Flu continues to
spread on campus
By
KRISTEN DOMONELL
News Editor
Merrilynn Esteve's flu symptoms
started with stomach pains late Sat-
urday night. She woke up 10 times
campus
throu~hout
the ni?ht
h
Ith sweatmg and feelmg
88
achy.
"On Sunday, I woke up with a
fever [of 103.6 degrees]," Esteve
said. ''My body felt like I just ran a
marathon while lifting 200-pound
weights. My stomach was so nau-
seous and my head was throbbing.
It all happened overnight; it was so
bizarre."
Esteve, a junior, is one of 250 stu-
dents at Marist who have had
In-
fluenza Like Illness since the
beginning of the semester-a num-
ber that is sure to grow.
Esteve said she went home to re
7
cover on Monday and was in-
structed by Health Services not to
return to campus until she had been
fever-free for 24 hours without the
use of Advil or Tylenol.
The Center for Disease Control de-
fines ILi as a fever greater than 100
degrees with a cough and/or sore
throat in the absence of a known
cause other than influenza.
''We continue to see more cases
and will probably do so for the im-
mediate future," said Deborah Di-
Caprio, Marist's vice president and
dean of student affairs.
She said that as of Tuesday; Nov.
10, Marist has administered 650
seasonal flu vaccines at its flu clin-
ics, and all 400 of the HlNl vac-
cines received in the preliminary
batch. The college is hoping to re-
ceive more HlNl vaccines for future
clinics.
"If we get more vaccines and more
students are vaccinated it should
cut down on the number of new
cases," DiCaprio said.
Of the 274 colleges and universi-
ties providing information to the
American College Health Associa-
tion, 97 percent reported new cases
of ILi on their campuses in the week
ending Oct. 31 in the most recent
ACHA Pandemic Influenza Surveil-
lance Report. Of those reporting to
the ACHA in New York, 46.4 stu-
dents per 10,000 were affected with
ILi in that week. Since the surveil-
lance project's inception in August,
3;791 cases were reported in the
state.
Senior Eric Glover is another stu,
dent who recently went home to re-
cover from the flu. He said his
symptoms started last Monday with
a "really bad cough" before he de-
veloped more other symptoms in-
cluding chills, fever, body aches,
headaches, stomach aches and
dizziness. Like Esteve, Glover said
he would wake up in the middle of
the night sweating.
He waited a few days before visit-
ing Health Services, where a nurse
practitioner told him he had all the
.signs of the flu.
"She told me to isolate myself from
my housemates and not go to class
and I asked her if it was OK to go
home and she couldn't agree with
me more. She said sometimes that's
the best way to get better."
Glover said his advice to other stu-
dents, so they don't have to experi-
ence what he did, is to go to Health
Services as soon as symptoms start
and to wash their hands frequentlY..
Flu Symptoms
All types of flu can cause:
Fever
Coughing and/or sore throat
Runny or
stuffy
nose
Chills
Headaches and/or body aches
Fatigue
In addition, a number of H1N1 flu cases reported:
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Source: U.S. Health Department, www.flu.gov
FEATURES
INTO THE WOODS
AMY WHEELER/THE CIRCLE
At a recent dress rehearsal for "Into the Woods,w the cast practiced the clos-
ing scene of
Act
I.
The show will run Thursday the 12 through Sunday the 15.
All shows will begin at 8 p.m. with the exception of the Sunday matinee
which wlll begin at 2 p.m.
''My biggest advice would be to not
share drinks or food with anyone,"
Glover said. "I know this is a big
issue with drinking games some-
times, but it's worth it in the end to
just play with water and have your
drink on the side."
His advice is not unique. The
Miami Herald reported on Nov. 8
·that Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti-
tute, in Troy, N.Y., banned drinking
games, citing the danger of sharing
cups during games such as beer
pong. The Herald also reported that
Mount Holyoke College, in South
Hadley, Mass., is promising to send
infected students home by private
car if they live within 250 miles and
that Penn State is delivering boxed
meals to sick students' rooms.
At Bard College, in Annandale-
on-Hudson, only 20 miles away, 20
cases of HlNl have been reported
since the college began tracking it
last Spring, with most occurring in
October and November, and no
cases of the seasonal flu have been
reported yet this year, according to
Marsha Davis, director of the Bard
College Student Health Center. The
college has about 1,800 undergrads.
''We have supplies of both the sea-
sonal and HlNl vaccine," Davis
said. ''We have vaccinated over 500
students and are continuing to run
vaccine clinics.
As
we get the
campus fully vaccinated we are
hopeful that the up-tick in cases will
subside. All of the students who
had the flu have fully recovered."
For a small college like Bard, it is
not extremely difficult. to have all
students vaccinated, but many
larger schools are havilig difficulty
getting the necessary supplies of
HlNl vaccines. Of the first three flu
clinics held at Marist, HlNl vac-
cines were only available to be ad-
ministered at one.
"All of us in college health are
hopeful that HlNl vaccine will be-
come more widely available to our
students in the very near future; "
Dr. James C. Turner, president of
the ACHA, said in a weekly report
in late October. ''The best hope for
reducing the impact of the pan-
demic on campuses and to prevent
further transmission throughout
our communities
is
to achieve
higher rates of vaccination."












