VOWME 63, ISSUE
1.4
IN THIS ISSUE:
POUTICS:
NEW mRK'S NEXT 10P
SENAlOR
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand tries
to
appeal
to
Upstaters,
Downstaters
and
everybody
in between.
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ME:.
STEEL PLANT ART EXHIBIT
''Tradition/Invention" fea-
tures artists who found
success in their post-under-
graduate lives.
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LIFESTYLES:
LIFE ABROAD
Learning
the
ropes in a for-
eign country.
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Fitz surpasses a -time scoring recor
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Assistant Sports Editor
Rachele Fiq: certainly didn't
make it easy on anyone,
including herself. In fact, eight
Red Foxes would score a bas-
ket eefore Fitz djd.
It would take nearly 23 min-
utes of play for Fitz to score
her first -baskef of the game,
but it was also one of the most
important baskets of her
career; one that has officially
etched her name into Marist
College Women's basketball
history.
The layup that came at the
17~42 mark in the second half
of Marist's 70-44 victory over
the Manhattan Jaspers gave
Fitz 1,589 points for her career
and made her Marist's all-time
leading scorer, passing Ursula
Winter by two points.
ES REIU.Y
Generally, when scoring and
records are mentioned in the
same sentence, especially iri
basketball, large numbers usu-
ally follow. This was not the
case at all in Fitz's record-
breaking night. The Junior for-
ward scored j!15t six points in
the contest, aU of them coming
in the second half. Fitz's six
points marked the first time
she has been held under dou-
ble digit scoring since Nov.11
2007, a stretch of 54 games.
After picking up two personal
fouls to start the game, Fitz
would be forced to sit on the
Rachele Fitz's
first
basket In the Red Foxes victory over the
Manhattan Jaspers Friday allowed her
to
eclipse Ursula Winter for
the all-time scoring record. The previous record was
1,587
points.
bench just under two minutes
into the game.
They did a really nice job, and
our freshmen stepped it up and
played well today."
From the bench, however,
Fitz had an excellent view of
"It'~
frustrating because rm
not able to play," Fitz said.
"I'm not able to help my team
or do anything but sit there.
SEE FITZ, PAGE 16
_
Bracelet project raises eating disorder aware:r;iess
By
KRISTEN DOMONELL
Staff
Writer
In
a country where an esti-
mated eight million people
struggle with eating disorders,
one Marist student is making a
difference.
Junior Erika Giannelli
makes and sells bracelets of
colorful wooden, glass and
plastic beads to raise aware-
ness of eating disorders. ~he
calls her bracelets "Freedom
Beads" and the proceeds of
Courtesy
of
KA
GWIU.IJ
Junior Erika Gianelli displays a box of hand-made bracelets called
•Freedom Beads.• Each of these bracelets will sold as a
part
of
a
fund raiser for eating disorder awareness and rehabllltation.
her
project
benefit
the
Renfrew Center, a residential
eating
disorder
treatment
facility in Philadelphia.
So
far, the project has raised
.
almost $1,700.
Having struggled with an
eating disorder herself and
having attended the Renfrew
Center about two years ago,
Giannelli said she started the
project to bring more attention
to eating disorders, what she
called "the elephant
·
in the
room," that everyone sees but
isn't sure how to bring up.
The proceeds will help the
-
Renfrew Foundation start a
privale fund to support one
girl's stay at the center.
According to the foundation's
Web site, www.renfrew.org,
the Renfrew Foundation is a
''tax-exempt,
nonprofit organi-
zation advancing the educa-
tion, prevention, research, and
treatment of eating disorders:"
SEE STUDENTS, PAGE 3
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New scholarship
fosters student
body diversity
By
GAIL GOLDSMITH
Staff
Writer
The $100,000 William
Randolph Hearst Endowed
Scholarship recently awarded
to Marist College will be
given to students of underrep-
resented ethnicities, as part of
the school's vision for a more
diverse student body.
The
.
scholarship will award
$5,000 every year to a student
who demonstrates leadership
skiUs and academic promise.
Kate Donham, Assistant
Dean of Academic Affairs,
wrote the grant proposal for
The Hearst Foundations while
she was the Director of
Foundation
&
Corporate
Relations.
The
Hearst
Foundations are philanthropic
resources for educational,
health, culture and social serv-
ices initiatives.
"We want to be able to help
aU students with financial
need," Donham said.
·
"This
scholarship will help bring
diverse experiences and per-
spectives into the student
body."
According to Donham's
research for the proposal, an
increase in minority demo-
graphics, especially in the
Northeast, is not reflected in
institutions of higher educa-
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Security Briefs
Student outsources alcohol smuggling
to
guest
ByTYLER THURSTON
... funnier than you.
•
1/29
~
Lower West Cedar
A frre alarm prompted
fur.
ther investigation by securi•
ty once they noticed the
pungent odor of marijuana
protruding from the house
in question. Further inspec-
tion revealed that the smoke
ant? Check, check, check.
30 rack? Uh, s9mewhat
check. Write-up? Oh, didn't
come with that did we?
1/30 - Champagnat
Champagnat burst onto the
scene with a noise com-
plaint pre•empting, or stop-
ping, a party occurring on
one the floors. Two beers
detector was covered in were confiscated, with six
plastic, with none of the res-
·
guest passes being revoked.
idents knowing how that Signs your party isn't going
possibly could have hap-
so well? You have more
pened. Really? That's the guests than beer. Pass it
angle you 're playing? That around, everybody, um, sip
some random intruder ran your beer. Hope you aren't
in, leapt across the house in too hungov-er for the drive
the dark of the night along home.
with their trusty saran wrap,
covered the smoke detector
1/31 - Gartland
in
plastic,
and waited
patiently for the exact
moment to arrive when
their clever trick would
come to fruition. Better rea-
son to lock your doors,
mystery plastic men. Yup,
that sounds reasonable.
1/30 - Midrise
One guest got the weekend
off on the right foot, or at
least attempted to, before
security busted up that plan
by confiscating 30 cans of
Keystone in their luggage.
Ah, the essentials of pack•
ing? Spare clothes, check.
Towel, toothbrush, deodor-
Gartland got to brave the
temperatures
for two fire
alarms, both on the same
day, both in the same
.
hour,
both due to food burned on
the stove.
Better
grab your
coats, because when some-
thing as simple as "package
directions," goes right over
your head, you're going to
be in the cold for awhile.
2/1
-:- Leo
Hall
One night ended oh-so-
wrong for one gentleman,
with a late night at a local
bar resulting in a sleepover
at St. Francis with a crew of
people attempting to
wash
the sickness he had, um,
let's just say spilled all over
himself.
It
starts off we.11,
few shots deep, looking
pretty fly with the popped
collar and slicked back hair,
thanks to enough product
that proves no match for
wind resistance. You're
feeling good, maybe throw
on a little T.I., because you
know what ladies, you can
have whatever you like, as
long as
it's
under $20.
That's just the swagger of a
college kid. Things are
going well; maybe you
won't even go home alone
tonight. Turns out, you did-
n't, late nights with just you
and your dry cleaning bill.
Scrub all you want, there
are some stains that will
never come out
-
the stain
of
shame,
2/1-Marian
Not to be left out, Marian
fought their way into the
briefs will an unregistered
guest being found and sub•
sequently removed from
campus.
Also
being
removed? Any interest in
this story. Better luck next
time.
2/1-Campus
Recent security checks in
Upper
West
Cedar
and
both
new
and old Fulton revealed
30 doors unlocked and
open, a serious
security
problem. Yeah, I know
it's
a
pretty friendly campus, and
everyone just wants to seem
open and inviting. But open
to friends is also open to
strangers. More specifical-
ly, the strange guy in the
last row of the movie the•
atte, In the trench coat, at a
showing of
"Hotel
for
Dogs." even though there
aren't any kids with him.
Think
about it.
2/1 - Student Center
Another student bit the
4ust, as in we're goipg to
need some saw dust over
here, in the Student Center
over the weekend, gracing
us with the presence of
what
I
can
only
assume was
once a cafeteria creation.
When I used to have to eat
at the dining hall,
I didn't
even like to see what that
food looked like going
down, but I'm sure it looked
better coming up. Great
night for all.
Disclaimer:
The
Security
Briefs are intended as satire
and fully protected free speech
under the First Amendment of
the Constitution.
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Saturday, Feb. 14: 12 p.m.-8 p.m.
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From Page One
Students get creative for Renfrew Center Foundation
The foundation provides
financial assistapce, and edu-
cates policy makers
to
remove barriers to treatment.
Giannelli said she was
supposed to spend five weeks
at the center, but her insur-
ance dropped her coverage
after only two weeks and
without notice. She said this
happens to patients all the
time and that .. no
·
one gets
their time."
"If
I could help one person
get extended I'd be happy/
Giannelli said.
Debbie Luker, Foundation
Coordinator for the Renfrew
Center Foundation, said the
donations from
Freedom
Beads will help fund a patient
who needs an extended stay.
The cost of treatment at the
Renfrew Center is about
$8,000 per week.
"I'm glad she's able to
give something back and help
someone else," Luker said.
"She's doing very well."
Senior Jilliam McPhail
said she bought one Freedom
Beads bracelets for herself
and one to give as a gift last
From Page One
semester.
"I think it is a wonderful
fundraiser that Erika is doing
to raise awareness about eat-
ing disorders while also rais-
ing money for someone who
might otherwise not be able
to afford treatment," McPhail
said.
Sophomore Jen Espina
said she bought a bracelet
last semester .
.. I wear it a lot and I've
gotten a lot of compliments
on it. It matches ev.ery outfit
and I knew the money was
going toward a really great
cause," Espina said.
Senior Alida Elsbree has
bought Freedom Beads ear-
rings and said she has helped
Giannelli make bracelets.
"I think it's an amazing
project she's doing to really
make a difference in some-
one's life," Elsbree said.
"She's very dedicated to the
scholarship fund and she
makes beautiful, stylish jew-
etry."
