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VOLUME 64, ISSUE 12
FOUNDED
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IN 1965
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009
Program promotes
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peer intervention
By MYLES WILLIAMS
Staff Writer
It includes a one hour and fifteen
minute presentation, which will
take place in the classroom. The
.
Marist's Office .of Student Affairs presentation will also be available
has created a new program called to student groups and can be pre-
Interpersonal Violence Prevention sented at other locations. Staples
to help students handle different and program volunteers are work-
types of violence on and off campus. ing with Marist staff to make sure
Roberta Staples, director of pro-
students have an opportunity to at-
fessional and student development tend. She is asking all Marist stu-
said, "We're really excited. The pro-
dents to make the time to attend.
gram was only launched two weeks
She said, "The program is every
ago."
student's first step to avoiding dan-
The Interpersonal Violence Pre-
gerous circumstances, staying safe,
vention program is Marist's newest and being more aware of their sur-
student support program. The goal roundings."
of the program is to teach students
In
fact, Marist considers this pres-
how to avoid situations that can be entation so important that staff are
extremely dangerous to their well-
being asked to consider having the
being. The program
is
part of the Bystander Intervention presented
Office of Violence Prevention Edu-
in their classes. Students attending
cation and Crisis Support whose the meeting during fall semester
mission is "dedicated to the preven-
will
be able to do community service
tion of interpersonal violence by participating in the train-the-
tmough education, and collabora-
trainer bystander intervention
tion and to the provision of support course for spring semester.
and advocacy of students impacted
"Student safety has always been a
by acts of violence or other critical concern," Staples said. Even before
incidents."
this program, Marist counselors
The office also works with the .In-
met with individual students on is-
terpersonal Violence Prevention sues of violence to help them speak
Committee, a consultative group, up for themselves. "It takes a lot of
helping the Marist program provide courage to come forward," says Sta-
training on topics including crisis pies. Studies show that three per-
intervention,
M.O.A.B.
(Manage-
cent of women will be assaulted in
ment of Aggressive Behavior), sex-
the nine months of school. ''There is
ual assault, intimate partner a probability of 80 cases on Marist,"
violence, self-defense and bystander said Staples, "there has been one re-
intervention, according to Staples.
port."
The bystander intervention skills
Everyone is eligible to take part in
presentation is being created with the program; the only concern is
the help of Dutchess County Crime knowing how many students will
Victims' Assistance, which is pro-
actually participate. Staples en-
vided through Family Services, Inc. courages
students
to
attend
NDREW
RTON 'THE C1ffCLE
Students celebrate the start of the holiday season by making a visit
to the newly lit Christmas tree on campus. The lights were illumi-
nated Sunday, Nov. 30, to welcome students back from Thanksgiv-
ing
break,
marking
an annual tradition.
whether they have been victims of
violence or seen certain acts of vio-
lence.
According to Staples, ''This is the
kind of thing students can always
find an excuse for doing, but it can
make a difference for them or a
friend if they do it."
There are services for men and
women. The goal is to push men and
women to do the right thing, which
means telling someone or interven-
ing at the scene.
"One out of 12 men will sexually
off end and think they can get away
with it," said Staples.
The
biggest problem is that someone
knows something and they do not
report it. ''Say something," she said,
"do not be part of the problem."
Course to examine Olympics in media
By
MARINA
CELLA
Staff Writer
Imagine predicting what a city
will look like 8-10 years in the fu-
ture from the buildings that will
rise, the mass transit systems that
will be construct and to the people
that will come to and from the city.
For most, this would seem almost
impossible, but for the International
Olympic Committee, they deal with
this transformation every four years
when athletes and spectators alike
flood into the city, changing its
image for good.
Next year on Feb. 12, the 2010
Winter Olympic Games in Vancou-
ver, Canada will commence, mark-
ing the third time that Canada has
been host to the Olympic Games
after the 1976 Summer Games in
Montreal, and the 1988 Winter
Games in Calgary.
To coincide with the games next
semester, for the first time ever, a
special topics communication class
will
be
offered at Marist called
'Olympics and the Media.' The class,
taught by Prof. Michael Koch, will
focus primarily on the media's -role
in the Olympic Games, as well as
the city bids and pianning that goes
into them years before they begin.
'We're not only going to talk
about global sponsorships and the
media, but how technology has
changed the face of the Olympic
games, as well as the history, busi:
ness, political and cultural aspects
behind them," said Koch.
The class is open to junior and
senior communicalions majors, in-
terested in learning about the
Olympics and its portrayal by the
media in society and will be held on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from
11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
The Olympic Games are unique
compared to other sports, because
other than broadcasting solely the
sporting events, the media dives
into the personal lives and stories of
the athletes, portraying them as
people overcoming great adversity.
The Olympics has become an
event not only about the sports and
athletes, but also about the host city
and
its
culture.
''It's a chance for the city to build
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its image in the minds of people all
over the world," said Koch.
Koch also explained that people
may see the Olympic city on televi-
sion and decide that it looks like an
amazing place to visit, which can
also help the city develop economi-
cally.
The Olympic torch left ancient
Olympia, in Greece, on Oct. 22,
2009, in a relay that will culminate
in Vancouver, Canada on the day of
the opening ceremony of the games.































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THIS WEEK
Thursday, 12/3
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Time
Traveler's Wife
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p.m., in the PAR
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Sponsored
by SPC
Women's
Basketball
Vs. Tulsa
7:30 p.m., Mccann Center
Saturday, 12/5
Lessons
&
Carols
3 p.m., Free
Marist Music Department
At Redeemed Christian Fellowship
100
Cannot St, Poughkeepsie
NYC Shopping Trip
Bus leaves Midrise at
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a.m.
$10
with Marist ID
Sponsored
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Sunday, 12/6
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
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Bus leaves Midrise at
11
a.m.
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Monday, 12/7
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,
12/9
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Security Briefs
Students stay sharp before hollday break
By
CHRIS
RAIA
Welcome back.
I
hope everyone's
Thanksgiving was enjoyable, but
since we were busy all week with
Thanksgiving
traditions
like
watching football, sleeping, eating
turkey and awkwardly stumbling
through conversations with distant
family or random family friends we
never see, there were no security
reports during that time. So we're
going back in time to two weeks
ago. But practically nothing hap-
pened two weeks ago; in fact, this
week was the first time the head of
security looked at me and said,
"You are going to have nothing to
work with this week." That's not a
very good sign ... anyway, let's get
through this, and we'll be back to
normal next week.
11/18 - Foy
Fire alarm due to burning food.
Typical.
I
can't say anything be-
cause
I
have no idea how to cook.
Apparently, neither does anybody
else.
I
blame the parents
.
5
points
11/19-
Upper West
A student had a meeting with his
RD, and when he went into his
pocket to grab his wallet, a knife
fell out of his pocket. Um ... yikes.
Weapons are bad. 10 points
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11/20 -
Student
Center
Three people wer~ seen wander-
ing around the student center ask-
ing where things were: Mr. Gildard
told me the questions they were
asking made it obvious that they
didn't go to Marist, because any
Marist student would know where
these rooms were. Well, they didn't
go here, but that makes me a little
afraid to ask questions.
I
have the
worst sense of direction in the en-
tire world, I've been here for almost
three semesters and
I
still don't
know where everything is. I don't
know how to leave Lowell Thomas.
