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shot
by
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lifted
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over Siena,
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Sunday after-
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the student newspaper of
~arist
College
VOLUME #53 ISSUE #14
Tyminski
·
voted
new SGA President
by
NIKBONOPARTIS
News Editor
The votes are in, with this
year's student elections produc-
ing Seth Tyminski as the Stu-
dent Body President and a slew
of new faces to contribute to the
Marist community
.
Tyminski, a junior from Gales
Ferry, Connecticut. captured the
of Student Government in the
past as SLC President his fresh-
man year, and as a member of
the executive board his sopho-
more year, said he is both en-
thusiastic and optimistic about
his upcoming administration.
"I'm very excited, and I can't
wait to get started," Tyminski
said. "I've been having meet-
ings with [current SGA presi-
dent] Ryan Hunter three
times a week to get
ac-
quainted with the posi
-
tion."
Seth Tyminski is a famil-
iar face to many students
on campus, and for good
reason. Besides his SGA
roles, Tyminski
keeps him-
self involved on campus
as part of the men's soc-
cer and track teams as a
goalkeeper and _pole-
vaulter, respectively.
He
said he hopes to use his
experiences in becoming a
sociable president.
"I'm•going to try to be
an unconventional presi-
dent," Tyminski said.
"I
want people to feel like
they can approach me
.
The students are the ones
who put me here, and
I
have to answer to them."
Junior Ben Amarone
,
who came in a close sec-
ond for the
position,
said
he thought the elections
went well compared to
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New president Seth
Ty
m
inski
.
past years
.
presidency with a
narrow
win
over Junior Oass President Ben
Arnarone. Sophomore
Michael
Stanik, who also
ran
for the Stu-
dent Body President position,
came in a distant third.
Tyminski, who has been a part
"As
an
election
as
a whole it
went very smoothly," Amarone
said. "Obviously things didn't
turn out the way
I
wanted, but
I
believe everything
happens
for
a reason
.
I
do wish
Seth
Tyminski the best of luck."
... please see
SGA,pg.
4
Champagnat
residents
will
represent
Marist in the studio audience for
Millionaire.
Marist students to
see
Who
Wants
.
to Be a Millionaire?
by
NIK BONO PARTIS
News Editor
Marist students can soon be
seen on a network television
game show, and this time it is
not Jeopardy.
The Champagnat Residence
Hall Association will send a
busload of resident students to
a taping of the popular ABC
game show
Who Wants to Be
.
a
Millionaire? thanks to efforts
by the
RHA
staff and their Resi-
dent Assistant Advisor, Chris
Blasie.
Blasie said that once the
Champagnat
RHA
came
up with
the idea of being part of the stu-
dio audience, tickets were easy
tocomeby
. ·
"I
decided to write a letter to
Regis, because they
·
had the
address right off the website,"
he said.
"I
got a call from the
show in about two
weeks,
and
they were very excited ~at we
wanted to be
a
part of the stu-
dio audience."
Blasie credits a student brain-
storming session at a weekly
RHA
meeting
for the idea.
"A few residents had the idea
to do something off campus,
and since everybody watches
it we thought it would be a good
idea to go and represent Marist."
he said.
Champagnat mentor Andrea
Bertolozzi, who will help chap-
erone the trip, said she was sur-
prised when she heard the news.
"He [Blasie] was running
around one day screaming
'We're going to see Who Wants
to Be a Millionaire?' And
I
said,
'I
have to be a chaperone
for that.'"
The bus, which will hold 47
people including chaperones,
will leave early
on
Wednesday,
April 12th for the 4:00 pm tap-
'
ing. Champagnat
RHA
presi-
dent Mike Drechel said that
.
.. please see
TRIP,pg.
4
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!l
tutkftll
.
by
ERICDEABil.L
Staff Writer
The
same big stink has
erupted
once
again
on
campus,
however
its effects are now be-
ing smelt
on
the
South
End of
campus.
Odors
from the Sewage Treat-
ment Plant
behind the
McCann
Recreation Center have basi-
cally been a staple smell
on
the
South
End
of
campus for quite
a long time, yet on occasion
they are able to be detected as
far north as
Gartland
Commons.
Richard T. Fitzgibbons, a
troubleshooter for the mainte-
nance department
on
campus,
described the
problem
as
one
they hav.! tried to tackle in
the
past and continue to work
on.
"It
is like an
old
lady with a
new dress, all we can do is try to
mask
the odor
using a perfume-
like odor," he said.
Marist College has taken ac-
tion in terms
of the
raunchy odor
permeating the campus.
Fitzgibbons said that Marist
College has threatened a lawsuit
against
the
city
of
Poughkeepsie
and were sup-
posed to have an open meeting
in Lowell Thomas on Jan. 25,
2000, to discuss possible solu-
tions, but it was cancelled due
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1rlHlE
ClUR.CLlE
March 2, 2000
Community
PAGE2
Campus
Corner
Tone into
Sports
Radio
WMCR
-
Marist College Ra-
dio - Friday
-
Tuesday, 7:00 p.m.
- 9:'10 p.m. Tune into 88.1 for the
latest sports talk, sports up-
dates, and coverage of your
fa-
vorite Marist teams.
If
you have
any questions, call the Sports
Director, Mike Koller at x4724.
Literary Arts Society Needs
Submissions
The Literary Arts Society is
currently accepting submis-
sions for their publication, the
Mosaic.
Submissions of pho-
tography, poetry, prose, short
stories, and artwork can be
dropped of in club mailbox, SC
369. Please include your name
and extension with
submis-
sions. All work will be returned
upon request.
GetAGrip!
Career Services will be holding
aGetAGrip!-PlacementOrien-
tation on Wednesday, March 8,
11 :00 - 12:00. The workshop is
designed to acquaint seniors
and graduate students with the
recruiting programs -and ser-
vices available through CCS.
Also to avoid confusion during
the final semester at Marist.
Attendance is strorigly recom-
mended. For more information
call Career Services atx3547
Literary
Arts Society
Coffeehouse
The Literary
Arts
Society in-
vites everyone to their coffee-
house this Sat. March
4
in the
PAR. The coffeehouse
.will
in-
clude poetry readings, bands
and members of the Marist Col-
lege Humarists.
Refreshments
will
be
served and admission is
free.
Now
it's your
turn
Calling all Marist students!
If
you have a band, and event, a
club, or any other event you
would like to see featured in
campus corner, contact the
Circle,
at x 2429 or
H7AL
Security
Briefs
A
visiting
athletic recruit was
dashed to St. Francis by Marist
Security after being discovered
throwing up from drinking too
much on Friday Feb., 25, at 1
:30
a.m ..
Psychedelic shrooms and a
modest amount of marijuana led
a Marist student to a lovely
Thursday night ofluxury accom-
m
od a ti on in the City of
Poughkeepsie
Jail, Feb. 24
around
8
p.m.
A $1,300 Lab-,top was swiped
·
from a Leo hall resident's room
after the student left briefly with
their door open on Wednesday,
Feb. 23 between 3:30 and
4
p.m.
An antenna was found busted
on a Nissan Maxima in the
Sheehan parking lot on
Wednesday, Feb.
23,
during the
late afternoon.
From wild parties,
uninvited
guests, and the confiscation of
drugs, Mischievous Marian Hall
has been up to a r~Qfd
Q{
r.i!!q
business. The sophomore resi-
dence has not failed to be left
.out
of the briefs since the be~
ginning of the semester. This
past week, a cover was found
marred.near the south-side en-
trance on Friday, Feb. 25 around
11 :30 p.m; The cause is un-
known.
A drunk student waved a fake
Massachusetts Driver's license
in front of
Leo
Hall Security late
Friday evening on Feb. 25. Se-
curity asked the student to re-
main at the entry desk until he
sobered up.
Another student attempted to
enter Leo hall at 2:30 am, Satur-
day morning, Feb. 26th. How-
ever, Security asked the student
to remain at the desk until so-
ber. The student rashly replied
in a
df!Jnken
stupor that he had
every right to enter the building
because he paid
$70,000
a year
to
attend Marist.
A squabble in front of Sheehan
Hall resulted in 4
people
booted
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IN YOUR
OPINION
What are you planning on
doing over
·
spring break?
What do you wish you were
doing over spring break?
"Rest and relaxation far away
"I'm
going to Killington, Ver-
"I
am
going to be working."
"At
fromhei:e.""Florida."
mont." My ultimate spring
a bar, on the beach, where it is
break
is
a lot of booze,
wann."
snowboarding,
and ending the
day in a hot tub."
Denise Christenson
Chris Rozea
Brian
Moffat
sophomore
junior
sophomore
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established.
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Time Magazine made its debut.
939
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to ratify the Bill of Rights, 147
ears
after th~ first ten amendments to the
U.S.
Constitution had gone into
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1r1Hf lE CilR..CLlE
MARCH 2, 2000
News
PAGE3
SGA:
Election r
e
s
u
l
ts are
i
n
TRIP:
Champagnat
RH
A
to see
Millionaire
... continued from pg. 1
When asked about the future
of his role in student govern-
ment, Amarone said he has no
plans to stop contributing to the
community.
"I've been president of the
Class of 2001 for three years, and
me not being Student Body
President is not going to stop
me from contributing," he said.
"I'm the type of person who
can't be inactive."
Melanie Rago, a junior veteran
of SGA and newly elected v(ce
president of her class, said de-
spite the high voter turnout,
which saw nearly
I 000
students
cast their votes, the election had
some downfalls.
"I was kind of disappointed
that no one
.
ran opposed except
for the president, so it wasn't a
real election," she said.
Rago also noted that she
thought Tyminski was a good
choice for Student Body Presi-
dent, especially
if
he
is able to
juggle his athletic activity with
SGAduties.
"I think he's capable of doing
a good job," Rago said. "I'm
just worried about how he's go-
ing to manage his time with two
sports."
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,
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,
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~
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Ha.tdl
Seth Tyminski flashes his smile all across campus.
cable system is one of his top
priorities.
Tyminski said he plans to make
the students his priority in his
administration, starting by ad-
dressing the needs Marist stu-
dents feel are most urgent. He
said improving the current
"We know a lot of students are
fed up with the cable system.
That's the big one. I want
to try
'
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:
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n visit
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ojfice ot:
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Program
s
Wt
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rtloated •:
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(next
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Tel: (914)
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a once
in a lifetime opportll1'ity!
J
and work with administration and
research getting more channels.
We're going to
try
and see
if
we
can make that happen," he said.
Tyminski also said he recog-
nizes that many students here are
disappointed with the cafeteria
despite recent improvements,
and that he is going to work on
the situation when he takes of-
fice.
"The dining hall is obviously
another thing we need to look at.
A lot of people are upset, and it
has improved since freshman
year, but there's still room for
im-
provement. I also want to look
into guest meals, where you can
swipe in a friend, but we have to
do more research on that," he
said.
Also taking office in this year's
elections were Chris Blasie, a jun-
ior who will serve a Senior Class
President next year, Kevin
·
Hogan, who will take on presi-
dential duties for the junior class,
and
Erin
Gardner, who will head
up the sophomore class in
2000-
2001. The freshman class presi-
dent will be chosen next year
when the incoming class is given
an opportunity to vote.
... continuedfrompg. 1
Marist will
be
well repre-
sented on the show.
"The people who run Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire?
ask that the audience wear
dark clothes," Drechel said
"We'
re
wearing dark gray
shirts with a
Mari
st logo
for
the show."
Drechel noted that while
not everybody
will
be able
to
go due to bus space and
ticket limitations, those who
really want
to
attend should ·
get their place on the bus.
"'There's actually a website
where
students
from
Champagnat can go
and
fill
out questions and an
essay,
and the winners get to go,"
Drechel said.
Bertolozzi
credits
Blasie
fOi
his work in making the trip a
reality.
"Olris
is
so enthusiastic in
everything he does," she
said.
"ITh
really
gi\'.es
120%
in his efforts."
·
STENCH: What'
s
that
funky
odor
?
... continuedfrompg. 1
to bad weather.
While the meeting was going
to be open to anyone within 2.5
miles of the campus, one would
be hard pressed to find a Marist
student or administrator who
has not experienced the smell
of raw feces.
Melissa Santanello, a sopho-
more who lives in Charnpagnat
Hall, was quick
to
point out how
rancid the smell was.
