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VOLUME 66, ISSUE 13
FOUNDED IN 1965
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Off-campus housing fair returns after seven-year hiatus
By
MICHAEL KURlZ
Circle Contributor
For non-freshmen at Marist,
housing has always proved to be
an issue. Collecting a group of
friends that all get along and have
high enough priority points to get
into their housing complex of
choice is no easy feat. Now, with
the influx of students over the past
few years consistently exceeding
the capacity of current housing op-
tions on campus, finding on-cam-
pus housing is even more difficult.
Off-campus housing seems to be
the most reasonable alternative
apart from, maybe, living at home
and commuting to classes every
day. The housing office helps stu-
dents prepare to leave campus by
posting off-campus listings both
online and in the rotunda. But
there is only so much a piece of
paper or Word document can do for
a group of students who are look-
ing for a home.
To aid with
tnis,
an off-campus
housing fair was held on Wednes-
day, March 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the Cabaret. It provided
students with face-to-face interac-
tions with landlords, storage and
moving companies and the New
safety procedures. The event was
free with refreshments and raffle
opportunities.
Available to students were vari-
PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL KURTZ
Students and prospective landlords interact In the cabaret as students explore
their off~mpus housing options.
York State and local fire depart-
ous informational packets about
ments to get information on fraud, safety, transportation, en-
rentals, discounted services arid tertainment and a roommate
search sign-up. When students en-
tered the fair, theyreceived a free
raffie ticket to win a $50 Bed, Bath
and Beyond gift card or a basket of
assorted h<>me goods which in-
cluded kitchenware and food
items.
Students in attendance generally
gave the fair a good review, though
some students noted the organiza-
tion of the event as a bit. sloppy
and confusing at times. Other stu-
dents had major gripes about miss-
ing and late vendors.
''You say you're coming at 11, you
show up at 11," one senior said.
Her friends agreed, saying they
had classes and meetings to go to
but could not wait for the landlords
to arrive.
Organizers of the fair were also
disappointed in the lack of land-
lords. Those who came, however,
were prepared with fliers, discount
cards, photographs, PowerPoint
presentations and small novelty
items like key-chains and candy.
Senior Helen Ramirez had cer-
tain things in mind for her new
home during her time as a 'super
SEE
SENIOR,
PAGE
3
A
farewell letter from outgoing SGA President Paulsen
By
ANDREW PAUL.SEN
Circle Contributor
Last summer, I had the privilege of
attending freshmen orientation and
meeting the Marist Class of 2015
be-
fore their first day of college. Every
day began with an amazing video put
together by the First Year Programs
staff that helped give the newest
members of the Marist community
an idea of what college was all about.
The video ended with a few lines that
read, ''Life doesn't last forev.er. Nei-
ther does college. Make the best of
both. Make a difference at Marist."
But what does "make a difference"
exactly mean? For those who know
me well, they would say I am a big
believer in the "Starfish Poem." In
short, the "Starfish Poem" talks
about how everyone can make a
dif-
ference in the world, no matter how
big or how small that difference may
be. The idea is that,
if
everyone helps
out a little, we can accomplish a lot
as a whole. I think this poem relates
perfectly back to our students and
Student Government.
You see, people often think that you
need a big, fancy title or to win a
major election to truly make a differ-
ence. Don't get me wrong; Student
Government, in my opinion, has done
some amazing things this year. From
Zip Cars to the emergency texting no-
tifi.cation systems, new ATMs around
campus to discounted taxi rides, I feel
that we have done a lot to push
Marist forward. Truthfully, though,
these aren't the "differences" that
make Marist the place it is. The
things I am talking about - the
dif-
ferences I see on a daily basis - are
from the people who go out of their
way to help another out in any way
possible. These people stay up late to
help their friend with a difficult as-
signment. These people pick up a
friend who is having a bad day. These
are the people who make a difference
at Marist every single day, and al-
though they seldom get any recogni-
tion or credit for what they do, they
are the people that make Marist a
true community.
In
closing, I am extremely humbled
and honored to have had the chance
to
serve as your student body presi-
dent this past year. I want to thank
all of the students, administrators,
facul.ty and staff that have helped me
out so much this past year; I cannot
thank you enough for everything you
do for this school. And to all of my
amazing friends - you all know who
you are-you personally have made a
difference
to
me in more ways than
you probably know. I am going to
miss Marist College immensely when
I graduate in a short eight weeks, but
the memories and friendships I have
made here·will last forever. Thanks
for taking the time out of your busy
schedule
to
read this, God Bless and
Go Red Foxes!
PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDREW PAULSEN
Andrew Paulsen talks about making a ~ifference and gives his
thanks to the
Marist
community as he
ends term as
Student
Body President.


















































Thursday, March 29, 2012
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 3/29
Chinese Culture Night
9:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.
Student Center
Friday, 3/30
SPC
Movie:
The
Girl
with the
Dragon
Tattoo
10:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Student Center
Saturday, 3/31
Shopping
Shuttie
12:00 p.m.
Student Center
SPC
Movie:
The
Girl
with the
Dragon
Tattoo
10:00 to 11:30 p.m.
Student Center
.
Monday, 4/2
Dance Show Ticket Sales
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Champagnat Breezeway
Tuesday, 4/3
Take Back the Night
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Champagnat Breezeway
Take Back the Night
9:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Student Center
Relay for Life Game Night
9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Student Center
Wednesday, 4/ 4
Dance Show Ticket Sales
11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m.
Champagnat Breezeway
Faculty Plenary
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Nelly Galetti Theatre
Josh Fox Screening and Discussion
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Nelly Galetti Theatre
campus
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Letter
from
the
Editor
. s
new
Editor-in-Chief,
i
is
my
honor
and
pr1v-Ilegl'
to pr
s
•nt
to
you
thi:-;
we
k's
edition
of
The
Cir-
cle.
Thii. editiu
i t
e fir
under the
new
staff
and
I
would like to take
thi opportunity
to
thank
all )four
outgoing.
niors
for your
help
and
guidance.
We hav $ome big,
hoes
to fill, but 'm e
l'ited
to be in this
po
if
on o ·crve
the
Mari
com-
munity.
In
thi.
week's i sue, ou
can
rc:ad
about the return of
the
off-campus
hou mg fai and
MCCTA'.
current
production
Thumbelina
in ews.
Do you
ever
get
frustrated b
'
a
lack
of
space
in
the
!vkCunn Cen-
ter? Chee
out
Dan
Scofield's
opin-
ion
piece
-on page
fom.
n .F~atures you
can
find a
piece
on the
:larist
Investment
Cente1
as
well
as
a con rov •r
·itd
o
1Tubc
s nsation and the
difficulties
ot
changing
maJo
.
Art
and En ert inrn
nt
includes
•veral
reviews, including
an
en-
tire
page
deticated
to
The
Hung
r
Games sensa ion and the
latc~t
on
Johnny G1-immer•s rapping ca er.
Read about the
lnle. t spr· ng
fo
b10n · ·
n Lifestyles
as
you start
to
out those
winter
clothes
m
the
lo.
e for
the
. t
-of
the
year.
As
always,
i
was
a
bus. week in
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Marist
thlet1c .
Last
week,
the
women'
·
basketball team
lost
in
h •;utbreaking
fashion
iri
second
round of the
~
CAA
tournament.
The
sporti::
iwetion
includes
Zach
Dooley's and
my own
thoughts
on
the ea. on
'
s
conclusion.
You
can
al
· d abo
t
baseball,
softball,
lacrosse and
more.
Plea ·e
do
not
ht•:-;
tatc
to
contact
-q.s
with
your
feedback.
fu I aid,
it
1s
my honor
to
be
in
this
po
ition
t
,
!>etve you.
Thanks
for
reading.
and enjoy your
Easter
break.
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Editor-in.-Ch,ef
Football team gets some extra motivation
By
CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
The last time I wrote this article,
it was still February. So much has
happened since then. Like this: I
managed to fall even more in love
with Jennifer Lawrence/Katniss
Everdeen. The Marist Weather-
makers were nice enough to turn
springtime on for about a week.
Then, winter suddenly came back.
Anyway, we have around
50
days
left in the semester. Pray for more
springtime, and let's try to sprint
through the finish line. Wait, no,
scratch
that. Let's try to take as
many interesting detours as hu-
manly possible and
slowly
crawl
past the finish line. That sounds
much better. Oh! We still need a Se-
curity Briefs writer for next year.
If
you're interested, send me an email
-at chrisraia@gmail.com. It's a fun
job, I promise.
3/20 Campus Green
A student left his backpack, which
contained - among other things -
his laptop, on the green after pre-
sumably spending the day frolicking
in the glory of springtime. The
Marist IT department managed to
trace his computer back to a room in
Marian, and the day was saved.
When I first heard this, I was sur-
prised to hear that a student forgot
Editor-In-Chief:
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something as big as a backpack
somewhere. But then I remembered
that I left my silver metal saxo-
phone case on a Washington, DC
Metro car one day in high school,
and that act of forgetfulness almost
caused a citywide bomb scare. So I
understand.
3/22 Football Field
During practice, a local Poughkeep-
sie resident drunkenly wandered
around the field, shouting at the
players and coaches. According
to
my roommate, the man was smok-
ing a Black and Mild and telling the
players and coaches that he was
putting all of his money on Marist
this year. So now the football team
has some extra motivation next
Fall.
3/23 Foy
A house in Foy had a birthday party
for one of their friends. The morning
.
after, one of the Foy residents called
security to report
$250
missing from
her top drawer. That's messed up.
They were nice enough to invite you
to a birthday party. You probably
enjoyed complimentary ice cream
cake. Don't steal the hostess's cash.
To the victim of the theft, I'm sorry.
I hope whoever stole your money
goes crazy from guilt and eventually
returns it. To the Birthday Girl,
happy belated birthday! May the
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volve less theft.
3/24 Leo
An extremely intoxicated student
was laying on the floor of his bed-
room in
Leo. His friends were wor-
ried and called security, and he was
escorted to St. Francis. You guys did
the right thing. When it comes to
unconscious
drunk
friends: When in
doubt, call for help.
3/24 McCann Parking Lot
A foul ball from the baseball game
shattered a student sun roof. That's
unfortunate. I remember playing
baseball in middle school, whenever
someone hit a foul ball, we would all
get excited and hope for it to hit a
car. I hate that the tables have
turned now. Now that we have cars,
there's no more joy in hearing the
crash and shatter of a foul ball going
through a windshield. We're all
slowly becoming the pissed-off par-
ents who think about how much
that foul ball is going to cost us in
insurance charges. I hate growing
up. I really, truly do.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 •
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3
From Page One
Students take advantage of off
-
campus housing fair
senior.'
