Loquitur
Friday, Dec. 3, 2004
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Catholic Relief Services to handle issue of human trafficking ALYSSA MOORE GUEST WRITER AMM733@CABRINI.EDU Global migration and human trafficking has become a huge distress for CRS, also known as Catholic Relief Services. “What we are seeing globally is a growing concern of displaced people,” CRS spokeswoman Mary DeLorey said. “They have no choice!” CRS dates back to 1943 and was founded by the Catholic Bishops of the United States. Their main purpose is to assist the poor and disadvantaged that live outside of the country. They have helped during natural disasters, supported self-help programs, and provided religious teachings to those in need. As of now their main objective is to help the 25 million internally displaced people. Latin America is residence to many of these people, especially Columbia, home to 3 million refugees. Without the help from their government, these refugees have no choice but to migrate in order to meet their basic needs. This has become a worldwide issue, but effort to help those in need have been undermined. “In a world of globalization, the issues of labor and demographics have changed. Opportunity to work has shifted rapidly,” DeLorey said. When people migrate they are being faced with a new horror. Now outsiders are being treated as criminals. Instead of getting the work they are desperately seeking, they are either being rounded up for deportation, abused, abandoned in the desert, locked up for later “express kidnapping”, or killed by gangs. Trafficking is another CRS, page 3
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‘Smoke-free’ Cabrini will offer classes for students trying to quit smoking ANDREW MATYSIK & LAUREN REILLY STAFF WRITER & NEWS EDITOR AJM722@CABRINI.EDU & LMR722@CABRINI.EDU The American Cancer Society reports that approximately 699,560 men and 668,470 women were diagnosed with cancer in 2004; 25 percent of these cases are of lung cancer—a common consequence of smoking cigarettes. Despite the health concerns associated with smoking, an estimated 48.2 million Americans 18 and older continue to light up. In an effort to combat the rapidly growing epidemic of tobacco users in college, the Office of Health and Wellness will be providing classes to help students quit the habit. Main Line Health will sponsor the “Smoke-Free” classes being offered to Cabrini students every Wednesday from Jan. 19 to Feb. 23. Health Services Coordinator Susan Fitzgerald has decided to lead the fight at Cabrini. Fitzgerald felt compelled to act after viewing horrific facts like 440,000 people dying from tobacco-
related diseases annually. Nicotiana tabacum, otherwise known as nicotine, has been used as early as 6,000 BC. This highly addictive substance is a stimulant similar to that of caffeine, which releases adrenaline causing the recipient to have an increased reaction time and attentiveness. Psychology department chairman Dr. Anthony Tomasco said that the neurological effects of nicotine mimic that of natural chemicals in the brain. “If you look at nicotine as a pharmological agent, you can see that it does create a sense of relaxation, which normally may only occur if you let endorphins take over,” Tomasco said. In small doses, nicotine causes the brain to release more endorphins, a natural chemical produced by the body that has painrelieving properties similar to morphine; however, nicotine is also manufactured and sold as a pesticide. Although one cigarette contains a small dosage of nicotine, approximately 1 mg, consuming 60 mg will be fatal to an adult. Recent studies show that nearly 30 percent of college students smoke cigarettes. This percentage has been steadily increasing throughout the past decade. Escalated depression, unsuccess-
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Around almost every building on campus smokers can be found outside enjoying a cigarette.
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An example of a smokers lung.
ful dieting and alcohol-related problems are all suspected reasons why college students start the smoking habit. Physicians
Sciorra speaks to students on newly published book CHRISTINE BLOM STAFF WRITER CBB722@CABRINI.EDU “Italians in New York have their own vernacular when it comes to religion and expressing their faith,” Dr. Joseph Sciorra, assistant director for academic and cultural programs at Queens College, said. On Thursday, Nov. 18, Sciorra dazzled many Italian-Americans of the Cabrini College community by explaining to the audience bits and pieces of what his newlyreleased book covers in great detail. “Built with Faith: Religions and Cultural: Landscapes of Italian-Americans in New York City” is Sciorra’s latest masterpiece that he has been working on for so many years he could not even remember.
“I start a book, get some ideas, jot them down, then come back to it a few years later,” Sciorra said. Sciorra has many projects that are in the midst of being completed within the next couple of years. One project in particular is one that he is collaborating with Cabrini’s own, Dr. Joseph Primiano. Sciorra, in his two-hour lecture, described the different ways in which Italian-Americans, in the heart of New York City, profess their faith and beliefs through cultural landscapes. Sciorra categorizes the landscapes into four styles: remembrance, devotional, cartographic, and imagined landscapes. Basement nativities are one of the imagined landscapes that are most popular in the commonly
widely believe that students feel a false sense of gratification SMOKING, page 4
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Dr. Joseph Sciorra recently gave a lecure at Cabrini on his new book.
called “Little Italy.” They include the traditional nativity scene including Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Joseph. Other objects are often included to make the SCIORRA, page 3
Perspectives Smokers: step back page 10