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Campus event promotes awareness
Female student shares experience with relationship violence
By
ALYSSA LONGOBUCCO
News Editor
That Girl Goes Local, a female
empowerment group on campus,
recently expanded their reach
with a campus wide campaign en-
titled H<3rtl. Held throughout
the past week, the goal of the cam-
paign was to raise awareness
about relationship violence, and
garner enough student support
and interest to become a club on
campus.
After Danielle DeZao, a sopho-
more at Marist, found herself in
an abusive relationship, she was
surprised to learn that one in
every three teenagers was in the
same situation she was. Shocked
that such an issue had such little
attention paid to it, DeZao decided
something needed to be done to
raise awareness about relation-
ship violence.
"A friend put me in touch with
That Girl Goes Local
,
a girl-em-
powerment group on campus
,
with
whom I shared my story and my
goal to begin an organization
called H<3rtl, in order to raise
awareness of dating violence and
GOING GREEN
abusive relationships," DeZao
said. "I wanted to put the spot-
light on this cause, to give it a
voice, and let its victims know
that they are by no means alone."
DeZao found plenty of support in
the Marist community, and in con-
junction with That Girl Goes
.
Local, began to plan events to
raise awareness of her cause. In
only a few short weeks, DeZao was
able to get many organizations in-
volved, including professors, stu-
dents,
friends,
faculty
and
members of the community.
The event organized by DeZao
included a speech by a represen-
tative from Family Services, fol-
lowed by an information fair with
tables occupied by H<3rtl, That
Girl Goes Lo.cal, The Grace Smith
House, Family Services, Peace
Outside Campus, and T.E.A.R
(Teens Experiencing Abusive Re-
lationships
.
) A panel discussion
involving officers from the Town
of Poughkeepsie police force, the
District Attorney of Dutchess
County and the director of Bat-
tered Women's Services, among
others, was also present to inform
attendees of the dangers of rela-
tionship violence. The day's
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THE CIRCLE
Students participate
in
a dumpster dive
to
determine
if
the campus
Is faithful
to
recycling practices during Sustainability Day.
The
April
15 event promoted •green• practices and
included
events
such as
dumpster diving, a clothing swap, organic
food
tasting, lectures,
documentary viewings and
an open mlc
night
COURTESY OF DANIELLE DEZAO
That Girl Goes Local recently partnered with a new organization on campus, H<3rt1
in an attempt to spread awareness about relationship violence. The event featured
several speakers, including the president of H<3rt1. Danielle DeZao. Bracelets pro-
moting awareness were also sold at various locations around campus, with pro-
ceeds donated to the Battered Women Services of Dutchess County.
events concluded with
"
a self-de-
fense clinic, run by Richard Matt-
son of "FLAG" (Fight Like a Girl.)
Members of H<3rtl also came to-
gether to sell bracelets at various
tables around campus during the
past few weeks, with tables at
Donnelly and Champagnat as well
as at various campus events. Ac-
cording to Allyson Swedler, treas-
urer of That Girl Goes Local and
an active member of H<3rtl, the
goal of the sale was to do some-
thing that would have a greater
impact on students and call them
to action.
"We wanted to find a way to
spread awareness of our cause
other than just putting posters
up," Swedler said. "We thought
selling bracelets would be a great
idea because a lot of students
wear them anyways. The color of
domestic abuse [awareness] is
purple so we decided to do two
purple strands and one black; the
black representing the 1 in 3 [stu-
dents affected]. We decided to do-
nate all of the proceeds from the
bracelet selling to the Battered
Women Services of Dutchess
County. We set a goal of $1,000 to
donate and we ended up exceeding
our goal, which we are so excited
about."
The organization will continue
to sell their bracelets and promote
awareness at various events
around campus this semester,
among them the White Ribbon
Campaign on April 21, which con-
sists of a walk around campus to
raise awareness for violence
against women. H<3rtl will also
have a table at the spring football
game on April 24, where they will
again be selling bracelets and dis-
tributing information about their
cause. Next up for the organiza-
tion, according to DeZao, is fur-
thering the cause of H<3rtl.
"The next step will be to woi-k to-
wards this organization becoming
an official Marist club or commit-
tee," DeZao said. "I have already
worked with the Town of Pough-
keepsie Police department on im-
proving their domestic violence
training program and they look
.
forward to even more involvement
with H<3rtl when we return in
the Fall."


























Thursday, April 22, 2010
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 4/22
Poetry Slam
Sponsored by the Literary Arts
Society
9 p.m., Cabaret
$1 Admission at the doo
Friday, 4/23
Relay For Life
Sponsored by the American Cancer
Society
7P.M.
Campus Green
Saturday, 4/24
Men's Baseball v. St. Peter's
Mccann Baseball Field
12:00 Noon
Women's Softball v. St. Peter's
Softball Park at Gartland Field
12:00 Noon
Sunday, 4/25
Women's Softball v. Manhattan
Softball Park at Gartland Field
12:00 Noon
Monday, 4/26
No Events Posted
Tuesday, 4/2 7
No Events Posted
Wednesday, 4/28
No Events Posted
Thursday, 4/29
No Events Posted
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Security Briefs
Students slip due to sloppy behavior
By
CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
Don't have an intro. It's too nice
outside to think. Sorry about it.
Let's do this.
4/14 -
Landbridge
For those of you who don't know,
the Landbridge is the grassy area in
between Lowell Thomas and Dyson
that everyone cuts across to get to
-
class. Thank Terry Weldon for that
·_
term. Anyway, two drunk students
were crossing the Landbridge at
2:45
a.m. last week, and one of them
took a little spill. While the other
·
was unsuccessfully trying to he_lp
him up, they were spotted by secu-
rity, and written up for being intox-
icated in public. This never would
have happened if Marist just wised
up and listened to the following sug-
gestions about making the Land-
bridge. Number one: turn it into a
slip and slide for people who are
rushing to get to class, and put a
lazy river next to it for kids who
have time to kill. Number two: turn
it into a cobblestone path with
horses on either end that we can
ride across. Finally, number three:
sky lift. The only difference there is
that the sky lift would take you all
the way to McCann and give you a
great view of campus. Those are my
suggestions. Someone make them
happen. 5 points.
The
Editor-In-Chief:
Jacel Egan
Jacel.Egan1@marist.edu
Managing Editor. Philip
Terrlgno
phlllp.terrtgno1@marlst.edu
News Editor:
Kristen Domonell
circlenews@gmall.com
News Editor:
Alyssa Longobucco
circlenews@gmail.com
Opinion Editor:
Heather Staats
circleopinlon@gmail.com
Features Editor.
Gall Goldsmith
circlefeatures@gmail.com
A&E Editor.
Ryan Rivard
clrcleae@gmail.com
4/15 -
Talmadge
Someone toilet papered a car in
the Talmadge parking lot. Ques-
tion: was it the day before Hal-
loween dubbed Mischief Night?
And were the culprits characters
from Rocket Power. Hah. I'll give
my friend
5
points
for that refer-
ence.
4/17 -
Marian
Alcohol confiscation! But this one
was different.
Instead of being
caught at the security desk, this kid
left a brown bag sitting in the Mar-
ian lounge. A can of Four Loco was
found, but the student also hap-
pened to leave his ID with his real
name in the bag as well. Written
up, lost a Four Loco and lost his
fake ID. Ugh. 10 points.
4/17
-Leo
Wow,
people were forgetful last
week. A Leo student left his back-
pack which contained eight cans of
Busch Light on the wall outside of
Leo. His calculator with his name
and phone number were also in the
bag. But I think he's better off than
the guy in the last story. Sure, he
got written up and his beer was
taken, but at least his calculator
was given back to him. Glass half -
full. Busch Light is the only beer
that introduces itself when you
crack the can. Buschhhh. 8 points.
Lifestyles Editor:
Robin Mlnlter
circlehealth@gmail.com
Sports Editor:
Jim Urso
circlesports@gmalt.com
Sports Editor.
Scott Atkins
circlesports@gmail.com
Staff Writers:
Vinny Ginard!, Eden
Jezierski, Robert Peterpaul, Rachael
Shockey, Kalt Smith
Copy
Chief: Emily Berger
emily.berger1@maristedu
Copy Editors:
Elora Stack, Brianna
Kelly, Jennifer Meyers,
Monica Speranza, Rachael Shockey
4/17 -
Champagnat
At 6:00 a.m., a housekeeper found a
female student passed out in the
middle of the hallway. Whoever
this happened to, this is not on you.
