almost 30 years. But they never cease to amaze me: they could probably find somebody to do it for cheaper,” Daly said.

Workers have to remember to upgrade skills constantly to avoid being replaced by workers from other countries. Quinn said, “I am not afraid of losing my job because I keep up with educating myself and learning new skills. If someone is better than me then it means I didn’t keep up with my skills.”

Lynsey McStravick, a junior accounting major, said, “Education and training systems in the U.S. need to improve so that we don’t need to go overseas for people.”

“I don’t necessarily agree with going to other countries for skilled workers. If they are better in Asia, then the United States needs to improve their education methods,” Stephan Baylor, a senior accounting major, said.

Immigration of workers to the United States does increase tension in the workforce. “I was once an immigrant in Brussels, Belgium where I worked for four years,” Quinn said, so he said he understands how people feel when they come to the United States for jobs.

Despite the negative opinions expressed by many Americans, workers from abroad contribute to the way the United States has been since its’earliest days. McStravick said, “Immigration adds to the diversity of the U.S. because that’s what we’re known for.”

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‘Mad scientists’ compete Students learn what love has to do with it

TUNOMUKWATHI ASINO ASST EVENTS EDITOR

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Cabrini College will host the Science Olympiad on March 1. Thousands of high school children will battle it out to see who will go to the state championship, as well as for a chance to get a scholarship from Cabrini.

“It’s a huge, huge job, but it’s worth it,” Dr Phyllis Rumpp, an associate professor of education and the southeastern director, said.

The Science Olympiad is a national championship for high schools in Pennsylvania. “Students from schools in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties will compete in teams of top science honors. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in two divisions: grades 6-9 and grades 9-12. In addition, a $1000 scholarship will be awarded to each member of the top 10 teams who decide to further his or her studies at Cabrini College,” according to a press release on Cabrini’s website.

Rumpp added that there will be a break between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. During this time student ambassadors will be showing high school students and the “mad scientists” around the campus.

The competition will start at 7 a.m. The locations are the Dixon Center, Science Education and Technology building and Founder’s Hall. Cabrini College students will not be taking part in the Olympiad.

One of the events that will be taking place is sling shots. Students will pull the sling shot and the ball has to go a certain distance. Rumpp seemed confident and said that the students have been practicing and know how much to pull as well as how much the machine can target.

Another event is bottle rockets. Students’ memorizing skills will also be tested. They will be tested on rocks and minerals.

According to the press release, Rumpp said that “The Science Olympiad bolsters the value of scientific discovery and experimentation, and paves the way for greater academic and extracurricular achievement in science fields.”

“Selection for participants varies at each school, but most students showing a vested interest in science are selected for the science Olympiad by their school’s coach,” according to the press release.

The winners of the Olympiad will go to the state competition in April.

ANNMARIE CHACKO ASST NEWS EDITOR AC729@CABRINI EDU

For a relationship to succeed, communication is key and support systems crucial, according to a psychologist from Cabrini’s counseling services. Relationships affect daily lives for many people, even to the point of determining their long term behaviors. With this in mind, it is important to recognize warning signals when dealing with unhealthy relationships as well as keeping a support system of friends and family around to help you deal with these issues.

On Feb. 16, in the Grace Hall boardroom, Dr Sara Maggitti held the workshop entitled “What’s Love Got to Do with It?” Students and faculty alike were informed of the dangers one can encounter when in an abusive relationship or one where there is repetition of events that leads to the same arguments over and over again. All present gave scenarios in which they knew of someone in such a relationship and named examples of how they would handle it if they were in that situation.

“You are ultimately in charge of who you do or don’t let into your lives,” Maggitti said. “Anytime someone is using power to gain control in a relationship, that is a type of abuse,” she said. Maggitti introduced the topic of abusive relationships with a few statistics that left the group

speechless.

Ten percent of adolescents are in abusive relationships. This percentage rises to 22 percent in college. Twenty-five to 35 percent of women in relationships will be assaulted this year. The number one cause of women going to the emergency room is some form of relationship abuse. Thirty percent of women who were murdered are killed by their spouse or boyfriend. Someone is abused every 12 seconds each day Having sexual affairs with others while in a monogamous relationship is a form of sexual abuse, and it happens every day, to thousands of couples.

Taking these statistics into account, people immediately asked how one would be able to prevent this from happening.

“Tell your partner you don’t like his/her behavior. If this

doesn’t work, tell a friend, someone you trust that you’re close to, or a counselor If you’ve tried all and failed, it’s time to end the relationship,” Maggitti said. When ending a relationship, whether or not it is abusive, it is recommended to end it gently and face to face. Be clear about the reason for breaking up. Be honest and firm. Be prepared for difficult feelings about breaking up so as to not feel guilty to go back into the relationship.

“Is it too hard to believe that many people stay in these relationships?” Maggitti said, “There are some who threaten to commit suicide if the other person leaves. They threaten family members and close loved ones of the partner to intimidate them in staying in the relationship. They use ‘love’ as the reason for their behavior,” Maggitti said.

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Legal Honduran immigrants,from left:Jose Ealeas,Wilfredo Medina,Jose Gonzales and Jose Galeas wait outside a factory after applying for janitorial positions.

Identity theft on rise, students concerned

STACEY TURNBULL ASST COPY EDITOR STT722@CABRINI EDU

The Federal Trade Commission’s annual report for 2005 was released at the end of January, and it was reported that out of 686,683 complaints about fraud filed, 37 percent were complaints about identity theft.

Identity theft occurs when another person gets hold of a social security number, driver’s license, bank account number or other identification information that is not their own without permission. They then pose as their victims to apply for credit cards or to take out loans. They can even renew a person’s driver’s license to have their face added to someone else’s information.

“It makes me concerned that a simple mistake by a bank, the payroll department at work, online shopping and anyone that has my personal information could lead to me to lose almost everything.” Catherine Amoroso, a junior accounting major, said.

Kristine Jennings, a junior special education major, said, “It scares me that there are people out there that would want to do that. It makes me want to be extremely careful of where I leave my wallet and bag.”

The major metropolitan areas

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with the highest rates of reported identity theft were Phoenix/ Mesa/Scottsdale, Ariz., Las Vegas, Nev. and Riverside/San Bernardino, Calif., according to www.ftc.gov. Also, bank fraud and electronic funds transfers were the most frequently reported forms of identity theft in the United States.

The FTC also gives information on what to do when an identity is stolen. The commission says that if financial accounts are stolen, credit card and bank accounts should be closed right away so a thief does not have the chance to get to funds. Also password changes are necessary so companies can monitor the use of the card or account in order to catch the culprit.

“When I shop online, apply for a credit card or apply for a job, I always thought that the information would always be kept confidential. Now I know that there are people all over just waiting to get a glance of my social security number to against me or they could be watching how I hold my bag and steal my wallet when I’m not paying attention,” Maria Trigueros, a freshman business administration major, said.

One of the most popular forms of identity theft happens in the workplace. “Business record

theft” happens when informational files of employees, students, customers and patients are taken. These files usually contain home addresses, social security numbers and other personal information a thief can use against their victims.

Another popular form of identity theft is the tampering of mail. Athief will steal a mailing address and then get a change of address form from the post office. The crook then has their victim’s bank statement and credit card statements. This is a problem not only because they have your personal information, but their prey doesn’t realize that they are not getting their mail until it is too late.

“There is no way to stop identity theft. It happens all the time. Even with the security that your bank and credit card companies promise you, there are still ways to get around it. When I go to a store, they don’t check if my signature matches. My friend writes ‘See I.D.’ on the back of his cards and cashiers don’t ask for it, so how are we supposed to have our identities protected when no one asks if we are the true card holder?”Amoroso said.

The Israeli cabinet agreed Sunday to immediately put a hold on monthly tax and customs payments, which it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, a day after the extremist Islamic group Hamas took over Palestinian parliament. The move showed severe warnings from Palestinian officials who said the government would most likely not be able to pay a great deal of the employees salaries at the end of the month. This decision was part of a group of measures with harsher options not being included.

Pentagon officials ignore warning

The Navy’s general counsel advised Pentagon officials two years before the Abu Ghrab prison embarrassment that disregarding agreements on torture and detainee’s treatment would invite abuse, according to a published report. Asecret memo obtained by the New York Times for an article in their Feb. 27 issue stated that legal theories granting the president the right to allow abuse despite the Geneva conventions were unlawful. Aspokeswoman from the Pentagon stated yesterday that she in fact had not yet read the article in question.

