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VOLUME 61. ISSUE 18
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 2008
Lower Fulton should be
WMAR, MCTV, WRRV
host first Battle of the Bands
available for fall 2008
Belikos wins
opportunity to
perform at The Chance Theatre
By AMY WHEELER
Circle Contributor
Lower
Fulton
Street
Townhouses have been listed as
an option for juniors and seniors
for room selection for fall 2008.
According to the Director of
Housing, Sarah English, to the
best of her knowledge, Lower
Fulton will be finished by the
fall.
According to English, the
design of each townhouse is
exactly the s;une as the current
Fulton Street Townhouses and
will include a laundry room for
the complex. Lower Fulton will
cost the same amount per semes-
ter as the current Fulton
.
When
Lower Fulton is completed,
around
1,000
juniors and seniors
will live on East Campus
"I
really think it will form a
nice quad," English said.
English also explained that
they are looking to improve
other aspects of housing across
Route 9, such as expanding the
fitness center located there and
adding to the Jazzman
's
com-
plex. She believes that the con-
struction of Lower Fulton will
cause more people to stay on the
campus
,
because of the appeal
of a new housing option.
A decision about whether the
Foy Townhouses will be made
available for sophoJl}ores
during
the housing selection has not
been made yet. English said they
will have a better idea once the
housing deposits are in. Gregory
and Benoit will be torn down
after this semester and will not
be options for fall 2008 housing.
Townhouses, Foy Townhouses,
Talmadge Court, Lower
or
Upper West Cedar Townhouses
or Lower and Fulton
Street
Townhouses.
More
information
on
these housing options will
be
available during
room
selection
education
week
(Monday,
March
3
to
Friday, March 7).
Fliers detailing presentations
will
be
posted
in
residence
areas.
Housing will
be determined
by
priority points, which are avail-
able
now on
the housing web-
site. Corrections to priority
points
must be
made by Friday,
March 7.
Fall
2007 transfer stu-
dents will have activity points
doubled up to
four
points
to
accommodate the lack of points
from the previous spring semes-
ter.
Housing
room
deposits need to
be made
online
between now
and Friday, February
29.
Room
selection is not
based
on pay-
ment date,
but
deposits must be
in by the February 29 in order
for students to be eligible to" par-
ticipate in the group room selec-
tion process.
Students have the
option
of
paying the $200
deposit
by deb-
iting their checking
or
savings
account, at no additional cost, or
by credit card, which will
lnqulte a
2
petcettt cot1.Vehiehce
charge. The deposit
form is
available
at
http:/ /www.marist.edu/housing/r
oomdeposit.html. Any questions
concerning the payment process
can be directed to 845-575-
3230.
By
DEANNA GILLE
Features Co-Editor
WMAR s
fo
t
annu
il battle of
the band!".
W:1!
a pas, ionatc
dis-
play of skill and
ubcrancc.
ophomorc
Andrew Cleary.
WMJ
R ccretary and orgamzer
of
th •
ev nt. attributed
the . uc-
ce s to
the
consistent
de1(tenty
displayed
by
the five bandn
that
competed.
"The talent
we
h d
on •
ta
•e
a
phe1wmcnal,"
Cleary
aid.
"It
wa. almo:-1 unfair to rnnk the
bands be au
c
they
were all ~o
tal ntcd.''
The idea was
thrown around
in
NO\ember,
und
planning
got
underway
in mid-December.
A
12-person
board
w
n
sembled
to select the five competitors
from a pool of 16 candidates
.
The board
cho c th
p rt1c1pants
atler
listcmng
tn
d
mo
of
each
band
.
Tlte how'
or:ganizer·
networked
nou
urce
in
order
l
find lhe 16
applicant·.
WMAR and M TV
JOined
fore
with
Poughkeep ie'
96.9
WRRV,
whose DJ!-i Simon
and
hmonty ho
ted
the
event
at the
e1Iy olleti
Theater n
aturday, February 16, nt 7 p
.
m
.
he bands that comp
·t d were
.
J..DIUQ~:lom
an.4-tll•
M~ethod.
n
ra e, The
Do
nr
1
Beliko , nd
omc
Call
m the
p
t.
"fa
ry
band th;
t
perform d
i
capable of bcin., a h adliner,
"
Cl
ary
n
t
d, .. and th
play
back to back."
need to
•
tart
ad\ crtismg
earli-
er
and promote
more
effecrive-
iy."
He said the,
need to
promot
the how
.
,
that
it\\
111 be "fre h
in
people'
mi
d
e
but
not
too far
ahead."
Howe\ r,
Ahem acknowl-
dged that
it
wa
an CtlJO)ablc
experience over-
all.
"All
the
bands
had
n
b'l'CU
t
time;· he aid
.
· The people
had
a good tim1.:
.
"
Cleary al o
pmi ed the
vent, aymg
,
"I
don't kno\\ what
toe
p
cl for
ne
·
t
car,
1
ju
t
think
it
will get
better and
b
·ttcr
in
the
year
.
com .''
Bdi
·
o
l!lf
-
de
cribed
as
"clcph
111
on
acid
tampeding
off a
cl
i
lTat one
hundred miles
an
hour while
~ing~t!)',"
was
chosen
as
the wmnerb)
both the Judg
'
panel and the
udience
The
gr
up earned the
opportuni1y
t
op n for a
national hand ut
the
hance
Th
cat r. r cch
cd
JAMES
REILLY
/
THE CIRCLE
Current freshmen may request
to live in Marian Hall, Midrise,
and Gartland Commons, and are
guaranteed college housing for
sophomore year. Current sopho-
mores and juniors may live in
Upper
or
Lower
New
After the deposit is made, stu-
dents must complete a Room
Selection Form, which needs to
be completed and submitted to
their
Resident Director's
office
between Monday, March
10
and
Wednesday,
March
12
from l :30
A
tu11
ugh
th
y
Id
mo11
th
n
I 00 tichts,
th
y
hop' to attract
a larg r audience in }ear to
come.
30
percent ot
Apollo
(singer) and
Justin
J.
(drums)
of the
Belikos mesmerize the Mar1st audience
with
tick
t
ale ,
and
a unique
hlp-hOp/funk style.
SEE HOUSING, PAGE 3
· 1
wished
more
people
shmved
up,"
said . ophomore Pat
Ah m. DJ for'\;
r
MAR,
\Vho also
helped
organize
the
C\
1.:nt
'W
earned
a
ki
trip
package.
be Downr:ights,
who
described their sound as "mad
MTV
· The band~ thou ,
t
the , und
,----~--!'"
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
st
zy,'
c.im in
_
econd
_
pt c
.
Bomb
threat on Route 9 gives Marist Security
and
~nr~~!r~
w~
11·
1
!:e~~!1~~:eir
was terrific, and the
,
really
pptcci.Hed our
h
:.1>1
lily,"
hem
aid
.
th
T
f
P
hk
·
p
1
·
song •
"Lea,
·
e:
featured on the
.
e
OWn O
OUg
eepste
O lCe
a
SCafe
upcomin , e s n of
1l1<
Hills
on
The bands are going to
receive
audio recordfngs of the
ho,,
.
as well
as
video
l
f
the
JAMES REILLY/ THE
CIRCLE
A
Marlst
security gaurn
Investigates the scene after a woman phoned In a bomb threat The Town
of
Poughkeepsie pollce
received a call that there was an explosive device Inside a vehicle near the Home
Depot
THE CIRCLE
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3399
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NY
12601
OPINION: MARIST TOO QUICK TO CONVICT
STUDENT BEFORE COURT DATE
Michelle Delbove
weighs in on the alleged false report
and
what
it means for the
Marist
community.
PAGES
ARTS
&
ENTERTAINMENT: FOUR
SHOWS
REMAINING
·
IN MCCTA SPRING LINE-UP
In
three months MCCTA plans to perform, among others,
Bat Boy and Beauty and the Beast.
PAGES
performance from MCTV.
' It wa. fantasti ,'' (
I
ar; aid
'
It
was worth c
cryth111
g,
all the
ork that the people pul
into
it.
..
it was perfect.
"
JAMES RBU.Y
/
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THE
CIRCLE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
21,
2008
www.marlstclrcle.com
Security Briefs
Valentine's
day is for.suckers - and
passing out
alone
Cruising
Facebook
doesn't
earn priority
points.
