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VOLUME 63, ISSUE 24
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009
Details released on assault charge
By
KRISTEN DOMONELL
News Editor
The Marist student who allegedly
stabbed another Marist student last
week was ar-
raigned in the
Poughkeepsie
city court Mon-
[ day, April 20.
" Junior Christian
~
Dunnigan, 21, is
~
accused of as-
jjj
sault in the first
g
degree.
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According to a
Dunnigan
criminal com-
plaint obtained
from the court, Dunnigan allegedly
stabbed the victim, Nicholas Or-
tega, 21, six times with a knife in
the torso and other areas of the
body, "causing serious physical in-
jury." The incident took place at
2:24 a.m. on April 14 after an argu-
ment in the driveway of 25 South
Clover St. in Poughkeepsie.
'1njuries sustained by the victim
included puncture wounds and a
lacerated liver requiring surgery at
St. Francis Hospital," the complaint
said.
Ortega declined to comment on
the incident.
According to Tim Massie, the col-
lege's chief public affairs officer,
Dunnigan was given notice that he
is temporarily suspended from
Marist and is not allowed on cam-
pus or at any Marist events. Massie
said a judicial proceeding will de-
termine Dunnigan's future status at
Survivor relays
Holocaust ordeal
By
GAIL GOLDSMITH
Staff Writer
Holocaust escapee Edward Less-
ing told his story of pathos, ~iding,
and his mother's courage to a rapt
audience at Marist Col-
campus
lege's 19th annual Holo-
caust
Remembrance
Program on April 16.
According to Professor Steve San~
sola, the Associate Dean of Student
Affairs and a member of the Holo-
caust Remembrance Committee,
the Annual Holocaust Remem-
brance Event
·
is about bringing
awareness to students.
''This is about acting righteously
and taking a moral stance against
perpetuators of hate," Sansola said.
Lessing said he had a normal
childhood in Delft, Holland until
everything s
_
uddenly changed two
days after his 14th birthday, when
the Nazis invaded Holland. He said
he is not a "Holocaust
·
survivor," as
he reserves that designation for
those who endured concentration
camps or death march, but rather
an escapee, able to get by through
staying hidden.
Lessing recalled being called a
"dirty Jew'' and said that ended his
childhood.
"After that I was never as carefree
and trusting," Lessing said.
He described the horrors of the
Holocaust through stories of his ex-
periences, including being forced to
wear the Star of David and being
banned from parks, movies and
public 4-ansportation.
"I was
l~I
had no family, no
friends," Lessing said.
''I
was a fugi-
tive. Anyone could turn me in for
the
$7 reward."
Lessing said he remembers when
the war ended.
"I remember in the spring, we ran
out of the house to wave and shout
'Thank you!' at the Canadian Army
as they passed."
Despite what Lessing suffered, he
feels there is. something positive to
be said about his experiences in the
Holocaust.
"Out of all
·
that came people like
Oskam [a Dutch police officer who
helped Lessing hide], rescuers, peo-
ple who put their life on the line,"
Lessing said. ''There are always res-
cuers, I think of the firefighters who
risked their lives to save others on
September
11.
In your life, try to be
like the Righteous Among the Na-
ti~ns [an epithet given to the non-
Jewish rescuers ] ... try to help, not
to hate."
Lessing spoke proudly of how his
mother went from housewife to re-
silient fighter. She arranged for
him to work at a farm. He disguised
himself by bleaching his hair red
and learning Christian prayers.
Lessing said he was living in con-
stant fear, but that his mother told
the college.
Deborah DiCaprio, vice president
and dean for student affairs, said
that as per the Marist Code of Con-
duct, any student who is allegedly
accused of a serious or violent inci-
dent is suspended immediately from
the college pending a hearing. She
said Dunnigan will meet with the
Office of Judicial Affairs later this
week to begin the hearing process.
"The decision
.to
suspend or expel
a student is made based on the seri-
ousness of the incident," DiCaprio
said. "Certainly this event would be
considered extremely serious."
Massie said counseling services
were made available for students
who were in any way affected by the
incident. Ortega was released from
the hospital on Sunday, according to
GAIL GOLDSMmt/THE CIRCLE
Holocaust escapee Edward Lessing an-
swers questions with a student after his
speech at Marist's 19th annual Holo-
caust Remembrance Program.
him not to turn himself into author-
ites and helped him find another
place to hide.
Lessing described his mother as
miraculous.
"She is the one who said I will find
a farm for you. She said don't com-
mit suicide by turning yourself in.
She rescued us from the SS in the
woods. Three times she saved my
life. Not enough has been written
about what the Jewish women did
to rescue their families and others."
Student Body President Steve
Townsend called Lessing a "window
into a dark world."
The program included remarks by
President Murray and musical per-
formances by Professor Bonnie
Ham. Freshman Rebecca Conboy,
Holocaust Remembrance committee
member, read an excerpt from the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.
Massie.
"We continue to pray for a speedy
and complete recovery," Massie
said. "When I visited him and his
parents in the hospital, they all ex-
pressed sincere appreciation for
everyone's prayers and support."
The
·
assault charge Dunnigan
faces is a class B felony.
According to the criminal com-
plaint, a person is guilty of assault
in the first degree when, with intent
to
cause serious physical injury to
another person, he causes such in-
jury to that person or to a third per-
son by means of a deadly weapon or
a dangerous instrument.
Dunnigan is scheduled to appear
again in Poughkeep
_
sie city court on
Monday, May 18.
Playwright
introduces
new s
·
cript
By
AMANDA LAVERGNE
News Editor
On April 15 playwright Gino Di'lo-
rio presented his newest
work,
"Sandbox," in a staged read-
arts
ing that took place in the
Henry Hudson room in
Fontaine.
He is the author of several award-
winning and nationally produced
plays, inclu
_
ding "The Pigeon Tree,"
"Sleeping Dogs" and "Are You the
Wife of Michael Cleary?" Di'Iorio's
work has been produced Off-Broad-
way, regionally, and internation-
ally. He is also an associate
professor of theatre at Clark Uni-
versity, where he also serves as the-
atre program cti.rector.
This play was about three U.S. sol-
diers and one Iraqi suicide bomber
in a burned out apartment in Qaim,
·
a town on the border of Syria and
Iraq. Students Jeffery Hogan, Billy
Burke, Kate Costello, Christopher
Traina, and Storm Heitman partic-
ipated in the reading.
"It was a wonderful play and very
easy to act out," said Costello. ''The
play shows a different aspect of the
war, more th~ what we see on tel-
evision."
Di'lorio began writing this piece of
work in 2005 and said it was
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Security Briefs
Students removed from charity event
Intoxicated students
escorted fro.m Relay
for Life
.
By TYLER THURSTON
.. . still funnier than you
4/16 - Library
One unlucky student reported her
wallet taken from her book bag at
the library, which proves that the
decision to spend the day partying
with James Cannavino can never
end well. The student mentioned
her Marist ID, MasterCard, and
Stop and Shop card missing, which
is funny because every time I go to
the library all I lose is my ability to
handle girls screaming on their cell
phones. As of press time, the wallet
had not been returned, and who
knows
if
the student has dared to
return
t.o the scene
of
the crime for some
studying. I wouldn't, but that's probably
~use after a heinous day in the
li-
brary, the only use for my wallet would
be
t.o
identify
my
body.
4/17 - Campus
You know,
there
are mqments
in
life that truly make you realize
you're
going to Hell. Uncontrollably
laughing when a professor mentions
that not everyone can spend their
lives on their knees (they meant
praying, it turns out), storing nick-
names in your phone, only to have
the person find out you refer to
them as "crazy chick," and having
your ex-girlfriend IM you asking
why you referred to her personality
to that of a tree - all these are great
indications I should probably start
preparing for warmer tempera-
tures. Oh, but I won't be alone.
Drinking during Relay for Life?
Being escorted from a charity event
because you're a
·
public drunken
mess? Wow, leave the jacket at
home, you probably won't need it.
4/1 7 - Champagnat
One student was thwarted in their
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plan to
smuggle
alcohol
into
the
dorm, with security confiscating
half a bottle of Crystal Palace. Look,
I know
there's
a recession. I'm start-
ing a running tally in
-my
head of
every
time someone mentions it a
day. I've even cut back myself, or at
least thought about it as I hand over
my debit card for a $5 coffee every-
day, clutching onto it like it's the
only thing keeping me standing. Ac-
tually, it probably is, but that's be-
side the point. But Crystal Palace?
Really, we should never sink that
low. We might. as well start taking
shots of pure rubbing alcohol. Actu-
ally,
don't
get
any
ideas.
4/17 - Campus
An
opposing team's fan was es-
corted off campus during the
Women's Lacrosse game for offen-
sive language, or at least the kind
that would be bleeped on broadcast
television. Students are reminded
not to hurl insults at players on the
field, and
if
you do, at least keep it
PG. There's a place for swearing,
and it's right behind the wheel
when the person in front of you de-
cides to tum their blinker on 3 miles
before they're turning. There, no
.
one
will
escort you
ere,
and if
they do, it's probably the para-
medics because you're having a
rage-induced
heart
attack.
4/18 - Donnelly Hall
A taxi
·
driver, apparently much
friendlier than Robert De Niro,
called security for help in assisting
an intoxicated student who made a
stumbling exit out of his cab. The
student was checked out by secu-
rity, and sent on his merry way off
to that big building we all love so
much, the saint of Francis. At least
the taxi drivers have your back, be-
cause
if
they can't hold your hair
back while you puke, who can really?
Actually, it's friends that hold your
hair
back -
friends. Easily
confused:
4/18- Midrise
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trances,
one
student
attempted a
stealth
entrance into Midrise by
squeezing through the window, six:
pack in hand. The
student
was
ob-
viously
stopped,
and not, no matter
how much money I offered to pay to
see this, because he was too large to
fit through the window. God, that
would've been great, just one of
those little things that can really
perk a day up. Crowds gather
around, all to see the boy stuck in
the window, unaware of his own
girth. Hysterical. Now that I think
about it, it's actually getting warm
m
here,
1s
that
a
sign?
4/18 -
Champagnat
Students from Champagnat were
found with the conspicuous odor of
marijuana, and a small
·amount
was
confiscated from them. Seriously,
you couldn't wait two days? In two
days, the amount of smoke in the
air
around the world is so potent I
think I got high just from walking
outside, and you had to jump the
gun. Well, at least now you have
some left to celebrate. Oh wait.
