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Alumni donations declinePATRICIA J. SHEEHANASST. SPORTS [email protected]

Donations and contribu-tions are a very importantaspect for every college oruniversity. Private schoolslike Cabrini rely on thesedonations in order to prosperas an institution. This year,Cabrini is trying to make upfor the sharp drop in dona-tions last year.

In the 2004-2005 academicyear, Cabrini received$1,891,027 in contributionsfrom trustees, alumni, parents,faculty, religious organiza-tions and corporations. This isa decrease from the yearsprior. Cabrini was given$2,153,831 in contributions inthe 2003-2004 academic year.

Gifts from individuals rep-resented only 25 percent ofthe annual funds that Cabrinihas raised. This is well belowthe national average, whereindividual gifts make up 75percent of the total amount ofcontributions in the UnitedStates, according to JeanJacobson, the director for cor-poration foundation and gov-ernment relations at Cabrini.

Gifts are needed toincrease endowment, whichcolleges use to fund scholar-ships and long term projects.“Increasing the level ofendowment is also an impor-tant way to provide incomefor scholarships and for grow-

ing and sustaining academic pro-grams. Cabrini’s endowment islower than comparable institu-tions of higher education. As ageneral rule of thumb, a collegewould like to raise an endowmentthat’s twice the size of its annualoperating budget,” Jacobson said.

Jacobson also said that Cabri-ni has a hard time receiving largecontributions from alumnibecause class sizes did not startto grow until the late ‘90s. As ayoung college with a small alum-ni base, some of the older alumsare finally at a point in their liveswhere they can afford to givelarger gifts to Cabrini.

“Contributions to Cabrini,excluding government grants,did decrease in 2005 from theprevious year; this is primarilydue to the timing of largerpledges to the ‘10,000 HeartsComprehensive Campaign,’which includes pledges to theCenter for Science Educationand Technology, endowmentand gifts to annual operations.Since it is a comprehensivecampaign, gifts to one areaversus another really do notimpact the overall goal of$16.5 million. The timing of

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Men speak outabout dangers of‘manorexia’

MATT DONATOASST. A&E EDITOR

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Recently, women who havecomplexes about their physicalform found they are not alone.More and more men these daysare admitting to being anorexic.They are no longer referred to asbeing anorexic, but “manorexic,”which is the name given to thenewest twist on anorexia.

It is a term that was coined inthe mid-’90s by famous actorDennis Quaid. Quaid acknowl-edged the fact that he wasmanorexic when he dropped 40pounds for the part of Doc Holli-day in the film “Wyatt Earp.”

Quaid admitted, “My armswere so skinny that I couldn’tpull myself out of a pool. I’dlook in the mirror and still see a180-pound guy even though Iwas 138 pounds. For many years,I was obsessed about what I waseating, how many calories ithadand how much exercise I’dhave to do,” according to BestLife magazine.

According to Raderpro-

grams.com, anorexia is describedas a condition in which the maincharacteristic of the disease isrestricting food and the refusal tomaintain a minimal, normal bodyweight. Most anorexics loseweight by restricting their foodintake. Anorexics usually start bylimiting or excluding foods thatthey perceive as having a high fator caloric content.

Someone suffering fromanorexia will tend to hold a veryrestrictive diet that is limited toinadequate portions of food. Ifthis turns out to not be enough,the afflicted will turn to vomit-ing, laxative abuse, diureticabuse, insulin abuse, chew-spit-ting and excessive exercise.

“It’s a shame that this muchtime has passed since a terminol-ogy has come along for maleanorexia. There have been mensuffering from this disease for along time, and it is nice to see itfinally come out to the public,”Erik Parrillo, a junior marketingmajor, said.

According to the EatingDisorders Association, the

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Praxis exam scoring upsets education majors NIKKI SABELLA

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A class-action lawsuit againstthe Educational Testing Servicewas settled on March 14 whenthey agreed to pay $11.1 millionto test takers who had beenwrongly scored.

The tests that were scoredincorrectly by the ETS were thePraxis series exams. The “PraxisPrinciples of Learning and Teach-ing: Grades 7-12” that were takenfrom January 2003 to August2004 were the particular casesinvolved in the lawsuit. That spe-cific test is taken over three ses-

sions, during two hours with acost of $85. The Praxis exams areprimarily taken to determinewhether or not education majorsin college will be able to studentteach or even become licensedteachers.

Thirty-nine states use thePraxis series tests to determinewho can become a licensedteacher each year. According tothe New York Times, there were27,000 people who took the tests,and their scores ranked lowerthan they should have been, and4,100 wrongly failed the tests. Intheir attempt to compensate stu-dents for their mistakes, the ETSis paying approximately $500 per

student who was wrongly failed.Plaintiffs that present their indi-vidual instances to a court-appointed master will receive theremainder of the $11.1 million.

“Unbelievable,” Karen Ran-dazzo, a junior chemistry andsecondary education major, said.“I would have been really upset.We count on these tests to makesure that our basic skills arewhere they should be. Havingbeen mis-scored would com-pletely make that purpose mean-ingless,” Randazzo said.

“I’d be angry, and that’s to sayit nicely. It would send me back

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MICHELLE MORAN/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

The above pie charts shows how Cabrini alumni donations are used.

A&EFormal a success

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Strong start to men’sseasonpage 16

JESS WEBB/PHOTO EDITOR

Manorexia, the newest twist on the eating disorder, anorexia, is causing men toobsess over their weight.

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Retreat searches students’ soulsGAIL KATHERINE ZIEGLER

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Recently, a group of studentswent on a retreat to look insidethemselves to evaluate their rela-tionships with others, God andthemselves. There were 23 peo-ple involved in the trip: six stu-dent leaders, 15 students, FatherMichael Bielecki and Laura Gor-gol, the campus minister.

The “Search” retreat trip wassponsored by campus ministryand is tied with Cabrini’sCatholic tradition. Gorgol said,“The retreat is designed to givestudents some time away fromcampus with other students in anatmosphere of community,reflection and relaxation.”

On March 17, the group head-ed up to Whitehaven, Pa., whichis in the Poconos. Their destina-tion was “The Country Place,”but they were given no specificsabout the trip. Part of the trip is tokeep the specific activities pri-vate to enhance the experience.The group returned to CabriniMarch 19 in the afternoon. Whathappened in between is for thegroup to know, but the partici-pants admit to a very spiritualexperience.

Sam Randol, a freshman psy-chology and religious studiesmajor, saw a flyer about the tripand knew about it because herboyfriend had already signed up.She didn’t know what was goingto happen, but she signed up any-way. She said that she got no

sleep because the group was uplate talking during the weekend.She said, “It was difficult,because it is self-reflection.” Shealso said that the trip “is whatyou make of it.”

Gorgol said, “Search was agreat success in that the studentstook time away from their busylives, had time to relax, reflectand enjoy each other’s compa-ny.” She said that the retreat hada community feel, and the groupwas able to have fun and buildthat community together.

Father Michael explained thatthe retreat is about looking atrelationships with God, self andothers to discern how to betterthose relationships and therefore,a better quality of life.

Father Michael also pointedout that the retreat is for peopleof all faith traditions. He said,“Personal transformation comesabout only when we spend timewith ‘ultimate reality,’ which islabeled God, Yahweh or Allah,depending upon your faith tradi-tion.” He was energized by thetalks and interactions and said he“realized how blessed we arehere at Cabrini to have so manygreat young people among us.”

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LAURA GORGOL/SUBMITTED PHOTO

Participants of the Search retreat had no idea what was in store for them, but afterthe spiritual experience, the group was happy to have shared the weekend together.

Flag DesignMichelle Moran

Cabrini College took a nice solid punch in the jaw in

the financial contributions category last year. Since the

2003-2004 school year, numbers have dropped by

almost $300,000.

After such a controversial year, the decrease in con-

tributions comes as no surprise to many students and

members of the Cabrini community.

As the school relentlessly tries to expand and explore

larger media outlets, students living on campus have

been subjected to a minimization of dormitory condi-

tions, parking spaces and what seems like a permanent

imprisonment of temporary fencing. In the same breath,

tuition costs refuse to stop rising, causing our wallets to

shrink as well.

One can’t help but consider that the conditions

imposed upon present students are a part of the

decrease in contributions to the school. Other factors

surely have played a role in the $300,000 decrease. One

factor that cannot be denied involves the removal of

former men’s basketball coach John Dzik.

In the midst of the situation revolving around the

successful coach of 25 years, the Loquitur received a

great number of letters from outraged alumni refusing

to donate to the school ever again.

But have no fear, Cabrini; radio commercials and

billboards will save our financial sagging! With the new

branding of the school, we are destined to attract herds

of new prospective students.

This reporter just wonders if such a large amount of

money was needed to spend on the branding of the

school.

Are the departments of art and graphic design not

two departments that would be very capable of design-

ing a new logo? Ahhh forget it; let’s just pay someone

else to do it.

So good luck to Cabrini in the future. The Loquitur

hopes the school becomes everything it wants to be,

whatever that is, something extraordinary, I guess.

Schoolexpansioncomes at highexpense

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Men come clean witheating disordersMANOREXIA, page 1

majority of men who suffer frommanorexia recall being teasedabout being overweight as achild. They remember beingobese due to troubles at home andlow self esteem, just to name afew.

Another reason men usuallyfall into manorexia is because oftheir professions. Occupationssuch as dance, horse racing,bodybuilding and other athleticscan have a big impact on an indi-

Education majors doubt Praxis exams PRAXIS, page 1

vidual’s outlook of themselves. Manorexia is a term that has

been dormant for a while, due tothe egotistical males that plaguesociety.

“It is more difficult to comeforward. You cannot admit toyour feelings in a macho culture;people think you are weak andyou fear that you are going tolose respect from your friends,”an anonymous man interviewedby EDA, who suffered frommanorexia, said.

probably a whole semesterbecause, even if I got it fixed bynow, I still wouldn’t be able tostudent teach,”Dan Cowhey, asenior historyand secondarye d u c a t i o nmajor, said.

Praxis examsare broken intofour or fivetests. The firstthree testknowledge ofbasic reading,writing andmath skills,which are takenusually fresh-man or sopho-more year. Thereading and math are multiplechoice, and the writing is essay.The fourth test is a measure ofones in-depth knowledge of read-ing and writing with an additionof a social science section takensophomore or junior year. Lastly,the fifth test is focused on the spe-cific area of study taken senioryear.

Since the rise of electronicallyscored test errors, like the case ofthe College Board mis-scoringthe SATs in October, many stu-dents feel that they should not beweighed as such a big part of

becoming a teacher. “I think theonly thing that could fix it is lessemphasis on the test,” Cowheysaid. “It’s a good judgment ofknowledge, but I don’t know ifit’s a good judgment of teach-

ing,” he said. Carrie Kauffman, a senior

history and secondary educationmajor, thought that students lookto the Praxis tests to determine ifthey will be effective teachers.However, she felt that otherqualities that cannot be deter-mined by a written test are veryimportant in becoming an excel-lent teacher and are not recog-nized. “Classroom demeanorand a genuine desire for studentsto succeed as effective citizenscannot be scored on a multiple-choice test,” Kauffman said.

Most students agreed thatgrading by computers isinevitable and not always errorproof. They also agreed that themistakes were major setbacks forthose who were involved.

“This exam dic-tates a teacher’sfuture. If the examis not passed, stu-dents are unable tocontinue progress-ing in their educa-tional studiesbecause they can-not participate infield experience,”Randazzo said.

“I think it’s ashame that somany tests wereincorrectly scored.I’m glad that I was-n’t involved in thecase, but as a stu-

dent of education, I sympathizewith the students that wereaffected,” Kauffman said.

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Students share mixed feelings about donating to CabriniDONOR, page 1

payouts for large pledges tothe campaign, however, docreate fluctuations in giving,and this is what we have seenthis year with the completionof some larger gifts that weremade to SET as part of thecampaign,” Jacobson said.

Allison Gidich, a sopho-more exercise science major,said that shewon’t donateto Cabriniright after shegraduates, butmaybe in thefuture.

“After Ipay off myloans maybe,but I’m goingto be workinga mediocre job. It’s alreadygoing to take me five to 10years to pay off my loans,”Gidich said.

Nicole Meyers, a sopho-more pre-nursing major, saidthat she would donate to thescience department at Cabriniin the future because she feelsit has made the biggest impacton her college career.