"Affordability, utilities, comfort,
cleanliness ... Safety
is
really impor-
tant," Ramirez said. 'The first thing
my mom said was it needed to be
good
with fire safety, especially after what
happened. You need to have an exit
plan,
too."
Ramirez and her friends left the fair
with some good leads on a new place.
ff
the fair is so ttseful, why haven't
students heard of the off-campus
housing fair in the past?
''It is new - because of the large
amount of students that
will
have to
move off campus next year," said
Meaghan Neary, a resident assistant
in Upper Fulton.
Sarah English, Director of Housing
and Residential Life, backs that state-
ment up. English said that for the
past five years, there was no need for
the fair.
Before the addition of the Fulton
townhouses and Residence
Inn
part-
nership, the establishment of the fair
was an annual occurrence for twelve
years.
Will
it be around next year?
"Definitely,"
said Sharon Smith, fac-
ulty assistant in the housing office. "It
will
happen for probably two, three or
four years or more."
English added that even
if
the hous-
ing problem is solved relatively soon,
it's ''probably not a bad idea to offer
the fair anyway," because students
move off camput;; not only because
there isn't room, but because of per-
sonal preference.
Senior Benjamin Pozar discussed
his
motivation for moving off campus.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JENNA GRANDE
On-campus housing has becoming Increasingly
competitive
as there has
been
an increase
in
student
enrollment,
forcing many to look
to
live off campus.
''My housemates were going off cam-
rooms to large homes. Apart from
pri-
pus whom fve lived with since sopho-
vate properties, there were also a
more year," he said. "It was supposed number of apartment complex man-
to be a bit cheaper, and I could get agers sh9wing off their communities.
away from the noisy neighbors."
Lauren Constable from Hyde Park
It seemed like a simple choice for
Greens noted she rents apartments in
Pozar at the time, but finding accom-
her complex to many Marist and
Culi-
modations proved hard for a group of nary Institute of America students.
five students.
She finds the culture in the complex
'There weren't a lot of options for a to be fun.
group that size or bigger," Pozar said.
Senior Madelyn Muldoon, who lives
At the fair, where roughly 10-15 off campus with other students,
landlords were present, the sizes of thinks the fair
is
a great idea.
rentable space ranged from single
''The fair is probably a great resource
to meet your future landlords," she
said. "You basically have to work to-
gether for the next year living in their
house." Muldoon said her housemates
had to call the fire department twice
in the fall, reporting ''weird smells."
They found that their furnace had not
been serviced since 2007.
"I think it is super important that
students know what they are jumping
into," Muldoo~ said. The housing de-
partment agrees.
English can recall a number of stu-
dents coming into her office across the
years complaining about problems
with their landlord or the conditions
of the house.
''I
want people to feel like they can
come in for help
if
they need to," Eng-
lish said. 'While we're the on campus
housing department, student affairs
is here for everyone."
Overall, English said students and
vendors attending the event reported
they "appreciated" the session.
''They felt like it was a lot of good
connecting," English said. She en-
courages students to work with their
landlords on pricing and other details.
''I
tell the landlords, 'make these
places affordable and reasonable.
Some students have the money; some
students don't.' The landlords want to
work with the students."
IT
you're interested in off-campus
housing but missed the fair, feel free
to
stop by the housing office in the
ro-
tunda, room 387, down the admis-
sions
hallway.
Or,
email
at
housing@marist.edu.
MCCTA performance 'Thumbelina' under student dire
c
tion
By
ANNA DURKIN
Circle Contributor
Juniors Amanda Urban and
Nick Homier, two active partici-
pants in the theater community,
are making their directing debut
this week as Marist College Coun-
cil on Theatre Arts introduces this
year's Children's Theatre produc-
tion, "Thumbelina."
Urban is the MCCTA president
and has been involved in almost
every Marist production since her
freshman year, including "Lysis-
trata," "Oliver!," and "The Wed-
ding Singer." Homier was also a
part of the cast of "Oliver!" and
has a large amount of experience
as a set designer and technical di•
rector in productions such as
"Twelve Angry Jurors" and "Dog
Sees God."
Each year, MCCTA produces a
spring Children's Theatre show,
inviting hundreds of children from
surrounding school districts to at-
tend. The show is an interactive
experience for the audience, com-
plete with signs held by actors in-
dicating when to cheer and boo.
The show's cast is made up of 40
closely-knit students. These ac-
tors and actresses rehearse two to
three times a week in which they
run lines, act out scenes and get
feedback from their directors and
other crewmembers. Character
development is a crucial process
that has proved to be a highlight
of the directing experience.
"It was amazing to see the show
develop from start to finish,''
Urban said. "I liked giving actors
directions and watching them
take my ideas and change them
into their own ideas.
It
was al-
ways fun to see the gears churn-
ing in the actors' heads.''
Homier, too, said he enjoys
watching the students work hard
to embrace their fairytale roles,
while having fun with their fellow
cast mates.
"I have 40 young adults hopping
around like frogs, swimming
across stage like fish, et cetera,"
he said. "And the best part [is
that] the fun has been more
prominent than the stress."
Homier em:phasized that the
most important component of a
great production is communica-
tion between the cast and crew.
He said that they have not run
into many obstacles because of
their solid communication skills.
"The directors, stage managers,
crew, actors and producers all re-
ceive rehearsal reports
_
and attend
bi-weekly production meetings,"
he said. "Organization is key in
theater and will develop into a life
skill. Every job is a production of
some sort and theater is a useful
training medium."
Urban said she is very pleased
with how well the cast and crew ophy in the art of theater produc-
interacts. Children's Theatre is tion.
different than the other MCCTA
"Nick and I lived through this
productions in that it is com-
production with the mindset of
pletely student-run. Urban admit-
'Hakuna Matata,"' she said. "We
ted her skepticism of this type of believed that it wasn't worth get-
dynamic.
ting overly stressed about every
"In terms of obstacles, I was minute detail or every scheduling
worried before I started that it bit that didn't work out as
would be difficult to direct my smoothly as we wanted it to. I
peers," she said. "I was also wor-
think it's very important to main-
ried that the actors may not take tain a low-stress environment for
rehearsals as seriously because it both the actors and for your own
was being student directed, but sanity.''
everyone took this show just as se-
Both directors highly recom-
riously as they would have had it mend directing a Children's The-
been directed by a professional di-
atre
production
to
anyone
rector.''
remotely interested.
·
Due to the large amount of ac-
"Go for it!" Homier said. "Where
tors in MCCTA, "Thumbelina" is else outside ofMarist are you ever
double casted, allowing double the going to get this opportunity
students and double the talent. again? It's now or never."
Even though the show is split into
Homier especially recommends
two casts, the entire group is very having co-directors, which allows
close and is described as "one big
•
for increased "moral support, ad-
family," by freshman Kaitlyn Lo-
vice, and assistance.'' He said that
faro, who is playing the role of he could not have put on this pro-
Brenda the Beetle.
duction without his fellow co-di-
"Everyone is really nice and gets
along really well," she said.
"There are a lot of friends and peo-
ple that I hang out with outside of
play practice which is really
great.''
As a whole, the production has
been said to be a rewarding expe-
rience for both Urban and Homier.
The duo enjoys working together
and has adopted a similar philos-
rector.
"Thumbelina" premieres on
Monday, March 26 and will run
five shows from Monday through
Friday for child audiences. The
show is open to Marist students
on Friday, March 30 at 8 p.m. and
Saturday, March 31 at 2 p.m. and
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Students McCann't work out
By
DANIEL SCOFIELD
Circle Contributor
It's no secret that Marist Col-
lege is a campus full of students
known for their health awareness
and gym routines.
No matter
which day of the week it happens
to be, you will see runners train-
ing, sports teams practicing on
their individual fields, and stu-
dents flocking to the McCann Fit-
ness Center for their daily
workout routine.
With the newly renovated and
impressive James J. McCann Cen-
ter to call home, students have ex-
pressed great satisfaction with
their recreation center. The re-
cent McCann renovations, which
include an overhaul of the main
lobby and main gym, in addition
to expansion for locker rooms and
coach offices, have received ec-
static feedback from sources both
on-campus and off.
Some disappointment, however,
has been shown by the student
body due to lack of availability of
gym and fitness center space.
With a high volume of attendance
and a number of sports teams re-
verting to the McCann Center to
escape the mid-February temper-
ature drops, students' workouts
have become less routine and
more erratic.
"I've definitely heard a lot of
students complaining about Mc-
Cann, specifically the gym, being
overcrowded lately. I constantly
see students walk into the fitness
center and walk back out five min-
utes later complaining that there
were no machines open," said
Cristina Rodriguez, a front-desk
attendant at the recreation cen-
ter.
"I also see many students come
to play basketball and are often
left with no space to do so because
of practices or intramurals," Ro-
driguez added.
Sophomore Tom Russo is one of
those students affected by the
overcrowding.
"It's pretty frustrating, getting
to the McCann Center and not
being able to do the activities I
had planned on doing all week.
Students need a designated auxil-
iary gym and fitness area for their
use only," said Russo, who makes
the 15-minute walk from Gartland
to the McCann Center almost
every day.
While students have received
little personal gain, the newest
renovations have impacted stu-
dent-athletes greatly. Now sport-
ing one of the nicest arenas in the
MAAC , the atmosphere has been
upgraded instantly thanks to
these improvements.
"The new McCann Center has
brought a new feel and almost a
start of a new era. People want to
be in the gym and people want to
come see the games. The basket-
ball guys enjoy playing there be-
cause of the atmosphere," said
Greg Fahey, a student manage:r
for the men's basketball team.
However, Fahey agrees that
students are just as entitled to
using such a facility just athletes.
As he noted, some major universi-
ties prohibit students from even
entering certain athletic facilities
designated for team use only.
"At bigger universities, the stu-
dent body is never allowed where
the team practices. At Marist,
both available gyms are in one
recreational
center,"
Fahey
pointed out.
"If
intramurals are
going on or sports teams are in the
building, students have nowhere
else to go."
Going to a college that competes
at the highest level of play in Di-
vision 1, athletes are more than
qualified to their gym space, prac-
tice facilities, and playing fields.
To be the best, you must train like
the best. Division-1 sports pro-
grams should be able to weight
train, practice, and play on their
own schedule.
On the Marist official website,
Athletic Director Tim Murray
noted that the complex "assists
our student-athletes in achieving
and maintaining a level of fitness
necessary to be competitive at the
highest level." The facility has
more than accomplished that goal
as evident by the many successful
teams competing and wearing the
Marist red and white.
But what about the students
themselves?