The room numbers in Donnelly
Hall do not make sense. At all. And
I hate explaining the whole thing
about how when you enter the li-
brary through the front door, you're
on the second floor. I just realized I
barely know what I'm talking
about right now. The point is,
Marist can be confusing, and if I
were with these kids, I would have
gotten kicked off campus in a sec-
ond even though I am a student
here. I'm oblivious to everything,
and I very rarely carry my ID with
me.
11/21- Midrise
Oh, alcohol confiscations. At least
this article has one of them. A
guest of a student in Midrise tried
to bring in seven cans of Natty Ice.
It didn't work. Ugh. Don't lose in-
terest! I'm trying. 7
points
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11/23
-
Talmadge Court
A student reported some of his
clothes missing from the laundry
room. He was missing a Northface
and two pairs of shorts. I doubt he
was very happy, especially if those
missing shorts had pockets. With
the exception of pajama pants with
pockets, there is nothing better
than comfortable shorts with pock-
ets. Anyway, my friend sitting
next to me wants me to reference
an episode of Rocco's Modern Life,
where Rocco's socks go through the
drier into another dimension, pro-
viding an explanatian as to why
socks always seem to go missing
.
But that's a stretch. Even though
it's true. Socks disappear.
11/24 - Sheahan
Last story of the week. An RA
was doing room checks around
Sheahan Hall, and found a switch-
blade knife in a student
'
s room.
What is going on? This week fea-
tured two students caught with
knives. I know that's better than
guns or other weaponry, but why
.
do we need knives? Do we really
need protection on our long walks
to Fontaine Annex? Just call SNAP
or walk with a friend. Leave your
knives at home
.
10
.
points
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Life long food junkie discovers exercise
By MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Staff Writer
There are a few
things
in
life
where I can usu-
ally be counted on.
I'll always be the
one eating cereal
for breakfast and
dinner - lunch is
superseded by me
having breakfast
at noon. Every trip to the dentist re-
sults in me lying about how much
soda I drink, while someone else re-
minds me that I'm systematically
destroying my teeth. At least once a
day, I find myself fiending for choco-
late or soda like a meth addict try-
ing to go cold turkey.
H
you hadn't guessed, I love food.
To clarify, I don't love food with any-
thing containing nutritional value.
Nope, I prefer junk food, soda and
just about anything that can be cat-
egorized as having empty calories.
I should've known this would hap-
pen, I was born into it. At birth, I
wasn't breathing. As the doctors
rushed to save the life of her first-
born, my mother simply asked,
"Can I have a root beer now?''
Like I said, I was born into it.
Things didn't
_get
much
better as
I
got older. On my first birthday, I ap-
parently fell asleep in my own cake
- I loved food enough to want to be
near it even as I slumbered.
Sadly, and like most great things
in life; my habits caught up to me. I
can't pinpoint the exact moment or
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day this happened, but it was
around the time that I decided soda
counted as water, simply because it
had water in it.
For most people, eating habits
don't really improve once college
rolls around (unless you actually
use the gym for which we all have
memberships.) You go out, revel in
collegiate life, and make a trip to
your pantry or a pilgrimage to Cam-
pus Deli.
Either
way,
you're likely to spend
your weekend destroying any diet or
healthy eating habits you might
have developed over the week.
I had a particularly bad (or enjoy-
able, depending on how you look at
it) morning during my sophomore
year. I woke up to find crumbs all
over my bed and a bag of tortilla
chips in my sheets.
Most people wake up with people
in their beds. I wake up with Tosti-
tos.
After a moment of reflection on the
pathetic situation, I came to my
senses. Reaching under my bed, I
opened the mini fridge, grabbed
some salsa and a water bottle, and
settled back into bed. My roommate
returned from church to find me
curled up in bed with a jar of salsa,
a bottle of water, and a bag of chips.
It
was a good morning indeed.
Looking back, I realize that that
was not exactly one of my finer mo-
ments in life. What kind of person
falls asleep with a bag of tortilla
chips in their bed? What the hell
was I doing with my life?
I tend to shape up for a week or
two whenever I have these mo-
ments of clarity. Recently, my friend
and I have discovered the McCann
Center and its gym - apparently,
McCann is for more than just sport-
ing events and concerts.
I'm genuinely surprised to find
myself writing this, but I actually
like the gym. My body hurts and
turns an unnatural shade of red,
but I enjoy knowing that my mus-
cles haven't completely atrophied.
The gym is also surprisingly en-
tertaining, as there's always some-
thing to watch - both people and
television. Televisions on each car-
dio machine allow me to watch any
shallow program I want - if Holly-
wood's finest can't shame me into
shape, then I don't know who can.
Going to the gym also gives me a
weird sense of euphoria as I con-
gratulate myself for breaking a
sweat. I even went as far as bring-
ing my sneakers and some workout
clothes home with me over Thanks-
giving break. True, I only used them
when my mom and I took the dog for
a walk, but I figure that counts. I
texted my friend later and we vowed
to go back to the gym this week, so
at least the intention was there.
Unfortunately, as it seems to hap-
pen in my life, fate intervened with
our plans. I returned to Marist to
find a plate of Funfetti cupcakes
waiting for me on the kitchen
counter. There they sat, mocking
me with their bedazzled goodness.
Needless to say, my health kick
lasted about as long as it took for me
to walk to the table.
Hopefully, though, this too shall
pass. My friend and I still have
plans to g~ to the gym ... tomor-
row ... if we're not too busy ... so I'll
just burn it all away. The cupcakes
are now gone, so that battle is over.
Too bad there's a pint of Ben and
Jerry's in my freezer.
Football ends to lackluster applause
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Sports Editor
In between
the early stages
of the school
year in late Au-
gust and the
closing of the
fall months in
late November,
something
great took place
on the Marist Colleg
e
campus.
This great su
ess
didn't come in
the form of an
academic
accolade or
prestigious financial grant, but
rather from what many would con-
sider to be an
unlikely
source: the
Marist Football team.
Even after finishing in fifth place
in the Pioneer Football League
when they were picked to finish
dead last in
the
preseason, and
stringing
together an
impressive
six-game
winning
streak,
the Red
Foxes somehow
did not
receive the
support and attention from the stu-
dent body that they deserve.
Perhaps the average Marist sports
fan has a disillusioned concept of
college football, filled with visions of
BCS bowl games and sold out stadi-
ums of 100,000 plus in attendance,
and maybe this had led them to be
disappointed with the Red Foxes.
Any such approach to collegiate
football at the Division 1 Football
Championship Subdivision level,
formerl,y Division 1 AA, is juvenile
and uninformed.
Though Marist may never reach
the height and success of Florida,
Notre Dame or other historic pro-
grams, that does not mean it lacks
its very own particular importance
here in Poughkeepsie.
As with anything in sports, it's im-
portant to put things into perspec-
tive.
Marist is a small liberal arts
school with an undergraduate en-
rollment just over 4,000 students.
Also, it is located in the Northeast-
ern part of the United States, an
area certainly not considered to be
a hot-bed of football talent.
An immensely high commitment
level from players and head coach
Jim Parady's staff is evident with
the
daily
grind of a 3:30-6 p.m. prac-
tice schedule during the season, not
including film or weight lifting ses-
sions.
The fruits of this team's labor have
certainly shown in the win column
this season and the high entertain-
ment value of the football that it
plays.
