Dennis Murray: The first five years ... p. 9 Volume 29, Number 20, Marist College, Poughkeepsie; N. Y. May 3, 1984 Sillg.enf stabbed; second ,student ar_rested . .. . ... . ---· . ' . . . - . ' by Mark Stuart -· Poughkeepsie Town· Police, and. of Marian Hall}.vas ~reated and ·. Italian-made switchblade. remanded to the Dutchess Jail in released from the emergency · : A pre-trial hearing was held last earlier that night at a local bar. According to Mike Murphy, a. bouncer-at the bar, the two were · asked to· leave by the own~r, bµt · . A 19-year~old freshman has lieu 0 ( $10,000 bail, which was room of St. Francis Hospital in Friday · at 10:22 a.m. before been arrested after J1e allegedly met. Roser was arraigned on Poughkeepsie, after suffei:ing a Justice Ira A. Pergament, . iri stabbed another Marist student in.: charges of firstsdegree assault and 12-inch gash about two inches which Roser requested that bail the Benoit · Parking .. lot last fourth degree ·criminal deep in some places, requiring be reduced. That- request was Thursday morning. · possession· of a weapon, which is about 32 stitches under his left denied and the hearing was ad- . Clinton Roser, from Benoit a misdeameanor. · . · ·. arm. 'The weapon that was journed until May 11. , · said he. wasn't exactly sure why the owner wanted them out. · "I was standing at the door when the owner told us (Murphy · Continuecl ·on page 14 - House, was arrested by The victim, Joseph C. Mitchell, .:. allegedly used -\vas. a three-inch The two men had been seen · Facing pullishment, . Cronkite honored guest · leaders dctnate money at Thomas aWard fest L-A-T-E-S-T ~-1 nslde·- -· .. --The .Circle Commencement controversy· .-. _ .J...: page 3. . Injufi.es, damage mar River Day ·. by Catherine DeNunzio concussion, . a . broken . nose, , According to an article in the _ Health Service at Marist, said that · . , . .. . . . bruises, cuts - 01anywere severe Poughkeepsie Journal, several seven to· 10 students actually _·~ A .sen~or m1ured durmg River·· and had "to-be stitched-- and a .students_ threatened reporters a~ received· emergency care in the · Dar, is_ rec<;>vering -.froip. t!1,e . ·1arge gash.in his.head whichmay the scene of the accident, saying. hospital on River Day but many accidentm which he fell off a chff need a skin graft if it doesn't heal _ they did not want any news or _ other students were there to overlooking the. river !ind -hit his soon. . : .· . - . . pictures of the accidenr to be support their injured frien~s. Ten head on the rocks. . . · · "I · don't blame anyone but . printed. One student knocked - · to 15 students were treated by ·. Ken Bohan was . u11conscious myself," s;iid Bohan, "but I feel _ down a reporter from behind· and O'Brien at Marist. . for. almost two hours aft~r:,. th_e Marist should supoort River. Day · stole his notes: Injuries for the day included •incident on April 13 and ·was and have it in a safe area where no Chief" George Lochner of the sprained and broken ankles, two released from St.·· Francis once can get Jturt: My attitude · Town of Poughkeepsie Police dislocated knees, · gastro Hospital 24 hours after•· he was · would be the same even if I didn't Department said that the Fairview ·(stomach) problems, concussions, admitted. He suffered from a fall." Fire Department also reported ~u.ts,: bruises and of course the · some resistance from students m1unes suffered by Ken Bohan . Election· settled . or· o·u· ndb. ·reak· z•n· g 1·s . A 1 ay/ · 11 while they were trying to rescue The property by the river is ___ p~ige 3 _ · .. - . - lY.L~ .· Bohan. Lochner said that some owned by the City of students who looked like football Poughkeepsie, but Marist is get as close to the actual physical . players, 'were asked to help and financially_ responsible for site as possible." . __._ they were very cooperative in students who are injured there. ·Ad major rejected ...::.·page 3 Engineering ready to go · ~page 15 by Ian O'Connor - The eagerly awaited ground- Among those slated to· attend resolving the situation. "Accident insurance is in effect breaking ceremony for the Lowell the event ·are members · of· the As opposed to the original whenever an accident happens. Thomas Communications Center Marist Board of Trustees, : the speculation of 46-48 students All -full-time students have will take place May 11 at 3 p.m., center's· architect Stuart Cohen, injured, St. Francis Hospital's coverage," said Marion Stritland, at the north end of campus, the faculty an.d staff personnel and spokeswomen LaClaire Wood from the business office. college anno_unced last week. some local politicians. "We've said that a total· of 16 students · Property damage in the dor- According to Chris Lapham, also invited friends of.Thomas were treated in Emergency mitories included broken doors, director of .public information, from Pawling, N.Y. (where throughout the ·River · Day windows, furniture, lights, walls the exact site for the ceremony Thomas lived);'' Lapham said.. weekend. Wood said that people and other miscellaneous items has yet to be determined. "The · Next week's ceremony will at _Marist blew the number of throughout the campus, totaling site of the ceremony isn't always mark the official opening of the injured persons out of propor- approximately· $1,146 with the exact site for the building," project that· was originally · tion ... · . . materials and labor included. The she said. "We're going to try to Continued on page 10 Jane O'Brien, coordinator of Continued on page 10 -------·-···--·~··. ·-··--··--·T ·----·-- -- .. ·_\ L, \ . . ; ·., l i ( I . i ' ., ~ t ... -,, tt./ ~;- ..: --.----:~ ...... , .. ,. ----------■2---------•a---~--•a --Page2--THECIRCLE-May3, 1984 __ .;.;._ ___________ ~~~======- ==•·-- =· · ::!-- • . , . ., Friday, May 4th - Noon 'til 1:00 a~m._ with fire hot bands!* · SCHEDULE OF EVENTS· At - Mccann Field ... - · _ _ _ ED ·JACKMAN: Master of Ceremonies; All. DAY -_- . *THE GREG GREENWAY_BAND:-~2:00-2:00- _*BACK TO EARTH: 2:00-4:00.> .-- . --- _- __ : · ... * •.~.IR~•.;~~~9:,t>~(.\8:/'f 1,#J,f.rt ,t)~+(f,~t!t'f i~;tf it·!St}c{/" .· .. ··.··•. ALSO DOWN--AT-M.cCAN.N FROM NOON:to SIX ... :- . . ' . . . . . . ,_· . - . . •.. . . ' ~ -~ . \ There will be all kinds of vendors with dif- - _ ferent types of food and drink. Victorian · · Photographers, a "Dunk Tank," ·the an- nual TUG OF WAR, and plenty of FREE · give-aways tor al I!. Beer wi 11 be' served out- side· and all students must have ? 'Marist ·-- 1.D. - no exceptions wiU be made. · · ·•~:ft~ .• . . . . - , . . ' - - -At the Boa-thouse: - - . . . . . - . - '- RIVERFRONT-BARBEQUE:--·5:00-7:00 -_ H-OT ACOUSTICS: 5:00-7:00 .-• -- . . And ·what_A Way To End_ The Night, with the •.. -- :. . . . . : . /4 '·. MAYFES-T. · . MIXER· 9 p.m. -1 a~m. in the College Dining Hall with a full cash bar and _plenty of refreshments! with one of _Long Island's hottest ba-nds ... EAST·COAST · .. /_ ---------------------~· ·.(S-Oriimeilceme11t . May 3, 1984 · THE CIRCLE· Page 3 -- I . . . • . . .. p 18.nni n g spurs controversy I I -~ I I by. Paul Raynis kno~n a~ong historians for. his High School representative. ,_, . biographical writing on . Eleanor Despite reaching few con- . . :: The selection ·of this year.'s ··. Roosevelt, would be the speaker, clusions at-the initial meeting on commencement speaker, made there 0 ha'd been ·~only one com~ its best possibilities for speakers, more than three weeks ago, has · mittee meeting.·' . . the committee never met again. In · yet to. be formally announced by . Director of Public Information · fact, Magdalen said she has heard . the college .. According to Senior · Christine Lapham, appointed by· nothing from · Lapham since that .- Class.President Karyn Magdalen, Murray to head the committee, meeting. it's yet another indication of how held the first and only meeting in "I new nothing ~bout the final little say the graduates~to-be had February, long after Magdalen decision until I found out by in who was picked to speak. . said she· had hoped to get the ·. word-of-mouth that a speaker has As members of a committee, committee together. been found," she said. · f9rmcd .. by -Marist President "By · February, it should Upon hearing from a .friend · Dennis<Murray to carry out the already be next year's speaker . that Lash would be the speaker, decision-making process, qeing discussed, not this year's," Magdalen ·called: Lapham . to Magdalen and- Commuter Union she said. "I've been pushing to confirm the news. Lapham, President ·Darryl lmperati said get committee meetings held since according to Magdalen, was ·that they had "hoped· to make September;'' · · unavailable at the time, and did student ideas and interests heard" Present at that meeting were not return the phone call. before a speaker was chose.,n. But Lapham, Magdalen, lmperati, · That same day, Magdalen the committee, she said, was Anthony Cernera, the executive called Murray and was told that virtually '·-uninvolved. in · the assistant to the president, Lee Lash had indeed been chosen. · speaker-search. Miringoff, assistant professor of Disappojnted with the decision, Magdalen said that before she political science, a .board of Magdalen said that the late start found ' out that Joseph Lash, . trustees mef!!ber a~d a Lourdes of this Year's search had a direct Chief urges , . impr()v·ement - at Western 'by Carl MacGowan · A iocal fire· official last week repeated his charges that Marist should not be occupying Western Publishing, but Town· . of Poughkeepsie officials claim there is no problem. Chief Dick Dormeyer of the· Fairview Fire Department said in an interview that there is no alarm · hooked up between· his depart- ment and Western. There are currently two alarm systems -in the foriner book-. publishing .. plant, · but neither would. notify_ the fire department , of afire at-Western, according to I .•·'·.· .. \·::·•:•:•·~~f.;?:i~t~;;:;;::~~(~~~0ta:~~·•·:. •_,:Cl!;,.;,;;;:;;~,t~\~fiI-iii~G~1iia~ 1 l1ft.-~~~~i":~t standard before CiasseS'were heid •· in the buiiding. . . . :.:, · .·_ Dormeyer also :claims the town. _was required to consult him before . M.arist occupied the building. "Technically, all we know is it's only an empty . warehouse," he said. .. However, Town Building -- Inspector Arthur LaPan has said · that he is the town's official fire inspector and that . Dormeyer is not qualified to inspect buildings. Dofineyer explained that while there is no· inspector at Fairview, • tlie department should be called in · A student gets involved at Marist's One to One day, held last Friday_- . ., · (Photo by Margo Kucich) ·Increase in ·tuition . . is ·lowest in years -' to approve buildings. . ~Y Janet Lawler - "Also, part-time students will .. "He (LaPan) has the· final . pay $155 per credit hour," · say,"said Dorm.eyer, <lbut he is The Marist Board of Trustees lvankovic said. "Graduates .will ·aiways supposed to consult the has agreed to increase the college pay $190 per credit hour as op- ffre chief of the Fairview Fire tuition, room and board rates by posed to the current $175 registrar Department." · 8.4 percent· in the fall - the cost." · . · A · temporary Certificate of lowest financial hike in five years, Ivankovic said she doesn'.t Occupancy for Western was according to the administration. believe the tuition increase will issued March 21, two days after Tuition for students has been ·· negatively cf.feet future Marist began using the fa.ciHty. ~aised ~ue to inflation, salary enrollments. However, The Circle learned last increases, new educational .· - "TAP is increasing its award week that LaPaQ has not yet , programs and- the hiring of ad- money to meet college expenses," signed the certificate. . . · ditional faculty in the fields of she_said. "There . is also GSL LaPan explained that he would · Communication Arts, Computer (Guaranteed: Student Loan) and · sign the document· when "some Sci~nce and mathematics, · ac- other forms of·· financial aid. minor things" are corrected in the cording to Business Of(icer ·· Marist- · awards thousands .. of building·. LaPan said Marist inust_ A,nthony V. Campilii. . : · dollars to help needy students." still install grab bars and other '.'Marist tries every· means Ivankovic also added that the- services for the handicapped. · possible to reach expenses majority of students find no However, LaPan did give verbal without putting any burd.en on the problem in financing . their approval for Marist's use of the students," Campilii . said. "We · education. building. "It's at my discretion," turn to other _sources of revenues "We work with· the students. LaPan said. first before raising tuition. It's the Payment is expected upfront, but ·.-- Vice-president for ·ad-· very.tastth ingwewanttodo." Irealizeeachstudenthasaunique ministration and finance Edward Campilii said that th e B.4 financial situation. I · like to · P. Waters said that LaPan percent tuition leap is minimal handle the difficulty one on one granted permission for Marist to compared to prior years; In 1980- _ our program is pretty tight. use Western. "If he didn't give 81, Marist tuition was -increased We're here to help," Irankovic the approval I don't know why 11.3 · percent. It jumped up said. he'd let us' stay there,". said another 12.8 percent in 1981-82. . Waters. · The curr~nt acade~ic year 1983- _.· Tony DeRosa, an attorney f~r 84 exper~ence~-.an increase of ?·9 the Town of Poughkeepsie, said percent m tu1t1on and boarding he was unaware of the unsigned . expenses. certificate and declined to Full-time und~r_gra~uates will comment until he had spoken to pay $5,360 for tu1uon m the 1984- LaPan. 85 year - $400 more than they Whether the certificate is currently pay. Room and board signed or not, Dormeyer said ~ill cost $3,330 in .the f~ll, an Western should not have been increase o~ $280, ac~ordmg to Continued on page 19 Bursar Judith Ivankov1c. The 8.4 percent tuition increase was called "significant" by President Dennis J. Murray in his April 16 newsletter to parents and students. Murray attributed the increase in tuition to expansions in the Computer Center, library ser- vices, fashion design program and a major new instrumentation in the science laboratories.· bearing on the prominence of the speaker. "Anybody big we could have gotten would have to be found in September or October, not February or March,"-she said. "I know the class will be unhappy. · With all the money we've spent here at Marist, we'd like to be able to brag about our c0m- mencement speaker." Even after the decision· was made, Magdalen said that there was still no chance for last-ditch input by students. "Nothing can be done to change this year's situation," she said. "President Murray was out of town for a week after the decision was made, so it's too late for any last-minute appeals to get things changed." As · of Monday, April 30, Lapham's office· was still withholding all information on the commencement speaker, pending a full-scale press release at a later date. Concerning the committee itself, Lapham was unavailable for comment. Dr. Elizabeth Ross, the Registrar, is in charg·c of the planning of. this year's entire commencement ceremony. Though unsure of what the speaker-committee situation actually was, Ross said she's confident that student input, and the committee's input in general, hasn't gone unnoticed. · "I don't think the committee's input is wasted," she said. "It may not have worked toward this year's decision, but everything that has happened this year will influence next year's decisions." As for the speaker himself, Ross said, "We're just not a huge-name institution as of yet - Continued on page 14 Romano to become president of class by John Albinson the Judicial Board ruled that the elections were valid, that the one Despite the fact that he lost the candidate (James Murphy) was April 5 class election, Roger not qualified to run and was Romano will be president of the therefore disqualified," said Cox class of· '85 as a result of a Monday. decision handed down by Council In an official statement given to of Students Leaders President The Circle, Phillips said, "Based Tony Phillips and the College on the decision the Judicial Board Judicial Board this week. made, ruling James Murphy James Murphy, Romano's ineligible to run for president of former opponent who won the the class of '85, Roger Romano election, has been declared was running unopposed and is ineligible for presidency by the therefore president of the class of College Judicial Board because '85 for the '84-85 school year." his grade point average was found Murphy said he believed that to fall below the required 2.0 because he was allowed to par- ·. minimum. ticipate in the Junior Ring According to Phillips, Murphy Ceremony, which also requires a . · had a grade ·changed Thursday, ·· minimum 2.0 G.P .A., that he was : : April 26, which -boosted him also eligible to run for a student ~, above ·a 2;0 G.P.A Phillips, who government position . and was met-with Gerard A. Cox; dean of therefore president. student affairs, · Monday mor- He also said that he was ning, said that because Murphy congrat ulated at the ceremony on had below a 2.0 ,G.P.A. before his presidential win by Dean Cox, and during the election, he was President Dennis J. Murray, and ineligible to run for office. ,_ Romano's parents. Up until 6:30 Monday night, Romano, as acting president, · Murphy believed he was to be said he is going to see that the president. "It blows my mind," "constitution is definitely said' Murphy. "I'm very upset changed. The procedures for that Dean Cox didn't notify me." elections will be prominently According to Rich Dougherty, stated." chairman of the College Judicial · "I'm going to work my har- Board, Beatrice Yeaglin, director dest," Romano said. "It's not the of college activities, told Cox on same, though. I can't celebrate a April 24 - that Murphy's G.P .A. victory - the former CSL failed · was only 1.879. to follow through with their "To the best of my knowledge, duties." Advertising major denied; Rebcook to leave college by Holly A. Sraeel The proposal for an advertising major at Marist was defeated by faculty members on April 19 by five votes, 29-24, with 22 ab- stentions. The proposal was- presented to the Academic Affairs Committee. by Gene Rebcook, associate professor of communications arts, after he had worked on it for approximately two and a half years. Since the time of the ad- vertising major defeat, Rebcook has resigned from his position at Marist. · "I have accepted a position at the school of journalism at West Virginia University. I have also been asked to assume the chair- manship of the advertising se- quence upon the retirement of the present chairman next year," said Rebcook. Prior to the faculty vote, a controversial debate took place to argue the philosophy behind the advertising major, according to some faculty members. "My understanding of the debate was to discuss the over-practicality of the advertising major rather then the theoretical aspect, 0, said Diane Lake, assistant professor of communication arts. The controversy over the defeat of the advertising major stems from the large number of ab- stentions and the absence of Rebcook at the faculty colloquy and vote on April 19, according to some faculty members. "I have no animosity toward anybody here. If people voted against it or abstained in good conscience, it is in the best interest of Marist College," said Reb- cook. The original date set for the faculty vote on the proposal was April 13, but was changed to April 19 due to a violation in administrative policy. As stated in the policy, all faculty members are to be given five days notice before a colloquium. All faculty members were not given five days notice prior to the voting date, ac- cording to· Richard Platt, chairperso~ of the Division of Continued on page 14 i l .1 , r , - r / ·Page 4 · THE CIRCLE· Ma 3/1984 corvvoc..A--,101\J 7:>A-~ J....E.C,u..K.£ f tcbRKs~ops ~Readers Write 9 XJ a.rvt~ a oo r ~ All letteis must be typed triple space with a 60 space margin, and submitted to the - Circle office no later than 1 p.m. Monday. Short letters are preferred. We reserve the right to edit all letters. Letters must be signed, ,but names .may be withheld upon request. Letters will be published depending upon avallablllty of space. · , MCCTA award To·the Editor: · Obedience"· was staged at the T~ank you for covering the request of the Alcohol Awareness • CSL Awards Dinner in yoµr issue Committee for its week of.. ac- of 12 April. The article was in- tivities addressing alcohol related teresting and informative. . issues; a puppet theatre program In reporting the announcement __ was .Presented at the Friends ·or of this. year's recipien_t of the Marist's children's · Christmas Service Club of the· Year, the party; "The Frog Prince" was reporter suggests that the award performed free for several went to MCCTA "in recognition . thousand elementary and pre- of . its children's theatre." In school children; puppet theatre actuality, the reasons given at the was staged again for One-On-One ceremony for singling out Day. · The good and the ·bad . . MCCTA were more extensive These activities were done over than simply its children's theatre - and above six other· productions· production. ·· which were enjoyed by students, The award was given for ari parents, faculty, staff and people outstanding record of servic_e to from the local community. The school year is ending the way it began - at least in some ways. The weather is warm, students are dressed in their summer attire and familiar faces are once again tan. But we know this similarity does not reflect a lack of change at Marist during the 1983-84 school year. Not only have students changed on an individual basis, but the institution as a whole has been altered. This school year was host to a number of changes · in Marist's physical · appearance. New entrance signs greet visitors and . members of the community as they ap- proach the college. Modular trailers now accommodate various offices on campus. The. Marist College Pre-School was able to- continue operating after it was evicted from the old gym, which was transformed into a freshman ,resjdence :hall. Marist even ex- panded beyond i~s.·. 100 acres. · 1t moved across the street to hold classes at Westem- Publishing, and even opened an extension · site in the Fishkill Mall. But the changes go beyond what one can see on the surface. . . . . · Marist has won· ·wide-ranging media recognition, from P.M. Magazine's coverage of a fashion design student to Good Mor- ning America's spot on the accuracy of our Institute of . Public Opinion. Marist · is · preparing for its new engineering program to begin in the fall. We bid farewell to Ron Petro as basketball coach, and are awaiting the beginning of a new coach's career with Marist. Bufsome things never change: · Our first weeks at· Marist saw a knife incident and townhouse burglaries. The end . of the school year has brought River Day 'The Circle Editor Associate Editors Sports Editor Senior Reporters injuries and the stabbing of a Marist student. The ever-present student apathy was evidenced on Dean's Convocation Day, when only a handful of students showed up. And students still cheat. But this year some came close to being discovered, causing the Copy center to shut its door' to students. Promises were made but not always kept. both the local and. college It is because of consistent community. Among its activities · accomplishments of this calibre this year were these specific that MCCTA was named Club of services to others: a play, "The the Year for '82-'83 and '83-'84. . Scholar's Wife'' was done to Sincerely yours, . assist the Marisi: Singers with their Gerard A. Cox - medieval banquet; "The Bonds of Dean of Student Affairs Computer monitors · From September on, we were told that the _ Dear Editor:, >. . _ · -,. . 