Friday,Feb.3, 1995 Vol. XLI, No. 15 Cabrini Colleg·e Radnor, Pa. 19087
.SacredHeart surgeryset to kick off campus r,-enovation by KimberlySheldron
Boekesaidin orderto o.ffiletthe for interactivelearning,there Toe ~tion of an air condi- are grantproposals. tioningsysternwillbethefirstpartof Anna'.Kruse,chairpe®nof the themanyplannedrenovationsinSa- biologydepartment,saidsheoopesto cred HeartHall. Accordingto Dr. $&ascienrebuildingforthedepartTho~Boeke,prov~andacademic ment. Krusesaid the buildjng is dean,the buildingwillundergoboth supposedto be builtontotheelevator physicaland $1tUctural changes. end of SacredHeart Hall, Barclay ''The totalplan is yetto be final• saidchancesofcomtructingthisbuildit.ed/' Boekesaid. ing areverygood. Ifplansgoaccordingly,theinstal- "As soon~ the sportscenteris Jationof an airconditioningsystem underway,maybewe CM applyfor for the entirebuildingshouldbegin grantsandfunding,'' Krusesaid. thissummer. Ifthebuildingdoesgetapproved, "It is my undeJStanding thatthis Krusesaid, the sciencedepartment • • photo by Dawniclle ](]opp will be done by the fall semester," needs at leastfour new Jabs,washJennifer Simon and Gregory Shuck make "rabbit stew" for their pet rabbits at the Children's Boekesaid. rooms, storerooms,more Stmlinaf School's playground. Manystudentshavebeenworried roomsand instrumentation ro()JllS. that summercourseswouldnot be "Wecouldusearoomcomputeroffei:edbecaw;eof the renovations. izing experimentswe'd liketo do:' Boekesaid summercourseswill be Kruse said "We're lacldng new offered. Theregistrarwillmangethe technology.'' Saboe,whohasbeenaffiliatedwith Briscoe,thissavestimeandmoneythat by Nina Marie Sclarrotta schedulinginSacredHeartHall and Krusealso said a new scie.na: assistant op-ed editor the collegesince the age of 13, cur- wouldbewastedontransportationneeds otherareas so therewill not be any buildingwouldincrease emollntent. rentlyhasa daughterwho isenrolledat if the schoolis takenoff<ampus. contlicls,Boekesaid AcoordingtoKruse,whenhigbschool. "I can't seethatmovingthe school the Children'sSchool. by Nina Marie Sciarrotta Accordingto JohnBarclay,vice studentsvisit the ·schooi ~ ~ off<ampus would be detrimentalto The employees of the school were OEndof a Tradition J)l'ffiident of financialaffairsand ad- buildingwouldenhana:thestudenlS' After 20 years of service to the informedaboutthe decisiontwo days theprogram,"Bogiasaid. ''Manystuministration,EntechEngineeringhasperceptionofthescbool. community,theChildren'sSchool,lo- priorto the holidaybreak. According dentsdoworkatschoolsoff<ampus." beenhiredtotakecareofthedesignof 'Technologyis thetbing..,l<rose "I don't see realisticallyhow we cated behindPhysicalPlant,will be to a memofromIadarola,theadministhe air oonditioningsystem. said • moved off campusin order to make trationhas knownthat the Children's could do what we do with students Concerningwhethertuitionwill Dr.CynthiaHalpem,Spanishproroomfor the newAthleticand Recre-- Schoolis thebestlocationfortheARC now,"Briscoesaid. Briscoealsoexincrease due to the renovations, she would like to see presseda concernoverpossibletransationCenter(ARC),accordingtocam- sinceMay 1994. Barday saxf,"I don't suspect so." - ...-.thatwould aid •th,eJ.an· 'The factthattheywaitedsolongto portationproblemsthe educationstupus officials. lnlhefallsemesterofl9CJ3,Boeke guagedepar1meot Accordingto a memofrom Presi- tellustellsusthatwe don't havemuch dentsmightencounter."A lot of stumet withdepartmentchairs. Halpernwould like a television wiml'• pig on.•• Saboe oen&s<lt:i1't halle~" Briscoe:said. dent Antoinette~ the mhmt of a Sfll/ 111 1 TbbWWlibtf& 1,-...mthe i udVt.