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Cabrini rallies for immigration reform eric Gibble

asst. news editor

erG722@cabrini.edu

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Cabrini students speak out Students rally for immigration reform in Washington, D.C., raise money for cancer research at ‘Relay For Life’

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Students ‘Relay For Life’ noelle westfall staff writer

nw66@cabrini.edu

The Dixon Center housed 272 participants of the Relay For Life cancer walk to benefit The American Cancer Society. Young and old, students and community members, the common thread was the force cancer had on their lives and the impact these walkers wanted to have on cancer.

“Cancer affects everyone. People want to see progress made towards research and have it eliminated from our community,” Katie Keller, sophomore accounting major and co-chair of Cabrini’s Relay For Life, said.

The walk, which began at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 20 and went until 9 a.m. on Sunday, March 21, was a huge success. The goal of funds to be raised was $20,000 and, at 6 p.m., the event had already met the $16,000 mark. At the conclusion of the event, the total money raised totaled $21,800, surpassing the goal.

In addition to the two co-chairs of the event, Danielle DiBartolo and Katie Keller, Relay had 13 committee members to help plan the function.

There were also 28 teams that participated in Relay

Hundreds of thousands of people rallied at the National Mall in Washington D.C. on Sunday, March 21 in support of comprehensive immigration reform.

Demonstrators of all nationalities raised the flags of their countries of birth alongside the American flag in a crowd that stretched for blocks. The “March For America” rally was the largest since 2006 after immigration reform legislation was shot down in 2007.

Fourteen Cabrini students and faculty members were among those thousands. Students from Bryn Mawr College, Eastern University and Villanova University as well as other organizations from the area were also present.

Katy Friggle-Norton prepared two buses to transport these groups from Villanova University. Norton is an active congregant at Central Baptist Church in Wayne.

“This is the biggest rally on the mall since Obama has become president,” Norton said to the group.

Speakers at the rally included Cardinal Roger Mahony from Los Angeles and Jesse Jackson. President Obama also made remarks through a prerecorded videotaped message voicing his support to the crowd.

Students were motivated to attend the rally for a number of different reasons. Monica Burke, senior English and communication and biology major, believes the current system is broken and wanted to show her support for an overhaul of immigration legislation.

“Without fixing the laws that are ineffective, immigration problems can’t be solved,” Burke said. “The current laws make it impossible for the number of people who want to come to America to do so legally.”

Those that marched held by signs that read, “Equal treatment for all” and “No human can be illegal” at the rally.

Frances Garret, sophomore social work and Spanish major at Eastern University, was uplifted by the sheer number of people at the rally.

“It was really powerful to be in the midst of so many people that want change and have traveled so far to stand up for their rights,” Garrett said.

The Latino community from West Chester was also in attendance alongside Cabrini students. Sr. Mimi DePaul, coordinator of Hispanic ministry of St. Agnes Church, wanted to raise her voice for the undocumented.

“There’s been a large Hispanic presence [in the congregation] since 1968,” DePaul said. “80 percent are Mexican, 10 percent are Puerto

for Life including Cabrini Cheerleading, CAP Board, Delta Phi Xi, Geek Squad, Team Appalachia and Valley Forge Trojans.

“It’s nice for CAP Board to show support for national causes like this,” Emily Fiore, sophomore secondary education and English major, said. Fiore has also walked to benefit AIDS awareness and breast cancer, of which her aunt is in remission.

Tara Evison, senior psychology major, told her mother, who is currently fighting breast cancer, about the event. “I want her to see there are people who care,” Evison said.

“Sometimes you feel like you’re an outcast, so it’s important to come to events like this because you don’t feel like such an outsider,” Cindy Evison, Tara’s mother, said. Evison stopped smoking two years ago. “You almost have to change your life in order to quit. Evison is proud that her daughter has quit smoking to show her support.

Communities and colleges host Relay For Life walks all over the country to benefit The American Cancer Society. Representatives from the Society are present during the event to oversee the happenings and further the Society’s mission.

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Health care bill makes history On Sunday, March 21, history was made on Capitol Hill with a 219-215 vote in favor of the health care bill. President Obama signed the Senate bill into law at the White House on Tuesday. Though it may be a few years before changes are made, some provisions took effect immediately, some directly affecting college students.

One of the biggest benefits of the health care bill is that it will directly affect college students. Under the new plan, we will be able to stay on our parents’ health care plan until the age of 26. This takes a lot of pressure off of college students anticipating graduation and stressing out over the threat of living without the health care coverage they have come to expect.

Prior to the health care overhaul, graduating college students were taken off their parents’ plan and left to find their own insurance. With the current job market, it has been difficult for students to receive medical coverage, because it would mean paying out of pocket. With the new health care plan, students have more flexibility and opportunity to explore job and education options for a few years after graduation from college.

Some other provisions that will come into effect within a few months are access to affordable coverage for the uninsured with pre-existing conditions, free prevention benefits, protection from rescissions of existing coverage and prohibits on discriminationbased salary.

The health care debate is something that we should have all been tuning into because it will directly affect all of us. This is an issue that we should continue to stay up to date with, as it is going to be a huge part of our lives. As college students we should try to pay attention to current events and what is going on in our country and around the world.

Cabrini students ‘Relay For Life’ Cabrini students showed their embodiment of the Cabrini College spirit and mission to serve others by participating in the 2010 ‘Relay For Life’ on Sunday March 20 from 3 p.m. to 9 a.m. at the Dixon Center.

There were 272 that participated in the event making up 29 teams. The event raised $21,812.88 for the cause.

The purpose of ‘Relay For Life’ was to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society. Teams made of members of the Cabrini community walked around the track in the Dixon Center throughout the night to raise money. The event celebrated the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and fight back against the disease.

The life-changing event that is held across the country encourages all participates to raise $100. All of the relay teams camped out overnight, taking turns walking around the track. Relay is held overnight to represent the day in the life of a cancer patient. Just like a cancer patient can’t walk away from cancer neither can the relay teams, therefore each team must be on the track at all times.

This was the perfect opportunity for Cabrini students to get involved and to make a difference in the lives of many people. At some point in everyone’s life they have been affected by cancer or knows someone that has been affected. The editorial staff thanks everyone that sacrificed this one night to help in the remembrance and fight against all those past and present that have been touched by cancer.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Food stamp use increases during tough economy alyssa mentzer

asst. news editor

ajm332@cabrini.edu

More Americans, because of the economic crisis, are turning to food stamps. These are Americans who take pride in their work, careers and ability to provide for themselves.

As the economy is spiraling downward, however, many people who never before had to turn to government programs for assistance, are feeling helpless and embarrassed to ask for the biggest necessity of life, food.

According to government reports, one in eight Americans is now receiving food stamps. The government reports also show a 22 percent increase in food stamp use in 2009.

For over 40 years the USDA Food and Nutrition service has been providing low-income families with food through the “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.” SNAP is the official federal food stamp program and strives to put healthy food on families tables.

In order to keep up with the number of people applying for food stamps, the government has implemented a new system

to make using food stamps easier and more comfortable for customers.

Instead of using food stamps customers use electronic benefit transfer cards that operate like a debit card.

“EBT makes life easier for vendors and retailers.

It is like using a debit card. Actual food stamps were a lot more complicated,” Mark Eckhouse, vice president of Mcaffery’s food store, said. “Today, registers are programmed to read these cards and deduct money off the bill for approved items. Any unapproved items are paid out of the customer’s own pocket.”

Not only do EBT cards make life easier for grocers, they also take the embarrassment out of using food stamps for the customer.

“EBT is blind. The customer uses the card the same way someone would use a debit card.

The cashier knows it is an EBT card, but the person standing behind them has no idea. It prevents people from feeling embarrassed about being a part of this program,” Eckhouse said.

In order for a family or individual to be eligible for an EBT card, they must apply to their

state government and meet certain requirements regarding income, deductions and employment requirements.

Although more people are applying for EBT cards, food stores are not seeing a huge jump in sales or the demand for food.

According to Costco in King of Prussia, Pa., they do not need to stock up on extra food to supply those bringing in EBT cards.

They use their normal supply of food for buyers.

“People are shopping for food the same as they always have. The only difference is that we have seen an increase of nine percent of enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” Marisa Copowell, a Pennsylvania grocer, said.

As the economy sinks deeper into the recession more and more people that once were economically stable are going to be reaching out for food stamps.

“The thing to remember is that they are regular customers that have always shopped at that store.

They buy from the same shelves as anyone else and use many of the same products. They are just receiving extra help,” Eckhouse said.

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Thousands gather for rally in Washington, D.C. RALLY, Page 1

Rican, and 10 percent are from Latin America.”

DePaul also recognized the reason why immigrants are leaving their countries of birth.

“They’re fleeing from hunger.

I believe if they could, the Mexicans want to stay in Mexico.

They’re making one tenth in Mexico of what they make here,” DePaul said.

By the end of the day, DePaul not only was confident that she had made a difference, but was overwhelmed by the positive

energy at the rally.

“There was no fear here. It just seemed to be a really familyfriendly atmosphere,” DePaul said. “I’m hoping I can contribute and encourage people I work with to do their best to get this reform passed.”

People from across the country represented a range of ethnic minorities. Michael Byun, executive director of Asian services, has seen many families displaced due to current immigration laws. His own family immigrated to the United States in 1975.

“We believe in humane

immigration reform that works towards a path to legalization,” Byun said. “We have lots of family members separated because of the current system.”

Julie, who requested her last name not be used due to her undocumented status, shared her personal story. Growing up in Mexico City, her mother was involved in an abusive relationship with her husband and wanted a better life for her children.

“I actually came from Mexico when I was 12. I didn’t decide to, it was mainly my mom,” Julie said.

