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The student newspaper of Marist College
VOLUME 65, ISSUE 18
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011
Habitat volunteers build hope for Newburgh residents
By
CAITLIN NOLAN
Managing Editor
The Marist chapter of Habitat for
Humanity held an event on Monday
to discuss the organization's mis-
sion and raise funds for the upcom-
ing Collegiate Challenge.
Habitat's Greater Newburgh
Chapter Executive Director Cathy
Collins hosted the event which was
held in the Nelly Golletti Theatre.
IT staff member and Marist alum
Tim Ondrey serves as club advisor
for Marist Habitat; he has been a
member since 2007.
"I became the webmaster as a stu-
dent," Ondrey said. ''When I gradu-
ated and became IT staff, I stayed
on."
Ondrey was responsible for Collins'
presence at the meeting.
"I contacted Habitat Newburgh to
give the presentation," Ondrey said.
The meeting included a presenta-
tion given by Collins and Vice Pres-
ident Frank Gallagher of Habitat
Newburgh. During the meeting
Collins spoke about how the chapter
has changed the lives of many New-
burgh residents, having built 43
TIM ONDREY/THE
CIRCLE
The Marist chapter
of
Habitat for Humanity holds an event to raise spring break
funds Monday. All the funds raised from the event on MQnday will be put towards
the chapter's spring break trip
to
Albany, Ga., March 14-18. The group, comprised of
four staff members and 25 students, made
it
possible for 46 families in the
New-
burgh area
to
acquire new homes.
,homes since its formation in 1999.
According to a release from pub-
lic affairs, "46 families totaling 226
people (154 children and 72 adults)
have been beneficiaries of Habitat's
work in the city of Newburgh."
"Habitat for Humanity is not vol-
unteers giv~g hand-outs," Collins
said. "It's a partnership between
the families and volunteers. The
work we do together has a lasting
ripple effect throughout the com-
munity, all for the better."
An iPad raffle fundraiser was an-
other component of the meeting.
"The iPad raffle did really well
and greatly helped fund our trip to
Georgia," Ondrey said.
Ondrey, along with three other
chaperones from IT and 25 stu-
dents will travel to Albany, Ga., to
build with Flint River Habitat. The
funds raised at Monday's meeting
will go towards the trip.
"It's really moving when you can
put a face to the work you do," On-
drey said. "[It's] Even more [re-
warding] when you get the chance
to work side-by-side with them."
The Albany, Ga. trip will take
place from March 14- 18 during
Marist's spring break. In addition
to the iPad fundraiser, the organi-
zation will be holding a Car Show
fundraiser on April 2 to further
raise funds.
Volunteers can also get involved
by donating to the Habitat ReStore
where gifts of furniture, home ac-
cessories, building materials and
appliances will be resold at a frac-
tion of the retail price.
New York colleges hope
to
curb student smoking on campus
By
KARA DONOVAN
Circle Contributor
Jason Hamill is 20 years old. Old
enough to both expect and under-
stand there are certain places he just
cannot smoke. Still, one place that he
expects to be able to light-up is out-
side of his dorm building, Midrise
Hall.
''To make students have to go all the
way off campus just to smoke would
be a complete joke," Hamill said.
Hamill, a sophomore,
is
among the
estimated 15 percent of students at
Marist that smoke cigarettes on a
regular basis, according to a recent
survey. However, efforts by the state
of New York could force this number
significantly lower in the future. Last
month, the board of trustees for the
City University of New York passed
a vote that
will
prohibit students and
faculty from smoking on all 23 of
their campuses.
CUNY, the nation's largest urban
higher-education system, joins the
growing list of colleges and universi-
ties that have enacted smoke-free
campus policies. According to the
American Nonsmokers' Rights Foun-
dation, schools with th.is policy across
the United States number at least
466.
This wave of campus bans
is
part of
a movement sparked by the Ameri-
can Lung Association's "Smokefree
Air
2010 Challenge," a nationwide
campaign that aims to eliminate sec-
ondhand smoke in all public places.
"The trend toward a smoke-free
country is going on everywhere,"
Daniel Smith, president of the Amer-
ican Cancer Society Action Network
told CNN. "I think college campuses
are simply reflecting the same trend
we're seeing in society."
Concern for reform has escalated in
recent years as the number of college
smokers has continued to rise. Less
than 30 years ago, about eight per-
cent of college students smoked regu-
larly, according to a report from the
Tobacco-Related Disease Research
Program
.
Since then, the number of
college smokers has more than dou-
bled. The American Lung Associa-
tion puts the number at 19 percent,
roughly one in five students.
The American College Health
Asso-
ciation classifies college students as a
high-risk group for smoking, at-
tributing factors such as stress, peer
pressure, low self-esteem and weight
gain concerns as reasons to why stu-
dents smoke.
Evelyn Gezo, a certified nutritionist
and adjunct health instructor at
Marist, believes that for smokers, ed-
ucation of the effects of cigarettes is
BRUCE/CREATIVECOMMONS
Nearly 15 percent
of
students on Marist College campus light-up on a regualr
basis.
Efforts
by
the state
of
New
York
to
ban smoking on campus
have reached
several
CUNY campuses, and 466 colleges and universities around the United
States.
As
of
now,
Marlst is not considering placing a ban.
essential.
School of Public Health reports that
'We have to do a better job of edu-
only 40 percent of all colleges and uni-
eating students why it is not okay to versities offer student smoking cessa-
smoke," Gezo said.
tion programs on their campuses.
At this time, the availability of sup-
However, MacLeod is open to ex-
port and educational programs for
plore the idea.
students on campus is limited.
"SGA could co-sponsor events with
"SGA currently has no clubs or in-
Health Services, perhaps through
terest groups related to smoking or their new program of Wellness
cessation of smoking," said Brittany Wednesdays," she said.
MacLeod, vice president of club
af-
Gezo encourages these student pro-
fairs.
grams as a more effective alternative
Marist
is
not alone. The Harvard to a complete campus ban.









































Thursday, February 24, 2011
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 2/24
Spring Career and Internship Fair
Mccann Center
4
p.m.
-
7
p.m.
Friday, 2/25
Humarlst presents: Upright Citizens
Brigade
Nelly Goletti Theater
7p.m.
Men's basketball vs. Rider
Mccann Center
7:30
p.m.
SPC Movie: "Burlesque"
PAR
10 p.m.
-
11:30 p.m.
Saturday, 2/26
SPC Ski Trip: Hunter Mountain
Buses leave Donnelly at 7 a.m.
Woodbury Commons Shopping Trip
10
a.m. -
5
p.m.
SPC Comedian: Ben Kronberg
Cabaret
9p.m.
SPC Movie: "Burlesque"
PAR
10 p.m. - 11:30
p.m.
Sunday, 2/27
Women's basketball vs. Rider
Mccann Center
2p.m.
Monday, 2/28
Emerging Leaders Workshop
PAR 346
11
a.m.-
12:30
p.m.
Tuesday, 3/1
Emerging Leaders Workshop
PAR 346
2
p.m.-
3:30
p.m.
