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Pennswood Hall is where residence life planned to house '40 studenu.
Students' reactions to housing process • • cause budget cr1s1s LoQUITUR EDITORIAL STAFF LOQUlTUR@CABRINl.EDU
Seniors, previously worried about being forced to Harcum, have flocked to apartment complexes off-campus. The issue of Harcum, which caused much aggravation amongst seniors and transfer students, has now been squashed due to many of the stu-
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dents finding their own accommodations. Residence Life had originally planned for seniors and any new transfer students to be moved to Harcum due to an overflow of new and returning residents that wanted to live on campus. This year the number of freshmen was 394, which is just short of the 408
students from last year. Bear in mind the number of students from last year may have changed as a result of dropouts. Charlie Spencer, associate director of admissions, said, "A lot of schools in the area have their numbers down this year especially the Catholic colleges." This is not rare since most col-
leges have experienced this in part to the bad economy and financial aid problems. With students finding other housing options off-campus, Cabrini is left with a lease of 40 beds occupied only by one individual in Pennswood Hall. The hall is also occupied by students from Villanova University and Eastern University. The actions of these students who moved offcampus created an unfortunate domino effect. Alaina Robinson was set to move into Harcum but a call at 5 p.rn. on Aug. 29th told her no one was longer living at Harcum. "They didn't explain why they moved us from Harcum presumably because they had more room here on campus," Robinson said. Robinson received an available single in New Residence Hall. The question still remains as to what the office of residence life will do with these remaining 39 empty beds. Will they rent the beds to another college or university? Will they fill them with transfer students spring semester? Or will they simply take the financial blow and reorganize and create a new system that will work better next year? Questions are also lingering concerning the sudden cancellation of classes once the semester started. Many students were left
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Ivan ·strikes western Cuba, but spares most of country MARTIN MERZER, ELAINE DE VALLE AND NANCY SAN MARTIN
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A&E: Phish says farewell to fans page 6
Features: Chance to rebuild page 8
Hurricane Ivan bombarded western Cuba with the full fury of a Category 5 killer storm Monday night, damaging hundreds of homes with crushing winds, crashing 15-foot waves into the Isle of Youth and swamping at least two towns. "The situation is bad, very, very, bad," a woman huddled in her home in Pinar del Rio province told The Miami Herald by telephone Monday night. Wind howled in the background. "We've been told it's going to get a lot worse. We are in a difficult situation." The hurricane seemed to mushroom in size Monday night even as it maintained its deadly power. It was so vast that its clouds simultaneously covered Cuba, the Florida Keys, the entire Florida peninsula and portions of the Bahamas, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. And it was heading toward Florida. Forecasters posted a hurricane watch Monday night on L-
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as far west as Morgan City, La., including New Orleans. Ivan has killed at least 68 people during its slow trek through the Caribbean, and it is the second hurricane in about a month to hit Cuba. Hurricane Charley left five dead in Cuba and $1 billion in damage. On Monday, the weather station in Sandino, a town in Pinar del Rio, reported 125-mph sustained winds and 160-mph gusts from Ivan. That station and others soon "lost all communications with the external world," according to an amateur radio operator in Pinar del Rio city. After arousing hope that its fierce inner core would bypass Cuba, Ivan veered closer, striking the island's western tip with the eastern edge of the catastrophic eye wall, rocking it with wind and rain. Still, it appeared that the nation at large was granted a reprieve and would not be savaged. Westernmost Cuba is sparsely populated, and Havana and areas east of it were not expected to experience hurricaneforce winds. ~ .....
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who traveled Monday to Pinar del Rio, praised Ivan's "courteous attitude." He said Cuba would "avoid damage and expenses that otherwise would have been incurred" if the core had bisected the main island. At the same time, though, a wide region between Havana and
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Organizations promote votingon campus CECELIA FRANCISCO
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This year, the Office of Student Activities has received a 59 percent increase in their budget. As a result, they are allowed to approve more new student organizations. The two newest student-run organizations of the year are the Republican National Committee of Cabrini and the Student Democrat Association. Both of these groups have been fonned this year with the intent of encouraging college , students. Republican and Democrat.betweentheages of 18 and 24 to get out and vote for their future. '1'be Republicab'-Natiobal Committee of Cabriniis a student organization open to all, formed this year through Cabrini, to encourage students to become involved in this year's election." Senior English/communication major and RNC member Ryan Norris said. "The Student Democrat Association is a group on campus made up of students who would like to spread not only the ideology of the United States but also the American values such as respect, pride and diversity that have helped shape this country; in the hopes that it will unite students at Cabrini, Republicans and Democrats, for the ultimate goal. which is to get 18 to 24 year olds to vote in November." Junior English/communication major and President of SDA, Ryan Cox said. "Instead of advertising for Michael Moore, the RNC focuses on getting knowledge out for this election year," Norris said. ..I just want students to know for the record that SDA is not responsible for the "Fahrenheit 9/11" flyers around campus. Those are from the Student Government Association," Cox said. Any student wishing to start a new student organization must go to the Off'"iceof Student Activities to obtain a "Student Organization Application" and then identify that you are applying for a registration. The form must include
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