The only knowledge Michael Gershe has of his mother is through a videotape.

Shortly after it was filmed, Gershe’s mother was killed in a drunk driving accident. Ger-she himself, then only 11 weeks old, would have almost every bone in his body broken after the impact threw him across the vehicle’s interior.

“The fact that I am 30 years old and standing here is noth-

ing short of a miracle,” Gershe said.

S p e a k -ing in front of nearly all Cabrini Col-

lege athletes, Gershe’s message touched more on the zeal of living than his darker, personal stories.

Gershe has chosen to follow in his mother’s footsteps. After receiving his Master’s degree in higher education from the Uni-versity of Akron, Gershe began a speaking tour known as “The Magic of Life.” His program, which came to Cabrini College on Thursday, Oct. 28, educates young people on the dangers of drunk driving in an unorthodox way. Focusing on the impor-tance of life, his love of KISS and engaging the audience

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INSIDEInsight on weekends at CabriniSee PERSPECTIVES, page 7

Black and White Gala kicks off Spirit Week at CabriniSee FEATURES, page 9

Two sports teams win 2nd consecutive CSAC titleSee SPORTS, page 16

Blast from the past: Cleopatra comes to the Franklin InstituteSee A&E, page 10

Victim’s son knows ‘The Magic of Life’

By Joe Cahill

Staff Writer

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Maureen McCullough, Catholic Relief Services Northeast/Mid-Atlantic regional director discussed the current state of Sudan and the pos-sible consequences of the Jan. 9, 2011 election.

By Ransom Cozzillio

Staff Writer

IMPENDING CRISISCRS urges students to take action as Sudan referendum approaches

Red Cross hosts blood driveBlood donation average down from recent years at CabriniBy Chelbi Mims

Staff Writer

The nursing staff and the American Red Cross hosted a blood drive in Grace Hall on Fri-day, Oct. 29, which assisted in giving blood to many people in the area and around the country.

Cabrini has been conducting blood drives for over 25 years. This year the goal for the blood drive was 60 units of blood and Cabrini collected 45 units of blood, which is down from most years.

“The 45 units collected, while short of the 60 unit goal, is still a great success and close to other fall drives. Your blood is being used right away. The need for blood is constant,” Susan

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lauren sliva / online media editor

A student donates blood to the American Red Cross for individuals in need. Every blood donation saves three lives and college students are urged to donate since they usually have the healthiest blood.

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Catholic Relief Services Sudan Advo-cacy Ambassadors urged rally attendees to

take notice of the impending crisis in Sudan. Guests were informed and cautioned about the potential price of ignoring the upcoming expiration of the cease-fire in Sudan.

The rally featured keynote speaker Mau-reen McCullough, CRS Northeast/Mid-At-

lantic regional director, discussing both the pending issues threatening Sudan but also re-flecting on her recent trip to Southern Sudan while recounting the common need for help

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2 The Loquitur Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010News

The Loquitur 2010-2011 Editorial Staff

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Conversation can help prevent Sudan conflict

Blood donation needs more participation

What would you do if you had the chance to prevent a genocide from happening? The chance is right now to call atten-tion to the crisis in Sudan.

A country plagued by civil war for most of its history since it obtained its independence in 1958, Sudan faces a referendum in which the south will vote whether or not to secede from the north and become its own country. Jan. 9, 2011 is the elec-tion that could decide the ulti-mate fate of the entire continent of Africa.

The ground rules of the refer-endum include a census, which will clearly divvy up the politi-cal power and wealth between the two regions if in fact the south chooses to secede. Either way the result is likely to cause massive turmoil that unfortu-nately is nothing new to the Su-danese people.

Divided into two regions, north and south, Sudan’s bat-tleground is over oil. Southern Sudan occupies the land where the oil is but the north controls the wealth, political power and the way to export the oil. Since the south is landlocked, they have no way of exporting the oil through their southern borders and are forced to go through the north. Considering it’s the north that profits from this precious commodity, the south is left an extremely poor region in Africa.

If it were at peace, Sudan could feed all of Africa because it is so fertile.

If in fact the south does vote to break away, a po-tential mass slaughter may take place. This potential genocide could surpass the Rwandan genocide, which murdered 800,000 people in 100 days in 1994.

In addition to the slay-ing of an entire country, the turmoil in neighboring regions like Darfur and Congo are likely to be af-fected. Millions of people inside and outside of Su-dan are displaced and a similar number of people continue to seek refuge.

Are you wondering how you can possibly do anything to stop this from happening? Think again.

The power of prayer, knowledge and commu-nication can help save this country from a massacre. Get involved by briefing yourself on the situation and joining the Catholic Relief Services Sudan working group on cam-pus.

In years to come when our children study the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, do you want Sudan to be included in that textbook of heinous his-

tory? If you knew your voice mattered in this world of injus-tice, would you speak up?

Loquitur knows your voice matters. By noticing what may be about to happen in Sudan and bringing awareness to your

roommate, parent or even your congressperson, you are making the world aware. You are just one person in this world, but it means something to some-one who is voiceless in a world without freedoms.

Less than 50 students out of the 1,500 under-graduates at Cabrini do-nated blood this month. Why is it that a deed, deemed by many as a selfless and positive act, is so under-recognized at this school?

Do students shy away because they are intimi-dated by the procedure? Or is it that people don’t find donating blood a pri-ority in their daily lives? Does the fact that sexual-ly active gay men that are unable to donate leave out a significant percent-age of the population that could be contributing?

According to the American Red Cross, only three out of 100 Americans donate blood

and every minute, sev-eral blood transfusions take place. If we are in such dire need of one an-other’s blood, then why do so few people show up to save lives?

The Loquitur believes most students aren’t in-terested in going through with the donation be-cause they haven’t been personally affected by the gift of a blood dona-tion.

Moreover, in a soci-ety where so few people offer their blood to save someone’s life, then why is the process to donate so complicated?

Of course it is un-derstandable. We do not want to be transfusing infected blood into a sick

person but certain regula-tions that prohibit people from donating are ques-tionable.

The American Red Cross states on its web-site that if any gay man who has engaged in sexu-al intercourse since 1977, cannot donate blood.

“It’s important to understand that blood safety is a public health issue, not a social policy issue. The Red Cross is required by law to fol-low all Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines and recom-mendations for the blood industry, including the current deferral of men who have had sex with other men.”

All blood that is do-

nated is checked for dis-eases before it can be used in a transfusion. The Red Cross believes the FDA rules should change to allow gay men to donate. It’s not fair that someone who wants to donate and feels con-fident in his health can’t donate because of an out-break 30 years ago.

In addition, the low turnout by our student body seems to be caused by other reasons. Stu-dents should be made more aware of the impor-tance of donating blood. We need more than flyers posted around campus to feel compelled to take a time out to get pricked with a needle.

We need to learn

where our blood goes and the effect it has on those suffering from ill-nesses and accidents. It should not be assumed that everyone under-stands the process of donating. The Loquitur recommends that some of the required health and science courses contain a segment on the societal importance of donating.

“The need is con-stant. The gratification is instant” is the slogan on Red Cross website. Consider that someone in need next time the blood drive comes to campus and hope for a change that all healthy students are able to give the gift of life.

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Fitzgerald, Cabrini nurse, said.The process for donating blood is sim-

ple: registering and reading an informa-tional package about donating. The nurse conducting the donations gives donors a questionnaire about medical history. If the donor is cleared, the person donates blood. After donating the person is given a snack and leaves. The process usually takes five to 17 minutes.

“Each donation saves three lives,” Don-isha Jackson McCrea, American Red Cross nurse, said.

College students are at a high percent-age for donating blood because they are younger and in better health. Freshmen students are also prone to give blood more than older students because in high school there are so many stipulations in giving blood.

“They stuck a really long needle in my arm and I was terrified but afterwards I calmed down and now I am proud I got to save lives,” Monconjay Brown, freshman undeclared major, said.

Some people came out to give blood but were told they couldn’t donate for many reasons. Some became nervous and their

heart rate rose or their hemoglobin level was low.

People also couldn’t donate if they re-cently got a tattoo and were not aware that in a non-licensed state you have to wait a year to donate blood. In non-licensed states the state doesn’t come by and check the fa-cility.

“I tried to give blood but got a tattoo over Labor Day weekend so couldn’t. I will try again in the spring blood drive,” Kayla Tindal, sophomore criminology ma-jor, said.

Another component for a person giving blood is testing them for HIV. Most peo-ple think that if you have low iron or high

blood pressure and are taking supplement pills you cannot donate but on the contrary the person can donate. There are different categories for blood components. Plasma can be stored for one year, red blood cells can be stored for 42 days and platelets can be stored for five days.

Fitzgerald said every two seconds someone needs a blood transfusion. Blood will never be kept for a long period of time because it is always needed.

The American Red Cross hosts blood drives seven days a week all over Pennsyl-vania and New Jersey but also has efforts across the world.

The Red Cross put out a press release stating, “The Red Cross is activating its emergency plans in Haiti, with government officials describing Hurricane Tomas as potentially the gravest hurricane threat to the country since Hurricane Ike in 2008.”

“I always donate blood because it is my volunteer services but I donated it now because of the horrible things hap-pening around the world,” John Eddings, freshman biology major, said. “There is a chance my blood will help people across the world.”

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through comedic bits, Gershe is far from the typical inspirational speak-er.

“When you believe in yourself strongly, you learn to stand up for yourself,” Gershe said. “That’s why I’m a KISS fan—you have to be your own individual and no one can ever take that away from you. When you come to school, you feel the need to please all sorts of people. In your life, you only have to please yourself.”

Dana Nardello, senior early childhood & elementary education major and midfielder for the Cabrini women’s soccer team, was among the many in attendance.

“I thought he had a great mes-sage,” Nardello said in a phone in-terview. “There’s a lot of drinking in college and it’s important to make sure people are being safe about it. I met [Gershe] before the presentation and he was really down-to-earth. He has a great sense of humor.”

Gershe shared a story about los-ing a friend to drunk driving.

“To have to call my best friends up and tell them that John died was one of the worst feelings of my entire life…and I stand here today to say that none of you want to go through that, especially at your age.”

Despite everything, Gershe preaches a message of optimism.

“Alcohol never solves anything. There’s always conflicts and fights,” Gershe said. “You have to learn to embrace every moment you’re here alive. Today, right now, this is my greatest day…I do this because I have to stand up for the people who aren’t here, whether it’s my mom or someone else.”

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These students remain calm and composed during their blood transusion. Others said they were “terrified” during the experience because of the intimidating needle.

Cabrini College is in the ear-ly stages of becoming a certified Fair Trade institution.

“We’re taking baby steps to incorporate it [Fair Trade] into the normal business and policies of the school,” Hannah Wheat, Catholic Relief Services Fair Trade Ambassador, said.

