Volume 34, Number 12
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
February 11, 1988
Trustees give go-ahead to new building plans
by Cheryl Sobeski
College administrators received
the
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go-ahead to further plan the
construction of a new dormitory
and a classroom building, Presi-
dent Dennis Murray said after last
Saturday's
board of trustees
meeting.
A new dorm, costing between
$3.5 million and
$4.S
million, was
proposed with completion an-
ticipated. for fall 1989, while the
classroom facility, expected to cost
between
$5
million and $6 million,
was proposed with completion an-
ticipated within the next four years.
The specifics as to exterior and
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interior design, location, and exact
cost are not known at this time but
the details are expected to be work-
ed out within the next two months.
The board of trustees executive
committee meets in March to
discuss the feasibility of the
proposals.
"I think the board realizes there
is a real need for more student
housing on campus," said Gerard
Cox, dean of student affairs.
"They are enthusiastic and want to
build. Now it's just a matter of see-
ing
if
it's possible and working with
the financial and design details."
The new dorm is expected to
house 300 to 400 students. Cham-
pagnat Hall, Marist's largest dor-
mitory,
accommodates
472
residents.
Currently, 218 students are hous-
ed five miles off-campus in a por-
tion of the privately-owned Canter-
bury Apartments. A new dorm will
to eliminate the use of this hous-
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ing arrangement, said Murray.
Cox anticipates the need for 300
students to be placed in the Canter-
bury Apartments in September
1988.
The new dorm is being planned
for the south end of campus and
will be utilized by freshmen or
sophomores. The idea of two-
bedroom suites with a joint living
room in each is being discussed,
said Cox.
The north end of campus would
Board puts off action
on Marist Village plan
by Bill
Johnson
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The board of trustees postpon-
ed a decision on the Marist Village
Saturday,
with financial
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rangements between the college and
the mall developers being the big-
gest unresolved issue, according to
President Dennis Murray.
"I don't anticipate that there will
be any resolution until the next
board meeting
at
the earliest, which
will be in March," said Murray of
the on-going negotiations with
Finnco Development Corp.
include a bookstore, a restaurant
Murray, who spoke more con-
.
and a laundry facility.
fidently last fall about the swifC-
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·The'primary-consideration
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development of the
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on-campus
ing the board of tn.istees in Satur-
shopping mall, now cautiously
day's meeting,-according to Mur-
describes the nature of this project
ray, was the financial arrangement
as "exploratory,"
although he
concerning the land around the gas
maintains the college will not spend station, which Finnco owns, and
its own money to build the mall.
leases Marist has on the property.
If approved, the Village ·will be
Other unresolved issues are the
constructed on the North End of
Village's interaction with the main
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campus where a gas station and a/ campus, the types of businesses
bank now stand. Possible tenants
that would open in the mall and its
for the Village, while not definite,
aesthetic appearance, Murray said.
Discussion of these four issues
will continue between the executive
committee of the board of trustees
and Finnco, as decided at Satur-
day's meeting, said Murray. The
full board of trustees meets three
times each year, in November,
February and May, while the ex-
ecutive committee of the board
meets during the remaining
months.
Once finalized plans are submit-
ted, the board of trustees will vote
on four separate proposals concer-
ning each of the. Village's fun-
damental issues, and, if Finnco
submits no acceptable proposals,
the college may then· look for
another developer, said Murray;
The only thing certain about the
Marist Village now is that it will no
cost the college anything, said
Murray.
"The board said the college
money should clearly be directed to
two refurbishing projects: Cham-
pagnat and Donnelly," Murray
said, adding the board advised that
the college's building effort should
be directed to the Library and a
dormitory.
When questioned on the impact
,f the mall on the aesthetics of the
campus, Murray admitted he
would not have supported the idea
of a shopping mall on campus as
strongly as he does were it not for
the presence of the existing bank
and gas station.
Although Murray said he sup-
ports the idea of having student
oriented businesses more accessable
to Marist students, he wants to
make the most of a situation the
school is forced to accept - com-
mercial activity on campus.
provide upperclassmen housing
and the option of being leased to
the public if student enrollment was
to ever decline,
Three possible location sites are
being considered for the dorm, ac-
cording to Murray.
One proposed spot is west of
Gregory and Benoit overlooking
the Hudson River.
A second possible site is west of
the campus center and south of the
tennis courts. An overpass connec-
ting the dorm to the campus center
would be constructed over the
roadway that leads to the Byrne
Residence.
A second cafeteria served by the
campus center's kitchen was sug-
gested for this building and
remodelling
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the kitchen was
proposed.
A third dorm site, located closer
to the river and the tennis courts,
would not be connected to the cam-
pus center.
Architect, Al Cappelli, suggests
the dorm be built in the south end
near the river to keep the dorms in
the same area and to add to the
aesthetic beauty of the college.
The proposed location of the
classroom building is north of the
Lowell Thomas Center and south
of
the site of the proposed Marist
Village.
Marist alumna Regina Clarkin founded her own paper in Peekskill, N. Y.,
after the city's daily moved out of town. Here she is shown with
·noted
jour-
nalist David
Brinkley
and President Dennis Murray after she won the com-
munication arts alumni award last spring.
(Photo courtesy of Marist Public Information Office)
Alumna makes news
with own paper
by Cheryl Sobeski
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When Regina Clarkin wrote for
The Circle in the late 1970s, she
knew she liked reporting, but she
never thought she would be writing
for her own newspaper someday.
Now, Clarkin, a 1979 Marist
graduate, is the publisher and part-
owner of the weekly newspaper,
The Peekskill Herald.
"We decided Peekskill needed a
local newspaper, and we were just
naive and crazy enough to start
one," Clarkin now says of her has-
ty plans with partners Rich Zahrad-
nik and Kathy Daley to publish a
newspaper in 1983.
Well, actually they weren't has-
ty - The Herald's first edition, 26
pages, came out on Jan. 8, 1986 -
three years after they started plan-
ning. They were just a little
unorganized.
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"We didn't know how to run a
newspaper. We were writers, not
business people," said Clarkin,
who resides in Peekskill. "We had
to learn the basics of business
management."
Clarkin was first introduced to
reporting in high school, but it was
the teaching of Marist journalism
instructor Mimi McAndrew, which
sparked Clarkin's enthusiasm for
writing.
"When we came back from
reporting, she sat down with us in-
dividually and made us think about
our stories; I mean really think,"
said Clarkin. "We rewrote them
over and over until she was
satisfied. She was tough, but had
a real love of journalism, and she
let that get across to her students."
Clarkin got her first job as a
writer in 1979 in the public rela-
tions department of Children's Aid
Society in New York City. In 1981,
she became editor of a quarterly
magazine, Near East, also in New
York.
"I disliked the two-hour com-
mutes to the city from Peekskill,
but I loved living in Peekskill,"
said Clarkin. "I grew up here; my
family's here."
The consensus around Peekskill
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Entertainment
Love Concert
The Marist College Singers are sponsor-
ing a "love Concert." The concert.which
features student singers, will begin at 5:30
p.m. today in Fireside Lounge.
Foreign FIims
Two foreign films will be shown on cam-
p~s this weekend. Tonight and tomorrow
nigh~ .~t 7_:30 p.m., "Christ Stopped at
Eboh, a ftlm based on Carlo Levi's neo-
realist novel about poverty in southern Ita-
ly during the mid-1930's, will be shown in
D245. Saturday and Sunday nights,
"Padre
Padrone," a film based on the life
of a Sardinian sheperd who went on to
become a university professor, will be
shown in D245. Both shows begin at 7:30
p.m. Admission for each of these shows is
free.
Just for Laughs
Tonight in the River Room, the search
for the funniest college student in the Hud-
son Valley comes to Marist when the Col-
lege Union Board sponsors "Comedy
Cabaret and the Funniest ColleQe Stu-
Al
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Continued from page 1
in 1983 was that Th~ Evening Star,
the local daily newspaper, wasn't
covering enough local issues.
Clarkin met with Daley and
Zahradnik, reporters she knew
from working at The Star during
the summers of her college days,
about how dissatisfied she was with
_
the newspaper, and they agreed.
Clarkin and Daley researched the
ideas of getting investors, equip-
ment and expenses for starting a
newspaper. Zahradnik looked in-
to computer systems. They met
every two weeks for two years.
To learn more about business
management, Clarkin quit her
editing job in 1983, and became a
manager of New York's Covenant
House, supervising
16
writers.
In November,
1985,
word got
out that The Star was being sold to
Gannett, Inc., and moved to
another area.
"We knew that was the oppor-
tune time to start our paper," said
Clarkin. "We had to act fast."
dent." The show begins at 9:30. Admission
is $2.
.
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Lips in
Sync
The junior class is sponsoring
"A
Night
of lip Sync" tomorrow night. Prizes will be
awarded based on the best appearance,
originality and lip sync ability. The show
starts at 9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Admis-
sion i_s
$1.
Mardi Gras
Clubs and organizations from the Marist
community will be sponsoring different
games and booths at the "Mardi Gras Car-
nivale," sponsored by CUB, in the Cam-
pus Center on Saturday. The festival
begins at 1 p.m.
.
Jazz Concert
CUB is sponsoring a performance by
jazz violinist Betty McDonald on Saturday.
The concert begins at 1 p.m. in the Fireside
Lounge. There is no admission free.
The "Dating Game"
The Sheahan Hall residence staff is
sponsoring "The Dating Game and Secret •
Valentines." The game begins Saturday at
7 p.m. in the ~heahan Lounge.
The Brandenberg Ensemble
A perfromance by the Brandenberg
Ensemble, conducted by Alexander
Schneider, is scheduled for Saturday night.
The show will take place at the Bardavon
1869 Opera House in Poughkeepsie at 8
p.m. For i,i.formation, call the Bardavon at
473-2073.
"Stakeout"
CUB is sposnoring a showing of
"Stakeout," starring Richard Dreyfuss and
Emilio Estevez, Sunday night. The film will
be shown in the Theater at 7 and 9:30 p.m.
Admission is $2.
Paul Strowe
Paul Strowe will
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perform in the River
Room on Thursday, Feb. 18. This CUB
sponsored concert will begin at 9:30 p.m.
Admission is $2.
Frankenstein
The Guthrie Theater Company will per-
form "Frankenstein" on Sunday, Feb. 21,
at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House. The
play is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. For
ticket information, call the Bardavon at
473-2073.
Travel
Bound for Albany
Upward Bound students will be visiting
Albany on Saturday to participate in the
Black and Puerto Rican Caucus Con-
ference. For information, call extension
356.