Thursday, November 12, 2009
THIS WEEK
Thursday, 11112
Into the Woods
8 p.m., Nelly Goletti Theatre
$5
with Marist ID, $10 general
Presented by MCCTA
Friday, 11113
Into the Woods
8 p.m., Nelly Goletti Theatre
$5
with Marist ID, $10 general
Presented by MCCTA
SPC Movie: District 9
Performing Arts Room
10
p.m., free with Marist ID
Saturday, 11114
Dance
Club
Showcase
2
p.m., Poughkeepsie High School
$7
with Marist ID, $12 general
Transportation provided
Into the Woods
8
p.m., Nelly Goletti Theatre
$5
with Marist ID, $10 general
Presented by MCCTA
SPC Movie: District
9
Performing Arts Room
10
p.m., free with Marist ID
Sunday, 11/15
Dance
Club
Showcase
12
p.m. Poughkeepsie High School
$7
with Marist ID, $12 general
Transportation provided
Into the Wpods
2
p.m., Nelly Goletti Theatre
$5
with Marist ID, $10 general
Presented by MCCTA
Monday, 11/16
No Events Posted
Tuesday, 11/17
No Events Posted
Wednesday, 11118
No Events Posted
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Security Briefs
BREAKING NEWS: Po-town cabbles are sketch
By
CHRIS RAIA
Peace is restored at Marist Col-
lege. After the most eventful week-
end security has seen in a long time,
students took off their costumes,
dressed in normal clothes and most
of us actually made it back into a
bed every night
All week- everywhere
I'll start with a quick public serv-
ice announcement to everyone. Ap-
parently, several freshmen girls
reported receiving phone calls from
a deep, creepy voice and were asked
personal questions. You know: what
are you wearing? Are you alone? Do
you know where your children are?
Yikes. So here's how security is ask-
ing you to handle these types of
calls. Hang up.i. and report it to an
officer.
·
11/5 - Cafeteria
Even though everyone always
complains about the food in the
cafeteria, I really miss being able to
go eat whatever I want whenever I
want. Before
I
moved to the other
side of campus,
I
had no idea how
expensive it was to eat this food that
nobody really likes. So I aJways fig-
ured
I
could just find a friend who
still has a meal plan and use their
ID. That would beat the system,
right? Wrong. Someone tried to do it
over the weekend and did not suc-
ceed. He and his friends were asked
to leave the cafeteria and the inci-
dent was reported to security.
Boom. Roasted.
11/6 - Champagnat
First rule when you're a guest at a
different college - don't lose your
host. That's the worst thing you can
do. A guest at Champagnat proved
that when he stumbled back to se-
curity without his host and expected
to get in. No luck. His guest pass
was taken away and he was es-
corted off campus. Question: where
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do all of the guests that get kicked
off campus sleep? It's actually sort
of scary to think about that. 10
points.
1117 - Marian
Two more guests were kicked off
campus! I hope they met up with
the Champagnat guest and had
their own little hang-out session at
Campus Deli or Pleasant Ridge.
Oh, but they got escorted away for
trying to sneak in a bottle of vodka.
That gives Marian 10 points.
1117 - Fulton
Even though it's terrifying, I think
it's a little exciting when fire drills
consist of real fires. In Fulton, stu-
dents were trying to toast a bread-
stick in a toaster oven, and the
breadstick literally became engulfed
in flames. And that's an actual use
of the word literally, not a "I liter-
ally have 70 billion papers to write
this weekend; I literally want
to
die." Don't hate me for sounding ar-
rogant or snobby, but the misuse of
that word annoys me to no end. 10
points.
1117 - Marian
Two more guests kicked off cam-
pus for trying to sneak in a bottle of
vodka! Deja vu ... ? 10 points
1117- Leo
Students in Leo are so unlucky. I
feel like alcohol confiscations that
happen anywhere else involve a full
case of beer, or a full bottle of liquor.
This Leo student got caught with
five cans of Bud Light in his bag. So
frustrating. But, smile, at least you
got 5 points.
1118 - Train station
and Gartland
Two students reported an alterca-
tion with a cab driver on Sunday
night. Here's the story. At the train
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station, the two Marist girls and the
cab driver agreed to two dollars a
person to get back to campus.
It
seems like a normal, everyday in-
teraction between students and
public transportation. But once they
got into the Gartland parking lot,
things started to get reckless. The
driver asked for five dollars a per-
son and started screaming
~hieves"
when the girls handed them two
dollars each. The driver demanded
that they get back in the cab, so he
could drive them back to the station.
Naturally, the students stayed
strong and refused, leading the cab
driver to grab one of them by the
arm to force her back into his cab.
That is never, ever okay. The stu-
dents eventually made it back to
their apartment and called Pough-
keepsie police to report the driver.
Now, I know these two girls person-
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that if they needed to, they could
have destroyed this man both phys-
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you are as scrappy and awesome as
these two, so, really, be careful
about whose cab you get in. Call the
Marist security-approved drivers.
Don't be paranoid, but be careful.
11/8 - Fulton
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intoxicated student was found
wandering around Fulton. When
asked for his ID, he handed security
a pack of gum, his cell phone, and
his friend's driver's license. None of
that was what security was looking
for. Security returned his gum and
cell phone, and he was driven to St.
Francis. 15 points.
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Knicks fans: Prepare for more disappointment
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Sports Editor
While most New
York Knick fans
are holding on to
shreds of hope
and
optimism
about this basket-
ball season I have
officially given up.
I was willing to
overlook the 1-6
start and the fact that the team has
trailed by 21 or more points in five
of their losses if the Knicks could
come out and play well against the
Utah Jazz earlier this week, the
start of a three game home stand
that also includes games against At-
lanta and Golden State.
This home stand was significant
in my opinion because it represents
three winnable contests, at home,
that the Knicks could use to right a
ship that has gone very, very off
course.
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This year Madison Square Garden
will
be
the home
of
some
of
the most under-
acheiving players in the league.
At halftime of their matchup
against the Jazz, New York was
trailing 48-31, and it was at that
point that my proverbial white flag
was raised for this entire campaign.
The Knicks were getting ab-
solutely mopped by the visitors, and
by mopped I mean dominated in
every facet of the game, including
the non-statistical categories like
hustle and determination.
I could live with the team being
out-rebounded 38-20 in the first two
quarters if they were at least con-
testing for the rebounds, but they
simply weren't.
As far as optimism for this year
goes, I'm struggling to find any, yet
some Knick fans seem to possess a
lot of it.
Most obviously, the Knicks do not
feature a roster laden with top NBA
players. They bring average talent
to the hardwood every night, and
average talent isn't good enough to
win in this league.
