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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Fashion PR guru Kelly Cutrone packs Nelly Goletti
By
AMANDA IPPOLITO
Circle Contributor
On Monday, April 24, Mari.st stu-
dents had the privilege of attending a
lecture given by Kelly Cutrone -
a
public relations guru, reality televi-
sion star and New York Times best-
selling author.
Cutrone is founder of the branding,
marketing and public relations firm
People's Revolution, which has repre-
sented clients including Valentino,
Bulgari and Agent Provocateur.
She caught people's attention after
appearing on MTV's ''The Hills" arid
its spin-off, ''The City," as a no-non-
sense mentor for reality stars Lauren
Conrad and Whitney Port.
In
Febru-
ary
2009, Cutrone starred in her own
reality television show, ''Kell on
Earth,"
which follows her as she runs
People
'
s Revolution. She is currently
a judge on "America's Next Top
Model" for its eighteenth season.
Kelly is known for her helpful yet
blunt advice.
''You can either let someone be pro-
tected from reality or let them be
sculpted by it," she wrote on her web-
site, http://kellycutrone.net.
"I firmly
believe the latter option is best."
Cutrone offers similar advice in her
best-selling book,
''If
You Have to Cry
Go Outside: And Other Things Your
Mother Never Told You," which was
published in February 2010. Her
sec-
ond book,
"Normal Gets You
Nowhere
,
" was published in May 2011
and recalls how she succeeded by
"going against the grain."
Her lecture in the Nelly Goletti The-
ater Monday morning was informa-
tive, motivating and of course,
entertaining.
After going on a tangent about how
condom packaging should be made
pretty and renamed to ''protection
packets," Cutrone laughed at herself
and said, "half of
this
is me being se-
rious and half is me seeing what I can
get away with."
Cutrone
discussed
her
childhood
and
short-lived career as a nurse. She ex-
plained that she only became a nurse
to please her mom and quickly real-
ized it was not for her. She urged stu-
dents not to do anything to please
their parents, besides maybe attend-
ing a bar-mitzvah or a family event
lasting less than 10 hours.
If
you do, she warned, "you
will
be no
help to yourself or society."
She encouraged students to medi-
tate, practice yoga or do anything else
they can to do some soul searching
and figure out what they really want
to do in life.
Cutrone spoke more about her child-
hood, her work at
·
People's Revolution
and her relationships with co-work-
ers, all while sprinkling helpful advice
throughout her lecture. She advised
students ''how not to quit'' like her
most recent assistant, who cried
(Cutrone's pet-peeve) and left Cutrone
to guess that she was about to quit.
She explained that everyone hates
their job at times, but it is important
not to give up.
If
her employees are
feeling overwhelmed, she wishes they
would explain to her what is wrong
while remaining professional, de-
scribing a possible change rather than
saying things like, ''I feel like ... "
Cutrone left time at the end for a
Q&A
session and wrapped up her lec-
ture with an inspiring message.
''I really encourage you guys to fig-
ure out what it means to be good or
great for yourselves and realize that
there's absolutely nothing in your
way,"
she said.
In February, fashion student
Danielle DeZao had reached out to
Cutrone via Twitter and invited her to
"Creating Courage," an event put on
by the Fashion Show Production
Team to benefit a women's shelter in
Poughkeepsi~.
Cutrone, a Syracuse-native, replied
to @FashionAtMarist on Twitter: ''I
will
come I love Hudson Valley!"
DeZao and her co-directors, Made-
line Bergeron and Amanda DeTurris,
were surprised at Cutrone's response
and wanted to keep her involved in
Marist's Fashion Program. Cutrone
was so impressed with the event that
she offered to come back to speak at
.
Marist again.
The Mari.st community responded
positively to Cutrone's visit as well.
The turn-out for Monday's event was
huge; nearly every seat in the Nelly
Golletti was filled.
PHOTO COURTESY OF MAGGIE AMADEO
'We could not have asked for a more
Fashion publicist, reality
TV
star
and best-selling author
Kelly
Cutrone spoke
to
a
packed
thorough and inspiring day
.
with
Nelly Goletti Theater Monday morning, delivering blunt
yet
insightful
career
advice.
Kelly," DeZao said.
Marist pollster saves woman's life, gains national spotlight
By
BRENNA MCKINLEY
News Editor
Attention to detail helped Marist
Poll student interviewer Jason
Sokolowski save the life of a Man-
hattan woman. Through a cloud of
media coverage surrounding the oc-
eul'I'~nce, the attention is now on
him.
On Monday, April 16, during his
shift as a Mari.st Poll student inter-
viewer, Sokolowski was connected to
79-year-old Manhattan resident,
Bobby Berlin. Noticing that Berlin
sounded disoriented and out of
breath, Sokolowski alerted his su-
pervisor, Daniela Charter, who ulti-
mately called 911 to send medical
attention to Berlin's home.
"After I passed the phone off to my
supervisor and she called 911, I went
right back to work and took the next
call," Sokolowski said.
"I didn't even
expect to hear anything about it
again."
It wasn't until New York City offi-
cials called back to say that Berlin
had been
.
slipping into a diabetic
shock that Sokolowski knew the
medical attention he and his super-
visor called for had saved her life.
It was from this point that a swarm
of media attention began to buzz
around Sokolowski.
''Tuesday I didn't think twice about
it," Sokolowski said. ''I told my girl-
friend and mentioned it to my par-
ents, but that was it
.
"
Shortly after, however, his phone
started ringing with inquisitive re-
porters requesting interviews.
PHOTO CRmrr~ NBC NEWS NEW YORK
Jason
Sokolowski
made
his
television interview
debut
on NBC
News
Channel 4 after mak-
ing headlines for saving a Manhattan woman's life during a Marlst
Poll
interview
call.
''I was in a group meeting for my
advertising class when I got a for-
warded e-mail on my phone from Lee
Miringoff, head of the Marist Poll,
and I saw the type of people that
were listed on the CC line,"
Sokolowski said. ''It was then that I
told my group, 'Hey guys, pretty sure
you'll be hearing about this soon."'
Having drawn the attention of na-
tional news outlets, the entire coun-
try would soon hear about it.
''Less than 6 hours later I got the
call from my supervisor asking me to
· join them on the 9:47 train into Man-
hattan for an interview with NBC,"
Sokolowski said. "And
it
hasn't
slowed down: since."
After kicking off his time in the
spotlight with this NBC interview,
Sokolowski's claim to fame contin
-
ued as he interviewed with the
Poughkeepsie Journal, YNN (Your
News Now), Local Cablevision News
and the New York Post. Other news
outlets, such as the Washington
Post, a few ofNBC's west coast
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 4/26
ACB National
Conference
8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Nelly Goletti
Children's Miracle Network Bracelet
Sale
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Champagnat Breezeway
Friday, 4/27
ACB National Conference
8 a.m. 11 p.m.
Nelly Goletti
River Festival
4
p.m. to
10
p.m.
Cornell Boat House
Foxfest
5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Campus Green
Water Polo Banquet
7
p.m. to
9
p.m.
Cabaret
SPC Movie: My Week with Marilyn
10:00
p.m. to
11:30
p.m.
Student Center
Saturday, 4/28
ACB National
Conference
8
a.m.
to
11
p.m.
Nelly
Galetti
BlockParty
11 a.m. to
2 p.m.
Campus Green
KKG Famlly Picnic
2
p.m. to
4
p.m.
SPC Movie: My Week with Marllyn
10
p.m. to
11:30
p.m.
Student Center
Sunday, 4/29
ACB National Conference
8 a.m. to
11
p.m.
Nelly Galetti
Dance Team Auditions
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Student Center
Alpha Sigma Lambda National
Honor Society
5
p.m. to
8
p.m.
Cabaret
Monday, 4/30
Senior Week Ticket Sales
2
p.m. to
3:30
p.m.
