Volume 34, Number 10
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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December 10, 1987
Village forum
set for · today
by
Michael Kinane
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week, Murray outlined the items
In an attempt to_ gain insight on
the Marist Village proposal from
the students, faculty and staff
an
informational meeting is being held
in the Theater today at
5
p.m.
"The developers wanted input
from the community before they
make their proposal," said Presi-
dent Dennis Murray in
an interview
Tuesday. "We have heard from·
student leaders, and this is an op-
portunity for the body of the com-
munity to give input to the
development."
Student opinion on the mall pro-
ject varies, and the meeting will
allow Finnco Development Cor-
poration, the developer of the pro-
posed complex, and Murray to see
those opinions, said Jeff Ferony,
student government president.
"Basically, we want to inform
the students as to what is going on
with the mall project," said
Ferony.
In a memo sent to members of
the Marist community earlier this
by Mike Grayeb
Communication arts faculty are
expressing concerns about the
disporportion of full-time faculty
to student ratio and say the depart-
ment needs to hired at least. three
additional faculty in the next year.
College administrators are cur-
rently discussing whether there is
more of a need to add additional·
faculty to the core program, which
has expanded its i:equirements. of .
all students in the.last thr~ ye~rs~ ·
or to the majors, according
to
Jep-
tha Lanning, chairperson for the
division of Arts and Letters.
that need to be discussed before a
proposal can be given to the Board
of Trustees.
Murray said that the meeting will
be used to discuss these items which
include the financial arrangements
between the college and the
developer, the effects that the com-
plex will have on the Gartland
Commons and the main campus,.
the appearance and overall design
of the village. and its operating
policies.
Accordingto Ferony, the major
focus of this meeting is to allow the
students to let the architect know
what they feel should be included
in the Marist Village.
Presently, proposals for the
Marist Village include a 2-story
building that
will include different
types of stores and ,possibly a ·
restaurant that will overlook the
Hudson River, he said.
Ferony said that he is afraid that
students may be misunderstanding
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Lanning said he has discussed · faculty serving 610 communication tions is 10. .
who are part-time at Marist, part-·
the immediate need for additional
arts majors.
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In addition, Sue I..awrence, assis-
time at Vassar and part-time at
full-time faculty with members of
Full-time-faculty usually teach tant professor of communications,
Dutchess (Community College)
the cabinet, including President
four courses per semester, while will be leaving the college for the
and that's bad," he said. "We also
Murray and Vice President for
most adjuncts in communications spring
1988
semester for a sab-
have qualified professionals who
Academic
Affairs
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teach one course a semester.
batical. Lanning said the depart-
I'd like to keep because they bring
vanderHayden.
Although both Lanning and ment will
fill
tawrence's vacancy
a whole different slant to what we
"I can really J:iandle five or
six
David -McCraw, the director of with an adjunct instructor until she · have here."
more," said Lanning.
journalism, are included in the returns the following fall.
In a memo last month to faculty
vanderHeyden said:
"If
we hire
number" of full-time-faculty, both
Lanning said the heavy reliance
members in the Division of Com-
full-timers, there will be at least one
have· administrative contracts and upon adjuncts has put a strain· on
puter Science and Mathematics,
in Communications. We are ad-
do not teach four courses each per both the classroom environment
Robert Vivona, professor of com-
dressing ·with the (department
semester.
and the advisory system.
puter science, detailed a list of pro-
chairpersons) as to which ones
Lanning teaches one course per
"You have to make a distinction
blems plagueing the communica-
_oµght to get the first lines -
we
semester while McCI'~w offers between the professional adjuncts
tions department and called for
have to .set our priorjti~/• .
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and the adjunct professionals,"
supp_prt by all faculty.
Currently, there.are 12full~ti~e_--. :,, _Therefore, the actual number of said Lanning.
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Research trip becomesjputhey through time
Julianne Maher
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Last July, Dr. Julianne Maher
set out for a two montl\ stay on a
Caribbean island on
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grant from
the National Science Foundation
with the intent to study' and inter-
pret a language that haspever been
written, described or named
before.
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But she returned "9th much
more.
She succeeded in entering a very
closed society - one that is strug-
gling to maintain its identity and
traditional culture, now: threaten-
ed
by tourists who are toming the
island of St. ·Barthelemy in the
West Indies into a trendy, rich
hideaway.
- "The enormous accomplishment
was to be able to enter such a clos-
ed community and make the
peo-
ple comfortable with ~e," said
Maher, dean of adult education at
Marist.
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was a very, very dif-
ficult thing to do. They defend
themselves very carefully. They
won't accept outsiders."
According to· Maher, there are
seven speech varieties spoken on
the eight sq. mile island of St.
Barth -
an island with only
3000
inhabitants. Of the seven, only two·
are written; standard English and
standard French. The variety that
Mahar studied was a French based
creole.
A creole is a new language that
arises out of intense contact bet-
ween people who don't have a
common language.
Maher attributes the defen-
siveness of the St. Barth natives to
past treatment from French jour-
nalists and tourists who have come
to the island and have mocked and
looked down upon them.
As a result, Mahar had a dif-
ficult time breaking
the
culture
bar-
rier. At the beginning the natives
would speak to her in standard
French but they refused to speak in
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their local speech variation.
"The tricky part was to be able
to persuade the people that by ex-
posing their local speech variety
they weren't going to open
themselves up to ridicule," she
said.
Maher had the greatest luck with
the older women on the island. She
found that they were the purest
speakers of the creole since their
speech wasn't influenced by travel
or education
as
the men's and
children's of the island had been.
"I
came back with approximate-
ly 25
tapes
of lengthy conversations
with these women,•~ she said.
"They have the most unbelievable
lives. Not only was their language
beautiful but the way they surviv-
. ed all the hardships
was
amazing."
Maher said that she finds it very
rewarding that the natives are now
living comfortably because of the
tourist boom. She said, however,
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Christmas on Campus
Christmas Tea: The Student League is
sponsoring the Christmas Tea today at 2
p.m
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All students, faculty and administra-
tion are welcome to attend the gathering in
the Fireside Lounsze.
Holiday Celebration:
t'A Christmas
Celebration" will take place Friday night
beginning at 9. This semi
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formal, sponsored
by the College Union Board, will take place
in the Dining Room. Admission is $3.
. City Shoppers: Two trips into New York
'City·are occurring this weekend. One, spon-
sored
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the idea behind the mall and that
he hopes that the meeting will clear
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up some of these misconceptions.
"From what I've heard, some of
the students are missing the con-
cept. Many of the students feel
it
is an either-or situation between the
mall or a library or a housing facili-
ty " said Ferony. "This proposal
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(the mall) is totally separate.
"The proposal can't be
presented with what is there right
now," said Murray of the gas sta-
tion and bank that sit on the land
where the complex would be built.
"We are trying to construct
something that will
be
conducive to
student use
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that they have not lost their sense
of simplicity.
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to leave the Mccann Center parking lot at
11 a.m. Another trip, sponsored by· the
North End residence staff, will leave the
Benoit parking lot at 12:30 p.m. and return
at midnight. Both trips are scheduled for
Saturday and the admission for each is $6
.
Christmas Carolling: A night of Christmas
Carolling is being sponsored by the College
Activities Office. The singing is set to begin
at 10 p
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m. on Saturday night in the River
Room.
Canterbury Christmas: A Christmas social
for the residents of Canterbury has been
scheduled for Saturday afternoon. The
gathering, which will take place in the River
Room, begins at
5 p.m.
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Midnight Mass: The Campus Ministry is
sponsoring a special holiday season midnight
mass Saturday night. The mass will take
place in the Chapel.
Children's Party: A Children's Christmas
Party
for the families of the faculty and staff
is set for Sunday. The party begins at noon.
Entertainment
Magical Mystery: CUB is sponsoring "The
Magic of Stuart and Lori" tonight. The
show, which begins at 9:30, will take place
in the River Room. Admission is
$1.
Pudding Power: Pudding Wrestling is on
the card for the Mid-Hudson Civic Center
for tonight. This rare event will begin at 8
p.m. For further information, call the Civic
Center at 454-5800.
Richard Marx: Saturday night, singer
Richard Marx will perform at The Chance
in Poughkeepsie. Marx, who has gained suc-
cess with his hit singles "Don't Mean Nothin'
" and "Should Have Known Better,"
will
hit the stage at 9 p.m. For ticket informa-
tion, call The Chance at 454-1233
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King in Poughkeepsie: B.B. King will play
the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in
Poughkeepsie Sunday night. This legendary
blues singer will hit the stage at 7:30. For
more information, call the Bardavon at
473-2072.
The Nutcracker: A performance of the
holiday classic·"The Nutcracker" is schedul-
ed for the Bardavon 1869 Opera House. The
show
will
begin at 8 p.m. on Dec. 12. For
more information, call the Bardavon at
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473
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2072
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Skiing
on
Stage:
A
night of mime, humor
and music is in store when Alan Schoenberg
performs at the Bardavon. For ticket infor-
mation, call the Bardavon at 473-2072.
Winter Intersession
The oppurtunity
to study in Barbados over
the Winter Intersession is again open to
Marist students. Students will take a three
credit course entitled "Psychology of In-
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terpersonal Communication" from Dec. 28
to Jan. 12. The cost for this excursion is $675
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For more information, contact Dr. John
Scileppi in D105 or call ext. 256.
JUST DESSERTS
CAFE
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Marist
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"Despite the attack from nude-
bathing Europeans, weekly
episodes of Dallas and X-rated
videos they are not confused about
what matters and what doesn't,"
she said.
Winter Intersession Housing Information
And one of the most important
things to the St. Barth natives is
maintaining their strong sense of
community
pride
and
in-
terdependence, Maher said.
"They feel that as a community
they owe support to other members
of the community, she said.
"If
so-
meone did something dishonest it
would be a shame to the whole
community. As a result there is no
crime on the island."
But the obligation of their com-
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Accor-
diiig' toJviaher ,' the natives have a
sfrong
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sense
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of cooperation that is
extraordinary. She explained the
time she offered to buy mangos
from them as an example.
"What frustrated me was that I
couldn't buy any fresh local pro-
duce on the island. So I offered one
day to pay them for the beautiful
mangos they had in their
backyard," Maher said. " They
were absolutely appalled. 'Sell
them? If you have mangos you give
them to your friends,' they said."
In addition,
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the natives still
maintain strong family values. As
such, Maher said that the most im-
portant holidays on the island are
Mother's Day, Father's Day, and
Senior Citizen's Day.
"On Senior Citizen's Day there
is a day long festival with singing
and c
l.
mcing," she said
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"Everyone
is ther
e.
The younger people ap-
plaud the older people and show
their appreciation."
Maher even joined in the fun.
"The higi1li;iht of my summer was
that I got second place in a dance
contest
.
My partner was eighty
years old. It was 110 degrees out
and after twenty minutes I had to
quit," she said. "But it didn't mat-
ter. He got another partner."
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Any
resident
student interested in applying for Wi
r Intersession Housing accommodations due to par-
ticipation in Intersession class, athletic commitm
co-ops/internship or who may live a great distance
from the College, please note the follo ·
INTERSESSION DATE
Sunday, January 3, 1988
Wednesday,
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All students cu
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Students residing
on the 3rd floor.
the break if s
ROOM
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appro
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ROOM CHE
Winter Intersess·
Campus Center, on Jan
Food service will not be avai
The Donnelly and Marist Eas
the Marist East Coffee Shop o
in the Residence Halls.
QUESTIONS
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Champagnat Hall
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270,
the Winter Intersession break.
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not
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College moves
to staff
Core
by Rick Hankey
Despite faculty concerns about
staffing levels, Marist academic of-
ficials say the college
will
have
enough faculty to offer courses re-
quired by the Core/Liberal Studies
program next year.
The program, which was ap-
proved in 1985, has been a source
of controversy with some faculty
members who have questioned
whether the college has hired
enough teachers to meet the ex-
panded requirements.
Next yeafs seniors wm be the
first class to graduate under the
program, and all of them are re-
quired
to
complete a
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capping
course in their major in 1988-89.
Capping courses were to have
been in place this year to meet the
needs of graduating transfers, but
in several majors the courses are
not yet being offered. The transfer
students are being given waivers
from the requirement.
Additional problems have arisen
in staffing the two-course se-
quences required in a variety of
disciplines under the program,
which applies to all students who
have entered Marists as freshmen
since 1985 as well as many transfer
students.
"What has been decided is that
the level of faculty we are working
with now makes it difficult and
sometimes impossible to implement
capping courses and sequencing,"
said Margaret Calista, chairperson
for the faculty's Academic Affairs
Committee. "What we need is
more faculty to support the Core
program."
Marc vanderHeyden, vice presi-
dent for academic affairs, said last
week that through reallocation of
existing faculty and additional hir-
ing, the college will be able to staff
the program adequately by next
year.
vanderHeyden said he agrees
that some modifications have to be
made to allocate what he called the
"necessary faculty talent" to run
the p·
:rram
properly.
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definitely need more facul-
ty talent (in the program)," said
vanderHeyden. "In my opinion we
will have to both hire and
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Profs glimpse prison life
in classrooms behind bars
by Steven Murray
An electrically powered gate
slams behind Dr. Edward Donohue
as he walks down the corridor of
·Green Haven correctional facility
and prepares for another night in
prison.
The inside of this prison is not
unfamiliar to Donohue, a professor
of philosophy, who became involv-
ed with one of the first educational
programs in New York correctional
facilities in 1974.
Donohue was director of the
program, funded by the Higher
Education Opportunity Program
(HEOP).
Now, Donohue is one of approx-
imately 20 full-time Marist pro-
fessors teaching in various correc-
tional facilities throughout the
Hudson Valley.
In addition, there are approx-
imately
95
adjuncts in this program
which offers at least one four-year
degree program in three of the
prisons, and certificate programs in
the remaining facilities.
Donahue said teaching in prison
is actually easy because inmates are
look forward to classes and come
~repared .
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"Some students on campus think
classes interrupt their social life,"
he said. -"But prisoners don't have
a social life, so class is their social
life. I've never had a class as en-
thusiastic as the classes in prison."
Italo Benin, one of the first pro-
fessors to volunteer for the pro-
gram in 1974, agreed.
"It's easier for them to be more
interested than students because
there are less distractions in prison.
Also, thinking is an outlet for
them," Benin said.
Marist, the first college invited to
bring a program of higher educa-
tion to prisons in 1973, initiated a
program in the Green Haven facili-
ty in the spring of 1974. Since then,
the Marist program has expanded
to four other prisons and five
juvenile centers.
The professors usually teach one
three-hour session a week, using
the same curriculum they teach at
Marist.
"I
try to give them an education
as good as they could get on cam-
pus," said Vincent Toscano, a pro-
fessor of history who has taught at
the Green Haven, Downstate, and
Fishkill facilities.
"You could get sucked into be-
ing a
little more lenient because of
their situation, but I don't think
they want that," Toscano said.
The teachers interviewed said
they think of the inmates not as
convicts, but as people who want
to learn.
