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Events planned to honor Robert Stone
By
ALYSSA LONGOBUCCO
News Editor
The Marist College community re-
cently suffered the loss of one of
their own. While Rol;>ert Stone may
be gone, his family, friends and fel-
low students are ensuring that his
memory, and his dream, lives on.
Stone, a 19-year-old Marist stu-
dent, died unexpectedly on Nov. 13,
2009 while studying abroad in Flo-
rence, Italy. Stone is remembered
by those who knew him as a beloved
friend, as well as a passionate advo-
cate for several causes that he held
close to his heart. While he will be
missed by all those who came in
contact with him, his friends and
family are ensuring that his mem-
ory is sustained through several
events held in his honor this month
at Marist.
Avidly involved with causes such
as Invisible Children, TOMS Shoes,
Acres of Love and Dusk to Dawn
Haven, Stone encouraged those
around him to do what they could to
fight the injustices that afflict many
throughout the world.
"Robert wanted to start an Invisi-
ble
Children
organization
at
Marist," said Aileen Stone, Robert 's
mother. "He felt that many students
just live in the safe box they are in
and don't open their eyes to how
lucky they are and see that they
could help others less fortunate
than themselves. He was the silent
keeper of the world that wanted no
credit but only change for the good."
Among the events planned in
Stone's memory is a coin war, es-
tablished to raise money for the In-
visible Children organization in
Stone's name. The event came as a
co-sponsorship between Student
Programming Council (SPC) and
the International Students Club.
"We wanted as many students and
organizations on campus to get in-
volved in the Invisible Children pro-
gram, so we devised the coin wars,"
SPC Campus Concerns Officer
Michael Kurtz said. "Making it a
'club challenge' helped get a lot of
campus organizations involved, but
we also had individuals reach out to
us who were willing to get involved."
Taking place from Feb. 15 through
Feb. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
various tables around campus, the
coin wars raise money for Invisible
Children by seeing which clubs can
acquire the most money. Students
can either stop by the tables to do-
nate and aid a specific cTuo, or sim-
ply go directly to College Activities
and donate however much they
wish. At the end of the week the
amounts raised by all clubs will be
pooled and donated to Invisible
Children under Stone's name.
Several members of SPC, as well
as some of Stone's friends, have
arrange.d for an Invisible Children
lecture to take place at Marist. Es-
tablished in 2003 by three young
filmmakers, Invisible Children is a
non-profit organization developed to
aid in the release of captured Ugan-
dan children who are being forced
SNOW DAY SLUSH
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RYAN HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
Marlst students walk
to
class on Tuesday, Feb. 16, through a storm that accu-
mulated at least four inches
of
snow on campus. This
is
the second storm
to
hit the Hudson Valley in the
past
two
weeks.
The
first
heavily-hyped storm can-
celled a full day
of
classes on Wednesday, Feb. 10.
COURTESY OF INVISIBLECHILDREN.COM
Two Ugandan children who have been helped
by
the Invisible Children organzation
embrace. Marist College
is
holding a series
of
events
to
benefit the organization in
memory of Robert Stone,
who
was
heavily involved in promoting the non-profit.
into becoming child soldiers.
close friend of Rob's who was very
Students and faculty are invited influential in bringing the lecture
to honor StonErS
nren10:r:y
at the
In-
on campus, said they believe that
visible Children lecture, taking the lecture will serve as the perfect
place on Feb. 25, in the Nelly Goletti way to honor Stone's memory, as
Theatre. The event, which begins at well as expose the Marist commu-
7 p.m., is free to all who wish to at-
nity to the cause he was so passion-
tend, but tickets, claimed at College ate about.
Activities, are still needed because
"The absence of him in my life,
of the theater limit. Due to the large and the loss of his presence in the
interest in the eventr-which will in-
world, will always be felt, but he
elude a rescued Ugandan child sol-
gave so much to this world in his
dier telling his story-those who are short but fulfilling life, that I can't
unable
to secure tickets will be able
.
help but find his presence, and his
to watch the event from an overflow influence everywhere I go," Stack
room across the hall hosting a live said. ''Rob was a peacemaker, a pas-
video feed.
sionate humanitarian. He was a de-
Many, including Elora Stack, a
voted friend, as selfless and
understanding as they come."
FAFSA gets a facelift
By
JAMES SPRAGUE
The News Record
Recent changes by the U.S. De-
partment of Education to the Free
Application for Federal Student
Aid (FAFSA) have simplified the
process of applying for financial
aid. The FAFSA form is known for
its time-consuming, question-heavy
format.
Married students and those older
than the age of 23 will now be able
to skip 11 questions on the form
pertaining to parent finances that
are no longer applicable to them.
Two questions regarding veterans'
benefits were also eliminated.
''President Obama has challenged
the nation
to once again have the
highest percentage of college gradu-
ates in the world," U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan said in a
news release. ''To do that, we need
to
make the college-going process easier
and more convenient, and
to send a
clear message
to
young people as well
as adults that college
is
within their
reach," Duncan said.
One change to the form now al.
lows applicants to receive an in-
stant online federal Pell grant
estimate
.
Grants are usually
awarded to undergraduate students
that have yet to complete a degree
and do not require repayment.
· The availability of an immediate es-
timate for student loan eligibility is
another major change
to the online
form. In years past, applicants have
had
to wait weeks before receiving
word about both forms of
financial
aid.
The Department of Education and
the Internal Revenue Service •win
also allow for the applicants tax in-
formation to be uploaded to the
FAFSA form from existing IRS tax
documents, in an effort to make fill-
ing out the form less complicated.




























Thursday, February 1s
·
, 2010
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 2/18
No Events Posted
Friday, 2/19
Coln Wars
10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Rotunda
Proceeds support Invisible Children
Shopping Shuttle
4
p.m. -
12
a.m .. ,
$1
day pass,
$5
semester pass
Bus leaves from Midrise
SPC Movie: Brothers
Starts at 10 p.m., PAR
Saturday, 2/20
NYC Trip: Titanic Artifact Exhibit
Bus leaves Midrise at 9 a.m.
$20
with Sudent ID
Buy tickets at College Activities
Hunter Mountain Ski Trip
Lift ticket: $25
Ski/snowboard rental:
$30
Lesson: $20
Buy tickets at College Activities
Sunday, 2/21
Women's Basketball vs. Siena
2 p.m. at Mccann Center
Broadway Trip: Mama Mia!
·
Bus leaves Midrise at 9 a.m.
$25
with Student ID
Buy tickets at College Activities
Monday, 2/22
No Events Posted
Tuesday
,
2/23
No Events Posted
campus
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Security Briefs
Laundry thief terrorizes juice heads
By
CHRIS RAIA
Valentine's Day is annoying.
That's not a, "I'm depressed be-
cause nobody took me out to din-
ner or sent me chocolate" type of
statement, though. That's all.
No flashy intro this week.
2/10 - Waterworks Road
A student lost control of his car
due to the snow and crashed into
a snow bank. He took an ever-
green tree to the ground. I don't
know why I'm incl:uding this.
There's really nothing else to say
about it.
2/10- Leo
A drunk girl was spotted walk-
ing back to her dorm. Security
called an ambulance and she was
transported to St. Francis. Ap-
parently, it was Ladies Night
somewhere on campus. Fresh-
men girls
+
three days before
Valentine's Day
+
two-for-one
specials= bad. 15 points
2/10 - Champagnat
Same story: drunk girl taken to
the hospital. See above equation.
10 points
2/10 -
Marian
This story is really confusing.
At 4:00 p.m., a student was seen
climbing out of a window in Mar-
ian. Whenever stories involve
windows, it's usually after mid-
night and the student is usually
climbing into the building. Not
this time. So I threw this story
around, trying to brainstorm sit-
uations where this could make
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sense.
This was my favorite:
Marian could have been experi-
encing a recreation of the Trian-
gle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the
room was engulfed in flames, and
all the doors were locked. Yikes.