1982-83 Reynard would soon be distributed. Many problems seem to have ~r~o~:e~t? non-ventilated en- _Distribution finally began In March," once ar .. i·sen· b·ecause· 0 · f ·th·e-.,.· 1 •n· creased ·E · · · ··· · th bo k d ··t b k f th · t fforts to find help, or . who · e O ma ~ 1 . ac . ro.m e pnn ers demand .for computer terminals after many missed deadlines. Stu.dents .. on the·Marist campus; But th·e· r·e actually is on duty is met with the•·_. i were promised a look at student-written . : . . · - , . . .. .. . . . most popular expression in the ·, . faculty evaluation forms; But they never saw. :. is on.e problem thatcont.mues to , term!nal ,,room: •~I'm. not the , . l these forms, for. It was determined that the.:,., . ~o un~~dressed _an?, thiitpr_o~le~ ·:' m~mitort- _<:omplete with hands · . evaluation process .was not properly: con- . >JS, not,- .. t~c,~~ 010 !~f~ 1 , 1t:; 1~_.' raised.~bove thehead. . '. ,· I ) \ '~=~~~~~~~-;~ .·- along with the good - cause us to strive for-· Donnell_Y Hall a~e.never u~_,short . th; Marian. ·H~ll terminal _room . •· •-· ! better changes. The seniors·. currently • supply. If anythmg, they are ·so . o~ene~ on _time 1s always a ~~-t and working on this year's yearbook,promise a ab_undant ~hey seem Jo fllll· o~er mISS s1tuat1on. · llJUCh bet!er memory of Marlst. The College each others feet .. The~e remams Union Board. ·is planning on making .. only one problem: Which o~e of tomorrow's Mayfest_ the best ever, ·complete you ~uys or gals 1s the m?~•tor? Let's.hope by_ next semester the -words dedication and respon- sibility· become as important as passwords. with bands, and antique photos In addition . And if most _of you aren t, why to the usual games, to be fe>llowed by a ar~ }'.OU takm_g _up space and barbecue at the river. Marlst's field sports drmkmg_ PepSi m an a~ready . _ . Name withheld on request will have more turf on which to play this fall, . . .. for the land at the north end of campus will Summer courses be reaQy for use. And, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Lowell Thomas Com- munication Arts Center will be held next week, signaling the long-awaited beginning of its construction.· . · · Next year, let's start out on the right toot - . and keep it that way. • . . •·· . CZ) .. ReLC..rnAST (Y)A~\S1·C.OLU»E: 71PLomPt 'PJ..£ASE:" TA-Ke: 0/Jli!. Christine Dempsey , Cindy Bennedum Mark Stuart John Bakke Eileen Hayes Jane Scarchilll FrankRaggo - Photography Editor Photographers Viewpoint editor Cartoonist Dear Editor: There have been a few--changes in the summer schedule. Mat 58130, Intro. to Statistics,' will not be given in Mini I. A .section of this course · will . be offered in the Evening Session on Tuesdays · and · Thursdays. Professor Olin is the instructor. · Math 58320, Calculus III, will be offered in the Evening Session on Mondays. and Wednesdays. Mr. Mirto is the instructor. ·· Sincerely yours, BobSoinmer Adult Education Juniors Dear Editor, .. Copp and.·Kate Huggard and all On behalf of the Class of 1985, · the juniors and their parents who we would like to thank Grace par~icipated in the Junior Ring Sinisi, Robert Lynch, Dean Cox, · Ceremony and made it one of the Fr. LaMorte, Sr. Eileen, iue · · best to date. Dolan, President Murray, Vice- President Molloy, ushers Mike Mueller, Nise DeVitas, Rick Sincerely, The Junior Ring Committee Election. Dear Editor, I would like to thank The Circle for bringing the story of the Class - of '85 elections to the student body's attention and everyone who has signed my petition for a new - election and who has sup- ported the Class of '85 in the past. I felt it would have been as unethical if I did not protest this election as the election was itself. With a doubt the new CSL will make some changes to see that no other candidate in the future has · to go through what I did. Thanks again, Class of '85 and the new CSL. Sincerely, Roger Romano Junior Class President Jef( Kie!Y Business Manager Jeannie Ostrowski Margo Kucich Keith Brennan Advertising Manager _ Sean Kenny Hans Schweiger Clrculalion Ma_nage.r Cathy McGarity Richard Copp Christopher Serafini Faculty Advisor David Mccraw I I - \. I l, ... May:3, 1984. · THE CIRCLE· Page 5 -- --P 01 NT Nothing mo·ves world more than refreshing thoughts by.Harry Theriault New song for new age nature. Christ comes before The Star-Spangled Banner for the Christian. Jimmy Carter, for il- lustration, was a Christian, before he was a President of the United States. Maybe it's time to tell this . story;-and maybe it isn't. I think it is, because both my gut and my head · are signaling me so. Plus Richard Copp has a standing in- vitation for "essays on politics, the arts, ~orld affairs and other Every new age in the history of the Earth- seems to have 'begun with a new song in the lif~ and love of its people, when they need it the most. Some sort of afalling process, almost a stumble in their suffering, I would say, but also like fallingin love. Khomeini was a Muham- madan, before he was the Ayatollah of Iran in the political sense. Buddha was a Hindu, before he became a nationalistic symbol. Moses was a Hebrew; before he was the founding lawyer of the Nation Israel. I could go on and on; but I believe you get the point OK. concerns.' . He's the editor of Viewpoint at Marist College. Just before the Spring Break 1984, the March 8 issue of th_e . Marisf Circle newspaper came to my attention from the floor of Unit 2a at the Otisville national prison, N.Y., where some male prisoners (no female prisoners here) are taking Mdrist College Courses and con- templating girls (women, to you libbers) as the only effective solu- tion for their apathy. Who has ever experienced that pheonomenon without identifying the song as his or her own - their · own ("our song") -cc-' which hap- pened to be playing at the time · each of them became aware of the other's body scents like love po- tion? The song in the affair marks the beginning of a new age in the life of such people to help fight their apathy. The interval of Apathy which Ms. Nash became painfully aware of the world population as going through . during her sophomore year at Marist College happens to coincide strangely · with the Sophomore Year of the Coming Apocalypse, in my judgment, and here's why, apart from bent theologies. Girls like the one who wrote the Viewpoint essay in that issue quite artistically questioning, "Apathy, today, tomorrow ... forever?" Sophomore Communication Arts Major Jennifer Nash. I salute you with this rather novel response. Changes in nations come about the same way. What is a Nation without 'its anthem, the love song of its promised freedom, conceiv- ed and sung in the heat of battle· by both the heart and the head of the artful communicator? There are signs of history all around us right now that suggest something big is brewing in terms of the economy. Not just in I think also that every person's religious song comes before his or her national anthem by human Student Writing Awards 1983-1984 The four winners in_ the 1983-1984 Marist College Student Writing A ward competition were honored Friday at a luncheon. Thef our are: . - Patrice Sara th, senior English major. _.:,._ Brian Kelly, junior communication arts major. WU/iam Roach, freshman, undecided three o'.clock in the morning ... Kitty, the ll-year- old girl, died in her sleep. . More then a year later, they still have the same ·heater, and the pilot light still goes out. .. Poems by William Roach . (freshman/sophomore literary writing) major. . I . :-:-.. Frank Be/lacicco, ·freshman compu!er .. An empty stage. . C science. major., · . ., · ,:; .-,. • . . . · . .. ,. . •. Who t~at has p~ayed on Jt, ,i-;;,E,ic;li;Pf.ihefou,r,receive_d.a-'chec~for $50,_ a,n,d ·'"', can cl_a,'!1 h_e exists? . their_ names will be e~cribed on a permanent ~rom open_mg to closmg, plaque at the college. The contest was sponsored 1t_has always been empty. ·· by the/acuity Committee on Writing Across the Curriculum,. in cooperation with Tht; Circle. Excerptsfrom the winning entri(!Sfol/ow. The Man Who Played His Violin for Horses by Patrice Sarath (junior/senior literary writing) The man ·who played the violin for horses was a thin man, with nothing to .spare in the way of spiritual or physical flesh, hung to dry on a rack of empty bones. A fat man could wrap himself in rolls and mounds, that would shake with each . sweep . of the horsehair · bow across vibrating strings.· A fat man could hide his eyes between brow and cheeks with a child's nose and cupid's bow mouth squeezed somewhere in his face's depths; A fat man could probably play better. Stark Josef's violin partook of its master's nature and gave not one fleshy sweet sounding note away. Its thin shrieks and squeaks shattered the air of the cobby hayloft where Josef lived in the Graf's stables, confusing the bats that were his, .. housemates. The stables could only be called . cathedral-like, with its . great arched ceilings, beams hidden in the perpetual twilight overhead, and leaded glass throwing spectral shadows on · · the floor. The horses live_d underneath in huge box stalls with wrought iron gates and _ half a barred walls in between so the stallions could see each other but not fight. They slept on peat and dined on corn, and played bass counterpart to Josef's taut soprano strings. The Graf's stables were probably the only in existence w~ere will-o' - the-wisps made their ghostly appearance in- . doors .... A View from Appalachia by Brian Kelly (junior/senior nonfiction) ... The Demastuses, a family of 12 lived in a 20 feet by 24 feet shack without any of these necessities. Twelve people living in a shack that size leaves about 8-by-5 feet per person for living space. Thanks to a West Virginia commun~ty action service and Nazareth Farm, the family now lives in a small three-room house. They have no electricity, but most of the year they have indoor plumbing and running water. When the winter comes, though, the pipes are frozen almost every _day. They also have a twenty-five year old gas heater. The pilot light goes out a lot, but it keeps them warm most of the time. Last Christmas the pilot light went out at An empty theater. . Who that has sat in it, can claim he knows the.one before him? From beginning to end, we sit alone · in empty theaters. Listen! I hear you! We are not alone. I love you. Morality and the Movies by Frank Bellacicco (freshman/sophomore nonfiction) ... A survey of the films in circulation today would suggest that we have gone from a condi- tion of too much restriction to a condition of too little discretion. Granted, the 1968 rating system is generally effective in k_eeping young children from viewing films that feature sex and violence, but the concern for children is no longer the pro- . blem. Instead, we must now concern ourselves with -the amount of sex and violence to which adults are exposed. In light of this, the basis for our argument is no longer a question of whether or not a member ofthe audience can "deal with" or understand what is depicted, btit it becomes in- stead a question of the morality of the film- makers and the audiences ... .. .It should now be made clear that what is called for is not the removal from theatres of any and- all films that possess violent or sexual im- plications or aspects, for to do so would be to deny ·reality. What is called for is the removal of episodes of sex and violence that serve only as hocking attention-grabbers. Far be it from this author to suggest that Hollywood should only produce films in the Disney mold; where, at the first sign of trouble, a magic fairy waves her wand and everyone lives happily ever after ... ... If such were to be the case, it would only be the fault of our brilliant Hollywood writers and producers for not using the full range of their talent to produce films that we do not have to be embarrassed to admit we saw. At the very least, we would have the satisfaction of knowing that if a film did indeed gross millions of dollars - our dollars - at the box office, it was because the · film truly deserved the recognitiOJl, not because some Hollywood producer made fools of us by selling us two hours' worth of sensational rubs bish. America but worldwide. Indica- tions are that every Nation is about to be humbled by an Infla- tion which happens to' be ex- hausting itself toward the end of 1985 and the beginning of 1986, when Halley's Comet is also due, according to the astronomers, to salute us with an awakening from the Clock of God, that Almighty Wonder that makes us wonder what created us, etc. . Meanwhile, back in our hearts and coming to the attention of our heads is a New Song to help us fight the apathy of the age that based on group almost exclusive of the grid of the people, whereas an Apolcalyptic government has its roots in grid so that the pre- Apocalyptic need of the national group · does not center around secrecy oblivious to the grid (field of influences) between the people of its jurisdiction and the resources it is capable of shunting in the right places both at home and through international developments. I . know this doesn't sound possible at first to a bureaucrat or a member of the systems in pre- Apocalyptic times, but ls this refreshing thought hits its mark in the imagination of a learner and makes a flash of intelligence, the light of those flashes can do a is about to be phased out by. the coming of this New Age. The Bi- ble says, "They sang a new song. .. for the healing of the nations; and there shall be no more curse.'' (Rev. 5:9; 14:3; 22:2-3; Isa. 42: 10, etc.) Almighty wonder As the light of heaven's hope breaks through upon the world, people will behold it as it super- naturalizes them with refreshing thoughts to fight their apathy and enjoy the excitement of what it must mean. But what? - marvelous thing and a wonder. It will be with such people that Gridarian Democracy begins on this planet. Oh, Almighty Wonder, people . will be saying to their Creator but in the language of their religion. Oh, Almighty Wonder, what is this? What in the world does it mean? Is the end of the world coming now? Tell us, Almighty Wonder! Oh, please, tell us . People will be springing up everywhere claiming to proclaim the Word of God about that Cometary Star. Some will be right; and some will be wrong; because, · some will be wishful thinking that now _is "the end" . and only they themselves . have • been·. good·· enough to go · to Heaven, · while others will be speaking prophetically as the signals of their hearts and heads coincide with that Apocalyptic light in the sky. Did you know that if you figure out the exact speed of that thing over the last 2000 Earth Years, taking into account th(,: influences bearing on its acceleration and deceleration, the answer will fit into the span of time between the birth of Jesus and the Xmastime location of that thing during 19!5 at the rate of 26 loops. His b1r- thdate was 26 complete cycles ago. What does that mean? It means that those three famous Wisemen could have been looking at the same signal you're going to see with your own eyeballs, except this revolution of that light is for a slightly different purpose. What purpose? I say a synergetical system of human government, which I'll try to explain as briefly as possible here. This means that in our time, the end of the system is not the end of the world. I also call the coming system, Gridarian Democracy, and here's why. Gridarian democracy Let's begin this explanation in terms of what is Apocalyptic compared to the pre-Apocalyptic. All pre-Apocalyptic governments are based on secrecy, whereas Apocalyptic means revelation which is just the opposite. I think you get the point quite vividly. Once that difference is understood by one person on Ear- th, such as myself, or all humani- ty, one of whom we each are, the stimulating questions of Jennifer Nash seem altogether different from what they were before this point came into focus for us to refocus the meaning of "peace" as something more than the absence of war or punching each other out at . the level of mass behavior. The next thing I want to bring up is the difference between ''group" and "grid," because all pre-Apocalyptic governments are . And isn't that what the Scrip- tures say? I have studied the Torah of the Jews for this pur- pose. I have studied the Testa- ment of the Christians for this purpose. I have studied the Quran (also spelled Koran westwardly) of the Moslems or Muslins for this purpose. I have studied the Gita of the Hindus for this pur- pose. In fact, all major Scriptures have mysteriously found their way into my life and love for this purpose; and I noticed that none of them excludes the prophecy of this event. All predict an Apocalypse in world-history, only different words are used to get the point across . · The Islamic language is Zilz.al (meaning a "shaking"). The Vedic· language is · Bhogovodia (meaning a b/essedizotion). All of them agree that this Tikkun (Jewish) or Apocalypse (Chris- tian) must be brought in by the elect of the Earth; and it is from the word "elect" that we get the term "election" which is purely democratical, whereas the best pre-Apocalyptic governments have only been republics (with or without bananas). . Now, as we begin to combine the elect with the grid through their thinking synergetically, what we will be getting is Gridarian Democracy to make this a better world, not only to live in but to · love in, which means we're right back to that process of song I was telling you about earlier. Sing this: We live in an age of song That cannot be suppressed and here's why, Talk has legs and can walk But $Ong has wings and can fly! First integer of new system Squeezing Gridarian Democracy into this little essay for the Marist Circle isn't going to be easy, but here goes. The First Integer of Gridarian Democracy_ starts to engender on this planet, when people become conscious of this New Song and begin to loose- . ly organize themselves into Gridarian Votary Associations. Tenative beginnings are good enough. These can range from just a few people up to 1500 per association. At the capacity of 1500, the laws of genetics the synergetical principles l of biological development - come into play, and the unit of 1500 "splits" like in the DNA structure to form two units of 750 people per organization. Please take Gridarian knowledge that the term "organization" comes to us from the word organ by which we describe what the genetics of our bodies are fashioning synergetica/ly as we grow. The definition of synergetical is the effect that two or more things, · when working together, can pro- Continued on page 17 ,. · .. I lj I . I I I .·, 1 I t I I r. I • --• Page 6- THE C}RCLE - May 3, 1984 -----------------------111111--•--------------- Column One Speaking of ... Actors and actresses Did -you know? by John Bakke America" on her.lunch hour? Anyway, still being • on the With .. commencem~nt· just· lunar calendar, the person-who~ weeks away, Marist has finally takes-care-of-it (or _PWTCOI, dug up someone to speak at it. . pronounced ''pwitcoy,'' for But since I've asked a number short) seems to have waited until of people and none of them knew the last minute to take-care-of-it. too much about him, I would also It worries me for next year, assume that it's. not going ·to be because I want to be able , to too memorable an address. remember my graduation speaker Of course, I'm not graduating even after the effects of the this year, so there's a limit to how graduation parties have worn off. much I care about how good a The way · things are going, speaker is revived for this year's though, it may get screwed up ceremony. Looking at the long- again. term situation, though, I'll be "Hello," the anonymous graduating next year if everything secretary will say, having just works out, and the · pattern thrown a dart at page 1022 (her developing with these com- birthdate) of "Who's Who," mencement speakers doesn't look "this is the commencement too good. pwitcoy from Marist College. · For instance, when someone Marist. In Poughkeepsie. New told me about this year's guest of York. M,A,R,I,S,T. Yes, a honor, the description was limited college." to: "He· was a historian -or something: Wrote a book, I think." The class of '84 will be remembering this guy_ for a while. I understand it was April · before the speaker was arranged for. That's cutting it a little close. Who takes care of this, anyway? Some secretary somewhere, going through "Who's Who in This is about February, by the way. "I see from 'Who's Who'," she says, "that you are' quite an expert in the field of foreign -policy, and I would like to know if you might consider speaking at the college's commencement in May. The 23rd, I think. "Anyhow, foreign policy is a vital concern ,of the college'.s - · but of course you know all about how important it is; don't you - and we feel a speaker such as yourself would represent not only the values of the college but the interests of the students as well. After all, foreign policy · is· growing in importance every year, what with oil . embargoes and such, and our graduates - "What's that? Foreign , par- ticles? What sort of particles? I see. Oh, no, -don't apologize, I must have misread the entry. There's this hole where the dart wentthrough and I thought it said 'policy' when it said 'particle,' that's all. "You know, foreign particles are a growing concern here at Marist too, with the _need for cleanliness and all. Do you think you might be available anyway?" Months pass, and· it's again April. Late April, this time, because this is . a progressive · school and we · like to get progressively later as the years go by. Still no . luck'. The foreign particle guy looked good until he cancelled to attend the big "Contaminants 1985" conference by Richard Copp deserving choices. - Break." Few would disagree that In the comedy category, the my top choice is Shelley Long for Summer is almost upon us. The . five best actors I .have found are . "Cheers." Long is a remarkable time to shed all the warm, wool Bob Newhart for "Newhart," performer whose wonderful overcoats and hit the beach for Ted Danson for "Cheers," Harry character Diane Chambers has some fun under the sun. In Anderson for "Night Court," already won her rave reviews and Hollywood, the blockbuster films Dabney Coleman for "Buffalo an Emmy to boot. are released, and in television, Bill," and John Ritter for In the drama category, the five reruns become a part of life. The "Three's Company." Of the five, best actors have diversified network schedules are dead, but Bob Newhart is, I believe, the characters, and different · in the studios and on location, funniest, most talented and the challenges both big and small to shows that have been lucky most prominent part of his series face every week. My choices are enough to survive the network ax "Newhart." The others are fine, Daniel J. - Travanti for "Hill are revving up for another season. but Newhait's low-key acting has Street Blues," Ed Flanders for An actor on a television series me falling out of• my chair "St. Elsewhere," Pierce Brosnan goes from year to year wondering · laughing every Monday night. for "Remington Steel," Tom if he'll have a job come the. next Selleck for "Magnum, P.I." and spring. He must work hard to The five actresses are all just as Jo_hn Forsythe for "Dynasty.