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2013-14 issue 21 Loquitur Cabrini College student newspaper, Radnor, PA 19087 March 20, 2014TRANSCRIPT
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VOL. LV, ISSUE 21
STUDENT PROFILE: EVAN GUINESSY PAGE 8
RED ROBIN RESTAURANT REVIEWPAGE 10
MEN’S LAXPAGE 16
IS IT WORTH IT TO GO GLUTEN FREE?PAGE 6
BY ERICA ABBOTTAsst. Perspectives Editor
Cabrini has recently announced an increase in the costs of tuition and room and board. Effective for the 2014-2015 aca-demic year, the undergraduate tuition and fees will increase $842, a 2.9 percent increase, to $28,932. The average room and board costs will go up by $167, a 1.4 percent increase, to $12,026. Students and their families received letters about these increases early in the spring semester. The letter stated that these “modest increases are necessary to keep pace with our costs.”
According to Gene Castellano, vice president for advance-ment and external relations, a small, private college (like Cabrini) has the bulk of revenue running from tuition, student fees and room and board. At Cabrini, tuition and fees cover roughly 80 percent of the costs of operating the college while, on the spending side, 60 percent of the total revenue is spent on students. The revenue being spent on students includes financial aid, which 98 percent of Cabrini students receive (roughly $20 million), instruction (roughly $12 million) and student services (roughly $10.5 million).
Compared to other schools in the area, the increase at Cabrini does seem modest. Tuition at Immaculata University is $32,000, according to their website. Rosemont College’s tuition, which was increased two percent, is $30,950 while tuition at Chesnut Hill College is $32,235, increased by three percent.
One of the major differentiators among these local colleges and universities and Cabrini is that not all include tuition and fees in one. According to Chesnut Hill College’s website, their tuition is $31,930 for the 2014-2015 academic year; however, that does not include an additional fee of $305. “Between academic year 11-12 and academic year 12-13 (between May 2012 and May 2013), in the country the average tuition of a four-year private school increased by 5.5 percent,” Castellano said. “That was the same time that Cabrini reduced tuition
by 12.5 percent. That’s when the school made the big differ-ence—people were still making these big increases and we said ‘that’s enough.’”
So then how is this increase of 2.9 percent determined? According to Castellano, the budgets on the expense and rev-enue side are proposed, which then goes to the chief financial officer (CFO) who develops a budget from there.
Cabrini set to raise tuition, room and board
Compared to other schools in the area, the increase at
Cabrini does seem modest. Tuition at Immaculata University is $32,000,
according to their website. Rosemont College’s tuition,
which was increased two percent, is $30,950 while
tuition at Chesnut Hill College is $32,235, increased
by three percent.
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The 2014 Ivy Young Willis Honoree
BY AMBER MARSHALLPhoto Editor
Immigration reform needs to be addressed and accepted. Sister Simone Campbell stresses the importance of accepting immigrants into our commu-nity.
“We in the United States have not accepted responsibility for pass-ing out global hope,” Campbell said. “We the people of the United States need to form a more perfect union.” As Campbell addressed the audience she referred to the idea that the United States has portrayed itself as a place of new beginnings. Unfortunately, we as a
broken nation have not lived up to that standard. Sister Simone Campbell has been serving as Executive Director of NETWORK in Washington, D.C since 2004. NETWORK works as a Catholic leader to educate, lobby and organize for economic and social transformation. As a voice within the Catholic commu-nity the organization strives to influence Congress. For over 40 years NETWORK has been influencing Congress in favor of peace and justice.
As a religious member of Sisters of Social Service (SSS) she is looked up to as a leader within the community. Not only is she a strong religious lead-er, she is also an attorney and author
with a lot of experience in public policy who advocates to the government for change. Campbell lobbies on issues of peace-building, immigration reform, healthcare, and economic justice.
A large portion of Campbell’s lobby-ing campaign is currently recognized as “Nuns on the Bus.” The 2012 campaign consisted of a nine-state tour, which disputed proposed budget cuts to fed-eral safety-net programs. Campbell led another “Nuns on the Bus” trip in 2013, this time focusing on comprehensive immigration reform. From these expe-riences came her soon-to-be released book cleverly titled “A Nun on the Bus” which is to be released on April 15.
AMBER MARSHALL / PHOTO EDITOR
Sister Simone Campbell receiving the 2014 Ivy Young Willis Award, Thursday, March 13th, 2014.
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By this point, it’s almost impossible to have remained unaware of the Malaysian airline plane that mysteriously disappeared over a week ago. And if by some slim chance this story sounds new, turn on any news station. It’s almost guaranteed to be on at any point in the day… all day.
Ever since the disappearance, that’s all anyone has talked about, including the news broadcasters. And this news is getting old. It happens sometimes when it’s a “slow week” for the news; a story so fascinating and mysterious comes along that captures the interest of everyone who hears. It then gets covered from absolutely every angle imaginable. This isn’t to say that the mysterious vanishing isn’t important, because in reality, it’s completely baffling. Really. How does one lose a plane? It sounds absurd, and therefore is an incred-ible story. (We’re guessing a movie made about it within a few years. How ‘bout it Hollywood?) However, it is just one story. It shouldn’t control the airwaves on an almost constant basis like it has been.
The facts that can be inferred are simple. A plane out of Malaysia has gone missing. It is, as of now, no longer in the air, simply because there isn’t enough fuel to have kept it up for this long. This also means that it has landed somewhere, potentially into the ocean. With zero contact from any of the 239 people aboard and no read-
ings from the plane’s transponder, we have no knowledge of their whereabouts. These are the facts and most everything else is just speculation at this point. Terrorism, crash, conspiracy theory; the possibilities are endless, but that’s all they are: possibilities. And yet with all of this knowledge that can be easily boiled down briefly, every time a news channel is switched on, there’s something about the plane again’ Can’t the captions just say “Malaysian plane is still missing?”
There’s always news, and it’s up to the channels and stations we depend on to give us that news. It has become a concern however that news has lost a bit of its meaning and edge and focused solely on what’s popular or trending. Court cases, missing planes and pas-sengers, missing or murdered children: these are all stories people want to hear about and are worth coverage, but there comes a point where ‘news’ isn’t really new anymore. People and testimonies are exploited, ‘what-ifs’ control the airtime, and the repetitive nature of the broadcast becomes all too commonplace. It’s time to push the stories that matter and are current to the forefront of the media instead of filling the gaps with theories of a missing plane’s location.
Malaysia Air - How “new” is “news?”
THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2014 THE LOQUITUR.COM | 3NewsSister Simone Campbell - award recipientCONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE
Campbell is a leading activist on a variety of issues and has made many different types of appearances. She has not only stood before Congress lobbing, she has spread her message through television programs such as “60 Minutes,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report.”
