More women on
campus than ever.
What does this mean
for Marist? See pg. 4
Volume 54 Issue 12
-FEATURES-
Donation to college will fund
future technology center
byLAJNEYNADEAU
Editorial \ ni ram
Ellen
Hancock has dedi-
cated
her
life to technology.
Now she
bas
dedicated
five
million dollars to ensure that
technology at Marist
i..;
top--
ootch.
Hancock
and
her husband,
Jason Hancock, gave Marist
a
gift
of
:five milliQn dollars in
November to
build a
new cen-
ter at Marist focusing on tech-
nology •. The gift is the largest
ever received in the college'
7l*yearhistory.
Although Hancock never
at~
tended Marist, she is the sec-
retary of the Board of
Trust-
ees.
She
is
also Chairman and
ChiefExecutive
OfficerofExo-
dus Communications,
lia:: .•
one
of
the top Internet and
Web
site
companies in the
world
Tim Massie, chief college
re-
lations officer, said Hancock
was recently ranked fifth in
Fortune
magazine• s list
ol
the
"50 Most Powerful Women in
Business.··
"She believes in Marist and
what we have done
with
tech•
nology
in and
out
Of the
1..:
I
as
room," Massie said.
"She
wanted to
take us
tO
the next
level."
The next level will be
achieved through building the
Hancock Center for Emerging
elm
logic _
Massie said
the center would
be
dedicated
to research, using both
exist~
mg and emerging tcchnokigy.
T
n a pn'
~
release from the
Office of College Relations.
Hancock
said
that Mari tun-
derstands that technology needs
to
be
part
of every academic
dis~
cipline
and
that Marist has proven
how
technolo ') can
be
used
to
aid teachers in
lh · education
pro-.
"With this
gift,
my
husband
la-
ut1
and
I
want to help
keep
Marist
on thecuttingedge.whik
:uppmt-
ing
its
talented
fo ·ulty an
~tu­
dents
in'
discovering technologies
not
yet
on the radar ...
re n"
Hancock said in the press release,
Although still in the early
plan~
ning stages. Massie said
the
new
center
will
be around 32,000
square
feet.,
the
same
size
l
iFontaine Hall.
and will cost
an
estunated twelve
to
fifteen
milliol1dollars.
The pro-
posed start date
for building ;,
April
2002 with
the
hope of open-
ing tbecenter
in Septemberof2003.
The location
is
unknown at this
point.
Massie said that the center
will
further Marist's goal of incorpo-
rating technology into every aca-
demic discipline.
The center
wm
allow space for different academic
disciplines to collaborate on
projects and .for students to col-
laborate with people outside the
Marist community.
''The center
wiU
allow people to
operate out uf the
bQ~t
Massie
said. "It
will
be
able to connect
Marist students with faculty and
entrepreneurs to bring new ideas
into fruition."
The center
will
offer opportuni-
ties similar to what
is
offered now
in the academic
te1..haolog1 s dt:-
partment. Students will work: on
projects for client$
in
preparation
forjobs
after
college arid will ha e
the opportunity tu
gl{in valuable
rnrm
·t:tion' for
gelling
jnb ..
Mns
·i
~aid
h believe the cen-
terwill also serve as
a
think
tank
for
Dutchess
'0u1H}.
the
Hudson Valley and
New York
State.
"P ·opl
will
be
looking to
Marist
even
more than
the. al-
ready do for leadership and
kchnoln:ieal
developments,
which
Marist
!
already recog-
nized nationally for,,. Massie
said. "This
building will provide
the focal point."
The building will house digi*
tal
laboratories. digital audio
and video
udio .
high-~ch
pr entation and screening
rooms.
and
a
pubh . gallef)
Massie said
the center
wo
1
ld
experiment with
streaming me-
dia communication, possibly
allowing
cla
~<;
·,
campus
events. and campus radio and
television to
be online.
Massie
said it
is possible the center
will
also
be
the new
home for
the
math and computer science de-
partment. which
is
currently
I<
cated in Lowell Thomas.
For now the coltege will be-
gin fundraising for the a<ldi-
tional money
by
asking federal
and
coun.ty
government
agen~
1
foundations, corporations
and individuals. This
is
similar
to the way money was
raised
for the
library
and Massie • ) s
the college
hopes
to raise at
least $5
million
over
th~
next
two yl.!ars.
.. an
t
Ira\\
<;
muchatten-
tion
that. many peliplc
want to
get
in
oh i:d." Massie said:
'"The
more
\Ve
oo:
the more we
see
that can
be dPne, We will
be digging
in
the .ground again
dafrv I
soon."
Marist debaters move on to Cornell
debate tournament semifinals
&Ji
tor's Note: The following
is
a
press release from the Mariost
College Debate Team.
MIKE'S TV
PICKS OF THE
WEEK
"Life with Judy Garland:
Me and My Shadows"
Sun, Feb 25, 9 PM, ABC
Marist first-year students
in Kenya, Gamrat and Liwacz
Jacqueline Gamrat and Helaine
were able to defeat the Penn
Liwacz rocketed to the semi-
State team. Ii:i the
finals of the Cornell Debate
quarterfinals, the Marist
Tournament on February 9-11.
debaters faced a West Point
Competing in an extremely tough team who were ranked second
pool of 25 teams from schools
at the tournament. In the
like NYU, Columbia University,
upset victory, Liwacz and
Penn State, University of
Gamrat were able to defeat the
Rochester, and West Point, the
West Point debaters' argu-
Marist Red Foxes were able to
ments and win a 2-1 decision.
rack up a .500 record. Clearing to Advancing to the semi-finals,
the elimination rounds (and
the Marist squad faced the
"Planes,Trains,Automobiles"
beating out fellow Marist
top-ranked West Point team
Tue, Feb 27, 8 PM, Comedy
Debaters Aaron Frechette and
who was the reigning
'The Andy Dick Show"
Wed, Feb 28, 8 PM, MTV
... for more, see On TV with
Mike Thompson.pg. 9
Heather Terkelson by a single
champions. Unfortunately,
point), Liwacz and Gamrat faced
the Red Foxes were defeated
a highly-ranked Penn State team
in
the semi-final round by a
in the octo-finals (top 16 teams).
well-argued West Point team.
Defending their affirmative
case about women's health care
... See DEBATE TEAM, 3
-SPORTS-
Drew Samuels and
the Red Fox seniors
play final home
game Saturday
night. pg.10
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
Meet the Student
Body
Presidential candidates
by LISA BURKE
Co-Editor In Chief
With Student Government As-
sociation elections coming up,
it is important to not only vote,
but to be an educated voter.
This year, SGA has two candi-
dates for its highest office and
biggest race: student body
president. The candidates are
Eric Deabill and Kevin Hogan.
Eric Deabill is a junior Com-
munications
(radioffV
/film)
ma-
jor with a political science mi-
nor from Ellington,
CT. He has
been involved in SGA since his
freshmen year, when he worked
on the Student Academic and
Student Programming Councils.
He has since been elected resi-
dent senator and served as the
student life secretary for two
years. This year, he is the chair-
person for Safety and Security,
and a co-chair of Unity Day.
In addition to SGA, Eric is in-
volved in Campus Ministry,
Merv, The Circle, Communica-
tion Arts Society, and the Po-
litical Science club. He is Presi-
dent of the Society of Profes-
sional Journalists, Chairperson
of Religious Studies Committee,
and a resident assistant in
Marian Hall.
The main theme of Deabill's
candidacy is the catchphrase
that appears on his posters: Ex-
perience, Leadership, Action:
His main goals are to bring re-
spect back to the SGA office,
make sure students are informed
of what is going on, and to en-
courage students to take action
for themselves.
"A constant problem on this
campus is the fact that people
have legitimate concerns that
need to be addressed, but they
only say them to their friends
and never bring them to the
proper channels," Deabill said
"By showing students that
SGA does take action will hope-
fully cause students to under-
stand that we are here to listen,
help, and find solutions. In fact,
it's our job! Students don't un-
derstand the power and impor-
tance their voice is in the
administration's eyes. Next
year, they will know."
Kevin Hogan is a junior Busi-
ness Management major from
Kenilworth, NJ.
Hogan's involvement in SGA
began when he was elected
president of his class, Class of
2002, and has since been twice
re-elected. He has served is
chair of
the Academic Incentive
Committee, Participated
in Unity
Day, founded
WWF Raw in the
Cabaret, and organized his
class's ring ceremony and fresh-
man class barbeque.
On campus he is involved in
intramural softball and basket-
ball.
Phocos~
asttA
As a candidate for the SGA's
highest office, Hogan has
many
goals that are as lofty as the
position he is seeking. He
would like to continue to
strengthen relations between
Marist students and administra-
tion and work: on a new parking
policy. In addition, he wants to
explore new Cabaret prices,
continue to increase the qual-
ity of food in cafeteria,
strengthen clubs and classes on
campus, and change guest pass
policy.
Despite any past bad reputa-
tion that SGA may have ac-
quired, Hogan said he is not
fazed.
"I'm looking forward to
changing the way students look
at SGA," Hogan said. "Recently,
SGA has been perceived as not
working for the students. I want
to change that perception."
One of Hogan's major assets
is his experience and determi-
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THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
Community
PAGE 2
Now that he's out of office, what
will
Bill Clinton do for Spring Break?
Olidia Valencia
Senior
"He'll visit all the people
he just pardoned."
An unidentified male was
caught on videotape Tuesday,
Feb. 13 stealing a jacket from the
e&np.et!lltef:.'&Bmiatds·Room
at 11 :20 p.m. A
Talmad~
resi-
dent
tt!ft-
ltre
*300
ar
in'd
notified security as soon as he
noticed he wasn't wearing it.
Town of Poughkeepsie Police
officers jotted down a report
and are working with Marist
staff to identify the culprit.
A rash of vehicle break-ins and
larcenies have broken out in the
Beck Place parking lot Feb. 13,
14 and 15. The first reported
heist happened sometime be-
fore at 8 p.m. on Tuesday when
the driver's window was found
shattered and $300 cash was
ripped from a purse stashed
under the passenger seat. Ev-
erything else - including credit
cards - was left behind.
Wednesday, Feb. 14 two more
complaints of shattered car win-
dows reached the Security of-
fice. One car had a handbag
spewed open on the front seat,
but nothing was reported miss-
ing. While a security officer was
scribbling down a report about
it in Beck Place parking lot, a
grounds employee working
nearby found a purse in the
snow. The two checked around
the lot for another burglarized
car, and found another shattered
window. Upon contacting the
owner, the commuter student
said her car was parked at 7:45
a.m. and left class at 9:30 a.m.
During this daylight larceny, the
unknown window-smasher
grabbed a cell phone and $30 in
cash.
The last report during this
spree was found on Thursday
Feb. 15, when a security patrol
officer noticed a passenger door
ajar in Beck Place parking lot.
Lee
Park
Senior
"He'll go
to
my house and
clean my kitchen"
He looked in, noticing no appar-
ent damage to the windows or
locks, and notified the owner.
She came out
around 8:20 a.m.
and said she hadn't been to her
car sliiCe Monday. The larce-
nist allegedly gained access
through an unlocked door,
popped the trunk and nabbed a
six compact disc changer, a wire-
less remote and 100 cd's. The
estimated loss was roughly
$3,CXX>.
