Volume 33, Number 7
Marist Colle
g
e, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
November 6, 1986
Recent attacks result in new dorm security
hy BUI
DeGennaro
The recent attacks on two
residents of Sheahan Hall has pro-
mpted plans for the implementa-
tion of a new security system in the
four dormitories on campus, accor-
ding to Joe Waters, director of
safety and secwity at Marist.
Waters and his assistant, Roland
Quinlan, after receiving approval
Kids get
introduction
to computers
by
Anu Allawadhi
Some Poughkeepsie kids are on
their way to becoming computer
whizzes, thanks to a Marist pro-
fessor and a local foundation.
The McCann Foundation, which
funds local educational and
cultural activities, is now sponsor-
ing a program that provides com-
puters and software to local
parochial
elementary schools.
Overseeing
the project is Barbara
Sadowski, an associate professor at
Marist.
Elemen~,.i.g.e
children
.m:ed.
.to.
have computers available to the)Jl,
but the expense can be prohibitive
for many schools, says Sadowski.
That's where the McCann project
comes in.
"It's like being
Santa Claus, tak-
ing materials and saying to schools
that you have been chosen by the
Mccann Foundation," said
Sadowski.
John J. Gartland Jr., president
of the McCann Foundation and a
Marist trustee, started
the
program
at St.
Mary's
School in Poughkeep-
sie in 1984.
After considering the needs of a
school,
Sadowski then helps select
such equipment as IBM PC-_
Juniors and Proprinters. To pro-
mote sharing of ideas among the
students, the labs are designed to
have two children at each com-
puter, according to Sadowski.
While the McCann Foundation
funds the computer equipment
and
software, the furniture and the
room for the lab are provided by
the school.
Marist takes on a role of a mid-
dleman, according to Sadowski.
Along with bringing computers to
the schools, she trains the teachers.
If
a school should close, the
computers will be sent to Marist
until they can be relocated.
"The computer lab offers a per-
manent resource in which students
can experience a computer first-
hand," said Sadowski.
"An in-
dividual mobile coinputer that is
rolled into a classroom and
demonstrated by the teacher just
isn't effective -
it's like trying to
teach students to write by having
them watch a teacher use a pen and
a pad."
The students are learning com-
puter literacy and integrating the
computer with their other
-
subjects,
said Sister Maura Schefter, prin-
cipal of St. Mary's.
Classes run from kindergarten to
eighth grade at St. Mary's, and all
of the students participate in the
program.
Without the McCann Founda-
tion aid, the project could never
have
been
initiated, according to
Sister Maura.
from Marc Adin, assistant vice
president for administration, are in
the process of reviewing 79 ap-
plicants
and
will select three new
full-time security guards, according
to Waters.
Under the proposed plan, the
three new guards and another full-
time employee already working for
Security would act as entry officers
in the four dormitories Thwsday
through Saturday, 10 p.m. to 6
a.m.,
according to Waters.
Steve Sansola, director of hous-
ing,
will no longer be responsible
.
for the hiring of entry officers and
dorm security, but
will
continue to
input ideas during the weekly
meeting held
between
Security and
the Housing Office, according to
Sansola.
The decision, which designates
the responsibility to Waters, was
decided after discussions among
college administrators at a meeting
chaired by John Lahey, executive
vice president, Sansola said.
·
Current entry officers and
students wishing to apply for the
position of entry officer must apply
by Nov. 14, according to Waters.
Under the new system, student
entry officers. will receive $4.00 an
Marist
College
Is
assisting with the installation of computer labs into elementary
schools.
Pictured here
are Dr. Barbara Sadowski, the Rev.
John
Brinn, Sister Ruth MitcheU, and students
from
St.
Martin
de
Pores School.
hour and will be trained by
Quinlan. Presently, entry officers
are paid $3.35 an hour.
"We plan to utilize the students
from 5 p.m to 10 p.m and then the
full time ~ards will go on duty,"
Waters said.
Quinlan, who worked for the
Poughkeepsie City Police as a
ser-
vice and recruit training officer,
will be training the entry officers on
proper procedwe.
"We will be training them as to
what actions they shoqld take
under certain circumstances, who
is allowed to enter and who is not
allowed to enter the dorms, who to
contact in case of an emergency
and how to deal with public peo-
ple like guests and parents," said
Quinlan.
Waters ls also planning further
security measures for the dor-
mitories, -which would aid in con-
trolling the number of unauthoriz-
ed individuals inside the building.
"It
is
being
contemplated that
the full-time guards will be patroll-
ing tbe dorms at various hours in
the interest of fire safety and in.the
interest of the students and their
personal protection," Waters said.
An alarm system for the dor-
mitories is also being considered.
"It is in our plans to hard-wire
the side and rear doors of the
dorms to the security desk, which
would set off an alarm at the
security desk in the case of an
il-
legal entry," Waters said.
In addition, Waters is consider-
ing using the new full-time guards
on the north end of the campus.
C
ollege con
t
inues
t
o rally fo
r Kayiira
by
Julie Sveda
Although Dr. Andrew Kayiira's
trial date is still not set, his situa-
tion has improved, according to
local supporters who have been
working on his behalf since his ar-
rest on charges of treason in U gan-
da last month.
Kayiira, a criminal justice pro-
fessor on leave from Marist, has
been moved to a better cell, is now
visited daily by representatives of
Amnesty International and is
allowed to receive other visitors
twice a
week,
according to Dr.
Bar-
bara Lavin, a professor of criminal
justice at Marist.
Here, the effort to aid Kayiira
and create awareness of
his
case re-
mains in full force.
•
This Tuesday afternoon, a
prayer vigil will take place in front
of the chapel at 12:45 in honor of
Kayiira, according to Marianne
Policastro, president of Campus
Ministry.
The vigil, which
will
be repeated
every Tuesday, was organized with
the help of leaders from student
organizatio~. including the Pro-
gressive Coalition, the Black Stu-
dent
Union and the Criminal
Justice Club.
Because of the efforts of Marist
faculty, administrators and
students and Kayiira's family and
friends, the State Department is
·
well aware of the case and has let
the Ugandan government know of
the publicity here about the case,
according to Lavin.
"The letters and phone calls
have been very effective," said
Lavin. "It is truly a community ef-
fort."
The State Department has urg-
ed the Ugandan government to in-
sure due process and a fair and im-
partial trial for Kayiira, according
to
Lavin.
"We've contacted Amnesty In-
ternational, talked to (Con-
gressman) Joe Dioguardi, and
other members have written letter.s
to (New York Sen.) Alfonse
D'Amato," said Rob Saunders,
Blood drive to be held at Marist today
·
by C. M. Hlavaty
A blood drive is being held to-
day in the Fireside Lounge in the
Campus Center between 12 p.m.
and 5:15 p.m
.
by the Hudson
Valley Blood Service.
Sigma Phi
Epsilon, the fraterni-
ty at Marist,
is
sponsoring the func-
tion, as it has every semester since
1979, according to Curt Schryver,
the fraternity's president.
Approximately 180 students and
four faculty members have made
appointments to donate blood.
Pre-registration was necessary
because of a limited number of
nurses and beds available. Schryver
said that walk-ins are welcome to
donate but only if space is
available.
There are numerous restrictions
that may disqualify a person from
giving
blood, according to Jessie
Poluzzi of the American
Red
Cross
of Dutchess County. Eligible
donors must
be
at least 17 or
have
written parental consent. Can-
didates must also be younger than
65 and they must wait at least 56
days since their last blood
donation.
Other restrictions for donating
include:
-
Candidates must weigh at
least 110 pounds.
·
- They cannot have contracted
hepatitis, jaundice, or malaria.
-
If
they have had a cold or
other type of respitory infection,
including allergies, they must wait
until all symptoms have subsided.
-
People who have had major
surgery must wait three years
before donating; minor surgery re-
quires a six
-
month waiting period.
-
If
a candidate has been preg-
nant, she must wait at least six
months before giving.
,
-
Anyone taking any type of
medication should check with his
or her physician beforehand.
People who qualify to donate
but miss today's blood drive can at-
tend one in the area later this
month.
On
Nov.13, John Jay High
.
School in Hopewell Junction
will
host a drive between 8 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. On Nov.17, between 9
a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Our Lady of
Lourdes
High
School
in
Poughkeepsie will do the same.
The Pleasant Valley Jaycees
will
hold a drive in the Pleasant Valley
town hall on Nov. 20, from 3:30
p.m. to 9 p.m.
president of the Criminal Justice
Club.
The Criminal Justice Club
will
also
be
distributing information to
club presidents and The Council of
Student Leaders
·
, according to
Saunders, a senior.
The Progressive Coalition is try-
ing to compliment the efforts
already in existence, according to
Robert Hatem, a member of the
group.
"We are trying .to get people to
write letters and make phone
calls," said Hatem, a senior.
"We're doing the most we can do
as students and citizens.''
Kayiira's wife, Betty, and six
Continued on
page
2
Bartending blues
-
page 3
Convocation
coverage
-
pages 4, 6
Soccer ends skid
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--Page 2 - THE CIRCLE - November 6, 1986
Women fear setbacks
(CPS) - College women nation-
wide are entering their second
school year without Title IX, and
women's groups, missing their best
tool for fighting campus sexual
harassment and for getting equal
funding, say it's getting harder to
force schools to pay attention to
them.
In June,
1984,
the U.S. Supreme
Court effectively gutted Title IX of
the Higher Education Amendments
of
1972,
which said colleges would
lose their federal funds if they
discriminat~ on the basis of
gender.
Women's groups had used Title
IX to force colleges to adopt ways
for women to appeal campus sex
harassment cases, to hire and grant
tenure to female faculty members
and to begin funding women's
athletics equally to men's sports.
All
that's over now, some say.
"In funding women's athletics
and in sexual harassment cases, if
a school has no policy in place
(already), students in most states
have no 0egal) recourse,'' contends
Bernice Sandler, head of the Pro-
ject on the Status and Education of
Women, which, in turn, is funded
by the Association of American
Colleges.
"We've lost an enormous
amount of ground but, as yet, we
don't even know how much we've
actually lost," says Ellen Vargyas,
an attorney for the National
Women's
Law
Center
in
Washington, D.C.
The Supreme Court's ruling was
so vague, she adds, that the U.S.
Dept. of Education, which is sup-
posed to make sure colleges don't
Kayiira_
·
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Continued from page 1
children remain in Nairobe, Kenya,
according to Lavin.
"Right
now they (Kayiira's fami-
ly) are involved in red tape with im-
migration," said Lavin.
Kayiira's family is expected to
return to Poughkeepsie within the
next few weeks.
Because of their quick departure
from Uganda, the family's belong-
ings were left behind. An unfur-
nished apartment has been rented
for them here, and some type of
fund-raiser may be held to help
them, according to Lavin.
Kayiira took a leave of absence
from Marist to return to his native
Uganda and was serving as minister
of energy before his arrest.
A member of the
Banganda
tribe, Kayiira was arrested with 17
others
on
char_ges of treason.
All
17
pleaded not guilty at a
pre-trial
hearing two weeks a~o.
Communication
speech
set
A lecture on "Communicating
Emerging Issues" will be held this
Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. in th.e
Chapel.
The guest speaker will be
Rob
McCord, executive director of the
Congressional Clearinghouse
on
tbe
Future;
an organi7.atioil of con-
gressmen that studies emerging
trends and issues.
The event is sponsored by
Marist's Division of
Arts
and
Let-
ters
and
Mid-Hudson
Communicators.
McCord has served as a
speechwriter for the
Democratic
Congressional Campaign Commit-
tee and as a congressional press
secretary.