“I would only donate tothe science department if ithelped kids get a better sci-

ence education because most ofmy time spent here has beenlearning about biology and othersciences. I’d rather donate to aneedy school where some kidscannot afford to pay for college,”Meyers said.

Jacobson said that contribu-tions are extremely important toCabrini, but over the past fewyears, while the amount ofmoney given by alumni hasincreased, the number of alumsdonating has decreased, which is

a growing trend in higher educa-tion. Cabrini uses these contribu-tions to set up grants and finan-cial aid for students. Twenty-seven percent of Cabrini’s annu-al intake goes to scholarshipsand financial aid. The nextbiggest chunk, 25 percent, isused to fund academic programs.

“Cabrini spends approximate-ly $10 million annually on insti-tutional financial aid, which rep-resents over one-fifth of theannual operating budget.

MICHELLE MORAN/GRAPHIC DESIGNER

The above pie chart shows that Cabrini receives the majority of its donationsfrom corporations, while the national average shows that other colleges get themajority of the donations from individuals.

Approximately 27 cents of eachannual fund dollar contributedhelps support grants and schol-arships for Cabrini students,”Jacobson said. Tuition aloneonly covers 67 percent of thecost associated with student’seducation at Cabrini.

When asked what a solutionfor the decrease in contributedfunds should be, Cabrini stu-dents had mixed feelings.

“I think Cabrini gets enoughmoney, but I don’t know how a

private insti-t u t i o nworks. Withour year andthe recentf r e s h m a nclass, thereshould be aton ofmoney com-ing in,”Gidich said.

“They should get studentsinvolved because so muchmoney is given out in scholar-ships and academic grants. Itwould be good to see studentsworking hard for the money thatthey were given,” Meyers said.

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“Classroom demeanor and a gen-uine desire for students to succeed as

effective citizens cannot be scoredon a multiple-choice test.”

-Carrie Kauffman, senior

“Cabrini’s endowment is lower than comparableinstitutions of higher education. As a general rule ofthumb a college would like to raise an endowment

that’s twice the size of its annual operating budget.”

-Jean Jacobson, director for Corporation Foundation andGovernment Relations

KRTDennis Quaid lost over 40 pounds for the part of Doc Holliday in the film “WyattEarp.” He has spoken publicly about anorexia and men who suffer from this disease.

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Race debated in college scholarshipsAMANDA POPOVITCH

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American Red Cross to host semi-annual blood driveYADIRA R. TOLEDO

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Cabrini College’s health serv-ices, with the assistance of theAmerican Red Cross, will behosting its semi-annual blooddrive on April 3.

At the time oftheir designateda p p o i n t m e n t ,participants willgather in the din-ing hall of them a n s i o nbetween thehours of 10 a.m.and 4 p.m.

“I don’t thinkI need to stressthe importanceof blood dona-tion. But, I willsay that this is aw o n d e r f u lopportunity for relatively healthyyoung-adults to make a differ-ence within the community,”Susan Fitzgerald, the collegenurse, said.

As of March 7, the AmericanRed Cross for the Pennsylvaniaand New Jersey region released ablood supply update, whichurgently appealed to healthy vol-unteers to donate blood.

According to this report, theregional blood inventory is quitelow. Meanwhile, with more than100 hospitals in the southeastern

Pennsylvania and New Jerseycommunity who order an averageof 2,000 blood products each andevery day, the demand is con-stantly visible.

The minimum safe level ofblood required by the local regionis anything above a two-day sup-ply, whereas a five-day supply isthe optimal safe level. Currently,

according to the March 7 update,all blood types are below a five-day supply, and three of eight dif-ferent blood types are well belowthe two-day standard.

In the last blood drive held oncampus, which was Nov. 7, 2005,Cabrini had enlisted 51 donorsand hoped to produce 40 units.Unfortunately, this goal was notmet; the entire event produced 35units.

Fitzgerald said, “There arestill many appointment timesopen, and I strongly encourage

anyone who is interested to sign-up. Though walk-ins are accept-ed, making an appointmentwould be much better. Havingset times allows the AmericanRed Cross to know how manyprofessionals to send.”

There is a push for the partic-ipation of African-Americans.This is because, according to the

Red Cross,the bestmatch for anA f r i c a n -A m e r i c a ns u f f e r i n gfrom sicklecell diseaseu s u a l l ycomes froman African-A m e r i c a ndonor.

S l o a nHarrison, asophomorepsychology

major, said, “As an African-American, I think donatingblood that could possibly helpsomeone with sickle cell diseaseis a big deal. In general, givingblood is great. It’s good for peo-ple to be involved in a cause, butI’m terrified of needles. I wasgoing to donate blood once, butI was unable to overcome myfear. Maybe this time I’ll con-quer my fear.”

However, the call of dutyextends far beyond African-Americans. Health services, the

“I don’t think I need to stress the importance of

blood donation. But, I will say that this is a wonderful

opportunity for relatively healthy young-adults to

make a difference within the community.”

-Susan Fitzgerald, Cabrini College nurse

Red Cross and students empha-size the importance of campus-wide participation.

Marybeth Tray, a sophomoreeducation major, said, “Blooddonors save lives, and I think it isgreat that Cabrini holds semi-annual blood drives. Talk aboutperforming community service.

There is no greater service that Ican do for my community.”

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The American Red Cross for the Pennsylvania and New Jersey region released ablood supply update, which urgently appealed to healthy volunteers to donate blood.According to this report, the regional blood inventory is quite low.

When looking for financialaid, most white students do notfeel that they are discriminatedagainst, but there are someexceptions. Some colleges anduniversities have begun to openup scholarships, aid and pro-grams previously available toonly minority students now towhite students.

Financial aid and special pro-grams that were once allocatedsolely for minority students havebegun accepting white or Asian-American students. However,this has raised some serious ques-tions and sparked a debate amongcolleges and universities aboutthe reasoning and logic behindthese decisions.

The debate began back in2003 with two landmarkSupreme Court decisions involv-ing the University of Michigan.The case raised many questionsabout the use of race in collegeadmissions. However, the casefocused mostly on programs forhigh school students and graduatefellowships.

Some examples include theState University of New York,which recently altered both a fel-lowship program and a scholar-ship that had previously onlybeen offered to black, Hispanic

or American-Indian students.Also, Southern Illinois Universitywas forced to reconsider its eligi-bility requirements for threeminority fellowships after theDepartment of Justice threatenedit with a lawsuit.

Most colleges and universitieshave argued that they are makingthese changes to reflect diversityon their campuses. Institutionsare increasingly turning awayfrom using classifications such as“minority” and looking for waysto create a student body thatreflects all races and ethnicities.

“We want to be in the positionof supporting programs that alsosupport the inclusion of all racialor ethnic backgrounds,” Roger B.Clegg said, according to theChronicle of Higher Education.Clegg is the general counsel forthe Center for Equal Opportunity,a group that advocates for col-leges and universities to abandonusing race as an eligibility crite-ria.

Colleges and universities havealso argued that singling outminorities is too narrow a classifi-cation for financial aid. Manyclaim they have expanded certainprograms to encompass any indi-viduals who need financial aid orwho are economically underprivi-leged. An example of this is theUniversity of Delaware, whichaltered some of its previouslyminority-only programs.They are

now available to any student whois the first member of their fami-ly to attend college and who iseconomically in need of assis-tance based on federal financialaid requirements.

“I think it would be difficultfor many schools to do thisbecause if certain organizationswant money to go specifically tominority students, then a collegecannot change that,” CharlieSpencer, the director of admis-sions, said.

Spencer also said, “I think thispractice will be difficult, if notimpossible, with auditing fromthe government.”

It is unclear right now whetherother schools will make similarchanges. However, this debatehas forced many schools toreconsider where the financialaid and assistance will go.Undoubtedly, in the diverse andmulticultural world of moderncolleges and universities, admin-istrators and financial aid offi-cials will have to deal with sometough questions.

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Terrorist:‘White Housewas a target’

A courtroom filled with law officials and jurorschoked violently on the words of Al Qaeda representa-tive Zacarias Moussaoui on Monday, as he admitted tothe jury that another target on Sept. 11, 2001 was the

White House. After examiningMoussaoui, the jury was stunnedto find out that a fifth planeshould have been hijacked.Remorseless, Moussaoui went onto tell the jury, “Every Americanis my enemy.” ZacariasMoussaoui is the first personinvolved with the terrorist acts on

Sept. 11, 2001 to be tried in the United States. Thepenalties that Moussaoui could face are the death sen-tence and a life sentence in maximum security prison.His trial is still pending.

Explosions in Ethiopia

One person was killed and three others were injuredin a minibus explosion. An explosion in a café count-ed 10 injuries total. A vendor in a local market wasadded to the tally of injuries in a series of mysteriousexplosions plaguing the capital city of Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. Since January, a continuing ring of terroristacts have been infiltrating Ethiopia, as the country andits capital have been preaching resiliency in an act tostop the person(s) plotting to devastate the country andits capital. The alleged terrorist group known as theEritrean-backs are being investigated for possibleresponsibility in the bombings.

Protests in immigration

Several American cities have been showing strongopposition on the subject of illegal immigration. OnMonday, 500,000 people flooded the streets of LosAngeles, Calif., many of which were students. Detroit,Mich. and Washington, D.C. were also cities with citi-zens active in protest. Today, it is estimated that thereare nearly 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.

Iraq anniversary

This March the U.S. has entered into its third year offighting in Iraq. Close to 2,500 military personnel havebeen found dead, not to mention the thousands morethat were injured. Death has come from many coun-tries in aid to the U.S. 2,322 Americans, oneAustralian, 103 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, three Danes,two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian,26 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, twoSalvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and18 Ukrainians have all lost their lives as of March 27,2006. The United States does not just send Americansinto Iraq, but also people from all over the world.

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KRTThe above graphic shows how uranium can be used to make weapons of mass destruction. Iran said that they are developing ura-nium, which is used in making atomic weapons, as a power source, not to produce weapons of mass destruction.The uraniumenrichment is taking place in Tehran.

Despite danger, Iran develops uraniumSTACEY TURNBULLASST. COPY EDITOR

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Despite the warnings fromcountries all around the world,Iran is continuing on with theirplan to develop uranium. Iransaid that they are developing theuranium, which is used in makingatomic weapons, as a powersource, not to produce weaponsof mass destruction. The uraniumenrichment is taking place inTehran.

The discussions on this matterhave been given to the SecurityCouncil of the United Nationsand are being looked at by theInternational Atomic EnergyAgency. The United States, Ger-many and Russia have also beenkey speakers as to what they actu-ally think Iran is going to do withthe uranium.

“It’s unclear what the outcomewill be,” Dr. Jolyon Girard, a his-tory professor, said. He went onto say that the U.S. does not wantto handle this the same way theyhandled matters with Iraq.

The International AtomicEnergy Agency is currentlyresearching how far along thedevelopment of uranium is inIran. In the last year, the U.S.intelligence estimated it wouldtake 10 years for Iran to producetheir first atomic weapon. Now itcould be pushed up as soon asthree years.

“I don’t know what is going tohappen with this whole Iran situ-ation. I think that the U.S. isgoing about it in a good way bygoing through the U.N. I justdon’t think we are going to getthe full story about the enrich-ment of the uranium for a whilethough,” Tyler Sandford, a juniorpolitical science major, said.

The United States is stayingstrong with their plea to stop Iranfrom creating these weapons ofmass destruction. They have toldTehran that if they want to contin-ue to be a part of the internation-al community, they will have togive up on their ideas of nuclearweapons.

According to the AssociatedPress, the U.S. Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice said, “We aredoing everything we can to senda strong signal to the Iraniansthat they have no choice.”

She continued by saying, “Ifthe international communitystays really solid, Iran cannotstand the kind of isolation fromthe international community;there is a chance to resolve thiscrisis diplomatically, but wecan’t afford to waste time.”

Officials in Tehran are stillsaying that they are just lookingto build a nuclear power stationand not build atomic weapons.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’ssupreme leader, said that Iranwould stand firm against anyaction taken to pressure it intoabandon its controversial nuclear

program, according to outlookin-dia.com.

