Oct. 25, 2007 issue 08 Loquitur

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STABBING ON CAMPUS

For the second time in less than two years, a stabbing occurred on Cabrini’s campus.

KAITLIN BARR EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI EDU

JESSICA HAGERTY SPORTS EDITOR JH729@CABRINI EDU

Cabrini students expressed concern over the incident that occurred early Saturday morning, as it was the second to occur in less than two years. The protocol of Public Safety, Radnor Police and Emergency Medical Services on Saturday was the same as the first incident on campus. “The only difference is our welcome center. With all exits closed we were able to control our only entrance/exit which was a plus,” Director of Public Safety Lillian Burroughs said in an e-mail.

The 19-year-old victim with whom Tate was visiting was flown to the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania. Police say he is listed to be in stable condition.

The Delcotimes.com accused Tate of marijuana possession last weekend in West Chester. He also has an open case involving conspiracy to armed robbery in Radnor.

Tate’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 30.

“In my opinion, it is the members of the college community – students, staff, faculty, you and me – who should think first of the effect on the community before inviting someone to campus,” President Iadarola said.

The Incident

The stabbing occurred around 12:30 a.m. Sat. morning on the East Residence Hall Patio. A nineteen-year-old freshman male was assaulted by a friend he had visiting him on campus. After arguing for a little while, the suspect stabbed the male freshmen in the abdomen. 911 was called and police and ambulance arrived to the scene in minutes. The suspect fled the scene, which prompted an immediate lock down on campus.

The Suspect

20-year-old Rupert G. Tate Jr. surrendered himself to police before noon on Sat. morning. He is currently behind bars on $250,000 cash bail. He now faces charges of attempted homicide, simple and aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and possession of an instrument of crime. According to the Delco Times, when asked how he was doing, he described “not too good.”

The Lockdown

According to the Director of Public Safety Lillian Burroughs, they found out about the incident at 12:40 a.m. and the lockdown was enforced at 12:40 a.m. Cars returning to campus were told to go sit in WaWa’s parking lot as police and public safety searched for the suspect. The lockdown was taken off at 4:30 a.m. Students were to remain in their residence halls until further notice.

What Now?

According to President Iadarola, next semester, an emergency broadcast text messaging system will go into effect. She also feels that changing the guest policy on campus would not be beneficial. “College policy emphasizes that students are responsible for the behavior of their guests and we expect that they will consider their own safety and the safety of others when considering whom to invite to campus.”

Breast cancer’s effect on family life

KAITLIN BARR EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI EDU

“I stood in the kitchen doorway as she walked down the hallway, stopped, turned around and asked, ‘So it’s cancer?’ My stomach dropped as I watched her face go blank and her eyes widen; it was straight out of a movie,” senior English and secondary ed major Kate O’Brien said.

Kate’s mom, Susan O’Brien, had previously found a lump on her breast, yet no one thought it could be cancer. They all simply thought it was a cyst, no big deal. “I

guess when it’s your mother, cancer seems surreal and completely unthinkable,” O’Brien said.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, except for non-melanoma skin cancers. The chance of developing breast cancer at some time in a woman’s life is about 1 in 7.

About 70 percent of breast cancers occur in women who have no identifiable risk factors; 80 percent of all breast lumps are benign.

“I immediately thought that my mom is too young to die, that this couldn’t be happening,” O’Brien said. Because of the position of her mother’s tumor, Su-

san had to go through both chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

The second leading cause of cancer death in women is breast cancer. In 2006, about

States. Women living in the United States have the highest rate of breast cancer in the world.

“My mom would tell us that whenever she felt down, she’d close her eyes and picture the word ‘FAITH’ in pewter letters. It really helped her get through a crazy time,” O’Brien said.

Today, Susan is cancer-free. The good news, she now joins the over 2 million breast cancer survivors living in the United States. The bad news, not all women are as lucky as Susan O’Brien.

on her breast. I guess I was just too excited about Christmas to even start to think about my mom being sick,” 22-year-old Noelle Penney said. “I didn’t understand that cancer, stage three breast cancer which was what my mom had, would most likely result in death.”

In 2006 alone, about 40,970 women died of breast cancer not even including women in previous years. Maryann Penney was one of those women who lost in the battle against breast cancer.

212,920 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in women living in the United

“I was in the sixth grade when my parents told my brother and I that my mom had found a lump

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DejaVu

What were you doing around 1 a.m. Saturday? Did you know a stabbing had just occurred? If you weren’t on campus, chances are you probably didn’t. Oh wait; even if you were on campus, chances are you didn’t either.

Those who did hear about the stabbing heard through word of mouth. No public safety officer patrolled the halls of the dorms, no RA knocked on anyone’s door to make sure everyone knew. But how could the RAs knock on doors to inform their residents when they themselves were left in the dark?

Whether you felt safe or not, the truth is that your safety was neglected. Part of being safe is knowing what harm is out there and taking the appropriate precautions. For the most part, students had no idea a stabbing had taken place until they woke up Saturday morning and read the email they received, sent earlier that morning at 5:28 a.m. An email, however, that was not received by the entire college community.

5:28 a.m. Five hours after the stabbing had occurred and the stabber’s whereabouts were still unknown. Isn’t a lockdown supposed to keep individuals secluded from the outside, safe and sound until the suspect is found?

What is it going to take to get public safety to come up with a real crisis plan, considering the plan has not been updated since 2003, which was two years before the first stabbing occurred.

Even though students were uninformed, credit does have to be given to public safety as far as the victim’s safety was concerned. His safety was their first priority, and because of it, he got the care he needed and is now thankfully in stable condition.

Unfortunately, the job of public safety is also to look out for the safety of the campus as a whole and there was, for hours until the suspect turned himself in, someone loose on campus with a knife who could have potentially harmed more students. The campus was on lockdown, but to what extent was it enforced? Students were able to roam from building to building with no warning of what had just happened.

Another job of public safety is to keep the entire student body safe when a situation like this occurs. When a cab full of Cabrini women pulled up to the entrance to be dropped off after a night off campus, public safety should have escorted them to their rooms. They knew what the suspect looked like, and it sure wasn’t a female. Instead, they handed them “safety blankets” which in reality were yellow tarps, and told them to sleep out on the pavement because they didn’t have a car to go somewhere else. Other cars who were not permitted back onto campus were told to go “sit in WaWa’s parking lot.”

Did the lockdown go into effect immediately? No one will know. What we do know is that an editor was allowed on campus after four police cars had already arrived, meaning the police had already been notified and had already driven to campus, yet no lockdown was in effect. While public safety can’t change the way they reacted to the incident and the incident itself can not be taken back, it is unfortunate that what the Cabrini community is left with is a tarnished reputation.

How do we tell people that Cabrini is still a safe place? That the recent incidents do not change the value of a Cabrini education or are a reflection of the average Cabrini student?

This incident, that is similar in nature to the one that occurred two years ago, proves that heightened security such as signing visitors into buildings at 8 p.m. and the Welcome Center do not prevent violence. What public safety should focus their efforts on is an effective crisis management plan so that when acts like this, that are not unique to Cabrini occur, all student safety needs are met.

Campus supports Laurel House Project

DANIELLE FEOLE STAFF WRITER DF727@CABRINI EDU

A class project at Cabrini College is leading to various forms of involvement with Laurel House. Laurel House is the only domestic violence shelter and service in Montgomery County.

Cabrini students are collecting old or unused cell phones and empty ink cartridges for Laurel House. Students should contact relatives and friends to gain more support about this drive.

Cell phones and cartridges can be put in a drop-box in the admissions office, business office, registrars office and faculty support.

The shelter was founded by the Women’s Center of Montgomery County in 1980. In 1981, Laurel House was incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization.

Laurel House’s mission statement is to provide a safe haven for abused women and their children, to raise public awareness about domestic violence

and to advocate for social change against domestic violence.

Students can attend a day of awareness session, provide Monday night activities for children, become a holiday volunteer, volunteer at Marian’s Attic, Laurel House’s thrift shop, or assist with in-kind donations.

On Sunday, Oct. 28th, Laurel House will be holding a 5K run and walk against domestic violence. Registration information can be found in the Wolfington Center, which is located on the third floor of Founders Hall.

Lauren Mindermann, coordinator of volunteer services at Cabrini College, said, “Laurel House is very excited to have volunteers from Cabrini.”

According to Tommie Wilkins, director of volunteer services and community education at Laurel House, it would like male volunteers as well as women. The children there need to witness men whom they need not be afraid of. There are male victims too.

Amy DeBlasis, an English in-

structor, participates with Laurel House in her Seminar 300 course.

Amy DeBlasis said in an e-mail, “Students in my Sem 300 are completing a domestic violence advocacy program that will certify them to work in any shelter in Pennsylvania.”

According to Wilkins, in cofacilitating a class with Amy DeBlasis, they are putting domestic violence training into a classroom.

When students finish the course they can choose to volunteer individually. Students will be able to work with the police, a medical advocacy program and local hospitals when victims present themselves. Students in DeBlasis’ course are surveying students’ views on campus and the community about relationship violence. Wilkins said, “Students are a pool of information and knowledge that we can use to further educate people on campus and in general.”Any student who knows someone affected by domestic violence can call Laurel House’s hotline at 1-800-642-3150.

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Breast cancer affects loved ones

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“My mom had cancer for six years, and most of the time during those years I tried not to think about it. I didn’t want to accept the fact that my mom was sick, so I would always act selfish towards her,” Penney said. “I surrounded myself with horrible people that led me to making some stupid mistakes.”

Having a mother with breast cancer can truly affect children in many ways. Some embrace the idea and spend as much time with their mother as possible, while others remove themselves from the situation. Breast cancer not only deeply affects women who are battling the deadly disease, but also their loved ones, especially if they have children.

“When the doctor told my mom she had less than three months to live, she didn’t sit around and sulk. She ordered gifts for all of her doctors and nurses that had taken care of her over the years, and brought them to the hospital for them all,” Penney said. “My mom

was always positive, even when she knew she was going to die.”

Whether mothers live to tell their story of how they beat breast cancer, or pass away trying to get better, most children view their mothers the same way.

“Basically, my mom is a warrior,” O’Brien said. “When I think about how she fought her cancer head-on, I can’t do anything but respect her. She has shown me the strength I want to have if I have to go through something like breast cancer, but if I do, I’m okay. Maybe in the face of something scary, the image of the pewter letters that spell out ‘FAITH’ won’t seem so silly to me.”