Her voice has been heard and earned her great honor in many communities. Cabrini College recognizes her ambition and determination to seek change within the world. Due to her hard work and dedication Campbell was able to humbly accept The Ivy Young Willis Award on March 13. William G. Willis created the award in 1992 to honor his late wife. The award is a combination of his wife's involvement in the League of Women Voters and the World Affairs Council and his interest in political science.
Centered at Cabrini College the Ivy Young Willis Award is awarded to a women who has made an outstanding contribution in the field of public affairs. In accepting the award Campbell shared some her experiences that lead to this great honor. She stressed the importance of speaking up. "Use your power, use your voice," Campbell said. As she spoke about the importance of immigration reform she addressed the image we have created of the United States, "the American dream." Immigrants come here expecting the chance to succeed, yet we do not open our communities to them. "We in the United States have not accepted responsibility for passing out global hope," Campbell said "we the people of the United States need to form a more perfect union."
Within advocating for immigration reform Campbell is supporting the improvement of life for the 100 percent. She feels that success in this area will be beneficial for the United States as a whole. "They are in our community, in churches and in schools; hid-den in the shadows yet woven into our community," Campbell said. It is at this time that we recognize that immigrants are here. Here for the hope of a better life for themselves and their children, "the American dream." Now is the time to open our hearts and advo-cate to our Congress the importance of immigration reform, an issue that has no quick
fix. Campbell dreams of breaking hearts, breaking hearts means creating more accep-tance for immigrants in the United States.
AMBER MARSHALL / PHOTO EDITOR
Interim President Deb Takes, Sister Simone Campbell, and Dr. Darryl Mace.
BY ERICA ABBOTTAsst. Perspectives Editor
Freckleton is a little village of only 900 people that is located in northwest England. It is also the place where 38 children and 28 adults died in a crash on Aug. 23, 1944.
Dr. James Hedtke, professor of history and political science at Cabrini, has been working on a book about this very event from 1987 all the way through 2012. Hedtke spent some of those years on sabbatical, constant-ly collecting information and conducting interviews, even gathering more information one summer when he broke his foot. “The Freckleton, England, air disaster: the B-24 crash that killed 38 preschoolers and 23 adults, August 23, 1944” is the third book in Hedtke’s repertoire of history books, officially published on Jan. 30, 2014.
Hedtke had first heard about the little town from his wife, who had had a pen pal, named Jackie Whittle, when she was a child who was from Freckleton. His wife and Whittle became friendly over writing back and forth to
each other over the course of 30 years. In 1987, Hedtke and his wife went to England to visit the Whittle’s for the very first time.
“She [Whittle] said, ‘I’m going to take you to a gravesite—a communal grave’ and she told me the story of the crash. Not too many people in England have heard of it; hardly anybody in the United States,” Hedtke said. “From the time I saw the little vases with the kid’s names on it I thought, ‘Somebody’s got to be their voice.’”
The Freckleton disaster happened in the midst of World War II, just as Paris was being liberated. This kept Freckleton off the cover of anybody’s newspapers, including “The London Times.” Most of the front covers were about what the Allies were doing, while the Freckleton disaster was pushed to the inside and then subsequently moved to the rear. “The liberation of Paris was far bigger than 61 people dying. That’s a shame,” Hedtke said. “The story needs to be told because I believe that the only guarantee of eternal life is that somebody remembers you—these kids never got a chance to live so I want people to remember them.”
The disaster happened when an American B-24 Liberator crashed into Freckleton, including the Holy Trinity School that killed 38 children between the ages of four and seven years old. Hedtke mentions how no one in the village ever thought to sue the United States government or had any hard feelings against Americans—they saw it as a tragedy of war. “The justice for them was
the defeat of Hitler and Nazism,” Hedtke said. “This was part of the price that you paid—and they paid a very stiff price.”
From the Holy Trinity School, there were three survi-vors—two from Freckleton and one who was actually an evacuee who had been brought to Freckleton to be safe. One of those survivors who Hedtke had extensively spo-ken to was a woman named Ruby Currell who was four years old when the disaster occurred and had received burns almost all throughout her legs and on her arms. For years, Currell hid her burns until one day her husband, who just died last year, said, “Ruby, show your arms; you’re a beautiful person—if you want to show your arms, show them.”
So when Hedtke went to visit Currell, who was wear-ing a short-sleeve shirt that day, in England, he had said to her “This may sound crass but I know the story—can I see your burns?” Previously, Currell had moved out of the village when she was 17 but in the last 10 years or so, she has come back.
She is now a pillar of the village and she’s very proud of surviving because she can give a real voice to the disaster and the children will always have a voice.
Currell had referenced one of her experiences from the hospital when she was being treated for her burns to Hedtke in an interview: “She was in the hospital at the air base when they were treating her for her burns and Bing Crosby came by and Bing Crosby came into the room and talked to her for a while and then he said ‘What would you like me to sing’? Of course, she’s a four year old and the only song she’d ever heard was “White Christmas” and it’s September and she says, ‘Can you sing White Christmas’? He started and looking at her, he just started crying; he couldn’t finish it. So he excused himself and went to the door and stood behind the wall and sang it to her. And she still recalls that like it was yesterday.”
Hedtke also discussed that one story that really stood out to him was about a man named Tom Miller. It had been decided that the Americans were going to carry the caskets to the communal grave. When the list of the dead reached Miller, he said to his friend “Sonia Dagger…isn’t Sonia a beautiful name?” The American airmen had no idea whose casket they were carrying until the flowers were taken off of the top. Miller had been carrying the casket of Sonia Dagger. Right there, he vowed that his first daughter would be named Sonia—and he did. Miller’s daughter, Sonia, still puts flowers on her namesake’s part of the communal grave.
Another person that Hedtke had spoken to during interviews was the brother of the pilot. The pilot’s name was John Bloemendahl. He and his brother had been stationed at the same base for a while. The brother, Ernie, was 89 when Hedtke first brought up asking him for an interview. He spoke a lot about his brother during the interview and at the end said, “Please, don’t make my brother the bad guy.”
That became Hedtke’s whole driving point of the book—just a bad place, bad time…an accident. Bloemendahl had been ordered back to the base, as a storm was coming in. The wings would have been vertical and that’s when he was hit by a gust of wind—somersaulting the plane through the village.
Hedtke mentioned how in the epilogue that the village has made national news again for another fire—a drug addict who had set a fire in a house, killing four children not 500 yards from where the Freckleton crash occurred. “How much can one little village take, how much tragedy do they have to go through?,” Hedtke said. “The village coming back again to heal that wound, I think speaks of the resilience of it.”