Last semester, with the
necessary club affiliation
from
the
Dance
Club,
Courtmy
of
ERIKA
GIAN.Elli
The Renfrew Center- a rehabilitation facility for those suffering
from
eating disorders
-
says
that the
bracelets, or
"Freedom
Beads," will help
fund
a patient who needs extended
stay.
Treatment at the
center
Is
hardly affordable for many patients
-
a
week of
treatment costs about
$8,000
a
week.
Giannelli was able to set up
shop in the Champagnat
Breezeway
and Dyson about
once a
week. The Dance
Club
also
donated
$500
to
Freedom Beads.
Giannelli also started a
Facebook
group
where she
has
promoted
her project and
sold bracelets to people
across
the country. Giannelli
will
continue
selling
bracelets
for $10 each this
semester.
William Randolph Hearst Enowed Scholarship serves disadvantaged minorities
torn
HISfOR'f.sAN
.EDU
WIiiiam
Randolph
Hearst, pictured above
in
1935, was a leading
newspaper publisher.
He
fought
against
munlclpal
corruption and
sought cMc Improvement. Today
his
legacy
lives
on
with the schol-
arshlp fund In
his
name.
tion.
Kent Rinehart, Dean of
Admission, thinks this dis-
parity should be corrected.
"The goal for every campus
is to become a microcosm of
the greater community. I
don't know of any campus
that has done it. I don't know
if it is possible to achieve
this, but we are working
towards it."
Freddy Garcia, senior and
president of Appreciating
Races Creating Opportunities
(ARCO), thinks that many
kinds of diversity enhance
the student experience.
"I
think this is a great
opportunity to grow," Garcia
said.
Garcia thinks the buzzword
'diversity' is often misunder-
stood.
"I
don't think people don't
recognize all the different
kinds of diversity;" he said.
According to Rinehart, stu-
dents of Asian, Latino,
African,
or
Native
American
ethnicity are all
eligible
for
the scholarship.
He also contextualizes the
new
scholarship
within
Mari st 's broad conception of
diversity.
"We are focused on trying
to bring in a diverse dass.
For us, diversity goes beyond
race: diversity of experience,
diversity of geography, reli-
gious diversity and diversity
of sexual orientation."
• The grant of $100,000 was
made
to
the endowment; the
$5,000 of interest earned
yearly will fund the scholar-
ship. This financial arrange-
ment ensures perpetual giv-
ing, because the money will
not be spent down.
Marist has agreed to match
the grant 3 to 1, so after the
initial award of $5,000 is
made to a student
in their
first year, Marist will award
$5,000 per year for the stu-
dent'-s next three years.
Students will not have to
complete separate applica-
tions-eligible freshmen and
transfer applicants
are
auto-
.
matically
considered. As the
scholarship is a new
one, the
selection
process
is
still
being
tweaked;
Rinehart
is
unsure as to whether an inter-
view will be required of
finalists.
While the William
Randolph Hearst Endowed
Scholarship and the Higher
Education
Opport11nity
Program, which serves New
York State residents who are
ac!}.demically and economi-
cally disadvantaged,
are
mu~ally exclusive, both pro-
grams are support services
for students. The success of
Marist's HEOP program led
to the formation of the Center
for Multicultural Affairs.
The
Center
for
Multicultural Affairs pro-
vides services like mentor-
ing, support, and workshops
to anyone under their umbrel-
la. This network will also
serve as a resource for the
Hearst scholars.
"I
wrote the grant, but the
quality of the college is why
we got it," Donham,said. "It's
the good work of others. To
get
a
Hearst Foundations
grant
is
an
honor - 'it means
they
have a lot of confidence
in us."




































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Gillibrand gets to work as New York's next senator
By
HEATHER STAATS
Staff Writer·
Stepping into her new role as
New York's junior senator, 42-
year-old Kirsten Gillibrand
was sworn into office nine
days ago with the hopes of
revitalizing New York in a
time of financial crisis.
Sen. Gillibrand, the youngest
member of the Senate, had
pre-
viously served one term in the
U.S. House of Representatives
as the legislator for New York's
20th Congressional District.
This district stretches from
northern Dutchess County,
·
through the neighboring coun-
ties of the Capital District, and
out into Delaware County.
Now that she serves a much
larger
COMituency,
Sen. Gilhbrand
looks forward to the challenge.
"To have the opportunity to
serve this entire state at a time
of great economic ·crisis is an
extraordinary responsibjlity,"
Sen. Gillibrand said, "and I
take that responsibility very
seriously."
.
Liz
Gray, an upstate New
Yorker and junior, worked
with Sen. Gillibrand in the
summer of 2006 as well as
this last summer.
"I have only gotten the
opportunity to meet her sever-
al times, but I know how hard-
working she is and how good
she is to her workers," Gray
said. "I think she is very qual-
ified to be senator because she
has a lot of experience, is an
intelligent and strong woman,
and really cares about
New
York."
However, according to
Michael Powell of the New
York Times,
several downstate
Democrats
do
not
share
Gray's
enthusiasm. Sen. Gillibrand's
affiliation with the National
Rifle Association and strict
views on immigration has
made her unpopular with New
Yorkers who would have pre-
ferred a more liberal senator.
"Ms. Gillibrand has an occa-
sional stranger-in-a-strange-
land quality on het maiden
tapped
to
work on
the
Committee
tional upstate interests - such
voyage as New York's junior ooFcreign.Relat:icm,
tbeAgricultural.
as agriculture - with concerns
senator," Powellsaid.
.----II!"!!!~~-----,
that have statewide reach,"
Although some
,,,_..._
Dlouhy said.
New Yorkers may
Sen. Gtllibrand has taken
be
disappointed
with
over for Hillary Clinton, who
Sen.
Gillibrand's
recently retired to accept the
appointment., she
job of Secretary of State for
promises to "get to
the Obama ~dministration.
work on behalf of
"Gillibrand is very similar
all New Yorkers."
to Clinton in that they are
While Seit.
both very strong women.
Gillibrand
holds
They both work to help mid-
some conservative
die-class families," Gray said.
views, she is much
"I would say Gillibrand is
more liberal on
_ _ _ _
more moderate than Clinton
issues such as the
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with her voting record, but
economy, withdraw-
Sen. Kirsten Gllllbrand is sworn In as New
both women share many of
a! from
Iraq
and gay
York's next senator, replacing HIiiary Clinton.
!he same opinions on the
nghts.
issues.
"I don't agree with every-
Ca:mnittee
am
Special Committee
In Gray's opinion, helping
thiqg Sen. Gillibrand supports on
Aging.
Jennifer
A
Dlouhy,
to create lower taxes for mid-
(particularly her NRA affilia-
Washington Correspondent for die-class families and bringing
tion)," Gray said, "but I think
the
upstate Times Union news-
new jobs to New York state
she is the best choice to be our paper, says that these commit-
should probably be among her
new senator because she is tees will allow Sen: Gillibrand top priorities.
hard-working, has a lot of to reach all parts of New York
energy, and really wants to
state.
help New York State."
"The assignments will allow
Sen. Gillibrand has been Gillibrand to blend more tradi-
Provincial elections test potency of Iraqi democracy
I
By
JOSEPH GENTILE
Politics Edtior
Still experimenting with
democracy, the Iraqis revisited
polling booths for a fourth
time on Sunday, Feb.
I
and
cast ballots for local elections.
Provincial leadership has yet
to be determined for 14 of the
country's 18 territories, but
preliminary reports favor the
Dawa Party of incumbent
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
and other secular groups.
Whether or not these elec-
tions brought Iraqis closer to
forging a singular, national
identity though is up for
debate
.
Regions that were for-
merly hotbeds of U.S
.
-involve-
ment, like Anbar Province in
western Iraq, are considered to
be relatively stable. Even still,
the Fallujah area of Anbar
observed the lowest turnout,
with estimates that only 25
~~!!t of eligible Iraqi voters
IPa:rtici:pated.
Overall, 40 per-
lcent of Anbar Province cast
'
their ballots on Election Day,
despite anti-insurgent efforts
by the Iraqi-led Awakening
Council.
"I did not vote because I
could not find a qualified can-
didate that I can trust -
all
those candidates c.ame for their
personal
benefits," Maher Naji,
a day laborer in Fallujah, told
a
New York Times
reporter.
To his credit, Naji had a size-
able field of candidates to
select from - nearly 15,000 for
the
440 available council seats
of the 14 provinces. Elsewhere,
other Iraqis were deterred by
~
u
,
that
them
from getting to polling sta-
tions before they closed
.
Hundreds more were turned
away after they did not appear
on the voter roll.
Over the last five years,
more than
I
million Iraqis
·
g t ..:
c
·
i
u
groups that
But, religious leaders did not
dominated Parliament, but disappear from the scene
failed to rebuild their infra-
entirely, as exhibited by the
structure.
The
Islamic Supreme
Sunni-dominated Iraqi Islamic
Council of
Iraq,
a Shiite Muslim Party that opposed the efforts
party, lost several of their of the Awakening Council to
provincial seats. This is some-
·
combat religious extremism.
what credited to the triumph Ahmed Abu Risha, a leading
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tribesman in Anbar Province
and brother of an Awakening
Council founder, believed' the
Iraqi Islamic Party suppressed
voter turnout in the region.
"If
the Islamic Party wins, it
will be another
Darfur," Risha
told the New York Times.
The future of U.S.-led coali-
tion troops, and their role in
the fledgling democracy, also
has yet to be determine~.
Regarding the ethnic and sec-
tarian divisions of Iraq, Prof.
Jerry White of the history
department cautioned
the
breakup
of
Iraq
is still a possibility.
Iraqis voted in their fourth democratic election on Sunday.
"The trouble is I don't
believe the Sunnis trust al-
Malikl, and al-Malild. doesn't
trust the Sunnis," White said.
