Volume 34, Number 1
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Mar/st College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
February 4, 1988
January auto accidents
claim lives -of· 2 students
by Keli A. Dougherty
and Michael Kinane
Drunk driving is believed to have
caused two unrelated automobile
accidents
in January,
which
resulted in the deaths of two Marist
students and the serious injury of
two others.
Mario Manfredi, a freshman
.from Thornwood, N.Y., died last
Saturday morning when the car he
was driving collided with a pickup
truck on Route 117 near Pleasant-
ville, N.Y. -
killing him instant-
ly, according to Lt. Mahony of the
Mount
Pleasant
Police
Department.
.
According to Mahony, Manfredi
was heading eastbound, near the
campus of Pace University, at ap-
proximately 2 a.m. when the truck
crossed from the .westl:iound lane
and"hit him headcon.
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Ario'ther.
rvtarist
student,
sophom9reMatthew Smokovich of
Middletown, N,J., was killed on
Jan. 22 when a a car travelling
southbound.on the New York State
Debating
the issue
Thruway struck the car he had been
Manfredi, who was a resident of
travelling in, parked on the side of
Sheahan Hall, was driving a friend
the road, according to New York
home when the accident occurred,
State Police.
according to Michael Seider,
Sophomores. John Alexanian
Sheahan residence director.
and Peter Sprague were taken to
"He was quiet and kept to
Good Samaritan Hospital in Suf-
himself," said Seider of Manfredi.
fern, N. Y. Sprague, of Massape-
"But he had begun to break out of
qua, N.Y., is suffering from
it."
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broken vertabrae while Alexanian,
According to Seider, some
of Middletown N .J., recently had
residents of Sheahan may not have
bone chips removed from his pelvis known Manfredi well but they are
and
.
hip, according to·. George
reflecting on what has happened
Dioguardo, residence director of
and on similar things that they have
Benoit, where Smokovich and
done in the past.
Alexaniain were roommates.
After·
being
notified
of
Sophomore John Casinelli of
Smokovich's accident, Dioguardo
East Brunswick, N.J., the driver of
assembled the Benoit residents in
the car, had exited the car, escap-
his apartment and told them what
ing injury.
had happened.
In the Manfredi accident, the
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Tom Ahrens, _ of Ledyard,
driver of the truck was charg~d
Conn.,-said his first thought was
with driving while intoxicated and
"Oh God, don't let anybody die,"
leaving the scene
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-a
fatal. acci-
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Smokovich's car was also ·charged
Smokovich very well but describ-
with driving while intoxicated, ac-
cordi_ng to· state police.
Continue·d on page 2
Debate Coach Jim Springston meets with the team to help
them prepare for its next tournament. See story
on
page 3.
(Photo by Allison Robbins)
Skiimei''s
proclaims that it's back in business after being clos-
ed over
winter
break.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
Skinner's re-opens
after suspension
by Pamela
Shewchuk
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Skinner's, the popular night spot
for Marist students located adja-
cent to the Marist campus, opened
10 days ago after being closed for
20 days for operating an illegal
casino game and serving alcohol to
minors.
.
The bar's owner Ed Beck said:
"It
was a combination of things.
The bartender let under-age kids in,
others were caught out in the park-
ing lot drinking then came the thing
with the game."
The game in question, "Joker
.
Poker/' is a portable video game.
"Sure we gave out shirts, hats and
lunch, but I never considered it
gambling," Beck said.
However,
Ann Hughes,
a
secretary at the Alcohol Beverage
Control Board, said, "Any game
in which credits are earned is con-
sidered illegal."
According to Beck, the alcohol
board is trying to separate gambl-
ing and drinking.· "That's a dou-
ble standard especially when there
are
12
OTB places around; and
some have bars in them," he said.
Without warning, eight troopers
came in, grabbed waitress Kate
Nichol, took the machine and left.
"I
hate these kind of things," said
Beck ..
Hughes said, "The procedure
was for police to obtain evidence,
set a-hearing date and present the •
outcome. In this case, the outcome
was the liquor license suspension
and a $1,000 fine."
"Originally they wanted us to
close down from Jan. 18 to Feb. 8,
but because I didn't contest the
decision, I
.
was given a few· days
less. I still think it's a pretty stiff
penalty especially for a first of-
fense," said Beck.
"I
chose the days
I
did because
I knew the students would be away,
and I knew I would be slow then.
1 lost a few of my regulars, but
overall, it hasn't been too bad," ex-
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Marist to establish journalism scholarship
by Ilse
Martin
An annual scholarship fund has
been established for communica-
tion arts majors showing excep-
tional promise in print journalism.
according to Anthonv Cernera,
vice
p;esiden t
fo~
college
advancement.
Beginning in September, the.
George D. Bernstein scholarship
will be awarded
to an up-
perclassman yearly, said Cernera,
who
worked
together
with
Poughkeepsie Journal columnist
Larry Hughes in creating the fund.
Bernstein, who died of cancer
one year ago at age 39, was the
business editor of the Poughkeep-
sie Journal. According to Cernera,
a gift of $25,000 was anonymous-
ly donated in his name for the
endowment.
A scholarship was also establish-
ed in Bernstein's name at Dutchess
Community College, where any
full or part-time student in the
business or communications ma-
jors are eligible, Hughes said in a
recent Journal column;
Cernera said Bernstein's wife
wished that a ccholarship be set up
at both schools.
"He was the kind of person
who, if you worked with him,
made you think of the importance
of what you were doing and mak-
ing sure you had it right," Hughes
said of Bernstein. "He inspired a
lot of younger reporters."
Cernera said, "Scholarship en-
dowment funds are very important
to colleges like Marist because they
help Marist students meet their tui-
tion requirements,(and also) the
college benefits."
The mechanics of the grant will
be handled through the Admissions
Office and the decision on what
student will recieve the scholarship
will be based upon the Financial
Aid Office, the faculty of the Divi-
sion of Arts and Letters and the
Admissions Office.
"The scholarship is an imponant
way that the family and friends of
Mr. Bernstein honor him and keep
his memory alive of the kind of
work he did as a journalist," said
Cernera.
In his Journal column, Hughes
said that Bernstein was a profes-
sional. "He not only }vorked at the
job of reporting news, he worked
for it," Hughes said.
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Lectures
Revolutionary Surfaces
The division of Computer Science and
Mathematics is sponsoring a lecture by
Professor
Joanne
Trimble
titled
"Geodesics on Surfaces of Revolution."
The lecture will take place tomorrow at
11
:25
a.m. in
0245.
Nikki Giovanni
The Black Student Union, College Ac-
tivities, the College Union Board and the
Hispanic Club are sponsoring a lecture by
nationally acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni
tomorrow in the Theater. The lecture
begins at 8 p.m.
Entertainment
Twistin' the Night Away
CUB is sponsoring "Twister Night"
tonight in the River Room. The games
begin at
9:30
p.m. Admission is
$1.
Accidents-
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ed him as being very nice and
.
personable.
Ahrens said that over the course
of the following week he found
himself saying "he's dead."
Stacey Tapinis
of North
Babylon, N.Y. said that she would
always remember Smokovich's
eyes and especially his smile. "He
had the most incredible smile, " she
said. Tapinis said she wanted to go
to the funeral to see his smile one
more time but she knew that it
wouldn't be the same.
According
to
Tapanis,
Smokovich loved having fun, the
music of Bruce Springsteen and
especially California.
Laura Kuczma, of Eastchester,
N.Y .,
said hearing of Smokovich's
death had "really hit home.''
Kucz.ma.·.a\so said that people .
who drive while intoxicated should
1
Jhink of the consequences first.
People shouldn't think "It can
"The King and
I"
A performance of the Rodgers and Ham-
merstein classic "The King and I" will take
place tonight at the Bardavon
1869
Opera
•
House
in
Poughkeepsie. The performance
•
begins at 8 p.m. For ticket information, call
the Bardavon at
473-2072.
Totally Toga
A Toga Dance party sponsored by CUB
is scheduled for tomorrow night in the din-
ing hall. Music for the dance will be per-
formed by the Touch. The dance begins at
9 p.m. Admission is $3 without a toga and
$2
with one.
Alumni Dance
A "mini-alumni reunion" mixer, spon-
sored by Alumni Affairs and the cl~ss of
1988,
will take place Saturday at
9:30
p.m.
You must be
21
years old to attend. Admis-
sion is $2 for seniors and $5 for alumni.
.
Foghat and the Outlaws
Saturday night, Foghat and the Outlaws
presents
will play a double bill at The Ch~nce (n
Poughkeepsie. The performance will begin
at 9 p.m. For ticket information, call The
Chance at
452-1233.
A Bewitching Movie
"Witches of Eastwick" will be shown
.
Sunday in the Theater at
7
p.m. and
9:30
p.rn. Admission for this CUB sponsored
showing is
$2.
Flea Market
More than
130
dealers will be displaying
handmade crafts, jewelry and other goods
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at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center on Sunday
beginning at
10
a.m. Admission is free.
W.W.F. Wrestling
.
At
7:30
p.m. Wednesday night, the World
Wrestling Federation will hit the stage at
the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. Included on
the card are "The Macho Man" Randy
Savage and "The Honky Tonk Man."
Tickets for this event cost
$8
and $12. For
information, call the Civic Center at
454-5800.
Just for Laughs
The search for the funniest college stu-
dent in the Hudson Valley will reach Marist
on Thursday,
Feb.
11 .•
This CUB-
sponsored event will start at
9:30
p.m. in
the River Room.
The Brandenburg Ensemble
A performance by the Brandenburg
Ensemble, conducted
by Alexander
Schneider, is scheduled for Saturday, Feb.
