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Mar/st College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
River Day gets
OK- -
sort of
by Joseph O'Brien •
Following negotiations
with
students, administrators
have
agreed to hold a sanctioned River
Day, tomorrow, for the first time
in more than
10 years.
The event
will take
place
at noon
on the field
behind the Gartland
Commons,
and will
be
limited to
those students 21 years or older.
Representatives of the senior
class
met with Gerard Cox, vice
president of student"
affairs, earlier
this
week to developed the· event,
which will include a Seiler's barbe-
que, music, and various planned
sports activities.
River Day traditionally involved
members of all classes socializing
and
drinking by the
river on
a day
spontaneously
chosen
by seniors.
There
are traditionally no planned
activities, no food or music
provided.
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"The
administration.
has
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in
good fruth'and we·
Cap courses
add wrinkle
to schedule·
by-Wayne O'Brien
Students who wait until their
· final ·semester to take "capp-
ing" courses ni~y jeopardize
their graduations and intern-
·ships because space in the
courses will be limited, s0IJ1e
ad-
ministrators warn.
Beginning this fall, all
students must take a capping
course in their major during
their senior
year,
as
required by
the Core/Liberal Studies Pro-
gram; however, many students
seem to be waiting to enrollin
the spring semester, said ad-
ministrators, who had hoped to
spread enrollment over both
semesters.
In an attempt to evenly
distribute students between next
fall and spring semesters, John
C. Kelly, chairperson of the
Division
of_ Management
Studies, is requiring half of the
junior business majors to take
their capping course this fall.
In a Jetter dated April 8 sent
to all junior business majors,
Kelly required students whose
last names begin with the the let-
ters "A"
through "J"
to
' ·register for "Management
Strategy and Policy" -
the
business capping course - dur-
ing add/drop this week.
All other students who did
not register for "Management
Strategy and Policy" during
early registration must wait un-
til the spring 1989 semester
before taking it.
Approximately 30 of 120 fa]l
openings for "Management
Strategy and Policy" had been
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were able to achieve most of the
things we were looking for," said
senior Paul Bidle, one of the senior
representatives.
Safety was the administration's
primary concern but holding t~e
event on the fenced-in field will in-
sure safety and, at the same time,
prevent minors from entering.
Negotiations came about when
seniors Paul Bidle and James Mor-
rissey were called into Cox's office
after attending an alleged "River
Day organizing party."
"We're not against students
drinking or doing things on their
own. The 21 Club is a perfect ex-
ample of that," Cox said, adding
that any alcohol-related event must
only involve 21-year-olds if it is to
be approved by the college.
Jim Magura (right), Kevin Desmond,
Ji:d
Fludd, FrankVez-
. Bidle relayed Cox's message,
along with the terms of the agree-
ment to other students at a meeting
Tuesday night. By a show of
hands, seniors voted in favor of a
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Building
,dorm.
is cOll'egl!
J}f"iority
renovations and plans at a staff
meeting last Friday.
by Bill Johnson
Calling. the c_urrent housing
''Some of the projects are more
situation critical,' Executive Vice concrete . than others," SuJlivan
President Mark Sullivan said the said. "The classroom building and
construction of
a
new dormitory residence hall are concepts."
takes priority over a newclassroom
Plans forthe Marist Village.the
building and the proposed Marist proposed shopping center on the
Village.
North End of campus, are on hold.
With no plans for the Village in • Architect Al Cappelli said he still
sight, students can anticipate con- • supports the Village and thinks it
structio·n of a new dorm to begin would be good for Marist but the
next year, said Sullivan.
college is busy with other priorities
While Marist is developing the now.
ideas of a dorm and a classroom
The top priority, Sullivan said,
building at the same time, the ad-
is to build a 400-bed dorm to
ministration is feeling pressure to eliminate the need to house
erect the dorm first, according to students at the Canterbury Apart-
Sullivan. Meanwhile, the renova- ments. in Poughkeepsie. The ad-
tiop of Champagnat Hall and Don- ministration wants to award a con-
nelly Hall will begin this summer. tract for the dorm in the fall, with
Sullivan
updated
building
construction to begin· sometime
during the next year.
"Wt; would start that project
before the classroom building
because of the critical housing
shortage," Sullivan said.
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The dorm and the classroom
building each will take 18 to 24
months to .build and will cost bet-
ween
$5
million and $7 miJlion
each. The college has applied to
finance each project through the
New York State Dormitory
Authority, and Sullivan said he ex-
pects to hear from the Dormitory
Authority shortly.
.
Marist is.considering three loca-
tion sites for the dorm, Sullivan
said. One site is adjacent to the
Campus Center, with an atrium
connecting the dorm to the Cam-
pus Center. Another possible site
is to the north, where the tennis
courts are. The third, and most
probable site, SulJivan said, is
behind
Benoit and· Gregory
Houses.
Although it would be challeng-
ing to build on the land sloping
down to the river, CappelJi said the
hill would minimize the height of
the dorm, which would probably
stand four to six stories high.
The dorm would probably ac-
comodate sophomores or juniors,
Sullivan said. Marist is considering
the cost of including kitchens in the
dorm versus building a new dining
hall.
The new classroom building
would probably be built near the
present rock pile near the Lowell
Thomas Center, on land bordering
Route 9, Sullivan said.
·_English _class promotes foreign relations
munity," said Carpenter.
by Stacey McDonnell '
"We do not realize the source of
wealth that we, the Marist College
community,
have in foreign
students," said Barbara Carpenter,
coordinator
of the Learning
Center.
It was on this belief, that a •
course entitled "English as a
Foreign Language•~
was developed.
Originated in the fall of 1987, the
course is designed to teach foreign
students English grammar and
prepare them for the writing pro-
ficiency test all students must pass
in order to graduate.
The course places an emphasis
on using the language to help in
building the structure of an essay.
According to Carpenter, who
teaches the course, the class offers
much more.
"This class is a basis on which
to build the rest of their liberal arts
.education," she said. "It allows
Barbara Carpenter helps Myo Thant Ton with some of bis
work for bis "English as a Foreign Language" class.
these students to get together and
help one another."
Currently, there is one person
who is taking the class for credit
and two-who are auditing the class
(Photo
by Alan Tener)
- not getting credit, one of whom
is a graduate student.
~•No matter how small the class
may be, it will continue because of
its importance in the co1lege com-
Carpenter said she feels that the
class offers a global prospective,
not only to the foreigners, but also
to the rest of the student body.
"Students, especially freshmen,
often have a tunnel vision of the
world. Having foreigners bring
their culture and views into the
classroom may open these students
minds and help them realize that
the American experience is not the
only experience," she said.
Yoge, a graduate and student
auditor from the People's Republic
of China, may have been the first
step in bridging tQe gap that lies
between these foreijn.students and
their American counterparts when
she spoke to one of Carpenter's
"College Writing II" classes.
Originally, she was to speak for
about thirty minutes and discuss
population control but she stayed
for the whole class and discussed
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Lectures
Object-oriented Systems
The
Division
of
Computer
Science/Mathematics is sponsoring a lec-
ture by Joseph Bergin entitled "Object-
Oriented Database Systems" tomorrow in
Donnelly 245. The lecture, which begins at
11 :25 a.m., is open to the public.
Workshops
One to One Day
Marist's annual One to One Day will be
held on April 29. Anyone interested in
volunteering can contact Dr. Linda Dunlap
or Dr. Joseph Canale in 0103.
Cultural Heritage
mance of. an African Dance· Troupe in
Fireside Lounge. The performance begins
at 8 p.m.
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48 Hou~s
"From Disaster to Discovery" will be
broadcast on the CBS-TV program
"48
Hours"· at 8 p.m. tonight. The program
looks at the U.S. space shuttle program ~s
NASA
prepares for this summer's launch
of Discovery -
the first launch since the
Challenger disaster.
Walk America
A walk will be held Saturday, April 24
starting at the Poughkeepsie High School
to benefit the Hudson Valley Chapter of the
March of Dimes. Registration is at 9 a.m.
and the walk begins an hour later. For more
information, call 562-6400.
Entertainment
pus this week. i;Le Charme Oiscret de la
•
Bourgeoisie," the story of the Ambassador
of
.
Miranda's repeated attempts. to make
love to his.friend's
wife, will
be shown in
Donnelly 245 tonight and tomorrow night
at 7:30 p.m. "Le The au Harem D'Ar-
chimede;'' the story of the fast-growing in-
fluence of Moslems in Europe and their"af-
fects on its culture, will be shown in
·D245
Saturday and Sunday nights beginning at
7:30 p.m. Admission for all shows is free.
Student. Talent
.
Southside Johnny .
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Tonight at 9 p;m., Southside Johnny arid
the Asbury Jukes will be in concert at The
Chance in Poughkeepsie. For ticket infor-
mation, call the The Chance at 452-1233.
Moscow on the Hudson
The Housing Office and Residence Life
are sponsoring the showing of
"Moscow
on
the Hudson~~
tomorrow at 9:30 p.m. The
showing of this Robin Williams film will take
place in the first floor lounge of Marian Hall.
Tonight in the River Room, the College
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•,Mary
and Judy
Union Board is sponsoring S~udent Talent
Comediennes Mary Catalano and Judy
Night. For more inf~rmation about this
Ciano will perform Saturday night in the
event, contact the College Activities Office. River Room at 9 p.m. Admission for this
CUB sponsored event·is$1.
WWF Wresting
The Worid Wrestling Federation returns
,
The BoDeans.
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·
to Poughkeepsie tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Saturday night, the BoDeans will perform
The celebration of Cultural Heritage
Week continues today with the display
of
artist Keith Kenny's work in the Gallery
Lounge. This display is sponsored by the
Black Student Union and opens at 11 a.m.
Foreign Films
.
Tonight, the BSU is sponsoring the perfor-
Two foreign films will be shown on cam-
Mid-Hudson Civic Center. Matches include at The Chance beginning at 9 p.m. Also in
The Killer Bees versus The Bolsheviks. For concert will be the Canadian band Blue
more information, call the Civic Center at
•
Rodeo. For ticket information, call The
454-3388.
Chance at 452-1233.
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sanctioned River Day.
"This year we will have 25 kegs,
which
will
come from money rais-
ed by seniors for River Day," said
Bob Palermo, another represen-
tative of the senior class who also
runs the 21 Club.
Because the 21 Club, which
donates its proceeds to charity, was
cancelled because of River Day,
students participating in the ap-
proved event will be asked to
donate money upon entry. Juniors
will be asked to donate
$3.
Of that,
$2
will be contributed to Senior
Week and
$1
will go to charity.
Seniors will be asked to contribute
$1.
Before entering
the gate,
students will
be
asked to.show two
forms of identification, preferably
a Marist ID and a driver'.s license.
