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2011-12 issue 23 Loquitur Cabrini College student newspaper, Radnor, PA 19087 April 12, 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Hundreds of thousands of people rallied at the National Mall in
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Radnor, Pa. www.theloquitur.com Vol. LIII, Issue 23
2 | The Loquitur Thursday, April 12, 2012News
The Loquitur 2011-2012 Editorial Staff
EDITOR IN CHIEF Laura Hancq DEPUTY EDITOR Sarah LuckertMANAGING EDITOR Melanie GreenbergNEWS EDITOR Ransom CozzillioNEWS EDITOR James Crowell
SPORTS EDITOR Nick LaRosaA&E EDITOR Jeny VarugheseFEATURES EDITOR Chelbi MimsPERSPECTIVES EDITOR Kelsey AlvinoPHOTO EDITOR Jenay Smith
COPY EDITOR Jesse GaunceCOPY EDITOR Carol DwyerADVISER Jerome Zurek
Editorial: Incoming students: prepare to broaden your horizons
In light of our special issue for Accepted Students Day at Cabrini, we on the Loquitur editorial staff thought long and hard about the message we wanted to send to the high school students and families trying to decide if Cabrini is the right college. We thought about telling you why we love Cabrini, how it’s more than just a college for us and how you can have an incredible experience here. All of which is true but you can see so much of what Cabrini has to offer by reading the rest of this issue.
Instead, we decided to share with you, as upperclassmen to incoming college freshmen, the greatest lesson we have learned, in the hopes that will make your decision easier and your college experi-ence even better, especially if you come to Cabrini: you don’t need to have it all figured out right now. College can be the best four years of your life and also some of the most confusing, which in turn, is also why it’s great.
If you know you want to train for a spe-cific career while you’re in college, more power to you. But if you’re like most of us and most of the college students around the country, you’re going to change your mind a couple of times. You’re not going to have it all figured out. And while Cabrini can get you ready for one exact career if you so choose, at the same time, it is full of students exploring various options simultaneously. And while it can be frightening and you can feel pressure, we see this uncertainty as an advantage to broaden our horizons and the fact that we go to a school that encourages us to try new things as a blessing.
Most of us, as upperclassmen, feel like we have multiple doors open to us because of our liberal arts curriculum. We find that now we have interests that extend beyond our majors. For example, our Engagement with the Common Good
courses have given us a sense of some of the issues our world faces beyond our beautiful Main Line campus. That’s an advantage and it can change your life.
You can take classes in a wide variety of subjects beyond your major to enhance your life. You can travel and see the world or you can make a difference right here in the local community. You can play sports, join various clubs and form life-long relationships with your peers and teachers. You can find mentors in various departments. There is no limit as to what college can do for you, especially a col-lege such as this one, so long as you do not limit yourself. College isn’t just about one thing.
We know it’s really difficult when you’re 18 years old to know where you want to spend the next four years. We’ll share a personal note with you, which is that five out of 12 editors on our staff are transfer students, meaning we’re in a completely different place than where we originally started. So you can take it from us, it’s okay to not have it all figured out. To be honest, we’ve learned that most of us probably never will, at least all at once. We’ve learned that growing up is being able to recognize your strengths and weaknesses and to keep moving for-ward, despite not having all the answers or despite being thrown curveballs.
As we face graduation either this year or next and you face your graduation from high school this year, we want you to know that most of us don’t know exactly what our next four years will hold either. But we do know that because we’ve expanded ourselves farther than we ever thought we could while at Cabrini, we have options. If you are like us and want to explore, expand yourself and figure things out in a community that supports your dreams, then you’re meant to be Cavaliers too.
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Cabrini’s Campus Ministry allows stu-dents to become closer with God.
Located on the third floor of Founder’s Hall, Campus Ministry was created for students to be able to work together to become involved with opportunities on campus and throughout the surrounding communities.
Campus Ministry offers many pro-grams to the Cabrini community, most of them run by Cabrini students. Each year, students apply to become leaders in the ministry and go through an application and interview process. They look for students that are serious about the posi-tion and show that they are passionate about the program and the mission of the ministry. The application consists of essay questions, reference letters and a resume. If the students are chosen, they go through a training process to become well-rounded leaders.
Cabrini’s peer ministers hold a great amount of the responsibility for planning and running programming for the depart-ment.
“We plan and lead the regular pro-gramming as well as act as leaders for retreats and immersion experiences,” Tim Rooney, peer minister, said. “We work very closely with the professional staff and have a central role in the direction of Campus Ministry’s programming.”
There are different jobs and respon-sibilities for each position offered. Each student is in charge of planning ideas and events for their specific program. Part of the job responsibility is to take care of logistics, recruitment, advertisement and planning reflections and talks.
“As a part of training, there’s a leader-ship retreat that students are encouraged to take part in, along with the Headstrong Program,” Father Carl F. Janicki, director of Campus Ministry, said.
“Students must have at least a 2.5 GPA and must have participated in the expe-rience they want to lead,” Janicki said. “Students should also be able to lead prayer and reflection as well as collabo-rate with their peers.”
“The only real difficulty about being a student leader is the balance between school-life and all of my activities,” Rooney said. “Sometimes the workload of either makes the other more stressful but it’s all outweighed by the positives.”
Rooney said he loves being around people. He also enjoys everything he does in Campus Ministry and is thankful for the people he has met.
Most students want to become involved with the ministry because of a positive experience they had while par-ticipating in a program or retreat through the office.
“One of the things that has always drawn me to Campus Ministry program-ming is that sense of community,” Rooney said. “We do a lot here to make people comfortable among our participants.”
Cathy Matta, peer minister, said her involvement began with Sunday Liturgy. Since Matta was already involved with her hometown ministry in Connecticut, she did not hesitate to join Cabrini’s Campus Ministry.
“I create and facilitate programming on campus that aim to help students with their questions of faith,” Matta said. “We do not claim to be experts but are open to discussions of faith and spirituality.”
Matta said she defined a leader as someone that is supposed to be a student who is respected by his or her peers and feels comfortable leading a small or large group.
“Our leaders complete tasks ranging from creating and leading reflections, to giving personal testimonies or sharing personal experiences,” Matta said. “All our leaders represent Campus Ministry and our mission to the college.”
Matta has had a positive experience being a Peer Minister. She feels empow-ered to do what she wants with the pro-gram and had an opportunity to bring some new programs to the ministry.
“My advice to those applying to be leaders is simple, if you don’t love it, don’t do it,” Matta said. “The reason I think our program can and continues to grow is because of the passion of the individuals working for our mission.”
BY VICTORIA TARVERStaff Writer
Campus Ministry fosters student leaders
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Students and staff enjoyed a bus trip to Washington, D.C. to view the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, as well as other various landmarks on Saturday, March 31.
Sponsored by the Office of Student Diversity Initiatives, the trip was free of charge to anyone who was interested in attending. The trip came four days prior to the 44th anniversary of King’s assas-sination.
“The original goal was to allow us to actually view the MLK memorial in person,” Stephanie Reed, director of the Office of Student Diversity Initiatives, said. “I just wanted to open it up to the campus and give a little bit more variety to the student body.”
Two buses departed from the Dixon Center parking lot early on Saturday morning and arrived in the nation’s capi-tal before noon. Students and staff were dropped off in front of the MLK memorial and were given several hours to take in the MLK memorial and other sites. The near-by Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorials were just some of the many options that attendees had to visit.
“I enjoyed the free time walking around and seeing other monuments,” assistant library director Anne Schwelm said. “I saw Vietnam, where I was able to look
up the name of my father’s college room-mate, who was a Navy pilot and whose airplane was shot down…the volunteer there was very kind and he did a rubbing of Commander [Michael] Estochin for me to give to my dad…that was very special.”