By
TYLER THURSON
John Gildard in Training
2/12 - Dining Hall
Well, at least it wasn't burnt
popcorn. A Sodexho employee
had to use a fire extinguisher to
put out a small grease fire in the
main dining room. Kids, don't
get any ideas. Stick with the
burnt popcorn and microwave-
able Poptarts. You know your
niche, don't stray from it. Put
down the can of hairspray and
the lighter. Put it down, and
walk away.
2/13 - Donnelly Parking Lot
You know the drill, eager to get
somewhere, as you have things
.
to see and people to do (strike
that, reverse it), you swing by
Donnelly in a hurry to presum-
ably grab some cash out of the
ATM. So you get in your car,
speed in, find a quick parking
spot by parking illegally in the
fire lane, put the car in
tell me where does "break into
all guy's dorm looking for it,"
fall in that list? I mean, if
you're·going to do it, might as
well go all out. It's called self-
respect,
trjy
some.
2/13 - Champagnat
A freshmlim student was arrest-
ed for marijuana possession,
after the resident director alert-
ed security. Wow, I'm not used
to see "arrested" and "marijua-
na" in the same sentence, unless
its "marijuana arrested my
appetite and made me wonder
how they fit so inuch delicious
into
barbecue
Fritos."
Seriously, isn't getting high all
aboµt peace and love? Since
when did that tum into possible
jail time? You might want to
substitute all the "peace. and
love," for "don't tase me, bro."
Just throwing it out there, you
can throw it back if you like.
2/14 - Champagnat
Breezeway
park ... oops. One student forgot Valentine's Day is hard for
to do just that, returning from everyone. Well, unless you're
inside to find her car had mirac-
one of those couples that sits in
ulously driven itself into anoth-
class tog~ther and kisses ever-
er parked cab. Hey, while so-slightly
before
looking
.....
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.),
....
T
.........
-
-
fou're at it;-'y'6ti"'tn'igbt
'\Wnt
w-
-away;, tlwn -I-w+lJ..go-eut ef •my
get some more mcmey out of the way to make it hard for you.
ATM. Preferably large bills, Apparently it was particularly
and paint. Oh, and a right head-
hard for one student, who took
light.
this time to take a much needed
2/13
-
Benoit
Ah, the jewel thieves of
Poughkeepsie
reJ01ce.
An
unlocked room in Benoit was
entered, only to have jewelry
stolen from it and the town
police notified. Really, jewel
thieves? Really? Aren't you
supposed to,· I don't know, rob
jewelry stores, steal diamonds
from elderly women, or plot to
steal some immensely expen-
sive ruby that's guarded by
motion-activated lasers? Now
nap in the Champagnat breeze-
way.
Perfectly
acceptable,
except for the fact it was 4:55 in
the morning. And he lived in
Leo. God, I can't even write
anything about this. That's just
embarrassing.
First
being
woken up by security, then not
knowing where you were
because you're just so crazy on
a Thursday night, and then hav-
ing to take the walk of shame
back to Leo? God, that just
sucks. Really, there's nowhere
to go but up.
2/16- Foy
Seven
troublemakers
were
_asked to disperse back to wher-
ever they came from, upon
being found throwing beer bot-
tles. Upon further investigation,
it was unclear
if the throwing
was out
of
an apparent fit of
anger, joy, or merely lacking a
hobby. Seriously, beer bottles?
When glass hits people, they
bleed. :When giant boxes of
Frap.zia hit peopl~, hilarity
ensues. Lesson of the day.
2/17 - Midrise
A guest in Midrise was escorted
off campus, presumably back to
the barn he was raised in, when
he became abusive and con-
frontational to security. How
many want to bet this kid was-
n't even drunk? Although, it
was a Sunday, so I'm
·
sure he
just put on his Sunday ·best,
headed to Sears, and blacked
out off Jack Daniels along the
way. Aw, how times hav~
changed:
was you who smashed in their
bumper, they'll most likely
leave you a nice note. Probably
with more references
.
to your
mother and how long you'll
stay in a very hot, hot place, but
a note just the same.
Public
Service
Announcement #2
Students, specifically those
residing in the Cedars, are also
reminded that parking your car
in the NYCOM parking lot is
not. just a convenient way to
avoid being ticketed, but a nice
way to be towed. So, don't park
there. You will be towed, and
no one will feel sorry for you:
If
you think about it though, it
could be worse. Imagine if you
drove a trailer, then your house
and your car would both be
gone. See, silver linings,
·
peo-
ple. You want them, I find them.
This really is a public service.
Public
Service
Announcement #3
0{
ifirst, this wasn't· intended to
Public Service
be a public service announce-
Announcement
ment. Freshmen get drunk, pass
n
Bot in weird places, everyone
And now,
for everyone
1!1
)
6
bJtighs, we all move on with our
favorit6 segmwt-of.the sgcu.rit)A lives. But then it nimed into
briefs, the helpful,
.friendly
·
freshmen from all three dorms
reminders (read: last warnings) being found intoxicated by
cleverly disguised as publj£,
n§~lfuriiy,
before escalating to
service announcements. Man~rrR8e student being found passed
car accidents have
OCCU(l'R~
it
flli1
in the Student Center bath-
recently on campus, hopefully room. Moral of the story: it's
due to the icy conditions anassm,1 necessary to take as many
roads, not just to an inability ta shots as your age. Or even half
see behind obnoxiously over-
your age, really. And if you do
sized sunglasses. There's noth-
feel so motivated, at least don't
ing really to say here, except to pass out in the bathroom.
It
just
warn the students on campus begs for a metaphor about what
with cars to drive safely during else is going down the toilet
these turbulent winter condi-
besides your last tequila shot.
tions. Or, if you do go careering
full speed into another card
while backing up, at least have
the decency to leave a note.
Because really, if you don't,
and then the person finds out it
Disclaimer: The Security Briefs
are
intended
as satire and fully
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the First Amendment of the
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An
urbandictionary for the
Poughkeepsie-inclined.
24 Hr. Tees
&
Banners
~•1
v,SA
I
PL-trcnt:1se
or~trs
"cctptevf
PoPoPo
(n.)
: Town
or
City
of
Poug~eepsie Police. Once a common
sight on Main Street, presence in
the Marist area is now common-
place.
See also:
Not rent-a-cops,
underage drinking citation
Usage: "Did
you see that PoPoPo on
Route 9?"
Andrew Cleary (n.):
Jack of two e-
boards, master of all. Best Battle
of the Bands planner and a
god
among men.
See also:
WMAR,
amaz-
ing, lord of Gartland Commons
[[
The Circle
would
like
to
congratulate
Andrew and
WMAR
on
hosting
.
a successful
Battle of the Bands.])
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008
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Vagina Monologues opens despite setbacks
Midrise RSC, LGSA, Housing fund two performances
From Page
One
Housing explains 2008
selection process
By
MELISSA GRECO
Circle Contributor
While this year's Vagina
Monologues were more success-
ful than in years past, it was not
an easy job for anyone involved
in the production.
In a recent edition of
The
Circle,
an article stated that the
Marist College Council on
Theater
Arts
(MCCTA)
"dropped"
the
Vagina
Monologues from its cycle
·
of
shows.
''MCCTA didn't just 'drop it,"'
said Christina Tello, a MCCTA
board member. "We just knew. it
would be too much to handle.
Before we let it go, we first made
sure that there was enough inter-
est to keep it going, and then we
found people to direct. We fol-
lowed through."
MCCTA had reasons for dis-
continuing its association with
the show, which is a series of
skits based on Eve Ensler
'
s
award-winning play.
"Our season is so jam packed
that we just didn't have enough
time or production staff to put on
a quality perfonnance," said
Kurtis ~Manus; Tre1\surer of
MCCTA
.
"We felt that other
clubs are fighting for the same
cause
that
the
Vagina
Monologues stand for. It did
extremely well; I'm glad it
stayed on the Marist campus."
Amy ,Kate Byrne, also a
MCCTA board member, not only
perfonned a monologue, but also
acted as a liaison between
MCCTA
and
the
Vagina
Monologues.