A female audience member ap-
parently suffered a seiwre - not
a fit of laughter - during the Va-
gina Monologues in the Nelly
Goletti Theater Wednesday,
Feb. 14 around 7: 15 p.m. Secu-
rity officers and a duty nurse
were on scene for the show and
an ambulance arrived shortly
after to transport the student to
St. Francis.
A security officer zoomed to
the Steel Plant on Saturday, Feb.
16 at 7:15 a.m. when an intruder
alarm blared. The officer discov-
ered the would-be burglar, but
the bird squeezed through a
hole in a gutter pipe and flew
away. Nothing was reported sto-
len.
Four 40-oz. bottles of Olde En-
glish were taken away from the
pass-through window on
Champagnat' s first floor Thurs-
day Feb. 15 at 9 p.m. No one
asked security officers if they
wanted fries with their confis-
cation.
A woman cut her forehead
when she collapsed in the
Dyson Coffee Shop on Friday
Feb. 16 at 12:30 p.m. She was
transported to St. Francis to
be
treated for an apparent seizure.
One Sheahan resident and one
Champagnat resident were
Mariel
Sosa
Junior
"He'll have sex and get
high - now that he can
inhale."
caught in Champagnat distrib-
uting leaflets from McCoy's.
When security officers looked
at the flyers, the fine print
9tated.
"It is prohibited to dis-
tribute in underage dormito-
ries." Case closed.
A security patrol observed a
male resident and a female visi-
tor talking in front of Sheahan
Hall Saturday Feb. 17 around 3
a.m. He went in through the
front door, while she went
around the back. He graciously
passed her a pair of pants to
put down on the ground to
slide on as she wiggled her way
in through the window. Unfor-
tunately, half way through, se-
curity officers stopped the slip
and slide fun and proceeded
with the write-up game.
Security officers took a beer
ball from a West Cedar
0
block
resident on Saturday Feb. 17 at
7 :30 p.m. Although he was over
21, the officers still followed the
immortal words of the Family
Feud game show hosts, "Sur-
vey says ... wrong answer."
During an alcohol confisca-
tion Sunday Feb. 18at3:40 a.m.,
an intoxicated eighth-floor
Champagnat visitor was taken
to St. Francis. The RD called his
parental units in Meriden, Con-
necticut to come get him -
roughly 1.5 hours away. There
was no report of how unhappy
his parents were, nor whether
he needed any more medical at-
tention after they arrived.
A Gartland G block resident
full of alcohol refused transport
to St. Francis Sunday Feb. 18
at 1 a.m. Town of Poughkeepsie
Police officers made up his
mind for him and took him over
to have his bleeding laceration
cleaned up.
Campus Corner
The Humarists want you! The
Marist comedy troupe has an
open invite for students to
try-
out or attend one of their work-
shops. They will be held Sun-
day Feb. 25 at 9:00 p.m. in the
PAR. Tryouts will be held
Wednesday, Feb. 28 and Sun-
day, March 4. Call Nick for more
information at 471-5596 or email
the
Humarists
at
TheHuMarists@aol.com.
the Marist College Student
Programming Council Comedy
Club presents Mark Reedy.
Reedy has appeared on MTV,
HBO and Showtime, and now he
will
be
in the Cabaret on Friday,
March 2. Admission is free with
a valid Marist
ID, and food and
beverages will
be
served.
Listen to the amazing voices
of lmani on Friday, Feb. 23 at
9:00 p.m. in the Cabaret. This
group, whose name means
"faith" in Swahili, will be show-
casing their voices as well as
their exciting choreography.
Admission for the event is free
with a valid Mari st ID. For more
information call the Student
Programming Council at exten-
sion 4SPC or College Activities
at extension 3279.
Would you like to share your
research? Come to the show-
case on scholarship Saturday,
Feb.24from 11:00-2:00. To sub-
mit your papers, contact Profes-
sor Cochese Davis at extension
2878 or Alex Accetta at exten-
sion 2345.
In coordination with Black
History and Women's History
month Marist will be showing
Four Little Girls on Friday Feb.
23, Malcolm X on Saturday, Feb.
24, Introducing Dorothy
Dandridge on Monday, Feb. 26
and Tuskegee Airmen·on Tues-
day, Feb. 27. And don't miss
out on "Soul Food" night on
Thursday, Feb. 22. Contact Col-
lege Activities for more informa-
tion.
Show off your voices at
Kareqke Night on Saturday,
Feb. 24. The event will be spon-
sored by the Class of2001. Con-
tact College Activities for more
information.
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FEBRUARY 22, 2001
ORL
VIEWS
By ED WILLIAMS Ill and
KATIIERINE SLAUTA
WASHINGTON· A
veteran
FBI agent was accused
Tuesday of spying for
Moscow for more than
15
years and giving the KGB
the names of three Russian
intelligence agents working
for the United States
ln
ex"'
change
for
cash and dia
monds. Robert Philip
Hanssen,
56,
1
on! the
third
FBI
agent
~
·er at:-
cused
of
spying. The
gm
eminent charged him
v.
itl
espionage and
i.;on, pir
~ ~
to commit 1:.ilionagc. He
was arrested Sunday night
at a
park
near his home in
Vienna. VA. and arraigned
Tuesday in U.S. Dhtrkt
Court in
Akx;.imlri~,
V: .
EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASE, CALIFORNIA
~
Space shuttle Atlantis and
its crew landed in the
Mojave Desert on Tu sday
after three .;cra:ight days of
bad weather prevented
the
ship from returning to
itS
Florida home port. Atlantis
glided through a
huz)·
ky
and touched down at 12 '. 3 3
p.m.,
13.
days
after
lifting off
for the international space
station .. Du.ring the mission,
the five astronauts deliv*
ered and installed a $1.4 bil-
lion laboratory that i· con-
sidered the most sophisti-
catedresearch module ever
to
fly
in space.
SAN FRANCISCO
Napster, Inc .• offered $1 bil-
lion to major and indepen-
dent record labels Tuesday
in hopes of getting them to
drop a copyright infringe-
ment lawsuit that threatens
to shut down the free
Internet song-swapping
~ti\ 1i: •
Under the pro-
posal, $150 million would
be
paid annually for
the
first
five years to Sony, Warner,
BMG, EMI and Universal,
with an additional $50mil-
liol'l allotted annually for in-
dependent labels.
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL-
fu..
mates at a prison in Sao
Paulo rioted and took
guards hostage on Tues-
day, just a
d.1\
after police
quelled Brazil's biggest-
ever uprising at other pris-
ons, police said. Authori-
ties said 800 rioting inmates
held seven guards hostage
at a prison in Pirajui, which
is located in the interior of
Sao Paulo. The inmates re-
fused to return to their cells
from their daily sunbathing
time. The isolated incident
came one day after police
put down the most wide-
spread revolt in the histocy
of Brazil s overcrowded
prisons, which tore
through 29
pr1 s11r. ·
in
wealthy and populous Sao
Paulo, involving 20,000
men.
Debate
team
off in
finals
faces
•
semi-
From1
Also attending the tournament
were Junior-Varsity debaters
Scott Perrell and Kristin
DeCrescenzi. They went 2-4,
taking tough losses against the
University of Vermont and the
University of Rochester. They
did upset a team from the Uni-
versity of Vermont, who would
go on to the semi-finals of the
tournament. Aaron Frechette
and Heather Terkelsen used
their communication skills to go
3-3 and place 17th, one spot
away from the elimination
rounds.
Terkelsen and
Frechette defeated Penn State
teams several times and lost a
pafr of tough debates to the
University of Rochester.
Terkelsen was honored by the
Cornell University'Forensic So-
ciety when she was recognized
as the 15th best speaker at the
tournament.
This weekend, the Red Foxes
go to compete at the Eastern Re-
gional Championships at Bos-
ton College.
Student body
presidents
present views,
platforms
cont'dfrompg. 1
"I have been the 2002 Class
President for three years,"
Hogan said. "I have seen great
Student Body Presidents and
Student Body Presidents that
did not undersijmd the typical
Marist student. I will be a Stu-
dent Body President that under-
stands the wants and needs of
the students. I will stop at noth-
ing to increase their happiness
at this college.
"I thank everyone who is sup-
porting me now and will be sup-
porting me at the election
booths.
If
elected, I hope I will
win over the students that did
nor support me. My goal is to
unite students and give them an
opportunity to let their voices
be heard."
Voting takes place next week.
In addition to this race, there will
also be elections for class offic-
ers and resident senators.
Voting Schedule:
Monday, f'.ebruary 26
10a.m. 2p m Dyson
111 m -7p.m Student Center
Tuesday,
February
27
IOa.m.- 2p.m. Dyson
_)p.m - 7p.m. Sttident Center
Wednesday, February 28
lOQ.m.~
2p.m. Student Cen-
ter
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Student Government Association Spotlight
Andrew Linden
Chief
Finance Officer
Hometown: Devon, PA
Major: Business
Concentration: Finance and Human Resources
Minor: Accounting
Marist Housing: Old '.fownhouses
Year
at Marist: Senior
Age
22
When
you
think of Student Government, you probably think of presidential matters, politi
c;,
and
activities. What
may
nften ht:
overlooked
i
a position that has tremendous importance to
Student
Gcm:mrnent
and to'all
the
luhs
on
campus, Andrew Linden, Chief Finance Officer
(CFO) for SG .. bas tremendous
responsihilitie~
regarding the finances ofhoth the SGA andall
thi.: clubs on campus. ' ndrcw
works With the Finance Board, allocating budgets to all
the
clubs
on campus. There are over 60 clubs that Andrew and
hi~
board
works with and for many of 1h
duh!-., Andrew handles the finances and will monitoring their spending.
If
any c 1 uh
nci.:d~
mon
y
for any activity, they must go through Andrew for it. The CFO must\\ nrk.
·lo!-.d)'
With
Bob Lynch because monitoring spending and allocating money is a very delicate and di! fie uh
matter, not to mention a huge responsibility. One of Ar1d1t"
·~biggest
accomplishments this
ear
\Va.
updated the guidelines for the 1-inance Board.
Audre\ doe. man • things other th.an being CFO.
llddes
the huge respon 'ibilittes ofbeing a
seruor.
he has also been ery busy producinp th.eon-campus
producuot1 ot Romeo and Juliet,
This
httS
kept A
nd1
ew \ ery hu
y
on a
daily basis
bee au the show he gin · next Thursday,
' 1ati.:h l .
If
an. on b interested in heing a art of the Finance
Board.
they are always looking for new
people to fill their po.
·it
ions and help
011 .
If
intere'> ed. please stop
by
the SGA
Offic1~
in the
Student Center.
- tkhelle Slesinski. Assistant Director of Public Relations
Apply
t
become an
Admissions Intern











THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
Features
PAGE 4
No longer an endangered
sped~:
women on campus
Fruits of the feminist movement have led to explosion off emales in college
by Ann Metz
Staff Writer
Although everyone has heard
of female discrimination, males
are increasingly becoming vic-
tims of gender bias.