"I
never look upon them as
criminals,
I
see them as human be-
ings, said Benin.
"I
am as relaxed
with them as
I
am with you -
I
was never afraid of being there,"
said Benin.
Still,
.
the scores of gates within
each facility serve as constant
reminders of prison and in some
cases, maximum security facilities.
After talking with an inmate one
day, Toscano became curious
about the crime the man had
comitted.
"He seemed really pleasent, l
was very impressed with his per-
sonality and he was
.
obviously an
intelligent man," Toscano said.
"I
usually don't ask what somebody
is in for, but I was very curious."
"When
I
asked someone what he
did, I found out that the man had
killed his mother and cut her into
little pieces," he said.
The holiday season comes to Poughkeepsie
Sophs deck
their walls
year 'round
by
Karen
Cicero
It's beginrung:to looki~t,lot'like
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Christmas at:Marist -
especially in
Champagnat
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Roommates Rob Flaherty and
Ken Ring decided to keep the
Christmas spirit all year round by
keeping their room elaborately
decorated.
These computer science majors
combined their unique tastes to
produce the rooms' overall effect.
Flaherty, from Verona, NJ,
credited King with the idea to string
colored
and
white
lights
throughout the room. In addition,
they "borrowed" several items
from around campus; including the
paper ice cream cone from the
River Room which hangs in the
center of their lights and the witch
that used to adorn the cafeteria at
Halloween.
Whenever they dine out, they
feel the need to take a little
something for remembrance
sake,they said. The signs from
W endys and other fast food
restaurants aren't very difficult to
explain.
The residents of Champagnat 819 don't have to worry about Christmas
decoratlons because their room already has a look all
its
own.(Photo
by
Matt Croke)
Their interest in collecting uni-
que items began last year when they
discovered a large rock outside
Marion Hall and decided to take it.
"I
don't know why," King, from
Woodbury, 'Conn., said. "I just
thought it would be fun." .
The most recent addition to their
collection came at Thanksgiving
when they asked the cafeteria
managers for the bone of the carv-
ed turkey. They weren't sure what
they were going to do with it.
Although they admit that
decorating took a lot of time they
said that they love
it
and are going
to do it next year.
"It
makes peo-
pie feel comfortable," Flaherty
said. "It's a definite party room."
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"We usually leave our door
open," King added. "People just
walk in and stare."
One night while delivering Cam-
pus Ministry fliers freshman Kevin
Liesten did just that. "The room
is the coolest thing
I
have ever
seen," he said. "It's so unique
.
"
But their search for the unusual
doesn't end in Poughkeepsie. They
returned with several souvenirs
from their crew trip to Florida.
"We're constantly looking for
new things to put up," Flaherty
said.
High-tech toys are red hot
by Joseph O'Brien
animated features when you install
a story cassette tape.
We were the generation that had
Rather than conversation pieces,
it all.
this year's Cabbage Patch Do\\s are
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Big Wheels, Wetsy Betsy, Opera-
conversationalists. "The new dolls
tion (batteries not included), "The can sense the presence
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us all they got for Christmas was
becaus~ he appe~Js to adult~ and
a coloring book or Lincoln Logs,
comes m three d1ffere~t versions:
we laughed at their simplicity.
regular Alf, a story~telln~g Alf and
We're barely voting age now,
one
that tells on~-Jme wise cracks
and there already is strong indica-
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tion our kids will be looking at
Ranking eighth for October
Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots in a
sales, "Captain Power and the
museum.
Soldiers of the Universe" is an an-
This Christmas kids are asking ticipated big seller. This toy is
Santa for talking dolls, cars to take designed with the battle-oriented
them around the block and child in mind and interacts with the
weapons to shoot at their favorite "Captain Power" show or a
TV shows.
separate videocassette.
While there is no single sensation
parallel to the Cabbage Patch Dolls
of
'84,
experts predict interactive
toys will sell well this year.
Among the most popular items
are the talking dolls. Toy store
shelves are filled with every model
from a Talking Mother Goose Doll
($65) to a talking Snoopy ($70),
who never uttered a word before.
These are not the pull-a-string-
and-hear-"Mommy" dolls. Mickey
Mouse, Big Bird and Teddy Rux-
spin all have moving lips and other
It comes with
a
weapon in the
shape of a spaceship that shoots
light at the TV screen, giving users
a chance to "blow up the bad
guys." Of course, users run the risk
of being blown up.
Last year's "Laser Tag" is back.
This game is based on the principles
of flash light tag; each player w~s
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Students face rude awakening, experts predict
by Maureen McGuinness
Sitting around with her apart-
ment mates one day, junior Rox-
ann Phaneuf reminisced about her
years at Marist.
"I can't believe how much things
have changed since last year,"
Phaneuf said. "It seems like we
had more time then -
classes
weren't so hard."
Recent psychological studies
have raised concerns about today's
college students entering the "real
world" -
and the job market -
with
extremely
unrealistic
expectations.
While Phaneuf, a 20-year-old
psychology major who enrolled in
the five-year master's program, is
adjusting to her more hectic
sct,.:dule, she is not expecting it to
get any easier.
"You always think it's going to
get better, but this might be as good
as it gets," Phaneuf, from Coven-
try, R.I. said.
Phaneuf may sound like a beer
commercial, but she and students
like her are looking at the future in
realistic terms -
unlike many of
their peers.
A study done by Catalyst, a non-
profit organization, found that col-
lege seniors expect to have exciting
careers, to earn respectable salaries
and to
be good parents. Once in the
work place, the students begin to
see that there are more trade-offs
to be made than they expected.
An
article in the November 1987
issue of "Psychology Today"
magazine said that students were
naive in their beliefs on how to get
ahead in the workplace, and had
,.:
limited view of the problems ma~k
in combining family with career.
The Catalyst study also found
that students view jobs as similar
to school. The seniors thought that
they would be rewarded if they did
what was expected of them at
work, the study said -
similar to
doing homework for class and get-
ting
a
good grade.
In the work place, however,
rewards are less frequent than in
college and criticism is routine, the
researchers said.
Bob Stenhouse, a 1987 Marist
graduate, has found this to be true.
Graduates
will
more likely hear
comments when they fail at work
than when they succeed, Stenhouse
said.
Stenhouse, who works for
Grumman, found that there are
other sacrifices to be made once a
graduate enters the work force.
"As
for work, it is easier because
I
don't have the homework,"
Stenhouse said. "I'd like to go out
in the week, but I have to get up
at 6:30. Now I'm getting paid, but
it's cut down on sod;' life."
While expectations
1. .•.
~
pose dif-
ficulties when a graduate starts a
job, the problem. may corre up
even sooner - during the student's
initial job search.
Employers are looking for peo-
ple who do more than their
homework, according to Ray
Wells, director of the Office of
Career Development and Field
Ex-
perience at Marist.
Wells said that a student in de-
mand would be one who has shown
good
work
experience and respon-
sibility, some degree of extracur-
ricular involvement and a well-
rounded background.
"Grades and your major can
take you to a certain point," Wells
said. "(But) you need to compete
on the personal level -
good
communication.''
Stenhouse said that being on the
swim team came up in one of his
interviews. He said that the com-
pany asked if he had belonged to
the team just so he could put it on
his resume. He had been on the
team just because he enjoyed it, he
said, which showed he had outside
interests and was responsible.
Stenhouse had some advice on
interviewing for Marist students.
"Be completely honest, know
something about the company and
go in there confident," Stenhouse
said.
The time to think about careers
isn't senior year, said Wells, who
stressed that students should plan
their four years here to accom-
modate future goals.
"Any
class that teaches how to
write or speak shouldn't be avoid-
ed," Wells said.
"I don't know what I want to do
id," Phane•·f said, "So it's hard
to sa~· if my classes are preparing
me.•·
"Success
will
be a nice family,
nice job -
happiness," Phaneuf
said. "A bunch of other people
probably say this is bull, but I think
it's possible."
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P~ge 4 • THE CIRCLE- December 10, 1987
Our North Road Neighbors
For years, Skinners has been the place where Marist students go
to
relax with their friends and get away from the grind of college
life.(Photo
by Alan Tener)
·f?or 1¥fa,rist of old,
Frank's was .tops
by Aline Sullivan
To many Marist students, Skin-
ner's is as much a_part of their life
as add/drop lines are to registering
for a class.
To many Marist alumni of the
1960s and 1970s, McManus' and
Frank's were the place to be
weekend nights;
What do all three places have in
common? They are -
or were -
located across the street from
Marist on Rt. 9.
"Frank's was, in 1971, THE
place to be. There, you could get
gigantic beer-franks and tap beer
for a quarter. But it really was
•'t><>t>Ulat•
because'it-was, so olose to
campus," said Bob Lynch, assis-
1
tant·'director ;of ~coilege<acti,;ities.
Yet, according to George Som-
mer, professor of English, it was
more than the bar's proximity to
campus that made it popular.
"McManus', which then became
Frank's around 1964, was a place
where lay students could go on a
Friday night and just relax. It was
quiet and had a nice, enjoyable at-
mosphere," said Sommer.
· Sommer said that when Marist
first accepted non-priest students in
1957, otherwise known as lay
students, they would go to
McManus' for lunch during the
week and to socialize on the
weekends.
"At that time, there were only 12
or 13 lay students compared to the
120 brothers, so they would go over
as a small group for fun," said
Sommer.
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But '. there : was ·,one;o problem.
·,Marist.had°3/.CUrfew "-:-''and it,was .
enforced;,.:, ·· ·
· -•Gary Smith, a 1963 alumni, and
Marist Board of Trustee member,
said he remembers many times that
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no longer need worry about kids
· killing the batteries on the emergen-
cy
flash light, they just have to out-
fit the kid with a Laser Tag Kit at
$30.00 each.
Kids can get around the
neighborhood in class this
Christmas, as F.A.O. Schwarz of
New York has the Ferrari
Testarossa Junior for a slight
$14,500. For the more thrifty con-
sumer, the store offers the
Mercedes 560 SL, retailing at
$2,500. Also available at most ma-
jor toy stores are battery-operated
cars that can hold up to 100
pounds. The cost $160 to $250.
Still, the culture of our youth has
not been completely lost.
Even in an age where games like
Monopoly and Battle Ship use bat-
teries, early sales statistics show the
Barbie Doll as this year's No. 1
seller and G.I. Joe at fourth.
Brother Paul Stokes, then dean of
Marist, would clear McManus' just
by entering the front door.
"Guys would run out the back
door or hide under the tables when
Brother Stokes came in -
it was
quite a sight," said Smith.
Western
Publishing
Co.
employees, which is now Marist
East, also frequented McManus'
for lunch.
"It was a real working man's bar
- until 8 pm on a Friday night. It
was a routine to go there, eat lunch
and occasionally not come back to
campus until later that evening.
Some things never change," said
Smith.
McManus' remained to be the
popular
bar for Marist students un-
til approximately 1964 when it ,was
sold, and its name was changed to
Frank's Resaurant.
"When I· was a freshman, we
reinstituted Frank's popularity
basically because we did not have
cars to get to the bars further away
from campus, so we would just
walk across the st;eet," said
Lynch.
The bars popular during the ear-
ly 1970's were Gus' Pick & Shovel,
The Brown Derby and Frivolous
Sal's Last Chance Saloon, now,
more commonly known as The
Chance.
When Frank's closed in 1980, so
did a part of Marist's history. As
Mike McCarthy wrote in a tribute
to Frank's for the Nov.7, 1980edi-
tion of The Circle, "Frank's was
.. argum;L_wbi:IL .Maris.t _was_ nqt .
Marist, but Marian, when McCann
Center was swampland, when Dean
Perez's alcohol policy was the
center of attention and when Presi-
dent Murray was the new kid on
the block."
When ME
was home
to Fiat
by
Lauren Arthur
There is a reason for everything.
There is a reason for the candy
coating on M&M's, there is a
reason for graduating college, and
there js a reason why Marist East
looks like Marist East.
It's true - cars used to roll from
the very building you now call
· Marist East 77 years ago when it
was better known as the Fiat
automobile plant of Poughkeepsie.
But Marist east doesn't look
much like a factory right?
Thanks to an architect named
Schoen and a European preference
for building factories with con-
sideration of possible future con-
struction and extensions, we don't
look at a gray, depressing chimney-
smoking creation.
Abroad, factory construction is
deliberately artistic to keep with the
area's general decorative scheme to
avoid a depressing looking effect -
a factory's exterior is almost as im-
portant as what is produced inside.
The Mid-Hudson Business
Park,
as well as housing Marist East, is the
home for several area companies.
There were 1,200 employees and it
took almost two months to hand-
craft one car on an early-type
assembly line.
The Fiats, which ranged in price
from the $3,600 1914 Light Thirty
model, to the more expensive
$8,600 sports· cars, were unaffor-
dable to the average citizen.
Most cars were custom made to
order. According to a Fiat
catalogue, a woman once presented
a stocking to show what color car
she wanted. The factory claimed to
match the color perfectly.
In a 1955 interview for the
Poughkeepsie Sunday New Yorker,
former worker John B. Marian
told how potential Fiat owners
would come from throughout the
U.S. for test drives.
(Photo
by
Alan Tener)
ported Fiats, the Italian company
gave Poughkeepsie Fiat the patents
for their production, but kept the
designs in Italy.
And, just for good measure,
Italian supervisor Ing Marini made
periodic trips to Poughkeepsie "to
keep an eye out."
The_ downfall of Poughkeepsie
Fiat ·was due sev~ral factors, in-
cluding impracticality. American
Fiats didn't cater to the average
citizen as Turin Fiat did.
When the war started, restric-
tions were placed on car manufac-
turers and Fiat shut its doors in
1917, promising to re-open after
the war and produce a large scale
car to sell at a low $2,000 range.
The original plans for the plant,
'' At the time, owning
a
Fiat was
It didn't work out that way. Fiat
Vice President J. Josephs announc-
ed in 1918 that the plant would
close and be sold to Rochester-
Duesenberg, and rumor had it that
Fiat of Turin's supplies had also
}!ri!d up, .l!ng .t~e•:fo~g!1~elJlie
Fiat became
a
thmg of the past.
which manufactured· its first
a sign of distinction," told the New
automobile in 1910, included three
Yorker.
stories and a 105 feet tower smack
Even in the early 1900s, competi-
in the middl~ with wi._.pdpvi.;s 01¼the
tion w~ fierce.i9 the a~to business.
···roofs where c]asses- now· are·<- all ·-• A:fter'receivifig·royalties bn the·int:-
the better to monitor the workers
with.
Fortunately for us those plans
didn't quite make it. Imagine be-
ing watched from two sides.
And the immensity of the huge
uncharacteristic windows which
cover great proportions of the
building was not because the win-
dow maker was a relative of the ar-
chitect, but a deliberate intention
to increase lighting and ventilation.
All the way from Turin, Italy,
the first Fiats were imported in
1908,....,. 181
qf
them io._~e.~xact.