13,
at 8 p.m. The show will take place at
the Bardavon
1869
Opera House. For in-
formation, call the Bardavon at
473-2073.
Travel
European Vacation
The Tradewind Travel Club is now offer-
ing students the opportunity to spend a por-
tion of their summmer in Europe. For ad-
ditional information, contact your travel
agent or call the Tradewind Travel Club at
(212) 832-9072.
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as possible, said D' Allesandro.
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As for the 19-year-old drinking
age, Beck said he believes that
lawmakers pick on college-age kids
too much. He said, "they're screw-
ing. you people left and right."
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people are responsible enough to
drink. "After all, this place is
nothing more than a me.etirig
-place,"
he said.
Beck said he would love to have
dancing upstairs at the bar. "Peo-
ple would have a couple of drinks,
then dance a little.Jake a few more
sips of what
_ever'they're
drinking
and dance it off."
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like the idea of non-alcoholic nights
because his place is too small. He
said, «We used to stamp hands,
but then you have the problem of
minors
.still
getting the drinks."
He said he saw a bar in New
York City use bracelets
to
distinguish the drinkers and non-
drinkers. The only drawback, he
said, was that people could buy on-
ly one drink at a time and pitchers
wouldn't be allowed. He added,
"This
would be a way that
everyone could come in and hang
out with friends."
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Debaters gain national attention, host tourney
by BUI
Johnson
The Marist College debate team
~nis~ed the f~l semester ·ranked
SJXt_h
m_the nation by the Cross
Ex-
ammat1on Debate Association
d~wn from an earlier ranking of
thir~ place, according to James
Sprmgstol_l, director of debate. • _
Th~ penodic ranking by CEDA,
descnbed as the NCAA of college
debate, lists the top 50 of more
· th an 400 schools in the nation that
compete in debate,
The debate team, now in its third
year, hop~ to maintain a promi-
ne_nt place m the nationwide ranks
this semester. This season, the
16
!11embers
of the team hope to finish
10
the top IO in the nation and the
top three in the Northeast region
Springston said.
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"If
a school our size can achieve
that, it's just astronomical "
Springston said, "Marist finish~d
last season in 87th place."
When the second ranking of this
season came out Nov. 17, Marist
scored only behind Southern Il-
linois and Cornell. According to
the most re~en! CEDA ranking,
Southern Illino1s remains first in
the nation, followed . by Central
State in Missouri, Cornell, Kansas
State, Wheaton College in Illinois
and Marist.
This weekend, the debate team
will host its annual tournament on
the Marist campus. Approximate-
ly thirty teams from schools in-
cluding Cornell, West Point and
American University will attend
said sophomore
Mike
Buckley, th;
team's captain.
According to Springston, rank is
determined
by the ·combined
number of points earned by a
school's two best teams at each
tournament. At least two teams
participate in an average of
16
tour-
Students, colleagues
recall Dr. Kilgariff
by
Tim
Besser
If actions do indeed speak louder
than words, Dr. Gregory Kilgariff
deafened many.
Kilgariff used a unique blend of
humor and patience while teaching
economics at Marist for I 6 years -
his entire professional career.
Kilgariff died of kidney failure
resulting from juvenile diabetes on
Dec. 29. He was 41.
"His sense of humor was great,"
said John Havens, a freshman
business administration
major
from Poughkeepsie. "He was the
only person who made economics
interesting. He talked with you, not
at you."
"He was a superb educator,"
said John Kelly, chairperson of the
Division of Management Studies.
"I never saw him raise his voice in
anger. He always had something
good to say."
He once wrote, "As far as
teaching at Marist I don't. know
any better way of expressing myself
other than to simply say that I like
it here."
"He talked to us as more than
students or numbers. He cared
about us," said Susan Budney, a
freshman computer science major
from Cold Spring,
N.Y.
"I admire the pains he took
teaching," said John Griffin, an
associate professor of economics.
"He did a good job of teaching the
work, getting it across. Many
students mention that. He will be
missed by students."
Dr. Kilgariff held a bachelor's
degree from St. Joseph's _and a
master's and doctorate from the
University of Notre Dame.
Beside teaching, he served on
many committees, including -the
faculty Budget Rreview Committee
and the Rank and Tenure Commit-
tee, which handles promotions and
tenure. He served as the junior
class advisor in 1981-82.
Dr. Kilgariff was named teacher
of the year by the Class of 1980.
In
1986,
Dr. Kilgariff was acting
assistant
vice president
for
academic affairs. He also served as
director of the master's in business
administration program.
He
stopped
teaching
in
November of last year due to his
illness.
"He was a real fighter," said
Griffin. "There were some days
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felt he could have called up sick,
but he didn't do that. I wish they
would have had a cure."
Kelly said he knew Kilgariff was
sick, but did not realize it was so
serious,
though
he had his
suspicions.
According to Kelly, Kilgariff
received a dialysis machine on Dec.
28 so that he could teach this
semester. Kilgariff entered St.
Francis Hospital the next day.
"No one is indespensable, but he
is a Joss for the college," said
Griffin.
A memorial service will be held
on campus in the near future, but
plans are not yet-complete, said
Kelly.
Kilgariff, who is survived by his
wife and two sons, was buried in
St. Peter's Cemetery in the Town
of Poughkeepsie.
naments every year so each tourna-
ment can cause the rankings to
fluctuate, said Springston.
Whereas all teams are judged
together for the purposes of rank-
'' I really think our
novices are going to
win the national cham-
pionship."
Mike
Buckley, captain
ing schools, there is a distinction in
CEDA competition between varsi-
ty and novice levels. On the
16-member team, all are considered
novices except for Buckley.
The national varsity champion-
ship will be held in Colorado dur-
ing the first weekend in April while
_ the novice championship will be
held a few weeks earlier in Virginia
said Buckley.
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'' I really think our novices are
going to win the national cham-
pionship," Buckley predicted.
Three Marist novice teams that
attended
a tournament
last
weekend at Syracuse University
won first, second and third place
while beating Marist's biggest Nor-
theast region competitor, Cornell.
During the contest, two teams
each consisting of two members'
debate a single issue, or resolution'
before a judge. Each year, th;
CEDA coaches vote on one resolu-
tion that will be used at all debate
tournaments during the season.
This year's resolution is, "The
American judicial system has
overemphasized freedom of the
press."
Springston and Buckley credit
the team's success to long hours
and hard work. Last semester,
Springston scheduled four three
hour practices every week. The
team was on the road the remain-
ing three nights.
. • The long hours paid off by giv~
m~ the team a good name, Buckley
said.
Many schools are more obsess-
ed with ranking high, however and
the Marist team has experie~ced
cases of bias, which are part of
debate,
according
to
both
Springston and Buckley.
When the team travelled to
California
during
winter interces-
sion
to compete in
tournaments at
USC and
UCLA,
Springston said
one coach told him no team has a
chance
to win
if it doesn't come
from California.
"It's just something you have to
deal with," said Buckley of this
bias.
Winter comes calling
Snow blank~ts the Marist College campus after Tuesday's super
snowstorm, which caused the cancellation of Monday night classes and
classes on Tuesday until 11 a.m.
(Photos by Keli Dougherty and Alan Tener)
Waters to leave security post
by
Tim
Besser
Most people would be alarmed to open a
newspaper and see their job in the want-ad sec-
tion. Joseph Waters wasn't.
. Wa!ers _said that !he expansion of his private
mvest1g~uon . ~ract1ce to a full-time job pro-
D?P_te~
his ~ec1s!on
to leave. He began his private
c1V1l-mvest1gat1on
work after retiring from the
New York state police in 1973.
W~ters, who has been director of safety and
security for IO years, tendered his resignation
which is effective June 30, on Dec. 7.
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"Marist has been fair to me and deserved am-
ple notice," said Waters. "I want to be fair to
them. I think seven months is sufficient notice."
In addition t? his private business, Waters,
63, has been Rhmebeck town judge since 1974.
Although the job has been advertised Waters
said he has no plans to leave before june 30.
Waters has also been appointed acting justice
for the village of Rhinebeck. In this capacity,
he takes over if the village judge, an elected of-
ficial, is out of town, ill or has a conflict of
interest.
A
dinner guest?
No
way!
by Bill
Johnson
Sophomore Maureen McDonnell
of Townhouse A-7 was entertain-
ed by an unexpected dinner guest
on Saturday, Jan. 23.
"At first I thought he was so-
meone's parent, even though he did
look kind of weird," said the North
Tarrytown,
N. Y .,
resident.
A white male in his 40s,
disoriented and reeking of urine,
wandered into the townhouse and
asked if it were a restaurant, said
McDonnell.
Frightened by the intruder,
McDonnell admits she overreacted
when she ran downstairs, scream-
ing to her housemates: "Lock your
doors! There's a maniac in the
house!"
According to Joseph Waters,
director of safety and security, the
intruder is a patient at the Hudson
River Psychiatric Center.
McDonnell and her housemates
locked
themselves
into
the
downstairs bedrooms and called
security, while the man walked in-
to the downstairs bathroom.
"I didn't know what he could
have done," McDonnell said. "I
was scared."
Security received the call at 6:03
pm and reached Townhouse A-7 at
6:07 pm, Waters said. Town of
Poughkeepsie police brought the
man to the psychiatric ward of St.
Francis Hospital, where they
discovered that he had wandered
off the grounds of the Hudson
River Psychiatric Center.
Marist has had other v1S1tors
from the psychiatric center in the
past, according to Waters.
Eight years ago, a patient sat in
on a psychology class that was be-
ing held in Donnelly Hall, said •
Waters.
"We•ve never had anyone from
Hudson River down here who was
dangerous," said Waters. "The ra-
tionale is that the dangerous ones
are kept under lock and key."