"The odor makes it seem like
there is raw sewage coming into
my window. I open my window
to
get some fresh
air,
but instead
I am forced to intake toxic
fumes," she said.
Leo Hall RA Amanda Kelly
said that she deals with com-
plaints from her residents re-
garding the smell
all
the time.
"My resi
d
ents complain
about the 'Sheahan
funk'
all
the
time.
It
is
a nauseating smell that
comes in really strong some-
times," she said.
Sophomore Chris Clemens,
who lived in Leo Hall last year
and experienced the smell on a
daily basis, said that while he
has tried, he still has not es-
caped the smell even though
he now lives in Gartland.
"It still smells like sewage .. .it
truly is 'funk'," Clemens said
.
When told about how the
odor is partly disguised by a
perfume-like
substance,
Santanello, the second-year
Charnpagnat resident, said the
college should look into other
options.
"If
that is the case, they need
to get a lot more perfume and
one that works."
Ph<leo
CO\lllCSy
Alyson
Fink
The
Marist
C
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ll
ege
Dance
T e
arn
will
be
performing
at
the MAAC Tou
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1r1HJE CUR..CLE
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
News
SGA debates parking issue
by
DOUG GUARINO
Asst.
Managing Editor
Marist students may soon
be
able to effectively voice
their complaints about cam-
pus parking.
At a recent SGA spon-
sored Town Hall Meeting, a
group of
40 students dis-
cussed flaws in the current
parking system with Direc-
tor of Safety and Security
Bruce Wagner and his assis-
tant Tom McClain. Though
no definitive solutions were
made, SGA hopes that the
meeting
will
result
in
increase
student involvement in the
paiking debate. One of the
suggestions made at the
meeting was
to build a park-
ing garage on campus.
According to President
Hunter, thi~proposal would
be costly.
''The possibility of build-
ing a parking garage has al-
ways been an issue," said
Hunter.
"A three story
parking garage would cost
Marist
2. 7
million dollars
to
build"
In another proposal, up-
perclassman
suggested
lim-
iting
the privilege to have a
car
on campus
to
seniors
and
juniors
in
an
attempt to alle-
viate overcrowding
in
cam-
pus parking lots.
However, Hunter said that
the Marist College Admin-
istration had ruled this pro-
posal out.
"The idea as been
scratched for marlceting
rea-
sons," said Hunter. ''One of
the things
that
makes Marist
attractive is that students are
allowed to have cars on
campus after freshman
year."
Senate Speaker/
Oass of 2001 President Ben
Amarone said that the
Town Hall meeting was a
success and that the pres-
ence of Wagner and Tom
McClain was helpful.
''The Parking Town Hall
Meeting was a
success,"
said Amarone. "I think
Bruce Wagner and Tom
McClain did an excellent job
fielding questions."
Resident senator Joe
Murolo however, said that
the meeting wasn't as suc-
cessful as he
had
hoped, and
that many students used it as
an
opportunity
to
try
and
get
their parking tickets revoked
rather then
to propose solu-
tions
to the problem.
"I was rather disap-
pointed," said Murolo.
'There weren't any concrete
solutions that were made. It
seemed to
be more a forum
for students to complain
about their tickets."
Though Amarone said he
agreed that nothing concrete
had been accomplished, the
significance of the Town
Hall
Meeting should not
be over-
looked .
.
"I don't think it's some-
thing we
should
drop," said
Amarone. Bruce Wagner
said he would like to do it
again with us, and I
think
we
should t*e advantage of
that. Parking is a big con-
cern on campus, and Stu-
dent Government should
work with the Administration
toward a solution.
According to Hunter,
Bruce Wagner wants to use
the Town Hall meeting as a
starting point and eventually
form a
parldng committee.
"Bruce Wagner wants to
for a parking committee in
which
all
students are equally
represented," said Hunter.
Good luck on
Midterms
E_veryo1.1e !
ATI'BNDO~J
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Have you seen this
man?
Last Seen:
Wed., March
1
with
a
big smile on his
face.
Height:
6'3"
(with
shoes)
Weight:
189 lbs.
Hair:
Brown
Eyes:
Brown
Likes: Techmo, old-
school
Nintendo
Dislikes:
Bad
food,
especially Meatloaf.
Last Seen With:
Pat
Whittle.
If
you have any
information
leading to the safe capture
and return of Michael
Bagnato, please contact the
(;;ircle.
If
you
do
happen
to see
him,
please get him Op-Ed
pieces A.SAP!
FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS
2000-2001
FINANCIAL AID FORMS
HA VE BEEN MAILED
They
arrived at
your residential
address before
Christmas, December 25, 1999
If
you did not receive your forms by mail, please pick them
up
In
the Financial Aid Office
Donnelly Hall Room 200
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THE
CIRCLE.
MARCH 2, 2000
Features
PAGES
Spring Break Fever
BYKATIIERINESI.AUL\
Staff
Writer
Its that time of year again!
Midtenns are already next week
and that means spring break is
just
around the corner
.
This
spring
break promises to be
quite exciting with the many
events and vacations planned
by
students.
With vacations
varying
from Disney World, to
Cancun, Mexico, there seems to
be one theme in mind: warmth!
Yes,
after half a semester of
homework, tests and more, it
is
time for students to
kick back
and relax. Annual spring break
vacations are notorious for
warm tropical climates where
college students from around
the country pay on average
about $800-$1000 to party,
tan
and to have just plain fun in the
sun.
Doreen Spano, a travel agent
at First Discount Travel in
Poughkeepsie, said there are
many wonderful spring break
.
areas to visit this March.
Florida, Jamaica and the Carib-
bean all seem to be popular va-
cation areas. However, Spano
suggests Cancun will be the
best place to relax and party this
spring break vacation.
"Cancun
seems to be the
hotspot, tons of people are go-
ing there," said Spano.
While the idea of partying
till
the break of
dawn and relaxing
undei: the warm sun is sched-
uled for many this spring break,
other students are looking for-
ward to a more physically de-
manding vacation.
Many
Marist sports teams will be trav-
eling around the country this
spring to escape the confines
of Marist training facilities and
to practice outdoors in
the
warm
weather once again.
The Marist Baseball team, as
well as the women's softball
team will be traveling down
south to Florida to practice and
compete
in games with other
colleges. Women's Lacrosse
will also be practicing in Florida,
however they will be visiting
Mickey Mouse and friends at
Disney World. Teams traveling
to other areas of the country in-
clude the Men's Tennis team,
which will be practicing in the
warm climate of Arizona. Both
the Men and Women's Crew
teams will be traveling south to
the state of South Carolina,
where they will compete in Re-
gattas against schools such
as
Purdue, Clemson and George
Mason.
Some Marist students will
also be traveling down to West
Virginia to help those less for-
tunate .
.
These students will help
to build homes for the poor and
hopefully will build friendships
and memories as well.
Next week students will be
hard at work studying and pre-
paring for their midtenn exams.
However, one thing will be in
the
back of their minds: rest and
relaxation!
Blast from the Past:
Group gathers at river
to address student woes
Circle
photo/ Beth Mahoney
Members of Marist's Students for Students Rights group met at the river to discuss
student's concerns about the college.
Editor's Note: This is an
originally reprinted article
from the November
2, 1989 is-
sue of
The Circle.
Any gram-
matical or journalistic errors
are the fault of the original
writer
and editor at that time,
not
ours.
BYMAURF.ENKRAMER
Problems concerning the
li-
brary, housing and the post-
ponement of the approval of a
mural, prompted 41 students to
gather at the river for the first
Students for Student's Rights
meeting.
.
"One of the main goals of
this group is awareness for
all
students of the existing prob-
lems. Also, our goal
is to find
possible solutions to the prob-
lems or we are not going to get
support form the administra-
tion," said Ed Fludd, a senior
from Poughkeepsie.
·
To make the group more ef-
fective, the students who at-
tended the meeting were divided
into subgroups to put their ef-
·forts into tackling a specific
·
problem. However, the prob-
lems that take precedence for
the students can only be
changed if the students voice
their opinions.
The housing problem at
Marist took top priority. Al-
though possible solutions were
please see
RIVER pg. 5
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Dearl.,usty Lisa:
My
suitemate
fights
with
her boyfriend on the
pho~ for two hours every
morning like it's her job,
They
throw harsh
words
and
insults
at each other,
and then make up.
Yet
she
• still
says
she
wants to
• eventually
marry him,
as he
: spoils
her
by
taking her
• acway
and buying her
gifts.
: How can I explain to her
• how unhealthy
this r:ela-
~• tionship is?
•
•
•
•
•·
•.
•:
anonymous
; Dear anonymous,
•
• I
thought that February
: was the month
for
love
and
• romance. not
bad
relation-
• ship$..
I
guess
everyone
is
: getting
restless
as
mating
• season approaches. This
• situation
reminds me of an-
• other letter
l received
re-
cently about
a
guy whose
friend
was
in
an unhealthy
relationship
as
well.
The
fact ttiat their friends
are
writing these letters
in-
stead of them
tdls
me that
people
are
not aware of the
bad things that are hap-
pening to them.
Are
they
so blinded
by
love., or
is a
relationship such a rare
commodity that people are
willing to put up with any-
thing to have someone in
their lives?
This
seems
to
be true on this campus, as
someone said to me re-
cently that Marist was a
school of hookups, and
committed
couples
were
few and far between.
.f\.~
parentJy, a lot of people are
young and still
in
that cu-
rious, commitment-phobic
stage of their lives.
(Any-
one who knows me can
vouch that
I
am all
too fa-
miliar
with this
way
of
life.)
I'm
not knocking
relation-
ships; but
I really
can't un-
derstand how anyone at
this age can seriously con~
sider
marriage.
There's too
much fun
out
there to
be
had,
and
now that people
are
living
longer,
there's
no
reason to get
married
be·
: fore
20. l
guess that
when
• one finds
true love
they
•, want
to seize
the
<.bly.,
but
: to me, that's
Just
unrealis-
• tic. How do you know
: wbenYou'tettulygoingto
• find
yow- soul mate?
By
• buying
her
gifts
and stuff,
: he's staking his
claim
on
.., his ~tory, covering up
• the
things he does wrong
•
by
spending money, and
re-
ally guilting her
into
staying
with him, Your friend needs
to know that she has other
options.
"If
you love
some-
one set them free," Jf she
spends some time away
from
this guy and
e,tperiences
other guys, she may develop
another opinion.. Just let her :
know
that
you
care about
her •
and you
don't
want to
see.•
her
get
hurt.
She's limiting:
her options and she's too •
young to
do
that. Besides, •
•
•
who
needs
the
phone bills? •
Dear
Lusty
Lisa;
•
•
•
•
•
My girlfriend is
very
sexu- :
ally aggressive.
It's
not that •
l
don't find
her
attractive or •
haves a
libido;
it's
just that :
it's
not
as raging as
hers.
I •
don't want her
to
think that!
I'm not interested
in
.her or •
in
sex;
period.
but
I can't
do •
it
as.
often
as.
she
wants,
what :
should
I
do?
•
anonymous
Dear anonylllous,
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
First of all, don't share this :
problem with your friends,
cause they'll want to borrow
her. Second, you need to re-
alize that you're
in
a situa-
tion
that most guys would
die
for.
Look at the positive
aspects of it. She's devoted
to
you, and she's obviously
very
attracted
to you, physi-
cally and otherwise, because
most girls, and I say most
because
I
can't speak for
ev-
erybody, are not
willing
to
be that amorous with
just
anybody and everybody.
This
is usually a problem that
doesn't affect couples until
later into a relationship, or
years
into
a marriage, but
if
this is something that really
infringes
upon
your busy
lifestyle, you have
to let her
know how you feel.
But,
and
this
may
be
bard, you
have
to be
tactful.
For those
of
you
who don't know what that
means, you have to tell her
in
a nice
way
that she's
too
horny
for
you.
Don't
do this
on a whim;
let her know that
you have to talk
to
her abQut
something
serious,
and set
aside
~
time
where
you
two
can be alone. It helps Jyou
intersperse compliments
about bet
beauty
and
intelli-
gence into
the
conversation.
please
see
LUSTY LISA
pg.6
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•
•
~ · d :
•
•
: You obviously don't:
• want to
hurt
her
feel-•
• ings and throw away a•
: good thing, so,
I
know:
• this sounds incredibly•
• dorky, but try to work•
: outascheduleorsome-:
• thing and see what will•
• work for the both
of-
•
.
