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VOLUME 65, ISSUE 15
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Pack the House Challege enters its fourth year
By
SCOTT ATKINS
Sports Editor
The Marist women's basketball
team will host the fourth annual
Pack the House Challenge Friday,
Feb. 4, as they take on conference-
foe Niagara.
The NCAA-sponsored event chal-
lenges schools around the country to
sell out and set an attendance
record at a women's home basket-
ball game. Marist is the only pro-
gram in the country to accomplish
both goals in all three years of the
event's existence.
"I think the event is really good for
attendance and great for women's
basketball in general," senior guard
Erica Allenspach said. "The mission
is to pack the house. We need to con-
tinue the excellent promotion for
the game that we've had the past
three years and get as many people
there for the game as possible."
In charge of event promotion: will
be the
_
Marist sports public relations
class, taught by Dr. Keith Strudler.
The class will develop promotional
and marketing strategies in an ef-
fort to draw a larger attendance
than that of last year's game.
"Having the class plan and exe-
cute this promotion gives them a
chance for real applied learning,"
Strudler said. "They'll know how
well they did largely based on the
successes, and hopefully not fail-
ures, of their work."
The class organized various in-
game promotions in addition to
lead,up events, which includes a
"Pack the Mouth" eating competi-
tion, as well as a trivia night.
This year's event will have a "su-
perheroes and villains" theme, and
those in attendance
will be encour-
aged to show off their superhero or
villain themed costumes. Prizes
will
be awarded to those with the most
creative outfits.
"[Last year's] 80s night was a big
success," Allenspach said. "But I'm
very excited to see some of the cos-
tumes this time around."
Marist hopes the new theme will
appeal to a wider, more enthusias-
tic crowd.
"I think 'superheroes and villains'
gives Pack the House a new twist
that should attract more fans than
ever," Strudler said. "More impor-
tantly, I think students will really
get into the concept and have a
great time."
Joining the class in promoting the
event is Marist's own hometown su-
perhero, "Super Pack the House
Man." SPHM has been stealthily
moving about the campus for the
last two weeks raising awareness
about Pack the House.
The masked crusader has been
persuading students and commu-
nity members alike to dress in their
favorite costumes in support of the
theme, and has been seen in various
locations throughout the campus in-
cluding the gym, cafeteria and li-
brary.
"I saw Super Pack the House Man
at the gym and I'm definitely going
to the game; he really persuaded
me," Erin McCarthy, a junior on the
women's tennis team, said. "Plus, I
love to support other athletes on the
CIRCLE STAFF
/THE CIRCLE
The Marist College athletics department
will
hold the
•Pack
the House Contest" this
Friday, Feb. 4. The goal of the event, now In
its
fourth consecutive year, is
to
prtr
mote a sense
of
community
and set
an attendance record at a women's home bas-
ketball game. The Marlst Red Foxes will take on the Niagara Purple Eagles at 7:30
p.m. in the McCann Center Friday. The theme for this years event, devised
by
a
sports public relations class on campus, is •superheroes and villains.•
Marist campus."
Students looking to satisfy their
Students can stay up to date on hunger for heroes can catch Marist
SPHM's whereabouts by following as they battle Niagara Friday, Feb.
him on twitter@MaristSPTHM and 4, at 7:30 p.m in the McCann Cen-
on his Facebook page.
ter. Updates can be found on the
"I hope Super Pack the House event's Facebook page, "Pack the
Man keeps on going after Pack the House like a Superhero or Villain,"
House night," Strudler said. "I'm re-
or on Twitter @MCPacktheHouse.
ally excited by how popular he has For ticket information call the
gotten in such a short time. I think Marist ticket office at 845-575-3553
he could be a Marist icon for some or visit http://GoRedFoxes.com.
time to come. I guess it goes to show
that we're always hungry for he-
roes."
Marist students bear witness to history in Egypt
By
AMANDA LAVERGNE AND ALYSSA
LONGOBUCCO
News Editors
Two Marist students will step out
of the pages of history and back onto
U.S. soil later this week. Since the
violent protesting and conflict en-
sued in Egypt over the past several
days, government officials have
been struggling to secure the safe
return of hundreds of Americans
abroad.
Amongst them are Myriah Ander-
son and Jeff Hausner, two junior
students from Marist who had been
studying abroad at the American
University in Cairo.
Protesting in Cairo began Jan. 25,
stemming from the frustration of
millions who were looking for Pres-
ident Hosni Mubarak to step down
from the position he's held for 30
years. Demonstrators are also an-
gered by widespread poverty and
rising prices, as well as claims of
torture and government corruption.
What started out as a gathering in
Cairo's Tahrir- or ''Liberation"-
Square, quickly morphed into vio-
lent attacks that spread throughout
the city. It soon became apparent
that the safest plan of action would
be to remove the two students from
their university placement.
The panic and confusion of the
demonstrations in Egypt were only
compounded by the cut-off of all
forms of Internet access through-
out the country. This made it im-
possible for either Anderson or
Hausner to contact friends and
family and inform them of their
safety, or to secure their return to
the states.
Tim Massie, chief public affairs
officer at Marist', was influential in
not only ensuring the return of
these students promptly to the
U.S., but was also able to use his
prolific social media skills to up-
date their friends and family,
quelling their fears.
Massie posted several messages
on Anderson's Facebook wall reas-
suring those inquiring about her
safety and whereabouts that
everything was OK. He also kept
the Marist Twitter community in-
formed by reguarly updating his
followers regarding Anderson and
Hausner's return to the U.S.
"I know everyone at Marist is
happy they are safe and they will
have incredible stories to tell,"
Massie said. ''They were both wit-
nesses to history and gained an ed-
ucation they will never forget."
Massie is looking forward towel-
coming Anderson and Hausner
back to campus, where they will be
warmly greeted by the Marist com-
munity and media alike.
"Myriah arrives back in New
York la~e Wednesday night and
Jeff is expected back in the next
day or two," Massie said. ''Myriah
will return to Marist and Jeff will
determine where he will study fol-
lowing discussions with his fam-
ily."









































Thursday, February
3, 2011
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 2/3
No events posted.
Friday, 2/3
Women's basketball vs. Niagara
McCann Center Gymnasium
7:30 p.m.
Free with valid Marist ID
Saturday, 2/5
Men's lacrosse vs. Hartford
Tenney Stadium
3p.m.
Free admsission
SPC Comedian Myk Kaplan
9-10 p.m.
Cabaret
SPC Movie: "Due Date"
10-11:30 p.m.
SC346
Sunday, 2/6
No events posted.
Monday, 2/7
No events posted.
Tuesday, 2/8
No events posted.
Wednesday, 2/9
Marist College Toastmasters
International
9:15
p.m.
Dyson
231
campus
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Snow
Security Briefs
doesn't dampen drinking
By
CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
First things first, welcome back,
Marist! I hope everyone had a fan-
tastic break full of Christmas
(or
holiday) joy. I know we at the Raia
house did. My older brother one-
upped every Christmas present I
have ever given or received by an-
nouncing that he and his wife are
expecting a baby in July! I am
going to spoil the crap out of that
baby. Step one of pampering: I am
referring to
2011
as the Year of the
Baby from this day forward. Any-
way, on a less positive note, Febru-
ary is awful. The weather sucks, it's
home to St. Valentine's Day, there's
an unnecessary R in the word itself,
and it can't decide whether it has
28
or
29
days. I wish we were bears so
we could hibernate through it. Ugh.