"'How are you going to get the
Sunnis to work with the
Shiites, the Shiites to work
with Sunnis, and all of them to
work with the
Kurds
of the
north?"
were displaced by the ethnic
and sectarian conflict that
plagued their nation. While a
small percentage returned to
their homes, a vast majority is
still internally displaced and
cannot vote where they origi-
nally registered.
With a national turnout
pegged at
51
percent, a lower-
than-expected rate, this most
recent election surpassed lev-
els set by the 2005 elections
that Sunni Muslims, a sectari-
an minority, previously boy-
cotted.
Nevertheless, the success of
Iraq's secular parties is con-
sidered a sign of Iraqis reject-
of the secular Iraqi National
List party, led by former
Interim Prime Minister Ayad
Allawi, that campaigne4 to
end corruption at local levels
of government.
'"This really reflects that
Iraqi society is looking for
alternatives -
they
do
not
nec--
essarily believe
that
the
Islamists
should lead
the
colllltiy,"
Qassim
Daoud,
a
member
of Parliament
and secular
party
leader, said
to
a
Tunes
reporter.
"The public are
interested in services, and this
election has shown them that
they can change anything by
democratic means if they are
not satisfied."
Ultimately, "'this Mickey
Mouse-idea of Bush's that if
we hold elections, everything
is going to
be
solved," White
said, did not consider that
theocratic tribalism is already
so ingrained in their lives.
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Students
should stand united, not divided
By
BILLY BURKE and
MELISSA
GRECO
Circle Contributors
In the Op-Ed piece that
appeared in last week's edi-
tion,
the claim was made that
"very
few people who care
about their
country"
were
present among those who
attended Obama's inaugura-
. tion.
This is among the many
hasty generalizations made in
the
piece.
I agree that the outgoing
president should inde~d be
respected and not booed dur-
ing the formalities of inaugu-
ration day. However, I would
respectfully argue that many
more attendees "care about
tl1eir
country"
than the article
asserts.
The spirit that led
them to attend the inaugura-
tion no doubt entailed a cer-
tain degree of patriotism and
pride for their country.
The spirit of caring dis-
played
by
mos.t Americans
also stems from a plea for sta-
bility.
Americans do care,
wit~ the hope that President
Obama can overcome the
empirical failures of the pre-
ceding
administration,
whether at war or at home.
Obama not a cure-all
As for the liberals who are
allegedly relying on Obama to
ins~tly solve their problems,
those parties represent an
uninformed segment of the
citizenry.
Far
more
Americans,
regardless
of party
affiliation, are accepting per-
sonal responsibility for our
current condition by striving
to remain informed and realis-
tic about the acknowledged
long road ahead.
Furthermore, many conser-
vatives and moderates have
declared their approval of
Obama's begihning steps,
especially the appointment of
a relatively moderate cabinet.
In selecting his appointees,
Obama heavily considered
capability, experience and
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Christina Tello, who attended
the inauguration.
"Some booed, most were
quiet, there were half-hearted
claps," Tello said. "The group
I was with, as well as a major-
ity of the people in the crowd,
was telling people to be quiet
because it was disrespectful in
general. I feel like we can't
accomplish very much in the
future if we're dwelling on the
past."
.
In the
wake
of
the
lnaguration, students
make a case for national
unity.
The small group tliat jeered
former President Bush was
unfortunately lacking this
sense of unity. However, I am
thankful that most Americans
have acknowledged our need
for uni~, even if divi
_
sive com-
mentary still exists within the
original article and others like
·
it. In contrast, a nationwide
tone of unity and faith in
our
leadership will support Obama
in tackling a large plate of
challenges left behind by his
predecessor., and
surely
save
.
him from failing us.
intelligence,
not
political
ideals. The focus has shifted
from personal agendas and
party goals, to a focus on col-
laboration and problem-solv-
ing, both in Washington and
among average Americans.
The country has responded
to the call for national unity in
a time of crisis, bonding as
Americans and setting aside
political difference.
With a
supportive electorate behind
him, there is very little imme-
diate evidence that Obama
will "fail," and cause us all to
fail, as the article
•
implies.
Don't
always
believe what
you read
While the YouTube video
might have presented the
taunting as being prominent
among a majority of the
crowd,
I prefer to trust the per-
Letters to the Editor
Tkazyik
calls
Poughkeepsie to action
I am writing
in
respon~e
to
the question regarding
how
we
should
respond
to
President
Obama's national
call to
.
ervicc.
His
call goes
beyond
just
social se
·
c
and
donating
to
the • alvation
Arm_ at Christmas
lime
.
I~
a call for our nation
to ,. her
tog thcr nd be ·om a
uni
cd
count •
.
.
all to lend a hand
to tho
that n cd help.
I
lie c 1hi call has be n
mad
in
the
City
of
Poughkeepsie.
On
Monday
Jan. 26, Mayor Tkazyik of
Poughkeepsie held a meeting
at the Poughkeepsie Middle
Correction
to
1/
29
issue
Editor's Note:
Last
week's edi-
tion of The Circle contained a
letter to the editor entitled
'Football necessary to main-
tain balance.
'
Due to
an
unin-
tentional e"or by The Circle,
the author
'.so
name was cut off
after the body of the letter.
The author 's name Kelsey
Schaefer.
We apologize for
any inconvenience or confu-
sion this may have caused.
School regarding
the
increase
of
youth
violence
in
the
ci.ty.
The
ppen
f ~ discussed
the~-
hie causes and
the
pos
I
b I
e
olution.
but a ove
all
d
lru
·tr.
lion at the
f
gun
'>rnlence. The call
n.ic
in
Poughkeepsie
uimcd at helping the youth.
W need to
help
the
youth
·eek
positive
role mode]s,
give the youth a tivities to
get
them off
the
street tea h
them that
vio1ence .
ol
•c
nothing and most important•
ly.
that , iol cc
only
br ed
m re viol
e. Our stud nt
body
can answer th prcsi-
dent's
call to service
by
developing
after
school
pro-
grams, be~oming· mentors
and giving the youth
other
ortion
..
than
dru.gs
1
guns and
\ iolence.
I challeng the tu-
dent body to break
out f
the
Mari.
t
bubble
and become a
part of
the
Poughk cpsic
ommunity. One
you ee
the problems we arc facmg
and the frustration of the
community,
th
n you'll
fully
understand the prcsidcnt
1
s
call to ervice.
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Blackberry
storms
through with a new
smartphone
By
GREG SAPERSTEIN
Circle Contributor
Sleek.
Convenieht.
Stylish.
This describes the world's first
touch-screen
Black.Berry
s~rtphone.
It is a handheld
co
!PUter that can make phone
cans.
Released in November of
2008, the BlackBerry Stonn is
a truly remarkable phone. As a
Storm owner,
I am quite
impressed with Verizon's
phone.
Competing with Apple's
iPhone will be
tough
for
Verizon. Freshman Nelson
Benitez states, "I wouldn't
buy [the Storm] because I like
my iPhone."
The phone has many appli-
cations available, and cari
even open and edit Microsoft
Office documents. The phone
is Bluetooth capable and has a
battery that can last over 24
hours on a full charge.
Featuring a 3.2 megapixel
camera, which is better than
some digital cameras,
it can
take still photos in addition to
videos.
The phone only has four
buttons on its fac.e and the
remainder of the phone is a
four and a half inch screen.
When you want to select an
icon,
such as Browser, Instant
Messaging, or Games, you
simply
place your finger over
the icon and press down on the
screen to open that applica-
tion. There are no
"keys,"
but
simply "buttons"
on the
screen. When held in a vertical
position, the keyboard has two
letters per
"key,"
however,
when held horizontally, the
keyboard switches to a full
QWERTY one, which is the
fonnat on most laptop and
desktop keyboards. Nelson
Benitez says, "I think it's
weird how you have to push
the screen down."'
The new format may con-
fuse previous Black.Berry
owner because most owners
are used to the trackball used
to scroll through pages and
select pages or contacts. Also,
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Send your ideas to:
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previous Black.Berry owners
may not be accustomed to
such a -large screen and such
advanced features like their
new
Global
Positioning
System (GPS).
Despite the all-new phone
with an all-new format, some
old features like BlackBerry
Messenger, or BBM as com-
monly said between teenagers,
are still in place.
In
addition,
our
favorite
game
BrickBreaker holds its place,
but a new game, Word Mole,
is
quite addictive as well.
WordMole is a game similar to
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old features
to smartphone technology.
time constraints.
be remarkable. For my first make protectors, but not great
Based on my experience BlackBerry, I paid over $300, ones. Also, because the phone
with the Storm, there are some whereas I only paid $150 was just recently released,
pros and cons, as with any (with a $50 Verizon rebate) for there are some glitches that
phone. Some positive aspects the storm.
need to be worked out. I've
about th~ Storm are its long
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Senior spotlight:
100
days and counting
By CLARE LANGAN
Staff Writer
In 1932, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt pro-
posed he would bring
change to America in the
"First
100 Days" of his
administration. His actions
during this time led to
many New Deal programs.
FDR, our Hyde Park hero,
set out to do something and
gosh darn it, he did.
Now flash forward to
2009. It is a cold, blustery
day
.
in Was~ington
D.C.,
and President Obama has
just
been sworn into office.
The minute he takes his
hand off the
'
Bible, the
clock starts ticking. His
First 100 Days have start-
ed.
Stimulus packages!
Bailouts! The energy cri-
sis ...
the list goes on and
on.
The date: Saturday,
August 27, 2005. The
place: Chatnpagnat Hall,
Marist
College,
Poughkeepsie, New York.
You kiss mom and dad
goodbye,
don your new
photo ID lanyard and head
to the McCann Center, hur-
ried along with the other and off into the night.
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freshmen. There is a nerv-
As freshmen we
M
ous. excitement m
the never think the day
7
crowd. Today is your first will come that we will
day at Marist. You make have to leave this
small talk with the kids on place. Blit ask any
your floor. You see a girl second-semester sen-
you met at Odentation. ior what is on their
You realize there were mind and chances it
never so many ways to say starts with a
g-
and
the words "coffee" and ends with an
-radua-
"water."
tion.