Mohonk Trip
The Champagnat residence
staff
is
sponsoring a cross country skiing trip to the
Mohonk Preserve on Saturday. For more
information, contact Champagnat ninth-
floor residen_t
assistant Stacy Brown.
Spring Retreat
Campus Ministry is sponsoring· a
weekend retreat at the Esopus Retreat
House. The get-away is scheduled for Feb.
19-21. The trip costs $35 for students. The
registration deadline is tomorrow. For in-
formation, call extension 201 ..
THE COUNSELING
CENTER
HELP WANTED
Waitress/Waiter
Prep Cook
Full/part time, days/evenings
Negotiable salary
No experience necessary
Call
452-3022,
ask
for
_Laura
Leei
at Patio Cate··
will be offering a
confidential
group for ANOREXIC and
BULIMIC students. If you are
intersested
in participating,
please call Yvone Poley in the
Counseling
Center at
Ext.
152/201.
COLD
RINC
SALE
"We had no money. We weren't
ready with investors, so I went to
the bank. With a consumer line of
credit borro\Yed $7,000 to buy a
computer, libel insurance, postal
permit and our first press run,"
said Zahradnik.
"Everyone in Peekskill was sup-
portive. We had friends who
volunteered help with writing, get-
ting photographs,
typing and
bookkeeping," said Clarkin.
ATTENTION
STUDENTS
s50OFF18K
s4QOff 14K
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Within time, the paper grew and
hit the newsstands every week. All
three owners quit their jobs to
devote their full energy
and
time -
70-hour, 6-day weeks -
to
The
Herald.
Today, they still work hard,
don't take vacations and make
enough money ro get by. They re-
main optimistic about the future of
the two-year-old Herald.
In
1986,
The Herald increased its
sales to include almost half of
Peekskill's
residents and won three
prizes
for writing from the New
York State Press Association;
Clarkin received the 1987 Lowell
Thomas Communication
Arts
Award, given annually to an
outstanding Marist communication
arts graduate.
"We've worked so hard. We
didn't do this for the money," said
Clarkin. "It's really satisfying
when you see the finished product
and know that your writing is
touching people's lives, and that
you're influencing decisions being
made within the town."
Clarkin has some advice for col-
lege students. "Being emotionally
satisfied in a job is just as impor-
tant as material satisfaction. Hav-
ing a job that you love doing is the
best feeling,"she said.
"When it stops being fun, we'll
stop doing it," said Clarkin, when
asked about The Herald's future.
"I
know we
all
feel that way."
The Field Experience
Office invites you to an in-
formational
session on
Co-ops and internships on
Tuesday,
FEBRUARY 16th
in DONELLY 211
TIME: 1:00-1:55
pm
·Please
come and find
out how you can benefit
from a Co-op or intern-
ship in your major field or
study.
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February 11 ;'
1988 -
THE CIRCLE -
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New vice president . reflects on first weeks
by Michael Kinane
From a leather chair in his Don-
nelly Hall office, Mark Sullivan
Marist's new executive vice presi:
dent, discusses the views he has
developed about the college since
taking over his post in January.
"Marist has a reputation as an
institution that cares very deeply
about a quality education," said
Sullivan. "I think Marist has tried
to combine rigor with practicality."
According to Sullivan, the col-
lege is concerned with giving its
students an all around education.
"Careful attention has been paid
to,deve]oping a strong liberal arts
curriculum balanced against some
high quality career programs," said
Sullivan of the college's academic
agenda. "In addition to leaving
Marist with the skills for a profes-
sion, · our graduates gain the
benefits
of a liberal
arts
education."
Sullivan cited computer science
and communication arts as two of
the programs that typify the
balance between the liberal arts and
career curriculums.
Sullivan, as chief operations of-
ficer, replaces John Lahey, who
left the position last spring to
become president of Quinnipiac
College in Hamden, Conn. In this
capacity, Sullivan will be in charge
of the day-to-day operations of the
college as well as being involved in
the
long-term
planning
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academically;
physically and
financially.
Before coming to • Marist,
Sullivan served as vice president for
administrative affairs at Southern
Connecticut State University in
New Haven, Conn., where he was
involved in planning the school's
budget and managing its academic
programs.
Since his arrival, Sullivan said he
has been impressed with the facul-
ty, administration and-students he
has met.
"I'm impressed with the quality
of the faculty. Particularly with
their dedication to teaching," said·
Sullivan. "They are serious about
MCR leader resigns;
signal problems stay
by Ellen Ballou
Derek Simon, general manager
ofWMCR, Marist's radio station,
announced his resignation last
week at a staff meetin2.
Simon resigned because of a lack
of both time on campus and time
to
devote to
WMCR,
according to
the radio staff.
any problem with Kevin, taking
over," said Lemek, a junior from
Tolland, Conn. "We just want to
make sure that everyone knows and
has the opportunity to vote."
"I'll
give it a shot," said
Browne, "but it'll be like a general
manager in training wheels;
I'll
need staff help and support;"
Tfie station hopes to stan regular
broadcasting over cable Monday,
Feb. 15, and will continue until the
complications with the exciter can
be clear up and the installation is
their jobs, which you sometimes
don't find at large public colleges."
The concern the members of the
faculty show toward both the
students and the curriculum help
provide an exciting educational at-
mosphere, said Sullivan.
As far as the· administration is
concerned, Sullivan said .he feels
President Murray has assembled an
excellent team.
"They are all very talented,"
said Sullivan of his coUeagues.
"We complement each other."
According to Sullivan, one of his
main goals will be to interact with
the students.
"It's· important· for the ad-
ministration to gain input from
students," said Sullivan. "Their
opinions are open, honest and on
target."
One way in which Sullivan said
he hopes to meet students is in the
classroom. At Southern Connec-
ticut, Sullivan taught classes on
public finance and educational
policy.
"l enjoy teaching and look for-
ward to doing it at Marist," said
Sullivan. "I really want to get out
and nieet the students."
Sullivan said he feels as though
Marist is the optimum sized institu-
tion because the relationships
found here tend not to be as imper-
sonal as is sometimes the case in a
larger coUege.
·"At Marist, the students don't
feel as though they are going to get
lost in the shuffle," said Sullivan.
"It's
a
pleasant place to spend four
years."
The accessibility of the faculty
and administration
help the
students feel comfortable while
they are at school, said Sullivan.
According to Sullivan, the one
aspect that Marist is missing is a
place for students to get away from
school without having to leave the
campus -
the Marist Village.
"Conceptually, it makes sense to
have a place that students can use
for a variety of services,'' Sullivan
said of the Marist Village project.
Mark
Sullivan
(Photo by Bob Davis)
Sullivan said running a college is
like running a small town.
"There is a library, security,
educational facilities and food ser-
vices," he said. "You have to make
sure that they are all running in a
coordinated way."
Simon was· involved. with the
campus radio station since -his
freshman year when he was music
director. In
1986
he.became general
manager. Simon; who works
in
New York City most of the week,
could not be reached for comment
at .press time.
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"Thisis an important-time for •
us," said Browne, referring to,the
Simon!s resignation.comes in the
wake of difficulties with the in-
stallation of the new exciter, which
will allow for WMCR's over-the-
air broadcast.
Kevin Browne, assistant general
manager, was filling the vacancy
until a formal election could be
held sometime this week.
The election is only a formality
of the by-Jaws that govern a club,
said Alice Chahbazian, production
_manager and Cindy Lemek, music
director at
WMCR.
"I
don't think there should be
. hook up of the exciter: "We want
to do it,right. Derek gave us the
push now we have to foUow
through."
Some problems have arisen with
the idea of transmitting over the
air, according to Douglas Cole, the
station's faculty adviser.
The signal will have to be con-
fined to the campus only. and not
to the surrounding
area as
previously planned. This poses
many problems, according to Cole.
"Trying to control it (the signal)
with a shape as complicated as this
campus, that's a whole other
Student Cindy Lemek at work at campus radio station WMCR. The cable station is still pursuing its plans
for over-the-air broadcasts.
(Photo by Bruna Pancheri)
thing," said Cole.
The station is looking into the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion rules and regulations to see
what they must conform to now
that the equipment and exciter is
actually here on campus.
"I believe they had one set of
rules and regs two years ago when
this first came up, and that I get the
impression that they've changed
since then," said Cole.
There is also the problem of fin-
ding someone qualified to hook the
antenna to the top of Champagnat,
running the line to the station, and
then controlling and testing the
signal for transmitting distance.
Seniors returr,, from adventure 'down under'
by Beth-Kathleen McCauley
For the Spring semester of
1988 through the Fall of this
year, Stephen Harris and fellow
senior John Polidoro conquered
new ground for themselves and
the Marist Abroad Program by
studying in Australia.
The experience marked the
maiden voyage for the abroad
program down under. The
students basically took the
endeavor on themselves, coor-
dinating both a program of
study at a two year technical
college and finding a place to
stay for the year.
"They really did all the leg
work themselves," said Cicely
Perrotte, program coordinator
for the Marist Abroad Pro-
gram. "The next student that
wants to go won't have to to do
half as much work."
Marist had never sent a stu-
dent to Australia to study and
had vinual]y no connections in
the country. However, in the
fa)]
of their sophomore year,
Harris and Polidoro evoked the
help of then adjunct professor,
Raffe Mitchell,
a native
Australian.
"He basically steered us to
the right schools to apply," said
Harris. "He told us to avoid the
universities because they have
very low quotas as far as foreign
students are concerned."
By January of last year they
had applied to eight schools and
with the registration deadline
approaching at Marist, had yet
to receive any replies. "That's
when we went to work on the
phones, calling every school and
asking to speak with the head of
admissions personally," said
Harris. "We were starting to
sweat it out."
Finally, Harris spoke with
Rennie Jackson, director of ad-
missions at the Capricornia In-
stitute of Advanced Education,
in
Rockhampton,
North
Queensland. Jackson accepted
them over the phone without
ever seeing a transcript or
reference from Marist. "She ac-
cepted us based on the potential
of the exchange," said Harris.
"They had never had American
students study there before, so
it was a first all around."
With a phone call from
Jackson to Marist confirming
their acceptance, they were off.
"I
spoke with Raffe Mitchell
and I felt once they were down
there they would have
no
pro-
blem transferring credits back,"
said Jeptha Lanning, director of
the
abroad program.
"The courses we took were
very similar to classes offered
here," said Polidoro. "They of-
fered journalism, drama and
film production courses which
satisfied our communication
requirements."
Although
the
classes
themselves were basically the
'They really did all the
legwork themselves.