Fair Trade, a social move-ment that helps developing countries have better trading conditions and wages, makes sure corporations pay producers fairly for their work as well as following other environmental and social conditions in the pro-duction of specific goods.

In order to be considered a Fair Trade institution, the school needs to follow a certain crite-ria.

The school must create a Fair Trade policy that incorporates the following goals:

First, Fair Trade foods must be made available for sale in all campus shops. This means food must be used in all cafes, stores and restaurants on campus. If this is not possible, the estab-lishment must make a com-mitment that they will use Fair Trade products once they are made available.

Second, Fair Trade foods must be served at all meetings hosted by the institution. Fair Trade foods must also be served in all of the management offices on campus.

Third, there must be a com-mitment to campaign for more Fair Trade consumption on cam-pus. The campaigns and public-ity must include campaigning

for trade justice and Fair Trade Fortnight.

Lastly, a Fair Trade Steer-ing Group must be created on campus and there must be a rep-resentative from each of these groups: residential/catering

organization, the institution’s authority and the student union executive.

“When talking about Fair Trade, many people confuse it with Fair Labor,” Michele Kennedy, manager of Cabrini’s

bookstore, said.Fair Labor deals with the fact

that vendors must be abiding by specific laws when producing their products.

Cabrini’s bookstore is run through Follet Higher Educa-tion Group and 99 percent of the corporate vendors Follet uses for their products are Fair Labor.

“We’re always looking to commit to whatever the school is looking for,” Kennedy said.

Wheat says that the CRS Ambassadors plan to start small in their efforts to become a Fair Trade institution.

“We want to have a t-shirt or a hat to begin with. One piece of Fair Trade clothing to kind of introduce it all,” Wheat said.

It’s often assumed that Fair Trade products only deal with food but this is not the case.

Fair Trade clothing makes sure all the resources they use for the clothes have no connec-tion to sweat shops or any other act that does not treat the work-ers fairly.

In addition, Fair Trade en-sures that all resources are con-flict free, meaning that no re-sources came from slave labor.

Heather Cardamone, direc-tor of administrative services at Cabrini, said via email that as a member of the CRS committee she was asked to create a Fair Trade institution subcommittee.

Cardamone says Cabrini is still beginning to become certi-fied, but it will soon be officially established and focused on these five goals to make this school an official Fair Trade institution.

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Cabrini aims to join ranks of other Fair Trade certified institution

Cabrini College is working to become a Fair Trade institution, of-fering Fair Trade clothing, chocolate, coffee and more.

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By Nick Guldin

Sports Editor

President Obama annouced in front of India’s Parliament that he is endorsing the country for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council on Monday, Nov. 9 during his three day trip to the country.

The endorsement is likely to expand economic ties between the countries in the wake of the widening influence of China.

With India’s strained relation-ship with neighboring Pakistan, a key U.S. ally, the move has rat-tled the political scene in south-ern Asia.

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New Republican leaders within the house plan to overturn President Obama’s health care reform, a promise made during their campaigns.

Although the Democrats still control the senate and Republi-

cans are aware they don’t cur-rently have the votes necessary to overturn Obama’s health law, they are aiming to focus on the finer points of the law and chal-lenge certain elements of it.

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Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representa-tives and gained six Senate seats on Tuesday, Nov. 2.

“We have real work to do, and this is not the time for celebra-tion,” Representative John A.

Boehner of Ohio, who is likely to become the next speaker of the House, said in a New York Times article.

The midterm election vot-er turnout primarily reflected Americans’ concern with the economic state of the country and the Democratic agenda.

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Nicolas Sarkozy, the presi-dent of France and British Prime Minister David Cameron in-formed the press in London of

their joint defense plans. The two leaders had agreed upon military planes from either countries to use French or British aircraft car-riers.

This agreement would assist their research of nuclear technol-ogy while keeping the nuclear weapons separate.

They have a history of work-ing together, with varying suc-cess of agreements made be-tween past leaders. Since their efforts involve military technol-ogy, how they succeed together would be felt by all countries.

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THIS WEEK AT CABRINI

GLOBAL & NATIONAL

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Thursday, Nov. 11 Friday, Nov. 12 Saturday, Nov. 13

Tuesday, Nov. 16Monday, Nov. 15Sunday, Nov. 14

MSC Mission Offices open houseLearn more about Mother Cabrini and meet Cabrini’s religious sponsors, Mis-sionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at 11 a.m. on the second floor of the mansion.

Delta Epsilon Sigma LiturgyCabrini will honor academic achievements by students at 4 p.m. in a liturgy with an induction ceremony by invitation at 5 p.m

Admissions open houseProspective students can explore Cabrini College beginning at 12 p.m. with tours of the campus and meetings with faculty and staff. Students are welcome to stay overnight with various events occurring throughout the evening.

Cabrini Spirit Week closing liturgyMass is offered in the Bruckmann Memo-rial Chapel of St. Joseph for the repose of the soul of Afifeh Kasis. Cabrini wel-comes members of all faiths.

Sophomore-priority registrationSophomore-priority registration for spring semester 2011 begins at 9 a.m.

Get Involved: Making the most of your 20s & 30sJoin Tom Baker, author of “Get Involved,” at 6 p.m. in the Iadarola Lecture Hall for a presentation on making the most of your young adult years.

Corbett plans to fix state budget

Newly elected Pennsyl-vania Governor Tom Corbett will have a number of avenues to go in order to fix the state’s budget. Corbett’s options to balance spending involve a wide range of issues to save money and, in turn, Pennsyl-vania’s economy.

One issue will be the Mar-cellus Shale drilling and how Corbett will handle it based on campaign promises. Another issue involves liquor stores run by unions throughout the state and opponents to his plans for the stores. Also of concern are lobbyists who represent the goals of many groups, wanting new leaders to hear their issues support them.

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Driver on wrong side of highway

An elderly Wilmington, De. woman was said to be re-sponsible for traveling I-95 on the wrong side of the highway. Part of the wrong-way driving also included Rt. 322 prior to when the woman merged onto I-95. Other drivers had minor collisions with each other as attempts were made to escape the path of the vehicle going the wrong way.

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Neumann hosts career day event

A career day event focusing on public safety and security was held at Neumann Univer-sity on Saturday, Nov. 6. The event included a wide range of related career fields to assist job-seekers with either inves-tigative or office talents.

Career opportunities in-cluded fingerprinting, crime analysis, casino surveillance, sketch artists building inspec-tion, as well as administration and financial departments.

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By Carol DwyerStaff Writer

4 The Loquitur Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010News

By Carol Dwyer

Staff Writer

Marco Rubio, Florida Republican U.S. Senate nominee and supported by the tea-party, won the election held on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Rubio celebrates with his family in Coral Gables, Florida.

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By Trevor Wallace

News Editor

U.S. develops stronger ties with India

G.O.P. looks to overturn health care legislation

France, Britain regain old ties

Republicans clean House

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jeny varughese / staff writer

Julia Reavis, food procurer at the Coordinated Homeless Outreach Center, accepts a donation from Cabrini College. Dining services, Catholic Social Services, library staff and the lacrosse team have joined together to aid homeless shelters in the area.

Extra cafeteria food donated to homeless

Cabrini’s dining services, So-dexo, has been donating food to local food banks since Feb. 2009.

Dining services, along with Catholic Social Services, library staff and the lacrosse team, have been donating food to homeless shelters in the neighboring areas.

“We started this program be-cause it’s the right thing to do,” Drew Neiman, general manager of dining services, said. “The intention was that it would be a partnership and we started with the help of CRS ambassadors be-cause we wanted student groups to get involved and help get the food there.”

“Sodexo came to us with the idea to have a food drive,” Steven Eberly, coordinator of communi-ty partnership, said. “They deliv-er the leftover food once a week and the library staff also help us with the delivery.”

On average, once a week dur-ing the school year, dining ser-vices sends out food that can be fed to 25 to 50 people. However, there are foods that can’t be sent out and get thrown out.

“Three times the amount of food thrown out comes back to the dish room from the plates stu-dents took,” Neiman said. “Also, if the food isn’t safe it can’t be used. We have to make sure all safety guidelines are met before sending out the food.”

Several factors need to be taken into consideration when it comes to food safety. For ex-ample, food that has been left out for more than two hours has to be disposed. Also, foods shouldn’t be reheated more than once.

Some food, depending on the

menu, can be utilized for a dif-ferent meal. However, it can’t be done with other food.

Cabrini is starting a food drive for the Coordinated Homeless Outreach Center. CHOC, a home-less shelter in Norristown, Pa., is a year-round shelter for home-less single adults in Montgomery County.

“We have 50 beds available, outreach program, serve three meals a day, help people transi-tion with housing and run other programs,” Genny O’Donnell, director of CHOC, said. “We run on a really tight budget and don’t have room for a lot. We also serve people on the street.”

CHOC has several facilities available for people including laundry, library and a storage area

for anything that doesn’t fit into lockers.

Although CHOC is a 50-bed shelter, 60 to 65 people get served

each day and with winter coming more people are being expected. Also, people who live out on the streets are being fed.

“When people move we pre-pare a bag for them with canned foods to help them get started,” O’Donnell said. “Donations

help us to serve the people we wouldn’t be able to if we didn’t have the extra help.”

Other organizations that help

CHOC meet their food sup-ply include Community Action Development Commission and Philabundance, through a county grant, and local churches help with painting and ceiling work.

CHOC runs with 30 full/ part-time staff as well as volunteers from different groups and or-ganizations as well as churches around the area.

“In the past Cabrini has worked with the Hospitality Center,” Eb-erle said. “Due to the change in leadership they are no longer ac-cepting food.”

“Food will be collected from Nov. 1 to Nov. 15 and sent to CHOC in preparation for the holi-days,” Eberly said.

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from the people living there.“The message from the people there

was, ‘Ask them not to let this go unnoticed. Ask them to become involved. Ask them to make sure their governments bring atten-tion,’” McCullough said.

“If you ask anyone if they could stop vi-olence before it happened, they’ll say yes. Other generations missed that opportunity in previous conflicts. This is our genera-tion’s time to change that pattern,” Eric Gibble, senior communication and Catho-lic Relief Services Ambassadors President, said.

Rally patrons were cautioned about the dangers of ignoring Sudan and told how they can help by rais awareness.

“I wanted to attend because I thought it was a good way to spread awareness,” Me-lissa Moore, junior history, American stud-ies and religious studies major, said after the rally. “I learned a lot and thought the panel was a great idea.”

Sudan, the largest country in Africa, now rests on the precipice of bloody tur-moil and genocide. Once the host to the

longest running and bloodiest single con-flicts in the history of Africa, Sudan has seen relative peace and stability since sign-ing a cease-fire agreement in 2005. Vio-lence may again erupt between Northern and Southern Sudan on Jan. 9, 2011, when the aforementioned cease-fire expires.

