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VOLUME 66, ISSUE 3
FOUNDED IN 1965
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Marist Poll partners with NBC in presidential polling
CLAIRE MOONEY/lHE CIRCLE
MIPO
day
callers make calls
to
collect data for
the
primary elections. MIPO uses a com-
puter system
which randomly
selects people
to
call
for accurate sample size.
By
CLAIRE MOONEY
idential primary elections in a new
Circle Contributor
and unprecedented partnership be-
Marist College Poll is now the offi-
cial polling system for NBC during
the
presidential election. NBC News
White House Correspondent Chuck
Todd, occasionally accompanied by
Brian Williams, will frequently be
discussing MIPO results on the pres-
tween Mari_st College and the news
network.
The partnership was officially
launched Monday, Sept. 26",
in
the
Marist Polling Room on the third
floor of the Hancock Center. About
300 Marist students
will
begin polling
two states a week in order to preemp-
tively determine primary poll results.
NBC
will
broadcast those reports to
an audience of about 20 million
households, explaining not only what
the poll results say, but how those re-
sults were retrieved. Polls for TV
news networks are usually conducted
by major newspapers; a news net-
work has never collaborated with a
college poll before for the duration of
a presidential primary season. The
concept of sharing the process behind
the polling system on national televi-
sion is also unique. Mari.st is essen-
tially in uncharted territory with
NBC.
MIPO Director Lee Miringoff said
that he is exhilarated, but with "an el-
ement of cautious anticipation."
Though the project is an exciting de-
velopment, it
will
also pose many
dif-
ficulties.
"We
will have to explain why poll
results from the primaries aren't as
predictive as polls for the general
election," Miringoff said. Polling for
primaries
is
often rendered less accu-
rate due to low voter turnout as well
as fhe fast-pacea nature of primary
campaigns. In primary season, polit-
ical standings can change quickly,
even overnight.
As
a result, Miringoff
said, NBC
will
be reporting new sto-
ries constantly throughout the course
of a day. Though the elusiveness of
accurate polling
will
be a challenge
for Marist, it
will
also result in plenty
of airtime for Marist on national TV.
Marist was chosen by NBC because
of its state-of-the-art polling and com-
munications technology available to
MIPO in their Hancock Center loca-
tion. Though currently MIPO
will
simply be providing NBC with poll re-
sults and insight on the· polling
process, they have the capability and
potential to start broadcasting live
from right here on campus.
Right now Marist students working
for the poll get what Miringoff called
"a front seat to the political process."
However, he envisions involving the
students
m
this partnership to a
greater degree.
''I would love to have some students
talking [abQut the poll] with me and
NBC," Miringoff said, explaining that
the partnership is in constant devel-
opment and that NBC has been ex-
tremely open to the Marist Poll staffs
ideas. ''It's a great mountain in front
of
us and we're about
to
scale the
mountain. Our bags are packed,
we've trained ... we're going to get to
the top of the mountain but there's a
lot of stormy weather between now
and then."
Zipcar transportation premieres during Family Weekend
By
NGUYEN PHAM
Staff Writer
Neary, co-chair of the transporta-
tion committee and senior class
president, said.
After Student Body President
Neary made sure that the Zip-
Andrew Paulsen's press conference cars were on display during the
on Aug. 31, the Marist campus has major events of Family Weekend.
been waiting for the Zipcar pro-
"On Friday we had them at reg-
gram to kick off. As of Friday, istration, Saturday at the tailgat-
Sept. 30, Marist is the 140th cam-· ing event for the football game and
pus among Vassar College, Yale
_
Sunday at the family barbeque at
University and many others to be the river," she said.
a
RBl"t
of
the "Zipcar for Universi-
The transportation committee
ti ·
program.
wanted to announce the new Zip-
"We
got the idea to get a Zipcar car
program
during
Family
program [after] finding out that Weekend so family members had an
Vassar already had one;" Meaghan
SEE ZIPCAR, PAGE
3
MEAGHAN NEARY/THE CIRCLE
Meaghan Neary (aboYe) and Brian
Gelok.
co-chairs
of
the
transportation committee,
col-
laberated
with the
Paulsen Administration
to
bring
the
Zipc:ars
to
campus.
30H
3
JON O'SUWVAN/lHE CIRCLE
Marist welcomed the band
30Hl3 to the McCann Arena as
they
per-
formed in the stormy weather for students and guests on Thursday,
Sept
29.
The band opened the concert with their hit song "Starstrukk" for the
excited crowd. For a full review, check out the A&E section, page 9.






























































Thursday, October
6, 2011
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 10/8
Career and Internship Fair
4
p.m.
to 7
p.m.
Mccann Auxiliary Gym
Honors
Lecture:
Rebecca
Traister
7
p.m.
to
8
p.m.
Nelly Goletti Theatre
Friday, 10/9
Ally
Appreciation
Party
6:30
p.m.
to
8
p.m.
SC349
Diversity
Through
Board Games
Around
the
World
7
p.m.
to
10
p.m.
SC348
Women's Soccer vs. Saint Peter's
7
p.m.
to
9
p.m.
Leonidoff Field
SPC Movie: "Finding Nemo"
10
p.m.
to
11:30
p.m.
Nelly Goletti Theatre
Saturday, 10/10
SWlmml,w/DMnC
Red
&
White
Chal-
lenge
.
11
a.m.
to
2
p.m.
McCann Pool
Men's Soccer vs. Siena
2
p.m.
to
4
p.m.
Leonidoff Field
SPC Movie: "Finding Nemo"
10
p.m.
to
11:30
p.m.
Nelly Goletti Theatre
Volleyball vs. Nlagra
2
p.m.
to
4
p.m.
Mccann Fieldhouse
Sunday, 10/11
Women's Soccer vs. Manhattan
1
p.m.
to
3
p.m.
Leonidoff Field
Volleyball vs. Canisius
2
p.ru.-
to
4
p.m.
Mccann Fieldhouse
Monday, 10/12
Effron Lecture: "The Life and After-
life of Sholem Aleichem
7
p.m.
to
9
p,m.
Nelly Goletti Theatre
Enter
the Stress Free
Zone:
Massages
~
p.m.
to
9:30
p.m.
Nelly Goletti Theatre
.
.
.
.,.
campus
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Letter
from
the
Editor
,\•ery Family \ eekend.
Marist
attempts
o
lhll
s
th
pnren
with
caricatures,
carnival rides and
e ·t•ra
l
nwa1.s.
Mari t
pro ·
dcd
the
campus and
their
fam1be
with a
fun-filled
weekend, includ·ng
an
energetic
performance
by
the
B-
52s. The Circle this
week
ha
an
Qpinion
on
the
B-52s
concert
and
provides stories
on
the exciting
now- at Mariat oil. We're the offi•
cial
pollin~ ystem for thii- upcom-
ing
primary!
News al o de cribes the n
Young D mocrat Club, and
our
c,
mpus'
new
Zip C,
r
·.
In featur' , a reno •ation
in
weigh1 lifting pla es a e imple-
mented. and we foarn about a
Rugby
coach
and
n
Athleti
is-
ant
Director.
Plus,
in
A&E
how
('ould
we forget
Security Briefs
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our
fall conee1
t'?
3OH!8 rockf'd
Mc-
cann
C
nt. ·
this past
N' •
!
A&E
even
di cu ses a
new
all
prograin.
Plus
ports writ •s about
our con-
ference
being
r~.aligned!
'1,his
will
cha
g
who fort
t plays
fo
all
sport
.
EnJoy :o.•hat
is
happen
·
ng
on
camp
~
thi week!
Emil. B
rg r
Managing Editor
Caught
on camera:
Marist
edition
By
CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
So this week I'm keeping the
briefs brief. Though I do want to
react to the vandalism email that
appeared in our inboxes. You know,
the one where security sent out, to
the entire student body,
a
picture of
a drunk student in the middle of
doing drunk things, ultimately
telling the student,
"I
own you. Sur-
render to me immediately before
I
find you and hurt you." That was
awesome. Then
the student turned
himself in almost immediately,
which is even more awesome. John
Gildard, at least for the next few
weeks, should be seen as a tough
guy who is not to be trifled with.
9/22
Leo
Alcohol confiscation at the front
desk-30 pack of Bud Light. You'll
see this happen a lot during Sep-
tember and October, and then the
front desk alcohol confiscations
will
begin to dwindle. Parents like to
think it's because the freshmen
have
learned
their lesson
.
and un-
derage drinking has come to a sud-
den halt. Authority rules. But it's
really because freshmen eventually
realize there is nobody on duty at
the front desk before
3
p.m. so they
probably just start drinking earlier.
30
points
9/23
Sheahan
A student came home from the bar
and swiped his driver's license at
the front desk of Sheahan. It obvi-
ously didn't
work.
The security
guard on duty watched him, smiling
to herself. He swiped the driver's li-
cense again and, frustrated, ex-
claims, "I know I live here!" The
security guard let this happen for a
few minutes and finally told him;
"That's
a driver's license." He
swiped his real ID and silently stag-
gered up to his room.
10
points
9/24Foy
An
unconscious girl was laying
somewhere (I'm not sure ifit was in-
side or outside. For the sake of the
girl, let's assume inside) in the
vicinity of Foy. She was woken up
and taken to the hospital. When
asked what she had been doing that
night, her response was a simple
one. "Drinking."
15
points, plus
5
points for honesty!
9/25
Sheahan, I guess
You guys know that cliff/hill in be-
tween Leo and Sheahan? At the
very end of it, by the right past the
picnic tables behind Leo, there's
a
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small path that nobody uses be-
cause walking down it is like walk-
ing down a mountain. But now
picture yourself in the middle of the
parking lot, looking up.
It
just a
huge wall that climbing up it would
realistically pass as ''rock climbing."
Got that picture in your head?
Yeah, a drunk driver (not
a
student)
drove his car off of it and nose dived
to the ground. Nobody was injured
(Thank God), but the driver was ar-
rested on a DWI charge. That can go
down as Reason #15,244 you should
never, ever drink and drive.
It
makes borderline looJc like roads.
