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“I’m not in med school right now literally because I had to pay for chemo,” Sam Cartwright said. At first glance you’d never think Samantha, who goes by Sam, could have had cancer. An athletic suburban Jersey girl with a vibrant smile was beating the odds. “I was in remission about two weeks before arriving at Susquehanna University,” Cartwright said. “I spent the last two years of my college career fighting for my life.” Cartwright a biology,psychology major, with a minor in health care, graduated magna cum laude from Susquehanna University. She was first diagnosed as a child with Lymphoma. Lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that resonates in the lymph-nodes and affects the white blood cells that form the immune system. Cartwright said, “When I was like 12 was when I was first
diagnosed in general. I didn’t have insurance through my parents or anything, so obviously that situation was weird.” Sam’s parents didn’t financially or emotionally support her during both of her diagnoses but her close family, friends and aunt helped pay for her childhood treatments. “As soon as I got to S.U, I went to Geisinger Medical and had to get monthly blood work set up. Then a few months into being at school I started working at Friendly’s. I was working regularly enough that I could get their part-time person insurance. It didn’t really cover a whole lot of stuff, but it did help out a little bit… I think it was through Starbridge,” Cartwright said. The second diagnose came as a shock. After a college basketball practice Cartwright was rushed to the hospital with a severe headache. During the spinal tap, doctors diagnosed her with meningitis and also found abnormal cells encoded with horrible results. The cancer was back. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Philly teams What do you know Do need a face lift? about ObamaCare? BY KEVIN DURSO Advanced Sports Com Writer
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What do you actually know about ObamaCare? Everyone benefits from ObamaCare whether you already have insurance or not. The 15 percent of Americans that do not have insurance will have access to affordable health insurance. Now what happens if you already have health insurance? You will still have access to some of the new benefits, rights and protections. A huge benefit to ObamaCare is that insurers will have to behave in a more consumer friendly way. This means they cannot blackball us for being sick in the past or cancel our policies if we become sick in the future. Furthermore, everyone will be able to find a coverage plan that fits
his or her own budget.Wondering if ObamaCare is really going to work? Well, it has already helped 100 million Americans. ObamaCare isn’t just about a new health insurance plan. Another feature with ObamaCare is that young adults in college can now stay on their parent’s insurance plans until age 26. Republicans argue that ObamaCare is an unpopular program that hurts Americans. Polls actually show that the more people understand what the law does, the more they like it. Don’t listen to the rhetoric, keep reading and learn the facts about the Affordable Care Act. CER86@CABRINI.EDU
THE BASICS OF OBAMACARE -THE 15 PERCENT OF AMERICANS WITH NO INSURANCE WILL HAVE ACCES TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE -INSURERS CANNOT BLACKBALL THOSE WHO USE THEIR INDURANCE -EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO FIND AN INSURANCE PLAN THAT FITS THEIR LIFESTYLE. THESE PLANS, FROM LEAST COVERAGE TO MOST COVERAGE, WOMEN’S SOCCER PAGE 14
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Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy the Eagles win over the Giants that moved them into a tie for first place in the NFC East, rock bottom struck back. The Flyers 0-3-0 start forced the exit of Peter Laviolette as head coach, the fourth coaching casualty this year for Philadelphia sports. As the Flyers ushered in the next head coach, assistant Craig Berube, an interesting exchange took place between Flyers chairman and owner Ed Snider and Inquirer columnist Mike Sielski. Sielski suggested the Flyers needed a “fresh perspective.” Snider quickly shot it down. “No, we don’t need a fresh perspective,” Snider said. “We have a pretty good culture, and we know who we’re dealing with. “We haven’t won a championship, but we’ve been in the Stanley Cup Final a lot of times, and we’ve been in the playoffs a lot of times, and the culture is to win. Thirty teams are trying to win the Cup, and we’re doing our damnedest to do it. That’s our culture.” The more you watch, the more you made the connection – each Philadelphia sports team is like the next. Jeffrey Lurie owns the Eagles. David Montgomery owns the Phillies. Josh Harris owns the Sixers. Snider owns the Flyers. All of them are businessmen and simply own the team. As much as Snider wants to say he has input, his input usually is about putting fans in the stands and getting more people to watch his hockey team and basketball team. That also goes for Montgomery, Lurie and Harris. Next are the general managers: Paul Holmgren, Sam Hinkie, Ruben Amaro Jr. and Howie Roseman. Their job is to assemble the CONTINUED ON PAGE 13
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Redskins > the debt ceiling?
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MULTIMEDIA EDITORS Rocco Delmonte Anthony Sestito NEWS EDITORS Gregory Smith Alexa Milano SPORTS EDITOR Nick Cipollone LIFESTYLES EDITORS Se’Quia Bailey Jennarose DiGiacomo PERSPECTIVES EDITOR Rachel Antuzzi PHOTO EDITORS Dan Luner Amber Marshall WEB EDITOR Anthony Hypolite ADVISER Jerome Zurek
Mission The Loquitur student newspaper and website are integral parts of the educational mission of the Cabrini Communication department, namely, to educate students to take their places in the public media. The newspaper and website provide a forum of free expression. All members of the college community may submit work to the editors for possible inclusion. Publication is based on the editorial decision of the student editors.
Is there ever a point where history can override tradition even if it lies on, or more prominently, over the boundary of offending an entire race? Once again the topic of race has crept into another un-suspecting aspect of American life. The Washington Redskins are now under fire for their team’s name. The term ‘redskin’ is considered to be a racial slur towards Native Americans that has been used for decades here in the United States. However, although this term had seemingly dwindled out, it is now the centerpiece for one of the biggest stories involving contemporary sports. The controversy began when members of the Oneida Indian Nation from upstate New York announced the launch of a radio ad campaign urging the team to change its name. President Obama also voiced his opinion of the team’s name in what seemed like a fair warning directed towards the team’s owner. The question that needs to be asked is: Why now? When the team was founded there was no controversy over the name. Admittedly this was certainly a different day and age. Many things since 1937 have changed; yet the team name hasn’t been one of them. Was the fact that the Cowboys were scheduled to play the Redskins on Columbus Day the impetus for the sudden flare-up regarding the team name? Undoubtedly, the fact that it was a literal Cowboys vs. Indians encounter stirred up a plethora of emotions in terms of the name and the game day situation. What most people don’t understand is the term “redskin” was originally a creation fashioned by the American Indian culture. The Beothuk tribe from what is now Newfoundland, Canada would paint their bodies with red ochre, which led the settlers there to refer to them as “red men.” Early historical records also indicate the term ‘redskin’ was used as a self-identifier by Native Americans so they could tell the difference between themselves and the settlers. Native Americans also used this term when trading with settlers from England and France, thus spreading the term.
Decades after the term “redskins” came to be, a negative and fierce association began to stick. L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz, wrote a quote belittling the Native Americans. “With his fall the nobility of the Redskin is extinguished, and what few are left are a pack of whining curs who lick the hand that smites them.” Although many assume the term redskins came to be solely as a means of insult and belittlement, it is clear that wasn’t entirely the case. It was only used to describe what settlers saw the natives as leading up to Wounded Knee, not as a derogatory term. With all this background knowledge it is easy to see why many Native Americans feel as strongly as the do about the term Redskins. Although the term didn’t develop as language with a purpose of being offensive it transitioned into that. According to a non-scientific poll done by the Washington Post, 43 percent of people voted to change the name to something else while 57 percent voted against the name change. These results combined with the Redskins’ owner’s opinion to retain the team name, show clear support for keeping the name as it is. Does this poll accurately reflect the views of a majority of Native Americans, or are the people taking the poll not from the Native American culture? All of this controversy sparked a contest to design a new logo and come up with a new mascot. The winning mascot was the warrior, which would still have ties to the team’s current theme. Although the name change isn’t certain yet, with a large amount of news coverage based around this controversy it is likely it may happen sooner or later. And though we understand and agree that the term isn’t politically correct and shouldn’t be used in today’s society, we don’t believe that it is backed enough to change an entire history, tradition and beloved franchise. Also, despite the importance of this issue, it is distressing to believe that more people seem to be aware of this rather than the potential of America defaulting for the first time in our nation’s history. Even less know how potentially crippling the blow could
Also, despite the importance of this issue, it is distressing to believe that more people seem to be aware of this rather than the potential of America defaulting for the first time in our nation’s history.