After seeing memorials, attendees were given an option between getting on a bus to go to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History or walking there to try and see more sights.
“I had a lot of fun going to all the muse-ums and monuments,” sophomore Erin Adams said. “I learned a lot about our country and how we got here.”
At the American History museum, attendees had the opportunity to view a multitude of interesting exhibits including: an exhibit modeling various gowns worn by First Ladies of the United States at inau-gural balls, the Price of Freedom exhibit detailing wars that America has fought in, an exhibit about the Star-Spangled Banner and many others.
“The most interesting thing was get-ting to be a part of the dramatization of the counter sit-in at the Woolworth’s in Greensboro, N.C.,” Schwelm said. “It was very enlightening and very moving.”
Following the closure of the American History musuem, the attendees boarded the buses and headed back to campus. While only a few hours were spent in the nation’s capital, they helped create a life-time of memories and interesting learning experiences.
“I’m really glad I had the opportunity to go on the trip and learn more about our
country in a fun way,” Adams said.The trip to Washington, D.C. could be
considered a success and it may even pave the way for future visits to our nation’s capital.
“I’m happy with the turnout and I think we had a good time,” Reed said. “I’d love
for next year to see a larger group go…but a nice trip to pull together for the campus would be great.”
BY ROB RICHESAsst. News Editor
Students visit D.C., MLK memorial
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People take pictures during a dedication ceremony at the Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
The Faculty Development Grant Committee and Office of Academic Affairs sponsored a riveting Faculty Forum on Monday, April 2 in the Grace Hall Boardroom, where Dr. Wright and Dr. Watterson presented their work.
Dr. Paul Wright, assistant professor of English and a co-director of the honors program, opened the forum with his talk entitled “Sibling Rivalry: Film, Literature, and Contemporary Television’s Vast Narratives.”
Wright began his talk by explaining the two big projects he worked on at the Paley Center in Washington, D.C. One of them focused on television auteurs, specifically David Simon, who directed the television drama “The Wire.” Television auteurs are filmmakers or a director who “exercises creative control over his or her works and has a strong personal style,” as Wright defined.
Wright contributed to the David Simon entry by compressing all of Simon’s work into a few pages, which he said was a big challenge.
“That was challenging because I had to fully understand and appreciate all of his work and then synthesize everything,” Wright said.
The next project Wright worked on was a piece about the series finale of “The Wire.”
“This was written in the vein of think-ing about how other television series have ended, whether satisfactorily or not,” Wright said. “We wanted to find out what
sort of narrative strategies were behind the conclusions of those series.”
Wright compared the show to classical ideas of temporality and the nature of his-tory that went all the way back to Ancient Greek times. He stated that Simon was aware of the tradition behind narratives that “television is so ambitiously trying to pull off.”
After explaining the nature of his proj-ects, Wright went on to show the attendees a few websites that touched on the differ-ent kinds of attention that television has gotten in the last 20 years as well as the
evolution in the seriousness of thought and interpretation. He explained how tele-vision shows begin their downfall and how fans interact with each other after a show has started to go sour.
Wright ended his talk by delving into how television shows become a bigger project when more writers jump on board.
“When more writers contribute to a show, it becomes a more intensely col-laborative project and one that you can no longer understand in the old terms of what authorship was,” Wright said. “It’s a golden age for television. We don’t know what’s
coming next because it really depends on how media evolves, how they converge, how they diverge and it also depends on how it’s going to be delivered to us.”
Dr. Nancy Watterson, assistant profes-sor of social justice, spoke second with her talk entitled “On Breath, Mediation, Walking the Circle, and Pounding of Fists: Practicing the Arts of Redirection.”
Watterson’s talk centered around her research regarding movement arts, com-munity-based health strategies and con-templated practices through her travels to Taiwan, Singapore, Sri Lanka and local cities such as Manayunk, Pa. and Maple Shade, N.J.
Watterson began by having the attend-ees participate in a Tai Chi exercise in which they had to hold their arms out and pretend as if they were carrying a ball while relaxing their head and shoul-ders. This was used so those in attendance would get a sense of what it was like to practice redirecting breath.
“Folklore has to be passed on face-to-face and alongside through solidarity,” Watterson said. “As a folklorist, I would also capture that visually.”
Watterson said she wanted to express how folklore is demonstrated in a visual manner, along with verbal communica-tion.
Watterson concluded by talking about each of the forms of martial arts and other exercises she learned throughout her trav-els.
BY JESSE GAUNCECopy Editor
Professors present on narratives of television
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Dr. Wright used “The Wire” as the topic for a project he undertook at the Paley Center in Washington, D.C.
THURSDAYBRIEFING[GLOBAL - NATIONAL - REGIONAL - CAMPUS]
THIS WEEK AT CABRINI
GLOBAL & NATIONAL
REGION& CAMPUS
Thursday, April 12 Friday, April 13 Saturday, April 14
Tuesday, April 17Monday, April 16Sunday, April 15
Junior Registration BeginsJunior-priority registration for summer/fall 2012 begins today online on CabriniOne.
For information about registration, visit www.cabrini.edu/Registrar.
Accepted Student Day9 a.m.-4 p.m., across campus. Accepted students can begin the journey with us on Accepted Student Day and see all Cabrini has to offer. This event includes campus tours, panels with cur-rent students and parents, a student engagement involvement fair and workshops on what to do prior to arrival at Cabrini.
Sophomore Registration BeginsSophomore-priority registration for summer/fall 2012 begins on Monday, April 16.
EPIC: Magic Monday7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m., Grace Hall Atrium. Celebrate EPIC’s 3rd Birthday with CAP Board starting with Magic Monday. There will be food and games to play at the party. At 8:30 p.m. you will be enter-tained by the amazing magician, Danny Weiser.
MassCelebrate mass in Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of St. Joseph from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
EPIC: Chef’s Fare4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., Cavs Corner. Just like the events, the Sodexo Chef’s Fare is quite EPIC. So why not join us for mustaches and Muppets to celebrate the epic dinner during the Sodexo Chef’s Fare?
Senator Rick Santorum, Republican presidential candia-date from Pennsylvania, with-drew his name from primary contention on Tuesday, ending his bid for the 2012 election.
His campaign suspension likely assures the Republican primary victory for the current frontrunner, Mitt Romney.
Santorum did not go into detail regarding the reasons for his withdrawal but did mention the recent illness of his daughter, who was released from the hos-pital late on Monday.
Read the oRiginal stoRy on nytimes.com | apRil 10, 2012
Florida state attorney, Angela B. Corey, has announced that she will not pursue a grand jury review in the Trayvon Martin case.
This decision puts the pro-ceedings for the already national-ly controversial and legally murky case entirely in the hands of the Republican state prosecutor.
Read the oRiginal stoRy on nytimes.com | apRil 9, 2012
A ruling in a lower Egyptian administrative court suspended the committee tasked with creat-ing the country’s new constitu-tion.
This delay all but assures that a new president will be elected prior to the document’s comple-tion. The new president will likely take office wielding the same powers as ousted leader Hosni Mubarak.
Read the oRiginal stoRy on nytimes.com | apRil 10, 2012
A series of bomb threats have struck the University of Pittsburgh since mid-February, disrupting classes and housing for thousands of students.
Thus far, there have been no reported detonations and no explosives have been found.
Read the oRiginal stoRy on nytimes.com | apRil 10, 2012
Mobile photo editing and sharing app Instagram was pur-chased by Facebook for approxi-mately $1 billion on April 9.
Shortly after debuting their first ever Android OS version and after experiencing enor-mous popularity on iOS, the 13- employee social networking app/company was acquired.
Read the oRiginal stoRy on nytimes.com | apRil 10, 2012
Two Philadelphia area firefighters were killed on Monday, April 9, after being buried alive under a col-lapsing roof while battling a five-alarm fire at the old Thomas W. Buck Hosiery Building in Kensington.