All Week, Fulton
Let's end the week in Fulton.
Ac-
tually, let's be more specific. Let's
end the week in 9-block of Lower
Fulton. On Sept.
21,
a house in 9-
block set off the fire alarm, by leav-
ing steak on the stove. On Sept. 25,
another house in 9-block set off the
fire alarm by leaving chicken on the
stove. Again on September 25,
a
house in 9 block set off the fire
alarm by leaving pasta on the stove.
There's more! On Sept. 20, a house
in 9-block set off the fire alarm by
-
and I'm not making this up,
I prom-
ise
-
creating too much steam in
their shower. Wow. Just ... wow. 50
points.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
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Marist Young Democrats receive official charter
By
MICHAEL KURTZ
Circle Contributor
With a unanimous vote the
Marist Young Democrats official
charter was passed
-
on Wednes-
day, Sept
.
28, becoming the 82nd
chartered club on campus. The ex-
ecutive board of the club went be-
fore a review of more than 20
student government representa-
tives in order to have a chance at
acquiring a charter.
"I'm shocked at how much work
they have done
,
" Brian Gelok, vice
president of club affairs, said to
his peers in the student govern-
ment. "They are truly passionate
about this."
The Marist Young Democrats
are "committed to productive dis-
cussion and the development of
ideas and projects which would
in-
crease awareness and action on
political issues within the campus
From Page 1
community," as stated in their by-
laws. Anyone may attend the
meetings and events, which in-
clude planned speakers, commu-
nity
service
activities,
film
screenings, voter registration and
trips to political diversity events
in the area. The club already has
an audience of students, with al-
"It doesn't make sense to have
a Marist Young Republicans and
not a Marlst Young Democrats,"
Student Body President Andrew
Paulsen said.
most 30 active members at
Marist.
"People have been begging us to
create this club,'' Claire Mooney, a
sophomore and the club's vice
president, said.
When student government rep-
resentatives asked about the
club's relationship with students
and other clubs, particularly the
Marist Young Republicans, their
treasurer Devin Dickenson said
that they "hope to work with the
republicans to create politfcal
awareness in students."
A
lack of political involvement
on campus was a frequently-
voiced concern at the meeting.
Student Body President Andrew
Paulsen agreed that not only is
the Marist political scene
lacking
in size and involvement, but it is
also
unbalanced.
"It doesn't make sense to have a
Marist Young Republicans and
not a Marist Young Democrats,"
he said.
Rebecca Snodgrass, director of
public relations in the Paulsen
Administration, said that she
could n9t agree more on the sub-
ject.
"I know there are some students
who want to be involved in politics
on campus but don't have interest
in the Marist Young Republicans,"
Snodgrass said. "Hopefully they
will find something in the Young
Democrats."
Snodgrass continued to say that
she was pleasantly surprised with
the mood of the room during the
rounds of questioning for the
Young
Democrats
executive
board. After the voting, .Paulsen
congratulated the club by shaking
hands with their board members
and presenting them with an offi-
cial club charter.
Marist Young Democrats meet-
ings and events are still in the
planning stages. Anyone in the
community who would like to get
involved can contact the Young
Democrats President Alexander
Roithmayr at Alexander.Roith-
mayr l@marist.edu.
Zipcars now available to students for hourly fee
opportunity to learn about the
program and ask any questions
that they might have.
"Parents were skeptical when it
came to insurance, but we made
sure to explain that insurance
.
was
already included in the price,"
Neary said.
The price of a Zipcar includes
gas, insurance and usage only for
$8 an
·
hou'r
;r
rFirst-:time
,
users ·do
pay a $25 registration fee hut re-
ceive a $35 credit towards their
rental-that's four- extra hours to
d.Tive. Over the weekend, Marist
was promoting a $50 credit, an ob-
vious and improved incentive to
try the Zipcar.
At Marist, having
~
a Zipoar.'will
become a convenience for fresh-
men and other carless students.
''The Zipcar will be useful for
people who need to go to the gro-
cery store or
·
go on a local trip,"
Neary said. "But Zipcars are not
ideal to go home with
because
you
pay for the time to go home and
when the car is sitting in }'Our
driveway."
Though
the Zipcars wel'e
brought to Marist out of a matter
of convenience, the Zipcars for
Universities program began on a
different
premise.
"Zipcar for Universities gives
students the freedom to express
their concern for environmental
inltiatives
,,
e:whilie .allowing the
schools themselves to focus on big-
ticket issues: campus parking,
congestion and polluti(?n," accord-
ing to http://zipcar.com.
Campuses like Smith College in
Northampton, Mass., took advan-
tage of Zipcars for Universities to
combat their parking issues.
"We were at the point where we
needed to c~I;lsid~r ad
.
ding more
parking,,:' lutsten Cole, media re-
lations dire.ctor at Smith College,
said. "But with a relatively small
campus, adding spaces is a sub-
stantial project."
With larg~ f.reshmen classes
and tighter, upperclassmen park-
ing lots, these Zipcars can serve as
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The B-52s bring down the shack
SMOORENBURG/FLICKR
All night the ladies sang side
by
side harmonies that were hypnotically on point
By CASEY FISK
gym, clapping when appropriate
Opinion Editor
at the end of each song, was in
I
arrived at the McCann Cen-
ter 20 minutes late on Family
Weekend for the B-52s concert,
in a frantic scramble to acquire
a pass and gain access inside of
the bizarre, almost psychedelic
time warp which awaited me.
Once
I
sweet talked my way
into two passes and flashed a
genuine smile of excitement and
delight to the man manning the
uc
r,
I
o
·
a
sea of people ranging from visit-
ing young siblings up way past
their bed time, to the average
Marist student looking bored
and despondent as they texted
their friends about what would
be going on later once their par-
ents retired to their hotel room.
Those very same parents bop-
ping their heads and smiling
proudly at their college kiddo's
seated next to them.
The crowd of families all
seated quietly throughout the
harsh juxtaposition to the high
energy performance by the rock-
ing lobster band that laid before
their eyes.
Perhaps
I
am biased because
I
have fond memories associated
with the B-52s and would con-
sider myself a fan, but
I
was
blown a way by their stage pres-
ence and commitment to putting
on a show which they gave their
vocal all.
I
will not sugarcoat
t
1
·
·
say th.a.
audience was all together recep-
tive to the 80s band's new songs
unknown to most, or their elabo-
rate outfits and suggestive
dance moves that at their age
might
understandably
make
Marist students uncomfortable.
I sat high up in the bleachers
in the back of the gym enjoying
the pulsing lights and the studio
quality sound the band pro-
duced, and observing the audi-
ence leaving in waves and
clapping only when appropriate.
I stared longingly down at the
crowd of aro~nd 50 people stand-
ing around the stage, the few,
the proud, the true B-52's fans.
I
felt rude enough entering the
concert nearly a half hour late
and· so I had essentially sen-
tenced myself to an evening of
singing quietly to myself in the
stands when all of a sudden a
few mere notes changed the en-
tire mood of the evening.
The opening notes of "Love
Shack" transformed what had
been a Family Weekend per-
formance into a rock concert.
Twenty-something
year-olds,
myself included, to 52-year-old
attendees flooded the floor to at-
tend the party on the
.
dance floor
that: turned a college gymna-
siuJp., if. for o~ly a few minut~s,
into a zany love shack.
Regardless if you thought the
B-52s were a bunch of whackos
flailing around on stage singing
nonsensical songs anyone there
would· have to admit they were
having fun and emitting an in-
fectious energy of fancifulness
and go.od old fashioned family
fun.
Students danced with their
friends and parents to the over-
the top one hit wonder, pumping
their fists not to "beat up" a Jer-
sey Shore beat, but rather to
bang down the door of the love
shack and break down the wall
which had been keeping the en-
ergy of the venue rathar
SU!b,
dued.
It
was refreshing to spend my
Saturday night losing myself
among my peers and conserva-
tive-looking, middle-aged men
and women in, and all sing
wildly along with a band seem-
ingly from another. pla~et in a
newly refurbished gymnasium
rather than in a dirty club to
Katy Perry's 'E.T.'.
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The ~52s are no strangers
to
hair flying and arms flailing wildly during their set.
I can see what is
happening with news,
sports, and more on
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
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Asian cuisine in the Hudson Valley
By NGUYEN
PHAM
Staff Writer
While many students at
Marist were enjoying their
parents' visits laa.t week-
end, filled with meals out-
side of the dining hall and
apple picking, I decided to
start my own family-re-
lated project.
Coming from an old-
school, relatively unassim-
ilated Vietnamese family,
I have until graduation to
find a restaurant in the
Hudson Valley that
will
suit their needs. Many of
them say that their stom-
achs cannot digest Ameri-
can cuisine well, so my
desired
eatery should
serve food similar to what
they eat at home. In addi-
tion, it must be able to ac-
commodate
my
many
family members who will
trek to Poughkeepsie from
Massachusetts,
which
could range from
10
to 20
members.
Satisfying everyone with
a single restaurant is not
proving to be easy. There
are
many
Japanese
restaurants in the area to
choose from, but the older
generations of my family
have not yet found the
guts to explore raw fish.
If
they were comfortable
with sushi, we all could
have enjoyed Edo Sushi in
Hyde Park or Bonsai in
Poughkeepsie, and my life
would be much easier.
Furthermore, according
to my family's standards,
Hudson Valley favorites
like the. Culinary Insti-
tute, Bull and Buddha or
Shadows, despite having
diverse menus,
will
not do.
From now until I find a
restaurant worth the fare,
space and price, I will
record my food adven-
tures. For anyone sick of
the delis, pizzerias and
Italian restaurants, I will
share tips for trying Asian.
The following are local
Asian restaurants I have
explored thJJ.s far.
ST\JDIO 7D7 /FUCKR
The
typical
beef
Korean BBQ presentation leaves plenty
of
leftovers.
Toro
Korean-Japanese cuisine
1004 Main St.
Fishkill,
N.Y.
Toro is a nice restau-
rant for a quiet evening
with friends or a date.
Looking to have
a
late-
night dinner before going
out? It is open until 11
p.m. on Friday and Sat-
urday. Toro has many
fa-
miliar Korean dishes,
like spicy,
double-fried
chicken, and Gopodol,
which is a rice platter
prepared in a sizzling hot
stone bowl.