10 points.
2/11 - Gartland
Somebody called in a noise com-
plaint around 10:45 about the
apartment directly below them.
The RA showed up to ask them to
keep it down, spotted a beer can
on the table, and wrote everyone
up. Ouch. I didn't know students
ever actually called in noise com-
plaints.
Just walk down the
stairs and ask them nicely to
keep it down.
Low blow.
10
points.
2/12 -
Leo
There was another unautho-
rized use of an ID card. After get-
ting turned down, the kid tried to
run away, and according to John
Gildard, "We got 'em.;, I'll as-
sume he was tackled to the
ground, because that would be
fun to watch. 10 points
2/12 - Champagnat
There's apparently a laundry
thief running around campus. A
student reported that he was
missing five pairs of "designer
jeans" and a few shirts. I feel
bad, but I don't. I think that's
karma getting him back for buy-
ing designer jeans, and telling se-
curity that the jeans he lost were,
in fact, designer.
I probably
sound bitter, but I think that's
just because I don't like jeans.
It
takes way too long to take phones
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out of their pockets. I'll stick
with pajama pants.
2/14 - Steel Plant Parking Lot
This story spans 16 hours
.
Stay
with me. At 2:06 a.m., a deserted
backpack that was full of beer
was found in the parking lot. At
6:07 p.m., a student reported his
backpack lost. His parking pass
is for the Steel Plant
.
Hmm ... 15
points
2/14 Marian -
"'alentine's Day.
Oh no, no,
.
no. While couples
across the campus were having
awesome days, going out to eat,
and making everyone around
them want to throw up, one stu-
dent in Marian drank himself all
the way to St. Francis. 15 points
2/15 -
Leo
I wasn't kidding about this
laundry thief.
He's out there.
This time they stole four "work-
out shirts" that were apparently
worth a combined $200. I know a
lot of college students aren't very
fond of security officers, but let it
be known that the head of our se-
curity force here at Marist has a
sense of humor. "I doubt anyone
stole them," Gildard said. "He
probably just tried to shrink
them so many times to make his
arms look bigger that it just dis-
appeared." Done.
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E-Books detract from bookstore brows·
ng experience
By
MARINA CELLA
Like text messages, the Internet
Web Editor
Kindle, Nook, iPad: these gadgets
are revolutionizing the way we read
and the way we consume informa-
tion. They are a god-send for tech-
savvy readers who now have
endless amounts of books, newspa-
pers and magazines at their finger-
tips. You can subscribe to The New
York Times and have it delivered
straight to your e-book without hav-
ing to unfold the newspaper, and
wonder what you're going to do with
it afterward. You can find thou-
sands of books all without having to
go to the bookstore or library. These
items are great, and for some people
they may become another necessity
in life like the cell-phone, laptop,
iPod and digital camera, but they
take away everything that is fun
about reading.
I do not own any of these reading
devices, and have no plans to pur-
chase one in the near future. I love
everything about going to book-
stores and finding a book to read. I
like the comfortable
leather
chairs,
the wide array of stationary, board
games, the smell of new books and
the smell of coffee. I like sitting
on
the floor in aisles and leafing
through the pages. You can't get
that experience
on a
handheld de-
vice. For me, going
to Barnes &
Noble is the equivalent of going to
the mall for many
others.
and television, e-books are another
device that promotes laziness. With
the Kindle, you don't even have to
leave your house or get out of bed to
search for, purchase and read a
book. These e-books are just another
marketing excuse for something we
must have, but don't really need.
Who wants to carry around an e-
book when you also have to carry
around a countless number of other
electronics? Where are you sup-
posed to put it all?
·
Kindles and the like are really
good to have if you live in the city,
commute multiple times a week and
don't have time to go to the local
bookstore.
H
this is not the case, a
Kindle ($259.00 on Amazon), iPad
($499) or a Nook ($259) are proba-
bly not worth the investment. For
$259, you can buy 20 paperback
books, and for the price of an iPad,
more than 30.
One of the main things that keeps
me skeptical about the Kindle is
that on the Amazon Kindle Web
site, it says that the Kindle is "1/3 of
an inch, as thin
as
most magazines."
This is other
language
for "If you sit
on
it, or drop it, it will not function."
Now, I'm not sure about the Kin-
dle, Nook or iPad in terms of dura-
bility, but for someone like me this
is a big factor in determining
whether I should
buy
an electronic.
Over the past three years I've had
my
cell phone and
I've
dropped
it
l
EEK.DU
8
/
UCKR.
E-books may provide convenience
to
the on-the-go
reader,
but they
also
take the
fun
out of browsing the shelves of your local
bookstore.
countless times in snow, puddles
and on driveways. Despite all of
this, it remains the only one of the
gadgets I have that I have not had
to replace multiple times. I've had
to replace both my computer, which
crashed, and my iPod, which fell
from my bed where I was listening
to it. The same goes for my digital
camera, which ended up with a
dirty lens after I dropped it in the
Bahamas four years ago. You could
call
me clumsy, but chances are the
same
thing
has
happened to other peo-
ple. We live in a fast paced world.
With everything continuing to be-
come digital, there are many people
who love the fact that reading books
can
now
be like reading a PDF off of
the computer. The truth of the mat-
ter, however) is that for the hun-
dreds
of
people that like to
-
spend
hours on the computer, there are
just as many who want to avoid it as
much as possible because
it
hurts
their eyes. I am one of these people.
Don't get me wrong; I love the
In-
ternet, facebook, and writing on the
computer as much as the next per-
son, but when it comes to reading
for leisure, I prefer reading printed
versus digital text.
Despite all of the reasons I won't
buy an e-book, this is the way our
society is progressing. It's the next
big gadget, ·and a hundred years
from now may make people say ''re-
member when there were book-
stores, and you could read books on
paper?"
You cannot stop change just like
you cannot stop the use of the inter-
net, television or cell phones.
Haiti's debt to western organizations impedes rebuilding efforts
By
MIKE NAPOLITANO
Staff Writer
Aside from the many humanitar-
ian issues that have been ravaging
Haiti in the last month, there are
many other problems that have
been plaguing the small Caribbean
nation
.
Perhaps the most important
economic disparity that Haiti suf-
fers is the massive amount of debt
they owe to the International Mon-
etary Fund
(IMF),
World Bank and
other western creditors.
Although debt relief to Haiti was
already discussed and passed by the
IMF last July, there are many other
lingering issues that have yet to be
resolved. Approximately 27 percent
of Haiti's external debt is owed to
the World Bank. Before the earth-
quake, there was no deal brokered
between the World Bank and Haiti
concerning the prospect of Haitian
debt relief.
On Feb. 7, the G7 (the world's
seven richest countries) agreed on a
tentative plan that would relieve
Haiti of its debt to these nations.
This is a gesture that will greatly
help Haiti. On the other hand, it is
a short-term solution that industri-
alized nations are using as an ex-
cuse to "fix" poorer nations without
creating a
long-term
development
plan.
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.
The people
of
Haiti
will continue
to
require aid
from
other countries In order
to
re-
build their
nation
and their economy long after the aftermath
of
the earthquake
leaves
our television screens and newspapers.
In 2005, the IMF went through a
·
process they called the Multilateral
Debt Relief
.
Initiative, where they
canceled the debt of heavily in-
debted countries. One of these coun-
tries was Nicaragua.
Ben Beachy, an independent edu-
cator working for Witness for Peace,
was working in Nicaragua when
these programs were enacted.
"Just after pledging $201 million
of debt relief for Nicaragua, the IMF
has also promised to reactivate its
stalled economic program with the
country, meaning a new IMF loan
package of about $100 million,"
Beachy said in an interview with
commondreams.org.
This is common, neoliberal double-
speak. They first allow for the can-
cellation of a debt that was clearly
never going to be diminished any
time soon, and replaced it with an-
other loan that the country cannot
afford. Not only that, but they rid-
dle the loan with stipulations that
dictate the social and economic poli-
cies of the debtor. These tighter reg-
ulations
cause
impoverished
nations to cancel the only social pro-
grams they have protec~ing their
people from abject poverty.