At least it's not a Leap Year. Let's
get through this month. It's almost
springtime in the Year of the Baby.
Rejoice.
1/18-Foy
On the first day students were al-
lowed back on campus, a Foy house
was written up for having an unau-
thorized party. They had over
20
students present, two beer pong ta-
bles set up and two guests. The
guests were kicked off campus.
Fantastic start to the semester.
1/18 -
Donnelly
A
security
guard was making his
rounds
around Donnelly Hall, peeked
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and
a
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happened.
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lot
more
will.
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break,
mass
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into the bathroom, and spotted a sink
hanging off the wall by a thread.
When I was first told this story, I was
picturing geyser-like water cannons
spraying everywhere and the security
guard sprinting away, diving out the
front door and riding an enormous
tidal wave to safety. That didn't hap-
pen.
No pipes were broken, and
Marist ordered a new sink. That's
probably for the best.
1/19 -
Everywhere
Oh, no no no. More burglaries. Stu-
dents in
Leo,
Lower West and Shea-
han went home for Christmas break
and left their things on cainpUB. A
32-
inch television, a bicycle, two Xbox
controllers, three games and an iPod
touch were reportep. missing. I can't
keep hearing about this. I really don't
want to stop leaving my
car
unlocked
or leaving a rock in my front door.
Don't betray my trust!
1/21 -
Donnelly
I was told that a student was vom-
iting by the planter. I asked for
clarification, but I'm still not sure
what that means. I kind of hope
"the plantei:" means the plants in-
side of Donnelly, downstairs from
the ATM. But that would be kind of
disgusting.
1/21 -
Sheahan
TI calculator missing from a dorm
room. I feel
sorry
for the victim, but I
apologize, I don't feel your pain. rve
never owned a TI calculator. I only
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two
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know how to add, subtract, multiply
and divide. I answered exactly zero
geometry questions correctly on the
SATs. There are probably thousands
of seventh graders who are more
mathematically advanced than I am.
1/23
-
Sheahan
At
4:53
a.m., an intoxicated
guest
who was separated from
his
host was
kicked off campus and put in a cab.
fve
asked this question before, but rm
still really curioUB. Where do
these
people
go?
It's one thing if
you're
local
or know people in the area, but my
friends are from Maryland.
If
my
friend from home got kicked off cam-
pus (as he absolutely should
have,
considering he ended up in the bath-
room of a hoUBe home to people I had
never met), he would have been sleep-
ing on the streets of Poughkeepsie. I
mean, I guess I would have met
him.
Maybe we'd sleep at Pleasant Ridge or
behind the wall at Gartland.
This
is
why we all need friends who live off
campus.
Disclaimer: The Security Briefs are in-
tended as satire and fully protected free
speech under the First Amendment of the
Constitution.
is
overt
take a
leaf
out of the men's
sh
ppina
book
(perhaps
for
St.
Valen-
tm •,
Day?)
On a
more sentimental
no
e.
senior
Raeanna
Gutkowski
completed
her
in
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chemotherapy
to
defeat
os-
teosarcoma
and
joined
the
campus
two
da ·
after she
was done.
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to
come
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Walking in a severe weather warningland
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THOMAS
LOTITO
Circle Editor
It's snowing. Or it snowed by the
time you're reading this article. In
fact, if you have eyes and feet and
have steppeil outside at all this se-
mester, you'd have noticed that it's
snowed quite a bit.
For a -school situated in the Hud-
son Valley, one would think that
snow is something that we're rather
accustomed to. In past years I recall
the sidewalks and bridges covered
with more salt than a mall pretzel,
and sand enough that you need to
shake your boots like you're back
from the beach.
Things
have changed, apparently.
Any upperclassman traversing the
walking
bridge
from
Fulton
knows
to take things slowly and
watch
where they're going. The first week
of
classes this semester included
a
storm that left ice rinks outside the
residence halls.
Parking has always been an issue
for students. Finding a spot is hard
enough when you're just sure that
there are people who use their cars
maybe once a week. What's surpris-
ingly more aggravating is not being
able to get out of one. The plowing
of the parking lots is, of course,
much appreciated. It's a blessing to
be able to walk outside. But the
mock-Himalayan mountain range
that is now surrounding the vehi-
cles can be just a little irksome.
Now the course of these com-
plaints will make perhaps more of
an ominous turn. Plaguing Gart-
land, Foy, Lower West, Upper West
and
all
Fulton townhouses are ici-
cles stretching
to lengths of
several
feet. It's
disturbing
to see four-foot
long
fangs dangling
from
houses
and closing
like predatory
teeth
around
windows and doorways. It's
reminiscent
of a
fatal
scene
from
'The
y>vely Bones," especially when
these crystalline spikes
are dripping
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remain idle In parking lots campus wide, encased
in
ice and covered in snow.
just
over
the entrance
to your house. I'm just
being
grumpy. But I don't
Perhaps
this is coming
off a bit
think I'm
alone
in saying that I'm
like something
Andy
Rooney
would
getting sick
of
the snow.
rant about on
"60
Minutes."
Maybe
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Williams breaks down hip-hop culture
By
JACEL EGAN
Editor-in-Chief
Marist students, faculty and staff
welcomed
Thomas
Chatterton
Williams Thursday for a reading
and Q
&
A session on his first book,
"Losing My Cool: How a Father's
Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-
Hop Culture."
As the audience enjoyed a light
lunch, Williams warmed the wintry
air as he eloquently spoke of his
double life growing up in New Jer-
sey.
As written on the author's web~
site: "Williams describes how he
managed to juggle these two dis-
parate lifestyles-'keeping it real' in
his friends' eyes and studying for
the SATs under his father's strict
tutelage... As college approached
and the stakes of the thug lifestyle
escalated, the disparity between
Williams' street life and home life
threatened to undo him."
Williams expressed how his
·
teenage years were colored by his
father's guidance, revealing how, ul-
timately, Williams' motivation to es-
cape the lifestyle so many of his
high school classmates fell into out-
weighed the temptation of hip-hop
and all it entailed.
"Hip-hop and basketball sur-
rounded me but I wasn't as hungry
for it," Williams read. "I realized
there was something more to life
than just taking a couple of jump
shots."
After the reading, Williams took
questions from the audience regard-
ing the new direction he plans to
steer his ideas.
"I can rest now with criticizing
this one aspect of culture," Williams
said. "Now I want to show future
generations a different vision. I
think they need alternative views;
life is a lot longer than you realize
and you need to work on yourself to
gain qualities that will make you
more attractive beyond the teen
years."
The author also compared the
drastic difference in values between
his generation and younger, to those
his father's generation upheld.
''You have those that look up to
Biggie Smalls, Tupac and even Lil
Wayne now," Williams said. ''While
just a generation ago MLK helped
fight for civil rights, values I know
even I take for granted sometimes
that my father's generation fought
so hard for."
As the event wound down with a
book signing, Williams discusE1ed
his favorite part about writing.