“People said they didn’t know about Rwanda and that’s why nothing was done

and why that massacre occurred. We do know now,” McCullough said regarding the potential upcoming conflict in Sudan.

At the expiration of this cease-fire, Southern Sudan will have the right to vote for secession from Northern Sudan. This vote, which would remove northern Su-dan’s possession from the vast oil depos-

its beneath Southern Sudan, threatens to plunge the entire region into a bloody civil war.

McCullough explained that the inter-national community should be alert and aware to put pressure on Northern Sudan and ensure a fair and uncontested vote should the south elect to secede.

“That is what the people of Southern

Sudan are longing for [a right to vote]. They haven’t had that for a very long time, if ever,” McCullough said. “So, what this is about, all this effort is to say, we in the international community need to ensure that there is a fair and free election in Southern Sudan.”

To that end, students gathered in Grace

Hall Atrium on Thursday, Nov. 4 to rally in support of Sudan. The rally was hosted by Cabrini CRS Ambassadors and was pan-eled by Gibble, Jamie Tadrzynski, junior history and education major and secretary of CRS Ambassadors, and junior commu-nication majors Jamie Santoro and Mi-chelle Costa.

McCullough stressed that the U.S. needs to petition legislators to ensure that our government and our president are paying attention to this issue and doing everything it can to help Sudan. They must know that we want and expect full implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement, more deployed peacekeepers and a plan to stop future violence.

All of this hinges on the global com-munity being aware and paying attention to what goes on in Sudan between now and Jan. 9.

“You are the hope. Be the voices, make change, it’s up to you.” McCullough said.

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Student action needed to avoid massacre‘You are the hope, be the voices,’ CRS regional director states at rally

“That is what the people of Southern Sudan are longing for [a right to vote]. They haven’t had that for a very long time, if ever. So, what this is about,

all this effort is to say, we in the international community need to ensure that there is a fair and

free election in Southern Sudan.”

By Jeny Varughese

Staff Writer

“Three times the amount of food thrown out comes back to the dish room from the plates students took. If the food

isn’t safe it can’t be used. We have to make sure all safety guidelines are met

before sending out the food.”

6 The Loquitur Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010Perspectives

Members of the Cabrini community may have a loved one or a neighbor who deals with a number of serious health problems. These health problems may be severe enough to impact their ability to work and do everyday activities. As a result, they may decide to apply for SSI/SSD, in the hopes that they will receive government assistance to cover medical needs.

According to Social Security Online, SSI is supplemental security income. It is a system that assists people who are not disabled but at least 65, as well adults and children with disabilities. In both cases, an applicant has to be in a limited income situation to qualify for the benefits.

However, after all the paperwork is completed and all health documentation is sent in, disappointment may follow. The applicant, with multiple serious health problems is denied benefits and has to go through a lengthy appeal process. What is the point of this appeal process, other than to hold off a person's much needed medical treatment that they need help paying for?

Most people can do everyday activi-ties without a problem. Yet it is a differ-ent story for others to do the same activi-ties. There are some people I know who fit this particular situation due to a variety of health problems impacting their lives. Among them, there was a pattern of get-ting denied government medical assistance despite the fact that they have legitimate reasons to apply.

When someone is able to document that he or she has multiple health problems, maybe even one that is potentially fatal,

why deny the assistance? If one of the health problems someone has could lead to death, that person should not have to wait through an appeal process. The appeal process seems like a danger to people in that situation because they could die in the meantime.

If someone who legitimately needs SSI/SSD applies and gets approved the first time around, he or she will get what is needed. It could very well be a case in which death was prevented just in time, as the person finally begins medical treat-ment.

There are many stories of people hold-ing off in getting medical attention because they can't afford it. Complicating that is when the health problems keep a person out of work, so employer-offered health insurance is not an option. With no steady employment and medical expenses build-ing up, he or she is in a limited income situ-ation.

Therefore, the government needs to help people who so obviously need the help, rather than make them wait long as they appeal a rejection. After all, this is not about someone simply not wanting to work and just trying to get government as-sistance. With full documentation of mul-tiple severe health problems, that should be clear to anyone who handles an applicant's paperwork.

Denying these benefits to severely un-healthy people is similar to the elderly and their concerns of Medicare being cut. If Medicare is cut, the elderly would feel like the government doesn't care about their health. If SSI/SSD continues to be denied to people with multiple serious health problems, the same attitude is shown by the government.

This is in no way blaming a particular political party, since healthcare and every-

thing within it has been difficult to solve for a long time. Yet I hope that healthcare as an overall issue, and the particular prob-lem with SSI/SSD, will be solved in the near future.

The government should change the sys-tem so that people with full documentation of multiple serious health problems will get approved. They should not need to go through an appeal process to prove any further why they need the benefits. People

who have multiple serious health problems should be approved for these benefits on the first try.

This is especially because a person's doctor would be involved in the process of getting all the medical documentation to-gether. In my opinion, a doctor's authority on this matter should be respected more by those who deny someone potentially life-saving benefits.

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By Carol DwyerStaff Writer

Red tape just makes life harder

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SSI is “designed to help aged, blind, and disabled people, who have little or no income.” according to Social Secutiry Online.

Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 The Loquitur 7Perspectives

When taking a tour of Cabrini, admis-sions counselors and student ambassadors mislead students.

They tell students there’s always some-thing to do and campus is a great place to be but in reality it is only enjoyable Monday through Thursday. They do not tell students it is a commuter campus and the school is not structured for students living on campus during the weekend.

After class on Thursday or Friday most students go home or a large majority of the campus commutes; the school is not de-signed for students to stay on campus dur-ing the weekend.

School dances are planned on Thurs-days because people know a lot of people go home on the weekends. Jazzman’s of-fers no meal exchange and Sandella’s is not open. If people do not have flex they either have to use their own money or go to the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is inconvenient because it is open for an hour and a half for lunch and dinner. Red Hot Chef is not open and the cafeteria workers start cleaning up half an hour before the cafeteria closes.

Students are given two meals a day, bunch and dinner, so if a student wakes up for breakfast they are not given the luxury of a hot meal.

When I was given a tour of Cabrini they told me they were trying to draw in stu-dents from further states other than New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York and other surrounding states but they don’t make living far from home an enjoyable experience.

CAP Board plans wonderful activities for students but the events only occur Sun-day through Thursday.

I understand that the cafeteria, CAP Board, Jazzman’s and Sandella’s plan events and the food schedule according to the majority of students but what about the students from Texas, Michigan, California and other further states.

I wanted to transfer somewhere closer to home last year but my parents said I needed to give the school another year then make a decision about transferring. A lot of people from my freshman class transferred and I don’t blame them; people want an enjoy-able college experience seven days a week.

I chose not to transfer this school year because of the communication program, the social justice courses Cabrini offers and the friends I made. I realized at any other school I wouldn’t be given the opportunity to have my own radio show as a freshman, write for the school newspaper my sopho-more year and become an editor for the newspaper my junior year.

I love the communication department because it’s so hands on and every teacher in the department wants to see you grow not only as a student but also as an individual.

All teachers at Cabrini teach the students to use everything we learn in the communi-cation department and every core required class to help social justice issues, like illit-eracy in schools, domestic violence, geno-cide in Sudan, human trafficking and many other issues.

Cabrini has made efforts to make the weekends more enjoyable for students by creating the RAC, which I enjoy going to on the weekends. Cabrini is structured as a commuter school and I believe the school needs to tell students that before they at-tend.

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Have you ever had a job that you actually really enjoyed and then a new owner or manager comes in and screws everything up?

Think about it, even if you aren’t one of these people; a major change in the work place would make you feel upset and uneasy, wouldn’t it?

How would you feel if some new guy came up to you and told you to do something you have never done before or tells you to do something differently from the way you are used to?

You might feel like you have to work even harder to make a good impression or you might feel like your job is on the line.

Now let’s worsen the situation a bit. What if this new owner or manager doesn’t care what is fair and what isn’t? What if they don’t care about how good of a job you do or how long you have been working for their business?

Unfortunately, this is the way business works. It’s all about the money and to most businesses, the employees don’t really matter. However, my job requires a dif-ferent attitude and mindset than some others may.

I work directly with kids at a birthday party place. I like what I do and really enjoy the people that I work with. I have actually met some of my best friends just from working there.

The only manager we had was a close friend of mine that I grew up with and was the nicest per-

son I’ve ever worked for. I never thought I would say it but I actu-ally enjoyed going to work.

Just three weeks ago, a new owner with the biggest crush on money has come in and for lack of better word, cleaned house. He fired half of our regular staff, our manager and a few behind-the-scenes people just two days be-fore what turned out to be a very hectic and frustrating weekend shift.

I guess I’m one of the lucky ones that got to stick around.

His love for money was made apparent when he said to some of us that part-time employees are a “dime a dozen” and any one of us, no matter how good we are at what we do, could be replaced.

What I feel he does not under-stand is how to work with mostly

teenagers in a kid-friendly busi-ness.

Although the money does come first, I feel like he does not understand that you need to have the personable, fun-loving at-titude that we as a staff have to work there.

You can’t just go out and pick anyone up off the street and as-sume they are going to work well with kids.

To his credit, he is a very smart businessman. Excluding my work place, he owns five other businesses; he obviously knows business and knows how to make money.

I don’t know the attitude of his employees at his other businesses and I don’t know how he handles them, but I do know that we are different.

Ever since he has taken over, party scheduling has been poorly managed, hours have been drasti-cally cut and he hasn’t even both-ered to learn all of our names.

According to workplacepsy-chology.net, two of the top five reasons why employees stay at their place of work are because of good, organized management and just to work for a particular indi-vidual who is supportive of them.

That being said, you have probably figured out by now that the staff has not been very thrilled with the way things have been re-cently.

My co-workers and I are all children at heart, which is why we work so well together. Now if only the owner could see what we see.

jtg45@cabrini.edu

By Chelbi MimsStaff Writer

By Jesse GaunceStaff Writer

Small business can be a big pain

This weekend at Cabrini: two views examining weekends on campus

Pro Con‘Cabrini College’ and ‘weekend ac-

tivites’ have never really belonged in a sentence together. Unless ‘has no’ is in-between.

I get it. I understand that a lot of peo-ple don’t see anything going on around campus that interests them. That’s a fair argument. Saying that nothing happens on campus? That is not fair.

Not to toot my own horn but I am the di-rector of weekend events on CAP Board. I know what you’re saying to yourself, who would want that position. I understand I risk public ridicule and possible stoning on the quad now that that fact is public, but I don’t care.

I don’t care because myself, my part-ner in crime and friend Aisling Carroll, and the rest of CAP Board work incred-ibly hard to provide a lot of events for the campus.