Mid-Hudson Communicators,
whose members COJDe from Dut-
chess, Ulster, Orange and Putnam
counties, is an organization for
professionals in the field.
The lecture is the first in
a
series
of
programs
sponsored
jointly
by
Marist and Mid-Hudson
Com-
municators. Admission is free for
students and MHC
members.
discriminate, has pretty much given
up trying to enforce Title IX.
Dept. of Education officials,
however, deny the charge.
In the
1984
Grove City College
case, the court ruled that only the
campus
program
that directly got
federal funds had to swear it didn't
discriminate against women.
Consequently, if an athletic
department or an English depart-
ment that discriminated against
women didn't themselves receive
federal funds, they were immune
from Title IX's scope.
Indeed, most campus
programs
have become immune.
The vast majority of federal
funds come to campuses in the
form of "block grants," which
campus administrators can divvy
up among various programs.
"Most federal money is not
directed toward specific pro-
grams," Sandler notes.
And after schools distribute the
federal money, it's very hard to
trace, Vargyas adds.
Sandler contends women's
sports have suffered the most dur-
ing the post-Grove City era because
"little (federal money) goes to
athletic programs, and athletic
scholarships are not considered
financial aid."
As a result, progress in giving
women more athletic oppor-
tunities, and more athletic scholar-
ships, has slowed to a crawl in
many places, she says.
In
1979.
for example, Tina Mor-
rison and five other women athletes
sued West Texas State University,
claiming it violated Title IX by
making them ride vans to away
games when their male counter-
parts
flew, paying their coaches less
than male coaches, with giving
them only
-
one uniform, compared
to ~he men's two, to wear; with
jamming four people, compared to
the men's two, into a room while
on the
·
road.
While Morrison, now a coach at
an Amarillo, Tx., high school, says
the suit scared WTSU officials
"and that helped some" in creating
better conditions at the campus, a
federal court dismissed the case for
the second time this summer.
Women coaches, Morrison
reports, now get paid better,
females get spare uniforms, and the
university sometimes lets women's
teams fly to away games.
It's far from equality, however.
"Nationwide," Vargyas says,
"millions
of
dollars are given to
athletic departments and athletes,
but women get only a fraction of
what men get."
"At Temple University," she
adds, "nearly $2 million-a year is
given .in athletic scholarships.
Enormous benefits are
being
denied to women there."
But the Dept. of Education's Of-
fice of Civil Rights (OCR) claims
most schools were in total com-
pliance with Title IX before the
Grove City decision.
"Grove City hasn't changed the
attitude of most
·
schools," says
Gary
Curran,
the
OCR's
spokesman. "Most were pretty
much in complai.nce (with the law)
before, and continue as such now.''
Vargyas charges the OCR isn't
trying. ''Title IX is not being ag-
gressively enforced. (The Educa-
tion Dept.) is taking the narrowest
view of the ruling, and the ruling
was very vague to begin with."
Curran disagrees. His office in-
vestigates all complaints, "but it's
usually up to the schools to raise
the question of jurisdiction. And,
of the huge number of complaints
we receive, most are related to
elementary and secondary school
issues
rather
than
higher
education."
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November 6,
1986-
THE CIRCLE- Page
3 - -
Classes in the mall-the
,
ultimate convenie
.
nce
by Michael McGarry
You can find the name Marist
College listed· under services right
between Leprechaun Lines and the
Palace of Hair Design on the direc-
tory board
o(
the Dutchess Mall in
Fishkill.
If
malls are the center of surbur-
ban life in the 80's, then Marist is
in step with the times by locating
their Fishkill Extension of the
School of Adult Education in a
shopping center.
Located down the hall from Ser-
vice Merchandise
and
around the
comer
from Career Casual is
a
red
and white sign that reads
"Marist
College.-'' A blue carpeted
~ffice
and
two class
rooms make up the
Fishkill
center.
The center has been
in
existence
for
four years and of-
fers a variety
of credit and non-
credit courses.
Noncredit courses
include computer workshops and
lunch and learn programs, where
Po'town's
Thailand
connection
by Julia
E. Murray
Going away to college requires
an adjustment for everyone, but
for some the adjustment is bigger
than for others. Two Marist
students who have had to adjust to
a great deal more than doing their
own
laundry
and living on pizza are
Su Lay May, ajunior majoring in
business, and Myo Thant Tun, a
sophomore
biology major.
The
sister
and brother, who
moved to Thailand from Burma
five years ago, ar_e finding that life
in the United States
can
take some
getting used
to.
For
one
thing,
no one would
confuse
Poughkeepsie
for
Bangkok.
"I
live in
a
city.
1
never
see any tall buildings
here,
just
trees," Myo Thant
Tun
said.
Another
adjustment
.
has
been
taking wel\-meaning, if uninform-
ed,
questions about life
in
Thailand
and Burma. Most frequently, Su
Lay May said, Americans want to
know whether there are trains and
cars in her country. "No, I ride a
buffalo," she eventually began to
reply.
"Here you have only.Japanese
and American cars. At home we
also have Russian cars," said Myo
Thant Tun.
.
Both he and his sister passed the
TOEFL (Te~t of English
as a
Foreign Language) and took a
month-long English course at the
University of .Bridgeport before
coming to Marist, but the required
classwork at Marist still posed a
major adjustment.
"The first semester I was totally
lost, but ·
I
learned
a
lot.
I
can
understand
the language
much
bet-
ter now," said
Su
Lay May.
"The first year I studied until
3
or
4
a.m. and sometimes
I
didn't
sleep. Now I
can
sleep," Myo
Thant Tun said.
They chose Marist so they could
be close to a family friend in
Connecticut.
Neither
Su-
Lay May nor Myo
Thant Tun has been home since
they
began
school at Marist. They
occasionally spend vacations at the
home of the family friend in Con-
necticut, and Su Lay May met her
mother in London last summer.
For the most part they stay in col-
lege housing year-round.
"The tickets (to Bangkok) are
very expensive, and
if
we go home
it's hard to adjust when we come
back," she said.
Like most students who go away
to school, Su Lay May and Myo
Thant Tun have found living away
fro
·
m their parents and the respon-
sibility that conies with it the most
challenging
part
of their stay here.
"You have to do everything for
yourself, make all of your own
decisions," said Myo
.
Thant Tun.
"It made us mature a lot," add-
ed
Su
Lay May.
people can come in on their lunch
hour and take classes in antiques,
music appreciation and how to
look your best.
The location of the center is a
benefit for many students, accor-
ding to Margaret Thompson,
direc-
tor of the extension. "People see
us as a convenience. We have plen-
ty of parking and breaks in the
clas.5CS
so
people
can
shop
to satisfy
their needs,'' said Thompson.
The site of the extension does not
Ghoul
·
school
Exhibit
by
Ellen D'
Arey
•
IS
The art exhibit displayed in the
Marist College Library this
Oc-
tober marked the first time
art
work done by the patients of the
Dutchess County Department of
Mental Hygiene was shown outside
the mental health system.
The exhibit was displayed last
month in recognition of Mental
Il-
lness Awareness Month.
The collection, consisting of
17
pieces, was chosen by Dr. Laurence
Montalto, Marist
art
director, who
coordinated the exhibit with Elyse
DeMadaler, recreational therapist
at the Department of Mental
Hygiene.
According to Dr. Kenneth M.
Glatt, the commissioner of mental
hygiene, the opportunity to express
themselves creatively
and exhibit
affect the serious attitudes of the
.
students nor does it affect the
quality of work the students do, ac-
cording to Thompson. While the
adult siudent
can
pick up the latest
best seller
at
Walden Books or grab
an ice cream cone at Junior's Ice
Cream, they can't walk into the
center and order a degree to go.
"I had to remind people the
Mets won," said Thompson.
"Adult students are serious and
in-
tense people whose education is
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critical for career advancement and
satisfying internal needs." Most
adults get their degree in two and
a half to three years, she said.
The extension is centered around
serving the community, ''Students
(on the main campus) have their
campus life: Here we're in a
neighborhood," said Thompson.
"We develop our courses with
Julianne Maher (dean of the
School of Adult Education) and
market
thelJl
to
the
neighborhood."
The center currently serves 90
students taking courses for credits,
and
250 students taking noncredit
courses. Thompson said there have
been some discussions to expand
the center
·
. «We need more space
-
this is the largest growing area
in the state," she said. "The
population demands it.''
Behind the bar,
the view gets
a little strange
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
"What can I get
ya'?''
"Can I
see some I.D. please?"
How many times have you
real-
ly
thought about that intimidating
guy you have begged and badgered
to let you
in,
or the person you
would practically stand on the bar
for to
attract his attention and get
a drink?
Probably never.
They,
however, have tliought
about you and have much to say
about what it's like being the
gatekeeper for your good time and
being a college student working in
a college bar.
Surprisingly, none of the
students interviewed feel they are
missing out on anything by work-
ing nights.
"I'm
the center of attraction,"
said senior Tim Dunn of West
Islip,
N.Y.,
who is a bartender at
Bertie's in Poughkeepsie on Thurs-
day nights. "I
can
see what's go-
ing on, and I'm a part of it."
Senior Mike McHale
of Pine
Brook, N.J.,
who
bartends and
bounces
·
at
Sidetracked in
Poughkeepsie, agreed. "It's .not
like I'm
losing anything by work-
ing," said McHale.
"Between
the
money I make and the money
I
don't have to spend, plus seeing my
friends, it's worth it."
Friends, however, often make
the evening difficult and sometimes
uncomfortable.
"Serving my friends who are
under age is awkward," said Col-
leen Cunningham, a senior who
works at the Patio Cafe in
Poughkeepsie as a bartender and
cocktail waitress. "I'm friends with
the owners and they trust me,
which is a big responsibility."
Sean Keenan, a senior from
Hopewell Junction, N.Y., who
bounces and occasionally bartends
at Renaissance, said friends aren't
his problem.
"My little brother Brian is
a
pro-
blem,"
said
Keenan. " I hate say-
ing no."
The student
employees
also men-
tioned
the obvious problem of
friends
expecting free drinks and
an
unquestioned
entry
when
they are
under age.
Chris Calabrese, a senior from
Demarest,
N.J.,
who
works
at
Renaissance as a "crowd control
engineer"
-
a/k/a a bouncer
-
and bartender, reasons
the
problem
out this way:
"It's
my
job,
and if
they don't understand
that then
they
really aren't my friends."
"I
don't expect tips from my
'The
have to
worst
class.'
.
seniors
be the
tipping
friends, and they
don't
expect free
drinks," said Cunningham.
The subject of tipping
was
also
a favorite of those
interviewed.
They supported
the
notion that col-
lege students are lousy
tippers.
"Students are pretty
poor
on
tips,"
said
Calabrese. "There
are
a few exceptions,
but
most
of
the
time they go unnoticed
because
they just pick
up
the slack for
everyone else."
"The seniors have to be the
worst tipping class," said McHale.
"They
are
cheaper than anyone
else."
Cunningham also noted that
men are better tippers then women
and are also less demanding.
Students said they felt more
comfortable with a. student they
knew behind the bar.
"The owners and other
bartenders look down on college
students so they help us out,'' said
Rob Mitchell of New City,
N. Y.
Keenan agrees.
"If
someone is
having a bad night," said Keenan,
"and they are a student, the
manager will ask me what he is like
and
let me talk to him before they
start with him."
Tom Hanrahan, a senior from
the
Bronx, has a much simpler
reason
for why he prefers
a
student
behind
the bar:
"They
put more li-
quor
in the drinks."
first of its kind for th.e artists
their work gives the patients a sense
of pride and worth.