Undoubtedly some of the hits that
linebackers Nick Andre and Kevin
Foley delivered to opposing players
were absolutely frightening, and
quarterback Chris Debowski always
seemed to be able to hook up with
one of his receivers downfield even
when the play seemed doomed.
A professional level of efficiency
also led the Red Foxes to last-second
wins over Jacksonville and George-
town,
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and an explosive offensive
clinic put on in a 24-0 romp over
Valparaiso.
From the student body perspec-
tive, it's understandable to see why
interest in the team was low in past
seasons. Starting in 1994, Marist
toiled in the former MAAC football
league with no real sense of pur-
pose.
The MAAC featured a system in
which up to three teams could share
a piece of the league title. In
essence, there was no clear winner.
Fortunately, the league folded in
2007.
For the five home games that were
played at Tenney Stadium this sea-
son, the average attendance was
.
2,425. This is not an embarrassing
figure by any streteh, but with help
from fans in the local community,
Marist
students
should have no
problem filling their 5,000 seat ca-
pacity field.
There is now a clear-cut goal
ahead of Marist that certainly was
not present during its days as a
member of the MAAC: Win the PFL
and compete in the Gridiron Clas-
sic, a contest between the PFL
champion and the top team from the
Northeast Conference.
After posting an impressive 7-4
overall mark and a 5-3 in-confer-
ence record, Marist has established
itself as a competent team capable
of competing every Saturday in a
league that follows a highly struc-
tured, non-scholarship model.
As
senior halfback O'Neil Ander-
son told me earlier this season, "We
just want to show that we belong in
the PFL."
You already do belong, Red Foxes.
It's time for your fellow students
to realize it as well.






















































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SGA
works to improve campus
life
Prepares
swine
flu kits,
works for longer library hours
By
BRYAN TERRY
Circle Contributor
Gatorade, apple sauce, hand san-
itizer and cGrugh drops - just some
of the items spread out on the table
in the Student Government Associ-
ation office as the officers prepare
flu kits for Health Services. The of-
ficers stand in assembly line fash-
ion, ready to begin filling the bags.
"Alright everybody man a station
- we're going to get this show on
the road," said student body Presi-
dent Steve Townsend as everyone
begins to stuff the bags.
In less than an hour, more than
one hundred bags were packed and
ready
to be given out to people in
the Marist community who have
been struck with the seasonal or
swine flu.
SGA is currently working on
many projects, small and large,
such as this one. Despite this, how-
ever, the student government is
often overlooked by Marist stu-
dents as a place to go to voice their
concerns.
President
Steve
Townsend says that students
should look to the student govern-
ment for any issue that they think
should be brought to the table.
"SGA can do anything- academ-
ics, sports, clubs, social life. It's not
just the office you go to for your
parking tickets." Townsend said.
Currently, the organization is
working on a variety of tasks, rang-
ing from getting the library hours
changed to modifying the core cur-
riculum. They have taken many
active steps to pursue these goals.
"During
last year's elections, we
included an online survey that
asked what students wanted
to
see
changed about the core," Townsend
said.
Since then, the student govern-
ment has been working with the
college administration to see what
can and will be changed.
Townsend added that the admin-
istration listens a great deal to the
student body. "The student gov-
ernment is one of three votes in the
college administration which is
very
powerful
for a student body,"
he said.
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class of 2012, has also been work-
ing hard with the college adminis-
tration on a separate project.
''We put together a petition for a
change in the library hours,"
Napoli said.
The goal is
to
get the library to be
open later on weekdays. In order
to do this, surveys are being done
in the library from
11
pm to mid-
night in the library and from mid-
night to 1 am in the
Donnelly
computer lab.
Students are being asked
whether or not they have com-
pleted all the work they wished to
complete in the library that night
and whether or not, if they could
have stayed in the library for more
time, they would have.
"It's fantastic that the student
government can say that we want
something changed, and the ad-
ministration will work with us to
try t_o get it to happen," said
Townsend.
As freshman class president,
Townsend was successful in getting
the cafeteria hours extended.
It's not all easy for SGA, however,
in getting students to be active in
participating in their government.
''We struggle sometimes with an
apathetic campus," Townsend said.
"Students
sometimes don't care so
we have to take a pro-active ap-
proach."
Also, making these types of
changes brings up many concerns
which need to be dealt with at the
administrative level of the college.
This sometimes presents a few is-
sues in
progressing
SGA's propos-
als.
Overall,
Townsend
wants stu-
dents to voice themselves more if
they want to see things
·changed
or
done differently.
"Contact your class presidents
and senators," he said. ''They are
there for the students to bring their
concerns to the table."
The SGA is working on a new web-
site as well as trying
to
implement a
unified format for all club websites
to use. For more information on
student
government
and how
to
get
in con~act with them, go to
http://clubs.marist.edu/sga/main/in
dex.php
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Swiss tennis captai
·
n
weighs in on life in U.S.
By
AMY WHEELER
Staff Writer
Everyone
hears
about
Marist students
traveling inter-
nationally, but
what about the
students
who
choose to come
to Marist from
abroad? Senior
Joie Sessagesimi
is one of
18
undergraduate interna-
tional students who is currently at-
tending Marist, and for him, it is
the best decision he ever made.
Sessagesimi is an international
business major with a global stud-
ies minor, originally from
Blonay,
Switzerland. He decided to
come
to
the United
States
for college
so
that
he would be able to continue play-
ing tennis and is now captain of the
Marist
tennis team.
While there are not many inter-
national students at
Marist, Sessa-
gesimi said that many Swiss
and
European in general, tennis players
come
to the United States to play
tennis because they do not have
that opportunity in Europe.
''If you
decide
to go to college in
Europe,
you can't play tennis at a
high level anymore," he explained.
As a testament
to
this, there are
three European players on Marist's
tennis team. In comparison to
Switzerland, playing tennis is very
different in the United States. Ses-
sagesimi explained that it is much
more team-focused here.
''We don't really play for a team at
home. I only played for my team in
May and June, and the rest of the
year you play for yourself." He con-
tinued, "Here, you play for yourself,
your coach, your team and your
school, which I like a lot. You have
so many people behind you every
time you play!"
Playing tennis at Marist has af-
forded Sessagesimi many opportu-
nities to travel across the United
States. "Since I am on the tennis
team I have been able to visit places
I would have never visited, even
though the only two places
I
see are
the tennis courts and the hotel!," he
said. He has been able to go to
Car-
ifornia,
Florida
and MissisEiiP.Pj,,
jMs~
to name
a
few.
Coming to school in the United
States has also allowed Sessagesimi
to develop his English language
skills. When he first arrived, the
language barrier
was very challeng-
mg.
"All my classes were in English
(except
one French
class) which
made it very
hard,"
he said.
''I
was-
n't comfortable at all and
I was
kind
of scared to
go
to classes and have
to
talk! Freshman
year
I
would lis-
ten more than I would talk. It was
hard because sometimes I wanted to
say something but I didn't know
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•
THURSDAY, DECEMBER
3,
2009
•
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Talking Tarot: The King of Wands
can help
you survive
exam
week
By
JENNIFER MEYERS
Staff Writer
With Thanks-
giving break over
and being well-
fed, it's time to
really get seri-
ous.
We only
have a couple
weeks left in the
semester
and
then it's final
exams.
Where
did all of our
time
go?