She settled in Austin, Texas, with a visa and excelled in her academics as an honors student and received letters of acceptance from Yale University. After receiving a bachelor and masters degree in nursing in America, her visa expired.

“I can’t work because of my undocumented status even though I have a masters in a profession that is highly needed in this country,” Julie said.

While she wants to be a legal citizen of the United States, she expressed her frustration with the current system and the inability to change her status.

“There is no way to get behind a line,” Julie said. “There is no way to fix it unless you are deported.”

When asked if she wanted to return to Mexico, Julie noted how different the cultures are between Mexico and the United States.

“The families I visit say I’m too Americanized,” Julie said.

Because of this rally, Julie and millions of other undocumented immigrants saw a ray of hope.

“I call my home the United States. I call my home Austin, Texas,” Julie said.

‘Relay For Life’ earns $21,800 for cancer research RELAY, Page 1

“[My job] is to raise awareness of cancer issues and funding and towards what ACS provides,” Kelly Bradford, cancer control specialist with The American Cancer Society, said. “I think it’s a great turn out for a first time college event.”

Mallory Beach, sophomore elementary education major and head of the Cabrini Dance Team, helped organize the silent auction that included items like makeup and hair gift baskets, gas gift cards and home items. According to Beach, the dance team did not need to put out any money to receive these items, local businesses were happy to donate.

In addition to the silent auction, other events were hosted throughout the day and into the final morning hours such as a concert by local band Pigs in Flight, a scavenger hunt and hula hoop contest. One of the most memorable moments at any Relay For Life was the lighting and placement of luminaries, bags with candles inside, to commemorate those who lost their lives to cancer.

“The event went above and beyond all of my expectations,” Danielle DiBartolo, sophomore social work, sociology and psychology major and co-chair, said. “We have been working since August to plan the event. We have met for hours and been in contact with people all across campus to help get support, logistics, and permission. We are definitely doing Relay again next year, we cannot wait! It was a lot of work but worth every minute of it.”

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Students who particpated in Relay For Life dance to a DJ’s tunes, this was just one the activities hosted.

Students benefit from alumni networking event jamie santoro

asst. perspectives editor ajs343@cabrini.edu

Cabrini students gathered to get a leg up on the job hunt and receive advice from alumni.

A Speed Career Networking event, held in the Mansion on Tuesday, March 16, helped students get ready for interviews and start making connections.

Alumni from multiple job fields gave advice, based on their real world experience, to interested students ready to start job searching.

The alumni gave students mock interviews and traded contact information.

“You need to think about where you are, and what you need to do in order to advance your career” Nancy Hutchinson, director of the co-op and career services center, said.

Students and alumni were given name tags and numbers.

The numbers were associated with tables, similar to the event’s inspiration from speed dating.

Students and alumni would find their seats and following 10 minutes of advice and conversation, the students move

and eager to help them. It was even better that they were Cabrini Alumni because they could relate to you and knew what you were going through.”

Students interacted with alumni in fields of their interest but also other various fields, giving them practice for future job hunting.

The event also debuted a new position within the co-op office.

Jocelyn Tutrani, coordinator of first year career development, brings a full array of professional assistance for students of all levels.

There are also new ways to get students into the working world.

Job shadowing allows students to literally follow the foot steps of someone in any career path.

This means not only will MATT MCGURIMAN/PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF students get a first-person look The co-op and career services center hosted a speed career networking event in the mansion. Alumni came into a career, but networking is bound to happen. and gave Cabrini students job interviewing advice.

It was noted that the social on to the next table. to start my job search here and it their futures. networking site, Linkedin, is like “It was nerve wracking but worked out better than expected.

“An event like this is important Facebook for networking. once we got into it, it was easy,” These connections are real and I because it helps students meet the Cabrini alumni have a strong Jenn Bollinger, senior political hope to use them to get my dream right people in the right industy of presence on the site. There, science major, said. “The alumni job.” work, ” Michaela Enriquez, senior students can meet new people, get know what it’s like to be at Alumni gave advice for seniors human resources major, said. “It help with preparing for jobs and Cabrini and then go out and try starting their careers as well as to helps get their name out there to possible even get jobs on the site. and get a job. I was really hoping underclassmen thinking about successful people who are willing

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THIS } {WEEK Thursday, March 25 The Millersville teacher recruitement fair will be held in the Pucillo Gymnasium at Millersville University from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Professional dress, resumes and a $10 entrance fee are required. Go to www.millersville.edu for more information.

Junior priority registration begins from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Summer/Fall 2010.

Friday, March 26 The Common Good Symposium will be held in the President’s Hospitality Suite, in the Dixon Center, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be presented from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium.

Free tickets are available in the SEaL office.

Saturday, March 27

The Fairfield County CT Fair will be held at the Roger Ludlowe Middle School in Fairfield, CT from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bring 20 resumes, letters of recomendation and verification of certification. Visit www.ces.k12.ct.us for more information.

A Team Trivia Night will be hosted in the Dixon Center from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Proceeds benefit the Alumni Association Scholarship.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be presented from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium.

Free tickets are available in the SEaL office.

Sunday, March 28 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will be presented from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium.

Free tickets are available in the SEaL office.

A Glow in the dark Dogeball Tournament will be held in the Dixon Center from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Team registration, for 5-10 players per team, will be on Thursday, March 25 in West Residence Hall.

Mass will be held in the Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of St. Joseph at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Monday, March 29 A Blood Drive will be held in Grace Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To set up an appointment contact Joanne Mattioni at (610)-902-8531 or jm753@ cabrini.edu.

Sophomore priority registration begins at 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Summer/Fall 2010.

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NATION & WORLD Afghanistan commander to reform Specialty Force Most of the American Specialty Force was put under the direct command of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, an American commander in Afghanistan. His position is to control the amount of civilian causalities and to have the Special Force units take more precautions and ensure that the unit follows those precautions.

N.J. to initiate price cuts New Jersey’s first Republican governor, Christopher J. Christie, has initiated price cuts on the state.

The price cuts are an effort to not raise taxes, however 1,300 will be laid off from government jobs; the cuts will also be coming from the schooling fund and public worker unions.

NATO stops plow of opium NATO, agreeing with Americans to stop the plowing of opium, thinks it’s not time to completely get rid of it, postponing eradication.

The opium fields are the livelihood for many in the town of Marja. Even Afghan officials are struggling with a decision, because of the Taliban obtaining and using it to create poisons.

REGION & CAMPUS Primiano receives $10,000 to further personal studies Dr. Leonard Primiano, Professor and Chair of the Department of religious studies and co-director of the honors program, has been awarded over $10,000 in grants.

The grant money will be used to help further his personal studies as well as benefit the college. Primiano was awarded three grants that were from different areas and concerns.

The first grant is from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and is worth $5,350.

It will be used to improve archives such as Cabrini College Religious Folk, Popular and Liturgical Arts Collection and the Don Yoder Collection of Religious Folk Art in the Holy Spirit Library.

“I am always honored and excited to receive national recognition with grants like the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Wabash Foundation. I am especially happy about the NEH grant, which will provide money for a consultant to advise us about the Holy Spirit Library archives, which definitely are not a funding priority at the college and deserve the professional attention,” Primiano said.

Primiano also received another grant from The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in the studies of theology and

Health care bill passes in Congress

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With a 219-215 votes, the health reform was sent to Obama and signed Tuesday morning into law. The federal health insurance will not be used for abortions, as rallied earlier in the week. The vote was unanimous among non-Republican votes. With the votes passing, many Republicans have voiced their concerns, like the price in Medicare rising and putting the country and states in more debt and putting more pressure on states.

Haitian government works for psychiatric care The psychiatric care has never been good in Haiti, however, after the earthquake more and more people are suffering from depression or “earthquake shock.”

The Haitian government is working to get health coverage for everyone in the

religion to fund a workshop.

“They gave me funding worth $4,763 to hold the workshop, ‘Space, Place and Religious Meaning in the Classroom,’ which I co-presented in the annual American Academy of Religion meeting in Montreal in Nov. 2009 along with professor Jeanne Kilde of the University of Minnesota,” Primiano said. “The workshop attracted participants from Canada and the United States and was very successful.”

Aside from receiving more than $10,000 in grants, Primiano is also part of recent consortium grant worth $75,000 awarded to the American Folklore Society by the the Teagle Foundation through the “big question initiative.”

According to Primiano the project will explore the issue “What is the relationship between lay and expert knowledge in a complex society and how can the consideration of such issues be useful for teaching in the liberal arts college?”

The grants that Primiano have received are already hard at work, improving the college and its religious studies programs.

“It is quite satisfying to gain grant money for the Holy Spirit Library, which is the intellectual heart of our campus. It is always important to have the name Cabrini College visible in national publications and Web sites announcing the awards and associated activities,” Primiano said. “The Teagle grant is exciting because it will stimulate me to transform a course and develop new questions and critical learning activities for my students.”

WRITER: Alyssa Mentzer/ Asst. News Editor AJM332@CABRINI.EDU

country, but the mental health care is underdeveloped and not financed well.

Foreign psychiatrists are teaching many Haitian how to take care of the case and the field. With the earthquake’s aftershock it has made many uneasy.

WRITER: Lauren Sliva/Asst. Web Editor LBS42@CABRINI.EDU

Math club celebrates Pi day Pi day was celebrated all over the world on 3.14 by math fanatics everywhere, including Cabrini’s math club for the third year.

“This is the third year we have celebrated Pi day here at Cabrini,” Dr. John Brown, chair of the math department, said. “It started because of a math club member three years ago, who had a brother involved in the Special Olympics. We wanted to help raise money.”

The founder of Pi day is Larry Shaw, a now-retired physicist at the Exploratorium.

On March 12, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives recognized Pi day.

“Twelve faculty and staff volunteered to participate. We made baskets for students to select who they wanted to see get pied. Out of the 12, the top six were pied but the lower six weren’t.” Francesca Pizzigoni, president of the math club, said.