.
"The community should know
that these people can live produc
-
tive lives and add to the world.
They should continue to function
at a higher level," said Glatt.
Tbe artists are part of a partial-
hospitalization and continuing
treatment program. Some have
long histories of mental illness,
such as chronic schizophrenia, and
others have borderline coping pro-
blems, according to Glatt.
A Marist
art
class initiated the
college's involvement in the pro-
gram when it viewed work at a
show last spring.
"There's so much we can learn
from each other. These students
and Dr. Montalto had the insight
to
see
this as well," said Glatt.
"Wear~ lucky to
have colleges
around, like Marist, that allow this
type of exhibit to exist.
It
forms
a
link between the community and
the patient," said Frank DeSiervo,
the division chief of continuing
services.
Terri
Monte-Caruso,
a
recreational-therapy assistant who
works closely with the artists, sees
the art program as effective
therapy.
"They see things
.
differently,"
she said, "The artistic exercises
seem to clarify, if not improve,
their perspective on life."
Monte-Caruso, who is working
toward an art degree at Dutchess
Community College, said she feels
the actual activity of creating is
more helpful to the patient than the
analysis of the art itself. She recall-
ed one artist who, before the art
program,
did
not speak.
"He now is very expressive when
I discuss art with him. The im-
provement is measurable," Monte-
Caruso said.
The student response
to
the ex-
hibit was positive. "I think it's
great that Marist can get involved
in helping the community. It's
definitely a worthwhile project,"
said Linda Smith, a senior.
"Some of the work was really
good; some I didn't like at all. But
I thought the work came from
Marist students. I wish now that I
looked more closely," said Cathy
Crist, a senior from Arizona.
The Department of Mental
Hygiene has high hopes for the art
therapy program and plans on ha-
veing another exhibit in
January at
the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, ac-
cording
to
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Conflict and laughter mark Convocation Day
by
FJlen
D'
Arey
Education was anything but
painful at this year's Dean's Con-
vocation Day when student and
faculty debate teams squared. off
over the question "should educa-
tion be painful?"
The traditional Convocation
Day format of lectures and panel
discussions was abandoned this
year in favor of the debate to at-
tract more students to the event,
ac-
cording to the new vice president
for academic affairs,
Dr.
Marc
vanderHeyden.
"When I was told by my
col-
leagues that very few students at-
tended .Con
.
vocation Day,"
vanderHeyden said, "I took it as
a cliallenge and decided a detiate
would get everyone inv9lvod/'
More ttjan
350
faculty-members,
students and staff turned out for
the event Jast Wednesday.
Repre$Cnting the affirmative side
(''yes,
edui;alion should' be
pain-
·
Cul •
:'.
)
were
.
Richard LaPietra, a.
professor of chemistry; Robert
:
Sadowski, <;hairperson of Arts and
Letters; and Mercinth _Qrown;" a
sophomore majoring
in political
science.
Defending the negative side
("you've got
to
be kiddirig")
.
were
David McCraw, director
of
jour-
nalism; Linda Dunlap, a profesS<fr
of psychology; and Joseph Concra,
a senior majoring in comrnultjca-
tion arts.
So who won? With 123 votes
.
from the audience'for the po-pain
team to
126
votes for the pro-pain
team, most agreed it_ was a draw.
"To have such. an incredibly close
score is evidence of an excellent
debate,"
said
Prof. James
Springston, who served as
moderator.
"Both teams were well
prepared, and it was a
great
topic."
"People walked out thinking -
and they were excited. That's
a
good sign," said Gina Disanza,
president of the Student Academic
Committee.
For many, the discussion over
education continued after the
debate. "There's more to learning
than pain and study," said John
Polidoro, a junior from Connec-
ticut. Ed Maffai, a senior from
New York City, said, "Education
should
!Jc
more than a
learning
·
ex-
perience -
it should be a living
experience."
·
·
"I'm impressed with the student
turnout
and
enthusiasm,"
vanderHeyden said. "I'd like to
see
a lot more of this type of activity
-
and not only on Convocation
Day."
_
Participants went into the event
with high hopes. "The teams arc
·
well-matched -
we're in for a
strong debate,'' Springston said a
few minutes before the debate
began. "Students today will have
a rare insight into education and
how
faculty
and
administration feel
and think."
Nearby, MoCraw admitted:
"I'm a little nervous. We don't
have a lot of strategy, but we re-
main confident in our position."
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His teammate Concra, however,
said, "I'm here to have a good time
-
It'll be a lot of fun."
Frequent laughter,
applause
and
booing from the audience in the
Theater affirmed that the debate
teaching over the student's head.
"This
is a task -
not a game."
But the most
outspoken
debater
on
the affirmative side was student
representative Mercinth
.
Brown.
Education is, and should continue
Convocation comments -
page 6
was fun, and McCraw's ner-
vousness was
undetectable
as he
pulled a pair of Groucho Marx
.
glasses out of his
pocket
to
break
the ice at one point.
LaPietra, defending the affir-
mative position in his opening
remarks, quoted Webster's defini-
tion -of pain as "hard work"'and
"toil."
·
.. Leaming requires care and in-
dustry -
this naturally implies ef-
fon," he sai~.
"The
pain we speak
of is not
'
sadistic -
it is not evil.
It involves the human experience."
LaPictra also used Albert Eins-
tein and
·
the Book of Genesis as
references, describing the p
·
rocess
of learning. with such words as
"struggle" and "discipline."
Sadowski explored the respon-
sibilities of the teacher to create in-
terest and
dis.pelle
fears
·
of
to be, painful, Brown said. She
added that Marist protected the
student from reality. "There
is
a
pain in the realiz.ation we must
change the world. There is a pain
in social concern," she said.
Brown accused Marist professors
of falling prey to the student who
wants only to "get by." Accepting
late papers and allowing students
to leave class early result in a lack
of self-discipline and an unsatisfac-
tory intellectual environment, she
said.
The no-pain representitives also
acknowle&lged an unsatisfactory
in-
tellectual environment. However,
they attributed lack of student
motivation to to the traditional
reward-and-punishment approach
to teaching.
"What we have," said McCraw,
"arc two fundamental views." He
claimed the affinnative side saw·a
knowing teacher and an unwilling
student, while his side believed in
the facilitating teacher and the
curious student.
The flaws of the affirmative
side's
vfcw,
according to
McCraw,
were three inaccurate assumptions:
(I)
People do not want to learn; (2)
discovery
is
painful, and
(3)
the
teacher, rather than the student or
the
discovery,
is the center of
learning.
He argued learning is joyous,
curiosity is natural, hard work is
pleasurable, and great teachers
make themselves obsolete.
Dunlap
explored
the
psychological
aspects of learning.
She argued the system of punish-
ment destroyed natural curiosity.
"As
teachers, we should concen-
trate not bow to scare, but how to
nurture," she said.
Dunlap supported her argument
by
•
revealing a rumor about
LaPietra of the opposing side. "I
have heard, that on occasion, a cer-
tain
professor will dance around as
a water molecule to get a point
across. Is this painful'?"
Concra, the student represen-
tative for the negative argument,
recalled being sent to the
blackboard in grammar school to
figure out
an arithmetic
problem
he
didn't
understand. "Student's
associate
pain with learning, but
pain
is
actually caused by the
teaching," he said.
The rebuttals and responses were
sometimes cutthroat; LaPietra sug-
gested th.at the
opposing
side's use
of humor perhaps "covered up for
lack of substance," btit McCraw
defensively described it
as
"mere
'icing
on
the cake."
After the rebuttal, the dcbater_s
were questioned by a panel made
up
of
mentor
Stephanie
Michnovicz; students Colleen
Grote, Jeffrey Nicosia, Derek
Simon and Clyde Wray; and Pro-
fessor Robert Vivona.
Rough waters were hit
when
several members of the audience
·
badgered Brown during the ques
.
-
tion/ answer period. Brown's in-
,
vention of a statistic
extracted
from
"perso_nal
experience" angered
• ·
many stµdents:
"She had no right to create a
·
percentage, and then
call
90 percent
of the student
body
lazy and
mediocre
1"
said Steve Harris, ·a
communi~tion
arts
major. "You
mean to tell me that nine out of the
10
guys
in
my townhouse are
idiots?"
astcec,1
Sean Noble, also a
communication arts major.
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Fun and exercise,
all in one classroom
by Elizabeth Geary
They swing to Madonna, but
they're not in a disco. They're not
even on a dance floor.
·
They're in
the
McCann
Center classroom, and
they're part of the Marist College
Apartheid
interest
dwindles
(CPS) -
Protests of college in-
vestment in companies that do
business in segregationist South
Africa came off as planned last
week on about
·
50 American cam•
puses, but some protest leaders
think college interest in the issue
may be waning.
Demonstrations at Dartmouth,
Southern Cal, North Carolina,
Wesleyan, Toledo, Texas and some
other campuses were notably
smaller than anti-apartheid protests
held on the same campuses last
April and last October.
"I think there's been a decline in
interest in divestment this fall,''
says Glenn Maloney, assistant to
the dean of students at the Univer-
sity of Texas at Austin.
Last
week's protest drew only 50
students, compared to more than
300 at
a
rally last April, which -
like the recent October rallies -
was coordinated as part of a Na-
tional Day of Protest staged by the
American Committee on Africa in
New York.
Crowd size at the University of
Illinois was down to 50 to 75 peo-
ple last week, reports political
science major Teresa Cameron,
compared to 150 last spring.
At Wesleyan in Connecticut,
police last April arrested about 130
students involved in a blockade of
the administration building. Last
week, about 20 students staged a
sit-in, while 100 others listened
quietly to anti-apartheid speakers.
There were no arrests.
Dartmouth's anti-apartheid
speeches drew 125 students, pro-
fessors and local residents,
estimates Dartmouth spokesman
Alex Huppe, compared to "300 to
500 people" last spring.
But Kay McKenzie, a faculty
member and organizer of last
week's demonstration at the
University of Mississippi, says she's
happy with her turnout of 150
students
.
"The issue is just catching on
here," she says. "Mississippi is a
very conservative place. They don't
change that quickly."
McKenzie does think the issue
may be waning mostly in places
where it's been big for a few years
now.
Anti-apartheid protests have
been going on on some campuses
since the early 1970s, but abruptly
became a national phenomenon in
January, 1985. In April and May,
1985, a College Press Service count
found nearly 200 campuses hosting
some kind of anti-apartheid activi-
ty. The American Committee on
Africa estimated about 100 cam-
puses joined its April, 1986 effort.
Some observers blamed the
weather for last week's diminished
turnouts. At Illinois, Cameron
noted the protest came during
midterm's
week.
Texas's Maloney observed
students have a lot of "pent-up
energies" to spend during the
spring,
and
that Congress' recent
approval of economic sanctions
against South Africa may have
dissipated students'
anger and
frustration
with the
issue.
intramural aerobics program.
Intramural aerobic classes,
which began last week, are being
offered to the Marist community in
hourly sessions every Tuesday and
Thursday night and Friday
afternoon.
The aerobic program was
organized after students expressed
an interest in a program, according
to Meredith Lima, a senior nursing
major who is one of the instructors
.
•
"A lot of students want to keep fit
and keep their weight down,'' she
said.
The classes were also started
"hopefully to attract more women
to the intramural program," accor-
ding to Bob Lynch, assistant in-
tramural director.
The classes, which do not exceed
20 people, will consist of proper
stretching, warm-ups, exercise and
cool-downs.