•you.You
need to let
her.
• know that
you
find her•
• physically
attractive as•
•
•
• well and that your
lack•
• of want
to
have
con-•
• stant
sex has
nothing
to•
: do with the
fact thai:
• you don't
view
her
as a•
• sexual being. Finally,•
: you have to look at this:
• from
her point of
view.•
: If sex is something that:
• is really important
to.
• her in a relationship,•
: this may not work oµt:
• and you'll have to let•
• her go to pursue more•
: excittng
and pleasur-:
• able avenues.
•
•
•
•
Email you rela-
•
•
•
• ticnship
issues
•
• and
questions of •
RIVER
continued from
pg.
5
not mentioned, the need for a
more suitable housing setup,
one that would benefit the stu-
dents, was emphasized.
"The housing situation is re-
ally not fair for the students. We
can't do anything about it for
ourselves because we are se-
niors, but we want to help
change things for the under-
classmen. The reality is, fresh-
men could be off campus in a
few years, but they don't real-
ize that now. We' re making the
sacrifices for .them, but they
should do something about it
now because they
will be
here
three more years," said senior
Mark Miller.
A problem that could have
been avoided through student
support deals with a proposal
for a mural that took senior Bill
Bastian an entire semester to get
approved.
~'The mural will reflect the
student's opinions, attitudes,
and beliefs of today. It will be
for the students, from the stu-
dents," said Bastian.
"I have received a lot of posi-
tive feedback on the idea that it
has been approved, but there
was no one there to help a year
ago," said Bastian.
Another problem for the
group is the lack of available
space in the Library which
should be a main concern for all
students.
"There
are
a lot of good fea-
tures to the Library, such as the
periodical section and the au-
dio/visual department, but we
want to emphasize the need to
make it more accommodating to
the number of students we have
on campus," said junior Martin
Camacho.
.
Although there may be fman-
cial
reasons why these problems
were not adhered to, the group's
opinion is that the students must
make their opinions known and
stick by them
in
order· for the
administration to take the stu-
dent body seriously.
"By
doing these things we are
hoping to make Marist say that
its best feature is its students,
not its new buildings," said
Bastian.
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my
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trip
to the mountainous country of
France. I hated climbing those damn
Alps,
but here's
proof
that
I actually did. Hopefully
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ARIES
You and your buddies accom-
plish quite a lot when you're all
on the same track. Set your
goals so everybody knows what
needs to be done next. You're
teaching and learning from each
other, 3!1d that's good ..
8
TAURUS
The thing you'll be most suc-
cessful at can be quite difficult
sometimes. This could be one
of those days. If you're running
into new barriers, that's because
you've
already gone past all the
old ones, Congratulations!
I[
GEMINI
Getting your meaning across
could be difficult today, expect
setbacks Be as clear as pos-
sible, especially with those who
speak different languages. It'll
beworth1
~
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CANCER
There might be complications
with travel, so take care.
If
you're in school, you may feel
kind of thick-headed. Just go
over the material again and
again. It'll get through, eventu-
ally. Don't spend impetuously,
either. Take your time and do it
right.
LEO
How are you and a partner go-
ing to spend the money you
share? Take a few notes so that
there isn't a misunderstanding.
Don't let nickels and dimes
wreck your friendship, which is
more important than money.
111
VIRGO
You are swamped. There's way
too much for one person to do.
Your partner doesn't seem to be
much help, either. You're in a
potentially stressful situation.
Do you have a friend who al-
ways helps you calm down?
Even if it's long distance, call.
.n..
LIBRA
You're pretty lucky, but there
could be complications. Better
not gamble now; it's not a sure
bet. Love should go well, too,
especially if you don't get into
an argument about money.
Emo-
tions are running high, so avoid
touchy subjects if you can.
11t
SCORPIO
A lot
is
going on at home, so
you w;mt to be there. Others
want your a~ntion, too. You've
a popularnerson! Save time and
attention for the folks you love
the most.
SAGITTARIUS
A few things need to be dis-
cussed at your house, and
some things need to be fixed.
You know it's a good idea, but
you might not know how. You
might not want to change, ei-
ther. Learning new skills will
make everything easier.
CAPRICORN
Quite a bit of money could be
coming in, because you're
imaginative and creative and
work hard. Don't spend this
windfall, however.
All
might not
be as it appears
.
AQUARIUS
You're looking pretty good, but
you still need to watch your
money. If a friend is having fi-
nancial difficulties, recommend
a good bank. Don't make a loan
yourself; that could lead to
treiuble. Don't be a borrower,
either, by the way.
PISCES
You're pushed to take care of
something important. You've
been avoiding it, but that's not
a good idea. Don't worry, either.
This could be easier than you
thought. Just take it one step at
a
time.
Off Campus this Weekend
MISCELLANEOUS
"Adams Lawn
&
Garden Show." Adams Fairacre
Farms. 195
Dutchess Tpke. (Rte. 44),
Poughkeepsie. 7,000 square feet of greenhouses will be transformed into blooming
spring gardens, complete with brick patios, pond and waterfall. March 3-5. Fri. 8am-
9pm, Sat & Sun. 8am-7pm. Free. 454-4330."
Beginning March 3
-
"Battle of the Big Bands. Bardavon, 35 Market St.,
Poughkeepsie. Direct from NYC's Supper Club, The Tony Corbiscello Big Band and
two area high school jazz bands join together for a swinging, singing testimonial to the
big band sound. 7pm. $5. 473-2072."
MUSICATTHECHANCE
Friday, March 3
The Machine w/ A.K.A.
This is The Machines farewell tour and is their last show here
$10
Saturday, March 4
Snapcase
wl
Cave
In -
12 Oauge - By The Grace of God
Doorsopenat6:00
$10
Sunday, March
5
Mike Danielle Benefit
Friday, March 10
Cro-Mags
w/
All Out War Shut Down - Pain Mask $10
Saturday, March
11
ART
Murphy's Law
w/
Perfect Thyroid- Edna's Goldfish.
Next II Nothing Doors open at 8:00 $8
Frances Lehman Loeb Art center, Vassar College,
124
Rfl.ymond ave,
Poughkeepsie
"Modeling
Femmininity: Art and the Moral education of
Nineteenth-century women!' through March
19.
437-5237
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1/4
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1
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114
cup
canola
oil
1/2
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fat-free
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2
cups
unbleached
flour
1 l/2
teaspoons baking soda
2
teaspoons cinnamon
1/2
teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup raisins
1/4
cup
chopped walnuts
Cream
Cheese
Frosting
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9--by-13-inch
baking
dish with nonstick spray.
In
a
medium bowl, combine the applesauce, sugar, oil
and egg substitute. Beat well. In another
medium bowl, combine the
flour,
baking
soda,
cinnamon and nutmeg, Add to the
applesauce mixture and beat until just mixed.
Stir
in
the raisins and nuts. Pour the mixture
into the dish. Bake until
a
toothpick inserted in the
center of
the
cake comes out
cJean,
35 to
40
minutes. Let cool and .frost with the cream
cheese
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Student bar
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BY JOSEPHR.KEMKA
Special to the Circle
I
have long been known
around campus as a regular at
the bar scene, for about three
years now. However, I am bet-
ter known as "Randy". I try to
go out at least four times a week.
seeing as how it is my senior
year and I figure
"When
else will I get the
chance to drink this fre-
quently?"
My week started Tuesday
night at the Backstreet Pub. I
played the
Megatouch video game with
my friends, and we enjoyed
1
dollar well drinks and 3 dollar
pitchers of wann draft beer until
about 2 A.M. The scene was
lively, and I also got to play a
game of pool, which
is
one of
my favorites.
Thursday night I went to The
Derby, which is quickly t>ecom-
ing a hot spot for Marist stu-
dents. There were specials on
Budweiser bottles, although I
preferMillerHighLife. TheD.J.
was spinning some new hot
tunes, an<! I decided to test my
luck on the dance floor. Need-
less to say, I went home solo.
Friday night I went to a party,
and then to the Foxhole. It was
pretty empty, and wt; stayed for
a couple of beers then called it a
night. I was looking forward to
Saturday, and didn't want to
stay out too late on Friday.
Saturday was very fun. We
went to McCoy's and it was so
packed. We danced to the hip-
hop on the dance floor until
3:30. I must say it was the best
evening
of the week.
I'
11 see you
around the bars, and if you see
me, don't hesitate to say hi.
Joseph is a senior business ma-
jor
who frequents
the
Poughkeepsie bar scene. If
you
see him out, because after read-
ing this text you
krww
exactly
what he
looks like, don't hesi-
tate to run in the o1her direc-
tion.
Think
you
can
do better??
Than
write
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Student 'offended'
by Praxis coverage
Editor:
I found Hanneh Kalyoussefs coverage of the Clothesline Project in
last week's "Praxis Beat" offensive, as it was devoid of purpose and
full of assumptions and false statements. The irresponsibility of this
''journalist"
is reprehensible.
In
writing
IO
1, she should have learned
that the article would have benefited immensely from including
the
Clothesline Project's mission statement, instead of her own interpre-
tation of the Project's aim. The writer failed to capture the essence of
the Project.
Also distutbing were the numerous falsities in the article, which
undermined the significance of the Project. According to the writer,
the t-shirts are
created
by "women, children, friends, family, and men
who have experienced or have had a family member or friend who
have been sexually assaulted, battered, or even murdered."
In
truth,
the only people
permitted
to make shirts are those who have experi-
enced domestic violence. Hence, 300 t-shirts signifies 300 women
who have endured domestic violence. One cannot make a t-shirt
solely
to show support. The only instance in which a friend or a
relative can make a shirt
is
if
the
victim
has
been murdered and hence,
cannot make her own shirt to express her story.
It
is also necessary to
correct the writer's assertion that men,
too,
can make
shirts.
As do-
mestic violence is a gendered crime, the Clothesline Project is a forum
for
women's voices. One out of every two women will be in a batter-
ing situation in her lifetime and 95% of all domestic violence cases are
perpetrated by men against women (the other 5% is committed, not
just by women against men, but also by men and women against their
.
same- sex partners). Hence, the project aims to break the silence of
this epidemic war against women.
The
writer incorrectly
named
College Activities and
the
Praxis Project
among the groups that have participated in the Clothesline Project at
Marist. Last year, the Gender F.quality Oub brought the Project here.
Another year, students within the social work major were responsible
for bringing the Oothesline here, which is held once a year, and
NOT
once a semester.
The amount and degree of mistakes that Ms. Kalyoussef made in
her article is unacceptable. Research is required when writing on any
topic-this should not be news to a college student. The errors made
by the writer could have been easily avoided with a bit of research on
the web or with a call to the Grace Smith House to verify the infonna-
tion. I find it unconscionable to write an entire article based on
assumptions alone.
Debra Alfano
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The
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Relationship abuse revealed
byKRISHART
Relationship abuse is not and
will never be the !dormant' phe-
nomenon
that
Eric Deabill claims
(2/24
Circle,
p.
l ).
Deabill
writes
that the problem of relationship
abuse 'has generally remained
donnant on college campuses.'
This statement is grossly inac-
curate and unfairly distorts the
true picture of relationship.
abuse in our society.
Every minute of every day, in
fact at least every 13 seconds,
someone is battered or abused.
Although relationship abuse
does happen to women and men
alike, the vast majority of cases
are men victimizing women.
Over 90-95% of relationship
abuse follows this pattern. The
remaining 5-10% of cases in-
volve not only the opposite di-
chotomy, but same-sex relation-
ships as well. It is obvious by
looking at the statistics that re-
lationship abuse is a very gen-
der-biased crime. Its
.
main tar-
gets are women.
These incidents are not coin-
cidental or random, but are
symptoms of a larger societal
epidemic. Marist is not a bubble
as much as we would like to
thinks Right now there are
women who are in abusive rela-
tionships on this campus.
Relationship violence is a
crime that crosses the bound-
aries of class, race, and age.
Statistically speaking, half of
the women at Marist College
will
become victims of domestic
abuse at some point in
their
lives
if they haven't already. The
abuse may not be reported, but
that does not mean that it has
not happened. An overwhelm-
ing 57% of women never report
their abuse.