"I love being in it every year
just because regardless of who's
in the cast, the girls always form
a very unique bond," she said.
Maureen Betz and Stephen
Echeverri co-directed the show.
"I really wanted to direct them,
so I had to find a club that would
sponsor the show," Echeverri
said. "I'm a Midrise RSC board
member, and they were really
happy to help, but they didn't
have enough money
.
So, I got
other clubs involved."
Cat Taggart, Secretary of
Lesbian Gay Straight Alliance,
was the first to respond
.
"The club was very excited
about supporting the cause,"
Taggart said. "I designed all the
posters that were made
to
pro-
mote the event. Many of the vol-
unteers at the performance were
LGSA members. I thought the
show was fantastic and a great
success."
Additionally, LGSA did most
of the publicity for the show.
However, there still was not
enough money to support the
production
.
"So, I approached Sarah
English, director of Housing and
Residential
Life," Echeverri
said
.
"She was really supportive
and got housing
·
to donate a very
large amount to our cause. She
totally helped to set the ball
rolling
.
"
The Vagina Monologues
opened on February 15, at 8:00
p.m. in the Cabaret
,
and closed
with a second performance the
following night.
"It
was extremely successful,
more so than last year, which is
really thrilling," said Betz. "We
had a full house both nights with
almost no standing room left.
It
was a varied c\Udience, young
and old."
In years past the show often
generated a little less than
$1,000. This year, approximately
$1,600 was raised.
"Most money came from the
bake sale, not so much dona-
tions," said Betz. "Part of the
contract
with
the
V-Day
Foundation is that we give back
some of what we make
.
"
Donations were also made to
the Grace Smith House
,
helping
victims of domestic violence and
abuse. On opening night, a repre-
sentative from the Grace Smith
House spoke
.
.
"This was such a gratifying
experience,
for
everyone
involved;
"
Echeverri said
.
"I
would direct next year in a heart
beat. The stress levels were high,
but we got such a positive
response - it was worth it."
Great off Campus Housing
Available for 2008-09 Near Marist
·
pm to 4:30 pm. This form
requires signatures from each
member of the group that is
going in for housing together,
along with the number of priori-
ty points they each have
,
their
CWID numbers and other infor-
mation.
Students may choose to go
through the process as an indi-
vidual or a group
.
Groups do not
need
to
cons
i
st of a full house.
For instance
,
if students are
looking to live in Gartland
Commons
,
they do not need to
go in as a group of six.
On Monda
y,
March 24
,
the
group leader will be
·
sent a room
selection rece
i
pt through campus
mail, and that leader must attend
a meeting on either March 25, 26
or 27. Final room selection
receipts will be mailed to the
group leader on April 2.
Room selection for current
freshman will take p
l
ace from
5:30 pm to 10:00 p.m. in the
Cabaret on Monday, Apri
l
7 and
Tuesday, April 8
.
Current sopho-
mores and juniors
,
who have
equa
l
priority, will have their
room selection the following
week on Monday
,
Apri
l
14 and
Tuesday, April 15 in
t
he Cabaret
from 5:30 pm to 10:00 p.m
.
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MICHELLE DELBOVE
Staff
Writer
On
Tuesday,
February
12,
2008, an e-mail
memo was sent
to
all
students by
the
director .of
safety and security. In
a
classic
twist-of-the-story
conclusion
that
shocked,
angered
or
humored us all, it
turns out,
Marist Security is now telling
us
the alleged rape really
was
alleged, meaning the claims of
rape
were
invented.
Words like "made up"
and
"fab-
rication" and "false" pierced
through the hearts and heads of
students alike, perhaps raising
more questions than
what
we
started with.
After reading the latter
part
of
the e-mail explaining that
the
student who made
up
the whole
story was arrested, charged with
falsely reporting
an
incident,
and
will have to report to court, my
initial thought was, "Why would
someone
make
up
a story about
being
raped?"
Why would someone want
to
deceive
the entire Marist College
community, plus Poughkeepsie
police
and
officials?
And
because
there is
no
clear-cut or
remotely intellectual answer for
those questions, it moved me to a
completely
different
angle
on
the
rape case story.
Let's just say the student that
claimed they were raped, really
did
get raped. It is very mysteri-
ous that
only days later, the stu-
dent folds
on
their own story and
says
it
never
happened. Why?
What if they were
pressured
by
the c'ollege's higher-up adminis-
tration
to
say
it
wasn't true?
Marist
College is
an
institute of
academics
that receives thou-
sands
of
applications a year with
many
labeling
Marist as a first
choice. Students' families enthu-
siastically agree to pay the col-
lege massive amounts of money
through tuition, just for their
child to attend this prestigio~~.
reputable school.
Now when this rape case came
huge backlash from hard-to-
deal-with parents and possibly in
the future, the pool of interested
applicants for the school would
decrease.
You should've seen the disgust-
ed looks on parents' faces who
were on group tours that week-
e-mails us and tell us it never
hapRened, and we forget the
whole thing! Rape? What rape?
Badda-bing!
My second theory is based
around reputation.
People
had
ideas about who they thought
was raped or actually knew
about, the school
frenzied and extra
security
measures
were taken immedi-
ately.
In days, the
college appeared to
have a handle on the
What if the college really wasn't prepared to handle the
ordeal long-term? They wouldn't want any marks of
hazard, shadiness, lrresponslblllty, or negligence
attached to the college and its property.
which girl
the whole
s
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t
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refers to.
The
girl
d i d n ' t
matter.
What if the college really was-
n't prepared to handle the ordeal
for the long-term?
Understandably the college
wouldn't want any marks of haz-
ard, shadiness, irresponsibility,
or negligence attached to the
school
and
its
property.
As a result, there would be a
end, seeing the newspaper with
"RAPE" all over the cover.
Parents know "these things hap-
pen," but what it really means is,
"these things happen at every
school, just not the one my son
or daughter goes to."
So, in tum, the student is pres-
sured by the school to fold her
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story, or Campus Security simply
want to be
associated with her own case
anymore; no one wants to be
known as the girl who got raped,
so she says she made it
up.
People tend to stigmatize victims
who have gotten raped
as
dirty or
even sickly, so . she retracts
everything.
What happens then, regardless
of if she actually got raped or
l
not, is she not only faces sorrtt
heavy charges and an arrest,
bv~
she's known as the girl who prit
tended she was raped. It's not)
smart idea, but maybe one boa).
out of desperation or frustratio~
Plausible indeed
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All and all, the whole allege,d
rape case is left wide open f
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interpretation by those who a#
compelled to question. ~•
shouldn't always believe wh4
we are being told, especially n~
through a series of rinky-dink
er
mails. Just because information
is being fed to us by authori~
does not mean students shou(4
blindly swallow
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Let's be students that questioo
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it all.
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The alleged rape case is contr<U
versial?
Maybe.
Shockin~1
Maybe. Just straight-up weir41
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Apparel and training trips empty pockets of some varsity athlete$
By LISA BRASS
Managing Editor
There is something to
be said
for the seemingly unfair advan-
tages that athletes receive at
the
colleges for which they play. It's
easy to find professors who have
a special "soft spot" for a sport
and allow student-athletes to
hand in papers later than the rest
of the class. This is the face of
athletics that I saw when I was a
chubby, incredibly non-athletic
nerd back in high school who
hated athletes for having such
privileges.
When I joined the Marist
Rowing program my freshman
year, however,
I
got to see anoth-
er face to college sports that I'd
like to share with you
-
an
expensive one that might possi-
bly outweigh the pleasure of
playing sports at such competi-
tive levels.
Don't get me wrong-I sus-
pected that getting involved with
sports would cost me at least a
couple hundred
dollars.
I had no
foundation of even vaguely
sports-related clothing and had
to start from the ground up ~th
everything from workout shorts
to sports bras.
Then
I
became aware of neces-
sary items that explicitly said
"Marist
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crew"
on them.
It was-
n't
required for me
to
purchase
them, but how else could I show
support for my team?
In
fresh-
man year, I
decimated
my bank
account.
I
know
it
wasn't only
me--one
of
the
seniors
on
my
team
estimated
that
she spends
between
$90 and $ 100
on
sports
clothing each semester. The only
free attire Marist gives members
of
the rowio&
tcaam
w
tb.e
span ..
dex race uniform and a long-
sleeved spandex shirt.