Americans have never forgotten the village since then. After the disaster happened, the government and service-men paid for the funerals, took care of burn victims and sponsored a playground.
Giving a voice to the children of Freckleton
ERICA ABBOTT / ASST. PERSPECTIVES EDITOR
Dr. James Hedtke holding his newly published book
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Gas explosion rocks morning routines in East Harlem
A gas explosion brought down two buildings in the East Harlem section of New York, early Wednesday morning. The calls came in around 9:15 a.m. reporting the scent of gas, which had amplified from the previous night. Not even 30 minutes later, both buildings had collapsed and shook the city for those within a mile. Initial reports declared three dead and countless people were injured and divid to local hospitals. Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a news conference, “This is a tragedy of the worst kind because there was no indication in time to save people.” The Red Cross quickly set up at a local school in order to provide assistance. The source behind the gas leak is still unknown but is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Read more the full story at nytimes.com | March 12, 2014
City of Boston plans for tighter security at this year’s Marathon
The 118th Boston Marathon is scheduled for April 21, will bring in 36,000 runners and be the safest yet, according to city officials. Approximately 1 million spectators are scheduled to attend the event and a large portion is expected to gather at the finish line across from the Boston Public Library, where last year’s bombings occurred. Security is complex, but the city is calling in 3,500 police offers, twice the number of last year’s initial number. Other protective measures include plainclothes officers, countless metal detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs and police access to hundreds of security cameras.
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Disney-ABC and many more in the Hollywood region were shocked when news arrived of the resignation of the president of Disney-ABC, Anne Sweeney. Deemed the television industry’s “most powerful woman,” Sweeney plans to attempt a new career in directing after not having the chance to “touch the creative process” behind the desks at Disney. Sweeney had never openly expressed a desire to direct which is why the news left many puzzled. Her successor is expected to be hired internally according to Bob Iger, chief executive for Disney.
Read the full story at nytimes.com | March 11, 2014
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Missing Malaysian Airlines flight now considered a criminal act
After several updates throughout the week, the search for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 took a transition on Saturday. After a week of investigating and no leads on the whereabouts of the plane, officials are now considering the event a criminal investigation, specifically regarding the two pilots. The prime minister of Malaysia is asking for assistance from governments around the world in finding the flight, which had 239 people on board. Police officers conducted a search of the house of pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah as a part of the investigation. The flight changed course after take-off and soon after, the transponder and communication system had been shut off as well. According to the prime minister, “These movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane.” Overall, families of passengers are distraught and officials in Washington are pushing for the F.B.I. to lend a hand.
Read the full story at nytimes.com | Mar 9, 2014
Influencial vice President Afghanistan dies suddenly
The vice president of Afghanistan, Muhammad Qasim Fahim, died of a sudden heart attack on Sunday, March 9. Fahim had a powerful hand in politics and helped force the Taliban out of the country. Fahim was the leader in the Tajik minority of Afghanistan and kept tension from rising between Tajiks and the Afgan Pashtuns. Yet, on the other side of the table, he was constantly questioned for human rights violations as well as corruption. Fahim had various roles in Afghanistan. He served throughout the ‘90s as a leader in the Afghan intelligence service and eventually made his way to become the country’s defense minister. He became vice president in 2009 after losing the presidential election in 2004. Ultimately, his passing will become a major influence in Afghani elections, which are scheduled for sometime in April.
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It is then submitted to the board. “The board sees it at one meeting and they vote on it the next meeting,” Castellano said. “The board is the actual body that sets the tuition and it has to be so that it’s proper for the entire budget for the college.”
Students who have trans-ferred out of Cabrini have also mentioned how the cost was one of the reasons they chose to transfer.
“It’s up to Cabrini to realize the point to which its education remains important in financial terms and then rethink how to maintain the importance while lessening the financial burden,” Brandon Desiderio, senior communication major, said. “…It’s not just about getting a piece of paper in the end, or it shouldn’t be thus, the liberal arts schools –and that’s really where Cabrini’s unique mission and vision does come into play.”
Also mentioned in the letter was how Cabrini’s “food costs increased by more than four percent last year,” Cabrini didn’t increase student’s room and board fees so the costs were not passed along to students. This increase comes in part from the increase in the con-sumer price index (CPI).
Part of this tuition increase is just a matter of balancing the books, according to Castellano. There will also be a new position coming to the college within the Center for Career and Professional Development. This new position will offer help to students to find jobs after graduation. The letter stated, “95 percent of Cabrini students are employed or in graduate school 10 months after graduation.” This new position will help students in that area.
Then how will this increase affect students the most? Well, until the FAFSA is filled out for the next academic year, it is hard to tell how much each student will be impacted. According to Castellano, two-thirds of students live on campus. This increase will be hitting the students both in the area of tuition and fees and room and board.
“I feel like the tuition increase affects so many college students and their family as well because now it is even harder for us pay it off than it was before and even for our loans it costs more,” Christina McCullough, freshman double major in criminology and psychology, said. “For some of us or even most of us, our parents are the ones pay-ing for our college tuition and possibly some of the jobs they have are not well-paying so it also makes it more difficult for them.”
This increase is coming before the college’s affordability plan is set to end. Announced in October 2011, the affordability plan included a cap on tuition of $30,000 “to keep the school affordable for the middle-class families [Cabrini] tends to serve,” Castellano said. This affordability plan also decreased the tuition and fees from $33,176 to $29,000 effective for the 2012-2013 academic year and that has remained for this 2013-2014 academic year. The tuition and fees cap is set to go through May 2015. It is not yet determined what the final costs of tuition and room and board will be beyond that point until the board votes again sometime in February.
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MACKENZIE HARRIS / ASST. NEWS EDITORJasmine Rivera giving her lecture in the Mansion.
Undocumented immigrants are not welcome in Norristown
BY MACKENZIE HARRISAsst. News Editor
Isreal Resendiz Hermandaz was detained at the end of January this year. Leaving behind two young daughters, a wife and two busi-nesses.
While in his time as a detainee, Hermandaz went on a hunger strike for 18 days to bring his pain and suffering to attention. His wife has been fighting nonstop and doing press conferences, and got arrested in Washington D.C., sending a message to President Obama that he has the power to stop deportations and to return her husband back to their family if he wanted to.
On Tuesday, March 18, Jasmine Rivera, Organizer at Juntos came to Cabrini College to speak to students, faculty and staff about the Liberation Theology and Mobilization Latinos in Norristown.
Harmandaz’s story is just one of so many. The reality of what is going on in Norristown happens every single day. Local police in Norristown started collaborating with Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Agents in 2012, by the use of traffic checkpoints.
