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Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Building plans now
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focus on new. dorm
by BUI Johnson
College administrators are now
moving ahead with plans for a new
dormitory -
with a classroom
building
to
foJJow -
after being
preoccupied with projects in
Champagnat and Donnelly halls
this summer.
According to President Dennis
Murray, Marist will begin the
design/build process in the next
few weeks, when architects will
submit plans for the dorm and bid
for the contract. Once the dorm
project is launched, the college will
start planning a new classroom
building, Murray said.
•
Gerard Cox, vice president for
student affairs, said he hopes con-
struction will begin before winter,
with the dorm to open for the
Spring 1990
semester. Murray is
not as optimistic;. he said he doubts
construction will begin before
'spring, and he wouJd. not give a
target date
for completion.
Engineers
conducted
ground
tests
and the college chose a
site for
the dorm this
summer.
Acco,:ding
to
tentative
plans,
the dorm will be
located. northwest of the cainpus
Comp~ter
puts· Marist
on page one
Marist_ faculty
and
ad-
ministrators may have done .a
double-take when
"ihey
glanced at
the most recent issue
.of
The
Chronicle of Higher.Education, an
influential newspaper that cir-
culates on campuses
•
across. the
country.
On page one, illustrating a story
about the appeal of computers to
prospective studentsi is a picture of
the LoweU Thomas personal
com-
puter lab.
·christopher
DelGiorno
of the Marist Admissions Office is
shown talking to some touring high
school seniors and their parents ..
Inside, a continuation of the
story features a two-column photo
of Harry Wood, vice president for
admissions and enrollment plann-
ing, posed by an IBM
pc.
Center, it will stand two or three
stories high and will accommodate
400 to 4S0 students, probably
sophomores.
The new classroom building will
•
be built near the Lowell Thomas
Communications Center, on the
site of the rock pile. Murray said
.he
hopes to draw tentative plans for
that project later this semester, and
he said he hopes to have the •
building open when the college's
lease on Marist East expires in
about three years.
The classroom building
"ill
cost
up to
$7
•
million, while the dorm
will cost at least that much, Mur-
ray said. Marist is. consulting
brokerage
firms
and the New York
State Dormitory Authority about
financing the projects jointly
through bonds, although construc-
tion probably wm not occur
•
simultaneously, Murray said.
.
The new dorm
will
differ from
._
traditional dormitories to provide
more privacy and a better living en-
vironment, Murray said,-·Four or
five double occupancy rooms wiU
surround a central living area.
Plans do not call for kitchens; in-
stead, the dorm will have a dining
Plans for a new dormitory are underway while construction
of new curtain wall around Donnelly Hall is sel
10
begin next
month.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
room and will be connected to the
Campus Center. Murray said
Marist
has consulted Seiler's, the
college's food service company,
which recommended serving both
dining halls from the same kitchen.
While the college's primary. goal
.
is to eliminate the need to house
students
at the
Canterbury,Garden
.Apar.tm~,nts;:
an
off~campus cQm·
plex rented by
·Marist;
the· dorm
won't necessarily solve the housing
shortage, Coi·said.
"We would like there to be no
more Canterbury, but what if
retention 1mproves, .what if the col-
lege continues to grow?" Cox said.
The retention rate refers to the
number of students who complete
their educations at the institutions
in which they began.
For now, Marist's enrollment
•
will
remain around
3,000
students,
according to·Murray.·
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Aside from the retention rate,
•
which is. improving, Marist has io
consider the future of the North
Continued on page
2
September
22, 1988
Mall idea
•
remains
on hold
by Steven Murray
With other building priorities at
hand and the rezoning of the pro-
posed land unresolved, the Marist
Village is still on hold, President
Dennis Murray said earlier this
week.
The Village project, which must
be rezoned from a residential to a
commercial building site, was plac-
ed on hold by the college's board
of trustees last spring.
Murray said even if the Village
site is rezoned the project will still
be on hold because of building pro-
jects of higher priority, such as new
dorm and classroom buildings and
the renovations of Donnelly and
Champagnat halls.
"We don't want to try to do too
much at one time," Murray said .
"I
think the Marist Village makes
sense
to
the
college,
but there are
higher priorities:>'
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Marist filed a zoning request last
spring, but was
told
by Town of
.
Continued on page 2
Up against
the-wall
Dreary weather did
not
dampen the spirits of North
End residents, who were treated
to a picnic lunch by the Hous-
ing Office last Saturday at the
Gartland Commons Apart-
ments.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
Wood is quoted in the anicle as
saying:
"Kids
and their parents are
impressed when they come
to
cam-
pus if they see terminals displayed
in a well-lighted, clean, organized
environment."
Freshman class tops 800 for second year
But, Wood says later, "quite
frankly, I'm sure kids don't
understand the difference between
an
IBM 3090 and a
VAX."
.
As part of a $JO million IBM-
Marist study, the college recently
installed
a 3090 mainframe
computer.
Headlined "Once They Asked:.
How Many Library Books? Now
It's: Are Computers Available at 3
a.m.
?"
the Chronicle article ap-
pears in the Sept. 14 issue of the
weekly publication.
Other institutions mentioned in
the story include Dickinson Col-
lege
and Northwest Missouri
State University.
by Jay Reynolds
For the second consecutive year,
freshman enrollment has exceeded
800 students, according to Marist
officials.
This year's freshman class of
816
students is slightly smaller com-
pared to a record of 830 freshmen
enrolled in 1987.
"The past year, the Admissions
Office was involved in stepped-up
activity to enroll the same size class
as the year before," according to
an admissions report from the
board of trustees by James Biton-
ti, chairman of the board's admis-
sions and enrollment committee,
"Itis expected that this activity will
continue for the foreseeable future
since the competition for students
continues to intensify."
Of the 3,319 students who ap-
plied last year, about 2,S00 were ac-
cepted, and about one-third of
those accepted enrolled, according
to Harry Wood, vice president.for
admissions
and
enrollment
.
planning.
"The average high school senior
is accepted to about four schools
and therefore colleges have an an-
nual yield (percentage of those ac-
cepted that enroll) of 25 percent to
40 percent," Wood said.
Although the final numbers wiU
not be released until Monday, the
number of full-time students
·enrolled
this fall appears to be
higher than last fall, according to
Registrar Judith lvankovic.
Marist's five-year projected
enrollment plan, which runs from
the 198S-86
academic year through
1990-91, calls for a target enroll-
ment of 2,900 students, according
to officials.
Last fall, with the record
freshman class, enrollment was
over 3,000. Two years ago, the
freshman cJass numbered 7S5, and
there were 2,901 full-time students.
Retention figures also appear to
be up from last year, Wood said.
"The enrollment situation has
been strengthened in large part by
the improved
retention
.
of
undergraduate students/' Bitonti
~d.
For the past five years, Marist
has been progressing upward as far
as enrollment and retention are
concerned which has increased
Marist's public image, Wood said. •
This year's freshman class ap-
pears to be a more diverse group
than years before, including more
minorities and foreign students ac-
cording to Wood.
'
Marist received more than 300
applications
from
minority
Coatinuecl
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Ent_ertalnment
Dinner Theatre
The Alpha O,riega Players will present
"I Ought to be in Pictures" in the Fireside
Lounge in Campus Center on Wednesday
at 7 p.m .. The event is sponsored by the
College Union Board.
Boeaman and· Lena
New Day-Repertory Company presents
Boesman and Lena at the Vassar Brothers
Institute theater in Poughkeepsie on Sept.
30 through
Oct.
16. The presentation is an
Athol Fugard play about two people whose
relationship reflects all of the fears and
anguish that stem from the racial issues in
apartheid South Africa. Student admission
is
$8.
For tickets and information
-
call
485-7339
or 473-1045 between
7
and
9
p.m.
Little
Feat
Little Feat will perform at the Mid-Hudson
Civic Center in- Poughkeepsie Oct. 4 at
7:30 p.m. The barid features original
members· Paul Barrera, Richie Hayward,
Kenny Gradney, Sam Clayton,
Bill
Payne
and new additions Craig Fuller (vocals) and
Fred Tackett (guitar). Tickets are $17 and
are available through the Civic Center box
office and all Ticketmaster outlets. For in-
formation call 454-5800.