&••----•~ "Itwouldpa,eaproblemwithsched- teaching locationof the Children'sSchoolhas said. environmentneededto be ing and new kindsof seatingto enSeveralteacherswork.incoopera- uling, I would lose a lot of my day beencitedas the mostfeasiblesection improved. oouragegroupactivities. Inaddition, tionwiththeChildren'sSchoolasapart traveling,"JackieReid,an earlychildof the campusfor the newfacility. At this meepng,the department she said she would also likea 1an,. Accordingto thememo, 'The site of theirclassesand projects. Among hoodeducationstudent,said. Reidhas chaits gave their inputon the situa- guage,proficiency center,including beenworkingattheChildren'sSchool previouslyrecommendedwouldhave theseare tions.Boekesaidinordertocreatean a multimediacenter. for threeyears. requiredovet $600,CXX) in improve- ECE389 Theoriesand Activities interactivelearningenvironment, the • Halpernsaid she believes~b ''They're not factoringin the time CreativeMovementfor Children mentspriorto construction ..." departmentchairs ~ed for better renovationswouldimprovenotonly Accordingto Lisa Bogia,director Literatureand LanguageArts I, II,III equivalent.Wecouldmisswelloveran spatially-arranged classes,computer languageskillsbutalsoculturalskllls. of CollegeRelations,the administra- PsychologyandSocialStudiesDepart- hour of observationand interaction interactivec~andtelevisions Whetheror notsuch renovatiotu timewiththechildren,"ChaseThomption is very committedto findingan ments-Observation and videocassetterecordei:sin each willtakeplaceis thequestion., presidentofstudentPSEA, alternatesite for the school,poSSibly SociologyDepartment-Observation son-Malter, room. ''We'llseewhatthefurultywants." said .• QRemainingon Campus a Necesoff<ampus. The colle~ has hired Dober, Barclaysaid. Despiteas.surances by theadminis'"They'reworkinghard to find a sity? I..idsk:y, Craigand.Associates, Inc.as Barclaysaidthat whenplanning DotBriscoe,whohasworkedatthe trationthatthemovewouldnotdisrupt placewherethe schoolcan flourish," the planners of the renovations, the buildin8,it is very importantto Bogiasaid. "Nothinghasbeenelimi- schoolfor 10years,isconcernedabout thecurrenttiestheschoolhaswiththe Barclaysaid. bavevision.t.o1ooldntothefutureand whatwouldhappento therelationship college,studentsand employees are natedat thispoint" Acconiingto Barclay.the con- notjust intoday'senvironment Bogia~ thattheadministra- the school has with the collegeas a concerned. structionof the sports oomplexis . "It wasverygoodforitstime..Ifs "Logistically, how do you retain tionseesthattheschoolis an important resultof movingoff campus. Briscoe scheduledt.ostartin thefallof 1995. a very well-builtbuilding/'Barclay part of the educationprogram. "Dr. saidshe is alsoconcernedaboutwhat those ties if you're not located on Last semester, Dr. Margaret said. ''We need to e()hanceit and Iadarolaandthecabinetappreciatethe willhappenwithallof theworkstudy campus?" Briscoe said. McGuinnes.5, chairpersonof thereli~ upgradeit to meettoday's tecbnol"It's a matter of making a comwhohelpoutat valuethat theschoolhas,"Bogiasaid. andworkgrantstudents gion department,surveyedthe stu- ogy,'' mitment to make it work," Ellen However,accordingto employees the school. dentsinhercla.sses,askingthemwhat Boekesaidhewould1ike1X>make Briscoe said once a week the chilJackson, director of the Children's oftheschool,theadministration hasnot they would liketo see improvedin SacredHeartHallas state-<>f-the-art beenveryappreciativeoftheschoolas dren go to the Creative Movement School, said. SacredHeartHall.. Shesaidstudentsas~Je. an integralpart of the educationpro- clas.s. Accordingto Briscoe,this al- OlstbeAdministrationListening? askedfor betklrtemperaturecontrol,, "l be~ it's important in.the Students of Sigma Rho and stulows the students to ~ork with the gramand the campuscommunity. noise reduct.ionand televisionsand education of our stUdentsthatwe ''We'retryingtoapproachtheboard,childrenand is an invaluableexperi- dent PSEA who preferred not to be VCR$ineach room. createa teachingand learningenvibut we feel like we have no voice," encefor them.As of now,it is easyfor named said they are very concerned "I wanted to see if the students rorunentappiq:>ciateforthe2lstcen• Teresa Saboe, an employee of the thechildrento walkto theclass,as it is sbaredourperceptim~"McGg~ tuiy,'.'Boekesaid. ''A$ ~te, more CHILDREN on pg. 8 school,said. "It's neverbeenlikethis easyfortheeducationstudentstowalk said "ljustwasn'tsureifanyonewas walls will rome tumblingdownto to theChildren'sSchool.Accordingto before." askingthe students:' acc<>mmQdate teachingne¢ds.'' assistant copy editor
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