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KRTAnti-war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House. Hundreds of other anti-war protesters were arrested for demonstrating without a permit.

Public support is slippingdrastically concerning the U.S.involvement over in Iraq.According to CBS, “Americansreject financing the war throughan increased federal deficit, and62 percent would finance payingfor the rebuilding of the GulfCoast by cutting spending inIraq.”

When America first tookaction over in Iraq in 2003, mostU.S. citizens thought that thepresident was doing the correctthing. Polls from 2003 showedthat 69 percent of Americansbelieved that the country didright by sending troops to Iraq,while 25 percent thought the U.S.should have stayed out of Iraq alltogether.

Since then, the percentage ofpeople favoring the war hasdropped drastically. As of rightnow, only 41 percent of peoplethink that the United Statesshould be at war while 55 percentsay that U.S. forces should havestayed out, which is the highestfigure to date.

Dr. James Hedtke, a professorof history and political science,said, “Two of the three reasons toenter war in Iraq were not valid.If support of the war goes down,so does the national morale. If welose determination to continuewar, we lose our will to usepower.”

Those three reasons to enterwar in Iraq were to move AlQuada out of Iraq, get rid ofweapons of mass destruction andto bring down the regime andhelp the Iraqis establish a democ-racy.

At this point in time, two ofthe three have been unsuccessful,leaving only helping the Iraqisestablish a democracy as the onlypositive.

“After Sept. 11, I felt that wehad reason to be over there, and Ithink that everyone did. Sincethen, my opinion has changed. Idon’t feel that our troops shouldbe over there in mass numbers.

Breast cancer awareness promoted on campusBRITTANY LIBERATORE


cer. According to the WorldYWCA web site, breast tissue inyounger women is dense, and it ishard to find cancerous cells witha mammogram because of thedense tissue.

However, the World YWCAweb site also stated that it isbecoming more common forwomen under 40 years of age toget breast cancer. The most com-mon cases are found in womenwho have a history of breast can-cer in their family.

This rising statitistic is one ofthe reasons why it is very impor-

The topic of breast cancersparks the interest of many peo-ple, especially during October,the official month of breast can-cer awareness. At Cabrini, thereare a few things being done topromote awareness on campus,although there has been moreinvolvement in the past.

Susan Fitzgerald, the healthservices coordinator, said shewill make sure that on Oct. 24and 31, the Health Hut willinclude information on breastcancer. Also, she is going topurchase educational itemsabout breast cancer to be hungin the residence halls.

Fitzgerald realizes that therecould be more things done oncampus during Breast CancerAwareness month. Fitzgeraldsaid, “We could do more to pro-mote, but the media does anamazing job of promotingawareness.”

Fitzgerald commented onthe idea that many collegewomen don’t worry aboutbreast cancer because there is alow occurrence of youngwomen getting this type of can-

THEBREASTCANCERSITE.COM

The rink ribbon, pictured above, is theofficial ribbon used for breast cancerawareness.

tant for women to start givingthemselves self-examinationsstarting at the age of 20. Fitzger-ald said, “It is good to start selfexaminations early because thiswill get women into a good habit,so when they get older they willbe used to examining them-selves.”

Early detection is the key tofighting breast cancer. This iswhy self-examinations and mam-mograms are highly recommend-ed. By checking up on them-selves, women are helping toimprove their chance of survival.

Breast cancer is a seriouslyfatal illness. According to thebreast cancer site, each yearabout 182,000 women are diag-nosed with breast cancer and43,300 of the women diagnoseddie from the cancer.

Although there is a muchhigher occurrence of breast can-cer in women, there is still a pos-sibility that a man could getbreast cancer. According to thebreast cancer site, about 1,600men will get breast cancer eachyear, resulting in approximately400 deaths.

With all the awareness spreadthrough our country, there arestill many women who never

think once about the possibilityof getting breast cancer.

According to the breast can-cer site, about 13 millionwomen, ages 40 and up, whoreside in the United States, havenever had a mammogram.

Breast cancer does not onlyaffect the person who has it butalso all of those who are close tothem. Sophomore ChristinaSiderio, an elementary educa-tion major, reflected on the timeher aunt suffered from breastcancer. Siderio said, “I knowfirst hand how dangerous breastcancer is because my aunt hadit. It was a scary time in thelives of my entire family andmade us realize how importantit is to detect breast cancerearly.”

For more informat ion:http://www.worldywcaorg.ac.psiweb.com/young_womens/onthe m o v e / y w 2 0 0 1 /may/cancer.htm

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Iraq, page 3

The death toll for American soldier casualties in Iraq andAfghanistan has just reached 2,000. Sadly, the number willsurpass 2,000, and there is no clear answer as to when thisnumber will cease growing.

2,000 mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daugh-ters have been lost, yet the insurgency aggressively contin-ues.

We have heard a plethora of different deadlines referringto when our troops will be sent home. Few of these dead-lines have been met thus far, and the soldiers that do find away home quickly are requested back into combat.

America has shown its doubt in the war in Iraq throughdifferent actions. Some actions are more outspoken, likeanti-war protests, while other actions like below-quotarecruitment numbers are not as loud, but equally painful.

Some opinions claim that American soldiers will have apresence in Iraq for the next 10 years. Such a long periodsurely causes pain in the hearts of the American peoplewatching their loved ones being attacked on a daily basis.It hurts to imagine how many lives potentially could be lostif our troops were to stay for another 10 years.

At home in America, it is emotionally painful to watchthe concern of a parent with a son or daughter fighting inIraq. An empty hole remains in their hearts that will onlybe filled when their babies return home. Even if one mayjustify these emotions as part of the nature of war, the causeof this conflict has undoubtedly created controversy in theUnited States.

From the unsuccessful hunt for Osama bin Laden to ourfailure to find weapons of mass destruction, faith in ourleadership has weakened since the attacks of Sept. 11,2001. President Bush portrays himself as a confident figurewith a clear message, but this message has been alteredslightly on repeated occasions since 2001 to become some-thing very different.

The one constant emotion throughout this war, however,has been the support of our troops. Although the Bushadministration firmly denies the war in Iraq’s resemblanceto the Vietnam War, the American public is not able toavoid contemplating such a thought. One thing for certainis that the American people must never look down upon itstroops again.

Leadership in Iraq has been elected, a constitution hasbeen drawn-up and Iraqi soldiers continue to be trained.These are all positive strides occurring in Iraq, even if theyare highly criticized.

The troubling aspect is that for every positive action thattakes place, just as many, if not more, negative offensesarise.

Whether or not the insurgency is too strong and if wewill be able to overcome the terrorist attacks is a frighten-ing thought that has entered the minds of the Americanpeople. This war has been quite different from the first warin Iraq, Operation Desert Storm, where American troopssteamrolled Saddam Hussein’s regime.

The war we are involved in at the present is not just awar with Iraqi insurgents, but also recruited terrorists fromall different sections of the Muslim world. The difficultyof defeating such an unknown enemy potentially could bedevastating to American troops. We are at 2,000 soldiercasualties right now. The cause of action for the UnitedStates must be clarified and justified with the Americanpeople before the casualties continue any further.

What is meant by this statement is that there are stillmany skeptical opinions concerning the motives of theUnited States’ involvement in the war. For example, manypeople still believe we are in Iraq for one reason: oil.Therefore, the leadership of our country should deliver thetruth to the American people because they are the ones sac-rificing their lives for the questionable cause.

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Up‘til Dawn raising money and cancer awarenessAMANDA FINNEGAN


Cabrini’s Up ‘til Dawn chap-ter is back again for another year,raising both money and aware-ness for children with cancer. TheUp ‘til Dawn group is a national-wide, student-run organizationthat raises money for theSt. Jude’s Children’sResearch Hospital.

Like Up ‘til Dawn,St. Jude’s Hospital,located in Memphis,Tenn., is also a non-profit, pediatric-cancercenter who never turns achild and their familyaway, even those that donot have the finances for treat-ment. The hospital even findshousing for the family while theirchild is being treated.

Francine Clement, a sopho-more and sociology major, who iscurrently the executive directorof Up‘til Dawn, visited St. Jude’sthis past summer for a conventionfor Up ‘til Dawn leaders. Shesaid that the children were justlike normal kids, and it was oneof the happiest places she hadever visited.

Up ‘til Dawn is holding theirfirst event on Nov. 1, known asthe all team meeting. Teams offive come to register and have aletter-writing party. “It’s a goodtime. There’s music, food andCabrini’s radio station, theBURN, comes too,” Clementsaid.

Each member of the teamwrites letters to friends and fami-ly asking them to donate to the

cause. Most of the organization’sfunds are made through thesedonations.

Although the night is anenjoyable time for the most part,there is also a very real and seri-ous aspect of the night to remindstudents of the cause at hand. Acollege-age cancer survivor, whohas been treated at St. Jude’s,

comes to speak to the studentsand share his or her survivalstory.

For this year, Up ‘til Dawn isalready in the works of planningfundraisers, such as dances, hotchocolate and pretzel sales andthe upcoming poker night. Thepoker night will be held on Nov.18 with a $20 to $25 admission,where students will be able togamble with Monopoly money.

Like so many other students,Christina Moglioni, a sophomoreelementary education major,became involved for the cause.Moglioni, who is currently therecreational chairman, said, “It’sa great opportunity for studentsto celebrate and live the life thatthese children are fighting for.”

On March 31, Up ‘til Dawnwill hold their finale to celebratewhat they accomplished all year.This is where the organizationgets its name, by students and

members trying to party and stay“up ‘til dawn.” The finaleincludes food, games and is opento the Cabrini community. At theend of the year, students whohave raised the most moneyreceive prizes and other incen-tives, but overall, the fundraisingis a team effort.

Last year Cabrini’s Up ‘tilDawn chapter aloneraised an outstanding$35,000. The 150schools nationwide whoparticipate in Up ‘tilDawn together raisedover $3 million.

Clement, who partic-ipated in Up ‘til Dawnas a freshman, says it isa great way to meet peo-

ple and get involved in the com-munity. “Students are able tohave fun, but at the same timeknow that they are saving chil-dren’s lives,” Clement said.

There is a much bigger worldoutside the small, peaceful Cabri-ni campus. Up ‘til Dawn is help-ing students see the bigger pic-ture and work for the greatergood. Moglioni said, “Collegegets so busy, but by beinginvolved in Up ‘til Dawn helps toopen your eyes to the world.”

To obtain more informationabout Up ‘til Dawn, please con-tact of the office of student activ-ities.

Loquitur welcomes your com-ments on this story. Please sendyour comments to:[email protected] .The editors will review yourpoints each week and make cor-rections if warranted.

“It’s a great opportunity for stu-dents to celebrate and live the life thatthese children are fighting for.”

-Christina Moglioni, recreational chairman

CorrectionsMiddle States report leads to Loquitur changes (Oct. 14, 2005)Because of a mistake in the production process, an incorrect

version of the story by Shawn Rice, “Middle States report leads toLoquitur changes,” was printed. The correct first paragraphshould have been: “ The Loquitur’s publishing process has beenrestructured creating a delay in its online service to the Cabrinicommunity. Editors will now postpone their web edition a weekto address any comments or noted errors in content made by thepublic regarding the current print version of the Loquitur.”

An editor’s note was omitted from the end of the article. It said:“Shawn Rice was the editor-in-chief of the Loquitur last year.”

The correct version of the article will be published in the onlineedition this week.

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Cabrini awarded grant from W.W. Smith Charitable Trust MEGHAN HURLEY


The W.W. Smith CharitableTrust has awarded Cabrini Col-lege a $79,000 grant to supportthe W.W. Smith Scholars pro-gram for the 2005-2006 academ-ic school year. This money isgiven to full-time undergraduatestudents who are financial aid eli-gible. Cabrini has been receivingfunds from the W.W. Smith Char-itable Trust for 26 years that totalover $861,000.

To apply for the grant money,Cabrini must first be invited andthen write a grant proposal thatsays the college meets therequirements of the W.W. SmithCharitable Trust. According toJean Jacobson, the director ofcorporate, foundation, and gov-ernment relations, the applica-tions to the Scholars program areby invita-tion only tos e l e c t e dP h i l a d e l -phia areacolleges.