4/19-Donnelly Hall
In
an ip,ter~st.i.J;i.g
.
~tQry,
a student
noticed a peer passed out in the
Donnelly ladies' room, either catch-
ing some much-needed beauty
sleep, oi: just having a difficult time
finding the toilet. The student
alerted security, who with the aid of
female RDs, woke the sleeping male
student, who claimed he really
needed to go to the bathroom, and
that was the closest one. Really?
That's your story? Let's face it-
you're a guy, you know where the
closest bathroom is? Oh yeah, it's
called everywhere. Nice try though,
next time .just say you needed some
one on one time with the ceramic tile.
I'll
leave you two alone for awhile.
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009 •
PAGE 3
Faculty, students play ball
By
MELISSA GRECO
&
JESSICA TURGEON
Staff Writer
&
Circle Contributor
Hosted by Student Government
and the Intramural Program,
Marist students and faculty will
.
be
''ballin' for a cause" this Thursday,
April 23, at 7 p.m. in the McCann
Center Field House at the 4th an-
nual Faculty/Student Basketball
Game.
Junior Christopher Rivera, Stu-
dent Government's VP of Athletic
Affairs, is coordinating this year's
game.
"For the most part; this [event]
has been to bring together students
and faculty, for them to play to-
gether and get out some stress,"
said Rivera.
Originally, the Faculty/Student
Basketball Game w
·
as organized by
Todd Bivona, Marist alumnus, in
memory of Caitlin Boyle;
ii
Marist
student who died :f1om meningococ-
cal meningitis during fall semester
of her junior year. In the past, all
proceeds from this event were do-
nated to the Meningitis Foundation.
This year, with the help of Kieran
Begley (Graduate Assistant of In-
tramurals and Club Sports), Rivera
has organized to donate all proceeds
to Acres of Love, a charity that sup-
ports abandoned and HIV positive
children, as well as the shelters that
provide health care, education and
therapy ,for these children. Rivera
will be working with Acres of Love
when he travels to South Africa
with a spring attachment course.
A<;cording to Rivera, the course
has already raised his awareness
about global issues. He has planned
to display an informational DVD re-
garding Acres of Love, and the exis-
tence of HIV in South Africa.
Wristbands will be given to one out
of every five people that attend the
event, to symbolize the rate at
which HIV is contracted.
"It's about -two issues," said
Rivera, "the students and the fac-
ulty coming together, and the
awareness of HIV in Africa, and in
the world."
In
addition to the wristbands,
there will be a 50/50 raffle, a half-
court shot competition and a
"
three-
point contest.
Sponsored by
Giacomo's, there will be food, prizes,
music and giveaways, as well as a
special performance by the Marist
College Dance Team.
Robert Lynch and Michele
Williams, Director and Assistant
Director of College Activities,- have
overseen the event for the past four
years.
"This is the type of event that
needs fostering other than just or-
ganizing the faculty and students to
play a basketball game," said
Williams. "The dance team per-
forms, food is provided, and t-shirts
are given out. These are the com-
ponents that transform a good event
into a great one."
Admission will be $2 for students
and spectators, or $3 for students,
faculty and staff participants.
Bardovon to host Marist music
By
MELISSA GRECO
Staff Writer
Marist College Music Department
has extended its annual spring
music festival from one day to two,
performing a myriad of musical se-
lections
_
at the Bardavon Opera
House on April 25 at
8
p.m. and
April
26 3 p.m. under the direction
of Arthur Himmelberger and Sarah
Williams.
Mike Napolitano, Operations
Manager of the Music Department,
said that he was excited to expand
this year
'
s performance to two
nights.
''This is an opportunity to broaden
our audience to the surrounding
community that hasn't encountered
the Marist music experience," said
GOLDWATER SCHOLAR AWARDED
Catherine R. (Cathy) DeBlase, a
Marist College sophomore chemistry
major from Hopewell Junction, NY,
has been named a Barry Goldwater
Scholar for 2009. The selection was
announced by the Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship and Excellence in Educa-
tion Foundation. DeBlase is one of
only 278 sophomores and juniors na-
tionwide to receive the nation's pre-
mier undergraduate awardctils~in
t h e ~
mathematics,
and
~reerirg
C:lthy is the second member of the
·
DeBlase family to be awarded this
prestigious fellowship. Her older
brother, Andrew, currently a senior
chemistry major, was recognized in
2008. She is also the third Marist un-
dergraduate to be recognized as a
Goldwater Scholar in the past four
years. The College's 2008 valedicto-
rian, Katherine Amodeo of Marlboro,
NY, earned a Goldwater Scholarship
in 2006.
Napolitano. "Also, we have such a
thriving program that we had to ex-
pand to two nights in order to pres-
ent the amount of music that we
want to produce with every ensem-
ble.
If we performed all of this
music in one concert, it would be six
hours long."
The Saturday evening concert will
include performances 'fiy ChamBer
Choir, Women's Select, Gospel
Choir, Wind Symphony, Orchestra
and Jazz Ensemble. The Sunday
matinee will include performances
by the Mari~t Symphonic Band,
Singers, Freshman Women Choir
and Handbell Choir, featuring
Sirens and Time Check a cappella
groups.
''I'm very excited about the wide
array of music we'll be performing,"
said Director of Choral Activities
Sarah Williams. "We're spanning
from Handel to twentieth century
music and pieces from all around
the world. Purely based on the va-
riety of music, the audience won't
know what to expect next."
Tickets _are $15 for general admis-
sion.a $12 for senior citizens and $10
for students. For additional infor-
mation contact the Music Depart-
ment at (845) 575-3242. For tickets,
please contact the Bardavon Opera
House Box Office at (845) 4 73-2072
or visit Ticketmaster.com.
"Our wonderful student musicians
never cease to amaze me, and I
know they will provide our audience
with a marvelous evening and af-
ternoon of musical entertainment,"
said Himmelberger.
News Briefs
MCGOWAN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED
Caileen Collins, a Maristjunior from
Seaford, NY, has been named a
William G. McGowan Scholar and
Marist's top business student for the
2009-2010 year. The prestigious and
highly competitive scholarship from
the William G. McGowan Charitable
Fund will provide an $18,000 tuition
award toward Collins's senior year as
a double major in business adminis-
tration and
accounting.
A committee of Marist College
School of Management faculty mem-
bers
·
selected Collins from a slate of
business students nominated by
management faculty. The committee
reviewed
nominees'
academic
records, leadership qualities, charac-
ter, and commitment to helping oth-
ers. In nominating Collins for the
scholarship award, Marist Associate
Professor Dr. Gregory J. Tully called
her "an outstanding, highly motivated,
personable student."
MARIST
POLL REPORTS ON EARTH DAY
Tomorrow marks the 39th annual
Earth Day. So, how do Americans fare
when it comes to being environmen-
tally active and aware? The Marist
Poll has taken the eco-pulse of U.S.
residents, and here are the highlights
of
the
survey's
findings.
Threat of Global Warming to Grow,
Say Americans-Although 31 percent
of Americans say that global warming
will be a major problem for their gen-
eration, an even greater proportion -
66 percent - say global warming will be
a major problem for future generations.
Issue in the Spotlight? A majority of
people nationwide believe they know.
at least a good amount about global
warming. More than four in ten - 43
percent-
.
believe that not enough at-
tention is being given to the issue.
So, how much are individuals doing
to help? 37 percent of Americans say
they are doing a good or great deal
to
be
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"Sandbox''
playwright
shares Iraq
War
story
complicated to finish since all the
characters were so different.
"For a short play it took me for-
ever to write the damn thing,"
Di'Iorio said. "I knew I wanted all
the characters to be in this room
and to have a strange accident h~p-
pen, but I didn't know how I was
going to have it play out."
Di'Iorio knew Tommy Zurhellen
and felt there was a lot of talent at
Marist which made him want to
bring the reading here.
"It was good for me to get s~ucient
reactions and this play has good
roles for young people," Di'Iorio
said.
Sophomore Retta Byron attended
the event.
"I saw it on the Marist Web site
and I liked how it portrayed a grit
-
tier side of the
war,"
Byron said.
Di'Iorio will also be teaching a
week-long workshop on the craft of
playwriting.
"The course is normally spread
out over 14-15 weeks/' Di'Iorio
said, "so it will be sort of a
kamikaze quick week of learning
and writing for the students but
"
it
should be good."
Di'Iorio was an actor himself for
many years but turned to writing
about ten years ago.
''You can always keep writing no
matter how poor you are," Di'forio
said. "And it keeps my curiosity
about the world and people going,
you should never lose your curios-
ity."
THE CIRCLE REDESIGNS
Last week,
The Circle
launched a
new design.John Rodino began the re-
design in Early March 2009. The new
design went through four rough drafts
before
The Circle
settled on the cur-
rent design.
The new design is modeled after
some of the best college newspapers
.
in the country. Specifically,
The Itha-
can of Ithaca College,
The Post
of
Ohio University,
The Daily Tar
Heel
ofthe University of North Carolina,
and
The Harvard
Gazette of Harvard
University.
One of the maih focuses of the re-
design was enhancing readability. To
address this, I decreased the number
of text columns from five to four. Also,
I changed the body text to Century
Schoolbook - a font commonly used in
books because of its readability.
John would like to thank Matthew
Quintanilla, Paul Gary, Cory West-
Forbes, Kait Smith, Matthew Spillane,
Margeaux Lippman, Frank Rodino,
and Carol Murphy for their contribu-
tions to this design.
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Normalcy making a bold comeback
By JOSEPH GENTILE
•
Even macho athletes that refused to is currently sweeping the West.
Staff Writer
shed a tear were as awe-inspired as
Phis-sized Whitney Thompson can
,
me that a 47-year-old Scotswoman be America's Next Top Model
,
and
Economic figures are slimmer of modest appearance was capable an airline pilot named Chesley can
these days, but the ideal of beauty of possessing a superstar's voice. create a miracle by landing a flight
is getting broader.