>' · insure the success of his show,for hilarious' as· their • male coun- The obvious winner is Daniel J; if. he lacks commitment, his show ; 'terparts. · They are Shelley·,.Long '.~ Tiav.aritf as Captain F.'rankFurillo will eventually fall. . . for "Cheers," Madeline Kahn for -:in 'the , critically 'praised· "Hill· Those actors who have, in my· "Oh, Madeline," Jane C.urtain · Street Blues" show:·· ·- opinion, carried their shows to for "Kate- and Allie," Meredith The dramatic actresses:; the top made them successes not Baxter Birney for "Family 'fies" however, were the toughest to- soon to be forgotten and are all and Nell Carter for "Gimme A -- choose from than any· other.- ·- in Chicago. . Finally, things begin to get frantic. Two secretaries are assigned to the case. · Everyone who knows what's what has a. "Who's Who.'! As things come down the wire, last-minute resorts are turned to, like asking the students for some ideas on who they would like. It is 3:37 a.m., during an all- out, last-ditch · effort to line up someone articulate. Somebody suggests the . ·guy who -·owns Caputos. Everyone laughs, breaking the tension. At 3:46, some good news: · someone remembers · a cousin who is an international terrorist and might speak if his identity is concealed. Bad news: she then remembers that he does not speak any English. . . . . It is 4:05, and the guy who owns Caputo's is awaken by the phone. "What the hell ... it's 4 a.m.!" he yells as loud as anyone can yell after beingawakened at 4:05. Our pwitcoy apologizes. "I know. this is kind of last minute, but we have this commencement today .. .'' category. I easily found ten to fill the ballot, but the five I narrowed down to are Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless for "Cagney and Lacey," Veronica Hamel .for "Hill Street Blues," Stephanie _ Zimbalist for. "Remington Steele" and Kate Jackson for "Scarecrow and Mrs. ·King" (runners-up included "Dynasty" stars Linda Evans and Joan Collins, "Knots Landing" stars Michele Lee and Donna Mills and Linda Gray for ''Dallas"). My - choice is the Lacey half of "Cagney arid Lacey," . the talented Emmy winner Tyne Daly:_ . ; -Those ~re my, pick; for :the hest - . teleyisjpµ J~9s::,1, h9pe-Y-.QUl'~,ar;e ~ . .. close to the same; And so ends the "Teleview" · ·. column. · I have · enjoyed writing ii. I hope you've . enjoyed reading it: by Bill Coleman BLINDING TRIVIA - Did McDonald (Talking Heads) and "Hallowed Grou11-d" . is the you know that keyboard whiz percussionist , David Van ·· latest coming from the Violent BRIGHT SIDE OF THE , Thomas Dolby appeared on Def· • Tieghem, who. has a solo Ip _pue Femmes. "Restless" will be new MOON - in wake of David Leppard's "Pyromania" under out in May. For you video buffs; from Elton John in May. Also in - . Gilmour's latest solo effort, the psuedo, "Booker T. Boffin?" · keep a , lookout for Laurie's - May will be new albums from "About Face," Roger Waters is WHO'S AFRAID OF "Sharkey'sDay" video: . Stevie Ray Vaughn, Echo & The also in the process of completing FOREIGNER Originally, • SETTLEMENT - the lp's of Bunnymen, and the Cure. "17" a solo Ip. In regard to the future Foreigner's upcbming Ip was to one of Europe's most underrated from Chicago will also be released of Pink Floyd, Gilmour told a be produced by TrevoJ.'. Horn bands, STC, are going to be before summer. Elvis (Costello;- recent publication, when "'85 (Yes, Buggies; Malcolm reissued by their current Geffen that is) will·be punching the clock rolls around, like to see what McLaren) but now the duties have (Warner Bros.) label. Their latest once again with a new album due develops and perhaps get back to been taken over by Alex Sadkin Ip is titled "Mummer." · out during .· the summer; ·. Pat Floyd." _ (Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, BAND AIDS ... for as much , Benatar is currently working on a · IDOLIZED - Apparently Billy Grace Jones). Time will reveal. · hype as the upcoming Jackson's new studio Ip and has already Idol was approached by director, START LEARNING TO tour and Ip, "Victory," is contributed a track to the up- Tobe Hooper ("Poltergeist," CRAWL - If you were one of the receiving, it had better be worth coming film soundtrack to · "Texas Chainsaw Massacre") to unfortunates .who will. not be the buy. Not only does-Freddie ""Metropolis,"· produced by !,tar in his upcoming film, "Space- - seeing the Pretenders during their ·_ Mercury lQueen) appear on the Giorgio Moroder. :Vampires." Unfo_rtunately, Idol springtour,don'tdespair.Rumor. album, bu( now a track ap- As my .last column of the had to back out due to tou,ring _ has it that they will be performing · parently includes the vocals of school year, special thanks~ go to promotion of his latest album, . once· again during the summer . Mick Jagger. Rockbill, Rqlling Stone, The . "RebelYell.'' months. BITS & PIECES - Phil Collins Record, Trouser Press, New , · REUNITED - Rod Stewart is "It's Laurie;s Day today .. .'' - · is planning. to produce the up- Sounds, Billboard, W.O.M., slated to tour with ex-Yardbird Laurie Anderson has put together coming Ip from Eric Clapton, Musician; Breakthrough, · the Jeff Beck, Ace .guitarist Beck, a band in conjunction with her while Andy Gill (from the now Circle, and an the "last minute•~ along with bluesman B.B. Kirtg, • current tour of "Mister Heart- disbanded Gang of Four) will be typists, especially Carrie & Sue. will appear on Stewart's . for- break," the new album. Included producing an L.A. - based group Until the fa11, keep the music thcoming Ip. in the lineup are vocalist Dollette called the Red Hot Chili Peppers. playing. WRITERS WA-NTED The_ Circle is now accepting ap- plications for the following posi- tions for 1984-85: . Interested students should submit a sample column_ of not more than 500 words. to Christine Deinpsey, Box_ C857, by May 5. · Applicants should include on-campus ciddress with samples. COLUMNISTS (subject areas open) ' i I. l ! ·, I -~-.,.~--------•-----~----~--------------May 3, 1984 · THE CIRCLE· Page 1--• First-year professor has play script published by John Bakke poems, was published -in 1979 by • doesn't change. And they can't ., . ~ · . the Idaho State University Press undo the history of the play; it's Begin to discuss Alan Stein- . - and a novel. all based on actual historical .. berg's play and most people on "The play is about a couple of happenings. campus will interrupt with the things," he said. . "First is ~•And secondly, I was trying same question: something I've always · sort . of· also to reveal "-- in a comic way .:_ "Who's Alan Steinberg?" written' about, and that is, 'How . that nevertheless they were Steinberg is an assistant do people preserve their own capable of. some honesty and professor of English here, bas dignity, especially when they are some dignity," he said. "And - been since September. His claim· limited by themselves, by their , becau_se they did it they actually· to anonymity includes omission · own particular abilities or lacks. made this terrible little from the college catalog (he'd be Is there a possibility for . production a little better." between George Sommer and,.; displaying courage ~ven when you Lawrence Sullivan, if you're have failed.at something? . ". . inclined to pencil him in) because The first of his plays to be the. 83-84 edition beat him to published, "The Road to Poughkeepsie last yea_r. Corinth" begins with. two sup- , · porting actors in what is intend~d _ Yet he .is a man of diverse to be a bad imitation of a Greek writing talents, and his success in play. Depressed and frustrated by . writing and his concern for the their secondary roles, they begin quality of writing at Marist to improvise during the per- promise to bririg him out of the formance and try to take over the cubicled obscurity of· Fontaine show. and into·-.a greater degree of notoriety. · . ·-· · "The two main characters . "The Road to Corinth," a orie- think they are capable of better act play of his, is currently being things. They , try to alter the published by Players Press, a circumstances - at first in sort of company that publishes and a shallow way, then more distributes playscripts. His other , seriously. But they can't alter work includes poetry - "Ebstein anything, ultimately. Fate is On Reflection," a volume of against them, the production The play was written and first produced at Idaho State University, where Steinberg was director of creative writing and· director of composition for eight years before coming to Poughkeepsie. · Steinberg, somehow, looks like he should be writing plays or, better yet, poetry. His beard and liberally-lengthened hair fall just short enough of being con- servative to give him an ap- pearance of all-consuming creativity. He said he has written eight or nine plays. with three having been produced. "1 started getting in- volved with playwriting when I was a graduate student at Car- negie-Mellon. Before, I essen- tially had written poetry, but then I got 'interested in drama as an art form. I like the liveness of it," • said Steinberg. "Part of the excitement of theater is the living aspect, the lifelike aspect. The audience . is never the same and the production is never the same. It comes with some problems because you're also depending on actors, on a director and a producer, and on an opportunity for financing and staging. "There are a lot of other things that interfere once you are no longer solely in control of it, and it's frustrating. The director assumes that once he has the script he controls the actors and it's his vision of what you did. There are a lot of those things that you don't face when you're working on poems, short stories and so on." Steinberg did his un- dergraduate' studies at Hartford, then spent a year in the creative writing program at Denver before leaving ("Not enough writing, it was too much schooling"). He ended up at Carnegie-Mellon, where he earned a doctorate in English .. His poems have appeared in a number of literary magazines, .. and he recently completed a novel - the fictional autobiography of a man raised by leopards. - that seems to be on its way to publication. Another novel, tentatively entitled "Indian Summer," is underway. While work continues on the novel, and a couple of his full- length plays seek production, Steinberg remains at work at Marist. N!!xt semester, besides the college writing course, he is scheduled to teach a workshop in fiction writing. And the possibility exists for future productions of his"..play here at Marist. "I'm a little uneasy about it because it seems too easy to seem to be forced onto the students. I think it would be nice to work with students on a production, but l don't want to · ever impose it," he said. If nothing else, a production would help · his. recognition on campus. Maybe he'll even make the 84-85 catalog. , Job outlook improved- / or this year's grads Mayfest to feature five bands by Tim Graham $14,255. Even though the job outlook · The job outlook for the class of and the salaries are better, finding 1984 is a little better than it was a job these days is still not easy. for the class of 1983, according to· "Finding a good job is not Career · Development and easy," Wells said. "You've got to Placement Director Ray Wells. have a lot of initiative. You've got According to a recently to work hard at it." published report. college According to Wells, a lot of placement directors ·reported an variables• ~re. taken. into con-: '.'upswing; ·1n. college - recruiting sideration .· by. the ' pro~pective ,~'activiti~',?.'.in' ~lie .Jast".svi:·mojlths, •,; empJoyersi'·;Bµt·-'there< ~re·:, three The}' ·said . the riutnber of· ·em- main categories they concentrate ployers conducting interviews on on. · 1 campus and the competition for "Academic achievement, work . graduates has increased. .experience, .and campus ~ctivities Placement directors on · 162 are what employers look closest college and university campuses at," Wells s_aid. "If you have a reported that empl(?yers had good grade .. point average, and are made 14,510 job offers to involved in campus activities, but graduates. · on their campuses might not have a lot of work · during the six. i:nonths from last experience, the activities will be a September I to March 2. good influence on the employer." In the same period a year ago, Wells stressed the benefits of companies made 10,830 . · job having good credentials in more offers, roughly half _the number than one of these categories. extended to graduates in 1982. ''If you have two out of three "We have had 22 recruiters of those you are in great shape. visit Marist this year,' \Yells said. • Three and you should have no "This represents a 50 percent problem - finding a good job. increase over 1982-83." · These are the types of individuals A 1984 graduate will also that employers look for, no receive a .. higher starting salary ·· matter what your major is," than had been offered in the past. Wells said. , · · . "The starting salaries are up/' Wells emphasized the im- . Wells said. "But it depends upon· portance of getting as much work the major. In most areas the rise experience in your major. as you is minimal." ·-· can. For business majors, the highest average salary offers went · to accounting graduates .. New accountants receive $19,465 this year, which is up from $18,745. last year and $18,445 in 1982. General business majors and marketing majors were offered salaries ranging from 1 percent to 4 percent higher this year. Starting salaries for computer science majors, who received . mariy more job offe(s this year, averaged . $24,050, up from $23,170 last year .. The previous year's salaries for computer majors increased by nine percent. Graduates with degrees in the ~ humanities fared better than they had for several years. This year's starting salaries averaged $16,070, up from last year's ~ _"Internships, co-ops, summer jobs, whatever you can do to get· experience can only benefit you in the long run;'' Wells said, "The more work experience you. have, the easier it will be to find a good job," he said. Wells also expressed the im- ·portance of developing good job- hunting skills. ·. "Effective job-seeking requires effort and commitment. You must appro~ch the job search in an organized manner," Wells said. "If you take the time to develop good job-hunting skills, with the help of resumes and advice from the career development center, I can state . without a.doubt that you'll find a satisfying job." by Paul Raynis With more than four times the funding than in previous years, the College Union Board has billed tomorrow's Mayfest celebration , as "the best that Marist College has ever seen." With five bands, a juggling comedian act an a vast array of vendors scheduled between noon and 1 a.m., -C.U.B. President James Barnes said he thinks this .. y~ear_~s,. ,May(est ... w\U __ have .. something to offer everybody. •:, -.. · "We've got music to suit just about anyone's preference," .he said. Barnes said that with Mayfests in the past, the most ever spent was $2,000. But with over $8,000 left in this year;s budget allocation, he said that the C.U.B. decided to push to make the entire day ''beyond exciting.'' cordoned-off tent surrounded by security officers from an outside company. In order to be served, a person will need a Marist College I.D. card, or another form of . picture identification with a Marist Guest Pass. Barnes said that this year's beer tent is an improvement from the far-separated beer,area within the McCann Center last year. The list of acts includes the "Greg Greenway Band,'·' with a style similar to that of James Taylor and Jackson Browne; "Back To Earth,'''with rock-and- roll by Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny, and what Barnes called "a· tremendous Motown medley that's sure to keep _the Mayfest dancin,' "Fire," an all-female rock-and- roH band from New· England, covering the popular music of Pat , Benatar, Journey, the Euryth- ) mies, Jean Jett, The Pretenders, - The Police and Loverboy, "Hot Acoustics," with music from the Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton. and the Doors and "Ed Jackman,'' a comedian who 'bas appeared on . The Tonight Show and Merv· Griffin, complete the day's ·lineup. · Tomorrow evening, "The East Coast Band" will round out the May fest celebration at a 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. mixer. · "The Greg Greenway Band" will open the Mayfest with a noon-to-2:45 p.m. show. Ed :Jackman, who'll emcee the entire day, will be on from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m., and "Fire" will follow from 2:15 to 3:45 p.m. Then it's Jackman again till 4:15 p.m .. and "Back To Earth" until 6 p.m. All those acts will be on the field next to the McCann Recreation :enter. . At the riverfront, there will be a free barbeque· from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., and "Hot Acousti~" will also play at that time. As for the security precautions, Barnes said it's the only way to avoid major problems. "After. River Day, there was the question of having Mayfest at all,' he said. "But it's a chance for the students and ad- ministration to show that we can sanction such an event without any major repercussions." ... _._.•, .. •.· ·:;,...., .. ,:' .. :-:·$:_/ · Another change from last year, according to Barnes, will be the fact that beer will be served outdoors. However, Barnes said, it will take place in a large, Watch ·t, .[. Students form a pyramid at a marketing party last week. (Photo by Jeff Kiely) • -. --•. Page 8 · THE CIRCLE· May 3, 1984 Fof refugee, a_ long· roa~ to freedom by Cammie Stefflch Walking out your front door and being able to go just about anywhere you please is a freedom many of us take for granted. • For Trang Van Tran, it is a freedom he will cherish for the rest of his life. , Van Tran is a 22-year-old Vietnamese refugee who risked his life by escaping from his country. "Vietnam is a very .. terrible place to live," Van Tran said. "You cannot live in peace there. I had to escape. I wanted to be free." . So Van Tran arranged to become part of an escape party that would leave Vietnam by boat. "My parents, brother, and sister decided to stay in Viet- nam," he said. "It was very tough leaving them. l don't know if 1 '11 ever see them again." . Van Tran set off on his search for freedom. He and 44 others secretly boarded a boat in Vietnam. The sailing was not smooth for the tiny boat · ·or refugees. The boat broke down in the Gulf of Siam and the refugees were left stranded on a small island. Thirty-nine members of the group remained on the island for five days, while six others went back to Vietnam for a new boat. Those · on the island had to constantly be on the lookout for Communist boats. "We were afraid a Communist boat would come and take us back to Viet- nam," Van Tran said. No Communist boat took them away, but they sti\\ faced trouble. Two Cambodian boats landed on the island and stole everything··or value from the refugees .. "We were left with nothing," . Van Tran said. When the new 'boat . from Vietnam arrived, the group sailed tQ Thailand, where the govern- ' ment there declared the refugees illegal aliens and·placed them in a ·· refugee camp. · Life in the camp was agonizing .. Van Tran said he did nothing but sit around day after day. "It was like being in jail,'' he said. In March of 1982, after being held for--nine months, Vari Tran was released from the camp. He then went for- interviews before · delegates of several countries, including the United States, Canada and France. . Van Tran was accepted into the United States and Canada.· He chose the United States because the process of entry into the country was much quicker than that of Canada's. And, according to Van T.ran, "I wanted to get to freedom as soori as possible." · Today, Van Tran .makes his home in Poughkeepsie. For now, he is just going to school, but he hopes to get a job in the summer. How does . he like living in America? "I'm so· happy,". he .said. "l. appreciate everything I do now because I know I'm doing it because/ want to." . ·'•. -- ., . _. . ~ : . - .GOOD -LUCK, CLASS OF 1984 . . . . ·. · .. ·.· ~~~t(i~~~itit:·:_ .. .•.·. ,· ,,,-- ... ... ·.•·'"""/:;'.:::?;;:::· ·~="=::::; ~ .. ~ ', ~•: -_ : . : .: .. =~~< J ' . . - . ' ,,., • '{}t . , SUMMER DEPARTURE . --· . .PROCEDURE 1984··· All students are expected to leave their residence hall by 11:00 p.m. Friday, May 11, \984. t:,.ny student who has his/her last final earlier than Friday is expected to leave the residence hall by 11:00 p.m. that.same evening. Permission to remain in the residence tiall beyond the night of your last final exam must be obtained from the Housing Office by 5:00 p.m. Friday,-May 4, 1984. The last meal of the semester will be lunch on Friday,_ · May 11. Th~ 13arge!peli will remain operi until 5:()0 p.rn; on · ,Friday. · · · ...• :.>.·,.·.-.or19r before .• May ~1th/all:belongings· must .be.·tak~n - 1., . ;h,oi:ne-.:and:.-re>om~ must' be cleaned:·:::.~nythlrigJetr·tn"the .,,,.. -:-~:·rooms·will be·ctiscardecLTHEREtS·No·sTORAGE;SPACE . : AVAILABL.E. ·. · .. ,. . . ·. ., ... . •·· .... ·. ·- .· . ; - .. '· ... :. _·• ·• . . -· .. ,.··•.•·,. . .... ·,.,_:.-,·.•· ·_ Failure to follow the ch¢ck-out pfocedu.res• lis~ed be_low - will. affect your priority point stati:Js and wiU be central lo .. any.decision on allowing a student to occupy a room in Marist Residence Halls for the Fall 1984 semester, even if you have registered: · · · 1. Vacating room on day of your last final exam. 2. Condition 9f-room at departure - (cleaniinessand lack of damage). 3. Signirig "the··residence hall exit inspection. card and -. turning your room key_into the Residence Director, ·. after tne room is vacated. . Trash bags.will be distributed by the-R.Afs/U.S.'s to each resident by May 7th. , ··- . .. ON.