In
the case of Nicaragua, it led to
a decrease across the board in
health care. What resulted was a
mass
humanitarian
setback where
thousands of sick Nicaraguans
could not access public hospitals
that they had previously relied
on
for simple treatments such as infec-
tions and broken bones.
With the money that western na-
tions and organizations have
pledged to Haiti, upwards of 70 per-
cent of its debt will be absolved. Al-
though this will allow the Haitian
government to focus more on re-
building its nation, 80 percent of the
Haitian population still lives under
the poverty line, 27 percent live in
abject poverty, and the country is
posting a negative GDP growth.
After all the cameras leave Haiti,
and everyon~ in the western world
feels great for contributing money to
such an impoverished nation, they
will still be suffering, and they will
still be in need. Haiti needs debt re-
lief that does not have predatory
stipulations, and they -need help re-
building their nation.




















































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THE CIRCLE • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2010 • PAGE 4
Letter to the Editor: Addition�l library hours unneccesary
Dear Circle Staff,
I'm a student with a job working
for the James Cannavino Library. I
read your recent article about
requests to extend the library's
hours of operation until 2:00 a.m. I
think that it is a good thing that
the student body is so interested in
studying and staying on top of their
work. Hectic schedules are some­
thing everyone deals with, for sure.
However, the majority of the
library's main staff that stays dur­
ing late hours is made up of Marist
students. Therefore, requesting
that the library be open an extra 2
hours each night is asking library
employees - essentially, fellow stu­
dents - to work during these late
hours. This change would make the
library the only student-employed
building running at this hour of the
night. Meanwhile, these students
can be considered as having just as
hectic schedules as other students.
I would like to dispel a few things
in this article that seem a little one­
sided. First, had SGA spoken with
the library staff thoroughly enough
before being quoted, they would be
aware of the major difficulties
posed from having the library open
at this hour. Aside from SGA, there
are no quotes or coverage on the
side of the library staff regarding
their opinions or knowledge of the
matter. Had the library been
allowed to comment, this article
may have had a different tone, and
I think it's important that coverage
shows both sides of the story.
Furthermore, I would like to add
that given my involvement as an
employee, the overall opinion of the
student staff does not seem to be
positive, given the late hours that
would have to be put in by students
Military's 'Don't ask don't tell'
policy outdated, discriminatory
ByJAMESCl'T1l
Minnesot,a Daily
United Kingdom fully integrate
gays and lesbians into their ranks.
Those militaries report no cohesion
or other performance problems.
Third, the policy is damaging and
costly. Our military has discharged
over 13,000 people because they
violated the policy. These men and
women served their country with
honor. Many brought invaluable
skills and experience to their serv­
ice branches. A University of
California panel estimated the cost
to discharge violators and retrain
replacements at $363 million.
Finally, Americans overwhelm­
ingly support repeal. For example,
57 percent of those polled recently
by Quinnipiac University agreed
that homosexuals should be able to
with just as much responsibilities to
their studies as their peers that come
to the library to utilize its services.
Finally, as I write this letter, I'm
at the library working. It's
Thursday Feb. 11. We close in
about a half an hour. 0Ul" library
supervisor just did his normal "peo­
ple count," which is a procedure of
walking around the library and
counting the number of students in
the building. To give a good picture,
at 2:30 p.m. today, the count was
115 people. Later, at 8:30 p.m., the
count was 102 - roughly the same.
By 10:30 p.m., the count went down
to 60. And now, at 11:30 p.m., the
count is down by 50 percent of what
it was an hour ago, at 32 students
in the entire building, including
those
at the
coffee bar.
If we consider that the student
body is made up of roughly 5,000
people, the library is being utilized
a half an hour before closing by
roughly 6 percent of the campus.
All of the energy going into the
lighting, the computers, the heat­
ing of the building, as well as the
pay going to the staff and security,
is being used in this last half hour
by 32 out of 5,000 students.
As
a final note, I want to make it
clear that these are my individual
words and opinions as an active
student, and in no way are these
words professionally affiliated with
the library as a released statement
from the building as a whole.
Thank you,
Cara Domings, '10
In 1993, the convergence of an
ideology-driven congress, a weak
president, an inflexible military
and an ill-informed public gave
birth to "don't ask, don't tell," a con­
voluted, mean-spirited and costly
policy crafted to deny gays and les­
bians participation in the U.S. mil­
itary. In the near future, Congress
will consider repealing the policy.
Here are some facts in support of
repeal:The first and perhaps most
relevant fact is that "don't ask,
don't tell" legislates against the
individual, a homosexual, rather
than against a behavior, such as a
criminal offense In other words,
persons are punished for what they
are even though their sexual iden­
tity was determined by genealogy
or environment.
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openly serve in the U.S. military.
Letters to the Editor Poli
cy
:
Seventeen years is long enough to
Second, the military of over 30
countries, including allies such as
Canada, France, Germany and the
test a policy. This one is a failure.
Please urge your congressional rep-
resentatives to act in favor of fair­
ness, compassion and rationality
and to repeal "don't ask, don't tell."
YOURADHERE
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Education majors learn through role reversal
By
CHRISTOPHER
J. BARNES
Circle Contributor
Usually an upperclassman makes
the daily crossing over Route
9
count-
less times throughout a semester
with class materials packed away
into their knapsacks. That was not
the case for Kaitlyn Latham, an edu-
cation major who worked as a student
teaclier lastisemester.
Latham, a senior, taught at Sheafe
Road Elementary School
in
Wap-
pingers Falls. Her daily routine was
different from that of a typical student.
Instead of worrying about papers
and group projects, Latham found
herself making things that would
leave her housemates guessing on
what somebody cooked, or tried to
cook.
''I did not expect projects at home
and stuff for the students," Latham
said, "but I had a lot of
fun
with it. I
didn't even see the other side of cam-
pus all semester. When everyone had
papers to write and homework to do,
I was making slime for projects for
the kids at school in the kitchen."
"I wouldn't know what to think,"
said Alicia Mattiello, Latham's house-
mate. ''It was interesting to watch. It
was like her homework."
Working from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, however, is
something that was ideal for Latham
and something she was prepared for.
Education majors at Marist are re-
quired to student teach for a whole se-
mester
before
they
graduate.
However, it came to be a challenging
reality at the start.
''It was a little difficult," said
Latham. ''It was hard because you
have to wake up early every day and
go to bed early every
s.ay.
You can't
hang out as much as
if
you had
classes."
The difficulty was worth it, though.
''It was exciting because you got a
taste of the real world and what your
life is going to be like after college,"
Latham said. ''Not many other college
kids get that full experience
.
"
Latham's responsibilities at Sheafe
Road consisted of shadowing a gen-
eral education teacher and develop-
ing journal topics for the students in
her class.
The task was not as simple due to
her being part of an inclusion class,
which includes students with disabil-
ities.
"It was difficult at times but I loved
working with the children," Latham
said.
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thing and how happy they were to
succeed."
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experience worthwhile on her last
day. She received recommendation
letters from every single child
in
her
class.
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pared me for my future career and
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Chinese
zodiac predicts trouble
By JENNIFER MEYERS
Staff Writer
New Year's Day has come and gone
and all of
us
have celebrated bringing
in the year of
2010.
But for Chinese
New Year, the date changes every
year. This year, it was Feb. 14th.
As
this holiday fell on Valentine's Day, we
may think that this year is a good year
for :relationships. Well ... not exactly.
The Year of the Tiger this year is
known as the ''Year of the Metal Tiger"
because this year is associated with
the metal element from the famous
five (earth, air or wood,
fire,
water, and
metal). The Year of the Tiger
is
sup-
posed to be a rather tough year for all
our zodiac signs.