While some~s\'i~cp~
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others·
are pleased with it.·
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"We're not- eliminating tradi-
tion, we're just changing it," said
Morrissey. "In the past, seniors
didn't have to deal with things like
the 21 drinking age•
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There will be a Communication
a wide range of
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Arts Internship"
meeting on Tuesday
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Tun, originally from Burma,
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said he believes that the class has
furthered his knowledge of the
English language as well as
"American culture."
"I took the class realizing that I
needed to be corrected in my use
of the language and that I need a
background of the American
culture," said Tun.
Tun said he feels that this class
is much better than his other
courses because of the interaction
between student and instructor.
Although there is no definite
program for foreign students, there
is one in the planning stages, accor-
ding to Carpenter.
"It (a program for foreign
students) needs attention because
there are many foreign students
that would benefit from such a pro-
gram," said Carpenter. "It would
bring these students together and
develop their English skills."
The college community can use
these students to further their
knowledge of other countries and
their cultures and also make friend-
ships that transcend political and
social boundaries, she said.
Guest speakers include
Brendon Burke
Dir. of ABC TV Personnel
Allison McCarthy
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MSG TV Productions
John Mulvey
Human Resources-MTV
Joe Hines
IBM Poughkeepsie Personnel
Mike McCarthy
MSG TV Productions
All speakers are Marist graduates
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April 21,
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THE.'CiRCLE
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Al.umnus offers tough truth about 'real world'
first. That's how the 38-year-old
network journalist said he reached
his goal.
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"1 got there the hard way; I
didn't sell out," O'Reilly said.
"I
never had a connection in my life.
I
hate
people
who
have
connections."
Marist alumnus and ABC correspondent Bill O'Reilly
discusses work at a press conference held in the Lowell Thomas
Center last week.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
When he was at Marist 17 years
ago, O'Reilly said, students pro-
tested issues ranging from the war
in Vietnam to their college ad-
ministration, although they cared
much less about where they would
be after graduation. O'Reilly said
he played football, wrote a column
for The Circle and worried about
going to Vietnam -
a war he
challenged because he didn't
understand it.
"We didn't know what we were
going to do," O'Reilly said.
"I
understand all college people now
are really into success. Success at
my time was always looked down
upon. Successful people in 1971
were bad people."
by Bill Johnson
College students are too preoc-
cupied with post-graduate success,
but they don't seem aggressive or
willing enough to work hard to get
what they want, said ABC News
Correspondent Bill O'Reilly, a
Marist alumnus who visited the
campus last week.
O'Reilly, a 1971 graduate who
majored in history, compared
to-
day's college
students
to those of
the late l 960s and early 70s when
he spoke to Marist faculty and
students on "Breaking into Jour-
nalism" last Tuesday in the
Theater.
Journalists must display self-
confidence and assertiveness to be
successful in the competitive field
of broadcast news, he said, and
these are traits lacking in today's
college students. O'Reilly said he
sees no competition for his job as
a general assignment reporter bas-
ed in New York.
"I
see a lot of students afraid to
rock the boat, which is what jour-
nalism is all about," O'Reilly said.
Students' goals are high, he said,
but they expect to leave college and
move directly into a high-level job
without working long and hard
Preparing for success, the norm
among many college students today
trying to make that corporate con-
nection, was non-existent when he
went to school, O'Reilly said. The
college experience was more impor-
tant then what you were planning
on doing with your degree.
O'Reilly sounded, at best, leery
of students' concern for success:
"Well, I don't know if that's good
and I don't know if that's bad."
Speaking to approximately 75
State reviewers off er praise
for Marist education program
by Wayne O'Brien
In a cabinet meeting last month,
Academic Vice President M~rk
vanderHeyden detailed the findings
of the state·education department's
recent review of Marist.
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Accordin·g
•
-to --me
Cabinet
minutes sent to the Ma·rist com-
munity, vanderHeyden said the
team was very impressed with the
quality of Marist's teacher educa-
tion program.
In particular, the team praised
the "intensity and variety" of the
field experience offered to teaching
majors and rated the Special
E;ducatioh program "outstan-
ding,"
according
to
va~derHeyden.
Tlie team found
-
that Marist
teaching majors and graduates are
pleased with their training,
vanderHeyden said.
The team also complimented
Marist on the quality of its Core
curriculum, and noted the impor-
tance of liberal arts in teacher
All accredited institutions in New
York State are periodically review-
ed to ensure they are qualified
_to
grant degrees.
educa!ion.
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This ye1;1r,
Marist was the first of
.
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\Vh!le the. ~earn cnt1c1zed-the
'all
New Yorlq,t,ate institutions to
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L!brary as bemg poorly stocke~
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be examined bfthe'sfate education
with books a!ld ~hort on sp~ce, 1t department as part of a "pilot pro-
rated the aud10-v1sual
collection as gram" which--focused on teacher
''ou!5t~nd!ng" for
~
school of education,
according
to
Manst s size, accordmg to John
vanderHeyden.
McGinty, director of the Library.
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The education department will
Eleven other mstitutions, in-
release the full results of its Marist
eluding Vassar College and SUNY
review later this year.
New Paltz will be reviewed this
Last month, the education
year.
department review team studied
Concern is growing in the educa-
tion department over the quality of
standards in all teaching programs,
said Elizabeth Nolan, director of
teacher education, prior to the
education department review.
Marist for three days, giving special
attention to its teacher education
program. Before leaving, the team
revealed its findings to a group of
Marist administrators and faculty.
Students pushed to vote for top teacher
by Mary Stricker
each
academic
division:
results, and in May, seniors will
The Student Academic Commit-
Humanities, Arts and Letters,
choose one of the 6 nominees as
tee set up a voting booth in Don-
Science, Computer Science/Math,
"Teacher of the Year" and will
nelly Hall last friday, to attract
Social Behavior Science and
present the award at the graduation
some of the 95 percent of seniors
Management Studies.
ceremony. In the past, the SAC has
faculty and students, O'Reilly
outlined three steps to success in
any profession.
First, know your expectations.
Decide what you expect out of life,
he said, based on self-awareness
and self-acceptance.
"My expectation from the begin-
ning was to make the big time,"
O'Reilly said with conviction as his
hands gripped the podium so tight-
ly, the Marisl College seal fell off
the front of the podium, on to the
floor.
The next step is to execute your
plan. When O'Reilly left Marist,
unsure of what he wanted to do, he
said he thought about what he does
well - writing and speaking. After
teaching high school history and
English in Miami for two years,
O'Reilly decided to become a jour-
nalist at the age of 25. He earned
a master's degree in broadcast jour-
nalism from Boston University._
The third prerequisite to success,
according to O'Reilly, is excellence.
"If
you're going to go for the
gold, you have to be excellent,"
said the Emmy award-winning
reporter, "or you have to be crook-
ed. And you see a lot of crooks."
O'Reilly added that everyone
must beat "the sleaze factor" of an
unfair, immoral world.
"Nobody told me the truth: it's
mean out there," he said. "You're
just not going to be treated fairly
out there, because the world is not
fair. If you're treated fairly, you're
ahead of the game."
He's been able to succeed in his
profession due to a naturally self-
confident and aggressive personali-
ty, O'Reilly said, strengthened by
Marist's Christian morals. Much
like today, he said, Marist is an un-
pretentious college with middle
class values.
"This is a college where you can
come and be yourself and not· be
embarrassed about it," O'Reilly
said.
A professional with middle class
roots, O'Reilly considers himself a
"tweener," the subject of a book
he is writing. It is titled "Tweeners:
Making It Without Selling Out."
"In life, there's a new group who
are between social classes that I call
'tweeners,"'
O'Reilly writes.
"Tweeners are people who have
come from working class upbring-
ings, have become successful pro-
fessionals through hard work and
education but have not abandon-
ed their roots. They are the exact
opposite of yuppies' who want to
move ahead in social status and try
to forget their backgrounds."
O'Reilly has held news anchor
assignments in Boston, New York,
Denver, Hartford, Conn., and
Portland, Ore. He joined ABC
News in 1986 and provides reports
for World News Tonight with Peter
Jennings and other ABC News
broadcasts. O'Reilly also writes a
weekly column for The Boston
Herald.
who failed to vote for "Teacher of
This process has worked better
chosen the final winner from the 6
the year''.
than an open ballot because it
nominees.
h
.
Earlier
this semester, designer
Earlier this month, the SAC sent
prevents a large division such as
The official title of the award is
pas lo n
Marc Jacobs, who will be a
ballots to every member of the
Arts and Letters from receiving the Michael O'Callahan Teacher of
judge at Marist's annual fashion
senior class to vote for the
more ballots then a smaller division the Year Award in memory of the
show tonight, helps a senior
"Teacher of the Year". The SAC
such as Science.
Marist religion professor who died
with her project in a New York
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"It is much more represented,"
of cancer.
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City studio.
only received 16 ballotS, acco
rdmg said Prucnel.
Last year's award winner was
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Seniors voted for a-teacher from
The SAC will tabulate the
Roscoe Balch, professor of history. ._ __________________________
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Security is concern as
TV
club bounces back
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by Steven Murray
other college funding after losing
nearly half of its estimated total of
After being robbed of $7,500
$16,000worth of equipment, Lez-
worth of uninsured video equip-
ny said.
• ment last fall, the Marist College
The video equipment purchased
Television Club, awaits the arrival
includes one video camera, one
of new equipment. The club is still
three- quarter inch recording deck,
unsure if the new equipment will be
one half-inch recording deck, one
insured and if there is a secure place
half-inch portable VCR and several
to store it, according to Chris Lez-
video batteries.
ny, president and general manager
According to Lezny, MCTV will
of MCTV.
be receiving fewer items but better
The television club, which was
quality equipment.
fully reimbursed by the school,
fil-
"We bought less, but we upgrad-
ed for the new equipment and
ed the quality of both video and
should have
it
by the end of the
recording devices," Lezny said.
semester, Lezny said.
"The only questionable thing now
Merv
received
SS,000
from the
is the safety and security of our
Activities Office and
$3,000
from
equipment."
The stolen equipment, which was
being stored iq the club studio
located on the bottom floor of the
handicapped
facility between
Townhouses B-7 and C-1, was
reported missing on Sept. 5.
According to Lezny, the stolen
equipment included one
·video
camera, one graphics camera, one
editing VCR, three portable VCRs,
and several video batteries.
Lezny said that he was not told
that MCTV's video equipment was
not covered in the school's in-
surance until after it was stolen. He
is still not sure how the new equip-
ment will be covered or where it
can be safely stored.
"We could store it in the same
place, but obviously, the same
thing could happen again," Lezny
said. "We will have a safe place for
the equipment by the end of the
year."
Ed
Campbell,
MCTV's
treasurer,
said the insurance
coverage depends on the school's
financial position and "what the
school considers to be a reasonable
expenditure."