Just as these student-athletes
are able to, any student should be
able to pick up a basketball and
use a court if they desire to. Any-
one should be able to hop on a
treadmill without a wait and ac-
complish his or her New Year's
resolution of running every day.
If
a dance team needs to use their
floor to get ready for an upcoming
routine, they should be guaran-
teed a practice spot.
"I am a tap dancer by trade.
The classes I teach must be in the
dance studio because those are the
best equipped floors for tap," said
dancer and choreographer Alyssa
Pallotti. "However, the dance stu-
dio is often taken up the by vari-
ous other activities, including
sports teams stretching, classes
for credit (such as Modern Dance
and Yoga), kickboxing, intramural
Zumba, and more."
With an increase from 10 to 30
dancers this semester, Pallotti
knows her classes need space in
order to prepare and practice.
"We have more members and
more dances than ever. There is
no room for us as it is, let alone all
of the other clubs and students
wanting time in McCann," said
Pallotti.
Much like the athletes that use
the McCann Center to improve
their skills and bodies for better
game results, students are looking
to make the same improvements
on a more personal level. While
being involved and participating
in activities are promoted on cam-
pus, students who are dedicated
and committed to doing so should
have no doubt that they will be
able to do so on their own sched-
ule.
At Temple University, a private
school in Philadelphia, gym space
is not an issue even though their
student body population is almost
eight times larger than ours here
at Marist. When students desire
to be active, the question is not
"if?" but rather "when and
dollar renovation in order to make
the facility what it stands as
today. Although erecting a new
recreation center would be costly,
it would be a wise investment that
would not only benefit the student
body, but the athletic programs
and department as well.
A construction project for a
brand new, student-designated
recreation center would be the
ideal answer to the current space
limitations and availability. How-
ever, with the recent investment
in the McCann Center renova-
tions, this resolution is one for the
distant future.
Further expanding the current
gym to include more auxiliary
gym space and fitness areas would
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As
Marist beach approaches and the North Faces are
swapped
for string bikinis and
lacrosse Jerseys, students become more frustrated with
gym
crowding.
where?"
"There are four large gyms,
with everything you could want,
scattered throughout our campus
and in a few dorm buildings. The
sport teams have their own spe-
cially-designated gyms to use as
well," said Ethan Botwick, a fre-
quent user of Temple's various fit-
ness centers.
Plenty of students are still
using the beautiful--yet densely
populated--fitness center here on
campus.
However, some have
found signing up for memberships
at off-campus venues to be more
convenient. Both Mike Arteaga's
and Planet Fitness off er special
student discounts for those seek-
ing a gym other than Marist's
own.
"The majority of my household
goes to Hudson Valley-associated
facilities, not only for the more ac-
cessible equipment, but for classes
that are also provided," said Tyler
Spence, a senior in his final se-
mester at Marist. "You would
think these are the places where
you would have to wait on a ma-
chine."
In 1997, the original McCann
Center underwent a $3 million
be a less expensive and quicker
solution to student frustrations.
Rodriguez, a McCann Center
employee, agreed this would be
the more realistic option of the
two.
"Although I think building an-
other gym might be a little ex-
treme and unnecessary because of
the size of this school, expanding
the fitness center and auxiliary
gym to allow more baskets and
space would be useful."
Until then, Marist students,
keep competing for those ma-
chines, basketball courts, and
dance floors.














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features
Thursday, March 29, 2012
www.maristcircle.com
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6
Marist provides new program for finance majors
By
KATHERINE WETZLER
Circle Contributor
You have not seen what mayhem
looks like imtil you have seen the
New York Stock Exchange trading
floor during trading hours. The
Marist Investment Center, located
in the Hancock Center, serves a
similar purpose but with a more re-
laxed atmosphere.
The Investment Center is home to
the Greystone Fund, a portfolio of
stocks and ETF securities that
Marist students manage. Under the
supervision of Brian Haughey, As-
sistant Professor of Finance and Di-
rector of the Investment Center,
Marist students who are accepted
into the fund invest real money that
the college provides. The purpose is
to put the students into real-life sce-
narios, see how they react to market
changes, and to make money.
The Greystone Fund was created
in Fall 2011 but has been in the
works for years, according to
Haughey. Marist provided the fund
with $100,000 for the students to in-
vest.
Because of the high stakes, stu-
dents must have a background in fi-
nance, which is determined during
the interview process.
''The interyiew
is
very similar to
one you would have with a big fi-
nancial firm. It is shorter than the
interviews at big firms, but it gives
you a feel for the questions
asked,"said Jordan Sanchez, Presi-
dent and Portfolio Manager of the
Greystone Fund.
"Professor Haughey asked some
basic economic and finance ques-
tions: 'What is the NASDAQ?' and
'Who is Warren Buffet?' were among
some of them,"said senior, Michael
Petta.
Of roughly 20 that apply, only
about a dozen students are accepted
into the program. !fhey work in
teams of two, doing research and ul-
timately creating a report on their
securities. Each member has an as-
signed role; Petta took on the role of
"economist" with one other student.
''We had to forecast future eco-
nomic trends in order to properly al-
locate the weights on each sector of
the S&P 500," he said.
Other duties include: portfolio
manager, president, accountants,
Bloomberg specialists and fact-find-
ers.
Last semester the fund invested a
third of their money in stocks and
the other two-thirds in Exchange
Traded Fund securities (ETFs).
This semester, the Fund focused
more of their attention on the stock
market, investing in stocks like
Pepsi (PEP), Nike (NKE), Proctor
and Gamble (PG), and Boeing
(BA),
to name a
few.
Currently, the fund has about 18
stocks; one of their most successful
is Kraton Performance Polymers
(KRA),
a stock that was chosen by
Dylan Murphy and Sam Miller, two
of the fund's members.
These investments are not chosen
at random. Like financial profes-
sio~als, the students must do exten-
sive research on investments that
they feel will provide a high rate of
return.
Each student is responsible for re-
searching two sectors of their
choice, choosing an investment
within each sector and presenting
their findings to the other members.
The goal of the fund, says Haughey,
is "to outperform the S&P 500
index."
The fund's risk level is moderate,
which is about the same risk level
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Marist's new program provides New York Stock Exchange experience for
fi-
nance
majors.
as the market itself.
"We have an Investment Policy
Statement that says we can't invest
in any company too small and we
can't put all our money in one sec-
tor," said Haughey.
''The ultimate goal for any in-
vestor is diversification which gets
rid of unsystematic (company-spe-
cific) risk," said Sanchez.
.Both
Petta and Sanchez look for
companies that are undervalued in
the market, and their job is to pro-
vide evidence that these companies
will
eventually be worth something.
"Fixed income securities do not
attract me because although stocks
have more risk, they also have a
higher rate of return,"said Sanchez,
who considers himself a risky in-
vestor.
When their research is complete,
'the
teams put together a final re-
search report on each of their com-
panies and present it to the class.
The class weighs the options and de-
cides to buy or sell that security.
Some of the students say that the
research is the most challenging
part of the selection process. Fortu-
nately for the students, they have
equipment that most financial ana-
lysts use. The Bloomberg Profes-
sional is a program that provides
real-time financial market data.
The programs are located on the
Bloomberg terminals, a two-monitor
computer with a specialized key-
board in order to navigate around
the site.
These machines are the most ad-
vanced and complex instruments
when it comes to financial informa-
tion.They are the most useful tools
for financial professionals.
SEESTUDENTS,PAGE7
Teen's online makeup tutorial causes controversy
By
BRITTANY OXLEY
Features Editor
With the popularity of YouTube,
it has become extremely easy for a
person to become famous. Venus
Palermo ( or as she likes to be called,
Venus Angelic) has recently created
one of the YouTube viral videos that
have made her a new Internet phe-
nomenon.
This fifteen-year-old girl is
fa-
mous for her amazing yet creepy
make-up tutorials that she claims
will make a person look like an
anime doll. And yes, they certainly
do.
In her videos, Angelic demon-
strates, and explains in a fake
Japanese accent, how one can
achieve doll-like features at home.
She does this by putting on a thick
white paste and extreme amounts of
powdered makeup onto her skin
while also applying fake eyelashes
and putting in contacts that allow
her eyes to appear as
if
they have
larger pupils (like a doll's).
Angelic is of European descent
and currently resides in London,
England. However, her previous
residency in Japan for two years of
her life has transformed her into a
Japanese culture-obsesse teenager.
In her videos, Angelic attempts to
portray how "Japanese" she is by
putting on a fake Japanese accent,
playing Japanese - inspired music
in the background of her videos and
insisting that her make-up tutorials
can make a person look like an
anime doll.
Although these videos are com-
pletely innocent and portray only a
very talented young girl, large
ameunts of controversy about the
video have sprung up regardless.
According to the various amounts of
comments on the video, people are
saying that the video is "creepy" and
a way to lure in pedophiles.
Despite the negative comments
about the video, Angelic stands
strong.
''I
don't think that I will ever stop.
I think I will grow in my style and
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Japan-obsessed teenager creates controversial make-up tutorial video that teaches
others
to
make themselves look like anime dolls.
just keep doing what I love," Angelic ability to succeed in making herself
said to the Huffington Post.
look like an anime doll, they also
Although Angelic's videos are portray Angelic's extreme amount of
somewhat creepy because of her talent as a future makeup artist.















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From Page 6
Students gain working experience at the Investment Center
Bloomberg Professional was de-
veloped by the current Mayor of
New York City and famous billion-
aire, Michael Bloomberg. Like many
billionaires
,
Michael Bloomberg was
fired from his first job in the finan-
cial industry, but not without a
heft
y
$10 million dollar severance
package
.
After his termination
,
Bloomberg
had the idea that people
,
especially
financial analysts, would be willing
to pay an above average amount for
high-qualit
y
business information
that was delivered fast and was
simple to use.
With his severance he created his
own company, Bloomberg LP, in the
hop
es
that his as
s
umption was cor-
rect. Based on his net worth of $20
billion
,
it is safe to say it was.
The Bloomberg
t
erminals are
among the most widely used pro-
grams to track economic data.
"It takes the students only a few
weeks to get used
to
the Bloomberg
system/' Haughey said. "It is like
the Internet.
If
you spend enough
time on
i
t, you
'
re bound to under-
stand how it works
.
"
Marist spends about $80,000
keep these machines running
dur
ing the school year, but it is an
in-
vestment that will pay off.
In
fact,
Sanchez said that the most
excitin
part of managing the fund is
wor
ing on the Bloomberg terminals
.
Haughey believes that
experi.enc
is one of the best tools that a
stu-
dent can have coming out of
college.
