Andrew Stettler

Tucked away at the intersection of Lancaster Ave. and N. Wayne Ave. in Wayne, Pa, stands Pat's Barber Shop. A small two-room community keystone in the middle of a town economy built on restaurants and retail. While a few stores are beginning to close due to the economic downturn, owner of Pat's, Pat Shannon, said his shop has barely been affected.

Standing by her poster on Immigration Reform in the Dixon Center, Michelle Costa, freshman English and communication major, has studied the sources of illegal immigration and drug trafficking all year. Today, she is able to show and advocate her work to the public by presenting a poster of her studies at the Cabrini College Symposium's Poster Session.

When most American college students think of an African town, they think of a remote village in need of U.S. dollars. But under thatched roofs in Fort Portal, Uganda, people have formed their own savings and loan systems to help them save as little as 10 cents a week.

In a time when more and more Americans want to buy American products only, those seeking stem cell treatment have to go abroad. President Barack Obama's recent executive order ending an eight-year ban on embryonic stem cell research has many college students asking, how will this change the medical world? Stem cell research has always been legal, just not federally funded.

As a result of the $787 billion stimulus package recently signed by the federal government, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, SEPTA, will receive $193 million this spring. The money will be used to repair rails from the '30s while creating over 5,000 jobs.

On Wednesday, Feb. 15, in a time of great economic crisis and just four days after her return from Guatemala, Dr. Marie George gave her first State of the Campus Address to a staff-packed Widener Lecture Hall.