A sign that now hangs inside the
front door of Townhouse A-7
reminds its residents of the in-
convenience of unexpected guests:
"Attention: Please re-lock the door
once you get in .... There was so-
meone from the psycho-ward in
here ...
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Here it is, spring semester of my
senior year and I'm still writing a
column of lists. Mom:
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again I will open my column up to
your ideas. Send suggestions to
P.O. Box 3-1198. I can't go on
your words alone, however, so if
you have a suggestion, please tell
me how I can get a hold of the
item. Got it'? Good.
1. Marist vs. St. John's,
Madison Square Garden, NYC:
First of all, the game was closer
then the score indicated (65-59),
and Rik Smits played one of the
best second halves ever. The main
point is - it was a great time. The
fans were into the game, the beers
were large (although expensive),
and we even made the Channel
7
highlight films. Three cheers for
Brian Colleary. (Now how 'bout
S.U., Brian'?)
•
2.
Love and Rockets, "Earth,
Sun, Moon:" This is a great, great
album. It's an album that is accessi•
ble to the masses, with influences
as different as The Clash, old
Beatles and James Taylor. Serious-
ly, check this one out.
3.
"Wiseguy," Channel 2, Mon-
day night 10 p.m.: I watched more
TV over this Christmas break then
in my last two semesters combin-
ed,
•
and this was one of my
favorites. The plot lines are thin,
the acting poor, but the production
is excellent and qilite nice to look
•
at. If you're in the m.ood to watch
•
a real-life comic book, this show
blows "Miami Vice" away.
4. M.A.R.R.S., "Pump up
.the
Volume;'' 12-inch single: lfyou
haven't heard this up-beat mix of
rap, Chicago house. music and
synth:POP, you obviously haven't
been.in a dance
dub
in the last
two
months.
It's
an annoying,
repetitive song, but unless you've
spent
your entire life listening to
Black Sabbath, it's gonna make
you move.
5. The Bee-Gee's,
"Jive
Talk-
ing," Saturday Night Fever sound•
track: I played this song the other
night and I was amazed by the fact
chat it didn't really seem that dated.
In fact, I soon found myself danc-
ing around my living room.
(If
you've ever seen my Jiving room
you know this is no easy thing).
6. John O'Reilly's, 26th and
Lexington, NYC: One of the bet-
ter Irish pubs I've been to in the ci-
ty (and Lord knows there's enough
of them). The pints aren't that
cheap: Guinness • $3, Harp • $2.50,
Bud • $2.25, but the place stays
open until the last person leaves.
7.
Walkmans (any brand)
cassette style: Aren't these things
great?. They can make. the com-
puter room bearable, make train
rides sane and even make you
forget how bad the man sitting nex1
to you smells. I personally enjoy
walking around smiling at people
while listening to The Dead Ken-
nedys'
"Kill, Kill, Kill
the Poor."
8.
Paul Simon's bow ties: That's
Paul Simon the presidential can-
didate, not Paul Simon the singer.
Simon is not the most dynamic
man in America, but you've got to
give him credit for wearing cool
bow ties and neat horn-rimmed
speaks. Unfortunately,
Ralph
Lauren has a better chance at the
candidacy than Simon. (Polo for
the Oval?)
9. The Might Be Giants, "Don't
Let's Start" (the video): Funny
stuff.
10. Marguerita's, Raymond
Avenue, Poughkeepsie: Check this
one out. After every home game
victory by the b-ball tearn,
Marguerita's offers all food and
drink for half price from 10 p.m.
to 12 p.m. A pretty cool deal.
Lameness: Paying to use the
Marist weight room (what the hell
is my student activities fee for?),
the plowing job on the Townhouse
parking lots, $3 cover charge at
Berties late-night happy hour.
Page 4 - THE CIRCLE- February 4, 1988
Freshmen learn the ropes of college
by Shelley Smith
They have moved back into their
..
now fam1har rooms and the
freshmen that once looked lost and
confused have learned to unders·
tand the process of add/drop, how
to party in their rooms without get·
ting caught, where the nearest fast-
food restaurants are and how to
separate lights and darks when do-
ing their laundry.
In short, they have become true
college students and last week they
were talking about their first
semester.
"Here it's like living in a
dream," said Rob Vorhees, a
19-year-
old freshman
from
Maywood, N.J. "Your parents
send you money and you don'!
have to worry about anything."
But it didn't start out as a dream
for Chris Cobb, 18, a freshman
from Simsbury, Conn. "1 got a lit-
tle homesick at first," he said.
"You learn to appreciate home so
much more;"
A good home-cooked meal
would seem to be the dream of any
college student but Cobb said he
likes the cafeteria food. "I'm
eatmg better here than I did at
home, I never had dinner at
home," said Cobb.
Stan Phelps, another freshman
agreed. "You can go at your own
time, you don't have t.o make it,
you just go and eat and you can get
out of there quick," said the
18-year-old from Shelton, Conn.
Tim Smith, 20, a freshman from
Burnt Hills, N. Y. said '• I did a lot
more work this semester than I did
in high school." Cobb disagrees,
saying he feels college is easier, "I
used to be a C and D student, now
I'm a B and C student."
The social life was another topic
lalked about by the freshmen.
"There's a lot of good events at
this school that no one gets into;''
said Phelps, who added that usual-
ly only one or two people want to
go to the events and the rest don't.
"Nobody goes because nobody
goes," said Smith, referring to the
Jack of interest in school-sponsored
activities.
The freshman dorms are dry so
no alcohol is allowed, ac~ordi~g to
..
college rules.
Partying 1s a
challenge because you gotta sneak
it in," said Cobb.
Brian Grau, 18, a freshmen from
Seldon, N.Y. added, "We don't
have wild, animal-house parties
every night."
•
"l'm sick of my friends drink·
ing cheap beer," said Vorhees and
added that he felt
·the
students
should be allowed to drink on cam-
pus, "We're all on campus, as long
as we don't have to drive anywhere
it shouldn't be a problem."
Off-campus parties are an alter-
native to the freshmen who are not
clever enough to sneak alcohol past
the entry officers and the resident
•
assistants,
but according
to
freshmen, that's not always. the
best solution.
"North Road has good parties,
but we're freshmen artd it's like you
pay three bucks and the party lasts
(Do remember to keep left!)
at most an hour and half and then
they kick you out of the house,"
said Phelps.
,
The college s academic program
also received good reviews from the
freshmen.
Many of the students interview-
ed said they liked the size of the
classes and the fact that they knew
the teachers and the teachers knew
them.
"Classes are small so that's pret•
ty cool," said Scott Marshall, 18,
of Seaford, N.Y., who added
"most of the teachers are good."
Rosanna
Cordero,
18, a
freshman from Flushing, Queens
said students should learn to ap-
preciate Marist. "People shouldn't
jump down Marist's throat so
quickly, they should give it a
chance because sometimes you
don't realize how good you've got
it.,,
Another
freshmen Jennifer
Dressel, 18, of Wharton, N.J.,
agreed. "The devil you know is
better than the devil you don't
know."
Your College
Week in Bermuda
is more than just
sun, sand and surf.
Right
from the first outrageous
"College
Bash"
at Elbow Beach,
it's a week of unrelenting
pleasure.
.
Spectacular
seaside buffet luncheons.
A calypso
and limbo festival
like none other. Smashing
dance-
til-you-drop
beach parties, featuring
Bermuda's
top
rock, steel and calypso bands. Even
a "Pany Cruise
All complimems
of the Bermuda
Dep-Jnmem
It's jogging
on quiet country roads-including
an early morning 2-k "Fun Run" from Horseshoe
Ba}~
It's
exploring
the rreasures
in
our international
shops, playing
golf on eight great courses,
and
tennis on over 100 island-wide
courts.
of Tourism.
But most of all, it's the feeling you get on a tiny,
flower-bedecked
island, separated
from everywhere
and everything
by 600 miles of sea.
Bermuda
is all of this-and much, much more.
It's touring the island on our breezy mopeds.
This year, break away with style. See your Cam-
pus Tr-Jvel
Representative
or Travel
Agent for details.
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Fashion program names
advisory board members
by Nancy Bloom
where to put emphasis.
,
students.
A new advisory board for
Marist's fashion design and mer-
chandising program will feature
representatives of some of the
fashion industry's most prominent
firms.
The advisory board members
are:
-
Etta Froio, vice president &
fashion director of Women's Wear
Daily
-
Mary McFadden, designer.
Mary McFadden, Inc.
Porcelli said the needs of the in-
dustry change every six months and
,vith this new board the department
will be on the pulse of what's
happening.
Also Porcelli said this is an in-
credible opportunity for both the
school and the students.
The creation of the board was
announced last week by Carmine
Porcelli, director of Marist 's
fashion program.
- Allen McNeary, president of
Liz Claiborn
-
Alan Grossman, vice presi-
dent & merchandising of Sak's
Fifth Avenue
"It
will give Marist recognition
and status by making the depart-
ment a viable and dynamic force in
the industry, while gi_ving the
students exposure to the right peo-
ple," Porcelli said.
Porcelli, who has been at Marist
for two years, said the board is
needed to help the program
,keep
up with the constantly changing
nature of the business.
-
Stuart Kreisler, president,
Ralph Lauren
- Nonny Moore, fashion direc-
tor of Gentlemen's Quarterly.
"The fashion industry is built on
youth. Unless we supply the youth
the industry will fall apart,"
Porcelli said. "Having these peo-
ple to help open up doors for our
students is an incredible plus for
Marist."
"The only way to be on top is to
have connections with what is hap-
pening in the fashion industry,"
Porcelli said.