"l just hope
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they won't worry
about their premiums and cover us
completely," Campbel} said.
Director of College Activities
Betty Y eaglin said that
no
one from
MCTV has talked to her yet and
that only when the equipment
comes in and the people from
MCTV talk to her can insurance
issue be decided.
Since the report of the theft of
the equipment last fall, MCTV has
been using video equipment pro-
vided by the communication arts
department
and
the
Beirne/Spellman Media Center.
Lezny said due to the in-
availability of the borrowed equip-
ment, MCTV was unable to film as
many activities as they had
originally hoped.
According to Lezny, students
will be able to notice the better
quality of film produced
by
the
new equipment next semester.
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, Prof e.ssor' s mosaic-safe
despite renovation· plans
by
Helen
Gardner
College officials said the
abstract mosaics of· Evelyn
Fisher, a. late Marist professor
of art, will not be taken down
as part of the restoration of
Donnelly Hall.
There has been a rising con-
cern for the fate of Fisher's
campus works, many of which
have been removed or damag-
ed in recent years.
Vice President of Administra-
tion Edward Waters said the on-
ly possible reason for taking
down the tile mosaics would be
to rewire the wall they hang on,
a step which is not probable.
The estimated $2 million
renovation project is slated to
begin this summer and includes
increasing the building's floor
space by 8,000 square feet by
extending the outer wall to·the
edge of the circular walkway
surrounding the building.
Fisher worked with Brother
"- Nylus Donnelly on the construe-
tion of Donnelly Hall in the ear-
ly 1960s. Besides the mosaics,
the tile designs on the walls ex-
tending from the two main en-
trances of Donnelly and the
walls of the stairwell leading
from the Donnelly parking lot,
Fisher designed the black rail-
ings found in the lecture halls,
the wooden designs which hang
on the walls of The Theater and
the stained glass designs in the
chapel ..
"If you look very closely at
these pieces, you can see a
simill\lity in the pattern," said
Richard Lewis, associate pro-
fessor of art.
Fisher was also responsible
for the creation of the abstract
sculpture between Donnelly and
the Gatehouse and the Marist
College sign which can be seen
from the college's riverfront.
Brother Donnelly, a close
friend of Fisher who became ac-
quainted with her through an
art club, shares the concern with
other faculty members that the
remainder of Fisher's work on
campus will be dismantled like
the chess set sculpture that was
set . up in front • of Campus
Center
and tlie abstract
sculpture that Donnelly and
Fisher placed in front of the
Champagnat
and Campus
Center breezeway that was
referred to by many as "the
fish."
"There was a time that 20 of
Evelyn's
sculptures
were
displayed on this campus," said
Donnelly. "They were quite an
attraction at one point. Now
many of them have been
dismantled
and
lay
in
junkyards."
Donneily
said he
enjoyed abstract art more than
realistic busts or portraits.
"Once you see more realistic
works, you've experienced all it
has," he said. "Work like
Evelyn's changes everytime you
approach it from a different
angle."
College officials step up effort
to keep attrition rates down
by
Ilse Martin
student advising, said 10 freshmen
left during the first two or three
While many freshman have been
weeks of the fall semester and
busy registering for classes and
another 34 left at the end of the
housing for next year, others are
semester. She expects the number
anxiously awaiting acceptance let-
of freshman leaving before fall
ters from colleges to which they
1988 to be a little higher than the
plan to transfer.
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figure for those who left after the
But according to Marilyn Poris,
first semester.
director of institutional research, a
According to Poris, two kinds of
recent study shows Marist is doing
students leave Marist: the very
better than oth~r four71car institu~ bright and the borderline. She said
lions in
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annual unaergraduate
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'although almost an' equal amount
retention. The imdergtaduate attri~
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of males and females leave, males
tion rate dropped from 19 percent
dominate academic dismissals and
between fall 1985 and fall
1986
to
females· dominate
voluntary
13 percent between fall 1986 and
attrition.
fall 1987.
The Office of Student Academic
"We are losing fewer of them
Affairs is the official department
and I guess we're doing something
through
which
a
student
right," Poris said: "In the last
withdraws, although Molloy said
study (1984),faculty-student rela-
some students simply do not
tionships weren't good. Now it is register for classes and do not leave
a lot better
so they have
notice of their withdrawal.
improved."
.
Another reason that better
Poris said Marist loses an
students leave is they feel there are
average of 10 percent of the
not
enough
academically
freshmen and 10 percent of the stimulating activities on campus
sophomores to voluntary attrition.
and as a result they feel there is too
Another
.
10
·
percent
of the
much partying, Poris said.
freshman is
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lost
to
academic
She said many students say they
dismissal.
do not have any role models in the
Rosemary Molloy, director of
college community. "For a student
to stay, they need to feel a holding
power to the college, whether its a
close relationship with a faculty
member or an administrator, or
getting involved in a sport or stu-
dent government," Poris said.
"The students who c_ire
leaving do
not have that tie."
Kate Clark, a freshman from
Farmington, Conn., plans to
transfer to Miami University or
Radford University in the
fall. "I
love
1
t,he
people @.re and if I ~as
going to stay it would be because
of the people. Buil don't think a
lot of the students are involved.
They seem
to
live their own lives
and separate themselves from the
school," she said.
Marist was Gina Semidey's first
choice school. But the freshman
hopes to transfer to St. John's
University, a school closer to her
home.
"I
visited Marist once and
I
fell in love with it. ," she said.
"I
like to be at home more because
I'm close with my family. I don't
like living in a dorm and I want a
bigger school that's closer to the
city."
Another freshman will be at
SUNY Albany in the fall.
"I
real-
Continued
on page
10
Outdoor graduation?
Not for class of '88
by Pamela Shewcllak
Despite students complaints
about limited seating at Com-
mencement, rmancial considera-
tions make an outdoor ceremony
impossible, according to college
officials.
Graduating seniors receive four
tickets for the cercaiony, which will
be held in the McCano Center May
21. Some 610 people arc to receive
degrees.
.
Holding the ceremony outdoors
would significantly increase the
capacity for guests. However, the
college would have to prepare two
setups in case bad weather forced
Commencement indoors -
a
.
precaution officials said is too
costly.
A Commencement Committee
made up of four administrators, a
faculty member and a student
representative are planning events
for the 42nd annual ceremony.
The college began limiting the
number of guests in recent years as
the size of the graduating class
grew, straining the capacity of the
McCann Center. Through the late
'70s, Marist held graduation
ceremonies outdoors.
Two area colleges, SUNY New
Paltz and Vassar, continue to hold
Commencement outside and use a
second indoor setup as a backup.
The installation of four fire ex-
its last year at McCann added to
the number of occupants McCann
can handle. But an increase in
graduating
seniors keeps the
number of dckets the same, said
Donna Berger, assistant to the
academic vice president and a
member of the Commencement
Committee.
This year there arc almost 100
more graduates then~
year, said
Judy lvankovic, the registrar.
Each year the question of an out-
door graduation is brought up, said
Berger. College officials remember
the problem weather caused when
the Marist ceremony was outside.
"I
wasn't here then, but
I
heard
horror stories about it," she said.
The ceremony was on Leonidoff
Field, which "turned into a mud
hole when all the students and
guests began walking on the field.
We're not doing that this year,"
said
Beraer.
The ceremonies
begin
on Friday,
May
in,
with the baa:alaureate ser-
vice, where the college will
recognize the valedictorian and
students winning awards for
academic excellence. The tcachcr-
of-the-year award will also be
given.
Traditionally, the baccalaureate
was held in the Chapel, but.last
year it was moved to the McCann
Center where accommodations for
a larger group were possible.
The Commencement
begins
at 11
a.m. on Saturday, May 21, with the
processional, then the president's
address, followed by presentation
of the diplomas.
Beach prosecutor
scheduled to speak
by
Michael
Kinaae
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A seminar entitled "Racism in
society: Lessons from the
Howard
Beach Case" will be the subject of
a lecture on Wednesday at 7:30
p.m. in Campus Center room 249.
Charles
J.
Hynes, special state
prosecutor for the Howard Beach
murder trial, will discuss his recent
experi~
as
special prosecutor as
well as the effect that the trial bad
on bis role
as a
prosecutor.
"The seminar will provide an op-
portunity for students an the public
to
meet and talk with someone who
was an important figure in that
case," said Dr. Lee Miringoff,
director of the Marist Institute for
Public Opinion which is presenting
the lecture.
According
to
~off!
Hynes
bas a good
sense
of what
was
go-
ing
on in
New York
City
at
the time
of
the
trial.
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"He was a key player in a serious
issue
that
attracted major media at-
tention," said Miringoff. "We
look forward to a good dialogue
for everyone involved."
The lec:ture is a part of the
Cunneen-Hackett
-
lecture series.
Hynes is currently deputy at-
torney
.
general. and
special.
state
prosecutor for the New York City
criminal justice system. Previous-
ly, he has worked as a commis-
sion« on the New York State Tan-
porary
Commission of
Investiga-
tion. the fire commissioner
of the
New York
City
Fire
Department
and
the
spcdal state
prosecutor
for
the
New
York State Medicaid
Fraud Control Unit.
Let's
face
it,
amigos,
any
beer
that
needs
a slice
of lime to give
it flavor
can't
be much of a beer.
Discover
Calgary
Amber
Lager
...
Its
rich,
imported
taste
is
hearty
and robust
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it
the next
time
you
order
beer,
and hold the lime.
Calgary
Amber
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WONKED!!!!
Willy W
onka cast
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wins over
a tough crowd
by Michael Kinane
"I just love chocolate. Hershey's, Nests/e's,
Cadbury's, Wonka-
what's that? You've never
heardo/Wonka? Willy Wonkaisthemostfan-.
tostic, the most amazing, the most extraordinary
candy maker the world has ever seen. ,,
With these lines, the Marist College Council on
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Theater Arts' rendition of "Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory" was introduced last week to nearly
3,400 children from more than 50 elementary schools
around the Hudson Valley ..
"The purpose (of children's theater) is to let the kids
have
a
good time and to enjoy yourself," said Kathy
Turner of this year's children's theater production.
The show is done as
a
community service project,
although donations are accepted to help defer the cost
of producing the play, according to Chris Meyer, who
directed the play.
"The one little boy who wants a golden ticket
more than anything else is Charlie Bucket. Let's
look in on Charlie and his family, shall we?"
Through the use of actor-audience interaction -
having the actors run throl!ghout the theater and hav-
ing them ask the children questions regarding the
events in the play -
the children were able to par-
ticipate in the play, said Chris Meyer, the play's
director.
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~~kes_ it more fun ••
because they (the kids)°are no~ Juspittmg there wat-
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ching. a play,'!
said Meyer, a
•junior
from·
Voorheesville,
N.Y.