As statedby theT r u s t ’ swebsite, theguidelinesfor the grantare that it isto be given to “full-time under-graduate students at accreditedcolleges and universities inBucks, Chester, Delaware, Mont-gomery and Philadelphia coun-

ties. Scholarships are to supple-ment existing levels of aid forlower income and middle incomestudents who could not otherwiseattend college or support a col-lege education.”

Jacobson writes the grantapplication to the Trust each yearrequesting the funds. Shedescribes the W.W. Smith Chari-table Trust as a “very generousfoundation that has made a hugedifference to the Cabrini Collegecommunity. The Trust has beenan important partner in thegrowth of Cabrini College, andits generous support has openeddoors to the college for many stu-dents.”

She said that the college has along-standing relationship withthe Trust and has seen the fund-ing “grow for us because of thegrowth of the college. Over theyears, 516 Cabrini students havebenefited from the W.W Smith

Scholars program.” The grant application also

details how the money will beused at the college, how it willbenefit the students and establish-

es that the college has a need forthis additional funding.

Once thec o l l e g ereceives themoney, it ishanded over tofinancial aid tobe distributed.The Trust itselfdoesn’t havevery manyrestrictions forwho the moneyis given to.

Mike Colahan, the director offinancial aid, “likes the fact thatW.W. Smith hasn’t put a lot ofstrings on it,” so he has someflexibility with who he can give

the money to. Colahan does,however, require a 2.0 gradepoint average for a student to beconsidered for the funds, and theTrust asks that the students befrom the Philadelphia area.

Private funding, like the W.W.Smith Charitable Trust, is distrib-uted to financial aid studentsafter all the government moneyand academic scholarships areapplied and they still qualify formore money. Colahan said that itis “subjective decision making,”and there is no favoritism indeciding who gets the funds. It issimply based on need.

Students are required to writethank you notes to the Trust, andno student is allowed to have the

funding for more than threeyears. Also, a representativefrom the Trust visits the collegeevery two years to meet with thestudents who have received theirfunding.

Paula Gaughan, the coordina-tor of donor relations and stew-ardship, said that Cabrini Collegehas a “very good relationship”with the Trust, and so the fundingamount keeps going up. Last yearthe college received $79,000 thatprovided funding for 38 students.

The W.W. Smith CharitableTrust was created in the will ofWilliam Wikoff Smith and con-tributes money, in addition to thecollege scholarship program, tomedical research and grants forfood, clothing and shelter fornonprofits located in local coun-ties.

As indicated on the Trust’swebsite, they have awarded, as ofSeptember 2005, $1,033,000 tocancer research, $516,000 toAIDS research, and $728,000 toarea nonprofits, including theRonald McDonald House ofSouthern New Jersey and theChild Abuse Prevention Effort.

Also, over $2.5 million isgiven annually to 29 universitiesand colleges in the Delaware Val-ley for the scholarship program.

Loquitur welcomes your com-ments on this story. Please sendyour comments to:[email protected] editors will review yourpoints each week and make cor-rections if warranted.

National support goes down for warIraq, page 1

We have soldiers over theredying and for what reason,” MattMcKinney, a sophomore Englishand communication major, said.“We are trying to enforce a gov-ernment on another country, and Idon’t think that it is right.”

Beau Nickerson, a sophomorebusiness administration major,said, “I think we did the rightthing by entering Iraq becausethere were things that had to bedone. As of right now, I guess Istill feel the same way, but thereare some areas that you can arguewith. Right now the Iraqis arevoting on a proposed constitutionthat will bring democracy to Iraqwhich is a step in the right direc-tion for that country and couldhopefully limit our involvementover there.”

Many Americans are angryover the fact that soldiers are inIraq, risking their lives for rea-sons that are not valid.

As of right now, it looks verycertain that the proposed consti-tution, which the Iraqi peoplevoted on during the weekend ofOct. 15 and 16, will be passed,considering over 60 percent ofeligible voters came out to casttheir ballots, despite the wide-spread threat of violence frominsurgents.

For all that want the war to be

KRTA proud supporter of the war in Iraq salutes the United States. At this point, thenation has mixed emotions on whether or not the war in Iraq is justified.

over and for troops to start return-ing home, the voting on the con-stitution is a crucial step in thatprocess. If passed and insur-gency is tamed, it will enable the150,000 U.S. troops to begin towithdraw, which will please amajority of Americans, if recentpolls are correct.

According to Hedtke, this maybe easier said than done. “Nomatter what happens, insurgency

is going to continue. It is avicious cycle that we cannot getout of. The easy thing was enter-ing war; the hard part is leaving,”Hedtke said.


PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.WWCHARITABLETRUST.ORG

W.W. Smith is the founder of the charitable trust which has been granting CabriniCollege money for 26 years.

“The college has a long standing relationship withthe Trust and has seen the funding grow for Cabrinibecause of the growth of the college. Over the years,516 Cabrini students have benefited from the W.WSmith Scholars program.”

-Jean Jacobson, the director of corporate, foundation, and government relations

For 26 years the college has been able to provide financial aid to students because of grant money

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Cell phones: a call for driving accidents, cancerBRAD DIAMONDSTAFF WRITER

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Cell phones have spread in oursociety like wildfire in recentyears, but they may be endanger-ing us more than we realize,enough so that laws are beingmade to prevent their use. TheUnited States had over 190 mil-lion cell phone users as of June2005, compared to approximately4.3 million in 1990.

And these aren’t your averagephones. The days of the ZackMorris cell phone/hand-heldcomputer are over. Every day itseems that these devices are get-ting smaller and more technolog-ically advanced. However, whenthe lack of focus that comes withtalking on the phone is combinedwith the concentration that driv-ing a car entails, there are boundto be problems.

Cell phone distraction causes2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuriesin the United States every year.The dialing process calls for anindividual to take their eyes off ofthe road, which is obviouslynever a good idea. Furthermore,some people get so wrapped up,especially in an emotional phonecall, that they completely lose thenecessary focus to drive a car.

New York and New Jerseyhave already banned cell phoneuse in cars. Pennsylvania hasallowed individual jurisdictionsto make their own decisions onthe topic, while Delaware hasonly banned the use of cell

KYLE FOLEY/PHOTO STAFF

Driver Pat Tiberio and his passenger Ian McDonald illustrate how distracting a cell phone conversation can be while driving.

phones by school bus drivers.New York, which was the firststate to enforce this much debat-ed law, issues fines of $100 forthe first offense, $200 for the sec-ond, and $500 for any offensesthereafter. New Jersey’s penal-ties are less, ranging from $100 to$250.

When asked if cell phone usein cars should be banned, JanetteMochnacz, a junior English andcommunication major, said, “Iguess it depends on the circum-stance, such as emergencies, butlong conversations in the car areunnecessary and can be danger-ous.”

Another debatable topic con-

“There is no research support-ing it,” Corinne Szymczak, asophomore English and second-ary education major, said. “If wecould get cancer from cellphones, then we could get cancerfrom other things too, likemicrowaves,” Szymczak said.

The way that cell phones arerunning rapid these days, it seemsthat not many people are con-cerned about possible health haz-ards.

Maybe you have been both-ered by that person at the movietheater who forgot to turn theirsoff, or you hate listening to otherpeople’s conversations every-where you go. Maybe you hate

cerning cell phones would be thehealth problems that they may ormay not cause. What cannot beargued is that extreme exposureto radiofrequency radiation canhave serious health effects. How-ever, cell phones only put out acertain level of radiation, whichmany people believe not to beharmless.

Studies show there is no evi-dence that the low levels ofradiofrequency radiation emittedby hand-held cellular phonescause cancer. On the other hand,others have argued that becauseof the length of time that someare on cell phones, the radiationcould be taking its toll.

showing your parents how to usetheirs. You encouraged them to“get with the times,” but you did-n’t realize that you would be theone teaching them how to use thecell phone. It seems that thosesmall problems with cell phoneshave been dwarfed by theamount of lives lost because ofthe attention that they demand,especially behind the wheel.


Mixed feelings across campus concerning honors program JANE CHIECOGUEST WRITER

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The academic standard atCabrini College has been elevat-ed, as its catalyzing matriculationceremony inducted 90 honorsstudents on Aug. 24. While it isvalid that the class of 2009 is thelargest class Cabrini has everseen numerically, its 600 fresh-men as a whole are paving theway for a successful student out-put from Cabrini College.

Many have questionedwhether or not an honors pro-gram is necessary in a collegeatmosphere and how proficientthe honors program is. Whilesome contest the program is anunfair mechanism of trackingstudents, others defend that itprovides an outlet for an eagerand dedicated group of learners.

“I think honors programs areneeded in college. The honorsprogram is used by colleges anduniversities as a tool of recruit-ment for better students. Theyhave also become a useful way ofattracting academically superiorstudents to the campus,” Dr.Leonard Primiano, one of thethree directors of the honors pro-gram, said.

Honors programs amongstcolleges provide a way for eachschool to see the quality of stu-dents they are accepting and pro-vide a projection of what thoselearners will achieve and aspire

to become in the future.“I would say that honors pro-

grams are probably not neces-sary in a college atmosphere.However, they do provide awider demographic profile interms of talents and strengthsamong students. The honors pro-gram helps identify those stu-dents who are engaged in learn-ing something new,” Dr. CharlesMcCormick, the dean of aca-demic affairs and an additionaldirector of the honors program,said.

“The honors program is over-rated. I know of a few peoplewho are in the honors programand have a lower GPA than I do.The SATs should not determinewhether you are in it,” NicoleMeyers, a sophomore nursingmajor, said.

McCormick explained thatthe process is two-fold. “Thereare two ways a student can enterthe honors program. The firstway a student can be acceptedinto the program is through thereview of their SATs, GPA, andintangible strengths that theadministration identifies. Theother way a student is able tocome into the program is byobtaining a recommendation let-ter by a full-time faculty memberand then doing well in an inter-view conducted by Dr. Primianoand myself. There has to be evi-dence and effort that prove thatyou are an engaged and excitedlearner,” McCormick said.

Yet, the honors program is notmeant to intimidate or project anegative message to anyone oncampus.

There are 15 honors coursesregularly offered every year.Many students question the levelof difficulty of these honorscourses.

“It is not that these courses areany more difficult than the rest ofthe courses offered here at Cabri-ni; it is that these courses aredesigned differently and havedifferent content matter. Whiletraditional areas are discussed ina non-honors class, honors class-es are about synthetic connec-tions and a conceptual way ofthinking,” McCormick said.

“I think they are rigorous andvery challenging,” Primiano,who teaches both an honors andregular section of ‘The Searchfor Meaning’ class, said.

McCormick said that “thegoal is to create an intense moti-vation within the honor stu-dents.”

Primiano said that the work-load is meant to be rigorous.“The faculty provides a heavierworkload and expectations aremore when one is in an honorsclass. Expectations for criticalwriting, speaking, reading, aswell as thinking are higher. Theassignments themselves areheavier in their conceptual con-tent,” Primiano said.

Mary Kate Korp, the presi-dent of the freshmen class, is in

the honors program and ispleased with the learning com-munities which are new this yearat Cabrini. A learning communi-ty is two classes with paralleledsubject material and the samerole call. The community pro-vides a comfort zone among thehonors students, especially forthe majority, which reside in theNew Residence Hall.

“The honors community isnot just a relationship that wehave in our classes. Our livingarrangements make it so as weare all very close with one anoth-er, and it is through these livingarrangements that I feel we arevery fortunate. Due to our hous-ing set-up, we are able to getvery close to one another, andour tight-knit relationship enrich-es my Cabrini College experi-ence. I feel that first-year stu-dents that are enrolled in the hon-ors program are more fortunatethan the other first-year students,because we have a family-likeatmosphere, and we feel like wehave a place to belong,” Korpsaid.

Some students feel the admin-istration should make the stan-dards higher to be accepted intothe honors program.