When the women's movement
began almost 100 years ago, its
founders hoped that one-day
women would attain equal sta-
tus with men. Women were not
only forbidden to vote or own
property of any kind, but they
were also expected to marry as
soon as they came of age, and
give birth to as many children
as possible. The life of a woman,
even as recent as half a century
ago, remained intertwined with
that of a man.
In the 1950s and early 1960s,-
the prevalent joke on college
campuses was the so-called
"MRS Degree." Women did not
attend college to become· edu-
cated but instead came to tie the
knot and settle down.
In the 1970s, after years of
fighting for government legis-
lation and following the publi-
cation of such influential books
as "The Feminine Mystique",
the old ideas began to change.
Women started to climb the lad-
der of social mobility. They
moved into the workforce and
came to college, not on husband
hunting quests, but on odys-
seys of increasing intellectual
awareness. This change, while
beneficial to women in most
parts of the world, has arguably
come at a costly price for young
men.
According to Anne
Hendershott, a Professor of So-
ciology at tlte University of San
Diego, less than 45 percent of
the undergraduates in the
United States are men. At pri-
vate institutions, the ratio is
even more startling. For every
one male student, there are at
least two female students.
In 1996, the Department of
Education reported that there
were 8.4 million women enrolled
in colleges across the country,
compared with 6. 7 million men.
According to San Diego
Union-Tribune, if the current
trend continues, by the year
2007, it is expected that the num-
ber of women attending college
will increase to 9.2 million and
the number of men will be 6.9
million.
How does this trend effect
male students? The federal gov-
ernment has forced colleges to
cut men's sports programs, in-
stead of adding women's pro-
grams, in order to meet new fed-
eral gender equity laws, said
Title IX Requirements. In 1999,
Brigham Young University, the
University of New Mexico, and
Miami of Ohio eliminated sev-
eral men's sports teams, includ-
ing wrestling.
The disparity in treatment be-
tween men and women extends
beyond the elimination of sports
programs.
According to Elliot Stein,
president of Men Against Dis-
crimination, the largest gradu-
ate education program at North-
eastern University has a special
program focused on mentoring
and helping female engineers.
There is no such correlating
program for male students in the
same field of study, he said.
Recently, a group of adminis-
trators gathered at Goucher Col-
lege to discuss some of the rea-
sons why there is a growing
gender disparity on college
campuses across the nation.
Many men are taking jobs that
pay well and don't require a
col~
lege degree.
Professor Henderschott said,
"the more likely reason for the
disappearing males on campus
has much more to
do
with the
diminishing role of the male in
society. It's a bad time to be a
boy in America. Frotn their first
days in elementary school, boys
are resented, both as the un-
fc,tlrly privileged sex and as ob-
stacles on the path to gender
justice for girls."
According to The San Diego
Union-Tribune, by the twelfth
grade,
boys are much more likely
to appear on dropout lists and
four times as likely not to do
homework.
So what about male students
here at Marist College? In 2001
there are.4,800 students located
on the main campus. Accord-
ing to Marist College, about
55% of these students are fe-
male and 45% are male. Al-
though these numbers are about
equal, one can still see that the
national tendency to have a
higher number of girls to guys
continues.
Some have argued that the
deluge of women into
universi~
ties will have the unwelcome ef-
fect of depreciating the value of
college diplomas.
If
the trend
continues, and university stud-
ies are then identified as a
"woman thing," those with de-
grees will no longer have the up-
per hand in job interviews, and
such. What to do about this is-
sue? Some colleges have pro-
posed setting separate stan-
dards of admissions for females
and males. In some institutes
of higher learning, there is al-
ready an "affirmative action"
policy in place for males.
Photo
CO<jrtesy
of Marist.edu
Females find a place on campus.
But will this work? The ques-
tion remains how to achieve
equality without reducing the
work of almost a century and a
h.alf of persistent, patient
women.
Ann Metz is a sopho-
more, majoring in English.
She is currently a member of
the Literary Arts Society, dnd
enjoys writing for the paper.
The month of February commemorates Blac" lllstory
African-American contributions to history and society celebrated and revered
by Jaclyn Jacobsen
Features Editor
For many of us, the mention of
'February' brings to mind
chocolate candies and sugary
sweets.
However, one other important
distinction should be brought
to notice: February is "Black
History Month," a time in which
all Americans are invited to ex-
plore .the many facets of Afri-
can-American history, and are
encouraged to acknowledge the
many contributions made by
black Americans.
"Black History Month" has its
origins as far back as the 1920s,
when a certain Dr. Carter G.
Woodson, himself an African-
American, established "Negro
History Week." Dr. Woodson,
the son of former slaves, had
worked 'in the Kentucky
coalmines for much of his
youth, and enrolfed in the local
high school at the age of 20.
Graduating in a mere two years,
he would eventually go on to
earn his doctorate degree from
Harvard University.
Dr. Woodson was perplexed
by the lack of mention of Afri-
can-Americans in history text-
books and documents, and was
determined to secure their place
in American history by calling
attention to their many contri-
butions to society. With this
lofty goal in mind, he formed, in
1915, the "Study of Negro Life
and History."
In 1916, Dr. Woodson estab-
lished the "Journal of Negro
History." Both these organiza-
tions would eventually lead into
his next project, the declaration
of "Negro History Week." He
chose a week in February that
contained the birthday of both
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick
See
HISTORY, 5
Going
Greek with style: A spotlight on Alpha Kappa Psi
Business-focused fraternity seeks to recruit members, aid community
by Jason Shaw
Staff Writer
If you have been keeping
your eyes open on the way to
class, you have probably no-
ticed the signs in several of the
buildings on campus asking
you to become a part of Alpha
Kappa Psi, the business frater-
nity. You may have asked your-
self: What exactly is a business
fraternity, and would it be the
fraternity for me?
Well, let's see if we can an-
swer your questions. Alpha
Kappa Psi targets those who are
pursuing careers in business,
information systems, public re-
lations, advertising, and other
related fields. "We're a group of
people with a common ground,"
said Alpha Kappa Psi President
Stephanie Koutsares. "This is
where people with common ca-
reer goals can get together."
Together, these people attend
a
vari~ty
of business-related
se!llinars, listen to guest speak-
ers, and even talk to alumni that
come back to share their knowl-
edge of the working world. In
Alpha Kappa Psi, no one is
alone in his or her hunt for a
good job.
And if you are getting the
impression that the fraternity is
all about job hunting and career
goals, think again-Alpha Kappa
Psi also does its part in helping
out the local community. Every
semester, the Alpha Kappa Psi
members band together for one
major community service
project. Past projects have in-
cluded Meals on Wheels and
volunteering at the Mills Man-
sion. This semester, they will be
a putting on an Easter celebra-
tion at the Poughkeepsie Galle-
ria for a group of young chil-
dren.
You can also be a part of in-
ternational organization by
pledging Alpha Kappa Psi-ever
since the frat was created at
New York University, chapters
have sprung up all over the
world. There are chapters from
here to California; in fact, there
are twelve chapters in the North-
east alone. Presently, there is a
chapter opening up in England.
Overall, Alpha Kappa Psi is
an excellent fraternity for any-
one following the business
tract. They offer you the knowl-
edge you need to get ahead in
the business world, and in-
volvement in the frat gives you
an upper edge on Y.our resume.
In addition, you can meet plenty
of people with similar interests
and can even do some good in
the community while you are at
it. Currently, the fraternity con-
si.sts of 25 members and 9
pledges. Each semester brings
a new pledge class and two rush
periods. Anyone interested in
becomingapartofAlphaKappa
Psi can e-mail them at
AKPSI@yahoo.com or leave a
phone-mail message at x7103.
Photo courtesy ol
51ephanle
Koutsa-
Alpha Kappa Psi members gather at their winter semiformal.







FEBRUARY 22, 2001
THE CIRCLE
Features
PAGE 5
From
4
men in Black History.
In 1976, the United States
Government officially pro-
claimed the month of February
as "Black History Month." Feb-
ruary was again chosen in fol-
lowing with Woodson's "Negro
History Week," and also be-
cause many black achievements
have occurred during the month
of February.
W.E. B. du Bois, a civil rights
leader and co-founder of the
NAACP, was born on February
23, 1868. The Fifteenth Amend-
ment to the Constitution, which
officially gave African-Ameri-
cans the right to vote, was
passed on February 3, 1870.
In 1870, on February 25, the
United States Senate witnessed
Hiram
Revels becoming the first
black American to serve as
Senator.
On
February 12, 1909,
the NAACP (National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of
Colored Peoples) was founded
in New York City.
On
February
1, 1960, black students staged
one of the more famous protests
during the civil rights move-
ment, by organizing a sit-in at
the local Woolworth lunch
counter. On the twenty-first of
February in 1965, Malcolm X, a
great promoter of Black Nation-
alism, was shot and killed.
"Black History Month" is also
designed to call attention to the
many important African-Ameri-
can figures whose contributions
have positively affected Ameri-
can society. People such as
Paul Robeson , George Wash-
ington Carver, and Wilma
Rudolph are all prominent fig-
ures in "Black History Month."
Marist College and the Black
Student Union have also done
its share to promote "Black His-
tory Month" on campus. From
showing films such as "Medgar
Evers" and "Introducing Dor-
othy Dandridge", to inviting
guest speakers such as Booker
Coleman to address the stu-
dents, they have worked hard
to retain the true meaning of
Black History Month and fur-
ther educate others of African-
American achievement.
Vote
CHRIS KNUDTSEN
forStudentBcxiy
~dent!!!!
Editorial Response: Smoking in dorms permissible
by Jaclyn Jacobsen
Features Editor
Yes, cigarettes are bad for you.
Yes, they can (and just might)
give you every cancer imagin-
able. And forget about how
they make you smell like smoke-
stacks. But all these arguments
aside, it remains your choice
whether you smoke or not. Fol-
lowing in this fashion, I believe
it is every student's right to be
able to smoke in his or her own
residence.
- Recent occurrences
on college campuses (i.e. the
Seton Hall disaster) have led the
general public to look down
upon the idea of allowing stu-
dents the freedom to 'light up'
in the dorms. However, in-
stances such as that are indeed
rare, and should not be seen as
the inevitable occurrence of al-
lowing students .this freedom.
College has long been
held as the training ground for
adult life. Thus, just as students
will have the opportunity to
smoke in their own residences
in the real world, they should
be able to make the same deci-
sions while at college. Granted,
the dorms and townhouses are
technically the college's prop-
erty and not the students. How-
ever, this aspect of 'non-own-
ership' may contribute to a
greater sense of responsibility
of the student, who will then be
more careful when enjoying a
cigarette, or even lighting a
candle.
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Salvati.on
By Christina lFi.nk
Beautiful gHstening, radiant metal
Caressing my skin
It's brilliance creeps into my soul
Sending cold, vibrant chills down my spine
It's mystical power fills me with strength
and fear
Reflections of life dance on ifs edges
As my grip to the handle squeezes tighter
Boiling blood rushed through my veins
To greet the protruding point of darkness
Your
Dally
Horoscope
provided1Jy sxctle.com
ARIFS
You
ma)' feel like
somebod;'
look111•~
over
your
shoulder. You're
being.pushed
to
tr something
i,tew.