In
Chinese astrology, each animal
can be converted into an element. The
tiger's elements are
fire,
metal and air
so with the fire and metal mixed to-
gether with animals such as a tiger,
you can imagine that this year won't
be more peaceful or easygoing than
the past years. Tigers are a symbol of
power and authority
-
they'll do any-
thing to get what they want.
It is not a
good
year in terms of rela-
tionships for tigers, monkeys, and
snakes. For example, a snake is an
earth sign. Since this year's element
is
air,
and earth and air are opposite
signs, snakes won't have the best year
in
2010.
Not only is this year not good
for relationships, but it is also not a
good year for financial gain either.
Some might find it difficult" to find a
job or get that promotion that they've
been looking forward to.
Despite this dire forecast, this is a
positive celebration.
"I've never seen so many children and
families come out together and share
an exchanging of blessings to one an-
other ... even to complete strangers that
they happened to be passing by on the
streets," said Caroline Yeji
Kim,
who
went to Chinatown on Sunday with
Asian Alliance.
The Chinese also believe that to wear
red could be a good way to ward off
back luck. You could use stones such
as ruby, garnet, jasper
,
and jade. you
don't have to use stones, however. You
can wear a red bracelet or red under-
wear.
According to
Kim,
the streets were
filled with lucky symbols. "For once
the streets were not filled with food or
random debris, but rather empty pop-
pers, streamers, and confetti. Most of
the stores changed all their items to
things that might relate to the Chi-
nese New Years, like a dragon or
charm that
is
supposed to bring either
good luck or fortune for the new lunar
year.The giant dancing tiger heads
were de.finitely
fun
to watch," Kim
said.
In Chinese astrology, the relation-
ship between different animal signs
·
changes every year.
This year, tigers
and pigs have the highest compatibil-
ity. Othering pairings,for example,
horse and rats, are more likely to fight.
That
will
be an interesting way to in-
troduce each other wouldn't it? "Hi,
what Chinese zodiac sign are you?
Horse? Oh, I'm a rat; sorry we won't
get along this year."
So just because Chinese New Year
fell on Valentine's Day doesn't mean
that it will be good for love. Watch
out for a few signs and wear red.
Good luck!





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Hot Chip
will
stop in NYC for a
two-night stint at Terminal 5 on Apr. 22 and 23.
By
KATHERINE
GRIFFTTl-lS
Circle Contributor
Hot Chip's new album, "One Life
Stand," progresses from its previously
more upbeat, stimulating music. One
might think it would
be
difficult to dis-
tinguish Hot Chip from the multitudes
of electropop bands, such as Cut Copy
and LCD Soundsystem, clogging the
airwaves at the moment. Hot Chip,
however, differentiates itself through
a distinct style and front man Alexis
Taylor's unique voice.
Having become famous for songs
such as "Over and Over" from its
best-known album, ''The Warning''
(2006), and "Ready for the Floor" from
"Made in the Dark" (2008), Hot Chip's
new album plays as a more disco-in-
fluenced,
melancholy
encounter.
Alexis Taylor has always been .the
driving force behind the band, but the
fact that each member is a renowned
DJ in his own right lends a more pol-
ished sound to the group's albums.
Lyrics do not usually take the spot-
light for electronic bands, but Alexis
Taylor adds a more heartfelt element
to the songs on "One Life Stand"
through lines such as ''Don't I know
there is a God?/Now I know there is a
God in your heart," from the song
"Slush." There is a distinct difference
from previous records in the depth of
the subject matter. This emphasis on a
song's content demonstrates the
band's commitment to writing more
emotionally invested lyrics; whether or
not the raving, glow-etick-waving
masses will find this change accept-
able remains to
be
seen.
With any other genre of music, such
an evolution would be a welcome
change to some; Bloc Party's vast
transformation from "Silent Alarm"
(2005) to ''Intimacy'' (2008) won it a
generally favorable response from crit-
ics and fans alike. But in the electronic
pop
genre, changes can
be
more diffi-
cult for fans to accept. Bands like The
Knife, to which Hot Chip has borne a
striking similarity, keep a consistent
style from album to album and have
seldom received criticism from review-
ers· and listeners.
The last track on the album, 'Take
It
In,"
plays more like a regression to Hot
Chip's prior work, ending the album
on somewhat of a nostalgic note for the
more traditional Hot Chip fans out
there. Yet even this song features a
more melodic chorus, with softer lyrics
like, "And oh, oh, my heart has flown
to you just like a dovel
It can fly, it can
(Ly," revealing a more romantic side to
the band.
In comparison to its earlier albums,
Hot Chip has yet to top 'The Warn-
ing'' in regard to individual singles
and lyrics, but "One Life Stand"
shows a branching out that should
be welcome in any band. This change
should signal more experimental
songs in the vein of "Hand Me Down
Your Love" and the melancholy elec-
tro-ballad "Brothers," which use
Taylor's individual vocals to the best
of his abilities, something the previ-
ous .albums did not achieve. Every
song on "One Life Stand" exceeds
four minutes, and the album re-
quires several listens before an accu-
rate appraisal can be made of it, but
it's worth the time for Hot Chip fans
or those who appreciate dreamy elec-
tropop.
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our
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5
STARS
Film Review: 'Dear John,' the next chick flick sensation
By
KRISTEN KARAS
The
Daily Collegian
When a
film
adaptation of Nicholas
Sparks' novel ''The Notebook'' was re-
leased in 2004, it was the epitome of
the tear-jerking romance. Love it or
hate it, the movie has become one of
the most popular chick flicks of all
time.
Fans won't have the same kind of at-
~hment to "Dear John,"
also
an
aqaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel
of the same name.
The
film
follows the relationship
be-
tween John (Channing Tatum), a sol-
dier home on leave, and Savannah
(Amanda Seyfried), a college student
home for vacation. The two strike up a
romance before being separated again
just two weeks later when she must
return to school, and he to the service.
Half a world apart, the two write let-
ters to each other until they can
be
re-
united again.
The premise of the
film
sounds ro-
mantic enough, bu~ it doesn't translate
well to screen. Tatum and Seyfried
have chemistry, but not enough to jus-
tify this strong a connection after only
two weeks together. The time fraine
would have been more convincing if
they'd had at least a month to get to
know each other.
When John later decides to re-enlist
after Sept. 11 (a year since the couple
was first separated), it also isn't con-
vincing that they would try to keep the
long-distance romance going. The let-
ters don't feel like enough.
Finally, a twist in the last third of the
movie
is ridiculous and paints the
fe-
male lead as weak in comparison to
her male counterpart -- the choice she
believes she
has
to make is almost as
weird as the option she chooses.
Oddly enough, the film does have
heart, but not in the romance it adver-
tises.
For much of the movie, John's
re-
lationship with Savannah takes a
backseat to his personal journey as a
post-9/11 soldier.
As
a young man
with
no
real
home to
cling
to, he finds some-
thing calming in the chaos of war. The
focus on his army career not only
makes
him more of a protagonist than
Savannah, but is
also
quite interest-
ing.
Also, just like "The Notebook" and
the other Sparks adaptation, "A
Walk
to Remember," the male lead's
relationship with his father is a cen-
tral focus. Watching John's under-
standing of his socially-awkward
father (played by an outstanding
Richard Jenkins) grow seems like
the real love story here -· it's more
endearing and more heartbreaking
than his-relationship with Savan-
nah.
It's hard to know why Tatum decided
to play the character the way he did.
As
a soldier with a difficult past, he
should
be
played with a detached sto-
icism, and Tatum gets that right. But
it's difficult to figure out whether
Tatum is actually acting this way, or
whether he is just a stoic, wooden
actor regardless.
Either way, Tatum does have a
charm that makes him perfect for a
role in a film like this.
It
isn't neces-
sarily Ryan Gosling-style charisma,
but there's something very watchable
about him -- aside from the shirtless
beach scenes.
Seyfried, however, who was so won-
derful in ''Mean Girls" and adequate in
"Mamma
Mia,"
is nothing special here.
