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VOLUME #53 ISSUE -#13.
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http://www.academic.marist.edu/cir~le .
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FEBR{JARY 24, 2000
RUillol"s dispelled regarding coffee shop
.
by
DOUGLAS
M
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A.ru!DO~ regMding the library
.
coffee shop closing has been
swirling around campus lately.
.
.
The coffee shop in the James
.
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A. Carina.vino Library will
·
not
be closing anytime soon, or even
at aJl for that matter, according
to campus ~fficials.
It was suggested that the
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to have awkward hours to some
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began aim
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students.
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From Monday
lack of service, but there is no
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truth to the rumor ac::cordng to
two years ag~.
.
According to
through Thursday,• the coffee .
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tioned
fo
the library's descrip-
a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.
coffee
_
shop}
:Will
never close,
tion. It was included as one of to 9 p.m. and Sunday, I p.m. to
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the big attractions.
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that portion 1s an mtegr
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part
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ffee shop
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ule will evolve as student input
of the library.just as much as
the reference desk."
which opens an hour after the
.
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is taken into consideration.
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library opens and closes an hour
'Toe
hours are weird. we know,
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before
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the
.
library closes, se
.
ems
but they will change once we
fee shop in the library was made
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see how the students' patterns
are developing;" he said.
Sophomore Steven Hammer
said he would enjoy an early
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computer !Jard drive. But while
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the files are ostensibly small in
ware for MP3 file transfer, the slaps to more serious violence."
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Kathleen A. Roskot,
19, a
technology makes them incon-
record executives
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biting their sophomore on the Columbia
venient for the average user to
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download. Instead, MP3 tech-
distribution of illegaJ MP3 files, dered in her room by a former
nology
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users across the world, causing
any
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song available through a University student that she had
concern among the recording
simplified, user-friendly search dated. The ex-boyfriend then
industry and those seeking to
device
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McConaghy said that committed suicide shortly after-
curb piracy and copyright in-
the constant downloading of ward.
fringement.
large MP3 files through software
.
Joy Thomas, 18, a student at
The MP3 file
format has
be-
programs such as Napster can
Westchester Community Col-
come especially
.
popular at
lege in Valhalla, was shot in the
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·
THE CIRCLE
·
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Community
·
PAGE 2
Tune into Sports Radio
WMCR - Marist College Ra-
dio - Friday - Tuesdsay, 7:00
p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Tunei nto 88.1
.·
for the latest sports talk, sports
updates, and coverage of your
favorite Marist teams.
If
you
have any questions, call the
Sports Director, Mike Koller at
x4724.
Due to technical glitches; acts
of God, and missing security
personnel, security briefs will
not be appearing this week.
Lookfor them to return
in up-
coming issues of the Circle. In
the meantime here is a repeat of
last week's briefs.
How have the recent outbreaks of
violence made you more aware of
possible violence at Marist?
.
Yearbook Needs You!
Calling all sophomores and
juniors! The yearbook
is
cur-
·
rently in need of
·
your
assistances with all facets of
production. There is also a need
for people to take on editor po-
sitions. Photographs are
.
also
needed.
·
If
you are interested
call the
Renyard
at x2149 and
leave a message.
·
Chess Club
Tournament
The Chess Club has already
been busy this semester with
A crispy bagel's fumes set off
·
the fire alarm and caused an
evacuation of students and staff
from Dysonf at 8:45 a.m. on
Thursday, February 10th .
After three nights and a pile
of parking tickets, three cars
were towed from Donnelly Park-
.
·
ing Lot early Wednesday morn-
ing, February 9th.
A student swinging and twirl-
ing glow sticks attached to a
rope accidentally punched the
smoke detector iri Marian Hall
and set off the alarm around
·
11 :45 p.m., February 9th.
" Leave it on the field. "
·
Katie Wenthren
sophomore
.
activities
·
including
,
a.
tourna~
Champagnat came in second
.,•
·
-',
.
.
rnent on Saturday Feb. 12th. Joe
,
.
place this week,J()r tht? amount
.
DeGrawcameiO:firstplace,rol-
··
alcohol confiscated,•Security
·
..
, .:,.,
'
·>,;.>
.
lowed by pan Rosa in secof!d,
.
,
cpnfiscated
,
a case ofJ~usch
.A
male
.
student dedded to
.
. .
.
and Brian
VVJJ.1s
ip
(bird
:
.f
uiure
".
bee.r,
two bot~les
of
-
Heineken,
•
•
.
•
ignore a "boof'
.
ticket received
•·
events include a pizza social,
one bottle of .vodka;
·
l/2
.
bottle
·
from security on Thursday, Feb-
lessons toforuth graders, and a
of
.
BlackHouse Schriapps
r
one
ruary
10. However, Securiry
tournament againstWest Point.
bottle of Amarreto, multiple
identiified the owner and would
General
.
meeting
'
s are held ev-
bottles of Zima, arid
·
1/2 gallon
.
like to notify the owner that if
·
ery Thursday in DN 2;36 at 9: 15.
:
of Absolut Vo4ka.
·
·
·
the car is seen
.
anywhere on
Ciieer Services
Has
Moved
Career Services.would like to
remind students of the services
-
they offer which include: resume
reading; on
·campus
recruiting,
and a different theme focusing
on a major every month. The
Career Center is now located
in
.
the library Suite
332;
For more
information, call
x3543.
-
Now it's your turn
.
·
.
Calling all
Mari
st 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
HZAL
However.Marian Hall was the
· winnel'.this week. Just minutes
fter midnight on Saturday Feb-
ruary i2, a party comprising of
six Marist students and two visi-
tors had fourteen bottles of vari-
ous varieties of alcohol tak~n
away.
·
Sheehan Hall had fifteen cans
of be~r
and
ohe
visftor seized
.
this past weekend:
.
A Champagnat resident at-
.
tempted to give her rn·card to a
vfsitor in
·
order to enter
Champagnat Hall at 8 p.m. on
Tuesday, February 8th. t{ow-,
ever, the non-Champagnat resi-
.
dent had a baritone voice, very
short hair, and too much facial
.
ti
.
air to use a female ID card.
Weekend Weather
Friday - Partly Cloudy
Hi57
Lo38
Saturday~ Partly Cloudy
Hi56
Lo 36
Sunday- Mostly Cloudy
Hi53
Lo 34
Source: www.weather
.
com
campus it will be towed.
A male non resident Marist
studentmade an effort to visit a
" What violence? I
guess security is doing
·
a good job. "
KimKochent
sophomore
"I.think its ridiculoous
that violence occurs so
close to campU$.
_
You,¢
·
think
.
secui,:iy would
driwi'by-the
·
diner once
and awhile to protect
·::
students."
Mike Stanton
·
sophomore
':
foma1e Old Townhouse resident
A
Ma
-
~is
'
t
Ch~erleader
.
this past week. However,
this
'
,'
tuiiibled
'
wioAg
aiicnaiid~d
on
visitor is unwelcome and banned
·
·
her neck during practice
ori
Feb-
from
all
residence halls at Marist
ruary
·
1
o ..
She was escorted by
College
,
·
•
Security o St Francis
. ·
.
Assistant
.
Vice President,
:
Bnice Wagner, had his
,
vehicle
booted, Tuesday February 7
·
because he failed
·
to display a
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THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
News
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MP3:
Legal problems may arise
... continued from
pg.
I
put a strain on the campus net-
work, causing the system to
slow for people seeking to ac-
cess the web and e-mail:
"If
a few are allowed to mo-
nopolize the· network band-
width, that affects everyone
who wishes to use the network,"
she
·
said. ''Recently, some col-
leges and universities have put
measures in place to prevent the
use of Napster on their network
because of the excessive band-
width it uses.
·
Marist has yet
.
do
this, but it is not out of the ques-
tion." .
·
.
The Recording Jndustry As-'
sociation of America shares
thoseconcems, and
.
measures
have been taken to prevent ille-
.
gal music from being distrib-
uted.
'The RIAA is in a good posi-
tion right now-we've been
fighting music piracy for a Jong
time and we know what
works," Frank Creighton,
RIAA Senior Vice President
and Director of Anti-Piracy
.
said. "As a result, CD plants
are doing their part to clean up
the replication industry and
fewer illegal music sites are
.
tui::ning up on university serv-
ers."
The RIAA has responded to
rarripant piracy by sending
thousands of cease and desist
orders tci internet sites which
post music files for public
download. The result has been
fewer venues from which to
obtain illegally distributed mu-
sic.
"We'.re finding sites with
fewer songs available for·
download, which means illegal
sound recordings are becom-
ing harder to find," Creighton
said.
Despite the fact that MP3 files
have been used for the most part
in illegal distribution, there are
legal uses for the software.
MP3.com is one oft
.
he largest
providers of legal digital music
on the internet, and in conjunc-
tion with artists has provided a
way for the music ~romunity to
legally share samples with
internet users. Yet the permis-
sion of recording artists partici-
pating in the MP3.com library
has apparently not been
enough to
.
keep the fledgling
company from a lawsuit at the
hands of the RIAA.
"Since inception, MP3.com
has
.
faced the increasingly ag-
gressive tactics of the RIAA
· and its leadership," Michael
Robertson, CEO of MP3.com,
said in a February
7
press
re-
lease. "After we get to the bot-
tom of all of their actions toward
MP3.com, we will vigorously
pursue
all
of our legal remedies."
MP3.com has responded by
filing a countersuit, the details
·
of which are not yet known.
The RIAA has also slapped
·
the Napster Music Community
with a lawsuit, citing similar
charges to those in the MP3.com
case. Referring to the Napster
Music Community as a "giant
on line pirate bazaar", RIAA se-
nior executive and general coun-
sel Cary Sherman summed up
the charges in a 1999 press con-
ference.
"We love the idea of using
technology to build artist com-
.
munities, but that's not what
Napster is alfabout," Cary said.
"Napster is about facilitating pi-
racy, and trying to build a busi-
ness on the backs of artists and
·
copyright owners."
The subsequent actions could
directly affect high bandwidth
business and university users,
if the RIAA makes good on its
promise to focus on digital pi-
racy.
Martha Mcconaghy
pointed out that students here
should have a feel for what is
legal and what is not.
"Marist has a clear policy on
the acceptable usage of our net-
work. When
a
student registers
to be on the network, they are
bound by this policy, which in-
cludes statements about the il-
legal use of software and MP3
files," she said. "It does demon-
strate that law enforcement
·
agencies are now taking such
things very seriously and that
students will be held account-
able for their actions."
WMCR goes to the World Wide Web
byLEEPARK
Staff Writer
According to Will, who has
set up the program. All of these
gram Director Doug Guarino.
his own setup fora Real Audio
servers are Jree for non-profit
·
"They're going to need to stick
music broadcast, the signal will
radio stations;Iike Marist's sta-
to a
'more
music' format, as op-
come through in compact disc
tion, according to Will.
posed to long spaces between
Marist College's radio station,
quality.
"Collegemusic.com specializes
songs."
.
\VMS~,
~~Jl~ally ~ound a way
"With (the Internet b
.
road- . in traditional college radio," said
The station also plans to
to boost their signal:·. broadcast-
cast), the radio station will be
WMCR President Ian Philbrick.
•
,
implement a five-second delay
.
ing ,onJ\1,eintemet
.·
. .
·
broadcast
,
around the
;:
world,"
"Th~Y
:
send hardw
,
are that goes
.
.
system as
.
a safeguard t<>
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pro-
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directly:Jrom the inixer to
.
the
'·
hibffa11y inappropriate
·
Jan-
to broadcast
WMCR
over the.
The private server, as of yet
1lerver; so there's a clearer broad-
·
guage
·
from reaching the air-
World Wide Webyia a Real Au-
undetermined, will allow
cast."
waves.
dio stream. As of now, the plan WMCR to broadcast com-
However, since the station
"Pending approval from Col-
is to go through a private server pletely legally without any
will soon be available world-
lege Activities, we hope to have
not affiliated with the college.
type of license. The different
wide, this means that the
the stream available soon," said
''The stream can work with any servers being looked at are
station's student disc jockeys
Will.
media player, including Winamp,
mycaster.com, live365.coin, and
will have to limit their on-air
an-
Guarino also said that the
Windows media player, and so
.