Student Center
Ulrich Instrumental Recital
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
campus
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Students Atop Cars and Publicly Celebrating 4f20
ByCHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
Before I write anything security-
brief-related, can I go off-topic for a
hot second? I need to give much-de-
served public, written recognition to
everybody who participated in the
MCDE dance show. Keep in mind, I
know absolutely nothing about the
world of dancing. When I go to the
bars on the weekends, I rarely even
·
stand up, let alone engage in any
sort of rhythmic motion. But even I
- an unabashed danc~aphobe - ap-
preciated everything that happened
at the McCann Center last week-
end. There was a dance party con-
sisting of dolls, the stage was set on
fire when a Skrillex beat dropped,
Batman and the Joker engaged in a
slow motion battle scene; absolutely
everything was awesome. So kudos,
MCDE. One of my favorite things in
the world is watching people do
things they're passionate about, so
watching you guys do your thing on
stage was a treat. But back on topic,
the rest of the campus is apparently
passionate about drinking heavily
and smoking weed in public. So let's
talk about them now.
4/1 7
Midrise
An alcohol confiscation in Mid.rise
is hardly news; these things happen
practically hourly because under-
classmen continue to refuse to get
smarter. However, a student getting
caught with beer in his thermos is a
nice change of pace, and that hap-
pened!
c·rcle
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4/17
Fulton
Somebody in a Fulton townhouse
decided to set off a fire extinguisher
for no apparent reason. This has
happened far too often this semes-
ter. Stop doing that. Not only is it
ridiculously irresponsible and stu-
pid, but it's
·
impossible to get away
with. What are you going to say to
security when they make their fire
safety checks? "I tripped, grabbed
onto the fire extinguisher for sup-
po.rt,
unhooked it from the wall, and
accidentally pulled the trigger?"
4/17
Gartland
I like this story a lot. Somebody in
Gartland was watching a playoff
hockey game, and he was either fu-
rious or elated with the game's final
score. He took a Nalgene water bot-
tle, and he threw it through his win-
dow. May I go ahead and repeat
that? He took his water bottle, and
he threw it - please note the unpro-
fessional caps lock and multiple ex-
clamation points that I'm about to
use for effect - THROUGH HIS
WINDOW!!! First, that's an "It's
Not Crazy, It's Sports" commercial
waiting to be made. Second, that's a
testament to the N algene bl'and.
''Try to break me," says Nalgene.
''Try
to throw me through glass. I
dare you."
4/17
Hudson River
Everyone who checks their Fox-
mail account already knows this
story, because it was featured in one
of John Gildard's fantastically hys-
Sports Edftan:
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terical picture-emails. But I'll in-
clude it anyway. A couple hundred
people were enjoying the annual
random day off that Marist inexpli-
cably gives
.
us, and one student de-
cided to jump on the roof of a Marist
security car and bust a couple
moves. That was an ill-advised de-
cision, sure, but - from a utilitarian
philosophy -
it was great! It
sparked an email that brought so
many people so much joy.
4/20 Dyson
As
soon as I heard the date April
20 during my meeting with secu-
rity, I started getting excited. I
knew weed would be involved, but
I just assumed it would be a typi-
cal confiscation at a residence
building's front desk, or dumb
freshmen smoking in their rooms
after forgetting that marijuana has
a ridiculously distinguishable
smell. But it was so much better. A
group of freshmen were smoking a
joint right outside of Dyson Hall. I
really think that may be the pinna-
cle of Security Briefs idiocy, and
that is saying a lot. I've written
stories about girls urinating in the
middle of the afternoon on Leo
Hall. I've written stories about six
foot five men trying to swipe into
freshmen dorms with their five
foot nothing girlfriends' IDs. But -
here comes an interrobang - smok-
ing weed right outside of an aca-
demic building?! Are you serious?!
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speech under the First Amendment of the
Constitution.
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THE CIRCLE •
Aprll 26, 2012 •
Page
3
From Page One
.
Marist pollster catapults into national spotlight
affiliates and various online blogs
have reposted the story as well.
"The NBC one was unique be-
cause it was my first [interview]
and I had little to no idea what to
expect," he said. "Not to mention
it was on a huge national network
and actually being filmed in
Bobby Berlin's apartment."
Sokolowski was especially
pleased with YNN's coverage of
the story.
"I would say that John Wagner
at YNN did a great job telling the
sto.ry as I think it should have
been told," he said, "not to men-
tion [he] had some really nice
shots of the [Marist] campus."
All of the media outlets have
painted Sokolowski as a hero, de-
spite his modest refutation of the
title.
"In my best estimation, I do not
consider myself a hero," he said,
"but the media is strong in brand-
ing an individual, and due to their
powers I am a 'hero.'"
"I think human or a Good
Samaritan is a better label," he
added. "But .. .it doesn't really
matter to me because I wasn't ex-
pecting any of this. I heard some-
one who needed help [and] I got
her help; [that's] all there was to
it."
Sokolowski's national media at-
tention was recognized on campus
as well. Aside from his usual
group of friends bes~owing their
congratulations, he has gotten in-
creased attention from the com-
munity since the airing of the
initial NBC interview on April 17.
"I got a lot of double-takes," he
said, "as if they knew the face
from somewhere and couldn't fig-
ure out where."
A few of Sokolowski's teachers
made it a point to play the NBC
interview clip before class in the
week that followed; others simply
wanted to shake his hand and ask
him about what happened.
"I was in the Hancock Center
and someone delivering take-out
to someone in the building recog-
nized me from reading the article
in the Poughkeepsie Journal
_that
morning, and people in the Stop
and Shop on Friday were giving
me the same look that some of my
peers
on
campus
were,"
Sokolowski said. "It's absolutely
peculiar."
Sokolowski has accepted all of
his recent media attention gra-
ciously, and his humble attitude
remains.
"People tell me that I don't un-
derstand the magnitude of what I
did because of only being 20 years
old and that it will mean more to
me when I get older," he said. "I
don't know how much I buy into
that, but I guess we'll see."
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Kappas keep active with Guinness World Record effort
By
CASEY GALASSO
Staff Writer
The Zeta Chi Chapter of Kappa
Kappa Gamma at Marist College
joined local students in helping
the nonprofit group, Walkway
Over the Hudson, launch their
drive to break a Guinness World
Record by gathering 3,000 people
to form the "World's Longest
Line of Dancers Performing the
Hokey Pokey."
The kick-off event was held on
April 2 at the entrance to the
pedestrian walking bridge that
connects Ulster County with the
City of Poughkeepsie. The girls of
Zeta Chi danced the Hokey Pokey
to raise awareness for the organi-
zation's June 9 fundraising
event, where a Guinness World
Records judge will be in atten-
dance
to present the new world
record if the attempt is a success.
"This will be one of the most
exciting public events in the
Hudson Valley," said Elizabeth
Waldstein-Hart, Walkway's exec-
utive director. ''What a spectacu-
lar sight, the world's longe·st line
of people on the world's longest
pedestrian bridge."
This event will be one of Walk-
way Over the Hudson's prime
fundraisers for this year. Under
the terms established by Guinness
World Records, a line comprised of
at least 2,352 dancers will be re-
quired to perform the Hokey
Pokey non-stop for a period of at
least five minutes in order to
break the record.
The Zeta Chi chapter of Kappa
Kappa Gamma has a prominent
presence both on the Marist cam-
pus and in the city of Poughkeep-
sie. This past year alone, the
sisters read and donated books to
the children at the Catharine
Street Community Center, do-
nated to St. Jude Children's Re-
search
Hospital,
held
a
Valentine's Day fundraiser for
The Kappa Foundation and raised
over $1,000 for Relay for Life.
They capped off the spring semes-
ter by placing first at Greek Week.
KARL~ POUGHK£EPSIEJOURNALCOM
Maristjunlors and.Kappa Kappa Gamma members Carina Chivulescu and Nicole
Paunovlc dance their way across the Walkway Over the Hudson.
Marist-hosted band convention attracts
top
concert bands
By
BRENNA MCKINLEY
News Editor
Marist College has the honor of
hosting this year's Association of
Concert Bands National Conven-
tion. T-h~EI ye:Ar's event is in
progress at the histork Bardavon
Opera House in Poughkeepsie,
lasting through
April
29.
The event will feature hundreds
of musicians in 11 bands perform-
ing around the theme of
"Har-
mony on the Hudson," in order to
celebrate the musical history of
the Hudson Valley.