It
really disturbs me when I
read articles like Deabill 's. One
of the most reprehensible parts
ofDeabill's article is the series
of quotes he chooses to high-
light the topic. One quote re-
ferred to [relationship] violence
as not being a problem here at
Marist as the college isn't •go-
ing to publicize things that
aren't positive.' This perspec-
tive not only ignores the fact that
relationship violence happens
EVERYWHERE, but supports its
claim illogically. Of course a
college campus concerned with
publicity is not going to empha-
size incidents of relationship
abuse. It is therefore illogical to
conclude that relationship vio-
lence doesn't happen because
our college doesn't tell us about
it
A second questionable quo-
tation appeared in the third to
the last paragraph of the article.
This comment stated in part that
'if there were signs, she should
have done something.' This is
what knowledgeable people
commonly refer to
as
blaming the
Domestic Violence Statistics
-
Source:
Depanment of Justice
*Domestic
violence
is
the
leading
cause of
injury
to
women,
more than muggings,
stranger
rape, and
car
accidents
combined.
*The
United
Way
ranks domestic
violence-as the
leading cause of birth
defects.
*3-4
million women
are
beaten
by
their husbands or
boyfriends every
year.
"'A
man
beats
his
partner every 13
seconds.
*1
out of every 2 women will
be
physically
abused by their partner at
least
once.
*4000
women and children
are
beaten
to
death every year.
• At
least
25
%
of domestic
violence
victims are
beaten while
pregnant.
*50%
of
all
homeless
women and children are
fleeing domestic
violence situations.
*79%
of
spousal
abuse
is
committed
by
men
after the
woman leav~.
*
An intimate male
partner murdered
42%
of
all
female
homicide
victims.
•More
than three million children
witn~
acts
of
domestic violence every year.
*95 %
of
boys
and
72 %
of girls witnessing domestic violence
will
carry
abuse into th,eir
own relationships.
*
1 out of
3
high school relationshiP.S
includes
domestic
violence or rape.
*On average, a women
is
beaten 9 times before she placed the
first
call to police for help;
only
1% of spousal assaults are reporred
to
the police.
*57%
of
women who are
physically abused
by their partners never
tell anyone.
*40%
of
as.saults
committed
by
a
male
partner
on
women
begin
during
the
first
pregnancy;
pregnant
women
are
at
twice
the
risk
of
battery.
victim. It is not the women's
fault for staying in an abusive
relationship. Often she is afraid
to leave, and with good cause
as 75% of relationship violence
murders occur after a women
has left the situation. The fault
clearly lies on her male abuser.
As I was reading this article I
wondered why the writer failed
to include a quotation from
Roberta Staples, director of the
Counseling Center or Joe Leary,
Director of Security. Other more
accurate perspectives also
could have been gained by con-
tacting the Gender Equality
Club or the Task Force for the
Prevention of Sexual Assault.
Instead the writer choose to in-
clude one comment that was
both inane and illogical and fur-
ther reinforced his ignorance by
including a second quotation
which portrayed a common vic-
tim-blaming stereotype.
I find that the inaccumte por-
trayal of relationship abuse is a
~ve disservice to anyone who
depends on the Circle for infor-
mation on such a hidden topic.
I commend anyone who
chooses to accurately write on
relationship abuse, but please
make sure you get your facts
straight or you will be no better
than the wayward Deabill.
By inaccurately presenting
such an important topic the
writer not only failed the Circle
readership at large, but the
women who suffer daily under
this violent epidemic. By nam-
ing abusive relationships as a
new phenomenon Deabill has
contributed to the silencing of
women whose daily reality
.
is
one of violence and fear.
Kris Hart is a senior political
science major and a minor in
womens studies.
Diallo case not as simple as it seems
by
MATI1IEWDAIGLE
So as the weekend past, yet
another circumstance arose,
fur-
ther exposing the high-voltage
wires of race relations in our
country. As the latest chapter
of the Amadou Diallo case came
to a close with the four officers
being acquitted on all charges,
there followed a blizzard of out-
rage. Outcries of injustice and
sighs of relief mingles
in
the air
from Albany down to the Bronx.
If
the reactions stemming from
this case is any sign, March
will
indeed come in like a lion on all
fronts this year.
So what happened? Four cops
shot an innocent and unarmed
man
41
times. Clearly, this is a
tragedy. Do not, however, for
one second assume this is a
simple open-and-shut case.
Al ways remember that there
are
three sides to every story:
yours, mine, and the truth. And
in the furor at;out racial profil-
ing, and violent, seemingly
above-the-law cops, the side of
the story that received the most
attention was that of Diallo and
his family. Forgotten was that
of the cops.
Just for a second, put your-
self in the shoes of a police of-
ficer. You have sworn to up-
hold the law, and doing so liter-
ally places you in the line of fire.
You are often a target. Now
consider the situation these
cops stepped into. The area in
the Bronx in which they
stepped was not Marist campus.
In fact, the area, by all reports,
would
make
scary
Poughkeepsie look like Marist
campus in comparison. Con-
sider the well documented ex-
amples of cops being shot in the
line of duty, placing the cops at
a level of readiness that is bor -
derline dangerous. And when a
suspect, guilty or not, reaches
into his back pocket, these cops
are trained, both formally, and
by experience, to react in a man-
ner that protects one's personal
safety. So when you are analyz-
ing the Diallo case, do not for-
get the situation these cops
were placed in.
Do not misunderstand me. I
do not condone the "shoot first,
ask questions later" mentality.
A man is dead, and by all means
this is a sad, tragic event. Yes,
there is a plethora of "what ifs"
that could be
applied
to the case,
altering
the
outcome of the
events
in
question.
But
they are
only speculations that cannot
be enacted.
I
merely defend the
actions of the cops on the
grounds of reacting in a manner
appropriate to the situation they
were in. But rather than approve
·
of these actions, I condemn a
society that has created a world
conducive to situations such as
this. I could never be a cop in
New York City- I lack the testicu-
lar fortitude necessary to place
myself in the situations they do.
In fact, I doubt a majority of the
students here at Marist, when
placed in similar.situation, would
respond any differently than
these cops. This is what is sad.
It comes down to a
bagful
of
things that have made situations
such as this possible- ranging
from gun control, to mcism, to
crime and its links to poverty, to
mentalities
pitting
us against
them, and the situations that
form these mentalities. We live
in a messed up world, where
there are so many problems. It
is a world where college students
cannot walk a
quarter-mile
back
from Foxhole for fear of being
robbed.
It
is a .world where cops
feel so unsafe they are com-
pelled to act without deeper
analysis. It is a world where
people do not trust those en-
listed to enforce and uphold the
law: It is a world where some-
one who takes a preconceived
notion formed on the basis on
the color of one's skin and acts
on that, whether that be assum-
ing a black person is a criminal,
or a white person is a 'racist. We
are all responsible for world in
which Amadou Diallo died. It
is our responsibility to change
that world.
Matt Daigle is a junior commu-
nication major concentrating in
PR. He
is
currently interning for
WNBC
4
News in New York
City.
If
you ever need Jay-Z's
phone number, he's your go-to
guy. And no, that's not his pic-
ture!

































TH£CIRCL£
MARCH 2, 2000
Op
-
Ed
PAGE 10
The views ex
p
ressed on these pages are not necessarily those of
The
Circle
Death
penaltyn<msreevaluation
by
PATRICKWHITILE
Circle
"Ex"
The death penalty, a contro-
versial issue in America since
its inception, has been espe-
cially scrutiniz.ed in recent years
as its arbitrariness and legiti-
-
macy have come under the mi-
croscope of racial issues.
MurniaAbu-Jamal, America's
fa-
vorite death-row inmate, is the
poster boy for left-wing criticism
of capital punishment. Guilty or
innocent, fair trial or mistrial,
Mumia's lease on life may be
about to increase with the Phila-
delphia City Council's recently-
passed resolution asking for a
moratorium in Pennsylvania.
This has no precedent; anti-
death penalty sentiment is reso-
nating in the minds of America's
legislators and activists.
The
Chicago Tribune ex-
posed a terrible wrong in Illi-
nois, where there have been
more death row exonerations
than executions since
1997.
An
investigative series by
The Tri-
bune laid the groundwork for
Governor George Ryan's impo-
sition of a moratorium on Illinois
executions on February 1. The
incompetence of many capital
crime lawyers, which has in-
cluded such mishapsas falling
asleep in court, coupled with
the bias of all-white juries,
proved to be the formula for fail-
ure in several death penalty-
supporting states. Maryland,
Alabama, New Jersey, Washing-
ton and Oklahoma are all seek-
ing moratorium resolutions of
their own.
Meanwhile, Texas leads the
way in killings by the state, and
shows no signs of stopping.
Governor George W. Bush, the
likely GOP candidate
in
the com-
ing presidential elections, sent
his state's death train speeding
toward the recent execution of
Betty Lou Beets, an abused and
troubled elderly murderer.
Beets, who has been convicted
of killing her fifth husband
among other heinous misdeeds,
is no saint. The only thing she
could take solace in is that she
never professed compassion
as part of the make-up of her
being in front of a national au-
dience. Bush, who has left a
blood-soaked,
t
riple-digit
legacy of executions during his
tenure as Governor, cannot say
the same.
The statistics are inarguably
clear: minorities, representing
only 20 percent of the national
population, make up
50
pe
r
cent
of the death row population. A
whopping three-quarters of fed-
eral death row inmates are A
frican-American or Latino. The
conservative cop-out in this
case is to lapse into eighteenth-
century thoughtlessness and
social irresponsibility and brand
minorities
as
the source of all
capital crime. Minorities, al-
ready crucified as the reason for
violent crime in America, can
only become the subject of more
injustice in the legal system
if
this antiquated school of
thought persists.
With the high publicized
Ama
d
ou Diallo trial coming to a
startlingly expedient, and argu-
ably unjust, resolution, the op-
public outcry surrounding the
portunity to reverse this unfor-
Diallo and Abu-Jamal contro-
tunate tide was left on the table.
versies, have clearly lead us to
Americans have the responsi-
a capital punishment cross-
bility not to call for the punish-
roads. For now, decisions that
ment of the officers charged in
will impact social responsibility
the controversial shooting on for decades to
.
come lie in the
the innocent
African
immigrant,
.
hands of state legislators. The
but to beseech for justice. The
correlation is clear: these deci-
focal poi_nt of this trial could
sions will chart the course for
have been one of justice for the
the future of race and capital
victim's family and a chance for
punishment in America. for bet-
more responsible law enforce-
ter or worse.
ment, n
o
t merely to slaughter a
few sacrificial lambs (in this
case, the officers). Instead, the
jurors' decision has reinforced
the enforcement's ability to op-
erate above the law.
The recent calls of stoppage
and review of the death penalcy
in some states, as well as the
Patrick Whittle is a senior from
Fairhaven, MA. He. will get
back to attempting to be funny
in the next issue. Hes
·
actually
convinced the Red Sox are go-
ing places this year! Mike "The
Czar" Ferraro spits on that.
Rush
the hell
away
from sororiti~
by
S
ABA CH
OUDHR
Y
Only when I thought that it
·
couldn't get any worse ... the talk
of sororities rises. I can't even
begin to understan
d
the point. I
talked to this one girl who ex-
claimed,
''Well..it's like
fun ...
and
like stuff. .. " and then she vom-
ited from the pure excitement of
it all. Basically this whole so-
rority deal just exemplifies what
is wrong with us here.
Hasn't this school had
enough with its carbon copy
student body? I am almost too
afraid to say be yourself be-
cause I
think
maybe most of you
aren't more than your fleece
vests. One day you'll wake up
and realize you've never had an
original thought or reflection on
life. And at that time where will
you
be ...
fulltime at the Gap?
Anyway, after talking to some
girls in sororities they were
quick to say, "Well we do com-
munity service and that'~ the
REAL reason I'm doing it."
Please, if you cared about any-
thing besides idle crap, you
·
would have gotten your ass up
and walked across the street to
St. Francis and volunteered, or
better yet joined the
Peace
Corps.
Basically, sororities are an
excuse for all the girls who need
to "stick together" as "sisters
"
due to their lack of feeling this
"togetherness" as an"individual.