I
knew I had to try the
J
aeyook Gui, the spicy
pork barbeque platter.
Korean BBQ is usually a
do-it-yourself kind of ex-
perience, but not at Toro.
For $17.95, the Jaeyook
Gui platter comes with a
bowl of miso soup, three
vegetable side dishes of
kimchee (pickled lettuce),
beansprouts, bok choy
and rice. The spicy pork
was tender and flavorful,
but sliced a bit too finely
and not as spicy as it usu-
ally is. For those not into
spicy food, it is worth a
taste with extra rice on
the side. Overall, I en-
joyed Toro,
but
the
largely
unfamiliar menu
options still left me un-
easy. However, the owner
said that customers can
call her if they have any
specific requests, and
arrangements can be
•
made.
Palace Dumpling
Dim sum cuisine
1671
Rt. 9
Wappingers Falls,
N.Y.
Dim sum cuisine is not
as foreign as it sounds. It
usually
refers
to
dumplings, and yes, won-
ton soup counts. Palace
Dumpling,
located
right
over
the
Poughkeep-
f3ie/W appingers Falls bor-
der, offers a lot of bang
for your buck.
Handmade
on the prem-
ises, these steamed, fried
dumplings
for
a dollar
more
are
absolutely deli-
cious.
Filling
options
range from chicken, beef,
shrimp or lamb with
prices starting at $5.99
for a dozen. Personally, I
am not a fan of putting
all my eggs in one basket,
but the pork and scallion
dumplings tasted so deli-
cate and savory. T<:mche,
Palace Dumpling.
After devouring the
dumplings, I ordered the
spicy noodle soup. The
poached vegetables and
pork properly comple-
mented the thick rice noo-
dles,
and
the
chili-garlic-infosed broth.
The best part about
Palace Dumpling is the
price; all of that cost
$12.95. After this visit, I
am definitely considering
eating there with my ob-
noxious family, despite
the lack of a bar and un-
willingness to special
order other Asian dishes.
The facts on caffeine content in 5-Hour Energy
By BRITTANY
OXLEY
Circle Contributor
Monster, Red Bull,
Rockstar and Full Tb.rot-
.
tle are only a few of the
energy drinks immensely
popular
among
all-
nighter-pulling
college
students. Unfortunately,
-
the high sugar content
found in all of these en-
ergy drinks poses a major
problem. A drink with
high sugar content is
more
likely
to cause a
person to have an energy
crash two or three hours
after consuming the bev-
erage.
An
energy shot like 5-
Hour Energy, however,
contains no sugar, and
can
supposedly
still give
you
energy
throughout
the
entire
day. 5-Hour
Energy's website
boasts
that
the
drink contains
only four calories,
and
that one can feel the
drink working in only a
few
-
minutes.
It
has an
additional plus of being
packed with amino acids
and B vitamins. Also, un-
like coffee, 5-Hour En-
ergy is ready to drink,
and is only $3.99 a shot.
Being the skeptic that I
am, I needed to find more
information on the drink
regarding possible health
risks. The product's web-
site and commercials
make this little drink
seem too good to be true.
Currently, the greatest
health concern associated
with the energy shot is
that drinkers will un-
knowingly consume too
much caffeine. 5-Hour
Energy contains about
the same amount of caf-
feine as an eight-ounce
Starbucks coffee, which
contains
one 180 mil-
ligrams.
''The shots tend to have
about as much caffeine as
regular energy drinks,
and it's caffeine that pro-
vides most of the kick.
Because of that, nutri-
tionists urge caution, es-
pecially for those who
also drink coffee or other
c aff ein e-c on tainin g
drinks," Elizabeth Lee
said at http://webmd.com.
''Too much caffeine can
cause nervousness, trou-
ble
sleeping,
nausea,
vomiting, rapid heart-
beats and higher blood
pressure. 5-H<iur Energy
advises no more than two
bottles a day."
Dr. Victoria Ingalls, a
biology
professor
at
Marist College, explains
that caffeine stimulates
the sympathetic nervous
system, which is the
·
same system that
is
stim-
ulated
when a person be-
comes nervous or
excited.
"[It] puts you in a fight or
flight mode," she said.
The drinker experiences
an increased heart rate
and more energy.
5-Hour Energy con-
tains about the same
amount of
caffeine
as
an
eight-ounce Star-
bucks coffee, which
contains one 180 mil-
ligrams.
However, over-stimu-
lating the body with caf-
feine should be avoided.
"Caffeine-related
drinks
like 5-Hour Energy or Red
Bull would be especially
dangerous when mixed
with alcohol," Ingalls
said.
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PAGE5
ady
in Red
By
CASEY GALASSO
Staff Writer
Dear
Lady
in
Red.
Im really shy. It takes a lot for
me to open up or
to
ev •n start a
onversation.
I
hardly
parf cipntc
in
la s, a d I nd
to
be known s
"the
quiet
one" in
my
group of
my
fri
nds.
You ge
h re I'm going
·with
this.
There's thi gu
in one ofmy
cla e
that
I
kmd of
have a thing
for,
but I ha e no · dea
how
to get
him
to
notice me becau
I
never
talk, nd I'm too
nervous to speak
to
him. I have no idea what
to
do.
dvice'!
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/
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't
let
nerves
rest.riot
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romantic
life.
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i'
ac:tually
real!
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like a
gu:
in
your class. You have
tons
of built-in conve atio
utcrs.
lf
you
l"afi
manag-e the courage
I
su "·
gest cat.chlng him afl
cla
one
day
and ayi..ng something li
"Wow,
I
fessor
Snuth
really
knows
how
ro
put
me
t.o
sleep
right'!'
or "Did you
a
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what
the home ork
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for F i-
da.
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My
personal fa
·
>rite
to
try
walk-
ing
OU
of
the
room
behind
h"
m,
and
when he holds the door for
you
(don't
vony, he
will!)
iou
1:ompl"
m n
him
on
his
shoes
or
hat
m presentatio
in
class.
No guy can resist a
sweet,
gen-
uine
compliment.
If
you're
t.oo
nervous
to approach
him
in
cla.2 ~.
I
would
use Facebook as
a last resort. It's all well and
good
to
start
a
flu;ty
chat
via
social
network-
ing
itr·~.
hut you need
to
be able
ro
carry
that
over
to
the
real
world.
There'.;
nothing more awkward
than
sitting
in
the
same room as
someone
who you
were
talking
with
all night
o
Facebook,
and
then
acting like
the
other doesn't
exist
when in
class.
I know
you'll
do great.
Good
Luck!
-Lady
in
Red



















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From
Pages
Misleading amounts of caffeine in energy shots
Caffeine also acts as a dehydra-
tor. It blocks the hormone that
makes a person have to urinate.
For this reasoni Ingalls claims that
this drink is not beneficial for ath-
letes to consume. Dehydration can
negatively affect an athlete's per-
formance and cause them to have
dry
mouth and to sweat less, which
does not allow the athlete to cool
off during a big game.
Another caution about 5-Hour En-
ergy is that although it contains B
vitamins that are good for us, it also
contains a high amount of vitamin
B6, which, when consumed to ex-
cess, can be extremely harmful. Ac-
cording to Melissa
Dahl,
health
editor at http://msnbc.msn.com,
B6
toxicity
occurs
when
one consumes
more than 200mg of B6, which is
equjvalent to about five little bot-
ties of 5-Hour Energy. B6 toxicity
can lead to headaches, dizziness,
fainting, yellowing skin and, in ex-
treme cases, temporary nerve
paralysis and brain damage that
can last three months to three
years.
Of course, to be at risk for serious
side effects, you would have to be
drinking more than two 5-Hour
Energy shots at a time. Side effects
you might experience from drink-
ing one or two would be much like
those from drinking a cup of coffee:
the caffeine would increase your
heart rate and blood pressure. 5-
hour Energy, as one might expect,
should not be taken in large doses.
When consumed cautiously, it can,
indeed, serve as a low-calorie
source
of energy
for
the desperate
college student.
CHEVYSXSWCBUS/FLICKR
Limit your energy shot intake to
no
more than two
at a time
to
avoid
overstimulation.
A local survey of the perfect college crave food
By GAIL GOLDSMITH
Circle Contributor
Chicken wings go well with alco-
hol, sports and casual meals, mak-
ing them a staple refreshment in
college recreation. Buffalo Wild
Wings is a solid choice for wing
volume and variety, but the near-
est location is across the bridge in
Kingston. Pleasant Ridge,
Darby
O'Gills, the Eveready Diner and
Applebee's all offer wings, but
those become
· ,
l
e
, mundane
choices
for Marist
students.
Check
out
these alternative
of-
ferings in the
area to
put
a new
spin on the nights
that
you and
your friends feel like getting bleu
cheese
and sauce all over your
faces.
Mahoney's
35 Main St.
(right
across from the
train station)
Mahoney's offers boneless and
bone-in wings with buffalo, Jame-
son BBQ, honey mustard and
honey teriyaki sauces. The indi-
vidual
wings are smaller than
other offerings on the list, but the
meat
is
tender, and the sauces
offer enough flavor to start your
happy hour or meal off right. I
sampled
the
honey teriyaki and
the
Jameson BBQ varieties. The
honey
teriyaki
was salty and
sw.eet,
while the Jameson BBQ
BITSLAMMER/FLICKR
Dare to venture beyond
wing
distributors directly across the street from campus.
sauce was so savory, I had to while still
indulging
my BBQ bias,
order the Jameson BBQ burger as I ordered six buffalo wings and six
well. Boneless wings, with celery BBQ wings.
and choice of ranch or bleu, are
The buffalo was uncommonly
$8.95. Bone-in are 10 for $6.95 or tangy, and the BBQ was just the
20 for $10.95.
right amount of smoky flavor.
These wings were the largest of
Hyde Park Brewing Company
the four offerings I
sampled.
4076 Albany Post Rd.
There is no way to eat them with-
You are at a brewing company;
get a beer first. You can't miss
with their Big Easy Blonde, but
the Rough Rider Red Lager's
malty taste is deeply delicious.