42nd Street
The tong-running musical 42nd Street
will be appearing at the 1869 Bardavon
Opera House in Poughkeepsie Saturday
and Sunday. Tickets are $23 and $25. For
information call the box offi~e at 473-2072.
Zoppe Circus Europa
.
An 8-generation family circus will be at
the Mid-Hudson Civic Center Oct.
7-8.
The
show features clowns, tigers, lipizzan
stallions, elephants, acrobats and aerialsts.
Tickets are $12.50. For information, call the
Civic Center at 454-5800.
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Catch a Rising Star
.
CUB is sponsoring "Student Band
Night" in the River Room next Thursday
night at 9:30 p.m. Admission is $1.
Exhibits
.
Photo Exhibit
"Landscapes on My Mind," a one-
woman art photographic exhibit by Joanne
Giganti, will
be
at the Bardavon Gall~ry in
Poughkeepsie through Sept. 30. For mfor-
mation call the Bardavon at 471-5313. Ad-
mission is free.
Art Exhibit
The work of local artist Barbara Bogdan
will be on display at the Adriance Memorial
Library in Poughkeepsie during regular
library hours. Admission is free. For infor-
.
mation call 485-3445.
Workshops and seminars
Debtors Anonymous
A new group of Debtors Anonymous will.
•
be
meeting
Saturdays
12:15 to 1:30 p.m.
at St. Gregory's A-Frame Church in'
Woodstock. The group deals witt'.I the pl'~.
blems of chronic indebtedness, anorectic
spending and undereaming. The meetings
are free of charge. For information contact
_·
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Lirida Cooper at 336-4747.
ArtCluaea
The Clove Creek Artists are offering·.
courses in photography, pottery, airbrush,
and music beginning this
·week.
The cost'
for the courses ranges from $50-150 for
4
to 8 weeks. For information. contact the
Clove Creek Artists at R.D.
1,
Box 464A,
•
Beekman Road, Hopewell Junction.
•
Free Seminar
William Brinnier, counselor and pro-
fessor of psychology at Marist College will
conduct a free evening seminar called
"You Must Relax: Breathing Your Way
Towards Better Health" on Monday, Oct.
3 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Mental
Health Association Offices, Tuytenbridge
Road, Kingston.
Dorm---
continued from page l
Road houses, where 44 students
live this year, Cox said.
A
long-
term New York State plan calls for
the widening of Route
9,
which
means the college will lose land on
both sides of the road.
The administration was too busy
with current projects this summer
to concentrate on future plans. •
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League
General
Meeting
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"This summer a tremendous
amount of energy
was
spent on the
Champagnat project," Cox said.
"The immediacy of...(that project)
did take preference over the new
housing."
Another delay was the joint
study with IBM - an opportunity
too good to miss, Murray said.
Mall---
Contiri~ed
'fro~
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Poughkeepsie
;
officials
·in··
'earty·
June that their request would have.
to wait.
The proposed building area for
the Village is located at the North
Eqd of campus where a gas station
and bank now stand.
When Marist bought that
strip
of
land about six years ago it was still
zoned for commercial use.
'But
when the McCann foundation
bought the surrounding land and
had it rezoned for residential
buildings, the land where the
Village is to
be
built was also rezon-
ed as residential.
Only after
the Town of
Poughkeepsie is rea4y to review the
-
school's zoning request and the col-
lege is ready to start building will
the Viliage project be taken off of
the ·"back burner," Murray· said.
I(built,
some of the possible
tenants for the village include a
bookstore, a restaurant, and a
laundry facility.
Last December, a forum was
held in which students met with
President Murray and schoo, ar-
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chitect Al Cappel!.i.
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Continued from page 1
students requesting admission last
year and has freshmen this year
from Nigeria, Panama, Japan, In-
dia, Norway and Taiwan, Wood
said.
• "We have made a commitment
to diversify the student body in
order to place students in a multi-
national environment,"
Wood
said.
Of the more than 3,300 students
who applied for admission for
1988,
the number of male ap-
plicants
was
stsble compared
to_
• 1987, while the number of female
•
applicants dropped 3 percent,
ac-
cording to Wood.
Although this year's freshmen
also showed
a
slight decline in their
average
SAT
scores, the number
of
freshmen
in the top half of their
senior class increased 4 percent
from last
year.
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Sept. 26
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September 22, 1988 - THE CIRCLE - Page 3
Work/study students blamed for job shortage
by Ilse Martin
Students without work/study
looking for a job where they can
Special
Services
employs
awarded
allocations
for
.
~ocations may be turned away un-
do their homework. They don't
students as library/academic aides, work/study, a federally-funded
Unemployed st~dents with
ti! more work/study students are
want to work."
notetakers, personal aides, readers; program
through
which the
wor~l study allocations may be
hired.
•
The Office of Special Services, test assistants,
tutors,
and
government reimburses Marist Col-
~oldin, up other stu~ents from get-
Three weeks into the semester,
.
which provides special assistance to
typists/transcribers.
lege with up to 80 percent of the
tmg a Job and del~Y;lng
some
cam-
however, some offices are not ful-
approximately
115 disabled
"l have a student who desperate- students' earnings.
PUS
of~ces from hinng a full st~ff,
ly staffed and have not had enough students, has seen 29 applications
ly needs someone to read some in-
About
57
students, including
a~cording to Ken. Po~ers, actmg
work/study students apply for
and hired 19 of those students. 11
formation and I have no one," said resident assistants and unit coor-:
director _of fi~anci:'1 aid.
.
work.
have work/study allocations.
Jeff Dezago, counselor and sup-
dinators, are given campus employ-
The Financial Aid Office ad'?S·
Some students may be resorting
"We don't have nearly the
port services coordinator for the ment allocatious, which are entirely
ed offices ~ound campus to hire
to off-campus employment because amount coming in that we need,"
Office of Special Services.
supported by the college.
s~udents with work/study all~-
the wages are higher, Powers said.
Director of Special Services Diane
"I
think a large number of
"Fiscally it is better for the col-
tions before other students to m-
"It may be the rate of pay. It
Perreira said. "It is most acute this
students on this campus are look-
lege to have as many students with
sure placement for _those on
m~y be the type of work," Powers year because we have a larger
ing for the easy job," Dez.ago
said. work/study as possible," Powers
work/study, Powers said.
said. "But a lot of students are
population of disabled students."
Approximately 500 stud.ents are
said.
Van service praised by students
Added vehicle
proves efficient
by Carrie Boyle
Despite some minor problems
in the first weeks, the Marist
van service between campus and
the Canterbury Garden Apart-
ments has received positive
marks from student riders.
An increase in enrollment has
boosted the number of students
living in Canterbury to 312,
many of whom depend on the
vans to transport them the five
miles between campus and
home.
"I
lived out here last year,
too, and I can see the im-
provements in the vans," Jim
Hofstetter,
a senior from
Woodcliff Lake, N .J. '' I use the
vans twice a week and on
weekends. I have a car but use
the vans as a convenience to
save gas and avoid drinking and
driving. In bad weather, I
definitely use the vans. It's
a
good service."
'.
The Office of Safety and
Security, which runs the vans,
has added a fourth van this
year. It acts
as
a back-up and is
is used mostly during the mor-
nings. The vans hold 11
passengers.
The 1988 Dodge vans are
leased
from
A vis
from
September to May. Avis main-
tains them on a regular basis.
The Office of Safety and
Security is responsible for set-
ting up schedules and hiring and
supervising drivers.
There are 12 drivers, four of
whom are new, according to
Joseph Leary, director of safe-
ty and security.
Drivers are authorized to stop
only at Canterbury, Marist and
if necessary
St. Francis
Hospital. If a driver receives
any moving violation, he or she
is fired on the spot, Leary said.
Leary said that so far,
everything
was
running
smoothly and that the few com-
Students housed at the Canterbury Garden Apartments
ban
the option of
using a
-van
se~-
vice provided by the college in order to get back and forth from campus.(Photo by Bob
Davis)
plaints came from students who
missed a van or had to wait for
one to arrive.