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“So at that point I knew we needed to get it assessed and see how far it progressed. Again, I only have that partial insurance,” Cartwright explained. “The way it works is you have a certain amount taken out and you pay the first $500 dollars for procedures than the rest is covered by the insurance up to a certain amount depending.” Look at your wallet and imagine having to dump everything out in-order to pay for your life. That is what coming up with $500 as a full-time student with a part-time job was for Sam. Through the university, she did get student covered insurance but that would only cover a fraction of the expenses needed to treat cancer. Sam said, “The problem with most insurances is that is probably very good for the normal human; with the average illness you come across in a normal human being. As you can see I am far from normal.” After two rounds of chemo, one round
of radiation, a razor to the head and few tears in between, the cancer cells were termed in remission. Cartwright said, “The last round of chemo, they did a test and there wasn’t any more irregular cells growing. So there wasn’t any live cancer, but at this point all of my blood cells and immune system were depleted, which is a side effect of chemotherapy.” Remission was only one hurdle in the 200-meter race. By this time in the race graduation had come and gone, Cartwright had moved to Philadelphia to work at Finish Line as a assistant manager and was finally able to apply for better insurance options. Cartwright said, “At Finish Line I have premium health care, but there is all types of exceptions and insurance companies don’t anticipate people needing chemo.” So they don’t budget to cover it. Cartwright had mounting bills from treatment and still needed more treatment to repair her battered immune system. This meant constant blood transfusions to
Robert Reese: Vice President of Enrollment Management
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BY RACHEL ANTUZZI Perspectives Editor
BY GIANNA GIGLIOTTI Staff Writer
This semester there are many faculty members who are new to campus. One in particular is Robert Reese, the new Vice President of Enrollment Management. Reese started here in February of 2013 as a consultant to the current VP of Enrollment. He came into his new role in June, when the previous VP stepped down from the position. Reese was part of the military for 4 years in the coast guard before starting college. He then joined the ROTC not because he wanted to be in the armed forces, but because it helped to pay his way in college. “I did not want my parents to have to pay for me,” Reese said. The ROTC offered him a guaranteed school. He says that being in the coast guard he had to do a lot, “but at the very least in the coast guard I would always have a hot meal, always have a bed, and always have a beach and I like beaches.” While studying at Marywood University from ‘84 to ‘88, Reese was a photography and advertising graphics major, and received his Bachelors in Fine Arts. He then got a job at a photo studio where he worked for two short years. When reflecting on the experience, Reese said, “I hated it [in the studio]. It wasn’t my fit and needed to find something better.” So Reese went back to school. With
the help of Marywood’s “tuition remission program” he was able to go back to school at Marywood and received his MBA for free. His wife also received her Masters in teaching free of charge through Marywood. This is, however, not how he and his wife met. “I broke the cardinal rule to never date your friend’s sister,” Reese said. “My only two opinions were to break up immediately or get married. And here we are years and two beautiful children later.” While studying, he worked in the admissions office and it wound up sticking with him. Before coming to Cabrini, Reese worked in Marywood University’s admissions and enrollment offices for 18 years. During that time, he continued serving in the army. Reese held many positions in the army such as infantry, officer and a military intelligence officer over his 18 years of service. He was deployed to Europe for eight months after the attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11. While there, he was on duty securing the bases, and he later retired as a major. When asked about why he made the transition from working at Marywood to Cabrini Reese said, “I knew I had found a school that has a lot of potential. There is a lot of opportunity for growth [at Cabrini] and the people that work here I see as truly believing in what they’re doing.” READ THE FULL STORY ONLINE
protect herself from illness, prescription medicine, anything that could help snap her immune system into shape. 1,095 days later and Cartwright is still cancer free and Obamacare is now the debate on Capitol Hill and at colleges. Cartwright, like many students, had parents who did not have access to health insurance. Most students make due without it by drinking their orange juice and exercising, but for situations like Cartwright’s, what can you do? Your back is against the wall as you weigh all the options on how to fund the fight for your life. Cartwright admits, “If I had to have insurance when I was younger it would have lessened the blow for when I was finally diagnosed.” Obamacare could carry the burden of many individuals and families who don’t have the means to fund their health care. Especially with the government option of public aid to help individuals like Sam, it fills the gaps on their personal health care. This is not to say that Cartwright com-
pletely agrees with Obamacare. Like many citizens she admits she doesn’t know enough of the law to make a fully informed decision. “I can see that people don’t want to be forced to do things by the government. I get it. It makes sense,” Cartwright said. “But I think people overlook a lot of things and if you have never been in a situation where you ever need it or have ever been around someone who needs it, I understand why you’d never want to pay money for something you’d never use. But what happens when you do need it? Classic America, they never consider what may happen.” At this very moment Cartwright says, “I should be attending medical school. I was accepted to University of Penn, I could almost be a doctor by now but I don’t have the money because I had to pay thousands of dollars for something that I didn’t have coverage for even though I had insurance.” AB3467@CABRINI.EDU
A glimpse into the world of finaces BY ERICA ABBOTT Staff Writer
Ever wonder what role finances really play in at a college? The new chief financial officer (CFO) provides some insight into the world of finances at Cabrini. Eric Olson, the new CFO at Cabrini, started his position on Sept. 9. He obtained his accounting degree at Pennsylvania State University. “I was one of the ones who knew that I wanted to be an accountant when I went into college,” Olson said. “Even in high school, I knew it was what I liked and there was no uncertainty.” Olson took his passion for finances to a new level within the areas of public accounting and higher education. For seven years, Olson worked in corporate finance with PriceWaterhouseCoopers then moved on to vice president of finances and associate treasurer at Drexel University for the next 14 years. Olson has also previously worked with the Cabrini Mission Corps as part of the Catholic Volunteer Network. Working on the Board for about six years, Olson had knowledge of Cabrini through that and
some of the work that had been done. Upon hearing of the position of CFO here at Cabrini, Olson saw another opportunity within higher education. “I’ve always had an interest in joining up with a Catholic institution,” Olson said. “It’s an environment I’m comfortable with so when I saw the opportunity here it felt like the perfect fit for my skills and values.” So what exactly does the CFO do here at Cabrini? Well, the more apparent responsibilities that are served would be keeping track of financial records, resources, costs, endowments and budgeting. “It’s about managing finances wisely and figuring out how to make the ends meet and keep costs as reasonable as we can,” Olson said. “My job is to make sure the objectives and financial goals are carried out and provide the best financial advice for the institution.” But the role of the CFO reaches far beyond just simply handling the finances. There is some overlap between various service offices on campus. READ THE FULL STORY ONLINE
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Thursday
Cabrini’s HAPPENINGS
Mass
Scare-tober Movie Night
Monday
Ally 101 Training
Mass OCT. 20
OCT. 21
Kick off ALLY Week with this ALLY 101 training.
Bruckmann Memorial Chapel 7 p.m.
Grace Hall Boardroom 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Women’s Tennis
OCT. 18
Enjoy a Halloween movie marathon and wings in this haunted celebration. Hocus Pocus will be shown, a vote will be held for the second movie.
Bruckmann Memorial Chapel 8:30 a.m.
Sunday All are welcomed to join in mass and worship as a community
Friday
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OCT. 19
Support the women’s tennis team as the take on Gwynedd-Mercy College.
East Res Lounge 8 p.m.
Tuesday
Ghost Hunter John Zaffis
Gwynedd Valley, Pa 1 p.m.
Wednesday
Internship & Career Fair
OCT. 22
Learn about the paranormal through a presentation and a “hunt” in the mansion led by John Zaffis. *This event is for entertainment purposes only and is not intended to contravene Catholic teaching. Grace Hall & the Mansion 7 p.m.