Just within the past year there were 600 deportations in Montgomery County and 500 deportations in Philadelphia County.
Sporadic checkpoints completely shattered the trust between the Latino community and local police enforcement. Unfortunately, the police in Norristown are of an older school mentality and are not very reflective of the current population Norristown, which is 33% Latino.
Over forty stories of abuse were collected, all at the hands of local police, ICE Agents released at a press conference.
This fear is so pervasive in the community that there are many community members who don’t even want to share their story one on one let alone share their stories for everyone.
Emma Jacobs, a reporter at WHYY did her own investigation on a pristine article where she contacted the local police and requested tickets that were issued on the days that there were checkpoints. She looked at all the tickets that were being issued, and of the tickets that were issued on the checkpoint dates, 60% of the tickets issued were Latinos.
“She was able to prove racial profiling,” Rivera said. “And as we all know, that’s illegal. The local police were breaking the law.”
As a result of the combination of the grassroots mobilizing press and media coverage, the administrator and the Chief of Norristown Police, resigned.
Since September 2012, there have not been any checkpoints with ICE in Norristown, and last year on March 23, 2013 the borough of Norristown officially stated they would not collaborate with ICE in the future.
“That was a huge victory for us, but we continue to fight,” Rivera said. “Unfortunately, checkpoints are still occurring, that is an issue we are currently dealing with right now. Although the checkpoints are not being done with ICE Agents, they are being done to stop people specifically whether or not they have a license.
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THURSDAY MARCH 20, 20146 | THE LOQUITUR.COM Perspectives
BY SAHRA ALIStaff Writer
Financial Aid helps millions of students make it through college, but how much does it really help? Every year the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is released. Students are then encouraged to fill it out, even if they feel as though they may not qualify because there is always a possibility that they would qualify.
The information then allows the federal government to deter-mine a family’s Estimated Family Contribution (EFC). This num-ber is an estimate as to how much your family may be able to contribute to your college education. But many are saying this formula is outdated and that the government is overestimating how much families really are able to spend on their child’s tuition.
Kim Clark from US News said that there are three ways the government overestimates a family’s ability to pay for college. First is the outdated budget estimates, which “bases its estimate of what families can afford today on a government budget for a ‘family maintaining a lower standard of living’ in 1967.” Does the government know that we are in a different century? It is now 2014. Clearly that formula needs to be thrown out. The second is that the government doesn’t take into consideration that different cities have higher and lower standards of living and the third one is that the government has unrealistic assumptions about a fam-ily’s spending.
The one that really got me was the formula. The formula really
needs updating. It would allow so many more people out there the incentive and probably the will to go to college. Anything helps, and sometimes these people are not getting the help they need to fulfill the education they want.
I personally think that the government is out of touch with the students. The country needs to strengthen their youth because in a few years time they will be the ones who are in power and out rul-ing the workforce, and if they are not ready for that responsibility things could go terribly wrong for everyone.
I know people who were unable to afford college, and the government wasn’t giving them the help they needed to pay for school so instead they just settled for a job, and thought “well maybe if I work at this company long enough I may be able to work my way up.” And for so many that may be the only way to earn a living in this day and age.
The higher education system in this country really needs some work. Students graduate with thousands of dollars in debt and spend years paying it off without the guarantee of a job. Many people out there are probably thinking “why would I go to col-lege?” And it is a perfectly reasonable question to ask.
Clearly somebody is not doing something right. Whether it is the government for not aiding enough or the colleges for having unbelievably high tuition rates either way there is a clear problem and hopefully somebody needs to realize this sooner rather than later.
BY EMILY ARENTZENAsst. News Editor
I am in no way, shape or form an expert on how the body works or how different foods affect our bodies. As far as I am concerned, if it fills me up and does not make me sick or gain weight, it is okay to eat. Recently, a new diet fad has been trending to the point where something that was once only available in specialty stores for a small population can now be found on your Girl Scout Cookies order form.
Gluten free diets are no longer strictly for those who suffer from celiac disease. Instead, many people are rid-ding their lives of gluten in an effort to become healthier. While I see no personal benefit from it, I looked into why some people may want to take up such a lifestyle.
To those with sincere allergies to this protein, going gluten-free is a must. However, from what I found, it appears that a gluten-free diet is similar to a low-carb diet or simply watching what you eat.
In an article posted with the NY Times online, a formal debate was presented where multiple writers presented their opinions about the topic and supported their claims. The one that resonated most with me was written by an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Darshak Sanghavi.
Sanghavi essentially stated that while it is not nec-essarily harmful to the body to give up gluten, it is not harmful to not do so either. In fact, in his debate, Sanghavi stated that “gluten-free diets often aren’t very healthy.”
Going into this research, I had no prior assumptions as to what a gluten-free diet even was. I merely thought of it as a new trending lifestyle choice. After reading up on the topic, I now have formed my own opinion of it.
To me, a gluten-free diet is nothing short of merely watching what you eat, for those who do it as a per-sonal preference rather than medical. For those who are restricted to gluten-free diets, it is a completely neces-sary part of their life. However, as a personal choice, it is really only meant to cut out certain foods from your diet that may have some negative effects.
I know of a few people who have taken this dietary path and tip my hat to them. The amount of restraint it takes to completely cut out a very common ingredient in many foods is not something to be taken lightly. If I were forced to give up the kinds of foods that contain gluten such as pasta or bread, about 85 percent of my diet would be washed away.
From what I took from the research that I conducted, I came back with one main piece of information. If you do decide to undergo such a lifestyle, it is important to look deeply into it and understand what the diet entails. Do not go into it with preconceived notions that you have not really followed up on your research and make sure that there will be no negative repercussions to this decision.
To read Sanghavi’s full statement see Before Going Gluten-Free, Make Sure It’s Necessary.
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THE LOQUITUR.COM | 7 PerspectivesTHURSDAY MARCH 20, 2014
BY ALEXA FERRAGINEAsst. Lifestyles Editor
As college students start looking for jobs in the work force, students includ-ing myself question what to wear to interviews and even after interviews when they either get the internship or job. According to CNN.com appearance is ranked second under communication skills that are qualities associated with professionalism in the work force.
When going to apply for different positions I think it is extremely important to dress
appropriately and not too over the top. When men go to do these things I feel they need to look the part for what they are interview-ing for.
It is completely inappropriate in my eyes for men to come to work dressed in anything else besides a proper suit and tie. I don’t think there is any way that your employer will take you seriously, regardless of what type of job you have I think it is necessary to always look put together and professional. Some things like flip flops, jeans, and unkept hair. I think it’s very important also to have a proper fitting suit so you get that clean and together look.
