April 27, 2017 issue 08 Loquitur

BY MOLLY SEAMAN Managing Editor “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed….Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” -Elie Wiesel, Night The Concept of Genocide: From the beginning of time, man has sinned against man. Blood has poured from the hearts of the innocent only to stain the hands of his brother. Genocide, however, is a more recent term that came about after World War II. Used mostly to describe the heinous acts of inhumanity committed by the Nazis during their regime, the act of genocide is classified as violence toward members of a national, ethnic, racial or religious minority with the intention of destroying their very existence.

In 1948 genocide was deemed an international crime, followed by a treaty signed in 1998 that created the International Criminal Court, or ICC. The ICC strives to prosecute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in order to prevent these crimes from being repeated in history.

Coming Face to Face with Death: This past July, I traveled to Krakow, Poland, known as the city of kings as well as a country haunted by its past.

The largest of the German Nazi concentration/extermination camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau is located in Poland, only an hour outside of Krakow, and serves to this day as a reminder of the 1.1 million men, women and children that died inside its borders not so long ago.

The camp itself goes on for miles and miles.

As I walked, my feet seemed to feel heavier with every step I took, making it sometimes impossible to even move. Almost as though the grief I was feeling was literally weighing me down.

My stomach curdled at the site of the railroad tracks and the trains that sat on them, knowing very well what they used for.

Every single hair on my arms would stand at the indescribable yet unmistakeable feeling of the spirits that once roamed.

The sight of certain landmarks that seemed virtually untouched scared me to my very core.

My hands felt like ice even despite the record-breaking heat Poland was experiencing that day.

Tears flowed quietly down my face as I

continued to walk that day as if the pages of history were coming to life right before my very eyes.

That is when I saw them.

The trees.

The trees of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The trees that saw everything.

located the target and nailed the tracks dead on.

2nd Lt. Theodore Seaman lived to tell the story and returned home to the United States with a Silver Star and Bronze Star medals, Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross- only next to the Medal of Honor.

I never got to meet this hero of mine because he sadly passed away before I was born.

However, Grandpa’s fight against genocide is one that continues to this day.

That is when it hit me.

The Trees Have Eyes: The trees have eyes.

3 trillion trees.

Generations of Genocide: 3 trillion trees that have eyes.

These very trees had witnessed the act of genocide that I was struggling so hard to comprehend.

It was then I realized that the trees of World War II had also witnessed my grandfather’s struggle with genocide before me.

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, 2nd Lt. Theodore Seaman, a quiet, intelligent and brave young man, took to the clouds as a bombardier in World II. A man of honor, integrity and courage he risked his life to fight the Nazis and their quest for power and bloodshed in Europe, even if it meant never returning home to his wife, Patricia, and two young children (with five yet to be born).

Ted was the lead bombardier of a Boeing B-17 flying fortress in the Air Army Corp.

While in flight and under extreme pressure, one of his tasks was to locate railroad tracks in Italy that the Nazis used to transport their weapons and supplies.

It was grandpa’s job to flawlessly calculate the speed of the plane, location of the track, wind factor and altitude in order to determine when and where the large fleet of planes that followed him would release their bombs to destroy Nazi train tracks.

During one particular mission, while soaring at 20,000 feet, Theodore and his men were struck by anti-air craft fire stationed in the mountains below at 10,000 feet.

A piece of shrapnel pierced grandpa’s chest, going straight through his shirt pocket causing him to lose half a lung.

Despite being hit, he pulled himself up,

All over the world.

These quiet, wise and strong beings deeply-rooted in their native soil have seen humans evolve from the beginning of time.

They have witnessed the murders and genocide of those in Poland, Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia and Darfur.

They have seen the children and their families cry when they are forced from their homes in war torn Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen and told that they are banned from entering the United States or forced to live in refugee camps.

They have seen the farmers struggle to cultivate their agriculture in order to make a living and put food on their table due to effects of climate change.

They have felt the pain of the ax that mankind uses to chop them down despite the fact that they provide the very oxygen we require to breathe.

They have witnessed human beings repeating the same mistakes throughout history over and over.

Yet, there they sit.

Quietly planted.

Rooted in the struggle of mankind.

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“There’s a long road of suffering ahead of you. But don’t lose courage. You’ve already escaped the gravest danger: selection. So now, muster your strength, and don’t lose heart. We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life. Above all else, have faith. Drive out despair, and you will keep death away from yourselves. Hell is not for eternity. And now, a prayer – or rather, a piece of advice: let there be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate. The same smoke floats over all our heads. Help one another. It is the only way to survive.” -Elie Wiesel, Night

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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. Loquitur Media provides a forum of free expression. All members of the univeristy community may submit work to the editors for possible inclusion. Publication is based on the editorial decision of the student editors.

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Do not be a bystander: Be a source of change Bystander. You have heard the word: in classes, discussions, speakers or on the news. You know what it means…kind of. It is someone who stands by and witnesses something bad take place and does nothing.

You think to yourself, I am not a bystander. If I ever saw something inappropriate or dangerous happening, I would step in. I would stop it.

You are wrong. Think back. Have you ever heard an uncomfortable conversation and thought to yourself, ‘Ooh that sounds bad’ or ‘This is uncomfortable.’ Did you step in?

Probably not. Like most people, you probably thought to yourself, ‘It’s really none of my business’ or ‘They should work this out on their own.’

Eventually you go about your day and within an hour or two, the whole encounter is put out of your mind. You are busy thinking about your own life, your own problems or even what you will be having for dinner that night. After all, there is nothing you could have done to stop it, right?

Wrong again. While you went on with your day as normal, that situation that you overheard and brushed off after a bit of discomfort got worse. It went from uncomfortable comments to yelling, from yelling to physical violence, from physical violence to any number of unthinkable outcomes. And that is just one of many ways the situation could go wrong.

Your simple, ‘Is everything okay here?’ could have been the point where a victim finally shared her fear with someone, or simply could confirm that you were right and the situation was harmless. But now you will never know, will you?

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these situations is common. Psychology Today even talks about the bystander effect, literally the theory that the more people are around during the situation, the less likely one is to intervene. Because if nobody else around you is stepping in, why should you?

It is not your situation and you are not the only bystander here.

But this is not the way to be. Do not step aside just because others are doing the same. Be a leader. The least you can do, and really all that you have to do to make a difference, is to just speak up. Do not ignore what is happening, but take notice. Take action. Speak up.

One afternoon a young woman named Amanda, newly pregnant and slightly showing, was in a public restaurant meeting with her abuser and child’s father. The Loquitur story reports Amanda being screamed

at publicly in this restaurant, vulgar and hateful words, yet not one single witness to this took a moment from their food in order to step into the situation. Instead, Amanda continued to leave with this man who went on to choke and beat her once getting into their car.

Each day people are bullied, abused, harassed, assaulted and so many more awful things. They could all be prevented.

Sometimes all it takes to stop a situation is to bring attention to it. While sometimes these are very dangerous people and other measures must be taken, sometimes these bullies, abusers, harassers, assaulters, etc. will abort the situation just by being called out. Why not at least give it a try? This could be the chance to save a life.

Cabrini selects the 2017 valedictorian

BY KEITH BROWN Sports Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Loquitur accepts letters to the editors. They should be less than 500 words, usually in response to a current issue on Cabrini University’s campus or community area and are printed as space permits. Name, phone number and address should be included with submissions for verification purposes. All letters to the editors must be e-mailed to loquitur@ cabrini.edu

The valedictorian for the first class graduating as Cabrini University has been decided. Senior Natalie Trerotola will be honored as the 2017 class valedictorian.

Trerotola is a Pre‐K‐4 education major with a concentration in special education Pre‐K‐8. The recipient is chosen by the Academic Review Board for having the highest academic achievement of the class among other criteria. The student chosen for the honor is the one who delivers the valedictory speech at the commencement ceremony.

Trerotola was awarded the class plate, given to the student with the highest GPA of the class, both her sophomore and junior years. Trerotola also made the President’s List every semester (for a 3.9 GPA or higher) and is a member of four different honor societies: Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society, Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society and Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society. Trerotola serves as Student Ambassador for the Admissions Office and treasurer of the group Cabrini Friends of Exceptional Children (CFEC).

“To be valedictorian means the world to me. I actually didn’t even consider it a couple years ago when I came here. My goal was to maintain a high GPA, and ever since that first semester it felt good to get a 4.0, so I continued, continued, and then junior year someone said to me you’re probably going to be valedictorian and I was like ‘what,’” Trerotola said. “Didn’t even consider it. As it got closer I was like ‘wow, this is really cool.’ It feels good to be able to maintain this and reach my goals, and all of those things. I didn’t want to get my hopes up too much, but it’s really cool to have that. It’s time to celebrate!”

“When I got the email I had to contain myself and it was almost impossible! I was shaking, literally shaking, and I called my mom like ‘You’re never gonna believe it!’ I texted my whole family... it was a big deal.”

Trerotola has completed four different education field experiences over her time at Cabrini and is currently completing the second half of senior year field experience at the Elwyn Davidson School by working with eight high-functioning students on the autism spectrum who struggle with severe emotional disturbances.

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cation of the heart as well as social justice and the common good. Trerotola was looking for a school with a good education program when she graduated from high school and has found a home at Cabrini.

“When I was looking at schools, I was actually looking for schools with a really good education program. I had a few schools in mind, but when it came down to it and I toured Cabrini, I definitely chose Cabrini for the education program,” Trerotola said.

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The importance of having the life-saving drug Narcan on college campuses

BY EMILY ROWAN Photo Editor

campuses. However, they are becoming more and Opioids: a type of drug that acts on the more available nervous system to ultimately relieve pain, and pervasive, often abused and sometimes even deadly. especially with About 50 percent of college students availability of are offered prescription drugs by other heroin in powder students for non-medical purposes by their form, black tar sophomore year, according to the Journal heroin and synof Drug Abuse. Unfortunately, many stuthetic fentanyl, dents will take up that offer and potentially 50-100 times change their lives forever. more powerful In many cases it only takes one, yes, than morphine,” one pill, to get high and addicted to opiLori Holleran oid-based drugs.

Steiker writes in Obtaining opioid prescription medicaher article, OpiEMILY ROWAN/PHOTO EDITOR tions can get costly, especially for students oid Overdose on a tight budget, but once hooked on opiPrevention Narcan Nasal Spray can quickly reverse an opioid overdose oids it is almost impossible to give them up. Initiatives on the From taking pricy prescription opioids College Campus. enal counter agent to reverse the opioid like OxyContin, codeine and Vicodin, which Overdoses on opioids are unfortunately [overdose],” Block said. to many seem like a safer way to get high, very common. According to the DEA, PennKelly Day is grateful for the lifesaving drug people often eventually switch to using her- sylvania alone in 2015 saw 3,383 drug-reNarcan for saving her daughter’s life. About oin because it provides a substantial high lated overdose deaths which is a 23.4 four years ago Day’s daughter, Sam, overfor a lower cost than prescription pills. percent increase from the total number of dosed on heroin and was unresponsive.