Mets
·
mania
Met fans celebrate in the wake of their team's World Series
victory last week. Dozens gathered outside the Gartland Com-
mons
Apartments
to
cheer the victors. (Photo by Mark Marano)
Lynch said a lot of people ex-
pressed interest in the aerobic
.
pro-
gram. "I think it will be successful
as long as people continue to par-
ticipate," he said
.
Little office makes big splash
Jennifer Leonard, the other
aerobic instructor, said the pro-
gram is worthwhile. ''It's foolish if
people don't take advantage
of
the
program,"
said Leonard, a
freshman communication
arts
ma-
jor from Poughkeepsie.
Some members joined the pro-
gram to get into shape. "I want to
keep
off
the 'Freshman 20' gained
last year," said Kelli
Martin,
a
sophomore from Bayport, N.Y.
Others are taking
advantage
of
the program
as
winter draws near.
"It's getting too cold to run out-
side,"
said
Joanne Mercolino, a
senior from Huntington, N.Y.
Donna Revellese, a sophomore
communication arts major, said ex-
cercise is
a
way of life. "What's
more important than having a
sound mind and a sound body?"
by Diane Pomilla
One of the most well-known
parts of Marist College operates
from a little office in Adrian Hall
-
a
far cry from Albany or
Washington or New York.
But decision-makers in those
cities keep an eye
on
the work of
the Marist Institute for Public Opi-
nion, which has been featured in
Newsweek, The Daily News and
the
Washington Post and in the
broadcast media
and
wire services
since its founding in 1978.
In 1984, the institute was the
subject of news shows on both na-
tional and New York ~ity
television.
Started as a class project, MIPO
later developed into a independent
non-partisan source for informa-
tion, according to Director Dr.
Lee
Miringoff.
Hard work, the ability to in-
dicate political trends and the abili-
ty to relate to the media in a
positive way are the keys to the suc-
cess of the institute, said Miringoff,
who is
assistant
professor
of
political science at the college.
"We have the ability
on
the one
hand to be newsworthy, while try
-
ing
to provide the community with
reliable, accurate data," he said.
Miringoff said the institute has
worked at building up
credibility,
not just seeking out quick
headlines, but rather looking for
"important developments and
trends."
The institute has also gained a
reputation for accuracy. For exam-
ple, it was the MIPO that first
predicted
the win for County Ex-
ecutive Lucille Pattison, a
Democrat,
in
traditionally
Republican
Dutchess
County.
·
During The Circle interview, a
reporter from Newsweek in
Washington called to speak with
MiringofL
Calmly, l'rfiringoff chatted with
the man. He laughed frequently,
dispelling any preconceived notions
about Politics and humor failing to
~-
coexist. From a speaker phone, the
phone call carried into the room,
and Barbara Carvalho, director of
research and supervisor of the poll-
ing, was invited into Miringoff's
office to listen to calls and offer her
advice and opinions.
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I
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op1n1on
Why vote?
Another Election Day has come and gone. Some of us can sit
back, as happy with the outcome of the elections as most were
with the World Series last
week.
Others may feel cheated, like
so many Boston fans have felt for days now. Still others may feel
indifferent -
and they, are the problem.
Though we generally see the right to vote as a privilege, it is
much more than that -
it is a responsibility. We were given this
world as is, but part of our duty in this world is to try to improve
upon it, so that there is still a world left for the next generation.
If we don't vote for the people who make the rules we must live
by, then we lose our be.st chance to make a difference. Someday
we may be the lawmakers, but even if we're not, our votes can
influence what laws are made.
There's more to voting than just pulling a lever or filling out
an absentee ballot; an intelligent vote takes time and thought,
which most of us don't think we can spare amid all our other
responsibilities. The problem is, if we don't spare the time now,
will there be any left to spare in the future?
Convocation Day
Editor's note: The following are
excerpts from comm.ent sheets fill-
ed out at the Dean's Convocation
Day debate held last week. The
topic of the debate was "Should
education be painful?"
The affirmative side -
arguing
that education should be painful-
was represented by student Mer-
cinth Brown, Professor Richard
LaPietra and Robert Sadowski,
chairperson of the Division of Arts
and Letters. Their opponents were
student Joe Concra, ProffflOr
Un-
da Dunlap and David McCraw,
director of journalism.
-
Finally, a
real
debate!
-
education will take hard
work, but the motivator of a cer-
tain pleasure at the end, or at some
point along the way, is key.
-
I feel that hard work
is
actual-
ly pleasurable for those who seek
the challenge of learning.
- Education is not a game show
unless the teacher is Wink Martin-
dale or a Pat Sajack.
-
Definitely a draw .•. both sides
brought up good points.
-
As a professor, I've tried the
open approach and the Socratic
method. Only the
.
"painful"
Socratic method
works.
-
Pain which comes as a result
of hard
work
is necessary.
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E"tPLANA1ioN.
the other
murray
-
When students are overtly
pressured by demands and no ef-
forts
to
motivate are apparent,
learning becomes something to
fear ...
something
in which goals are
no longer attainable.
-
I feel education should
be
a
joyful but mel,Ulingful experience.
-
We learn what we want to
learn.
Ahhh, the good life
-
Great idea. Do it next year.
-
Humor and humanism -
an
unbeatable combination!
-
Education doesn't have to be
painful, but there is no question in
my mind that it is!
- What
can
be done to motivate
the hundreds of students who
didn't attend? (Apply pleasure,
pain or some third element?)
-
Education is painful but
should not be. Nothing should be
painful but many things are.
-Both'sides were excellent and
well represented -
but Mercinth
Brown was so convincing, I chang-
ed my original position!
-
Interestingly enough, the two
students delivered the best and the
most persuasive speeches.
-
I believe that learning should
be enjoyable because people will
always go back for more of what
they like.
-
The affirmative side brought
up a good point -
why is the
library closed-early on Friday even-
ings and the weekend before
midterms?
-
No gain without pain!
-
Hard work is not painful -
learning is a pleasure!
-
What
is
pain? It's all relative.
-
The affirmative side of the
debate sounded like a doomsday
speech.
'
- i
enjoyed the experience.
It
gave me a great deal of insight as
a parent of a high school senior
considering attending Marist.
-
I could never vote that educa-
tion should be painful.
by Julia E. Murray
Getting away from home is
great, isn't it? You can go where
you want, do what you want, and
no one will say a word. In fact, it's
so much fun it almost makes you
feel bad for
the
people who don't
go away to school. Think of all the
fun things they miss out on in just
one ordinary day, like cold pizza
for breakfast, followed by a still-
colder shower.
letters
Of course the breakfast and
shower routine is just the beginn-
ing of the festivities, which last all
day long, but they help to maintain
the "cold theme" of the day, which
was set the previous night, when
the heater broke down.
As
any fool
knows, heaters are delicate
machi
_
nes which cannot possibly
be
expected to work
in
below-freezing
temperatures. If you want it to be
nice to you, be nice to it. Send it
to J:lorida for a few weeks, or at
least buy a quartz heater to keep it
warm.
Communication interns
Once the shower is over, you get
to shiver in your towel as you try
to open your dresser drawer
without pulling it completely out,
an exercise no one should face a
day without doing. Too bad
though, you messed up again. Your
drawer is in 20 different pieces,
your
·
roommate is snickering and
your right foot is turning every col-
or
in
the Crayola 64-pack. Oh well,
you think as you look at your feet,
at least they match now.
To the Editor:
Georgine Birdas and David
Shaw have accepted an invitation
to speak on Nov. 20 for the second
mandatory communication arts in-
ternship meeting.
Birdas, a 1979 Marist graduate
is currently the editorial director of
WCBS News Radio in New York
City. Birdas was
'
the recipient of the
Marist Alumni Award at last year's
Lowell Thomas luncheon. During
her senior year at Marist, she in-
THE:
CIRCLE:
terned at WCBS in New York.
Shaw, a 1980 Marist graduate, is
the director of technical services for
Madison Square Garden Produc-
tions.
The meeting, which will be. held
in the Fireside Lounge from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. is the final intern meeting
to be held this semester. All Com-
munication Arts interns are re-
quired to attend, although the
meeting is open to the Marist
Community.
Nancy Parzych
At any rate, it's now easy to find
something to
wear,
you realize as
you bend over to select something
from the floor. Just as you touch
denim though, an ominous, and
obnoxious, honking
_begins.
That's
Editor:
Julie
Sveda
Arts & Entertainment
Editor:
Aasoclate Editors:
Bill DeGennaro
Viewpoint
Editor:
Julia Murray
l'hotography
Editor:
Sports
Editor:
Paul Kelly
Advertising
Manager:
right, your roommate put water on
for coffee, and the smoke (or:
rather
steam)
alarm decided to tell
the world it's ready. Grab a coat
and a pair of bunny slippers and
prepare to face the masses, but
keep your fingers crossed that
Security doesn't notice that when
you picked up the soap in the.
shower this morning, the tile came
with
it.
It's late afternoon now, and you've
just come home from a hard day
of listening to other people talk. All
you want to do is get something to
eat and go to bed, provided of
course
·
your
roommate
remembered not to lock the door
so you can get
in.
Heavy sigh. Oh
well, the door opens easier with an
I.D. card than a key anyway.
As you open the door, an over-
whelming blast of heat nearly
smothers you. Obviously
the heater
is
feeling better now, which would
be a good sign if it were not 70
degrees outside. Well, you
can
always open a window, but it
sounds a lot easier than it is. The
first thing to do is find a window
that isn't painted, or just plain
stuck, shut. The first two aren't
cooperative, so you move on to the
third. Hey, this one opens really
easy, so easy, as a matter of fact,
that it's now lying on the gr__ound
outside in more pieces than your
dresser drawer. Oops.
Guess it's time to pull out the old
Captain Crunch and have a bite to
eat (pizza was the first choice, but
who wants to have it twice in one
day?). The Captain loses some of
his appeal though, when 'something
small and brown, with
several
legs, scurries out from under it.
You weren't hungry anyway, were
you?
Maybe it's time to get out of the
house for a little while (so you've
been out for IO of the 12 hours
you've been awake, who's coun-
ting?). Your downstairs neighbors
appear to be bowling for dollars,
the lightbulbs all blew up and
there's gas leaking from your stove.
It's as good a time as any to go for
a drive, or it would be if you
couldn't see your car being towed
away as you look out the front
win-
dow (winter parking regulations,
you know).
Letter
policy
The Circle welcomes letters to the editors. All letters must be
typed double-spaced and have full left and right margins. Hand-
written letters cannot be accepted.
The deadline for letters is noon Monday. Letters should be sent
to Julie Sveda, c/o The Circle, through campus mail or dropped
off at Campus Center 168 or Fontaine 216.
All letters must be signed and must include the writer's phone
number and address. The editors may withhold names from
publication· upon request.
The Circle attempts to publish all the letters it receives, but the
editors reserve the right to edit letters for matters of style, length;
libel and taste. Short letters are preferred.
Gina Disanza
Classified Manager:
Gary Schaefer
Len Johnson
Bualnen Manager:
Jennifer Cook
Mark Marano
Faculty
Advisor:
David McCraw
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Some thoughts for
.
a mediocre generatiOn
by Albert ~tridsberg
Gee. I wish you students at
Marist would not act so typical. It's
as if you had memorized the
demographic and psychographic
profile of what your generation was
supposed to be; and spent all your
time trying to live up to it. The way
'What bites
me is the way the
Marist student
body seems to
represent the ab-
solute average,
the 'typical' be-
havior forecast
for the group as a
whole, in this
neat little
campus
sample.'
one-
sub-
self-orientation - 'what's in it for
me' -
not the poor, but also not
for the nation."
