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Art
auction held
to
benefit readership program
RYAN HUTTON/ THE CIRCLE
Students take
in
the
artwork
displayed
in
the
Steel
Plant
Studios
this
past
Thursday.
The
works.
created
l:7i
faculty,
were
displayed
for
a
silent
auction
l:7i
the
Student
GcNemment
MSOCiation.
The
proceeds
benifit
the
readership
program, which makes papers
such
as
The
New
Yorlc Times available 1D
students
on campus for
free.
Daniels recounts time of
apartheid in South Africa
By
EMILY BERGER
Copy Chief
Beginning in 1948, racial segrega-
tion encapsulated the basis of civi-
lization in South Africa. The time
enacted as apartheid separated peo-
ple into categories based upon their
appearance, descent and the accept-
ance they received from the "white
population." In 1958, all people of
black descent lost citizenship in
South Africa, were forced to live in
particular places across the country
and would have to carry a passport
to travel anywhere in the country.
The majority of the population felt
they had no choice but to oblige to
these regulations and others knew
they had to fight to control the free-
dom of all citizens in South Africa.
One man, who wanted his voice
heard to end the segregation, is
Eddie Daniels who came to Marist
to speak of his experiences of
apartheid on Sept. 20.
In 1928, Daniels was born in
South Africa and was a part of a
family that had few opportunities to
advance in society due to their sta-
tus in their civilization. Daniels had
a poor education and was forced to
start working at a young age, due to
the few opportunities he received
throughout his life. The laws regu•
lated African Americans so they
could not advance in society and im-
prove their skills by getting an edu-
cation. This left them unable to
further themselves and garner an
income. Even with few experiences
of schooling in any field, Daniels
knew he felt certain that he wanted
to change the laws and regulations
that separate all races throughout
his country.
Daniels described the white race
as the most privileged with every-
thing at their disposal, but his hope
was to make all races equal. Daniels
was an activist who made many at-
tempts to alter the views of his
countrymen; however, the South
African government reacted by jail-
ing Daniels for going against the
views of the country. Daniels said
that so many people supported the
apartheid regulations because there
was no other choice if.you weren't
willing
to
be jailed for taking action.
Many people, including many white
citizens, were silenced because of
how strict the government stood
over the people. If anyone, no mat-
ter their race, would speak against
what laws and regulations were
subjected onto the people, they
would be
SEE
FORMER, PAGE 3
By
THOMAS LOTITO AND
CAITLIN NOLAN
Editor-in-Chief and M_anaging Ed-
itor
The Steel Plant opened its faculty
exhibition, ON TIME(s) Thursday,
Sep~.
-
23 along with a silent auc-
tion to benefit the Student Gov-
ernment Readership Program.
Begining last year, the reader-
ship program allows students to
pick up copies of the
New York
Times,
the
Poughkeepsie Journal
and
USA
-
Today
at no cost. Ini-
tially, 400 papers were delivered
to campus, but due to a lack of
funding, only 300 copies are now
being delivered; 100 copies of each
newspaper.
The silent auction of the art
pieces was implemented as a
means to cut the cost of the pro-
gram for SGA. Currently, the or-
ganizatiQJr
is the only club
funding the program.
"From the start, [the readership
program] has always been on the
SGA," said Matthew Lubrano, stu-
dent body president.
"It
is costing
$25,000 for the year and that is
over half of the club's yearly
budget."
Pieces, ranging from oil on linen
to digital media to encaustic on
wood, were donated by a myriad of
professors for display and pur-
chase. The bidding for each piece
of art began at $75. SGA hopes to
raise a couple thousand dollars.
As of the close of the opening
night, bids placed on the silent
auction pieces reached approxi-
mately $1,500.
At SGA's first town hall meet-
ing, Wednesday Sept. 15, the
readership program was one of
the issues brought up to the audi-
ence, which mainly consisted of
freshmen. When asked to raise
their hands to show who wanted
the program to remain on campus,
the majority seemed to want the
program to remain. Several stu-
dents stated the program is a
valuable resource to their majors
and coursework.
"This is a trifecta, you get to look
at good art, you get to bid on good
art and you get to eat good food,"
Mark
Ralston, Dean of the School
of Communications and the Arts,
said.
"I don't know if you know many
artists," Ralston said, ''but I'm
friends with many and artists
don't easily give up their work.
The fact that they gave it shows
the worthiness of this cause and
that's the Marist tradition."
The unexpected pairing of SGA
and the art department proved to
be an effective partnership.
Katherine Bilsky, a junior, double
majoring in studio art and digital
media, organized the entire event.
Having been involved with plan-
ning art exhibits since her fresh-
man year, this was the first e~ent
she was entirely in charge of and
welcomed the partnership with
SGA.
"They were great people to work
with," Bilksy said. "Weeks go into
planning this event so having
them here to help was great. They
put [information about the show}
on the websites, and they were in
·
charge of marketing and getting
the word out; which is nice be-
cause not as many people know
that we're here."
Ed Smith, SGA's faculty adviser,
contributed a piece of art to be
auctioned off for the readership
program.
"This is going to be good for
everyone," Smith said. "This
brings students here, and helps
SGA. Students even have the op-
portunity to buy a museum qual-
ity piece of art. Students think of
[art] as something hidden on mu-
seum walls but it's a very present
thing and this is a way to bring
art to them."
It was Smith's idea to approach
faculty members to contribute
pieces of art for the silent auction.
"All I did was talk to a few peo-
ple," Smith said. "Asked, 'would
you donate a work' and they said
'certainly.' Everyone who works at
Marist does so because they love
[the students]. Can the faculty be
anything but supportive?"
In spite of the high cost of the
program, there are additional ben-
efits students are unaware of.
"Not only do we get the papers,"
Lubrano said, "we get free tours
for the New York Times offices
and journalists from the Times
come to train professors here."
SGA officers said they are
looking into other sources of fund-
ing at the town hall meeting, and
plan on reaching out to the deans
of the schools at Marist.




























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September 30, 2010
THIS WEEK
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Mccann Center
9 p.m., doors open at 8 p.m.
Friday, 10/1
"An Evening of Musical Magic"
Mccann Center
8:30
p.m.
Saturday, 10/2
President's Welcome
&
2nd Annual
Poughkeepsie Regatta
Longview Park, Riverfront Property
9a.m.
Spirit on Hudson Boat Rides
Longview Park, Riverfront Property
11
a.m. to
3
p.m.
Carnival on the Campus Green
12
p.m.to
4
p.m.
Sunday, 10/3
Spirit on the Hudson Boat Rides
Longview Park, Riverfront Property
11
a.m. to
4
p.m.
Monday, 10/ 4
No Events Posted.
Tuesday, 10/5
The Big Read: Poe
In the Hudson
Valley
Book to be read: The Stories and
Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Henry Hudson Room in Fontaine
7p.m. to
8:30
p.m
Wednesday, 10/6
SPC and BSU Coffee House: Rudy
Currence
PAR
9P.M.
Free with valid Marist I.D.
campus
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Security Briefs
Students missing dose of jungle JOOSE
By
CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
I am not a happy horse today.
When I
meet with security
every Tuesday,
I
look forward
to
hearing
stories
about
drunken tomfoolery, shenani-
gans, or at the very least, buf-
foonery. But no, not this week.
This week, we had crime,
wickedness and depravity.
I
like
hearing about people
falling asleep outside, stealing
traffic signs and running across
Route 9 with them, or trying to
swipe into freshmen dorms with
their credit cards.
I don't want
to hear about break-ins, thiev-
ery, or destruction. Those are
real crimes.
I can't have fun
with those. Nobody can. That
said, can you guys do me a favor
this week? Stop being ... crimi-
nals? Just go back to being
adorably and innocently stupid.
9/21 -
Midrise Park'ing Lot
First tow of the year! A car has
been parking in Mid.rise without a
permit all year, and after multiple
tickets and a boot, it was finally
towed away.
9/22 -
McCann Parking Lot
A student reported multiple books
stolen from the backseat of her car.
Letter from the Editor
A single
day
after this issue is re•
leased, October
will
be upon us. As
the semester wears on, our cover-
age of campus news and all things
Marist will be increased, bringing
you the most pertinent and rele-
vant information possible.
News begins our issue with cov-
erage of a recent presentation by
Eddie Daniels, a former South
African who spent time in prison
with Nelson Mandela.