The next student that
wants to go won't
have to do half as
much work.'
same, Polidoro explains that the
idea of education is totally dif-
ferent. "The pressure to do well
isn't the same. Since education
is practically free in Australia,
if you fail a class you can just
take it again next semester," he
said.
Harris agreed. "Their way of
life is much more laid back in
general. Although students
there are equally motivated,
they pay more attention to con-
tent rather than achieving a
grade."
Harris also added that
the passing grade at CIAE is
SO
percent. "They are content with
not failing ... getting a 51 is great
because it is passing," he said.
This laid back approach was
very inviting to both students.
"It allows for much more
creativity," said Harris. "Also
pulling an "all-nighter" is vir-
tually non-existent.''
The rest of the country took
a little more getting use to they
said. "The whole time I was
there I felt like we were living
in a time warp," said Polidoro.
"Technologically they are way
behind us. The telephones are
big, black and bulky, there are
only two television stations, and
the movies in the theaters would
already be on video here in
America."
Other problems in-
clude not being able to find
Cheerio's at the local market,
adjusting to the dialect and dif-
ficulties in conquering a Big
Mac attack.
Polidoro summed it up.
"Australia is kind of like a lit-
tle brother. They watch us and
what we
do and then imitate
us."
There were
no complaints
about the social life. "Drinking
is as
much a part of the
Australian
culture
as
breathing," said Harris. "They
drink twice as
much,
it is twice
as strong and twice as good."
"Everyone was as curious
about us as we were about
them," said Polidoro. "They
associate American life with
Dallas' (CBS'TV version). It
was hard to get them to believe
we were just poor American
students."
As expected, both students
made great friends, travelled
and plan to return to Australia.
Polidoro is returning in April to
start an internship at the
World's Fair in Brisbane. He
will be a host. at the U.S.
Pavilion and speak to tourists
about
scientific
and
technological
advances
in
American sj)ons.
"We were amazed that they
wanted to do it," .said Lanning.
"They have matured and have
come back definitely more
aware, less provincial." Per-
rone gave the students much
credit. "Since they did it
themselves, they opened many
doors and created their own
options."
In retrospect Harris said,
"We bit
off a very large ven-
ture. We wanted it badly,
regardless of all the road blocks,
we go~ it. It made the year that
much better because we knew
how hard we worked to get
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program
tabled
by Chris Landry
The Academic Affairs Commit-
tee has postponed its plans for the
development of an honors program
at Marist, Margaret Calista,
chairperson for the AAC said last
week.
The lack of faculty and ad-
ministration for the program is the
main reason for the AAC's deci-
sion. Th!! Core Committee, which
is one seven branches of the AAC,
and the AAC agreed that the com-
pletion of the core curriculum was
their first priority, Calista said.
In order to keep the idea of a
full~scale honors program alive-the
AAC is discussing a small ex-
perimental program in which cer-
tain courses will be added to the
regular curriculum. The AAC will
review the .pilot project in about
two weeks.
The need for an honors program
was first expressed in 1984 when a
study done by the Institutional
Research department at Marist
showed that many students were
not . academically challenged,
Marilyn Poris, director of institu-
tional research, said. The AAC
decided on -a final proposal last
November, which was to be voted
on by the faculty, but postponed
the project last December.
"The time is not right for a ful-
ly developed program because our
resources are slim," Calista said.
"There is an interest and need but
we don't know how far we can
stretch ourselves."
Resources are being used to hire
faculty and administration for cap-
ping courses in the core curriculum,
Calista said. ,
The pilot project for an honors
program will probably consist of
special activities
and inter-
disciplinary seminars for honor
students. Further details are not
available at this time, Calista said.
by Steven Murray
Two men wearing cowboy
boots, jeans and suit jackets sit
on the stage of the Marist Col-
lege auditorium and joke with
an
audience about an airplane
crash.
"Don't you think it's kind of
strange that the plane had been
falling to earth for four days?"
Michael O'Leary asked approx-
imately 85 laughing people.
O'Leary was referring i:o a
story on the daytime soap opera
"The Guiding Light" in which
he plays the character Rick
Bauer.
O'Leary and his best friend
Grant Aleksander, who plays
Phillip Spaulding on the show,
visited Marist College last
Saturday and spoke in a relax-
ed and personal atmosphere to
a mostly, female audience.
The event, sponsored by the
College Union Board, raised the
most money for CUB this
semester and the most all year
for the performing arts chair of
CUB, according to Performing
Arts Chairperson Katie Soffey.
O'Leary and Aleksander,
who tour through an organiza-
tion called "Puttin' On The
Soaps", spoke informally for
Page 4 • THE CIRCLE .; February 11, 1988
Michael O'Leary and Grant Aleksander, stars of the soap opera "The
Guiding Light," share a light moment during their appearance at Mari.st
Saturday.
(Photo by Bob Dav,s)
about
an
hour and 40 minutes
answering questions and talking
about the acting profession.
Most of the questions dealt
with the "The Guiding Light",
which, in its 51st season, is the
oldest running soap opera.
When asked for any advice
for someone interested in the ac-
ting profession, both actors
agreed that a person must be
persistent and able
to
take
rejection.
"It's
·so
tough,"
said
O'Leary .. "You're going to get
turned down, you have to be
thick-skinned."
Aleksander added,
"If
it's
not the thing you really want to
do, do something else. You real-
ly have to want to stick with it."
Both
O'Leary
and
Aleksander said that they are
fortunate to be working due to
the fact that only one percent of
the acting union is employed at
one time.
"You have to keep it all in
perspective," O'Leary said.
"You can't just live on the suc-
cess you have now. You have,t()
get as much exposure as you can
because once you leave what
you've been doing people will
ask what you've done lately."
According to Aleksander, the
size of the audience Saturday
was perfect because it allowed
the actors to reach everyone and
answer all of their questions.
"We try to create an informal
atmosphere," O'Leary said.
"We like to make the people
feel relaxed."
What's behind maintenance· problems?
by Mark Miller
Maintenance is not a problem of
just trash and walls riddled with
holes,
•
according to Anthony
Tarantino, director of facilities.
The
problems are two-fold
said Tarantino,
with the
school administration on one side
and the students on the other.
Tarantino believes that most
maintenance problein'.s are
'due
to
unintentional student misuse of the
facilities or just fooling around.
"Last year in Townhouse A-7,
the guys there ripped out a whole
closet. These places were built as
apartments, not as gyms."
Two weeks ago, in Townhouse
A-3,
the downstairs steps separated
from the wall.
"There's
no support,"
said
Tony Santoro, a resident from
Muncie,
N.Y.
"The steps are just
attached to the wall." _
"That was a result of guys fool-
ing around," said Tarantino, "I
don't thinkit was done intentional-
ly. Students n'eed
to
take respon-
sibility for theinselves."
He said that the school is trying
to teach responsibility by putting
students in such situations as the
Townhouses where they must cook
and clean for themselves while also
'keeping
up their academic and
social levels.
As far as maintenance goes, the
main problem with these Jiving
situations is the plumbing, said
Tarantino.
In Townhouse A-2, during this
past-October, whenever the toilet
was flushed, black water rose out
of the shower's drain.
"We used the upstairs shower
for two weeks," said Jean Harris,
a sophomore
from Pompton
Lakes, N.J.
"That could be a mechanical
problem," said Edward Waters,
vice president for administration.
"I
don't want to blame any
students but the pumps block so
easily."
Tarantino agreed. He said that
the pump draining the shower can
easily be gummed up when items
are dropped in the shower and ac-
cidently go down the drain. When
the pumps are clogged the toilet
backs up which is what occurred in
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"The pumps are delicate," said
Waters. "A certain amount of care
does need to be taken."
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February 11,
1988-
THE CIRCLE -
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5
What
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IS
love?
Pre-schoolers view
the traditions of
Valentine's Day
by Pamela Shewchuk
February is the month when thoughts turn to
love, romance and the celebration of Valentine's
Day in different ways all over the world.
"You love people and you give them hearts to
show them how much you love them," said Tyler
Bahl. 4.
Kids from the college's pre-school weigh in with their opinions
on love, life and Valentine's Day. Shown above: Peter Elko, Aman-
da DiMaso and Travis Dunn. In the insert, Peter and Amanda share
a friendly hug. Below, Travis wins a smile from his friend, Lisa
Reyes.
(Photos
by
Alan Tener)
Children at the Marist College Pre-School Center
have their
O\Yfl
versions of what Valentine's Day is.
"My dog is love because I know I love him,"
said Daniel Silberger, a 4-year-old.
Originally, the celebration of Valentine's Day
commemorated the martyrdom of Saint Valentine
on February 14, 270. By the 14th century the
religious significance behind the holiday had chang-
ed to non-religious customs that are still associated
with the day.
"Valentine's day is if you love someone they will
give you hearts with candy inside them on,'·' said
Nicole Fiore, 5
"Valentine'
and a day th
do speciaJ t
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valen •
opes to
'My
dog
is
love because I
know
I love him'-Daniel
Silberger
get
ewould
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Nicolet
"We have
for Valentine's
The pre-school chi
The emergence of Valentine's day was also
thought to be associated with the Roman fertility
festival of Lupercalia which was recognized on
February 15th and may have been related to the
celebration of Saint Valentine.
Day is special and that it
to do with candy,
hearts and love. Some of the children feel they
know what love is and explained how it relates to
Valentine's Day.
According to Chris Krolick, a senior from
Rosedale, N.Y., the heart
idea
that goes along with
Valentine's day came from when a prisoner in jail
needed something to write on. The prisoner found
a leaf and
scratched
a message on it. The leaf was
a laura! leaf which is· shaped like a heart. Ever since
then people have been writing on heart shaped
paper now known as valentines, said Krolick. The
paper valentine dates all the way back to the 16th
century.
"Valentine's are love." said Lisa Weeden, 4. "I
know I love them and I care about them so I know
if they're valentines or not. It all gets mixed up
sometimes, with the hugging_ and kissing -
but
that's yucky."
Wedding
bells ring
in future
of seniors
by Shelley Smith
Many seniors are looking forward to
graduation and beginning life in '-'the real
world", but some are excited about leaving
school for other reasons.
While most seniors are lining up jobs and
deciding where to live, marriage is on the
mind of some who are finalizing their wed-
ding plans.
"I can't waino get married," said Nadine
Orlino, a 21-year- old senior from Shirley,
N.Y., who has been engaged for 16 months
to Darren Cioffi.
They have been together for eight years
and the wedding plans were bound to hap-
pen, said Orlino.
According to Orlino, being at school and
trying to plan a wedding can be difficult.
"It's harder to be here sometimes, I want
to be home and get psyched-up for it," said
Or lino of her wedding day.