Engineers looking into levee breakage

The Army Corps of Engineers investigation into the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is failing to notice one of the most important issues: organizational failures, according to an outside engineering group working with the corps. The corps is spending $20 million or less to understand the existing causes of the levee obstructions that left more than 75 percent of New Orleans flooded. The engineering group stated, however, that the corps should also be concentrating on the “discontinuity and chaos” in the building and maintenance of the levees, according to a letter from the group to Lt. Gen. Carl A. Stock, the chief of the corps.

Ambassador to Iraq gives strong warning

The American ambassador to Iraq issued a very strong warning about the need for Iraq’s political groups to come together, suggesting for the first time that the U.S. would not be willing to support institutions weighed down by sectarian agendas. The ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad, spoke as a new wave of violence was occurring. Asequence of bombing attacks, including one inside a crowded commuter bus in Baghdad and another in a restaurant in northern Iraq, leaving 26 people dead and more than 60 injured, making it the bloodiest day in Iraq in about two months.

Iran wants violence overcartoons to end Iran’s foreign Minister asked Monday for an end to violent protests over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons that have left at least 45 people dead in the Muslim world in the last month. Pope Benedict XVI also tried to lessen the aggression, saying religious symbols must be respected, but violence can never be justified. Malaysia’s prime minister then cautioned that mistrust and fear of Islam is growing everyday in the West. The Iranian Foreign Minister said they do not support violence and thus this should cool down. He also added that freedom of expression must be done with sensitivity to others and full respect of other’s value’s and beliefs.

The Federal Trade Commission reported that out of 686,683 complaints about fraud filed,37 percent were complaints about identity theft.

PERSPECTIVES YOU S PEAK Selling public land for money

Theodore Roosevelt established the U.S. Forest Service in 1905 and created the modern national forest system,” according to an article by Janet Wilson of the Los Angeles Times.

GAILKATHERINEZIEGLER ASST COPYEDITOR GKZ722@CABRINI EDU

Former President Teddy Roosevelt is rolling over in his grave. Bush has proposed to sell over 200,000 acres of public and national lands in order to pay for education in the rural areas surrounding the parks, according to the Associated Press. At the risk of sounding like a treehugging, bunny-loving hippie, I want to defend these lands. After all, they are public lands and I’m apart of that public.

The proposition, “would amount to the largest sale of its kind since President

The reason for selling the land is the best idea that anyone could come up with. Education is not something that should be sacrificed or compromised at all. However, the land that the government is going to sell, pending congress approval, we will never get back.

The land will help education in those areas for a few years, but the plan is just aband-aid. More land would have to be sold years down the road. If congress approves this plan it will set a precedent for years to come. Some day the land will run out.

Education is something that should be at the top of the list for budget in America. Why are we selling off land as real estate to pay for something that every American is guaranteed?

If there is a problem paying for education, the problem is deeper and will need more attention than the government is giving it. It seems like a big, brightred flag if we are scraping together money for education for our kids.

People are pushing into rural lands all over our country and the federal and state parks are a safe haven for animals and also people. Citizens use these parks everyday for fishing, hiking and even dog-sledding. You can’t dog-sled down Fifth Avenue in New York City no matter how hard you try.

Ifthis huge amount of land is sold, I don’t see where we would draw the line as “too much.” It would open up a door to sell off any land to start compensating for our huge deficit.

Our public lands contain ancient cliff dwellings, coral reefs, canyons and mineral springs, according to cftech.com. These cannot be replaced once they are gone. It is our right to be able to enjoy

these natural landmarks. Our national parks protect these natural landmarks from destruction.

Animals are being pushed from their natural habitats and selling the land will push them tighter together and blend our communities with their communities. The grizzly bear is an example of what can happen. According to sierraclub.com, limiting the natural habitat of the grizzly bear will also cut off their food sources. The bears will then gointo communities looking for things to eat and this creates a grizzly-human conflict. Although we are higher up on the food chain, I’m guessing those conflicts don’t end well for the human.

Ithink it’s time to give the parks the respect that they deserve. They are not just acres; they are our heritage as Americans. If the lands are sold, we will lose national treasures.

The labyrinth of life and everything in between

JASONRADKA ASST SPORTSEDITOR JNR722@CABRINI EDU

What’s the deal with long hall ways and not knowing what to do? How about saying something you shouldn’tin a conversation consumed by noise? Have you ever waved to the wrong person? Why can’tIfigure out how old you are!?

Iwas thinking the other day about these things and have decided to share with you readers some things that I just can’t explain or have a problem with dealing with in everyday life. Enjoy.

Remember those really unnecessarily long hall ways that connect the various sections of your high school? Of course you do. Now, I’m picturing an old girlfriend or a teacher that I may have created some sort of awkwardness with or down right hatred for at some point in my life. Of course, I always seem to find myself in the Great Wall of China of hallways with a person Ireally don’t to want to see at the end of it. As I approach this person and tumbleweeds cross my path, I find it very awkward because I’m not sure how to act during the approaching menace.

As I’m walking, I run some scenarios in my head as sweat drips down my brow. Do I look

down as I walk in an attempt to fool this person into thinking that Ihaven’t noticed them yet? Or should I pull out my cell phone and make it look like I’m talking to somebody? What about trying to make conversation with a sizeable amount of space in between to relieve the anxiety of finally meeting up with the person? I really haven’t figured this type of situation out and have come across it many times on Cabrini’s campus. Do you feel the same way?

What about trying to start a conversation at a a concert? I try to avoid talking to people at concerts because I have this horrible fear about not being able to hear what they are trying to say to me.

Picture this. So I’m talking to my friend over here and he says something to me that I can’t quite hear.Now depending on the noise level, I decide whether or not to say,“what?” It’sintermission and I decide to give it a go. So I reply with another inquisition and for him to repeat what he said. Again I can’t hear. Eventually, I’m forced to reply with a head-nod and a “yes.”

The reason I do this is because I really don’t know or care what my friend has to tell me at a concert. Therefore, I tell him he’s right about whatever it may be and we can all get on with life even though I’ll never understand what he was trying to tell me. Problem with telling him yes was later after the concert he goes to me, “Yo man you got those 10 bills you owed me from that case I got you?” I didn’t plan on paying him for another week and broke my bank. Chalk

that situation up as terrible. Now this may be one of those most embarrassing things that can happen to you. I picture myself standing in the cafeteria shooting the breeze and minding my own business. All of sudden Isee a girl I sort of know over yonder. I begin to sweat as I see her hand rise up above her waist preparing for the dreaded wave. I’m thinking sweet! She’s going to wave to me and she does. Or does she? I dumbly wave back, but no, she wasn’twaving at me. No, she’swaving at her girlfriend behind me. They run up and hug each other right past you, and you commence to feel like the lowest person on the face of the earth. This has happened to just about everybody at one point in their life, but doesn’t it give you one of the worst feelings in the world?

Fellas, now that we’re in college and between the ages of 17 and 22, you can sign offto all of the girls that you left in high school.

For some reason when I was in high school, it seemed so easy to determine how old a girl is just by appearance. I’m really not quite sure what happened in the past few years, but hasn’t it gotten so much harder?

It seems as though girls these days are developing a lot quicker than expected. Evolution is occurring right before my eyes! Check this, I’m chilling and talking to a girl I met at a party at home. Now she looks old enough to have a class with me at Cabrini but I’m afraid to ask her how old she is, seeing as though agirl might get offended.

Well I finally gather the fortitude to ask her and she ended up saying she knew who I was because she has classes with my sister. Gentleman, my sister is a junior in high school! How are you supposed to figure out a

girl’s age without asking and getting put in an awkward situation like that? Looks just don’t scream their age anymore. Shucks.

Well, I’m done. Am I crazy or do these things suck?

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Excitement lacking for the World Cup

SHANEEVANS WEBEDITOR SME722@CABRINI EDU

One of the worlds biggest events is set to kick off in under six months, yet no one in the United States really seems to care. This spectacle is held only once every four years, and when that faithful fourth year rolls around, the entire planet holds it’s collective breath.

Everybody except the United States.

The 2006 FIFAWorld Cup, being held in Germany, is fast approaching and the anticipation for the tournament of all tournaments is felt in all of the seven continents.

But why is it that the United States, who have been producing an ever-improving squad over the past few cups, takes little interest in what many can essentially make or break the entire morale of a nation?

Well we all know the obvious answer to that question. Football or soccer, as it has been so eloquently dubbed in this country,has never really taken off as a major sport.

