Students learn new moves with Capoeira

against the Brazilian slave owners.

Cabrini students were captivated watching Capoeira, the Afro Brazilian martial art dance form of combat. As they sat in a tight circle clapping, two people were battling to the sounds of hand crafted Brazilian instruments.

On Tuesday Sept. 25, Dr. Nancy Watterson, assistant professor of English, joined in with her students in an attempt to understand the art form called Capoeira.

Marcos Corrêa, Formado (professor level of capoeira) Canguru, ran the show and started off the workshop by teaching the basic moves and giving background to what the art form represents. He then had students practice the newfound movements.

Capoeira derived from Africans enslaved in Brazil that needed to defend

The main idea is to be agile and creative. Back flips, cartwheels and dodges make up the combat more so than kicks and punches.

Watching two capoeiristas battle looks more like an acrobatic dance instead of a fight. Tactics are stressed.

Watterson is not new to the techniques of capoeira. Watterson’s god son has been involved for years, but she has also brought it to other campus’ including Cabrini last year.

“With every class they have gotten something out of it, whether it was shared bonding or going through learning something that is unfamiliar,” Watterson said.

This year it’s a little more special. Watterson is beaming about her new class she’s created called, Voices of Justice Living and Learning Community.

It’s a special community of 21 students that live together in the same hallway in Xavier and have five classes together throughout the year.

In their classes they cover much of the same material, like writing a paper in English which will also be handed in to another class.

Nicholas Rademacher and Darryl Mace along with Watterson are currently working with this unique group of cultural diverse students.

These students were the first group of the day to get in the center of the circle and try their hand at capoeira.

Alicia Blanding, a freshman biology pre medicine major in LLC, enjoyed the enticing workshop and is equally happy to be a part of the Living Learning Community.

“I enjoyed this capoiera. I’d do this on a regular basis,” Blanding said.

Know your professor

Students purchase tickets for the

Hot Spot of the Month: Wayne Theater

The Office of Student Activities just made a night out less expensive.

The Anthony Wayne Movie Theater is an affordable means of entertainment for students at Cabrini College. Tickets are only $2 when purchased at the Office of Student Activities, located next to Jazzman’s.

Obtaining these tickets is a simple and easy process. Students just need to stop by, show their student identification, pay and pick up the tickets.

“OSA thought about what we could do for students that would be low cost and they could do on any night of the week. We decided on the theater tickets because we aren’t able to plan an event every single night of the week so this is a way for students to be able to do something on any given night of the week,” Ashley Shoenfelt, director of student activities, said.

Five hundred tickets are purchased each semester by the Office of Student Activities. When tickets run out more are not purchased until next semester, Shoenfelt said.

The students are taking more advantage of this money-saving opportunity since its start in the fall 2006 semester.

The affordable price is not the only advantage. The theater, located on West Lancaster Ave. is less than two miles from campus. This perk can help save on gas. Students can even walk there if they wish.

The theater’s atmosphere is laid back.

“It’s cute and it’s quaint and it’s cozy. It’s very tiny, but I like that it’s tiny,” Amanda Stout, a senior communications major, said.

The theater is close and cheap but the amount of showings is limited. There is an average of five different pictures shown a week.

Other more expensive theaters can hold up to 20 pictures or more and in- clude more showings.

Transportation is the main reasoning for the school providing the discounted tickets at the Wayne Theater. The school’s shuttle has a route to Wayne and it allows students to familiarize themselves with that surrounding area.

The price of movie tickets continues to soar. It costs $9.50 for adults to see an evening show and $7.25 to see a matinee at the Anthony Wayne Theater.

Cabrini students are able to see any movie at any time for the flat rate of $2. The days of trying to make that early show and picking a movie that is valid with discount tickets just to save a few dollars are over.

Dr. Bryony Kay is an assistant professor in psychology. She has worked with different age groups ranging from 8-21 in prisons, residential communities and schools. She is a clinical counsler and mostly focuses on emotional difficulties. She has taught in a Muslim school in Africa as well as teaching in Greece.

Q: Do you feel that you are adjusting to Cabrini?

A: Yes. It is a wonderful place. There is a great sense of community which is lovely.

Q: What have you learned since starting?

A: Technology. Students are more technologically aware which makes me as well.

Q: How did you become interested in your field?

A: My father was a psychologist. I grew up in a family of psychologists. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest had a deep impact on me. It showed me how much needed to be changed.

Q: What are your interests?

A: My family and my kids. I like traveling to Europe, Amnesty International and reading crime novels with a cup of tea.

Q: Do you have any advice for students?

A: Really enjoy learning not just for yourself but what you can learn for the rest of the community. This is a precious time of life to learn. To learn not only about oneself, but also about what we can do for others.