I know CAP Board is almost a dirty word on this campus. I can hear people rolling their eyes and muttering how much money we waste.

Yes, we have the largest budget on campus. We also do the most.

Almost every weekend there is some kind of event. We have trips to New York City and Atlantic City. We planned and executed the Haunted Mansion event dur-ing Freak Week. We do the most events out of all the parts of CAP Board. Also, everything is either cheap or free.

So to say that there is nothing to do on weekends is not fair to me or the rest of CAP Board. It is the responsibility of the student body to create events and fun things for the campus community. That’s what I did and it’s a hard job.

So this is my call to action. You don’t

see enough on campus? Then stand up and do something. Join CAP Board. Start a club. Stop complaining.

One of my biggest pet peeves is the people (you know plenty and I bet I know even more) who sit around and nag about how this sucks about Cabrini or this rule is stupid. Do something about it or transfer.

I know people who literally have noth-ing good to say about Cabrini. Then why are you here? Sure there are aspects I don’t like about this school, but I remind myself of the amazing things everyday.

I honestly want to be an alumni of Cabrini College. We get a bad wrap be-cause we’re small and that’s not fair.

There are things that need to be fixed. I agree that the cafeteria and Jazzman’s schedules need to be fixed. That is not helping the situation.

But if that’s why you’re not happy here on the weekends you have other problems.

When I give tours I deal with plenty of students who hear that nothing hap-pens on the weekend or that this is a com-muter school. My go-to answer is that yes there are people that go home, but there is always something to do on weekends. Whether its a basketball game or a trip, or maybe just hanging with friends. You have to make your own fun sometimes.

If there are students who decide not to take advantage of the awesome resources that are available to them, shame on them. I’m sorry you’re still 19 and can’t legally drink yet.

Please though, if you’re not going to go to the events, don’t complain that there isn’t anything to do because that’s a lie.

ajs343@cabrini.edu

• Special screening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” for college stu-dents. Friday, Nov. 19, bus leaves at 9:30 p.m., $5• New York City trip to see “Chicago” on Broadway. Saturday, Nov. 20, bus leaves at 10 a.m., $35• New York City Christmas shopping trip. Saturday, Dec. 4, bus leaves at 10 a.m., $10U

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8 The Loquitur Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010Features

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By Ariel CrawfordStaff Writer

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Recently, Cabrini College senior com-munication majors, Joe Cahill, Gianna Shi-kitino and Kerri Dougherty, were honored as finalists in the 2010 College Broadcast-ers, Inc. (CBI) National Student Produc-tion Awards for their audio documentary about the Philadelphia Mummers.

“Behind the Strut: A Look inside the World of the Philadelphia Mummers,” was named a finalist in the Best Feature cat-egory in August, three months after com-munication center coordinator and general manager of WYBF radio station Heather Fullerton submitted it for consideration in May.

Fullerton said she felt the documentary was entry-grade material for multiple rea-sons.

“Award-winning documentaries have to tell great stories,” Fullerton said. “This one does. It’s interesting, it tugs at human emotion and the passion from the students really shines through.”

Winners of the CBI National Student Production Awards were announced Fri-day, Oct. 29. “Behind the Strut” lost, but it was going up against high-caliber compe-tition. The winner of the best-features cat-egory was a documentary from UC Berk-ley’s graduate school of journalism about their own radio station.

Other schools nominated were Ithaca College and the University of Minnesota.

“It’s great just to be in such company. I usually go to these awards and Ithaca Col-lege brings a huge box with them to haul home all the awards they win,” Fullerton said.

Shikitino describes the documentary as “like Mummers for dummies,” but all three students passionately speak about why, to

them, the mummers documentary means so much more.

The students feel the Mummers are a huge part of the Philadelphia community and were upset when they learned of bud-get cuts by the city that meant the Mum-mers would have to fundraise almost all the money needed to support their program.

The documentary has really come full circle since Shikitino and Dougherty came up with the idea one night in October 2009. They were both in the advanced radio practicum class at the time and needed to make a documentary. They are also both from Philadelphia and wanted to make a documentary about the Mummers who were such a big part of their community, close to their heart and even members of their family.

At school, the women got Cahill, also then in the advanced radio practicum in-

volved in the project. “I was passionate about the project be-

cause I like local stories that people can get attached to and the idea was so fresh and perfect for the climate,” Cahill said.

All of the students were excited about the project but they knew that it would be a difficult pitch because it did not fall in line traditionally with Cabrini’s social justice curriculum. Shikitino says they decided to persist and approach Fullerton with the idea because they were consistent about showcasing how the Mummers contributed to the common good.

“Experiencing the Mummers is such a life-changing experience. I can’t imagine my life or Philly without it,” Shikitino said.

Fullerton originally wanted to think about the idea for a few days and eventu-ally decided to give the students the green light but not without heavy consideration.

“I told them if they were going to do this, they couldn’t skate by. If they were going to do it, they were going to do it well,” Fullerton said.

The students had to prove how they were contributing to the common good. They cited that the Mummers are impera-tive to the culture and history of Philadel-phia and that the budget cuts were unfair because the parade brings in $900,000 in revenue annually.

“The mummers have officially been around for over 100 years, the traditions of the immigrants who later became the Mummers are 300 years old. When Amer-ica was just an idea the mummers were here,” Cahill said.

The Mummers are best known for their New Year’s Day show in Philadelphia but they are active year round and travel to many different parts of the country to en-tertain. Dougherty thinks the Mummers are important because their appeal transcends far beyond Broad Street.

“The Mummers parade is for any kind of community. Whether suburb or urban lifestyle, ethnicity, gender or race, there is no discrimination,” Dougherty said.

The students were passionate about their issue and that passion showed through in their hard work. They all estimated that to-wards the end they worked about 15 hours a week on the documentary but insist that many sacrifices were worth it.

“Just because we lost, it doesn’t really upset me because people are still listening to the doc, they’re talking about it people would walk up to me on the street in south Philly and tell me how thankful they were. To see how happy they are. That’s what counts,” Shikitino said.

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Looking for a tasty treat? Cupcakes Gourmet was voted the best cupcakes in Philly.

“[Cupcakes Gourmet is] definitely a gourmet atmo-sphere and a fun environment to work in,” Alissa Halsor, shift supervisor, said.

Popular for people living in the Main Line area, Cup-cakes Gourmet sells a variety of cupcake flavors. Each are handmade from scratch and mixed with natural ingredi-ents such as Belgian dark chocolate, Madagascar bourbon vanilla, French vermicelli sprinkles and American sweet cream butter. No harmful trans-fats are involved.

The first location in Malvern, Pa., has been opened since April 5, 2008. Due to its success serving the local community, the second location in the Gateway Shopping Center in Wayne was opened in December 2009.

“Cupcakes Gourmet embodies the joyful and celebra-tory side of life,” its website states.

Maki Evans, the owner, first started her business with co-owner, Heather Carter who recently retired. They knew they were ready to join forces when they realized how big

of a hit their cupcakes were.It all began with the celebration of the miraculous re-

covery of Evans’ daughter, Chloe, from what doctor’s sus-pect to have been a rare-eye cancer. Chloe’s first birthday arrived and Evans baked over 100 cupcakes to celebrate. Evans began to have thoughts of opening her own busi-ness.

Carter was then asked to make a dish for a church event and she decided to make cupcakes with the help of Ev-ans. They enjoyed working together so they took action in partnership.

From that time up until the first bakery opening, they both experimented with cupcake recipes in Evans’ kitchen at her house. They also answered to orders from friends, which grew into larger orders as in 700 mini cupcakes for 500 women attending a Mother’s Day event.

“The Company reflects Maki and Heather’s shared be-lief that life is worth celebrating and sharing great food with family and friends to build community and fellow-ship,” its website states.

The red velvet cupcake is the most popular and is made with southern-light chocolate cake and cream cheese but-ter cream frosting to top it off.

“Now that’s what I call a cupcake,” Sharae Middle-brook, a first-time customer said referring to the red velvet cupcake.

Peanut butter cup is also popular, made with chocolate peanut butter cake topped with light peanut butter cream. Other flavors are chocolate vanilla, classic vanilla, triple chocolate and dark chocolate vanilla. Cupcakes Gourmet is open to “new and exciting flavor profiles.”

The minis can be purchased online by the dozen and can be shipped nationwide. They are very popular for wed-dings and can be created into cupcake towers. Prices may vary depending on the custom design and decorations.

“I like working here a lot,” Torie DelliGatti, an employ-ee said. “It’s fun.”

Fridays and Saturdays are busiest and hot-espresso drinks such as cappuccinos, mochas and americanos are available for purchase as well.

For all updates on Cupcakes Gourmet, you can join their email club. Gift cards are also available and check out the website for specials that are offered such as the gluten-free chocolate collection.

Minis $2Regular $3.25

1 dozen minis $241 dozen regular $36

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Seniors Joe Cahill, Gianna Shikitino and Kerri Dougherty gather around the production studio computer, where the three produced their documentary.

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At the age of seven Michael Krencicki had already found his passion in life, singing. Growing up in Haver-town, Pa., Krencicki’s first memories of music had much to do with the famous sounds of Broadway.

“I grew up with music in my house. I would sing along to popular Broadway soundtracks like ‘South Pacific’ and ‘Phantom of the Opera,’” Krencicki said.

Although singing in the house seemed to please Kren-cicki, he and his family decided to take his love for singing to the next level.

“I auditioned for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia boys choir and still remember to this day how nervous I was. It was my first audition and I made the cut,” Krencicki said.

Growing up with experience in the performing arts, it came to be no surprise that Krencicki branched out from singing and into theater during his middle-school years.

“I learned how comfortable I was being on stage. It brought me enjoyment and I had a sense that I belonged up there,” Krencicki said.

After being so passionate about performing for most of his life, Krencicki surprisingly did not continue to pur-sue theater in high school, although singing was never left behind.

“In high school I participated in chorus and had a good time with people I was with, but theater was not for me. Theater has a lot to do with who you are working with,” Krencicki said.

Deciding to come to Cabrini was the next big step in Krencicki’s life along with the choice of getting back into acting.

“Starting school is hard for many people and going to audition was a great decision. I met a lot of people and felt comfortable at school,” Krencicki said.

Since Krencicki has arrived at Cabrini he has been in-volved with eight shows and the prep work for each has not been easy.

“I remember I was always that person who would for-get lines and just keep going and make them up as I went along,” Krencicki said.

Never realizing the problems that this can cause for the rest of the cast he was given a friendly wake-up call by one of his cast mates who released a fire in Krencicki for him to improve on his show preparation.

