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CABRINI COLLEGE SSTUDENT NEWSPAPER Vol. XLVII, Issue 7
Honesty policy makes academic board more accessible
Legal drinking
floods campus
ROSIEGO"IZALEZ & KELLY Fll'iLAN NEWS EDITORS GONZALEZROS@CABRINJ.EDU
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Disposable DVDs making the way into mainstream page 7
Empty beer cans clutter the apartments' hallways.
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Put on your bathing suits, upperclassmen, because drinking allowances are flooding the houses and apartments; all students over the age of 21 are invited to an adult-swim. In other words, if you are a senior and think you have been violating any rules by drinking on campus
since turning the legal drinking age, chances are, you have not. • "'We treat drinking laws here at Cabrini the same as the laws instituted by the state of Pennsylvania," George Stroud, director of residence life, said. "Minors are not permitted in any bars in Pennsyvania and we don't allow them in the presence of alcohol here on campus." According to Stroud, students over the age of 21 are permitted
to hold alcohol in their rooms 1f they li,e in any of die houses, or in the apartments. Conswnption of the alcoholic beverages ma)take place behind closed doors, not in the hallways, and only ifno one in the room is underage. If a minor should enter, all drinking must cease, and the minor must be asked to leave.
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Real life radio waves pages 9
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Iadarola presents award to anchor Perspectives Shocked by stupidity page 10
Sports Communication is key page 16
attended the event and said that Ciarrocchi "gave a lovely presenJAF722@CABRrNJ.EDU tation." Approximately 500 members of the Sons of Italy Pat Ciarrocchi, a broadcast attended the event which gave journalist, was given a standing recognition to Ciarrocchi, the ovation by over 500 people, when second recipient of the award. she received the second Cabrini- Last year's recipient was Cardinal Neuman Sons of Italy Award for Philadelphia's Distinguished Contributions to Beveloqua. Higher Education and the The citation read by both Academic Community on Friday, Iadarola and Mirenda, was preOct. 10. President Toni Iadarola sented to Ciarrocchi "for personand Neuman President Dr. ifying the values of education and Rosalie Mirenda presented the truth that comes from leading Ciarocchi with the award during a life guided by lasting principles the 2003 Columbus Day Banquet and values." As an on-air television personheld at Loews Hotel at 7 p.m. Lina Barbieri, director of mar- ality, Ciarrocchi has gained keting and communications, respect as a co-anchor for
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Eyewitness News, KYW-TV, Channel 3. Ciarrocchi was applauded for her integrity and passion for lifelong education. "We are moved by your example. All of us, especially our students, who by watching your passion and desire to make the world a better place, learn what it means to be truly human and what it takes to keep life humane," the citation sai4. Upon receiving the award, Ciarrocchi spoke about the pride of being an Italian-American and American. She thanked her family for all of their support, as well as both college presidents. Barbieri said, "She was just so moved to have been chosen."
In previous years, the academic honesty board would only meet if a student contested a charge, or violation to the academic policy. The newly re-written academic honesty policy makes the academic board more accessible to students and gives it a more active role in Cabrini's intellectual happenings. "The board is going to be a permanent standing body comprised of both faculty and students that are meeting to promote the value of academic honesty. They are not just there to respond to cases of academic dishonesty," Dr. Catharine O'Connell. dean for academic affairs. said. The board, comprised of four full-time students, four full-time faculty members and one ADP student, plans to motivate others to stick to Cabrini's core values of honesty, trust, fairn~ respe~nd responsibility. "T~ board has the ability to apply additional punishment if it feels the faculty is being too lenient," junior Amanda Brown, a secondary education and math major, said. Brown is the academic board chair and the primary student representative on the academic board. To be fair and have a vast variety of knowledge, the students on the board are trying to get representation from different years and different majors. The board is also very small in number so that everyone can attend meetings. "We want there to be a sense of consistency and common purpose among the people on the board," O'Connell said. The board meets biweekly to discuss the honesty policy and explain it to new members. Members discuss potential offenses so hearings are uniform, Brown said. Although there have been no instances of plagiarism thus far, this year, Academic Affairs has requested that faculty members put the new policy on all syllabi. If they haven't yet done so, they are encouraged to do it for next term.
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