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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
HALLOWEEN
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007
THE LOQUITUR YOU SPEAK, WE LISTEN
Radnor, Pa.
CABRINI COLLEGE
50 Vol XLIX, Issue 08
www.theloquitur.com
STABBING ON CAMPUS For the second time in less than two years, a stabbing occurred on Cabrini’s campus. KAITLIN BARR EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI.EDU JESSICA HAGERTY SPORTS EDITOR JH729@CABRINI.EDU
Cabrini students expressed concern over the incident that occurred early Saturday morning, as it was the second to occur in less than two years. The protocol of Public Safety, Radnor Police and Emergency Medical Services on Saturday was the same as the first incident on campus. “The only difference is our welcome center. With all exits closed we were able to control our only entrance/exit which was a plus,” Director of Public Safety Lillian Burroughs said in an e-mail. The 19-year-old victim with whom Tate was visiting was flown to the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania. Police say he is listed to be in stable condition. The Delcotimes.com accused Tate of marijuana possession last weekend in West Chester. He also has an open case involving conspiracy to armed robbery in Radnor. Tate’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 30. “In my opinion, it is the members of the college community – students, staff, faculty, you and me – who should think first of the effect on the community before inviting someone to campus,” President Iadarola said.
The Incident
The Suspect
The Lockdown
What Now?
The stabbing occurred around 12:30 a.m. Sat. morning on the East Residence Hall Patio. A nineteen-year-old freshman male was assaulted by a friend he had visiting him on campus. After arguing for a little while, the suspect stabbed the male freshmen in the abdomen. 911 was called and police and ambulance arrived to the scene in minutes. The suspect fled the scene, which prompted an immediate lock down on campus.
20-year-old Rupert G. Tate Jr. surrendered himself to police before noon on Sat. morning. He is currently behind bars on $250,000 cash bail. He now faces charges of attempted homicide, simple and aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and possession of an instrument of crime. According to the Delco Times, when asked how he was doing, he described “not too good.”
According to the Director of Public Safety Lillian Burroughs, they found out about the incident at 12:40 a.m. and the lockdown was enforced at 12:40 a.m. Cars returning to campus were told to go sit in WaWa’s parking lot as police and public safety searched for the suspect. The lockdown was taken off at 4:30 a.m. Students were to remain in their residence halls until further notice.
According to President Iadarola, next semester, an emergency broadcast text messaging system will go into effect. She also feels that changing the guest policy on campus would not be beneficial. “College policy emphasizes that students are responsible for the behavior of their guests and we expect that they will consider their own safety and the safety of others when considering whom to invite to campus.”
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Breast cancer’s effect on family life KAITLIN BARR EDITOR IN CHIEF KMB738@CABRINI.EDU
“I stood in the kitchen doorway as she walked down the hallway, stopped, turned around and asked, ‘So it’s cancer?’ My stomach dropped as I watched her face go blank and her eyes widen; it was straight out of a movie,” senior English and secondary ed major Kate O’Brien said. Kate’s mom, Susan O’Brien, had previously found a lump on her breast, yet no one thought it could be cancer. They all simply thought it was a cyst, no big deal. “I
guess when it’s your mother, cancer seems surreal and completely unthinkable,” O’Brien said. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, except for non-melanoma skin cancers. The chance of developing breast cancer at some time in a woman’s life is about 1 in 7. About 70 percent of breast cancers occur in women who have no identifiable risk factors; 80 percent of all breast lumps are benign. “I immediately thought that my mom is too young to die, that this couldn’t be happening,” O’Brien said. Because of the position of her mother’s tumor, Su-
san had to go through both chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The second leading cause of cancer death in women is breast cancer. In 2006, about
212,920 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in women living in the United
States. Women living in the United States have the highest rate of breast cancer in the world. “My mom would tell us that whenever she felt down, she’d close her eyes and picture the word ‘FAITH’ in pewter letters. It really helped her get through a crazy time,” O’Brien said. Today, Susan is cancer-free. The good news, she now joins the over 2 million breast cancer survivors living in the United States. The bad news, not all women are as lucky as Susan O’Brien. “I was in the sixth grade when my parents told my brother and I that my mom had found a lump
on her breast. I guess I was just too excited about Christmas to even start to think about my mom being sick,” 22-year-old Noelle Penney said. “I didn’t understand that cancer, stage three breast cancer which was what my mom had, would most likely result in death.” In 2006 alone, about 40,970 women died of breast cancer not even including women in previous years. Maryann Penney was one of those women who lost in the battle against breast cancer.
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