Wednesday, 3/2
SPC Coffeehouse: Lion of ldo
PAR 346
9p.m.
campus
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Security Briefs
Winter weather lulls campus shenanigans
By CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
Last week was great,
especially
compared to February's depress-
ingly low standards. The always-
fickle weather _gods gave us a quick
teaser of shorts and sweatshirt
weather.
I
stayed in on a Friday
night to play the board game Risk
(absolutely no regrets), and
I
am
very quietly building forces in West
Asia and almost ready to make se-
rious moves. Carmelo's trade to the
Knicks was finalized, Wiz Khalifa
released a new mixtape and
I
went
to a Poughkeepsie High School bas-
ketball game and saw sixteen-year-
-olds
dunk
like
they
were
-professionals! As far as stories for
this column go,
I
don't have much to
·
share with you. We'll make do with
what we have.
2117 Fulton
Two students caused a fire alarm
in Fulton by adding oil to a hot
fry-
ing pan. I had no idea adding oil to
hot
things
was frowned upon in the
cooking world. I also didn't know
what a colander was until around
two or three months ago.
I'm
not
the
person to go to for cooking advice. 5
points
2118 Foy
When
I
heard this story from se-
curity, it started with "Oh, it says
here that a pedestrian student was
Letter from the Editor
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of eve1 _ one
on
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The
beautiful weather was ap-
par
tly
a tease
in
Poughkeepsie,
nt
least
for
now.
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however! R"eg&-dless
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one of the
shuttle
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drives to
the
basketball games." I
thought
''Wow,
I hope he's okay, and
I want to hear more!" Then the story
ended with, ''The car's mirror barely
hit his arm, there was no damage or
injury." My reaction then changed
to "Phew, I'm glad nobody's hurt,
and crap, this isn't a story."
2119Marian
Disruptive Marian guests were
asked to leave campus because they
were running around the building
kicking walls and doors.
I
still don't
understand those kinds of drunks,
but
I
guess disruptive is better than
destructive.
5
points
2119 Donnelly
It seems like every single week, a
Marist student ends up asleep on
the floor of Donnelly. And every sin-
gle week,
I
really don't understand
how it happens. Where are his or
her friends? Why fall asleep drunk
in security's
HQ? It
just doesn't
make sense to me. Friends
should
not let friends pass out in public
places drunk. Actually, while we're
here,
can we agree on a list of things
good friends shouldn't let their
friends do drunk? Here's what
I
have so far: don't let your drunk
friends drive (this includes golf
carts and motor scooters), vomit
alone, cook, run, handle expensive
electronics,
talk to authoritative fig-
ures or ex-significant others, go to
to
print.
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cat
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this
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m-q-
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make
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fashion
students
participat
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in
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recent
Fashion
Week
activitie
in Manhattan with BCBGMAX-
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special
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is
m
Hatter's
alone, urinate
in
public and
destroy
things
whose destruction
could potentially upset somebody.
Text messaging, leaving voicemails
and
stealing
posters are allowed
be-
cause drunk voicemails are usually
at least slightly funny and posters
at bars are begging to be
stolen.
2120Foy
A group of guests was kicked off
campus for damaging furniture
in
a
Foy apartment. An 18-pack was
confiscated. 18
points
2120
Upper West -
Last night I brushed my teeth,
took out my contacts and went to
sleep. Normal behavior. A few
days ago, at six o'clock in the
morning, a student in Upper West
put pasta
in
a pot, didn't add
water, turned the stove on high,
forgot about it, and went to sleep.
Not normal behavior. She and the
rest of her block were woken up by
the fire alarm, everyone was pre-
sumably furious, and she and her
housemates will probably smell
like they are on fire for the remain-
der of the week. Everyone will
laugh it off eventually. We all un-
derstand. Sometimes, life isn't
real. 10
points
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speech under the First Amendment of the
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Health services cover you from coughs to contraceptives
By
MONICA SPERANZA
Staff Writer
It's no secret that Marist is ru-
mored to be ridden with STDs. Con-
sidering that we have a sex
columnist on staff at The Circle, I
think it's safe to say that the cam-
pus is pretty open about sex. But
even with this openness, it still feels
weird to buy things like condoms,
pregnancy tests and the morning
after pill around here. What
if
one
of your professors sees you buying
ribbed condoms? What
if
that cute
guy you've had your eye on over-
hears you asking for Plan B?
The first time I had to buy con-
doms they were in one of those plas-
tic containers you can't get off
yourself, so I couldn't go through the
self-checkout. I got checked out by a
50-something-year-old cashier who
yelled to a cute male employee my
age: "Can you undo these for her?"
This embarrassing experience got
me thinking-why aren't there sup-
plies in Health Services students
can use? You can only hoard so
many condoms from health fairs in
your pockets at one time (and most
of the time they are off-brand). Ap-
parently,
Health
.
Services does have
supplies like condoms and preg•
nancy tests available to students.
TOTALPROSPORTS.COM
On-campus services
strive
to
keep
stud~nts sexual
health safe and under wraps.
When I found this out, I thought
"Am
I oblivious or have I never seen
this advertised anywhere on cam-
pus?" But no, it wasn't just me.
Every one of my friends
i
shared
this information with was equally
surprised and clueless.
The reasons these services are not
specifically advertised, Health Serv-
ices said, is that saying that they
provide services for men's and
women's health includes things like
giving pregnancy tests. They think
there is no reason to single out con-
traception services; of course they
want students
to
feel safe, but they
do not want to seem like they're pro-
moting the use. of such supplies.
They also worry that calling atten-
tion to such services would create a
deluge of students coming in for
supplies. Is it that obvious that the
Marist campus is filled with horny
students?
There are plenty of textual re-
sources in Health Services about
sex-related issues, including pam-
phlets like ''What
if
I'm pregnant?"
and "Facts about birth control." But
as far as I could see, there is nothing
among these reading materials that
tell students they can go there for
contraceptive help. Apparently, a fe.
male student can make a
"women's
health" appointment
if
she wishes
to
take a pregnancy test at Health
Services,
with
no
additional
charges. She can also, in an emer-
gen~y, receive Plan B there, but
must first take a pregnancy test and
must also pay for the Plan B pill
(the cost is equivalent to the drug
store price). Health Services also
pressed that Plan B is only for pre-
venting pregnancy, not STDs.
Students. always quote some sta-
tistic that says Mari.st is in the top
50 or top 20 or top 10 list of colleges
with high STD rates. I haven't seen
such a list, but it's well-known that
college-age people are the age group
with the highest rates. I might
be
off here, but maybe the rate here
would go down
if
students, oh, I
don't know, used condoms more
often.
But condoms, and other sex sup-
plies, are expensive, and most col-
lege students are perpetually broke.
A Durex Pleasure Pack of 12 con-
doms is $11.99. A Trojan Pleasure
Pack of 36 condoms costs $25.59. If
you're in a situation where you don't
have the dough to wrap it up, hit
the pause button and just go dis-
creetly ask for a few fr~e condoms.