“Now that I’m older, looking back at it I wish I could do it over again. I wish I could have spent more time with my mom,” Penney said. “I view my mother as an incredibly strong person after everything she went through.”

“Because of how my mom always put her kids first and loved us so much, I cannot wait to be a mom so I can do things with my children that my mother never got to do with us.”

Colleges push for smoking ban

STAFF WRITER

Smoking bans are becoming more and more popular and the focus is now being directed towards college campuses. There is increasing talk among colleges to ban smoking altogether for the sake of non-smokers’ health.

Cigarette smoke is a danger to everyones health and non-smokers feel that they should not be subjected to such dangers in the first place.

“Health services feels strongly that smoking, includ-

ing second-hand smoke, is the number one preventable cause of so many illnesses and diseases in our country,” college nurse Susan Fitzgerald said.

Cabrini has made some visible efforts to help regulate the smoking patterns on the campus already. They have posted signs informing students, faculty and staff where smoking is absolutely prohibited in an attempt to keep cigarette smoke away from the entrance to many buildings.

Pushes to make colleges, businesses, hospitals and other facilities smoke-free come from organizations and indi-

viduals who are educated in the area of smoke-related illnesses.

“I can understand having designated smoking areas but to ban smoking from the entire campus would be ridiculous,” sophomore elementary and special education major Julie Lanigan said.

There have been numerous studies that show how harmful smoking is for a person’s health. The goal is to continue to educate people and enforce non-smoking laws even more.

Colleges that have gone completely smoke-free are generally community colleges. It is easier to enforce these rules due to the

fact that these colleges are for commuters only, rather than housing a large number of residents.

There still are some colleges that have made it a point to make their campuses smokefree. One smoke-free campus is Cabrini’s neighboring school, Eastern University.

“Cabrini College, with the help of several on-campus committees, has been reviewing our current smoking policy and looking ahead to better enforcement and improved education,” Fitzgerald said in response to what Cabrini is doing to address this issue.

Some of the most recent smok-

ing bans have taken place in Philadelphia bars and restaurants. People felt they should be able to eat and drink without having to choke on other people’s bad habit.

The ban went into effect on Monday, Sept. 25, 2006 and it included all workplaces, galleries, sports facilities, restaurants and most bars.

The new smoking ban also prohibited smoking outside of these facilities within a distance of up to 20 feet. In order to get people to comply with the new regulations there are fines that range from $25 to $300 if people break the rules.

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Talks have increased among colleges to ban smoking on campuses completely. The colleges that have gone completely smoke-free so far are generally community colleges. Because the colleges are for commuters only, it makes it easier to enforce these rules.

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER/MCT

Breast cancer supporters walk the Ben Franklin Parkway during the Annual Race for the Cure in Philadelphia. Breast cancer affects women who are battling the deadly disease, as well as their loved ones, especially if they have children.

Colleges debate early-admission policies

If a student wishes to apply early, the admissions office makes a prompt decision.

Colleges are debating the merits of early-admissions policies. Some schools, like Harvard, did away with early admissions because Harvard felt that policy favored students from high-powered schools and families who could get all the paperwork together in junior year.

Cabrini’s admissions office is focused more on attracting a variety of students each year, than forcing them into early enrollment decisions. Early-admission is offered at Cabrini. Prospective students are advised to consider it if they have exceptional backgrounds in academics and are certain of their choice.

Cabrini, like many colleges, has rolling acceptance.

“We have an early acceptance policy partly because people want to know in advance, financially, what it will cost to attend the school,” Joseph Coyle, associate director of admissions at Cabrini, said.

Although early-admission is possible at Cabrini, it is not necessary for a student to add anxiety to his or her junior year of high school unless it is of interest. Additionally, binding students to their choice of college once they have been admitted is not a goal of Cabrini’s admissions office.

“We are not dealing with the same volume of students like for example Penn State. There’s really no benefit for requiring early-admissions,” Coyle said. “We don’t want to turn a lot of students

away by forcing them to commit early or start making this into a competitive game. We want to keep admissions friendly.” College officials as well as high school counselors are wondering what is considered to be too early, according to the New York Times article, “Efforts to Create a Standard Early-Admissions Policy Run Into Trouble,” by Tamar Lewin.

The conflict of pleasing all schools when it comes to the timing of admissions is becoming quite an issue. The admissions process at an Ivy League institution highly contrasts to the procedure at a community college.

This past year, the National Association for College Admission Counseling designated that colleges not announce students’ admission decisions before Sept. 15 of their senior year. It will not be until next year that this

policy is expected to start affecting colleges. This regulation was based on interests of lifting college application stress off of students during their junior year. However for state universities and community colleges, the new policy seems to be geared towards the pressure that the Ivy Leagues put on admissions.

The pressure of applying and waiting for acceptances from colleges was what jumpstarted the Sept. 15 policy.

Students are frequently told to apply as early as possible, which causes double the tension that they are already under in their third year of high school. “It was a little frustrating and stressful,” freshman communications major Morgan Johnson, said. “I feel like when you take your time, you find the college that’s best for you.”

Harvard and Princeton have al-

ready closed their early-admissions processes because of the damage it does to prospective students.

The problem remains that several other elite institutions do not want to give up the early admission system, because elite schools often fill a large percentage of their incoming classes with early admissions students. Thus the debate over the Sept. 15 policy is increasing and causing more colleges to examine either keeping rolling admissions or advancing to early-admissions.

Students interviewed on campus favored the rolling admissions process at Cabrini. “It didn’t add stress to my senior year. It was one of the easier schools to apply to because of rolling admissions,” freshman elementary education major Brittany Kostman, said.

Villanova University to host Special Olympics

KAITLIN BARR EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI EDU

From Friday, Nov. 2 until Sunday, Nov. 4, Villanova University will be hosting the Special Olympics, Pa’s Fall Festival, for the 19th consecutive year in a row. This one event is the largest studentrun organization in the world.

Kevin Moran, Special Olympics Fall Festival’s media and publicity chair, said, “This is one of the biggest events on Villanova’s campus. About 2,000 Villanova students are joined by faculty, staff, alum,

volunteers and special guests to make the event a success.”

Volunteer registrations begin at 7 a.m. and finish at 6 p.m. on Friday in the Jake Nevin Field house on Villanova’s campus.

The opening ceremony will begin with a torch lighting in front of Bartley Hall, home to the Villanova school of business. On Sunday at 1 p.m., the end of the festival weekend will conclude with closing ceremonies at the Villanova University Pavillion.

Moran estimates over 1,000 athletes who range in age from pre-teen to adult, will compete in the Fall Festival.

Six different competitions will take place over the weekend: Bocce, long distance running, power lifting, volleyball, roller-skating and soccer will be just some the events taking place over the entire weekend.

Sandro Rocco, Villanova’s Director of Support Services for the Special Olympics Pa Fall Festival, said, “Fall Festival also offers Olympic Town in our Quad. O-Town is sponsored by about 70-80 different student organizations and offers a wide variety of different activities for the athletes. They can do things like karaoke, decorate a cookie, have

a clown make them balloon animals or even dance with storm troopers and Darth Vader. OTown is like a huge carnival with so many things for the athletes.”

Anyone is welcome to join in the festivities. Volunteers do not have to reserve a place ahead of time; they just have to show up at the volunteer’s table any time throughout the weekend in the field house. “All volunteers get a free volunteers shirt,” Moran said.

“We offer a special event called Healthy Athletes which promotes, yes, healthy athletes,” Rocco said.

“We’ll have nurses and clinicians conduct interactive seminars with

athletes about how to stay healthy by eating the right things.”

When arriving on Villanova’s campus and signing up for the event, “fall festival committee members will send volunteers to where they feel they’d be best used,” Moran said. If volunteering sounds interesting and a specific section sounds appealing, volunteers are able to go to that section as well.

To find out more information, check out www.specialolympics.villanova.edu.

LIZ GARRETT STAFF WRITER EGG722@CABRINI EDU

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This will be the 19th consecutive year in a row that Villanova will be host to the Special Olympics on its campus. This event joins students, faculty, staff and alum in an event that is the largest student-run organization in the world.

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JAMIE HUFNAGLE/NEWS EDITOR

ASHLEY COOK/NEWS EDITOR

Cabrin’s admissions office has rolling acceptance. It is focused on attracting a variety of students rather than focring them into early enrollment decisions.

Newly appointed chair heads board of trustees

Prior to joining Continuum Health Partners, Cavanaugh worked in financial services at E.F. Hutton, Shearson, Moody’s and Citibank. After her job at Citibank was eliminated, she decided she wanted to do something more interesting than financial services.

Cavanaugh believes people stress too much about the perfect choice of a career when, really, there are no perfect choices.

“I would encourage students to move forward, take some risks and try new things. If it doesn’t work out, go onto something else,” Cavanaugh said.

The board of trustees under the leadership of Cavanaugh now faces a complicated choice. The board meets three times a year, in October, February and May. Each of the committees meets at least three times a year prior to full board sessions.

U.S. Citizens have trouble re-entering country

RYAN KIRBY STAFF WRITER REK722@CABRINI EDU

The United States stepped up the security at the Mexican border and made it increasingly difficult and time consuming for American citizens to reenter the country. The reported delays at the border have not been this bad since the months that followed the September 11th attacks. Anti-terrorism legislation passed by Congress in 2004 is finally taking effect, requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship upon re-entering the country. The wait times have already been reported as two hours or more.

Bomb kills more then 120 people in Pakistan

With the retirement of President Antoinette Iadarola steadily approaching, one organization has the difficult task of choosing a new president.

They are the board of trustees headed by Theresa Cavanaugh, a 1974 graduate of Cabrini College, who was recently elected as chair of the board.

“My selection as chair of the board was a big surprise. I was asked in 2006 to become the vice chair, with the expectation that I would then become chair. I am proud that I was selected, but more than that, I feel very honored to be given this opportunity and this enormous responsibility, especially this year, with Dr. Iadarola retiring and the College needing to find a new president,” Cavanaugh said.

Cavanaugh not only faces the challenge of searching for Iadarola’s successor. In addition she serves as corporate director of marketing for Continuum Health Partners.