“I want to achieve a higherlevel of analytical thinking andperceptual means of solvingproblems. Upon arriving atCabrini College, I realized that anumber of the students who wereadmitted into the honors program

were not operating on the samelevel of intellectual thought asme,” Justin Rogers, a freshmanwho also lives in New Residencebuilding, said.

John Casparro, the presidentof the honors council, thinks oth-erwise. “The honors program is agreat opportunity for students toexpand their educational experi-ence here at Cabrini. The honorsprogram is sponsoring manyactivities this year. One majortrip is going to the Curtis Sym-phony Orchestra, which we areprojecting for February. We vol-unteer at the Special Olympics,and take a bunch of trips to theKimmel center for shows,” Cas-parro, the president for the sec-ond year, said.

“This year, Dr. Dunbar, Dr.Primiano and myself hope to cre-ate a better and more intentionalplan for the next several years ofthe honors program. We hope toacquire more grant money so aswe can offer the honors studentsmore opportunities and attractanother group of avid learners toour campus,” said McCormick.


Alan Greenspan isn’t leaving his job as Federal Reserve chair-man until January, but George Bush has already announced hischoice for a successor to the 79-year-old outgoing chief.

Ben Bernanke, 51, is a former Princeton University economistand former governor of the Federal Reserve. He is now chairmanof the president’s Council of Economic Advisors and is widely con-sidered a well-qualified and “safe” choice, especially in light of thewidespread opposition to Bush’s nomination of Harriet Miers forthe Supreme Court.

“My first priority will be to maintain continuity with the policyand policy strategies under the Greenspan era,” said Bernanke in ajoint appearance with the president today, according to msnbc.com.

Iraqi Kurdistan hit by bombsThere have been several bomb explosions in the largely-Kurdish

city of Sulaymaniyah in north-eastern Iraq since the charter hasbeen approved, officials say.

One bomb exploded outside a building, housing the provincialsecurity ministry in charge of the Kurdish militia groups, the pesh-merga. Nine people were killed and four injured by the explosion.

Two others were wounded in an earlier attack on the convoy of asenior Kurdish politician. Militants have increased their attacks inIraq since the referendum on the draft constitution on Oct. 15. Iraqielectoral officials announced on Tuesday that the charter had beenapproved, according to bbc.com.

Wal-Mart getting biggerWal-Mart Stores, Inc. plans to open 270 to 280 super centers in

the next year and add more than 60 million square feet to its totalretail space, an increase of more than 8 percent.

The world’s biggest retailer, which faces increasing opposition toits rapid expansion, particularly in urban areas, said it would openbetween 20 and 30 discount stores, which are smaller than the supercenters.

Wal-Mart plans to open 30 to 40 Sam’s Club warehouse stores,which start in February, and 15 to 20 of its smaller NeighborhoodMarket grocery stores. Its international unit plans 220 to 230 newstores. The retailer said that of the 550 to 600 total stores to beopened next year, about 215 will be relocated or expanded, includ-ing some 160 super centers that will be converted from smaller dis-count stores, according to cnn.com.

Girl, 8, kills bearThere’s a new hunting legend in the mountains of Western Mary-

land. Born to the woods, she’s 8 years old, with a steady trigger fin-ger that put two bullets into a black bear’s chest cavity Monday,according to her and her father and grand-uncle, who were huntingwith her.

State officials backed the claim by Sierra Stiles and credited herwith the first kill of Maryland’s second bear season since huntingthe animals resumed after a half-century ban. Maryland Departmentof Natural Resources officials shook their heads in amazement atthe news that the first hunter to bag a bear was a third-grade girlfrom Kitzmiller, on Maryland’s border with West Virginia, accord-ing to msnbc.com.

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Freshman Whitney Green reads the course catalog and tries to decide on a major.

Alumni lend support and advice

LAUREN SHARKEYSTAFF WRITER

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“If you can make moneydoing something you love, well,isn’t that what people dream of?”Vincent Martino said to the col-laboration of freshman gatheredin the Mansion on Sunday, Oct.16. Martino and several otherCabrini alumni returned to thecollege in the hope of sharingtheir wisdom with the class of2009.

The panelists ranged fromhaving degrees in education toinstructional design and technol-ogy. Also, the graduation datesspanned from 1998 up to asrecently as 2005. However, theiradvice paralleled each other’s inmany ways.

Selecting a major can be a

very stressful and intimidatingprocess. Signing your name onthat carbon paper is probably oneof the most important and life-defining events you will partici-pate in during your academiccareer. However, the generalconsensus among the panelistswas that it is acceptable at thispoint in your young adult life notto have a major.

The advice given to the unde-cided freshman was rich in appli-cability.

Jenne Castellini, a 2005 grad-uate and education major,encouraged students who aretorn between majors to talk toprofessors in the field and to takea diverse amount of courses tobetter help discover your pas-sion. The freshmen were advisedto maintain a strong portfolio,and diversify their field place-ment.

Professionalizing yourself iskey in any field when applyingfor any job. The students werealso urged to maintain strongrelationships with their profes-sors, due to the fact that is howmany of these alumni managedto obtain jobs post-graduation.

Vincent DeFruscio, an Eng-lish and communication majoron the panel, said, “The biggestmistake you can make as a fresh-man is not getting involved withthe school. Do not disregardwhat your professors tell you, butknow yourself better than anyoneelse and go with your instinct.”


A panel of alumni give freshmen insight on declaring a major

Graduate and Professional School Fair

Event: Meet with reps from 100+Graduate & Professional SchoolPrograms nationwide

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Date: Friday, Nov. 4, 2005

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In order to coexist in college,a bond must be fused betweenroommates and friends in orderto concoct a friendship. But,what if you see your roommatewalk up to the brand new SETbuilding and shatter a window?Okay, you hate this guy to beginwith. As you see the glass shat-ter all over the place in the whirl-wind of impact and watch glassfluttering in people’s eyes all theway down in the Xavier hallparking lot, you remember youhave to live with this clown forthe rest of the year. Everybodymakes mistakes. Rememberwhen you were young and the“good” kid always told yourmom or dad when you did some-thing bad? Who ever liked thatkid anyway? At least I didn’t,and so it goes. Don’t rat out yourfriends or roommates even if youdon’t like them; don’t defy trust.

Seeing as though your room-mate thinks he is Captain Ameri-ca and can do whatever he pleas-es at whoever’s expense, don’tbe the thorn in his side. Let themerrymaker have his fun. Asyou think about it more andmore, the buffoon will continuehis relentless vandalizing ofother statuesque buildings withvalue. You watch your troubledroommate spray his initials onthe windows next to the cafete-ria. Finally, on the door of themansion he carves his name into

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ter. He had you fooled by hismastery, to think his name on themansion door wasn’t enough,and now this!

Soon enough, even the schoolnewspaper is covering the tracksof this phantom vandal on cam-pus. You begin to feel guilty foryou are the only student on cam-pus that knows who the vandalis. Then something hits you. Allof a sudden you’re turning intothe “good” bad guy by not turn-ing him in. Soon, public safetywill be snooping in your direc-tion.

This situation can go in twodirections. You can crack andhave everyone pissed off at you,or you can be villainous andwatch the dogs close on yourroommate and his antics. Evenso, you can take pleasure inwatching public safety uncoverhis name on the mansion doorand get closer and closer to bust-ing the vile fiend. Even withpublic safety’s brand new off-road vehicles and technologicaladvances, they are closing inmonth by month as quickly asthey can. You decide to take therole as the devil’s advocate andkeep quiet, it’d be more fun thisway, right? Patience is key. Yes,retribution shall be yours!

Finally, you receive a phonecall from George Stroud lookingfor your roommate. You tell himhe’s at class, he laughs and givesyou a message for the swash-buckler meet George in his officetoday at 4:00. Ah darn, 4:10career development: you won’tbe back in time to wish him well.

Later you return to your dormand it turns out your roommategot kicked out of school. This isthe greatest news. Wow, youthink to yourself I guess goodthings do come to those whowait. Feeling ecstatic and mas-terfully accomplished, you canfall asleep tonight and not wakeup in the morning with shavingcream in your face.

See what happens when youdon’t rat out people you hate?Eventually they get what theydeserve. If you know somebodythat commits a murder, by allmeans come forth, but stupidschool internal things shouldn’tbe publicized. That’s what wehave public safety for, right?

Finally, the true raw messageI’m trying to get across is thatstudents should just mind theirown business. You don’t want toturn heads that don’t need to beturned, especially at an institu-tion this small.

At Cabrini, the fire alarm ispulled one too many times by thewise guys who are apparentlylooking for attention from theirfriends or trying to be the “coolkid.” I can remember the alarmbeing pulled more than a handfulof times in Xavier my freshmanyear. I used to just try and stay inmy room until public safetykicked me out because I figuredit was someone trying to have agood time by bothering everyoneelse. I understand at times thereare fire drills, but they are need-ed for public safety to know thefastest ways to evacuate studentsfrom danger.

I am sure most of you upper-classmen and even lowerclass-men may recall times this year orin the past years when the firealarm has been pulled more thanonce and most likely by the sameperson. If you do know who it is,which most of the time peopledo, then you would most likelynot even move from your room.

There are many people whoknow the sneak pulling the redboxed alarm in the dormitoryhallways and after awhile I amsure it makes you angry. What ifit is your friend? Do you rat themout or keep it to yourself? In myown case, I would probably keepit to myself but after awhile, Iwould want it to stop and let thedirt out. Waking up that late atnight to nonsense may make ithard to go back to sleep or evenbe able to wake up for a morningclass. Most times public safetymay have to act like cops. In away, they are the law and have toenforce the rules. When they seepeople being suspicious or evenknowing who the friends of theculprit are, they may take actionon you to find out the truth.What if they threatened you intogetting in trouble, wouldn’t youtell? Most of the time, when youget into trouble, it goes on yourrecord.

Letting public safety knowthe truth leads to the future ofwaking up to the fire alarmscared that it could be somethingwrong and not laughing andthinking, not that kid again!Telling on your friend is onlygiving them a write up and keep-ing yourself from having troublein the future with public safetyand also the school. We are incollege now. If you saw some-one stealing money from work,for example, and your boss con-fronts you and threatens yourjob, wouldn’t you tell him?

Pulling fire alarms shows the

childness and immaturity thatsome students may still have. Ifyou do not get caught or in trou-ble for foolish things or prankslike pulling the fire alarm, thenyou will never learn from yourmistakes. I remember when theone kid who pulled alarms got introuble and kept doing it until hegot in serious trouble. If youreally do not want your friendsto get into deep trouble, and youknow they are going to do some-thing wrong, try and talk themout of it. Think of somethingbetter to do that wouldn’t worryeveryone else.

Pulling the fire alarm is notthat funny of a joke. I couldunderstand if you pulled like asenior prank or wrote stuff onyour friends door for fun andwouldn’t tell, then that is under-standable. When you are puttingpeoples lives at risks by havingthem think it is all a big joke andnot worrying about the real con-sequences, then that is somethingyou should get in trouble for nomatter who is telling on you.Being a friend is like being abrother or a sister, but when yoursiblings were picking on youwhen you were younger, weren’tyou telling your parents becauseit was bothering you? Of course,everybody did that! Being asnitch is sometimes not a badthing. You do not have to tell onpeople all the time and be thatperson. Some people have theirown opinions about things andyou should always just followwhat you feel is the right thing todo.

So, I am not exactlysaying, run! Tell onyour buddies, hurry up!I am saying do whatyou think is the rightthing to do and for ownsafety. In the future,when you hear thatalarm in the middle of thenight, it bothers you andyou know the culprit,let authority know tokeep yourself outof trouble andmost of all outof danger!

Vandalism, theft, pulling fire alarms:ALISA SIDERIOSTAFF WRITER

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JASON RADKASTAFF WRITER

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SAMANTHA GLACKINSTAFF WRITER

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GAIL KATHERINE ZIEGLERSTAFF WRITER

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A broken window screen,clogged drains and a hardly-heat-ed building is not what I am pay-ing for with tuition. Trying tocontact facilities numerous timeswith no sign of a response is atrying task, and with the vastarray of problems that my roomhas accumulated, our patience isrunning thin and the aggravationis ever building.