Aside from featuring perform-
ances from the Marist College
Symphonic Band under the direc-
tion of Arthur Himmelberger and
the Marist College Singers, the
convention will feature some of
the area's top concert bands. The
West Point Band and West Point
Concert Band performed at the
Gala Opening Concert on Wednes-
day, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Other notable performers in-
clude: Keith Brion, who will per-
form as John Philip Sousa in
leading the Memorial Concert
Band of Colonie; Poughkeepsie
native trumpeter Leonard
B.
Smith; the Allentown Band, the
world's oldest civilian band and
the world's youngest soloist on the
coronet, 11-year-old Geoffrey Gal-
lante.
The Marist Music Department's
performances will be held on Sat-
urday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. All of
the concerts are free and open to
the public. Tickets will be avail-
able at the door before each per-
formance and can also be reserved
by calling the Bardavon box office
at (845) 4 73-2072. More informa-
tion, including the full concert
schedule,
can be found
at
http://acb2012convention.com.
JOSEPH
A/FUCKR
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Guest's car broken into
By
CIRCLE STAFF
On Saturday night, a car belong-
ing
to
a guest was broken into in
the Beck parking lot. The guest was
visiting Cat Vaccaro, a freshman,
who said that the car was discov-
-
ered on Sunday with contents
thrown around the car, the GPS
missing and the gas cap open. The
car was unable
to
be started.
Vaccaro said that the incident
was rep,orted to Security immedi-
ately and the police became
involved. Despite Vaccaro saying
that the guests believed they had
locked their doors the night before,
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the police found no sign of forced
entry.
"[Security] handled it very well,"
Vacarro said. ''There was nothing
that could be done about it now,
because there are no cameras
there, which I didn't know."
"I do think they should they
should have sent out an email,"
Vaccaro added.
Although the incident happened
on
campus, there was no email sent
to the Marist community concern-
ing the break-in and theft. John
Gildard, director of Safety and
Security, could not be reached for
comment.
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Marist community shows support for Operation PROM
By
BRITTANY SEPE
Circle Contributor
A total of 63 dresses were collected
after Marist College students
Danielle Aveta, Melody Felix and
Kaitlin Wasylyk, founders of Class
Act Communications, joined forces
with Operation PROM to host a
dress drive. The event was held in
the college's student center from 2
p.m. to
6
p.m. on Wednesday, March
28.
Alongside the girls of Class Act
Communications was the Director
of the Hudson Valley chapter of Op-
eration PROM: Nicole Capoccitti.
"Prom has become a rite of pas-
sage for young adults across Amer-
ica," said Capoccitti, "and we collect
from folks like you, designers, and
pageant winners in order to give un-
derprivileged students the opportu-
nity to have a dress for their special
night."
Noel D'Allacco founded Operation
PROM in 2005. Operation PROM is
a 501 c3 non-profit Organization,
originally established to help low-
income students attend their proms
by providing free dresses and
tuxedo rentals. It has since ex-
panded to also help students with
regular donations of food, clothing
and school supplies.
''What made the collaboration per-
fect for both parties is that the Hud-
.
son Valley chapter jtlst opened its
doors this past January, so they are
very new and needed extra help to
get started," said Danielle Aveta.
The dress drive was considered to
be a big success in the eyes of Class
Act Communications, Operation
PROM and the Marist College com-
munity. As published on the
Westchester Country government
page, ''The 2010 - 2011 season was
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Marist
College students have established an organization that provides low-income
students
with
free dress and tuxedo rentals for their proms.
our best yet," said Operation PROM
founder Noel D'Allaco. ''We were
able to collect 3,200 dresses and
arrange discounted tuxedo rental
for boys."
Operation PROM and its collabo-
rators hope to keep up this excellent
trend of giving into the 2011-2012
season prom season.
Keeping up with a changing media environment
By
DAN SCOFIELD
Staff Writer
Last month, two other Marist
journalism students and I received
the privilege of attending the Spring
College Media Convention in New
York City. The convention consisted
of three days of media seminars
with themes ranging from Super
Bowl coverage all the way to Cook-
book writing.
Each one of us attended a variety
of lectures and workshops catering
to our individual interests. On top of
the valuable lessons l took with me
on the train back to Poughkeepsie,
I was able to meet and network with
professionals at the top of the field
from powerhouse media companies
such as the New York Times and
ESPN.
The biggest lesson I brought back
from this experience had nothing to
do with covering a Super Bowl or
writing recipes, however. Instead, it
happened to be the concept firmly
cemented in my head by every guest
lecturer present: Internet technol-
ogy is the future of how we receive
and communicate news and infor-
mation.
Picking up a newspaper and read-
ing it cover to cover has become a
luxury rather than a habitual ne-
cessity. Reading online magazine
articles have become more of a con-
venience than paying a few bucks
for the print edition.
According to the eighth annual
State of the News Media survey, on-
line consumption of news has in-
creased 1 7 percent from just last
year while newspaper circulations
continued to diminish across the
country.
Marist's own student newspaper
has also seen a change.
"On days we put out an online only
edition, we typically get over 1,000
hits on the website," said Circle Ed-
itor-in-Chief, Eric Vander Voort.
"It's much harder to gauge how
many people read the print issue,
but it seems to have declined in re-
cent years, which is one of the main
reasons we switched to printing
every other week."
While Marist students still find
the print edition of The Circle use-
ful, this hasn't been the case with
evel'y school newspaper. Orte
stu-
dent editor stemming from New
Jersey voiced his paper's adaption
to the move towards technology dur-
ing a workshop on which I sat in.
"We have started to focus almost
solely on our online edition because
that is where students are most,"
said the speaking editor, who did
not give his name or school affilia-
tion. "We even debated cutting the
print edition altogether but decided,
instead, to put that as our number
two priority behind our website."
It's no secret that the Internet is
becoming the most popular source of
newsgathering. This platform al-
lows instant, easy access to any-
thing and everything going on in the
world with just a few clicks. Media
publications are beginning to think
to themselves,
"If
this is where the
eyes are, this is where the informa-
tion should be."
Engaging in the Internet and its
many social media networks is
quickly becoming a requirement for
not only the customers, but for those
with careers in the media field as
well.
"Almost every lecture that I at-
tended recommended anyone who is
aspiring to work in the media have
a blog or professional social media
account," said Ana Jean Healy, a
Marist Journalism major who also
attended the College Media Con-
vention. ''That is where they will get
the most visibility."
But what does this influx of tech-
nology mean for the future of publi-
cations such as our own here at
Marist?
On campus, there are more print
publications that seem to go almost
unnoticed by the general student
population than ones that do receive
attention. These include student
works such as The Mosaic, the Fox-
Forum and Generator Magazine.
While the content in these publica-
tions showcases the strength of our
journalist's here at Marist, enough
eyes don't get to read the content it-
self.
Yet information and news that is
distributed via the college's official
website is seen by a much larger au-
dience. Marist's official twitter
(@Marist) has nearly 5,000 follow-
ers-a number that continues to
rise each day.
"Twitter and social media net-
works have more than changed the
way I get my news these days," said
Dan Maffei, a sophomore Informa-
tion Technology major. ''You could
say it's the only way I get my news
now."
There is no question Internet tech-
nology is changing the way news
is
being communicated in this new-
age media ~orld. But according to
one New York Times entertainment
writer, print is here to stay for the
foreseeable future.
"Newspapers. and magazines offer
something that the Internet will
never be able to: an intimate, close
connection with the reader," said
Brian Stelter, who covers television
entertainment at the Times.
''The routine of reading the news
in print may one day vanish, but not
in our lifetime," said Stelter during
another lecture I attended.
Stelter had one final message for
the room full of aspiring writers be-
fore leaving the podium and going
back to his New York Times office.
''The beauty of all this talk is that
no matter where you're getting your
news from-iPhone, iPad, iWhat-
ever-you're always going to get it.
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Sexual Healing: Let's get it on one more time
By RACHAEL SHOCKEY
Staff Writer
As The Circle's website allows
readers to leave comments on our
articles, one reader once chided at
me that from now on my name on
the Internet will be tied to obscene
phrases like "tongue-to-anus con-
tact." Indeed it could be, and I, for
one, would not have it any other
way.