·
c o 11 e g e m u s
i c . c o
ni .
tics.
server will allow 300 people to
forth," said junior Dan Will, who Collegemusic.com seems to be
"We're being even more strict Jog on at one time. This should
is handling
•
the technical setup
the favorite, as a Marist alumni
with our disc jockeys," said
eliminate the problem of having
.
o.fthe project
,
who w<>rks there is helping to
WMCR Vice President and Pro-
the signal be only
1/8 watt.
MURDERS:
LocaL
college
cani-
puses becOrne focus for violence
.·
... continued from
pg.
I
professor at Rutgers Law
School who is a specialist in
domestic
·
violence research,
claims that college-aged women
are the most likely to experience ·
domestic violence.
.
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"Women in their teens
anci
20's are more likelyfo be vic-
tims ofdomestic violence than
older women: College students
may~
m~re
'
lik~iy'
tC)
accept
tra-
ditional sex roles, in which the
man dominates the woman
·
...
they are ~ore susceptible to
peer pressure to stay in a rela-
tionship," she said.
· ·
Yalixa Garcia, a sophomore at
Marist College, has heard about
the recent outbreaks of violence
on college campuse$.
_
"It is very disturbing. There is
no need for that to happen, and
it could have been prevented.
There is no need for people to
react that way if they are upset
with somebody," she said.
To curb violence, many col-
leges have e$tablished support
services for students who are
affected by the issues of do-
·
inestic violence and violent
.
crime. For example, Columbia
·
University, where Roskot was
------
"Women in their
teens and 20's are
more likely to be
vie~
tims of domestic
vio-
.lenc
e.,
:
than
,
_older
women. College stu-
dents may be more
likely
.
to accept tra-
ditional sex roles, in
which the
man
dominates
the
woman.
..; Sandy Goldfarb,
Domestic Violence
SpecialistRutgers
Law School
murdered, had previously es- ·
tablished a counseling
:
sup-
port group, a Rape Crisis/ Anti-
Violence Support Center and a
peer counseling service over the
telephone
.
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~ophomore Jonelle Formato
says that she was in shock when
she first heard about the cases
at Columbia, Westchester Com-
munity College and Montclair
State University.
"It's weird, I can't believe that
the boyfriends cot1ld go out and
·
kill. Brit
yob can't really prevent
this, unless there were signs to
show violent behavior.
If
there
were
.
signs, she should have
done something," she said.
Erika Hanson, a sophomore
Communications major, did not
.
hear about the recent outbreaks
of domestic violence.
"I don't think that violence is
:
a problem, at least not here at
Marist, because colleges aren't
going to publicize things that
aren't positive. The only reason
you hear about it is if the police
are involved," she said.
Therefore, everyone on campus
and off campus will be able to
hear the station clearly.
"We will have posters and
other advertisements that will
say where the site is, once we
have it up, which could
be
·
by
SpringBi:eak," said Philbrick.
WMCR
's
foimat
will remain the
same, according
to
Philbrick
.
Be-
tween
9 a.m. and 7 p.m., modem
rock is played .
.
From
7 p.m. to 9
p.m., sports and news take over.
Hip hop and dance are played
from
9 p.m
.
to
11 p.m., and from
.
11
p.m. until
1
a.m., specialty
·
shows take place.
Since the station broadcasts
24
·
hours a day, "mix" CDs run dur-
ing the wee hours of the night.
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SGA Elections:
Debates touch on important isSties
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thinkwe should kriow what is
going on. I think the only fra-
ternities we should have
·
on
campus
are
honorary ones that
recognize academic achieve-
!]1ent."
COFFEE
Tyminski however, said that
incidents that caused some of
the Marist fraternities to lose
.
their charters were in the past.
"Whafs in the past is in the
past," said Tyminski. "l think
we need to look to the future."
Amarone said that he agreed
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Rumors puttO r~st
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continued from
pg.
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of the
.
library.
morning coffee to wake him up.
"We
·
oo not
:
allow food arid
"I'd like to see it staffed be
-
drinkin
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thelibrafy:
.
tha
_
tiswhat
fore 8 a.In. ciasses," he said. "I'd the coffee bar is usea for," he
like to get iomething to drink
said. "The bar ambiance is cie-
before I go to class."
signed to be a relaxing pli;ice for
The coffee shop serves many
.
a· study or coffee break for the
items beyond their ·trademark
students."
Green Mountain Coffee. Other
.
-
In the .future,
·
there may be
items they serve include bottled
several chl!nges to the
-
coffee
beverages including water, tea,
·
shop, according to Heavey.
soda and frapachinos. In addi-
.
''Probably, we will
try
to in-
tion to beverages,
_
the coffee crease offerings in food and
shop serves fresh
_
quit, pastries
.
beverage, respond to more stu-
an d bake
_
d goods .
. ·
Juni9r. de11fi11put, and
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open
_
whep
.
Michael Craig, who works at the
people
are
likely to want things,"
library circulation desk, said the
·
he said.
selection was not bad.
The library is als_o ready to
·
''They need more food, more
change some things in the
fu-
danishes, more variety, but what
ture said McGinty. According
they have is pretty good," he
to him,
_
bot]l
·sodexho
-
Dining
said.
Services and the Library will
co-
While there
are
no~many com-
ordinate on usage· of hours and
plaints, there is alv,,ays some
in providing
food
and drink.
_
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possible food suggestions. Stu-
Some students,
·
including
de
_
nt Body President Ryan
Michael Esemia, said they wei
Hunter said he would enjoy
•
a
.
content with the coffee shop as
wider selection.
it is.
"Personally, I would like to see
"It is fine the way it is," he
more desert selections, Sodexo said.
.
baked cookies, donuts and
Hammer agreed with Esemia
cakes," he said.
that the coffee stiop is
·
an inte-
.
To maintain the quality of the
graI
part of the
library.
library's
new furniture, some
"I think it is run pretty good,"
rules have been made, accord-
he said.
that negat_ive incidents
.
involv-
ing fraternities
areJew
an4Jar
between.
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r
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I think those were isolai¢d in~
cidents, and that those fraterni-
ties have paid their dues," said
Amarone.
Campus Security was also the
. focus of much debate, with can-
felt," especially
.
in
.
the e~ening
.
didat~s calling for an increase
hours,"· said Stanick. "A fence
campus
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P.atiols.
In addition,. cqtild pqssibly
p
f
a ~olllticm
Stanick s~id that extending a -_
.
since the campus covers such a
fence along the length of Route
wide area."
.
9
could also help.
Tyminski, however, said that
"J>ersonally, I
think
security
.
erecting a fence
.
would be talc-
should have more
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FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Features
Kiss me, you fool
BY JILLGIOCONDO
Managing Editor
Random people were willing
to kiss each other on Saturday
night in front of a crowd of a
hundred of their fellow. Marist
students; but they weren't at
McCoys and they hadn't been·
drinking.
These twelve students were
willing to volunteer
as· demonstrators
for William Cane's
The Art of Kissing
multi media presen-
tation.
Cane has given ·
this lecture at sev- ·
eral colleges and is
an English profes-
sor at Boston Col-
lege. He has written
several books other
theri The Art of
Kissing including
The Art of Hugging
and the Art of Kiss-
ing: Book of Ques-
tions and Answers.
He also edited a col-
lectio'n·of qilbiadons
abo.ut.kissing: The
Book:"or·
Kisses/'''
Mbre · Than
500
of ·
the Most Passion-
ate; Romantic, Out- .
landish, and Wofl-
derful Quotations on
the Intimate Art of
Kissing.
.
The Art of Kissing
the audience was that ninety
percent of people remember their
v~ry first kiss. "I was always
interested
in
kissing," he said.
Mike Russo, Vice President for
Student Programming, said that
Student Programming Council
· members saw Cane at a confer-
ence and knew from the reac-
tions there that students here
would enjoy his presentation.
has been reprinted
Brian's a little Close for comfort ...
into six_teen languages and has
"Everyone likes to kiss so we
been published in ·eighteen
figured it would be something
countries. After writing the book
good to bring to Mari st and
'
The Art of Kissing. h
'
e began
something a little different," he
giving multi media presenta-
said.
tions that incorporate segments.
Cane filled audience members
from•the book alo,ng with vol:.
in on the meaning of different
unteer demonifrrations .. He has
kisses and some of the feedback
als'o 'appeared
o!}
The Today
he has gotten since
hi$
book
Show; The View.arid other tele.:
was published. For· the book
vision and radio stations dis-
Cane surveyed
100,000'people
cussing his. books.
about kissing and the book cov-
Cane said that he was inter-
ers thirty different kisses along
ested in this topic arid became
with the definitions of kissing
more interested while doing the
and the mental· thoughts that
research for this book.
are part of kissing.
After the
One statistic
he
revealed to
short discussion
about the
book, Cane turned the rest of
BY SARAH HAASE
Staff Writer
What comes to mind when
youhearthewordRAW? Moµ-•
day night wrestling? The Rock
kicking the creamy_filling out of
the Big Show? Or maybe it's
half a tag team throwing half the
opponent on to a wooden table.
Seven years ago however, the
catch phrase RAW took on a
different meaning. In 1993 four
students of Dr. Grinnel's literary
class were randomly placed in a
group for a class project.
Little did Rick Oram, Tina
Tortora, Andrea Murphy and
Christopher Rojek know, that
what started
~
a group project
seven years ago \Yould end up
being a small still growing on
campus club.
·
·
Aside from RAW being na-
tionally known as Monday night
wrestling, RAW· is internally
known at Marist as
Tuesday
night Reading
Arid
Writing
in.:
teractions. ·What
does
that
mean?
·
Well, it
doesn't
quite
involve
any physical
wrestling
but it
the time over to having the dem-
onstrators show- the audience
some of the kisses in the book.
Most of the volunteers had
never kissed before and had an
hour of practice with Cane be-
fore the show.
Not all the "couples" were just
friends or complete strangers;
one couple is actually dating.
The students showed the audi-
ence every-
thing from a
first kiss to a
vacuum kiss
to a
I
French
kiss.
•Mike
Russo, Vice
President for
Student Pro-
gramming,
said that get-
ting people to
volunteer
wasn't all that
easy.
The
members of
Student Pro-
gramming
Council had
to make a
few
phone calls
to.
friends
to
fi-
riaiiy
re:cruit
all the people
needed.
Brian Close,
junior, said
that being a
demo~strator ·.
was pretty
Circle photo
I
Mike Haigh
e
as
Y
tO
handle but he was. still a little
nervous.
.
"I
was
a
little nervous because
my parents came up,,.he sai,d.
Overall, the audience seemed to
enjoy the show and spent most
of the time in hysterics laugh-
ing or in shock that these stu-
dents were willing to participate
in the lecture.
"Very interest_ing," was all one
audience member could say af-
ter the lecture was over with.
Russo said that he enjoyed the
show very much and that the
show went over well.
"Everyone who came enjoyed
themselves," he said.
can and may involve written
thoughts about wrestling. Or a
favorite vacation spot, or a pet,
or a friend, or a feeling for that
matter.
RAW simply put is a club that
shows a huge appreciation to
literary art. The purpose of
RAW
is to give
ANYBODY
who likes to write an audience.
It
allows writers to verbally
share their work aloud with oth-
ers who share the same inter-
est.
Kind of like a coffeehouse.
And as a matter of fact, Tues-
day, February 28, at 8:30 p.m.,
that is just what the
PAR
room
will
be.
RAW interactions normally
meets Tuesday nights at 9:30 in
· the old writing center down by
the mail room. RAW invites
anyone and everyone, whether
you write or not to stop by!
PAGES
•
Bring an original poem, or a
poem by another author that
you particularly like, or even
just a listening ear.
Please see
RAW
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Online shopping: how Safe iS your credit card?
.