"If
I was hiring a student out of
oo
l
-
lege and I had a choice of a
sh
den
with a GPA of 3.6 and 3.8
,
I
woul
look to see who had the most
expe-
rience.
"
Haughey encourages his
students
to do well and is grateful that
the
college is providing them with
this
opportunity. He says that using
rPal
money instead of creating some
hy-
pothetical situation makes the
stu-
dents extremely motivated.
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The time commitment that
.
Haughey enforces is a minimum
0
frofessor
Haughey encourages students
to
Interview for a position in the Investment
15
to
20 hours a week. However, as
Center program in the Hancock Center.
many as 40 hours a week may be stock picks," said Petta.
complete the amount of work neces-
necessary.
Regardless of the time commit-
sary, it will definitely be a reward-
"You constantly need to read daily ment, Petta and Sanchez recom-
ing experience
,
" said Sanchez.
economic briefs, track the funds cur-
mend joining the Fund.
rent positions, and screen for new
"If
you are eager and willing to
Major changes in the lives of college students
By
BRITTANY OXLEY
Features Editor
Before a college student even en-
ters their freshman year of co],l~g~,
he or she is faced with the displeas-
ure of answering the two most pres-
sure-filled questions: ''What are you
majoring in?" and ''What do you
want to be?" As children, we are
asked what we want to be when we
grow up quite frequently. At that
time, we usually answer the ques-
tion with ease, naming some "out
ther
e
" career that merely interests
us for that day.
However, at that time, it is easy
to answer such a question with ease
because we are not put under the
same pressure to choose a lifetime
path as we are now as college stu-
dents
.
Now, we suffer immense
amounts of pressure every day be-
cause we are supp9sed
to
choose the
"correct" career path for ourselves in
a minimum of four short years.
After those four years, we are ex-
pected to go out and find a job that
we are passionate about straight
out of college.
Due to all of this immense pres-
sure on the shoulders of college stu-
dents today, it is not at all
surpris~g that about 80 percent of
college freshmen come into college
undeclared. 50 percent of college
students eventually change their
majors after initially choosing a
major in the beginning of the school
year, according to MSNBC.
''When I first came to Marist Col-
lege, I had no idea what I wanted
my major to be. I have an idea of
what major I want now, but I still
don't know if I want to choose it for
sure. There's just not enough time. I
can't choose what I want to be for
the rest of my life in only four
years," said Kerianne Caprara, a
freshman at Marist College.
Students are not wrong to feel this
pressure because it is costly. At
Marist College, the tuition costs
about $42,000.
If
a student is not
able to choose the "right" major in
four years, it can be a huge expense
.
Changing majors can also result in
a huge loss of credits.
If
a student
changes his or her major midway
through the school year, they will
have to quickly make up the re-
quired credits for their new major
before the end of their four years.
College is filled with many pres-
sures, but choosing a major and the
"right" career path are some of the
most intimate pressures a college
student face. In order to face one
less stress, students should take the
time to remain undeclared. This
way, they can experiment with
dif-
ferent classes and see what they
would want to major in.






























lifestyles
Thursday, March 29, 2012
www.maristcircle.com
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Swap
sweaters for fun and fresh fashions this
sp,■
g
By AMANDA IPPOLITO
ion Magazine writes, '"20s-inspired plete transformation," Cristine Tran
Circle Contributor
frocks with waistlines that swing south said on http://citylist.com
Pastels
Louis
Vuitton caught everyone's at-
tention when they opened their show
for spring 2012 with a carousel
carry-
ing girls in pale pastel dresses on
cream-colored ponies.
Fashion Magazine reports that this
trend has been attracting all types of
designers, from ''traditionalists such as
Ralph Lauren [to] more experimental
types such as Christopher Kane and
Hussein Chalayan."
The trend inspires dreamy images of
ice cream, candy and marshmallows. It
came just in time for spring and is a re-
freshing change from last year's bright
neon colors.
To wear this trend, think cool mint
greens and sherbet oranges, as seen on
the runways of Marc Jacobs and 3.1
·
Philip
Lim.
Pastels can be harsh, so
keep the outfit simple by sticking to
solids. InStyle suggests neutrals for
shoes and other accessories while don-
ning this trend.
Cropped Tops
Whether you choose to show off your
abs or reveal only a flash of skin, bar-
ing your midriff is
"in" this season. This
look
has been spotted on the runways
of Dolce
& Gabbana, Emilio Pucci,
Alexander Wang and many more.
Blaming the trend on the upcoming
remake of "The Great Gatsby," Fash-
of the border are the rage again".
To avoid looking like your mother,
For a modest, classy look, try wearing stay on trend with this spring's pastel
a high-waisted skirt or pair of pants and metallic colors. These are open-
with a longer shirt.
backed heels, so make sure they fit per-
Style.com advises, 'The tip is to keep fectly. Not only will they be hard to
the belly button under wraps, exposing walk in, but
if
the shoe is too small or
just a tasteful flash of skin below the your foot is hanging off the back, they
bandeau."
won't look right. Pair them with rolled
Printed Denim
up or cropped jeans and a blouse or t-
We've seen denim undergo· changes shirt for a casual and stylish weekend
in past seasons, with bootcut, cropped,
look.
flared and colored styles. No trend,
Aquatic
however, has ever been as eye-cat.ch-
Fashion week revealed shark-tooth
ing as this spring's style: printed necklaces at Givenchy, pearl shell
denim
.
Floral, striped, animal print clut.ches at Chanel and coral embell-
and even art-patterned jeans have ishments at Alexander McQueen.
been spotted across the runways and
Wearcool-bluecoloredclothingwhile
on celebrities. Spring is the time to incorporating ocean-themed acces-
have fun with fashion,
so think of this sories. Pile on coral necklaces, pearls,
trend as an opportunity to get creative.
and shimmery and metallic blues. Top
For the conservative shopper, the off your look with see-througli heels,
printed jean may seem like a little clut.ches and handbags.
much. However, think of it as a chance
Athletic
to reinvent your wardrobe. Try a light
Seen in the Spring collections of
floral print paired with a classic white Alexander Wang, Stella McCartney
shirt for a casual, yet elegant look.
and Rag
&
Bone, this trend
is
comfort-
Mules
able and fun. It is also an easy look to
Yes, this one is a little shocking. How-
pull off.
ever,
Louis
Vuitton and Miu Miu have
InStyle explains
,
"Perfect for casual
proved in their Spring runway collec-
dates and weekend get-togethers, this
tions that this shoe can very stylish.
stuff grazes -- not grabs -- your curves."
''In
the past, this classic backless shoe
Think rugby stripes, mesh shirts, silk
has been likened to those our middle-
track pants, elastic drawstring details
aged-yet-still-beautiful and slightly and anoraks. However, InStyle warns,
erotic-Peg
Bundy-esque mothers might absolutely no sneakers! Instead, pair
wear. Mules have undergone a com-
these items with open-toed shoes.
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Pairing cropped
tops
with high-waisted
pants creates a classy look for spring.
Instead of a tight ponytail, Elle Mag-
azine suggests a messy moisturized
hairstyJe, inspired by the Proenza
Schouler show. Stylist Paul Hanlon
dried the models' hair with an ocean
wave spray, ran wax through the hair,
and then finished with a blow dryer.
This
wet-hair look is big this spring,
which
is
good news for those of you
running late to class after showering!
Sexual Healing: Fearless, frugal sex toys for modest men
ByRACHAELSHOCKEY
Staff Writer
Men's sex toys tend to have a bad rep-
utation, which is not
hard
to gain when
some of your most common
cultural
as-
sociations include blow-up dolls and
farm animals. Additionally, Tracy
Clark-Flory from http://www.salon.com
suggests that guys' toys may have come
to be objects of ridicule because the ex-
tent to which they often
aim
to imitate
real anatomy may scream desperation.
"Most are misproportioned and rub-
bery-
some even have synthetic pubic
hair sewn into faux flesh (they
aim
for
far greater anatomical literalness than
most vibrators or dildos)," she said.
"These types
of toys range from a few
bucks to a couple hundred, but are gen-
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Brands like Tenga
design
penis
sleeves
with sleekness and discretion
in
mind.
erally known for being pathetic imita-
tions of the
real
thing."
Clark-Flory was prompted to write
the article because her friend brought
te
her attention the recent emergence
of sleeker, more abstract sex 1:oys for
men to use in solo ventures. Indeed, be-
yond the realm of inflatable women
and livestock and synthetic pubic hair,
there awaits a broad selection of mas-
turbation embellishments to be ex-
plored. Not that there is anything
wrong with enjoying a realistic toy (or
even a blow-up sheep), but those who
are skittish about them should know
that there
are
options beyond costly im-
itations of vaginas and anuses. The fol-
lowing
are
some
men's
toy
recommendations that are non-threat-
ening, non-creepy and college budget-
friendly,
that serve as perfect
introductions to the world of sex toys.
Vibrators. There's nothing like a vi-
brating toy to tickle your ... fancy. They
can be used to stimulate the penis, tes-
ticles, anus, nipples and various other
sensitive spots. Most vibrators mar-
keted to women would likely get the job
done, but
if
you seek something a little
less phallic, consider purchasing a bul-
let vibrator. Usually two inches long,
these mini-toys are perfect for external
play. They're also affordable; http://vi-
brators.com sells a Men's Turbo Bullet
Vibrator for an appealing $9.99.
To get even more mileage out of this
little novelty, you can purchase a spe-
cial penis ring for less than $20 that
will
hold your bullet vibe in place while
you have sex with a partner, offering
extra stimulation to the both of you.
If
you're skeptical about shelling out too
much money for a masturbation-en-
hancing experiment, this is a good
route for you to take.
Sleeves. A penis sleeve is a condom-
shaped toy that can be stret.ched over
Despite so often being associ-
ated with desperation, men's
sex toys are diverse and classy,
and exploring them to enhance
your sexual enjoyment can
be
sexy.
the penis. With the accompaniment of
lube, it can be moved up and down on
the shaft to enhance masturbation.
Sleeves may serve as a
good
alternative
to the Fleshlight (a popular imitation
vagina masquerading as a flashlight),
if
you find the Fleshlight to be too real-
istic and/or expensive. The popular
Blossom Sleeve, made of stretchy
TPR
plastic, is sold for $24 at http://www.ba-
be1and.com, whereas the Fleshlight
goes for $65. Another beloved,
low-cost
sleeve is the Tenga Egg, which comes
complete with lubricant. For reasons
unknown, its inconspicuous packaging
resembles a chicken egg (hey, at least
it's inconspicuous), and they are sold in-
dividually online for about $6 to $8.