In virtually every other nation on the planet, football is the dominant sport followed, enjoyed or loved by everyone. That is definitely not the case here. Following American football, baseball, basketball, NASCAR, hockey and golf, soccer is a close seventh on the rankings of most

Stop complaning, get involved

are still many other activities on and around campus that will make your time here more fulfilling.

watched sports. It’s hard to relate how big of a deal the World Cup is to the rest of the world in American terms. The best I could come up with is saying it’s like the Super Bowl multiplied by about 10 and it lasts for one grueling, nail-biting, national pride filled month.

Yes, one whole month. Think about if it were Super Bowl Sunday every time your team played, and the whole country supported one side and loathed the other.

When I think about the World Cup, it really is a shame that the United States doesn’t take it as seriously as the other 31 nations competing in June, because it really is just one of those things that brings everyone together.

Awhole nation is united under one flag and they focus all of their emotions and energy to seeing their side win it all. That is something you don’t get very often around here.

Sure, the Olympics are nice, but they don’t even come close to the World Cup, at least not in my eyes or the near billions of soccer fans around the world.

Being a first generation Brit, soccer has and always will be my life. England is the birthplace of the beautiful game and they could be the most anxious for the tournament to begin. Mainly because the last time they won the whole thing was some 40 years ago to the year.

Six long months to go but the wait will be worth it. There truly isn’t anything like it and the expected 2 billion viewers would definitely agree with me.

PATRICIAJ SHEEHAN ASST SPORTS & PHOTOEDITOR PJS723@CABRINI EDU

Cabrini College is not exactly the greatest party school on the Main Line. I mean, there is barley 2,000 of us, so you can’t expect there to be an “Animal House” party every night.

I’ve been hearing a lot of students complaining about how there is nothing to do here, but I disagree.

Ibet a lot of you complainers have never even been to a Cabrini event or left your dorm for something other than class. Just because you can’t go out and barf every night does not mean that Cabrini is the boring capital of the world; and yes, I actually heard someone use that phrase to describe Cabrini.

Iknow, a lot of students go home for the weekend and this is amystery to me as well, but there

So have you heard of the King ofPrussia Mall? It is one of the biggest malls in the country and it is less than 10 minutes away. You could spend an entire day just trying to navigate the place. For the most addicted shopper it is close to heaven on earth.

Our campus is a train ride away from Philadelphia. There’s South Street, Pat’s Steaks, Olde City, The Philadelphia Art Museum, Penn’s Landing and the list goes on and on. Many museums and shows offer discounted rates for college students. Get a group offriends together and go to Philadelphia for the day, see a show, grab a cheesesteak or shop on South Street. The possibilities are endless.

Ok, so you don’t have any money, that’s a common problem for any college student. The CAP Board puts on a lot of activities during the week and on the weekends for students to go to. Student bands, comedians and the dances cost less than a lunch at Jazzman’s and are always memorable.

There are also endless clubs and organizations on campus. There is a ski and outdoor club, roller hockey club, dance team and all kinds of organizations dedicated to almost every major. Alist of these activities and a calendar of things going on around campus can all be found on Cabrini’s website. Have you not noticed the millions of flyers posted around campus? There’s a hint.

Go out and support your favorite Cabrini team. The weather outside is getting nicer and we are all itching to get out of the stuffy dorms. If you aren’t into sports, that’s ok, but going to agame with your friends sure beats watching the same episodes of “The Gauntlet” over and over.

Ithink the real problem is that students are just too lazy to see what's out there. Yes, Cabrini is a small school and yes, a lot of people go home on the weekends, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t have a good time. College is what you make of it. Stop hiding in your dorm and come out and see what's going on. I guarantee that you won’t be disappointed.

People deserve the bare necessities

spoke to said they could provide her with a funeral for $250 and give her son a white coffin to be buried in. She took the offer.

BRITTANYLIBERATORE

ASST NEWSEDITOR

BCL722@CABRINI EDU

A20-year-old woman faces one of the biggest tragedies of her life; her baby dies. The next step for this grief-stricken mother is to plan a funeral for her son, but she has no money, hardly any family and no way to afford giving her son the proper burial he deserves. What is she to do?

Last week in one of my classes, my professor got onto the topic of poverty.She said that when she thinks about the reality ofpoverty this story of the 20year-old woman and her struggle to bury her son serves as a powerful definition of the word. As I listened to the entire story of the baby’sfuneral, I also gained a new sense for the word poverty.

As my professor told the story, she explained how the woman called numerous funeral homes explaining her financial status, or lack there of, trying to find any place that could bury her son at a price she could afford. She found one funeral home where the person she

As the mother walked into the funeral home, to lay her son to rest, she saw something that put anew face on poverty.The white coffin that her baby was being buried in was made out of styrofoam! The last respects were paid to the innocent baby as he lay in a bed of styrofoam. The thought of this makes me feel horrible.

The reality that a person, let alone a baby, cannot have a proper funeral is absurd, frustrating and heart-wrenching to me. I feel that in America there should be some things that are guaranteed to all people. I feel every person legally living in the United States should have the opportunity for medical care when needed, a roof over their head, enough food to feed themselves and their children and a proper funeral.

It boggles my mind to think that right now as I sit here and write this, there are billionaires who won’t be able to spend a quarter of their money in their or their family’slifetime, while at the same time there are millions of people who are starving.

Iunderstand as Americans we have the ability to create our own destiny. Hard work and persistence can change a person’s life

and it is very likely that a person who came from a lower income family can become very wealthy. Ithink this opportunity to succeed in life is something that we all should be grateful for. However, there are people who can’t catch a break; some who are always fighting to feed their children, living pay check to pay check and borrowing money to provide themselves with the bare necessities of life.

Ithink starting on our homeland first, there needs to be something done to make sure no one is hungry, living on the streets or is in need of major medical assistance. I feel that no one should have to go days without eating, die from an illness that is treatable or have to sleep in a bed made of cardboard on the street.

We are all human beings. While some people will never have to worry about money,others will always have to work two jobs to pay the bills and put food on the table. Not one person should have to live in poverty.

Next time you want those $100 shoes or that new and improved iPod and your mad because your parents can’tafford it, or you’ve spent your whole paycheck, think about how lucky you are that you will never have to see that styrofoam coffin.

Got springbreak?

BRIAN SMITH STAFF WRITER BTS723@CABRINI EDU

Why is today so special?

Well for one, it’s because today is the day Cabrini College’s spring break begins.

In addition to that, several other historical events have occurred on this day. One of those events would be the anniversary in which a lot of Christians were persecuted.

The year 303 A.D. was the beginning of heavy persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire. Also today, Roman Emperor Galerius Maximianus published an edict that would begin the persecution in his area of the empire. Galerius would heavily enforce this edict until the Edict of Toleration was issued in April 311 A.D, near the time of his death.

The happy ending would come when Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D. At this point, Christianity was considered a legitimate religion and the official religion of the Roman Empire, ousting the previous religion, paganism.

Today is also the day that our neighbors in Mexico celebrate Flag Day, which is the day Mexico became an independent nation. Feb. 24 is also the same date that the “Plan de Iguala” document was signed, ratifying Mexico’s independence.

Mexico’s flag itself holds a lot of history.Its green stripe symbolizes hope; its white stripe symbolizes purity or religion and its red stripe symbolizes the blood of their national heroes.

The flag’semblem, an eagle eating a serpent on top of a cactus, is also based on a legend. A group of nomadic Aztecs was searching for a place to build their capital. The god Huitzilopochtli told them to build it where they found the sign, an eagle devouring a serpent on a cactus. They found this sign in the middle of a lake, where they built Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. This story is also featured in a 1945 Disney movie called “The Three Caballeros.”

Even without all of these events, still enjoy your spring break. Maybe you can use this information for a drinking game.

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Turning 21: the glamour, the pain

on Lancaster Avenue that Tuesday night around 10 p.m. with six of her closest friends. “I didn’t want to get really drunk on my birthday because I had heard horror stories, and I wanted to remember my birthday,” she said.

B l a c k k h i s t o r y m o n n t h ; C o r e t t a S c o t t K i n g l e a v e s l a s t i n g i m p r e s s i o n

ASST MANAGING EDITOR AJF724@CABRINI EDU

America said goodbye to a wife, mother and prominent player in the civil rights movement. Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., succumbed to her battle with ovarian cancer and a stroke on Jan. 30, 2006.

Over 14,000 of King’s family, friends and admirers were in attendance at her funeral to pay homage to the woman who spent her life fighting for the rights of others. But as former President Bill Clinton reminded those at King’s funeral, “We have to remember that there is not just a symbol in that casket. There is a woman in there that had hopes and dreams and fears.”