Average talent coupled with hard
work is certainly eneugh to compete
in the NBA, but the Knicks have
been unable to produce enough
hustle or effort, or to make most
contests competitive, which makes
their situation all the more despica-
ble.
This franchise has displayed an
extremely low level of professional-
ism, starting with the Isaiah
Thomas sexual harassment suit a
few years back.
Last season, David Lee dubbed a
week in which the Knicks lost to the
Cavaliers, Lakers and Celtics last
season as "Dream Week." He said
that it was the best "0-3 week I've
ever had."
Forward Al Harrington also ad-
mitted that the players would com-
pete in dance-offs before games last
season.
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Knick fans, coaches and officials
deserve a group that is ready to play
and not take results casually. Un-
fortunately, they feature only a few
players that fit this mold.
Lee seems to be the only constant
on this team with Chris Duhon re-
cehtly being benched by head coach
Mike D'Antoni after his lazy effort
on several key plays in the Knick's
recent loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Guard Nate Robinson has shown
the potential to bring a lot of energy
to the team in spurts when he de-
cides not to display his routinely
poor shot selection. Unfortunately,
he is currently. unavailable due to a
sprained right ankle.
Since no major upgrades were
made during this off-season, it's ap-
parent that the Knicks are trying to
preserve some cap space for 2010 in
order to try and sign the Cleveland
Cavaliers superstar, Lebron James.
At this point there are several
teams that could enter the potential
bidding war for James' services, but
the Chicago Bulls may have
emerged as a clear front-runner
right now.
This is because the Bulls recently
secured two talented forwards in
the draft, and it appears that they
will have in excess of $20 million in
clip room to try and sign James
when he becoQtes a free agent this
off-season. This was partially aided
by the Bulls opting not to resign for-
ward Tyrus Thomas to a contract
extension_ after a recent arm injury
he suffered.
Since the Bulls are already con-
sidered by many to be a wild-card
contender in the East, that might be
enough to lure King James to the
Windy City.
Although the Knicks will have
some space at the end of this year to
try and bring Jam es to the Big
Apple, they wont be unburdened by
the lofty contracts of Eddy Curry
and Jared Jeffries until the end of
the 2011 season.
With these restrictions, good luck
to the Knicks in their attempts to
try and find 10 or 11 other guys who
are willing to play for near the vet-
eran's minimum salary in order to
accommodate his lQfty pay.
It
should also be noted that James
has spent his entire life iri Cleve-
land, playing for the Cavs and at-
'tending high school in Akron.
This is the same player that has
nearly doubled the Cavaliers fran-
chise value, so the lure of making
big money and playing in at Madi-
son Square Garden might not be as
tempting to James as it may seem.
With their supposed savior sitting
on his throne two states away, and a
roster full of apathetic and overpaid
scrubs, this season is sure to deliver
a slew of disappointing losses to a
team that doesn't even deserve to
tread on the Garden's hollowed
hardwood.







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Perspectives: World traveler returns from abroad
By
AMY WHEELER
Staff Writer
Instead of spend-
ing junior year in
Lower West with
seven other Amer-
ican girls, Jen-
nifer Byron opted
to spend her year
in an apartment
in Madrid with
Any and Lis, an
elderly Spanish woman and her cat.
Unconventional? Maybe. The best
decision she ever made? Definitely.
As a Spanish and secondary edu-
cation double major, with a minor in
French, a homestay experience in
Madrid was right up Byron's alley.
After hearing great things about
Marist's program froin other stu-
dents who had beeh there, she
de~
cided she would speiid two
semester's at.La Universidad Carlos
III in Getafe; a lfttle bit south of
Madrid's city center, during the
fall
of
2008
and the spring of
2009.
While
it
may seem d,aunting to
spend a year abroad, Byron advises
those who are even considering it to
start planning early and talk to
their adviser so they can map out
their courses. For people who are
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it's nerve-wracking to think 'a whole
year!?' but once you get there and
settle down, chances are you won't
want to leave!" She said that the
most difficult part of her abroad ex-
perience was "saying goodbye,
handing in my house keys, and leav-
ing Madrid."
Through the homestay program,
Byron really had a chance to im-
merse herself in the culture, allow-
ing herself a better opportunity to
practice and improve her Spanish,
along with the chance to become
close friends with Spanish people in
her neighborhood. Her host mother
became like a grandmother and
friend to Byi;on. She said, "We got
along great and had a similar type
of humor. We ate meals together,
.watched
~levision.,
e,tc.
I miss her a
lot!"
All of her classes at the University
were in Spanish, which allowed
Byron to challenge herself. She took
all types of language classes, in-
cluding her faforite, a colloquial
class, and also a business language
class.
In addition, she took :einema, short
story and a culture class, and was
able to make them count toward her
degree.
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ently and have a fluid conversation
with a native Spanish speaker.
"I learned words and phrases
everyday, especially slang," she
said. "If you stay for more than one
semester you get used to constantly
spealting the language, you get used
to the pace of native speakers, and
you build confidence in listening
and speaking. You don't have to
spend a year to become 'fluent' but
you definitely double your improve-
ment."
Though she did immerse herself in
the Spanish
cult~re,.Byron
also had
a chance to spepd time with the
other Marist students who were in
Madrid. They would go out at night
together and traveled together. She
explained that the Marist program
is partnered with Stetson Univer-
sity in Florida, so .. they became close
with those students as well.
While she was 4broad, Byron also
had the opportunity to travel to Mo-
rocco, Italy, Vatican City and
France. During her second semes-
ter, she had the opportunity to
travel more and was able to see Ro-
mania, Holland, Ireland, Portugal
and Scotland, along with traveling
within Spain.
Her
trip
to Morocco stood out as
p~tjcularly
meaningful
for
her.
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Jen Byron and Lyndsey Strining in front
of •The Bear and The
Tree"
statue in •La
Puerta del Sol," Madrid.