“The main responsibilities of my job are to oversee the marketing materials for three hospitals in New York. My staff works on advertising, web sites, direct mail, brochures, posters and so on. We generally promote specific clinical areas, such as our cancer services or orthopedic services, as opposed to overall hospital advertising. I also oversee a small staff that makes physician referrals,” Cavanaugh said.

As a child she grew up in Westchester County, New York and then went to high school in Topsfield, Mass. After her aunt suggested applying to Cabrini, she applied and

received a full scholarship.

“I loved my time at Cabrini, and still love being on campus. I lived in Grace Hall my first two years, Woodcrest my junior year and the Mansion my senior year. I also had my wedding reception at the Mansion, so, as you can imagine, the place is very dear to me,” Cavanaugh said.

While at Cabrini, Cavanaugh studied English and philosophy. Her original plan had been to be a teacher but after college she decided that was not for her.

“Cabrini helped prepare me for the real world although, of course, we are all so much influenced by our families and friends too. Sometimes it’s hard to know exactly where we learned particular skills or attitudes. One skill I have that has been very important to my career is that I can write and edit well. I see a host of young people entering the work force whose writing is terrible. I learned a lot about how to write at Cabrini,” Cavanaugh said.

“My main focus will be the Presidential Search Advisory Committee. We also made major changes in the committee structure of the board, to align ourselves with the strategic plan. I’m hopeful these changes will align the committee work more closely with the main initiatives at the college.”

Cavanaugh has so many wonderful memories of her time at Cabrini but one stands out as particularly memorable.

“A group of us English majors went to see a new production of a Tennessee Williams’ play in Philadelphia called ‘Out Cry!’ Our teacher, Dr. Frank Saul, had a friend at the theater, and Dr. Saul arranged for Tennessee Williams to go to Dr. Saul’s apartment after the play, and meet all of us students, and talk about the play. I still have my autographed Playbill. And there’s a picture of the event in an old issue of Loquitur, along with my story about it,” Cavanaugh said.

Theresa Cavanaugh has memories of Cabrini College that will last a lifetime. Now it is the board of trustees and her goal to choose a president to lead this institution and a generation of new students into the future.

In Pakistan’s worst episode of political violence, 120 people were killed and hundreds more were injured as two powerful bombs detonated next to a convoy that was transporting former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto was returning from exile to a homecoming where thousands lined the streets to cheer her on. The bombs were detonated just yards from the truck Bhutto was in, although she escaped unharmed. The former prime minister had spent eight years in exile and was returning in hopes of winning her old job back and bringing stability to the Pakistan government.

Financial gap between presidential candidates

More then one third of the financial contributors to George Bush’s campaign have withheld funds from the 2008 Republican candidates, creating a growing financial gap between the Democratic candidates. Withholding donors cite problems such as their restlessness with the strategies being used in Iraq, their disappointment with Republicans in congress and the general lack of enthusiasm surrounding the Republican candidates.

Pollution problems surrounding China bring question about the 2008 Olympic Games

The city of Beijing, which is set to host the summer Olympics in less then ten months are calling into question the lack of plans to get rid of the pollution before the games and how athletes will be affected. Critics point to Beijing’s lack of testing for serious pollutants on a regular basis, dangerous pollutants to the ozone and types of fine matter that if inhaled can rest deep inside the lungs. Officials worry about Beijing’s inability to produce statistics on pollution in specific areas such as the Olympic Village, they choose rather to use a citywide average of pollutants in the data they release.

Spying bill terms are finally agreed on

Telecommunications companies who will help the government have been granted immunity in a highly controversial bill that passed through the Senate. The bill is considered a huge victory for Bush’s administration and an embarrassment for Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi. Telecommunications companies have full immunity and are no longer violating privacy rights by sending the government telephone records and e-mail summaries without a warrant.

CHRISTOPHER R BLAKE STAFF WRITER CRB724@CABRINI EDU

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Theresa Cavanaugh graduated from Cabrini in 1974. She was recently elected as chair of the board of trustees.

Perspectives Perspectives

Students left in dark after stabbing

IN MY OPINION

PERSPECTIVES EDITOR

JKS724@CABRINI EDU

At 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, I had just gotten home from visiting with my cousins. I was home in New Jersey for the night and jumped online to talk to some of my friends from Cabrini to see what they had done for the night.

I was on my instant messenger when I noticed away

messages saying things like “oh Cabrini” and “here we go again…” I knew immediately something was wrong. I quickly IMed a few friends and within minutes learned there had been a stabbing on campus.

My first reaction was to call my roommates, who were still on campus, to see what they had heard.

My one roommate heard nothing. The other one was sound asleep. If not for me, they would not have heard anything until the morning.

How ridiculous is that? That someone off-campus had to inform someone oncampus of an incident that occurred on-campus?

On Public Safety’s Web site it reads, “In situations that could pose an immediate threat to the commu-

nity and individuals, Public Safety will post Safety Alerts in each residence hall, the Dining Hall, Widener Campus Center and academic spaces, as well as an e-mail to students, staff, and faculty. Alerts will also be posted on the Public Safety website on the Safety Alert page.”

There were no alerts put up in the residence halls. There were no alerts to students who were still on-campus. The only thing Public Safety did do to stick to their word was by sending an e-mail out five hours later at 5:28 a.m. What good is an e-mail five hours later?

The stabbing is reported to have taken place around 12:40 a.m. Why weren’t students notified within the

hour of the incident?

Also, the president and other campus officials sent out campus-wide e-mails praising and commending the swiftness of the Public Safety officers at the scene and putting the whole campus on lock down.

Yes, Public Safety did a great job for that one student in need and in trying to find the assailant. However, there were still 1,000 other students on-campus who did not know anything.

Why weren’t the other students informed that a stabber was loose on-campus? Thank God it wasn’t a gunman.

Students are more shocked about the lack of response from Public Safety than they are about the whole stabbing

itself. Along with myself, they feel they should have known sooner and been informed on how to handle the situation instead of sitting in their rooms, not knowing what was really going on campus, twiddling their thumbs.

A few weeks ago, the Loquitur put out an issue about campus safety and how Cabrini is devising an emergency response plan so that if something oncampus were to happen, they would know how to handle it. Well, where was this so-called “emergency response plan”? Why didn’t anything go into effect?

I feel that Public Safety, as a whole, did a terrible job in protecting and informing the student body.

For almost four hours,

while the campus was on lock down, the suspect, as far as anyone knows, could have still been on-campus.

Students should have been informed to stay in their rooms, to lock their doors and to make sure their windows were locked.

Instead, students were either left to sleep or left clueless. Way to go campus alert system.

Okay Cabrini. A stabbing occurred. A crisis happened on campus and yet, students were left unaware. Last time I checked, an email five hours later really isn’t going to save anyone. I hope this incident sets a real “emergency response plan” into motion.

No precautions taken preventing second incident

IN MY OPINION

STAFF WRITER REK722@CABRINI EDU

The second stabbing isn’t so unexpected to upper classmen.

Being a resident here for four years, I have always felt safe, but that has absolutely nothing to do with Public Safety or the Radnor police or anyone

who claims to be keeping us safe here on campus.

I feel safe because I know that I can run pretty fast and if I got into a compromising situation I feel like I’ll take my chances against most people.

I remember Spring Fling two years ago when the original stabbing happened, which hit much closer to home then this one because the victim happened to be someone I was friendly with.

I remember how shocked everyone was on campus and how outraged everyone was at the poor response by our Public Safety and the little or no steps that they took to im-

prove the situation.

I also remember a meeting that was held in the Widener Lecture Hall where students were encouraged to come and voice their concerns.

What you heard at that meeting were real suggestions about how problems like this could be eliminated, such as screening for dangerous students in the application process and following up on dangerous reports made to the public safety office.

You would think the “higher ups” at Cabrini would heed this advice at least a little bit, but they did no such thing. Instead we saw a crack down on drink-

ing? And noise violations?

Wait, wait but what about closing the exits and checking everyone at the front gate? All these precautions did was make over excited parents feel safe about sending their kids to school here. They lacked any type of rhyme or reason to implementing stricter policies that had nothing to do with the problem.

The original stabbing was premeditated, it wasn’t because kids were partying to hard and decided to play with knives, to me I doubt that would ever be the case.

If someone wants to kill me they can certainly walk right off Eagle Road and

Shunned out during lock down

IN MY OPINION

some place to go for a few hours.

First, where were we supposed to go at 1 a.m.? That’s a really scary feeling knowing that something terrible happened on campus, but not knowing exactly what.

going to be a long night.

STAFF WRITER SEK723@CABRINI EDU

Imagine driving back to campus at 1 a.m. after seeing a movie and going out to dinner on Friday night and not being able to get back onto campus.

As we pulled into the Upper Gulph entrance, a Public Safety officer stopped us and told us there was a “situation” and we needed to find

So we waited for a little while, hoping that the “situation” would get resolved quickly.

Meanwhile, I was calling people I knew who were on campus, hoping they could tell me what was going on. Unfortunately, no one knew.

Then, another student pulled up beside us and said there was a stabbing on campus. After that, people began calling me back with the little information they knew and I figured it was

Thankfully, I had some place to go, but I’m sure not everyone did. I think it’s good that Cabrini went into lock down after the incident, but I think they should have at least escorted people to their rooms if they had no other place to go.

Considering no one was allowed to leave their building, I feel like they should have been publicly informed immediately about the incident, rather than getting an e-mail at 5:28 a.m. when the lock down was over.

Cabrini students are lucky that the school is in such a safe neighborhood and I guess it never seems like these things could happen there.

Cabrini’s policies for guests are already strict and since the stabber wasn’t a Cabrini student, they’re only going to make it a lot harder for guests to come.

No matter what, though, these things are going to happen with or without strict policies and there’s no way to predict or prevent them from happening. The only thing that they can do is to protect the students when this kind of situation arises, which they did.

Cabrini did a great job in reacting to the incident but at the same time, they shouldn’t have left people in the dark for so long.

run up to me and do it, there isn’t anything that anyone can do to stop that person.

What scares me isn’t the prospect of that actually happening, but the response by the college’s authorities if it did. If I was killed on campus they would lock down the campus and send everyone an email hours later poorly explaining what happened, when by that point everyone would have heard a million different stories.

It needs to be said by someone and I’ll be the one to do it that our Public Safety, Residence Life and anyone else who works

with the resident students are just awful. I hope they are smart enough to let students voice our concerns again and I hope this time they aren’t as stupid as last.