She tries
hard,
but her character isn't
as likeable as Rachel McAdams', and
it's hard to root for her happiness.
Maybe
it's the absence of "Notebook"-
esqu.e acting that makes
"Dear
John" a
less-than-suitable substitute, but over-
all.
nothing about the
film
is able to hit
the same notes. While the non-roman-
tic scenes are actually very engrossing,
the love story promised isn't enough to
make this a must-see for Valentine's
Day.
GRADE: B-
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currently
singin'
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
''\Ve Are the
World
25
for
Haiti" - Twenty-
five years ago,
Michael Jackson
and Lionel Richie
wrote a song for
African famine re-
lief. Flash-forwarding to 2010,
today's music "stars" join forces to
provide relief for Haiti. The remake
swaps out legends Stevie Wonder,
Bruce
Springsteen,
and
Ray
Charles, for Justin Beiber, Miley
Cyrus, and Nick Jonas. Our genera-
tion is getting ripped off.
If
these
'talented' individuals are the Won-
der, Springsteen, and Charles of our
time, then the artistic nature of
music is in trouble. Even though
this version was recorded in the
same studio as the original, it does-
n't replicate the magic or emotional
weight of the 1985 song. The void of
emotion can be pinpointed at the
latter portion of the song, where it
dips into Auto-Tune overload with
Lil Wayne (who laughably tackles
Bob Dylan's verse), Ak.on, T-Pain,
Kanye West, and Will.Lam. Hasn't
Haiti been through enough? Please
send your condolences and dona-
tions to Haiti, but refrain from pur-
chasing this song to do so. You will
save your ears and Haiti in the
process.
Japandroids
"Art
Czars" - Con-
sumed by a never-ending tour
schedule in 2010, Japandroids have
set out
to
release five 7-inch singles
(these will also be on sale as digital
downloads) to hold over fans until
the next full-length album. Each re-
lease features an unreleased track
from their writing sessions for last
year's debut album, ''Post-Nothing,"
and one cover. "Art Czars" is the
first of their single series. The strik-
ing difference between the album
and this leftover jam is the presence
of considerably less fuzz and noise.
There's a newfound anger in the
tenacity of the vocals as the band
howls "Here's your money back /
Here's your punk rock back,'' in full
clarity. It's a stark contrast from
singing about running to France to
French kiss some French girls.
·
Neon Indian "Deadbeat Sum-
mer"
&
"Ephemeral Artery'' -
Hipsters had a geek moment on
Feb. 11, as Neon Indian made their
national television debut on ''Late
Night with Jimmy Fallon." Jimmy
Fallon discovered the band through
Shazam, an iPhone app that identi-
fies songs simply by holding your
Apple device up to it. The band
brought their shimmery pop sounds
with a medley of two tracks from
their critical~y beloved "Psychic
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Strength proves critical to snowboarding success
By DANIELLE DELCORE
Circle Contributor
Snowboarding requires more than
just dressing the part; training your
body to be able to handle the de-
mands is half the battle of a suc-
cessful day on the slopes. Stretching,
sunblock, meal choices and training
io
the off-season are all part of
i5&et
p.reparation.
Sttetcbing is crucial to the sport of
anowboarding. As a beginner, you
will spend a lot of time on the
ground, and the way you fall is quick
and unpredictable. The chances of
pulling a muscle are very high. For
example,
if
you catch an edge you
could pull a hamstring or twist your
knee in a very painful position. By
all means, stretching will not pre-
vent an injury, but it can signifi-
cantly help to avoid and/or limit the
damage done. Start
.
with the basics
we have all learned 1.n gym class,
and keep in mind to hold the stretch
for at least ten seconds, without
bouncing
or
moving too quickly into
Frugal France:
Watching the
wallet abroad
By
THOMAS
LOTITO
Staff Writer
When living in a country for
four
months, esp
·
ecially
one
so expensive
as Paris, budgeting money is some-
thing that can't be avoided-even
more
so considering fm responsible for
almost all of my food during the week.
I had preordered roughly 330 euro
be-
fore I had left the oountry.
Of
that,
around 60 is left. fve only been in the
oountryfor a week and, before fm rep-
rimanded for spending almost 300
euro in one week, keep in mind that
some important things needed
to
be taken care of.
The first step was
to find a phone
for international usage.
This
was the
trickiest part because most of the
phones sold here at places like Or-
ange (a popular mobile device chain
in Europe) are international phones,
but only on this side of the Atlantic.
But, and I say that with satisfied em-
phasis, receiving calls and texts are
absolutely free.
So what do the peo-
ple at home do? They buy a calling
card and call you. I spent about 30
euro on the phone itself, and then 35
more for roughly 80 minutes.
Communication is key, but there
are some locks that it can't open; like
the ones at the Metro turn styles.
Luckily, that's what something called
a "N avigo," in Paris, can do, For 80
euro, I have a card that gives me un-
limited access
to the subways, trains
and buses in Paris and the bordering
suburbs for a month. Then for 75
euro at the beginning of each month,
I renew this card. The catch is that
it's not
one
of those "30 day" deals.
It's from the first of the month to the
.
the stretch.
With stretching comes training
your body in the off-season. Eleva-
tion and altitude severely impact
your lung capacity, and will be detri-
mental
to your experience
if
you are
not prepared. Avid skiers and snow-
boarders train by mountain biking
in order
to know the mountain bet-
ter and find secret trails to enjoy
when the fresh snow falls.
If
you find mountain biking
to be
a bit extreme, try swimming or par-
ticipating in circuit training. If
you're nursing a current injury,
swimming is excellent for low im-
pact exercising. Treading water for
10 or 15 minutes, and increasing the
time as your fitness level progresses
,
can be complemented by weight
training and cardio. Stick to ham-
strings, quadriceps, calves and ab-
dominal strengthening in the gym.
The leg press, leg curls, leg exten-
sion and calf raises are a great
jump-start weight training. When
weight training, you should stick to
three sets of ten repetitions, and
THOMAS LOTTTO/THE CIRCLE
A
few penny-pinching tips from Paris.
last day
of the
month.
The final important item purchased
was a messenger bag. There's area-
son they're more popular in Europe:
it's because they're not backpacks.
The logic is simple. Pickpockets go for
openings, or in this case, things that
can be opened, that you can't see. You
can't see you're backpack when it's
on
your back, thus a pickpocketer is
more likely to attack a backpack.
Messenger bags are in front of you,
and are therefore seen. Thus, pick-
pockets don't go after them. That
andfir23an-o)Ull"~ oogmnhave
a
secure
zipper
roveml
by
a
large
flap.
Where
did
the
ether
mney
ff)? Well,
it's
a
newcityandlgoce.xcited. 'Therewasacheap
pair of great jeans. Then there was
some great food (cultural cuisine is
best experienced in the hearl of a
cul-
ture).
And, of oourse, there was aloohol.
But with the three "essentials''
listed
I
can
phone
a friend, take the metro
across town
t.o
meet up with a bottle
of wine in my bag. It's not too bad
once
you get to see it.
completing the set should begin
to
be a struggle at the seventh repeti-
tion.
Now, for diet: we have all experi-
enced the sluggish feeling after eat-
ing processed foods high in fat.
Fatty, processed foods take the fun
out of snowboarding because of the
physical demands of the sport.
In-
stead, reach for high protein options
like chicken or yogurt.
Be
sure to get
in those colorful vegetables and com-
plex carbs as well.
Of course staying hydrated is
equally important: it is recom-
mended that you
drink
at least eight
glasses a day, more
if
you are active.
A Camelback is a great resource.
It
is a thin backpack that serves as a
canteen while riding, and it can be
strapped to your body under your
jacket and has a hose that runs to
your shoulder area for convenient
hydration. I cannot stress enough
the danger of riding with a full-size
backpack on chairlifts, especially out
west, where the safety bar is almost
always ignored. The camelback is
thin, convenient and has storage for
a snack and/or digital camera.
When you head for the mountain,
don't forget to always apply sun-
block and moisturizer, and have
chapstick on hand.