With only 100
100
I
•
Back in'Champagnat, you days left, it is hard to
are curious what everyone run away from the
is doing that night. Is any-
realfty that is about to
one going to see the come-
hit us.
dian? Will there be a frat
We may glance
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party? Do you need to wear away, keep ourselves busy seemed to just fly by? The
a toga? ronight is your with work and other dis-
weeks are like a blur and
first
night
at
Marist. tractions, but on May 23 before you know
it,
its
Freedom. You throw on we will all be going out the mid-terms and then finals.
your
blue
and
.
white same way we came m. A lot can happen in 100
'College' shirt and follow Togeth
·
er.
.
While
the days and it isn't until win-
tlie crowd to catch a taxi.
McCann Center has been ter or summer break that
months.
Sometimes we
would like a bailout of our
own. We are feeling more
"grown up" than ever
before, and the carefree
·
days of freshman year are a
distant memory. But it's
not over yet. There are still
memories to be made,
happy hours to attend and
basketball games to cheer.
We may have one foot in
the real world already, but
we still have a few more
steps to take at Marist.
Think of it as our new deal
with one another. Are you
in?
On the evening of replaced by the Campus we realize it.
Thursday, February 12, Green, there will still be
I'd like to challenge you
2009, you might find your-
that f'amiliar nervous ener-
to something. Let's slow
self, once agajn, low on gy. We may. see someone things down a bit. Marist
cash. You decide to hit up we haven't seen since isn't going to change the
the Donnel1y ATM before Welcome Week, or an old date of graduation (they
heading out for the night. roommate we lost touch have
probably
already
As you thank the Gods at with. We might still be started grooming the Green
Wachovia for not denying wondering why those New to prepare for it), but we
your card, you see it. -100. Jers.ey kids still can't say can make our last 100 days
A
shudder
runs through "water".
something great. Sure, we
your body as you race out
Have you ever had one of have all got a lot to get
the door, down the steps those
semesters
that done in these next few
The column about nothing goes abroad:
Haggis for dinner? No, definitely not.
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Staff Writer
This February, I will offi-
cially start my semester
abroad at the University of
St Andrews in the Fife
region of Scotland. To
some people, my choice of
Scotland might come as a
shock.
For one thing, I'm known
for hating the cold. At
home in Connecticut, I'd
wear my parka indoors
while my mom yelled at me
to suck it up.
Scotland, on the other
hand, is cold.
In fact, Scotland is cold
at its southernmost point,
·
and I'm hours north of that.
Rumor has it that tempera-
tures in the spring are the
same as temperatures in
February.
If there's one climate
associated with Scotland, it
sure as hell isn't "warm,"
and I better get used to it.
I also hate the wind. I
wear sunglasses .every
e
where, usually for the sole
purpose of shielding my
eyes from the slightest
breeze.
If there's a small breeze,
one for anything longer
than a week.·
country's
an
adorably
small island now, right?
Wrong, of course.
but it's overcast outside,
I'm prob~bly in sunglasses.
It's the middle of the night,
but windy~ Sunglass.es are
still on. The air condition-
The United Kingdom is
deceptively larger than it
appears. Turns
Know what you rarely see on a regular
out,
I'm not
ing or heat is on
too high in the
car? Damn right,
my
sunglasses
are on.
On the other
hand,
I had
no idea what I was getting
myself into.
basis In Scotland? The sun.
close to London
at all. In fact,
I'm
an
hour
Naturally, St.
Know what everyone in Scotland is? Pale.
drive
to
Andrews
is
Edinburgh and
.
obscenely windy.
Located on the
North Sea, the
campus features
winds
s_trong
So, maybe
I
should just start using those
reasons to answer the question of why I'd
pick Scotland
then an eight
hour train ride
from Edinburgh
to London.
enough to blow you into
the cold and unforgiving
water below - true story.
Marist winds are obnox-
ious and frigid, but St.
Andrews winds are a death
trap.
When I chose the
University of St. Andrews,
the most
common
response
was a single question:
why?
Well, it's a two-sided
answer.
On one hand, Scotland
was the only program I
could find in a small town.
I'm a New England girl
who
_
hates cities, so I
couldn't imagine being in
The cold
I
bad at least
expected:
I
saw those
Scottish
meteorologists
freeze to death in The Day
After Tomorrow.
I knew
that
I, too, could freeze to
death in Scotland.
There were other things,
though, that I hadn't real-
ized. The wind, for exam-
ple, was something I dis-
covered after I'd been
accep
_
ted.
I'd also thought I was
relatively close to London.
Sure, I was in the boonies
of Scotland, but it's still in
the United Kingdom. It
might have been an empire
back in the day, but the
Figures.
Despite all the factors
that are playing against
me, I'm genuinely excited
and happy in my choice of
places.
My mom,ltoo, is showing
her support for Scotland,
the land of her grandpar-
ents.
"That godforsaken
place," she likes to call it.
Conversations
about
Scotland tend to sound like
I'm heading to Kuwait or
something.
"Whats the weather like
in
that
godforsaken
place?"
"I don't know if I'll visit
you in that Godforsaken
plac
.
e. You might just have
to meet me in London."
At the same time, she and
I both know that this god-
forsaken place will be per-
fect for me:
I'm pale, and I protect
my pasty self by avoiding
the sun like a crazy person.
Know what you rarely
see on a regular basis in
Scotland? The sun.
Know what everyone in
Scotland is? Pale.
So, maybe I should just
start
using
those reasons to
answer the question of why
I'd pick Scotland:
•• Why Scotland?"
"I'm
pale, They seem to
love pale. I don't like sun-
bathing. There's no sun in
Scotland. I love the rain.
All
it
does
there
in
rain ... all the time. I love
winter because I can hide
my
winter
weight
in
sweaters.
The
Scottish
wear sweaters in the sum-
mer."
Yeah, I guess St.
Andrews really will be per-
fect for me.
Haggis, though, might
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Artists f ea tu red in exhibit are source of inspiration
By
JACEL EGAN
News Co-Editor
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ings and sketches in his
collection show masses
of bodies fighting with
one another, inspired by
religious processions
held in Mexico.
you need time
to
allow your
inner voice to cultivate and
help you ~prove."
Many students that attended
expressed their appreciation
for the talent in the show.
"In
just the collection dis-
played, one can see how
Grisholt's style has evolved in
such a short period of time,"
said sophomore Matt Faustini.
Faustini remarked that
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Sunday.
The aroma of wine and hors
d'oeuvres filled the air as
guests attended the opening of
the "Tradition/Invention:
5
Emerging Artists" exhibit at
the Steel Plant Studios on Jan.
26.
Paintings, etchings and
sketches covered the studio's
walls, displaying the talent of
various young
·
and accom-
plished
artists:
Alfredo
Gisholt, Lindsay McCullo~h,
Lorena,
Salcedo-Watson,
Stephanie Somers and Kevin
Kelly, the latter two being
Marist alum.
"I wanted my work to
show the violence and
sacrifice of human life
through narrative finger
painting," Grisholt said.
"I connected with the
beauty of the religious
processions back in
Mexico, which went
from the center of town
and ended at the church
to make offerings to the
Virgin."
although the theme is the same
By
RYAN RIVARD
between Grisholt's earlier and
Co-A&E Editor
The works in the exhibit
were chosen upon criteria
intended to inspire other
young artists.
"I
included young artists
with solid achievements to
show undergraduates here the
importance of going to gradu-
ate school. I also wanted to
provide role model figures for
them to look up to," said Ed
Smith, Art Gallery Director.
The artists in the exhibit have
experience
with
teaching
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Lindsay McCulloch,
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another featured artist,
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said that although her
Stephanie Somers
Is
a
piece featured in
past works, such as
the
"Tradition/Invention• exhibit at the
"The Prince" collection
Steel Plant Studio until Feb. 26.
opportunities,
fellowships,
museum exposure, and have
displayed
work in solo exhibi-
tions.
Alfredo Grisholt, one of the
artists
m
the ~xhj\)it. feels thtt
his success is due to hard work
and dedication. Several paint-
resulted from evoking
strong memories of her
past, her more recent paintings
are based on more immediate
influences and happenings.
"It's important to embrace
where yo_\! are right n,ow.,"
McCulloch said. "To really get
in touch with your own art,
more recent work, the paint-
ings he created later seem
more defined.
Junior Andrew Gallagher
expressed his amazement at
how so many sketches dis-
played were so realistic, yet
still captured so much emotion
at the same time.
Smith hoped that undergrad-
uate students find inspiration
in the works displayed.
"Exhibits like this send such
a positive message to students
and hopefully get them going
on the right track when think-
ing_ of what to do post-gradua-
tion," Smith said.
Most Super Bowl commercials drop the ball this year
cial was the one where a
guy asked his magic crystal
ball if there would be free
Doritos at work, and then
hurled it through the vend-
ing machine," Fallon said.
Pepsi aired an amusing
commercial marketing a
new diet product made for
men called Pepsi Max. The
message was that men can
handle anything from get-
ting
electrocuted to getting
slammed in the back with a
wooden plank, but they
can't handle the taste of diet
soda.
Coca-Cola aired a com-
mercial in which animated
nature creatures rob a nap-
ping man's bottle of Coke.
Junior Max Carow enjoyed
this commercial, but feels
that Super Bowl commer-
cials have become less
entertaining.
"The Coke commercial
was one of the only ones I
thought was funny," Carow
said.
"In
general, I think the
commercials
commercials in a
are
getting
new
dimension.
worse. I used
D r e a m w o r k s
to look for-
showed
a
3-D
ward to game
commercial pro-
breaks
but
moting the new
now they're
animated
movie
just
di sap-
"Monsters
vs.
pointing."
Aliens."
Junior
Another
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not satisfied.
