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Arts & EntertainmentApplication of

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Flashcards Deluxe

By: Kelsey AlvinoStaff Writer

It goes without saying, every woman struggles with her ap-pearance at least once in her life. The world has come up with “the perfect body” and how a woman should look, but in reality this is a very difficult idea to accomplish.

Nevertheless there’s good news to all women out there. America is starting to appreciate a woman’s curves. New York’s Fashion Week held the first ever plus-sized fash-ion show in their history on Sept. 9.

“I think that promoting to wom-en that you don’t have to be a size 0 to be beautiful is something that’s long overdue,” Kristie Montano, junior graphic design major, said.

Not only did Fashion Week showcase plus-sized models, there were some curvier celebrities in the front row, including Nikki Blonsky and Gabourey Sidibe. These celeb-rities are going to be the new influ-ences to young women across the world, proving that you can be just as beautiful at a size 14.

However, finding a woman with average curves in this day and age is getting harder, since the obesity

rate is rapidly rising.In recent statistics it’s been re-

ported “about 31 percent, or about 59 million people, are obese, which is defined as roughly 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight. Al-most 65 percent are either obese or overweight, 10 to 30 pounds over a healthy weight, which increases their chances of developing dia-betes, heart disease, some types of cancer and a host of other health problems.”

This is a big problem in the fash-ion world. Retail marketers have realized they do not want models who looks severely thin, however they also do not want their art dis-played on someone who weighs 500 pounds.Unfortunately, it’s not just young women who have a day-to-day battle with their weight. Young men also fear that they aren’t in shape or aren’t as defined as they need to be. This problem is plagu-ing adolescents.

One of the models in the plus-sized fashion show, Crystal Renn, said last year, “women have come so far in the past 100 years but what holds them back is lack of confidence and self-hatred.” Renn suffered from anorexia and was a size 0 and now she has transitioned

to “plus size.”So what size is considered

“plus-sized?” According to a New York Times article, the official size is a dress size 14 or higher. This number is not considered big by many people. Over two thirds of American women are over size 14.

“Every girl has self esteem is-sues but weight doesn’t have to be the main cause. You don’t have to be a size 2 to be beautiful,” Lexus Ujobai, junior criminology major, said.

What does having a plus-sized model do for the average retail market?

“They are now seeing more plus-sized merchandise come into the stores and many of their clients do research their selection before coming in,” a Nordstrom represen-tative via telephone, said.

While people do need to main-tain a healthy weight for health reasons, healthy is not a size 0 for everyone. Having plus-sized mod-els in fashion shows is a good step forward to showing adolescents that it is healthy to have some curves.

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By Melissa SzymborzkiStaff Writer

Plus-size fashion show pushes boundaries

The final season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is at hand, after a long run that brought entertainment and serious topics to its audience.

This season continues with themes including celebrities and daily life matters, as well as shows that feature important current events stories.

In terms of everyday life seg-ments, Winfrey said in a recent book club video announcement that this season will feature more good reads. Throughout the sea-son, viewers can expect medical issues to be covered along with a wealth of healthy living tips and recipes.

Current events to be featured include the stories of Ingrid Betan-court’s kidnapping and hiker Sarah Shourd’s release from Iran.

According to Imdb.com, Win-frey’s show has been airing since 1986, and has had many well-known moments along the way. Audiences found relatable topics on Winfrey’s show, whether they were gossip-like or more serious in nature.

According to About.com, Win-frey’s focus in the 90s changed to provide tips for people to go through life in their own best ways. Viewers in past years will prob-ably always remember the episode starring a couch-jumping Tom Cruise. However, Winfrey her-self has provided many surprises as well. Previous members of one studio audience were given keys to new wheels and more recently, Winfrey had Australia in store for another studio audience.

In recent years, Winfrey intro-duced fans to her debut of O Maga-

zine, giving a full-year subscription to a studio audience. This was pri-or to the magazine hitting stands. The popular talk show host has also taken on the silver screen, includ-ing voiceover work credited to her name. Winfrey’s future plans look to be just as ambitious as the career that led to her A-List celebrity sta-tus that she is known for.

In her book club video an-nouncement, Winfrey said that she will be the owner of her very own network. According to Oprah.com, the new network is called OWN TV, which stands for The Oprah Winfrey Network, and focuses on living out your dreams. The book club will continue through the new network, Winfrey said via video podcast, to assure fans of her book recommendations.