What
you'\e been
dofog hasn't
worked.
Thatcomplainercould
00
OU
GEMINI
Are too many: demands
bein"
put
on y9ur time? You
nei:d a
partner. Somebody
\\I o'll draw
attention
away
from
you
while you figure out
what to
do next.
I.ED
Begin popular
is
woo-
d rful,
but you might
start
to
fed
hassled.
Be cardul
with
your resources, such as time,
rnoticj·
and energy. Don't make
pmmi
e ~
you
can't keep.
LIBRA
You're
in
a good mood
initially, but then you11 start
running into obstacles. You
used to think you were pretty
smart, but
today
you might
wonder;
SAGfITARWS
):'hui'te contemplating
great philosophical truths. You
may even be in an argument
with another person. Why not
take the night off? )'on may
find
the answer in your dreams.
AQUARIUS
You're going from ana-
lytical to emotional. That could
e'!Cpl a111
your strange mood
swi ng .
You're not losing any
powers; you're actually
gaiJJ.~
ing some
TAURUS
You don't have enough
ofa ncccs:ily
todowhatyou'd
lik ,
for omebody
else,
Why
n
>t
\lfferto tak.ecareofachore
!Mt has
an older person
st. -
niied?
CANCER
You're anxious to get
out
of
town.
A
serious bout of
spnng lcv 'r
bits hard. Get
as ~
much finished
as
1x> sibk
now
so
you can
try
something new
tomorrow.
VIRGO
You've
been
working
ynurlinge1 totheboneforthe
past few
day·.
Are
you getting
burned
uut'l
If
you get some-
body lo
help~
take care.
Watch
that
personJike
a hawk .
SCORPIO
You'd like to stay home
and fix up
your
place, but first
you baveto do
the
homework.
Don't get bogged down in
pa~
pers, but
do
look at
the options.
CAPRICORN
Money's
been on your
mind,
with
good reason. You
have money coming in, but it's
not steady,
If
you
add a couple
of new skills to your repertoire,
you
tnightmake
your
life
easier.
PISCFS
You're gaining in
strength. Yon may have to
stand your ground against
ii
direct assault. Don't let others
control you. Let them know
you can only be pushed so far.















TH£ CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
Op-Ed
PAGE 6
CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW - ABRIDGING FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR OF THE PRESS
Th
':1>rea~
and repu'6ion •
e guerdla campaign
by
CHRISKNUDTSEN
Co-Editor~in·Chief
•raw!
p
Ji1ical
error
has
now become one
1
J(th"
Pfltl\£
for-
tunate
.flP.pvmg-. 1une;
in.
1m
career. While
some may claim
that myp
titim1
sheet
to
ru11for
Student R(ld) ,.,,,
lid11n£
Will
h•\C ofhers
incereiv heli1•1'f'
th4t
the aftm'm1 ntinn
d
~ftf't't
was Holn1
and
rie~lro\
ed to
pr
w
111
mf'fmm
mnning for
of
ficc. ,
b a
result
of tlus incident
I
am now
fnrced
w
run an un·
df'I
/.:1'1111/rd
campaign; rinc
I
will not
be
able to
pat11c1pate
inf
i1h1•1 rhe
taped
~pe
ches
or
debates
11
i1
01
Ir
fair
that
I
rive
my uilrmm
t(lpromot' my
·a11-
didacyanJ.plarfnr
11.
The
i;uer-
rilla ,.,,,
rr1mx11 beRin:s-.
24-hour library:
Not
all
stu-
dents
can
finish their work be-
111r 11111..!1 1
•bt.infactm-.m
c
n
not.
The standard
argum~nt
for
closing the
library
is
that
tbere
is a lack
11f
workers
but
there is
a
way
tu
~iut.: ~kp
1h;,t.
ot
all
students can
gd
jobs
on
cam-
pus
due
to
the
equtrcmenL'i
of
work-stlld). hich
man"
stu
dents
<lo
nut have.
The.solu·
Lmn .,ccrn.
simple: allow non-
\\ 1lf
t1
ystud
u
LO\o\Olkal
rh
Jihrnry
o
there
1.
a Jarg
enough
Slaff to
keep
lh ·
lihrnry
upl.!n.
unding
tcw
the
lllt'dia. ith
all due re pect
tu
WMCR,
MC \,and
Tfi~
Cfrch'. M:uist
Collt:gc
1s
pulling a major prank
on all of its
~tudent
and their
parent· wh n lh
y
boast about
the a rnunding Je1,
el
of our
commumcation., department.
None of these clubs
rec
·i c th
amount l)f
.-upp<ut
they prop-
erly d
s
rve
finan ially,
admm-
i tr· t1vely, or trucLurally.
urely
omc
r
the
hlam
can
be
directed to
u~
for not full
upporting
the
e lub . hut
th •
c
liege
an in. litulion should
bear the n:spon
ihihly
nflifting
them to
le
els
that fit the
dairns
of
this college.
Gunpolgn
reform;
There
·lre
a number of problems
with
Lh
procc~.·
by
which students can
run
for.office.
t
MaristCollege
and a large numbet of them
1.:uuld
be
solved by simply
elim1-
11aL111g
thi.!m
Many
~tudent
may ccide
again
t
ruuning
hir
oflic;e he-
cause of the amount of bureau-
cratic
nonsense
and
paper work
that•
imolv~d.
B}elimin.ating
theseovcrbl'arin~·
r quiremcnts
mCln.:
'itudents
may
be
viJhng
Lu
he
t~me
1moh
~d
111
SGA.
which
-wn1 re ult in a v.1der.range of
idea~.
Furt
~rmore,
candidates
areonlygivennnc
wt:
k
t11c;im-
paign; this
is
ahsurd itnd it
will
turn any
l
ll'l.'.Lio1
into compe-
tition
01
pretty
faces
on
televi-
sion and catch slogans instead
of a
competition of ideas
and
programs.
Th~
fum1al Lipula·
lions for quahfying forth • c I c
tion as
~
·dl
as the
guidelines
of
the campaign
1
,elf reduce
ct
c
process
into a
UL.le
populanl)
contest
whert~
one
candidate
banks
on 11imsy imag while
Lhc
ulhcr un·eys
the
campu
for
th
C1pp
nent' technkal in-
fracrion in
camp
igning tech
niqu~
.
Why h Jther
letting the
can-
did.ale
campaign
al
all? Part.
of the campaiI:,'11
ar~
completely
absurd no anyway, such as the
tlL.:bateo;;
for the fir
t
time in
yeilrs rhe debat
i.
dns
·d off
from
chc puhH
and
i-.
open only
w
invited
media
pe1
ouncl.
othin'
like the upcn demo·
cratir proce_ s.
Parkirq(:
Sorry,
walk
lhe c::x-
trn two mmutes from
B
ck to
Lowell 'Hiomas.
Academic
r~tructuring:
Radical change to lhe curricu·
\um
iay be
out of reach
f1
rlh
time being but a number of reno-
vations should
be
made.
Fir~l
and foremost would Che
aho
lHiun o requiring students to
THE
ke
the
introductory computer
da. ,,es:
by
this time in our lives
and b this time
in
the new mil-
lenniumitis laughable that stuw
dents
must
take classes such
.t
word-processing and the
lih. Other
req 1ire<l
d
sl'.s
houlJ
al
o
C'
anal)
7l!d
for
each field
h
·cau~e
the)
take
away
from
the learning
experi-
ence
that
we should
be
obtain-
ing. Ancducation in
whichstu-
cknt. ha\·
more
freedom•~
an
educatiCln that
1,1;tll
last
life-
time.
Restricted
products:
lfs been
aid a number of times before
artd
it
1
I I
likely
b
said
a~
I
11
o er the next
few}
ears:
Items
suchns condoms ailtl
ciga1
ell
·~
(and gum) shotlld be sold
in
ei-
ther
the bookstore
or
some
cam-
pus
faci
Ill) I~ .J.b~urJ
tu
den'
these
p o<lu
·t~
on
campus
~­
hind dmm. ofmoralrighteous-
nrs.-
whil
sim lta
ieousl
II
in
shol
gla
~cs
in the
same
store.,
lf
this institutinn
h g<r
in
g
to boycott certain products
because
of the connotative
im-
plicati un' of
\~h.al
the\
arc
U'-
.ct
for. then
when
will
the
col1egc
rcfu. c Lo, ir mm
i
s w1th sc u-
ully
e~phc1t
!".cent'>
or themes?
These
Bn'
only
a
few
of
the
thing
that
could be
changed
to make life more enjo) abh::
al
ari
t
ollege but
the
bigg •
t
chan1'Se that mu
the
made start
ith
~ou.
Any campu
acti -
ity,
c ·pecially
the election
for
SG . is
hindered
hy
the
ab-
ence of.
tudcnt
participat10n.
fhing
(luld change
if
stu-
den
sat
f,
ri<;t
ollegi:rcalu.cd
what could b accompli.
hed
\\ith
only a k
minutes and
then follow .d through with that
realizanon.
Vote for
th
c-1.mdi-
date
you
bdicv1; in · nd
jf
vou
r
·d
'>()
inclined
plea
e \.\
rit~
in
a
vote for Chris
Knudtscn as
tudcm
Bod;
Prcsid~m
I'm
done.
~f
Chris
Knudtst•n, a junior,
doe.~
not win
t'.ll'~r
tlic Olher
randidates. there
i~
no
ju.~tic
in
this
1rnrld.
Viva
la
re1olu-
rfrm.1
the
student newspaper of marist college
Lisa Burke
&
Chris Knudtsen
Co-Editors-in-Chief
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Jimbo Maritato
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& EEditor
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Features Editor
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ill
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HZAL.
I
can't
dance
by LEEOR'IBMANN
Staff Writer
I'm going to be honest with
you. I cannot dance. There, I said
it, and I feel a lot better now,
thank you.
I cannot dance, no matter how
hard I try. I can't do modem
dance and I can't do formal
dance. I can't even muster the
coordination for one square
dance!
You good dancers are prob-
ably reading this piece while
chuckling to yourself, "You
gotta try man. You just gotta get
out there and feel the rhythm,
yeah baby." Well, to those of you
who are rhythmically inclined, I
want to say that I have tried to
feel the mythm. It is just that I've
concluded that it is a hopeless
endeavor. I've now been rel-
egated to throwing my helpless
body in every direction possible,
praying that at least one extrem-
ity, possibly two, will find the
mythm.
This risque style of dancing
does have its drawbacks. Once I
was so involved in my pursuit
of rhythm that several onlook-
ers on the dance floor weren't
sure if they should give me "mad
props" or call the EMT. Appar-
ently they thought I was having
a seizure.
And talk about bad dancing,
what's Michael Flatley's deal? He
is, of course, the "Lord of the
Dance". That's a pretty bold
statement, wouldn't you say?
The Lord Jesus walked on wa-
ter, and Flatley is the Lord of the
Dance, simply because he
dances like an armless lepre-
chaun on PCP? How did he get
this title? Was there
a-
nation-
wide vote that I missed? I want
some answers here!
