Loquitur
Friday, Feb. 4, 2005
The
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Cabrini College’s Student Newspaper
Radnor, Pa.
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Vol LXVII, Issue 14
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find out what it means to Dzik LAUREN REILLY NEWS EDITOR LMR722@CABRINI.EDU Cabrini College will not renew the coaching contract of John Dzik, longtime men’s basketball coach and former athletic director. After 25 years with Cabrini, the decision to pass on Dzik has caused many people to question the reasoning behind administrator’s actions. Dzik was informed of his contract non-renewal shortly after resigning from his position as the special assistant to the president for athletic advancement. He moved to that position from athletic director so that Leslie Danehy, the current director of athletics, could remain at Cabrini. “In our negotiations, when Dr. Iadarola and I sat and talked about what we would do to keep Leslie here, I certainly agreed with Dr. Iadorola that we didn’t want to lose a capable, dedicated employee like Leslie,” Dzik said. Dzik explained that his
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A supportive banner hangs in the Dixon Center basketball court for John Dzik, whose contract was not renewed for next season.
proposed position in Institutional Advancement (I.A) was a common, progressive job move for athletic administrators. According to Dzik, at the request of President Dr. Antoinette Iadarola, they discussed the responsibilities of this position “and we agreed upon them. We talked about the things that needed to be
accomplished from a developmental perspective through I.A. and that this position would have the domain for it,” Dzik said. Iadarola had an optimistic outlook towards the development of this position for Dzik. “John, for many years, had talked to me about this Hall of Fame and wanting to do it, and
this was a wonderful opportunity for him to give the time. I think that he felt he didn’t have the time as director to be able to do it, so here was a chance for him to do that,” Iadarola said. However, Dzik said that his primary motivation for creating the position was to keep Danehy’s services at the college. “At no time in my tenure at Cabrini College have I ever expressed the desire to be a full-time employee of the Institutional Advancement office. I did it at the request of the president,” Dzik said. Problems for Dzik began this past summer while speaking at basketball summer camps and clinics for children. He was informed that he would have to use personal days for his part-time coaching position if it interfered with his full-time position in Institutional Advancement. “They said that I was a fulltime I.A. employee and that any time that I spent not fulDZIK, page 3
House 5 residents puzzled by flooding ASHLEY WEYLER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR ARW723@CABRINI.EDU
Perspectives Ski trip page 11
Sports Student’s passionate over dodgeball page 14
The Casey House, also known as House Five to Cabrini students, has been dealt some major problems. Just two weeks ago, on a Wednesday morning, the residents of House Five were in the middle of a flooded mess due to frozen pipes that burst. Not only did this happen once, but it also occurred during the winter break. Kristin Poroski, a junior elementary/special education major awoke to water coming in through her door. Alarmed, she quickly phoned public safety. They told her that they would send somebody right away. Five FLOOD, page 5
Sports Cabrini loses legacy page 16
Cecelia Francisco/Photography Editor Vacuum cleaners were kept busy in house five over the Winter holidays, due to the flood.
Response day raises money, creates tsunami awareness KRISTEN CATALANOTTO NEWS EDITOR KMC723@CABRINI.EDU As pictures of the devastation from the tsunami poured in, aid money poured out. The images that were shown world-wide tugged at the heartstrings of everyone from celebrities to college students. Millions of dollars have been donated from everyone corner of the globe. Small villages of a few thousand people were completely destroyed by the wave and those people that did survive, are now struggling to re-build and go on without their loved ones. The survivors lack necessities such as clean water, food, housingand medicine. After the initial shock of the natural event, the concern was to prevent diseases from spreading. Cabrini made it's own effort to lend a helping hand to those whose lives changed forever on Dec. 26, 2004. On Tuesday, Feb. 1, Cabrini held a Tsunami Response Day in order to raise money and awareness for those hit hardest by the tsunami. The idea of having an event to help raise money for the victims was first sent out through an e-mail by Dr. Mary Laver, the director of applied social teaching, over winter break. Laver soon received responses from many interested students willing to give their time to make the day a success. The students worked on four different levels: education, reflection, fund-raising, and advocacy. The day began at 10 a.m. with a bake sale, poster presentations on some areas hit by the tsunami and the selling of wrist-bands to show support and unity. The students that planned the event partnered with Catholic Relief Services in order to make the day a success. Sophomore Kellie Belmonte decided to get involved after receiving the e-mail from Laver, “My main goal was that I wanted to try to get all of Cabrini involved in some way. When people come together in
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