It
has been said Recently, the British newspaper upon the Hudson River. Combined
many times before, but recent signs
The Daily Mail estimated that with Boyle, these three are testa-
of life from the entertainment and Boyle's appearance on "Britain's ments to the silent confidence that
fashion indu;try are giving credence Got Talent" stands poised to eclipse shines with or without a spotlight.
to the "average" citizen. The cyni-
comedian Judson Laipply's "Evolu-
In these turbulent
,
uncertain
cal backdrop of financial gloom and tion of Dance" as· the most-watched times, optimism is always en vogue,
doom still continues, but a breath of Y ouTube clip of all time. Multiple regardless of who it exudes from.
fresh air is giving "ordinary
"
folks versions of Boyle singing the musi-
Rather than start fights with Ra-
everywhere the second wind to strut cal number "I Dreamed a Dream" diohead, or vie for the love of a sand-
their stuff.
from ''Les Miserables" have already blast.eel, aged rocker, these individuals
The other day, I sat through the earned approximately 100 million are stars because of their humility
ritualistic playing of a YouTube views.
and self-deprecation.
video I am certain all communica-
Granted, the video editors at
Ultimately, the age of gaudy ego-
tions educators made their students "Britain's Got Talent" played the ism-can no longer be afforded by av-
watch at least twice. I heard of emotions of audiences everywhere erage citizens. Now is the climate
Susan Boyle from "Britain's Got expertly. But it would be cliche to for those ofordinary means, with an
Talent" before my Public Opinion simply state these folks at "Britain's extraordinary talent,
to
be held aloft
class Monday, but I did not truly re-
Got Talent" taught everybody the as role models. Sadly, it takes a
alize the magnitude of her talent moral of not judging a book by its time ef crisis for the rest of us to re-
until it became our topic of the day. cover.
In
fact, Boyle represents the alize the self-worth of those alle~d
crest of the "normalcy" tsunami that to be so startlingly different.
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By DANIEL PEARLES
tor of the Miss California competi-
Staff Writer
tion that Prejean won, said that he
Miss California, Carrie Prejean, is
not the new Miss USA. Why? Well,
I know
very
little about lhe compe-
tition itself, and could not care less
about its outcome, so my guess is as
good as yours as to why she finished
second to Miss North Carolina,
Kristen Dalton. What I do know is
that Prejean apparently gave the
wrong answer to a question regard-
ing gay marriage.,
During the competition, one of the
judge$, Perez Hilton, asked Prejean
about her position on the issue of
gay marriage. Her answer: "I think
that I believe that a marriage
should be between a man and a
woman. No offense to anybody out
there, but that's how I was raised."
Call me crazy, but I think this was a
pretty fair answer to a politically-
motivated question in an event that
is supposed to have nothing to do
with politics. Unfortunately, Miss
Prejean, I and anyone else who
thinks that this was an acceptable
answer am wrong.
The point of the question was not
to
reveal Prejean's personal views or
insight on the issue, but rather to
give her the opportunity to give the
answer that the judge, a homosex-
ual himself, wanted to hear. Pre-
jean simply told the judges and the
audience how she felt about the
issue, which was that she believes
that marriage should be between a
man and woman, a belief held by
millions of Americans. In other
words, she gave her opinion. Her re-
ward: a second-place finish and crit-
1c1sm
from
the
"political
correctness
'.
' crowd.
Hilton, the judge who asked the
question, posted about the incident
on his blog, using obscenities to de-
scribe Prejean. Keith Lewis, direc-
was "hurt that Miss California be-
lieves marriage rights only belong
to a man and woman." Regardless
of whether or not
yo
support gay
marriage, it should be clear that the
outrage that has been directed at
Miss California is unwarranted.
Why is she being persecuted for giv-
ing her opinion on an issue that
Americans are pretty evenly divided
on? Why is one of the directors of
the Miss California competition
"saddened" that she does not agree
with h'im, while the majority of Cal-
ifornians voted "Yes" to Proposition
8, effectively rejecting the legality of
same-sex marriage in the state?
Aren't those who support gay rights
supposed to be-tolerant? Isn't that
what they preach, acceptance of dif-
ferent lifestyles and beliefs? The
problem is that nobody wants
to
call
them out on their hypocrisy and in-
tolerance. Th~y hate Miss Prejean
because she doesn't agree with
them, but don't anybody dare judge
them on their beliefs. To them, not
supporting gay marriage is equiva-
lent to not being a good person.
I do not know Carrie Prejean, and
it would not be my place to judge
her anyway. What I do know is that
she stood up for her beliefs and gave
an answer that she knew might be
personally benefit her, and for that
she deserves applause. "It did cost
me the crown. But I was raised in a
way that you can never compromise
your beliefs and your opinions for
anything," Prejean said after the
competition. "I feel like I won. I feel
like I'm the winner. I really do."
By MIKE NAPOLITANO
Staff Writer
There is an amazing thing about
grassroots organization; it could
lead to populist change. The grass-
roots of an organization is the place
where you find fresh ideas brim-
ming from personal experiences. It's
how women obtained the right to
vote, how segregation ended, and
how the Vietnam war ended. More
often than not, grassroots organiza-
tions have been the forerunner of
social change in the United States.
This notion has been tarnished by
some recent rash actions. The so
called "tea parties" that took place
on April 15" were far from the prin-
ciples present in the Boston Tea
Party in 1773. The Boston Tea
Party was a rejection of the massive
corporate tax cut that the British
government created for the British
East India Company, the largest
corporation in
·
the world at that
time. The colonist, knowing that the
BEIC would put them out of busi-
ness, revolted against the tax by
dumping the tea into Boston Har-
bor. The tea parties of 2009, on the
other hand, were gross misrepre•
sentations
.
of this historic event.
Although the organizers of these
"tea parties" claim that it was in the
spirit of the original tea party, there
were many discrepancies that.
would say otherwise. For one, these
events were virtually sponsored by
the biggest corporate news spin ma-
chine of them all; Fox News. In the
week leading up to the "protests,"
Fox News would run on-screen
prompts revealing locations of the
protests as "Fox News Channel Tax
Day Tea Parties." Although this
"news" network claimed they had no
sponsorship of the event, they con-
tinuously claimed ownership of the
events
with
these
on-screen
prompts.
Another
'
large discrepancy be-
tween the two events is the organiz-
ers of the events. The Boston Tea
Party was carried out by angered
colonial merchants. The new tea
party was organized and funded by
the right-wing think tank Freedom-
works whose founder is far-right
conservative Dick Armey. Freedom-
works gets their funds from the
likes of Steve Forbes and ExxonMo-
bil, who have contributed up to a
quarter million dollars a year.
This "representation of the people,"
seems to me like less of a true grass-
roots movement and more like a cor-
porate puppet scheme involving
hundreds of thousands of US citi-
-
zens. I can understand why one
would support the principle of these
protests - lower taxes - but I urge
people to understand where some-
thing is coming from before they
jump on board.
If this were a true
movement for the lowering of taxes
on families, it would include an in-
crease in co:r;porate tax
to
make up
for the loss of tax revenues from the
family tax cuts.
This movement was truly absurd.
It was advertised as a "populist'' up-
rising of people who reject tax hikes,
while in reality it was an orches-
trated scheme by right-wing busi-
nessmen and politicians to smear
the Obama administration. So, as
many donned the phrase, "Don't
tread
.
on me," in ref'erence to the
American fight against their colo-
nial ruler, the power elite pushed
their corporate agenda with Ameri-
cans as their pawns.
As Jane Hamsher puts it, "Before
any media covering these events ac-
cept the idea that this was just a
·
grassroots outpouring of populist
sentiment, they ought to take a look
·
behind the curtain -- where Dick
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By
KELLY GALLUCCI
Staff Writer
While some Marist students were
laughing and enjoying Reiay for
Life, others were taking a slightly
quieter route. On April
1
7 the Les-
bian, Gay, Straight Alliance (LGSA)
took part in the nation wide protest
- Day of Silence.
The movement's goal is to have
participants remain quiet for as
close to 24 hours as they can man-
age. This represents the silence en-
dured by
lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and·
transgender (LGBT) students when
violence against them is tolerated
by the
community. According
t.o
the
event's Web site,
DayofSilence.org, the
pro1:est
has
grown
since
1996
t.o include
over 8,000 middle schools, high
schools, colleges and universities -
including Marist.
"Anything that encourages silence
on behalf of a minority
is
wrong and
should be stopped," said Mary
Kaltreider, Secretary of
LGSA.
''Marist students have participated
in the past. It's a pretty big event for
the LGBT/supportive community, so
we wanted to be a part of it."
The club saw
_
this as an opportu-
nity
to
spread their message and
ideals to the greater part of campus.
They purchased t-shirts off the Web
site and wore them thro~ghout the
day, proudly showing the words
"Day of Silence" on the front and
''What are YOU going to do to end
the Silence?" on the back.
The club's president, Michael
Kurtz, saw the day as a great suc-
cess. ''The day was very interesting.
I went through two classes silent
and was met with a great deal of ad-
miration," Kurtz said.
"It
was a well
known and simple way to represent
our club and our
beliefs.
We are
here to stand up for, offer wisdom
t.o
and make a home for the"LGBT stu-
dents here." Kurtz explained that
usually at
midnight
they hold
a
"Breaking the
Silence"
party for
each member to regain their voice
and share their experiences from
the day.
Sophie Ordway, sophomore, is not
a member of the club, yet was glad
to hear about the event. "I didn't re-
alize that was going oh or I would
have participated,''
Ordway
said.
'1t's nice
t.o see
Marist
students tak-
ing a stand like that. It's an impor-
tant issue."
This year the seriousness of the
matter seemed even more prevalent
in light of a child suicide a eleven
days earlier. Carl Walker-Hoover of
Massachusetts would have turned
Dodd stays calm under AI~
fire
By
HEATHER STAATS
Politics Editor
In
light of the economic downturn
that the country has taken, busi-
nesses and citizens are not the only
groups suffering. Sen. Christopher
Dodd (D-Conn.) proves that this
time is also weighing heavy on
politicians.
Dodd has come under fire in the
past month for his part in the word-
ing of legislation that allowed com-
panies like the American Insurance
Group (AIG) to pass out hefty
bonuses
to
their employees. Dodd
told CNN that he was responsible
for the language of the stimulus bill
that required companies who were
receiving bailout money
·
to honor
the bonuses promised to their em-
ployees.
With elections on the horizon for
2010, there is speculation over
whether or not this will weigh on
the minds of the voters.
"But I have enough faith. I've been
through eight elections in this
state," Dodd said to CNN. "And peo-
ple are smarter than the politicians
give them credit for. And they can
see through politics."
Some Connecticut residents here
on campus have their doubts.
"I think it will negatively affect
him, for sure," Julianne Homola,
sophomore, said: "This will still be
in people's minds in next year's elec-
tions."
Kim Dupuis, sophomore, agrees.
"The economy is on everyone's
mind right now;" Dupuis said. "I'm
not so sure that it will just go away
in time for the elections
·
."
