VOWME 63, ISSUE 15
IN THIS ISSUE:
POUT1CS:
DANIELS INTERESTED IN
SENATORIAL SEAT
Pornstar Stormy Daniels
gets drafted to defeat
adulterous senator.
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ME:.
RUN DOWN OF THE 2009
GRAMMVS
Recap alt _the 'Swagga' of
the
perfom1ances
from
the 51st annual Grammys.
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The
Lady
Red
Foxes
suffered
its second home loss of the
season@gainst
Canisius
duri Pack the House.
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FOUNDED IN 1965
lHURSDAY, FEBRUARY
12.,
2009
Campus changes impact housing
By MELISSA GRECO
seniors graduating, making
Staff Writer
room for the estimated
950
The leaders of the Student
Government
Association
(SGA) met with Director of
Housing Sarah English Feb.
4
to discuss this year's changes.
One of the adjustments to the
system included the revealing
of priority points via e-mail,
including a point-by-point
breakdown of information
sent out to the student body on
Feb. 6.
Another change is an
increase of sophomores in Foy
Townhouses, due to the demo-
lition of Benoit and Gregory.
SGA and English a_lso dis-
cussed and addressed recent
space issues.
"Basically, right now, we're
at over one hundred percent
capacity," said senior William
Burke, executive vice presi-
dent of the student body.
freshmen.
"Every year Admissions
always underestimates, ending
up with a freshman class of
over a thousand," said Burke.
"Housing attempts to compen-
sate by overestimating."
Newly constructed Lower
Fulton
Townhouses
were
meant to alleviate cramping
and discontinue the use of the
R~sidence Inn as space for
transfer students.
Housing
anticipates approximately
100
transfer students at Marist in
the fall and that the use of the
hotel is still necessary, accord-
ing to Burke.
"The Residence Inn is an
isolating and inconvenient
environment," he said. "But
SEE COMPETITION, PAGE 3
.
JAMES REILLY
/FILE PHOTO
According to Burke,
161
stu-
dents will be returning from a
spring semester abroad, and
120 students will be spending
the fall semester abroad.
There will be
536
on-campus
Sophomores stand outside
of Foy
Townhouses. Housing
is
placing more sophomores In
Foy
as more
upperclassmen move
to
the newest residence hall - Lower Fulton. Over-enrollment in recent years
has resulted In Increased pressure and competition for housing selection.
Steele breaks
GOP
racial barrier
By MARK INSERRA
what you think we are."
Circle Contributor
Victoria Banks, former Ball
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State University fresident,
On Jan.
30,
Michael SteeJe
1
,
also doesn't
se~
to buy into
assumed office
as
the new
,
,
the label.
"-
'i\
·
ChaifD!an of the Republican
"I
defmitefy"!eel like there
The election of a conserva-
tive like Steele is also looked
at as an important move by
Republicans, some of whom
believe that the party has
strayed away from
its
core
National
Committee.
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"'l~l'e~•
..-----"""""!'!"
Normally, this is
an
event that
doesn't receive
·
much atten-
tion, but the election of Steele
had added significance, as he
is the first African-American
to hold the position. This is an
important move for a party
that some people seem to~~
"-.
as the party of the rich w ~
man.
"1
think that it is extremely
important on two levels," said
Joe DeLisle, President of the
Marist College Republicans.
"The first level is, for
Republicans in general, it says
we're going back to basics,
we 're going back to princi-
ples, we're going back to con-
servatism. For the other peo-
ple, it goes against that media
portrayed image of the rich
white person being the face of
the party when you have a
very competent [and] very
articulate person in Michael
Steele.
It's a good way to
show people that we 're not
FnMn
TEL£G
CO
.
UK
Steele hopes
to
revamp the Republicans
by
returning
to
the basic
ideals
of
conservatism. With Obama's win and the appointment
of
Eric Holder, the GOP needs
to
alter
the
public opinion.
are stereotypes," Banks said,
"like a political stereotype, big
business, big money, keeping
money in the family, but there
are also other 1-~s that you
define Republ~c s\¼o I don't
know if I w
1
d ~
1
\
~all the
Republican Pa
the rich
white man's party.
values and ideals.
"Republicans had it good
[before
2006],"
DeLisle said.
"They had control of the exec-
utive and the legislature and
all they did was, basically, lib-
eral spending policies. [This
is] the Republican Party real-
izing that it hasn't been as
SEE REPUBLICANS, PAGE 3
Teach-in
focuses on
green
future
. By
CAITLIN NOLAN
Web Editor
Mari ,
College
participat-
ed
it,
a national ..
t ach-in,T'
educating
faculty, students,
staff aµd
general
public
on.
'$Bui14ing
la .
Sustainable
Future''
on
Feb;
9.
Presentations
films,
discus..
sions
.aµd
an
''Open
M:ie~i
night
took place iij.·
an
effort
to further
the campus's
effortli
in
"thijlldng
green.··
Films and workshops
were
held throughout
the
da.y, many
held
twice for
the
convenience
Or
.those
inter-
ested~
In
addition, over one
dozen displays located
in
the Student Center provided
a quick
,yet
educational out-
let
for
those m
passing.
A
computer was a.lso set up
for students to
type
ideas
for future sustainability
tea¢b
_
.. fus,
providing an
interactive aapect
of
tlie
teach~in.
The
evening con-
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Security Briefs
Frosh strike out after burning third popcorn bag
By TYLER THURSTON
.. .funnier than you.
2/4-Foy
Breakfast went awry when
a fire alarm was set off in
Foy, alerting residents at the
ripe old time of 6:15 in the
morning. Wow, 6:15 and
you're already up making
breakfast. I don't know
whether or not to congra~-
late you on being such a go-
getter or feeling bad for
your
life.
At that time I'm
so deep in sleep you could
throw my lifeless body out
my window and I'd proba~
bly just ask for my pillow.
Nothing like a little break-
fast in bed, though, if bed
means having to get out of
it to drag yourself outside at
the crack of dawn. Good
luck with
that.
2/4 - Fashion Department
A housekeeper made a star-
tling discovery one morn-
ing, reporting an iron being left
on overnight in the fashion
department Thankfully, the
neglected appliance didn't
result in an inferno, but you
never know what could
happen. Besides, I thought
forgetting to tum the iron
off was something saved for
later in life, when you sud-
denly see a minivan make a
u-tum like a bat out of hell
and
come
bombarding
down the street. And who-
ever said college students
weren't mature for their
age?
2/6 - Marian Hall
A guest attempting to sign
·
into Marian had the misfor-
tune of busting out both
their forms of ID, prompt-
ing security to shockingly
question the authenticity of
one of them. Helpful hint:
unless security is manning
the door at a bar, you keep
that other one hidden.
Maybe I'm a pessimist, but
I don't really think security
is going to believe you're a
23 year-old organ donor
from Michigan. Maybe
you'll get lucky, maybe
they
will.
Or maybe you'll
bt
escorted off campus.
Probably the second one,
but I don't want to place all
my eggs in that basket.
2/9 - Leo Hall
Another fire alarm made the
front page news this week,
with security clearing out
Leo only to find the real
culprit: three bags of pop-
corn burnt to a crisp.
Another piece of advice,
seeing as I'm so wise, if you
fail at popcorn the first two
times, maybe let it go. I
know they say
try, try
again,
or as Aaliyah used to say
dust yourself off and
try
again, but don't. Dust your-
self off and stick to pre-
made foods. Await further
instruction upon comple-
tion.
2/7 - Donnelly
A slow weekend paved the
way for one young female
to make her presence
known, at least in the lobby
of Donnelly. After the
assumption was made she
may have been getting her
drink on, Fairview was
alerted and allowed the stu-
dent
to
return
to
Champagnat free of shame.
Well, except for being writ-
ten about here. Yeah, that's
probably not going to go
over well.
2/7-Foy
Security once again killed
the party on Saturday, con-
fiscating a keg of beer from
Foy. Well, there goes that
fun-filled night. And to
think, you could have met
your future wife at that
party. Well, no awkward
story to tell the grandkids
now.
2/8 - Sheahan Hall
Never one to be left out,
Sheahan got in on the action
with one student spewing
more than knowledge in the
residence. The student was
evaluated and taken to St.
Francis for what
rm
sure
was a memorable stay. If
the ambulance ride across
the street is too much for
you, maybe you can send a
postcard. Just you in a blue
gown, holding the IV in
your hand with a thumbs up
and a grin just for your par-
ents. Maybe a title that says
"Wish you Were Here," or
maybe wish you weren't.
Whatever works.
Public Service
Announcement
During the recent lock-it-
or-lose-it inspections, secu-
rity once again noticed nine
rooms left unlocked and
open in
Leo;
along with 18
in Upper West Cedar and
Fulton. Also in the evalua-
tion, one bottle of wine was
confiscated. So now, when
a stranger enters your
house, you can't even sit
down with them and have a
nice drink to talk about their
reasons for doing so. What
a bummer.
Disclaimer: The
Security
Briefs are intended as satire
and fully protected free speech
under the First Amendment of
the Constitution.
Upco01ing Events
1
01
Trip to see the musical
Shrek -
Sunday, Feb.
22
~
$25, tickets went on sale Feb. 11 at noon
~
Bus departs from Midrise Lot at 9 a.m.
~
Contact SPC x2828 for more info
Ski trips - Feb. 14, 21, 28
Shopping shuttle - Poughkeepsie
Galleria and Stop
& Shop
~
Friday, Feb. 13: 4 p.m.-12 a.m.
~
SaturcJay, Feb. 14: 12 p.m.~8 p.m.
~
$1 day pass or $5 semester pass
~
Bus leaves from Midrise Lot
~
Hunter Mountain, $25 {includes lift and bus tickets
~
$29 ski/snowboard rentals, $20 lessons
~
Bus leaves Donnelly at 7 a.m.
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From Page One
Competition for housing increases with demand
From
MARIST.EDU
Fultion
Townhouses are highly
sought-after. High
enrollment
has placed pressure
on hous-
ing availability.
it's better to provide some-
thing, as opposed to forcing
From Page One
students to seek out independ-
ent housing."
