Christine Graf

Articles by Christine Graf

Exercise likely to prevent, treat breast cancer

By Christine Graf | October 25, 2007
A new study on exercise after breast cancer treatment shows promising results. University of Pennsylvania is completing a study on how exercise affects post-surgical breast cancer patients. Communications professor Cathy Yungmann, a survivor of breast cancer, was a year-long participant in the study.

Flag football frenzy

By Christine Graf | October 18, 2007
Cabrini students embraced the opportunity to participate in flag football, an intramural sport offered through the Dixon Center. Every Sunday starting at 6 p.m. it is not uncommon to hear the roar of Cabrini students battling it out on the turf in hopes of achieving the Cabrini flag football championship on Dec.

Lady Cavs outshoot Marywood, Neumann

By Christine Graf | October 11, 2007
The Cabrini College women's soccer team tied Marywood University on Saturday, Oct. 6 with a final score of 0-0. The tie shifted the record to 4-1-1 in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. The Cavaliers worked hard out-shooting Marywood 10-5. Top shooters junior back Nikki Duggan and sophomore forward Sabina DeGisi made good attempts but the outcome was not favorable for the Lady Cavs.

Mind and body fitness for life-long health

By Christine Graf | September 27, 2007
Exercise can make you feel better, not only physically but mentally. According to the staff and students interviewed in the Dixon Center, there is more to physical fitness than looking good. There seems to be an obsession in media and culture theses days that suggests that working out is primarily to become thin and in shape.

Ryan believes ‘trust’ will help win PACs

By Christine Graf | September 13, 2007
With this year's field hockey team being mostly freshmen, who will lead the team to victory? Captain Kate Ryan, a junior exercise science major, is a good candidate, as well as this issue's player of the week. Ryan made first team in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference as a sophomore last year.

Trip to Ecuador inspires action against poverty

By Christine Graf | March 22, 2007
Imagine walking down a street of dirt, stones, sharp glass, contaminated puddles, and then witnessing children playing soccer barefoot on those same streets. Imagine the aroma of rice and beans lingering out of cane houses; and immediately thanking God that at least today, those children will be fed.
Load More

Student trip prompts Fair Trade coffee expansion

By Christine Graf | April 30, 2009
Cabrini's catering service, Sodexo, is currently negotiating with San Lucas Mission's fairly traded Juan Ana coffee to be featured in over 200 of Jazzman's locations throughout the United States during October, which is Fair Trade month.

Graduating confident

By Christine Graf | April 16, 2009
Four years at Cabrini has prepared me for the "real world." Something every parent, faculty member or perspective student wants to hear. Luckily for me, it's true. My time here has not only prepared me for the working world but has enriched my knowledge of other worlds.

IRA dissidents renew violence in Northern Ireland

By Christine Graf | April 2, 2009
Fear was resurrected in Northern Ireland when the Irish Republican Army dissidents killed a police officer and two British soldiers, within a 48-hour time period.

Benefits of service after graduation

By Christine Graf | December 4, 2008
People go to college to get an education so that eventually they can get a good job which makes good money, to live a comfortable life, right?

Notre Dame University scholar lectures on connection between Catholism and politics

By Christine Graf | November 6, 2008
A leading authority on the role of the Catholic Church in politics said that Catholics should not be one-issue voters. Richard McBrien of Notre Dame University, author of 21 books on Catholicism, said that those Catholic bishops who say that the abortion issue is the only issue Catholics should look at in presidential elections are actually not in accord with the American bishops' own teachings.

Editorial: Historic election brings change to White House

By Christine Graf | November 6, 2008
Regardless of your political party affiliation and who you voted for on Nov. 4, change in the White House is coming. Whether or not it is the change you wanted, does the future of our country really now depend on just one man? Now that the presidential race is over, it is up to us as American citizens to make sure our president holds true to his promises and delivers on the issues that we based our votes on.

Iraqi refugee families resettled locally

By Christine Graf | October 23, 2008
Twenty-four Iraqi refugees have been resettled in southern New Jersey by Catholic Charities, a non-profit faith-based organization. These Iraqi citizens had fled Iraq and took refuge in neighboring countries like Syria and Lebanon due to the increase of violence and personal threats jeopardizing their lives.

Ugandan urges students to be ‘voice of the voiceless’

By Christine Graf | October 16, 2008
A Uganda native visited Cabrini College students Monday, Oct. 6, to promote peace in her homeland by sharing stories of warfare and the success of her peacebuilding efforts in Uganda. Sister Pauline Acayo, Catholic Relief Service peacebuilding officer for Uganda, is part of the Peace in Africa tour CRS is doing throughout the United States to educate people about conflict zones like Uganda.

ABC star stresses voting on campuses

By Christine Graf | September 18, 2008
College students have the ability to be the margin of victory for the 2008 election, which is why ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" television star Kate Walsh was campaigning for Sen. Barack Obama in the Philadelphia area last Saturday, Sept. 13.

Increase in food prices brings greater poverty

By Christine Graf | September 11, 2008
"Many children are abandoned because their parents know they can't feed them and can't stand to watch them die in their arms," Bridget Flynn, senior education major, said about children in Ethiopia, Africa. She spent the summer there as an intern with Catholic Relief Services.
Load More
file

Click here to check out our latest edition!
file

Click here to check out our latest edition!

Perspectives

A final reflection

By Loquitur Editorial Board | May 8, 2024

Growing up Cabrini

By Brooke Protesto | May 6, 2024

Eleven minds, one mission

By Loquitur Editorial Board | May 2, 2024

Special Project

Title IX Redefined Website

Produced by Cabrini Communication
Class of 2024

Listen Up

Season 2, Episode 3: Celebrating Cabrini and Digging into its Past

watch

Scroll to Top