The long-abandoned building was slated to be converted into a large apartment complex but renovations never began.
Read the oRiginal stoRy on philly.com | apRil 10, 2012
Radnor-based Penn Virginia Resource Partners L.P. purchased a stake in the Marcellus Shale region with the $1 billion dollar acquisition of a pipeline company in the region.
The purchase of Chief Gathering L.L.C’s pipeline system on Tuesday, April 10 marks an investment shift toward natural gas from PVR.
Read the oRiginal stoRy on philly.com | apRil 10, 2012
University of Pennsylvania professor and reknowned Paleontologist, Dr. Peter Dodson, will present a lec-ture, and accompanying fossil offerings, at “Reflec-tions on Fossils and Faith” on Monday, April 16th.
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BY RANSOM COZZILLIONews [email protected]
Santorum withdraws from Republican primary contention
Spring Musical: “Working”Starting at 8 p.m. in Grace Hall. The musical explores the hopes, dreams, joys, and concerns of the average American. “Working” is based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling, award-winning book and was created by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Wicked).
Free reserved tickets are available in the SEaL office, or by calling 610-902-8328.
Spring Musical: “Working”Starting at 8 p.m. in Grace Hall. The musical explores the hopes, dreams, joys, and concerns of the average American. “Working” is based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling, award-winning book and was created by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Wicked).
Free reserved tickets are available in the SEaL office, or by calling 610-902-8328.
Florida attorney to forego grand jury in Martin case
Local paleontologist to visit Cabrini
Radnor company buys into Marcellus Shale pipeline
4 | The Loquitur Thursday, April 12, 2012News
Proposed Egyptian constitution delayed
Bomb threats wrack University of Pittsburgh
Facebook buys mobile app Instagram
MCT
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum takes to the stage at the Wisconsin Faith & Freedom Presidential Kick-Off at the Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha, Wis., Saturday, March 31.
Firefighters tragically killed in Kensington blaze
The Loquitur | 5Thursday, April 12, 2012 News
Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 cam-paign has seen worldwide endorsement, its central focus being Uganda. But as the threat of Joseph Kony and his Lord Resistance Army (LRA) gains traction, it has become more and more evident that the LRA isn’t exclusive to Uganda.
Among the other countries in which the LRA operates are South Sudan, the Central African Republic and a place that Sister Josephe Marie Flynn, SSND, herself is more than familiar with: the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Flynn, co-founder and chairperson of the Milwaukee Archdiocesan Justice for Immigrants Committee, vitalized a momentous campaign for her Congolese friend, Regina Bakala, in the wake of her impending deportation from the United States in 2005.
Bakala was in desperate search for asy-lum within the United States after having escaped her homeland. She experienced the terror of going against mainstream politics firsthand.
“I came to the United States on July 29, 1995,” Bakala said on Milwaukee’s Archbishop Jerome Listecki’s bi-weekly radio program on Nov. 18, 2011. “I was involved in a political party specially to help the women. Because in Africa, they treat women like they’re nothing... women don’t have a voice... I give a voice.”
The harrowing reality of her giving these women a voice, however, was that Bakala’s own life was put in jeopardy.
“Before we had President Mobutu, we [had] just one political party,” Bakala said. “And then after [he was elected], he said
we have a democracy and [that we had] too many political [parties].”
Bakala explained that in her home-town, women weren’t allowed to vote or talk. They “could not say anything.”
She felt that it was her duty to tell these women and their children about democracy. But her advocacy for democ-racy, to them, made it seem that she had “betrayed the president.”
Bakala was raped and nearly killed for her opposing views.
After promising her husband that she would no longer speak out and advocate for democracy, Bakala remained quite for
a while. But she couldn’t remain quiet for long.
“It was something that I just [wanted to do] for women,” Bakala said. “And then I was raped for the second time.”
She recounts her fears of losing her husband. In Africa, when a woman is raped, it’s “just like nothing,” no one looks at the woman anymore and the woman’s husband, more often than not, divorces her.
Nevertheless, she was able to escape to the large city of Brazzaville in the Congo, where she and her family sought assis-tance in getting out and to the United
States.Getting out of the Congo, however,
proved to be only the first part of Bakala’s story. In 2005, after having spent an entire decade in the United States, Bakala and her family found themselves on the oppos-ing side of another political system.
She spent three months in a federal prison after her appeal for asylum was denied and her lawyer failed to contact her about the decision. Bakala was incar-cerated on Tuesday of Holy Week, with Flynn at odds with what to do for Bakala until Thursday of that same week.
“I said, ‘okay, I’ll do something but you just better be there,’” Flynn joked, refer-ring to her request for guidance from God. “Because I had no idea what to do... And finally after two weeks, I put a flier on the bulletin, and that’s when people just came out of the woodwork to help. And God was coming through the people to help. It was amazing.”
Bakala’s compelling story unravels as a testament of perseverance and deter-mination, offering not only a rare glimpse at the horrors of an unjust and corrupt society overseas, but also at the corrup-tion here in the United States - a corrupt political force which refuses to provide for those who, like Bakala, have nowhere else to turn.
Flynn is slated to share her perspective and to discuss what can be done to help in an interactive workshop held in Founder’s Hall Room 279 on Tuesday, April 17, from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and from 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
BY BRANDON DESIDERIOAsst. Managing Editor
Sister answers ‘call to justice,’ saves friend from certain death
MCT
Sister Josephe Marie Flynn, left, helped rescue Regina Bakala, center left, and her hus-band, David, who had been tortured in their native Congo and now live in Milwaukee, Wis. with their children, Christopher, 10, center right, and Lydia, 11. Flynn has written a book that tells the story of the Bakalas titled, “Rescuing Regina: The Battle to Save a Friend from Deportation and Death.”
Perspectives6 The Loquitur Thursday, April 12,2012
When I first had the opportunity to visit Cabrini on Accepted Students Day in April of 2010, I knew it would be the right fit for me.
I’ll be first to admit that during my senior year of high school, I got lazy with the college search. While my peers were committing to schools all over the country, I was still trying to decide where I wanted to go. I blindly applied to Cabrini based off of information they sent me and it looks as if it’s been a great choice.
I knew throughout high school that I wanted to study communication, hopefully concen-trating in sports broadcasting or sports journalism. Cabrini has given me the opportunity to involve myself with all of that and more.
In the spring semester of my freshman year, I involved myself with the college’s radio station, 89.1 WYBF-FM. Working with the radio station has given me the opportunity to produce my own show every week, as well as a chance to broadcast Cavalier sporting events over the air, including the men’s basketball team’s historic run in the 2012 NCAA Division III tournament. Next fall, I will be working as the assistant operations manager for the sta-tion, so it’s nice to see progress being made throughout my time here.
This past fall, I had the opportunity to write for The Loquitur. When I started, I wasn’t the best writer out there. I’m still not the best writer. However, working with The Loquitur has strengthened my writing considerably and also taught me skills such as professional use of social media, WordPress and Associated Press style. It also gave me valuable experience working under tight deadlines.
I also had the opportunity this past year to cover National Hockey League games from the press box as a writer for The Loquitur. Writing from the press box gave me a chance to network with professionals in the industry, which is always valuable. I also had chances to interview writer Bill Meltzer and Anaheim Ducks star Bobby Ryan for two different stories, which were nothing short of great experiences. Next fall I’ll be a news editor, working in the department where I got my start with The Loquitur.
This semester, I also started working on our LOQation news program as an on-camera news anchor. I had been doing work as a news anchor back in high school and it is great to be doing it all over again. LOQation works as a team to provide an excellent show every week and I enjoy working as part of this team.