Perhaps God proclaimed it
Himself. Perhaps I just hap-
pened to miss that passage in
the Bible.
And God spoke to Michael.
"Michael, I have created the
Earth, the sky, the wind and the
water. In fact, everything you
see I have created. But try
as I
might, /just cannot seem to get
busy on the dance floor. So take
this kilt, take these pointy
shoes, the kind that the lucky
charm guy wears-oh how I love
him ... and teach the world to
dance! You are the Lord of the
Dance!
Somehow I seriously doubt
it
Let me give you
a
little advice
in case you ever find yourself
sharing the dance floor with a
bad dancer. Don't ever, ever
give a bad dancer a compliment!
I mean it; I
am
being perfectly
serious now. Let me explain why.
When you give a bad dancer a
compliment it gives
him
or her a
false sense of security. He starts
taldng chances, and believe me,
you don't want a bad dancer to
take chances. He starts moving
in this funky body heave. The
facial expression has turned to
severe pain like they're dancing
on rusty nails.
If
you see this
happening to your friend, do
them a favor. Call the EMT.
If
nothing else, maybe they can
get them to cool down a little.
If you see Lee Orthmann trying
to get into McCoy's, stop him.
He has consumed to much of
something, and feels the urge
to dance.
Attention students! ! !
The Op-Erl; section is accepting ar-
ticles. 1) Write one. 2)Print a hard
copy and save the file as a .doc or
.txt. 3) Email the article to
maristopinions@hotmail.com
Biggedy BAM!
You' re a celebrity!
KNUDTSEN FOR SGA PRESIDENTI
WRITE HIM
INI


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FEBRUARY 22, 2001
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THE CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
A\rt§
(&
E1n1 tre·1rt,aJ ilin11nn re·1n1 t
PAGE 8
cook6,
and
ABSOLUTE MADNESS!
COll1bat in the cabaret
by
EDWH,LIAMSm
Asst. Managing Editor
On Feb. 15th, instead of de-
vouring a pint of Ben and Jerry's
ice cream or munching on a bag
of potato chips in the Cabaret,
students were listening to the
music of six different bands that
Marist has to offer.
Six bands competed in the
contest that
Sam Hill won last
year. Joining
Sam Hill this year
were
The Attention, Pound of
Flesh, What F ..... g !an Guy,
Busticate, and CJPW.
The Attention got things
started, but unlike their name
would suggest, they didn't
catch the attention of too many
audience members. The apa-
thetic crowd was treated to an
impressive opening instrumen-
tal number, but they failed to
follow it up with any crowd in-
teraction. The unanimated band
continued with another original
song, but the vocals were not
up to par, and the crowd re-
mained silent throughout the
rest of their set.
Pound of Flesh followed with
a totally different hardcore/
death metal sound. They did a
better job of grabbing the atten-
tion of the audience thanks to
the moshing fans that they
brought with them rather than
their musical prowess. During
songs such as '
·
ci
my
I.rife!'
and "My Crippled Existence"
only random words were audible
as screaming and yelling pre-
vailed over singing.
Pound of
Flesh has been together for four
months and are influenced by
the Albany hardcore scene. The
band members include Daniel
Hoder on vocals, Gabe Kniffen
on bass, Ian Shelhamer on
drums and Marist's own Chris
Young on guitar.
The different musical styles
continued as
What Fu ..... g Ian
Guy played various covers for
the audience. Nick Foster, who
played guitar and supplied the
vocals for the band, said, "We' re
not a real band. We only started
Monday." The band played hits
such as "Should I Stay or Should
I Go" by
The Clash and "Baby
One More Time" by Britney
Spears. The band displayed
great crowd interaction and the
audience started to liven up a
bit. Steve Marcarelli played
bass and Pat Brodfuehrer played
drums. "These were the only
songs all three ofus knew," said
Foster regarding the band's
song selection.
Sam Hill picked things up a
couple of notches, as they were
the next band in the competi-
tion. The defending champions
_showed why they won last year
as they got the crowd going
with an·instrumental version of
"Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson
while introducing themselves.
The band showed excellent
crowd interaction and seemed
genuinely happy to be there
whereas some of the bands
looked nervous or just plain
bored. Sam Hill also treated the
audience to some original songs
including an awesome instru-
mental called "Horse." They
closed their set with a cover of
Pirik"Fltfyds"Another Brick in
the Wall" that got them a rous-
ing ovation.
The band is comprised of Tim
Solomon on guitar and vocals,
Chris Mathews on bass, Vinny
Commiso on drums and Steve
Simon on keyboard. All of the
members are seniors at Marist.
Solomon enjoyed this year's
event even more than last year's.
See
BANDS BATTLE, 9
Welcome to the planet Returnia
bjr
JIMBO \fARITATO
Aili
E1Jitor
Thi. weekltfindmy .. i.::11
filled
withafeelin, of childhood lee
lditfultWitithe
lottcr •. l'mnot
thene:Xtstudenth
idy
pre~ident
and
no~
I didJ;ljt
get luck). But
none of that really matters be«
c;;au$e one
l•f
my fondest young
memories bas returned. That's
right J...1ds-1 le-, fan ii.back.
A
the
biggest Masters of the
Univetse.fanih:i\e
~erkno:Wn
I
was rnitrnl qpset that the
news had
ggtten
J>fiSt
me.
l
cut*
rent!)
.own
(;"Yt>IJ
He-Man
fig-
ure ever re le-a ed in the
United
Stale"
Lp
'Until
recently
the
onlJ twQ
fio-1m:
l did not own
were User Power
He-M::m
and.
Laser..,Jight Skeletor
\~
hid1
were
released
only
in
Spain
andJtaly;
both fetch upwards of
fi\
e hun-
dred
dollars.
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be
ablt'!
t6
saY
fbat
I
own
""\er~ pi~
.in
the
Masters oftheUniversecollec-
tion tl}irteen
y
aN.
.wrthe
fig·
ures Went.out ut prodnttion
bas
been something of a bragging
rightforme:
However,
it
seems
that
ram
on
theJ:iurii
once
ag~n;
In Januaiy, Mattel ..
.Issued
the
nrst
ten figures
of
Nfiis·
tetS t'fthe l
Tmver.
e Retro Reis-
sue
Assortment. Among the
fir.,t heroes
ta
catch
aboathack
from
the
ISland
or Misfit Tn} ...
are
He~Man
and his comrades
Man~At·Anns
and
Teeta.
The
evil Skeletor
als& retbrn$
to
store shelves with his tiedcb2
menJ!al.cer, Trap
Jaw,
Mer Man,
Tri
Klops.
attd
F\
iJ Lyn. Tbe$e
figures are
all
difficult to come
byat this
point
as only
15,00()
of theH.e.Man and Skeletotfig-
tires were produced. The.more
minor
charac-ter~
are mote lim-
1teJ
with a rur of 10,000 figures
pet character. This month
Mattel
bas
,.ele.3$e(f ®xed*sets
of He-Man
and
Battleeaf and
Skcklor
and Panthor. These
bo~ed~sets
are still available at
khkidS.<;om.
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111~
Cir-
f
Urther
proof
of
my rtefusal
to
rehnq uish
my
childhood
The
LOI)
behind these
r~is
sues
i~
a ·tually tather
111t1i
u-
ing,
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rooldHotthe
t1gures weret9stand the origi*
tialdesignsff)ftbe
mini-®mics.
that were included with
each
1gur~
were
deslro~ed .
In
order
to teereate the figure$ Mattel
loolCed to $elle:ti! on
~<!Y
and
purchased as many
mint-condi~
tion figure
aqijl comics
as
po~
Sible,
t •
·w
molds were
th
n ere
ate(f from the figures and the
coniics
were
reproduced
using
computer-imaging
tetbnology,
The origirutl packaging was also
recreated using imaging
tech~
nolog}.
Ea·
l
li1un:
iS
packaged inside
its
original packaging and then
double packaged
in~o
a
com~
memorative
foil
box with a \
ii:
v.
ing window. Mattel states that
the
only
differences between
these figures and the originals
are small
lip!!
on the feet to keep
the figures from falling. over as
well as a
'ear 2000 copyright
date
pij
th¢ rnncr packaging to
~~p
.people frnm passing the
rte:\Vfigures
off
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the
Originah
Mofll} .• figure5
will
be
relea!>ed
in the
f\ltu~e.
A
S~plc-mbcr
r¢"
lease
1
s
slated
tot
a second
round offigure featuring Battle
Afro.or
He-Man. Battle Afulor
Skeletor,
Ruu Off. Zodac,
Stratos, Md Clawful.
A
Prnice
Adamfigurewill
bepfll'tof~Jim..
ited
edition five
pack
:available
through
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Us
sometime
this spring. More importantly,
rumor has
it
that figures
of
the
He.:Ro and Eldor characters
wliich
)lad pl'9tQtypes but.never
saw
the Jighf
of
a
;foys
'R
Us
cotild
also be
released. These
two
t<:iYS.
were
supposea
to
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part
of the
Preternia series
that.
was released shortly before the
demi$e otthe
toy Une.
B;e~R9
m
an a,11cestor of He-Man and the
most powetful
wizardin
the
:l.ri-
verse, Eldor
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described as the
guardian of the book
of
the
llv"
mg
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·th.
.
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l excitedly babbled all
the
information [)rno\.y about Mas-
ters
of th.e
l'ni crsc to
H\Y
bou~emate,
h stared at
me
btl,.
wildered and
Sl;ti~~.
·) o u • e
•ot
a weird obsession with
this
stuff
donttyou'l"
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.Jrnow
if
I
would caJ.l
it
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ob~ssionbut]
can. honestly admit that
r
feel
like
a
kid
again. r
am
not
the
<>nly
one that has been·
drawn
into
nostalgic feelings.
~y
mother.became excited
with
the
news of this reissue, a,11d
is
:Pt91;h
aply out Searching for figures
in
the store for
my birthdayg'!:tst
as
sbe. did
fifteen
\.:J.r ago.
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011
t.
Jimlx> Maritato: He may
be
a
kid
at
l1t'ar1
but he's
still
smarter
than
you..
Professional wrestler practices his admissions hold
by
EDWILLIAMSm
Asst. Managing Editor
By day he is Lou Santiago, an
employee of Marist College
working in the admissions of-
fice. By night, he is Da Puerto
Rican Nightmare Diablo
Santiago, a wrestler touring the
independent circuit in constant
search for new championship
titles.
Santiago graduated Marist
College in 1998 with a degree in
social work and has been work-
ing in the admissions office for
about a year and a half. But
don't tell this man to stick to his
day job.
Santiago wrestled his first
match on October 9, 1999, one
day before starting his job at
Marist College. In a stunning
debut, Santiago showed incred-
ible potential with a victory to
start off his wrestling career.
The road to the ring was not an
easy one, though. Santiago had
to go through rigorous training
before putting his skills to work
in the squared circle.
"I trainedat Tone De Vito's (of
ECW's Da Baldies) wrestling
school in Middletown, New
York. It was in an old ware-
house. I trained there for about
6 months under JeffLibolt, who
used to wrestler for the World
Wrestling Federation
(WWF),"
he said.
"It was really tough. I got beat
up a lot but I learned a lot too.