“One of my cast mates came up to me and said, ‘you’re a great guy and a great actor but you need to remember your lines. You are throwing everyone else off and we just can’t have that.’ This is when I realized that I was not only acting for myself. I wanted to make the show great for

everyone on the cast. These were my friends,” Krencicki said.

The production of “Lend me a Tenor” has been Kren-cicki’s favorite show through his five years performing at Cabrini. In this comedy he plays Max, who is described as the nerdy, underdog assistant. “Lend me a Tenor” is Krencicki’s eighth production at Cabrini.

“I made sure I memorized the entire show three weeks into practicing,” Krencicki said. “I wanted to be able to do my best and with my two friends, Doug and Maddie, and my great mentor and director, Dr. Stretton, being with me through every show has really helped me find confidence in my performing,” Krencicki said.

Krencicki is currently the only person at Cabrini with a major in disability advocacy and support. Having a broth-er with a disability, Krencicki has always been an advocate for people to live self -determined lives.

“My goals for my future relating to my major would be to work in a school and gain experience in a special educa-tion room but then to advance the care and opportunities for these kids past their graduating year and into adult-hood,” Krencicki said.

As for continuing theater in the future, Krencicki is hesitant but described a goal of his involvment in the per-forming arts.

“I want to make it possible for people with disabilities to be able to audition and take part in productions. My brother just auditioned for his first play. Being able to help someone reach their goals is important,” Krencicki said.

With the support of many people in his life, he is work-ing to return the favor.

Pursuing a career in helping others in the classroom as well as on the stage, Krencicki has begun to turn his dreams into reality. Theater is a major part of Krencicki’s life that he will continue to share with others while at Cabrini.

“I want to be able to do well for myself and for the great friends I’ve made through doing this production. Because of them, I am successful,” Krencicki said.

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By Ariel Crawford/Staff Writer/ aac55@cabrini.eduall photos: melissa moore / staff photographer

By Kelsey AlvinoStaff Writer

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Krencicki grew up with experience in performing arts. Being the only person at Cabrini with a major in disablity advocacy and support, he would like for people with disabilities to take part in productions.

Krencicki finds passion in theater, advocacy

Cabrini College held the annual Black and White Gala on Nov. 5. The Gala was held on the bottom floor of the mansion from 8 until 12 a.m. Students enjoyed catered hors d’oeuvres and a night filled with dancing and friends. The event was open to all Cabrini students and their guests. Cost to attend was $10 for Cabrini students and $15 for guests.

Students dance their way into spirit week

Step inside The Franklin In-stitute’s exhibit, Cleopatra: “The Search for the last Queen of Egypt,” and be taken back to a world unlike any other.

When entering the Cleopatra exhibit, audio devices are given out to each person. You are supposed to hold the device like you would hold a cell phone. There are num-bers on this device that allow you to dial the number shown on the displays in the exhibit.

After being handed the audio device, patrons are asked to sit and watch a short film about the history of Cleopatra. This film is helpful for those who don’t know the key facts about Cleopatra’s life. It also helps patrons develop a deeper ap-preciation for this exhibit after hav-ing some background information.

“We visited Egypt. It has al-ways been an interest of mine. I

love learning about this time pe-riod,” Kristie Mahoney, resident of Chesterbrook, Pa., said.

After the film is shown, the film screen scrolls up and an illuminat-ed statue of Cleopatra is unveiled. From there, a world of rich culture is right around the corner.

“There’s a certain mystique to Cleopatra and this exhibit is good because you can learn more about her here,” Sean Mahoney, resident of Chesterbrook, Pa., said.

People assume that Cleopatra was a beautiful dark-skinned wom-an with dark, shoulder-length hair adorned with gold jewelry.

Some would be surprised to find that Cleopatra may not have looked anything like this. In fact, no one really knows what Cleopatra looks like.

Cleopatra is commonly given the reputation as being a sex sym-bol for the ancient Egyptian times. However, many people don’t know that the tomb of Cleopatra has yet

to be found. Cleopatra’s tomb does not only contain her body but all of her belongings as well.

For not having found Cleopa-tra’s body, the exhibit is highly informative and really paints a pic-ture about who Cleopatra was and also how life was back in ancient Egypt.

“It’s pretty interesting. I’m go-ing to college to study history any-way, so this is a way of adding on to what I am learning,” Rishawn Carter, a Cleopatra exhibit security guard, said.

Among all of the artifacts on display, some of the most breath-taking were Cleopatra’s jewelry. Some of the jewelry trends seen to-day are very similar to the jewelry Cleopatra wore many years ago.

“This particular exhibit is popu-lar. I have heard people saying that they enjoy the jewelry, statues and audio tours. I have also heard people saying that they thought this particular audio is done very well

compared to some of our previ-ous exhibits,” Cache Hall, a guest services department employee of The Franklin Institute, said.

To purchase tickets for Cleopatra: “The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt” go to http://www.fi.edu/cleopatra/. You can get up-to-date information or join in the conversation about Cleopa-tra on Twitter by typing #Cleopa-tra.

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Do you have an array of clothes in your closet that vary in several different sizes? Do you dread dressing room sessions trying on clothes that don’t fit right? Well, believe it or not, there is a machine that helps women find out their best-jean size.

MyBestFit is a free body scan-ning booth that makes it easy to find clothes that fit and look good.

There are three easy steps to your best fitting style: scan, fit and shop. It is that simple.

“I found MyBestFit to be pretty accurate,” Katie Engell, senior communication major, said. “It scanned my exact jean size I wear now. I even went to one of the stores listed on my personal shop-ping guide and tried on a pair of jeans suggested for my body type and loved the fit. I would recom-mend MyBestFit.”

First you get scanned and mea-sured in about 10 seconds while

fully clothed. Then a list prints out of recommended styles that will fit and complement your unique body. Last but not least you go shopping.

Your personal MyBestFit shop-ping guide will direct you to stores such as Gap, Paige, Old Navy, Silver Jeans Co, Lane Bryant and DKNY Jeans. Many more brands are being added everyday. They have teamed up with MyBestFit to provide the best styles and fit in their stores.

“MyBestFit is without a doubt an interesting invention, but there are some things they need to tweak, such as matching the appropriate size to the person trying to get their results and getting more stores to participate in MyBestFit,” Meghan Murphy, senior marketing major, said. “My roommate and I were shocked in the results and they did not match me at all but once they fix a few things, this could be the next new thing out there.”

A great plus of MyBestFit is if you purchase an item from your personal shopping guide and bring

back your receipt to the booth, the company will give you a $5 gift card to Starbucks. MyBestFit is lo-cated in the plaza-upper floor of the King of Prussia Mall. It is the first booth to open in the country and there are plans of opening several more by Thanksgiving in the King of Prussia Mall.

All customers must be 16 years of age for MyBestFit booth to work.

Their Style Solution Software determines complementary fea-tures such as leg shape, pocket placement and design, rise, cut and the intended fit for your body.

As of now MyBestFit only fits women for jeans but coming soon there will be a men’s jean line along with brands and stores men can shop from.

They will also expand to shirts for men and women.

“I felt my results were very in-accurate. I normally wear a size zero or a two and MyBestFit shop-ping guide ranged from sizes eight to 10,” Rachel Wenzel, senior mar-

keting major, said. “At that point I am more likely to go try on pants in all of the stores they suggest, so I can find out for my self what size and style would work best for me.”

Unfortunately, there are some glitches in the system. For in-stance, plus-size women do not receive their accurate sizes as well as those who like their clothes to be tight. MyBestFit sizes each in-dividual for a comfortable fit.

Get ready for a new way to shop for clothes.

MyBestFit.com also has all of their brands available along with access to your personal shopping guide. All you need is the code received from the booth at the time of your fitting.

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10 The Loquitur Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010Arts & Entertainment

By Kelly HannanStaff Writer

Application of the week:

TomTomBy Brandon KroeckelStaff Writer

Everybody who drives wishes they had a GPS to help guide them to their destina-tion without an issue. TomTom for Smart-phones answers user’s prayers.

TomTom is a full-fledged TomTom GPS on your mobile phone.

When you enter the application, you’re greeted with a clean and simple user inter-face that can be used in both portrait and land-scape mode.

The first option is your navigator. In this menu, you can tell the GPS to take you home, to a favorite address, an address not stored to your device, a recently entered destination, a local Google search, points of interest and more.

Another nifty feature is that Tom-Tom can speak street names. For example, if you are driving from Cabrini towards the Blue Route, the first set of instructions would say “turn right, King of Prussia road, then at the end of the road, turn left, US 30 East Lancaster Avenue.”

TomTom also lets you listen to music while you drive with-out disturbing the au-dio directions.

Users can control their music using the built-in controls within the application or can enable multitasking and switch between the Smartphone and Tom-Tom apps.

TomTom is compat-ible with all models of the iPhone and iPod Touch.

TomTom will set you back $50 but with the features included compared to a stand-alone GPS, the price is worth it.

TomTom also of-fers a traffic service within the app to help avoid traffic. That fea-ture will set you back an additional $20 per year.

Updates for new roads and points of in-terests are free.

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‘Best fit’ for your jeans impresses shoppers

photos taken by danielle mclaughlin

By Danielle McLaughlinA&E Editor

Cleopatra comes alive at

The Franklin Institute

Ticket prices for Cleopatra: “The Search for the last Queen of Egypt.”

Mon.-Thur. Fri.-Sun.Adult: $26.50 $29.50

Senior: $24.50 $27.50

Child: $19.50 $19.50

The Loquitur 11Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 Arts & Entertainment

A cast of eight talented students debuted their opening night show-ing of “Lend Me a Tenor” in the Cabrini College Theater on Thurs-day, Nov 4.

“Lend Me a Tenor” is a comedy set in a hotel suite in Cleveland, Ohio in the ‘30s.

The show revolves around Tito Merelli, a world-famous tenor played by senior Phil Haggerty.

Tito is to perform the role of Otello, a character in the four act opera based on Shakespeare’s play Othello, in the gala fundraiser for the Cleveland Opera Company.

When Tito and his wife Maria, played by senior Maddie Iacobucci, arrive at the hotel Tito is not feeling well and insists to everyone that he needs rest before his performance.

Henry Saunders, general man-ager of the Opera House, played by sophomore Sam Hallowell, tells his assistant Max, played by senior Michael Krencicki, to do whatever he can to get Tito rested before the show.

From there a mystery unfolds and the stage erupts in chaos for the rest of the characters.

The theater was transformed into a of a five-star hotel suite. As the stage lit for act one scene one, the set looked as if it had been tak-en out of a movie.

Director Dr. Thomas Stretton Jr., set designer Joe Urbanik and technical director Bob Iodice were all responsible for producing the show.

“Our productions could not come together without these three individuals,” Arielle Friscia, senior stage crew member, said.

Stretton says it is the students who make the show a success.