Without a board to help update
the industries needs, the programs
become antiquated and wind up
having no direct involvement in the
fashion industry, according to
Porcelli.
According to Porcelli, the ad-
visory board will meet every spring
at a New York City restaurant, not
yet chosen.
"Many schools complain about
not having any changes in their
programs,"
Porcelli
said.
•~Students
can't be taught the needs
of the industry if the programs
aren't being updated."
•
Murray said he agrees with
Porcel\i's ideas of keeping Marist
on top of what's happening in the
fashion industry.
The board, along with Porcelli,
President Dennis Murray and
Academic Vice President Marc
vanderHeyden will be present.
"In general, I feel Porcelli has
done a wonderful job bringing a
spark of life to the college," Mur-
ray said. "He is an assen
to
the
department and
I
am delighted by
the many great things he has
done."
At this formal luncheon, the
board will discuss the present cur-
riculum and decide what courses
need to be updated, added and
Murray said that he will be
receptive to these ideas because he
feels the board is an important link
to the professional world for the
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Dormitory residents shocked
by extension cord regulations
by Wes Zahnke
Just hours after the new semester began two
weeks ago, the talk on campus was a housing of-
fice memorandum banning the use of extension
cords, multiple outlet strips and other potential fire
hazards in the college's dormitories. Many
underclassmen claim.the order is: unfair, not to
mention impossibl~,,t(?,f'ollo~.-:,.::.,;i.~:;
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"It's kind',6fridiciil6us;"·sa.id Rob Moore, a
sophomore pre-law major from Somers,
N. Y.
"What's even more ridiculous is spot chec)cs for
such things. I feel as if we live in a communist
state."
--
Along with the ban, students living in the dor-
mitories expect that room checks, without notice,
will follow. We took our own walk around the
dorms, to see the "cord situation" and talk to
students about the new policy.
A random check of rooms proved that virtually
all had extension cords and or multiple outlerstrips.
And students claim them to be a necessity, not a
luxury.
Two sophomores, both from Waterbury Ct.,
said they had no choice but to utilize extension
cords in their room.
•
"In my case, my roommate and I were put in
a situation where we were given a room with no
desk lights," said one of the sophomores. "One
of the desks had no outlet near it at all."
The other sophomore added, "Since the desks
are immovable, we were forced to use an extension
cord."
Some students find that one or two aren't
enough. A room on the fifth floor of Champagnat
Hall had cords draped about the room.
Some students, however, think it is possible to
manage without the extra cords, although it is an
inconvenience.
"I think that it is possible to get by without them
(cords and outlet strips), said Sean Graham; a
sophomore from Bethel, Ct~ ''Although theyv,to\ll'!'.
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"How can they expect us to come here with all
kinds of appliances and not use multiple outlets arid
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extension cords when there are so few outlets in
the room?" asked Albert "Tree" Thompson, a
sophomore from Ticonderoga, N.Y. "There just
aren't enough outlets in the rooms."
In most rooms in Champagnat Hall there are six
-
outlets, or three per person.
Safety is a concern, but several students ques-
tioned didn't think the cords were a hazard.
"I think multiple outlet strips should be legal
because they are UL listed and have their own cir-
cuit breakers," said sophomore Jay Reynolds, a
communication arts major from Simsbury, Ct.
"Due to the lack of enough outlets in the rooms.
extension -cords are a neccesity, butthey shouldn't
be overloaded."
,
Ed McOarry, a sophomore from Ansonia, Ct.,
points to the fact that the companies that manufac-
ture theses products must pass rigid government
standards to gain a UL listing.
"It's ludicrous," said McOarry. "When they
make these things the companies have to abide by
safety regulations imposed by law. Therefore they
-
have to be safe."
,
Alumni ready to gather
for weekend· mini~reUilion
by Cheryl Sobeski
Also, at 2 p.m., the Alumni
nion will bring those people who
Association Executive Board will didn't keep in contact together
•
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d • • t t
again."
Thoughts of the past - carefree
meet with co ege a m1ms ra ors,
nights on the town, frenzied
including President Dennis Mur-
"We thought a reunion would be
moments of intense studying and
ray, in the River Room.
,
fun to have," said Sveda. "I'm
special relationships - ~ill be o~
"This meeting, held twice a year,
looking forward to Saturday to see
the minds of many Manst alumm
provides the opponunity to update
what everyone's been doing."
this Saturday as they reunite for a
alumni on the developments occur-
From
5
to 7 p.m., a buffet din-
one-day mini-reunion.
ring within t~e college an~ to g_ive ner for all alumni will be held in the
Some 200 to 300 alumni from the
an overall view of what s bemg
faculty dining room.
classes of '83 through '87 are ex-
planned," said Murray:
pected to attend reunion activities
From 4 to 7 P:m· m "Lowell
At 7:30 p.m., alumni are invited
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Any Junior can win ONE FREE
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All others are eligible to win a K400 35mm Kodak camera.
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editorial
Letters
Fraternity
To the Editor:
Thirteen
brothers
founded
Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity Inc. in
1978 at Wagner College in Staten
Island;
These brothers all agreed that
men should be looked upon and
judged by their character. They
also agreed that in order to be a
successful and upstanding citizen in
today's world, a man must possess
good moral judgment.
Another reason for bringing
these brothers together was the
need for campus morale. This
organization was to be a shot in the
arm for the whole fraternal system
at Wagner College. Today the
brothers are still spreading their
spirit and ideology to campuses all
over America.
•
Sigma Phi Rho accepts three ma-
jor organizational goals: the con-
tinual building of the concepts of
lasting brotherh.,ood, fulfillment of
developing strong character and
good moral judgment and service •
to the community. Toward these
goals this organization is dedicated.
In the years to come, Sigma Phi
Rho plans to translate its original
goals, which were periodically reaf-
firmed throughout its existence, in-
to programs, projects, and ac-
tivities to protect its unique
heritage.
•
Since the organization does not
discriminate on the basis of color,
creed, religion, or place of origin,
all are welcome to attend the
meeting on Feb.
5
from 11 :25 a.m.
to 12:45 p.m. in CC248A.
Sigma Phi Rho
Black poetry
To the Editor:
periences of being a black poet and
how the Civil Rights Movement has
Nikki Giovanni, who is known
affected her poetry.
as The Princess of Black Poetry,"
The lecture will be held in the
will be the keynote speaker of the
College Theatre at 8 p.m.
Black History Month Celebration
She is an editorial consultant to
at Marist College on February
5.
Encore American and Worldwide
Ms. Giovanni, who is a writer,
News magazine as well as a colum-
journalist, recording artist and lee-
nist for that publication. Her col-
turer, will talk about her ~x-
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Continued on page
9
,.,..,_ one out. After ·every home game
victory by the b-ball team,
Marguerita's offers all food and
drink for half price from 10 p.m.
to 12 p.m. A pretty cool deal.
Lameness:
Paying to use the
Marist weight room (what the hell
is my student activities fee for?),
the plowing job on the Townhouse
parking lots, $3 cover charge at
Berties late-night happy hour.
Page 6 - THE CIRCLE - February 4, 1988
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A
back _row tale of woe
by
Don Reardon
Who sits in the back row?
Cheaters, sleepers, latecomers, in-
troverts, perverts, doodlers, don't
call on me's, Madonna wanna-
be's, haven't bathed yets arid spoil-
ed brats who drive vettes ... that's
who.
The back row of any class is the
most coveted place to dwell.
Students have been trampled,
students have fell, as they race like
hell at the sound of the bell for the
seat which will hide them oh so
well. Be this class or concert? One
can never tell.
Hidden behind his or her peers,
a new world is opened to the stu-
dent who sits in the back· row, a
world of slumber, day dreaming,
desk graffiti letter writing, nail
polishing, and for the cunning:
elaborate multi-course meals and
high· stakes card games.
The farther from the professor,
the better.
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• the bus. I thought, "Golly, im~
menseJy popular kids like Timmy
Drummy and Gail MacPherson sit
in the back row of the bus."
I would· be immensely popular
too. I would sit there.
Much to my horror Gail Mac-·
Pherson hit me
with
her rock-filled
pocketbook. Timmy Drummy pun-
ched me in my eye and then dented
my Six Million Dollar Man lun-
chbox. I was barely alive, but they
could rebuild me.
The bus driver didn't see the lun-
chbox · vandals -
we were in the
back tow. Things haven't changed.
Now the bus driver is the Marist
-College professor (figuratively, of
course).
~ince that valuable learning ex-
penence 13 years ago, I have never
sat in the back row of anything -
buses, classes, movie theaters or
prison cafeterias.
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All my professors know me by
name and they call on me
frequently.
I can't sneak time to write letters
to all my friends, and frankly I
thinkthev both couldn't care less.
. Should I decide to cut class, my
teachers, even those who don't
bother with attendance, will know
I'm missing by the lonely, empty
desk directly in front of the
podium.
My
classmates are. the first to
know
if
I haven't bathed or chang-
ed my clothing for several days as
I'm in plain view of each.
In retrospect, maybe there isn't
much merit to sitting in the front
row. Perhaps the back row dwellers
have a leg up (and eye closed) on
the rest of us.
This fixation with back row sit-
I don't know if this has been.to
Starting tomorrow, I will sit in
t/:te back row ... that is unless the im-
mensely popular Gail MacPherson
and Timmy Drummy are there
waiting for me and my Six Million
Dollar Man lunchbox.
. ting is not innate; in fact ii is learn- • · my benefit or not. I sit in the direct
ed. I learned as a third grader at the middle of the front row.
Edmund Q. Sylvester Elementary
School. The school was originally ...----------------------------.
named after its benefactor and
builder Phineos Pratt 100 years
ago, until rumors about Pratt's
alleged bisexuality surfaced. The
wise people of my town renamed
the institution • after the happily
married prin~ipal, Ed Sylvester.