BY JENWEIN1Z
Staff Writer
givirig out
.
that long digit num-
ber that in the end purchases a
lot of goods as well as expenses
for them'. Some think that such
sites as 1-800-FJowers or
Picture
it:
Shopping in the Gap,
DELIAS.com or even Steven
·
and not having to wait on a
Madden are safe sites to shop
single line, or deal with those
,
'
on, but is it really safe?
spme what annoying sales as-
·
Of course most people have
·
sociates
,
And to top off your
no problem shopping and us-
glamorous trip to the store you
ing their credit cards online, but
don'tevenhavetoshelloutone
it is until some person gets a
penny, just your choice of plas-
Ii.old of this information and then
tic.
.
uses it for their own benefit that
The funny part is, this see~
the problems begin.
nario, which is every shopper's
In a day of age where tech-
dream, is no longer that
,
it is in
nology is always improving,
fact a reality.
'
sometimes we look past
·
sLich
Shopping online these
.
days
·
things as our own safety.
_
Sure
seems to be the craze of just shopping online is probably
about every person that owns a
one of the
<
best
·
inventions
computer
,
and even.those that
known tonian. We can lounge
don't (where there's a will
around all day in our p.j.'s and
there's a way!). But the more
not worry about what crazy
important question to focus on
thing our hair is doing, while in
isn't whether Steve Madden has
fact buying birthday gifts, an-
your shoe size or whether the
niversary presents, or even a
· Gap's new spring tank top
few things for ourselves.
It
comes in blue, but rather, it is
seems that it's just another rea-
just how safe you are by shop-
son not to leave the house any-
ping "incognito".
more. Well why should you
Thousands and thousands of when everything you need is
Americans, specifically the teen-
right at your fingertips?
age
·
population, are spending
If
you do, however,
.
feel \he
more and inore time clicking their
need to do a little browsing with
mouse buttons than actually
your fingers on the
.
keys, then
thinking about
.
how
·
safe their
keep in mi_nd some importapt
credit
,
card numbers are
.
,wlJ.en . guidel1p.es.
\
.
.
;.
,:,'
.
they easilyharid them all over
.
.
•First make
-
sure that?you
'
are
·
to the online store. It is a well-
·
shopp
1
~g at
_
reputable site. _
known fact that there are ways
·
Make sure
·
that the site
·
is well
to get a hold of passwords, pri-
known one and not some rinky-
vate emails, etc
.
, so why not
dink one that has been visited
credit card numbers?
·
by about two people.
Ii
is just as easy for a com-
.
Second; if you feel a little un-
puter hacker to get a
·
hold .of comfortable about shopping
your AOL password as itisfor
·
online,
.
then call
_
tile company
them io somehow get a hold
_
<?f
.
whosewebpageyou'.11 belook-
yourcreditcard number
:
_ Ivlany
··
ing ~t to. ask questions. Ask
people do not think twice about
RAW
Continueqfrom
pg.
5
·
.
S~nior, Kate Kasper,
-
lhe student
.
est.
head of RAW, looks at the club
So hopefully now,
.
a
as a fun interactive way ofread-
club that has often been mis-
ing
.
and writing poetry. And I
taken for a ch.ib that has to do
can assure you that she doesn't
with wrestling, has been
cleared
feel that way" because of the
up. HopefuIIy when you read
position she
.
holds; This started
signs or hear abqut an .upcom-
as a smaII interest when she
ing
_
RAW interactions event,
joined RAW as a
freshnlan
·
and
you
will
know a little more abotJt
has. gotten all that she could out
the club. To g~t the whole idea
of the club.
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.
.
·
.
though,
I
.
·
encoµrage you to
Raw personally in:.:
.
recbrd
.
thelasthalfhourof Party
spired Kate to take on new writ-
of Five and drop by the old writ-
ing styles and techniques.
It
ing center and give RAW a
try.
sparked an interest in her to
We all have at least one poem
write more often and to
try
new
we know is damn good. Why
literary ways. Not only that, but
not share it at
RA
w
JNTERAC-
i t had brought her closer to
TIONS!.
people that share a similar inter-
wheth~r or not they've had any
problems before or if there
should be any reason not to
shop at their site.
If
you can't
find a number on their web site,
it probably meaps they
,
are not
too reputable and you a!}d your
credit card should stay clear.
The third precaution you can
take is to make sure you are us-
ing a secure Web browser. This .
will insure that none of your
credit card information can be
found out.
Finally you should call your
.
credit card company to see how
much online liability you have.
Some credit card
·
companies
don't offer any right now, and
some offer about
$50
on aver-
.
age. For more information you
could also check out sites on
safe shopping, such as
www.thirdage.com/features/
tech/shopping/index.html.
So next time you 're not
feeling too hot and your hajr is
one ball of confusion, kick back,
grab a cup of coffee, and let your
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rEBRUARY 24, 2000
Features
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ARIBS
This js going to
be
an
emotional
day_ for some peop]e. You prob-
ably don't fee] comfortable in
emotional situations. You
·
hate
it when somebody nearby
bursts into tears, for no appar-
ent reason. Make sure it's not
over something you said
.
LEO
The emphasis today could be
·
on emotions. Be calm and pa-
.
.
tient with a person who's easily
upset. This could take up most
of you rday, but
try
not to get
mad. Take it easy
VIRGO
You may have
:
the opportunity
TAURU
to learn something riew
"'
and
There's quite
a
lot of behind-
·
·
soon: This could be a ski11 or
the-scenes wheeling
.
_
and deal-
.
craft that you can use to improve
ing going on.
If
you
.
want to
your lifestyle. Unfortunately,
it
stay in the loop>'you're going
conflicts with whatever you're
to have to pay attent~o11.
_.
Also,
doing now to pay the rent. This
be respectful to the person most is a temporary condition.
likely to be in control of the situ-
ation.
SAGITTARIUS
You may feel that something has
to get done. That's partia11y be-
cause you're being nagged by
your own conscience and from
.
an actual human being. Ro-
mance could be a hassle, too.
Don't plan on getting together
now; you have to work!
CAPRICORN
Sometime$ you don't want to be
bothered by a crowd, but today
it
could be interesting. You
could
·
learn something new.
You're also
·
apt to encounter
somebody you'd like to know
better.
LIBRA
.
AQUARIUS
GEMINI
Others' nerves will be on edge
You're an analytical person. You
Theoretically, this should be a
today, and their feelings will be
can usually figure out whatever
good day for making money. It
close to the surface. The best
you need to know, through s~i-
might not turn out ql!ite as well
way to get on their goo~ side is
ence or logic. Today, that won't
asyouhope.Ifsomebodyprom~
toask for moneysaving tips.
necessarily be the case. You'll
ises you something that's al-
Don't just ask, actually ~o these
experience pressures that aren't
most too.:good
to
.
be true,
.
well,
.
-•things
and save money.
:
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- ·
· easily explained. So, take care,
geta_clue, and get it in writing.
·
especiaUyifrrione
·
'sconcemed.
CANCER
Lots of different things wiH go
quite wel~ for you now. This is
wonderful;especially after the
garbage you've been through
forthe pastfew days. You could
-
even makesome
·
easy money.
SCORPIO
You'll
be
most successful in ro-
mance if you're waxing nostal-
gic with somebody you've
known for a long time. Don't
spend all day playing,
·
though.
Something important must get
done before tomorrow
.
.
PISCES
Things move along quickly, with
opportunities and problems
popping up here and there.
You'll hear a lot about what
works best for others. You care
about them, of course, Let them
know what works best for you!
Blast
Fron1
th
'
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Past:
First weekend raises roofs
Editor's note: This is an origi-
nal article taken fromThe
Circle, September
17, 1981.
It
has
been reprinted exactly, and any
grammatical or journalistic er-
rors are the fault of the
-
editor
at that time, not ours.
BY JOANNA ROSATO
organized. Although they got
off to a slow start, it didn't take
long for them to liven up. When
the night was over it was a good
time for everyone.
The Benoit and Gregory party
seemed to have a bit of animos-
ity between them. Complaints
were made about cliques be-
tween the houses and the lack
of food (35 hot dogs between
"I go to parties sometimes un-
both houses). Although the
til four, it's hard to leave when
music was good and there was
you can't find the door ... " (Joe
plenty of dancing, suggestions
Walsh)
were given for other parties, in-
These words rang true once
eluding a barbeque or an open
again when Marist's annual
bar. All told, residents had
a
Welcome Back house parties
good time with their friends.
took place on Friday night, Sep-
If you didn't enjoy yourself at
tember4. Forsomeitwasataste
one of the house parties there
of campus parties to come, for
was a chance to redeem your
others it was more of a reunion,
fun at the mixer. Held in the caf-
but for all it was the first chance
eteria on Saturday nigh( the
to have
a
good
time
on campus.
mixer featured music by Opus,
·
In Sheahan and Leo fresh!l}en
( who did everything from Devo
enjoyed popular music and new
to Bruce), a cover charge of 25
acquaintances. Beer and wine
.
cents, (where can you beat
was served along with six foot
that?), and continuous dancing.
subs (probably the best food
Everyone had a great time due
they'd eaten all week). All in all
to the energy created by the
.
it was a good night and in the
number of people who at-
words· of one RA, "the parties
tended.
·
were
a
success and went over
·
In retrospect, the first week-
.
well."
.
·
end of the semester was a good
The Champagnat house par-
.
·
one to get both acquainted and
ties, held in the fourth and sixth
reacquainted with each other.
floor lounges, had members of
all four houses dancing, drink-
ing beer
.
and wine and munch-
ing on cheese,
·
crackers and
cold cuts. Most people had a
good
.
time but felt the parties
could have been a little more
This is a regular feature that
will now appear weekly inThe
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I would like to
take
this opportunity
to
voice some of
iny
complaints
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( as well
as
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many other students) about some
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of the lousy p
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olicies
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of
this school regarding the
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new library, Thope that someone that is running for student'govemment reads this,
because they
will
win if they can
fix
these simple little things.
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Firstly; why does the library close so early? For the
$18
million dollars that we
all
paid for that
damn
building, rd expect that it'd be opened past midnight. What's up
with that? Do all students suddenly say "Oh, It's midnight, tinie to stop studying"?
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I
really don't
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it should be opened 24 hours or at the minumum
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opened until
2:00
am.
I
mean, it's ridiculus, maybe it's just me but
I
think that many
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other student would agree with me.
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Another problem is the babying that goes on in the library. I have heard stories of
these stupid security guards (and the ones without uniforms) coming up and yelling
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at students for having cough drops. COUGH DROPS, please! If
I'm
studying and
one of those people has enough gallto come up and lecture me for that or eating
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gum in the library,
I
will
smack them upside the head with whatever
bhitit
object
is
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closest to me.
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Did
their
parents pay for the library?
NO
but mine did and as long as
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I
(a 20 yearold)
can
be
responsible enough to use a trash
cari
{which I easily can do),
I
don't
think
these people have the right
to
treat
me like
I
am
in 3rd grade.
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wish thatthis
school
would use this library to better capacity and make it more
access
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a
quite lovely
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investment butit's a WASJ:E OF MONEY, if we can't use it and if there are going to
be
people hastling students
while
they
are
working.
Most
students like the new
library and want it
to
be
kept nice
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as
children and let us study
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peace and at whatever hour we want to. I mean, these
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library policies are almost as ridiculus as the security policies {that might
be
my next
submission, so
I'm not going to even get started}
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THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 24, 2000
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The views expres~ed on these pages are not necessarily those of The Circle
Parking
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KARENE.SHULTZ
.
cuss the issue.
For years the parking lot was for
pact rows and other cars parked
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Some commuters were upset at
commuters. Now it's not. But
in the regular size rows
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If! got
.
I attended the Town Hall Meet-
the meeting that they were be-
no one seems to want to enforce
to school late and all that was
ing on parking on Monday and
ing picked on because they park
the new rules. There are secu-
left was a compact car spot, I
found that some problems will
in my lot. Sorry, butit's a fact
rity guards over by the Lowell
parked in it and was more care-
not be solved before
I
graduate
that commuters do park there.