Radnor police lieutenant Andrew Block, overdose deaths (2,742) reported in 2014.

“I got a phone call one night from Sam’s commander of the special operations diviIn April 2016, the Cabrini community friend around 10:30 at night,” Day said. “I sion which includes the drug task force, has lost a student to a suspected drug overremember it like it was yesterday.” been serving the Radnor police department dose. The suspected overdose happened ‘Sam’s not breathing, I can’t wake her up,’ for 26 years and has seen too many lives off of the college’s campus at a house in the friend frantically said over the phone. lost because of drug addiction.

West Conshohocken. According to a report “Did you call an ambulance?” Day asked.

by NBC Philadelphia, an “officer Sam’s friend said no. administered [the] anti-overdose Day arrived to the scene to see her daughdrug naloxone and performed CPR ter lying with her eyes rolled back. but the man didn’t respond and “When I got there I called back 911 and medics pronounced him dead on I was able to keep her alive and give her the scene.”

CPR until the ambulance got there, which is Unfortunately for this Cabrisomething no parent should ever, ever have ni student, the life-saving drug to do — give their child CPR,” she said. naloxone, also known by the brand “We got her to the hospital and they shot name Narcan, was unable to revive her with the Narcan... which is a drug that him. The Cabrini community lost a puts you into instant detox,” Day said. strong student-athlete, a friend to “The police and I went to my house to many and a young man who had a ransack her room to see if we could posEMILY ROWAN/PHOTO EDITOR lot of potential. sibly find what it was that she took,” Day People often take prescription medications to get high.

According to the Journal of said. “Then the police went back to where Drug abuse, “Naloxone hydrochloride Sam originally was, where it all happened, “Sadly, Philadelphia is one of the heroin is a generic, non-narcotic opioid antagonist and they found heroin in the fireplace. We hubs on the east coast where an individual that blocks the brain cell receptors activatknew then what it was.” can drive to Philadelphia and be back in ed by opioids. It is a fast-acting drug that, 40 to 45 minutes with a bundle of heroin, when administered during an overdose which is 10 to 12 hits that they’ll have for blocks the effects of opioids on the brain CONTINUE READING ONLINE the next couple of days,” Block said. and restores breathing within two to three “There are misconceptions that heroin minutes of administration.”

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Convergence class aims to ‘Find a Fix’

BY EMILY ROWAN AND JILL NAWOSKI Photo Editor / 2015 Editor-In-Chief Each and every day, America tends to turn a blind eye to the addiction problem that it is facing as a country. Addiction is in everyone’s backyard. Everyone is affected in some way, shape or form — directly or indirectly.

“So, what is addiction? It is a pain killer and everyone’s tolerance is different. Today, I’ll call it that.

Tomorrow, you ask me the same question and I might have a different answer,” Patrick Brown, Interventionalist at the Malvern Institute, said.

“But, what is addiction? It’s scary as heck. It ruins lives and not just the person addicted.”

Drugs are smuggled over our borders, opioids are too easily accessible and the magnitude of this

problem gets worse day-by-day. We are currently living in the largest public health crisis that America has yet to see.

“There are 345 million people in America and there were 245 scripts written in office for opioid pain medications last year. That is enough for a bottle in every family,” David Fialko, Certified Prevention Specialist with the Council of Southeast Pennsylvania Inc., said.

“People who are 20 year olds have a chance to impact the future and if you’re talking about this, you can find solutions for it,” Brown said.

“If you’re afraid to talk about it, there’s no chance of finding solutions for it.”

Convergence, the honors senior communication capstone course, has researched the topic of addiction and substance abuse all year long to pull together a multimedia website to educate society.

Their goal is to get the conversation started and work towards finding a fix.

FixForAddiction.com goes live Thursday, April 27th.

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Programs and Volunteer Coordinator Description: the goal of the Programs and Volunteer Intern is to further develop and retain our volunteer base through engagement. The intern will be responsible for managing the volunteer database, engaging volunteers, and providing administrative and onsite support to our volunteers.

The Intern will also play an important role in the coordination of events and programs that support community cats and their caretakers as well as activating the program’s workshops and events.

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marketing and Development Intern Description:Assist communications for website, social media, events, media relations, annual report, and newsletters.

Implement varied tasks for planning annual events (Annual Benefit; Golf & Tennis Classic) and other fundraising activities. Increasing public awareness of the Foundation to secure resources supporting the organization’s programs and services Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Desired majors: Business Department Majors Human resources Intern Description: The Human Resources Intern will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day operations of the Human Resources team. They will provide assistance in a combination of special projects and routine HR-related tasks. This may include, but is not limited to, tasks in recruiting, talent management, communications, compensation and benefits, and related human resources disciplines.

Location: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania Desired Majors: Business Department Minors/Human Resources Management

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Get eduacted and be aware: Sexual assault will affect your life

BY CECELIA HECKMAN Editor-In-Chief Every 98 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted.

By the time you watch a full-length movie, almost 100 people have been sexually assaulted. Microwaving popcorn? Someone else was just sexually assaulted.

At college, this can be a scary reality. According to the White House’s sexual assault report, one in five women will be sexually assaulted while in college. This is not too far off from the average for both men and women in their lifetimes.

“It is so frequent. One out of four women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime and approximately one out of six men will be sexually assaulted in his lifetime,” Candice Linehan, the director of the sexual assault services for Delaware County Women Against Rape, said. “So if it is not you, by the grace of God, it could be your loved one, your friend, your neighbor, your colleague, your partner, your child. And so, unfortunately, crime doesn’t discriminate and, unfortunately, you will meet someone or love somebody or care for somebody that unfortunately has been a victim.”

For the sake of not only possible victims but also all of those other people who could be affected by knowing a victim, April is national sexual assault awareness month. The awareness month is important to not only get people to remember the issue of sexual assault, but also to educate every person on the topic.

“These are topics nobody wants to talk about, to be honest,” Tommie Wilkins, the Violence Against Women grant coordinator at Cabrini University, said.

“If I just came up to you and went, ‘I want to talk to you today about sexual assault,’ you would run or your eyes would glaze over and you would go into this like, ‘I look like I’m listening but I’m not.’”

Education is key to moving forward. Some are not even aware of the true meaning of sexual assault. The term ‘sexual assault’ not only means rape, but also covers any form of unwanted touch or advancement by another person.

“Anything that you don’t want to happen to you [is sexual assault]. Sexual assault is sort of the umbrella phrase,” Wilkins said. “Under that umbrella, sexual assault, is rape and forcible touching and kissing and hugging. Rape is penetration. So if there is no penetration it is not considered rape. But it is sexual assault; still a crime, it’s just that’s the minute difference.”

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Sexual assault awareness month dates all the way back to the 1970s, where women first began Take Back the Night marches, where women began marching in the streets to protest the violence that took place against them at night. Later, men became involved in these marches and protests as well. These Take Back the Night marches even today continue to happen each year.

The marches are just one example of public protest against sexual assault across the world, but possibly even more important is the personal battle with sexual assault. This again is where education becomes highly important, not only for the sake of the victims but for those people who become confidants.

“That is a really crucial point, when someone chooses to disclose to someone,” Linehan said. “That is so courageous and so the person who’s on the other end of it, it can be very overwhelming. And so it’s helpful to be

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Take Back the Night marches are now decades old. Photo taken Nov. 19, 1987 by Peter Aman. open to education about what to do and how to help.”

There are many outlets for all people to get educated on the different ways to help with sexual assault situations. Just in the area local to Cabrini is Linehan’s Delaware County Women Against Rape located in Media, Pa. They provide free services to any victim or family member in Delaware County or with connections to Delaware county (work, school or the location of the victimization).

Another local outlet is the Women’s Center of Montgomery County, which offers services through seven different offices in the county. They not only work with victims but also focus much of their efforts on education for students of all different ages as well as the surrounding community.

Robin Jordan, the center’s community outreach coordinator, offers five summarized ways to best help support a victim. “The best way to help a victim is to: 1.

Stay calm. 2. Keep things drama-free and confidential.

3. Be non-judgemental. 4. Do not force the victim to get help if they are not ready. Gently encourage them to get appropriate help, but respect their decision to act... or not. 5. Know that YOU are not expected to solve the problem. Your job is to be supportive and help provide resources who are trained to help. If there is a true immediate emergency, however, do not hesitate to call 911.”

Jordan’s advice is similar to that of most sexual assault and domestic violence experts. One of the key pieces of advice given out when working with victims is to focus on the will of the victim. For some it is not about getting justice, but more solely about being able to first speak about the incident.

“You can’t tell someone what to do. You can say these are your options and this is what you can do,” Wilkins said. “Stepping forward and saying, you know, ‘Can I do something for you? Here are some people you can call.

Do you just want to talk?’ Just being a listening ear for the victim and trying to figure out what is going to be their best way to get some assistance.”

“If you are informed and educated and sensitive and open to learning and willing to help somebody, then somebody will trust you enough to disclose,” Linehan said. “And it’s a true privilege.”

While it may seem like an obvious point to some, it is important to avoid blaming the victim for the situation if they come forward to talk about their victimization. However, in society it has almost become normal to first point to what the victim was doing to rationalize the attack.

“We have a habit of, for sexual assault, blaming the victim. Well why was she dressed that way? Why was she in that neighborhood at that time of night? Why was she drinking?” Wilkins said. “None of these things are things that go here’s my sign saying please come attack me and touch me and feel me and do things to me that I think are highly disgusting and frightening.

Please come and do these things. But, we’ll ask those

questions. We’ll say those things. The first thought well what was she or he doing to cause it? Breathing.”

Education is not only important for those who are helping the victims after the fact, but also for every person so they can try to avoid future sexual assault situations. Based on the statistics, there is a likely chance that any person may be in an assault-type situation during some or multiple points in their lifetime; so, it can be key to know some ways to avoid being a victim.

“We do go to the mall, we go downtown, we go to New York because we’re in a great location [at Cabrini]. We can hop almost any place we want to on this side of the country in a minimum of two hours, or just go downtown,” Wilkins said. “We are out there with other people and, not to say that they’re all horrible and evil and all rapists and stalkers, but you don’t know. So the incidents can be high. It’s just educating people about being aware of your surroundings and just taking care of yourself.”

It is important for people to always stay aware of their surroundings and try to stay out of potentially harmful situations. This can upset some people because they do not want to have to constantly feel on guard.

“People get upset because, why do women have to be vigilant? Why aren’t we talking to men about not raping?

Which we are doing, but that’s a cultural shift,” Wilkins said. “So until it shifts we, and not just we women, men also get raped, have to be vigilant about our surroundings and our safety. So, yes, it’s unfortunate that we need to do that, but we need to do both.”

It is important to always be looking out and always practice self-care. There are many ways to help or seek help for a sexual assault, but one must be willing and ready to do so. If you are interested in helping, local organizations are always looking for volunteers. However, Linehan warns that the job can be tasking at times, making self-care even more important.