The perks of investing in a penis
sleeve continue when you factor in the
fun
you can have wearing it while pen-
etrating your partner. Many sleeves
have ribbed or soft, spiky textures on
the inside, and can be turned inside out
to give your partner a turn to enjoy
·
the
extra
stimulation during intereourse. It
should be noted, though, that
a
penis
sleeve should never be substituted for
a condom. The material may be porous,
and as such would not protec?t you or
your partner from sperm and germs.
Prostate massagers.
As
the old saying
goes, the
surest
way to a man's prostate
is through his anus. Anal plugs made
for this mission tend to have relatively
short shafts that are curved
to best
reach the prostate, and a long handle
at the base to best control the penetra-
tion.
These toys often cost more than $50,
but http://www.babeland.com is cur-
rently selling one-aptly named
Bootie-for $28.80.
If interested, don't
forget to buy a relatively thick lubri-
cant with this purchase. And remem-
ber,
silicone-based lube, while normally
a
good
choice for
anal
penetration, can't
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Johnny Grimmer takes over Marist with mixtape, music videos and shows
By
MATTHEW
CASTAGNA
A&E Editor
"Change the way you look at
things/the things you look at
change/such a simple idea but ye~
we can't explain/stop living in fear/
go jump out of a plane," jabs grow-
ing rap sensation Johnny Grimmer
in ''The Secret," the new single that
spins clever personal commentary
off The Throne's hit lead "Otis." A
simple idea indeed, but as sug-
gested, such a drastic change in per-
ception requires an unprecedented
amount of op
_
timism, motivation,
and, above all, personal dedication •
the three key emotional building
blocks that layer the
foundation
and
pump the fuel into Grimmer's long-
awaited inspirational mixtape,
''Regular Kids," set to drop Tuesday,
April 3.
Grimmer, a Marist senior who has
been writing free-rap since middle
school, first hit the local music scene
with "I Love Marist," the now easily
recognizable sing-along that created
a mini-Marist phenomenon after it
was
posted on
his YouTube channel
back in February 2011. The witty
local
references and
easily relatable
subject matter earned the track
a
total of
14,039
views, turning this
once just-for-fun mix into an unoffi-
cial Marist anthem. But instead of
simply coasting off
former
popular-
ity, Grimmer intends to dig much
deeper with ''Regular Kids," which
as the title suggests, is a "message
to all
listeners
that anyone can
achieve their dreams."
Originally
penned
for a Valen-
tine's Day launch, Grimmer post-
poned the release of his ever
evolving mixtape to take a step back
and re-examine the thematic at-
mosphere of his collection.
"When I first started 'Regular
Kids,' I really wanted to focus on
love ... but then I really took a step
back and realized there's way more
to my music than what's here,"
Grimmer said, who emphasized the
emotional dynamic of his recent
work. "It would have only repre-
sented a single piece or a single
tinge of the true feeling I am trying
to express on a grander scale."
ery that range from rapid-fire spits
to slower, more heartfelt vocal
melodies. Additionally, each back-
ing instrumental was hand-selected
to highlight the different shades of
inspiration lining Grimmer's raps.
"I want you to experience some
kind of emotional experience with
the beats that is independent from
my lyrics
,
" said Grimmer, who fo.
cuses on getting his fans ''hooked to
the beat'' before dealing with verses.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LOGAN KAPP
Students James Boylan (left) and Johnny Grimmer (right center) In a promotional
image for Grimmer's long awaited music video
•1
Love Marist, • soon
to
be released.
These constant shifts in direction
aim
to provide
a
collective that is
thematically similar to past titles
but function with
a
higher level of
technical intricacy.
"It's all upbeat and positive. I
want the
listener
to feel good and
inspired with what I have to say,"
said Grimmer on the main theme of
''Regular Kids." ''But I don't want to
deliver 1t the same way. I like to
mess with different styles so I
can
t~ll you different stories in different
ways."
These "different styles"
are
chan-
neled via altering methods of deliv-
One of these said emotional hooks
includes the
recently reworked
track, ''The
Kid
in
Poughkeepsie,''
which was
inspired by the
welcom-
ing feelings exerted toward him by
neighboring Poughkeepsie locals
during
a
summer
internship. Grim-
mer
claims the goal
of
this track is
to
recreate
that embracement by
ushering in the listener and ver-
bally illustrating the joys of the sim-
ple pleasures in life.
To help
promote
''Regular Kids,"
Grimmer will release two full-
length
music
videos on Friday,
March 30;
one
being
an untitled
track that was shot on Long Island
by FroMan Productions, the other
being the highly anticipated "I Love
Marist" video shot locally on cam-
pus.
The "I Love Marist" music video
will be premered live at the SPC
open mic night on Thursday, March
29. The video will be presented fol-
lowing a live performance from
Grimmer himself - one of many
scheduled shows that began with a
thunderous mini-tour opener at the
Riverside Station on Thursday,
March 22 and will end with a· head-
lining show at the SGA Sustainabil-
ity Event on Saturday, March 31.
To Grimmer, this block of upcom-
ing performances acts as the perfect
way of
personally
connecting with
the Marist community.
''The biggest thing
with
my live
shows is reaching out to the people
that are there,'' Grimmer said. "I
want to bring µiy songs and the
crowd alive with my energetic show-
manship. I want to show these peo-
ple that I truly love what I do."
However, not wanting this in-
tense passion to
go
unnoticed, Grim-
mer
has
begun
fitting the
pieces
together for
an eventful upcoming
year that he
hopes
will result in se-
curing a
spot
on MTV's
hit reality
program, ''Made." If selected, Grim-
mer would
choose to work in con-
junction with the program to
become the opener for New York
City
based unsigned
hip-hop artist
Hoodie
Allen
on
his
upco~ing
American
tour.
A
full
list
of
Grimmer's upcoming
performances as well as
current
up-
dates
on
the release of ''Regular
Kids" and
the two music videos
can
be
located on
his personal webpage,
http://johnnygrimmer.com/.
"The Lorax": A comparison between the film and the childrens book
By
AMANDA IPPOLITO
Circle Contributor
Dr. Seuss wrote ''The Lorax" in
1971
to serve as a warning to con-
serve the earth's natural resources.
Over forty years later, with concern
for the environment stronger than
ever, Universal Pictures and Illu-
mination Entertainment's produc-
tion of"Dr. Seuss's The Lorax" came
at the perfect time.
The film opens in Thneedville - a
futuristic neighborhood with fake
trees. A boy named Ted wants to
impress a girl by finding a real tree,
so he sets out to talk to the Once-ler.
The rest of the plot basically follows
the book, with the Once
-
ler recount-
ing his story of how he drove away
the wildlife that once flourished in
the area. Despite the lack of addi-
tions to the story line, the film
drives Dr. Seuss' point across in
some ways the book could not.
Dr. Seuss asserts that people
harm the environment because they
want things done too fast.
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Poster for Universal Picture's animated
adaption of Dr. Seuss's ·rhe Lorax."
The movie drives this point across
more efficiently by physically illus-
trating how fast-paced societies ac-
tively destroy the envjronment, as
represented by Ted. Ted wines and
is barely able to sit
through
the
Once-ler'
s story.
''You've got a wonderful town here.
Lots of stuff to occupy your short at-
tention
span," says the mayor of
Thneedville.
The audience sympathizes with
the Once-ler instead of the Lorax,
who is depicted as annoying and
grumpy, waving his finger and
taunting other characters. This was
actually a very effective choice that
fits more in key with the realism of
the modern world.
'1'm not bad. I'm the good guy·here.
He just doesn't get it. I mean, some-
thing good finally happens to me
and he just had to come along and
rain on my parade/' the Once-ler
says.
We relate to the Once-ler here be-
cause most of us have good inten-
tions but we harm the environment
out oflaziness or selfishness. We see
that it is natural to act like the
Once-ler but instead of feeling
guilty, as we might when we read
the book, we are inspired to change.
"Change the way things are. I
know it may seem small and in-
significant, but it's not about what
it is, it's about what it can become.
And it's not just a seed, anymore
than you're just a boy,'' the Once-ler
says to Ted.
While the book serves as more of a
warning, the movie inspires us to
actively change our ways as the
film's ending leaves us with hope.
I found my old copy of the book
when I learned it was being made
into a new movie. More than any-
thing, the release of this film served
to remind me of Dr. Seuss' message,
and I think this is something every-
one should be reminded of. While
there are plenty of reminders out
there to "go green," the Lorax
'
s mes
-
sage resonates with me in a differ-
ent way.
In
the words of "The Lorax Proj-
ect," an online environmental watch
group that aims to protect Earth's
natural beauties: '1n every corner of
the world, we are at risk of losing
real-life Brown Bar-Qa-loots, Hum-
ming-Fish, Truffula Trees, and the
forests they all inhabit."






















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'The Hunger Games': A joint review of the film and novel
Film Review
BY RYAN RIVARD
Staff Writer
As with most science fiction, ''The
Hunger Games," tells a narrative
that is meant to make us reflect on
the state of our modern day world.
The story takes place in the nation
of Panem, which emerged from the
ruins of North An,.erica after an un-
known apocalyptic event, consisting
of 13 districts and the wealthy, gov-
erning Capitol. Over seventy years
ago, the poverty-stricken districts
rebelled against the Capitol. After
squashing the uprising and de-
stroying the thirteenth distinct, the
Capitol created The Hunger Games,
an annual event where one boy and
one girl (aged 12 to
·
18) is selected
by lottery from each district in a
reaping; these 24
"tributes"
are
forced to compete in an arena tele-
vised battle in which they fight to
death until one person remains
alive.
The story is told from the per-
spective of sixteen-year old Katniss
Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who
lives in the impoverished coal-min-
ing region of District 12. She acts as
the main provider and caregiver of
her mother and sister Primrose or
''Prim"
(Willow Shields) after her
fa-
ther died in a mining accident. Kat-
niss, skilled with a bow and arrow,
illegally hunts beyond the restricted
fences of her district along with her
best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth),
who openly speaks out against the
Capitol.
This all changes, though, when
Prim's name is selected for the
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The cover to both the novel and film adaption of Suzanne Collin's critically and com-
merically acclaimed apocolpytic trilogy, "The Hunger Games."
in decadent sci-fi costumes and
bombastic
hairstyles.
Head
Gamemaker Seneca Crane (Wes
Bentley) sports lavish facial hair
that would make Satan envious.
Coached by Effie Trinket (Eliza-
beth Banks) and their drunken
mentor Haymitch (Woody Harrel-
son), Katniss and Peeta act like
"star-crossed lovers" in an effort to
be well-liked by Capitol citizens. We
discover it's not so much an act for
Peeta, which creates unresolved
tension in the film's third act.