I plead with our colleges authorities to make one right decision in my four years here, stop focusing on noise and parking tickets and red cups at sporting events and start thinking about how to handle a crisis in the right way, that’s what you’re here for, to make us feel safe, not persecuted and kept in the dark when a major event like this does happen.

Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor

Re: Delco Times article

To the Editor: Sent to Delco Times in regards to article on Cabrini incident and mothers opinion.

To the mother of Rupert G. Tate, reading the article about the situation at Cabrini and your views on the students, I became easily frustrated, along with many other students at my school.

I am a senior graduating early this December. I work hard to attend the college. I pay for the school and every cent of what I spend per day down to car expenses and living expenses, as do many other Cabrini students.

It is horrible to say your son was hanging out with “rich white kids” and their parents just hand them money.

Although there are some more fortunate students, as there are at any other school, I would never stand up for someone, even if it was my own son, and explain how it was not his fault and students are to blame.

In any environment you will find someone who is more fortunate than yourself, however using violence is not the way to solve your problems. It is sad to see someone put down these students who spend much time on education, with or without support from their parents. Your son would not have done this if you did not raise him with these types of judgements towards “rich white kids”.

- Curtis Iorio

JILllAN SMITH

RYAN KIRBY

SHANNON KEOUGH

Loved and lost to breast cancer

she was in the middle of chemo treatments, Mar would plan trips to New York City for all of the girls in the neighborhood and their moms to see Broadway shows. She would put together brown-bagged lunches for everyone, along with snacks and movies for us to watch on the bus ride there and home.

that she was sick. Mar had been diagnosed with breast cancer when I was thirteen years old and I think I was too young to understand what was going on.

EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI EDU

Four years ago this December, I lost someone very close to my heart to breast cancer.

To me, she was my second mother, someone I could always go to whenever I was feeling happy, mad, or depressed. Always with a smile on her face, Maryann had the most amazing personality I had ever experienced; and I never even got to say goodbye.

Her good mood and upbeat attitude was contagious. Just being with her made anyone that was around her a happier person. Always willing to help someone out, or buy you a pick-me-up gift if you were feeling down, words are hard to describe how truly amazing Mar really was.

For years, even when

Every Easter, she would plan an Easter egg hunt with my mom for every child in our neighborhood.

Her daughter was closer with my mom and I was closer with Mar, and it stayed that way until I was 18. Always knowing the right thing to say, Mar helped me overcome so many obstacles in my life, as well as giving me the confidence I desperately needed when people would make fun of the way I looked.

I had no idea Mar had cancer, until all of a sudden she was wearing bandanas around the house and having doctors appointments all the time. Seeing different wigs in her room confused me a little, because I didn’t understand why she was sick.

I actually don’t even remember anyone telling me

By the time I was sixteen, I think I finally realized how serious of a disease she did have. I would try and make it over there once a week, bringing her flowers every time I saw her.

In my senior year of high school, I had an operation on my knee due to some track and basketball injuries. On Dec. 9, I went into the hospital to undergo surgery. A week later, on the 16, I made my way over to Mar’s house to show her how good I was doing in recovery.

On my way over, I noticed a lot of cars outside and when I made my way into the house, I heard a baby monitor with Mar’s voice coming out of it, whining and moaning.

No one had told me. They didn’t want me to “freak-out” over the fact that Mar had hospice in her house and wasn’t expected to live more than a week. I was devastated. I never thought she would be that bad.

When I went into her room, her eyes were closed and she could hardly talk. No one knew if she was with it enough to understand what people were saying to her.

She was shriveled up in her bed, white as a ghost, looking absolutely horrible. Some days, I wish I had never seen her like that. I told her I would come back soon to see her because the doctor had come when I was there.

I was too late. On Dec. 21, 2003, my second mother, one of the most amazing women I had ever met in my life, died.

Going over to her house, the coroner was there, carrying out her body. I didn’t believe what I was seeing. I had never cried that hard in my life. Not only was she gone, but I never really got to tell her how much she meant to me.

To this day, I wonder if she knew how much I loved her and how much she helped me grow up.

I really hope she did, because without her in my life, I wouldn’t have gotten through a lot of the experiences that occurred throughout my life.

What is our world coming to?

the nation everywhere from the most rural suburbs to the most urban areas.

Check out intramurals

IN MY OPINION

NICHOLAS PITTS

STAFF WRITER

NDP722@CABRINI EDU

To some, intramural sports are a joke. To me, it’s a second chance.

I’ll probably never get to play for the men’s soccer team because I feel I blew that chance my freshman year. I came in with an injury and did not last long in tryouts. It was over for me in less than a week and just like that, I was looking to spend the next four years soccer less.

Then I found intramural soccer.

Intramural soccer cannot be compared to the collegiate level of play. You will not find world class players and highlight reel material on that practice field. What you will find instead is camaraderie, friendship and most importantly a good time. Though this is not the most competitive level I have played at, it is by far the most fun.

was played on the turf field. This year to date, just one game has been played on the school’s prestigious field. The rest have been on the practice field, lined for lacrosse and not soccer.

It used to be a spectacle on the turf after nightfall under the lights. Now it’s in the afternoon mainly on the practice field. The divot filled, mis-lined practice field. Due to scheduling difficulties, there was no time allotted for night games that were available last year.

Because the games are in the middle of the afternoon on Mondays, when everyone has classes, games are very hard to attend. I generally run from my 4:30 p.m. class to make it to the field for the second half. I feel it’s certainly reasonable to ask for a night time kick off on the Dixon field instead of contemplating whether or not I should miss an afternoon class to help out my team.

At other schools, there are Web sites supporting their intramural and club sports. Here at Cabrini, there is a schedule and standings, but nothing more.

NEWS EDITOR

JLH729@CABRINI EDU

I wake up one day to the sound of a text message ringing through my phone. It reads: Murder in Warminster? I wake up a couple of days later to a new text that reads: Are you ok? I heard there was a stabbing at Cabrini.

In the past week, a 22-year-old man and a 27-year-old female from my hometown were shot and murdered in a dispute among several people. Just days later, there was a stabbing preceded by a dispute between two people on campus.

While these are both local incidents, I am absolutely astonished by the similar situations I am exposed to when turning on the local news everyday.

What is our world coming to? Is pulling a gun out and shooting someone or

pulling a knife out to settle a dispute really worth it?

It is truly sad to me that such tragic events seem to be getting worse and worse as each day passes by. It seems that they are almost becoming consistent in their occurrences and that is a tragedy in itself.

I cannot imagine having it within me to point a gun at another human being and pull the trigger. Is it so far beyond us now that simple words cannot settle a dispute? Can we not be civilized enough to talk as adults rather than resorting to such extreme violence?

I never thought it was that difficult.

Likewise, must we have the upper hand in a fight by using a knife rather than

our fists? What happened to letting the best man win fairly? I am not in any way condoning physical violence but if it must come down to that, can’t we leave the weapons out of it?

All of this makes me think about the future and how scary it will be to bring children into this world under the circumstances. Will these situations escalate so much that they will become normal in our daily lives?

Will I have to be petrified to let my children out of my sight in fear that they may get stuck in the middle of a tragic situation such as the ones that are consistently occurring now?

These situations are not unique to one specific area. They are occurring across

What really scares me is the complete disregard for human life and extreme lack of remorse that these situations entail. The specific incidents that I have researched have resulted from insignificant arguments over minuscule issues. Is a human life so disposable that it can be taken away or severely threatened in the heat of the moment? Wake up, people.

It is depressing to think that we live in a world where these situations continue to occur and devastating to think that lives can be lost so quickly without ever turning back. No matter the situation, no one should have to be in the middle of these tragedies.

A person must truly lack a conscience if they have it within them to toy with the life of another in an attempt to settle a silly dispute. Nothing can be so big that it cannot be worked out without resorting to death or extreme injury.

In a perfect world, I would wish for those people to grow a conscience and act like civilized human beings. Unfortunately, the world is not perfect.

Teams for the most part contain a mix of both weathered veterans of the sport as well as newcomers. The mix allows for the less experienced players to learn so much about the sport while the vets develop leadership.

The club sport has almost doubled in popularity this year from last, with twice as many teams. With such an increase, one would think that it has gained more respect on the campus, right?

Last year every game

It is very hard to spread the word about intramural soccer, or any other intramural sport, when there is nothing you can show them via Cabrini’s sports website.

Aside from the lack of website acknowledgement, there are virtually no signs or any type of exposure on campus. It is always the more, the merrier in intramurals. With more exposure to the campus the leagues could increase in competition and just maybe people will want to become a part or at least come support.

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For Kaitlin Barr, this December, just before Christmas, marks the hardships and rememberence of the death of someone who meant the world to her and who lost their battle against breast cancer.

KAITLIN BARR

JAMIE HUFNAGLE

Part of Grace Hall where some believe the stable boy killed himself, after losing his love.

Once upon a time, there was a family that lived in a large mansion. John Durrance was the head of the household alongside his wife, as well as a father to his two daughters.

After finding out that one of his daughters was falling in love with Xavier, the stable boy, Mr. Durrance forbid his daughter to ever see him.

It’s all about the costume

be labeled as an outcast or given strange looks.

tumes also seem to be very popular.

In what outrageous ensemble will you be crashing Halloween parties with this year? Halloween is around the corner. Stores are consumed with aisles and aisles of candy and the latest costumes for all ages.

So, what alternate identity do you plan to wear on Halloween night?

Children and their parents await this day where they can pretend to be anything from super heroes to princesses and gather candy from neighbors.

Guys normally choose something simple and not very extravagant.

The floor of the mansion in which some believe the daugh- ter of the Durrance’s family died on. Some have seen the blood rise through the floor around certain times of the year.

One day, he found out his daughter was pregnant and was not happy about it. Because she was so distraught by her fathers anger towards her, she raced through the halls, throwing herself off the balcony and

DANGER sign is one of many scary things in the mansion’s basement.

The Mansion is now home to public safety, the office of the President and other ad-

ministrative offices, once was home to the Paul and Durrance families. This building

sure has been through a lot over the years!

onto the open floor below, killing both she and her unborn child at the same time.

When Xavier found out about his love killing herself, he feared John Durrance and committed suicide by hanging himself in the rafters of Grace Hall. Today, there is a piece of rope hanging from the rafters, which are blocked off for anyone to see.

To this day around certain times of the year, you can see where she committed suicide. If you roll back the carpet, you see blood seeping through the floor.

