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VO~UME 64, ISSUE
22
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THURSDAY,
APRIL 1,
2010
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AMY WHEB.ER,fTHE CIRCLE
The Vagina Monologues, performed
by
several members of the Marist stu-
dent body, took place Thursday, March 25 and Friday, March 27 in the
Cabaret. Sponsored
by
the Gender Equality Club and directed by Kristy
O'Driscoll, the performance centered upon various women's stories of sex,
female empowerment and Individuality.
Popular site ranks Marist
faculty among the best
By
ALYSSA
LONGOBUCCO
News Editor
For the past several years, Marist
College has been honored as one of
the top colleges in the country by in-
stitutions such as The Princeton
Re-
view and Kiplinger's Personal
Finance Magazine. Now, as of last
month, the college has another ac-
colade to add to its growing list of
recognitions.
Marist College was recently
ranked number 13 in comparison
with colleges from around the
United States regarding faculty and
professors
.
Compiled by the popu-
lar
website, ratemyprofessors.com,
a list of 25 schools was recently re-
leased, signifying which universities
had the highest rated faculty on the
site.
Acquired by MTV in 2007 as part
of the university division, rate-
myprofessors.com has grown expo-
nentially in popularity ever since,
becoming an integral part of many
college students' decisions when
picking professors for classes. Ac-
cording
to
Carlo DeMarco, vice pres-
ident of university relations at
MTVu, infiltration into the college
lifestyle and planning process was
exactly the goal of the site.
''The site [ratemyprofessors
.
com]
does what students have done
throughout history," DeMarco said.
"When I was in college, we didn't
have ratemyprofessors.com, so I
leaned on my friends and students
for those types of recommendations.
Ratemyprofessors is now doing this
for all students, just on a much
larger scale."
Placing in the top 25 schools in
the country is a large honor for
Marist said DeMarco, and one that
should reflect positively on the
school because the votes are driven
by students.
''When compiling the statistics
this year, Marist really came out on
top of many other schools," DeMarco
said. "The rankings are specific to
·
Marist professors placing on the top
of highly rated professors through-
out the site."
Many students around the coun-
try, including at Marist, frequently
search professors on the site before
committing to taking their class for
the following semester. When surf-
ing the site, students can read com-
ments from those who have taken
the professor previously, as well as
view their overall ranking, and even
be informed on how good looking the
professor may be. However, while
the site can be a beneficial tool for
those navigating the college sched-
ule making process, many students
have come to realize that not every-
thing on the site can be taken for
face value.
SEE MARIST, PAGE 3
Red Foxes host 20th
annual 'Kids Day Out'
By
AMANDA M~RO
Circle Contributor
Players on the Marist men's and
women's basketball teams have
showed the surrounding commu-
nity that they are worth looking
up to, both literally and figura-
tively
.
The Red Foxes led the 20th
annual "Kids' Day Out!" clinic
,
co-
sponsored by the Marist Office of
Special Services on
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Saturday,
March 27, treating local young-
sters to a day of basketball point-
ers and fun.
"Kids' Day Out!" served as an
opportunity for children ages 7-1 7
of all skill levels to work on the
basics of basketball with Marist
players and coaches. Participants
broke up into groups based on
their age and rotated among sta-
tions focusing on the fundamen-
tals of dribbling, passing, and
shooting. Two or three players
and coaches supervised each sta-
tion, offering tips and encourage-
ment.
This year, nearly 160 children
pre-registered for the clinic. Par-
ents like Meg Boyce of Pough-
keepsie were happy with many
aspects of the clinic, including its
affordability, with registration
coming in at only $10.
"In this economy, it's definitely
worth the money," she said.
The Boyce family attended sev-
eral Marist home games this sea-
son after her son Connor, 7,
expressed an interest in basket-
ball. Connor was thrilled at the
chance to learn from the Marist
players he watched with his fam-
ily all season. "He is most defi-
nitely enjoying it," Connor's mom
said. "He thinks of them as the
pros."
In
her fourth year of working at
"Kids' Day Out!", Marist's
.
all-time
leading scorer and a member of
this year's MAAC championship
team Rachele Fitz said that she is
a big fan of the clinic because of
what the children gain from it.
"It
gives the kids a great oppor-
tunity to try basketball with their
friends from school
,
and to meet
new people they may play on
teams with in the future," Fitz
said. Parents also get something
out of the event each year, accord-
ing to Fitz. "Parents love it," she
said. "They enjoy seeing their
kids being social and active
,
and
they know that their money goes
toward a great cause."
T-shirts and pictures with
Marist's mascot Shooter the Fox
were available, and raffles offered
memorabilia from the men's and
women's teams.
Funds raised
from the clinic each year benefit
the Marist College Scholarship for
Students with Disabilities. Every
year, the Office of Special Services
gives nearly $3,000 in funds to de-
serving students. Linda Scorza of
Special Services has helped with
the organization of the clinic from
its beginnings twenty years ago.
"It
was the brainchild of our office
and the basketball coaches,"
Sc
·
orza said. "It's really just
Marist people helping Marist peo-
ple."
AMANDA MASTRO/THE
CIRCLE
Members
of
the men's
and women's basketball teams ran
the 'Kids Day
Out'
clinic
at
Marist this past
Saturday. The
event.
which
is
in
its
20th
consecutive year,
bene-
fits the Marist College
Scholarship
for
Students
with
Disabilities.



























Thursday, April 1, 2010
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 4/1
No Events Posted
Friday, 4/2
No Events Posted
Saturday, 4/3
Women's Crew v. Iona
9 a.m., Riverfront Park
Men's Crew v. Iona
9 a.m., Riverfront Park
Women's Lacrosse v. Siena
12 p.m., Leonidoff Field
Men's Lacrosse v. Wagner
3 p.m., Leonidoff Field
Sunday, 4/4
No Events Posted
Monday, 4/5
No Events Posted
Tuesday, 4/6
Men's Tennis v. Army
3 p.n'I., Fulton Courts
Wednesday, 4/7
Hesburgh Lecture 2010
"Search for Fulfillment: Applying
the Beatitudes in Tough Times"
7 p.m., Admissions Office
Theater Rotunda 384
campus
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Security Briefs
Easter eggs traded in for parking passes
By
CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
This column is coming at you from
the Mac Lab in Lowell Thomas,
which is definitely my new favorite
room on this camp:us. Just being
surrounded by Mac desktops makes
me feel more hip and creative - I'm
ready to launch a campaign to end
world hunger and enforce everyone
to wear nothing but faded graphic
tees and over-the-shoulder messen-
ger bags.
3/24 Marian -
A female visitor tried to gain ac-
cess into Marian with another stu-
dent's ID card. I always get upset
when I get stories like this, because
they've all been done before. I try to
come up with new twists to work,
but I really just can't. Sometimes,
the visitor makes things interesting
by sprinting in the opposite direc-
tion, setting up a ten to fifteen-sec-
ond blood-pressure-rising
"Could
he
actually get
away
with this?" feel-
ing, followed by the always enter-
taining
''People
are really, really
stupid" feeling. I like when that
happens. No luck this time.
5
points
3/24 Donnelly -
Another poor student lost his wal-
let and had the misfortune of an
honest person finding it and turning
it into security. Another fake ID
bites the dust. Have we gotten to
the point that going out of your way
to bring a wallet to the lost and
found is actually a mean thing to
'do? That's a little troubling to me.
5
points
3/26 Talmadge -
Someone threw a rock through a
lamppost in Talmadge Court. Is it a
lamp post? Or a light pole? Street-
light? I don't know. Sometimes I re-
ally don't understand drunk people.
Why do they do some things? For
example, why did my friend barge
into my neighbors' house and stab
everything he could find with a
plastic
-dagger?
Actually, better
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question:
.
why do my neighbors (all
girls) have a plastic dagger en-
shrined
on their wall? I've really
never had the urge to steal or de-
stroy things, but it's clearly a
very
common drunken desire. I
·
guess I'm
happy
it's
common. I like the stories
this desire creates. 5 points
3/27 Parking Lot -
A student reported his parking lot
sticker stolen off of his parked vehi-
cle. This happened at the same time
as an on-campus scavenger hunt,
leading security to believe the
sticker was on the checklist of
things to retreive. Was the goal of
this scavenger hunt to inconven-
ience as many people as possible?
Steal someone's parking sticker, so
they have to go through the whole
process at Donnelly. Did they also
have to break escalators? Maybe
they're the reason that the grass be-
tween Lowell Thomas and Dyson
(dubbed the ''Walk_ing Bridge" by a
friend of mine) has been muddy for
the entire second semester even
though we had a consecutive week
of sunny weather. I think it's also
safe to blame them for the online
student services section of Marist's
Web site closing at midnight. Damn
inconveniencing scavenger
hunters
.. ,
10
points
3/27 Foy-
An intoxicated girl who was ap-
parently slurring her words and
couldn't stand up straight was
taken to the h0t~pital after telling se-
curity she had two beers.
I
like
when people confess to things and
still lie. It takes a lot away from the
coniession. ''Yes, I know I need to go
·
to the hospital, I'm wasted. But I
only
drank
two beers." ''Yes, I know
I did steroids, my head is gigantic.
But I never knew that what I was
taking was steroids until I got
caught." 15 points
3/27 Lower West -
Security reported a "possible peep-
ing person" outside of Lower West.
A group of girls called in and said
ther had spotted a strange man
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creeping outside their house. Secu-
rity
showed up and didn't really find
anything. Actually, the only reason
I included this story is so I could use
the alliteration
"possible
peeping
person." The possible peeping per-
son poured peas from the pail. The
pleasantly plump possible peeping
person ... no, I'm done. 10 points
3/27 Midrise -
Security confiscated
a.
bottle of
Bacardi rum from a visitor. The vis-
itor said she wasn't aware of
Marist's no alcohol policy. Um, as-
suming that the visitor was under
21, was she also unaware that she
was in America? 20 points for a
funny excuse.