At her alma mater, Antioch College, in Yellow Spring, Ohio, on the night of Feb. 15, many of the students could be seen wearing “What Would Coretta Do?” buttons in remembrance to the former music major and alum, according to whiotv.com. After King graduated from Antioch College, she attended the New England Conservatory in Boston, Mass., where she met her husband. She made Dr. King wait six months before giving him an answer to his proposal, a show of her strong convictions, Clinton said.

Just two weeks after the birth the Kings’first child, Rosa Parks was arrested on a Montgomery bus and sparked the civil rights movement. With Dr. King’s emergence in the movement came danger when their home was bombed in January 1956 and King and her eldest daughter narrowly escaped death. From then on, King knew that she would not be leading the life of a quiet minister’s wife.

But King was not just the wife of a man who changed America forever but a full partner in Dr. King’s work. She walked beside him in marches

GAIL KATHERINE ZIEGLER ASST COPY EDITOR GKZ722@CABRINI EDU

Students are packing up and moving out for spring break, but some are going a bit farther. This year, students are traveling the globe for community service, learning experiences or to play some lacrosse.

and gave hundreds of speeches.

“Coretta Scott King had an immeasurable impact on the civil rights movement. She served as the face of the movement for m any African-American women,” Darryl Mace, an instructor in history, said. Mace is currently teaching AfricanAmerican history this semester.

When her husband was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. in 1968, King could have easily given up the burden on the civil rights movement, but she didn’t.

Just four days after her husband’s death, King led a march of 50,000 people through the streets of Memphis. She later took Dr. King’s place in the Poor People’s March to Washington, according to galegroup.com. “After her husband’s death, King continued to carry the torch of freedom. She continued to believe in the dream,” Mace said.

Over the years following her husband’s death, King traveled the world receiving awards and was even given a special audience by the Pope. King worked hard to raise funds for her new mission, The King Center, and achieved her major goal of having her husband’s birthday honored as a national holiday.

Kind words and tears were in abundance at King’s Atlanta, Ga. funeral on Feb. 7, showing how many lives she affected. Even though the Dr. and Mrs. King have both passed on, their legacy will live on forever. Mace said, “We will miss Coretta Scott King, but the effects of her work in the area of racial and gender equality are visible in ever classroom, in every corporation and in every aspect of American society.”

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Agroup of students is headed south to Mexico this spring break for a study tour that includes immersion into the culture of another country. The trip is just a part of a three-credit c lass that was offered this semester at Cabrini. The students will live with a Mexican family, study the language and see the sights in Cuernavaca, which is about two hours south of Mexico City.

Nancy Recchilongo, studying to get her master’s in education, said, “I am really excited to be immersed in the Spanish language and culture with a Mexican family.”

Laura Woods, a sophomore education major, pointed out, “Opportunities like this don’t come up often.”

Another group of students will be practicing their Spanish as well, but in Ecuador, on an immersion trip with the Wolfington Center. Most of the students in this group have already been on an immersion trip last year and know the ropes of this kind of experience. There are 11 students going to Rostro de Cristo, Ecuador and among them is Curtis Iorio, a sophomore marketing major. He said, “The Wolfington Center has worked very hard to provide this trip, and we are all very thankful for their help.”

Appalachia is another destination for Cabrini students. A group is headed there to do some hard work for families and a community in need. Lisa

DeFino, a senior elementary education major, is participating in Project Appalacia and said, “I am looking forward to spending quality time with Cabrini students who I have never gotten the opportunity to know very well.” The students will be painting, cleaning and building houses, but they are willing to do anything that needs to be done. DeFino said, “I think that this small gesture of kindness will touch the lives of those we come in contact with.”

Phil Nicolo, a junior sociology and criminal justice major, is also going on the trip. This will be his third trip to West Virginia, and he said, “I guess you could say it is a tradition for me.” He added that the students would be helping the area recover from a flood that affected over 125 homes. They will be putting up drywall and rebuilding the houses. Nicolo is enthusiastic about the trip and said, “It will be more fun than winning the lottery.” Nicolo added that the team has put in a lot of hard work to get ready for the trip. Nicolo said, “Mother Cabrini would be proud.”

The men’s lacrosse team is headed to North Carolina to face the daunting task of challenging a top-ten team to a match. The opposing teams, Lynchburg and Guilford, promise to be worthy opponents, and the men plan on practicing all week to prepare.

Lynchburg was nationally ranked at No. 8 for the week of Nov. 14. Despite the hard work, Tripp Durham, a junior accounting major is looking forward to the challenge. His teammate, Joe Sperduto, a freshman exercise science major, said, “I am definitely looking forward to taking the trip with all of the guys.”

MELISSA STEVEN PERSPECTIVESEDITOR MS727@CABRINI EDU

Holding her shot glass up in the air and toasting her 21st birthday, Cristina threw back her first shot of the night, in anticipation of many more ahead.

“I was a little bit nervous because I’ve never been in a bar atmosphere, but I was also really excited because I was with my close friends,” Cristina D’Amelio, ajunior psychology major, said. She turned 21 on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2005.

D’Amelio went out to a local bar

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good deal for it.”

For those who find it hard to part with their home-style dos, they travel back to their roots.

D’Amelio is on the women’s lacrosse team, was on the orientation staff for two years, worked for the leadership program at Cabrini College and is in the honors program. “I think that I am a responsible person,” D’Amelio said. “I am usually the one out of a group that has motherly tendencies. I’m usuallythe one taking care of other people and making sure everyone is OK,” she said.

When D’Amelio got to the bar she said that she never set a limit for herself as to how many shots she was going to have, but she said, “Ihad expected to know when to stop myself from having too many drinks.”

“I was worried about her,”

Denise D’Amelio, Cristina’s mother, said. “I thought she would know her limits and that the people she was with would take care of her.”

Approximately between the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.

D’Amelio had 11 shots, two mixed drinks and one pony.

“People kept buying me drinks

after I had said to them that I didn’t plan on getting so drunk. I tried to make that a point,” she said.

According to DrunkDrivingDefense.com a person can calculate their blood alcohol content on a chart according to their weight and how many drinks they have had in an hour to know their blood alcohol level.

“I knew it started to get bad when I went to the bathroom at the bar and I had to hold onto the walls of the stall tokeep me from falling over,”

D’Amelio said. “After that, getting in the car I couldn’t control anything coming out of my mouth even though I knew it was wrong. I remember thinking if I had gotten something to eat on the way home at like McDonald’s I might not get as sick.”

Radford University’s alcohol awareness website e xplains that having food inside of the stomach decreases absorption of alcohol, and not having any food increases absorption of the alcohol, increasing intoxication. Also, mixed drinks with a carbonated beverage speeds it up, while drinks with fruit juices

slows it down.

D’Amelio said, “It was sad when I needed two of my friends to hold me up walking back to my apartment. It was the worst night I ever had drinking.”

Approximately 1,700 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related injuries, including automobile accidents, and 599,000 are injured, according to the College Drinking website. “I have never drank that much in that short amount time,” D’Amelio said. “I don’t want to get that drunk again to the point of getting sick. It took me three days to get back to feeling normal.”

She continued to say that she thinks that a 21st birthday is a rite of passage. “I would definitely take my friends out for their birthday, but I don’t want them to get sick and not enjoy themselves.”

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TV shows taking over

homework done to watch TV more than a few times.”

From a short bob to long with layers, hair is a very particular feature of a person that is noticed right away. For those who are looking to freshen up with a new style, here are some options.

Snip away dead ends without traveling too far from campus. “I’ve never had a bad haircut around here, thankfully Shear Looks in Norristown, Pa. and Bubbles in the King of Prussia mall are awesome and they have decent prices, too, which is definitely a plus,” Angie Peso, a junior political science, history and philosophy major, said. Bubbles Salon cuts range from $28 to $35, and they also have a website for more information, www.bubblessalon.com. Bubbles was featured in Lucky Magazine as one of Philadelphia’s best budget services.

“I go to 19 West Beauty in Ardmore,” Kim Feeny, a junior psychology major, said. “I used to work at Toppers, so I became friends with a lot of hairdressers, so I usually just have them do it for me. One of them moved out to a place in Ardmore called 19 West Beauty and still does my hair. She does a really good job and gives me a

Elissa Salantri, a freshman business administration major, said, “I go to Sensational Scissors in Bucks County, Pa. I’ve been going there forever,ever since my mom’sbeen taking me there.”

“I’ve been getting it done at the Lemon Tree for about 10 years now at home in Long Island, N.Y.,” Claudia Sciandra, asenior accounting and finance major,said. “I go there cause usually I just get it washed and cut, and they really know how to do it. I like the way their shampoo makes my hair feel, and they’re very nice,” Sciandra said.