Competition among females
has made the process exceed-
ingly difficult, Burke said.
Last year the lowest scoring
full female house averaged
34.8 priority points.
The
Housing Office takes this into
account, ensuring an equal bal-
ance of male and female hous-
es evenly distributed across
campus. Regardless, there is
the skewed ratio of 70 percent
female and 30 percent male
residents. According to Burke,
"many more guys choose to
live off campus."
"We offer such an array of
housing," said Sarah English,
director of housing. "There is
no bad upperclassman hous-
ing. It's fairly cheap to live on
campus, honestly. I know peo-
ple don't
think
it is, but, I don't
know, you get guaranteed
wireJess and laundry facilities.
If you get locked out of your
house, you can get in touch
with [an RA or] security
instead of going through the
whole ordeal of getting in
touch with a locksmith. I think
the Fulton apartments are
especially great."
Another addition made by
Housing is the scheduling of
campus-wide educational ses-
sions. SGA and the Housing
Office are strongly encourag-
ing students to attend the infor-
mational meetings, to iron out
any questions and kinks in the
system before selection day.
"Being prepared is key," said
English. "Get your informa-
tion together. Prior to showing
up, look at the apartment lay-
outs and maps. The informa-
tion is all online. Have all of
your
questions
answered
before selection."
Housing deposits for 2009-
2010 will be accepted between
Feb. 16 and 27. Each group
will elect a representative who
must attend a housing meeting
- the date and time of which
.
have not yet been announced.
Freshmen will be selecting on
Monday and Tuesday, April 6
and 7. Sophomores and jun-
iors will be selecting on
Tuesday and Wednesday, April
14 and 15. Housing selection
takes place in the Cabaret.
"We try to make [ selection
day] a nice atmosphere with
food and people readily avail-
able to answer any last minute
questions
students
might
have," said English. "My best
advice is to be patient, and just
be kind to each other. It's def-
initely competitive, but we're
all part of the Marist Family."
Panel discusses eco-footprint of Hancock Technology Center
-eluded with an open-mic
night which continued the
theme of the day.
This issue has been preva-
lent on campus for a long
time, specifically in regards to
the newest addition to Marist
Campus,
the
Hancock
Technology Center. The new
center, projected to
be
com-
pleted-by fall 2010, was the
main focus of "Sustainable
Design in Architecture and
Sustainable
Features
of
Marist
College's
new
Hancock Technology Center."
The panel discussion
explored the practical side of
sustainability by keynote
speaker Kevin Smith a partner
at Stern Architects, the firm
responsible for the construc-
tion of the academic addition
to campus.
Throughout the presenta-
tion, it was explicit that Stem
prides itself on its ability to
create
.
buildings unique to
each client's wishes while
maintaining a "green" under-
tone.
"Sustainable design is
not
a
From Page One
style," Smith said.
.
According
to
www.ramsa.com,
Robert
A.M.
Stem Architects "are
committed to
sustainable
design principles and actively
ptrmre
solutions that include
environmentally responsible
materials and products."
"Everything we do on a
local scale has an impact all
over the world," Kevin Smith
said.
"If
we build badly, it has
enough impact on resources
and landfills in the future."
Stem also prides itself on its
ability to create b
'
uildings that
qualify
for
different
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental
Design
(LEED) certifications, done
so by earning credits through
designs that reduce energy
and water use, generate fewer
pollutants and make inventive
use of recycled materials in
constructing the facility, earn-
ing
a
certification
of
"Certified," "Silver," "Gold"
or "Platinum
.
"
"When you present a project
as LEED, it means something
to somebody," Smith said
concerning the system .
Speaking specifically of the
Hancock Technology Center,
"daylight in all spaces" was
stressed as an important ele-
R-om MARIST
.
EDUI
Dr.
Michael
Tannenbaum, pic-
tured above,
Is
co-chair
of
Marist College campus
Sustainability Commltee
(CSAC). CSAC
conducted the
sustainability panel on Feb 9.
ment in the construction of the
facility. Daylight sensors, 12-
13 feet ceilings in all class-
rooms, a super insulated
fa.;ade, "high performance but
relatively clear windows,"
and corridors were also men-
tioned as facets of the new
building.
Along with a green roof,
these innovative building
schemes will ~keep [the cam-
pus's] footprint the same as
existing buildings on cam-
pus," Smith said.
The green roof to the new
building has many interesting
features: it absorbs water,
allows vegetation and habitat
to foster, as well as encour-
ages and slows storm water so
no special interceptors are
needed.
When asked if the weather
for which Marist is notorious
will have an effect on the true
ability of such _"green roofs,"
Smith said that while the grass
is a huge part of such a roof, it
still is a reservoir and system
in and of itself.
Those who experience the
worst of the bitter cold snow
during the winter at Marist
still have some
doubts.
"I'm really excited with the
plans they have for the new
building, environmentally
,
"
said
Danny
Jagoda,
an
attendee of the discussion. "I
think they should research
more into the green roof and
how the snow will affect it,
considering how much snow
the Hudson Valley sees during
the winter."
While predictions for what
level the Hancock Technology
Center will reach in regards to
LEED certification, Smith
was unsure. He was confident,
however, that the building
will easily reach LEED Silver
and perhaps qualify even
fur-
ther.
Many students currently
enrolled at Marist College
will have graduated when the
eco-friendly center is finally
complete. Regardless, such a
step forward in the considera-
tion of the environment is
something all students can
appreciate.
"This is a tribute to the wis-
dom of your leaders... look-
ing for the long term," Smith
said.
Republicans appoint first black National Commitee chairman
good as it should have been,
realizing it let down the vot-
ers, and coming back to
basics, back to principles,
back to conservatism."
"My understanding is
Chairman Steele wants us to
make recommendations to
revise from top to bottom all
the operations of the RNC,"
said
former
Michigan
Republican Party Chairman
Saul Anuzis, as reported in the
Washington Times. "It's a
very broad mandate."
Steele rose to prominence in
the
party
as
Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland from
2003-2007,
under Robert
Ehrlich. He later campaigned
for the U.S. Senate in 2006,
but lost to
Democrat
Ben
Cardin. His ability as a public
speaker helped to gain him
notoriety. Steele helped coin
the term "Drill, Baby, Drill,"
to promote
offshore
drilling
during the 2008 presidential
campaign.
While Steele's election may
be viewed by some as a
change for the party, others
may not think so, believing
that regardless of who is in
charge, it is the party princi-
ples that matter the most. And
although the black vote is
largely democratic, there has
always been
an
African-
American and minority pres-
ence in the Republican Party.
"I feel that there are basic
principles t~ each party that
every person has the right to
decide which party to be a part
of," said Banks. "Personally, I
think a lot of people have a
perception about African-
Americans and that they are
automatically democrats, but
there have always
been
black
republicans."
While the election of Steele
may not be a totally new direc-
tion for the party, it certainly
helps to emphasize the fact
that the Republican Party is
not simply the party of the
white man. With the presence
of prominent figures such as
Condoleezza Rice and Lynn
Swann, Steele's election is
another step in process of
debunking that theory.
































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Pornstar has urge to unseat philandering senator
By
JOSEPH GENTILE
Politics Editor
Dismayed by dirty politics,
adult entertainet. Stonny Daniels
is being encouraged by her sup-
porters to clean up "family
values." Prompted by fans,
the
Baton Rogue,
La.
native has set
her sights upon replacing
Sen.
David Vitter (R) for his extramari-
tal
involvement two years ago
with the escorts of the infa-
mous "D.C. Madam."
Unaffiliated
·
with the
Democrats, or the Republicans,
Daniels defined herself as the
libertarian alternative to the
incumbent Sen. Vitter, a social
conservative.
Her candidacy might still be
unofficial, but the visitors to
her campaign Web site, Draft
Stormy, are determined to
transform a fantasy into politi-
cal reality.
Zack Hudson, the New
Orleans resident responsible
for Draft Stormy, argued at
DraftStormy.com that Daniels
is presenting, "the Pelican
State with the opportunity to
start with a clean slate - to
elect a representative that we
can be proud of, who will
work tirelessly, and who will
challenge the status quo. We at
the Draft Stormy campaign
feel that Stormy Daniels is
best suited to fulfill these
duties,"
Yet, not everybody shares
Hudson's enthusiasm, nor
believes Daniels' reminders of
Vitter's dalliances are going to
sway the electorate. Political
Director Clancy DuBos of
Gambit,
a New Orleans
news-
paper,
told CNN.com that
Louisianans "need a serious
opponent who is himself, or
herself, not guilty of some-
thing like that to say, 'Let's
talk about family values, shall
we?"'
From YAHOO.COM
Stormy Daniels, an adult enter-
tainer, is
positioning
herself
for
a
senatorial bid.
But, for her Monday inter-
view with CNN anchor Rick
Sanchez, Daniels did not blush
about
her entrepreneurial insights
from the adult entertainment
indu. try
.
"The biggest difference is
I'm open with my sexual
activities," Daniels said. "I
might be a pornstar, but I
haven't done anything illegal
. . . the big question is not just
'Why is David Vitter in office,
but why is he not in jail?"'
On her campaign site,
Hudson cite~ Daniels' high
school 4-H Club presidency,
and student newspaper editor-
ship, as her chief leadership
qualifications. Her biography
also
emphasizes the "creativity
and iron-will determination"
that influenced her message to
"young people of the impor-
tance of practicing safe sex."
In
his article "It's the
F.conomy,
Sexy," Hudson
argued
that Daniels' multi-billion
dollar brand shows her
administrative skills. Plus, her
support
for
"all
measures
th.ai
are
both responsible and
appropri-
ate" to shield children from
online adult material, Hudson
said, is not just a moral matter
- but a matter of national secu-
rity.
"Our most vocal proponents
of the American 'family val-
ues' myth are politicians like
Vitter who spout condemna-
tions of sexual work and other
forms of 'deviance' when it
comes to other people's lives,
but act like they're above the
laws they make," Sara Raab, a
SUNY New Paltz student and
burlesque dancer, said.