The Plan B pill usually costs around
$40 at a pharmacy, and pregnancy
tests can range from $5 to $30. I
don't know about you, but I usually
put that kind of money toward
gro-
ceries or transportation. I would
rather feel judged and embarrassed
for two minutes to ask for Plan B at
Health Services and feel judged
than have to go to an off-campus
place and be judged by a pµ.arma-
cist.
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Praxis students prepare to visit Haiti
By MICHAEL GAROFALO
Staff Writer
Adult student Domtila Achola,
who works full-time
at The
Kingston Hospital, is taking 11
credits and ~upports her five kids -
four of which live in Kenya. This
spring she will be visiting Haiti for
Haiti Solidarity
·
and Praxis, a class
taught by professor of philosophy
Mar Peter-Raoul.
Peter-Raoul is taking a small
group of students to a predeter-
mined sit
_
e in Les Cayes, Haiti. The
class plans
to
paint the outside of an
orphanage building and visit a
.
home that supports restaveks.
Restaveks are "children that are
put into slavery by their own par-
ents because they can't afford to pay
for stuff like school," adult student
Joseph Berkes said. ''They're given
to wealthier families by their par-
ents; restavek means
'to
stay with."'
Peter-Raoul said that there is a
home in Haiti that has been built
specifically for restaveks. Marist
praxis students plan to visit the
home
,
interact with the children
and possibly bring art supplies,
such as paint
.
The students plan to"
bring back some paintings to dis-
play to the Marist community.
The potential to hold a second
Haiti Solidarity Day on campus is
~ne possible outlet for displaying
the work, but these plans are too far
away to confirm.
Although the students do not de-
part for Haiti until March 11,
preparations are already underway.
The students have been trying to
learn basic Haitian Creole
to
better
interact with the restavek children.
Katharine Saso, a student in the
class, said that junior Matthew
Wilk has been spearheading the
students' effort to learn the lan-
guage. He teaches the class basic
phr11ses with the use of Google
translator. While the -students do
not expect
to
be fluent in just a few
weeks, they desire a basic grasp of
the language.
"Even if we speak haltingly, it
sends a powerful message that we
are attempting to join folks, not just
expecting them to join us," Peter-
Raoul said.
Achola'.s background from her
home nation of Kenya is helping her
to prepare for the trip to Haiti. Her
mother used
to
take in orphans and
cook food for them. She also left be-
hind a plot ofland to be used for fu-
ture orphans.
''We used to have so many people
in my house, my mother would cook
and cook ... " Achola said. "I was also
inspired by Dr. Farmer."
Co-founder of Partners in Health,
Paul Farmer's efforts in Haiti have
been described in the book "Moun-
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The idea of establishing a praxis
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Students are excited about the
trip, but many are unsure of what
to
~xpect because they have never
been to a developing nation before.
This is not the case for Achola.
"I'm not nervous about anything; I
know what I'm expecting to see.
Maybe they're better [off than the
Kenyans] but I don't think so," she
said.
The praxis students will return
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they hope to bring back photo-
graphs.
''This is just the beginning. First
what we're going
to
do is make the
connection," Achola said.
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The less attractive side to water pipe social gatherings
By ALYSSA DIGIROLAMO
Circle Contributor
FROM ROSEPEJAl.238/FLICkR.COM
It's
essentially
the
cigarette's
hot
cousin.
With an endless supply of anti-
smoking advertisements and the ris-
ing price of cigarettes, smokers all
over are looking for an alternative
smoking method. The device on the
rise is a Middle Eastern water pipe,
most commonly called a hookah,
which many believe to be less toxic
than cigarettes. The popularity of
smoking hookah is spreading rap-
idly through college campuses, and
more and more hookah bars and
cafes are opening. So, is smoking
hookah better for you than ciga-
rettes? The answer: it is a very fine
line.
According to Richard M. Hurt,
M.D.
from http://mayoclinic.com, the
base of a hookah pipe is a glass bowl
that is filled with water and at-
tached to both a smoke chamber and
a hose. Loose tobacco, which is sold
in a variety of fruity flavors, is
heated by coal at the top of the pipe.
The hot smoke travels through the
water, cooling it for smooth, easy in-
halation. Some hookah smokers
may even feel a very short high,
which is basically just a light-head-
edness that lasts no longer than 60
seconds.
Hookah originated in the Middle
East as a social smoking ritual and
is generally "a habit for older men,
usually of low socioeconomic level,
in rural areas and older parts of
cities," writes Dr. Christopher Lof-
fredo, director of the Cancer Genet-
ics and Epidemiology program at
Georgetown University Medical
Center, at http://sciencedaily.com.
Since crossing over to the Western
world, hookah has changed quite a
bit, adding flavors to the tobacco
and stylish pipe designs. These al-
terations, Loffredo believes, are
meant to attract a younger crowd.
This is incredibly dangerous and
may create lifetime smokers.
Whether or not hookah can be a
gateway to smoking cigarettes is yet
to be proven. Many hookah smokers
believe that the water absorbs the
toxins of tobacco (which is true),
however "tar isn't [water soluble],
and tar contains the carcinogens,"
Loffredo writes. And, according to
an
interview
on
http://the-
hookahlounge.org with Thomas Eis-
senberg,
Ph.D.
and associate
professor for the Institute for Drugs
and Alcohol Studies at Virginia
Commonwealth University, the av-
erage puff from a water pipe pro-
duces 500 milliliters of smoke, while
the average puff from a cigarette
produces only 50 milliliters. Eis-
senberg also reveals that during a
hookah session, which typically
lasts between 30 and 45 minutes,
an individual can take up to 100
puffs, compared to a cigarette
smoker, who takes about 10 puffs
for the five-minute duration of
smoking a cigarette.
Although the statistics may seem
staggering, the reality of the situa-
tion is not as severe. Smoking
hookah is a much more social event
than smoking cigarettes and, within
the college crowd, the opportunity
only arises on occasion.
"In general, I don't have {my
hookah] out all the time," senior
Audra Kyrk said.
''I
keep it away
and only take it out when I want to
actually smoke." Kyrk prefers
smoking with friends over smoking
alone.
"I think once I smoked hookah by
myself and I was just like, well, this
is alright. It's more fun when you're
with friends-sharing hoses, sitting
around and just hanging· out," she
said.
When it comes to the smoke itself,
hookah smoke is no less toxic than
cigarette smoke.
If
you are going to
smoke hookah every day thinking
yau're out of harm's way, you have
another thing coming. Smoking
hookah in moderation seems to be
everyone's best bet. Just keep in
mind, too much of anything is no
good, and when it comes to smoking
tobacco, you
are
never 100 percent
safe.
Poufs and polka dots at fall 2011 Fashion Week
By
DAYNA VASILIK
Staff Writer
There were so many new trends
strutting down the runway at the
Mercedes Benz Fall 2011 Fashion
Week.
Bright-colored
velvet,
leather gloves and a variety of
unique hats were the must-have
accessories in the Milly collection
by Michelle Smith. While tiny
belts were all the rage in the
Charlotte Ronson and Christian
Siriano show, plaids seem to be
one of the hottest trends for the
fall. Marc by Marc Jacobs, Thom
Browne, Chris Benz, Adam Fall
and Altuzarra were just a few out
of the many collections that incor-
porated plaid into the designs.