Although the U.S. is pressur-ing the U.N. to make the move tostop what they think is Iranenriching uranium to build abomb, the U.N. is not sure how tomake the first move. The IAEAwants to be sure that the plans ofcreating atomic power to use aswarfare is the correct speculationbefore going in, though it is hardwith all of the pressure being puton them from the U.S.

Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad said that Iran will“not withdraw a minute step inthe field of nuclear energy” andthat the United Nations “cannotstop Iran’s peaceful usage ofnuclear energy,” according tooutlookindia.com.

JASON RADKAASST. SPORTS [email protected]

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PERSPECTIVESY O US P E A K

The mind may be a terriblething to waste, but the waist isalso a terrible thing to mind.In fact, most women wouldrather have a thinner waistthan a higher I.Q., accordingto the results of a recentnationwide woman’s survey.

According to the survey,when asked if women wouldprefer a slimmer waist or ahigher I.Q., 56 percent of thewomen questioned chose theslimmer waist.

As a woman, I am embar-rassed that more than half ofthe surveyed women wouldopt to be lighter than brighter!Has society diluted our brains

with botox, liposuction and Hol-lywood starlets so much thatwomen believe their waistline ismore important than their mind?

After reading this survey andseveral similar studies, it appearsthat women’s beauty and value inour society has long been judgedthrough the eyes, notthe ears. I am verymuch discouraged bythe findings of thissurvey.

The fact that amajority of thewomen surveyedsaid that they wouldrather be thinner thansmarter demonstratessociety’s preference for looksover brains in women. Societyhas been injecting more thanbotox into American women; ithas been injecting our mindswith the incredulous idea thatbeauty is power.

Whatever happened to thephrase, “knowledge is power?”It appears that that notion hasbeen swallowed up by the no-carbohydrate dieters and South

Beach diet junkies. I believe the troubling results

of this survey are directly corre-lated to American culture. Welive in a visually focused culturethat rewards and worships theslim and beautiful, but pays littleor no attention to those that fall

short in these areas. With that inmind, it is no wonder thatwomen strive to have JessicaSimpson’s abs and butt ratherthan the amazingly bright, Har-vard-educated mind of NataliePortman.

What is even more discourag-ing to a female college studentlike myself is another statisticthat proves that looking goodpays well. Women who are slim-

mer than a better qualified, chub-bier co-worker will make 30 per-cent more money each year,according to another nationalsurvey.

As I read the results to thesecredible surveys, I couldn’t helpbut wonder if my time was better

spent at the gymtrimming my waist-line or in the class-room earning thealmighty collegediploma?

In the end, thisresearch shows thatsmart women finishlast, just behind thewoman with the

nice butt. Judging by the grim outlook

of such survey results, it seems awoman’s knowledge is over-looked for her body. For those ofus who try to make up for ourless-than-perfect bodies bybecoming intellectual thinkers,our best attempts may just provefutile when you realize theAngelina Jolie look-alike in thecubicle next to you is bringing

home a bigger paycheck andattracting more attention thanyour framed college diploma.

I have never been moredisappointed in our society,and for that matter in myself,for actually having to thinktwice when given the choicebetween a slimmer waistlineand a higher I.Q. But, theresults do not lie, and it seemsthe only way to beat society’sshallow system is to havebeauty and brains, but then ofcourse, you will intimidate allthe men you meet and willstill be searching for more.My solution is to keep yourhead in the books and yourdiploma framed.

We all know everythingwill come back in style,maybe even slightly chubbiercelebrities like Marilyn Mon-roe, in which case we collegegraduates will have the entirepackage.

LAURA VAN DE PETTENEWS EDITOR

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More women want smaller waists rather than a brighter future

“The average girl would rather havebeauty than brains, because she knows theaverage man can see much better than he

can think.”

-Anonymous

ANNMARIE CHACKOSTAFF WRITER

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Reach out for a change

I remember walking homefrom the store one day and look-ing across the street. As my eyesmoved up and down the street tosee if a car was coming, I heard ayell. A kid, dressed in blue, wasrunning from a group of guys allwearing red. I stopped in themiddle of the street and ran backto the other side.

There were people standingon the sidewalk near a hardwarestore watching, as the guys in redshouted obscenities and threatsout to the kid. He tripped on hisshoelace and fell over face-firstonto the concrete. No one didanything to help him.

The guys caught up to himand started to kick him in thestomach, in the head and in thelegs. I attempted to cross thestreet again, and the kid got up.He started to run and headed inmy direction.

I screamed and was pushedaside hard by one of the guys inred. I fell against the wall of thestore. The kid in blue looked atme like he was about to help meup, but he looked behind him andkept on running.

I never forgot that young boyin blue. Even though he was inpain and suffering, he wanted tohelp me when no one did any-thing to help him.

I think sometimes we concen-trate too hard on our own livesand problems that we forgetthere are people in this worldwho are dealing with far worse.

We complain about our roomsbeing too cold and not havingany soap in our bathrooms whenthere are people who sleep out-side in the freezing cold anddon’t have access to bathtubs orshowers.

We complain about having togo to school when there are kidsall over the world who would doanything to have just two hours aday to learn how to speak theirlanguage and read.

We’re so lucky to live in asociety where you could get any-thing you desire. We’ve gottenso used to living in a place whereyou can pretty much say and doanything you want.

What would we do if all that

was taken away? What if thingsgot so bad we had to run fromour home, scared for our liveslike the kid in blue? Would youwant to know that there are peo-ple out there willing to help you?Would you want to have theblessed knowledge that if this allhappens, one day everything willbe alright again?

That’s probably how the chil-dren in Ecuador felt when thoseeight Cabrini students wentdown to help them during springbreak. That’s how the Katrinavictims felt when all the volun-teers showed up to help clean upand rebuild their lives. That’show we New Yorkers felt wheneveryone came and helped us getthrough the aftermath of 9/11.

Think about everythingyou’ve been through: the fights,the break-ups and the failures.Now think about all of the natu-ral disasters, terrorist attacks andthe war. Think about hunger,poverty and genocide.

The kid in blue was beaten upbecause he was wearing blue.How many more have to die,how many more have to sufferand how many more have to crybefore we look past our own dif-ferences and reach out to help?

Stick to the books or hit the gym

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DAINA HAVENSASST. PERSPECTIVES EDITOR

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Imagine what would happenif you ingested 32 ounces ofalcohol in the matter of a fewhours. The new college campustrend of drinking your age inshots to celebrate your 21st birth-day is basically promoting youngadults to down the equivalent ofan entire large McDonald’s softdrink, filled to the brim withtoxic liquid.

An blood alcohol content con-version chart that I filled out atwww.onlineconversion.com/bac.htm, showed that an average per-son weighing 150 pounds whodrinks 32 ounces of liquor at thelowest alcohol percentage willmaintain a BAC of .46 withinone hour. At this stage of thegame, it is very common for anindividual to lose all of theircommon reflexes, such as gag-ging, and could quite possiblychoke on their own vomit andasphyxiate or just stop breathingand die.

At 12:01 a.m., on March 5, Icelebrated my 21st birthday. Myfive closest friends and I gath-ered around my birthday cakeand raised our shot glsses in theair, as the disc jockey at my fam-ily-owned bar counted down tothat magical moment of becom-ing legal. When time was up, weall threw back the shot, and Imade my birthday wish and blewout the candles.

This would be one of the mostmemorable nights of my life, andmy wish was to remember it. Ispent the rest of the eveningenjoying the excitement of beinga part of a new social realm, andmanaged to consume only twoshots, along with my manyCoronas with lime and MillerLights.

21 shots, not so smart

By the end of the evening, Ihad successfully spent qualitytime with my friends and family,taken what seems like millions ofstupid, but hilarious, drunkenpictures, and reached that borderline between comfortably drunkand hopelessly wasted, withoutcrossing over.

This was my choice. I choseto be a responsible adult when Iwas handed an adult privilege.So much tragedy comes fromirresponsible drinking, and thisnew trend is basically suicide inmy opinion.

Even when you pass out, yourBAC level continues to rise totoxic levels, as the alcoholremaining in your stomach con-tinues to enter your bloodstream. This is real. Alcohol istoxic to the human body, andpeople have died because of thistrend.

Brad, a junior at MichiganState University, died on themorning of his 21st birthday onNov. 4, 1998 due to ethanol poi-soning, according to brad21.org,

a site which tells Brad’s story. Hehad taken 24 shots in one-and-a-half hours to out-do his friend’slatest record. When they all leftthe bar, his buddies wrote 24 onhis forehead and put him to bed.His BAC continued to climb to.44 g/100ml after he had passedout, and he stopped breathing at4:30 a.m., on the morning of hisbirthday.

I imagine how my motherwould feel discovering my life-less body on the very same dayshe gave me life just a short 21years ago. I imagine how myroommate would feel having tofinish out the semester sleepingwith my empty bed above herevery night.

This trend that is sweepingacross college campuses has seri-ous consequences. The point ofbecoming of legal age is to act asan adult while still enjoying youryouth.

Forcing your body to accept21 shots does not support eitherof my points on becoming anadult. It’s time to grow up.

KRT

Bartender Ellei Guenther, a college senior, pours a shot of a vodka-based drink intothe mouth of Lisa Frunz, a college junior, at a bar in Orlando.

McElwain shoots, scores

KATHERINE BRACHELLIASST. NEWS EDITOR

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Inspiration is the only wordthat comes to my mind afterhearing about Jason McElwain,the 16-year-old boy who suffersfrom autism and learning disabil-ities, and is now known through-out the country for sinking sixthree-point shots and one fieldgoal in four minutes.

For three seasons, McElwainnever played on his high schoolbasketball team but rather actedas a motivator and team manag-er. McElwain was dedicated andnever missed practice, doingwhatever he was asked. On sen-ior night, the coach gave him auniform and told him to suit up.With four minutes left in thegame and his team up by 20points, Jason gets the call. Hisfirst shot was an air ball thatmissed the rim by a mile. Beforeanyone knew it, Jason ended upwith 20 points in four minutes.Could this game have ended upany better for someone in McEl-wain’s position?

McElwain served as a motiva-tor to his team, but I think he

stands as an inspiration and moti-vator to people all over now.

The first time I saw and heardabout McElwain’s actions on thecourt, I can honestly say that Iwas very touched. I was watch-ing the news with a few of mysisters and the different emotionsthat filled the room were almostrefreshing.

Instead of watching the newsand hearing my sisters’ usualresponses to what is on the news,such as “Oh, that’s so sad” or“What a shame,” I was shockedto see smiles and crying. McEl-wain’s efforts on the court thatnight must have made him feelgreat, but does he know how hisdetermination served as inspira-tion to everyone?

Each time I watch McEl-wain’s story on television or readit in the paper it brings a smile tomy face. I never get sick of hear-ing about McElwain’s successwhen he hit the court. His actionson the court were rightfully plas-tered all over the news, and itwas the topic of conversation foreveryone. McElwain serves as aconstant reminder that anythingis possible with his positive atti-tude and determination. I don’tthink McElwain thought that hewould have such an impact onpeople all across America.

It’s just amazing to think thatMcElwain had one opportunityon the basketball court afterstanding on the sidelines for solong, and he nailed his opportu-

nity. I could watch McElwain’sperformance a thousand timesbefore I become tired of it.McElwain’s story is a story thatHollywood can only dream aboutcreating.

Sometimes I almost wish thatMcElwain’s experience was amovie, so I could just pop it inwhenever I wanted to watch it.The great part about McElwain’sbasketball experience is that itisn’t a movie; it’s an event thatwon’t occur often and will becherished by everyone.

McElwain’s story will alwaysmake me smile and warm myheart. This is one story I cannot,and will not, get enough of.

Censorship ensues

TUNOMUKWATHI ASINOASST. EVENTS [email protected]

If there is one thing thatpoliticians around the worldhave in common, then that isthat they all want to controlthe media.

Media censorship is aworld-wide problem.

Journalists are being jailedfor not revealing their sources.Politicians are not the onlyones trying to control themedia. In fact, most peopleare afraid of the media. Col-lege newspapers are beingcensored as well.

Apart from getting furiouswhen e-mailing people to setup appointments and notreceiving a reply, my worstmoment is having someoneask me to send them thequotes before the article ispublished. Then again, I wasadvised that I shouldn’t bescared to send quotes becauseI have to establish credibility.So, with time, sending quotes“to be checked” did not botherme anymore.