In
response to the public outcry of
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Democratic Senator Chriss Dodd has
faith In his constituents and remains
confident about his re-election
in
2010.
lieve that the changes being made
were merely technical in nature.
"If
anyone had mentioned AIG or
any bonuses, I would have rejected
it immediately, out of hand. But the
argument was this was technical,''
Dodd said to CNN.
"He's a state senator. His job is to
read the fine print," Homola said. ''If
he isn't going to ao it, then some-
body else needs to be doing his job."
Depuis affirms this sentiment.
"Constituents expect that he
knows what he's signing, that he
has no uncertainties. He can't just
assu~ that everything he is being
told is true," Depuis stated.
AIG passed out over $165 million
in bonuses. About this, Dodd told
CNN, "No one is angrier than I am."
Former Republican Rep. Rob Sim-
mons announced in March that he
would be contending for Dodd's seat
in 2010. Although Dodd sounds con-
fident in his chances of re-election,
a Quinnipiac University poll taken
before the AIG flap showed Simmons
with
an early one point lead overDodd.
the stimulus bill, Dodd said that the
See
AIG, PAGE
7
Treasury Department led him to be-
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Marlst students
supported
the Lesbian,
Gay,
Straight Alliance on campus
by
protest-
Ing anti-gay harrassment and bullying
by
pledging to remain silent all day last Friday.
twelve on April 17.
Instead,
he took
his
own
life after enduring daily
taunts of being gay at school. This
wa~ the fourth bully-related suicide
of a middle school-aged child this
year.
While Kurtz and Kaltreider both
agree that they have not felt the
presence of anti-LGBT feelings at
Marist, they still understand the
gravity of the situation. ''The impor-
tant thing to realize is that there
will always be those who do not feel
the same as we will," Kurtz said.
"So by participating, I hope that
other Marist students noticed our
presence in the community, and the
kind of support we offer."
Pirates plague global economy
By
NINA LAMONICA
Circle Contributor
While Captain Jack Sparrow has
captured many a heart in his day, it
takes a dose of reality to remember
that real pirates aren't quite so cav-
alier. Today's pirates are trying to
hijack U.S. and foreign ships while
taking hostages.
There have been a number of pi-
.
rate attacks off the coast of Africa
this month. This year alone, Somali
pirates have attacked over 80 ships,
and still have 15 cargo ships and
over 280 crew members held
hostage.
·The Somali pirates attempted to
commandeer a U.S. cargo ship on
April
14.
The attempt to capture the
cargo liner was thwarted and the
ship and its crew members were
brought safely to port by Navy
guards.
Captain Richard Phillips of the
Maersk Alabama freighter, was one
of the hostages held in the pirates'
seige. His vessel was captured on
April 8, and he surre_ndered himself
for the sake of his crew. Phillips re-
portedly told his crew
to
lock them-
selves in a cabin.
The crew
members tried to overpower some
of
the pirates, but they were unsuc-
cessful and Phillips was brought to
an, enclosed life boat. Happily for
Phillips, he was reunited with his
family in Vermont on April 17.
One pirate, a teenage boy, was
captured by the United States. Ab-
diwali Abdiqadir Muse was the sole
survivor of a pirate attack on Cap-
tain Richard Phillips' cargo ship.
Muse gave varying ages, but finally
admitted on Tuesday that he.was 18
years
·
old.
This admittance has
made Muse able to be tried as an
adult.
But pirates are not just targeting
American ships. The French also
fell victim to these crimes. French
naval forces hindered the attacks
and captured
11
pirates in the
In-
dian Ocean.
Vernon Vavrina, professor of in-
ternational politics, suspects that
[the
·
pirates] "will target any ship
deemed valuable (because of the
worth of the vessels themselves, the
cargo, or the kidnapped occupants)
and hope the owners, or families,
will pay a big ransom."
The main objective of the pirates
is money, and lots of it. They have
their captives held at multimillion
dollar ransoms.
In our current economic state;
many are worried
·
about the impact
that these attacks will have. ''The
pirates are thieves and are clearly
not good for the global economy,"
Vavrina stated. "But pursuing pi-
rates will be expensive and could be
politically awkward."
Many are concerned about how
the U.S. should handle these pirate
attacks. One solution would be to
employ the use of snipers. The U.S.
Navy used sniper rifles
to
kill three
of the pirates. Thomas Morganti,
sophomore,
agrees
with
this
method.
See
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AIG bonuses cause Dodd drama
Pirates stlll threaten the -seas
"I
have enough confidence in them
that
if I do my job on their behalf,
which is what
they're
interested in,
about their jobs, their homes, their
retirement, their kids' future, then
the politics will take care of itself,"
Dodd said to CNN.
On his senate Web site, Dodd
spoke out against the greed of exec-
utives who are keeping these
bonuses.
''This is another outrageous ex-
ample of exectttives - including
those whose decisions were respon-
sible for the problems that caused
AIG's collapse - enriching them-
selves at the expense of taxpayers,"
Dodd said.
"A car mechanic or
teacher in Connecticut shouldn't
have to subsidize the bad decisions
DAVID BURDICK/Flickr.com
AIG
pays
out millions
of dollars In
bonuses with taxpayers bailout money.
of these executives. Executives at
other companies receiving TARP
funds have voluntarily foregone
bonuses - there's no reason why
those at AIG
·
shouldn't do the
same."
"I
think that snipers are a great
way to instill fear in the pirates.
It
puts muscle behind the-punch and
shows how awesome our Navy is,."
Morganti said.
What happens
to
captured
pirates
often depends on the nationalities of
their victims and the navy that de-
tains them.
Some people think that this is a
little
too
extreme. They believe that
the pirates should be negotiated
with, instead of just being killed.
Steven Kerr, a freshman and ROTC
Cadet, thinks otherwise. Kerr be-
lieves,
"When
the pirates attack a
U.S. owned ship, they are essen-
tially attacking the United States.
They need
to be captured and tried
for their actions as NATO forces
JOHN
MCNAB/Flickr.com
captain Richard Phillips (right) shakes
hands with Commander David Fowler:
after
being
rescued
by
the
U.S. Navy off
the coast of Somalia.
seek
to eliminate piracy in the Gulf
of Aden." Negotiations are still up
in the air as to how the pirat~s are
going
to be dealt with.

















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Top five spring senioritis essentials
By CLARE
LANGAN
Staff Writer
Every year, right after Easter
break, a strange thing happens to
the seniors of Marist College. When
they e~erge from winter hiberna-
tion, students fl.Dck to the green
spaces of campus, clad in shorts
with Frisbees in hand. As intern-
ships wind down and capping pa-
pers are turned in, seniors have the
opportunity to relax a bit. Some say
they relax a bit too much. The
Marist beach opens for business, a
springtime staple her~. The senior
class, in particular, has become ex-
pert beach bums, planning their
school work around the prospect of a
sunny Friday.
This week, students received the
much-anticipated Senior Week
packet, detailing the slew of activi-
ties leading up to Commencement.
Most senio:rs can agree that their
weekend agendas are booked The T-shirt
,
straight through
'
May 23. Between If you haven't already purchased
semi-formals, River Fest and, oh your senior class t-shirt, make sure
yeah,- figuring out post-grad plans, you pick one up at River Fest. The
being a Marist senior can be quite shirt is perfect to wear to all sorts
of
tiring. Enter: the senior survival official (and un- official) senior
kit. Th~s checklist (and TWO forms events. It solves the question of
of I.D.) will guarant.ee that every "what should I wear?" and makes
senior makes the most of out their laundry a cinch.
last 30 days. Drum roll, please ...
A Camera
I recently spent SEVEN days in -the
Caribbean with a low-capacity
memory card. I've since learned my
lesson, and will not be caught any-
where without a fully charged cam-
era and extra memory card. Not a
photographer? Mak~ friends with
that person who uploads
new
al-
bums daily.
Cash
No, fun doesn't come free. While
most events are pre-sale, you never
know where the night will lead and
it
never
hurts to carry a little extra
dough. Start budgeting for the last
few weeks now,
as
the three cam-
pus-sponsored Senior
Week
activi-
ties will cost roughly $100. This
may be a good time to
discuss
that
graduation present with the grand-
parents.
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By VINNIE PAGANO
Sunscreen, Sunglasses, Comfy
Clothes
and
Shoes
Break out the Ray Bans and slap on
the Coppertone. A seemingly inno-
cent afternoon barbecue .can lead to
a nasty burn. Be the responsible 22-
year-old you are and use a little
SPF. You can thank me later when
you aren't sporting a burn at Senior
Formal and in 20 years when you
don't have wrinkles. Yea! Another
smart move - go for comfort! A
night cut short by aching feet is not
exactly the best way to spend your
last few nights of college. Trekking
around campus in stilettos-bad.
Shoes
you can walk in-good.
A Water Bottle
Us seniors can get very "thirsty'', es-
pecially when the temperatures
soar. Carrying your
own
water bot-
tle is
one
more way that
we
can pro-
mote sustainability, meet our daily
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Take advantage of the warm
weather
the rest of the semester.
"H20'' requirements and cut back on
red-cup waste. Needless to say, hy-
drate responsibly.
So grab that Frisbee,' a few hours of
sleep and this list. Get out there and
enjoy it
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CIRCLE
•
THURSDAY
,
APRIL 23, 2009 •
10
An intern's eco-friendly office observations
By
KELLY
LAUTURNER
Staff Writer
When most people think about an
intern's responsibilities, they think
of filing and copying. While rve got-
ten plenty of experience with
copiers and files as a teaching as-
sistant, these skills have not been of
much use at my internship. This is
definitely a good thing.
In
honor of
Earth Day this week, I'm sharing
some of my experiences from my ob-
servations with
"greener"
offices.
One thing I've realized during my
intern experience is that the paper-
less office is alive and well. Copies
have become almost obsolete
be-
cause of the high amount of connec-
tivity we have at our offices, as I
think might be true at many other
offices. In an effort
to
"green-ify" our
offices almost everything is sent via
email. As much as a nuisance as it
is, believe me, my inbox is always spreadsheet from my boss, make
full, I guess I feel like I'm doing my changes, and send it back, as men-
part to help out the environment.
tioned above. Rather than walking
The first and only time, I had to to his desk, retrieving it, walking
use a copier at my internship was to back to my desk, adding
ttl
the doc-
scan some documents into email ument, printing out a new copy, and
form. This seems kind of ironic, walking it back over, I save time
right? Using the copier just to send money, and my
-
leg muscles. Plus, I
an email of a paper I have?