Students of all majors have en-
Editor-In-Chief:
Jacel
Egan
Jacel.Egan1@marlst.edu
Editor-In-Chief:
Thomas Lotlto
Thomas.Lotlto1@marlst.edu
Managing Editor:
Caitlin Nolan
Caltlln.Nolan1@marlst.edu
Managing Edltor:Phlllp
Terrlgno
Philip.
Terrlgno1@marlst.edu
News Editor:
Amanda Lavergne
clrclenews@gmail.com
News Editor:
Alyssa
Longobucco
ctretenews@gmalf.com
Opinion Editor:
Heather Staats
clrcleopinlon@gmall.com
A&E Editor:
Ryan Rivard
clrcleae@gmall.com
Ugh. Don't steal things. I rarely
lock my car for a few reasons. As
old as I am, I don't really own any-
thing valuable, and I hate adding
five seconds to my morning routine
by unlocking my door. But when-
ever I'm scolded for leaving it un-
locked, I half-jokingly say that
locking doors is an insult
to
your fel-
low man.
·
Yes; that's incredibly
na'ive and idealist, but being ra-
tional is no fun. More break-ins or
thefts might force me
to
start using
common sense, and I don't want
that to happen
.
9/25 -
Champagnat
A student came home around
1:30 a.m. and found his door open
and his Macbook stolen. Nothing
more to say. I'm sorry, whoever
you are
.
9/19 -
Gartland
A 30 pack of Natural Light was
confiscated! Phew. Things make
sense again. 30 points.
9/25 -
Marian
Sidebar: I'm writing this in the li-
bracy right now, and somebody's
phone just went off. Her ringtone
was ''Your Love" by Nicki Minaj.
Terrific.
Anyway, five cans of
JOOSE were confiscated from Mar-
ian, leading to my mother asking
joyed free newspapers from the
Student Government's New York
Times Readership program and our
news reporters were on hand to
cover a recent fund.raising event to
support the program.
Current freshmen and sopho-
mores
entered
Marist
after
http://JuicyCampus
.
com, a site al-
lowing anonymous posting of offen-
.sive :material, was banned in 2008.
Similar sites are making a slow
comeback and the Opinion section
details the issue of cyberbullying.
Features details an exciting op-
portunity for those- interested in
Lifestyles Editor:
Robin Mlnlter
clrclehealth@gmall.com
Sports Editor:
Jim Urso
clrclesports@gmall.com
Sports Editor:
Scott Atkins
clrclesports@gmall.com
Staff Writers:
Mike Quinn, Dayna Vasi-
Ilk,
Casey Fisk, Rachael Shockey,
Amanda Ippolito, casey Galasso, Chris
Turek
Copy Chief:
Emily Berger
emlty.berger1@marist.edu
Copy Editors:
Marygrace Navarra, Mon-
ica Speranza, Marla Sorrentl, Taylor
Mullaney, Brianna Kelly, Ashley Wells-
Wood, Elora Stack, Jennifer Hill, Ashley
Lampman, Dayna McLaughlin, Nguyen
Pham
why juice is now frowned upon on
college campuses
,
and does Tropi-
cana make alcoholic OJ? She is
lovely. 25 points (5 points per
can makes sense, right?)
9/25 -
Champagnat
Moi-e JOOSE confiscated - this
time, six cans. Maybe that's the
reason for the destruction during
the week.
Maybe JOOSE is to
blame. Oh, while we're on the topic
of energy alcohol drinks,
if
anybody
challenges you to drink four Four
Lokos in one night
,
just walk away.
I heard a story about th.at, and that
challenge just never ends well. 30
points.
9/26-Leo
The fire alarm was set off when
somebody
overheated
a
hair
straightener. Reason number 3,431
I could never make it as a female. I
would not have lived to see my jun-
ior year of college
if
I had to operate
a scalding hot iron in order to make
myself look good. 10 points
Disclaimer: The Security Briefs
.
are in-
tended as satire and fully protected free
speech under the First Amendment of the
Constitution.
human rights. Starting
in
Spring
2011, a class titled 'Haiti Suffering
and Liberation'
will
be offered. The
class consists of learning about
many problems facing children
in
Haiti and students
in
the class
have first priority of traveling with
Professor Mar Peter-Raoul
to
Haiti
during spring break.
Lastly, catch up with
all of your
Red Foxes sports news this week!
Happy Reading!
Philip Terrigno
Managing Editor
Features Editor:
Jennifer Meyers
clrclefeatures@gmall.com
Photography Editor:
Ryan Hutton
circleshots@gmail.com
Graphics Editor:
Dayna Vaslllk
Web: www.marlstclrcle.com
www.twltter.com/marlstclrcle
Web Editor:
Kerry
O'Shea
kerry.oshea1@marlst.edu
Web Editor:
Gail
Goldsmlth
Gail.Goldsmith1@marist.edu
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Liz Hogan
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Former South African prisoner speaks of struggles
completely ostracized from the population.
Other countries who opposed the ideas of South
Africa decided not to trade with any South
African imports or exports, their sports, like
rugby, weren't supported by anyone other than
South Africans. South Africa was even taken out
of the Olympics.
"I see people, I don't see color," Daniels said.
"Skin color is largely irrelevant. It's just there
like flowers in a garden."
All members of the South African civilization
that associated themselves with anyone black
were then considered to be black, no matter the
actual color of their skin. Being "black" was a
·
representation of being different and segregated,
more than just simply being a color. This idea
was drilled so much into Daniels' head that he
considers himself to be black.
After protesting his views, Daniels was tried
with the punishment of the death penalty but
was sentenced to 15 years in jail.
AB
he was being
sent to jail, ·Daniels described the time as the
most horrific, frightening and intimidating in his
life. He had no idea what to Efxpect as he was es-
corted to Robben Island in shackles, yet he de-
scribes his time in jail now as the most influen-
tial in his life.
In
jail, Daniels met many other ac-
tivists, particularly, one of the most influential
people of South Africa today, Nelson Mandela.
"I met people of character, dignity and
courage," he said.
Daniels described all the people he was jailed
with as beautiful and courageous who were sent
to jail to "be destroyed." All activists were sen-
tenced to the "C" category of Robben Island jail,
where they had the least privileges of all the pris-
oners. These men all helped each other get
through hard times in jail and Daniels said they
even tried helping each other escape, but never
succeeded.
After finishing his 15 years in jail, Daniels re-
turned home and was forced into five years of
house arrest. His first experience out of jail was
going home, where a young boy he had never
seen before welcomed him at the door. As he
walked past the boy to see his family, his rela-
tives informed him that he had just passed his
son. When Daniels was se:µtenced to jail, his son,
Donny, was only nine months old, and it was
then 15 years later, thus he couldn't even recog-
nize his own son.
After Daniels was welcomed back into civiliza-
tion, Nelson Mandela, the future President of
South Africa, was left in Robben Island. Daniels
talked about how he wanted to help Mandela es-
cape jail, specifically using a helicopter, but the
plan never succeeded. Mandela spent 25 years
total in jail, 13 of them with Daniels. Five hours
after Mandela came out of jail, he addressed
80,000 to 100,000 of his followers in South Africa.
Befor~ and after Mandela's imprisonment, a re-
action started and people wanted to be a part of
it. Mandela had the chance to discuss how he
wanted revenge after his time in jail, but Daniels
described Mandela as making a tremendous ges-
ture, through "embracing his enemies." Daniels
to this day sees Mandela as one of the greatest
men in the world.
Daniels has recently written a novel based
upon his experience at Robben Island called,
"There and Back," in which he details his strug-
gles and accomplishments. During his speech at
Marist, Daniels gave out the poem, "Invictus," by
William Ernest Henley, as inspiration to tlie stu-
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Anonym.ous cyberbullying rem.ains issue of contention
By
JENNA GRANDE
Cyberbulling
is
a trend on the rise
Circle Contributor
that often has harmful psychologi-
We've all seen it on our news feeds
on Facebook. Yet another box ap-
pears that says, "Formspring.me -
Ask me anything!" We've seen the
interesting and prQvocative ques-
tions being answered by said per-
son. We've all clicked on their page
in the hopes of
learning
more, and
to see what's going on in that per-
son's life without ever having to ac-
tually talk to them. We've all also
seen that the iµsults and anony-
mous questions are, without a
doubt, a form of cyberbullying.