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brought
his popular 'SNC character, MacGruber,
to "I don't think the
contender is
a
Pepsi commercial during
the
Super
Bowl.
glasses
worked.
the Budweiser
Night host Conan O'Brien
There were only
Clydesdale horses, filling made
an
embarrassing two little parts throughout
up 90 seconds of commer-
Swedish commercial for the whole commercial that
cial time again this year. Bud Light. Even childhood popped out at me," said
However,
Junior
Jake favorites Mr. and Mrs. Brown.
Cawley thought that was a Potato Head had their 30
Junior Rich Mejia agreed
minute and a half too much. seconds trying to promote that the 3-D was a tease and
"The horses are boring. I the use of Bridgestone tires. said that this year's Super
think they should bring Play-off defensemen Justin Bowl commercials were the
back the Budweiser frogs,"
·
Tuck and Ray Lewis were worst ones he's ever seen.
Cawley said. Additionally, also seen ballet dancing for
"They just weren't funny
there were some celebrity Sobe Life Water, a commer-
and there were a lot of
appearances during the cial that could be seen in 3-
repeats. I saw the Taco Bell
commercials breaks. Jason D.
commercial [shown during
Statham
from
the
This was the first year that the Super Bowl] the other
"Transporter" movies was a
Super
Bowl
audiences day."
daredevil for Audi, and Late could enjoy some of their
Coldplay "The Goldrush"
One of the
many
outtakes
from the "Vl\a
La
Vida"
ses-
1:;ilins,
this
one
has drummer
Will Champion taking
the
C
·ntcr
vocal
spotlight,
while
( hris
Martin
adds
some
backgrow1d
singing
on
the
side.
Champion's
gentle
voice
ideally
fits
the
son'·
J:be gang
vocals and stripped
down
folk feel
with
back-
ground mumbling shapes
the
mu
·i~ to.
so'W'ld like
if
the
Beatles wrote a working song
for gold
miners
a.,;,
Champion
sings,
4'1'
went"
diggin •
for
gold/ Down by
Lh
rh er
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er
by
the mou uain ..
My
Morning Jac:ket
~El
Caporal"
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d. horn
lingcd
tr ck
1
,
part
of
the
"Oark Wa~ the . ight"
compilation. The
fun,
mellow
jam is roµnded9ffwith back-
ing vocals
and
playful
I)
ri~s.
El Caporal is a Mexican
restaurant in MMJ's home-
town
of Louisville, Kentucky
.
Mastodon "Divinations"
Banjo picking, rough group
vocals, gargantuan drums,
mammoth guitar riffs and
solos
-
ye,p,
its Mastodon at
its best.
'fCrack
the
Skye"
is
one
of
metal's highly
antici~
pated
release
,
this>
,u set to
drop on March 24.
Smashing
Pumpkins
"FOL"
-
Billy C
or •a
and
crew wrote a
new
song
specifically to soundtrack the
H)undai
Gcm:..,1s
$uper
Bowl
ad, The
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nvcn at
a
pc
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by
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crunch.
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led
by
large
amounts of
tcna
ity
.
Flaming
Lips
"Anything
You
Say
Now
I
Believe You"
The sQAg is a contribution
to "Knov. Your Mushrooms,"
a docum nt.iry that
raises
the
question \\ h..,ther
mushrooms
can
·
save
the
planet.
Regardless.. the si. -minute-
plus
psychedelic tune is
acoustic
with
swelling
waves
of
disorienting noises.
beeps,
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Advice for students: LendAround, don't sleep aro~nd
The new 'Facebook meets Netfiix' LendAround is gaining popularity
By
KELLY GALLUCCI
Staff Writer
Well it's finally happened:
this Jersey girl has, in spite of
her best efforts, fallen victim
to the cold and chill of
Poughkeepsie. Armed with
throat lozenges and ice cream,
I trudged back fr@m health
services
·and
resigned myself
to a weekend tucked away in
my &partment with my home-
worle
and
current supply of
Netflix to keep
me
company.
While listening to Madonna
belt out .. Don't Cry For Me
Argentina" in Evita, I
browsed
through my staggering mass
of emails and
came
across a
forwarded article from my
editor
about
an online
DVD
swap service that creator Tim
Jackson describes as
being
.. Netflix meets· Facebook." My
interest was
piqued
so I
typed
www.lendaround.com into my
browser to see how this web-
site would fit in with my cur-
rent rental habits.
LendAround's
idea is
a
sim-
ple give and take. After
becoming a member of the site
you post a selection of DVDs
(TV seasons included) that
you own and are willing to
lend out. Once your friends
sign up they can ask to borrow
any of your movies and then
you may accept or deny their
request with a quick click of
the mouse. Jackson hopes that
this will eliminate the awk-
wardness of askirig to borrow
a DVD, but
I'm
sure you'd
still get a miffed look from a
friend who's request you
denied.
At the same time you can
browse the vast selection and
add any DVD you want to see
to your 'wish list.'
If
one
of
your friends has something
you asked for, a request will
be sent to them. Once
a mem-
ber agrees to lend their
DVD
to another they can mail it
(which will cost them the
price of
postage)
or hand
deliver it. There are
no
late
fees and unlike
Blockbuster
and Netflix there is no mem-
bership fee.
When
someone
wants their
Flom
LENDAROUND.COM
Share your DVD collection
with
all
your close friends on
LendAround, a
fusion
between
Facebook and NetFlix.
movie back they simply send
a
virtual request to have it
returned.
LendAround
also
keeps tra~k of who has what
movie - something I would
appreciate seeing as I spent
most of my winter break
try-
ing to remember who had bor-
rowed my copy of Garden
State.
"Can't you just, ask your
friend?" asked sophomore,
Meghan O'Neill, after hearing
about LendAround. She felt
that it was much simpler just
to call a friend up to ask to
borrow a movie. On a campus
as small as Marist's,
O'Neill
doesn't find it problematic to
have to walk over to a friend's
place. "It just seems silly to
me."
Silly as it may or may not be,
the LendAround server is
bursting
with members to the
point where hopeful members
are being asked to a waiting
list until the server expands!
And DVDs
are
just the begin-
ning: Jackson expects that
one
day LendAround will be for
anything and everything from
bikes
to guitars to books, and
maybe even summer homes.
Just keep in mind
that
LendAround
has no responsi-
bility should anything happen
to your
items
;
it's the classic
'you break it you buy it.'
"That's
the one
flaw I see,"
Sophi<t
Ordway,
another
Marist sopb.o[llore, says. "I
think it's a great idea. It's just
different dealing with people -
with Netflix if a movie is
scratched you can say 'send
me another one' but with this
if someone scratches your
movie then you might not
want to lend to them a.gain or
what if they don't want to pay
for it?" Still Ordway admits
that she
-
would be interested
irt
a service like that; especially
if they had a specific Marist
campus branch that she could
be
a
part of.
Weighing the pros and cons,
this loyal Netflix user won't
be canceling her membership
any time soon. I admire
Jackson's quest to stunt
·
con-
sumerism in America, and I
think it will be interesting to
see how LendAround plays
out.
I
will wait at least
a
year
for the company to iron out all
their kinks before signing up
myself, and my DVDs, for
lending.
Album Review: Bruce Springsteen "Working On a Dream"
Springsteen and the
E
Street Band release their best album of the decade
By
RYAN RIVARD
Co-A&E Editor
"Working
On
a Dream," the
first album released during the
Obama age, completes the tril-
ogy of albums Springsteen
and the E Street Band have
made in the last decade, and
this one is surely the brightest
and finest.
The album builds from
where 2007's "Magic" left off
and grows into a swaggering,
romantically euphoric display
of music. The al~um opens
with a sprawling epic western
tale of
"Outlaw.
Pete," which
clocks in at eight minutes and
is compacted with lush strings,
gal19.pipg drums, multiple
cr~S'1~µdos, and the occasional
w~ili.ng
harmonica.
The variation of sounds
found on this album hit you
from all different angles, from
the bluesy megaphone vocal
distortion and electric banjos
of
..
Good Eye," to the
stripped-down
folksy two-
minute
pi
_
ece
"Tomorrow
Never Knows," and the soar-
ing and uplifting "Life Itself."
The impressive wall of sound
on "Surprise, Surprjse" has
remnants of '60s
British
pop.
Contrary to the heavy dosage
of overdubs, the songs still"
retain the first-take,
infamous
live presence of the E Street
checkout.
Although
charming, the overly
melodramatic approach
and lyrics like "With
my shopping cart I
move
through
the
heart"
and
"Where
aisles and aisles of
dreams await you," the
song comes across
!1S
a
satirica1 parody that
could be one of Andy
Samberg's "'SNL" skits.
To top it off, the song
From
AMAZON.COM
includes cash register
Band. "My Lucky Day"
peeps and a piano outro.
sprints out of the gate like a
It ends up being a contender
racehprse, treading along with for
the
'weakest
song
the help of producer Brendan Springsteen has ever written.
O'Brien (who also produced Fortunately though, this
is
the
the previous two albums) only blemish on the album.
embracing the freshly rejuve-
Springsteen has already
·
nated pop production sounds received well-deserved recog-
of Springsteen and the E
nition for "The Wrestler" with
Street Band that started with a Golden Globe Award. The
2001 's ''The Rising."
"My
bonus track on the album has
Lucky Day" is as upbeat and Springsteen singing about
energetic as Springsteen's being a "one trick pony" and a
greatest '80s hits.
"one-legged
dog,"
but
Another pop gem is the
"Working
On a Dream" has
rough rocker "What Love Can the magic to perform multiple
Do," just barely under the tricks.
three-minute mark. The vocal
If
you exclude "The
harmonies glimmer behind the Wrestler," the finale to the
lay
.
ers of guitars.
album is "Last Carnival," a
The only minor nightmare somber elegy for Danny
on
"Working
On
a
Dream"
is Federici, E Street Band organ
"Queen of the Supermarket,"
a
player who
died
of cancer last
song about having a crush
on
year. The track opens with
the
the girl at the grocery store lyrics "Sun down, sun down/
They're taking all the tents
down/ Where have you gone
my handsome Billy?"
