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THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2010
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Revamp possible for core curriculum
By
MONICA SPERANZA
Staff Writer
The past few years, faculty and
students have been discussing pos-
campus
sible changes to Marist's
core curriculum. In the
fall of 2008, Marist faculty organ-
ized a retreat specifically focused on
brainstorming the topic of restruc-
turing
the curriculum. Now the
project is being headed by the Core
Reevaluation
Advisory
Group
(CRAG), a Core Committee, and
representatives from the different
schools at the college.
The potential changes in the core
curriculum focuses on restructur-
ing, making it more consistent, and
''less
of a burden for students," Vice
President of Academic Affairs, Alli-
son Beres said. There is no projected
time frame for the restructuring.
"Nothing
will change in the next
two years," Fitzgibbons said. "It's
going
to take several years if change
is implemented."
To implement core curriculum
change, proposed changes must go
through several faculty committees
before being voted on by all full-time
faculty members.
Acco:rding to Dr. Moira Fitzgib~
hons, director of the core/liberal arts
program and facilitator of restruc-
turing conversations among faculty,
there are a few major problems that
should be corrected by core restruc-
turing.
One issue is the large size of the
core. Fitzgibbons said making it a
little smaller would "make life eas-
ier for majors with lots of require-
ments."
Also, students need more direct in-
formation about the core's pur-
pose--many students take classes
because they have to and do not un-
derstand why. Capping is another
issue. Right now, it is an interdisci-
plinary core requirement, but the
question has been raised as to
whether or not it should be a cap-
stone specific to majors.
Still another specific change in the
curriculum that faculty members
are pushing for is the implementing
of a freshman first year seminar.
Summer interships
aplenty for students
By
JOHN ENRIGHT
Circle Contributor
One of Marist's proudest areas is
its
internship
program. Under
Marist's current system, a career
development class, also known as
employment practicum, is offered
which students must take before ap-
plying to internships. This allows
them to learn how internships
work, as well as life in the real
world when searching for jobs.
''The employment practicum class
prior to my internship was defi-
nitely helpful in terms of preparing
you for interviews ~nd your re-
sume," senior Melissa Drespel said.
Drespel received an internship at
Liz Claiborne Inc. earlier this year
and also has three job offers lined
up for after graduation, due in part
to the helpfulness of the employ-
ment practicum class and her abil-
ity to adapt and learn from her
internship experiences.
Career Services is also on hand to
help students with the internship
process. They inform students of in-
ternships from each particular field
of study and do their best to help
ea~h individual student.
"We try to teach [the students]
what to expect and what each place
is looking for," said Gerald Mc-
Nulty, director of the communica-
tion internship program at Marist.
"Not only will they learn about the
company they are applying for but
about other companies that are in
the same field."
Some of the big internships that
communications and
·
media arts
students acquired for the upcoming
summer range from ThinkPR to
CBS College Sports and the New
England Sports Network.
In Marist's fashion department,
however, the summer is seen as the
busiest and most important time to
acquire an internship.
"For us, the summer has the
largest enrollment," said Lydia
Biskup, internship and placement
coordinator of the fashion depart-
ment at Marist. "Part of that is due
to the fact there is no pressure of
coursework and [the students] can
immerse themselves more in the ex-
perience."
This summer, fashion students
will
be interning at companies rang-
ing from The TJX Companies Inc. to
Gucci and Chanel.
Whether a communications major,
fashion major or media
arts
major,
Marist students are finding intern-
ships at large companies and are
According to Fitzgibbons, this
course would help explain to stu-
dents what the core is about and
why it is important.
''Many of the professors believe
that this would greatly benefit in-
coming freshmen and helping them
to learn necessary basic skills,"
CRAG
Student Representative
Laura Osberg said. "Many profes-
sors feel strongly that there needs to
be a greater focus on writing skills
throughout the four years at Marist
instead of only during a student's
freshman year."
Currently, the various committees
working on the restructuring
process are looking at three options
to replace the current core struc-
ture. The first, the "big box" option,
would maintain the present core
classes but allow more leeway for
students. Students would have to
take seven classes in certain distri-
bution areas ~d could take 12 cred-
its
in
disciplinary areas instead of a
second class
in
certain subjects
(similar to the current ''language op-
tion".) The second possibility is the
"theme option," which also requires
seven classes in distribution areas,
but allows students to use the re-
maining 12 credits in a broad
theme. The third option, the
"path
option," requires 21 credits to be
taken from existing distribution
areas and the rest from a concen-
tration area within the core: These
options are suggestions and not set
in stone, according to Osberg.
Faculty has a list of 50 comparable
institutions and look at their core
curriculums to get an idea of what
would be applicable to Marist.
Although Osberg said that profes-
sors are optimistic, changing the
core will come with some problems.
"One of the cons to the restructur-
ing is that ~hen it is first put into
place, there will be people through-
out the school trying to fulfill differ-
ent CQres," Osberg said. "Another
problem is that although specific
ideas look good on paper, there
is
no
way of knowing if they will work
when put into practice. It may im-
pact certain schools more than oth-
ers causing unforeseen difficulties."
LOCAL TUNES
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PandeMAYnium took place this past Saturday at the Marlst
Riverview Longview Park. The event, sponsored by WMAR and
Marlst Radio, featured local artists like Feeling Frisky (above).
The free afternoon of music also included
food,
and showcased
other bands, such as Set the Pace, Some
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Me The
Poet,
Death
to
Surprise, The Downrlghts, and F-Bombers.
figuring out what it takes to make
it
in
the job world.
''The internship is a first step that
teaches students about the field,"
McNulty said, "and they will learn
a great deal about what is out
there."


























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THIS WEEK
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Student Center PAR
9:30P.M.
Nelly Goletti Theater
$2 Admission with Marist I.D.
Friday, 5/7
MAAC Men's Lacrosse
Championship Tournament
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Tenney Stadium
Free Admission
Saturday, 5/8
Women's Softball v. Canlslus
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MAAC Men's Lacrosse
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Security Briefs
Security dodges eggs, collects bongs
By CHRIS RAIA
Staff Writer
4/28 -
Upper West
A security guard was patrolling
Upper West, he left his car unat-
tended, and somebody egged it,
Stop egging security cars.
Stop
wasting eggs. I'm freaking starving.
Egg me.
But first, make them
overeasy. Th.row some rye toast
with them as well. Thanks in ad-
vance.
0
points
4/28 -
Champagnat
At 3:15 a.m., somebody sprayed a
fire extinguisher in a dorm room,
the extinguisher powder set the fire
alarm off, and all of Champagnat
had to wake up. 10 points
4/29 -
Boathouse
Somebody stole the motor off one
of the boats in the boathouse.
Maybe it was Henry Rowengartner
and his friends, in which case it
would be totally OK because that
boat they created built a friendship
.
The boat reignited said friendship
once Henry went Hollywood and got
dinner with Reggie Jackson instead
of hanging out with his friends.
Also, it got the assist on Henry
hooking up with Becky (who was
supposed to be the cutest girl in the
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school, rather than the backup Marist and is stranded in the mid.-
hockey goalie for Team USA. That dle of the Hudson, spread across
boat really did work. 20 points
three kayaks
.
Hmm ... 15 points
4/30-Leo
A guest tried
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to gain entry to the
building with another student's ID.
Yup. Sounds about right. 5 points
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4/30 -
Campus Green
Everyone got caught at Foxfest!