Raab, and her alter ego
Izebel Vivant, are members of
Alpha Psi Ecdysia - one of
only two college-sponsored
bur
l:'i
e
ro
u
e
in the
United States. Responsible for
producing two shows a semes-
ter, Alpha Psi Ecdysia
dancers
~re also charged with bringing
their acts to New York City
venues,
and
sponsoring
forums
about the
history
of
burlesque.
"It's the voter's responsibili-
ty to look at a candidate's pol-
itics, not breast size," Raab
said. "The stereotype that sex
workers are
dumb
an-heads is
too widespread. Never mind
that most of the strippers I
know are
on
the Dean's List!"
Obama inspires a fashion-foward White House
By
HEATHER STAATS
Staff Writer
As college students leap into
their first internships and jobs,
th~y are constantly told that
t~ey must "dress for success."
But times are changing, as is
evident by the new, relaxed
dress code for visitors in the
White House of President
Obama.
Obama, a native of Hawaii,
enjoys having a warm office.
This has led to the removal of
suit jackets by the president
and his visitors, revealing a
more casual atmosphere. This
is far different from the dress
code enforced by former
President George W. Bush. He
insisted that a coat and tie
were necessary at all times in
the Oval Office
.
Chris Traina, a sophomore
and fashion merchandising
major, welcomed the change
in attire.
"Creating this comfortable
environment in a time where
flexibility is absolutely needed
[with everything that he's
try-
ing to accomplish in office] is
a really appropriate decision,"
Traina said.
"He needs to
reach out to the American peo-
ple and the average American
isn't wearing a business suit
every day."
Aurora Heller, a freshman
and political science major,
also thinks that this will help
the country to relate to
Obama.
"I think overall, Obama has
such a different personality
than Bush did," Heller said.
"He's trying to make politics
more relevant to the average
American."
In her opinion, Heller thinks
that this will eliminate stress
from the office atmosphere.
"It makes it more personable
between
Obama and his staff"
Heller said. "He's just a pe~-
son and I think he's trying to
relay that. He's just doing his
job, which just so happens to
be president."
While this style of dress
may be acceptable to the pres-
id~nt of the United States,
Diedre Sepp, career develop-
ment director in the Center for
Career Services
1
reminded stu-
dents that it is never appropri-
ate to dress business casual
until you are an acceptf;!d
member of the group.
"Once you're hired, you're
part of that culture," Sepp
said. "So whatever dress that
culture adopts is going to be
fine for you. If I'm being
interviewed for a position, I
will not be dressed business
casual."
PAGE4
On Marist' s min
By
ROBIN MINITER
Photography Editor
As New Yorks next U.S. senator, what should
be Kirsten Gillibrand~ top priority?
I
would
like
to
see
her push
for
civil
unions.
After
California,
so
many
people
were
disappointed.
New
York
is
such a melting
pot
of views and beliefs
and
lifestyles,
it
would
o
n
1'
make
sense.
Kate McGann
Sophomore
Joumallsm/Studlo Art
She should utilize her ability
to
see
through party lines to
make Republicans have a
stronger voice
fo
New
York;
This would allow for a much
more diverse and unified state
through the com9ination of
ideals
and belie&.
James Napoli
Freshman
English/Spanish
I
would like to see a
certain
initiative taken
on
environ-
mental issues. For example,
she could put a greater refund
tax
on
cans. This way, people
[and kids our age] would be
encouraged to be a bit more
environmentally
savvy.
Andrew Clinkman
Sophomore
Communications
We need to focus
on
keeping
New York great and
getting
us
all
through these
tough
times.
I
would like to see
her
be
a
strong
figure
throughout
the state, not just in the
city.
Gabby Albino
Sophomore
English: Writing






























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Respect remains key for whoever sits in office
Presidential analyses cannot be put in perspective after mere weeks
By
DAN PEARLE$
Staff Writer
Everyone is entitled to his
or her own opinion.
Some
people's opinions are given
little recognition, while other
opinions tend to get under the
skin of those who would dare
disagree with them. My previ-
ous article talked about the
disrespect that many liberals
showed
towards
former
President Bush during the past
eight years and how I hope
conservatives do not act the
same way towards President
Obama. Clearly some people
did not understand the point of
the article, as was demonstrat-
ed in an Op-Ed in last week's
issue.
The point of my previous
article was that liberals con-
stantly disrespected former
President Bush throughout his
eight years in office, and that
the disgraceful booing at the
inauguration was simply a
microcosm of that. Some peo-
ple defended these actions by
saying that it was only a small
group of people who booed
and to not "always believe
what you read." They got one
thing right - you should not
always believe what you read.
That's why I believe that a
vi"eo that shows what actually
happened is more credible
than the quote of a single
Obama supporter. Clearly, not
everyone at the inauguration
booed, in the same way that
not everyone who disagreed
with former President Bush
went so far as to disrespect
him throughout his presiden-
cy.
The article also praises
President Obama for his care-
ful selection of his cabinet
picks. For those who have not
followed the news lately, Tom
Daschle withdrew his nomina-
tion as Health and Human
Services
,
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fact that he has unpaid taxes.
On top of that, President
Obama's
selection
for
Secretary of the Treasury,
Timothy Geithner, has also
had problems with l;>eing late
on his taxes. That is beside the
point. At no time in the article
did I mention President
Obama's cabinet or any of the
other decisions he has made
thus far, because it is way too
early to claim that anything
major has changed for better
or worse in Washington in the
few weeks that he has been in
the Oval Office:
My article had very little
to
do with the views and policies
of former President Bush or
President Obama. It was a
simple message: respect the
office of the President of the
United States regardless of
who is holding it. Many liber-
als, and even some conserva-
tives, failed to do that during
the Bush administration, and
t'm sure
that
many
conserva-
tives will do the same under
President Obama. Some inter-
preted this as "divisive," but I
disagree
.
I think that it's divi-
sive to attempt to critique
someone else's opinion just
because it's different than
yours. I think that it's divisive
to analyze an entire adminis-
tration just weeks after it con-
cluded, and deem that there
were "empirical failures,"
while saying nothing of its
successes.
As Joe Delisle, Chair of
Marist College Republicans
said, "hopefully President
Obama continues some of the
e~pirical successes of the
Bush administration such as
ensuring that millions oflraqis
remain free and able to sur-
vive on their own."
I also found this comment,
left by one of the reader's
under the online version of
The €irc/e
to be divisive:
"Bush orchestrated eight years
of looting and pillaging of the
American and Iraqi peo-
ple ... Bush and his co-conspir-
ators must be prosecuted, con-
victed and jailed for treason
against America and for
crimes against humanity."
Statements like this are not
only divisive
,
but illogical,
ignorant, and without total dis-
regard for reality and common
sense. This quote however,
represents a very small minor-
ity of the populatiorr, and
should not be put in the same
category as those who ration-
ally disagree with former
President Bush.
As I said in my last article,
all Americans should pray for
President Obama's success
because if he fails, we all fail.
This in no way implies or pre-
dicts that President Obama
will succeed or fail, but that it
is in the best interest of the
entire country that he does
well.
Personal attacks not warranted
Opinions should be celebrated, not derided
By
CAITLIN NOLAN
Web Co-Editor
The Opinion section of
The
Circle
is a wonderful thing.
It
allows students to express
their opinion about anything
they feel is worth discussing.
The topic, may it be campus
related or prevalent to the
entire country, is completely
free game. Which is, in fact,
the beauty of this country -
anyone can say anything, pro-
vided that such proclamations
of opinions are not harmful to
the general public. This brings
me to my point: we must stop
attacking each other!
A trend over the past few
weeks that has come to my
attention is the inclination of
readers of this paper to take
the opinions of others person-
ally. While I am all for the
preservation of opinion and
defending what you believe in,
this section should not become
a punching bag for those with
grievances with the opinions
of others. Chill! There are
many more pressing issues
that your opinion- would be
valued for rather thaQ nitpick-
ing at
what the last person who
wrote in said.
While this section has sud-
denly become a long, drawn
out chat-room in which
debates rampant on an issue
long resolved, the campus has
suddenly transformed into
Pleasantville. Everyone who
attends Marist College is so
content with everything that
occurs here, on campus, they
feel no need to express their
opinion.
The student newspaper is a
precious aspect of college life.
My opinion: may be skewed,
since I am sort of invested in
this little old publication (keep
those priority points coming!),
but a person's opinion is one
of the most important
.
assets
one can posses. By not
expressing your opinion, you
are relinquishing the right to
complain about any problem
or situation occurring on cam-
pus you feel is vent-worthy.
We are here in preparation
for the real world, and in the
real world, changes are not
made unless problems people
have are called to the attention
of those who are in charge.
And, in the real world, every-
one should learn how to coex-
ist peacefully. In a work envi-
ronment, such petty bickering
is not entertained; people need
to figure out a way to make the
situation the best it can possi-
bly be or else all involved suf-
fer the repercussions. In this
situation, a similar result may
just occur.
If
we're all so preoccupied
with one-upping each other,
we're going to let the issues
we have an effect on slip by.
By ignoring that urge to stand
up and yell out against that
soda fountain that does not
contain water or revolt against
the unjust hours of the mail-
room customer service section
which insists on closing at six,
you are doing a disservice to
the entire student body. Speak
up and start writing in to this
section.
Continue to write what you
feel, may it be about the 44th
President or the outrageous
line for wraps in the cafeteria.
But make sure that the article
is inspired by your flair for the
art of writing, and not an
attack on a fellow student's
right to
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The
true tragedy
of
St. Valentine's Day
By
MONICA SPERANZA
Circle Contributor
St.
Valentine's Day is a
romantic time. A time of love,
pink and
red
roses, chocolate,
~isses, and couples so sicken-
ingly
sweet it makes you gag.
To many, it is a day to appreci-
ate the people they love by
sending flowers, notes, heart-
shaped cookies, and other
gifts. To others, St. Valentine's
Day is just another commer-
cialized holiday that has no
real meaning. The latter peo-
ple are wrong.
A holiday cannot be in honor
of a saint if the saint didn't
exist. St. Valentine did exist,
and the origin of the day
comes from the Christian
faith.