Looking to the time when The Oprah Winfrey show is over, there is the matter of who will inherit the coveted time slot. According to tvsquad.com, a few possibilities include big names in home-making tips, like Martha Stewart and Ra-chael Ray. Ellen DeGeneres was also named by tvsquad.com in the list of those who could nab Win-frey’s talk show hour.

Opinions throughout campus varied about Winfrey’s long-run-ning talk show coming to an end after one more season. Some of-fered their favorite for taking on Winfrey’s time slot after the long-running talk show’s final episode concludes.

“Good riddance, I’m happy to see her go because she’s obnox-ious,” Peter Morrison, junior Span-ish education major, said.

The Emmy-winning Oprah Winfrey Show coming to an end brought up a memory for one Cabrini staff member.

“I watched it with my mother

when I was in high school,” Ste-phen Eberle, the coordinator of community partnerships, said. “My mother was a high school teacher so we both had the same schedule.”

Eberle also discussed a link that Cabrini College has to The Oprah Winfrey Show and one of Winfrey’s celebrity guests.

According to The Examiner, Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas fame gave scholarships to four stu-

dents from Delaware, including Cabrini student Jaiquann Beckham.

“It was his dream to go to Cabrini,” Eberle said.

Eberle also recalled watching the musician’s scholarship an-nouncement on Winfrey’s show with others in Jazzman’s Cafe.

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By Carol DwyerStaff Writer

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” begins last season

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After you pick what text book is used in your particular class, Flashcards Deluxe will make up a study guide for using key facts and points in the book. Focusing on turning your weaknesses into strengths, Flashcards Deluxe will organize all study guides you have used throughout the year into one. This will make studying for finals and exams very helpful and convenient. You can skip the long hours of working on study guides and just go back to the work you have previously saved on your phone. This application can save you time, liveli-ness and your sanity while studying for a test. With total ac-cess to millions of test prepping features that are 100 percent free, it would be foolish to not take a look at this amazing and helpful app.

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Nikki Blonsky, a plus-sized icon has been featured in many differ-ent films and television shows portraying overweight characters.

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Preparing the perfect chicken wing sauce was the goal of several students at the “Chicken Wing Champions” wing bowl competition in the Market Place on Monday, Sept. 27.

Five teams made up of four Cabrini College students each battled for the No. 1 spot.

The team had 15 minutes to mix any ingredients including mustard, barbeque sauce, brown sugar and honey.

The event, hosted by CAP Board, con-sisted of Team Throwback Wings, Team X Blade, Team Destroyer, Hello Lynn and Cuties Only.

This was the first event hosted by CAP Board members Sam Zeff and Shaina Mc-Cullough.

“All the teams had really creative sauc-es that made the event that much better,” Sam Zeff, junior business major, said.

“Because of the uniqueness of the event, we had a strong turn out,” Bruce Wright Jr., junior accounting major and CAP board director of onstage events, said.

Team Throwback Wings took the cov-eted first place spot with their spicy sauce. Even though second place was won by Team X Blade, the race was pretty close between the other contenders.

“Team Destroyer had the best wings by far,” Ali Thompson, junior business major, said. “The sweet barbeque with a hint of parsley was absolutely fabulous.”

Team Cuties Only took a different ap-proach to the normal idea of a wing sauce. The team preferred to use a large amount of mustard as their base. This choice pro-duced an unappealing highlighter-yellow sauce.

“I was scared and intrigued at the same time,” Lauren Chieffo, senior marketing major, said.

“Oh just close your eyes and enjoy,” Team Cuties Only said.

According to CAP Board members, The Wing Bowl will be making a another appearance again in the near future.

“It’s about going outside the box and doing something extraordinary,” Chieffo said.

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Arts & EntertainmentJuniors Matt Keller and Christian Nunnan were able to enjoy the good-tast-ing benefits of their spicy chicken wing sauce.

Juniors Allie Lucia and Pat Schneider plate their wings for the judges to sample.

By Sarah LuckertStaff Writer

WINGWINGWING BOWLBOWL BOWLphotos by katie parks/S staff photographer

Students getting spicy in the Marketplace

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Arts & Entertainment“Gossip

Girl Here..”Stud of the Week

Dud of the Week

By Chelbi MimsStaff Writer

Classroom Chic

Movie Review:

Lauren Morano, 19, Business

Tell us about your outfit: “This outfit is light and fashionable. It’s dressy but still causal and comfortable for class.”