OCT. 23
50+ employers will be available for a meet & greet with students. Dress professionally and bring 30 resumes. Arcadia University, Pa 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
A R O U N D T H E WORLD Former Detroit Mayor sentenced 28 years in corruption case Kwame M. Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit apologized in court on Thursday for his role in a corruption scandal that put Detroit into bankruptcy. Kilpatrick had two dozen counts of charges including extortion and racketeering. First elected in 2001, he has now put the city over $18 billion in debt. The former mayor has an extensive criminal history and will serve his sentence in Texas. The Motor City is now cautious as they prepare for the next city election. Read the full story at nytimes.com | Oct. 10, 2013
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Protesters gather for an immigration rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 8, 2013
8 Lawmakers arrested at Immigration Rally Eight members of the House of Representatives were arrested Tuesday as they protested with thousands to push Congress for immigration reform. All of the members were Democrats and were detained by Capitol Police after demonstrating while blocking traffic. Several House Republicans were also in attendance as an image of bipartisan teamwork to pass the bill. After the event, the government was criticized for allowing the rally to take place on the National Mall after parks were closed due to the government shutdown. Read the full story at nytimes.com | Oct. 8 2013
Online application woes put colleges behind schedule The Common Application that thousands of students use to apply to college is suffering from several website malfunctions. Students and parents are worried and over 500 schools are behind with their admissions process. Some of the multiple problems include printing errors, system lock-outs and browser inconsistencies. Some colleges are expecting to work overtime to process applications and some even hiring temporary staff for the application season. Most colleges expect acceptance/rejection letters to still go out on time in mid-December. Read the full story at nytimes.com | Oct. 12, 2013
Thousands of parents in Boston had to find alternative ways to get their children to school on Tuesday. Bus drivers started a stoppage as a result of the government shutdown. The National Labor Relations Board who handles the drivers’ union issues was closed as a part of the shutdown, so drivers decided to walk off the job without notice. The strike forced parents to skip work and Boston Police were quickly ordered to check all bus stops in case students were left stranded. As a result, the following day schools opened an hour early to allow parents time to get to work and the subway offered free rides for students. Read the full story at nytimes.com | Oct. 8, 2013
Risk to food safety seen in furloughs According to food experts, the government shutdown is exposing harm to what America eats. Several offices which usually make sure our domestic food products are safe to consume are dark. 45 percent of the Food and Drug Administration’s staff has been furloughed and the results are showing. A salmonella outbreak has evoked sickening hundreds across 18 states. “You’re creating the potential for a real public health crisis,” said Representative Rosa DeLauro, Democrat of Connecticut. Tony Corbo, a lobbyist for Food and Water Watch said, “This puts a strain on an already strained system and raises serious concern about the safety of the food we eat.” Read the full story at nytimes.com | Oct. 9 2013 BY DAN LUNER Photo Editor DJL78@CABRINI.EDU
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1976 Foundation Factuly Fellowship looks to improve students’ education BY MACKENZI HARRIS Staff Writer
More activities and workshops to improve students’ education are in the works this year, organized by the 1976 Foundation Faculty Fellows. Seven total faculty members including Dr. Stephanie Povlosky, Dr. Nicholas Rademacher, Dr. Alia Sheety, Dr. Dawn Francis, Dr. Melinda Harrison, Dr. Courtney Smith and Dr. Maya Gordon make up the 1976 Foundation Faculty Fellowship. Lisa Ratmansky, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, will assist the faculty in developing their projects. “It is a program that really looks to get faculty to work collaboratively together around issues that impact engagement of the students,” Povlosky, assistant professor of business administration, said. “Each year or every two years, we have these programs where there is money given out to groups of faculty that collaboratively work together around a particular topic or issue by the Hamilton family,” Povlosky said. According to the program description, Peter Hamilton, director of the Foundation Faculty Fellowship, generously created the 1976 Foundation Faculty Fellowship that offered Cabrini College a welcoming opportunity to endow fellowships that support ongoing, innovative faculty enrichment. “It is a larger grant that they provide money to faculty to really work to engage students around whatever the topic may be,” Povlosky said. “However this particular year
is on leadership to get them to either understand and apply, to revise courses, or to look at courses through a different lense. But the ultimate goal is to engage students and have more of an impact for students around a topic,” Povlosky said. Each year there are a number of full-time faculty members that apply to be considered for the foundation where they would then submit proposals describing the projects they would like to undertake focusing on that particular year’s special emphasis. “I partnered up with Dr. Francis and we have been working together to combine social media, which is something so important to students these days with the leadership lenses and we are looking at courageous followership through social media.” Each proposal develops new approaches to teach the existing undergraduate courses, design new or enhance ongoing courses that enrich the undergraduate experience and create new or existing campus initiatives, according to the program description. This entire project is SEPCHE based. SEPCHE is consortium of eight independent higher education institutions in the Greater Philadelphia region where projects are created to effectively collaborate to improve the efficiency and quality of programming, access and development. These projects will be run and produced by the faculty and administration in early Feb. of 2014. According to the program description, the Faculty Fellows will meet once a month to share ideas, offer feedback and encourage-
ment on each others’ projects, develop best practices and grow together as a highly collaborative working group. “Teach through a workshop and then apply that and then hopefully to follow back up with students in a post-study to see did the study have an impact and were they able to use it in other platforms around other passions or injustices.” Povlosky talked about which social media website they will be working with and her response was Twitter. “You could be a follower of Twitter and also have an impact and then turn into a leader, without realizing that a lot of students are leaders. So it is really about engaging students to say you are a leader and you have followers in this social media platform and how impactful that is and how to spread that and expand your followership base and to expand to other perspectives as well,” Povlosky said. “A lot of times students think, ‘Well no I’m just a person on here tweeting,’ but what are you really doing? Are you starting a movement? Are you letting others know about an issue or an injustice? And to really build that impact that students see themselves through a different lense, to see themselves as a leader,” Povlosky said. Povlosky stated, “We are hoping that students gain a skill set and even more than that, we are hoping that they are going to become more aware of the skills they already have and be able to bring them out and utilize them more, and to realize that they are leaders.” MH923@CABRINI.EDU
Nick Guldin: ‘Man on a mission’ BY JENNAROSE DIGIACOMO Staff Writer
It seemed as though graduate school was a tug of war with his mom. “Two months ago I finished graduate school,” Nick Guldin said. Guldin was accepted last year to American University in Washington D.C. There he did a public communication program that lasted only a year. “It was a master’s program for 30 credits in 12 months,” Guldin said. “Programs are usually a year in a half to two years, depending on the school.” Since the program was only one year, everything was at a rapid pace. “I wanted to get in and out,” Guldin said. “It was pretty crazy, awesome.” Originally Guldin wanted to work right after Cabrini, and wait on graduate school. His mom insisted that he do it now. “She told me I should go,” Guldin said. “So I did.” Guldin worked for about only 20 hours a week at a public relations firm in Washington D.C. “I got some professional experience, while I was getting my degree,” Guldin said. Guldin applied to four or five other schools, Boston University and American University were of his top two choices. “I was Boston bound for the longest time,” Guldin said. “But, I found in the end it just wasn’t for me.” “D.C. is a great city,” Guldin said. “If you ever get the opportunity, I would highly recommend going.” After graduating from graduate school, Guldin started applying to different jobs in the job market. “I wanted to do higher education,” Guldin said. “I applied in D.C., Philly, and in my hometown, Allentown.” He quickly found out that finding a job was not as easy as it looked. “Termination was a huge factor,” Guldin said. “It was a lot of getting kicked to the curb, but at the same time getting back up again and persevering.” Things started looking up when he found out Cabrini was hiring. “I saw the job at Cabrini and it fit me perfectly,” Guldin said. “I had two interviews, and now I am the coordinator of alumni engagement and annual giving.” Guldin’s position works in fundraising. He and others coordinate with alumni on keeping them in touch with the school and what is happening with Cabrini. “We do a lot of events for the alumni,” Guldin said. “Just so that they are in the know, and we keep them up to date using our social media tools.”
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Radnor Tutor Intern DESCRIPTION: Part-time tutors needed for all subject and age levels. Tutors get to set their own rates, their own hours and their own schedules. Interns will work roughly 2-10 hours per week. Sessions will be held at neutral locations such as a library, or nearby coffee shop. LOCATION: Radnor, Pa DESIRED MAJORS: Education COMPENSATION: $20+ per hour
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Nick Guldin (center) at his graduation from American University “By keeping connections with the alumni, we hope they would want to give back to the school that helped them,” Guldin said. Guldin and those who are also working in the movement for institutional advancement are in the works of helping the current students prepare to become alumni. “We want them to be able to stay in contact, especially after they graduate, so we started now.” Guldin took a lot with him to D.C. as far as his skills were concerned. “Social media with Dr. Zurek was huge,” Guldin said. “I used my skills of public speaking through radio, but writing was most important.” “In D.C., I honed in on my skills and improved on them as I went,” Guldin said. Guldin hopes to jump back into the communication department at Cabrini. He has a lot of projects in mind. “I’ve only been here for two weeks,”Guldin said. “But I have a lot of ideas I want to share.” Guldin has grown since his freshman year here at Cabrini. During his time as a student here, he learned a valuable lesson from Zurek: ‘say yes to everything.’ “I was sitting at my desk during my freshman year here in Xavier and I needed to do a paper on a quote that inspired you,” Guldin said. He turned toward his roommate, and asked, “Dude, what’s a good quote?” “‘Be yourself and be that well,’ my roommate said. And never will I forget it.” JD836@CABRINI.EDU
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Oh the government is shut down? Lovely
GABRIELLE BRUNO Guest Writer
For the past year my family was planning a crosscountry road trip in which we would stop at all national parks from NJ to CA. I was rooming with sorority sisters at Ohio state university when I heard the news. On our way out to our first park (Badlands, SD) the government shutdown occurred. I was more upset than you could ever imagine. Only 17 percent of the government was shutdown and, of all things to shut down, the national parks were first. My father told me not to fret and we’d still find a way to get in our fun. We were unable to visit Yellowstone in
WY, Arches National Park in UT and the actual parks of included overlooks of the monument to make sure no one Mount Rushmore in SD. However, we were able to drive was moving too slowly or parked on the side of the roads. right through half of the Badlands since they are situated I was even threatened by a ranger for attempting to take a next to a state road that connects to an interstate highway photo of a mountain goat that was not within the national to a small town. park boundaries. Of course, park rangers coned off all scenic overlooks We were informed by a resident of the town of Custer, and walkways before SD that park rangers for Mount leaving the park. This Rushmore were not being paid only angered us as well for their required time off. as the other tourists we So, in theory this proves the I am on a state road and I should not have encountered. Not only actions taken by park rangers did the government shut are to make this shutdown as any restrictions as to where my eyes can down all of the national painful as possible for all of parks but they also the American people. I actually wander or whether I can pull over into a attempted to make it posted a photo of my father impossible to even take throwing one of the cones at shoulder on the side of the road. a picture or even look the badlands national park in the direction of the partially as a joke and partially monuments. out of aggravation on my National parks are Facebook page. run by my tax dollars. I am on a state road and I should As of 4:30 p.m. pacific time, that photo has almost not have any restrictions as to where my eyes can wander 90 thousand likes and almost 15 thousands comments or whether I can pull over into a shoulder on the side of because Michelle Malkin, whom has over 1.1 million the road. followers, found the photo humorous and posted it on her Mount Rushmore was the most aggravating. Park Facebook page. rangers showed up in full force on state highways that
Gabrielle took a quick shot of the mountain goats despite the warnings from the park rangers near Mount Rushmore.