Then on October 12, 1909, ground
was cut- for Poughkeepsie Fiat -
the only· Fiat factory to exist in
America.
The extremely sturdy (some
weighiQg 5,000 pounds) cars roll-
ed out -
or inched out -
at an
estimated 450-500 cars per year.
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Pizza fuels dream
of young couple
by Adrienne Vezza
lfyou can't get a business started
in Westchester or in Florida, give
Poughkeepsie a chance. Sam and
Mary Jane Settembre highly advise
H.
.
Since Oct.
12, ·
newlyweds Sam
and Mary Jane have been working
almost
100
hours a week in their
pizza parlor/restaurant, located
opposite Marist on Route 9.
Mary Jane,
25,
said they are
thrilled that the business is going so
well because they were not having
any luck finding a location in
Westchester, where they live, or in
Florida.
"We could have worked in
Sam's family's restaurant, but we
wanted a place of our own," she
said.
When the Settembres could not
find a store they like(} in
Westchester, they went to Florida
where they put down a deposit on
a building in a new shopping plaza.
"The plans were going along
great until the health department
said that there wasn't enough water
to supply a restaurant in that
spot," said Mary Jane.
"After that, we worked for
another restaurant - Sam made $5
an hour as a cook, and I made $2
an hour as a waitress. We couldn't
live on that kind of money."
Mary Jane said they had a good
feeling because the store is on a
busy road, and it is a short walk
from the college.
"We know what we're doing,
and we're going to make it," Sam
said.
Jim Magura, a senior finance
major, has been making deliveries
for Settembre's for a month.
"Anyone can see they put a lot
of hard work into their place,"
Magura said.
"If
they keep it up,
it will pay off."
"We are creative with our
food," Sam said. "We're always
making up new specials to make it
interesting."
The Settembres said that the ma-
jority of their patrons are Marist
students, but they have a iot of
business people coming in too.
"We want to get more families
coming in here so that over
Christmas and summer breaks it
won't slow down too much because
the students are gone," Mary Jane
said.
Chris Gagliano, a senior, has
been working in Settembre's kit-
chen since October.
Gagliano said that business will
lag at first when Marist people are
gone.
"They are just starting out,"
said Gagliano. "Once they have a
few years behind them they will see
how business varies, and they'll
make the necessary changes."
The couple returned to New
York last September because of
financial difficulties when they saw
an ad for a store in Poughkeepsie.
"We were a little uneasy at first
because there had been several
owners in the last few years," said
Sam, 24. "But I've been in this
business
all
my life, the food is
good, and we have good
personalities."
The Settembres said they are in
the process of getting a liquor
licence to help increase business.
Success is the goal of Sam and Mary Jane Settembre who have open-
ed a pizza parlor across the street from the Marist campus.(Photo
by
Alan
Tener)
"We have a lot of big plans,"
said Mary Jane. "We are looking
for a place to live in Poughkeepsie
so we won't have to keep making
a 45-minute trip from our home in
Yorktown Heights."
by Ellen Ballou
"I don't think more Friday
classes has affected the party at-
After a complete semester, the mosphere," said junior Karen
increase in the number of Friday Jones of Enfield, CT. "Thursday
classes has had minimal effect on is a party night whether students
the atmosphere of the college, ac-
have classes the next day or not."
cording to students interviewed.
Then there are those students
Many students said they feel that who don't mind getting up for a
attitude towards Friday classes has
Friday class.
hardly been affected. Some
"I want Friday classes," said
<'.;students plan for free Fridays while
junior Hope La_rson a political
~·?others just happen upon them.
science major from Central Islip,
-· Because tradition-has portrayed _
N. Y. "Th~y get me motivated to
Thursday nigh(
as
ii
night to
par- : :
gef things· done before the
ty, many students schedule their
weekend."
·
...
Fridays lightly.
In the spring of
1987, 12
percen1
Sam said that they hope to buy
the building when the current lease
runs out.
Though the Settembres do not
have children yet, they are think-
of the 700 classes scheduled took
place on a Friday. Friday classes
accounted for 14 percent of this
semester's classes and that number
will increase to approximately
16
percent for the spring of
1988.
will
be a slight rise to about
16
percent.
For most ~tudents it wasn't a
matter of trying to get a schedule
without Friday classes, it just hap-
pened to turn -out that way.
Freshmen find the three day
weekend easily attainable because
they still have all of their Core to
work with.
"I don't like Friday classes but
ing ahead. "We have to keep mak-
ing improvements," Sam said.
"That way we'll be able to send our
kids to Marist."
I don't try to avoid them," said
freshman Reggie Gaut of the
. Bronx.
"It
just happens."
Upperclassmen have to worry
about those classes that they need
to complete their major and that if
they fall on a Friday that's when
they have to take them.
According to some professors in-
terviewed, the number of absentees
in their Friday classes is higher than
in the classes that they have earlier
in the week.
"They tend to blow them off or
go unprepared," said Jones.
----News In Brief----
Outlook bright for intersession
Marist College winter interses-
sion will be held Jan. 4 through 20
with enrollment expected to be the
same as last year based upon
statistics from past years, according
to Eleanor Charwat, assistant dean
of the School of Adult Education.
" "Last year, the total enrollment
was 323 so, even though there will
probably be a slight decrease this
year, it won't be by that much,"
. said Charwat.
Charwat said the winter interses-
sion program has been successrul
because student interest remams
strong.
Out of last year's enrollment of
323, 238 were traditional students,
77 were adult students and eight
were visiting students, said Char-
wat. "I think this shows that
students are beginning to take their
studies more seriously," she said.
Ed Eberling is a senior at Marist
and has taken classes during both
the summer and winter interses-
sions and maintains that it is a lot
of hard work.
"Every day, I would come home
with
a
week's
worth
ot
homework," said Eberling. "You
only have three weeks to complete
a whole semester's worth of work
so you don't have time to fool
around."
Vice President for Academic Af-
fairs Marc vanderHeyden denied
the rumors that this will be the last
year that Marist offers the winter
classes.
"A group of people is currently
studying the academic calendar for
winter intersession and this may be
where the rumors got started," said
vanderHeyden. "No decisions have
been made and there are no plans
at this time to terminate the winter
intersession program at Marist."
Throughout the three-week in-
tersession, students are allowed to
take only one of the 29 courses of-
fered because of the intense
organization that accepts donations
of money or toys and distributes
them to needy children. Members
of MCCT A will present a check or
toys purchased with the proceeds at
the South Hills Mall Dec. 19, when
the local chapter of the charity ac-
cepts area donations.
"Not only is the show a fun idea
for _ Marist students but it is
beneficial to an outside organiza-
tion as well," said Peter Prucnel,
president of MCCT A.
All sorts of acts are being ac-
cepted for the show, said Prucnel.
"We'll be happy to have plenty
of participants," said Prucnel. "no
prizes
will
be offered. We just want
everyone to have a good time."
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Sarah Post
scheduling.
Campus
Ministry
plans annual trip
-
Beth Brown
Helping the poor will be the ob-
Show to help charity
jective of the group of people that
• Sister Eileen Halloran, the director
Everyone needs a little variety in
of the Campus Ministry, will lead
life.
to the Anawim House in Otway,
There will be plenty at a variety
Ohio, this January.
show being sponsored by the
Anawim House is located 20
Marist College Council of Theater
miles from the Ohio River near
Arts Saturday at 7 p.m.
Kent and sits adjacent to a large
The proceeds from the show will
piece of property where members
go to "Toys for Tots," a charity
of the group clear land that will
eventually be used for farming.
Some group members may also
help in cleaning the barn, while
others help out in Anawim House's
thrift shop.
Aside from helping the poor
people, the students experience of
a part of the country that is finan-
cially distraught and they can gain
an understanding of how life is in
other places, said Sister Eileen.
According to Sister Eileen, the
trip teaches the members of the
group what it is to be a Christian.
Junior Diedre Phayer, who has
helped at Anawim House before,
said, "The trip brings you down to
earth and makes you appreciate
what you have."
"I enjoyed it," added senior Bill
Crosby. "It's like a week-long
retreat. The thing I liked most
about it was the contact with dif-
ferent types of people."
Joe O'Brien, a senior, had a lit-
tle different opinion. "It was too
religious for me. I thought it would
be more like a miniature Peace
Corps," O'Brien said. Still, he
said, "it was a good experience."
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Meise
Donnelly lot
not hot spot
for center
by
Cheryl Sobeski
Student use of the Career
Development Center has dwindled
in recent years due to a lack of stu-
dent interest and the location of the
center itself, according to Ray
Wells, director of the Office of
Career Development planning.
"We have a wealth of resources
just waiting to be used," said
Wells, referring to the numerous
career guides, directories, and soft-
ware available at the center. "·'But
students aren't utilizing them. They
(the students) are not focusing their
attention on the process of finding
a job and planning for their
future."
The Career Center offers several
career services to students including
assistance with resume writing, in-
terview techniques, career counsel-
ing. Internships, co-ops, and part-
time jobs off campus are also
available through the center.
"Right now, we have many in-
ternships available and not enough
students to fill the positions," said
Ziamandanis.
Gail Ziamandanis, assistant
director for field experience, at-
tributes the lack of student interest
to the office's location. Currently,
the center is housed in a trailer in
the Donnelly Hall parking lot.
"There isn't even a sign out
front to let students know who we
are,"_said Ziamandanis. "We are
not located in the mainstream of
student activity. We should be in
the center of the campus."
According to Wells, the career
center has been promised office
space in Donnelly Hall after the
building's renovations are com-
, p\eted_. '.r}le_:ren9v.atic;ms.wi\\_begin
this. summer .
. , "·Tht:
Career
Center currently uses
the bulletin board in Donnelly out-
side the coffee shop as its major
means of student communication,
along with word of mouth and .$tU-
dent mail.
Students should begin con-
templating their career in their
sophomore year and visit with the
career counselor in their junior
year, said Wells.
Seniors are asked to register with
the career office to receive career
information through the mail and
to begin preparing for their job
search as soon as possible.
Career counselor Bill Murray ad-
vises students on job decisions and
relevant career paths, specific col-
lege courses to take and
internships.
Tony Miao, a senior computer
science major who plans to use the
center, said he thinks the problem
is a question of competency rather
than student career disinterest.
"I don't believe students are not
interested in their careers. I think
they question the effectiveness of
the program and the dedication of
the people coordinating it," said
Miao.
Senior Rick Hanky, a com-
munications major, said that he
feels the location of the center has
hurt the effectiveness of the center,
"I never heard of the Career
Center until the middle of my
junior year,'' said Hanky, who also
feels that the program is useful.
Senior communications major,
Kelly Colligian, has not made use
of the center for career guidance
and does not plan to.
"The problem is disorganiza-
tion. After my experience with ar-
ranging an internship and seeing
the difficulty the communications
department has in working with
them, I'm not going back," said
Colligian.
Paul Moran, a
1987
Marist
graduate, said that he owes his job
at Data Finders Group, in Fort
Lee, New Jersey, to the Career
Center.
"They revised my resume, refer-
red me to the company, and
prepared me for my interview,"
. said Moran.
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'Twas
·the
week
'Twas the week before finals, and all through the hall, rumors
were flying 'bout the new Marist Mall.
Tents were pitched on add/drop lines with care, in hopes for
a class opening -
though none was there.
.
The Freshmen were nestled, three to a bed, while visions of
privacy danced in their heads.
When out at .Mccann there arose such a clatter, the word was
handed down on that basketball matter.
And beneath Lowell Thomas, a flood like a flash, zapped out
the lights, nearly causing a blast.
The moon on the crest of the Iiew fallen snow gave luster to
those orange stickers that threaten to tow.
When what to my wondering eyes should appear, but Securi-
ty's red truck -
so I hid my beer .
... l_~u_cke~ into Greystone (to drink down the brew), when past
the oak doors, he came into view.
He satin his big chair:,- .not a hair out of place. I recognized
him from The Circle - · by the' smile on his face.
He was the guy with the power - the one with the grace. The
man who has say for what goes on at this place.
He told many a story ~ff the top of his head. And all the while,
I understood not a word that he said.
Then donning his coat over his fine tailored clothes, with a grin
and firm handshake out of his chair he arose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to vee pee's gave a whistle, and they
all piled in and sped off like a missile.
But I heard someone say as they drove out of sight, "I hear
that they're partying at Skinner's tonight."
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Letters
The 21 Club
To the Editor:
On behalf of The 21 Club, we
would like 'to extend our thanks
once again for a successful semester
of the Club events.
Special thanks to the Activities
Office for all their helpful insight,
the Housing Staff for their con-
tinual support at each event, the
Seilers Staff for catering the events,
and the Pizza Pub workers for all
of their co-operation.
An extended thank you goes out
to each and every Marist student
who volunteered his/her time to
work at the Club events. Your ef-
forts are very much appreciated.
We would also like to applaud our
DJ Rick Hankey for all the groovy
tunes.
Most importantly, we thank all
The 21 Club participants for your
support. Without you, our Club
wouldn't happen. Here's to you,
and to floating more kegs next
semester!
Sara
Perkins
Bob Palermo
Jeff Nicosia
by Mercinth Brown
You might recall my first article
that dealt with the drinking pro-
blem on campus. Since this is the
semester's last issue, I thought it
appropriate to end on a similar
theme.
A
few nights ago while watching
television I noticed a very odd com-
mercial. In it was a man standing
over a frying pan sizzling with hot
grease. "This is drugs," he said.
Then he cracked open an egg 'and
let it fall into the pan of grease and
said, "this· is your brain on
drugs .•• (dramatic pause) Any
questions'?"
The first time I saw this commer-
cial I was jolted. It had actually
scared me. I then wondered if it
had done the same for drug users.
Since President Reagan signed
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
drug abuse has been brought to na-
tional attention. As part of the
President's policy Nancy Reagan
launched her campaign against
drug abuse with the slogan "Just
Say No." The objective of this
campaign was to curtail the impact
of peer pressure on American
youth.
· But anti-drug use campaigns
have gone beyond politics. Televi-
sion shows such as "Growing
Pains" have depicted the problems
that peer pressure causes for teens
and how they may rise above it.
And on the silver screen. movies
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catch
basin
such as "Less Than Zero" attempt
to minimize the historical
glamourizing of drug use in
Hollywood.
On the average, experts indicate
that drug abuse is decreasing
because of these campaigns.
However, drug abuse is still a ma-
jor concern on college campuses.
On the weekends we can rest
assured that there will be two or
three keg parties which most
students
will
attend. News of a par-
ty travels fast .. If there is one on
campus the average partier
will.
find•
it.
Although the party for those
who enjoy the company of good
friends has not died, many students
attend parties that are merely for
the sake of getting high.
If
you love
a good party then by
all
means find
one, but don't get caught up in the
excitement of drugs.
The danger of drugs goes beyond
addiction. Increasing concerns
about AIDS and how it may be ac-
quired leads to additional conse-
quences of drug abuse. Doctors say
that you can get AIDS from shar-
ing a needle with someone.