"It was satisfying to be able to cap-
ture my father's voice in a way that
he could see," Williams said. "I
JACEL EGAN/THE
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Thomas Chatterton Williams reads an excerpt from his latest book on hip-hop.
wanted a way to make him proud."
sound decisions that will help their along with others on the staff,
Attendees like junior Lydia Mur-
future.
helped organize this Marist Mosaic
ray were left thinking about the per-
vasive, and not always good, nature
·
of hip-hop.
"Though I haven't read his book, I
think it makes
an
important point
that there are alternative ways
than just taking the route hip-hop
kind of lays out for people," Murray
said.
Others in the audience also agreed
with the message Williams' book
purports, and see its potential to in-
fluence young adults into making
''The author's experiences were
definitely things I could relate to
since I grew up around the same
time," Bobbi Sue Tellitocci, assis-
tant dire~tor of donor programs,
said. "I remember when I was in
junior high and listened to rap
music and wanted to portray one
image, but eventually grew out of
it."
As part of the Affirmative Action
Advisory Committee, Tellitocci,
event.
"I
think this event was very suc-
cessful," Steve Sansola, committee
member, said. "It brought together
a diverse mix of community mem-
bers. I am always pleased to see stu-
dents interacting with college staff,
faculty and with each other. Our
[the committee's] intention is to con-
tinue to sponsor more events like
this."
Talking Tarot: Achieving the crown
By
JENNIFER MEYERS
Features Editor
Why are we all in college? Why
did we choose to get a higher edu-
cation? Is it because it's expected
of us to go to college? The Ace of
Swords tends to disagree with
that perspective.
From the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck
The sword in general is a very
powerful symbol. It signifies tri-
umph, conquest and with the
crown on top signifying the ulti-
mate mastery of intellect. What
this mea
_
ns is that it is necessary,
sevel'al times in our college life, to
go that extra step in meeting with
a professor on a problem with a
paper or possibly any nervous
breakdowns one may experience
for an exam.
When we break
down our walls and ask for clarity
in what we are doing, that is the
only way to achieve the higher
understanding. It's better to ask
the question than to receive the
paper back with the letter "F."
The Ace of Swords means for us
to challenge our own ideas and go
further than what is limited.
When there are too many deci-
sions to be made, then this
.
is sim-
ply the means of cutting away
what is significantly unimpor-
tant, or in other words, the
process of elimination. Once we
let go of the unimportant aspects
that crowd our minds, we will
have a so called "intellectual
awakening."
This card can also represent a
conquest in love or hatred. An ex-
perience will extremely affect how
we feel about someone, whether if
it's a feeling of love or hate. It's
as if the sword will pierce your
mind into making a decision
whether or not you want that per-
son in your life. It will force you
to make a decision.
Getting back to college life, we
are constantly faced with paper
after paper of directions on how to
go about writing the paper. We
think we followed the directions
correctly and we end up getting
the paper back with red marks all
over it. This is the sign to take
that extra step in meeting with
the professor and clearing up any
confusion. Rather than getting ir-
ritated at the professor, it is bet-
ter to go and talk to them about
it; this is the only way to achieve
that crown on top that the sword
pierces.
Of course, there is a way of the
swords saying that maybe the
conversations with the professor
are not going well. Poor commu-
nication plays out daily in our
lives whether we notice it or not
with many individuals which
could lead to irrational behavior.
Humans naturally succumb to
ego. Our ego will take over our
brain and cloud our mind to only
achieve dominance in the conver-
sation. This is not the way to go
about achieving a higher under-
standing. It is better to approach
almost any situation with your
heart. The mind is filled with ego
and generally the ego isn't the
best at communicating or decision
making.
We are here to achieve higher
education. We have mentors to
look after us and are here to help.
Use them. Use their minds so
that you can have a better under-
standing. The whole "real world"
that we are all afraid of going
into, well, our professors have all
experienced that already and are
living it now. They can give us a
better understanding of what we
are getting ourselves into and are
more than willing to share that
information with us. They can
make the "real world" seem less
scary and possibly help us to ap-
proach it with better confidence.
They can help us with the experi-
ence that they have and eventu-
ally help us to achieve that crown.


























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Extra caution needed- on slippery roads
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Poughkeepsie residents are urged
to
learn how
to
drive safely In winter weather.
By
MICHAEL GAROFALO
Staff Writer
Drivers at Bridgestone'.s Winter
Driving School in Colorado are
doing something that might seem
counterintuitive: skidding on pur-
pose.
Students learn how skids are
caused, as well as how to regain con-
trol in the event of a skid.
Marist senior and car enthusiast
Ed Tucholski said that one way to
learn how your vehicle responds in
slippery conditions is to simply "go
to a parking lot in the snow and
practice controlling your car."
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration suggests this
same tactic for drivers to learn how
anti-lock brake systems work and
feel. Typically, ABS causes the
brake pedal to pulse and possibly be
noisy.
Students who want to pra~tice
driving in the snow should use
"sound judgment" according to the
town of Poughkeepsie Police Ue-
partment.
Practicing at a responsible speed
in a completely empty parking lot
would be viewed much differently
by an officer than doing donuts in a
lot crowded with people.
If
people are in danger, the driver
can be charged with reckless driv-
ing - an unclassified misdemeanor,
the police department said. Some-
times even
if
only the driver is in
danger, charges may be pressed.
Under Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard
126,
the NHTSA
will
require by
2012
that
all
new ve-
hicles with a gross vehicle weight
rating of
10,000
pounds or less sold
in the U.S. have electronic stability
control or ESC.
According to the NHTSA report
"ESC has been found to be highly ef-
fective in preventing single-vehicle
loss-of-control, run-off-the road
crashes, of which a significant por-
tion are rollover crashes.
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According to the NHTSA report
"ESC would cost at least $111 for
the models that need only ESC and
$4 79 for the models that need ABS
andESC."
When driving, traction control as
well as locking and limited slip dif-
ferentials can help to distribute
power to drive wheels that have
traction. Winter tires can also im-
prove traction on snow and ice.
However, not even the most ad-
vanced features can make a driver
immune to the laws of physics.
To be safe this winter
"make
sure
you leave earlier to give yourself
time, slow down and watch turning
speed as well as other cars," Tu-
cholski said.
Rear wheel drive, front wheel
drive and all wheel drive vehicles
will handle differently in the snow.
For the former, the rear end is sus-
ceptible to "coming loose" in a con-
dition called oversteer.
Conversely, front wheel drive cars
are more likely understeer. Each
situation requires a different reac-
tion to correct.
Marist Director of Safety and Se-
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should "keep a broom or snow
brush, shovel and a bag of sand in
your car" and "brush snow off your
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Bamboozle to main stage with The Break
By
DAYNA MCLAUGHLIN
Staff Writer
The Break Contest presented by
School of Rock and The Bamboozle
is
hosting a competition in which
bands from the tii-state area com-
pete in the hopes of finding their big
break.
The grand prize winner of The
Break gets their own Main Stage slot
at The Bamboozle Festival held
April 29 to May 1 at the New Mead-
owlands Sports Complex
in
New Jer-
sey. Preliminary rounds began
in
early January and
_will
continue
through March.
The contest has six venues that
bands compete at, and each of the
venues acts as a ''region" for the con-
test. The bands closest to that area
perform the contest out at their
home venue.
One of the venues this year is The
Chance Theater,
in
Poughkeepsie.