Pulling off the looks that were
seen at Fashion Week isn't a piece
of cake, unless you're Isaac
Mizrahi, of course!
Lady Face Mask
When I first saw the pictures
from the Jason Wu Fall 2011 Col-
lection I thought to myself, "Oh
my Gaga." We all poked fun at
Lady Gaga's outrageous attire in
her "Poker Face" video, which was
quickly trumped by her appear-
ance on the red carpet with red
lace hosiery over her face at the
MTV Video Music Awards in 2009
(which, in t~.irn, has been trumped
by succeeding Gaga garb). This
year, following her lead, the mod-
els in the Jason Wu's collection
wore sheer black lace masks
on
the runway. This lace· disguise ac-
tually didn't seem as bizarre as it
once did on the singer. In fact, it
gave the fashion a mysterious
edge. I don't think many people
are opposed to this accessory, but
let's just hope that at next year's
Fashion Week there isn't a model
coming down the runway in a
womb!
Marc the
Spot
Marc Jacobs's Fall 2011 collec-
tion was spotted (literally) on the
runway looking sleek and ex-
tremely feminine. Jacobs's dotted,
detailed designs
on
structured sil-
houettes commanded attention.
Big polka dots on stockings,
skirts, hats and gloves certainly
made this collection playful! The
sleek and modish style echoes no-
table trends of 1940s and '50s
fashion. The textures, shine and
subtle pops of color gave the ap-
parel an artistic vibe. I'll admit,
when I first saw the photos of the
collection, I thought it wasn't very
wearable, unless you're Minnie
Mouse. However, the look kind of
grew on me, and I appreciated Ja-
cobs's innovative way of mixing
playfulness with class. Unfortu-
nately for Jacobs, Hamish
Bowles
from Vogue called the line a dis-
aster with traces of chicness, ex-
pl~ining it was "as though the
clothes had all fallen victim to
some wildly fashionable epidemic
disease
.
Even the buttons on a
beautifully cut pair of matelot
pants, and the fsistenings
on
the
stiff pneumatic handbags looked
like fugitive spots. There was
a
respite from dots in the boudoir
black lace motifs that were re-ap-
pliqued
on
satin pieces and the
odd softening ruffle." Honestly,
though, I don't think I'd mind
being diagnosed
with the Marc
Jacobs
disease
this fall.
Breathtaking Braids
There are single, simple braids,
pig tail braids, French braids and
then there are the
braids
you see
in the Nanette Lepore show. Hair-
stylist James Pecis for Moroc-
canoil styled the models' hair into
works of art. The braided looks
were breathtaking, and were far
from tight cheerleader braids;
these were soft, elegant 'dos that
created statements themselves.
Pecis stated, "I love braiding and
I feel like you can go two ways
when it comes to braids: really
hard or really soft. We are kind of
taking the soft approach to it
here."
Some models had French braids
on either side of their heads that
were joined together at the back
of the crown and held in place
with bobby pins. Other girls wore
their hair in up-dos, with two
French braids on the side, show-
ing off the open back detailing of
their clothes. I bet you're thinking
to yourself, "Now, only
if
I had an
extra arm to pull of this look."
Take it from me, you can always
use an extra hand from a friend or
roommate, but if you're deter-
mined to learn this look on your
own, I recommend not trying to
make this hairdo perfect. In fact,
since this look is meant to be soft
and angelic, it looks
better
if it's
a little messy and not so stiff.
Simply add Moroccanoil Lumi-
nous Hairspray where necessary
to complete the flirty, effortless
look!
Peter's Pouf
Snooki's "pout"' was hated on
consistently throughout 2010;
however, as much as I hate to say
it, maybe the "Jersey Shore"
celebrity is onto something. Sev-
eral collections featured models
wearing their- hair slicked back.
In my opinion, designer Peter
Som wanted to stand out and had
his models working a ''Chic
Snooki," wearing their hair in a
poofy half-up-do. We all can eas-
ily achieve this look by parting
the front of our hair in the mid-
dle, slicking back and teasj.ng the
rest, and pinning it in place at the
crown of the head.
If
you need any
additional
help,
TRESemme
Styling Gel was used to help ac-
complish this look.
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runway
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Eccentricities abound on the Fall 2010 Fashion Week runway
Ruffian Nailed
It!
Morais, went way beyond that. They
Some models' super-sophisticated had their models' nails manicured in
nails had a look of their own! That the tuxedo look. It seemed only nat-
said, many guests attended Fashion ural to have his girls wear a not-so-
Week in black tie attire, but Ruffian natural polish on their nails to show
designers, Brian Wolk and Claude off the masculine-chic attitude of the
collection. Now of course ladies, you
don't have to go this extreme to claw
into this trend. The half moon man-
icured nails in 3.1 Phillip Lim's Fall
2011 collection is probably an easier,
more polished look to tackle.
From mysterious masks to dotted
clothing, Fall 2011 Fashion Week
was unlike any other. Although
some of the trends seemed a little
extreme, fashion
is
all about making
an impression!
Schpeel on Wheels: a tribute to pony power
By REGGIE NEDERMAN
with outside companies, released ended in 1986, was a version that a 3. 73 limited slip rear axle. This,
Circle Contributor
Sticking with last week's theme,
I decided to report on something
trul
y
American, and what's more
American than the Ford Mustang?
Created back in 1964 by Ford
Motor Company, the auto manu-
facturer
'
s sleek convertible and
coupe has been the pinnacle of
American muscle. So far,
·
there
have been six generations of Mus-
tangs, and each is credited with
new designs and different engines.
Since the beginning, Mustangs
have been the bad-boy, affordable
sports car. With the great success
of the first generation Mustangs,
Ford kept on making improve
-
ments to their initial model.
There are so many different vari-
ations of the Mustang, it's hard to
count! Variations include the first
generation's GT version, which
many of you might know from the
movie "Bullitt" starring Steve Mc-
Queen
,
in which he drives a 1968
Ford Mustang GT Fastback, chas-
ing down criminals in a 1968
Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum.
Many might remember another
first generation Mustang in the
film, "Gone in 60 Seconds" with
Nicholas Cage, in which he steals
"Eleanor,"
a
1967
Shelby
GT500CR.
Later on, Ford, in negotiations
different versions of the car such included an out-of-the-norm four-
all on top of an already highly tuned
as the Cobra
,
King Cobra, Cobra
11,
Mach 1, SVT, SVO, SVT Cobra,
Shelby, Roush, Steeda and Saleen
variations of the '"Stang," just to
name a few. Fast forward to
today, and we see Ford has re-
leased their new 2011 Mustang,
which is already selling fast and
prompting people to buy Ford
again.
Currently at http://ford.com, you
can choose from the base 2011 V6
model, the V6 premium, the V6
convertible, GT versions (GT, pre-
mium, convertible) and the two
Shelby versions (coupe and con-
vertible). The Mustang has really
come back for 2011 with a new
standard six speed transmission,
a new dual exhaust (which starts
on the base, V6 model) and more
power than before; the V6 version
contains 305 horsepower, the GT
VS 5.0 version holds 412 horse-
power and the Shelby GT500 ver-
sion is mated to a 5.4 liter
supercharged VS which makes
550 horsepower. Ford recognized
that with cars becoming more
powerful, they had to change
something quick, and they did. It's
even rumored that Ford will come
out with a SVO (Special Vehicle
Operations) version come 2012.