Two years, six months and thou-
sands of orgasms ago, I contacted
The Circle's Lifestyles editor, re-
questing to start a sex column. I en-
visioned a world in which anyone
can choose to have or not have beau-
tiful, consensual, fulfilling sex, and
I wanted
to
do something proactive
in regards
to
that vision. With little
more than a basic familiarity with
reproductive anatomy, familiarity
with precisely one sex column (yes,
it was the fictional one from "Sex
and the City''), dissatisfaction with
the sparse sexual discourse at
Marist, and my attempt at a sense
of humor, I set out
to
encourage sex
talk
on campus and promote accept-
ance of all sex-related interests, per-
sonal
choices
and
personal
identities.
I called the column "Sexual Heal-
ing" not just to pay homage to the
wondrously sexy Marvin Gaye, but
also in the name of helping young
adults
to
heal from sexual shame
and repression frequently imposed
on us by the media, our culture and
our educational system. With my ar-
ticles
,
I hoped to encourage readers
to act on sexual curiosities in con-
sensual and responsible ways and
to
discourage appropriation of the idea
of "normal" in sexual contexts.
The greatest rewards of writing
"Sexual Healing'' have been the
ways in which the experience has
helped me to grow up. First off, it
yielded many tough love lessons on
how to deal with criticism as an
I
hoped to encourage readers to
act on sexual curiosities In con-
sensual and responsible ways
and to discourage appropria-
tion of the Idea of "normal" in
sexual contexts.
adult. Unsurprisingly, I was met
with occasional resistance and den-
igration from students, parents, fac-
ulty
members
and concerned
civilians. Some were upset that their
sons and daughters were being ex-
posed to the s-word, the v-word, the
p-word, and that other dreaded p-
word that rhymes with "myriad;"
some were concerned that my atten-
tion to STis was insufficient; and
some (like "tongue-to-anus contact"
guy) were just worried
·
about me-
namely that I was establishing an
image of myself as a reckless trollop
and would therefore never get a job.
As
a people-pleaser by nature, pre-
venting these criticisms from affect-
ing my confidence was no simple
task. Luckily, the praise I've re-
ceived for my writing has far out-
weighed the flack (at least to my
knowledge). The support has helped
me to remember that spreading the
good word of sexual exploration is
exceedingly more important to me
than
dodging
strongly-worded
emails from strangers. I resolved to
keep writing what I wanted, but at-
tempted to better clarify my motives
in my articles, so that people would
have less basis to deem my column
something best fit for Penthouse.
Second and more obviously, this
experience has revealed to me areas
of sexuality that helped me
to
rede-
fine "normal". My aim was
to
ap-
proach everything I wrote about
fairly, and to write in a nonjudg-
mental way. I found that, in addi-
tion
to
the
research
being
eye-opening, the actual process of
writing in this style made me feel
very responsible for my own sexual
fate and, as such, has helped me
to
better foster my own sexual curios-
ity. My hope is that my articles have
served a similar purpose for others.
In
short, I have certainly been one
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of the greatest beneficiaries of "Sex-
ual Healing." As such, I would like
to
thank the members of The Circle
staff, the members of Marist faculty
and administration, friends, peers
and family members who reassured
me and cheered me on through this
quest. I wish the good people of
·
Marist College so much pleasure in
their futures-be it through absti-
nence,
monogamy,
celibacy,
polyamory, casual sex, casual kiss-
ing, casual masturbating, BDSM,
heavy petting or fetish-feeding. I
find sexuality to be such an incredi-
ble gift, and it's been an honor cele-
brating that gift with all of you.
Exploring the high peaks of the Hudson River Valley
By
ASHLEY
LAMPMAN
Lifestyles Editor
Being located in the heart of the
Hudson Valley and right along the
Hudson River, Marist College is the
perfect place to spend your time
during the spring. The Hudson Val-
ley offers students many options to
get outside and enjoy the beautiful,
warm weather. Poughkeepsie, as
well as the many neighboring
towns, provides numerous outdoor
activities
to
enjoy the weather and
the beauty of the Hudson Valley.
Poughkeepsie offers many outdoor
activities that students can enjoy
without having to travel far. The
Walkway Over the Hudson is a
great way to take in the beautiful
view of the Hudson Valley during
the springtime. Only five minutes
away from Marist College, it is a
great way to spend an afternoon.
Students can jog, walk, bike or
rollerblade across the 1.28-mile
bridge, all while enjoying an incred-
ible view. Students can rent bikes
at Anthony's Bike Rentals, located
,
right across the Walkway Over the
Hudson, and go for a ride over the
bridge, or ride
through the
Dutchess Rail Trails
.
The Dutchess
Rail Trails stretch over 12 miles
throughout the Hudson Valley.
Marist students can ride the entire
trail or certain parts that go directly
through the town of Poughkeepsie.
Students can also make a quick
trip over the Mid Hudson Bridge
into New Paltz for a day. The Mo-
honk Preserve has several different
trails for hiking. There are trails for
leisurely walks, short hikes or trails
for longer and more challenging
hikes.
Hiking
through the Mohonk
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The
Hudson Valley
has
over 40 parks that offer great
trails for hiking and biking.
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The
Walkway
Over the Hudson offers a beautiful view of the scenic Hudson Valley.
Preserve is a great way to see the
view from the other side of the
river. If you're looking for a day full
of excitement and challenge, visit
Mountain Skills Climbing Guides in
New Paltz. There, students can
spend the full day or a half day
learning how to rock climb the
beautiful Catskill and Shawana-
gunk Mountains. They also offer
other excursions such as rock
scrambling and rappelling. Spend-
ing the day making your way
through the mountains is an ideal
way to experience the beauty of the
Hudson Valley.
Being located right on the river,
students get to see the river every
day as they make their way to and
from class. But if you really want to
see the river, instead of going down
to the Riverfront, try traveling 15
minutes north up Route 9 to Norrie
Point Paddlesport Center. At Nor-
rie Point Paddlesport Center, you
can take a kayak tour down the
Hudson River. They offer different
tours depending on your skill level,
so if you've never kayaked before,
don't worry. They offer a beginner's
tour and tours for those who are
more advanced. You can also rent a
kayak for a day and explore the
River on your own.
A great thing about the Hudson
Valley is that it has over 40 parks
for
people
to
explore.
At
http://scenichudson.or.g, you can
search for parks in the area. Each
park offers different trails to hike,
with a different experience and
view of the Hudson Valley.
With only a couple weeks left in
the semester, take a short walk
over the Walkway, hike through
one of the 40 parks in the area or
travel down the Hudson River in a
kayak. Take advantage of the beau-
tiful weather and what the Hudson
Valley has to offer. No matter what
you decide to do, you are bound to
encounter a beautiful view.
























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"Safe House": A thrilling modern spy flick
By
GEOFFREY MAGLIOCCHETTI
Staff
Writer
Denzel Washington is easily one
of the coolest actors of our genera-
tion. We've grown to know and love
Denzel as the calm'. hero, swiftly tak-
ing
out the baddies in recent
thrillers like ''The Taking of Pelham
123," ''Unstoppable" and "Inside
Man." But let's not
.
forget that
Washington has also excelled in an-
tagonistic roles, as evidenced by his
villainous performances in
"Train-
ing Day'' and
"American
Gangster."
Most action film ba4 guys are al-
most always stereotyped as crazy,
quick-tempered madmen who'll
start yelling at the slightest provo-
cation (Denzel's nemesis in "Pel-
ham," John Travolta, was a good
example of that). Rather, Washing-
ton maintains a calm persona, his
relaxed half-smile almost never
leaving his face as he approaches
the next obstacles. A film like "Safe
House" sure provides plenty of those
obstacles with its twists, turns and
chases. Cast as a CIA agent turned
international criminal Tobin Frost,
Denzel doesn't lose his cool once,
even while cuffed and held at gun-
point. When co-star Ryan Reynolds
cuffs him to a pipe, Washington still
manages to keep his composure,
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taunting Reynolds the entire time,
slowly unraveling the young low-
level agent with his logic and wise-
cracks.