Director Gary Ross, more com-
monly known for his drama work
("Seabiscuit" and "Pleasantville"),
keeps the tone realistically gritty.
Based on the source material, the
violence could have easily been de-
picted as hard-R, but due to mar-
ketability, this obviously needed to
be scaled back. However, Ross does
so in a way that doesn't glorify the
tion at the age of 20, for her per-
formance in ''Winter's Bone." She is
just as strong here as Katniss, com-
manding, determined. Her un-
matched emotional and physical
elegance makes Katniss a revolu-
tionary figure in pop culture - a
heroine that isn't
.
defined by her
male relationships or counter-parts,
but her sole desire to survive and
continue providing for her family.
In
this case, it's Peeta, the male,
who depends on Katniss' strength
and skills to survive the Games. As
the baker's son, Peeta is more emo-
tionally vulnerable, as he confesses
his love for Katniss during a na-
tionally televised interview. It's re-
freshing to see this kind of gender
reversal in mainstream cinema.
At its ideological core, ''The
Hunger Games" is about a battle of
social classes, the rich and wealthy
smothering the oppressed poor.
As
a standalone piece, the film doesn't
attack the big political questions or
themes at play. We see a small up-
rising after Rue (Amandla Sten-
berg), a tribute Katniss befriends in
the Arena, is killed. Citizens of her
district attack the Capitol's Big
Brother-esque soldiers, but not
much else beyond that.
The film moves at a relentless
pace, which makes the lengthy run-
time feel shorter than it actually is.
However,·at the same time, several
of the film's key moments feel a bit
rushed, thus sacrificing some emo-
tional impact particularly in the
final moments in the Arena. Less
handheld camerawork in some
scenes may also have been a wiser
decision.
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Academy Award nominee Jennifer Lawrence In character as
Katniss
Everdeen with
her
go-to-weapon in the film adaption of Suzanne Collin's "The Hunger Games."
Despite its shortcomings, ''The
Hunger Games" is an entertaining
blockbuster that invokes a
Hunger Games. In an effort to save
her sister, Katniss volunteers her-
self.
The film unfolds into two distinct
sections
as we follow Katniss and
Peeta Mellark, the male District 12
tribute throughout the story: the
Games themselves and the events
and preparation leading up to them.
The initial hour is the latter, which
prevails at being just as entertain-
ing as the bulk of the arena action.
We see the colorful, highly ad-
vanced metropolis the Capitol. Its
citizens look as though everyone
raided Lady Gaga's closet, dressed
violence whatsoever.
At the start of the Games, we wit-
ness a bloodbath in the Arena's cen-
tral location, the Cornucopia, But
we only see glimpses of the horror,
with nearly no sound, and the cam-
era shaking frantically in all direc-
tions. The audience is not queasy
because of the gore, but due to the
meaningless killing. It's intended to
upset audiences, and spark a strong
emotional response.
Lawrence though, is the founda-
tion of the film. Last year, she be-
came the second youngest actress to
earn an Academy Award nomina
Another shot of Jeniffer
Lawrence In ac-
tion with her choosen
bow-and-arrow.
strong emotional response from the
audience and features a superb per-
formance from a young rising star
in Lawrence. Odds are usually not
in Hollywood's favor that it gets so
many things right. But this is the
exception.
Novel Review
BY MARYGRACE NAVARRA
Managing Editor
Suzanne Collins's ''The Hunger
Games" series is catching fire (pun
intended).
As
excited fans got ready
for the midnight premiere, the read-
the-book-first fans debated their
Gale v. Peeta feelings
a
la "Twi-
light." And speaking of ''Twilight,"
as an English major, I was a bit hor-
rified to read Stephanie Meyer's ap-
praising review of "The Hunger
Games." I read the novel, though,
dying to understand the hype and
dreading the thought of Stephanie
Meyer and Suzanne Collins clicking
glasses at the Authors of
.Books
with Crazy Fans club.
We meet Katniss, a resident of
District 12, who regularly hunts
with her (hot) friend Gale to sustain
their poor families in a futuristic
North America. Collins has de-
picted our continent as such: a place
ravaged by natural disasters and
war, left only with enough people
for 13 districts and the Capitol, a
dominating federal government.
Katniss explains to the reader that
the 13th district once revolted and
was crushed and annihilated by the
Capitol - which brings us to the
Hunger Games. The Capitol decides
it must remind the districts how
weak they are to prevent future up-
risings like that of District 13. In
addition to exerting daily power
over all districts, the Capitol de-
signs the Hunger Games, a sadistic
annual figbt to the death among
two unwilling participants from
each district, ages 12-18. Katniss
volunteers to participate in place of
her sister, and the story begins.
Once Collins gets through the ex-
planatory stages of "The Hunger
Games," the actual Games hook the
reader in undoubtedly (and we
might all agree that we feel Kat-
niss's thirst as she constantly
searches for water). At this stage,
the novel is fast-paced, addictive
and definitely worth a read. We be-
come invested in Katniss's survival
and that of her allies and even some
other characters along the way;
we become wary of any
surprises
the Gamemakers have in their back
pockets when things get boring; we
wonder
if
and when generous spon-
sors will drop gifts to desperate trib-
utes.
Collins's language is a bit over-
the-top, although I've been re-
. minded that the novel is intended
for a juvenile audience. Still, it's
dif-
ficult to shelve among the greats.
Without a doubt, though, you
could pick up The Hunger Games
on a slow night and read the entire
thing through. Collins has indeed
created a world enticing to the
reader, who begins planning his or
her own a revolution against the
Capitol.




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The Fox Trot
rtl:lfJEllBfF
Quick hits of the week in Marist athletics
Track and Field
The Marist men and women's
spring track and field teams opened
their seasons on Saturday at the
Monmouth Season Opener in West
Long Branch, New Jersey.
On the men's side, freshman
Mark Valentino won the steeple-
chase race with a time of 9:42.62, a
personal- best. Valentino's time was
four seconds off the USA Track and
Field Junior National qualifying
standard.
Valentino also ran the 1500-
meter race for Marist, finishing
with a time of 4:17.13.
The women's team was led by
senior Briana Crowe, who set a per-
sonal-best in the 1500-meter race
(4:51.88) and placed fifth in the 800
meters (2:23.51).
Kelley Gould ran the 5,000-meter
race in 19:02.43, a personal best.
Both teams will be back in ac-
tion on Friday, when they will com-
pete in the Fred Hardy Invitational.
Water Polo
Marist water polo had a success-
ful weekend, winning two of three
games. The Red Foxes had victories
over Iona and the Virginia Military
Institute
.
On Saturday, Marist beat con-
ference foe Iona 13-12 in overtime in
Poughkeepsie. The team was led by
freshmen twin sisters Jessica and
Alison Hamby, who scored a com-
bined six goals.
Following their victory on Satur-
day, the Red Foxes earned a 19-7
win over VMI. Jessica Hamby
scored 5 goals in the contest and on
Tuesday was named MAAC Rookie
of the Week for her efforts.
Next up for the Red Foxes will be
two games on Saturday in Brooklyn
Heights. At 10 a.m., the team will
take on St. Francis, and at
4
p.m.
they will face Villanova.
Tennis
Both the men and women's ten-
nis teams competed in dual matches
over the weekend. The men's team
lost 5-2 in a home match against
Buffalo on Saturday.
The team's wins came from
Lorenzo Rossi and Joseph Dube,
who won the first and sixth singles
positions,
respectively.
Dalen
Klassen and Billy Bishop won the
third doubles match.
The women's team split the week-
end, losing to Rhode Island on Sat-
urday, 6-1, but winning 4-3 at home
against Albany on Sunday.
Over the weekend, the Red Foxes
were lead by Erin McCarthy and
Kelsey Raynor, who went 2-0 in
doubles action and 1-1 in singles ac-
tion.
The women's team retuQ1ed to
action on Wednesday against Hart-
ford, after The Circle went to the
press. Check http://www.maristcir-
cle.com for the match recap.
The men's team will next square
off against MAAC rival Niagara on
Saturday at noon.
Crew
On Saturday, the Marist men
and women's crew teams competed
in the Murphy Cup in Philadelphia.
Both teams saw their freshmen
boats do well and on Tuesday, both
boats earned the MAAC Men's and
Women's Second Eights in the con-
ference's weekly rowing awards.
The men's boat, consisting of
Cameron Schuh, Mike Florie, Con-
nor Wiggins, Jacob Enright, Dan
Nesfeder, Matt Klos, Rob Paquin,
David Ozcos and Christina Pop-
wytsch at coxswain, finished fifth
overall in the final race with a time
of 6:56.39.
Annie Devorak, Stephanie Mori-
arty, Kristin Wilson, Stacy LaRose,
Megan Romer, Samantha Blau,
Amanda Khoury, Elizabeth Hehir
and Samantha Cilo of the women's
team finished the final race in
8:16.02, good for fourth place.
These awards are the first awards
for the Marist crew program this
season.
It
is also the first year that
the MAAC has given out awards for
crew.
Both the men and women's teams
will compete in Storrs, Conn. on
Saturday.
They will compete
against boats from Connecticut,
Trinity, and the United States
Coast Guard Academy.
PHOTO COURTESY MARIST
ATHLETICS
Captain Matt Himmelsbach (above) and
men's tennis fell to
Buffalo
over the week-
end.
Baseball goes 2-2 on short homestand
By
ERIC VANDERVOORT
Editor-in-Chief
After a month of traveling and
away games, the Marist baseball
team returned to Poughkeepsie for
its home and MAAC opener this
past weekend.
The Red Foxes, who spent the
first month of the season on the
road going 5-11 against teams like
Virginia, Old Dominion and Rad-
ford, started the conference season
with a three-game series against de-
fending champion Manhattan at
McCann baseball field.
"It's good to play at home, it's
been a long road," Head Coach
Chris Tracz said. "Early on in the
year, we did a great job of playing
hard and playing smart. We've been
nicked up with some of our position
players, we've had to play a lot of
guys. We haven't had a consistent
lineup. We're a work in progress,
there's no doubt about it."
The first two games of the series
were part of a doubleheader on Sat-
urday, of which Marist took both
games.
The first game was a pitcher's
duel, with the Chad Gallagher-led
Red Foxes winning 1-0. Gallagher,
the senior southpaw, had a perfect
game broken up with one out in the
seventh inning by two consecutive
singles. Aside from those two hits,
Gallagher did not allow another
base runner on the way to the sec-
ond complete-game shutout of his
career.
The Red Foxes' lone run of the
game came in the first inning, when
freshman second baseman Alec
Petrone scored on senior Eric Helm-
rich's single. With the win, Gal-
lagher moved to 3-2 on the season
with a 4.91 ERA. He struck out two
as lie needed just 92 pitches. His
performance earned him the MAAC
pitcher of the week award.