The irrepressible Vidal (Gore,
not Sassoon, if you know the dif-
ference) was quoted as saying:
"Well, the demographics are
that they don't vote at all anyway,
and the ones who
do
vote like dad-
dy, and they're very right wing.
They're interested in getting jobs
and have no feelings for others."
I grant you, as a writer on lT.S.
trends, this is useful to me. I don't
have to commission Lee Miringoff
or some other professional
demographer to survey national
student opinion to know what's go-
ing on in your heads, nationally-
speaking. Nah. I just ask the
students sitting in my classes, do-
ing dead-meat time, for their opi-
nions and lack thereof.
I can then. go off to New York
or Paris or anywhere and speak
with confidence and authority
about your entire age-group.
It
saves time, and I earn a reputation
for uncanny insight into t~e
qualitative trends of this difficult
generation!
But.;.but.
..
it bothers me. You
are so Typical, taken as a lump, so
undifferentiated, so homogenous,
so predictable and representative,
that you are an improbable,
whole national scene just by look-
ing into your mute, inglorious,
blank faces.
One of my colleagues is now go-
ing to jump me and growl, "You
are knocking Marist, All"
No, I am not.
Because I do not think this situa-
tion is inevitable, or irreversible. I
think you
choose
to behave the way
you do, as a group. And I know
that, given a break, if you think
nobody is watching and nobody
will catch you acting Weird, you'd
like to know more about a lot of
things.
Any number of you are already
Closet Thinkers,
so
to speak. I have
actually
seen
a few of you Have An
Idea, right in class! (Your expres-
sions rather resemble that of a cow
who has just been struck with a
mallet.)
I even know some who sneak off
to New York and go to museums,
attend plays instead of rock con-
certs, know that Eric Satie wrote
the music line for every famous
students at Marist should not en-
joy the lasting riches of a real
liberal
arts
education. You are real-
ly good enough; don't cop out by
saying you're not.
The faculty are up to it; don't
give me that lip about. their short-
cprnings -
and if you think some
of them have turned apathetic,
guess who's turning them off?
(Yes, you.)
Truth is, you think of yourselves
as rebels and free spirits, but you
are remarkably unable to rebel
against your own peers, and in
bondage to a dreary vision of your
prospects, derived from disillusion
of your older brothers and sisters
who dido't'make it as Yuppies. (Or
did make it, only ~o discover, like
my foster son, that Having
Children and Making Mortgage
Payments wipes out most of the
Swinging-Single
joys
of
Yuppiedom.)
Not long ago, a 23-year-old (not
Marist) student drunkenly burbled
at me: "All this stuff you talk
about, history, music, literature ...
is irrelevant, Al. Irrelevant to my
generation. Meaningless
... "
Sobered up and hangover
forgotten, he changed his mind.
leave you alone. Ask yourself: Can
I spend the rest of my life "not
'Truth is, you
think of your-
selves as rebels
and free spirits,
but
you
are
remarkably un-
able to rebel
against your own
peers ...
,
there?" For that matter, except for
the College Life, you may not even
want to be
here.
But, unless you are
continually zonked, you
are
here.
Y'know.
·
Albert Stridsberg is a professor of
advertising at Marist.
The Circle
wants your
Viewpoint!
- - - - - - - - - - - - statistical freak. Had
Dr.
Miringoff
'There is no
reason why stu-
dents at Marist
should not enjoy
the lasting riches
of a real liberal
"All
this stuff," these ideas,
these outside experiences, these
unknown territories, may seem like
irrelevant baggage you don't want
to carry around now. Farther along
the road you will probably need
some of it... to help you make
money, to help you make
more
money, or just to take your mind
off the fact you aren't making
enough money.
If
you don't pick
up some of this good stuff, what
may be irrelevant in the future?
You.
If
there's an issue that you
feel strongly about, you can
make your opinion heard
through Viewpoint.
some straight-arrow Boy-Scout
type
might try to live his life out of
the Scout Manual, but in reverse.
The buzzword for the last few
years, in business at least, has been
Excellence. How -
in six easy
lessons -
to achieve it! But, to
widespread dismay,
your
genera-
tion (roughly those now between 15
and 25) is expected to abandon all
that and dedicate itself to Mediocri-
ty.
Cautious, safe, leave-me-alone-
I' m-all-right Mediocrity. The first
generation in our history that
is
seeking to
achieve
Mediocrity.
And you're doing so!
The predictions were about your
entire generation, not just those of
you attending Marist. One would
expect, of course, a range of hyper-
hypo variations around the pro-
totype. What bites me is the way
the Marist student body seems to
represent the absolute average, the
"typical" behavior forecast for the
group as a whole, in this neat little
one-campus sub-sample.
The Crossley Youth Barometer,
which tracks your group's
'I don't need
to commission
some profession-
al demograpl)er
to survey na-
tional student
opinions to know
what's going on
in your heads,
nationally speak-
ing.'
behavior, describes you this way:
''Youth are clearly more conser-
vative and conventional than a
decade ago
...
But ... today's young
people, while not radical or activist,
are much more cynical about socie-
ty and its institutions than those of
the 1950s. Their cynicism, their
continued low levels of confidence
in leaders of the nation and major
institutions, is linked to a strong
and I and some other mad pro-
fessors, on a bet tried to assemble
a panel of students with such
predictable reactions, we could
never have done so well.
The number of you who blur
these litmus-like findings is
minimal.
Maybe 5
percent, at most
10
percent -
that percentage so
bandied about at Dean's Convoca-
tion Day last Wednesday.
There are the aberrant few who
are creative enough, tough enough,
or so out of it that they are able to
ignore your massive peer-pressure
and do things like attend our little
Convocation and (gulp! gasp!) en-
joy it.
It
is easy (much too easy) to
ignore that harried little group and
draw instant conclusions about a
arts
You
education.
really are
good enough;
don't cop out by
saying
you' re
not.'
rock record (and know who Eric S.
was!), and so on.
There is no reason why the
Okay, I didn't go to the Con-
-
vocation Day with a light heart. I
expected it to be a miserable learn-
ing experience, demonstrating all
the discomforts of inflicted educa-
tion. Once the foreplay was over,
·
it turned out to be fun.
But you weren't there.
Well, I'll take one last shot, and
If
you've got a complaint
or comment about events
here at Marist or in the
world, this page is the best
way to get your point across
to
the entire Marist
Community.
Send your 500 to 700 word
Viewpoint to:
Len Johnson
c/o The Circle.
And do it today!
The Circle
Place a Classified
any time, day or night,
in Townhouse A-6,
or Post Box 3-1255.
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8 - THE CIRCLE - November 6, 1986 - -
A
shot of redemption
by Kieran Alex Murphy
The world gets bigger and
smaller everyday depending upon
whom you talk to, and its complex-
ity is
-
relative to how much you can
misunderstand.
In this land of hi-tech blitzkrieg,
things have a way of becoming
larger than life. Rod Serling has
become our ever present sidekick in
our consider.ation of value vertigo
and rigor mortis of the imagina-
tion. When shampoo is called Pro-
tein Structured Body Enhancer and
potato chips come in a supermarket
aisle's worth of permutation in
shapes and flavors~ you
begin
to see
the importance of specificity
.
The squirming neon did not
bother you at first, but now
because of a post-hypnotic
subliminal suggestion, you sing
a
favorite old song with new words
transcribed by a corporate lyricist.
Maybe not being able to
remember how the real words went
stirs an iota of maµgnity amid this
shroud of positive flowing energy
and you'd like to tell all these born-
again people that they only die
once, "so get it right the first time
pinheads."
But I digress
.
Fortunately, professionals have
seen the living dead with their noses
pressed up against various utopian
fish-tanks. And the publishers have
rushed to fill this void with one-
minute managers, Power Persons
and Dianetics.
Sociologically, at this point in
time, we are taking our cues from
the business world. In case you
have been a political prisoner or
just locked in an ivory tower, here
is a rough draft of how
'
your
stimulus and response should be
functioning.
One must learn to filter his
mix-
ed and matched emotions and his
Hamlet musings down to the
pristine simplicity of Spartan
behavioral terminology. What we
lateral thinking
on a descending
elevator
have here is a hybrid mind-set. It
is a fusion of the self-centeredness
of Romanticism and the single-
mindedness of Stoicism
.
.
The brave new individual is con-
cerned with how he "feels about
himself."
Get used to a pattern of self-
criticism followed by self-
reprimand, followed by self-praise.
For practice, stand in front of the
bathroom mirror and say, "I feel
bad about myself because .• ," and
then, "I feel good about myself
because
.
.
.
"
Extraneous criticism and con
-
demnation are non-applicable.
However, when fishing for an ex
-
traneous compliment don't be
afraid to use a harpoon cannon.
OK. Now we are ready for prac-
tical usage.
You are at the office and it is
Monday morning. You say: "I feel
bad about myself because I was out
last night until
4
a.m. at a bar in
a drunken frenzy with an
anonymous brassiere chin-strapped
around my head. With a flaming
shot of
151
held aloft in both hands
I was screaming, 'human sacrifice,
human sacrifice!' at the top of my
lungs
.
" .
Good.
Now the rejoinder
.
You say: "I feel worse about
myself because my hangover has
induced an irrational fear that if I
sneeze my brain will run out my
nostrils. Thus, I cannot do my
job."
Super. Now the self-praise.
You say, "I feel good about
myself because I have a thermos
full of martinis and as soon as
lunch rolls around I'll be able to
sharpen up these senses and hunker
down to some work."
Done!
.
Decision-making has for too
long been a long and arduous
task
with time-consuming worries of
consequence.
When decision-making, simply
point out what you desire to hap-
pen and what is the actuality, then
correct the discrepancy.
Here is an example.
What is desired: I would like to
get the boss's
.
daughter in the base-
ment of the
mes
department so the
two of us can shift the Wurlizter to
Continued
on page
9
I
can't take anymore
by Eric
Turpin
Alicia, Regina, Madonna, Stacey
Q,
Lisa
Lisa, Janet Jackson, Gwen
Guthrie, Shannon, Nu Shooz, Star-
point and Samantha Fox.
What do all of these artists mean
to you? Well I can tell you what
they don't mean, and that is talent.
Remember about ten years ago
when people like Gloria Gaynor
and Donna Summer were killing
black
on
white
the airwaves with their ideas on
female individuality and sexual
promiscuity? ... How that beat of
the music would pound you into
the ground
if
you stayed and listen-
ed to it long enough, and then there
was those awfully thought-
provoking lyrics like "Ahhhhh ...
love to love you, baby."
That was ten years ago, but it
looks like the wheel has turned full
circle again. If you turn on the
radio your ears are bludgeoned
with a bass line that won't stop,
·
meaningless harmonies and the
ever-depressing whine of Madon-
na sound-alikes. Let's take a look
·
at the origins of this renaissance in
·
female pop. Madonna
hit
th~ music
scene like a cannon ball. Everyone,
I meari every female between the
ages of 10 and 21 wanted to be like
Madonna. The phenomenon about
this Detroit-born singer is that she
recreated the disco scene of the 70's
again. Now let's give credit where
credit is due, and that is to the
peo-
ple who brainstormed this idea.
And you thought that Madonna's
look was her own invention. No
way!! Madonna was a product
made-up, and that gave every
signal that the female pop star was
back in action.
Floating
around the same
time
as
Madonna was another female ar-
tist, and her name was Shannon.
Taking a different approach and a
harsher sound, Shannon was a
direct throwback to the days of
Donna Som.mer, with
hard-driving
dance songs
·
and even more pro-
vocative lyrics, such as "He
is
dan-
cing his way back to me."