I live in house 3, which hap-pens to be well kept and veryclean in comparison to otherhousing facilities on campus, yetlittle things are slowly starting tobreak and become much largerissues for us as the residents ofour room.

The idea that I am payinglarge amounts of money to liveon campus makes me feel that Ishould be given at least somesort of contact back regardingwhen they are planning on fixingour room problems. Even ifthings such as a drain or screenare my nut in comparison toother’s issues they probably faceon a day to day basis, it is stillannoying and very frustrating.Such problems aren’t even issuesour RA can address. She hasbeen very helpful, yet the otherpeople who can lead us in theright direction to fix these prob-lems are the people who have yetto even e-mail us back.

Waking up every morningwith cold seeping through ourwindows because of a missingscreen that fell out of our win-dow by itself is not a pleasureand will drastically get worsewith the winter season that isquickly coming. I just hope toget these issues fixed soon, so Iwill continue to contact the facil-ities department in order toresolve these problems.

I think that if you’re payingthis much money not only for aneducation, but for housing, youshould at least have decent heatand a working shower.

Dorm issuespiling up

Gas guzzlers taking up too much space

In these days of the three-dol-lar-gallon of gas, I find myselfwondering, “What do you carryaround in that truck, your ego?” Icannot imagine why anyonewould want to put upwards of$50 in their gas tank, especiallywhen you could be spending iton all of this season’s cute shoes?

Soccer moms tend to say thattheir big two-parking-spaceSUVs make them feel safe. Well,the five stars in frontal crash testsare in-class.

The University of Michiganfound that “SUVs are no saferfor their drivers than cars. Popu-lar midsize cars, minivans andimport luxury cars have the

safest records, while SUVs areabout as risky as the averagemidsize or large car, and are nosafer than many compact andsubcompact models.”

When you compare the safetyto their SUVs to a minivan, theSUVs come up short. I don’tblame you though; the advertis-ing is aimed right at you to makeyou believe that they are thesafest. But they’re not, so, doyou really have that many balle-rina shoes and soccer balls tocarry around?

I see pick-up trucks in thecommuter parking lot all thetime. I wonder, how many haybails and two-by-fours needtransportation in Radnor by astudent or professor? Maybebecause of all the books we needto buy for school, you need all ofthat towing capacity, but myElantra seems to handle it well.

Even the on-campus securityhas trucks and SUVs. I wonderwhat they keep in there: bodiesof intoxicated students?

There is the age-old joke ofmen compensating for their inse-

curities with big toys and bigtrucks. I think this probably hasmore to do with the number oftrucks in the parking lot than theactual need to carry stuff around.

If the environment could talk,it would have something to sayabout our lane-hogging obses-sions too. The Hummer getsabout nine miles to the gallon,information which is guarded byArnold Schwarzenegger, nodoubt. I found that statistic atwww.codepinkalert.org, becauseit was no where to be found onHummer’s website.

When I hear my grandmothercomplain about her $54 tank, Ican’t help but not care becauseshe just bought an SUV, totallyby choice. Her excuse is thesnow, but she doesn’t have any-where to go. Is she going to workon the days that it snows? No, sosit at home and enjoy the peaceof being retired.

The other reason I have athing against big cars is that theytend to be annoying to us littlepeople on the road. Their lightsreflect the same amount of light

as the sun into my three mirrors.So if you’re riding my butt, I’mjust going to have to go slowerbecause my corneas have beenburnt like toast.

I also find that most peoplewho drive large vehicles cannotkeep them on one side of theroad. Their vehicles are alwayscoming onto the opposite sidebecause they don’t want toscratch their right-side mirror ona tree branch. My father, an avidtruck man, always told me thathe pays his taxes and is takinghis half out of the middle. Comi-cal, until you are the car he’spassing.

By the way, I don’t claim tobe a green-peace saint. I don’thave a hybrid, and I drive almosta hundred miles a day. So, pleasedon’t run me down in the com-muter parking lot, I’m confidentthat your big, manly truck coulddo it.

When you graduate, get agood job and decide to buy a newcar, drive smaller and live larger,with money left over for shoes.

Cabrini students living at Valley Forge want out

BRITTANY LIBERATORESTAFF WRITER

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One of the best parts of goingaway to college is living on cam-pus. Unfortunately, at Cabrini,this year’s transfer students didnot get this opportunity. Due tolimited housing on Cabrini’scampus, transfer students areforced to live in Valley Forgedorms for this entire semester,and most likely spring semestertoo.

I would be extremely upset ifI had to live, basically off cam-

pus, when I am a resident stu-dent. The conditions in the Val-ley Forge dorms are not the best.Granted, the Cabrini students liv-ing at Valley Forge do pay a less-er room and board fee. But Iwould rather pay for full roomand board and live on campus,than save money and live in thedorms the transfer students areliving in.

The Cabrini students living atValley Forge lived for over amonth without cable. I knowthere could be bigger problems,but you have to remember thereis not much for them to do intheir rooms; considering they arefar away from their fellow Cabri-ni students.

Also, they had to go days withno hot water. This may not see tobe a huge problem either. Butthink about it, I don’t rememberthe last time I had to go days

without hot water living onCabrini’s campus.

I have learned that the major-ity of the Cabrini students resid-ing on Valley Forge do not likeliving there. They constantlycomplain to their area coordina-tor, but it doesn’t seem like muchis done. I’ve heard some say theyfeel like they were put up thereand forgotten.

I am so happy that I am one ofthe lucky students that get to liveon my own campus. I under-stand that the students living atValley Forge are transfer stu-dents, but they are still a part ofCabrini and should be treatedlike they are.

The walk alone from Cabrinicampus to Valley Forge isenough to make me feel thankfulfor my room on campus. Thereis a shuttle that takes the studentsto their rooms at Valley Forge but

the shuttle runs on a schedulethat doesn’t match up with someof the students’ schedules. If stu-dents are left to walk, they haveto walk a long distance, some-times in the dark.

I do not think this is fair, con-sidering that one of the benefitsof going to Cabrini is the smallcampus and short distancesbetween buildings. The studentsresiding at Valley Forge obvious-ly don’t reap this benefit.

I feel that Cabrini needs to puta better limit on the amount ofstudents they are accepting. It iswonderful that more and morepeople want to come here, butevery student should be able tobenefit equally on Cabrini cam-pus. Until this is made possible,I believe Cabrini should acceptthe amount of students that thiscampus can accommodate.

Concerts; a source of enjoyment and a good time

MELISSA STEVENPERSPECTIVES [email protected]

Everyone has a particular pas-sion in life, something thatmakes them so happy and givesthem something to look forwardto. For me, it’s seeing myfavorite bands in concert.

Most people see me as a nice,quiet and polite girl, but get meinto a concert and I am the com-plete opposite. I do not go tothem like every week, but I savemy money and wait for those sixor seven shows a year that I livefor. This past year was a sad one

because I only got to go to aboutthree concerts. This past month,though, I did get to see the FooFighters perform with Weezer.

This was the first time I got tosee the Foo Fighters live. I hadalready seen Weezer, and so Iwas looking forward to this con-cert very much. The great thingabout concerts is how everyonethere is in such a great mood.You get down to the stadiums acouple of hours early and starttailgating, and you meet up withyour friends and even makesome new ones with the peoplepartying in the car next to you.Everyone just wants to have agood time, and you feed off oneanother’s energy.

When we got to the parkinglot, it was cold and rainy, but noone cared; we were there to havea good time and so that’s whatwe did. This was my first concertalso being 21, so I took full

advantage of the fact that I couldfinally buy beer inside theWachovia Center.

First, Weezer went on andthey were incredible. They gotthe crowd so pumped up that Iwas almost exhausted fromjumping up and down andsinging by the time the FooFighters took the stage.

After that 30-minute wait forthe Foo Fighters to go on, it wasfinally time. The curtain rose onthe stage and the first strum ofthe guitar was heard. Everyonewent insane, including me.

I don’t know about you, but Iam obsessed with the lead singer,Dave Grohl. Talk about talent,because he has so much. No onewas in their chair as soon as theystarted playing. They were elec-trifying; you couldn’t stand stillbecause you were almost forcedinto getting into the music.

The best part of the whole

show was when Grohl put onespotlight on himself and theother on his wife in the crowdand sang “Everlong” to her. Ifyou’re a fan of the Foo Fighters,you know that this is one of theirgreatest songs as well as theirmost romantic. He started outsinging it with just him playingthe guitar, and then the bandsounded in at the end to make itsound very epic and just awe-some. You couldn’t help but feeltouched by such an amazing per-formance.

It is acceptable at concerts tolet yourself go and get a littlecrazy. You have no excuse notto. Scream as loud as you want,dance however you care to andmake friends with people whoyou will never see again.

The Foo Fighters did just that.Singing every lyric to every songleft me with no voice the nextday, but it was well worth it.

QQuuoottee ooff tthhee WWeeeekk"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

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KELLY MURPHYSTAFF WRITER

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We all did it. We came homefrom school on that fall day,rushed through dinner, and ranupstairs to get ready. We appliedface paint, zipped up costumesand made sure we didn’t lose thatorange basket for all the candy wewould receive and eat for the nexttwo weeks. After a couple of pic-tures in the living room, we wereout, rain or shine. It was Hal-loween, and we were going trickor treating.

No one ever really asks thequestion, “Where did Halloweencome from?” It is an odd holiday

unlike any other and its originsare just as strange and diverse asthe actual dressing up in a cos-tume and knocking on some-one’s door, hoping they haveThree Musketeers bars, as partof Oct. 31.

Halloween gets its originfrom Europe, dating back manycenturies ago, before theRomans adopted Christianity.The Roman where pagans andworshiped many gods and onOct. 31, they had a special feastto honor the goddess of fruittrees, Pomona. Years later theDruids, who where an order ofCeltic priests native to Britain,added the honoring of Samhain,the lord of the dead, to the feast.The Druids taught that on thenight of Oct. 31 the lord of thedead summoned the dead andwicked spirits and souls thatwere believed to live in the bod-ies of animals. They trulybelieved that ghosts, witches,fairies and elves would comeout to harm them. The Druidsfeared these spirits and on the31st, they sacrificed their gods,hoping they would protect them.The Druids also considered catsto be the reincarnated souls ofpeople who had been evil intheir past life and that is why itis believed that ghosts, witchesand black cats are symbols ofour modern day Halloween cele-bration.

But the story isn’t over yet.The middle ages approached

DOMENIQUE PINHOSTAFF WRITER

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Cabrini’s campus, thougheerie and full of ghost stories,surprisingly doesn’t faze studentswho reside on this 112-acrewooded campus. Could it be theeerie atmosphere the campus pro-vides during the fall season or thehaunting ghost stories many stu-dents begin to hear their fresh-man year at Cabrini? One thingmost students can agree with is

that Cabrini’s historical Mansionis one of the spookiest sights oncampus.

“I think every old house lendsitself to the idea of ghosts, espe-cially a magnificent estate likethis one,” Martha Dale, the coor-dinator of historical exhibits forthe 50th anniversary on the Man-sion at Cabrini, said. Many stu-dents have heard stories in thepast about the Paul family and theDorrance family who haveresided here in the past.

There were many different

types of ghost stories such as avery familiar one of a young girlghost appearing in front of Wood-crest dressed in white or bluewhen the first snowfall approach-es Cabrini’s campus. The reasonthis ghosts is said to appear onour campus is because she appar-ently committed suicide from thebalcony of the mansion.

Although this ghost storyseems haunting, it is very doubt-ful that this ghosts exists. Dalesaid, “However, I don’t know ofanything in particular that hap-

pened at Woodcrest that mighthave given rise to our ghost sto-ries. It’s important to emphasisthat they have no basis in fact asfar as we know.” Dale added,“We are in touch with both thePaul family and the Dorrancefamily, and all their daughters areaccounted for!”

Being that the mansion is anold historical home, it can seem“creepy” to many people, Dalesays she has never had an“encounter.” “In my 27 years inthe Mansion I have spent many

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The mansion on campus holds history and beauty, as well as ghost legends and stories that remain alive for students year after year.

its new trend: more sex please!Although there have been cos-tumes questionable up until now,this is the first time that publicsare now invited to bask in theirown sexiness, even if it is for onenight.

