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Shannon Keough

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“I think that it’s a great idea, reasons being because she is funny, nice and she brings diversity to the show. Since her personality is so kind I believe that she will balance out Simon. Ellen will definitely provide entertainment for the audience.”

Goran Dulac, freshman education major

“I love Ellen, I am a devoted fan and I watch her show everyday however I don’t think that she is a good pick for an American Idol judge, because she isn’t educated in the music industry.

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The lady Cavs’ volleyball team started the 2009 season off by sweeping Bryn Mawr College, 3-0, at Nerney Field House on Tuesday night.

Senior Lizzie Williams captured a double-double, gathering a team-high 18 assists and 10 digs.

Williams entered the game 23 assists shy of the two thousandth for her career at Cabrini.

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Traveling to Ethiopia, Africa, for eight weeks isn’t the ideal vacation most students have planned for the summer. However, for Beth Briggs, junior psychology

and sociology major, nothing could seem more appealing.

“I wanted to have first-hand experience with global poverty and apply my passion for global solidarity and social justice in a meaningful way.

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Incoming first-year students are now given the opportunity to arrive at Cabrini College a couple days earlier than their classmates in order to participate in a pre-orientation program that focuses on service, spirituality and solidarity,known as S3.

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After volunteering for one year to teach citizens in La Paz, Bolivia, how to use computers, Dennis Callahan was hired by Cabrini College as its newest help desk coordinator in the Information Technology Resources office.

“I was always interested in volunteer work abroad, which is why I was an international studies major in college,” Callahan said.

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As Americans we often feel that women are equal to men because women in the United States are educated, have the right to vote and hold the same positions in the workforce as men. However, equality has yet to be reached, both in the U.S. and abroad.

In many countries, women are still seen as objects, not humans.

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Halfway through her first year of college, Katrina Hill found herself engaged to her boyfriend of two years.

Hill, now a senior biology-tech and mathematics major, was open to the idea of getting engaged this early because, “I knew him for a long time and I knew it would be hard for us because we’d be apart for a lot of the time [during the school year].

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To be with the people, rather than to do for the people. Those were the words we lived by for the week we spent in Duran, Ecuador.

Nine other Cabrini students, along with one professor and our campus minister, traveled to Ecuador the week before Christmas.

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Justice Matters, the new Cabrini College curriculum which will be implemented in fall 2009 for entering students, was revealed by Dr. Marie Angelella George at her inauguration as president of Cabrini College. This new curriculum is unlike any other in the United States and will emphasize to students the importance of working for a more just world and advocating for local and global communities.

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“Since I was very young I learned how to survive, how to go to a foreign place, to get a job and to try to survive-and not having time to complain . . . in that sense I think that life has been a challenge every day,” famed Latin American novelist Horacio Castellanos Moya said.

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The 2008 presidential election, after millions of dollars splurged on advertising and time spent preparing for debates, came to a close on Tuesday, Nov. 4, as millions of Americans, including Cabrini College students, cast their votes.

Just after 11 p.m., Sen.

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With the economic crisis in full swing, people are now struggling to pay for college tuition. Cabrini College’s students and their families are no exception to this struggle.

Between the incomparable losses in the stock market, growing difficulty of obtaining loans and companies laying off their employees, the economic crisis has taken no prisoners.

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It’s that time of year. The air is getting crispy while the leaves are changing colors and falling to the ground. For the most part, students finally feel completely settled at school and are ready to show off their achievements to their families.

Homecoming weekend kicks off on Thursday, Sept.

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As many universities are struggling to understand why students leave their college after their first year, Cabrini College is taking the initiative not only to keep its students here but to engage them in the community and help them to succeed.

Approximately one third of last year’s freshman class didn’t return as sophomores, according to Lisa Plummer, director of institutional effectiveness.

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The scariest thing about starting a new school, especially college, isn’t how hard the classes are going to be or if you’re going to get lost the first week. Let’s face it; the most terrifying thought going through your head is how you’re going to meet a new group of friends.

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For some Cabrini students Tuesday, April 15 was nothing more than a day off from classes, but to many others it was a day in which they could engage themselves in a real professional experience. Tuesday was the second Undergraduate Art, Research, and Scholarship Symposium at Cabrini College.

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What have you all been doing with your “TV time” since the writers have been on strike? You’ve probably done one of three things: done something more productive, like homework or the laundry, watched the re-runs of your favorite shows or got addicted to a silly reality TV show.

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“I’m never going to stand in front of anyone and profess to be wonder woman; I’m not,” Lisa Nutter, president of Philadelphia Academies, Inc. and wife of Michael Nutter, the mayor of Philadelphia, said as she introduced herself at the 2008 Ivy Young Willis Lecture and Award Ceremony.

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New York, New Jersey, Maryland and others have all passed state-wide smoking bans, but Pennsylvania has yet to do so. ?While sections of Pennsylvania like Philadelphia, Scranton and Alleghany County have adopted a smoking ban, there is still much conflict over a state-wide ban.

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Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci) was cursed with a pig-nose when she was born and struggled her entire life to undo the curse. This fresh, fairy tale story puts a spin on what it’s like to be different than everyone else.

The curse was brought on by her wealthy family and as a baby she was labeled a freak.

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There are people who love movies and there are people who love sports. So aren’t movies based on sports the perfect compromise?

The extreme movie lovers may complain that a movie focused too much on an actual sport, while intense sports lovers will probably criticize it for being centered on a love story.

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Spring intramurals are now underway. This semester, the Dixon Center is offering intramural soccer, basketball and possibly softball.

Intramural sports are a chance for non-athletes, as well as athletes, to participate in their favorite sports. Although the rules of the game stay the same, the pressure is not as intense.

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Matthew sits with his friends, chewing tobacco, wearing jeans and a t-shirt, making jokes and laughing as if he had never left. He looks his age but it’s obvious through his stories that he has been through more than many 22-year-olds have.

For the past 15 months, Matthew Dixon, 22, has spent his time deployed in Iraq risking his life to ensure he completes his missions.

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“Lost” is back! The end of last season left all “Lost” fans hanging off the edges of their seats. After seeing into the survivors’ pasts for the last three seasons, the two-hour season three finale looked into Jack’s depressing future. Surprisingly, his future was off the island.

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Burger King was always the place to go in grade school when we had a half day for the first Friday of the month. On weekends I would stay over my grandparents’ house and on Saturday mornings we would go to Burger King for breakfast sandwiches or French toast sticks.

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