If I had to pick a favorite aspect of the communications department, I would say that I enjoy the emphasis on working for all four years. The faculty in the department truly cares about the success of the students and they encourage working for all four years to build as much experience as possible. Several friends of mine that go to different schools for com-munication tell me that they don’t get chances to get involved until the tail end of their col-lege careers. So, it’s nice to have an opportunity to get as much experience as possible over a four-year period.
Another positive aspect of the communication department is the people in it. Because many of us work for the same goals, it’s nice to have a teamwork aspect. Many friendships are made in the department because of how tight-knit it can be.
When I made the decision to come to Cabrini two years ago, I knew it would be the right choice for me. Working in the communication department truly has helped emphasize that and I feel that there are still good things to come.
Plenty to learn : from the communications
departmentBY ROB RICHESAsst. Sports Editor
Perspectives The Loquitur 7Thursday, April 12, 2012
“Do something extraor-dinary,” is the slogan that defines Cabrini College. Here, there are endless possi-bilities for any student, of any age, in any major. It is a close-knit community where people are nice and there is always a smiling face to brighten someone’s day. The constant laughter and talk-ing throughout a school day makes a positive energy for stu-dents to enjoy. I am currently a sophomore at Cabrini and learned so much in only being here for two years.
Being a communication major is why I love Cabrini so much. It still amazes me how I can be involved in the radio station, the news show and the newspa-per throughout my four years. The sky is the limit at this col-lege. The professors are con-stantly chatting with the stu-dents and always available to meet outside of class with any questions or concerns. There is always a friendly face whenever you walk through to your classroom. The teachers have so much knowledge to give.
With Cabrini being so small, it allows the students to get to know everyone. The community at this institution is warm and outgoing. Whenever you are having trouble with some-thing and if you ask for assistance, there will always be someone to help you out. The school spirit at this school is also phenomenal. There are always Cabrini fans going to the events on campus to cheer teams on and wearing their blue and white.
The events on campus are a great way to meet people. Our activity board allows any student to go to free events on the weekends, to win priz-es or just enjoy themselves. The King of Prussia mall is right down the street and there are plenty of restaurants to en-joy right in Wayne, which is only a short drive away. Our shuttle on campus is a great way for students to go outside of campus to get to the mall. Cabrini College is a great place to get an education. It is enjoyable and the people here are great.
Cabrini College:
endless
possibilites
BY LIA FERRANTEAsst. A&E Editor As a rising junior here at
Cabrini, I have two years under my belt. I, like most students here, have a solidified opinion of the place. I represent something more genuine than a brochure or marketing department can show you. Think of me as a fellow consumer and my story as a con-sumer review; I’m vital to your shopping trip. So listen up.
More often than not, Cabrini gets a bad reputation because of its size; either based on the fact that “no one has heard of it” (we’re more well-known than you might think), or it’s “just too small” for a variety of reasons. Whatever the case, though, don’t focus so much on its girth: the education stands up to scrutiny and you’re possibly getting even more than your money’s worth if you simply take the time to look at the bigger picture.
For some people, the campus is too limiting. Sure, it’s pretty, but you’re going to be looking at these same trees for four years. Will you get bored?
The answer is yes – obviously.
Everyone gets bored, and basing your decision on how large the campus is might not be the best decision. We’re conveniently located near Philly, a few hours from D.C. and New York City, and situated in a nice little town not lacking in homey qualities. It’s cozy here. And, when you get sick of that coziness (which you will) you’re not stuck in the middle of nowhere with zero op-tions; Cabrini provides you with significantly discounted train and movie tickets, as well as multiple trips to Broadway mu-sicals throughout the year. The only thing standing in your way of fun is yourself.
Now, what about the faculty? Do they care? Are they worth your hard-earned cash, your handful of loans?
I haven’t had class with ev-ery professor (let alone talked to each one), but in this respect our size matters even less. Due to the intimate nature of our campus and how common it is to have friends in other majors, with oth-er faculty, you’ve a much likelier
chance of at least hearing about a professor than you would at a larger college.
With this in mind, you’ll experience ups and downs as with any collegiate institution; but here, the disparity between those highs and lows is less se-vere. If you’re willing to accept my opinion on the matter, you’re bound to find your niche and relish in it. Personalities clash, teaching styles collide, but at the heart of these conflicts resides a willingness to adjust, to come to a compromise.
The intimate nature of Cabri-ni allows you to forge personal bonds with your professors. You can easily come to a point in your education where you re-gard them as, almost, you regard your peers maybe with a few dif-ferences in how you treat them (hopefully), but nevertheless, they’re there for your well being and for conversation, for empa-thy. And would you bet your bot-tom dollar that it would be guar-anteed at an institution where the student-to-staff ratio is more
akin to 50:1? I hope not. That’s just unrealistic to expect.
In an era of tight wallets and even tighter relationships (Do you greet the mailman? How about the neighbors you’ve lived next to for over a decade?), I think it’s important to reassess our societal values. If you were to ask me on what I value most – and what I had been search-ing for when I was applying to colleges it was that one-on-one, interpersonal connection. I’ve never wanted to be regarded as my student ID number. Have you?
Never forget what matters most to you. As cheap as it may sound at times, stay true to your heart, to your desires: only then will you find the education for you.
Even the smallest of colleges can provide the largest of oppor-tunities.
Smaller is better: how Cabrini’s size just doesn’t matter
As you enter the campus of Cabrini Col-lege, it doesn’t take long before you see or hear the school’s motto.
“Do something extraordinary.”As a freshman, it’s hard to picture the
extraordinary when it seems so far down the road. But we all enter college life with dreams. Cabrini is a place to dream big.
Before coming to Cabrini, I already felt that I had the best of both worlds. I spend every day writing a professional-style blog on my favorite baseball team while being able to still be a fan. For any aspiring sports-writer, it doesn’t seem to get better than that.
College life takes time to adjust to new surroundings, new people and a whole new world. In the beginning, don’t be surprised if you feel like you’re not too involved.
This past year has been life changing for me and it’s all thanks to this fantastic school. As a communication major, you learn career skills and get involved early in your college career. So, late last school year, I got my first taste of communication experience by call-ing lacrosse games. Being the play-by-play man was something I had always dreamed about. That was the first of many dreams be-ing realized.
This year, I joined the sports staff of Cabrini’s radio station, 89.1 WYBF-FM, full-time. There is not one week of the year I don’t look forward to talking about sports on our weekly sports show or a game that I
don’t want to call. It simply never gets old. As a first-year writer for this fantastic
newspaper, The Loquitur, I found myself instantly propelled into a world of writing I had only dreamed about. I was officially a sportswriter, albeit on a small scale.
The experience I hold closest to me is one I got to enjoy just weeks ago. As the men’s basketball team was making history, I was there to capture it in the media. Sitting in press row at the NCAA National Cham-pionship Game in Salem, Va., it really was the big time.
Here I was in this grand arena, broadcast-ing and reporting on a national stage.
I’m a sophomore and 20 years old. Thinking about my heroes and role models who inspired me to dream as big as they did, I realize now that I got to do something that not many others get to do. I treasure that ex-perience and will remember it for the rest of my life.
My experiences in the media have taken me so many different places and it’s simply about recognizing the situations. My sister’s high school was in threat of closing based on the Blue Ribbon Commission’s decisions. I was there to provide a Cabrini tie to the sto-ry. I brought Cabrini up close and personal with Philadelphia’s beloved hockey team in January by covering a Flyers regular-season game.
I could have never pictured myself liv-ing these dreams, just as I’m sure many pro-
spective students feel right now. The idea is that whatever your dreams are
Cabrini will help you realize them. If you want to be a teacher, there are similar oppor-tunities, programs and experiences awaiting you. If you want to work in science, there is a building dedicated to it, loaded with pos-sibilities.
I have accomplished so much in two short years. It’s hard to believe that things could get better but I know they will in my remaining two years here. Treasure every-thing that exceeds your wildest imagination while you go to Cabrini. The years fly by and you can’t get them back.