If
you are lucky,
some moisturizers have an SPF in-
cluded.
.
With the realities that we all f~e,
it
is
very difficult
to coIQ.P!~te
f;V~I"Y,
.
single tip listed
in
this aJ;'t;icl..~
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small, and build on what
ypu h:;we
already done. Be proud
.
of small
achievements, and soon enough you
will enjoy winter as much as you
enjoy summer.
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off-season
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Cultures clash over circumcision
By RACHAEL SHOCKEY
Staff Writer
''People care way too much about
this little piece of skin," said Dr.
Mark
Alanis, professor at the Med-
ical University of South Carolina in
Charleston. And at a glance, we
would acknnwledge that he's en-
tirely right - that foreskin is just a
miniscule piece of skin, right? We
humans have plenty more skin to go
around, and that little bit of skin
amounts to a mere fraction of the
amount of skin that one person
sheds in one year. However, it is
also true that this particular piece
of skin packs in more medical, sex-
ual, ethical and spiritual signifi-
cance collectively than any other
pi~e of skin to ever grace a human
body. Circumcision is one of the
old-
est sex organ-related traditions
known to
man
(second only to fore-
play, perhaps?). For a vast number
of people, the practice continues to
evoke a wholly spiritual connota-
tion. However, religious circumci-
sion supporters are not the key
players in today's great foreskin de-
bate; rather, the phenomenon pri-
marily stems from the medical field,
where circumcision is being pushed
to
become
a hygienic norm.
The staff at the Mayo Clinic re-
minds us that in 1999, the Ameri-
can
Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
stated in an official policy that "the
benefits [of circumcision] are not
strong enough to recommend rou-
tine circumcision for all-male new-
borns," and they reaffirmed in 2005
that sufficient proof of the proce-
dure's
health
benefits still did not
exist. Since 2005, however, many
experts have been pushing the the-
ory,
insisting that there are health
benefits
related to circumcision .
Ronald H. Gray of Johns Hopkins
University, who has conducted
some of the most recent studies,
claims that, "The evidence has got-
ten much stronger with the results
of these trials of the benefits of cir-
cumcision."
For years, it has been theorized
that having foreskin may be
linked to a higher likelihood of
contracting STis and other dis-
eases, primarily penile cancer and
HIV/AIDS. This may be because
the area between the foreskin and
the penis provides a moist envi-
ronment in which diseases may
thrive.
However, this particular piece of
skin packs In more medical,
sexual, ethical and spiritual sig-
nificance collectively than any
other piece of skin to ever grace
a human body.
·Now that there may be further
evidence that sporting foreskin
brings about health risks, there
are many parents and disease pre-
vention organizations jumping on
the possible opportunity to reduce
risks of becoming infected.
Of course, this research is of
particular interest to efforts for
AIDS prevention in Africa. Al-
ready,
operation
Circumcise
Every Man in Africa Now is under
way.
Even Bill and Melinda Gates
have
leapt
onto the proverbial
bandwagon of mass foreskin liqui-
dation
in Africa, donating $4 mil-
lion toward further development
of the ShangRing, the latest in cir-
cumcision technology.
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9
Get inside scoop on eating right for your metabolic
,
type
By MICHAEL GAROFALO
Circle Contributor
I was feeling tired, wanted to gain
weight, and was overall sick of the
same old routine. This is when I
first came across the concept of
metabolic typing. Eventually, I took
an online test, received some inter-
esting documents from my meta-
bolic typing advisor, and finally had
a plan
to
make some changes.
Following my individualized plan
I began eating more protein -
namely beef- and avoiding ketchup
which was on my list of bad foods.
For a while I saw some improve-
ment and fell into the kind of
rhythm that can really keep some-
one on target.
U11fortunately, my lack of com-
mitment to the necessary work
eventually negated the progress
that I had worked so hard for.
Sometimes, sticking to the plan is
the hardest part.
Although I did not follow metabolic
typing seriously enough
to
comment
on its effectiveness, learning about
new nutritional methods is worth-
while for anyone looking to improve
his or her health, or athletic per-
formance.
But what is metabolic typing? Is
it worth your time and effort?
Metabolic typing is an interesting
way of managing one's health by fol-
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·
lowing certain individualized crite-
ria. The basis of this method is set
on the belief that numerous body
types exist: The carbo type, the pro-
tein type, and the mixed type. Each
will eat different types of foods (and
avoid others)
to
attain better health.
The Metabolic Typing Diet by
William Wolcott and Trish Fahey
describes the principles of metabolic
typing and explains how they can be
applied to your life. In the first
chapter, entitled "One Man's
Food
is
Another's Poison," the authors bla-
tantly express their disagreement
with the basis of the food pyramid.
In fairness to the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
their new food pyramid website
(www.mypyramid.gov) does indicate
an extent of individualism on the
home page. Their recognition of
varying caloric needs depending on
personal factors is agreeable. But
does their ptan cover all grounds?
Jonathan Clancy, Marist's head
strength and conditioning coach
said, "I think it is rare to be nutri-
tionally satisfied following it."
Clancy drew a stark comparison be-
tween eating habits of cultures that
live near the Earth's equator versus
those who live near the Arctic Cir-
cle. Each group's eating habits are
drastically different, but practical
for their own situation.
"It
is only logical that Americans
and their different ancestries hold
on to some of those nutritionally-re-
quired differences," Clancy said.
This is how the concept of indi-
vidual nutrition can be defended. It
is how one can find a balance of
foods that best suit their own neecjs
- with so much diversity within the
human race, how can it be that we
should all eat the same foods? Meta-
bolic typing is not advertised as a
way for overweight individuals to
slim down, or for underweight indi-
viduals to bulk up - at least not at
surface value. However, the authors
feel that a healthy weight can be at-
tained by proper eating habits.
So how does this plan work?
It
starts out
basic.
Get your nutri-
ent ratios in check. For example,
protein types are given a guide-
line of 40% protein, 30% fat, and
30% carbohydrates to follow at
each meal. Someone who enjoys
a lot of cereal, and toast, or per-
haps has an aversion to meat,
will likely find this quite diffi-
cult.
Each type is given a list of rec-
ommended foods, as well as cau-
tions regarding foods that might
not work well with them. The ra-
tios are just rough starting
points, and the authors urge
readers to tinker with their
diets and evaluate the outcome.
It
is in finding your metabolic
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type that Clancy had a point of
contention.
"It is my opinion that America
has gotten away from quality
whole real foods so much that
Americans'
metabolisms
are
messed up to the point that.one
may not be able to figure out (ac-
curately) their metabolic type."
A certain diet may work very
well for one individual, but lack
the same benefits for another in-
dividual. Of course, believers in
the food pyramid may refute this
statement.
It
will be up to you to
make that call.
Health, religion, society clash in circumcision debate
Recently developed in China, the
ShangRing supposedly offers the
most painless means of circumcision
for adult men (aside from a bucket
of ice and a handle of whiskey, that
is). The device encloses the foreskin
in two plastic rings, allowing for cir-
cumcision to be executed with min-
imal pain and bleeding. After 10
days, a patient can safely remove
the ShangRing and enjoy his new
penis. Experts in Africa strongly be-
lieve that the spread of circumcision
will make sexually active men much
less susceptible
to
contracting HIV.
Another population that is taking
the foreskin fore"'.,arnings to heart
is a great perceµtage of parents in
the United States, where circumci-
sion has been largely assumed to be
hygienic for years. Not only does the
U.S. already have the highest rate
of neonatal circumcision in the
world, but our country also has the
highest population of people who
circumcise their children for rea-
sons outside of the religious realm.
Most Ame
,
rican males are circum-
cised,
to
the point that foreskin-less
penises have become a preferred,
aesthetical norm.