Instead of panicking over these last
couple
weeks of instru_ction worrying
whether or not
you'll
get the work
done on time, pay a little more atten-
tion to your goal. The King of Wands
didn't become King overnight.
If
you are able to obtain the same
characteristics as the King of Wands,
you will have discipline, competitive-
ness, impulsiveness, intuition and vi-
sion. This card represents the ability
to develop the strength of having mul-
tiple talents while constructing those
talents into certain goals as long as
From Page4
you have the ambition to stick with it
and not give up.
This
King is impul-
sive when it comes to his work and ob-
taining what he wants the most in
life.
College is our place to achieve these
lifetime goals. We write these tiring,
stressful, 20-page papers and study
for eight hours straight just to get a
piece of paper-a diploma. That little
piece of paper is our key into the world
of doing what we love and achieving
our life goal.
This card is not just telling you to
strap yourself down and do your work,
but rather to understand the purpose
of why you are doing what you are
studying. For example, I'ni writing
this column not because a teacher told
me to do so, but because I love to write
and hope to be a journalist. The writ-
ten word can be so powerful in its own
way, and I hope that whoever reads
my column will get something out of
it and understand what I am trying to
pass iton.
The King of Wands does not chase
after opportunities-he creates his
own. He knows how to bring atten-
tion to himself and create a sort of
charisma to draw in the support that
he needs to
succeed.
The charisma
that we create could open many doors
to a successful future. Some people
just like his confidence and glamour.
This King has daring ideas and acts
swiftly upon them, usually finding the
people necessary to help. All this will
result in gaining amazing adventures
for his life. Being that he is also a
maverick, he's a natural born leader
but has trouble working with others.
He may become impatient with those
whom he believes to be uninteresting
and dull. He's not the
type
that
is
able
to appreciate others' opinions that are
different from his own. The King of
Wands will generally panic like a nor-
mal person, thinking that he has a
pending failure on his goals rather
than seeing the possibilities of suc-
cess.
The
"Shadow''
side to this King is
that he could be arrogant, intrusive
and domineering. He may have de-
nial, like I said earlier, in his power
and end up becoming less competitive
and let the other competitors win.
If
this card sounds at all like yourself,
you have the ability to become moti-
FROM HELLO
Kl1TY TAROT
vated in your work and disciplined.
You have the ability to be charismatic
and competitive and not be afraid of a
challenge. Just remember what you
hope to accomplish in these college
years. A piece of advice offered by the
King of Wands is 'Temper your ambi-
tion."
U.S. lifestyle rubs off on Swiss tennis captain
how to
say it
in
English.''
However, with time, he has become
more and more comfortable with the
language.
He has also adjusted to the
distance from home.
"Being
a way from family and friends
was difficult freshman year because it
was the first time
.
I was away from
them for that long," he said. "Now I
am kind of used to it. I still miss them
a lot but with Skype it is almost like I
am with them all the time."
In
addition, some of his friends and
family have been able to visit the
United States and Marist while he
is
here.
While there is not a large cultural
difference, Sessagesimi has noticed
some differences between the United
States and Switzerland. "I really miss
eating lunch or dinner like a family.
At home we always sit down with
families or friends and take our time
to eat," he explained. ''Here everyone
has a different schedule and
is
so·busy
that
is
so hard to eat all together."
He also said that he misses being
able to walk everywhere.
When he goes back to Switzerland,
he has noticed that he brings some
of
the customs that he has picked up in
the United States.
''For example I don't pay attention to
how I look when I go grocery shopping
in sweatpants, which no one does in
Switzerland!"
He also said that he likes that in the
United States, you can always just
pick up fast food when you don't have
enough time to make a meal.
Sessagesimi has only positive things
to say about Marist.
"I have never r~gretted coming to
Marist. I have loved every second of it.
Marist is an amazing campus, and
amazing place to be," he said. He also
JUANRUBIANO/FLICKR.COM
Marist tennis captain, Loic Sessagesimi,
left the Swiss Alps for the
Shawangunk Mountains and
the
Hudson River. Not once has
Sessagesiml regretted coming
to
Marlst
is very happy with the tennis pro-
gram. ''My team and coaches are
great. The athletic staff and faculty
are great as well."
Most importantly, he grateful for the
great friendships he has formed.
''I
have developed so many friendships
which I wouldn't have if I would have
not come to Marist," he said.
''I
just
want to thank everyone for making
my experience so amazing."
Sessagesimi does not feel as though
he
is
seen as an outsider here.
''People want to know more about
you because you are from a different
country. I think it's a good thing to be
'different,"' he said.
He has tried to be very involved on
campus, and said that being an ath-
lete makes it easier to be well-known
and accepted.
Sessagesimi used this opportunity to
share his home country with Marist
students.
"I
try to teach the students about my
cowitry," he said. "Lots of students
have never been to Switzerland so
they always have tons of questions. I
like to answer them and make them
diScover more about my country and
make it more known. Some people
don't know that Switzerland is a coun-
try
or
they get confused with Sweden,"
he explained.
AB
for the future, Sessagesimi
plans
on
staying at Marist for gradu-
ate school. He
is
planning on being the
assistant tennis coach and getting
his
MBA at the same time. After that, he
is not sure what he will do.
''I
kind of live day by day and see
what happens!" he said. "Hopefully
my future will be bright but I think I
will be happy either way (being
in
Switzerland or the United States). I
would love to work for a company that
will
send me back and forth between
the two countries."








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'New Moon' sucks in Twilight fans
J.fERIA/FUCKR.COM
"Twilight:
New Moon• has made nearly $230 million In the
fl~
ten days of
its
release.
By
KAIT SMITH
Editor-in-Chief
"This is the last time you
will
ever
see me," Edward said to Bella. With
a kiss on her forehead, he was gone
forever. Yeah, right.
If
such a statement were true,
there would be no ipultimillion dol-
lar
.
"Twilight" franchise; just a
barely believable love story that
consistently rips off of famous liter-
ary works like Romeo and Juliet but
has still managed to turn females
young and old completely insane.
That being said, the recent release
of ''The Twilight Saga: New Moon,"
the film adaptation of the second
book in the series, is no cinematic
masterpiece and the acting is quite
sub-par. But the brains behind the
bloodsuckers give fan girls just
enough to keep them coming back
for more - mainly sexual tension,
professions of undying love and
bare, sculpted male chests.
Avid fans of Stephenie Meyers' im-
mensely lucrative books won't need
to be told that in this sequel our
heroine Bella (Kristen Stewart) en-
ters her senior year of high school,
and is deserted by her vampire
boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattin-
son).
,
Though depression is the initial
result of the breakup- one scene
shows Bella absently staring out the
window as seasons change - she
soon becomes wild and reckless, rid-
ing motorcycles, running off with
strange men and jumping off of
cliffs. Why? Because it is only when
her clumsy stupidity is about to kill
her that Edward appears ... as a hal-
lucination. During the process of
her self-destruction, the burden
falls upon Native American hunk
Jacob (Taylor Lautner) to fill the
heartthrob role. Jacob has his own
supernatural secrets to suppress,
and since Bella seems unable to say
no to anything that could savagely
kill her, she is soon torn between
the only two men she has chosen to
allow into her life.