According to Leary, students
sometimes miss the van because
they try to catch one at the last
possible minute.
"The van service revolves
around liberal scheduling for
the convenience of the students
and to help relieve the already
burdensome
parking
pro-
blems,'' said Leary.
Steve Sansola, director of
housing, said that this year the
van service
is
off to a better start
than
in
previous years.
"I'm confident that the Safe-
ty and Security office have
made and will continue to make
a strong effort to provide ap-
propriate transportation for our
students residing at our Canter-
bury Apartments," said San-
sola. "Our office will continue
to assist in any way we can."
Jamie Ferguson, residence
director of Canterbury, lived
there when he was a junior in
1984. He said the van service
then was bad because drivers
would leave late or early, or skip
stops.
Ferguson said the service is
still in its early stages and needs
fine-tuning.
Within the next few weeks the
Resident Student Council will
be sending out flyers to. students
to find out whether there are
complaints about the service,
Ferguson said.
"If
there are problems,
students have to address them to
Security. Be patient,"
said
Ferguson. "Since I've lived out
here, there have been big im-
provements."
For his part, Leary said
drivers had few complaints
about the riders.
"Drivers like the kids -
that's why they keep comin.ll
back," said Leary.
Cecilia Falcon, a junior from
Wethersfield, Conn., uses the
vans three to five times a week.
"It is a convenience and I am
pleased with it, but it seems that
they take a round about way to
get to school instead of the
direct route down 44-55,"
Falcon said.
Others said the vans had
presented some problems early
in the semester.
Marianne Chase, a junior
from Waterford,
N.Y.,
said:
"Sometimes its made me late
for classes. On my first day of
classes the van was full and they
said they would send another
van but they didn't."
The Mccann Center was able to
fulfill its staff requirements this
semester, but the number of initial
applicants quickly diminished when
students were told what the posi-
tions entailed, according to Elsie
Mula, assistant athletic director.
"The interest was not sustained
once they found out what they have
to do," Mula said. "But I don't
know why."
Mula said the job has certain dai-
ly requirements, but during quiet
times, students can do homework.
Committee
to set course
for future
by
Michael Kinane
Marist's newly-formed Strategic
Planning Committee will study
possible goals and policies concer-
ning the future of the college, said
Mark Sullivan, executive vice presi-
dent, at a faculty and staff meeting
on Sept.
9.
The committee
will
examine
areas of concern including the plan-
ning of academic programs, the
retention of currently enrolled
students, monetary distribution,
future enrollment -planning and the
marketing or the co\\egc to "()otcn-
tial students.
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The Strategic Planning Commit-
tee, which consists of 30 faculty,
staff and students, was formed last
spring to reassess the college's
future plans and goals.
President Dennis Murray called
for the formation of the commit-
tee in response to growing pressures
on Marist, and other institutions
like it, from outside sources.
In a memo sent to the Marist
community in April, Murray said
that the number of high school
graduates nationally is expected to
fall
25
percent by 1994. The
number of graduates from the New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut
area, which makes up 97 percent of
the Marist student population, is
expected to decline between 20 and
24 percent.
Also, reduced loan and grant
funding by both the federal and
state governments have made many
educational
opportunities
unavailable to many students, ac-
cording to Murray.
Marist staff er learns a lesson from Chinese
by Molly Ward
"Until you've held a Chinese
man who's
having a near
breakdown because of the condi-
tions in which he lives, you can't
know what it's like to live in a com-
munist country,"
said James
Kullander. "There's so much that
can't be shown on television or in
books."
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Kullander, the assistant director
of public relations at Marist, and
his Chinese-American wife, Wan-
da Yueh, taught English for 18
months at the Beijing University of
Iron and Steel Technology in Beij-
ing, China.
In winter of 1986, the two spent
their 14-hour plane trip to China
preparing their lesson plans.
The country is desperate for
Americans to teach their students
English, said Kullander, who had
no prior teaching experience. He
has a master's degree in journalism
from Syracuse University.
"When it came time for us to
leave, they all but begged us to
stay," he said.
One reason for the Chinese's
desperation is that since the
Cultural Revolution in China
(1966-76), China has realized that
to catch up with other nations, it
must begin teaching English instead
of Russian. And it is easier for an
English-speaking person to teach
English.
Chinese education has improved
in recent years. Before the revolu-
tion, educated people were punish-
ed, sent into the countryside and
made to do menial labor -
anything to keep them from
spreading their ideas to others.
Still, today 80 percent of the
Chinese people are illiterate and
only 6 percent go to college.
Despite the small percentage of
people who go to a university, the
dorms are overcrowded - like the
rest of the country -
with four
students living in a room the size
of Marist's double rooms.
There is no privacy, and while
students do complain, not much is
done to alleviate the problem, said
Kullander.
Once the students graduate, they
are sent to live in different areas of
the country and given jobs.
"They
were
mind-boggled when
I told them I like to change jobs
every two years," said Kullander.
There is a great deal of frustra-
tion for these young people, said
KuJlander, particularly for the
students who are taught by
American teachers.
"Chinese students are not
as
aware of the world as American
students," he said. "They are not
exposed to Western magazines,
newspapers and movies. They
know
nothing
of
Western
philosophies."
American teachers bring in these
materials and ideas, and the
Chinese see the differences between
our cultures.
"Their attitude towards their
government right now is rather
cynical
because they realize how far
behind they are," said Kullander.
Once they begin working,
Chinese people make an average
salary of $150 a month in U.S.
currency.
•
The Chinese pay foreigners well
by their standards. Kullander and
his wife each made $275 per
month, an impressive sum to the
Chinese.
Almost all of his students wanted
to study in the United States, said
Kullander. Few get the chance.
Before they can go to America,
Chinese university students must
pass an English examination, a goal
which Kullander
helped his
students achieve.
"It was very difficult to look at
a class of 20 students and know
maybe only one would be able to
study abroad," he said.
However,
Kullander
said
teaching gave him satisfaction.
"Being able to show the Chinese
about life in the West, to teach
them a level of English.,,so they
could pass the test to come to
America was a great reward," he
said.
Kullander has traveled all over
the world and hopes one day to
teach English in the Soviet Union
or an Eastern Bloc country.
He said to achieve a greater
understanding of the world, one
must travel.
"And I don't mean buying a
round-trip ticket," Kullander said.
"I mean buying a one-way ticket.
... On TV, they can't show you
what it's like to live and work with
these people day after day. If
wisdom and compassion are our
greatest aspirations, living abroad
is one way to achieve them."
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Times will change
for those who wait
"The more things change. the more things stay the same"
What a fitting way to describe Marist College. As students
returned to campus for the fall semester, many changes had oc-
curred on campus - but many of the problems that have plagued
Marist students in the past remain.
The most noticeable change was the renovation of Champagnat
Hall. The new windows and curtain wall are a vast improvement
over what the dormitory previously looked like. Unfortunately
the renovation could not provide any more room for student
housing.
For the past four years, the size of the incoming freshman
classes has steadily grown larger. With the added number of
students, the need for more campus housing becomes apparent.
Is it fair to-move more than.300 students to the Canterbury
Garden Apartments because there is no room for them on the
campus they chose to attend'?
The renovation of Donnelly Hall is another event that is about
to t~ke place (work ~egins later this month). By extending the
outside wall, approximately 7,000 square feet will be added to
th~ building. This space has been tabbed for the expansion of the
science laboratory and the administrative offices housed in the
building.
During the expansion of these areas, a loss of classroom space
will occur.
In February, the board of trustees gave college administrators
the ~o-ahead to develop plans for a new classroom building. At
the time, the proposed site for this building was across from the
Lowell Thomas Communications Center where "the rockpile"
now stands.
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The only discernible work on this project is the removal of more
than two-thirds of the stone and debris that began last semester
and continues today.
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Couple the lost space in Donnelly with the minimal amount of
other on-campus classroom space and only one alternative remains
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Marist East.