Although the Internet has made
my life a lot easier in terms of ac-
cessing information, it has made
some of the darker sides of human
nature a lot easier to expose. I've
seen wall-to-walls pop up on my
newsfeed on Facebook in which se-
rious insults are traded. I've seen
my best friend's Formspring get
slammed
with insults about her
being "a slut." I've seen a girl's
Formspririg in which one of the
questions was,
''Why
haven't you
killed yourself yet? No one likes you
or would miss you.
If
you think I am
joking, I'm not."
It
shocks me when I read these
things because these people are hid-
ing behind a screen, satisfied with
themselves for what they have
done. I always hope that the anony-
mous person will just stop being so
rude or maybe the other person, the
one with a Formspring, will just get
so fed up that he or she will delete
it. That never happens though. He
or she always answers the ques-
tions, always trying to be just as
piercing as the other person had
been. It only adds fuel to the fire of
cyberbullying; a fire that is burning
out of control nationwide.
cal side
effects
and can lead to ex-
treme situations. Take Phoebe
Prince as an example. Phoebe was
an Irish immigrant who moved to
Massachusetts in 2009 with her
family. In January 2010, after a
particularly rough day of bullying,
Phoebe committed suicide, accord-
ing to an article in FOX News. She
was constantly harassed in school
and on Facebook and Myspace,
where students often called her an
"Irish slut." Even after her death,
many insults were posted about her
on a Facebook memorial group cre-
ated by her friends.
In a random study done in a school
district in the South by the Cyber-
bulling Research Center, 20.8 per-
cent of the 4,500 students surveyed
had -said they had been cyberbullied
in their lifetime. The number of kids
who answered that had recently cy-
berbullied someone in the past
month stood at 19.4 percent, up
from 11.5 percent in 2009. Kelsea
Ullrich, a freshman, was not sur-
prised when I told her these statis-
tics.
"I just don't get it. It doesn't make
sense. Why do people think this is a
good idea?" Ullrich asked. ''We're
not 10 years old.
If
you like me or
have a problem with me, say it to
my face!"
Freshman Jordan Ethier also isn't
surprised by the statistics. "I think
it's like e-yerything else online. It al-
lows everyone to speak their minds
and make opinions and ideas
known, while at the same time you
don't know who the people who com-
ment are," Ethier said. "A motto of
mine is if you have something you
want to say but don't want to attach
your name to it; just don't say it."
So what are you to do, with cyber-
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In
2008,
SGA helped to raise awareness of
the
Juicy campus site
that
encouraged
_
anonymous posts akin
to
cyberbullying through
a
campaign
of
cMlity and
openness.
bullying and websites like Form-
spring? I talked to student body
president Matt Lubrano, who ex-
plained how a few years ago, Marist
had a very similar issue to deal with
on a site called Juicy Campus. Like
Formspring, this website made it
possible to publish cruel and anony-
mous insults online while bringing
down students' reputations.
"Two years ago, the Juicy Campus
website swept the campus. It was a
site that allowed people to make
anonymous posts online about other
people," Lubrano said. "I would say
that in
ab.cwt
24-48 hours everyone
on campus knew about what was
·
going on.
If
you weren't personally
affected, you probably knew some-
one whose name appeared."
Thankfully, Juicy Campus has
been shut down. But a new site
called "College ACB" stands in its
place. Marist is hoping to prevent a
similar incident from happening by
implementing
past tactics to fight
anonymity.
''We are_ in the midst of starting a
civility campaign to promote the
idea of being a civil and responsible
person," Lubrano said. "Back in
2008, SGA under President Erik
Zeyher created the idea of a 'Love
Wall.' People were allowed to post
anything they wanted about people,
and then attach their names to it.
Statements such as 'I love my room-
mate,' 'Thank you for being a great
friend' and other acts of kindness
were posted on this electronic
screen.''
I personally find it refreshing to
be in a setting where this is a pro-
motion by the student government.
I'm tired of dealing with the dark
place the Internet has become. I
want to be able to enjoy Facebook
without having to see insults and
scathing comments left on Form-
spring dominating my newsfeed. It
is easy to attack and tease online,
but as college students, we're better
than that. Help fight anonymity on
the Internet ana you'll be doing one
great deed for all those who log on
with a fear of cyberbullying.
'Don't ask,
don't tell' encourages archaic, un-American ideals
BY CHRIS TUREK
Staff Writer
Tuesday Sept. 21, the Senate
voted on whether to repeal the con-
troversial military policy of "don't
ask, don't tell," which does not
allow homosexuals to openly serve
in the military. After much debate,
the
Buffington Post reports that the
democratic effort to have the policy
removed was defeated in the Sen-
ate, with the sitting republicans
voting unanimously against the re-
moval of the policy.
Even celebrity endorsements did
not help the cause. Lady Gaga held
a rally last Monday in Portland,
Maine, to try and draw attention to
the issue, according to Yahoo!
News. With over 2,000 people at-
tending the rally, including mili-
tary veterans who were forcibly
discharged because of the "don't ask
don't tell" policy, it appears that
there is significant public interest
and desire to repeal this law.
So why then is it still in place? I
think, it is to keep the archaic sta-
tus quo and double standards that
we as a society have become so ac-
customed to when it comes to deal-
ing with homosexuals.
In
order to get a more informed
perspective on this issue, I talked to
Dr. Jerusa Ali, a visiting professor
in the political science department.
Dr. Ali said that this type of policy
is not uncommon in other parts of
the world; in fact, there are only
about 25 or so countries that do not
discriminate against homosexuals
serving in the military, including
countries such as the
United
King-
dom, Australia, Spain and Sweden.
On the other
hand,
there are still
about 85 countries that not only
ban homosexuals from serving in
the military, but criminalize being
a homosexual individual. This not
only keeps these people from serv-
ing in their respective country's
military, but from being able to lead
lives free from harassme~t and per-
secution.
I found this information from Dr.
Ali to be quite interesting. As you
may have noticed, many of the
countries that do not discriminate
against homosexuals in the mili-
tary are also some of our closest ally
countries. These are countries that
are not so different from ours; they
believe in democracy and freedom,
the core values that our country
was founded upon.
If
they have
found that homosexuals are fully
capable of performing military serv-
ice, then why is it that our country
cannot do the same? Rather than
treating homosexuals as people, our
country seems to insist on treating
them as second class citizens, peo-
ple that are not like the perceived
rest of us, simply because they do
not fall into the government's idea
of what a person should be like.
Given the need for awareness on
this issue, I think that Lady Gaga's
involvement in this issue is a good
thing. She is trying to raise aware-
ness that there are still inequalities
in our country. We should not stand
idle, rather we should fight them.
We live in America, where we have
the right to free speech and assem-
bly, and by staging this rally, she is
not only exercising her
rights
as an
American, but also defending the
rights of others.
It
is great to see
people with influence use it in a
positive manner. I admit, I usually
roll my eyes wh,mever it is an elec-
tion year and I see celebrity en-
dorsements for various political
candidates. It usually comes across
as a cheap attempt at garnering
more votes by playing on the popu-
larity of actors and musicians-.
However, this instance is different.
The Monday before the Senate
meeting, Lady Gaga was not en-
d9rsing certain candidates, or
speaking out on some random
issue. She was standing up for the
rights of other people, which is one
of the most American things some-
one can do.
The fact is, it should not matter
what a person's sexual orientation
is. By not letting homosexuals serve
in our military, we are not allowing
them to be equal to everyone else.
We simply appear ignorant and
hypocritical to the rest of the world.



























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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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PAGE6
New spring class offers helping
restavek children in Haiti
By
JENNIFER MEYERS
Features Editor
The disaster in Haiti from the
earthquake may be over, but the
suffering is still an ongoing prob-
lem.
Mar Peter-Raoul, a professor of
phjlosophy, is starting a new
cla·ss in spring semester of 2011
titled Haiti Suffering and Libera-
,tion. The class will consist of
learning about the problems that
restavek children encounter in
Haiti such as child slavery, child
sex slavery, oppression, poverty
and most importantly, human
trafficking. Students in this class
will have first
priority
of travel-
ing with Peter-Raoul to Haiti
during spring
break.
The trip will allow students to
get first-hand experience on what
is actually happening in Haiti
and what they
can
do to
help.
"They will see the world from
another angle," Peter-Raoul said.