Matthew Burge, a junior philosophy and political science major, had a different approach. Burge cuts his roommates’hair for free at his room in the apartments. “For a good haircut, the generic 105 is the way to go,” said Burge.

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The girls of “One Tree Hill”have viewers tuning in weekly to get their fix of drama.

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It’s8:04 p.m. on a Thursday night. Girls are running in and out of each other’srooms; showing off their fourth outfit choice for the evening. The click and fizz sound of the first beers opening sooth the college student’s ear. The echo of “Californiaaa” mixed with girls simultaneously screaming “Ohmygod!” can be heard as one walks down the dorm hallway.

“The O.C.,” Fox Network’s most addicting drama, has managed to take over college students’lives on Thursday nights.

So many college students these days seem to plan their lives around their favorite television shows. Addicting shows like “One Tree Hill,” “Grey’s Anatomy,”

“American Idol” and “Desperate Housewives” are dominating the

primetime slots.

“I really like ‘Desperate Housewives’,” said Kelly McDonald, a sophomore marketing major. “It’s sophisticated and hilarious.”

“Desperate Housewives” airs at 9 p.m. on ABC. The show centers around five very different but relatable characters. Each housewife hides her own secrets and opens up a new can of worms every episode.

“I don’t really plan my time around watching my favorite shows though. If I see that it is on I’ll watch it, but I’m not too crazy like that.” McDonald said.

Francine Clement, a sophomore sociology/exercise and heath promotion major, agreed with McDonald when it comes to making time for her favorite shows.

“If I were to have a favorite show it would be the ‘Real World’ and ‘Road Rules’shows on MTV.

I have never purposely got my

“One Tree Hill,” another popular teen addiction, airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. The show centers around a group of teens who try and dodge the never ending dramas of high school.

“Grey’s Anatomy” follows “Desperate Housewives” at 9 p.m. ABC’s newest addicting drama has college students gasping and aww-ing at the show’s compelling romance mixed with edge-ofyour-seat thrills.

When it comes to reality shows, “American Idol” is the leading lady. Many Cabrini students love to watch the “really bad” acts in the beginning of the season. Many cannot wait to see who the next pop star will be as a result of the record breaking show.

Whether you’re into the backstabbing plots of “Desperate Housewives” or if you like the competition of “American Idol” one thing is for sure, Cabrini students love their shows. So don’t get in their way when they’re running back from class to catch the last few minutes of “The O.C.”

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Coretta Scott King lost her battle with ovarian cancer and a stroke on Jan.30. King will be remembered as a key contributor to the African-American culture.

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Although 21st birthdays are special days that should provide cherishable memories,most students find it hard to even remember their birthdays,let alone cherish them.

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Sister Prejean invokes a spirit of forgiveness for all

MEGHAN HURLEY STAFF WRITER MLH722@CABRINI EDU

Why does the world uphold only the dignity of the innocent and not the guilty? How can one human being have the power to decide if another human being should die? These were just some of the questions posed by a self-proclaimed storyteller and leading advocate for a moratorium on capital punishment.

It was standing room only as Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, spoke to around 500 people Feb. 20 in Grace Hall about her experience with inmates on death row and her campaign to put an end to the death penalty. Prejean was brought to Cabrini as the Founder’s Day speaker.

Founder’s Day celebrates the birthday and legacy of the Cabrini’s founder, Sister Ursula Infante, and the college felt that Prejean exemplified the same qualities.

“All this is, is a story about grace,” Prejean said. “Grace unfurls inside us as we need it…and we do what we are called to do.” This is how she described her journey as an advocate against capital punishment.

Prejean supports a moratorium, or suspension, of the death penalty. She took the stage with no notes or a prepared speech and captivated the audience with her humor and strong convictions. She recounted details, off the top of her head, of every inmate she had met and every victim’s family member she had met.

Prejean, a nun in the order of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille, started working with inmates on death row in her native Louisiana in 1981. When she first joined the order she “was not on the social justice bandwagon,” Prejean said. It took a three-day-long conference to change her mind. At the conference there was a nun speaking on social justice.

“She said, ‘Jesus preached good news to the poor…that they would be poor no longer...and then it hit me…that’s about justice,’” Prejean said.

After that, Prejean moved into one of the poorest parts of her state and worked with the poverty-stricken. It was there that she was developed, at first through letters, her first relationship with a death row inmate, whom she then visited, served as spiritual adviser for and eventually

accompanied to his death.

“The protocol of death is a secret ritual that you will never see. I am a witness, and I have to tell this story,” Prejean said. Prejean’s experiences with death row inmates and capital punishment are documented in her two books, “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States” and “The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions.”

Her book, “Dead Man Walking,” was turned into a movie, starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. Prejean was on hand through the whole filmmaking process and supports the message the film conveys. Sarandon won an academy award in 1996 for her portrayal of Prejean.

In her closing remarks about Sister Prejean, Dr Mary Laver, the director of programs for applied catholic social teaching, summed up Prejean’s speech and

said, “It looks like you have given comfort to the afflicted,” but she also caused the comfortable some affliction with her call to action.

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African-American Museum celebrates black history month

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Nestled in the heart of historic Philadelphia, Pa. is a museum devoted to a heritage that was once excluded from American history The African-American Museum in Philadelphia, located at 701 Arch St., was established in 1976 as the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, in commemoration of the nation’s Bicentennial and has flourished ever since.

The museum was the fist institution funded and built by a major municipality to honor and exhibit the African-American heritage.

The AAMP has four galleries that showcase struggle and stride of the African-American people. The first gallery that visitors walk into is a trip through ancient Egypt and the Nile Valley

The colorful murals on the walls focus on the vibrant history and reaffirm Africa’s many contributions to the world. By using visual imagery, timelines and artifacts, the gallery named “Glo-

rious Legacies from Our African Past,” teaches visitors a valuable history lesson.

As guests walk from the first gallery to AAMP’s newest exhibit, “The New Black Hollywood,” stunning airbrushed murals line the ceilings of tribal life in Africa. “The New Black Hollywood” exhibition celebrates AfricanAmerican film makers and actors from the 1980s to the beginning of the 21st century

This exhibit contains 50 movie posters and an anecdote about each film. One of the most recent posters is of the Academy Awardnominated film “Hotel Rwanda,” a film about the 1994 genocide when nearly one million Rwandans were killed. The exhibit’s purpose is to show that AfricanAmerican talent is no longer a rare exception.

The exhibit named “Silent Voices, Loud Echoes” showcases the works of African-American artists in the city of Philadelphia. It contains photographs of murals all over the city to celebrate AAMP’s 30th anniversary.

One of the most notable and recognizable murals, located on North Broad St., is of saxophon-

ist Grover Washington Jr., painted by Peter Pagast in 2001. The newest mural in Philadelphia can be seen on Ridge Ave. of Malcolm X, with a quote stressing the importance of education.

Apiece that hangs high between galleries is a historical map of Pennsylvania, depicting the stops on the Underground Railroad, a memorial to all those who helped slaves achieve their

freedom.

Although AAMPis dedicated to a specific heritage, people from all different backgrounds, young and old, can be seen embracing this part of American history. With Pennsylvania being the first state to adopt gradual emancipation in 1780, Philadelphia couldn’t be a better place to house a museum for AfricanAmerican heritage.

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The “Dead Man Walking” author spoke to the Cabrini community on Monday,Feb.20.

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The African American Museum is located at 701 Arch Street in Philadelphia,Pa.

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The painting shown above is among many others displayed at the African American Museum in Philadelphia,Pa.

Colleges ‘hotbeds’of music piracy

KATHERINE BRACHELLI ASST NEWS EDITOR KB727@CABRINI EDU

Party-goers and friends are not the only ones hitting up fellow college students to get grabs on downloaded music, movies, video games and software so they don’t have to pay for it, but lawsuits are going after downloaders as well.

Many college students, including Cabrini students, have resorted to using their institutions’high-speed connections to pirate songs, movies, games and other creative content to share with their college buddies.

Erin Morgan, a freshm an exercise science major, said, “Even though piracy is bad, I think it is common on all college campuses. Who wants to pay for music or software, especially when they know they can get it somewhere else and not have to pay?”

With students downloading everything from music to software, college campuses are becoming a breeding ground for software piracy. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst reported that 42 stu-

dents are being sued by the recording industry for sharing copyrighted music that was downloaded from i2hub, the fileswapping service they used, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The provider, i2hub, which is no longer running, was a hotbed of music, movies and software piracy. It allowed users to swap files over Abilene, Internet2’s high speed research network.