“People are aware of all the hard work and practice that goes into playing a sport such as football,” Stretton said. “But I feel the hard work and dedication each of these students put into this play really goes unnoticed.”

The hard-working cast was re-sponsible for preparing for a period piece; a term referencing plays oc-curring in another era of time.

Hallowell says performing a pe-riod piece is challenging because of the drastic difference between their time, the ‘30s, and ours.

“The most interesting thing about rehearsing and performing as if we were in the 1930’s is the change of wardrobe and vocabu-lary from when we walk in the door to when we step on stage,” Hal-lowell said. “Ordinary words like ‘mayonnaise’ and simple contrac-tions like ‘I’ll’ are things you have to think about while on stage.”

Friscia has witnessed the dedi-

cation the cast has put into making this performance unforgettable.

“Every person that comes to see the show doesn’t realize they are walking into the madness of ‘Lend Me a Tenor,’” Friscia said. “Back-stage for the actors, it was tough be-cause at rehearsals they don’t have an audience, they don’t get that and while we as a company know what to expect, every night it’s a differ-ent audience,” Friscia said.

Cabrini College students audi-tioned for the play in late August and after a few nights of auditions, the cast was chosen.

“As the only freshman actor, I really loved being a part of the play and really came to know and love the cast and crew,” Colleen Biehl, who played Julia, said.

For the next two months, the actors and actresses of the play rehearsed every Tuesday, Wednes-day, Thursday, all day Saturday and Sunday afternoons perfecting their roles for the show.

While the rest of the student body enjoyed a day off for Dean’s Fall Holiday, the cast of “Lend Me a Tenor” spent the entire day re-hearsing.

“It sure isn’t easy. I guess the desire to be on stage is what got me through this past month of rehears-als,” Cathy Matta, who plays the role of Diana, said. “Trying to keep the final product in my mind’s eye helped me with time management and reminded me why I signed up for this show.”

The show is still being per-formed Thursday, Nov. 11 through Sunday, Nov. 14 running as a mati-nee.

According to Hallowell, if you have no background of the story, you can still expect a good time.

“Without knowing anything about the show before coming into our theater, the audience can expect a love story, a case of mistaken identity, a fake death and pure hi-larity,” Hallowell said.

To see how this mystery unfolds students can pick up tickets at the S.E.a.L. office located in the Wid-ener Center.

Cast of ‘Tenor’ lends audience good timeBy Kelly HannanStaff Writer

Pictured is the cast of “Lend me a Tenor” in the most memorable scenes displaying love, chaos and disfunc-tion. This play is a must-see amongst the Cabrini commu-nity.

The Cast

Sam Hallowell as Henry SaundersMike Krencicki as MaxPhil Haggerty as TitoDoug Wiebe as BellboyColleen Biehl as JuliaKait Finegan as MaggieMaddie Iacobucci as MariaCathy Matta as Diana

Upcoming performances:Thursday Nov. 11 at 8 p.m.Friday Nov. 12 at 8 p.m.Saturay Nov. 13 at 7 p.m.Sunday Nov. 14 at 2 p.m.

Just when you thought Jackass couldn’t get any more ridiculous, it has.

Jackass 3D pulls out all of the stops. In the newest installment of the hit MTV series, Bam Mar-gera, Johnny Knoxville and the rest of the crew go to the extremes to once again make it known that they are the craziest people on the face of the planet.

When the first Jackass movie was released in 2002, it received massive responses on both ends. Some people thought it was one of the most disgusting and idiotic things to ever be shown in a the-ater.

Others thought it was the most undeniably funny piece of film you would ever want to see.

Eight years later, not much has changed.

Although the purpose of the movie remains the same, it is slightly different. This is mostly because of the 3D aspect. The movie starts off by treating us to a very nostalgic and funny explana-tion of the 3D aspect when cartoon sensations Beavis and Butthead, another staple of MTV, appear on screen.

From there on out, it is just shear madness. We are introduced to the cast with an array of slow-motion explosions; the next one being funnier than the last.

However, the 3D itself is not very enticing, as most critics say they could have done without it.

“When the 3D works, it’s fan-tastic, but that’s only about 25 per-cent of the time,” Matt Goldberg

reviewer of collider.com, said.The great thing about a movie

like this is that it really has no plot other than to make you laugh at the unbelievable pranks and stunts these guys pull. Even though Jack-ass 3D has the same exact motive as the previous two films, you do not need to watch the first or sec-ond ones to get an idea of what is going to happen.

Despite everyone knowing what the movie’s main purpose is, people will still spend the money to see it. The price of a $15 ticket is a bit steep for a movie that has essentially been made two times before, but if you are one of those people that cannot get enough of these guys, it is definitely worth the price of admission.

What people may find to be more of a driving force than the 3D is the slow motion.

A reocurring prank called “Rocky,” got everyone to “ooo and ahh” when Margera puts on a boxing glove, sneaks up on people and punches them in the side of the head. The slow motion paints a crisp picture of what their face looks like when they get hit and when they finally recover from it. The results were received with great laughter and applause.

Even though there is nothing wrong with watching stunts that have previously made us fall out of our seats in laughter before, this movie seemed to be lacking in a few areas. In the previous films, there are run-ins with Knoxville and a bull, or other cast members being tortured by other wild ani-mals. Knoxville also brings back the prosthetics to dress up as an old man, which we have seen be-

fore but is still very funny.Sometimes, people may get the

sense that the cast members do not even want to do some of the stunts they are attempting.

One stunt in particular may prove this point, when Steve-O procrastinates getting hit in the pri-vate area by a ball attached to a tee. Another prank that could support this argument is when Margera’s fear of snakes is revisited. Mar-gera thinks he is going to pull the “Rocky” prank on one of the cast members, but in turn is sent into a pit of toy snakes. This causes Mar-

gera to freak out and try to climb out. As he tries to get out, some of the cast members throw actual live snakes down in the pit and you can clearly see Margera is not acting at that point.

If you like Jackass, you will be highly entertained and laugh re-gardless if the movie is lacking in creativity. It retains the jaw-drop-ping humor that the two previous ones had, but this movie might be the weakest of the three.

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By Danielle McLaughlinA&E Editor

12 The Loquitur Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010Arts & Entertainment

Classroom Chic

by sarah luckert / photo editor

Jamie Oliver is at it again. After a suc-cessful first season of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, Oliver was set to have his second season filmed in Los Angeles. However, officials at the school Oliver was planning on going to said that Oliver’s time would be better spent at a school that needs the nutritional attention. Oliver is now scrambling to find another school to revolutionize before the upcoming pre-miere of the second season of his show.

After tweeting last week that she felt sick, Lilly Allen suf-fered a miscarriage and was hospital-ized for the poten-tially lethal blood-poisoning condition septicaemia. In the days leading up to her miscarriage, Al-len was hospitalized for a viral condition. Allen and her part-ner Sam Cooper are thankful for all the support they have re-ceived over the past couple of days.

Fresh out of jail, Lil Wayne goes home to Miami to a welcome-home party. Wayne was or-dered by an Arizona judge to stay away from drugs and alco-hol for three years as part of his probation. Wayne’s probation also requires that he commits no crimes or he will face jail time in the future.

Jackass 3D: a hilarious sequel

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By Jesse GaunceStaff Writer

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Jackass 3D continues to shock fans with it’s crazy and sponta-neosus stunts.

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Ashley Zimmerman is a 24 year-old who has a masters degree in Edu-cation.

“I work in a corporate setting so I usually dress up for work. I enjoy wearing dresses, skirts and heels,” Zimmerman said in reference to her outfit.

“My favorite part of my outfit is my sweater dress because it is com-fortable but you can still dress it up.”

Ben Danner is a 19 year-old sophomore biology major.

“I usually dress very com-fortably, but when I have meetings, I dress up,” Danner said in reference to his outfit.

“I love my pink shirt be-cause it is very vibrant.”

Weekly Sports Update

Philadelphia 76ers forward Andre Iguodala missed his first game since the 2007 season. Before missing the game on Sunday, Nov. 7 against the New York Knicks, Iguodala had played in 252 con-secutive games. Iguodala also missed practice on Monday, Nov. 8 and his return date is unexpected. Iguodala has been suffering from tendonitis in his right Achilles tendon and he is listed as day-to-day. So far this season, Iguodala is averaging 13 points, five rebounds and six assists in the six games that he has ap-peared in. For more information on Iguodala’s condition you can go to www.csnphilly.comRead original story from CSNPhilly | Monday, Nov. 8 2010

Iguodala mIsses fIrst game sInce 2007

From the start of the season the Dallas Cowboys could sense that there was something off. Once star quarterback Tony Romo went down it was just another sign the ‘Boys’ weren’t what they usual-ly are. This past weekend’s loss to the Green Bay Packers was the last for Wade Phillips who on Monday was fired by Jerry Jones. It will be Jason Garrett who steps up from his offensive coordinator position to be promoted to interim head coach; Garrett will still hold his position as offensive coordinator as well. Jerry Jones has stated that if Garrett finishes the season with a positive play and wins under his belt that he might remove the “interim” title and name him the Head Coach for next season. There will be a change of pace from the slow talking southern twang of Phillips to the boisterous and commanding voice of Garrett.Read Original Story at ESPN | Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010

cowboys drop to 1-7, replace phIllIps

The talk of the country this summer was the Miami Heats big three signing. Chris Bosh, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade started off this anticipated season with a slow start and a few key injuries. Since then though they have finally found their rhythm and are putting games together that are showing why their hype was so big. Lebron started the season with his turnovers unchar-acteristically high and since then has dialed down and found his role. Chris Bosh is still finding his niche but is consistently put-ting up big numbers. There was talk about how many wins this squad would put together and now those high numbers seem to be a reality.Read Original Story at ESPN | Monday, Nov. 8, 2010

bIg three settlIng In

gIroux sIgns extensIon wIth flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux signed a three -year contract extension on Monday, Nov. 8. Giroux was draft-ed by the Flyers in the first round of the 2006 National Hockey League (NHL) draft as the 22nd pick overall. It is reported that Giroux’s new deal is worth $11.25 million, which begins next season and extends to the 2013-2014 season. For the 2009-2010 season, Giroux was one of the leading scorers for the Flyers with 82 goals and 16 assists recorded. So far in the 2010-2011 season, Giroux leads the team in goals with seven and ranks third on the team in assists with seven. The Flyers are 10-7 so far this season.Read original story from NHL.com | Monday, Nov. 8, 2010

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Patrick Gallagher online media editorpjg725@cabrini.edu

VIck leads eagles to VIctory

This past Sunday the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Indy Colts 26-24. It was a big win not only for the Birds but also for quar-terback Michael Vick. Vick ran threw for 218 yards and a touch-down while also running for 74 and a score. The Eagles had just came off of the bye week where they were faced with daunting decisions about their quarterback problem. It has been the discus-sion of the year and finally now with the big effort from Vick it seems that Phily finally has their QB for at least the rest of the year. The birds are now 5-3 on the season and are in second place in the NFC East division. They take on Washington this upcom-ing Sunday where it will be their second match up with McNabb since the trade. Washington won the first game 17-12 in Phily and they will be looking for a repeat this Sunday at 8:30 on ESPN.Read Original Story at ESPN | Monday, Nov. 8, 2010

Only allowed to use one word to describe his team, senior exer-cise science major and basketball forward Dom Farrello said it best, “eager.”