Thomas and Dyson Parking lots
ful when
I
opened the car door.
in May.
I
live in the old
If
all adjunct faculty or people
ensuring that only authorized
When you cam~ late to my high
townhouses.
I
have a sticker
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with West Cedar stickers de-
vehicles enter the lots. Why
school you risked having no spot
for the townhouse parking lot.
cided to park in my lot
I
would
can't the Townhouse lot have a
and having to park on the street
That does not meanT always
have a problem with that too.
security guard too?
It
would
where you were likely to gettick-
have a spot in the townhouses
Stickers are handed out on a
save them on all the nasty
eted. So we dealt with it.
lot. Often
I
return from intern-
number basis and _when fifteen
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phone calls
I
am
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sure they get
In smaller lots for resident stu:..
ing, an errand, or work, to find
.
people come into a lot in which
when disgruntled students have
dents, number the spots. Each
the lot fullto capacity and sev-
they are not authorized to park
rio place to park.
parking pass has a number and
eral cars parking around the is-
problems occur. All the people
If
I park over in another lot I
it will correspond to the number
lands. I call security.
I
leave my
who have stickers and no spot
could be ticketed because my
of the space. The_n security can
car in front of my house and wait
usually end up parking illegally.
sticker does l)Ot authorize me to
see which spots are al ways
empty and find out who doesn't
h
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ave a car on campus and has
a
parking pass anyway
.
Another idea would be the in-
stitution of a traffic court so that
maligned· students could have
their cases heard. I know of
many students who wrongly re-
ceived tickets. Lately though,
security has only been ticket-
ing people in the townhouse lot
parking by the islands, those in
spaces
.
were not checked. I
guess it's too cold to walk
around and ticket people. Tom
McLain, Asst. Dir., Office of
for a spot.
I
cannot go far be-
Are we blocking fire lanes and
park there. AH! Can we ever
cause
I
need to baby-sit my car
other roadways sometimes?
win? Or at least not be punished
until someone leaves.
I
don't
Yes. Should we be. No. So for other people breaking the
want a ticket. Security says
I
give rile a the spot
I
am
entitled
rules!
can go park in Hoop Lot,
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but I
to and let me follow the rules.
Allow me to
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propose several
didn't get
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up before the sun rose
The problem is that people feel solutions to some of the park-
to get a parking sticker that
I
jerked around so they figure
ing problems.
In
largerlots,
such
cannot use.
lam
sorry if com-
thattheycanjerkaroundevery-
as McCann, have some rows
Students need to take
class more seriously
.
muters
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and other drivers feel
one else.
"I
don't always finq a
with narrower spots and some
entitled to park
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in the
spot up in the townhouse lot,
withregularsizespots. My high
townhouses lot They aren~t.
so when my friends come to
.
school parking lot had such a
Show
me your stickei\ let secu-
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yisit,
they all park up here.Once
<.
syste.lJl and it made for more
rity
tell
youjvhci1f~1Io~ed
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H;ther
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people'start foliowing thcf
ffe
'spolS'foreveryoµe.
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with
which lot and then we can dis-
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rules, so will
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We' re bitter.
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Reforming and develop-
ing
for
the 21st century
byBENJAMINJ.BRENKERT
In
a few months Marist's
building campaign will enter its
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final phase.
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The newly erected
Fontaine Hall
will
ope~ ~d pro-
fessors willsettle into their of-
'
fices. The migration of the
humanity's faculty will provide
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much needed space for Marist's
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developing music program.
Phase one in the structural de-
velopment, improvement and
reform of Marist will be com-
pleted.
,
Now, for the twenty-first cen-
.
twy
Marist must concentrate on
.
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reforming and developing new
programs of study, while at the
same time focusing on "grow-
ing
up."
·The
great tradition of
Champagnatt and the beautiful
campus must be reinforced by
greater internal reforms. With-
out added degree programs and
a
reform
in
the Student Govern-
ment Association, Marist will
continue to
be
predominately
known as a school for commu-
nications and computers.
The time has come for Marist
to offer
a
Baccalaureate in Mu-
sic, Masters in all the Humani-
ties, especially those areas
where one can ascertain a
teaching license. Without these
programs and others like them,
i.e. the doctorate in education
or psychology, Marist will con-
tinue to be overshadowed by
.
other contending colleges and
universities. Academics mu
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take priority! Marist can no
longer attract prospective stu-
dents with the same old cam-
paign, which stresses the beau-
tiful Hudson Valley
or
the newly
erected James
A.
Caitovino
Li-
brary.
Yes, these are some of
the reasons for deciding to at-
tend Marist, but the
day
has
'
.
come when Admissions' tours
should
.
emphasire the educa-
tional advances and opportuni-
ties available here at Marist.
Marist should not be limited
to
.
its current advanced degrees
and
.
faculty should unite in a
campaign of reform and devel-
opmenL
The Student Government
As-
sociation must
.
be
reorgani?.ed.
centering around an agenda
.
that focuses solely on improv-
ing the conditions of the Marist
student body. The School of
Communications should take
immediate control of the radio
and television station. The ra-
-
dio station should not be run
like a club, nor should SGA con-
.
trol the Circle. The School
of
Communication and EngJisli
Department must clearly sup-
port the Circle, and help free the
Circle from its primitive state.
Honorary societies should be
started through the efforts of the
.
departments they wish to en-
hance. SGA should not have
the right to determine which
honorary society Marist ac-
cepts or declines. By denying
departments and schools the
.
right to develop special interest
programs, Marist is continuing
to allow SGA the sole right to
develop and enhance academic
programs.
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What
does the Gaelic
Society and the Circle have in
common. Here at Marist they
are both clubs and poorly
equated
as
such .
Marist has the potential to be
one of the greatest schools in
the nation. and could quite pos-
sibly surpass local schools like
Vassar or Bard in eminence.
Today the structural enhance-
ment is almost complete; tomor-
row the focus must be on the
development of academic pro-
grams and the redistribution of
SGA's powers and responsibili-
ties. Faculty and students must
unite, for ours is a purpose much
more personalized and integral
to th~ future academic suc-
cesses
of Marist in the twenty-
first
century.
by
JARED AVIGLIANO
I
~alked into class the other
.
day and the
_professor
was not
there yet. Since she did not
show up to our class earlier that
week, many of my fellow stu-
dents got excited. I overheard
several students talking about
how they were hoping that she
would not show up again.
One of the students said,
"Hey, you remember how she
had a limp. Maybe something
happened to her." Others went
on about possible reasons why
she was
.
not there, Then one
bright, intelligent girl went on
to say that if the professor did
show up, she would just go out
to the bathroom and not come
back..
As
a student interested in
my
own
education, I cannot believe
that other students would say
these things. We are being
taught how
to
teach by an ex-
tremely
.
intelligent professor,
and my classmates choose to
undermine their educational
·
opportunity. This class is very
pertinent to what the we will be
doing in the future, as it
is
an
education class filled with stu-
dents that
are
Psychology/Spe-
cial Education or Secondary
Education Majors. By missing
any of the information given in
cJass, the future teachers will
really only be cheating the chil-
dren that they will one day
teach.
Is it really that difficult to sit
through an hour arid fifteen
minute class anyway?
I
know
that many classes
can
be bor-
ing, but this is definitely not
one. Possibly, I could entertain
the fact that someone would get
bored in a class that is not di-
rectly related to their major.
If
you cannot sit in a class that is
of
the
utmost importance to your
major it is time to think about a
new career.
If
only for the shear
fact that you are paying to be
here, you should go to class.
Since many of the Marist stu-
dents' parents are paying for
their children's education, they
do not know what it is like to
spend that much money. This
makes it easier to sit back and
waste this opportunity for edi-
fication.
Why is that these students do
not highly value something as
important as an education? An
education is the basis for how
they
are
going to live their life.
College is a chance for us to
learn how to think
.
at
ail
ad-
.
vanced level.
If
you
_
are edu-
cated, you will be able to make
a difference. People should not
sit back and get caught up in
.
the typical "college life". They
should instead step it up and
try to
learn.
This way, in the
end, they
will
be able to say that ·.
t!tey did something; other then
.
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sit on their
a$$ and hope class
would not be held.
I
do not
care
if
you
are an
education major or
a chemistry major. You should
not be hoping that class would
be canceled. Instead you
should have the drive to learn,
so in the future you
can
make a
difference.
When
I
am
a parent.
I
know
that
I
do not want my child
taught by someone who was
not even motivated to learn
while they were in school. A
teacher with this attitude could
not possibly educate a child to
·
an acceptable level. Put your-
self in the parent's frame of
mind, would you want your son
or daughter educated by some-
one that is as unmotivated
as
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by
PA'QUCK
WHITfLE
this
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annual brouhaha,as we are
on the way into a world where
Campaign season is
in
full
there are more important things
swing. The political virus has
in life than getting a ticket for
caught many of us, and
.
what
spending too much time in the
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better way to feed our callee-
mailroom. To any concerned
tive heads than by weighing the
parties, I will offer, ifl may be
candidate's positions on the is-
so bold, my personal convk-
sues, scanning the daily news,
tions on Marisfs many "press-
attending the primaries, and, ul-
ing" controversies.
timately, voting for the candi-
CONDOMS:
Memo to the
date who wears a nicer suit.
faculty- Marist students have
Whether this year's season of sex; Lots of it. Some
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:on
a·
political football turns out to be
nightly basis, with multiple
more about real change or smil-
partners, occasionally at once.
ingrhetoric,onethingiscertain.
They didn't used to call
This is the time of year that gets
Sheehan Hall "cohabitation
us thinking. Thinking about key
nation" for nothing. Some se-
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issues like globalization, immi-
niors may remember Leo Hall's
gration, campaign finance re-
old slogan: "Girls on top, guys.
form, and other facts of modem
on the bottom- that's the Leo
life
that many of us never knew
way." It's no secret that Marist
we cared about before. And
is a tight community (no pun
then there are the facets of ev-
intended), and many of the stu-
eryday
life
that we
all
carry opin-
.
dents seem to know each other
ions on: education,
tax
reform,
on at least a name basis after
and my new hairdo .
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Ahh ... tis
the first year. The possibility
the season to be civic minded
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for the spread of disease is
And don't look now, but an-
more thanjustafigmentofour
other election
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has already
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collective imagination. Com-
passed: SGA elections for Stu- · bine that with the fact that
dent Body Pre
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sident. The
nothing ruins a good ci:>llege
crafty, compassi
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career like an unplanned preg-
vative Ryan Hunter is exiting, · nancy; and you've got two ex-
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inake
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in his
dead.
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typi'.-
condoms f>9th accessible and
eridorsed ~n c~pus.
themselves. Until then, we have
Marist, white, middle-class, in-
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ALCOHOL:
Memofo the fac-
a "damp" campus, and
no
one
telligent students drop the
"N"-
uity, number two- M~st
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stu-
seems interested in serving as
bomb like they drop freshman
dents drink alcohol.
Lots
of it.
the sponge.
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Bio.
And
people wonder' why
Some on a nightly basts, with
PARl(]NQ:
People, this
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is not
we have such an ethnicaily ho-
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friends, occasionally_· into
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an issue. Suck
it
up and walk
mogenous student body? An
oblivion. The myth ofa''dry"
200
yards to from Midrise to
outsider might think, not
campus only adds to the hypoc-
-
Lowell Thomas, or whatever
unfoundedly, that Marist serves
risy that oozes through the.many
grievous hardship the campus'
as a de facto bastion for the shel-
flawed policies outlined in our parking inadequacies have trust
tered, the white; and the igno-
student
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upon you .
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More cars is exactly
rant.
.
There are many notable
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campus fallacy is shameiessly
.
what this campus does not
exceptions to this rule on all
pushed to parents during toµrs,
need, so maybe you
.
might want
three fronts, of course, and it
to convince thertf of Marist's
to consider leaving your carbon
would be unfair to classify
moral integrity. I think my
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par-
monoxide-spewing death ma-
Marist as being an i.nnately
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erits almost bought it .