You shouldn't have gotten to the
point where you passed out in the
middle of the hallway, but I'm going
to go ahead and blame your friends.
Friends don't let friends wake up in
hallways! 15 points.
4/18 -
Marian
Laundry
·
room mayhem. Someone
came in and forced one of the wash-
ers open during the washing cycle.
Apparently, that causes over a hun-
dred dollars of damage.
Hmm.
That sucks? Don't have a refer-
ence ... or a joke ... or a story. So,
yeah, that just sucks.
10
points.
4/18 Marian and Leo - I love when
people use their friends' IDs to try
to get into buildings.
It
never
works. 10 points each.
Disclaimer: The Security Briefs are in-
tended as satire and fully protected free
speech under the First Amendment of the
Constitution.
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Graphics Editor:
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Celebrate
Earth Day with safe, hutnane tneat and dairy
By
KRISTEN DOMONELL
News Editor
Dr.
Sam Simon was born and
raised on a dairy farm, and he's
been milking cows for 50 years. The
orthopedic surgeon/farmer even
maintained the family farm while
attending medical school due
to
his
father's death.
"I know the plight of the farmer
because I was raised in it," Simon
said. ''The sad thing is, you need to
be an orthopedic surgeon to farm."
Though meant to be sarcastic,
Simon's claim is not entirely inac-
curate. Dairy farmers in the Hud-
son Valley have had ~n increasingly
difficult time making a living off
their farms, as larger factory farms
have brought the price of milk down
to
an unsustainable low for the little
guy.
It was this plight that led Simon,
who owns Plankenhorn farm in
Pleasant Valley,
N.Y.,
to start Hud-
son Valley Fresh, a not-for-profit co-
op of nine farms representing 5,000
acres of open space in Dutchess and
Columbia Counties.
"Our goal is to take on more farms
as we grow to preserve the open
space and preserve dairy as an in-
dustry," Simon said.
Today's industrial farming prac-
tices have made it so that a gallon
of milk is sold for less than it costs
small farms to produce a gallon of
milk. Hudson Valley Fresh has a set
price of 21 cents per pound of milk.
This ends up being higher than the
cost of factory farmed dairy, but al-
lows farmers involved to keep farm-
ing.
In the first month of Hudson Val-
ley Fresh's existence in 2005, the
company brought in only $37.
In
February 2010,
the company
brought in $87,000 - a 27 percent
per year growth, despite the econ-
omy.
"As a business entity we don't de-
mand a lot from the public [farm
acres don't use the public services
their tax dollars pay for, such as
schools and police], but we return a
lot to the economy."
Hudson Valley Fresh milk can be
purchased at grocery stores where
students already shop, including
Stop
&
Shop, Hannaford and
Adam's Fairacre Farms. The com-
pany also supplies milk for all the
colleges in the area, with the excep-
tion of Marist. These include Bard
College, Vassar College, Dutchess
Community College and the Culi-
nary Institute of America.
It's not just business for those in-
volved in Hudson Valley Fresh. The
humane treatment of the cows is
what drives them.
Simon is so cautious with his cows
that those entering his barn must
disinfect the soles of their shoes in
a solution, so as not to drag un-
wanted bacteria in. The barn itself
is designed for the highest comfort
for the animals. Recycled rubber
tires make up beds for each and
every cow, and kiln-dried sawdust,
which soaks up bacteria, lines the
stalls that are cleaned every day.
Though ethics are a driving force
in Simon's decisions, it's also good
for business. Cows prefer to be lying
down for 15 hours per day, and pro-
duce the most milk while lying
down.
""ni.eY, all can lie down and often
do," Simon said.
According to Simon, the average
life of a cow in the United States is
three and a half to four years, be-
cause cows are given RBST and
RBH hormones that fool them into
thinking they've just given birth.
They are then milked for 600 days
before being slaughtered.
The caws at Plankenhorn farm, on
the other hand, live full and healthy
lives. They are nurtured from birth,
and once old enough to give birth,
they are milked for seven months,
then rest for two months before
starting the process over again.
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Dr. Sam Simon and one of his young cows at Plankenhorn Farm. Simon prides him-
self on the treatment of his cows from a humanitarian and business point of
view.
''I
like seeing cows that look good
and have a long life," Simon said. "I
love watching their offspring grow.
The animals are very receptive to
good care."
The humane treatment of dairy
cows benefits not only' the cows
themselves and business, but the
consumer as well. Hudson Valley
Fresh milk has quality standards
well above the federal mandate.
Simon uses a somatic cell count to
measure the number of white blood
cells in his and other Hudson Valley
Fresh farm milk. The higher the
white blood cell count, the worse the
quality of the milk is. Hudson Val-
ley Fresh milk must have a somatic
cell count of under 200,000/milliliter.
The federal limit is 750,000/milliliter,
and organic milk sold in supermar.
kets averages about 400,000/milli-
liter.
A cow that passes the test will be
ensured not to have any infections
in the udder, reproductive system or
gastrointestinal tract that could im-
pact the quality of the milk. The cow
is also not under stress of any kind,
as the somatic cell count is known
to increase in cows
·
that are
stressed.
'We're the only co-op that has
such strict standards," Simon said.
At Hahn Farm in Salt Point,
N.Y.,
it's a similar story. Seventh genera-
tion farmer Tom Hahn is passionate
about treating his animals with dig-
nity.
"I couldn't agree more with the
concept of animals being treated hu-
manely and J;>eing treated, basically,
the way I would like
to
be treated,"
Hahn said. ''That may be a little
corny, but nonetheless, if I have a
baby calf born during the winter or
early spring and it's freezing rain, I
can't sleep nights."
A member of Hudson Valley
Fresh, Hahn Farm also raises
angus beef, chicken and pork for
sale. He keeps his animals comfort-
able and clean, and allows them the
opportunity to graze as much as
they want. He believes this im-
proves the quality of his products
and contributes to his success as the
largest direct-to-consumer farm in
Dutchess County.
"Can you put a price on cleanli-
ness and being outside in the sun?''
Hahn asked
.
"I'd like to think so.
We don't do anything
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4
Tea Party represents constitution, founding ideals and people
By DANNY DAVIS
Kansas State Collegian
The recent Tea Party movement
has given Democrats and Obama
supporters a new target for the 2010
congressional
elections.
Those
against the Tea Party will paint it
as a racist, anarchist, hate group in
an attempt to win votes for their
party.
In reality, the Tea Party is a group
for constitutionalists who share the
vision of the founding fathers. The
Tea Party came to existence with
the rise of the socialist left in an ef-
fort to counter the progressive ten-
dencies of the Democrats. But why
do people hate the Tea Party?
The answer is simple: The Tea
Party is right. When banks and au-
tomobile companies were failing,
the government was bailing them
out. When a majority of Americans
were against government health
care reform, Obama and the De-
mocrats were hell-bent on forcing it
down their throats.
The Tea Party was against the
bailouts and in favor of letting capi-
talism run its course. They also ve-
hemently opposed health care
reform. Both ideas expanded the
federal government's power over
private businesses and set the na-
tion on a course to add $11.5 trillion
to the national debt this next
decade.
The thing is, the Tea
Party
fights
against everything the socialists be-
lieve makes a good country, such as
punishing the wealthy with higher
taxes, government health care, busi-
ness safety nets: everything Obama
and the Democrats have been prom-
ising their voters.
But the Democrats and the left-
wing media have recently seen the
impact of the Tea Party on the
American people. Threats against
congressmen have tripled since
Congress passed healthcare reform,
according to the Associated Press.
Congressmen who were expected to
run for reelection, such as Chris
Dodd, Bart Stupak and Eric Massa,
have all resigned following the pas-
sage of the health care bill. The De-
mocrats see this as a product of the
Tea Party movement.
They
are
most likely correct. How-
ever, if they fear a group that stands
for the beliefs of the
founding
fa-
thers, what does that say about
them? See, the Democrats are fear-
ing right now for the 2010 congres-
sional elections. With the threat of
losing a majority in either house,
Obama's power weakens. And if the
Republicans have a good year in
2010, the momentum could carry
over to the presidential election in
2012.
Resorting to labeling the Tea
Party as a racist and hate group
shows the desperation from the so-
cialists. The fact is, if they let Amer-
icans figure out what the Tea Party
really stands for, capitalism, lim-
ited government and lower taxes ,
then they will lose the election.