3/28 Donnelly -
At 3:56 a.m., a student was found
confused and wandering around the
Donnelly parking lot wearing one
shoe and missing his wallet. He was
taken to St. Francis. The next day, a
taxi driver returned one shoe and a
wall~t to Donnelly security. And
guess what? There was no fake ID
confiscation! W oohoo! 20 points
3/28 Donnelly -
A female student was found cry-
ing in Donnelly Hall just after mid-
night. She was in a drunken state,
had just broken up with her
boyfriend, and was eventually
transported to St. Francis. No jokes
on this one; that actually sucks. 'Re-
ally rough night. Somebody do me a
favor and give her a hug and tell her
to listen to
"Keep
Ya Head Up" by
Tupac (Who, by the way, IS still
alive. He's working at a Cluck-U
Chicken in College Park, Maryland.
He goes by the rapper name Lee
Majors, but we all call him Cluck-U-
Pac. He's even on Google Images).
That should help.
5
points
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Friday classes mean
fewer Thursday
night emergency room visits for students
By
MORGAN OLSEN
The Daily Iowan
For many Unive.r:sity of Iowa stu-
dents, perfecting their class sched-
ule means no Friday classes. But
that may soon become harder to
avoid.
Over the last several weeks, the
UI Faculty Council and Faculty
Senate have unanimously voted to
support increasing the number of
Friday classes, when possible. The
draft was approved at the same
time the Senate and Council also
endorsed Iowa City's 21-ordinance.
The approved draft stated "evi-
dence suggests that Friday morning
classes lead to reduced alcohol con-
sumption on Thursday nights and
to reduced alcohol-related emer-
gency-treatment-center admissions
on Thursday nights."
Michael Takacs, a Ul clinical as-
sistant professor of emergency med-
icine, presented his own research
about local students' Thursday
night and Friday morning alcohol-
related visits to the emergency
room. His research was influenced
by a study conducted at University
of Missouri-Columbia, which ana-
lyzed alcohol consumption for every
day of the week compared with class
schedules.
Results from the Missouri study
show that students with no early
Friday classes - those before 10:30
a.m. -
drank twice as much on
Thursdays as students with those
classes.
If
they're enrolled in classes after
10:30 a.m., Takacs said, students
are just as likely to drink as
if
they
didn't have any class on Friday.
"It's great that the faculty for-
mally recognized that Thursday
night drinking affects students' aca-
demic success," Takacs said. ''It's a
good effort to reduce binge drinking
and even encourage faculty to talk
with students about the issue."
Faculty Senate President David
Drake said the group's support of
more Friday classes is in response
to faculty's concern with binge
drinking.
Beth Ingram, the UI associate
provost for undergraduate educa-
tion, has suggested moving the days
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Marist faculty ranked
13th on
MTVu
website
"I've used the site [ratemyprofes-
sors.com]
.
as a guide ever since my
freshman year," said Courtney
Corns, a junior at Marist. "I some-
times found that I had really good
experiences with professors that
were rated bad on the site. It's ob-
viously not fool proof because some
students can post terrible comments
about a professor that gave them a
bad grade. Sometimes you just need
to take a professor to find out for
yourself."
Professor Tim Massie, who ranks
in as one of the highest rated pro-
fessors at Marist on the site, agrees
that a lot of the time, comments and
opinions found on the site can be
very subjective.
"High rankings on ratemyprofes-
sors.com are a mixed blessing," said
Massie. ''fm happy to read the com-
ments by students who feel as
though I've prepared them from the
real world of public relations. How-
ever, I would not want to be rated
highly for being an "easy A". Stu-
dents should take professors be-
cause they will learn."
Massie, who is a public relations
professor and Chief Public Affairs
Officer at Marist, believes that
while it's an honor for Marist to be
named one of the top 25 universities
with the highest rated faculty, stu-
dents should be careful when brows-
ing the site, which can contain often
anonymous and subjective commen-
tary
about professors.
Dr. Lori Crispi, another highly
ranked professor at Marist, points
out that while sites like ratemypro-
fessors.com provide students with a
sounding board where they can ex-
press their opinions and give rec-
ommendations, it would be more
helpful
if
the site encouraged stu-
dents to post what they learned in
the class and how beneficial the
class was to their future goals.
''I would recommend that
if
stu-
dents got to the site to check up on
how others rate certain professors,
that they also ask students who
took the course how valuable it was
to them and how much they learned
from it," stated Crispi. "They also
might want to talk with the profes-
sors directly. It might be more
meaningful than how many A's the
professors give out or how hot they
look."
of required, major-specific classes to
Tom Rocklin, the interim vice Ptes-
ident for Student Services. The
Daily Iowan obtained the e-mails
using Iowa's open-records laws.
Ingram commented that the Fac-
ulty Senate's resolution is ''harm-
less," adding the real work lies in
"translating that resolution to ac-
tion."
''The way to change the culture is
to make sure that upper-level re-
quired courses are offered on Fri-
day," she wrote. "The required part
gets away from the student-choice
issue ... and the upper-level part en-
sures that someone is tracking at-
tendance."
UI officials launched an effort to
increase Friday classes in 2007,
which is portrayed in Takacs's re-
search results. He said he believes
the campaign propelled a drop in
the ER numbers.
The number of students enrolled
in Friday classes rose, and Thurs-
day night emergency-room visits
due to alcohol decreased from 78
during the 2007 -2008 school year to
69 last year.
"This isn't just by chance," Takacs
said about the correlation of in-
creased Friday classes and de-
creased ER visits. ''But I'm not sure
if
other things affected the num-
bers, such as [the online alcohol-ed-
ucation course] AlcoholEdu."
UI marketing lecturer David
Collins, who teaches several Friday
classes, said he holds his students
to the same standards, whether the
class is on Monday or Friday.
''If
we have higher expectations for
our students, they will have higher
expectations of themselves," said
Collins, who lectures his students
on the importance of showing up for
every class.
Officials at the University of
Northern Iowa said they've seen
similar trends in Thursday
_
night
binge drinking becoming a problem
for students. In an effort to provide
another outlet, they created Thurs-
daze -
nonalcoholic programming,
such as concerts and movies -
to
offer activities on Thursday nights.
NEWS BRIEFS
Capping newsletter
to
debut this
month
COMMARTS Connection will be
the first student-run communica-
tions newsletter released by gradu-
ating seniors on April 7.
As
a final step towards completing
their
degree,
seniors
Connor
Heaney, Christopher Ippolito, Mal-
iha Khan, and Valerie Simms will
be releasing the first issue of the
quarterly newsletter to increase
student involvement and participa-
tion within the department. COM-
MARTS
Connection
will
be
available to students through e-mail
as well · as on the Marist College
Web site and in print in various
campus locations.
''Whether it's music, fashion,
radio, or public relations we all have
something in common," said Simms.
"COMMARTS
Connection
will
touch upon from everything from
the Silver Needle Fashion Show to
retiring faculty
member Jim
Fahey."
The newsletter will feature up-
coming events, club meetings and
lecture series within COMMARTS
to highlight the events occurring in
the months of April and May.
Lecture
to
discuss
beatitude in search
for
fulfillment
Dr. Kathleen M. Sullivan, senior
director of spirituality and service
for the Notre Dame Alumni Associ-
ation, will discuss applying the
beatitudes in the search for ful-
fillment in a talk at Marist Col-
lege on Wednesday, April 7.
Sullivan's presentation, the an-
nual Hesburgh Lecture sponsored
by the University of Notre Dame
Alumni Association and its Mid-
Hudson Chapter, will begin at 7
p.m. in the Admissions Theater, lo-
cated off the Rotunda of the Student
Center on the Marist campus.
According to Sullivan, each of the
beatitudes can provide powerful in-
sight into the challenges of our
lives. In these challenges, the Lord
can offer particular guidance in
achieving true fulfillment. Sulli-
van's presentation suggests specific
opportunities for living each of the
beatitudes and discusses the danger
signs for straying away from Gospel
values.
Sullivan received her Ph.D. in Eng-
lish from Notre Dame in 1987. She
has since developed programs on
the family, grief recovery, ethics,
leadership and spirituality.
Marist
theatre program
to
stage
"The
Girls Next Door"
For two weekends in April, the
Marist Theatre Program and the
student-run Marist College Council
on Theatre Arts will perform "The
Girls Next Door." The show will
open on Friday, April 9, with ad-
ditional performances on April 10,
16, and 17, all at 8 p.m., and a
Sunday matinee starting at 2 p.m.
on April 18 in the Nelly Goletti
Theatre.
General admission tickets are $7
and student tickets are $3. They can
be reserved by calling the Marist Col-
lege Box Office at (845) 575-3133.
The show, based on ''The Boys
Next Door" by Tom Griffin, chroni-
cles the lives of four women with in-
tellectual disabilities and their
social worker. The nine-member
cast has worked under the direction
of Professor Matt Andrews since
February, while additional students
have been working alongside pro-
fessionals on the technical aspects
of the show.

























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Letters to the Editor: Marist students join ''hookup" debate
2D1CAROUNE HOREMANS/FUCKR.COM
With today's hookup culture, are girls giving
it
up
too
easily, or are they simply
as-
serting their
right
to
a sexual relationship without strings?
Dear Circle Staff,
This
letter is in reference to the re-
cently published article concerning
women and hook-up culture. I just
wanted to say "amen!" On today's
college
campuses
(including
Marist), women are inadvertently
disrespecting themselves every
weekend. There once was a time
which women made the guys work
for it.