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While the
chine at home. The aesthetics
prejudiced environment. But
caliberofmanyMariststudent's. of the
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be
hate-speech can be difficult to
moral fiber is nonpareil, th
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hurt by more blacktop; be it
in
avoid here, and hate-speech
doubletalk
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codes are not an entirely unre!
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no,
the col-
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statement.
A
values oriented
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to spill over into the general
curriculum is an excellent idea;
shuttle'-bus to
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haul students
mindset. Speak what you think;
lying to the people who write the
across Route 9:
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That guy from
but think when you speak.
checksisnot. To my understand-
the Berties' bus freshman year
The one-man punditocracy
ing, a
dry
campus means no al.:.
may be looking for work, but it
has reared its '(his?) ugly head
.
cohol. The interpretation here
is not our responsibility to find
once again. Keep your eyes on
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seems to be more like, "register
it for him by being lazy, slov-
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nation:- and
cam~
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enly degenerates.
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who's hands in which you
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If
we may just allow a
thereof, to beat a dead issue .
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our future; .it's the only one
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PARKING ...
there will alw~ys be a parking
where you
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crunch. Mr, Wagner also said
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your designated lot is full. We
that some prospective siu-
are waiting to hear. Until.then I
dents might not come to Marist
will be cruising the parking
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lot
ATTENTION
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STUDENTS!!
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cont'd. from pg. 9 ...
if they didn't allow sopho-
for a space everyday hoping to
mores and some freshman to
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see a tow truck opening up some
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park here. Well, that pretty
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spaces. Happy parking!
much sums it all up for me. It's
all about money.
If
a student
doesn't come here because the
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Marist BattleOfthe Bands
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byEDWilLIAMSID
-Staff Writer
Last Thursday night, Febru-'
ary' 14, the Marist Cabaret
.
traded in their burgers an~ fries
for drums
and
·
guitars as the
Class of 2003 sponsored the
Marist College Battle of the
Bands.
·
The event featured
.
seven different bands, each of
which had some, if not full,
Marist representation. The
seven bands were given
a
chance
to
showcase about four
of their best songs and then the
three
judges would narrow them
down to
three
bands. The' wiri~
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ner 6f this
·
contest
·
would be
decided by the audience's re-
sponse.
The first band of the evening
was
BTA, and they chose to
Photo
courtesy of Laurie Albetta.
Sam Hill was the fan favorite at Battle of the Bands.
cover some
Our Lady Peace
Mauhews Band and Phish, and
Holly." They went back to their
songs,
including
such hits as
it had the crowd wanting more
own material with "Jean" and
"Clumsy" and "4 AM."
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The
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and more. They closed with a
"This Song's For You", and
band was comprised of fresh-
.
superb cover of
Ugly Kid Joe's
they closed with a cover of
men
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Braden Russom; Matt
"Everything About You
.
"
Fuel's "Shimmer." It's hard to
Miglicirisiand
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PeterShreve. The
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They've played all over pufalabelonwhatkindofband
band wasn't very experienced
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Poughkeepsie
including
Maria's Basement is. Perhaps
though. "We've only been to-
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Miller's, Backstreet and The
Black puts
it
best,
"Maria's
gether
for
nine days. We pretty
Chance.
Basement is like a Reese's Pea-
much gottogetherJust for this
Withatoughacttofollow,Jive
nut Butter Cup. There's no
event," said R~ss8@:'
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Turkey took the stage and kept
wrong way to eat it.''
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the
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bands
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mores Joe Fon'tes and Jay coveredlimmy
Hendrix, The
three based on sound,
vocals,
Petrone. Fontes played bass
Red Hot Chili Peppers an
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presentation and audience reac-
while Petrone manned the
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Dave Matthews Band.
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Al tion.
The Straight Cold Play-
drums. They were joined by
.
Vasquez,
.
the bassist, a fresh-
ers,SamHillandMariasBase-
Mark Andrzeje~ski; frpm Con~
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man, was the Marist
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represen-
ment made it to the finals where
necticut, on vocals,
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This band
0
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tative of the barid. Jeff Bemer
it was up to the audien
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chose to pla._y entireiy original
.
was on guitar and provided vo-
termine a winner. The Cabaret
songs with a punkrock feel to
cals,
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and Kurt Reifler was on
became louder than it ever has
them. They've been together
drums. Bemerdidagreatjobof before as the audience voiced
for about eight months
now
and
interacting with the crowd in
their opinions for the top band.
have played around Connecti-
between songs, and he also got
It was a battle between
Sam Hill
cut as weU as at local clubs and
a nice reaction when he played
and
Maria
s
Basement
as
the
festivals.
.
the guitar with his teeth dl!ring
.·
audience would not stop
The crowd was a bit mellow;
·
a song. Bemer said, "Playing
screaming for either band.
Fi-
but next up were
T~e Straight
with my
teeth
definitely hurt, but
nally the noise subsided and
Cold Players, and they pumped
it was worth it." When asked
·
Sam Hill
were proclaimed the
up t_he crowd.
Tltjs
c9ver band
.
about their
;choice
of Caldor
victors.
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was led by vocalist arid guitar-
.
shirts
.
he replied, "W.e got thein
This event didn't put itself
ist Sam Moorman and included
·
for thirty cents on Clearance
together as it took a lot of plan-
lead guitarist Luke Glendening,
when they were going out of riing and preparation. Erin
Chris Matthews on the bass,
business."
Gardner, President of the Class
and Jason Miller on drums.
_
Diversity took the stage next.
of2003 srud, ''The idea was al-
These seniors cove
.
red such
Led by Bill Boyce, who
also
ways there, but we didn't start
bands as the
Red
Hot
Chili
helped organize the event, the
planning until around Decem-
Peppers, Lenny Kravitz and an
band covered "#41", ''Two Step"
her. It was harder than I thought
impressive
.
rendition of
Guns N
and "Warehouse" of the
Dave
it would be, especially since it
Ro,s-es"'Welcome to the Jungle."
Matthews Band. Not an easy
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was my first event. People ex-
The StraightCold Players have
band to cover,
Diversity did a
pected me to know a lot of
been together since l~t Decem-
good job in playing these
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popu-
things that I didn't know, and
ber and have recently played at
.
Jar
songs. The band \Vas com-
-
that was tough.
The Chance.
plete with a saxophonist and
"It
was a very big success
Just as the crowd was getting
violinist along with the
·
tradi-
though. Not only was it nice to
wanned up, it was
Sam Hill's
tional guitarist, bassist and
make a nice profit, but the bands
tum to step it up a notch, ~d
drummer.
were really
great
too. The crowd
that's exactly what they did.
The last band of the evening
was bigger than I had anti~i-
This band of seniors
·has
been
was
Maria
s
Basement. This
·
pated and it was a very friendly
together for about six months
band has opened for such su-
atmosphere. I would love t~ see
now and consists of Chris
perstar acts as
The Spin Doc-
the event become an annual
Matthews on bass, Austin Riley
tors, Shades Apart and
Tlie
Vio-
one sponsored by the Class of
onguitar,EnzoPinettiondrums, ·
lent Femmes. SteveBJackwas
2003.''
.
Tim Solmon on lead guitar and
the lead guitari.st and lone rep-
Sam Hill agreed that the pro-
Bill Seelig on vocals. They
resentative of Marist College.
gram was very successful and
.
started
.
with an original song,
He was joined by Chris Trainor
should
be
done again in the fu-
"Waste ofTime", and then went
on drums, Sean Hansen on bass
ture: Pinetti said,
"SamHillbe-
on
tocoverthePolicebit, "Mes-
andJasonCasterlinwithvocaJs.
lieves the campus should put
sageinaBottle."
ThenSamHill
In
a refreshing twist, they
together more events like this
·
showed the audience what
started off with two original
·
one, especially outdoor ones in
they're really capable of and
songs, "Pretty All Alone" and
the Spring. We can all use a
played an amazing instrumental.
"Just Monday." Then they cov-
good taste of music."
Itsoundedlikeamixtureof
Dave
ered
Weezer's hit song, "Buddy
"It takes a big
man
to cry, and a
even bigger
man
to laugh at him. "
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(Belty White). If it weren't for
Garrett) stops by
the
house of-
He seems to have genuine af-
his newborn baby son, Jimmy
ten.
,
fection for Doug. Yes, Arthur
would be surrounded by ladies
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The sh.ow is a simple family
There's something I should
frequently behaves like Stiller's
(hence the title). Also helping
show, and that, in my opinion;
mention before 1
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begin this
Seinfeld
character, Frank
to balance out the testosterone
is part of why it garners so much
week's eagerly-anticipated re-
Costanza, but it's not like there's
level is Jimmy's friend Gene
critical praise; It is a family show
view. Last week I reviewed the
anything wrong with that.
(NewsRadio's
Stephen Root),
that offers some genuine laughs
WB sitcoms 'Zoe and Brutally
Each time I watch King of who Jives next door and stops
without resorting to sexual in-
Nonnal.
As you may remember,
Queens,
I come
away
laughing,
by the house frequently. The
nuendo. My only problem with
I gave them lackluster reviews.
and.Monday, February
21,
was
show's concept is more in-
Raymond
is that its laughs
Well, Thursday, Feb. 17, the day
no exception. The 'episode had
volved than that of King of aren't as plentiful-or as funny,..
my column was published, the
a fairly simple plot. Doug and
Queens,
but that doesn't make
as they should b·e
.
Also, the
WB cancelled both Zoe and
Carrie introduce one couple to
it a better
show.
In
fact,
it.'s
squabbling parents-especially
BnttallyNomial.I'dliketothink
an!)ther couple. Soon, the two
worse. That doesn't mean
La-
the unbelievably crotchety
that the executives at the WB
couples become good frieqds,
dies' Man
doesn't have its
Frank-are getting pretty
.
tire-
somehow got their hands on a
and Doug and Carrie feel left out
funny moments. It does. There
some. There are some very good
copy of The Circle, but I tend
of the loop. There is
·
also an
were severalofthem on the epi-
moments in Raymond. In
to
doubt this is true. But, you've
amusing subplot of Arthur
fi-
sode of Monday, Feb.
21.
·one
Monday's episode, which was
gono admit: it is a rather neat
nally getting his hands on some
of the funnier moments c·ame
one of the stronger episodes of
coincidence. And now, on with
cereal that he loved as a kid,
when Gene said,
"I'm
scared of Raymond this
season,
there
the review. This week I chose to
only to discover· that he
•
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widows; they've
already
killed
were some especially funny
review CBS' Monday night
hates the stuff. I can tell
you
once." However, you just wish
moments between Ray and the
block
of comedies. They con-
that, even at the age of 20,' I'm
there was a higher abundance
owner of a comic book shop,
sist of The King of Queens,
La-
already beginning to find things
of these funny moments. A lot
who was played by Paul
dies' Man, Everybody Loves
·
thatilovedasakidbutthatI
ofLadies'Manisblandandpre-
Reubens (aka
·
Pee Wee
Raymond,
and Becker. After
dictable. It's not a terrible show;
Herman). While Raymond isn't
careful deliberation, I decided
"Friends J·ust
.
itcouldjustreallyusesomeim-
asbadasLadies'Man,itissirni-
that, of the four, King of Queens
provement.
lar to the former in that you just
is the best, and Ladies' Man is
k
Following Ladies' Manis Ev-
wishitwerefurinier.
the worst.
ta e a
W
a
y
erybody Loves Raymond
(here-
Rounding out
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CBS' Monday
.
Let's start things offwithKing
aftei;
called
Raymond).
night o' comedy is Becker,
of Queens,
as that is what leads
from TV time
Raymond
is the highest-rated
which airs at
9:30. Becker stars
,
off
the night at 8:00.
King
of
show on CBS Monday nights.
i
Ted Danson as John Becket\ a
Queensdebutedlastseasonand
any
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1thas
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the9PManchor
,
of '. ta1entedbutgruffmedica!
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doc-
did
well in the ratings. It was
that night for two years now.