Statistics indicate that the amount
of AIDS victims who are
dfug
users
·areon·the
rise:.-.~,,._~,-·,•.•·,.
We all know that the average
college student is aware of the ·
dangers of drug use. But the trend
of drug abuse among young peo-
ple persists. It may be that some of
us are willing to sacrifice a. good
education for a fleeting moment of
"pleasure.>'
Have a merry . Christmas
everyone. Remember to party
wisely.
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be
typed
double-spaced and have full left and right margins. Handwritten
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.
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pubhcauon. Letters should be sent to Len Johnson c/o The Cir-
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by
Chris
Barry
True confessions: Living on line
Last Friday was a sad day for me
and I'm sure it was a sad day for
all seniors here at Marist. It mark-
ed the end of something which had
become almost a ritual for us.
Most seniors will be able to deal
with the fact that this part of our
life is over. But for many, cold
turkey might just be too much to
handle. I know. I almost went over
the edge because of it.
.
Here's what happened (At least
this is what
I
heard -
I
don't
remember):
Last Saturday I woke up in a
cold sweat, shaking uncontrollably,
still wearing the clothes I had worn
to the 21 Club the night before.
I was lying on the floor in Don-
nelly Hall, wrapped in a blanket
right in front of room D-103.
I looked at a clock - it was 6:30
p.m. I didn't know why but I
That afternoon I
was taken by two
counselors
each
with cattle prods - to
the South Hills mall.
jumped up and raced to the
McCann Center where the Pepsi-
Marist Classic was underway.
I hurdled the turnstile and
sprinted to the end of the line atthe
refreshment stand. The line was
long. Very long.
at the end of the line of cars. After
nearly a half hour I reached the
South entrance to Marist where a
police officer was directing traffic
.
He asked, "What are you doing
in that line of traffic kid?"
I
didn't know. I started mumbl-
ing. J;Ie looked at my eyes.
I was
just staring straight ahead.
He grabbed me and said, "What
kind of drugs are you on?"
I pushed him down and rode
away. I was heading up Route 9
when suddenly I smacked right in-
to the fender of a car.
The man driving got out of his
.
car yelling as I lay in the road
.
He
rushed over to me.
I was mumbling something. l
was asking him questions: "How
Jong is the line? I really need your
class to graduate -
can you give
me an override? Is that class of-
fered during any other time slot?"
The man reached into my pocket
for my identification. He pulled
out a handful of add/drop slips.
Then it hit him.
He was a Marist alumnus ('81)
and a psychiatrist. He realized what
was wrong with me for he had seen
it before.
I was an addict. I had become
addicted to standing in line.
But for some strange reason I
The good doctor gave a number
Doug -
turned their cattle prods
to full force.
I
took one step past the line but
stopped
.
Ron and Doug raised
look at the line once. Ron, Doug
and
I rejoiced in the center of the
mall.
The rehab center did wonders for
me. Today
l
feel like a new man.
2.
Experiencing
unusual
amounts of pleasure at the sight of
a professor cringing when you enter
his/her office with an override card
in hand.
3. Being suddenly overcome by
I was an addict. I had become addicted to
the urge to stand in a line for an
standing in line.
indeterminate amount of time -
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their prods.
l
took another step
then stopped. Ron and Doug were
ready for me
.
I
took two more
steps and they dropped their arms.
I was walking away. 1 was going
very slowly but I was walking
away.
It
took me about fifteen minutes
but I made it out of the food court
without turning around to even
BLOOM COUNTY
If
anyone out there is going
add/drop cold turkey it can work
for you too. The number for help
is 1-800-ADD-DROP.
You may not know you're about
to become a victim. Here are the
three early warning signals:
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pointed because you tried to sign
up for five classes and got them
all.
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that number is 1-800-ADD-DROP.
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Page 8- THE CIRCLE- December
10,
·19s7
The boss
is
back ... again
by Derek Simon
.
.
.
Bruce devotees are sitting back and
saying, "What, no 'Dancing in the
Dark'?"
Always one capable of capturing
the desperation of the working
class as well as the stigma that is the
Jersey shore in his lyricism, Bruce
now relays reflections of love and
commitment.
Man" is a semi-autobiographical
look at his own marriage. Lyrical-
ly, "Tunnel of Love" is on the
whole a less tangible yet subtly
moving record.
is.
His motivation? Probably
·
just
the urge to go home again. Never
one tci stray far from his principles,
Springsteen seems to be yearning
for his long lost simplicity.
There's something to be said for
not playing it safe. Resting on one's
laurels tends to get boring. It's
refreshing when an "old reliable"
comes along and stirs things up a
bit.
"Tunnel of Love" has been with
us over eight weeks now. That'i;
just enough time for even the most
uninformed to feel comfortable
talking about "Tunnel"
as
another
"Nebraska." But the only thing
common to the two albums is
they're decidedly different from
what Bruce has chosen to offer us
for the past several years.
For instance, '
·
'Cautious Man".
Musically, "Tunnel of Love"
derives straight from the very heart
of rock and roll. That is to say that
it is primarily a country and blues
based record. Relatively simple in-
strumentation, supplied by and
large by Bruce, adds to the charm
and authenticity of "Tunnel."
Perhaps the dynamic success of
"Born in the
USA"
and its string
of hit singles led Bruce a little fur-
ther from his roots than he cared
.
to be. Curveball or not, "Tunnel
of Love" is where Springsteen secs
himself now.
- That's exactly what Bruce
Springsteen has done with "Tun-
nel of Love."
I'm ever so sure that there are far
many more copies of "Born in the
USA" floating around this campus
than there are of "Tunnel of Love"
and that's a damn shame.
·
Bruce Springsteen has made the
record he wanted to make. It's
honest, integral and real. But un-
fortunately, a great num~er of
"Tunnel of Love" is much more
of an insight into Bruce than "Born
in the USA" was. This plays a vital
role in its appeal.
One can tell almost immediately
that Bruce has married and settled
down since his last studio effort.
of
sound
mind
is Bruce's appreciation of a man
and his struggle to make his mar-
riage work while "Walk Like a
:
Little Don's
wish list
cheap
leisure
suit
by
Don Reardon
trol over everything that exists.
Reardon's note: Christmas
is
just around the cor-
ner.
It's
the time of year when famiJy reunites, egg
110g graces the dinner table, friends and lovers share
special gifts, and some lucky little kid always gets
hit by a snow plow and ends up in a snow bank
for three days until Sparky the police
mutt
sniffs
him out
.
And Santa Claus
is flooded with
lists
from
the boys and girls.
-
A Life Savers Christmas gift pack.
-
A
dream date with either Peter Tork of the
·
Monkees or "Link" from the Mod Squad ... or a
date with a beautiful Marist girl who comes to my
Townhouse and claims she must go out with me.
(Good Luck)
-
One billion dollars in small unmarked bills.
~
The television program
"30
Something" to
be completely scratched from production.
Young Donny has a list too:
Dear Santa Claus,
This is what
I
want. Give it to me or
I
will kill
Mrs. Claus and a few of the elves ... especially the
annoying one who wants to be a dentist. (Oh, and
I
know the Santa at the Galleria is an imposter,
You cant hide from me in the South Hills Mall.)
-
l
would like the administrative wings of
Marist to completely re~evaluate all athletic pro-
grams. Hundreds and thousands of dollars should
be channeled into every sport giving each the same
priority basketball is given.
-
Long underwear ... or socks ... or gloves.
-
Rid
me of pimples.
7
l
want every other male on earth to die so that
it will become my sole duty to carry on the human
race.
-
New
tires for my Dodge
Colt.
Well Santa, that does it.
If
an~•
ofthese "re-
quests" is not met, twill
riiurdefyou
in the ugliest·- ··
fashion possible.
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Forget the tires; l want my own space shuttle
a
1
1d eventually complete world dominance and con-
·
by
Jeff Nicosia
I
did it!
I
made it through
another semester! (So did you for
thac matter.) This being the last
issue of the semester,
I'd
truly like
to thank
all
who
·
have read, com-
mented, hated or discussed this col-
umn. But as the great Rob Reiner
said in "SpinaiTap": "Enough of
·
my yackin'; let's boogie!"
1. P&G's -
New Paltz:
Why
doesn't Poughkeepsie have a fun
place like this? (Don't say Skin-
ner's, because they're similar in
dec9r only
.f
·l",
A thl'ee-bour bot oil massage
from Loni Anderson:
(Sorry
mom!)
3.
The
Marist
Debate Team:
I've
got to give credit where it's due -
and this team gets far too little
credit. Do you know what would
happen if the the
-
men's basketball
team or the women's swim team
were ranked third in the nation?
Marist would have to create a
separate public relations office just
for them!
4. U2
-"Into the Arms of
America" video:
If you're even a
casual fan of this band, this
video/documentary is a must-see.
Find some one who taped it. Here's
an interesting fact that I learned
from the video: Bono should wash
his hair more often.
5.
Santa Barbara, (the place,
not
the soap opera):
This is the place
the song "California Dreaming" is
all about. The women are tan,
blond -
amazing. The men are
tan, blond -
muscular. (That's
why I'll be living
_
with other odd-
looking individualsin back in New
York.) Still, a very cool place to be.
6. Broken Bones, Combat Core
Records:
As the name suggests, this
not the type of music to play at the
Russian Tea Room. This is fast,
hard-driving, no-frills punk rock.
It cuts through the speakers with all
alternative
.
top 10
the subtlety of Sam Donaldson ask-
ing
Reagan about the Contras
.
7.
Margarita's -
Raymond
Ave., Poughkeepsie:
Worth going
to soley for their salsa and chips.
This is good, chunky.fresh
tasting
salsa. Not to hot, with
a
rich; full-
bodied flavor. As
for
the rest of the
food -
passable to fair.
8.
Colourbox -
"Baby
I
Love
You So" --12-inch single, 4AD
Records:
I like it. It's kind of a
cross between Big Audio Dynamite
(check out "Sightsee MC") and a
mix
of Paul Hardcastle and Third •
World. New age reggae?
.
Sincerely,
Donny Reardon.
Certainly Springsteen
·
had to
know that he would be throwing
throngs of "Born in the l.JS~"
worshippers
the proverbial
curveball by serving up a platter as
strikingly different from its studio
predecessor as "Tunnel of Love"
Don't be alarmed by Bruce's
string tie or
_
western duds on the
album's cover. Take "Tunnel of
Love" for what it is -
an honest
and sincere package from a man we
have always admired for his artistic
integrity. Enjoy it at face value
.
A pacifier of a movie
by Ken Hommel
I can picture the bigwigs of
Touchstone Films sitting around
the conference table planning their
_ latest blockbuster: "Let's put three
actors with shaky film careers
together with a baby that will cap•
down
.in
front
"Lassiter,"
"A
Fine Mess" and
"Bad Medicine." Then, Leonard
Nimoy, after success, fully direc-
ting "Star Trek III" and "Star
.
Trek
IV,"
was
·
beamed
;
aboard,
and "Three Men
.
and a Baby°'' was
born.
Babies always can melt an au~
dience, and the infant Mary does,
but it's the three guys that are so
damn likable. Selleck, Danson and
Guttenberg play an architect, actor
and cartoonist respectively -
perfect roommates surrounded by
beautiful women and a huge,
stylish Manhattan apartment.
Despite afunrty diaper-changing
ture America's heart .. We'Hadapt
scene, (which
will
single out the ex-
a French
film
and get a stereotyped
perienced mothers in the theaters
TV
actor to direct!" .
.
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.
.
.
,
. . .
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.
,
,
.
by their laughing the loudest) you
.
And so; Tom Selleck,):ed
D~;
·
can't sympathize with·theadditiQn .
·
.
0
son
and Steve Guttenber~ :were
1~tn
a baby being a sacrifice to
·
ffillfr':r
o!>
gathered to resurrect their film
perfect lives.
.
careers after such trash as
Conti·
d
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nue on page
• ·would you like to provide needed social
.
and
·
educational services to children and
others in the community?
Marist's-new Community Service Pro-
gram is looking for students who will be
able to spend about ten hours per-week
next s~mester working with non-profit
community organizations. 1·n return,
those students will be able to earn up
to $500 in tuition credits.
If interested, please apply as soon as
possible by calling either
Philip
Koshkin at extension 201 or Deborah
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Staff member
by Tim Besser
Five months of ringing doorbells
and shaking hands paid off.
: After more than
20
years of in-
volvement in politics, itw~s just a
matter of time before Eleanor.
Charwat was el~ted to public
office.
win~~ra~~.~
!demoe<acy.••I"
After returning to the area, . ~--
Charwat worked to have the
Eleanor Roosevelt Center declared
a national park. This involved
lob-1
On Nov. 3, Charwat, assistant
dean of the School of Adult Educa-
tion at Marist, was elected to the
town board in the Town of
Poughkeepsie, defeating incum-
bent Ralph
Pinckney and
challenger George Stoffers and car-
rying all six districts.
Charwat, who grew up in
P.oughkeepsie, graduated from
Poughkeepsie High School. She
· has a bachelor's degree in political
science from Cornell University
and in
1985
earned a master's
degree. in_ public administration
from Marist.
After graduating from Cornell,
Charwat worked in Washington,
D.C., for RobertKennedy. Even
though her title was information
assistant, she also did a lot of
speech writing.
"I saw how government work-
ed," said Charwat, a 47-year-old
mother of two. "It fascinated me."
Eleanor Charwat
(Photo
by
Alan Tener)
Later, Charwat lived in Brazil
for two years while her husband,
Martin, worked at the U.S. em-
bassay there.
"It was a militay dictatorship,"
said Charwat.
"It
made me ap-
bying and working with local
1
____ -__
officials.
_
Although she was involved in
local government through . the
League of Women Voters, Char-
wat had not given any serious con-
sideration to running for public of-
I·'
__
flee until Anna Buchholz, super-
visor of the town of Poughkeepsie
and a fellow Democrat, asked her
to enter the race.
Charwat said she hopes to
balance -competing interests as a
board member.
As
a candidate, she
sent back some large campaign
contributions from contributors
who might have business before the
town board in the future.
She said she believes a conflict
within the Republican Party and a
•
controversy surrounding the
building of the Galleria shopping
mall helped her win in her first at-
,,,
tempt for a public office.
Pinckney and Stoffers went to
court to determine who had the
right to run on the Republican
ticket.
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Is there life
in
law school?
Marist grads aren't so sure
library every day including
yo1,1've acquired," he said.
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weekends, and
it is
always mobb-
Banahan said that you get rank-
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ed," she said.
ed after the first year and that rank-
there is an old saying about law
Michael Banahan, a
1986
alumi
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school: The first year they scare
from Connecticut, said that one
after graduation.
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work you to death. The third year
school is how to use time effective-
name of the game for Rhodes, who
they bore you to death.
ly.
"If
you're going to spend time
plays a game of hide and seek with
you to death. The second year they
important thing he learned at law
Competition seems to be the
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1986
Marisi
alumi
partying, you party.
If
you're go-
her fellow classmates. "I know I'm
from West Islip,.N.Y., this
is
not ing to spend time studying, you
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have a lot of 'cut throats'," she
Crecca took his B.S.