Pi day, which was celebrate on March 15 since 3.14 fell on a Sunday this year, gave faculty and staff a reason to pie one another in front of an audience in Jazzman’s Café.

The faculty and staff who particpated included Dr. Scott Testa, Dr. David Dunbar, Richard Gebauer, Dr. John Brown, Nicole Shovlin, Carol H. Serotta and Cathy Yungmann.

“It was a nice way to see students and teachers interact outside of a classroom, while having a good time,” Tiziana Novruzaj, sophomore biology major, said.

When asked about getting pied in front of a crowd, Brown said “I’m used to it.”

WRITER: Felicia Melvin/ A&E Editor FDM29@CABRINI.EDU

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Haitian remembers country’s earthquake devastation danielle alio

asst. features editor dla37@cabrini.edu

It has been about two months since the devastating disaster that hit the country of Haiti but it may as well be two weeks. The aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 is still a major problem for the country and its citizens.

Many Haitians are stuck without a place to stay, food to eat or medical attention.

Disease is everywhere because of the dead bodies that are still on the streets.

“I have seven brothers and sisters who currently live in Haiti. They live outside on the street after the earthquake.

They have not been able to relocate and we’ve tried everything to provide them with the best necessary help that they can get right now to eat or to just survive basically because some of the help doesn’t get to them,” Martine Saint-Vil said.

Saint-Vil moved to the United States when she was 17 in order to further her education.

When she heard about the earthquake, she thought that her family was not going to make it.

Thankfully, they survived and her brother-in-law, Walter Jean-Louis, arrived in the United States and explained what he experienced first-hand in Haiti.

Jean-Louis does not know English; Saint-Vil translated for him. “I have to tell you that it was a horrible scene to watch. Having to watch this earthquake and seeing the houses crumbling on top of people was really hard to see,” Jean-Louis said.

Jean-Louis was at a cyber café in Port-Au-Prince with seven of his friends right before the earthquake happened. It was when he stepped outside of the café that tragedy struck.

“I was waiting for a car, a taxi, to come. That’s when I felt the ground, you know, movement and it started slowly and then rushes really fast. At the time, I thought the earthquake was for 15 minutes. Even though it was

just for 40 seconds, but it felt like it was for 10-15 minutes and I think everyone who were there felt the same way also,” Jean-Louis said.

Thousands of people ran for their lives as their world came crashing down on top of them.

Many important buildings in the Haitian government collapsed including the Palace of Justice and taxation office, in which many perished.

After the earthquake, JeanLouis explored the horrifying aftermath. “After that I walked around different sites, different streets and it was breathtaking to see the people on the street, the cadavers on the street so it was really hard,” Jean-Louis said.

His friends at the cyber café did not make it out alive.

“All of them that were inside, they all died and the next day when I went back, I see all of them on the ground,” JeanLouis said. “What I witnessed the day after at the Palace of Justice was that they put out seven people that were inside that were dead. One of the lawyers who was there who was a close friend of mine, he died. He was inside the palace when that happened.”

Among the buildings to collapse were schools. Many children were trapped under the heavy rubble without a way to get out. Jean-Louis remembered hearing the children crying for help under rubble. A countless number of children lost their parents and entire family leaving them orphaned.

“The help came, but a little slow,” Jean-Louis said. “We waited for the Red Cross who provided help, but of course the international community had to travel from the Dominican Republic to get to Haiti, which made it difficult for the people who needed help to receive it quicker and faster and it’s still hard, you know, because we don’t know how many people died and to this point I’m sure there are a lot of people still under the crumble that they’re not able to get out and they can’t really count and give a number of how many people died.”

Over 300,000 people died, but like Jean-Louis

said, it is hard to get an exact number. Many of the dead were immediately transported to family or dumped out of an inhabited area to avoid contamination and disease; therefore, those people cannot be counted for.

Saint-Vil’s sisters have been keeping in touch with her throughout this tragedy.

They recently told her that it has been raining in Haiti for the past few weeks, which does not help the situation.

Her sisters did not have a tent that they could use as shelter; therefore, they were forced to go back inside their house even though it is not safe to reenter the unstable house.

Saint-Vil wants to go back to Haiti to help her family, but was advised not to. “I wanted to go during spring break, which is during the end of this month, but my other sisters who are in Haiti are encouraging me not to come.

They say, ‘you won’t be able to see it and leave it because there’re still dead people on the street and it’s going to be too much for you to watch.

We’re already there and we can take it, but if you come in, it’s going to be too much for you.’ They are urging me to come later. Probably maybe somewhere in July I will go back to Haiti,” Saint-Vil said.

Jean-Louis plans to return to Haiti sometime in April, saying that if the international community is helping, he should be there helping as well. He does not know how the people of Haiti will rebuild or provide help for those who need serious medical attention. He also said that in the future, many will suffer from psychological problems due to what they witnessed and lived through.

“I hope that the international community will continue to provide aid for the Haitians and I know the rebuilding will take a long time because the catastrophe is very big and I don’t expect it to happen now, but I hope they will continue to provide support to help and I know the living situation will be difficult and harder in the future, but hopefully the aid we will receive will help them,” Jean-Louis said.

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Since Haiti faced earthquake devastation, the country has been struggling to rebuild itself.

Depicted to the left are Haitian native, Martine Sant-Vil (RIGHT) and earthquake survivor Walter Jean-Louis (LEFT).

Depicted below are attendees at a fundraising concert hosted by the Haitian Community Help Center.

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Philadelphia community celebrates love, hope for Haiti danielle alio

asst. features editor dla37@cabrini.edu

At an event held on Sunday March 7, at Grover Washington Middle School in the Olney section of Philadelphia, many Haitian citizens as well as HaitianAmericans gathered together for a fundraising concert. The event was hosted by the Haitian Community Help Center and consisted of influential speakers and leaders of the Haitian community, singers, poets and politicians who attended to show their support.

The president of the Haitian Community Help Center, Emmanuel Polection, opened the event with a speech about his hopes for Haiti’s future and the constant reminder that the disaster will not just go away.

“I’d like to take a special opportunity to remind the members of the Haitian community to remain vigilant. We understand that when the media is no longer covering Haiti, when other things will become the center of attraction for the world, we, as Haitians, will need to stay strong and determined to continue the daily challenge as well as do our best to transform the face of our country,” Polection said.

Polection stated that the help center is setting two goals for the future. The first goal will be an effort to send a group of volunteers to Haiti as soon as possible with the money raised from the Haitian community in Philadelphia.

The second goal will be to establish a help center in Haiti. The help center will provide psychological help to families who fell victim to the earthquake.

Polection wants to send professionals in mental health to Haiti at least four times a year in order to train other Haitian professionals in mental health to open up the opportunity for more jobs in the country.

Some of the attendees of the event dressed in the colors of Haiti and carried their country’s flag in a parade to build the energy in the room.

Performers were at the event to provide inspirational and hopeful music to the Haitian community. Gospel artist Paul Polection sang a song in which the English translation of the title is “Haiti is on a Hospital Bed.” Among all of the guest speakers were some religious leaders of the Haitian community in Philadelphia. Rev. Christian Cesar, pastor of the Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church, spoke about the many who have died and the over 1 million homeless.

“It is up to you,” Cesar said. “Don’t let our country die. Let’s love one another in the body of Christ.”

Bishop Herve Vincent, pastor of a Pentecostal church in Philadelphia, said, “It’s time to get our heads together. This was a wake up call for all of us.”

Vincent emphasized the importance of joining together to build a new city for the people of Haiti since they have no place to sleep.

Vincent also expressed gratitude for what the United States has done with sending aid to Haiti. “Don’t say that America is a bad country. When you say that America is a bad country, you are placing a spell upon yourself. America is a good country. Just like every country has a good and bad side. We ask you to pray for America, just like you pray for Haiti,” Vincent said.

Those in attendance had in common that the disaster affected each of their lives in one way or another.

One member of the Haitian community, Yva Jean-Louis, said, “It was a disaster. It was very very, very sad. Many, many people died. I lost family members. I lost cousins. I lost uncles. We just hope that things are going to get better. We hope everybody is okay and we keep praying.”

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Taxes a small price to pay for care IN MY OPINION

jame santoro

asst. perspectives editor ajs343@cabrini.edu

On March 21, 2010 the House of Representatives passed the bill, already approved by the Senate late last year, that made health insurance a requirement for all people, giving 95 percent of the country cov-

erage. The uproar of disagreeing Americans could almost literally be heard as the bill passed with a vote of 219-to-212.

There is an internet full of facts for me to post but what's the real purpose of this article. To write about my favorite subject, my personal opinion. I am a political science minor (I know, impressive), so I am more than qualified to give a logical unbiased report.

Not. I am as pro-health care reform as I am anti-Michael Bay movies. Which is a lot. But why? I am prohealth care reform because I believe that as a financially-secure American (well my family), I need to help others. Some people can-

not afford to have healthcare and are putting off doctors' visits and medical tests because they can’t afford them. People are losing their homes and livelihoods because their family members are becoming ill.

People are dying because they can’t afford preventative care. There is a price for saving millions of lives.

It’s a small tax hike, most of which is on the rich and not on income.

I always say that I am a Democrat because I understand that higher taxes get things done. I am willing to pay higher taxes if it means better education and safer streets. This is the same thing.

It seems that the debate on health care has been

focused on the money. An important part, yes, but not where the focus should be. People's lives are being saved. You can’t put a price on life. But this is our chance.

While were on the subject let's talk money. New health care will cost just under $1 trillion dollars (about $980 billion) over the course of the next 10 years, but that would save us money compared to the path we were headed down.