It
to't Margaret Wybom (Hattie
renewed for a
·
second season,
is a critical darling. Knowing all
Winston) is his head riurse, and
and has continued to do well in
·
can't stand anymore. The high-
this,
I
have sat down and Linda (Shawnee Smith)· is
1990s
·
political correctness, so
whatJohn could say was pretty
weak and hardly shocking.
However, this season, the pro-
ducers softened John up a bit,
while still allowing him ·plenty
of opportunity to gripe about
things. They have also started
to give more of a storyline to
Reggie, which is· a good thing,
as she is an interesting charac-
ter. The character of Linda, how-
ever, is still iJ1credibly annoying.
She is very much a weak link in
the show. In fact, all of the
scenes in John's doctor's office'
could be improved, Becker has
.
improved from last season, but
still isn't as gciod as it could be.
So, in short, the highlight of
CBS' Monday night comedies
is °The King of Queens. It is defi-
nitely worth checking out. In
fact, itwouldn
't
be a total waste
.
of timeto check out Everybody
Loves Raymond
and Becker too.
Ladies' Man,
which is the weak
link in the Monday sitcoms,
.
is
taking a few weeks off, but it wilf
be back in the lineup soon.
T.hese sn?w
.
s
air Monday
nights o~CBS, which
.
is located
at channel 6 here on the Marist
tCollege
,
television
dial.
the ratings. The show has a
light of the episode, though, is
watched Raytnond several Margaret's excruciatingly an-
Mike Thompson is a jun-
;
simple concept. Doug Heffernan
Doug and Carrie's gran_d quest
times. I have trjed desperately
noying nurses' aide. When he's
ior Communications ma-
(Kevin James), a delivery man,
fornewfrierids. Th~rearemany
·
toloveRaymond,
but
I can only
riotworking,
John
hangs out at
Jives in Queens, New York, with
funny lines. One of the best is
·
muster up a nice liking for it I
a coffee shop with the waitress
jor.
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When he's not watch-
\!his wife, Carrie (Leah Remini).
when Doug, growing frustrated
think it's amusing; and I chuckle
.
Regina
~'Reggie''
Kostas (Terry
·
ing TV and then writir1.g his
:
Carrie's father, Arthur Spooner
with his
.
increasingly futile
several times during each epi-
Farrell) and Jake Malinak (Alex
column about the
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shows
.
(Jerry Stiller), has moved
in
with
search for new friends, says
sode I watch ofRaymond, but I Desert), a coffee
.
shop regular
he.just watched,
hi's host:.
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the young couple, and lives in
"FriendsjusttakeawayfromTV just don't find it as hilarious as
who also happens to be blind.
,
ing
a
radio show, which
the basement of their house.
time, anyway:" All in all,
King
other people do. The show re-
John, whohasbeenmarriedand
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airs on
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WMCR (
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The simple adventure~ of the
of Queens
is a very good show:
volves around Ray Barone (Ray
ilivorced several times; has a lot
Heffernan family are what make
I wish I could say the samefor Romano), a sportswriter for a
of disdainfor a·lot of things in
Wednesday nights from
11
up
King
of Queens.
Iti~ fairly
Ladies'
Man,whichairsat8:30. · Long Island newspaper, and his
the world.-
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many
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family: wife Debr:a (the under-
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like Arcllje Bunker from, Allin
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any suggestions for show~
concept
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mine
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like Mil{e<to
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laughs. Doug and Carrie are
all thatgood.La~ies'
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fun
to
.
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daughters Wendy (Alexa Vega)
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(Peter Boyle) and Mari
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watch .
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.
other for half an hour, and that's
and Bonnie (Shawna Waldron),
Roberts), live across the street,
couldn~t be
as
controversial as
nice to see. Also, Arthur is not
.
and his mother, Mitzi Stiles
and his-brother Robert (Brad
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THE CIRCLE
Arts
&
Entertainment
bySI'EPHENMERCIER
Staff Writer
"Envision this: a lone man in a
haunted room surrounded by
glowing instruments."
From this
one
sentence found
.
in the liner notes of
Voodoo
(re-
leased on Virgin on January 25),
one could discover what to ex-
pect from
D'
Angelo's sopho-
more album, which took five
.
years to be constructed.
When listening to the nearly
80
minute record,
I
often could
picture the musician/writer/vo-
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calist/producer in a dark lit stu-
dio tweaking and perfecting ev-
ery single note that
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escaped
from one of his instruments
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From what the self taught pia-
nist has spoken of in public and
from what comes out of his mu-
sic, I
·
could also imagine
D'
Angelo attempting to become
inspired by music's past when
not honing his craft. When ex-
periencing
Voodoo,
I not only
felt he had intensively listened
to
Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder,
and
Jimi Hendrix,
but decided
that he carefully studied and
was also sparked by these ge-
niuses and other influences.
D'Angelo provides inspiration in his new album.
In this stylishly produced and
masterfully perfonned album;
D' Angelo played many of the
instruments
including
.
drums,
guitar, and Fender Rhodes. But
he was also accompanied by a
group of mostly jazz influenced
musicians, including guitarist
Charlie Hunter, trumpeter Roy
Hargrove, and
The Roots'
Ahµiir Thompson. With the
grouping of all of these talents,
some of the most inspired and
smooth R&B of the last
20
years
was accomplished.
Though the music's grandi-
ose nature could be compared
to
Prince,
and
D
'
Angelo's high
use oflayered vocals was much
Jike
Gaye,
the artist was amaz-
ingly able to be musically dis-
tinctive in his own right. Rather
than mimicking his musical he-
roes, he used them as resources
instead. And while implement-
ing them into his art, he made
sure that his own skills and per-
sonality shin~d throughout.
The Line
is
a
solid example of
the most intriguing part of
D
'
Angelo's music
,
his vocals.
While
_
the drums were cleanly
and precisely struck and a deep
. bass line threaded through, with
the help of multi tracks, a cho-
rus of
D'
Angelos intricately
_
blended their voices together.
these sophisticated, emo-
tionalvocal
·
arrangements were
not only the heart of
The Line,
·
but was what held the album
together. In each song, while
the band played another slow
paced groove,
D'
Angelo at-
tempted to reinvent himself by
bringing out another inventive
vocal performance
.
Even though his singing was
usually the major part of most
of the cuts, his vocals were usu~
ally a little quieter than the in-
struments. With the combina
-
tion of the volume of the sing-
ing and the fact that the per-
former intentionally did not ar-
ticulate every word that came
out, D' Angelo's vocal arrange-
ments strangely showed that he
.
was an instrument and wasn't
solelya-"singer,,_
•
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Throughout
Voodoo,
each
song seems interconnected to
each other. Even though the
Latin tinged jazz of "Spanish
Joint" didn't exactly share much
in common with the electric gui-
tar: led sensuality of "Untitled" -
(How Does It Feel), the two
songs and
.
their
11
counterparts
all shared the same goal, which
was to produce music that both
expressed soul and craft.
New Age
.
Metal: Rockin' oufthe Old Timers
byMATIDAIGLE
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arrivedattheMid-HudsonCivic
morejamming than
Phish ...
Staff Writer
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Center
on Friday. Along for the
oops. Tough act to beat, those
"Where have you gone, Axl
ride
werePuya, Mr. Bungle, In-
Phish
guys, but honestly, have
Rose? A nation of metal heads
cubus,
and
System of a Down.
you ever heard a metal band
tum their lonely ears to you.;.
Heard of •em? Probably not, al-
jam? Yeah, well,
Incubus
pulled
·
oo woo woo
.
... " Ah, the good
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though they deserve to be free
it off. I'm not talking about
_
old days
:·
big
·
hair, leather,
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Korn,
eleven-minute long guitar solos.
spandex, guitar solos. What-
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Deftones,
and
Ump Bizkit.
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Nope. I'm talking about a well-
ever your impressions of the
as
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btaved. the inclement
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integrated band consisting of a
past days ~frock's metal move-
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weather to
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attend this soir~.J
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ment, they are no more. Gorie
had
high
hopes. Well, if you
bass and guitars, and a singer
are the hair bands (who were
are
hoping
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that plays the bongos, and
only marginally metal to begin
cool and badass
Puya
and
Mi
djeridoo (that Australian
with).
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now excels in
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Bungle
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thingamajig). 'The results were
covering
Bob Seger
and Irish
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magnificent, trippy,-violent, and
drinking songs. Even Rob
late
sidekick, Bagnatosan, who
ground breaking,
all
in the same
Halford, lead singer of
Judas
israth~ranti~openingact(Don't
stroke.
Priest,
poster boy of the metal
believe me? Read
.
his review of
After
Incubus
left the stage in
generation, all decked out in
the
Dropkick
Murphys
show
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fo
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,
female snowboarder
Ieatherandchains,hasemerged
[lssu~#lOJ). Butlsi:tw
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chicks-hey, rock will never
from the closet to spit in the eye
two bands, which was
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with
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of metal's misogynist image.
me,iffornoother~nexcept meaning of
life,
the serious
Good riddance, says
I.
that they rocked~
beauty
of meditation ...
and
then
With this in mind, I sought out
Incubus,
in a word, is cool.
I
·
got knocked on my a$$ by a
the new crop of hard rockers-
You should be listening to them,
·
stonn ofhighschool skater kids.
the supposed "new metal"
not
Korn,
not Fred Durst
&
Co.
System of a Down
took stage to
movement that has emerged of
,
Incubus
could best be descrjbed
the sounds of the "Imperial
late. The forum?
Sno-Core2lXXJ,
al? emo-core: more rap than
Death March." Who were these
a four-band extravaganza that
Korn,
more funk than
Bizkit,
guys, anyway? Well, I know
them, but for your benefit, let
me offer a hopefully accurate
description. Take MTV's Tom
Green. Put him in a dark, damp
room with nothing more than a
crack pipe and a loud stereo set
to shuffle playing the
Dead
Milkmen, Henry Rollins,
old
scµool
Korn,
and just for "tiffs"
and giggles, the Original Cast
Recording from
Cats.
Let
sim-
mer for
6
months or so, and out
steps Serj Tankian, lead singer
of
System of a Down.
Have him
form a band, and enjoy. Serves
many. Placed before a raucous
crowd, and
System
of a Down
makes up for indecipherable lyr-
ics with their stylistic showman-
ship skills. In
a
loud, energetic
performance,
I
became fully
convinced that "new metal" is
good metal, and that the old stuff
was bad.
System of a Down
was
pure energy, very in tune with
the crowd, an
,
d hardly dwelling
on the pains of being a tortured
artist.
-
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•
performed songs
.
dedicated to the Los Angeles
Lakers and doing drugs. It was
pure hedonistic fun. Hell, there
was even ample jail bait show-
ing their boobies to the band.
It was at this point
I
under-
stood what identified "new
metal". Gone are the mopey
odes to doom and gloom. The
crowd was undeniably young.
With the exception of a few hold-
overs of the '80s in their leather
jackets
and
long, frizzy hair, the
crowd almost entirely consisted
of skaters and snow boarders.
This was a youthful, active
crowd to whom banging one's
head was not enough. In fact,
banging each other was at times
not enough for this crowd, as
the performance became in
- -
creasingly violent. And, girls
took
a
much more active role in
the romping. So goodbye, ye
bands of yore. Like the dino-
saurs, you once dominated the
earth, but now it is time for the
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FEBRUARY 24, 2000
Sports
PAGE 14
Lifetime in the water paying off for Dobbins
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by
MICHAEL
FERRARO
as a team."
my parents put me in the wa-
··
·
StaffWriter
Dobbins took first place in the
ter,'.' Dobbins said.
·
"They said
100-yard freestyle, 200-yard
I
liked it."
Maybe we should
·
have
freestyle and
soo~yard
freestyle.
Dobbins
started
to swim com-
known when he first ent
.
ered the
He was also part of the relay
petitively at the age of five for a
water at eight months old.
teams that finished first in the
YMCA team. He said his best
Maybe we should· have
·
400-yard freestyle, 800-yard
stroke at the time was the but-
known when he started swfm~
freestyle;
2qo
medley and 400
terfly.
ming competitively at five years
medley.
