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Oct 17, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Chris Perri |Paige Bowman |Jacob Pegan |Kyleigh Brunotte
The news year we face will be far from anything normal. As the student newspaper of a closing university, our road ahead will inevitably be unpredictable and challenging to navigate. In times like these, leadership becomes crucial. When challenged, those at the helm of an organization must stand ready to face any obstacle they may encounter. Effective leadership can take on many forms, especially in times of crisis or dire circumstances.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Colin Tomczak |Chris Perri |Andrew Stovenour |Jacob Pegan
Attending college is stressful for many students, but at Cabrini, anxiety and stress seems even more present. Cabrini’s Counseling and Psychological Services is here to help and this year, they partnered with UWill, a teletherapy program. The CaPS center, directed by Dr. Bryan Peightal, assists students with their mental health needs. On top of helping with academics and personal issues, CaPS also helps students deal with the news of Cabrini’s closing and the anxiety or issues that come with it.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Jason Fridge |Paige Bowman |Andrew Stovenour |Jacob Pegan
On June 23, the day news dropped about Cabrini’s plans to close students received an email explaining that the Center for Student Success (CSS) would work directly with them “to develop an individualized transfer plan to complete [their] degree with minimal disruption in [their] course of study and path to graduation.”Throughout September, the first wave of students met with their CSS advisors. However, students’ reaction about that experience yielded mixed results.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Andrew Stovenour |Kevin Durso |Jacob Pegan
With Cabrini closing its doors after this school year, many people are reflecting on their time on campus. For many, they tell stories of different parties and events on campus, and a place where people go to relax and gather with their friends. When my father and I originally toured Cabrini, we wandered onto the campus without any appointment and were given a tour by a freshman advisor who worked in admissions. This tour sold me on the school.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Andrew Stovenour |Jacob Pegan |Gekeya Pinder
It is still a team even if it’s small. After the shock the 2023-2024 academic year being the last for Cabrini University, athletes are now coping with a season of small rosters. The women’s field hockey and lacrosse teams are playing through the changes. For field hockey, there is 16 players on the team now. They have lost 8 players from the 2022 season. While lacrosse, has lost 2 players from the 2022 season, with 23 players on the team now.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Brianna Mack |Hannah Poggi |Lashay Smith |Jacob Pegan
On her second album, “Guts,” twenty-year-old songbird Olivia Rodrigo sings a love letter goodbye to her teenage years. Collaborating with old and new friends, Rodrigo’s mainstay musical support, pop-producer Dan Nigro, sonically encapsulates angry and heartbroken lyrics with heavy drums, electric guitars, and screams. One relatable sentiment echoed throughout, “love is never logical,” comes from track seven.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Chris Perri |Jedidah Antwi |Jason Fridge |Jacob Pegan
On Thursday, Sep. 14, Cabrini honored Pennsylvania State Representative Jennifer O’Mara was honored at a ceremony in recognition of her service to her community. O’Mara received the school’s Ivy Young Willis and Martha Willis Dale Award. The ceremony took place in the Woodcrest Mansion foyer. Dr. Courtney Smith, chair of Cabrini’s history and political science department, and Dr. Michelle Filling-Brown, dean of Academic Affairs, facilitated the event.
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Sep 25, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Paige Bowman |Jedidah Antwi |Jacob Pegan |Brooke Protesto
Student-athletes already struggle with balancing their classes and practicing their sport. Now, they must face the additional struggle of their university’s shutdown. Cabrini’s closure caused much disruption for its nursing students, especially those who are also student-athletes. Nursing credits do not transfer easily to other schools, but Eastern University, one of Cabrini’s partner schools, allowed nursing students to take classes there while still competing as Cavaliers.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Jedidah Antwi |Jason Fridge |Paige Bowman |Jacob Pegan
On June 23, Cabrini announced to the public it will close in May 2024. Cabrini administration have said they will support students with their transfer process to find a new school for next year. Dr. Michelle Filling-Brown, dean of Academic Affairs at Cabrini, expressed the institution’s commitment to supporting students in making informed decisions about their academic paths. Filling-Brown emphasized the many pathways students can choose from in their transfer process.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
theloquitur.com | Paige Bowman |Jason Fridge |Jacob Pegan |Kyleigh Brunotte
Cabrini University is closing its doors after the 2023-2024 school year, but the newly added nursing program is shut down for this upcoming school year. The program was added in the fall of 2020 and now ends in fewer than four years. Nursing students found out in August in an email about a week after Cabrini’s closing announcement. Then they found out that they would have to transfer schools immediately as the nursing school would no longer be accredited at the end of the school year.