This is how it went: the guy met
the girl; the guy got the courage to
ask her on a date; she accepted and
the guy picked her up; if all went
well, they would decide to date
again. After several successful
dates, they might finally decide to
hook up with each other.
from the female population. Well
ladies, look at your standards. Look
at your self-respect. Look at the
guys you are hooking up with. You
might want
to
review them.
Women, I'm letting you in on a lit-
tle secret - men
will only respect you
if you respect yourself.
If
we don't
have
to
work for the goods, obvi-
ously we won't. It's like giving a guy
a trophy before he even plays a
game; it's pointless when you've al-
ready won.
Now don't get me wrong, there's
nothing wrong with having fun and
messing around, but women bring
the drama and negativity on them-
selves and use men as scapegoats to
evade responsibility. Women are
the ones complaining? Please. Do
you know how many guys out there
are actually looking for a semi-
classy girl? More than you might
think. Hopefully women with stan-
dards won't remain M.I.A in the
Dear Circle Staff,
I feel as though Mr. Perry's mind-
set and view on relationships is as
outdated as his references to the
good ol' days of our parents' genera-
tion. Maybe in "Happy Days" Joanie
and Chachi went steady, but one
needs only to talk to
·
our elders
(rather than make blanket assump-
tions) to appreciate that one-night
stands occurred in their era as well.
On another note, our parents' gen-
eration is not necessarily always
something to be envied,
,
nor should
we seek to replicate it. There is such
a thing as progress. For instance,
our parents witnessed a number of
social
conundrums
concerning
racial bias, segregation and sexual
harassment in the workplace (none
of which were illegal at the time).
No one is arguing that we should be
bringing those back into fashion ei-
ther, so maybe the relationship-
heavy culture can also take a back
seat.
Let's start off with the language of
the article. For an author intending
to rectify the demeaning behavior
towards his female counterparts, a
good place to start would be refer-
ring to them as women and not
girls. They are not pre-pubescent
children playing with My Little
Ponies; if college males are men,
Mr. Perry, wouldn't common sense
lead to females being women?
I'm so thrilled that
Mr. Perry is
coming to the defense of all us poor,
confused females and showing us
the way to the light. Harking back
to our parents' generation, have you
women might actually celebrate the
ability to engage in sexual behavior
without having the obligations of
commitment thrust upon us. Even
more shocking, some women might
actually want to hook up with more
than one man at a time. Thank
goodness for birth control, huh? And
if you have never met such a
woman, well hi there. My name is
Katie Procter.
Not all women are seeking a rela-
tionship, let alone ''long-term ro-
mantic relationships." Some women
like "no strings attached." Shows
like "Sex and the City," although
they are Hollywood dramatizations
of real life, discuss women taking
charge of their sexuality and mak-
ing choices for themselves.
It
can be
relieving for women
to
get sexual
gratification without having
to
be in
a relationship. Why are you assum-
ing that the sole goal of interaction
between the sexes is to find a
boy/girlfriend?
This is how it works these days:
the guy shows up in a drunken stu-
por to Backstreet and begins grind-
ing up on a girl who is also in a
drunken stupor. The girl has the
standards of being accepted to a
community college and the guy gets
what he wants ... they hook up.
next generations, because we guys forgotten about the women's libera-
need someone
to
bring home to tion movement and the sexual revo-
There are larger issues you fail to
consider as well, Mr. Perry. Not
to
mention, your total blame on the
fe-
male sex is a close-minded ap-
proach. What about males who are
seeking relationships, whom you
to-
tally neglect? What about the high
·
rate of infidelity by both sexes in
''long-term loving relationships?"
What about letting women decide
what is degrading
to
them and not
making blanket presumptions for
an entire sex? Mr. Perry, your chau-
vinistic attitude fails to be cloaked
by your guise of concern for the f e-
m ales of your generation. Maybe
some of us just don't want
to
date
males like you, and just want to cut
out the drama and cut to the chase.
Then I walk around campus, I
hear cries of, "Why are guys such
assholes? " and, "guys are pigs,"
mom.
S"mcerely,
Brandon Anderson '11
lution as well? Your memory seems
to be selective. The ''hookup culture" Sincerely,
you decry so vehemently is not nau-
Katie Procter '10
seating to all of us females. Some
Column About Nothing: Expelling freshmen"class" stigmas
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Staff Writer
Every time I
read Edith
Wharton's The
Age of Inno-
cence, I like to
congratulate
myself and my
generation for
overcoming the
social stigmas
that ruled in
the upper echelon of 1870s Ameri-
can society.
In her novel, Wharton's characters
judge one anoth.er based on views of
"us versus them" - outsiders or
:
newcomers
to
the established social
circle are alienated and ignored in
favor of those who have long-estab-
lished ties to the group. In a world
where status is absolute, old money
rules and new money t:ries
to
sur-
vive long enough to become equals
with the old.
Of course this would never happen
in society today. Each person ar-
rives at Marist College with a clean
social slate; you make your own rep-
utation
But it does happen. It happens
every year. Each year, juniors be-
come seniors - the top of the social
hierarchy. Last year's freshmen
breathe a sigh of relief because
they're no longer at the bottom (con-
demned
to
The Loft). A new group
of freshmen are installed to attend
The Loft and try their fake IDs at
Mahoney's.
Last weekend, I attended a party,
only to find myself in the company
of copious amounts of freshmen and
sophomore girls. Other than the
hosts, my two friends and I were
thr~ of five seniors present.
While I normally would never
admit it, I was less than pleased by
the presence of the girls. These were
my friends, this was my side of cam-
pus and the outsiders had no right
to be there.
I haven't always thought like this.
While abroad last year, many of my
friends were freshmen, and I'd ac-
tually spent the first week thinking
that my freshman roommate was
actually a junior.
The lack of differentiation between
upper and lowerclassmen was one of
the first things I noticed about life
abroad. Seniors hung out with
freshmen. The classes were so in-
tertwined that no single year stood
out.
I don't know
if
this separation of
the classes is something unique to
Marist, if it's an American concept
or if the University of St. Andrews
simply had a uniquely progressive
atmosphere. I do know however,
that my abroad university assured
a blending of the years through a
system of
.
academic families.
Basically, upperclassmen adopt
etters tot
freshmen each November, and the
upperclassmen act as "parents" to
the freshmen. As an abroad stu-
dent, I was adopted. My "mum'' took
my "sisters" and me out for ice
cream in town and my "father"
made me my first toastie (a sort of
university treat).
For the most part, these families
were incredibly effective in bridging
the gap between all grade levels.
After leaving Scotland, I kept im
touch with most of my siblings as
well as both of my parents and an
aunt. I even visited my university
over spring break.
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1, 2010 •
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From Page 4
Frosh social quarantine deemed unnecess~
I had been back at Marist for less Obviously, this idea of separation girls. We were outsiders to them, tense, because I've realized the
than three days when I attended
the party of underclassmen. Almost
immediately, my mentality was
switched back to the idea that
upperclassmen and underclassmen
each had their own separate places:
ours was on the upperclassmen
side of campus and at places
·
like
Mahoney's, theirs was on the
dry
side of campus and at The Loft.
Since my view
c1f
the underclass-
men could be changed so easily
based on where I was, I realized
that the mentality must be some-
thing driven by a campus mindset.
isn't so pronounced on sports teams
or anywhere else that the classes
have a good deal of interaction.
However for the majority of stu-
dents, what I've noticed seems true
and I don't know where the differ-
ence in mindsets comes from. I'm
not proud of how I've viewed under-
classmen, especially considering
the most obvious point that I - like
every senior - have been an under-
classman.
I once walked into a party as a
junior, only to be blocked out of the
kitchen by a literal wall of senior
Abortion order goes too far
By
COLLEEN LINDSAY
The
Daily Illini
George Washington issued the
first executive order in 1 789. The
most recent order was the Obama
order limiting abortion funding in
the health care bill passed py
Congress. After even Democrats
dug their heels in, Obama decided
to issue an executive order and pull
the abortion funding from the bill.
Obama tried so hard to get this
health care bill passed that he
ordered Democrats to threaten
Republicans with the "reconcilia-
tion" rules if they didn't give an up-
or-down vote on health care.
Basically, only 51 Senate votes
were required instead of the nor-
mal 60. This reconciliation rule had
been used in the past by both par-
ties.
This was the first major bill that
has been handled in this way.
Traditionally, this has been a
deficit reduction rule used for such
things as tax cuts, not provisions in
health care reform. Obama has suf-
ficiently twisted their arms and
they are left with no good options.
Why all this hocus-pocus
to
get a
bill passed? Because otherwise, it
never would have passed.
The really crazy thing
is
that the
Democrats who were so against the
previous version of the health care
bill were the very ones fighting for
it
to
eventually pass. Obama had
even alienated the advocates of the
bill. Many Democrats in Congress
want Americans
to
hav4! universal
health care; they just didn't want to
go against their conscience and the
consciences of the people they rep-
resent by pushing federally funded
abortion.
Executive orders have a long his-
tory, and one that includes many
reversals. Even orders that Bush
put into place, Obama has threat-
ened to overturn. These are not
deep laws that take Congress and
the Supreme COUI't
tv
overtW"n;
they are orders that can be
reversed at the tip of a hat by the
president in office.
Given the fact that Obama was in
favor of the original provisions of
the bill, and also given that many
lobbyists who were "promised'' less
restrictive abortion tendencies by
Obama, I have my doubts about
how long this particular executive
order will stand. Executive orders
don't even take effect until 30 days
after the Federal Register is issued.
What were the provisions that
Obama took out with his executive
order?
The Senate version allows abor-
tions funded by policyholders.
Different health care plans would
supposedly be set up to cover and
not cover abortions. However, this
is no guarantee.
If
your plan covers
abortions, you will be required to
pay a charge that will go toward
abortions.
If
you are receiving gov-
ernment aid and are participating
in a plan that covers abortions, the
government will be required to pick
up all of your health care charges,
and this will probably include the
abortion charge.