On the other hand, anti-circumci-
sion activists in our country are far
from extinct. There seems
to
be just
as much evidence that the foreskin
carries sexual sensitivity as there is
evidence supporting health benefits
of circumcision. Researchers discov-
ered years ago that the foreskin con-
tains bands of nerve endings,
similar to the high concentrations of
nerve endings in the clitoris. There
have even been studies that have
theorized that uncircumcised men
generally need not thrust as hard as
circumcised men
to
create pleasur-
able friction during sex (because the
foreskin moves back and forth, cre-
ating built-in friction). There are
still doctors who claim that foreskin
can be perfectly hygienic, so long as
it is properly cleaned. Advocates for
keeping children uncircumcised
argue that we do not yet possess
enough conclusive data about the
functions of the foreskin
to
soundly
make the decision to circumcise.
With new medical discoveries and
an increasingly heated controversy
regarding the foreskin, it's likely
that our generation will be faced
with an extremely loaded decision of
whether or not to circumcise our
sons. Regardless of the decision we
make, I think it's become clear that
we are dealing with no ordinary lit-
tle piece of skin.
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From Page
12
Slow
starts continue
to
doom Red
Foxes
season and 1-15 in the MAAC con-
ference.
CANISIUS
Canisius exploded early, racing
out to a 1 7-2 lead at the 8: 19 mark.
Marist then began to chip away at
the margin; going on a 10-2 run
over the final seven minutes of the
first half, cutting the deficit to 27-
21 at halftime.
The Gorn.en Griffins responded
by going on a 13-4 run over the
first 5:01 of the second half, taking
a 15-point lead and never looking
back. Their lead was extended by
as much as 25 during the second
half.
Candon Rusin scored 17 points,
shooting 5-for-8 from the field, and
hitting 3-for-~ from behind the arc.
Forward Korey Bauer added 14
points and six rebounds. Fresh-
man guard Devin Price scored 12
points.
Martin thinks Bauer has earned
the respect of the entire MAAC
conference.
"I can't even put into words how
far Korey's [Bauer] come," Martin
said. "Last year, this guy wasn't
good enough to play. Now he's one
of the leaders on this team."
The Golden Griffins had four
scorers in double digits. Julius
Coles led all scorers with 18
points, hitting four 3-point shots.
Frank Turner had 16 points, 10
assists and seven rebounds while
Greg Logins scored 16 in 20 min-
utes off the bench.
With 11:20 left to play, officials
called Bauer for a flagrant foul
and ejected him. Officials then
gave Canisius the ball, triggering
Martin to ask for an explanation.
Martin was hit with two technical
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12
fouls of his own, leading to his
ejection from the game.
"I thought it was a poor call and
that Korey didn't deserve to be
ejected from the game," Martin
said. "I have to show my guys that
I'm fighting for them and that
we're not just going through the
motions, we're trying to win the
game."
NIAGARA
On Sunday, Marist squared off
against the Niagara Purple Ea-
gles, who were coming off an 87-7 4
defeat of MAAC powerhouse
Siena. The 13-point defeat marked
Siena's first conference loss of the
season.
The Red Foxes scored just five
points in the first 8:13, falling be-
hind 20-5 after a dunk by Austin
Cooley. Marist then started to
carve away at the deficit, and with
3:50 remaining in the first half, a
three-pointer by Rusin made the
score 30-23 Niagara. The Purple
Eagles closed out the half on a 7-2
run to take a 37-25 halftime lead.
The Red Foxes remained in
striking distance of Niagara for
the first nine minutes of the sec-
ond half. Ahead 51-40 with 11:22
remaining, Niagara went on a 12-
0 run over the next 4:35, advanc-
ing their lead to 23 and sealing the
victory.
Marist committed 17 turnovers
as compared to just nine for Niag-
ara. The Red Foxes shot just .315
(l 7-for-54) for the game.
Price led Marist with 15 points,
while Rusin added 11 points, hit-
ting three 3-point shots. Daye
Kaba scored eight points and
grabbed 10 rebounds, while Bauer
scored seven points and snatched
RYAN HllTTON/THE CIRCLE
MarlstJunlor
forward
Korey Bauer was ejected from Friday's game against canisius.
nine rebounds.
The Purple Eagles improved to
15-13 and 8-8 in MAAC play. Rob
Garrison led Niagara with 18
points. The Purple Eagles had four
other scorers in double digits.
"These young guys are doing
some good things," Martin said,
''but we just haven't seen the re-
sults in the win column
.
"
The Red Foxes will return to the
hardwood Saturday when they
head west to California to face UC
Irvine in an ESPNU Bracket-
Busters contest. Tip-off is set for 7
p.m. EST. Marist will play its final
home game of the 2009-2010 sea-
son on Friday Feb. 26.
Water polo e:ri.ters ECAC tournament
·
as
No.2 seed
in of 12-5. The game was a rout
from start to finish, including an 8-
2 halftime lead. Rachel Sunday was
the leading scorer against the
Golden Knights with two goals, and
Swartz once again found the back of
the net, scoring a goal to add to her
team high of three assists. Jacobs
was pleased with the way her squad
was fooused from start to finish.
''It was a team game from begin-
ning
to
end," she said. ''We were get-
ting everybody in the game and
everybody did their part. I think it
was our first real 100 percent team
.
"
Wlll.
Marist went back to work the next
day against Maryland as they
looked to pick up where they left off
when they played Maryland the
next day. What followed was a
tight-knit battle to the finish, cul-
minating in the Foxes pulling out a
5-4 victory. Marist entered halftime
in front 3-2, before shutting out
Maryland in the third quarter to
take a 4-2 lead. Jacobs was proud
of her team for keeping their com-
posure during Maryland's late-
game rush.
''I
think it showed a lot of charac-
ter," she said. ''It was the end of the
weekend, they were tired and
fa-
tigued, and they knew it was going
to be a physical game from begin-
ning
to
end. But from the get-go we
really commanded the lead. Even
though we were never able to pull
away as we had hoped, we were al-
ways the aggressor."
The star of the tournament was
once again goalie Jessica Getchius,
who finished the invitational with
29 saves overall, a 6.00 goals
against average and a .617 save per-
centage. The senior is now ranked
third in the nation in saves with 75,
as well as seventh in both goals
against average and save percent-
age. For her strong play she has
been awarded her second consecu-
tive MAAC Defensive Player of the
Week. Jacobs sees Getchius as not
only a star athlete, but the predom-
inant team leader.
"She's an unspoken leader as well
a verbal leader," she said. "She
brings an incredible work ethic to
practice every single day and is al-
ways looking for ways to get better.
She's just an incredible team player.
The girls greatly respect her and
she's been playing very well."
Up next for Marist are the Eastern
FLYING
CLOUD/FLICKR.C0M
Marlst fell
to
Indiana before defeating Maryland and Gannon at the Bucknell Invita-
tional
In Lewisburg,
Pa.
this
past
weekend.
College Athletic Conference Cham-
pionships, in which a Marist team
has never won. As added pressure,
the squad will no doubt have a bulls
eye on their back as they enter the
tournament with a No. 2 seed. Ja-
cobs knows her team needs to stay
focused and keep their momentum
going.
"It really comes down to three
more games we have to
win,''
she
said. "We know that we're going to
have three tough competitors ... but
we just have to take it one game at
a time."
The Foxes will open play in the
ECAC Championships in Princeton,
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Late rebounding surge propels Foxes over Jaspers
coach Brian Giorgis said. ''We
knew that [Manhattan] would
come out and play hard."
The Jaspers entered Monday's
contest in the midst of a three-game
winning streak, and in sole posses-
sion
·
of third place in the Metro At-
lantic Athletic Conference with an
8-5 record in conference play.
Manhattan also defeated Niagara
and Fairfield ear~r this season, the
same teams that handed Marist its
only two-conference losses.
"I thought the difference in the
game was our defense," Giorgis
said. "I thought we made it very dif-
ficult for them to score. We chal-
lenged a lot of shots."
A combination of poor three-point
shooting and free-throw shooting se-
verely hindered the visitors' offena
sive output, who finished at 16. 7
percent and 55.6 percent in those
categories, respectively.