··BEHALF OFALL THE RESI_D~NCE HALL STAFF-, : WE WISH YOU A : ··. SAFE AND· ENJOYABLE· _SUMMER!! SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER!, . Dennis Murray~ the first five years . . Dr. Dennis J. Murray, presi- ferences in· op1mons regarding worked. You also wanted to look at the bottom line to see dent, came to Marist College in what approach we should take to develop national recognition for what the structure that we have the summer of 1979. Previously the liberal arts at Marist, no one the school, through your in- been using has· accomplished in he had been the vice-president for in this community has lost sight dividual work, by bringing the past few years, and that bot- college advancement at Whittier · of the importance of the liberal - broader national recognition to tom line, in many different areas, . College, in Whittier, Calif; arts for our students today .. And I the president and also to members is very positive. So I think we Recently, reporter Michael think that is a healthy sign. of the community. And then, have done that. Regan of The Circle asked Mur- Question · Along with all the really, the development of an in- Secondly, I think we have ray to reflect on his first five years significant things that have gone stitutlonal flagship in the form of started to develop that flagship as president. -R_ortions of that in- on, including the tremendous a specific major. Do you think program that I've talked about in terview follow._ growth that the college bas ~n, you have reached these goals? the field of computer sceince. It what would you point out as be-· Answer - Yes, I think so. I has given not only the students Ing your greatest disappointment think we have a good oiganiza- who major in computer science an .• Question~ What would you say · in the past five years? . tional operation at Marist. When advantage, but it has also provid- ·. . . ·. ; _)s :., your . . most ,significant : ac- .·. . Answer : .Lthink the greatest I came; the college:had, a signifi- · ed a great strength because we ;;.,,,:s_,,;; . j._-,c.GJ· .. ~,~c~~P,I!~b~~,~.f,;Jh~~ ,fir~, ~~~~-~~i9.0l.!.~erp,_,!.,h~)~r.ea:t~t .• ~is~~point~~ cant deficit.. w._e ha~ been,abJ_e_ to . had ant_icipated t~at the computer ) . . . - i. tliat_youn!lv.e l>ee!l atMarlstL.,.. ment I h~ve, t_s 01;1r abd1ty to keep pay that deficit off. _We haven't ,: was gomg, to;be important for a - A~swer · ~· I think the tremen- · colleges hke Marist affordable; It had to Jay any personnel off at the · lot of disciplines, and by making dous thrus_t we have made in the has been for the last five years my college during the time that l_have improvements and thrusts in that :. , field of computer science, without greatest goncern, and-it continues been here. We've got the college area there has been spillovers to losing our touch, with the liberal to be. . . on a sound fiscal footing. And I business, certainly; there has been , arts aspect of the institution. The tensions that are arising think we have the higher level of spillovers to communications: And I'll give you some · ex- . between independent and public administrative structure that is I've indicated the spillovers to the __ amples of what I mean by that: colleges nationally are highlighted working effectively. various humanities disciplines, When I see a professor like Lee · in the state of New Y <irk by the There is always a lot of pressure and the psychology department is Miringoff taking _ad.vantage of the fact that the cost differential for on that structure because of the using the computers more in extremely sophisticated · equip- students to attend a private col- rapid change that we have been research. ment we have here, a political lege, like Marist, has increased experiencing, but I think we have So by developing or making a .. scientist coming . from a liberal each one of those years over what been successful in developing that thrust in that particular area there arts discipline doing that, I think it would cost to attend a public structure. . · have been benefits for students in that's great; when you see a Milt school. · · , . That doesn't mean · that the all · different majors. When we Teichman doing that, and the I'm disappointed ~ although structure should always stay the look back at where we were five · wrfter using computers to write in I've played a leadership role in way itjs. I am open to suggestions years ago compared to where we the tradition of liberal arts along .getting both a Bundy aid increase. for complete changes in structure are ; today, that growth is with the new technology; Casimir . and a TAP increase during those or refinements of the -existing phenomenal, and it is one of the Norkeliunas with his interactive five years in the state of' New structure; because organizational reasons we have enjoyed many of use of the computer for teaching . York, but despite oµr hard work, structure should only serve the the successes we have. language and culture. and the fact that we were sue- current needs of the institution: I Question - Along the lines of The ability to operate and make cessful in those efforts - that the welcome the evaluation that is the national recognition. that the those tremendous thrusts, which differential between cost of the currently going on in the divi- college is obviously beginning to · is culminated in the large IBM public and private sectors has in- sional structure. gain, do you see more exposure grant, which is probably the most creased. . And I would welcome sugges- for the college, or have we reach- significant grant a small college Question • When· you cam_! in · .. tiO!).S from members of the college . ed a limit where we have peaked has received in the last two or 1979 you ~tated several specific ·community if . there are in media coverage? three years in America, and yet goals that you hoped your ad- refinements in that divisional· Answer - No, I don't think so. I maintaining an interest in a com- ministration would be alJh~ to structure_ that .are necessary - think. we have certainly increased mitment to the Liberal arts. direct itself to. The first was really more . divisions, fewer divisions, our exposure, particularly in the Although there is a lot of a re-arrangement of the ad- or if there is a need to explore an Northeast. debate and discussions and dif- · mlnistratlve branch, and how that entirely different structure. But I We have had some national I l),"' .. _______ _ recognition through the television shows that I've done, through the work that Lee Miringoff has done, and through some of the research that other members of the faculty have been doing, but I think we are just beginning to see the tip of the iceberg regarding Marist visibility. I think we are going to see more and more of that. Once a college starts to get its name out and gets to be_ known, other individuals then look to that institution for - inputs, for statements and for direction. 1 think we are better/positioned as an institution. to be· a national · commentator on a wide variety of subjects. that educational in- stitutions get involved with. Question - At this point; after five years, have you set a new agenda or directed yourself towards a new set of goals that -· have moved beyond those set in 1979? Answer - I think the biggest challenge, in addition to continu- ing some of the goals that I've outlined, is going to be the impact that technology is going to have education. Education in the next five to eight years is going to be com- pl et el y revolutionized by technology and telecommunica- . tions. If we don't change and adapt to that technology, the col- leges and universities that don't are simply going to fall by the wayside. So that is going to be the next great challenge that con- fronts Marist College. I guess· it was • something like iweilty years ago I was working in an autombile assembly plant as a spot welder. Well, when I was out Conrinued on page I I .,_ I f l I i , r ! I J l --Page 10- THE CIRCLE - May 3, 1984 ., ·· ·Groundbreaki~g -· _; .. ·-_· ----------- Continued from page 1 John J. Gartland, Jr., has been ·· planned to be renovation·~of the· organizing the fundraising for the Old Gym. The original plans were building. So far, over $2 million changed in the Fall of 1981 when has been raised, including a $1 Marist decided to expand . the million pledge by · the Mccann . project and name the center after Foundation. · Thomas, who is renowned for his· Giving . a . · big .· boost to the career in the field of broad- . fundraising · effort is . former casting. Thomas was_an honorary United States President Gerald R. alumnus of IOlarist and spoke at . Ford, who is serving as· honorary the 1981 commencement exer- chairman of the committee. "He cises. is lending his name to the com- "When the building was mittce to help raise· funds," dedicated to Thomas, the plans Lapham said. "We are· hoping became more ambitious," he'll come to the ceremony when Lapham said. "If it remained the we open the building." Old Gym, it would have happened · The center, projected to be already. I think now we're right ready by the Fall semester of on target." 1985, is planned to be two stories . Lapham said the . Lowell . . high. Although Lapham said the Thomas. Communications Center . designs have not been finalized, Committee, which is . beaded by she did say that equipment from trustees Robert R. Dyson and ··· IBM's recent $2.5 million grant to Core Continued from page 1 aw:iy with the CORE program altogether, concentrating on an expansive liberal arts program," · said Scileppi. The AAC has established a·pproximately four guidelines to follow in drafting the proposal of the new CORE program .. The four guidelines are as follows: A concern for the common ex- perience for all students, such as . in-class experience, co-curricular experience (lectures) and extra- curricular experience (cultural interchange); a broader spectrum of courses in the liberal arts area; intermediate and upper · 1evel courses in the general studies; and a "capping" experience . during senior year to integrate learning, according to Scileppi. The establishment of guidelines does not guarantee an acceptable new CORE program, Scileppi pointed out. "It's nice to have the guidelines, but now we're trying to construct something," said Scileppi. · Upon completion of the new CORE program proposal, the AAC will have the faculty debate and vote on the proposal, ac- . cording to Scileppi. "When the AAC derives a good model, we will hold a faculty colloquium, then the faculty will·· vote. If approved, administration and the board of trustees will vote: It's an extremely touchy issue," said Scileppi. The AAC is comprised of three elected faculty members and two student representatives from the Student Academic Committee. This year's members are: Joseph Bettencourt, associate professor of biology and chafrperson; John Scileppi, assoc.iate professor of Marist will be placed in the building. ;'Although the grant is in- dependent of the p_roject, a lot of IBM equipment will go in there;" . she said. "We're also going to have some· memoriabilia from· Thomas' career. I expect ther:e . will · be some galleries paying tribute to him." r As the groundbreaking date nears, Lapham said that a good turnout is expected for the event. She said it is hoped that some seniors will be included in the-· gathering. • - "We expect well over· 100 people to attend," Lapham said. "For the seniors, it is obviously disappointing to them that they can't use the center. But we do hope that some of the seniors wm come. psychology; <Robert Lewis, assistant professor of English; Sabrina Segui, sophomore; and Mary Judson, junior. Working with the faculty of the AAC, Scileppi suggested that the ·student representatives have influence· on the committee. "I would say that this year there are five of us at the meetings, and we each speak one-fifth of the time," · said Scileppi. Regarding the new - CORE· program proposal and all other issues discussed, the SAC's purpose is clear, according to Segui, a psychology major. "My job as SAC rep is to.place the vote of our committee, and com:. municate the students' viewpoints to the AAC's faculty. I offer any comments and suggestions I have concerning the students' un- derstanding of the curriculum at Marist, » said Segui. · Continued from page 1 . seniors shouldn't have to pay. It ments, Conrail_ Police. atid the damages done to elevators, happens once a year and we Fairview . Fll'~ Department . that telephones and "the grounds ·have deserve it," said Jim Pierce, ~ river day wasJhatday. . · not been included iri the total senior finance major. . A major problem that occurs figure since Marist has not yet "I think everyone's respon- every river day is that student •. been billed for them. sible, not just seniors, every body employees don't show up for Robert . Heywood, housing participates so what ever damages · work. "If River Day should occur · director, said that the amount of are done, everyone should chip in next year; any employee working damage done this year on River because we're all involved," said for security, · college activities, Day was down compared to Carol Theisen, a junior . com- dining service or housing wiUbe others in the past: "In terms of . munication arts major. termin~ted from their job," sai_d actual damage, $5 would be too Joe Waters, director of Heywood. · -- . much. There is no excuse, it's security, said that Marist was as <'The concept of river day is a irrc!!ponsible. This is not . prepared as it could be for the 600 great one, . the celebr~tiori of routine maintenance, money isn't · students who participated in the spring,". said Heywood, "bu~ it budgeted for vandalism," said river day activities. ".When we got ·. should be organized an_d spon- Heywood. "We bill the·studeQts. word that it was River Day, we sored by the college and students who have been identified as called in extra supervisors and set so the negative aspects' of the day responsible for damages. Jf we up road blocks to prevent ~rs can be controlled or eliminated." don't find out wlio was . from going down to the river. It "The college.shouldn't have to responsible, then common-area would be a dangero1,1s situation, .control river day activities," said , damages . will be divided by in the interest of the students Clara Francisco, a junior business residents of that dorm.,, . safety we.didn't want cars driving major,<'if only the students could · "I don't think it's fair that around "said Waters. act responsibly by limiting their- underclassmen have to pay for the Acco~ding to· Waters, security alcohol consumption which in damages caused by seriiors _in the personnel . were stationed ·an . turn may det~( .. _c!!;:1>.tructive- · morning wake-_up," said Chris around campus ~Q try.and.j>revent---behavior . .,-· " -:-·· · Murphy, a junior c~~J:!!!D~I justice---seniors-·· fiorii · going •· into the -· · · · ----major:-------- --··- buildings and damaging _them. ="I had a r~ily.good time. ~t · ·"I don't think just seniors ·are Security. notified the New York river day," said Kevin Kelley; a · responsible, I. think more· un- State Police, Poughkeepsie's sen_ior business major, "it's too· derclassmen caused damages and Town and City Police depart- bad it got out of hand." 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How do. now, or In the future? . ~e::J~sgy and in telecommun.ica- ' ·Question. How do you see the you see your relationship with the Answer - Well, it is something ti·ons and .. how they are going to relatlon_sblp, positive or negative, students at Marlst? that concerns ·me, but I think ff d there are reasons forit. "impact our professipn, then we between the Mid- .. u son Valley Answer - I have always felt it . One has been the rapid growth .. ··are going to be passed b~ the in~ and the fact that It ls really a one- has been good. I have always been of the institution. We have simply . stitutions that do: That is no to corporation area? Is that a . pleased because I think almost had to respond to opportunities as say that the educator and the. in- positive or negative aspect for this every year since I've been here the they have presented themselves, dividual . aren't · important; I area? . . , . student government leaders have because if we stopped being en- believe that the professor in the Answer . -. I _don t know if I been kind enough to give me some trepreneurial we arc not going. to ·.• relationship . between . ad- would de~cnbe it totally as a o~e~ type of recognition at the end of survive as an institution. When . ministrators, faculty and sfudents · c?rporatnon area .. There ~re o~- the year, which I've always ap- you are entrepreneurial and when is :goirig to be nfore important · viously a lot of corporations 10 , preciated. you jump on opportunities and ·· than ever. It is going to require us the area. · . . . . Both Marilyn and I really enjoy don't have a lot of time to think · fo change relationships and adapt · IBM. certainly, is th e p~edoi:ru- the students here at Marist. They and debate and discuss, then there to .these new technologies. I see nant employer, 1 m _not disputing are great to be with. I teach a is a possibility that communica- that .. particularly. because we . that, but for Manst_ College I. class, .as you know, so they are tions problems will arise. reside in an area with a lot of would have to say, qmte frankly, fun to interact with, but Secondly, Marist has become h:gh-technology resources. It will thaCs been a treme ndous advan- sometimes the demands of the job more complex. For example, the be a challenge to us, but also a,n tage. ·· · · · d · k. · really become extensive. other day one· faculty member opportunity · We have a. very goo wor mg I'm running back and forth told me that sometimes he wishes Question· - Statistical data .. relationship with IBM. They have between Albany and Washington. Marist could've been the way it ~hows that Jn the next fJve years, be~n very good_ to 1:JS, and yet we I'm trying to administer the used to be. But Marist would really through the decade of the' .have ~layed a!1 ~mportant ~ole for organization. I'm trying to fulfill simply not have existed if it had eighties ·. there will be a 43 percent them m providing education for my responsibilities in the com- stayed the way it used to be, . decre~ In the 18-to-12-year old not only their future e_mploy_ees, munity~ I'm trying to do my own. because the ability. to develop market. How do you see that as but for many, of t~e~r c~rrent- research in terms of my own pro- complex education simply has put affecting Marist CoHe,re7 . . - emJ?lo7ees.You re familiar with the fessional development and main- restraints on the type of in- . Answer • Well, it is defimtely . stat1sttc that 11 percent ~f our· tain my responsibilities with stitution that Marist can become. :; going to~ impact us. . It is graduates w~rk,.f_or IBM. It s pro- CICU (Coalition of Independent So there are some communica- something that the administrators bably. the. highest _perc~nt~ge of College and Universities). So the tion problems, and I hope we are grapple with both in . our plann- any college or umversity m the demands on time are really exten- going to improve them. I would ing, our budgeting and our pro-· country. sive. say from what I . read - and I jections in the future. We can n·ot w_e are also .very fortunate to I hope all members of the col- read the Chroncle of Education expecrthat we·are going to be able receive t~e IBM grant that I men- lege community understand that I every week_ I was reading about to totally buck. that trend and tioned. Ivy league schools would try to give a little bit of time to all the University of Wiscons.in in maintain the same type of b~ proud to get that type ?f co_m- the entities that I have to deal todays edition, which-is one of the undergraduate studtcnt body that mltment from a corporation bke with. finer schools in the country, and · we currently have today. But the IBM. . · · Some college presidenfs simply one of the concerns was there was good thing is, although· .the · On the oth er ~afd, it has _work- say, no, I'm going to be an _exter- low morale and lack of com- market that you described is go- . ed bo th ~ay s, . it s been a good · nal presidel!t. - I'm not gomg to munication on their campus. So •ing to decline, our overall popula- partn~rship. It is ~he type of pa~t- deal with stude,!ltS or. faculty. there are recurring things. tion·in this particular area is pro- .nership that 1 ~ebe~e wear_e g~mg Others say, okay, I'm gomg to be There are differences of opi- . bably going to increase:· so··what · to need more of _m. th e commg, an internal president, and I'm not ·,_ nion regarding what extent the . ... ~: . that suggests to me·is that_ Marist. · ye~rs - par~nershi~s ~et~een · :going, to_ be involved~ with; the . faculty shouid be involved in cer- . - ._'":·:_-:· •is~·probably•going,,to->have~to.~do.,·• pr!va_te ;educational _msh~ution~~ · .. community, or .. Albany,.'. or- tain. 'decision-making, and those ·more in the adult education area, · 1 pnvatemdu stry. """'.'. and we are go- f Washington. ·· . · <_. .