However, sometimes the clothing isn’t the only thing contribut-ing to the look that men need to look clean and put together. The
way a man wears his hair can give off either a vibe whether your look says sloppy or not. A man’s hair needs to be kept clean in order to achieve a well and successful look.
When thinking about what to wear as a woman to work you most likely would think in order to achieve that proper and put together look they can wear a pencil skirt and pair it with a button-down shirt. Sometimes women take these guidelines a little too loosely and dress either too over the top for work or way too casual.
Some women think that length doesn’t matter when wearing a pencil skirt to work. That couldn’t be farther from the truth. There is an appropriate length and an inappropriate length when wearing this type of clothing to work. My rule of thumb is if it’s above the knee it is probably too short for work. If you wear a short enough skirt in the office your co-workers could get the wrong idea about you because of the way you are presenting yourself. The look the woman is giving off can add to the continuing sexualization which I think has existed in the office world for years.
Along with the length of the skirt, what is on the skirt also plays a factor in deciding what is appropriate and what isn’t for the office. Women, I believe, should not be walking into the office like it is a nightclub. They should stay away from any type of sequins and glit-ter while in the setting of your work.
When dressing for work I would stay away from the club-type heels to keep your image in the office as professional as possible in the eyes of your peers in the office. Keep it under four inches if you are going to wear heels.
People can make their own opinion on what is professional and what isn’t but to keep your presentation clean and simple I would advise to keep it classy clean and not too over the top.
BY LIAM SHRADERStaff Writer
CVS, the highest selling phar-macy in the country has dropped tobacco products from their shelves. Their CEO, Larry J. Merlo, believes the sale of tobacco prod-ucts is inconsistent with the com-pany’s purpose. While this deci-sion is winning a lot of support and praise, some are saying that if their purpose is to promote health then they also need to stop sell-ing junk-food and any unhealthy products. Others think the move is pointless because this won’t cut down on the number of smokers either.
It’s true that junk-food is a huge factor in many Americans poor health, and this isn’t going to stop anyone from smoking, they’ll just buy their cigarettes some-where else. However, I think both those things are irrelevant to this decision. Pharmacies are meant to be supporting good health and that’s what Merlo wants for his company. He’s not trying to do away with smoking as a whole, he just doesn’t want to be con-tributing to it. If he’s not ready to replace all of his snack-foods with gluten free granola bars then he shouldn’t have to. Bags of Lay’s potato chips kill a lot less people than cigarettes do.
Maybe in time they do plan to sell exclusively healthy prod-ucts, but I don’t see any reason to criticize what they sell or don’t sell. Whether there is more cuts to come, I think this is a good move for CVS to make.
CVS goes tobacco
free
Pushing the boundaries of fashion in the workplace
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Freshman, elementary education major, Evan Guinessy
Evan Guinessy: Give him the light–he’s ready for actionBY SE’QUIA BAILEYLifestyles Editor
Living in the spotlight is something Evan Guinessy is used to. A freshman, elementary education major, Guinessy is ready to make his mark. Theater has always been a big part of his life. Guinessy has been acting since the age of six. Starting early gave Guinessy a different view on life and his future. “I have always had a positive inspiration of arts and theater,” Guinessy said.
Guinessy wasted no time jumping into theater here making his debut in Cabrini College’s fall production ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. “I am bringing myself and all that I have to offer talent wise.”
Though a new face to the audience Guinessy is a familiar face to the cast and crew. “When I visited here, I saw the production of ‘Out of Order’,” Guinessy said. “I was completely blown away from the cast to the set.”
Guinessy will also make an appearance in this spring’s musical, ‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’, by the Cabrini College theater. He will play a character named Jose. “I am a normal go with the flow type of guy,” Guinessy said. “So it is a challenge for me to play José because he is so much like myself.”
Guinessy tells how his fun and enthusiasm keeps him eager to learn more about theater. As he prepares for the musical at Cabrini, he is also preparing to audition for the King of Prussia Players. “I will be auditioning for their production of ‘Footloose’ for the part of Ren McCormack,” Guinessy said. This is a complete contrast to his supporting role in the spring musical. “The challenge faced is
juggling responsibilities being here at Cabrini and auditioning for the KOP players,” Guinessy said.
Challenges are something Guinessy believes he deals with well. Though he invests much of his time in theater, he is able to balance his school work and acting career. “At first I was not sure if I was going to do theater because I was afraid I wasn’t going to get my homework done,” Guinessy said. However, it proved to do the opposite for him. Theater allows him to escape for just a few hours. Enough to clear his mind and keep his stress balanced. “Joining theater mentally puts me in a position to do homework.”
Guinessy believes that his role as a future teacher of America is like playing a role on stage. He understands that it will be the most serious role he will play in his life. “My inspiration was my third grade teacher,” Guinessy said. “She really inspired me to be what I want to become in the near future.”
Being a teacher is something Guinessy always knew he wanted to be. “I envisioned myself as a teacher since I was little,” Guinessy said. “I would pretend to teach stuffed animals.” Along-side loving theater his love for school is the same.
Though he is not sure if he will teach drama, his major goal is to make sure that his students leave his classroom with the education they deserve.
THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2014 THE LOQUITUR.COM | 9Lifestyles
BY SAHRA ALIStaff Writer
An up-and-coming club at Cabrini is the Advertising and Promotions Club. The club had once existed before but flopped, and with the encouragement of Dr. Dawn Francis, an communication professor, the club had managed to start up again.
The mission of the Advertising and Promotions club is to “provide a community for creative thinkers who are interested in marketing, advertising, public relations and social media to learn about strategic communications network with one another and professionals in the field and collaborate on special projects.”
Valerie Ruiz a senior majoring in communication, is the president of the Advertising and Promotions Club.
The club has lots of upcoming projects planned. “We want to totally recreate the communications wing, and go out with the old, and in with the new.” The club members plan to get signs out so everyone knows where everything is in the communication department, and make it more attractive for future communication students.
One project the club is taking on is possibly putting LOQation on televisions
around campus, and to place pictures that students shot out on the hallways so that others have more of an understanding and students get recognized for the work that they do.
At the club meetings, members spend their time talking about networking when they are not working on projects. Everything from resume tips, to tips on how to give a presentation and preparing for interviews are topics discussed.
The club is trying to establish its presence on campus, “We want to be a place where others can come if they want help in establishing themselves,” Ruiz said “We are advertisers and promoters, it is what we do, so we hope other clubs can find our usefulness and use us.”
Anyone is welcome to join the club and the door is always open. Meetings take place twice a month on Tuesdays at 3:15 in Founders room 279.