Nu Shooz, Alicia and Regina
have one thing in common. They
all sound like Madonna. Why is it
in the music i,ndustry that music has
to sound like everyone else's?
Another thing that really gets me
about these three particular artists
is that the music is so damn catchy
Ws copied to the hilt. Regina's
smash hit "Baby Love" sounds like
a third rate "Into the Groove" by
Madonna. Don't these people who
reel
impressions
'Jumpin' Jack Flash'
by Maria Gordon
Whether she's Diana Ross, a
computer whiz or a spy, Whoopi
Golberg is simply hilarious.
In "J um pin' lack Flash,"
Goldberg plays Terry Doolittle, a
teller for an international bank. Or,
is she telecommunications' answer
to "Dear Abby?"
Terry gets involved in this
mystery through her PC. Instead of
getting the Russian exercise pro-
gram, as she normally does, she
gets clues to ht:lp a British spy
escape from behind the Iron Cur-
tain
.
In her own unique way, she
succeeds
.
Whether she's tearing up a beau-
ty
salon or being dragged through
the streets of New York in
a
telephone booth, Goldberg is never
out of control. She plays well off
the strong supporting cast, and
reels off one-liners as if her
-
life
depended on it. In some cases, it
does.
David Fronzenis wrote the story
and screenplay
.
Did he have
Goldberg in mind, or under the
direction of Penny Marshall, was
she given liberties with her lines?
However they let Goldberg do her
thip.g, she is always spontaneQus
a1,1d alway,s outrageous. In "Jum-
pin' Jack Flash," Whoqpi
Gbldberg is Whoopi at her comic.
best.
.
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a
mystery, a romance and a one-
woman comedy routine, which
keeps the audience laughing from
b~ginning to end .
.
dance to this stuff at places like
Let's Dance know that? Do they
ever stop to wonder why you get a
headache after only an hour? Nu
Shooz is another
mindless
synth-
pop band that makes the musical
statement, "I Can't Wait." Hey,
what are you waiting for? A good
song-writer, 'cause you sure don't
have one now. How about "Baby
Love," by
Regina?
"Boy there's no
one home tonight,
the
timing could
be right." I don't think she's talk-
ing about milk and cookies here.
How old is she?
Seventeen
years~
old, and so worldly I don't know.
Here is another great band, Star-
point. In the song, "Object of My
Desire,"
she sings about the impor-
tance of her bodily yearnings. It's
so fortunate that we have themes
of social relevance like that one.
Stacey
Q
is absolutely no better.
Her song, "Two of Hearts"
reminds
·
me of that song, "Push
Push in the Bush," because that is
all she says during the whole three
minutes of torture the song puts me
through.
The only welcome reliefs to all
this music are Janet Jackson and
Lisa Lisa. Out of all of these girl
artists only Jackson and Lisa Lisa
try to put some honesty back with
dance tracks, and all I really want
is- honesty.
Thinking about
graduate school?
November
17
is the
.
ideal time to look into
Marist's
Master's
programs in
■
Business (MBA)
■
Computer
Science/Information Systems (MS)
■
Computer Science/Software Development (MS)
■
Psychology (MA)
■
.Public Administration (MPA).
Open House starts at 7:30 p.m. Attend program
sessions, obtain admissions materials, talk to financial
aid counselors, and meet informally with faculty and
program directors.
Further information: Graduate
Mmissions (914) 471-3240, ext.
·
530_
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@
com pus
-
ome( co
·.
People wbo have overdue park-
ing tickets at
West Virplia
Univer-
sity will
now have to pay off their
fines with blood donations to the
campus blood bank.
Hour"
st9ry
about how federal
student aid cuts are affecting
students.
Carson's John W. Carson Foun-
dation paid off the students' loans
and has promised to pay for the
rest of their undergrad education,
a Public Broadcasting spokesman
reported.
Parking violators who weigh less
than
110
pounds or have colds or
diseases like hepatitis still will have
to pay overdue fines in cash, blood
donor coordinator Dolly Clawges
added.
Eastern
New Mexico
U.
became
tbe latest campus
to elect a man -
Dan Gangloff, a 23-year-old Coast
Guard veteran - as its homecoming
queen.
Johnny Carson bas balled out
four broke students -
from St.
Mary's Colfege,
Maryland-
Baltimore County and Johns
Hopkins - he saw portrayed last
spring on a "McNeil-Lehrer News
Temple
University
in
Philadelphia ordered artist
Phil
r
-
this week
l)y
Erle
Turpin
This
week pro~ that once again Marist is sporting some
great
activities for all who are caught in that chasm of what classes to
pick
out for next semester.
On.camP,u's
Thursday
Get ready for the annual C.U.B.
Student Talent N'aght,
which
promiSes
to feature the best
in
talent that Marist has to offer. So
come on down and support your favorites
in
the talent night.
Priz.c:s
will
be awarded for best performances. The fun
will
begin at 9:30
p-.m.
in.
the River Room.
friday
.
At 4:30 p.m. Leo Hall
will
have a barbecue for all
Leo
residents.
The
21 Society will resume
at
9 p.m. in the River Room for those
of us who are of the legal drinking age.
Sunday
,
The Stuc;lent League
is
sponsoring the annual
Family Feud
con-
test betw~ the different clubs and organized groups at Marist.
The event starts at 9:30 p.m. in the River Room.
Films
This
weekend the
c.
U .B.
will
feature that Monty Python classic.
"TIie
IJfe
Of
Brian!'
The showings
will
be Friday at 7:30
p.m.
in
C.C.
249
1
and
Sunday at 7:30 and
9
p.m.
in
C,C.
249.
Thi$
weeks
foreign films are
"lpldlfllla" on Thursday, ..
Miss
Julie"
on Saturday and Sunday. All of the films start at 7:30p.m.
in D245. There is no admission charge.
ott-campu.s
On
Sunday
The
Adult Student Union is sponsoring
~'Tile
JOq
Of
Stas"
at the Bardavon. The show begins at 8 p.m. Anyone
in-
tersted in
P\ll'Cbasing
discount tickets contact the Adult Student
Union
by
calling 471-8325
Of
Elrt.
221 and ask for Carmen.
Simkin to dismantle part of bis ex-
hibit - which aimed to create the
visual impression that the campus
art
museum was a strange, un-
balanced real estate office -
because, as campus VP Robert
Scanlon put it, some passersby
thought the museum was for sale.
Scanlon also was worried
Simkin's "signs" would damage
the museum building.
"Something dumb took place
that didn't have to," groused
Simkin, who called the order "cen-
sorship of a work of
art
.
"
An ad
for
"Braille
T-shirts" in
the Colorado Daily at the U. of
Colorado led the National Federa-
tion of the Blind to object the
"Body Braille" shirts- which sport
slogans like "Feel the Heat,"
"Feeling Good," and "Touch of
Class" - are in bad taste.
The Daily agreed to pull the ads
if the Federation contacted it
directly, but the Federation has not
done so yet.
HoUywood producer Richard
Schnaible
is
turning tbe Purdue and
Indiana
U.
campmes into
sets for
a new movie to be called "Murder
U." Schnaible, responsible for the
"A View To A Kill" and "Nev.er
Say Never Again" James Bond
movies, says "Murder U," is a low-
budget
($1.5 million) e(fort that
will star Clint
.
Walker.
U.
11orida student affairs
VP
Art Sandeen withdrew permission
given to The Playboy Channel to
film a comedy show on campus
because it would be using the UF
name for profit, and because "the
university has stood for a long time
for a much more enlightened view
(of women) than that magazine
stands fQr."
In an effort to raise money,
Mississippi State
is test marketing
a "white muscadine grapejuice"
created from grapes grown and
"-"" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
.,....
brewed on campus.
Freshman
officers
elected
by FJizabetb
~
Jeff Ferony was elected
freshman class president last
month, defeating three other
candidates.
In other freshmen class elections,
Diane Bush, a political science ma-
jor from Amsterdam., N.Y., was
elected vice president. Dawn
Aiello, a mathematics major, and
Judy Kelly, an undeclared major,
won treasurer and secretary,
respectively.
Ferony, an undeclared major
from Marlborough, Conn., said
his
main
goal is to unite the freshmen
class; "A lot of the freshmen get
together on the weekends
in
the
.
rooms to-drink," said Ferony. "I
:want to find out what people want
to do besides drinking, to get away
;f~ID the cliques that are starting to
fann."
. ·" ·F~ony said he and
his
staff are
aoc,,ing
to get together with the
- ~
councils to
plans~
events
•-
each
dorm every Friday or
Satur-
. !•tnight
to
get
the students out of
,-eir rooms.
-Ferony said he feels he is
qualified to carry out thepresiden-
,;y.
.
ferony became interested
in
--=tmol politics during orientation
tiecause his tour guide was a class
officer. "I went up to my mom in
Fireside
and
said, 'Mom, I'm go-
ing to be president'."
shot
rhumba setting and crank up the
whoopee machine.
The actuality:
If
the boss catches
me in the act of any of the
aforementioned be
will
cut off my
growth in the business.
The solution is to proceed with
the project as planned. When the
crisis arises -
because the
boss
bas
caught me retrieving a misplaced
breath mint from
his
daughter's
tonsils with my tongue -
my
choice of tactic
is
ingratiation or
Continued from page
8
blackmail.
Blackmail has become somewhat
outdated as of late. Niceness (in-
gratiation) has been proven just as
effective
in
use as leverage and a
weapon. Look at the way Ronald
Reagan
has
·
used niceness to instill
soul-shaking terror in the entire
population of the
·
globe. But then
again,
niceness is more volatile
than blackmail. Remember what
Mr. MacManus says,
"Good
man-
ners and bad breath get you
nowhere."
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---Pag 10 • THE CIRCLE· November 6, 1986 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Green brings campaign h~re
Former senate hopeful Mark Green delivered a campaign
speech at Marist last week.
(Photo by Mark Marano)
by Ellen D' Arey
Mark Green, unsuccessful
Democratic candidate for U
.s.
senator, visited the Marist campus
last week for some last-minute
campaigning.
He was defeated by Sen. Alfonse
D' Amato in Tuesday's voting.
Even though he was trailing bad-
ly at the time in the polls and had
less than a week to go before Elec-
tion Day, Green was upbeat. He
paralleled his campaign with t)le
Mets' victory at the World Series.
"This is the 10th inning of the
seventh game," he said. "It's not
over till the fat lady
·
sings."
..
Spealcing to a crowd of 70 peo-
ple, Green accused D' Amato of
be-
ing the "rooster who took credit
for the sunrise." He attributed the
popularity of
his
opponent to his
"millions of dollars" head start
and his dependency on funding
from special-interest groups.
"I
am the only candidate who
has refused all PAC (political ac-
tion committee) money," Green
said, referring to D' Amato as
"Pac-man.'' ''The Senate and state
are not for sale," he said.
Although Green spoke with
familiar political rhetoric, some
issues and positions were clearly
classifieds
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Attention: Seeking intelligent
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panionship. Please contact me
through the classifieds. -
Unfulfilled
I don't know who is worse: the
Yankees or Yankee fans. One thing
is for sure -
they're both losers.
Dear Annette, Both Ted and I
would like to thank you for the
gift
you left on Ted's bed and my
books
.
Hope we can repay you
sometime. -
Scooter
Florence: Hope to see you during
visiting hours at the prison this
Sunday
.
Mike
·
To Annette, Rob really wants you
and he will
see
you in two months.