• . · , · · problems are going to exist, but I the re-entry education area ·ror :. ing t~ have t<? involve th ~ stat~ · ·rve taken the approach that r would say that I have a high woinen and in the areas of cor1ti~ ·· ~ore m beco~mg partners m pro~ try to give, to the· best of my regard for our faculty. I think riuing ·· education, professional · vidmg education . fo~- the · young abilities and within the s_ixty h?urs they're excellent teachers. That's education:· and graduate educa- people of New ,York. . a week that l work, a httle btt of · their primary mission at Marist. D · · · · time to the varius constituencies It's teaching,· the work in the. involved. · classroom. It is the interaction :,:~~;Busi_ness Manag~r. ·-~-- Advertising ·Manager- ··for The···Circle Please contact: Christine Dempsey, Extension 6-103. TS . I hope they understand that in between the faculty member and all cases, . working · with my col- the student. I think in the sue- league administrators, my col- cesses we have enjoyed over the leagues in the faculty, my friends last five years a great deal of in the student body, the work I do credit goes to the faculty. in the community, the work I do I hope they take as much pride in the capitol, and the work I do in that progress as I do, because it in the national Capitol, you can would not have been accomplish- only do so much, but I do feel •ed without their support. If the that I've had good relationships communications and interactions with the students. were really bad, we would not I think I try to meet with them have been able to do everything as much as possible. I do get to we have done. ··know many of thell) personally. Question. Now that Ron Petro The Marist students never hesitate has moved Into the full-time posi- to let .me know what is on 'their tion as athletic director, what are minds and what their needs are, the plans for Marlst College · which I think is good. I feel it has sports, outside of Division I been a very positive relationship, basketball? and I am generally v.ery proud of .Answer - We have to do two our student body. I think they are things: a good group and they represent One, we want to refine some of Marist College very well. The play the other existing men's sports, that I saw this afte~noon, or the first of all. We want to see that way that our athleu~ teams c9n- · their programs are run. well, and duct themselves, or Just the wide that there· are oppottunities to variety of activities that ·· the .. participate in those men's sports ·students participate in. that the student chooses to par- I was over at the radio station ticipate in. we really want to have today and they were having a a good program to support them. fund drive for the heart associa- Secondly, we have to take some tion, the board of which I'm on. progress in women's sports. We So that made me very proud. The have to increase women's sports students that ran and wheeled on the campus, and increase the from Boston to raise money for · support that will be provided to the special services program. I them. The opportunity for think the student body that we women to participate in the inter- have here is a great group. collegiate sports must increase. A lot of people have great You'll see, hopefully, an im- fears, and you're always reading provement in women's programs the doomsayers about the youth and an expansion of the number of the country. I don't have any of women's programs. concerns like that. The youth here The third thing that I am very are good. They do a good job interested in is I'd like to see our with what they do. They assume intramural activity increased, their responsibilities, and in the with greater participation by larger society once they leave students, and the support that is Marist, they are going to do a given to that area. I'm a big very fine job. believer in intramural sports. I Question • !ftere seems to be a think it helps create a good sense of community. It would be a good way to round out one's educa- tional experience. We're going'to devote attention to athletics, because it is very im- portant. I think a lot of students are attracted to Marist, because we have a well-rounded athletic program, and I hope that there will be opportunities for anyone who wants to participate in the in- tercollegiate or intramural sports on campus . Question - Staying on athletics, in the publlcatlon that dealt with the planning assumptions for 1983 through 1988, one statement was "that any new programs undertaken at Marlst must at a minimum be self-supporting within a reasonable time." A con- cern bas been raised on ClllllPUS, that after three years In Division One the basketball program ls still operating at a flnanlcal loss. Originally the Idea of .Division One basketball was sold to the Board of Trustees as becoming, at a minimum, self-supporting. How will that affect the program, if it continues to move at the same pace? Answer - Well, one· of the reasons for the reorganization of our athletic department was an ef- fort to put a little more emphasis on basketball, to try to get it too that self-sufficient point. I have been very pleased with the money that has been raised to support the program by the Red Fox Club, our athletic booster group. They are giving $25,000 to $30,000 every year to help sup- port the program, and for a new program at a young college, that has been a very significant ac- complishment. The attendance at our games has been increasing,. and I think that is a positive trend. You arc correct in your assumption that it has not been a revenue producer fot us as of yet .. That is still a goal for the college, and we will continue to monitor the money that the basketball pro- gram produces for the college. . But we also have to take into con- sideration the support that it helps generate from the com- munity, the visibility t~at it gains for the college throughout the Northeast and the fact that many of the colleges we care to be associated with participate at the Division One basketball level, because of the positive benefits, besides financial, which are brought to the college. Quesdon - Twenty years after your term as president Is com- plete, how would you like a local historian· to look back at your . leadenbip of Marlst College? Answer - Well, I think when we look back on this era in cduca- . tion, it is going to be viewed as a · very difficult one - one in which we are paying the price for the deferred maintenance that has taken place for many years. It is one in which we do ·not pay our faculties and our administrators what they should be_ P.aid. · It is go-·· ing to be one in which the demographic situation put tremendous pressures on colleges. There are some colleges today that are having tremendous pro- blems that aren't publicly known · because of the demographic pressures. So I think, first of all, it is going to be viewed as a very difficult era. I would like people to look back on my tenure as one where people could say that he did the best he could, the very best he could, with the resources he had available; I hope we made the right decisions, trying to make thrusts into the high-technology areas, and yet not losing sight of our liberal arts roots, and I hope that my concern for some of the moral and ethical dimensions of. not only Marist, but of all col- leges, that it would be thought that those elements would not be forgotten during my tenure. .• .... I f I 'I I 1: f· 1. I, r, 1:., ( f • -•·•·•Page 12· THE CIRCLE· May 3, 1984•·--•·-·------•· -----------------------• Four Marist prOfessoi:-s will go .on sabbatical next.year by Kevin Schulz Four Marist faculty members have been granted sabbaticals for the 1984-1985 academic year ac- cording to Andrew Molloy, academic vice-president. The four professors named were · Dr. Donald J., Calista, associate professor of sociology; Dr. Casimir Norkeliunas; assis- tant professor -of Russian and Ge~·man; Mr. Robert Norman, A;sociate professor of com- n .unications; and . Dr. Edward <>'Keefe, professor of r,sychology. A sabbatical is a paid leave·of ,1bsence given by the college to professors who wish to study the latest developments within their fields and develop a project which will enhance their knowledge and thereby, benefit the students. Sab- baticals are generally given after seven years of teaching. •Dr. Calista, currently in his seventh year at Marist, will spend both semesters next year studying the relationship between the organization and the implementa- tion of policies in public agencies. He explained that laws and policies are conceived. to satisfy the needs and wants of the population. These policies define the ideal way that things should Archbisbop to visit Poughkeepsie by Janet Lawler ' , Archbishop John. J. O'Connor will celebrate Mother's Day Mass at the McCann Center as part of his six-week tour of the · Ar- chdiocese of New york, where he is spiritual leader of 1.8 ·million catholics. · During his two~day visit through Dutchess County, O'Connor is expected to en- courage· religious vocations for the youth, speak about the evils of. drug abuse, and denounce· abor- tion, according to Catholic New York, a weekly newspaper . The Mass, celebrated on May 13 at 3:30 p.m. in the-Mccann Center, will be one of jubilation, with local Catholics singing hymns, reading Scripture, waving school banners and welcoming their new religious leader with the spirit of love, according to local priests. The following is the schedule Archbiship O'Connor will adhere to: Sunday, May 13 at 2:00 p.m. - a visit with the religious brothers and sisters of Dutchess County at St. Francis Hospital. Sunday, 3:30 p.m. _:_ celebra- tion of Mass at Marist College in the Mccann Center. · Sunday, 6:30 p.m. - visit-with priests and deacons at Holy Trini- ty School in Poughkeepsie, with a dinner proceeding in the gym. · Monday, May 14 at 9:00 a.m. - student assembly for high school students from Dutchess County at Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie. Monday, 12:30 p.m. - visit with Southern Dutchess County elementary children at Columba's School in HopewellJunction. Monday, 2:00 p.m. assembly at St. Joseph's School in Millbrook for Northern Dutchess children. Rev. Frank J. Reynolds, pastor of St. Joseph 's church in Millbrook, said the community children are happy to be meeting soon with the newly installed ar- chbishop. Reyqolds met the ar- chbishop a few years ago at a wedding. "He is a very. warm, friendly man. I remember he made the wedding ceremony very personal and friendly for the couple," Reynolds recalled. "The children will enjoyhis visit." be organized and are usually vague. Therefore, Calista asserts, some agencies have difficulties in the actual interpretation of the policies, and the result is low effi- ciency. "I want to develop ways to strengthen the relationship between how policies are started and eventually how they are going to be implemented," Calista said. "The ultimate outcome is not on- ly to implement policies better, but to impact the policy makers into how important the organiza- tion is in achieving their own directives," he said. Calista said he will use existing data and "look at it in a new way" as he studies " ways in which alternatives are more ap- propriate" in agency organiza- tion. Calista also plans to study the organization and efficiency of human seryice agencies (e.g. agencies for rehabilitation, the aged, and mental health) in the states of Florida, Minnesota and Connecticut. Dr. Norkeliunas, now in his 21st year at Marist, will take his sabbatical leave in the fall to com- plete his research of . Jury Baltrusaitis, a major poet of Rus- sian modernism, and to develop a time is more productive. It will y~ar at Ma~ist, and he wil(be on · computer program to help · optimize the process of educa- sabbatical leave in the spring of students ·learn the Russian and tion.". . 1985 to acquire knowledge and German languages more easily. Norman, in his -23rd year at experience in the use of computers. He will ._spend some time in Marist,-willtaketimeoffthisfall in his·-.· work, develop Boston with access to the Harvard to research and document the life psychological - - tests for older University archives where he .will and times of Lowell Thomas. His adults and develop expertis~ with finish his work on Baltrusaitts. work, however, will- not .. em- forms of brief psychotherapy. Norkeliunas says he hopes to phasize Lowell Thomas as a O'Keefe said he will take com--.. · get his writings, which he says are broadcaster. · puter courses at Marist so that he ·"biographical and critical in "I want. to stress Lowell · may develop· .a way in which nature," published. He says he Thomas as an explorer and seeker . psychologica}tests may be taken expects that this publication will _ of adventure," Norman said. on a computer which will then make a prestigious and original "It's a story that has never been analyze the information and-write scholastic contribution, as well as told." , a profile. · · enrich the co.urses he teaches in Norman will attempt to 'have Russian literature, history, and his findings produced· as a three- culture. part mini-series for public televi- Norkeliunas will also. try to sion if he can acquire sufficient develop a • computer . program funding. His documentation will which he claims will promote in- also be available to visitors of the dependent study, account · for Lowell Thomas Communication students' different paces of learn- Arts Center. ing and allo'N time to challenge According to Norman, Thomas students to more advanced had many firsts which had material. nothing to do with broadcasting, The program will first display a such as being the first person to video presentation from an at- fly around the world in a north tached videotape player and upon and south direction, the first per- conclusion present a comprehen- son to take pictures of World War sion fest. · When the student II from an airplane, and the answers a question incorrectly, discoverer of --Lawrence of the computer will rewind the Arabia. · videotape to the spot where the in- Norman said, ''He was formation was given replay that definitely the 20th century Marco portion. Polo." Norkeliunas said, "With this, Dr. O'Keefe is also in his 23rd O'Keefe said that he will also spend some time in local - in- stitutions· for the elderly'in order ''to gain a better understanding of the older adult.'' ·This informa- tion, according to O'Keefe, will provide insights as to how senior citizens may "lead a fulfilling life in their later years." O'Keefe said he will also learn more about brief psychotherapy, which instead of the normal 25-50 sessions, takes only 10 sessions. He said that this self "retool- ing" he acquires from the sab- · batical, will provide him not only with personal scholastic growth, but will also prepare him for the development of ·a psychology degree program at the graduate level. MILLER HIGH LIFE PRESENTS GRADWEEK·&CAREER DAYS_ . ~ . 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WI Finc/i!lg /ove through the columns May 3, 1984 - T,HE CIRCLE~ Page 13--• by Daisy ~axey ''It's like an extreme version of a biind date." · ~- · ·-· That's- how one participant described looking for love in the Poughkeepsie Journal's classified · column. . _ , date,you · _ have something in common to talk about," he said. "This · way, · you dori't know anything ab.out the person except what they put in their ad." Smith said he also answered one woman's ad. He said the woman told him she had received 45 responses. . According to Mike Harris, classified advertising manager at · the Poughkeepsie Journal, Smith However, Harris said, it ''isn't· really just dating" that people are looking for. "Obviously, · the majority are looking for dates but some are looking for friends," he said. , . . Cl-ssified _ Ads I Person to Person • 005 1 30 YE.AR OLO attractive fe- male would llke to meet exclt• t l~':i,o~:';o~~~nc!~!1~:~ ~~:: cozy Interludes. who wonts I friendship a, well as on Intl- ' . mate relallonshlp. Please ,end _ ___..-:-John Smith (not his real name) said he placed an ad in the paper's personal column because he had . been working nights and was having difficulty meeting new people. "I wasn't really interested in going into clubs and having to shout over the music," _ said - is only one of many people who have changed their attitudes about the personals. The · Journal allqws no references to sex other than to specify male or female. Harris said that the paper has received no advertisements from homosexuals and would have to consider _such an ad "very carefully" in light of community standards. ~~g~o ec!~h :;&.~Y :o Box p.271. Journal. Smith .. ··_ , .. ·smith said that he recently saw a cable movie which dealt with personal. ads. ,and 1 _ "that legitimatized it a little bit.'' Last month, ·· Smith, an , unemployed cook, placed . the following ad in the Poughkeepsie ,,- · Journal: I AM A SINGLE, 28 year · old gentleman who enjoys comedy, good music & interesting, intelligent conversation. Would like to meel intelligent, single womifo with simil_ar in- terests. Write to: Poughkeepsie Journal, P.O. Box XXXX, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12602 Attn: Box XXXX. Smith said that the ad, which • ran for four days, generated only two· responses, one of which was from a male homosexual. The other response was from a· woman he later met but did not date. Smith said meeting the woman was ·.very-: "un- comfortable." "Usually, even if it's a blind Harris said that while such a column is acceptable today, "a few years ago it might have been considered not quite right." The Poughkeepsie Journal has been running its personal column, which is called Person-to-Person, for about a year and a half. "It was an ·experiment for us," said Harris. "There was the possibility that we would not get any ads." However, Harris said that the column has received "very steady use." It has been used "throughout our readers of all types" and its use seems to be equally divided among the sexes, -he said. - According - to Harris, the · Poughkeepsie Journal "follows the same guidelines as other area papers" in accepting personal ads. "We are looking for something honest, decent and free of in- nuendo or anything which may offend our readers," he said. The Journal has rejected some ads, Harris said, because they gave the impression that "companionship may not have been all they were looking for;" Harris said. that specifying a certain race in an ad is permitted. "it isn't illegal. It isn't considered discriminatory. It's not as though you are looking to . employ someone or offer an apartment," he said. The best ads, according --to Harris, employ creative description. "It is best to be witty and clever in the wording," he . said. "Some are very amusing." However, Harris noted that it is difficult to tell if the advertisers are honest in their description. "The ads tend to mention the good points. That is only natural," he said. "Most people put on their best face, but it probably pays to be reasonably honest. Otherwise, it is just a big waste of time." Harris said, "It's amazing the amount of responses the ads receive. Many receive a dozen or more." Smith said it was "kind of depressing" receiving only two responses. Asked if he would consider placing another personal ad, Smith said: "I don't know .. I guess I :would have to redo the wording.'' ':trivial' Pursuit .. a game for the big kids :- bySusaeM, Riga11te ~d:'f~'/,:Jc;\:·,: .. Trivial Purs~it is t<> thti icioit: population what the . Cabbage Patch doll is to young children. Both ·toys have caused the ·same reactions _ among .. hvo .different generations - the necessity of- having the latest, most stylish fad, and the random availability· of both. Among those amazed by the success and popularity of: the game is the game's distributor, Selchow & Righter. "I have -been in this- business for thirty years," says a Dallas Selchow & Righter disti:ibutor in a recent Time interview, "and. Trivial Pursuit:. is. the biggest individual game I have ever seen. It defies everything we've had before." · · ·· Some people believe that the biggest of the fads are created by' the public itself. "Like the Cabbag Patch Doll, I think the · demand for Trivial Pursuit . multiplies because of the scarcity of the game," says Dave 'Demarest, a Bradlees department store manager- in Wayne, N.-J. "The demand is so great, I think, because there's really no skill involved, just a good memory. It's also a very social game." When it was first introduced at a trade show last February, Trivial Prusuit was overlooked by buyers as just . another obscure, irrelevant board game, and only a few orders were placed. Now, a year and a half later, a few. million have been placed, and most stores will sell out their entire;tocki1ta•in~tt~i~f-h6urs.· i;-Mai~zine interview.}•B~t-'then C ·• The:. success of. the Genus Trivial Pui-suit)s the brainchild, :'they·alrc~me to~us ~ater, and we j (basic) edition of Trivial Pursuit of Canadian journalists Chris - said no, no, no." - . ·· · · · has prompted inventors Haney Haney and John Abbott, who · Even without the financial and· Abbott to produce 18,000 .decided one rainy afternoon that support that they · desperately more questions for additional . their - Scrabble game ·wasn't needed, the creators were cards which can be purchased enough. Haney recalls asking determined. They saved up separately for approximately $23. Abbott, "Why don't we invent a enough cash to manufacture The basic edition of Trivial game'?'' and an. hour later, the 1,000 games and within three Pursuitis in the area of $30-$40. basic structure of Trivial Pursuit . weeks Canadian consumers The additional cards now ·was born. snapped them up. available include the major Sold in an elegant pine green But the great demand doesn't categories of baby boomer and gold box resembling After stop in Canada. Toy and hobby (questions from the 50's t_o the Eight dinner mints the game stores are being swamped with 70's), sports, and silver screen. treats its players' to 6,000 calls regardin_g the gafl!e, and one · Trivi~l. P~rsuit: whose ~ival questions in the categories of Poughkeepsie cham store competition 1s said to be video sports and leisure; history, manager ·refused to talk about it. games, enjoys several advantages geography, entertainment, "I'm so sick of this whole Trivial over the joystick generation's science and nature, and arts and Pursuit situation, I don't even passion for TV screens and literature. · want to make any comments," quarters. To play, participants start at said the manager of Kay-Bee "The pendulum's swinging the "hub" of the board, . which Hobby Shop in South Hills Mall, back from video games. With a resembles a Wheel, and with the in Poughkeepsie. video game, you sit alone in a · roll of the die, move onto colored Because of the rising popularity corner," notes John Nason, vice squares, each color. a different of the game, the demand for president. of Marketing at category. When the player an- · Trivial Pursuit is barely being Selchow & Righter. swers a correct question, he is met. And because the game is Along with the charade-like allowed to roll and move again. often not readily available, the interaction that takes place during Anywhere from two to twenty- search . for it can become an a: Trivial Pursuit game, comes th:-, four players can-indulge in the adventure. Neither of the• two time-honored test of how much a mind-boggling adventures of local toy shops had the game in person memory can be jogged. Trivial Pursuit, with a good game stock, but Caldor's department Adults playing the game ob- lasting for hours. "There's rarely store did. But for some, it's not as viously have the advantage, but a game that is shorter than three easy as a trip to the local mall. according to one .faithful in- hours," said - Nancy Hofgren, Fra~k Haugh, father of junior dulger, "It's frustrating when the . junior, an · addicted Trivial Ten ~augh, sent away to Canada kids know more than you do." -Pursuit player. "And if it's less for his game. _ John Corcoran of Federated than that, we play again."· "I was atmy wit's end trying to Department Stores in New York The irony of this runaway best- find the game, and I heard of a City believes that the new selling game is - that potential place in Canada that was selling technology of television has backers were reluctant to give them. I got my game one month· contributed to the extensive Haney and Abbott their loans. after ordering, which was pretty popularity of Trivial Pursuit. "Of course, it was no, no, no," good, considering I paid $60 for "The media has really been remembers Haney in a People it,'' said Haugh. pushing nostalgia lately. Every network has a TV Bloopers show, reruns of old shows, and cable TV has created infinite possibilities to show all the old movies," he said. "People love nostalgia and reminiscing because . it· gives a sense of youth. We all know how fun it is to walk down memory lane." Fina-ncial aid notes Students interested in pursuing a Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) for the 1984-85 academic year are reminded that the processing period for their loans may extend up to ten weeks during the summer. Thus, to ensure timely processing, students are advised to submit completed GSL applications and "Needs Tests" to the financial aid office by June l, 1984. Also, students within one year of graduation may be interested in an alternative loan program established by the Hattie M. - Strong Foundation. Qualified students may be eligible to borrow up to $2,500. (interest free) for their final academic year. For more in- formation please write to: Hattie-M. Strong Foundation 1625 Eye Street, N.W. Suite409 Washington, DC 20006 Pavelk(! bids farewell after 21 years "'-- by Michael Lowen After 21 - years at Marist, Andrew Pavelko, former director of the physical plant, is retiring. Pavelko came to Marist in the fall of 1963. He said he has seen the school grow to be much larger than he had anticipated. "I thought the school reached its peak within these last few years," said Pavelko. "With the ad- ditional land recently purchased and the amount of money coming into-the school, I could see the campus doubling in both size and populatiQn." The land purchased lies behing the townhouses on the north end of the campus and is being considered for an athletic field. Pavelko is currently assigned to a special project for Marist. He is researching the history 9f the campus and evaluating the status of the current structures. Pavelko has overseen the development of all the buildings on campus except those left from St. Anne's Hermitage, the former owner of the college's property. _ He noted that the area where the townhouses now stand was once a farm where the brothers grew crops and raised livestock. Pavelko started working as a superintendent of Loft buildings in New York City after leaving the armed forces in 1945. He was informed about the opening at Marist by one of his employers who had spoken to Linus Foy, former president of Marist. Pavelko has lived in Hyde Park and plans to retire there. "There isn't a more beautiful area of the country," he said. ;< ~~--- . .. q ..,._,,,•~,,I~~ ... ~ 1:·•,; ~ .. •••~.