The most expensive part of this
team is the spring break training
trip.- Every March, the Marist
Crew team crams onto buses and
rides down to Clemson, S.C. It's
less like a spring break vacation
and more like, well, boot camp.
The cost this year? $560. It can
be
lessened
by selling relatives
$20 raffle tickets and by partici-
pating in Rent-a-Rower, an
annual fall event that lets the
Poughkeepsie
community
"sponsor" us.
While it is in my nature to
focus on myself and on my
sport, I realized the other day
that, somewhere on the Marist
campus, there is someone pay-
ing more for
'
sports than I do .
.
That is what led me to question
and then investigate what other
athletes pay in comparison to
rowers and to each other.
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I
discovered that, on the Marist College provided each teammate
men's
soccer team, each member with a t-shirt, a pair of shorts,
paid $50 for
a
pair of running and one pair of socks, she and
shoes in the 2007 to 2008 season.
other
members
pay
about
Nothing else needed
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to be paid between $80 and $200 a semes-
for by the players because they ter on sports-relateq attire. Away
were sponsored by UmbrQ,
an
game travel is paid for by Marist,
internationally recognized soccer and players are given meal
company. These companies (per-
money, though the amount is
haps with some Marist and "kind oflow."
MAAC support) made it posSc·
On the women's swim team,
for
the men's s0ccer .team to )
aut-of-poeket
olothing
costs total
down to Orlando, Florida at no
anywhe'l'l'! from $150 to $200.
cost.
The college provides the team
A member of the football team with Nike warm-ups and back-
informed me that at the be
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packs, both of which must be
ning of each season, players returned at the end of each sea-
receive one grey t-shirt, one p~ir. son. One swimmer mentioned
of red shorts, and one Underl
.
that, because the school back-
Armor shirt, There is also the packs are "pretty
grungy,"
the
annual opportunity to design the teammates paid for new back-
team's own gear, which costs packs at
a
cost of $40 to $50
players about $180. Although the
apiece.
team usually takes buses to away
Marist also pays for basic com-
games, they were flown to a
petition and championship suits,
game in San Diego courtesy of but many team members pur-
the college.
chase their own better-quality
The women's soccer player that suits that can cost up to $280. For
I contacted said that while Marist overnight meets, the swim team
travels by coach bus to hotels
(Marist-paid) and are given food
purchased by "team dues" that
are paid at the beginning of the
year.
The swim team also takes a
training trip financed in part by
raffle tickets-placing the finan-
cial burden of sports on relatives
seems to be a Marist-encouraged
pastime. Team members pay up
to
$860 fortheii,own airline
tick-
ets and are given $15 to pay for
both lunch and
dirmer.
The women's basketball team
was sponsored this year by Nike
and received free shoes, practice
gear,
and sweats. On away trips
taken to Baltimore, Buffalo, and
Ohio by bus, the team was given
meal money that amounted to
about $6 per meal. The player I
contacted confirmed that the
team was able to travel to Hawaii
at no cost to players.
How does Marist choose which
teams to dote upon and which
teams to throw to the wind?
It
doesn't appear to be based on the
amount of wins, or even op.
which team has the highest GP~.
Could it be based on populari~
with the public?
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Although
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regrettably didn't get to inte,i-
view any men's basketball teatjt.
members, ~heir sport and
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accompanymg women's pr,t
gram make up the most
lovqp
and profitable teams at Marijlt
College. They also got to travill
ffy
¢ane to Puerto
Ri<r°.
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Hawaii for free, respe~Vel~.
Sure, popularity and profibbilifj,
lead to more Marist fund
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is that the fair thing to do?
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women's teams who I was
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able to contact; as you can
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my word count ran over as it is)
do hope though that my point h$
hit home: becoming an athlete at
college and staying one for foi
years is expensive. It rea
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l,y
makes you th
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shelling out that kind of cash
t
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physically suffer when you coui~
just be sitting around on you):
arse for free?
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HALEY NEDDERMANN
Staff Writer
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disarray. and
although the
thun
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night
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like
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taking
into ac
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what
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consumed per
p
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u dnily ba
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nnd what
1
thro,"·n
awa) to
incin~rate
or hauled
off o
landfill omcwherc.
Murist student. might miss
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on a crucial tep of getting an
ducauon
leanun
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person
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orld.
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all
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thro
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sneak
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to cause us an end-
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m the c-01lege
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th
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008
www.maristclrcle.com
Hookups and Breakups:
The awkward love triangle
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD
AND PAT AHERN
Staff Writer and Circle Contributor
taboo of the love triangle.
Typically, there exists an unwritten code that for-
bids friends from getting involved with any person
with whom their friends have been involved
.
The problem with this code is its ambiguity and
its lack of clarity. Where do we draw the line?
When is it okay to be involved with a friend's past
fling?
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By VINNIE PAGANO
Note: for this article, I would like to sincerely
thank Pat Ahern (B), for contributing to the story,
especially when I was completely floundering at
3:30
in the morning. Without his help
I
would still
be sitting in his living room, staring at my comput-
er, unable to find the words to finish this article.
Pat really saved me from a total bind and I llppre-
ciate it. Tha
_
nks, B.
In this case, the guy is. fair game because he bare-
ly (or doesn't) meet the standards to be considered
a fling.
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especially when you were the one to discard him in
the first place. When you dump someone, you sur-
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you
turn
when you've got some new juicy tidbit
about a crush or significant other. They listen to
you gushing about that girl, or they eat Ben and
Jerry's with you after a bad day with that guy.
But what happens when something goes wrong
and they get too involved with that other person?
What happens when your friend stops being neu-
tral and starts being a player in your complicated
game?
What do you do when confronted with the clas-
sic social taboo of a love triangle?
Besides, this triangle is tame in comparison to
others you are bound to experience in life.
So, sit back and appreciate the fact that your sit-
uation isn't as messy as this next scenario
.
Triangle
#
2
,
When this scenario happens, it is quite unfortu-
nate to be the poor sap blindsided by the unexpect-
ed move of your once unbeknownst competition.
Triangle #1
When this situation arises, it essentially causes a
You've been flirting with a guy for a month or difficult (and sometimes painful) result for the girl
two, and news of the developing romance has start-
torn between the two guys so desperately seeking
ed to travel. The two of you
are
seen walking her affection.
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together, hanging out at the few clubs in which you
For Guy
#1,
sorry dude, but there's no one to
are both member
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etc
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but
yourself. You
had
the ball
and
the
goal
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If you said Guy #2, congratulations! You're cor-
this relationship will never ·work. You just don't rect!
like him in that way. So, you break up with him.
Yes, you, Guy #2, you had the guts to seize some-
About three months later, your best friend invites thing that was almost in someone else's grasp.
you over to her place.
If
you can get the girl to overcome any guilt she
You know you're in for an interesting time when might be feeling, it's smooth sailing from there.
she tells you over the phone, «we need to talk."
If
you're lucky, the whole thing blows over and
That always means trouble.
you and your lovely new significant other can
Upon arriving, you learn that your best friend has
move on happily with your relationship.
secretly been dating your "ex-boyfriend" -
,
if one
As for Guy #1, tough luck, bud, meet me at the
date qualifies him for that title - for the last nionth.
pub, the pints are on me.
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Let me explain the situation to you. You're
stuck at your aunt's house for a week in the
suburbs and/or city and she's terrifically
boring. The normal remedy for boredom
would, naturally, be the Internet, but you
guessed correctly: she doesn't have it.
Forget cable-she- doesn't even have an
old-school phone modem. Unacceptable.
How will you continue to exist if you can't
access Facebook or check your email?
You boot up your laptop, bemoaning your
fate, only to have a small, innocent box pop
up in the lower righthand comer of your
screen. "Wireless Network detected!" it
proclaims. Worth checking out, right? You
double-click the box to learn more and scan
the list of available networks in growing
amazement. Not only are there quite a few
neighbors who have wireless-most of
them have left their networks absolutely
and completely wide open. What's a geek to
do other than jump onboard?
True, it's not perfectly legal to use some-
one else's wireless connection without their
permission, but it's not perfectly illegal
either. Most geeks will tell you that it's not
considered acceptable to hop on to a
stranger's wireless ... yet you'll find that
most of those geeks do exactly that. Why?