However, I just feel that it’snot right to send people quotesbefore articles are published.If someone really wants tocheck quotes, he or she shouldmeet with the editors duringcopy editing.

Despite feeling strongly onthe matter, I always end upsending quotes anyway. Beg-gars can’t be choosers.

One can argue that the bestway to do interviews isthrough e-mails. That way areporter can just copy andpaste. This method is some-what effective. I know some-one that prefers this methodbecause she always gets mis-quoted.

The type of interviewingthat reporters use is not theissue. I feel that people justrealize how powerful themedia is, and they are scaredof it. However, some peopledisagree.

I recently read an article byRicardo Pimentel, on poyn-ter.org, who wrote that “jour-nalism should be worth noth-ing in coin because it isalready one of the most price-less items in existence.”

I must admit that I agree. Iam a communications major,but I feel that people fear themedia too much. I just can’tunderstand why people tendto censor newspapers, espe-cially college newspapers,while most do not read pastthe front page.

Of course the media andreporters sometimes act irre-sponsibly.

Sometimes reporters fakesources, plagiarize or writeabout events that they havenot been to. Reporters mis-quote people too or are inac-curate when taking notes.

However, the media hasadvantages too. One of themany advantages is that itkeeps people informed.

I strongly feel that themedia should be independent.There are worse issues toworry about, such as humantrafficking and why capitalpunishment is still legal.

I feel that governmentleaders who feel like treatingthe media as their puppetsshould rather worry aboutissues like human traffickingand capital punishment.

Also, college administra-tors should not be so focusedon censoring college newspa-pers, but perhaps focus moreon issues that affect students,such as creating more oppor-tunities to teach students theconnection between freedomof speech and responsibility,or ugly things, such as racismand ethnic intimidations oncollege campuses.

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Favorite meals at CabriniBRIAN SMITHSTAFF WRITER

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For Cabrini students who liveon campus, eating can be a majorissue. Commuters can eat mealscooked by their parents, such aspasta or meatloaf or just ordertake-out, whereas students oncampus have fewer options forfood. Cooking can be dangerousfor some people, and orderingtake-out can be delicious butexpensive and unhealthy inexcess. For many students, thebest option is to take advantage ofCabrini’s fine dining facilities.

If you’ve ever stood in acrowd at Cabrini, you may hearcomplaints about the cafeteria.Despite these complaints, hun-dreds of people easily dine ateither the Founder’s Hall cafete-ria or Jazzman’s Café. Accordingto some of the chefs in the cafete-ria, chicken finger wraps, servedat the grill station, are one of themost popular items.

Cafeteria chef Peter Mortonsaid, “The favorite is chicken fin-

ger wraps. Between 250 and 300people get them every day [theyare served]. Turkey, macaroni andcheese, pasta and mashed pota-toes are also popular.”

However, in addition to everymeal served, students can alsomake their own meals, thanks tothe cafeteria’s buffet-style ser-vice. The chefs in the cafeteriahave seen students make someunique meals. Morton claims tohave seen someone make apeanut butter and tuna sandwich.

Dave Elms, a cafeteria chef,said, “I’ve seen someone make apeanut butter and jelly sandwichwith chocolate chips, caramel andbananas on white bread.”

Although the cafeteria andJazzman’s Café have plenty offood already, the staff is still opento new ideas. “If people want toadd things to the menu, go to thecomment board,” Elms said.

“I’d like more soup choices,”Jess Wolfert, a freshman graphicdesign major, said. “Jazzman’shas good soup, but they have itevery other day. If they had likeeight soups available, I’d have it

everyday. For the cafeteria, I’dlike to see chicken fingers as astaple,” Wolfert said.

The chefs at the cafeteria alsohave some ideas. Morton said,“We should have chicken pattieson a regular basis. Everyone likesthat.”

The amount of meals, betweenthe cafeteria and Jazzman’s,

MEGHAN HURLEYSTAFF WRITER

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Want to join Beta Beta Beta,Phi Alpha Theta and Phi SigmaIota? No, Cabrini isn’t startingfraternities. These are the namesof some of the many honor soci-eties on campus available to stu-dents. Honor societies are usual-ly specific to a certain area ofstudy and require a certain grade

Getting to know the honor societies

JESS WEBB /PHOTO EDITOR

The Society for Collegiate Journalists is one of the many honor societies on Cabrini’s campus.

NIKKI SABELLA/ASST. SPORTS EDITOR

Lourdia Tursack, adopted from Haiti, accustomed herself to the American way after moving to the U.S. at 16years of age. Although her native country is in turmoil, she misses certain aspects of Haiti, yet feels lucky tohave opportunities in America.

point average in that area of studyin order to be inducted.

There are, however, some hon-ors societies that are not discipli-nary specific. A student with agrade point average of 3.5 eachsemester qualifies for the Dean’sList, regardless of their field ofstudy. Students of any major canapply to be a part of the CabriniCollege Honor Society and DeltaEpsilon Sigma.

“These societies cut across

fields of studies, and we wouldlike to eventually make DeltaEpsilon Sigma the only honorsociety because it has a nationalconnection,” Dr. CharlieMcCormick, dean of academicaffairs, said.

Some of the honors societiesat Cabrini are the Alpha Thetachapter of Alpha Kappa Delta forsociology, the Epsilon Gammachapter of Alpha Sigma Lambdafor students who want to go into

Learning the ways of America

NIKKI SABELLAASST. SPORTS [email protected]

Double tall, nonfat, no foam, extra hot,with whip, mocha latte. Lourdia turnsaway from the customer, grabs a cup andtries not to panic.

She takes the master drink manual andflips to the page that shows the directionsto making a correct mocha.

She panics again.For any barista, the first months of

work are hard, memorizing the long list of

how to make lattes, frappuccinos, ameri-canos and macchiatos. It just takes gettingused to the language of Starbucks.

Imagine trying to understand this lan-guage if only four years ago Creole wasthe predominate language in the country,and no one in the town ever stepped insideof a Starbucks before.

For Lourdia Tursack, this is how herlife has changed.

When Lourdia was 16 years old, theTursack family from Glenmoore, Pa.,adopted her from her country, Haiti. Eversince then, she has been trying to recon-struct her new life from scratch.


Chicken finger wraps are among the favorite Cabrini meals, but others enjoy the salads or sandwiches from Jazzman’s.

“I had to learn everything,” Tursacksaid. Not only did she have to learn Eng-lish and how to drive, but she had to learnhow to talk with people she did not know.“I do not know how to talk to people orwhen I should talk to them. In my country,you can just talk to anyone. Sometimes Idon’t know, so I just don’t talk. That’s onething that I know that I will never be ableto find here,” Tursack said.

Now Tursack is 20 years old, and shehas found out how much she has to getused to. She is being home-schooled and isin her last year of high school. She feelsthat she is lucky to have the opportunity tocome to America.

Haiti is a poor country where many donot have jobs. “Because there are notenough opportunities. If you find them,you cannot just say no. I am lucky. Mostpeople consider me lucky. This doesn’thappen often,” Tursack said.

The country of Haiti has been undermany different leaders over recent years.Presidents are elected, and the country isconsidered a presidential republic, butmany feel that it is an authoritarian gov-ernment.

There has been a constant change ofpresidents between Jean-Bertrand Aristide,Boniface Alexandre and René Préval,some coming into presidency more thanonce. In between presidents there are a lotof riots and much insurgence in the coun-try.

That is why Tursack is afraid.Tursack has hopes to go back to her

country, but only if it becomes stable. Sheis fearful to go back when there is no pres-ident because there is no rule on the peopleand tons of chaos. “I don’t know what thesituation is like in Haiti because I don’t lis-ten to the news. I always cry sometimesbecause when I hear all of this bad stuff

happening it makes me scared.” “There are a lot of crimes, I heard, and

I’m afraid to go back. They might kidnapme,” Tursack said.

Tursack left all of her family in Haiti tocome to America with people she nevermet before. She had been moved around alot in her life. She lived with her mother,then her father and lastly her grandparents.When she was older, she did not live withher parents and decided to join an organi-zation that helped children like her. There,she met her new father who was visitingHaiti as part of his missionary work. Shenow lives with an American family of amother, father, two brothers and a choco-late lab.

“I miss my country. I wish that I wouldbe in my country and be happy. I don’t liketo come to a new country and learn newstuff and get used to a new culture, but I’mglad that I was adopted,” Tursack said.

Tursack hopes that one day her familyfrom Haiti will come to America. “That’swhat everybody in Haiti is looking for.That’s their dream, their paradise.”

Tursack is now a citizen of the UnitedStates. She is getting married to her Haiti-native boyfriend on June 10, whom ofwhich she has been together with for fouryears. She hopes to start a new life withher fiancé and plans to pursue her dream ofbecoming a nurse shortly after. Until then,she will continue to make caramel cappuc-cinos as her part-time job and keep learn-ing the ways of America.

Loquitur welcomes your comments onthis story. Please send your comments [email protected]. The editorswill review your points each week andmake corrections if warranted.

March Madness: for the love of the gameThink you’re a true college basketball fan? Get readyfor the NCAA championships with our trivia quiz,and see if you’re ready to score or stuck on the bench.

Compiled by Chris Grandstaff/Knight Ridder Newspapers

1. How many schoolswith a city in their

name have won a nationalchampionship? (Bonus:Name them.)

A. 10B. 9C. 7D. 5

2. What is the record formost consecutive

weeks at No. 1?A. 51 weeksB. 46 weeksC. 42 weeksD. 40 weeks

3. What city has beenhost to the most

NCAA finals?A. Kansas CityB. St. LouisC. IndianapolisD. Minneapolis

4. How many playershave won more than

one tournament OutstandingPlayer Award? (Bonus:Name them)

A. 6B. 5C. 3D. 2

5. Who was the lastteam to go undefeated

and win the championship?A. IndianaB. KentuckyC. UCLAD. Duke

6. How many times hasthe tournament

expanded?A. 3B. 5C. 6D. 7

7. How many teams par-ticipated in the first

NCAA tournament?A. 24B. 16C. 8D. 4

8. Since seeding began,how many champi-

onship game matchups havefeatured two No. 1 seeds?

A. 2B. 4C. 6D. 7

9. How many times hasa No. 16 seed defeat-

ed a No. 1 seed?A. 3B. 2C. 1D. 0

10. How many No. 15seeds have defeat-

ed No. 2 seeds?A. 6B. 5C. 4D. 3

11. What is the highestseed to never win

a title?A. No. 2B. No. 5C. No. 7D. No. 9

12. What is the lowestseed to reach the

Final Four?A. No. 9B. No. 10C. No. 11D. No. 12

13. What is the lowestseed to win the

NCAA title?A. No. 6B. No. 8C. No. 9D. No. 11

14. When did theNCAA begin

seeding?A. 1977B. 1978C. 1979D. 1980

15. What was thefirst year all

four semifinalistsplayed in the samecity, creating theFinal Four?

A. 1952B. 1956C. 1960D. 1963

16. Which team hasscored the most

points in a tournamentgame?

A. Loyola MarymountB. SyracuseC. MichiganD. Duke

17. Which team hasscored the fewest

points in a tournamentgame?

A. KentuckyB. PittsburghC. North CarolinaD. UCLA

18. Which team hasthe most all-time

tournament wins?A. DukeB. KentuckyC. MichiganD. UCLA

19. What school hasthe most Final

Four appearances?A. North CarolinaB. KansasC. DukeD. Kentucky

20. What men’scoach has the

most all-time Division Iwins?

A. Adolph RuppB. Bob KnightC. John WoodenD. Dean Smith

Can you match the player with the record he holds?

RECORD1. The most points in his tournament career. 2. The most points scored by a freshman in a FinalFour game. 3. The most points scored in a single tournament game. 4. The most points in a single tournament. 5. The most blocked shots in a single tournament game.

P

ANSWERS1. C. The seven schools

are City College of NewYork (CCNY) (1950); SanFrancisco (1955, ’56);Cincinnati (1961, ’62);University of California atLos Angeles (UCLA) (1964,’65, ’67, ’68, ’69, ’70, ’71,’72, ’73, ’75, ’95); Louisville(1980, ’86); University ofNevada Las Vegas (UNLV)(1990); and Syracuse (2003).The answer is eight if youinclude University of TexasEl-Paso (UTEP), which wonthe national title in 1966, butwas called Texas Western atthe time.

