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CAP board not discouraged by ‘Fling’ damage First concert a success but not without minor damages that will be paid for by CAP board ASHLEY WEYLER NEWS EDITOR ARW723@CABRINI.EDU On Saturday, April 16, the biggest and most anticipated event that the Campus Activities and Programming board (CAP) prepares for all year long, Spring Fling, took place with many new activities throughout the day. To make this year the “best fling ever,” the CAP board hired the Bouncing Souls, a hardcore punk band, to play a 10 p.m. concert in the Dixon Center. CAP prepared for this concert by putting together a detailed, operational manual and hired an outside security service. Bicycle racks served as barricades. Amy Hecht, the assistant director of student activities and advisor of the CAP board, said that during the concert, the barricades were broken through and rubbed up against the floor of the gym and through the tarp that
covered the floor. “It’s very minor. There were three very minor scratches. The CAP board made so much money off the concert; we can even pay for it. It’s really not a big deal at all,” she said. Hecht said that some bands require stainless steel barricades that would not move; however, the Bouncing Souls did not request this. “Now in hindsight, we should have gotten that kind of barricade, but it was more expensive. We decided to go with the bike racks but they were pushing on it,” she said. When Hecht realized there was a potential problem in the middle of the concert, it was decided to push the barricades against the stage and move the security to the sides of the stage. She said, “When I ran it by the tour manager and security, they said they were fine because there were only two more songs left at that point. There was some kind
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Bouncing Soul fans push through the make-shift baracades during the Spring Fling concert, which was presented by CAP board.
of miscommunication or they didn’t understand what I said, because they jumped on stage and the barricade split up onto the stage.” She said that if they had never done this, there would have been no damage, and it
would have been perfect. Kathy McCrea, the administrative coordinator of the Dixon Center, said that those involved with the Dixon center are not really worried about the damages to the gym floor. “We are
not happy about it, but it is something that can be fixed,” she said. She also said that the Dixon Center would certainly FLING, page 3
Tough laws don’t scare drunk drivers ANGELINA WAGNER STAFF WRITER AMW722@CABRINI.EDU
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About 2,400 people a day die as a result from a drunk driver.
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It’s a brisk Saturday night and there’s a sense of excitement that seems to hang in the air for Cabrini students milling about in house five (Casey House). Life bustles wildly inside as many of its residents are getting ready to “go out tonight.” There are doors slamming, people are yelling down the hallway to “hurry up and pick out an outfit,” cell phones are ringing and the infamous express line to the shower is moving right along, leaving trails of soggy footprints behind from drenched shower sandals. Eighteen miles from Radnor, Pa., Philadelphia Police Officer Raymond Plymouth, is on Delaware Avenue near Summer Street responding to a hit and run call. A drunk driver crashes into Plymouth’s police car. Plymouth’s body post-impact now consists of a broken pelvis, four
broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, bruised kidneys and liver and knocked-out teeth. The driver that hit Plymouth had no injuries. “I was perplexed. I’ve locked up so many DUIs that I didn’t think I was ever going to get hit by a drunk driver. It’s given me a new outlook on life,” Plymouth said. According to Poynter, drunk driving laws were toughened over a year ago but according to statistics during the first 11 months, from Feb. 1, 2004 to the end of that year, half of those charged with drunk driving had a blood-alcohol content of 0.16 percent or higher, twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent. “I feel that the laws need to be made tougher. It doesn’t just affect the operator but also the family. Anybody can drink, as long as you drink responsibly,” Plymouth said. Efforts everyday are made by advocates to put a stop to the staggering statistics of drunk drivers. Charlie Schaffner, the director of public safety, said
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“There have been a couple of incidents on Cabrini’s campus, but they’ve involved the police coming to campus for other reasons and them bumping into, stopping and arresting people for drunk driving.” Every 30 minutes, almost 50 people are killed by impaired drivers, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration means (NHTSA). This approximately 2,400 people a day die as a result of a drunk driver. An impaired driver is defined as “someone whose performance of driving tasks are reduced due to the effects of alcohol or other drugs,” according to NHTSA. Kristin Poroski, a junior elementary and special education major, recalls how drunk driving has affected her life. “My brother left the bar one night, thinking that DRIVING, page 3