Advertising & promotions – pitch, post and promote
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ALL PHOTOS ALEXA FERRAGINE
Alexa and friends celebrating St. Paddy’s Day weekend in Atlantic City
The start of the Atlantic City St. Paddy’s Day parade Alexa and friends on the boardwalk
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BY ALEXA FERRAGINEAsst. Lifestyles Editor
Saint Patrick’s Day has come and gone, along with all the green shamrocks and holiday t-shirts. In Atlantic City, NJ people took wearing green to a whole new level wearing green tutus and green hats while celebrating the festivities and watching the parade that took place this past Saturday on March 16.
People chose to dress more understated with just a simple green shirt to engage in the celebration or decided to go a little more over the top with face paint green tights, tutus and whatever green item they could get their hands on.
The parade consisted of different floats and people walking along the boardwalk all celebrating together.
But just because Saint Patrick’s Day is over doesn’t mean you have to put your green tees back in the back of your closet until you need them again for the next Saint Patrick’s Day. Green is a great color to add a bit of pop to your outfit. Whether
it’s a big part of your outfit or not, green is definitely a color you can wear more than just on an Irish holiday.
If you’re into wearing colored jeans, green jeans are a great choice that go with a lot of different things and supply a variety of options to wear with them. Different stores offer different type of shades of green jeans that can be paired with a simple black or grey t-shirt and if you want to you can add a black or even animal print scarf to add to the look.
If you would like to add a more subtle touch of green to your look you can also look for a green statement necklace that can be added to any look during any season.
Going green not just for St. Paddy’s Day
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BY JESSICA PARADYSZAsst. Lifestyles Editor
Red Robin is known for amazing burgers, but does this food chain live up to the hype?
Red Robin is located in the Providence Town Center shopping center in Collegeville, PA. The 20 minute trip from Cabrini is filled with popular stores to check out as well as the Movie Tavern.
The service was very good as the hostess did not have us waiting for long. The waiter was also friendly and courteous. He explained a new feature, a small touchscreen where customers can listen to music, play games and even order diet coke refills and desert, all in one… A testament to how much technology is changing and the restaurant business is catching on.
Walking in, customers will see the golden- yellow walls are full of memorabilia, iconic posters and pictures organized on the walls. The front of the restaurant features some tables facing the front windows, a modern bar with a shimmering silver background which opens up to many more booths and tables towards the back.
The tall booth next to the kitchen was an interesting location. The kitchen is open and customers can see the impressive amount of order slips and all of the work behind the cheery-red counter. The chimes of the kitchen were not distracting as upbeat pop music played in the background…everything from Madonna to Britney Spears.
Soon the table was full of mouth-watering sandwiches and french fries. The “bottomless steak fries” advertised on the popular commercials were worth it, served in a bottomless silver container. The crispy chicken burger was delicious and fresh.
Red Robin is known for its gourmet burgers, and offers everything from a whiskey river BBQ to a keep it simple burger. For those looking for something different, the menu is full of turkey and chicken burger options or wraps, sandwiches and salads.
The Crispy Chicken Sandwich, priced at $9.99 was a fairly affordable choice, especially with the option of free fry “refills.” Paying for the bill was much easier, and even fun with the touch pad. The screen displayed all of the checks and enabled customers to pay for their own check at the table.
Not sure how much to tip? No need to whip out a smartphone calculator as the
screen automatically shared tipping options for different percents.“Red Robin is a cool place to hang out with friends and have good food” said
Bridget Wagner, sophomore business major. “The touchscreen was high tech and made paying easier.”
Restaurant review – Red Robin...yum
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LOCATIONS HOURS/DAYS A. Providence Town Center **8.21 miles away220 Plaza Drive: Suite #1 Collegeville, PA 19426#(610) 850-8000
B. Exton **13.54 miles away 600 West Uwchian Ave. Exton, PA 19341 #(610) 363-5995
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BY LIAM SHRADERStaff Writer
This star-studded indie film probably flew under the radar for you like it did mine. It released to limited theaters just under a year ago and stars Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, along with Eva Mendes and Ray Liotta. After hearing about how great it was from a couple friends I took the time to find it on demand and see it for myself.
The Place Beyond the Pines begins slowly with Luke (Ryan Gosling), a motorcycle stunt rider for a traveling carnival. When he meets back up with an old fling, Romina (Mendes), he discovers he has a son and decides to stay in town to help provide for his baby. Being a man with limited means, he quickly turns to crime, teaming up with a friend to rob banks. His new found situation makes him feel like a deadbeat. He wants to be able to give his child and Romina a better life, and he begins to spin out of control trying to make this happen.
Luke gets careless and tries to pull a heist on his own and finds himself in a high-speed chase, being pursued by rookie police officer Avery (Bradley Cooper). It’s this
fated interaction that sets the movie onto a new course and shifts the focus to Avery, an ambitious, young officer who’s trying to rise through the ranks while dealing with a corrupt police department.
The story unfolds over the next fifteen years and the sons of the two men find themselves meeting. Their interactions send Jayson (Luke’s son) on a journey of self-discovery as he attempts to find out all he can about his father.
Bottom line, next time you sit down for a movie night you should search around for this one. It’s a very interesting story told in a creative way that I’ve never seen before. It’s a long movie to sit through but makes for a fun ride.
‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ movie review
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“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” DR. SEUSS
Answers March 6, 2014
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BY JASON WILLIAMSAsst. Sports Editor
The opportunity for higher education and a better lifestyle isn’t always an option for young men from Camden, New Jersey. For Vinny “The Gift” Walls he found a bet-ter way to live and receive higher educa-tion through basketball.
“At first I was skeptical because it was a different environment, and I had never heard about Cabrini College,” said Walls on why he decided to attend Cabrini. “I went to high school with Aaron Walton-Moss and he convinced me to give Cabrini a try to help him win a national champion-ship. I was also attracted to the academic success of Cabrini College graduates.”
Vinny Walls is a junior transfer from Essex County Junior College. Walls has been a junior standout this year for the Cabrini men’s basketball team.
“It is a brotherhood more than a team so everyday it’s like we are coming togeth-er as a family in order to achieve a goal,” Walls said when asked about the men’s basketball team and his favorite moment as a Cavalier. “My favorite moment as a Cavalier so far has to have been winning our CSAC title. It was one of the goals we set at the beginning of the year. Even though we didn’t accomplish our main goal we still completed many goals on our list this year.”
Vinny comes from a strong background of great family and basketball. On the
court Vinny is a standout scorer and sharpshooter. On and off the court he is a family-oriented young man who is trying to better not only his life through basket-ball and education, but his family’s as well.
“My biggest inspirations on and off the court are my parents, because of the sup-port system I have from them. They both inspire me to be a better person on and off the court,” said Walls when asked about his biggest inspirations.