"in
political
theory taught by one of his teachers
said.
science and put it to use at St.
in law school. "Any time you're
In order to get into law school
Jolm's University Law School. He
not spending studying, someone
you have to take the LSAT's. The
is currently in his second year.
else is."
highest score possible
is
a 48 and
"The difference between Marist
Studying may be an important
for those serious about attending,
and law school is literally like night
ingredient at law school, but to
they must come pretty close to
and day," said Crecca." At Marist some the cake cannot be made
perfect.
there is a more lackadaisical at-
without some socializing. "You
mosphere, but a~ law school there work so hard, you have to have
is a lot of pressure. You have to
time to blow off steam," said Paul
stay on top oftbe work and always
Campbell from Port Crane, N. Y.
be.prepared to
be
put on'.the spot,"
Campbell, a
1986
alumni, at-
he said.
tends law school at. Syracuse. He
According
to
.Crecca , at law said that he goes out at feast once
school, no evaluations of your a week and plays intramural
work are given. "The only test you volleyball to relieve some of the
have is the final exam.
If
you blow tension.
.that, you blow your grade," he
"Law school is a pretty
said.
·
·
prestigious thing.
If
you're going to
Along with pressure, law school attend it, you give"it 100%, accor-
has a tremendous workload. "I get ding to Andrea Malin, a
1985
to school at 8 am every morning aluma, who attends Albany School
and between classes and studying of Law.
I don't get home before ·9 pm,"
"The law is so ambiguous. You .
said Amie Rhodes, a
1985
alumna
can
argue any point. There are no
from Morristown, N. Y ., in her first cut and dry answers," she said.
year at Brooklyn Law School.
"It's a· constant, never-ending
Rhodes remembers spending argument." .
more time at the on-campus pub
. According to Banahan, who is in
than at the Marist library. 'Now the his second year, the first year is the
library is her second home. "At most demanding.
"If
you can
Marist I wouldn't even think of go-
make it through the first year
ing to the library until after you're set. After that, you obtain
Thanksgiving. Now I go to the a coi:ifiden~ about the knowledge
Crecca remembers the day he
was accepted to St. John's Law
School. While walking by the
Security office, he received· the
message that his his mother was on
the phone. She gave him the. news,
and excited, Crecca went to one of
his- political science classes totally
unprepared for a quiz. On the quiz
he wrote: "I'm unprepared for this
quiz but I made St. John's Law
School." He said, the professor,
Dr. Louis Zuccarello anounced the
news to the class and took it into
consideration when grading his
quiz.
According to Dr. Zuccarello, it
is hard to determine the number of
Marist graduates who are attending
law school. "Because you can have
any major to apply for law school,
it is hard to keep track of those at-
tending," he said. He did say that
there are eight political science
graduates presently in law school.
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The baby arrives -
as usual -
on their doorstep with a note
revealing Danson to be the father.
Since he's away shooting a TV-
movie, or maybe it was last week~s.
"Cheers," Selleck, along with Gut-
guiding it away from its mediocre
story. Still, the movie is a bigscreen
sitcom of the "My Two Dads"
variety. It's warm and funny but
there's not much depth.
tenberg, get a crash course in
What we have here is the movie
fatherhood. Meanwhile, there's an studio looking for a potential
unnecessary. s~bplot about a moneymaking film for the holiday
package of. herom also left at the season rather than a wider perspec-
apartment. Here, Selleck forgets , tive on modern parenthood or
he's not on "Magnum" and deals bachelorhood.
with the drug dealers withcut the
police.
Don't get me wrong. The
characters are humorous and ad-
mirable in their roles as loving
fathers. In fact, the actors serve as
"surrogate fathers" to the film by
From what I hear, "Three Men
and a Baby" is a faithful adapta-
. tion of the French film, which is
where the heroin subplot got its
source. Yet, it crawls when it
should walk on its own. Maybe it
is also limited by faithfully
translating
French
humor.
(Remember, the French even praise
Jerry Lewis!) And, why do foreign
film titles translate into such bland ·
English titles?
This is definitely a good vehicle
for Selleck, Danson and Gut-
tenberg, as well as a challenging
change-of-pace for Nimoy.
If
you
want. familiar faces, warmth and
some laughter, this one is holiday
fare for you.
It
ought to make a lot
of money and launch these guys'
film careers.
But, if you're hoping "Three
Men and a Baby" to be fulfilling
filmwork, don't be surprised to
find it to be merely a pacifier.
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1987
Marist prof recalls his fight to save show
by
Aline Sullivan
Almost a year ago, the dream of
returning a half-hour weekly public
television
program
called
"Newsfront"
to the
air
was ended.
Between 1983 and 1986, the
show was a notable and highly
praised experiment
·
in television
news, offering
.
serious coverage of
religious events worldwide. After
financial problems forced its
cancellation, the show's executive
producer, Richmond Egan, tried in
vain for a year to raise the
necessary money.
Today, Egan is an assistant pro-
fessor of communications at
Marist. The walls of his Lowell
Thomas office are decorated with
pictures and clippings of a pioneer-
ing effort that failed.
Egan, a Marist Father and
former television writer, wanted
.;&'Newsfront"
to be more "than
just another religion program."
"The one thing I did not want
to do was the predictable, such as
covering
.
the Pope's visits to
America. Instead we wanted to stay
away from the obvious," said
Egan, who came to Marist this fall.
Usually the program carried
seven stories per week plus regular
features on new movies, television
series or books.
Critically, the show was a suc-
cess. Such awards include a bronze
medal for syndicated public affairs
programs in the 1984 International
Film
and
TV
Festival of New York,
the Angel Award of Merit for in-
ternational television from Religion
in Media; and an Award of Merit
from the Religious Public Relations
Council.
According to Egan, the program
tried to explain the religion behind
the news.
"It
was the only regular
religion news program ort national
· television, but people are afraid of
a controversial topic -
including
advertisers. If there is any con-
troversy, the advertisers don't want
to go near it," said Egan.
That is exactly what happened.
Newsfront had to cease production
in January of 1986.
Newsfront was conceived by the
National Catholic News Service to
provide broadcast material for
denominational programing on
cable television. Within three
years.it grew into a nondenomina-
tional news program with a
$2
million budget.
The range of sponsors included
the Catholic Communications
Campaign, the Unitarian Univer-
salist Association, the American
Jewish Committee and Saudi
Airlines.
"But then the money ran out,
and I gave myself a year to raise
$1.2 million. I couldn't raise the
money -
and now I'm here,"
Egan said, smiling.
Egan holds a master's degree in
broadcast journalism and public
affairs from American University,
and a master's degree in sacred
scripture from Princeton Universi-
ty. He also holds degrees in liturgy
and classical literature from the
Catholic University of America.
His teaching career started in
Cleveland, Ohio, where he taught
high school students in economics
and religion for three years.
He later taught at Roselle
Catholic High School in New
·
Jersey for two years and went
on
to become the rector of the Marist
Father's Seminary in Washington,
D.C., for
six
years.
"At that point,
I was taking
classes at Catholic University and
also at Princeton while also being
the supervisor of the field place-
ment for the seminarians. When
I
finished school,
I wanted to do
something with my journalism
degree - and the rest is history,"
said Egan.
For now though, he finds Marist
To his liking.
"I
like it here.
I
like
the spirit of the students. It's so
nice to
be
on
a small campus," said
Egan.
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Five of the nation's eight largest
accounting firms interviewed senior
accounting majors on campus
·
in
October and November after selec-
ting
.
them on the basis of their
resumes.
Two of the firms, Arthur
Andersen and Deloitte, Haskins
&
Sells, were participating in the on-
campus recruiting for the first time,
according to Ray Wells, director of
career development and field
experience.
The other three firms, Ernst
&
Whinney; Peat, Marwick
&
Main;
and Coopers
&
Lybrand, had
recruited
·
at Marist during the
fall
or
\9i6,
We\\s said.
•
The process leading up @\a
~
recruiting interview starts eacnye?u-
in August when Wells asks
all
senior accounting majors to send
him resumes. Wells, in turn, sends
the
students' resumes to a number
of accounting firms in the tri-state
area. After reviewing the students'
resumes, the firms select students
they wish to interview, and the
career development staff arranges
the
interviews.
First-year employees of the firms
meet with the students prior to their
formal interviews to answer
students' questions and help them
to relax, Wells said. Employees at
the managerial level conduct the ac-
tual interviews in most cases, he
said.
.
Janine. Meunier, a senior from
Farmingdale, N.Y:, was interview-
ed by recruiters from
all
five firms.
"I felt most comfortable with
the interviewers from Arthur
Andersen
and
Coopers
&
Lybrand," said Meunier, 21.
"I
felt a little intimidated by Deliotte,
Haskins
&
Sells
.
"
Meunier said she thought the
recruiting was a positive experience
·
and mentioned
.
that the students
who were interviewed were
·
suppor-
tive towards each other rather than
competitive.
Frank Snyder, a senior from
Sayreville, N.J., also said he felt
most at ease with the recruiter from
Coopers & Lybrand. The 21-year-
old accounting major had been in-
terviewed by recruiters from all five
accounting firms
•
.
Snyder spoke of the impact the
on-campus recruiting will have on
Marist. · He said, "Marist has a
strong
·
accounting program, and
the recruiting should give the col-
lege some recognition."
Recruiters
from
Arthur
Andersen have requested a second
interview with Genine Gilsenan, a
senior accounting major from
Lindenhurst, New York. Gilsenan
·
said she will go to New York City
in February, all expenses paid, to
meet with recruiters from Arthur
Andersen's Manhattan office.
and the brightest."
The success of these Marist
graduates reflects the strength of
Marist's programs, said Wells.
John Kelly, Ph.D., chairperson
of the division of management
studies, agreed.
''Obviously, good placement
helps our program, both by show-
ing how well we prepare our
students, and by helping our
recruitment of new students," said
Kelly.
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December 10, 1987- THE CIRCLE - Page 11
Making and breaking New Year's resolutions
by Helen Gardner
As December winds down New
Year's Day approaches - that day
of the year which is a football fan's
delight. But it also is the day many
people
in
America go on diets, quit
smoking and vow to stop swearing.
Yes it's time to start thinking
about New Year's resolutions -
and perhaps more importantly how
to keep them.
Marjorie Schratz, an associate
professor of Psychology, said she
defines New Year's resolutions as
an annual opportunity to evaluate
one's position in life and set goals
to help in achieving ideals.
"It represents a new beginning to
us that people use to alter what they
don't like about themselves or their
lifestyle," she said.
Schratz said people have a hard
time keeping these promises
because they often try to make
drastic changes in their lifestyle.
"You really have to want to attain
it and you have to figure out ways
to keep the promise," she said.
She also associates the failure to
keep New Year's resolutions with
the holidays. She said: "Once the
holidays are over we tend to forget
them. It's part of the holiday tradi-
tion, but once we step into our nor-
mal lives they don't mean
anything."
·
Historians have traced modern
day New Year's celebrations to an-
cient rituals of primitive man:
Resolutions are generally con-
sidered remnants of customs
related to cleansing souls and con-
fessing sins.
Many students at Marist said
they don't keep New Year's resolu-
tions or don't bother to make them
at all.
"January first is a new start for
me and I always try to make a
resolution of some sort," said
Steve Pierie, a junior from
Waterloo,
N.Y.
"I
usually promise to run every
day and get in shape for track
season, but
I drop it after a couple
of weeks," said Pierie, a member
of the cross country team.
Gail Olsen, a sophomore from
Walton,
N.Y., has vowed to stop
swearing for several years in a row.
"I keep thinking that I'm a
strong person and that somehow
I'm going to wake up with a clean
mouth," said Olsen, a communica-
tion arts major.
MaryEllen Cardin, a junior from
Nashua,
N.H.,
said she doesn't
take the custom too seriously.
Cardin, a communication arts
major, said,
"I
usually get up that
day and resolve not to drink cham-
pagne ever again."
AdJunct ____________________
c_o_n_ti_n_ue_d_fr_o_m_p_a..,g_e_l
Vivona's memo were:
- "no new hires in Communica-
tions are projected for next year;"
-
"there is no evidence that the
Academic Vice President's office
has any intention of restricting in
any way the adoption of Com-
munications as a major by the cur-
rent large group of undeclared ma-
jors on campus (there were 300
entering freshmen in September
who at that time were undeclared
majors);"
-
"there is no evidence that the
· A VP's office is going to recom-
mend that there be any maximum
set on the number of Communica- ·.
tion majors recruited fcir next
year,'s- freshman class;"
·: . -
"tfiere is no evidence that the
· A VP's office is going to refuse to
let a current undergraduate switch
their major to communications;"
-
"it was possible, up 'till last
year, for a communications major
to graduate without ever having a
full-time instructor in a major
275 attend
conference
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More than 275 professors and
students, representing 24 states and
two foreign countries, participated
in the 13th Annual Mid-Hudson
Modern Language Association
conference last week at Marist.
Participants from 128 institu-
tions, including Vassar, Princeton,
Notre Dame and Harvard,
presented 190 scholarly papers on
language and literature.
At the conference, there were
55
sections on such topics as religious
themes in literature, modern
· drama, poetic theory, literature in
philosophy and Old and Middle
. English.
The conference is held each fall
at Marist and is organized by
George Sommer, professor of
English.
Sommer decided to organize the
conference regionally after atten-
ding many conferences all over the
country and seeing little attention
to his own field -
medievalism.
"I was riding a train home from
an MLA conference I had attend-
ed and while looking through the
program I realized that I didn't
have the time to hear all the papers
I wanted and that there were no
papers on medievalism. That was
when I decided to create my own
MLA
conference," Sommer said.
In addition to directing the con-
ference, Sommer also serves as
editor of the nationally recognized
Mid-Hudson Language Studies
Journal, which compiles the best
papers from the Mid-Hudson
MLA.
Marc vanderHeyden, academic
vice president, was the keynote
speaker at this year's conference.
course."
In addition, Vivona said "the
responsibility for the health of the
communications faculty rests
squarely on the shoulders of the
academic vice president and
if that
office is unable to do its job, I
respectfully submit that the
academic vice president should be
honor bound to step down and
make way-for someone who can do
the job."
vanderHeyden said Vivona never
spoke to him about any of the pro-
blems in the memo. "I invite him
to come in and discuss these with
me. Problems of that size are col-
lege wide and not only for this of-
fice
to
handle,"
said
vanderHeyden.
vanderHeyden said a decision to
limit the number of incoming
freshmen majoring in communica-
tion arts or the number of
undergraduates who decide to
switch their major to communica-
tions would have to be made by
members of the cabinet as a
"group decision."
However, he added that he
would probably not recommend
such proposals because they could
endanger the stability of the col-
lege's growth. "People like to go
to places that are strong, growing
and healthy," he said.
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10y 1987
College costs: Are you paying too much?
by
Tim
.
Besser
Does college cost too much?