Loopholes also exist which could
allow federal funds to be directed
toward
abortions.
Community
health centers could alse be forced
to allow abortions. States could
possibly opt out of plans covering
abortion. But, with the tension
already present, what state would
do that? Obama's health care plan
had adopted the Senate's provi-
sions.
There has already been a lot of
secrecy and swearing over this
health care bill. Then came rules
used improperly
to pass the bill as
well as an executive order that
pulled the abortion funding. But,
as executive orders have proved in
the past, they are instable docu-
ments. With a president iri office
now who doesn't even support his
own executive order, how in the
world can it
be
maintained?
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trying to take over their social cir-
cle.
Perhaps this is part of the prob-
lem: I had to pay my dues, so I rtm
instilled with the idea that the
underclassmen should be quaran-
tined until they've also paid theirs.
Just as "new money'' families in
the 1870s had to hang around long
enough to be considered "old
money," I thought that freshmen
needed to hang around long enough
to be seniors, able to finally go
wherever they wanted.
I'm talking about this in the past
ridiculousness of this system, and
I'm doing my best to readjust
myself back to my mindset in
Scotland. It's not easy when most
people around you share the same
"us versus them" mentality, but I
figure that it's worth a try.
Obviously, freshmen (or anyone
who's not a senior) will never have
a place at events like Senior Week
- hence the name - but I'm sure
that hanging out with underclass-
men at a party won't kill anyone.
Besides: old money or new money,
it's still money.
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be on campus Wednesday
&
Thursday.
Come learn more and meet a recruiter and former volunteer.
Peace Corps Information Session
Wednesday, April 7
at
12 noon
Campus Ministries (the little green buitding)
Peace Corps Information Table at
Spring 2010 Career and Internship Fair
Thursday, April 8 from 4pm .. 7pm
Mccann Center
eace Corps volunteers work
In
76 countries.
·
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Research fails to validate Facebook account
By
USA GLOVER
Staff Writer
During midterm week for Marist
College, Facebook gained publicity
for surpassing Google and becoming
the "most visited website for the
week." (Heather Dougherty Direc-
tor, Research at Hitwise). Coinci-
dence? Recently, Facebook has
attracted a lot of negative publicity
in terms of why having an account
could potentially deter you from
landing a job or internship.
A recent article in The Wall
Street Journal claims that, "[Face-
book] could harm you if you end up
inadvertently saying something stu-
pid, offensive or even grammatically
incorrect," (Larry Chiagouris, pro-
fessor of marketing at Pace Univer-
sity's Lubin School of Business). An
article in the New York Post also
agreed that, "Facebook: [is] the
great job killer of the 21st century"
(Idiocy in age of Facebook, Kyle
Smith).
However, there is much more to
Facebook that just uploading em-
barrassing pictures and wall posts
from the weekend. Facebook has be-
come a vital source to communicat-
ing, not just socially but profession-
ally as well. So while some of us
may have been guilty of keeping up
with our daily dose of "Facebook-
creeping", the rest of us may have
been logging on for educational pur-
poses.
More and more, students are
using Facebook as their main outlet
of transferring and receiving infor-
mation. A great advantage with
using Facebook is the ability to cre-
ate an ongoing "thread'' among
members. This is actually much
easier than emall since one does not
have to go back and forth in be-
tween pages to retrieve old mes-
sages, and the response rate is
instantaneous. Facebook threads
also allow for easy uploads of edu-
cational pictures and documents to
share which can sometimes be
tricky with Email.
Almost every club and organiza-
tion on campus has a Facebook
group which allows members to eas-
ily access information including
meetings, community service oppor-
tunities and upcoming events. The
student-run Marist College Dance
cartoon corner
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Show uses E-Mail as well as Face-
book for reminders and upcoming
events. Being that it is one of the
largest clubs on campus, it is very
important that their information
and messages reaches all members.
The club president, .JohannaVa-
lente, as well as other club ad-
mininistrators update the page
frequently. Other Marist clubs on
Facebook include but are not lim-
ited to, Rugby, MCCTA, Fashion The offices
in
Palo
Alto,
CA feature the
Inc., SPC, Class E-Boards, RSC,
familiar logo.
and Band. Campus involvement is remember information I receive on
especially high at Marist, since the Facebook more than on E-Mail·
am~unt o_f points each student which is probably because Facebook
achieves directly af~ects where th~y
·
will conveniently send
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re-
are place~ for housmg. Face?Oo~ is minders on your homepage." It is
great social tool for com~umcatmg also a good way for potential mem-
to a large group of people man easy hers to join the club because it is
way. As college students, we ~re easily viewable on other's pages.
~onnec~d through Faceh?ok, which
·
Our generation has many benefi-
is wh~ it _makes sense for a club to cial advantages with technology and
organize itself on Facebook.
we should utilize them to the best of
Fres~man Da!llly Turner believes our ability.
t~at, College students are more
Bottom line: Employers are not
likel! to check F~cebook_first, before concerned that you have a Face-
loggmg onto their_ E-Ma~l. ~e mes-
book; they just want you to clean up
sages ~re helpful m remm~ng '!s of your Facebook and use it for what
upcommg events and meetmgs.
everyone claims it is for; social net-
He also comments that, "I tend to working.
A guide to Passover seders
By
ROSHNI
OOMMEN
The
Kansan
Passover is an 8-day Jewish holi-
day that celebrates the freedom of
the Jewish nation from enslave-
ment in Egypt. Rabbi Zalman
Tiechtel of the KU Chabad House
said the freedom of the Jews from
Egypt was miraculous.
"In a sense, that's when we began
as a people," Tiechtel said. "For
every Jewish person - it's common
around the world -
Passover is a
popular holiday. The idea is that we
celebrate today in society what it
means to be free people."
According to the calendar,
Passover begins Tuesday and will
continue until April 5. But Tiechtel
said the celebration of Passover re-
ally begins the evening before, so
the first Passover candle will be lit
tonight.
Tiechtel described Passover as the
"Jewish Thanksgiving,"
•
meaning
many Jews gather in large family
settings. Because the first day of
this year's Passover is in the middle
of the week, Tiechtel said there will
be special celebrations and cere-
monies for students who are unable
to go home.
"That's why we do what we do,"
Tiechtel said. ''We make it similar to
a home setting -
it's their home
away from home."
During the first two nights of
Passover, there is a Seder, which is
a large meal that includes the
retelling of the Passover story.
On Seder nights, Jews tradition-
ally drink four cups. of wine or grape
juice with the meal. Tiechtel said
wine was a drink
·of
loyalty, and
each of the cups symbolizes God's
pr<>mises to t~e Jewish people.
Katz said his family's celebration
of Passover was different from the
traditional Passover celebration.
When he was growing up, his
grandmother, who had a love for ed-
ucation, decided that she wanted to
make the tradition and history of
Passover more meaningful for the
family. She began putting different
children in the family in charge of
teaching the family about a differ-
ent plague on Egypt during the exile
of the Jews.
Throughout the week, observers of
Passover don't eat any leavened
foods, including cakes or cookies.
"Because of this," Tiecthel said, ''We
clean our homes spotlessly to make
sure there's not even a crumb of
leavened food we may accidentally
eat."
One of the foods eaten during
Passover is Matza, a flat, unleav-
ened bread.
''When the Jews left Egypt in such
a rush to be free," Tiechtel said,
"they didn't have time to wait for
the bread to rise. Because of this, we
eat matza. We have handmade
matza brought here from Israel, so
we can have a taste of the holy
land."
Many observers of Passover also
eat bitter herbs, or onions or pars-
ley dipped in salt-water. Tiechtel
said that this was meant to allow
the observers of Passover to taste
the pain and suffering their ances-
tors faced.
''We want to relive the experience,
and relive the history, and make it
relevant to today," Tiechtel said.
Katz said that his family also ate a
food called Charoset, a paste made
of apples, nuts and other fruits.






























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Film Review: 'Hot Tub Time Machine'
'Hot Tub' is a ho-hum, time-killing machine
By
JAY BOLLER
Minnesota Daily
When a movie is titled "Hot Tub
Time Machine,'' one component is es-
sential: It needs
to
be keenly self
aware of how inanely stupid it is.
Thankfully, "HTTM'' knows its very
premise is criminally ridiculous. The
1980s time travel romp is exactly as
smart as the title suggests, but its
smirking self-awareness makes for a
stupid albeit mindlessly enjoyable
ride.
First, a plot recap -
considering
how haphazardly the film was
thrown together, it won't take long.
Recently dumped Adam (John Cu-
sack) joins loser pal Lou (Rob
Corddry), married chum Nick (Craig
Robinson) and dorky nephew Jacob
(Clark Duke) on a ski weekend trip
to a dilapidated resort. A hot tub -
you guessed it -
serves as a time
machine, and the troupe is thrown
back into their 1986 glory days at the
very same resort, younger bodies
and all.
The pivotal moment for "HTTM"
comes immediately before time
travel, when the camera dramati-
cally zooms towards Robinson's face
and he utters, "It must be some sort
of hot tub ... time machine." It's at
that moment the audience can rest
easy; they know the filmmakers are
in on the joke.
In terms of laughs, there are quite
a few. While "HTTM'' is of the severe
hedonistic/guy comedy bent (think
"Grandma's Boy"), Corddry's char-
acter takes it to new heights. He
drugs, he drinks, he mates and his
well-honed "total dick" persona
usurps many of the film's funnier
moments -
a forced blowjob scene
with Robinson's character topping
them all. The perennially creepy
Crispin Glover has a solid rµnning
gag where he almost, and eventu-
ally, loses his arm as well.
