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Williams believes track team needs focus

By Jillian Smith | April 26, 2007
"We didn't do that bad," women's track coach James Williams said of the performance done by the women's track team at the New Jersey Invitational. The meet was held on Saturday, April 14 at the College of New Jersey. "We dropped the baton [in the four-by-one,] but other than that, we ran good.

CBS fires Imus for slur against Rutgers athletes

By Jillian Smith | April 19, 2007
On Wednesday, April 4, Don Imus, radio show host of the nationally syndicated show "Imus in the Morning," referred to the Rutgers' women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos" a day after the team lost the national championship to Tennessee. "Unless they've given 'ho' a whole new definition, that's not what I am," Kia Vaughn, Rutgers' sophomore center told reporters.

Coaches to host summer lacrosse camps for youth

By Jillian Smith | April 12, 2007
This summer, the Cabrini lacrosse coaches will be using their knowledge to benefit beginners in the game of lacrosse. Steve Colfer, the men's coach, and Jackie Neary, the women's coach, with help from Bobbi Morgan, the women's basketball coach, will be hosting the Cavalier Lacrosse School, a five-day summer camp teaching children entering grades third to ninth the fundamentals of lacrosse.

Freshman Taylor strives for national title

By Jillian Smith | April 12, 2007
Starting way back in seventh grade, freshman history major Christiana Taylor decided that track was her calling. Taylor fell into the sport. "I really didn't want to run track." Taylor said. She was running down the hallway and the track coach saw her. He asked her if she wanted to try-out and it's been her sport ever since.

Alcohol-related deaths on the rise

By Jillian Smith | April 12, 2007
Until the death of Victoria "Vicki" Hickman, a York College freshman, sophomore elementary education major Michele Fitzgerald and freshman undeclared major Nick Pitts, never knew one another. "She brought us together," Pitts said. "It was nice not to feel alone.

Buckeye athletes post low graduation rate

By Jillian Smith | March 29, 2007
The Ohio State Buckeyes, one of the final four teams in the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, has a 10 percent graduation rate for athletes, making it one of the lowest-ranked schools for graduating basketball players in the nation.

Indoor Track finds success

By Jillian Smith | March 22, 2007
Junior social work major Lauren Deas placed sixth overall in the 55-meter dash at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships at Rose Hulman College on Saturday, March 10. With that finish, Deas earned her All-American honor for the third year in a row.

Practice gets harder for aspiring musicians

By Jillian Smith | March 15, 2007
Back in December of 2005, guitar players could no longer get their free tablatures off the internet. In fact, tabs of copyrighted music were considered illegal by the music industry. Conversely, MXtabs.net, a well-known site for guitar tabs, has now decided to display their tabs for a fee, instead of for free.

Shocking secrets unravel through PostSecret

By Jillian Smith | March 8, 2007
Tacked on a white four-by-six inch postcard is a cardboard cut-out of a woman's left hand. On the ring finger, a gold band with a sequin bead, representing an engagement ring. Written in black permanent marker on the back of the hand near the wrist, the words, written in all lowercase letters, "u changed my mind.

‘Because I Said So’ proves mom’s right

By Jillian Smith | February 22, 2007
Looking for a pleasant mother-daughter weekend afternoon activity after a long week of work and classes? Go to the movies and see "Because I Said So," starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore. These powerhouse actresses, along with Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo, deliver laughs, smiles and tender moments through out the whole movie, from beginning until the end.
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English & Communication

By Jillian Smith | April 16, 2009
In high school, I was an anchor on the morning news show, which aired the morning announcements. While other students sat in a normal classroom for homeroom, I was in front of the camera, on all the TV sets, for all the school to see. I thought that was the greatest job ever, so naturally, after graduating, I decided that I was going to be a TV news anchor.

Side by side with Africans affected by AIDS

By Jillian Smith | April 24, 2008
Within the first 24 hours of his first visit to Africa, Ryan Keith, president and founder of Forgotten Voices International, had already made a promise to a grandmother that he would not forget her story. He promised he would not forget how he witnessed her daughter die from AIDS or forget about her two young grandchildren that were now orphaned by the deadly disease.

Peer pressure: the building block to meth use

By Jillian Smith | April 10, 2008
I was flipping through the TV channels trying to find something mindless enough to make me fall asleep, something that wouldn't keep me interested for very long and would soon be just a distant buzzing in my dreams. Mind you, it was 5 a.m. So as I numbly sat in bed pushing the channel-up button every 2 seconds, a cute southern-accented boy caught my attention.

Uliano receives tenure

By Jillian Smith | April 3, 2008
One of the highest honors a professor can be awarded at Cabrini is being granted tenure. All professors, during their first year as a new faculty member up until the time when they can apply for tenure, holds their breath, hoping that they won't do anything to ruin their chances for this esteemed honor.

Not just good looks

By Jillian Smith | March 27, 2008
Close your eyes. Now, picture you're on the beach. You look to your left and there is Hillary Clinton, in a bikini. Look to your right, and there is Barack Obama in his swim trunks. Now, no questions about it, Obama is sure to look better in a bathing suit than Clinton, however, is that all he is good at - looking better than his opponent? Sure, Obama is a nice-looking African-American man who has charmed his way through the Senate and into the hearts of Americans but how does his resume look? It barely exists.

Students left in dark after stabbing

By Jillian Smith | October 25, 2007
At 2 a.m. on Saturday morning, I had just gotten home from visiting with my cousins. I was home in New Jersey for the night and jumped online to talk to some of my friends from Cabrini to see what they had done for the night. I was on my instant messenger when I noticed away messages saying things like "oh Cabrini" and "here we go again." I knew immediately something was wrong.

Do you really feel safe on campus?

By Jillian Smith | October 11, 2007
Before last semester, I felt very safe on campus. Being in the communications wing until 1 a.m. or later was the norm for me. I had a radio show 7 to 10 p.m. on Wednesday nights, which I was usually up there alone. That all changed towards the end of the semester when a man I didn't know, followed me into the radio station.

Cell phones outweigh drunk driving as cause of accidentst

By Jillian Smith | October 11, 2007
Ever since you were little, it has been drilled into your head that driving drunk was a big "no-no." Did you ever think talking on your cell phone and driving could be worse? Numerous studies have shown that this generation norm is becoming an increased problem.

New regulations threaten future of webcasting

By Jillian Smith | August 30, 2007
Most internet radio stations are biting their fingernails and wearing their lucky charms that they won't get shut down. This is due to a large increase of royalties they may have to pay set by a federal agency. Cabrini's radio station, WYBF, is among those in limbo due to a new federal regulation that was supposed to come out on July 15 but did not.

Transformers Movie Review

By Jillian Smith | August 30, 2007
Being a "girly-girl," I thought Transformers would be one of the most stupid movies I would ever see. I succumbed to my friends and family's pleadings and went to the movies not expecting much. Well let me tell you, I got much more than I bargained for. Transformers was ultimately the best movie hands down this summer.
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