The whole concept of St.
Valentine's Day is actually
quite
appropriate;
St.
Valentine is the patron saint of
love, young people, and happy
marriages. When depicted in
paintings, St. Valentine is usu-
aIIy
sliown or represented with
birds (it is said that birds begin
to mate on February 14th) and
roses-hence roses being very
popular St. Valentine's Day
flowers.
Catholicism and Roman tra-
dition acknowledge several
saints named Valentine, but
there is one particular story
that is most common and con-
sistent.
This story of St. Valentine is
set in Rome when it was under
the rule of Claudius
II.
Claudius
II
was lacking sol-
diers, so he declared that all
young men were not to be
married in order for them to
grow into strong
warriors
without the worry or distrac-
tion of family. As a priest
strong in his faith,
St.
Valentine broke Claudius H's
law and continued to marry
•
young couples clandestinely.
He also helped Christians
escape persecution for various
practices
and
beliefs.
Eventually, he was caught,
and when he refused to
denounce his Christian faith,
Claudius
II
put him in prison
and sentenced him to death.
Sometimes it is told that
before
his
death sentence St.
Valentine was subjected to
beatings with clubs.
The details of this story vary
minimally, but there is one
version that was told to me by
my father when I was a child
that some Catholic resources
deem as true.
·When
St. Valentine was in
jail, awaiting the day of his
execution, the jailor's blind
daughter would come visit the
prisoners.
She
and
St.
Valentine immediately bond-
ed. They talked regularly and
perhaps
fell in love. Some say
that the concept of sending
valentines to loved ones began
with St. Valentine writing the
girl letters that her father
would read to her,
signing
them "from your Valentine."
As St Valentine's execution
grew nearer, he told the
jailor's daughter that he had
asked God to give her back her
sight.
The
moment
St.
Valentine was beheaded her
sight was restored.
February 14th is commemo-
rated as the day of St.
Valentine's death, and over
time different traditions have
developed to honor what St.
Valentine's life-Stood for. One
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parts ofltaly (as told to me by
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young love: it used to be said
that when a young woman
looked out the window on St.
Valentine's Day, the first
young man she saw would be
tfie man sfi.e would one
day
marry.
Although the gist of what St.
Valentine's Day stands for is
maintained today with candy
hearts and paper valentines,
we should all take time to
reflect on how the day start-
ed-as we should do with any
holiday we perhaps take for
granted.
Senior Spotlight: It's
tin1e for your close
up
By
CLARE
LANGAN
Staff Writer
How long has it been since
you saw your high school sen-
ior portrait? If you have par-
ents like mine, yours is dis-
played like a lost relic among
all of the other pieces of nos-
talgia that make up your child-
hood. OK. so I'm a little bitter
that my parents decided to put
my picture on the mantle in
my basement and not above
the fireplace, but I digress.
If
you were to look back four
years, the status of your senior
pi
_
cture would be at the top of
your list of priorities (along
with college apps, The
O.C.,
and of course, the prom.) The
portrait is an epic moment, a
snapshot
·
of that time in your
life when anything was possi-
ble.
I can distinctly remember
getting my senior portrait
taken. Ironically, it was done
my junior year and I did my
best to look every bit the sen-
ior. I donned the traditional
pearls (never worn them
since) and standard issue v-
neck black top-my idea of
looking grown up. If you look
closely at my picture, you can
see a faint orange tint to my
forearms. Let's just say my
attempts at self tanner were
less than successful in the
spring of 2004.
I remember taking a stack of
those wallet-sized photos to
school and passing them out.
Everyone passed out their sen-
ior photos, sometimes scrib-
bling a note or email address
on the back. I didn't know it at
the time, but this was my first
business card. A little conceit-
ed, yes, but in high school this
is how we networked (-oh, the
days before Facebook!)
Among the various emails
about
parking
permits,
add/drop and changes to the
syllabus, I found something
very peculiar in my in-box. It
was a reminder for all seniors
to get our senior portraits
taken
for
the
Reynard
Yearbook. After realizing that
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Senior spotlight:
Stud~n
t
Perspectives:
Marist
Republicans' club presi•dent
P9rtraits cause for
high school flashbacks
By ALISON SARDONINI
Staff Writer
At the end of 2008, it seemed
that the economy was a bot-
tomless pit from which the
world would never recover.
However, as America rang in
the New Year, one hopeful
phrase echoed among the
crowds:
"Change
We Can
Believe
In."
Supporters of
Barack Obama worldwide
threw up their hats in celebra-
we had a yearbook, the origi-
nal Facebook that marks the
end of a school year, I was hit
with a sudden rush of panic. It
was bad enough that I got a
letter in my mailbox about
ordering
a cap and gown. A
senior portrait? This was just
senior year! Don't you want
people to remember
you?
You
will be known as Clare
Langan, question mark, forev-
er!" I am strangely content
with being a question mark
when the Reynard is pub-
lished. I can imagine when
too much
to handle
for
a
Monday. I
hit delete
immedi-
ately and
went
to
on
read
about
add/drop.
When you flip through the
pages of the yearbook and
realize everyone got the v-neck
top memo, you start to under-
stand why those little quotes
below your name are so impor-
tant.
yearbooks
w e r e tion on January 20 when our
invented;
nation's
first
African
people used American
president
was
them as a sworn into office (and again
way
to on January 21 when he was
never forget sworn in a second time).
It
is a
the
faces
difficult time for Republicans
and names in America, but as the corning
of
their times call for decisive political
After high school I never
thought I would be posing in
black and pearls ever again.
For one, the whole idea was
inherently unnatural and a bit
creepy. When you flip through
the pages of the yearbook and
realize everyone got the
v-
neck top memo, you start to
understand why those little
quotes below your name are
so important. They are what
differentiate you from the next
student.
I should have expected that I
would get some
flak
for not
getting my portrait taken. "It's
classmates.
I know for a fact that there is
no possible way I could forget
Marist. The last four years
have made a lasting impres-
sion on me, one that no picture
or DMB quote could ever
illustrate. As high school sen-
iors, we shared the uncertainty
that we would never see our
friends again as we go off to
different colleges. As college
seniors, we share the hope that
·this is only the beginning, the
firs_t
chapter
to th_e
.rest
.of
our
lives.
action,
the
Marist
Republicans' club remains
firm in its goals for both itself
and the country.
Joe
DeLisle,
the
Marist Republicans' club pres-
ident, is a senior political sci-
ence major with a big agenda.
The Republicans' club is very
active on campus: "We have
done tons of debates with the
political science club and Pi
Sigma Alpha, the political sci-
ence honorary," DeLisle says.
"We have also held cookouts,
Reily
fot L~ ( and] worked
on political campaigns. We are
most proud of our work during
Support the Troops week
where we get dona-
tions to be sent to the
USO.'' DeLisle's job,
other than IlJI!!1ing the
biweekly meetings, is
to plan and facilitate
these events, as well as
book
speakers
to come
give both advice and
inspiration
to
the
Republicans of Marist.
A member of Pi Sigma
Alpha himself, DeLisle
says
his club
"provides
the alternative point of
view on campus. We
also provide a way to
become more involved
in
the real world
through
campaigns,
potential conferences, etc."
And,
with the "real world"
approaching ever so quickly
nowadays, it is important for
everyone to form his or her
own political opinion. This
may be the showcase point of
the Republicans' club: as
DeLisle puts it, "Through our
debates, we also provide a
forum from which people can
get some information and for-
mulate their own ideas on sub-
jects."
With politics a keystone part
of American life, the Marist
Republicans' club has a lot of
potential for the future. "I
hope
the group continues to
grow into a club capable of
becoming more involved with
outside
organizations,"
ALISON SAROONINI/THECIRCLE
DeLisle says. This point of
view,
shared by many in the
Republicans' club, can slowly
become a reality with more
student support. The club
meets
biweekly
on
Wednesdays in the Student
Center at 9:30 p.rn. As a final
word, DeLisle notes, "Do not
rely on the government to
solve your problems, it can't
even solve its own.'' Perhaps,
with more student political
involvement, the next genera-
tion of political leaders will
disprove this. For the time
being, though, Joe DeLisle
and the Marist Republicans'
club will be ready and armed
with information, clever syn-
tax, and their own strong opin-
ions.
New
Web site gives students a chance to speak their minds
By
SUSIE
GAGNON
Circle Contributor
Until you arrived here at
Marist, there were so many
inside campus secrets you
were unaware of.
Think
of
yourself as the innocent fresh-
man living in Sheahan, scared
to death of a visit from
"Shelly." By January, campus
turns into the tundra and
you're left to survive the
Marist wind tunnel. You've
joined obscene amounts of
extracurriculars, clubs you
never knew existed and tried
your hand at intramural vol-
leyball, all because you need a
few priority points. By spring,
Manny the cab driver's phone
number
.
is in your cell phone's
speed dial; now you've mas-
tered the art of being a Marist
student.
Unfortunately, none of us
knew any of these inside facts
about Marist before we were
students here on campus. The
Princeton Review, famous for
its college administration gen-
erated information, was once
the go-to college resource for
prospective students. It's the
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the weekend -
and weekday - nights
at Rennie's, Darb's,-
or the 'Nuddy. It also
tackles more sensitive
subjects like Marist's
lack of student body
diversity and campus
hook-ups. On Unigo,
students can share
miscellaneous Marist
thoughts like their
hatred for freezing on
the comer of Route 9,
waiting to cross the
street to go to class.
ISABELCAIUUS/THECIRCLE
While Unigo is a
Unigo.com
offers a new
way
to
show prospective
students the real
lives
of
good place to vent
Marlst students past the standard
facts
offered
by Princeton
Review.
Marist
frustration,
same Web site that has work combined with a college
students can also post
described Marist students as
review website
·
and acts as an more positive reviews that
"fun-loving, extremely friend-
interactive college guidebook. highlight aspects that make
ly,
Abercrombie-wearing, The catch, however, is that student life here unique. The
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Princeton Review doesn't
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wntten entirely
applied here four years ago.
by college students. It is the mention the accessibility of
The Princeton Review is out first college review website to
Marist professors, it just gloss-
of date, lack luster, sugar coat-
consist of 100 percent student-
es over the professor-to-
ed and just plain boring.
generated videos, pictures, student ratio.
