Loquitur
Friday, Nov. 19, 2004
The
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Cabrini College’s Student Newspaper
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Vol LXV, Issue 11
Marijuana debate brings out large crowd ANDREW MATYSIK STAFF WRITER
AJM722@CABRINI.EDU
The Cabrini Activities Programming Board sponsored a debate over the legalization of marijuana titled “Heads vs. Feds.” Bob Stutman, a former CIA and DEA agent, and Steven Hager, editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, were the two speakers voicing their opinions either supporting or arguing against the use of marijuana. The great marijuana debate took place in the Grace Hall Atrium on Tuesday, Nov. 9. The event began with a short 10-minute biographical video of each speaker that let the audience know why they supported each view. Following the video, each speaker was given a 15minute period to voice their arguments to the eager crowd. In the beginning, it appeared that many Cabrini students were in support of Hager, the marijua-
na advocate. He spoke first and delivered five simple points as to why he believes that marijuana should be legalized. Hager’s five points ranged from marijuana as a good medicine to assessing how our prison system is out of control. “The government and drug companies have a problem with marijuana because it is free medicine,” Hager said. He firmly believed that we should learn to change from a petrochemical society to one that utilizes hemp and other natural resources. Stutman had an answer for every belief that Hager could offer. Stutman began his 15minute speech with a comical joke about brownies being handed out at the door. “I’m suspicious, they’re handing out brownies and everyone looks happy. Either they
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Inside
Historiography challenges minds in the history department JILLIAN MILAM STAFF WRITER
JGM726@CABRINI.EDU
CARLI PIO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“High Times” magazine editor-in-chief Steven Hager spoke for the legalization of marijuana on Nov. 9 in the Grace Hall Atrium.
CARLI PIO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
An estimated 250 students came out to see Bob Stutman and Steven Hager debate about marijuana.
Annual Cabrini Day focuses on immigration MERCEDES DOTTER KELLY MURPHY LAUREN SCHREIBER GUEST WRITERS KAM736@CABRINI.EDU MLD724@CABRINI.EDU LES723@CABRINI.EDU
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Who traveled Africa in a truck, smuggled Mexicans over the border and went undercover to expose corrupt prison systems, with the goal to spread social awareness for the greater good? This may sound like a mystery to you, but for distinguished author Ted Conover, these experiences have made up his journalistic life. This past Thursday, Nov. 11, Conover was the honored keynote speaker for Cabrini Day. “I really think most of the fear derives from misunderstanding,”
Conover said when asked why people fear immigration. Despite a quiet voice that was sometimes a little more than a heavy whisper that forced the audience to be silent in order to capture the essence of what he said, the impression Conover makes in telling his stories to his audience is incredibly deep. One way to battle fear, specifically that of immigration, is through education. By participating in his subjects’ lives, Conover, in his many articles and books, has educated readers through true accounts of hardship suffered. He has written about Africans to further research and education on AIDS, Mexicans by telling their story of achieving the CABRINI DAY, page 4
The word “historiography” is not only an unusual word in the English vocabulary, but it is the name of an unusual course offered here at Cabrini for junior and senior history or political science majors. The main goal of historiography, also known as HIS 401, is to give history-interested upperclassmen the chance to experience a serious and intense writing course that will prepare them for graduate level studies. “Before 1983, Cabrini didn’t have a class that stressed writing and researching. We needed to prepare people looking to go to graduate schools,” Dr. Jolyon Girard, history and political science professor, said. Therefore, when Girard took over the history department in 1983, historiography came into existence and has been offered every other year at Cabrini ever since. Each student who participates in the class must select a major research topic. “It’s Cabrini’s capstone research course,” Girard said. In general, students pick a topic that revolves around the Roosevelt era due to the large selection of books in regards to this theme in the campus’s library. “They must then pursue a reasonable graduate school writing project. Basically, it is a 15-page formal thesis with a directed conclusion,” Girard said. The course is divided into two central parts. The first part of the class consists of proper research. The second part marks the beginning of the formal writing. Furthermore, this demands students to learn appropriate grammar, how to construct sentences, and do outlines. They are introduced to the way lawyers write their briefs, according to Girard. HISTORIOGRAPHY, page 3