Currently, more than 50 percent of the classes offered at Marist
meet in Marist East. This means that students must cross Route
9,
the busiest road in Dutchess County.
The issue nobody wants
Crossing the county's "Main Street" has caused great concern
for
students in the past and this distress continues today. An ac-
cessible on-campus classroom building would be a welcome relief
to students.
Hope among the student body that the plans for these projects
will be intiated soon remains, because no one wants things to stay
the same.
letters
Internships available
To the editor:
There
are
some
exciting
possibilities for Marist students to
gain valuable experience out in the
real world while earning academic
credit. Internships are available for
interested and qualified students,
regardles of major, in political
science and public administration
locally, in Albany with the State
Legislature and in Washington,
D.C. Marist has very successfully
participated
in the American
University Washington Semester,
the Washington Center Seminar
programs, and the state Senate and
Assembly legislative programs
among others.
Infonnation and applications for
these programs are available
through Dr. Myers' office (Fon-
taine 315), and I look forward to
talking with and assisting
interested
students in achieving the valuable
experience internships provide.
The minimum eligibility re-
quirements for political science in-
ternships are
1)
at least a 2.5 gpa
(higher preferred; 2) junior or
senior status; 3) interview with in-
tern director; and 4) completion of
application.
The deadline for on-campus
review of political science intern-
ship applications is Oct. 15. This is
to ensure appropriate review in
time to forward approved applica-
tions on to the various internship
programs. (It should be noted that
making the "Marist cut" has in the
past been a pretty reliable indica-
tion of acceptance into the various
programs.)
Once again I hope to send out
this year qualified students to par-
ticipate in the many excellent in-
ternship programs so they may
garner this special experience and
represent Marist College.
JoAnne Myers
Professor
by Paul Q'Sullivan
The
high
winds and hard rains of
Hurricane Gilbert took many
lives
and destroyed millions of dollars
worth of property in the Caribbean
and Mexico last week. Gilbert will
go down in the books as one of the
most powerful hurricanes in
history.
A freak of nature most say, but
then again, maybe not. Some scien-
tists are now saying that Gilbert
may only be a taste of things yet to
come.
-
An environmental phenomenon
known as the "greenhouse effect"
is gradually warming the surface of
the earth. Carbon dioxide produc-
ed by industry traps solar energy in
the
atmosphere,
raising
temperatures on the surface. Hur-
ricanes feed off warm water in the
ocean; therefore, the warmer the
oceans get, the stronger hurricanes
become, and storms like Gilbert
will become more commonplace
than freakish.
By now, if not already, you're
probably ready to switch to sonie
of the more lighthearted columns
on this page. The truth is no one
wants to read stories on the en-
vironment. First of all, they are
mostly boring, and secondly, they
don't really hit home the way
stories about politics and nuclear
war do.
Well, I'll try not to bore you, but
take a look around and you'll
realize that the problems with the
environment are affecting your life
quite a bit. Talk to anyone who had
his home destroyed by Hurricane
Gilbert. Speak to someone who lost
her borne because of the toxic
waste at Love Canal. Better yet,
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Faculty
Advisor:
strike up a conversation with
anyone who tried to go to the beach
this summer. Pollution and other
environmental problems are here
and affecting our lives now. Sweep-
ing it under the rug just won't cut
it anymore.
The question is, however, if we
don't sweep it under the rug, what
do we do with it'? No one person
really has the power and the
resources to instantly get rid of en-
vironmental pollution, so what dif-
ference can we make?
It is true that no one can wave
his hand and make everything bet-
ter. But people have to realize that
this problem has been building up
for over 100 years,.so it may take
another 100 years until we can real-
ly say we've eliminated the pro-
blem. So, if we are going to make
a start we should probably start
with this year's presidential
election.
Michael Dukakis and George
Bush are the men who have the
potential power to make or break
the environment. Unfortunately, it
is such a complicated (or boring)
subject that we let them get off with
vague promises about how they will
do something, but they don't exact-
ly know what yet.
Dukakis takes credit for the
.. Massachusetts
Miracle"
but
won't explain why Boston Harbor
is one of the most disgusting bodies
of water in the world. And if
George Bush wants to be the heir
to the Reagan Revolution, I would
like to know who is going to be his
secretary of the interior and how
much is he or she going to resem-
ble James Watt.
We are letting these men off the
hook about the environment and
that tells the candidates that we
don't really care that much about
it. If we do not hold it important,
then they won't, and the situation
can only get worse.
Preserving the environment is no
longer a matter of being idealistic
or wanting to save the natural
beauty of our world. Hurricane
Gilbert and all of its destructive
power makes it clear that the
preservation of the environment is
becoming a question of our own
survival.
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September 22, 1988- THE CIRCLE • Page 5
No one si:tid it was easy to be a Deadhead
by
Wes Zahnke
life insurance policy and was on my
way.
•
I went to my second Grateful
•
•
Once inside the hustle and bus-
Dead show last Friday night at
a day
tie of the big city was far behind
Madison Square Garden.
•
in the life
and the celebration was beginning.
The ride down, yes we were.
My seat was somewhere up in the
stupid enough to drive, proved to
Himalayas but that was fairly ir-
be rather interesting as none of us
relevant as we were free to roam
knew how to get there.
the complex.
After a series of missed turns,
said that the $50 he asked for was
Happy faces and bright, festive
missed expressways and misinfor-
not there and that I owed him $10.
colors abounded as people danced
mation from toll collectors, wear-
J
am a religious user of Q-tips
and sang to the rhythmic beat of
rived in mid-town Manhattan con-
and my hearing is fine.
the group that has been making
fused, itchy and in dire need of a
I was being bamboozled.
magic for the last 23 years.
bathroom.
I refused to pay this cretin the
•
As I worked my way through the
Driving in Manhattan is very
money.
frenzied crowd, I paused to wonder
similar to trying to skateboard in
After some vicious verbal ex-
whatever happened to the Bay Ci-
Rennaissance on Thursday nights.
changes the moron reduced his as)c-
ty Rollers.
Finding a place to park was
ing price to $1.
.
Looking around the crowd I
a "Make Love Not War" shirt,
walking around barefoot with all of
his secret service men attired in
Not-Fade-Aways
and beads,
following his every step.
Of course, the evening wouldn't
be complete without a trip to the
bathroom.
There's
nothing
more ex-
hilarating than to stand there do-
ing your duty while less than six
feet away a total stranger is mak-
ing a generous contribution to the
Porcelain
Makers Guild of
America.
After the show we grabbed a
slice and a Coors at Sbarros then
headed to the car, though none of
us knew where we were going from
We finally got on the right path
home, got half our windshield
washed at a red light, saw women
of the night in action, then pro-
ceeded to take the very long way
home.
Being completdy lost at 2 a.m.
isn't exactly my idea of having fun,
but it sure beats internal bleeding.
I arrived home tired and smelly
but wholly satisfied.
So, one down and hopefully
many more to come.
Next time the Dead come around
don't bother going, just think of all
those naked gorillas running
around this earth and give me your
about
as
much fun as getting
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I jumped on this bargain priced
thought I saw President Reagan in
cavity drilled and simultaneously -------------------------------------------------•
playing duck-duck-goose with a
there.
ticket.
porcupine.
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Anyway, we were greeted by a
gargantuan gorilla standing atop
the main entrance to the Garden
fully attired in a tie-dye.
Only· in New York City.
The next mission was to acquire
a ticket.
•
In a place like Hartford, Conn.,
the Deadheads set up camp in
Bushnell Park and then proceed to
vend their goodies.
In the asphalt jungle, see Guns
and Roses, there is no park and
vending was not really permitted.
It was just a cast of thousands
walking around the Garden in an
apparently endless maze, holding
up one finger, chanting, "Who's
got my $20 ticket for tonight?"
Talk about.wishful thinking.
It
was definitely a bull market as
sellers were few and far between.
I figured that I'd just ride it out
until the last minute then wait for
the prices to drop as the show
started.
Good thing I don't play the stock
market.
It was going on five minutes un-
.til.
showtime and yours truly was
•
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ticket-les·s.
•
I didn't panic, not visibly
anyway, until the bloody end.