Not only did I learn a lot from
the school but I would travel
with the company as well and
was able to learn the business
aspect of the industry. I learned
proper locker room
~tiquette,
how to take a bump (how to fall
correctly so as not to hurt your-
self), how to protect your op-
ponent and how to protect your-
self,~'
said Santiago.
When people see wrestling on
television today, many think that
it's little more than a couple of
guys acting out a story. They
see the glamorous side of sports
entertainment, but there's also
a more brutal aspect to it.
"Before I actually started in
the ring, I had to pay my dues
by setting up rings. And from
doing this, I can tell you it's not
as bouncy and as cushiony as
it may look on television. It's
pretty much a big piece of ply-
wood and a mat about an inch
thick on top of it," he said.
Da Puerto Rican nightmare has
had his share of injuries in the
unfriendly confines of the wres-
tling ring. He's bruised both of
his heels and has had water in
both of his knees due to the high
Caur1m;y
nt "'
S.1
Da Puerto Rican Nightmare:
a force to be reckoned with.
impact action in the ring.
Santiago's hard work has started
to pay off. He teamed up with
Rican Havoc to form Da Puerto
Rican Nightmares and they cap-
tured the Millennium Wrestling
Alliance (MWA) tag
team
cham-
pionship from Dean and Dave
of the Power Company (For-
merly of World Championship
Wrestling).
Sanitago has also held the
World of Hurt Wrestling
(WOHW) United States Cham-
pionship. He had a one-minute
stint as the Television Cham-
pion for Tri-State Wrestling
(TSW) that ended when the ref-
eree reversed the decision and
restarted the match. Santiago
has also fought for New Millen-
nium Wrestling (NMW) and
North Eastern State Wrestling
(NESW).
Becoming a professional wres-
tler has always been a dream of
Santiago's. "It's something I've
always loved as a kid. I started
watching wrestling when I lived
in Puerto Rico and admired
Carlos Colon. He was like the
Hulk Hogan of Puerto Rico. I've
also admired guys like 'Macho
Man' Randy Savage and Bret
'The Hitman' Hart," he said.
Now that he's become a pro-
fessional wrestler, it doesn't
mean that he's going to stop
working to become better.
"Everyone working in the in-
dependents, including myself,
wants to make it to the big time.
There's more money and more
exposure," he said.
Santiago's character has gone
through many changes, as he
has been both a good guy (face)
and a bad guy (heel). Santiago
said that he prefers being a heel.
"When I'm a heel, I'm always
trying to get a rise out of the
crowd. People come out to boo
me, but after the show they
thank me for having someone
to boo. Being a heel is more
fun," he said.
While Da Puerto Rican
Nightmare's character may go
through changes, his impres-
sive arsenal of moves follows
him. His deadly finishing ma-
neuver is called the Bronx Bomb
and is an inverted spinebuster.
He is also capable of unleash-
ing what he likes to call the Quiet
Storm which is a bridged head-
lock suplex. He also uses other
versions of the suplex, the top
rope head butt, and many other
moves.
While Santiago feels he hasn't
had his best match yet, he feels
See
ADMISSIONS HOLD, 9







THE
CIRCLE
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
A\1rtts
(&
E1n1ttre·1rtt;a11l]n1nnre·1n1 It
PAGE 9
On TV with Mike Thompson Bands battle
CS/
is true must-see
TV
byMIKETIIOMPSON
Heml
Cop)
Editor
Last semester,
I proclaunc<l
Ed
to be the best new show
I had
seen
so
far this TV
\t.:ason.
and
it was
tn.te.
Of
the
shows
T
had
seen
when I
wrote that
column,
Ed was
the
best. But
a c
1upk:
of
months ago.
I
discovered
CS1
on CBS.
And
with the show
now airing immediately
tolln •
ing Survivor: The Australian
Outback Thursday nights, a lot
more people are
di.,·o
e1 l!!
CSI. So
I
thought now
would
be the best
time
L1
i
olkr
ITI}
opin-
ion
t
t' the show. Ed may be
great, but
est
is this season's
best new drama. From great
act~
ing to intelligent writing to well-
done action sequences,
CST
is
true Must-See TV.
The
CST in
CS!
stands for
Crime Scene Investigation. That
is the full name of the unit of
forensic investigators who
solve crimes in Las Vegas. What
makes these investigators
unique is that they are trained
to scour crime scenes for any
facts that mightbe relevant to a
case. From
body
hair and
bro-
ken toenails to diamond studs
and
footprinL;;,
these folks look
for and analyze anything and
everything that might help them
solve a crime. But these people
aren't detootives, mind you.
Once they find enough
~vb
dence
to prove a suspect guilty,
they hand the matter over to the
police. It's not
y<>ur
standard
cop show, and that's a
good
thing.
Heading up the cast on
CS!
is
senior forensics
oft
iL
·r
Gil
Grissom~WUliam
Petersen, who
also co-produces the show
J.
who heads p
Lhe
CSI di'
ision.
Working on
his
t ·
m
an~:
Catherine
Wilhrn
~
(Marg
Helgenberger).
a tou!!h
f0rmer
stripper and single
mom;
Wanick Brown
(Gary
Dourdan),
a.
young investigator
who
un-
fortunately
has
a
gambling
prob-
lem; Sara Sidel (.lorja Fox),
a
sassy
;~.iung
investigator;
and
N'"ickStokes
(George
Eads).
C<1p-
tain Jim Brass (Paul Guilfovk ),
of the homicide
di
1
ion.
rounds
out the cast He both oversees
CSI and acts as the liaison
be-
tween
the division and the
Po·
lice.
Each episode features two
(and sometimes 1hree1 crimes
being investigated by
CSI. Usu-
ally, two investigators are
as-
signed to each fascinating
case.
Initially the audience knows as
much about the crime as the
in-
vestigators
do.
Then, as the m
vestigators find more evidence
and interrogate suspects, we
start to see
how
the crime may
have occurred. These scenarios
are
always shown in black and
white, and they evolve as the
investigators
start
to figure out
the crime, Basically, we get to
see the investigators' thought
processes as
1h
·y unravel the
mystery.
Fi
nail)
at the end of
each completed investigation,
we are shown thL.: true account
of what happened. The result
is
immensely enjoyable television.
Like I said. the writing in
CS/
is frequently top-notch, The
writers don't hy
J\\ •)
at all
from intense forensic
terminol~
ogy, but
it
doesn't come offlike
technobabble. IL·, vecy under-
standable and also refreshing,
as the writen are actually play·
ing up lo the
audience,
unlike
what
i
so
often seen on TY.
Also .:njo_
.ihk
is that all the
investigators
ar.e
very
devoted
to their craft.
In
one
.:p1~0Ji:.
Grissom tells Brown, "Forg •
about making a hundred,
forget
about the victim, forget about
the suspect,
.and
focus on the
only thing that
·~on't
lie:
the
facts."
As
if you haven't guessed
b)
now,
CS/
is a terrific show. And
I'm happy
to report that the
show is enjoying some big suc-
cess
in
the ratings. The show
slowly built a nice following on
Friday nights, then was moved
in February to Thursday nights
at
9
PM, after
Survivor:
The
Australian Outback. Even
though the show now goes up
against NBC's highly overrated
sitcoms
Will
&
Grace
and
Just
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the man-hating production from
Broadway, the male-bashing
drama written by Eve Ensler,
right?
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time I'll happily sit in front of
my television rather than be
subjected to hearing about my
piggish, offensive behavior in
an auditorium full of young
women. But I braved the ele-
ments and attended the Mono-
logues last Wednesday in the
Nelly Golleti Theater and was
thoroughly impressed with the
performance.
It was a beautiful and thought-
ful production, and it was with-
out a doubt the best I've at-
can be fun. Yes, you heard me- camp. The dramatization of the
FUN. They like to travel and episodes was cathartic in not
enjoy themselves, just as the only the
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women that so graciously pos- well. I laughed, I was shocked,
sess them.
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biotic relationship, one that I
The Vagina Monologues is a
have only begun to compre- potent and illuminating drama.
hend. They have a wild side Aside from the educational and
and are tender, but most impor- cultural benefits, it offers the
tant is that the vagina is a mi- audience an unconventional
crocosm of the woman, and that view of women.
It
is pure and
was the underlying moral truth heartfelt and the writing is spec-
to The Vagina Monologues.
tacular, clever and personal. I
The vignettes ranged from would like to commend the cast
solo and dual performances to and crew, the audience, and all
others that included the entire other participants on such a
cast ensemble. All were equally brave endeavor, and encourage
as powerful and touching, run- present and future members of
ning the gamut of emotion; from the Mari st community to share
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From 8
"The crowd's better this year.
It's hard to get the people go-
ing, but it pays off when they
do," he said. "Two dollars
is
a
great price to pay for all of these
bands."
After
Sam Hill
concluded their
set, a large portion of the audi-
ence left, but that didn't stop
Rusticate from keeping the good
music going. Rusticate played
a nice variety of original songs
as well as a fun rendition of Van
Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl."
This band not only had the tra-
ditional guitar, drums and bass,
but it also included a keyboard
and occasional saxophone.
Rusticate showed great anima-
tion, especially Marist freshman
JeffBemer who was playing the
guitar behind his head at one
point. The rest of the band con-
sisted of Poughkeepsie High
School seniors Seth Rivers on
bass and vocals, Owen Sczerha
on keyboard and saxophone
and DeWayne Douglas on
drums. Bemer also provided
vocals at times. Busticate has
. opened for Tim Reynolds, Per·
feet Thyroid and Conehead
Buddha before and have played
at the Poughkeepsie Festival of
Arts, Concorida College and at
The Chance. Bemer said, "The
crowd was really responsive. It
was good to get into our music
in front of a lot of people."
CJPW was the final band to
play. CJPW consists of Steve
Black on guitar and Sean
Harison on bass, and both pro-
vided vocals. Travis Winkel on
guitar and Brian Trible on saxo-
phone sporadical1y joined the
duo. The band started out with
a cover of Duncan Sheik's
"Barely Breathing" and finished
with three original songs.
"We'
re
in the midst of making a
band as we speak," Black said.
"We were competing, but it was
a last minute get-together. One
of the other bands canceled so
we played to fill-in."
After much deliberation the
judges finally announced
Rusticate as the winners of the
second annual Battle of the
Bands. Keith Strudler, a judge
and professor in the Communi-
cations Department, said,
"I re-
ally liked the saxophone. These
guys were original."
The class of 2003 held the
event. Class president Erin
Gardner :;aid that this year's
event was definitely a success:
"We made a lot of money, and
part of it is going to go towards
this Saturday's Bowl-a-thon.
We're' also able to give more
money to the winners this year.
It's a very popular event, and
we'll keep doing it in the future."
Admissions
hold
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his style works best with Jeff
Star.
"Jeff is like a Shawn
Michaels," he says. "He is very
agile and quick. He does a lot
of flips, and our styles work well
together."
Santiago has also enjoyed
working with such competitors
as "Mad Dog" Mike Bell, Tony
De Vito and Jeff Libolt. Even
though Santiago has been suc-
cessful thus far in his wrestling
career and has achieved cham-
pionship gold, he does not for-
get where he came from and why
he is where he is today.