"HTTM'' flows well in its mindless-
ness, but the jokes are painfully hit
or miss. There's a surplus of unnec-
essary bodily fluids (vomit, blood,
·
mock-semen); Cusack's mopy char-
acter unconvincingly falls for a
manic pixie dream girl
(Lizzy
Caplan
of ''Mean Girls''), and Duke's charac-
t.er is a broken record of "don't
ruin
the future by altering the past!" ut-
terances. On top of those misses,
there's an obvious aura of laziness.
Yes, a film called ''Hot Tub Time Ma-
chine" won't ever be confused with
"Synecdoche, New York ,'' but this
feels like a half-baked script exe-
cuted with a series of one-take-and-
we're-done shots.
"HTTM'' isn't a complete dud; it's
actually a fairly satisfying means for
viewers to evacuate their brains for
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an hour and a half. But, not unlike
''The Hangover" before it, there's a
feeling that
"HTTM''
is simply ave-
hicle for a hastily assembled ensem-
ble cast to get
drunk, see some
breasts and extol some potty humor
while the studio cashes in. The film's
conclusion itself should win an
award for not really trying.
"Stupid" movies can excel -
just
look at "Anchorman" or "Old School"
-
but this entry into the lexicon of
sophomorically humorous guy flicks
lacks the effort and smarts to be re-
membered beyond its assuredly prof-
itable box office run.
3
of
5
stars
She
&
Him's 'Volume Two' shows country/pop sound
By
CATHERINE SCOTT
Tufts
Daily
Anyone who watches movies
knows that Zooey Deschanel has
filled the quirky, cute role for quite
a few years - the runaway sister in
"Almost Famous" (2000), the child-
like girl who works in
a
toy store in
"Elf' (2003) and a blue-eyed heart-
breaker in last year's surprise indie
blockbuster "(500) Days of Sum-
mer." Less well-known by name,
but an indie staple all the same,
M.
Ward has released solo albums and
has guested for artists ranging from
Bright Eyes to Norah Jones. Form-
ing an unlikely pair in the musical
duo She
&
Him, Deschanel and
Ward have put out what sounds like
a variety of vintage country/pop
songs.
She
&
Him released its second
album appropriately titled ''Volume
Two." Though its sound remains the
same as that of ''Volume One"
(2008), the singing duo has taken a
significant step forward, proving
She
&
Him is not merely a side proj-
ect for the already successful stars.
With Deschanel belting out the
lead vocals and writing the songs,
it's clear from the beginning that
she's
talcing
her
quirky,
cut.e
label
as an
actress and bringing it over
to
music.
Thankfully, Deschanel knows how to
work her image better than anyone
else. Even though her sound can be
a little repetitive, she has the po-
tential to lead She
&
Him to the
heights of indie fame with the help
of M. Ward backing her up on his
guitar, alongside a plethora of in-
struments that build up her sweet,
playful voice.
The first single released from the
album, ''In the Sun," has the typical
upbeat vibe that many expect from
She & Him. Adding to the track are
Tilly and the Wall, a small indie pop
group from Nebraska. The appeal of
the track to a mainstream audience
is obvious - it's simply constructed
and makes breaking up seem fun -
but this s.ong is by no means the
strongest on the album.
It's hard to beat the album's open-
ing track, "Thieves;'' as Deschanel
brings in a sort of Patsy Cline bal-
lad -
with an upbeat tempo, of
course. Deschanel's songs, and sub-
sequently, her voice, are at their
best when she adds a little twang to
the lyrics. Another song that mir-
rors this country influence is ''Lin-
gering Still" - the sound, both from
Deschanel's voice and Ward's gui-
tar, seems like something straight
out of the Grand Ole Opry.
The best track on the duo's second
installment -"I'm Gonna Make It
Better" -
comes smack-dab in the
middle of the album. Here De-
schanel and Ward have combined
their country/pop sensibilities per-
fectly. While many of She
&
Him's
songs are compositionally simple,
this track crescendos into an instru-
mental mid section that makes lis-
teners return for more, while other
original tracks, like "Home," are
easily forgettable.
She
&
Him also know how to con-
struct a slow-moving song, even if
.
it doesn't seem to be their favorite
thing to do. Though they come
back-to-back at the end of ''Volume
Two," drastically slowing down the
mood of the album, "Brand New
Shoes" and
"If
You Can't Sleep" pro-
vide the beauty of the duo's sound
without the upbeat tempo that be-
comes annoying after
11
tracks.
As
in ''Volume One," many of the
songs in ''Volume Two" blend to-
gether, becoming utterly forgettable
after the first listen. Though De-
schanel and Ward have tried new
things -
more instruments, more
confidence, more complex arrange-
ments -
some of the tracks don't
surpass anything more than "cute."
Two such songs are the album's
covers: NRBQ's ''Ridin' in My Car"
(1977) and Patience and Prudence's
"Gonna Get Along Without You
Now" (1956). While Deschanel's
original songs bring a modern men-
tality
to
a vintage sound, these ob-
scure covers just sound stale.
For anyone who hasn't heard of
She
&
Him -
and there's quite a
large possibility of this, despite De-
schanel's popularity- their albums
are worth a listen. The two albums
even go together quite nicely - both
being about old love lost and new
love found, two of Deschanel's
fa-
vorite subjects.
4.5 out of 5 stars
PAGE7
currently
singin'
A weekly review of
the la test songs
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
Tokyo Police
Club
"Break-
neck Speed" -
Ironically,
this
song is fairly mid-
tempo, and far
from speeds that would tickle
Slayer's fancy. The last time we
heard from Tokyo Police Club was
on ABC's "Desperate Housewives."
Unfortunately, it was not
to
arrest
any culprits for producing horrid
television. On the bright side, lead
singer (and bassist) Dave Monks as-
sures us, "It's good
to
be back" on
their new single. This Canadian
band channels Californian rock by
creating a song that could be found
on ''The OC" if it were still on tele-
vision. But, then that would be
more work for the TVPD.
The National "Bloodbuzz
Ohio" -
The music wo~ld is full of
contradictions this week. Although
The National performed (what we
thought was the new single) ''Terri-
ble Love" on "Late Night with
Jimmy Fallon," the new single of
their upcoming album "High Violet"
is in fact "Bloodbuzz Ohio." Matt
Berninger's deep baritone is soni-
cally beautiful among the futuristi-
cally dark-infused cityscape sounds.
The Hold Steady "Rock Prob-
lems" - The Brooklyn-based rock
bands latest offering from "Heaven
is Whenever'' (due May
4)
falls short
of the epic quality of previous jams
like "Sequestered in Memphis."
Still, vocalist/guitarist Craig Finn's
handle on songwriting and navigat-
ing the story within the song is in-
disputably remarkable. Meanwhile,
Finn's attitude is portrayed as lais-
sez-faire and carefree.
FROM LCDSOUNDSYS'ltM.COM
"This
is
Happening."
LCD
Soundsytem's upcoming
album
(due
May
17)
will
be
their last.
LCD Soundsytem "Drunk Girls"
- "Drunk Girls" sounds like a con-
tinuation of the playfully satirical
"North American Scum" from LCD
Soundsystem's 2007 album "Sound
of Silver." The electronic dance-
heavy jaunt is built on foundational
hooks of James Murphy yelling
"drunk girls" and "drunk boys." It's
all in good fun.





































lifesty es
Thursday, April
1,
2010
www.maristcircle.com
PAGE8
Forget pizza, embrace "Cake for Breakfast"
Ask Kait!
By
LAURA
SHERI.AND
Circle Contributor
Tired of your mom telling you
dessert bas to wait until after
dinner? Well now that you're in
college you can enjoy, "Cake For
Breakfast!"
Marist
junior,
Amanda Bothwell, bas created
her own business specializing in
a
variety of sweet
treats.
Amanda is currently studying
Psychology and Special Educa-
tion, but in her spare time she
loves to bake.
Bothwell has always loved
spending time in the kitchen
whether it be cooking or baking,
although she prefel's the latter.
She started baking at a very
young age with her mother and
father, who helped to influence
her culinary skills. Bothwell bas
made many cakes over the past
few years, but this year it seemed
that she was constantly making
cakes for her friends' birthdays.
It appeared to fit into her sched-
ule and, just like that, her Cake
For Breakfast business was born.
When thinking of something to
name her
business,
Amanda said
the word "breakfast" kept pop-
ping into her head. She thought
about college students and bow
we all
usually
wake up
hungry
and rummage around the kitchen
for something to eat. Normally
we stuff our faces with the first
delicious thing that we see, which
may just
happen
to be cake.
CONTRIBUTED BY AMANDA B01HWELL
Start
your day of
wtih an extra
Jolt
in
your
system by
indulging your
sweet
tooth.
Surprisingly, Bothwell has ad-
mitted
,
that it is not the actual
cake baking she enjoys, but the
decorating. She loves to paint and
design, so from making cakes she
can incorporate all of her inter-
ests into one. Amanda gets a lot
of her ideas from watching The
Food Network and also from mag-
azines and cookbooks
.
She doesn't particularly like to
follow recipes so if she finds one
she likes she'll modify it slightly
to make it her own. That may be
why she enjoys baking blondies
and brownies so much. ''You get
to mess around with the recipe"
she says, which allows for more
creativity and imagination. Her
more recent creation, a "Man-
cake," included beer in the batter
and covered in a bacon butter-
cream.
An idea for a French
Toast cake in currently in the
works.
Bothwell would love to break
into the food industry.
In
fact,
one day she dreams of opening
her own bakery. When asked if
she had hopes that "Cake For
Breakfast"
would
eventually
grow into something bigger she
replied,
"I
wouldn't be opposed if
it expanded into something, but
it's okay if it doesn't or if I even
make money. I just love to do it."