•
I finally found a very nice
gentleman who happened to have
an extra ticket for $40, or so he
said.
This
.gentleman,
and I use that
term very loosely, was not a
Deadhead.
He was a full time resident of the
city and was looking to make a few
bucks any way he could.
I gave him the $40 and he gave
me the ticket.
He then counted the money and
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Marist students learn to help less fortunate
Campus Ministry students _volunteer
2 summer weeks at f!Zigrant camp
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by Karen Cicero
Laura Price, a junior from Con-
gers, N. Y., still writes to an
A little 3-year-old blond-haired,
I I-year-old named Vicki she
met
at
blue~eyed boy named Bubba calls . ca';';'th
k"ds have an in r dible
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met the boy in
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Americus, Ga., when she and six said. But too often we fall s~o~j
other Campus Ministry members
Ma_ryKay
Tuohy shar~ a s1~ 1 ar
volunteered two weeks of their e:'penence. After teac~ung a httle
girl the alphabet, the girl's mother
approached Tuohy and offered her
the only gift she had to give -
a
cucumber.
summer
at
migrant camps.
Three-year veteran of the trip,
Marianne Policastro, remembers
Bubba from last year. "He ar-
ticulated in ways that were super
cute," Policastro said. "Bubba
didn't want us to leave."
Bubba represents only one of
Tuohy said she didn't unders-
tand the reward. "l didn't think
that I was doing all that much,"
she said.
Darryl Rochford, a sophomore
from Long Island, described the
living conditions of the migrant
workers.
. He said
a
trailer the size of the
one in the Donnelly Hall parking
lot housed four families while three
to five families lived in a house the
size of those on North Road.
"The wood was rotted, the
screens were broken, and the house
was completely
unsanitary,"
Rochford said. "It was worse than
the Harlem slums."
Senior Marianne Policastro, seen here with a child named Bubba, was one of seven students
who traveled to Georgia with Campus-Ministry duhng summer break.
"It's a way of saying thank you
to God for all that he gave·'me. I
wanted to give something back,"
Rochford said.
(Photo courtesy of Campus Ministry)
The children eagerly responded. between happiness and sadness.
Policastro said one of the religion She also
said Bubba couldn't make
lessons described the difference a sad face.
Campus
Ministry
brought
clothes and diapers for children
whose ages ranged from nine
months to 12 years to help alleviate .---------------------------------------,
Terry McConnell, a former
Marist student, relaxes with two
children at a migrant farm in
Georgia.
(Photo courtesy of
Campus Ministry)
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of
children who lavished
these students with affection.
Budney remembers the children
were overjoyed at the sight of the
students. "They ran out of their
trailers and shouted, 'The church
is here,'" she said.
The volunteers left Marist at 5
a.m. on May 25'and drove for two
days until they reached the camp.
There, they taught religion, arts
and crafts, reading and math to
children who otherwise wouldn't
have the opportunity to learn.
They also worked for Habitate,
an association that repairs low in-
come housing and taught at Vaca-
tion Bible School.
some of the problems the children
faced. The children also received
coloring books, crayons, Wiffle
balls and jump ropes -
things
these children wouldn't normally
have.
Budney said the students
prepared the children lunch every-
day so they would eat one decent
meal. "They devoured the peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches," _she
said.
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The children weren't the- only
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"The whole trip was a learning ex-
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"It
makes
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what you stand for. It gave me a
feel for what was really impor-
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Rochford said a 9-year-old boy
named Roger who was excited
about his baseball contests gave
him the encouragement to go on.
Rochford, who admits he wasn't
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September 22, 1988- THE CIRCLE - Page 7
International House
Cultural exchange program
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is off to an uncertain start
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by
Chris Landry
.
Junior Steve McDonough sleeps on an Argentinian
llama blanket and occasionally eats burritos out of a
Latin American bowl carved out of dried plants.
McDonough, a political science major and Spanish
minor, has always had an interest in world cultures.
So when it came time to pick his housing for this year
he naturally opted for Marist's new International
Ho~e.
•
"The reason I chose this (housing) is because it's sup-
posed to be an international house," McDonough said.
"l
wanted to get involved in some programs geared
toward knowing world cultures.''
Last spring housing officials designated Gregory
House as a place for stud~nts of international
backgrounds to learn about foreign cultures; said Steve
Sansola, director of housing. However, a lack of in-
terest and the college's priority point system have made
the house something less than international.
Only two foreign students live there; many of the
other residents were simply assigned to Gregory. The
remainder of the 34.students comprise a mixture of
sophomores, juniors and- seniors, all Americans.
There is no connection between the program and who
is housed there. Housing in.Gregory is determined as
all Marist housing is -
by student choice. or housing
policy, Sanso la said. "Not ev~ryone wants to
be
there,"
he said.
•
Despite a slow start, housing officials still think the
program has merit. "Students have to be aware that
they live in an environment of different people,', said
Nancy Walsh, North End residence director.
Sansola said Housing would like the newly-formed
Marist Foreign Student Committee to inform students
of the program. Last year Marist
.had
32 foreign
students.
"We'd like
to hook up with them (Foreign Student
Committee) and have their support,,, Sansola said.
The house will begin to define_ its international in-
terests t,irough its programs, Walsh said. "It's up to
me and my staff to develop the (international) theme.''
Despite such enthusiasm the program has yet to make
much progress.
"I
cooked myself some burritos but that's as inter-
national as it's gotten," McDonough said. "So far it
is not much different than any other dorm."
Yvonne Mwangi, a freshman from Kenya, has only
had one foreign experience at Marist -
her own
African tribal masks and bark cloth that hang on her
wall.
•
But program organizers are confident that after this
fall's slow start the program will continue to grow with
more activities.
Foreign guest speakers, lectures on foreign politics
and field trips· are some of the possible activities, San-
so la said. The International House will also be active-
ly involved with the college's National Heritage Week
next spring.
Next month Gregory woul.d like to ask chefs from
the Culinary Institute to make a foreign specialty
dinner.
Yet, while some students like McDonough hope to
be culturally enriched, others remain indifferent.
"You have to live somewhere," said Mwangi, whose
housing options were Gregory or Canterbury. "I
wanted to stay on campus."
James Savard (top) takes advan-
tage of the quiet atmosphere in
Gregory House
to
catch up on
some homework. Senior Maureen
Owens (above) acts as the unit
coordinator in Gregory, Marist's
International House. Gregory (left)
has been designated by the college
as
a residence for students in-
terested in foreign cultures. Below,
two Gregory residents take a break
from the daily routine.
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killing
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'Hairspray'
will leave
you
laughing
by Mary Stricker
"Hairspray" -
it's sticky,
it's
stinky, and it's the movie title of
my nomination for best comedy of
the year.
The movie, set in
Baltimore
1962, recaptures a time when h_~r-
hoppin', be-boppin' and protestin'
were the latest crazes.
Tracy Turnblad, an overweight
teenager, finds her wildest dreams
coming true when she wins a spot
on Baltimore's dance show, "The
Corny Collins Show." Tracy's
good fortune continues when Link,
the most charming dancer on Cor-
ny's show, has eyes for only Tracy.
It
seems Tracy has all she could
ever ask for, but Tracy asks for
more.
Tracy is so bold as to ask for the
rights of blacks to appear on Cor-
ny's show, which eventuaJJy leads
her to
jail.
Tracy is Jed
to
more
trouble when she meets up with
Amber Von Trussle, Baltimore's
reigning princess and Corny Collins
board member, and Amber's
obsessive parents (played by Son-
ny Bono and Debbie Harry).
Amber becomes so disgusted by
Tracy's crusade and the possibili-
ty of Tracy defeating her in the
Miss Auto Show contest, that she
creates the "Roach,'' a dance com-
memorating, the roaches in Tracy's
ha\t.
,
'Wn\\e !>,,.mber's aritks
are·
ob-
v,ous\-y
.un\r.'i.nd,
a mucn sttongcr
display
of cruelty and oppression
is displayed when black teenagers
try to make their way onto Corny's
show and are met with policemen
clubbing them over the head and
hauling them away in paddy
wagons. Tracy, kicking and
screaming, is hauled away too.