Some also claim that on the night of the first snow fall, you can see John Durrance walking across the lawn with a shotgun in his hand.

Creepy attic in the room that servants used to live in… wonder what’s up there?

Junior secondary education major Victoria Matkowski, said, “I haven’t figured out what I want to be this year but last year I was an 80’s jazzerciser. I want to make people laugh and wear something that I feel comfortable in.”

This is the only time of year when it’s socially acceptable to dress up as anything you want and to not

We’ve sadly graduated from those days and now Halloween to the typical college student means showing off your outrageous creations while jumping from party to party on Halloween night.

So, what are the popular costumes for this year?

An employee at the Halloween Adventure store in King of Prussia, Pa., said that particular store has been selling an incredible amount of pirate costumes this year for girls and guys. Many girls choose to dress up in various nurse costumes and fairy cos-

Halloween is just around the corner, do you have a costume yet?

Halloween symbology

to mind when I think of Halloween,” Jackie Morris, a sophomore business major, said.

“We see a lot of guys who come in and randomly grab a mask or a doctor’s lab coat as their costume. They are in and out of the store in a matter of minutes.”

While some students jump in whole heartedly and plan their Halloween costumes, many like to create quick and easy costumes that they will still have fun in wherever they go.

Liz Kerstetter, a junior English and secondary education major, said that she was going to be the character Pam from the television show, “The Office.” “A costume for her will be cheap to make and I love that show.”

“ I don’t really pick costumes to fi my personality, but there are definitely some costumes out there I would never wear because they are just not me,” Kerstetter said.

Whether you go out and buy your costume or create it in your very own room, plan to have fun on Halloween night pretending to be whoever you wish to be.

Put on the colorful wig, the tall black hat, that horrific mask or those big sunglasses and flaunt your creativity to everyone at the party.

You might not get any candy but you will get some laughs and a good time. Witches, pirates, grim reapers, football players, nurses; it’s all about the costume on this holiday.

A door in the basement has bricks laid together inside, unable to be opened by anyone. What could have happened that they would have to mount it shut?

As soon as calendars turn to October, the spirit of Halloween can be felt everywhere. Superstitions take control of one’s every move and the supernatural is working overtime. Witches on broomsticks adorn the insides of shop windows while jack-o-lanterns and dancing ghosts haunt front lawns.

“Halloween is a holiday where you can just go out and have fun with your friends,” Jen Oakes, a sophomore English and communication major, said.

To some, however, Halloween is not innocent fun. The symbols and practices are believed to breathe new life into the dark rituals and symbols of past civilizations.

Halloween would be nothing without ghosts, the universal symbol for the departed. All Hallow’s Eve, as Oct. 31 was originally referred to, was a night to welcome the dead who were returning home for a bit of comfort on the eve of All Saints Day.

In Mexico, El Dio de los Muertos—The Day of the Dead—is celebrated. This traditional holiday is much brighter than that of Halloween in America. The Day of the Dead celebrates and honors the lives of the deceased and the continuation of their life.

“Carved pumpkins are the first thing that come

The jack-o-lantern is the most well-known face of Halloween. It stems from the Irish legend of Stingy Jack, a greedy old drunk who tricked the devil and trapped him in a tree trunk. For revenge, the devil placed a curse on Jack which doomed him to wander the earth at night with only a burning lump of coal for light. In hopes that Jack would walk peacefully, families put jack-o-lanterns in front of their homes so he wouldn’t need to bother anyone for light.

Trick-or-treating is one of the most popular aspects of Halloween. The American tradition

of children dressing up in costumes and going door to door asking for candy dates back to medieval practices of souling. The poor would go door to door, asking for food in return for prayers for the dead on All Souls Day.

“Trick-or-treating really goes back to the basic Christian belief of hospitality,” Resident Chaplin Fr. Michael Bielecki said. “We welcome all who knock on our doors.”

Whether you believe Halloween to be a day that honors the evil of the supernatural or just an excuse to dress up and eat candy, it is a holiday that can be interpreted countless ways by everyone. It is a day rich in symbolism.

A crisp night in late October full of… toilet paper? Mischief night on Oct. 30 is not meant for children. It is a night full of pranks that young adults play on nearby neighbors with rolls of toilet paper or making yolk-filled messes.

Throughout the years pranks have remained traditional, yet more creative.

At the end of October, Halloween is also celebrated by young children and some adults. The participants of Halloween dress up in various costumes that can be scary, humorous or meaningful.

It is tradition that children ring their neighbor’s door bells and receive the greeting, “Trick-or-treat?”

If the children respond “treat,” which they always do, they receive free candy.

However, this tradition stems back to the beginning of Halloween celebration when older children would respond “trick” and perform their joke and run away.

Because suspecting neighbors give out treats to avoid the “trick” each year young adults leave the

“tricking” to the day before on Oct. 30 otherwise known as Mischief Night.

This night of pranks is celebrated by youngsters throughout the United States, England, Scotland and Ireland. Even though the night itself has various names in different regions it still owns the same concept as it does in America.

In America police have always been conscious of the “tricking” that happens on Halloween and Mischief night.

The police strive to keep the “tricking” to a minimum by adding extra police cruisers to the streets to keep the public safe and without egg on their faces.

Some of the acts that are done are “egging,” throwing eggs, “T.P.ing,” toiletpapering a house or a public building and “forking,” placing forks on a neighbor’s lawn.

A few Cabrini students have been witnesses to the aftermath of the pranks performed by their peers.

They have been victims themselves or been lucky enough to miss having the prank pulled on them and their families.

“A couple of years ago our pumpkins were always smashed when we walked

out the door Halloween morning. There has not been any recent damage done in the past few years, but this year might be interesting since a couple of fraternity boys have moved in down the street,” Janene Gibbons, a junior English and communications major, said about her experience with Mischief Night.

Shaen Johnson, a junior history major who had a similar yet less messy experience, said, “In past years I have seen toilet paper hanging from a neighbor’s house from the trees. Fortunately it did not take them long to clean-up the mess but they were not happy that it happened to them.”

Cabrini students have also participated in the night of mischief.

“We drove around and took Halloween decorations off of people’s houses and put them on our friend’s houses. It is more enjoyable when you are a kid, but now you have to worry about getting in trouble,” Gabriel Valentino, a senior marketing major, said. Even though these pranks seem harmless and amusing at the time it can be stressful for the victims to clean up afterwards.

MEGHAN SMITH STAFF WRITER

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KAITLIN BARR EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI EDU

The basement of the mansion is one of the scariest places on campus. Who knows what used to happen down there?

An old, beat up chandelier remains in the basement. Photos and captions by Kaitlin Barr/Editor in chief

Arts & Entertainment

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Open Mic Night gives students chance to show off their talent

SHANNON KEOUGH STAFF WRITER SEK723@CABRINI EDU

The lights are low, there are over 100 people in the audience and their eyes are all staring at you. Are you nervous? Confident? Do you have what it takes? Ten students thought they did.

That’s right. CAP Board’s Open Mic Night was definitely a hit among Cabrini students. It had the biggest turn-out of any CAP Board event this year. MaryKate Corp, a junior special education major, organized the event and said, “I like it when students come out to support other students.”

Who wouldn’t come to an event where there is entertainment and prizes? All students received a ticket when they walked in that gave them a chance to win a Visa gift card.

Many of the performers played individual songs on their guitars but one was unique. There was one performance in which one girl read a poem while another sang in the background. All of the other performances stuck with singing either original or cover songs.

The first act was Joe Grenato, freshman graphic design major, playing original songs on his acoustic guitar. He has recorded his own CD and said he likes to “get the music to the people for as cheap as possible.” This was his first time performing at Cabrini but he has played in coffee houses and at benefit shows in his neighborhood.

Another act was Jen Davis, a junior English and communication major, who sang a Kelly Clarkson cover as well as an original song. She said she was more nervous after the performance than she was before. She sang a couple times in high school in musicals and she’s been playing guitar and piano for many years.

Prizes were given to the second and first place winners as well. When all of the performers finished their routines, the audience voted for their favorite performer.

The first place winner was Andy Settler, a junior English and communication major, and he received a $25 gift card to Sam Ash music store and a $75 Visa gift card. He also played the guitar, and he said that he performs like this all the time but he likes performing at Cabrini the best. He was really surprised though because he lost three years in a row.

There were two performers who tied for second-place: Joe Grenato and Lauren Townsend. They each won a $25 gift card to Sam Ash music store as well as a $50 Visa card.

Townsend, junior English and communications major, went up on stage barefoot and sang an original song that she wrote for a friend. She said, “I just wanted to sing, perform and gain some more experience, and I ended up walking away with more.”

Pictured above is Andy Settler, who finally took first place after three years of trying

Pictured above is Lauren Townsend, who tied in second place for her singing talents.

Pictured above is Joe Grenato, who also tied for second for his multi-skilled talents.

SHANNON KEOUGH/STAFF WRITER

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Halloween attractions disappoint many

CHRIS CAMPELLONE STAFF WRITER CLC726@CABRINI EDU

October is the perfect time of the year to seek fun and thrills in the spirit of Halloween. But what if the fun and thrills become real fear followed by real discomfort?

That’s just what happened at the Valley of Fear in Feasterville, Pa. on Friday, Oct.12. I went to the Valley of Fear expecting a great time and maybe some fun thrills but what I really got was nothing of the sort.

A night at the Valley of Fear, which includes the hayride, two haunted houses and a walk through the Valley of Fear itself, will cost $31 per person. The price is a little steep but I figured it would all be worth the cost.

The first attraction we decided to go to was the hayride, which was about a 20-minute wait. The hayride was cramped and nothing more than a small covering of hay on top of a hardwood floor.

The ride started out scary enough with a few “ghouls” popping out and a convincing witch that guided us on our journey. However the sight of the driver smoking a cigarette just a few feet away from the pile of hay behind him was the scariest part of the ride.

Just before the ride was over, piles of a foam-like substance began to pour all over the riders. Those on the ride seeking thrills were then granted their wish when they could not see and were swallowing the foreign substance at an alarming rate. A cry from a child “Mommy, I can’t

ASHLEY COOK NEWS EDITOR AAC722@CABRINI EDU

As you enter the gates of Jason’s Woods, your heart begins to race with the anticipation of what is to come. My friend Diana clutches on my arm and says “PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME!”