While Van Wagner said that
of age.
As a result of his performance
Dobbins
is
the team's fastest
Maybe we should have
in the MMC tournament, Dob-
athlete in the butterfly and indi-
known then that Dave Dobbins
bins will again compete
in
the
vidual medley events, Dobbins
.
was destined for g
·
reatness.
Eastern College Athletic Confer-
does not swim in these events
"He's the best male athlete we
ence (ECAC) championships. It
in championship competition.
have had in our program in our
is
a
three-day competition that
After competing at the YMCA,
21
years," said men's swimming
runs from
'
today until Saturday.
Dobbins joined a United States
coach Larry Van Wagner.
Last year at the ECAC cham-
Swimming (USS) club team in
This
·
past weekend, the
pionships, Dobbins placed third
·
'
Rochester, about a 15-mmute
Marist's men's swlIIlllling and
in the 200 freestyle, fourth in the
ride from his hometown.
diving team captured
its
fifth
500 freestyle arid fifth in the
loO
In high school, he was part of
consecutive Metro Atlantic
freestyle. He said that he hopes
the swimming
_·
teain his junior
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
to finish in the top three and
_
he
and senior years. He was the
championship. Marist domi-
would like to win these events
New York State champion
in
the
nated the competition, amass-
this year.
100 freestyle, and he placed sec-
ing the most points in the
However, the competition will
ond
in
the 200 freestyle.
tournament's history .
.
be tougher in the ECAC than it
Originally, Dobbins said it
Once again, Dobbins was the
.
is in the MAAC. Van Wagner
would be a great experience to
catalyst. The junior was narried
said thatDobbins should be able
attend a big college. However,
the tournament's most out-
to improve on last year's
the relatively small size of
standing swimmer for the third
rankings.
Marist has suited him just fine.
consecutive
.
year. His success
Dobbins hails from Greece,
.
"It
is
_
definitely a good school
is contagious with his team-
NY,
which is approximately
.
a
for me," Dobb
.
ins said. "I'm not
mates.
four-and-a-half hour drive from
a number,
·
and I'm known
"His victory is like all of ours,"
the Marist campus. His indoc-
around campus, which is nice."
said junior co-captain Ryan
.
trination to swimming came at a
·
Dobbins is
also
known for the
Callan. "We feed off each oth-
young age.
several school record times he
ers' strengths to meet our goals
"When
I
was eight months old,
owns. They include the 100
SWIMMI~G: Men
·
and women
both capture cOnference crowns
...
continued from
pg.
16
·
Rider had won earlier in the sea-
son in. a rrieet
·
against Marist.
They crushed the Red Foxes,
but it gave them
a·n
incentive to
work that much harder.
Honig said
_
she was extremely
-·
with pleased with the perfor-
mance her s\vimrriers put forth.
"I told the girls either we swiin
better
than
we
·
had
·'
all
·
se~son
andwin,
·
or we'll
he
complacent
.
and
·
stay where we are," she
said.
"I
just can't say enough
about how.hard we worked."
·
Some of
th~
key events for the
women's team were the 100 and
200-yard breaststroke. They
had
·
seven women finish in the
top 13 for the 100-yatd breast-
stroke and eight in the top 16
i~
the 200-yard breaststr.oke.
·
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The women also fared weJfin
the
mo
and 200-yard butterfly
and the 200-yardmedley.
.
·
The longest event of the com-
petition, the
·
1650, was also
1
a
good one for the
·
Red Foxes.
Five girls placed
in
the top
1-1
places; and no other team came
.
close to that depth.
.
·
,
·
A
_
maj~r suµidout for
.
this
'
team
was
·
senior cc>'..,~apt~in
Jen
Nafus. She took
.
'first piace in
the 100 and 200-breaststroke,
and set two new school and
MMC records with times of
1 :06: 11 and 2:21
:97
respectively.
•
Junior Eriri McGrath won both
the 100 and 200-yard Fly with
times
of 58:67
and
2:08:87.
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for the women all season has
.
been the backstroke; Their
high-
·
est seedings in
this
competition
were ninth and twelfth; but
sophomore
.
Jen Williams
·
and
junior Shannon Mcinnis
stepped
it
up
_
to another level
.
·
and moved up to seventh and
eight place finishes respec-
tively.
.
.
·
.
·
.
·
·.
Honig was very proud of her
team.
"
_
We were notexpected to
_
win,
arid no orie thought we
·
•
could
pull it off. But we worked hard
all
year long, and our times
didn't show it, but it came to-
gether when
it
counted," she
said. ''This team has more heart
than any other team on campus.
We're out there every day at
6:30 AM working hard."
freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500
.
freestyle and 1,000 freestyle. He
·
is also part of the record-hold-
ing 800 freestyle relay team.
However, one does not
·
achieve
success
on talent alone.
Van Wagner and Callan have
both
·
labeled Dobbins
·
a "hard
.
.
worker."
In fa~t, Dobbins swam over
40,000 miles in one week over
the
intersession:
"You
need to be dedicated,"
Dobbins said. "It's a lot of work,
it's hard, but it's definitely worth
.
.
oto Councsy lanst College
it."
Dobbins has exceled at Marist
Dobbins
also
credited his
times made it difficult for
him
to
.
teammates for keeping him com-
keep up with his heavy
·
class
petitive at all times.
workload.
"My teammates have an im-
"The ECAC and the MA.AC
·
pact on how
I
practice,'' he said.
are all about concentrating on
"They're good practice people,
-
swimming," Dobbins
.
said.
and they push me harder."
"That's all those four days are:
Dobbins has also aided the
eating, sleeping, and swim-
~wimming and diving program
ming."
in more ways than simply com-
Is there anything Dave Dob-
peting. He volunteers his time
bins can improve on? He said
to update the school website,
he would like to work on his
and he spends several hours per
butterfly, l,\nd his breaststroke
week helping to maintain the
for individual medley events
.
.
facilities at the school natato~
·
His coach looks at the
.
sittia-
riwn.
tion another way,
•
.
,
.
,
.
In
the classroom, Dobbins is
"He just needs more time
,
to
a Business major with a Com-
physically mature,'.' Van Wagner
puter Science concentration.
said. "The only thing I'm un-
·
He
·
admitted that his hectic
happy about is that we don't
swimming sche~ule has some-
have him.~Qthei;four years.".
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THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 24, _2000
S.
ort·
February is traditionally a slow
month for sports. Spring train-
ing is just getting underway, the
NBA and NHL are a little past
midway through their seasons
and March Madness obviously
does not arrive in February.
So what is there to write about
this week?
·
The first couple of weeks of
the NFL off-season have given
me plenty. to rant and rave
about.
If
you are a fan of the
Denver Broncos or the Minne~
sota Vikings, you may want to
stop reading now. ·
In Denver, MikeShanahan is
apparently trying to do anything
humanly possible to shed his
"genius" label. The Broncos
were about $10 million overthe
cap· when the off-season com:.
menced, so it was apparent that
some high-priced players would
be playing elsewhere in 2000.
As expected, tight end Shan-
non Sharpe departed, earning a
$13.8 million, four-year deal with
the Baltimore Ravens. Sharpe
had stated a desire to return to
Denver, but the economics· of
the NFL forced him to go else-
where:·
· ·So how can a team with this
much cap trouble afford· a $28
million·defensive end for seven
years? This:player said he
would get 10 sacks this year,
,P~obab~y ignoring the fact that
he has only
i
O
-sacks Ill his
first
four years in the league com-
bined.
Welcome to Denver,.Kavika
Pit~an. Your mission is to re-
place Neil Smith and
Alfred
Wtl-
liams, both of whom were re-
leased. There's no pressure for
him to produce or anything.
Rumors are flying that Steve
Young will join the Broncos .
Wliy?
.
First of all, a concussion
prone quarterback is already a
sensitive subject in Denver.
They just went ·through it last
year with Chris Miller. Young
may be in serious danger if he
ever plays football again.
Second of all, what message
would they be sending to Brian
Griese? Are the Broncos tell-
ing him that the quarterback of
the past and the future is not
the quarterback of the present?
That's enough Bronco bash-
ing, now it's time for some vo-
ciferous Vtking commentary.
After the Rams made the Vi-
king secondary look like Swiss
cheese in the playoffs, the
Vi-
kings decided to make some
changes. However, most of the
changes took place on
the
of-
fensive side of the ball.
First, the team announced that
quarterback Jeff George would
not return next.year. All George
did was save their season after
Randall Cunningham struggled.
To save money, the Vikings
We have reached that time in
Chuck Finley for three years,
the \earwh_ere_ sports are in
a
and,$27 million, with one pur-
lull. There isa lot going on, but . pose in mind: to beat the New
nothing of major importance:
York Yankees.
Sure there was the Daytona
Finley is an aging pitcher at
500, auto racing's biggest event
37, who d!d not have a great
. of the year last weekend, but
year last year. In the past,
who is really interested in cars
Finley has ·had great success
driving around a circle and then
against the Yankees, and the
having the winner, Dale Jarrett,
Indians will be counting on that
'capturing the race'.in. the most
Not only did the Texas Rang.:
unatjttclimatic way possible,
ers lose Juan Gonzalez to a
under caution?
·
trade, but they also lo~t thei,r
So as far as the other "major" ·· best pitcher from a year ago
sports go, basketball and ·_ AarcmSele. He signed with the
hockey are languishing toward
Seattle Mariners for two years,
the playoffs, college basketball
$15 million.
isgettingreadyforMarchMad- · Sele was 18-9witha4.79ERA
ness and baseball and football
last year.- He is not an overpow-
are in the off season. ·
ering pitcher, but he will give the
Th~ Slickster'is going to offer
Mariners a dependable starter
yoti his thoughts on the foot-
· In addition, Sele will pitch a lot
ball off-season, while
lam
go-
ofinnings, thus keeping _the
ingJo rant_at1d rave about.th.~
hoqible Seattle bullpen·out of
baseball_ off-season signings. .
. the 'game.
This off-season is not going
So what do the Rangers do to
to be remembered for the free
replace their ace? They sign
. ageri! signings, but for the three
Kt!nny.Rogers to a three-year,
major trades that took place.
$22:s million contract. Rogers
The New York Mets now have
enjoyed his best success with
a bona fide ace in Mike Hamp~
this team from 1993-95. I hope
ton, the Detroit Tigers got a
the Rangers will realize that
marqueeplayerinJuanGomalez
they have once again sealed
and the Cincinnati Reds ac-
theirJatefotlosing in the first
quired the biggest name in the. round of the playoffs.
game, Ken Griffey Jr:
Rogers is clearly not the same
All of the teams involved in
pitcher that he was five years
those trades will benefit, but
ago. All New York fans, whether
there were some free age11t
you root for the Yankees or the
signings that are going to make
Mets, know that he is not
a
big
or break some teams chances of game pitcher (see Game4 1996
making the playoffs.
World Series and Game 6 of the
The Cleveland Indians signed
1999 National League Champi ..
also cut perennial Pro Bowl
guard Randall McDaniel, and
· decided not to re-sign Pro Bowl
center Jeff Christy.
To make matters worse, Christy
signed with last year's division
champion, Tampa Bay. Wide
receiver Jake Reed and tight end
Andre;w Glover both fled to New
. Orleans.
. -Coach Dennis Green also saw
both of his coordinators quit.
Defensive coordinator Foge
· Fazio took one look at his de-
fense and decided the pastures
would be greener in Washing-
ton.
Offensive coordinator Ray
Sherman quit after refusing to
be demoted to wide receivers
coach.
.
Circle
Photo/Megan Sauers
Rick Smith drives to the basket Sunday against Niagara.
HOOPS: Foxes looking
for strong finish
to
season
Therefore, Green hired
Sherman Lewis to run his of-
fense and Emmitt Thomas to run
his defense.
If
they sound like
the guys who were fired in Green
Bay last month, well, they are.
Thomas is now on his third co-
ordinating job in three years.