Favorite part of your outfit: “My favorite part of my outfit is my gladiator sandals. They are comfortable and go with everything.”

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Robert Pattinson has gone from shiny vampire to werewolf. He was spotted with a new look that he doesn’t seem to be pulling off very well. He was seen at the Los Angeles airport with a long scruffy beard. Although this look has worked for Brad Pitt and Zac Efron, Pattinson doesn’t seem to be pulling the mountain man look off. Many are asking why he changed his nice baby face into a scruff ball. Pattinson should not get used to this werewolf look because “Breaking Dawn” begins shooting in October.

Cool weather has arrived which means it’s time to put away flip flops and bring out the chic boots. Miley Cyrus brought out her boots and set a fashion trend for young adults everywhere. Boots of all lengths and distresses are considered a major fashion neces-sity this year. Cyrus was spotted this week in Los Angeles sporting a mid-calf boot. These boots can be extremely expensive, however big department stores carry more affordable brands.

By: Chelbi MimsStaff Writer

Mariah Carey, 41, took a fall on stage in Singapore on Sept. 26. Then she was seen being rolled through the Los Angeles airport in a wheel chair, after her flight boarded from Singapore. Carey was a good sport about the fall; she laughed and tweeted about it all night. “Mariah twisted her ankle in Singa-pore and should have packed more sensible shoes, but she doesn’t have any,” Cindi Berge, Carey’s representative, said.

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian are tak-ing on a whole new challenge. Kourtney is ditching Miami (and Khloe for that matter) and taking on New York with her younger sister Kim. The sis-ters will be opening a third DASH store in New York while film-ing a new reality show which will be a spin-off of their reality show, “Keeping up with the Kardashians.” The show is set to air in January 2011.

Justin Bieber lov-ers; the teen is on a roll. He released a new single on Sept. 28. The video then premiered on “E News” with mil-lions of viewers watch-ing.The 16-year-old Cana-dian superstar is also in the process of getting his biography, “Jus-tin Bieber, First Step 2 Forever: My Story,” published.

There is also a Bieber doll being re-leased around Christ-mas time.

Looks like the Bieber-fever continues to spread.

cam376@cabrini.edu

“Greed is Good” seems to be the most well known line from the 1987 movie “Wall Street.” The film is about a young stockbroker, Gordon Gekko.

His eagerness to make it to the top took him straight to jail when he was involved with the trading of illegal inside information.

“It was not necessary to see the first ‘Wall Street’ to be able to enjoy the second,” Emily Yurick, senior finance and accounting major, said. “There was only

one main returning character and it was a different plot, you could understand and enjoy the movie without having seen the first.”

Twenty-three years later, the sequel has finally been completed. Oliver Stones’ latest movie, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” hit the box office Sept. 24.

The drama starring, Michael Douglas and heartthrob, Shia LaBeouf, made a whopping $19 million in its first week, enough to take first place in the box office.

It was only a matter of time before Hollywood popped out a movie about the recent chaos that our nation’s economy has fallen into.

“It was a good movie, all the actors did a great job and were perfect for their roles,” Yurick said. “Michael Douglas seemed to easily step back into his role as Gordon Gekko.”

Michael Douglas stars as Gor-

don Gekko, an infamous inside trader, who was recently released from prison.

After eight years behind bars, Gekko returns to the real world in 2008, just in time to witness the accounting scandals known as En-ron and Worldcom.

Gekko’s daughter, Winnie, is dating Jake Moore, played by Shia Labeouf. Moore crosses paths with Gekko when he attends a lecture given by him on his book about the upcoming financial crisis. Gekko explains to Moore why his daughter Winnie will not speak to him and they make a deal to help each other.

In exchange for a more recent photo of Winnie, Gekko offers to help Moore pull together secret information about the Keller Za-bel collapse and to bring down an enemy of Moore’s mentor.

“I think it was a really good movie, I love Shia Labeouf, and Michael Douglas was very witty,” Megan Fasano, senior elementary education major, said.

Many movie-goers are calling “Wall Street” one of the year’s best films. According to movie critics, Stone did not surpass his first “Wall Street” movie and the acting was characterized as over the top.

The most attractive part about “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is that everyone can relate to it.

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Shia LaBeouf plays Jake Moore, a convincing propriety trader in the drama “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.”

By Katie Bonanni Staff Writer

“It was not necessary to see the first ‘Wall Street’ to be able to enjoy the second.”

“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”