Kathy McCarthy, a senior from Syracuse,
N.Y ., said she doesn't feel her "big day" has
changed her life as a college student.
"Just because I'm here and I'm engaged
doesn't mean I'm different than any of my
housemates or my friends," said McCarthy,
who has been engaged to Chuck Fillizola for
···McCarthy
said that she is really looking
forward to graduation but that she is living
day by day and not trying to rush anything.
.. I still do the same things. I still want to
have fun. I'm normal. I just have something
else to look forward to," said McCarthy.
Another senior, Karen Colombo of Clark,
N.J., got engaged on her birthday -
New
Year's Eve - to Scott Chamberlain, a 1987
Marist graduate.
Chamberlain
surprised her but had told
her family and friends of his proposal weeks
before asking her.
"Everybody knew before
I
knew!" said
Colombo. "We had talked about it, but in
my mind
I
was thinking graduation."
For Debbie Bramley;
being engaged makes
her already busy schedule even busier.
Bramley, 22, a senior accounting major
from Andes, N.Y., said she feels being
engaged hasn't changed her life but that she
is looking forward
to
graduation.
Since her engagement began on Christmas
Eve, Bramley's schedule includes being a
full-time student, working 36 hours a week
at an accounting firm in Kingston and plan-
ning her wedding.
"I've always been busy here but now it's
even more hectic," said Bramley.
Bramley has dated her fiance Larry for
over three years and they plan an Oct. 8;
1988 wedding.
These couples seem to be following an
emerging trend in society, according to the
Rev. Benedict D' Allessandro.,
"People don't usually get married until
they are out of school," said D' Allessandro,
who added that, even if a couple is engaged
while still in school, they usually wait two
or three years after they graduate to get
married.
"Many students are more concerned with
setting themselves up career-wise and finan-
cially," said D' Allessandro.
Laurence Sullivan, professor Religious
Studies and instructor of the "Marriage and
Family" class at Marist said it is difficult to
give quick advice to engaged couples because
every couple is different.
Sullivan said he feels that his class teaches
some people more about themselves and how
to be more intimate while others are learn-
ing to be more open and honest.
"There's hard times, but so what, you get
over hard times. It makes the fun times bet-
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editorial
Drunk driving
lesson for all
Two Marist students, Matthew Smokovich and Mario Man-
fredi; died in separate car accidents last month.
Both of these students were killed when their cars were struck
by vehicles. driven by people under the influence of alcohol.
In the wake of recent events, drunk driving has become a ma-
jor topic of conversation in the Marist community. Students,
faculty and administration alike have expressed concern over this
growing problem.
At Marist, the administration has seen fit to ban the use of
alcoholic beverages by students on campus that do not meet the
age requirements set by New York state law that a person must
be 21 years old to purchase alcohol.
In order to comply with this law, the administration has forc-
ed its students, most of whom are under the legal age, to leave
campus in order to drink and socialize with their friends.
Granted, there are no rules that state that a person bas to have
a drink in his hand to socialize, but the administration should
realize that drinking
is
a common practice at student gatherings.
In fall 1985, the students prepared for the annual celebration
of River Day. At the outset of the party, the students were forc-
ed to move the "festivities" to a Veterans of Foreign Wars post
in Poughkeepsie.
In order to return to campus, students were forced to drive
drunk, ride with someone who was drunk, or walk the nearly four
miles back to campus. Some students did ride back in college-
owned vans.
Wouldn't it be safer if the students were allowed to remain on
campus rather than run the risk of driving under the influence?
The administration does have some responsibility for the
welfare of its students. To this point, college students have not
been deterred from drinking and they probably never will. So the
question is - why put the students in any more danger than they
put themselves in?
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practices and policies of the administration. While the administra-
tion holds some responsibility for the safety of the students, it
is not totally responsible.
Ultimately, the students have a responsibilty to themselves.
They are responsible for making sure they do not endanger their
own lives, or the lives of anyone else on the road.
Going to college entails a period of maturation
in
which the
students are supposed to learn the responsibilities of adulthood.
One of these responsibilities is the safety of themselves and those
around them. When getting into cars, people should not think
they have the right to endanger the lives of others.
The lives of all drivers can be changed by a mistake or
miscalculation by one person. The chances of making that mistake
are increased immeasurably when the driver of a car is impaired
by alcohol.
So, the responsibility of student safety with regard to drunk
driving lies in both the hands of the administration and the stu-
dent body.
Learn the lesson that Matthew Smokovich and Mario Manfredi
learned the hard way -
drunk driving can kill.
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Carol Falcinelli
the exhilaration of bowling a strike
as well as the depression of throw-
Tuesday nights in Poughkeepsie
ing a gutterball. (Unfortunately, I
have taken on a brand new mean-
am much more familiar with the
ing for me this semester. A certain
latter.)
electricity fills the air as I ready
I have discovered that bowling is
myself for an evening of intense
most definitely
a sport for
competition.
everyone. A quick glance around
In what arena, you ask? Basket-
the lanes tells me these people do
ball? Arm wrestling? Speed
not have to follow rigorous condi-
skating, perhaps?
Intelligent
tioning schedules to keep in shape
responses all -
but inaccurate as
for bowling. Of course, these are
. well. Every Tuesday evening, my
by no means the beer-bellied Water
three cohorts and I (collectively Buffalo Lodge boys who join Fred
known
as
"Cool Breeze") head for.
and Barney for a few frames every
the Hoe Bowl
in
nearby Hyde
week, but bowlers (myself includ-
Park. We have just joined the
ed) are not necessarily pillars of
Marist College Intramural bowling
athleticism. If you walk into· the
league and are kicking ourselves for
Hoe Bowl this Tuesday, you won't
not having done so last semester.
trip over anyone engaged in various
As of last week, the league had
stretching and warm-up routines.
expanded to a record 30 teams
These people just go out there
which assemble every Tuesday at
and bowl. And bowl they do!
9:30 p.m. and basically take over
Trophies are awarded for best
average and best game for both
males and females. No,
I
have not
won a trophy yet, but the season
is young. I have youth on my side,
and
I'll
be sure to bounce back.
(Although I am not holding my
breath on this one and would ad-
vise anyone else to do the same.)
Involvement· in Marist's In-
tramural bowling league has
brought about a metamorphosis in
myself; I
am
now proud to be call-
ed "bowler."
Consistently the worst bowler on
the worst
team
in the league, I must
now concentrate on striving to bet-
ter my average. (Rest assured, this
will be no small task.)
And my team'? I feel our captain,
Eileen "Red Rider" Murphy,
summed up our situation best when
she said,
"If
gutterballs were
strikes, imagine how great we
would be."
the Hoe Bowl. The pins start fall-
r---------------------------
ing at 10 and don't stop until
almost I a.m. The hours in between
are filled with heated confronta-
tions between man and pin as well
as the exchange of high-fives and
various congratulatory remarks.
It's no game seven in Boston
Garden, but it comes close.
• Granted~ bowling did not strike
me as the "sport of champions" at
first, but the moment I stepped in.:
to my nifty red, white and blue
suede shoes, a competitor was
born. With bowling ball in hand,
• 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.
All letters must be signed and must include the writer's phone
number and address. The editors may withhold names from
publication upon request.
The Circle attempts to publish all the letters it receives, but the
·iitors reserve the right to edit letters for matters of style, length,
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and taste. Short letters are preferred.
•
I now attack the pins. I have felt
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February 11, 1988- THE CIRCLE - Page 7
Black history important for everyone
by Charles Fleming
We are now in the midst of Black
History Month. The "black" in
"Black History Month" does not
signify a month set aside for black
people to learn history.
February is marked as the month
when not only black people, but all .
_people learn something about the
experience of the black man.
Hopefully, this experience will not
concentrate on only the experience
of the Afro-American starting with
the tribulations of slavery and •
culminating today, but will reach
deeper, wider, and higher to
discover a more -diverse and
enlightening experience of the
black man and his culture. •
Many non-blacks, and some
blacks, question the validity of
Black History Month. Most of
these same people oppose the no-
tion
of black
history
itself.
"Black History" is not an at-
tempt to invalidate "history", nor
an attempt to separate the two. In-
deed, black history is the portion
of history that has been omitted,
either purposely or unintentional-
ly, from what we usually learn as
history. The proponents of "black
history" are attempti11g to restore
missing links into the chain of
events that constitute the human
experience.
• Since _ black history concerns
itself with restoring the history of
a race and its culture, I consider it
cultural enlightenment. Becoming
sensitive to this type of history is
no doubt education.
•
When people learn about the ac-
complishments that their ancestors
made, they develop a stronger pride
in themselves. In this asp~ct, lear-
ning black history makes black
people feel better about themselves.
However, black people are not
Twenty-five years ago, the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous address from
the steps of the Lincoln Monument.
•
(UPI Photo)
the only beneficiaries of a better
educated general public. As groups
learn more about each other they
increase their ability to com-
municate and live in peace
together. With the amount of racial
tension apparent in the United
States today, cultural enlighten-
ment should be not only supported,
but demand¢ by those who believe
in domestic peace. Peace - it does
have a nice ring to it.
• • Although • I look forward to
Black History Month every year, I
cultural ignorance.
dislike the "one month and it's·
I would love to see Marist Col-
over" attitude. People should be
lege adopt some type of black
interested in black history not on-
history program in the near future.
Jy during February but throughout
Schools like . Marist, with small
the entire year.
minority populations, can learn
Furthermore, individuals should and teach a great deal to it's com-
be aided by larger groups who sup-
munity by adopting such a pro-
port the goals and purposes of
gram into it's curriculum. What do
teaching black history yearlong. you think Marist?
Student groups, teachers, and
On a personal level, I get psych-
schools are a few groups who could ed when Black History Month ar-
do a great deal in destroying . rives. February
stands as a
The
National
Association
of College
Stores,
the Oberlin,
Ohio-based
group that tracks campus
tads,
has a list of what's no longer
hip, what became
hip in 1987, and what's about to become
hip in 1988
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'87
• Yuppies
• Community
service
• Fergie
Bows
• Couch
potatoes
(the Club)
• Jogging
• Walking
• Wine Coolers
• Dry rushes
• Rubber
Swimsuits
• Frozen
everything
• Fraternity
Hazing
• Pasta
everything
• Madonna
and Sean
• Meat loaf (the food)
• Cocaine
• Ecstasy
(MOMA)
• Promiscuity
• Condoms
• Diet talk
• Five extra pounds
• Fat pants
• Knees
• Raggedy
clothes
• Stone-washed
denim
• Sports
megascholarships
• Leather
aviator jackets
• Ft. Lauderdale
at Spring
Break
• Cheap
Spring
Breaks
• Michael
Jackson
• Preppy
Clothes
• Sunglasses
• Gigantic
jewelry
February is marked
as the month when
not only black
people, but all
people, learn
something about
the experience
of the black man
reminder to me to learn about a
significant race of people. During
that month
I
find myself reading
more than usual about the black
experience.