••·'":•~ .•\.~. ;_'.,u ,'.~ .. _~••;-!'•'·!','.':"'•:• --• Page 11 · THE CIRCLE• May 3, 1984------------------:~:~:~:::_:_:_•_:::_:_•::::::_•:::::~:::::_;~-, Dirt Pit-·------------ Continued from page 1 action against them for allegedly violating college norms prohibiting unauthorized solicitation on campus. Party organizers had distributed leaflets on campus promoting the event without the administration's approval. LaMorte's decision applies only · to Galanti and Barnes because he said he has "no names and admissions of other mem- bers" of the group. LaMorte had written a letter to Galanti and Barnes giving them two choices for what to do with the money. According to LaMorte one choice was to hand the money over to the incoming · CSL. The group would then use it for the beautification of the waterfront, which Barnes had originally intended to use the money for, or to purchase a permanent bronze plaque. Without consulting LaMorte, . however, Galanti and Barnes org_anized a party for the seniors, the administration and the faculty at All Sport to be held following commen~ment. LnMorte said: "l think it's an outrn~e against the students. To s~,d the money on the senior dass is l"Ompletel)~ self-serving. The dC\:'.isfon was made with total dis~ard for the students and in total disregard for any sense of responsibility." Barnes argued, however, that the "seniors earned the money." "The party was organized and run by members of the senior class," he said. Barnes and Galanti also denied that the party is "self-serving." Barnes charged that "the choices he gave us were self- serving for himself." Galanti added that the . money did not have to be· used for the options · offered .. them by LaMorte. "The Judicial Board decided to let Dirt Pit (Manor) do what they want with it 'after they found that we didn't use college funds (to support the party)." Richard Dougherty, chairman of the Judicial Board, however, said the decision was made that the money had to be used for campus improvements. Barnes said that LaMorte's action was "slimy" and charged that there is "conflict of interest" in his role as a priest and his job· as a disciplinarian. . "Priests are supposed to. be forgiving and understanding," Barnes said; "I could never go to confession here because he'd probably take disciplinary action against me." Commencement---------- Continued from page 3 but I think that Joseph Lash will really have something to say to the students." / Ross added that changes would be necessary to make the com- mittee an active part of the decision-making process. · "I think that the purpose of the committee needs to be clarified," she said. "At this point, its role a~d significance toward the final . detision aren't · clear to the . members." Committee member Cernera echoed Ross' idea of a need to define the committee's exact purpose. In addition, he said that the committee should meet earlier in the year, should meet more often, and even more . im- portantly, it should be better informed. Despite the committee mix-up this year, Cernera said he believes that the commencement planners, and Laphani in particular, were receptive to the. students' wants and needs. "My honest feeling is that Chris took all of the committee's recommendations· intci con- sideration," Cernera said. "The doubts on the part of the students are legitimate, but it's difficult to track down many of the well- known people that are mentioned as speaker possibilities."_ Advertising----------- Continued from page 3 Arts and Letters. or skills in current market Marist is in the tail-end of a third demand as justification for the grant, according to Platt. Rebcook was unable to attend the voting session because of a previously ·scheduled direct marketing conference in · New York with some Marist students; according to Lake. Rebcook said major in advertising to be made available at Marist, according to Although the proposal was the statement. . defeated, there are still some · that he prefers not to comment at this time. · Another factor in the defeat of faculty members that support the the. proposal was . the large . fdea of an ' advertising . major. number o[abstentions'in the vcite, "Behi~d Jhe! ~l<:ills taught is · the according to Lake. ''The faculty understanding · of, the theory members were always bemoaning · which lets you know which way to student apathy. You tell me what · go in the real situation. I think the Some faculty members were 22 abstentions says," said Lake. advertising major ended up being displeased about Rebcook's There are two possibilities for the "whipping boy" for a number absence at the session and the number of abstentions ·- of faculty~members' unhappiness inability to cast a vote. "It is his previous agreement to abstain or with. programs at l\.farist," said proposal, and by God they should failure to take a public opinion, Lake. have contacted him to see if the according to some faculty According to some faculty date was alright," said Lake. members. "It is overly large. I members who voted against the Although some faculty think a lot of people didn't want · proposal, the major was too skill- members said that the absence of to take a public stand,". said oriented, but others disagreed .. ''I Rebcook had an impact on the Platt. think there was a general sense to- final vote, there were some others Platt supported the proposal, not recognize advertising. I think who did not agree. "I doubt it but was forced to abstain because - the faculty has gone too far in was affected. · I thought· the of his administrative position. "I removing some of the liberal arts proposal was well defended," ·was in favor of an advertising program. The advertising .major said Roscoe Balch, professor of major. I've been working with proposed was far less guilty of history. Gene on it for about two and half _being overspecialized," said · The majority of the AAC voted years. The first proposal wasn't Balch. against the proposal, 3-1, saying. accepted by the AAC so changes that "a major in advertising is had to be made," said Platt. inconsistent with the general The advertising major . was curricular philosophy in · Corn- originally proposed under the munication Arts and Title III grant. "My hope was Management studies of con- that it would be a joint effort centrations in specialized areas," between• business and com- according to an official AAC - munication arts, but the business statement. people didn't want an integrated Even though the AAC program," said Platt. recognizes a demand on campus The Title III grant is a federal for an advertising major, the grant given to developing in- AAC does not see the popularity stitutions that apply and qualify. Students in favor of . the ad- vertising major said they were upset at the number of ab- stentions which aided the defeat of the proposal, according to some students. l'I didn't like the fact that faculty abstained,lrom voting. I think ·the advertising major is a good thing, and there · are a lot of people interested," said Diane Bartold, a com- munication arts major. Stabbing----------- Continued from page I and another bouncer) to help kick some guys out," he said. "They were arguing with the owner and. giving us a hard time." Poughkeepsie Town Police assisted the bouncers, according to Murphy, who said he didn't know who called them or if they were just passing by at the time. "They stuck around to make sure the guys had left," he said. He did not remember if the two drove or walked home. At approximately 7 a.m. the two were seen arguing in the Benoit parking lot by an eyewitness who wishes to remain unnamed. The eyewitness was driving past the two men ap- proximately 25 feet away, and noticed them · arguing and shouting obscenities. . "They were just yelling a lot of stuff, but not pushing or hitting each other,'' he said. "There were two other guys holding them back." · · Then one of the guys yelling pulled out a knife, according to the eyewitness. He said: "Then both guys just kept acting macho even after the knife was pulled, kept going toward each other, even with the two other guys holding them back. Then the guy with the knife took a swipe and I thought he hit him in the hand. . The other guy just said 'Look what you did, look at my hand!' " Apparently the victim wiped his wound and saw the blood on his hand thinking that was where he was injured." After that, the suspect walked over to the area behind Campus Center, where he remained until police apprehended him, ac- . cording to the eyewitness. Mitchell may not finish his freshman year in wake of the knife attack. John Berzal, resident assisfarit from the first · floor of Marian Hall, where Mitchell resides on . campus, says "Considering the injury required something like 30 stitches, I don't expect him back." Berzal says Mitchell is at home recuperating in the Bronx. / A killer called cholesterol by Kenneth F. Park~r Jr. Russell Pellic~iotti is ~ell aware of the effects of cholest.erol. · Last year; at age 74, the retired government employee suffered a heart att_ack, which his doctor later attributed to high levels of blood cholesterol. . , "The. saddest thing about cholesterol," my doctor sai_d, ."is- that you cannot see or feel it building up. The first sign for many is a heart attack," said Pellicciotti. , . At the end of an ordinary day, .the average American has consumed the equivalent of a .full stick of butter in f~t. ~nd cholesterol, according to the American Heart Association. American men consume about 500 mg. of cholesterol per day and women ·consume about 350 ·mg. per·day. Both levels are about 60 percent more than the A.M.A. recommends. "Until recently, doctors were not completely sure if there was any link between cholesterol and heart disease. I wish they had found this new information sooner," said PellicciottL . · This new information was announced earlier this year by the government after the broadest, most expensive research project in medical history. The study produced tw·o major conclusions: first, heart disease is directly linked to the level of cholesterol in the blood, and secondly, lowering cholesterol levels reduces incidences of fatal heart attacks. . But according to nutritionists Betty White of the Dutchess County Cooperative Extension, the results are not conclusive enough. · , "T~e study has made people aware of the harmful effects of ·cholesterol, but I don't feel it was conducted long enough. Ten years is really not that long and there could be more dangers ahead that we don't know about," White said. The food~ that are highest in cholesterol are also some of the most popular in America. They include beef, ice cream and milk .. Denise Wozniak of the American Heart Association says that these foods are safe if taken in modertion. · "What people should 'do is look at. their entire fat and cholesterol intake. and plan· a workable i:liet. A diet of complex carbohydrates is effective because it limits the intake of cholesterol. Then, if you want an ice cream now and then it is safer,"says Wozniak. Despite all the doom that has been predicted, some feel that we are now able to correct our bad habits and live longer. "Physical fitness is getting more popular everyday and being done by all age groups,'' said White. White also said she believes that Americans are becoming-more willing to change to a healthier diet and more sensible life-style. She also said she hopes that by the year 2000, heart disease will no longer be the leading cause of death in America. · Mr. Pellicciotti, who is now faithfully following the low- cholesterol diet his doctor. recommends, says that he feels op- : timistic about the future. · "By following my diet eve'ryday I feel I am taking the best medicine possible," he said. ' · PROSPECTIVE, GRADUATES The rehearsal for the graduating class . of '84 has been planned for Friday, May 18 from 4~5 p.m. We will assemble at 4:00 in the lobby of Oonnelly Hall in front of Security Office and· proceed to· Mccann for a quick w~lk-through. In the event of rain, please meet in the lobby of McCann Center.· Caps & gow'}s will be distributed in the Commuter Lounge, Wednesday, Thurs- day, and Friday, May 16, rt, and 18 bet- ween· noon & 4 p.m. Please note:,When you pick upyour.cap & gown you will also receive a card with your name and a number indicating your location in the commencement line-up . Please bring this card with you on Commencement Day. f I . l L I· ' : '( r I i i t ATT-ENTION R-ESIDENT SE~IORS Resident seniors who wish to remain in College Housing during Senior Week must register in the Housing Office. by 5:00 p.m. Friday, May 4, 1984. Those resident seniors with permission to remain in their residence hall must vacate their room by 5:00 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 1984. Established check-out pro- cedures must be followed and room keys must · be returned to the North End Residence Hall Director of Security before departure. :coNGRATULATIONS May 3, 1984 - THE CIRCLE· Page 1s--- Engineering courses set; state delays ·New Paltz by Daisy Maxey While the State University at New Paltz continues to seek state approval for its · proposed en;ineering program, Marist has jomed in a consortium which will begin offering an undergraduate . level engineering degree in September 1984. The Marist consortium with Polytechnic 'institute of New York (PINY) . of Brooklyn and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institut<:,, (RPI) of Troy, N.Y., will offer electrical engineering and com- , puter engineering courses. Initially, PINY will offer the· electical and computer engineer- ing courses on the Marist campus and Marist will provide the pre- engineering courses , liberal arts courses and the required electives. However, as enrollment in- creases and the program expands, PINY and Marist expect to apply to the state Board of Regents, which sets educational policy in · New York, for approval of an inter-institutional branch cam- pus. Marist also projects that RPI will join PINY in offering graduate engineering programs in September 1985. Plans to transmit the courses to the Marist campus via a telecommunications system are being discussed but are not complete. Meanwhile, the New Paltz engineering proposal was tabled on Friday by the Board of Regents and will be ·presented to the board again sometime this month. The current New Paltz proposal is a revision of a pro- gram which was disapproved by the board in November. :, • J _;Th.e board's, _4ecision .. whether _ to approve the New Paltz ,pro- gram . will· not affect Marist's plans to begin its program in the fall, according to Marist College Academic Vice President Andrew Molloy.· Molloy said that Marist has held open houses, interviewed students and received applications for the engineering program. "We have made a commitment that we would deliver courses in the fall. I think we will honor that commitment,'' said Molloy. Molloy also said that he does not expect PINY and Marist to have any problems winning ap- proval from the Regents when they apply for branch campus status. "I expect that PINY and Marist will be able to have a. branch campus in the near future," he said. "I don't think there would be any problem of our getting state approval when we request it because the demand for the courses would be such that it would be warranted." Julianne Maher, dean of the School of Adult Education and · coordinator of the Marist project, denied that Marist is trying to hinder the New Paltz proposal. "The consortium came into be- ing when, after the New Paltz proposal was disapproved, IBM and other area industries asked Marist to consider engaging in a program to fill the gap," said Maher. "Six months ago nobody expected that the New Paltz pro- gram would still be under con- sideration." Maher also· expressed concern over the way that New Paltz has handled the matter. ''The SUNY system has become very political," she said. "They seem to be trying to go around . the Regents by pulling- a lot of political levers. From look- . ing at the situation, it would seem . that New Paltz is trying to prevent . the private consortium from func- tioning rather than vice versa.'' However, Harry Gianneschi, the SUNY New Paltz spokesman, called the charges "absolutely un- true." ''The governor and the legislature are our only resources as a public institution," said Gianneschi. "Trying to win sup- port from the state is nothing unusual or out of the ordinary and I think people are· trying to make it look that way." Gianneschi called • the New Paltz attempt to win state ap- proval "the political process of a politcal institution.'' .!'We (New Paltz) never really have felt that we have been in a political fight," he said. "Our opinion has always been that two programs can survive." Gianneschi noted that New Paltz President Alice Chandler has written to . Marist President Dennis Murray suggesting that an articulation agreement be made between the two schools if the New Paltz program is approved. Such an agreement would mean that engineering students could easily transfer credits and attend courses at both colleges. According to Maher, President Murray has expressed interest in such an agreement, if the SUNY program is approved. "We (Marist) have always been open-minded," she said. "We will continue to be that way.'' Gianneschi said that an ar- ticulation agreement would be "in everybody's interest." • "I think after we get done with the arguing and fighting for our . programs, we will look in the best interest of the·· students," said Gianneschi. ''Thank You to Sta/ f Me_mbers and Everyone who helped with the sales of the 1983 Yearbook. All yo.ur efforts were appreciated. '' ·. ; t. --!. ~~ ' -- t,· r ,: f-;~--1 ' ,. • --•Page 16- T~E _CIRCLE - May 3, 1984 _.Living through 'soph slump' byJoeLezoll widespread than before." , DeVitis . said she and her Bently said havin·g -· most classmates tried to ·schedule It's marked by depression and .sophomores in Champagnat may events several times, but in most . apathy, and it goes by many be helpful in solving the "slump" cases met with nothing but frusta- names, but many prefer to call it because it focuses greater tion. "We wanted to do a·lot of simply "sophomore slump." campus-wide attention on the things, but every time we tried to According to Stephen Bentley, problem. plan something on a weekend, upperclassman mentor at Marist, Denise DeVitis, .-·sophomore there was always something else the condition, which he has seen class president at Marist, said she going on; and you know you can't year after year, seems to stem from . thinks. the "slump" is the result schedule social activities on week· a student's growing confusion of an emotional let down and nights," DeVitis said. - "Even about the direction of his or her disillusionment· students go when we did get a time and a life. through during sophomore year. place, by the time.we finished cut- "You get back from summer "For most kids, freshman year ting through all the red tape, we break, suddenly_ you're a isalotoffun. You're out on your Iostourenthusiasm." sophomore and you're having to own for the first time,· you're Making a future career choice, make progressively more difficult making new friends, going to par- according to Mary Wall, a Marist personal and academic decisions . ties, and your classes, · for the junior majoring in communica- you know will affect the rest of most part, aren't very difficult. I tions, is what helped her to over- you're life," Bentley said. "The · had a great time," DeVitis said. come the "slump/' confusion many times leads to "When you return as a "When I finally decided on depression_ and apathy, what sophomore, you're • expecting public relations, life became so we've labeled 'Sophomore things to be the same, but they're much simpler. I think it was the Slump'." not. People aren't seeking you out confusion that was causing my Although college life may ag- as much because you're not the depression and apathy. It was the gravate the situation, Bentley said new kid on the block any more, same with a lot of my friends. The it doesn't cause the problem. "It's · and ·the excitement and I en- crisis seems to come to· a head the identity crisis most of us go thusiasin you had before dies during sophomore year," Wall through at one time .or ano_ther. down. The novelty wears off. said. "How can you feel happy. Who am I? What do I want to do "Besides that, classes get more and enthused about anything with the rest cif my life," Bentley difficult, and you~re continually when you have no idea as to how said. "The problem may be more faced · with - more . difficult you want to spend the rest of your pronounced this year because we academic decisions you're ex- life?" have most sophomores grouped pected to make on your own. It According to Gerald Cox, dean in Champagnat, but I don't think . can really get you down, but the of student - affairs at Marist, the problem is any worse or more ·- juniors I've talked with this year "Sophomore Slump" is a· period Hang gliding takes off by Elizabeth Leak The ability to fly in the purest sense of the word - without the help of a machine - is impossi- ble. Yet hang gliding, a rapidly growing sport in the area, enables a person to experience the most _ free form of flying. Its popularity · stems from the ideal conditions of _ the Shawangunk Mountains of Ulster County. T. J. and Mary Young own the all assured me that everyone goes of apathy and uncertainly most, if through it and beats it," she said. not all, young people go through Betty Yeaglin, coordinator of on the road to adulthood. college activities at Marist, said , "It's as normal and natural as she believes this year's the arrival of spring, and I'd say "Sophomore Slump" . might be at least 95 percent . of all young more noticeable than those of people go through 'it at some point other years because last year's in their lives. It's actually a freshman class was very active. · positive sign of growth and "It's odd. We're talking about -- maturity," _Cox said. "They key the same class of students who, to overcoming it is to get fnvolved last year, was one of the most ac- in school activities that_ help yqu tive freshman classes we've ever learn more . about different pro- . had. This year-, they've done fessions, talk problems over with relatively few things," Yeaglin friends -and, college staff ·,-and. said; <'The apathy and lack of faculty, :,.aiid : keep · in .mind. direction may have something to everyonegoes '· through · it ,;and · do with the class's leadership." things will get better." Marist. College Bookstore -- . 