"He did a great job," Tracz said.
"He threw pitches for strikes and
controlled the game from start to
finish."
Marist swept the doubleheader
with a 4-2 win in the seven-inning
second game. All four runs for the
Red Foxes came in the fourth inning
on a bases-loaded walk and hit by
pitch along with a two-run single by
senior first baseman Mike Orefice.
Junior Chris Bielak picked up the
win in five-plus innings on the
mound, giving up two runs on three
hits with four strikeouts. Senior
Jake Rifkin earned the save allow-
ing just one hit in the final two in-
mngs.
In
the final game of the series on
Sunday, the Red Foxes took a 3~1
lead into the seventh inning before
the Jaspers closed out with six runs
to win 7-3. Marist's runs came off of
an Alec Petrone single and doubles
by Jake Berry and Mike Orefice.
Brett Houseal received the loss for
the Foxes.
Tracz said the loss was disap-
pointing, but still picking up the se-
ries win was big.
of a letdown on Sunday where we
had a lead late and let it get away,
but we'll take any league series win,
that's for sure."
The biggest loss of the weekend
occurred when a Manhattan player
collided with Orefice at first base.
The senior was on crutches on Tues-
day, and Tracz said that there was
an issue with his ankle and knee.
''We're trying to get to the bottom
of it," Tracz said. "He's going to be
out for a while."
Orefice was the everyday first
baseman hitting .329 through 18
games with a team-leading 23 hits
and .434 on base percentage.
On Tuesday, the Red Foxes col-
lided with non-conference foe Hofs-
tra. After Marist built up a 7-2 lead,
the Pr:.de came back against the
Red Fox bullpen to win 9-7.
Up next for Marist is a three-
game series at conference opponent
Niagara on Saturday and Sunday.
''That was our goal going into the
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weekend, and we were able to get Marlst
baseball
goes 2-2 on home
soil
on a recent homestand, including taking two
of
that done," Tracz said. "A little bit three from conference opponent Manhattan, who
is
the defending
MMC
Champions.



























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Men's Lacrosse falls to Detroit in MAAC showdown
By
RYAN CALVI
Staff Writer
The Marist men's lacrosse team
lost 8-7 in overtime against confer-
ence opponent, Detroit, this past
Saturday afternoon in Detroit,
Mich. The loss was the Foxes' third
in their last four games. The Titans
were a MAAC tournament finalist
last season and knocked off the
Marist in the semi-final round.
''There was absolutely a sense of
revenge :glaying those guys on Sat-
urday," said junior defender, Ethan
Fox. "It also meant that much more
[to us] because they were the last
team Eddie played against."
Fox was referring to the loss of for-
mer teammate, Eddie Coombs, who
passed away this last summer.
Marist co-captain, Evan Guarini,
led the Red Foxes in scoring with
three goals. Connor Rice extended
his consecutive scoring streak to 36
games by adding a goal and three
assists. Rice now has a team-high
21 points on the year. Drew Ne-
smith, Brendan Woods and Colin
Joka all added a goal apiece to
round out the Red Foxes' scoring.
The ability of the Titan's defense
to contain the threat of Marist at-
tackman, Jack Doherty was a key
part of their victory. Doherty is the
Foxes' leading goal scorer this year
(13) but was limited to seven shots
and zero scores on Saturday after-
noon.
Craig Goodermotte recorded a sea-
son-high 12 saves in goal for the
Foxes.
The contest was literally a back
and forth affair for the majority of
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Men's
lacrosse
sits at 1-1 in the
conference
and 3-3 overall after a
nail-biting
loss
to
Detroit The Red Foxes are next In action March 31st against VMI.
the game. Marist would go ahead by
a goal and then Detroit (5-4, 2-1
MAAC) would eventually tie the
score.
Guarini started it off by giving
Marist (3-3, 1-1 MAAC) the opening
lead at the 13:38 mark of the first
period. A little over a minute later,
Detroit tied the game at one.
At the 11:21 mark, Joka tallied a
score to regain the Foxes' lead but it
was then quickly diminished follow-
ing a Detroit goal at the 9:52 mark.
With 8:12 remaining in the first pe-
riod, Rice scored his lone goal of the
afternoon to give the Foxes a 3-2
lead.
Detroit once again answered the
call with 11:51 to play in the second
period to tie the game at three.
Marist took a 4-3 lead into halftime
thanks to Woods' third goal of the
year with 3: 10 remaining in the
half.
The Titans tied the game at four
coming out of the half with a goal at
the 11:45 mark. Nesmith then gave
the Red Foxes the lead once again
with a little over five minutes to
play in the third period. However
for the fifth time of the game, De-
troit scored with 3:57 remaining in
the period, to tie the game at five.
They then added two more goals
before period's end giving them
their first lead of the afternoon at 7-
5.
The Red Foxes' defense prevailed
in the fourth by not allowing a goal
for the entire period. Guarini was
able to connect for his second and
third goals of the game to tie it at
seven and send the game to Marist's
first overt,ime
period
of the season.
Following a Red Fox timeout with
1:30 remaining in the overtime, the
Titans
scored, to complete the 8-7
triumph.
Marist's man-up opportunity per-
centage on the season was over
_
50
percent heading into the game how-
ever; they were only able to bury
two goals on the seven chances De-
troit gave them.
"It was a tough game for us,"
Marist head coach, Keegan Wilkin-
son, said of the loss. "We weren't
able to execute properly on offense
and that hurt us."
Wilkinson did however give a ~ot of
credit to his defense.
"Our defense played great. They
[Detroit] have a lot of good guys on
offense and we did a nice job of shut-
ting them down. It was just disap-
pointing how our offense couldn't
give the defense a lift," Wilkinson
said.
The Red Foxes
will hit the road
once again this weekend to take on
Virginia Military Institute
(VMI)
in
their third straig~t conference
game. The game will be played in
Lexington, Va. starting at 1 p.m.
Guarini was adamant about get-
ting back to the things in practice
this week that have given the Foxes
success all season long.
"We gave Detroit a lot of second
chance opportunities with missed
ground balls and turnovers, so this
week we need to clean up the sticks
and work on the little things to be
ready for VMI, who has been play
-
ing good lacrosse of as of late,"
Guarini said.
As far as a second consecutive loss
to Detroit is concerned, ''We'll be see-
ing them again at some point," Fox
said, "except with a different out-
come."
Women's lacrosse defeated against Stony Brook
By
JOE FllZHENRY
Staff Writer
The Marist Red Foxes Women's
lacrosse team
headed
to Long Island
over the weekend to take
on
the
Stony Brook Seawolves. Stony
Brook, a team receiving votes
.
in
multiple polls, defeated Marist by a
score of 17-5.
Despite the loss, Coach Jessica
O'Brien remained upbeat about the
loss.
''Playing a team like Stony Brook
allows us to do really great things
and we have a great ability to play
higher level teams, we play with a
nothing to lose attitude and try to
focus on smaller goals," she said.
The Seawolves grabbed control of
the game early with four goals in
just the first 12 minutes of play, in-
cluding a pair from Amber Kupres
in that stretch.
The Red Foxes then mounted a
slight comeback, with goals from
Amanda Tuck and Shannon Haas to
cut the deficit in half.
Marist would get within two goals
once more at 5-3, on a goal from
Sabrina Mattera, the first of her ca-
reer for the freshman from Wan-
tagh, N.Y ..
Stony Brook then regained full
control with a 3-0 run to close the
half, with another from Kupres to
complete the hat ttjck. Claire Pe-
terson assisted on half of the Sea-
wolve goals in the opening stanza
and totaled six helpers for the game.
Marist would get closer than they
·would for the remainder of the game
with 27:17 to play off a goal from
Tuck, her second of the day. The
Seawolves responded with four
goals of their own, widening the
lead to eight at 12-4.
Emily Leonard, a freshman from
Brookfield, Conn. netted the final
tally of the day for the Red Foxes,
her 12th of the season with 16:42 to
play.
The Seawolves would close the
game on a 5-0 run to make it 17-5,
overwhelming the Red Foxes over
the final 15 minutes of play. Kupres
and Demmianne Cook, her fellow
midfielder each recorded four goals
for Stony Brook who improves to 6-
3 overall
on
the season.
Tuck led the
offensive
charge for
the Red Foxes with a pair of goals
on the day, numbers seven and
eight
on
the season for the junior
from Mamaroneck, N.Y ..
Despite being constantly bom-
barded with shots for a good portion
of the game, Ashley Casiano
recorded 16 saves for the Red Foxes,
as she managed to keep them in the
game.
O'Brien remained upbeat about
the game as a whole.
"Stony Brook is a very aggressive
team, I thought we played with a lot
of emotion and aggression and we
went in with a specific gameplan, to
hold the ball and play smart. We
proved that we could play a disci-
plined game," she said
Marist will open up MAAC play
• this weekend, when they host the
rival Siena Saints at Tenney Sta-
dium, followed by a roadtrip where
the Red Foxes will travel to both
Manhattan and Iona for two crucial
conference games.
"Our emotions are high, we now
get a chance to utilize what we've
learned from the rough schedule so
far,"
O'Brien
said, speaking of the
beginning of conference play.
Before
those contests, however,
the Red Foxes will play
one
final
non-conference tune-up when the
Yale Bulldogs come to town on
Wednesday, March 28. Faceoff is
scheduled for 4 P.M.
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Women's
lacrosse now sits
at
1-8 after
a
loss to Stony Brook, who
is
receiving votes
In the national polls. The Red
Foxes
are hitting the bulk of their conference schedule
upcoming, with several
key
MAAC
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Red Foxes fall again ill the second round
a one and one. Despite missing justed to it. They were onto Leanne proud because we're a young team
only two of 67 free throws all sea-
and she did the best that she could.
and they stuck with it. They never
son, Jenkins' attempt did not drop You really have to tip your cap to dropped their heads. At times they
the magic of years past.
"I couldn't be more proud to be
the head coach at Marist and to
and Marist got one last chance.
Bonaventure."
were encouraging me."
have the fortune to coach these
Yarde got the rebound and took
For the game, senior forward
With the loss, Marist finishes the kids," Giorgis said. "I am the lucki-
est person in the world and I know
this is tough and these kids will re-
-
member this and hopefully they will
realize it is a hard word to use, the
word overachieve, but they got the
most out of everything they've had
this year. I've had great, great
teams that have won a lot of cham-
pionships but I don't think any team
did more wit4 their ability than this
group."
the ball down the court before dish-
Brandy Gang led all Marist players year with 26 wins and eight losses
ing off to Ockenden. Ockenden re-
with 19 points in what will be her and 20 wins out of 21 games played
peatedly looked to pass back to the final game with the
program.