The hatred directed toward the
Tea Party is an effort to maintain
political power, not to protect the
American people. CNN and MSCBC
show videos of the Tea Party hold-
ing signs and rallying in Washing-
ton. Apparently, they are not
allowed to rally. What no liberal
media outlet will discuss is the Tea
Party's actual views, out of fear
more Americans will be swayed.
The Tea Party has American values
at heart and what began as a grass-
roots movement quickly became a
nationwide sensation because of the
undeniable truth of the movement.
Hatred directed toward it is merely
disguised fear.





















































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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 •
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From Page 3
Buying
locally
supports animal rights and healthy.o.ptions
particularly
spectacular with our
animals as far as feeding them and
genetics, but people just rave over
our beef."
He said when he sees how his
competitors, located literally up the
street, treat their animals, "my
stomach turns." He described con-
ditions with manure piled high and
animals kept in 100 by 100 foot
areas where they live and die.
''This
is much how it is in factory
farms," Hahn said. "It would be
4i,sulting to call them farmers."
As it is illegal for farms to butch-
er their animals on-site, Hahn
ships his animals off to a butcher
who does it for
him.
He said he puts
special consideration into making
sure his butcher is as concerned for
the ethical treatment of animals as
he is, not just for the animals' sake,
but because the quality of the final
product demands it.
"Our butcher, for example will
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you're just working
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the animal; it's not good for the
slaughter house because they have
more to contend with. It's just filth.
It's just flat out wrong."
Despite his disgust in the factory-
farm way of treating animals,
Hahn does not believe all the blame
lies with those farms.
''This whole confinement system
will not change until the consumer
demands it and says 'I will not buy
meat or animal products from peo-
ple or corporations or companies
that condone this," Hahn said.
"When you or someone else buys
from a company that buys their cat-
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eggs from factory farms where
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Chatroulette exposes 1nuch 1nore than just a good ti1ne
By
EMILY
BERGER
Copy Chief
Our parents have always taught
us not to talk
to strangers. Through
advancements in technology, people
have taken these f:Omplex tools and
utilized them for applications that
aren't so advanced.
As time and technology have be-
come more sophisticated, the evolu-
tion of the webcam and Web sites
like Chatroutlette have allowed peo-
ple to connect with others via the
Internet.
·
Skype was created to help users
have face to face conversations with
long-distance friends and famiyl , to
help them feel like they are with
them. Chatroulette allows the same
conveniences, but it has created an
entire new fascination.
Finding a way to connect with peo-
ple across the world instantly was
once an unthinkable task, but web
chatting has given people the
chance to do so. This new way of
communication has evolved with
the website Chatroulette, as it gives
us all a chance to "chat" with any
person across the world.
For the few who haven't visited
this site yet, you will learn that the
type of people you meet on Cha-
troulette aren't the same friends
you would normally be video chat-
ting with.
On this site, you are given your
own screen from your webcam, and
another screen whe.re your "new
friend" or "partner'' will be dis-
played, as well as access to instant
message them. The best feature is a
"next" button to give you a chance to
find someone else when you realize
the person on the other end is the
farthest from whot you would want
to talk to.
On a regular basis, the
·
same types
of people can be found. Groups of
people waiting to make fun of: men
of any age waiting to talk
to women,
especially women who are willing to
flirt,
men exposing themselves, sets
of younger teenagers wanting to see
who is on the web site, and groups
of college kids who are extremely
belligerent. In saying so, one would
question why this web site would be
so successful.
Chatroulette has
clearly become a new addiction for
all the wrong reasons.
Chatroulette lets its users meet
people whom they would never have
guessed they would meet in their
lifetime, as Chatroulette transcends
boundaries, languages and all other
communication obstacles. Some
would say that being a "Peeping
Tom" is wrong, but isn't that exactly
what
you're
doing
to
these
strangers?
People have been obsessed with
voyeurism, because it gives them
the chance to see other people's lives
and offers a distraction from their
own.
In
a New York Times inter-
view with Andrey Terliovskiy, the
17 year old founder of Chatroulette,
he said, "I myself enjoyed talking to
friends with Skype using a micro-
phone and webcam. But we got tired
of talking to each other eventually.
So I decided to create a little site for
me and my friends where we could
connect randomly with other peo-
ple."
Even with other sites like Face-
book, we find ourselves constantly
viewing our friend's profiles and rec-
ognizing all the pictures that they
have posted of themselves. We have
been negotiating our privacy in this
scenario, but this conundrum has
just become live with Chatroulette.
There are certain rules to learn to
achieve success on Chatroulette,
and not ,be nexted. Upon chatting
with a group a friends, there be-
comes an increase in the number of
people one will meet. People get in-
terested in others when there are
many personalities
to interact with.
When you chat by yourself, popu-
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larity will probably go down, be-
cause it may seem a little creepy to
just want to "meet new friends," be-
cause Chatroulette isn't meant
to be
a ''Match.com."
Also, age can play a large factor in
who will be nexted. When a person
is shown being alone, especially
men, they can be perceived as one of
the many who want to expose them-
selves.
A constant that can always be
found is simply exposure. Men e~-
pecially are waiting for girls to show
their boobs using signs, trading
music for a peek, or trading their
own body parts. If that is what you
might be looking for, then this is the
site for you, but most users are sim-
ply looking for a hysterical time.
Chatroulette has also notoriously
been used for drinking gatnes,for in-
stance, every time a person's geni-
tals are exposed or creating your
own rules for a fun time.
Chatroulette is a fun tool for thou-
sands of users, especially the ones
you can relate to, by seeing they
aren't doing anything better than
Chatroulette on a Friday night.
So many stories wantto be found
because the people that are willing
to actually talk have the greatest
story to be told.
Chatroulette has also inspired
other Web sites, especially from
viewers being disturbed and com-
plaining about the "objects" they
find off the site. RandomDorm is
one website which has been created
where only college students can
chat with each other, still all over
the world in different universities.
Chatroulette was the first with
this idea, just like MySpace once
was to keep in touch with friends.
When your MySpace profile became
too exp.osed, the popularity pro-
gressed to Facebook, which was
more private, and meant specifically
for first people in high school or col-
lege. Now Facebook obviously has
At a recent concert, Ben Folds
used
Chatroulette
to
serenade several
suprisecl
site
users.
generated into a network where
people of all ages can connect to
their friends from decades before.
Chatroulette can be misinter-
preted, since there are aspects of
the site that can't be understood by
the users and nonusers.
Knowing that so many people are
on the site for sexual reasons, and
completely not knowing who they
are talking to and where they are in
the world, can seem a little intimi-
dating, but from knowing the fun
that can be found, drunk or not, is
an adventure worth taking.
When you have a group of friends
together, meeting people who will
play you a song or play along with a
game of yours or just talking about
how gross people can be on Cha-
troulette, this website is one that
must be known to all; especially
ones that are on a college campus.
The notorious users know what to
expect and how to find the right peo-
ple, so all you have to do is discover
what they have found out when
you're bored tomorrow night.
Girls Next Door
COURT5Y OF CHELSEA MURRAY
Molly cambone and Kim Birch play
with
soap bubbles in
this
scene from Marist
Theatre and MCCTA's production
of
The Girls Next Door,
an adaptation of
The
Boys
Next Door
by
Tom Griffin.



























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Thursday, April
22, 2010
www.maristcircle.com
Ever been
kissed by Flaming Lips?
RYAN
RIVARD/THE CIRCLE
Wayne Coyne, the Flaming Lips frontman, serenades the crowd at a packed Mid-Hudson Civic Center on Aprll 17 with their ex-
travagant theatrics. The show was put on
by
Marist's cross-town neighbors ViCE (Vassar College's Entertainment).
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&EEditor
Seeing the Flaming Lips show is
like entering a time machine. You
are blasted into the 70s, at the
height of psychedelic rock. It's a
magical experience that amazed a
packed Mid-Hudson Civic Center on
April 17. The Flaming Lips are pio-
neers in the genre of rock. They are a
band that has conjured a unique
lush sound since their start in the
early 80s, and ViCE (Vassar College
Entertainment) brought these psy-
chedelic pioneers
to
Poughkeepsie.