There was barely room for me to sit
in the security office. I was sur-
rounded on all sides by bags, cool-
ers, cases and even a keg. A grand
total of 58 beers, a nice cooler and
two bags were confiscated within 10
minutes on the campus green at
Foxfest. I like that. Nothing like a
good pre-game before jumping in in-
flatable bouncyhouses. 30 points
5/1 -
Midrise
A girl tried to use her boyfriend's
ID to get into the building. I wish I
could say that was new
.
It's not.
0
points
5/2 -
Boathouse
Three kayaks were unchained and
stolen. Why? Where are you going
to keep them? Unless someone fled
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Assorted drug paraphernalia was
confiscated out of a house in C
block. One of these items was a ce-
ramic cigarette that people appar-
ently smoke weed out of. I've never
heard of that. I'm sheltered. 15
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5/2 -
Gartland
More drug paraphernalia. This
time, it was a bong confiscated from
a house in G block. I do know what
that is, so I was thoroughly amused
when I saw the old security guard
walking to his car with a giant bong
in his hands
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Very funny.
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Letter to the Editor: Students feel unsafe in Marist housing
Dear Circle Staff,
As
a resident of one of the Upper
Fulton townhouses that was van-
dalized last Saturday night, I speak
for myself and my housemates
when I say that we are still uneasy
about both the events that took
place on campus, as well as how
they were handled
.
While some of
us may have presumed that the ac-
tivities were gang related, it is easy
to make presumptions when our
kitchen windows are tagged and se-
curity divulges little to no informa-
tion about why the graffiti is there
in the first place.
I do not personally feel that the
graffiti is gang-related; but for the
first time in the four years that I
have attended Marist, I am ques-
tioning my safety on campus. The
sheer fact that these people h'ad
enough free time on their hands to
not only tag every block on the hill,
but literally spray paint every
house, utility door and electrical
box behind blocks 5 and 6 shows
that there are clearly not enough se-
curity patrols happening behind my
house. The "regular security pa-
trols" are not enough.
Since the graffiti tagging, my
housemates and I have walked
through Fulton and the parking lot
at varying times of the day and
night, and rarely see a security ve-
hicle. The only blue light in this
parking lot is at the far end by
Jazzman's. While I understand that
this activity probably isn't gang re-
lated, it is still vandalism and tres-
passing, and without security
nearby, my residence area can seem
unsettling at night.
I woke up the morning after the
graffiti tagging occurred to about six
maintenance vehicles, power wash-
ing the paint off of our houses.
If
Marist can afford to send that many
maintenance vehicles to Fulton so
proniptly, we feel that they should
also be able to send extra security
guards there at night
.
I chose to
live on campus with the assumption
that it is safer, not because it is
RYAN HUTTON
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L.£
Fulton
Street
Townhouses blocks
five
and
six
now
stand
clean and
free
of
graffiti.
Resi-
dents
of
these houses
expressed
concern over
lack
of
a strong security presence.
prettier. The wrong message is
being sent to siudents, who see an
immediate response to the appear-
ance of the buildings
,
but not the
safety concerns of the students liv
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ingin them.
We understand that there is little
that Marist Seaurity and the Town
of Poughkeepsie Police can do to
catch the people who defaced our
house, and that is not my expecta
-
tion. All we ask is for more open
communication with us in the fu-
ture, as well as consideration for our
very justified concerns.
Thank You,
Emily Carter '10
The Final Column About Nothing
'Lost' fan demands show's answers
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Circle Staff
Dear 18-Year-
OldMe:
Well, congrat-
ulations on both
graduating high
school and mak-
ing it to your
18th birthday.
In one month,
you'll be start-
ing
your first semester of college.
You'll spend a few weeks feeling
sorry for yourself, after being removed
from everyone you knew and loved,
but things
will
markedly improve
around October when you meet the
girls whom you'll live with for the re-
mainder of your time at school.
In your sophomore year, you'll meet
the guys who drive you crazy and give
you headaches, while still somehow
endearing themselves to you.
By your junior year, you'll find your-
self on a plane, ready to spend the
next four months in Scotland.
You'll return in time for your senior
year, where everything suddenly
seems more valuable because it
will
all end soon.
But, for now, you're still 18, so enjoy
the last summer of truly living at
home. rve thrown together some bits
of advice that might be helpful in the
years ahead
.
Make sure you surround yourself
with good people. Avoid those who
only bring out the worst in you.
If
you
appreciate someone, let them know.
Give that certain professor a glowing
review, but also tell their department
chair about how much you enjoyed the
class. Hold onto more than just pho-
tos from parties and events. Keep old
papers, exams, tickets stubs, etc. Take
photos of a normal day, when you're
doing nothing more than
hanging
out
in your dorm with a couple of friends.
Nights at bars
will
always be fun to
remember, but don't overlook the time
spent playing Mario
Kart
or watching
your favorite Tuesday night show
with your housemates.
Remember what Mom taught you:
If
you have a problem with something,
take the initiative to get involved and
fix
it, like joining the Residence Stu-
dent Council.
Your closest friends in college
will
become your family. Fighting
will
be
an inevitability, especially
if
you live
together. Hash it out, say (or yell) your
piece, and then move on. One fight
isn't worth ending your friendship.
With that said, learn to pick your
battles. ~ow when to stand up for
yourself and when to hold your pride.
Go
easy
on College Activities. A lot of
students
will
complain about the lack
of events, while not actually partici-
pating in the events that are offered.
College Activities has to somehow
make 5,000 people happy, so try to be
a bit forgiving.
Really get to know the people in your
major. They're the ones who not only
have the same passion as you, but
also
they're the ones you're most likely to
need as you all enter your respective
fields of work.
You'll have the next four years to try
new attitudes, beliefs, etc., until you
find the combination that best suits
you. Make the most of your time, and
don't be afraid to go outside the para-
digm.
Either your leap into the unfa-
miliar
will
make you more secure in
your understanding of yourself, or
you'll be able to start over after you
graduate.
Finally, never forget about your
family. They're the ones who have
been there for you for the last 18
years, and they'll also
be
there for the
rest of your life. Your college friends
will
become a second family to you,
but don't' discount those you left be-
hind.
By
JOHN ENRIGHT
Circle Contributor
As
an avid fan of the hit television
show "Leist," I am excited for the se-
ries finale on Sun., May 23. But as
time creeps closer and closer to the
finale and less answers are re-
vealed, I begin to wonder
if
the writ-
ers will ever get to them all.
Executive producers Damon
Lin-
deolf and Carlton Cuse have adver-
tised throughout the season that
"questions will be answered," but
with only four episodes remaining,
including the two-hour series finale,
there are still a boatload of ques-
tions unanswered.
Back in seasons one and two, ten-
year-old Walt Lloyd seemed to have
some psychic abilities, but not once
has this been clarified to the fans or
even mentioned in the past two sea-
sons.
As
far as I'm concerned,
if
the
writers do not solve that mystery
before the series ends, I'm going to
feel like I was played for a fool.
Walt's "powers" were a main story-
line during the entire second sea-
son, and for them to never even say
what it all meant is aggravating to
say the least.
But the biggest question I have for
the creators of "Lost" is: What is up
with the alternate reality/flash-side-
ways timeline? Throughout the
final season, the writers have im-
plemented a storyline to go along
with the main one, where the fans
get to
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see what would have hap-
pened, had the island not existed
and had the characters' plane not
crashed. Although it is a nice sub-
plot to the main story, I, along with
many other fans of the show, do not
see how it has anything to do with
the ending of the series. At this
point, all I want to know is the fate
of the characters on the island, not
of the characters in the flash-side-
w~ys timeline.
So
unless the writers
prove
to
me that the alternate sto-
ryline has a deeper meaning, I will
get increasingly upset as each
episode with the flash-sideways
timeline airs.