They need to ask themselves if
they can exist as compl
_
ex people
on their own and if they can,
then they should. This institu-
tion is for those that need to go
that extra mile to "be their own
person". It's funny how beihg
your own person means that
you are the same as twenty
other girls.
It's true some sorority girls
aren't like this. For those that
don't fit this image, I allow them
to later plead temporary insan-
ity. It only takes one person to
make a difference so be that one
person and be yourself. I truly
don't believe you can be your
,::omplete and uninhibited self in
a sorority.
I also believe that sorority girls
make girls who don't want to
pledge out to be bitter anti-so-
cialites who don't want to "co-
operate" and join the group.
Too many succumb to the "so-
rority pressure" especially since
there is nothing else to do in this
"exciting" (note for sorority
_
girls: this is known as sarcasm)
area. But use your mind and
stay strong girls. We must re-
member that we are already part
of the biggest sorority
I
frater-
nity there is
...
society.
In a sorority, you always have
to take others into consider-
ation. Maybe its just me, maybe
I'm just not ready to commit and
accommodate myself for "the
good of the group". I say find
your closest friends at random
throughout college; then devot-
ing time and effort to them
seems so much more worth-
while. How much can you re-
ally get out of people who would
make you do dumb and unnec-
essary thing to prove your loy-
alty before joining them?
So, I'll leave you with this not
so good analogy which I have
to use because it involves
Warhol. As Warhol tells us, im-
ages have become signs we
read and in the process the emo-
tional content is loss. In this
case, the image of a defined
group causes us to lose from
being an our own person.
You go girU Apparently
,
Saba
know a
hell
of a lot about so-
rorities without ever having
been in one. If you have a dif-
ferent pefspective on the sub-
ject, email it to Mike at KXBC
or drop a disk off in WC P2-A
or in the envelope on the' LT 2 I 1
door.







































































THE CIRCLE
March 2, 2000
Arts
& Entertainment
PAGE 11
The
World
Knudtsen's Korner
Goes Round
HardcoreAc~Ameri ..........
by
DOUGLAS M.DEISS
JR.
Staff
Writer
Lights, Curtain, Action. The
Marist
College
Council on The-
atre
Arts
will again prove
its
excellence in its
upcoming per-
formance
The World Goes
Round.
The World
Goes
Roundis"writ-
ten by John Kander and Fred
Ebb. The musical features the
talents of five great Marist Stu-
dents
including
freshmen Liz
Danehy and Gerald Quigley,
sophomores
Janine Tedesco
and D3:n Shelah, and senior
Karen Gumaer.
The performance, which will
take place this weekend, is Fri-
day, Saturday and Sunday. The
show will
be
8:00
on Friday and
Saturday and 2:00 on Sunday.
The musical is actually a com-
bination of songs from
Broadway's past Kander and
Ebb were two of the
six
honor-
ees of the
1998
lifetime achieve-
ment awards given by the
Kennedy
Center for the Per-
forming
Arts.
Cabaret
,
Chi-
cago, New
York,
New
York
and
Kiss of
the
Spiq(!r,
W,qp,an
are
but a few of the popular shows
whose
songs
they covered in
the musical.
Some of the great songs in-
chided in this perfonnance are
"All That Jazz" from
Chicago,
"Cabaret" from
Cabaret and
"New
York, New York"
from
...
well...New York,
New
York.
The show is directed by jun-
ior Christophe
.
r Yapchanyk who
is recently coming off his per-
formance in the last MCCTA
show
A
View
From
the Bridge.
The show is produced by John
Shibbles and Bryan Delaney,
and assistant produced by Me-
lissa Payne. Musical Director
George Croom returns to Marist
College, taking control of the
musical's orchestra. The job of
choreographer has been grace-
fully tackled by Marist senior
Shelly Napoli. The production
stage manager is Andrew Lin-
den- and the assistant
is
fresh-
man Alexis Valianos.
The musical is set
in
a jazz club
surrounded by an ambiance of
such. There is a bar with a bar-
tender, tables and chairs,
jazz
players, and a piano player on
stage.
The audience has an en-
tire
evening of Broadway songs
and
atmosphere
to look forward
to.
While some
songs
are
known
by many, there
are
some
fantas-
_tic
s~\18~- that the .audience may
_
not recognize. It is the accumu-
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make for a great evening of mu-
sic.
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Three
guys, three states, two
jhows,
eleven bands.
no
chicks,
less money.
That
was the sce-
nario for
this past
weekend,
which would
be
more
accurately
titled "Hardcore Across New
England" but
it
doesn•~ carry
the
same ring. This faithful
ad-
venture was taken by myself,
Tun
Faulkner, and
my
esteemed
colleague Patty McWhittle.
"H.A.A"
started
in
the Marist
Cabaret as we fueled
up
for the
two hour drive to Meridan
Con-
necticut, more
specifically,
to
.the
llu
rirn
a
llo.uH:
.>Vhi.cll
played host to the first show of
the weekend.
The lineup
for
Friday night was
The Crash
Davis Crew, Kill Your Idols,
The
Unseen, The Casualties, Right
Brigade,
and
In
My
J_n•s.
The Crash
Davis Crew
has
been playing for
roughly
five
years without ever "breaking
through."
.Despite
this, the band
still brought a somewhat posi-
tive energy to the
Hanover
House
as they opened up the
night. Unfortunately,
$ey
will
probably
continue
to
be
one of
the many under-appreciated
good hardcore/punk rock bands
while dozens of cheeseball metal
bands
suci:i::~tl.
That's the
breaks though, good things
happen for worthless bands
while the good bands are widely
ignored.
Kill Your
Jdols
followed up,
once again demonstrating
why
they deserve the amount of
re-
specl
they receive from the
scene. Undoubtedly one
or
the
best
hardcore bands still
in
e:\-
istence,
KYJ
ripped
up
the
Hanover
House.
The even
played
"Words Without A-0~
lions" which was
first
released
on "Punk Uprisings Vol. 2" and
will probably be on
their
next
split album with
The- Nerve
Agents. KY/
thrived off
the
8!-
mosphere of
the
club which had
afoottallstageandno ecurity.
allowing the band
to
be
face to
face with
the
erowdwitb
no in-
·terference.
The Unseen
came on next,
playing an old school set of
good
·\'
fashioned punk rock.
Surprisingly, a decent number of
"hardcore
kids"
stayed
on
the
floor. Herein lie$ the difference
between good
shows
in
good
towns and decent shows in
shady towns.
At
a good show,
hardcore kids respect plllllc.rock
because they realize that Utey
wouldn't be around without
it,
wherea.s at many shows
(Poug.Wreepsie represent) most
kids ignore
anything
that
isn't
the generic
toughguy
metalcore
fodder that's being pushed
across America. Again, that's
the breaks.
Despite the scumbag nature of
The
Casualties,
they played a
fast
and fairly tight
set.
It origi~
nally
seemed as if
ihey
wouldn't
be playing
until
Mc Whittle
brought my attention to a row
of
five
foot
tall
mohawks enter-
ing the club during
Kill Your
Idols' set
The highlight of their
set was a cover of the SSD
song,"
Right Brigade
was terrible.
Their fans were even worse. The
oajy analogy I can
think
of for
this
band is a
football
game
with
a
hardcore soundtrack. Fisti-
cuffs and machismo
covered
the
floor
during their intolerable set
The
sad thing is that the music
'Woul{in
t
ha;v.e
been bad
if
it
wasn't for the
band
itself and
the
fans. Either way,
I
will never
see
them again, and I
hope
no-
bolfy
else
does
either.
1n
My
£yes
finished the night
off
with
a short but energetic
set
They
played
a few
songs
off
their
new album "Nothing to
Hide" as well as several older
songs from "The Difference
Between." In between songs
''Sweet Pete". the vocalist,
talked
about the band
and its
beliefs,
"ln My Eyes
started as a
straightedge
band
and we'll
fin-
ish:
as
{I.
straight edge band."
"Hardcore Across America"
started
on a high note but on
the two-and-a-half hour drive to
Massachusetts s0Q1ething ter-
rible happened. Tim fell asleep
and drooled on
his
sweatshirt.
Then we reached our destina-
tion
and
quickly fell asleep after
a meal of Cheez-its and root
beer.
Saturday kicked off
with
a se-
ries
of quick stops including
an
exquisite
visitto
Blimpies, even-
tually bringing us to
Reflections
in
New
Bedford. Once again the
club was ideal,
with
a low stage
and no
security.
The Crash Davis
Crew
was
the
second band of
the
nigm,
fo.llowing a local band who
wa .. n ·
L
on
the
bill
but
played
nonetheless.
'Ibey
were medi~
ere.
The Crash Davis Ct'eW
played a similar set to
the
one
frorn
the
night before, the
onl)·
significant difference~
that
more people were involved on
the floor.
The third band of
the
night was
Embrace Today,
a
straightedge
"youth
crew" hardcore band.
They played with intensity
thanks
to the aid of the local
crowd who sang along and kep
the floor moving. Admitting
that they were a bit generic
fo
their
style,
Embrace Today
still
kept a high level of energy an
positivity that is
lacking
in many
bands
today.
No.Justice
from Washington
D.C.
was
next.
They had
a
style
similar
to-Agnostic Front,
only
faster. Even though they were
relatively unknown to the crow
they
managed
to rile the crow
up to the point where
Reflec-
tions·
was a
cin:le pit of flying
teens.
No
Justice
is
still work-
ing
on their
first
recording bu
will
probably (hopefully)
be
name to
be
reckoned with i
coming
years.
Atari
followed up as the nigh
drew on. They were a bit of
disappointment compared to
the expectations I brought with
me to the club. The vocals were
nearly indistinguishable but the
rest of the band played with a
heavy,
fast paced grind. Noth-
ing
special but nothing horrible
either.
The
last
band of
"Hardcore
Across America" was
Rain on
the
Parade. This
extremely
posi-
tive
band played a re1atively
long set considering the
fac
that most of their songs hardly
break the one minute length.
They opened with a couple o
old songs, many of which had
slight message hidden behin
light humor, "Stand up, figh
back ..•
wipe
your
eyes, there's
no crying
in
hardcore."
Rai
on
the
Parade
recently release
a new EP "The Body
Bag"
o
Soulforce Records.
Saturday night ended with
trlp
to
the
local
Bickfords,
whic
1
basically .an over-price
Dennys. After making several
quips
at
the
expense of some o
the more eccentric locals, we
called
it
a night.
Sunday was primarily a Ion
car ride from Mass. back to
home
sweet
home,
Poughkeepsie. On
the
way bac
we mocked one driver who had
a sticker from "Vulcan School o
Science." Other than that inci-
dent
the
drive was fairly blan
and uneventful.
Tun
did no
drool on himself this time.
"H.A.A."'
ended at the sam
place
it
started,
the
Cabaret.
This
time
we smelled of
-days
worth
ofjoumc,
sand
no-
body
joined us. That's th
breaks
thoQgh. 'Nuff said.
Check out
Knudtsen 's
radi
J/tow
with the drooling
Ti"
Faulknerandli.mboon WMCR,
88.J
FM on Saturdays
fro
IPM-3PM.
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March 2,
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by
MIKETIIOMPSON
Staff Writer
In two of my columns this
year, I mentioned how ABC's
Sports Night is a critical hit that
unfortunately has not caught on
with the viewers. A few weeks
ago, it dawned on me that I have
never actually reviewed
Sports
Night in a column. I mean,
I
can
complain
all I want about how
few people watch the show, but
unless
I
officially recommend it,
how can people know they
should watch it? So, I decided
to sit down and write a column
endorsing
Sports Night. Then I
discovered that ABC had taken
the show off the air for the
month of February. I can't re-
ally tell people they should
watch a show ifl know that it's
on
TV
Sports Night
Mdre;:!,son
Needs Your Help
currently unavailabie for them
to watch. So I waited, and filled
my time with reviewing other
shows. Well, effective February
29th,
Sports Night was back on
the air. Now I can weigh in with
my opinion: it's a pretty darn
good show.