"We niake· them a part of the production," said
Meo; who portrayed the character Violet Beauregarde
- a little girl addicted to chewing gum
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"They become
a part of our play."
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To open the show, some characters - Beauregarde,
Veruca S~t, ,Augustus Gloop, and
Mike
Teevee-:- sat
with the children until they were summoned by the
narrator.
"I was purposely being bratty to them," said Turner
of her antics
as
Veruca before the curtain went up.
Turner said that she would tease the children by
flaunting her "golden ticket" which
.allowed
Veruca
- a
bratty, snobbish little girl who whines and yells
until she gets what she wants -
to
enter the fictional
chocolate factory.
Above,
Veruca
Salt
(Liz
Callahan) threatens Charlie Bucket
(Kevin Desmond) while Mike
Teevee and his father (Chuck Gen-
naro and Frank Vezzuto) look on.
Grandpa Joe (Jim Magura) and
Charlie (Desmond) celebrate after
Willy Wonka
(Ed
Fludd) tells them
that they have won the. right to live
in
the cboc.olate factocy. Belo~, the
~Oompa:.J:ciom1i°as·smg
~- they work
in· Willy Worika's factory~·
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(Photos b/Bob Davis)
"I let the real me show," said Liz Callahan, a junior
from Bronx,
N.Y.,
who also played Veruca.
"I
yell-
ed right in their faces and stuck my tongue out at
them."
According to Meo, prior to one show, children pull-
ed her hair as she sat in the audience.
''We
would get them going before the show,'' said
Meo. "They (the children) were really excited about
what was going on."
However, the children were not the only ones
·ex-
cited when the show began.
"I
get excited when I'm doing these shows,'' said
Turner, who added that she ran around backstage_
in
anticipation before the shows began.
"Will Charlie be a lucky winner, or
will
it be
someone else?"
The children's reactions were also an important part
of the production.
.
Callahan said she knew she was playing her part well
when the children cheered after she was killed.
"It
was cool to hear the little kids' reactions," said
Callahan.
"When they came out after the shows, some of them
were in awe," said Meo. "They were so excited -
that's why I do it (children's theater)."
"You couldn't get some of the lines out because the
kids were so into it," said Turner. After Veruca's song,
Turner turned to the audience and asked them if they
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were going to clap for her but the children booed her,
she said.
Some of the younger children couldn't follow the
play but special effects were used to keep them in-
terested, according to Turner.
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According
to
members of the cast, participating in
the play had many rewards.
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"We really wanted to entertain the kids," said Meo.
"Making them smile was enough reward for all the
h~d work that was put into· it (the play)."
"It
gives the people acting a different experience "
said Yolanda Robano, who produced the play. "Kids
from this area don't get to see much theater."
"The people that you meet are great," said Meyer.
"You eat, sleep and act together - you become like
a
family."
"I like the area of make believe," said Turner. "It
makes you a kid for a
week."
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editorial
by Carol Falcinelli
letters
For the past four years, it has
been my good fortune to receive
on-campus housing at this little
slice of heaven we call Marist Col-
lege. On-campus housing may not
seem like a tremendous asset until
one delves into the necessities of
every day life.
Poli sci club
Those of us who live on campus
have many luxuries at our disposal.
We can leave our respective abodes
To the Editor:
One of these names would ap-
pear to be out of place: Jesse
Jackson, Mike Dukakis, Stacey
Waite, Al Bore (excuse me, that is
Al Gore) and George Bush.
Well Stacey Waite has what
each of those other candidates are
compaigning for -- the presidency.
Now don't worry, you didn't miss
the elections, Marist is isolated, but
-if they had moved up election day
it is likely we would have heard.
Miss Waite has organized a new
club here at Marist College,
hereinafter known as "The Marist
College Political Science Club."
Don't let the fancy name fool you,
this club is for real and it had its
first meeting Wednesday, April 13.
Now, for all you poli-sci fanatics
out there who feel cheated because
you missed the first meeting,(all
right, so crayola posters don't at-
tract people, it's a new club, what
THE:
CIRCLE:
do you.want, neon lights'?) anyway,
here is your chance to show your
interest in one of the brightest new
clubs on campus -- Friday, April
22, there will be a panel discussion
with Peter Bahouth of Greenpeace
USA and John Mylod of the Clear-
water organization. The present~-
tion will be co-sponsored by the
"Marist College Political Science
Club" and the NEH Speaker
Series.
More information concerning
the presentation and/ or becoming
a member of the Marist College
Political Science Club, may be ob-
tained by contacting faculty ad-
visor, Dr. Joanne Myers, President
Stacey Waite, Vice President Tony
Cusa, Secretary Jacelyn O'Neil, or
Treasurer Beth Ann Hagenah. The
officers were elected at that first
meeting, which drew 10 to 12 in-
terested students.
Kevin St. Onge
a scant 10 minutes before our
classes begin and still arrive with .
time to spare. The McCann Center,
The Library, the post office are all
but a brisk walk away. Yes, we on-
campus residents certainly do have
the world by the tail.
In case you haven't noticed,
transportation is the issue here, and
this week's beef is with the van ser-
vice which Marist runs between
campus and the Canterbury Apart-
ments. For those of you who are
unfamiliar
with the housing
system, Canterbury is the place you
don't want to live. Trust me. Not
that the apartments'
exterior,
which closely resembles a housing
project, wouldn't give my little
·secret away, but those without cars
art at the mercy of this unstable
system which runs on an erratic
schedule.
The system is not completely
without merit. An elaborate, neat-
ly printed van schedule is furnish-
ed to all Canterburia!}S. Though
good looking, this schedule is far
Editor:
Ann Marie Breslin
. Sports Editor:
Senior Editor:
Michael Kinane
Photography
Editor:
Associate Editors:
Beth-Kathleen Mccauley
News Editor:
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from accurate, leaving students to
guess as to when the next van is
running.
Instead of guessing, some
students wisely, (or so they believe)
choose to consult security before
making any move toward a van.
Security, in turn, consults the same
uncertain schedule which has left
the students puzzled, and a vicious
cycle is completed. Students are left
waiting around for vans that will
never show -
a sad but all-too-
familiar picture.
Much, if not most, of the burden
of responsibility for this problem
rests with the van drivers. On more
than one occasion my friends have
had a driver tell them that,
although scheduled to do so, the
van would not be running because
the driver was going home. I may
be going out on a limb here, but I
don't think student transportation
should be subject to the whims of
a driver whose salary is furnished
CPS
by our housing dollar. If you pay
someone to do something, you
have every right to expect him to
do what you have asked and not
make up new rules as he goes
along.
Living on campus,
I
can only im-
agine the frustration of the Canter-
burian who is not equipped with a
car. Living in an apartment that
Oscar Madison might be ashamed
to call home should be enough, but
having to plan on-campus activities
around an uncertain van schedule
is too much. If the vans always ran
strictly according to schedule, there
would be no problem. The schedule
says the vans<run frequently, and
late, in order to accomodate stu-
dent plans. But many students are
not accomodated, and plans are
cancelled because of the incon-
sistency of the vans. I doubt we
would see that little tidbit advertis-
ed in the Marist viewbook.
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The unanswerable graduation Question
by
Michael J
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Nolan
comes with the age.
confrontation: Graduation. In thir-
ty days - without fail - someone
will ask me the inevitable, what it
is like to be a college graduate.
, A year ago I turned 21, and on
that occasion I was invariably ask-
ed, "What does it feel like to be
21?"
Well, with great diplomacy and
a
keen insight into the obvious, I
said, "It feels like being 20, but a
day older."
My comrade in arms, one who
has been with me through four
years at Marist, raised his eye
brows, heaved a heavy sigh ~nd
walked away with arms folded and
head bowed. To no one's chagrin
I undoubtedly disappul!lted my
inquisitor.
But what was I to answer? Here
I was - a mere novice of the age,
not like the many soon-to-be
22-year-olds -
and quite unaf-
fected by the new stimuli which
In fact, I really didn't know what
it meant to be 21. As so often is the
case, I was just too close to it and
my faulty perceptions and dubious
insights were blurred by being part
of it.
It's kind of like that old cliche
- can't see the forest through the
trees.
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I mean I am able to get into
Skinner's, although it's much more
difficult with a genuine temporary
license. But I was able to do that
It's kind of like
that old cliche - can't
see the forest
through the trees
before I was 21. They said I'd be
And without fail I sense my
a man come 21, free and indepen-
answer will be ingenuously perplex-
dent. I don't feel so free, and I may ing.
I'll
unequivocally say,
"I
don't
be as dependent now as ever. know." Not surprisingly, he or she
Perhaps even more so because I'm will walk away with arms folded,
ever more keenly aware of my head bowed, and an angry disposi-
•
dependencies.
tion etched on his or her face.
What brings me back to this in-
What do I mean I don't know?
no_cuous but vivid image is a new
.
Simply I really don't know. I
The Nice
Guy
by
Dou Reardon
With
uncharacteristic,
Nice Guy is a lonely guy.
"I just want to meet a nice guy,"
said Lots-of-Hair as she stomped
over Nice Guy in the cafeteria. Nice
shameless, boldness Nice Guy said,
•
"May
I have your
phone
number?"
allowed other students to cheat off
him. The same students he does
laundry for, free of charge! The
same students be loans his car to.
The sai:ne students he nurses in
times of ill health. Yes, the very
same students be gives all his
money to, and for no apparent
reason.
•
Guy laid himself over a puddle of
Teem so Lots-of-Hair wouldn't
slip. She didn't even notice Nice
Guy as her Reeboks traversed bis
sternum.
'"Hey,
I'm Nice Guy," he
whispered, liberating himself from
the carbonated spill. He took his
meal· and sat on the floor behind
the garbage cans. He didn't want
to take
a
seat someone else might
want. What a nice guy.
Lots-of-Hair wouldn't know a
nice guy if she walked over one. Oh
_
wait, she did.
No one hates Nice Guy. When be.
walks around the campus hundreds
of girls pass by him and say,
"Hi,"·
or "What's up." Some even ask
him if be did his homework. Nice
Guy is studying social work (of
course).
Dyes-Her-Hair passes Nice Guy.
"Hello, Nice Guy," she smiles,
makeup cracking.
"can
I borrow
your notebook. I haven't gone to
any of my classes this semester and
I was wondering if
1
could copy
every single one of your notes?"
Nice Guy handed Dyes-Her-Hair
his notebook. "But you might get
writer's cramp. Here, you can just
keep my notebook, and here's my
computer account code just in case
you want to break into my files and
plagiarize any, or all, of my term
papers."
Dyes-Her-Hair was about to
march away. Nice Guy thought,
."I
should ask' her out on a date."