The SVO version of the Mustang,
which was released in 1984 and
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vehicular lngenulty ... and heart-pounding car chase scenes.
cylinder engine mated with a tur-
performance version of the Mustang
bocharger. Even though
·
it was which starts at $48,645.
uncommon for a Mustang to have
The Mustang continues to thrive,
a small engine, it still produced a and Ford has revamped the new
substantial amount of power. versions for sure. The thing about
After the SVO of the '80s, Ford re-
the Mustang is that it attracts
leased the SVT (Special Vehicle everyone. Everyone likes power,
Team) version of the Mustang everyone likes convertibles and
from 1993 to 2004, which quickly coupes, and everyone likes the
became one of the Mustang's most name "Mustang." It's regal, and
popular models. Both the SVT there's legacy that goes with that
and SVO options were open to the name. When you buy a Mustang,
public for purchase, but were you're joining something that's been
made in limited quantities. If in the works since 1964. Whether
you're one of the people buying the it's in movies or in person, the Mus-
new 2011 Shelby GT500 version of tang is something that you'll never
the Mustang, you can add the SVT forget, and with the new versions of
package for $3,495 more, which the Mustang, Ford is making sure
includes suspension upgrades and you won't, either.
Dedicated foxes hit up Fashion Week
By LAUREN FOSTER
Circle Contributor
Hundreds of people are seated,
dressed in designer duds and anx-
iously waiting for the show to begin.
The lights begin to
dim,
the crowd's
~oices hush and the electronic beat of
the music fills the room as the first
model makes her way down the run-
way.
As the cameras flash and click,
40 looks from BCBGMAXAZRIA's
Fall 2011 collection parade down the
catwalk in front of Ashanti, Erin Was-
son, Jennifer Love Hewitt .... and
Jenna Williams, junior at Marist Col-
lege.
Sitting smack-dab in the middle of
the runway, Jenna viewed one of the
first major shows of New York Fash-
ion Week. No, Jenna is neither a hotel
heiress nor
is
her mother
Anna Win-
tour; she got this invitation through
Marist's Fashion Program as a volun-
teer for BCBGMAXAZRIA.
"Being able to watch the runway
show was my favorite part of volun-
teering. I actually got to sit in the mid-
dle of the runway because they
needed a seat filler," Williams said.
Each year, students from the Fash-
ion Program are sent to volunteer at
the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, a
bi-annual event that takes place every
September and February
in New
York City. Fashion students are given
the opportunity to sign up and work
the shows to gain insight into how
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Marlst students got to mingle
with
models.
these major events are run.
This
year, several students worked
in New York City from Feb. 10-17,
and while the jobs certainly come with
perks, the work
is
by no means easy.
The volunteers are thrown into the
chaos that precedes any fashion show.
"My job was
to
first
go
to
the BCBG-
MAXAZRIA showroom on 1450
Broadway to help get together every-
thing needed to bring to Lincoln Cen-
ter," Williams said. "Once at Lincoln
Center, I helped set up the venue for
the runway show-both backstage
and front of house. I was also asked to
help check in attendees for the show.
Then after the show, I helped with
breakdown and then assisted
in emp-
tying the trucks to bring the garments
and everything that was used in the
venue back to the showroom."
These volunteer opportunities are
offered on a first come, first serve
basis to all fashion students, but pri-
ority goes to those enrolled in the
fashion show production class; the ex-
perience helps them to produce
Marist's annual Silver Needle Fash-
ion Show.
Samantha Duke, a sophomore
studying fashion merchandising at
Marist, is taking fashion show pro-
duction this semester, and had the
chance to volunteer at a leading event
production company this past week-
end.
''Volunteering at Fashion Week has
shown me all the pr~paration and
work necessary to set up for a show. It
is
important to have people with seat-
ing charts on hand to solve seating
problems, as well as clearly labeled
sections so everyone can find their
seats in a timely manner," Duke said.
The idea behind the volunteer pro-
gram is for students to apply the
knowledge and skills learned at Fash-
ion Week to make the Silver Needle
Fashion Show run more smoothly.
"At Fashion Week our students see
the outcome of a great deal of ad-
vanced preparation and last
-
minute
chaos that results in the amazing
shows. They gain insight into the need
for organization. They get ideas or in-
spiration that they bring [to] our own
Silver Needle show. And, they see
what a professional level of production
quality can do for an event," Fashion
Program Director Radley Cramer
said.
The Fashion Program at Marist pro-
vides students with the chance to
work one of the world's most impor-
tant fashion events. But the job is not
all glitz and glamour; it
is
hard, labo-
rious work - work that Marist stu-
dents who love fashion seem more
than happy to do.
"Students should
be aware that it is
a big commitment, but [it is] com-
pletely worth it
if
you love fashion,''
Duke said. "However, the shifts are
long, so it is important to eat before
your shift and
be well-rested because
it
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Who's Arcade Fire and all that jazz?
By
MELANIE LAMORTE
Staff Writer
Nothing causes social media buzz
quite like pop culture events. On
Sunday, Feb. 13, the Grammys cre-
ated an Internet frenzy after rela-
tively unknown artists Arcade Fire
and Esperanza Spalding took home
two of the biggest awards of the
evening. How did the indie-rock
band and the jazzy vocalist beat out
music industry titans like Eminem,
Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber? It's
simP.le: theive got some serious tal-
ent.
After Arcade Fire took home the
Grammy for Album of the Year, a
Tumblr page compiled angry tweets
from more mainstream music fans,
outraged by the '\ipset." Other
nom-
inees for the Album of the Year Cat-
egory
included pop
favorites Lady Gaga
and Katy Perry, rap
king
Eminem and
country
group
Lady Antebellum. The
website WhoisArcadeFire.Tumblr.com
features pages of hater
comments
in-
cluding statements like "I will give
£20 to anyone whoever tells
me
who
the
fk**
arcade fire is."
Altliough Arcade Fire may not
have as many Billboard hits as their
competitors, they've certainly had
their fair share of success. The
Canadian arena-rock band has re-
leased three successful albums, sold
out Madison Square Garden twice
and will be performing at the fa-
mous four-day Bonnaroo Music Fes-
tival in Tennessee this June.
According to a Rolling Stone arti-
cle, "U2 used Arcade Fire's record-
ing of 'Wake Up' to pump up arena
crowds before they hit the stage" a
few years ago. The same hit song
was also used in the trailer for
Spike Jonze's 2009 film ''Where the
Wild Things Are." They're cool, hip,
talented and on the rise.
Arcade Fire performing at one of their two sold-out shows at Madison
Square Gar-
den in August One of the shows was streamed live on YouTube.