Like I said earlier, most of the money comes from a higher income bracket a.k.a. rich folk. Some other spots the government will be sucking us dry (sarcasm alert!) is through a tanning tax. Sorry, ladies and a couple of gentlemen, but

a 10 percent tax on indoor tanning facilities would raise $2.7 billion dollars by 2019. Also, in the whydidn’t-we-do-this-sooner department, a tax on health care industries.

For us college students, here's the best part. Your parents' healthcare with cover you until the age of 26, effective immediately.

This will make the job hunt that much sweeter.

The only dark cloud on this sunny day that is health care reform is the public opinion. 54 percent of Americans disapprove of health care reform. I think that a more accurate figure would be 54 percent of Americans don’t understand health care reform. I know I didn’t until recently.

While positive public opinion is not necessary, obviously, it does make things far easier. President Obama definitely made some enemies in the fight for this bill. For example pro-life Democrats in the House promised their votes if the bill didn’t cover abortions.

Whether you approve or not doesn’t seem to matter anymore seeing as Obama will have signed the bill into law by the time this article is published. Guess what? Your insured! Yay! Now throw a party for yourself with the comfort of knowing that no matter how much you torture your body you’ll be insured!

Reality shows tarnish Jersey image IN MY OPINION

meghan murphy

asst. perspectives editor mkm727@cabrini.edu

If you haven’t gotten enough of the ever-so-famous Snooki and the rest of her guido and guidette gang, don’t worry because there is a new group repping New Jersey. “Jerseylicous” is the newest reality television show on the Style Network with Jersey girls that have fake tans, long acrylic nails and the apparent Jersey girl hairstyle, teased hair with tons of hairspray.

“Jerseylicous” is set in the Gatsby Salon located in Greenbrook, N.J, only forty minutes from New York City. The Gatsby was first opened in 1977 by Daniel Gianfrancesco but, after his death in 1998, his wife Gayle Giacomo and her daughter Christy became the owners.

Not too sure how many people tuned into “Jerseylicous” on Sunday, March 21, but the first five minutes into the show I was convinced that the show

was majorly scripted. In the first episode, Gayle and Christy interviewed prospective workers for their newly-renovated salon. Before the girls are interviewed, they are shown partying at the clubs the night before with their Snooki outfits on. Olivia, the makeup artist, parties a little too hard the night before her interview, spending all her money, then shows up more than 30 minutes late to her interview. The girl literally has a closet on wheels in her white Hummer and gets changed in the parking lot of the Gatsby.

Olivia’s biggest enemy, Tracy, who is one of the hairstylists, is dating Olivia's ex-boyfriend. The two apparently can never get away from each other and the competition between them is ridiculous.

Thanks to my aunt and uncle, who work with Gayle at the Gatsby, I was fully warned that the girls who are hired to be hairstylists and makeup artists are hired actresses. Not one real employee of the Gatsby is featured in the show, besides the two owners.

After watching the first episode, I’m extremely happy that my Jersey-native aunt and uncle wouldn’t subject themselves to such an unrealistic show. I guess this is a good promotion for the Gatsby, but once their new clients come to the store and don’t see the guidette workers, they are going to

be scratching their heads.

Just when I thought that “Jerseylicous” could possibly be the last show to make Jersey look ridiculous, I find out there is another new show that is still in the works, “Jersey Couture,” on the Oxygen network. “Jersey Couture” is featured in Monmouth County’s famous dress store shop, Diane & Company. This brings back all those high school memories where my girlfriends and I booked our appointments to have a fun-filled day of prom dress shopping. The women of Diane & Company were definitely the ones that made my prom dress shopping experience one to remember, with their pushy attitude ways and flashy dresses.

All of these Jersey-related television shows have given people an image in their minds that Jersey girls are fake-and-bakers, wear the Snooki hairstyle, and live in Ed Hardy. Wrong!

We are not all parading around in gold sequined prom dresses, or table-flipping crazies. Coming from the girl who didn’t even know South Jersey existed before coming to Cabrini, I can’t speak for all of Jersey, but central Jersey is nowhere close to what these shows put us out to be. The women from “Real Housewives of New Jersey” are not originally from Jersey, “Jersey Shore” cast members, and only one is origi-

nally from Jersey and the new editions to the Gatsby Salon on “Jerseylicous,” definitely are not Jersey natives.

I understand you all think Jersey is the armpit of America, but these television shows perceive Jersey residents to be the unclassiest people there are out there. We have Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, we don’t pump our own gas, we have the beach and some of us have the luxury of being only a train ride away from the Big Apple.

Before you assume that Jersey is all about the “Situation” think twice before the assumption.

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Pictured above is the cast of the newest reality show, “Jerseylicous,” which airs on the Style Network. Reality shows such as “Jerseylicous” and “Jersey Shore” leave people wondering about the reputation of those from N.J.

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Soda tax not so sweet for Philly residents IN MY OPINION

megan conte staff writer

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Kate Gosselin leaves 8 behind, dances with stars IN MY OPINION

lauren miskofsky sttadd writer

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Kate Gosselin, the mother of twins and sextuplets, who just recently split from her husband, Jon, has been named as part of the new cast of "Dancing with the Stars.” It is clear that many people are wondering how she is finding time to be able to do this when her ex-husband is away and she has eight kids to tend to.

Gosselin has decided that she will hire multiple nannies to watch over her children while she takes on her newest project. Also, while filming "Dancing with the Stars", she is going to be developing her own television show after the downfall of "Jon & Kate Plus 8.”

I believe that she should start worrying less about what she can do for herself and concentrate on her children. The show aired five seasons and the kids are growing up quickly.

As seen on television

and in many magazines Gosselin has bounced around between writing books and going on vacations with her family.

"Dancing with the Stars" is a huge commitment that is going to take her away for her kids for even longer periods of time. I believe that it is completely unfair to all eight of them for her to just hire nannies. It is shocking to me to see that she is willing to miss out on watching them grow up and the new things that they are going to be doing and saying just to be on television.

Gosselin claims that it is a delicate balance of a working mom, but how is it a good balance when you are 3,000 miles away from the ones you love on a regular basis? She also states that she is too busy focusing on her kids to deal with the rumors swirling that she has become a diva on the show set. All of this seems impossible to me because there is no way for her to be concentrating on her kids if she is busy practicing and flying back and forth to L.A. Being a star and in the spotlight isn’t going to last forever or keep her financially stable. Gosselin’s ex-husband seems to be doing nothing to contribute to the large family and help them stay afloat financially. I think that Gosselin is stressing too much about staying in the spotlight and continuing a career in the

media, rather than getting a regular job. She was a nurse in the past and if she wants to continue a steady job and be positive that she will be able to supply for her kids, then she should go back to that.

Gosselin’s eight kids have been photographed with nothing but nannies and her nowhere in sight.

"Dancing with the Stars" is only going to pull her further and further away from them. I believe that her priorities are not in the order they should be as a parent. On television, Gosselin was portrayed a good mom, but as her show went down so did her relationship with her children. I do not think that for a second she should spend any more time trying to get on television and what she can do next to be in the spotlight, whether that’s changing her hair or going on another book tour. Hopefully Gosselin can make it work and be able to supply for her kids and be the positive light in their lives the way she used to be.

Whether it’s from a can of Red Bull, a Starbucks frappuccino, or a 20 oz. soda, caffeine is a way of life for many college students. But if you’re buying one of these drinks in Philadelphia, it will soon cost you up to $1.32 more due to the sweet-drink tax.

The sweet-drink tax would be two cents per ounce, equates to 40 cents more on a 20-ounce bottle of soda. The tax would be on all sweet beverages, which includes soda, energy drinks, ice tea and even chocolate milk. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Mayor Michael Nutter named this tax, Healthy Philadelphia Initiative. In a year, the city could raise $77 million dollars from tax revenue.

A 8.4 oz Red Bull drink would be $0.17 more, a 9.5

oz of Starbucks frappuccino would be $0.19 cents more, a 16 oz Nesquick chocolate milk would cost $0.32 cents more, and a two liter bottle could cost up to $1.35 dollars more.

This beverage tax would be the nation’s highest.

Already, 33 states charge tax on soft drinks, but they are not as expensive. New York, Massachusetts, and California are all proposing a sweetdrink tax. In Chicago the tax adds four cents to a 20-ounce Coke, which makes the Coke $1.29.

Not only will this hurt the consumers of these products, but it may hurt the jobs in the market.

With the reduction of sales, there may be a reduction of jobs, which will hurt the local and regional economy.

The tax would be collected with the city’s gross-receipts tax at the end of each year as a business tax. Many believe that this tax is to raise money.

On the proposal, $57 million dollars would go toward a general fund in Philadelphia and the $20 million dollars would go to healthy eating and exercise programs, because one goal of this tax is to change the eating habits.

Health Commissioner

Donald F.Schwarz states that a city resident drinks about a half liter of sweet beverages a day. “For the average individual in town, if this is passed on, we believe that we can make them healthier simply though substitution for healthier beverages,” Schwarz states.

This tax proposal will be part of the 2010-11 budget proposals. Mayor Nutter wants to “treat the city’s weight and wallet problems.”

I don’t agree with the city making this tax. This is a needless tax for the city right now. People who do not purchase sweetdrinks will also be affected by this tax, which is unfair.

The low-income may be effected if jobs are lost.

If the imitative reaches its aims of making the city healthier, then I will support it. If the aim reaches schools, then I believe that it will be worth it. If students and children drink more water and less sweet drinks, then I think the tax works. Right now, I don’t believe that $0.40 cents will stop people from buying what they enjoy drinking.

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Facebook craze continues, despite concerns kelsey kastrava

asst. features editor kmk94@cabrini.edu

Facebook needs no formal introduction to any college student, media head or even soccer mom. It has become the Web site that has officially topped Google’s number of hits per day. Needless to say, for many, Facebook is a part of life.