The· newest story out of Min-
... continued from
pg.
16 ·
Niagara in the McCann Center.
nesota has Cunningham possi-
This game was a far greater chal-
bly being released. With George
(MAAC) rankings.
lenge for the team, with Niagara
and Cunningham potentially out
The weekend started with a
standing at fifth in the MAAC.
of Minnesota next year, the of-
nice·trip into Jersey City to face
But once again the aggressive
fense could fall into the hands
St. Peter's, who has been dwell-
play on both ends of.the floor
of last year's top pick, Daunte
ing in the MAAC basement all
helped the Red Foxes secure a
Culpepper.
·
season. The game looked like a
convincing 74-66 victory.
With the offense they might
guaranteed win for the Red
The story of this game was
h,aye next year, they will need .. Foxes, but _with starting poit?-t
undoubtedly the .· play of
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Kennedy suffering , Kenney, .·-Registering.an. as,-
onship Series).
Obviously the Rangers over-
paid for a pitcher that is not go-
ing to get them over the hump.
Another team that will be try-
ing to get past the Yankees, the
Boston Red Sox, signed Jeff
-Passero to a one year, $2 million
deal. He is coming off of the
worst season of his career 5-14
with a 7 .20 ERA.
If Passero reverts back to his
old ways and can produce like
he did in Montreal, this will be a
significant pick up for the Red
Sox. However, ifhe pitches the
way he did last year, there is a
good chance that he will not be
around to see the playoffs.
RANDOMIBOUGIITS
The golfing world is in a state
of shock because Tiger Woods
has not won the past two tour-
naments.
Joel Pryzbilla, former center for
the Minnesota Golden Gophers, .
has concluded that it is a lost
cause to play college basketball
anymore because going to class
was too much trouble for him ..
Earth to Joel, I have a shatter-
ing revelation for you: At col-
lege you are supposep to go to
classes and basketball is second
priority. Unfortunately Joel and
his father fail to realize this im-
portant point. It's sad because
some ho-hum lottery team
will
probably select him to be the
savior of his team and most
likely it will take him at least five
years to have any significant
impact on that team.
from the flu, there was a little
tounding 27 points and 10
concern to how the offense
boards, the Marist big man put
would run.
on a show of offensive moves
Fortunately for Marist, there
that left the fans cheering the
was little need for concern since
entire game.
Kennedy registered one of his
Adding to his terrific play was
finer games of the season regis-
another solid outing from
tering 14 points and 1
O
assists
Sonne, who nailed three three-
for an unexpected double-
pointers on his way to 11 points
double. Adding to Kennedy's
for the game. Rick Smith also
great play was another solid per-
continued to play great ball and
formance from Blake Sonne who
ended the day with 13 points.
once again used his three-point · This win brought the records
ac~uracy to rack up 18 points for
for both. Mari st and Niagara to
the night.
8-8 in the MAAC, but Marist
Although the guards set the
still remained in sixth place.
tone for the game, the Maristbig
With a winning weekend un-
men also showed up'. Tom dertheirbeltandadifferentgo-
Kenney who has played terrific
to-guy emerging every game,
all year, continued his brilliant Marist is looking good as they
season with a solid 1_5 point per-
wind down their season. What
formance
which
was
atfirstmighthavelookedlikea
complimented by Drew Samuels,
talented team that was out of
who added 15 onto the
sync has now evolved into a
scoreboard.
confident group playing great
In the end, Marist walked on . team basketball.
the bus with a 77-65 win and a
As long as the team keeps up
two hour long trip in the snow
their new found intensity, there
back to Po'town.
could be good things waiting up
CW11en the sun appropriately
in Albany when they head up
showed its face on Sunday,
there for the MAAC touma-
Marist was getting ready to face
ment
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Tom Kenney averaged 21
points and 10 rebounds
last week; good enough for
for MAAC Player of the
)Vee.J:c honors. -
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'THE CIRCLE
''This team
has more
heart
than any other team on
campus." -
Ch.ristine
Honig, .women's swimming
coach
F:EBRUARY.24,
2000
S orts
PAGE 16
Swimming
and
divingle3ve
competitionin,Water
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byEDWJLLIAMSill
Staff Writer
:..
-The Metro Atlantic Athletic ·
.~Qnference (MMC) was once
again a showcase for the Marist
·
swimllling:futd djving teams. ._ .
. Themen;s team continued its
dornfu~c~ this year-as it cap-
tured its sixth consecutive con-
.ference championship. This
was their. fifth consecutive
MAAC championship, as they
were in the Metropolitan Swim-
ming and Diving Conference for
their first victory.
.
years," he said, "But since we
have more guysgoing to the
. · e:vent this year,
I
expect to ijn-
-ish higher. Dobbit}~ is also look-
ing to·become the first Marist
athlete to qualify for t.he_Divi-
- sjonl natio11al Championships."
But perhaps the biggest story
of this year's MAACChampi-
pnships was
the
women's swim-
-ming team._ The women came
· into the competition as under-
dogs, and they -were gunning
. for Rider, the favorite.
"Rider was favored by over
100 points, and we knew we had ·
to have some great step up
swims to wfu,".said women's
coach Christine Honig.
Not only was the team victori-
ous, _but they reset the MAAC
record for total -points scored
with 1221, w,hichwasabout500
points above second place
Loyola. Out of the 15 swimming
events, the men won nine
of.
them, and out of the_five relay
events, they won four.
_.
_ _
Circle
Pholo/Mcgrul Sauers
After the first day of competi-
tion the women found them-
selves
in
a bit of a hole, down
40 points to Rider. Then they
stepped
it
up a notch in the sec-
ond day of competition and
pulled to within
20 ..
Swimmers dive into the water Friday at the. MAAC Championships, which_ Marist swept.
· Dave Dobbins, a junior, was ·
one of the many Marist
standouts. He won three indi:.
vidmil events.;. the 100, 200 and
500-yard freestyles. He was also
a member of the -200 and 400
medley relay teams and die 400
arid 8QO freestyle relay teams, all
:of wliich'tookfirstplace. _ ..
Dobbins was named most out-
standing. male
swimmer
in the
conference for the third year in
a row: He has also won the same
three
individual events for the
last
three years.
Junior Keith Nichols had an
outstanding competition as
w:ell, winning the 100.and 200
yard backstrokes. · He set a
MAAC record
iri
the 200 with a
time C>f 1 :50.:40. The previous
reco_r?_had stood since}Q8~.
~
'.
· .Jµmgt_~~\V._KIJ.uttm \\'~. a
major player too,. winning the
400-yard individual
medley and
_ the 200~breast stroke.
Sophomore Justin .Burkhardt
put
forth
a
strong showing
as
he won the 1650 freestyle for the
second year in a row. Freshman
Ricky Kapusta followed the
trend of setting rt:cords as he
accomplished a new school
record in the 50-yard freestyle
with
a
timeof21:l
1.
The previ-
ous record of21:32 was set eight
years ago iri 1992. _,
The men's team is not done
_ yet,
though,
as
it
will
compete
in the
Eastern
Collegiate Ath-
letic Conference (ECAC)
Cham-
pionships this weekerid. The
ECAC is the largest confereqce
in the nation and includes over
· 40 division schools from the
Eastern seaboard.
Head coach
Larry
Van
Wagner
was very happy with his team's
performance, but is looking to
do well again this weekend.
''The highest place we've ever
been in the ECAC is tenth, and
that's been
for
the last two .
Finally, on the last day of com-
petition, Marist pulled ahead
and won the MAAC champion-
ships with a score of 1015, beat-
ing Rider by 27.
Depth was a major key to suc-
cess in this year's competition.
... pleaseseeSWIMMJNG,pg.14
Marist women in basement of
MAAC
after
two lllorelosses
...
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byPETERPALMIERI
·
StaffWriier · ·
a double-digit. lead with just
under five minutes remaining iii
the game. M.arist kept the game
close and shortened the lead to
For the second tim~ this sea-
five points.
-
"We 're not playing
son, theJ.1arist women's bas- · However,Manhattanwasable ·
together. We're pan-
ketball teamis stuck in
a
five-
to hold the lead and win the
ick_in_g. We need
to
-gam_
_ e_ losin_ g· stre_ak_ -.
-
·
·5s ... 9
-
· game,
..:.+.
·1a·
_
,
, "
,
Key
laty-,syason losses to
St. ...
T,he 1os~ pµt Marist iri)ast
p )'
as a team.'
·Peter's
'
Cojlege and Manhattan
place ofthefyl~tro Atlantic Ath-
College hay~
:
put the team five· -
·
1e_tic Conference (MAAC)
with
.
C'm:le
Photo/Megan
Sauers
To~ Kenney battles in the paint Sunday afte~oon.
Men's hoops hoping
for late~season surge
byPEIERMOYLAN
Staff Writer
While most Marist students
looked at last weekend
as
just
another chance to get
down
at
· McCoy's or hit the Fox Hole late
night, the Red Fox basketball
team
bad
a
different agenda.
After turning their season
· around by exhibiting fast paced,
high intensity basketball·
on
both ends of .the
floor,
Marist
had a chance to capWi:e two
wins over
the
three-"day
stretch
and solidify their spot
in
Metro
Atlantic Athletic Co~ference .
... pft:aseseeHOOPS,pg. 14
games
below
.500, a season low.
a conference record of3,.13. The
Last
Friday the Red Foxes trav.,;
victory boosted Manhattan's
eled to NewJersey to take on
·
conference record to 7-9 and
St. Peter's: The women trailed .- gives the team
·
a cllanc~- to
Marie Fusci
Women's basketball
by -14_ at the half, shooting just I"each .500 by winning the last
38 percent from the field at the · two games of the regular sea-
that these last two games are
break.
· son.
-
.
very important for the team.
~oweyer, an outstanding.. Head coach KristenLamb at-
. "Every game is important,"
shootjng perfonnanc~ in the __ tributed the two losses to play-
Lamb
said. "No team is to be
secon~ halfhelpedManstcrawI . ers not playing in their usual
taken lightly. We approach ev-
ba~k mto the game. But 18
spots because of injuries, but
ery team the
same
way."
pomts
by
Lawanda Greene and . also because of the- team's in-
The next two games are impor-
an additional -12 by Courtney · consistent play ..
Fusci
agreed.
tant for league standings, but
Wicks p~oved _to
be
enough ~or
''We're not playing together," · they do not determine the sea-
- St. Peter s, as
It
held off Manst Fusci said. "We're panicking. _ s~n for Mari st, _
according -to
by as~oreof_6~-50. .
_
We need to play
as
a team."
Fusci.
-
Mane
Fusc1
led Manst
With
20
· Both Lamb and Fusci feel that
"We want to .win the games,
·points, wh~le Elish~ DeJesus
the team is staying confident
but
we wi11 still
try
our
best to
followed with 13 pomts and
5
and working hard for every
win the tournament, no matter ·
rebounds. Marist also commit-
game, but also feel that the play-
what happens in the last two
ted 17 turnovers. -
ers are getting frustrated.
games," Fusci said.
1\vo days
later, on
Sunday
af_-
"These are the
type
of play-
Lamb
is confident that Marist
ternoon,thewomenplayedhost ersthatdon'thangtheirheads"
will end the season on a good
to the Manhattan ~dy Jaspers.
Lamb said. ''Theyarefrustrated,
note.
Both_ teams. went mto t_he game
but they're staying confident."
"I
hope we can play consis-
needmg a victory; Manstto end
With two games remaining
tent (in the last two games),"
its losing skid and Manhattan
before the MAAC tournament,
Lamb
said.
''Ifweplayhanlwe'll
to try and salvage a .500 confer-
Marist
is
in
last place
in
the con-
be
competitive."
'
en~record.
·_
_
ference. They are one game
MaristwillfaceNiag-aratomor-
Manhattan broke the game - behind Canisius who Marist
d Cani ·
·
open in the second half, taking willplavonS·-.1~v.
-r
.......,:.bfieels
row an
sms on Sundayto
_.
uuua_. .uuu
end
the
regular season.
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