Lautner doesn't quite have the
acting chops to fill the leading male
role, but he certainly has the six-
pack to make up for it. Pattinson,
still as brooding as ever, appears
just enough to tease Edward-ob-
sessed fan girls. Stewart shows no
progression in terms of talent; her
screams are more like howling
screeches, she still constantly bites
her lip and touches her hair, and
her emotional depth is seemingly
nonexistent. I vote her for every
Razzie imaginable.
Despite the poor acting, this film
is sexier, darker and funnier, rising
well above the anemic 2008 film
version of ''Twilight." New director
Chris Weitz ("The Golden Com-
pass"} injects more humor and vi-
sual
style
than
Catherine
Hardwicke ("Thirteen") did in the
original. Though still not outstand-
ing, the special effects in "New
Moon" are a vast improvement;
Weitz opts to skip out on the scenes
with vampires running and climb-
ing trees at lightning speed and in-
stead focuses on the newest addition
to the film: werewolves. Standing at
six-feet tall, these CGI monsters
tower over the actors, and their
fight scenes are as realistic as a
story about vampires and were-
wolves can get.
If nothing else, the film is worth
watching for the humor. Hardcore
fans will catch on to the subtle
laughs built within certain scenes
(for example, Bella flies to Italy on
Virgin Atlantic. Nice.) Those unac-
customed to the back story will find
the awkward romantic scenes
chuckle worthy, especially an un-
comfortable kiss shared between
Bella and Edward early in the film,
complete with unnecessary moans
and painful facial expressions.
In terms of comparison, "New
Moon" soars above ''Twilight" on all
accounts. With the release of the
next installment of the saga,
"Eclipse/
next summer, though,
let's hope the actors can step up
their game and accurately portray
the drama, action and turmoil that
is bound to ensue.
Blast off into Christmas Spirit with Rockettes
By
LISA GLOVER
Staff Writer
Aside from watching the infamous
movie "Elf," decorating a Christmas
tree or making a gingerbread house,
the best way to get into the holiday
spirit is to see the Radio City
Christmas Spectacul,ar! Nothing
beats the bright lights, in sync danc-
ing of the Rockettes and the magic
that surrounds the theater. There is
an overwhelming sense of magic
that will leave you more excited
than ever for the holidays!
The Rockettes hold the title for
being the world's most recognized
precision dance group for nearly a
century. The eight-week show has
been a sell-out success since its
debut in 1933. The
New York Times
said, ''The Rockettes '12 Days of
Christmas' routine seems wittier
than ever; their journey through
Manhattan on a red double-decker
Gray Line tour bus seems to have
added mileage to its sightseeing,
with scenery and towering back-
grounds that include not only Cen-
tral Park, and its ice skaters but
also tlie heart of Times Square,
where the enormous illuminated
signs show the saucy dancers as
they perform, and live fireworks top
off the spectacle." Sitting in an au-
dience, you feel as though you are
part of the story. The Rockettes bril-
liantly minimize the gap between
watching a performance and actu-
ally being in it.
Perhaps the most noted scene of
the show is the Nativity scene,
which premieres live animals on
stage, including camels
·
,
donkeys,
horses and sheep. My personal fa.
vorite is when you get a tour inside
Santa's workshop. The stage is
filled with bold colors, lively anima-
tion and brilliant lighting effects. It
is the perfect childhood memory of
what Santa's North Pole would look
like.
Marist's College Activities is hav-
ing an off campus trip to see the
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
on Sunday Dece. 6.
It
is the perfect
mental brea' between studying for
finals and packing up to go home for
the holidays.
If
you haven't experi-
enced the Rockettes yet this season,
I highly suggest making the trip to
New York City; it is a magical holi-
day show you will want to relive
again and again.
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currently
singin'
By
RYAN RIVARD
A&E Editor
30
Seconds to
Mars
f7
Kanye
West ''Hurricane"
-Giving W~r and
Lil Wayne a run for
their money in the
oddest collaboration
of the year award,
Jared Leto and
30
Seconds to
Mars paired
up with Kanye
West to create an apocalyptic dystopian
song, with electronic
drums
and a cli-
matic array of strings. West's Auto-
Tuned
pseudo rap/singing verse sounds
like it was ripped out of
his last
album,
"808s &
Heartbreak." For the
record,
West does let
Leto finish
the
song.
Hot Chip "One Life St.and"
-This
is
the official single from their Feb. 2010
album of
the
same name. Fat,
thick
bass
synths
set the groove for this one, while
Al Doyle pene~tes our love for the
80s
with a seductive
chorus.
The sound
is
a
blissful
mixture of
vintage
and
futuristic
tones.
Timbaland
f7Miley
Cyrus 'We
Be-
long
to the Music''
-Timbaland
now
belongs
t.o the dump. He was once an
es-
tablished produrer in the pop industry,
responsible for monster hits from Justin
Timberlake C'SexyBack')
and OneRe-
public C'Apologire'),
is
now a polluter of
music airwaves. This t.eenybopper
trash
exploits the
Disney
diva in attempts t.o
sroring a meaty paycheck.
FROM STEREOGUM
"Transference," Spoop's seventh studio
album,
will
be
released on Jan. 19 of next
year.
Spoon 'Written
in Reverse"
-Our
first tast;e
of
Spoon's upooming album,
'Transference,"
was ''Mystery 7.cme,"
this
taste
is
the official single. Initially
sounding like the band recorded it in an
old Western saloon. Much like ''Mystery
Zone," ''Reverse" has some more elabo-
rate instrumentation, demonstrating
the
perlected
tight sound that the band
became not.orious for on their previous
album "Ga Ga Ga
Ga
Ga"
If
tlris
is
what
writing a
song
backwards sounds like,
then
artists
should-practice this method
more often.


















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Got Woodie for good music? mtvU ha$ cure
JOE WALSH/THE CIRCLE
Passion Pit was nominated for the •Breaking Woodie," along with Grizzly Bear, Wale,
La
Roux, Friendly Fires, and Never Shout Never (winner). The electronic/lndlepop band
from cambridge, MA, performed their hit "The Reeling" at the mtvU Woodle Awards after a tremendous breakthrough year led
by
their debut album •Manners."
By
ANDREW
OVERTON
Managing Editor
The American Music Awards
proved on Nov. 22 to be a totally
ir-
relevant award show. Despite one
homoerotic kiss and a post-humor-
ous tribute to the King of Pop, if
you
were
following
your Twitter
you saw more than you needed to.
It
see
.
ms that the AMAs, Gram-
mys, and any MTV award show are
increasingly irrelevant.
However,
there is one wing of the MTV fam-
ily that has maintained one shred
of dignity.
On Nov. 18, mtvU, MTV's 24-
hour college network, hosted its
sixth annual Woodie Awards at the
Roseland Ballroom in New York to
recognize the best of college radio
and music television.
While the list of winners might
not be the best representative of
new, important music-Kings of
Leon (Artist of the Year), Tech
N9ne (Most Original Artist), Matt
&
Kim
(Best Video), and Green Day
(Best Tour)-the nominee and per-
formers were quite impressive.
The performances were some of
the most electrifying in the history
of the Woodies. To start off, Diplo
was the house DJ for the evening,
responsible for keeping the casted
audience jumping.
It
wasn't a diffi-
cult job considering Matt & Kim's
opener, "Lesson's Learned," fea-
tured background singers who
danced and disrobed throughout
the song.
The infectious synth-beats of
2009 breakthrough artist Passion
Pit kept the "Little Secrets" and
''The Reeling," two standout tracks
from quintet's full-length studio
album,
''Manners."