2. B. UCLA for 46 weeksfrom Feb. 9, 1971, to Jan. 15,1974. (Ohio State is secondat 27.)

3. A. Kansas City hasbeen the host of 10 finals.

4. B. Five. Bob Kurland(Oklahoma State 1945-46),Alex Groza (Kentucky 1948,’49), Jerry Lucas (Ohio State1960, ’61), Lew Alcindor(UCLA 1967, ’68, ’69) andBill Walton (1972, ’73).

5. A. Indiana in 1976.6. D. Seven, the last being

in 2001 when it added theplay-in game.

7. C. Eight.8. B. Four: 2005 (North

Carolina vs. Illinois); 1999(Duke vs. Connecticut); 1993(North Carolina vs.

Michigan); 1982 (NorthCarolina vs.

Georgetown).9. D. Zero.

10. C. Four(Richmond,Santa Clara,Coppin State,Hampton).

11. B. No.5 (Florida in

2000 andIndiana in 2002

are the only No.5 seeds to reach

the championshipgame).

12. C. No. 11(LSU in 1986).

13. B. Eighth-seeded Villanova won

in 1985.14. C. 1979.15. A. 1952 in

Seattle.16. A. Loyola

Marymount scored149 againstMichigan in 1990.The Wolverinesscored 115.

17. C. NorthCarolina scored 20against Pittsburghin 1941. ThePanthers scored26.

18. B.Kentucky with96. The Wildcatsalso have the mosttournamentappearances with46.

19. A. NorthCarolina, 16appearances.

20. D. DeanSmith, NorthCarolina, 879-

254.

RICH SUGG/KRT

Syracuse forward Carmelo Anthony (15) drivesagainst Kansas forward Michael Lee (25) duringthe 2003 NCAA Championship game.

Can you sink these 3-point questions?

1. What prompted the NCAA to allow more thanone team from each conference to reach the tournamentbeginning in 1975?

2. What was so unique about CCNY’s national titleteam in 1950?

3. Name the only two players to have a triple-doublein a Final Four game.

4. Who were the Fab Five?5. Who was Phi Slamma Jamma?

1. Phog Allen2. Lefty Driesell3. Doggie Julian4. Digger Phelps5. Tubby Smith

A. OrlandoB. ForrestC. CharlesD. RichardE. Alvin

Can you match the coach with his real first name?

ANSWERS:1. B; 2. C; 3. E; 4. D; 5. A

MIKE MUNDEN/KRT

University of Kentucky coach Tubby Smith

ANSWERS:1.When fourth-ranked Maryland missed the big

dance by losing to North Carolina State in the 1974ACC tournament.

2.CCNY became the only team in history to winthe NCAA and NIT postseason tournaments in thesame season.

3.Cincinnati’s Oscar Robertson (39 points,17rebounds,10 assists) against Louisville in 1959; andMichigan State’s Magic Johnson (29 points,10rebounds,10 assists) in 1979 against Penn.

4.It was the nickname given to Michigan’s all-fresh-man starting lineup,which reached the NCAA tourna-ment final in 1992 and again as sophomores in 1993.The players were Jalen Rose,Chris Webber,JuwanHoward,Jimmy King and Ray Jackson.

5.The Houston Cougars team that featured Akeem(later Hakeem) Olajuwon and Clyde Drexler. TheCougars reached the NCAA championship game in1983 and 1984.

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March Madness gives basketball lovers everywhere an excuse to gloat about their favorite winning teams. Every college says,“Bring it on” to the competition and the glory.

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March is a month filled withuncertainty. The weather can’tseem to make up its mind and thatinfamous groundhog decided thefate of an early spring or a longerwinter. However, there are a fewthings that people can look for-ward to in the month of March.Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’sday, and the March Madness bas-ketball tournament takes over theairwaves.

If you are a sports fan, it’s thebest string of events and still oneof the most exciting times on tele-vision for the month of March. Ifyou’re not, there’s no way toavoid it.

Beer, wings, chips and salsaare all gathered for the opening tipoff for the tournament. The cov-erage on ESPN becomes real andno longer becomes a month-awayfantasy. The air is filled with pureexcitement, even for fans thatcan’t fit the tournament into theirschedule.

“It’s a good way for schools tokeep up with each other and keepthe competition level as high ascan be,” Charles Grugan, a juniorgraphics design major, said. “Imean, it’s a big thing. If I hadtime to pay attention, I know I’dlove it.”

The history of the March Mad-ness tournament began in Illinois.The tournament began as a groupof high school men’s basketballteams competing against eachother in a bracket-like setup for

the ultimate prize, a birth in theold Sweet 16 tournament. ThisSweet 16 tournament was prior tothe naming of various rounds inthe tournament. Finally in 1963,the NCAA became an official col-legiate program in sporting histo-ry.

Since then, the tournament hasevolved into such a popular eventamong college students.Although the tournament is excit-ing in itself, there is anotherdimension to the bracketology inthis day and age. Betting. Theodds are unbelievably againstyou.

“It’s always fun, but I losemoney every year,” Dave Dami-ano, a junior English and commu-nication major, said. “It’s alsogreat to see that the team downthe street [Villanova] made it sofar this year. It’s really exciting.”

March Madness has made itsmark since the mid 1960s and isgrowing more popular, especiallythis year. There is no clear-cutwinner, which will add to theexcitement of the outcome. Theworld will witness the winner inearly April and for many of us atCabrini College, it’s either winmoney or lose money. But themost important thing is to enjoythe game, the tournament and toremember that this tournamentonly comes around once a year.

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higher education, Beta Beta Betafor biology, the Financial Man-agement Association NationalHonor Society for students inter-ested in finance and the BetaSigma chapter of Lambda IotaTau for students of literature.

Lindsey Bullick, a junior earlychildhood and elementary educa-tion major, is a member of theSigma Rho chapter of KappaDelta Pi, the international honorsociety in education.

“We hold panels with educa-tors to answer questions educa-tion majors might have. We justdid a workshop on teaching blindand deaf children to read. Weparticipated in Martin LutherKing ‘Reading is Fun’ Day, andwe host the end-of-the-year ban-quet for student teachers,” Bul-lick said.

There is also the KappaEpsilon chapter of Phi Alpha forsocial work, Phi Alpha Theta forhistory, Phi Sigma Iota for for-eign languages, Sigma Beta Deltafor business management andadministration, Sigma Zeta forscience and math, the Pi DeltaEpsilon chapter of Society forCollegiate Journalists for mass

communications and the Alpha Pichapter of Theta Alpha Kappa forreligion.

“Involvement in these societiessends the message to employersthat you are an involved, engagedstudent who has external verifica-tion of your academic capacity,”McCormick said.

Another honors society is PsiChi, which is for students interest-ed in psychology. Nora Marchet-to-Ryan, a junior psychologymajor, was inducted into Psi Chias the treasurer at last year’sinduction ceremony.

“We had to fill out an applica-tion and have a GPA of at least a3.2, and we have several meetingseach semester and participate incommunity service activities aswell as researching and presentingat conferences,” Marchetto-Ryansaid.

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cover a wide variety of tastes.Some people complain, but otherpeople are easier to satisfy.

“Whenever they have ham-burgers and fries, it’s a specialday,” Matt Campbell, a seniorEnglish and communicationmajor, said.

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Nancy Drew comedytakes center stage


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Cabrini College’s Red CloudCoffee House, located in GraceHall, has paint, paint brushes,pages of musical lyrics and vari-ous set pieces strewn from oneend to the other in preparation forthe upcoming musical, “TrixieTrue Teen Detective.”

Kelly Hamilton’s musical,“Trixie True Teen Detective,”which spoofs the Nancy Drewbook series, will be presented byCabrini College’s theater onMarch 31.

Neal Newman, the director oftheatre, said, “This play is a veryscathing satire for juvenile fic-tion. It has cutting humor that Ithink many people would enjoy.”

The musical “Trixie True Teen

Detective” is set during WorldWar II and is based around thecharacter, Trixie, who is able tosolve crimes that baffle the FBI.The bulk of the show thenbecomes “The Mystery of theTapping Shoes,” in which Trixieis called on by the FBI to break aNazi spy ring.

Newman said that everyone ishard at work to make sure that theshow is ready for its debut. New-man said that Jody Haggerdy, thechoreographer of the show, hasbeen hard at work, and viewerscan expect to see a lot of dancingby the actors and actresses. Also,Adam Smith, a professor of finearts, and several other volunteershave stepped forward to work oncreating the sets for “Trixie TrueTeen Detective.”

In addition, Newman said thatseveral cast members and guests

are planning to record a CD basedoff of the show, and they hope tohave it done for internationalrelease by Septemeber.

The show will run March 31and April 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 at 8 p.m.in the Grace Hall theater. Admis-sion for students is free with theirCabrini ID and any additionalviewers can purchase a ticket for$10 at the door. For further infor-mation call 610-902-8510.

Newman said, “Those whodon’t want to see a cream puffshow should come see “TrixieTrue Teen Detective.”

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Formal a successNIKKI SABELLA

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The time is 6:30 p.m. A groupof frantic girls with prom-likedresses start to dust on the glitterand spray on the perfume.“How’s my makeup?” they askone another. Likewise, the boysin the dorm across the hall areflustered in a different way. “Ismy tie okay?,” “How’s my hair?”and “Is there enough gel?” can beheard through the room.

There is only half an hourbefore the buses are due to leave,and still nobody is ready. It’s likehigh school all over again, butmore exciting.

What was everybody excitedabout? The Student GovernmentAssociation formal, which washeld on Friday, March 24 at 8p.m. The formal was located atGaldo’s Catering Hall in SouthPhiladelphia, Pa.

Five Kraft buses met in theFounder’s Hall parking lot to pickup 318 students, about 118 morethan last year’s formal.

Arriving at the catering hallabout an hour after departure, onecould notice the “Viva LasVegas” decorations throughoutthe entire venue. Next to the bar,mini pizzas, bruschetta andstuffed mushrooms were servedto incoming students.

For those who were lucky,they got to sit at a table with all of

their friends. For those who didnot, the exhilaration in the air wastoo thick to ruin the night.

Many students walked aroundthe dining room and dance floorwhile sipping on their beverages,just to get a glimpse of howeverybody else was made up, asthough it was a class reunion.

Soon enough, it was time forfood. Table by table, people gotin line to wait for the buffet,which included pasta, stuffedflounder, chicken and Caesarsalad to name a few.

“The place was amazing andthe decorations looked great,”Lauren Tindall, a sophomore spe-

cial and elementary educationmajor and sophomore class sena-tor, said.

The theme of the formal wasLas Vegas, with a black and redcolor scheme, with cards, bal-loons and dice littering the room.A Las Vegas theme would have toinclude none other than ElvisPresley, or at least an imperson-ator. Elvis came out and serenad-ed the girls with such songs as“Love Me Tender.”

The DJ kept the tunes runningcontinuously, with a vast varietyof music from fast upbeat dance-like songs as Sean Paul’s “We’llbe Burning,” to slow songs likeEric Clapton’s “WonderfulTonight.”

As the night wound down,people slowly started to go backto their chairs from lack of ener-gy to keep up with the DJ. Thedance ended at 1 a.m. Mostboarded the yellow buses, morethan willingly, to take a rest fromtheir energy-blasted night.

“No other words can define itexcept for ‘simply amazing,’”Erik Parillo, a junior marketingmajor, said.


‘Failure to Launch’fails to surprise

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If you are looking for pre-dictable romance, look no fur-ther than the aptly titled, “Fail-ure to Launch,” playing in the-aters now.

Matthew McConaugheyreturns to his favorite moviegenre, and in this film, he playsTripp, a 35-year-old yachtsalesman, outdoor-adventurerand typical playboy who hasavoided responsibility hiswhole life and thus still liveswith his frustrated parents.They will do anything to seehim settle down with a girl andmove out, so his parents hire aprofessional, Paula, played bySarah Jessica Parker, to seducetheir son just enough to moveout of the house. But as expect-ed, the predictable storyunfolds with Paula falling inlove with Tripp and him feelingbetrayed when he finds out hisparents hired her. But ofcourse, “Failure to Launch”

stays true to its romantic-come-dy, oh-so-predictable roots andthe two stumble to a happy end-ing.