English and communicationmajor Amanda Stout says her andher friends have their Halloweencostumes all set. They will be thecast of “The Wizard of Oz” with abit more sex-appeal. That meansshorter skirts and a little bit moreskin showing for these girls, butwho could complain? Who betterto play an adult game of dress-upwith than with a group of yourclosest friends?

This year, just like every year,there are some very creative andhumorous costumes for those whowant to really step outside the boxthis year. Costumes like theseinclude a beer keg, a kissingbooth, a mail order bride and apimp. These costumes will notonly make you the talk of thecampus, but will make you a lega-cy for Halloweens to come!

Sophomore Jennifer Fang isplanning on enjoying her Hal-loween in the threads of a kittycat. Fang said, “Nothing too overthe top, some black stuff on myface for whiskers and a nose andears and a tail.” It is a pretty sim-

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for this year. For women, sometop costumes include flappersfrom the 1920s, belly dancers,super heroes and various Disneycharacters. For men, the popularchoices are characters from theMatrix motion picture, the tradi-tional vampires, ghouls and theever-so-famous Scream character,according tohttp://couponing.about.com/cs/toppicks/a/halloween2003.htm.

The newer generation of Hal-loween costumes has proclaimed

ASHLEY RANDAZZOSTAFF WRITER

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Halloween welcomes a sexyspin to this year’s festivities. Cos-tumes like “The Little Mermaid”and “Tinkerbelle” have a newfeverishly hot look to them. Pop-ular demand is not all about sexycostumes, there are still somepopular, but not-so-sexy, cos-tumes available.

There are many popular cos-tumes that aren’t too over-the-top

ple costume for those who are notlooking to be the center of atten-tion. Just enough to be the cat’smeow.

Having a hard time to decidewhat to do for this year’s party?Great group costumes will do thetrick. Costumes like Grease’s“Pink Ladies” will be perfect forany party, or even dressing up likesome of the Disney princesseswould be a nice idea for friends todo together.

Couples can even enjoy Hal-loween in their own special wayby choosing a theme for both ofthem. Popular costumes to suityou and your significant other areOzzy and Sharon Osborne, Shrekand Fiona, Austin Powers and

evening hours here, sometimesalone in the house (except for thenuns who used to live in the Con-vent area,) but have never felt anykind of presence.”

Bill Cassidy, a sophomoreEnglish and communicationmajor, said, “One night I heardthat a ghost was typing on a girl’scomputer in Xavier, but that’s thedumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”

Many students also feel thesame as Cassidy. Francine Cle-ment, a sophomore sociologymajor, said, “I don’t believe inghosts at Cabrini. I think peopleoverexaggerate their stories. Ilived in Woodcrest last year onthe third floor, and I’ve never hadanything happen to me.”

Even if someone is a believerin ghosts or not, this campus candefinitely lead one to believe thatspirits are present.


and the Roman Catholic Churchchanged from pagan to Christian-ity and by doing so they kept allof the pagan holidays and consid-ered them to now be Christianfeasts. Christians tried to keepOct. 31 holy. Now instead ofpraying to many gods, Christianshonored the death of saints onNov. 1 and called the new holiday“Day of All Saints,” making theprior night “All Hallow’s Even-ing,” which was abbreviated toHalloween.

We now know where thewitches, ghosts and cats comefrom, but what about pumpkins,jack-o-lanterns and trick or treat-ing? Well, Google tells us thatthese traditions come from Ire-land. Irish farmers would wanderaround the village begging forfood telling people, “You treatme, or else I will trick you!”

And a poor man named Jackstarted the pumpkin carvingtrend. Jack was not allowed toenter heaven, due to the sins hehad committed and unable toenter hell, due to the tricks he hadplayed on the devil; therefore, hewas condemned to wandering theearth with his lantern for eternity.The Irish feared Jack’s punish-ment causing them to hollow outpumpkins and place lights insideto scare evil spirits away.

Regardless of its historicalcontext, Halloween is celebratedby millions across the world.Sophomore psychology majorLindsay Nave likes Halloween

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Though trends this year forHalloween are hot and steamy,there are other choices to pickfrom. Don’t run from this holi-day; the ghosts, goblins and vam-pires might get you anyway!


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SHANE EVANSSTAFF WRITER

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Midnight Madness is fastapproaching and the anticipationcan be felt throughout CabriniCollege. As one of the mostexciting and entertaining nightson the college’s calendar, Mid-night Madness is the kick-off tothe basketball season country-wide. With a host of events andactivities that changes with eachpassing year, this year’s renditionon the 29th of this month is sureto delight all of the Cavalierfaithful.

Since basketball is one of themost popular sports at Cabrini, itis obvious that the Dixon Centerwill have its hands full with theinflux of students for the event.Assistant Athletic Director JeffFalardeau is the man in charge ofthe festivities this year, and hethinks this year will be a greattime for everyone,

“We are extremely excited forthis year’s Midnight Madness.We have implemented plenty ofactivities for our student commu-nity, and it will be interesting tosee what type of attendance wewill receive on Saturday night.There has been a big push formore late night & weekend pro-

gramming, so we are optimisticthe campus community willcome out and support our teams.”

The night boasts a chocker-blocked lineup full of activitiesfrom its beginning at 10 p.m.,with the student/faculty basket-ball game to the finale by thedance team leading up until mid-night. There is even an hour of“Midnight Munchies” preceding

the event for those puckish Cavheads out there.

Allison Sachs, a junior busi-ness administration major, con-siders Midnight Madness one ofthe best nights during the schoolyear.

“I love Midnight Madness! Ireally like watching the basket-ball team play, and it’s basicallythe first chance we all get. It’salso cool because I get to spendtime with all my friends and it’sreally funny to see the facultyplay some of the team and otherstudents,” Sachs said.

Allison’s excitement is sharedby the majority of the upper-classman here at Cabrini, but forthe freshman here on campus, it’sa totally new experience.

“It’s going to be somethingnew for me because we didn’thave them in high school. I lovebasketball, and it’s going to befun to have everyone there tocheer on the team as they starttheir season. Also, everyone willbe there, instead of going homewhich is what I’m really lookingforward to,” Jennifer Campbell,an English and communicationmajor, said. She seems to havethe opinion of the freshmannailed down. Being it is their firstone, obviously, their anticipationis very high.

Many of Cabrini College’sfaithful have their calendars cir-cled for Oct. 29, and for goodreason. This year’s MidnightMadness is shaping up to be anexcellent time for everyoneinvolved, and with the excite-ment level this high, it should belots of fun.


“We are extremely excitedfor this years Midnight Mad-ness. We have implementedplenty of activities for our stu-dent community...”

- Jeff Falardeau, assistant ath-letic director

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9:00-10:15 p.m. - Midnight Munchies(Dixon Center Lobby)

10:00-10:15 p.m. - Faculty/Staff bas-ketball game

10:20-10:40 p.m. - 3 pt. Shootout (5girls & 5 boys) (Capboard & SGA)

10:20-10:50 p.m. - Dueling DJ con-test

10:40-11:00 p.m. - Hot Shot Contest(5 girls & 5 boys) (Capboard & SGA)

11:00-11:10 p.m. - Cheerleaders

11:10-11:30 p.m. - Men & Women’sVarsity Team Game

11:30-11:45 p.m. - Half Court ShotContest

11:45-12:00 a.m. - Dance Team

because she gets to “dress up asanything I want and also becauseI get as much candy as I can pos-sibly eat,” Nave said, which isalways a good thing.

Loquitur welcomes your com-ments on this story. Please send

your comments to:[email protected] editors will review yourpoints each week and make cor-rections if warranted.

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Oprah, others provide hopeMICHELLE MORAN


Two child molesters werenabbed as a result of the “OprahShow” that aired on Tuesday,Oct. 18. It showed several want-ed child molesters’ pictures withOpera offering a $100,000reward of her own money forinformation leading to theirarrests.

Within 48 hours of the pro-gram, two of the suspects wererecognized by show viewers andturned into the police. The indi-viduals were promptly arrested.Oprah’s efforts represent just oneof the many contributions thatcelebrities are now making tosociety by using their fame andfortunes to promote issues andcauses.

Oprah Winfrey told her audi-ence, “It was as clear to me as ifGod himself spoke … that this iswhat I’m supposed to do, withyour help, America.”

The two molesters caught byOprah viewers were Niles Scottwho was arrested in Belize, Cen-tral America and William Daviswho was caught in Indiana. Bothmen were wanted for sexualassault crimes against children.

The two viewers that capturedthe molesters were featured on alater show where they receivedtheir rewards and told their sto-ries of how they recognized themen. One viewer Karie Miller

recognized one of the suspects onWinfrey’s show as the man livingjust upstairs from her familywhich includes three children. After seeing the show, Millersaid, “I dropped my coffee. I said,‘No, no, that can’t be him.’ But,it’s him. It’s most definitely him.… I’ve been feeling very guiltythat I let someone like that getclose to my family, and get closeto my children; that I ignoredwhat was in my heart.”

Oprah who is personally a sur-vivor of child abuse said, “This isa full circle moment for me; forme to have been raped at 9 yearsold.”

Kim Blacka, a senior graphicdesign major, said “I think it’sgreat that stars can go public withtheir struggles to help others andto bring awareness to the issue.”

Over 10 million Americans aday tune in to watch the “OperaShow” that gives her a lot of con-trol and power to influence view-ers and to bring awareness toimportant issues. Winfrey’s othercontributions include an AngelNetwork which is supported byviewer donations that’s been usedto build over 200 homes for Habi-tat for Humanity and has sent 150students to college.

Celebrities that have used theirfame to aid others include actors,actresses, athletes, singers andTV personalities.

Jason Stouch, a history andpolitical science major, said,“Celebrities are influential people

and they should use it to theiradvantage.”

A few well known celebritiesthat have taken advantage of theirstatus include U2 lead singerBono, Michael J. Fox and KatieCouric. Additional celebritiesthat are using their names andinfluence are Pamela Andersonfor animal rights and Jeff Gordanwho support children with seri-ous and chronic illnesses,

Michael J. Fox, who personal-ly suffers from Parkinson’s dis-ease which affects the body’snervous system, set up his ownfoundation to increase publicawareness of the disease andraise funds for research.

Katie Couric from the “TodayShow” supports awareness andearly detection of Colon Cancer,which is a disease that she losther husband Jay Monahan to.She is also a cofounder of TheNational Colorectal CancerResearch Alliance.

Bono from U2 who is veryvocal in supporting many humanrights and political issues partici-pates in foundations such asGreenpeace, War Child andAmnesty International whichprovide aid to environmentalissues, human rights, and to aidchildren affected by wars.


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Oprah Winfrey helped catch two child molesters with the help of her popular talk

show.Winfrey offered $100,000 of her own money as a reward.

The Fugees take it easyALISA SIDEROSTAFF WRITER

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After almost a decade ofsilence, the Fugees have spokenonce again. The Fugees, whoinclude Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jeanand Pras Michel, have had morehits than one. Now, with anotherhit on the way, the trio and theirgroups label, Sony Records, hasset a date in late December fortheir new untitled album.

Even though being reunitedmore than a handful of times inthe last year, no new material hasbeen produced since it’s 1996album “The Score,” which sold5.7 million copies. “The Score”featured ‘Ready or Not,’ ‘Fu-Gee-La,’ ‘Killing me Softly,’ and‘No Women No Cry.’

The groups first new single inalmost 10 years, “Take it Easy,”debuted on urban radio only afew weeks ago. The Fugees havebeen recording for about twomonths. They first reunited lastyear after making a surpriseappearance at Dave Chappelle’s

block party in Brooklyn. Theshow was supposed to only beperformed by Lauryn Hill untilWyclef and Pras joined her onstage. In June, the trio opened theFifth Annual BET Awards, andhave been growing closer eversince.

On ‘Take it Easy,’ the trioexchange verses, with Hill show-ing a speedy spoken-word flow,while Clef and Pras use a moretraditional delivery. A semi-pre-view into the song, “I got moxie,I’m so damn cocky/Industry triedto block me like cops andpaparazzi,” Hill raps. Later in thesong she says, “We ‘bout to rec-oncile.”