On the other hand, I also find
myself impressing the black ex-
perience upon others. Idealistical-
ly, l desire to maintain this fervor
throughout
the entire year,
however, l always peak during
February - teaching and learning.
If there is a God, I believe he ( or
she) would encourage everyone to
sit, feast, and learn more about
each other. The month of February
is set up to do just that - help man
learn about himself. Maybe black,
American-Indian, Chinese and
every other imaginable history
should be combined to form one
history.
This would be very difficult due
to the influence that perspective has
on history. However, if history is
a book, those who are for combin-
ing histories should also condone
adding an important chapter to
that book.
Charles Fleming is a senior com-
puter science major. He was presi-
dent of the Black Student Union in
the
1986-87
academic year.
You know the relationships over when ...
by
Don Reardon
"Hi, could I speak to my strik-
ingly attractive fiancee who also
happens to have a great personali-
ty and lots of money?" I asked the
• answerer of .the phone.
"She eloped to Nevada with a
blind fencer named Luke," the
answerer answered.
"Tell her I called. We still have
to pick out chi!}a patterns."
This is about endings or more
specifically-people
who don't
know when it's over.
I am one of those people.
The signs are always there,
though I never pick up on them.
You know the old story:
Girlfriend doesn't caJJ for eleven
weeks.-
Girlfriend changes her
phone number.-Girlfrlend spray~
paints a 666 on my Dodge Colt
with an adjoining message: "Like
a witch you must be burned! You
are ugly and I hate you ! "
"Does this mean I'm not your
Steady-eddy, Lovey-dovey, Kissy-
wissy, Cupcake face, Puppy-bumb,
Doo-doo pie anymore?"
Don't let the "old story" happen
to you.
In fact, take this quiz. You might
be an irritating thorn in the side of
what you think is your boyfriend
or girlfriend.
I)
When you call your loved one do
they? a. say they love you more
cheap
leisure
suit
than life itself b. invite you over
for a romantic dinner c. disguise
their voice claiming the person
you're looking for died in a freak
momentary volcano eruption
2)
While at a bar, does your
steady?
a.
ding tightly to you
b.
Kiss
you on the back of the
neck when no one is looking
c.
Grab the bouncer by the belt
buckle and say, "take
me
barbarian"
3)
What did your boyfriend or
girlfriend give you for Christmas?
a. Satin sheets b. An engage-
ment ring
c. a small dirty rock
with someone's dried spit on it
4)
Your boyfriend/girlfriend just
bought you a bus ticket to?
a)
His or her place
b) His or her
place
c) Atlantis .
S)
While playing Pictionary the
phrase "stool sample" comes up,
your guy or gal . ..
a) ... draws a
stool and a small bar of soap in a
mail box.
b) ... draws dung in a
test tube.
c) ... sketches a detail-
ed picture of you in your finest suit.
If you have answered
'c'
to any
of these questions, your relation-
ship is fine and you need not worry
about anything. Keep up the
smooth sailing.
Don Reardon is a senior major-
ing in marriage
counseling, be
will
replace Chuck Woolery as host of
"Love Connection" .
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Murphy makes
good impression
while News'.
is a triangle
by
Ken Hommel
Let's return from hibernation
with two very different films
from the Christmas season;
"Raw"
and
"Broadcast
News."
For those of you who can
remember reciting "gooney-
goo-goo" or threats of a gay
Mr. T. from the 1983 HBO
special
"Eddie
Murphy:
Delirious," the concert movie
"Raw" is long awaited.
"Raw"
picks up where
"Delirious" left off with the
reactions Murphy has received
from previous concerts done in
perfect impressions of Mr. T.,
Bill Cosby, Michael Jackson
and Richard Pryor. He im-
agines an insulted Michael
Jackson with the fierceness of
Mr. T. seeking revenge and
hurling threats accompanied by
dance moves. Murphy also
commends Jackson for dating
Brooke Shields, "the whitest
woman alive."
Next, Murphy captures the
storytelling and authoritative
delivery
of Cosby
while
reprimanding Murphy for his
vulgarity as well as Pryor's reply
(censored here): " ... tell him to
have a Coke and a smile and
shut up." These impressions
alone are worth the price of
admission.
down
in
front
Murphy finds the concert
movie
to
be a fine showcase for
what he's been doing all along
in his other movies:· being
himself. Raunchiness may be
Murphy's style, but his observa-
tions in "Raw" are actually well
done.
•
Word has it that "Broadcast
News" will be this year's Best
Picture. That would be like giv-
ing the lead anchorman William
Hurt plays an Emmy for
outstanding journalism. This is
another movie where the expec-
tations of a great movie may
disappoint the viewer-upon fin-
ding it to be a very good movie.
I expected the triangle form-
ed between Hurt's anchorman,
Holly Hunter's producer and
Albert Brooks' reporter to be
more intriguing.
Brook~,
through
his well-defined
character and wit, is superb as
the guy who never gets the girl
or the anchor spot but main-
tains mindful insights on love
and humanity.
Hunter plays the self-involved
career woman intoxicated with
her work, but she becomes so
arrogant you wouldn't want
either guy to win her because
there's no heart there to win.
Her frenzied portrayal of the
producer who can't stop giving
direction whether it be in the
newsroom, the bedroom or a
cab, is well done but has no
room for sympathy.
There
are
eye-opening
moments of behind-the-scenes
in television news and insights
into its spastic and esoteric
qualities. It is scary to think
how an airhead like Hurt's
character can be shifted from
local news to network anchor.
A Jack Nicholson cameo mir-
rors Walter Cronkite in his
power at the network if not his
persona. "Broadcast News"
and its possibilities are like com-
paring TV
news to
print
jour-
nalism. In the end, it could've
used
fine
tuning and editing.
Omicron Rho, the Marist chapter of
Pi Sigma Alpha - The National
Political Science Honor Society - is
currently looking for new members for
the induction ceremony which will be
held in late April. Requirements for
membership are:
1. Twelve credits from any of the
following areas - Government,
Political Science, International
Relations,
-or
Public
Administration.
2. A 3.0 average must be main-
tained in the above named
courses.
3. At least one course must be
open only to Juniors and
Seniors.
4. Over all school work must place
the_ student with in the upper
third of his or her class.
Please note that students need not
be Political Science majors in order to
qualify. Anyone interested should con-
·
tact Dr. Vernon Vavrina at ext. 276 or
Eric Wilson at 454-3740.
FUNNIEST COLLEGE
STUDENT CONTEST
February
11, 1988
2 Winners will advance
to
BANANA'S COMEDY CLUB
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
to
go into competition against the
Culinary Institute of America,
Vassar College, and SUNY New Paltz
To make us laugh, sign up in the
Student Government Office in
Campus Center
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Gene Loves Jez
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finally achieves
U.S. success
by Derek. Simon
This is the tale of Gene Loves
Jezebel, wherein a particular life in
rock and roll is explained in no
uncertain terms as an inspiration to
youth.
In the beginning, or maybe it was
the Spring of 1981, brothers
Michael and Jay Aston left their
native Porthcawl in South Wales to
start a rock band in London.
•
Due to· his looks, Jay was
nicknamed
Jezebel.
Michael
became Gene because he'd hurt his
leg and was limping like seminal
rocker Gene Vincent.
of
sound
mind
The band evolved during 1982 as
a very loose experimental affair
with a nucleus of Jay, Michael and
Ian Hudson, a guitarist friend from
Wales who had also moved to Lon-
don. When Beggars Banquet
Records president Martin Mills
heard rumors of this charismatic
twosome and their chaotic Jive
show, he went to see the band for
himself and signed them on the
spot. "Shaving My Neck," was
unleashed a few months later.
At this point, the band was still
a nebulous affair, but with the ad-
dition of bassist Steve Marshall and
drummer Dick Hawkins, Gene
Loves Jezebel began to take on a
more permanent air. "Promise,"
was cut with this lineup.
Soon Marshall was sacked. New
bass players were auditior.ed in
earnest. When Yorkshireman Peter
•
Rizzo turned up, Jay and Michael
knew that he was what they'd sear-
ched for.
Hawkins was removed to make
room for Chris Bell, a friend of
Jay's. Chris had been wasting his
time playing with Spear Of Destiny
and The Thompson Twins.
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But all was not sunshine in the
land. Gigs were still few and far
between. Yet the word was out on
the band and fans would arrive in
droves wherever the band did
manage to struggle onto a stage.
Chris was not with them however.
Due to contractual problems, he
was prevented from touring. In
fact, to record the band's second
album,
"Immigrant"
(which
became the band's first U.S. release
on the independent Relativity label)
he participated secretly and for on-
ly a nominal session fee. He then
disappeared under a barrage of
litigation. Peter and Michael were
thrust into auditions for another
.
drummer.
Legendary
vodka
drinker Marcus Gilvear seemed
ideal.
By the summer of 1985, the band
was becoming increasingly con-
cerned with Ian's lack of interest in
guitar playing. Around the same
time, Michael had been impressed
with London guitarist James
Stevenson, whom he had seen play-
ing in a club in Chelsea. Stevenson
replaced Ian, and after a few
rehearsals in New York, the tour
resumed.
·During
the next ten weeks, the
band did more concerts than it had
in its entire history. The hard work
had paid off and a large following,
well. followed.
The video for the album's first
single, "Hearta.che," helped make
Gene Loves Jezebel the darlings of
MTV,
an interesting honor
if
there
ever was one.
The summer of 1986 saw Bell re-
join the band and the trouble-prone
Gilvear retire.
And so the band was finally
complete.
Mark my words. Widespread
success is not far out of Gene Loves
Jezebel's grasp.
It may not kill.you,
but senioritis can
be a real pain
by Maureen McGuinness
It's not a strange bacteria, virus,
or social disease. You can't see it
under a microscope but it is going
around.
"I
had it last semester," Tom
Chambers, a senior from Islip,
N.Y. said.
a
mask covering the student's fears,
according to Dr. Joseph Canale,
assistant professor of psychology.
One of those fears is facing the
transition from the the safety and
familiarity of school to the uncer-
tainties of the real world.
"Maybe there is a fear of giving
something up that they are familiar
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February 11, 1988· THE CIRCLE • Page 9
The "it" that Chambers is refer-
ring to is "senioritis."
with, that they've had a lot of ex-
Senioritis
strikes
in two forms: not caring about that final semester or
perience with," said Canale. "Any having unrealistic ideas about what can be achieved.