Although there are still many
questions left unanswered on
"Lost," there are quite a few that
have been answered throughout the
sixth season. Viewers finally under-
stood the "monster" and the "w his
-
pers" whose mystery was lingering
since the inaugural season.
So
with
that being said, I plan on giving the
writers the benefit of the doubt to
divulge the retnaining mysteries
and facts.
But let me make myself clear: as a
fan who's been waiting six years to
find out what the island really is and
whether or not there is a purpose to
everything, I believe that
if
''Lost"
ends without answering the impor
-
tant questions, it
will
be remembered
as one of the biggest wastes of time
h\
human history, instead of one of
the greatest television shows of the
last decade.
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Poughkeepsie congregations reflect change in religious atmosphere
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Staff Writer
Today, a majority of press sur-
rounding religion in the United
States seems to be centered upon
the image of religious zealots who
commit murders
in the name of
their respective gods.
Three incidents within the past
year highlight this theme of polar-
ization and reactivity: the murder of
Dr. George Tiller, one of the few
physicians in the country to perform
late-term abortions; U.S. Army
Major Nidal Malik Hasan's shoot-
ings at Fort Hood, Texas; and Revo-
lutionMuslim.com's
warning
against "South Park" creators Trey
Parker and Matt Stone after a
"South Park" episode depicted
Muhammad.
Yet, one in five Americans do not
actually affiliate with a religious
identity, though 34 percent of Amer-
ican adults consider themselves
''born-again" or evangelical Chris-
tians. The number of Americans
identifying themselves as Chris-
tians has dropped from 86 percent
in 1990 to 76 percent in 2008 and 27
percent of Americans do not antici-
pate religious funerals when they
die.
Religion seems to be stuck in a
paradox. Either it truly is waning in
the country, leaving only the most
die-hard radicals, or it's in transi-
tion, trying to cope with modem is-
sues like abortion and gay rights.
According to Pastor Marlow Dun-
ham of the nondenominational
church, The River Church, in
Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.,
religion actu-
ally has no place in churches or spir-
itual life.
"See, I'm not talking about a reli-
gious-Christianity," Dunham said.
"I'm talking about a relationship-
Christianity. Religion, I believe,
God hates. He didn't set it up that
way. Religion is created because
people lose touch with God. And, so,
they create these systems that they
think will help people find God."
There has also been a rise in the
number
of
nondenominational
churches in the U. S.,
Dunham
said,
as congregants become disillusioned
with denominational life. Whereas
other churches in the area have con-
gregations totaling 25 or 30 mem-
bers,
Dunham
lists his entire
congregation as upwards of 350-
400.
"Non-denominational churches
have come into existence in the last
20 years simply because they're
[congregants] fed up with the reli-
gious systems, with the mainline
churches of the denominational sys-
tem," he said.
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By VINNIE PAGANO
The River Church is definite!¥ a
more casual environment than one
would traditionally find: Dunham
gives sermons in jeans, his congre-
gants staring back at him in simi-
larly casual attire. Clips of sermons
are featured on the church's
YouTube page, and excerpts
·
are
streamed through live tweets on the
church's Twitter account.
After a fire destroyed the main
portion of the church last year, a
new hall had to be renovated from
the water-damaged and smoke-
damaged remains.
Now, the church features exposed
brick walls, deep brown exposed
beams, and dim lighting for a cool,
casual mood. Underneath the hall,
to fit the remainder of the congre-
gation, a newly renovated basement
offers
further
seating, a coffee bar,
and a large screen that displays live
feeds of the service going on up-
stairs. What is actually a church
feels more like a mix between a
night-club and a Starbucks.
''We're not your grandmother's
church," Dunham said.
A few minutes away, in the Smith
Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church,
Pastor Dwight
E.
Bolton also is
working to adapt his church and
bring it into the present with the
creation of a church website.
For roughly the last year and a
half, Bolton estimates, A.M.E. Zion
Church has used the internet to re-
main current.
"I think that the church has to be
relevant," Bolton said. "It's a form of
ministry: reaching out, you know,
keeping relevant to the time, and
usipg the technology that's avail-
able."
In addition to providing directions
to the church as well as announce-
ments and events listings, the Web
site has.proven to be instrumental
in supplying online meditations and
music to those who are unable to
leave their homes.
"People who are sick, or people
who are shut-in. They can log on,
listen to some music, read a little
meditation," he said.
Also like Dunham, Bolton has
seen a growth in
his
congregation's
numbers, both from those who have
visited the church's services and by
those who have actually joined the
church. Bolton credits the climates
of economic, political, and interna-
tional turmoil for this recent in-
crease in church attendance.
"I think a lot of that [growth] has
to do with the economy and things
that people have cherished so much
and the security that they had," he
said. They are now finding that
there has to be something more, I
believe, than the security of having
a career," Bolton said.
It is this security, Bolton says,
that people are finally finding in re-
ligion.
"Persons are searching for some
type of inner peace. And I don't
think this is new; I think th:i,s has
always been the case. But I think
today, more so than ever, with the
climate of the world and the nation,
there are so many issues," Bolton
said.
Both Bolton and Dunham have en-
deavored to update their respective
churches in an effort to bridge the
gap between religion and a retreat-
ing American population. Dunham,
however, still worries about the lack
of change shown by other churches
and denominations.
"They refuse to adjust what they
do because they love what they do,
and they're willing to just go down
with the ship. And I just don't see
that
in
the Bible, I don't see that as
being effective," said Dunham.
It's not uncommon, he says, for ac-
tual churches to become abandoned
as the leaders lose their congrega-
tions. The building in which The
River Church operates used to be a
Methodist church, and the Presby-
terian church down the road is now
used by Methodists.
The time has come, he says, for
churches in the Unit.ed States to
change
in
accordance with the pres-
ent if they want to survive. One
such church near The River Church
is on the precipice of such a collapse,
Dunham said: "I love those people
and they're wonderful people," he
said. "But, if they don't do some-
thing
in five years, they're gonna be
dead, they'll be gone."
























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Bridge Music connects-music to city str.,.cture
By
MICHELLE HARROP
Circle Contributor
Last year, the Mid-Hudson Bridge
gained an interesting feature, but it
is not one that many people driving
on the bridge would know about.
Students who do not live in the area
or frequently run on the bridge
would never know that this feature
was even installed. However,
Bridge Music has entranced many
visitors since it was installed.
Bridge Music is the dream oflocal
composer Joseph Bertolozzi, who
was the Marist Chapel organist
from 1982 to 2002. Bertolozzi com-
posed Bridge Music, a 10 song suite,
using only sounds he recorded from
the Mid-Hudson Bridge.: "I got the
idea from my wife, who took a mock
swing at a poster of the Eiffel
Tower, and said 'Bong!' ... just like it
was a gong," Bertolozzi said. After
collecting many different gongs,
Bertolozzi had this crazy idea.
He "realized that one could record
all the sounds of the bridge and see
if they could be assembled into a
composition as if one were writing
for different percussion instru-
ments".
Of course, people wonder how all
of this was possible. To record the
sounds the bridge makes, workers
climbed on parts of the bridge and
placed sensitive microphones to pick
up the vibrations.
The workers and Bertolozzi played
different parts of the bridge with
mallets, hammers, logs and even
BB gun pellets. He and the other
workers played traffic signs, sus-
pension
cables,
pedestrian
handrails, grates, and the inside
and outside of the towers. He
recorded every part
of
the bridge ex-
cept for the roadway itself.