The opening of the Flaming Lips
show deserved its own review. There
is so much going on; it feels like a
raving riot of musical and visual
grandeur. The entire stage is covered
in bright orange tape as
if
the band
raided the local Home Depot. Behind
the orange realm is a circular video
screen. After the lights went out a
dancing naked woman in psychedelic
colors appeared on the screen. Fol-
the video screen flickered every color
lowing more dancing, she sat down of the rainbow (and more psychedelic
and spread her legs
to reveal a glow-
colored naked women), strobe lights
ing orange vagina. The video started came in and out, and dancers
zooming in closer and closer to her dressed in orange jumpsuits were on
genitals only
to have a door open on the left and right of the stage, who
the physical screen where each were Vassar students. Oh, and. the
member walked out on the stage. All band was blistering through the fuzz
members except one.
rock anthem ''Worm Mountain."
Frontman Wayne Coyne walked on After the opening extravaganza,
stage to enter his infamous bubble Coyne said, "It always seems like
(imagine a giant hamster ball).
AB
thare's too many fkcking ballons."
the bubble was being blown up, the (He later added there never are
band played music that escalated the enough balloons.)
excitement in the venue. Once blown
The Flaming Lips' nearly two hour
up, Coyne proceeded to walk across set was mostly filled with jams from
the crowd, laughing and frolicking their 2009 album "Embryonic," in-
inside his massive bubble. Each eluding "Powerless," where Coyne
member of the crowd helped him ripped through a noise-filled guitar
along by rolling him
to the next per-
solo, and "She Can Be a Frog," one of
son.
It was an amazing sight to see. the mellower moments of the show.
Once Coyne returned
to the stage, "See the Leaves" and "Silver Hands
the real madness began.
Tremblirig" also made appearances
Confetti shot everywhere, giant
·
in the set.
balloons fell from the sky (some were
filled with confetti and popped), ma-
chines spewed smoke on the -stage,
SEE RAMING, PAGE 8
Forget
Swine Flu, Bieber fever is spreading
By
EDEN JEZIERSKI
Staff Writer
It's impossible to go anywhere
without hearing the name Justin
Bieber. The 16 year old is stealing
the hearts of millions all over the
world right now. It seems as
if
Bieber is breaking the mold of teen
superstardom. He has very flirta-
tious charm and puts up a great
fac;ade of being genuine. On Twitter,
he is one of the top trending topics
almost every day and his music has
exploded all over the radio. Bieber
also broke Billboard history by hav-
ing all seven songs off his first
album "My World," in the top 100
and by also having four songs on the
top 40 charts previous
to
album re-
lease. Sure, he may come off as a
cocky little twerp, but whatever he's
doing is working.
_
Born
in Stratford, Ontario,
Canada, Bieber was blessed with
talent. Despite his phenomenal pu-
bescent voice, the boy is self-taught
on drums, guitar, piano, and trum-
pet. For most teen pop stars, fame
was clearly handed to them. Miley
Cyrus inherited fame due to her
fa-
ther Billy Ray Cyrus, and the Jonas
Brothers had years of experience
due to church choir. Bieber on the
other hand is from a small town
with no riches or previous fame, en-
tered the music world with his com-
pletely raw talent.
It's a humble story how Justin
Bieber got to where he is now. Fa-
mous YouTube was on his side since
day one, his videos getting over a
million
hits
and surprisingly
enough, some of those hits came
from R&B superstar Usher. That's
who really discovered the teen, but
Usher and Justin Timberlake got
into a bidding war over who would
mentor Bieber in the end. Usher
won the bidding war and Bieber
was signed to Island Def Jam
records soon after. Bieber recently
released ''My World 2.0," a sequel to
his previous My World CD. Girls all
over are doing ''buy outs" to help
him break history yet again on the
Billboard charts. His fans are dedi-
cated, loyal, and completely on his
side with whatever the 16-year-old
does.
SEE JUSTIN, PAGE 8
PAGES
currently
singin'
A weekly review of
the la test songs
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&EEditor
Health "USA
Boys" - Health
is a noise rock
band
that
1s
making serious
noise. Their lat-
est song was produced by Alan
Moulder, the man behind My
Bloody Valentine's infamous
album "Loveless,"
and was
recorded in Trent Reznor's (mas-
termind of Nine Inch Nails)
home studio. "USA Boys" is a
non-remix track found on their
12-song collection of remixes
from their 2009 album "Get
Color" (an album that Reznor
gave a thumbs up to via Twit-
ter). "USA Boys" sounds like a
premier cut from an indie club.
The synthesizers and mellow
beat are
·
ethereal and soothing.
Tila Tequila
"I
F*cked the
DJ" -
There are no words that
can describe what this song is,
aside from utter garbage. It's
undeserving of the label of
'song.'
If a DJ were to ever play
this song, he would be attacked.
There were a slew of limited
releases on Record Store Day,
April 17, a day where independ•
ent record stores and artists cel-
ebrate music. As great as vinyl
is though, thanks to the Inter-
net, many of these vinyl exclu-
sives have made their way on
the Internet.
Beach House "The Arrange-
ment"
- Beach House's special
release is a little EP called
"Zebra." The EP features a radio
edit of the song with the same
name as the EP title, and two
other new tracks "Baby" and
"The Arrangement." The latter
sounds like it would fit in just
right on Beach House's "Teen
Dream." There are only 500
copies of the EP printed, so if
you still need to buy yours, then
you are most likely out of luok.
Bon Iver "Come Talk to Me"
- Bon Iver's Record Store Day
release is a cover of Gabriel's
opener from his 1992 album
"Us." To no surprise, Justin Ver-
non adds an intimate wholesome
feel that Bon Iver has become
known for with their 2008 album
"For Emma, Forever Ago."
Blur
"Fool's Day" - This is
the first single for Blur in seven
years. The song integrates old-
school elem.ents of Blur infused
with Weezer's "Island in the
Sun." But the greatness is over
in a blur. We want more.
























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Coming
soon: trailer reviews
for
highly anticipated movies
By
ROBERT PETERPAUL
Circle Contributor
Onceagain it's time for those sum-
mer blockbusters to be released on
the big screen. Each year, Holly-
wood seems to outdo itself as movies
have grown to new b-eights through-
out history. Some new movie trail-
ers have gone viral, and here are a
few reviews of the most anticipated
summer films. (All movie informa-
tion from IMDB.com.)
Movie: ''Dinner For Schmucks"
Release: July 23
Synopsis: Tim (Paul Rudd) has to
find the perfect guest to bring to his
boss' annual "dinner for schmucks."
Against the wishes of his girlfriend,
Tim tries to find the biggest idiot to
impress his boss and climb the cor-
porate ladder. When Tim meets
Barry (Steve Carrell) he feels he has
found his guy, but an unexpected
friendship changes everything.
Trailer Review:
By
just reading
the plot you could be left thinking,"
oh God why even bother making
this unintelligent movie." After
viewing the trailer you will change
your mind for sure. "Dinner For
Schmucks" looks incredibly funny
(with Rudd and Carrell how could it
not be?); containing a nice blend of
some witty and slapstick humor.
It
seems that Carrell has taken on a
similar character to the breakout
role he played in "Anchorman"
(Brick), which could add up to a per-
fect comedy. Zach Galifianakis from
'The Hangover" and many other co-
medians also help to stack the cast,
giving people an even better reason
to go see this movie. If that's not
enough it was written by Andy
Borowitz, who was a writer for
"Fresh Prince of Bel
Air."
Its safe to
say this looks good, but does it re-
ally matter? Anything with Steve
Carrell is a sure fire hit.
A-
Movie: "Iron Man 2"
Release: May 7
Synopsis: In this sequel to "Iron
Man," Robert Downey Jr. once
again plays billionaire inventor
Tony Stark.
Six
months from where
the previous film left off, the world
knows of Tony's secret life as Iron
Man, making things very compli-
cated. The US government wants
Stark's armed suit technology, but
Tony is unwilling to relinquish it.
At the same time, Tony and his al-
liances must battle new enemies
and once again save the world.
Trailer Review: Okay, so "Iron
Man" was surprisingly a huge suc-
cess. Unfortunately in most cases,
sequels do not tend to live up to its
expectations. After watching the
trailer, it's not totally certain
whether this one will or not. With
Downey Jr., Gwenyth Paltrow and
some hot new faces added to the
cast like Don Cheadle, Mickey
Rourke and the extra hot Scarlett
Johansson, the movie definitely has
potential. The cast will definitely
live up to expectations, but the
cloudy plot is what gets confusing.
All in all, if you are looking for a fast
paced, action packed, slightly funny
movie you will surely be pleased
from what the clips show. Either
way it is pretty obvious that both
fans of the franchise and teenage
boys everywhere will not be disap-
pointed. As Stark states in the
trailer "It's good to be back." Hope-
fully it is good indeed.