Many people consider senioritis
a joke, but according to experts,
senioritis is a reality, and can be
unhealthy both mentally and
time people make a change in life
(Photo
by
Alan Tener)
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physically.
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Senioritis manifests itself in two
ways. One involves the senior who
doesn't take his second semester
classes seriously because he believes
they don't really matter. In the
other, the senior begins to do too
much in order to make up for the
past.
Chambers is an example.
"I'm dedicated and motivated,"
Chambers said.
"I
figure I could
•
double my cume."
The two behaviors may reaJly be
a certain degree of anxiety and
stress involved. I don't think it's
surprising for seniors to feel a bit
anxious about leaving college."
According to Canale, most peo-
ple experience senioritis in a mild
way and it is not a serious problem.
However those who experience it
severely may develop concentration
or health problems related to stress.
As people go through life they
experience some degree of stress as
they enter new stages in their life,
Canale said. The transitions from
home to kindergarten, grammar
school to junior high, high school
Poet asks students
not to set limits
by Mary Stricker
a difference but we did respond
that this is not right."
to college are among the changes.
The "empty nest syndrome" that
parents go through when their
children are
out
on their own and
retirement are considered to be
more stressful transitions.
Gail Sheehy, author of the book
"Passages," which examines the
transitions in life, describes the
emotional reactions to change as
"flu of the personality." Sheehy
says that like the flu, these reac-
tions can be prevented or treated.
Canale said that their are con-
structive ways to deal with the
stress and prevent or cure senioritis.
Canale recommends doing an in-
ternship or researching the job
market.
Ken Parker, a 1986 Marist
graduate and director of Public
Relations at Vassar Brothers
Hospital agrel!s with Canale.
Parker said that if it's too late to
get an internship try to get a part
time job in your field so that you
are marketable.
"I
have a feeling good people
will find a job - it's just a matter
of time," Parker said. "You have
to be patient. As long as you're out
there with the cover letter and be-
ing productive it will pay off."
Parker recommends doing an in-
ternship so that the student gets
a
chance to apply what they have
learned, and still have a chance to
take some more classes.
"All the class work in the world
isn't good if you can't apply it,'"
Parker said.
For senior Nancy Butscher, of
Massapequa, N. Y. going abroad
and doing an internship lessened
her fears about life after college.
Butscher said she does not have a
fear of graduating or working, and
has set realistic goals for her last
semester at Marist.
"I'd like to do well at school,
balance my time and start looking
for a job," Butscher said.
Butscher said that going abroad
and doing an internship helped pre•
vent her from becoming burnt out.
"Through Marist I went to
England and
interned."
Butscher
said.
"If I
spent four years here
I
wouldn't feel the same."
The first Black History Month
celebration at Marist took place
Friday night with a lecture and
poetry reading by Nikki Giovanni,
the "princess of black poetry."
The program was sponsored by the
Black Student Union, the Hispanic
Club and the College Union Board.
Giovanni also touched· on the
pathetic situations of the farmers
and the homeless in the United
States, attacking the U.S. govern-
ment for driving the farmers to-----------------------------.
Giovanni,44, spoke to students
and community members about
such topics as civil rights, drugs,
education and the plight
·of
the
homeless.
Giovanni, who has written
several books and many poems
.
concerning the life of the black
American, addressed the problem
of prejudices in our country by
making an analogy to the long-
running television show ''Star
Trek"
·and
asked that we learn
from
its
method
of
communication.
"When they ran into different
life forms, their automatic reaction
.was
not 'let's shoot it,' but let us
find out, in fact what this is all
about," said GiovannL
Giovanni spoke of when segrega-,
tion was prominent in our society
and the advancements that black
Americans have made saying,"lt
makes my day to see black people
on "Wheel of Fortune."
She noted the rise of blacks in
higher education and the verdict in
the Howard Beach incident,
sentencing a white youth to prison
after beating a black man.
"I'm glad he went to jail," said
Giovanni. "Maybe it won't make
foreclosures and creating only tem-
porary shelters for the homeless
rather than permanent homes.
Giovanni, a graduate of Fisk
University and holding honorary
doctorates from several other
universities, stressed the impor-
tance of gaining an education,
referring to the well-educated Mar-
tin Luther King Jr., and took a
firm stand
.against
drugs.
"Do something besides sit in the
back of the classroom," said
Giovanni.
"If
you want to do
mind-altering things, try waking up
at 5:30 in the morning."
Giovanni appealed to the au-
dience not to limit themselves and
to explore their worlds whenever
possible. She then told of her desire
to travel through outer space
because she believed her gift for
writing poetry would enable her to
gain an understanding of outer
space like no other astronaut .
"The astronaut is trained to look
at what is there," said Giovanni.
"I'm a poet. I am trained to look
at what is not there."
Giovanni read several of her
poems including a persona, "I Am
She" and a poem ded.icated to the
late senator, Bobby Kennedy.
"We've come a long way," said
Giovanni,
".but
we're
not
finished."
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Students ______
co_n_ti-nu_e_d_fr_o_m_p_ag_e_1_
Peter D'Arcy, a freshman from Wheaton, Ill., forsees problems
after the village is built. "Later on when they need room for classrooms
and other things, where are they going to put them'? That's the last
piece of land."
Karen Haight, a sophomore from Newburgh, N. Y., said there are
already too !'1any mall~ around her~. "Security is going to be a pro•
blem and shipments bemg brought m to the stores early in the morn-
ing would disturb people in the Townhouses. I don't think it's going
to enhance the campus that much."
Other students, like Scott Kendall. a freshman from Coventry.
Conn., feel said the school need!-to be more concerned with other
aspects of the campus. "I think they should
gel
their priorities straight.
The only reason they're doing it is because it's free. The
school should
concentrate on the library and classroom space."
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Wet
5AbcMland
touching
9 Ship channel
12Hebr-
monlh
13 Small valley
14 Fa!Mhood
15 Sullen
17Fulflll
18 Room In harem
19 Harbor
21 Story
23 Newspaperman
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27 Written order:
abbr.
28Uve
29 Female deer
31 Total
34 Symbol for
nickel
35 Weirdest
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38 Spanish for
''yee"
3Qlndone9Jan
41 Pair
42
Domesticates
44 lnthe
direction
of
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48Part.--a
51
Search
for
52Sudsybr-
53 Pronoun
55Strlkes
59 Offspring
60Lended
62 Memorandum
63 Spread for
drying
64 Shallow vessels
65 Wheel tooth
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Obstruct
2
Bother
The
Weekly
Crossword
Puzzle
3 Deface
4 Suggest
5Avold
6Symbolfor
tantalum
7 Ancient
8 Mexican
laborer
9 Hand coverings
10
Assistant
11
River
duck
16 Classified
20 Boring
22 River In Siberia
23 Rocldish
24Wayout
25 Greek letter
26 Fl&heggs
30
Hold
in high
regard
32Employs
33 Unmarried
woman
36
Wheel
track
37Speaking
40
Be
present
43 Coroner: abbr.
45 F-oe
Island
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47 Birds·
hOmes
48Spar
49 Century plant
SO Trade
54
Guldo•s high
note
56 Pedal digit
57 Sched. abbr.
58 Weight of lndla
61 Sign
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Page
10 - THE•'C/RCLE -
February
11,
1988
alternative
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10
by
Je~f Nicosia
Complaining is a long time
honored tradition at Marist.
There's just so much to com-
plain about- food, housing, can-
nibalism, etc.
So I said to myself: "Self?
Why·don't you devote a whole
column to the things at Marist
that are really lame'?"
1. Eating Ramen Pride
noodles with your hands
2. No maid service for
upper-classmen
3. Morton Downey Jr.
4. Anyone who likes Morton
Downey Jr.
5. Not being able to grow
your hair long (because you end
up looking like "Link" from
the Mod Squad)
6.
Numerous girls
7.
Keg restrictions
8.
Limited membership in the
"Shirley Jones Fan Club"
9. Add/Drop
IO.
No women's rugby team
11. 8:15s
12. 9:50s
13.
1
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:25s
14.
The wonderful scent of
the Poughkeepsie sewage plant
15. 50 dollar rext books you
never use
16.
Townhouse
heating
systems
17.
Farting loudly in the com-
puter room
I 8.
Winter
parking
regulations
19. People who bathe before
class
20. People who don't bathe
before class (and should)
21 .
l nterpersonal
Communications
22.
Being cold,.
23. No on-campus Taco Bell.
24. Having millions of
women find you incredibly at-
tractive only after you've
entered a serious relationship
(not that this has happened to
me- but it could- couldn't it?)
25. People who have aban-
doned the Yankees
26. NCAA regulations
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27. "G. Gordon Liddy style"
bouncers
28. The upstairs toilet at C~S
29. The library closing at 12
(Does your mind shut off at
midnight'?)
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30. The demise of the Smiths
31.
The
Champagnat
Wind-Tunnel
32. Losing your leather jacket
33. Shot-Gun toting in-
dividuals that often frequent
Sidetracks
34. Button-fly jeans(only
when you're drunk)
35.
Non-paying internships
36. Dorm rooms with themes
37. Commuting to NYC (bet-
ter known as "The Hell Trip")
38. Going to jail
39. Lack of on-campus con-
dom machines
40. Joey O'Brien's resume
41. Adjunct professors
42. Core Curriculum
43. Repeat showings of
"Rambo"
44. The fact that Dennis Mur-
ray and Bill Murray aren't
related
45. Abstinence
46. J.A.P.'s
47. Friends that don't have
I.D.
48. No cable TV
49.
Permanent
beer
sludge on
the floor of my townhouse
50. Seiler's pork (?)chops
51.MaristMayfest(Gee,will
they have elephant rides again
this year?)
.<?.. The Enforcers
53. When tinfoil sticks to the
bottom of your pizza
54. 24 hour cottonmouth
SS.
No clocks in Marist East
class-rooms
Campus Center pai-k to open this spring
by Nancy Bloom
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With spring only months away,
underclassmen will soon· have a
place to enjoy the sun and the nice
weather without going very far.
The new park presently under
construction on the land directly
behind the Campus
.
Center, is
another movement to improve the
quality of the·campus, said Dennis
Murray, president of Marist
College.
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The park will be an extension of
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the River Room and will overlook
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the Hudson River.
It will· be enclosed for the
students safety and have benches,
tables and.barbeques for picnicing.
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There will also have a lawn for
relaxing and sunbathing.