At Halloween, I look forward to haunted attractions and other Halloween extravaganzas, however once the first hayride was finished and we started towards the next installment, the fear and excitement left me, as there was nothing scary or entertaining about the hayride.

The hayride, promising to be horrifying with a whole new spine tingling theme for 2007, was nothing more than a big joke. The hayride always stopped right before the scare, so by the third scene, my mind started wandering with thoughts of what I could be doing instead of being here.

The next attraction, a haunted maze, only has one creature throughout the whole entire thing. It was so dull; it is not even worth talking about. The only thing that could be horrifying about it was the fact that I was lost in it with

fountain towards the end of the main entrance.

That area of the park was never meant to accommodate so many people.

breathe,” could be heard over the shrieks of the passengers who managed to fall off of the hayride in an attempt to rid themselves of the foam.

At this point I attempted to take a picture and was told by an employee that I would be removed from the premises if I took a picture. I then requested a towel for my shivering girlfriend and was told she could “use the toilet paper in the porta-potty.”

The rest of the crew and I then waited, shivering in the cold night, for the two haunted houses. The wait for these houses was about an hour and the actual visit in the house lasted no more than five minutes. A few ghouls popped out to scare us but other then that it was a little disappointing.

Lastly, we ventured on the famed Valley of Fear. There was no wait to get into the Valley of Fear and the people working there were very convincing and never broke character. It was completely dark and it seemed that people were jumping out and scaring you left and right. A man carrying a chain saw and another “creature” who appeared to be on stilts highlighted the walk.

Overall, the Valley of Fear was not worth the wait nor was it worth the money. The reaction of the employees to the guest’s concerns was disappointing and showed a lack of a commitment to quality. Perhaps the Valley of Fear should spend less time covering their guests in suspicious foam and more time listening to their comments and concerns, maybe then the Valley of Fear would be worth another visit.

a bunch of loud and obnoxious teeny boopers who kept pushing me into the walls. By now I was regretting spending my thirty dollars on this senseless garbage! Blah!

As we ventured off to the haunted barn, my anticipation had vanished. “The Inquirer rated this haunted attraction number one? There must be a mistake,” I thought to myself. The haunted barn was nothing short of pathetic. Maybe if I was still eight years old, I would have enjoyed it the least bit. It also doesn’t make the atrractions any scarier when you find yourself having a regular conversation with the characters. What a bummer. I could have made a better haunted house in my basement with sheets and boxes!

We concluded with the psycho circus. Finally something to look forward to considering ever since I can remember clowns have scared the bageebers out of me! But once again, I was extremely disappointed. Not only was there only one clown throughout the whole attraction but he didn’t even attempt to scare me. By now the only thing I was looking forward to was going home.

Overall, Jason’s Woods definitely gets a lot more acclaim then it deserves. I would never recommend wasting your money on this poor example of a haunted attraction.

Are you claustrophobic? Afraid of enormous amounts of people in relatively small spaces? If so, then it does not get any better than Six Flags Fright Fest if you are looking for a good scare. With crowds nearly reaching park capacity totals, the only true horrors in the park were the lines.

I arrived at the park rather early in the day hoping to get a few last rides on the roller coasters, knowing that this would be the last time I would visit the park this season. I thought that the crowds would not appear until 6 p.m. after the fright fest festivities began.

I was way wrong. By noon, the lines for each major attraction in the park were spewing out of the entrances. It seemed as though all of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania had the same idea.

Already aggravated, I thought I could just plan for later on in the night. I picked up a Fright Fest guide only to realize that they got rid of half of the haunted attractions from years past. With the park becoming increasingly packed, there was only one main attraction: The demented forest terror trail.

The trail is a darkened walk-through path equipped with fog machines and men with shovels and chainsaws. It takes a mere two minutes to walk through, and the line was already wrapping around itself before it even opened.

As advertised, the nightmare began around 6 p.m. with The Awakening Parade, when the ghosts and ghouls “rise from the dead” to haunt the guests walking around in the park. A very cool concept, in a horrible location: The

As it turns out, fighting the massive crowds ended up being the biggest scare of the night, as you would lose a member of your group to the mob every time you tried to cross the middle section of the park.

With the park becoming more and more family oriented each season, it seems as though they are neglecting the older crowds. There were 16 family attractions and only six aimed at scaring the teenage-adult guests.

What happened to the haunted hay rides? The four other terror trails? Even the scarers roaming the park were among the missing or posing for pictures with guests rather than scaring them.

Two of the shows were in the park’s arenas, which are very high capacity. An excellent idea to draw so many people to shows that could accompany them and the only sign of crowd control all night.

The biggest crowd pleaser in years past has always been the fireworks at the end of the night, set to horror movie music. For the first time I’ve been attending fright fest, there were no fireworks either.

After consulting a park security guard, I received unofficial attendance numbers. Nearly 51 thousand people were roaming the park, just nine thousand away from the maximum capacity of 60 thousand.

Six Flags has a crowd drawing event, but they need desperately to turn it into a crowd pleaser as well.

NICK PITTS STAFF WRITER NDP722@CABRINI EDU

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Laramie Project Preview

Cabrini College students have spent countless days and weeks preparing a show about controversial issues. The theater will present “The Laramie Project” by Moisés Kaufman. This play looks at the issues of homosexuality, homophobia, the death penalty and hate crimes. The show will be premiering on Nov.1.

Jackpot: Free chips for prizes

Cabrini College looked like Atlantic City on Friday, Oct. 19 when the CAP board hosted “Casino Night” in Grace Hall. Students who braved the weather to come were treated to free casino games along with free sodas.

Some of the prizes included Visa gift cards, a PlayStation 2, a digital photo frame, iPod speakers, DVDs and much more. Once students saw the prizes, many became confident and began to get serious with their games.

“I’m winning big,” Amanda Stout, senior English and communications major said.

The mood was light and despite the small turnout, many students appeared to be having the times of their lives. “I will have fun when I win some prizes,” freshman history major Becky Malement said.

Despite the free prizes and sodas, ap-

proximately 35 students attended the event. There was a strong CAP board presence that seemed to be determined to have fun no matter what, although they had a pretty good idea Casino Night would stay small.

“I think the weather had an effect…this isn’t really anything new,” George Post, CAP board weekend programmer and senior English and communications major, said.

Casino Night offered many different games including poker, blackjack, roulette and craps. The craps table appeared to be the biggest hit drawing steady crowds for the entire evening.

At the end of the night students cashed in their chips for raffle tickets and put them in a drawing for whichever prize they wanted. Some students put all their tickets in one bag, while others spread them out through all the different prizes.

Overall, despite the small turnout there was enough energy in Grace Hall to make it seem like the whole campus was there. Since not many people showed up almost half of the people who came went home with a prize.

Some of the big winners were Mike Gurenlian, Becky Malement, Chris Alig, Rob Devasto, Marie Zoccola, Stephanie Recklau, Bob Moren and Allie Potter.

More karaoke nights to come

DIANA TRASATTI STAFF WRITER DLT722@CABRINI EDU

Cabrini students had the opportunity to rock out to hits such as, “The Thong Song,” “Bye Bye Bye,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Respect” on Thursday, Oct. 18.

Karaoke night was the latest event planned by the Office of Student Activities. It was held at the cafeteria on Thursday from 5-7:30 p.m. Students had the opportunity to perform on stage in the cafeteria’s New York setting.

Billy Joel’s “Piano Man,” was the song of choice for Joe Johnson, a junior political science major. “It was an awesome experience. You don’t get a chance to do karaoke much around here. It’s one of my favorite songs and my friends were encouraging me to go up there, so I did.” And does Johnson recommend another karaoke night in the

future? “Yes, it was a great experience and lots of fun.”

The cafeteria was decorated in a New York style theme. There were balloons, Broadway posters and Fifth Avenue Street signs. There was a large screen provided with the words so the audience could sing along and a stage for the performers.

“The Sign” by Ace of Base was among the crowd’s favorite, which was performed by Mike McFarlane, a junior criminology major. McFarlane describes the experience as great. “The lights were hot but I just took it in stride. I just went with it.”

Karaoke night came about when the dining services wanted to do something in conjunction with the cafeteria’s New York theme, says Ashley Shoenfelt, director of student activities. An outside company came to set up the sing along screen, stage and microphones.

The audience took part in the fun and sang along when Charles Bush, a senior

English major, Greg Lusty, a junior business administration major, Rodney Collins, a junior business administration major and Lamar Fisher, an undecided freshman, sang N Sync’s “Bye Bye Bye.” Collins agrees that the experience was worthwhile. “We should do it more here. It was fun.”

Towards the end of the night even the cafeteria workers got in on the fun. Two of the workers sang and danced to Juvenile’s “Back that Thang Up” as the crowd clapped along.

Some other performers include freshman elementary education major, Ariel Johnson who performed “Killing Me Softly; and junior political science major Genicka Faye Voltaire who performed “Unbreak My Heart.”

There were a good number of people present at the event. OSA is happy with the turnout says Shoenfelt. The students and performers expressed eager interest to have more karaoke nights in the future.

In fact the head writer of the increasingly popular play throughout college campuses will be coming to Cabrini College on Nov. 7. Leigh Fondakowski, the head writer of the controversial play “The Laramie Project,” is planning to be on campus Nov. 7 and 8. She will have dinner with members of the theater program, including the actors, stage crew members and the directors that are involved in the project. She is planning to stay for a performance by the Cabrini Theater.

“The Laramie Project” is a play about a young man who died traumatically at an early age of 21. In 1998 Matthew Shepard, a homosexual resident of Laramie, Wyo., spent a night at a bar celebrating the fact that he could drink legally. While he was in the bar two other young men, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, offered Shepard a ride. The next morning Shepard was found against a fence, brutally murdered. Both McKinney and Henderson were charged with being involved in the murder of Shepard.

The play addresses Shepard’s death through over 200 interviews from residents in Laramie who knew him or were affected by his death.

Four weeks after the death of Shepard nine members of the Tectonic Theater Project began to conduct these interviews for a year and a half.

In that year and a half they created the play and decided that instead of writing the words for the people who lived there, they would just play the residents as characters. The monologues and conversations that the characters have are the true words of the residents.

“The Laramie Project” is a play that teaches a lesson about the dangers of hate crimes. It is a heartwrenching play to watch as the characters are real and have a message to tell the audience. By seeing this play the Cabrini community will see the value of a more tolerant society.

Dr. Thomas Stretton, assistant professor of education, is returning as theater director this year.