But whether or not the popular social media site has gone too far in overexposing people is the question that has many people talking.

“Facebook isn’t professional at all, even with all the privacy settings,” Allie Potter, junior education major, said. “That being said I don’t think Facebook is the culprit for overexposing people, I think the fault lies with them. You control much of what you share, and some people share way too much.”

Potter says the worst part about Facebook is everyone following your social status, including relationships with significant others.

“It has to be mortifying to have people see your personal business, especially after a breakup,” Potter said.

On the contrary, some consider the site to be a great way to promote businesses and events.

“The good thing about Facebook is it’s free

advertisement,” Becca Rothemich, sophomore elementary education major, said. “Everyone has one so when you send out invitations to events people are going to hear about it.”

New apps Facebook h a s

include ‘friends exposed,’ w h i c h allows you to randomly answer questions about Facebook friends. The idea of the application is to interact with friends so you’re active on your account.

Fan pages have also become

a popular do-dad on Facebook in which people can invent a fan page of something they’re fond

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of. The idea is to get other people to become a fan of the same page.

Dotcom celebrates 25 years justin sillner

asst. features editor jjs333@cabrini.edu

“Dotcom” has celebrated its 25th birthday this past week. On March 15, 1985, Symbolics Computers purchased the first domain with a dotcom ending. The Internet was made for the government,

but in time everyone was able to access it for research, leisure and business. The Internet, especially in the United States, is a freedom of expression with government censorship. From podcasts to videos, the Internet has adapted to all cultures while displaying all elements of social media.

Where do you see the internet in the next 25 years?

The more fans, the more popular the page is according to your news feed.

“Facebook has been a great way to get in touch with old friends,” Maureen McClain, Facebook user, said.

“But, after becoming friends with

some of my k i d ’ s friends it seems other people use it for silly reasons.”

McClain says she has seen her kid’s friends inform the Facebook world of their daily routines from what they’re eating for dinner to when they are

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QUESTIONNAIRE Q: What was your worst Easter gift?

“The worst thing to wake up to is an Easter basket. I don’t think candy is a good gift. I’d rather just get money or a good DVD.” Alex Lefebvre, sophomore chemistry major.

peter morrison

jenna caroccia

sophomore spanish major

freshman education major

“I hope it’s holographic and voice controlled.”

“I would want people to come out of it like Jesse McCartney.”

robert stoop

junior bio pre-nursing major

“Hopefully it will still be free. It’s a form of communication that is now global.”

rich tumminello

freshman pre-med major

“I want a feature that allows you to taste things [food] on the Internet.”

showering.

“I mean talk about too much information,” McClain said. “ I like Facebook because it’s more of an instant e-mail to my friends and I can see pictures, but some things are better left unsaid.”

Some students seem to not see anything wrong.

“Everyone is on Facebook,” Bryan Janowski, junior marketing major, said. “I’ve never heard of any negative experiences.”

Whatever the opinion of adults, teens or even pre-teens, Facebook is continuing to capture the attention of people.

“I log onto my computer and before I do anything, I check Facebook,” Rothemich said.

Many consider the trend addicting.

“You know it’s just like any other thing like video games, Myspace, Youtube. Something bigger and better will wind up becoming invented and Facebook will be old news one day. But that doesn’t mean I’m ready to wean myself off of the addiction,” Janowski said.

“The worst Easter gift I ever got was a Sailor Moon doll. What was my grandmom thinking?” Allison Crowley, sophomore history major.

“Bad tasting chocolate is the worst.

One Easter I got this chocolate bunny that tasted so bad.” Nicole Oulouhojian, freshman marketing major. joe demarzio/staff writer/jad38@cabrini.edu

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New restaurant ‘mixes up’ local cuisine liz scopelliti

asst. copy editor

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windows and antique chandeliers make it more spacious and refined.

The highlight of Mixx is the grandiose, urban-style bar.

Complete with gorgeous cream bar stools and comfortable lounge-inspired dining seats, there is plenty of visually pleasing accessories to satisfy the eye.

Brick walls covered with long mirrors and beer barrel displays along the walls make Mixx stand apart from any other local bar in town.

To top it off, there are a small set of stairs within the bar area that lead to another level set aside for DJs. Although this area has not been occupied previously, the hopes of employers at Mixx is to provide musical entertainment for their customers.

LISA SUMPTER-ROBINSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The array of food options on the A display shelf of wine at Mixx restaumenu is impressive. Everything rant.

LISA SUMPTER-ROBINSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER from tempura calamari to filet steaks are served at reasonable Additional seating area at Mixx restaurant. prices, with no items exceeding $18.

To find out more about Mixx, visit the Web site, www. mixxrestaurant.com.

Creamy shrimp scampi linguine, a fresh, flavorful chicken tender salad, crunchy and colorful nacho appetizers. These are all some of the delicious food options that can be found on the menu of the new and trendy restaurant, Mixx.

Located on Lancaster Ave., Mixx is the latest bar and restaurant to hit the Villanova area. Not only does the contemporary style give off a vogue-like vibe, but the service and cuisine surpasses any expectations that people may hold.

Set up like a modern-day Hibachi-meets-high end New York bar, Mixx’s serene yet virtually pleasing atmosphere is quite impressive for those who are used to a fast-paced life outside of the Radnor area.

There are two sections that make up Mixx. The main dining area has three sections. There is a Hibachi-like table right as you walk in, where large parties are able to sit and engage in conversation without being positioned awkwardly.

Surrounding the large table are smaller, avant-garde white tables that seat up to four people. Within the dining area are a couple of smaller, open rooms with tables for those looking for a more personal dining experience. Chic pictures and dim lighting make this part of Mixx feel debonair LISA SUMPTER-ROBINSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER and elegant, while floor-to-ceiling Cheeseburger sliders at Mixx.

This is the front entrance for Mixx.

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Darla Nagy joins Center for Teaching and Learning meghan murphy

asst. perspectives editor mkm727@cabrini.edu

Graduate of Bowling Green State University and a master’s degree received from Cabrini College, Darla Nagy has joined the staff of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Just this past February, Nagy was hired as the math tutor for the Center for Teaching and Learning.

“The math tutoring job just started in the middle of February but before I was given this opportunity I was just teaching here,” Nagy said.

Nagy is currently a math teacher for three classes at Cabrini College. She teaches one section of Math 098 and two sections of math 114. Along with teaching three classes a week, Nagy also works 20 hours in the tutoring center.

Before Nagy became a tutor and a math teacher at the college level, she was working for Burroughs in Miami, Fl., which is now known as Unisys and located in Blue Bell, Pa. “I received the job right after graduation from Bowling Green State University.

Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. That was such a fun place to work,” Nagy said.

Nagy was an employee at Unisys for 12 years. She lived in the heart of the everglades, southwestern; Miami, for only three years. The Division was closed down and everyone was transferred to Radnor.

When Nagy and her husband Pete had

their second son, she became a stay-athome mom.

“I became the queen of part-time jobs,” Nagy said.

She started volunterring in the schools with her children as a class mom. Nagy was first volunteering as a learning support assistant then became a math assistant in the middle school before she became a

graduate student here at Cabrini. Nagy was a double major in accounting and informations systems at her university but then volunteering in the schools made her think that teaching was her new niche.

“I got my masters of education here to teach secondary math. I received my teaching certification and masters. I had Dr. Brown for three of my math classes,”

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Darla Nagy pictured at her desk in the Center of Teaching and Learning.

Nagy said.

Nagy has nothing but great things to say about working at Cabrini.

“I like it. The students are pretty nice and the faculty is great to work with and it is a beautiful campus. Since the weather is getting nicer, I have noticed some students skipping class already. I think it’s a little early for this,” Nagy said.

Nagy lives in Harleysville, Pa. with her husband Pete and has two sons, Jason is a graduate from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Andy is a plebe (freshman) at West Point, which is located approximatly 50 miles north of New York City on the Hudson River.

“We were just there this past weekend.

It was Plebe parent weekend. It is the one and only time I can see his room. We can go visit him again. The families just can’t get in the barrack,” Nagy said.

Students may schedule a free math tutoring session with Nagy at the Math Resource Center Web site or e-mail Nagy directly at darla.ann.nagy@cabrini.edu.

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Students get creative in fine arts department danielle alio

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For students who may be interested in exploring their artistic or musical creativity, the fine arts department at Cabrini College is a good way to start. Students can take courses in music, private lessons or studio art courses.

A major in fine arts is not currently available, but one can choose to minor in it. There are two sections to the department.

“The department is music and art and so we offer courses in drawing and painting. We offer courses of enrichment for the general student body, which are the survey of music, American music, jazz and its culture, specialized music, which is music of Asia, and we have chorus, which is open to the student body,” Dr. Adeline Bethany, fine arts professor, said.

Bethany is one of the full-time faculty members of the fine arts department. She specializes in the music section of the department. She is also the coordinator

of the cultural events series.

“I am the coordinator of the cultural events series, which brings to the campus four professional concerts a year and three or four professional art exhibits per year. Coming up, on April 11, we are presenting Resident Arts from the Academy of Vocal Arts and they are professional singers.

It’s for our students and the public and it’s free,” Bethany said.

Students may elect private music lessons for a half hour a week each semester: * Voice lessons * Guitar lessons * Piano lessons Joe Napoli, guitar instructor, teaches, on average, 15 or more students a semester and thinks a lot more students would be interested in private lessons if they knew about them.

“A lot of students don’t even realize. I see them walk by with the door open during a lesson and they look surprised like you can do that here,” Napoli said.

In addition to music, the fine arts department has studio art courses as well as a minor avail-

able to students.

“Aside from the upper level drawing and painting courses, we offer a course for students who want to take a studio art class as an aesthetic as part of their requirement called Introduction to Drawing and Painting. It’s a nice class because it’s really geared towards students who never had the opportunity to draw or paint at all and I have people come into the class who have and have not had any prior experience,” Nicholas Jacques, assistant fine arts professor, said.