To write the music, Bertolozzi
used the recordings of the bridge
and combined them on different
computer programs, similar to how
modern composers do for an orches-
tra. But instead of using conven-
tional instruments, he used the
sounds from the bridge.
He said the creative process would
require him to go to the studio "with
the samples to write a piece for 20
percussionists, much as if
I were
writing a piece for 20 violins, the
difference being, unlike imagining
violin music, it is understandably
harder to imagine what the bridge
would sound like."
The music is played on both tow-
ers of the bridge at listening sta-
tions. These stations open on
April 1
and remain open until Oct.
31
every
day from dawn until dusk, which is
when the pedestrian pathways on
the bridge are open.
These listening stations include a
list of the 10 songs Bertolozzi com-
posed with the bridge and descrip-
tions of the elements of the bridge
used in the song.
It also includes the original piece
he produced to show that his dream
was possible and another composi-
tion about the area between the
Mid-Hudson Bridge and the new
The Mid-Hudson
Bridge offers
the same view
as
the
Walkway Over
the
Hudson,
but
enhances
exercise
experience
with
music.
Walkway Over the Hudson. Besides
the view from the bridge, the walker
can also discover the amazing
sounds a bridge can make.
Because
of the extraordinary compositions,
the listener can sometimes even for-
get that they are listening to the
bridge.
For those who find walking on the
bridge a daunting task, no matter
how much they want to listen to the
music or see the view, there is an-
other option.
The parks on either side of the
bridge, Waryas Park in Poughkeep-
sie and Johnson-Iorio Park in High-
land, play the same music at all
times of the day year round. Should
this be the case, or if it is raining
when you arrive, the radio station is
95.3 FM.
However, should it be a nice day,
take advantage of the weather and
walk
across
the Mid-Hudson
Bridge. The view is spectacular and
the Bridge Music that will accom-
pany you around the towers is
something to be experienced.
Talking Tarot: Seeing opportunities in endings
By
JENNIFER MEYERS
Staff Writer
I find it not
surprising,
'"••-·~· ...
but
some-
Ever After" card.
what ironic,
that the Ten
of Cups came
up for me to
write on as
the
last
Tarot column
of this se-
mester. This
is what we
would
call
the "Happily
We have reached the end to an-
other year and every weekend has
been spent either celebrating this
gorgeous weather or being
locked
in
the library. This card is telling us to
reflect on what we cherish the most:
love and joy.
This is brought to us by friend-
ships, harmony, bliss and the sim-
plicity of the sun rising in the
morning. Each day must be taken in
as an individual phenomenon that
provides us with pleasure and en-
chantment-a feeling that we
wouldn't change for anything in the
world.
This year, whether it is our fresh-
man, sophomore, junior, or senior
year, we made it what it was. We
are the co-creators of this reality
that is so striking, so beautiful, so
amazing that we're almost afraid to
leave it. The day is made simple by
the rising sun, but we are the ones
who make this a remarkable and as-
tonishing day-one to file away in
our memories for the years to come.
And when the sun is ready to lie
down after its session is complete,
we must take a step back and real-
ize what made this day a memory to
last. One simple day can change
who you are and what you experi-
enced. We cannot be sad about the
day ending, but rather excited
to
re-
ceive the continued ecstasy that will
come to us in the future.
However, even though it is our
friends that make each day worth
living, eventually we all have to
move on. The whole reason for at-
tending college is to prepare us for
the real world. This is not the real
world-this is where we must train
our minds to gain the strength it
takes to face reality and put our ed-
ucation on a pedestal for others to
judge. It's extremely frightening.
But the world has unlimited possi-
bilities. We are not bound to this
country of America. My plans in-
volve becoming a traveling journal-
ist and gaining valuable experiences
and information on how people live
their lives outside of this
border.
America is such a small part of
what this world has to offer. Some
individuals that I've talked to do not
realize this and are more than
frightened of the future. Why be
afraid of so~ething that hasn't been
written yet? The future is for you to
write, not
anyone
else.
The Ten of Cups also represents
opportunity. Although its main pur-
pose is to show you how wonderful
life is-right now since your friends
are at your disposal when you need
them. We are able to enjoy this
blissful community. But that brings
us to the "shadow" side of this card.
I know a few--seniors who are in de-
nial about graduating. They expect
these delightful days and nights to
last forever, and for these friend-
ships to last a lifetime. Now of
course we can make any friendship
last if it is built on a strong bond,
but we must realize that
our
friends
will move on just as much
as
we do.
They have their lives to live and we
are in no position to stand in their
way to make their lives more mean-
ingful than they are now.
In
a way,
we are
leaving our
place of comfort
and joy since our friends are all
around us, but it's not going to be
like that once we put our degrees to
good use.
We must all face the facts that we
will, most likely, lose touch wi~h a
lot of people who we have become
close with at Marist. We find jobs,
they find jobs, some people move far
away, get married, have kids, what
have you. We have our own lives to
live and so do they. If they stick
around, then those are the people
we
are
meant to have around us to
make our lives better, easier, or ex-
citing, and those are the people that
we can count on.
So all in all, life is great right
now-the weather is gorgeous, our
excruciating work will be over in
RTESY OF
RIDER-WAITE
TAROT
The Ten
of
Cups
encourages
reflection.
less than two weeks, and celebra-
tion is in order as soon as our last
final exam is turned in to
our
pro-
fessors for the final critique. But
after celebrating, we are on our own
so make it count. Seniors, I suggest
all of you to participate in as many
activities as possible during senior
week. Sure, it costs a lot of money,
but when's the next time you TI have
a senior week? ... never. So enjoy
your final days and the Ten of Cups
speaks its last words: "Sweet as
things are, it's time to move on."


















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'American Idol' voting overhaul needed
By
KATIE MEENA
Circle Contributor
"Over 33 million votes were cast
last night! Can you believe it?" asked
Ryan Seacrest on last week's "Amer-
ican Idol" result show.
Well, I sure can. "American Idol"
has become one of the nation's most
popular reality television shows.
Each night millions of tweens, teens
and adults run to their phones as
soon as Ryan Seacrest proclaims
that the phone lines are open. For
more than two hours voters punch
numbers on a phone waiting to hear
those familiar words: ''Thanks for
voting for Contestant
X.
Watch
"American Idol" tomorrow on Fox,
sponsored in part by the New
AT&T." Imagine having to hear that
a thousand times as you vote for
your favorite contestant. But, some-
thing has to change.
The current system has the public
vote for their favorite contestant; yet,
the aim of their votes is to eliminate
the least favorite contestant. In-
stead, the public should vote for the
person they want to be eliminated.
Then, the contestant with the least
amount of talent, according to the
viewers, would be pinpointed and
sent packing.
Another change that would be ben-
eficial to "American Idol" would be
limiting one vote per phone line and
cell phone. This
way,
the calculations
of the highest and lowest votes
would be more precise. There would
be a clear distinction of which con-
testant ranked lowest. With one vote
per phone line and votes for the least
liked person, America would have a
more direct hand in who is sent
home.
ALB
-
UM REVIEW
FROM TVFANATIC.COM
Michael Lynche was nearly a victim
of
the currently flawed •American Idol•
vot-
ing system this season. Lynche received
the lowest amount of votes, but was
saved
by
the Judges.
With this new method of voting,
there would be no more "John
Stevens" (the red headed crooner
from Season 3), "Chicken Littles"
(Kevin Covais from Season 5) or, oh
yes, horrific "Sanjayas" (Sanjaya
Malakar from Season
6)
coasting
through the competition long after
they've passed their expiration
dates.