Each morning I would travel to
the happily married and not bisex-
ual
Edmund
Q.
Sylvester
School. Immensely popular kids
like Timmy Drummy and Gail
MacPherson sat in the back row of
Letter policy
The Circle welcomes letters to the editors. All letters must be
typed double-spaced and have full left and right margins. Hand-.
written letters cannot be accepted.
•
The deadline for letters is noon Monday. Letters should be sent
to Ann Marie Breslin, c/o The Circle, through campus mail or
dropped off at Campus Center 168. •
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All
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number ;md address. The editors may withhold names from
publication upon request.
The Circle attempts to publish all the letters it receives, but the
-litors reserve the right to edit letters for matters of style, length,
' and taste. Short letters are preferred.
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by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
When I applied to Marist over
three years ago I had never even
heard of it.
Once enrolled
I
soon forgot how
many people outside of the campus
"bubble" have never heard of my
"small liberal arts college located
on the scenic Hudson River" (blah;
blah, blah).
My senior year took me outside
this very bubble via an internship
in New York City.
My first day at WCBS-AM was
full of introductions and hand-
shakes. The obvious question pos-
ed to me was: "Where do you go
to school?" My answer: "Marist
Collge," - met with a blank stare.
Next I'd try to at least get them in
the right state.
'.•'It's
in Poughkeep-
sie, N.Y., about an hour from
here."
Nine out of
10
times a light
would be set off in my new ac-
quaintance's head. "You have a
pretty good basketball team, don't
you?"
.
Believe it or not, that response
was very comforting. Although it
wasn't as if I had said I attended
Harvard or Yale, it still was com-
forting in some strange way to have
these people acknowledge the ac-
complishments of my small school
on the Hudson.
At this point in the conversation
I'd usually start feeling more relax-
ed and get my back up in defense
a little and add: "The school is
becoming more widely known
because of the team, but in terms
of academic standards, it is also
growing." A good plug now and
again can never hurt:
Once word got out that I was
from Marist, everyone made it a
point to mention both winning and
losing scores after every game as
well as new NCAA decisions
against the team. Before the game
against St. John's at Madison
Square Garden, the sports com-
mentators apologetically informed
me that Marist didn't stand a
chance and that they were going to
have to rip them apart in their next
broadcast.
Good or bad, the team, almost
through osmosis, helped me settle
in to my new learning atmosphere.
The Red Foxes also helped ~e
keep in touch with the campus,
which sometimes seemed to be on
a different planet. Reading the
scores in the paper, hearing them
on my station, or seeing the game
•
on cable always brought a smile to
my face.
•
I use to be one of the first to
downplay the accomplishments of
the basketball team. The players
have been criticized as being cocky
or of putting themselves above the
acadmeic requirements set by
Marist because they can dribble a
ball. As individuals these criticisms
might be justified. However, as a
team on the court, representing my
.school,
I can only be proud of their
accomplishments.
They have
helped propel Marist into the media
and into people's minds that would
have.
otherwise
associated
Poughkeepsie with the word they
missed in the fourth grade spelling
bee.
My internship introduced me to
many peoplewho could be labeled
as successful, or even
important,
such as Ed Koch, Mario Cuomo,
and Lou Carnesecca.
Both Koch and Cuomo were
very chatty about the Marist Red
Foxes. They knew more about the
•
team then I did. (This might be due
to the fact that I have only attend-
ed 2 games in my 3 years here.)
Koch started whining, as only he
can, something to the effect that
Marist is sort of the United Nations
team of the NCAA. Cuomo's com-
ment was simple and direct: "You
have a pretty good ball club up
there." When I met Carnesecca,the
coach of the St. John's team, he
didn't mention the team at all. I
seriously doubt it is because he has
never heard of Marist.
Beth-Kathleen McCauley is cur-
rently a senior communication arts
major. She has always wanted to
be taller.
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College studies
grade • appeals
by Wayne O'Brien
Appealing a grade may
·soon
become easier if a formal academic
grievance policy is adopted by the college, accordirig to Katherine Griener,
chairperson of the Student Life Committee.
•
•
The proposed policy was drawn up.-by.the Student Life Commillee
and submi1ted to the Academic Affairs Committee last semester, Greiner
said last week. The policy is currently under consideration by the Stu-
dent Academic Affairs Committee.
•
lf approved, the policy would establish a written procedure that
students who wish to appeal a grade can.follow. Though Marist faculty
currently observes an unwriuen grievance policy, not all student~ may
be aware of it.
It is the result of a survey of other colleges of comparable size to Marist,
according to Greiner. The Student Life Committee's proposed grievance
policy would appear on page 58 of the current student·handbook.
Greiner, who an assistant professor of medical technology, first
recognized the need for a formal written grievance policy in
1986.
Such
a policy was called for during the process in which the Medical Technology
Program became accredited with the American Medical Association. "\Ve
need something in writing," she said. Greiner said.
Under the new policy, students who wish to appeal a grade would first
go
10
their instructor and "talk it out," according to Assistant Academic
Vice President Linda Cool.
"Eighty-five to ninety percent of appeals begin and end at the instruc-
tor's level," Cool said. "Sometimes professors make mathematical
mistakes," she explained. "I've made them myself," Cool added.
If, after discussing the grade with the instructor, the student is still
dissatisfied, Cool said, he may present his case to the instructor's divi-
sion's
chairperson.
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overturn the instructor's grade,
according
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Cool, but may
not because such an action would violate
the instructor's "academic freedom," according to Cool. Academic
freedom includes the instructor's right and responsibility
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evaluate his
Marist Library goes high tech
students· work.
by
Tim
Besser
The division chairpersons may act if they believe that due process has
not been followed, according to Dr. John
C.
Kelly, chairperson of
Students working on research
Management Studies.
•
papers will get a big help from the
Kelly looks for cases in which an instructor strays significantly from
new Reader's Guide to Periodical
his course syllabus, or makes unannounced changes in his evaluation
Literature compact disc the library
process.
has acquired for its CDROM
"I will investigate each appeal to guarantee that the student was not
system,
according
to
Katy
discriminated against," Kelly said. Once he's certain that the student was
Silberger, a research librarian at
graded by the same criteria as every other one of the instructor's students,
Marist College.
Kcl[y says he's satisfied. Kelly estimated that he receives a half dozen
CDJ_lOM, an ac
1
ronym for com-
appeals each semester.
.
pact disc re~d o_n
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memory, us~s
The division chairperson is more likely to act as a mediator between
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a compact disc similar _to the au?10
the instructor and the student, according to Dr. George Hooper, chairper-
type to store as n_iuch mformatton
son of the Science Department.
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2,000 floppy discs. The comp~ct
"You're dea\ing with egos," Hooper exp\ained. "There
..
can be a
1
.~sc reader works ?n the same pm~-
hardening of attitudes. A third party can break down batrie'rs:"·
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If,
after meeting with the division chairperson, the student is still
hooked to an IBM PS 2 System
30
dissatisfied, he can make a final appeal
to
the academic vice president,
_coml?uter.
:
,
.
.
.
.
.
according to Cool.
•
•
With the R~ader s Gu1~e ~1sc,
The academic vice president is usually not in a direct position to pass
you have a choice of four d1ffere11t
judgement on matters of content, Cool said, and can only act if it can
search meth<>?s.
The c01_nputer
~
be proven that a student's right to due process had been violated.
•
search for articles on a smgle topic,
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or you can select up to three dif-
ferent topics and have it search for
stories that contain all three in one
article. The other two searches are
variations of these.
The disc indexes magazine ar-
ticles from January 1983 to Sept.
30 of this year. It will cost the col-
lege $1, l 00 per year, which includes
quarterly updates, according to
Silberger.
The PC is connected to a printer,
which allows people to print out a
particular article citation or to print
all the citations on a subject.
..
The library.received the program
at the end of October and then ran
it on an IBM PC-XT for a month
while they waited for the new
System
30
equipment to arrive. By
the end of November
Silberger
had
the CDROM running on the new
equipment ..
"Some kids can't really write
and this will allow them to operate
more
independently,"
said
Silberger.
Last year the college had a dif-
ferent periodical program, but the.
library did not have many of the
magazines that were referenced,
leaving students frustrated, said
Silberger. The library had a
CDROM program this past fall
that indexed businesses, but it was
later returned because of lack
of
.
use and a $3,200 pi-ice tag .
.
She said that will not be a,pro-
•
biem with this program since the
periodical room has nearly all the
publications referenced.
A librarian will be available to
answer questions on the use of the
CDROM, Silberger said.
Let's
face
it,
amigos,
any
beer
that ne~9~
~
slice
of lime to give.
it flavor
can't
be much of a beer.
Discover
Calgaiy
Amber
µiger
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imported
taste
is hearty
and robust.
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it
the next
time
you order
beer,
and hold the lime.
Calgary
Amber
Lager,
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February 4, 1988- THE CIRCLE - Page 9
WPDH 'Morning Show'
gets a rude awakening
ACROSS
1 Reward
6
Nautical: CNMI
11 Looked Intently
12 Tried
14 Teutonic deity
15 Goddess of
discord
36 Refrain from
39 Prying device
42Aafaras
43 Plntall ducks
45Wllhered
46 Twitching
48 Remain erect
SO
Fall behind
51 Winglike
.53Haiwsl
The
Weekly
Crossword
Puzzle
by
Mary Stricker
For the past two weeks, radio
has been the topic of conversation
in the Mid-Hudson Valley. The
"Morning Show" is out and "The
Big Breakfast" is in.