B+
Movie: "Killers"
Release: June 4
Synopsis:
The comedic duo
Katherine
Heigl
and Ashton
Kutcher play a recently married
couple. Jen (Heigl) finally has the
life she has always wanted with her
dream man, until she finds out that
Spencer (Kutcher) has a huge se-
cret. Upon finding out Spencer is an
international super spy, the couples
life is turned upside down.
Trailer Review: If you haven't
heard of this movie already you
will soon. It has all the makings of
a good time at the theatre. The
movie will
probably
be a good for
couples to go see as it has a nice
blend of action, romance and
subtle
comedy. Based on the trailer one
should not expect much from this
film. The plot is not genius, and is
almost one of those cookie cutter
romantic comedies. It is obviously
not Oscar-worthy, but it is not try-
ing to be. It looks like "Killers" will
be a nice time at the movies that
you can spend with someone and
just forget about your problems.
C+
Movie:
"Get Him to the Greek"
Release:
June 4
Synopsis: When a record company
intern (Jonah Hill) is asked to pick
up a crazy British rock star (Russel
Brand) and bring him to his concert
at the Greek Theatre things get out
of control.
Trailer Review:
This looks hilar-
ious! Jonah Hill searching for Rus-
sel
Brand
who is reprising his role
from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
equals pure comedy. If laughing
your ass off is not enough reason to
go see this film the movie is also
slated to have tons of cameos like
Pink, Christina Aguilera and Katy
Perry (real-life girlfriend to Brand)
to name a few.
B+
Movie:
"Sex and the City 2"
Release:
May 28
Synopsis: Basically
the girls are
back for more sex and this time not
only in the city but, wait for it .. .in
Abu Dhabi.
Trailer
Review:
Does it even
matter what I write? Girls every-
where and of all ages will flock to
see this film no matter what the
rating as if it's a ''Twilight" install-
ment (which comes out June 30,
but was not even worth me rating
because of its fan-base, and also
the fact that I'm a dude.) Anyway,
based on the trailer the movie looks
like fans won't be disappointed, so
who am I to rate this one?
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 •
PAGE 7
Dance Club's Spring
2010
Showcase
RYAN
RIVARD/THE CIRCLE
Above: Dancers give a striking perform-
ance
to
'Alter
Ego:
choreographed
by
Dan Conner.
Left caption: Choreographer/dance
Mitchell DeSlmone leads his team of
dancers
in the
unexpected
step -dance
rendition
to
·Evacuate the
Dance
Floor.•
Below: Choreographed
by
Alyssa
DiGiro-
lamo
& Ally
Peters,
the
dancers
give an
in-
tense performance
to
Metric's
'Help I'm
Alive.'"















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PAGE 8
From Page 6
Flaming Lips bring psychedelic rock to Poughkeepsie
The Lips
countered
their new ma-
terial with some of their catalog clas-
sics. The
·
atmosphere settled down
for a sing along with ''Yoshimi Bat-
tles the Pink Robots," while ''The
Yeah Yeah Yeah Song'' featured
Coyne popping balloons with the
headstock of his acoustic guitar. Be-
fore diving into the 1983 breakout
hit, "She Don't Use Jelly," the band
showed a video of (a young) Jon
Stewart introducing the song on the
"Jon Stewart Show." Following the
fun, up-tempo performance, Coyne
walked to the front of the crowd with
what looked like part of a leaf blower
and inflated a giant balloon filled
with confetti until it popped - great
example of Coyne's knack for zany
stage antics.
At one point in the show, the crowd
created their own laser light show.
Coyne asked everyone in the audi-
ence to direct their laser pointers to
him, as he held a circular mirror
From Page 6
about the size of his head. The lights
went out, and the lasers reflected off
the mirror into the air above the au-
dience, and into a giant spinning
disco ball on the ceiling of the Civic
Center. But those were not the only
lasers. Later Coyne put on gigantic
rubber-like hands that shot out
green lasers.
Their first encore had Stardeath
&
White Dwarfs (the opening band)
join the Lips on the stage for a song
from their cover album of Pink
Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon." The
group played the last track on the
albu"m, "Brain Damage/Eclipse."
"Eclipse" especially was a sonic boom
that ended the song on a powerful
note. Coyne talked a little bit before
playing the song, dismissing its cyn-
ical connotations, and instead talk-
ing about the importance of action;
you are what you do. The Flaming
Lips are a band that lives by this
motto as seen from their shows.
RYAN RIVARD/THE
CIRCLE
Guitarist Steven Drozd
Is
armed with a double neck guitar
with
one neck snapped off.
After the Pink Floyd rendition, the tionally moving performance, as it
band left the stage for a short while,
all came to an end. Midway through
only to return for a final encore. The the set, Coyne stopped to talk about
band played its most well known the
fact that the Lips are a band with
song and Oklahoma's state rock seldom tours, and they try to make
song, "Do You Realize??" Coyne each show special. Coyne is a man of
poured out his energy and soul, his word. It was speciai.
nearly coming to tears in an emo-
Justin Bieber, 16-year old pop star, is talring the world by storm
Bieber continues to add onto his
extraordinary list of impressive per-
sonality traits with his humor. As
an April Fools' joke, Bieber took
over the famous Web site, Funny-
OrDie.com. With a series of skits,
Bieber explained that he ''bought"
FunnyOrDie and made it his own,
calling it "Bieber or Die". Through-
out the series of videos, he reenacts
the famous YouTube skits: Dra-
matic Chipmunk, Scarlet Takes a
Tumble, and David After the Den-
tist. Each skit was hysterically
drawn together and gave the world
a laugh. Better yet, this April Fools
prank continued to make Bieber a
trending topic on Twitter.
Just recently, Justin Bieber took
the Saturday Night Live stage,
alongside Tina Fey. Doing a per-
formance of his chart topping hit,
"Baby" was a great addition to the
show, but what really made this
episode great was his skit. Playing
high school student Jason against
teacher, Tina Fey, the skit poked
fun at his baby face, smile, and hair.
Nonetheless, the skit was also very
controversial while Tina Fey's char-
acter had a crush on Justin's char-
acter. Justin Bieber's voice was of
course used in the skit, but still
deemed hilarious at the end. While
his acting skills need polishing, it
just proves how multidimensional
Bieber really is.
While Bieber may seem irrelevant
to college students, he's not. Parents
swoon over the 16 year old and girls
older than seventeen find him
adorable. He's real and is doing a
good job in showing the world what
he's made of. Using Twitter to give
the world his word, he thanks fans
and god every day with what they
have blessed him with. Looks as
if
Bieber Fever is spreading rapidly to
teens
all
over the world, he's become
a musical addiction and isn't close
to finished yet. With a sold out tour
this summer, Justin Bieber is here
to say, whether we like it or not.



















































lifestyles
Thursday, April 22, 2010
www.maristcircle.com
"Bare down there" includes manscaping
ByRICHAELSHOCKEY
Staff Writer
I nrently wrote about trends
of
female
pubic
hair
removal, and I felt a
pang
of
guilt when I realized that I have ignored
the male equivalent thus
far.
Shame on
me: such a booming trend
of
the testicles
and beyond should not be overlooked.
Information about ''manscaping''
is
very
difficult to find, which
is
unfortunate.
Though the processes
of
male body
hair
removal
are
a bit more romplicated
than
female processes, its popularity
is
grow-
ing at such a rate that it rould soon give
female
hair
removal a
run
for its money.
While women have the options
of
shav-
ing, waxing, or
using hair
removal
creams
to
ria
themselves
of
pubic
hair
if
they so desire, men are generally
urged
to steer clear
of
methods that involve
per
tent chemicals and/or violent ripping
ge,stures
in their pubic regions; the
skin
in
this
area
is
most often too sensitive to
withstand these. For most guys, shaving
is
just
about the only option for
this
gen-
ital endeavor, and even shaving such a
sensitive area sounds like no
easy
feat
MEKUR/
FLICKR.COM
Below-the-belt grooming is rapidly
growing
in popularity among men.
However, fear
of
creating
tragic
t.estic-
ular disasters does not seem to be hold-
ing too many men back from
manscaping. fve mentioned before that
expectations of female pubic
hair
re-
moval have nrently increased, and
male pubic
hair
removal, though not
quite as popular,
has
increased as well
A 2009 study of adult
men
in Australia
showed that 66 percent
of
straight men
in the sample had removed their pubic
hair.