While Tracy sits behind bars,
Amber has high hopes of winning
the Miss Auto crown. But the
tables are soon turned when
Baltimore embarks on a relentless
"Free Tracy" campaign. Will
Tracy be freed? Will blacks ever be
able to dance on Corny's show?
Will you please go rent the movie?
While some may find the movie
ridiculous or stupid; it is. Writt!!n
and directed by John Waters,
"Hairspray" ridicules the absolute
stupidity of bigotry. Tracy's battle
symbolizes the fight to end
discrimination against obesity,
,
blacks and all human beings
·who
are oppressed because of their
appearance.
For a comedy, this is a pretty
heavy message. Waters, however,
does an exceptional job of sending
this powerful message to viewers
while managing. to keep the au-
dience laughing from start to
finish.
Divine, playing Tracy's adoring
mother, is utterly hysterical. I
strongly suggest to anyone who has
.
never caught Divine in action, to
grab this movie. Brief appearances
by Pia Zadora and Ric Ocasek as
"wigged-out" beatniks are yet
another reason to treat yourself to
this masterpiece.
.
Whatever reasons motivate you
to see. this movie, I guarantee you
won't be boreq. Even if it's
just
to
catch a glimpse of Debbie Harry's
outrageous
bouffant,
go
see
"Hairspray." (Siske! and Ebert
also urge you to go.)
Marist prof, students
produce chess video
by
Nathan Robinson
footage tor the beginning chess
player. Narrator David Mathau
takes the viewer through the
video
"In Pursuit of a King" is not
•
as it introduces the board, the game
just the object of the medieval pieces, and st{ategy provided by
game of chess.' It's also the name chess experts Vince McCambridge
of
a home video produced by and Don Maddox.
Marist students
and faculty
Assisting Cole on the video were
members for the United
States
project coordinator
AJ
Lawrence,
Chess Federation.
assistant director Joseph Podesta,
Production of the videotape video engineer Vincent
•
Fair-
began in February and was com-
brother, audio engineer Bob Fen-
pleted
•
exclusiv.ely in the Lowell nell, video production manager
Thomas Communications Center's Holly Krayem and
·
production
television studios, according to assistants Anne Marie Gaynor,
writer and producer Doug Cole, Paula Heroux, and Dominique
professor of communications.
Willems. The soundtrack was pro-
The recently-released
video duced by Scott Cole, son of Pro-
features
S~
mi~ut~ of_ins~ructional fessor Cole.
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Sunday Showdown
Professors urge debate viewers
to focus on issues, not images
by Karen Goettler
When you sit down to watch television on Sunday
night, you're probably not going to have a list of your
political concerns in front of you, but some Marist
College professors think you should.
The 90-minute debate betwee~ Republican nominee
THE
DEBATES
I
George Bush and Democratic nominee Michael
Dukakis
will
be held in Winston-Salem, N.C., and will
consist of the candidates fielding questions from
reporters.
.
A second debate between the candidates will take
place October 13 or 14 in Los Angeles. The Vice-
Presidential candidates, Democratic Senator Lloyd
Bentsen and Republican Senator Dan Quayle, will
debate October
5
in Omaha.
Dr. Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute
for Public Opinion, suggests that students watching
the debate should focus on the issues that are impor-
tant to them.
Students should be wary of the opinions of experts,
Miringoff said, so they should watch and evaluate the
candidates in terms of how their concerns are
addressed.
Bush and Dukakis have been playing for
images
and
throwing punches throu&hout the campaign, but have
been very careful about making statements on major
issues, Miringoff said.
Students are concerned about issues such as hous-
ing assistance, financial aid and health care, and ac-
cording to Miringoff, that is what they should focus
on .
.
£/ectoral
College
Votes
The number of elec-
toral votes equals the
total number of U.S.
senators
and represen-
tatives in each state
"An educated consumer is the best protection
here," he said.
Professor James Springston, faculty advisor to the
Marist debate team, also said students should make
a list of issues important to them and watch how the
candidates address those issues.
With the evolution of television, too much emphasis
has been on style of the candidates and not enough
on content of what they say, said Springston.
.
Americans have a very stylized image of what
leaders should be like, so the temptation is to watch
and see who is the funniest or the most charming, said
Springston.
Springston said it is important for students to look
at their own goals and see how they are addressed.
But he also said people should think about social issues
concerning minorities and the poor because they can
affect them as well.
"The strength of our country is all three classes
working together," he said.
Dr. William Olson, director of American Studies
at Marist College, said the best way for students to
determine the winner of the debate is to watch for the
candidate who conveys a sense of confidence.
People should exempt themselves from their
political thought and measure the amount of trust they
feel for either of the candidates, Olson said.
Olson said the candidates will be very careful while
speaking, and if either one trashes the other it will hurt
them.
Miringoff said both candidates try to lower the ex-
pectations of how they will do during the debate so
it is easier for them to end up looking like they did
better than expected.
Springston said Dukakis is expected to do better
because he's had more public speaking experience. He
said this might make Bush look better because he is
the underdog.
"America always loves the underdog," he said.
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HIGH SCHOOL:
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CLASS OF 1951
COLLEGE:
Swarthmore College
1955
Harvard Law School
1960
GEORGE
BUSH
HIGH SCHOOL:
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CLASS OF 1942
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Marist pollers • 1ook for touch of the unusual
by
Paul O'Sullivan
The Marist Institute for Public Opinion not only wants to know who
people are voting for in upcoming elections, it wants to know why, ac-
cording to its director, Dr. Lee Miringoff.
"We're not just looking to see how a candidate is doing," said Mir-
ingoff, "we want to know the perceptions the voters have of the can-
didates and how they change throughout the campaign."
Miringoff said MIPO is trying to reach all interest groups in order to
discover their main concerns. He said the best way to map how a race
is going is to reach all sex, age, gender and ethnic groups and find out
how they respond to a candidate stand on the issues.
Miringoff also said there are certain factors that make this year's
presidential campaign much more difficult to call than those of the past.
"This is the first time since 1968 that we have not had an incumbent
seeking re-election," he said. "Because of this, more voters are still
floating around, unsure of who they will vote for . .,
Recent polls indicate that the actions of the candidates and the direc-
tions of their campaigns arc adding to the confusion of voters. O~ Mon-
day, a poll conducted by the institute was used by WNBC-TV m New
York City on its S:30
p.m.
news broadcast.
\
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"Botti candidates have a long way to go as far as establishing a firm
image in voters' minds as to who they are," he said. "Both Dukakis and
Bush are playing for images and characters. They have gotten a long way
from what the priorities are.••
In addition to this year's presidential race, MIPO is tracking the trends
in next year's New York City mayoral election. Potential voters are ask-
ed their opinions on current mayor Ed Koch, his potential opponents
in the election, and what concerns should be major issues in the campaign.
MIPO is also following the senatorial race between the incumbent
Democrat Patrick Moynihan and his Republican challenger Robert
McMillan.
About 100-120 students, of various majors, are currently employed
for
polling by MIPO.
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September
22,
1988
Marist prof recalls time
as Bush's Yale-teammate
ANDROS DINER
RESTAURANT
by Michael Hayes
When Sen. Edward Kennedy
publicly asked, "Where
was
George?" he could have been
directing the question to Marist
Professor Gerry Breen.
Both Breen and Vice President
George Bush were members of the
Yale University baseball team that
advanced to the collegiate world
series finals in 1948 against the
University of Southern California.
In the bottom of the ninth inning
in game one, Breen was batting
with the bases loaded, no out and
Yale trailing 3-1. Breen hit a hard
line drive up the middle that
resulted
in
a triple play.
In response to Kennedy's ques-
tion, George was on deck.
Had Yale won that game, it
would have clinched
the three-
game
series the following day.
"We had great pitchers," said
Breen, "so we knew we were go-
ing to win the next game with our
rop pitcher, Frank Quinn, who
later played for Boston."
Behind Quinn, Yale evened the
series
but lose game three, along
with the series.