•
He reached down into his wallet
for
a
piece of paper. Under his
organ donor card, under the pic-
tures of his 11 adopted Ethiopian
children, he found one.
"Well?" he questioned.
"My number is ... , is ... ," she
stopped. She had to think quick.
" ... my number is 555-1212."
555-1212
is the number for direc-
tory assistance. Nice Guy didn't
cheap
leisure
suit
suspect he was getting the brushoff;
instead he assumed she worked for
the phone company.
Other girls bad given him phony
numbers. How many times bad be
ended up calling The Party Line?
Many girls liked Nice Guy, but
• they would never go out with him
because he was just "a nice guy."
How many times had he heard,
"You're so sweet, so amiable, so
convivial, so funny, so NICE, so
brotherly."
Too darned nice if you ask me.
Still, Nice Guy was lonely. As
the year went by, girls still said,
"Hi"
and "What's up?" Girls still
gave him phony phone numbers. In
fact, it became a campus joke,
light-hearted of course, because
Nice Guy was so nice. Girls would
give Nice Guy the number for the
suicide hotline and phone sex. He
would feel dumb.
He lost sleep at night wondering
what he was doing wrong. "Should
I get drunk and sweaty and spit on
girls while I talk to them? Maybe
I should punch
·girls
on their
noses?" Nice Guy was frightened
by his own thoughts and then
drifted into a deep slumber.
He needed a solution to his
dilemma.
The next day Nice Guy bought
a machine gun and killed every
~ingle person at Marist College.
When
·
the policewoman threw
him into the back of her cruiser
Nice Guy apologiud for the day's
events and tried not to get any
blood stains on the seat covers.
The policewoman looked into
He was too nice to notice
..
thaC her rear view mirror at Nice Guy.
girls don't want to kiss guys on the Somehow,
she
found
him
mouth who remind them of their attractive.
brother.
Don Reardon is a senior major-
Nice Guy went about his Ing In commaalcadon arts. He's
business. He went to class where be also a nice gay.
always appear too close to my ex-
periences to analyze them.
I'm not dumb, really. After all,
I did attend college for four years.
I guess I'm just so bound to living
that I don't have the necessary time
or distance to fathom, question or
compartmentalize the impercepti-
ble, firsthand experience.
I understand better what it
means to make friends, lose
friends, enjoy the pursuits of
academia (I actually liked doing
term
papers), and better know
myself. Hopefully, ages and ages
hence, a Frost poem, the quadratic
formula and Freud's theory of
development will take on meaning.
Yet, I cannot say with any cer-
tainty that any of this will be
significant or influential in the
future. But that will not be the
failure of Marist or society. Rather
it will denote my failings and in-
ability to make the most out of my
abilities and self.
But what do I do at graduation?
Someone will come to me and
ask the unanswerable. Maybe I'll
say it's just great to be a graduate
- things have changed dramatical-
ly and life is on the horizon. I'm
sure it will be true. 1 just don't
know it, really know it, now.
For the time being I'll continue
to live life. That might seem like a
paradox, but it is not. But I hope
sometime in the future someone
does ask what it felt like to be a col-
lege graduate. I'll have an answer
by then even if it is a nebulous one.
Sadly, though, I have a feeling no
one is going to ask.
Michael J. Nolan
is
a senior major-
ing io communication arts, eoglish
and education.
Sharpton' s visit
diminishes Marist
by
Patrick Reilly
To the surprise of myself and
many other Marist College students
• the Rev. Al Sharpton attended the
cultural dinner dance at Marist
Saturday, April 9. The fact that he
would be permitted to attend such
a school event is outrageous.
On the surface it appears that he
stands for a noble cause, but even
a brief look at his past actions will
prove that his intentions are far
from good ones. He has a history
of being a publicity-seeking an-
justice system and get his picture in
the paper (even The Circle).
He then turned the entire case in-
to a circus side show act by leading
a procession to the s!ate armory in
Poughkeepsie to make
a
citizen's
arrest of John Ryan, Chief of the
state prosecution department.
Sharpton insists that he is respon-
sible for the injury of a protestor.
He produced no verifiable proof
-whatsoever
of his involvement in
that. If he has such proof he should
tagonist rathar than a problem
solver.
Don't
we as a
When the Howard Beach con-
colle
h
troversies arose he seized the mo-
-
.
ge
ave
any
ineni'ttfg~t his
picture iil"as many
,·
\.
social· morals left?
newspapers as he couJd. Before any
verdict was reached in the Howard
Beach case, he called for a general
strike in New York City. He said
he was protesting the injustice of
the criminal system, but he did not
even bother to wait and see what
the outcome of the case would be.
When the verdict was reached he
again ripped into the justice
system, even though the outcome
•
satisfied the majority of civil rights
leaders.
The Rev. Al Sharpton is now
making a mockery of the Tawana
Brawley case. His actions only
hinder, not help the justice system
which he is so quick to criticize.
In my opinion, the two lawyers
for Brawley, Alton Maddox and C.
Vernon Mason, should be disbar-
red. They have instructed Tawana
not to cooperate with state of-
ficials, even though it is very clear
that without her testimony the
truth can not be learned.
On Tuesday, March 22, Sharp-
ton led a protest to attempt to pre-
vent the grand jury investigating
the case from meeting. Again all he
accomplished was to slow down the
turn it over to officials so justice
can be done; not further damage
the system.
Sharpton's visit here only helps
him with his guest for publicity and
•
controversy. How can a man with
his past be honored at a cultural
dance at Marist? Don't we as a col-
lege have any social morals left?
While he was here he took many
pictures with smiling students,
shaking hands like an up and com-
ming politician. If Sharpton can
find a way, he will no doubt use
these pictures in some future
publicity event.
By letting Rev. Al Sharpton at-
tend the dance, Marist College en-
dorses his non-productive prin°
ciples. His entire presence leaches
off the Marist College name and
the dignity of the student body. It
is an outrage that he can be permit-
ted to use Marist as
a
forum to pro-
mote his backward political
aspirations.
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Down
in
front
Bright idea,
big mistake
by
Ken Hommel
This time, I took a noble ap-
proach to reviewing a movie by
reading the book first. The result?
Jay Mclnerney's "Bright Lights,
Big CitY." definitely showed more
life in print than on the big screen._
The obvious scapegoat would be
in the casting of Michael J. Fox as
the frustrated, cocaine-addicted
writer caught up in the New York
•
City night life. I didn't find that to
be the case. Fox is fine in deliver-
.
ing the wit and emotion conveyed
in the book. The problem is in the
direction and even the screenplay
.
which was written by Mcinerney
himself.
•
Fox is seen in the
movie as troubled by
not having mourned
for
.his
mother
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The book has a wonderfully,
surreal and satirical style to it. It's
written in the second person so
·
Fox's character of Jamie Conway
doesn't even have a name in the
'
original version. The second per-.
son, perhaps the character's cons-
I
cience speaking, de~cribes his in-
nermost thoughts arid the roots of
his tangled emotions that can't be
probed as deeply in the film
1
.
l~'s,
satire of the nightclub life and the·
gaudy
New-Yorlc'--Post
headlin~
•
also wec1.kly
delivered iri the movie.
Fox is seen in the movie as
troubled by not having mourned
for his mother (Dianne Wiest)
while it was the desertion by his
fashion model wife (Phoebe Cates)
that consumes him in the book.
Rather than being mired in the
vices and desecration of the night
life, Fox's version is more of an
outsider to the life.
James Bridges ("The China Syn-
drome," "Urban Cowboy") was
brought in during the 11th hour to
direct,
and
he presents very conser-
vative
treatment of this hip story.
There are no outrageous camera
angles or elaborate direction and
the movie hurts because of it. It
doe~n•t adequately convey the at-
mosphere that should be seen
throu!!h Fox's recollections. Even
his na~ration in the opening scenes
seems
muffled and inaudible.
Fox's job at the Goth.am
Magazine Department of Factual
Verifil:ation
is
prevalent in the
movie
and
it's a job so boring that
it just makes the.scenes boring to
watch. Swoosie Kurtz as Fox's co-
worker and John Houseman as one
of his bosses are treated as needless
bystanders.
A bright
spot
is
..
Kief~r
Sutherland ("Stand By Me")
whose charismatic portrayal of
sleazy Tad Allagash drags a
depressed Fox on his nocturnal
romps in search of nymphs and
numbness. Tracy Pollan ("Family
Ties") as Fox's screen girlfriend (as
well as real life) is also a_ welcome
sight but she is practically
shoehorned into the story.
Hopefully, Fox's versatility will
carry a better crafted movie with a
dramatic role. He has a challenge
in his next endeavor, "Casualties
of War," in that he must enliven
two overused film standbys, the
Vietnam War and co-star Sean
Penn. Then, it's· off_to "Back to
the Future II." Too.bad he can't
travel back in time and make the
kind of movie deserving of the
"Bright Lights" book.
Senior Week
.
plans take shape
by Pamela Shewchuk
Senior class officers have met
with administrators in order to stay .
within the guidelines of the college
while planning the events for
Senior Week, scheduled for May
16-21.
Traditionally, a week close to the
end of the school year is set aside
for the seniors to relax, have some
laughs and be together for the.last
time before graduating.
The schedule has been set for the
week. It will begin with "Drive-In
Night" at the Hyde Park drive-in.
On Tuesday, a picnic is planned
with faculty-senior games and
•
a
winner takes all air· band contest.
The entry fee is $5. Tuesday's ac-
tivities will close with a "Pub
Night" held in the River Room.
The senior class will sponsor a •
cruise along the Hudson on
Wednesday. The week will con-
clude with· a formal dance at the
Vilia Borghese, in Wappingers
Falls on Thursday, as well as Fri-
day's baccalaureate and Saturday's
commencement .ceremonies.
The class officers urge seniors to
sign up early since there is limited
seating. Flyers will be distributed
with more information.
·
The officers will also provide
seniors with information concern-
ing the availability of alcohol for
the events. This topic was greatly
discussed while planning the
festivities. "Alcohol is permitted
but we are trying to de-emphasize
it," said Peter Amato, assistant
dean of students.
.
Tony Maio, a senior from
Freehold, N.Y., said, "We were
given a list of limitations that we
must follow in order to hold Senior
Week."
These restrictions niainly involve
the consumption of beer. At the
picnic, it will only be sol~ b)'. the
Alcohol_
is permitted but
we are
trying
to·
de-emphasize it.
"It was stressed over and over by
the administration that there must
be a proper ratio of food to alcohol
at the events throughout the week.
They don't want the week to be a
drunken free for all/' said Maio.
"The week is planned to allow
the seniors to get adjusted to the
fact that they won't be coming
back and to allow them to be
together in a relaxed atmosphere.
It's a good time to get.used to the
fact that they're not coming back,
it makes the transition easier," said
Amato.