It proved
to
be an even more popu-
lar
practice among gay men, with 82
percent claiming to have removed pubic
hair.
Among the men of the study who
per-
form some sort of pubic maintenance,
most of them agreed that the primary
reason behind manscaping
is
to appear
aesthetically pleasing to sexual part-
ners. A 2005 collaborative study con-
ducted
by
Men's
Health
and
Cosmopolitan magazines on 2,000
straight women offered proof that a
great number of women really are ap-
preciating
this
effort, with a
total
of
96
percent of women expressing prefer-
ences for men who practice some degree
of pubic
hair
maintenance (17 percent
of these women prefer men who go com-
pletely bare down there).
Some drawbacks [ of manscap-
ing] include increased skin-on-
skin friction In some sex
positions and reduced natural In-
sulation when walking through
the wind tunnel in front of the
James A. Cannavino Library.
It's also beooming more trendy and de-
sired for men to remove other sources
of
body
hair-
underarms, chest and back,
most commonly.
In
the study on Aus:
tralian
men, it was found that 63 per-
cent of gay men and 33 percent of
straight men in the sample had re-
moved
hair,
from their backs or back-
sides at some point.
In
their April 2010
issue, Cosmopolitan published an
arti-
cle explaining that the female
fan
base
for
men
free of
body
hair
includes many
women who use oral contraceptives.
Birth
control pills prevent the natural
cyclical
changes
in women's hormones,
which
is
what
usually
causes them to
seek men with
high
testosterone levels.
While on the pill though, women often
find themselves attracted to men with
lower testosterone levels (Le. more fem-
inine features and less body
hair).
Out
with the Magnum P.ls and in with the
Zac Efrons,
if
you
will
If
you
desire
a penile makeover, and
think you may want to
try
some
shav-
ing, a good, unintimidating option to
test drive
is
a bikini shaver. Though
they're marketed specifically
for
women
to
use
on the bikini line, they are
actu-
ally excellent hedge-trimming tools for
both sexes. They have smaller heads
and blades
than
regular
shaving razors,
making them perfect for navigating
around a hard-to-reach area. Their
blades are not as sharp as other rarors,
either.
An
additional perk that pubic
hair
removal may bring you
is
reduced
sweating
in
the groin area. Some draw-
backs include increased skin-on-skin
friction
in
some sex positions and re-
duced natural insulation when walking
through
the
wind tunnel in front of the
Jrunes
A
Cannavino
Library.
Utensils deemed underused, unusual, unnecessary
MICHAB. KAWSH
The Rocky Mountain
Collegian
Open any drawer in afoodie's
kitchen Among the knives
and measuring cups are alien-
like whisks and devices that
seem to belong in a medical
lab.But not to worry. We've
got
the solution to your utensil
ig-
norance.
Here's a list
of
tho,e gadgets
chefs
of
all levels should know
and use, those that are lesser
known,
even
among
top
rooks,
and those tools that have no
place in the kitchen -ever.
Underused
Mzcroplnne
Everyone
has
used
a grat.er
to shred cheese over
Mexican
food, but how many have used
the grater's more intricate
cousin,
the
microplane?
Appearing in manyfurms-
stand-up,
hand-held
and
somewhere in between
-the
microplane
is
used
to more
finely
shred,
or
rest,
anything
from nutmeg and cheese to the
rind
of
any
citrus
fruit
Meat
f£nderiz.er
No one wants to wait
overnight for
steaks
to
mari-
nate. For great meats fast, use
a meat tenderizer -
there's
two
kinds.
The
first
is
the mallet, which
looks like it sounds. Simply
pound a piece
of
meat while
pulling outward
on
its
edges.
Eventually, the meat
will
be-
come softer and rook up nice
and juicy.The second
is
a ten-
derizer
with
sharpened
rolumns that act as little nee-
dles,
puncturing
the meat and
allowing
for
marinades to soak
in. The device looks like a
hand-held stamp used
on
postal
or
legal documents.
Unusual
Onion Goggles
Onions bring
tears
to the
eyes
of
even the most insensi-
tive person. But hey, there's
nothing wrong with a
good.cry
session, especially when food's
involved. One company
has
come up with a prcxluct
that'll
keep your
tear
ducts
dry
throughout
the
rooking
process.
Known
as Onion
Gog-
gles, these souped-up sun-
glasses have foam
seals
to
keep pervasive onion fumes
away from your eyes.
Unnecessary
Dash
Pinch
Smiggen measur-
ing
spoons
These
novelty
spoons are
ridiculous. Dashes, pinches
.
and smiggens are
negligible
measurements that are better
made
by
feel, sight and
taste.
GarlicZoom
The simplest way
to
get gar-
lic is:
take a
garlic
clove,
break
off
one of the clove's pieces,
crush
the piere with the flat
edge
of a
large
knife and put
the crushed pirees
into
ahand-
held
garlic
press. However,
the
Chefn Company decided to
make the process more ...
childlike? They created a
small, two-wheeled contrap-
tion that minces garlic cloves
using
small blades contained
in a tiny, clear globe. The
blades spin as the user rolls
the wheels back and forth
across a countertop.
For $9.95,
this
little plastic
gadget would appear to have a
shorter lifespan
than
most
garlic presses, most of which
are made
of
stainless steel
The small wheely motion,
however,
seems
more fun.
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AskKait!
Staff Writer
Q.
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parents
are divo~
and
both
coming
to
graduation
in
May
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mother refuses
to
do
any
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mm-
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which
puts me in an awkw
spot
when
planning
what
to
do
the
ceremony.
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should
I
do?
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senior
Straight up
tell
your
mother tha
graduation is your
day. They
migh
have been
footing the
bill,
but you
the
one who
stayed
up
to
cram
fo
exams
and
you
are the
one who
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enough
papers
t.o
fill a thousand
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anthology.
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the
one who work
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get
to
graduation,
so
that
dayi
not
about her.
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she
is
really giving
you
a
hard
time,
I
suggest
telling
her that she'll
have
wait
t.o celebrate the
d11
with
you.
your
father
1 •
the one
who
is
willing
work
with
you,
go
out
with
his
famil
after the
ceremoni·.
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moth
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brunch
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instead.
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as
you'll
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having
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split
up from
my
group o
friends for housing
next year.
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get
back
into their
group?
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sophomore
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friends put
yourself
on the wait
list
fo
the housing selection of your dreams.
Although itis never a guarantee, the
is
a lot
of
movement
in
terms ofhousin
over the summer as some studen
choose to withdraw, move off campus,
or transfer at
too
last
nrinui;e.
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see
them
go,, ;ou·n be
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PAGE 10
Editors preview: Fqotball Spring Game
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Managing Editor
When I sit down with Jim Parady
next Tuesday during my weekly
meeting with the Marist head foot-
football
ball coach, the first
question I plan to
ask has been penciled in my note-
book since the end of the 2009 cam-
paign.
"Coach, do you think that after
this past season's success, you've
made the task of preparing for the
2010 year that much harder for you
and your staff?"
I anticipate Parady's answer to be
a confident and resounding, "No",
but I am still curious about how the
18 year head coach plans to fill some
voids left by this year's graduating
seniors.
Chris Debowski will vacate the
quarterback position, while the line-
backing corps will be without Kevin
Foley and Nick Andre. Starting cen-
ter Neil Walsh and fellow offensive
linemen Daniel Angelastro and
Kevin Ulrich are also graduating.
Although Marist football fans and
members of the media, myself in-
cluded, will have to wait until the
end of summer training camp to get
RYAN
HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
Junior safety Rory Foley
will
anchor a
vet-
eran secondary for the Red Fox defense.
Foley notched 69 tackles last
season.
definitive answers about who the
new starters will be, a preview will
be available soon.
That preview
will
be this coming
Saturday, April 24 at 7 p.m. during
the Marist football team's Spring
Game held at Tenney Stadium at
Leonidoff Field.
The Circle will release a compre-
hensive 2010 season preview in a
later issue, but here are three posi-
tions that fans should pay particu-
larly close attention
to
on Saturday.
Quarterback
Sophomore Tommy Reilly has
taken the majority of the first team
snaps this spring, but Michael Gen
.
-
tile and Anthony Varrichione are
close behind.
Gentile, who will be a junior in the
fall, played extremely well during
summer camp last season before
_
suffering a season ending lower-leg
injury. At 6'3", the Staten Island
product has an excellent feel for the
game and is more mobile out of the
pocket than most give him credit
for.
