After 9-11 Reflections by Renee Tomcanin
managing editor
photo by Lauren Gatto
Student Ambassadors welcome prospective students to Cabrini and often give the first impression of what the campus is like. They are located in the Admissions Office in Grace Hall.
StudentAmbassadors:
The first impression by Lucy Truglio staff writer
When a prospective student visits Cabrini, the first impression they receive, either positive or negative is usually from the student ambassador they encounter on their tour of the school. The student ambassadors play an important role because their job is directly linked with Cabrini's reputation and the growth of the school pertaining to how they treat prospective students and their families. Cabrini's enrollment has been increasing each year, so the student ambassadors must be doing something right. The most essential characteristics that a student ambassador must em"9dy are good personal skills and an enthu, siasm about the school and what it has to offer. While watching junior Candice Linehan give a tour of the campus, it is very apparent that she enjoys being a student ambassador. "I enjoy meeting new people. That is what initially inspired me to become a student ambassador," Linehan said. "But I also want to share my good experiences at Cabrini like extracurricular activities and the one-on-one relationships with professors, with the prospective students and their families." To find·out whether or the not the efforts of the student ambassadors are paying off is to talk to the newest members of the Cabrini community, which are the current freshman because their tours are still fresh in their minds.
If the first-year students have been on a tour of the school with a student ambassador, do they feel that Cabrini has lived up to what they said it was on the tour? First-year students Peter Schauster shares the same feelings with many others. "All in all, the tour satisfied me on the educational side of matters, but I wish that the student ambassador gave more detail on housing and visitation rules. It seemed in the tour that the ambassador strayed away from telling the tour stuff about visitation and focused more on other aspects of the school," he said. On the other hand, first-year student Todd Boyer has had a wonderful expenence since his first tour of Cabrini's campus and through-01,11bis first year. "I was very pleased with the tour. The ambassador was very friendly and informative. I asked a lot of questions and I feel they were answered fully and Cabrini has lived up to the answers. I love Cabrini and am very happy here. I was sold on Cabrini when the student ambassador on my tour told me about the class size at Cabrini and the personal feeling with professors," Boyer said. "Cabrini has a lot to offer making my job really easy. I really enjoy helping the prospective student with their college choice," Linehan said.
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, the topic of terrorism and how our world has changed . has often been discussed. On March 16, the Prelaw Club and the Alumni Association sponsored a forum on this subject from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Widener Center Lecture Hall. Five speakers, including faculty of Cabrini and alumni, discussed many different topics on international and domestic terrorism to a large crowd. Change was a common thread among the speakers. Topics covered ranged from bioterrorism to Americanforeign policy to the workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first to speak was Dr. James Hedtke, professor and chair of the history and political science department. Hedtke described Sept. 11 as a pivotal event in American history because "many things stayed the same but many things changed." A few of the aspects of life that have stayed consistent are the existence of terrorism and the profile of a terrorist. Perception of the United States as a target for terrorism and hatred towards Americans are some of the changes that have occurred since Sept. l 1. The next speaker was 1984 graduate Lizann Dinoto-Kelley. Dinoto-Kelley works as assistant general counsel of the National Security Law Unit for the FBI. She described what her basic job functions were and how the FBI may be changing after the attacks. According to Dinoto-Kelley, the 9/11 investigation is "the largest, most significant in history." Her unit's job is to give advice on national security functions and detect and prevent problems in that department. Some of the changes that the FBI is considering undergoing are focusing more on terrorism and national security and improving the sharing of information between departments. The FBI is working on preventing future attacks and is pushing to hire more specialists and agents in order to accomplish this and many other goals. Dr. Sherry Fuller-Espie, assistant professor and chair of the biology department, spoke third on the topic of bioterrorism. Fuller-Espie spoke on many aspects of the subject. She defined some of the agents used in attacks, such as anthrax, small pox and plague. She also mentioned some of the important topics in preventing a bioterrorist attack.
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