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C-6 Chicks, You guys know how
to throw a great birthday! Thanks
for the calories.
(I
mean
memories!) Love Wilma
The Women's swim team is on a
mission.
Kathy, We want to go THAT way!
Deb
Maryanne, Please leave G.S.'s
shorts alone. You B.H.R. Love
B.R.Q.
To the women of Marist, I'm tired
of reading the meter Iuv; It's time
for the oie in-out. Alec, Dim,
Georgie Boy and Pete
Chris
(The
Freshman pseudo-
diver), How
is
your back? Have the
scars
gone away yet? I dare you to
sue. Your Diving coach/lifeguard
Seeking gentle intimacy with a
woman in the Thursday free-slot.
If
interested please respond. Lonely
Sniffles
"Quomodo sedet sola civitas."
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Glorious Empire!! Citizens of the
Universe join the empire and pro-
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the likes of which man shall
never recover from.
(KGXX)
Kind. semi-cultured man searching
for a member of the female gender,
who appreciates personal hygiene
and neo-shakespearean tradgedy.
Signed- a pseudo intellectual
How come the freshman this year
are so very boring?? Do they stay
in a,t night and practice or were they
born with this deformity?"
Why does the men's swim team
need a lifeguard on duty when they
practice? Won't their fat keep them
a float?
Des,
We
need to have a long talk.
Dr. Morter
Melissa (8th floor Champ), Stop
trying
to avoid me. You know you
need me so let's act like grownups.
I will not wait for your signal
forever. Destiny
Why does the Marist hierarchy
·
always make you take three rights
instead of one left.
A-6,
If your not more considerate
we will squash you like .the insects
you are. The Exterminators
To the owner of the C.L.T. in
Marian: Is it true "that's what
friends are for? -summer singer
Frank (B-3) -
"Let's prove the
male myth about short guys
wrong'' -
taller but interested
C-7 Nice buns!
One last chance to get credit for the
joke, who put the bread in the
cake?
Nino -
Hope you're feeling bet-
ter soon. We'll never complain
about your big mouth again! A-5
Mike - You're a turkey! Love, me
To the cast of A Clockwork
Orange and the rest of the house
-
You can't possibly still think
we're stuck-up, can you? Maybe
you shouldn't listen to each other
so much .
.
... -
the neighbors
defined. Green is pro-choice and
against Contra support and
believes Star Wars should have
moderate funding. He is anti big
business, and anti-Reagan.
"I have two problems with
D' Amato -· hi.s methods and his
ethics," said Green. He called 1986
the year of corruption, saying "the
ethics of J.F. Kennedy have
become the ethics of J .R. Ewing."
Green was hopeful about the en-
dorsement of
·
Newsday -
the
newspaper of Long Island, the
home area for both D' Amato and
Green.
.
He made a strong stand on abor-
tion. When questioned on his
policy
.
by Dr. Roscoe Balch,
.
a
history professor at Marist, Green
responded, "Abortion is not the
taking of a life -
life begins at
birth." He then added quickly that
it was a difficult area.
His stand on Star Wars was not
as definite. Although he believed
the Strategic Defense Initiative
lacked merit. he still supported
moderate funding for the project.
He did not expand on this incon-
sistency. "I am a lawyer, not a
physicist,
'
' he added.
Green did support increased and
improved low-income housing for
Dutchess County~ particularly in
Poughkeepsie and Beacon.
Student Joe Concra, who ar-
ranged for Green's visit to Marist
and has been campaigning for him
from the Dutchess County head-
quarters, said: "I think he's great.
He's for the average guy-not for
big-business, and not a puppet of
the administration:''
William Egan, the Dutchess
County Democratic chairman,
predicted before the speech that
Green would have a tough time
winning in Dutchess County; since
it is a
·
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6, 1986 - THE CIRCLE - Page 11 - -
thursday
morning
quarterback
Marist's little big man
by Paul Kelly
As the Marist football team
takes to the turf for pre-game war-
mups before
its
Saturday rituals,
nearly all of the players appear to
be homogenized, strapping young
warriors identically clad in plastic
armor, distinguishable only by
their numbers.
Then, Nick Mancuso trots
dutifully through the creaky gate of
the tree-laden south entrance of
Leonidoff Fielg.__
Mancuso, a
~-year-old
junior
backup center., is a warrior in his
own right. He wears the helmet, the
pads,
the
Nike turf shoes - all of
the tools involved
in
the civilized
combat known as football.
But Mancuso's chief gridiron
battle has not been against oppos-
ing
nose guards or linebackers.
Mancuso's chief battle has been
against the reality that the top of
his head
is
only
5 feet 5 inches off
the floor.
Mancuso began playing football
as a 10-year-old in a East
Brunswick, N.J. Pop Warner pro-
gram. Mancuso's hard work ethic
and
love
for the game of football
began to manifest itself. The skir-
mish about his lack of size also
commenced.
''My
coach was looking for
somebody to play center, and I
didn't know what position to play
because of my size," said Man-
cuso.
"I
said
'what
the hell?' and
tried
it,
and I've been there ever
since."
·
•
-
fox
Hail
-
by Paul Kelly
FOOTBALL
Junior
tailback
Ed
Christensen
was ranked ninth in
scoring and rushing yards per
contest in last week's national
Division Three statistics.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
After a sluggish 4-5 start, the
women's volleyball team
has
re-
bounded to
win
21 out of
its
last
25 games. Last week, the squad
forfeited to Lehman and
Hunter and defeatM Dowling,
Brooklyn, Manhattan and
Bard. The lady spikers placed
second at the Skidmore Tourna-
ment last Saturday, falling to
Siena 15-4, 15-11 in the finals.
The Red Foxes will play their
season finale Tuesday at
McCann when they host Queens
and Bridgeport. Game time is
SOCCER
Long Island University
7,
Marist
1
(10/29/86)
Results unavailable
at
press time.
Marist 4-11.
Marist 4, Manhattan 1 (11/1/86)
Manhattan 1
0--1
Marist
2
2-4
First Half: 1.MAN, Savolka
11 ;54; 2.MAR, Jim McKenna
(Fran Payne) 41:35; 3.MAR,
McKenna (Payne) 42:04.
Second Half: 4.MAR, Payne
(Greg Healy) 46:25; 5.MAR, Bill
Kenny 80:83.
Shots on Goal: MAR 13, MAN
6.
Corner Kicks: MAR 15, MAN 1.
Goalie Saves:
Joe Madden
(MAR)
3,
Dan Sullivan
(MAR)
2,
Correia
(MAN)
9. Marist S-11.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Marist forfeited to Lehman/
Hunter (10/28/86)
Marist def. Dowling/ Brooklyn
(10/29/86)
Marist def. Manhattan/
Bard (10/30/86)
Mancuso
moved
to
the Head Coach Mike Malet with great
Westchester County town of Port pride.
Chester, where he earned a starting
"You've got to look at the bright
job
at
center and landed honorable-
side," said Mancuso. "As my
mention all-league honors, despite grandfather said, there's always
his lack of height.
somebody worse off than
.
you.
WhilelaboringforPort
.
Chcster, Hey, at least I'm traveling this
Mancuso began to envision a year, as it was a bad feeling not see-
dream ushered to
him
by Head ing my name on the list last year."
Coach Rich Albonizio -
playing
"I
was so happy to make the
college football. "He said that I traveling squad," said Mancuso,
can play (college football), even his eyes beaming.
"If
you had ask-
though there are not many guys ed me this summer if I thought I
who
can
play college football,'' would, I would have said no.
If you
said Mancuso.
work hard enough, I guess you'll
Mancuso forged that dream in-
succeed."
to reality when he enrolled at
"Coach Malet really didn't have
Westchester Community College in to take me, but he did," said Man-
1983. However, the question of his cuso. "He's always helped me out,
size again was raised. Mancuso especially with school."
pointed to a 42-13 loss to Nassau
School has been another bat-
Community College in 1983
as
one tleground for Mancuso Jo prove
of the priine victories in his war himself upon. "I only got around
against disbelievers.
800 on my SA T's and people said
"Before the game I kept hearing I couldn't make it-in college," said
my coach say, 'Do you think he's
.
Mancuso. "I raised my cum from
too small?'," said Mancuso.
"1
got
·
1.8 to 2.3, and now I want my
tired of hearing it. I didn't care if degree. To all of those people who
Lawrence Taylor was i~ front of said I can't make it in college, I've
me-I was pumped. I played pro-
got something to prove."
bably the best game of my career,
even though we lost."
Marist was the next stop in Man-
cuso's career. He transferred
to
the
banks of the Hudson in the fall of
1985.
Again, his lack of skeletal
grandeur was a problem, as he has
only seen limited duty in four
games in his two-year career. But
Mancuso speaks of his acceptance
on the team's traveling squad and
set for 7 p.m.
MEN'S BASJCETBALL
The
men's
basketball team
played
h.s
first Red-White scrim-
mage last night at Arlington
High School's North Campus.
Results were unavailable at
press time. The Red team was
coached by Assistant Coach
Jeff Bower
and comprised of
Rik
Smits,
Mark Shamley,
Peter Krasovec, Tim Murphy,
and newcomers
Chris Green,
Darryl McClung
and
Joey
O'Connor.
The White team,
consisting of
Miroslav Pecarski,
Drafton Davis, Ron Mc Cants,
Rudy Bourgarel, John Mc-
Donough, Matt Schoenfeld,
and rookiesTed
Sharpenter
and
Ernest McFadden,
was handled
by Associate Coach
Bogdan
Jovicic
and Assistant CoachTim
Murray.
The contest served as
a tune-up for the Red Foxes ex-
hibition game against Marathon
Oil this Tuesday at Mccann.
Game time is 7:30 p.m., and
students will be admitted free
with a valid Marist I.D. A $3.00
s
coreboard
Marist at Skidmore Tournament
(11/1/86)
Siena def. Marist 15-6, 15-7.
Maristdef. Elmira 15-10, 15-11.
Marist def. Russell Sage 15-10,
15-10.
.
'
Marist def. Hamilton 15-6,
15-12. (semifinals)
Siena def. Marist 15-4, 15-11.
(finals) Marist
25-9.
FOOTBALL
Pace
20,
Marist 16 (11/1/86)
Marist 9
0
0
7-16
Pace
O
6
7
7-20
MAR-Safety, Enterlein sacked
by Chris Esposito in end zone
MAR-Ed Christensen 2 run
(Bill
Rose kick) PACE-Fehrenbach 4
run
(kick
failed)
PACE-
Fehrenbach 6 pass from Enterlein
Outside the ivory walls of the
classroom, Mancuso still has one
gridiron dream left to fulfill.
"I
wouldn't mind starting one
game, even if just for one series of
downs," said Mancuso. "It would
be something to tell the grand-
children. B1,1t, it won't bother me
if
I
don't as
I
won't hold any
grudges.
J
just want to go out on
a positive note."
admission fee
will
be charged to
the general public.
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
CROSS COUNTRY
The men's cross countcy team
finished a disappointing 16th
out of 19 teams at last Satur-
day's New York State Collegiate
Track
&
Field Association
Championships at Gen~seo.
The Red Foxes finished with
414 points, far behind cham-
pion Siena's total of 58. Junior
Don Reardon
led Marist with an
18th place finish, clockill!" a
time of 34:31 for the 10,000
meter (6.2 mile) circuit. The
race winner was St. Lawrence's
·
Jukka Tammisuo, who crossed
the finish line in 32:59 •.. The
women's team split a tri-meet
last
Saturday
against
Southampton and cross-town
rival Vassar, losing to the
Brewers 21-34 and defeating
Southampton 22-39. Junior
An-
nie Breslin
was the first Marist
finisher, placing fifth.
