Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004
YOU SPEAK. WELISTEN.
CABRINI COLLEGE'S STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Radnor, Pa.
www.theLoquitur.com
Vol. XLVII Issue 17
CHUCK KENNEOY/KIU
Democratic presidential candidates (L-R) U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, U.S. Representative Dick Gephardt, U.S. Sen. John Edwards, U.S.Sen. John Kerry. Ambassador Carol Mosley Braun and former Vt. Governor Howard Dean pose together before the Iowa Public Television Presidential Debate on Sunday,Jan. 4.
Field narrows as primaries continue MATT CAMPBELL
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR MCC724@CABRIN!.EDU
The ticket for the Democratic nomination for president is closing in on one person, Massachusetts senator John Kerry. Others still competing for the Democratic nomination to challenge the Republican incumbent George W. Bush are former
governor of Vermont Howard Dean; North Carolina senator John Edwards; Ohio senator Dennis Kucinich; and civil rights activist Al Sharpton. Primaries and caucuses go from January until the July Democratic nominating convention. The candidates will then campaign until the presidential election on Nov. 2, 2004. State by state, Democratic candidates
vie for the Democratic nomination by campaigning across the country to win delegate votes. Primaries and caucuses operate on a system where citizens do not vote for candidates but they vote for delegates associated with those candidates. Each state has a certain number of delegates who each cast one vote for a candidate. The goal for the candidates is the magic number of 2,161.
This number is central because it would give a candidate the majority of delegate votes and the party nomination for presidency. The democratic delegate scorecard shapes up with Kerry out in front with 578 votes. Rounding out the scorecard are Dean with 188 votes, Edwards with 166 votes, Sharpton with 16 votes, and Kucinich with 2 votes. Recently, Wesley Clark
dropped out of the presidential race with 68 votes and immediately endorsed Kerry for the democratic nomination. All candidates seek endorsements to rally support for their campaign.
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SGA sets budgets JUSTIN IIALLMAK
STAFF WRITER
JJH722@CABRJNI.EDU For the past month, SGA has been viewing budget proposals made by various campus wide organizations for the 2004 spring semester at Cabrini. The Student
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Organization Funding Committee handles all on-campus budget proposals and hearings, and works under the Student Government Association. The 2003-04 budget was $19,893 to be distributed among 33 student organizations throughout both semesters. Next year's
for student decisions are still to be made, but SGA has moved to help students organization's on campus by requesting a 59 percent increase in budget from the President's Budget Committee. The increase would result in a total of $31,683 for the upcoming school year. "Before the fall semester of
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2002, the school never had a formal, consistent, funding process," Director of Student Activities Jason Bozzone said. The new formal allows organizations to request specific amounts of funding it puts "financial and fiscal" responsibility on the shoulders of student
leaders. "The old way wasn't fair," Bozzone said. "By doing this, it provides a type of leadership development."
BUDGET, page 3
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Kerry forges ahead page 4
DVD checkout now available at Holy Spirit Library page 6
Take a mental break pages 8 & 9
Gotta love the girls page 12
Freshman athlete profile page 14