Contestants such as these may be
very entertaining, but their voice tal-
ents are just not up to par.
It is evident that Americans look
beyond voice talent when choosing
their "American Idol." This was clear
when Melinda Doolittle was booted
off the show in Season 6. Melinda, by
far, had the greatest voice of the sea-
son, but she was unoriginal and did
not take risks. In a way, she was
too
consistent, as Simon Cowell said. On
the other hand, during the same sea-
son, the public fell in love with beat-
boxing Blake Lewis. He defines the
words originality and uniqueness, as
does last season's runner-up Adam
Lambert. Although Lambert may
not have claimed the title of"Ameri-
can Idol," he has achieved much suc-
cess in the music industry. Just turn
on the radio and you'll hear
''Whataya Want From Me" twice in
one hour.
This new voting system would help
keep the best voice talents in the
show as long as possible, unlike on
Season 3, when Jennifer Hudson
was sent packing. Hudson has a
powerful voice which was high•
lighted in the Oscar-winning film
"Dream Girls." Back in Season 5,
Chris Daughtry was also sent home
in the semifinals. Despite
his
current
fame and success as a rock artist, he
was eliminated from the competi-
tion, because America let it happen.
Just a few weeks ago, current :final-
ist Michael Lynche received the low-
est amount of votes and he was
about to be cast off before teen Aaron
Kelly or Casey James, whose fan
bases mainly come from teenage
girls who are swooning over their
looks.
If
the judges had not implemented
the "save" feature, which keeps a
contestant around for another week,
America would have eliminated,
once again, an incredible talent.
With this hypothetical new voting
system for "American Idol," the orig-
inal, unique, and highly talented
contestants would be left to fight for
the 'Idol' title.
Toronto artists appear on 'Forgiveness Rock Record'
FROM DAILYTTTAN.COM
By
MEGHAN ALFANO
Daily
Tit.an
For fans of: Arcade Fire, The
Most Serene Republic, Stars
Broken Social Scene is back with
their highly-anticipated fifth album,
"Forgiveness Rock Record," out May
4
on Arts & Crafts.
In the five years since the release
of their self-titled album, members
of the Toronto collective have been
working on their own projects,
which could be the reason the band
has taken a few more risks on this
new album.
"Forgiveness Rock Record" sees
the band delving into various ele-
ments, including the use of synthe-
sizers on a few of the tracks,
experimenting with new-wave-like
electronica.
The album as a whole is a little all
over the place, and certain songs
don't seem to fit, specifically "High-
way Slipper Jam," which holds a
weird, but appealing, infusion of
post-rock with tribal-like beats. It
goe$ from the upbeat "Texico
Bitches" to a dance track
"All
to All"
and finishes with the softest song on
the album ''Me and My Hand".
Despite it being messy at times,
"Forgiveness Rock Record" is defi-
nitely worth listening to.
As
ex-
pected, the record sees appearances
from other notable Toronto-based
artists, including Feist, Metric's
Emily Haines and members of
Stars, among others. While it is
quite possibly one of the more ad-
venterous BSS albums to date, it
still holds a familiarity die-hard
fans of the band will be looking for,
especially toward the end of the
album where the band seems to
stray away from experimentation.
It
starts off fast and upbeat, but grad-
ually slows down, making it an
album that can be listened to in a
multitude of ways.
"Forgiveness Rock Record" is
available May
4
on Arts& Crafts
Records.
It
is available for pre-order now,
and will also be released as a lim-
ited edition, numbered boxed set,
containing seven 10-inch records
pressed on 180-gram heavyweight
vinyl and a digital download of the
album. Only 1,000 sets will be made
available for $125.
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currently
singin'
A weekly review of
the la test songs
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
My Morning
Jacket "Friends
Again"
My
Morning Jacket is
currently on tour.
In the midst of
performing their well-knowns and
covers, the band has debuted a new
song, "Friends Again." They are set
to support Tom Petty for a
_
few
shows over the summer, and
"Friends Again" sounds like it will
have a fitting home at these shows.
The mellow jam is loose and fun. It's
good to be friends again.
Wolf Parade "Ghost Pressure"
&
''What Did My Lover Say?
(It
Always Had to Go This Way)" -
Wolf Parade's third album "Expo
86"
has a pair of tracks out there for
your listening pleasure. Both songs
span over five minutes and are
danceable. "Ghost Pressure" is a
summer dance anthem that moves
with a sleek airy quality. The shim-
mery synthesizers will navigate
your body movements with ease.
''What Did My Lover Say? (It Al-
ways Had to Go This Way)" is
danceable, like David Bowie meets
classic rock jam band. In the song's
last minute, the band cuts loose on
.
the jamming part. "Expo
86"
is out
on June 29.
FROM
S"n:REOGUM.COM
Trent Reznor Is In the background of his
new
musical project, How
to
Destroy An-
gels. The band is fronted
by
Reznor's
wife Marlqueen Maandlg.
How to Destroy Angels "A
Drowning'' - Trent Reznor ended
Nine Inch Nails with the Wave
Goodbye Tour last year. Now he is
making music with his wife, and not
just in the bedroom. Reznor has
teamed up with his wife, former
West Indian Girl frontwoman
Mariqueen Maandig, to create How
to Destroy Angels. The first offering
from this project is "A Drowning," a
seven-minute down-tempo elec-
tronic epic that doesn't sound like
too much of a departure from Nine
Inch Nails. The song would have
comfortably fit on NIN's ''With
Teeth" album. Maandig's angelic vo-
cals do create a different dimension
against the NIN-esque backdrop.
Find out How to Destroy Angels this
summer when they release their
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'Tour
de Four' student group bikes across country
By
JULIE LEMANSKI
Penn State University
This past summer, Penn State
junior Bobby Longenecker and
three high school friends pedaled
their way across the nation, going
between time zones and over the
Rocky Mountains.
Early last month, Longenecker
and his six friends won the Tussey
Mountainback 50 Mile Relay and
Ultramarathon as a relay team.
Longenecker's goal is to run a
marathon in every state. He spent
eight weeks this summer biking
3,827
miles from the California-
Mexico border to the easternmost
U.S. town of Lubec, Maine.
Longenecker's more recent race
was the Marshall Univ-ersity
Marathon in Huntington,
W.
Va.
which he ran on Sunday with the
friends that biked alongside him
this summer. He took eighth place
with a time of two hours and 56
minutes.
Longenecker said that the bike
trip this summer was nowhere near
as comfortable, especially with all
the changes the group couldn't pre-
pare for.
"Crossing
time zones was hard,"
he said. '1t's crazy. It's mind-bog-
gling."
As
runners, Longenecker said he
and his friends were prepared for
the cross-country journey, even
though they had not spent exces-
sive time training on their bikes.
Calling themselves the ''Tour de
Four," the friends hitched two bike
trailers to their bikes, filling them
with essentials such as bagels,
extra clothes, water, sleeping bags,
a tent, cell phones and a Frisbee.
In
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where they had shipped their bikes.
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said the hardest part
for him was eastern Colorado.
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thought we'd be sailing," Linde
said. "We hit the plain, but there
wasn't
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town for another 120
miles. That was pretty demoraliz-
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the people the group met along the
way.
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When they finished the day's
mileage, they would go door to door
in nearby neighborhoods, where
they would explain their mission
and ask for the family to help them
out.
Some hosts went above and be-
yond, Longenecker said.
''They'd feed us dinner, make us
brownies and get a movie," he said.
"In the morning, we'd wake up to
smiley face pancakes."
During Sunday's marathon, Lon-
genecker had an opportunity to
switch gears to running and meet
more people who encouraged him,
he said.