Breslin
recorded a time of 20:50 for the
3.0 mile course, one minute and
25 seconds behind race winner
Sara Jessup of Vassar.
(Eassa kick) MAR-Sam Lanier 85
pass from Jim Fedigan (Rose kick)
PACE-Fehrenbach 44 pass from
Enterlein (Eassa kick)
Passing: MARIST, Thomas
4-10-1-49; Cannon 2-9-2-31;
Fedigan 1-1-0-85. Pace, Enterlein
21-39-2-250; Eassa 0-1-0-0.
MEN'S
&
WOMEN'S
CROSS COUNTRY
N. Y. State Collegiate Track
&
Field
Assoc. Championships
at Geneseo (11/1/86)
Team Standings 1-Siena 58; 2-St.
Lawrence
72;
3-lthaca 119;
4-Rochester 122; 5-Colgate 153;
16-Marist 414.
(19 teams)
Tri-Meet
vs.
Vassar
&
Southampton at Vassar (11/1/86)
Vassar 21,
Marist 34
Marist 22,
Southampton 39
Vassar 18, Southampton 39
Women's Individual Results
(3.0 miles)
R.A./U.C.
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12 • THE qlRCLE • November 6, 1986---
Marist gridders fall to Pace in final seconds
by Paul Kelly
You would think it was game six
of this year's World Series on a
football field.
Pace University took a few
lessons from the
New
York Mets as
receiver Rob Fehrenbach with three
seconds remaining to hand the Set-
ters a nail-biting 20-16 victory over
Marist in last Saturday's contest at
Pace.
The Red Foxes
(4-4)
will need a
victory this weekend to post their
second oonsecutive
winning
season.
They host the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy at 1 p.m. Last year, the
Bears nipped
visiting
Marist, 17-13.
The Red Foxes will be looking
for their first win in three tries
against Coast Guard. The Bears
operate a ball-control, run-option
offense similar to that of Marist.
"They are very strong and fast,"
said Marist Head Coach Mike
Malet. "They
will
beat you with the
big play on the ground. To
win,
we
just have to improve on what we
are doing now."
Last Saturday, Marist forged a
16-13 lead with
48
seoonds left in
the game when
junior
flanker Jim
Fedigan pulled off a Mets-like
miracle, hitting freshman wide
receiver Sam Lanier on an 85-yard
pass. The flea-flicker play came
with Marist facing a fourth-and-31
situation.
But then Enterlein struck.
On the winning play, the 5-11
senior found a seam in the Marist
secondary and hit Fehrenbach,
who broke the grasp of three
Marist defenders before scamper-
ing
into
·the
end zone.
"When their people got the ball,
we had to tackle them," said
Malet. "We had three or four
peo-
ple hit him (Fehrenbach), and
nobody tackled him."
Marist's
young defensive secon-
dary
was hindered by the loss of
senior safety Jim Ross and
sophomore cornerback Rich
Stazio, two of the more experienc-
ed
members of the unit. Both suf-
fered season-ending leg injuries in
the second half.
Enterlein: who finished the game
with 250 yards via the air on a 21
of 39 performance, was held in
check for most of the game by
Marist's much-maligned defensive
secondary. The game-winning
touchdown toss was his only pass
of the day over 20 yards.
"I thought we had great secon-
dary play; and overall defensively,
we played well," said Malet.
The Red Foxes' defensive corps
posted the first points of the game
when junior defensive tackle Chris
Esposito sacked Enterlein in the
end zone for
a
safety. Marist
rt3istered four more sacks during
the course of the contest.
The Red Foxes increased their
lead to
9-0
when junior tailback Ed
Christensen rambled 2 yards for the
soore. Christensen finished as the
game's leading rusher, collecting
169
yards on 34 carries.
The Marist offense then stag-
gered for the next 43 minutes.
"Offensively, we should
have
had three more scores," said
Malet. "There was a lack of execu-
tion, and we allowed them to con-
trol the line of scrimmage and
didn't get done what we wanted to
get done."
Pace, led bylfehrenbach's4-yard
touchdown scamper and 6-yard
reception of an Enterlein scoring
pass, took a 13-9 lead after three
periods of play.
Booter.s stop
skid,
play finale Sunday
by Michael
J. Nolan
The Marist soccer team ended a
~ven-game losing streak Saturday
with a 4-1 victory against Manhat-
tan College. The win, which in-
creased the Red Foxes' record to
5-11, offset a 7-1 defeat last
Wednesday
at the hands of na-
tionally ranked host Long Island
University.
The squad played at Fairleigh
Dickinson yesterday and hosts
Adelphi Sunday in its season finale
at 1
:30
p.m. on Leonidoff Field.
Results of the FDU game were not
available at press time.
Last Saturday against Manhat-
tan,
Marist
was
paced by senior
forward
Jim
McKenna, who tallied
two first half goals, The Red Foxes
extended their lead in the second
half on goals by senior back Fran
Payne and sophomore back Bill
Kenny.
can
hope for is a tie. It's difficult
to win many games that way."
A
lack of consistency, depth and
experience and the loss of players
to
injuries and other commitments
such as internships
were
also in~
volved
in
producing
a
"frustrating" season, Goldman
said. "I was hoping for more,"
said Goldman. "It's always disap-
pointing when you lose."
Goldman is working to alleviate
part of Marist's problem by soften-
ing the hooters' 1987 schedule. The
Red Foxes
.
have dropped Syracuse
and Hartwick, both nationally
ranked this year, from next
season's slate.
Iona and another lesser Division
One school will
be
scheduled, ac-
cording to Goldman.
The team
is
also looking to add
more offensive punch in 1987.
Goldman said the Red Foxes' front
line should include forward Mark
Against LIU, Marist Head
Coach Dr. Howard Goldman said,
the Red Foxes stayed with the
Blackbirds in the first half, trailing
2-0 at intermission. But, "in the
se-
cond half the wheels fell off," he
added.
Edwards, the squad's second-
leading scorer last year with 20
points. Edwards was academically
ineligible to compete this season.
Spikers
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Marist women's voUeyball team awaits the arrival of the ball from the opponent's
side of the net. The team's regular season ended Tuesday. (Photo
by
S. Gardner)
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Hockey hits thin
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ice,
by
Ken
Foye
drops first 2 games
Marist hosts Metro Conference foe
Siena College.
Goldman said he
·was
not sur-
prised by the loss and was quick to
cite that L.I.U. has a strong pro-
gram which gives scholarships and
has an influx of talented foreign
players. Marist does not offer
soc-
cer scholarships.
It's almost as if last season never
ended.
Marist came into this week with
an 0-2 record following an 8-4 loss
at C. W. Post last Friday night and
a
64
loss at SUNY Albany Sunday
night in a non-conference matchup.
The results of last night's contest
against the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy were unavailable at press
time.
Friday night's game against Post
looked promising for the Red
Foxes at the close of the second
period. Post coasted to an early
4-0
lead, but Marist managed three
scores by the end of the second
frame and trailed 4-3 eritering the
final period.
famous for come-from-behind vic-
tories, as the squad's ten victories
included four third-period com-
ebacks. But, this contest saw Post
dominate the final twenty minutes,
pouring four goals past junior net-
minder Greg Whitehead. Scott
Penoyer scored the only Marist
goal of the third period.
The loss to LIU was the squad's
seventh consecutive defeat, typify-
ing the Red Foxes' season. Offen-
sively, the team has been unable to
score goals and were outscored in
their seven-game losing skein, 26-7.
"We need to score goals," said
Goldman.
"If
you don't score
goals you can't win. The best you
The Marist College ice hockey
team finished the 1985-86 season by
losing its final three regular season
games. Then, the team was
eliminated in the first round of the
Metropolitan Hockey Conference
playoffs.
At the start of the 1986-87
season, the Red Foxes' bad luck
continues.
The Marist icemen will travel to
Long Island to play against SUNY
Stony Brook Saturday. The next
game will be the Red Foxes' home
opener on Friday, Nov. 14, when
Brian Young, Rob Goyda and
Jim Coyne each scored in the se-
cond period for the Red Foxes.
The Marist highlight of the non-
conference loss to SUNY-Albany
on Sunday was the play of
freshman Andy Gilberti, who
scored two goals.
Last season's team became
Fall crew: Not just a splash
by Mike Grayeb
Roll call: 6:07 a.m., Friday, Oct. 31.
There is a light, yet frigid breeze permeating the Hud-
son Valley, causing many to wonder whether the ther-
mometer, which reads 30 degrees, is correct. It is still too
dark to tell how rough the river is going to be today.
Slowly, very slowly, the inside of the
.
weather-beaten
boathouse that sits along the banks of the Hudson River
shows signs of life. The Marist fall crew team, looking
more like zombies than athletes, have gathered in a cir-
cle. Together, they have on their bodies every conceivable
combination of colors of fleecewear.
Larry
and Vicki Davis, the husband and wife team who
have the task of coaching the group, are reviewing their
plans for the morning workouts. Then, as Larry checks
the fiberglass boats for potential problems, Vicki briefs
the semi-conscious group about the Nov. 22 "Frostbite"
race in Philadelphia.
''Frostbite is one of only three races we participate in,''
explains Mark Flanagan, a 20-year-old junior from Nor-
thport,
N. Y. "Each of those races involves at least a
month of intense work."
By 20 after the hour, the fun begins.
For a group <?f freshmen, it means running three to
five miles because one of the people in their boat didn't
show. Vicki leads a group of novice mem hers up the river
in eight-man boats to work on techniques and form. For
these members of the team, it is a "normal" day
·
of
practice.
But for 12 members of the varsity squad, the session
will. be an intense test of their abilities and determina-
tion. It
will be
a
morning of seat racing.
Seat racing is a competition to determine which team
members are strongest and have the greatest levels of en-
durance. It is these superior members who will race
together in the "A" boat of the lightweight division at
"Frostbite."
·
As the three boats participating in seat racing gently
take to the water, a white mist rises over the serene, yet
challenging Hudson Iuver.
The
participants take a few
minutes to prepare for this morning's "race," then Davis
signals the start.
The physical and mental exertion
has
begun.
The group
will travel 1,500 meters up the river, which takes five to
seven minutes.
Davis follows from about 50 feet away in a motorboat,
using a 12-inch megaphone to relay criticism and en-
couragement. His eyes constantly scan from boat to boat,
while he scrawls times and notes
on
the dog-eared yellow
•
in
the river
pad in his lap. Each rower knows this is his only chance
to prove his value to the coach.
"I'm worried about how I'm doing, how my boat is
doing, and how the coach thinks we're doing in com-
parison to the other two boats," said Flanagan.
After the initial race shows the three boats to be within
one length of each other, Davis has the group race down
the riv~r again, rowing the same distance. Then, a cou-
ple of rowers change boats and race again, allowing Davis
to determine the standout oarsmen.
It's 7 a.m. Many of the sweat clothes have been discard-
ed by this time, and most of the seat racers are rowing
in old shorts and faded t-shirts, despite the sun not hav-
ing ~et shown its face on the Hudson Valley.
Before the day is over, each member will run the hill
by Charnpagnat parking lot 10 times, lift weights, do
pushups, situps and attend classes. All of this work, say
team members, will pay off tenfold, at the finish line of
Frostbite.
"There have been so many mornings when I felt too
exhausted to go to practice," said Tony Maio, a 19-year-
ol~ junior from Freeport, N. Y. But when you cross that
finish line, the feeling is so good it's indescribable-and
that makes it all worthwhile."
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