"I'm very thankful for the
training I went through," he
says. "Jeff Libolt is a great guy.
Wrestling school can be any-
where from $1000-3500·, but
Libolt trained me for free. I've
had to pay my dues, but that's
part of the business, and it can
only help you become a better
wrestler." He adds, "Jeff
wouldn't let me wrestle until I
was ready. A lot of schools will
just take your money and throw
you out there. Jeff still checks
out my tapes to see how I'm
doing, and I'm grateful for that."
If you want to find out more
about Da Puerto Rican Night-
mare · Diablo Santiago or if you
want to see when he's coming
to a ring near you, check out his
website:
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Men's swimming captures MAACs again
by
MIKEDRECHSEL
Staff Writer
The Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) held its
18th swimming and diving cham-
pionships this past weekend at
Loyola Cdilege. For the sixth
consecutive year, the Marist
men's team was crowned cham-
pion.
The men's team, as it has
done all year, completely domi-
nated the entire meet from the
first to final gun. The Red Foxes
amounted 1,042 total. team
points to come in first over Rider
University. The team that was
supposed to give Marist the
most trouble scored a team to-
tal 568 points. This conference
championship was the seventh
in a row, dating back to before it
competed in MAAC play.
The men's team won by such
a convincing margin that it broke
seven MAAC records, nine
Marist records and 13 of their
athletes qualified for the ECAC
championships, which will be
held this weekend from Feb. 22-
24.
Coach Larry Van Wagner was
more than pleased with his
team's performance.
"It's like I've been saying all
year, if we perfect our internal
factors and don't worry about
outside elements, then we will
be successful," said Van
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saying all year,
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we
per/ ect our internal
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the 100- and 200-yard butterfly
and Justin Burkhardt, who also
placed first in both the 1000- and
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drew Knutton took the check-
ered flag in the 400-yard IM and
the 200-yard breaststroke.
Freshmen Trevor Charles and
Rob Dunn also shined, but the
real
star was Keith Nichols, who
was named the MAAC's Most
OutstaQding Male Swimmer. In
addition, the relay team swept
all five its events to cap the com-
manding outpul.
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as well. A mere 21 points sepa-
rated the Red Foxes from win-
ning their fifth consecutive
MAAC conference title. They
were nipped by the Rider
Broncs, but the team did not got
down easily. Senior Erin
McGrath gave forth her best
outing of the year by earning
the MAAC's Most Outstanding
Female Swimmer as she broke
two league marks in the 100- and
200-yard butterfly. Although
the women were handed the
disappointing loss, they had a
fine season to boot.
With the regular season com-
plete both the men and women's
teams are looking forward to the
ECAC's this weekend and to get
back in the pool for another ex-
citing 2001-02 season.
Men's basketball
•
seniors wrap up
college careers
by MIKE FERRARO
Sports Editor
Two have come from the New
York City area, while another is
originally from Orlando via jun-
ior college in Oklahoma. There
are also two walk-ons: a local
product and a two-sport athlete.
Another has made significant
contributions to the program
without ever taking the floor.
They are: Drew Samuels,
Donald Vale, Blake Sonne, J. T.
Dolan, Sean Stellato, and Kyle
Mostransky, who represent the
diversity that is the men's bas-
ketball class of 2001.
Samuels hails from Elrnont,
NY,
located on
the
border of Queens
and Long Island. He has been a
captain for the last two seasons.
He can lead with his words and
by example, as he is currently in
the top five in the Metro Atlan-
tic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) in scoring and re-
bounding, averaging 16.0 and
8.3 per game, respectively.
The past four seasons have
seen Drew Samuels grow gradu-
ally as a player.
Samuels saw limited playing
time in his freshman year, and
the same held true early in his
sophomore year. But then his
big break came. The NCAA ,
suspended Tomasz Cielebak in
early 1999, so Samuels stepped
into the starting lineup.
"When you get the opportu-
nity, you have to make the most
of it," said Samuels, who has
been a fixture as a starter ever
since.
As a sophomore, Samuels
scored 32 points and pulled in
15 rebounds in a 119-108 loss at
Niagara. Later on that season,
he hit 15 out of 18 free throws in
a crucial win at Iona.
Samuels was named co-cap-
tain for his junior campaign, and
his steady progress continued.
He averaged 9.6 points and 5.8
rebounds per game. However,
the progress from his junior to
senior _year was monumental.
"He had a tremendous impact
on our early success," said
Head Coach Dave Magarity.
"His early play was critical for
the team to have the ability to
compete at a high level."
In an early-season five game
span, Samuels racked up four
double-doubles. In the game
where he missed a double-
double, he pulled down nine re-
bounds to go along with 22
points. Against Lafayette on
Jan. 3, he established new ca-
reer highs with 33 p<9ints and 19
rebounds.
Samuels suffered an ankle in-
jury in mid-January, which has
limited his effectiveness. The
senior forward says he is about
"85 to 90 percent" healthy now.
However, he notched double-
double number 10 against St.
Peter's on Sunday.
The injury to Samuels came
shortly after the Marius Janisius
incident. With two post play-
ers out of action, Donald Vale's
role increased. The Bronx na-
tive has responded well.
Vale is averaging 6.2 points
and 3.6 rebounds per game this
year. Usually the first big man
off the bench, he averaged 11
points in eight rebounds as a
starter in two key wins over
Rider and Manhattan.
"He's been a reliable and con-
sistent player for us.'' said
Magarity. "I think he's had an
outstanding senior year."
Vale has also put his three-
point shooting skills on display
recently. Over the last three
games, he has hit 7 of 11 shots
from downtown. Although de-
scribing himself as a "down and
dirty"
player, Vale is
al~o
quick
to point out that he has three-
point shooting ability, and it is
just a matter of using it during
games.
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From
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by MARKSMITII
Staff Writer
He was the known as "The
Intimidator" for his relentless
driving style and his penchant
for the color black. On Sunday,
one of NASCAR's all-time
greats was taken from us in a
horrific crash at the Daytona
500. Dale Earnhardt was 49.
Over the past several years,
NASCAR has exploded in popu-
larity.
It
used to be a mostly
southern sport, but television
exposure has brought it to
America's fore. One of the
main
reasons for its popularity has to
do with America's lurid fascina-
tion with disaster or the possi-
bility of disastei-. As one friend
of mine 6-plained, "It's kind
of
like hockey, where one of the
best parts of the game is the
fights, you kind of hope for a
couple of big crashes during a
race."
Where has this twisted sense
of anticipation come from?
What makes us as a society
watch, secretly hoping for some
sort of ill to befall our heroes?
Our obsession with speed and
danger has led NASCAR to lose
IO drivers in the past 12 years,
and 4 in the last 10 months.
I feel like I shouldn't have to
be here. writing this column.
Writers like
ESPN.com's David
Fleming have already said most
of what I have to say. Maybe
the more voices that are heard,
the more impact it will have on
NASCAR's administration.
Earnhardt was driving at over
180 miles per hour when he hit
the wall on Sunday. Part of the
problem is that the cars are just
too fast. The Daytona 500 is a
restrictor plate race. That means
that all of the cars in a race have
a device in the engine that re-
stricts the car's maximum speed.
Even with that device, appar-
ently the speeds that can be
achieved are still very danger-
ous. This danger is one of the
allures for NASCAR fans.
NASCAR has used this to its
advantage while marketing itself
to television fans. Its commer-
cials are filled with spectacular
crashes and shots of the cars
traveling at
peak speeds.
Whenever any sports such as
football or baseball has seen a
pattern of recurring injury they
have stepped in with rule
changes to eliminate the danger
or at least reduce it as much as
possible. NA SCAR had let three
racers die in less than the past
year without any sort of action.
Now it loses someone whom
many feel was its greatest racer
ever. Will NASCAR again sit
by and do nothing? This is the
opport~nity
to make a state-
ment; a statement that no
amount of thrills and competi-
tion are worth the lives of its
competitors. Whether the so-
lution is to slow the cars down,
to make the crash cage stron-
ger, or anything else, the fact
remains that something must be
done. Arty course of action is
better than NASCAR's current
inaction.
To let Earnhardt die without
some sort of action is com-
pletely irresponsible on
NASCAR's part. More than
that, it would be a reprehensible
act of disregarding the value of
its drivers' lives. NASCARhas
a long and illustrious past. Any
act of safety now would do
nothing to diminish that. In fact,
it would show compassion to
those racers still alive, and the
families of those who have died
on its tracks.
Men's and woinen's track each
finish fourth at MAACs
by
ROB
McGUINNFSS
Staff Writer
Competing against talented
conference opponents, the
men's and women's track teams
finished fourth at the MAAC
indoor track championships
Saturday at Manhattan College.
With a score of 43 points, the
highest indoor championship
point total in school history, the
men's team tied its best indoor
championship finish, thanks to
key contributions from the field
event athletes and distance run-
ner Mike Nehr. Nehr scored 14
points with a second place fin-
ish in the
5000m (15:07 .31) and a
third place finish in the 3000m
(8:39.74).
"Mikey's 5000-3000 double
took a lot of guts and determi-
nation," Men's Coach Pete
Colaizzo said, "and his points
were a big reason we placed
fourth in the meet."
Other scoring distance run-
ners included sophomore Chris
McCloskey(rnile,800m)andse-
nior Greg Salamone, who out-
kicked two Canisius runners to
place fifth in the 5000m.
Marist scored points in every
field event. The only other team
to receive such a contribution
from their field crew was MAAC
champion Manhattan. In the
shot put, freshman Adam
Waterbury broke the school
record with a throw of 46' 2 112"
(5th place), beating the previous
best of 44' 4 1/4".
"Mikey's 5000-
3000 double took a
lot of guts and deter-
mination, and his
points were a big rea-
son we placed fourth
in the meet."
Pete Colaizzo
Men's track coach
"Adam had a tremendous se-
ries of throws and popped his
best throw on his last attempt,"
Colaizzo said. "He's got a great
future as a college thrower."
Other field event contributors
included senior Seth Tyminski,
who placed fourth and tied his
school record in the pole vault
(12' 9 1/2") and freshman Eli
Bisnett-Cobb, who earned a per-
sonal best of 6'
5"
in placing
third in the high jump. In his fi-
nal collegiate indoor track meet,
senior co-captain Denis
McManus scored in the long
jump (21' 2") and triplejump(44'
5") and was definitely pleased
with his team's performance.
"It was the best showing this
team has ever put together in
the four years that I've been
here," McManus said.
In the women's races, an in-
jury depleted Lady Foxes squad
still managed to score 57 points,
led by Susan Golden, Jenn
Stewart, Jenn Rosenblatt and
Liza
Grudzinski.
Rosenblatt (18:43.91) and
Grudzinski (18:47.16) placed
third and fourth in the 5000m,
and Rosenblatt would return to
place sixth in the 3000m.
Women's coach Phil Kelly cred-
ited Rosenblatt with a "very
gutsy effort" in the second race.
Golden won the 800m (2: 14.98)
and led the distance medley re-
lay team to victory with a 5: 18.3
mile anchor leg.
Other women's highlights in-.
eluded Jenn Stewart's school
record breaking performance in
the triple jump (34' 7 1/4") which
earned her a third place finish.