While "Safe House"showcases all
the reasons we've grown to love
Washington over the years, it also
shows why we should keep an eye
on Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds is bet-
ter known for comedic roles, but has
gotten a bad rap for being in
mediocre action films such as
"Smokin'
Aces"
and
"Green
Lantern." "Safe House"finally gives
Reynolds a good lead role as rookie
agent Matt Weston who oversees
the titular safe house. Reynolds
starts off as a youngster eager to get
out of the safe house and earn some
real experience, but ends up having
to fight for his life, and Tobin's,
when the safe house is attacked.
Reynolds's character also keeps his
cool despite never handling a gun
before. Action stars like Tom Hardy,
Chris Hemsworth, and Sam Wor-
thington were also considered for
the role, but Reynolds makes it his
own, staying qn par with Washing-
ton in nearly every scene.
One thing that separates "Safe
House" from the other action films
out today is its setting in Cape
Town, South Africa. Most Holly-
wood action thrillers take place
in
big American cities like New York
or Los Angeles, but
this is
a re-
freshing change of scenery. Other
than the indie hit
"District
9" and
Eastwood's
''Invictus,"
I can't re-
member seeing another film take
place in South Africa.
It
makes We-
ston's plight even more desperate,
being in an unfamiliar environ-
ment. The camera also
is
kind
enough to take the time to show
some of the natural beauty the
country has to offer
-
always a plus
during the cold winter.
"Safe House" does have shortcom-
ings in its abrupt ending and poor
execution of key plot twists, but it is
still an enjoyable film nonetheless.
Near the end of the
film, the expert
Washington
tells
the
rookie
Reynolds, "You're better than me."
While that may not be the case,
Reynolds is still an actor to keep an
eye on. While "Green Lantern" did
not live up to the hype in the eyes of
many fans, don't give up on the kid
just yet. When you can stay in the
fight with Denzel Washington (figu-
ratively and literally in this film's
case), you know you're doing some-
thing right. Keep it up, Ryan.
''Titanic 3D'': Necessary revival or a gimmick?
By
DEANA HASANDJEKAJ
Circle Contributor
Going into ''Titanic," I was very
excited to re-live the heart-pound-
ing drama of the classic, constantly
envisioning
how awesome the 3D ef-
fects would be. Unfortunately, I left
the theater
sadly
disappointed with
the revised product. Everyone
knows and adores the romance be-
tween Jack and Rose, and even the
most veteran viewers shed a couple
of tears before the film's finale. I
thoroughly enjoyed re-watching "Ti-
tanic," but for $15, the special ef-
fects were less than satisfactory.
The only time I felt noticeably im-
pressed with the re-rendered 3D im-
aging was during the prologue
where the groups of deep-sea divers
explore the wreckage of the actual
Titanic. However, personally, I find
the opening of the film to be a bit
drawn out, so I still found this part
to be boring despite the special ef-
fects.
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All in all, I was expecting more
from this seemingly rushed rehash.
I was expecting the movie to portray
the Titanic as if you were there
yourself - falling off into the cold wa-
tery abyss. Although some virtual
effects made you clearly see individ-
uals falling off of the ship, it wasn't
enough to suck you into the fictional
world. Surprisingly, the special ef-
fects were actually quite minimal -
most of"Titanic" focuses on the fan-
obsessed romance, and therefore,
there were very limited moment
where the special effects seemed
necessary. Honestly, seeing the
movie in 3D was almost the same
thing as seeing it in theaters when
the movie first came out.
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I enjoyed it the most because it af-
forded me the opportunity to see
what I missed in theaters the first
time.
Overall, the movie felt like a Hol-
lywood gimmick. Clearly, James
Cameron wanted the movie to make
even more money than it already
had-it seems as if he knew that he
would make a great deal of revenue
no matter how good or bad the qual-
ity of the movie was.
''Titanic"
is a
modern classic that people of all
ages would go
to see, making it the
perfect film to launch this potential
scam. Although this whole thing ap-
pears to be a scam, I did think it
was worth seeing again. For all fans
of the original, I eneourage you to
see it for the sake of re-experiencing
the classic in theaters once more.
However, if you are looking forward
to seeing crazy special effects, don't
hold your breath.
A critical analysis of the the Kardashian Family
By
NICOLE KNOEBEL
Staff Writer
In America, few families have
been able to solidify themselves in
history like the Vanderbilts, the
Rockefellers, the Kennedys ... and
the Kardashians. Like it or not, the
Kardashians have officially en-
grained themselves into the fabrics
of modern history. They've become
water cooler topics for far more peo-
ple than those who actually watch
their E! reality shows focusing on
their family and dramatic relation-
ships. But many thought that after
Kim's supposed publicity-stunt wed-
ding to Kris Humphries, their reign
as America's most speculated about
and sought-after family was near-
ing its end. But is it really?
The "Kourtney and Kim Take New
York" season finale garnered the
show its highest ratings ever when
it featured the demise of the
Kim/Kris marriage, a marriage
highlighted by its brevity (72 days
in all) and Kim's constant refusal to
do anything Kris wanted in life, in-
cluding an eventual move to Min-
nesota and career slow-down to
raise kids. The divorce made head-
lines in entertainment magazines
and reputable newspapers alike due
to the popularity (or infamy) of the
Kardashians. Kim was ridiculed for
making money off the wedding (al-
legedly up to $10 million) and using
it as a means of gaining further
publicity. People thought this was
the beginning of a decline for the
Kardashian's estimated $65 million
empire.
But if anything, the family keeps
gaining attention and popularity.
Kourtney announced her second
pregnancy with Scott Disick's child
and excitedly revealed she would be
having yet another Kardashian girl.
Furthermore, Khloe and her hus-
band Lamar stirred up drama with
their move to Dallas, Lamar's re-
cent announcement that he would
leave the Dallas Mavericks, and
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Why do we keep up with the Kardashians?
their continued struggle to conceive
a child. Kim is most recently steal-
ing the spotlight with a rumored ro-
mance with rapper Kanye West, a
longtime family friend.
In addition, Kim thinks she can
run the government. In a ridiculous
and unexpected move, Kim publi-
cally announced on her sister
Khloe's reality show that she plans
to run for mayor of Glendale, Cali-
fornia. On top of all this, the trio of
sisters is set to make up to $200 mil-
lion from their• new Kardashian Kol-
lection - a clothing line at Sears.
So what is it that keeps people
drawn to the Kardashians even
after so many publically despised
"stunts" like Kim's marriage to
Kris? I know that I watch their
shows out of a fascination of their
ridiculous, endless-pocket lifestyle
that developed as a result of their
father Rob Kardashian's notoriety
(one of OJ Simpson's lawyers) and
Kim's "mistakenly" released sex
tape. I may not like them as people,
but I can't seem to stop watching
them out of sheer curiosity. Other
students seem to be more enthusi-
astic fans of the Kardashians.
"I don't know
if
the way they came
to fame is completely justified, but I
don't think they get enough credit
for what they are actually doing
now with their line and all of their
stores and perfumes," freshman
Heather Rodkey said.
"I feel like it was definitely a bad
reason that they came to fame but
they're doing good things with their
fame now. Little girls look up to
them," freshman Katie Salierno
said.
Others looked down upon the fam-
ily that has exploded into the pop-
culture realm.
"I don't like the Kardashians be-
cause they're famous for doing ab-
solutely nothing," freshman Nicole
Musto said. ''They're basically
fa-
mous for deciding to put their lives
on television, which anyone can do.
I feel like they put on a show to en-
tertain other people and they're not
actually concerned about their pub-
lic image."
It's clear that the Kardashians
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coveted trifecta:
fame, fortune and
flawless
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and their publicized drama are not we're still ''keeping up with the Kar-
sl~wing down anytime soon. We'll dashians."
see
if
they suffer the same fate as
former socialite Paris Hilton or
if
their fame endures into the future.