Stew Schantz, who had been
program director and co-host of
the
"Morning
Show"
on
Poughkeepsie's popular WPDH-
FM, was fired by Mike Harris, the
station's vice president and general
manager, on Jan. 17.
John Steffanci, the producer and
co-host of the show, was inform-
ed that he would no longer be
working on the morning show, but
he would continue his Talkback'
show on WEOK - WPDH's sister
station.
The "Morning Show" was the
area's top-rated program in its time
slot when it was axed.
"I
had no indication at all that
there was going to be a major
change like this and that I would
be out," said Schantz, who taught
last year as an adjunct professor at
Marist. "There's a rumor going
around that I was fired because 1
didn't show up for work on Mon-
day - I was fired Sunday night."
Schantz said that he and Steffan-
ci were shocked at the news and
surprised that Harris hired out-
siders to replace them.
•
"They hoodwinked me," said
Schantz. "They did the interviews
outside the station and probably a
lot while I was gone on vacation."
Many sympathetic callers have
contacted Schantz, and Harris has
been flooded with callers asking for
the reason for the change. Harris
has refused to comment on the
changes.
"l really think it was a mistake,
unless there is some incident I don't
know about," said Schantz, 31. "1
think they felt the station was
coasting and they wanted to shake
it up, make it different and
hopefully make it better."
The new morning show debuted
Friday.
Bob Brown and Jeff Curtis, who
run the show have been likened to
"shock radio" disc jockey Howard
Stern of K-Rock in New York Ci-
Students to visit USSR
by
Maureen McGuinness
A group of more than 40 Marist
students and area residents will
tour the Soviet Union during spring
break this semester.
Leading the trip will be Dr.
Casimir Norkeliunas, professor of
German and Russian.
The group will visit several cities,
including Moscow and Lenigrad.
Those going on the tour have the
option of enrolling for credit in the
course "The Soviet Union Today."
Center------
Continued from page 8
ren, N.J.
Last semester Falsinelli said she
saw one of the students she tutored
improve from a D on her first
paper to an A on her last.
The Learning Center also gives
academically talented students a
chance to offer their skills through
tutoring, Toscano said.
"Working at the center gives me
a good opportunity to learn while
helping others," said Eric Wilson,
a senior who has been with the
center for three years.
The Learning Center is not just
for students who are in academic
trouble but for
all
students wanting
to improve academically, said
Carpenter.
"It's there for all students,"
Falsinelli said. "Not to take advan-
tage of it is stupid."
Letters--
continued from page
6
umn, "One Woman's Voice" is
syndicated by the Anderson-
Moberg Syndicate of the New York
Times.
Some of her books include Black
Feeling Black Talk: Black Judge-
ment, Night Comes Softly, The
Women and the Men, and My
House.
Ms. Giovanni, a graduate of FlSk
University, has received honorary
doctorates
from Wilberforce
University,
University
of
Maryland, Ripon University and
Smith College.
There will be free admission for
all students, and
$3.00
for the
general public.
We ask
that you en-
courage your students to attend.
We are sure that it will be an educa-
tional experience for
all.
Black Student
Union
Spanish Club
College Union Board
The students will spend one hour
a day listening to Norkeliunas
lecture.
The trip is open to anyone, but
Norkeliunas has a preference for
Russian minors, students current-
ly enrolled in his classes or those
who took his courses earlier.
•
The trip will be from March
10
to
21 and will cost $1,213, not
including tuition. More informa-
tion is available from Norkeliunas,
Fontaine 209. • • •
• •
•
ty. Another newcomer, jeff Left,
was hired as program director.
"John and I had an invisible line
we wouldn't cross and I think that
the management wanted us to cross
it more often," said Schantz. "l
think that's why they brought these
people in."
Schantz, as WPDH's program .
director for four years, led the
50,000-watt radio station at 101.5
on the FM dial to become the
highest-ranked station in the region
by Arbitron.
Schantz has recently been hired
as music director and afternoon
disc jockey
for WSPK,
a
50,000-watt radio station at 104. 7
FM that competes with WPDH in
the ratings.
Schantz's afternoon disc jockey
responsibilities have forced him to
leave his job teaching at Marist but
he hopes to resume teaching this
fall. He taught "Broadcasting" at
Marist for two semesters.
Other stations offered Schantz a
job but he chose WSPK because he
wanted to stay in the area and stick
with a large station, he said.
"What it comes down to is
50,000 watts or 3,000 watts," said
17
ShNt
or
glass
18Snake
20Aquatlc
mammal
23
Dry
measure:
abbr.
24Spaee
26Rescued
28
Compass point
29 Look pryingly
31 Rumors
33 Fat of swine
35 Nerve network
55 A continent:
abbr.
56 Retreat·
59 Glossy paint
61 Cook
In oven
62 Happen again
DOWN
1
Individual
2Concemlng
3Anger
4Clpher
5 Redacts
6 Busy with
7 Brother of Odin
8Vlper
9 Antlered animal
10 Occupant
11 Fruit: pl.
13 Erases: printing
16 Asterisk
19 Bodies of water
21 Without end
22 Repulse
25
Protective
ditches
27 Lavishes fon-
dess on
30 English baby
carriages
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34 Food program
36 Essence
37 Cistern
38 Approach
40 Rubber on
pencil
41 Royal
44Scolf
47 Roman
statesman
49 European
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52 Inlet
54 Moccasin
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57 Rupees: abbr.
58 Lalin
conjunction
60 Greek letter
Schantz.
cOUEGE
PRESS
SERVICE
Schantz plans to get
WSPK
more __________________________
_,
involved with promotions and
Puzzle answers next week
community events and began Fri-
day by travelling to malls in the
J\.Tew
cz·rcle edz·tor
named
area in the
WSPK
"Urban Assualt
1
'I
j
Vehicle" handing out prizes to peo-
ple as they recited the slogan "I'm
sticking with Stew on Kl04."
Although it seems that Schantz
has jumped right back on the band-
wagon, the shock and disappoint-
ment linger on, he said.
"Sometimes I didn't sleep nights
because I was so excited about the
show the next day," said Schantz.
"That's how much I was into it and
that's .,probablY .. what
.hurt~
.. the.
most."
•
•
Annie Breslin, a senior from Staten Island, has been named the new
editor of The Circle.
Breslin,
a
communication arts major, served last semester as sports
editor. She replaces Len Johnson, a senior from LaGrangeville,
N.Y.
Taking over as sports editor will be Chris Barry, a senior from
Ronkonkoma, N. Y.
Other members of The Circle editorial staff are: Mike Kinane, senior
editor, a junior from Miami, Fla.; Keli Dougherty, news editor, a senior
from Waldwick, N .J.; Beth-Kathleen McCauley, associate editor, a senio1
from Cos Cob, Conn.; and Tim Besser, associate editor, a junior from
. Coldel).ham,
N.Y.
The photography editor is
Aian
Terier, ·a junior from Queens~
with your Yearbook
The 1988 Yearbook is
on sale NOW at the
Campus Center. Breezeway
Information Desk
Monday-Friday 2 pm-6 pm
Saturday 10 am-4 pm
Sunday 1 pm-5 pm
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Page 10 - THE CIRCLE - February 4, 1988
of
sound
mind
Rock 'n' roll
Roth style
David Lee Roth is an enigma
whose propensity for surprise is
almost boundless. Roth is to my
mind a formidable manifestation
of precisely why we find "the ar-
tiste" in the music industry so
magnetic and flock like lemmings
in order to gain a slightly better
glimpse at the turmoil beneath the
creative surface.
Roth is a complex
..
character.
He's not the only one in hard rock
circles with such a trait, but he is
unique in one respect. While all
other rockers with even the slightest
bit of intelligence try to hide this
factor of their personality, Dave
wears it proudly. Herc is a man
with a ready quote on his lips and
a total belief in the validity of what
he's doing.
.
When Van Halen split up a few
years back, it was Dave who took
the essence of the band's con-
siderable success with him. While
Edward Van Halen might have
built a reputation as a guitar hero
par excellence and also wrote a
bulk of the music, Roth was the
man who brought the band kick-
ing and screaming
into the
limelight.
Presents the
s-t
s-tUO ·
•
1st PRIZE -
·$100
Plus Prizes for all performers
ROLES:
• Stand-up routine
to
be approximately 3 minutes
• Contest open to
all
fuU-time coJJege
students
• To enter,
call the reserv./info. number,
4 71-5002,
mention the contest, and leave your name and
phone number
• Bananas will contact you
February 11, 1988
Much has happened smce Dave
and his band left the road after
2 Winners will advance to BANANA S COMEDY CLUB
supporting their debut Eat ,Em and
•
•
•
•
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Smilealbum.Justhowmuchisevi-
in Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.,
to go into competition against the
dent on the second DLR platter,
Skyscraper, just released on the
Culinary Institute of Ameria, Vassar College, and
.SUNY
New Paltz
Warner Brothers labe\. The four-
some of Roth, guitarist Steve Vai,
To make us laugh s1·g·n
up 1·n the
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'Em and Smile is still featured on
Skyscraper augmented by keyboar-
dist Bret Tuggle who played with
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Dave on the last tour, but Sheehan ,.
..olllll
has since departed the bail~ to
·be
replaced by Matt Bissonette,
brother of Greg.
Skyscraper is a co-production in-
volving Dave himself and Vai. It
took eight months to piece together
and, as with everything
.the
main
man does, was put in place with
painstaking attention to detail. For
instance, all sound quality decisions
.
were made by· what• Roth calls
"The Committee·." He himself
rigged up a special sound system
consisting of a ghetto-blaster, a
walkman and various other street
level listening devices, enabling him
to not only hear how the
·
album
would sound on the superb quali-
ty studio equipment, but also on
the regular type of equipment own-
ed by most fans, the people who
will ultimately decide if the album
will be a monster seller.