William Arnold of the Seat-tle Post-Intelligencer said,“Somehow the screwball con-coction does not jell. The starsare pleasant but unexciting, thegoofy ensemble has a fewmoments of hilarity but nevercatches fire, the laughs are veryscattered and the film’s title is aself-fulfilling prophecy.”

“Failure to Launch” waspretty much just that. Themovie’s characters were notexciting or surprising, and thelaughs were so few and farbetween that this film shouldsimply be called a romanticfailure.

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Parker and McConaughey star in “Failure to Launch.”FIONA BRIDE/SUBMITTED PHOTO

Angela Vitale, a sophomore business

administration major, cuts a rug with

Elvis at the spring formal.

The Las Vegas-themed formal, held in South Philadelphia, let students dancethe night away, forgetting about the stress of midterms and tests.

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Friday, March 31

She Wants Revenge atthe TLA at 9:00 p.m.

Catch a Rising Star atResorts Atlantic City at9:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 1

R. Star at TheUniversity ofPennsylvania at 8:00p.m.

Straylight Run at theTrocadero at 12:00p.m.

Kansas at the TrumpMarina at 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 2

Skafest at theTrocadero at 5:00 p.m.

Pretenders at theHouse of Blues at 7:00p.m.

Monday, April 3

The Stills at the FirstUnitarian Church at8:00 p.m.

Head Automatica at theChameleon Club at6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 4

Taproot at the TLA at8:00 p.m.

John Mellencamp atthe Sovereign Center at8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 5

Yeah Yeah Yeahs at theTrocadero at 7:00 p.m.

Loudness at CrocodileRock at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 6

Coldplay at theWachovia Center at8:00 p.m.

Blackalicious at theChameleon Club at7:00 p.m.

SHANE EVANSWEB EDITOR

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When you have the fastest selling debut album in the history ofBritish music, you know you’re doing something right.

Now, couple that with having that same album being dubbed oneof the top five British albums ever made by numerous press and

media reviewers, and you have aphenomenon on your hands.

Well, that’s exactly what theSheffield-base Arctic Monkeysare experiencing with the releaseof their first LP, “Whatever Peo-ple Say I Am, That’s What I’mNot.”

A mix of brash punk beats andgnarling guitar riffs, this 13-songmasterpiece was an obvious hitwith the misguided, yet musicallyprivileged British youth demo-

graphic. They write lyrics that can be generalized down into beingabout clubbing and the track-suit wearing, football-loving life ofany English teenager today, or what’s even more impressive, 20years ago.

This album really does narrate to today’s and yesterday’spunk/indie generation. It works on so many levels that everyone canenjoy it and really connect with what’s being said in the 13-songoutburst by the musicians of only four years.

The first six songs on the album are hard-hitting and upbeat asany CD you’ll hear. The ranging melodies and undeniably catchyguitar tunes of “Still Take You Home,” has you on a high that youthink will last forever, but ends when you reach the seventh track,“Riot Van.” This is the first drop in the intense, fast-paced action ofthe album, as you are taken on a two-minute-and-14-second jour-ney, which makes you truly appreciate the musical talents of thesefour northern-Englanders.

Once “Riot Van” concludes, the tempo picks up again, and yourfoot resumes tapping happily. With attractive melodies of “MardyBum” and “When The Sun Goes Down,” you are presented withsongs that seemingly make time fly and tensions fade.

With idols like British rock heavyweights, Oasis, the Clash andthe Smiths, the Arctic Monkeys have a good thing going here withthis extremely impressive debut album that has millions of headsbobbing across the pond, and with 360,000 copies sold in its firstweek on this side of the ocean, the U.S. is catching on as well.

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Arctic Monkeyscross the sea

Phantom Planet headsSpring Fling concert

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It’s becoming tradition thatafter the dust settles from the day-time events of Spring Fling, alarge-scale concert will takeplace.

This year’s Spring Fling con-cert will be April 8 at 7:30 p.m. atthe Dixon Center. It will consistof headliners Phantom Planetwith support provided by Pep-per’s Ghost and Cabrini Col-lege’s own The Company.

There are many on Cabrini’scampus who are not familiar withthe lead band.

“They [Phantom Planet] justhave a few songs, and they haveJason Schwartzman,” DanCowhey, a senior history and sec-ondary education major, said.

“And he [Schwartzman] is notin it anymore,” Conor McLaugh-lin, a senior philosophy major,said, cutting off Cowhey.

On the other hand, there aremany students that are familiarwith Phantom Planet.

Liz Ramos, a sophomoresocial work major, and GeorgeWalter, a sophomore criminal jus-tice major, are excited for Phan-tom Planet to grace Cabrini Col-lege’s Dixon Center. They firstheard of the group when theyopened up for Maroon 5 last sum-mer.

“I think they’re really good. Ibought all of their CDs, and I lis-tened to them all summer. I listento them now,” Walter said.

Ramos said she liked PhantomPlanet because their songs “seemmellow.”

Walter described the band as a“mixture of the Strokes withWeezer.”

Although Phantom Planetmight seem like they got theirfame through having actor JasonSchwartzman originally ondrums and having their song usedon a hit television show, the Cali-fornia boys have been around fora while.

The college’s Campus Activi-ties and Planning Board is incharge of getting the music actsto perform at Spring Fling. SeniorEnglish and communicationmajor Lori Ianella is in charge ofplanning the concert.

Phantom Planet got its start inthe mid ’90s, taking

their name fromt h e

’60s sci-fi movie. One listen totheir whimsical indie rock andone can tell Elvis Costello andThe Kinks have influenced them.The group has been compared tomodern-day artists, such asWeezer, The Strokes and Pave-ment.

Their first album was entitled“Phantom Planet Is Missing” andwas released in 1998.

Although critics weren’t thebiggest fans of the album, thegroup still made appearances ontelevision shows, such as “Sabri-na, The Teenage Witch” and “GetReal,” according to All MusicGuide.

The Los Angeles boys thenreleased their sophomore album,entitled “The Guest.” It was fromthis album that the song “Califor-nia” hails from, gaining populari-ty from appearing on the sound-track to the movie “OrangeCounty” and becoming theanthem for the popular show“The O.C.”

Last year’s major concert washeadlined by punk rockers, TheBouncing Souls.

“I personally like the Bounc-ing Souls more [than PhantomPlanet], but I guess it’s good forpeople who aren’t really intopunk music,” McLaughlin said.“It will appeal more to theMaroon 5 and Dave MatthewsBand crowd, which seems tohave a strong following here.”

Supporting the Californiaboys is Pepper’s Ghost. Thisgroup has made two appearancesat Cabrini College. Their lastappearance was last semester aspart of an in-studio performancein conjunction with the college’sradio station, 89.1 WYBF-FMThe Burn.

Ticket prices are $10 forCabrini students and $12 for reg-ular admission. Tickets for theconcert are currently on saleeveryday in Jazzman’s Café.

Also, people can purchasetickets online at www.cabrinitick-ets.com.


“Real World” housenow local art gallery

BRITTANY LIBERATOREASST. NEWS EDITOR

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For many people, thethought of getting their foot inthe door of their possiblecareer may be something theyare not very optimistic about.However, for artists in thePhiladelphia area, things maybe looking up. The F.U.E.L.art gallery, located in the“Real World, Philadelphia”house, is geared towards help-ing young artists start theircareers. The founders of thisnew art gallery want to pro-vide young artists with a sta-ble place to show off theirwork.

The F.U.E.L. art gallery isaimed towards the next gener-ation of artists. Submissionsfor the gallery have to be orig-inal works from college stu-dents and young artists.There is no restriction on thestyle of work that can be sub-

mitted to be displayed in thegallery.

Cabrini students have thepotential to benefit from thisnew, local gallery. DomRizzo, a sophomore graphicdesign major, said, “I believeF.U.E.L. is a great place forartists to learn and developtheir skills in a positive envi-ronment.”

Dina DiTaranto, a fresh-man fine arts major, said, “Ithink a lot of artists in collegecould benefit from thegallery.”

The grand opening of theF.U.E.L. art gallery is comingup this spring, and the galleryis now excepting submissionsfor the opening. Young artistscan submit online on thegallery’s website, www.fuel-collection.com.

For more information,check out

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The lights were dimmed andthe show began, as people allalong Lancaster Avenue floodedinto MilkBoy Coffee, a new andartistic musical beanery in Ard-more, Pa. on March 18.

MilkBoy Coffee is the cre-ation of Jamie Lokoff andTommy Joyner, also co-owners ofArdmore’s MilkBoy RecordingStudios, and business partnerPaul Lichtman. The owners feltthat opening an arts and musicvenue for people to socialize andrelax was a great addition toLokoff and Joyner’s previous stu-dio venture.

Lokoff said, “We thoughtthere was a void in this area forstudents to have a place to go toexpress their creativity. We havea very sophisticated group of stu-dents here. There are over 20 col-leges and high schools surround-ing this area, but where can stu-dents go?”

After Eileen Kuter, a sopho-more biology major fromMillersville University, went toMilkBoy Coffee for her firsttime, she said, “The atmospherein Milkboy Coffee is very relax-ing and comforting. I am definite-ly coming back here.”

MilkBoy Coffee, which

replaced the former Heisman ArtGallery on the corner of Lancast-er and Cricket Avenues, haslarge, red, plush couches andchairs, along with several tablessurrounding a stage that canaccommodate a full band. Dis-played all throughout MilkBoyCoffee is artwork from artists inthe Philadelphia area.

“We want to provide a kind ofcommunity for students to cometogether to express their creativi-ty and socialize,” Lokoff said.

The little coffee joint attractedapproximately 65 people onMarch 18, to rock with the bandSeth Kallen and the Shamblesand to finish the night off withsinger Josh Komorowski.

Patrick Jordan, a junior politi-cal science major, said, “It’s goodthat MilkBoy Coffee is so close.I think it’s a good place for awhole group of people to go toand relax.”

MilkBoy also has snacks anddrinks to offer. There are variousmilkshakes, smoothies anddrinks. There are also iced coffee,iced tea, lattes, cappuccino andespresso to choose from.

Kuter said, “I really like allthe snacks in there. It’s nice to beable to go somewhere and be ableto enjoy music and eat somecomfort food.”

In addition, MilkBoy Coffeeplans to host live acts on Thurs-

Mochas, live music housed at local venue

days and Saturdays, with Tuesdaynights reserved for open micnights. Open reel nights for ama-teur filmmakers to show off theirwork and poetry slams are also inthe planning stages.

MilkBoy Coffee is currentlyworking on creating a First Fri-day. This event will include thepresentation of local art, musicalentertainment and possibly theinvolvement of other venues inArdmore.

DAN SQUIRE/ ASST. PHOTO EDITOR

MilkBoy Coffee, located in Ardmore, Pa, provides Cabrini students and the surrounding community with an enjoyable atmosphere.

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Philadelphia community rises to ‘Coffeehouse Challenge’DAINA HAVENS

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Philadelphia communitymembers are joining efforts withStarbucks and The Ben FranklinTercentenary to present a chal-lenge for change: a CoffeehouseChallenge, that is. Between Jan-uary and June of 2006, Coffee-house Challenge meetings will be

held in Starbucks all across theDelaware Valley and CentralPhiladelphia. These meetings aredescribed as “informal and livelydiscussion where communitymembers share their thoughts onparticular local concerns and,more importantly, generatepotential solutions,” according tothe official website, www.ben-franklin300.org/chc.

Twenty-six local volunteer

facilitators, ranging from busi-ness owners to non-profit organi-zation leaders and even to con-cerned neighbors, have commit-ted themselves to tackle localissues, including education, thearts, racism and health aware-ness, according to Cheri LaSpa-da, the account director at AltaCommunications. Each of thesefacilitators has the support ofboth Starbucks and The BenFranklin Tercentenary, and inSept. 2006, Starbucks will award$3,000 to each of the five mosteffective Coffeehouse Chal-lengers to help them in their cam-paign for change.

“A Coffeehouse Challengemeeting is an opportunity to dothings differently; to transform an‘ordinary meeting’ into a place ofexploration, support, new ideas,encouragement and enjoyment,”LaSpada said.

Nicola Twilly, the director ofpublic programming for The BenFranklin Tercentenary, said thatthe goal of their programming isto not only teach people aboutBen Franklin, but to also exposethem to his values that are stillpresent in society today.