Either way, it's clear that, for now,
Bursting the Marist bubble
By SHAUN JENNINGS
Circle Contributor
By now, most people understand
the concept of a "bubble." The term
is usually defined as "anything that
lacks firmness, substance, or per-
manence," and as "an inflated spec-
ulation, especially
if
fraudulent."
"Bubble" has been used to describe
financial markets, housing indus-
tries and monetary policy. Today, I
would like to apply this term to an-
other place: Marist College. More
specifically, I believe Marist is now
in a dangerous bubble situation that
is on the verge of bursting.
Marist has done an amazing job
creating a wonderful learning at-
mosphere for learning that contin-
ues to attract more and more
students every year. Applicants for
the Class of2015 topped 11,400 and
34 percent of those students were
accepted to attend. Compared to
the fall of 2010, this is an increase
in applications by nearly 2,000 with
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Marlst's structures may appear sturdy and sightly from beyond the bubble but stu-
dents
are becoming Increasingly aware
of
administrative shortcomings.
around 200 more students accepted.
To a casual observer, this seems like
great news! Marist is growing and
expanding into a top-tier college in
the U.S. and around the world.
Current students at Marist have an
entirely different perspective: a bub-
ble ready to burst.
Think of it as a business which
pnly focuses on hiring new employ-
ees, or as a financial market with-
out regulations. Marist College is
so focused on gaining new students
that this gain ends up being at the
expense of their existing population.
Sure, I'm proud of the Hancock Cen-
ter and the renovations of McCann,
but those are for the brochure cov-
ers. I'm talking about the day-to-
day workings of a campus full of
students. I am constantly hearing
of students having serious issues
with the various administrative of-
fices at Marist. These problems are
entirely
.
avoidable and don't fairly
represent the core abilities of these
offices. The dilemma is that these
offices are severely understaffed
and overworked
.
It can be so frus-
trating to have your paperwork lost
or your request ignored. The sad
part is, we have so many amazing
staff members on campus who work
incredibly hard to help students be
successful. Nobody loses papers or
ignores requests on purpose; it is an
effect of circumstance.
Last year, Marist released their
fiveyear strategic plan titled "Lead-
.
ership and Innovation for a Chang
-
ing World: Strategic Plan 2011 -
2016." Not once did this report
mention a single consideration for
the quality and integrity of the day-
to-day operational offices of this col-
lege. In fact, of their listed g.oals
and initiatives, Marist mentions in-
creasing the number of faculty
members to match the increase in
the student population, but doesn't
contain a single reference to the ad-
ministrative offices.
Marist is a very short time away
from a student revolt, and in this
age of digital media and social net-
works, it could be very devastating
to the place most of us call home. A
school of Marist' s caliber should
strive to give their students the very
best, not just academically, but also
administratively. I call upon the ex-
ecutiv:e leadership of Marist Col-
lege, including President Dennis
Murray, to take a serious look at
how a rapidly expanding college
must adapt to best serve its stu-
dents. I think it's time we give the
staff of Marist College a chance to
shine. We must do it soon, for this
bubble is close to popping
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Fox Trot
fliI5F
Quick hits of the
week
in Marist athletics
Baseball
Marist baseball took to the road
this weekend to begin a crucial
three-game series with Rider, who
came into the series competing with
Marist for one of the last two spots
in the elusive MAAC Tournament
field. After dropping the first game
by a 9-6 score line on Friday, Marist
knew it needed to deliver on Satur•
day and it came through with two
key wins, vaulting them to 7-7 on
the season, good for fourth overall in
the MAAC Standings.
Marist took a comfortable victory
in the first game, pulling out a 13-0
victory over the Broncs. Jake Berry
continued his impressive form from
Friday's game, with a 3 for 4 effort,
including two runs scored and a run
batted in. Nick McQuail and Dan
Zlotnick also had three for four days
at the plate, propelling the Marist
offense. McQuail had three runs
batted in and Zlotnick had two runs
scored. Brett Houseal went the dis-
tance for the Red Foxes, throwing a
seven inning shutout, for his first
win of the season.
Game Two was not the best of
starts for the Red Foxes, as they
went down 3-1 going into the sev-
enth inning.
Chris Bielak and
Brendan Dolan had a good start to
the game, keeping Marist close, but
the Red Foxes offense could only
muster one run, on an RBI double
from Eric Helmrich in the sixth.
Marist came alive in the seventh,
however, as Ben Luderer had an
RBI single, plating one, and Eric
Molinaro and Berry scored un-
earned runs to give the Red Foxes a
4-3 lead. Jake Rifkin pitched three
scoreless innings to earn his fourth
·
save of the season.
Tennis
On Monday, the Marist men's ten-
nis
team ended its regular season in
winning fashion, beating Army 5-2
in a non-conference matchup at the
Marist Tennis Pavilion.
Will Reznek and Dalen Klassen
each won their respective matches
in three sets. Other singles winners
included Lorenzo Rossi, Joseph
Dube and Billy Bishop. In the dou-
bles matches, Joris Van Eck and
Rossi were the only Red Fox doubles
team to win a match, defeating their
Army counterparts 8-6.
The Red Foxes ended their season
on an eight-game winning streak,
and finished the regular season
with a 14-5 record. On Saturday,
Marist will begin play in tlie MAAC
Championships as the tournament's
top seed when they take on St.
Peter's at 9:00 a.m.
The women's team also clinched
the top seed in their conference
tournament after beating Rider, 7-
0, in Lawrenceville, N.J. The Red
Foxes are the
defending
MAAC
champions.
In the match on Friday, Marist
won all of their singles matches, and
in doubles action, the Red Foxes
won two out of three matches. Dou-
bles teams of Joana Sun and
Marielle Campbell, and Tessa Lewis
and Erin McCarthy gave Marist
points with their 8-1 and 8-0 victo-
ries, respectively.
Opening round of the MAAC
Women's Tennis Championships
will
take place this weekend, begin-
ning on Saturday, in West Windsor,
N.J. Times are TBA
Track and
Field
Senior Will Griffin and junior Ar-
quimedes DelaCruz both qualified
for the IC4A Championships in
their respective events, via their
performances at the Mt. SAC Re-
lays. Griffin ran a personal best
time of 30:40.20 in the 10,000-meter
run,
in
which he participated
in
the
Olympic Development/Elite section.
Griffin finished more than 27 sec-
onds under the qualifying time.
DelaCruz finished with a time of
9:08.58 in the 3,000-meter steeple-
chase, which bested his season per•
sonal best by just under two
seconds. Ken Walshak also com-
peted for them men
in
the 10,000-
meter run, finishing with a time of
31:50.68 and Addie DiFrancesco
fin-
ished with a time of 37:02.53 in the
women's competition.
At the
Larry
Ellis Invitational,
freshman Dave Marthy won his
heat
in
the 800-meter
run with a
time of 1:54.66, which placed him in
24th place overall. Senior Tom Li-
pari placed 33rd
in
the 1,500-meter
run with a time of 4:00.86. On the
women's side, freshman Michelle
Gaye took 19th place in the 1,500-
meter run with a time of 4:45.10.
Freshman Christine Coughlin fin-
shed 23rd in the same event at
4.46.93. Freshman Erin Thompson
finished 16th in the 3,000-meter run
with a time of 10:29.12.
Women's lacrosse clinches three seed at MAAC's
By
JOE
FITZHENRY
Staff Writer
The Marist Red Foxes women's
lacrosse team clinched the number
three seed in the upcoming MAAC
Tournament with a 15-5 win
against Niagara, coupled with a
Siena loss to Fairfield. The tourna-
ment will be held on Friday through
Sunday at Canisius, where the Red
Foxes
will
take on the host Golden
Griffins.
''I'm proud of the way we played;
we played a full 60 minutes with no
let up. We got hungrier as the game
went on," Marist head Coach Jes-
sica O'Brien said. ''It means a lot for
the program to qualify for the tour-
nament, and it shows we're doing
the right thing in some areas and
we've made some improvements as
well."
Ariel Kramer, a senior from Syra-
cuse, N.Y., led the offensive charge
for Marist with eight goals, tying a
14-year old program record. Ashley
Miller added a hat trick for the Red
Foxes, while Shannon Haas chipped
in with a pair of goals as well.