“Ultimately if they’re not good to themselves they can’t be good to anybody else and so that’s key,” Linehan said. “And if there’s a time when staff feel really down and really blue and just not hopeful, it is my job to assess that situation and try to offer them some guidance and consultation. Self-care is huge.”

“I think what motivates me particularly is when I see hope. When I see individuals who heal, when I see individuals start to smile, who start to find different ways to cope, who end up learning their new normal,” Linehan said. “Every single person that calls our office or comes in here, even if it’s at their worst during their time of crisis, they made it. They survived. And it’s the most courageous step to pick up the phone and say, ‘I need help’ or to walk into this office. Everybody could choose to pull up and decide I’m turning right around. But they walk through these doors and that gives me hope. It truly does.”

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Cabrini communication department slows down tech usage in the classroom

BY JOHN WILLIAMS Sports Editor Coming into the spring semester, Cabrini University’s communication students were taken for a bit of a surprise to start their opening classes in their major.

When they sat down in their seats on that very first day of the semester, their communication professors told them during their syllabus breakdown that they would no longer be permitted or allowed to use their computers or cell phones during class time, unless instructed otherwise. “[The communication professors] had a meeting at the end of the fall semester and we were just saying how bad grades were in the fall, they just seemed worse than ever,” Dr. Jerry Zurek, chair of the communication department at Cabrini, said.

In a report published in 2012 called Computers & Education, studies found that using sites such as Facebook and texting while doing schoolwork negatively affected the overall GPA of the group of over 1,800 college students ranging from the ages of 18 to 22.

An additional study found that, when heavy media multitaskers were compared to light media multitaskers, there was a huge difference in productivity. Heavy media multitaskers were on average 77 milliseconds slower than light media multitaskers when intentionally distracting elements were added to the experiment, according to the report.

The professors of the department all had different rules and regulations for technology in the classroom written in their syllabuses in the past. The department figured having one universal language surrounding the movement would be the best thing going forward.

This ironic shift in philosophy in the communication department–one that thrives on the use of cell phones, computers and other forms of technology–has brought

an old question back to the forefront: is multi-tasking possible?

“Absolutely, but I think it depends on the person,” Dr. Sara Maggitti, director of counseling and psychological services at Cabrini, said.

“There are people who in fact need to tune out all stimulation in order to focus, so they need a distraction-free environment to study, yet there are also people who find that extremely difficult to function and so to them having zero stimulation almost becomes the distraction,” Maggitti said.

Maggitti, a licensed psychologist, believes that due to the amount of data thrown at millennials, they are much more likely to be able to multi task than those of older generations.

“For [millennials], you guys have grown up in this world where your brains are wired very differently than mine and certainly even older generations because you have grown up in this world where you have already been flooded with tons of information that’s coming at you very fast and your brains are able to process multiple pieces of information at the same time. [Older generations’] brains are basically wired a different way,” Maggitti said.

According to an online questionnaire that was taken by 1,319 Americans spanning three generations, members of ‘Net Generation’ multitasked more than members of ‘Generation X,’ and more Gen X’s multitasked than members of the ‘Baby Boomer,’ which goes to prove Maggitti’s point.

So while some may find having the television on in the background or playing their favorite music play in the background as a distraction, some people actually thrive in those situations.

Donald Dempsey, chair of the graphic design department at Cabrini, can see this phenomenon from both sides.

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“If it’s music on in the background, I love it, but although it’s popular now to have multiple screens, I found it not to be something that I can deal with, but some people can,” Dempsey said. “It really depends on the project, if i’m trying to be creative or trying to design something a lot of times I want quite. If i am doing some routine stuff, I generally switch between the two.”

When asked about the early returns of the new policy, Zurek noted that, so far so good.

“Journalism is a core course for communication majors across the country. If you take two years of journalism and you and you don’t have good portfolio stories, you’re not learning about the laws of the press, you are not learning about media ethics, you don’t know what’s going on in the world, you’re not prepared.”

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What you eat is not what you think

BY NINA SCHIRMER Staff Writer The agriculture industry is a giant mystery for many that have never taken the time to research how a steak gets to the plate of a consumer. Between the many documentaries exposing the industry for its effects on our world such as “Cowspiracy,” “Food, Inc” and “Lucent” humans continue to contaminate the environment and themselves by relying on the slaughter of helpless animals to feed off of.

The agriculture industry as a whole has many negative effects on humans every single day. One of the major effects was discovered in a 2012 study published in “Archives of Internal Medicine,” “Red Meat Consumption and Mortality.” This study was conducted over a 22-year period with a pool of 121,342 individuals.

The study examined how increasing meat consumption by one serving size (3 oz. or roughly one small beef patty) a day contributed to earlier death. The additional daily serving size of red meat resulted in a 12 percent greater risk overall of an earlier death. The increased red

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meat consumption was associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The increased risk of mortality was 13 percent for unprocessed red meat and 20 percent for processed red meat.

“My family has many health problems and I hate seeing them take pills everyday to get them through the day,” Vivian Yau, world traveler living in Scotland, said. “One of my grandfathers became very sick due the over consumption of meat and had many operations to the point where he basically had no liver anymore and passed away two years ago.”

The many medications/pills that humans consume are because of animal-based foods and how they negatively affect human bodies. It only adds to the list of reasons humans do not need to consume animal based foods. The types of medications/pills would be Lactaid, Tums, diet pills, Pepto-Bismol, Plavix, Lipitor, Crestor and countless others.

The passing of Vivian’s grandfather became a big motivation for her to stick to being vegan. Veganism is a dietary lifestyle in which a person decides to not consume any animal products such as meats, eggs, dairy and fish. According to The Vegetarian Times, 3.2 percent of U.S. adults, or 7.3 million people, follow a vegetarian-based diet. About 0.5 percent, or 1 million, of those are vegans.

There are many reasons people have made the change. Besides the joys eating healthier, there are many more reasons as to why people choose veganism.

One of those reasons is because of animal cruelty.

“After watching Gary Yourofsky’s, “Best Speech You Will Ever Hear” on YouTube where he compares animal slaughter to the holocaust, I didn’t want to support that in anyway,” said Yau. The animals are trapped just like the many innocent people trapped in the concentration camps waiting for the death.”

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lecturer who challenges people to think about why they are consuming meat and why it is not worth it. He brings up many strong points such as the fact that humans eat meat for four reasons; tradition, habit, taste and convenience. Animals can think and feel, are self aware and are not machines. Yourofsky points out how every advertisement you see regarding food is about meat and that you never see advertisements for vegetables. Even on ice cream containers are pictures of cows and it’s a happy graphic appealing to the consumer but the consumer is not thinking about the horrors a single cow endures to the consumer can eat ice cream.

Female cows are injected with semen so they can produce a baby calf and also produce milk until they can’t produce anymore. They are not even given the chance to raise their baby calves. A majority are sent off to be eaten as veal. Once they reach this stage they are sent off to be slaughtered.

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A breakdown between life and academics while studying abroad

BY EMILY CROUSE Audience Development Editor

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Emily posing at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland during her study abroad trip.

Fall semester of my junior year of college I spent studying abroad in England.

I lived on the St. Mary’s University campus located in a town a 45 minute train ride away from the outside of Central

London called Twickenham. I decided to choose London as my home because I didn’t want to have a language barrier between myself and the locals. I also had the chance to travel to Scotland, Ireland,

Amsterdam, Stonehenge, Brussels and Bath. Each trip was quite the experience that left me constantly in awe that what I was experiencing was reality.

Not only did I make a massive amount of friends that were from England, I also met girls who became my core group of friends that were also from America studying abroad for the semester too.

These friendships ended up being one of the best things I got out of being abroad.

While I was in England I made a conscious effort to stay out of my room as much as possible and get myself involved with the English students. I was even a member of St. Mary’s University’s lacrosse team. Being involved in a sports team filled with the English kids allowed me to create strong bonds from spending time together on long bus rides to games, practice and team events held at bars and clubs.

Having the opportunity to study abroad I was able to open my eyes to liter-

ally a whole new world. While studying at St. Mary’s University in Twickenham London, I took courses in history, media and psychology. The classes I took abroad helped shape me into a more well-rounded person especially because of the style of teaching I had to adapt to. Not only did the class content and style help me have different views but so did the opportunity to interact with the local students.

In my history class I studied mainly about the Atlantic world. I enjoyed this class because I felt that I was most interested in the content, and I got along with the professor. The professor I had was originally from Ireland but spent a lot of time in England. This made her accent so unique and pleasantly intriguing to pay attention to.

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The rainbow flag is not cultural appropriation

BY JESSICA FERRARELLI Staff Writer

On March 31, Gilbert Baker, a gay activist and creator of the rainbow flag, died at age 65.

On April 2, Bryan Fischer, host of American Family Radio’s Focal Point and anti-gay and anti-Muslim activist, tweeted that the LGBTQ community stole the rainbow from God and accused them of cultural appropriation.

There is so much meaning behind the rainbow flag, its creation and why it is not “stolen.”

The Rainbow Flag In the 1970s the gay-pride movement was spreading across San Francisco and New York. Baker was asked by friends to create a new symbol to represent the gay community due to his creativity and talent for making banners. Most of the designs at the time included a pink triangle which was used as a label for gay men by the Nazi’s during World War II. He believed they needed a fresh, new design that did not hold this dark history.

In June of 1978, Baker, with the assistance of voluteers, created the first rainbow flag by filling trash cans of dye, washing them in public washing machines and sewing them together. It was first unveiled on June 25, 1978 for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

Since then, the flag has been a symbol of equality, peace and love all over the world.

“We needed something beautiful, something from us.

The rainbow is so perfect because it really fits our diversity in terms of race, gender, ages, all of those things.

Plus, it’s a natural flag—it’s from the sky,” Baker said during an interview at the Museum of Modern Art in 2015.

The first flag had eight colors, each representing a different meaning. Pink for sexuality, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic, indigo for serenity and violet represented spirit. Over time it was changed to six colors, taking out pink and turquoise, but the meanings of each color still holds strong.

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The rainbow flag has been an important symbol for the LGBT community since 1978. the rainbow out of disrespect. It seems as if Fischer is taking the Bible out of context to fit his own anti-gay agenda. It gives him another reason to be angry with people who are not hurting him in any way but that he chooses to be angry with.

to give it back too? Maybe Fischer should speak to the candy company about cultural appropriation.

Baker took the beauty of the rainbow, added his own deep meaning to it and gave it to everyone to enjoy. He refused to apply for a trademark for his creation. “It was his gift to the world,” Cleve Jones, a friend of Baker, said.

This just showed that there is something wrong with the world we live in. Someone who is suppose to be representing Christianity, morals and God is spreading hate while someone who is hated by some for being different is spreading the message of love and equality.