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This picture of Gabrielle’s dad throwing the cones at the Badlands in SD became popular so quickly, admirers began making memes out of it like this one!
Scenic overlooks and walkways all around Mount Rushmore were coned off. Even the shoulders were coned off. Hopefully no one has any emergencies driving through!
The exit to the Badlands was blocked off from day one of the shutdown. At least the Bruno family could still enjoy the beautiful view.
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Tablets taking over textbooks
RYAN GRAHAM Staff Writer
The pros of using tablets over textbooks have numerous points in their favor and the statistics to back up their argument. However the cons aren’t far behind on why the transition of the two would be a bad idea. Some pros on tablets over textbooks are that tablets help students learn more material faster. 81 percent of K-12 teachers believe that tablets enrich classroom education. Tablets also help to improve student achievements on standardized tests. They help students better prepare for a world immersed
in technology. Tablets also lower the amount of papers teachers have to print for handouts and assignments. Even high-level education officials support tablets over textbooks. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and Federal Communications Commission chair, Julius Genachowski, said that schools and publishers should “ switch to digital textbooks within the next five years to foster interactive education, save money on books and ensure classrooms in the U.S. use up-to-date content.” According to the U.S. Department of Education and studies done by the National Training and Simulation Association, technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to reach a learning objective by 30-80 percent. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt tested an interactive, digital version of an Algebra 1 textbook on a tablet in California’s Riverside Unified School District. Students who used the tablet version scored 20 percent higher on standardized tests vs. students who learned with traditional textbooks.
Tablets help students learn technology skills early in life and will better prepare them to pursue relevant careers later in life. The fastest growing and highest paying jobs in the United States are technology intensive. Lowering the amount of papers will help save the environment and money. A school with 100 teachers uses on average 250,000 pieces of paper annually. A school of 100 students on average spends between $3 - 4 thousand a month on paper, ink and toner, not counting printer wear and tear or technical support costs. The cons have solid rebuttals to back their argument. Using tablets is more expensive than using print textbooks. People who read print text comprehend more, remember more, and learn more than those who read digital text. Tablets enable students to cut corners or cheat on schoolwork and that tablets shift the focus of learning from the teacher to the technology. Implementing tablets in K-12 schools requires purchasing tablets and e-books, building a new wi-fi infrastructure and training teachers and
administrators how to use the technology. The brain interprets printed and digital text in different ways and people generally read digital text 2030 percent slower than print, supporting the fact that people who read print text comprehend more than those who read digital text. Students can easily avoid reading and analyzing texts on their own because they can quickly look up passages in an e-book and search for answers on the internet. The change in focus of learning from the teacher to the technology marginalizes decades of learned wisdom in the teaching profession in favor of an unproven technology. Technology gets in the way and makes learning and teaching more burdensome. Personally, my take on the argument over tablets vs. textbooks is that in reality tablets would just make communication of outside of school easier for students and teachers. All types of applications and programs on tablets can allow students to have better access to homework, study-guides, test reviews, upcoming tests and papers.
The argument that it will cost more is really just showing that you’re not willing to do all you can do to better your child’s chances of thriving in his or her education. We are living in a world engulfed by technology, having students use tablets will just better their education in a highpaying and demanding market and will give them a chance to revolutionize the education techniques and studies. Using a tablet is so intuitive that it makes learning fun and easy. In fact, the One Laptop Per Child organization dropped off closed boxes containing tablets pre-loaded with educational apps taped shut with no instruction in two isolated villages in Ethiopia. Within five days, elementary schoolage students without prior education were using 47 apps per child, per day. Within two weeks, they were singing ABC songs and within five months they had successfully hacked the tablet’s operating system and customized the desktop settings. RRG46@CABRINI.EDU
How beneficial is ObamaCare really?
ANTHONY SESTITO Multimedia Editor
For the past few months we have been bombarded with commercials and ads about ObamaCare. Many of us just blow it off like it’s nothing major, but it is. Many Americans do not have health insurance today, due to job loss or unemployment. While unemployed it is hard to find a wellpaying job with all of the benefits for you and your family. Living day to day without health insurance is risky enough, but now with the new laws in ObamaCare, people who do not have insurance are going to be given a fine. Obama is faced with spending the
next four months defending a law that many Americans do not approve of. The new 2,700 page health law is full of bad ideas that will hurt many Americans. The part of the law that is the least popular is the Individual Mandate that has been declared a tax. The individual mandate is a requirement by law that certain persons purchase or otherwise obtain a good or service. The mandate states you have to obtain health coverage by January 2014 or get an exemption, or you will have to pay a fee if you can afford it. There is the problem right there. Families whose income is low will not be able to cover this. So on top of buying a plan they are hit with an additional charge of $95, for not being covered before. Most poor families (except in some southern states) will have their entire health insurance covered by the federal government. Another issue with the new law is the health coverage. Although the coverage starts after 2014 it will include new preventative services and essential health benefits, the insurance premiums have increased due to insurers having to provide covered services. You have the right to choose what doctor you want to see but with ObamaCare your doctor may not be included, forcing you to pay more or go to another doctor. This does not seem fair.
But here is the best part, tens of millions of uninsured people will get access to affordable quality health insurance
employer mandate law. All businesses with 50 or more full-time employees need to provide their staff health insurance or face a tax penalty. It all sounds great, help ten million people get health care but WE are paying for it. As of right now our National debt is $16,749,480,559,867. The debt continues to increase $1.83 billion per day since September 30, 2012. I believe that we should be focusing more on our debt than the laws of health care. Taxing the wealthy is not the answer. Health care should be affordable for every person no matter their marital status or income. We proclaim that everyone is created equal, HEALTHREFORM.KFF.ORG so why should one person have to pay more than the through the marketplace. But where is next for health care? the money coming from to pay for all of this? In order to get the money to help ARS344@CABRINI.EDU insure the tens of millions, there will be new taxes. The new taxes will be focused mostly on high-earners. For example the
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New faces, changing places
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Cabrini welcomes new faculty members in different majors
New academic year brings new opportunities
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Phillip Campbell teaching during one of his classes
BY JOSEPH RETTINO Staff Writer
New academic years bring opportunities to numerous
constituents in a school, and first year teachers are no exception. “As I move forward in education jobs, clarity is something that comes with every new job,” Philip Campbell
said, Instructor of Education and first-year full time professor, here at Cabrini. He is not the average educator. Before being an adjunct professor for Cabrini and the University of Pennsylvania, Campbell was a committee member, program director and even a principal in the Philadelphia area. “I was the first person in the building, and the last person to leave,” Campbell said. Speaking about his one-time position as the principle at the Young Scholars Charter School in North Philadelphia. He describes it as an awesome experience, but still happy to be back at Cabrini. “I hope this is a long-time-fit for me,” Campbell said, who is also a Cabrini graduate. The full-circle, 25-year relationship he shares with Cabrini is something that seems to give him solace: “I’m proud. It’s a special place.” Campbell has an admirable view on why he teaches. “When I had 24 students I was impacting them, and hoped someday what I taught them would carry over to their children,” Campbell said. “Then
I was a principle, with teachers below me who all had their own 24 students." "To me, it meant my web was growing larger.” This “web” Campbell is speaking about is something he takes very seriously. “Now I’m here, and if someday my students bring what I’ve taught them to the field and teach other students, my web keeps growing,” Campbell said. While the goal he holds for himself is to ensure the reaches of his teaching, it is not solely a goal for him. The aspirations he has for the students here at Cabrini stem from his idea of the web. “I hope that I instill in my students a love for teaching and a love for impacting students," Campbell said. "So it becomes the hallmark of their practice."
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New professor joins education department BY CHRISTLE GEHMAN Staff Writer
If you asked Dr. Amber Gentile why she chose to give Cabrini so much of her valuable time and irreplaceable experience, she would tell you that it was the people and the mission. She loves the people, loves working with the specific college age-group and Cabrini’s “education of the heart” mission is a perfect fit for her. “Everyone seems to be just be special”, she said. Along with Cabrini’s mission, Gentile feels that in order for education to really work, one needs to put work into the relationship between teacher and student.”I honestly believe that the biggest thing about teaching is relationships”, Gentile said. “I found in my experience that if a student feels that their teacher doesn’t like them....in their mind, they are not going to do the work for that teacher”. Gentile has had much previous experience before coming to Cabrini. She has an educational leadership degree from Immaculata University and a counseling with school counseling Master of Science degree from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. At Dickinson College, Gentile was part of summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa which are both academic honors. Gentile has served as an adjunct professor in Cabrini’s masters program on and off site, for a year and a half, before receiving the job description of assistant professor of education here at Cabrini. The “best thing” that Gentile has ever done was to co-found Destinations with
Direction. This organization is was a response to the need recognized by Gentile and her co-founder, who saw that high potential kids with dim financial situations were not realizing their college potential. She saw students with real potential and wanted them to be able to see their futures in a more positive light than what they had been previously thought. She decided to create a program to help them prepare and think about college and the future that they could have. “The seniors (that she worked with) all went to college, and as far as I know, we haven’t had anybody drop out of college” she said. “True leaders are able to find the right people (to take over what was started) and then let go” Gentile said.