Through Marist, they did a program
called "Morocco Exchange," in
which they went to different cities
in the country along with a moun-
tain village. She said they tried to
steer away from "touristy'' Morocco
and were able to spend two nights
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The Sickness Chronicles:
Sent home with ''The Swine"
By
MONICA SPERANZA
Staff Writer
Last Tuesday morning, I woke
up so achy it took all my effort to
move. So I didn't move. After sleep-
ing all day, I woke up at
4:00
p.m.
with a fever. Off to Health Services
I went.
Next thing I knew, Dr. Dunne was
talking to my mother on my cell
phone,sayingshethoughtlhadthe
flu (swine flu, specifically, because I
have asthma) and she is recom-
mending that people with flu-like-
symptoms to go home if they can.
The next morning my parents
picked me up, and I'm sure the mo-
ment I left, my housemates in Gart-
land sanitized the heck out of that
place.
At first, I was really worried about
missing classes. Each one of my pro-
fessors have a different attendance
policy, so there could have been
many different consequences. Luck-
ily, my professors were very under-
standing (one of my professors is
germaphobic, so I had no problem
convincing her I had to miss class).
I pretty much kept up with my
work. Actually, having ''The Swine,"
as my friends call it, was conducive
to doing work. I've been in isolation,
with my parents at work during the
day, so I quickly got bored of the
basic cable. I had no excuse not to
tackle the piles of books that had
been staring at me.
Another plus of having HlNl, is
that you get to wear these awesome
surgical masks when you're around
people. It's great, very entertaining
for others. One of my housemates
interrupted my Health Services
story to say: "I feel like you're about
to go perform surgery." Who doesn't
love facilitating a laugh?
One of my favorite parts is the re-
actions from people who did and did
not get vaccinated. People who got
vaccinated, like my mom, think
they're safe, completely protected,
and didn't have a problem being
near me. People who didn't get vac-
cinated, like my dad, are very wary
and are hesitant to even breathe
near me. Inevitably, the ones who
thought they were protected will
end upgetting sick, and the ones
who were freaking out will not.
But, I must say, my all-time
fa-
vorite part about having HlNl, is
having a nebulizer.
A nebulizer is a machine that gasi-
fies the medicine that's in a inhaler,
and you breathe it in through a tube
to take the medicine more directly.
You're probably wondering why I
think a nebulizer is so great. Well,
when I use it, I can pretend to be the
Caterpillar from Alice in Wonder-
land. The imitation is uncanny, and
makes the process more fun.
I may have just convinced myself
·that having "The Swine" is more
beneficial than bad. Hmmm.






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Talking Tarot: Letting go and dealing with ''death''
By
JENNIFER MEYERS
Staff Writer
Don't let the
name of the card
discourage
yo~
just because it's
"Death." I can't
tell you how
many times peo-
ple freaked out
and said "Oh.my
God!" It's Death!!!
Am I going to
die?!" I just laugh because part of
this card's message is about the un-
known. This card is misunderstood
on many levels so let me clear up
the message here.
We are all going through a transi-
tion while here in college. A lot of it
has to do with ending things and be-
ginning a new opportunity. That is
the main message that the Death
card entails. We all know that the
human body eventually dies off, but
there is no subject like that whatso-
ever regarding this card; it is not
physical death. It's about change-
ending something, but beginning
something else in its place.
Some decks draw Death as a
skeletal figure dressed as a knight
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riding on a horse. I chose to illus-
trate the Deviant Moon Tarot deck,
obviously very differently illus-
trated, because I found that this il-
lustration had a better picture of
what's going on. Picture, if you will,
the little creature being trampled
upon as the part of you that you
want to change. The bigger crea-
ture is who you should be trans-
forming yourself into. We need to
stop our old habits and move on.
The creatures illustrated also in-
clude a skeletal head of a horse.
This represents our basic instinct of
when we know when it's time to let
go. There is also a ship in the back-
ground that symbolizes our old
habits sailing away.
Forgiveness is another message
Death generates. It's
to
''bury the
hatchet" and let go of our rage and
bitterness.
Having donethat, Death will give
us energy to give a whole new per-
spective on attentiveness and devel-
opment. But the flip side is that
not many of us are so easily accus-
tomed to change. Even though in
our minds we may know that it's
time to move on, we subconsciously
create a wall of excuses and we stay
where we are. It kind of serves as a
Back
from abroad
with a homestay family in
Rabat. "I learned quite a bit and
the country was stunning!" she
said.
Byron also had the chance to
culminate a nine year long pen-
pal friendship with a face-to-
face meeting. She had been
writing to a girl named Roser,
who li°ves in a town just outside
the city of Valencia, since she
received her name and address
in 7th grade as part of a pen-pal
program, and finally had the
chance to meet her over spring
break. She stayed at her house
in the town of Faura, and ac-
cording to Roser, Byron may
have been the first American to
come to her small town.
After spending two very ful-
filling semesters abroad, Byron
did experience reverse culture
shock when returning to the
United States and Marist. "At
the beginning, it was hard to re-
connect and readjust to
camp~s
life," she said. It has been get-
ting better, but she still misses
Madrid a great deal, and misses
hearing Spanish all the time. "I
think about it every day and
probably drive everyone nuts by
talking about it."
However, she is making ef-
forts to keep up with her Span-
ish so that she doesn't lose the
language skills she gained. She
tries to watch movies, listen to
Spanish radio shows, and read
the Spanish newspaper online.
She also has kept in contact
with both the people she went.
overseas with and the people
she met while there. "Madrid
became like a second home, and
I'm 'homesick."'
As for the future, Byron has
applied for a Fulbright Re-
search Grant to Argentina. Her
project proposal entails study-
ing "socio-historical factors"
that have propelled women into
government positions through-
out all levels. As the scholar-
ship is very competitive, her
backup plan is to go to graduate
school to study Hispanic Cul-
tural Studies, in which she
would eventually like to get her
PhD.
Whatever she chooses to do
though, traveling will always be
a part of her life and she has
promised herself she will get
back to her second-home, Spain,
again someday.