Quite simply, you creeping online for a few
minutes to check your mail isn't going to
bump their bill at all.
If
you end up down-
loading something, however, that's a bit of
a different story. There's a good chance
they'll notice how the Internet is crawling please, so that they
·
don't regret their deci-
along at the speed of snail and become sus-
sion.
picious, perhaps even a making the effort to
Free Wi-Fi may seem to be the norm, but
add a password.
you'll always come across a few networks
Need to find an access point? Think of that look deceptively basic before you real-
your laptop as a giant cell phone. What do ize they are password-encrypted. Don't
you do when you don't get a clear signal? worry. Just think of it as a minor obstacle.
Move closer to the windows, avoid metal The truth is that most of your neighbors
objects, and rotate your laptop in different aren't geeks. They're just ordinary people
directions. It's amazing how many access who wanted some Intemetz for themselves
points show up just by tilting your machine
.
and didn't realize the incredible power of
one way or another.
Wi-Fi networks. Sure, they have a password
There are a few different wireless network on their networlc. But did they put that
types you're going to discover. The first that there? Hell no. There's a good chance that
you should know of is the default network. the password for their network is the default
This is the one that your neighbors haven't one that came with the system for basic and
touched other than to plug it in and eventu-
default protection. (The phrase 'basic and
ally get themselves online. It's probably default protection' in this article means 'no
named something like the ever-infamous protection.'). There are a bunch of standard
"linksys" or even simply "default." Other passwords you can try like "public,"
names to check for are "NETGEAR," "admin," "password," and "1234" to start.
"wireless," and "WLAN." Connect, surf, After that, you may want to break out the
and enjoy. The second is the corporation handy list that you saved onto your hard
Wi-Fi. Give up, because it's most likely drive at a time when
it looked that you
password protected and will probably have would never be sans wireless again. Google
its traffic monitored on a regular basis. "default password list" and you'll get a
Clues to the fact that the network is indeed seemingly endless list of documents with
run by a corporation is the all-caps name the usemames, passwords, and resetting
such as "BROWNCORP." The third type of codes to almost every router in existence.
network is the geek-friendly kind. There are
If
the above advice doesn't help you get
people out there like you and me who have some free Wi-Fi, I don't know what will.
their own wireless network and aren't afraid Just keep in mind that you use another per-
to share. Names like "hackercool" and son's network at your own risk, and that I
"surfme" are good indicators that there are am in no way responsible for your actions.
some generous geeks out there who want to The above information is designed to be
provide you with free Wi-Fi. Take !~~m
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TPIE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008
www.maristcircle.com
Four shows remaining in
.
MCCTA spring line-up
By
AMY WHEELER
Staff Writer
The Marist College Council of
Theater Arts has a busy semester
ahead of them with four shows
planned for the next three
months.
· "Bat Boy," a musical inspired
by the ''Weekly World News"
story about a half-boy, half-bat
(played by sophomore, Brian
Rehm) found living in a cave,
will be preformed on March
1
at
8 p.m., March 8 at 2 p.m. and 8
p.m. and March
9
at 2 p.m.
Sophomore cast members Bill
Serpe and Justin Santore play
rowdy teenage brothers. Both
actors share enthusiasm for the
musical.
"This show is unlike anything
I've ever done before," Serpe
said. "The music is excellent, the
content is hilarious, and the cast
is great. People that are going to
see this are going to have a
blast."
Santore agreed, saying, "The
music that the audience will hear
opening night is nothing like
they've heard before, and they're
going to love it. Even though the
lyrics and script are hilarious,
there is a definite lesson to be
learned before walking out of the
'Nelly
.G'
Words can't explain
how excited I
am to
share the
stage with this group of talented
peoplet
Junior, Matthew Wolfe,
wh~
plays Rev. Hightower, also
stressed the importance of the
message of "Bat Boy."
"The beauty of 'Bat Boy' is
that it delivers such. a powerful
message of acceptance, be it
racial, gender, or merely of the
people around you, under the
pretense of a ridiculously funny,
yet incredibly poignant satire,"
he said. "Even stronger than the
message of the show is the unity
of the cast. Frequently,_ our direc-
tor, Jeff Hogan, has to shut us up
because we're having such a
great time learning and growing
together."
Even though there is time spent
having fun, the actors are putting
in countless hours to perfect the
show and their characJers.
Sophomore cast member,
·Mike
Steier, plays Mrs. Taylor, in a
drag role. He describ~d the musi-
cal as funny yet touching.
"The music is fun and curve-
balls are thrown left and right,"
he said. "On top of that, every-
body is doing a great job of por-
traying their respective charac-
ters."
The above actors are joined by
an experienced cast including
Diego Cuenca, Kelly O'Rourke,
Mairead Delaney, Billy Burke,
Kurtis
McManus,
Adrienne
Sabilia, Emily LanzQ, Megan
Frey, Chris Traina, Kristen
Mahony, Melissa Greco, Alexa
Mullen and Jaclyn Fitzgerald.
Also coming up is the
Children's Theater production,
"Beauty
and
the
Beast."
Auditions were held last week
and two casts were
announced;
each role is double cast and the
two casts
split
up the
·perform-
ances. Matthew Wolfe and
Chris
Steber were cast as the Beast and
Cassandra Rosado and Lauren
Hogan were cast as Beauty.
Juniors Mark Rodenhiezer and
Doug Faulborn are directing the
production.
The directors are looking for
help with any of the backstage
aspects of the show, with more
information available by email-
ing Kurtis McManus at kurtism-
cmanus@gmail.com or Andrew
Gallagher at
andrew.gallagher l@marist.edu.
"This is. a great show to learn
things that you've always want-
ed to and branch out," McManus
said
in
an email to MCCTA
members.
"Even
if you don't
have any experience in a certain
area, I encourage you try and
learn."
He said that they invite
local
elementary
schools
and nurseries
to see the shows, and in the past,
the children have enjoyed it.
The show opens March
31
and
is performed for the schools
throughout the week, closing
April 7. The cast consists
of
over
5
0 Marist students.
The collection of plays for this
year's Festival of Student-
Written Plays,
"The
Fall of the
Sparrow" has recently been
announced. The six
student-writ~
ten, one-act plays will be direct-
ed, produced and preformed by
students on April
25, 26 and
27.
MCCTA
President,
Mark
Heftier;
encouraged
all members
of the club to get
.involved in
these plays.
"It's
a
great
opportunity for
club members
to try
their
hand at
directing, and
anyone who's
interested in taking
the challenge
should
definitely
consider apply-
ing,''
he said.
,
Anyone
who is interested
can
i
send a cover letter and resume to
(nccta05@gmail.com
or drop
them off in the MCCTA mailbox
in the
Council
of Clubs room.
Any actors
interested
in
reading
the plays before
applying
can
email
Heftier
at
mark.heftler@gmail.com.
Heftier
recently
announced the
six plays
chosen.
Amanda
Hurlburt's,
"Waiting
for the Sky"
is a
"dramedy about
a collection
of interesting individuals as their
lives intertwine at a
city
bus
stop."
"The Untold
Boy,''
written
by
R.J. Langlois,
is a "drama
about
secrets and their
effects
on a
small,
close}y:..knit
family."
"Lighten Up" by Joe Gentile is
a
"comedy
about the effect of a
conservative
Jewish son's deci-
sion to marry
outside
his
reli-
gion-to
another
man."
Gentile's second play,
"To
Be
Frank," is a
"dramedy
about a
tele-surveyor's
unfortunate
life
and
the run-ins he
has with
inter-
esting
tndividuals."
"Side
Happily," a comedy written
by
Mark Heftier
is
about your
"typ-
ical fairy
tale
characters,
a11 with
the
strong desire
to
be anything
but their destined
roles." "The
fall From
Grace," written
by
Risa
Fairbanks is
a·
"comedy
~bout
the hours
in
the Garden of
~den immediately after ·the
,
~xpulsion."