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“I honestly believe that the biggest thing aout teaching is realtionships.” AMBER GENTILE
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New professor returns to her alma mater BY LAUREN HIGHT Staff Writer
The time had come! Smith was hired as an adjunct faculty member in the sociology department and began teaching students about her passion. This enthusiasm for psychology and sociology extended way past the classroom Some professors at Cabrini may see the school as just a learning facility, but though. Smith has become a veteran at presenting for national conferences and Tamarah Smith, who has a doctorate in education psychology, of the sociology and has even been published in the 2009 American Psychology Association’s Amplifier criminology department calls Cabrini her home. Smith, Ph.D., began her journey regarding her work on the quality of research in news articles. At the upcoming Mid into the field of impacting others here at Cabrini during her college days where she Atlantic Teaching of Psychology conference she is going to be accepted to present was a double major in psychology and sociology. the results from her dissertation that earned her a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology Her time as an undergraduate allowed her to think about the path that she from Temple University this past April. wanted to go down after obtaining her After five years of being an adjunct diploma. Smith always had an interest in faculty member and numerous sociology and psychology, primarily with accomplishments under her belt, data and statistics but the question kept Smith has been promoted to a fullcoming back to what to do with it. That was time teaching position and is more until she was in class one day and it just hit than ready to take it on this year. One her. She wanted to be a teacher at Cabrini of the big changes that she is excited so she could impact people in the same way about is being the adviser to Alpha Phi TAMARAH SMITH she was during her time as a student. Sigma, the honor society that recognizes With the goal in mind, Smith continued students who excel in criminology and her education after graduation and went on to receive not one, but two additional social justice classes. Another new concept to her is that she now advises students degrees. A master’s degree in applied statistics from West Chester University in selecting classes and working through their college years. helped her earn a position at the University of Pennsylvania as a data analyst to the Smith is a walking example of the phrase “hard work pays off.” She once sat in Vice Provost for University Life division. As impressive as it sounds, it was not her the classrooms of Founder’s Hall with a dream and knew that if she wanted it that ultimate goal to be there and kept driving for what she was after. Luckily for her, badly, she had to chase it. After years of patience and studying, Smith is proud to fate came knocking on her door during her time at the University of Pennsylvania. say that she is back home. “While I was at the University of Pennsylvania, I got a call from Dr. McKinley “Cabrini is where I am supposed to be.” about an open teaching slot," Dr. Smith said. "It was definitely that moment I had been waiting for since I graduated." McKinley is Kathleen McKinley, chair of the sociology department at Cabrini. ISH42@CABRINI.EDU
“It was definitely that moment I had been waiting for since I graduated.”
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Tamrah Smith taught her class using a powerpoint presentation
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Tamrah Smith lectured during class
A long journey from Ethiopia to Cabrini BY JESSICA PARADYSZ Staff Writer
Cabrini College, a young college in a young nation, is much different than Ethiopia, an ancient African land rich in history where scientists believe human beings first originated. Dr. Zalalem Bachore was born and raised in the diverse and populous country, located in the Horn of Africa. Twelve years ago Bachore, professor of information systems and technology at Cabrini, came to the United States. Bachore attended the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) where she earned a bachelor's degree in Information Systems. The new professor’s infatuation with technology paid off as she continued with her education at UMBC. Bachore went on to earn a Master of Science in Management Information Systems and a doctorate in information systems with research areas in software engineering and artificial intelligence. Such a varied skill set opened the doors to impressive careers including the Baltimore police and fire departments as a systems programmer and a faculty member of Virginia International University and ECPI University. She excelled at creating and maintaining applications as well as introducing technological changes. Reflecting on her time in Baltimore, Bachore said, “It was very challenging work, and there was never a dull moment.” The city itself is vibrant with
rich history, diverse culture, stunning scenery and bustling activity. “Baltimore is a very welcoming city, interesting sites and awesome people,” Bachore said. Although Bachore moved from the city, Radnor offers its own form of hospitality and charm. “I love working at Cabrini,” Bachore said. “I love the fact that people actually acknowledge each other and take the time to greet each other." "There is also a sense of serenity and peace." A new chapter begins for the tech-savvy professor. Bachore enjoys her role and hopes to instill an appreciation for technology as an “agent of change.” In a word where technology is constantly updated and people are becoming increasingly more addicted to their electronic devices, there are major opportunities for change. Bachore sees great potential in Cabrini’s emphasis on community service and social justice. Passion for justice combined with modern technology can do something extraordinary. Bachore said, “I like interacting with students, most importantly; I like to think that I am helping create a more informed and able group of students that can somehow affect the world positively.”
“It was very challenging work, and there was never a dull moment.” ZALALEM BACHORE
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Because you love me so Hey Cabrini Family, My name is Royal Blue but everyone calls me Blue. I was talking with my editors and it seems as though no one has written in yet to my column. I’m here to offer the best advice I can give. I know I’m not a professional, but I’m just trying to give anyone advice who may want it. One of my friends wrote about the controversial topic of coming out. How would you react if your best friend since you were potty trained told you they were gay? Would you be sad, happy for them, stunned or uncomfortable? I’m here to tell you that when someone you care about comes out, they just want support. They are still that same person you had a good time with when you went ice-skating and fell into the pond, and the same person that hit you with the bat when they missed the piñata. When they tell you that they are gay, just be supportive. That is all they are looking for. They aren’t telling you that they have had a crush on you since they can remember, but you are their best friend, and they want to gush about that hot number that caught their eye too. Don’t judge them, because that will make them uncomfortable, and you don’t want them feeling uneasy, they are your best friend! You will still have many laughs together; all that has changed is who they are attracted to. If it starts to make you uncomfortable, talk to them! They want you to feel comfortable too. Make sure you keep communicating that way you both are on the same page. Try new things, like go to an event or party with them and try new things. Just because you are not gay too, does not mean you still cannot have fun with them. When you go to these events or parties with them, it shows them that you care, and you will stand by them no matter what. Who knows, you might end up enjoying yourself. But, if you’re new to reading my column, don’t worry, I’ll explain what to do. If you’ve already read my column that’s fine too, you may have forgotten. So here is how my job works. You send me an email to royal. blue902@gmail.com with the subject “Dear Blue.” Then I will read about your situation, it could be about a relationship, school problems, or issues with friends; almost anything! Well what are you waiting for…? Send those emails!