Performance dates are on Nov. 1, 2, 3 and Nov. 8, 9, 10 and 11. Tickets are going fast so it’s best to get tickets as soon as possible to see this performance.

CHRIS CAMPELLONE STAFF WRITER CLC726@CABRINI EDU

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Students gather around the roulette table in hopes of winning big.

Breast cancer awareness

ways to prevent it. There are however, steps that every woman can take that may make developing breast cancer less likely.

Leading a healthy lifestyle, which includes eating healthy, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight and limiting the amount of alcohol you drink, may help reduce your risk.

Health Nut

Anyone can get breast cancer. The older a woman is, the more likely she is to get breast cancer. White women are more likely to get breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group.

They also have better chance of survival, primarily because their cancer is usually detected earlier. African American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. Men can get breast cancer too, although it is rare.

Because no one knows exactly what causes breast cancer, there are no sure

All women are at risk for breast cancer. Risk factors are things that increase a woman’s chance of getting breast cancer. They are not necessarily causes of breast cancer.

Having known risk factors account for only a small number of new breast cancer cases every year. That means that most women who get breast cancer have no known risk factors except being a woman and getting older.

Some factors that may increase your risk of breast cancer include: getting older, having an inherited mutation in the BRCA1 or BRAC2 breast cancer genes, having a previous biopsy showing hyperplasia or cancer or having a mother, daughter or sister who has breast cancer.

Also, having high breast density on

mammogram, being exposed to large amounts of radiation, such as having frequent spine X-rays during scoliosis treatment or treatment for Hodgkin’s disease at an young age or a personal history of breast or ovarian cancer.

Other factors include starting menopause after age 55, never having children, having your first child after age 30, being overweight after menopause or gaining weight as an adult, having more than one drink of alcohol per day, currently or recently using combined estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement therapy or being young at the time of your first period.

The best way to find breast cancer in its earliest stages is to routinely check your breasts for signs and symptoms of the disease. There are three basic methods:

Mammograms are X-ray pictures of the breast. They can find breast cancer in its earliest stages, even before a lump can be felt. All women 40 and older should have a mammogram every year. If you are younger than 40 with a family history of breast cancer or other concerns, talk with

Lady Cavs win 6th straight match

NICOLE DUGGAN STAFF WRITER

NLD723@CABRINI EDU

The Cabrini Women’s Volleyball team clinched the No. 3 seed for the playoffs with their victory over Immaculata University on Saturday, Oct. 20.

The Cavaliers swept the Mighty Macs here at Cabrini in three matches with scores of 30-13, 30-23 and 30-8. This win brings their conference record to 7-2 and an overall record of 16-7.

Cabrini started out strong from the beginning in the first game and jumped to a 5-0 lead right away. They took a double-digit lead at 17-7 and then soared on a 13-6 run to finish the match.

The second match was closer with Cabrini only taking a 5-4 lead in the beginning. The Cavaliers were only ever

up by four points until the score was 20-15.

Junior Lindsay Martin had the kill at the end of the match to end it.

Cabrini built an early 9-0 lead in the third match and never looked back.

Sophomore Lizzie Williams led the team in assists throughout the three matches with 32. Freshman Stephanie Recklau registered 12 kills in the game while junior Lindsay Martin tallied ten and recorded a team high 9 digs.

“The first game wasn’t too bad. We had a drop-off in the second game, but came out strong in the third and finished the match,” junior elementary education/ special education major Kate Fetterman said. “We were confident that we would win, and our play, especially in the third game proved that we should have.”

The team is getting excited and preparing

themselves for playoffs which are coming up soon. There are things they are working on and continue to work on since the postseason is just around the corner.

“We are working on a lot of little things during practice. And in games, we’re trying to make sure we keep the energy level up at all times, no matter how the last play went,” Fetterman said. “Everyone is focused on the same goal which is making it to the PAC finals and winning.”

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your health care provider about when to start getting mammograms.

Clinical Breast Exam is performed by a health care provider who carefully checks your breasts and underarm areas for any lumps or changes that may be present. Many women have a clinical breast exam when they get their Pap test. Women should have a clinical breast exam at least every three years and every year starting at 40.

Breast Self-Exam involves two main steps, looking at and feeling your breasts for any change from normal. If you notice any change in the normal look or feel of your breasts, see your health care provider. All women should perform monthly BSE by age 20. BSE should be done should be done once a month, a few days after your period ends.

The five year survival rate for all women diagnosed with breast cancer is approximately 90%. Your chances are better if the cancer is detected early, before it spreads to other parts of your body. That is why it is so important to take steps to detect breast cancer in its earliest stages.

Sophomore Lizzie Williams led the team with 32 assists on Saturday, Oct. 20 against Immaculata University.

Who do you think will win the World Series?

ALICIA COOK STAFF WRITER ARC725@CABRINI EDU

The Colorado Rockies and the Boston Red Sox are off to the World Series. The first game of a best-of-seven-game series started at Fenway Park on Wednesday, Oct. 24.

In the second round of the playoffs we saw a sweep in the National League. The Colorado Rockies continued their unbeaten streak and swept the Diamondbacks effortlessly four games to none to win a best of seven game series. In the American League the games stayed strong, alternating a heated battle between the Red Sox and the Indians.

The Red Sox got a great start again by their ace, Josh Beckett, while Cleveland has had solid pitching from Carmona and Paul Byrd, and has come up with clutch hitting, thanks to Kenny Loften and Grady Sizemore.

On Sunday, Oct. 7, the stats were tied between the Red Sox and the Indians 3 to 3, going into game seven.

Once the bottom of the seventh came, the crowd was wild as the Sox continued in the lead. It started with a bobbled grounder to third, followed by Dustin Pedroia’s two-run homer right into left-center. The Sox were now 5-2.

Red Sox’s Jonathan Papelbon secured the American League pennant for the Sox, when he sent down three in a row. This will be the 12th World Series for the Red Sox, and a chance to win their second World Series in the past four seasons.

“I think the Red Sox will win because I like them more. They are a stronger team and have it all together. With Jonathan Papelbon hitting homers like they did last game, they will be unbeatable.”

“I think the Red Sox because I have heard of their success and they seem like a strong team.”

“I think that the Rockies will win. Their pitching staff is well rested and will be extremely strong.”

“I think the Red Sox will win. I am a huge Mets fan and having the Yankees as our rival, I am routing for the Red Sox because they have beaten the Yankees. Anyone who can beat the Yankees I am rooting for!”

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Exercise likely to prevent, treat breast cancer

CHRISTINE GRAF STAFF WRITER ACG724@CABRINI EDU

A new study on exercise after breast cancer treatment shows promising results. University of Pennsylvania is completing a study on how exercise affects post-surgical breast cancer patients.

Communications professor Cathy Yungmann, a survivor of breast cancer, was a year-long participant in the study.

Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 46, Yungmann knew she would be in for a life-changing experience. As a child she remembered breast cancer as a death sentence which no one talked about. Breast cancer research had come a long way from her childhood to the time of her diagnosis and even today is continuing to improve.

The year-long study at University of Pennsylvania invited 288 breast cancer survivors of all ages to participate, half with lymphedema, which is swelling in the arm after surgery, and half without it. The focus was to find out if weight-training was safe for patients with lymphedema and would not bring on lymphedema for patients not already affected.

Each woman trained twice a week for a whole year. Their intensity was slow, progressive and supervised carefully.

“Times have really changed since I first was diagnosed with breast cancer,”

Upset for the Eagles

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there and told me the doctor called with my results and it was a tumor,” Kavanagh said. “My whole body shook and I could do nothing but hysterically cry.”

After participating in the study Yungmann feels physically stronger. The study represents women in control of their cancer and not the other way around. Chemotherapy can make patients weak but what keeps them strong involves staying active.

Yungmann re of chemotherapy and remembers complete exhaustion. “I was very tired and had little energy, but continued to keep my self occupied through gardening. It was inspirational and represented life and hope.”

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JESSICA HAGERTY SPORTS EDITOR JH729@CABRINI EDU

On Sunday, Oct. 21 the Eagles faced an unbearable defeat by the Chicago Bears. With just 1:52 and no time-outs remaining, the birds gave up 97-yards for the Bears’ winning touchdown to record a 19-16 victory. This upset has left Philadelphia fans questioning the coaching staff, primarily head coach Andy Reid. According to ESPN.com, Reid is just 18-20 since the Eagles went to, and lost, Super Bowl XXXIX after the 2004 season.

Ohio State slips past Michigan State

The No. 1 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes led the game early on against the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday, Oct. 20. Late in the third quarter the Buckeyes gave up two touchdowns off turnovers but with their comfortable lead still managed to defeat the Spartans with a 24-17 victory. The Spartans came into the game confident, as they had upset the undefeated and top-ranked Buckeyes in 1998. The Buckeyes had a 24-9 lead by the third quarter but the Spartans had pulled off a 28-24 shocker.

AHL rules Boulerice ineligible to play

Philadelphia Flyers forward Jesse Boulerice is ineligible to play in the American Hockey League until December 16 due to suspension from the National Hockey League. Boulerice received the longest single-season ban in league history, according to 6ABC. com. Boulerice was suspended 25 games by the NHL on Oct. 12 for striking Vancouver’s Ryan Kesler across the face with his stick.

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Bridget Kavanagh, a junior studio art major, represents proof that it is never too early to start learning about breast cancer. Kavanagh was a junior in high school and only 17 years old when she first felt something strange on her breast.

“I ignored it, I was 17, and there was no way that it (lump in breast) could be anything serious, I was just too young,” Kavanagh said. Over time the lump she felt grew into something she could visually see and decided to mention it to her mother.

Kavanagh, accompanied by her mother, went to the doctors for an ultrasound. Neither of them were too worried since Kavanagh was only 17. They figured it

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Upon visiting a specialist the doctor was pretty sure it was not cancerous but they would not be completely sure until it was removed and a biopsy was performed. “The doctor was so surprised that the tumor was so big; I had ignored it for so long that I was lucky we caught it before it did any real damage,” Kavanagh said.

“There was a time in my life I thought I had cancer and it is the scariest feeling in the world. There is no excuse for avoiding getting checked through doctors and selfexaminations. Be conscious of your health, exercise and eat right, it will be worth it in the long run,” Kavanagh said.