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security blanket because of the
fa-
miliarity it provides. We may stay
in an emotionally harmful relation-
ship or a bad job all because we
know what to expect and are too
afraid to see what else is out there;
what may be available in the fu-
ture-the unknown. But if we build
up the strength to let all the old
hab~ts
go, we can create for our-
selves a more genuine experience.
But to gain this experience, we
must be able to create closure, for-
give, and basically just let go of
what might be standing in the w,w.
of our future plans.· The "shadow"
side to the Death card is that you
could end the relationship or project
in an untimely way, or as the book
by Paul Quiiin, "Tarot for Life"
states, "affecting an attitude of
nonattachment as a defense against
the fear of loss." This means that
we could be denying the truth when
we've lost something, or refusing to
let go and move on.
So, like it is portrayed in the
Death card shown, overpower your
old self, let the ship take away your
old bad habits, and begin something
that you'll really appreciate in the
end. One last sentence that Quinn
said that stuck with me also was,
FROM THE DEVIANT MOON TAROT
"the ego's fears of losing control are
as intense as its terrors of a literal
demise."
Find your inner
journalist.
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SpongeBob SquarePants' latest movie, •Truth or Square," featured numerous special guests, including Will Ferrell, Craig Fergu-
son, Robin Williams, Tina Fey, Rosario Dawson and LeBron James. The episode was also the first to be broadcast in 16:9
widescreen high-definition format
'SpongeBob's '.Ihith or Square' provides laughs for
all
ages
By RACHAEL SHOCKEY
Circle Contributor
Last Friday, the premiere that the
whole world has been biting its
nails in anticipation over finally ar-
rived. "Truth or Square," Sponge-
Bob SquarePants' third movie,
made its debut at on Nov.
6
on
Nickelodeon
The hour-long Bikini Bottom bo-.
nanza was meant to celebrate the
show's tenth year on television.
Playing off of the real-life celebra-
tion, in "Truth or Square," the
cliches (at one point during their
reminiscing, Krabs yells at Squid-
ward, "Don't make me have a mon-
tage!").
As
an avid SB fan myself, I feel
morally obligated to not bash on
anything that deals with my yellow
friend too much, if at all. However,
the excessive Patchy the Pirate seg-
ments in this movie irked me quite
a bit, as I'm sure they did to most
other fans. In addition to being
creepy, ugly and human (as op-
posed to being a cute, animated sea
creature), Patchy is annoying and
FROM INSIDESOCALCOM
The Nickelodeon cartoon •spongeBob Squarepants• recently celebrated
its
tenth an-
niversary. In 2007, Time magazine named the animated series one of the greatest
television shows of all time.
Krusty Krah celebrates its
"eleventy-seventh" year of business.
(that's 117th) The main characters
all rush to put together a fabulous,
yet costless (as it's been organized
by tightwad Mr. Krabs) party at the
restaurant.
In the spirit of anniversary, the
movie is fraught with never-before-
seen montages of Bikini Bottom
memories. Still, between the gushy
reminiscing, there is time to include
some traditional SpongeBob humor,
including literal interpretations of
figures of speech (when Krabs asks
Spongebob to ''keep all eyes on the
crowd," Spongebob begins sprout-
ing extra eyes_ all over his
~ody),
jokes about SpongeBob's shape
(there is a scene of a memory that
SpongeBob has of being in the
womb, and his mother is shown
with a square baby bump), and
satirical stabs at cheesy cartoon
not funny in his mission to meet
SpongeBob. All he's really doing is
stealing precious air time from the
real show.
In
fact, I probably would
have started stabbing my eyes with
barnacles while Patchy was on, had
it not been for the celebrity appear-
ances during these segments.
Squarepants' show has been
known to attract a myriad of hard
core celebrity fans (fun fact for
Spongebob skeptics: basically any
guest character on the show is
voiced by a celebrity who resembles
the character in some way. You
never know who will pop ti.p!). As
expected, this Spongebob special
was jam-packed with celebrity ap-
pearances, though most were live
this time, rather than loaning their
voices to the cartoon.
The movie starts off with a funky-
fresh rendition of SpongeBob's
theme song by-Onarls Barkley. The
cartoon parts of the movie are nar-
rated by Ricky Gervais, and during
the human segments, Patchy
makes phone calls to celebrities in-
cluding Rosario Dawson, Tina Fey,
Lebron James, and Will Ferrell,
inviting them to his SpongeBob
party. He and Ferrell get into a
heated argument over who is going
to have the bigger, better Sponge-
Bob party.
Perhaps the most unexpected
portion of "Truth or Square" is
9pongeBoh
1
s
flash.hack fo "the time
he and Sandy got married."
If SpongeBob were ever going to
marry one of his friends, Sandy
Cheeks, a female squirrel, is not the
one that most fans would expect
him to choose.
There have been numerous
episodes in which there has been an
extreme coziness between Sponge-
Bob and his best male friend,
Patrick Star. Consequently, over
the past few years, Spongebob has
been identified as a gay cartoon
character by many people- both
fans and foes. It's likely that this
marriage tease (as it turns out,
SpongeBob was remembering a the-
atrical performance in which he
and Sandy pretended to marry) is
included to make light of the ab-
surd controversies that have arisen
over Spongebob's sexuality, as his
sexuality is not meant to be part of
the show at all.
Regardless of Spongebob's true
sexual orientation, the main mes-
sage of the show is that Spongebob
transcends social stigmas that may
be associated with his behaviors
and way of life. Spongebob is truly
happy, no matter how undesirable
we may consider his circumstances
to be. He'll never graduate from
boating school at his current rate;
he holds a permanent position as a
fast food fry cook; and he can only
afford to live in a piece of fruit.
When someone tries to rain on
Spongebob's parade, he pretends
that it went right over his head,
and continues on with his blissful
routine. This yellow, ten-year-old
household item can teach all of us
something about being happy and
taking pride in our accomplish-
ments. Nautical nonsense? I think
not.