Prior to the choir taking us
out, Springsteen sings "We'll
be riding the train without you
tonight/ The train that keeps
on moving." Thus, they keep
on chugging strong. (5 out of
5
Stars)
Bruce
Springsteen at Super
Bowl XLIII
After turning down the
invi-
tation to perform on the most-
watched
U.S.
television
broadcast for several years,
Bruce Springsteen and the E
Street Band put on a fiery
energetic performace this past
Sunday at Supef Bowl XLIII
in Tampa, Florida.
Springsteen told viewers "I
want you to step back from the
guacamole dip, I want you to
put the chicken fingers down
and tum your television all the
way up."
The setlist consisted of
"Tenth Avenue Freezeout,"
"Working On a Dream," and
"Glory Days."
Prior to the halftime show,
Vegas had odds everything
from the playlist of the 12-
minute time slot, to will
Springsteen bring Coui;tney
Cox on stage. However bet-
makers could never predi~t
Springstt:en's iconic slide
crotch first into the camera
with a smirk on his face.
From
NYTIMES.COM
Bruce Spring&een and
the
E Street Band perfonned a
lively
half-
time
show at Super Bowl
XLIII
in Tampa, Florida. The four-song
set
included the unexpected "Tenth Avenue
Freeze-Out."
the claS,sic
·aom
to
Run," •working On a
Dream:
and "Glory
Days,"
changing
the lyrics
to
flt
the occasion
like
the opening verse from baseball
pitcher
to
football quaterback and '"speedball"
to
"Hail Mary."




























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·
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
5,
2009
www.maristcircle.com
Sex, love
&
relationships: Fight club for couples
By
KARLIE JOSEPH
Web Co-Editor
We've
all had the experi-
ence: you shout your final
word of the heated exchange
with your significant other and
next thing you know you 're
murmuring passionate ver-
sions of "I'm sorry."
Fighting is a brutal, irritating
and completely normal aspect
of every relationship. Though
clashing can cause strain, it
provides a healthy outlet for
expressing and confronting
differences. While all couples
experience tension, we all
practice
specific
fighting
habits which customize our
relationships. The book
Turn
on Your Inner Light by Debbie
Mandel defines a person's
"fighting style" in four cate-
gories, exemplified as:
The Boxer:
Gloves off to
Bebe, though she always tried
to maintain a rational, mature
mindset, she often found her-
self falling into the "tit~for-tat"
approach Mandel so precisely
describes. Though her conver-
sations with boyfriend Cheeks
always began in a calm man-
ner, his hot temper and jealous
nature sparked Bebe's equally
feisty personality, resulting in
a furious screaming match
which usually left them won-
dering how the fight even
started.
The Smiler:
Mandel cleverly
describes this fighting mode
as
"a
person who smiles yet
holds a dagger behind their
back." No one better charac-
terizes this category of sugar
coating, grudge holding fight-
ers better than Kristin. In the
wake of ending her relation-
ship with ex-boyfriend Chuck,
Kristin used her clever tactics
and acute sense to detect any
reason for their crumb ling
past. When her suspected fears
led her to knowledge of
Chuck's
little
Valentine's
exchange with the not-so-
good girl next door, Kristin
bitterly added a post-it-note to
her wall of breakup reasons
and quietly filed it away
in
her
distrusting mind. A
few
months later Chuck came
crawling back, and while
doubt still lingered, Kristin
allowed him back. It was not
culture-shock to the table.
While the Brit always claimed
to be intrigued and flattered bY.
her teasing flirtations, he was-
n't finding her wit as "bril-
liant" as he once thought.
After weeks of what Delilah
thought was a light hearted
joke about his receding hair-
line, she finally got a taste of
her ow~ medicine, when she
referenced it in public, result-
ing in a harsh comparison
between the size of her "arse"
until a later dispute that she
and her ego.
ambushed him with shameful
The Diplomat:
Though we all
guilt, gaining back control in
their ever-wavering relation-
ship.
The Stone Waller:
My friend
Delilah's relationship seems to
epitomize the passive-aggres-
sive technique of a "Stone
Waller." Though her past rela-
tionships had a:lways been
upfront, her new British beau
had brought a little emotional
aspire to play the diplomatic
role, it seems no one can
smooth things over better than
my hometown friend Mooks.
Even when things were going
really bad with ex-boyfriend
Lefty, it seemed her unemo-
tional approach could always
ease the tension. While many
envied her seemingly easy:
going relationship, I won-
dered: was her ability to
always ~eep it even keeled
rational or was she neglecting
her feelings?
Personally, I find that I vary
from each end of the spec-
trum.
While
my
logical
approach has often brought
peaceful success and practical
breakthroughs; vivid memo-
ries can bring me straight back
to a rage where ripping the
keys out of the ignition of my
ex-boyfriends Pathfinder was
not out of the question. While
striking the baiance can be dif-
ficult, both aspects of arguing
are crucial. Of course you
need that diplomatic side to
have a mature relationship-but
unless your anger has ever
ignited a fire great enough to
fight like a boxer, you
'II
never
experience the pure bliss and
raw passion of making love in
the back of that very same
Pathfinder.
Walks of Life: Unexpected life lessons abroad
By
ROBIN MINITER
Photography Editor
Waking
up
in another coun-
try
is exhilarating, ip.vigorating
and a bit alarming (I like to call it
the
Wheretheheckaml? syn-
drome). For those of you who
plan to study abroad, or for those
of you who already have, such a
sojourn
is
as much an academic
experience as it is a practical life
lesson. Half the adventure is as
literal
as it figurative -
"spread-
ing
your wings," and "taking
flight," f<)me to mind - along
with taking a nose dive or two
in
the process (but please
kids,
let's
try
to avoid the
literal
latter).
Of
course you'll encounter
some
snags and
snafus
along the way,
but they only lend themselves to
a more colorful recollection of
your time gone.
Afterall,
it's not
as much about the destination as
it
is
the journey.
So,
kick
back,
relax and
grab
a cup of
that
mint
tea
you acquired a
taste for while
traipsing through Morocco. Here
are a few unexpected things
learned while liviµg
the
life
of a
Marist College expat
1. How
to
sleep anywhere:
Bazcelona, 2008 -
It wasn't until
after
I had taken
up
residence
under an airport bench
a
la
Wicked Witch of
the
East
style
or slept in a room with 25 other
people
that
I
realized how much
I
miss slumber parties. My
per-
sonal favorite is the sle.eper cars
for overnight train rides: so cozy,
so intimate and you never know
what
_
nationality of feet may end
up in you,r face.
2. How to effectively shake
up
your palate:
Let
me just start
off with a disclaimer that wher-
ever the winds may take you, a
plethora of delightful, affordable
edibles will most likely be avail-
able. Whether you choose to
visit the local street vendors;
markets,
or mom
&
pop stores,
you'll be overjoyed at the novel-
ties you'll find.
If
you
are
like
me, you
'11
abuse this liberty and
end up with concoctions encom-
passing the entire food pyramid
in one bowl. .. and eat it anyways
(most likely thinking it's deli-
cious).
3.
How to become well
acquainted with airport secu-
rity:
By the time you catch your
final
flight, you'll be able to dis-
robe
all
offensive articles with
such
accwacy
and
deft
precision
that
they'll most likely secretly
wonder if you are just returning
from Amsterdam.
4. How to enjoy alternative
modes
of transportation:
Rickshaws, mopeds and water
taxis may not be part of your nor-
mal
school commute here in
Poughkeepsie, but before you
know it,
you'll no longer
miss
riding your Rawr to
Donnelly.
ROBI
MINITER
/THE CIRCLE
Making
friends
with
the locals: a
gypsy
and
his dog.
Instead, make friends with the
locals and enjoy the wild ride.
5. How to
be
comfortable rev-
eling
in
your own filth:
One
time
,my
qread-headed friend,
Soph, elected not to shower for
11 days while on a group back-
packing foray. Why? What start-
ed
as
a friendly jest of machismo
vs. girl
("We
bet you won't. .. ")
turned into
a
test
of will,
grit and
olfuctoiy glands. By the end of
the trip, the boys called off their
bet, Soph finally bathed and we
all literally breathed a sigh of
relief. The lesson? Sometimes
it's
fun
to get down and
dirty.
6. How
to
become a pro at the
100M dash
in
an effort to catch
your departing transporta~
tion:
Usain Bolt, hear me roar.
With less than 15 minutes on the
clock to catch our departing
flight (life skill:
rep.d calendar
_
correctly), the Madrid airport
could have been the scene of the
next Olympic trials. Never
before havt: the Spaniards seen
two teenage
pack
mules swge so
quickly through their terminals.
7. How to relive your glory
days with N*Sync at the
dis-
cotheques:
Chances
are
that
if
you are in the market for a bit of
nostalgia, you're
in
luck: since
some of the
European
discos
are
still partying like it's 1999 where
there is nofack oiyour 5th grade
favorites ( or
hair
gel for that mat-
ter).
However,
there
is only so
much one can take. Next time
you're drawn like a mosquito to
the beckoning of the flashing·
neon lights in
the
distance with a
hoard of drunken Americans
clawing their way
in, opt to side-
step and check out the neighbor-
hood nightlife instead.
8. How to non-verbally convey
that you
need
a bathroom and
still
keep your
dignity:
Ah,
you
lucky
Communications
majors
you! Fortunately for you guys,
the body language aspect of
Communication Principles will•
come in
handy-
and for those of
you who
are
fluent in the
art of
charades, that will benefit as
well. If all else fai1s, please
promptly
smack
your forehead
and ask yourself: .. Why, oh why
did
I
not bring my dictionary?"
9. How to make friends with
strays along the way:
Whether
you come across a hungry
look-
ing puppy in Bangkok or a fel-
low traveler who somehow
managed to lose their 100 person
tour group at Oktoberfest and
can't remember the name of
their hostel (it
happens),
remem-
ber that they both probably have
something in common: all they
really need is a snack and a little
11£.
