Thursday, September 18, 2003
YOU SPEAK. WE LISTEN.
CABRINI COLLEGE'SSTUDENTNEWSPAPER
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Vol. XLVII, Issue 3
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Vandals defa ce sign KELLY Fl'<L.\~
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Trampled plants. a broken spotlight, painted profanity and hammerhead-sized holes defaced the sign at the comer of Eagle and King of Prussia :loads, the unfortunate focus of vandals on Saturday, Sept. 13. "I got a call around 7:45 from Public Safety," Howard Holden. the director of facilities, said. "I wenr over myself and cleaned off the graffiti." Holden speculated that the vandals used some kind of sharp metal object. like a hammer or an ax. "I thmk it's ridiculous that people are so immature that they think that vandalism is a funny prank," Laura Cover. a senior elementary education and resident assistant, said. 'There are three possibilities of who it was: a student from another college, a disgruntled student from here at Cabrini, or a disgruntled former employee of the college,'' Charlie Schaffoer, the director of Public Safety. said. "Certainly. 1don't -have that kind of clairvoyance to tell me which one of those three ,t might be We
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The sign at the corner of Eagleand King of Prussia Roads stands damaged after i:hevandalism on Saturady.Sept. 14, 2003.
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Eastern Uni~en.ity 1shaving a s1m1lar problem with its sign, according to Schaffner. The letters on all faree of its signs keep d1sappeanng. Schaffner is working in conjunction with Eastcm's Public Safety to find the , andab. This is not the first lime a Cabrini sign has been brutalized. Similar markings were left twice m April 2003 on the sign, and the sign at the entrance on Kmg of Prussia Road was doused with gray paint in March 2003.
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August. "\\'e just ,pent S6.000 this ,ummer to repair the damage from the prenous assault." Holden said. He went on to say that the cost to replace the sign would have been more than $15.00(J. Howard has contacted the same company about repairing the sign again. They ma) not be able to resurrect the sign if damage has been done to areas that have already been repaired. '·We don't know what ifs about.
Hopefulcy1•s not a rn awfu expensl\e one 1f ll 1, \\"hoe\er", causing the damage we hope the) just get over it because ifs a huge waste of resources. It's really, reall) foolish that anyone would go to that extreme. It's vicious." Holden said.
Parking shortage frustrates students ST-\FF WRITER
• True story of a girl and her identity page 12
"The} ·, e attacked the -ign b) u.,in; paint, putting profamry on n also by ch1ppmg the faces of the stone surfaces with some kind of hard metal object," Schaffner said. "They always ~mash the light that illuminates the sign so they can do whatever they're doing in the dark,'' Holden said. A company was contracted to fill in the holes the limestone caused by the last series of ,andahsm. They finished in
Tracy Sprague. a junior transfer student from Delaware County. in a rush to be on time for class resorted to parking in the administration ·s parking spvt in front of Grace Hall when an empty space was not be found. --rm probably going to get a ticket but it's either that or be late for class:· Sprague said. The parking problem for students at Cabrini has become a frustratmg game of finding ,a way into spots at e, ery angle By early morning the lots are filled and those looking for spaces resort to parkmg on the grass. Stu.tents ha, e been m a quandary as to where to park at Cabnm. Charlie Schalfuer director of public safety said, "we are not givmg out any tickets except for impeding traffic \\ e have given out numerous tickets particularly in the residential areas because parkmg on the grass could prevent medical aid from arriving." When questioned about a solution to the parking problem. Schaffner said. ''After [Monday. Sept.] 15 we are ticketing earnestly. Residents are not to park in the Founder's Hall parking lot because
loss of valuable student parkmg spots. ·'We did pave fi\'e new parking spaces but because the new science building is not a new curnculum, there will not be a new parking area when construction is done." Mike Caranfa. director of planning and construction, commented. "Th.: master plan calls for a parking garage 10 be installed in the Dixon lot at some point in the future.'' Caranfa said in regard to building a garage. Students at Cabrini, however, want a solunon now. Walking from the far end of t'ie quickly-filled Dixon Center parkmr; lot. Daria P1wonski, a senior commukr said, "l don't want to deal with it 1 [t ;iarking problem]. It ts a hassle." \ttcr the family weekend we will ,tnp a little bit of land in front of Grace Hal. T\\enty spaces will be there for cor, ruction workers to park," Caranfa ,aid. Schaffner said "Parking permits do not guarantee a spot. PubIic safety does SUSA~ HUf"'!B/S,..AFf PHOTOGP.,,-.PHER observe a rule of thumb. Ifthere are not Commuters park on the grass between the Widener Cenrer and the Dixon Center when ten consecutive parking spots you may paved parking could nor be found. park on the grass." This rule applies all the ttme. the lot is for commuters and administraConstruction on the new science tors." Residents will be restricted to residential areas and the Dixon lot."
building has led to many construction vehicles taking up space resulting in the