According to Chance Consultant Jeff
Menig, this is the sixth year that The
Break contest is being held, and the
second time bands are being show-
cased in Poughkeepsie. Other ven-
ues for the preliminary rounds of the
contest include Stone Pony in As-
bury Park, N.J., School of Rock in
Hackensack,. N.J., Trackside Teen
Center in Wilton,
Cenn.T
and Club
Karma in Patchogue,
N.J.
The next showcase at The Chance
will be this Saturday, Feb. 5, begin-
ning at 1 2 p.m. Tickets are avail-
able at the door for $14, or can be
purchased online.
In order to be considered for the
contest, bands submitted applica-
tions online, and each area's repre-
sentative selected bands that they
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The Break contest presented
by
School
of Rock and Bamboozle offers an oppor-
tunity for
tri-state
bands
to
make their
big break on
the
main stage of the New
Jersey
music
festival.
wanted to perform. Each band must
have a Myspace or other official site
promoting their band and showcas-
ing their talent.
.
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On the day of th~(preliminary
show, each band i&:
:·
given: a 20-
minute time slot to perform, with
only 10 minutes of set change time
and no official sound check. These
limiting conditions give some added
pressure to the already tense situa-
tion.
One of the bands competing this
Saturday is the pop-punk band
Bridge_ the Borders, from Rockland,
NY. Bass guitarist Tim Facciola ex-
presses the band's excitement, as
well as the inevitable set of nerves.
"We're trying to approach it not so
much as a contest, but as more of an
opportunity to showcase what we've
done, all the work that we've put in,"
Facciola said.
Experience
is
another factor that is
sure to impose nerves on many
bands.
"There are definitely bands that
have more experience than us and
that have been playing together for
a couple years, where we've only
been together a couple months," Fac-
ciola said. "But I'm not trying to
worry about other bands.
If
we don't
make it to the next round I'd be okay
with that. I just want to play as well
as we know how to."
Jeff Menig coordinates all the
shows at The Chance and helping
bands get the most out of their expe-
rience with the contest.
''I
love The Break because it's so di-
verse and I get exposed to all kinds of
new bands each year," Menig said.
The bands performing cover a va-
riety of genres, from heavy metal to
hip-hop, while many groups label
themselves as alternative and rock.
"The winners are decided by a com-
bination of judges' scores and ballots
casted at the shows themselves,"
Menig said. "Everyone who attends
each show gets one ballot to vote for
whomever they think should win."
Bands will be judged in the cate-
gories of talent, performance and au-
dience response. Audience ballots
will then be tallied and added to the
judges' scores to determine who
moves on to the next round. The
winners from each preliminary
round will compete in a semi-final
performance, again at their respec-
tive home venues. The winners of
this round will continue through to
the finals, held in early April. The
overall winner from each venue will
compete one last time at a free show
in New York City to determine the
grand prize winner.
According to Menig, one of the
great things about The Break Con-
test is seeing the transformations
that each band makes, and how they
progress throughout the contest.
"You can tell as the bands get
closer to winning they are practicing
more and paying closer attention to
everything they do," Menig said.
"In
just a mere three months you can see
their improvements. It really pushed
the bands to their maximum out-
put."
Further information on tickets, up-
coming shows or thebands can visit
TheBreakContest.com,
Killer-
Coolent.com, or TheChanceThe-
ater.com.
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
PAGE9
Fleet Foxes "Helplessness
Blues" - "Helplessness Blues" is
the first single from the Seattle
based folk-rock band's follow-up to
2008's critically acclaimed self-titled
debut album. The first half of the
song features upbeat, luscious
acoustic guitar chords guiding
Robin
Pecknold's
beautifully
melodic vocals and harmonies. The
second half of the song shifts to
more classic rock-ballad territory
exposing us to some unchartered
terrain from the Foxes. The new
album, titled after the single, will be
released on May 3 via Sub Pop.
Theophilus London ''Why
Even Try"
fl
Sara Quin -
Theophilus London, one of the most
interesting young rappers out there
now, is releasing
''Lovers
Holiday''
EP right in time for Valentine's
Day. The single, "Why Even Try," is
a sexified cluster of seductive
sounds. London draws a number of
influences from 80s pop and Prince
with funky bass licks and massive
synth leads. Sara Quin and London
share vocal duties on creating a boy-
girl chorus that lacks cheese, which
is a good thing. London avoids wear-
ing his influences like a costume,
and instead uses them as accents to
his own style. He forms a sound that
is refreshing, and holds high prom-
ise for injecting new sounds into the
hip-hop genre.
Lupe Fiasco ''Words
I
Never
Said"
fl
Skylar Grey - Lupe Fi-
asco's second single from his highly-
anticipated album "Lasers" (March
8) is a barrage of sounds. Sampling
gunfire, fuzzed-out synthesizers and
aggressive beats, Fiasco tackles big
subjects on this one, labeling Rush
Limbaugh as a racist, calling out
"Jersey Shore" and saying "murder-
ing is not Islam." Sklyar Grey pro-
vides the hook. Grey also wrote
sections of Eminem and Rihanna's
"Love the Way You Lie," so she
knows a thing or two about catchy
pop hooks.
Memory Tapes "Today is Our
Life" -
The New Jersey-based
Memory Tapes provides his flavor of
chillwave dance pop to the ''live for
the present" cliche. Thankfully, the
sound follows through with tempta-
tions to at least wiggle your body.
The song ascends to another level in
the final two minutes, transitioning
to progressive organ jams and a po-
tent synthesizer solo falling into a
quiet interlude, but the solo is so
good they repeat it one more time.
Dodos "Black Night" - The
Dodos new album, "No Color," re-
leases on March 15. "Black Night,"
the album opener, is a frantic kalei-
doscope of sounds. Imagirie a steam-
powered locomotive bulleting at
supersonic
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The ballad of the wisdom-toothless young adult
By MEGHAN WALSH
Circle Contributor
Your summer before freshman year
of college probably consisted of pack-
ing, hanging out with friends, work-
ing and going to the beach. While my
summer included all of these, it also
involved dreading the final week be-
fore college, when my wisdom teeth
would be removed. Throughout Au-
gust, I heard from many different
peo-
ple how painful, scary and all-around
annoying the whole process would be.
But none of these frantic, "brace-your-
self'
tips really prepared me for the lo-
gistics of the wisdom-teeth removal
process. The following is a breakdown
of my experience, for those who might
be terrified to face the procedure in
the future.
It's llke ripping off a Band-Aid: not
really quick, or exactly painless, but
ifs
slmllar In the sense that you
should
Just buck up and get It all
overwtth.
All four teeth at once
I was told I would have to have all
four wisdom teeth removed, and my
dentist told me it would be best to
have them all removed at once.
If
you
only get two removed, then the empty
spots can become infected through ir-
ritation by the two teeth that are still
there. Plus, once you get the first two
taken out, you
will
just end up dread-
ing the ever-approaching next ap-
pointment, when you
will
have to get
the other two removed. It's like rip-
ping off a Band-Aid: qwck and pain-
less (not really quick, or exactly
painless, but it's similar in the sense
that you should just buck up and get
it all over with).
Prepping
your chompers to go
under the
knife.
On
the day of the surgery, you can-
not have anything to eat or drink, so
not to
interfere
with the anesthesia
that
will
be used. Also, do not drive
yourself to the appointment, because
anesthesia affects everyone differ-
ently, and you do not want to get be-
hind the wheel after receiving any
dosage of it.