According to the student legal services office, a campus organization at Amherst that is representing the students in

Shannon Finn, a freshman prenursing major, said, “I know it’s wrong, but it’s great to be able to get a few songs off your friends, knowing that you don’t have to pay.”

The students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst thought they would not have to pay either. Nonetheless, each of them is facing the fine of $3,750 from the Recording Industry Association of America. Their defense is that peer-to-peer service drove them to piracy, and, little did they know, they were breaking the law. The students are demanding that i2hub pay the damages that RIAAis seeking from them.

isa Kent, a lawyer at the legal services office, in a letter sent to Wayne Chang, the creator of i2hub, accused i2hub of “turning users of the product into unknowing i nfringers.” Kent had also stated that if the students had known that i2hub was making their copyrighted information vailable for sharing over the Internet and infringing copyright, they would likely have not used i2hub, opting instead to use legal downloading sites, accordng to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The RIAAhas promised to

seek legal action to violators, and their main target has been college campuses. It was established in t he Supreme Court case of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster Ltd., that “the ease of copying songs or movies using software is fostering disdain for copyright protection.”

Colleges are hotbeds of music piracy, and to give students a legal alternative, digital music meisters are pursuing campuses with generous deals through Napster, Cdigix, Ruckus, Rhapsody and iTunes. More than 70 colleges and universities across the country have adopted these legitimate online services, but to truly tackle the problem of piracy, the RIAAbelieves that hundreds of other institutions must also take that step, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Brittany Lavin, an English and communication major, said, “Although it’s not a great thing to do, I would do it. I hate paying for my music when I know I can get it for free from friends of mine.”

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Television to DVD: the big switch

AMANDA POPOVITCH STAFF WRITER AVP722@CABRINI EDU

Television shows on DVD have been rushing the shelves of stores all over, and they have quickly become the latest revolution in entertainment media. The variety of television shows on DVD expands daily, and increasingly, shows are making the transition from television screen to DVD faster than ever Already some viewers have begun to forgo watching weekly shows in favor of waiting for television shows to come out on DVD so they can watch entire blocks of episodes, or even seasons, in one sitting. What does this all mean for primetime television?

A case in point for this new phenomenon is the recent hit show “Grey’s Anatomy.” The first season of the show, made up of only nine episodes since it began midway through the normal television season, was recently released on DVD Feb. 14, 2006. This is only a scant nine months after the airing of the last episode of the first season in May of 2005. This is top-notch turn around time for only half a season. Another case in point that puts even “Grey’s Anatomy” to shame is the show “24.” The most recent season of the show was released on DVD in December of 2005, clocking in at seven months after the airing of the last episode of that season. And the first season of “24” was released in September of 2002, a miniscule

Concert Beats

Friday, Feb. 24 Winterfresh SnoCone Tour featuring Seether with shinedown, Flyleaf and Halestorm at 7:20 p.m. at The Electric Factory

The Fray with The Cary Brothers and The Damnwells at 9:00 p.m. at The Theatre of Living Arts

Phil Lesh & Friends at 8:00 p.m. at Tower Theater

Saturday, Feb. 25 Silverstein with Spitalfield, Stretch Armstrong and The Sleeping at 2:30 p.m. at The Theatre of Living Arts

The Dan Band at 10:00 p.m. at The Theatre of Living Arts

Phil Lesh & Friends at 8:00 p.m. at Tower theater

Sunday, Feb. 26

Phil Lesh & Friends at 8:00 p.m. at Tower Theater

Monday, Feb. 27

Dave Chappelle’s Block party featuring live music, dj, and comedy with Talib Kweli and Erykah Badu at 7:00 p.m. at Tower Theater

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four months after the airing of the last episode of the first season in May of that year.

The other half of the television on DVD craze is the emergence of classic and cult television shows on DVD. Shows once banished to the 3 a.m. rerun schedule are now available for the viewer’s pleasure at a more reasonable hour through the miracle of DVDs. Classics such as

“The Lucy Show,” “MASH,” “The Simpsons,” “ALF” and a recent fan favorite, “Seinfeld,” have all been packaged into convenient sets that allow the viewer to purchase a select season and easily watch a favorite episode whenever they please, without the hassle of locating the rerun on television.

Also profiting from this trend are cult shows, such as the sci-fi hits “Star Trek” and “The XFiles,” whose eternally devoted fans are more than willing to fork over big bucks for their favorite shows. And they are worth big bucks. Aseason of “The X-Files” runs anywhere between $90 to $100, while the first season of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” will set you back $56.99 at your local Best Buy.

This new trend in television shows could mean major changes in the primetime television world and certainly a new money-maker for television companies.

Between newer shows being transitioned to DVD faster and older shows battling to be rereleased on DVD, the television

world will be revolutionized. Viewers may also become less worried about watching during primetime hours if they know a show will be released on DVD shortly after. And in our fastpaced lives this could, and probably does, happen often, meaning primetime television and syndicated dramas may be battling for viewers in the ratings. All this certainly means big changes for the television world.

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Tuesday, Feb. 28 No Use For A Name with The Suicide Machines and I am the Avalanche at 8:00 p.m. at Tower Theater

Wednesday, March 1

Ta’Mar with Special Guest Prince at 11:59 p.m at The Electric Factory

Thursday, March 2

The Saw Doctors at 9:00 p.m. at The Theatre of Living Arts

The “X-Files” is one of many cult television shows that have been captured on DVD.

Bonnaroo: three musical days

MATT DONATO ASST A&E EDITOR MCD724@CABRINI EDU

Imagine approximately 75,000 screaming fans spread across 700 acres of farm land, cheering for at least one of the many bands that will be playing their hearts out for three days straight. This is just a glimpse of the mayhem that will take over Manchester, Tenn. June 16, 2006, for a festival of unprecedented madness. This high-caliber experience is known as Bonnaroo.

“Yeah, I’d go because I like music, and I would want to be introduced to some new bands. It would be a nice road trip too,” Cristina D’Amelio, a junior psychology major, said.

Bonnaroo brings together some of the best acts in the world of music. Performers bridge the gap between rock ‘n’roll, jazz, hip-hop, house, americana and close to any other contemporary sound that is around.

The performers at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival include Radiohead, Blues Traveler, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Death Cab for Cutie, Moe, Bright Eyes, Ben Folds, G Love and Special Sauce, My Morning Jacket, Rusted Root, Medeski Martin and Wood, Beck, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Robert Randolph and The Family Band and Oysterhead.

These names merely break the ice of the greatness that will take over Manchester in just a few months.

While Bonnaroo got its roots with the jam-band scene, it is try-

ing to broaden its horizons with their new rock sound that they are pushing for, with bands like Radiohead and My Morning Jacket.

“From the beginning we’ve always tried to reflect people’s music collections. People have diverse musical tastes and that’s what we’re trying to showcase with our programming. While we’re not trying to get too far away from our core, Bonnaroo has been a great platform to introduce different music to our fans,”

Jonathan Mayers, president of Superfly Presents, said. Mayers has been producing Bonnaroo, along with A.C. Entertainment, since the beginning of the festival’s existence.

Not only is there going to be an excess of music, but there is going to be plenty of things going on during any downtime that happens to occur there. There is going to be an arcade, a silent disco, a comedy club, a beer festival, theater performers and a

Radio station hosts love fundraiser

SHATOYA HOWARD ASST NEWS EDITOR SRH725@CABRINI EDU

What involved love, songs, Cabrini and a host or two? If you guessed WYBF’s Valentine’s Day event, then, ding, ding, ding, you’re correct.

“It took about two hours to air all the dedications and songs with dedications running during both Dave Sullivan’s show and Bo Money’s show from 10 p.m. ‘til midnight,”MacDowell said.

music technology village in addition to the music.

In just five years, Bonnaroo has become the top-grossing festival in the world. In 2005, it grossed $13.4 million and brought in just over 76,000 fans. Even though last year’s numbers lost about 20,000 fans from 2004, they are capping this year’s tickets at 80,000.

Tickets at Bonnaroo can range from approximately $170 to $185. The prices vary depending on how early they are purchased and whether or not a VIPpass is acquired. Children under the age of six will be admitted free of charge.

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Must-hea r music

CHRISTINE ERNEST A&E EDITOR CME722@CABRINI EDU

Destroyer“Destroyer ’s Rubies”

Vancouver ’s Daniel Bejar started Destroyer as a solorecording project in the midnineties. Many people know Bejar as a contributor to the New Pornographers, but Bejar definitely does not consider himself an official member of the Porns.