Cultural appropriation To me, cultural appropriation means taking a tradition or symbol that is associated with another culture and using it without understanding the cultural significance or meaning. However, the rainbow is not a symbol for Christianity and was given to all living creatures.

The Bible verse that Fischer is referring to is Genesis 9:11-17. God created the great flood and promised Noah that He would not do it again by creating a rainbow.

The rainbow symbolizes His promise between Him and all living creatures. According to the Bible, God did create the rainbow but the rainbow is not a symbol of Christianity and the LGBTQ community did not choose

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American Family Radio host Bryan Fischer called the rainbow flag a type of cultural appropriation.

God created the rainbow for all human beings. The verse did not say He is only giving the rainbow to some people. Just like the sky, water, flowers and trees belong to everyone. This is not the only way the rainbow is used.

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A communication degree grows more than knowledge

BY HOPE DALUISIO Visual Managing Editor

When going on my college tours the summer before my senior year of high school I heard fact upon fact about the communication department.

“Comcast uses our studios once a month!”

“Our newspaper is nationally recognized!”

“Everything in our department is completely student run!”

To say the least, I was overwhelmed. How can I catch up to these people? I was a very shy and quiet kid before entering

college, so naturally I doubted myself.

When I finally made my very last minute decision to attend Cabrini I told myself I wanted to step out of my comfort zone. I wanted to be able to do something extraordinary.

My first step in that journey was joining the communication learning community. When we all met at orientation on that hot summer day, awkward me tried to bond with another quiet girl in the group and complained about all the stairs we had to walk during the tour of the mansion.

As minuscule as that sounds, that took a lot of courage for me.

I was not the type to speak to a total stranger in attempts to be friends.

I took that first step as a victory and went on my way to accomplish more.

Soon I got to know Cabrini’s communication professors very well as my classes began.

Being in the communication learning community, I took advantage of the comfort of having the same peers in all of my communication courses.

We all raised each other up and pushed each other to accomplish excellence. With that I fell in love with my major.

As my freshmen year came to

an end I had already experienced so much more within those two semesters than I had ever experienced in all of my 18 years of living in a small suburb of Philadelphia.

My confidence sky-rocketed.

My professors encouraged me to do what I love and they paved the pathway for me to achieve my dreams. My peers worked with me and shared their talents with me so that together we could produce quality work.

Sophomore year triumphed all, though. This year I became a staff writer and video package for our newspaper, graphic designer for our news show and granted

assistant photo editor.

Being a staff writer has forced me to step outside my comfort zone by interviewing all types of people. Being the least athletic person ever, I never would have imagined going to a baseball game and interviewing the baseball coach.

But I did so and succeeded because my peers and professors believed in me. Most importantly, I believed in me.

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Why is disrespect so popular today?

BY RAHMERE GRIFFIN Assistant News Editor

Lately, it seems like many people are being praised for doing the wrong thing as apposed to the right thing. There has been many dangerous challenges that have takena over social media with the likes of the fire challenge, the cinnamon challenge and now the hell challenge.The hell challenge is going around social media and it is challenging people to first text their parents and ask them is hell considered a curse word.

Of course all parents responses would be different but the parents would typically reply with “yes,” “no” or “it depends on how you use it.” Then they would respond by using the word “hell” disrespectfully towards their parents, they would typically type ‘“well why the hell not,” and other things of that nature. People would then post their conversation on social media using the hashtag #hellchallenge I think challenges like these are not only dangerous but it is also very disrespectful. How is disrespecting your parents and posting it for everyone to see fun now?

I cannot speak for all families but I believe that it is safe to say that disrespecting your parents and posting it on the internet where everyone can see all in the name of a challenge is unnecessary. I think that the people who raised you and gave you everything that you have deserve way more respect than that.

I understand that the people participating in this challenge may be a bit older but there are younger kids watching people do these challenges.

Having challenges like these poses two very big problems. One issue is that this challenge encourages younger kids to actually try this on their own parents.

Doing this strains the relationship between parent and child and that is one of the most important relationships

a child could have growing up. Doing this could potentially damage that. Another thing that could cause a big problem is the fact that younger kids would see this and think that this is a perfectly ok way to act when they get older. This sets a really negative example on how people should treat their parents.

It was mentioned earlier in this article but it really seems that what was once wrong in the world is now right and what was right is now wrong. Take Danielle Bregoli for example. Much of America knows her as the “Cash me Ousside” girl. She has gained internet stardom from disrespecting her mother.

At age 13 she appeared on the Dr. Phil show with her mother. The two made it on the show because of Danielle’s antics of literally fighting her mother, running away and stealing credit cards. She casually referred to the audience as hoes and afterward spewed her famous catch phrase, “Cash me ousside, how bow dah?” This has lead to her gaining tons of fans and supporters. Danielle is now set to become a millionaire by the end of the year and even has a reality TV show deal in place.

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Climate change is real; it starts and stops with us

BY JESSICA TENNETT Audience Development Editor

People believe that climate change is not real because it is not happening directly to us.

Why as Americans do we believe that something is fake until it happens to us? Is it because we are scared to admit that we are one of the main causes?

Unfortunately, the answer is yes we are. The United States is one of the leading countries in the world using more carbon and fossil fuels than we know what to do with. Due to our excessive use

of carbon and fossil fuels, we are causing other countries to suffer.

The countries that suffer the most are the countries that are too poor to stand on their own two feet. Meaning they are too poor to make it up the economic ladder by themselves. These poor countries struggle on a daily basis, they are unable to grow food, drink clean water, or even stay alive long enough to make it to the next day.

However, we do not seem to care. We continue to burn fossil fuels, and turn our back from providing aid to these countries.

As a country we provide barely enough aid to help these countries manage on their own.

That is the problem, money does not solve everything.

If someone who is poor is handed money they can do one of two things with the money.

Spend all of it, or question exactly where they are going to use this money. However they invest and hope to make progress, climate change can work against what they hope to do.

Although if we as a country assisted them on how to

properly grow food, or how to find clean drinking water, or how to start their own businesses then in the end they would be able to survive on their own.

Americans think that money is the best solution to helping these poor countries, when in reality they need us not to hinder them with climate change caused by us.

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Cabrini University will always be a home to the senior class of 2017

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Cabrini University’s seniors prepare for their Commencement ceremony by receiving their cap and gowns in Grace Hall Atrium.

BY EMMA RODNER-TIMS News Editor

As the school year comes to an end, the Cabrini family prepares to set the 2017 graduating class off into the world. The young men and women of tomorrow are going to be set free into a world they can seize for their own, each and every one of them leaving their unique mark.

On May 21, 2017, the young men and women that were once Cabrini students will turn into Cabrini alumni.

With the graduation of the seniors, the world will gain some of the greatest people a university has to offer and Cabrini will lose the teens that have grown into adults on its campus.

“On the early morning of May 21 at commencement, I will be enjoying every moment, every second of this huge accomplishment of my life,” senior educational studies major Jena Marinelli said.

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The class of 2017 commencement will be on May 21, 2017.

Pi International Honor Society, an orientation leader, a member of CAP Board and LeadStrong.

Having Commencement right around the corner, the seniors are left to wake in their years and memories at Cabrini.

“I’m going to miss all the small moments like enjoying the long talks with my friends and roommate in the resident halls and in the classrooms, escaping from my reality and going to the library to do some homework, planning events with DAPI (Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society) or CAP Board,” Marinelli said. “I’m going to miss the warm, sunny days to the cold dark nights where I just got walk around this beautiful campus.”

Senior Amber Dietrich said, “I have been ready to be finished with school, as it has been so crazy and hectic but as the days go on, I am starting to have a true feeling of sadness with the idea that ‘the best four years of my life’ are over - it’s a bittersweet feeling being able to start a new chapter of my life but sad to be able to close such a great one.”

Dietrich is a student ambassador and a four-yer softball player.

Not all of the graduating seniors will be leaving Cabrini in their rear-view mirrors. Senior Ben Roda will be returning as a student in the Cabrini’s master program.

“I’m excited but also nervous to start the Master of Accounting Program at Cabrini,” Roda said. “But, being in the program will let me be on the soccer team for another season. so, that;s something I can look forward to.”

Dietrich also plans to continue her education, after graduation.

“After commencement, I’m going to graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania to study Nonprofit Leadership with a certificate in Higher Education with the possibility of having a full-time job. I’m still in the final interview process,” Dietrich said.

Marinelli has a summer job lined up for her entrance into the “real world.”

“I happy to announce that although it only a summer job, it’s still a job and opportunity for me to get my foot in the working world,” Marinelli said. “I’ll be working at Marple Newtown School District in the ESY Program as working as an Autistic Support/Life Skills, and hopefully, this will lead into a full time in the fall!”

No matter what the seniors have planned postgraduation, they are driven with bright futures.

“I would love to see my internship wit Grant Thorton turn into a full-time job,” Roda said.

Cabrini has been their home for the past four years and the current seniors are sad to say goodbye.

“I’m going to miss the sense of community and

togetherness that I get on a day to day basis - having the support and resources that I’ve been given on a day to day basis. Whether it was through my major, the athletics department, the living and learning communities, admissions or any other office on campus - I’ve been given the sense of that I am never alone and that I’ll always have someone rooting for me in my corner,” Dietrich said.

“I think I’m ready to graduate but not give up the college experience just yet,” Roda said. “I just can’t believe four years went by so quickly.”

No matter where the seniors go Cabrini will always be a place they can call home.

“I feel that every memory (yes, every memory big and small and even the memories that put a huge smile on my face to the moments where I just wanted to yell at the top of my lungs.) Each memory that I’ve spent on the campus will always have a special place in my heart,” Marinelli said.

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The next step: Life after graduation

BY EMILY CROUSE Audience Development Editor

“While in college I experienced so many highs and lows that I didn’t think I’d ever get through,” senior Alyssa Sonn said. “But I’m most proud of how far I’ve come mentally since my freshman year.”

“I feel most accomplished about finishing school,” senior Megan Barlow said. “I never saw college as an option for me and now I’m about to graduate with a full-time job. It’s a great feeling.”

As the spring semester is coming to an end, the seniors are starting to feel the reality of their future. For some Cabrini students, they see themselves heading off to grad school while others are ready to take on the workforce.

“Graduating is bittersweet, I’m excited to be finished but I don’t think I’m ready to be in the real world,” senior Shannon Fichter said. “I plan on attending graduate school for a Master of Arts in clinical and counseling psychology.”

“I am currently still looking for a job but I am not going to grad school right out of

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Graduation day is only a short step away for Cabrini University’s seniors. school,” senior Sasha Wozniak said. “I’m super excited to start making money and becoming independent.”

“I do have a job lined up and it’s at the company I’m interning with at the moment called GeoBlue which is an international health insurance company,” Barlow said.

There are so many feelings that the soon to be alum are feeling during the countdown to graduation.

“There are many mixed emotions about graduation,”

Wozniak said. “I’m excited to put my four years of knowledge to work but I am sad to leave the college atmosphere.”