For those of you who don't
know, here's a quick low-down:
Sports
Night
is really a show-
within:a-show. It deals with the
off-camera lives of the staff and
crew of the
.
fictional sports news
show "Sports Night." Co-an-
chors Dan Rydell (played by
·
losh
Charles)
and
Casey McCall
(Peter Krause) are also best
friends. "Sports Night" pro-
ducer Dana
Whitaker
(Felicity
Huffman) has a romantic inter-
est in Casey. Associate produc-
ers Natalie Hurley (Sabrina
Lloyd) and Jeremy Goodwin
(Joshua Malina) are romanti-
cally involved. Executive pro-
ducer Isaac Jaffe (Robert
Guillaume) is the wise elder
statesman, and the staff regu-
larly goes to him for advice.
Sports Night is not your stan-
dard sitcom. Yes, it's a half-hour
show, but it's really a comedy-
drama, or "dramedy,"
if
you
will.
The main emphasis is on drama,
which is a good thing, since
drama is what
Sports Night does
best. However, the show's sta-
tus as a dramedy may be one of
the reasons why it hasn't
caught on yet with the viewing
public. A successful
half-hour
drarnedy is a
rare
sight in televi-
sion (remember
Hooperman?
The Days and Nights of Molly
Dodd?).
It would be a shame if
Sports Night doesn't catch on.
Its writing is wonderful. Yes, the
writing has been a bit more un-
even this season than it was last
season ( due to series creator-
and head writer-Aaron Sorkin
doing double duty this year on
NBC's
The West Wing), but it's
still great. The characters are
fleshed out very well, and you
find yourself caring about them.
The rapid-fire dialogue on
Sports Night is also great, if
sometimes a little too rapid-fire
( occasionally, you want less
talk
and more action).
If
you're expecting
Seinfeld-
ian sized
laughs,
don't tune in
to
Sports Night; like I said, the
show is not the standard sitcom,
and drama is what it does best
anyway. But if you want an ex-
tremely intelligent television
show, then definitely tune in.
And tune in soon. The show is
not doing well in the ratings, and
ABC may very well cancel it.
That would be a shame, since
intelligent network television
should always be cherished.
Sports Night airs Tuesday
nights on ABC (Channel 10 here
at
Marist) from 9:30-10:00. Defi-
nitely give this show a chance.
It
deseNes it, and it needs your
support.
•
lfyou have any suggestions of
1V shows for Mike Thompson
to review, email him at
K4ZK.
Check out his radio show on
Wednesday nights from
11
pm to
1
am. It rocks.
Perfect Thyroid Takes a Ride on Noah's Ark
byOOUGLASGUARINO
Asst. Managing Ediror
How do you fit a seven-piece
band into a tiny Poughkeepsie
barroom?
Call
Perfect Thyroid.
This past Saturday night, re-
gional legends
Perfect Thyroid
invaded a jam-packed
Noah,
s
Ark on Mill Street. More affec-
tionately
known as
"Noah
s"
to
Marist's drinking population,
it
is
not exactly a place where you
would normally expect to see a
Perfect
Thyroid show.
Nonetheless, the bar was host
to two power-packed ninety
minute
sets,
in which the band
introduced
its cutting edge med-
ley
of hard rock, funk, and ska
to an audience less familiar with
its material than frequenters of
The Chance Theater.
According to saxophonist/
vocalist Mike Bove•, one of the
reasons
Perfect Thyroid de-
cided to play at
Noah's was so
that local people unfamiliar with
the band would get an opportu-
nity to see them live.
''Most Mari.st students prob-
ably haven't even heard of
Per-
fect Thyroid because they don't
go to
The Chance," said Bove'.
"They go to places like
Noah
's
and
McCoy's across the street.
Now thl!t we are playing [at
Noah:S-], they will get a chance
to
hear
us."
Peifect Thyroid's perfor-
mance was largely dominated by
their new, yet to be recorded ma-
terial. This music, which tends
to have a somewhat harder edge
to it than found on
PT's earlier
albums, includes the catchy
songs,
"R
U Winning?,"
"Gypsy," "The
Mutt," "Is The
Sky Still Blue?," "Get Up, Get
Out," and
"Asylum."
According to "Skunk"
Hanson (lead vocals/trumpet)
the band recently went into the
studio to record a single version
of "The Mutt."
''We are hoping to get some
radio play," said Skunk. "We
will be going into the studio
again within the next few weeks
to record more of the new
songs."
Photo
courtesy
of
Douglas Guarino
Much to the enjoyment of the
die-hard
PT fans in the audi-
ence, some of the older fan
fa-
vorites were also featured
throughout the night. In addi-
tion to extended versions of
originals such as "Dig Me,"
"Stupidity," "Pear-a-noya,"
and
"Elected
Pimps," the band also
played their popular covers of
Joe Jackson's "Got the Time?,"
The Beatles' "Come Together,"
and
War's "Low Rider," the lat-
ter of which included
jaw-drop-
ping solos by Bove', Sam
Lipidus (trombone), Joe Brooks
(electric guitar), Jon Stem (bass)
and Chris Snykus (drums).
Perfect Thyroid crammed into Noah's Ark on S?tturday.
Though Noah's lack of space
reduced Snykus' drum kit to a
mere two pieces, and left Jen
Polcari
(keyboards) sitting
home,
Perfect Thyroid's stage
antics weren't inhibited in the
least. A rendition of the instru-
mental "Cat Butt" prompted the
horn section to do laps around
the bar, while Skunk did more
acrobatics then ever thought
possible in such limited space.
All in all, the performance
seemed to keep the crowd en-
tertained throughout the
evening.
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March
2, 2000
TH£ CIRCLE
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Arts
& Entertainment
PAGE 13
RAW
Canadian TV
Poem
of
the
Week
Atari Lust
by
PETER ALSANTE
y desire to grip the
jet
black joystick
urns deep inside my lustful soul.
s
I flip the ON switch
he machine emits and electronic orgasm of
sounds
and excitement.
e little red button, all alone, weeps for a companion.
yearn for the 2600,
o make love to
it,
through the cartridge slot.
ndless entertainment and mind numbing pleasure
ump through the intestines of this machine.
potpourri of colors and shapes smear across the screen.
eality is lost in Atari Lust.
e plastic
shield
protects its gentle, yet charismatic innards.
e
switches,
chrome-like in structure, determine the life, the level.
eneath its fun-filled fa~ade,
this
invention invokes fear.
ts
letnal
inJeaioo
Stlenc~s
us
alr,
s we stare in disbelief at this genocidal weapon.
W Interactions
meets every Tuesday night
in
the Writing Center a
:30.
All new members are welcome to come and read their poetry an
rose or to just
enjoy
the
atmosphere.
by
ADAM
KOWALSKI
Staff Writer
Now don't get me wrong, I'm
all for the public mockery of our
neighbor to the north.
If
you
ask me, Canada
is
asking for it.
They talk funny, it's really cold
up there, they're
socialist,
and
lets be honest, any country who
is proud of its French ancestors
needs to have,its head exam-
ined. But, something occurred
to me recently; Canadian televi-
sion shows are the best things
to watch.
Starting from the top, Tom
Green was
on Canadian
TV for
years before MTV
brought
him
to America. Now he has taken
this country by storm,
making
us laugh with his incredibly abu-
sive little adventures into soci-
ety. We laugh as he abuses his
parents and the citizens
of
ev-
ery city that he goes to. Now
he is the only decent program
on
MTV, sandwiched in be-
tween the
non-stop
Backstreet
Boys and Brittany Spears vid-
eos.
Speaking ofMTY, Canada has
Much Music. It's like MTV ex-
cept they actually fill their pro-
gramming with music videos
in-
stead ofqratty little 20yearolds
living in the
Real World. They
don't just play the same fifteen
videos all day long. They play
bands that haven't broken into
the mainstream charts just yet,
and actually have VJ's that
aren't instantly annoying.
Not since Monty
·
Py-
thon have men
in
dresses
been
this
funny
...
Now for the sketch comedy
The
Kids in the Hall. Not since
Monty Python have men in
Pholo
oowtleSY
of
MTV.com.
Green aired in
Canada first.
dresses been this funny ... well
maybe Marv Albert,
but
then
again he wasn't trying to tie
funny ... anyway. These five
guys haven't made a new epi•
sode in six years
or
so,' but the
same
episodes are just as funny
now as they were then. It seems
to be
one
of
the
five television
shows that comedy central
broadcasts
everyday. It sure
blows away reruns of
Saturday
Night Live.
.
Now for the handy man
in
us
all there i~ the
Red Green show.
For those
·
of you who haven't
witnessed the insanity of this
program,
imagine
Home Im-
provement,
but
instead of ev-
ery tool ever invented, there is
just
a
chain
saw and
duct tape.
This drunken looking Canadian
with a huge beard shows your
how to do things like turning
your car
into
a sleigh by cutting
off the roof, duct taping a chair
where your front seat used to
be, and attaching a metal cut-
out horse to your hood. Now
this is entertainment.
So next time you find yourself
making fun of Canadians; re-
gardless of whether it is for their
obsession with hockey, or
Molson Ice, or
the way they
talk.
remember to not make
fun
of
Ca-
nadian television. They are bet-
ter at comedy than we are, and
we should respect that, if noth-
ing else
...
eh?
Dance Hall Crashers Pick up The Chance
by
LAURIEALBEITA
Staff Writer
The Chance was relatively
packed for a Sunday night on
February
-
27. I was especially
surprised,
bqt happy, to see so
many males come to see a fe-
male-headed
.
punk band.
Flipside and Cooter opened yet
another
Chance show (Do they
ever play anywhere else?) They
played their usual set lists. The
third band, was
One Man
Army,
a band I was unfamiliar wjth, but
they were pretty decent. They
sounded similar to British punk
bands such as
The Clash.
Towards the end of
One Man
Army's set, I wandered over to
the
Dance Hall Crashers'
(DHC) merchandise stand, to
find Gavin Hammon, the drum-
mer for
DHC, selling T-shirts.
Chatting with Hammon for a bit,
I found out that the
DHC are
only on a two-and-a-half week
tour. "For most of the dates;
we're playing with
The Rever-
end Horton Heat." Unfortu-
nately, the ska/punk band could
not make it to Poughkeepsie.
I have seen the DHC perform
three times before and they have
never disappointed me. This
time was no exception. Elyse
Rogers and Karina Denike, the
two female
singers,
came
onstage exploding with energy.
Bouncing
-
around the stage,
they opened with
"Go"
from
their album, "Lockjaw." The
girls, clad in 1940's style
polka-
dot dresses, tried to use their.
own adrenaline to pump up the
crowd. Some dance circles
formed, which is amazing for the
usually laid-back crowd at
The
Chance, but the DHC are used
to playing for a more energetic
audience.
"Are
you guys ii.wake
out there," Karina screamed.
"In
the big city people make lots
of noise between songs!''
What I love about the
DHC is
that they always appear to be
having so much fun while per-
forming, no matter what the au-
dience is like, thank God for
that. They actually act out some
of the songs on stage and
Karina and Elyse play off of
each othel: extremely well. Nowa-
days, it's rare to see bands that
look like they genuinely love
what they do ev-ery time they
perform.
Since they were not promot-
ing a new album for this short
tour, most of the songs they
played were from their first two
albums. They played old songs
such as "My_ Problem",
"Shelley",
and "Good for
Nothin"', along with newer
songs off of "Honey I'm
Homely" and "Purr." For an
-
I'!'
"
"~.., . \
of
~
JI 1
C'fulws
Dance
Hall Crashers
have
surviveo
t
rougll
tne
years.
encore, they ended with two
strange crowd tonighL.people
songs from "The Old Record"-
just clapped between songs and
"Skinhead BBQ" and their an-
then were qui~" Although I
them, "DHC".
can'.\ say much for the crowd in
After the show, I met up with
Po-town, I can definitely give a
Hammononceagaintoaskwhat
thumbs up to the
DHC and
he thought of the night's per-
scream "Dance Hall- Dance
formance. "It was such a
Hall Crashers tonight!''



































THE CIRCLE
March 2, 2000
Sports
PAGE 14
Red Foxes need a lot of breaks for successful tournament
by
MICHAEL FERRARO
Staff Writer
After losing six games in a row
and 13 of 15 since New Year's,
the Marist women's basketball
team has a renewed sense of
optimism headed into the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC)
tournament.