This year there has been a move-
ment by the senior <;lass
to include
the faculty in more pf the events
during the week. "For the last four
years we've been growing with the
faculty, they are a big part of col-
lege an~ our lives. It is the last time
we have to say thank you," said
Marion McBride, the senior class
secretary from Pleasantville, N: Y.
cup. There will be a beer truck for
the day, but the taps must· stop
flowing for the period between the
picnic and pub night. Pub Night
will follow 21 Club guidelines and
a limited number of kegs will be
available. For the cruise, boat
owners said that they will require
students to present two forms of
identification.
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by Jeff Nicosia
Maybe you've noticed that
my columns
have
been
somewhat thin as of late. I'd
like to attribute that to
my
dif-
ficult course load, but the truth
is I only have two courses a
week, so that blows that excuse.
No, what I'm experiencing is a
•
rather common ailment, par-
ticular to semi-professional
critics like myself: I have ab-
solutely nothing to left to write
about.
Ten reasons why I should be
declared a British Knight:
1. I'm not rich so it will please
the working class.
2. I missed 54 classes my
senior year of high school. •
3. I got a D iri Ethics.
4. I hang out with other Cir-
cle columnists who have no
friends.
5. Chicks would dig me.
6. I could get those sneakers
from Father & Son for free.
7. I have a tattoo of a canoe
on my buttocks.
8. It's cheaper than running
for president.
9. I rarely shave and I often
have bad breath.
10. I know Joey O'Brien.
Ten people who I'd like to see
run for president:
1. Dr. Frank Field
2. Sy Sperling
3. Marge: The cafeteria
"what's your number" chick
4. The Provenzano's delivery
guy
5. Madonna's cousin Abe
6.
James Daly
7.
Jim Daly
8. Mike
Daly
9. Jason: the bouncer from
Rockwell's
10. Anyone besides Tipper
Gore
•
Ten people I wouldn't want
to see run for president (or any
other elected office, for that
matter):
1. Pat Robertson
2. George Bush
3. Garry Ryan
4. Gallagher
S. The
female bartender at
Skinner's
6. Anyone who's eating
"light"
7. Steven M. Lurie
8.
_Charo
9. Evel Knievel
10. My brother Vincent or
Don Reardon's brother Jim
Ten stupid lines from 10 not
neccessarily stupid songs:
1. "There's something about
you girl
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that makes me
sweat." (INXS)
2. "You don't have to be a
star, baby, to be in my show."
(Marilyn McCoo and Billy
Davis)
3. "Someone left the cake out
in the rain." (Donna Summer)
4. "Kiss me like a monkey-
see, monkey-do." (Terrence
Trent D' Arby)
S. "They're a modern stone-
age family." (Theme from The
Flintstones)
6. "Do the dog- not the
donkey." (The Specials)
._
7. "Charles Nelson Reilly,
he's our man, he can heal the
sick with a touch of his hand."
(The Dead Milkmen)
8. "You drippy nose, you
knuckle head, you're wet
behind the ears - You like men
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and we like BEER! (The
Beastie Boys)
9. "I'm gonna dress you up
in my love." (Sean Pean's ex-
wife)
10. "No, I don't think so."
(LL Cool J)
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New Marist mentor
wears many hats
by Use Martin
She is an actress, a writer, an
editor, a therapist and a student.
And as of February, she. is the
counselor for more than 1,500
Marist College students.
She is Katharine Brydon Fit-
zgerald, the' new upperclass men-
tor, and she says she loves work-
fog with people. "If I only work
with ideas or things, I get bored.
I need a balance and I guess I'm a
social person," she said.
Fitzgerald, who goes by her
Welsh middle name, Brydon,
boasts a long list of experience
working with people.
For two years prior to corning to
Marist, the 47~year-old
Cold Spring
resident was the clinic director and
substance abuse counselor for
Ossining Drug Free Program in
Ossining, N.Y. She worked with
alcohol and drug addicts ranging in
;tge from 14 to 56, one-third of
whom were college age or younger.
In 1983, she conducted weekly
marital and family therapy sessions
through the Veterans Administra-
tion Hospital in Montrose and the
Mental Health Associates in
Poughkeepsie. But her professional
experience goes beyond counseling.
She worked as the public rela-
tions director for the Council of
Literary Magazines and said that
she enjoyed travelling around the
country for the job. "I enjoyed
meeting people who were trying to
publish books and doing editorial
degree. She already holds one in
guidance and counseling from
Long Island University and one in
English
from
New
York
University.
While
studying
as
an
undergraduate at Towson State
University in Maryland, Fitzgerald
performed as an actress in off-off-
Broadway
productions
in
Washington.
"It's great emotional exercise,"
she said of acting. "It's very ex-
citing to bring the words of a play
to life on stage, to create the world
of a play. But like everything else
I do, it's about people, their in-
teractions and their feelings and
motivations."
She performed
with
the
Washington Shakespeare Festival
and the U.S. Information Agency
of Television, and had a small part
in a film titled "Advice and
.
Consent."
Fitzgerald said she came to
Marist because she wanted to work
in an academic environment. "I
like being around people who are
trying to learn things from books.
I like talking to students. That's the:
main part of my job," she said.
Although she has been at Marist
•
only two months, she said her ex-
perience has largely been talking to
students about their academic pro-
blems and requirements.
work and publicity for their
For the first few days, she did
books," she said.
not meet any students at all. "I was
Two floor-to-ceiling bookcases
learning a lot and I met all of the
stand in her spacious Campus
other people in my department, all
Center office and on one shelf lies of the other mentors. I got a basic
her latest interest, a novel about the
concept of the campus and tried to
Welsh author and poet, Dylan get my office organized," she said.
Thomas. Fitzgerald is an avid
reader,· whose favorite author is
Now, the sheet of paper on her
April 21, 1988- THE CIRCLE - Page 9
Two-fold professors
by Christine Domurat
Just what are adjuncts? Ad-
juncts are professionals from
various areas who teach part-
time. They are assets that are
often misunderstood.
Adjunct instructors and ad-
junct professors -
the title is
based on the amount of
teaching experience a person has
- receive free McCann Center
memberships and a tuition
reduction for their spouses and
children as payment.
An
adjunct
professor,
however, receives
$100
more
than adjunct instructors. An ad-
junct is also paid more for
teaching graduate courses at an
off-campus site or in a correc-
tional facility.
There are over 150 adjuncts
here at Marist.
•
"They want to share a certain
degree of expertise they come by
in the real world setting, and
give the student a 'shortcut' or
insight," said Jeptha Lanning,
chairperson of the division of
arts and letters.
"It's an advantage to the stu-
dent,"
said adjunct Diane
LeLito Platt, a communication
training
and development
specialist, who teaches classes in
small group and interpersonal
communication. "There's a
connection between class and
total life."
James Fahey, manager of
communications' and comm1Jni-
tr
relations at IBM Poughkeep-
sie, teaches a class in public rela-
tions once a week.
"I
teach for two reasons,"
Fahey said. One because I like
it, and two because I think I
have something to say."
Fahey, who has 25 years of
public relations experience, said
conveying what he knows to
young students is important to
him. "Relating experience is an
important part of the teaching
process," said Fahey.
"It's a nice trade~off," said
Lanning. "The academic life
gives students
theoretical
perspective, and adjuncts give
the professional experience of
practice. The two together gives
a good dimension to the
ma_jor."
''Adjuncts are the backbone
of many departments," said
Mrs. Platt.
"If
we didn't have
them, who would be teaching?"
Shakespeare;-· -And-shc-:saia- -she
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r•r-ved for--appointments
-i,- -
hopes to write someday.
almost filled. She· said. that with·
Tie
dye
Last Saturday, the sale of tie-
dye products
in
Campus Center
was one of the many functions-
that made up Spring Fling 88.
Fitzgerald is currently enrolled in
course selection and· midterms it
•the Graduate School of Social Ser-
has been quite busy; She is
just
fan-
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vice at Fordham University, where ding out what a typical day in the ,
she is working on her third master's life of a student mentor is.Jike.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
Poughkeepsie
·shelter
for homeless
gains aid from·. student volunteers
by Nancy Bloom
A Poughkeepsie sheiter for the
homeless is
beginning
to get student
•
volunteers thanks to another
Marist student.
Ken Foye, a junior from Nor-
thford, Conn., coordinated the stu-
dent volunteer program after atten-
ding a meeting of the newly form-
ed Dutchess County Coalition for
the Homeless.
Foye said he was interested in
helping because of his past ex-
perience with the needy. during
Campus Ministry's Appalachia
trips over the past two years.
•
"Going out there woke me up.
We don't see the other side of the
fence outside the Marist bubble,"
Foye said. "I know there are peo-
ple less fortunate out there, I just
didn't understand what it was
about."
.
While there, Foye saw people
who had removed seats from an old
bus so they could live there.
"I had the idea people were liv-
ing like this but here I was able to
see it," Foye said. "I hadn't the
opportunity to come in contact
•
with this world before. I learned
about a way of life for some
people."
Foye said being there made him
realize that people need to- be
helped.
"For me (Appalachia) was where
I saw people who weren't as for-
tunate as others-who may have
been given a bad shake in life for
one reason or another. I feel the
need to help them in my own small
way," Foye said. "A lot of Marist
students want to help. Some are
even overwhelmed by the need to
help. But they think they have to
make a grand gesture. They don't,
a lot of people can do little things;
that's just as good."
.
Foye said he heard of the forma-
tion of Dutchess County Coalition
for the Homeless through Campus
Ministry and decided to attend the
first meeting.
•
"It wasn't really organized yet,
they were only in the talking
I hadn't opportunity
to come.in
contact with this
world befor~.
stages," Foye said. C'We found out
•
what it was about and wanted to
take part."
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The Dutchess County Coalition
for the Homeless was formed a
year and a half.ago, according to
Mary Keeley; • coordinat<)r:/-of
volunteer services for the coalition.
"The coalition was formed to
solve the
.problems
and meet the
needs of the
homeless
in
Poligl)keepsie," said
-Keeley
in a
telephone interview
..
!.'We
know the
problem is. out there and something
must be done. It was formed out
of concern for the people."
On Jan. 24, an agreement with
Christ Episcipal Church was made
to provide shelter space for nine
people, five nights a
week,
Sunday
through Thursday, from 10 p.m.
until 8 a.m., according to Steven
Kennett, shelter coordinator.
The coalition is under the
auspices of Hudson River Housing,
said Kennett. Hudson River Hous-
ing is a non-profit
housing
organization that creates low-cost
housing in the county.
Kennett said that being a part of
Hudson River Housing offers the
shelter profit status, allowing for
"I
got involved because
I
saw the
need to help. That's just my
nature," Kennett said.