CBS 3, The PhiladelphiaInquirer, The Daily News andPhilly.com have all found theirinner Franklin by sponsoring thisevent.

Jonathon Loy, the generaldirector of the Center City OperaTheater, held the most recentmeeting on March 23, with artseducation in the greater Philadel-phia area on the agenda for theevening.

“We are hosting a series ofCoffeehouse Challenges to invitemembers of the community to

share their ideas about how wecan inspire a love of the arts,music and opera, in particular,starting in elementary school andcontinuing throughout life,” Loysaid.

Another Challenge also tookplace on March 29, concentratingon the possibility of a communityinformation exchange center onSouth Street, Philadelphia,described as “a place where peo-ple can explore their mental,emotional, physical and spiritualpassions through education andthe arts,” according to the web-site.

“We know historically that thecoffeehouse has served as a placeof debate and discussion. Cof-

feehouse Challenge brings backthe power of the coffeehouse.We know that when coffee andpeople mix, great things can hap-pen,” Lisa Pomerantz, a Star-bucks marketing manager, said.

To get involved in any of theCoffeehouse Challenge meetingsin your community, view thechallenge calendar, or to learnhow to “organize a challenge ineight easy steps,” visit www.ben-franklin300.org/chc.


Lizzie O’Connor, the supervi-sor of MilkBoy Coffee, said, “I’mreally looking forward to all thegreat stuff we are going to havesoon.”

Beyond the entertainmentaspects, the owners also plan onadding a few new items to theirmenu. The new items they hopeto add include salads, soups andsandwiches.

Laura Goodfield, a freshmanbiotechnology major, said, “I

don’t really like coffee, buteverything else MilkBoy has tooffer is something I am definitelyinterested in.”


DAN SQUIRE/ ASST. PHOTO EDITOR

Starbucks customers curiously browse the store’s contents. The “Coffeehouse

Challenge” will run between January and June.

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Campus AnnouncementsLacrosse senior recallsmemorable seasons

TUNOMUKWATHI ASINOSTAFF WRITER

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She started playing lacrossewhile a freshman at St. Hubert’sHigh School in NortheastPhiladelphia and has not lookedback since. Mary Proietta, a sen-ior and early childhood educationmajor, is one of the captains forCabrini College’s women’slacrosse team.

Proietta said, “I started play-ing lacrosse because I wanted totry a new sport. After learning thegame, I knew that it was the sportfor me. Lacrosse is a sport that Ihave loved since the first day. Ilove that the game is so fast pacedand very competitive.”

Proietta continued by sayingthat the team is looking to win itsninth consecutive PennsylvaniaAthletic Conference champi-onship as well as receive theautomatic bid to the NationalCollegiate Athletic Associationtournament. “Also, we have a lotof non-conference games that weare hopeful to win. These teamswill give us a challenge, but the

harder the competition, the betterwe will be,” Proietta said.

Playing lacrosse at Cabrini hasbeen a wonderful experience for

her. “We are not a team thatthrives on only one person’s tal-ent but rather the group’s talent.We win as a team and lose as ateam. Again, I love the competi-tion and speed of the game, and Iwill truly miss playing next year.”

Proietta added that Cabriniwomen’s lacrosse has establishedquite a name for itself in the pastyears. “We have won our confer-ence, the PAC, for the past eightconsecutive years. This season,our record so far is 4-3 overall.”

“The best experience thatCabrini women’s lacrosse gaveme was getting the chance to play

overseas. I had the chance to playin the International FriendshipGames in Tokyo, Japan last Maywith Julie Smith and MissyModesti, last year’s seniors, andJackie Neary, as the assistantcoach. “This trip was a magnifi-cent experience that I will takewith me for the rest of my life. Ilearned a lot about lacrosse fromplaying with different playersfrom Divisions I, II and III andalso got the chance to learn aboutanother culture,” Proietta said.

How does Proietta manageschool work with sports? “Play-ing two sports in college, fieldhockey and lacrosse, has helpedme to learn to manage my time. Ilearned that sometimes I had tosacrifice some of my free time inorder to get everything done. But,looking back on my four years, Ifeel that the choices I’ve madehelped me to be a successful col-lege student-athlete,” Proiettasaid.

Proietta says leadership is a

very important skill on and offthe field. “I feel that I lead by myplay. I do not give up, and I thinkthat this helps the team to workhard when we are tired. Also, offthe field, I am a very easy personto get along with. If any of thegirls have a problem, I am veryapproachable and willing to helpin any way possible,” she said.

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Fighting for the PACANNMARIE CHACKO


With four wins and three loss-es under their belts, the Cabriniwomen’s lacrosse team is ontheir way to capturing their ninthstraight Pennsylvania AthleticConference title. Already pickedas first in the pre-season poll,they are confident yet well awareof the journey ahead.

“It’s getting harder and harderto stay on top,” Jackie Neary, thehead coach, said. “The otherteams are beginning to catch upand are hitting us with morecompetition.”

Their toughest competitors inthe conference games are EasternUniversity and Neumann Collegeand non-conference The Collegeof New Jersey all playing Cabri-ni in the next few weeks.

Through the tension andadrenaline rushes, the team isfocusing on their strengths andworking out their weaknesses.

“The hardest thing about play-ing again is the mixing of oldplayers with the new ones. Wehave to get that chemistry back,and I think we’re doing well withthat this season,” Neary said.

Along with strong seniors, theteam’s high-scoring sophomoresKatelyn Penrose and Kerri Rick-er will take the team a long way,according to Neary.

“Our main goals for this sea-son is first to win the PACs. Ifwe do, we go on to the NCAAchampionships, which is huge,”Neary said.

Winning the NCAA champi-onship is an accomplishmentwanted by all smaller colleges.Cabrini’s team, being a smallschool, realizes that after claim-

ing the PAC Championship title,they have that automatic bidgiven to worthy smaller collegesthat would otherwise be over-looked.

“We’ve learned a lot these pastfew weeks. Rowan was a teamwe beat last year and lost to thisyear. The girls have learned thatnow is not a time to play around.We’re serious now, and we’ve gota great team this season,” Nearysaid.

With their heads held up highand their confidences soaring,these girls are ready to claim theirtitle for the ninth year and keepCabrini on the map.

They have three upcominggames this week, including theirApril 1 game against Eastern.

Mass ScheduleSunday: 7:00 p.m.Tuesday: 8:15 a.m.

Wednesday: 5:15 p.m.Thursday: 12:30 p.m.

Cabrini College Click CampaignFrom Feb. 13 to March 31, 2006 log on to www.poverty-

fighters.com, and click Cabrini College. Please support Cabriniby Clicking twice a day. If there are any questions, please con-tact Claudia at [email protected].

Attention education majorsAttention education majors: The center for graduate and pro-

fessional studies will offer the math praxis test prep course forlevel II: content knowledge. The course will be facilitated byDr. Katie Acker of the math department and will meet over fourWednesdays from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on April 5, 19, 26 andMay 3. The class will meet in Founders Hall room 203. Thecost is $150. Don’t let this opportunity to pass the test pass youby! Register help with questions or to request additional infor-mation, please contact Lisa LoMonaco, the director for continu-ing professional education, [email protected] or 610-902-8592.

Indoor rock climbing weeklyFree to Cabrini College students every Wednesday evening

at 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Contact Orlin at 610-225-3909 [email protected] to reserve a spot in the van.

Outdoor Rock Climbing with Philadelphia Rock GymCost for students is $10 and $30 for faculty and staff. Satur-

day, April 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Stundets must pre-reg-ister and pay the fee by Monday, April. 3. This event will hap-pen again on Saturday, April 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Students must pre-register and pay the fee by Monday, April24.

Intro to whitewater kayaking with the Philadelphia canoeclub students must attend the Wednesday session to make theriver trip on Saturday. Also, students must pre-register and paythe fee by Wednesday, April 12.It will cost students $10 andwill cost faculty and staff $50. This event will happen again onWednesday, April 26 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m and on Satur-day, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bagels and Business at Cabrini CollegeThe center for graduate and professional studies invites the

campus community to join them for Bagels and Business withfuture topics including: “Increased Sales Through CustomerService Training,” on April 20 and “Employee RetentionThrough Mentoring,” on May 18.

To RSVP and for more information contact Sarah Fox in theCenter for Graduate and Professional Studies: 610-902-8519 [email protected].

JESS WEBB/PHOTO EDITORSenior Mary Proietta hopes for a successful final season.

“Lacrosse is a sport that I have lovedsince the first day. I love that the game isso fast paced and very competitive.”

-Mary Proietta

14 SPORTS www.theloquitur.com Friday, March 31, 2006

This week in sportsCHRISTINE BLOM

SPORTS [email protected]

Bagwell coming to an end?

For the last 15 seasons, JeffBagwell has been the starting firstbaseman for the Houston Astros.But due to an impending shoulderinjury, he may be calling it quits,finally putting his health before hiscareer.

“I may never play again,” Bag-well said in Sports Illustrated. “It’s been 15 yearswith the Astros. I have to do what’s best for me,what’s best for the Astros and best for baseball.”

He was diagnosed with arthritis in his shoulder in2001 but continued to play. This made his conditionincreasingly worse with each throw he has made.Bagwell is a very dedicated player who has devotedhis career to making the Astros a better ball club.

Bagwell leads in Astros’ history for home runsand RBIs. He is contemplating surgery, but only ifhe will be able to play again once it is complete.

Flyers get four straight wins

The Philadelphia Flyers areproving that they deserve to be acontender for the 2006 StanleyCup. They have won their lastfour games with their last and

most recent opponent being the Ottawa Senators.The Flyers won with the final score of 6-3 andgoalie Antero Niittymaki saving 33 shots on goal.

The Flyers hit a rough patch towards the middleof the season because so many teammates had beenfaced with injuries.

After this game, the Flyers reached a very impor-tant benchmark, reaching their 40th win this season.They have done this in nine out of their 10 past sea-sons as well.

Dana dies in practice drive

On Sunday, in Homestead,Fla., Paul Dana, an internation-al racing league rookie and star,passed away due to a crash on

the track. While streaking around the Homestead-Miami

Speedway oval during a warmup session, Danafailed to notice that another car had spun to a stop,slamming into it at close to 200 mph. Two hoursafter his shattered car came to a rest, the 30-year-oldDana was pronounced dead at a hospital, accordingto Sports Illustrated.

Many people in the racing world were affected byhis passing because he was so young and known forbeing such a family-oriented person. When author-ities notified his wife, she was sitting in mass pray-ing.

Sports Illustrated said, “Dana, who began hiscareer in Formula Fords and worked his way upthrough the ranks, was known as a strong self-pro-moter. He got his new ride by bringing the Ethanolsponsorship to the Rahal Letterman team over thewinter.”

Including Dana, only three racers have died inracing-related accidents over the past 10 years in theIndy Racing League. This is a record that the organ-ization is proud to say they have, but at the sametime, they mourn those they have lost.

Back in the swing of thingsAMANDA POPOVITCH


Spring has arrived and with itthe Cabrini golf team has alreadykicked off a phenomenal season.This year’s team promises to putforth a tremendous effort, andhopefully, the results will make itall worthwhile. With an impres-sive season, open-ing first place fin-ish and a secondplace finish at theirmost recent match,the golf team looksto be already ontheir way to animpressive season.

The team started off the sea-son with a win against Holy Fam-ily, finishing three strokes aheadof their opponents. Most recently,the team finished second out ofsix teams in their match atSwarthmore, finishing a mere 15strokes behind first place teamSwarthmore. Both of thesematches bode well for the rest ofthe season, in which the teamhopes to beat out longtime Penn-sylvania Athletic Conferencerivals, Wesley College.

Last year, the team came insecond in the PAC champi-onships, and with new freshmenTim Harner and Mike Dunphy, aswell as staple juniors Brian Pros-pero and Matt Paris, the teamlooks to be perfectly placed to

possibly clench the PAC Champi-onship.

Harner marked his debut withthe team by leading them to theirfirst victory this season againstHoly Family, while fellow fresh-man Dunphy has been hot on hisheels, finishing close behind inboth matches. Meanwhile, Pros-pero, who finished eighth overallin the PAC Championship last

year earning him all-conferencehonors, has continued his impres-sive career this season with afourth place finish in the matchagainst Swarthmore out of a fieldof 30 golfers.