What is admirable about mtvU is
their ability to showcase up and
coming bands like Passion Pit, but
give a nod to long established
artists still making relevant music.
Established artists like indie go-
liath Death Cab for Cutie treated
Twilighters and music fans alike to
a rousing performance of ''Meet Me
on the Equinox," the single from
the
"New
Moon: The Twilight Saga
Soundtrack." Then, Death Cab
pleased all "The O.C." fans in the
room by playing the song that put
them on the iPod minis of millions
of young teens,
"Sound
of Settling"
from their 2005 album
·
"Plans."
Since the 2000s were probably
the most important decade for hip-
hop, a rap performance had to be
part of the show. Clipse, joined by
Cam'ron, kept the night going with
a performance of
"Popular
Demand
(Popeye's)," just before Rick Ross
joined forces with the duo for a col-
laboration on "I'm Good (remix)."
The closing performance featured
rock legend Jack White and his
newest project, the Dead Weather.
White, arguably the hardest work-
ing artist of the decade (seven full
length albums between the White
Stripes and the Raconteurs in ad-
dition to one with the Dead
Weather), was mesmerizing in his
newest role-behind a drum set.
The band, featuring Dean Fertita
(Queens of the Stone Age), Jack
Lawrence (The Raconteurs) and Al-
ison Mosshart (The Kills) finished
off the evening with grinding gui-
tar rifts and hair raising vocals.
Their short set consisted of "I Cut
Like a Buffalo,"
"Treat
Me Like
Your Mother" and "Hang You from
the Heavens."
Just when you've had enough of
Taylor Swift, mtvU is able to re-
store faith in music award shows.
The winners are determined by
votes cast online and therefore may
not be the most deserving, but
nominees included the likes of
Drake, MGMT, Grizzly Bear, Pas-
sion Pit, Kid Cudi, Yeah Yeah
Yeahs, Phoenix, and Animal Col-
lective, each of which have signifi-
cant contributions to popular music
in the last year or two.
The 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards
will premiere on Friday, Dec. 4 at
10 p.m. on MTV, MTV2, and mtvU.
JOE WALSH/THE
CIRCLE
Above: Jack White and the rest of The
Dead Weather closed out the Woodies
with a three song set, featuring
•I Cut Like
A Buffalo."
Left: While presenting a Woodie,
30Hl3
pokes fun at
Lady
GaGa's
fashion choices
in her most recent video "Bad Romance."
Below: Cllpse, Joined
by
Rick Ross,
brought a hip-hop flavor
to
the Woodies
with a performance
of "Popular Demand
(Popeye's)."



























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Kicking the [Marist]
bucket: Bar
hopping
By
KAIT SMITH
Editor-in-Chief
Let's face it - Marist is a bar school.
Though parties happen on and off cam-
pus on the weekend, during the week
the best bet for int.oxicated
fun
is head-
ing t.o one of our many local pubs, tav-
erns and clubs. Keeping in mind that
the
seventh day, Sunday, is a day of rest
- and homework-here is a pre-planned
itinenuy of bar hopping for your post-
capping celebrations.
Monday
Mondays at Darby O'Gills mean two
things: t.ownies and karaoke. Start
your night here; wings are 35 cents
apiece and pitchers are a mere $5.
While you listen t.o the locals slaughter
Taylor Swift songs, you can catch a
football game and snack on some deli-
cious Irish Nachos. Beware: t.ownies
will
attempt t.o woo you. Their game is
weak, but they are persistent, so deny
them at all times.
After you serenade the locals with
your favorite 90's jam, head over t.o
Rennie's t.o spend time with a more-
Marist crowd. Pitchers are $5 here,
too,
and you won't have t.o worry about
shooing away any unwanted atten-
tion.
Tuesday
Since I have been putting t.ogether
The
Circle
every Tuesday night since soph-
omore year, I have no idea what bru-s
you all
go
t.o. That being said, I asked
around and the consensus from the few
who actually do go out included Back-
street and Hatters.
But
if
freshmen and sophomores
aren't your thing, Tuesday at Ma-
honey's is
Pub
Games Night. They run
two tables of beer pong and Wii sports
for your drunken enjoyment. It's a re-
laxed atmosphere that draws an older
Either way, there are drinks to
be had,
sloppy
mistakes to be
made, and hangovers
to endure.
Cheers!
crowd, but
if
you bring a group of friends
it's bound t.o be a
good
time.
Wednesday
Where else would you spend your
hump day than at Rennie's? Mug Night
is perhaps the cheapest drinking option
in the Hudson Valley, with practically
free
refills after your initial purchase of
a glass beer mug. For $1 a pop you can
fill
up as often as you want while min-
gling with what sometimes seems like
half of the upperclassmen population of
Marist.
A word t.o the wise: find a way t.o make
your mug unique. Everyone's starts the
same, and
if
you can't distinguish your
glass from the slew of others surround-
ing it, you may
grab
the wrong one and
drink
an unwanted surprise; swine
flu,
anyone?
Thursday
Start early on Thursdays with Stump
Trivia at the Hyde Park Brewery. It's
free
t.o play, and you don't have t.o be 21
t.o get in on the
fun,
although being of
age comes in handy
if
you're looking t.o
sample some of their freshly brewed
beers or a $3 margarita. Trivia starts at
8:30 p.m., but get there early - it typi-
cally gets crowded around 7:45 p.m.
Once you've won
trivia,
head over t.o
the Nuddy Irishmen, where the rest of
Marist gathers t.o crowd the bar and
sing karaoke. Pitchers are $5, and the
prize for the best singer is tickets t.o
shows at the Chance Theater.
Friday, Saturday
To be honest, there is no best option for
Friday and Saturday nights, because all
bars have some kind of specials and all
draw a certain crowd. Mahoney's is a
good
option either night; they typically
have live music and plenty of dancing. If
you
dare
step foot int.o Darby's on Sat-
ROBIN MINITER/THE
CIRCLE
Three cheers for friends and funl
urday you'll have trouble moving a few
feet without having t.o squish by a fel-
low classmate, but
will
still have a
good
time. Hatters is always an option for
those looking t.o spend the night danc-
ing, and
if
you're not
too
annoyed by
long lines you
can
always
try
Rennie's.
Either way, there are
drinks
t.o be had,
sloppy mistakes t.o be made, and hang-
overs t.o endure. Cheers!
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THE CIRCLE • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 , 2009 •
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Road swing unkind to young Foxes
ByJIM
URSO
Staff Writer
As
the fall semester winds down,
there's much to look forward to over
Christmas break.
For Marist coach Chuck Martin,
the middle of December brings the
,8
gift
of 6'10"
center Casiem
Drummond to the lineup.
So
far, the young Red Foxes are off
to a predictably bad start. Marist is
OJ4,
suffering three double digit
losses in its last three games, all of
which came on the road. With three
freshman players seeing over 20
minutes per night, Marist lacks the
experience to perform well, espe-
cially on the road.
The Nov. 18, 75-38 shellacking
that Marist suffered at
Hartford
is
one everyone_ would like to forget.
The Red Foxes shot 24 percent from
the field, and 36 percent from the
charity stripe. Hartford, who the
Red Foxes defeated by 22 points last
season, scored more points in the
first half than Marist scored in the
entire game.