Hyde Park serves buffalo, BBQ,
honey habanero, dry-rubbed and
parmesan peppercorn wings. To
keep this sampling scientific
out smearing sauce across your
face, so, naturally, I had them on
a date. Good thing we shared.
Bone-in wings are $9 for a
.
dozen.
Planet Wings
661
Dutchess
Tpke.
845.485.9464 for delivery.
Call
Planet Wings has 24 flavors;
this menu is not for the indecisive.
The buffalo sauce varieties
range from mild to The Suicidal,
which is marked by a whopping
four peppers on the menu to sig-
nify its heat. The other options in-
clude
,
eight BBQ choices, three
garlic variati.ons and the interna-
tionally-influenced Jamaican Jerk
and Oriental Sesame.
I
ordered 10 wings with bourbon
sauce for delivery. They were
slig};itly dry, though that could be
attributed to the 45-minute deliv-
ery
wait.
There was, however,
plenty of sauce
to make
up for
it.
Prices range
from $3.99
for 5
to
$59.99 for 100. There is a $1.50
delivery
charge.
Noah's Ark
135 Mill St.
The wings in the buffet are
medium-hot and medium-sized.
If
you are looking for a classic wing,
then you will find them here.
Don't mistake basic for average:
the sauce has a deep buffalo fla-
vor with a
something-extra
sweetness to it. Bonus: you can
ladle out as much bleu cheese as
you want .
Wings are free during happy
hour, Thursdays and Fridays 6
p.m. to 8 p.m., with the purchase
of drinks from the bar.
















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Small jumps make for steady progress in the weight room
By
MICHAEL GAROFALO
Features Editor
The Greek legend of Milo from
Croton, Italy is often referenced in
text, blogs and articles about
strength training. According to the
legend, Milo carried a calf daily for
many years.
As
the calf grew older
and heavier, eventually becoming a
fully grown cow, the load on Milo
steadily grew and he gained great
strength.
This tale exemplifies the principle
of progressive overload, probably
created before it even had a formal
name. The principle is simple: grad-
ually increase a stressor over time,
and the body will adapt.
Calluses from writing, stubble
from shaving and resistance to bac-
teria all follow this pattern.
In fact, this same principle is pres-
ent in many weight lifting programs
that function on linear progression;
that is, increasing the weight for a
given exercise at a uniform and
planned pace, usually within a few
days or a week.
But eventually this progress slows
and the bar becomes too heavy
to
move.
"It's a mental state," sophomore
and running back for the Red Foxes,
Atiq Lucas said. "Once you conquer
whatever weight you were stuck at,
you just keep going."
Lifting a challenging weight en-
courages you to progress further, he
said.
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Jonathan Clancy said that the key
to moving forward
is
to "change the
muscle contraction."
He may instruct trainees to do a
slow eccentric (lowering) portion of
a lift, which he calls "five second
slow drops." He said that this
method is useful for pull-ups, an ex-
ercise that many trainees find diffi-
cult because it "takes a lot of disci-
pline to drop really slowly."
Other times, he will lower the
weight and have trainees focus on
being explosive, similar to a dy-
namic effort in powerlifting. One
such protocol would be to finish five
reps in five seconds.
His choice of method depends on
what the trainee does naturally.
"Ninety percent of the time it's a
slow negative," he said.
Clancy wants to get them out of
their typical tempo and "force them
out of their 'comfort zone'."
But if plateaus are being hit too
often, the reason may be premature
or excessive jumps in weight.
Most commercial gyms are fit with
plates down to 2 1/2 pounds, which
enable trainees to make five
.
pound
jumps on a symmetrically loaded
barbell.
However, many linear progres-
sion-based programs today are call-
ing for smaller jumps on upper body
lifts such as the bench press and
overhead press (sometimes just
called the press since it came first,
historically speaking).
Starting Strength, Greyskull Lin-
ear Progression and the tried-and-
true 5x5 are all examples of such
routines.
A five-pound jump from 500
to
505
pounds, enabled by the standard 2
1/2 pound plates, represents a one
percent weight increase for a
trainee doing a heavy deadlift, for
example. This exercise recruits
large muscle groups like the legs,
back and hips.
However, the same five-pound
jump represents a five percent
weight increase for someone cur-
rently using 100 pounds on a me-
chanically challenging exercise,
such as an overhead press.
Plates of 1 1/4 pounds each or less
allow for smaller jumps that may be
MICHAEL GAROFALO /THE CIRCLE
A comparison
of
weight plate sizes. (From left
to
right): 5, 2 1/2, 1 and one-quater
pound plates. The two fractional plates are
the
same diameter, but different thick-
nesses.
just enough to spur progress with-
out causing the trainee to stall.
These modest gains, while not ego-
boosting, add up over time, espe-
cially as opposed to a trainee who
may have otherwise been stuck at a
plateau.
This method is particularly bene-
ficial to beginners and lighter
trainees, since five-pound jumps
represent a higher percentage of
their bar weight.
The McCann gym does not cur-
rently have fractional plates, but
may acquire them in the future.
''They're on my shopping list,"
Clancy said.
Using fractional plates is only one
way to keep unstuck.
Senior Mark Spinelli, who is cur-
rently training for a bodybuilding
show in October, recommends
super-sets and drop-sets too; how-
ever, he can see how fractional
plates can be useful for precision
purposes.
He said that a good diet - usually
containing at least one to
1
1/2
grams of protein per pound of body-
weight - and sufficient sleep, are es-
sential.
"Eating i~ the most important
thing," he said. "I can't stress that
enough."
A workout typically only lasts
about one hour. This leaves 23
hours each day
to
eat properly and
get enough sleep in order to recover
fully, he said.
When the bar weight is really
stalling, Clancy said that trainees
may benefit from taking some time
off, such as a long weekend away
from the weight room.
''If we lift long enough and think
'that's
our max,' that [weight] de-
fines us," he said.
He said it is important for trainees
to break a way from this kind of .. de-
fault setting."
Marist appoints neW coordinator for club and intramural sports
By
BRIAN MAHER
Oifc
·
te.
Contributor
The Marist College Athletics De-
partment has implemented a flurry
of new changes during the fall 2011
semester, one of being the hiring of
new Coordinator of Club Sports, In-
tramurals and Camps, Kristy Nix.
Nix, who formerly held the posi-
tion of assistant women's basketball
coach at Stony Brook University,
has a lot on her plate already.
A year prior to Nix's arrival, the
Mari st
Intramural
Program
launched a new website that allows
students to register for intramural
sports online. The website even
tracks updated etatistics for their
particular intramural.
In previous years, students were
required to hand in hard copies of
their rosters and check with indi-
vidual commissioners regarding
game schedules and information.
"We're trying to revamp, always
looking for new ways
to
get the word
out to our students," Nix said.
"We're looking for something over-
all more organized to get the word
out to all the. students rather than
have the different commissioners
send out emails and post informa-
tion on their own."
The transition to the website has-
n't been entirely smooth thus far.
"With the online system in gen-
eral, there are good things and bad
things," Commissioner of Basket-
ball Intramurals Kevin Condon
said. "Once the students know
where to sign up, it's very easy to
sign up for our leagues. The prob-
lem is getting them to find the
page."
Some of the intramurals haven't
started yet and signups will con-
tinue on through the coming weeks.
Those who have had more time to
sift through the new features of the
website are finding it very useful.
"It makes it a lot easier," Com-
missioner of Dodgeball Katie Sam-
mon said. "It's easier to set up the
schedules and everyone gets the an-
nouncements and it's easier for cap-
tains to get messages out to their
teams."
Although Nix only started two
weeks ago, she has
·
definitely
started out on the right foot in try-
ing to meet with as many individu-
als as possible.
"I have been going around talking
to everyone," Nix said, "whether it
is club sport captains, intramural
commissioners or the assistant ath-
letic director. But when I went to
Bob Lynch, head of student activi-
ties, he really laid it all out for me.
We probably talked about an hour
and a half on why the programs are
so important and how they are all
run."
As
the Coordinator of Club Sports
and Intramurals, Nix knows that
she must form good relationships
with her coworkers and it has really
shown thus far.
"I think the biggest thing for
Kristy was just being able to get
ori-
ented, and she's been able to do that
really fast," Condon said. "I think
once she gets a little more settled in,
we're going to see a lot of good
things happening."
There is the never-ending problem
of coordinating the time and space
·for both club and intramural pro-
grams as well as the 23 NCAA Divi-
sion I sports that Marist College
sponsors.
"I think facilities are a big prob-
lem here at Marist, communicating
is my number one goal," Nix said.
"Talking with team captains and
administrators to try and
.create
equal space time will allow all in-
tramurals, club activities and var-
sity sports to run smoothly without
any conflict."


















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PAGE 8
Rugby coach brings his per~onal experiences to Marist
By
CLAIRE MOONEY
Circle Contributor
Men's Rugby Coach Wilhelmus
"Skips" Scheepers has high aspira-
tions for the men's rugby team.
"I want this school to become a pi-
oneer for rugby," Scheepers said. He
feels that members of the Marist
team have the potential to get nom-
inated to represent collegiate all-
star teams.
"A guy can definitely make a ca-
reer out of playing rugby," he said.
If
anyone knows this, it is coach
.
Scheepers; he started playing rugby
since age seven, while he wa
.
s grow-
ing up in South Africa.
"Rugby was everything in South
Africa,"
Scheepers said. For him,
rugby was not just part of his life,
but part of his career. When he
joined the military in South Africa,
he was part of
a
rugby playing unit.
He then joined the police in South
Africa, and played for their rugby
platoon as well. He became a poly-
graph examiner and was employed
by a company as a forensics man-
ager. He worked in the Middle East
for a private security company, and
later came to the northern hemi-
sphere and played for a Canadian
club rugby league.
Currently, Scheepers' primary
coworker
is a yellow Labrador
named Sheba. They work together
in the K-9 Unit for the United Na-
sniffs out explosives. Scheepers and
Sheba were matched up by New
York State Troopers in Cooperstown
where they received their training.
After a training program and some
testing, bomb-sniffing dogs are
placed with their owners based on
the compatibility of their personali-
ties.