In
the high jump, Melanie Torres
placed third with a 4'8" jump,
and Kate Pieper ran a season
personal best in
the 400m ( 60.64)
to place third.
This weekend, several Marist
athletes will compete in a "last
chance" meet at Seton Hall in
an attempt to qualify for the
IC4A championships, which will
be held March 2-3, 2001 in Bos-
ton.
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Stockton
Drew
Sam~els
is in the top five in the MAAC in scoring and rebounding.
He plays his last home game as a Red Fox on Saturday against Canisius.
Blake Sonne's long-range
shooting ability has never been
in question. With range that
seemingly extends beyond the
Mid-Hudson Bridge, the three-
pointer has been his calling card
since
his
arrival
in
Poughkeepsie. He hit over 47
percent (33-70) last year, which
made him a marked man in the
MAAC this year.
Opposing defenses change
their looks when he enters the
game. Fairfield used a box-and-
one in a recent game on Sonne.
According to Magarity, Niagara
defenders never leave him and
never give him any open looks.
However, Sonne was able to
get free against St. Peter's on
Sunday. He sparked a Red Fox
victory by tying his season high
with 16 points, hitting four out
of five three-point shots.
As impressive as Sonne's abil-
ity to change the course of a
game has been, it pales in com-
parison to his off-the-court ac-
complishments.
Sonne came to Marist as a
transfer from Northern Okla-
homa Junior College. He also
spent two years on a Mormon
mission in California. Since ar-
riving at Marist, Sonne has been
named to the MAAC All-Aca-
demic team, awarded the Junius
Kellogg Award for community
service and citizenship, and
named the MAAC representa-
tive on the NABC Student-Ath-
lete Congress. He was also
elected a co.captain for this sea-
son.
Sonne's responsibilities ex-
tend to home as well. He has a
son named Austin, who is now
five-and-a-half months old, with
his wife T. J.
For his all-around accomplish-
ments, Blake Sonne has clearly
made an impact at Marist.
"He's been a tremendous ad-
dition to this program,"
Magarity said. "I can't think of
a two-year player who has had
as big of an impact as he's had."
Walk-ons J.T. Dolan and Sean
Stellato will also be making their
final appearences at the Mccann
Center Saturday night.
Dolan is a local product from
Pleasant Valley who came to
Marist after playing two sea-
sons at Division III. His min-
utes as a Red Fox have come at
the ends of blowout games, but
he has made some contribu-
tions. He has knocked down
long-range shots in the closing
minute of games on a few occa-
sions, incl\lding Sunday's vic-
tory over St. Peter's.
Stellato, also a member of the
Red Fox football squad, has
been a crowd favorite at
Mccann. Chants of "We want
Stellato" frequently rise up from
the crowd toward the end of
Red Fox victories.
Kyle Mostransky has served
as the team's manager the past
three seasons, and he was el-
evated to administrative assis-
tant this season. His new re-
sponsibilities include film ex-
change, handling hotel and
food arrangements, and assist-
ing with recruiting.
As a manager and a person,
Magarity holds Mostransky in
high regard.
"He's had a huge impact on
the program and me," said the
coach. "People don't under-
stand the significance of hav-
ing a good manager ... he's done
an oustanding job."


Blake Sonne tied his
season high with 16 points
in Sunday's win over St.
Peter's.
FEBRUARY 22 2001
"Ever since we put
(Matt Tullis) in the start-
ing lineup he's been play-
ing like an all-conference
player. "-Dave Magarity
PAGE 12
Men's basketball snaps three-game skid
bySCOTTDFSIERE
Staff Writer
Matt Tullis and his teammates
were determined to make their
three-game k>sing-streak a thing
of the past. Mission accom-
plished.
Spurred by the play of Tullis,
Marist put an end to their long-
est losing skid of
the season on
Sunday by defeating the St. Pe-
ters Peacocks at the McCann
Center by a final score of 80-68.
The Red Foxes had dropped
three straight games before the
victory and improved their
record to 10-6 in the Metro-At-
lantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC).
"We were in desperate need
of a win," said Head Coach Dave
Magarity. "We had not been
playing well and we had run into
some hot teams, but you can-
not feel sorry for yourself be-
cause St. Peter's is the type of
team that can sneak up on you.
It
was not pretty, but we got it
done, and that was the most
important thing."
Tullis was a one-man wreck-
ing crew, racking up 18 points
and pulling down nine re-
bounds in the win. The junior
forward, who also blocked four
shots and had two steals, raised
the energy level of his team-
mates 'with his hustle on defense
and brought the crowd to its feet
by slamming down four monster
dunks in the second half.
"Tullis has been remarkable,"
said Magarity. "I just can't say
enough about him. He has been
terrific. He's changed his style
of playing now that we need
him
to play more minutes and has
been avoiding the fouls that he
was picking up earlier in the
year. Ever since we put him in
the starting lineup he's been
playing like an all-conference
player."
Junior point guard Sean
Kennedy triggered the offense,
dishing out thirteen assists.
When he was not finding Tullis
inside, Kennedy was finding
Blake Sonne on the outside.
Sonne, a senior guard, poured
in 16 points thanks in part to four
three-pointers.
"The respect Sonne gets from
other teams is a real tribute to
his ability," remarked Magarity.
"Some teams put their focus on
him as soon as he gets on the
com::t. While his numbers may
go down because of it, the rest
of the team really benefits. He
hit some big shots on Sunday."
Drew Samuels and Rick Smith
each contributed to the offense
as well, scoring 14 and 13 points
respectively.
Samuels appeared to have re-
inj ured his ankle midway
through the second half when
he hit the flobr in pain, but was
able to return late in the half and
grabbed 10 rebounds to go
along with his fourteen points.
"I thought it was the best he
has looked since the injury,"
Magarity said. "He rebounded
better and made some explosive
moves. He needs to realize that
he is going to have to play
through the pain and start feel-
ing better about himself. When
he feels good he uses his in-
stincts, and that is the Samuels
we need."
St. Peter's was paced by the
hot shooting of senior guard
Keith Sellers, who lit up the
scoreboard and the Marist de-
fenders to the tune of24 points.
Sellers exploits kept St. Peter's
close for most of the second
half, but the Marist defense
tightened up down the stretch,
putting the clamps on Sellers
and holding the Peacocks to
only 15 points in the final ten
minutes of play.
St. Peter's had knotted the
score at 50 with just over ten
minutes remaining, but the long
range shooting of Sonne and
the vicious dunks by Tullis
sparked Marist on two separate
runs, the first a 7-1 run that put
them in the lead for good, and
the second a 9-0 run that put
the game away.
Marist,
taking
advantage of a
suspension to Peacock center
Rodney Rodgers for undis-
closed violations of team policy,
dominated the game on the
boards, out rebounding St.
Peter's 42-24.
On
Feb. 15, Marist dropped its
third in a row as they fell to at
home to Mario Porter and Rider.
Porter smoked the Red Foxes for
a career high 32 points while
helping his team break a two
game losing skid of its own.
After taking a 4 7-40 lead into
the half, Rider exploded on a 21-
5 run that put Marist in a hole it
could not climb out of, as they
PHOTO CREDIT/Carlisle Stockton
Matt Tullis was an integral part of the Red Foxes' win over St. Peter's.
dropped the contest by a final
score of 100-82.
Rider shot a scorching 68 per-
cent from the field and became
the first team since December to
hit the century mark in scoring
against Marist.
Senior Donald Vale and fresh-
man Dennis Young came off the
bench to score 16 and 10 points
respectivlely for the Red Foxes.
Marist headed to the Pepsi
Arena on Wednesday to take
Siena. Details were unavailable
at press time. The Red Foxes
will close the regular season out
at home on Saturday when they
meet Canisius, after which they
will head up to Buffalo for the
MAAC Tournament.
Women's basketball drops pair of home games
PHOTO CREDIT/Carlisle Stockton
Diesa Seidel scored a season-high 26 points in Saturday's loss to Siena.
by
PETERPALMIERI
Asst. Sports Editor
Two crucial losses in Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) play prevented the
women's basketball team from
picking up ground in the stand-
ings as it closes out its season
this week.
On
Feb. 17, the women played
host to the MAAC's first place
team, Siena. Despite a season-
best performance from junior
Diesa Seidel, the Red Foxes ap-
peared to be overmatched, los-
ing the game 74-52.
Seidel turned in a 26-point and
nine-rebound effort, followed
by 10 points from Sabrina
Vallery. However, these two
were the only Red Foxes to
notch double digits, as the next
high scorer was sophomore
Elisha DeJesus, who tallied five
points and four rebounds.
Liene Jansone led Siena with
23 points and 12 rebounds, fol-
lowed by Sacha Baker who
notched 14 points. Gunta Basko
totaled 10 points and also
grabbed 12 rebounds.
The loss dropped Marist to 6-
19 overall and 5-11 in the
MAAC. On the other side of
the ball, Siena improved to 19-5
overall and a leading 15-1 in the
conference.
Prior to the game, three mem-
bers of the team received hon-
ors for playing in their final home
game as a member of the Marist
basketball team. Vallery, Tara
Knight, and Jen Taylor each
graced the hardwood of the
McCann Center for the final time
in game competition.
Vallery, a five-year member on
the squad, spent three years as
an integral part of the team be-
fore redshirting in her senior
campaign due to a tom ACL.
After rehabilitation, she re-
turned to the starting lineup this
season. Through her career, she
has averaged 11.2 points per
game (ppg), 5.0 rebounds per
game (rpg), while shooting 80%
from the free-throw line. Despite
sitting out last season, Yallery
has returned to form this year,
averaging 9.7 ppg and 4.7 rpg.
She has made starts.in iµ1 but
one game this season.
Knight, a defensive specialist,
started in seven games as a
freshman, and appeared in all 27
of the games in her sophomore
year, before consistently crack-
ing the starting line-up in her
junior season. Her career sta-
tistics include 2.6 ppg as well as
130 career steals, including a
career high 47 steals last sea-
son. This season, Knight has
notched 36 steals to go along
with 3 .1 ppg.
Taylor appeared in 26 out of
28 games last season. She av-
eraged 2.5 ppg and 2.6 rpg in
her junior year. Although she
appeared in only four games
this season, she has been an
asset to the team and makes
contributions whenever she is
put into the game.
Marist also dropped its con-
test against Manhattan on Feb.
14. The Red Foxes trailed by
four at the half, but despite 20
points by Vallery in the second
half, lost the game 62-51 at home.
Vallery totaled a season-high 24
points for the game and pulled
down nine rebounds to lead
Marist in both categories. Jun-
. ior Marie Fusci added nine
points, followed by Seidel who
added eight.
Rosalee Mason led the Jaspers
with 13 points and 10 rebounds,
followed by Brita Hinkle, who
scored 12 points and pulled
down 15 rebounds. Manhattan
stands at 14-11 overall and 8-8
intheMAAC.
Up next for the Red Foxes is
its last game on Feb. 24 against
Iona. The team faced St. Peter's
on Feb. 21, but results were un-
known when at press time. The
Red Foxes are in seventh place
in the conference, one game
behind Niagara, a team that beat
Marist twice this season.