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Marist Poll picks up pace as election nears
RYAN HUTTON / THE CIRCLE
Students are working six nights a week at the Marlst Institute
for Public Opinion (MTPO) In Fontaine Hmttrr-cattett poffl"rTg'data
on the election. MIPO's most recent national poll shows Sen.
Obama
leading Sen. Mccain by
4 points.
By RYAN HUTTON
Circle Contributor
The Marist
·
Institute for
Public Opinion (MIPO) is
polling six nights a week as
Election Day nears. In MIPO's
latest national poll Sen.
Obama leads Sen. McCain by
4
points with
'
support from
4 7% of registered voters.
Last week, five press releas-
es were distributed within
24
hours,
covering a range of top-
ics from the ec::onomic bailout
plan to current numbers in bat-
tleground states.
Marist's most recent polls
show Obama leading in Iowa
and Michigan and keeping a
small edge over McCain in
New
Hampshire
and
Pennsylvania. The key battle-
ground state, Ohio, is a toss-
up with both getting support
of
44%
of registered voters.
MIPO will continue polling
until Election Day and has
several key polls in the com-
ing weeks. This week MIPO is
plannmg
to
release polls on
the Vice Presidential debate
,
the Health Care agenda and a
national toss-up that is due out
Thursday before the debate.
In order to publish results
quickly, interviews have been
conducted as late as midnight
to reach voters from coast to
coast.
MIPO Director Lee
Miringoff believes there are
four pillars which must be
maintained in their polling:
monitoring the strength of
Obama and McCain, polling
in battleground states, getting
the information out in a timely
manner, and not losing sight
of the issues.
MIPO has gained a lot of
pµblic visibility and polls not
only on presidential politics
,
but also on many other issues
conducting surveys, question-
naires and interviews. This
past weekend the Marist Poll
was shown on
42
television
stations throughout the coun-
try. The poll has also been
used in CNN's "Poll of Polls"
which generates a national
average from four different
major
polls.
Miringoff says that the work
SEE
MIPO,
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Finding hidden
treasure in
LT
Head of Archives
busy preserving
Thomas'
collection
By KATIE GRAZIANO
Homeland
is more than "tropical
paradise" to native
Cuban
writer
Circle Contributor
Some people grow up, trying
to map every event out. For
others, things just fall into
place.
John
Ansley, Head of
Archives
and
Special
Collections,
has
been
employed at Marist College
for six years now.
Ansley
never imagined that he would
end up with the position he
holds today.
"It's the best job on cam-
pus," Ansley said. "I get to
work with the researchers. I
get to work with the people
who
established
Marist
College."
Ansley has been quite busy
lately with his fellow employ-
ees arranging and describing
the Lowell Thomas collection,
which is expected to be done
next summer.
"Ifs very exciting to us. It's
like 1,000 cubic feet of materi-
al. It's the most comprehen-
SEE ARCHIVES, PAGE 3
MIRIAM PEREZ
Gustavo Perez Armat. born In CUba and raised
In
Ml~ml,
Is
known
for such
works
as
Next Year
In
Cuba and
S(:ar
r,ssue.
Armat addressed
the
Amedcan perception of Cuban society and
Its
impact on Cuban-American foreign
policy.
By
MOUV COSTELLO
heavy impact
on
American
Circle Contributor
culture
,
During
a
lecture at
At a mere 766 miles I ng
it
seems surprising that
such a small place could be
a source of
so
much con-
troversy in the United
States.
Located just 90
miles off the coast of
Florida, Cuba has
'
had a
Marist last week. Gustavo
Perez Firmat. a Cuban
born
American writer,
dr -
cussed the "exoticizing" of
Cuba in the American psy-
che.
Firmat
said
that
Americans
view
Cuba
like
a "woinan eager
for
pleas~
ure," "dusty aphrodite,"
and
"lustful, fanciful para-
dise." Using examples
spanning decades, Firmat
described
how
Cuba is
per-
ceived
as
a
"whorehouse,
greenhouse, and
club ..
house" in
American
cul-
ture.
He displayed
pictures of
half-dressed
men
and
women in
suggestive
poses
from various ad campaigns
spanning decades with
captions such as, '£So near,
yet so foreign:· After the
embargo
in
1962,
Americans
were no longer
able
to visit
Cuba yet
their
perceptions of Cuba as a
tropical paradise did not
change.
Finnat began his talk
in
the
Henry
Hudson Room
of Fontaine Hall,
with,
clips of famous Cubans
such as Ricky Ricardo, and
his
portrayal
of
Cuban
cul-
ture
on
the iconic show "I
SEE
CUBA,
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Leo has gone to pot; Foy can't use them to cook
By
TYLER THURSTON
intoxicated at a Lower Fulton
... funnier
than
you.
house, with security respond-
ing and es~orting the student
9/23
- Foy
to the beautiful,
luxurious
St.