And when you attend Cabrini, while you dream big, you get to meet others who share those dreams. The friendships you build here are just as important and add to the college experience. As a freshman, there are many people who enter campus in the same situation. But the best part of making friendships is that you will find some of the best people with the same goals and dreams are the ones who you get to work around, regardless of year.
There are no labels at this college. No one person is bigger than anybody else. We are all simply students working toward our goals and dreams together.
Cabrini, a place to dream about the
extraordinary
BY BRANDON DESIDERIOAsst. Managing Editor
BY KEVIN DURSOAsst. Sports Editor
8 | The Loquitur Thursday, April 12, 2012Features
Get involved Cabrini style
The Psychology Club is for anyone who is a psychology major, minor, or just interested in the psychology field. They participate in service projects throughout the year such as the Relay For Life, book drives and counseling services to help various people in the community with mental health issues.
They also have monthly meetings and movie nights where they discuss the plans for the year, watch movies and enjoy delicious snacks. The activities of the club are completely based off of the members. Each year, they are involved in different ser-vice projects based on the interests of the team.
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Student leaders in Catholic Relief Services train to provide campus awareness programs on key issues for global humanitarian work including Fair Trade, food security, migration, HIV/AIDS and peace-building.
Psychology Club
Catholic Relief Service Student Ambassadors
2.Active Minds
Active Minds is a national organization with chapters on over 400 college cam-puses. The Cabrini chapter of Active Minds holds many events throughout the year to attempt to combat the stigma surrounding mental health issues on college cam-puses.
One in four college students will suffer from a diagnosable mental illness and it is the goal of the club to change the culture on college campuses and encourage students to seek help. Active Minds also addresses college stress and encourages students to take care of their mental health. They participate in “National Eating Disorder Awareness” initiatives, national “Mental Health De-Stigmatization” efforts and other campus-wide issues.
Moda dal VivoCabrini College’s first and only fashion club, Moda dal Vivo, was founded by Jessica
Johnson-Petty and Gregory Robinsoin in Fall 2010. As we promote self-confidence in posture, have discussions, design sessions final prod-
uct being Moda Styles and mini model training, we work diligently to produce an annual quality fashion show. Be it sweats and sneakers, blazers and oxfords or heels with pleated shorts, members pride themselves in self-expression through apparel.
Moda dal Vivo had its first successful run on March 24, 2012. Outside labels with hard working designers such as the DNTN Brand by Don Scott, Glitz and Glam Accessories by Carley Davis, Swim’N Sport, along with Moda Styles: Distressed Jeans by Jessica Regina and Ripped T’s by Cherise Carn. Moda dal Vivo welcomes all to join.
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Math Club 5.The Cabrini College Math Club is open to all students on campus: majors and
non-majors alike. With two big events on campus each year, this club tries to show the fun side of math with their Handball Tournament and Pi Day fundraiser. In addi-tion, the club tries to offer other events throughout the school year, like "Ice Cream and Serotta" and the upcoming "Oreos and Oragami" night. They are always open to new ideas of how to make math fun for all.
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Relay for Life6.
7.CAP Board
Men’s club lacrosse
9.P.A.R.T.Y
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Campus MinistryCampus Ministry is an inviting atmosphere where the Cabrini community can
experience a sense of belonging. Campus Ministry provides students a chance to meet others with similar interests.
Through retreats and immersion experiences, students gain opportunities to relax and get to know new friends, as well as reflect on their lives and relationships with themselves, others and their faith. Students of all faiths are welcome, including those still searching and are invited to bring their own unique ideas and talents to various events and programs.
The Campus Activities and Programming (CAP) Board of Cabrini College is the main activity programing board on campus combining social, cultural and educational programs together on campus. As the primary student-run programming board, CAP Board plans events for every night of the week.
They host events on and off campus such as bingo, open mic night, guest performers and group games. They also host off-campus trips to New York City to see shows on Broadway and explore the city, as well as trips to Atlantic City for shopping and many other off-campus trips at low costs.
They have week-long events such as “Freak Week,” during the month of October, and “Epic Week” which is normally held during the week before finals in the spring semester. CAP Board also plans senior events for all eligible graduating seniors.
Students have to apply for planning positions the previous year and incoming and new members can help out with hosting and planning events.
Promoting Alcohol Responsibility Through You (P.A.R.T.Y) is a student-run club that hosts fun events on Thursday nights. There is an event almost every Thursday night, unless there is another big event planned by another club or organization. Some of the most popular events that P.A.R.T.Y. has hosted include tye-dying, Easter egg hunt, shamrock shakes, movie and game nights, and pizza and movie nights. The end-of-the-year event is a campus-wide man hunt game.
Cabrini College’s club lacrosse is a great alternative to the school’s varsity lacrosse team. The club team provides a unique experience and allows anyone to join the team and play. You get to participate in practices and games during the spring semester and get the thrill of competing at a college level.
Also, you will receive the added bonus of visiting other schools when you play their club lacrosse teams. Cabrini College club lacrosse is a group of guys that come together every year to win games, form a brotherhood and have the time of their lives.
Relay for Life is an organization supported by groups at Cabrini that is committed to raising awareness about cancer. Throughout the year, they participate in differ-ent fundraisers and events that promote awareness as well as raise money for the American Cancer Society. The main event of Relay for Life is a huge co-ed sleepover to continue fundraising, education and celebrating life.
At Cabrini, the annual Relay for Life is always in the spring and this year, it is on April 21st in the Dixon Center from 4pm to 4am. Relay for Life is a huge party to raise money for cancer. Some fun events this year will include a scavenger hunt, Jeopardy, Wii and Just Dance, and the ever popular “Rave.”
There are also ceremonies, including the Luminaria ceremony, which honors those fighting cancer and remembers those who have lost their lives.
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10 | The Loquitur Thursday, April 12, 2012Arts & Entertainment
FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
Cabrini College Theatre Presents
IMAGINE AFRICA
Go see a wonderful art exhibit that features over 50 art pieces.
Penn Museum, (3260 South st.), ticket included in admission , 10a.m -5p.m.
DANILO PEREZ JAZZ PER-FORMANCE
Enjoy a great jazz performance by Danilo Perez.
Kimmel Center (Broad & Spruce st), $35-$40,
VAN GOGH UP CLOSE
This exhibits features a wide range of exhibits from around the world.
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Benjamin Franklin Parkway), $25, 11 a.m.
Cabrini College Theatre will present the musical, “Working,” written by Stephen Shwartz and Nina Faso, based on the book “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do,” by Studs Terkel.
From the Mill Worker to the Hooker, this musical is the story of every day people and what they do in their daily lives. Al-though the musical was first staged December of 1977, Cabri-ni added bonuses to the produc-tion with its multimedia elements that go along with the show.
Working is a musical with no plot line but rather a musi-cal with multiple small plays.
It’s morning and all the work-ers get ready for their jobs and show the audience the answer to the question, “Hey somebody, don’t you wanna hear the story of my life?” in the song “All The Live Long Day.” A steel-worker by the name of Mike Dillard talks to audience about the dangers of his job and how people don’t give enough credit to the people who are “just an iron worker or just a housewife.”
Next the musical starts back up abruptly with a traffic jam by the song titled the same name. Some cars stop at an office building and parking attendant Al Canida takes care of the massive pileup. He’s been parking cars for all of his life in the song, “Lovin’ Al.”
The next scene opens up in a classroom where Rose Hoff-man teaches third grade Eng-lish. In the song “Nobody Tells
Me How,” she begins to en-lighten the audience on how the school system is chang-ing since she was growing up.
As Hoffman reflects on her years of teaching, she remembers a student of hers named Babe Secoli, who is now a checker at the Treasure Island Supermarket. Secoli is played by senior com-munications major Danielle Alio.