"I love working with dogs,"
Scheepers said. "It's more reward-
ing than working with people." He
also enjoys Sheba's enthusiasm as a
worker and companion.
"The dog is always excited to see
you," he said, even though with
their line of work, "their lives are on
the line every day."
Scheepers originally lived in
Queens, in close proximity to his
workplace. He said that he disliked
the "hustle and bustle" of the city,
so he chose to move up here and
found the rugby coaching position
through a local rugby newsletter.
He said that he truly enjoys work-
ing with the Marist team.
Scheepers said that he is im-
pressed by the Marist rugby team-
mates, both male and female. He
said that he appreciates their "will-
ingness to offer up their own time to
play a [club] sport while they're not
a top priority for the athletic de-
partment," and that their integrity
"makes them stand out from the
rest" of the competing rugby teams'
players. He also enjoys the team ca-
tions in Manhattan, where Sheba maraderie.
"The
seniors
would immediately
BRIANA
FLYN
V,-liE
CIRCLE
Ru~ athletes engage in a huddle after halftime
to
prepare for the second half of play.
include all the juniors," Scheepers
said.
Camaraderie is just one reason
that Scheepers hopes to see the
sport catch on at Marist and else-
where.
"There's always a place for you on
the rugby team," he said, regardless
of skill level, and especially since
the game is so affordable and the
players are so welcoming.
"Once you start playing rugby, you
never stop playing rugby," he said.
These benefits don't come without
a challenge,
though.
Scheepers said
tha~ rugby is the toughest sport,
since it's a full-contact sport without
any padding. He said, however, that
safety is a focus at practices.
"Safety is an important issue for
us," he said.
Scheepers ultimately hopes that
even though people on campus are
so busy, they will be able to slow
things down and enjoy the social
event that a rugby game can be-
come.
"Rugby
is one of the fastest grow-
ing sports," and it's an Olympic
sport, too, he said; whereas not even
American
football
1s
m
the
Olympics.
He hopes that students will attend
games, which he said are marked by
support for both teams and a strong
sense of sportsmanship. It's the
"hooligans' sport played by gentle-
men," he said. The Marist hooli-
gans-ahem, gentlemen, currently
stand first in their Division II
league, and their next home game is
on Oct. 9, vs. Hofstra University.
Banishing the back of the classroom
By
LISA GLOVER
Staff Writer
Since grade school, teachers have
assigned seats to their students,
and this initial arrangement would
remain the same for the entire
school year. In college, students
subconsciously fall into the same
pattern by choosing a seat and then
returning to that seat for each class
but not because they received in-
struction to do so. There's no deco-
rative name plate propped up on our
college desks, but students have be-
come accustomed to this pattern.
Choosing your seat on the first day
of class can affect your academic
performance for the rest of the se-
mester, and that's a lot of pressure.
There have been numerous con-
flicting studies on seat position and
academic performance, such as sit-
ting in the back of the classroom
versus sitting in the front. Now,
many professors have opted out of
the standard row formation and are
moving toward a style that encour-
ages maximum student attention.
Professors at Marist, including
Dr. Daniel Cochece Davis, capitalize
on forming their classrooms into a
semi-circle style. Davis uses both
the semi-circle and standard row
formations, depending on what type
of class he is instructing.
For
example,
Davis uses the semi-
circle style in his Advanced Public
Presentations course, COM 420, be-
cause the students are encouraged
to help mentor each other in their
speeches and gain confidence.
"Even within those
situations
where discussions are not a crucial
element, seating arrangements like
the semi-circle allow students a
clear path to visual displays, an un-
obstructed ability to communicate
their questions (sometimes nonver-
bally via their facial expressions),
and discourage the temptation to
text someone on their phone or doo-
dle in their notes," Davis said. "Ba-
sically,
for
me,
the
seating
arrangements help me keep a class
engaged at a higher level. That, in
turn, contributes to higher involve-
ment with the course materials."
On the first day of Advanced Pub-
lic Presentations, Davis demon-
strated the difference of speaking
and interacting when a classroom is
in rows and when one person is
standing within the semi-circle to
give a speech. The semi-circle for-
mation proved to be much more in-
teractive and actually served as a
way to relax the speaker.
Research has shown connections
between the physical characteristics
of a classroom such as seating for-
mation and students' overall per-
formance.
Results taken from a study con-
ducted by researchers Rachel Wan-
narka and Kathy Ruhl show that
semi-circle formations are the opti-
mum choice for group work. These
formations increase and promote
group activity and allow students to
stimulate learning through closer
interaction.
Their 2008journal article which is
titled
"Seating
arrangements that
promote positive academic and be-
havioral outcomes: a review of em-
pirical research" discusses how a
seating assignment can affect the
student's achievement in the class-
room as well as influence their po-
tential to ask and respond to
questions.
According to the article, "students
at the back of the classroom tend to
interact with each other more fre-
quently than those seated at the
front, potentially adversely impact-
ing their attention to the task at
hand."
The article also illustrates that the
semi-circle formation is best used
for group interaction and that the
use of rows is most effective when
individual student work is empha-
sized.
A semi-circle formation provides a
platform for increasing students'
questions and comments and allows
for academic conversations to butld
from one another in a sort of ping-
pong interaction.
Typically, the effectiveness of this
scenario increases as the number of
students in the classroom decreases,
showing an inverse relationship.
There are always exceptions to be
explored and researched further,
however, including how student age
influences these types of settings as
well as the type of material being
taught.
In some classrooms, desks
arranged in standard rows are tak-
ing the ba"Ck-burner to new class-
room seating formations.
MICHAEL GAROFALO/THE
CIRCLE
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30H!3 rocks t
he fall concert performance
By
EDEN JEZIERSKI
Circle Contributor
It's been five long years since I
first began enjoying the sounds of
Colorado-based banp, 3OH!3.
The show began on the evening of
Sept. 29 with opener Lights Re-
solve. While they aren't exactly
well-known among the Marist
crowd, their stage presence was ex-
cellent. There is something special
about watching a band perform live
because it's the one time where you
can truly feel their dedication. The
crowd enjoyed it nonetheless by
.
jumping and screaming.
After Lights Resolve performed,
the lights dimmed and the Marist
crowd got ready for the main act,
3OH!3.
Synth notes poured through the
gym as the crowd put their hands
up, making the famous 3OH!3 sym-
bol. Nat Motte and Sean Foreman
took the stage.
"Starstrukk" was the first song of
the night and every time Foreman
took his mouth away from the mi-
crophone, the crowd was able to
chime in with a loud ''Woo-woo!"
During the show, people around
me sang along to almost every sin-
gle word. The band was very per-
sonal with the audience cfuring
their song changes as well. Motte
spoke about visiting across the river
for a family wedding during the
hurricane, which lead them into a
quick cover of "Rock You Like a
Hurricane."
Later in the show, they even
talked about how one of the kids in
the audience had a larger head than
Foreman by trying on his hat. Fore-
man said the only reason why kids
at Marist have big heads is beciuse
,
JON O'SUWIVAN/THE CIRCLE
30H31 performed smash singles *Starstrukk• and *Don't Trust Me•
to
a packed
crowd at the McCann Arena as
part
of
the SPC Fall Concert on
Sept
29.
we're smart and go to a good
school- a total zing!
As
the show continued, 3OH!3 cov-
ered many songs from their newest
album, "Streets of Gold." They got
the girls in the crowd to sing along
to ''My First Kiss" and the rest of
the crowd to sing along to an older
song, ''Don't Dance." It was a wide
array of songs for their set, but
3OH!3 showed a great deal of talent
as they got the crowd involved every
chance they got. A lot of their songs,
such as "Rich Man" and "Colorado
Sunrise" were reminiscent of their
Colorado roots.
While Motte and Foreman said
thank you to the crowd, the audi-
ence knew an encore was coming.
They exited for a brief minute or
two and while chants of "3OH!3,"
"One more song!," and "Don't Trust
Me" filled the gym, they took the
stage once again. Of course, "Don't
Trust Me" was the last song of the
night. This is the song that truly
started it all for 3OH!3. When the
band wasn't singing into the micro-
phones, the crowd sang it loud
enough for everyone to hear. Once
the song came to an end,
·
the two
musicians jumped off stage and ran
·
along the photo pit to give everyone
in the front row a quick hand slap.
It
was an excellent finish to an ex-
cellent night.
For those who haven't seen 3OH!3,
it is a concert that's worthwhile to
see. They're easy enough to sing,
dance, and go crazy to. It's a physi-
cal concert where not only the crowd
gets a workout, but lead men Nat
Motte and Sean Foreman get a
workout too. 3OH!3 started as a
hobby for the musicians but turned
into something much more.
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By
MATTHEW CASTAGNA
Circle Contributor
Now that R.E.M., the world-
renowned alternative-rock group
from Athens, Ga., has announced
their break-up after 31 fruitful
years of multiplatinum releases and
superstardom, we can begin to ana-
lyze the band's transition from play-
ing local clubs, to selling out joint
stadium tours. Here is a list of the
five most overlooked R.E.M. tracks
that not only represents a few of the
major moments during the band's
long history, but also offers insights
into the unrecognized power hidden
beneath the jumble of full-length re-
leases.
"Laughing'' ("Murmur," 1983) -
''Laughing" is a light acoustic pro-
gression set to the watery base
backing of Mike Mills from their
first album. Although more down-
tempo than its accompanying tracks
of tangy southern folk, "Laughing"
marks the first true studio harmo-
nization between lead vocalist
Michael Stipe and Mills, which
would soon become the prominent
feature of the group's most notable
choruses, such as "It's the End Of
The World" and "Man On The
Moon." Stipe's voice soars through a
delicate medium of Mills' gent.le
moans, their tones slowly building
to a dramatic oscillation between
the two melodies.
"Harborcoat" ("Reckoning,"
1984) -
"Harborcoat" is the standout
opening track to the spectacular
sophomore effort that somehow
missed the cutting board for promo-
tional singles. "Harborcoat" is an
edgy rock tune that combines the
greatest strengths of''Murmur" into
an energetic rush of compositional
genius. Stipe uses the straightfor-
ward, catchy riffs from guitarist
Peter Buck to ju;xtapose his own
rambled vocal delivery with even
more dodgy lyrical content. The re-
sult is an impressively bizarre com-
bination of pump-up jangles and
sided communism commentary.