Ten days later, Marist suffered a
72-58 loss to New Hampshire. Com-
ing off the bench, Dane DiLiegro led
New Hampshire with 27 points and
eight boards. The Red Foxes played
well in the second half, but they
couldn't overcome New
Hampshire's
large halftime lead.
On Monday night, Marist lost its
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12
fourth game of the season to Holy
Cross, who picked up its first win.
The Crusaders ledMarist 14-1 early
in the first half. Marist played well
in the second half, giving Martin
some encouragement.
''The second half last night [Mon-
day night] was an improvement,"
Martin said. "Intensity was better,
execution was better, and we got
back into the game."
Their last three losses have been
characterized by
-slow
starts. The
Red Foxes trailed by 20, 19, and 18
at halftime in their last three losses,
respectively.
''They're just very young, very im-
mature, and very inexperienced,"
Martin said. "Because they're so
young, they don't understand how
hard you have to play from the very
beginning."
In
high school, talented players
can afford a slow start, because usu-
ally their talent can overcome it and
take over.
"They need to continue to play,"
Martin said. ''There's nothing I can
say that will be a
bigger
teacher
than experience."
With Korey Bauer being their
only true big man, Marist has been
outscored 98-60 in the paint over
the last three games. Bauer's pro-
duction has been limited because of
the increased minutes he's been
forced to play.
As
soon as he leaves
the game, the defense attacks in-
side.
One bright spot for Marist is Can-
don Rusin. At forward, Rusin leads
Marist in minutes, points and
steals, and is shooting nearly 49
percent from the field and 38 per-
cent from behind the arc.
Rusin came off the bl!nch during
the first three games, but started in
place of Daye Kaba against Holy
Cross. Kaba's production over the
first three games was below expec-
tation. However, he scored a season
high 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting
coming off the bench.
·
''He's [Rusin] been working his tail
off," Martin said. "He deserved the
start."
For the average student, expecta-
tions of Winter break can occasion-
ally run unreasonably high. The
same could prove to be true for
Marist and its expectations of
Drummond's return.
Marist expects Drummond will
save its season by opening up op-
portunities
for other players, but
if
they can't capitalize, his impact will
be diminished.
Increased
size won't
solve its 36 percent shooting from
the field, or its 53 percent shooting
from the free line.
For this reason, the Red Foxes de-
velopment before
Drummond
hits
the court will determine
if
they can
compete in the second half of the
season,
not just
Drummond himself.
On
Dec. 3 at 8 p.m.,
Marist
squares off against MAAC foe Fair-
field. Expect the Foxes to struggle
FILE PHOTO/THE
CIRCLE
The
Red Foxes were embarrassed at Hart-
ford on Nov. 18, and have lost their last
three games by an average
of
21 points.
against the Stags, who are 5-2 this
season. On Sunday Dec. 6, Marist
will play their final game of a six
game road trip before their home
opener against Boston University
on
Dec.
12.
Women's basketball faces tough non-conference slate
·
early
MIKE
CAIOLA/THE CIRCLE
Over the Thanksgiving break, the Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team traveled
to Grand Bahama Island in the Bahamas for the Junkanoo Jam basketball tourna-
ment. Marist lost to Oklahoma
State,
but routed George Washington during the trip.
for Australia at the under-1 7 and
under-19 national level, brings a
high, arcing jump shot that is ac-
curate from long range to Giorgis'
arsenal off the bench.
Although the 2009-2010 Red
Foxes do feature a fairly young ros-
ter, Giorgis could not ask for a bet-
ter group of seniors to guide his
team in Rachele Fitz, Lynzee John-
son and Brittany Engle.
Fitz, Marist's all-time leading
scorer, earned her second MAAC
Player of the Year award last sea-
son, and has the chance to become
the school's all-time leading re-
bounder this year.
Johnson, a former MAAC Sixth
.Player of the Year, has shown a
knack for hitting three-point shots
in tough situations, and her pro-
duction off the bench will definitely
be needed by the Red Foxes.
Engle, a guard, missed all of last
season, but hopes to regain the
form that she displayed in 2007-
2008, appearing in 33 games.
"They [the seniors] know that it's
their place to get the team together
when we look down," Kresge said.
"They've done a good job. They've
worked really hard at being lead-
ers."
Caron, forward Maria Laterza
and guard Erica Allenspach are
the three juniors on this year's ros-
ter.
Allenspach will certainly· have
the largest impact offensively after
an enormously successful sopho-
more campaign. She is averaging
13.8 points per game so far this
season.
Junkanoo Jam and what's next?
The Red Foxes played the Okla-
homa State Cowgirls and the
George
W ash)ngton
Colonials
early last week in the Junkanoo
Jam basketball tournament held
in the Bahamas.
Marist will have its next home
contest when the Tulsa Hurricanes
travel to Poughkeepsie on Friday
Dec. 4. Last season, the Red Foxes
defeated the Hurricanes 73-53.
"Tulsa is athletic, their post play-
ers are very long and mobile,"
Leger said. "They crash the glass
so we have to make sure we're re-
bounding, because that's some-
thing we've had a problem with
this year. I think it'll be competi-
tive, and another challenge in a
team that's quicker and. faster
than us."
While in the Bahamas, the Red
Foxes had the opportunity to relax
and enjoy the atmosphere of being
away from college for a short time.
"It was a blast," Kresge said. "It's
good to get our kid's minds off of
basketball for a couple of hours
here or there. We had banana
boats, jet skis, water trampolines
and they got to lay out by the pool."
Although the fun in the sun may
be over for the Red Foxes, the fun
inside the McCann Center for
Marist basketball fans in 2009-
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009 •
PAGE 1.1
The Fox Trot
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Quick hits of the
week
in Marist athletics
The Marist cross country team
finished off its season Saturday as
country
both the men's
and
women's
squads competed in their regional
tournaments.
The women's team made school
history by finishing first overall and
capturing their first Eastern Col-
lege Athletic Co
'
nference (ECAC)
title.
Sophomore Addie DiFrancesco led
the way in the 5km race finishing
in 17:51.8, a school record. She was
The Marist women's volleyball
team fell to Niagara in straight sets
11
b
II
in its first appearance
YO
ey a
in the MAAC champi-
onship on Nov. 23. The match was
broadcasted on ESPNU.
Niagara swept Marist 25-20, 27-
25, and 27-25 to win its first MAAC
Championship and advance to the
NCM Tournament.
Alexandra Schultze and Leeann
Harridsleff each had nine kills to
lead the Marist offense. Senior set-
ter Dawn Jan had a double-double
of 30 assists and 10 digs. Jan and
Harridsleff were both named to the
MAAC All-Tournament Team fol-
lowing the match.
After falling in the first set, the
Red Foxes went on an 8-1 run to
start the second set, and led by a
score of 12-6. Then, the Purple Ea-
gles went on a 7-0 run to take a 13-
12 lead.
Niagara led up to 23-21. Marist
named to the ECAC All-East team.
Senior Brittany Burns and sopho-
more Kathryn Sheehan were also
awarded All-East honors, and
fin.
ished seventh and
.
15th in the race,
respectively.
"It
was a real good step in the
right direction for the women's pro-
gram," Colaizzo said. "We made
amazing progress this year."
The men's team finished sixth out
of 13 teams competing in the Cham-
pionship division of the IC4A
Championships.
Sophomores
got a Schultze kill and a Hanna
Stoiberg ace to tie the set at 23, but
couldn't pull out the second set.