“I like that it’s really relat-able and can look at it and say someone in my family has done that kind of job or I have done that job,” Alio said.“People in the Cabrini community have done some of these jobs.”
As Secoli shows that being a checker is the best time of her life, on the opposite end, bagger Roberto Nunez is unhappy about his job choice. In the song “Un Mejor Dia Vendra,” he reflects on his family working on a farm and the hardships that came of it.
Kate Rushston, a housewife complains about people thinking she’s unintelligent just because she chooses to stay and take care of all the work at the home with the song “Just A Housewife.”
With a different spin, a hook-er by the name of Roberta ex-plains to the audience that her job isn’t different from some-one who works in a mill all day. Roberta is played by junior history major, Olivia Olsen.
“I had to put myself in the mindset of it actually being a real job because I never considered it to be one,” Olsen said. “Maybe the only reason why she still is one is because of how good it pays.”
Grace Clements is a millwork-er who feels like all of the physi-cal stress on the body is taking its toll in the song “Millwork.” Ju-nior communication major Alex
Saboe plays a dancer in the scene and couldn’t be happier with the role that was given to her.
“My favorite part in the play is when I dance because I al-ways feel like being in school I may be doing homework or schoolwork,” Saboe said. “But my mind is always wander-ing and thinking of dancing.”
The play has another key song, called “Cleaning Women,” in which cleaning woman Maggie Holmes talks about wanting a bet-ter life for her daughter. Holmes is played by freshman crimi-nology major, Se’Quia Bailey.
“I like how the musical cap-tures different lifestyles and people,” Bailey said. “This musi-cal means a lot to me especially in my role as Maggie the clean-ing lady. It helps me appreci-ate cleaning people because I believe we always look at them as having meaningless jobs.”
The cast is excited about the message that they will bring to their audience.
“Working” portrays the mes-sage that everybody should have something to point to.
“The message this musi-cal showcases is that you should be proud of the job that you are doing,” Alio said.
“Working” opens in the Grace Hall Theatre on Thurs-day, April 12, at 8 p.m. and runs through April 14 at 8 p.m., then on Sunday, April 15, at 2 p.m. It then runs Thursday, April 19, at 8 p.m. through April 21, at 8 p.m. The Closing performance is on Sunday, April 22, at 2 p.m.
BY ALEXANDRIA JETERAsst. News Editor
ALL PHOTOS/ DAVID ALONSO/ PHOTOGRAPHER
“Working” is a musical about the different types of jobs that people do in their everyday lufe.
BYJENY VARUGHESEA&E Editor
WORKING
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAYHOW I LEARNED HOW TO
DRIVE
Come see the interactive play at the Center theatre.
Theater Horizon, (208 DeKalb st.), $29.
EPIC: CHEF’S FARE
Come join C.A.P board at chef’s fare. See dif-ferent chefs prepare and serve their very best.
CAVS corner, (Cabrini College), free, 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
EPIC:WACKY WEDNESDAY COMEDY CLUB
Join the Cabrini family with EPICS second event of the week.
Mansion, (Cabrini college), $5, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Danielle Alio
Josh Muska
Anie Jamgochian
Alexandra Saboe
Se’Quia Bailey
Eion O’Neill
Allie Jeter
Samantha Shea
Nichole Capizzi
Olivia Olsen
Kyle Johnson
Justin Sillner
Kait Finegan
Emily Paradise
Nicholas Marcovecchio
Doug Wiebe
Sam Hawllowell
Alyssa Reape
Veronica Matthews
Julian Greenawalt Jack Winters
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Cast of...
the Musical
“21 Jump Street” is a quick-witted action comedy star-ring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. The duo teams up in this action comedy to recreate this story. Originally, “21 Jump Street” was a hit television series from 1987-1991.
The movie version “21 Jump Street” starts out with the characters played by Hill and Tatum as they were in high school. Tatum stars as Jenko, the typical popular jerky jock who all the girls loved and the guys envied. Hill, on the other hand, plays Eminem-wannabe Schmidt, who got straight A’s and was a complete and total nerd. As one would guess, they were not friends in high school and Jenko picked on Schmidt.
Continuing along, it skips a few years ahead to when both men are going to school to become police officers. Jenko has all of the physical talents needed to success-fully become a police officer, however he doesn’t have the brains for it. Schmidt, on the other hand, has all the brain power and smarts needed to become a police officer, yet is very lacking in the necessary physical abilities. That is where their friendship begins with Jenko asking the simple question of “do you want to be friends?”
From then on, they help each other out to graduate and become police officers. They are then assigned to do un-dercover work after an incident happens that gets them in a little trouble with their police chief. The men are sent to 21 Jump Street where they are assigned what they will be investigating. It turns out that they will be going undercov-er as high school students to try to investigate an ongoing drug dealing operation at their old alma mater.
Each man is given an identity based on how they re-
ally were previously in high school. Schmidt will go back and take all of the AP classes that he took and try to find out information from smart kids. Meanwhile, Jenko will be going back and taking all of the “easy” classes he took when he was in high school to hopefully find out informa-tion from the popular kids. However, when they get to the high school, they quickly find out the popularity dynamics have drastically changed from the time they were in high school until now.
This is when the comedy really kicks up and starts. There are many obstacles that Schmidt and Jenko will have to face, including accidentally trading identities. They have another shot at their high school careers, how-ever they still have to stay focused and do the job that is required of them. There are twists and turns that are
thrown at the men but in the end things are worked out--kind of. To get the full experience and understand “21 Jump Street,” this movie just has to be seen.
As a whole, this movie was very funny and entertaining. The audience was laughing throughout the entire movie. There really weren’t any boring parts that would make the movie not enjoyable. The jokes and ways in which the characters acted and interacted with each other were very funny. There were many times that little lines were put into the script that made the movie flow nicely. This movie is recommended for ages 17 and up since it is rated R. It is hilarious and also has a cute story line that shows the im-portance of friendship and staying true to oneself.
12 | The Loquitur Thursday, April 12, 2012Arts & Entertainment
Hit comedy series reborn on silver screen
Derek’s offers decadent choicesBY KRISTINE SEMPTIMPHELTER Asst. A&E Editor
WEEKLY REVIEW
BY AMANDA TOTHAsst. Features Editor
It’s hard to decide what to order with a menu as succulent as Derek’s. Gracing the Main Street scene since 2007, Derek’s has become a favorite for people from all over the city. With its many rooms, you can enter a lively bar with tall tables and TVs, a quiet booth for a conversation, an open room with seating for large groups or make your way upstairs to a regal whisky bar.
The second floor whisky and vodka bar offers one of the largest selections of premium vodkas and housemaid infusions in the United States. In addition, there is an extensive list of wines by the glass and bottle.
Derek’s in Manayunk has been a landmark bar and grill for over 18 years. Derek’s is a casual, yet chic café and bar as well as a formal and special occasion restaurant, offering patrons small and large dishes of tasty, contemporary American cui-sine.
Every decadent meal begins with a basket of roasted Parmesan flatbread, which is also known as “crack bread” because you cannot stop eating it.
Derek’s always keeps you coming back for more with their daily happy hour specials ranging from Friday night DJ’s to half price drinks and martini specials. The candy martinis come in flavors such as skittles, peach gummy bear and jolly rancher.
At Derek’s you will always find top quality hos-pitality. Michael has been a server at Derek’s in Manayunk for 11 years. His first day of training was on the infamous date of Sept. 11, 2001. Michael’s outgoing personality and attentive service makes the dining experience at Derek’s unforgettable.
The menu consists of a variety of portions and plate sizes. Meals range from small plates, salads, pizzas, medium and large plates. The restaurant also features a three-course meal deal for $34.
Derek’s is always consistent with the customer and open seven days a week from 10 a.m. – 2 a.m.
