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Thursday, March 25, 2004
YOU SPEAK. WELISTEN. Radnor, Pa.
CABRINI COllEGE'S STIJDENT NEWSPAPER www.theLoquitur.com
Vol. XLVII Issue 20
Seniors forced off campus JUSTIN HALLMAN
STAFF WRITER JJH722@CABRINI.EDU
With an influx of students and a limited amount of room availability, many students will be forced to live off campus for the 2004-2005 academic year. In addition, many underclassmen will be making the choice to live off campus, starting in the fall semester because they are afraid to be in the same situation next year. Of all the seniors who will be attending Cabrini College next year, only 46 students will be residing on campus for the final year of their education. More than half of the graduating class will be forced to live in off campus apartements. "I think it's bull and I feel that the process should have been handled differently," Boris Smojver, junior communications major, said. "I understand the consequences ofmy personal situation, but I feel that we as residents for three years, were relegated in a totally unfair way. A lot of students are upset and I wish the selection would have been exactly how it was last year. Too many things didn't make sense this year." "I think it's a real problem," Chris McCracken, junior accounting major, said. "If they had an idea that they were running out of room, then the school shouldn't have accepted so many people. They admitted too many freshmen last year and I think
that they could have maybe built another dorm instead of a science building." With the downsizing of upperclassmen, students living on campus and the increasing number of accepted incoming freshmen, many students that were forced to Jive ·off campus now face the task of actually finding a place to live for the next year. "I'm currently looking now, but I was really counting on spending my last year here," Smojver said. "It really is a big hassle. "When we came on campus as freshmen, the school told us that they wouldn't be able to guarantee housing for four years and it's good to see that they are doing the best that they can for the situation," Craig Vagell, junior communications major and resident assistant, said. "However, it really is a shame that a lot of students weren't able to finish out on campus. Hopefully, in the end everything will work itself out." Transfer students who will be coming into Cabrini also face uncertainity when it comes to housing. Brent Benner, a sophomore exercise science major at West Chester University, who will be transferring to Cabrini next year, said, "I've been accepted to cabrini and received my credit evaluation but have yet to get a word on anything to do with housing. I've heard a few times about the problems at cabrini for housing next year and since the lottery has already
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House 2, where some upperclassmen were placed for the 2004-2005 academic year.
taken place, I guess it's safe to assume that I am expected to live off of the campus next year." Benner said that he is prepared to do what he needs to do, but he wishes he had heard sooner about where could have been placed next year or if he had a chance ofliving on campus at all.
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House 3 will continue to board all girls for the 200-4-2005academic year.
Revised amendment gives opportunity for civil unions LAUREN REILLY
woman.Neither this Constitution, nor the Constitution of any State, nor State or Federal law, shall be ·construed to require the marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups."
In other words, if passed, this amendment would also nullify all state and local domestic partnerships laws as well as invalidate civil rights protections based on marital status. Currently, no states allow
same-sex marriages; however, many states have attempted to find ways around it, causing
The issue began to create pub1ic commotion this past November when President Bush
proposed a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriages in the United States. The Federal Marriage Amendment states that "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a
News 'Up Till Dawn' to raise money page 3
A&E The Cabrini Idol winner is page 7
Features War anniversary triggers events page 8 & 9
Perspectives Embracing Sexuality
Sports Sports trainer getting athletes back in action page 15
ASST. NEWS EDITOR LMR722@CABRJNI.EDU
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GAY MARRIAGE,
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