He did join the New Pornographers on stage for a few songs while he was on tour with them last year, but as far as his explanation on why, he said he likes to blame it all on the consuming of wine backstage.

Destroyer has just released its seventh album, and it is one that deserves plenty of spins in one’s CD player.Its witty, yet whimsical feel will put every listener at ease.

Entitled “Destroyer’s Rubies,” the album is already a contender for my favorite albums of 2006.

“For the most part, it’s kind of ambling, like more or less heldtogether afternoon rock,” Bejar said. “But I’m sure the band will hate that description.”

For more on this Canadian and his friends, check out www.mergerecords.com.

Elefant“The Black Magic Show”

One thing I will never shun is a good pop song. Elefant won over my heart by not only creating pop songs, but pop songs about love. Their highly anticipated sophomore, full-length album delivers a hint of glam rock in the vein of David Bowie, plus a splash of a much dancier version of Interpol.

Entitled “The Black Magic Show,” the album features Diego Garcia carrying out his lovelorn lyrics in a seductive way that would make your mother blush if she thought he was singing about her

Just for the record, the Argentine singer is really named Diego Garcia, and no, it is probably not in any relation to the island of the same name.

The album was produced by Don Gilmore who has worked with the likes of Linkin Park, Duran Duran and Dashboard Confessional.

Their first single “Lolita” features an irresistible guitar hook, courtesy of guitarist Mod that is certain to provide some variety to your playlist in all the right ways. Coming up next for Elefant is a tour with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club that kicked off earlier

Cabrini’s beloved radio station WYBF “The Burn” decided to start up fundraisers to develop an expense account for future WYBF projects. According to Wayne MacDowell, the stations assistant operations manager and the events co-sponsor, this is the first idea of many to come.

The event started at noon on the day of love with a table set up in Founder’s Hall lobby where people could choose a love song and write a one-line dedication to their valentine for just $1, according to the event’s co-sponsor Amanda Popovitch. She stated that sign-ups where stopped at 4 p.m. and later that night the songs were played along with the dedications. Popovitch also mentioned that this event was broadcasted through the radio station’s website, www.wybf.com.

The most requested songs of the night were K-Ci and Jojo’s “All My life” with four requests and The Police’s “Every Breath You Take.”

MacDowell said that “a lot of the dedications ranged. Afew were very poetic but a lot of the funny ones [went out] to friends and loved ones. We think it was a good and solid way to promote the radio station and also a way to ensure that people were listening,” MacDowell said.

Both sponsors of the event thought the response was roughly around what they wanted and was a success overall.

MacDowell said that he would like it to be an annual thing because he felt that it was fun and helped bring the spirit of love into the air at Cabrini. As far as other fundraising and similar events, MacDowell said that the station is planning more events for the future. No dates have been set yet but ideas are in motion.

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this month. Check out the tour dates and come see them when they come through your town so you can see for yourself why people are calling Garcia the sexiest man in rock ‘n’ roll right now For more information on Elefant check out www.theblackmagicshow.com or www.hollywoodrecords.com or www.kemado.com.

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Death Cab For Cutie are one of the many bands scheduled to appear at this year’s Bonnaroo festival.The festival will begin on June 16 in Manchester,Tenn.

This week in sports:

JASON RADKA ASST SPORTS EDITOR JNR722@CABRINI EDU

Corruption in Cooperstown

San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds has been under the public magnifying glass for the past year, mainly regarding the recent scandal with the steroid policy enforced by Major League Baseball drug diplomacy. There is reason to believe that steroids may have some play in Bonds’ recent seasons, especially the season in which Bonds set the new homerun record in a season (72). Bonds would be on pace to break Henry Aarons all-time homerun record (755). However, Bonds will retire at the end of the season, whether he breaks the record or not. The question mark that has been placed on Bonds’ career is whether or not his numbers are legit. The seven-time most valuable player has still put his mark in the record books forever.

Curling

Gym visits exercise brain

ASHLEY RANDAZZO ASST FEATURES EDITOR AAR@CABRINI EDU

Exercise is now not only good for the body, but it is also good for the mind and cognitive behavior, according to experts on Cabrini’s campus and reinforced by a study done on fifth, sixth and seventh graders in the state of California.

Tests are now showing that, on average, 20 to 30 minutes worth of exercise on most days of the week can improve thought processes.

The realization of unhealthy behavior is the first step to becoming healthy. Dr. Maria Elena Hallion, an associate professor of exercise and health promotion at Cabrini College, believes that a self-assessment can be done to determine fitness.

“There are several actual physical assessments that can indicate a person’s health status. Tests are usually done to determine fitness levels and blood sugar levels. There are also instruments called Health Risk Appraisal, which can determine a person’s health age based on how they answer a series of questions regarding several health habits

like smoking, eating, alcohol use and exercise. Also, a medical professional can discuss with someone their signs and symptoms, like feeling tired all the time and not being able to sleep. Some of these assessments can be done as part of a comprehensive program for users of the Dixon Center,”Hallion said.

The Dixon Center offers a full gym, complete with weight training, elliptical, treadmill and bicycle machines for all members to enjoy Tracy Krakowiak, the fitness director of the Dixon Center, believes the key to a successful exercise routine is to use both weight and cardio training. “A combination of aerobic exercise and resistance training is best to increase a person’s metabolism and decrease risk for heart disease. The effects they could feel right away are better sleeping patterns and more energy during the day,” Krakowiak said.

An article written by Kevin Helliker suggests that exercising can even decrease the chance of getting Alzheimer ’s disease. “The science behind exercise increasingly shows that it provides a short-term boost to the ability to process data, among other functions. Over time, exercise has

been shown to help ward off the mental effects of aging, perhaps even Alzheimer’s,” Helliker said.

On the study done on the fifth through seventh graders, a test was given to students. Those who did the best in the class were in fact the most physically fit. “Results indicate a consistent positive relationship between overall fitness and academic achievement. As overall fitness scores improved, mean achievement scores also improved,” according to post-gazette.com.

Shayla Jones, a liberal arts major, discussed why she chooses to go to the gym. “I go because I feel better about myself. Like I’m really doing something for myself. It’s kind of like my own private time to clear my head and take care of my body. I think it also helps with my stress with school and everything that is going on from day to day,” Jones said.

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Curling is a mysterious yet popular sport in Torino this winter. Aform of shuffleboard, curling has been said to originate sometime in the 1500s. According to history, Europeans may have invented the sport but more particularly the Scots. The first etch in curling history was recorded in February of 1540, when a monk named John McQuhin of Scotland faced an associate of the Scotland government, Gavin Hamilton. The first curling championship in the United States was held in 1957 at an arena in Chicago. Today, there are nearly 20, 000 curling athletes registered in the United States and can be found in nearly 107 rinks as well as 20 hockey-curling rinks.

BearCrashes Game

In Ivujivik, Quebec, on Feb 21, 2006, a group of children were innocently playing a hockey game in their village. All of a sudden, a 700-pound polar bear crept on a child that was participating in the game. The children’s mother told the children to run away as she began to kick and fight the 70-pound monster. Thankfully, a local neighbor heard the commotion and fired warning shots from his rifle then proceeded to kill the bear.

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Exercising is extremely healthy for the body and helps prevent things such as disease and the common cold.

Allentown double athlete excels

SHANE EVANS SME722@CABRINI EDU WEB EDITOR

Being a multi-sport athlete is never an easy task, especially when the sports are played in consecutive seasons. That daunting task didn’t stop freshman Nikki Duggan from excelling in both soccer and basketball.

The 5’10” stopper and shooting guard sensation came to Cabrini knowing that she would play basketball, but didn’t think soccer was on the agenda.

“I came here for basketball,” Duggan said. “But I’ve been playing soccer all my life also, so [coach] Bobbi [Morgan] letting me continue soccer was awesome.”

Anative of Allentown, Pa. and a graduate of Emmaus High School, Duggan jumped at the chance to be a part of two teams at Cabrini.

“I’ve been playing soccer for 13 years and basketball for 10, so quitting one of them wasn’t something I really wanted to do,” Duggan said.

After the girl’s soccer coach, Ken Prothero, found that Nikki was a soccer player,he immediately became interested in the dominating stopper and went to see one of her games.

“When Coach Prothero found out I was coming here, I talked to him about it, and he came to see me play in high school and told me I could play soccer too,” Duggan said.

Playing two sports that are so different, like soccer and basket-

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ball, can be difficult for some, but Duggan handled the transition almost seamlessly.

