Friday, Dec. 2, 2005
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Cabrini grad rate below average SHANE EVANS ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR SME722@CABRINI.EDU KRT
“Thirsty Thursday” binge drinking has placed Cabrini at the top of the list for number of liquor violations . But an investigative report on Action News claimed that many local colleges like Drexel and Temple have covered up the number of liquor violations.
Liquor violations pile up KELLY MURPHY KAM736@CABRINI.EDU STAFF WRITER
If one were to sit on a bench behind the library at 9:30 on a Thursday night, one would witness the migration of numerous barely-clothed underclassmen making there way to the coveted Cabrini Apartment Complex before 10 p.m. Now this person on the bench must realize that if a student makes it inside the apartments before 10 p.m., the student arrives earlier than the public safety officer and is granted the privilege of staying there all night. This fact is compared to the fashionably late students who only get the pleasure of staying until 2 a.m. Once the clock reaches 2 a.m., a public safety officer will trek upstairs to eject students that were signed-in after 10 p.m. When inside the apartments, one is graced with a plethora of
The number of alcohol violation in 2004 School
# of Students
# of Violations
Cabrini
1,600
323
Drexel
17,000
277
Temple
33,000
58
choices: hang out and drink, hang out and drink or hang out and drink. Carding students to check age does not apply in the apartments, which is a life-saver for many underage students. Throughout many cramped living rooms in the apartments, beer is the single-most important object
in the room. Whether one drinks beer or not really does not matter because it is Thursday night and there are no rules or consequences. This statement, however, may be untrue. As time flies by, one continues to observe the Thursday night action from the bench. It is now
11:48 and a group of men and women in yellow jackets walk by in a hurry. The pack walked by walked by so quickly that it was difficult to realize the group in actuality was public safety on its Liquor, page 3
Roommate problems, an ongoing issue BRITTANY LIBERATORE ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR BCL722@CABRINI.EDU It is 5 a.m. and it seems like one freshman at Cabrini has not slept a wink because a roommate has been on the phone all night talking to a boyfriend. Freshman “Jane,” as she will be called because she wants to remain anonymous, feels that 24 hours a day, her roommate is inconsiderate towards her. So why would Jane choose to
live with her chatty roommate? She did not. When she arrived at Cabrini for freshman orientation over the summer, she was already paired with her roommate. Is this a recipe for disaster? Laura Shapella, assistant director of Residence Life, shed some light on the ways roommates are paired up before freshman year. All incoming freshman Roommate, page 3
JESS WEBB/PHOTO EDITOR
Roommates Nicole Nielsen and Ashley Paulos did not get along without their third roommate who moved out recently because of differences.
The graduation rate of students at Cabrini is still lower than the state average, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. With a four-year graduation rate of 51.6 percent, Cabrini has a lower graduation rate than the majority of Pennsylvania private, non-profit colleges. According to The state average for four-year graduation is around 58 percent as of 2002, and Cabrini is significantly below that number. There are a variety of reasons for this number. Students drop out because of poor grades or otherwise. Some decide to transfer to another school. Still other students simply do not make the grade or receive the proper amount of credits to graduate in four years and are forced enroll for an extra year as a “super senior.” Students here at Cabrini who intend to graduate on time have been preparing themselves to do so by budgeting their time and picking the correct amount of classes. Colleen Bowman, a senior business administration major, thinks that graduating on time isn’t really that difficult to accomplish. Bowman said, “Graduating on time is not a difficult thing to do if you’re organized. Keeping track of what classes need to be taken and when they need to be taken is key. Once you figure out what major you want, it becomes very easy to plan out college and therefore graduate on time.” For Bowman, who graduates this May, it has not been too much of an issue. But for 2005 graduate, Rich DeMatteo, a psychology major, things were a litGraduation, page 2