SEE IF, PAGE 9
Vagina beautification trend rising
By
RACHAEL SHOCKEY
Circle Contributor
I am
going to go out
on a
limb
and
make a prediction of what America's
next sex organ fashion trend will be:
lamination
of the female genitals.
I
truly
believe
that this isn't as far-
fetched as it sounds initially, given
all the other procedures that
our
so-
ciety encourages
women
to undergo
to achieve the perfect vagina.
A
crotch snugly bound in
lamination
would be smooth, shiny, symmetri-
cal, and tight - all of the attributes
we strive for via the vaginal "im-
provement" services available to us
today.
It
seems that only recently
bas a harsh standard of what a
vagina should look like been intro-
duced.
In
lieu of the fantastic per-
formance
of
''The
Vagina
Monologues" that took place last
week on campus, I think it would be
~ry timely and appropriate to draw
attention to some of the things we
do
to our modern vaginas that
"'ould cause vagina owners of older
~nerations gasp in shock (and puz-
zlement!).
1.
Pubic hair removal. This prac-
tice has· gained serious ground in
the past ten years or so, to the point
that going bare down there has be-
'
come somewhat of
a norm
for young
women. What began as seasonal
hair removal along the bikini line
has- been taken to new extremes. It
is
common
today to get all but a nar-
row "landing strip" of pubic hair
waxed off, but
a
landing strip just
does not
offer
enough of a shock fac-
tor for many women today. So to
take it a step further, many women
shape the pubic hair that they leave
on their bodies into designs, like
hearts and lightning bolts, or they
endure some extra pain and
wax/shave every bit of pubic
.
hair
they can reach. In a 2008 poll con-
ducted by Cosmopolitan and Men's
Health magazines, a solid 28 per-
cent of 4,000 men polled said that
they preferred that women main-
tain completely bare vulvas. In the
same year, of a random sample of
235 female college students in Aus-
tralia, 60 percent claimed to remove
some of their pubic hair, and a
whopping 48 percent said they re-
moved most or all of it. Female
pubic hair has officially become an
endangered species, with a signifi-
cant portion of both men and
women treating it like a yard full of
leaves that needs to be raked rou-
tinely.
2. Labiaplasty. On the website of
Female pubic hair has officially
become an endangered species,
with a significant portion of
both men and women treating It
llke a yard full of leaves that
needs to be raked routlnely.
Cosmetic Surgery, P.A. of Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, it's exclaimed
that labiaplasty
"will
not only recre-
ate more youthful and aesthetically
pleasing external genital structures,
but ~ l also restore self-image and
self-esteem!" This procedure is one
of the most popular forms of vaginal
cosmetic surgery. Women generally
invest in labiaplasty to reduce the
size of their labia and/or to make
them more symmetrical, because
apparently, small, matching labia
are all the rage nowadays. So, does
this mean that there will eventually
be a procedure to make
lopsided
tes-
ticles more symmetrical, anrl there-
fore ·(according to this logic) more
aesthetically pleasing? Perhaps, but
I doubt that that innovation would
receive any sort of warm welcome.
3. Hyme:noplasty, a.k.a. hymen re-
construction surgery.
SEE PRETTY, PAGE 9
.
How can
I
make myself
be
ome
sexually attracted
t
omeone
else?
-Wishing
ant,
Sophomore
Well
,
1 hat
·1.
·t .
ister bu
here
i
now, · to
fabricate.that
tin-
le you feel in your che or the itc
etween your legs wh n ou are at-
racted
to
someone. Sexual attrac-
ion should be 100 percent natural,
nd never
fn c(•d.
nd,
when i
omes
matters as )ertinent a
ting and ,:;ex. your ha ppm s an
ulfillment should •
Jwa s
b
yo
n
concern.
te
of you
ti
f'
and en-
empt
to force
such
things;
u do,
ou re merel. · set•
1
·ou deservt' rnul'l bet-
e go· 1g to a
restaur
·cally
alivnting
overt
ughtof
eating teak, b
1t
settli
a
Cesar al d ms
.,•nd.
It
pl
h
rmg,
nd
you'r
.
going
nd
the entire
rnght
wi ·
y
something
T
lat1on
h
h
thing
th
a
,1
pend
an awfu
g
the
"W
1a
if'
ame.
So,
1f
you've go ~omcone pttrsu-
·ng
ou
that
you have no interes
·n, milk
him
or he for a movi
dat
l'
two,
and
then polit •l ·
declin
ny
further advances.
You're
onl
oing
to
be
happy in a relationshi
'f
you're ge 'ng •ver, hin yo
ant,
and
forcing
yourself to be at-
acted
to someone
is
not
the
way
.
o
about
doing
that.
· .
Is
it
okay for a
senior
to
b
ating a freshman? --Cradl
bber, Senior
one.
If
yo
ant my
hone
t
opimon the onl
ime that a senior dating a fresh-
an
i
accept ble i wh n
1t
p
f
AOme
ort
f
uck
t
list activity.
ou know ' "'wipe into Champag-
at •hi)e drunk. Hook up with
shman. Ride a mechanical bull.'
eek,
if
that "
your bucket
list
yo
an probabJ do all
three
at once,
lthough the mechanical part ma
e trick·.
An
rwa ·. there are pl
·nty
of rea-
ons that
I
can spew at ·ou as
t
hy this
is
a bad idea. First of all,
· a coll ge
·ettin ,
this i a signif.
·cant age diff ·r •nc . Think abou
he m ntality you
are
in. Senior:
aduating, loo ing
for
a full tim
'ob, unsure a out your fut 1re, po
ntially moving back m · t you
arents,
ek.
F
e hm
rn:
Thre
ears of college ahea
L
looking
fo
ummer employmen . no real-Ii£
tresses.
'Jlu1t in itself
1-
enough for tne to
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THE CIRCLE • THURSDAY, APRIL
1.
2010 • 9
From Page 8
S
tu
de
n
t give
s
adv
i
ce
to fe
ll
ow
R
e
d Fo
xes
say no. Why, knowing that we have
about 50 days until graduation,
would you begin a relationship with
someone who is (luckily) obligated
to return to Marist for the next
three years?
Don't get me wrong, I'd love for a
reason to come back next year
other than alumni weekend and
rom Page 8
other significant events, but I'm
not going to wander around the
freshman dorms looking for some-
one to drag along with me in my
attempt to never leave Marist.
But, all jokes aside
,
I suppose
there are situations when a senior
dating a freshman would be ac-
ceptable. For example
,
legitimate
feelings
.
Now, keep in mind I'm
not talking about the "kind of, sort
of like this person
"
feelings. No,
because if you're going to deal with
the stress of being long distaitce
come May, you
'
ve got to be doing it
for that intense tingly feeling you
get when you do so much as think
about the other person.
If
you don't
have those feelings, it isn't worth
the mess you will ultimately face
when you're in the real world and
your freshman is a sophomore at a
house party making poor decisions
.
Getting the low-down on your down-low
Pretty self-explanatory, this surgery
can cost as much as $5,000 ... to put
your hymen back together. Want to
give your vagina something nice,
but don't have $5,000? There are
plenty of luxuries like vibrators,
warming lubricants and soft un-
derwear that run less than one
hundredth of the cost of a new
hymen. I'm pretty sure breaking
in the latter is much easier on
your vagina than the former. Just
From Page 8
sayin'.
4. Vajazzling is a very new vagi-
nal fad, made popular by actress
Jennifer Love Hewitt, who has ad-
mitted to being an avid vajazzler
in interviews and in her new book,
The Day I Shot Cupid. A number
of spas and bikini waxers are be-
ginning to off er this service for
about $50. To vajazzle, all pubic
hair must be removed from the
vu.Ivar area, and then (brace your-
self for this), using a strong adhe-
sive, tiny swarovski crystals are
applied to the area. The crotch
bling is said to stay put for about
five days
.
Not-so-surprisingly, it's
become a widely discussed topic on
the internet; last month, the salon
Completely Bare even posted a
video on YouTube, demonstrating
how to vajazzle at home.
These acts of trimming, sculpt-
ing, gluing, and smoothing are
reminiscent of arts and crafts time
back in elementary school, and I
think it's fair to say that we've be-
come just as obsessed with the
aesthetics of our pubic regions as
children are with their arts and
crafts
.
And what did we often do
with our arts and crafts to pre-
serve them? We laminated them!
Still sound like a farfetched iaea?
B
ot
hw
e
ll
'
s baking business takes the cake
If
you wish to order a cake,
blondies, brownies, cookies or any
other baked goods from Cake For
Breakfast you can contact Bothwell
through the Facebook Cake For
Breakfast group. Ideally, orders
should be placed at least a week in
advance. Cakes start at a base price
of $12 and is added to depending
upon which ingredients are re-
quested.
A satisfied customer, Deanna Wa-
caster, will defimtely be placing an-
other order saying that, ''The cake
looked beautiful and was honestly
one of the best cakes I have ever
eaten. It had a comforting, home-
made quality about it that you can't
get from a boxed cake mix."
Everything from the cake to the
icing to the filling are all made from
scratch with fresh
i
n
gre
di
ents.
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WWW.MARI St EDU/GRADUATE
Amanda has a set list of flavor
choices, but she's open to new
ideas if you'd like something dif-
ferent.
Her Web site,
www.wake-n-cake.com
will
hopefully be up and running
shortly.
Whether you have an occasion
to celebrate or have a sweet
tooth that needs satisfying, don't
hesitate
to
order
one
of
Amanda's delectable baked cre-
ations. I can speak from per-
sonal experience - my red velvet
birthday cake layered with
Nutella and frosted with vanilla
buttercream was one of Cake
For Breakfast's own, and it
surely lived up to its name. Not
only was it devoured for break-
fast, but for lunch and dinner
too.
OFFICE OF
GRA
D
UATE
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2010 • 10
Pacione's triple claims series win
By
SCOTT ATKINS
Staff Writer
The Marist baseball team opened
conference play this past weekend
as they hosted a three-game series
against Manhattan. The Red
Foxes split Saturday's double
header before taking the series
with a win on Sunday, improving
their record to 11-9.