Arcade Fire's latest Grammy-win-
Additionally, their Grammy per-
ning album ''The Suburbs" is burst-
formances were great and they did-
ing with emotion, bringing listeners n't need to hatch from an egg on
in with instrument-heavy anthem-
stage to grab viewers' attention.
like sounds, falsetto vocals and deep
Perhaps even more surprising
lyrics. In the up-tempo but dark than Arcade Fire's win was jazz mu-
opening song, "The Suburbs," lead sician Esperanza Spalding's victory
vocalist Win Butler sings, "I want a
in the Best New Artist category.
daughter while I'm still young/I She was up against popular nomi-
wanna hold her hand/And show her nees Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence
some beauty/Before this damage is
&
The Machine and Mumford
&
done." The band often turns
to
this
Son&.
hut
the newcomer held her
theme of the destruction of child-
own. Surely far more people suffer
hood innocence.
from Bieber-fever than Spalding-
Fans seeking an interactive music fever, but the National Academy of
video experience can check out the Recording Arts and Sciences (the
video for "We Used to Wait," where members of which non1inate and
listeners are promptea. to enter the vote for the winners) base their
address of the house they grew up votes on quality rather than the
in. The video takes viewers on a
artist's sales or chart performances.
Google Earth tour of their home-
Spalding, the Portland, Oregon,
tQwn, adding a touch of innovation native has released three solo al-
and personal nostalgia to serious bums since 2006. Her blend of jazzy
lyrics: "Now our lives are changing vocals and Latin beats make her a
fast/Hope that something pure can less mainstream choice for the
last." Arcade Fire's third album is award, but it's clear that she has
excellent and worthy of recognition.
talent. Her beautiful voice hits the
high notes and sounds like an in-
strument in itself. She plays the
bass as well. Her music has that so-
phisticated jazz club feel, but Spald-
ing is young enough that it still feels
fresh, interesting and light. In "I
Know You Know," Spalding sings, "I
know that you know/But I'll sing it
again/I love you babe/And noth-
ing/Will take me away."
Her vocal talent is apparent in
"Wild is the Wind," where her voice
reaches seemingly impossible oc-
taves without being warbly or
screechy. "Little Fli' is a rich yet
simple number from her newest
album, "Chamber Music Society."
Spalding has received backlash
from outraged Bieber· fans, upset
that the vocalist "stole" the award
from their beloved teen-pop sensa-
tion.
"You never know, some of those
Bieber fans in a few years might
discover they like jazz, they like the
bass and they like my singing," she
told ABC news. "And if they don't,
God bless them and I'm going to
keep doing it anyway."
These artists may not have the
same addictive catchiness of main-
stream pop superstars and ~hey
may not rule the charts or record
sales. Katy Perry's sugary-sweet
"Teenage Dream"
is
fun
to
listen
to.
English folk band Mumford
&
Sons
is great and worthy of recognition
this year as well. But there's some-
thing refreshing about relatively
unknown artists hitting it big. Ac-
cording to the Los Angel~s Times,
the awards were a great victory for
independent music labels and
''boosted the artists' self esteem."
Spalding and Arcade Fire have seri-
ous musical ability and will most
likely grow in popularity as a result
of their Grammy wins. Plus, all the
Twitter-hate can't take away those
golden statues.
Getting 'Tangled' in Disney's version of the classic fairy tale
FROM
FILMOFILIA.COM
By
LISA GLOVER
Staff Writer
This past weekend, Marist SPC
showed the movie "Tangled." The
turnout both nights. was so tremen-
dous it was move.cl from the PAR to
the Nelly Goletti Theater
to
accom-
modate more people. As a big fan of
Disney movies,
''Tangled"
was by far
one of the best. First of all, Garnier
Fructis and Panetene Pro-V have
nothing on whatever shampoo Ra-
punzel uses. Besides ~he fact that
she can use her 70 feet of golden
locks to swing and transport herself
to other places, she ha ; magical
healing powers through her song.
Although she's been locked in a se-
cret tower, hidden away for 18
years, she's actually the missing
princess that the king and queen
have been searching for since her
mother Gothel stole her from the
basinet when she was born. Rapun-
zel is very talented; she spends her
days baking, sewing, cleaning and
painting, but something inside her
yearns for more. She daydreams the
tower window, eagerly waiting for
the day that Gothel will give her
permission to leave.
Through. a series of events, Flynn,
a thief who is looking to land his
next big score with the crown that
he's stolen, winds up being chased
through the forest and stumbles
upon Rapunzel's castle. Upon climb-
ing up and entering through the
window, he is clonked over the head
with a pan by Rapunzel. Rapunzel
has always feared the people of the
outside world because Gothel, has
been feeding her with stories that
the world is cruel and they'll take
her magical powers away. After a
bit of torturing and negotiating, Ra-
punzel agrees to give Flynn his
prized crown back if he takes her to
see the lights-. Every year on Ra-
punzel's birthday, these mysterious
glowing lights illuminate the sky.
The lights a:re really lanterns that
her parents and the rest of the city
send out each year hoping to find
their long-lost princess.
Along the way, Flynn and Rapun-
zel find themseJves iri a lot of com-
prom1smg
situations.
Between
running from the soldiets that are
out to capture Flynn and trying to
escape the reigns of Gothel, the two
form a close bond and lean on each
other for support.
Unlike other Disney movies, this
one features a female as the hero-
ine. Most Disney movies have the
same story line: the male is featured
as the hero who fights to save the
princess. Aladdin rescues Jasmine,
Sleeping Beauty only wakes up
from a kiss from her prince, and
Cinderella's wish only becomes re-
ality from the glass slipper given to
her by the prince. In most of these
Disney movies, the girl is viewed as
the dependent, needy one who can't
survive without being saved by the
prince. ''Tangled," however, spins
the typical plotline and gives young
girls an inspiring story about how
females have the strength to con-
quer their own battles and don't
need to rely on a male. It's appro-
priate for children, yet it also mixes
in laugh-out-loud jokes that older
viewers would understand ... i.e.
''The party lasted an entire week,
and honestly, I don't remember
most of it." It doesn't matter how old
you are, "Tangled" is a movie worth
seeing; as the phrase Walt Disney
always prided itself on, "it's time to
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friends can get great tips for managing your time and stressl
Date: Wednesday, March 2
Time: 7:00 - 8:00pm
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I
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•
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Have the Foxes exposed a weak conference?
Still, it's far from the truth.
Fairfield is the Red Foxes' tough-
est remaining matchup, mainly be-
cause the last contest between these
two squads was decided by two
points.
That's not saying much. Last sea-
son, Fairfield edged Marist by one
point in their final r_egular season
meeting.
A month later, Marist wp.lked
away from the 2010 MAAC tourna-
ment championship game with a 17-
point victory over the Stags,
claiming its fifth consecutive title.
On Monday, Marist dem9lished
St. Peter's 79-38.
Back on Jan. 8, the Peahens fell
76-34. ·
Marist drubbed its next opponent,
the Siena Saints, 60-30 on Jan. 31
and should administer a beating of
similar proportions on Feb. 25.
The Marist women are so suP.erior
in the depth and quality of its play-
ers, while nearly every other pro-
gram has lagged so far behind, that
it's easy to wonder about the exact
root of the program's. enormous sue-
cess.
Are the Red Foxes successful be-
cause of athletic superiority and
high coaching prowess? Or, is there
a widespread, general ineptitude
from the league's other teams?
Could it be a combination of both?