Following an epic season in which the 21st-ranked Cavaliers defeated Neumann 97-73 to win their ninth Colonial States Athletic Conference title, Cabrini is eager to do it again.

The win last year was the first time the team picked up a CSAC championship since the 2001-2002 season. In addition, the team picked up an NCAA berth versus 18th-ranked Randolph-Macon College in which they lost.

As with all college-athletic seasons, it will be different. Ken Misevicius, a senior forward, and last years leading scorer, has grad-uated. Despite the changes in the roster, Farrello, the 6-foot-3-inch forward, isn’t worried.

“We’ve got some good guys who will make an impact and learn the system,” Farello said.

Asked about the outlook of the

2010-2011 Cavs as compared to the previous season, Farrello noted that the team looks the same if not stronger.

“We have a lot of experience returning,” Farrello said. “We lost our lead scorer but our returners should step in and fill the void.”

As a returner to the CSAC champion team, Farrello listed his own expectations for himself to improve his game and to help the younger players develop better.

As far as which teams he thinks will give the Cavs the toughest season this year, Farello called out both Keystone College and Gwyn-edd-Mercy College.

“Keystone always plays us tough and Gwynedd has been a big rival lately,” Farrello said.

The boys of winter are expected to play Gwynedd-Mercy on Thurs-day, Dec. 2 at home and face off against Keystone on Thursday, Jan. 27.

The Cavs will start their season on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at Haverford College.

The women’s basketball team missed the opportunity last year to earn their third consecutive CSAC

title but the Lady Cavs 2011 championship chase will begin on Monday, Nov. 15 versus Widener University at 7 p.m. in the Nerney Field House.

Some highlights of the season not only will be the usual CSAC rivalries but will also be some win-ter games played in Puerto Rico.

The Cavs will tip off against the University of Mary Washington on Dec. 18 and will play the Univer-sity of Sacred Heart Puerto Rico on Dec. 19.

Cabrini will take on the 2010 CSAC champion Neumann Uni-versity on Jan. 24, 2011 at the Ner-ney Field House and also on Feb. 17 in Aston, Pa.

The ladies lost to Neumann in their first matchup, 77-60 and de-feated the Knights by a narrow five points, 73-68.

The team will take on CSAC runner-up, Gwynedd-Mercy, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2011. Gwynedd-Mercy defeated the Lady Cavs in close matchups last season, 70-65 and 85-80 respectfully.

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Inside Look:Men’s and women’s basketball preview

Player Profile: Caitlin Donahue

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Colonial States Athletic Con-ference (CSAC) Player of the Year, CSAC First Team Honoree, CSAC Honorable Mention and Player of the Week are just some of the hon-ors that senior goalkeeper Caitlin Donahue has been awarded.

Originally from Langhorne, Pa., Donahue never thought she would continue playing field hock-ey after her career at Neshaminy High School.

In high school Donahue played rugby, field hockey, soccer and softball.

“I wasn’t planning on going to school and playing field hockey. After I picked up field hockey I kind of lost my love for any other sport,” Donahue said.

Originally a field player, Do-nahue decided to move her talents into the goal due to her severe asthma. Donahue says that another

reason she chose to be goalkeeper was after a discussion her and her father had.

“My dad told me how being a goalie there are only so many of you and there are thousands of field players. He said that you only come across so many good goalies and that stuck with me,” Donahue said.

Donahue’s father Pete Dona-hue is proud of his daughter’s field hockey career and believes that playing with a team will help her in the future.

“Cait has been on the top of her game this year. It’s her senior year and she’s been wanting to go out on top and she has,” Donahue’s father said.

In the 2009 season Donahue was recognized for having a save percentage of .886 winning her the NCAA Statistical Champion in save percentage. She also was se-lected as ECAC Mid-Atlantic Re-gion Defensive Player of the Week and was named WomensField-Hockey.com Weekly Honor Roll.

Donahue was given these awards while having a rough sea-son after suffering from a torn MCL while blocking a shot against Rowan University.

During the 2010 season, Do-nahue started 17 games with a 10-7 record. Donahue continued her award streak by being named Player of the Week and CSAC Player of the Year.

“I wasn’t really expecting to get the CSAC Player of the Year because the rest of my team did re-ally awesome. I don’t like the sin-gle awards and the attention from

getting them,” Donahue said.Among these awards Donahue

also attained a milestone in her ca-reer by reaching 500-career saves during the championship game against Gwynedd-Mercy College.

Off the field Donahue takes her schoolwork seriously. She is a criminology major and graphic de-sign minor and and hopes to work for the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

“I’ve been playing sports my entire life. It’s going to be weird not to have that outlet to go to be-cause field hockey is somewhere for me to just think about hockey and nothing else,” Donahue said.

After graduation, Donahue will be traveling to Italy to represent the U.S. on the international field hockey team.

“I’m really going to miss com-ing to her games next year but she is playing in Italy and that’s going to be icing on the cake,” Dona-hue’s father said.

“I think my dad is my biggest fan. He’s been coming to every one of my games ever since I start-ed in the seventh grade. He has confidence in me and loves watch-ing me play. I don’t know what he’s going to do next year when I’m not playing,” Donahue said.

“Her playing career has been phenomenal and I am so proud of her as a person. She has done well in field hockey and in her school-work and it’s made her who she is today. Cait is a very humble per-son and doesn’t think the awards she receives are a big deal but they are,” Donahue’s father said.

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Season recap: Cavaliers cross countryWith a group of only six runners, Cabri-

ni’s cross country team wasn’t able to place in most of the meets that they competed in. However, this hurdle didn’t stop them from beating their personal bests.

The men’s and women’s season ended on Saturday, Oct. 30, during the Colonial States Athletic Conference championship meet.

Running the 8k course, freshman Josh-ua Sutterfield led the Cavaliers in 18th place with a 29:08 finish. Running the 5k trail, senior Diane Gapinski led the wom-en’s team finishing 47th place in 23:34.

Despite each of the individuals times, Gwynedd-Mercy College finished first for the men’s team and Marywood University finished first for the women’s team.

Whether or not this loss is due to the lack of scoring runners throughout the season leading up until the CSAC, is unknown, but it has affected most of the teammates.

“At first I was upset [at the lack of team members] and at times it was hard because there was no one to push me to do better,” Joshua Sutterfield, freshman exercise sci-ence major, said.

For most of the cross country team members, this was their first year running for the Cavaliers.

“I never ran before but this team was a lot of fun and it was something new and exciting. ‘Our sport is other sports’ punish-ment.’ I heard that saying this season and it always stuck in my head,” Taylor Bonanni, sophomore psychology major, said.

Jeff Young, a transfer student from Ar-

cadia University completed his first season with the Cavs this year.

“This was my first season running cross country at Cabrini. I thought it would be a good idea to continue my athletic career and to meet new people because I am a transfer student,” Young, sophomore po-litical science major, said.

One of last years leading runners and No. 3 in the CSAC, Diane Gapinski suf-fered from a season-long knee injury for the duration of the 2010 season.

“My season was disappointing because of my season-long injury that did not al-low me to run most of the season. How-ever, I still enjoyed being on the team very much,” Gapinski, elementary education major, said.

One race that is known to be difficult is the Belmont Classic. The Cavs competed

at the Belmont Plateau three times during the season. One race in particular was on Saturday, Oct. 2, and the Cavs managed to score with impressive times.

Sutterfield lead the Cav’s efforts with a 14th overall finish against 87 competitors. This race marked his cross country debut wth a time of 31:57. Young also completed the 8k with a 41st-place finish with a time of 35:11.

Leading for the women, senior Maryel-len Anastasio competed in the 5k trail with a time of 25:27, finishing 57th. Bonanni also raced and finished in 76th with a time of 27:07. Overall, the women finished in 13th.

“This is my first year running and this has been the most challenging sport I’ve ever done. It’s not like you can call time-out and fix a play, you just have to keep

running. I would recommend it to any-one, people who want to get in shape and people who want a preseason for another sport they play,” Anastasio, se-nior communication major, said.

In addition to just running, every member of the team can agree that they made new friends and have shared a strong bond that they will never forget.

“It’s different from anything I’ve ever played. I wish I ran all four years. Our coach sends out weekly emails with goals and motivational quotes; he cares about our improvement,” Anas-tasio said.

“I made some very good friends on the team this year and had a lot of fun with them every day from late August until November. I am proud of every one of them who persevered through it

all with me this year. Also, much thanks goes to Coach O'Hora, Coach Wootten and Coach Joe for all their hard work and dedi-cation they put into our season,” Young said.

“I am really sad to be done with cross country, it has been a huge part of my expe-rience as a Cabrini College student. I will definitely miss my teammates and Coach O'Hora. Coach O' Hora and cross country have helped me become the person I am today. I will always continue to run. I love to run and the great thing about running is that you can do it forever,” Gapinski said.

The underclassmen plan on running in next years season to improve what they’ve already accomplished.

“I’m going to run so I can show Cabrini running is no joke,” Sutterfield said.

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The Cabrini men’s golf team had a successful fall sea-son under the leadership of new head coach Adam Pifer. The team placed in the top five in four of the events it entered. It was a transitional fall season for the new coach and the three players new to the team.

Freshmen Pat Rooney and Rob Bass, as well as sopho-more Max Matejik, joined veterans junior Chris Sarvadi and senior Mike Ryan to compose the 2010 fall team. The team came together under Pifer, who took the place of former coach Tony “Doc” Verde.

For Pifer, the transition was a relatively smooth one because of his good relation-ship with Verde. The relationship was formed during Cabrini vs. Temple golf matches when Pifer played for Temple. Pifer said that Verde has been a great help with his transition to Division III golf.

“I told the guys that whenever there’s change, there is going to be a period of transition,” Pifer said. “It involves getting to know the new players, understanding expectations and getting a feel for the new program.”

The golf season runs both in the fall and spring, and this year the fall season served as a learning experience and a time of adjustment.

Many of the team members believe that Pifer played a crucial role in bringing the team together.

“From day one, Pifer was already trying to improve our game,” Sarvadi said. “We really came together around him and are now a new solid team and that can only mean great things for the golf program at Cabrini.”