Leading 2-0, the Purple Eagles led
for the majority of the third set.
Marist tied it at 15, and then the
teams traded the next 16 points.
Marist had the set point at 24-23,
but again they couldn't win the set
and extend the match.
Marist finished the season with
18 wins and 13 losses.
Although the Foxes were unable
to rally in the championship game,
they did succeed in rallying around
Raeanna Gutkowski, who was diag-
nosed with Osteosarcoma, a form of
bone cancer.
"A Rae of Hope" started out as a
capping project, but became much
more. The four students who spear-
headed the project raised over
$5,000 for Osteosarcoma and the
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Pe-
diatrics Cancer unit
·
through a
number of different events.
Over $4,000 was raised via dona-
tions and the raffling of prizes for
the "Rae of Hope" match against
Iona, including several items of Jets
autographed memorabilia. 1,212
people attended the match, the
largest single-match crowd in
Marist volleyball history. Marist
fell to the visiting Iona Gaels in the
contest.
-Compiled
by
Jim Urso
Matthew Flint and William Griffin
came in 12th and 23rd overall in
the five mile race, and earned IC4A
All-East honors. Colaizzo was
happy with his young leaders' per-
formances.
"They're really the future of this
program," he said. ''They're both
sophomores and they're both .very
good."
The men battled through injuries
to sophomore Adam Vess and fresh-
man Arquimedes DelaCruz, as well
as a team-wide flu outbreak.
''We really got hit with the flu on
the men's side right before region-
als," Colaizzo said. "So that hurt us
pretty bad."
Colaizzo is excited about his pro-
gram's bright future.
''The men's program had a very
good rebuilding year which makes
us excited for our future," he said.
"And for the women, getting this
ECAC Championship was a huge
step for the entire program."
-Compiled
by
Scott Atkins
JAMES
REILLY/FILE PHOTO
Junior middle blocker Lindsey Schmid (top) and senior setter Dawn Jan (left) each
earned All-MMC second team honors for the 2009-2010
season.
Schmid led
Marlst with
a
.300 hitting percentage
during
the
season
and had
64
service aces
during the regular season, tying
the
Marlst single-season record. Schmid also
broke the Marlst career
aces
record. Jan broke Marlst's all-time assists record.
Marist diving sweeps MAAC weekly honors
By VINNY GINARDI
Staff Writer
Marist diving won both tlie MAAC
men's and women's divers of the
week for their performances on Sat-
urday, Nov. 21.
Junior diver Brian Bolstad en-
joyed a successful day, winning in
both the one-meter and three-meter
boards.
Bolstad's
performance
earned him the MAAC men's diver
of the week for the fourth time this
season.
The women's diving team was led
by freshman Chelaine Eliazar, who
claimed first off the three-meter
board and second off the one-meter
board. Eliazar's efforts earned her
MAAC diver of the week honors for
the second consecutive week.
As for the matches, the men's
team fell to Binghamton 161-139,,
despite some strong performances ..
The women's team swept the
match, beating Binghamton 173-
125 and rival Siena, 194-103.
The men's team (2-2, 1-1) won
four freestyle events, including a
victory from sophomore Patrick
Shea, who finished the 1,000-yard
freestyle in 9:56.06. Junior Steve
Vendetta
won
the
200-yard
freestyle in a time of 1:45.91 and
junior Keith Miller also earned a
victory, swimming the 50-yard
freestyle in 22.20. A 400-yard
freestyle relay team of Miller,
Vendetta, Joshua Sklanka, and
Kevin Quinn beat Binghamton's
relay team by .18 seconds, finishing
in a time of 3:13.98.
The women's team (3-2, 2-1) per-
formed very well, earning two vic-
tories each from senior Jenell
Walsh-Thomas, freshman Kate
Conard and freshman Chelsea
Unger. Walsh-Thomas won the
·1000-yard
freestyle in 10:41.16 and
the 500 yard freestyle in 5: 13.00.
Conard earned a victory in the 100-
yard backstroke by swimming in a
time of 59.88 and later won the 200-
yard backstroke in 2:07.00. Unger
finished first in the 100-yard
brea~tstroke in 1:07.09 and claimed
victory with a 2:28.00 time in the
200-yard breaststroke.
The teams resume action this
weekend in Baltimore, Md. for a
quad match against Loyola, Iona
and Delaware.

























































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Remains winless after four games
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Foxes begin quest for next MAAC title
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Sports Editor
Another basketball season begins,
and still the question lingers.
Will this be the year that the reign
of dominance ends and the Red
women'• basketball
F?xes are
finally
knocked off their perch atop the
MAAC?
Coach Brian Giorgia' staff and the
2009-2010 Marist women's basket-
ball team are doing all they can to
ensure that this particular question
stays unanswered for another sea-
son.
The winners of six consecutive
MAAC regular season titles and
MAAC tournament champions five
out of the last six years, the Red
Foxes open their season against
non-conference opponents in their
first 12 games.
''We want to play the best oppo-
nents we can, because it's going to
make us better in the long run," as-
sistant coach and former Marist
point guard Alisa Kresge said.
''When we come to conference play,
we'll be used to the bigger kids."
Marist has posted a 3-2 record so
far this season, with victories
against North Carolina A&T, Bowl-
ing Green and George Washington
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come against Oklahoma State and
West Virginia.
Against Bowling Green and Okla-
homa State, the Red Foxes have
erased deficits of 16 and 14 points
respectively, showing an immense
amount of composure for such a
young team.
"The girls have a lot of fight in
them," assistant coach Erin Leger
said. ''They are a group that does
not like to lose and they are very
competitive. They're used to win-
ning."
Following its final contest of the
2008-2009 season,
a
68-61 loss to
the Virginia Cavaliers in the first
round of the NCAA tournament,
Marist graduated Julianne Viani
and Courtney Kolesar.
Kolesar played a more reserve-
type role for the Red Foxes, while
Viani was an instrumental part of
the offense, averaging
15
points per
game.
The departure of Viani has seen a
wealth of changes being made to the
starting lineup, including the im-
plementation of three sophomores.
Kristine Best, Corielle Yarde, and
Brandy Gang have all found them-
selves in a starting role after suc-
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to
continue
her dominance In the MAAC for her
fourth and final season at
Marist.
''They really matured, and they
understand our game plan better
this year," Kresge said. "Playing for
Giorgis, you really need a whole
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what we need."
Best routinely splits time with
junior defensive specialist Elise
Caron at point guard, and is rou-
tinely regarded as the premier ball
handler on the team.
Gang, a 6'2" forw~a, is a polished
player who is extremaiy
mobile
'1nd
has shown an outside shooting
touch.
After exploding for a career-high
28 points against Oklahoma State,
Yarde has cemented herself into the
starting lineup and has proven that
she is the premier athlete on this
Marist roster.
Emily Stallings, a sophomore for-
ward, has displayed a crisp jump
shot that she can connect with in
spurts, and has also given Giorgis
quality defensive minutes off the
bench.
This year's freshmen class fea-
tured only two new players, Kelsey
Beynnon and Kate Oliver.
Beynnon hails from Burlington,
Vt. and has displayed impressive
ballhandling skills and agility near
the basket for her 6'2" frame.
Oliver
is
a 6' 4" forward from the
Sydney, Australia suburb of Beau-
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