Kavanagh was lucky that her tumor was not cancerous but it could very well have been. She stresses the importance of sharing her story because “we really do think we are invincible; and we are most definitely not,” Kavanagh said.

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Upcoming Games

Friday, Oct. 26

Women’s Tennis- PAC Individual Championships (TBA)

Saturday, Oct. 27

Swimming- FDU Florham and University of Scranton (Tri-Meet) (TBA)

Field Hockey- PAC Championships (GwyneddMercy College) (TBA)

Monday, Oct. 29

Women’s Soccer- PAC Playoffs (TBA)

Tuesday, Oct. 30

Men’s Soccer- PAC Playoffs (TBA)

Cavs defeated by rival Eastern

ROBERT KALLWASS STAFF WRITER RHK722@CABRINI EDU

Cabrini College men’s soccer team played their neighbors at Eastern University on Saturday, Oct. 20. The game resulted in a 4-0 win for Eastern due to an eventful second half. The Cabrini Cavaliers are still 15-3 in their overall season and 6-2 in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference matches.

The game started out to be favoring Eastern, as they kept the ball in front of Cabrini’s goal for the most part. Cabrini had some break aways which did not result in any goals. Nearing the end of the first half, a pass by Eastern’s Lance Burris put the ball in easy scoring position for Cliff Gehret, who turned the game into a 1-0 lead for Eastern.

With only a one point match, both teams came back from half time and struggled for the second goal. After 12 minutes, a second goal was earned for Eastern University by Aaron Tritch who got hold of the ball off the goalie and scored. At 2-0 the game started shifting heavily onto the Cabrini side.

Within five minutes of the goal by Tritch, Gehret scored his second goal of the game, and the third for Eastern, against Cabrini goalkeeper sophomore Bryan Johnson, who tallied up three saves in his 68 minutes of play.

Cabrini switched goalkeepers in the last minutes of the game, taking out Johnson for junior Colin Hinklemon who in the ending 20 minutes of the game let one goal slip by from Eastern’s Scott Patrick.

Eastern improved their record with a win making them 10-4-1 overall and 5-1-1 in the PAC league.

Eastern coach Dan Mouw said “We played an outstanding first half against Cabrini on Saturday. Our players really

Lady Cavs battle tie in PAC action

NICK PITTS STAFF WRITER

NDP722@CABRINI EDU

The women’s soccer team battled Alvernia College to a 3-3 tie in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference action on Wednesday, Oct. 17. The game was the Cavalier’s last on the home field for the season and the last home game of senior Corinne Szymczak’s college career.

A tied first half lead to a thrilling second half as both teams fought until the very end of regulation and beyond. With just 1:22 remaining on the scoreboard, Cabrini held a 3-2 lead, until Alvernia senior Brandi Light unloaded a shot that tied the game and silenced the Cavalier faithful.

Of the three goals scored by Light, this goal seemed to really stun the Cav’s the most, taking away a nearly assured win and forcing overtime.

“It was a great shot,” senior English and communications major Corinne Szymczak said. “There was not a whole lot our keeper could have done.”

The tie did not seem too surprising for Cabrini’s coach.

“Teams are very similar in play and skill level,” head Coach Ken Prothero said. “We are almost the same teams.”

Alvernia reached the net early, just 25 minutes into the game. Light knocked her

Sophomore goal keeper Bryan Johnson made three saves yet gave up three goals during the game versus Eastern University. The Cavaliers were outshot by Eastern 14-4. respect the rivalry and know that Cabrini is going to battle in every game,” in regards to playing the rivalry match between the two teams. Team play was very strong and important in the first half for both teams but Eastern managed to get the upper hand allowing them to enter the second half with a 1-0 lead.

“I thought we played well in the first half but fell apart in the second half. I didn’t think we were overmatched or anything, I just thought that they came to play and we didn’t,” sophomore Jason Moran said. “I also felt kind of embarrased since there were so many fans there and we didn’t play well but overall the loss isn’t

the end of the world, we knew coming into the game that we would have to play them in a week no matter what in the first round of the playoffs.”

Both teams had strong support on the bleachers. The game was almost as easily accesible for the Eastern fans as it was for Cabrini students. Another game will be played against Cabrini and Eastern University in the playoffs.

Coach Mouw commented on the rivalry “understanding of the tradition and the rivalry between the two schools gave us good preparation for the game,” noting the importance of understanding in order to win.

MIKE BIEKER STAFF WRITER MDB724@CABRINI EDU

Carolyn Roberts does not know the phrase “I can’t do it.” The senior cross country distance runner has run through a lot of obstacles with and without her team.

Roberts has two heart conditions that impair her running ability but does not stop her passion for cross country.

Roberts has vasovagal syncope and neurocardiogenic syncope which are two conditions of the heart that are not fatal and her doctor has cleared her to run. However they are very dangerous. Sometimes in races she feels light headed and even blacks out from time to time but never quits and always finishes the race.

Robert’s condition has made it difficult on her. She is unable to train with the team but she receives oneon-one training with her trainer James Williams. Williams helps Roberts out when she is having an episode brought on by her heart conditions.

Through the time they spent together they have made a very strong bond and personal connection. At times Williams jokes with Roberts about how he could see her dating a Marine because she’s so tough and overcomes obstacles that normal people would not.

own rebound via header to score her first goal in the match and put her team up 1-0.

The Cavaliers retaliated with a goal of their own as freshman midfielder Dana Nardello finished a well placed corner kick to even the score.

At halftime the score was 1-1.

Cabrini led the game for the first time with just 25 minutes remaining in regulation but it was short-lived. Sophomore forward Sabina DeGisi scored the Cav’s second goal and less than five minutes later Alvernia’s Light scored her second of the night. It was Nardello’s second goal of the game, a blast from 18 yards out, that seemed as though it would put Cabrini on top for good.

“I was never a goal scorer in high school because I was playing defense,” freshman Dana Nardello said. “It felt great to score twice and help the team out.”

After two overtime periods of ten minutes each, a winner remained undecided.

“The point helps, but not as much as two would have,” coach Ken Prothero said. “The girls played with more heart in the second and we needed to play that way all 90 in order to win this game.”

The girls remained on the field, joined by family and friends to honor their lone senior on her four years of service.

“Szymczak played almost every game all four years but never made a PAC team” Prothero said. “She was a leader on and off the field. It is incredibly sad to see her go.”

Szymczak’s feelings were mutual.

“This is really sad, I cried a bit before the game” Szymczak said. “It would have been great to get a win tonight.”

The senior distance runner is known throughout the long distance running world. She has won many awards like academic all-American twice, Philadelphia Inquirer all-star twice, PAC athlete of the week, PAC all academic and even the winner of the Philadelphia Inquirer’s runner of the year. Because of this award she had a full story written about her in the Inquirer.

Roberts identifies herself with the rest of her teammates, always striving to place the best she can. “Everyone has to push for the highest place,” Roberts said.

When she graduates she wishes to work as an intern at a hospital in Phoenixville, Pa. Because of her condition, Roberts wants to work as an intern in cardiac rehab.

“I’m gonna miss being on a team, training with James and running but I’m still going to overcome any obstacles that come my way,” Roberts said.

CABRINI ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

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From left to right junior captains Brittany Shields, Nikki Duggan and Christina Romano pose with senior captain Corinne Szymczak following the game versus Alvernia College for the senior night recognition.

Roberts finishes collegiate cross country career

Field hockey secures 5th seed in playoffs

BRITTANY MCLEOD STAFF WRITER BLM726@CABRINI EDU

On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Cabrini Cavalier field hockey team defeated the Cedar Crest Falcons 7-1 in a Pennsylvania Athletic Conference match-up.

Entering the game after a tight win against PAC rival Neumann College, the Cavs dove right into action with four goals within the first 10 minutes from four different players: freshmen Christina Doherty and Allie Rodolico, sophomore Sara Trzuskowski and junior Melissa Benedetti.

Freshman Desiree Umosella connected twice in the second half, along with another goal by Benedetti.

Assists were recorded for senior Alyssa Soto and sophomore Bridget Bergen.

The only goal scored for the Falcons came from freshman Jessica Macko during a breakaway in the second half.

Freshman Caitlin Donahue played the entire game in the net, saving one shot on goal.

“It was a very important win. Everyone just knew we had to win,” said junior exercise-science major Melissa Benedetti.

A first-year player, Benedetti leads the team in goals and points. The young field hockey team has its eyes on the PAC championship.

“I think we can go to the PAC finals. There is a lot of talent on our team, but since we are so young we have to make sure we come to each game ready to play,” Benedetti said.

With the win, the Cavaliers improve to 8-10 overall and 6-4 in the PAC.

Securing the fifth seed, the Cavs are scheduled to play rival Gwynedd-Mercy during the first round of the conference playoffs on Oct. 27.

Freshman Christina Doherty added a goal for the Lady Cavs within the first 10 minutes of the game versus Cedar Crest College. This game helped secure the fifth seed for the playoffs beginning on Saturday, Oct. 27 against rival Gwynedd-Mercy College.

DIANA VILARES EVENTS EDITOR DVV722@CABRINI EDU

Cavalier Tipoff

Cavaliers are encouraged to bring in the basketball season on Thursday, Oct. 25 in the Dixon Center Nerney Fieldhouse starting at 8 p.m. Spectators to the game and performances by the cheerleading and dance teams get a chance at a $500 gift card, along with other great prizes! For more information please contact Amanda Eckenroad at 610-225-3904.

Rebecca Loebe café performance

Singer/songwriter

Rebecca Loebe will be performing at Jazzman’s café on Thursday, Oct. 25 starting at 12:30 p.m. Loebe invites audience members to bring along one of their favorite books in order to trade with the songstress! For more information on this event please contact Ashley Shoenfelt at 610-902-8461.

CAP Board trip to Jason’s Woods

Join CAP Board for a freaktastic trip to Jason’s Woods in Lancaster, Pa on Saturday, Oct. 27. There will be a bus leaving from campus at 5 p.m. and tickets are only $5. For more information contact Ashley Shoenfelt at 610902-8461.

Murder Mystery and CAP Board

Come find out “who done it” on Monday Oct.29 in the Mansion starting at 8 p.m. CAP Board challenges everyone to participate in this guessing game. For more information contact Ashley Shoenfelt at 610-902-8461.

CABRINI ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Freshman Allie Rodolico scored one of the goals within the first 10 minutes of the game against Cedar Crest College on Saturday, Oct. 20. CABRINI