10.
How to crowd
12
people
into a photo with simultane-
ously NOT obscuring the mon-
ument of historical importance
that
is
the real subject of the
photo:
This one speaks for itself.
Though you may not be a
trained
photographer and your subjects
may not be contortionists, I
am
a
firm
believer that where there is
a will, there is most definitely a
way. Machu P:icchu
has
seen its
fair
share
of high-fiving travel
bugs while the Sydney
Opera
House's grandeur allows for
primo group
photo-ops.
I
sup-
pose
it helps that both
are
quite
large in stature as 'Yell.
So
while you're out wandering,
remember to roll with the punch-
es and see where your
MAP
adventure takes you. There
is
a
lot to learn out in the wild world
of
ours and
not all of it
can
be
found in a textbook..












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Swimming and diving set for
MAAC'
s
By
MIKE WALSH
Staff Writer
The athletes of the Marist
swim teams are much more
than a bunch of kids with
crazy haircuts. They are part
of one of the most successful
programs in Marist history.
Coach Larry·VanWagner, who
has been with the men's teams
for the past 32 years, has a
record of 204-84 in dual
meets. That is good for a stag-
gering . 708 winning percent-
age.
After a slow start to the 2009
season, the men have won
three of their last four compe-
tl
t10ns
heading
into
the
MAAC Championships. The
girls have a 5-5 record thus
far, but still look to cause trou-
ble in the championship,
February 12-14. If the ladies
can pull out a victory then, it
will
be
their sixth consecutive
conference championship.
Both teams were in action
this past Saturday at Seton
Hall in South Orange
,
NJ.
_
It
was their final test of the dual
meet season
.
With a handful
of singles victories against the
Pirates, the women pulled
From page 16
.
close but ended
up falling by a
score of 158-142.
Senior
Captain
Sandra Bujalski
had two first place
finishes as well as
a couple of sec-
ond place times.
She won the 200
and 100 yard but-
terflies with times
of 2:09: 13 and
1:56:31, respec-
tively.
Jenell
Walsh-Thomas, a
junior
from
Medford, NJ won
the
500yd
JAMES REILLY/
FILE PHOTO
freestyle with a The Marlst men's swimming and diving team
swept
this week's Metro Atlantic
time of 5: 11 :28
.
Athletic
Conference weekly awards. Sophomore Brian Bolstad
was
honored
as
Freshman
phe-
MAAC ~Iver
of
the Week for the third time this season, and freshman Patrick
nom
Michelle
Shea was named MAAC Swimmer of the Week for the
first
time
In his
career.
Fountain emerged
Hall in the past, and this year for a few Marist divers as jun-
victorious from the heated was no different as the Red
ior Mitchell Katz and sopho-
200yd freestyle.
She won Foxes won a tight match-, 153-
more Brian Bolstad each set
with a time of
I
:56:31. On the
147. This meet was equally as
records in their diving events.
diving side of the meet, the
competitive as last year's
·
150-
Katz scored a 314.03 in the l-
one bright spot for Marist was
148 loss to the Pirates. With meter board, breaking a record
another freshman, Meredith the victory, the men improved set back in 1997. Katz has
Michl. She was able to win to
6-5
on the season and have
now qualified for the NCAA
the 3-meter board event, earn-
now finished with a record of Zone Diving Championships.
ing a 250.38 for her dives.
.500 or above for 18 consecu-
.
Bolstad, who has already qual-
There have been close bat-
tive seasons.
ified for the NCAA event,
ties between Marist and Seton
It proved to be a banner day broke his own record in the 3-
meter dive. With a score of
371.25, Brian blew his old
record of 335.33 out of the
water.
In swimming events, Marist
had several first place finishes.
The 400yd freestyle relay
team finished first with a time
of 3:09:66. Freshman Patrick
Shea won the long 1,000yd
freestyle race with a career
best time of 9:32:40. Spencer
Hartmarm, a member of the
first place relay team with
Steven Vendetta, Keith Miller,
and Josh Sklanka, was also
able to win the 200yd fre~style
in
I
:43:70. Kevin Shoemaker,
a freshman, finished first in
the 200yd IM and junior
Kevin Quinn won the 200yd
backstroke.
Both teams will now be
practicing hard these next few
weeks to get ready for the
Conference Championships at
Loyola. Like the women
,
the
men have an impressive streak
of their own to defend. While
the women will
be
going for
their sixth championship in a
row, the men will be in search
of their fifth consecutive win
at this event.
Fo
x
e
s
searching
f
or answers after
l
oss
'just one of those nights."
Marist vs. Iona Part
II
Marist's win against MAAC
power Niagara was the most
impressive, but the Red Foxes'
last-second win on Dec.
5
against the Iona Gaels proved
to be the most exciting.
Marist sophomore Dejuan
Goodwin hit a fadeaway
jumper with 1.4 seconds left
in regulation to give Marist a
51-50 win-in both teams' first
conference game of the sea-
son.
Ryan Schneider scored a
game-high 17 points and
grabbed seven rebounds to
lead Marist. Marist held Iona
to 34.5 percent shooting from
the field and 0-for-10 on three-
point fi,eld goals.
The two teams will look to
build upon last game's the-
atrics on Saturday, Feb. 7, in
New Rochelle, NY in a 2 p.m.
tilt.
Marist is now 3-9 in MAAC
play while Iona is 5-7. Iona
was once at the bottom of the
conference ~tandings, but
recent wins over Niagara,
Manhattan, and Canisius have
propelled Iona. Iona has lost
three straight games, but the
team has jumped up in the
standings.
Iona has played stout
defense all se~son long and
ranks second in the MAAC in
scoring defense, and only
allow 63.7 ppg and hold oppo-
nents to 41.8 percent from the
field.
Drummond enrolled and
Women's basketball looks
to "Pack the House" again
Marist is urging students to
conie support the women's
basketball team by "Packing
the
House"
on
Friday,
February 6 at the McCann
Center against Canisius as
they gear up for a run at their
third
straight
NCAA
Tournament
appearance.
There will be many activities
set up for students who come
and as usual, tickets are free
with a school I.D.
The goal of "Pack the
House" is to sell out the stu-
dent section and break the will
be
held in the grey gym,
attendance record of 2,239 so get there early. Raffle tick-
that was set last year during ets will be handed out to
the same promotion.
everybody that wears a Marist
There will be a number of Basketball shirt or paints their
prizes and giveaways,
.
includ-
face. There will also be a free
ing $150 for the small and throw shooting contest for raf-
large club with the most mem-
fle tickets.
bers in attendance, a freshman
More information is posted
dorm challenge and raffies for on www.Facebook.com. For
a $500 gift card or possibly a
any questions, contact Allen
Pontiac Vibe.
-Mac-Saveny at (347) 752-
There will also be
·
activities,
0716, and also by e-mail,
free food, ansl,--music during
.
Allen.MacSavenyl@marist.e
the pre-game'
f
estivitie_s- that
;
du.
\
BracketBusters
Villanova forward Casiem
Drummond officially trans-
ferred to Marist and has begun
classes here at the school. The
6-foot-10 force will be eligible
to play in the spring semester
next season.
Drummond is the second
Big Ea9t player to transfer to
Marist, joining former Boston
College product Daye Kaba
on the roster.
Marist also found out
Monday night that it will play
Hartford in the ESPNU
BracketBusters game on Feb.
21 at the McCann Center.
Marist fell to Cleveland State
last
season
in
the
BracketBuster's game. The
games are designed to show-
case teams that might be eligi-
ble for postseason tournament
play. The games help voters
decide seeding for teams on
the brink of playing in the
postseason. All 10 MAAC
teams will take part in the
-
BracketBuster 's games.
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:lCEBOOllC0"1
The Marist athletic department
is
participating In the "Pack the
House• campaign on Fri
d
ay, February 6, for the women's basket-
ball
game
a
gainst Ca
n
ls
ius
. The g
oa
l
of
the
N
CAA
initiative
Is
to
se
ll
out the st
u
d
ent
secti
on
at
the
Mcca
nn
Ce
n
ter
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2009 •
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1
Red Foxes dispose
Of
Jaspers
the offensive clinic that the
Red Foxes were putting on
against the Jaspers. Marist
opened the g~me on a 5-0 run
after a Julianne Viani three-
pointer and a Brandy Gang
layup.
An
Abby
Wentworth jump
shot put
the Jaspers on the
scoreboard
at the 17:20 mark
in the
first half, but it would
become the last bit of offense
that Manhattan would see for
quite some time.
The Red Fox lead quickly
ballooned to 22-2 at the 11
:59
mark in the first half. Head
Coach Myndi Hill's squad
looked out of place and over-
whelmed in the confines of the
McCann Center. Her team
shot just 20 percent from 3-
point range in the first half,
including
several
shot
attempts from well beyond the
arc.
Manhattan was just one for
14 on shooting attempts
before a Kelly Regan lay up
gave the Jaspers just their sec-
ond basket of the game.
Regan, a 6' 3 " senior, came
into the game averaging 12.8
points per game and 7.0
rebounds per game. Against
the Red Foxes, she managed
just 3 points and eight
rebounds in 2.3 minutes olf the
floor.
"The main thing we wanted
to do was when she got the
ball inside, was to contest
shots," coach Brian Giorgfs
said. "I thought we did a very
good job of that. It's not often
that she goes up against a fel-
low 6'3" kid like Maria
Laterza."
"When
Maria wasn't in I
thought the kids did a nice job
of making her looks at the bas-
ket difficult. We swarmed her,
and that's what we need to do
to stop a player like that. It
takes really, really good team
defense."
The young Jaspers squad
responded however, and went
on an 11-2 run over the next
7:26. Lindsey Loutsenizer,
who had a team-high nine
points in the contest, made a
layup that made the score 24-
13 with 4:33 remaining in the
first half.