Breen began his baseball career
at
Yale as what he terms a "scrub,"
but his hard-nosed style of play so
impressed Red Rolfe, the Yale
coach
and a former Yankee great,
that Breen was put in the starting
lineup.
"In a scrimmage I stretched a tri-
ple
into a home run and put my
cleats into the varsity catcher's
chest,"
said Breen. "Red loved
that.
He loved scrappers."
Breen, at 5 feet 8 inches, replac-
ed
Paul Walker, who at 6-foot-S
was
a\so an AU-America footba\\
-p\a'jet, as
Ya\e'
s starting
first
baseman. "Breen sta'jcd there his en-
tire freshman year and ended up
hitting .400.
After his freshman year at Yale,
Breen was drafted into the ~ervice.
He returned to Yale but had no in-
tention of playing ball again.
"I
wanted to devote my time to
Professor Gerry Breen
remembers the first
baseman
as 'good
field, no hit.'
my studies, pick up my grades and
not go out for baseball," said
Breen. "The new coach, Ethan
Allen, talked to me each day about
going out for the team. Finally, he
talked me into it. I said, 'Yeah, I'll
get my first baseman's mitt.' He
said, 'Nah, no, get an outfielder's
mitt. I got this guy Bush. He's the
captain.' "
l
couldn't believe it. Here I come
off hitting .400 and I played the Jase
rime I was there. It was ridiculous.
I
didn't even get a chance to play
first base."
According to· Breen, he and Bush
were the only two members of that
Yale team who didn't receive pro
contract offers. And although
Bush's baseball prowess seems to
increase at the same rate as his
political stature, Breen described
him as "good field, no hit."
While Breen is best remembered
for hitting
into
the triple p\a'j,
he
also" gained fame at Yale as the
starting point guard for the basket-
ball team - a team that played in
the NCAA tournament and rank-
ed 11th in the nation in the final
AP poll.
"I
think
I
played beiier· basket-
ball than baseball," said Breen.
Although Bush captained that Yale
baseball team, he wasn't much dif-
ferent th·an the team's other
members, according to Breen .
"Almost all of the players on
that team were World War II vets
with
a
lot of combat, so Bush
didn't stand out in that regard,"
said Breen. "He was married and
didn't hang out with the players.
He was
a
good guy, though.''
Breen remembers Bush by his
nickname "Poppy,"._ which was
given to him in high school.
"I
remember that Poppy and
I
were the only ones who didn't play
cards, a game called crazy eight, on
the away game trips," he said.
"We both spent the time in the
books."
Breen fondly recalls the time he
and the vice president met Babe
Ruth.
"We played Harvard and Babe
Ruth was there. This was two
weeks before he died. I was stan-
ding next to Bush, and Babe Ruth
was my idol.''
Although Breen and the vice
president have much in common,
politically the two are quite
different.
"I'm
a Democrat;
he's a
Republican," said Breen. "That's
it. Cut and dry Democrat. My
mother would turn over in her
grave
if
lever voted Republican."
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·c9aches
needed
by. Tim
Besser
'.~ow
it
·is
the women's swim
team that
.
is about to begin its
season without a coach.
The swim team becomes the se-
con~ team this fall to suddenly find
itself without a coach. The
women's cross country team got a
coach just last week, after its first
race was complete.
Although the swim team doesn't
begin competing until Nov. 2, the
women
arc
.scheduled
• to begin
practicing Oct. 1. At the moment,
the plan is for captains Karen Oit-
zinger and Jackie Hackett to run
the practices. That is unfair to Oit-
zinger an,d Hackett as well as the
other swimmers. These women are
students first, athletes second and
coaches never. They are not
qualified to coach, through no
fault of their own.
The ability. of
✓
Oitzinger
and
Hackett to get the job done is not
at issue. The issue is Marist's in-
ability to provide coaches for its
athletic teams.
Students who choose a college in
part because of its athletic pro-
•
.
grams should be able to count on
the institution providing coaches
for the teams.
Athletic Director Brian Colleary
said the problem with keeping
coaches is that the college cannot
afford to pay full-time coaches for
aH~.
of its teams and part-time
coaches are hard to keep. He would
like.to hire full-time coac'1es~·-but·
•
does not
have a budget that would
allow it.
•
Marist
\las
to make a decision in
regards to the lesser sports, i.e.
everything but basketball.
If
the
coJlege wants to pursue inter-
collegiate competition in sports
besides basketball (and if it
wants
to play Division One basketball, it
must) it has to make a firm com-
mitment to providing the necessary
funds to operate those teams.
•
The only way to attract, and
keep, good coaches is to create full-
time positions for the head coach
of each sport. Although this would
require a large amount of money,
it is not fair to the athletes to ask
them
to
compete against t~s
with fulltime coaches and athletes
on scholarship.
If Marist is unwilling to spend
the money required to gives its
teams more of a chance, maybe it
should consider moving the basket-
ball teams back down from the
Division One level. Playing basket-
ball against the top teams in the
country brings with it the benefits
of national exposure and "free"
publicity. It also carries the obliga-
tion of_playing other sports at the
Division One level.
It is time that Marist takes
seriously the latter obligation.
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Women's swim team needs new coach, again
by
Karen
Gorman
•
Following last year's undefeated
season the women's swim team
heads back to the water next month
missing a key ingredient to last
year's
team:
Coach
Doug
Backlund.
Backlund's departure and the.
fact that a new coach has not been
found is causing much worry
among team members.
Brian Colleary, athletic director,•
said the college is looking for a
replacement, but it is not an easy
position to fill.
•
.
"It's difficult to get qualified
people to do partime work at the
times of practice," Colleary
_said.
The team is scheduled to start
praciting Oct. 1 and right now there
is no one is lined up for the job.
The captains of the team, Karen
Oitzinger and Jackie Hackett, both
seniors, will take the responsibili-
ty of coaching until a replacement
is hired, said Colleary ..
Hackett and Oitzinger
will
begin
the conditioning portion
·
of the
season and the two realize they are
taking on a big responsibility.
"It's an extra burden," Hackett
said. "We've got other respon-
ibilities in our lives but there is no
one else right now so we're it."
Because of
•
their undefeated
record last year, the team's
schedule has been upgraded and
this is an extra burden on the swim-
mers shoulders.
"We're
swimming against
tougher teams so we need a coach
Gridders drop first;
next game canceled
by Jay Reynolds
The football
•
team receives an
unscheduled vacation this weekend
after losing a 29-7 decision at Pace
University last Saturday.
Marist's scheduled opponent for
Saturday, St: Peter's College,
dropped its football program last
week, so the Red Foxes' next game
will be at Fairleigh Dickinson
University:Madison on Sept. 30.
To make up for the loss of the
St. Peter's game, the Red Foxes
will
play Jersey City College on
Nov.
12,
said coach'Mike
_Malet.
The season wa~ scheduled to end
Nov. 5 when Marist plays St. John
Fisher.
Though the Red Foxes fell Satur-
day, to drop their record to 1-1,
Malet said he saw little that had to
be improved ..
"We don't have to improve on
a whole lot," Malet said. "We just
have to get a little better."
In the first half, Marist had the
ball deep in Pace territory three
times, but came away with only one
touchdown.
Running back Kelly Str~man
scored Marist's only touchdown on
a I-yard. plunge in the second
quarter after Pace turned the ball
over on its own 45. Kevin Kerr's ex-
tra point tied the game. at 7.
"Against FDU, we must con-
tinue to move the ball well and then
get it in down close,'' Malet said.
At the start of the forth quarter,
quarterback Jason Thomas led the
Red Foxes on a drive from thier
own 7-yard
line.
However,
penalties and an interception stall-
ed the drive deep in Pace territory.
The Setters had five. interceptions
in the game.
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Pace had two key scoring drives
during the game, including a
95-yard touchdown pass just over
a minute into the second quarter
for the,games first score.
"Pace has a great passing game;
they've always had a great passing
attack," Malet said.
Marist running
back Dan
McElduff suffered a sprained knee.
and offensive lineman Dan Heff-
ner suffered a sprained ankle in the
game. Both are expected to play
against FDU.
with experience," Oitzinger said.