"During the race, I talked to a
couple people who are going for 50
states as well, so it definitely
makes me feel like it is possible," he
said.
Longenecker's next marathon
will be next February in Myrtle
Beach. He is trying to start a
marathon club on campus, hut until
then, he'll keep training on his own.
As
for biking, he plans on making
a weeklong trip next summer with
six friends.
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pretty much running right now," he
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Spring football feature: Muzii leads young core
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Managing Editor
The Marist football program is at
a crossroads. In two weeks' time,
Nick Andre, Kevin
Foley, Neil Walsh
and Kevin Ulrich will graduate.
These four players and all of the
graduating seniors represent the
ever-shrinking number of players
on the Red Foxes football roster
that can recall the bleak and te-
dious reality: of competing in the
now
defunct
MAAC
Football
League.
They are also the building blocks
upon which head coach Jim Parady
and his staff created a solid founda-
tion of talent that allowed for the
very difficult jump to competing on
a national stage as a member of the
Pioneer Football League (PFL) in
2009.
The old, however, have been re-
pl~9~d on the rosters and in the
media
guides.
A new generati~ oflarge, athletic
and talented players has arrived to
take their place as Marist prepares
to enter its second season in the
PFL.
Enter Alex Muzii.
The Boca Raton, Fla. native rep-
resents not only the type of skilled
national recruit that Marist has
been able to attract since joining the
.
PFL, but also one of many young
players that saw limited time last
season but are primed to make a
bigger impact during this campaign.
Although the 5'11", 185-pound
Muzii was kept in
a reserve role
during the fall, the current fresh-
men made it a priority to make an
impact during this spring season.
''I've learned a lot from the spring
practices. Coming into the season, I
was a nervous freshman," Muzii
said. "Now I can see things a lot dif-
ferently now."
A lot differently, apparently.
Seemingly out of nowhere, Muzii
contributed two cage-rattling tack-
les in the early stages of the recent
spring football game, sending the
eyes of everyone in attendance rac-
ing to consult their game program
to find out who was wearing the red
·
No. 5 jersey.
An accomplished player on the
South Florida high school football
circuit, Muzii competed with the
likes of Eddie Sullivan of Marshall,
Brandan Bishop of North Carolina
State and Matt Elam of Florida dur-
ing his three seasons at Pope John
Paul
II
high school followed by a
short stint at Boca Raton high
school.
Coached by former NFL receiver
Cris Carter at the little league foot-
ball level and 13-year NFL veteran
Keith Byars in high school, Muzii
was exposed to teachers of the game
that had competed at the highest
level.
The transition period from high
school to college was initially diffi-
cult for Muzii, like many freshmen,
particularly in the area of playing
time.
"Coming out of high school, when
you're a four year starter and you've
never sat behind anybody, its kind
of hard," Muzii said. ''I just have to
be patient."
Perhaps there were no better men-
tors to help Muzii cope with this
change than his own parents, each
with their own distinct athletic
backgrounds.
His mother, Stacy, played four
years of tennis at the University of
Memphis before getting inducted
into the school's athletic Hall of
Fame.
After walking onto the football
team at Cornell, his father, Ron,
played for one season before injuries
ended his playing career.
"We were
na1ve
in
thinking
taat
[Alex] would step right up at Marist
and play. But the truth is he wasn't
ready,'' the elder Muzii said. ''I look
at him this spring and he looks to-
tally comfortable playing now. He'll
get his chance."
As for his academic pursuits of a
sports communications degree,
Muzii will have to turn to another
member of his family for assistance.
His grandfather, Stacy's father,
Ike Seamans, was a foreign corre-
spondent for NBC News and WTVJ,
the NBC owned and operated sta-
tion in Miami, for 38 years. He was
based in Miami, Rome, Tel Aviv and
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HUTTON/THE CIRCLE
Freshman defensive back Alex Muzii plledrives teammate Luke Vanderbeck during
the football team's recent spring game. A fresh, young roster
will
lead Marist Into
Its
second season
as a member of the Pioneer Football League
Moscow during his network career
and also covered almost every war
in the Middle East since 1973.
"It's pretty amazing and I look up
to him a lot," Muzii said about his
grandfather's
accomplishments.
"He helped me with recruiting a lot,
contacting coaches. I can always
talk to him for advice."
A graduate of West Virginia Uni-
versity, Seamans approved of his
grandson's choice to attend Marist.
"I was deeply involved in his re-
cruiting process, and Marist seemed
like a good fit," Seamans said. ''It is
a smaller school where he can get
more individual attention, both on
the football field and the class-
room."
After posting a 7-4 overall record
last season, the Mari.st football pro-
gram has started to gamer serious
attention. The school's academic
reputati~n has also been a key
drawing point for athletes.
"[This is] an opportunity to get a
quality education and a national
travel schedule,'' the elder Muzii
said. ''That's what's so exciting
about Marist."
Muzii chose Marist over offers to
play at Wagner, Sacred Heart,
Fordham, Lehigh and Lafayette be-
cause of these opportunities.
They are also the reason why fo..
ture recruits from around the coun-
try have begun to take notice about
the school.
·
Marist was ushered into the PFL
by a generation of players that ex-
perienced just one season of compe-
tition
in
the PFL at the end of their
careers.
It's up to new recruits to cement
the Red Foxes as a permanent fix-
ture in the PFL.
Softball offense kept in check by league opponents
By
VINNY GI NARDI
Staff Writer
It
only took four games for the
Marist softball team to have its
heart broken three times.
In
doubleheaders at Army and at
Siena, the Red Foxes lost all four
games, three by virtue of a walk-off.
On Thursday at
Army, Marist fell
in game one, 4-3, and in game two,
10-6 in nine innings. Then on Sat-
urday at Siena, the Red Foxes lost
game one, 9-2, and game two 3-2.
''I
mean, it tells me that we are
playing well," coach Joe Ausanio
said. "But it also tells me that we
have a lot of work to do."
In
the first game at the Army Soft-
ball Complex, Marist struck first
when AJ Ponce, who finished the
game 2-for-4, hit a two-run home
run. The Red Foxes then extended
their lead in the fourth when
Danielle Koltz hit a solo home run
to left field.
Army came back though, scoring
two runs in the fourth and one in
the sixth to tie the game. The Black
Knights then plated another run in
the seventh to win the game. The
Red Foxes tallied seven hits in the
contest.
In game two, Marist quickly took
the lead when Nicole DiVirgilio sin-
gled in a run in the top of the first.
But Army responded with two runs
in the bottom half of the inning.
Trailing 3-1, Marist used five-run
sixth inning to retake the lead, 6-3.
In
the inning, 11 batters came to the
plate, and five of the last six batters
reached base.
But once again Army responding,
scoring once in the sixth and twice
in the seventh to force extra in-
nings. In the ninth inning, Alexis
Aubuchon hit a grand slam to win
the game for Army.
"We've had very good success in
getting the lead, but we have to
learn
to
hold it," Ausanio said.
Marist then travelled to Siena for
a doubleheader on Saturday. In
game one, Marist once again
jumped out to an early lead, scoring
two runs in the first inning. But it
was all Siena the rest of the way as
the Red Foxes went scoreless for the
remainder of the game: Ashley Cor-
riss and DiVirgilio each had two-hit
games for Marist.
In
game two, the Red Foxes scored
first on an
RBI
single by Kate Mal-
loy, who finished the game with
three hits. Siena tied the game
in
the fourth, before Malloy doubled to
drive in a run to help Marist retake
the lead, 2-1. But Siena rallied to
score two runs in the seventh to win
the game.