Skyscraper is without a doubt
the best Ip to harness the Roth
name. Cuts like "Knucklebones,"
,
"Damn Good Times," "Hot Dog
And a Shake," the album's first
single "Just Li~e Paradise," as well
as
the title cut itself work on a very
superficial level, yet also
.have
in-
credible depth of sound and perfor-
mance.
The beauty of Skyscraper lies in
the fact that there's
an
emphatic
sense of timing. Everything you
might expect in
a
particular song
arrangement is
there
but Roth will
delay its introduction just a frac-
tion, which means that you'll relax
upon realization that what you ex-
pected now won't occur, im-
measureably increasing the impact.
It's an old trick, used by Alfred
Hitchcock among others, and one
that opens up Dave's sense of
perversity. But then perversity is a
natural by-product of genius.
David Lee Roth is entertain-
ment. And David
Lee
Roth is rock
'n'
roll.
Come
:Laugh
and,
Cry
With Us in '88.!
*Harvey (Spring. Comedy)
*Willie· Wonka (Children's. Theatre)
*Private· Lives (Dinner Theatre)
*Festival 1988 (Experimental Theatre)
MCCTA General Membership Meeting
Thursday, Feb. 4
9:30 Campus Center
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thursday
morning
quarterback
Fake fans
always pick
the winners
by
Chris
Barry
It
was Superbowl Sunday. Kick-
off was less than one hour away.
I was pulling for the Redskins ..,...
if for no other reason than I was
just rooting against John Elway, he
with large teeth and an even larger
paycheck -
but like most people
I thought Elway and the Broncos
would win.
But none~f that mattered to me.
I just wanted to see a good game.
I wanted it to be an exciting game.
I was at a Superbowl party. I was
relaxed. The Jets weren't in it.
They couldn't give me any ulcers.
I didn't care which team won.
Then they walked in.
He was a geek, she was fat and
their kid was uglier than my sister's
Rottweiller.
As fate would have it, they sat
right next to me.
The geek was wearing a Giants
hat, a Twins t-shirt and L.A.
Lakers sweatpants. His rai wife
had on a Montreal Canadians
jersey (or was that a tent): I
couldn't tell what the ugly kid was
wearing because I couldn't stomach
looking at him for any significant
length of time.
They were a classic bandwagon
family. Instant fans - just add a
championship. They knew ab-
solutely nothing about sports ex-
cept how to root for a winning
team.
, Inevitably-I talked to the geek.
After all, he was sitting next to me.
I just hoped he wouldn't talk
sports .
. I tried bringing up Paul Simon's
bowties. Didn't work. I tried to·
argue with him about how many
languages the IBM code of ethics
was printed in. No go. The conver-
sations always crune back to sports.
By now the game was more than
five minutes old and Denver
already had a 10-point lead. Just as
I expected these clowns were just
about ready to move to Colorado .
. "Boy, that John Allway, he's
something else;'' the geek said.
"Nobody- can make points like
him," his fat wife added.
Biting my tongue I sat there, .
tried to ignore them and concen-
trated on the game.
As
if
they were on a schedule,
their allegiance shifted to the Red-
skins as soon
as
the score chang-
ed. '"Dave Williams is the best,"
the ugly kid said. "I knew Allway
would fold," said the geek.
Much to the dismay of everyone
else at the party, I spent all of
halftime in the bathroom. Just so
I didn't have to listen to'them.
~
Unfortunately for me, the third
quarter was quiet. The geek started
yapping about everything from.
how great Mike Tyson was to how
he knew the Twins· would win all
year.
Suddenly the fat
wife
emerged
from the bathroom. "Did Dave
Williams catch another touchdown
run yet?," she asked.
I snapped. I just couldn't take
them anymore.
•
I yelled in her face: "It's Doug
Williams and he's a quarterback.
He throws the ball, he doesn't
catch it you blimp."
Then I turned to the geek. "And
you," I said. "First of all, Tyson
beat Holmes not Ali. It's Magic
Johnson' not Magic. Bird. And
• another
thing.
Your wife's fat,
your kid's ugly and you're a geek."
Next year I'm going to go to the
Garden-and watch the game up in
the blues with some die-hard
Ranger fans.
February 4, 1988- THE CIRCLE - Page 11
Pennsylvania trip propels me~'s hoop squad into first
by
David Blondin
The Marist College men's
basketball team concluded the first
half of its conference schedule last
weekend, with-road victories over
St. Francis (PA), 85-64;anq Robert
Morris, 71-59, improving its record
to 7-1 in the ECAC Metro Con--
ference and 11-6 overall.
The Red Fo~es took sole posses-
sion of first place in the conference,
just percentage points ahead of
Fairleigh Dickinson University
(6-1, 13-4), the only ECAC Metro
team to have beaten Marist this
season.
Rik Smits led Marist with a
game-high 24 points and 7 re-
bounds against Robert Morris
Saturday. Drafton Davis had 8
points and a game-high 6 assists
and Rudy Bourgarel added 10
points.
Thursday night Smits led Marist
with a game-high 27 points while
Joey O'Connor added 15 points -
all from 3-point range to set a new
school record.
Marist recorded its first-ever vic-
tory over Fairfield University with
a 74-67 win. Smits led the team in
scoring with 31 points and Davis
added clutch foul shots late in the
second half. Bourgarel also con-
tributed 12 points for the Red
Foxes.·
vidence College.
Missed
free
throws and poor shooting down the
stretch plagued Marist as Pro-
• vidence prevailed 70-59. Once
again SmitsJed Marist, scoring
25
:points, pulling down 1~ rebounds
and blocking 3 shots as the Red
Foxes' record fell to 4-4.
• The Re_d
Foxes pfayed.~heir first
conference game, !it home against
St. Francis (NY) ,and came away
with a shaky 52-48 win. The Ter-
riers' Darwin Purdie led all scorers
with 22 points and Smits and
O'Connor each had 12 for Marist.
The 12 points were a career-high
for O'Connor and a season-low for
Smits.
Three days later Marist found
themselves in a good news-bad
news situation. The good news
was the Red Foxes' 97-66 trounc-
ing of Long Island University. The
bad news was the denial of an ap-
peal of NCAA sanctions against
the Marist basketball program.
At Wagner, Bobby Reasbeck
scored 12 second-half points and
Smits set a new school record by
hitting 21 of 22 free throws as the
Red Foxes beat the Seahawks
76-73.
Fairleigh Dickinson University
handed Marist its first conference
loss of the season, 62-61 in over-
time. Smits scored 21 points before
fouling out and Bourgarel added
15.
Over 20 NBA scouts showed up
at the Palestra in Philadelnhia
to
see All-American candidates Smits
and guard Michael Anderson of
Drexel. Both played well as Ander-
son outscored Smits 29-27 and
Drexel beat the Red Foxes 76-67.
.
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Junior center Rudy Bougarel dunks
with
authority in a game
against Long Island University.
(Photo by Tom Rossini)
..
Marist then played St. John's
University in the first round of the
ECAC
Holiday
Festival
at
Madison Square Garden. Smits got
into early foul . trouble and the
Redmen took a IO-point halftime
lead. However the "Dunking Dut-
chman" would dominate in the se-
cond half, scoring all of his 24
points. Despite Smits' effort Marist
fell to St. John's 65-59.
Against Monmouth College, the
w
Continued from page 12
Red Foxes let a first-half 17-point
Qffiefl----------------
lead slip away and were forced in-
In the consolation game the
Tigers of Memphis State Universi-
ty held
Smits
to just 14 points and
came away with a convincing 75-57
win. Dwight Boyd led all scorers
-with 24 points for Memph!,s_
State.
The
Red Fo'lles' next foe was last
year's Final Four participant Pro-
to overtime but Marist prevailed 3-point range that didn't fall.
67-66 as Smits scored the final two
"We were hoping for a foul, but
of his 33 points with only seven it just didn't happen," Babineau
seconds remaining.
said.
"It
was a game that I thought
In the ~nal g~e
before the we'd win. That's the first time St.
_ ~ennslyvarua road
tr_ip,
R~bec~'s
Francis
has
beaten us."
18
points led Marist over Loyola -
(MD), 76-57.
Babineau said the referees Jet the
game get too physical. Twenty
• fouls were called against Marist
while only
11
were against St.
Francis.
"The refs seemed to swallow
their whistles and the breaks just
seemed
to
go their way,"
Babineau
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1988
Red Foxes· suffer toughest .loss of season
by Dan Pietrafesa
The anticipated offensive explo-
sion by Rik Smits and Tito Hor-
The bottom fell out on the
·
ford never developed.
Each
Marist men's basketball team Mon-
defended· the other like, a road
day night at Madison Square block. Horfo,rd finished S-for..-11
Garden.
.
from the field for a· total of 10
The Red Foxes blew a 13-point points while Smits shot a dismal
lead in the final ten minutes of 7-for-22 for a total of 19 p9ints.
regulation en route to a 79-76 over-
"I
should have stayed with my
time loss to the University of shot," said Smits. "I've seen him
Miami.
play on tape, and he was blocking
Saturday night Marist will host many shots. I changed· my shot."
Wagner at 7:30 p.m. The Red
Foxes beat the Seahawks, 76-73, in·
,their
first meeting this season.
Monday's battle with Miami was
a game where the unexpected haps
-
pened and new heroes were made;
"He's got to work on his game,"
said, Harford of Smits, "but he's
gonna be a great one."
"He's going to drill you if he has
the ball in the low PoSt," Hurricane
head coach Bill ·Foster said; "I
don't care who's covering him."
Miami played the entire overtime
period without their centers, Mark
Richardson and Horford who both
fouled out in the final minute of
regulation time.