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Somewhere over the rainbow: OUTFEST 2013 BY ROCCO DEL MONTE Multimedia Editor BY JENNAROSE DIGIACOMO Lifestyles Editor
Outfest; the largest national coming out event in the world! On Sunday October 13th 2013 Philadelphia’s very own Gayborhood hosted their largest Outfest yet. This day of celebration-included vendors, community groups flee markets, amusements and multiple dance areas. Philadelphia’s Gayborhood is located in the heart of Center City. The neighborhood is a great convenience to get to and easily accessible by use of both Philadelphia and New Jersey public transportation, just four blocks from City Hall. There was an atmosphere of equality in the air. People could be seen singing, dancing and celebrating down every street in the three-block radius. Stages were set up for local drag performers as well as singers and dance teams. “It was like a big gay block party and it was a lots of fun to see how the city of Philadelphia supports a festival like this for the LGBT community ,“ Outfest attendee Ben Jack said. Restaurants, bars and other establishments located in the Gayborhood had their doors open to the public to enjoy their specials and sales. “I had a wonderful time catching up with friends and celebrating acceptance in my favorite Philadelphia neighborhood,” attendee Jennifer Kern said. People of all races, sexuality and sexual preference could be
seen co-celebrating together. “For being my first Outfest it was great to see everyone come together for the same cause: equality. Especially in this day and age when there is such a huge movement towards equal rights. To see many people: gay, straight, black, white, purple, etc., all there in celebrating of coming together. I got to meet up with a lot of friends and meet even more new friends. It was a long day but definitely worth the social aspect as well as the meaning behind it. One day I hope Outfest is more than a neighborhood celebration, but rather a city wide one. It would be great to have Philadelphia be a pillar in the equal rights movement as it has in the past.” attendee Kevin Laing said. Outfest was booming with all colors of the rainbow and the festival was a true gathering of equality. “Since I was the DJ for Icandy during the whole Outfest celebration, I was only able to see a small portion of this FABULOUS event,” equality activist Sal Aurelio said. "What I did see was a large crowd of individuals dancing and singing with plenty of smiles on their faces. The weather was amazing and so was the turn out. OUTFEST 2013 scores a 10 this year in my books!" “The Gayborhood is a place where everyone judges each other but no one cares, it is a place where everyone can be who or what they want to be” Cara Castellani, a graduate of Cabrini College attendee, said. RAD87@CABRINI.EDU JD836@CABRINI.EDU
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A multitude of people came out in support of Outfest
Award Winners for Outfest 2013 OutProud Friend: D. Bruce Hanes, Esq. OutProud Family: Stephanie Haynes/Vicky Kresge, Jove, Griffin OutProud Community Groups: Dignity Philadelphia City of Brotherly Love OutProud Transgender: Jaci Adams (In the future to be known as “Jaci Adams” Award
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OUTstanding Youth: Daniel Callahan
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Gilbert Baker National OutProud Award: Hon. Brian Sims Provided by phillypride.org
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Get into the Halloween Spirit-It’s Freak Week BY PARISA GHAFARI Staff Writer
With Halloween just around the corner and students around campus repeating the legendary tales of the hauntings of Cabrini, CAP board members have a fun two weeks of activities planned for this year's Freak Week. Cabrini College is listed as one of the top 10 colleges in America with spirit sightings. Legend claims that the daughter of a wealthy franchise owner jumped off a second floor balcony of the Mansion after her enraged father confirmed news of his daughter having a love affair with the stable boy, who was a peasant in his eyes. The stable boy, whose name was Xavier, which ironically is the name of a dormitory on campus (Xavier Hall) is reported to be haunted as well. Xavier was so terrified of the girl's father's future actions about the unwanted news that he immediately hung himself in the bell tower in Grace Hall; access to the bell tower has been blocked off by cement. Alumni and current students have claimed that the rope still hangs in the bell tower to this day. This leads us to this year's Freak Week events which are sponsored and organized by the College Activities Planning (CAP) Board members. Assistant programming coordinator for CAP, Lisa Podolsky, and two of CAP board's members, senior Jim Brooks and sophomore Brianna Ridgely, along with their adviser, Amber LaJeunesse, sat down to discuss the events that the Board has organized. Freak week starts on Monday, Oct. 14, and continues to Nov. 2. You can sign up for
activities in the SEAL office located in Jazzman's Café. The events are listed below: On Tuesday, Oct. 22, ghost hunter John Zaffis is inspecting Grace Hall and the Mansion for spirits. On Wednesday, Oct. 23 students can win four free tickets to the Bates Motel at Cavalier Radio's Spooky Scavenger Hunt at 8 p.m. in the Mansion. Students are encouraged to come out and win tickets to Bates Motel. Fast forward to Friday, Oct. 25, the Haunted Mansion event, listed with a $1.00 fee, will take place from 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. The following day, Saturday, Oct. 26, will be Cabrini's Boo-bie dance which is a dance to support Breast Cancer Month. The dance will be held in Grace Hall from 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. and tickets are $3. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, there will be a Zombie Run at 9 p.m. on the Turf Field. Aside from the listed events, CAP Board is planning a trip to the Bates Motel on Nov. 2, there will be a $10.00 charge to attend. Flyers for the month of October have been distributed on campus to students. PG425@CABRINI.EDU
For more information: *Visit the SEAL office located in Jazzman’s Cafe *Or visit Cabrini College’s CAP Board Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cabrini-College-CAP-Board/162020253864936 Provided by CAP Board CAP BOARD FACEBOOK PAGE
To the movies we go!
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CAST: All Vocals Neil Horan Zayn Malik Harry Styles Liam Payne Louis Tomlinson Provided by imdb.com
‘One Direction: This is us’ BY CHRISTLE GEHMAN Staff Writer
Five adolescent boys stand on a flashy, brightly light stage. Girls are screaming all around them, producing a deafening roar that stays in their ears long after the show has ended. They belt out the words to their catchy tunes that have been crafted for their target audience’s ear. This is a typical day in the life of, currently, the biggest boy band on the planet. Or is it? The band says countless times throughout the documentary that this type of admiration and attention is not something that they could ever get used to. The purpose of this documentary is aimed at conveying to their support system, the fans, that they are “normal boys doing an abnormal job.” For me, the message was received loud and clear and I felt a connection on a more realistic, human level than I had previously expected. The documentary takes us though the five boys’ lives individually and before the success of the band. All of their stories contain a similar theme; they grew up in middle-class homes and were planning for a rather average life. It then takes the viewer through the early stages of the band’s formation on the British reality music show called Xfactor. We are then guided to take a ride on the journey that these boys took to get to where they are now. Interviews, award shows, late nights, recording and filming were all showcased as part of the experience. The movie highlights interactions
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between band members, scenes from everyday life, interviews with family and friends and concert footage. As enjoyable as the concert footage was, I felt that there was too much of it featured in the documentary. The point of the movie was to show them as human beings and not put them on a stage pedestal. I feel that if they would have stuck with more of the normal routines that they claim to have, it would have felt less manufactured. As a fan girl myself, I was once again reminded that at the end of the day, they are just boys. They are just like the guys that I come in contact with every day. The movie was a good reminder that we are all human when it comes down to it. We are all people, we all want to be successful in the life and we all want to be loved. This documentary made me much more aware of the humanness and reality behind this fascinating and seemingly unrealistic success story. If you are not a devoted fan of One Direction, I would not suggest seeing this movie or even buying it when it comes out on DVD. If they mean nothing to you, then as far as you are concerned 11$ is a waste of your money. If you love them, go for it, it’s incredible. CJG79@CABRINI.EDU
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Weekly Crossword Puzzle
Answers October 10, 2013
Lifestyles Across 1 Actor Damon 5 Like unfizzy soda 9 Relatively cool heavenly body 14 Suffix with buck 15 Grocery section 16 “All done!” 17 Long-running musical variety TV show 19 Hunter’s hides 20 Spiral-shaped __ fries 21 Fair-hiring abbr. 23 Wiesel who said, “Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil” 24 “Just __ suspected!” 25 Pre-playoffs baseball drama 29 Work on, as a vintage auto 31 Sudoku grid line 32 Honorary legal deg. 33 ‘30s-’40s film dog 34 Logger’s tool 36 Man and Capri 38 Final triumph after apparent failure 42 Fancy mushroom 45 Metric distances: Abbr. 46 Roadies’ loads 50 Prefix with sex 51 Yale student 54 Kevin Kline’s “French Kiss” co-star 56 Offensive in the First Gulf War 59 __-Caps: candy 60 Bug-killing brand 61 Deer daughter 62 How some stock is sold 64 Sent to the unemployment line 66 Retrace one’s steps, and what ends of 17-, 25-, 38- and 56-Across can literally have 69 Key in 70 Mine, to Mimi 71 Java Freeze brand 72 Swiped 73 Tree anchor 74 Breakfast, e.g.
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Down 1 Eyelash application 2 Stirs to action 3 One of a vacationing busload 4 Turnpike fee 5 Pres. on a dime 6 “Glee” actress __ Michele 7 Sci-fi invader 8 Karaoke singer’s ineptitude, to the chagrin of the audience 9 Gas additive letters 10 See-through 11 Revealing, as a celeb interview 12 “An” or “the” 13 Tends to a lawn’s bare spot 18 AutoCorrect target 22 John’s Yoko 26 Distinctive periods 27 Bagel shop call 28 Itty-bitty branch 30 Fish story 35 Moose relative 37 __-Pei: wrinkly dog 39 Angel or Athletic, briefly 40 Rifle range need 41 Laptop operator 42 Confuses 43 Price of bubble gum, once 44 Trattoria rice dish 47 Leader in social networking until 2008 48 Cure-all 49 Enjoy coral reefs 52 Inc., in the U.K. 53 Meteorologist’s pressure line 55 Future MBA’s exam 57 Actress Georgia of “Everybody Loves Raymond” 58 Julio’s “I love you” 63 Quick haircut 65 Profitable rock 67 Suitor’s murmur 68 Model-ship-to-be
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” CHARLES DARWIN
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Men’s golf finishes 2013 fall season in 2nd place BY STOCKLEY BUABENG Staff Writer
The Cavaliers closed the golf season on a high note with an impressive second place finish. The team placed second out of nine teams at the Immaculata Fall Invitational at Whitford Country Club. Cabrini College produced a team score of 326, on the par 72, 6, 668 yard course. Freshman Michael Rojas tied for third place out of forty-nine other golfers with a round of 80. The rounds were completed with senior Rob Bass and freshman Dan Gentilucci who finished a one shot back with rounds of 81. This pushed the Cavaliers to complete their day with a tie for sixth place. It was a back and forth contest as senior Pat Rooney shot an 84 on the day to finish in a tie for 12th place, junior Tommy Breslin’s scored a round of 89, good enough for a 27th place finish. The Blue and White came so close to securing the first place, but came up short taking second place, as Philadelphia University earn the team title scoring 317. The host team, the Mighty Macs, did not disappoint as they placed third with a score of 334.