In the second game against Siena,
Malloy tallied the 100th career hit
as a Red Fox.
"She's been doing a great job of-
fensively and actually defensively
for us," Ausanio said. "She could
possibly break some other records
too."
Marist is now 6-31 on the year,
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Tennis to take on nationai".~h'";DA~J;i"'
By JIM URSO
tend each of these matches, the bet-
Sports Editor
ter chance we have of winning steal-
ing a singles victory."
On Tuesday afternoon, the Mari.st
Last year, Marist traveled to
men's tennis team and a few of its Gainesville, Fla., where they fell in
supporters gathered in the Cabaret their first round matchup with the
in front of a large Florida Gators.
projection screen.
Academic Success
The players, all dressed in suits and
While the Red Foxes' third con-
situated just a few feet from the secutive MAAC championship is
screen, erupted in excitement when certainly an impressive achieve-
they learned of their first round op-
ment, their academic success is
ponent in the 2010 NCAA tourna-
equally as noteworthy. Of the eight
ment;
the
defending
NCAA players eligible for the MAAC All-
champion University of Southern Academic team, all eight made the
California Trojans
.
The Red Foxes cut. Freshmen are not eligible for
will travel to Los Angeles, just miles the All-MAAC academic team.
from their spring break training lo-
Smith attributes much of his team's
cation, to take on the fifth-ranked classroom success to the team's fac•
Trojans, who have four players ulty advisor, Associate Professor of
ranked in the top 125 in the nation. Management Dr. Joanne Gavin.
''The team is really excited about
Gavin's main duty is to integrat-
going back
to California and having ing business students into school of
the opportunity to play against such management. The majority of stu-
a great team," captain Loic Sessa-
dents on the 2010 MAAC champion
gesimi said. ''It will be a great expe-
squad are business majors. While
rience for the young guys."
student-athletes often have diffi-
The Red Foxes will make their culty adjusting to college, a group
eighth NCAA Tournament appear-
rich with international players have
ance when they take on the Trojans thrived academically.
on May 14. USC enters the NCAA
''When I first arrived on campus,
Tournament as the defending na-
the first place coach took me was
tional champions. The Trojans de-
Joanne's office," Sessagesimi said.
feated Ohio State 4-1
to win the "She's been a great mentor and sup-
2009 title.
porter."
"Our depth gives us a chance to
The majority tournaments take
win a singles match," coach Tim place on weekends. For dual
Smith said. "The longer we can ex-
matches that are played during the
week, Smith often takes only play-
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The 2010 MMC champion tennis team learns they
will
be
facing the fifth ranked Uni-
versity
of
Southern Csllfomia Trojans in Los Angeles on May 14.
ers who
will not miss class.
"Tim
[Smith]
really understands
student-athletes and the impor-
tance of acclimating them to the col-
lege campus and getting them
involved," Dr. Gavin said. ''Tim
[Smith] goes out of his way to make
these guys cohesive."
Gavin tries to attend every home
match, annually travels to Buffalo
and Maryland, and makes the trip
to the MAAC tournament and the
NCAA tournament. Gavin loves
tennis, but cites the importance of
maintaining commitments for her
extreme devotion.
"IfI commit to something, I like to
completely commit to it," Gavin
said. This lesson has impacted play-
ers, each of whom has upheld their
commitments
to academics as well
as athletics.
In the classroom, Gavin observes
the usefulness of the self discipline
skills instilled through athletics.
She also notes the particular cul-
tural blend of the tennis players,
and how their diversity contributes
to classroom discussion.
"fve got so much personally out of
getting to know these students,"
Gavin said, '!and I hope it's been
beneficial for the, too."
Men's lacrosse drops regular season finale
By MIKE WALSH
Staff Writer
After a victory at Detroit on April
24, the Marist men's lacrosse team
had set themselves
up to have a great
shot at reaching
the postseason. All they had to do
was
win one of their final two
games, both played at the friendly
confines
of
Leonidoff Field. Marist
was unable to get the job done
,
falling last Wednesday night to
Manhattan College, only mustering
six points worth of offense. And in
similar fashion
;
they dropped their
regular season finale over the week-
end to Mount St. Mary's 13-9.
Manhattan came into Wednesday
night's game having won back to
back MAAC contests at home and
seemed to be cruising towards a
playoff berth but had to travel for
the final two games to play at both
Marist and Siena. Head Coach Scott
Nelson knew he had to worry about
the Jasper attack.
"Manhattan can score a lot of
goals on you early," he said
Marist struck first on a Bob von
Hoffman goal with 11: 12 to go in the
first quarter and Mari.st traded
points from there until halftime.
Thanks to goals by Connor Rice
(30), Ryan Sharkey (25) and Matt
Teichmann (1 7), Marist went into
halftime up one at 5-4.
After the break, Manhattan's
vaunted defense showed up. The
Red Foxes were only able to muster
five shots in the second half and did
not score until a Kyle Reny shot in
garbage time with 0:38 left in the
fourth. James Synowiez led the
Jasper second half attack, scoring
three of Manhattan's six second half
goals. When the final whistle blew,
Marist was behind 10-6.
That gave Marist one more game
to send them to the MAAC Tourna-
ment.
Last Saturday, May 1,
Mount St. Mary's visited Leonidoff
on senior day for Marist. After a
low scoring first half left the game
tied at two, the floodgates opened in
the third and fourth quarters.
The Mount scored three quick
goals
,
and seven of the nine third
quarter goals on Sam Altiero to go
up 9-4. Marist then closed the gap
with three in a row of their own in-
cluding Sharkey's 27th of the sea-
son, to cut the deficit to three, 10-7.
But late in the fourth Rice's 32nd
and Corey Zindel's 23rd of the sea-
son weren't enough
to overcome The
Mount and Andrew Scalley's five
goal game. Marist fell to 5-3 in
MAAC play with a 13-9 loss.
Mari.st seniors Kyle Reny, Tim Cao
palbo, Matt Teichmann, Matt Fran-
cis, Ryan Sharkey, Justin DeLuca,
Bob von Hoffmann, Sam Altiero and
Robbie Trainor were all honored be-
fore the game for senior day. They
have now,_ however, left the fate of
their final collegiate season
to
a ran-
dom drawing.
After Marist's less than stellar
completion of their solid season,
they fell
to
a 5-3 in conference
record.
That placed them in a
three-way tie for third place in the
MAAC and only four teams advance
to the tournament. Both Canisius
College and Manhattan won one of
their final two to force the tie and
MATT SPILLANf,/
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Freshman Conner Rice has made an Immediate impact in his
first
season.
random draw to see whose season
would end.
Each team had a 1-1 record
against each other, all three teams
had also lost to both first place
Siena and second place Mount St.
Mary's.
Also none of the three
teams lost to any of the bottom four
MAAC teams. So per MAAC rules,
that set the stage for MAAC Com-
missioner Richard Ensor to ran-
domly draw to break the tie.
_
It turned out that the Marist
Brothers must have been doing
some praying, because Ensor drew
the Golden Griffins name, eliminat-
ing them and making Manhattan
the three seed and Marist the four
seed in the 2010 MAAC Men's
Lacrosse Championship.
Fate was with the Red Foxes Sun-
day morning when they were told
they could continue their season by
competing in the tournament which
will be played at Marist's Leonidoff
Field at Tenney Stadium this com-
ing weekend.
"It's going to be amazing to play in
the playoffs in front of our home
crowd," junior midfielder Chris
Sharkey said.