.
be director of aquatics and head
According to the captains the men's and women's swim team
moral of the team is going down coach.
because of the situation:
"We're really going to miss
"It's easier when there's a cen-
.
Doug, as a coach and as a friend.
tral person,'~ Hackett said, "we're
He really got involved with our
there
(as
captains) to keep the team lives," Hackett said.
going, not to coach."
•
Hackett and Oitzinger ar~ both
Backlund coached at Marist for
swimming their last year here and
one year and was a friend as well want this year to be like last year.
as a coach for most of the team,
However, this is going to be a big
swimmers· said.
.
setback for the team.
"It was pure luck we got so-
.
Hackett said: "It's starting all
meone as good
as
Doug," Oitz-
over again so it's going to take a
inger said. "Doug really motivated
while to get started. Doug knew
and helped us, he kept the team go-
what we could and couldn't do, he
ing."
knew what" we were best at and a
Backlund
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new coach will have to learn that
·university in Washington, D.C., to
about all of us."
The swim team doesn't get the
recognition it deserves, according
to Hackett and Oitzinger.
"Swimming is influencing a lot
of high school seniors to come here
and we're not receiving any
recognition within the school,"
Hackett said. "So it is going to be
difficult to get someone to coach
us."
This is the second time in two
years the team has been left without
a coach. Backlund was hired after
Jim Billesimo, left suddenly last
year.
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(Backlund) left us with, so we're
trying to stay hopeful," Oitzinger
said.
Seo.ring drought hinders hooters
by
Ken Foye
After his team's fourth loss in
its first five games - a
3-1
k--s
to Robert Morris at home last
Friday -
Marist soccer coach
Dr. Howard Goldman gave no
excuses.
"They were a good team,''
Goldman said. "They had a lot
of stro~g. quick people."
Marist, 0-4 in the Northeast
Conference and
1-4
overall, also
lost to Farleigh Dickinson last
Wednesday by a 4-1 score. The
Red Foxes play at home Satur-
day against Adelphi.
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Robert Morris is now 1-0 in
the conference and 3-2 overall.
On Friday, th_e visiting Col-
onials outdribbled, outpassed,
outran and just pfain,o.tJ.tplayed
the, Red Foxes, maintaining
their 3-0 halftime lead until
Marist's Jim McGee scored late
in the game. A few tough saves
b.y
Marist's.
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freshman
goalkeeper,
Kyle
Muncy, kept
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just gave up three goals in tough
situations," said Goldman, ad-
ding that he started
five
freshmen
and
three
sophomores.
"Marist ran well, but the ex-
Marist
forward Tim Finegan, seen llere agafnstFairffeld, will
miss Saturday's game with Adelphi after drawing a red card
against Robert Morris.
(Photo by Bob Davis)
tra skill
·and
speed helped us,"
by getting ~op!~ o~ the 1:>all,"
said Robert Morris coach Tom
Goldm~n s~d, we re gomg to
Derosa "We controlled the
be hurtmg.
.
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ball. Marist played well, and
The Red Foxes are hurting
they have nothing to be asham-
for another reaso~ as well -
ed of They played a lot of
red cards. After bemg s;rv~d a
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young. people."
red . car~, or game eJecu'!n,
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agamst
Robert
Morns,
The yo~ng Manst lmeup ?as
sophomore
forward
Tim
been havmg trouble offensive-
Finegan must automatically sit.
ly of late.
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t the Ade1phi game
"Until we start sconng goals
ou
Men's cross country team. takes third at Wagner
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Randy G1aqu!nto came
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14th ancl
. The_ women, wh!le only p~ac!ng Those that did make their way to
ed early season wins and this rivalry
The men and women of the
Marist cross country teams are off
and running, some faster than
others as the men improved their
record to 13-2 and the women mov-
ed to 5-10 after the Wagner Invita-
tional Saturday at Wagner College.
18th,_ respectively.
mnth m
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fi_eld
of el~vef!, did 1!11-the bus Saturday morning were may be heating up as both teams
Tnsh Webster was the top
prove their times and Jumor Jessica
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look to the Kings College Invita-
women finisher
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placing 12th with
Megan Bell (freshman, 37th), Katie
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atur ay.
a time of 20: 14. 78; She was follow-
Valente attributed that to the· fact
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"The return of sophomore Mike
ed by freshman Sue Brose at 30th they
'now
have a head coach.
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with a !ime of 21._09.6.
In the mens division, Glassboro freshman Shane Pidgeon, along
Men s c?ach !lich Stevens was "Coach Maryanne Ceriello came in
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State College of New Jersey, a with the return of Paul Antes to the
pleased w1_th his· t~~s
perfor-
juSt laSt week but the influence of
traditionally strong team, again varsity lineup will make for an in-
mance, n_otmg
the fimshing spread a.full-time authority figure really
h wed the1·r
talent by plac1·ng
cour
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terestmg run against t. eter s,
Sophomore
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Kendall
covered the Staten Island course in
27:42. IO, placing 10th, while fellow
sophomores Kevin Brennan and
was_ ai_r
y
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ose,
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evm an
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Randy firushed withm_ nme pla
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Peter's avenged its loss to Marist
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Freshman Paul Longo suffered
or ea~h other and !~at
IS
a good
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a small contingent as a
·few
at the. Fairfield meet a week ago, a severely sprained ankle during the
d1cat1on of team improvement.
membe_rs
missed the 5:30 a.m. bus.
edging the
_Red
Foxes for second. race.
_Sp~rts
schedule·
Crew
Saturday Head of the Hudson Regatta away 8 a.m.
Men's cross country
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Women's cross country
Saturday Kings·College Invitational away 10 a.m.
Soccer
Saturday Adelphi home noon
Tuesday Fordham away 4 p.m.
Men's tennis
Tomorrow ECAC Open Tournament away 3 p.m.
Saturday ECAC Open Tournament away 11 a.m.
Women's tennis
Today
Siena
away 4 p.m.
Monday Western Connecticut home 4 p.m.
Wednesday SUNY New Paltz home 4 p.m.
Women's
voUeybaD
Saturday Concordia/Pace away
11
a.m.
Monday Western Connecticut
away
7 p.m.
W~y
Queens
home
6
p.m.
Volleyball team_ ~ndures rough start
by
Tim Besser
Despite getting off to a bumby 1-6 start, women's
volleyball coach Victor VanCarpels is starting_to.see
his team do things he likes.
The team fell to Dowling College of Oakdale, N. Y .,
Tuesday night in the James J. McCann Center in
straight games 15-7, 15-10, 15-9.
"We handled (Dowling's) versatile offense well,"
said VanCarpels. "We wanted to work on perimeter
defense, and did that well, but our service reception
was not as good as I would have liked. We handled
their multiple offense well, as well as you can without
a block."
Before the season began, VanCarpels said he was
pointing the team toward a showdown with Fairleigh
Dickinson University, and working on things against
other opponents with FDU in mind. Although he
doesn't like to lose, doing things against other teams
with FDU in mind might cost the Lady Foxes in the
beginning, he said.
Perimeter defense and blocking well are two of the
things the team will have to work on in order to play
well against FDU, VanCarpels said. It took the team
until the third game Tuesday to block the way they
needed to in order to win, he added.
One big obstacle for the Lady Foxes to overcome
is a lack of height on the front line; said VanCarpels.
After 6-foot-O Terri Covello, the tallest player on the
team is Nancy McAllister at
5
9. Everyone else is 5-7
or shorter.
Dowling, on the other hand, had three players 6-0
and another 5-11.
"You saw alot of long rallies (against Dowling), un-
fortunately the bigger team will win those," said
Van Carpels.
VanCarpels said he was. happy that Allison.
Vallinino, Kim Andrews and Mary Anne Cenicola
were
picking holes when they hit.
The team has to learn to chip the ball off blocks
or dink over them instead of trying to hit through them
in order to be successful, VanCarpels said.
"We're trying to work on facets of the game for
FDU as it relates to FDU." said VanCarpels._
The team will be in action Saturday against Con-
cordia.
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