“Ididn’t really find it that difficult at all,” Duggan said of her two-sport feat. “The only hard part was at one point both sports were going on at the same time, and I could only do one because the practices coincided. Soccer was still in season, and my coach would have let me go to basketball too, but they were the same times.”

Those scheduling conflicts didn’t stop Nikki from starting at defensive stopper for the soccer team and then transforming into the leading scorer for the playoffbound basketball team.

Nikki credits her great endurance as one of her main traits that helped her in both sports. Not being the fastest player never stopped her, just being able to stay with the pace of the game, for the whole game is one of the main reasons for her success.

Besides being a great athlete, Nikki is quite competitive and made an effort to exert that in both sports.

With the basketball season drawing to a close and no spring sport to worry about, Nikki will finally get a chance to relax and charge her batteries for next season…or seasons.

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Ever wonder how such a boring sport got to be the number one spectator sport in America?

I’ll tell you how: good publicity. Good PR is the key to success and the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing knows that fact. That is why they have been trying to drop their redneck following and pick up a high class business front. It’s pretty ingenious, right?

Here’s just a taste of the changes they have made in an attempt to improve their fan base. The rules. They actually changed the rules so that the end of the season would be more exciting to watch. It used to be that the driver with the most points at the end of the season was named champion. Now,the top ten drivers, based on points, of course, are eligible to compete in ten final races.

Here’s where they changed things for publicity. No matter how many points the lead driver had coming into the finals, it is automatically changed to 5,050 points. Then every other driver starts five points under the last one and so on. It is rather unfair, but it makes for one hell of a finale.

Next, they have raised their ticket prices. They did this in an attempt to get rid of all those stereotypical, redneck, NASCAR junkies out there from attending the races. By doing this they have added boxed seats for business and what not. They want to leave their loyal fans behind and ask for newcomers to help fund them. If you ask me, it’s pretty cold. They are discarding the crowd that has been supporting their sport since the beginning, and they aren’t even looking back.

They are even shoving out more money in order to fund new tracks so that they can hold more

clientele.

Another addition to NASCAR’s popularity is due to the fact that it is something that anybody, man or woman, can do, and do well for that matter. Any Joe Schmo can get behind the wheel and put the pedal to the floor, which makes this sport so appealing to everyone.

And one cannot forget the crashes. NASCAR would be quite a boring sport if it wasn’t for the possibility of a crash. Sports fans love collisions and why shouldn’t they? The spectacle, the sounds and most importantly, the debris: it all adds for a grade Ashow, and that is what NASCAR is trying to pull off. And it is certainly working out for the best.

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Lady Cavs head to first round

SHANE EVANS SME722@CABRINI EDU WEB EDITOR

With one blowout win followed by a close but disappointing loss, the Lady Cavaliers had trouble closing the season on a positive note. Regardless, the team is headed for the playoffs and will face Alvernia in the first round.

The last two games of the 2005-2006 season for the Cabrini women’s team could reflect on their whole season.

“We started the season slowly then we had some injuries,”

freshman guard Nikki Duggan said. “Surprisingly, things started picking up. We worked through things, then we went through a bunch of games where we didn’t always win but we played really well. That all comes with experience though. There are no excuses, but I think with such a young team this year, there wasn’t going to be perfect consistency,”Duggan said.

Against Eastern in the second to last game of the regular season, Cabrini played like a WNBA team, beating the Eagles by 51 points.

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bucketed a career high 16 points off the bench, including a 4 for 4 effort from beyond the arc. Duggan added 14 points, eight of which were early in the game, which propelled the Cavaliers to a 34-16 halftime lead.

“Before the game we all knew from that point on every game was crucial, and we needed to go in with a high intensity level,” freshman guard Lauren MaGill said. “We knew that we were able to beat them because we had that mentality, and we also knew that if we played to our potential we could do really well.”

“Really well” translated into

Cabrini outscoring Eastern 43-7 in the second half, which led to the 74-23 romping against our across-the-street rivals.

Two days later against Immaculata University, the Lady Cavs didn’t have that same killer instinct.

Letting a late eight-point lead slip away, Cabrini was outscored 16-4 in the final six-plus minutes that turned into a 45-41 loss.

“I think we were too focused on the consequences of the game,” Duggan said. “Getting home court for first round of the playoffs was huge, and we lost sight of the game we were in at

the moment, which contributed to our poor play down the stretch.”

The Cabrini women earned the 5th seed in the PAC playoffs and will take on Alvernia College Tuesday night. Earlier this season the Cavs were defeated in Reading by 22 points.

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Lady Cavs head to the playoffs to face Alvernia in hopes of bringing home the PAC title.

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Lady Cavs cheer their team on to another win and the first round of the PACs.

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Mass Schedule

Sunday:7:00 p.m.

Tuesday:8:15 a.m.

Wednesday: 5:15 p.m.

Thursday:12:30 p.m.

The philosophy department proudly announces the chapter of the National Philosophy Honors Society, Phi Sigma Tau. The Cabrini Philosophy Honors Society is open to all students with the following qualification: three semesters of college work, average grade point average 3.38 or above and at least two philosophy courses with average grade of above 3.00. Interested students may contact any member of the department.

Early struggles end Cavaliers’season

CHRISTINE BLOM SPORTS EDITOR CBB722@CABRINI EDU

After a season of ups and downs, the Cavaliers bid farewell to the stress of their 2005-2006 season. They overcame many obstacles and were willing to put their faith in their new head coach.

“I would have to say adjusting to Coach ‘Chuck’s’coaching style and his basketball system was our biggest challenge,” Randy Reid, a sophmore acounting major, said. “Once we all put our faith in him and did what he asked of us, we were a powerhouse,” Reid said.

With a record of 8-10, the Cavs placed seventh in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference and had a very close shot of making it to the playoffs, being that they were tied with Neumann College. In the end, Cabrini’s record overall was 11-14.

The men are losing three of their top players: seniors Jim McMahon, Jim Good and Anthony Bennett, who will all be graduating in May.

Some of the players feel as if losing these seniors will hurt them in the beginning, but in the end, it will make them stronger

“By losing the seniors, we will not only lose great players, but we will also lose great senior leadership that will be hard to replace,” Greg Clifton, a sophomore, said.

“As far as losing the seniors, we are losing our top two scorers and that always hurts,” Reid said. “However, we do have players that are ready to fill their shoes.”

For the rest of the team, they have high hopes for their next year with Coach Macciocca and the rest of the staff.

“The coaches haven’t talked about what exactly we have coming in next year, but we already have a good returning group that

are experienced,” Reid said. “We are ready to step up and get the job done.”

“For next year we want to give Coach ‘Chuck’his first winning season as a head coach. To not only get to the play-offs but to win them,” Clifton said.“And I would love to make serious noise in the Division III National tournament.”

Several players have been named excellent players of the conference, and they have been listed among the best of the best in the league. Anthony Bennett, Jim McMahon and Reid, along with sophomore Jeff Dailey are all top ten.

Overall, Macciocca was successful in keeping the guys together and teaching them to bond as a team.

“Coach did a great job for his first year in bringing us together and molding us into a team, and I see nothing but bright seasons ahead,” Reid said.

Attention Education Majors: The Center for Graduate and Professional Studies will offer the Math Praxis Test Prep Course for Level II: Content Knowledge. The course will be facilitated by Dr. Katie Acker of the math department and will meet from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on April 5, 19, 26, and May 3. The cost is $150. For help with questions or to request additional information, please contact Lisa LoMonaco, lml724@cabrini.edu or 610902-8592.

National Collegiate Health Assessment

Complete the NCHAsurvey and be entered into a prize drawing for gift cards valued from $100 - $500! Random winners for all participants on the competition deadline, Feb 24. For more information contact: Health and Wellness Education at wellness@cabrini.edu

Cabrini College Click Campaign

From Feb. 13 to March 31, 2006 the finance club will sponsor the annual Click Campaign. This is a great way to help underdeveloped nations pull out of poverty. All you have to do is go to www.povertyfighters.com, and click Cabrini College. Please support Cabrini by Clicking twice a day. If there are any questions please contact me, Claudia at css722@cabrini.edu.

Sunday, Feb. 26- Indoor Track at Seton Hall Invitational

Monday, Feb. 27- Men’s Tennis vs. Mercyhurst, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 28- Open Water Scuba Diving, 6:30 - 9 p.m.

Wednesday, March 1- Softball vs. Catolic, 10:45 a.m.

Congratulations to sophomore Randy Reid for being named PAC Playerof the Week.

Sophomore Greg Clifton proved he was willing to beat everyone in order to “make some noise.”

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