·
I
MCCTA will close its season
kvit!h
the
"Humarist
Big Show"
pn April 29. The Humarists are
~ohnny Harkins, Chris Cellabos,
piego Cuenca, Danielle Lovece,
Mike
Vogel, Keara
Driscoll,
Stephen Cozzerrelli and Emily
Made-for-TV movie brings back '80s hit'
ight Rider'
By
KELLY LAUTURNER
Staff Writer
When one thinks of well-
known television pairs, they
think
Cory and Topanga,
Ward
and June, and now, Knight
and
KITT. Figured out the last one?
A crime
fighter
and a genius car.
Sunday night was the premiere
of the NBC made-for-television
movie "Knight Rider," based on
the popular television series that
ran from 1982 to 1986.
This
movie marked the possibility for
a
new "Knight
Rider"
series
op
NBC this fall depending on how
well
it is
received by
audiences.
Set
in
the present, the new
"Knight
Rider" takes the
role
made
famous
by
David
Hasselhoff
and
presents
a similar
story,
this time with Michael
Knight's
son
Mike
Traceur
(Justin Bruening,
"All
My
Children"), as
the
crime
fighting
driver. Val Kilmer is the
voice
of
the
sarcastic computerized
car
KITT.
(Fun
Fact:
William
Daniels,
a.k.a.
Mr.
Feeny,
did the
voice of the original KITT.)
At
first I was
skeptical
about
the show, thinking
it
would
only
be a bad sequel, but
I
was proved
wrong.
·
I
found
that
"Knight
Rider" had the potential to be
a
great new pilot.
The
movie
begins
with a group
of
bad
guys who are trying to
steal
the
KITT
technology
so
they
can
use
it
to
control
the
gov-
ernment's
missile
system
and
sell
the program
to
their
employ-
ers. They go after Sarah Graiman
(Deanna
Russo,
"The Young and
the Restless"), a doctoral
candi-
date who happens to be the
daughter of
scientist
Charles
Graiman (Bruce Davison,
"X-
Men"), the creator of the original
KITT used by Michael Knight
and the new KITT car. The KITI
is a ford mustang that can change
its look faster
than
Madonna.
K.1TI re'lcues Sarah and picks
up Mike Traceur, Sarah's child-
hood
sweetheart.
Sarah's father
is believed to be dead and KITT
has been programmed to take
Sarah to safety and get Mike, an
ex-army
ranger with money
problems and a drag racing
habit, to be her protector.
Unfortunately,
a lost summer in
their teenage years has made
both of them bitter toward each
other, and makes for many
uncomfortable hours in the car,
trying
to
explain to KITT about
emotions.
Charles
remains alive by using
a body double that the bad guys
capture and
kill. His FBI liaison,
Carrie
Rivai (Sydney Taiima
Poitier,
"Grindhouse")
desper-
ately
tries to track down Sarah to
warn her of the danger she is in.
Charles
tracks down Mike's
mother for help, which she reluc-
tantly
agrees
because Mike has
been bitter towards her since
she
sent
him off to military
school
y.ears
ago.
The children reunite with their
parents
and
Agent Rivai,
only
to
get caught
by their pursuants,
and
Mike's mother is killed in
the
crossfire.
Mike had
·
teamed
from
his mother that his
estranged father
was the
driver
of
the previou~
KITT, working
loosely
with
the FBI
to stop
criminal activity. He, Sarah and
KITT
then pursue the
criminals
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who
have
captured Sarah's Law and Government) to stop,
father, eventually stopping them crime.
He
even starts repairing
by
crashing KITT
into the
crimi-
his relationship
with Sarah.
nals'
vehicle.
·
At this time, it's unsure if
At
Mike's mother's funeral, he
"Knight Rider" will
be
picked
up
is
asked
to
join
the
same organi-
for a series run, but the odds are
zation his father worked for,
in its favor. Check out the movie
working with KITT to track again
next
weekend to see all the
criminals,
which he turns
down:
excitement. While many of you
When his
father turns up and may say, "I don't see
how
a
talks to him
about why
he
chose
·
thinking car is going to
help
us,"
to
abandon
his
family to save th~ the same thing a thug remarked
world
,
Mike
reconsiders and in the movie, you will at
least
be
joins The FLAG (Foundation for entertained if nothing else.
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Famous fashions
1nade
affordable in
celebrity
lines
By COURTNEY
SAVOIA
Staff
Writer
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gd
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for our
own
wardrob
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most
of
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would aeree
that
cckbritie
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of
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biggest
influ-
ences.
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course. we don't
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spend
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'The Secret' theory to the law of attraction
By
BRIDGET SULLIVAN
Circle Contributor
[Ed. Note: The theory spo-
ken of in this article is
meant to be applied to your
mental health in a way that
allows you to experience
the benefits of positive
thinking and deep self eval-
ut
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Do you know The Secret?
Originally
a
book
by
Rhonda B
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turned into a film, The
Secret is basically the Law
of Attraction, and it claims
to be able to bring you all
of the happiness, health,
and wealth you desire. What
is the Law of Attraction? It
states that everything in
your life you
'
ve attracted to
yourself
through
your
thoughts, or, put more sim-
ply,
"thoughts
become
things". The mind shapes
what is perceived, and by
thinking positively about
what it is you desire out of
life, you will attain it. Your
life is a physical manifesta-
tion of the thoughts that go
on in your head.
·
But you do
not need to monitor all of
your thoughts all day long
in order to be able to gain
happiness.
Your thoughts will control
yo~r feelings, so mainly
you just need to think posi-
tively to gain positive feel-
ings (The A,B,C's if you've
taken Self Management here
at Marist). Staying positive
is key,. because thoughts
will attract things -
even
things you do not want.
If
you think about being late
to your job, most likely all
of the traffic lights you p<;1ss
will be red, and you
will be .late for your job.
Luckily, there is a time
delay on thoughts, so there
is always time to make them
more positive, and positive
thoughts are hundreds of
times more powerful than
negative thoughts.
If
your
day starts out badly, there is
a tendency for it to down-
ward spiral. Luckily, you
are in control of this and
every aspect of your life. As
Winston Churchill said,
"You create your own uni-
•
verse as you go along". The
teachers of The
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believe that "without excep-
tion, every human being has
the ability to transform any
weakness or suffering into
strength, power,
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you
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Pilates class
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Circle Contributor
A
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fr1
nd Amanda
and I walk d out
of
th
Stud nt
enter
about
two
w
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ago
vc
looked at each
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del!p
breath and milcd. We had just left
our
first Pilatcs cla ·s of
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helps to corrc
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doing
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incorrectly.
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did not
think
that
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•
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008 •
PAGE 9
Foxes free fall finishes with overtime loss at Fairfield
occurred at the end of regulation
when
Fairfield
came down with
the ball underneath its oWn bas-
ket and called for a timeout even
.
though the team had
.
none
remaining. The officials did not
award the timeout and after care-
ful deliberation, awarded the
ball
to Marist with two seconds after
,
claiming the Fairfield player
stepped out-of-bounds with pos-
session of the ball. The timeout
that wasn't would have given
Marist free-throws to seal the
game. Instead, the game went
into overtime.
Marist grabbed the lead late in
the first overtime when freshman
guard Jay Gavin converted two
free-throws
to
give the Foxes
an
80-78 advantaie with 55 seconds
remaining. However, Fairfield's
Anthony Johnson countered with
two
free-throws
and
Ben
Fanner's late three-point attempt
was off the mark.
has gone the distance in every
game dating back to a road loss
at Siena
on
Feb. 4. Devezin has
played 217
minutes,
51 seconds
of consecutive game time.
Farmer believes that
Devezin
is
handling the
minutes
well and
his age makes the feat even more
impressive.
"He's playing a bunch of min-
utes, he's playing re~dly hard,
and he's still young.
I
think peo-
ple forget sometimes that he's
still a sophomore," Farmer said.
"He's handling it really well, and
I think he has a chance to have a
ing for redshirt senior Ryan
Stilphen, a Cleveland, Ohio
native. The match-up will pit the
Red Foxes (15-11, 9-7) against
one of the Horizon League's best
teams. Cleveland State (17-11,
l 0-6) sits in
third
place in its
conference behind nationally
ranked No. 10 Butler and Wright
State.
The Red Foxes already took on
a Horizon League opponent
when they
dominated
second-
place Wright State, 79-64, at
home on Dec. I.