After the Fugee’s went theirseparate ways about nine yearsago, Pras Michel found his famewith Ghetto Superstar, LaurynHill won five grammy’s for TheMiseducation of Lauryn Hill andClef released five solo albums.

In an interview with RollingStone Wyclef said, “You’ve gotthree individuals that have grownmusically.” He continues, “Butwe’re always on the same page

that’s the magic of the Fugees.”Pras and Hill had originally

formed a group together whileattending the same high school inNew Jersey and Pras’ cousin Clefeventually joined in. Originallyknown as the Tranziator Crew,the trio changed their name toFugees (short for Refugees, inreference to their Caribbeanroots.)

The band mixes styles of hip-hop, rap, reggae, Caribbean andR&B to create their style ofmusic. If you like the Fugees’mixture of styles then you shouldkeep a look out for the upcomingalbum coming out in late Decem-ber.

The Fugees had left fans hang-ing years ago. Now, “Everybodythat’s been holding their breathshould start letting their breathsgo,” Wyclef said.


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LAURYN HILL OF THE FUGEES, NO STRANGER TO PERFORMING IN PUBLIC, IS PLANNING TO REUNITE WITH HER

FORMER GROUP.

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Audioslave / Seether /30 Seconds to Mars at7:30 p.m. at TweeterCenter

County X County /Grammar Debate /Aberdeen City / Like aFax at 9:00 p.m. atthey Khyber Bar

Hanson / Pat McGeeBan at 7:00 p.m. at theTrocadero Theatre

Slipknot / As I LayDying / Unearth at8:30 p.m. at theElectric Factory

Saturday, Oct. 29

Stryper / House ofHeroes / Primadonnazat 8:00 p.m. at theTrocadero Theatre

Sunday, Oct. 30

Prairie Dog Flesh /Miminokoto / Racecarat 8:00 p.m. at theKhyber Bar

Relient K / MxPx /Rufio / Over It at 9:00p.m. at the ElectricFactory

Swithcfoot / Eisley /Reeve Oliver at 6:30p.m. at the TrocaderoTheatre

Monday, Oct. 31

Opeth / Nevermore at8:00 p.m. at theTheatre of the LivingArts

Veruca Salt /Lovemakers /Porselain / Dig Jelly at7:00 p.m. at theTrocadero Theatre

Tuesday, Nov. 1

Avenged Sevenfold /Saosin / Death byStereo / Opiate for theMasses at 6:00 p.m. atthe Trocadero Theatre

Chris Arter Band /Snowden / Chimes andGardens / Gold Fiberat 8:00 p.m. at theKhyber Bar

Wednesday, Nov. 2

Ben Folds / Fray at8:30 p.m. at theElectric Factory

Thursday, Nov. 3

Shout Out Louds /Essex Green / Sun at9:-00 p.m. at theTheatre of the LivingArts

Undergirl / Prisoners /Wholesale Suicide /Pony Pants at 9:00p.m. at The KhyberBar

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“This Bird Has Flown: A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul”

The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” was orginally released in 1965,and was known for featuring the classics “Michelle,”“Nowhere Man,” “Drive My Car” and “In My Life.” Presentday, the fortieth anniversary tribute entitled “This Bird HasFlown” mirrors the original UK version of the “Rubber Soul”album. Contributors to the album include artists such as theDonnas, Ben Lee, Ted Leo, Cowboy Junkies, Rhett Miller andthe Fiery Furnaces.

Tracklisting:1. The Donnas - “Drive My Car”2. The Fiery Furnaces - “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown”3. Dar Williams - “You Won’t See Me”4. Low - “Nowhere Man”5. Yonder Mountain String Band - “Think For Yourself”6. Mindy Smith - “The Word”7. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - “Michelle”8. Sufjan Stevens - “What Goes On”9. Rhett Miller - “Girl”10. Ted Leo - “I’m Looking Through You”11. Ben Lee - “In My Life”12. Ben Kweller featuring Albert Hammond Jr. - “Wait”13. Nellie McKay - “If I Needed Someone”14. Cowboy Junkies - “Run For Your Life”

“Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute” Bob Dylan defines what it is to be a legend. His music has

influenced numerous generations of musicians as well assecuring a fan base that transcends generational gaps. Now adouble disc, entitled “Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute Album,”has the intentions of gaining even more fans for Dylan. Fea-turing new interpretations of Dylan’s classics, the disc wasbrought together mainly by Drive-Thru records owner Ste-fanie Reines. The tribute album features modern day musi-cians such as Something Corporate, RX Bandits, Jason Mrazand the Format. You can find out more about the tribute albumat www.drivethrurecrods.com.

Tracklisting Disc 1:01. Steel Train -“Don’t Think Twice (It’s Alright)”02. Anberlin - “Like a Rolling Stone”03. Roark -“Mr. Tambourine Man”04. Socratic-“Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You”05. House of Fools -“Blowin’ In The Wind”06. As Tall As Lions -“Girl Of The North Country”07. Jenoah -“Man In Me”08. Cerys Matthews -“I Believe In You”09. The Format -”Simple Twist of Fate”10. Jason Mraz -“A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”

Sun Kil Moon - “Tiny Cities”

Mark Kozelek, aka Sun Kil Moon, has created yet anothermasterpiece showcasing his instrumental arranging wizardry.Entitled “Tiny Cities,” the new album is actually a collectionof eleven Modest Mouse covers. All songs are new interpre-tations by Kozelek and feature brand new instrumentations.

Tracklisting:01. “Exit Does Not Exist”02. “Tiny Cities Made of Ashes”03. “Neverending Math Equation”04. “Space Travel Is Boring”05. “Dramamine”06. “Jesus Christ Was An Only Child”07. “Four Fingered Fisherman”08. “Grey Ice Water”09. “Convenient Parking”10. “Trucker’s Atlas”11. “Ocean Breathes Salty”

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JILLIAN MILAMFEATURES EDITOR

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The lights dimmed, the musicstarted and the audience beganscreaming with anxiety. RobThomas took the stage and thecrowd went wild.

“What’s up Philllllllaaaay?”he asked as he grabbed the micro-phone with one hand. Eventhough the theatre was relativelysmall and intimate, the love andexcitement could have filledthousands of football fields andthen some.

The concert, held on Oct. 8, atthe Tower Theatre in UpperDarby, PA, was one that rockedevery person in the audience. Hisupbeat, enthusiastic songs withhis down-to-earth style and lyricstruly made everyone engagedwith the music. Didn’t know thewords? You tapped your foot andwaved your arms in the air. Did-n’t know the beat? It didn’t mat-ter. The music lifted the spirits ofeveryone, while not a soul wasstanding still.

Rob Thomas performed a lotof his new songs off his debutalbum “Something To Be” how-ever, he also sang a number ofsongs that were popular when hewas the lead singer of Matchbox20.

He showed off his talent, notonly his extraordinary voice, buthis guitar and piano-playingskills as well. He weaved his per-formances in such a way that hegot you standing, dancing andscreaming so that your throat feltnumb, and then slowed it downwith his acoustic songs and pro-found lyrics. His passion seemedto project into the audience andgrabbed the essence of everyonein the place.

Every song on his new CDsounds like a potential hit. Hemight have a new haircut, a newstyle, and no Matchbox 20 bandbehind him on stage, but he mostcertainly still has his exceptionalvoice and ability to write beauti-ful and fun songs. It was the bestconcert I have been to so far, andI plan on going to as many con-certs of his as I can.

When a singer sounds betterlive than on the radio or CD play-er, that’s when you know they’vegot it. Rob Thomas, you’ve gotit, and I don’t want you to “BeLonely No More” either!


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Rob Thomas performed a lot of his news songs off of his debut album, Something To

Be, however, he also sang a number of songs that were popular when he was the lead

singer of Matchbox 20.

DIANA ASHJIANA&E EDITOR

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Standing at a jam-packed baron any given Friday or Saturdaynight, a young adult looking tosee where the party’s at usuallycan’t see much past that when itcomes to the actual contents ofthe drinks they order or what itreally is they’re paying for in themeantime.

“Everything from draft beer toliquor and even wine aren’talways exactly what you order,” abartender at Cavanaugh’s on theRiverdeck in Philadelphia said.She continued to say that cheaperliquor is typically used for mostdrinks even when the betterliquor is specified, but that top-shelf prices still apply so that thebartenders can keep the differ-ence and split it all up at the endof the night since they share tips.

A typical night in tips for anightclub bartender can be any-where from between $200 dollarsup to as much as $600 dollarsdepending on the crowd, themusic and yes, how good the bar-tender is at getting your money.

“I see a group of guys standingat the bar and ask them who’sready for shots. I put a round ofJager-bombs on the bar and justthrow a price at them. It’s usual-ly too packed and they’re usuallytoo loaded by then to bother ques-tioning the price,” the anonymousDelaware Ave. bartender went onto say.

Binge drinking is very popularamong people between the agesof 18-22 and bartenders through-out the city of Philadelphia see itas the perfect opportunity tomake them say, “cha-chiiing.”

Not only should money con-cern the half-buzzed, but alsoexactly what they’re drinking.It’s important to keep in mind thatbartenders could care less what itis their customers really preferwhen they’re slammed.

Another bartender in the cityhad this to say about orderingdrinks in packed clubs.

“You should keep your drinkssimple and not get too fancy.One thing that everyone learnswhen it comes to bartending is‘when you can’t think just make

it pink.’ And that same notiondoesn’t just apply for cosmopoli-tans, which by the way shouldn’tbe ordered with top-shelf vodkabecause the citrus in the cranber-ry juice dilutes the distilledliquor. If a customer orders aMiller Light draft, but that keghappens to be kicked, chances arethey’re drinking Budweiser andhave no clue. When asked whythat is the ready and willing bar-tender explained that it’s just eas-ier to pour a beer than go backand explain it’s not available.

That could explain all thosemassive headaches in the morn-ing for draft beer drinkers.

Another Old City bartendersaid, “Come midnight, I have agood idea of who is tipping andwho is sitting. I make the cheapdrinkers wait behind good tippersand then I overcharge the cheapdrinkers and pocket the differ-ence. It really is a game. Mycustomers may be out with theirbuddies having a good time, butI’m doing just fine playing theirgame.”

Even more importantly, it’simportant to always ask for anitemized receipt if using a creditcard for a tab.

“Some bartenders are too goodat what they do for their own

good,” the beer slinger fromCav’s said. “They start to getballsy after awhile and learn howto play with checks. If someoneruns a tab and pays cash then thebartender can swipe your cardright on their bill to pocket thedinero. I see it happen all thetime.”

And remember when outboozing back that little pigs getfed, but big pigs get slaughtered.So, just take it easy and let thegood times roll carefully andresponsibly.

“There’s nothing more hilari-ous than a girl who’s obviouslybombed and all over the place.Right before it gets busy wesometimes take bets on who thefirst girl to get wasted and startacting crazy is. You’d be amazedat how often we’re right,” thebartender said.


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The drinks shown above could have been ordered as topshelf drinks, but unless your

a vodka conossiuer, how can you really tell what brand it is?

This week in sports:JASON RADKASTAFF WRITER

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76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers trounced the New York Knickson Tuesday, Oct. 18 on the Knicks home-court, MadisonSquare Garden, with a final of 114 to 99 at the end of reg-ulation.

The Sixers dominated the Knicks throughout themajority of this game, often holding an average lead ofapproximately 15 points—particularly in the second half.At one point of the game, the Sixers were even ahead by29 points.

Some Knicks fans, and an article on the NBA.com, putsome of the blame on the fact that Knicks coach LarryBrown did not attend this game. As the article said, “NewYork Knicks coach Larry Brown took the night off. Sodid his team.”

Next week on the the 76ers schedule are the Cavaliers,Nets, the Knicks again and the Spurs, all in preseasongames.

Jerome McDougle

The Eagles defensive end Jerome McDougle will notbe playing in the 2005 season due to emergency surgeryfor an internal hernia caused by a gunshot wound injury.