That question has sparked a na-
tional debate recently, fueled by
statistics showing college tuition in
-
creases outpacing rises in inflation
.
Since 1983, private college tui-
tions have increased an average of
8 percent per year, according to a
survey in Consumers' Research
Magazine, while the inflation rate
rose
4
percent.
But college administrators, like
Marist President Dennis Murray,
say the figures are misleading
.
"
The costs of things that colleges
have to purchase have gone up
much higher than that," Murray
said. "Books and periodicals have
gone up 150 percent. The cost of
energy has outpaced the cost of liv-
ing. Colleges have to invest in com-
puter technology. Those costs ex-
ceed traditional costs. Many things
colleges have to buy they can't
controt"
College recruiting budgets have
increased drastically over the last
seven years. Consumers' Research
Magazine found an average in-
crease of 63 percent since 1980.
Murray acknowledged the
recruiting budget at Marist has in-
creased, but far less than 63 per-
cent.
Exact
figures
were
unavailable
.
"Colleges recognize that they
have to get involved in marketing
and presenting themselves," said
Murray. "It is a more savvy con-
sumer. They are more deliberate
when choosing a college."
"It
is a student market," said
Anthony Campilii, Marist business
officer. "The way a college tells its
story is critical."
Salaries for faculty and ad-
ministrators have either kept pace
or exceeded the Consumer Price In-
dex over the last ten years, con-
tributing to the rise in tuition costs.
The average worker has absorbed
a 20 percent decrease in income
over the same time period.
"In the '70s there was a loss of
real income for faculty and ad-
ministrators, and there was defer
-
red maintenance," explained Mur-
ray
.
"In the '80s we're trying to
play catch up with faculty and staff
salaries. and some renovations and
repairs
·
to keep up to acceptable
standards."
Even though Marist is accepting
more students every year~ that will
not result in a tuition decrease
,
Campilii said.
While the additional students in-
crease income, much of it is spent
covering the costs for hiring more
instructors, providing additional
housing and expanding facilities,
Campilii said
.
Marist has outgrown its
facilities, forcing the school to rent
classroom space (Marist East) and
housing (Canterbury Gardens)
,
Campilii said.
Because a drop in the number of
students is anticipated for 1991,
Campilii said, the college has
rented facilities, rather than
building, to avoid long-term finan-
cial commitments.
Although a greater percentage of
high school seniors are go
i
ng to col-
lege, it will not be enough to make
up for the overall drop anticipated,
according to Murray.
Colleges recognize that the in-
creases in tuition can pose a bar-
rier to many students, and Marist
tries to find more financial aid for
students as tuitions rise each year,
Campilii said.
A $50, $60 or $100 increase may
make a student transfer, he said,
and by spending $100 in aid, the
college may save $10,000.
mains for students -
how to pay
the bill. The answers to that are get-
ting more creative -
and more
complicated.
At Duquesne Univers
i
ty in Pitt-
sburgh, for example, a person can
buy an education for a newborn
baby at the current price. Then,
when the student graduates from
high school, the tuition is already
paid
.
Marist has discussed such a plan,
said Campilii, but rejected the idea.
"What if the student doesn't want
to go?," said Campilii. "What if
something happens to the child? It
has to be weighed very carefully
.
"
Marist is following
a
more tradi-
tional path to keep education affor-
dable for the middle-class student,
according to Murray.
Life
on the campus song circuit
At
many
institutions,
undergraduate students are forced
to pay the brunt of graduate pro-
gram costs, which tend to be more
expensive. That is not the case at
Marist, according to Campilii.
The college is working with the
federal and state government to in
-
crease the money available to
students
.
State and federal support
have not kept up with the increase
costs, said Murray.
'
·
'Our costs are not out of line,''
said Murray. "I would be concern-
ed if our costs were above the
average."
by Shelley Smith
He may not be ready for the job
of Secretary of State, .but Paul
Strowe, a guitarist on the college
·
circuit for four years, said he feels
he has a lot in common with Henry
Kissinger
.
Like Kissinger, Strowe said, he
feels he has to be diplomatic
in
dealing with people he meets.
Strowe said that in order to be
a success
-
on the circuit, he has to
play many different roles at one
time: a singer, a song writer, he has
to be funny,
entertaining,
diplomatic, and now he is even his
own agent.
Strowe, who works out of his
house, said his last phone bill was
$180
as
a result of long distance
calls made to arrange show dates.
He said he sees his
,
wife and one-
who only work seasonally.
"
In the summer Strowe usually
plays club dates, but this May he ·
will play in Bermuda for five
weeks. He is looking forward to it,
he said, but doesn't consider it a
vacation.
"I'll
be working six nights a
week with Sundays off," he said,
"but everyone else has Sundays off
too, so there is nothing to do."
Strowe expects to be back at
Marist next semester but no date
has been set at this time
.
Undergraduate tuition at Marist
is $191 per credit versus $231 in
graduate programs.
Whatever the causes of the tui-
tion increases
,
one question re-
Murray said his biggest concern
is making certain that choosing
a
private college should not be made
on economics alone.
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colleges a
year in 13 states, doing three to
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crowds ranging from 20 to 24,000
people.
Playing to about 70 people in the
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fourth visit to Marist, Strowe's
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·
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asleep
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·
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"Under
the
Boardwalk",
"American Pie", "Only the Good
Die Young" and an original called
"Hold On to Her" off his album
"Running from Nowhere".
On the road, Strowe takes a
12-string Ovation guitar, two six-
string Takamines, and two com-
plete sound systems
.
He considers
himself lucky that nothing has ever
broken during a show.
"You try to stay out of the motel
room
as
much as you can," said
Strowe, who stayed at the Super 8
Motel in Hyde Park. "You go
·
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TV before you pass out."
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in the Northeast," said Strowe,
who asks for a deli platter for din-
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because
"a
deli platter is tough to
screw up." Last year, though, the
University of Connecticut misread
his request of a platter for two. The
school instead gave him a platter of
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cuts.
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dumb enough to want to go on the
road with me, great," Strowe said
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Debate team
takes second
by Joseph O'Brien
The Marist debate team, ranked
"':
Oecemb_er 10, 1987- THE CIRCLE- Page 13
With their games and sleeping bags,
students brave the lines of add/ drop
third in the nation, took second
by Laurie Leavy and Barbara Kiley
fight it out to fulfill their requirements.
place at the University of Rhode
· Beth Enright, of New Rochelle,
N. Y.,
Gina Parikh, a 19-year-old from Bristol, Ct.
Last year, Parikh was on line for over 12
hours and she would not sleep on the floor
again.
Island tournament last weekend.
Bodies are strewn about and huddled
stated,
"If
there was the right amount of
The varsity team of sophomore
under comforters, next to half-empty soda
teachers to the right amount of students,
Mike
Buckley and junior Tom
cans and an amount of junk food that would
there would be no need to wait in line.''
Nesbitt went
5-1,
which was the
appall anv mother.
Freshman Christopher Judd trymg to 1mu
two classeswas surprised that a line was
formed so early. Judd was told that the resi-
dent assistants got to change classes a day
earlier than other students. To that he said,
"First they take our beer, then they take our
classes."
best record at the tournament.
Sophomore Enright and two friends, Uina
Nesbitt also won the second-best
It's not a teenage slumber party, it's
Emma and Lynn Cortez, were 32nd through
speaker award, and Buckley took
add/drop.
34th on line. Coming equipped with mun-
third honors.
chics Cortez even brought some leftover
Meanwhile, the novice team of
Add/drop officially began on Dec. 2 at
10
Thanksgiving turkey.
a.m. in Donnelly Hall for next semester's
Steve Monell and and Tony Capoz-
classes. The lines started forming on Dec. 1
"We tried to turn in our schedules at l :30
zolo, both freshmen, took third in
around
10
p.m. and approximately
60
p.m. on the due date, November 13th," said
their division.
d
h
· h
Anthony Pearsall from North Haven, Con-
In the same weekend, part of the
stu ents spent t e mg t.
"That is not true," said Marian Hall Resi-
dent Assistant Kevin Browne. "The rumor
is that we can change classes a day before
regular add/drop." Browne said, "We have
the option to change classes in the pre-spring
semester, but just without lines, no priority."
When the line started to move students were
just getting out of their 8: 15 classes.
necticut. "They wouldn't take them and now
team debated at Towson State
Kathleen Vitale, a sophomore from Glen
we are not registered for any classes."
University in Maryland, tal_dng
Cove, Long Island, brought her favorite
third for the novice division.
pillow beirig first in line for the second year
Vitale and Pearsall were first and second
The team of junior Claudia
in a row.
in a line that approximately 1,000 students
Lugangira and freshman Jennifer
would wait on, to change class schedules.
Srru.th.went unde'"eated
1
·n the 1·n the
"Last year at 1 a.m., there were ten peo-
.
1
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· • 12 30
d
"In the first
2
1/2 hours of the mornmg
Prell·m1·nary rounds, be'"ore los·1ng
pie on line, an t is year it s
:
p.m. an
.
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session there were 800 transactions, w 1c
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·n a spli't dec1·s
1•0
n 1·n the finals. The
there are 9 peop e,
1ta e, · , sa1 .
,
, .
· h
I
I
is about 600 students adding or dropping
Peter Stackpole, a Political Science major,
waited on line from 8: 15 to 11 :20 a.m., for·
his friend Chris Ciampi.Ciampi had been
there since
7
a.m., but needed relief to not
miss a class.
team of Leigh Davi·son and
"There's only one opening mt e c ass want
.
d I,
·
· "
classes," said Registrar Judy Ivankov1c.
Vanessa Codorniu, both freshmen,
an
m gettmg it.
also went to the finals before los-
The line which stretched around the first
Some students refused to wait overnight
ing out in a split decision.
floor, contained students playing Monopo-
on line, even though they did not get all their
Of the five top speaker trophies
Jy and doing homework. Other necessities in-
classes.
There was only one way Stackpole could
awarded at the tournament, Marist
eluded pizza, popcorn and walkmans.
"I found if you wait on line for four hours
describe the wait on line.
took home four, with Jennifer
With only 840 classes offered, students
or 40 minutes, you get your classes," said
"I'm reliving my time at Disneyworld."
Smith taking first.·
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Psych day
draws 400
by
Mary
Stricker
Over 400 area high school
students gathered at Marist last Fri-
day to learn about concepts in
psychology during the 14th annual
Psychology
Undergraduate
Research Conference.
The conference, which was coor-
1
dinated by Marist psychology pro-
fessors John Scileppi and Linda
Dunlap with the help of the Marist
Psychology Club, was created to
make high school students more
aware of psychology, according to
Alan Tener, president of the
Psychology Club.
President Dennis Murray open-
ed the conference in the theater
with a brief welcome and appraisal
of the field of psychology.
Following Murray, Edward
. O'Keefe, a Marist psychology pro-
fessor, addressed the audience.
O'Keefe asked th._e_
0
audience to
participate in waving1hekarms in
the air and bending over to look.for
a five dollar bill that was taped to
the bottom of one of the chairs.
O'Keefe did this attempting to
show the students how their actions
and behaviors are motivated by
their peers.
The conference continued with
eight presentations given by Marist
psychology students covering
topics such as cocaine use, epilep-
sy, and teenage pregnancy in black
inner-city populations.
Core---
Continued from page 3
reallocate.'·
The reallocation would involve
some faculty teaching fewer elec-
. tive
courses
and more Core/Liberal
Studies courses, according to
vanderHeyden.
·
vanderHeyden said this could
mean that some non-Core courses
normally offered every semester
may be offered only every other
semester or with fewer sections.
The staffing question
has
been
under discussion by members of
the faculty, division chairpersons,
the Academic Affairs Committee,
vanderHeyden and_ Louis Zuc-
carello,
director
of
the
Core/Liberal Studies program.
"The meetings and analysis of
the program are over with and a
decision is being reached," said
Zuccarello. "From what has been
communicated to me, the required
staffing for the needed changes will
be met."
~fJ!ftjl ::
Closing Procedures for Resident Students
The College Residence Areas will close on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1987 at 6:00 p.m. The last meal served on
Tuesday
will
be lunch.
After your last final exam, you room must be cleaned, inspected by your RA/UC and vacated immediate-
ly thereafter. (Please take all garbage and trash bags outside to the dumpsters.) Students who have an
evening exam must leave their area no later than 11 :00 p.m. See your RA/UC for local instructions.
Remember, any student who requested a room change for the Spring Semester or is withdrawing at the
e~d o_f the
FaU
§t~~~te~, must ~le~!' th~~i-~~9N~-5?
1
Wi~l~~e}~l
},'.~q~~
1
~tµdents who rf!nted:,a .co~lege,,{efrigerator. :
and are transfertmg, w1thdrawmg, or partic1patmg m an mternsh1p, must return the cleaned and defrosted
refrigerator to the Housing Office by Frig.ay, December 1, 1987. Otherwise, refrigerators may be left in
-your room.
The College assumes
no liability
for lost, stolen or damaged items left in students rooms. Be sure to take
all valuables home
with you. We remind all students to secure their windows and close their curtins to
insure proper heating and the safety of any belongings left behind.
Fine and/ or loss of priority points will be assessed to any student who fails to clean and vacate their room
as requested. Any unauthorized early return to the residence areas in January will also result in loss of
priority points. Remember, other factors which may affect your housing status for the Spring 1988 Semester
even if you have been assigned a room_ are:
1) Disciplinary Record
2) Academic Standing
3) Unauthorized early arrival in January
4) Room or floor left in an inappropriate condition
5)
Failure to follow proper exit procedures
Students who have registered for classes and have been denied a room for the Spring 1988 Sem~ster-,.will '
be notified by mail at their permanent mailing address by January 15, 1988, if your room confirmation·""',
was denied because of one of the above reasons.
Housekeeping Services will be cleaning the Public Areas (bathrooms and lounges) of Leo, Marian, Sheahan,
Champagnat, Benoit and Gregory Hall). They will also be cleaning the public areas (living room, dining
room, kitchen, and bathroom(s) of the Townhouses and Gartland Commons Apts. Students living in these
apartments should remove all valuables from the common areas either by taking them home or locking
them in their bedrooms.
Departure Procedures
Your RA/UC must inspect your room and file a Room Inspection Form with the Resident Director. Students
must make an appointment with their RA/UC to have their room inspected before leaving. When depar-
ting, you must secure the room (lights off, electrical plugs disconnected, curtains drawn, windows secured
and refrigerators defrosted and cleaned).
Only
those students who are
not returning
to College Housing
for the Spring 1988 Semester
MUST
return their room key to Security in Donnelly upon checkout. Students
who do not return their key will be billed accordingly.
For the Spring 1988 Semester, the Resident Halls will reopen on Wednesday, January 20th at noon. The
first meal served will be dinner on Wednesday 1/20. The first scheduled class of the Spring Semester is
Thursday, January 21nd at 8:15 a.m.
On behalf of all the staff we wish you a safe, enjoyable, and Happy Holiday Season and or fer our Best
Wishes for the coming year.


























