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FRIDAY,NOVEMBER22, 1996
VOL.XLIII, NO.12
20,000 gallons of water flood Dixon House
Disabled student strives for equality
RADNOR PA 19087
A Joly_good wash
Students whose rooms were affected, are permitted to temporarily move back in until renovations begii,. by Gavin Mlrlgllanl
off the water Kuklinski noticed that there was some charring of the sprinkler system. Most of the What was supposed to be a water was located on the second funny prank, ended with 20,000 floor and it started seeping gallons of water inside the Dixon through the floor behlnd the walls house. and into students' rooms. The area On Sat. Nov. 16, house two between the two floors had had a routine fire drill, at least that become saturated with water. is what students thought. It was Public Safety had blocked off four a.m. when the annoying the sections that were flooded alarm went off and students had after helping panicking students to file out of the building. who were frantically grabbing It was approximately 3:50 a.m. their belongings. when a sprinkler system in the Kuklinski and Hai10n finished bathroom of room 228 was acti- up what they could do and vated. There was excessive dam- worked with the Radnor police age to rooms 128, 129, 130, 131, department in evacuating stu225, 226, 227 and 228. dents. The start of the incident can be Kuklinski and Hanon have traced back to the upstairs bath- been working alongside the room of the 220's quad. As stu- police department on rounding up dents were entering their rooms, suspects in the matter. they noticed that water bad started According to police reports, to leak through and could hear the there had been a party in the sound of the water rushing upstairs of the Dixon house. throughout the rooms. Police have three suspects who There were no injuries thanks they mrve been questioning about to students who helped those who the incident that occurred thjg past were effected by getting their Saturday night. belongings out of the torrential Sean Scofield, Tllllothy Hart downpore. and Joseph Houser have not been The damages are estimated to formally charged with the act of be in excess of $5,000 not includ- vandalism. None of the three are ing the damage to students' per- students at Cabrini. sonal jtems. First-year student Mike Public Safety officers, Tony . Primavera, sophomore Timothy Kuklinski and Earl Hanon had Morris and junior Larry Teal were arrived on the scene when stu,- brought in for questioning and are dents had already started to evac- not considered suspects at this uate the building. point and time. Doing a routine check of the "Many people could have gotbuilding and not finding any signs ten seriously injured," Kuklinski of a fire, Public Safety found the said. broken water pipe. After shutting "When you have that much staff writer
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photo by Stacey Caiazzo
Dr. Jo/yon Girard, department of history chair, right, assists Main Une Autowash workers in drying the car of Kathy Minnino, mother of junior Usa Minnino, as part of fulfilling a Cabrini Day debt. First-year students raffled off tickets for a car wash by Girard as part of Cabrini Day festivities.
water filling up the ceiling, there are only two things that could happen, one is that it would leak into the rooms below," Kuklinski said. "The other is that the ceiling could have caved in and crushed everything below. Many people could have been killed." "I would like to applaud all of those who were on duty that night, they went well beyond the call of duty. I appreciate those res-
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photo by Dana Nentwig
back into their rooms. It is only temporary because they must move out again so that their rooms can be renovated. Residents in house two may face losing their security deposits. Residents do not have to worry about their security deposits, because resident life is working with the police find the culprits of the crime, according to Caulfield.
Administration rejects proposed SGA van service, compromise reached staff writer
A fax machine is now available for public use. It is located at the vending machines outside of the Widener Center gathering area. It costs $3.45 to send a fax and $2 to receive one.
idents who pitched in to help those in need," Catherine Caulfield, director of resident life said. For the residents who Jive in the rooms that were flooded out, resident life has made accommodations for some to move their things into the lounge areas. Others were put up in the Radnor Hotel: Students in the rooms that were damaged can start moving •
Insurance and safety dilemmas were the primary reasons for the cancellation of the proposed Weekend Campus Loop, which would have run between the college and several hot spots in Wayne, according to Robert Bonfiglio, dean of students. In a statement to student government President Andy Burke, Bonfiglio said that students cannot be covered by Cabrini's auto insurance unless the van is being driven for a college sponsored event. Student drivers cannot be held responsible for inebriated students. 1n addition, the school did not want to create opportunities for academic failing by hav-
ing students out and about until 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday nights. The proposed hows of operation were to be between the hours of 9:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday through Saturday. According to the Student Government Association (SGA) loop proposal, the service was created as an alternate mode of transportation as a convenience to the students. It would have enabled students to experience the Main Line, who otherwise may be isolated due to lack of personal modes of transportation.The loop would be run by SGA personnel and volunteers. Bonfiglio instead offered extended van service by the Krapf's shuttle service on a trialbasis. The service will increase botb their
weekday and weekend service. Monday through Thursday the van will run until 12:30 a.m. On Friday and Saturday nights service will last until 2 a.m. Burke said he was disappointed at Bonfiglio's conclusion. However, he thought overall it was a good compromise. "It's definitely a good starting point for future negotiations," Burke said. Next semester, SGA intends to do a lot more promotion for the extended van service in the hopes that they will gradually acquire their original proposal ''The key is to gain support from students so the college will ultimately realize their job, to be responsive to the needs of the students," Burke said