''We ran out at [Manhattan's]
threes, and they had trouble scor-
ing;' Giorgis said. ''We did enough
to come up with a 'W' against a
team that plays very hard and very
physical."
Red Foxes Rachele Fitz, Kate
Oliver, Brandy Gang, Kristine Best
and Erica Allenspach all con-
tributed baskets during a 15-2 run
over 8:05 in the second half to halt a
comeback attempt by Manhattan
and seal the victory for Marist.
Prior to the run by Marist, Man-
hattan launched a 7-0 run of its own
at the 14:05 mark to tie the game,
using a Pacheco layup and a Nadia
Peter's free throw to take a 37-34
advantage, its largest of the game
outside of a six-point advantage it
held early in the contest.
A 5-0 lead turned into a 9-3 ad-
vantage for the visitors just under
four minutes into the game.
The Foxes fell behind early due to
poor shooting, going 1-for-9 from the
field, and being outrebounded 9-1
during that stretch.
"Shots sometimes aren't going to
fall your way, you're going to fall in
slumps," Allenspach said. ''We have
to take better shots."
Although the Red Foxes finished
the game shooting 35% from the
floor, Marist was ultimately able to
turn its rebounding effort around,
topping the visitors in that category,
35-30.
"It was disappointing at first, be-
cause we knew rebounding was one
of [Manhattan's] weaknesses that
we needed to take advantage of,"
Fitz said. "When any team plays
zone, we should be in [the paint]
getting rebounds. We just started
getting to the boards more. It feels
good at the end of the day to outre-
bound them, knowing [Manhattan
is] a good team."
An Allenspach three-point basket
at the 6:15 mark in the first half
gave Marist its first lead of the
game, one they would not relinquish
until the 7-0 run by Manhattan in
the second half.
Marist finished with just 16 points
in the paint, an uncharacteristically
low total for them. Entering the
game against Manhattan, the Red
Foxes had scored at least 20 points
in the paint in 22 of 25 games so far
this season.
After enduring 15 point and 18
point efforts from Loutsenhizer and
Pacheco, respectively, and 13 com-
bined rebounds from those two play-
ers, Marist proved it can take strong
performances from the best players
on opposing squads, marginalize
role players, and emerge on top.
''I
really think the combination of
Brandy [Gang] and Kate [Oliver] in
the second half really did a nice job
[defending Loutsenhizer]," Giorgis
Track yields personal bests
By VINNY GINARDI
Staff Writer
The Marist men's track and field
team ran their hearts out this week-
end at the Valentine Invitational at
Boston University. For the Red
Foxes, 14 members of the team
posted personal best times.
"Overall I thought it went ok.
Some guys were good and some
guys were just a little bit off. In gen-
eral, 14 personal bests is really, re-
ally good," head coach Pete Colaizzo
·
said.
Mike McCloskey recorded two per-
sonal best times at the me.et, run-
ning the 55-meter dash in 6.90
seconds while also sprinting the 200
meter dash in 23.52. Mike Clifford
finished not far behind McCloskey,
finishing the 200 in a personal best
23.59 while also notching a personal
best in the 55 meter hurdles by fin-
ishing in a time of 8. 93.
"It's very impressive [to record two
personal bests in one meet]," Co-
laizzo said. "They've been working
extremely hard. Mike Clifford, es-
pecially in the 200 [meter], that was
just a phenomenal effort so we were
very pleased with that."
Matthew Flint also recorded a per-
sonal best time for the Red Foxes,
finishing the one-mile race in
4:16.98. Flint, who already qualified
for the IC4A Championships in the
3,000 meter, fell about two seconds
short of qualifying for the mile. Cur-
tis Jensen also narrowly missed
qualifying for the IC4A Champi-
onships, but in the 3,000, by finish-
ing in a personal best 8:32.49.
Jensen will get another chance to
qualify in the upcoming meet.
"It
would mean a lot to Curt if he
qualified. That would represent a 15
or 20 second improvement over last
year so that would be absolutely
amazing," Colaizzo said.
Next up for the Marist men's track
and field team is the Metro Atlantic
Athletic
Conference
Champi-
onships. The team will travel to the
Armory in New York City to com-
pete this weekend.
"I'm just trying to keep them
rested and ready," Colaizzo said.
''We're hoping for more personal
bests and we're hoping for as many
points as we can get."
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Senior Rachele Fitz
(above),
along with fellow seniors Lynzee Johnson and Brittany
Engle,
will
be
honored on Feb. 21 when the Red Foxes host the Siena Saints.
said.
''I
thought we did a pretty good
job in frustrating [Loutsenhizer],
and outside of one layup from
[Ali-
cia Marculitis], I don't think the
bench scored."
Marist will once against have its
hands full with a scoring threat tan-
dem of Allie Lindemann and Serena
Moore of the Siena Saints, the
squad that Marist will host on Feb.
2·1 for Senior Day.
The duo averaged 24 points and
10 rebounds per game combined.
Currently holding a 6-8 record in
the MAAC, like Manhattan the
Saints have defeated both Niagara
and Fairfield, the only two teams to
defeat the Red Foxes so far in con-
ference play.
In addition to a pre-game cere-
mony that will honor Marist's three
seniors, the first 1,000 fans will re-
ceive a one-of-a-kind bobblehead
featuring Marist women's basket-
ball all-time leading scorer, Fitz.
MARIST MAKES ESPN
RYAN HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
Erica Allenspach's (above) successful half-court heave on Monday night
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
.
Water polo
wins in Pa.
By SCOTT ATKINS
Staff Writer
The Marist water polo team spent
the weekend in Lewisburg, Pa.,
competing in the Bucknell Invita-
tional. The Red Foxes went 2-1 in
the tournament, improving thei-r
overall record to 3-5.
"It's still early in the season and
water polo
we're trying
to
im-
prove on what
we're doing right," head coach Ash-
leigh Jacobs said.
Marist opened up the tournament
against familiar foe Indiana, whom
they had lost to only six days ear-
lier. The Foxes fell behind early, fin-
ishing the first quarter with a 4-1
deficit. The Hoosiers then exploded
for three more goals in the second
quarter
to
take a 7-2 halftime lead.
Marist was never able to recover as
the fell 9-3. Senior standout Saman-
tha Swartz added two more goals to
her total in the loss.
The Foxes bounced back in their
second match of the day as they
beat Gannon by a convincing marg-
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Marlst drops 14th straight game
Track sets 14 personal bests at lnvltatlonal
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After Monday night's home contest against the Manhattan Jaspers, Marlst has hosted
every team in the MAAC
with
the exception of the Siena Saints, who they face Sunday.
Women stay ~top MAAC
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Sports Editor
Lindsey Loutsenhizer and
Michelle Pacheco of the Manhattan
Jaspers combined for 33 points in-
women's
basketball
side the James J.
McCan Center on
Monday night.
Unfortunately for the visitors, the
seven other Jaspers that saw time
in the women's basketball matchup
combined for only 11 points as the
Red Foxes weathered excellent per-
formances from Loutsenhizer and
Pacheco and emerged victorious
against Manhattan, 55 to 44.
"It was a very tough game, a very
physical game, and unfortunately, a
very sloppy game," Marist head
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Men lose,
fall to 1-25
ByJIM
URSO
Sports Editor
For the first ten minutes in each of
their last eight games, the Marist
men's basketball team has been
outscored 146-66. For the Red
Foxes, these early deficits have
proved insurmountable.
men's
basketball
Marist lost their
24th and 25th
games of the sea-
son . this
past
weekend in MAAC contests in Buf-
·
falo, NY.
"It's the same story each game,"
Marist head coach Chuck Martin
said. ''These guys are young and in-
experienced. They don't understand
how hard they need to play from the
beginning. They think they can get
away with it and rally."
On Friday, the Red Foxes lost 71-
56 to the Canisius Golden Griffins.
Two days later, Marist suffered its
14th consecutive defeat, falling 70-
51 to the Niagara Purple Eagles. In
both games, the Red Foxes started
slow and never fully caught up. The
losses droppedMarist to 1-25 on the
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