Jacques said that students are always looking to major and minor in studio art, but once they see that the college does not offer a major or certain courses, they look into other schools to attend.

“Some students come here not realizing that we don’t offer print-making, we don’t offer figure drawing, we don’t offer a lot of other courses that a school like Rosemont would, a school that actually has a studio art major,” Jacques said.

Since Rosemont is a SEPCHE school, Jacques said that he would

advise some students to take courses there that are not offered at Cabrini because they are free of charge to fulfill their minor.

One may wonder why there is not a major in music or studio art.

“Music majors are very expensive. You really need a building dedicated because you need so many practice rooms, and you need lots of faculty because each instrument is different. It’s a very expensive major to bring in, but I think what we do is good,” Bethany said.

At one time, studio art was a major of its own at Cabrini but was discontinued. “I think one of the reasons they discontinued the major was the fact that we don’t have the facilities that we really need to be able to offer the amount of classes that a major requires. We have two studios in this building, one of which is in use every single day of the week all day with the exception of Friday. We would need probably two other full size studios to be able to run a printmaking class at the same time I am teaching Drawing I in my studio. That’s

one of the issues,” Jacques said.

Jacques also said that there are definitely students who want to take more fine arts courses and the need is there.

“I would think it would be a natural progression. If the numbers stay up, they can add more courses whether they are lessons or music courses too. So I think if there is more interest, logically, they will add more courses as well,” Napoli said.

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Pictured is one of the art studios where students can take drawing and art classes in Widener Lecture Hall.

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A student paints a picture during an art class in the studio.

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There are multiple classes provided to Cabrini students such as art classes and guitar classes.

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Students artwork are displayed in the Widener Lecture Hall.

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‘What’s up all you stars and studs’ Dirt Sheet goes solo maryellen anastasio asst. web editor

mka722@cabrini.edu

The entertainment portion of Loqation is now going solo. The Dirt Sheet with Jake and Gianna is now bigger and better than before. The new show includes more on fashion, television, movies and celebrities.

“I came up with the concept for Loqation two years ago and was really excited about it but over time it became less and less of what I had originally envisioned,” Jake Verterano, senior communication major, said.

“When we were just on Loqation there were too many restrictions and we could only have a one minute segment, which wasn’t enough for us to showcase entertainment,” Gianna Shikitino, junior communication major, said.

The new show is now nine to 10 minutes in length and only focused on entertainment. They cover a wide range of topics happening in music, movies, fashion, celebrities and events at Cabrini.

“We wanted it to be strictly entertainment and play off of the features and entertainment section of the Loquitur,” Shikitino said.

The Dirt Sheet also has some new faces as well. Michelle Costa

hosts a segment on fashion. In this past week’s episode she gave viewers a taste of what they can expect by evaluating celebrities apparel on the red carpet.

“Jake saw my fashion articles in

the Loquitur and came up with the idea of adding the segment to the show,” Michelle Costa, sophomore communication major, said.

“We have some great ideas for the segment, like a red carpet review

at formal, look for less, and fashion for the upcoming bathing suit season,” Costa said.

Also Jamie Santoro, a current news anchor for Loqation and Danielle McLaughlin, a remote anchor

for Loqation are now hosting a trending topics segment on the Dirt Sheet as well. They discuss the hot topics of the week in entertainment.

Verterano has a show on Cabrini’s radio station, 89.1 WYBF-FM, on Sunday’s from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. where he does the radio version of the Dirt Sheet as well.

“Jake really pioneered the idea to make The Dirt Sheet a show. He came up with it and took the initiative,” Shikitino said. “He is very creative and works well behind the camera too.”

For Costa, it is her first time being involved with video but with her passion for fashion she feels confident.

“It’s a great experience for me because I would like to work in fashion as a career,” Costa said.

A new episode of The Dirt Sheet appears every Thursday and can be watched on The Loquitur’s Web site.

“We’re really trying to take on an innovative approach with The Dirt Sheet. We create a high quality professional show while having some fun with it,” Verterano said.

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From the left Michelle Costa, Jake Veterano, Gianna Shikitino, Jamie Santoro and Danielle McLaughlin.

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Cast of “The 25th Annual Putnam CountySpelling Bee.” The performances will happen again this weekend and will close on Sunday, at their matinee. The cast play 12-year-olds.

Cabrini College Theatre puts spelling faces on with great performances trevor wallace

asst. news editor

tbw723@cabrini.edu

It’s hard to imagine that a spelling bee can be filled with a conga line, a dancing literate foot and a foggy Jesus. Yet, that’s just what the Cabrini Theatre did with their production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The musical, which is running through March 28, is bound to attract everyone in some way. Its story has humor, love, struggle, friendship and victory, which are all set during a spelling bee held in a school’s gymnasium.

Dr. Thomas Stretton Jr., the

show’s director, took the play, which was previously performed on Broadway and brought it to Cabrini’s stage.

“The show is very funny, but has heart as well. I’d like the audience to leave understanding and being more sympathetic with some realities of the human condition,” Stretton said.

Characters in the play range from perfectionists to doubters and lovers to fighters that lead to a melting pot of personalities. However, each person has a story behind them about the pressures they deal with in order to compete in the bee.

One contestant in the spelling bee is Marcy, who is a young girl

that knows she is the best. Her story tells of an important challenge that young people face; mustering enough courage to form their own identity. Here, “controlling the lives of young people and compelling them to ‘perfection’ is wrong,” Stretton said.

Other issues touched on, included being raised to think you can’t be defeated can actually be destructive, or that the loss of a parent is a sad reality we all must face.

“I realize how much work goes into a production like this and I was very impressed,” Nick Bonanni, junior communication major, said.

“The students in the theater whom you saw on the stage--and

those you didn’t see behind the scenes--are incredibly hard working, talented, but most importantly, kind. I think they do extraordinary work and they are extraordinary people,” Stretton said.

The show also was able to incorporate the audience into the story by having volunteers sign up before the show to spell a word during the spelling bee. After an audience member spelled a word wrong, the cast would break out into an elaborate goodbye song, all in good fun of course. As much as the show is about the performance, it’s also about the audience.

“We all need to have nights when we come together with others and

laugh and have a good time and experience some joy--as many in the audience seemed to,” Stretton said.

With all the commotion going on during the show, some may forget what “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” is all about.

“Underneath all of life’s challenges and opportunities, it’s important for all of us to recognize our common humanity and our individuality,” Stretton said.

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TAYLOR SWIFT

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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rocks Wachovia Center in home state of Pa.

danielle mclaughlin asst. a&e editor

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Thousands of screaming fans, a packed venue and beautiful weather was the setting for Taylor Swift's Fearless tour that hit Philadelphia on Thursday, March 18 at the Wachovia Center. Thursday’s show was the first of two performances Swift gave in Philadelphia. The second performance took place on Friday, March 19.

Although the crowd of screaming fans at the were there for Taylor Swift, fans seemed to be equally excited to hear the opening acts. Gloriana was the first band that played, followed by Kellie Pickler. Both opening acts were full of energy and were the perfect start to this long awaited concert.

Gloriana is an up-and-coming country band featuring MTV reality star Cheyenne Kimball. They are best known for their hit song, “Wild at Heart.”

Kellie Pickler, who is one of Swift’s best friends, brought a different kind of energy to the stage.

She sang some of her hits such as, “Red High Heels” and “Did you know how much I loved you?” Fans sang along with Pickler as she passionately sang her heart out all the while she was suffering from a sinus infection.

“I was really excited to see everyone at the concert. I love Gloriana, Kellie Pickler and Taylor Swift and I knew every song they played.

It was so amazing to see three of my favorite artists in one night,” Brittany Hume, sophomore math major, said.

When entering the stage Swift rose from the floor wearing a band uniform, which was similar to the outfit she wore in her “You Be-

long with Me” music video. As cheerleaders performed a skit below Swift, she began to sing the hit song. This was only the beginning of a night filled with entertainment and fun.

Swift made sure she made it known that she was from Pennsylvania by saying how good it felt to be home. There were a couple moments during the show where Swift would pause and just look around at all her fans. During an interview that played on the megatron, Swift said, “Hearing a crowd scream is the coolest sound in the world.”

By the look on her face when she would look around at the crowd, it was obvious how genuinely grateful she is to have made it so far in the music industry.

“I knew the concert would be amazing. The thing I loved about it was it wasn’t a typical concert. She didn’t just get on stage to sing, she put on a show with different costumes and scenery. It was really good,” Alyssa Ciccone, sophomore education major, said.

In between several songs, different video clips played on the megatron to set up the story for the next song. Before Swift sang, “Hey Stephen,” a video played called “Crimes of Passion.”

This video was a humorous take on

the concept that Swift writes songs about boys who have wronged her in the past and boys she has had

“

Hearing

a crowd scream is the coolest sound in the world.”

crushes on.

During Swift’s popular song, “Love Story,” Swift was dressed in a red Renaissance dress.

T h e whole stage was set up to look like a castle. Before Swift is finished singing, she has an onstage costume change and changed into a long white gown for the portion of the song that is about Romeo proposing to Juliet.

Throughout the entire night, there wasn’t s a dull moment. During one of her songs, Swift transitioned from the stage of the Wachovia Center to the total opposite end of the venue. She said, “I thought you guys looked lonely back there so I came to sing to you.” Instead of disappearing and ending up on the stage again, Swift actually walked through the entire crowd giving out hugs and handshakes to hundreds of people. Swift is definitely an excellent performer and she knows how to please her fans.

“I really enjoyed the concert and especially all the sets Taylor used. It made the concert a lot of fun and interesting to watch,” Peter Morrison, sophomore education major, said.