Fran Pollastro led the Purple Ea -
gles with two of her team's five
goals in the losing effort.
Kramer's eight goal performance
ties Pamela Brown for the best in
program history. Brown scored
eight against Howard back on April
10, 1998.
"It's really exciting. I thought of it
as my last chance to make a final
impression on Marist lacrosse,"
Kramer said. "Either I step up and
we go to MAACs, or we go home and
I'm crying."
T.he teams traded goals for the
ope~ing 15 minutes of the first half
with Niagara holding a 4-3 lead, be-
fore Kramer tied the contest with a combined to make 13 saves in net
goal at 14:56. The senior's first tally for the Red Foxes, with nine of them
of the day started a four goal run for coming in the final 30 minutes.
Marist leading up to halftime.
Kelly Wawro recorded eight saves
Kramer would record another pair for Niagara.
of goals over the run, along with a
Next up for the Red Foxes is
a
sec-
goal from Kelly Condon to give the ond consecutive trip to western New
Red Foxes a 7-4 lead at the half.
York, as they take on Canisius in
Marist would go on to outscore the the MAAC Tournament. Opening
Purple Eagles by an 8-1 margin in faceoff is scheduled for 8:00 p.m.,
the second half, with Kramer net-
the nightcap of the doubleheader
ting her fifth goal just 2:03 into the with Fairfield and Siena is sched-
final frame. Katherine Pille cut the uled to play at 5:30 p.m.
deficit to three for Niagara with
Marist defeated the Golden
27:01 to play.
Griffins 13-11 back on April 14 on
However, the Red Foxes would go the strength of a hat trick apiece
on to close the game on a 7-0 run, from Kramer and Emily Leonard.
·
including three goals from Kramer,
"I'm telling the girls not to re-
a pair from Haas, and one apiece member we beat them," O'Brien
from Miller and Jackie DiMaria. said. ''We are playing them on their
The goal from DiMaria, a freshman
·
home turf this time and we need to
from Dix Hills, N .Y., was the first of be even hungrier than the last time
her career.
we play~d them. I think they know
Ashley Casiano and Liz Holmes what's at stake."
Men's basketball fills Class of 2012 with Hart
By
ERIC VANDERVOORT
Editor-In-Chief
The Marist men's basketball team
rounded out its incoming class by
announcing the signing two weeks
ago of Delaware Player of the Year
Khallid Hart. Hart joins Eric Truog
and Phillip Lawrence, who commit-
ted in the Fall signing period, in the
class of 2012
''We're excited about Khallid,"
head coach Chuck Martin said.
"He's a great kid, great family. We
know he's a winner. I just think he's
got the entire package."
Hart is a 6-foot-2 point guard out
of Sanford High School in Newark,
Delaware.
In
his senior year, he led
the team with 15. 7 points and 5.9
assists per game on the way to a
third straight state championship, a
23-1 record and the State
Player
of
the Year award. Hart will replace
R.J. Hall, last year's backup point
guard and the only senior to gradu-
Me from the team.
According to Martin, fellow MAAC
schools Rider and Niagara were also
in the mix for Hart, as well as
Boston University, Delaware and
Jacksonville. However, Martin said
that because of the relationship
forged between Hart and Marist,
Hart didn't feel the need to visit
other schools.
On ESPN.com's Recruiting Na-
tion, Hart is ranked as the 4 7th-best
point guard in the country with a
two-star rating of 85, the highest
rating of a recruit in Martin's time
at Marist. Martin said that recruit-
ing has come easier in recent years.
"The last two years, Adam
[Kemp], Pieter [Prinsloo] and Jay
[Bowie]'s class was the start of it:
Last year was a really good recruit-
ing class with Chavaughn [Lewis],
T.J. [Curry], Isaiah [Morton] and
Manny [Thomas]. I think we're fol-
lowing that up
with
an equally as
good class with Khallid Hart, with
Phillip Lawrence and Eric Troug."
Last season, freshmen had a
major influence on the squad that
went 14-18, an eight-win improve-
ment over the previous season. Mora
ton started in all but one game at
point guard in
his
first season while
classmate Lewis led the team in
scoring with 14.4 points per game.
The class of 2012 seems poised to
make an immediate impacti
as
well!
''Philip will give us an athletic
four-man that we have not
·
had in
the program since I've been here,"
Martin said. "He's a legit 6-7 and he
plays above the rim. Eric Troug
gives us a lot of physicality. At 6-9,
250, he's a big, strong kid. I'm ex-
cited about him being able to come
in and participate right away."
Because only Hall graduated,
Martin said that enough scholar-
ships were available to add
all
three
players. With the addition of Hart,
the Class of 2012 is now complete.
"Great kid, he's fun to watch,"
Martin said of Hart.
''I
think people
in our community will really enjoy
watching him play."
























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From Page
12
McQuail finding full form down the stretch run
They can no longer pitch around ing team pay for wanting to face stretch. The team needs to keep up
the Red Foxes big hitters, junior him.
its recent play in order to make the
first baseman Mike Orefice and jun-
Looking forward, following the MAAC Tournament, which hosts
ior shortstop Zach Shank, because win against Siena, as well as two only the top four teams in th~ con-
they have McQuail and sophomore crucial away wins against confer-
ference.
tournament.
"As
a team we need to
grind out and find a way to bring
our best stuff to the park every day.
If
we can bring our best effort on the
mound, in the field and at the
Jake Berry waiting right behind ence foe Rider, Marist's conference
.
"Grind it out and stand by my
them.
As
McQuail showed against record sits at 7-7 with nine confer-
teammates," McQuail said, when
Siena, when the Saints pitched ence tilts left to play. Each game for asked what he plans to do down the
around Orefice, he
will
make oppos-
the Red Foxes is key down the stretch to get into the conference
plate every day, we are going to be a
tough team to play when it comes to
MAAC Tournament time."
Men's lacrosse falls to MAAC leading Siena
By
ZACH DOOLEY
tender Craig Goodermote allowed two games, as they seek to clinch ternoon. Pregame ceremonies for
Spp_r;~ &#tor
15 goals and made 19 saves in just one of the final three spots in the the team's annual Senior Day will
W,itJilc
fl,el's.t piace in the MAAC on
tlut
li~.
the
Marist men's lacrosse
team was defeated 20-8 this past
Saturday afternoon against defend-
ing champion Siena in Loudonville,
N.Y.
The Red Foxes currently sit at
6-5 overall, posting a 3-2 record in
conference play this season with
two games to go before the MAAC
Tournament. Siena clinched their
fourth straight MAAC Regular Sea-
son Championship with the win
over Marist.
over three quarters in net. Reserve MAAC tournament.
take place prior to the start of the
goaltenders, Dave Scarcello and
The team played a non-conference game.
Michael Linehan, provided goal-
game on Tuesday night at home
"We still are playing for a MMC
keeping duties the rest of the way.
against Saint Joseph's. Check title," Guarini said.
"If
we play the
A key part of Siena's victory was @TheCircleSpo~s on Twitter for re-
way we are capable of playing, we
their ability to stop the Red Foxes' sults. Marist will play their final can definitely win it. Once we have
two most prolific scorers: Jack Do-
regular season game of the year at that title, this Siena game will be a
herty and Connor Rice.
home against conference opponent thing of the past."
Rice finished the game without Canisius at 4 p.m. on Saturday af-
points, ending his personal point-
scoring streak at 40 games, the fifth
longest in the country.
It
was the
first game of his collegiate career
that he did not register at least one
''We came out flat and didn't exe-
point.
cute our game plan," said team co-
captain Evan Guarini. ''Weak
faceoff play and lack of possessions
halted us from making any solid
runs throughout the game."
For Marist, freshman sensation
Drew Nesmith scored twice, giving
him 15 goals on the season, tying
him
for second on the team. Guarini
also added a pair of goals in the
game.
Mike O'Hagan, Brendan Woods,
Jimmy Marks and Gannon Osborn
all scored a goal apiece to total the
Foxes' eight on the afternoon.