For each student, they have different memories and reasons why they will miss the college life. It can be the relationships with professors, the opportunity to learn something new every day or even being a part of a sports team.

“I am definitely going to miss being a student-athlete the most,” Wozniak said. “I won’t miss the late nights of staying up

doing homework.”

“I’m going to miss staying up until the sun rises with my best friends talking about our future,” Sonn said. “I’ll definitely miss all of the memories that I’ve made and the experiences at Cabrini that a lot of other people would never think of doing.”

With their newfound freedom, some students plan on taking the time to explore the world and take opportunities they couldn’t while in school.

“My family and I are planning on going to Europe once I

graduate,” Fichter said.

“I’m excited to start the next chapter of my life but I’m going to miss the little things college has to offer, especially playing lacrosse,” Barlow said.

“I definitely plan on visiting Portugal and meeting some of my family members,” Sonn said.

“I’m looking forward to learning more about myself and exploring more options outside of college.”

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Farewell to Cabrini’s class of 2017

BY HAYLEY CURTISS Staff Writer

Ah, graduation. An exciting and bittersweet time in every college student’s life.

It represents four long years of hard work, tears, laughs and friendships that will last a lifetime. In the moment, college may seem stressful and overwhelming but it is important to enjoy it while it lasts because time has a way of passing us when we do not realize.

“It has not really hit me yet, it does not feel real. All I can think about is what my life will be like next year. I will hopefully have a full time job and be living back home which, will be a weird adjustment,” said Cortney Hanson, an early education and special education major. “Part of me is ready to be done and start my future as a teacher but the other half of me still wants to be at Cabrini because it feels like home. I’m not ready to leave the team and end my season of dance.”

For many college students, graduation means finally gaining full independence and looking for jobs that there degree is in. The anticipation towards graduation in many

student’s last semesters can be exhilarating but also worrisome. It will be liberating but the fear of the “real world” is right around the corner.

“I am currently at a stage where I am in between excited and nervous for the ‘real world,’ after graduation, so I have plenty going through my mind,” said Natalie Tretola, an early education and special education major.

“Of course, I cannot wait to have my own classroom as a teacher and do big things in the ‘real world’ but at the same time I am definitely going to miss being a college student, which were the best years of my life so far.”

In the final semester of college, there are feelings of denial and disbelief when you think ‘how did I get this far and accomplish so many things in a short period of time?’ It is important to feel proud of all of those accomplishments, big or small, because it was you who chose to better yourself, educate yourself, and create a life for yourself.

“It hasn’t really hit me yet. I don’t think it will hit me until finals week when I have to pack up my room for the last time,” Bryanna Manning, a senior English and secondary education major, said.

“My advice to underclassmen is to never give up, make sure that you love what you do forever, and enjoy every minute of college while it lasts because before you know it, it will be gone,” said Tretola.

People think the main part of college is to prepare for something called the “real world.”

However, we are in the real world and we may not even realize it. This is now. Life has started and it is up to us to make the most out of everyday because we will never know when it will be our last. Carpe Diem cavaliers!

“Don’t be afraid to get involved! College is fun, but getting involved and meeting new people created some of the best memories that I will take with me,” Manning said. “Being at Cabrini has taught me many life lessons.

One of the most important is learning to love myself for who I am.”

College graduation is one of those days that will hold a special place in many hearts for a longtime.

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Omigod you guys! ‘Legally Blonde’ review

BY ERIC STONE Lifestyles Editor

Legally Blonde: The Musical was filled with big, flashy numbers, dozens of costume changes and a whole lot of pink. It is certainly a large-scale production and one that requires specific attention to detail and a decent amount of actors.

Cabrini University’s theater department took on that challenge and performed “Legally Blonde” for their spring musical production.

Legally Blonde first opened at the Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco in 2007, with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach.

The musical centers around Elle Woods (Jackie Witherow), a perky and delightful sorority girl, as she embarks on a journey to Harvard Law School in order to win back the love of her life.

While she is at Harvard Law School, Elle (Jackie Witherow)

begins to make the best of the opportunities given to her and finds love in someone else along the way.

What really stuck out in Cabrini University’s “Legally Blonde” was just how charismatic and charming the actors were in their roles. Saying that Witherow did superbly in her role as Elle Woods is entirely an understatement.

Clay Anders, a junior marketing major, was quite fond of many of the performances in the musical.

“Everyone was perfectly cast,” Anders said. “There wasn’t a single person that felt out-ofcharacter.”

Aside from Witherow’s star performance, other characters that stood out especially were the roles of Emmett (Johnny Myers), Paulette (Samantha Murray) and Woods’ sorority friends Pilar, Margot and Serena (Annie Gorski, Jay Cattani and Alyssa Massarella).

Stephanie Gorski, who came

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Cabrini University’s Legally Blonde’ was a smash hit.

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The cast and crew of ‘Legally blonde’ had a blast performing. to see her sister Annie Gorski perform as Pilar in the musical, praised Cabrini’s production.

“I have to say it’s probably one of the best, if not the best experience I’ve had seeing a musical,” Gorski said. “You could tell the cast believed every word they sang or spoke and every move was made with purpose.”

The design and set were terrific as well. The colors, costumes, creative set pieces and general attention to detail are what truly helped piece the entire show together.

Deb Clair, the costume designer, created many of the beautiful looking costumes for the musical. There are several costume changes during the show yet none of the costumes feel as though they are less authentic than the last one.

The lighting and sound of the production, orchestrated by sophomore Hope Daluisio and junior Luke Alonso respectively, were both impeccable. Daluisio and Alonso are the true hidden gems of the theater and their work on the show deserves the utmost recognition.

Junior marketing major, Brandon Weaver, reacted positively to the design and sound of the production.

“The choreography was on point and the audio sounded masterful,” Weaver said.

I would certainly recommend this to anyone who has a general interest in musicals. My only nitpick is that the demographic is certainly leaning more towards the female crowd but there are enough catchy songs and witty lines to distract from that minor

setback.

“The cast clearly put a lot of hard work in this production,” Weaver said. “It would just be silly if you missed your opportunity to go see our school’s production of Legally Blonde.

“If it wasn’t already sold out, I’d tell people ‘get off your lazy butt and go have some fun with Elle and her friends!’,” Gorski said.

Final Grade: A (Legally Blonde was masterful; a musical that will leave you saying “ohmigod.”)

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‘Jurassic World: The Exhibition’ features dinosaurs at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute

BY LAURA SANSOM Perspectives Editor

With less than a month left at the Franklin Institute, Jurassic World: The Exhibition will run through April 23.

The exhibit allows visitors to be immersed in the park of Jurassic World from even before the moment they enter.

The first thing visitors do is take a picture pretending to escape from a dinosaur.

Then, while they wait to enter the exhibit, visitors stand in a room with tv-screen “windows” and watch a video explaining the background of the park and that they are on a ferry on its way there now.

Visitors then step inside the gates of the “park.” They are greeted by animatronic dinosaurs and leafy plants.

The exhibit is very in-detail and features a lot of scenery and many animatronics to really give visitors the feeling of walking through a dinosaur-filled theme park.

There are also science facts throughout the exhibit, displayed as “fun facts” on displays or said in videos of “park rangers.” The exhibit includes real dinosaur bones, one of which could be touched, and a part where visitors can compare their heights and foot sizes to those of dinosaurs.

There are different sections of the exhibit, simulating different parts of a theme park. These include the “Gentle Giants Petting Zoo,” a science lab containing props from the actual movie as well as a design-your-own dinosaur station and two dinosaur shows.

The dinosaur shows, one featuring a velociraptor and the other featuring a tyrannosaurus rex (and the infamous jeep), are pretty realistic, which is actually fairly scary.

After exiting the exhibit, visitors can visit the exhibit’s shop which contains both exhibit-exclusive and general movie merchandise, as well as dinosaur memorabilia. Then, they can look at the pictures they took before entering the exhibit.

Even for people who do not consider themselves huge Jurassic World fans, the exhibit is still fun.

“I did like it,” visitor Micole Galli said.

“My favorite part was the t-rex show. It was very realistic.

However, the exhibit is especially thrilling to fans of the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies.

“The exhibit was great,” visitor Josh Cepeda said. “It’s a great way to geek out to your favorite movie moments from

Jurassic World.”

The exhibit is very popular and has attracted many visitors in its run so far.

“On slow days like weekdays, we get 50 people an hour,” Stormy, a greeter at the exhibit, said. “On the weekends, it’s about 300 people.

To deal with the amount of visitors, employees use crowd control methods such as timers and only letting a few people in at a time.

The exhibition is open during daytime hours from 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Admission costs $33.95 for adults and $29.95 for children during daytime hours, and includes general museum admission. It is also open for evening hours from 5 p.m. - 7.pm. with tickets costing $19.95 and $14.95 for children. Evening admission does not include general admission, and is just for the exhibit.

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Switching from roommates to colleagues

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John Solewin (right) and Justin Siller (left) are happy to be co-workers in Cabrini’s Admissions Office.

BY CECELIA HECKMAN

Editor in Chief It is Monday morning and Justin Sillner’s alarm goes off.

After a fun weekend with friends, many employees struggle with the thought of going back to work- but not Justin.

On his way to work, he stops for coffee. Besides picking up his own order, he grabs an extra one. Instead of the usual plain coffee with cream and sugar from Dunkin’ Donuts, he decides to stop at Starbucks to get his colleague the caramel macchiato he loves.

Unlike many employees, Justin has known one of his supervisors pretty personally for a few years before getting the opportunity to work for him.

Justin and John Solewin, now colleagues in Cabrini University’s Admissions office, were also roommates when they both attended the school.

John, just one year older than Justin, is currently the associate director of admissions at Cabrini, working specifically with incoming transfer students.

Justin began this past year in a new position in the office,

transfer admissions counselor.

“He had told me about this job and I was actually really interested because I used to be a student ambassador,” Justin said.

“And so I said, ‘Yeah that’d be great’ and he told me, ‘You know, I would be like your boss’ and I was like that’s great.”

The two first met at Cabrini when taking a journalism course together during Justin’s sophomore and John’s junior year. The following year, the two moved into a suite in West Residence Hall together and grew even closer.

“It was definitely the best

year I had on campus living here,” John said. “Living with my four best friends was a great experience and that memory in itself is a good one.”

After their year of living together, John graduated from Cabrini and Justin began his senior year. The two stayed close because John continued to work on campus and stay close with their mutual friends. However, their true friendship rekindling did not take place until about four months ago.

“About three and a half, four months ago, to assist me and the college with recruiting transfer students as an institutional priority, we were able to hire a transfer counselor,” John said.

“I thought he’d be a good fit and Shannon Zottola, assistant vice president for enrollment, thought he was a good fit as well, and three months later he definitely is a really good fit.”

Justin was not only excited to get into the world of admissions but also excited to see his friend in a new light in this leadership role.

