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In My Opinion

NICHOLAS PITTS

STAFF WRITER

NDP722@CABRINI EDU 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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.