In
my case, this was the
first time I was getting anesthesia
and my body did not react well to it. I
came out of the surgery crying and
yelling at the doctor not to look at me
because I "looked ugly." I don't re-
member any of this, but my sister told
me about it in much detail later on. I
was mortified, but
if
something
simi-
lar happens to you after anesthesia,
don't worry, it is not rare to be emo-
tional ... it's just a bit embarrassing.
Days following the surgery
After the teeth were removed, I was
pampered at home, and my dad
bought me ice cream and applesauce,
so it wasn't a completely horrible ex-
perience. I was only in pain the first
day, and by the next morning, I was
back to my old self. The surgery af-
fects everyone differently, so it is very
painful for some people, and others
don't have any pain at all. 'The Con-
sumer Guide to Dentistry" offers
an
article, ''Wisdom Teeth Removal: Your
Tooth Extraction Guide" by Greg
Johnstone, which explains that you
should stick to a soft
or
liquid diet,
brush and floss as usual, and rinse
your teeth with warm salt water after
meals and before bed for at least five
days. The doctor
will
give you pain
medication; just be careful with the
dosages!
The first time you look in yoUl'
mouth, you may be shocked to see
holes about two centimeters deep
each where your wisdom teeth used to
be. Skin
will
be forming over these
holes soon, and an infection is sure to
come
if
food particles get caught in
them.
So,
you must clean out the holes
with a water syringe every night to
prevent any more surgeries in the
fu-
ture.
Just be happy you won't be like
me, making your first impression on
the sixth floor of Champagnat by
cleaning out your mouth with a
sy-
ringe in the bathroom every night.
I hope that
if
you are going to get
your wisdom teeth removed sometime
soon, your mind is eased.
It is really
not that bad; just
milk
it for all that
it's worth, because it's not every day
that you get served ice cream, Jell-0
and tea from your parent, significant
other or roommate!
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Sexual healing: As told by dating coach Daniel Packard
By RACHAEL SHOCKEY
Lifestyles Editor
Last Wednesday night, Jan. 26,
SPC, Psychology Club and Marist's
Greek Council hosted an event that
was sexier than your typical Marist-
funded shindig, but not quite as sexy
as its name let on. ''Liv~ Group Sex
Therapy" with performer Daniel
Packard was selected by SPC to re-
place a former sexual health event,
"Safe Spring Break," whose prudish
name was likely a significant reason
that the event was poorly attended.
In
contrast, the Cabaret was spilling
over with giggly, eager students, hop-
ing for Packard to discuss some juicy,
scandalous material.
In truth, Packard's self-titled act
was surprisingly tame, focusing on
ro-
mantic communication between part-
ners outside the bedroom.
''It's all about how you [advertise]
things ... people are drawn to sex," said
Jennifer Unterbrink, assjstant direc-
tor of student activities, in reference
to the provocative event name. De-
spite slightly misleading advertise-
ment, no one seemed disappointed by
the sexy-but-not-intercoursey talk
that followed.
In his talks on cam-
puses, Packard delivers a romance
wake-up call to students in the form
of a standup comedy act. Except for
some overtly edgy humor (some of the
jokes got a little derogatory for my
own taste), Packard's comedy-therapy
&ession was well received by the
<\rowd, and Ma.rist students seemed to
~ppreciate the advice he provided.
Droves of students lined up to shake
his hand at the conclusion of the ses-
sion, and the sizeable crowd was
alert and engaged tb.r01,1gh the en-
tire event.
While Packard's words of wisdom
are a little less provocative and a lit-
tle less inclusive of non-heterosexual
sex relations than this column
strives to be, some of his ideas can
be universally appreciated. Here are
four of his tips:
1) '
1
No one is so special that they
can just get good things to come to
them without doing work." For this
tip, Packard offered the example of
Disney princesses, who tend to
stumble upon Prince Charmings
under rather random circumstances,
and then wait as their beloveds slay
dragons, fight sorcerers and stand
up to various other bullies to reach
the princesses. Packard believes
that far too often, people apply this
logic to real life relationships, be-
lieving that their partners are auto-
_
matically supposed to execute
certain duties. Expectations of these
duties are often tied up in stereotyp-
ical understandings of gender roles.
Publications like popular lifestyles
magazines and dating books like
"The Rules: Time-tested secrets for
Capturing the Heart of
Mr.
Right"
reinforce the notion that all people
comprehend these gendered rela-
tionship codes and that they can be
used effectively. The trouble is that
these codes are unnatural, and soci-
ety is far too diverse to function
_
under a universal relationship code.
The connection one has with one's
partner is what's truly special,
Packard said, and both parties have
to
work
equally hard to maintain
that bond.
2)
''If
you let go of the princess fan-
tasy, you can become something bet-
ter: a queen." In an extension of his
anecdote about Disney princesses,
Packard offered this tip to the women
in the room, in particular. He further
encpuraged listeners to abolish any
notions of relationship codes that
they've been taught, and to explicitly
express what they want to their part-
ners in order to get it. Packard disap-
proves of the idea that it is romantic
for a partner to clairvoyantly know
what their partner wants at all times.
It is much more attractive and satis-
fying to both parties to keep the con-
versation open, ask favors, make
compromises and
call
out issues.
3) "Guys, don't
try
to
fix
a girl's prob-
lems; just listen." A pretty straight-
forward quote from Packard, he
·
posited that men in relationships in-
stinctively
try
to come up with defini-
tive solutions to their partner's
problems. Such a response tends to
come off as intrusive and domineering
to the partner, who probably just
wants to talk things out. Instead, he
offered these two lines that he be-
lieves to be foolproof: "Oh my god, I
can see how you feel that way," and
''Baby, I don't know what I'd do in the
situation, but I support any decision
you make."
4) ''When men and women come to-
gether and stop using each other, shit
takes off."
This
is part of the response
Packard gave when asked how he got
into his line of work. He expressed
that he noticed a recurring roadblock
in romantic communication between
good people, and he wanted to draw
attention to the ease with which this
roadblock
can be avoided.
If
attendees
of his appearances take one tidbit
away, hopes that it is that relying on
implied social codes to carry a rela-
tionship
will
lead to getting caught in
a cycle of
blaming
one another for the
relationship's shortcomings; the re-
sults from there are inevitably bleak.
Giving talks at coUeges and high
schools has been Packard's specialty
in his career, but currently, he is
working
on
adapting
his
act for an off-
Broadway production.
If
you want to
learn more about what he's up to, you
can
check
out
his
website,
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Shopping and styling t·ps from fell.as
By DAYNA VASIUK
Graphics Editor
While we joke around and assume
men are clueless whe.n it comes to
the world
_
of fashion, realistically,
we could take a lesson from their
fashion tactics. Commonly, men and
women have contrasting ways they
go about shopping and dressing
themselves, and it seems that con-
ventionally masculine style prac-
tices may prove to save cash and
sanity. Test-drive them sometime,
and you may find yourself becoming
a more de-stressed, savvy shopper
and stylist.
James Bond behavior
Stanford University researcher S.
Christian Wheeler studied how the
opposite sex responds differently to
shopping. He found that 75 percent
of women browsed until they had
seen most of the things in the store
compared to only 33 percent of men.