There's no way to tell exactly, but
you don't have to be a college bas-
ketball expert to realize that com-
petitive MAAC women's games are
hard to come by.
RYAN
HUTTON/ THE CIRCLE
Rachele
Fitz (center)
poses
with
attendees
of
Friday's
luncheon In the Cabaret Fitz
was a three-time M~
player of the year and
Is
Marist's
all-time scoring leader.
Women swimming
&
diving take home title
By
ERIC VANDERVOORT
ence record in the 1650-yard and a Marist record by .36 seconds.
30 points behind second place Rider.
Staff Writer
freestyle with a time of 16:40.23,
"Last year I had thought that was Loyola won the championship with
crushing the previous record by 23 the best team we've had since I was 796.
The Marist swimming and diving
teams competed at the Metro At-
lantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Championships last week. In the
three-day event at Erie Community
College in Buffalo,
N.Y.,
the
women's team took home their sev-
enth MAAC title in the last eight
years, and the men finished third in
the conference.
The women's team, who went un-
defeated in MAAC play this year,
finished with 843 points. This was
significantly ahead of second-place
Rider, who finished with 566 points.
The 277-poi.pt margin is the second
largest in MAAC history.
The Red Foxes were led by sopho-
more Kate Conard, who was named
the Most Outstanding Female
Swimming Performer for the second
year in a row. Conard set a confer-
seconds. The time was fast enough head coach," Marist Director of
Freshman Nick Spinella turned in
for Conard to qualify for NCAA B S~imming and head coach of both a strong performanc~ and was the
consideration standard.
the men's and women's teams Larry only Red Fox to win the conference
Several other Foxes turned in VanWagner said. ''We were break-
in an event.
Spinella's time of
strong performances, ensuring their ing about six to eight records a year 1:49.67 in the 200-yard backstroke
first-place standing at the end of which is unusual. - This year, we took first place and was the second
each day of the event. Sophomore brok& 11 out of the 21 school fastest time in program history.
Katie Larkin dominated the 200-
records."
Marist was in second place after
yard breaststroke, finishing in a
The program has had very consis-
two of five events on day three, but
time of 2:20.09. Marist also won the tent success since Van Wagner be-
Rider made a late push to pull
400-yard freestyle relay, the team came head coach, with 2009 being ahead. The Red Foxes settled for
consisting of freshmen Maddie Ar-
the only year that did not feature a third, which was still better than
ciello and Emily Miles, junior conference championship on the their conference ranking of fourth
Michelle Fouo.tain a.nd Conard. women's side.
going into the weekend.
Their time of 3:28.39 was a school
''We have the longest season ofall
"Ever since our winter training
record.
NCAA sports, and that requires a trip, they've been getting faster and
Arciello and junior Allison Kreho complete and total commitment." faster," Van Wagner said.
also set school records. Arciello fin-
Van Wagner said. ''We've been for-
The Red Foxes will return to the
ished the 100-yard freestyle prelim-
tunate to be able to recruit students pool for the ECAC championships
inary race in 51.93, and finished in that have that special kind of com-
this weekend, Feb. 25-27 in Pitts-
third place in the final.
Kreho mitment."
burgh.
swam a 2:01.62 in the 200-yard
The men's team finished third in
backstroke, achievi~g second place the conference with 563 points, only
Husband bests wife in
-
water polo coaching battle
By
MIKE WALSH
Hartwick. After using only nine
Staff Writer
players in the afternoon Harvard
Looking at a program for this past
Sunday night's water polo match, one
thing was particularly eye-catching:
the head coach of each team had the
same last name. It isn't often that an
NCAA head coach will stare down at
the opposition's bench and feel love
for their counterpart. Respect and
admiration maybe, but love?
That is what ocrurred at the Mc-
Cann Center in the finale of the
Marist Invitational.
The Marist
Water Polo club was joined in the
pool by Ha:rtwick College. On the
sidelines, Marist coach Ashleigh
Huckins, was joined by her husband
Alan Huckins \Yho helms the
Hartwick program.
"It's a lot of fun," said the Huckins
dressed in red. Even though Marist
fell by final score of 15-11, "[Alan
Huckins] has to do the dishes for a
week."
Marist's Huckins added, ''We take
friendly jabs but we each respect the
programs and what we· are trying to
do. After the game we hate it; its a
lose-lose situation for us."
In
the night cap of the triple header,
Marist took on nationally ranked
match, Huckins' troops were fading
fast when they jumped into the Mc-
Cann Center pool at 6:30 p.m. Sun-
day.
''You've got to be mentally tough,"
said Huckins. ''That game was a real
test for us, after the Harvard game
we were totally shot."
Though the Red Foxes were unsuc-
cessful yet again in defeating a
ranked team this season, Huckins
wants them to use this game as a
stepping stone.
''We have got the team
_
chemistry,
we have individual talents, but we
need to get tougher mentally," said
the third-year head coach and
Hartwick alumna. ''This was our
first real challenge to that tough-
ness."
Marist staked Hartwick a 12-4 lead
eatly and Marist had to ,play catch-
up for the rest of the game. Never
giving up, the Red Foxes showed re-
silience by putting in four fourth
quarter goals to Hartwick' s one.
The matchup however, was not the
only item on Marist's plate over the
weekend.
The Red Foxes spent
enough time in the pool on Sunday to
shrivel the toughest of skin while
weathering a triple-header after
beating DDO on Saturday to kick of
the Invitational.
Saturday's 12-7 victory for Marist
kicked off a certain theme of the
weekend of spreading the ball around
and being aggressiye on the offensive
end.
Three
Red Foxes wound up with
hat-tricks in the tilt, Rosie Pauli, a
senior captain, scored two of hers in
under one minute in the third quar-
ter to solidify Marist's lead. Juniors
Desiree Desaulniers and Jaclyn Puc-
cino recorded three scores a piece as
well.
A key to the
win,
aceording to
Huckins was the return
of
heavily re-
cruited freshman goalie Alexis So-
laro. Solaro previously was sitting
out 30 days after suffering a mild
concu~s1on.
''We recruited her knowing the
starting position was open; it is a
huge advan~age for us having her in
the cage," said Huckins. The coach
also made it known that Solaro
would be the everyday starter for
Marist moving forward.
In the day two opener, Marist once
again faced DDO. This time the op-
position was ready and stormed out
to an early lead before Marist's ad-
justments and teamwork allowed
them to emerge victorious at the final
horn. Nine Red Foxes combined for
Marist' s 11 goals in their 11-10 vic-
tory, their third in a row.
One of
those goals stood above the rest as
with 22 seconds left in the tie game,
Mackenzie Maynes' shot hit the back
of the DDO cage for the game winner.
Next on the docket for Marist was
Harvard University at 3:30 p.m. The
Red Foxes were able to continue
rolling thanks to four scores from
senior Agnes Konopka. Marist's de-
fense once again came up huge al-
lowing only 10 goals.
Solaro
registered 13 saves while Kelly Kline
and Robyn Crabtree were able to
fight the Crimson's. strong counter at-
tack.
''I'm not all that surprised in how
[the defense] played," Huckins said.