In game one Saturday afternoon,
no. 2 Mount St. Mary's will take on
no. 3 Manhattan. Roughly 30-45
minutes following that game, no. 1
.Siena will face off against no. 4
Mari.st. The winners of each game
will compete in the championship
game Sunday at noon.
Marist may be carrying some
extra heat for the Saints come Sat-
urday night. On top of being well
known rival schools in the MAAC,
Siena passed Marist in Loudonville
14-4 back in mid-April. Marist has
not beaten Siena since 2005 when
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to NCAA Tournament
By
MATT SPILLANE
Staff Writer
A timeout is all it took to get the
Red Foxes going. With her team
stuck in a 3-3 deadlock against Fair-
women's
lacrosse
field with 9: 11 left
in the first half in
theMAAC Cham-
pionship, Marist head coach Laura
Campbell called the team over not
to yell, but to reassure.
''They were executing the game
plan," she said. "We just wanted to
give them a break and tell them to
continue what they were doing."
It proved t~ be just the boost the
Red Foxes needed: they claimed the
championship with a 9- 7 win over
Fairfield on Sunday, May 2. The vic-
tory came two days after Marist
topped Canisius 8-7 in the final sec-
onds of a MAAC semifinal.
It was the Red Foxes' second title
in program history, with the first
coming in 2008, when they beat
Fairfield
·
10-9. After losing to the
Stags 19-9 in last year's final, the
Red Foxes
(10-7)
are enjoying sweet
revenge.
''This is what we worked for all
year," senior midfielder Erin Wilson
said, "so it's the most amazing thing
ever. I can't even explain how happy
we all are right now."
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Seniors Madeline Schuck (left) and
Morgan
Dillon (right) hoist the MMC trophy.
Wilson was named the tourna-
ment's MVP after scoring twice
against Fairfield and once against
Canisius. The co-captain fueled a
balanced offensive attack: sopho-
more attacks Ariel Kramer and
Kelly Condon scored two goals
apiece in the final.
Marist stalled more on offense -
taking a minute or two off the clock
on most offensive possessions - in
order to slow down the fast-break-
ing Stags and allow the Red Foxes
some time to rest.
The strategy worked; Marist took
a 6-3 lead into halftime and limited
Fairfield's time of possession in the
second half.
''We took more control over the
The Red Foxes lost to Fairfield in
the regular season, when the visit-
ing Stags built an early lead and
held on for a 13-9 win. The second game," Condon said. ''We were con-
time around, Marist looked to con-
trolling the tempo and we were
trol the tempo more, Campbell said. making it our game more than they
were making it theirs."
Marist's defense did an excellent
job bottling up Fairfield junior mid-
fielder Kristen Coleman, who's
eighth in the NCAA in points.
Coleman had two goals, both in
the second half after Marist had
taken hold of the lead. Despite her
offensive pedigree, the Red Foxes
did not do anything out of the norm
to defend her.
''We just made sure we were play-
ing good one-on-one defense, good
team defense," senior midfielder
Lindsay Rinefierd said. ''We didn't
single out anyone, we just played
solid defense."
When Coleman cut Marist's lead
to two goals, the Red Foxes knew
they had to make possession their
top priority.
''We just kept saying, we have to
protect the ball when we have it,"
Wilson said. ''When they got it up to
seven, we were like 'we need
to
get
this ball and have it in our posses-
sion the rest of the game."'
With the MAAC title comes an au-
tomatic bid to the NCAA tourna-
ment, which begins on Saturday,
May
15.
Marist will find out its op-
ponent on Sunday, May 9. Until
then, the Red Foxes are content to
enjoy their title.
Foxes fall in fifth annual in Hudson Valley Baseball Classic
By
SCOTT
ATKINS
Sports Editor
The Marist Baseball team hosted
Army in the Fifth Annual Valley
baseball
Baseball Classic
this past Wednes-
day at Dutchess Stadium in
Fishkill,-
N.Y.
The Red Foxes suf-
fered a 4-3 loss in the Classic before
splitting a home-and-home series
against Central Connecticut State
over the weekend, bringing their
overall record to
25-17.
''We did some good things offen-
.
sively and on the ~ound," head
coach Chris Tracz said. "It gave us
the chance to make it a close game,
but in the end we simply gave up
RYAN HUllON/THE CIRCLE
The
Red
Fox's coaching
staff
has
led
the
team
to
a
25-17 overall record.
one too many runs."
The Hudson Valley Baseball Clas-
sic is an annual meeting of Marist
and Army for a game that takes
place after a baseball clinic for boys
and girls between the ages of eight
and 18: The clinic is run by the play-
ers and coaches from both squads
~d the event draws over 2,300 peo-
ple each year. The two teams en-
tered the matchup having split the
first four Hudson Valley Baseball
Classics, with Army winning 10-3 in
last year's contest.
The Black Knights got off to an
early start with a run in the top of
the second inning and another in
the fourth. But the Foxes got on the
board soon after, scoring two in the
bottom of the fourth. Freshman
third baseman Zach Shank laced a
two-out, RBI single that drove home
junior left fielder Ricky Pacione.
Junior right fielder Michael Gallic
then scored on a bobbled relay
throw, tying the game at two.
Marist kept the momentum going
as they quickly took the lead the
next inning. Sophomore center
fielder Jon Schwind singled, ad-
va~cing freshman first baseman
M1ke Orefice to third, who had
reached base on an error. Orefice
was subsequently able to score on a
wild pitch, putting the Foxes up 3-
2. Marist's ability to capitalize on
Army's mistakes left Tracz feeling
confident
:
"Any time you have a lead toward
the back end of the ball game you
feel pretty good about things," he
said. "Especially against Army, who
is very offensive."
Schwind continues to be a spark
plug for the Foxes, who leads the
team with a .362 batting average.
''When you look at his ability and
his athleticism, he's obviously one of
our most talented guys," he said.
''We were hoping that he'd have this
type of season and he's done a great
job."
The Foxes held on to the slim lead
·until the top of the eighth inning,
when the Black Knights manufac-
tured the tying run. The lead-off hit-
ter singled before scoring two
batters later on a sacrifice fly by a
pinch-hitter. Then, with two outs,
Army third baseman Steve May
drove home catcher J.T. Watkins
with an RBI single, giving the visi-
tors a one-run lead.
The Foxes then had opportunity to
tie the game in their half of the
eighth. Schwind led off with a dou-
ble, his second hit of the game, be-
fore advancing to third on a fly out
by Pacione. Junior catcher Bryce
Nugent then hit a ground ball to the
shortstop, and Schwind took
off
for
home. Army junior Clint Moore
backhanded the ball and ~ e d it
home to get Schwind out at the
plate.
''We were running on contact,"
Tracz said. "Their shortstop just
made a nice play.
It
was a close call
that could have changed the com-
plexion of the game so it was a
tough play for us."
The Foxes failed to score in the
ninth, and the Black Knights came
out on top 4-3. Freshman left-han-
der Dan Zlotnick received the loss
for Marist, going 2.2 innings and al-
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HUllON/THE CIRCLE
Marist will
close
out
the regular
season
with a three-game
series against
MMC
opponents against Rider, Canisius and
Fairfield.
lowing two earned runs.
The Red Foxes took the field next
on Friday, and rebounded with a 7-
6 home victory over Central Con-
necticut State. Marist would show
their power at the plate, receiving
solo home runs from Orefice, Pa-
cione and Schwind. Senior right-
hander B.J. Martin received the
win, throwing four innings and al-
lowing one earned run on three hits.
The Foxes then dropped Saturday's
game in Connecticut against the
Blue Devils 7-6.
Marist
will
travel
to
Lawrenceville, N.J. this weekend
for a three game series against
Rider.