The
Bracket
Buster tournament
really great career here."
serves as a way to distinguish
Missed Opportunities
between the country's best mid-
Before losing the nail_-biter to
-
major teams when it comes tim~
Fairfield, Manhattan (11-15, 5-
for seeding for the NCAA tour-
11) upended the Red Foxes, 83-
nament.
61, on Friday, Feb. 15, at Draddy
One area the Red Foxes will
Gymnasium in Manhattan.
Both losses proved costly
because the. two first place
teams, Rider and Siena, fell on
JAMES REILLY/ THE CIRCLE
The Red Foxes have lost
five
of their last six
games,
falling to sixth place
In
the
conference.
They wlll
look to rebound
against
Cleveland State.
Marist maintained a lead for Feb.
18
to
Loyola
and
need to improve in before then is
their defense. After surrendering
83 points in a loss at Manhattan,
Marist allowed Fairfield to shoot
a first half field goal percentage
of 60
percent
(15-of-25).
Fairfield finished the game
shooting 53.6 percent from the
field.
By
GREG
HRINYA
Sports Co-Editor
What a difference a month
makes.
A Marist win would have cata-
pulted the Red Foxes into fifth
place ( one win out of a tie for
first), but a number of missed
opportunities, questionable calls
from the officials, and defensive
mistakes leave the Red Foxes
After grabbing a 72-66 lead
with
1
:23 remaining in regula-
tion against Fairfield, the Red two games behind Rider, Siena,
Foxes squandered the late lead Loyola, and Niagara.
and ultimately fell, 87-85, in
"It's just very frustrating," sen-
double overtime.
ior captain Ben Farmer said
Marist's heartbreaking loss about the game. "We're not
against Metro Atlantic Athletic going to pack it in though,
I
can
Conference
(MAAC)
foe tell you that. After last night, it's
Fairfield summed up the team's going to be a great thing if this
struggles of late.
team really comes together and
The loss, Marist's fifth in its we start getting better every sin-
last six games, drops the Red gle day.
Foxes to 9-
7
in the MAAC, a
"The attitude of the team,
record that leaves the one-time everybody's feeling fired up. I
first place Foxes in sixth place. think everyone came together
Following a 77-70 win at home last night and we're going to put
against Fairfield on Jan. 13, this thing together .and we're
Marist has dropped six of
10
going to
make
a run
at this
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and
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most of the second overtime until
back-to-back
buckets
from
Fairfield's Marty O'Sullivan and
Jonathan Han gave the Stags
an
86-85 lead. Sullivan, the fifth
year senior, led all scorers with
23 points.
Marist had one final attempt to
recapture the lead and leave the
Arena at Harbor Yard with a vic-
tory, but Ryan Schneider's
driy-
ing lay-up attempt was too strong
and Marist dropped yet another
close MAAC match-up.
Despite the loss, the Red Foxes
continued their spread of the
offense. Spongy Benjamin led
Marist with 16 points to go along
with 13 rebounds, and David
Devezin, Jay Gavin, and Ryan
Schneider all scored in double-
figures as well.
David Devezin also set a
Marist record for consecutive
minutes played in the road con-
test
ti
Ftttffleld
..
f.>e-veM
~
all 50 minutes in the contest and
Manhattan, respectively. The
Red Foxes lost to two teams
behind them in the standings a\
the time and would currently be
in a five-way tie for
.
first place if
not for the losses.
The amount of parity in the
MAAC should set up a competi-
tive tournament when the 10
teams meet in Albany,
N.Y.
beginning on March 7.
During that time, the 10 teams
will jockey for positioning.
Marist will resume conference
play on Feb. 29 with a home con-
test against the Iona Gaels. Two
days later, the Red Foxes will
close out the season with the
Loyola Greyhounds, a .team cur-
reptly in a tie for first place.
ESPN Bracket Buste:r
On Saturday, Feb. 23, the Red
Foxes wi1l travel to Cleveland
S11ate to play in an ESPN Bracket
Buster match-up. The game will
ajr at- ~:
-
30-p;m,
on ESPNU.
The game marks a homecom-
Marist's field goal percentage
defense
is still ranked first in the
MAAC but has struggled lately.
In all games played through Feb.
19, Marist has held its opponents
to a season-total 41. 7 percent
from the field.
In
its last two
games, however, Marist has
yielded a 53.3 percent field goal
percentage to Manhattan and the
53.6 percent to Fairfield.
"I
think we've had a couple
breakdowns
here and there in our
scouti~g reports, who we're cov-
ering.
I
just think our focus and
concentration hasn't been as high
as it was in the last two games,"
Farmer said. "The reason for it,
.
I
don't know, but it will get better.
I'm really confident and opti-
mistic that we're going to
turn
this thing around."
.
C le men
S
and McN amee battle it out in front of Congress
By
RON JOHNSON
.
Staff Writer
I'm sure by this time, everyone
on the Marist ~ampus has heard
about Roger Clemens' issue with
Congress regarding his alleged
steroid use.
If you are a part of the small
minority that hasn't, Clemens
was accused in the Mitchell
Report to have received shots of
steroids and
,
HGH (Human
Growth Hormone) by his former
trainer with the Toronto Blue
Jays and New York Yankees
:
Brian McNamee.
Of course, having one of the
best resumes in baseball history,
Clemens sternly denied these
accusations.
McNamee stead-
fastly held to his recollection of
the incidents and neither of them
budged on their stories.
On Wednesday, Feb. 13, both
these men had their day to tell
their stories in front of Congress.
Throughout the hearing, both
men were bashed by representa-
tives about what they had to say.
McNamee was
.
continuously
interrogated about how much
credibility he truly had, due to
past occurrences where he didn't
tell
the
entire
truth.
Representative
·
Dan Burton of
Indiana stated, "Yo~'re here to
tell the truth. You're here under
oath. Yet
·
we have lie after lie
after lie after lie of where you've
told this committee and the peo-
ple of this country that Roger
Clemens did things that
I
don't
know
what
to
believe."
McNamee told investigators that
Clemens was at a party hosted by
Jose Canseco, an infamous
steroid user, and spoke to him
about steroids throughout the
course
of
this
party
.
This story has been proven false
by two outside parties. This was
one focal point that intended to
discredit McNamee.
While appearing strong,
McNamee's
testimony
was
somewhat shaky and he didn't
introduce anymore proof than
~as already seen. During the
day, we didn't learn anything
new from Clemens either.
Clemens stayed strong by his
statement that he never used
steroids or HGH. He stated that
"there is no room in baseball for
steroids."
Clemens looked to
place blame on everyone else:
McNamee, Andy Pettitte, and
other media sources taking what
he said out of context. He stated
that Pettitte must have "misre-
membered" details of their con-
versations.
It's almost too unrealistic to
believe that Clemens is innocent.
There are just too many forces
against him.
Not everyone is
lying here, and people don't
always misunderstand or misre-
member details of conversations.
Andy Pettitte's story isn't quite
as tragic because he came out
and told the truth right away and
never looked to pass the blame
elsewhere.
Granted, Clemens
may be telling us the truth.
Pettitte's press conference on
Monday didn't clear 'up the mat-
ter at hand, but he made it known
that Clemens is indeed a close
friend of his, but so is Brian
McNamee.
The one thing that can be
learned
from this: just play fair
and be honest.
Marist swiinining and diving sweeps MAAC Chainpionships
Walsh-Thomas leads-Red Foxes to title Men win fourth straight
By
JUSTINE DECOTIS
Staff Writer
They
did
it
again.
The Marist Women's swimming
and diving team won the MAAC
Swimming
and
Diving
Championships over the week
-
end in Baltimore for the fifth
year in row.
This may have been the most
unexpected victory of the five
according to head coach Larry
Van Wagner.
"Based on the original seeds
heading into the MAAC's, the
women were ·supposed' to finish
135 points behind Rider
,
" Van
Wagner said. "After the dual-
meet season they were the heavy
,
heavy favorites, but we did a fan-
tastic job in this win. It has to be
the biggest upset in MAAC his-
tory."
Rider defeated Marist during
the season 175-125, but the Red
Foxes were able to b
e
at them
when the stakes were higher.
Marist finished the three-day
meet with 771 points, 56.5 ahead
of Rider and 61 in front of third
place Loyola.