"Maybe a truer view of the world
of those who are suffering."
Peter-Raoul and Bruce Luske
created this class and started the
"Marist Praxis Project for Pub-
lic/Global Citizenship." The class
will be capped at 12 students who
will all have the choice of the
spring bre.ak
t:cip
tu Haiti.
Stu-
dents will be selected for matu-
rity, resourcefulness and a real
interest in helping oppressed
children.
During the trip to Haiti, stu-
dents will have the opportunity to
FROM HELOHAJTI.ORG
Haiti
children
eager
to
learn in
their
new
school
built by project H.E.LO. Haiti.
work with Elisabeth Kennedy
and Pastor Jean Beaucejour who
have started project Home-Edu-
cation-Love-Opportunity,
better
known
as
H.E.L.O
Haiti.
Ken:o.edy and Be
.
aucejour built
the first orphanage in Haiti lo-
cated in the city of Les Cayes
which houses 13 children suffer-
ing from poverty and AIDS.
"We had a group of students
that helped paint schools and did
some repair work," Peter-Raoul
said. "They can also work at
a
refugee center to help children
who don't have anything or any-
where to go. Or they can help lift
the children's spirit to make them
feel valued and loved. Everyone
needs to feel valued and loved."
Spreading
awareness of Haiti's
suffering has drawn in these stu-
dents who are eager to get a dif-
ferent angle on worldwide issues
while aiding to oppressed chil-
dren.
"It's not just Haiti," Peter-Raoul
said. "Whenever there's oppres-
sion and terrible injustice-peo-
ple suffering, poverty-this is for
injustice anywhere in the world
that don't have any way of get-
ting out of the situation."
In Haiti,
70
percent of diseases
are waterborne among the other
vast amounts of diseases that are
spreading across the country.
De('!pite the devastating occur-
rences, people do all that they
can to ease the situation.
"Everywhere you look people
are walking with purpose and you
find a lot of resourcefulness,"
Peter-Raoul said.
Peter-Raoul traveled to Haiti in
May 2010 where she had the
pleasure ()f working with Beauce-
jour and Kennedy. Marist alum-
nus Jeff Francis also traveled to
Haiti and was "completely de-
voted to helping the children,"
Peter-Raoul said.
Peter-Raoul said that she is
greatly appreciative of all the in-
terest that goes into Haiti and
how the interest in helping these
children grows every day. The
Public Praxis program has blos-
somed into a great experience for
students and benefits the op-
pressed children in Haiti.
"I am really thankful that this
can happen at Marist College,
that there's support for it from
Marist administration.
I am
grateful to be able to engage in
public praxis work with students
here at Marist," she said. "I hope
through the revised core that
every student is educated to
tackle real problems for real peo-
ple and in the process acquire
both the know ledge and skills of
which Aristotle writes, 'the activ-
ity of the just and wise is the re-
alization of much that is noble
.
.'
I'm also thankful for the students
whose hearts are there and want
to do something."
Peter-Raoul is devoted to edu-
cating students about Haiti and
spreading help to countries living
in pove~ty.
Peter-Raoul shares with her
students a quote by James Bald-
win: "The world is held together
by the love'of a few people."
"I think there's more than a few
people, but in the final essence, it
is love that makes it happen;" she
said.
Students will have the opportu-
nity to help children in poverty
and gain life-time experience that
they will not soon forget.
Fashionology: studying style with a business twist
By
DAYNA VASILIK
Graphics Editor
Conveniently located in Don-
nelly Hall is Fashionology: the
place to go to find great jewelry
and other items
at
low prices.
Every morning, students wake
up and decide what to wear to lift
their spirits. When compliments
come along with the outfit, a bad
day can start to look up.
Christine Iovino, a fashion
major, who took a Fashionology
class said, "Fashionology was one
o<f·'tlie most hands-on classes that
I hiive experienced in the fashion
department. It gave me real life
experience as a buyer and al-
lowed me to gain skills that I was
later able to use at my buying in-
ternship this past summer."
Fashionology seems like an
.
easy "A" class. How hard can it
be to shop, then sell, right? To
grasp a better understanding of
what it takes to put this store to-
gether, Lydia Biskup, the profes-
sor, educates her students by
guiding them down a path of re-
tail entrepreneurship by develop-
ing skills and gaining knowledge
on what it takes to own your own
store. The class is separated into
a human resource group, special
events,
financial,
marketing
team and more.
"I loved getting to choose the
merchandise that we felt other
students would buy and dealing
with every aspect of selling
them," Iovino said. "It was a com-
pletely student run boutique and
we made all of the important de-
cisions and therefore, were re-
sponsible for the outcome. I was
personally in charge of quick-
books and pricing.
It
was a te-
dious task, but I learned so much
that I can now apply to a future
career."
Much time and effort is put into
fashionology. After being taken
back by all the energy it takes to
run Fashionology, students will
truly respect Biskup and their
classmates for all the hard work
they put into it.
Without Biskup and the fash-
ion students hard work, students
at Marist won't have the oppor-
tunity to shop on campus and get
unique items. Students looking
for unique pieces to express their
individuality should head on over
to Fashionology.
From hippie chic paisley bands,
metal gold keyhole rings, Gre-
c;ian earrings and silver and gold
CUBA GALLERY
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Fashlonology offers unique
Jewlery
and
clothing
for Marlst
students
with
style.
dove necklaces to trendy scarves
Fashionology hours are Tues-
and hats, these fashionable items days at 2:30 p'.m. to 6:30 p.m. and
will bring in compliments. With Thursdays 10:30 a.m. to 5:30
the cold weather upon us and the p.m. Stop by Fashionology's
semester starting to become grand opening Thursday Oct. 28
more stressful, everyone could in the Donnelly Hall Fashion
use something to make their atti-
Plaza.
tude and energy still sparkle.






















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30, 2010
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'American Idiot' awakening
FROM BLOG.MUCHMUSIC.COM
Green Day's punk-rQCk opera, •American Idiot.• finds home on Broadway
stage.
By
CASEY GALASSO
Circle Contributor
As a Broadway fanatic, my knowl-
edge on the rock band Green Day
doesn't extend past the hit songs
"Wake Me Up When September
Ends" and "21 Guns." I was nervous
and excited when I boarded the
coach bus at 9 a.m. This past Satur-
day Sept. 26, to go see the Broadway
musical, "American Idiot." I just
knew this would not be a typical
Broadway experience.
The show is about three friends
who are torn between remaining in
the comforts of suburbia or follow-
ing their dreams into a crazy, some-
times beautiful world. Each one of
them is trying to find their place in
post 9/11 chaos.
The show, which ran for an hour
and a half without an intermission,
was like nothing I'd ever experi-
enced before. After leaving the St.
James Theatre, I felt like I had just
been to a concert, not a Broadway
show. The score, composed of Green
Day songs, was loud, fun, and in-
your-face. The cast members played
the instruments at certain points
throughout the production, adding
to its concert-like effect.
The stage was one of the best as-
pects of the show. A wall adorned
with about 15 flat-screen TV's was
the show's backdrop. Each TV rolled
a continuous stream of actual news
and entertainment footage from the
past decade.
This brilliant set
strategically reinforced the play's
message: today's youth is falling vic-
tim to what they see on TV and in
the movie~, as opposed to forming
their own opinions and thinking for
themselves.
The cast of "American Idiot" was
truly superb. John Gallagher Jr.,
most famously known for his role in
"Spring Awakening," in which he
won a Tony Award for Best Fea-
tured Actor in a Musical, now has a
new notable role: Johnny. His por-
trayal of the musical's main charac-
ter, who yearns for a life outside of
his small town, but winds up turn-
ing to drugs as an escape, is unbe-
lievable. It's impossible not to sym-
pathize with him as he battles
addiction while trying to maintain a
relationship with the love of his life,
''Whatshername" (played by
Re-
becca Naomi Jones.) Johnny's two
friends Tunny (Stark Sands) and
Will (Michael Esper) as well as the
one who showed Johnny the world
of drugs and addiction, St. Jimmy
(Tony Vincent) also shone in their
respective parts. Each was engross-
ing, entertaining and utterly believ-
able.