"Superman" ("Life's Rich Pag-
eant," 1986) -
Originally ab-side to
The Cliques hit single "Sugar On
Sunday," it was R.E.M. that turned
this forgotten track into the well-
known album closer that it has be-
come. While the song itself may
seem 4istorically irrelevant, "Su-
perman" acts as a great example of
the democratic relationship be-
tween the four band members, as no
one individual had complete direc-
tional dominance over the other. As
opposed to scrapping the idea, Stipe
let up the mantle and allowed the
supporting members to drive home
this bouncy, surprising retake.
"Me In Honey" ("Out Of Time,''
1991)
-"Out Of Time" spawned
three of the groups most well-
known singles and earned a total of
six Grammy nominations, winning
three. Radio coverage aside,
how-
ever, the true dominating force be-
hind "Out Of Time" was the sonic
transformation from low-budget
indie-rock to major labeled produc-
tion after the band left I.RS. for
Warner Brother production com-
pany. Studio pressure and all,
R.E.M. still managed to release an
album grander in scale, yet emo-
tionally equiva~ent to its predeces-
sors, the best example being the
closing track. ''Me
In
Honey" opens
with a dulling power chord, which
swiftly fades into the upbeat neo-
country instrumentation. The true
dynamic, however, can be found in
the bare pockets filled between the
wallowing croons of Stipe and gor-
geous whines of backing vocalist
~te Pierson. Throw in one of
Buck's most underrated guitar riffs
and you have yourself one powerful
knock-out jab.
"Sweetness Follows" ("Auto-
matic For The People," 1992) -
Built on a deep, grading orchestral
arrangement courtesy of Mills and
Buck, "Sweetness Follows," ad-
vances to the climactic centerpiece
of "Automatic for The People" and
signifies the band's transformation
from low-cut rock tunes to complex
movements of dexterous production.
















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ABC's '
_
Pan Am' losillg altitude
By
EMILY BERGER
Managing Editor
With America's economy plum-
meting and the boycotts on Wall
Street, people find themselves feel-
ing nostalgic for better times as an
escape from the present. ABC finds
itself reminiscing on primetime tel-
evision through the network's new
show, "PanAm."
In 1963, PanAmerican World
Air-
ways was one of the highest gross-
ing airlines in America. ABC has
created
a drama series based upon
four Pan Am stewardesses who find
themselves getting into trouble dur-
ing their escapades all over the
world while still fmding time to be
the pristine ladies they were trained
to be.
The show illustrates that the
1960s created a new brand of
women who chose careers over hus-
bands. Those women wanted jobs
that no longer bound them to the
vacuum and kitchen. Women who
chose a career as a Pan Am stew-
ardess worked to get their passen-
gers dinner and drinks while
learning the
art
of flirtation.
"Pan Am" shows how in the 1960s,
the women didn't care about what
the profession actually entailed be-
cause they were traveling the world.
The Pan Am stewardesses were
truly envied.
The show follows Kate, Laura, Co-
lette and Maggie, four Pan
Am
stew-
ardesses who want
to
travel the
world in style.
Kate finds Pan Am as a way to
branch off from the Connecticut
norm and find her importance
across the planet. Kate's sister
Laura, "followed her into a uniform,"
after deciding to run away from her
own wedding.
Colette's character is a woman
who wants to travel the world and
doesn't mind leaving her home in
Paris behind.
Maggie is the opposite of the ac-
commodating and cooperative stew-
ardess who just wants to search the
world. Maggie refuses to wear her
girdle, does not wear her proper at-
tire onboard, and isn't afraid to talk
back to her superiors.
As a portrayal of the times, the
show demonstrates women's roles in
the 1960s as being degraded, but
that being a stewardess was a job
that women dreamed of having from
a young age. With just one shot of a
young girl staring at the smiling
stewardesses, the show embodies
these women as rock stars.
The series makes other not-so-
subtle allusions to the decade by
adding hints of the Gold War and
portraying a flight durin3 the Bay of
Pigs. Other than the cars and the
costumes though, the series makes
a failed attempt of going back to the
1960s.
The show attempts to be a drama
dedicated to the nostalgia genera-
tions feel for their past, as well as
bring the people who have never
lived in the times to appreciate the
clothing and the actual lives of the
decade. The only trouble is that the
series
doesn't
seem
dramatic
enough to keep the viewers coming
back each week. The show tries to
write scandal into the script, like
adding elements of the Cold War
and spies recruiting a stewardess to
do their dirty work across the coun-
try. "Pan
Am"
includes a story line
about love in a forbidden relation-
ship between a Pan Am pilot and an
undercover spy who plays
a
stew-
ardess. It is not believable or pas-
sionate enough to make the
audience attentive. The script and
the premise have a lot of potential,
but until the writing gets better and
more believable, there won't be
much of a following.
Woodstock musician releases new video
By
MELANIE LAMORTE
A&E Editor
Local independent singer/song-
writer Sarah Fimm released the
new music video for her song,
"Everything Becomes Whole," on
Friday, Sept. 23 at the Woodstock
Film Festival. Though she was
thrilled
to
reveal her song and new
video off her seventh critically-ac-
claimed album "Near Infinite Possi-
bility," after speaking to her, it's
clear that music is not Sarah's only
passion. Aside from her powerful
music and rich singing voice, her
dedicatfon to helping others proves
that there's beauty on the inside as
well.
Born in Oklahoma, Fimm has
been exposed to music since before
she was even born.
"I
think my mother has played
piano to me since I was in her stom-
ach," Fimm said.
Fimm said she really started get-
ting involved in the music industry
when she was 1
7
years old at
Berklee College of Music.
After moving to New York a few
years later, Fimm and her band
began to realize the importance of
mp3s, digital music sharing and so-
cial networking. Using sites like
http://CDbaby.com, Fimm was able
to reach thousands of listeners with-
out spending great amounts of
money.
"The internet is a very valuable
tool for independent musicians if it
is used properly," Fimm said.
Fimm has now been on the Wood-
stock music scene for more than five
years. While her past albums have
PHOTO COURTESY OF lAST.FM
Local
singer, Sarah
Fimm
released her
new music
video for the song •Everything
Becomes Whole.•
been an eclectic mix of orchestral,
electronic and acoustic styles, she
says that this one is all rock-based.
Her
voice is delicate yet powerful,
and the music is rich and engaging,
making her sound unique and won-
derful. While she has a strong local
fan base, her music has been noticed
and praised by heavy-hitters in the
music industry.
After "Near Infinite Possibility'!
was released in May, the album re-
ceived praise from Billboard Maga-
zine, which described her music as
"vibrant" and "transcendent" in its
June
4, 2011 issue. The review men-
tioned that, although every song on
the album is a "worthy listen, the
track 'Everything Becomes Whole' is
the clear champion."
·
The single video, directed by Erik
Montovano of New York-based
pro-
duction house, Newspeak, contains
the underlying message of domestic
abuse, a cause about which Fimm
intends to spread awareness and
prevent.
"It's powerful, realistic and mean-
ingful," Fimm said. "The undertones
all apply to this idea of trying to do
something positive."
Doing something positive is a pas-
sion of Fimm's. She's partnered
with the International Justice Mis-
sion, an agency dedicated
to
aiding
victims of slavery, sexual exploita-
tion and other forms of violent op-
pression.
Fimm has also taken her charita-
ble nature closer to home by offering
aid and support to those affected by
Hurricane Irene.
-In
addition to or-
ganizing a benefit concert for a
Woodstock resident who lost her
home in the storm, she has been
traveling to other towns in New
York, gathering video footage of the
destruction and disturbing living
conditions of those affected. She is
putting together a video to raise
awareness and display the upset-
ting images not covered by main-
stream media.
Fimm has teamed up with the
MARK Project, an aid organization
that "fills in the gaps where larger
organizations fail."
"People are displaced and living in
makeshift huts," Fimm said. "The
only people helping them are local
friends and family. This is human
suffering that requires attention. I
want to do something to help these
people."
"Everything Becomes Whole,"
as
well
as Sarah's other music can be viewed
and listened to on the artist's YouTube
channel,
Fimrnband,
as well as
http://Sarahfi.mm.oom.
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Ryan Rec~mmends
·-",'.~::,
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By
RYAN RIVARD
Managing Editor
T
.I.
"I'm Flexin"' featuring Big
K.R.I. T. -
The first solo single from
T.I.'s post-prison stint is an attempt
to reclaim the swagger he lost by re-
leasing 2010's lukewarm "No
Mercy" while serving time.
After creating smash singles like
''Whatever You Like" and "Live
Your Life," the King of the South
started to simmer after two jail sen-
tences for probation violations and
a federal prison bid for a U.S. fed-
eral weapons charge.
"I'm Flexin"' effortlessly reclaims
his title. The song moves with the
ease of a testosterone-fueled flex.
The Mississippi born liip-hop artist
Big K.R.I.T. injects the track with
his brand of southern comfort pro-
duction.
Jack White "You Know That
I
Know" -
Literally taking a page
out of Hank William's book, White
recorded an unfinished track from
the legendary country artist's note-
book he left behind when he died at
age of-29 in 1953. The effort, part of
a collection called "The Lost Note-
books of Hank Williams," also fea-
tures Bob Dylan and Norah Jones.
"You Know That I Know'' is faithful
to Williams' raw folk country sound
and showcases White's signature
voice.
DRC Music "Hallo" featuring
Tout Puissant Mukalo and
Nelly Liyemge -
Damon Al barn
(Gorillaz, Blur) and a collective of
producers, including Dan the Au-
tomator and U.K. producer Actress,
visited the Democratic Republic of
Congo
(DRC)
to create an album in
one week, collaborating with local
artists.
The end result
is
an album called
''Kinshasa One Two.'' Proceeds from
the album sales go
to
Oxfam's work
towards reversing one of the world's
worst humanitarian crises.
"Hallo," the album opener, pt,-ove~
that not only should you buy this
experiment to aid a great cause, but
the music is also wildly refreshing.