It may feel like I'm doing my small part to
sound a little silly, but some docu-
help the environment.
ments needed to be put into digital
The first time I actually saw the
form.
copy room on my floor
·
was about
Anyway, I
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
three weeks ago. I
have created
a
I'm not a complete saint
went in· there to
lot
o! do~u-
when it comes to recycling,
use the garbage
ments m my m-
.
can. I had been
tern work so
but I'm happy to see that my
asked
to
shred
far, and it re-
company is doing its part to
some mail and the
ally is easier
to
encourage
a
healthier
shredder machine
just open up a
had overflowed.
file, edit and
planet.
I'm not a com-
add the needed
plete saint when
information and then send it back
to
it comes to recycling, but I'm happy
someone else. I mean no injustice to see that my company is doing its
against copiers and printers, I really part
to
encourage a healthier
do love them. But, there is simpli~-
planet. One thing I've also noticed
ity in sepding documents through at my internship
is
their big push
the internet.
for
recycling
outside of the office. All
The paperless office is really ben-
of the cups for coffee and soda are
eficial for lazy people too.
It sounds made from post consumer recycled
like a joke, but it is true. It is much material. I'm happy to report they
easier to retrieve an emailed smell fine, and they have environ-
Masto and Me: So~e introductions from
your friendly neighborhood rrinner
.
ByCOUN
JOHNSON
Staff Writer
Few things are more important in
life than surrounding
yourself
with
a group of friends you truly enjoy
being with. And within every group
of friends, the:re is always that one
character who is just a little differ-
ent then everyone else. You know
what I mean ... that person who just
never ceases to amaze you.
I met Greg Masto my first night
here at Marist College. I was at a
house off campus with my future
teammates, and I did not know any
of them. I bounced around the
groups of people,
introducing
my-
self and striking up a few conver-
sations. The party was loud and
wild but· amongst the noise I no-
ticed a tall, skinny, pale kid with a
curly afro. With arms flying wildly
and seemingly able to
speak
only
by shouting, this guy was easily the
life of the party. My first thought
was,
"What
is that thing?" followed
immediately by "Oh my god, I hope
that's not one of my teammates."
Little did I know that not only was
that ridiculous individual one of my
fellow trackies, but despite my best
efforts he would also become one of
my closest friends.
DQn't worry-this piece is not
about what a meaningful friend-
ship we have. I mean I could write
an article every day about a differ-
ent one of my friends and I would
be lucky if my own mother read it.
No, the reason I have decided to
focus this co-lumn, or at least this
article, on Masto is because
·
many
of the experiences that have high-
lighted my college career thus far
are because of him. Whether it is
something he does willingly, a
ridiculous situation he gets himself
into, or an awful prank that I pull
on him for my own enjoyment,
there is never a dull moment when
he is around. And because I was
able to somewhat pull off a column
about running, which, lets face it,
is not the most interesting of top-
ics, I am sure that a few articles
about a kid potentially from
,
an-
other planet may snag the interest
of a few readers. Oh and I
will be
calling this column "Masto and Me"
because I recently had to sit
through 'Marley and Me' and much
like Marley ... Mas to begins with the
letter M.
So as you may have determined
already, Masto is a pr~tty intense
individual. He lives
_his
life on the
basis that everything should be
done at 150 percent effort. Sounds
pretty admirable right? I mean
someone who puts 150 percent into
their school work, or 150 percent
into a sport, is someone everyone
should want to emulate. How about·
someone who also puts 150 percent
into pouring a bowl of cereal, or
opening the front door
to his house?
Last year I was fortunate enough
to inhabit the same living space as
Masto, and no matter where I was
in the house I could always tell
whether he was walking through
the door, primarily because it was
either kicked open or
shouldered
hard enough to shake the walls.
This led to people crying out
COLIN JOHNSON/THE CIRCLE
This column's
unique
future subject,
Greg Masto, photoshopped on a raptor.
'Schwarzenegger-esque'
phrases
like 'Get to the chopper', whenever
he came home.
It also led to the
.
conclusion that Masto's life is es-
sentiatly like living in the climax of
an action movie 24/7. Just seeing
him on the walk to class in full
swagger is usually enough
to
make
me laugh, or run for the hills, de-
pending on the day.
So
l plan to highlight this column
with stories about the ridiculous
things that go on in Masto's
life .. .like when he lived on Monster
energy drinks, or when he came
face to face with the dangers of
Craig's List, or when he fought a
moose with his bare hands. Alright
well maybe the moose didn't hap-
pen, but don't worry this will be
nothirtg short of entertaining.
IAN
HAY/FLICKR.COM
Going paperless helps the environment,
and also saves companies money.
mentally friendly tips on the sides.
People also bring their
own
mugs
and water bottles to
work
to
fill up,
avoiding using cups altogether.
There are these really cool card-
board trays in the cafeteria. They
encourage people to use them over
and over again to carry their
lunches. I've actually seen people do
this, so I am very excited for the fate
of the environment.
I hope everyone enjoyed their
earth day and is looking for more
ways to make their job and campus
more earth friendly.
The
F
ea tu res section
is seeking writers
and columnists for
next·year!
Send
an
email to
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Rookie of the Year's debut
great
shows.
The
thing
about this tour
is that since
we're headlin-
ing it, we don't
play until kind
of
late
like
10:00
p.m.,
10~30 p.m. To
see everybody
still
stick.
around
and
wait until we
Four years and three records later,
Rookie of the Year has transformed
from a one man band to a touring
inachine, taking on venues big and
small.
.
UNCENSORED
INTERVIEW/
FLICKR
go
on
and then
''This summer we did the Stay
Classy USA tour, it was sponsored
by MTV and it was awesome," Dun-
son said. "Secondhand Serenade,
Playradioplay!, The Graduate and
My America Heart played and every
night was basically sold out." Of the
experience,
Dunson
said that play-
ing at the famed House of Blues was
amazing.
North
Carolina
band Rookie
of
the Year consists
of
group mem-
all crowd the
bers
Ryan Dunson
(vocals,
acoustic guitar), Mike
Ka
merman
(gui-
stage its fun."
This summer, they can be found
at the New Jersey music fest Bam-
boozle and soon you will be able to
spot them
on
tour with LFO.
tar, vocals),
and
Pat
Murphy (bass).
The band is
By
CAITLIN NOLAN
joined by quite
a
lineup
tn Jet Lag Gemini, School
Fortunately for the Marist com-
munity, we do not have to wait until
the summer to see Rookie of the
Year. Doors open to the show at 6:30
p.m. and for only $12 general ad-
mission, good music and good fun
can be yom-s.
Web Editor
Rookie of the Year, the North
Carolina based pop•rock band, is
ready to take on Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
tonight, Thursday, April 23, 2009.
While the Chance is a familiar
haunt for the band who have per-
formed there in the past with Sec-
ondhand
Serenade
and
Just
Surrender, this tour is unlike any
other in that it i's their first head-
lining.
"It's going awesome," Ryan Dun-
son, lead singer of Rookie of the
Year, said about the tour, . '1n
Chicago, we played for over 300 peo-
ple. There have been some really
Boy Humor and Kiernan McMullan
who have now lieen on tour with
Rookie of the Year since the begin-
ning of the What is Love tour.
"They're all great bands and
they're all nice guys," Dunson said
of his tour mates.
Rookie of the Year starteQ when
Dunson was signed as a solo artist
with One Eleven Records, home of
the Spill Canvas and tour mate
Kiernan McMullan.
It
was not long
before the solo act became a fully
fledged band.
.
"I wrote a record and it was a full
band record," Dunson said. "I had to
find members so we could perform
it live."
On the set list are some old fa.
vorites such as ''The Weekend,"
which can be found on their previ-
ous album, ''The Goodnight Moon,"
and "Summer" off their new album
·
,
"Sweet Attention."
For more information on the band
go to www.myspace.com/rookie-
oftheyear and for information about
tonight's
show,
visit
www.thechancetheater.com or call
845-471-1966.
Boutique serves as alternative to
mall brand fashions of the Galleria
By
KATIE CLINE
Staff Writer
Let's face it, although we may like
_to
pretend differently, Poughkeep-~
sie certainly isn'.t the fashion capi-
tal of the world. Nothing is more of
a testament to that fact than the
poor representa-tion of retail stores
found in the Galleria Mall.
So
where are the fashion savvy sup-
posed to get their shopping fix?
Enter Elizabeth Boutique, a newly
opened small shop located about
five minutes from Marist College
catering to the classically stylish
woman.
Beth Madsen, the owner of Eliza-
beth Boutique, depicts her store as
fun and casual- a place with some-
another Red Fox event for sometime
thing for everyone. Looking around this month. Check out the website
the charming boutique her.descrip-
for
details
(www.elizabethbou-
tion of offering classic clothes ac-
tique.com)
cented by trendy accessories is dead
As a fashion merchandising major
on. Immediately I get the urge to herself, this boutique is a dream
reach for my credit card, but I re-
come true for Beth. A graduate
gretfully refrain.
from Johnson
& Wales University,
Premium denim is one of the top her degree also makes her an easy
sellers here. Beth carries popular person for Marist fashion majors to
brands such as Hudson and Citi-
relate to. Beth likes to share her
zens, two favorites among Marist
-
passion by taking on interns who
fashionistas. Scarves are another help in all aspects of the store oper-
hit item, with a large assortment of ations from buying to visual mer-
·colors
and styles to choose from. chandising to event planning and
But it's not all about the product for
more. She is currently looking for
Beth.
summer interns, so stop by, call, or
She loves throwing events for her email her to apply.
customers, often times to benefit
As I walk out of Elizabeth Bou-
charities. She tique I am quickly reminded that I
even threw a
am still in Poughkeepsie, and not
party
exclu-
some trendy part of Manhattan.
sively
for But now I know that when I'm crav-
Marist
girls
•
ing a bit of urban panache, I can
back in March find it five minutes away... and
featuring shop-
without Metro North.
ping, massages,
Swing by and get your fashion fix
and the organic at Elizabeth Boutique on 1 Davis
makeup brand Avenue in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., or
l.ia~l.lliill.ilidla.:&.::.:...fil_diil
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currently
singin'
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
SXSW festival.
WllDHORSES2005
/
FLICKR.COM
Dave Matthews
Band
Is
making a
meback after
e tragic death of
ophonist
LeRoi
Major
Lazer
"Hold
the
Line"
f/
Mr.