During late July, three masked men shot McDougle inthe stomach while attempting to rob him. After this inci-dent, McDougle was airlifted to Jackson MemorialHospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where after surgery,McDougle was considered to be in good condition.

McDougle was supposed to return to the game onMonday, Oct. 18 but thanks to this hernia he won’t beplaying for a long time. The hernia was caused by adhe-sions and scar tissue from his surgery for the gunshotwound. Eagles coach Andy Reid and the rest of the teamwished McDougle the best of luck with his surgery in astatement they released.

Turner Stevenson

Flyers’ right wing player Turner Stevenson underwentsurgery for a hip injury on Tuesday Oct. 18. This injurymay keep Stevenson out of play for two to three months.

According to Flyers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock,Stevenson probably got injured during his last gameagainst the New Jersey Devils. Stevenson took a corti-sone injection to help ease the pain. While it madeStevenson feel good enough to play, a hit he took duringa game with the Pittsburgh Penguins rendered himunable to continue.

Stevenson’s’ surgery will be held in the Byrd at Bap-tist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. This is the second majorinjury in Stevenson’s career; the first being a knee injurythat Stevenson expects may have contributed to his cur-rent hip injury.

MLB

After a meeting with Yankees owner, George Stein-brenner, Joe Torre has decided to return as Yankees man-ager for his 11th season.

Apparently Torre was considering retiring after hiscontract ran out in 2007, and the fact that the Yankeeswere knocked out of the playoffs this year didn’t help.Torre was described as “tired,” “exhausted,” and “uncer-tain of his future.”

However, after speaking with Steinbrenner and Yan-kees president Randy Levine, Torre decided to stay onfor his 11th season managing the Yankees. According tothe Associated Press, this conversation started with “Wewant you back” and continued for an hour.

Torre became manger of the Yankees in 1995 after pre-viously managing the Cardinals. He has been managerfor 10 straight seasons since then.

Students: take advantageof the Dixon Center

ELIZABETH LAVINGUEST WRITER

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Most people who have hit thegym once or twice like to thinkthat they are making good use ofthe gym, but the facts completelydisagree.

Orlin Jespersen, intramuralsand recreational director, saidthey rarely see new faces at thegym.

“We have a core of studentsthat use it consistently, but it issomething we want to see moreof,” Jespersen said. “We offer alot, and the community use is big,but we want to see more studentuse.”

The swipe card system at theDixon Center helps determinewho is coming and going. Asidefrom the athletic teams using itregularly, the majority of the stu-dent population uses the gymsporadically, if at all.

Jespersen heads the recre-ational aspect of the Dixon Cen-ter and is always open to new

suggestions and urges peoplewith new ideas to come to himand he will try to accommodatethem.

Along with Jespersen, TraceyKrakowiak, fitness director at theDixon Center, helps to split thetasks of the Dixon Center. WhileJespersen heads intramural activ-ities, Krakowiak holds aerobicsclasses and runs the health fair,for which a date has not yet beenset.

Craig Warrington, a junioraccounting major, regularly usesthe gym.

“I work out to get in shape forthe ladies and to relieve stress. Ilift weights three days a week andeither run or play basketball threedays a week,” Warrington said.

Warrington is a commuter andsays that being a commuter doesmake it harder to get to the gym,and he is usually calling people tofind out the Center’s hours.

Danielle Murphy, a freshmanpsychology, sociology and reli-gious studies major uses the gymbecause she has bad knees and is

working to strengthen the mus-cles.

“I work out as often as I can,but it is usually only once a weekbecause of my workload,” Mur-phy said. “A lot of times I’ll planon going to the gym then don’tbecause of homework.”

The Dixon Center’s hours areposted in numerous places- onthe door of the Dixon Center, atthe front desk of the Center andon Cabrini’s websites.

All of the various activitiesthat the Dixon Center offers areposted there as well. The direc-tors of the Dixon Center stronglyurge students to come and utilizeeverything they have to offer;from up-to-date equipment toaerobics classes to intramuralsports.

Loqutiur welcomes your com-ments on this story. Please sendyour comments [email protected].

The editors will review yourthoughts each week and makecorrections if warranted.

Men’s soccer stillfight for strong season

GAIL KATHERINE ZIEGLERSTAFF WRITER

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Men’s soccer fought fiercelyagainst nationally-rankedEastern, but eventually fell with afinal score of 3-1.

Fifteen minutes into the first,Eastern flexed its muscle whenLance Burris, a sophomore for-ward, scored. Cabrini’s defensekept them in the game by keepingthe score at 1-0 at halftime.

Eastern scored early in thesecond half to put Cabrini downby two. The goal came off of acorner kick by senior, MahaishAlexander, and was finished bysenior midfielder, Daniel Carval-ho. Eastern’s men were veryvocal and ran like a finely tunedmachine. Cabrini kept up well butcould not put one away until therewas only five minutes to go.

With 5:42 left in the game, No.9 forward, Brent Benner, ralliedhis team by taking on Eastern’sgoalie, Brandon Ziegler, knock-ing the ball loose and putting itaway.

Cabrini’s newly renewed spir-it was crushed when Carvalho setBryce Plummer up for the thirdEastern goal which clinched thegame. Cabrini’s defense wasplaying a man down because inan effort to tie the game, they hadmoved three forwards up top.

Brent Benner earned his tenthgoal of the season, and his scor-

ing streak stretched to sevenmatches.

Eastern outshot Cabrini 26-9but Cabrini’s defense, Robinson,Blaney, Gilchrist and goalie,Hinkelmon kept Cabrini in thegame by stifling their success toonly three goals.

Colin Hinkelmon kept Cabrinispirits up by keeping the teamvocal. Captain Ian McDonald didthe same from the sidelinesbecause of a stress fracture in hisright shin. He stood by the coachand helped push the men.

Cabrini frustration showed inthe game when Dave Malosieckireceived a yellowcard for lan-guage. Joe Rotan also got one forhaving words with the referee.Brent Benner was also warnedfor a shove.

Eastern fans came out in bignumbers along with Cabrini fansto see the rivals go at it. Cabrini’sdance team had sold shirts thatread, “Friends don’t let friends goto Eastern” and they could beseen on the sidelines. Eastern’swomen’s soccer showed uptogether in uniform.

Jen Pyott, a pre-nursing soph-omore, and Cabrini fan, thoughtthey were playing really well andsaid, “They have great spirit.”

Joe Zullo, a mathematicssophomore, said, “Next year theywill be a lot better. This year is arebuilding year.”

Eastern stands at ninth in thecountry according to a poll put

out by the National SoccerCoaches Association of America.They also ranked No. two in theNCAA Division three mid-Atlantic region.

When the rivals met last year,Cabrini walked across the streettogether and met the oppositionon Eastern terf. Cabrini came outon top with a final score of 1-0,although Eastern had outshotthem 14-4.

Barry Magagna was able toput the Cavaliers on top with theonly goal.

The rivalry and frustrationshowed last year as well with twoyellow cards and one red cardbeing given out.

The cross-street rivalry con-tinues, this year, Eastern wenthome with the victory.

Cabrini’s record now stands at4-11-2 overall and 2-6 within thePAC.

The men face Ursinus onMonday, Oct 24 in a non-leaguematch. The men then travel onOct. 29 to Arcadia, which isranked number 20 in the nation’sNSCAA poll.

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Despite the cross-street rivalry, Cabrini lost to Eastern University, leaving themwith a 2-6 record in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference.

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Months after we moved-inand weeks after waving good-bye to our parents, the tastefreedom of independence hasmorphed into the taste of fast-food. We have grown tired ofthe cafeteria meals and long forthe comfort of home-cookedmeals. Yet, for many this desirewill have to be off untilThanksgiving. So, in search ofthat comfort and great taste, weturn to something just as famil-iar, fast-foods.

As college students, we arealways on the move. Betweenour class schedules, jobs, extra-curricular activities and sociallives it is difficult to fit in thetime for nutritional meals.Instead, we eat what people onthe run normally eat: unhealthyfoods.

Included in the weekly rou-tines of many Cabrini students,including my own, is at least aonce a week mid-night run tothe local WaWa for a hoagie, aslushy or a quart of iced-tea.We know that those items arenot exactly the healthiest thingsto eat, but most of us have noother choice.

So, whether it may be a Pop-Tart, a bag of chips, a cup-of-noodles or simply deliveredfast-foods, the point is they aredelicious, time-saving and con-venient. All in all, the truth is,these snacks always appear tobe more appealing than the

healthier cafeteria food. Thoughthe cafeteria may provide us witha healthier food-choice, it surelydoes not give us a tastier one.

Therefore, as students, most ofus fail to favor healthy foods.Instead, we prefer to pick ourfoods based essentially on taste-value. As a result, we often end-up settling for the fatty andgreasy meals, rather than themore nutritionally balancedfoods.

With regards to the lack ingood healthy meals, it is no won-der why so many individuals puton weight during their collegeyears. Before I entered college, Ialways considered the “Freshmen15” to be a complete myth. But,after two years of the collegeexperience I fully understandwhy this phrase was created.

It is not accurate by anymeans. All freshmen do not gain15 pounds, but for the most partmost college students gain someamount of weight during theirfirst year. It is a direct result ofour eating habits. I mean, we cannot continue to snack constantly,eat take-out almost every singlenight and exercise very minimal-ly without expecting some sort ofweight-gain. In all honesty welead unhealthy lives due to ourpoor eating habits.

Personally, I put on fivepounds during my first year ofcollege. Though in the eyes ofmany I was lucky because I onlygained five pounds, the truth ofthe matter is those five pounds, assmall of an amount as it mayseem, were still unhealthy. The

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Don’t be mistaken this Hal-loween if the Cabrini CollegeWomen’s field hockey teamshows up at your door notdressed up as athletes but aspotential champions. All fingersare pointing to the win column asthe Cabrini Woman’s Field Hock-ey team silences the critics.

In doing so, the Cavaliers haveraised their PAC record to a high-ly respectable 7-2. Undoubtedly,Cabrini’s intense recent double-overtime victory over Haverfordhas provided a boost in the team’sambitions for taking the PACchampionship this year. TheCavaliers are thirsty for victoryon the weekend’s eve of Hal-loween.

Cabrini will host an unknownfoe next week as the PAC play-offs reach Cavalier territory.Comradery and team closure areonly a few of the traits adopted bythe women this season.

Allison Sachs, junior businessmajor, had a very simplistic strat-egy when the topic of being suc-cessful comes up.

“Go out and win,” Sachs said.“Give it our best and go play as ateam. If we bring our strengthand talent we should be able towin.”

As an individual player, Sachsbelieves if she brings her speed,the “a-game” and 110 percent ofher effort to the field, so that shewill be helping out her teammatesto the fullest of her ability.

There is no “age-slur” that canbe placed on the field hockeyteam this year. Cabrini’s squadthis year has a well-balanced mixof underclassmen and upperclass-men. In light of this, the continu-ity of incoming classes shouldkeep the age dispersal even,therefore never making the teamtoo old or too young. This is keyas the seasons progress and futureteams arrive at Cabrini.

Field hockey players have aknack for preparing themselvesfor games mentally and physical-ly. Having a fierce mentalityalong with a strong physicalbody, the grassroots for a solidplayer is constructed.

“Mentally, If I keep playingthe way I’ve been playing, then Ibelieve I’ll do well in the games.As a team if we can play up to our

potential, then we will be suc-cessful,” junior communicationsmajor Megan Farrell said. “Phys-ically just keeping healthy, tryingnot to get sick.” Staying healthymay be a very important yet over-looked factor this fall, for the fluvirus is beginning its path downthe east coast.

Every athletic team endureslosses and thrives on wins. It canbe considered important for anathlete to evaluate his/herselfafter a season whether it be win-ning or losing. When Farrell wasquestioned about the event of aplayoff loss, her answer wasshocking. “I don’t even want tothink about it.” Subliminal confi-dence and appropriate oblivion isportrayed in these few words asthe Cavaliers look to finish theirseason this week against Neu-mann and Gwynedd-Mercy. ThePAC first round begins on Sat.Oct. 29th.

