Cabrini Athletics 50 Years Ago
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Students react to 50th Anniversary
Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007
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Bono: Be the young voice of Africa
Many people gathered to recognize Bono during the Liberty Medal Ceremony. Mayor John F. Street, Governor Edward Rendell and honorary guests stood as Bono took the stage.
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Irish rock star and humanitarian Bono received the Liberty Medal, Philadelphia’s most
prestigious award, at a ceremony at the National Constitution Center on Thursday, Sept. 27. He was honored for his efforts to reduce extreme poverty and beat back AIDS in Africa. The organization he founded in 2002, DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), shared the award. “He has shown that it is impossible for decent men and
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women to be subjected to such inequity and injustice only to stand idly by,” President George H.W. Bush said before presenting Bono with the award. The Liberty Medal annually honors individuals or organizations worldwide who have demonstrated leadership and vision in the pursuit of liberty of conscience or freedom from oppres-
sion, ignorance or deprivation. This award is accompanied by a $100,000 prize, which Bono said will be donated to the organization. In a press conference before the ceremony, executive director of DATA Jamie Drummond spoke about the organization and the honor that both he and Bono would be receiving. “As you can tell from my
accent, I’m not American, nor is Bono, but we get what an honor this is,” Drummond said. As the ceremony began, a range of performers took the stage in an effort to honor the cause and urge Americans to
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Straddling lower, middle class ASHLEY COOK NEWS EDITOR AAC722@CABRINI.EDU
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Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Alfred Lubrano speaks at the President’s Convocation. He is also a contributing editor to GQ magazine, has won six national journalism awards and is a commentator for National Public Radio.
Cabrini College’s President’s Convocation honored Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Alfred Lubrano. Lubrano is author of the book “Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams.” Lubrano is also a contributing editor to GQ Magazine, has won six national journalism awards and is a commentator for National Public Radio since 1992. Lubrano made a speech about an overlooked social issue, the social transition from blue collar to white: the differences of working and middle class families based on values, education and culture. “Related by blood, separated by class,” Lubrano said.
“Limbo” individuals are those who are in between the two classes. He also refers to them as Straddlers. To the blue-collar family, love, family and money are key, but to the white collar, knowledge is most important. “Middle class people say that writing itself is a learning experience, when you write something you know more about it when your done with it, it makes you more well balanced, a little smarter, less ignorant and a little more open to people and differences.” Lubrano said. Lubrano used stories from his book throughout his speech to give examples of families who have suffered from this social issue. He spoke about how families can fall
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