"I
don't
think people are really permanent-
ly homeless. They are just going
through a transition. Either they
got evicted, had a dispute with so-
meone, lost their job or left home
for some reason. Everyone has dif-
ficulty in life. I find these people
interesting. I'm glad we can pro-
vide the crutch they need."
grants and private funds to be -------------
solicited.
The area to be used is a large
room, two bathrooms and a kit-
chen for coffee and light snacks
provided by the coalition.
One condition for utilization of
Christ Church is the intake and
screening processes be done at
another location, according to
Keeley.
•
"The screening process, which
will be done at Vassar Hospital, is
an intake procedure the people
must go through," said Keeley.
"The five most needy people are
taken first and then we rely on a
first come first serve basis."
The shelter has become useful,
according to Kennett, having an
average of 3.5 people a night since
February.
"There were several nights we
had to tum people away," Kennett
said. "Other times some people
stayed for a couple of days."
According to Kennett, there are
approximately 700 homeless
peo-
ple, but the city policy states there
aren't any homeless people in
Poughkeepsie.
We know the problem
is out there and
something
must be done.
The shelter is funded by private
donations, churches, Dutchess
County Area Fund and Dutchess
Outreach. Dutchess Outreach
specifically ~ays Kennett's salary,
the only paid coordinator in the
coalition.
According to both Keeley and
Foye, several Marist students have
shown an interest in volunteering
time at the shelter.
A staffing mm1mum of two
volunteers per night is required.
These two will take turns staying up
through the night.
Foye is presently coordinating
tht> program for the eight interested
students. "I'm waiting to hear
from the coalition," he said.
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Page 10 - THE CIRCLE - Aorll 21, 1988
New plays
•
Ill
spotlight
by Lisa Taurence
The Experimental
Theater
Workshop at Marist College is
sponsoring Festival '88 which will
take place on April 27, 28 and 29
at 8 p.m. in The Theater.
The students in the workshop
will be directing and acting in eight
plays, written by Marist students.
Each play will range from 10 to 15
minutes in length.
Dean Gerald Cox, coordinator
of the workshop and faculty ad-
visor for Marist College Council on
Theater Arts, has been running the
workshop for 12 years and said
•
that in his 20 years at Marist,
"Students have always had a per-
sistent interest in the theater."
In the past, Cox
·would
come up
with a theme tying all of the plays
together, but that became too dif-
ficult to do every semester, he said.
"All of the plays that students
write tend to deal with human
situations -
family relationships
and problems and young adult rela-
tionships," said Cox.
The workshop gives students
with an interest in the theater a
chance to find out if they can act
or direct.
Everyone
in the
workshop is involved in one of the
plays in some way. Cox works with
the students that are interested in
directing. The directors conduct
auditions for each play and the
class is broken up into ensemble
groups that are each responsible for
a different play.
"Students who are interested in
or who are curious about acting get •
a chance to see what it's all about
and find out if they like it," Cox
said. "Many students are curious,
but are hesitant· to try it."
Cox is also responsible for some
of the writing that goes into the
plays. "One year we were short one
play, so
I
wro:e one. I have been
doing it ever since," he said.
Cox did his graduate work in
theater. He has written, directed
and acted in plays outside of
Marist. While he has always loved
writing short stories and poetry, he
started writing plays with a degree
of seriousness when he started the
theater workshop.
Puzzled? Here~s where to call
by
Judi Lach
the symptoms of tension and how
to
handle it can be obtained by a
simple phone call.
•
This ti~e of year is not an easy
Tel-Med also provides tapes con-
one for college students. Final ex-
centrating on smoking and health,
ams, term papers, graduation and
problem drinking, AIDS and
the inevitable job
search can
be
too
weight loss.
much to handle. Many students
The Marist Health Service has
begin
to
feel stressful - but there
brochures with a listing of the tapes
is help available.
available through Information
.
The Information Line of the
Line's Tel-Med and Tel-Law.
"A
United Way of Dutchess County
college student in a strange com-
offers a comprehensive telephone
munity may have needs but not
and referral service to the com-
know where to turn," Barbara
munity. By calling Information
Horgan, Vice President for Com-
Line, the staff will work with you
munity Resources at United Way,
and try to connect you with an
said. "Information Line is a star-
agency or support group in the area
ting point for a new comer of any
that is best suited to meet your
age. Whether it is school work, a
needs.
personal need career planning or
Information Line's Tel-Med and
just curiosity, students should call
Tel-Law programs are particular-
..
and find out how much assistance
ly useful. Tel-Med and Tel-Law,.: there actually· is in the commun1-
specialized phone services offering
ty," says Horgan.
medical and legal advice respective-
Last year there were over 10,000
\y, together have more than 260 calls for Information Line, in-
tapes dealing with various topjcs.
eluding Tel-Med and Tels Law. One
'
Tension is just one of the.topi~
.
caller needed help for,hei;son who
covered. Pertinent informatfoii on
was suffering emotionally after a
Attrition--
Continued from page 4
friend's suicide. Another caller had
been sexually abused as a child and
wanted the number of a support
group in her area. Yet another was
concerned about her son's poor
health due to his severe drug pro-
blem. The calls range from life
threatening problems to less drastic
situations.
Kathryn Biszick, an information
and referral specialist at United
Way, said that she recently receiv-
ed a call requesting information on
the problem of the homeless in the
area. The caller was preparing a
presentation on the topic and need-
ed names of sources. Biszick was
able to give the caller names of
agencies that deal with the problem
and would have relevant statistics.
Information Line is available to
the community weekdays 8:30 a,m.
- 5 p.m. by calling 473-1500. Tel-
Med can be reached at 473-2670,
and Tel-Law at 452-TLAW. The
TDD number for the hearing im-
paired is 473-1511. Collect calls are
accepted from anywhere in Dut-
chess County.
•
ly like Marist, but it just doesn't
have what I'm looking for in my
major," said Maria Milano of
Wallkill, N.Y. "SUNY Albany has
a hospital and a medical school,
and I think Marist is more
psychology and computer."
Milano said that she really likes
a small campus and
.would·
stay
here if Marist had a larger medical
program.
Marist Summer Session Registration
Now Under way
Liz Wilfard, a freshman from
Westfield, Mass., has applied to
Holy Cross and Boston College for
next semester. "I'm a psychology
major and I'd like to do a double
major in Biology. But I'm looking
towards graduate school and
although I'm not really sure what
I'm going
to
do, I've been geared
towards that field for a long time
and
I
want to leave all my options
open to me," she said.
Willard said she does not want
to start all over again at a new
school, but Marist has helped her
develop a better view on life. "It's
given me the chance to see who I
am and where I'm going and it's
been a really good way.to introduce
me to college," she said.
Schedule-
Continued
from
page 1
filled prior to add/drop.
The communication
ai1s
pro-
gram is also urging students to
register for the capping course
for the fall.
Capping courses are intend-
ed to make students aware of
how their abilities fit into the
world, according to David
McCraw, director of jour-
nalism, who is also handling
scheduling
for
the communica-
tion ans program.
at the Adult Education Office
Marist East 250 or the Fishkill Center
Mon.-Thurs.,
8:30
am-9:00 pm
Fri.,
8:30
am-5:00 pm
MINI I - June 6-24
MINI II - June 27-July 15
SESSION I - May 31-July 8
.
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•
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.
SESSION. II - July 11-August 18
SESSIO~:Ill
~
May-31-Aug~st 18
1/3 tuition
•due
at registration
($191/credit)
.NOTE:
Summer. i~temships register
•
at Field.
Plac~ment Office._Summer ir~.depende~t
:·,
study-register at Registrar's. Graduate·'
courses register at program offices.
Housing for Summer available for
Mini I, II and Session I only!
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Donnelly Hall lined'
with Marist history
by
Patricia
.
De Paolo
In 1988, young adults will
take on summer jobs to earn
money for tuition and new cars.
Thirty years ago, young men
came to Poughkeepsie to earn
muscles, tans, and free beer.
It was June 1958 and 85
Marist brothers came to Marist,
then Marian College, to build
Donnelly Hall.
The brothers had the summer
off from teaching so Brother
Nil us Donnelly, who supervis-
ed the construction and for
whom the building is named,
asked them to help build the.
new building.
Donnelly now resides in an
apartment located on the top
floor of Champagnat Hall.
"Get your muscles, get out in
the sunshine," he said he sug-
gested to them.
Working Monday through
Saturday, the brothers received
meals, a place to stay, and all
the beer they could drink after
working
hours,
Donnelly
recalled.
.._ The accuracy
in round
buildings is tricky, said Donnel-
ly. All I 00 concrete columns
were in place by the end of the
first summer, he said.
"It
fit like a jigsaw puzzle,"
Donnelly srud.
The roof was completed on
December 1960, according to
Donnelly. The building opened
in 1961.
All of the people who work-
ed on the building left with tans,
said Donnelly.
Since its opening, Donnelly
Hall has served many purposes.
The Library was housed
where the Computer Center
now exists until it was moved in
1975.
In
1961,
40 students lived in
the classrooms on the south side
of the building. Showers were
installed and a kitchen was built
where the present biology
laboratory now stands to ac-
commodate these students.
Donnelly Hall is now the
academic focus for Marist Col-
lege. At 90,000 square feet in
area, the building is the largest,
in area, on campus .
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thursday
morning
quarterback
In search of:
The ultimate
spring sport
by Chris Barry
This week, I will propose the
ultimate spring sport for the Marist
College athletic program.
•
Some
spring
sports
are ... well...for lack of a better
word, sick. They are participated
in by sick people.
Take people on crew, for in-
stance. They wake up before 7
a.m., sometimes· without eating
breakfast, then head out onto the
frigid Hudson River in a boat
without cushions on the seats and
about as much room for you and
a pencil while a heavily bearded
man barks directions to them
through a megaphone from the
comfort of a nearby speedboat.
Five swimmers
make history
by David Blondin
Five members of the Marist
College swimming and diving
teams ended their seasons by
making Marist history.
Two swimmers, sophomore
Joe -Dubel and freshman Kindra
Predmore, and three divers,
junior Lisa Burgbacher and
freshmen Paul Barrese and
Todd Prentice,
made
.
up
Marist's best__r~presentation
at
post-season
championships
ever.
Bubel,:a transfer from SUNY
New Paltz, performed at the
Metropolitan
Conference
Senior Championships at Col-
umbia University in March, and
his performance far exceeded
the expectations of anyone.
"Joe's performance was a
shock to him and me," said
Larry Van Wagner, men's swim
coach and aquatic director.
Bubel won the 100-yard
breaststroke in a time of 57 .25
seconds, a new school record
and personal best time. The
time also was a pool record at
Columbia and qualified hilJl for
the National Championship of
United Statc·s.
"Joe never qualified f.or the
junior
championships
but
jumped right to the seniors."