Yarde in the conference. The first round
Red Foxes' leading scorer, but tight had 13 points in what was also her victory over Georgia marked the
defensive coverage forced her to last game in a Marist
jersey,
show-
fifth NCAA Tournament victory in
take a deep and contested three, ing that Marist's seniors stepped up program history, all of which have
which missed to the right, ending
on
the brightest of stages, and led occurred in the last five years.
·
Marist's season.
the team as they have all year.
Marist will now move toward
"I don't like to call timeouts in
"I am really proud," Yarde said. next season, where they are seeking
those situations because you want "We stuck with it. I mean we went to win their eighth straight confer-
to get them in transition, like last down a couple of times but everyone ence championship and once again
year, and get a great look out of it," had the refuse-to-lose attitude. We return to the NCAA Tournament,
Giorgis said. "This year, they ad-
ended up losing but I am really where they will look to recapture
Commentary: Yarde cements her legacy
By
ERIC
VANDERVOORT
Just in the past month, the five-foot rim on a shot that would have tied
Giorgis said that thanks to hard
Editor-in-Chief
eight-inch guard out of Reading, the game as time expired.
work, ball handling became one of
Any Marist women's basketball
fan knows the names - Julianne
Viani, Rachael Fitz, Erica Al-
lenspach.
Now,
the list of former
Marist women's basketball players
to lead the Red Foxes into postsea-
son success will include another
Pennsylvania was named the 2011-
Even in that pressure situation, Yarde's strengths by her senior
2012
MAAC player of the year, 2012 Yarde, the team's leader on and off year. Throughout her career, she be-
MAAC Tournament Most Valuable the floor, did what was best for the came more confident and a natural
player, and selected for the Eastern team. She has the ability to take leader for the Red Foxes.
College Athletic Conference (ECAC) over a game, but she unselfishly
''This year she really carried us in
Division I Women's
Basketball
All-
handed the ball off and set a screen some big games," Giorgis said.
Star First Team. This season, Yarde for Ockenden.
''Then all of a sudden as people re-
led the Red Foxes in scoring (14.3
Unselfish:
It
might be the best ally focused on her, she had confi-
name.
per game), rebounding (6.5), assists word to describe Yarde as a player dence in everybody else and all of a
Just don't tell Corielle Yarde that (4.2) and blocked shots (1.0).
and a per
.
son.
sudden you started seeing four or
it's her.
Yarde is also fourth in total scor-
Every compliment and word of five players in
double
figures, con-
The 2011-2012 Marist women's ing in program history with 1,470 praise that Yarde receives, she de-
sistently."
basketball season came to a heart-
breaking end last week in Tallahas-
see. Following a 76-70 triumph over
fourth-seeded Georgia in the first
round of the NCAA Tournament,
the 13-seed Red Foxes fell to five-
seed St. Bonaventure 66-63 on
Tuesday night in what proved to be
the final game in a Marist uniform
for Yarde and starting forward
Brandy Gang. Despite the disap-
pointing finish, Yarde cemented her
place among the Marist greats with
her NCAA performances, scoring a
team-high 21 and bringing down
seven rebounds against Georgia and
scoring 13 with four assists against
St. Bonaventure.
points. She is in the top 10 of 10 cat-
fleets it and turns it into praise of
Yarde is the kind of player that
egories, including seventh all-time the team.
In
response to being makes everyone around her better.
in rebounds (689) and assists (321). called the go-to player after her
"Corielle's always keeping me up·
This makes Yarde the only player in team-leading performance against and making sure I have my head in
Marist women's basketball history Georgia, Yarde just said that it was the game," sophomore point guard
to be in the top 10 in points, re-
a "canfidence booster'' and "the rest Casey Dulin said. "She's a great
bounds and assists.
of the team feeds off of it."
leader
.
All of us look up to her, out-
What matters more to Yarde
"She's become the consummate side of basketball too. She definitely
though is the four MAAC champi-
team player," head coach Brian keeps the team up, and we know
onships and NCAA appearances, in-
Giorgis said of Yarde.
how bad she wants it, so it makes us
eluding a first-round victory each of
It hasn't always been this easy, want it even more."
the last two years.
though.
Every year, it seems hard to
As the St. Bonaventure game
"Corielle matured quite a bit imagine the next Marist women's
ended, Yarde bent over in tears, fac-
since her freshman year," Giorgis basketball star filling in the shoes of
ing the realization that her Marist said. "We go back to the
[2009
the one who just graduated. But
career was over. The senior guard MAAC] semifinals against Iona Corielle Yarde fits right in with the
had brought the ball down the court where we had had to take her out of names before her, and her gradua-
for the final possession, and with the game because she was literally tion will leave a void that
will
be
dif-
For Yarde, the career accolades eight seconds left passed to Leanne crying on the floor. She had turned ficult to replace next year- both off
and numbers speak for themselves. Ockenden, who hit the side of the the ball over three straight times."
the court and on.
Softball team continues to make big strides
By
GARRIN MARCHETTI
Sports Editor
After playing all of their
games on the road to start the sea-
son, the Marist softball team fi-
nally returned home on Sunday to
face St. John's in a double-header.
The Red Foxes split the day, win-
ning the first game 3-1, but falling
to the Red Storm 9-7 in the second
game. Currently, the team's
record stands at 10-17.
Marist had played in 25 consec-
utive road games before stepping
onto Gartland Field on Sunday.
Head Coach Joe Ausanio wishes he
could have given his team more
home games early on, but he also
understands the unpredictable na-
ture of the Hudson Valley weather.
"I would love to schedule more
home games, but the problem is
you can't foresee the weather," Au-
sanio said. ''It can be anything in
March, and the recent weather we
have had has not been the norm in
years past."
The Red Foxes played games in
Virginia, North Carolina, and even
Hawaii during their season-open-
ing road trip. In Hawaii, the team
played in the Hawaii Spring Fling
Tournament, where they faced
California, Texas, Texas A&M, and
Hawaii. All four teams are cur-
rently ranked in the Top 15 in the
Division I rankings.
Marist went 1-5 in the tourna-
ment, but despite the record, Au-
sanio felt like it was a tournament
his team needed to play in if they
wanted to win the conference, as
they are favored to do.
"I wanted them to see those
types of teams so that if they won
the MAAC Championship this
year, they wouldn't be intimidated
when they draw teams like that in
the NCAA Tournament," Ausanio
said.
Ausanio also believed that his
team's performance in those games
in Hawaii showed the competive-
ness and desire that the Red Foxes
have this season.
"I think most of all is that we
proved we could play with any-
body," Ausanio said. ''To lose to Cal
[ranked Number Two in the coun-
try] 1-0 is an incredible accom-
plishment for these kids.
In
terms
of confidence, that was really im-
portant."
As
far as the rest of the season
has been, the emergence of fresh-
man pitchers Melanie White and
Janine Lalli has been huge for the
Red Foxes. White currently has a
3.34
ERA, the lowest on the team,
and Lalli leads the Red Foxes with
five victories. Lalli was also
named MAAC Rookie of the Week
on Monday, after earning two wins
and a 1.65 ERA in 17 innings of
work in three games last week.
''We felt with Emily [Osterhaus]
and Paige [Lewis] that we already
had
a solid staff, and we figured
the freshmen would come in and
help bolster the staff," Ausanio
said. ''The fact that they have
stepped up and been huge contrib-
utors to
our
team has been a great
thing."
Despite having four capable
pitchers, Ausanio knows this pres-
ents a challenge on the team in
terms of managing his staff.
''The trouble with having four
pitchers is trying to keep four
pitchers happy. But I think we
,have done a good job managing
them, and we will continue to do
so," Ausanio said.
Ausanio expects his pitchers
and the rest of the team to
work
on
what he called the most important
thing going into the season: consis-
tency.
"I think the big thing we took
away from our games in Hawaii
was knowing that we have to play
more consistent every day.
If
we
play every team like we played
Cal, then that will
definitely
bode
well for the rest of the season."




















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Women's basketball's upset bid comes up short
By
ZACH
DOOLEY
Sports Editor
It was a situation all too familiar
for the Marist women's basketball
team. The Second Round of the
NCAA Tournament, down three
points to a team seeded much
higher than they were, with the
ball, and not much time on the
clock.
The Red Foxes were in the exact
same setting just one year ago,
when they were defeated by second
seeded Duke as a three point at-
tempt from then freshman Leanne
Ockenden rimmed out. The ending
this time around was eerily similar,
as Ockenden missed a very difficult
deep three and the clock finally ran
out on the biggest Cinderella story
in this year's tournament, by a score
of 66-63.
"This is about as tough as it gets,"
Marist head coach Brian Giorgis
said after the loss. ''Talk about life's
not fair for these kids two years in a
row to experience the heartbreak
that they have experienced with
being so close and just not getting it
done at the end."
St. Bonaventure missed a free
throw with 10.1 seconds to play, al-
lowing Marist one last chance to tie
the game. Marist seemed to be try-
ing to get senior and MAAC Player
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Marist fell In the second round
of
the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament for the
second season in a row. The Red Foxes lost to
St
Bonaventure
66-63
ending their
season once
again
in the Round
of
32.
of the Year Corielle Yarde open for a
three-point attempt but the Bonnies
played very strongly defensively on
the Red Foxes leading scorer. Ock-
enden was forced to jack up a deep
attempt that she could not get to fall
and Marist was defeated.
'1
thought it was a great shot,"
Yarde said. "(Ocken den) is our best
three point shooter and I would
want it in her hands at the end of
the game. I wanted her to take it 10
times over again
if
we had the
chance and advice I would give to
the next class, I would say keep giv-
ing her the ball at the end of the
game like that because one of them
will come through and they'll get
what they deserve."
·
Marist rebounded in the second
half from a difficult start against an
on fire St. Bonaventure team where
they shot just 38 percent
,
compared
to the Bonnies'
54
percent, and the
Red Foxes trailed 38-31 at the
break. Yarde kept the team afloat
with 11 points where no other
player had more than six.
Marist came out of the locker
room on fire on a 12-4 run, which
saw them claim a 43-42 lead. Gang
had eight points on the run to spark
the offensive assault. Both teams
went back and forth throughout the
remainder of the game, with neither
team pulling ahead by more than
seven and with 23 seconds to play,
the Bonnies hit two free throws to
pull ahead 66-63.
On offense, Marist attempted a
back door cut but Corielle Yarde's
pass went out of play as its intended
target appeared to get held up on
the baseline and the Red Foxes
turned the ball over. A quick foul
from Ockenden sent St. Bonaven-
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