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What has been the result in the past calendar year? All four teams missed the playoffs and four head coaches are out of a job. Finally, it is a reflection on the players the teams currently have on the roster. The Phillies won 79 games this season, their first losing season since 2002. The Eagles started 3-1 in their final season under Andy Reid then proceeded to lose 11 of the final 12 games. The Sixers are in the process of going “winless for Wiggins” and the Flyers missed the playoffs for the second time in the past 18 seasons in a lockout-shortened 2013 season. With each coaching change, the tune is the same. “This isn’t a blame game,” Amaro said after announcing the Phillies had fired Charlie Manuel in August. “I’m not here to blame Charlie Manuel for our issues. I think we all have some responsibility in that regard. My job is to think about what we can do to get better in the future, and I believe this is one of the steps to try to move this thing forward.” “The final decision to fire Andy was today, there’s been a lot of leaning in that direction over the last month, when we were 4-8 and I faced up to the fact that we weren’t going to be improved over last year at all, that I was heavily leaning in that direction,” Lurie said after firing Andy Reid in January. “I literally informed Andy this morning at nine in the morning. I really believed this season with our talent, I thought we would be a doubledigit win team. “Where did it go wrong, it’s a great question. If you had point to anything, it’s when you’ve had as much success as we’ve had, and are so close to winning a Super Bowl. At
“My job is to think about what we can do to get better in the future.” - Ruben Amaro
some stage, you have an opportunity to think that the next move, even if it’s not consistent with all of your previous moves, will be the one that gives you the chance to win the Lombardi Trophy.” Each Philadelphia sports team is in shambles. Take a good look around. The longesttenured head coach has two career wins. The active coach with the most wins has 20. As long as the owners and general managers refuse to believe a “fresh perspective” is needed, they are totally naïve to the situation surrounding them. First of all, isn’t the hiring of a new head coach a fresh perspective, a new voice? Secondly, if these teams are doing things “the right way” as Snider suggests, why aren’t they playoff teams? Why are they struggling to assemble sound rosters? Why can’t they hold down a coach? What happened with Laviolette is the same thing that happened with Charlie Manuel. It
“This isn’t a blame game.” RUBÉN AMARO
was a mercy killing. It was a way to place the blame. It won’t change the results, not as long as the same general managers are employing the same players. The Sixers may be on the right track to that fresh perspective. Following the sale of the team from Snider to Harris, there has been
“Thirty teams are trying to win the Cup, and we’re doing our damnedest to do it.” - Ed Snider
a new energy surrounding the Sixers. That is even more evident now as the team attempts a rebuilding process. It may make for an ugly record this season, but the Sixers focus behind new head coach Brett Brown is to get back to a winning environment. For Hinkie, that has meant some serious risks in terms of keeping people interested now, like his trade at the NBA Draft shipping Jrue Holiday to New Orleans. In return, the Sixers added seventh overall pick Nerlens Noel as well as their own draft pick at 11th overall, Michael Carter-Williams. There is a future there. The goal for the Sixers is not to win now but maybe five years from now, as Noel and MCW build a reputation. Still, on the forefront, there are many questions. Is there an end in sight to the struggles Philadelphia sports are facing? The problem is easy to see and hard to solve. A fresh perspective is exactly what is needed. A new process to get back to the top in each respective sport is what is hindering Philadelphia sports. They are trying to win using old methods. The issue with solving that problem is that you can’t just simply get rid of an owner. In the case of all four Philadelphia sports teams, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. And as long ownership of any of the Philadelphia teams is set in their old ways or fail in trying to invent new ones, nothing will change. KAD@CABRINI.EDU
“You have an opportunity to think that the next move... that gives you the chance to win the Lombardi Trophy.” - Jeffrey Lurie
Men’s Tennis closes its fall 2013 season Moving into the singles the Cavs tried to reverse the match, but could not get a foothold against the Arcadia Knights. DiCicco fell 6-1 and 6-2 in his match. Kilroy, Halbherr and junior Pete Seid fell, all losing 6-0 in their matches. “We may have lost today, but it has only shown us what we
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Men’s Golf Two-Day Finishes CABRINI: ROB BASS - 81 T-6 DAN GENTILUCCI - 81 T-6 MICHAEL ROJAS - 80 T-3RD PAT ROONEY - 84 12TH TOMMY BRESLIN - 89 T-27TH
need improvement on,” Kilroy said, “We will have another shot at Arcadia in the spring.” The boys will return to the court in the Spring on Mar. 19 when they face off against Penn State Brandywine.
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Senior Anthony DiCicco suffered a loss in doubles with his sophomore partner Mike Halbherr 8-2 BY CHRISTOPHER RYAN Staff Writer
The Cabrini men’s tennis team closed its Fall 2013 season with a loss to Arcadia University on Saturday Oct. 12. This loss brings the Cavs to 0-3 for their fall season. “This was only the fall season,” sophomore Colin Kilroy said, “We have
plenty of time to improve for our spring season.” Arcadia swept the doubles pair of junior Anthony DiCicco and sophomore Mike Halbherr 8-2. Kilroy and partner freshmen Joe Pacifico suffered an 8-2 defeat also. “Today wasn’t easy,” Halbherr said, “But what’s important is that we never gave up.”
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Senior Peter Seid and Don Irons fell 8-1 in their match
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Women’s soccer cruises past Keystone College in a 7-0 victory
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No. 9 Kaitlyn Cooper scoring one of her three goals in Cabrini’s 7-0 win over Keystone College BY LIAM SHRADER Staff Writer
Women’s soccer picked up their sixth win of the season against Keystone College. The Lady Cavaliers cruised past Keystone with a score of 7-0 this past Saturday at Edith Robb Dixon Field. Shortly into the first half junior Melissa Scanzano set the tone for the game when she volleyed a corner kick from fellow junior Gabby Meck into goal for the Cavs first point. The action only continued from there as sophomore Kaitlyn Cooper added a second goal, followed by sophomore Devon Miller, who scored unassisted for her fifth goal of the season, giving the Cavs a 3-0 lead. The Cavs weren’t finished there. Dana Peterson got one passed Keystone’s keeper nine minutes in to the second half with an assist from Kaitlin Zisa. Not wasting any time, over the next five minutes Cavs scored three more. Two in
a row came from Kaitlyn Cooper, giving her a total of five goals on the season. Less than a minute later, sophomore Juliana Ardire added another goal to the board with an assist from Scanzano icing the score at 7-0 Cavs. The Blue and White out-shot the Keystone Giants 19-0, and this is the fourth time the team has shutout an opponent this year. The Cavs are back in action Wednesday, Oct. 16, against Immaculata University on Cabrini’s home Edith Robb Dixon Field. The match is set to begin at 4 p.m.
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BOX SCORE MICHAEL SHANAHAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Keystone College 0 Cabrini College 7 GOALS: KU: NONE CAB: MELISSA SCANZANO (12:45), KAITLYN COOPER (3), (17:36), (55:45), (57:55), DEVON MILLER (33:22), DANA PETERSON (55:58), JULIANA ARDIRE (58:11) ASSISTS: KU: NONE CAB: GABBY MECK, BREE THOMPSON, KAITLIN ZISA, MARYKATE MCCANN (2), MELISSA SCANZANO MICHAEL SHANAHAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
No. 3 Junior Gabby Meck recorded one assist in Cabrini’s win over keystone on Saturday
GOALKEEPERS: KU: KATELYN COON - 5 FOR 10, SHELBY DRIVERS - 1 FOR 3 CAB: MARISSA JENKINS - 0 FOR 0
A group of Lady Cavs cebrating after a goal win over Keystone College on Saturday
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Men’s soccer falls 1-0 against Centenary
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No. 18 Freshman Bobby Kane played for 75 minutes and recorded one shot on goal in Cabrini’s loss to Centenary College on Saturday BY RYAN GRAHM Staff Writer
This past Saturday the Cavaliers lost a tough battle to the Centenary College Cyclones, 1-0. This was the first loss since Sept. 14th, bringing their overall record to 6-6-2 and 3-1 in the CSAC. The first half had a 0-0 nail biter, with a combined shot total of 5 and no corner kicks. The second half is where the Cyclones brought pressure on the
Cavs with nine of the 13 total shots that half. In the 50th minute Centenary took their first and only lead with a crossing pass goal to Nick DePasquale which gave Centanary a 1-0 lead. Little hope remained for Cabrini, until senior C.J. Doherty had a chance shooting a gametying goal that bounced off the crossbar. “We knew that it was going to be tough considering it was a 2 hour drive for a noon game on
a Saturday,” Doherty said. “We knew we were going to get their best game because of our success last year.” “In my opinion the loss may be a blessing in disguise because it showed us that if we don’t come out with [a plan to] out work the other team, no matter how much talent we have, it will be tough because every team wants to take us down,” Doherty said. Senior Brett Lockbaum and freshman A.J. Bishop combined for four of Cabrini’s six shots in the match against the Cyclones. Senior goaltender Eric Nowicki accounted for four saves. The Cav’s might have fell short in this one, but looking forward they will host Neumann University this Thursday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. Neuman is 3-0 in the CSAC ensuring a highly intense matchup between the Cav’s and Knights.