Florence
+
the Machine "Shake
It Out" - Florence received well-de-
served recognition for her debut
album
"Lungs,"
including
a
Grammy nomination for Best New
Artist.
The first official single from her fol-
low-up, "Ceremonials" (due Oct.
28), is a testament that she is here
to stay.
"Shake
It Out" is pop song destined
to dominate festivals at U2-caliber
levels. Florence's soulful vocals soar
with confidence in the chorus as she
reprises the song's title over and
over. Soon enough, seas of audi-
ences will be shouting with her.













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The Fox
Trot
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Quick
hits of the week in Marist athletics
Men's Soccer
Marist's western New York road
trip concluded with a 1-0 loss to Ni-
agara on Friday, Sept. 30, and a 0-0
tie to Canisius on Sunday Oct. 2nd
despite strong efforts in both games.
Despite leading in both total shots
and shots on target, the Red Foxes
could not find the back of the net
and opened up MAAC play with a
loss to Niagara. Senior Midfielder
Tim Garger turned in a strong p!;lr-
formance registering three shots on
target, while graduate student goal-
keeper Steve Skoniecnzy had two
saves.
On Sunday, another strong effort
in goal from Skoniecnzy earned
Marist a point, but despite a whop-
ping 20 shots, the Red Foxes could
not find the back of the net.
Senior Lucas Szabo contributed
four shots including two on target,
and Senior Krystian Witkowski also
had two shots on target.
Marist is next in action when
Siena comes to Poughkeepsie this
Saturday at 7 p.m.
Men's Tennis
The Men's Tennis team started
MAAC play off with a bang with a
convincing 7-0
win
over rival Siena.
Senior Matt Himmelsbach won in
straight sets in the top singles
flight, and all others followed suit.
Sophomore Will Reznek, Freshman
Joseph Dube and Sophomore
Dalen
Klassen all earned comfortable vic-
tories as Marist swept the singles
portion of the match.
The doubles turned oU:t to be more
of the same as Marist took all three
matches in convincing fashion. The
team of Himmelsbach and Fresh-
man Matteo Giudici took an 8-4 vic-
tory in the top doubles match,- and
teams of Dube and Reznik as well
as Klassen and Sophomore Jacob
Solly took home 8-3 victories re-
spectively.
Next the :8ed Fox.es will head to
New York City for the Columbia
Fall Classic, which spans from Fri-
day until Sunday.
Club
Roundup:
Men's Rugby
The Marist men's rugby team is
off to one of their strongest starts in
recent memory. The Red Foxes are
now 4-0 following their 26-11
win
at
home against New Paltz on Sunday.
Having to deal with a muddy field,
the Red Foxes fell behind but were
able
tQ
come back behind tries
scored by Tim Akins,
Mark
Spinelli
and Jomar Benoit.
Michael McGoldrick added a con-
version and three penalty kicks.
Marist will travel to take on 0-4
Hofstra on Sunday, and will return
home the next week face off with
cross-town rival Vassar on Sunday,
Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. at the Gartland
Athletic Field.
Men's Hockey
On their opening weekend, Marist
took down UConn by a score of 7-5
on Saturday, which they followed
up with a dominating 7-1 effort over
Endicott on Sunday.
Marist jumped out to a 3-0 lead
behind two goals from Junior For-
ward Mike Chiacchia. Chiacchia
completed his hat trick in the 2nd
period and Marist overcame a 5-4
deficit early in the third, on Chic-
chia's 4th goal of the evening and
Senior Forward Charlie Gotard's
game winner at the 13:10 mark
which gave Marist a lead.
The Foxes added an empty netter
to seal the comeback. Freshman
goaltender Cody Capps had 34
saves in net to earn his first career
collegiate victory.
Marist's offensive dominance con-
tinued into Sunday, as they once
again put up seven goals. Senior
Forward CJ Gordon netted two first
period goals to go with one from
Chiacchia and one from Junior For-
ward Chris Cerbino as Marist took a
commanding 4-0 lead.
Cerbino completed his hat trick in
the third and Chiacchia added his
second to complete the rout. Capps
earned his second win in as many
starts, putting up 25 saves in the
victory.
Turnovers becoming too familiar for Mari~t football
By
ERIC VAN DER VOORT
Sports Editor
It was a new week but the same
story for the Marist football team.
The Red Foxes
went
into Satur-
day's game against
Pioneer
Football
League opponent Jacksonville with
a minus-7 turnover margin. By the
end of the day, that number turned
into minus-12.
Jacksonville, the def ending PFL
~hampions, came up with three
fumbles and two interceptions as
they beat Marist at Tenney Sta-
dium, 21-9.
After an uneventful start to the
game, an Atiq Lucas fumble gave
Jacksonville the ball on the Marist
8. The Dolphins then converted on a
fourth and goal from the one-yard
line to get on the scoreboard first.
The teams traded punts until
Marist fumbled deep
in
their own
territory yet again, and Jacksonville
needed only a 1-yard run to make
the score 14-0.
Marist came back with a scoring
drive
of
their
own before
h~lftime,
as a 59-yard pass froin Tommy
Reilly to Bartley Leneghan to the 1
~
yard line set up running back Ryan
Dinnebeil for the touchdown.
In the second h
"
aJf, the Red Foxes
started to move the ball down the
field with more ease, but turnovers
again were their Achilles' heel.
&-
mani Martin caught a pass for 31
yards to bring the Foxes into the red
zone but fumbled, and Jacksonville
recovered.
On Marist's next possession, a
pass interference call and a Calvin
McCoy rush brought ~he ball to the
Dolphins' 22, but quarterback
Tommy Reilly floated a pass that
CARA MOONEY/THE
CIRCLE
Above:
Jacksonville recovers one
of
three fumbles surrendered
by
Marist
In a 21-9
loss
for the Foxes
on
Saturday.
Marist gave
up a
total
of five
turnovers and now
has
a
minus-12 turnover margin
on
the
season.
was picked off by Jacksonville's
Andy Sainvil. Sainvil caught the
ball at the 1-yard line, but ran back
into the end zone
where
he was
tackled
for
a safety.
The Red
Foxes
got the ball
back
down 14-9, but a personal foul on
Dinnebeil halted what looked to be
a promising drive.
The Dolphins easily marched
down the field on their next posses-
sion, bringing 'the score to 21~9.
Marist had chances late but was un-
able
to
cdnvert:
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The Red Foxes fell to 1-4 on the
season and 0-2 in PFL play. The
Dolphins improved to 3-2 overall
·
and 2-0 in league play, in which
they have not lost since October
2009.
The turnover margin has become
a major issue for this Red Fox team.
"It's very frustrating," head coach
Jim Parady said.
''When
we give
them the ball on the l and on the 7,
it's almost impossible to defend at
that point."
Due to the scores off turnovers,
J ack~onville only produced one true
touchdown drive the entire game.
Defensive Coordinator Scott Rum-
sey was proud of the team's defen-
sive efforts.
''We're absolutely happy with the
way we played defensively," Rum-
sey said. ''We really challenged the
kids to play assignment football, to
tackle well, to keep their compo-
sure. Whatever we asked them to
do, they did it. We faced some in-
juries and other adversity in the
game, and we really rose to the oc-
casion each and every time that we
had to. I'm very proud of our play-
ers and our coaching staff."
Rumsey admitted that being left
with short fields to defend has been
frustrating, but the team morale
has not been affected.
''We can't look at it that way; we've
got to look at it as a challenge,"
Rumsey said. "We can only' worry
about what we do, not what other
teams do. When they put the ball
down:
and
say it's the 'other team•
s
ball, that's where we have
'to
play
from. We can't be concerned about
what yardline it is, how
-
they got it;
or any of those things. You just have
to be ready to play at that point."
The team's strong defense per-
for1:11ance
·
came without two key
players for the majority of the game.
Defensive end Terrence Fede was
disqualified for appearing to throw
a punch, and safety captain Bran-
don Kicklighter did not dress for the
game for undisclosed reasons.
Tommy Reilly, starting for the sec-
ond game this season, completed 15
of 26 passes for 179 yards. The sen-
ior threw two interceptions and was
sacked five times.
The Red Foxes have still yet to
find a consistent running game.
McCoy led the team with 44
l'usn
yards on eight carries.
Leneghan caught three passes for
103 yards, making him the fourth
wide receiver to go over 100 yards
for Marist this season.
The Red Foxes now have two of
the top teams in the conference be-
hind them, so they are looking to cut
down on the mistakes to turn the
season around.
"We felt going into the season, and
I still feel this way, that we can
compete with these people," Parady
said. "It's more things that we're
doing to ourselves than our oppo-
nents are doing to us. We have to
limit those things and we're going to
get on the right side of the
win
col-
umn."
The Red Foxes will go back on the
road this Saturday as they take on
Davidson at 1 p.m.


























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Women's soccer wins twice over weekend
By
STEVE SABATO
Circle Contributor
The Marist College women's soc-
cer team went 2-0 over its weekend
road trip, moving their season mark
to 6-4, and 2-0 in MAAC play. The
victories came over Iona artd Fair-
field.
''We worked our entire pre-season
and [early] regular season for these
games," junior defender Jessica
Arabia said. "Although we were not
at home, we were excited to come
out strong, and had been anticipat-
ing this moment for a long time."
They began the weekend with
Iona, (1-8-2) who they defeated 4-1.
They were tied 1-1 at the end of the
first half. The lone goals for the two
teams came within four minutes of
each other in the first half, between
the 24th and 28th minutes. Iona's
goal was scored by Kerrie Deignan
an assist from Leah Taylor. It was
Deignan's second goal of the season.
Marist matched the goal on an ef-
fort by Rycke Guiney, who was as-
sisted by Chelsea Botta.
The Foxes found more offensive
output in the second half, when they
attacked Rivera with a barrage of
shots, three of which resulted in
goals. The first 12 minutes of the
half were quiet, until Amanda Ep-
stein and Rycke Guiney scored goals
in the 57th and 59th minutes. The
last goal was scored by Jaclyn
Sabia, unassisted, on a straight shot
from close range, to close out the 4-
1 victory over the Gaels on Friday.