Pifer played a large role in teaching the players new les-sons about golf that will hopefully make the spring a great season for Cabrini.

“I learned this fall that there is more to golf than just

hitting a ball,” Rooney said. “The fall taught me that golf is 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical. I hope that with the help of Pifer I can step up my game and really help the team in the spring.”

The fall season does not count toward the playoffs so the Cavs will really be looking to have a solid performance in the spring. However, both seasons are important for establishing a solid record and building skill. The spring could potentially hold conferences and nationals for the

Cavs, so the team will be working very hard in the off-season to improve.

“The off season is work time,” Sarvadi said. “We are going to be doing more things as a team such as more workouts and yoga. We are going to go the range even in the coldest of weather so we can keep the rust off.”

The winter practice sessions are something that the team did not have access to before Pifer. His golf academy will provide the space and hopefully an extra competitive edge.

The winter practice space isn’t the only new thing to the Cavs' winning plan. Ryan and Sarvadi also decided to really step up the leadership by adding more team bond-ing. Not only are they leaders on the course, but also they

take the team out to dinner and really try to get to know the players.

“The leadership of Mike and Chris has helped me a lot,” Rooney said. “They helped me keep my cool when I wasn’t playing well. We did a lot of team bonding whether it was going out to dinner or on the long bus rides home from tournaments. It really helped me out a lot as a fresh-men who didn’t know people coming into Cabrini.”

The team is in agreement that the favorite moment of the fall season was the time spent getting to know the other players.

“My favorite memory was playing golf with the guys for the first time and seeing the potential in them,” Sarvadi said. “I thought to myself once we can all get scores in our potential we can be a great golf team.”

Some of the players were disappointed with their individual performances but over-all Pifer was pleased considering the season was very transitional. All players have their eyes on the spring season for success.

“The fall season wasn't as good as I would have hoped but it's more or less a learning experience for the team,” Ryan said. “I think everyone on the team, myself included, can

play much better than how we played in the fall. Overall I think we have a strong young team that hopefuly by the spring will be shooting better scores. I really think we can win of conference and go to nationals.”

Each player is looking to have a strong performance in the spring in order to help the team reach the goal of a CSAC title. Ryan believes that team truly has the potential to win the conference.

“I really look forward to making memories in the spring and hopefully capturing the CSAC title that Keystone took away from us last year,” Sarvadi said.

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golf season ends under strong leadershipBy Laura HancqStaff Writer

“I really look forward to making memories in the spring

and hopefully capturing the CSAC title that Keystone took

away from us last year.”

The No.1 seed women’s soccer team fell to the No. 5 seed, Immaculata University in the Colonial States Ath-letic Conference (CSAC) semi finals. The Lady Cavs suffered an 8-7 shoot out loss at the end of the game. The team ended their season with a 14-3 record.

“Being on the team last year, I knew they were go-ing to come back and have another great season. The seniors are a solid group of girls that have worked very hard throughout their time here,” Jamie O’Hanlon, se-nior education major, said.

“Before that game we were all prepared, and ready to play our best. We knew it would be a tough game and we had to give everything we had but I still never would have thought we would have lost,” Annmarie Kolla, senior forward, said.

“My expectations for the game were to win, I think everyone thought that we were going to win but they put up a tough fight,” Gianna Porretta, se-nior goalkeeper, said.

The game all came down to the end, with zeros across the scoreboard. The Mighty Macs battled it out with the Lady

Cavs with 26 penalty kicks.“There wasn’t one person sitting in the

stands, it was one of those moments where you just get the goose bumps witnessing it,” O’Hanlon, said. “The game was back

and forth the whole game, it was the stron-gest I've ever seen the Cabrini girls come out.”

“I believe that it was an overall team ef-fort every person on team had to contribute

to that game either in the 110 minutes we played, in penalty kicks, or from the side-line it was a team effort,” Porretta said.

Despite the recent loss, the women’s soccer team had an overall great season.

After defeating Philadelphia Biblical Uni-versity 6-1, the Lady Cavs were seeded No. 1 in the CSAC.

Senior midfielder, Dana Nardello was selected for CSAC player of the year.

Head coach, Ken Prothero was nominated as the conference coach of the year. Se-nior, Annmarie Kolla has also been added to the CSAC Honor Roll. Kolla ranked first among the Cavs, came into the post-

season with 23 points on eight goals and seven as-sists.

“I hope next year’s team is able to win it all. I think that they will want it now more than ever,” Porretta said. “The best part of the season was just being part of that team. We’re like a big family and I know we will never forget this sea-son, win or lose. We had an awesome game and an awesome season.”

The women’s soccer team is graduating many of their key players includ-ing Porretta, Kolla, Brianna Conner and Nardello.

“It was great that we came in first place and had a 14-3 record. We deserved first place and worked hard for it,” Kolla said. “The best part of this season was the team and the coaches. We all had so much fun to-gether. Every practice was

so much fun and an escape from every-thing else going on.”

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women’s soccer season ends to immaculata universityBy Katie BonanniStaff Writer

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In the CSAC semi-final match against Immaculata University, it took 26 pernalty kicks for the game to come to a close. Senior goalkeeper Gianna Porretta tallied three saves, but ultimately the No. 1 Lady Cavs fell to the No. 5 Immaculata University Might Macs.

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Field hockey and volleyball win 2nd consecutive csac championship

cabrini college athletic departmentThe Lady Cavs celebrate their win on the Edith Robb Dixon Field. The field hockey team advances to the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The Cabrini women’s volleyball team won the Colonial States Athletic Conference Championship for the second year in a row by defeating the No. 2 seed Baptist Bible College 3-1 at the Nerney Field house on Saturday, Nov. 6. The win also gave them their second consecutive bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.

“It’s very exciting to be able to have the NCAA expe-rience again and no matter what happens I'm just happy that we have been able to stay so strong as a team,” Alexis

Doss, outside hitter, said.The Lady Cavs started slow but won the first set in a

nine-point comeback rally to defeat the Defenders 25-23.The Defenders recovered in the second set to take the

win 25-18. Both teams were fired up when the third match started, but the Lady Cavs snuck by with a 27-25 win.

With momentum on their side, they took the fourth set 25-16 ending the dreams of the Lady Defenders, and giv-ing them the win for their bid to the NCAA tournament.

“This season went extremely well and I am very proud of my team and coaches because of all of the ups and downs we've overcome as a team. We had each other's

backs when the times became difficult, we became a fam-ily,” Courtney Abel, junior libero, said.

The Lady Cavs had an exceptional year, with Stepha-ine Recklau and Abel, reaching the 1,000 club in kills and digs respectively.

Recklau recorded her 1000th kill in a tri-match against Haverford College, Abel recorded her 1000th dig in a vic-tory against Centenary College.

The records earned them both as the Cabrini student athlete of the week during their respected week.

“Every moment we’re on the court together, whether it's practice or a game, we learn from each other. We learn each other's tendencies, their strengths and their weak-nesses. This year was very different for me personally because I was one of the leaders on the team simply be-cause of my age. We knew having seven incoming players could be a challenge but they are all strong players and we meshed really well together,” Abel said.

The Lady Cavs had six all CSAC selections including Recklau who was named CSAC player of the year for the second year in a row leading the Lady Cavs in attack per-centage.

Recklau was also named first team all-conference. Doss was named second team all-conference in her posi-tion as a hitter. Alaina Clark, Abel, Megan Ryan and Mi-chele Fitz all received an honorable mention for their play this year. The team sportsmanship honor went to Kristy Riley.

The Lady Cavs will make their second consecutive ap-pearance NCAA Tournament and will play the No. 4 seat Juniata in the first round at Frostburg State University on Friday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m.

“I would sum up this year as a great learning and build-ing year. We definitely have a very young team and we knew that coming in but they fact that we were able to bring everything together at the end of the year and win the CSAC championship for the second year in a row is a great accomplishment and is only a precursor to what we will be able to do next year since all the freshman will have such a strong year under their belt,” Doss said.

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cabrini college athletic departmentThe Lady Cavs celebrate their win against Baptist Bible College at the Nerney Field House. The team is set to play No. 4 Juniata College in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Frostburg, Md. on Friday, Nov. 12.

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For the second year in a row, the Lady Cavs are champions again of the Colonial States Athletic Conference. Cabrini Col-lege’s field hockey team defended its title against Gwynedd-Mercy, winning 3-1 on Saturday, Nov. 6.

The girls never had doubted their ability to repeat the CSAC title. Before their 2010 season began the field hockey team put in a lot of work in the off season to prepare themselves. This preparation therefore lead to domination of the CSAC once again.

“I told our team if we play the way we played last year and work just as hard as we are now then we have a chance of being champions again,” Lauren Alessi, junior forward, said.

And by looking at the final result of the season, Alessi was right. The Lady Cavs dominated their conference with a record of 7-1.

“We click so well. We have a great bond on and off the field and I couldn’t ask for anything better,” junior midfielder Maura Gordon said.

After losing their first opening confer-ence game to Immaculata, the girls knew from there that every team was going to give them a run for their money as defend-ing champions.

“To get to this point it wasn’t just one individual, it was a team effort. All 11 players are put on the field and we clicked together and we competed and won as a team,” Alessi said.

Before entering the playoffs the ladies felt confident. In the semifinals they shat-

tered Immaculata in a 4-0 victory, symbol-izing payback from the upset back in Sep-tember, which then lead them to a sweet victory in the championship verse the No. 2 Gwynedd-Mercy.

“I was pretty nervous because it was such a big game but also excited because I had a good feeling we could repeat it again,” Katie Solewin, sophomore for-ward, said.

“Our team clicked at the right moment. It took us a while to warm up but we all have learned to work together so well which make us a very good team,” Solewin said.

In the championship, senior goalkeeper and CSAC Player of the Year Caitlin Do-nahue posted five saves for her 43rd career win.

Alessi and junior midfielder Maura Gordon scored a goal each in the match up. Junior forward Stephanie Campanaro led the team offensively as she has done for most of the season tallying three points on one goal and one assist.

With this victory head coach Jackie Neary has clinched her 12th conference title at Cabrini. Neary has now achieved 10 CSAC titles in women’s lacrosse as well as two in field hockey.

“We have the same strategy as we did in regular season. We play like we do and win that way, no need to change anything for the tournament,” Gordon said.

On Wednesday, Nov. 10 the Cavs travel to Middlebury, VT to battle No.12 Mid-dlebury College in the first round for the NCAA Tournament.

The winner of that game will proceed to Ursinus College to meet Tufts University

on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.The 12-7 Cavaliers are humble about

going into the tournament and are going with the same winning mentality they had entering the CSAC championship. They believe if they continue with the same in-tensity and hard work, they could be very

successful in the NCAA tournament.“Every player on our team is extremely

talented, we have every reason to win,” Gordon said.

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