"It's a great start to our confer-
ence season," head coach Chris
Tracz said. ''To take a series from
Manhattan after losing the first
game is huge for us."
The series was the home opener
for the squad who had spent the
first five weeks of the season trav-
eling the East Coast with games in
the Carolinas, Virginia and Penn-
sylvania. Coach Tracz and his boys
were excited for their homecom-
ing.
"It's been a long road-trip to
start the season," he said. "It was
great to be back at home and to
have our families there to see us
play."
Manhattan, who had been strug-
gling to live up to their number
one ranking in the preseason con -
ference poll, entered Poughkeepsie
with a 10-7 record and jumped on
the Foxes early with two runs in
the top of the second inning.
Marist
consistently
hit
the
Jaspers' pitching in the first half
of the game, but was hampered by
their inability to drive in runs.
From Page
12
The Foxes stranded fifteen run-
ners on base over the course of
nine innings and left the bases
loaded in the third, fourth and
fifth innings. Freshman second
baseman Zach Shank and junior
center fielder Michael Gallic led
the team with two hits apiece, but
Manhattan came out on top 9-4.
"[Leaving runners stranded on
base] was the story of the game,"
Tracz said. "They pitched them-
selves into positions where we
could have taken control of the
game and then we struggled. We
were obviously disappointed at the
squandering of those chances."
Game two of the doubleheader
saw the Foxes break a scoreless tie
with a three-run second inning.
Senior second baseman John
Prano drew a bases-loaded walk to
force in a run before senior short-
stop Richard Curylo drove in two
with a single that gave Marist a 3-
0 lead. The Foxes never looked
back and closed out the Jaspers
with a 5-1 victory, but the story of
the game was right-hander B.J.
Martin. The senior got the start on
what was his 22nd birthday, and
struck out eight en route to a com-
plete game victory.
"It was a big performance by
B.J .," Tracz said. "He has it in him
to do that. When he stays under
control he's capable of putting to-
gether great performances and we
needed it. That was a huge game
that turned the momentum of the
series and he came up big for us
giving us a chance to win the se-
ries on Sunday."
For his performance, which in-
cluded no Manhattan extra base
hits, Martin was named MAAC
Pitcher of the Week. He leads the
team in strikeouts with 25.
Marist
led for much of Sunday's
series-deciding matchup, but Man-
hattan left fielder Mark Onorati
belted a grand slam in the top of
the seventh and gave the Jaspers
a 5-2 lead. While such a devastat-
ing blow would demoralize many
teams, Tracz felt his team was
prepared and ready to recover.
"We've been in that situation be-
fore," he said. "From the first
game of the season we've talked
about not only do we need to stay
in the game and respond after
something like that, but that we're
capable of doing it."
Respond is exactly what the
Foxes did as they scored five runs
in the bottom of the inning, all
with two outs. Prano kicked off the
scoring with an RBI single that
brought Marist within two, fol-
lowed
by a Manhattan throwing
error which scored freshman cen-
ter fielder Mark Stuckey. Senior
first baseman Ryan Gauck then
walked to load the bases, bringing
up junior left fielder Ricky Pa-
cione. With his team down one,
Pacione blasted a bases-clearing
triple that gave the Foxes a 7-5
lead. Junior right-hander
Brendan
RYAN
HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
The Marist baseball team returns
to
the
McCann baseball field next when
It
hosts
Siena,
Albany and Brown and
plays
five
games from April 10-14.
Chapin pitched a 1-2-3 ninth in-
ning to close out his first save of
the season as the Foxes took the
series 2-1.
Marist jumped three spots in
this week's Ping! Baseball North-
east Region Rankings landing in
sixth. The Northeast Region in-
cludes a total of 69 schools and the
Foxes are the highest-rated MAAC
school
•
in the rankings. The only
teams ahead of Marist are four Big
East schools (Pittsburgh, Vil-
lanova, Connecticut, Rutgers) and
Boston College from the ACC.
Offensive struggles continue as softball falls to 4-16
they went ahead we were able to
omore
Caitlin Schell
pitched
seven to-back days."
''We came out really flat against
come back and take the lead."
strong innings for Marist, allowing
The Red Foxes once again could Binghamton," Ausanio said. "We
Marist fell 3-0 in the second game just three runs while striking out not seem to find their offensive need to better prepare for multiple
of the doubleheader. The Red Foxes five.
groove, mustering just two hits, games in multiple days."
were only able to net one hit against
The
Red
Foxes returned to action both from freshman Christina
After the string of four games in
Yale's Kayla Kuretich, a single less than 24 hours later with yet an-
Lausch, in an 8-0 loss.
two days, Marist fell to 4-16 on the
through the left side from freshman other doubleheader. Marist hosted
In the second game, the Bingham-
year. The Red Foxes will travel to
Danielle Koltz with one out in the Binghamton for two games at the ton Bearcats jumped out to an early play a doubleheader against Colum-
bottom of the seventh. Even though Softball Park in Gartland Field on lead that proved to be too much for bia on Tuesday.
Marist only had one hit, the Red Thursday afternoon.
Marist. Binghamton won 9-0 after
'We have the potential to play
Foxes were still able to bring the
'When I made our schedule last jumping out to an early five-run very well when we put everything
tying run to the plate in the seventh year, I wanted back-to-back double-
lead. Sophomore Brittany English together," Ausanio said. "I'm hoping
before a ground ball turned into a
headers," Ausanio said. "Our goal led the way for the Red Foxes, chip-
we can just be a little bit more con-
double play to end the game. Soph-
was to see how we reacted in back-
ping in with two singles to left.
sistent."
From Page
12
Strong third quarter seals second straight win for lacrosse
and a pair of assists
.
St. Joseph's hung with Marist
through the first half as the teams
hit the locker rooms with the home
team up 6-4. The Hawks were able
to
tie the game at seven on a Sean
Evans goal with 7:05 to go in the
3rd quarter. It was all Marist from
there though, as the Red Foxes
outscored the Hawks 8-2 to close out
the game.
Marist jumped out to an earlyJ;wo-
goal lead on strikes from Sharkey
and Zindel, before St. Joseph's tied
it up at two at the beginning of the
second half. The teams then traded
goals until Marist was able to sepa-
rate themselves by netting three
goal
s
in a row
,
all by freshmen.
Aedan Herman scored with 2:28 left
in the half and was followed by
back- to-back goals by Rice, both on
passes from Zindel.
"Connor is tough to cover out
there; he's a righty and Corey is a
lefty, so he takes some pressure off
Corey and visa versa," Nelson said
of the Rice/Zindel line.
In the middle of the 3rd quarter,
St. Joseph's crept back in with three
of their own scores in a row.
Sparked by a man up advantage
due to a Nick Armstrong slashing
penalty, the Hawks' Matt Daugh-
erty got one by Marist goalie Sam
Altiero.
From the 6:38 mark of the third
quarter, when Zindel scored his
third goal of the game
,
it was all
Marist till the final buzzer. Nelson
credited the defense of Marist with
the separation
.
"We had some trou -
ble stopping them early
,
but the de-
fense stepped up and the offense
continued scoring."
Rice deservedly capped off the
Marist scoring barrage with
his
fifth
goal of the season and team leading
16th of the season (tied with
Sharkey) with 7:50 to go in the
fourth.
The high man for St. Josephs-was
Evans with two goals and an assist.
Also, Artie Marrapese added two as-
sists for the Hawks.
Altiero earned his fourth win of
the season turning in a complete
game with 11 saves and improved
his save percentage to .542. When
coach spoke of the
work
his senior
goaltender was doing he was very
impressed.
"Sam is doing a very nice job for
us this year," Nelson said.
Freshman goalie Brendan Price is
still sick but should be returning to
split time with Altiero next week.
'l'he win propels the Red Foxes to
a first place tie with Mount St.
Mary's at 2-0 in MAAC play. Marist
is 5-2 overall.
Marist is back in action this week-
end with a game against winless
Wagner College on Saturday at
3:00. Then they will take on na-
tionally ranked Lafayette on Tues-
day April 6 at 7 p.m. in a game you
won't want to miss. Both games are
to be played here at Marist on
Leonidoff Field at Tenney Stadium
.
Nelson knows that he can't look
past Wagner and hope
s
that Marist
can get out to an early lead because
"if
you let them hang around they
can beat you," said Nelson
.
''They're
the type of team that scares you as
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THE CIRCLE • THURSDAY, APRIL, 12010 •
PAGE 11
Women's lacrosse snaps fiye-game losing streak
By
MATT
SPILLANE
Editor in Chief
It took a cold and rainy day for the
Red Foxes to finally hold on to the
ball. With its 8-6
win
over Lehigh on
Tuesday
,
March
30,
Marist
'
s
women's lacrosse team limited itself
to a season-best 12 turnovers to
break a five-game losing streak.
"We realized we had a lot of
turnovers [this sea-
son]," senior midfielder
Erin
Wilson
said.
"We've been practicing
stick protection. We made it a point
to
step to our teammates and it paid
off."
Senior midfielder Morgan Dillon,
who forced a game-high three
turnovers
,
agreed that ball control
and limiting turnovers was instru-
mental in the win.
''We took care of- the ball," she
said. ''We played very smart with it,
taking smart shots. The real differ-
ence was, when we did turn the ball
over, we got it back."
Sophomore attack Kelly Condon
scored a game-high four goals, and
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12
sophomore attack Ariel Kramer
scored twice and Dillon and senior
midfielder Lindsay Rinefierd each
scored once. Of the eight Marist
goals, seven were unassisted, which
Wilson attributed to Lehigh
'
s de-
fense.