The junior nationals are open to
all
swimmers
18
years old and
younger while the seniors are
for those above the age of 18.
Bubel placed 52 out of 87 in
the
I
00-breast at the U.S.
Championships in Orlando,
Fla., with a time of 1.08.21
which is four seconds under his
personal best.·
Bubel will now work towards
qualifying for the Olympic
Trials in the 100-breast, which
have a qualifying time of
1.05.99. Bubel will train this
summer with Van Wagner to try
to attain that mark before the
July 31 qualifying deadline.
In women's swimming, Pred-
more also made Marist history
as
she qualified for the National
Junior
Championships
in
200-meter butterfly.
She placed 38 out 54 swim-
mers and had a time of 2.07
.82.
Predmore was the first woman
swimmer from Marist ever to
make a national championship.
Marist divers had their share
of making history this year as
well.
April 21, 1988- THE CIRCLE - Page 11
The Off ice of
Admissions
is currently accepting applications
for the Admissions Coop in
Educational Administration.
Interested Juniors should submit
letters of application.
and a resume by
Friday, April 22nd, 1988, to:
What's wrong with this picture?
For me, the ideal boating excur-
sion \vould be waking up around
noon; having my girlfriend and a
cooler full of drinks with me, a
portable heater, enough room for
me to lie out and catch some rays,
a television with a VCR and most
'
At the NCAA zone one na-
importantly an outboard motor
Bubel's time was one second
Mary Beth. Carey
Director
ff
k th
Id h
tional qualifier, Lisa Burbacher
with someone else worrying about
O a mar
at wou
ave
1
-fi
d h"
,.
h NCAA
placed 10 in the 3-meter event
the steering.
qua 1 1e
rm
1or t
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Ch
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h f"
and 15 in the I-meter dive. Her
Not that I'm lazy or anyth.ing,
amp1ons 1ps. twas t e irst
.
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h d
finish· in the 3-meter was the
but
I
J·ust like to enJ·
oy myself when
time any
anst swimmer a
of
Admissions
l"fi
d
s-
1·
I
h
highest any Marist diver has
.
I'm out on a boat. The scenery
qua 1 1e 1or a na 1ona c am-
•
h"
d •
B b I'
fi
ever finished in that meet.
along the Hudson is· quite nice, and
p1ons 1p an 1t was u e s 1rst
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h
•
h"
f
•
Barrese and Prentice also
I would rather look at cliffs an'1
nationa c amp1ons 1p o any
k" d
•
competed at the national
trees than be downwind looking at
m •
qualifier. Barrese placed
18
and
th .. sweaty back of someone who·
"Most swimmers progress
...
h
h h • •
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Prentice finished 20 in the
·hasn't
sho·wered.
t _roug t e Jumor na_
uona_s
d h
h
3-meter event while Barrese end-
Sweaty backs are sick.
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t e semor na-
.
,
,
~y.
-:Some
:~other,~
siclc. people.:__t\r~'
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tiorials,•.! said-Van Wagner:
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up
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21--
m
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the--1-meter-.-.-
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l<c1ci:Q~
ge>ali~;Having a bunch of
guys wi1h·t11ree~
an_d
·six-foot
sticks
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thi:Qwjn.gjftwo~pound. b.µl_ at q1e
·
at:fx'fremelyliig~ speeds while:I'm
.
.
-wearing
a half~inch chest protector,
a piastic cup and sweatpants is _not
•
exa<itly
high on iny list of priorities.
•
•
Qive me a hockey go~~ie'deg
pads_"and a lead cup,_and I'll start
,to.think
about getting in the cage.
-:,
:
l
.s~ppose -the
uitimate spring
sport
is
golf;
.
•
•
" 'Fhink about it -,- a nice. relaxing
.
g~riie: )Vith-~the ioc)cerrooni in
a:
.
cpµniry dub. What more could-
yoqjpossibly aslc. for?
..
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•
.Golf
is not
as
physically gruell-
ing
as
some of the
.other
spring
sports~_so.you don't have to be in:
-
the g·reatest shap~
..
YOU can wear
bright"
.green
pants with a bright
:
•
yello,w•
·hat,
..
orange socks· and
.
a
plaid.;sliirt
."and.
not look like an
idiot (well, ~aybe· you 'II look like
an idiot but you will fit in with 85
percent of the other people on the •
cours,e);··
•
•
• •
In:golf there isn~t
_any
constant
running·up and down the field, car-
rying all your clubs while dodging
other golfers. You casually drive to
thtfnext hole in a cart with your
dubs on the back. If the golfers in
front of you are not finished; you
. simply wait for theni to finish and •
sip.your cocktail.
.
•
•
And-think about how easy it is
to.recruit for golf; You don't have
send your assistant coaches all over
the country trying to sign the 6-9
kid who
can
hit 3-pointers at will.
Youdon't have to worry about the
SAT scores of tlie 6-3, 220-pound
hick fr.
om~he sticks who runs a
4.2-second
yard-dash and has a
vertical 1
•
of 43 inches.
•
So there you have it. The
• ultimate spring sport -
golf.
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_.,.
__ SJlorts
Lacrosse team
wins big twice
by
Joe Madden
The Marist College lacrosse team
picked up • a pair of victories last
week, defeating • SUNY ·stony
Brook, 12-6, and samshing Stevens
Institute of Technology, 16-0.
The Red Foxes (5-3) faceoff
against Knickerbocker Conference
foes Dowling, College tomorrow
and Southhampton College next
Tuesday,
both ·away games.
Although the Red Fox~s no longer
have a sh9t at the conference title,
both teams are formidable op-
ponents and are important games
1f the Red Foxes are to have a win-
ning record, according to Mike
Malet, head coach.
Against conference foe Stevens
T~ch, Tom. Doriellan led the way
with four goals while Pete Cleary
added four assists. • · --- •
The Red Foxes controlled the
game from the start as they jumped
out to an-8-0 halftime lead and led
16-0 when the Stevens coach
removed his team from the field in
an apparent protest against the of-
ficiating, according to Bob Bordas,
sports information director.
Although
Stevens is in a
rebuilding vear, it was still ail ims
portant game for the Red Foxes,
A River
Cruise
The women's lightweight-
eight boat practices on the Hud-
son. The crews will take on the
University of Lowell this
weekend.
(Photo by Al/iso_n Robbins)
according to Malet.
"We needecl this game to
prepare us for the.remainder of the
season;'' said Malet. "We executed
very well and we. played up to our
potential."
Malet again praised the play of
goalie Jon Blake, who turned away
five shots .to earn· the shutout
Marist's first of,the season. • '
The Red Foxes defeated SUNY
Stony Brook 12-6, avenging the •
17~3 drubbing Stony Brook hand-
ed the Red Foxes last year.
"That was a pretty significant
win ~hen you consider last year's
score," Malet said.
Senior attackman Bill Drolet led
all scorers with six goals while
fellow attackman Pete Cleary add-
ed three assists. Drolet's six goals
matched
Mike
Daly's output
against Pace University as the
season high. Both fell one goal shy
of the Marist record of seven goals,
set by Daly's brother Tom during
the 1986 campaign.
Malet praised the play of mid-
fielders Dan Arnold and Tom
Donellan for keeping Stonybrook's
star mid-fielder, Rich Capri, in
check. Capri, who averages nearly
five goals a game, only scored one
against the tandem of Donellan
'and Arnold.
Rich Spina
Page 12 - THE CIRCLE -April 21, 1988
Early
exit
Jon Cannon leads the Marist lacrosse team out to shake the
hands of the Steven s College players after the Steven ·s team
was called off the field
by
its coach. (Photo by Bob Davis)
Netters get shut out
at ECA C tourney
-
junior Max Sandmeier and
After starting the season with a freshmen Jim Cagney and Rob
4-2 record in dual match play, the Seipp -, each lost in straight sets.
Marist College men's tennis team
"We didn't get very good draws
ran out of gas at the ECAC Metro at all," said Marist coach George
Conference Tournament . last Dioguardo.
"If
we won the first-
weekend at Robert Morris College. round matches, we would have had
All four Marist singles players, . to play all the top seeds in the next
as well as the lone Red Fox doubles round. We wouldn't have been ex-
team, lost in the first round of the pected to do well after that."
tournament.
The Marist doubles team of
The _Red Foxes also split two freshmen Stan Phelps and Chris
dual match~ last week, .losing to Trieste -
which was· undefeated
Hartwick College last Tues., 6-3, until the match against Hartwick
_and edging Siena College, 5-4, the -
lost in the first round of the
following day.
doubles bracket in straight sets.
Marist will play at home today
Before the tournament, the
against the College of St. Rose and Phelps-Trieste team won the final,
will
travel to Westchester, N.Y. deciding match against Siena. All
tomorrow to play Mercy College. other play was completed with the
Results of yesterday's home match scoretied 4-4 before the freshman
against ·cross-town rival Vassar doubles team decided it with a
College were unavailable at press straight-set victory.
time.
Of the remaining six dual mat-
In singles competition, junior ches -
five of which are at home
Rich Spina was the lone Marist - all except today's match against
standout at the conference tourna-
St. Rose will be tough, according
ment. Spina, the Red Foxes' to Dioguardo. "We beat Siena
number three player, won the first and Siena beat St. Rose 9-0, so that
set 6-3 but then dropped the second (the St. Rose match) shouldn't be
set by a 2-6 score.
too tough," said Dioguardo. But
The third set was much tighter the Mercy College match as well as
than the first two, as Spina lost the matches against Pace, Quinnipiac,
deciding set in a tiebreaker.-
NYU and Manhattan will be more
The other Marist singles players competitive,
Dioguardo said.
Duke coach
to give clinic
at
McCann
by
Joe Madden
Duke
University
Head •
Basketball
Coach • Mike
Krzyzewski, who has taken his
Wildcats to the NCAA Final
Four twice in the last three
seasons and is one of the sport's
premier coaches, will conduct a
basketball coaches clinic at the
James J. Mccann Recreation
Mike Knyzewski
· Center tomorrow and Saturday.
Krzyzewski, who has been at
Duke for eight years, Jed the
Blue Devils to a 28~
7 reocrd this
year. They were eliminated in
the Final Four by the Kansas
Jayhawks, who went on to win
the national championship.
The clinic, which is sponsored
by MacGregor Sports Educa-
tion
and
Nautilus
Sports/Medical Industries will
begin at 7 p.m. tomorrow' and
conclude at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Krzyzewski, better known as
"Coach K," will conduct an on-
th~-floor, 8-hour in-depth clinic
usmg players to demonstrate his
basketball techniques.
Krzyzewski, who served as an
assistant to the 1984 Olmypic
team and was the National •
Association
of Basketball
Coaches' Coach-of-the-Year in
1984, will be assisted by four~
year Duke assistant
Pete
Gaudet.
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