·
Marist defeated Canisius 73-
69 on Sunday, and Head Coach
Kristin Lamb believes the win
will boost the players' collective
psyche.
"It's
big. They' re feeling good
about themselves," Lamb said.
Marist finished with a 4-14
record in MAAC play and 11-
16 overall, finishing last in the
conference
.
They will play the
seventh
seeded Manhattan-
Lady Jaspers (8-10, 16-11) at
noon on Thursday.
Manhattan won both regular
season meetings. The Lady Jas-
pers won 74-70 in double over-
time in Manhattan on Feb. 4, and
58-49 in Poughkeepsie on Feb.
20.
At Manhattan, Seidel scored
a career-high 34 po~ts on 14-16
shooting
from the field. DeJesus
added 14, while Fusci chipped
in 11. Sarah Tift pulled down
10
boards.
Marist was unable to contain
Manhattan's post players in this
contest. Forward Brita Hinkle
scored 18
points
and hauled in
16 rebounds. Center Meredith
Morse also had a double-
double, with 13 points and
11
rebounds.
Guard Jessica Fraser also
scored a season-high 17 points
off the bench; drilling four
three-pointers.
In Poughkeepsie, the Red
Foxes held Hinkle and Morse to
just 20 points and 14 rebounds
combined.
However,
Manhattan's bench was the dif-
ference,
scoring
32 of the team's
58 points
.
Guard Siobhan
Kilkenny led the way with 14.
Seidel and DeJesus led Marist
scorers with 12
apiece.
How-
ever, they along with Tift were
plagued by foul trouble.
In
both games, Marist was able
to shut down Manhattan's lead-
ing
scorer, guard Tiffany
Schettig. The five-foot-six-inch
freshman, who averaged 10.9
ppg, scored only eight points
on
3-16 shooting
in the two
games
combined.
Schettig's demise was due to
Lamb's defensive game plan to
shut her down. The plan wears
number 33 and answers to the
name Tara Knight.
In
addition to the Knight/
Schettig matchup, the battle of
the post players figures to be
crucial to the garµe's outcome.
Morse shot 56.2 percent from
the field this year while finish-
ing second on the team at 9.7
ppg. Hinkle was third in scor-
ing at
9
ppg, and first in re-
bounding at 8.4 rpg.
Can Seidel and Tift win the
battle versus Morse and
Hinkle? While Seidel acknowl-
edged the importance of all the
individual matchups, she said
that Morse and Hinkle must be
contained.
"Keeping them off the boards
is the key to our victory," Seidel
said.
Lamb said that stopping
Hinkle
will
be particularly impor-
tant, and she identified who has
WOMEN:
Victory
over Canisius ends
season on high note
... continued
from
pg.
16
ing between the two teams, on
Feb. 20, Manhattan defeated the
Foxes in tIJ.e McCann center by
a score of 58-49.
"The first game went into
double overtime and the second
game we really weren't ready to
play," Lamb said. "We need to
produce offensiv
.
ely and we
should be able to do well."
The
team
is very enthusiastic
to play Manhattan, especially in
the first round, according to
Lamb.
"The team wanted to play
them (Manhattan), which is
good," Lamb said. "We want to
beat them and will do everything
we can to do so."
"As
long as we im-
prove on our offense,
we know we can win
some games."
Kristen Lamb
Head Coach
As far
as
Lamb's outlook for
the whole tournament, she feels
that if the team can stay
fo-
cused, it could definitely ad-
vance deep into the tournament.
"It's been done before," Lamb
said. "As long
as
we improve
on our offense, we know we can
win some games."
lfMarist does defeat Manhat-
tan, it will face St. Peter's (14-4,
20-7), the second ranked team
in the tournament, in the
quarterfinals. That game is
scheduled to take place tomor-
row, followed by the semifinals
on Saturday and the finals on
Sunday. All games
will
take
place at the Pepsi Arena in
Al-
bany.
to step up in order to do so.
"We'll need a big game from
Sarah Tift," Lamb said.
The depth of each team may
be a factor as well. Due to inju-
ries, the Marist rotation figures
to go about seven or eight deep.
On the other hand, Manhat-
tan usually plays
10
players,
and they bring three seniors
(Fraser,
center Lisa Olsen and
guard Brooke Renkens)offtheir
bench.
Therefore, Marist will have to
avoid the foul trouble that side-
lined three of their top four scor-
ers in their last meeting.
"Because
we're not deep, our
key players can't get in foul
trouble. Diesa and Sarah Tift
can't get in foul !rouble. They
understand that. And they can't
get in foul trouble early," Lamb
said.
Lamb also stressed the impor-
tance of getting the job done
offensively.
"What
we do on offense will
be the factor," Lamb said.
"If
we do what we did Sunday (at
Canisius), we'll be
in
it to win
it."
Seidel paced Marist with 23
ppg in the two regular season
meetings, and DeJesus added
13 ppg. Fusci averaged nine
ppg while hitting only
.
six of25
shots from the field.
Fusci, however, is corning off
a 20-point effort at Canisius in
which only six ofher points came
from behind the arc.
It
is a sign
that her offensive game is ex-
panding, jUBt a year after more
than
two-thirds
of her points
(216 out of 315) came as there-
suit of three-pointers.
Lamb said that the tribulations
Siena
Iona
Fairfield
MARIST
Niagara
Manhattan
Rider
Canisius
Loyola
St.
Peter's
,
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Coach Lamb
said Marist will need
Tift to play
big
.
Thursday.
faced by this year's team will
only improve Fusci.
"Because of the adversity
we've faced, she's become a
better player and leader. She's
going to prosper from the ad-
versity we've had this year,"
Lamb said.
If
Marist defeats Manhattan,
St. Peter's will await them in the
quarterfinals on Friday after-
noon. The women's semi-finals
are
Saturday, while the final is
5:30 Bunday. The semi-finals
and final
will
be
televised by
MSG.
MAAC Standings
MAAC
15•3
13-5
11-7
10-8
10-8
9-9
8-10
8-10
4-14
2-16
Overall
21-7
17-10
13..:14
14-13
16-11
1244
15-13
9-19
7-20
5-22
First Round Opponent
winner of
Canisius/Loyola
winner
of
Rider/St.
Peter's
Manhattan
Niagara
Marist
Faidield
St. Peter's
Loyola
Canisius
Rider
What's on Tap?
Men's Basketball Saturday
3/4
@
MAAC Tournament at Pepsi
Arena
vs.
Niagara
12:00
p.m.
MAAC
semifinals
Sunday
3/5 12:00
&
2:30
MAAC Finals
Monday
3/6 7:30
on
ESPN
Women's Basketball Thursday
3/2
@
MAAC Tournament at
Pepsi Arena vs.
Manhattan
12:00
Baseball
Friday
3/3
@
Towson
State
2:30
Saturday
3/4
@
Maryland
2:00
Sunday 3/5@ Drexel (DH) 12:00
Cross Country Saturday 3/4
@
IC4A Championships
@
Harvard
Men's Lacrose Saturday 3/4@ Sacred Heart 12:00
Men's Tennis
Thursday 3/2
@
St
Peter's 4:30
Women's Tennis Wednesday 3/8 home vs. QUINNIPIAC 3:00



































THE
CIRCLE
March 2, 2000
sports
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byJrnAELFERRARO
well going into MAACs
The Marist men's basketball
tougher test than Siena
.
The
team
will
face some formidable
Gaels were the only team in the
challenges this week in the
MAAC to sweep the season
MAAC tournament. However,
series from the Red Foxes.
the men appear to be ready for
Although it might seem far-
what awaits them.
fetched to pick Marist to defeat
The Red Foxes fiJlished fourth
Siena and Iona on successive
in
the conference, and they will
days, they might be capable of
play Niagara on Saturday.
it. After all, who thought this
By no means will Niagara be
team would finish over .500
an easy game, because the
when they stood at 5-10 just
Purple Eagles have over-
seven weeks ago?
achieved this year. Their
Here are my post-season
backcourt of Demond Stewart
MAAC awards:
and Daryl Greene can seem-
First-team all-MAAC: Darren
ingly score at will.
Phillip, Fairfield (16 ppg, 14
rpg),
However, Niagara will have a
who is my pick for MAAC
difficult time matching up with
player of the year. Also: Tariq
Drew Samuels and Tom Kenney.
Kirksay, Iona (19.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg),
Both have had success against
Durelle Brown, Manhattan (21.4
Niagara in the past, and it should
ppg, 6 rpg), Stewart (22.6 ppg,
continue on Saturday. Look for
6. 7 rpg) and Marcus Faison,
Jason Hastings to be a factor
as
Siena(l6.9ppg, 6rpg).
well.
Coach of the year: Bobby
If
Marist gets past Niagara, a
Gonzalez, Manhattan.
potential second round match-
Rookie
-
of the year: Bruce
up with Siena loom!\
.
Even
Seals, Manhattan (14.8 ppg, 72
though Siena has been deeper
three-pointers).
and probably more talented,
The tenth-seeded Marist
Marist-Siena games have al-
women's team will draw sev-
ways been extremely competi-
enth-seeded Manhattan on
tive.
Thursday. Both regular season
Lately, Marist has shown that
games were highly competitive
itiscapableofbeatinganybody.
and won by the Lady Jaspers.
Although the safe pick would
If their best players play well,
be Siena, especially on their
Marist should win
-
this game.
home floor, Marist is definitely
Diesa Seidel and Sarah Tift must
capable of pulling off an upset.
control Manhattan's Meredith
In the other
half.of the
br.acke,t.
_ .
Morse
.and.Brit<,1
flinkle AOWO
look for Iona to advance to the
low.
finals after defeating probably
Defensively, Mari st has done
Rider and Fairfield.
a good job against Manhattan
If (
and it is a big
"if'
at this
in the two games. However, they
point) Marist advances to the
must generate more offense to
finals, Iona may be even a
beat Manhattan this time.
T
K
Circle Photo/Mike Haigh
om enney.
Elisha DeJesus has averaged
13 ppg against Manhattan this
year. IfDeJesus and Marie Fusci
shoot efficiently and combine to
score over 25 points, chances
for a Marist win look good.
IfMarist advances, St Peter's
willawaitthemonFriday.
In
both
meetings between this year,
Marist has played well in spurts,
but St. Peter's has been the bet-
ter team over the course of 40
minutes.
St.
Peter's should eventually
reach the finals, where they will
probably meet Fairfield. Look
for Fairfield's Gail Strumpf to
continue her outstanding play,
and for Fairfield to advance to
the NCAA tournament.
Here are my post-season
awards:
First team all-MAAC: Strumpf
(my choice for player of the
year), Amy Getman of Niagara,
Sheryl Klick
of
Niagara, Mercy
Aghedo of St. Peter's and
Shauna Geronzin of Canisius.
Coach of the year: Dianne
Nolan, Fairfield.
Rookie of the year: Schrene
.
Isidora, Fairfield.
I
The Rat Responds
The Marist men's basketball
regular season is over and the
MAAC championships will be-
gin tomorrow. The question
that is on the minds of a lot of
people around campus and in
the local communities is
whether Head Coach Dave
Magarity will be brought back
for his fifteenth year next sea-
son.
Regardless of how they fair in
the
MAAC Tournament,
Magarity should remain as the
head coach of the R~d Foxes.
Magarity's career record is
198-198 (.500). He is the only
coach at Marist to have
coached at least 60 games and
have a winning percentage of
.500
or better. (Matt Furjanic,
who preceded Magarity, had a
winning percentage of.600, but
only coached 60 games at
Marist).
In his 1~ seasons he has
guided his teams to nine
win-
ning seasons. Magarity has
coached in one NCAA Tourna-
ment game and one National
Invitational Tournament
(NIT)
game.
This season the team finished
fourth in the MAAC, their high-
est seeding ever.
Unfortunately history is not
on the side of any coach, no
matter what they might have
accomplished. The mentality of
an athletic director and the oth-
ers that will be deciding the fate
of a coach, is usually "what
have you done for me lately."
So, let's examine what Magarity
has done this year.