·
Marist went into the locker
room at halftime leading 33-
17 after an Emily Stallings
jump shot.
Early on in the second half,
several tipped balls led to
players from both teams div-
ing on the court in order to
try
and salvage passes that may
have been broken up.
·
"It's always going to
be
physical," Viani said.
"It :frus-
trates the other team if we're
wimtjng. They'll do
.whatever
they can to come back, and
that's kind of the way it was.
You get used to it."
Viani led the Red Foxes in
scoring with 23 points, includ-
ing going five for
five from three-
point range.
Marist never
came close to
relinquishing its
lead throughout
the second half,
as the Red Foxes
shot 41 % from
the
field
and
45.5% from 3-
point range.
The Jaspers had
1 7 turnovers in
the contest, and
were
out-
rebounded
by
Marist 4 7-40 in
the game.
"I thought we
came out with a
lot of energy and
we were very
JAMES
REILLY
/
FILE
PHOTO
efficient
on
Julianne Vlani
led
all
scorers with
23 points
offense ,, Giorgis
against Manhattan. The senior guard shot 5
"d ..
;u
h
d
for
5
from3-point range
in the 70-44 victory.
sai . ne
a
a
lot of tenacity defensively, and
we forced them to react to us.
I
think
we made them play a
little faster, a little
·
quicker
then they wanted to."
It was a heart-warming affair
for the 2,606 fans in atten-
dance at the McCann center.
In addition to Fitz's record
breaking ~vening, the Red
Foxes donned pink uniforms
in
an
effort to support the
WBCA
(Women's Basketball
Coaches Association) "Pink
Zone" initiative in order to
raise awareness about breast
cancer. Breast cancer sur-
vivors were honored at half-
time, and donations and pro-
ceeds from raflles were donat-
ed to the Miles of Hope Breast
Cancer Foundation.
The 19-2 Red Foxes hit a
patch in their schedule in
which they play four consecu-
tive MAAC (Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference) oppo-
nents, before facing out of
conference foe Hartford on
Feb. 15.
T
en n i
S
wins first dual match in thriller
BY JIM
URSO
STAFF
WRITER
The Marist men's tennis
team continued its strong play
in its first dual match of the
spring semester at West Point
on Saturday. By overtaking
UMBC 4-3, the Red Foxes
improved their undefeated
dual match record to 3-0 on
the season.
The day began with two
electrifying doubles
matches
which would e~entually give
Marist the doubles point. For
first doubles, Christian Coley
and sophomore Rhys Hobbs
defeated Nick Savage-Pollock
and Fredi Voorman 9-8 (7-5).
The second doubles
pairing
of
junior Loic Sessagesimi and
freshman Matt Himmelsbach
overtook Chris Meyer and
Allen Tsang by the same
score, 9-8 (7-5).
"Even if we lost, it would've
felt good," coach Tim Smith
said regarding the hard fought
doubles matches. Admittedly,
'their lunch tasted much bet-
ter' Saturday with the win.
"fve gained a lot of confi-
dence in my doubles pl~y with
Christian," Hobbs said. "In
past matches we haven't been
able to make
up
a 0-3 deficit,
but we
pulled
through without
being faltered by the
score
line."
Up 1-0 after it captured the
doubles point, Marist needed
to win just three of six singles
matches to get the win, a feat
it was just able to accomplish.
In the deciding match,
Captain Christian Coley once
again epitomized the team's
ability to make adjustments
between sets in order to win.
After losing the first set 3-6,
Coley took on a more forceful
style. He abandoned his usual
baseline game and began to
serve and volley much more.
His attack overwhelmed Chris
Meyer 6-0, 6-0 in the next two
sets, denying him a victory in
a single game throughout. The
win was Coley's second con-
secutive singles victory.
"_Coley played big in dou-
bles, and even bigger in sin-
gles," Smith said.
Streaking sophomores
Landon Greene
and
Nicolas
Pisecky extended their win-
ning
streaks to six and eight,
respectively. At third singles,
Pisecky defeated Voorman 6-
0, 6-3. From the fifth singles
position, Green beat Tsang 6-
3, 6-4.
The win is even more
impressive considering oppo-
nent UMBC went on to defeat
Army,
a
high caliber team in
the East region, 4-3
on
Sunday.
Dual match play adds a
dimension of pressure to each
match. Wins are totaled to
declare a team winner, where-
as in tournaments individual
performances do not directly
affect the success of the team.
"The match at UMBC I think
shows why Marist is a tough
team to beat,"
Himmelsbach said.
"Many other colleges have
more resources but when it
comes down to the matches
our team is very serious. We
are like a family and we fight
hard to win."
Smith's active and aggres-
sive coaching style may stifle
younger
plays
like
Himmelsbach. Himmelsbach
fell
to Logan
Bricker
7-6, 6-4
in the sixth singles spot. After
losing a match Smith thought
he could've won, his coach
made it quite clear how he felt.
"We need strong play from
our front six guys all the way
down," Smith said in refer-
ence to their chances in any
dual match.
He's the first to admit that
the aefending champs are
no
lock to even advance in the
MAAC
(Me~o
Atlantic
Athletic ·conference) tourna-
ment.
"There's a ton of guys in a
gOQd physical condition and a
ton with a good backhand,"
Smith said. "However, there
are many more variables to
winning a tennis match."
Smith's job is to manage
and control these mental vari-
ables, one which requites con-
stant assessment.
This critique will continue
Friday, Feb. 6 at
5
p.m. at
Brown University. Marist will
compete with an Ivy League
powerhouse who captured
four dominating victories a
few weeks ago in Providence,
and have five consecutive dual
match victories. Smith and his
team
still
expect to be compet-
itive.
Roarin'
Red Fo es
1ari
t' ·
top male and
fem ale performer
of the week
Ryan
S¢hneider
Senior
Ba ketball
-In
ta.~
Red
Foxe,
67-
48
home
IQ$$
it
c9nf,r-
ence foe Manhattan,
chneider cored 16
point , five rebou~ds
l~d
thre a
.
i
t .
hne1der
1
a" \!raging
16.
point per •a01e
nd
. 7 rebounds per •am
o far his season.
-Lead he team in min-
ut
s
pla ed p r am
ith 37 . .
onng in
14
of
th
team· fir.
t
24
game~.
Rach le Fitz
Junior
Basketball
leading scorer in
arist women bas-
ketball hi tory.
-Fitz
pass
d Ursula
Winter for the all-time
record. Heading into the
Red Fox
rec nt game
ag inst Manhattan Fitz
and \ m er
w
re
ti
cd
ith I, 87
point. apiece.
-Fitz
n
w
ha
1.61
pomt m
her c reer: and
veraging
...
0.
point
per gam
.
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c n
hold
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Women'$ Basketball.vs. Canisius
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at
7:30 p;m,
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Basketball vs. Rider
Monday,
f
b. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
PAGE 16
Skid hits six after loss to Manhattan
By
GREG HRINYA
Staff
Writer
Following Marist's heart-
breaking loss to Loyola, the
Greyhounds' coach Jimmy
Patsos said that if Marist had
beaten Siena, the Red Foxes
could very well be in control
of the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference
(MAAC).
Unfortunately· for Marist, the
team struggled to close out
Siena and the
struggles
haven't stopped.
Marist has lost six straight
conference games since upset-
ting Niagara at home on Jan.
11. The latest installment
came at the hands of the
Manhattan Jaspers. Despite
having their bus arrive late to
the McCann Center, the
Jaspers walked into the
gym
and romped over the Red
Foxes, 67-48.
After beating No. 2 Niagara
and falling apart in the last
three minutes against No.
ing too much
on
them, tinued
to
grow.
Martin
1 Siena, Marist head
and unfortunately this expressed his frustration with
coach Chuck Martin is
year, you've got to go the team's energy level.
looking
for answers.
to them even if they're
"[I'm] just really disappoint-
"We're trying to figure
struggling
because ed in the effort, disappointed
it out and obviously we
there's no one else to
in the lack of enthusiasm and
haven't come up with an
go to and now the pres-
desire to want to compete, and
answer," Martin said.
sure ... really
.
mounts want
·
to win the game more
"We're sliding and it's
on you. Any typical than anything," a dejected
not a good place to be."
year, you would just Martin said. "The x-and-o
Martin grasped for rea-
give them a break and stuff, that stuff you can dia-
sons why the ream has
say,
'Hey,
you're gram 100 plays, but really the
gone into a tailspin, but
alright, come out of the disappointment comes with
the coach could not pin
game
and
take
a the lack of effort and desire
the team~s struggles on
breather and get your-
and will."
any one factor. He did
self together,' but obvi-
Ryan Schneider led Marist in
mention the lack of depth
ously not this year scoring and assists in the loss
could play a role in the
because we just don't to Manhattan. The senior cap-
winless streak.
have enough guys to tain scored 16 points, grabbed
"I don't know if it's a
get in."
five rebounds, and dished out
combination of fatigue
Marist led, 19-17, three assists. Sophomore for-
and maybe some ~ys are
early in the first half ward and newly-appointed
struggling from the field
against Manhattan, but starter Korey Bauer was the
and feeling sorry for
Y
I
Fl E
PHOTO
the Jaspers promptly only other Red Fox to score in
themselves
and
they
went on an 11-0 run.
double-figures. The 6-foot-9
don't know how to get
After
reoently being injected into the starting
The Red Foxes spent
,
forward chipped in 12 points
themselves out of the
lineup,
sophomore forward Korey Bauer had
12 the rest of the game and blocked two shots.
rut' "
.
.
points
and
two
blocks
In
Marist's
67-48
loss to
.
Martm
said.
M
h tta
Th
I k to
d.th
I
k'd
trymg to catch up, but
According to Martin, it was
"M
be [
, ]
d
d
an a
n.
ey
oo
en
er s
I
on
Manh
, 1 d
ay
we re
epen -
Saturday, Feb.
7 at
Iona.
Tlp-off
is set for
2
p.m.
attan s ea con-
SEE FOXES, PAGE 14