Unigo is the
This past fall, Unigo.com forums, editorial material and only Web site that brags about
was launched and will change campus reviews.
Marist's dorms and townhous-
the way colleges across the
Unigo.corn reveals the es that rival the comfort of
country
are
reviewed. whole truth, no subject is off-
home. It is the only college
Unigo.com is like a social net-
limits. This website unveils review that can describe the
out-of-control student cama-
raderie that packs the Mccann
Gym
for basketball games.
Revealing campus secrets
that can help prospective stu-
dents is the main goal of
Unigo.
A click towards
www.unigo.com/rnarist col-
lege will take you straight to
the Marist College page. You
can write your own review
about Marist and gush about
whatever your heart desires;
there is no editing of student
submissions. Because of the
recent launch of Unigo.com,
Marist's page at Unigo is con-
siderably underdeveloped and
needs student reviews that
reveal the truth about life here
on campus. Consider Unigo
the new Facebook: you can
friend request other users, tag
photos and watch embarrass-
ing videos, anything is free
game. No more Marist dirt
will be swept under The
Princeton Review rug; now's
your chance to reveal what
you love and what you hate
about Marist. Check out the
website and say what you real-
ly
think.
All opinions are wel-
come.





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No one can "Swagga Like Us" at the
2009
Grammys
By
JACEL EGAN
News Co-Editor
With no host to introduce the
show,
flashing lights and high
energy beats filled the arena as
U2 brought the crowd to
life
with their newest single, "Get
on Your Boots," from their
upcoming album, "No Line on
the Horizon."
The 2009 Grammys, which
aired on Feb. 9; brought on a
sordid mix of fresh faces and
tasteful performances. This
year's concentration on music
performances
instead
of
awards gave the audience a
live sample of the popular
music the past year has pro-
duced.
"Most of the artists that won
are currently on my iPod,"
said
sophomore
Renee
Gennarelli. "I have John
Mayer,
O>ldplay, Sugarland, Lil
Wayne, Canie Underwood, Ne-
Yo, etc. It was
fun
to see them
all together at the awards."
Robert Plant and Alison
Krauss brought ho.roe
lhc
award for Best Album, while
new talent Adele received
Best New Artist. Coldplay
predictably stole most of the
From
NYTIMES.COM
Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, T.I., and a nine month pregnant M.I.A.
performed
•Swagga
Like Us,· which won the Grammy for best rap
performance
by
duo or group.
show by winning Best Rock
Album with "Viva La Vida or
Death and All His Friends,"
and Song of the Year, "Viva
La Vida." Other awards were
not aired due to added musical
performances.
"It was slightly disappoint-
ing to see 'Raising Sand' win
Best
Album,"
said
ophom r
Emily Fiore. "I'm a Robert
Plant fan, but I wasn't into
much of his new stuff. Plus, I
feel like not a lot of people
have heard it."
Various singers
.
kept the
crowd in awe during various
rock-out routines in between
awards. A range of tastes were
adhered to when Miley Cyrus
and Taylor Swift performed
together. Paul McCartney and
Dave Grohl of the Foo
·
h .
fomied a duet to sing
the Beatles classic "I Saw Her
Standing There," and Lil
Wayne performed with others
to pay tribute to New Orleans
with "Tie My Hands."
"My favorite part was when
Radiohead_ sang '15 Steps'
with the
[University of
Southern California] marching
band," said
sophomore
Alana
Linsenbigler.
"Thom
Yorke
was so animated and on his
own planet as he sang like
usual.
It
was a nice break from
the more mainstream acts."
Surprising talents included
M.I.A.
's
collaborative per-
formance with T.I., Lil Wayne
and Kanye West.
"It
was especially cool and a
little weird to see M.I.A. per-
form on her due date,"
Gennarelli said. "She's insane
for doing it. I thought she
would give birth right there in
that weird outfit of hers."
The night was closed with an
interesting twist: Blink-182
announced their reunion, with
full-on studio sessions and
tours to come within the year.
"You never really realize
what you miss until it's gone
for a while," said sophomore
Tim Faustini. "I can't wait to
hear what they have up their
sleeves."
Enjoy some "Love in the
Afternoon" this Sunday
By
MELISSA GRECO
Staff
Writer
As the Marist College
Singers prepare their bian-
nual variety concert, "Love
in the Afternoon," most
have expressed their hope
for
success
that goes
beyond the musical ele-
ment. The singers hope to
raise as much money as
possible for the Hudson
River Psychiatric Center, a
foundation that the Marist
Singers has heen donating
event proceeds
to
for
approximately the
15 years.
"I think it's really impor-
tant to acknowledge bound-
aries
beyond
Marist
College,"
said
Sarah
Williams, director of Marist
Singers.
"There
are people
outside that we care about."
Williams said the event is
a
"high
energy eclectic
show offering every genre
of music, from rock and roll
·
to country, jazz and classi-
cal."
"I'm expecting a wide
array of selections which
should hopefully draw all
kinds of audience mem-
bers,"
said
sophomore
Kelly
Hall,
Singers librari-
an.
"Love in the Afternoon" is
a concert featuring Jove
songs performed by Marist
College Singers, Freshman
Women, Women's Select
Choir, Chamber Choir and
an assortment of solos and
duets, highlighting some of
Marist's best performers.
Fifty percent of the profits
made from ticket sales will
go to the Hudson River
Psychiatric Center,
in
addi-
tion to all proceeds earned
from the raffle at intermis-
sion.
Marist junior Adrienne
Sabilia, chief of choir
affairs, said a range of items
are being raffled, such as
tickets to see "Into the
Woods" (locally produced
SEE MCCTA, PAGE 13
From SLASHFILM.COM
Despite
being
number one
at
the box office, "He's
Just
Not That Into You" is a bad date Idea for
Valentine's
Day.
The movies (not) to watch
this Valentine's Day
By
KELYN BORlZ
Staff
Writer
Valentine's Day is this week-
end, and for those of you who
have a special someone to
spend it with, \Yatching a
movie together might be your
plan of action. Here are five
movies currently showing in
theaters and five movies on
your Netflix queue to avoid on
the most loving holiday of the
year.
In theaters:
"Friday the 13th" (or any
scary movie for that matter)
- Guys, you may think this is a
good way to get your date to
snuggle up to you, but the
truth is girls only agree to see
scary movies because you
want to. You're not the ones
who can't sleep at night after
watching Jason m~chete teens
to death. Having our eyes
closed throughout the whole
movie is not how anyone
imagines their Valentine's
Day.
"Hotel for Dogs" -
Again,
guys, get your mind out of the
gutter. Just because you don't
want to actually watch the
movie, doesn't mean the
dozens of 5-year-olds in the
SEE MOVIES, PAGE 14
PAGE 10
currently singin'
A weekly review
of
the latest songs
from
NYTIMES.COM
Thom
Yorke
gives
an ener-
getic performance at the
51st Grammys
on
Feb. 8.
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Co-Editor
Radiohead "15 Steps"
(Live. at 2009 Grammys
with USC Marching Band)
-
( ranking
the
tempo
up
slightly,
Thom
Yorke danced
sporadically as he spewed out
l'ines
from
tlie
opener of ··111
Rainbows" at the Grammy.
on Feb. 9. Backed
by
the
USC marching band playing
the
electronic beats; the
per-
formance
wa.
one of the
highlights
of
this
year'.
Grammy-..
Lily Allen "Never
Gonna
Happen"
Accordions,
handclaps and Allen's British
accent add up
to
a sum of an
• i .
pop
mt;
proving
t.o
be a
gem
off
her
new album "It's
NotMe,
It'
You."
The
Mae $bl "R U
Professional"
A
tribute to
Christian Bhle, this song i.
far from
amateur pop.
ampling
mppets
from
Bale\ flip-out on the .. et
of
"'Iernnnator
4." it rides on a
danceable beat
v.
ith lyrk
· Don't look too de p in
hi
eyes/
You can't hide
hat'
inside of bis mind
/
nd
it
might get
a
little bit
ugl:,
..
And you
:mi
•ht m
t
an
American P
ychu."
Wavves "Gun
in
the Sun"
-
Wa\'\ c: also known as
Nathan Williams,
1s
a
guy
from San Qiego. CA who
makes lo-fi, noise punk
music. "Gun In the Sun" is
supposed to make an appear-
ance on his econd album
"Wa,vvves"' (that's nght three
v's). The track encompasse.
all the noisy elements and
catchiness
you would expect
Lonely
Island "I'm
On a
Boat"
f/
T-Pain
ml}
Samberg
·
and
crew team up
with T-Pain to
rap
about the
good
life on
a
bo·
t.







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PAGE 12
Walks
of Life:
International
exchange of heart
By
ROBIN MINITER
Photography Editor
"If
you
smile
at me
I
will under-
stand because thats something
everybody
everywhere does in
the same language.
"
-Clvsby,
Stills,
Nash
&
Young
So there we were: seven soggy
teenage vagabonds all but
frost-
bitten and tromping through feet
of snow in Transylvania, a little
sleep deprived, somewhat
rank,
and a bit, well, stranded Nay, no
one took into consideration that
it might be blizzarding in
October when we booked our-
selves some tents. But, as the
man behind the counter at the
campsite told us, it was very
odd
for this time of year. He was
sony, but he didn't have any
igloos for rent. Rather, he picked
up
his phone and started
speak-
ing rapid Romanian.
Down
the
receiver went and out the door
we shuffled as he lead us down
the lonely street for a mile or so.
Coming upon a lovely home, he
Tucked into
bed that night,
ourselves in Bucharest, the capi-
spoke quickly with the woman at
Soph
and I chatted about what an tal city. With map-reading Ryan
the door as she greeted us warm-
incredible trip it
had been so far.
leading the way, we walked
ly and ushered us out of the chill.
It was
all
concocted a month
pre-
duckling-style in tow en-route to
T:ry as we did hacking away at viously as we stared at our lap-
our hostel until he subsequently
that Romanian
fell
down
a
dictionary,
no
manhole (side
one could quite
note:
avoid
crack the code -
obstructing your
but the tender-
vision in
foreign
ness
in
the
places).