Lex
&
Santigold
- Genre:
Surfguitarreggaedubhiphop.
Ac-
cording to the press releaf,ie, "Major
Lazer is a Jamaican commando who
lost his arm in the secret Zombie
War of 1984. The US military res-
cued him and repurposed experi-
mental lazers as prosthetic limbs.
Since then Major Lazer has been a
hired renegade soldier for a rogue
government operating in secrecy
underneath the watch of M5 and
the CIA." Through the Major Lazer
moniker, Switch and Diplo (produc-
ers of "Paper Planes") have crafted a
Jamaican dancehall-inspired party
album with guest vocalists. The
first single is a full-out onslaught of
a genre bender. Don't be surprised
to hear phone beeps; the master-
minds behind this project were re-
sponsible for the cash register
samples.
Dave
Matthews Band
"Funny
How
It
ls" -
"Big
Whiskey and the
GrooGrux King," the first album
since the death of saxophonist
LeRoi Moore,. is set to drop in June,
and judging from the first single
DMB is incorporating more rock
than 2005's "Stand Up." The song is
a hodgepodge of soothing summer-
time splendor.
Clipse "Kinda Like
a Big Deal"
f/ Kanye
West - Who knew Kanye
West, the Gayfish extraordinaire,
s:110pped at wallet-friendly clothing
stores like TJ
Maxx
and Marshalls?
Produced by DJ Khalil, the hip-hop
track is infused with spaced out gui-
tar, and deep tribal beats. It's kind
of a big deal.
Green Day "Know Your
Enemy" - Punky, yet catchy drum
intro, power
chords,
Oweyo~eys,
and group vocals. Sounds like Green
Day is attempting to become a mod-
ern pop rendition of The Who. The
song is like a puzzle piece that has
been pulled out pf the whole picture.

























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Thursday, April 23, 2009
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PAGE 12
Shout out!
Top
ways to communicate
By LISA GLOVER
way of communicating without call-
Staff Writer
ing someone
,
which usually takes
·
up more time.
It
is much more to
Communication is something that the point without wasting minutes
each ofus use every day. It's how we on phones
.
translate ideas and share them with
Carolyn states that, ''You are able
others.
to absorb what the other person is
·
However, how we communicate saying and formulate an answer
with others best often varies from without being put on the spot."
person to person. Some prefer using
In a
way,
texting can actually re-
forms
of
technology, while others duce the quick, un-thought out an-
believe that face-to-face communi-
swers that people usually spit out
cation is crucial. The students at on the spot.
Marist College that I interviewed
In cases where group communi-
all had various opinions of what the cation is vital, Kristen McPartland
best form of communication was.
believes that Facebook is actually
There are both positives and neg-
the best way of communicating.
atives to verbal and non verbal com-
Kristen likes that with Facebook, it
munication. First, communication is so easy to mass communicate.
in which you are speaking to some-
When you need to say the same
one face-to-face offers the receiver thing to a group of people, it can be
nonverbal cues, including hand ges-
easily accomplished with applica-
tures and body movement.
tions on
·
Facebook. Facebook also
Tone also plays a big part in this, includes features that enable video-
because it is often e~sy to misinter-
chatting, another increasingly pop-
pret how someone is speaking un-
ular form of communication.
10
/
F
L.
I
C1<R
.
CO
less you can literally hear them.
Kristen VanLaar thinks that writ-
Tone is the way that someone relays ing letters to people is the best way
a message, and incorporates sound to communicate. She believes this
Technology creates many new ways to communicate ... students choose the best.
and pitch.
However, in situations where you
are placed on the spot to respond,
words can be said without a proper
thought out explanation.
With today's technology, one no
longer has to be face-to-face with
someone else to communicate.
Freshmen Stephanie Schwarz and
Carolyn LoPinto agree that text
messaging is the best form of com-
municating.
Stephanie believes it is a quick
However, how we communicate with others best often varies from
person to person. Some prefer using forms of technology, while
others believe that face to face communication is crucial.
because it is easier to get out all
your thoughts without worrying
about the receiver's response until
they read it. Writing letters is actu-
ally seen as a more formal, stronger
form of communication. Writing
ideas down allows you to organize
your thoughts coherently and con-
cisely.
Vinny O'Neil comments that the
form of communicatlon all depends
upon the situation.
He states that, "If it is something
more personal, it should be face-to-
face."
This goes along with the idea that
nonverbal cues are a great contrib-
utor.
Ji~my Mascioli agrees, explain-
ing that "when talking to someone
in person, they can also notice your
diction and body language. There is
a better sense of personal touch."
Live your life: Unique aspirations of students
By
MONICA SPERANZA
Staff Writer
What does attending college mean
to you? Regardless of your personal
responses to that question, college
acts as a way to buy us more time to
be a kid in school.
Unless we go on immediately to
graduate school, most of us only
have four years before we go out
.
into the real world. Our time at
Marist is a time for us to not only
· get a good education, but also a time
for living it up and living our
dreams.
I talked to several people over the
past few days, and asked them to
share what they wish to do in their
remaining years at Marist. The re-
sponses I got ranged from the usual
academic wishes to creative and
crazy hopes.
Some peo]>le I talked to just hope
to find guidance. My roommate,
freshman Nicole Radassao, said
that she wants to "figure out what
makes me happy."
Some people want to do something
rebellious-like get a tattoo. Others
simply want to be able to "roll
around on the grass with no cares,"
as freshman John Enright puts it.
One person just wants to service
others in a positive way.
Many people said that they want
to go abroad.
·
Kristina Gray, a freshman, wants
to "jump in the Hudson (and get
right back out)" and ''hug a mon-
-
key," during her college years (al-
though neither of those goals seem
very healthy to me).
Another freshman, Christie Shee-
han, wants to go across the river
and repaint the Marist M that used
to be on the rocks over there, and to
shake President Obama's hand.
A
few people want a chance to
steal and/or ride one of the golf carts
security drives around campus.
Others want to steal a shopping cart
from Staples or Home Depot. fve al-
ready seen
.
the latter occur.
Some wish to do something scan-
Our time at Marlst is a time for us
.
to not only get a good education,
but also a time for living It up and
living our dreams.
dalous-like go to the club "Church
"
and see the 12 pm to 4 pm strippers
.
Many wish to grow up and become
prepared for the future, while oth-
ers just hope to graduate (don't we
all?).
Some, such as junior Tyler Smith,
took stock of the wildlife and said
that he would like to get close
enough to punt a squirrel (dis-
claimer: a previous article by yours
truly did discourage getting too
close to squirrels).
Some people hope to accomplish
some drunken wishes, such as: run-
ning across Route 9 drunk .when the
lights are green, drunk dialing se-
curity, and creating a fake breatha-
lyzer to freak out the partiers.
Some people wish to stuff as many
people as possible in their car and
see how safely they can drive. Oth-
ers want to skinny-dip in the Marist
pool at night or streak at a football
game.
.
Some students want to play real
life "cop
_
s and robbers" and chase
thieves off of campus, like junior
Marc Costanzo did a few weeks ago.
In
any case, whatever your wishes
may be, college years are the time to
dive in and go for the gold.
So get out there and love every
minute of it!
TU......,_..,..,.._
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THE CIRCLE • THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009 •
13
Offense stalls
as
Men's LAX loses
game to St. Joe's
ByCODYLAHL
Staff Writer
Nursing a one-goal lead entering the fourth
quarter, the Marist men's lacrosse team was un-
able to hold on at Saint Joseph's University in
Philadelphia, PA as the Red Foxes fell 9-7 to the
Hawks. Sophomore Corey Zindel_and senior Paul
Santavicca each recorded one goal and two as-
sists while junior Ryan Sharkey and
freshman
Evan
Guarini each added two goals in the losing effort.
''I
think
we got the ball up and
down
the field well,"
coach
Scott Nelson said. "And so we are able to get
more people scoring but we missed a lot of op-
portunities we could have converted on."
After falling behind by two goals midway
through the first quart_er, Sharkey and sopho-
more Zachary Walsh recorded back-to-back goals
within 45 seconds of each other on shots at the
6: 18 and 5:35 marks respectively
to
tie the game at 2-
2
Following Sharkey's second goal, which tied
the game at
3-3, the Hawks recorded three straight
goals to take a 6-3 lead on Marist only to see it
wither to one as Santavicca and Zindel recorded
goals with less than 30 seconds remaining in the
first
half.
For the half, each team recorded 16 shots
and 11 ground balls; however, the Red Foxes
were 2-for-6 on extra-man opportunities for the
half and 2-for-8 on the game, well below their
.295 conversion percentage on the season.
"Our
man-up offense was really where we
failed to convert," Marist junior attackman Matt
Teichmann
said. "And
that really
hurt
our
chances."
Guarini recorded the only
goals
of the third
quarteronpassesfromjunior Bob von Hoffman and
Zindel with 8:58 and 1:46 remaining in the quar-
ter respectively. Guarini now has five multi-goal
games this season and ranks third on the team in
goals
scor~d
(18)
and
points
(20).
"He [Guarini] has really become a good
college lacrosse player," Nelson said. "He was a
very good high school player and it took him a lit-
tle bit to turn the corner and be a good college
player but he's done that now ... He's a good
shooter and a tough kid; he's going to be very,
very
good
for
a
while
here."
The fourth quarter belonged to Saint
Joseph's as the Hawks recorded three unan-
swered goals, out shot the Red Foxes 12-6 and
was a perfect 6-6 on clearing attempts in secur-
·
ing
their
9- 7
win.
"We had it going our way in the third
quarte; and we had chances to extend our lead
and we simply did not take advantage of them,"
said Nelson of the Red Foxes' inability to convert
shots
in
the
fourth
quarter.
For the game, Marist was outshot 34-28.
It turned the ball over 23 ti"mes to Saint Joseph's
18, scooped up 22 grou!ldballs to the Hawk's 20
and - won
12
of
the
17
face-offs.
Marist, currently third in the Metro At~
lantic Athletic Conference standings-, finishes the
season at home with
7
p.m. contests against first
place
Siena College on Wednesday, April 22 and
fourth
place Manhattan College on Saturday,
_
April 25.
From Page Fifteen
ens acrosse s ast ome game:
ensLacrosse.com
Honor
Roll, after
she tallied five goals
and
four
as-
sists in
Marist's
last three games.