A contractor is only waiting for
the land to thaw out before recon-
tinuing construction of the park,
which should· be ready early this
spring, according to Anthony
Tarantino, director of facilities.
The land was leveled and the
trees were cleared early last fall, but
construction was halted due to the
winter. said Tarantino.
A new patio and picnic area will open Ibis spring at this site behind Campus Center.
The park, which will be similar
to the patio overlooking Cham-
pagnat parking lot, will be a good
opportunity for the students
to
relax and enjoy the river, according
.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
to Tarantino.
The funds for construction of
.
the park is coming out ofa general
operating budget, according to
Murray.
"The Townhouses and the
Garden apartments both have
places where the students can en-
joy themselves and play ball,t'
Tarantino said.
"I
think this is a
good idea for the rest of the
students."
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When
you
break
awtW
this
year,
do
it
·with
styfe.
.
Your College Week in Bermuda is more than just
sun, sand and surf.
Right from the first outrngeolL'i
MCollege
Bash"
at Elbow Beach,
it's
a
week of unrelenting pleasure.
Spectacular
seaside
buffet luncheons.
A
c-Jlypso
and limbo festival like none other. Sma-;hing
dance-
til-you-drop be-Jch
JYJnies,
fe-Jturing
Bermuda's
top
rock, steel and calypso
hands. Even a ~Party
Cruise
AH compliment-;
of the Bermuda Dep-Jnmem
of Tourism.
Bermuda
is all of
this-and much, much
more.
It:s touring
the
island on our breezy mopeds
.
( Do remember to keep left!)
It's jogging on quiet country roads-including
an
early morning 2-k KFun Run" from Horseshoe
Bay. It's exploring the treasures
in our international
shops,
playing golf on eight
great
courses,
and
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tennis on over 100 island-wide
couns.
But mo.st
of all, it's the feeling you get on a tiny,
flower-bedecked
island, separated
from everywhere
and everything
by 600
miles of
sea.
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This
ye-Jr,
break away
with style. See your Cam-
pus Tmvel Representative
or Travel
Agent for details.
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thursday
morning
quarterback
Planning
the futu.re
of
my
kid
by
Chris
Barry
When I have a son, he is go-
ing to
.be
a boxer.
I want my son to have the one
thing I never really had much of
-
money. And I don't think
following my lead will get my
son rich.
Here I am, 100 days away
from college graduation and
I
don't have a lot of money.
For the past four years I've
been sweating through tests,
pulling all-nighters to finish
term
papers,
waking
up
hungover to make a Friday class
(OK,
so I probably missed 90
percent of the Friday classes
I've ever had but at least I tried
most of the time) -
all for
what?
For the hope that if I'm lucky
I'll be able to find a job within
six months of my graduation so
I
can
start paying back the loans
which put me through school.
I took out loans to go to col-
lege so I
can
get a job and make
money. But when I do get a job
and start making money I'll be
using that money to pay back
the loans.
So I figure the easiest way for
my kid to get rich is to get into
boxing.
Let's face it. A person can
~me
filthy rich by getting on-
to a roped-off piece of canvas
and trying to beat-the crap out
of someone else.
Take, for example; Mike
Tyson and Michael Spinks. In
June they will get into the ring
and attempt to behead each
other. Tyson will make close to
$20 million and Spinks will walk
away with almost $15 million.
Even if Spinks is carried away
in a stretcher he's still set for
life.
I'd get into a ring and let so-
meone pummel niy head for a
few rounds for that much
money. I'd even consider letting
him hit me with a stick. A large
stick.
With a nail in the end.
So
if
I can get my kid to en-
dure pain and enjoy fighting by
the time he's 10, I figure he'll
be on track to turn professional
by 18.
I'll
get him used to pain as
soon as he enters the world. I
'II
tell the doctor to punch him
when he's born instead of the
usual siap. Then
I 'II
get him a
crib on rollers so he'll fall often
and toughen-up his head.
When he starts going to
school I'll shave his head and
dress him like the biggest nerd
in the world. That way the other
kids will make fun of him and
he'll start learning how to fight.
By the time he turns pro he
won't even have to be that
good.
Gerry Cooney proved
that, then laughed all the way to
the bank.
So my son
will
be a boxer and
make all the money that
I
never
had.
Now
what
about
my
daughter ...
FEBRUARY IS
BLACK
HISTORY
MONTH
February 11, 1988- THE CIRCLE - Page 11
Fan freeze thawing
Lady swimmers
still undefeated
by Wes Zahnke
There was a time when the only
Marist sporting event to be well at-
.
tended were the men's basketball
games.
One visit
to
a Marist College
hockey game at the Mid-Hudson
Civic Center will show how times
are changing.
The hockey team has come a
long way, both in terms of winn-
ing and attendance. The Red Foxes
are currently
5-5-2
in the
Metropolitan Collegiate Hockey
Conference. The team has four
games remaining -
all at home.
Attendance for home games this
year has been averaging between
200 and 250 people, according to
Mike
DeCosta, a sophomore player
from Dorchester, Mass. He said
that's almost 10 times more than
Women--
Continued
fro"! page 12
said Babineau.
Marist played exceptionally well
against a powerful team which
boasts three all-league players in-
cluding 6-foot-5 center Sandra
Cook who had 28 points and 11
rebounds.
Cook dominated in the first half
not only on offense but on defense .
were she blocked five shots, as
Marist shot only 25 percent.
"We had good shots, they just
weren't dropping," said Babineau.
Marist improved in the second
half, shooting 48 percent from the
field but a late run fell short.
"The first half was the difference
in this game," said Babineau.
Dowe· led the Lady Red Foxes
with 12 points and 10 assists while
Michelle Michel added 11 points.
Jennifer O'Neil went down with
a knee injury during the game.
Babineau said she could be sidelin-
ed
for
as
long as four or six weeks,
but at this time their is no official
word.
last year's home average.
Steve Murray, a sophomore
from Stoughton, Mass., said he
thinks· there are a variety of reasons
for the rise in attendance.
"The crowds this year are
unbelievable," Murray said, "but
it's
not
entirely due to the team.
Last year we played on Wednesday
nights and beer was not sold at the
rink."
"This year we play prime-time
Saturday nights and beer is sold."
Many students said their main
reasons for coming were excite-
ment, fun and a genuine love of the
game.
"I
love the violence and the
roughness of the sport," said Diane
Monaco, a sophomore. "It's more
exciting than basketball and there
is more action."
John Downey, a sophomore
from Hopewell Junction,
N.Y.,
said that he came for a "hodge-
podge.,' of reasons and pointed out
the friendly atmosphere which he
thought added to a fun evening.
"The action is really exciting,"
Downey said, "and you get a real
closeness to the game that you just
don't gel at'other sporting events."
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Broe, of
Millbrook, N.Y., come to every
home game to see their son Charlie
play. "We both love hockey
because it's so fast," Mrs. Broe
said, "but we also come to see No.
27 play."
Still others said that they came
to offer their support for much
lighter reasons.
"The hockey games are a social
event as well as a sporting one,"
said Chris Landry, a sophomore
from
Cumberland,
R.I.
"Whenever you get the combina-
tion of women, beer and hockey,
you just can't lose."
"I
come because
I
got a great
deal on season tickets," said Jim
Donnelly, a sophomore from
Waterbury, Conn. '.'They're free.
You can't beat that deal with a
stick."
by
Kristine Manning
Lisa Burgbacher broke her own
school record for one-meter diving
and qualified for the NCAA
Eastern Zone Championships as
the women's swimming and diving
team drowned St. Francis, N.Y.,
109-29, Friday night.
Burgbacher's 449.24 total -
nearly 35 points better than her old
record - earned her the trip to the
Eastern Zones at Brown Universi-
ty March ll-13. Burgbacher is the
only female diver or swimmer in
Marist College history to qualify
for Division I national champion-
ship competition.
"It's like a big burden was lifted
off
my
shoulders,"
said
Burgbacher.
"I
was worried about
qualifying, now I have to worry
about the competition."
At the meet, personal-best times
were recorded by Jackie Hackett in
the 200-yard backstroke (2:41.11);
Kellie O'Toole in the 50- and
100-yard freestyle (28. 78 and
1 :04.93) and Julie Magazeno in the
1,000-yard free (12: 15.66).
The team now takes its 6-0
record to Trenton State College in
New Jersey for this weekend's
Metropolitan Conference Swimm-
ing Championships.
"We're tapering now," said
Doug Backlund, the women's swim
coach. "And judging from the per-
formances last Friday, I'm confi-
dent that the girls are fully
prepared to swim their best."
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ing study halls, providing tutors
and helping athletes adjust their
schedules to balance athletics and
academics.
"Few people realize the time
constraints placed on these students
with practices, games or meets, stu-
dying, classes, and some even have
jobs," said Masciale. "A student
should not be punished for missing
a class to travel to a meet, but we
definitely don't think it should be
an excuse for not knowing the
material. The athletes are just as
responsible for the information
learned in that class as any other
student."
Laura Trevasani, a member of
the women's basketball team, is us-
ed to the procedure followed when
she misses a class for an away
game.
'' After Barbara sends out the ex-
cuse notes and gets the work that
we'll miss while we're away, she
tells us to talk to the teacher," said
Trevasani, a sophomore from Clin-
ton,
N.Y.
"lfwe fall behind, all we
have to do is go to her and talk
about it and she usually gets us a
tutor in a day or so."
Trevasani's
coach,
Ken
Babineau considers Masciale's in-
put in his team's academic progress
invaluable. "Before Barbara came,
it was the coach's responsibility to
contact the professors and keep
track of how the player's were do-
ing in all of their classes," said
Babineau. "She's very capable at
her job and an excellent liaison
bet-
ween the coaching staff and the
professors."
Masciale hopes to develop the
liaision portion of her job into a
more identifiable aspect.
"After all, we all share the one
common goal- to produce a stu-
dent that's qualified
to
exist in the
workplace."
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Pagi, 12 • THE CIRCLE· February 11, 1988
Van Wagner, • swim team . riding fresh wave.
by Joe
Madden
After losing five seniors from
last year's team, Larry Van-
Wagner, the men's swimming and
diving coach, really didn't know
what to t!xpect when his team first
hit the water at the McCann
Recreation Center.
As his team prepares to host the
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
today at 7:00 p.m. he realizes his
troops are ready to wallow in the
water with anyone.
Van Wagner's expectations have
changed largely due to the perfor-
mance of the largest group of
recruits in his four-year tenure at
Marist.
"The
performance
of the
recruits made me reassess my goals
for this season," he said. ~'I'm. very
happy with their performance."
