Thursday, October 30, 2003
YOU SPEAK. Radnor, Pennsylvania
A glimpse of the steel framework. which will stablize the SET buildings,is currently under construction.
A&E Shocktoberfest a success page 6
SETconstructionon schedule CHRISTOPHER JONES STAFF WRITER
CBJ722@CABRINI.EDU
Features Horror, mystery & fright pages 8&9
The new Science, Education and Technology building, currently being built next to Grace Hall and across from the Dixon Center, is on target with its completion time. Though being delayed for six weeks, due to rock being found beneath the surface, the agenda is still on point. The final framework has been completed, and by late October, or early November of Z004, the contractor's part of creating this 60,770 square foot building should be complete. However, this three story and half story basement structure will not be available to students until fall 2005. "The new science and technology building will be a good upcoming to further develop the college," science major Billy
Construction workers lay down a stone foundation before pouring concrete.
Williams said. "This will help promote students knowledge in technology and science with more hands on learning. Only problem with this new building is I may never get to use it." During the summer of 2005, all science equipment as well as already stored apparatuses will
be transferred to the new building. Before construction began, contractors had to acquire a permit to cut down the trees in the area. The permit process took nine months. Mike Caranfa, project manager of the building, hopes to
enclose the building before Christmas. "It's going well. the next immediate deadline is to get It closed by the winter," Caranfa said. The miifding wilt niw'C 1l 'et,lt"' crete roof deck and within the next month, masons and carpenters will be present. Others working, consist of site contractors, metal and steel workers, electricians and plumbers. Students are patiently waiting to be a part of the soon-to-be new addition of Cabrini's campus. "I'm excited that the school is expanding on science. Founders Hall is not adequate enough to hold classes and especially labs for biology, chemistry, and physics majors," Athena King, a sophomore biology major, said Taking a science class between the Public Safety Office and the Rooymans Center does not suffice the needs of science majors."
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Cabrini not ruled by 'Jockocracy' Perspectives Nerves quelled by the fan love page 10
MICHAEL A.SITIRICHE &KELLYFINLAN STAFF WRITER & NEWS EDITOR
MAS723@CABRINI.EDU
& KAF722@CABRINI.EDU
Sports Motivational coach drives team year-round page 15
A classroom full of students watches the professor, some attentively, some between glances at the clock. At 11:32 a.m., a handful of athletes, all sittjng in the same comer of the room, signal to each other and quietly exit the room. The professor wishes them luck on their way out the door. On the other side of the room, another student, embittered by the athletes' early departure, leans over and whispers a very
angry "jockocracy" into the ear of her neighbor to her left. Jockocracy is a term that not many people have heard of unless they have been following the recent studies of academics and athletics. Many elite universities have been lowering their admissions for athletes to keep up their constant athletic victories. If there are many schools doing this to defend their athletic titles, what makes Cabrini so different in keeping its tradition of victory? Ryan Greer, an admissions counselor and lacrosse coach, said, "I do not look to see if a student is an athlete before I accept them. If I receive an application
that I know is a lacrosse player, I give the application to another counselor so that the admission is not biased," Greer said. Greer feels that as a coach, his athletes should not be treated special. "If anything I expect them to exceed the average student," Greer said. "Yes, we are excused from class so we are treated a little differently, however,I don't feel that teachers give us good grades because ofit," Mercedes Dotter, a junior business administration major, said. Dotter is also a firstyear tennis player. "We are not getting special treatment. We are responsible for all the missed material. It's not
like we're just skipping class," Steph Heinz, a senior sports science major and field hockey player, said "I wouldn't say they get special treatment, but I would say people look at them differently. People tend to stereotype the entire team instead of each individual person," Dave Arnold, a junior math major, said. The National Collegiate Athletic Division raised the bar for student athletes academically. The NCAA is expecting higher GPAs for its athletes. "Our student athletes every year uphold the dignity and honor of the school on and off the field." Greer said.
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