We
woman's
face
recalled how
we
and warm
beds
laughed (note
she gave us
all
#2:
always do so
conveyed what
with,
not at) as
was
lost
in
we hoisted
him
translation.
up by the anns
Multume.c, mul-
and pack, ego
tumesc,
mul-
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bruised but dig-
tumesc
-
thank
ROB! Ml ITER
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IRC
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t
y
intact.
you,
thank you,
Revolution Square: Robin with the elderty woman she encoun-
W h e e
1
i n g
thank
you!
tered.
around, we spot-
Downstairs we were welcomed
tops,
clicking buttops, booking
ted a tiny old woman shouting
into a birthday
party, nodding tickets, and hoping for the best.
and quickly hobbling from
and smiling broadly to the
gath-
With an extended fall
break
on behind us. She had witnessed the
ering of friends and family.
In
our hands, the name of our game
entire episode. Reaching into her
that moment, regardless of the
was an attempt
trod
a bit off the
bag, she took a
crusty
loaf of
language barrier, we knew that's
beaten path.
bread
and
handed it to our friend,
exactly what we were.
This is precisely how we found
motioning for us to share
amongst ourselves. She waved,
smiled, and was gone. We
looked at one another in aston-
ishment. We were so
grateful.
Still reminiscing under the
dim
moon glow through our window
that night, Soph and I further
recalled another act of benevo-
lence that had
left
us
speechless.
Pattering around Revolution
Square
in
the
heart
of the city a
few days
previously,
we had
passed a lone
elderly
woman
who had taken up
residence
on a
bench near the sprawling memo-
rial. I caught her eye, nodded,
and smiled. Stooped and
wrin-
kled in the face, she got up and
took my hand in hers as she
implored of her
"farnilie,"
touch-
ing the names on the granite,
and
then her heart, and then to her
eyes to wipe away the tears.
In
a
flurry
of hand motions and point-
ing at the inscribed names, it
,
became clear of all the family
SEE WALKS, PAGE 13
Student Health
101:
An
online health magazine
By
BRITTANY FIORENZA
Lifestyles Editor
As college students we are
constantly bombarded with
issues affecting our health. For
as many factors as we are
faced with, there are just as
many credible resources avail-
able to students.
Although health issues influ-
ence our lifestyles, many col-
lege students do not have the
time to seriously focus on
their health. With class assign-
ments, internships and jobs,
activities and social situations,
a college student's life is fast
paced and hectic. Sometimes
we cannot juggle everything at
once and it is essential for us
to prevent any health issues
which might make our lives
even more chaotic.
This concept is not a new
one and last semester Health
Services began to promote a
health and wellness e-zine
called
Student Health 101.
This interactive e-zine 1s
available by a link provided
on Health Services page on
Marist College's web site.
Student Health 101
is instan-
taneously available to students
with a new issue available on a
monthly basis. It not only
informs students nation-wide,
but it involves students with
streaming videos, po1ls and
comment boxes.
Susan
Strauss,
a nurse at
Health
Services
particularly
likes the streaming
videos,
stating: ''There is video feed
from students all over the
country as to how they deal
with issues on their c~pus;
this makes for a really nice
peer to peer perspective that I
thinks makes this publication
distinctive."
Each month
Student Health
101
features articles specifi-
cally targeted towards college
students. Additionally, this
publication features sections
such as a
"General
Health
Guide," which has a collection
of fifteen categories such as
sexual health and skin condi-
tions, providing prevention
and treatment tips for a variety
of topics under each category.
Strauss adds, "I really like the
diversity of topics that this
"magazine" offers. There are
articles on diet, exercise, rela-
tionships, money and all as
they relate to college stu-
dents."
Many of the articles are writ-
ten by college students from
all over the country, providing
information that is specifically
applicable to college students
and spoken about from a col-
lege students point of view.
February's issue featured
articles such as "The Ultimate
Spring
Break
Guide," which
features
travel tips for a
"safe
and healthy" vacation. The
article
is written
by a senior at
Ithaca College and it also fea-
tures a series of spring break
experiences
had by oilier stu-
dents and an option for you to
contribute as well. You can
also register to win a spring
break trip.
Another featured article in
this
months
issue
was
"Drinking games: How to
really come out a winner,"
written by a senior at Clemson
University, which outlines
ways to drink moderately,
rather than binge drink, offer-
ing strategies for healthier
party habits. The input from
other students accompanies
the bulk of the article with
unique outlooks from students
across the country, making the
informative article· dynamic
and interesting.
Aside from these articles
(and others including, an arti-
•
cle on spirituality and an arti-
cle on stretching),
Student
Health 101
also has a "Health
Brief," section which includes
shorter articles, this month on
skin care and contact lense
care.
Scattered throughout
Student
Health JOf
are tips and statis-
tics and opportunities to click
links that, will lead to even
more information regarding
whatever issue is being spo-
11eaIth
1u1
MAAIST.EOIJ/HEALTHSERVICES
The cover of February's
issue
of Student
Health
101
onllne.
ken of. Another unique feature
is that you can share any page
of Student Health 101 on
Facebook, or you can book-
mark any page on Google or
Yahoo!
During college we might not
have the time to eat all of our
fruits and vegetables, or to
exercise daily. We might not
have the sense to
drink
moder-
ately or contemplate our spiri-
tuality. Moreover, we might
not have the tools to acknowl-
edge health from a national
perspective.
Strauss acknowledged this
issue and said, "The more
avenues that students have to
get credible information about
staying physically and psy-
chologically well at college
the healthier the whole cam-
pus [is]."
By glancing through
Student
Health 1 OJ
we are doing our-
selves a favor and acknowl-
edging a major portion of our
life and ways to improve our
health and prevent any issues
that may arise.



































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From Page
12
Walks of Life: International exchange of heart
members she had lost during prehend
what
cities come with open arms? Was there
the violent uprising. Life had had taken place.
to life. The something off-kilter in our
been cruel. She clutched my From two differ-
kindness of surprise? Did that give testa-
hand to her heart. In a moment ent worlds, we
strangers is ment to the society in which
her visage softened as she were
able
to
something we were raised? Or was it that
took a step back, smiled up at c o m p r e h e n d
hailed
as we truly encountered some-
me, and began to dig through each
other
heroic on the thing special? Perhaps it was
her tattered purse: some tiny regardless oflan-
nightly news combination of all of the
green gumdrops, a snack cake, guage barriers or
here at home above.
In
a country so plenti-
some crackers and finally a years or miles
- how is it ful as ours, it seems some-
dainty embroidered handker-
that separated us
that we were times we barely give one
chief all appeared one by one - no translation
· so fortunate another the time of day. These
and were placed into my tie-
n e e d e d .
to
have people gave from their homes,
dye mittens. I was taken aback Exchanges
of
L - - - - - - - - - " " "
encountered
.
their pockets, and their hearts.
and attempted to thank her in heart are univer-
ROBIN
MINITER
/
THE CIRCLE
so
many They gave so freely of them-
my
broken
translation.
sally understood.
A
local
in Bucharest showing
the names
of
her family etched
into
wonder
fu I selves. They were examples of
Lighting up with a gapped
Silence slowly the
wall
at Revolution Square.
p e o p I e humanity at its most beautiful,
tooth grin, she again took my blanketed Sophie
a I r e a d y ? intrinsic level.
hands in hers and kissed my and I as we lay drifting into a ness. It was more than juSt a And
·
better yet, why were we
That night we fell asleep so
cheeks before backing away.
deep slumber. The true mak-
combination of trains, planes, so astonished when these warm, so thankful, and instead
Over her shoulder sh~ waved,
ings of our adventure began to
automobiles,
·
and passport souls so readily welcomed a
•
of counting sheep,
·
we were
leaving us all trying to com-
swirl through my conscious-
stamps - it was the human ele-
group of scraggly looking kids counting our lucky stars.
ment that made these cold
Clashing
customs experienced while studying abroad
By
MELISSA GRECO
Staff Writer
On Dec. 14 at 7:15 p.m., my
plane touched down at JFK
International. After a lengthy
flight from Madrid, Spain, I
was back: back tp American
customs, norms and social
standards.
While studying
abroad in Spain I witnessed
many quirky, questionable and
ludicrous trends among the
Spmiank, 6eeasit,naHy
apply-
ing to the rest of Western
Europe.
·
My first few hours in Spain
consisted
of acquamtmg
myself with my host family
and surroundings, settling into
what would be my home for
the
next
four
months.
Antonio, my senor, assisted
me in lugging my suitcases all
the way up to flat C on the
seventh floor of the apartment
building in Plaza Eliptica.
Fortunately, or so I thought,
there was an elevator. The
elevators
in
Europe are con-
fined and constricting in com-
parison to the American coun-
terpart.
This particular one
was about the size of a tele-
phone booth. Now imagine
me, AJ:;itqnio, and 3 very large
:suitcases.
When the door
m
e10
sluggishly slid open, I thought
we were going to tumble out,
as if we had been shoved into
an eight-year-old's toy closet.
The icing on the cake was
Antonio speaking to me in
rapid-fire Spanish. My head
was spinning, trying to recall
vocabulary from seven years
worth of textbooks.
After a delicious meal,
which was a comforting simi-
larity to my mother's Italian
homemade meals, I was
intw-
duced to the siesta. A good
majority of the Spanish prefer
not to siesta, which literally
means "nap." They just stop
working completely, in and
out of the house, and relax in
parks, homes, bars, etc. I, per-
sonally,
completed
small
homework
assignments,
caught up with friends and
family who were just rising
from a good night's sleep
( considering the 6 hour time
difference), or I showered.
Speaking of showering,
that's another huge cultural
difference. The Spanish pay
for their water. I tried to limit
my time in the shower to a
maximum of eight minutes.
As for hygiene, shaving and
deodorant weren't exactly a
social norm either.
The mullet has not gone out
of style just yet, and it cancer-
tainly be sported by men and
women. Scarves are fashion-
able regardless of the weather.