As
the curtain closed and the au-
dience broke into a standing ova-
tion, I prayed for time to stop. I
needed a moment to sit and take in
what I had just experienced. It was
if I had been watching the lives of
my friends and I being played out in
musical numbers, with perfectly
synchronized choreography. "Amer-
ican Idiot" was able
to
grasp issues
that young adults deal with every
day, from sex, to drugs, to disease,
and pressures from the media. The
musical's message ran deep, advo-
cating individuality and independ-
ence, and most importantly, to not
always believe what you see or hear.
After the play, I downloaded as
many Green Day songs as I possibly
could. These songs aren't just radio
hits to me now. They're stories of
our time, carrying more meaning
and depth than I thought possible. I
will
never be able to listen to an-
other Green Day song again without
thinking about what the deeper po-
litical or social message is.
"American Idiot" is a show that
every young adult should see. It has
the ability to speak to them on so
many levels and lets them know.
that no matter what they're going
through; they're not alone.
SPC Fall Concert is the 'Talk' of the campus
By
AMANDA IPPOLITO
Staff Writer
The upcoming SPC Fall Concert
with Girl Talk will be quite differ-
ent from Marist's past shows. For
one thing, the concert will not in-
volve any instruments--just a lap-
top. Another unique aspect that will
set it apart from other shows is that
the songs played by Girl Talk will
not involve any of his own
"instru-
mentals or vocals. Girl Talk, aka
Greg Gillis, makes his music by tak-
ing samples from different artists
and remixing them into a new song.
the
New York Times called his
music "a lawsuit waiting to hap-
pen." In an interview with Pitch-
fork, Gillis admitted that this is
something he worries about. How-
ever, he doesn't believe he's stealing
but rather
"recontextualizing
the
source material into a new whole,"
as he told Pitchfork.
Many people tend to disrespect
mash-up artists because they be-
lieve that their songs are simple and
unoriginal. Most will simply take
some rap lyrics and play them over
an indie song, but Girl Talk gets
more complex than that. On his last
album "Feed the Animals," Gillis
used 300 song samples in just 50
minutes. He collects samples from
On [Glrl Talk's] last album, "Feed
the Animals," Gillis used 300
samples In fifty minutes.
popular music from a variety of dif-
ferent eras and genres, including
classic rock, current hip-hop hits,
indie rock, R&B, pop hits and much
more. Some artists sampled include
The Cure, Wu-Tung Clan, Outkast,
Rihanna, Jackson 5, The Yeah Y-eah
Yeahs, Queen and T.I.
Gillis started making mash-ups in
college and has been composing for
over eight years. He has released
four albums under Illegal Art: "Se-
cret Diary'' (2002), "Unstoppable"
(2004), "Night Ripper" (2006), and
"Feed the.Animals" (2008). He has
been popular among underground
audiences for years, but since his re-
lease of "Feed the Animals," he has
been gaining widespread popularity
among mainstream audiences. His
music is always fun and people like
hearing parts of songs they recog-
nize. "Feed the Animals'.' was num-
ber four on Time's Top 10 Albums of
2008. Rolling Stone gave it four
stars and ranked it 24 in their Top
50 Albums of 2008, and NPR listen-
ers rated it the 16th best album of
2008. Since his music gained popu-
larity, Gillis has been playing at big
shows, but in an interview with
Tiny Mix Tapes he says, "I like
smaller shows; I liked to be intimate
with the crowds.," His show at
Marist should provide this same in-
timacy; the concert will definitely be
one to remember.
The SPC
_presented
show will be
held on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 9 p.m.
in the McCann Center. Marist stu-
dents may purchase one Marist
ticket for $10 and two guest tickets
for $25 each. Tickets are being sold
at College Activities.
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
PAGE7
Kanye West "So Appalled"
fl
RZA, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Swizz
Beatz & Cyhi the Prynce -
An-
other installment in Kanye
Wesi's
G.O.O.D. Friday series means
ah-
other gargantuan track spanning
nearly seven minutes. "So Appalled"
takes on a darker tone than the pre-
vious Friday releases, but still fea-
tures a staggering list of guest
appearances. Jay-Z's verse has
revved up MC Hammer. Jay gloats
about his bottomless pockets of
money by rapping, "I lost 30
mil, so
I spent another 30, cause unlike
Hammer, 30 million can't hurt me."
MC Hammer promises a response
track called "Devil's Nite" on Hal-
loween. Someone should return the
favor and tell Hammer don't touch
this.
Nicki Minaj "Right Thru Me" -
Minaj's latest single from her hotly
anticipated debut album, "Pink
Fri-
day," (to be released on 11/23) show-
cases a fluffier rapper than the
monstrous fire-breathing demon in
Kanye West's ''Monster." The airy
jam frolics in a valley of synthesiz-
ers and pleasant beats as Minaj
chums a cheesy chorus hook that
oddly enough works well as cru·efree
pop bliss: "You see right thru me/
How do you do that shit?" We want
to ask you the same thing Nicki.
White Denim "Tony Fatti" -
Surprise free albums are always
warmly welcomed by music fans.
The Austin, Texas based indie rock
band is busy working on their third
album and had too much music.
Their solution? Make like the Chili
Peppers and give it away. One
standout among the fantastic col-
lection of songs called "Last Day of
Summer" is ''Tony Fatti," a beauti-
ful orchestrated piece of indie rock
that is appropriate for one last sum-
mer night drive.
Trent Reznor and Atticus R9ss
"In the Hall of the Mountain
King" - Reznor and Ross tackle. one
of the most recognizable pieces of
classical music for ''The Social Net-
. work" score. Immediately upon lis-
tening to
"In
the Hall of the
Mountain King'' you will know it.
The song is synonymous with Hal-
loween, along with anything haunt-
ing. The Reznor and Ross version is
revamped for the digital age. No
matter how many times you have
heard this piece, their version
sounds refreshing and worth a
sliver of your time in between
watching keyboard cats and "Dou-
ble Rainbow."














































lifestyles
Thursday, September 30, 2010
www.maristcircle.com
Sexual
Healing: There
will
be blood. Get over
it.
By
RACHAEL SHOCKEY
Staff Writer
The menstruation scene in the
movie "Carrie" - and most other
media images we get of menstrua-
tion, for that matter - are enough to
make anyone turned off at the men-
tion of periods. We tend to fear the
big
had.
period, and who could blame
us
ilft~r
watching Sissy Spacek
scrEm
and thrash in fear when
Ca ·
e. got hers in her high school
loc er room? How about the way pe-
riods are portrayed in "Superbad,"
when Jonah Hill's character just
about pukes up his entire digestive
system after a girl he dances with
leaves menstrual blood on his
pants? Periods are treated as some-
thing whose existence needs to be
hidden.
What a shame, since sex during
menstruation is normal, healthy
and potentially awesome, so long as
you know what you're getting into
and take a few precautions.
First off, let's look at what exactly
constitutes
a period.
If
a woman is
not pregnant, the extra uterine lin-
ing that builds up over a month has
no reason to be there, so it sheds
and flows out of the vagina with
some blood. That's it. It's a cycle of
tissue s;hedding. So why do we fear
and resent it? It's not sharp; it does-
n't hurt (it's the ovulation
part
that
causes cramping); and it does not
switch off a woman's libido until it
finishes up. When periods happen,
women go on with their everyday
lives as much as possible, so period
sex may serve as a very nice aid to
keeping a woman's life undisturbed.
In addition to being able
to
carry
on sex as usual, there can be special
benefits to menstrual love-making.
For one, menstrual blood can act as
natural lubricant, easing all kinds
of penetration.
If
a woman achieves
an orgasm, it can off er relief from
some serious annoyances that
come
with periods.
In
an article on period
sex from http://www.Everyday-
Health.com, Diana
Rodriquez ex-
plains that "feel-good endorphins
... are released during orgasm,"
which
can
soothe
menstrual
cramps.
Many people stlll refuse to give
[period sex] a try because it
will inevitably be messy. Really
though, what kind of sex isn't?
Reaching the point of orgasm can
also speed up the course of a period,
causing it to end sooner than it
would otherwise. In
Cosmopolitan
magazine's online "Sexual Health
Q&As," they explain that "At the
start of your period, hormone-like
substances called prostaglandins
trigger contractions, which cause
blood and uterine lining to shed.