“Just like being interviewed by him was kind of surreal,” Justin said. “‘Cause you know you take your friends seriously but you’re also like ‘Oh he’s my friend.’

But seeing him in his element being an associate director in admissions and having that respect for him and seeing him really talk to me as like someone outside of a friendship, I thought that was really cool to see him in

a different light.”

Now, the two have spent the past three months working very closely together and have found that they are now even closer than when they were roommates.

“I would consider him like a best friend at this point,” Justin said. “We were always very close but now I think it’s a lot closer.”

The two both agreed that their working together has not only been beneficial to their friendship but also to the university.

“I get to work with my best friend and work the transfer process really well. If I need something from him he’s right there with it and vice versa,” John said. “I think we’ve already seen the transfers numbers spike. Right now we are ahead of where we were last year with enrolling transfer students into the university so I think we’re already seeing the benefits of having two transfer counselors.”

“Just having that personal friendship I think really helps because I know how he works and how he doesn’t,” Justin said. “Like he just had me look at an email, I’m very good at that kind of aspect of it, and he’s better at talking with people and kind of relaying a point better than I would be. So, as a team, I think we work very well together because we play off of each other’s strengths and weaknesses.”

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Snapchat filters: Fun or deceiving?

BY NINA SCHIRMER Staff Writer

On Sept. 15, 2015, Snapchat users were introduced to Snapchat face filters. This new concept took the world by storm and added a lot more fun and silliness to the world of social media. The addition of aesthetic flower clowns to selfies, turning faces into puppies or even freakier additions of changing faces into zombies, users quickly became captivated with the update. Snapchat is constantly adding new and different filters to the app, keeping users captivated and continuing to enjoy the app.

“My favorite filter that Snapchat has ever had was the Harry Potter filter where it turned you into Harry Potter and it rained letters from Hogwarts,” Joe Berardi, sophomore at Cabrini University, said. “My friend and I had a really fun time making funny videos with that filter.”

Snapchat filters can allow users to be more creative and enjoy the app more.

“I like Snapchat filters

because I am able to be more creative when taking Snapchats,” Melanie Reeves, sophomore at Cabrini, said. “It is a lot more fun to have cute and funny filters when taking pictures with friends.”

Every once in a while the filters will change and which allows users to constantly be engaged in the app.

“I think Snapchat filters give people different ways to express themselves,” Taylor McCologan, sophomore at Cabrini, said. “The filters give off a comedic vibe and let’s people have more fun when sending Snapchats to each other.”

As fun as the face morphing filters may be, there is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to allow this feature to exist. The technology first came from a Ukrainian startup called Looksery that Snapchat bought for $150 million. The app uses computer vision which is the same thing that allows you to deposit checks with your phone, how other applications can determine who’s face belongs to who and even how self driving cars do not hit things.

To make using an active shape model, a model of a face that has manually marked the faces of hundreds of sample images. The algorithm takes an average face from the data and aligns it from the image with your phone’s camera. Dots are traced around your face and adjusted to match your facial features. Those dots create coordinates around your face which then create a mesh which is a 3-D mask that moves along with your face which allows the filters to change your face and move with you.

To go along with all the fun, there are of course conspiracies theories to add to the sketchiness of the face scannings. The theory is that every time your face gets scanned by Snapchat, it is actually going to the F.B.I. The F.B.I already has facial recognition for anyone who has ever committed a crime so they can easily track them down if they needed to. Since the F.B.I needed a way to scan the faces of everyone that is when they turned to Snapchat. This is only a theory and is not facts but it has left Snapchat users curious and concerned causing some

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Snapchat users can scan each others snapcodes to add each other on Snapchat. users to even delete the app. It still remains a mystery to many users who continue to use the app, unphased by the facial recognition additions.

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Cabrini student makes a difference in Nicaragua

Samantha along with a group of service members outside with Nicaraguan woman.

BY EMILY ROWAN Photo Editor

Samantha Penecale had never been on a missions trip before her time at Cabrini and did not really know what to expect when she signed up to attend a service trip to Nicaragua.

She decided to venture to a third-world country in hopes of making a difference and that is exactly what she wound up doing.

A short-term mission (STM) is often defined as the mobilization of a Christian missionary for a short period of time ranging from days to a year.

According to barna.com, research found that only 9 percent of Americans have ever been on a short-term missions trip.

Penecale is a part of that 9 percent. She is a junior, early education major pre-k to four with special education pre-k to eight. Her background in teaching has inspired her to want to lend a helping hand to as many people as she possibly can.

Before her first trip to Nicaragua, Penecale was nervous but once she got there she felt almost at home.

During the week she got the opportunity to make lasting bonds with the people she encountered there. She recalled how those in the community there were all so welcoming and grateful for the help that was being provided to them.

Penecale partnered with Amigos for Christ for her missions trip a nonprofit organization which was founded in 1999. Since then, it has grown from a small youth-group-based mission to one that now includes thousands of volunteers and works alongside over 150 communities.

Amigos for Christ has an ultimate vision and goal to “be a model community development organization that facilitates water, health, education, economic, and infrastructure improvements in rural Nicaragua.”

“You’re going on a one week missions trip, what that really lets you do is to open your eyes to things you

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Samantha hanging out with children in Nicaragua.

didn’t understand in a real experienced way,” Margaret Rakus, professor of communication who studies cultural experiences among college aged students, said. “So you might have understood it in a – ‘you read about it, you might have seen some videos about it, you might have even been moved in some ways’ but nothing compares to experiential learning.”

The bonds Penecale made and hands-on service learning that she experienced with Amigos for Christ were so extraordinary that first time she went to Nicaragua that she decided her first trip would not be her last.

Joe Fiore, junior exercise science and health promotion major, had the privilege of going to Nicaragua for the past two summers along with Sam. During one of their summer visits they helped dig areas to put in pipes so the community they were working in could have running water and more modern bathrooms. They also helped to build a much-needed school in the area.

While there, “all of the Nicaraguan children flocked to Sam,” Fiore said. “I think that definitely says something about her as a person.”

While in Nicaragua, Penecale grew to love a threeyear-old boy named Gabriel. He showed her how he picks mangos and they would have lunches together every day at noon. His grandmother spent one afternoon making her a home cooked meal after she spent a few days eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

“Going on these trips, the experience of it makes it a person,” Rakus, said. “So all the students come back and they have met at least one person or they played with a child and that connection – you can’t beat that. Reading 15 books is not going to equal that kind of connection, it’s sort of a different kind of knowledge [gained].”

The bond Penecale wound up making with Gabriel is one that has left a lasting impact on her life.

“The second year we went, Sam wanted to make it a point to see Gabriel and his family, even though we weren’t working in his community,” Fiore said. “Gabriel and his uncle walked miles to find Sam and that just shows the impact she had on them.”

Penecale still keeps in touch and gets calls from Gabriel and his family back in Nicaragua which always brightens her day.

“The trip made me realize there are still good people in the world and that life does not always have to be so crazy,” Penecale said.

Junior Brittany Runyen, one of Penecale’s close teammates from the Cabrini soccer team, went to Nicaragua with her in the summer of 2015.

“The experience was incredible,” Runyen said.

“Everyone takes away something different from that kind of trip and I could really see the effect that it had on Sam.” Runyen noted how much Penecale loved the culture and lifestyle in Nicaragua

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“She wanted to go back immediately,” Runyen said.

Penecale has now visited Nicaragua on three occasions over the course of her time at Cabrini and she has a fourth trip planned for this upcoming summer.

“I’m going back again to see my friends,” she said. “It sort of has become a home away from home for me. I have a lot of friends who are natives who I cannot wait to see.”

Visiting Nicaragua has not only inspired Penecale and helped her to see the world in a new light but it also helped to restore her faith in God, something she will forever be grateful for.

“I am going back because I feel like it’s where God has lead me,” Penecale said. “I wasn’t really practicing my faith and then I got down there and you see God shine through everyone in everything they do down in Nicaragua.”

Penecale’s missions trip experience with Amigos for Christ has changed her life for the better from rekindling her relationship with God to meeting friends that will last a lifetime.

According to barna.com those who go on missions trips most commonly consider them to be “lifechanging.”

After a mission trip people typically respond that they, “have become more aware of other people’s struggles, learned more about poverty, justice or the world, deepened their faith and boosted their financial generosity.”

Because many people understand the benefits of mission trips especially in early adulthood, most colleges and universities offer ways to get involved with service based learning or study abroad experiences to expand cultural competence.

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No pain no gain: Looking back at the 2016-17 basketball season

BY KELLY BUSH News Editor

For athletes that are in their off-season, relaxing and catching up on school work can be what occupies most of their time. For number five of Cabrini men’s basketball team, there is no off-season.

“I’m usually in class or hitting the gym to put in extra work during the off season,” rising senior forward, Tyheim Monroe, said. Monroe has been playing basketball since he was six years old and it means the world to him.

“Many folks think that because I play division III basketball that it’s just a hobby of mine,” Monroe said.

As a junior, Monroe felt as though he increased his ability to be more mobile, which helped him a lot on footwork, strength and speed. Monroe’s knowledge of the game increased as the season went on.

“He has continued to work really hard and improve his overall skill sets on the floor,” head coach Tim McDonald said.

“I believe from freshman year I averaged about 12 points a game and sophomore year I averaged 18 to junior year around 21 points a game,” Monroe said.

Starting in all 27 of Cabrini’s games, Monroe upped his averages of 18.4

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Tyheim Monroe set a school record for career double-doubles. points, 15.3 rebounds, and 2.6 assists, to 21.8 points, 15.8 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. He also improved dramatically as a marksmen from three-point range, going from shooting 20 percent outside to 42 percent.

Everyday Monroe balances putting the same amount of effort in between both school work and basketball. Monroe received numerous number of weekly awards throughout the season. In the Cav’s post season, Monroe was awarded player of the year for the CSAC (Colonial

States Athletic Conference), ECAC (Eastern Colonial Athletic Conference), Hero Sports and City of Basketball Love.

Monroe is leading scorer in CSAC and leading rebounder and double doubles in the country.

Monroe believes his work ethic helped him achieve this, of course along with his teammates support.

“My teammates are good people on and off the court I grew close to a lot of them where they became family to me, which allow us all to connect on the court

with each other,” Monroe said.

This past season was another rough one for the Cav’s, coming up short in a heartbreaking thriller against Gwynedd Mercy University in a semi-final CSAC tournament game 73-71. The Cavaliers finished the season 19-8 overall with a 15-3 CSAC conference record. This offseason there are things Monroe would like to improve and there are still holes that need to be filled.

Being a lead scorer is tough, but it is an honor because Monroe’s main focus is to contribute the best way possible for his team to win.

“For the future I hope my accolades allows me the chance to get a shot to play professional basketball,” Monroe said.

This past season saw many ups and downs, but the biggest takeaway was being able to make it to the NCAA tournament. At the tournament, the Cav’s were given the chance to experience a new feeling and expectation for next year.