''Their weakness was one-on-one
defense," she said. ''The cutters
weren't getting open and we ditln't
want to force it. We saw their weak-
ness and we capitalized."
It was the defense, though, that
played the most critical role in snap-
ping the losing streak
.
Marist sur-
rendered a season-low six goals to a
Lehigh offense that was averaging
13.8 goals per game prior to Tues-
day's game. Sophomore goalie
Alyssa Littin made six saves and
the Red Foxes caused 10 Lehigh
turnovers.
''We played defense the whole 110
yards," Dillon said. "The midfield
had a lot of stops
.
It was a full team
effort."
"Our defense played pretty well
today," Wilson said. "Everyone was
sliding. Alyssa played awesome
today, too. Our defense did a great
job. Their attack was doing well but
our defense stopped them."
''We just took advantage of them
around the crease a lot," Dillon said.
Lehigh opened up the scoring
,
however, going up 3-0 in the first 11
minutes. With the Mountain Hawks
up 4-2 inidway through the first
half, the Red Foxes went on a 4-0
run to go into halftime up 6-4.
''Lehigh was a good, athletic
t~am," Dillon said. "They scored
three quick goals but we answered
them. We just needed to find our
groove."
In the second half, the two teams
exchanged a pair of goals and
Lehigh was never able to regain the
lead.
''We weren't letting them get the
ball to their attacking end," Wilson
said. "Our midfield slowed
_
them
down. We weren't letting them get
the ball back
,
and our attack was
finishing like they're supposed to."
Marist's next six games will be
against MMC opponents
,
starting
with a home game against Siena on
Saturday, April 3.
MATTSPILLANE'/THE
CIRCLE
Prior to
Its
victory over the Lehigh Moun-
tain hawks, the Marist women's lacrosse
team had dropped five straight contests.
Marist has
posted
a 3-5 record so far this
season with seven games remaining. In-
cluding six conference games.
Tennis aims to pack the courts for senior day on April 13
Marist swept the doubles point as
the wins got progressively closer as
the pairings went down. At first
doubles, senior Christian Coley and
sophomore Matt Himmelsbach de-
feated Alex Frakes and Chris
Frakes, 8-1
.
"Coley and Himmelsbach look like
the only set doubles team," Smith
said. "Our doubles teams are a work
in progress. They are really going to
depend on matches against St.
Johns, Cennecticut, and Fairfield."
Last year, Smith completely
switched the doubles teams after a
match against Fairfield.
Senior Loic Sessagesimi teamed
up with junior Nicolas Pisecky at
second doubles. The Swiss pair
de-
feated
J.J.
Gramatica and Robert
Forai 8-5. The third doubles team
was comprised of senior Michael
Land and junior Rhys Hobbs
squeezed by Andrew Musyoka and
Luccas Coutinho 8-7 (8-6). In sin-
gles, four of the top five players won
in straight sets over the opposing
Peacock.
The following day, the Red Foxes
won eight of nine matches including
all six singles contests in a 7 -0
shutout victory over Rider. Sessa-
gesimi and junior Marcus von Nord-
heim netted the largest margins of
victory on the day. Sessagesimi won
his second singles match over Ryan
Carpenter 6-1, 6-1, while von Nord-
heim defeated Marc Ashed at third
singles by the same score.
For Sessagesimi, the singles vic-
tory was the 22nd of his MMC ca-
reer. To date, Sessagesimi has yet to
lose a MMC contest. Including the
MAAC tournament, he has five
MMC singles matches remaining.
"Loic is such a competitor, so I
have a lot of confidence in him,"
Smith said. "I'd be surprised if he
doesn't
·
finish MAAC play unde-
feated because I believe his tougher
matches are behind him."
At fifth singles sophomore Ian
Sims coasted past Drew Laverty 6-
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1, 6-2. Senior Michael Land de-
Loic Sessageslml Is 22-0 in his career In
singles MMC matches. He has
five
MA>C
singles matches remaining, including the
conference tournament. Marist hopes to
win their third consecutive MMC champi-
onship this spring.
feated 6-2, 6-1 win over Robert
Olsen. Land played sixth singles for
the Red Foxes.
Coley won at the top spot in the
lineup. His score was 6-3, 6-3 over
Will Haight of Rider. Hobbs
rounded out
.
the singles victories
with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Chris
Esposito at fourth singles. The
win
for Hobbs was his fifth in a row.
In doubles, the Red Foxes cap-
tured the point with wins at first
and second doubles. Coley paired
with Hobbs at the top spot for an 8-
2 victory over Haight and Ashed. At
second doubles Sessagesimi and von
Nordheim bested Matt DeMartino
and Ryan Carpenter 8-2.
Pack the Courts
The Red Foxes will return to ac-
tion on April 6, when they begin a
five-game home stretch over eight
days, including two MAAC matches
against Niagara on April 10, and
senior day against Fairfield on April
13. Marist Athletics is working col-
laboratively with the Marist Stu-
dent Booster Club to "Pack the
Courts" for the senior day contest.
"For our last home game it would
be great to have lots of people come
to the game," Sessagesimi said. "I
would love to play in front of big
crowd."
Water polo prepares for
MAACs
after tough regular season
By CHRIS EISENHARDT
Staff Writer
After a rough start, the Marist
Water Polo team is beginning to
look like a contender for this year's
MMC title.
The tournament
,
set to start on
Saturday, April 13th, will pit the
third seeded Red Foxes against
sixth seeded St. Francis. A 4-1 fin-
ish since March 20th allows Marist
to enter tournament play with a
record of 7-12. Last year, the women
finished regular season play with a
record of 7-3, moving on to capture
the MAAC title, and advance to the
NCAA tournament.
"It's been a very tough year," coach
Jacobs said. "We are where we are
because of excellent preparation."
Having won only one of their last
seven games, the Foxes headed into
the Marist Invitational needing a
win.
In
the opening minutes of the first
contest against Boston University,
Marist went on an 8 point tear,
sealing the Terrier's fate be.fore the
half s conclusion. Marist held off a
BU comeback and won the first
game 11-3
.
Grace Hatcher and
Heather Fellmeth each racked up
two goals in the effort
.
The first half of the second game on
the day against the Brown Bears
ended with Marist down by one, 6-5.
The second half did not go nearly
as well for Brown, as senior Kristen
Barnett helped Marist take back
the lead with her five goals on the
day. Six different Red Foxes scored
goals in the game, and senior goalie
Jessica Getchius recorded 11 saves.
The second and final day of the In-
vitational ended with Marist best-
ing the New York Athletic Club, 8-4,
but falling to the Hartwick Hawks,
8-6. Nevertheless
,
Marist was revi-
talized.
In
their final non
-
conference home
game, held this past Saturday,
Marist squared off against Harvard,
a team they defeated earlier in the
year. Senior Rachel Sunday exhib-
ited offensive prowess by slipping
six goals into the net, and senior
Samantha Swartz also scored twice.
Harvard threatened one last time
late in the game with three consec-
.
utive goals, but Marist held on for a
10-8
win.
Next up for Marist is the MMC
tournament, with the prize being a
ticket to the NCAA tournament.
"The team is just playing at such
·
a high level of intensity, so we're all
really excited to start MACC play,"
Jacobs said. "It's been a team effort
all around
.
There
'
s not one or two or
three players to watch; everyone is
playing at the top of their game
now."




















Thursday, April 1, 2010
Two wins
for tennis
ByJIM
URSO
Sports Editor
After a number of difficult oppo-
nents on their California spring
break training trip, the Marist
men's tennis team rolled over its
first two MAAC
tenna.
opponents of the
spring semester
this past week. Marist also had two
additional matches canceled this
past week due to inclement
weather.
The two wins improved Marist's
record to 5-5 overall and 3-0 in con-
ference play.
''These matches showcased our
depth as a team," Marist coach Tim
Smith said. "However, we still have
to play two of the three tougher
teams in the MAAC."
For each match, Smith only took
players who didn't have academic
commitments on the day of the
mat.ch, March 24. Marist picked up
five double winners in a 6-1 win.
They also captured wins at each of
the top five singles spots inthe
lineup.
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Nicole DMrgilio (above) drove In the
game
winning hit in game
one
against Yale.
Softball splits with
Yale
By VINNY GINARDI
Staff Writer
With the bases loaded and one out
in the bottom of the seventh of a tie
softball
game, sophomore
Nicole DiVirgilio
stepped to the plate and drove in
the winning run, lifting the Red
Foxes to a 4-3 victory in the first
game of a doubleheader against
Yale at the Softball Park in Gart-
land Field on Wednesday.
The Red Foxes jumped out to an
early 1-0 lead before Yale scored two
in the fourth to go up 2-1. Marist
was able to retake the lead 3-2 in
the bottom of the fifth, when Divir-
gilio drove in two with a single to
center. Yale responded by tying the
game in the seventh, setting up Di-
virgilio's game-winning at bat.
"I was really proud of the kids,"
coach Joe Ausanio said. "Every time
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PAGE 12
Offense
fuels Foxes
By MIKE WALSH
Staff Writer
Coming off an overtime win
against VMI on March 20, the
Marist men's lacrosse put away
winless St. Josephs behind a strong
men's
lacrosse
offensive output.
Marist defeated
the
Hawks
at
Leonidoff
this
past Saturday afternoon by a score
of 15-9. It was an exhibition for the
Red Fox attackers with freshman
Connor Rice and junior Corey Zin-
del leading the way.
·
Rice netted a career-high of five
goals to go along with three assists
on his way to being named MAAC
Offensive Player of the Week.
"We watched Connor for a lot of
years and thought he was going to
be good and after the year of prep
school, he's become a fine lacrosse
player with a good head on his
shoulders," coach Scott Nelson said.
Zindel chipped in with a modest
four goals and two assists. Ryan
Sharkey also put in two goals, while
Bob von Hoffman had a goal and a
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