by Renee Tomcanin Modems, connections, system, e-mail, Ethernet cables. These words seem to be part of the everyday collegiate vocabulary. In fact, the average… Read More
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.
Oracles. Prognosticators. Mystics. Fortunetellers. Predicators of our futures. They claim to hold magical powers from beyond our realm of understanding. They harness our psychic energy and help to guide us and give us a glimpse into events to come. These supernatural items are, of course, Magic 8-balls and Ouija boards.
"Half of the world's people struggle to live on less than $2 a day." This shocking fact is from an article in Monday's New York Times. Estimating that there are 6 billion people in the world, which means that 1.2 billion people are living like that. Imagine having only $2 to spend on yourself for everything you need to do in one day.
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.
Forget the whiny twenty-somethings. Forget the island and immunity challenges. Forget eating brains and plummeting bodies on bungee chords. MTV has a new show that further blurs the line between family sitcom and reality television series.
"The Osbournes" has been described as a "family-oriented sitcom" and a "reality-based comedy.
This time last year I had just gotten back from a wonderful weekend in one of my favorite spots, New York city. It had been awesome. I saw a Broadway play for the first time (Rocky Horror with Joan Jett as Columbia), toured NBC (not Conan's studio but close), and saw Times Square (big Coke sign and all).
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.
Season 2, Episode 3: Celebrating Cabrini and Digging into its Past
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