Iona placed
fourth, followed by Niagara
(5th), Siena (6th), Fairfield (7th),
Canisius (8th), St. Peter's (9th)
and Manhattan (10th).
Marist
took the lead after the first day of
co~petition and did not relin-
quish the lead once.
On Friday, the first day of the
meet, Marist was led by Jenell
Walsh-Thomas who placed first
in the 500-yard freestyle with a
time of 5:02.03.
Walsh-Thomas won the same
event in last year's MAAC
Championships
:
Jamie Falco
won the 200-yard individual
medley in a time of 2:07.72 to
also lead the Foxes. In diving
action, Melissa Mangona placed
second in the l meter board
event. Rider
'
s Amanda Burke
won the event.
On the second day, Marist won
the 800-yard freestyle event with
the team of Emily Hammang,
Walsh-Thomas, Sandra Bujalski,
and Jamie Falco.
Marist also
won the 200 medley with Falco,
Lyndsay Martin, Bujalski, and
Madisen Walker.
Walsh-Thomas also. won the
I
000-yard freestyle event to con-
tinue
to
lead
·
the Foxes.
The Red Foxes entered the last
day of competition with a slim
four point lead over Rider.
However, the lead only grew as
the meet continued.
Walsh-
Thomas continued a very strong
showing by winning her third
individual event and fourth event
overall
.
She placed first in the
1650-yard freestyle with a time
of 17:25.69.
Marist associate head coach
Melanie Bolstad was named
MAAC Diving Coach of the
Year following
_
the meet. Marist
has two weeks to savor the victo-
ry before competing in the
ECAC Championships Feb
.
29-
March 2.
By
MIKE WALSH
Staff
Writer
They went into the MAAC
Championships· as 113 point
underdogs to Rider, but the Red
Foxes upended the Broncs, beat-
ing them by
_
16.
It
took three days of competi-
tion for Marist to emerge victori-
ous, edging Rider and Loyola by
45.
Both the Broncs and
Greyhounds got the better of the
Foxes in the regular season, but
the Marist swimmers and divers
stepped up when it mattered
.
On the deciding third day, it
was senior captain Ralph Rienzo
who
won
the
1650-yard
freestyle. He was followed
closely by junior Spencer
Hartmann and freshman Leo
Draham
,
who placed second and
sixth respectively. Luke Johnson
pulled out a third place finish in
the 200-yard backstroke for 16
points.
Anothei freshman, Josh
Sklanka, finished in sixth place
of the
I
00-yard freestyle for
13
points. Other high finishers for
the Foxes were Greg Jablonski
(2nd, 200 breaststroke), Mark
Esolen (2nd, 200 butterfly)
,
Kevin Quinn (6th, butterfly).
The divers also had a big hand
in the victory for the Red Foxes.
In
the one meter dive Marist had
four
.
finishers in the top eight.
Sophomore Mitchell Katz, sen-
ior Devin O'Nalty, and freshman
Brian Bolstad finished third,
fourth, and fifth respectively
.
Katz was just two points out of
second place.
Melanie Bolstad, currently in
her 19th year of coaching Marist
divers, took home the confer
-
ences Diving Coach of the Year
award.
The men now have a two week
break from competition until the
ECAC Championships on Feb.
29th at the University of
Pittsburgh.
Roarin'
Red Foxes
fari
f
s male and
fcmak star
erfonncr
for
th
weekend of
Feb. 15-17.
Ralph Rienzo
Swimming. 'enior
The
nior co
-
captain won
the l 650-yard
f ccstyle
with
a time of
16
:
0 .20.
Hi. win ga\c Marist a
much needed 20 point to
help them defeat bmh
Rider and I oyola
in
the
lAAC Chanipion htps
this pa
t
we kend.
On the horizon:
J'hc Foxe,; will have two
\\ eeks to enjo) their tourth
,on. ccuth before heading
to ECA Championship .
The event location ha yet
to
be
announced.
Rachele Fitz
BasketbaJl, Sophomore
Fitz became
the fastc
t
player in
Manst
history
to
score 1,000 points
in
the
foxes
66-51
win over
Niagara.
he ophomorc
forward helped her team
clinch their fifth consecu-
tive MAAC regular
·cason
title with 20 pomt and
eight rebounds m the win.
On the Horizon:
Marist
will
look to contin-
ue
it;:;
dominance over the
MAA
tin
weekend when
1t
takl! on , int Peters on
nday and 1anhattan
n
. unday.
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THE CIRCLE
Upcoming Schedule:
Men's Basketball: Saturday, Feb. 23 - at Cleveland State,
6:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball: Friday, Feb. 22 - at St. Peter's, 7
p.m.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2008
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Red Foxes climb to No. 23 as they prep for Peahens
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Media Editor
Since his arrival in 2002, Head
Coach Brian Giorgis has a win-
ning record at every Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) site, exc~pt one - the
YaniteJli Center.
Located in Jersey City, the
Yanitelli Center is home to the
Saint Peter's Peahens and it is
the site of Marist's game this
Friday night.
Under Coach Giorgis, the Red
Foxes are 2-3 against the
Peahens at the YAC.
Playing
Saint Peter's on the road has
proven to be a thorn in Marist's
side, particularly in the 2005-
2006 season when the Peahens
snapped the Foxes' 12-game
winning streak.
Heading into
Friday's game, the Foxes are rid-
ing a 15-game win streak.
One might think that fan sup-
port, like at the McCann Center
for Marist games, contributes to
the Peahens' success against
Marist on their home floor, but
Saint Peter's averages just 480
fans at each of its home games.
Marist, on the other hand, aver-
ages 2,257.
But while the Peahens' home
~~
do not impact how the Red
Foxes play, the Peahens
'
a'1tleti
-
cism does.
"It
has nothing to do with
fans," Giorgis said.
"We just
have never shot the ball well in
that gym for the most part.
They are the most aggressive,
physical, and quickest team we
play in the conference, and that
would have more to do with it
than anything."
The Peahens lead the confer-
ence in turnover margin and
blocked shots, and they are sec-
ond in steals. Utilizing their ath-
leticism
,
they like to get points
off of turnovers, Giorgis said.
Therefore, taking care of the bas-
ketball is a point of emphasis
,
even for a Marist team that turns
the baJl over the least in the con-
ference
.
"They let their defense create
their offense," he said. "They
put pressure on you for 40 min-
utes, 94 feet, and we've gotta be
able
to
handle
it.
We've gotta be able to keep
[point guards] like Nikki [Flores]
and Elise [Caron] out of foul
trouble."
Beating the Peahens on their
home floor is a formidable task
on any night, but this Friday is
Senior
Night.
The Peahens are a team that nor-
mally plays with a lot of emo-
tion, and Giorgis expects the
Peahens will take that emotion to
a new level as they attempt to
send off Marcenia Bellamy
,
Johnell Burts
,
Petagay Douse,
and Lauma Reke with a victory
over unbeaten Marist (15-0).
-
mark. She is the fastest Marist
"There's a lot at stake
fol
player to ever reach 1,000 points
them," Giorgis said.
"This is and is on pace for 2,000 career
their last home game, so they're points.
going
to
be
spirited
.
And two, nobody has beaten us
.
And that would be a big feather
in their cap if they can beat us."
Also, while Marist has already
clinched the regular season
MAAC championship and a
No.1 seed in the tournament,
Saint Peter's (9-6) is still vying
for a third place spot with
Fairfield and Manhattan
,
who
play each other on Friday night
as well.
A second or third place seed for
the Peahens would mean they
would not have to face Marist
until the finals, assuming both
teams get there
.
Marist moves up
After
cracking the ESPN/USA
Today Coaches' Poll for the first
timt: this season last week, the
Red Foxes continued their surge.
The Red Foxes received 83 votes
and moved ahead of Syracuse
and
UTEP.
The team also earned
56
votes
in the Associated Press
Tog
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hJgh.
With
its win Friday
ni
Marist clinched its
fifth
stra
regular season MAAC title. In
the game, sophomore Rachele
Fitz reached the 1,000 point
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Coaches' Poll
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will
be
key to the Red Foxes' match
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against MAAC rlval Saint Peter's. The Peahens currently lead the MAAC
in turnover margin, but the Red Foxes turn
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