Head coach Tony Verde seemsconfident that this year’s teamwill do well. Verde said, “Thisyear’s team is approximately 10to 15 shots better than last year’steam.” Verde also set an impres-sive overall goal for this season’steam, which is “To average 13shots better than last year’s teamper 18-hole competition,” Verdesaid.

The junior captains, BrianProspero and Matt Paris, alsoappear confident that this year’steam will have a banner season

and an impressive showing at thePAC Championships. Prosperoand Paris are the only returningplayers, and they take their rolesas captains seriously. “We do ourbest to bring a sense of leadershipto the team,” Paris said.

Both captains are also tryingtheir best to lead the team to liveup to the expectations of Verde.“Coach Verde is expecting big

things from usthis year and theteam as a wholewill be disap-pointed with any-thing less,” Parissaid.

The team willbe focusing this

season on their three main invita-tional events, the Lebanon ValleyInvitational, the Widener Invita-tional and the Wesley Invitation-al. Then, of course, they alwayshave their sights on a first placefinish at the PAC Championship.Hopefully, this year’s team willbring Cabrini a PAC Champi-onship and a notable place in thelocal collegiate golf world.

Loquitur welcomes your com-ments on this story. Please sendthem to:[email protected] Theeditors will review your pointseach week and make correctionsas warranted.

COURTESY OF THE CABRINI COLLEGE WEBSITEThe 2006 Cabrini golf team poses with their coach,Tony Verde.

“Coach Verde is expecting big things fromus this year and the team as a whole will bedisappointed with anything less.” -Matt Paris

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Got healthy h2o?PATRICIA J. SHEEHANASST. SPORTS [email protected]

The scene in Jazzman’s is anendless mass of buzzing stu-dents. Everyone is scrounging upbagels and muffins. However, thefamiliar Jazzman’s coffee cupshave been replaced with some-thing a bit more colorful, VitaminWater bottles.

Glaceau, the producer of Vita-min Water, was established in1996 by Mr. J. Darius Bikoff inWhitestone, N.Y.

Rumor has it that Bikoff justwanted a new way to take hisFlintstones vitamins so he startedcrushing them up and puttingthem in his water. These healthydrinks have really caught on toCabrini students, who havebecome infatuated with the tastywater. With fun names likeFocus, Revive and Formula 50,named after superstar rapper andbusiness mogul, 50 Cent, whocould turn away from the magicdrink? Glaceau now makes FruitWater, which is an all-naturalalternative to chemically saturat-ed diet drinks and Smart Water, a“vapor distilled” water, which isthe purist one can find.

Other companies, likeGatorade and Powerade, have alljumped on the bandwagon anddeveloped their own healthydrinks.

Kristen Traina, a sophomoregraphic design major, said that

when she’s looking for a drink,she goes for Vitamin Waterbecause it tastes great.

“I like it because it doesn’thave such a strong flavor, but Idon’t drink it for energy reasonsor anything like that,” she said.

Marlana Moore, a sophomoreelementary education major,agreed and said that she likes Vit-amin Water instead of other fit-

ness drinks.“I like it because its not as

thick and sugary as other drinks,and it’s better for you,” she said.

With college students being inthe constant battle of trying tostay fit while living on their own,these healthy drinks without thecalories and sugars are here tostay, and promise to keep stu-dents “focused” and “revived.”

PATRICIA J. SHEEHAN/ ASST. SPORTS EDIOTR

Vitamin Water is a popular pick for healthy college students.

Women’s softball teamsplits doubleheader

ELIZABETH BRACHELLIASST. MANAGING EDITOR

[email protected]

The Cabrini Cavalier softballteam banged out a doubleheaderagainst Alvernia College whilehosting on March 24, with a 4-0loss in the first game, but theycame back in the second gameand rocked an 8-3 victory.

The Lady Cavaliers struggledin the first game with Alvernia,getting two unearned runs in thesecond inning. The two runswere later tacked on in the sev-enth inning by a two-run hit byDanielle Machamer, first base-man of Alvernia. Kristie Sande-fur, a freshman psychologymajor and third baseman for thelady Cavaliers, was left strandedon third base in both the secondand fourth innings.

Andrea Mory, a freshmanmarketing major and catcher forthe Lady Cavaliers, said, “Wewere really disappointed that welet them take one game from us.We knew that we had to findsome spark that would createsome more offense and get thewin.”

Cabrini came back stronger in

the second game with a rockystart. The Cavaliers were down3-0 in the third inning. Ber-nadette Dolan, a freshman sec-ndary education major and pitch-er, entered the game in relief forjunior Kim Fox. Dolan had onlythree hits off of her in just asmany innings. Dolan stepped upafter Machamer hit a three-runhomer. It was the second home-run that day for Machamer.

In the third inning, Cabrinicame back into the game by load-ing the bases with base hits. Brit-tany Shields, a freshman elemen-tary education major, singledwith a bunt right. Shields’ buntwas followed by a walk from jun-ior exercise science major JenEuganeo. Then, Jen Taggart, asenior bussiness administrationmajor, singled to the short-stop.Caitlin McDevitt, a freshman andexecise science major, thenstepped up to bat, after Alvernia’spitching change, to hit a grounderthat went through the third base-man’s legs for a two-run error.

The game was later set byMegan O’Brien, a junior educa-tion major. Mory said, “Meganjust made the most damages. Sheled by example hitting a grand

slam and pretty much set the tonefor us.”

O’Brien stepped up to bat, hit-ting a game, tying double, thatwas followed by a single hit bySandefur into centerfield. Then,Andrea singled to left center,bringing O’Brien home, puttingCabrini on top of the game at 4-3.Jess Wolfert, a freshman, broughtthe inning to an end by strikingout.

In the fourth inning, Cabrinistarted off with a single to leftfield from junior Lisa Hetke.Shields had an infield hit, andEuganeo bunted before O’Briencame up to bat. O’Brien hit agrand-slam, keeping a promisingwin for the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers are now 4-11overall and 3-3 in the Pennsylva-nia’s Athletic Conference.

Kristie Sandefur, a freshmanpsychology major, said, “I thinkthe rest of our season is lookingreally good. We have great lead-ership from our captains andupper-classmen, and our fresh-men are doing a really nice job,both offensively and defensive-ly.”

‘Hit ‘em hard’STACEY TURNBULLASST. COPY EDITOR

[email protected]

The Cabrini baseball club willbe stepping up to the plate fortheir second year as a team. Ledby their new coach, Will Har-mon, class of ’05, the boys havehigh hopes for the new season.

The team is setting up scrim-mages to get ready for theupcoming season against Vil-lanova University and ChestnutHill College. Their first gamewill be against Villanova’s clubbaseball team on April 1.

The team hopes to also set upgames not only against otherschools, but also against theteams they played in the adultleague this past fall.

Eight players from last year’sseason returned to play foranother year. Though losingsome players due to graduation,the team has gained many fresh-men that through the year contin-ue to show their strength andtheir heart in the game.

“We lost a few seniors lastyear, but we are so much strongerthis year with the freshmen classwe have,” Hadi Adam Poresky, asophomore psychology majorand club president, said. “DougWill, our starting pitcher, has arubber arm, and Billy Bacovincan play just about every posi-tion. All of [the freshmen] havebrought a lot of heart and a newspirit of competitiveness to theteam,” Poresky said.

“We have grown together as ateam more than any of us couldhave imagined this year. We arethe new stir on campus,” Antho-ny Vellutato, a sophomore graph-ic design major and outfielder,captain and vice-president of theclub, said.

The boys tried to push tobecome members of the NationalClub Baseball Association forthe spring season, but things did-n’t turn out the way they hadhoped. The team is hoping thatthey become members next sea-son. Vellutato said, “The captains

and coach of the team wish theprogram to advance and eventu-ally become a varsity sport.”

With their new coach, theteam feels unified, as if a weighthas been lifted off of their shoul-ders. Poresky, along with Velluta-to and Mark Tripolitsiotis, a sen-ior educational studies major andsecond basemen and captain ofthe team, has led the team for thepast year before Harmon tookover as coach.

“He’s taken a lot of pressureoff me, Trips and Ant. He decidesthe lineups, has all our practicesplanned and is an overall greatleader,” Poresky said.

“Our coach, Will Harmon, hasimproved our endurance greatly.Having someone other than cap-tains push the team is alwaysbeneficial. He brings a sense ofbalance that we did not have inthe fall or last year,” Vellutatoadded.

“We raised money with abaseball dance and a calendarshould be on sale sometime thisspring and next year. We havemany expenses, such as travel,equipment, dues and other fees,which continually are fronted byplayers, donations from the col-lege’s clubs and recreation organ-ization, Student GovernmentAssociation, parents andfundraisers. Our goals in thegrand scheme are to grow into asuccessful program that Cabrinistudents and faculty can enjoyand be proud of,” Vellutato said.

The team is looking forwardto a great season and can’t wait toget underway with their hopefultriumph. With the hard practicesthey are enduring, they hope tohave a very fulfilling season.

Loquitur welcomes your com-ments on this story. Please sendthem to:[email protected] Theeditors will review your pointseach week and make correctionsas warranted.

JESS WEBB/PHOTO EDITORSophomore Anthony Vellutato steps up to bat.

SPORTSSPORTSCABRINI CAVALIERS

MICHELLE MORANSTAFF WRITER

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Cabrini’s men’s lacrosse teamis off to an impressive start totheir season, with four consecu-tive wins under their belt. Theteam is also currently rankednumber 17 nationally in DivisionIII teams. Dave Barba, a seniormarketing major, said, “The sea-son is going real well so far, teamchemistry is coming together andwe are playing like champions.”

The Cavaliers are lead byhead coach Steve Colfer, whosaid, “The team is playing hardand listening well, which arecharacter-istics of ag r e a tt e a m . ”A l s og u i d i n gthe teamare assis-tant coachR y a nGreer andt h r e eteam cap-tains: sen-ior business administration majorKevin Rayer, senior political sci-ence major Nick Terlizzo andsenior English and communica-tion major Matt Campbell.

The Cavaliers have a 4-1record so far, losing their firstgame to Lynchburg, but redeem-ing themselves with four consec-utive wins against Guilford,Widener, Haverford and FarleighDickinson University. The team’swinning streak started with amatch up against Guilford, whichended in a victorious win of 14-3,with the guidance of sophomorehistory major and attackerPatrick Jenkins, who scored acareer-high of four goals. Attack-er Rayer contributed two goals.Another key game was againstWidener, in which Cabrinidefeated the No. 13 team with ascore of 12-11. Sophomoreattacker Matt Conaway scoredthe tying goal in regulation andthe game-winner in triple over-time. The team sealed its latestgame with a 12-5 non-league winover FDU Florham.

The team has a lot of goalsand expectations to live up to,

and hopefully exceed this year,as Cabrini’s lacrosse team hasbeen Pennsylvania AthleticChampions for the past fiveyears without losing a singleleague game.

Jeff Moore, a freshman lines-man, said, “We just need to keepworking hard so that we can winthe PAC conference again andget to the National CollegiateAlthetic Association tournamentagain as well.”

Contributing to the team’ssuccess is strong guidance andgreat chemistry between players.Chris Luongo, a sophomore mar-keting major and linesman, said,“Through strong leadership from

the coachesand upper-classmen,we are now4-1 andlook to goundefeatedfor the restof the sea-son.”

T h et e a m ’ supcomings c h e d u l e

includes games against severalrival colleges and many keygames that will be vital to thePAC championship. ScottReimer, a freshman player, said,“We have all league gamesupcoming besides CortlandState, that is most likely going tobe our toughest game of the year.I feel we are prepared for thisgame and have a very goodchance of upsetting the numberseven team in the nation.”

The team looks forward to anexciting and challenging season,while focusing on each game asthey come. Luongo said, “Wework hard each day to get readyfor the most important game,which is always the next one.”

The team’s next game is atCortland State April 1 at 1 p.m.Coach Colfer encourages theCabrini community to come outand enjoy the exciting games andto support the team as springweather starts to arrive.

Strong startfor men’slacrosse

“We work hard each dayto get ready for the mostimportant game, which is

always the next one.”-Chris Luongo

DEBORAH CAMPBELL/SUBMITTED PHOTO

Nick Terlizzo dodges a Lynchburg defender.

DEBORAH CAMPBELL/SUBMITTED PHOTO

Matt Campbell hurls through a Widener defender.

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