Wheeler found that women are ''pos-
sibility driven," more likely to go
shopping when they don't have any
particular item that they want. Men
on the other hand, are considered
"purpose driven," more likely to go
shopping only when they need a sin-
gle item, and leave the store right
after finding the item. Often,
women enjoy entering the world of
the mall, gliding up escalators,
viewing the store's decorations and
soaking up that "mall smell," while
men tend to dart in as if they're in
their own sequel of ''Mission Impos-
sible," on the hunt
for
their prey.
Perhaps,
if
we attempted this
masculine style of shopping - get-
ting in, getting what we came for and
getting out - we would steer clear of
those long lines and the large credit
card bills that unfortunately follow.
Seven-job Seacrest
Although he didn't become famous
for his style or fashion, over the
years Ryan Seacrest has worked his
way onto almost every red carpet.
It's almost hard to imagine a Holly-
wood celebrity not interviewed by
Seacrest. I can't help but wonder
how this man has the time to put to-
gether such a perfect wardrobe while
producing more than four television
shows, not to mention his radio
broadcasts. Well, have you ever no-
ticed when you're preparing for a
jam-packed day, you're more apt
to
put a little extra effort mto looking
stylish? "Nobody would waste an
outfit on just an 8 a.m. class, but
when you have a long day ahead of
you, you obviously want to look good.
While working and taking classes I
am constantly on the run, so staying
warm and looking professional is
crucial. By wearing layers I feel that
I can almost wear multiple outfits
throughout the day," Marist junior
Sam Young said. Not only do you feel
as
if
you're making good use of your
new sweater dress, you're putting
your best foot forward for the next 12
hours. And who knows, at the end of
the day you may be ready to take on
a crowd like
Mr. Seacrest.
Home Depot dad
Have you ever looked at an embel-
lished earring or necklace stand, a
cool painted chair or mirror, and
thought to yourself, "I could have
made that!" When I was younger I
remember my dad using his tool box
for many projects around the house.
One project that stands out to me
was the work he did on my Batbie
house. I loved everything he re-
designed from the pink siding to the
blue shutters.
There's something so rewarding
about fixing or creating something
yourself while saving money doing
so. You rarely hear a girl say that
her dad influences the way she
shops, but surprisingly, mine does!
Today, when I look at sQmething I
want to buy, I consider the quality
of the craftsmanship, and whether
or not I could have made it.
''Women don't have
to follow the
everyday trends and pressure to go
to the mall; we can create a look or
items ourselves within our own
reach," Mari.st junior Julie Ondrako
said. My suitemate last year, Kait-
lyn Northrop, had a beautiful head-
band holder that she created herself.
Kaitlyn used ribbons to make loops
to hold the headbands. By sewing
the two pieces of rib.hon one lying
flat, and the other on top of it, you
create loops to put the headband on.
Not only did Kaitlyn save the
money, but she used ribbon
to match
her room and designed a headband
holder large enough for her collec-
tion of headbands. For those who
don't have the patience to be so
crafty, using simple $3 Command
Hooks from Home Depot to hold
your necklaces is a great way to dis-
play and organize your jewelry, and
prevent it from getting tangled.
Ladies, you've mastered the art of
rocking boyfriend blazers and jeans;
this year, push things a little fur-
ther, and try taking a walk in his
shoes!
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Gutkowski completes inspirational comeback
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Managing Editor
On a Friday in January 2010,
Marist College volleyball player
Raeanna Gutkowski had officially
completed nearly 30 weeks of inten-
sive chemotherapy.
Waking up at 5 a.m. in New Jer-
sey and traveling to the Memorial
Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center in
Manhattan, to spend eight to 10
long hours receiving treatments in
her battle against Osteosarcoma
would finally be a thing of the past.
On Sunday of the same week,
Gutkowski returned to Marist to
start the spring semester of her jun-
ior year.
''I
literally came back to school two
days after I was done," Gutkowski
said.
''I
actually opted out of my last
cycle of chemo so I wouldn't be late
to school."
After a year of spending nearly
every waking moment with her
mother, Teresa, and making the
daily trek to receive treatment, re-
turning to school was the first step
for Gutkowski in her quest to grad-
uate on time after missing a semes-
ter and a half due to her bone cancer
diagnosis.
"A lot of people probably get really
depressed or have a lot of pity for
themselves, and you don't feel well,
obviously," Mrs. Gutkowski said.
"She was completely bald with no
eyebrows. She was like, 'I don't care,
I'm going back."'
Also recruited to Bucknell and
Gettysburg to play volleyball,
Gutkowski had accumulated quite
the resume over her four-year vol-
leyball career at West Morris Cen-
tral High School i1:1 Long Valley,
N.J. -
including being named First
Team All-State as a senior and play-
ing on four Morris County champi-
onship teams.
In the ranks of collegiate volley-
ball, New Jersey is considered to be
far from a hotbed of Division Ital-
ent.
It is a preconception, perhaps, that
plagued Gutkowski and her role on
head coach Tom Hanna's squad well
before her physical abilities were
impeded by cancer.
"Coach Hanna had this, which I
think is completely wrong, idea that
she wasn't that great of a player be-
COURTESY OF RAEANNA GUTKOWSKI
Thirty weeks of chemotherapy and other
procedures rid Gutkowski, shown above,
of
the cancerous tumor In her knee.
cause she played in New Jersey,"
teammate and fellow senior Allison
Burke said. ''Traditionally, New
Jersey volleyball has been horrible,
but Raeanna is probably the best
athlete on the team."
On a roster filled with athletes
from volleyball-crazed states like
Georgia, Florida, California and
Michigan, Gutkowski admitted that
she simply lacked a high acumen in
the sport early on in her college ca-
reer since she had also spent so
much time playing basketball in
high school.
''Did I play as much as
I
wanted
to? Absolutely not," Gutkowski said.
''Did I think that [Coach] Hanna un-
derappreciated or under recognized
what I could do in a competitive en-
vironment'i Absolutely."
As
a freshman in 2007, Gutkowski
appeared in 16 matches, making
one start. She saw time in 13
matches the following season as a
sophomore.
"She came in and really pro-
gressed," Hanna said. ''There were
some kids in our program that just
had a higher level of training staff
and competition that always had a
little more for her to overcome."
During a match against Iona on
Nov. 16, 2008, after much delibera-
tion, Hanna decided not to use
Gutkowski as a substitute in the
game.
''The last match she played at
Iona, I kept hesitating to put her in,
especially in game five," Hanna
said.
''I
probably went to pull the
trigger 15 times and never did. That
ended up being the last match she
would have played. It kind of sticks
in my head."
Soon after the match, Gutkowski
sought treatment for an odd sensa-
tion and occasional pain in her right
knee.
After an analysis by the Marist
athletic training staff and tests at a
nearby hospital over the next sev-
eral weeks, it was determined that a
bone tumor was growing on her left
knee.
Hanna and other members of the
Marist athletic training staff first
broke the news to Gutkowski.
"It was typical Rae," Hanna said.
"Her first concern when we talked
out was the team.
It
gets me [emo-
tional] now, that's her, concerned
with the group."
In
a separate meeting soon after,
the rest of the volleyball squad was
fully notified of their teammate's
condition.
Prior to this briefing, the team be-
lieved that Gutkowski was dealing
with an athletic injury to her knee.
