Thursday, November 13, 2003
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Vol. XLVII Issue 11
Lady Cavswin the PAC KruSTEN CATALANOTTO& ALYSSA SCHOENLEBER
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Features Community service award recognized at Cabrini Day pages 8&9
The women's soccer team forged ahead eliminating its competition, Gwynedd-Mercy College, capturing the title of women's soccer champions for the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference on Saturday, Nov. 8. The Lady Cavs played for 110 minutes constantly going back and forth with Gwynedd's top players. Cabrini's Christine Watson and Mary Remoli scored the first two goals in the tiebreaker as their teammate and goalkeeper, Melissa Williams, blocked the attempts of Gwynedd's Amanda Lipira and Chris Perry. Kelli Romano and Christine Jennings followed with two attempts but were blocked and Gwynedd then tied the penalty kick round at 2-2. "We were the underdogs, but towards the end it started to get exciting. In overtime, we bad to win. We dominated the game;' Watson said. Sophomore Nicole Neidermeier snuck a shot past Gwynedd's goalie, which was the deciding goal for the Lady Cavs.
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an 18-yard kick from Megan Wood. The Lady Cavs then kept the excitement rolling throughout the second half when it outshot Gwynedd 7-0. The two teams continued battling through the first overtime and into the second. Cabrini outshot Gwynedd-Mercy 13-8 and had a 7-6 advantage in corner kicks. Freshmen Melissa Williams made six saves, two of which were penalty kicks. Williams was named MVP of the PAC
tournament. The next step is for the Lady Cavs to travel to Mary Washington College in Virginia and compete for the NCAA Division III Tournament, The victory is especially sweet for the three seniors on the team, "As a senior, I know the three of us have been waiting for a PAC Championship. It's what we've worked for these past four years. We are so proud of ourselves and the girls who helped us get there," Liz Graham said.
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The Cabrini College women's soccer team comes together for a moment of team solidarity and strength before beginning the final game of the PAC championship.
Sexualmoralityunaffectedby affiliation be 'all right.' However, a followup survey was administered to STAFF WRITER the same students, four years LMR722@CABRJNI.EDU later, and found that 48 percent Fornication: a word defined of them now viewed premarital by the Bible in 1 Corinthians 6 sex as "just dandy." The issue of sex reveals a as sexual intercourse outside of marriage. Being students at a conflict between the institution college affiliated with and the people practicing Catholicism, can it be said that Catholicism. People make up students practice what the the church, but they may be livchurch teaches, or is Cabrini a ing differently than the church teaches, which potentially causfornication station? For some students, coming to es its members to question the Cabrini may have been influ- merit of the institution's views. Part of this uncertainty enced by their religious beliefs and their desire to be in an among those following the atmosphere where the moral church has been in part by the teachings of the church are recent sex scandals involving maintained. Although students many priests. "Many American face numerous ethical conflicts, Catholics are not just simply regardless of the institution they confused and conflicted conattend, one of the more prevalent cerning sexual morality, they are issues facing young people today susp1c1ous of, and hostile toward, an institution that is sex. According to the Ethics and appears to have lost credibility," Public Policy Center, a survey Cabrini's campus minister conducted in 1997 of freshmen Frederick Pratt said. Another factor that can be on Catholic college campuses, only 27.5 percent of Catholic attributed to the sexual habits of students found premarital sex to students is society's tendencies LAUREN REILLY
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"There has been great team chemistry and a lot of heart. We never gave up; we always knew we would win PAC's," senior Liz Graham said. Sophomore Mary Remoli broke the teams single-season scoring mark this season after she was assisted by Watson, giving Cabrini an advantage early in the game. "We go out and play to win. Every game we give 110 percent and don't let up," Jennings said. Gwynedd tied the score with
to promote and exploit human sexuality. Despite the fact that today's cultural standards progressively alter, now more than ever. it is evident that morales are shifting, posing problems for those who follow the more traditional teachings of the church. "Misrepresentation of the church's teaching or position, in the media, would make the church seem to go against the mind of the society in general or popular opinion in particular. The church is counter-cultural by its nature," Father Michael Bialecki, resident Chaplain, said. One consequence of being a Catholic college is that students are unable to get birth control or condoms through health services. Sue Fitzgerald, the college nurse, reports that 30 percent of college students are not sexually active by choice and that most of the students at Cabrini who are, use their own services. Although birth control is not available on campus, Dr.
Madeline Danny says that Health Services does provide counseling regarding the side effects of various methods of birth control. Neither Fitzgerald nor Danny sees any possible change to this in the future. ''Not until the church changes its beliefs," Fitzgerald said. Are students here at Cabrini influenced by the school's Catholic affiliation? "Definitely not," Michaela McGowan, a junior history and psychology major, said. "I don't think that just because you go to a Catholic college means that you're Catholic and that you practice abstinence. Protected sex is probably what people pay attention to." Sophomore Chris Friel, a religious studies major, agrees with McGowan. "Of course they're not, but it's up to personal beliefs. We say we're Catholic, the school says it's Catholic, but inside we're not all Catholic," Friel said.