Renee Tomcanin

The next A on your report card might not be reflective of your success as a student. Grade inflation, the trend of many higher educational institutions to give out more higher level grades, has many at Cabrini and other colleges and universities questioning what is the best way of assessing students.

In the aftermath of Sept. 11, the topic of terrorism and how our world has changed has often been discussed. On March 16, the Prelaw Club and the Alumni Association sponsored a forum on this subject from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Widener Center Lecture Hall.

A Fishy Situation Garth Spacek, 42, of Madeira Beach, Fla., was stabbed in the abdomen with the detached bill of a swordfish after getting into a fight with another fisherman. Spacek began fighting with Frank Ashmus, 46, on the dock. The argument moved to Spacek's apartment after he hit Ashmus on the head with a beer bottle and left the scene.

A Backwards Universe Galaxy NGC 4622 is apparently dyslexic. Rather than rotating in a counter-clockwise motion like in most galaxies, the outer arm of NGC 4622 moves clockwise. The Hubble 2 telescope first sighted the galaxy in May 2001. Scientists are looking for an explanation for this phenomenon, but for now, they are attributing it to a galactic collision.

Plagiarism is not limited to the student level. In the past year alone, many famous authors have been accused of plagiarizing passages from their books. The consequences of these allegations are still not clear, but it has shown the public that an author's word may not be solely their own.