Senior
midfielder
Cristin
Begley
led Marist with
three goals against
Canisius, while Garland and
fresh-
man
defender Kelly Condon each
scored twice.
Freshman
goalie
Kelsey Thoms made nine
saves in
net for
Marist.
The
Red Foxes concluded
the reg-
ular season
on Tuesday,
April
21,
with
a
win
over Binghamton.
The
victory gave Marist
a program-
record 1
i
wins on the season.
Marist faces Canisius again
on
Friday
in a 'rourna.merit semifinal,
with the
winner
advancing to Sun-
day's Noon championship
game
against
the
Fairfield-Manhattan
WllUler.
Head Coach
Laura Campbell
said
that Marist must focus on winning
draw
controls, coming
up with
groundballs, and limiting
turnovers
in the rematch with the
Golden
Griffins.
''What's exciting is the girls know
they
didn't
play to their
full poten-
tial," she said. "I think they believe
they
are
a much better team than
Canisius, which they are, and hope-
fully that will carry
over."
Saturday, April 25 at 7:00 p.m.
against Manhattan
Women's lacrosse semifinal in
MAAC Tournament at Iona:
Friday, April 24 at 2:30 p.m. against Canisius
Winner plays Fairfield or Manhattan
in
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Tennis takes MAACs
ByJIM URSO
Staff Writer
On April 8, the Fairfield Stags defeated the
Red Foxes in what Tim Smith characterized
as one of his worst losses as a coach or player.
'
'Players just didn't show up," he said.
Sunday, ten days after the defeat, the stage
was set for a rematch at the U.S. Tennis Cen-
ter in Queens, NY for the MMC (Metro-At-
lantic-Athletic-Conference) championship. At
the end of the day, the Marist Men's tennis
team took home their second consecutive
MMC Champiop.ship.
Co-Captain Loic Sessagesimi earned the
match winning point and tournament MOP
(Most Outstanding Performer) against Dan
Sauter. Sessagesimi took the match 6-4, 6-1.
In the first set, Sessagesimi was up 5-4 with
Sauter serving. Sessagesimi got a crucial
break to take the first set, swinging the mo-
mentum in his favor. The tournament MOP
held his concentration even with large group
of Fairfield fans in support of Sauter, who
held a 10-inch height advantage on Sessages-
imi. The win capped an undefeated spring
season for Sessagesimi.
"He's the ultimate competitor," Smith sai
_
d.
"He maintained composure under fire."
"It
was really exciting to clinch the decision
for the team," Sessagesimi said. "We all
stepped on the court with a huge motivation
and we all played tough from the beginning
to the end."
The match began with three close and
highly entertaining doubles matches. Al-
though Smith was impressed with the recent
progression of Landon Greene and Antonio
Oliver as a doubles tandem, he decided alter
the teams. Smith wanted spread the best dou-
bles players across each team. He put Nicolas
Pisecky, his best doubles player, at third ·sin-
gles.
Christian Coley and Rhys Hobbs defeated
Joe Michalisin and Rob Ferrante 4-6, 7-5, 10-
6 at first doubles. Rhys chants echoed from
teammates and supporters for Hobbs, who
isn't among six singles players. His contribu~
tion helped earn Marist an essential doubles
point.
·
.
Sessagesimi and Matt Himmelsbach fell to
Ryan Berthod and Dan Sauter 9-'7. At third
singles, Pisecky and Greene defeated Chip
Palumbo and Aaron Chan 8-5 to clinch the
doubles point.
''The doubles point was very important be-
cause all three doubleswere really contested,
it set up the tone, and it showed them that we
were ready to battle all day," said Sessages-
1m1.
After earning the doubles point, Smith reit-
erated that one point doesn't make a match
Before Sessagesimi earned the decisive
point, Greene and Pisecky each avenged
losses to players who beat them just over a
week ago.
'1
will not ever lose to that player again,"
said both Greene and Pisecky after the losses
to their respective opponents.
Greene defeated Berthod 6-2, 6-2. In the
last match against Fairfield, Berthod de-
feated Greene 6-0, 6-0. Pisecky defeated Chan
6-3, 6-3 after falling to him in an extended set
the week before.
''We were too confident when we first played
Fairfield and when we went into the MMCs
we were hungry to win, we knew what Fair-
field was capable of, and we found a way to
win,"
said Greene. ''Last time I was flustered
by the drop shots and this time
.
I was more pa-
tient, took my time, and made the right
shots."
Although the crowd was heavily infested
with Fairfield supporters, a few loyal sup-
porters made the long trip to support Marist.
The families of Greene, Pisecky, and von
Nordheim all traveled from extraordinary dis-
tances to support Marist tennis.
"It was a perfect culmination to an overall
great season," Smith said. "I'm very proud of
how these guys handled themselves as young
men."
The Red Foxes will find out their tourna-
ment opponent next Tuesday night.
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6
Baseball wins
series at home
Baseball wins
two non-confer-
e~ce games be-
fore 12
remaining con-
ference games
take place
Gallic was hitting .306
with three homeruns and
1 7 RBI. The Foxes
will
also miss him on the base
paths, as he was leading
the team with seven steals
on the season.
Marist currently stands
at 7-5 in the MMC in sole
possession of fourth place
with the tiebreaker over
Canisius. The final 12 con-
ference games will play a
huge role in Marist's post-
season
standing.
The
Foxes begin their run to-
wards the end of the sea-
son with three games at
Siena this weekend.
"All of our series coming
up are big," Healy said.
''We need to take care of
our own business.
If
we go
there [Siena], pitch well,
score six runs probably
.
each game we'll win all
three games."
.
"Six has kind of our
number all year.
If
we get
to six I think we've only
lost once. I expect us to
pitch well and play de-
fense and be able to han-
dle their pitching. They're
going to starat three right
handers so that's a good
matchup for us on paper.
Pacione,
•
[Bryce] Nugent,
[Ryan] Gauck, all our left-
ies ... all those guys should
be able to handle their
guys."
Niagara is currently in
second in the ,MA.AC, but
its still has games against
Manhattan, Canisius, and
Marist on its schedule.
Rider's 9-6 but Marist
hold's
the
tiebreaker
against them.
''We have to hope Man-
hattan takes care of Cani-
sius this weekend," Healy
said. "That would be good
for us because we're not
going to catch Manhat-
tan."
With half of its remain-
ing conference games tak-
ing place at home, Marist
.
has its sights set on fin-
ishing the season strong.
"Our mindset's pretty
good," Healy said. "I feel
like we haven't peaked
yet. I told the players this;
if we come to play every
game, we're tough to
beat."
Upcoming campus sporting events
3-ON-3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
On Sunday, April 26, the students
in Dr. Keith Strudler's Sports PR
class will be holding the 3-on-3 Bas-
ketball Tournament Presented by
Rocco's Pizzeria and Restaurant.
The tournament will be held in the
main gym in the McCann Center
starting at 12 p.m. It will consist of
a maximum of 36 teams of three to
four players, and the cost to sign up
is
$ tO
per team. All proceeds for the
event will be donated to "PEACE
OUTside Campus", a charity de-
signed to keep areas outside college
campuses safe for students. Sign-
ups will be held Friday, 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. outside of the Cabaret. Last
minute sign-ups will be possible at
the event up to start time, but spots
are filling up fast. Teams must
bring $10 with their sign-up sheet
in order to officially be registered in
the tournament.
The tournament itself, which has
been a Marist College tradition for
the past eight years, will consist of
games played to straight 11 points,
or
a
15-minute
time
limit,
whichever comes first.
It
will be
double-elimination
tournament,
with teams in the final's receiving
gift cards from sponsors: Modell's,
Eveready Diner, and Applebees.
The championship team will receive
bragging rights along with the most
unparalleled prize possible; cham-
pionship T-shirts.
Food will be provided by Rocco's
Pizzeria and Restaurant, and 3-
.
point and dunk contests will be held
on the side court with a chance to
win gift cards. Music will also be
provided.
For a detailed list of rules and fur-
ther information, keep your eyes
open for flyers posted all around
campus, and be sure to find the
event on facebook.com under 2009
Marist 3-on-3 Basketball Tourna-
ment Presented by Rocco's. Contact
Marc Sausa at (91 7) 597-4924 or at
marc.sausal@marist.edu for more
information.
MARIST SPORTS TRIVIA
The Marist sports trivia event,
sponsored by Giacomo's and Marist
Housing, will be taking place on
Tuesday, April -28 at 9 p.m. in the
Cabaret. Sign-ups for sports trivia
will
be
taking place the week before
and leading up to starting time.
Free food and beverages will be pro-
vided for all participants courtesy of
Giacomo's, and winners will also get
prizes.
This event will be structured
much like certain trivia show for-
mats, with questions ranging from
a variety of sports topics. There are
no limits on the amount of teams
that can participate.
The entry price will be five dollars
per team, and proceeds from
-
the
event will go to the Special
Olympics. Locations for sign-ups
will be at the Champagnat breeze-
way Wednesday, April 22 from
.
11-1
and Friday, April 24 from 11-1.
In
addition, teams can sign up right
before the event at the Cabaret.
DODGEBALLTOURNAMENT
Marist College's Sports Public Re-
lations class has announced the
hosting of its 2009 dodgeball tour-
nament sponsored by Pleasant
Ridge III Pizza. The tournament
will be held on Thursday, April 30
from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the Mc-
Cann Center Field House.
This year's tournament will be
structured in a best out of three
games format, with winning teams
progressing to the next round of
play. Championship T-shirts will be
provided to the winning team, cour-
tesy of .Hudson Valley Impressions.
A
gift
card to Cosimo's Trattoria will
be awarded to the tournament's
most valuable player. In addition,
pizza donated by Pleasant Ridge III
Pizzeria will be available to all par-
ticipants, as well as water bottles
contributed by Stop & Shop.
Teams of five or six players are en-
couraged to sign up to participate. A
$3 sign up fee will be collected from
each participant. Those interested
will have the opportunity to sign up
on Sunday, April 26 from 9 p.m. to
11 p.m in the grey gym of the Mc-
Cann Center and on Tuesday, April
28 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the
Champagnat bre~zeway. Contact
Allison Duffy at (347)-612-7916 or
at allison.duffy2@marist.edu





























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15
Softball's magic number set at two
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Sports Editor
By the time they square off against
the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on April
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21st, the Marist Red Fox softball
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players will have played in over 40
contests
during
the
2009 campaign.