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Freshman fifteenweight gained was all fat; if Ihad gained several pounds doto muscle growth than thatwould have been healthy.

At that point, I decided to dowhat most self-consciousfemales do when the scalereads a number that they havedeclared unfavorable. I wentstraight to the gym. For approx-imately one month, I adhered toa healthy routine. I cut-downmy intake of unhealthy foodsand I worked-out at the gymonce a day for an hour.

This only lasted me a month,before I succumbed to tempta-tions of McDonald’s, Wendy’s,WaWa and so forth. However,the time I spent going to thegym daily was enough to showme that weight issues run ram-pant through-out this college,as I am sure they do throughoutthe nation.

I believe, that weight andnutritional issues will alwaysexist on college campuses. It isa result of the hectic life-stylethat many of us lead as stu-dents. I also believe that we, asstudents, should start takingbetter care of ourselves. Toooften, we reach for what iseasy, convenient and tasty, weneed to cater to our healthrather than our taste-buds.

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team members feel that fourcourts to play on is not enoughfor home games. Many otherschools have six or more courts.Recently, one of Cabrini’s courtswas resurfaced, leaving the teamwith only three courts to play on.

The tennis team only has onesenior player, but five new fresh-men this season. With only oneplayer leaving, the team will notchange much in the years tocome. “This season we have avery young team. That beingsaid, we’ve done extremely welland come very far this season.”Scott, who has been playing ten-nis since seventh grade, said.

“I never thought that I wouldmake such close friends with thegirls on the team. It was a nicesurprise.” freshman Lisa Rodgerssaid.

Shore, the only senior player,has a herniated disk from a caraccident. As a result she has gonefrom playing singles to playingdoubles. Although she cannotplay as much as she hoped to thisyear, she still will end her lastyear with a good taste in hermouth. “It was really fun. Theteam is really close.” Shore said.“Since this is my senior year, itwas kind of like I’ve only gotthree weeks left in my entire ten-nis career. [Now] I’ve only gotone week left; it’s a lot moreemotional.” Shore has been play-ing for about 11 years.

The overall season was suc-cessful according to the players.“[It was] very good. We all getalong and everyone played theirbest.” Daniella Rende, freshmanpre-physical therapy major, said.

When asked what the goal isfor next year, many of the playerswere determined to win PACsagain. Scott said, “Hopefully ourteam will grow and we will buildourselves up to be an even betterteam. Our coach is constantlylooking for new players to bringin and hopefully add even moredepth and strength to the team.”

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Women’s tennispumped for PACfinals

NIKKI SABELLASTAFF WRITER

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The Cabrini women’s tennisteam are the reigning championsof the Pennsylvania Athletic Con-ference by winning against Mary-wood on October 19. A 6-3 winboosted the team into winning thePAC championships for a secondyear in a row.

Many of the players agreedthat Marywood was their biggestcompetition.

“Marywood, they’ve won theconference for something like 12out of the past 15 years, some-thing outrageous like that, andthey were really mad that we wonlast year. So this year, they werepretty much out to defend whatthey thought was their title lastyear.” Rachel Shore, senior spe-cial education/elementary educa-tion major said.

“We were so hyped up goinginto that match, we knew weneeded to (and would) win.”Caitlin Scott captain and juniormarketing major said.

Although Scott was ready forthe match and had her heart set onwinning, problems with wind andunfamiliar courts had influence inher falling behind to 4-1. Sherealized how important it was forher to win this match for her teamand redeemed herself by pullingthe score up to 8-6 the first setand 6-3 in the second.

In the championship, there arenine matches going on at once:three doubles, and six singles.Each match is one point. Alongwith Scott’s win, three more sin-gles matches were won by DinaDiTaranto, Carolyn Wilson andJackie Creighton. Two of thethree doubles matches were wonby partners DiTaranto and Scott,and Wilson and Rodgers.

The girls got ready for theirundefeated season in mid-August, a couple of weeks beforeclasses started. They were doingdrills and ran a lot. Their sched-ule currently during the seasonconsists of six days of practicefrom about 3:15-5:45 p.m. Ondays where the weather isinclement, they practice indoorsat the Radnor Raquet Club.

In the fall season, some of

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You Pick ThreeEach week, two staff writers will be picking which team they believe will come out on top forthree of the NFL games. It is strictly their opinion and a record will be kept.

This week’s games:Game 1: Eagles vs. Broncos

Game 2: Bills vs. PatriotsGame 3: Ravens vs. Steelers

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Falcone’s picksGame 1: BroncosGame 2: PatriotsGame 3: Ravens

Record: 8-1

Donato’s picksGame 1: EaglesGame 2: PatriotsGame 3: Steelers

Record: 5-4

Radka’s picksGame 1: EaglesGame 2: BillsGame 3: Steelers

Record: 6-3

This week in sports history:

Oct. 21,1967

In hockey, the North Stars, who had gone 0-2-2 in a season-opening four-game road trip, defeat the California Golden Seals 3-1 before anannounced crowd of 12,951 in their home debut at Met Center.

Soccer seniorsprep for finaltwo games asCavaliers

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Cabrini College women’s soccer has had a rough start to their sea-son. Now, with only two games left, they have a chance of clenchingtheir spot in the playoffs. The Lady Cavs’ two senior captains, NicoleNiedermeier and Christine Kedra, are ready to make every contribu-tion to bring the team to the top. Both being from Philadelphia, theywere rivals in high school, now coming together to lead their team tovictory. The following is an interview done with these star players asthey finish out their final season as Cavaliers.

How long have you been playing soccer?Niedermeier: Since I was six years old.Kedra: Since I was five.

What position do you play?Kedra: halfback or fullback Niedermeier: sweeper

What made you start playing soccer?Kedra: I’ve been playing for 16 years. My parents signed me upfor indoor soccer when I was little and I have been playing eversince.Niedermeier: I started because I seemed to like it and I seemedokay at it.

What are your goals for the rest of your time atCabrini, both academically and athletically?Kedra: Academically, I would like to graduate with Honors. Ath-letically and with two games left, we still have hope for the play-offs.Niedermeier: I would like to graduate this year, and for soccer, Iwant to win our last games and hopefully still be in a playoff game.

How many goals and assists do you have?Kedra: I only have one goal but I don’t know how many assists Ihave. Niedermeier: I don’t have any goals and I had maybe one last yearbut I have been named All PAC player every year since my sopho-more year.

What do you hope to see the team accomplish for the remainder of this season?Kedra: It’s been a tough, challenging season. Despite our record, I hope the team finishes the season feeling proud of themselves. Niedermeier: Well, making the playoffs would be awesome!

SPORTSSPORTSCABRINI CAVALIERS

Friday, Oct. 28

• CAP Broad Street Scare,details TBA

• Women’s tennis PAC cham-pionships, West End Rac-quet Club, TBA

Saturday, Oct. 29

• SGA sponsors MidnightMadness, Dixon Center, 9p.m.

• Cross CountryPAC Champi-onships at Belmont Plateau,TBA

• Women’s field hockey PACfirst round, TBA

• Women’s tennis PAC cham-pionships, West End Rac-quet Club, TBA

• Women’s volleyballl vs.College Misericordia, 1 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 30• Mass 7 p.m., Bruckman

Chapel of St. Joseph

• Hunger and HomelessnessAwareness Week begins

Monday, Oct. 31• Health Hut Topic, Cold and

Flu prevention, Founder’sHall

Tuesday, Nov. 1• Women’s volleyball first

round of PAC tourna-ment, TBA

Wednesday, Nov. 2• Men’s soccer PAC seminfi-

nals, TBA

• Women’s field hockey PACsemifinals, TBA

• Women’s soccer PACsemifinals, TBA

Thursday, Nov. 3 • Women’s volleyball PAC

semifinals, TBA

For other campusinformation cal l

the Student Activi-t ies Off ice at

X8410Cabrini sports hot-line:(610)902-8799

Calendar

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Midnight Madness is justaround the corner and is adding anew hype to Cabrini’s atmos-phere. It is one of the biggestfunctions of the year where menand women’s basketball, cheer-leading and the dance teams havealready started practicing for thebig event.

Matthew Macciocca, themen’s head basketball coach,says that he is excited for theupcoming season kick-off atMidnight Madness. Maccioccawho has coached at De Sales andWake Forest Universities, wasthe assistant coach at the UnitedState Merchant Marine Academyfor four years prior to coming toCabrini.

“I want the students to comeand see and be apart of the bas-ketball family. I believe that thestudent body is very importantand I want the students to try andcome to every game.”

The men’s basketball team hadtheir first practice Friday, Oct. 14at midnight. The practice went onuntil about 2 a.m., which reallygot the guys in gear for the seasonto come.

This year, Midnight Madnesswill have more contests, greatfood and more prizes to be givenout. Also, the faculty, men’s andwomen’s games will be signifi-cantly shorter than last year inorder to add more activities for

students to participate in. The women’s basketball team

is also looking forward to theMidnight Madness events tocome.

Head coach Bobbi Morgan isentering her 19th season as a headcoach and anticipates the seasonwith the women’s basketballteam. Morgan and the assistantcoaches, Fran Burbidge, KatePierangeli and Caroline Tarvesare all ready to see what the girlscan do.

The team has four startersreturning from last season, two ofwhich have made a big impact onthe team. Sophomoresociology/criminal justice major,Sam Hartling received the Penn-sylvania Athletic ConferenceRookie of the Year award lastyear and Sharae Middlebrook, asophomore English and commu-nication major, received an hon-orable mention All-PAC last sea-son.

Captains Jackie Yoder and JenSkursky are also back with avengeance to help piece togetherthe new team.

“There will intense competi-tion for playing time this year,”Morgan said.

The Cabrini cheerleaders havebeen practicing six times a weekin order to get ready for MidnightMadness. The squad has beendedicated and summer throughfall, they have toned their tum-bling skills by going to gymnas-tics.

Sophomore biology major,

Nicole Meyers is one of the threecaptains and says that the squad islooking really good. Meyers isexcited for Midnight Madness tocome so they can show off theirnew routines.

“Well I don’t want to jinx us,but we look really good this yearand expect a very positive reac-tion from people this year. Wehave been working really hard totry new stunts and bring newaspects of cheerleading into theroutines,” Meyers said.

Meyers also said the cheer-leading squad will be sellingmegaphones at Madness this yearso the crowd can be extra loud.

The other two captains of thesquad, sophomore Americanstudies/Spanish major, Meg Ellerand sophomore elementary edu-cation and early childhood major,Elana Kousisis as well as Meyershave noticed some new freshmanadditions to the squad that havestood out.

Freshman elementary educa-tion major, Melissa Barrett,freshmen business administra-tion/Spanish major, Lizzie Kerri-gan, freshman English and com-munication/ educational studiesmajor, Jillian Smith and freshmanbusiness administration majorDerrick Horn have all had a bigand positive impact on the squad.

“We hope more people cometo the basketball games this yearand help us cheer on the guystoo,” Meyers said.

Junior finance major, Chris-tine McLaughlin and senior ele-

mentary education/early child-hood education major, KimberlyLarentowicz, are captains of theCabrini dance team. They havebeen on the team for three yearsand both are ecstatic about thedance team’s new routine thatwill be unveiled at MidnightMadness.

“We’re very proud of our teambecause they are very dedicatedand the new and returning mem-bers have really meshed welltogether; everyone has been com-ing to practices and has beenworking very hard,” Larentowiczsaid.

“Everyone has been veryrespectful towards us being thatwe are new captains this year andwe’re just really excited about it,”McLaughlin added.

The 25 girl team started prac-tices the second week in Septem-ber and they will present a newroutine with different choreogra-phy at Midnight Madness.

“I want this place to have thekind of atmosphere and aurawhere opposing teams are afraidto come in here and when they dothey aren’t mentally preparedbecause our student body will beall over them,” Macciocca said.

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Midnight MadnessJESS WEBB/ PHOTO EDITOR JESS WEBB/ PHOTO EDITOR

Both men’s and women’s basketball teams prepare for their debut at Midnight Madness on Oct. 29.

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