Smoking inside is common.
Staring, apparently, is not
rude. While riding the metro
there are two types of
Spaniards:
the person that
acts as if you don't exist, and
the person that blatantly
stares. I don't know which is
worse.
As.
Chris
.
GQfp_ecki,
one of my fellow Madrileiios,
says, "Stares of death!" One
afternoon while on the metro
he stared right back at the
woman fixating on him and it
turned into a never-ending
staring contest!
Eating in public is very rare.
As Americans we have a ten-
dency to eat on the run; how-
ever, that goes hand-in-hand
with the fact that Spaniards
prioritize work differently
than Americans, resulting in a
more casual lifestyle.
Lined notebook paper is a
rare commodity, and I resorted
to taking down class notes on
graph paper. Moreover I
thought 1.5 spacing and size
11 font was going to be the
death of me! A five paged
paper was equivalent to writ-
MCCTA: ''Love In the Afternoon''
by Fourth Wall Productions),
skydiving lessons, a hard
cover Culin~ry Institute of
America cookbook, and a free
weekend stay at the Holiday
Inn Express.
"Last year, we made $300
from the ticket and bake
sales," said Sabilia. "Honestly,
we're hoping to make at least
a thousand for the psych cen-
ter."
Singers President, senior
Caryn Shatraw, said that she
just hopes to exceed the
amount made last year.
"Our
money goes to things beyond
beds and sheets," said Sabilia.
"It's not for anything big. Our
money goes toward the little
things for the patients at the
center; Christmas and birthday
presents, crayons, arts and
craft supplies."
"Love
ih
the Afternoon" is at
3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15 in
the Nelly Goletti Theater.
Tickets are currently on sale.
General admission is $10, $9
for alumni and seniors, and $5
for students. For further infor-
mation or to reserve tickets,
contact
Mike Napolitano,
manager of music department
operations, at (845) 575-3242.
ROBI MINITER
{THE CIRC
L
E
Enjoying an outdoor siesta Is an every day occurrence
in
Spain,
unlike the
fast
paced nature of an America lifestyle.
ing an eight page paper in the
American school
system.
Grading is on a 1-10 point
scale, and a seven is consid-
ered to be an admirable
achievement; however, I,
as
well as fellow American stu-
dents studying at the same
university, had panic attacks
when receiving
the
first few
rounds of grading. In some
classes, papers, assignments
and grades weren't handed
back
to
students, so we never
knew where we stood in the
course.
That was certainly
nerve racking.
The constant switching
between languages, English
and Spanish, made it very dif-
ficult to speak either language
properly.
Hence, Spanglish
was the preferred "dialect."
As with any experience
abroad, according to Carol
Toufali from the office of the
Marist Abroad Program, life in
a foreign country is· "not good,
not bad, but different."
From my semester in
Madrid, I have become
more
culturally aware and open
minded.
These quirks and
obstacles I encountered gave
my appreciation for Spanish
culture an individualistic flair.
They have created memories
that are unique to my experi-
ence, one that I wouldn"t
change for the world:
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009 •
PAGE 14
Tennis has competitive meet at Brown
ByJIM
URSO
Staff Writer
The Marist men's tennis
team suffered its first dual
meet loss of the season to
Brown on Friday, 6-1. The win
marked Brown's sixth consec-
utive
dual match win within
the last eighteen days.
Coach Tim Smith and his
players hoped to be competi-
tive with the nationally
ranked
Bears, a feat which they
accomplished. The Red Foxes
won one singles match, and
took three of the five other
matches to three sets. That is
not to say, however, that they
are simply content.
After losing at UMBC last
week and being challenged to
increase his mental prowess,
freshman Matt Himmelsbach
responded the best way he
could. He captured Marist's
only win on the night, defeat-
ing Charlie Posner 6-3, 7-5 in
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the sixth singles position. With
the score tied at five in the sec-
ond set, Himmelsbach held his
serve to take a 6-5 advantage
in the match. He would then
break Posner's serve to win the
set and match. The win
snapped his two match losing
streak.
"I played high percentage
tennis and didn't give away
many
free
points,"
Himmelsbach
said.
"My
opponent had to beat me
instead of me beating myself."
"It
was a nice turn around,"
Smith said.
Loic Sessagesimi, Nicolas
Pisecky, and Marcus von
Nordheim each forced their
match to three sets, playing
from the second, third, and
fourth
singles
pos1t10ns,
respectively. Sessagesimi fell
to Chris Lee 6-2, 6-7, 6-4.
Pisecky lost to Nathaniel
Gorham 7-6, 6-7, 6-2. Lastly,
von Nordheim lost to Sam
Garland 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
"I was very impressed with
the way we played," Smith
said. "When you play a top-40
team and win one singles
match and have three others
go three sets you have to be
pleased."
"In my opinion I was the bet-
ter player on the court but
unfortunately in tennis not
always the best player wins,"
von Nordheim said.
After losing a second set
game at 5-4 that would've
clinched the match, and then
falling
behind
5-6,
von
Nordheim counteracted with
excellent serving that tied the
match at 6-6.
"My intensity was there in
that game," he said.
If
that intensity had been
there at 5-4, von Nordheim
most likely would've taken
the match.
"In
the third set I played just
like at 5-4 in the second set;
not enough intensity," he said.
"My concentration was gone,
.
and my mind most likely was
too focused on losing the
game that could have closed
the match in the second at 5-
4."
The losses, however, affirm
Smith's constant mention of
the many variables involved in
winning
a
match.
Realistically, Marist could've
escaped with three or four sin-
gles victories if they'd con-
trolled some more of these
variables.
Marist played competitively
in doubles, but ultimately was
swept 8-4, 8-6, and 8-5.
"We're
still not where we
need to be, there are a number
of little things we need to
work on, but we're getting
better," Smith said in regards
to doubles.
At times, players try to do
too much and concentrate too
heavily on hitting first serve
aces instead of to a designated
area of the court.
Last Wednesday, Marist was
unanimously
selected
as
favorite to win the MAAC
(Metro-Atlantic-Athletic-
Conference). The Red Foxes
earned 49 points, seven from
each school in the conference.
Also, Sessagesimi, Pisecky,
and von Nordheim, alongside
Christian Coley and Landon
Greene each received All-
MAAC selections.
Before the Brown meet,
Smith called women's basket-
ball coach Brian Giorgis, and
asked him whether they could
borrow the pink shirts- worn by
the women's basketball team
the week before. Giorgis glad-
ly agreed, and the team wore
pink in honor of breast cancer
awareness.
Marist will return to action
on Feb. 21 when they face
another Ivy League opponent
in Dartmouth on the road. The
match will begin at 6 p.m.
Foxes suffer second straight loss at home
the contest. The Red Foxes
did not score another basket
during that stretch and did not
bring down an offensive
rebound
iB
the
last twelve
minutes of the game.
This was the second time
that the Red Foxes and the
Golden Griffins have played
this season. The first game,
held at Canisius, ended much
differently then this matchup.
The Red Foxes emerged vic-
torious in the game, 70-52.
"In
that game we played
good basketball for about
thirty-three
minutes," Zeh
said. "In that last seven min-
utes, they played like a team
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that had won a lot of games
A sellout
crowd of 3,200 watched Marist
fall
to
canislus.
Marist
sold and
we played like a team
out for the "Pack the House• challenge for the second year
in
a row.
that wasn't sure if we were
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10
going to win a lot of games.
[Today] we played like a team
that knows they can win, but
back then we weren't so sure."
The Red Foxes were held to
just 20 percent shooting from
three-point range and 43 per-
cent from the field.
"Defensively,
I thought we
did a good job trying to neu-
tralize [Rachele] Fitz, which is
a tough road there," Zeh said.
"We had to stay glued to Viani
and not give her open looks. I
thought we did a good job of
not giving her those free looks
at the basket."
The game against Canisius
was part of the "Pack the
House" challenge in which
various on-campus clubs and
dormitories competed to see
which group could bring the
most people to see the game.
On a larger scale, the "Pack
the House" challenge, initiated
by
the
NCAA,
is also held
among all Division I confer-
ences, and one winner
is
cho-
sen from each league. Last
season, the Red Foxes were
chosen as the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference's winner.
The game was sold out with a
capacity crowd of
3,200,
matching last year's atten-
dance record during the same
challenge.
The Red Foxes now embark
on a three-game road trip
before
returning
to
the
Mccann Center to play Siena
on Feb. 22.
Movies to exclude from your Valentine's Day plans
theater don't want to. I'm also
sure their parents don't want
them to see you sucking face
with your date. Stay home if
you really can't control your
hormones; it will help parents
avoid the "birds and the bees"
discussion and it will save you
twenty bucks.
"He's Just Not That Into
You" -
There is nothing worse
to se_e with your significant
other than a movie about girls
who can't get a guy. Guys, I
promise you
will
be
bombard-
ed with a thousand questions
where any answer you give is
virtually wrong. Girls, if he's
stwiid enough to actually take
you to see this, go easy on
him.
"Coraline" -
This movie
just looks plan weird. It's sur-
prisingly not directed by Tim
Burton; it just looks like a
knock-off of "Nightmare
Before Christmas." Seriously,
sewing buttons on as eyes? I'd
rather sit
_
through "Hotel for
Dogs."
At home:
Any movie that your father
would watch, including, but
not limited to, Westerns,
silent movies and black and
white movies -
There is no
need for an explanation here.
It should be pretty obvious.
Just don't do it.
Any war movie -
There's a
good chance that no girl wants
to watch a movie about any
war any day of the year, unless
Ben Affleck is in it. They're
bloody, they're disgusting,
and are not what anyone wants
to watch on the most romantic
day of the year. Keep these
movies between you and your
guy friends.
"Star Wars" -
Throw the
"Lord of the Rings" trilogy in
there, too. Both of these series
require way too much thinking
when you should just be on a
love high. Plus, if you're real-
ly into them, you'll want to
watch every single movie in
the series and won't stop talk-
ing about it once it's over.
Don't put anyone else through
that.
"You've Got Mail" -
Extremely sappy movies are
another genre to avoid on
Valentine's Day. Everyone can
predict what will happen and
there's really no fun in that.