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Cabrini tennis player continues to play despite a myriad of health problems

BY JOHN WILLIAMS Sports Editor

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Lexi Douglass prepares for her sophomore season of tennis at Cabrini University at practice.

Aug. 8, 2014 was a life changing day for Lexi Douglass.

Douglass, a varsity tennis player at Lower Cape May Regional High School, was playing in a challenge match against her friend Carolyn Megonigal during her senior year. Megonigal, who was losing at the time, laid a hard hit on the ball. Douglass anticipated the ball to bounce to the left, so she began to run over to get in position. The ball had other plans, as it had a wicked spin on it that made it go the other way. While in mid-run, Douglass realized this and tried to go the other way.

Her right leg gave out from under her as her foot went one way and her knee went the other.

She didn’t know it yet, but she had torn her ACL. The tear was so bad, that her doctor said her ACL almost completely disintegrated.

This was not the first time Douglass had faced adversity through injury or health in her life, let alone in her tennis career. Douglass dealt with a concussion during her sophomore year of high school that may have led to another problem she had; an eating disorder.

Douglass’ tennis team, including her coach, was not supportive of her and her health problems at all. When she went to her coach about the bullying that was going on in the locker room at the time, the coach just brushed it off and told her that if she couldn’t handle it that she should quit the team.

Douglass didn’t quit, despite all the adversity. So when she tore her ACL on that sunny August day in 2014, it would only be right if she bounced back from that and got back on the court again.

Douglass was, admittedly,

a bit apprehensive to get back on the court after the leg injury.

It took her a year and a half until she was on the campus of then Cabrini College when she decided to join the school’s woman’s tennis team in March of 2016. After five days of practicing with her new team, Douglass sprained her ankle in a nontennis incident, keeping her off the court for the 2016 season.

With those factors, coupled with her ADD and anxiety, Douglass was allowed by the University to have a support animal on campus. She knows her dog, Harper, who has helped Douglass see some improvement in her anxiety.

Things were beginning to be on the upswing again, so what could go wrong now?

After a successful fall season in which Douglass was partnered with senior Katie Muska, Douglass is getting set for an equally successful spring season.

But now with another health twist.

Douglass was diagnosed with Narcolepsy this past March.

Narcolepsy is a neurological sleep disorder characterized by chronic, excessive attacks of drowsiness during the day, sometimes called excessive daytime sleepiness. The attacks can range anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes and they can happen multiple times a day and can occur almost at random.

On March 9th, Douglass went to Jefferson Sleep Disorder Center and met with her sister’s doctor--her sister also has narcolepsy. They made her undergo some different tests including a sleep study. She went in and had a polysomnography,

a test where the subject is asked to go to sleep so his or her sleep patterns can be tested.

One of the tell-tale signs of narcolepsy is a prolonged REM sleep. REM sleep is one of five stages of sleep that everyone goes through every night. The REM stage is repeated multiple times throughout the night, but first happens within the first 7090 minutes of sleep. REM stands for rapid eye movement. REM is thought by many to be the stage where your brain stores memory, sets your mood and helps you to dream.

25 percent of the average person’s sleep is REM sleep. For people with Narcolepsy, upwards of 90 percent of their sleep is REM sleep.

After the tests, the doctor came back and tell her and her mother the bad news. She was diagnosed on the spot with narcolepsy with cataplexy.

could see that something was wrong,” Mike Tollok, Douglass’ boyfriend, said. “She would space out a little bit. If we were watching a movie, 30 minutes in, she’d be out like a light.”

As for how it will affect her game, Douglass says as long as her symptoms don’t get any worse--which isn’t a promise she, or anybody, can make--she will be able to keep playing.

Even with the medication, she is on for her new-found diagnosis to add to the laundry list of other health issues she faces on a daily basis, Douglass said that all they are is a bandaid, a temporary solution for her disorder.

“I’m not fixed, and I’m never going to be fixed,” Douglass said.

“It’s just learning to deal with it.”

With one more issue added to her list, Douglass must do what she has done with the rest of them, put them to the side to

“I’m not fixed, and I’m never going to be fixed, it’s just learning to deal with it.”

LEXI DOUGLASS “[When we were given the news] I could hear my mom’s heartbreak,” Douglass said. “It was something that, not one of her children have but now two of them do.”

Cataplexy is the sudden loss of muscle tone and changes of emotion. This could mean she may have a tough time carrying things. She also may be subject to mood swings.

Douglass’ symptoms had been present for a while, which is how she knew that she needed to get tested in the first place. “You

continue to play the game she loves. “I have had to learn new ways to do certain things because of my past injuries. I’m not as good as I was in high school. I am not the same player, but every day is a learning experience and I get a little better.”

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Social media is changing the game in sports information

BY JESSICA FERRARELLI Staff Writer

The score, the highlights, the schedule and even the live game are now all available on a smartphone and social media.

Social media use has been steadily increasing from 2010 until today. In 2016 there were 2.34 billion social media users worldwide and that number is expected to increase to 2.67 billion is 2018. In the United States alone there were 207.1 million smartphone users, which is predicted to increase to 236.3 million in 2018.

The increased popularity of social media and the smartphone is changing the way sports fans view and stay updated on their favorite teams. Many believe that the addition of social media and the mobile phone is positive in the sports world but not everyone agrees.

Sports news is the second most deliberately sought out topic, followed by business news, according to Pew Research Center. Social media and apps make it even easier for individuals to find what they are looking for because it is all at their fingertips.

Twitter is a popular vehicle for sports teams and associations to share information. Sports fans are 67 percent more likely to turn to Twitter as a “second screen” than non-sports fans. They use the platform before, during and after a game.

Twitter, like other social media platforms, allows all statistics, scores and highlights to be instant and easily available.

Social media is a great vehicle because it allows for two-way communication.

Fans can see the opinions of others and they are able to interact by sharing, liking and commenting, as well as using popular hashtags like #MarchMadness and #BecauseItsTheCup. The smartphone makes accessing this information even easier. Not only are the social media apps available but there are apps specifically for sports fans.

Apps range from general sports news to sport- and team-specific apps. A hockey fan can download the NHL app and the Philadelphia Flyers app for the schedule, scores, news, roster, tickets and more.

During March Madness, for instance, there was an app called NCAA March Madness Live which allowed individuals to follow their brackets, choose their favorite teams, learn about the teams, view highlights and even watch live games right on their device.

Live streaming is also a popular tread that is taking the sports world by storm.

Apps like WatchESPN allow viewers to live stream the games straight to their phone so they do not miss a second. Even Twitter and Facebook are getting in on the action and allowing fans to watch their favorite sports in real-time.

Loquitur Media recently sent out a survey asking sports fans if they use their smartphone to follow sports. Six of the 11 participants in the Loquitur Media survey said they follow sports at least a little bit.

All six of those individuals said they use their smartphone at least sometimes to keep up with the games.

“It’s easier to see what’s going on even when I can’t watch it. I get scores and updates sent to my phone during a game so I know what is happening when I’m not close to a TV or I can actually watch the game from my phone,” one participant wrote.

Popular apps listed by participants included ESPN, team apps, Yahoo Fantasy and social media apps like Facebook and Twitter.

With the mobile phone and social media all the information sports fans need is available all day, everyday.

Though there are numerous reasons the smartphone is helping fans, it is not all great for those who enjoy sports but do not want to be constantly fed information.

Having information continuously being shared on social media and sports apps

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As social media continues to evolve, so does the way sports fans recieve their news and other media. can eliminate the element of surprise. In 2016, the NCAA bracket was leaked on Twitter an hour before it was suppose to be revealed. So when the bracket was officially released there was less excitement around it.

Though many participants in the Loquitur Media survey answered that they used their smartphone at least sometimes to keep up with sports some did have different opinions.

“It’s so much harder to have sports debates, like who’s hit the most home-runs in a season, since everything’s online,” one participant wrote.

Due to the number of apps out there and social media accounts information is constantly being shared but it may be too much for some. On March 27, ESPN posted and retweeted 24 times on Twitter and both NCAA and NCAA March Madness tweeted and retweeted a combined 26 times. Following these, plus other sports accounts, will fill a newsfeed and that could be considered overbearing to some.

Receiving up-to-the-second scores and

highlights can be a challenge for those who miss the game and want to watch later.

Recording a game on television means keeping away from the smartphone and social media as much as possible to avoid spoilers. The score and key events from the game are posted everywhere which makes it nearly impossible to be surprised when watching the game on your own time. If notifications are turned on, social media and sports apps will send updates straight to the lock screen.

The phone can even be a distraction while attending a sporting event.

“I think [smartphones] made the experience worse. Fans are going to actual sporting events and looking at their phones more so than the game!” one survey participant wrote.

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The support systems behind Cabrini’s student-athletes

BY HAYLEY CURTISS Staff Writer

that there is a positive correlation head coach of women’s field hockey and between parental support and the lacrosse teams, said. likelihood to progress to professional Sports play a significant role in level.” the lives of many different people.

All Having a strong support system is important for “My parental support does affect athletes are taught by someone who all athletes. Not only is believing in yourself and your my playing because without my knows how to teach their passion and abilities an important part, but the support from your parent’s support I would not be able look out for the player’s best interest. family goes a long way. There is a lot more than just to succeed on and off the playing Coaches become mentors and form a playing on the field that goes into being an athlete. field. I have been very lucky to have special bond with their players that differ “I am a very family-oriented guy so my parents played such a great support system from my from the parent-player relationship. a huge part in my decision to commit here. We sat down parents who come to all my games When playing on a team for many and found out what the best path for me was,” Steve and cheer me on,” Kaite Kucia, years, players say that they feel like Halko senior co-captain of the men’s lacrosse team said. sophomore member of women’s field their teammates become a part of their According to Educated Sports Parent, when the family hockey and lacrosse team, said. extended family. is supportive, the player is more encouraged to enjoy it “The coaching staff had a huge “I have been blessed and continue and develop new impact because I knew how great to have young ladies who come from skills. “I think it’s of a person [head-coach] Jackie very supportive families, who love important for each PHOTO BY GARY R. ELLIOT Steve Halko was named team Neary was and that I wanted to play Cabrini University. And they also of my players to captain for his junior and senior under her because she has had such understand that being a college athlete have someone at seasons. success with both the field hockey only enhances your undergraduate home that they can and lacrosse team.” experience!” Neary said. “My job call on good days Playing sports are an integral piece in many people’s is to get them to play up to their potential and teach and bad days. They lives. It gives athletes the chance to escape the pressures some life lessons along the way. I have one of the best know that myself of school and life, so when they are on the court or the professions, working with young adults and watching and my assistants them mature and develop over their four years in college. field they can zone out and focus on the game. are always here for “My parents have always been involved in my lacrosse We both learn to deal with success and setbacks, and them, but its special career so to a point they affect my play. At the college along the way create wonderful memories.” Having to have your families level we play an elite style of lacrosse and sometimes you parental support for the players opens up a new door support. Whether have to trust your coaches based on their experience and of success for them. They may be the best player on the its parents, siblings, that may contradict what a parent is saying,” Halko said. team, but with a supportive backing, they gain the selfor grandparents, “My favorite thing is a timeline of events, just getting out confidence to keep going and are more encouraging of it just nice to have there on the field and getting after it with my friends. their teammates. According to Believe Perform, a recent someone in your study by Mills, Butt, Maynard and Harwood (2012), said corner,” Jackie Neary, PHOTO BY GARY R. ELLIOT that “parents have one of the most important roles in CONTINUE READING ONLINE academy player development. Coaches even suggested Jackie Neary plays lacrosse under her mother.