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sin gin'
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RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
Rihanna
"Hard"
fl
Young
J eezy - After the
dark, Rihanna-
noir single "Russ-
ian Roulette," the
21-year-old pop
artist returns with
bold confidence in
this reggae flavored hip-hop joint.
This Rihanna is not mourning over
her abusive relationship with Chris
Brown, but instead standing on top
of the pop world.
Julian Casablancas "I Wish It
Was Christmas Today" - The
Strokes' frontman Julian Casablan-
cas has released a cover of a Christ-
mas jingle made famous by
"Saturday Night Live" in a sketch
starring Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fal-
lon, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Mor-
gan. The song's quirky melody gels
perfectly with Casablancas' style
providing hipsters with an "accgpt-
able" Christmas jaunt.
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Lady
GaGa is set to embark on her "Mon-
ster Ball" tour with opening act Kid Cudi.
The tour will stop in NYC for two appear-
ances at Radio City Music Hall in January.
Lady GaGa "Dance
in
the
Dark" is one of two promotional
singles (the other "Alejandro") re-
leased to -spur up excitement for
GaGa's "The Fame Monster," an
album featuring eight new tracks.
This song takes a drastic change
view of fame, sex, and relation-
ships. An intimate GaGa sings "She
looks good but her boyfriend says
she's a mess," before belting out a
gargantuan chorus singing "Baby
loves to 'dance in the dark
I
Cause
when he's looking she falls apart,"
as she tells the story of a woman in
an abusive relationship. The emo-
tions are raw within the lonely syn-
thesizers. Like "Alejandro," GaGa
borrows influences from Madonna,
this time referencing ''Vogue" in the
bridge, acting as an uprising
against this domestic violence. Ste-
fani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
is paving her own path in pop music
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Season preview: men's basketball
ByJIM URSO
Staff Writer
that chemistry."
The two most notable acquisi-
tions for Marist are Daye Kaba and
Who are these guys?
Casiem Drummond.
If you attended Marist madness,
Kaba, a junior transfer from
s basketball
you may have Boston College, will add a great de-
been wonder- gree of versatility that could cause
ing this as freshman Sam Prescott havoc for opposing teams. Cer-
dunked a basketball off the shot tainly, this will help Marist at the
clock and 6'1
ff'
center Casiem onset of the season, when they will
Drummond ried
b1t'l
hand at point be shorthanded and undersized.
guard.
Originally from FJ:ance, Kaba, 23,
The 2009-2010 Red Foxes will came to the U.S. in 2004. His age
feature nine new faces, seven of and experience in the ACC will be
whom are freshman. The additions an asset.
bring increased size and athleti-
Drummond transferred from Vil-
cism. The challenge for second-year lanova, and will be eligible at the
coach Chuck Martin will be fitting end of the fall semester after fin-
these parts together in the most ef- ishing his year in residency. At 6-
fective way.
10, 265
pounds, Drummond will be
''You don't know when they're one of the most dominant forces in
going to be good collectively yet," the MAAC.
Martin said. "But you do know that
Perhaps more important than
they're going to be good, and that's Drummond's inside presence is the
the exciting part."
size added on the perimeter. New
The Red Foxes finished the 2008- faces Rob Johnson (6-7), Dorvell'
2009
campaign at 10-23, winning Carter (6-6), Candon Rusin (6-4),
just 4 of 18 conference games and and Sam Prescott (6-3), all of whom
just one road contest. On the up- are freshman, add increased height
side, Marist was competitive, los- on the outside.
ing nine games by six points or
This will force defenders to work
less. They beat Iona in the first harder to contest shots and makes
round of the MAAC Tournament, it easier for Marist to contest shots
and nearly took down conference defensively. It will allow the Foxes
champion and NCAA sweetheart to get better outside looks. Last
Siena.
year, Marist's dribble drive offen-
"It was a learning experience," sive was mostly inept because the
Martin said regarding his first sea- team lacked sufficient outside
son at Marist.
shooters.
This season, Marist will return
Point guard Devin Price should
only six players who suited up for help further develop Martin's of-
them last season, none of whom fense. Price is 6-1 and averaged 16
scored more than seven points per points and eight rebounds a game
game. Mostly, young players will as a senior at St. Bernard Catholic
look to junior guard Dejuan Good- High School, and was a McDonald's
win for veteran leadership.
All-American nominee. He pos-
Key departures include forward sesses elite athleticism for his size
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The Marist men's basketball team opens
Its
2009-2010 campaign
with
a road
game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, the start of a six-game road swing
to
start the stason. The Red Foxes have their first home contest on
Dec.
12.
Ryan Schneider, who led the team and his style should thrive in Mar- in the MAAC in the coaches' poll.
in scoring, guard David Devezin tin's dribble drive system.
Don't be surprised if the Foxes
and forward Lawrence Williams.
"We really recruited to fit our come out of the gate slow. It should
Devezin unexpectedly ran into eli- style of play," Martin said.
take time for the young guys to get
gibility issues, and Williams trans-
Sophomore point guard and 2008- used to Division I play. Missing
ferred.
2009
All-Rookie selection R.J. Hall Drummond eliminates a forceful
This past summer, team mem- is academically
in~ligible
until the scoring and rebounding presence.
hers partook in summer school. end of the fall semester. This will Their first six games are on the
Each player took two classes, at- allow Price added minutes and ex- road, where they won just one
tending school from 8-12. After- perience early on.
game last year. Marist will have to
ward, they played pickup games
Also, Marist will be without 20- play small ball, and if they can do it
and worked out together, investing year-old freshman center Menelik effectively enough, they could catch
time in each other.
Watson, who they expect to red- some teams off guard.