The girl will always get the
guy after two hours of misun-
derstanding which leads one,
if not both, to feel like the
other doesn't really want it to
work out.
Any musical - Girls, do not
make your date watch any
movie with singing or
danc-
ing. He doesn't want to &nd he
won't enjoy
it
if you force
him. Don't ruin the night
because you want to watch
Zac Efron singing and dancing
on a golf course.
"Titanic" -
The one thing
guys cannot stand more than
bis girlfriend's friends is see-
ing her cry. All girls cry when
Jack dies and Rose lets go like
she promised she wouldn't,
This movie is three hours
long, but if you enjoy spend-
ing your whole Valentine's
Day inside, then this is the
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PAGE 15
Red Foxes continue losing trend
Marist
drops eighth straight game as
record
drops to
7-19, 3-11
in the
MAAC
By GREG HRINYA
Staff Writer
For one half against Rider,
Marist looked like the team
that beat Niagara and took No.
1 Siena to overtime. The sec-
ond
half
reminded
the
~oughk~epsie faithful of a
t:eam
riding an eight-game los-
ing
streak.
After jumping out to a 42-35
halftime lead, Marist managed
only 19 second-half points and
fell, 74-61.
The loss was the
Red Foxes
eighth
straight. To
make
matters worse, senior
captain
Kaylen
Gregory
missed the majority of the sec-
ond half due to a shoulder
injury.
Preseason first-team forward
Ryan
Thompson took advan-
tage of Marist's offensive
struggles. After scoring 11
points in the teams' first meet-
ing,
Thompson erupted for 27
points on 9.-of.,16 shooting.
With 9:08 remaining in the
second
half, freshman Novar
Gadson
·
found a
streaking
Thompson
who
knocked
down a three-pointer to give
the
Broncs a
56~55 lead. Rider
never trailed for the remainder
of the game.
Marist head coach Chuck
Martin believes the Red Foxes
need to get bigger and
stronger following the season
in order to compete with the
upper echelon teams in the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference
[MAAC].
"We've got to make a huge
commitment to our bodies and
a huge commitment to the off-
season," Martin said. "Every
game we just seem to be
smaller [than our opponent] at
every position and it was obvi-
ous tonight. .. We've got to
make a huge commitment to
our strength and conditioning
program
in
the spring and in
slnftm($'1'
X-,¥7_..,,_
'Ii
David Divezin buoyed
-'-M&:isflitilffie
first half with 13
rpbints
·
on
s..io:f-1-shooting. The
orre-tilne Texas A&M product
penetrated the lane at will and
propelled Marist to a seven-
point halftime lead.
Rider buckled down in the
second half, however, limiting
Devezin to 1-of-9 shooting
and holding Ryan Schneider to
a combined 3-of-15 for the
game.
Coach Martin attributed
Rider's defensive perform-
ance in the second half to the
Broncs' physicality in pre-
venting Marist from playing a
run-and-gun offense.
"They became a little more
physical," said Martin, refer-
ring to Rider's second-half
defense. "There was some
resistance on the drives. We
physically couldn't get in to
the lane, couldn't find a flow.
The first halfl thought we had
the game at our tempo, going
up and down in transition. In
the second half, we just could-
n't get that same tempo, and in
work paid off.
"Javon was great. Part of our
offense is to be aggressive and
get to the rim and make sure
that we collapse the defense,
and Javon did a great job of
that in the first half," Martin
said. "I'm happy for Javon.
He's hit a wall a little bit, but
tonight he played really, really
well and he's been working
Against Rider at the McCann Center, Marist
started
strong,
building an 11-point lead at one point
In
the
first
half,
but
the
lead dwindled as the game progessed and the Broncs won
handily, 74-61. Marist has now lost eight consecutive games.
Ryan Schneider [44] scored ten points during the contest on 3
of 15 shooting. The senior is averaging 16.4 points per game
on the season. Junior guard David Devezin, led Marist with 15
points in the game against Rider. The Red Foxes were outre-
bounded 48-33 by the Broncs. Marist has
two
MAAC games
left 9n
its
schedule before
its
ESPNU bracketbuster game.
the half-court set we're just
not strong enough yet."
really hard so I'm happy and
excited for him.
With Mike Ringgold and the
Rider defense keyed in on
Schneider and Devezin, Parris
found opportunities to get to
the basket.
ball.
Although the Virgin
Islands native started the sec-
ond half, he quickly went to
the bench and iced down his
shoulder for the remainder of
the game.
Gregory said following the
game that he twisted his
shoulder and Marist trainer
Glenn Marinelli confirmed
that it was not a dislocation.
"It's just really sore,"
Gregory said. "I'll take it day
by day and hopefully I can
play
Thursday
[against
Fairfield]."
Since the Red Foxes already
have a thin bench, losing
Gregory severely hampered
Marist in the second half,
especially once several play-
ers got into foul trouble.
"Anytime you lose any kid it
affects. us, particularly this
year, you know, bodies and all
that stuff," Martin said. "But
Kayl~n in particular [hurt us]
because he's been playing
well and he's a threat. .. so
he
obviously not playing in the
second
half hurt us a little bit."
Up Next: Fairfield
Marist has a quick
turn-
around ~u;l takes on Fairfield
Thursday,
Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Mccann Center.
Fairfield is fresh in Marist's
mind because the Red Foxes
faced them on Jan. 30 and
dropped a 68-63 decision after
opening up an early 24-7 lead.
The Stags are still hampered
by injuries and preseason all-
conference guard Jonathan
Han's
status
remains
unknown. Warren Edney and
Anthony Johnson will miss
the remainder of the season
due to injury. Greg Nero and
Herbie Allen will play, but
Nero has been plagued by
back spasms while Allen is
fighting through a wrist injury.
Fairfield suspended Han for
violating a team rule and head
coach Ed Cooley said in a con-_
ference call that he and the
athletic direction would meet
on Feb.
5
to decide his status.
Han did not suit up for
Fairfield's 75-50 loss to
Niagara
though.
Fairfield is 8-6 in the confer-
ence and 15-10 overall. Marist
The Rider defense limited
Ryan Schneider, the third
leading scorer in the MAAC,
to 10 points on the night.
Schneider's only two other
games scoring less came
against No. 15 Memphis and
Rutgers on opening night.
Devezin led the Red Foxes in
scoring with 15 points while
Javon Parris scored 12 points.
"Schneider's a great player enters the game with a 3-11
and he commands so much MAAC record and a 7-19
Parris, who scored 15
against Bucknell, tallied his
second highest scoring output
of the season. Martin was
pleased with his performance
and was pleased that his hard
attention, so you've always
got to be aggressive when
they're locked into him,"
Parris said. "I had opportuni-
ties and I tried to take advan-
tage of it."
Gregory
ailing
Late in. the first half, Kaylen
Gregory injured his right
shoulder diving for a loose
overall record. Marist has not
won a game since the blowout
win over Niagara on Jan. 11.
Marist is ranked ninth in the
MAAC while Fairfield is in
.
fourth, tied with Manhattan.
Roarin'
Red Foxes
tarl t' top male and
female performers
of the week
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the week a ard :after
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per game and 8.5
rebounds per game
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Sellout crowd fails to spark Marist
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
''You saw a veteran team in Marist, you have to hit some
Sports Co-Editor
When a basketball team
shoots remarkably well from
three-point range and also out-
rebounds its opponents, the
team is putting itself in an
excellent position to emerge
victorious in the contest.
Of course, it never hurts to
have three experienced seniors
on the roster that are willing to
make clutch plays in key situ-
ations in a basketball game.
For the Canisius Golden
Griffins, it was their trio of
star seniors that helped them
to edge the Marist Red Foxes
in a 68-60 in front of a sold-
out crowd in the Mccann
Center.
Marie Warner,
JJ
Williams
and Amanda Cavo combined
for more than half of their
team's points, and helped a
Canisius shooting effort that
made
55
percent of its three-
point attempts.
Canisuis, with three seniors
who haven't ever beaten us,
beat a team that many of us
forget is still young," head
coach Brian Giorgis said.
"When it came down to
crunch time, their seniors
stepped up and hit big shots,
and we didn't hit shots."
Canisius opened up the game
with a lead of 8-4 following
two three-pointers from Marie
Warner and Brianna Lucas.
The Red Foxes soon went on a
7-0 run, taking the lead. This
would be one of nine lead
changes in the contest.
The Golden Griffins' largest
lead of the half was 29-19 fol-
lowing a Cavo three-pointer
with 5:23 remaining. The sen-
ior was perfect from beyond
the arc in the contest, going 4-
for-4 and finishing with 20
points.
"I know this, and I
think
everyone in the league knows
this. If you want to beat
jump shots," Canisius head
coach Terry Zeh said. "We
shot really well from three
today, which obviously we
have the capacity to do."
With just under two minutes
remaining before the intermis-
sion, freshman Brandy Gang
scored five straight points to
cut the Canisius lead to 29-26,
but the Red Foxes still trailed
31-27 at the half.
Following a Brittane Russell
layup at the 14:45 mark in the
second half, the Griffins held a
39-33 advantage over Marist.
Lynzee Johnson converted a
layup that Kristine Best fol-
lowed with a three-pointer to
trim the lead to 39-38. The
Red Foxes soon held a three-
point advantage of their own
following baskets by Gang
and Maria Laterza.
With just over eight minutes
remaining in the contest, the
Golden Griffins held an eight
point lead, 52-47. Julianne
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Marist freshman
Brandy Gang
[34) guards Cenlsius' Marie Warner
In
front
of 3,200 fans at the McCann Center Friday. Warner was a
big
part
of
Cenlsius'
68-60
upset,
with
13 points and 11 rebounds.
...
Viani scored two consecutive
"We made some nice runs,
layups which sophomore Elise but they answered every sin-
Caron followed with a three gle one," Giorgis said.
pointer to give Marist a 54-52
,
Canisius closed out the vic-
lead.
tory with a 13-4 run that was
The lead would change sparked by an Ellie Radke
twice, once for each team, on layup with 4:25 remaining in
the following two possessions.
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