Marist's record was 14-13 this
year, but records can be very
deceiving because this team
went through a lot of changes
over the course of the season.
At one point during, the Red
Foxes had five scholarship play-
ers (Mark Prosser, Blake Sonne,
Donald Vale, Tomasz Cielebak
andJoeMcCurdy)outofaction
due to injuries and academic
problems.
Right around this time, the
men's team was suffering
through a stretch where they
lost eight out of nine games.
Disaster appeared to be
immi-
nent, but Magarity rallied this
team and they responded.
He went to a three-guard start-
ing lineup and the team went on
a run where they won their last
eight out of ten games.
The adjustment that he made
shows the kind of coach that
Magarity is. This was a team
that was in a lot of turmoil and
they turned it around to produce
a winning season.
In a year where they could
have easily folded,
·
this team
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Dave Magarity.
came together, which is a direct
credit to the coaching ability of
Magarity.
Within the last four years, the
program has gone through
some major changes, with the
most obvious being that they
went from the Northeast Con-
ference (NEC) to the MAAC.
There were some bumps
in
the
road when they first joined the
conference.
However, this team is head-
ing in a positive direction. To
not bring Magarity back for his
fifteenth season would be det-
rimental to this program, a pro-
gram that he has worked very
hard to get it to the stage that
it
is at today.
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continued from pg. 16
from
Dec.
12 to Jan. 14.
Coach Dav~ Magarity credits
the turnaround to a group of
guys who simply refused
to
give
up
.
"Through it all, they never
quit," Magarity said. "I've been
(coaching) 27 years. I can tell
when a team is not giving effort.
This team, in any way, shape, or
form, never quit..lt's a real tes-
tament to the character of Utese
kids."
Marist finished with a 10-8
record in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
and 14-13 overall. In the first
"cycle" of league play, Marist
defeated only two of nine
MAAC opponents.
However, the second time
through the league, Marist con-
quered eight of their nine com-
petitors.
Most of the damage was in-
flicted after the Red Foxes lost
Tomasz Cielebak, Donald Vale
and Joe Mccurdy. As a result,
Magarity was forced to alter his
rotation, which may have been
a blessing
in
disguise.
"You hate to say it. It's a very
inexact science. It was addition
by subtraction. We had to put
some guys in more demanding
roles," Magarity said.
In their first tournament game,
Marist will face the Niagara
Purple Eagles at noon on Satur-
day. Niagara finished 10-8 in
conference and 16-11 overall.
The teams split their two regu-
lar season meetings this year,
with both teams winning at
home. Niagara won 78-73
on
Jan.
14, and Marist won 74-66 on
Feb.
20.
Niagara receives a majority of
its offensive production from its
starting guards.
Demond Stewart (22.6 ppg)
and Daryl Greene combine to
average nearly 40 points per con-
test. Both totals _were pleasant
surprises for Niagara, consider-
ing Stewart was a transfer from
Mercyhurst College, and Greene
averaged less than five points
per game last year.
However, the production from
Stewart and Greene was neces-
sary after Niagara lost its start-
ing guards from last year, Alvin
Young and Jeremiah Johnson.
Young (25.1 ppg) was the lead-
ing scorer in Division I, and the·
duo combined to average 41
points a game last season.
In their two meetings this sea-
son, Marist did well defensively
against Stewart and Greene ..
They held the pair to a combined
28 points both times.
However, Niagara's leading
scorer in the two meetings was
forward Terry &!wards. The six-
foot-seven-inch senior aver-
aged 16 ppg, scoring 21 on eight
of nine shooting on Jan. 14.
For Marist, the man with the
hot hand has been center Tom
Kenney
.
For the second con-
secutive week, Kenney won
MAAC Player of the Week hon-
ors. Coincidentally, he shared
the award this week with
Niagara's Stewart.
Kenney has put up some out-
standing numbers recently
against Niagara, particularly on
the offensive end. In the last
three Marist-Niagara games,
Kenney has scored 77 points.
His career high of 31 points
came last year at Niagara, in a
game where forward Drew
Samuels also scored a career
high 32.
Kenney attributes his success
in these games to Niagara's de-
fensive style.
"They spread things out, and
they're not really focused on
the inside, which gives me more
room to work," Kenney said.
Kenney has had even more
room
to
work lately because of
the play of sharpshooter Blake
Sonne. The junior guard missed
seven games with a knee injury,
but he returned to action Feb. 3.
Since then, Marist has won six
of sev~n. and Sonne has clearly
been a catalyst.
In
these games,
Sonne has averaged 10.7 ppg
and drained
57
.1
%
of his three-
pointers (20-35).
Sonne's long-range shooting
and Kenney's inside play are a
difficult tandem
to
stop.
"(Sonne's) presence on the
floor opens
.
up the entire floor,"
Magarity said. "He's such a
threat and he has tremendous
range."
Sonne's exploits have made
him
somewhat of a marked man.
Defenses have executed
switches and chased him
around screens in order not to
give him any open looks.
According to Magarity, this
tactic opened up another part
of Sonne 's game.
"He's a tremendous passer. He
got Kenney some beautiful
passes, (Jason) Hastings as
well," Magaritysaid.
Kenney acknowledged that
the inside-outside game spells
trouble for opposing defenses.
"The team becomes a much
bigger threat when the defense
has to 'guard inside and outside.
It's almost like a teeter-totter
action," Kenney said.
If
Marist wins on Saturday, it
will advance to play probably
Siena ( or Loyola or Canisius) on
Sunday
at
noon. The MAAC
championship game is Monday
at 7:30, and ESPN will televise
it. All games are at the Pepsi
Arena in Albany.
Dobbins
p
erforms we
ll at
ECACs
Dave Dobbins finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with
a
time of 1:39.35.
This
also set a new Maristrecord
in
the event.
Dobbins then teamed with Andrew Knutton, Ricky Kapusta and
Keith Nichols in the 800 freestyle relay to finish fifth and set
another school
record
with a time of 6:53.46. Nichols finished
sixth in the 100 backstroke and Jenn Nafus was eighth in the 100
breaststroke.



















THE CIRCLE
Since returning to action
on Feb. 3, Blake Sonne has
connected on 20 of 35
three-pointers.
March 2, 2000
Sports
ot trampled." -
Sean
ennedy, Marist guard, on
he celebration following
unday's win over Siena.
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MMEMORATIVE EDITION
Kennedy answers Marist's prayers against Siena
by
Peter Moylan
Staff Writer
Sunday night will go down in
Marist folklore as one of the
greatest games ever:
With just four seconds left on
the clock, Sean Kennedy made
an unbelievable half-court shot
to win the game that left the
Marist faithful on their feet and
the Siena players looking at the
floor.
"It was like an incredible feel-
ing," Kennedy told the
Poughkeepsie Journal. "Then
-
everyone starts jumping on
you. I think Rick Smith almost
got trampled."
With a jam-packed Mccann
Center the stage for the final
game of the regular seaso~.
Marist was looked at as the un-
derdog.
It didn't matter that it was se-
nior night and this was the last
home game for some of the play-
ers. It didn't matter that Marist
was on a winning streak that
saw them reemerge as a force in
the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC). And
most of all, it didn't matter that
the Red Foxes held their last
meeting with Siena close all the
way.
The only thing that mattered
Sunday night was the
MAAC-
leading Siena Saints, the team
that is considered by many the
favorite to go to the Big Dance,
was rolling into Poughkeepsie
for what they expected to be a
routine gay at the office .
.
What
they found however was much,
much different.
The game started out much
like any other game Marist had
played this year. The team
played great the first few min-
utes and then fizzled a bit as time
went on.
In fact, Marist never really
seemed to find their rhythm
throughout the entire first half.
With the referees calling the
game tight, numerous whistles
interrupted whatever flow
Marist was beginning to feel,
and the result was a deficit head-
ing into the locker room at half-
time.
The second half started much
like the first ended, until all of a
sudden Tom Kenney broke
loose. The senior big man
started hitting his shots, and the
Marist offense was ready to kick
into high gear.
Using both an arsenal of post
moves and some ferocious
dunks, Kenney ended the game
with a team-high 25 points.
With Kenney starting to heat
up, Siena focused more defen-
sive attention to the big man,
which enabled the Marist of-
fense to run smooth. Drew
Samuels made the most of his
one on one match-up in the post
by displaying an array of spin
moves which resulted
iri
easy
baskets and left Samuels with
Sonne
has
been a catalyst for
Marlst.
o
xes flying into tourne
ollowing four straight
byMICHAELFERRARO
The
win
was the fourth
in
a
StaffWriter
rowfortheRedFoxes,
who
have
also won six of their last seven
After Sean Kennedy's shot and eight of their last ten. It's
eard_ around the
MA~~
to hard to imagine this is
the same
t Siena on Sunday, opt1nnsrn team that lost seven in a row
or the Marist men's basketball
ay
be
at a season high.
...
lease see
HOOPS, .
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"He had it all the
way, never a doubt."
Dave Magarity
Men's basketball
17 points for the night.
With the big men working it
down low, the guards relied
more on deft passing and cut-
ting to the hoop than the out-
side shooting that had brought
Marist back to life the past few
games. No one was more of an
example of this than Kennedy,
who scored only nine points,
but was able to dish out seven
assists.
Rick Smith also had a quiet
scoring game with six points,
but his eight rebounds helped
spark the fast break several
times.
The game's outcome was still
up in the air with just under a
minute remaining. After a big
shot by Samuels that put Marist
up by two, Siena responded
with a tying bucket of their own
with just four seconds left on
the clock. What happened next
will be talked about for years to
come.
Kennedy grabbed the in-
bound pass, pushed it upcourt
along the left sideline, and then
threw up
a
halfcourt bomb that
Joe Mccurdy shoots over Dave Deter of Siena Sunday.
touched nothing but net as the
buzzer sounded, leaving the
scoreboard reading 70-67.
The Mccann center exploded
as the shot went though, and
the beaming Kennedy was
mobbed by his teammates, a
scene that appropriately ended
this roller
-
coaster season for the
RedFoxes.
"He had it all the way, never a
doubt," Head Coach Dave
Magarity told the Poughkeepsie
Journal
.
Fusci, Dejesus guide Red Foxes
past Canisius
in
season finale
by
PETERPALMIERI
Staff Writer
There was no half-court buzzer
beater at the end of the women's
basketball season, but the team,
much like the men, finished the
regular season on a high note.
Despite falling to Niagara Uni-
versity, the women bounced
back to defeat Canisius in the
team's regular season finale.
Last Friday the women trav-
eled to face Niagara. The Red
Foxes went into halftime trailing
by 16 points, and failed to
trim
the lead in the second half.
Despite 14-point efforts by
Marie Fusci and Elisha DeJesus,
Marist fell to the Purple Eagles
by
a
scoreof72-56. Amy
Getman
led Niagara with 27 points.
·
Marist was held to just 34.5
percent shooting from the floor.
In the final game of the regu-
lar season, played Sunday, the
women traveled to Buffalo to
take on Canisius. Although it
was a very important game for
Canisius in teons of rankings for
the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference
(MAAC)
Touma-
ment, the Golden Griffins failed
to come through in the clutch.
Marist shot an amazing 49 per-
cent from the floor, while receiv-
ing
20 points from Fusci, 19 from
DeJesus and an additional 18
from Diesa Seidel. Jill Knapic
led Canisius with 18 points.
Although the women trailed
by two at the half, tenacious
defense, which held Canisius to
just 36.2-percent shooting in the
game, helped the women to win
the contest, 73-69.
'The win was very important
to us," said head coach Kristen
Lamb. "They (th~ player~)
.
proved to themselves that they
could
.
overcome the adversity of
the season. We played well and
hopefully our confidence will
carry over into the tournament."
The win boosted Marist's con-
ference record to 4-14 and its
overall record to 11-16. The
women finished the regular sea-
son in last place in the MAAC,
and the tenth ranked team in the
tournament.
The Red Foxes will face the
Manhattan Lady Jaspers (8-10,
16-11) in the first round this
af-
DeJesus had 19 points.
ternoon
The women faced Manhattan
twice this season, with the Lady
Jaspers winning both contests.
In the first meeting on Feb. 4,
Marist took the game into
double overtime, but lost the
game 74-70.
In
the second meet-
... please see
WOMEN,
pg. 14