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Eighty to ninety percent of concussion sufferers recover fully within two weeks of their injury, while the other 10-20 percent may experience their symptoms for a longer period of time.

Rocked: Concussions are hitting athletes hard

BY JOHN WILLIAMS Sports Editor

Brian Cooke, 20, was playing an intramural game of handball with his friends at Rowan University’s rec center. After nobody volunteered to play goalie to start the game, Cooke answered the call for his team, a team full of average non-athletes just trying to have a good time.

Not even 10 minutes into the contest, the opposing team blew right past Cooke’s team’s defense and were all alone, 10 feet in front of the net. Cooke noticed that the player with the handball, a smaller and denser version of a soccer ball as Cooke noted, was gearing up to shoot at the left side of the 6-by-10 net. Cooke looked into the shooter’s eyes, preparing to move to his left to make the save. When he did this, Cooke moved right into the ball, which ended up being thrown towards his head.

“At first, I didn’t even feel anything, I guess mixed with the adrenaline and the embarrassment. That’s what I was worried about at that moment,” Cooke, the junior public relations major, said. After he was hit, Cooke proceeded to keep playing, as he picked the ball right up and threw it to one of his teammates. “I played the rest of the game and felt fine,” Cooke said.

When he got back to his apartment a couple hours later and tried to go to bed, Cooke realized that he had a really bad headache that came out of nowhere.

“I thought, ‘Could this possibly be from taking that hit earlier?’”

What Cooke started to realize is that he had a concussion.

According to Current Concepts in Sports-related Concussions, concussions fall on the mild end of the traumatic brain injury (TBI) spectrum, and according to the same article, an estimated 1.6 million to 3.8 million concussions occur annually in the United States, many of the same circumstances as Cooke’s.

“When I laid down I started to get nauseous. That made me very worried because it came out of nowhere,” Cooke said. It was very late at night, Cooke recalled, so he went to bed hoping for the best.

Things did not get any better.

“The next day I woke up and I felt horrible, like, this was one of the worst feelings I ever had,” Cooke said.

“It was all in my head and not the rest of my body, but just the light coming through my shades was blinding.

The headache I had felt like a knife slicing through my brain. [I was] very sensitive to any sound or light,” Cooke said. “The nausea wasn’t there anymore, but the biggest thing was the mental fogginess, which was like not being as sharp and aware of what’s going on around you and it almost felt like for the next few days things were going in slow motion around me.”

When asked if he ever thought about leaving the game after he was hit in the head, Cooke said no. “I think that is completely due to adrenaline, I literally felt 100 percent fine for the rest of the game and, like I said, it wasn’t even till a few hours later that I felt a little weird so no I never thought about it,” Cooke said.

According to a report by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, there is a “culture of resistance” when it comes to reporting concussions despite increased knowledge about the injury. The report was written by a committee of academic medical experts and was based on research of several youth sports with athletes with ages spanning five years of age all the way to 21-years-old.

An injury like the one Cooke sustained might have been even more dangerous than one a football player could suffer since there was not any concussion protocol in place since it was an intramural game.

According to Cooke, the referees on the court were just other students, and other than being asked: “are you okay?” They really did not do anything but tell him to take a breather. Cooke did not know if the referees were

trained or not.

A few weeks later, Cooke is feeling like his old self again, and while he is in a category with 90 percent of other 5-to-21-year-olds who recovered from their concussions in two weeks, there are many examples of professional athletes whose careers are ruined by similar injuries. Look at former NHL player Marc Savard, for instance.

On March 7, 2010, Savard, one of the most talented scorers in the league in his heyday, took a devastating blow to the head from former Pittsburgh Penguin Matt Cooke and was never the same. Despite efforts to come back and play, he was never able to defeat the lasting effects of his injury, and couldn’t build enough momentum to stay in the league.

To this day, Savard still experiences symptoms from his post-concussion syndrome including memory loss, anxiety and depression.

Maybe one day, science will find a way to prevent or even defeat concussions once and for all.

“I think the reality is that technology can help us solve certain aspects of the issue,” NFL Commissioner Rodger Goodell said in an interview printed by the Wall Street Journal “I think [there are] cultural issues of being more aware of these injuries and what to do to prevent them.

Technology can prevent some. We need technology to help us in the diagnosis, so we can diagnose these injuries. We need medical research to tell us how to treat it.”

One example of scientific technology that could help find a cure is the blood test that some scientists at the University of Rochester and some of their colleagues in Germany have developed. This blood test appears to “reliably” correlate with sports-related concussions, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

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Redskins tight end Jordan Reed lays on the field after sustaining a hit to the head. He would later be diagonosed with a fourth concussion.

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Attackmen’s hot hand helps mens lacrosse down Stevenson

BY RYAN BRONG Sports Editor

The Game Cabrini men’s lacrosse won convincingly as the rain fell at Edith Robb Dixon Field, beating non-conference rival no. 14 Stevenson 15-9 on April 21.

The offense was on fire in the game scoring goals in bunches. Cabrini never really gave Stevenson a chance to get into the game, with a wire to wire victory.

The key matchup was the Cavaliers holding the Mustangs lead scorer, J.T. Thelan in check.

And the blue and white did just that holding the sophomore attacker to only two points.

Another matchup to watch was how the Cavalier face off specialists would slow down their counterpart, Justin Burnette, who came into the game top-20 in the nation in faceoff percentage winning right around 70 percent of the time.

The trio of Riley Michaels, Zack Gregory and Bobby Cressman stepped up to the task well splitting the faceoffs evenly with Burnette at 14 wins for each team.

Sophomore Timmy Brooks led nation’s no. 13 scoring offense with four goals as he was the hot hand for the Cavs. Brooks added and assist to give him five points on the day.

Freshman Tyler Kostack followed suit with a hat trick of his own. Kostack added three helpers for six points on the day.

The game opened with a long possession for Stevenson.

But after being held scoreless, Cabrini charged right down the field and Brooks rifled home his first goal of the day.

A goal from Jordan Krug less than a minute later had the Cavs exactly where they wanted to be early on, with a 2-0 lead.

Later in the second quarter, two goals for Stevenson brought the game even at four going into halftime.

After the break the Cavaliers came out clicking on all cylinders.

Two goals for the Cavs coming from Brooks and Gregory less than a minute in the third quarter had the Cavs up 6-4.

After a goal from Stevenson’s Kyle D’Onofrio who had three on the day, Cabrini rattled off four straight goals including two from Kostack during the run making the game 10-5.

After a threegoal run for the Mustangs, the Cavaliers poured

in four more including Brooks fourth and final goal of the game.

The scoreline read 14-8 with just under eight minutes left.

As the rain began to pick up, Stevenson’s Kyle Karsian got one back making the game 14-9.

But Cabrini’s senior captain Evan Downey put the icing on the cake for the Cavaliers, scoring with four minutes left.

The 15-9 victory moves Cabrini to 11-3 on the season.

The Cavs will close out their season with conference games against Immaculata and Gwynedd Mercy.

What does it mean?

The victory comes at a crucial time in the Cavaliers season.

In any college sport, a win over a ranked opponent is a good thing when it comes time to get selected for the NCAA tournament championship.

When looking at Cabrini’s resume for this season, they’ve beaten four different ranked opponents. The most notable being an upset versus the number one team in the nation, Salisbury.

Other ranked wins include Ursinus College, Stevenson and Lynchburg College, each of which by a margin of at least five goals.

Cabrini has suffered significant losses at the hands of Dickinson and Frostburg State. Both teams were unranked when they beat the Cavs, severely damaging Cabrini’s resume.

The teams other loss came in a game against

SUNY Cortland, who at the tame was ranked number 11, and are since ranked number five. This loss will not affect the rankings as much, as on paper, it was a game that Cabrini was not supposed to win.

The other big piece of criteria that comes in the selection process is strength of schedule.

Cabrini, outside of the two bad losses, has done very well in their out of conference schedule this season.

The problem comes with Cabrini’s conference schedule.

Cabrini, who has not lost a conference game in almost 17 years, dominates their conference with out any resistance.

In the eyes of a selection committee, this sort of dominance over a conference, puts Cabrini’s legitimacy as a team in question.

But with the crucial wins over Salisbury and Stevenson, who were both top-five teams at one point in the season, could prove to be enough to give the Cavs a good seeding position.

The seeding position determines the difficulty of a teams road to the championship.

In the past five years, except for 2015, Cabrini has been knocked out of the national tournament by a top-five team.

With potentially higher seeding this year, Cabrini could have a chance to avoid the higher ranked teams, until later in the tournament.

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SAAC gives student-athletes a voice on campus

BY HOPE DALUISIO Visual Managing Editor

Cabrini’s athletic department allows student athletes to be a part of the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, also know as SAAC. SAAC allows for student athletes to have leadership positions within the athletic department and to have their voices heard on what they want to change or see happen within Cabrini’s athletics.

The student-athletes who are SAAC members are very passionate about Cabrini athletics alongside their own individual sport.

“The SAAC reps are really the advocates for student athletes on campus. We are a voice,” junior soccer player Joe Fiore said.

“We meet once a month and talk about concerns that are going on with our teams or ways to get athletes involved with other organizations on campus.”

The Division III SAAC mission statement is to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity for all student-athletes; protecting student-athlete welfare; and fostering a positive student-athlete image, while maintaining the tenets of the Division III philosophy.

SAAC members also plan events

throughout the year to kick off the different seasons and work closely with their adviser Jess Huda to come up with ideas at their monthly meetings.

“Someone will say one idea and it will turn into ten different ideas because everyone is so excited,” sophomore basketball player Mike Doyle said. “We’re all athletes so we’re all competitive, everyone wants to have the best idea. ‘Lets do this! We should do that! We’ll make it bigger, we’ll do this!’ and when you get six people like that who all come together it turns into some really special things.”

SAAC is often referred to as the student government of athletics and has lived up

to those expectations. They are not only recognized within the athletic department as leaders but also all throughout campus.

“In two years we went from barely having anyone show up to meetings to having our SAAC not only have a voice within our athletic department but also across campus and is being recognized as a big leadership group on campus. How can I not love my job?” Huda said. “I get to come in here, work with them, hang out with them, listen to their ideas, support their ideas, watch their ideas come through, it’s awesome.”

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