Noted for his toughness and abil-
ity
to
manage an offense, Reilly was
the second quarterback last season
behind Debowski. Reilly completed
37 of 55 pass attempts for 379 yards
with one touchdown and two inter-
ceptions in limited time.
The wildcard in the quarterback
equation is the current freshman,
Varrichione. At 6'4", Varrichione's
height and length certainly gives
him an advantage over his two
teammates. Also fairly athletic,
V arrichione should be able
to
avoid
much of the pressure that the
Marist quarterback will face play-
ing behind a depleted offensive line.
Also, Varrichione is a player with
an excellent pedigree. His grandfa-
ther, Frank Varrichione, played
football collegiately at Notre Dame
and was a five-time Pro Bowler in
the NFL over his career with the
Pittsburgh Steelers and Los Ange-
l~s Rams.
Offensive Line
Without the benefit of having any
of its incoming freshman class able
to participate in the Spring Game,
the Marist offensive line unit will
certainly be searching for answers.
Walsh, Angelastro and Ulrich
proved to be an undersized yet for-
midable trio of linemen that were
able
to
provide consistent protection
RYAN HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
After posting a 7-4 overall record during the 2009 season, the Marlst football team en-
ters
its
spring season
with
the goal
of
asseslng the talent that
will
contribute
in 2010.
for Debowski and the Marist run-
ning game during the program's
first season in the Pioneer Football
League (PFL).
With those three
_
players gone, it
will be interesting to see who will
emerge and compete for time on the
offensive line. It appears that junior
Francis Journick will snap at cen-
ter, but there are still several line
spots open.
Injuries
to
freshmen Rocco Manfre
and Phede Celestin, as well as jun-
ior Stephen Carretta have certainly
aided in the depletion of this unit.
Linebackers
During their senior season, Andre
and Foley combined for 179 tackles,
4.5 sacks and 2 interceptions. That
production will unfortunately be
gone for Marist this season.
The next linebacker with the high-
est tackle total was junior Kees
Coughlin with 66. Coughlin will an-
chor the unit, but he is surrounded
by players who do not have experi-
ence in a starting role.
.
Isaac Sine, Pat Crann and Ryan
Cronan are all returning contribu-
tors who will significant time at the
linebacker position.
Early on during spring practices,
there were whispers of safeties Rory
Foley and John Van Aman moving
to linebacker, but it does not appear
that such a drastic move will be
made. Both Foley and Van Aman
have the tackling ability and pass
protection awareness
to
play the
po-
sition, but it appears that they will
remain in the secondary.
Looking forward
Picked to finish eighth out of 10
teams
in
the PFL in the preseason
coaches' poll, the Red Foxes proved
to be more than capable of compet-
ing on in a national conference. Fin-
ishing 5-3 in the PFL and 7-4
overall, Marist placed fifth in the
league at the end of the year.
The Spring Game, like others be-
fore it, will be not be a true indicator
of the squad that Parady and his
staff will field at the start of next
season.
Injured players, lack of freshmen
presence and only 14 outdoor prac-
tices prior to the scrimmage will
most likely not contribute to a per-
fectly polished product during the
Spring Game.
It's also unlikely that any major
personnel changes or position deci-
sions will be made at the conclusion
of the game. For those decisions, we
will have to wait until the end of
summer training camp.
For now, the Spring Game is more
than enough to pique our interest
about the Red Foxes second season
in the PFL after a very long winter
without Marist football.
Struggles continue for softball as squad drops fourteenth straight
By
VINNY
GI
NARDI
Staff Writer
The struggles of the Marist soft-
ball team continued this past week.
The Red Foxes dropped a game at
Hofstra, a doubleheader at Fairfield
and a doubleheader at Iona.
"Hofstra will be a good test for us
going
into
the weekend," coach Joe
Ausanio said before Tuesday's con-
test. "They have great pitching."
Hofstra's pitching, as well as their
offense, proved to be too much as
Marist fell 8-0 in six innings at the
Hofstra Softball Stadium. Hofstra,
the 25th ranked team in the nation,
according to the Ultimate Softball
Top 25 Coaches' Poll, jumped out to
an early 2-0 lead in the first inning,
and the Red Foxes were able to
climb back. Marist finished with
four hits on the game, getting sin-
gles from Kate Malloy, Nicole Di-
Virgillio, Christina Lausch and
Danielle Koltz. Emily Osterhaus
started for the Red Foxes and al-
lowed five runs in 1.1 innings.
On Saturday, Marist traveled to
Fairfield for a MAAC doubleheader.
''We really need to be fully pre-
pared for our conference games,"
Ausanio said.
The Red Foxes fell 5-4 in the first
game and 8-0 in the second against
MAAC opponent Fairfield. Trailing
by five runs heading into the sixth
inning, Marist begari to cut into the
Fairfield lead. DiVirgilio hit an RBI
double in the top of the sixth to put
Marist on the board. She scored
later in the inning on an infield sin-
gle by Ashley Corris. DiVirgillio had
another RBI double
in
the top of the
seventh to cut the lead to 5-3. Mc-
Callion Campbell later singled
in
a
run to cut the lead to 5-4 with only
one out. Alyxandra Ponce then
popped into a double play to end the
game.
The Red Foxes struggled to find
their offense in the second game of
the doubleheader, falling 9-1 in five
innings. The Red Foxes tallied five
hits-led by two from Alanna Woody
in
a game that was tied after three
and a half innings. Fairfield used a
five-run fourth inning
to
pull away
and earn the victory.
Marist fell again on Sunday, los-
ing both games of a doubleheader at
the Rice Oval against Iona. Marist
dropped game one 10-2 in six
in-
nings and fell 5-0 in the second
game. After falling behind 1-0 early,
Marist took the lead by scoring
twice in the top of the fourth.
Christina Lausch and Danielle
Koltz each singled
in
runs in the in-
nings. The Foxes then gave the lead
right back, allowing six runs in the
bottom half of the inning.
In the second game, Marist strung
together just three hits and were
only able to plate one run. Campbell
led the offensive attack for the
team, going 2-for-3 in the contest.
With the losses, Marist fell to 4-25
overall and 0-6 in the MAAC. This
weekend, the Raiders will host
Saint Peter's on Saturday and Man-
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PAGE 11
Dominant offense carries women's lacrosse
By MATT SPILLANE
Staff Writer
The Red Foxes rebounded nicely
following an overtime loss to Cani-
sius last week. The Marist women's
lacrosse team defeated Manhattan
18-5 on Friday, April 16, its largest
margin of victory this season. Two
days later the Red Foxes celebrated
a 15-8
win
over Iona thanks to a sec-
ond half surge.
Against Manhattan,
the Red Foxes (7 -6, 4-1
in the MAAC) seized a
2-1 lead with 20:4 7 remaining
in
the
game and never looked back, taking
a 12-2 lead into halftime. The win
was fueled by memories of last sea-
son, when the Jaspers beat Marist
MATT SPILJ.ANE/THE CIRCLE
Marist
has
allowed an average
of 11.53
goals per game.
They
have two regular
season games remaining.
14-12.
''We should never lose to Manhat-
tan," senior midfielder Lindsey
Rinefierd said. "I think we beat
them so bad because we were moti-
vated to redeem ourselves from last
year."
Sophomore attack Kelly Condon
led the way with six goals and two
assists. Sophomore midfielder Jori
Procaccini netted four goals and
Rinefierd recorded a hat trick.
Marist did not get off to as hot a
start against Iona, though. The
game was knotted at 6-6 at halftime
and the two teams were deadlocked
at 8-8 midway through the second
half. A key timeout, however,
quickly changed the score and the
pace of the game.
Campbell told her players to trust
each other and the high pressure
defense they were employing. It
paid off: the Red Foxes caused a
turnover that led to a goal and ulti-
mately a 7-0 run to finish the game.
"I think that was the kicker,"
Campbell said. ''There was no com-
ing back [for Iona] after that."
Another key to the 7 -0 run was
limiting turnovers. Marist commit-
ted 14 turnovers in the first half as
opposed to just five in the second
half.
''We just had to clean it up and
play smarter," Condon said.
Condon led the way once again,
this time with five goals and four as-
sists, both game-highs. Rinefierd
tallied four goals and one assist and
MATT SPILJ.ANE/THE
CIRCLE
The Red Foxes
are
5-1 in their last six games and now sit at 4-1 in the MAAC. Marlst
will
continue conference play on Friday when they face Fairfield at home.
senior midfielder Lauren Ciccarello
chipped
in
with a hat trick. On Mon-
·
day, Condon was named MAAC Of-
fensive Player of the Week for the
second time in three weeks.