Vinny’s father, like him, was a standout basketball player at Camden High School and The University of Louisville. Vinny has built a reputation on the court as a sharp-shooter and pure scorer like his father before him. Coming from Camden basket-ball has a strong history, and Vinny plans on living up to the standard of Camden basketball.
“Mainly my father, but Dejuan Wagner because of his success and the fact that he was able to get out of the environment of Camden while still representing where he came from,” said Vinny when asked about his role models of basketball and who he looks up to. “I try to model my game after not only my father but Jamal Crawford, Stephen Curry and Penny Hardaway, for their ability to score at will and their ability to see the game on the floor.”
Coming from Camden higher educa-tion is not always a possibility or option. For someone coming from the inner city the success rate of making it out is slim to none.
“I knew at a young age if I didn’t have an athletic scholarship I wouldn’t be able to afford a college education. So I pushed myself to obtain an academic and partial scholarships to make myself and my fam-ily proud,” said Walls when asked about his options to obtain higher education.
All athletes have the same common goal to make a better living for not only themselves but for their families as well. Many athletes just believe if they cannot go pro and make it as a professional that’s the end of the line, but Vinny has stressed the importance of education, because his family has told him basketball isn’t the only key to success.
“Right now, I see myself as a family man. Raising my children under better circumstances and environments com-pared to what I had to endure being raised in Camden,” Walls said when asked about where he sees himself in 10 years.
As a star athlete your main focus is usually just the sport of your choice, but for Vinny Walls he is gifted enough to have the skill on the court and to have the knowledge in the classroom. A profes-sional basketball career is in the works for Walls, but after the ball stops, Walls knows that this isn’t the end. “The first thing I will do is move my family out of Camden, to give them a better life,” Walls said after asked about the first thing he would do if given the opportunity to play professional basketball.
Not many are gifted enough to have
the strong mindset and support system of Walls, one can truly say he isn’t only known as the Gift, but he is also truly gifted.
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CASSANDRA PHIPPS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Walls is a 6’1” junior liberal arts major from Camden, Nj.
Vinny walls averaged .523 from the field, .449 from beyond the arc and .757 from the free throw line
No. 11 Vinny Walls averaged 18.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game in 18 games
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Vinny WallsSeason Stats:
POINTS:339
STEALS:22
REBOUNDS:52
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Vinny Walls: The Gift of Camden
BY CHRIS RYANStaff Writer
The Lady Cavs faced off against University of the Sciences in their Spring opener this past weekend. Unfortunately the Cavs were beaten 6-3 by the devils. “It was a tough start for us,” said sophomore Nicole Broccolino. “ We only had half of our team there.”
Doubles pair of freshmen Elena Conway and sophomore Nicole Broccolino fell 8-2 in the number one doubles. “With people missing we all had to play with new pair part-ners,” said Conway. In number two doubles the pair of sophomores Mia Scocozza and Mackenzie Murray earned an 8-4 win over the Devils. “It was tough playing with new pair
parnters,” said Murray. “But overall I think we played well.”Splitting off into single matches Conway claimed a 7-5 and a 6-2 victory while
Murray secured a 6-2 and a 6-0 win. The Cavs suffered two losses during singles where Broccolino fell 6-0 twice in number one singles and Scocozza suffered a 8-6 defeat in a superset for number four singles.
“Although we lost we have another chance to play them in the fall,” said freshmen Elena Conway. “This was a great opportunity to scout their team so that next time we will be prepared.”
The Lady Cavs return to the court on Friday, Mar. 28 where they will face off against Lebanon Valley College.
BY STOCKLY BUABENGStaff Writer
It has been a tough season for Cabrini women’s lacrosse team as they look to secure their first win over their rival team Widener University. In each game over the last three years, they tied 1-1, but after losing twice to open their 2014 campaign, Cabrini women’s lacrosse team scored its first win of the season. The Cavalier lacrosse team beat Widener University 15-13 at the Edith Robb Dixon Field.
Cabrini’s freshman Sasha Wozniak delivered her best performance when she secured the best seven goals of the day. This puts her up to a career high of eight points total. Lacie Doubet, a junior busi-ness major, leads Cavaliers scoring chart with 35 goals of her 41 career games.
Doubet added three goals and one assist to her long list of goals scored throughout her career.
Doubet and Wozniak were the first to score for the Cavaliers tieing the game. Allie Vallen secured her first career goal this season to help give the Cavaliers a strong lead in the first half. Goals came from junior Lacie Doubet, senior Sarah Means, and freshman Sasha Wozniak.
Early in the second half Widener University was able to equalize by scoring four of their first five goals of the game. The Cavaliers with their never-say-die atti-tude took over the game as they answered Widener University as Melissa Scanzano, junior education major, scored her first two goals in the second half, followed by goals from Bree Thompson, senior liberal studies major, and Wozniak.
Wozniak and Scanzano extended the lead for the Cavaliers to 15-11 as Widener University shattered the three-goal run, which was scored earlier in the second half.
Cabrini College certainly did put on a brilliant performance as the overall shots were 41-30 with shots on target been 29-20. Wozniak led the Cavaliers with 12 total shots, including 11 on target, while Scanzano and Doubet fired nine each.
Thompson also joined Wozniak as he scooped a career high of nine ground balls joining Wozniak. Thompson and senior Erin McLaughlin with three draw controls each. Scanzano’s four draw controls led the club.
Junior Megan Decker caused four turn-overs in her first action of the season, more than Thompson. Junior Megan Granata led Widener University with four goals and one assist, while senior Amy Albano and junior Mackenzie Lindquist paired two goals and two assists.
Cabrini will be returning to action on Wednesday as the team looks to begin the Colonial States Athletic Conference play visit from Notre Dame (MD) University.