VanWagner cited captain Dave
Barrett and freshmen Joe Bubel,
Scott Tummins, and Paul Barrese
as main reasons for the team's
success.
On Tuesday, the Red Foxes fac-
ed SUNY Maritime. They entered
the contest with a 5-3 record and
a three-meet win streak. Results
were not available at press time.
Last Saturday the Red Foxes
beat the Engineers of RPI, 113-97.
At least 15 personal-best times were
established in the meet, according
to Barret, a senior from Sayville,
N.Y.
Bubel, of Lagrangeville, N.Y.,
had set new school records in both
the 200-yard freestyle and 200 but-
terfly four-times this season. He
continued his record-breaking pace
against RPI, once again smashing
his own mark in the 200 fly.
Barrese, of Newburgh,
N.Y.,
qualified for the Eastern Seaboard
Prequalification Championships,
held at Brown University. He is
currently undefeated and ranked
number one in both three- and five-
meter diving. He will be competing
against some of the best Division
I divers on the east coast, according
to VanWagner.
VanWagner
attributed
the
team's recent win streak to a gruel-
ing 16-day training session held
during the winter break. The team
covered a total of 68 miles over 13
swimming days.
"It's been like two different
seasons for the team," Van Wagner
said. "Their cardio-vascular en-
durance
levels have
really
improved."
"The training was really tough,
but just seeing the improvement in
the times makes it well worth it,"
said Barret.
"Our first priority right now is
the Metropolitan Collegiate Cham-
pionship," Van Wagner said. "I'd
like to do even better than last
year's fourth place finish out of 18
teams."
Tonight's meet is the team's last
before the Metropolitan Con-
ference Championships Feb. 24, 25 •
and 26 at the U.S. Merchant
Marine Academy in Kings Point,
N.Y.
Hockey team falls to Columbia
by Ken Foye
One reason for the Marist Col-
lege hockey team's loss to Colum-
bia University last Saturday night
may easily be found inside the Mid-
Hudson Civic Center. It's the small
area behind the boards between the
Marist bench and the scorer's table.
The penalty box.
The Red Foxes, 5-5-1 in
Metropolitan Conference play,
took 30 minutes in penalties and
fell to the Lions, 5-3.
Marist plays at home tomorrow
against New York University at
3:00 p.m. and again on Saturday
at 10:00 p.m. against Fordham
University.
Saturday, the high number of
penalties overshadowed a solid of-
fensive showing by freshman Chris
Tremblay (one goal, one assist) and
a 32-save effort by sophomore
goalie ·Jim Stanton.· In contrast,
Columbia was only penalized a
total of 18 minutes.
Marist's penalties included a
misconduct penalty, two slashing
penalties, two checking from
behind penalties, and a roughing
penalty. The Red Foi,ces
also receiv-
ed a bench minor when a rule book
was thrown onto the ice to protest
a call.
Tremblay's goal in the first
period kept Marist close, with the
score 2-1 after the first period.
The second period, according to
Marist coach John Lentz, "was all
Columbia." The Lions kept Marist
off the scoreboard and scored two
goals themselves. Both goals came
with a Red Fox in the penalty box.
After Columbia made it 5-1 by
scoring just 34 seconds into the
Masciale providing needed service
as academic advisor for athletes
by
Helen Gardner
There are a lot of women who
would love a job that includes be-
ing the only woman traveling with
a men's college basketball team.
They might not be as anxious to
take Barbara Masciale's position as
Marist's academic advisor to
athletics if they heard the other less-
glamourous aspects of her 10-
12-hour workdays.
Masciale, 24, sees the long hours
she puts works in her office at the
James J. McCann Recreation
Center as rewarding as they are
difficult.
"I'll admit it is not an easy task
keeping track of over 350 athletes
taking 15 credits each and making
sure that they're meeting their re-
quirements so they'll graduate on
time," said Masciale. "But I enjoy
dealing with this age group and I
get a great deal of satisfaction help-
ing people getting themselves
organized and working through
their problems."
Masciale graduated from Fair-
field in 1986 with a bachelor's
degree in psychology and came to
Marist last year to fill the newly-
created position.
"The job was difficult from day
one," said Masciale, a Poughkeep-
sie native. "It took a while to
establish . my purpose here
ro
the
coaches, the teachers, and to the
athletes themselves. The athletic
department immediately made me
feel comfortable, though, and
everyone was supportive of my
position."
She realized that the job would
include many challenges, not only
because it was a new position but
because of her age and the tradi-
tional rift between athletic and
academic communities.
"A lot of teachers and students
here think that the athletic depart-
ment cares about the records of the
te.ams, • not the work of the
students," said Masciale. "My pur-
pose is to ensure that we're doing
as much for the academic self as we
are for the athletic part of the
student."
Masciale does not allow the com-
petitors to use athletics as an excuse
for poor academics. Her services
include actively monitoring the
progress
of athletes
in the
classroom by receiving progress
reports at least three times a
semester from instructors, schedul-
Continued on page 11
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····•··.~·J
Barbara Masciale helps Marist students balance their academic and
athletic careers from her office in the Mccann Center.
(Photo
by Dan Garcia)
third period, Marist nearly made a
remarkable comeback.
Sophomore Steve Murray turn-
ed a Tremblay feed into a score to
make it 5-2, and senior Ken
Marasco scored an unassisted goal
later to pull Marist to within 5-3.
Two other shots, which would have
enable the Red Foxes to salvage a
tie, hit the goal post.
"It was one of the best periods
we've ever played," said Lentz of
the final twenty minutes. "We just
came up short."
Having lost three games in a
row, the Red Foxes need improve-
ment from a
few.
individuals, said
Lentz. "Chris (Tremblay) played
really well, and Jimmy (Stanton)
played a good game," he said.
"But some of these other guys
seem like they're out to lunch."
The Marist hockey team suffered a loss at home against Columbia last
Saturday. The Lions defeated the Red Foxes, 5-3.
•
(Photo
by
Dave Barrett)
Paterno keys b-ball
•
Will
by Dan Pietrafesa
The Marist College men's
basketball team has· shown recent
opponents
a previously
un-
characteristic trait.
An outside threat.
Freshman Steve Paterno scored
a career-high 20 points in only 17
minutes including six 3-point shots
to lead the Red Foxes to a 83-54
win over ECAC opponent Wagner
last Saturday night.
This Saturday, the Red Foxes
will travel to Long Island Univer-
sity. Marist defeated the Blackbirds
97-66 in the teams' first meeting.
Last night, the Red Foxes played
St. Francis,
N.Y.,
and All-America
candidate
Darwin Purdie in
Brooklyn.
Results were not
available at press time.
Saturday, Paterno was Marist's
outside threat as he made six of the
seven shots he took from 3-point
range.
"That's the second time a Pater-
no has beaten us this year," said
Wagner head coach Neil Kennett
referring to Paterno's brother Mike
who plays for Monmouth.
"I
recruited Steve. He can shoot very
well."
The outside shooting of Paterno,
Bobby Reasbeck, Joey O'Connor
and John Kijonek has given Marist
a dimension the team has lacked in
the past.
This new threat has improved the
play of the forwards as well. Rudy
Bourgarel continued his strong play
with 12 points and five blocked
shots.
"It's playing time, experience
and confidence," said Marist head
coach
Dave
Magarity
of
Bourgarel's improved play.
7-4 center Rik Smits also had a
strong game. In 20 minutes of ac-
tion, Smits had 17 points, 10 re-
bounds and five blocked shots.
However, this was not the same
Wagner team that was leading
Marist until the final seconds in
their first meeting.
The Seahawks entered the game
without the services of six of the
team's top seven players including
Dean Borges -
ranked fourth in
the nation· in scoring.
The Red Foxes played a pressure
defense, causing 16 first-half tur-
novers and let at halftime by
20
points.
"We needed someone to bring
the ball up court," said Wagner
coach Neil Kennett.
"If
l was play-
ing us, I would have pressured us
too."
Wagner started the game with a
box-and-one type defense, with the
one player waiting in the Seahawks'
offensive zone. The strategy was to
try to create a fast break with a
long outlet pass. The play worked
once and failed once.
"There are two ways to handle
·it," Magarity said. "Play four-on-
four or don't worry about the man
down court. We put Rudy on the
inbounder to create time for Draf-
ton and Joey to get down court."
Keith Craffey led the Seahawks
with 13 points and Pernell Woods
finished with 10.
Drafton Davis dished out eight
assists for the Red Foxes and
O'Connor added six.
Wagner tips Lady Red Foxes
by David Blondin
The Marist College women's
basketball team fell to ECAC op-
ponent Wagner College last
weekend, 51-49, because of poor
shooting and turnovers down the
stretch.
"We tried to-slow down the tem-
po,"
said head coach Ken
Babineau, "which I'm starting
rethink."
Babineau said he felt slowing the
game down late in the second half
and taking time in setting up an of-
fense might have cost the team
some of its momentum.
Marist led for most on the se-
cond half until Wagner went ahead
on a pair of foul shots in the
game's final seconds.
The tough Marist defense which
caused 15 first-half turnovers seem-
ed to come apart down the stretch.
"We couldn't play man-to-man
because of foul trouble," said
Babineau. "We had to play a
zone."
That, combined with 28 percent
shooting in a second half in which
the Lady Red Foxes score only 19
points, spelled self-destruction for
Marist.
Neither team shot well in the
game which came down to a shot
at the buzzer, which would have
given Marist the win, bouncing off
the front of the rim.
"The kids wanted that game,
wanted ·it bad," said Babineau,
referring to his team's intense play.
Earlier in the season Wagner blew
the Lady Red Foxes away, beating
them by 28 points.
The game started on a sour note
for Marist. Prior to tip-off Marist
received a double-technical foul for
failing to provide an official scorer.
Wagner made one of the two free
throws and was awarded posses-
sion of the ball to start the game.
Despite the negative start, Marist
built an eight-point lead by
halftime against a team which held
second place in the conference.
"I know this team can play,"
said Babineau. "They have a lot of
desire and the intensity is very
high."
The first half saw Marist in a
variety of defenses that held a
quick Wagner team to only 22 first
half points.
Marist was led by Jaquelin
O'Neil with 15 points and Danielle
Galarneau with 12 points. Maureen
Dowe also played well, scoring
eight points, pulling down a team-
high eight rebounds, recording
three steals and dishing out a game-
high five assists.
Babineau said he feels his team
is steadily improving and has been
playing its best basketball of the
season despite two straight losses.
Last Thursday, the Lady Foxes
fell to conference leading foe Mon-
mouth, 69-58.
"It's the best 40 minutes of
basketball we've played all year,"
Continued on page 11