Marist's next test is Friday, April
23, when it hosts Fairfield, which is
4-0 in the MAAC. The Red Foxes,
who lost to the Stags in last year's
MAAC Tournament final, know
that they must play mistake-free
from start to finish.
"I think playing a full 60 minutes
[is the key]," Campbell said. "[It's]
something we struggled with the
entire season."
Fairfield poses the most danger-
ous offensive threat thus far in jun-
ior midfielder Kristen Coleman,
who ranks ninth in the NCAA with
3.36 goals per game. She ecored
eight goals in two games against
Marist last season.
Campbell said that Marist will not
designate one specific player to de-
fend Coleman; rather, the team will
focus on having its various defend-
ers match up on her, so that Cole-
man is not facing a midfielder.
Campbell believes her team is ready
for the challenge.
''We've talked about this game
since the fall," she said. ''When
we're on, we're a better team than
Fairfield."
Red Fox's dual match win-streak reaches nine
ByJIM URSO
Sports Editor
On Monday afternoon, the two-
time defending MAAC champion
Marist men's tennis team continued
their steamroll into this weekend's
2010 MAAC tournament. The Red
Foxes picked up their fourth consec-
utive shutout victory with a 7-0 win
over Hartford at the Hartford Ten-
nis Courts. The
win
marked the Red
Foxes' ninth consecutive dual match
victory.
The Red Foxes won all six singles
matches in straight sets. Juniors
Landon Greene and Marcus von
Nordheim won at third and fourth
singles respectively. Greene de-
feated Marco Neves 6-2, 6-0, while
von Nordheim notched an identical
KRISTEN DOMONEL.l,/THE
CIRCLE
Senior
Loic Sessageslmi is
able to
win
both
of his singles matches this weekend,
the
senior will finished his MAAC career
undeeated.
6-2, 6-0 win over Eric Floum.
At fifth singles, senior Michael
Land bested Edgardo Ureta 6-0, 6-
1, while sophomore Ian Sims re-
mained unbeaten in dual matches.
He won at sixth singles and de-
feated Aaron Kooden, 6-0, 6-4. Sims
is now 4-0 in dual matches in his
first season with the Red Foxes.
Senior Christian Coley and junior
Nicolas Pisecky rounded out the sin-
gles victories for Marist. Coley took
the first singles point from Aneil
Bhalla 6-2, 6-4 and Pisecky notched
a second singles win over J~sh
Isaacson 6-4, 6-2.
Marist also won all three doubles
matches to complete the match.
Col~y and Greene paired up to de-
feat Bhalla and Neves, 8-4 at first
doubles. The second doubles team
was comprised of Pisecky and von
Nordheim, who beat Isaacson and
Floum 8-2. Land and Sims notched
a third doubles win over Kooden
and Miletic 7-6 (7-3).
The Red Foxes will travel to the
U:S. Tennis Center this weekend for
the MAAC tournament, where they
will have a bye in• the first round.
Semifinals matches begin at 9 a.m.
on Saturday, with the finals begin-
ning on Sunday at the same time.
Marist seems to be on a collision
course to the MAAC championship
with Fairfield, whom they defeated
7-0 on April 13. However, the Stags
were without top singles player Dan
Sauter for that match.
"I'm looking forward to the tour-
nament," coach Tim Smith said,
''but I'm definitely cognizant of the
fact that they beat us last year in
the regular season, and then we
KRISTEN DOMONELL/THE
CIRCLE
The Red
Foxes
have
won their last nine dual matches and
are
11-5 overall. Their win
over
Loyola put them at
6-0 in the
MAAC.
All
six
Red Foxes won
two
matches
en
route
to
a
7-0
victory
against
Hartford.
beat them in the tournament."
The rivalry between the two
MAAC squads is nothing new.
Marist defeated Fairfield in the
2008 MAAC championshl,p final.
''Last year when they beat us dur-
ing the regular season it .was a re-
ally big upset for µs,'' Pise~ky said.
"I think it actually helped us to beat
them in the final. We won 7 -0 last
week but we all know we have to be
careful this weekend."
Although Marist has two consecu-
tive MAAC championships, players
contend that they are as hungry as
ever.
"I have definitely never been this
hungry before," Sessagesimi said.
''This is my senior year and I want
to win MAACs and go back to the
NCAA tournament more than I
have ever wanted anything."
If
Sessagesimi wins both sing~es
matches this weekend, he will fin-
. ish his MAAC career undefeated.
Coach Tim Smith has made it a
point to eliminate overconfidence.
"I've set the tone this week," Smith
said. "UpMts constantly happen at
this level of tennis, and that should
be very vivid iii their minds."














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Football Spring Game preview
Team looks
to
handle key losses
Pag~
10
PAGE
12
Foxes take series against Purple Eagles
By
SCOTT ATKINS
Sports Editor
The Marist baseball team spent
the weekend on the road as they
faced conference foe Niagara in a
baseball
three-game
series.
The
Red
Foxes
dropped game one but rebounded to
win games two and three, bringing
their overall record to 22-12.
"We faced a very good pitcher in
the first game and he shut us
down," head coach Chris Tracz said.
"But again we bounced back and
won the last two games to
win the
series."
The two teams met Saturday for
what was game one of an afternoon
doubleheader, and Niagara left-
hander Daniel Morari was in rare
form. The senior let up only two
runs in 8 2/3 innings while striking
out three. Morari took a shutout
into the ninth inning before fresh-
man third baseman Zach Shank
ripped a two-run double with two
outs. Junior Kyle Putnam was on
the mound for the Foxes and
pitched a complete game, but took
the loss. The right-hander allowed
14 hits, but did not walk a batter
and struck out four.
"(Kyle] did what he always did,"
Tracz said. "He threw strikes and
he battled and overall he pitched
better than
·
it looked on paper. But
we didn't really put together any-
thing offensively that put any pres-
sure on them throughout the game."
Game two was a different story for
Marist, as the squad jumped out on
top early, scoring four runs in the
third inning. Left fielder Ricky Pa-
cione hammered a two-run double
in the inning before stealing third
base and scoring on a wild throw.
Later, the junior laced his second
double of the game, driving in Ryan
Gauck. Pacione finished the game
two 2-for-4 with three runs scored
and three RBIs, and Tracz is im-
pressed with his recent play.
"He gets up
with guys on base and
just does what we need him to do,"
he said: "He's obviously one of the
most talented hitters."
Niagara attempted to crawl back
into the game with a two-run fourth
inning, but Marist kept pouring on
the runs with four more in the fifth.
Freshman first baseman Mike
Orefice singled with the bases
loaded, driving in one, followed by
an RBI bases loaded walk by Shank.
The inning was capped off with a
two-out, two-run single to center
field by senior second baseman John
Prano making it 11-3. The Purple
Eagles were never able to recover as
Marist evened the series with an 11-
5 victory.
The story of the game was once
again right-hander B.J. Martin,
who has been spectacular for the
Foxes all year long, and with the
win now sits at 5-1. The senior re-
tired the first nine batters he faced
en route to a four-hit, three-run vic-
tory. Martin is also undefeated
against MAAC opponents this sea-
son, winning all four starts.
The Red Foxes picked up right
where they left off in game two,
spreading 15 hits over the nine in-
nings of game three as they took the
rubber-match by a score of 12-1.
Prano starred at the plate, going 2-
for-5 with three RBIs and a run
scored, but it was an underclassman
who was the hero on the mound.
Sophomore Chad Gallagher threw
seven innings and allowed just one
unearned run to gain the victory.
"Chad put together a great per-
formance," Tracz said. "And he
pitched very well with a lead which
is' not always easy to do. He just
kept grinding it out and put to-
gether a good outing."
For his recent play, Orefice was
named MAAC Rookie of the Week.
Orefice ranks second on the team in
batting average (.365), on-base per-
centage (.480) and slugging per-
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Marist improved
to
9-3
in
the MAAC
and
sits in second place in the conference.
Next up for the Foxes Is rival
Saint
Peter's.
centage (.514). A Red Fox has now
earned a MAAC weekly award four
weeks in a row.
With the series win, Marist im-
proved to 9-3 in the MAAC which
lands them in second place in the
conference, traiJ:1,ng only Canisius
(8-1 in the MAAC.) After a rocky 3-
7 start, the Red Foxes have hit their
stride, going 19-5.
Marist will continue conference
play this weekend against Saint
Peter's in Poughkeepsie.