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Women’s lacrosse secures first win
Sophomore Mackenzie Murray was part of a doubles 8-4 win with her partner Mia Scocozzo
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JOHN HOWARD/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
No. 20 Lacie Doubet had one assists and three goals on nine shots on net in Cabrini’s first win over Widener University
Women’s tennis opens up their season with a loss
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No. 18 Melissa Scanzano had two goals on nine shots in Cabrini’s win
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Elena Conway lost in her number one doubles match with her partner Nicole Broccolino
BOX SCORECabrini 15
Widener University 13INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
GOALS: WU: MEGAN GRANATA 4, MACKENZIE LINDQUIST 2 CAVS: SASHA WOZNIAK 7,
LACIE DOUBET 3
ASSISTS: WU: MACKENZIE LINDQUIST 2 CAVS: BREE THOMPSON 2
CSAC STANDINGSCabrini College 6-0 (0-0 CSAC)
Gwynedd-Mercy University 3-2 (0-0 CSAC)Neumann University 1-4 (0-0 CSAC)
Rosemont College 1-3 (0-0 CSAC) Immaculata University 0-4 (0-0 CSAC)Marywood University 3-4 (0-0 CSAC)
Centenary College 1-3 (0-0 CSAC)
CSAC STANDINGS Cabrini College 1-2 (0-0 CSAC)
Neumann University 2-2 (0-0 CSAC)Immaculata University 2-2 (0-0 CSAC)Marywood University 1-5 (0-0 CSAC)
Gwynedd-Mercy University 2-4 (0-0 CSAC) Rosemont College 1-2 (0-0 CSAC)Centenary College 0-3 (0-0 CSAC)
Cedar Crest College 0-1 (0-0 CSAC)Notre Dame of Maryland 0-2 (0-0 CSAC)
AS OF TUESDAY, MARCH. 18
Stats and StandingsMen’s Lacrosse Women’s Lacrosse
TEAM LEADERSGOALS
Sasha Wozniak - 12Lacie Doubet - 9
Melissa Scanzano - 6
ASSISTSBree Thompson - 5
Melissa Scanzano - 3
POINTSSasha Wozniak - 14Lacie Doubet - 10
SAVESJanel Folkomer - 25
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGEJanel Folkomer - 15.33
TEAM LEADERSGOALS
Corey Elmer - 21Damian Sobieski - 18
Tyler Johnston - 17
ASSISTSCorey Elmer - 16
Tyler Johnston - 13
POINTSCorey Elmer - 37
Tyler Johnston - 30
SAVESHank Alschuler - 49
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGEHank Alschuler - 8.00
THURSDAY MARCH 20, 2014 THE LOQUITUR.COM | 15 Sports
HEATHER LAPERGOLA/EDITOR IN CHIEF
BY HOWARD BLAKE IIIAsst. Sports Editor
The Cabrini Men’s lacrosse team continued you their undefeated win streak to 6-0
with a 20-11 victory over the visiting Nazareth Golden Flyers. The No. 6 Cavaliers’ win tied their best start in the program’s history.
The Cavaliers didn’t con-
trol the game from the start as the Golden Flyers took an early 2-0 lead over the Cavs with over two minutes in the first half of play. The Cavs didn’t panic as they relied on the leadership from their upperclassman.
Junior Anthony DiNenno scored the first goal for the Cavaliers coming out of a timeout, marking his first goal out the year. Just 40 seconds later senior Corey Elmer assisted junior Tyler Johnston to notch the game up at 2-2.
Going into the second quarter the Cavs trailed the Golden Flyers 3-2 by giving up a goal in the final seconds before the end of the first.
But the Blue and White wasted no time as Sobeski netted his first goal of the game only one minute into the second quarter.
Junior Mike Leyden gave the Cavs the lead less than a minute later. Cabrini quick-ly took a 6-4 lead over the Golden Flyers after Johnston and Elmer scored back-to-back goals in just over a min-utes’ span.
However the Golden Flyers didn’t go away as they tied the game at 6-6.
Sobieski’s goal gave the Cavaliers a short lived 6-7 lead as the Golden Flyers repeated their end of quarter heroics, scoring a goal with seconds left at the end of the quarter to tie the game at 7-7 just before halftime.
In the second half the Cavaliers tightened up their play and dominated the game. The Cavaliers caught fire as they tallied five unan-swered goals. Two goals came from Sobieski, while junior Anthony DiSanzo, Elmer and DiNenno each tal-lied one more to their totals,
extending the Cavs lead to 12-7.
Once again for the third time, the Golden Flyers con-tinued to fight, scoring a goal in the final minute of the quarter cutting Cabrini’s lead to 12-8.
In the fourth the Cavs opened up strong as Leyden scored his 15th goal of the season. Sophomore Brian Kittredge got in on the action, assisting freshman Mike Crowley for a goal.
Nazareth continued to fight cutting the Cavaliers lead to 15-10. However it wasn’t enough as the Cavaliers went on their sec-ond 5-0 scoring run of the game. Eventually the Golden Flyers tallied one last goal.
Elmer tied a game-high seven points off of three goals and four assist. One of his goals went on to tally the 100th of his career.
Sobieski had a team-high five goals while Johnston tied Elmer with a team high seven points with a team high five assists.
Leyden and DiSanzo each had three goals. Freshman goalie Austin Marshall tallied his fist win with 10 saves in the second half.
The Cavaliers look to have their best start in program history as they prepare to take on Whittier College at Edith Rob Dixon Field at 3:00 p.m.
Cavalier Calendar
Thursday, March 20
NO GAMES
Friday, March 21
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL ATCENTENARY COLLEGE (DH)
AT 3 P.M. AND 5 P.M.
Saturday, March 22
MEN’S GOLF ATCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE
AT 12:30 P.M.MEN’S TENNIS AT
EASTERN UNIVERSITYAT 3 P.M.
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL VSWESLEY COLLEGE (DH)
AT 3 P.M. AND 5 P.M.WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS
GWYNEDD MERCY UNIVERSITYAT 6:30 P.M.
Sunday, March 23
NO GAMES
NO GAMES
Monday, March 24
Tuesday, March 25
Wednesday, March 26
WOMEN’S SOFTBALL VSIMMACULATA UNIVERSITY (DH)
AT 12 P.M. AND 2 P.M.MEN’S TENNIS VS
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITYAT 1 P.M.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE ATCENTENARY COLLEGE
AT 1 P.M.MEN’S LACROSSE VSWHITTER COLLEGE
AT 3 P.M.
MEN’S LACROSSE VSIMMACULATA UNIVERSITY
AT 6:30 P.M.
No. 8 Senior Corey Elmer had four assists and three goals on six shots
No. 20 Junior Tyler Johnston had five assists and two goals on six shots.
NOELLE DICIOCCIO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BOX SCORE
Keystone College 2Cabrini College 1
GOALS: CAB: STEPHANIE TOOMEY; KU: KELSEY DROZDA, CHRISTIANA NEVERS
ASSISTS: CAB: JEN WEBB; KU: KELSEY DROZDA, RAISHA PIPER
GOALKEEPERS: CAB: GENEVIEVE PAULIN - 5
NOELLE DICIOCCIO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
NOELLE DICIOCCIO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BOX SCORENazareth College 11Cabrini College 20
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
GOALS: CAVS: DAMIAN SOBIESKI 5 NC: BRIAN WRIGHT 2
ASSISTS: CAVS: TYLER JOHNSTON 5 NC: HUNTER BURDICK 2
No. 9 Junior Damian Sobieski had five goals on seven shots on net in Cabrini’s win over Nazareth College
Men’s lax off to best start in program’s history