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14 - THE CIRCLE - December 10, 1987
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Tourney action sparks hope for
·
hoop squads
Youngtaknt
.
.
crucial tO
~als spbt
Classic win
m tourney
Last Sunday night, the Marist
women's basketball team started
practice a little later that usual.
Reason? Head Coach Ken
Babineau called a pre-practice team
·meeting. He says the Lady Red
Foxes' have had many slow starts
lately.
by Annie Breslin
Youth. It's been an unexpected
blessing for the Marist men's
basketball team.
It
wasn't too long ago Marist
Head Coach Dave Magarity was
worried that his bench lacked ex-
perience and was yet unproven.
This weekend's Pepsi-Marist
Classic was a showcase for the
young and the unproven as Marist
dominated Brooklyn 80-53 Friday
night and Niagara 67-49 Saturday
to win its fifth-straight Classic.
Marist will host Siena Saturday,
bringing a traditional rivalry back.
to the Mccann Center. Marist
last
played the Indians back in the
-1983-84
season, splitting in its two
meetings.
The proximity of Siena, located
in the Albany area, and the con-
siderable amount of Siena
graduates living in Mid-Hudson
Valley build the rivalry and have
the game attracting a sellout crowd.
Siena, 17-12 last season, is com-
ing off a 20-point victory over
Wake Forest Friday, but Marist
Assistant Coach Jeff Bower said
he's optimistic.
"They'll be coming in with a lot
of confidence and momentum,"
said Bower. "We played pretty well
.in
the tournament (Classic) -
we
got better with each game."
Marist defeated Rider 58-50
Saturday, in the consolation round
of Warner's Classic at Fairfield
University, Fairfield, Conn. The
Lady Red Foxes fell to Vermont
67-54 iii the first round Friday.
Marist will tackle Ivy League foe
Columbia Friday, S p.m., in New
York. Marist (2-1) is anticipating a
'
' win Friday. The Lady Red Foxes
played Monmouth Tuesday.
Results were unavailable at press
time.
The test for the Lady Red Foxes
will be Saturday on Staten Island
when they face Wagner College.
"Wagner will be a toss-up," said
Babineau. "It's one of those teams
that we'll be competing with for
third or second in the ECAC."
Last year, Marist nipped Wagner
66-62 in their first meeting and the
Shehawks
·
compensated with a
80-44 thrashing at the Sutter Gym
the second time around.
Against Rider, Marist's scoring
didn't start until the second half.
"It
was like two different games
In the tournament, Marist
naturally used its usual dosage of
fine, aged talent. Tournament
MVP Rik Smits poured in a career-
high 35 points and added 11 re-
bounds and four blocked shots,
while Drafton Davis ran the of-
'
fense like a-true
.veteran
and com-
The Marist basketball team begins to celebrate late in the second half of their
win
over Niagra iast Saturday night.
(Photo
by
Tom Rossini)
- night and day," Babineau said,
referring to Saturday's game in
which Marist shot a feeble 26 per-
cent from the field in the first half,
then came back from
a
four-point
halftime deficit to top Rider with
52 percent accuracy.
"I don't thing we're coming out
ready to play," said Babineau, and
that
:,vas
the reason for Sunday's
meet1ng
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bined for 15 assists over the two
games.
This year, Davis' continued pass-
ing wizardry was expected.
What wasn't expected were the
diverse contributions of Bobby
Reasbeck, Steve Paterno and Reg-
gie
.
Gaut':.::
·
tlie-'rresliinaii"factor.
Saturday, Reasbeck started
in
pla~e of injured guard Joey O'Con-
nor and had six points, seven assists
and three steals en route to being
named to the All-Tournament team
along with Davis
· .
.
~ ''Patern'o-puned
raoWft
sik"ficlaras
Friday and tallied nine
points
and
.
three assists Saturday. Gaut scored
eight points Friday and contributed
seven points, three assists and six
reb<?unds in the championship.
,,.
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gottenisome great !peI.J
i
formances from people who
haven't been proven," sa)d Bower,
"throw that in with O'Connor's
steals (6 Friday) and Rudy's
(Bourgarel) 14 boards ... "
_
Junior forward Jacalyn O'Neil
led both teams in scoring Saturday
with 14 points, while Susanne Lynn
chipped in 10 points and three
assists.
leers' weekend wins
cap
·
3-game streak
The last hurrah
by
Don Reardon
the New York State Cross Coun-
very sad. I realized that this would
try Championship, which rapped
be
the last tourname t I
Id
"I played pretty hard for most
n
wou ever
of the game,,, said Chris Keenan
up his career.
play in, but life goes on !'suppose."
.
f th
M
.
,
Like Keenan, Brennan said he
Kevin Segrue, a three-year starter
by Ken Foye
The current edition of the Marist
College hockey team, as in past
seasons, is putting a lot of pucks
in opposing nets.
Unlike in the past, the Red Foxes
,
are also doing their part to keep
pucks out of their own.
Marist crushed William Paterson
9-0 Saturday at
.
the Mid-Hudson
.
·
Civic Center aftenlefeating SUNY
MaritimeJ 1-1 Friday night on the
road. The Red Foxes, 4-1-1 in the
Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey
Conference, are undefeated in their
fast four games.
Before Thanksgiving, Marist·
beat Seton Hall 7-6 on Nov. 13.,
and tied Hofstra University 4-4 on
·
Nov. 15.
·
The Red Foxes will play a
:
rematch with Maritime Saturday,
'
10 p.m., at the Mid-Hudson Civic
·
center.
The results of last night's road
match against the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy were unavailable
at press time.
The Red Foxes operated with a
balanced offensive attack in their
two victories last weekend. Ten
dif-
·
captam
O
e arrst College foot~
won't mi·ss
_
the sport.
b II
"b
h
on the Marist soccer team, didn't
ferent Marist players scored goals
a
team,
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ut w en the last
"I rru·ght rru·ss the compet1't1'on,
·
·
d
view his last Mar1st game
as
a last
against Maritime, while seven Red
quarter came aroun I knew it was
but I won't miss the practices and game
·
at
all.
:
Foxes scored against Paterson.
my las!, game so I gave ilthat much
all the training crap," he said.
Segrue said he will continue his
Senior center Steve Melz led
more.
Unlike her male sports counter-
involvement with soccer long after
Marist with four goals and two
Keenan, like many senior
parts, Sara Perkins, captain of the
.
he has left the Leonidoff turf.
assists in the two games, including
ath1etes at MariSl, is graduating in
women's sw1
·
m team, says she
"I
'd
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d1 n
t
view my last game any
a hat trick against Paterson. The
e sprmg an wr trade his team
dreads the day she has to hang up
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di
1erently than the others," said
right wing on Melz's line,
Jersey or a u time job out in the
her goggles.
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b
·
Id
the computer science major from
sophomore Brian Young, dished
usmess wor ·
"I'm going to cry, I know I am .
O
·utsevenass1·sts1'nthetwogames.
"I'm pretty satisfied with the
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1 East Durham,
N.Y.
ve een omg
1s spo smce
Melz's left wing, sophomore
way I played ih my last game," said
was in grade school," she said. "I
Though Segrue says he will miss
Chris Buss, scored a goal and an
the senior business major. "I don't don't want to get fat either."
the practice time college life allows,
assist against Maritime.
think I'll miss the sport though. I'll
Perkins said she has trained since other will not.
·
miss the camaraderie I have with
.
early summer to insure that her last
~eenan, Perkins and Brennan all
Melz said that the large and
my teammates, but it's time to
hurrah is a successful one.
agree the friendship among team-
vocal ci:owd at the Paterson game
move on."
h
h
One senior, Joelle Stephenson, mates will be missed the most and
gave t e w ole Marist team a lift.
The dream of any athlete is to
"We're happy that we could give
finish his career in a blaze of glory,
didn't have the opportunity to gear not the time spent in the weight
them a big
·
game,,, said Melz, "and
Some do, like All-America:hopefut
up for the final season as Perkins room, in the pool or on the track.
we're happy they came back after
Keenan, while others do not.
has.
Segrue was quick to note that
what happened before the last
"My last race was hell," said
A hernia operation during the
most athletes will welcome the rest:
game."
cross country runner Steve Bren-
summer months detoured any hope
"Right now I'm just screwing
The Red Foxes' first scheduled
~an. "I lost to my little brother ... !
Stephenson had of acing the com-
around and getting hung over -
home ganie, against New York
Just wanted to beat my bloody
petition on the ECAC Metro Con-
oops, can I say that -
oh wait
University on Nov. 21, was cancell-
brother."
ference tennis circuit.
what am I worried about? Is Do~
ed because the ice-clearing
Zam-
Brennan, a business major from
"My season wasn't so great,"
Goldman going to read this and not
boni machine left a hole in the ice·
Mount Kisco, N.Y., finished
she said. "The night before the
start
.
me next year?" said Segrue
15 minutes before face-off time.
.. "somewhere in the seventies" at
ECAC Metro Tournament I was
laughing.
'
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...
Lady
•
•
SUNY tourney, go 8-0
swimmers win
by
Don Reardon
6-team meet.
. _ "This was a our biggest win
The Marist College women's
yet," said Head Coach Doug
swim team elevated its record to 8-0
Backlund.
last weekend, winning the
·
Marist scored a whopping 351
.
prestigious
Stony
Brook
points to defeat SUNY Albany,
Invitational.
327, and SUNY Stony Brook, 320.
The Lady Red Foxes defeated
Marist had four big winners in
swimming powerhouses Southern
thrice victorious Kindra Predmore,
Connecticut SUNY Albany and
Karen Schreck, diver Lisa
Stony Brook en rout to winning the
Burgbacher and Jean Cleary.
Predmore continued her school
record demolition
.
with new marks
of 1:00.21 in the 100-yard butterf-
ly, 2: 11.57 in the 200 butterfly, and
2: 18.01 in the 200
individual
medley.
Cleary established a new school
mark of 57.50 in the 100-yard
freestyle with a second place finish.
She then came back to win the 50
freestyle in 26.49.
Backlund said he's pleasantly
suprised by his team's success.
"At first I didn't care if we won
or lost, but now we're winning so
much I want to beat everyone -
and I think we can," said
Backlund.
Who Could doubt Backlund? His
squad rolled over Seton Hall two
weeks ago by a score of 122-82.
In the Seton Half destruction
Chris Thum established a new
school mark in the 200-yard
freestyle of 2:03.70. and Schreck,
Predmore, Burgbacher and Cleary
each chipped in victories.
Accor<!ing to Backlund, Marist's
outst_andmg performer was junior
Jackie Hackett who knocked her
200-yard backstroke personal best
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December 10, 19B7- THE CIRCLE- Page 15
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.
Off
court
with Rik:
The man behind the myth
by Jeff Nicosia
watching "The Honeymooners,"
seasoned veteran. It's kind of fun
.
• · ...........
.
__ ,.
·
.
.
. .
playing J:risbee and listening to
to get attention, it's really not that
'
He 1s an average college -kid m
Bruce Spnngst.een tapes are among
bad," he said.
·
many way~. He loves junk food
s~me of the actiyities Smits enjoys
.
Smits has grown to relish the
and sometimes struggles to make
with other Mar1st students.
fame he found uncomfortable dur-
his 8:1~ classes. He li_ke~ to_ liste_n
"If
I cou!d have done one thing
ing his freshman year. "I
t'? m~s1c and sp_end time ~1th his
?ver at Manst,
!,
wo!11d ha~e stayed
sometimes think that now that I get
g1rlfnend. The life of a maJor col-
an
the dorms,
srud Smits, who
so much attention what would it
Iege basketball star is not that dif-
lives on North Road. "I really
miss
be like to be 'nor:nar. Smits ex-
fere!'t fro_m Y';>Ur own.
dorm life, having so many _peop_le
plained. "I think I would be a punk
Rik Smits will probably
earn
up-
around. I had some great umes
ID
rocker or wear wild clothes for at-
wards of $300,000 in his first year
Leo Hall freshman year."
tendon. You kind of learn to en-
out ?f ~ollege, and
1
yes, he will be
Last ~aturday _night was a
·
joy fame."
playing
ID
the world s finest basket-
regul~r
rugh!
for Snuts. He lead the
Smits is a quiet young man, who
ball league, the NBA.
If
you expect
team
m
sconng, as usual, and earn-
is in stark contrast to the loud, fast-
I really don't care
much
about
money ... I'm
only
thinking of putting
some away - nothing
fancy.'
a person with a future this bright
to be egotistical, somewhat stuck
on himself, Obviously, you've
never met Rik Smits.
"I really don't care much about
the money;" said the friendly, soft-
spoken Smits. "I'm only thinking
of putting sonie money away,
nothing fancy."
.
Outside of the obvious money
and fame differences, Smits is just
like you and me - only taller. The
7-4
S
_
mits enjoys doing the things
that ,most college students enjoy.
Eating mass quantities of food,
.
ed the tournament Most _Yaluable
talking world of professional
Player award .. Then, like most
basketball. He remains unimpress-
.
students at Mar1st, he went out to
ed by his own fame or earning
a few
parties,
came home late and
potential.
slept in on Sunday.
"I guess I don't realize how
One major difference between
much money everyone is talking
Smits and the typical Marist stu-
dent is that he dosen't drink beer.
"I'm really not much of a
drinker," said Smits. "I like sweet
drinks like wine coolei:s or exotic
liquors."
1
Another difference between
Smits and the average Marist stu-
dent is he won't be found at Skin-
ner's. Smits said, "It's funn¥
because since I turned 21, I haven't
gone out
(to
bars). I really haven't
had the urge to."
There are a few things that dif-
ferentiate Rik Smits from everyone
else at Marist. When you're 7-4
people notice you. When you're 7-4
and a great basketball player peo-
ple really notice you. Smits handles
the attention he receives like a
What would it be
like to be normal? I
think I would be a
punk rocker or
. wild clothes
attention. ,
wear
for
about," said Smits. "I really don't
care much about the money. I
don't think money is going to make
me happy. If
I
have a home and
I'm happy, I think I'll be alright."
Maybe Rik Smits is different
from the average Marist student.
Ten pin strikes up interest
by
Don Reardon
There's a not-so-new cut throat
game in town and it's not rugby,
hockey or football.
The competitors don't wear
pads, mouthpieces or helmets. The
warriors of this game wear suede
soled shoes, a bowling ball on the
right hand -
and
fm:
8
.somc.L
veterans, a
·
Budweiser on the left.
"Intramural bowling is big
business around here," said Bob
Lynch of the Marist College Ac-
tivities Office.
The big business of intramural
ten pin is at it's pinnacle right now,
according to Steve Berezuk, presi-
dent of intramural bowling.
Berezuk says the
fall
program
houses an all-time high of
24
teams.
Each team is comprised of four
players either mixed or unmixed.
"We're in the playoffs right
.
now," he said. "This is when the
;
game
.
becomes cut
.
throat."
.
'
"Right now the top three teams
are the Rubberheads, the Jellyfish
and Strikeforce," added Berezuk.