Marist goaltenders had their work
cut out for them as a powerful Siena
offense unleashed a total of 63 shots
on the afternoon. Starting goal-
"It was a great honor to have that
accomplii;;hment 'last as long as it
did," Rice said of his streak. "But it
only came true with the help and
support from my teammates and
coaches
.
"
With a team-high 26 goals on the
regular season coming into the con-
test, Doherty was held to just two
assists in the game.
''They did a really nice job of shut-
ting Connor and myself down," Do-
herty said. "But we still feel we are
capable of big things as a team this
year. We expect to play our best ball
now, when it counts."
The Red Foxes currently sit at sec-
ond place in the MAAC and will con-
trol their own destiny in the final
COURTESY
MARIST A™LETICS
Connor
Rice (above)
and
the men's
lacrosse team
couldn't
solve a
talented
Siena
team
in
a 20-8
loss. The
Red
Foxes currently
sit at
6-5 overall
and 3-2
In the
confer-
ence.
Marlst clinches
a MAAC
Tournament
bid with a win over
canlsius
on
Saturday.
Softball wins two from Niagara, sits in first place
By
GARRIN
MARCHffil
Sports Editor
In softball, a sweep of' a double-
header requires great concentra-
tion, patience, and determination to
win. Some teams may lack these
disciplines and are not able to con-
sistently beat a team twice in one
day.
Apparently, this is not the case
for the Marist softball team.
'Phe Red Foxes hosted Niagara on
Saturday: and swept the Purple Ea-
gles in two games by a combined
score of 16-7. In Game One, Marist
earned a 10-2 victory in six innings,
and in Game Two, edged out Niag-
ara 6-5. It was the fifth double-
header sweep that the Red Foxes
have achieved this season.
"I was really proud of the girls
this weekend," head coach Joe Au-
sanio said. ''When we lost those
games [against Rider] last week I
was a little bit concerned, and we
hadn't played since then. But they
[the team] came out and executed
the game plan. I was just really
proud of the overall team effort."
With the sweep, Marist now
shares the top spot in the MAAC
standings with rival Siena, as their
conference record now stands at 6-
2. The team got strong contribu-
tions from both their hitters and
pitchers on Saturday: on offense,
Alyssa Zahka drove
in
five runs on
four hits, and pitc~er Emily Oster-
haus had both wins for the Red
Foxes.
After not playing in six days,
Marist got on the scoreboard early
in Game One, scoring two runs in
their first at-bat. After the Purple
Eagles scored two runs of their own
to tie the game
in
the third inning,
the Red Foxes scored eight unan-
swered runs to eight run-rule Niag-
ara, and win the game in six
innings. The decisive blow against
Niagara came on a two-out, two-run
home run by Haley Birnbaum, her
third of the season.
Game Two would prove to be a
much tougher contest than the pre-
vious game. After once again build-
ing an early 2-0 lead, Niagara came
back to tie the game after Jen
Hare's deep home run to centerfield
off of Marist pitcher Paige Lewis in
the fourth inning.
An
inning later,
Niagara would take the lead 3-2,
but the Red Foxes grabbed the lead
back, 4-3, after a two-run single by
Zahka.
However, ~iagara would not go
away quietly, as they· once ag_ain
tied the game in the top of sixth in-
ning. In the next frame, Marist
would take a lead they would never
relinquish, as Ashley Corriss (sacri-
fice fly) and Meghan Lamoureux
(squeeze bunt) drove
in
a run each.
After giving up one run with one out
in
the seventh inning, Osterhaus
got Ali Grab to ground into the
game-ending double play, preserv-
ing the 6-5 victory.
"Niagara is a good team. They
beat
Fairfield
and Iona, so they def-
initely aren't slouches," Ausanio
said. To get two wins this past
weekend is absolutely huge, and
now with our conference record, we
really control our own destiny."
One of the big reasons why
Marist was able to get those wins
came from the strong pitching per-
formances by Osterhaus. The eldest
member of the Red Fox pitching
staff, Osterhaus pitched a complete
game in Game One and came on in
relief to seal the victory in Game
Two. She has now won five straight
decisions.
''I
think being the only junior on
the staff, and having more experi-
ence, I understand how important
these conference games are," Oster-
haus said. "Now that we are in
MAAC games, we have to win every
game from here on out. So I've kind
of just stepped it up mentally, and
that has really helped my game."
On Saturday, Osterhaus pitched
a combined 7 .1 innings, striking out
seven Niagara batters while giving
up only one earned run. Despite her
recent success, Osterhaus knows
what she wants to get to improve
the stretch run of the season begins.
"I definitely want to stop walking
so many people," Osterhaus said.
"Along with that, making sure I
stay ahead in the count. I have ·a
great defense behind me, so
if
I can
just make them [the hitters] put the
ball
in
play, then we'll be fine,"
As
the season winds down and
critical conference matchups are
played, fatigue
is
obviously a feeling
that teams want to avoid. The Red
Foxes are no different, and Ausanio
has made sure that his team will be
in the best shape possible come
May, when the MAAC Tournament
takes place in Poughkeepsie.
"I think last year, we did run out
of gas a little bit in the tourna-
ment," Ausanio said. ''We have a
great conditioning program this
year, and that, combined with the
off days, has really been great for
us[the team]."





















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finds stride for
MAAC play
By
ZACH
DOOLEY
team. After dropping the first two
Sports Editor
The early portion of this year's
baseball season was not the easiest
start for Nick McQuail.
Adjust-Jng to a new position and
hitting in the mid .230's was not
the start the new third baseman
had in mind, but as the season pro-
gressed and conference play began,
McQuail has found his stride.
McQuail has hit a whopping
.378 in MAAC play this season,
which leads the team and is good
for fifth in the conference.
'1
have never really worried
about the numbers aspect of it,"
McQuail said. "I just
work
as hard
as I can during practice, and do
whatever it takes in games to help
the team. I try
to
stay on an even
keel whether things are going
great or terrible statistically. I go
through my same pregame routine
every day no matter what the
numbers are saying about my
game."
With the tear that McQuail has
been on, he has raised his average
to
.296 on the season and has seen
time hitting in the five hole, where
as he was hitting sixth or seventh
earlier in the season. Having that
extra bat in the order who is a con-
THE ABOVE PHOTO IS POWERED BY AURASMAOMARIST
COURTESY OF MARIST ATHLETICS
Nick McQuall's play during the MAAC schedule has been a big reason for Marist's suc-
cess.
The
Red Foxes currently sit In fourth place in the conference standings.
sistent hitter has been huge for
Marist, as it gives the Red Foxes
depth throughout the lineup, mak-
ing them less of a top heavy team.
"Nick was taking good at hats
early in the year, he just really
wasn't getting things to fall, but
continuously throughout the year
he's been able to take good at
hats," Marist head coach Chris
Tracz said. "He's been getting his
bunts down, especially as of late,
be isn't striking out as much and
he's put balls in gaps, putting good
swings on halls. When he does that
it just lengthens out our lineup
which is really important for us."
Perhaps the peak ofMcQuail's
tear came against Siena in what
became a huge moment for the
games of the series in a double-
header on Saturday, Marist found
themselves staring at a must-win
game on Sunday. After blowing an
early 4-1 lead, and coming back to
force extra innings, McQuail tied
the game in the 12th inning, after
he came around to score following
his leadoff single.
In
the 13th, he found himself at
the plate with the bases loaded
and a chance to be the hero.
McQuail showed a flair for the dra-
matic as he drilled an 0-2 pitch
into the gap in left-center field,
sending the Red Foxes home with
a win in walk-off fashion, an emo-
tional win for a team. that needed a
win more than anyone.
"Being able to walk off a game
is a great feeling from an individ-
ual stand point, but the feeling of
knowing that you did something to
help the team win on a given: day
is an even better one," McQuail
said. "This is the most selfless
group I have ever played with.
Everyone is more concerned with
getting a win, rather than how sta-
tistically successful they are."
What McQuail's play has done
has forced teams to make a deci-
sion when pitching against Marist.
SEE MCQUAIL, PAGE 11