''We didn't talk about it much as a
unit," Burke said. "But I had a
weird feeling. There was a doctor
sitting in the front of the room and
I knew that it was something seri-
ous.''
Gutkowski remained at Marist
through her sophomore year until
March of the 2009 spring semester
before leaving to return home full-
time.
Teammate Dawn Jan and other
Marist students refused to let
Gutkowski's absence allow her and
her condition to be forgotten.
"I sat down with a bunch of my
friends and this was all before we
COURTESY OF VICTOR VAN CARPELS
Gutkowsi, wearing No. 12 , huddled
with
her teammates during a Nov.
1,
2009 vol-
leyball match. The game was a benefit for Gutkowski, who was battling bone cancer.
even thought about capping," Jan
All in all, $636 was raised at the
said. ''We talked about how we Applebees benefit and Gutkowski
wanted to do something, but pretty received just over $6,000 in dona-
mucli, what could we do to help?"
tions from the benefit game.
Jan, along with Cody Lahl,
"I dont know exactly how many
Christopher Barnes and Alicia Mat-
states, but we touched the whole
tiello, chose cancer awareness as country," Jan said. ''We had dona-
the basis for their senior project.
tions from all over the country,
"We had to figure out how we were whether it was past alum, whether
going to do this," Jan said. ''Were we it was friend of friends that heard
strictly going
to raise money for about it. We had ESPN on board."
Raeanna or Sloan-Ketting where
This season, Gutkowski remained
she was being treated?"
·
on the team but did not participate
IBtimately, the group created the in any matches since her surgically
three-part, ''Rae of Hope" fundraiser replaced left-knee cannot handle
that would benefit both Gutkowski the stress that normal running and
and Sloan Kettering.
jumping can place on the joint.
The first event was a 'Dining to
Even with the knowledge that she
Donate' at an Applebees location would be unable to compete in
across the street from Marist Col-
games, Gutkowski embraced her
lege, in which 10 percent of each role.
diner's check was donated to the
"I think she was clearly a leader,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer clearly a stabilizing personality,"
Center.
Hanna said. ''With her, after
The second part was an informa-
Joanna [Foss] had surgery, we only
tion session that included presenta-
had 12 players. Then we got hit
tions
from
experts
about with serious injuries and our train-
Osteosarcoma and pr~fessionals ex-
ing was tough to replicate a six ver-
pla.ining coping methods for similar sus six environment. Without
situations.
[Raeanna], it would have been im-
The third and final event, which possible."
garnered the greatest response and
Although Gutkowski's ability to
notoriety, was a benefit game for run and jump were compromised,
Gutkowski against Iona College on she co-qld still dive to her right side
Nov. 1,.2009.
in order to play a ball - an ability
Each Marist player wore a special she often used this season, much to
warm-up jersey with Gutkowski's her coach's dismay.
number on it and during the game
"It was perpetually nerve-wrack-
they sported specialized jerseys that ing because· I would see her make
were donated by Mizuno.
an
·
awkward or un- athletic move to
Gutkowski attended the event and the floor," Hanna said. "And hope
was able to witness more than 1,000 she was going to get up. She gave
people pack the James J. Mc Cann every ounce of her effort to keep the
recreation center for the event.
ball live, to do her job as
if
she was
"Unfortunately the chemotherapy able bodied."
really messes with your short term
With her senior volleyball season
memory, so it's a bit of a blur," completed and her very own cap-
Gutkowski said. "It was crazy and it ping project also behind her, the
was nothing that I expected."
business major with an economics
For many of Gutkowski's team-
and global studies minor can turn to
mates, the game versus Iona was the future - a task that would ap-
the first time that they had seen pear simple to someone who has en-
Gutkowski since her departure in countered so much in her 21 years.
March.
"I have to start looking into the
fu-
''It was the first time that we had ture, I'm trying to avoid it,"
seen Rae in a while," Burke said. Gutkowski said. "It's coming too
"She definitely looked like a cancer quick because I feel like I was
patient when we saw her. She was gypped out of a year of school. I'm
completely bald, really thin and on maybe regretting graduating on
so many painkillers that you could time, not regretting, but it's coming
just tell she was happy to be there." quick."



















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Women's soccer lands new head coach
By
ERIC VANDERVOORT
Staff Writer
The fall 2010 season for the
Marist women's soccer team began
with the resignation of coach Eliza-
beth Roper, but ended with a MAAC
semifinal appearance under interim
coach Steve Davis. Marist has now
hired a new permanent head coach
for the team, former Columbia Uni-
versity assistant Katherine Lyn.
Lyn grew up in Rockland County,
and played frequently in the Mid-
Hudson region. She attended Co-
lumbia University, and played both
goalkeeper and field positions from
2001-2005. She then stayed with
the program to become a volunteer
goalkeeper assistant, and has been
an assistant coach and the director
of goalkeeping since 2007 at Colum-
bia.
Lyn says that she has often seen
herself coaching at a school like
Marist.
''We would play Marist when I was
at Columbia, and when we came
here I envisioned myself at a cam-
pus like Marist," Lyn said. "It's a
beautiful campus, has great athlet-
ics, and a lot to offer academically."
Just as Lyn was familiar with
Marist, some Marist players have
past experience with their new
coach. Amanda Cardona, who will
be a senior in the fall, played under
Lyn for a club team, the Montclair
Aristocrats.
"I played for her four or five years
ago, and I absolutely loved her,"
Cardona said.
Cardona said that going through
three coaches over the past few
months has been difficult, but it was
the great team chemistry that has
helped them get through it.
''We have such a strong bond, and
that foundation has helped us
through the transitions." Cardona
added that "She [Lyn] is off to a
great start here, everybody seems so
excited."
Since her arrival at Marist, Lyn
has had a team meeting as well as
individual meetings with each
player. Next week, the team will
start individual strength and condi-
tioning exercises inside until the
NCAA permits teams to practice to-
gether later in the spring.
''We will use the spring as an op-
portunity to prepare for
.
the fall,"
Lyn said.
2010 MAAC All-Tournament
Team Selection Kathryn Hannis
said that Lyn "seems open to all our
input. We had a great year last
year, and she's looking to build on
what we had last year to m"ake the
transition better."
Looking forward to next year, both
Lyn and the players are excited
about the prospects of the ~earn.
.
''The core team from last year is
leftover," Lyn said, "so the expecta-
tions
will be greater." She added, "I
think a conference championship
and an NCAA berth are within
_
reach."
''We did well last year," Cardona
said, "and we can only get better."
Red Fox Tales: Men head West after devastating defeat
By
JIM
URSO
& ERIC VANDER
VOORT
Sports Editor & Staff Writer
Just when you thought it couldn't
get any worse for the Marist men's
basketball team.
As
many may have seen, the Red
Foxes were defeated 60-59 on a na-
tional headline-grabbing buzzer
beater
_by
Manhattan's Michael Al-
varado on Sunday afternoon.
Marist led down the stretch, but
was unable to put the game away.
Point guard Devin Price, a career
75% free throw shooter, missed the
front end of two one-and-ones down
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the stretch, including one that re-
sulted in a Manhattan timeout
being called with two seconds left on
the clock. This opened the door for
Alvarado's miracle heave that was
shown
all over ESPN for the next 24
hours.