3rd Annual $tudent · Appre·ciation Day Sale .. Something for- - ""everyone at discount prices! -_ May 9th thr~ May 11th 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Come in and see us! - c4eademy __ W~NE & LIQUOR 26 ACADEMY ST. PO'KEEPSIE, N.Y. 12601 Tel. 452-4110 · - :Congratulations-·Seniors! ..,_ Aerial Techniques hang gliding __ school in Ellenville, JO miles from . Poughkeepsie. According to Mary Young, hang gliding is a sport for people who like to have fun and be outdoors. · · "We get a variety of people of · all ages with very different lifestyles," Young said. "The on- ly requirement is that you be in relatively good shape;''. l·MPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SUMMER HOUSI_NG 1984 According to Young, this doesn't mean physical strength. Rather, a person needs stamina. "Hang gliding requires a lot of - running," Young said. "By the end of the day, you should be ex- hausted." · .. The safety of hang gliding is dependent on good judgment. It's "just as safe as the pilot makes it. If you_ go out on a day when the winds are blowing too hard, or its a hot day with a lot of thermals, you risk getting. hurt," Young said. "It's very dependent on the weather. For a beginner, the wind should be 10 miles per hour or Jess." - _ Aerial Techniques offers three packages deals for beginners. Package One is a one-day.course. For the price of $75, thestudent receives two hours of outdoor · classroom training. The basic techniques to control_ the glider are - - learned . throughi ground handling and simulation. The stu- dent then pilots six to eight slow, controlled flights. · Package Two takes three ·to four days to complete and in- cludes 25 to 30 flights. The cost is $150. · Package Three takes five to six days to complete and includes 50 to 60 flights. The cost is $200. Young noted that this is ideal for those who want more flights, but can't afford their own equipment. After 80 to 100 flights from the training hill the pilot - is ready to take off from the Shawnagunk · Mountains at an elevation of · 1,100 feet, Young said, "and discover what it's like to really fly." - Summer Housing is available for Marist Students who are: , . . Attending Summer School Participating ,in Internships Working on Campus : . . All summer students will be housed in Leo Hall. The rate is $8.00 per person per night. - The cafeteria will reopen on July 1, 1984. Prices will be available at that time. Any student_ interested in securing summer housing must register in the Housing Of- fice by 5:00 p.m. Wedne~day, May 9, 1984~ · · ' . - Summer room charges must be paid to the Busin~ss Office prior to check-in. CHECK-IN 'SCHEDULE· Leo Hall Lobby Mini Session I, Campus Employment, lnt~rnships - 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 1984. Evening Class Session - 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday; June 3, 1984. Mini Session II - 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 10, 1984 Students registered for summer housing must vacate their current rooms on or before May 11 as scheduled. Storage space is not available on campus prior to summer check-in. I \ r I -=~-=••~---~~----=---~------...;_ ________________ May.3, 1984 · THECIRCLE.· Page 11--• V1, e·wp: · .. dint------------- fta/::;:;';!;"::;~at~l:u;;}~~ . _ 1 the courts in .pre-Apocalyptic Continued from page 5 · The : Second . Integer of times as a preparation for this. duce in such a way as to be more Gridarian Democracy simply HiStory works that way· . than the sum of their parts, like . organ-izes the Gridarian Votary These figures reveal that there the laws of nature producing life · Association into · · Gridarian , will be one million people in each and love, or the parts of the being - Sjnergetics. This is course is done Synerg~tic ideally; · so, however of ourself producing a personali- by amendment of the Con- many million people there are in a ty. The definitfon of Apocalyptic ,stitution synergetically (that is, Nation, that's how many · is simply the future and pro- through the associations that are Synergetics there will be, an easy phecies about the future undergo~ engend~ring _as need be) so that th ing· to remember. ing fulfillment. · there is a smooth transition. Instead of the unilateral and , · Each· votary association must Eventually, the strength· of the th is one-way governments in pre- .elect from among themselves a associations wm be con- Apocalyptic times, what will be leader and a co-leader. This · stitutionalized and Enumerated emerging is a two-way and thus emissary · ·and this co-emissary throu¥h the Congress in America; multi-dimensional system for become the Emissarian Team to and, m other countries, through Apocalyptic times, where the con- help lead the association because the congressional tantamount. stituents and their leaders will be _ "important / biological ' objects History will be taking care of all in touch with each other through come in pa_irs,'~ as Dr. Crick and that, I'm not worried. th e Apocalyptic Votary Associa- Al h tions. · Dr. Watson learned during their t ough votary associations Third integer of new system famous discovery of ttte double can . and will officially fluctuate Once the Inverse Crucible has helix around 1950 as an adjunct from 750 to 1500 people, the ideal begun to function in a big way, it to this coming system. The "grid number is 1000; and this ideal will validate the associations as ·effect" of this new system begins number is the very definition of Apocalyptic necessities, and it is to surface as the majority of each the Apocalyptic term "millen- association begins to express itself nium." So as these millennial time for a synergetical presidency . . . which shall be the Gridarian through the synergetical organiza- umts anse and become necessarily· Aucourancy , of _ the United tion in.a constitutional manner. constitutionalized, Apocalyptic _ Synergetics to help keep it up-to- Second integer of new system -- times will.be coming in, and pre- date and in-the-flow with the What I have. J·ust barely ex Apocalyptic times. will be going . d k f h N . · · • give-an -ta e o ot er ations, plained to you is really how the . out along with. those worried both pro and con, as history also b · It d th b · · questions of Jennifer Nash and as1c sa s an e asic sugars m forces them by sheer necessity to DN l.k · · lots of others. A, i e opposite· parties m a "go synergetic" and make world I . · l b Each Gridarian Synergetic will po 1tica system, ecome peace an Apocalyptic reality, even synergetically bonded in a "grid be composed of lOOO votary a Rapture of checks and balances system" to produce more than the associations of lOOO people per _and a wonderfully invigorating · f h · · 1 ass.ociation ideally but the , sum o t elf -parts --:-_ m1racu ous e,cperience of every citizen of the · results! Who would deny that our · Syilergetic may fluctuate from Earth, rather than·the absence of . human bodies are natural· 75 o· associations to lSOO; juilt as war merely and a bunch of Jen- miracles from a supernatural· the · associations themselves may nifers worried and their · fellows source, that Almighty Wonder fluctuate from 750 people to reacting with violent outbursts somehow behind all the Scrip- 1500. This play in the joints of the against people like John Lennon tures of humanity in the world. system is essential for the purpose who sang, "All we are saying is · NEED CASH? Earn $500+ TheWomen ofC4 each school -year, 2-4 _(flexible), Here's to the best of times, · · hours per week placing and filling Enjoy your summer and re.st up · J posters on campus. . Serious · for senior:year. . . ' -··,: workers o_nly; we give recom- Love you All, Lori. ~ mendations. Call now for.· - summer & next fall. l-800-243c To the certain guys 6679. on Leo 3 (EE Crew), You guys are wild; and you play too much, But we've got you . covered .. Babes. Take care this summer, we'll miss ya. PROFESSIONAL' TYPING - ·speed,· accuracy; reasonable rates. Personal, business, school papers, office overflow. Call Betty691-7918. Donna and Laurie I'm gonria miss you two Beach babes.·· Donna-I hope you find yom:.pocketbook., Love, John. Prez, I hope you will invite your ROOMMATES to the wedding. All we warit to know is WHO? . . TheTw0: Christine, . It's getting near the end of the . semester. When do I get my .. twinkie. · UKnowWho. Graney, You really like those second floor girls. Huh? . #53: Love, The Black Jerseys " from Champ. 5 Jim,. Thanks for completing my life the past 4 years. Here's to the rest of our Jives together. Love you, Michele. Karyn, Barb, Rick, Adrienne, Tony C., Et al... Thanks for making 4 years here bearable. Let's-all keep in touch. Happy Graduation. To the certain girfs onChamp.5, Michele. From ""We're Dusty Dogs' to "Word" we've really had fun. , It's been a long wild year, but it'll · be a long lonlier summer. I'll miss ya and think a~ut you tons. Love ya XXOO, A Puff. To My River God, Some of us lost more than just a good nights sleep. , .. ..· · Your Ri".'er Goddess. To the boys of Leo 5,. · .. Thanks for helping make this last year iny best one. Good luck next year wherever you go and whatever you do. J.P . Rich and Tony, Thanks for the many times that you guys stuck-up for me these past few weeks. Guess you guys aren't that bad after all. Love ya both, Jeannie P.S. Rich - Don't say you never · got ~me now. My Little Cutie, This place· won't be the same without you next semester, I'm going to miss you. Good luck in the real world and remember to keep in touch. Love, Kelly. Cindy and Kelly, Thanks for making Thursday plus Ring Weekend so much fun. Have a great summer and I'll be seeing you guys over the summer. Jeannie. · Thanks for all of the funtimes. I'll miss ya. Love "Me." To all my friends C.O. and L.R. Just wanted t~ say thanks for . Who's winning the w_eight war? everything these past 4 years. _ Hey, you know I luv ya both. See You're all the greatest. See ya at ya over th~ su~mer and thanks Dear Erica, Suzie and Christine, Good luck next year. We'll miss ya, but they'll be lots of letters and tapes. Love ya, JeanMarie, Thea and Pamela. s, 5 very· .special months - No matter what, I have no regrets. Enjoy your summer. Love you. L. #15, (0-R) Pickles, Cheese, S.H., Red . Wine, Warehouse Sale, H.D.'S, Pigs, Study Nutsters, Rug, Skinners (Air Bands), Vodka, and River Day??? · Jeanne, "At Least" Love, #13 (Y-B) Congratulations on surviving freshman year. It only gets Better. Love your Sis Lori. ·the Cape. · for everything this year. Petach. Love, J.P. Donna, Marist's loss, St. John's Fisher's Gain. Thank you for making my last year here the best one. Stay your great self and I'll see you this summer. Love, John. Lax Boys, The year was a great success thank~ to all of you. Good luck next season and keep hustling - A Knickerbocker · Conf. Cham- pionship is in the makings. Petach. HeyBubba. Hope your year was a good one, Mine was. Have a good . summer and keep in touch. Herb. To everyone who showed us what good frii;nds are all about. Thanksalot. To all the bozo's I'll miss so much, I Bo and Karen. . THANKS ..... for helping me through the craziest year of my life and for the fantastic memories - I Juv you all. Adrienne. John, I love you. Gina. Kris, 'Watch out, cigarette burns can be a pain in the chest. Love, Julie and Dee. give peace a chance." Otherwise, ·. who's going to be President next doesn't matter.very much. So why vote? Hence, apathy. Gridarian primaries are essen- tially different from today's primaries for the American Presidency; and the Aucourantial Team has a more enlightened and effective role in the leadership of the people. Suffice it to be pointed out here that no Gridarian Aucourancy can come to constitutional power without first having won election as a Synergetic leader through the votary associations whose majori- ty vote is the sense of wonder or "element of beyondness" that gives the system its Grid Effect. Here's how an Aucourancy is basically elevated into the Grid Effect fpr synergetical leadership at the highest national level. The leaders on the Left shall nominate a candidate from the Right, ~ith the advice and con- sent of their respective votary associations. The leaders on the Right shall nominate a candidate from the Left, with the advice and consent of their respective votary associations. · Then shall occur a run-off, with all the fanfare akin to the politics of the times, so that the associations can choose from those four candidates an Aucourant and a Vice- Aucourant. Fourth integer of new system An inspirational glimpse of the Fourth Integer for · Gridarian Democracy to bring it into the in- ternational arena can be Apocalyptically shared at this To the sexual healers, You've won, you've conquered, but you haven't killed a friend in me. Love, Us. Dear. Karyn, Rick, Michele, Jim, Ade, Richie, Et Al.. .. Thanks for everything. Looking forward to celebrating in Cape Cod .... Luck and Love, Barbara. To the white whale and the purple blimp, · Once again, It's been a great year - I couldn't have done it without you. Love ya, The Blue Moose. Gus, Good luck in the future and I hope you'll be happy in whatever you do. Hope you'll remember to visit once in while next year. · Thinking about you, Part of a trio dream. Dear Matt,. · Thanks for making the bad · times better and the good times great". Love you, Barb. Mrs. Stick, Next time we walk to Rock- well's, you can stand on the outside - Here's to ___ it like never before. A Window Watcher. To Fahey and the 4th floor girls,' It's been fun living above the best looking floor on campus. Have a great summer and good luck next year. 5th Floor R.A. Donna We have had our share of difficulties these past two years, but you have been a great roomie. I'm going to miss you. Roommate Fall/Spring to Garden Apt. If 473-8468. Jeannie, Kelly. needed for share Dutch interested, call Next year will definitely be our best! Marist won't know what hit it after our year as roommates! Love, your soon to be roommate time by simply pointing out that each Nation going synergetic will eventually become a Great Votary Association whose executive leadership flows through the Aucourantial Team (primarily au courant means both up-to-date and in-the-flow). World peace The possibilities of Synergetics · are not limited to what I have said so briefly here any more than the possibilities of Apathy are limited to what Jennifer Nash said in the March 8, 1984 issue of the Marist College newspaper under View- point. World peace, as a democratical phenomenon and not a messianic dictatorship, can . only come through us and our children exercising the faith of our intelligence in a synergetical way inspired by the scriptural fulfillment of that Almighty Wonder in every atom of our humanness and the cosmo:i-of our origin and development. I think it is that time in the history of our souls. So I salute Jennifer Nash for her worried essay. And I leave you with your im- aginations flashing, whoever you are, who may be destined to make this a better world to love in with Gridarian Democracy. Instead of apathy, today, tomorrow forever; Jet's make it Gridarian Democrats, today, tomorrow ... forever! What say? Dr. Harry Theriault has a number of nicknames and can be reached at Box 1000, Otisville, N.Y. 10963. He is a prisoner there. Jeannie and Cindy, Thanks for making this semester so much fun - let's make next year even better (if possible). · Love, Kelly Inchworm, A Jot of action on the dock. What's next you little red fox? Your neighbor Townhouse C-4, This year has been great! Can't wait to be seniors after summer breakf Love, Cindy Rick, Here's hoping that NYU is all you want it to be. Good luck!! N.R.- Love, The "Slush" Maker Remember to "look at the trees ... " Remember everything else as well. Thank you for all of it. Shauncfoggie Dara, ·Karen & Kim, You've been the best. It's party time in the city this fall. Lenny & Tom Thanks for being great roommates. Brian, The best of luck overseas. Diane, Cathy, Nancy, Chris, Jim, Denise, Sabs, Jennifer, and everyone else - I love you all. Thanks for the best two years of my life. Rick P .S. To Cindy and all the girls _in TH C-4, I'll never forget you. Molina, Beannie, and K. Sue, You mamas are unbelievable. Here's to breaking those wine glasses every weekend. We're going to be out of control! You know who To the girls in A-3 who made my short stay on campus un- forgettable. Love much, Linda M. JohnN. I guess we've ·had our share of disagreements this past semester, but I wouldn't trade-in this friendship just yet. Hope you have a great summer and that you keep in touch over it. Love, Jeannie. P.S. Hope next semester you'll come back with a new attitude. .-.: l ·,{.,:,. -: .r f. t' ~ ,t ·.·,:t,· i· ·.; f i'': the choice of a··secure job as athletic · . 18 Years of Coaching - Ron Petro 's Marist: . director: or a perilous one ai coach; "He · had discussed it with me," said Goldman .. "Obviously, there were.concerns other - ·· · than just being a coach/' · -· . · · "He was, in a very real sense; a victim ··of his own dream," said Sally Petro. But this story isn't about the fall. -· ' ·. Rather; itconcerns the rise.and how it _, was done. ''.This is a business tnat gets a . , lot of bad press and-a reputation of ~eing __ unthical," said oo·n Kelbick, one of -.. Retro's assistant coaches for four years. · · · by John Bakke It was the longest season, the best one. It was the worst season, the shortest. For Ron Petro it was in a way all of these and, finally, it was the only season; In many ways a beginning, the 1983-84 basketball season was nonetheless an end· for the former head coach, who gave up the coaching post to become the college's full-time ·athletic director. And for Marist College, and end as well - without Petro on the bench, the basketball program must change, adapt to the personality of its new director, Mike Perry. It is, in a very literal sense, a new ball game. · The team may well fourish under Perry, rising to prominence under power of a greater commitment by the college, but its history, its foundations and indeed its rise to Division One are all part of one man's dream come.true. Petro came to Marist in 1964, having just taken a master's degree in physical education from Penn State (his undergraduate work and his playing years · were at Manhattan College). The visit, it . should be noted, was for an interview with Dr. Howard Goldman, who had ar- rived the year before. · "The position was crew coach ancl basketball coach," said Petro, recalling the interview. ''There are a few things I can't coach, and one of them is crew.· Especially since I· had never seen a shell and didn't like the water. I wasn't offered the job." .: Goldman also remembers. ''I had known after that interview that he would be the man to bring along Marist basket- ball, once the positions were ·separl,lted," said Goldman. Petro took a job with Irvington High School, near his original.home in Yonkers: Two.years later, in 1966, .... · another job became available at Ma.ris"'t, coaching basketbaH. On the day in April when he was to come for another inter- view, his first child, Michelle, was born. However, the job eventually was his. "I took a cut in pay from the public school system, from $6,000 to $5,700," said Petro. "But the few hundred dollars didn't make that much of a difference, the benefits were good, and we liked the · area." /. So he'moved up with his wife Sally and his new daughter, expanding the athletic department to three - himself, Goldman and Paul Arold, the man who got the 1964 job. They shared a single·building his.basketball program, then at_ the NAIA level. · "One of the things Ron is respected for · by those in basketball is his ethics. His in- terest in his players stood out above everything else." . · · "Everyone who knows Ron respects him for his sincerity", his openness," said··· Goldman. "He gives of himself to people very readily. His relationship with his · ballplayers and the respect for the school he instilled in them was well known, one of his strengths." · · · "The first year we had nine wins, the second year 11," said Petro. "We did a tremendous amount of driving to recruit players. You only recruited the radius that you could drive. Two hours was the limit." / Ron Petro, Marist College athletic director. Cohen can confirm the coach-player aspect. "His honesty is what stood out," - · said Cohen. •~ost coaches will try to .- maniputate players by telling them this or The work paid off in his second year, a stronger basketbaU program::- when a "good group of players" came to ultimately to be Division One - was Marist. Games were played anywhere, Petro's. "It just sort of happened after that, but Coach Petro didn't lie to you - ..- . ·'_ ·ever. You always knew where you stood with him." · · · everywhere. Among the sites: Our Lady the Mccann Center was built," said Sally · of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, Petro. "Ron saw that the facility might Nonetheless, the question remains: _ the YMCA, Dutchess Community Col- support a Division One program,. so .it · lege, and of course the "old gym." was just 'Why not go ahead?' " By 1971, his team had made it to the He did, with a proposal to Linus Foy, NA.IA finals. The following year, the president of Marist, in 1977. It was ac- Foxes were NAIA Regional Champions. cepted, and in 1978-79 the Foxes had. Other projects kept him busy in the early scholarships (four for the·men and four '70s. He began working towards a · for the women) and was a Division Two master's in education, part time, com- school. He quickly found that a Division muting to Danbury, Conn. He completed Two conference was needed, so he · where does. Petro, as athletic director, stand with Marist? ''What seems to be happening here is positive,'' said Petro. "If there is a move towards improvement in the rest of the sports, I think it's a good job. If I'm not able to move for- ward with the program and another op- . portunity comes up, l'dtake it. But I'm not going to move for the sake of mov- ing." · the second graduate degree in 1975. , · organized and founded the Big Apple Conference. · And coaching - after 20 years of it, In 1971, Petro began the Marist sum- does he think more-are in his future? mer camps, which he ran until 1979. Basketball progressed to Division One "Not at Marist;" he said firmly.<'No. "There has always been some project to ·· in 1981-82, then mo\'ed quickly towards· Not at Marist." -:._ work on," he said. "When something respectability there. The biggeSt game in Last month, a dinner was held in his ·· was finished, another would take its Marist history came on Nov. 26,-l983, honor,. ari occasion to pause and ·reflec_t. ,.._ place." In the summer of 1975, Marist against Notre Dame. T!te Foxes lo5t, 75- The once•smaH guest list grew until peo~ - . had run out of horizons for Petro, and he 68, but the team put in a good pe_rfor- ple began to.be t'umed away,: ''AH these considered leaving. . . mance and was in a good mood on the people are here because they-want to be,''· . Then the McC;tnn Center began to·take .. return trip from South:J3encf; Ind'.;. said Mrs:_Petro that night.