''These are all talented girls who are
stepping up. They didn't have an op-
pprtunity last year with the big sen-
ior class." Coach Huckins made
special note of how huge sdphomore
Shelby Rinker has been in the driver
position.
The 13-10 win evened
Marist's record at 4-4 heading into
the Invitational finale.
''Rome wasn't built in a day," said
Huckins on the young season.
"Everything we've accomplished so
far is from repetition; we'll continue
working on our transition game as
we go along."





















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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2011 •
PAGE 11
Each victory is crucial for young squad
ByJIM URSO
Sports Editor
No one likes the notion of a "re-
building year." It fills fans with feel-
ings of hopelessness knowing that
another chance to experience a win
is in the distant future. As a re-
building season for the Marist men's
basketball team (5-24, 3-13) winds
down, the Red Foxes finds them-
selves in a similar position to last
season; sitting nea-r the bottom of
the MAAC conference. However,
equating the two seasons would be
an inaccurate assessment.
But what's the difference between
five
wins and one victory? The an-
swer is just that: the wins, and their
impact on collective confidence.
While this difference may not mean
much to the average fan, for a cast
of young guys who haven't experi-
enced success, each win is of monu-
mental importance. Victories build
toward a tipping point of collective
confidence and a belief in team-
mates and the coaching staff.
In the press conference, Marist
coach Chuck Martin explained the
impact of seeing a clear connection
between effort and reward.
"It's hard for an 18-year-old guy to
come to practice every day and
you're not getting the wins, you're
not getting the results you want,
and here I am saying 'go harder.'"
This past week, that connection
was reinforced. The Red Foxes
snapped their 11-game losing skid
with a win against New Hampshire
in the annual ESPNU Bracket-
busters series. Earlier in the week,
they fell by just seven points to the
Fairfield Stags, the top team in the
MAAC.
"It's starting to come together,"
Martin said Saturday night after
the team's fifth win of the season.
"Slowly, but it's starting to come to-
gether."
Just like drawing similarities from
the past two seasons can be deceiv-
ing, a quick glance at the scoring av-
erages of the members of the Marist
men's basketball team is a bit mis-
leading. With many early lineup ad-
justments, the roles of certain
players have altered over different
periods of the season. After being
put into the starting lineup, Dorvell
Carter has scored nearly 14 points
per game while shooting over 44
percent through Marist's last nine
contests. For the season, Carter av-
erages half as many points.
For this reason, it was no surprise
to coaches that Carter was able to
knock down four consecutive three-
pointers early in Saturday's game to
give the Red Foxes an early lead of
which they would not relinquish.
''When I hit the first one, I felt
like, 'It's going to be a good night,'"
he said. "So then I put the second in
and then I was like, 'It's definitely
going to be a good night.'"
By helping to give his team a lead,
Carter, also put himself in the un-
usual position of guiding a team
with the lead.
"Everyone was getting excited,"
said Carter, recalling the mood in
the locker room at halftime. "We
.
RYAN HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
Dorvell Carter (above) hit four consecutive three-pointers on saturday night against
New Hampshire
to
give Marist an early lead that it never relinquished.
were
·
just like, 'Calm down. Calm
down. We've got 20 minutes left,'
and that's kind of what gave us the
edge."
Last year, Marist was counting on
Villanova transfer Casiem Drum-
mond to provide a domineering
presence in the low post. After
Drummond left Marist unexpect-
edly, the Red Foxes were left with
no inside presence, which con-
tributed greatly to their struggle to
rebound last season. In 2011, al-
though, the Red Foxes are still
missing a solid big man, their
guards and small forwards, or junk-
yard dogs, as Martin calls them, are
finding to pick up the slack on the
glass.
"Jay Bowie and Dorvell have been
playing together for the past eight
or nine games since Dorvell
started," Martin said. -rtiey're
starting to get the chemistry, those
two guys. They're not the biggest
guys in the league, but they're be-
coming like junkyard dogs, I call
them. They're tough undersized
guys who are just going to push
grab, kick, scratch."
During New Hampshire's second
half comeback attempt, Martin em-
phasized: ''we've been here before."
And now they have, and prevailed.
"I understand the rewards at the
end of the rainbow if you really put
the effort into it, your game is just
going to go through the roof,"
Mar-
tin said.
Now,
his kids are beginning to un-
derstand. And that's the key.
Marist will return to action on
Fri-
day night against Rider (17-9, 9-5)
for senior night. The contest marks
Marist' s final home game on the
season.
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Foxes' dominance: Strong team or weak MAAC?
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Managing Editor
With a 19-6 overall record and a
third-place ranking in the MAAC,
the Manhattan Jaspers should have
proven to be a formidable opponent
for the Marist College women's bas-
ketball team during their meeting
on Friday, Feb. 18, right?
Wrong.
A 60-42 trouncing was the final re-
sult.
With an average margin of victory
of 24.5 points against conference op-
ponents, it's almost hard to believe
that the Marist women's basketball
team has played any close games
this season.
They have- just not against teams
from the MAAC.
St. Bonaventure captured a five-
point victory inside the James J.
McCann center on Dec. 4, while
all
three games played during the Duel
in the Desert tournament held in
Las Vegas, Nev. were decided by
eight points or less.
At an obvious glance, with all
teams considered, the MAAC sim-
ply doesn't add up to the Big 10 or
Big East.
Still, why isn't Marist challenged
by any of its league opponents?
Currently ranked 21st in both the
RYAN HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
Rachele Fitz
poses
In the cabaret during an honary luncheon on Friday. Her Jersey
was retired that evening before Marist's 18-polnt win over Manhattan.
Fitz
was the
center of attention, mainly because the Red Foxes led
by
double digits within minutes
of tipoff. Marlst has won
its
16 MAAC contests
by
an average of 24.5 points.
ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll and
The RPI is a measure of strength
the Associated Press Top 25, the of schedule and how a team does
Marist wonien currently hold a Rat-
against that slate of games.
ing Percentage Index (RPI) ranking
In comparison, of the 343 Division-
of 72. The first ranked team in the I teams ranked in the RPI index,
RPI standings is the University of Manhattan and Loyola have RPI's
Connecticut
of 204 and 124, respectively.
Even teams that appear formida-
ble in the MAAC because of positive
overall records, such as the second
and third place Greyhounds and
Jaspers, have RPI's that pale in
comparison to Marist's.
Following a recent blowout victory
against third-place l\{anhattan,
Brandy Gang and Corielle Yarde
were asked
if
Fairfield was the
squad's toughest matchup of its re-
maining three.
Lowly Siena and St. Peter's, who
have posted a combined 13-19-
conference record, are the team's
other two remaining opponents.
Head coach Brian Giorgis inter-
jected, cutting off Yarde and an-
swered for his players:
''They're all tough," Giorgia said.
''You don't pinpoint and earmark
because that's how you get beat.
The next toughest matchup is St.
Peter's at St. Peter's. So we'll worry
about that then. Then we'll worry
about Siena and
if
it gets down to
Fairfield on senior night, then we'll
go for that too."
His answer was one you'd expect
from a veteran coach - respectful to
the league's other coaches and not
providing any bulletin board mate-
rial by dismissing upcoming oppo-
nents.
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