BOX SCORE Centenary College 1 Cabrini 0 GOALS: CAB: NONE CC: NICK DEPASQUALE (49:58) ASSISTS: CAB: NONE CC: QUINN KHOURI GOALKEEPERS: CAB: ERIC NOWICKI - 4 FOR 5 CC: JESSE GOLEMAN - 2 FOR 2
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No. 22 Sean Neary played for 85 minutes and recorded a yellow card in Cabrini’s 1-0 loss to Centenary College on Saturday
Stats and Standings Women’s Volleyball
Men’s Soccer
CSAC STANDINGS
TEAM LEADERS GOALS
Marywood University 7-2-2 (4-0 CSAC) Centenary College 6-5-2 (3-1 CSAC) Neumann University 9-3-2 (4-0 CSAC) A.J. Bishop - 8 Carin Univerity 7-6 (2-3 CSAC) Brett Lockbaum - 4 Baptist Bible College 4-10-1 (2-3-1 CSAC) Rosemont College 2-10 (1-3 CSAC) ASSISTS Cabrini College 6-6-2 (3-1 CSAC) Keystone College 1-10-2 (1-2-1 CSAC) C.J. Doherty - 3 Immaculata University 1-12 (0-5 CSAC) Gwynedd-Mercy University 5-9-1 (1-3 CSAC) GOAL KEEPER(S) R.J. Pino - 13 saves Eric Nowicki - 25 saves
Women’s Soccer
CSAC STANDINGS
TEAM LEADERS KILLS
Cabrini College 18-4 (7-0 CSAC) Carin University 16-5 (6-1 CSAC) Marywood University 12-8 (3-2 CSAC) Danielle Carrozza - 258 Notre Dame of Maryland 8-8 (2-5 CSAC) Jen Grenauer - 183 Keystone College 11-11 (2-5 CSAC) Michele Fitz - 126 Cedar Crest College 7-5 (1-3 CSAC) Neumann University 15-9 (6-0 CSAC) DIGS Baptist Bible College 13-13 (6-1 CSAC) Immaculata University 6-13 (2-5 CSAC) Sophia Sokolovich - 286 Rosemont College 0-18 (0-8 CSAC) Danielle Carozza - 198 Centenary College 0-19 (0-5 CSAC) Gwynedd-Mercy College 3-20 (2-4 CSAC) ASSISTS Cassidy Koenig - 712
Women’s Field Hockey
TEAM LEADERS GOALS
Keystone College 9-3-1 (4-3-1 CSAC) Rosemont College 8-5 (6-1 CSAC) Cabrini College 6-3-4 (4-1-2 CSAC) Meghan Martin - 5 Notre Dame of Maryland 3-8 (1-5 CSAC) Dana Peterson - 6 Baptitst Bible College 1-10-1 (0-5-1 CSAC Cedar Crest College 2-11 (0-6 CSAC) ASSISTS Marywood University 4-6-3 (4-1-2 CSAC Centenary College 4-7-2 (4-2-1 CSAC) Melissa Scanzano - 4 Gwynedd-Mercy College 1-9-3 (1-3-2 CSAC) Allie Vallen - 3 Immaculata University 5-6-2 (4-0-2 CSAC) Carin Univesity 3-8-2 (1-4-2 CSAC) GOAL KEEPER(S) Neumann University 5-7-1 (4-2-1 CSAC) Marissa Jenkins - 28 saves AS OF TUESDAY, OCT. 8
CSAC STANDINGS
CSAC STANDINGS
TEAM LEADERS Gwynedd-Mercy College 6-6 (2-0 CSAC) GOALS
Immaculata University 4-8 (2-0 CSAC) Neumann University 6-8 (2-0 CSAC) Kerry Anne Farrell - 11 Cabrini College 5-6 (3-0 CSAC) Jen Webb - 7 Notre Dame of Maryland 0-8 (0-4 CSAC) Keystone College 2-10 (0-2 CSAC) ASSISTS Marywood University 2-11 (0-2 CSAC) Cedar Crest College 0-12 (0-2 CSAC) Karlie Gruccio - 3 Erin McLaughlin - 4
GOAL KEEPER(S) Genevieve Paulin - 72 saves
Rafferty looks to lead men’s basketball back to the national championship
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(Pictured above) Fran Rafferty
Cavalier Calendar
Thursday, Oct. 17 MEN’S SOCCER VS NEUMANN UNIVERSITY AT 6:30 P.M.
Friday, Oct. 18 WOMEN’S TENNIS VS NOTRE DAME OF MD. UNIVERSITY AT 3:30 P.M.
Saturday, Oct. 19 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY AT ALBRIGHT COLLEGE INVITATIONAL AT 9 A.M. MEN’S SOCCER AT BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE AT 1 P.M. WOMEN’S SOCCER AT CENTENARY COLLEGE AT 1 P.M. MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AT UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON AT 1 P.M. FIELD HOCKEY AT NEUMANN UNIVERSITY AT 5 P.M.
Sunday, Oct. 20 NO GAMES
Monday, Oct. 21 NO GAMES
Tuesday, Oct. 22 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL AT CEDAR CREST COLLEGE AT 7 P.M.
Wednesday, Oct. 23 MEN’S SOCCER VS IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY AT 4 P.M. WOMEN’S FIELD HOCKEY VS IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY AT 6:30 P.M. WOMEN’S SOCCER AT PENN STATE ABINGTON AT 7 P.M.
BY KYLIE MCDEVITT Staff Writer
Relaxed and finessed, he sinks a three point shot. While he took a step back from the shot, the clock keeper for the summer league game finished the countdown, “2-1-0.” Without even realizing how much time he had left, the game winning shot was a cool and composed 3-pointer from then, high school senior, Fran Rafferty. This was the first time that Cabrini’s men’s basketball coach, Marcus Kahn had the privilege of watching Rafferty play. Kahn saw the potential and wanted Rafferty on his team. After many conversations of goals and where he would fit into Cabrini’s basketball program, Rafferty felt that Kahn was someone he wanted to be coached by. He saw that Kahn was ready
to build a program that other teams feared. When Rafferty was in his final stages of his decision on which school was the best fit to continue his education, he was often asked if he was sure about Cabrini. Being from Upper Merion, he had grown up in this area, it was his home. Living on campus Rafferty didn’t feel as though he was too close to home, and he loved the idea of being able to easily go home for a home-cooked meal. Going into his senior season, Rafferty has built himself some fairly high expectations. In the three previous years Rafferty was a consistent player. Working hard for a place in the starting line up, he captured the spot freshman year and
has not let it go since. This will also be his third year as one of the cavalier’s captains. Speaking on character, Kahn says that Rafferty is exactly the type of player that Cabrini men’s basketball looks for. Kahn closed his thoughts on Rafferty saying, “I have a six year-old son. Hope he can grow up and be like Fran.” When asked about his expectations for the year, Rafferty never keeps the focus on himself for long. He spends his time focusing on the positives and strengths of his teammates, noticing that all can contribute in some way to a winning season. Rafferty stressed that for him and his fellow senior teammates, it is a large adjustment being the oldest. They have discussed what an unusual feeling it is being on the court without their teammates that graduated last May. Still feeling the sting from the loss in the national championship game his sophomore year Rafferty says, “This is my last shot at it... 33 games to get us back in the national championship. If we get back there I will do whatever it takes to win this time around.”
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Fran preforming a slam dunk
Volleyball downs Ravens 3-0 win BY HOWARD BLAKE Staff Writer
The Cabrini volleyball team took on the Rosemont College Ravens in a CSAC match up at the Nerney Field House on Thursday. The Cavaliers improved their win streak to two games with a 3-0 victory over the Ravens. The win places the Cavs at 18-4 on the year, as they remain unbeaten in the CSAC Conference. The Ravens proved to not be much of a match for the Cavs, as they came into the game winless this season. It was a battle of first versus the worst and the Lady Cavs
didn’t disappoint. The Blue and White had a field day with the Ravens, demolishing Rosemont in all three sets while holding them to four points in the first set, seven points in the second and 14 in the third. Sophomore Cassidy Koeing recorded a game high 35 assists on the night. Senior Danielle Carrozza and Junior Dana Wisniewski tied with seven kills. Junior Molly Fox and freshman Kelly Guarino came in second with six kills a piece. Sophomore Harlee Scanlan added 12 digs, the most in her two-year career. Guarino continued her busy
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No. 5 Sopohomore Jen Grenauer had four kills and one dig in Cabrini’s win over Rosemont on Thursday
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No. 24 Junior Dana Wisniewski had seven kills in Cabrini’s win over Rosemont Thursday day as she contributed 11 digs also setting a career high with five aces. The Cavaliers pretty much dominated the statistics as well. The Lady Cavs had a total of 25 spikes to Rosemont’s 22. The Cavs continued their dominance as they had 38 kills to Rosemont’s 6. Looking forward, the Cabrini Cavaliers take on Neumann University in another CSAC battle on Oct. 16. The Neumann Knights will be a much better test for the Cavs as they are going into Wednesday’s game on a nine game winning streak. The Knights are currently 6-0
in the CSAC Conference as well as 14-9 overall. Wednesday’s game is set for 7 p.m. at Neumann University. The Blue and White look to improve their win streak to three games as both teams prepare for a showdown of the CSAC undefeated teams.
BOX SCORE
Cabrini 3 Rosemont College 0 SET 1: CAB 25-4 SET 2: CAB 25-7 SET 3: CAB 25-14