To end the whole night, Swift sang her new song from the major motion picture, “Valentine’s Day,” “Today was a Fairytale.” This song was then followed by, “Should’ve said No.” During the final moments of the song, Swift was showered by a waterfall coming from the ceiling of the venue. The words “Why” and “No” fell in the form of water from the celing as Swift wrapped up the concert. Like Swift, the ending was unpredictable but thrilling.

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Upcoming Tour Dates March 26 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills March 27 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills March 28 Detroit, MI U.S. Bank Arena March 31 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center April 1 Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena May 12 Newark, NJ Prudential Center May 13 Newark, NJ Prudential Center May 14 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum May 15 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum June 2 Washington, DC Verizon Center

Pattinson takes on new role in ‘Remember Me’ christina flood

cef724@cabrini.edu asst.web editor

Robert Pattinson stars in the new film “Remember Me.”

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Robert Pattinson finally stepped out of his breakthrough role as a vampire in “Twilight” and into a more normal and flattering role in “Remember Me.” The movie came out in theaters March 12 and made over $8 million in its first weekend.

Unlike most movies today, this romantic drama showed a darker side of New York City, where the movie takes place. Pattinson played Tyler, a young man in his twenties who has had a troubled life due to the suicide of his mother. Tyler’s relationship with his father, played

by Pierce Brosnan, is strained and it takes a toll on his younger sister as well. Tyler does not believe that anyone could understand what he is going through, until he meets Ally, played by Emilie de Ravin, who also stars in the television show “Lost.”

“I wanted to see ‘Remember Me’ because I love Emilie de Ravin in ‘Lost’ and Pattinson in ‘Twilight’,” Samantha Bokoski, junior English and communication major, said.

“Remember Me” is your typical and predictable love story. It at-

tempts to bring a lot of depth into the two main characters and succeeds to a certain level, allowing viewers to really care about the fate of the characters. Pattinson’s acting in this movie is refreshing, compared to his awkward and forced acting in the Twilight series, but the edgy character he plays in the movie does not particularly suit him.

The character of Ally somehow suits de Ravin as well, although it is a big change from her character Claire in “Lost.” Although she is originally from Australia, she managed to pull off a pretty believable American accent for the part. Her role in “Remember Me” is to heal and inspire Tyler and they quickly fall in love. Although she has had quite a difficult life as well, she helps him to discover what is important in life and eventually find happiness.

“I didn’t really like it that much.

It was just too over dramatic for my taste,” Lauren Karaskeiwicz, junior business administration major, said.

Of course there has to be a conflict in any predictable love story and in this case, Ally’s dad gets involved. Her father is played by Chris Cooper and is the police of-

ficer who arrests Tyler early on in the movie.

Directed by Allen Coulter, Remember Me was intriguing up until the very end of the movie. What could have been your typical boymeets-girl love story was ruined by its manipulative ending.

“The movie was really cute until the end. The whole time I just wanted everything to work out for Ally and Tyler. The ending just made me mad,” Nicole Maiuri, sophomore elementary education major, said.

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

PLAYER PROFILE: Kate Schmid

hollY PrenderGast asst. sPorts editor

hMP35@cabrini.edu

In any sport, a goalie is faced with the pressures of keeping the team together and can sometimes be responsible for an upsetting loss or the thrill of an unexpected victory. In the case of Cabrini College women’s lacrosse goalie, Kate Schmid completes her job with finesse and does her best to succeed in every match.

Schmid, senior marketing major, has been playing lacrosse since her freshman year at St. Hubert’s high school in Philadelphia.

After her high school graduation, Schmid made the decision to enroll at Cabrini College where she would be playing on the women’s lacrosse team as the starting goalie.

“I chose Cabrini because of Jackie Neary and I wanted to play lacrosse here,” Schmid said.

“There were also a few girls playing on the team who I played with in high school and they also influenced my decision to come here.”

Upon entering Cabrini, Schmid made an immediate impact for the Lady Cavs during her freshman year. With her outstanding efforts on the field, Schmid earned all-conference honors during her first season with the Lady Cavs.

Since first garnering the honors as a rookie, Schmid came back during her sophomore and junior seasons with the same tenacity on the field to earn the accolade again. In addition to her honors as an athlete, Schmid was also named to the Colonial States Athletic Conference spring 2009 All-Academic Team.

“Playing with ‘Schma’ is the

best experience in my 13 years of playing lacrosse,” Amanda Alexandrowicz, senior attack, said. “She is by far the best goalie that I have ever played with.”

During the 2009 season alone, Schmid led the Lady Cavs in saves with 185 and she started in all 17 games. In addition to being a strong player, Schmid is also the captain of the team for the 2010 season for the second consecutive year.

“My teammates and I voted her junior captain last year so that shows that we all think very highly of her,” Alexandrowicz said.

“As a senior captain, I have to take responsibility of leading the team and making sure that everyone is on the same page,” Schmid said. “It’s really good to have three other captains along with me so we can keep the team together and work hard.”

During the 2009 season, Schmid helped to lead the Lady Cavs to their first CSAC title since the 2005 season.

“We’re very focused on having a successful season and putting in the time and effort it takes to get back to the championship this year,” Schmid said.

So far throughout this 2010 season, Schmid has helped the Lady Cavs to win two of their first four games. In a match up against the University of Scranton, the Lady Cavs won 13-12 with Schmid having a total of 18 saves. In the season so far, Schmid has a total of 35 saves.

“Schmid is a great goalie,” Jacky McDermott, junior attack, said. “She works hard at every practice and game and she is always giving 100 percent.”

With Schmid in goal, the Lady Cavs are confident that they can make it back to the CSAC championship this year along with the hard work and dedication of everyone else on the team.

“Last year when we won the CSAC, we all ran towards the goal and jumped on ‘Schma,’” Alexandrowicz said. “It was the best moment we had as a team, we finally won the championship and we had ‘Schma’ to thank the most for that.”

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What Grinds My Gears:

Upsets excite March Madness KaseY MinnicK Guest writer

KM735@cabrini.edu

For the first time in five years, I am sad to say that I did compete in “Bracketology.” Maybe I was sick of winning and putting many of the men to shame in my small bracket or maybe I was just tired of seeing the No. 1 seeded teams make it to the final four each time around. This was something that I used to research religiously and came to realize that you can’t study this like it’s a history exam. History is set in stone and simply because these teams get numbers assigned to their names does not mean that one team is better than the other.

This is when the phrase, “Any given Sunday” comes into effect.

Any day, the No. 16 seed can overcome the No. 1 seed; it all depends on the five players from each team that are on the court at the same time. So, maybe I was just sick of guessing because really, that’s all you are doing when you fill the silly set of lines out.

Why pick an upset? Is it because we get this “inkling” that it may happen or is it because we all know that it is bound to happen?

And then, when the upsets may not happen “March Madness” turns more into “Much Boringness.” Yes, it’s not word, but it fills the blank quite nicely in my book.

So, the 64 teams have dwindled down the “Sweet 16” in one weekend, and my theory of “boringness” has been shattered somewhat. Three of the four No. 1 teams are still in the hunt: The Kentucky Wildcats,

the Duke Blue Devils and the Syracuse Orangemen, with the Kansas Jayhawks losing in a twopoint-deficit upset to the No. 9 Northern Iowa Panthers, who previously beat the No. 8 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels.

Judging on rankings alone, the University of Kentucky Wildcats have the easiest road of all No. 1 seeds, as they take on the No. 12 seed Big Red of Cornell University, who pulled an upset themselves against the No. 4 seed University of Wisconsin Badgers. The “Sweet 16” round will take place today starting with the first game at 7:07 p.m. in the West Bracket between the top-seeded Orangemen and the No. 5 seed Butler Bulldogs.

This year, I am very beside myself for not filling out a bracket for “shits and giggles” because of these two items: The Villanova Wildcats and the Temple University Owls. I would have loved to cross their names from the get-go because I thought this year, more than any other, many of their games were a fluke. Just because you see a “W” next to their box score does not mean they were the worthy victor.

Yes, Cabrini College is right down the road from ‘Nova. So, why not go for them? Just because I live five minutes within a Division I university that doesn’t mean that I have to jump on the bandwagon. How many people don’t follow the regular season all year, hear that ‘Nova or Temple made the tournament, come out of the woodwork and all of a sudden their Facebook statuses are brimming with pride?

Okay, you may just give support because they are a Pennsylvania team and Cabrini doesn’t have a team that can make a monster tournament like this, but please, don’t just fill out a bracket because you can write down the words “Villanova” and “Temple” on it. ‘Nova barely skimmed by in the first round to No. 15 Robert Morris University and took their lack of momentum into the next round to No. 10 St. Mary’s.

What a tearjerker. No. 5 Temple, on the other hand, simply lost in the first round as the Big Red pulled their first of two upsets.

I never liked the two teams; I have been a Tennessee Volunteer fan since middle school. I enjoyed Pat Summit as the coach of the women’s squad and since I followed them, I only thought it was right to watch the men.

So, yes, my team is still in tournament, but that doesn’t mean I am going to pencil their name in the “Final Four.” You have to be realistic when filling these things out and cannot judge solely on if you “like” a team or not.

As these next round of games pan out, I will just sit back, follow the Facebook statuses of all of the “Bracketology” junkies and giggle to myself when they kick themselves for the choices they made. There is no formula to this thing, folks. The numbers don’t mean squat because it all boils down to the little things that people forget about such as fouls, turnovers, rebounds and free throws. There is no art to this madness and all you can do is sit back and watch the cookie crumble.

Lady Cavs fall to Ursinus Jason Moran staFF writer

JKM724@cabrini.edu

The Cabrini women’s lacrosse team lost to Ursinus College on Saturday, March 20 at the Edith Robb Dixon Field to drop their second game in a row. The loss also brings the Cavaliers’ record to 2-3 overall on the young season.