Intramural bowling is divided in
-
to two seasons. T.he second season
resumes competition at the Hoe
Bowl Lanes in Hyde Park at the
end of January and continues un-
til the late Spring.
Berezuk is quick to acknowledge
the work Bob Lynch has done to
improve the program, but Lynch
claims the program would have
rolleQ
;int~
the<..gutter..,if
cBerezuk
didn't assume the leadership role.
According to Lynch, Berezuk
has been responsible for com-
puterizing the results and statistics
of every game as well as setting
up
the handicaps for each string.
"When I became president three
years ago the teams were really
disorganized. I computerized all
the statistics and developed a
system of handicapping so teams
that weren't very good could still
compete against the top teams in
the program; it keeps things com-
petitive," said Berezuk.
Tom Bartolo, a senior from
Nutley, N.J
.
, and captain of his
own squad says his team is not
competitive despite the arranged
handicap.
Bartolo doesn't care though.
"Hey, they serve beer to adults
at the Hoe Bowl Lanes," said the
21-year-old business major, "and
after a while you just don't care if
your losing.''
"Beer adds a new dimension to
competitive athletics .. .like bowl-
ing," Bartolo said.
,'.rl1.ough
Bartolo
.
doesn't
even
know what his highest score
.
or
average is, many do, according to
Berezuk.
Berezuk said the top two bowlers
are freshman
Mike
Tabet and Pete
Carrozza who are currently averag-
ing an impressive
165
points per
game. The all-time Marist high is
a whopping 265 points by senior
ringer Mike Carson.
Lynch and Berezuk agree in-
tramural bowling at Marist is off
and rolling, but Berezuk has a big-
ger dream.
"Eventually I'd like to form a
competitive intercollegiate bowling
club." said Berezuk. "Who
knows? Maybe some day Marist
will have an
NCAA
bowling
team."
Murphy learns his lessons at courtside
by Bill Johnson
From the foul line to the coach's
box, Tim Murphy returns to a new
role with the men's basketball team
this season.
"I
knew
I
wasn't done
with
basketball," he said. "I love the
game so much."
Murphy, a former Marist
baskethall player and a 1987
graduate with a degree in business
administration, returns to the team
this year as a graduate assistant on
the coaching staff. He describes his
r
.
:\
new role as a learning experience.
Murphy, 22, from Cromwell,
Conn., says he is learning how
'
much time goes into the behind-
.
the-scenes work of the staff. He
spends much of his time in the
recruiting process, reviewing video
tapes of prospective players. He
also helps as a coach during games
and practices.
"I didn't know
it
was so in-
tricate," Murphy said. "Right now
I'm like a naive kid and I learn
something new everyday."
Murphy remains a student, tak-
ing six credits this semester in
.
preparation for graduate study in
·
business administration or public
administration, which he hopes to
·
begin next semester.
He said he learned as a freshman
basketball player that time manage-
ment and sacrifice are necessary to
maintain his schedule -
one that
puts him on the court more than in
the classroom
Murphy's best contribution to
the team as a player -
and now as
a coaching assistant -
has been his
strong work ethic and an
understanding
.
:·
the game, accor-
ding to Men'5 Head Basketball
Coach Dave Magarity.
"He's a big part of getting the
job done," said Magarity, who
estimated that :\'.:urphy devotes
70
to 80 hours a week to the team.
"He's a tire
.
i.c~-; worker," said
Magarity.
"I
couldn't be happy with myself
unless I gave it
l 00
percent," Mur-
phy said.
The transi:'
move for
M
wants to
m:
coaching.
was a natural
i
y, who says he
1
career out of
Magarity
s ..
..
..
:
"We're giving
him an opportunity to learn about
the business. It's not as glamorous
a job as a lot of poeple have it
cracked up to be. It's much too ear-
ly in
his
career to see where he's go-
ing with it.''
Magarity also said he
will
work
with Murphy in developing his
future plans. For his pan, Murphy
keeps in mind his first priority as
a
student.
"You're here for school first,
•
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,
u
.
,
,·
-
·•
-
-
'"'"'-•··'·
,
..
...._
Senior center Rik Smits hit
5
of 7 free throws in the championship
game of the Pepsi-Marist Classic last Saturday night.
,
(Photo
by
Tom Rossini)
-.,
His time has come
by Ken Foye
As the buzzer sounded to end
last Saturday's Marist-William
Paterson hockey game, Marist
goalie Rich Haag triumphiant-
ly raised his stick aloft before
·being
'engulfed
by
his
'team-.
mates, eager to celebrate the
Red Foxes' 9-0 romp.
In the hallway leading to the
Red Foxes' dressing room,
Haag's friend Jon Urban, a
former Marist player, gave him
a hug while dozens of other peo-
ple greeted him with con-
gratulatory pats on the back.
For Haag, this was a happy
time. But it hasn't always been
that way.
Haag, a junior, was a
member of the team as a
freshman during the 1985-86
season. The Red
Foxes
were
10-6 that
season,
but in many
ways Haag wasn't a part of that
success. He played little that
season, occupying a lonely
space on the Martst bench while
Greg Whitehead filled the goal.
Last season was even worse.
Whitehead, then a junior,
returned as the Foxes' first-
string goalie. Two freshmen,
Jim Stanton and Ralph Casella,
backed him up. Haag became
the odd man out -
he was cut
from the team.
When tryouts ton:.: place this
fall, over 60 players eager to
erase memories o
f
last
year's
3-17-1
season
cam.:
out for the
team.
Not one of them
was
a
goaltender.
Marist coach John Lentz was
shell-shocked. Whitehead, now
a senior, didn't try
out.
Stanton
was declared acaci.c.nically in-
eligible. Lentz fina:iy obtained
the services of a sophomore
transfer student, Chris Daly.
But Daly was soon felled by
mononucleosis. Lentz briefly
considered making a goalie out
of junior Rob Goyda, a center.
Then Goyda, the hockey club
president, got in touch with
Rich Haag.
"Goyda told me he needed a
goalie," said Haag. "I called
Lentz, and he let me play."
So Haag dusted off his goalie
pads, put on Daly's shirt with
the number l on the back, and
skated into the goal crease to
take on Hofstra University on
Nov. 13. Some of the older
Marist
_
play
_
et:s,
_
who .
wete
..
around when Haag warmed the
bench as a freshman, might
have expected the worst.
Instead, Haag played ad-
mirably and the Foxes tied
Hofstra 4-4, ending a two-game
losing streak. Haag got his first
collegiate victory two nights
later, a 7-6 win over Seton Hall.
Daly returned for action last
weekend, but Haag, who was
supposedly just filling in, was
suddenly the Foxes' top man.
Haag played two strong periods
in Marist' s
11-1
victory over
SUNY
Maritime last Friday.
The next night, Haag gave a
large and festive pro-Marist
crowd a treat- the team's first
shutout victory in five years.
What was going on here?
How did a former second-string
goalie become an instant hit
with his team, especially after
taking a year off?
"I'm a little older, a little
wiser, and
a
little more pa-
tient," Haag explained.
Like any gracious goalie,
Haag was also quick to credit
his teammates for his success.
"I
owe it all to the team," he
said. "It was all the team."
Haag was rarely tested
against Paterson, but when he
was tested he was spectacular.
In the first period, he caught a
blistering slap shot between his
leg pads and held on for a face-
·
off. In the second, period he
stoned Paterson's Tom Cawley
cold on a breakaway, then
pounced on the puck before
Cawley could pick up the re-
bound. Both shots would have
likely eluded him lwo years ago.
The Red Foxes are
4-1-1
in
conference play. And for Haag,
this season has been fun in a
special way. considering his
time spent on
the
bench as a
freshman
.
"I
love it. 1 love the game,"
he said.
"I
get nervous, but hey,
it's pnly a game."
Tim Murphy
(Photo
bJ1 Tom Rossini)
As a walk-on player during his
first three years and a scholarship
player during his senior year, the
6-4 Murphy played guard and for-
ward on the NCAA Division One
team.
In his senior year, he played
in 13 games, started in five and
averaged
one point
per game.
basketball second," Murphy said. "--._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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16 - THE CIRCLE - December 10, 1987
What's in
.
a
-
name·'?
by David Blondin
As
the opposing tea.m's center
stands at mid-court waiting to
greet the Marist center, the fans'
chants of
"boring" quickly tum
into a loud roar that shakes the
James J. Mccann Center.
Rich Stevens, the public ad-
dress announcer, begins the in-
troduction, "At center for
Marist, a 7-3 senior from Ein-
dhoven Holland, Rik Smits!"
-Smits, in his fourth and final
season with Maiist, led his team
to two NCAA ·Tournament
bids, and has slammed his way
to bei{lg ranked ~ong the top
five cent~rs in the nation and
has picked up the nickname
"The Dunking Dutchman."
;_;,\Ybe_n, a .person enters the
public limelight. it's·_ n~t .long
before someone creates a
nickname for him, and Smits is
no exception.
In Smits' case, it was the
Poughkeepsie Journal that
dubbed him the "The Dunking
Dutchman."
Nicknames are as common in
America as apple pie, especial-
ly in sports where every high
school, college and professional
team has a nickname.
How these nicknames evolve
_is often very interesting and fun-
ny. One case is the University of
Indiana Hoosiers, mainly
because the state of Indiana is
known as the Hoosier state.
There are many explantions
for the origination of the term
Hoosier; One suggests it was a
term given.to settlers.who.were
so inquisitive they:couid·never
pass a house without pulling the
latch string and yelling "Who's
there." Thus came the term
Hoosier.
One wonders why nicknames
are so popular. Henry Long,
a 19th century writer, said "Its
a biography crowed into one
word."
Marist junior Billy Kenny's
nickname, "G.I. ", according to
members of the Marist soccer
team, describes him well.
"I got it when I was a
freshman," Kenny said. "The
seniors gave it to me because of
my short hair."
In addition to the short hair,
Kenny's hard-nosed style of
play has helped ensure that
"G.I." sticks.
Freshman ,cross country. run-
iiei:
MiJ<e :Coakley· had a similar
experience when he was
nicknamed by senior · Bill
McKenna for the way he
appeared.
"It was after one of the first
practices,'' Coakley said. ''We
ran in a hard rain, and when I
came.back my hair was soaked
and McKenna, who didn't
know my name, called me 'my
other brother Darrell'."
The name "Darrell" was
given -to Coakley because the
seniors said he reminded them
of the "my other brother Dar-
rell" character from the televi-
sion
situation
comedy
"Newhart."
"I've never seen the show,"
Coakley said, "and since the
guy is a hillbilly, I have no in-
tention of seeing it."
130-IN
IJAW
DECEMBER 26
Marist's· best-k_ept s~cret:
Equestrian team rides on
by
Stacey McDonnell
· Marist is making- a name for
itself in ·tbe horseshow area, accor-
ding to Bob Lynch, assistant direc-
tor of college activities, and
- sophomore-Ginger Mion, president
arid· captain of ·the Equestrian
· team.
Under the direction of Edward
Calabrese, the 17 member squad is
ranked first in its region in the In-
tercollegiate
Horse
Show
Association.
The first place team in each
region sends representatives to the
nationals.
Mion and Jennifer Stewart, the
individual high scorer of the team,
will compete in the regional
tournament.
The ranking is based on a point
system determined by the associa-
tion. Each team has eight point
riders whose scores accumulate for
the team.
Marist has-~ total of 121 points
through seven shows. The second
place team, Pace University, has
113.
The young team, which was
established in 1983, is disadvantag-
ed because Marist does not have a
specific equestrian curriculum.
The members range in ability
from beginner to expert. "We have
one rider who has showed · at
Madison Square Garden and· two
riders who have · never ridden
before, "said Mion.
A new dimension has been add-
ed this year
to
the team. Marist is
now competing in the Western style
competitions, along with the tradi-
tional English style riding.
Both styles are judged on control
of the horse, hands, seat and legs.
One of the differences between the
two styles -is the type of saddle
used.
Shore
shooters
Jersey Shore natives Steve Paterno ().) and
John McDonough (r.) are far from their Spring
Lake, N.J. homes, but are both at home on the
Mccann Center basketball court.
(Photos
by
Tom Rossini)
:Runners adjust to off-track life
AFEW
QUIT TIPS
by Paul Kelly
Don Reardon had just finished
running Tuesday afternoon and
was walking gingerly with a red
"Marist Running Red Foxes"
sweatshirt hanging on his thin
frame.
The sweatshirt is a paradoxical
garment for Reardon, a senior who
has been Marist's top track and
cross country athlete since 1986. He
continues to run
SS
miles per week
-
without a team.
And he isn't alone.
The cancellation of the Marist
indoor and outdoor track pro-
grams have lr;ft a group of athletes
without the routine of daily prac-
tices and weekend meets:· Some
former team members, like Rear-
don, are still running. Others are
not.
However, all are bitter.
Both track programs, which
were Division One, were canceled
late last spring during college
budget revisions, according to
Brian Colleary, Marist director of
athletics. Last spring, the outdoor
track team disbanded after every
member quit and that, said Col-
leary, indicated no interest existed
in track at Marist.
Fonner team members dispute
Colleary's claim. "The athletic-
department didn't understand that
it wasn't a lack of interest," said
senior Garry Ryan, a top 800-meter
runner last year._ "We wanted to
run. We just didn't want to run
under Steve Lurie."
.. - Lµtje's ~P.f!PY
fom.-=Y.~
r~!fP.l
~
Marist head coach ended this sum-
mer when his contract was not
renewed.
Freshman Mike Coakley chose
Marist last spring over Ithaca and
SUNY Cortland, which have track
programs, thinking Marist track
would exist this winter and spring.
According to all interviewed
run-
ners, Marist sent no direct notifica-
tion of the programs' cancellation.
"There was
a
press release sent
to the media and it was put on the
AP wire," said Colleary. "I didn't
have a team to send it to because
they all had quit."
Reardon, Ryan and junior Dave
. Blondin said they
will
compete solo
this winter. "I will win some big
races indoors and you can bet
I
won•~ wear
a
Marist jersey or even
c;:Iaim·to be affiliated
wi•"
this ,,ol-
lege:;,
said R~d~iC
'''Mif
slic:f
uld
I?"
Hide all ashtrays, matches, etc.
Lay
in
a supply of sugarless
gum, carrot sticks, etc.
Drink lots of liquids, but pass
up coffee
&
alcohol.
Tell everyone you're quitting
for the day.
When the urge to smoke hits,
, take a deep breath, hold it for
10
seconds,
&
release it
slowly.
Exercise to relieve the tension .
Try the "buddy system,'' and
ask a
friend to quit too.
OPEN MEETING CONCERIN_G
THE MAR/ST VILLAGE
Students, ~taff, faculty, and administration are invited to an
informational meeting regarding the proposed mall for
Marist College ..
Bring your questions and concerns about the mall to the
THEATER, in ·Campus Center
on
December 10th at 5:00 p.m.
Questions? Call Jeff Fetony or Jill Anderson
ext. 206
.
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