When you climax, you can also ex-
perience intense
-
though way more
fun
-
uterine contractions." Self-in-
ducing these uterine contractions
(and/or having a partner help out)
can help your uterus to shed its lin-
ing much quicker. Not only can de-
veloping comfort with period sex
lead to a better sex life, but it
can
also make periods less of a nui-
sance, too.
The catch is that you still need to
STis.
If
a woman has an
STI,
it is
carried in her menstrual blood,
making
her
partner's chances of be-
coming infected higher than usual.
The woman menstruating is also at
a higher risk of contracting an in-
fection from her partner. Dr. Laura
Berman
from the Feinberg School of
Medicine at Northwestern Univer-
sity said, "the cervix opens
to
allow
blood to pass through. Unfortu-
nately, this creates the perfect path-
way for bacteria to travel deep
inside the pelvic cavity." Bottom
line:
If
infections are a concern, be
smart and use a condom or dental
dam every time you pleasure Aunt
Flo.
Of course, even with the harm-
lessness of period sex in mind, many
people still refuse to give it a try be-
cause it will inevitably be messy.
Really though, what kind of sex
isn't? Dealing with mess is a small
price to pay. Besides, it gives you a
good reason to take a steamy
shower with your partner for some
post-coital bliss. So plan ahead; lay
down a towel or an old sheet you
don't care about and keep a wet
washcloth handy. Sexual and
women's
health
site
http://
www.epigee.org recommends that
you try a diaphragm or cervical cap
if
the thought of involving men-
strual blood in sex is too much for
you. The site said, ''These
will
pro-
tect you from pregnancy and work
to
contain any menstrual fluid.
However, these barrier methods of
birth control should not be used on
be just as worried (if not more) as an everyday basis to collect men-
you usually are about using contra-
strual blood."
ceptives. Women can still become
As with any sexual escapade, if
pregnant
while
menstruating, you play, play smart. Take the
though the chances are lower. The proper precautions necessary
to
en-
thing you really need
to
worry about sure the comfort and safety of you
liere is protecting yourself from
and your partner. Period!
'lame
your
mane,
even on
your
worst
hair
days
By DAYNA VASILIK
Graphics Editor
Personally, I blame the weather.
In
the summer, your hair will
frizz,
and when the winter rolls
around you have static hair. We
just can't wi:ri! But sometimes, a
quick fix is all it takes to keep you
looking your best. Here are some
simple tricks to hold you over.
Get Straightened Out
U
you are all out of your miracle
hair serum that worked wonders
for straightening your locks, fear
not. After you are done
lathering
on your body lotion, take the ex-
cess lotion on your hands and run
it over your hair. Don't feel the
need to pour the entire bottle on
your
head, but a little wipe can
decrease unwanted frizz!
Sheets Stop Static
No one wants to look like a mad
scientist
with
hair
sticking
straight
up. Since the dry air de-
hydrates our hair in the winter,
it's important to condition regu-
larly. Leave-in conditioners, a
popular option, work great to
weigh down hair and remove
static.
If
you don't have a leave-in
conditioner, a silly yet helpful
idea is to always keep a fabric sof-
tener sheet handy; then, all you
have to d.o is run the sheet over
your hair. Keep it in your bag just
in case. Avoid using hairspray be-
cause it will only dry out your hair
and make it frizzier.
Fight the Flat
You can create last-minute vol-
ume by putting your hair in a
super high pony-tail while getting
ready, and then taking it out right
before you leave
·
the house. Want
more? Try teasing with a comb,
blow drying hair upside down,
using less conditioner and skip-
ping the leave-in conditioner. You
can also try parting your hair
on
the other side.
Bye-Bye
Bad Bang
Day
When my bangs are too flat
or
just not falling the right way, I
feel like the rest of my hair looks
awful. A great trick that I discov-
ered is to use Velcro rollers. When
I was younger I would laugh at
how my mother
·
would walk
around the house with Velcro
rollers placed sporadically in her
hair (anxious to see the day that
she left the house forgetting she
left them in). Little did I know,
this magnificent hair accessory
truly does work wonders. Putting
the curlers in the front of your
hair can give you more
volume
or
help you tame which way you
want your bangs to fall (pushed
back or angled in). Try not to
brush after you take out the
curlers; it will only deflate the vol-
ume!
So the next time you want to go
back to bed when your hair is just
not being cooperative, remember
these little tips, and hopefully one
of them will help turn a "bad hair
day" into a day when you want to
talte flaunting your 'do to a whole
new level.
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THE CI
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CLE • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 • 9
D
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l
ig
htful dr
i
nk
s f
or
dastard
l
y
d
i
l
e
mm
as
By
JULIANNE HOMOLA
Circle Contributor
I
started making drinks as a way
to hide the taste of alcohol, a goal for
any person who cringes at the hint
of even the classiest of vodkas. With
my blender in one hand and fruit in
the other,
I
committed myself
to
making the tastiest drinks that
would still give me a buzz when
I
went out on the town. And for the
most part, with a few horrific inci-
dents notwithstanding, I've success-
fully achieved that goal. My friends
always knew
I made good drinks,
and
I
soon realized what potential
this had. Soon
I
started experi-
mentipg with flavors, fruits and
rums.
When your car breaks
down:
• 3
shots
of
Bacardi
Razz
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my
V)
• 2
1bl
poons of
pink lemonade
mix
•
1
_
cup of frozen strawberries
• ½
cup
of
Fresh passion fruit
•
!
cup of water
The
three
shots are for solidar-
ity; the lemonade means to bring
sunshine
and summer
to
a dreary
situation.
The strawberries re-
mind
me
of Valentine's day, and
chocolate covered strawberries
make me think of better times.
The
passion
fruit is an exotic touch
to
remind you that things happen,
and if life didn't surprise you every
once
and a while, it would be
pretty
boring.
This year I started making drinks
to mark daily events, as it is my last
year
to
enjoy the collegiate lifestyle
before
I hav€ to be a "real" person
and have a legitimate job where
I
can't nap from one
to
four on a Tues-
day afternoon. This pasttime soon
caught on with the roomies, and
I
found myself scrambling to figure
out new combinations for all these
experiences being thrown at me.
Most of the recipes you will see
below are made using white
·
fla-
vored rums. Flavored rums are a fa-
vorite because you can add them
to
drinks without that overpowering
bite of alcohol when the drink
reaches the back of your throat.
They also add a little extra punch of
that fruit flavor you're gunning for.
When
y
ur life fee
s
like
an
episode
or·•.Je
.y
Shore":
• A da1.d1
of Maraschino cherry
juice
•
c
cup
of
frozen strawberries
•
~
tablespoons
of pink
lemonade
mix
•
',
cup of water
•
'··
cup of Frozen pineapples
• 1
shot of Malibu
• 3
shots Bacardi
Blend until smooth
and garnish
with a cherry. The Situation is rep-
resented by the smooth Baca:rdi;
the maraschino juice represents
Sammi because she
·
~
sweet; the
strawberries
are for
JW
oww
be-
cause she has
a
tendency
to
be
seedy; the pineapple pays homage
to
Snooki for i
s
1
•n f'gr
n
'lo.
I
am also partial to Bacardi, which
is what I use in all my drinks. It's
more expensive than Crystal Palace
(but really, what isn't more expen-
sive?), but
I
think it's worth it for
the end product to be something you
actually. enjoy drinking rather than
a drink that leaves you desiring to
pour sugar in your mouth and never
drink again. You are more than en-
couraged to use your artistic license
a~d tailor them
to
your own speed.
Last week, my housemate's car
broke down and refused to start.
While she was out in the parking lot
calling
AAA, I
was in the kitchen
trying to figure out something to
cheer her up from a large bill and
not having a car for a while. And
this is what
I came up with:
When you flnd
out
that you
aren't graduating on
time:
• 1
fre::;h ·4ueczed grapefrui
• 116
of a cup
of pin lemonade mix
• 1 cup of ice
• 2
shots of Bacardi (additional
shot of tequila on the side may be
taken, as needed)
The grapefruit
is
for the
bite
of
real-
ization
that you
will
now have another
year's
worth
of
tuition and housing
added onto
your
student
loans.
People
are perfectly happy
without those
things.
The
lemonade
is
there
once
again
to
remind you
that
there
is
a
bright side to things. That's one more
year hanging
with
your
underclass-
men friends!
The
i
is
to
cool
you
off,
and the
Bacardi
is h r
for
obvious
reasons.
Check us out on the web!
www.maristcircle.com
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PRESENT THIS AD FOR A -
FREE
CHERRY
LIMEADE!