- "I thirik.tha.t .... shape: The desire for aJarger athletic . Upon reaching McCann, though, ,a says something." . ., _ . · · facility had been Goldman's since 1965. short meeting was called with the team.- Earlier, after a.number of brief . · • · ·"I'll never forget wh~I!.Jie told us he· - - . tributes, the guest of honor had offered .-. "Howard used to h11.ve a drawiriirhanging wouldn't be back next year,u said Adam ' some thoughts on-athletics andhis. . in the .office every· year. Underneath it) :l • .·. Coh~n. a,1_: uni or on the ifam; abouttl!at · coach_ing philo~QPh¥.· "I alway~ t_ri.ed .to ... · .. _,: ._ . said 'Marist CoHegeAthletic Center,!•· · meeting, . or the expression on all of <>~r . stress that the most important thmg~_- . · then 1967, .or 68, 69. When it gotto •··• fac~s. ~twas a real blo~ after.the trip, ... ,., wasn't winning, as long as.we played :· : 1970, we changed the six to a seven," . havmg played well agams~ a big ~earn." · well. · - · . said Petro .. "Without Howard Goldman, - there would be no Mccann Center." .. · · If McCann was Goldman's dream, then Somewhere along the line, Petro's dream had turned on him. He was given ·· "Because there is always a _tomorrow .. There's always ton:i_orrow;" ·_.. . . ' NBC Sports prqducef-workedhi~wayup . . . . ~ Editor's note: Matthew Mclnerny, a senior at Marist College, spent the spring semester ' working at NBC's "Sportsworld" as an intern. hr Matthew Mcinerny Terry Ewert advises that "if you want to get into television, then come to New York. If you Terry Ewert, producer of NBC's "Sportsworld." aspire to be on-air talent, then go "NewsCenter 4," at WNBC-TV. to a small station and work your He was -then assigned to work' wayupfrom·there." _· with Marv Albert as a news He should know. Ewert is a· writer, assignment editor, and highly regarded and decorated field producer. · producer for NBC Sports in New - It was in March ofl 978 that he York. He is currently in charge of was introduced to network sports.· the network's Sunday anthology ".Don:.~ Ohlnieyer was . hiring show "Sportsworld." people for the 1980 Olympics and he chose · internally six ·. or . seven He has captured_ two Emmy's. · people. I was one of ,them,"· he for his production work' .:..., as said. producer of "Sports World's" Ohlmeyer had come to NBC fo coverage of the · 1981 ·Arlberg the months preceding-1978 - he Kandahar World· Cup downhill had four Olymppics under his belt ski race, the first time a downhill while at ABC _: a.ndJ1is mission course has been covered in its was to familiarize the NBC Sports entirety; and · as videotape . -staff with the Olympic television _ producer of NBC Sports' ·_1983 coverage format. It was through' Wimbledon coverage, which was _ him · that "SportsW orld"- was honored as Outstanding Edited born. . Sports Special. His other credits. By September,. Ewert . .found include NFL and Major League himself with ·· his first producing Baseball Game-of-the-Week role, surfing in Hawaii. telecasts. . "That was a new experience The advice he gives reflects that because I was working.· witn · an of the path he has followed. After outside packager," he said. graduating from the University of . ''Mike Adamle and Randy Mississippi in 197 3 with a B.A. in Rarick,· an analyst and top surfer political science and speech, he . at the time;were_talent. Well; one took a position as sports director thing I didn't know about surfing at KALB-TV in Alexandria, La. then was that you've really got to But he longed to make it as an wait for the waves to come up actor, so it was on· to the Big before anything can be done. So, Apple to test his training. we sat there for ten days and did He landed a few ·commercials, nothing because we knew by 6:30 some film and soap opera spots, a.m. if they were going to come and stage work, but it wasn't up," Ewert said. enough to satisfy him. His reaciton to the long delay "I didn't make a lot of before beginning showed no sign money," Ewert said. "After I of distress due to the fact that, "It couldn't make it as an actor I got was a nice place to be." back into television," Ewen's experience in. In 1975, he took a position as a production prior to this page at NBC. Later that year he · assignment had come from his was elevated to a desk assistant job in Louisiana and the work and feature writer· for done at WNBC-TV. But as far as his educational bac~ground in television, there wasn't much. _ .'.'My school offered two - communciations courses, Intro to News Writing· and a catch-all called Broadcasting - an- nouncing and everything else ::... that was· all," he said. "You couldn't be a -. broadcasting or communications major, you had to be_a speech or theatre major, which meant a lot of· theatre . courses.,,_ . - He rc:alizes . that today's · students . usually obtain the necessary "hands on" experience that acquaints them · with the basics of television production but stresses that they need not worry about the. specifics. "The specifics are going to be dealt with · wherever you get a job," he said. And according to Ewert, those jobs are available. "With as many job.s · out there in television - production companies, music videos, corporate presentations, you name it - the com- munications business in the next few years won't be as big as iri: formational services, . like computers, but it will be, as far as expansion is concerned on that. level." · · It isn't only production work that features openings either, according to Ewert: · · "There is more management within the_ three major networks . than there· is· production per- · sonnet," he said, ."and each network, I believe hires in- ternally." So don't expect to start off in the position you desire, says Ewert, because it may take a little time to reach your goal. l I I \ ------~---------------•-----------·• .. ---May 3, 1984-THE CIRCLE-Page 19--• N9rthend acreage Thursday Morning Quart8rback ·· · · John Bakke· · Pr.~·sents · pro bl ems: .· .· by Thom_<;rosier · of the land will make it financialiy . difficult to cope with. It is Petro's Thursday Morning Epilogue How do you turn seven acres of hills, treees, abaridoned. · cater- pillar tractors, and amusement .. park rubble into usable athletic fields, and stay. within a small, private college's budget? That's a question the · college ad- ministration will soon have to answer. The.plans for putting in a still- undetermined number and type of . · athletic fields has run into land- scaping arid financial ~ problems. The property, which is located on the north end of campus ap- proximately 50 yards behind the townhouses, · ·was donated to Marist by an individual 'Yhose name has not yet been made public. Athletic Director· Ron Petr" saw the area for the first time last week and said · that to · him it would take a "substantial effort to get it into good shape." Petro said that the seven acres looks great on paped,ut the topography responsibility to suggest the type of fields that should go into the area. Marist Vice President for Administration and Fiance Edward P. Waters, who is also a member of the Building arid Grounds Committee that is now discussing the athletic fields, said that there are other things that need immediate attention. . The addition of. Marist East and the building of the Lowell Thomas Center - pushes the engineering of the fields down the priority list. Waters said that the college doesn't have the money to do it right now and that "all we · can do is make the plans and look for the opportunity." · Because of the topographical and financial problems, both Petro and Waters said they do not know when work on the fields will begin, but said they hoped for completion by the beginning of the fall semester. At the'·.end of just about In any case, how can w~ get all anything, somebody invariably worked up over this? (Some wants to stop and look back, people, it is said; truly don't care reflect on· what's transpired in about any sport. But chances are whatever period of time is being good that none ~ of them are considered. New Year's is great reading this, so I can just ignore for this; every December we get a them the way I usually do.) What review of the year in films, music, is the allure of spectator sports, sports, politics, stamp collecting, especially on the college and etc., etc. Some of these reviews professional levels? are worth doing, others are not. First of all, sports are en- Some are .. entertaining; others are tertainment and as such offer a not. sort of drama unlike theater, The · same applies to school music, or film. Every game or years. This is about as ap- match is unrehearsed. The event propriate and convenient a time can never be spoiled by knowing to look back on what's taken the outcome before it starts. It is place since September as ever all new, all improvis~tion, dif- there is going to be. However, if I ferent every time. True and real were to relate what I saw as the suspense. (Unless you were at last l!ighlights of 1983-84, it would year's Albany State football probably be one of those reviews game, when· a 41-0 halftime score neither entertaining nor worth spoiled the suspense somewhat.) doing. Now for the self-serving Another sentiment insists that portion of this column, and my since I have written 19 Thursday thoughts on the year covering Morning Quarterback columns, I Marist athletics. Most of you · can do what I like with this, the probably don't care about this, . last one of the year. So I will. but others have read the column There are a few final points I and the sports section all year and would like to make,· and this may have had some strong opinions be my last chance at them. · · about them - both good and I've often wondered what it is · bad. To these people, I'd like to with sports. There is something address a few finai words on how about them - by this I mean I tried to do things. organized, spectator sports - First of all, to those faithful something that captures our readers, my thanks. It's attention, keeps us interested in anybody's guess how many of these recurring events of intense you there are (or were), and I'll triviality. · never know for sure. But getting a After all, let's look af them for little feedback (even fr9m a few a moment, using a few sports big, sweaty, irate football players) native . to . Marist. Watching a tells me that somebody's reading. basketball game entails, basically, It was an interesting year waiting nearly two hours to see behind the scenes, with Ron which group of athletes will throw Petro's resignation as basketball the ball through its hoop the most ·coach and the ensuing search for · times. For soccer, . they kick the • a replacement. And it was quite , . lJallJnto a goal. And.the football_ .. an experience. covering the whole. , team tries to. m·ove ·. its baU past story, Given it~ limitations,· the midfield. Maybe it's the end zone, Circle did a good job covering it, 1 think. But there· are always doubts. With all the backstage dealings, how much, if any, should be put in The Circle? What do you, the Marist community, have the right to know or need to know about this or any other similar story? I maintain. and hard-nosed journalists may disagree - that there's not necessarily any reason to publish something just because I've found out about it, even if it's a good piece of information. So, while I've been a little satirical at times, there have been some things that-you haven't read here, and won't read here- now: When Petro really found out he was through as coach, for example, or the general terms of Mike Perry's contract. And other stories that I held off on for good reasons. Somebody else, somebody with a crusading journalist attitude, might have printed them. But with that reputation, he probably wouldn't have gotten the stories in the first place. In any case, that's how I tried to do things, and I think it worked well. It was a good year, and I had a good time trying to cover it for you. It'll be a long time before I forget asking all of you for some toilet paper thrown against Siena, then getting literally hundreds of rolls in response. But all things must end, and so it is here, I'll be taking a senior editor position next year, with Ian . O'Connor filling the sports editor spot. Actually, I was forced to resign as sports editor, then we · had this big, search, with a committee and all, for my replacement... . .. ... but you don't want to hear about that again. TWo recruits sign with Foxes First-period action of last week's Marist-Dowling game. . (photo by John Bakke) Lacrosse------- continued from page 20 . . minds as they grabbed an early 2- · 0 lead. Stevens tied the score at 2- 2, but that was all she wrote. for the conference leaders. Seven -- straight goals, including five by McNeill; gave Marist an. insur- mountable 9-2 advantage. Stevens managed to narrow the gap to 10- 6 by halftime, but Lettera wasn't •·· about to let them come back. Lettera was brilliant in the fourth qu~rter, stifling Stevens time after time as Marist coasted to a 15-8 win. He had 22 saves overall .. · "Today the difference was our fast break," said McNeill. "They didn't know how . to handle it. This was a really big win for us." Next year Marist will lose seniors McNeill, Loughlin, leading goal-scorer Dave Naar, Charlie Downey, John· Petacchi and. Tim Gaffney. However, freshman scoring sensation Dan Arnold will be back, along with goalie Lettera, a sophomore. A win against Southampton · would give Marist a .500 record for the '84 season, a marked im- provement over the 3-7 record posted a year ago. Marist head coach Mike Malet may be a strong candidate for coach-of- . the-year in the conference. by James Norman The recruiting wars grind on as the Marist College men's basketball team attempts to bring new talent to the campus next season. New Head Coach Mike Perry has landed two of his prize . recruits, will have another if France lets him, and still awaits word on The Big Guy. The first big catch was Onteora High School's Ken Galloway. Galloway. is an honor student as well as an outstanding basketball player. "I'm delighted to have a real student-athlete," · Perry said before leaving for Paris, France, last month .. "He's exactly what wew·ant." Galloway is a 6~5 shooting ·guard who. sports some pretty .imposing stats while leading Onteora to a 17-6 record last year. Check out these numbers: 25 points per game, 13.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.4 steals. He shot 53 percent from the field and 77 percent from the line. His name frequents the Onteora record book, as he holds the school's scoring record for a game (44), season (555), and career (1,593). Tennis--- continued from paae 10 washed ·out the decision. Marist was also leading in two matches which were being played at the time. ·· Breen said that the team should be strong next year if the current group of freshmen return. '~This year I got a lot more than I ex- pected from the team," said Breen. "These kids come to play, and given a year of experience we should be tough next year.'' By pursuing Galloway, Perry showed a willingness to recruit area players. ".I think any Division One · prospect in the • Hudson Valley must be recruited by Marist College." Galloway will certainly fill' the bill if he can duplicate his high school numbers at Marist . Mike Fielder, a 6-4 forward from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, was the second signee for Perry. Although he averaged only eight points and six rebounds a game his senior year, the statistics don~t tell the whole story. His high school coach, Gary McKnight, described him as "a fine defender- and hustling player who really makes things hap- pen." Fielder is just the type of player to · fit in with Perry's running, trapping style of basketball . The signings of Galloway and Fielder were annouoced. one day apart on April 18 and 19. 6-5 Christian Gamier is ready, willing, · and able to travel oversears to play for the Foxes. The problem is, French officials won't let him. Garnier, who played on Perry's Stade Francais- Paris team last year, expressed a willingness to come to the states to play for Marist, but the powers-that-be . in France have other ideas. The concern is that Fire Continued from page 3 occupied until a suitable alarm system was installed. While· he said the sprinkler system in the building does protect the oc- cupants, he also said, "We have no way of knowing (when) there's Christian Garnier Garnier would be coming to the United States to play basketball only, and education would be forgotten. It's up to Perry to convince them otherwise. After failing to land prize prospect Gunther Behncke, Perry has set his sights on another big man from overseas. Behncke, a 7- 4 German player, signed a letter of intent · to play for the University of Kentucky.· As a result, Perry has been trying to persuade another one of his former French players, 6-11 Eric Fleury, to come to Marist. Fleury has narrowed his choices to Marist and the Foxes' arch- rival, Siena. He expects to make his decision in June. an alarm there." Town · Supervisor Anne Buchholz said she has not been contacted by Dormeyer.· "Chief Dormeyer has not expressed his concern to the Town Board," she said. "I wish he'd tell us what he wants.". _, -·, ---•· Mercyhurst, from.Erie; :Penn., was making its first appearance in the annual races. Its 26 points captured the Presidents Cup held last year -by the. Uniyersity of . Rhode Island. Rhode Island did not defend its title this year. The Marist crews were led by the men's novice lightweight eight crew, which won its event. It was the only first-place finish for Marist this and the first victory in any men's event at the regatta in · fiveyears. · - . The one · second-place· perfor- mance was turned in by the men's novice eight. Third-place. Marist finishes . were in ,·'tlie men's • .. lightweight Jour;-. the women!s . _ _ ............. _ ................................... ..... . ...::_. . ·v'1"sity four and the men's.n:ovice ,. A ~arist coxswain is on the soggy end of t'1e traditional victory toss d~ring.the president's Cup races on ~aturday. ·. · , f9ur. - · . , .,___ : . _ · _ __,, .. _· . - .· :· ,. -: ... ,. _ ··-". . __ . ., .. 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Pete . who liavetold Lui:iethat theywilfdefinitelybe • • C .• • - • • : •. • - , , , ' Meet. ' . . . , , , , , . , . , ., , . Pazik has only been back· for fouhveeks. We . attending Marist, the future of the track team · evens_ 'teco·rd · ... :p;t;_f~~n~rg!;:ii:n~~~it:ei~1o!1; -~~~ . ~i:~~~ ~:~ te::~~.~d~ ?ff of his time within appears p~omising~ < - - , . · · -- , · · · . David Nitschke - all had fair showmgs m · ,. Unfortunately, _things did not turn oiit as ''ThQS~ sixninneis will help greatly,'' Lurie after .. e· 1· ght , ... their respective events. • . ,.. . . . . . .· - _ well for Godwin·and Nitschke. Godwin ran a · said. '"We are also getting two quarter milers _ - · ·. Junior Kevin Lydon and sophomore Pete. - SS.1 seconds in the400 meters, and·a 2.10.1 in - and a long jump~r, \Vhich will give the team a Pazik.finished fourth and eighth, respectively; : the 800 meters. He finished last in: both events •.. lot more depth;'' .· -- . _ . bY, Mike Lowen . , The men's tennis team has -re~ bounded from: consecutive shut~ · out losses·toeve!l it'fiecord at:-4~ - 4.-. ·._ ' .. . _The Red Foxes opened with . losses to Rensselaer: Polytechnic ·Institute and New Paltz State Col-· . lege, and then proceeded to win their.next.three matches, downing Bard College 9-0, ·Mercy College S-4, and King's College 6-3. : ,: . Marist coach Gerry Breen said the -· ma.turing oL~the . team's freshmen • has · · made _ the dif- · ference. "The freshmen are com- · ing around," said Breen. "They tooka beating at first but are now playing with confidence." ~ . ,. . · .. , . Breen pointed to . the play of freshman John Macoiri as a key factor in the turnabout. "Macom is playing like a senior,'' '.said Breen. "He shook some early jit- ters and is beirig more ag- gressive." Macom~has not lost a set in Marist's last three matches. Coach Breen said that rain can ·be a blessing and a curse. Marist was losing the match at Ramap9, and if unded matches had been played the match _would not have counted. "I kept looking up and hoping it :would pour," said Breen. - · . - _ In.·· a rained-out· match at _ Western Connecticut College ·· Breen spoke differently. Marist was· ahead 3-1 when the rain Continued on page 19 ....... out of afield of 21 in the_SOOO-meter event. Nitschke ran a 2.161.04 in tiie·soo meters,·:· ·_ The track team ends its seasonMay-11 and 'Lydon covered the distance in 15.49.00~ while- . finishing eleventh out of a field ofthirteen. ; 12 with a meet at Hartwick University. -- ' ' ' . .. / ~ . . ~ - . ,:'", . . , . . - ·JS_aX teatn· ·do.Wns·•_ Pow ling," ~teclches· !500 for finat·ga¢e '. · by James Norman i The Marist College lacrosse . team evened its record at S-S with a 12-8 victory over Dowling last _ Frid_ay at Leonidoff Field. . _ --~- The. team's' final home game was . played . . Tuesday ~. against SouttihamptQn, a Knickerbocker Conference rival. . ' The Red Foxes were 2-4 in con- · ference play going into that game. Friday's game was of the com- ·eback variety for Marist. Dowling jumped to an. early. 3-0 lead, but Marist stormed back with four goals to.take a 4-3 lead. The lead held up by halftime as Marist lead 6~s. · The · third quarter was the game-breaker -for Marist as they outscored Dowling 4-1 to carry a 10-6 edge into the final staI}Za. Goalie Patil Lettera had 16 saves for Marist, while Larry McNeill, Tom Daly and Dari Arnold all · scored twice in the game. Dowling had beaten Marist 16-1 last year. Marist has had its ups and downs throughout the season. ·At one point, the Fo~es wer~ 2-4 overall. The team has won three out of four since that time. ' . ,• -· Two games · stood ,._ out as highlights of the 1984 season. On, April 18, the Foxes played Skid- . more, a team that beatthem 17-3. in '83. On a._ rain~soaked · field, . Marist held . a 9-'6 lead before Skldipore ·scored .three straight goals to tie the game. Marist kept its •' composure,- · however, ·. and Siev.e _ Wolfe passed to Larry -McNeill for the winning goal with three minutes left in the game. Marist assistant . coach Phil Orzech cited the "excellent man- down defense from John Young and Ted Laughlin" as major . reasons for the win. . "Paul Lettera looked fantastic in the nets. At one point, he made· six or seven straight saves,'' said · Orzech. Lettera finished with 26 saves for the game. - ,: · · Perhaps the most satisfying vic- tory for the Marist · laxmen came . on April 20 against Stevens In- stitute of Technology ar . Leonidoff Field. Stevens were leading the Knickerbocker Con- ference at the time and entered the · game as the favorite. Marist players came out of the blocks with "upset" in their Continued on paae 19 The Foxes move to the attack in early going of last Friday's game agai(!St Dowling at Leonidoff. 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