B-ball summary:
page
tt
A
·new
hero emerged for· each
team. Rudy Bourgarel impressed
Miami -
and most of the 8,635
people in attendance - with his 22
points including two clutch free-
throws late in regulation to lead
Marist: For the Hurricanes, Joel
Warren, who entered the game
llveraging 2.3 points and 1.3 re-
bounds per game, did the same by
finishing with 16 points and eight
rebounds. Warren
.
was 4-for-4
from three-point range and 4-for-4
from the foul line.
It was a Hurricane pressure
defense and missed free throws by
Marist down the stretch that made
the difference. The Red Foxes turn-
ed. the ball over twice in th.e final
minute of regulation enabling the
Hurricanes to tie the game.
In the overtime, free throws
spelled defeat. Marist shot l-for-5
(ll-for-24 in the game), while
Miami connected on their final
eight, 8-for-9 in the period
(18-for-22 in the game).
"We've been shooting free
throws exceptionally well, then we
have a horrendous night," said
Marist head coach Dave Magc!fitY.
Smits and Horford will get one
more shot at each other when
Marist travels to Miami to play the
Hurricanes on Thursday, February
18.
Women. swimmers still tops
.
after Fairfield
by Kristine Manning
The Marist women's swimming
team remains undefeated
•
after
beating Fairfield University 82-S8
last Tuesday, Jan. 26.
This Friday, the lady swimmers
take on St. Francis,
N.Y.
·
"It
will
be a more relaxed meet,"
said Head Coach Doug Backlund.
"Some of the swimmers will be
swimming different events than
usual in order to qualify them for
the Conference Championships,
but we should have no problem
winning the meet."
Another win will bring the 5-0
Lady Red Foxes into the number
one seat in the Metropolitan Con-
ference as they head for the cham-
pionships, Feb. 12-14, at Trenton
State College, Trenton, N.J.
Freshman Kindra Predmore led
the women with three first-place
finishes against Fairfield in the
200-yd fly, JOO-fly and the
200-indidual medley. Predmore
was also a member of the winning
200-medly relay.
Junior Lisa Burgbacher took the
diving away by winning both the 1
and 3-meter board events.
"It
was a big win," said
Backlund. "l knew they were our
toughest competitor. But the girls
all swam their
·best
-
and that is
all you can ask for."
In a meet on January 13, Marist
sunk RPI 12S-87.
Predmore broke a school record
in the 1,000-freestyle in a time of
10:49.16. In the first 500 yards of
that swim, she also broke the
school record for the 500 free. This
swim qualified her for the Eastern
Women's
Swimming League,
which ranks her among the Ivy
League schools. Burgbacher also
qualified for the EWSL's in the
3-meter diving, with a score of
262.4.
Co/teary shoulders
a new burden now
by Annie Breslin
Brian Colleary sits in his office
discussing the appeal of
NCAA
penalties handed down against
Marist's basketball program for
probably the one-hundreth time
.
this week. The questions are too
familiar - he's answered them all
before. He reaches down irito a
corner of the room and struggles to
lift a brown. duffle bag jammed
with
papers,
binders
and
notebooks. The weight of it ap-
pears incredible.
•
"This is my
NCAA
file," Col-
leary says, offering the bag, "I car-
ried this thing all the way to
Nashville."
Colleary, director of athletics,
found the· "file" to be quite
burdensome in recent months - a
lot of weight on his shoulders.
Now that burden has been lifted.
Another one replaces it.
After a three-year bout \'fith the
NCAA, Colleary found himself
behind a microphone looking up at
22 NCAA Council members in a
courtroom-like forum in Nashville,
Tenn. By the time the sun set on
Jan. 8, Marist was still facing the
original penalties set by the NCAA
Infractions
Committee
in
September, 1987.
The Red Foxes were still pro-
hibited from participating in in
postseason play until the
1989-1990
season stemming from recruiting
violations and unethical conduct by
former basketball officials in 1984
and 1985.
During the appeal, Colleary and
Marist attorney Paul Sullivan ad-
dressed the council first. Infrac-
tions Committee Representative
Frank Remington responded to the
testimony and Colleary refuted
again. Each side had 20 minutes to
state its case and additional ques-
tioning followed.
"You had to get dirty, profes-
sionally," Colleary said. "Very
astutely and professionally I had to
call them-liars and cheaters."
Colleary cited inconsistancies.
and NCAA errors in the case; in-
cluding documents misplaced by
NCAA officials and inaccurate ad-
vice given to college officials. He
stressed Marist's cooperation-with
the
NCAA
investigation
and
Marist's self-disclosure of the
violations.
"I told them that airof our viola-
tions resulted in $877 which Marist
had to pay," Colleary said, "lwas
very sincere, very emotional,
honest."
Though it would have been the
first time·in nine years an NCAA
decision had been· overruled, Col-
leary and Sullivan walked away
from the forum optimistic.
Rumors of a ·modified penalty
fueled the optimism and Colleary
•
returned to his hotel room hopeful.
"I walked out and·I don't think
there.is another thing I could have
said. The odds were 10,000-1, but
we owed it to everyone involved to
go down and appeal'it," Colleary
said;
Entering his third year at Marist,
Colleary finds himself back where
he started in 1985 - trying to build
a reputable program.
"We've all strived for excellence
to make this what I've dreamed
about," said Colleary, "something
like this happens and you have to
start all over again."
Colleary is burdened by more
than just penalties. The stigma of
dishonesty continues to harm
Marist's reputation. Marist's ap-
pearance in two
NCAA
tour-
naments created a big-school im-
age, one which is easilly scorned
and more harshly judged.
"The toughest part is getting
people to believe you," Colleary
said.
. The undefeated Marist women's swim team poses with its
1987 Stony Brook Defender's Cup.
Karen Schreck took three per-
sonal wins in the 200-free, 200-
breaststroke,
and
in
the
200-individual medley
Personal bests were swam by
Mary Dolan and Jackie O'Brien in
the 500-free, and Dana Davis in the
200-breaststroke.
The best finish the Lady Red
Foxes ever had at the Metropolitan
Conference Championships was se-
cond in their Eastern Conference.
This year, Backlund said he hopes
not only to win in the Eatern Con-
ference, but to place first overall.
"I have two
•
goals,"
said
Backlund. "The first and most
important- is that 100 percent of
my swimmers swim their lifetime
best times. And second, that we
will win the overall conference
championship."
•
Lady cagers lose twice in conj erence·
by Joe Madden
bounds to lead Marist.
St. Francis 70, Marist 66
.
Poor shooting and turnovers
The following day, Babineau
plagued the Lady Red Foxes last and his Lady Red Foxes·went up
weekend as they fell to ECAC against St. Francis, Pa., on their
Metro Conference foes Robert • tough weekend trip. Although
Morris 63-40 and St. Francis, Pa., Marist shot much better from the
7~66.
•
field and the charity stripe than
The road ahead. doesn't look againstMorris, it was still plagued
much brighter for the 5-12 Lady by
a
game-high 26 turnovers as it
Red Foxes, who tip-off against the dropped a tough 4-point decision
top two ECA€ clubs this week. to the Red Flash.
Marist will host undefeated Mon-
Danielle Galarneau and Jackie
mouth Thursday and second-piace O'Neil led Marist with 15 points
Wagner Saturday:Maristis current- each. Tammy Cherry led St. Fran-
ly 2-6 in ECAC match-ups.
.
cis with 18;
Robert Morris 63, Marist 40
"It
was an up and down game
Against. Robert Morris Last all the way. We'd go up by a few
Saturday, Marist shot an abysmal
.
points and then they'd do the
15 for 56 from the field and turn-
same," Babineau said. "But our
ed the ball over 21 times.
main problem right now seems to
"The shots were there but they be turning the ball over; we're just
just weren't falling," said Head not taking care of the ball the way
Coach Ken-Babineau.
•
we should."
The Lady Red Foxes shot just 30
St. Francis grabbed the lead for
percent from the field in the first
,,.
half, hitting just 9 of 30 attempts
while the Lady Colonials connected
on 14 of 33 attempts, amassing a
35-19 lead before the first half
ended.
-
"We just dug ourselves too deep
.a hole in thai first·half," Babineau-
said. "We tried every combination
hoping that someone would get
hot, but it didn't happen."
Marist didn't have a single player
in double figures. Maureen Dowe
led the team with just 9 points.
"You know you're in trouble if
your leading scorer for the game
has just nine points," Babineau
said. "It's hard to win games that
way."
The Lady Red Foxes, who have
averaged about 67 percent from the
free throw line this year,.shot only
4S
percent (9-20) for the game.
"Those free throws really hurt
us," Babineau said.
Robert Morris was led by Deb-
bie Sutterlin with 17 points and
Kathy Frederick chipped in 14 for
the Lady Colonials.
Jackie O'Neil snatched eight re-
Taking
a
dive
good with Cherry's
3-point
desperation shot from beyond half-
court, which banked in at the
buzzer, leaving Marist down 41-38.
The buzzer shot seemed to take
a little of the wind out of the Lady
Red
Foxes as St. Francis upped its
lead to 9 as the second half began,
and led by• 11 with only 2:53
remaining.
It was then that Marist nearly
pulled off some real late-second
heroics. Galarneau scored 6 points
and Sue Blazejewski added 4 as the
Babineau's quintet outscored the
Flash 10-2 in the closing minutes to
cut the lead to 4.
"We decided to pressure the ball
and they turned it over, allowing us
to get back in the game," Babineau
said.
The comeback set the stage for
Michelle Michel's shot from
Continued on page 11
Diver Paul Baressie cuts
through the air at the McCann
Center pool.
(Photo by David Barrett)
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