Style Sightings
Even
u
·ef~.
our rer,ident fez ·hion1..o.:ta
will
be pounding
the
Mari.st pave•
ment in
search
of some
ol
the
hottest
threads on thi.s side
of
the
Hudson.
By
DAYNA
V~UK
Graph
tc
Editor
On a
ainy
onday aftei
oon I
, potted chic fie hman. amantha
, ul
in the
cnf'
t
•ri
.
While most
people alk
J
around
camp
·
mis-
e able due to the weath r. aul'
bright smile caught my atten ·on.
I found his 1 -year.old's bubbly
p
r onality to be a
a.th
of fresh
air.
DAYNA VASIU~E
CIRCLE
Noth
ng can rain on
this
girl's parade.
Her sense · humor about the
struggles . he
had
that
ay
w
a n't
the
only
thing that
gave
her char-
acter. Weruing
her
Louis
Vuitton
rain coat. Hue leggings and ldo
hoe
,
her
outfit was perfect
for a
· in v
day.
While we
may not
be
able
to
splurge on a
dPsi
ner
jat·
t>
Saul mentioned how
Urban
Outfitters is affordable
.,,
t
of good
quality, and is one of her favorite
shopping spots. Her top
tips?
Wearing leggings on a rainy
l,
1
b
a
wearing jeans, and is more
sophisticated
than
wean
t
sweats. Leggings are a girls' secret
to
being comfortable, yet still no-
ticeable. Wear a cute
pair of
conifv
i1
at or
boots with a trench coat
that accentuates your
waist, and
you're the next Audrey Hepburn!
Her tips and tricks:
1.
Don't
t.ry too hard to folio,
fashion "rules." Wear
what looks
b , on
you
and makes you happy,
in ·trnd
of what is ju~t trendy
t
tlie time,
2.
Try
shopping in vintage" ops
and small boutiques
to
find umque
1
em for a decent price.
3. When in doubt, stick with the
two
C's:
comfortable and classic.
Send your questions to
circlehealth@gmail.com!



























sports
Thursday, September
30, 2010
www.maristcircle.com
PAGE 10
Red Foxes, Witkowski nationally recognized
By
SCOTT
ATKINS
Sports Editor
Junior midfielder Krystian
Witkowski was named to the T-0p-
DrawerSoccer.com Men's Team of
the Week on Monday, one day after
netting twQ goals in Marist's come-
back victory over La Salle.
"It's definitely a compliment to
know that your hard work is paying
off,"
Witkowski said. "But most of
all
I'm glad that [being named to the
team] will help to spread Marist's
name across the country."
After scoring only one goal in the
team's first six matches, Witkowski
has been on a
-
tear, scoring a com-
bined three goals in the Foxes' vic-
tories over Hartwick and La Salle;
his second tally against La Salle
proved to be the game winner. The
forward contributes much of his suc-
cess to his maturation as an upper-
classman, and a willingness to step
up with the game
on
the line.
"In the past few years, as an un-
derclassman, I sort of looked to
other guys to pick the team up," he
said. "But now that I'm a junior I
feel highly responsible to pick the
team up in times [such as the La
Salle game]."
The Foxes hosted La Salle on Sun-
day afternoon in a non-conference
matchup between two teams head-
ing in different directions. Marist
entered the contest looking for its
third consecutive victory, while the
Explorers came into Poughkeepsie
with a winless record. La Salle
jumped out to an early 2-0 lead
when senior Ryan Richter scored
twice within the first 25 minutes,
but Marist head coach Matt
Vig-
giano always remained confident
his team would rebound.
''We knew coming in that we were
a little better than them," he said. "I
DAN NOVEMBER/THE CIRCLE
The Foxes have averaged more than three goals per game during their three game
winning streak. Marist will travel
to
Siena for their next match on
Oct
9
at
1
p.m.
wasn't happy with our effort early,
but I also knew that it was only a
matter of time before we put the
ball in the back of the net and we fi-
nally woke up and decided to play."
Witkowski cut the Explorer's lead
in half with his first goal of the
game in the 33rd minute, but La
Salle would enter halftime up 2-1.
That lead lasted another 20 minutes
into the second half before freshman
forward James Curley knotted up
the match with a header off a cross
from junior midfielder Lucas Szabo.
Witkowski then netted his game
winner off of a penalty kick in the
77th minute. Junior Alex George
would eventually put the game
away in the closing minutes with
his first career goal as Marist came
out on top 4-2. Senior goalkeeper
Joe Pilla stopped six shots in the
victory.
For his recent play, Curley was
named the MAAC Rookie of the
Week. The 6-foot-one-inch, 190-
pound freshman recorded his first
two career goals this past week, and
Viggiano is excited about the young
man's future.
"He gives us an element that I'm
not sure we've had in the past," he
said. "He has the ability to play with
his back to the goal because he's got
real good size and good feet, and he
becomes a post-up forward that our
other
~lull
guys can
pl.a):
off
pf.
He
gives u~ an element of size up front,
and that's especially rare [as a
freshman]
.
"
Marist now sits at 5-3 and has
jumped up one spot in the national
rankings. The Foxes were ranked
47th in
.
the country by TopDrawer-
Soccer.com, as well as fourth in the
COURTESY OF GOREDFOXES.COM
Junior Krystian
Witkowski
(above)
leads
the Foxes with ten
points
onthe year.
North Atlantic Region Coach's poll.
Viggiano wants his team to enjoy
the recognition while staying fo-
cused and hungry.
"It's definitely nice for the pro-
gram," he said. "But at the end of
the day it doesn't mean much. We've
got to get in the final four of the
MAAC.
If
we don't, then the season
is a waste."
Witkowski echos his coach's high
expectations for the nationally
ranked squad.
''We have a lot of potential," he
said. ''We've been building a great
team for the last couple of years,
and to be honest, anything less than
a final four finish would be a disap-
pointment."
The Foxes travel to Siena on Oct.
9 for their final non-conference
match-up before opening MAAC play
against Iona on Oct. 15.
Hill claims second MAAC Rookie of the Week award
ByJIM URSO
Sports Editor
On Monday, Sept. 27, freshman
volleyball player Grace Hill was
named MAAC Rookie of the Week.
The award, however, didn't seem to
spur too much excitement in the
Portage, Mich. native.
"The awards and recognition does-
n't make a difference to Grace,"
Marist coach Tom Hanna said.
"She's still going to show up and do
her job to try to help the team be
successful as a whole."
Hill may be modest, but she is also
getting comfortable with recogni-
tion.
The award marks Hill's second
MAAC Rookie of the Week honor.
Hill also won MAAC Offensive
Player of the Week for the week of
Sept. 7.
''I
didn't expect all this [attention],
but it is fu~," Hill said.
"I just try to
take it as it is and not let it get to
my head."
Hill recorded her fifth double-dou-
ble of the season in Marist's 3-0 win
over Iona on Saturday, Sept. 25.
She finished with a match-high 16
kills against the Gaels including a
.344 hitting percentage. She also led
the team with 14 digs and added
two blocks.
The following day, Hill recorded
another match-high 13 kills while
finishing with nine digs against the
rival St. Peter's Peacocks. She also
added three blocks.
Hanna, in his fifth year as the
coach, has instilled a culture of suc-
cess within the MAAC.
In
each of
his first two seasons, Marist
notched its two best finishes in pro-
gram history. Last year, Marist lost
in the MAAC championship game
against Niagara.
At the conclusion of the 2010 sea-
son, many players who have helped
elevate Marist into a position as a
recurring MAAC contender through
Hanna's stint will graduate. Hill is
an integral element of an impres-
sive freshmen class that
will
soon be
called upon to take the reins. With
her early success, she seems to be a
viable candidate to lead the team in
the future.
"Grace is obviously a talented
player," Hanna said. "She's physical
and she hits the ball hard. I had no
doubt when I saw her that she
would be a candidate for MAAC
rookie of the year."
Senior Allie Burke has played for
the Red Foxes since Hanna arrived
.
She and other upperclassmen hope
to lead by example, and to instill in
the younger players the same ethic
Hanna implanted in them.
"It's really refreshing to have a
young group of girls join the team,"
Burke said. "This class in particu-
lar, especially Grace, is very ener-
getic and enthusiastic on and off the
court."