Whether you’re looking for an afternoon lunch with close friends, dinner with the entire family or a casual Sunday brunch, there is something for everyone at Derek’s.
ALL PHOTO /LAURA GALLAGHER/ASST. MANAGING EDITOR
Derek’s is the chic café and bar located on Main Street in Manayunk.
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21 Jump street is an action comedy starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.
The Loquitur | 13Thursday, April 12, 2012 Sports
Eric Collins, men’s soccerThe men’s soccer team may have fallen short in the CSAC tournament this season but the performance
by senior Eric Collins was impressive. Collins tied for a team-leading six goals while adding assists in 20 games this season. In his four-year career at Cabrini, Collins scored 25 goals and added seven assists for a total of 57 points in 82 career games and was part of two CSAC championship teams in 2008 and 2009.
The accounting major was named to the All-CSAC Second Team this season after making the All-CSAC First Team in 2010. Collins also scored both Cavalier goals in the 2011 Battle of Eagle Road against Eastern University. Collins’ career year came in 2010, when he netted 12 goals and added an assist for 25 points, including seven game-winning goals.
CABRINI’S TOP STUDENT-ATHLETES
Cory Lemons, men’s basketballWhen you think Cabrini basketball, you think of Cory Lemons. The senior guard led Cabrini to their first
National Championship Game in school history all while posting 17.2 points per game and averaging 6.2 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game. In three seasons at Cabrini, he scored 1,479 points, averaging 16.6 per game, which ranks him third all-time in Cabrini history behind only Billy Carr (1,604 career points from 1992-96) and John McQueen (1,524 career points from 1980-84). The trip to the Final Four and National Championship game engraved Lemons’ place in Cabrini history books as one of the most legendary ath-letes in the school’s history.
As a result of Cabrini’s historical run, Lemons was named a first-team All-American and won CSAC Player of the Year for the second straight season. The business administration major from Wilmington, De., finishes his career with numerous honors, including ECAC Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year.
Meg Ryan, volleyballThe men’s basketball team wasn’t the only team working on a CSAC three-peat. The women’s volleyball
team completed their own three-peat with another CSAC title led by junior opposite-side hitter Meg Ryan. Ryan ranked third on the team with 204 kills and fifth with a .235 hitting percentage. She led the team in sets played, appearing in 112 of the team’s 114 sets played this season. In her three seasons with Cabrini volleyball, Ryan has compiled 575 kills and 98 assists in her 319 sets played.
The exercise science and health promotion major has been part of the Lady Cavs greatest run in school history, being a member of all three CSAC championship teams. As a senior next season, she’ll be one of the Lady Cavs’ leaders in bidding for a fourth.
Maddy Edwards, women’s soccerFor the women’s soccer team, defense starts with junior goalkeeper Maddy Edwards. Edwards posted
12 wins this season, nine of them being shutouts. Edwards allowed under a goal per game (0.90 GAA) and stopped 84 percent of shots fired her way, leading the Lady Cavs to a CSAC title. Her career numbers are just as impressive. The junior has posted a 0.84 goals against average in her career, allowing just 30 goals in 39 games played. She has 18 shutouts and 25 wins in her three seasons tending goal for the Lady Cavs.
The educational studies major actually started her career as a midfielder. Before taking over in goal full time this season, she scored five goals and added one assist for 11 points in her first two seasons with Cabrini.
Bobby Thorp, men’s lacrosseWith 11 straight CSAC titles and 86 straight wins against CSAC opponents, it’s hard to pick just one shin-
ing star on the Cavalier men’s lacrosse team. But there is nobody making more noise this season than junior attack Bobby Thorp. Thorp has 30 goals and 21 assists in just 11 games this season for a total of 51 points. The player, who inherited Cabrini legend Casey Grugan’s signature No. 8, is on his way to becoming a Cabrini legend himself. With already 80 goals and 124 points in his career, Thorp still has his senior year left to add to an already established career.
The marketing major wore No. 3 in his first season and made the All-CSAC Second Team for the second straight season. He was recently named ECAC Player of the Week for the week of March 28 to April 3. Thorp has already set new career highs in all three of the major scoring categories: goals, assists and points, all with four games remaining in the Cavaliers’ season.
BY KEVIN DURSO / Asst. Sports Editor / [email protected]
JENAY SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR
KEVIN DURSO / ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
CABRINI COLLEGE ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT / SUBMITTED PHOTO
KEVIN DURSO / ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
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BY KEVIN DURSOAsst. Sports Editor
Women’s Lacrosse @ FDU - College at Florham 7 p.m.
Cavalier Athletic Calendar
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visit www.CabriniAthletics.com or scan this code:
Thursday, April 12 Friday, April 13
Golf @ Harrisburg Spring Invitational
Softballvs. Neumann University 3 p.m.
(doubleheader)
Men’s Tennisvs. Neumann University 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 14
Sunday, April 15 Monday, April 16
Golf @ Rosemont College Spring Invite
Tuesday, April 17 Wednesday, April 18
Women’s Lacrosse @ Cedar Crest College 4 p.m.
Softball@ Widener University 5 p.m.
(doubleheader)
Golf @ Neumann University Spring Invite
Men’s Tennis@ Eastern University 3:30 p.m.
Men’s Tennis@ King’s College 1 p.m.
Golf @ Harrisburg Spring Invitational
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Neumann University 12 p.m.
Men’s Tennis@ Keystone College 1 p.m.
Softball@ Marywood University 1 p.m.
(doubleheader)
Men’s Lacrosse vs. Immaculata University 3 p.m.
Intramural athletics engage student community
A version of this article orginally appeared in the Thursday, October 13, 2011 edition of The Loquitur.
Two things things that make sports great entertain-ment are rivalries and the competitive nature behind them. But all of us remember what it was like to spend summer nights playing touch football in the streets or hit-ting the local sandlot.
We are not all athletes. However, there may still be a way for the sports lover, who never made it to the level of Division III athletics on campus, to say they are part of a team.
One of the ways Cabrini is allowing students to get in-volved is through intramural sports. Intramural sports are offered every week, with some running on schedules like any other team sport. Others are part of free play, which is about just that: playing for fun.
“Intramurals are opportunities for students to continue in sports and activities that they may have done in the past on a competitive level or are looking to stay active,” Orlin Jespersen, assistant director of recreation, said. “They are
also ways for groups to be social. It runs on both ends of the spectrum.”
Some of the sports offered as Cabrini intramurals in-clude flag football, volleyball, soccer and softball. Jespers-en noted eight teams in a men’s flag football league on campus but also talked about a project within flag football he’s been working on.
“I’d still like to see a women’s or powderpuff league get off the ground but I haven’t gotten much response to that,” Jespersen said.
Intramural sports are for those who may feel they don’t have the type of athletic ability, or are just looking to play a sport for fun. Jespersen lists several differences between intramurals and Division III sports.
“The varsity programs have more of a time commit-
ment,” Jespersen said. “If they are in-season, they are busy with their sport six days a week.”
Jespersen also cited coaches, equipment and the com-petition as other features that distinguish intramurals from Division III sports. However, he gave many reasons as to why intramurals are for everyone.
“Intramurals is at the other end of the spectrum where it is just Cabrini students playing each other,” Jespersen said. “It is a great way for groups of friends to get involved, say if you want to represent a residence hall or another group on campus.”
If there are any doubts about what it is like for other students playing intramurals, look no further than a few of the students already involved.
Everyone has an athlete in them and with the strong bond of community being what drives Cabrini to be ex-traordinary, this is just one of the many ways to add that sense of community to your academics.
“It gives people a chance to stay active,” Jespersen said. “It also adds that sense of community. It gives people a way to be competitive while still having fun by going out and just playing.”