"game-changing," referencing a save
in the first half, that came on a shot
from 25 yards out. In her opinion,
the save changed the complexion of
the game. -That was among the
eight saves that Wicks was called
upon to make in the shutout effort.
They return home to Poughkeep-
sie this weekend to face MAAC op-
ponents St. Peter's and Manhattan.
COURTESY OF MA.RIST ATHLETICS
Goals were not as easy to come by
for the Lady Foxes on Sunday,
against the Lady Stags of Fairfield.
Marist took seven shots over the
course of the game, but only one of
the shots was on goal. Fortunately
for the Foxes, that shot was a goal.
The goal was scored by Jackie Frey
on an assist from Samantha
Panzner. The goal came early in the
games second minute. Goalkeeper
Andrea Wicks faced eight shots, and
stopped every one of them, earning
the shutout victory on a low-scoring
effort from the Foxes.
Freshman Amanda Epstein (above) earned her fourth
MAAC
Rookie
of
the Week award
Arabia characterized some of
for
her game-winning goal and
assist last
weekend. Toe Red Foxes
will
host
St
Peter's
Wicks' saves as "amazing'' and even in their annual •pink-Out• game on Friday at Tenn8'J Stadium.
Flint and
Gaye
lead Foxes
at Paul Short Run
By
GARRIN MARCHETTI
Circle Contributor
After strong showings
in
the sea-
son's previous two races, the Marist
men's cross country teams were
ready to face some top competition
during last Friday's Gold Race at
the Paul Short Run. Competing
against several nationally ranked
teams, the Red Foxes placed 22nd
out
of
the 45 teams running at the
meet held at Lehigh University.
Three Marist runners placed in
the top 70 of the meet, with senior
Matthew Flint leading the way for
the Red Foxes. Flint finished the
five-mile course
in
25:09, placing
46th overall
in
the race. The other
two top performers were senior
William Griffin (25: 19) and junior
Arquimedes Delacruz (25:20),
fin-
ishing 66th and 68th, respectively.
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"I think our top three guys did
very well," Coach Pete Colaizzo
said. ''!!'hey are our leaders, and
while the rest of the team did well
too,
I am very proud of those three
in particular."
Out of the top six team finishers,
five are ranked in the nation's top
25. That being said, Colaizzo was
pleased with his team~s perform-
ance, but says there is always room
for improvement.
"To finish
in
the middle of a pack
with several nationally ranked
teams is certainly an accomplish-
ment," Colaizzo said. ''There is al-
ways room to improve though, and
I
expect our guys to do
so
in
time."
One of those improvements, ac-
cording
to
Colaizzo, is tightening
the gaps between his runners.
''We need to tighten the gaps be-
tween our third and fourth runners,
our fourth and fifth runners; et
cetera," he said.
''I
know that it will
definitely come as the season goes
on."
The women's team tied for third
place among a field of
44
teams in
the Brown Race, also held at the
Paul Short Run on Friday at Lehigh
University. Marist was led by fresh-
man s.tandout Michelle Gaye, who
finished the 6,000 meter race in
22:04, placing eight overall.
Senior Addie DiFrancesco (22:29)
and freshman Erin Thompson
(23:05) were the next Red Foxes to
cross the finish line, placing 15th
and 33rd overall, respectively. The
rest of the top six were junior Katie
Messina (23:15), senior Briana
Crowe (23:20) and freshman Bri-
anna Freestone (23:22). An encour-
aging sign for the team was that the
gap froin Marist's third through
sixth place finishers was only 17
seconds.
While the entire team performed
very well, the story of the season
continues to
,
be the progress of
Gaye. Gaye has now finished first
twice
so
far this season for the Red
Foxes. The freshman was named
the ECAC Division I Runner of the
Week and
MAAC
Women's Runner
of the Week last week, following her
impressive 18:04 run of the 5K Ted
Owen Invitational at Central Con-
necticut State University on Sept.
24.
Both the men's and women's
teams will return to action on Fri-
day, Oct. 7, when they travel to Van
Cortlandt Park in the Bronx for the
Metropolitan Championships. The
women's race will begin at 2 p.m.
and the men's will start at 2:30 p.m.
Marist happy in MAAC, but
''anything
can happen"
then goes after Atlantic 10 schools,
like Butler or Xavier. The next step
could possibly affect the MAAC.
"So then the A-10 loses some
members, do they ever look to the
MAAC? I think that's possible,"
Murray said.
Murray mentioned Siena and
Fairfield as schools that would be
attractive to the Atlantic 10, be-
cause of media market and arena
size.
"There might be adjustment in
terms of other conferences, too,"
Murray said, mentioning the Colo-
nial Athletic Association and Amer-
ica East Conference as conferences
who could potentially be looking to
add or change schools. "As we've
seen with Syracuse and Pitt, any-
thing can happen."
All of this discussion about chang-
ing confer
.
ences is hypothetical,
Murray stressed. Marist is not
look-
ing to leave the MAAC or the Pio-
neer League.
"Obviously we haye a great part-
nership and have had a good expe-
rience here
in
the MAAC," Murray
said.
"If
everything remains the
same, [we probably would not
leave]. But
if
the league is changing
in other ways, with other schools,
we always have to protect ourselves.
Let me caution you with my an-
swer- right now we're very happy
where we are in the MAAC. But
from a hypothetical situation, you
always have to be prepared. The
challenge that we would have is to
make sure we're as attractive as we
can be to as many schools and as
many conferences as possible. If
there is transition that's out of our
control, we have to be prepared."
Men's basketball coach Chuck
Martin agreed with Murray that the
trickle-down could affect the MAAC.
''That possibility [of moving] al-
ways exists," Martin said, but he
added that he is happy where
Marist is right now. "I like the
MAAC. I think it's a well-coached
league, I think it's well-run by the
commissioner, I love the venues. I
like this league. I wouldn't want to
see us in a different league, I think
this is a good fit for where we are
right now."
Although Murray did not mention
the League, a conference that would
make sense for Marist is the Patriot
League. There were three Patriot
League football teams on the sched-
ule in 2011, Holy Cross, Bucknell
and Georgetown. Army, a regional
rival for many Marist sports teams,
is also a Patriot League member in
all sports but football.
The idea of conference realign-
ment has some fans anxious.
"The NCAA always says they're
not a money-making organization,
but sometimes actions speak louder
than words," Paulsen said.
''I
know
they must have some plan, but I
hope they don't forget about the
smaller conferences. I think the
NCAA has to take control of the sit-
uation before it gets out of hand.
With the new McCann Arena,
Marist is going to have a new com-
petitive edge in the MAAC, and I
don't want thllt new arena and the
excitement of the program at Marist
to be tarnished by realignment and
Marist ending up in a conference
that it really doesn't belong in."
Junior Brian Gelok said he is
against the idea of conference re-
alignment as a whole.
"I would not
.
like it if Marist
changed conferences," Gelok said. I
think it takes a lot out of the game.
I love how excited people get when
Siena comes here, and if we leave
the MAAC then we woudn't have
that."
In a decision regarding conference
realignment, Murray would have a
large role, but the final say would
belong to Marist College President
Dennis Murray and the Board of
Trustees. Tim Murray said that any
sort of change with the MAAC or
other conferences would take place
"later rather than sooner."
"Time will only tell," Paulsen said.



















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Can conference realignment affect the MAAC?
By
ERIC VANDERVOORT
Sports Editor
Less than two weeks ago, the
Syracuse University and the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh athletics pro-
grams j'4_mped ship, abandoning the
Big East Conference they had be-
longed to for over 30 years for the
Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Big East, left with only seven
remaining football schools and 15
basketball schools, was left "scram-
bling," according to a New York
Times story.
The move put the entire world of
college sports into a state of unrest.
Right now, it's mostly something
that concerns major conferences,
but conference realignment is some-
thing that could affect the smaller
schools and conferences. Even at
Marist
,
our small school in Pough-
keepsie, it's not unrealistic to envi-
sion being affected ~y the changing
landscape.
Before the ACC announced the ad-
ditions of Syracuse and Pitt, schools
like Nebraska, Colorado
,
TCU,
Texas A&M, BYU, Boise State and
several others all changed alle-
giances. As the number of schools
switching conferences continues to
grow, so do the rumors of who else
could be on the move.
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Athletic Director Tim Murray believes
that
with major changes in conference allegiance
going on like Syracuse and Pittsburgh leaving the Big
East
for the ACC, It's believable
that
realignment could trickle down
to
the MAAC's level. Pictured above
is
the Marlst
men's basketball team competing In last year's MAAC Tournament
"I don't think it's over in terms of
what could happen
,
" Marist Athletic
Director Tim Murray said;
Murray said that Marist is not
looking to change conferences, but
that he is aware of what is going on
and how it could trickle down
to
this
level.
"Things change so quickly within
the athletic
landsc· p
.
What looks
one way today may look entirely
dif-
ferent tomorrow. That's why you al-
ways have to stay vigilant."
Marist is a member of the Metro-
Atlantic Athletic Conference for all
sports except football, of which it be-
longs to the Pioneer Football
League. The Red Foxes joined the
MAAC in 1995 and the Pioneer
The MAAC consists of
10
member
institutions, all of which are located
in the Northeast. The schools have
not changed since Marist and Rider
joined in 1995. The Pioneer League
is a nationwide league of 10 mem-
bers, stretching from Jacksonville
to
San Diego. Murray said that this
sort of conference is becoming a
trend in college sports.
"One of the things I've been taken
aback by with all the conference re-
alignment is that geogr~phy pl!).ys
very little part of what conference
you're in," Murray said~
Student Body President and
founder of the Student Booster Club
Andrew Paulsen said that he likes
Marist's connection
to
the MAAC
.
"We do have a
·
history in the
MAAC, we've won a lot of Commis-
sioner's Cups and just last year we
won several MAAC Championships.
I
enjoy the MAAC,
I
think it's a good
level of play and we have good rival
schools with Fairfield and Siena."
Murray said that with Syracuse
and Pittsburgh leaving the Big
East, he could see the conference
losing the rest of its football schools
and· becoming a primarily basket-
ball conference. According to Mur-
ray,
this
.could
create
a
domino-effect in which the Big East