Cabrini got off to a slow start by allowing Ursinus to jump to an 8-2 lead. Ursinus attacker Lindsay Urban paced the early domination with two goals.

“We started off too slow. We let Ursinus play their game and we kind of just sat back and watched for the first 15 minutes. Those 15 minutes killed us, because we beat them in the second half, but the little mistakes in the first half kept us from being able to pull out the win,” Jacky McDermott, sophomore attacker, said.

Cabrini seemed to learn from their early mistakes and made a run of their own. The Cavaliers didn’t stay quiet for long; they responded to the early adversity with three unanswered goals of

their own to close the gap to 8-5.

“I think we weren’t sure how Ursinus was going to play so we weren’t ready for them to attack right away,” Dolores Weathers, junior attack, said.

Cabrini kept the momentum going when they returned from half-time with two goals from the senior duo of Erin Nollen and Amanda Alexandrowicz, which put the Cavaliers down by only one goal.

The next nine minutes of the game were filled with goals from both teams and had two lead changes. The Cavaliers finally tied it up with 14 minutes to go in the game with a goal from Jamie O’Hanlon, followed by a go-ahead-goal from Alexandrowicz with two minutes left.

However, the Cavaliers weren’t able to hold the lead due to the Ursinus Bears going on a four-goal unanswered streak to put the game away. The Cavaliers ended up losing 14-12.

“We have to start playing hard from the minute we step on the field, be confident and not let other teams gain the lead early

in the first half, but most importantly we have to start playing lacrosse like we know how to and be confident,” McDermott said.

Nollen had five points on five goals and Alexandrowicz had seven points on three goals and four assists. Senior goaltender Kate Schmid, had seven saves for the Cavaliers in her 5th start of the season.

Emily Diehl paced the Ursinus Bears with five points on four goals and one assist. Goaltender Alex Mcbride posted 10 saves in the win.

Cabrini will look to solidify their play with a week of games and practices before the start of the Colonial State Athletic Conference schedule. The team closes the rest of their schedule with seven out of their nine games against CSAC opponents.

“For our next game we are going to work on playing a full game, all 60 minutes and not just one half,” Nollen said.

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

this week in Which team will win

SPORTS the NCAA tournament?

Villanova stunned by St. Marys Local basketball standout, Villanovan Scottie Reynolds, hangs up his jersey after a disappointing loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament to St. Mary’s. Reynolds’ college career started with the Wildcats in the 2006-2007 season and was that year’s Big East Rookie of the Year. Since then, Reynolds has started in almost every game and by junior year became the team’s main ‘Go to’ guy.

He was integral in getting Villanova all the way to last year’s Final Four when he broke the tie with Pitt with just four seconds left in the game. Reynolds hopes to join four Villanova alumni now playing in the NBA when he enters the 2010 draft.

Top seeds fall in NCAA tournament After just two rounds of play, top seeds Kansas, Marquette, Georgetown, Duke, Temple and Villanova have been eliminated from the NCAA tournament. Of the eight original Big East teams to be included in the tournament, only two, West Virginia and Syracuse made it through to the region semi-finals to be held on Thursday.

With quite a few top seeded teams falling to their lower ranked rivals, college basketball fans have already seen plenty of ‘madness!’

Phillies top Yankees in pre-season

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Gillian daVis

senior

senior

coMMunication MaJor

coMMunication MaJor

“Kentucky has a good chance. They played great all year. John Wall and Demarcus Cousins will help lead them to the win.”

“Cornell because I almost played point guard for them on a full ride!”

coreY shulz

sPencer henrY

In preseason play, the Phillies beat the Yankees 9-7. Jimmy Rollins, Placido Polanco, Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez all ran on base and scored. Cole Hamels allowed seven runs in his first four innings on the mound and was relieved by David Herndon when the Phils took the field in the top of the 8th. ESPN. com reports that Phillies manager, Charlie Manuel, said, “He was up,” in reference to Hamel’s performance and the look of the pitcher’s improving fast ball. The Phillie’s season opener is against the Washington Nationals on April 5.

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UPCOMING GAMES Thursday, March 25 No games

Friday, March 26

Men’s tennis- Home vs. Eastern University @ 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 27

Women’s lacrosse- Away @ Marywood University @ noon Men’s tennis- Away @ Bible Baptist College @ 1 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse-Home vs. Immaculata University @ 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 28 No games

Monday, March 29

Men’s golf- Away @ Swarthmore College @ 1 p.m.

Men’s tennis- Away @ Alvernia University @ 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 30

Softball- Home vs. Philadelphia Biblical University @ 3 p.m.

Women’s lacrosse- Away @ Cedar Crest College @ 4 p.m.

Junior

soPhoMore

eXercise science MaJor

secondarY education MaJor

“Syracuse because their defense is as thick as syrup.”

“Pittsburgh. I like their defense and their big men.”

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Close game ends in tough loss

Men’s lacrosse defeated by No. 1 team in division MEGAN BERNATAVITZ COPY EDITOR

MMB722@CABRINI.EDU

When the Cabrini College men’s lacrosse team pulled ahead and led twice during their game against No. 1 seat Gettysburg College, fans became hopeful they would come off the field with a win.

The No. 19 ranked Cabrini team started the game with an early lead with senior attackman Steve Kapp scoring within the first minute. Gettysburg then followed with three consecutive goals before the end of the second period.

Winning four and losing three games this season, the team is still optimistic and has high hopes to win the Colonial States Athletic Conference.

“It feels great to be recognized and to be such an asset to the team. I just really want this team to compete for a national championship,” Casey Grugan said.

Grugan, senior midfielder and Tewaaraton Award candidate, scored three of his four goals in the second period and tied the game. He contributed in ending the second quarter with a 6-6 score. Grugan extended the lon-

gest active streak in the country of having at least one point in a game and is now up to 63 games. He also recorded a team high of four goals and one assist.

The Cavaliers won the face-off battle convincingly with the help of junior Joe Strain and teammate Mike Gurenlian. In the end the Cavs won 11 out of the 16 attempts at the X. This helped with the success of the offense and gave the Cavs an advantage on the field.

“Both our offense and our defense played well against Gettysburg. We were patient most of the game on offense and our defense was on the same page for a majority of the game. Overall, both sides of the ball did the necessary things to give us a chance to win, we played well as a team which is something we strive for,” Bryan Churchey, junior midfielder, said.

Junior defenseman Steve Heaps received a team-best six groundballs. While Kapp and junior attackman Paul Skulski each had two points. Other contributions were made by sophomore midfielder Brian Hill, freshman attackman Bobby Thorp and teammate Ryan Sankey, who each had one point.

“As a team we played hard

against the No.1 team. I told the team that I was disappointed for them because of how well we played,” Steve Colfer, head coach, said.

Entering the fourth quarter with a tie score of 8-8, freshman attack Bobby Thorp scored within the first two minutes for the Cav’s final goal of the day.

Gettysburg then scored with 26 seconds left ending the game with a 12-9 upset for the Cavaliers.

“After the tough loss in the Gettysburg game we realize that we are able to compete at the highest level of teams. We have CSAC games to finish up and work at bringing home our 10th consecutive conference championship. The NCAA tournament is also in the back our minds and putting a lot of work in for it is very important,” Heaps said.

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Rangers no match for No. 19 Cavs rachael renz

asst. news editor

rr724@cabrini.edu

MARY JACOBS/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Ranger’s defense allowed 14 goals in the game on Saturday, March 20.

After losing to the No.1 team in the division with a finalized score of 12-9, the Cavaliers walked on the Edith Robb Dixon Field on Saturday, March 20 with high morale and determination.

They put a stop to Drew University’s 3-0 record by winning 14-7.

“Through practice on Thursday and Friday we knew we had to come out with a win on Saturday against Drew, no matter what. We had the attitude of we aren’t trying to play with Drew, but beat them,” Bryan Churchey, junior midfielder, said.

Up to this point, senior attackman, Casey Grugan has scored at least one point during the last 64 games he has played, which is the longest Division III score streak in the country.

Playing against Drew, Grugan scored four goals and one assist.

“It has been awesome seeing Casey play every one of those 64 games. He has sweet ‘lax’ moves and I am very proud of him,” Mark Hamilton, junior midfielder, said.

Among Grugan some other point leaders were junior midfielder, Dan Terenick who scored three points and one assist and junior attackman, Paul Skulski who scored two points and had two assists.

While freshman midfielder, Joe Hughes had his first career goal, freshman midfielder, Ryan Sankey had his second goal of

the season in the fourth period.

“Joe Hughes is definitely a work horse; he is always giving 100 percent in every drill.

Joe had a lot of ground balls and notched his first career goal as a Cavalier,” Ryan Sankey, freshman midfielder, said.

The Cavaliers freshman goalkeeper, Erick Zarzecki, had seven saves during his 57 minutes of playing time and was relieved by sophomore, Steve Farrell.

“The only way a team can win is if they play all 60 minutes of the game, not 40 or 50. You have to play the entire game if you expect to beat your opponent,” Churchey said.

Thus far during the 2010 season the Cavaliers are ranked no. 19 and have a 4-3 record, but still have optimism for the rest of the season, especially for their upcoming game.

“Our upcoming schedule isn’t easy but the teams in our league don’t compare to the talent we have,” Sankey said.

On Saturday, March 27 the Cavaliers open the Colonial States Athletic Conference by taking on Immaculata University at 1 p.m. This game in particular is crucial since Cabrini hasn’t lost a conference game in nine years.

“As a team we know that we have to show up and play our best against Immaculata. Every game counts especially conference games,” Jimmy Barraclough, junior midfielder, said.

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Junior midfielder Mike Gurenlian faces off against the midfielder from Drew University. This win improved the Cavs record which is currently 4-3.