Out of all the innings that have
been
logged at home and all of the
road
ballparks that have been visited,
only 16 contests will determine the
Red Foxes post-season fate. Of those
16 decisive MAAC games, 12 have
b~e:t). pl~yed and four remain.
Before the Red Foxes continue their
MAAC schedule on a trip to western
MIKE CAIOLA/THE CIRCLE
New York against Canisius and Ni-
Atts,r sweeping a doubleheader against the Saint Peter's Peahens, Marlst has four more conference
agara, they face a doubleheader
games remaining this season. The
Red
Foxes will play a doubleheader each against the canlsius Golden
against the Scarlet Knights and a
Griffins and the
Niagara
Purple
Eagles. Marist
can clinch a playoff
spot with two
more MAAC victories.
four-day layoff.
place that type of leadership, that kind of season. The senior surrendered just eight
"Normally,
you would think so," head offense. Those kids have toed the line for hits while striking out ten batters.
coach Joe Ausanio
_
said about whether or us all year."
Although the Red Foxes scored 14 com-
not he would value an out-of-conference
In game one against the Peahens, Mari.st bined runs in both of their victories, they
game against Rutgers to keep his team opened the scoring up with an RBI single also left 14 runners on base.
sharp before a four day break. "But right by McCallion Campbell to give.Marist a 1-
"If you look at our record, we've lost
now we're a little banged up. Both of our
O
lead. Giordano followed ~ust two batters twelve 1-run games," Ausanio said. '1f you
starting pit.chers are nursing injuries right later with a two-run double.
look and see why, we left a lot of runners
now."
The Red Foxes took a 9-3 lead into the on base those games."
On a recent two doubleheader road trip
.
seventh inning before St. Peter's mounted
The Red Foxes non-conference games
to Manhattan and Saint Peter's, the Red a rally. They loaded the bases with two against Rutgers, who compete in the- Big
Foxes won three of four games to improve outs, and one run had already scored in East conference, will surely be a challenge
their MAAC record
to
7-5. That record cur-
the inning.
for the team as they deal with injuries to
rently puts them in third place in the con-
Carpentier came on in relief of freshmen their pitcning staff.
ference, tied with Canisius and behind Caitlin Schell and closed out the game,
''They're
going to be very strong," Au-
Fairfield and Manhattan.
earning
her fourth save of the year.
sanio said.
"If
you look at their record,
"It
was obviously a very good weekend
Schell
surrendered
seven hits over 6.2 they've beaten some good teams.
If
l
,
had
for us," Ausanio said. 'We needed to
win a innings of work, as she improved to 5-11 my choice, I'd rather just stay home and
minimum of three out of four this weekend on the season.
.
nurse our injuries and get prepared for
to put ourselves
in
a good spot
to
go up to
"Caitlin
Schell has
stepped
in as a true this weekend."
Buffalo."
freshmen," Ausanio said.
"She
has had her
Starting on
April
25, Marist will be
Against Saint Peter's, the Red Foxes ups and downs, but there are inoment,s daunted with the task of playing a double
were propelled by Melissa Gio".rdano, Jes-
when she shows flashes of absolute bril-
header against Niagara and Canisius on
sica
Green, and Caitlin Carpentier, the Hance on the mound."
back
to
back
to
back days.
trio of star seniors that have produced for
Carpentier, the MAAC leader in strike-
"Its
very tough to win up there, they are
them
all season long.
outs, did not disappoint in game two of the two of the better teams in the conference,"
"That's our senior leadership right
·
doubleheader when she took the mound. Ausanio said. "9-7 can get us in the tour-
there,"
Ausanio said. "Its very toughfo re-
She pitched her 14th complete game of the nament, which would be huge for us."
Foxes defeat Griffs with
:08
remaining
By
MATT SPILLANE
Editor-in-Chief
As the clock ticked down, fans at Tenney
-
Stadium prepared for the ensuing over-
time period between the Marist women's
lacrosse team and Canisius on Sunday,
April
19
on Senior Day.
Following
a second half rally and with
the score knotted at 9-9, the Red Foxes
held possession of the ball with seconds
dwindling away. With the Canisius de-
fense packed in tight and nowhere for
Marist to go, the Red Foxes would have to
continue their comeback in an extra pe-
riod.
The rally was completed in regulation,
thoug~, thanks to Lauren Ciccarello.
The
junior
midfielder took the ball
around the back of the cage, sliced through
an opening above the crease and ripp~d a
shot past the Canisius goalie with eight
seconds "l'emaining to stun the Golden
Griffins, 10-9.
"Honestly,
I wasn't even looking at the
clock," Ciccarello said.
"
... I saw an open-
ing, my teammates· said
'take
it' and I just
went for it."
Ciccarello's
game-winner capped a 5•1
Marist run over the last 15:11 in the sec-
ond half. The Red Foxes trailed 6-3 at half-
time and took their first lead with 7:22
remaining in the game, when senior mid-
fielder Stephanie Garland converted a free·
position shot to put Marist ahead 9-K
,
The win gave Marist (11-4, 4-2 MAAC)
the third-seed in the MAAC Tournament,
setting up a rematch with second~seeded
Canisius on Friday, April 24, at Iona at
2:30 p.m. For most of Sunday's contest,
thou.gh, it appeared that Marist was head-
ing for the fourth-seed.
The Red Foxes spent the first half strug-
gling to win and maintain possession of
the ball, with Canisius holding advantages
in draw controls (6-4) and groundballs (14-
10). The offense was struggling to move
the ball and create scoring opportunities.
'We were causing turnovers ourselves
because we were rushing a lot on attack,"
said senior midfielder Carolyn Sumcizk.
"Coming
·
out of halftime we knew that we
needed
to move the ball quickly and work
as a team more because we weren't really
doing that much on offense the first half."
Marist scored the first two goals of the
second half, cutting Canisius' lead to 6-5
with 22:08 left when senior attack Kate
Noftsker created some offense through
tenacious defense. As the Canisius goalie
left the crease to clear the ball, Noftsker
checked it away and whipped a pass to
Garland, who found the back of the net.
Noftsker said. Marist's strategy was to
chip away at the Golden Griffins' lead and
focus on scoring one goal at a time.
'We just talked about keeping compo-
sure and playing our game, not focusing on
the way that they were playing," she said.
'We just kind of took it piece by piece, goal
MATT
SPD.LANl;ITHE
CIRCLE
Junior Lauren Clccarello's last second heroics
sealed the victory for Merist over ~nlslus.
by goal."
Junior midfielder Erin Wilson scored to
tie the game at 8-8 with 8:52 remaining
when she raced down the field in transi-
tion and blew by defenders to the net.
In the closing minutes, the Red Foxes
squandered a
couple
of chances with bad
passes and turnovers, but Ciccarello's
game-winner, her second goal of the game,
made up for their earlier miscues.
Ciccarellp's efforts over the past week
earned her a spot on the Worn-
See WOMEN'S LACROSSE, PAGE 13
Roarin'
Red Foxes
Jacob Wiley
Senior
Baseball
The senior
closer
recorded the
last five outs
in a one-run
victory over
NYIT on
April
19
to earn
his fourth
save
of the
season.
Wiley has
recorded a
2.61 ERA in
16
appear-
ances this
season while
striking out
19
batters in
20.2
innings
of work.
Lauren
Clccarello
Junior
Lacrosse
The
junior
midfielder
was named
to the Wom-
en-
slacrosse.co
m Honor Roll
after tallying
five goals,
four assists
and eight
ground balls
in the Red
Foxes three
most recent
contests.
Maristwent
3-0
in games
against
Bucknell,
Canisius
and
Niagara
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Red Foxes take two of three -from NYIT
By
RICH ARLEO
Sports Editor
After taking two out of three
games from New York Institute of
Technology (NYIT) over the week-
end, the Marist baseball team has
its sights set on Siena and the rest
of its upcoming MAAC schedule
with 12 conference game~ left to go.
Before the focus was turned back
to the MAAC however, Marist
.
played three against NYIT. The
team won the first game on Friday
with an offensive outburst by beat-
ing NYIT 14-6. Every starter
in
the
lineup managed at least one hit in
the contest, with Kyle Meyer lead-
ing the way going 3-3 with three
RBI and two runs scored.
"Kyle Meyer has been s'winging
the bat great for the past two and a
half weeks," coach Dennis Healy
said. "He's hitting just under .400 in
the last 12 games so he's playing
pretty well at this point. We need to
get everyone going at the same
time."
Everyone was going at the same
time on Friday when the offense
pounded out
14 runs on 16 hits.
Junior Richie Curylo had two hits
and four RBI, while Ben Luderer
went
3-4
with two runs scored and
one RBI.
Josh Rickards picked up his fourth
win of the season on the mound for
Marist.' He allowed five runs in
seven innings while striking out
nine.
.
In the second game of the series
on Saturday, a good start by Kyle
.Putnam was put
to
waste when the
offense was stymied by NYIT's
An-
drew Guarassi. Guarassi went eight
innings and only allowed one
earned run while striking out seven.
Meyer continued his hot streak at
the plate by hitting a two-run home-
run to keep Marist close. The Foxes
couldn't pull out the victory how-
ever, and lost 4-3.
After two away games, Marist
brought NYIT back home with them
for the final game of the series at
McCann Field. After facing an early
deficit, Marist rallied for three runs
in the sixth inning
to
take the lead.
Senior closer Jacob
·
Wiley pre-
served a one-run lead and got the
last five outs for Marist
to
close out
the victory with a double play and a
strike out in the ninth. Coach Healy
was happy with his team's overall
performance on the weekend.
"We got three really good starts
·once
again and played better defen-
sively
.
in the infield," Healy said.
MATI SPIUANE/THE CIRCLE
The Red Foxes congratulate each other after a 6-5 serles-cllnchlng win against
NYIT
on Sunday. Closer Jacob Wiley recorded the last four outs for
Marist
for the save.
"We swung the bats well on Friday, healthy overall for the year thus far,
their guy threw pretty well on Sat-
aside from the recent loss of sopho-
uiday, we had a chance to blow the more Mike Gallic for the rest of the
game 9pen on Sunday [but] we did-
season. He tore a ligament in his
n't get it done then but we found a elbow ~nd will need Tommy John
way to get the win. Our bullpen surgery, which will end his 2009
threw pretty well all weekend,
·
and season. The team will miss him out
we stayed healthy knock on wood."
in center field and at the plate. Gal-
The team has been able to stay
See
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