JENAY SMITH / PHOTO EDITORJENAY SMITH / PHOTO EDITOR
Students at Cabrini College can become involved with a variety of intramural sports, ranging from flag football to soccer and volleyball. In the photos above, students play wallyball at the squash courts in the Dixon Center to raise awareness for Fair Trade. Cabrini holds a Fair Trade Wallyball Tournament every fall.
“[Intramurals give] people a way to be competitive while still having fun by going out
and just playing.”Orlin Jespersen
The Loquitur | 15Thursday, April 12, 2012 Sports
OUTTA’ RIGHT FIELD
NICK LAROSA
Bring it, Pittsburgh
If you were a WWE fan grow-ing up, you probably remember the attention that cage matches drew, especially if a champion-ship title belt was on the line. If you were a fan of those matches, then I’m sure you could classify the Flyers-Penguins first-round matchup as being the pay-per-view Hell in a Cell match.
After the final battle of the reg-ular season went to the Penguins, this Eastern Conference quarter-final series should be one for the ages. While this matchup does not feature the conference’s No. 1 seed (the Rangers) or last year’s championship team (the Bruins), what it does feature is a good old-fashioned rivalry.
It’s no secret that these two teams despise each other – and I mean despise each other. Since the additions of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh has regularly been one of the best teams in the league. With center Claude Giroux near the century mark in points, Philadelphia has used a surplus of young talent to climb the Eastern Conference standings, not even a year after completely blowing up the team. It also helps that Russian net-minder Ilya Bryzgalov has found his calling in the crease and is no longer “lost in the woods.”
In a street fight of a game between the two on Sunday, April 1, Joe Vitale of the Penguins decked Flyers forward Danny Briere in the game’s final min-utes. That hit led to multiple fights and Philadelphia head coach Peter Laviolette screaming at the Pittsburgh coaching staff.
The regular season finale just six days later lacked that brutality but the physicality was still there. Pittsburgh took away two irrel-evant points but the crowd in the Steel City was animated.
The last time these two teams played in the postseason was back in 2009, coincidentally the same postseason that saw Pittsburgh hoist the Stanley Cup. Since then, the Penguins have kept most of their team in tact but Philadelphia has a new squad, a much younger one. They don’t have a ton of playoff experience but a series against the Penguins will force the likes of Brayden Schenn and Sean Couturier to give it their all.
Pittsburgh picked up the vic-tory in the regular season finale but all that matters now is that these two teams will be back in Pittsburgh this week for the start of a hellacious series. Let’s just hope that the odds are in the Flyers’ favor.
Have an opinion about this column? Feel free to send Nick a tweet (@nlarosa62).
“You’re going to go through things as a student-athlete that
are going to help you.”
Brian Beacham
One of the many ways that one can get involved on campus is through the college’s 16 athletic teams.
Cavalier sports teams have been rela-tively successful for the past several seasons, with teams such as women’s soccer and men’s basketball advancing to their respec-tive NCAA Division III tournaments.
“There are several benefits. The first one that comes to mind is the camaraderie that a student gets with being part of a team,” Brian Beacham, assistant athletic director, said. “I think that really helps the transi-tion if you’re coming from high school or if you’re just going from sophomore year into junior year, it helps with getting through college.”
The bond between teammates is truly a special one and it can lead to life-long friendships.
“Those relationships that you build and the experiences that you go through defi-nitely will help a student-athlete down the road,” Beacham said. “That’s the goal down here.”
Before working with the Cavaliers, Beacham also had the opportunity to work with high-profile Division I schools such as Syracuse University and Temple University. Moving to a smaller school is an interesting transition but Beacham finds that there are some advantages.
“It’s a challenge, especially in the Philadelphia area. It’s a difficult thing for
the Division III’s to get the attention that they deserve,” Beacham said. “When this opportunity at Cabrini came up and I was lucky enough to get it, I learned quickly that Division III is a lot more in line with what I believe in. It’s a smaller department and you make so many more connections with the full-time staff, coaches and student-athletes.”
While getting attention may be a dif-ficult task for a Division III school, it has not stopped the men’s basketball team. Michael Barkann and Ike Reese recently discussed the team on their midday show on 94 WIP and KYW Newsradio 1060’s Matt Leon interviewed head coach Marcus Kahn and senior guard Cory Lemons prior to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
In addition to the Greater Philadelphia area, recruits have come from places such as Maryland, New York, Virginia, California and other states to play for successful coach-es such as Kahn, men’s lacrosse coach Steve Colfer, women’s lacrosse/field hockey coach Jackie Neary and several others.
“One of the things that they’ve done for a number of years is win. They’ve built a strong reputation for their programs,” Beacham said. “Another thing that Jackie and Steve do well is just the personal connection that they make not only with the student in high school but also with the parents. That helps with the recruiting process and puts the par-ent at ease.”
One challenge that the student-athlete may face is balancing their sport with class-work and a social life. Balancing may appear to be a Herculean task but there are some tips to get through it.
“The coaches here demand time man-agement from the athletes, the professors and faculty demand a lot from the athletes,” Beacham said. “You’re going to have a lot thrown at you quickly and time manage-ment is an important piece to making sure everything works together.”
While playing a sport in college is not easy by any means, it has many benefits and teaches lessons that will help students later on in life.
“One of our biggest things here in ath-letics is character development,” Beacham said. “You’re going to go through things as a student-athlete that are going to help you.”
Become a Cabrini student-athlete, gain life-long friendships, memories
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BY ROB RICHESAsst. News Editor
SEAN COLLINS / STAFF WRITER
Senior Sammy Thompson (No. 10) is a two-sport student-athlete at Cabrini College. Thompson plays soccer in the fall and softball in the spring. She ranked second on the women’s soccer team with 16 points and is currently hitting .425 for the women’s softball team.
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OUR TEAMS, OUR PRIDE
Do something extraordinary: a slogan that means as much to our student-athletes as it does to our campus community.
This academic year, Cabrini has had a number of successful teams that deserve recognition. Beginning with the fall season, the wom-en’s tennis team started off the year with an 11-0 record. The Cavs fell short to the Gwynedd-Mercy Griffins in the first round of the playoffs but they still finished with 13 wins and an undefeated mark in home matches.
As the fall sports season progressed, the women’s soccer and vol-leyball teams (both pictured to the left) began their march to the CSAC playoffs. Under the direction of head coach Ken Prothero, the women’s soccer team entered the playoffs with a 13-6-2 record and picked up the three wins needed to earn a CSAC title. The team clinched the title in a 1-0 game against Neumann University thanks to a goal by senior forward Kara Hinkelmon. From there, the Lady Cavs advanced to the NCAA Tournament against Springfield College, a team that they lost to by a score of 2-0.
Similarly, the volleyball team also found success against Neumann University in the CSAC playoffs. The volleyball team fin-ished the regular season with a perfect 11-0 home record and had home-court advantage in the playoffs. After a win against Baptist Bible College, the Cavs defeated Neumann 3-0 to win their third straight CSAC championship.
Fast forward to the basketball season. When the men’s team (pictured above) started the season off with a 77-65 victory over Haverford College, no one knew that this would be the team that would take Cabrini to new heights. After winning the CSAC cham-pionship for the third time in four years, Cabrini hosted the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament and came out victorious in their games against Castleton State College and Hobart College.
Before long, the Cavs were in the Elite 8 round for the first time in school history. When the team reached the Final Four in Salem, Va., the entire campus was behind the team. Cabrini went on to their first NCAA Tournament championship game after defeating Illinois Wesleyan thanks to a late three-pointer by junior guard Jeremy Knowles. However, their season came to an end the next night when they lost 63-60 to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
As the spring sports teams continue their schedules, one can only wonder if Cabrini’s athletic teams have the potential to add more CSAC championships and even NCAA Tournament appearances to their already impressive 2011-2012 season.
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