With the academic ineligibility of
upperclassmen R.J. Hall and De-
juan Goodwin, Devin Price remains
Marist's
only true point guard, the
·
team lacks depth and experience.
Sam
Prescott
ran the point while
Price was out
of
the game
on
Sun-
day, but he seems more comfortable
on the wing.
Menelik Watson
got the start on
Sunday over Adam Kemp, who ag-
gravated an injury in his left hand
that kept him out for five games
earlier this year. Kemp still played,
but scored only one point in 28 min-
utes.
Now, the young Red Fox team (4-
19, 3-8 MAAC) will head to Western
New York to face MAAC foes Niag-
ara and Canisius. The
·
games
are
critical for Marist, which hopes to
avoid the
play-in
game in the
MAAC tournament for the first time
in Chuck Martin's tenure
as
head
coach. Marist recorded victories
over both teams in December at the
McCann Center.
On Monday, Marist learned their
opponent for the ESPNU Bracket-
busters series. The Red Foxes will
take
on
New Hampshire at 7 p.m.
on Saturday Feb. 19. Marist played
the Wildcats in each of the last two
seasons, going 1-1. This is the sixth
consecutive season Marist has par-
ticipated in
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New season sees a new approach for Marist women
On Monday night against Siena,
Allenspach struggled with her shot.
However, she still found ways to be
effective. With 14:40 remaining in
the
second
half and Marist leading
by 13, Allenspach clanked a three-
pointer. On the next trip down, Al-
lenspach pump faked another
three-pointer and tilled the ball
around a defender to Emma O'Con-
nor for a three-point play. Before
O'Connor could lay the ball in, coach
Giorgis had already thrown his
hands up in minor disgust, wishing
Erica would have taken the shot.
That expression evaporated quite
quickly. Trust in Erica, coach.
With the disruptive Elise Caron
rejoining
Allenspach in the back-
court, Marist's stout defense is more
than
just a strong point. It has be-
come embedded in the team's iden-
tity.
"I think the biggest thing is they're
better defensively," Logan said. "For
as good as Rachele was offensively,
Brian will tell you this, she wasn't
the best defender because she didn't
want to come out of the game."
While Oliver has struggled to suc-
ceed in the paint, even while stand-
ing at 6•foot-4-inches, she may have
taken a big step forward against
Siena by holding Serena Moore, the
MAAC's most prominent low-post
player, to 3-for-13 shooting. Oliver
matched Moore with 10 rebounds
and recorded three blocks.
Depth is another added strength
to this year's team, a threat which
became blatantly obvious to Siena
head coach Gina Castelli on Mon-
day night wherr the Saints visited
the McCann Center to face Marist
for the first time this season.
"This team is a little bit more
team-oriented, I guess, when last
year you focused on Fitz." Castelli
said. ''They have a lot of depth. I kid
with Brian all he time: his seven
through 12 kids could be in t:ie
starting lineup on a lot of our
teams."
.
Sophomore Kelsey Beynp.on,
w
i.o
stands at 6-foot-2-inches, and fre,1h-
men Leanne Ockenden, 5-foot-10-
inches, and Emma O'Connor,
6-foot-0-inches, have each shown
glimpses of potential throughout
the season.
In Marist's 10-point vic-
tory over Loyola on Jan. 24, Marist's
closest MAAC game of the year,
Beynnon was shooting free throws
with less than one minute remain-
ing in a relatively tight contest. The
bench is also augmented by upper-
classmen Kristine Best, Emily
Stallings and Maria Laterza.
If
the
Red Foxes advance to the NCAA
Tournament, depth and versatility
is essential to matching up with
larger opponents. This bench has it.
RYAN HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
Erica Allenspach (above) is Marlst's leader. This year's team features a lineup cen-
tered around team scoring, instead
of
the low
post
prowess
of
Rachele Fitz.
''We have so many other scorers."
said Corielle Yarde. "It's just great."
With the departure of Fitz came
the end of an era: an era when the
Red Foxes relied mainly on one
player. Without her, the Red Foxes
aren't necessarily better, but they
are clifferent. Each player has been
allowed to showcase their talents to
a fulle.r extent, making offense less
predictable. So for those expecting
to see the same Marist team they
saw last season at Pack the House,
look a little bit closer. What you will
find is a toughet, deeper, and more
unpredictable Red Fox squad.


















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Commentary: Better without Fitz?
ByJIM URSO
Sports Editor
With the departure of Rachele
Fitz, many fans of the Mariet
women's basketball program ex-
pected a regression, a falling off.
The loss of the program's all-time
leading scorer is an obvious step
back, right? At the very best, the
loss represented a momentary de-
parture from mid-major dominance.
At the very worst, it meant the end
of an era.
It
may have been.
While many McCann regulars
may believe Marist's recipe for suc-
cess has simply transferred to the
2010-2011 team, a word of caution
is in order to those who' will attend
their first women's game of the sea-
son this Friday for Pack the House.
This group has compiled 10 MAAC
victories in as many attempts by an .
average of more than 26 points with
a much different team makeup.
Some coaches around the confer-
ence even believe that the absence
of No. 12 in the low post has made
this team better.
Blasphemy? Loyola coach Joe
Logan doesn't think so. Logan be-
lieves this team is quicker, better
defensively, and more dangerous
from three-point range compared
RYAN HUTlON/THE
CIRCLE
Sophomore Kate Oliver
(No. 10,
above)
led all scorers
with ten
points on
Monday
night
against Siena. Oliver held
Serena Moore, the
MAAC's most
formidable Inside scorer,
to
3-for-13 shooting from
the
field, including O-for-6 in
the second half.
than Marist teams in recent years.
The Greyhounds, who own the sec-
ond best record in the MAAC, have
two losses to the Red Foxes by a
mere average of 13 points. After
Loyola's 62-52 road loss to the Red
Foxes on Jan. 24, Logan explained
the difference between this squad
and those that featured Fitz.
"With Fitz you got
a
lot of three
poi.nt plays, but these guys are a lit-
tle bit quicker," Logan said. ''You
saw they had some really good back
cuts when Fitz isn't in the way on
the block. A couple times we lost
Caron, Yarde and Allenspach
tonight.
In
the past, Fitz would have
been sitting there, so they're a little
bit more fluid, the ball doesn't have
to go into the post, aad
I
think
they're better defensively."
Sophomore forward Kate Oliver
tends to play further from the bas-
ket, allowing space for smaller play-
ers to slash to the hoop and hit
teammates on the perimeter. Logan
is also a fan of preseason MAAC
player of the year Erica Allenspach.
''Everyone talked about Fitz,"
Logan said. "I think Allenspach is
as good as advertised and they
might be a little bit better
if
they
don't have to pass it into her [Fitz]
every time. I am sure Erica's happy
about that as well."
Allenspach, her face seemingly al-
ways colored red with exertion
,
is
appropriately the new
.
face of the
Red Foxes. She is the first to dive
for a loose ball and the last to sit for
a sip of water. She simultaneously
maintains an appropriate level of
composure and intensity. No flair
exists in her game. What she may
lack in explosive athleticism, she
compensates for with intelligence
and toughness. She's cerebral, yet
physical; consistent, yet flexible.
_
She knows how to pick her spots,
with her teammates and against op-
posing defenses. Just as she can
take what the defense gives her, she
can decide when it's appropriate to
speak up, and when she should lead
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