With the help of a strong support
system at home and on the team,
Hill is adjusting to life as a student-
athlete. Only a month into her ca-
reer,
Hill
has
earned
conference-wide acclaim and won
the trust of her teammates. But she
wouldn't tell you that.
"I think she [Hill] would much
rather fly under the radar," Hanna
said.
Hill's demeanor fits perfectly into
the "lead-by~example" style the
team's captains have developed.
"The way I look at it, I'm just
starting," Hill said. "There will be
plenty of challenges ahead."
Hill and the Red Foxes will travel
to Fairfield, Conn. on Saturday to
face Fairfield at 2 p.m. before tak-
ing on Loyola on Sunday at 2 p.m.
COURTESY OF
MARIST
ATHLETICS
Grace Hill,
who was named MAAC
Rookie of the Week for the second time,
helped bump the Foxes over Iona and
St
Peter's this
past
weekend.
































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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 •
11
Red
Foxes look to
string together positives
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Managing Editor
Game planning and strategic
preparations aside, the Marist foot-
ball coaching staff has its hands full
this week with its upcoming road
game at Drake University in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Step one in combating forgetful-
ness and disorganization among its
players who are new
to
the travel
process, issued a simple instruction
to
all athletes: bring your driver's li-
cense
to
practice on Tuesday.
"[This
way,] we all know that they
have their driver's licenses so that
Friday, when they go to get on the
bus and get on the plane, they'll be
able to do that," head coach Jim
Parady
joked.
"You know how we
learned that? A couple of years ago,
we went
to
get on the bus and a cou-
ple of guys didn't have it. They had
never been on a plane before so they
thought they could use their college
I.D. No such luck."
The instructions don't stop there.
"We'll give them a list of things
to
take with them to cover every detail
that we feel they need, so they can
go ahead and refer to it on paper,"
Parady said. "It's going to be a
major adjustment because many of
[the players] haven't had a chance
to
leave the campus since they came
here in August."
Perhaps an away game will be a
welcome change for the Red Foxes
who have not displayed any positive
carryover trends game in and game
out with the exception of its passing
attack.
After a poor defensjve effort in its
season opener against Sacred
Heart, Mari.st rebounded in its sec-
ond contest to defeat Bucknell.
Its first Pioneer Football League
(PFL) conference matchup and most
recent game against the Morehead
State Eagles ended in a 45-39 de-
RYAN HllTION/THE CIRCLE
The Marlst football team sits at
1-2
overall and
0-1
in
Pioneer League
play.
The
Foxes
return
to
action
against Drake
on
Saturday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.
feat.
Of junior tailback Calvin McCoy's
92 rushing yards in the game, 76 of
them came from a single carry.
This ground effort, although con-
centrated in a single run, was sorely
needed because the unit had strug-
gled mightily for the Red Foxes,
ranking last in the PFL with a
measly 32.5 rushing yards per game
entering the contest.
''Definitely
I
want to see more con-
sistency, it's great to have the big
plays but it's important to be able to
sustain drives," McCoy said. "A lot
of our plays [in this game] came
from 60 yards out, you need to be
able to take time off the clock. It's
not about the long runs, you need
the hard earned runs."
McCoy's mention of 60 yard plays
was a reference to the offensive ex-
plosion that came from Marist, in-
eluding four scoring plays of 50
yards or more and, also tallied 402
passing yards on the day.
Although their style of play was
slow and methodical, Morehead
State totaled 45 points.
Marist led 19-17 at the half, but
Morehead State jumped out to a 38-
19 lead late in the third quarter.
Since the deficit they faced was so
large,
Mari.st was forced to abandon
its ground game.
"I
thought our run game was ex-
cellent:
m
the first half, but got
taken out in the first half by a de-
fensive change and the scoreboard,"
Parady said. "We only had two run-
ning plays in the last 16 because we
were down by [so many] points."
The Red Foxes' comeback effort
was led by a stellar performance
from junior wideout Michael Rios,
who reeled in three balls for 168
total yards and two touchdowns of
61 and 69 yards apiece.
"Mike has done a really nice job
through his three years here and
he's gotten to a point now where we
are comfortable enough to put him
on the field," wide receivers coach
Nate Fields said. "He's really grown
a tremendous amount."
For his performance, Rios earned
a Football Cha
·
mpionship Subdivi-
sion Honorable Mention College
Football Performance Award.
"The [Eagles] were doing man cov-
erage the entire game, they weren't
switching," Rios explaine4,.
1
'M_
of
[our] receivers were telling,
l8ur
coaches that we could beat thei<t:or-
ners on the deep ball, and we
clla
it
a few times."
After two missed extra points and
another blocked attempt, sopho-
more kicker Jason Myers was re-
moved from the game and replaced
by freshman Jesse Signa.
Parady said that there are no long
term plans to remove Myers as the
starting kicker.
"As
with every week, we go out,
and [the players] compete for a
starting job and their performance
is evaluated," Parady said. ''We'll
put out there who we feel the best
guy is based on their week's work."
Picked fourth in the preseason
PFL Coaches' Poll; the Drake Bull-
dogs defeated Marist handily last
season, 34-6.
The Foxes receiving corps have
not only been the team's main
source of offense, but is also one of
the
more
veteran units on the team,
a plus during the travel experience.
''We've got a lot of talented players
on the team, it's just that a lot of
them haven't had the opportunity to
do something like this before,"
Fields said. "For most of my [re-
ceivers], its old news.
I
expect them
to
travel well and to play at a high
level, regardless of where we play."
Reilly takes over reins as le8.der of Foxes
By
MIKE
QUINN
Circle Contributor
With Chris Debowski graduating,
the Red Foxes have founda new
starting quarterback. This season,
5-foot-11-inch junior Tommy Reilly
is stepping up to lead Head Coach
Jim Parady's offense for the 2010
season.
When Reilly broke the 12-year-old
South Jersey touchdown pass
record in high school, many Divi-
sion-I schools attempted to recruit
him. Many of these programs had
stronger football programs than
Marist. These schools included the
University of Rhode Island and
Northeastern University. Reilly also
considered University of Maryland.
On Thanksgiving of his senior year,
however, Reilly suffered a season
ending injury; one that would
change his collegiate destiny.
"I rolled out, planted my foot. The
kid hit my foot and it broke really
bad. This was the last play of the
first quarter and then I played an-
other quarter but at half time I just
couldn't do it," Reilly said.
After the injury, many schools
stopped recruiting him.
''When
I rated my quarterbacks
out, I had him right up there in a
top tier of kids," Parady said.
''When
he came on campus he really im-
pressed me; and injuries heal. That
shouldn't scare anyone away from
recruiting somebody."
Reilly, who was debating attend-
ing a prep-school before applying to
a four-year college, decided to at-
tend Mari.st.
"I came here and I liked the play-
"You can now see him evolve
and reach out to this offensive
llneman.
I
really noticed this In
week three."
- Head coach Jim Parady
ers and where the program was
heading," Reilly said. "I'm happy I
came
to
Marist. I feel that every-
thing happens for a reason."
Reilly's decision has had a mutual
benefit for the Red Foxes.
This season, Reilly is 58-for-95 for
800 yards and six touchdown passes
and two interceptions, all while re-
habbing an ankle injury and work-
ing behind a new offensive line.
According to Parady, now that
Reilly has had the experience of
starting a few games, the coaching
staff can focus on helping the offen-
sive line.
"He was really concentrating on
himself at the beginning of the sea-
son," Parady said. "As a :truly first
year starter, it takes some getting
used to [the position]. You can now
see him evolve and reach out to this
offensive lineman.
·
1
really noticed
this in week three."
With four other quarterbacks
on
the squad, Reilly gets a lot of help
from the sideline.
''When
you see the quarterback
come off the field, yes I will go over
and speak with him for a few min-
utes, but then you'll see all five of
them meeting," Parady said.
Parady
attributes a touchdown
pass
to
junior Michael Rios in a
game against Sacred Heart on Sept.
11 to a conversation between Reilly
and the other quarterbacks on the
sideline.
''The game is slowing down for
him," Parady said. "Now he can
turn his attention away from that to
other things around him."
RYAN HllTION/THE CIRCLE
Reilly (above) has
completed
58
passes
this
season
with six touchdowns
and only
two
interceptions.




















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