"It
was the best thing we could shirt due to physical conditioning
Once Drummond returns and the
have done," Martin said. "It al- issues. Watson is 6-8 and 270 younger players gain some experi-
lowed us to create chemistry, come pounds, and would've provided an ence, the Foxes could make some
together, and get to know each added inside presence alongside noise during the latter half of the
other and it's showing now. It took Drummond.
season, especially with more home
us much longer last year to create
Marist was picked to finish la.st games. The coaching and talent in
the MAAC have vastly improved,
so passing other MAAC bottom
dwellers Iona, Canisius, and Man-
hattan and moving up into the mid-
dle of the conference would be a
realistic improvement for this
young squad.
Martin's goal is to avoid the play-
in game for the MAAC Tournament
and to finish sixth or better in the
conference.
The Foxes tipoff the 2009-2010
season this Saturday Nov. 14 at
Rutgers at 2 p.m. Martin expects to
start Goodwin, Prescott, Kaba,
Johnson, and Korey Bauer, but
changes could be made closer to
game time.
Two more
confer~nce
games remain on football schedule
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here to play 60 minutes."
Quarterback Scott Darby finished
the game with 289 passing yards on
57
attempts, and also ran for 79 of his
team's 98 rushing yards.
Although the sophomore ended up
with substantial numbers on the stat
sheet, the effects of his offensive pro-
duction were not felt by the Red
Foxes until late in the contest ..
''They [Georgetown] chose to attack
us through the air," Parady said. "We
bent a little bit with some of those
[later] drives, but we also got stops
while it was a 20-7 games."
Marist will now travel to Davidson,
N.C. this week to face the Davidson
Wildcats, a PFL opponent, in the Red
Foxes second to last game of the sea-
son.
Davidson, who recently defeated the
San Diego Toreros, currently holds a
3-4
record in the PFL, and fell to the
Red Foxes last year 24-19.
''Their defense is playing very well,
they show multiple front and cover-
ages," Parady said. ''They motion the
heck out of you offensively, so we're
going to have to be ready to make
some adjustments."
Senior
Day
The final
home game of each foot-
hall season is designated as Senior
Day, when that year's graduating
class is honored in a ceremony before
kickoff for their hard work and dedi-
cation to the program.
Although Par_ady and his staff will
say good-bye to 24 seniors after the
season is completed, at least the sen-
iors' final memories of Tenney Sta-
dium will be positive ones after the
team walked away with a victory.
''It feels
good
to win five in a row, we
get congratulated by teachers and
students," senior center Neil Walsh
said. 'The whole campus embraces it,
so it's really for us as them."
Parady recognizes the amount of
commitment and dedication that it
takes in order to play four years of col-
lege football, and how that commit-
ment can impact players in their life
after football.
'The guys who finish the4' career,
you have to give them a lot of credit,"
Parady said. "It's going to be a life-
time benefit because as they leave
here they are going to know that they
persevered through some tough
times. It's a nice day, it's a sad day,
because in a few week they're not
going to
be
with you anymore."





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12,
2009 • 11
Marist rolls over Siena to end season
By SCOTT ATKINS
Staff Writer
To conclude the season, the
Marist men's soccer team welcomed
"-ttCcer Siena to Tenney Sta-
dium on Friday, send-
ing its three seniors out with a
bang, shutting out the Saints 3-0.
Unfortunately, their success had a
disappointing ending, as Marist fin-
ished fifth in the conference, one
spot away from reaching the
MAAG
tournament.
The Red Foxes ended their year
with a record of 8-8-2 overall and 4-
4-1 in the
MAAG,
which is a signif-
icant improvement from last year
and a sign of a successful future.
"It
was a good way to finish up,"
coach Matt Viggiano said. ''We open
up with them in the conference next
year, so it sends a message. It's a
good way to send it off."
Freshman Stephan Brossard tal-
lied a goal and two assists, while
junior goalkeeper Joe Pilla made
six stops en route to a shutout. For
their efforts, they were named
MAAG
offensive and defensive
players of the week, respectively.
The Foxes showed great progress
from their 2008 record of 3-13-2.
This year's team was the first to fin-
ish with a .500 record since the
2005 squad. Also, they were able to
achieve four victories in conference
play after going winless in all nine
matches in 2008.
The Foxes finished the season
ranked eighth in the North Atlantic
Region, and Viggiano was ex-
tremely pleased with how his team
has developed.
"Three seasons ago when I took
over here, I knew that there was a
big rebuilding project in front of
me," he said. "I knew the talent
level and I knew it needed to im-
prove. [Last year] we started 11 un-
derclassmen· each game, but you
could see we were trending in the
right direction. Now I would ven-
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Junior forward Joe Touloumis scored six goals and had 14 points this season
for Marist. He played in a team-high 18 games and had three game-winners.
ture enough to say that we've prob-
ably had one of the best turn-
arounds in the country. Is it good
enough? No. But is it in the direc-
tion that we need to go? Yeah, ab-
solutely. "
Brossard finished as the team's
leading scorer with 18 points, in-
cluding seven goals. Viggiano was
thrilled with how his young star
competed during the season.
"As a freshman to be second lead-
ing scorer in the conference is
pretty impressive," he said. "For my
money he's the rookie of the year."
However, Viggiano knows
Brossard's strong play will make it
harder for him in the futu:r;e, and
wants him to continue to work
hard.
"He might have snuck up on some
guys this year, but he's not going to
sneak up on anyone next year," he
said. "He's got to work hard in the
weight room and further expand his
knowledge of the game. But he's got
a great work ethic and he's a great
kid. Unfortunately for him I expect
more out of him next year."
Another star for the Red Foxes
was Pilla, wh<f was dependable in
net all year long. Touloumis's
shutout against Siena was his sixth
goose egg of the season, the highest
tally for a Marist goalie since 2004.
"He gives us a solid presence in
goal and the guys have confidence
in him," Viggiano said. "As the year
went along he became more com-
fortable' in his role as a leader, and
the same goes for him as I expect
him to be even better next year."
"As a coach I'm disappointed that
we didn't make the final four be-
cause I know we had the talent
level and ability to get there," Vig-
giano said. ''When we come to play
I think. we can beat anybody. One
more win would have gotten us in
the tournament."
As far as the future is concerned,
Viggiano wants to continue to build
his team and develop the undeni-
able young talent on his roster. Led
by
Brossard, the underclassmen
have shown tremendous promise.
"Our most talented players are
young, so the sky is the limit," Vig-
giano said. "[Next year] our expec-
tation is to get to the final four. I
could tell the guys that there are no
moral victories, but when you step
back and take a look at the bigger
picture, we're going in the right di-
rection. But now we have to take
that next step."
Red Hot Fox: Marist's star athlete of the week
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Sports Editor
Playing alongside Obozua
Ehikioya, a prolific rusher that tal-
lied over 1100 yards and 16 touch-
downs last season, it wasn't hard
for James LaMacchia to be in awe
of his teammate.
Following the 2008 campaign,
Ehikioya graduated, leaving a large
hole in the Marist College offense
that needed
to
be filled as the team
entered its first season as a mem-
ber of the Pioneer Football League.
LaMacchia, along with his team-
mates, were certainly up for the
challenge, and the senior wide re-
ceiver has responded in a big way
during his final year in a Red Fox
uniform.
"I knew we had backs like O'Neil
Anderson and Willis Dendy, and
they would be able to step in too,"
LaMacchia said. ''There wasn't too
much pressure. I didn't feel that I
had to
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and carry the t~am on my
back."
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including a recent 105 receiving
yard effort against Georgetown,
LaMacchia has totaled 56 catches
for 933 yards.
With his effort against the Hoyas,
LaMacchia now holds the pro-
gram's single-season record for re-
ceiving yards. He also tied the
single-season program record for
receptions.
"It's definitely an,honor," LaMac-
chia said. "I wasn't even sure, I did-
n't know I was breaking any
records until I came to the game
and they told me how many yards I
needed."
Quarterhac~
Chris Debowski, in
his second season with the team,
has mentioned that LaMacchia has
been his go-to receiever in tight
spots, and that communication be-
tween the two players has been ex-
cellent.
In
addition to the remarkable of-
fensive statistics that he has
recorded, LaMacchia has improved
drastically on his blocking, aiding
the Marist running game im-
mensely.
"That's [blocking] the area that
he's improved the most in," head
coach Jim Parady said. ''We always
knew he could catch the ball, but he
has played very well physically in-
side. When we have him in the slot,
he has to take on linebackers or
strong safeties all the time."
Even though LaMacchia is a sen-
ior and the football team is in the
latter portion of its schedule, his job
as a Red Fox isn't quite done yet.
Marist has two games left on their
schedule against Davidson and
Dayton.
Currently holding a 4-2 record in
the PFL, Marist is in fourth place in
the standings behind two unde- .
feated teams and one squad with a
5-1 record.
"We're definitely not .finished, no
one is content at all," LaMacchia
said. "To get to 8-3 would be a
school record, so that's our goal at
this point."









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Sweet send off for seniors at Tenney
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Sports Editor
As
far as conference standings go,
the win means absolutely nothing.
As far as history goes, the victory
means a great deal.
football
In its 23-21 last
minute win on Senior Day over the
visiting Georgetown Hoyas, a non-
conference opponent, the Marist
football team clinched its first win-
ning season since 2005 and also
achieved its first five-game winning
streak in its 32 years as a varsity
program.
"The guys have really worked
hard to get these victories," coach
Jim Parady said. "Our seniors, I'm
so happy for them because they
have seen us transition through this
[joining the Pioneer Football
League) during their career. The
success, it's a great feeling for them
and as well as everyone in the pro-
gram."
Freshman kicker Jason Meyers
connected on a 37-yard field goal at-
tempt with one second remaining in
the contest, giving the Red Foxes
the victory over Georgetown. Since
Georgetown is a member of the Pa·-
triot League, the victory will not im-
prove Marist's PFL standings.
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Although the Red Foxes main-
tained a 20-7 lead for nearly 40 min-
utes of the contest, Marist gave up
two touchdowns late in the fourth
quarter that allowed the Hoyas to
take a 21-20 lead.
Marist punter Kevin Pauly pinned
the Hoyas at their own six-yard line
with 1:15 remaining in the game
and the score 20-14.
Georgetown then proceeded to
cover the remaining 94 yards and
take the lead in just five plays, in-
cluding a 68-yard touchdown strike
to Brandon Floyd.
''We were on the field [for) too
many plays," associate head coach
and defensive coordinator Scott
Rumsey said. "Even though we're
rotating guys, we had some pass
rushers in there that were tired. We
had a guy there to make the tack.le,
and he didn't make the tackle."
Marist began its final drive on its
own 24-yard line with just 49 sec-
onds remaining in the game.
After two completed passes to
James LaMacchia and Joe DeSi-
mone and a 15-yard facemask
penalty committed by the Hoyas,
the Red Foxes had possession of the
ball on the Georgetown 22-yard
line.
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rushed for two yards, but Marist
could not advance the ball past the
20-yard line before Meyers made his
way onto the field to kick the game-
winning touchdown.
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tory
"After the Bucknell Game, I just
wanted to make up for it and do it
for the seniors" Meyers said.
"It
felt
good helping out the program."
Three rushing touchdowns from
sophomore Ryan Dinnebeil paved
the way for the Marist rushing at-
tack, which also featured a pleasant
contribution from senior Khori
Whitter, who finished with 64 yards
on the ground.
Although the Hoyas entered the
contest with a 0-8 record during the
2009 campaign, the Georgetown
squad had faced four teams ranked
in the top 25 of Football Champi-
onship Subdivision teams in the
country before traveling to Pough-
keepsie to play Marist.
None of its season long struggles
were displayed on their first drive of
the game as Georgetown showed ex-
treme poise and confidence during a
nine play, 66-yard drive that culmi-
nated with an eight-yard touch-
down reception from Brian Josephi:i.
''They ran a couple of different for-
mations on the way down," Parady
said. ''That made a statement to our
football team that Georgetown was
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