Francis. What a better way to
Foy burst onto the scene kick off parent's weekend.
early, with a fire alarm going Who wants to see the dull,
off as the result of an attempt-
boring library when you can
ed dinner gone so horribly
.
give. them a grand tour of a
wrong. See,
l
know they give hospital room? And by room,
you a stove and everything,
J
mean a large room, sealed
but that doesn't mean you off into smaller compart-
have to use it. Think of it as
ments by movable curtains.
more for show, like a text-
Yes, because nothing truly
book for a class. You don't spelis privacy like a shower
necessarily have to open
it, curtain on wheels.
but at least you know it's
there. And if all else fails, you
9/28 - Marian
run out of microwaveable
goodness or pi~a and subs Marian made their mark, with
just can't cut it anymore, one student reporting fruit
there are plenty of other being thrown at a door on the
things you can do with the
stove.
Lilce
accidentally
attempt to burn your house
down. Oh wait, been
there,
done that.
second floor.
Interesting,
really interesting kids. I'm
·
not sure a run-by fruiting
would be my first choice for a
Sunday night, but you know
do whatever makes you
happy. What if they ever open
the door, though? Some angry
member of the kitchen staff -
did you not tip them? Bonus
points to anyone who catches
that.
9/29
-
Riverview
The first booted vehicle of the
year belonged, or should I say
didn't belong, to Riverview.
Students are reminded to park
in their assigned lot, because
parking tickets aren't cool,
and nothing stings more than
your parents only calling you
to ask what the $100 charge
on
your tuition bill is (trust
me, woman was not happy).
There is almost a sense of
irony that this happened in
Riverview, though, because
now the only way your car is
going to see the fiver is as it's
_
being towed away. Once you
find poetry in everything, it
helps. It probably doesn't
help you get rid of the boot,
but
I
can only take you so far.
Disclaimer: The
Security
Briefs are intended as satire
and fully protected free speech
under the First Amendment of
tbe Constitution.
9/24 - Leo Hall
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A small amount of marijuana
was confiscated from a Leo
room, allowing for this fresh-
man dorm to become the top
story of the week. Now, I
could somehow tum this into
a stunning expose about the
dangers of drugs__,_sQmething
along the lines of, "you drink,
you drive, you lose," but what
is there to say? You smoke,
you choke, you lose ... your
short
term
memory?
Honestly, it could be worse,
and it's freshman year, your
memory wi~l probably be
gone eventually anyway.
9/26
- Champagnat
Champagnat yielded the mos·t
interesting crime caper for
this week, with one (presum-
ably female) student nothing
missing earrings from her
room. Like most great mys-
teries, this will probably go
unsolved,
unfortunately.
Freshman year results in
many a great mystery;
I
too
had my own, yet my never-
ending search for my dignity
-
still turns up with no sus-
pects.
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Interfaith group embraces three religions
Visiting professor discusses Abraham, the father of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
By GAIL GOLDSMITH
Religion
Correspondent
Campus Ministry's new
Interfaith group is working to
connect with students of all
faiths. In all three major
monotheistic
religions:
Judaism, Christianity and
Islam, father Abraham plays
an integral role. Last week,
Bruce Chilton, author of
Abraham
s
Curse: The Roots
of Violence
in Judaism,
Christianity and Islam
spoke
to Marist students about how
the three religions deal with
martyrdom and violence.
After his book was pub.,
lished, Chilton,
professor
of
religion at Bard College and
Episcopalian rector, spoke at a
meeting for Interfaith clergy in
the Hudson River Valley,
which Aladdin Metwally, a
programmer and analyst at
Marist, attended. Metwally
suggested that his lecture be
included
in
the
Marist
From Page One
Interfaith group's program-
ming.
"We wanted to do some
event during Ramadan. The
Arabic languages and culture
classes are participating, and
students from all three [major
monotheistic] traditions too,"
said Metwally.
The Interfaith group plans to
host more events and panel
discussions throughout the
year.
"We will connect with the
students,"
said
Father
LaMorte, "through Aladdin to
reach out to the Muslim stu-
dents, through Robin to the
Jewish students, to
build
a
coalition not only to learn from
one .µiother, but to facilitate
learning among the students."
During the
lecture
on
September 24, Chilton recalled
the biblical story of the sacri-
fice of Isaac, son of Abraham.
In the Old Testament version of
the story, God asks Abraham to
sacrifice his son to show his
devotion
to
Him, but then an
angel stops him before he com-
mits the deed.
The Koran corrects the Old
Testament version's "tragic
flaw," Chilton said.
According to Chilton, in the
Old Testament, God does not
intervene to stop the sacri-
fice-an angel does, and this
is corrected in the Koran. In
the Koran, Abraham has a
vision of himself sacrificing
Isaac, then asks Isaac what he
should do, and Isaac himself
encourages Abraham to do
what God wills.
All three Abrahamic tradi-
tions emphasize what a martyr
should be, but also highlight
a
resistance to reflex
martyrdom
and encourage discernment
based
on
the example of Jesus
in the Gethsemane, praying
for his fate to
be
changed-
debunking Gregory of Nyssa's
assertion that martyrdom is
the
vocation of Christians.
Chilton had researched and
discussed the subject with a
colleague at University of
Sheffield, but was inspired to
write the book when, as an
Episcopalian rector, he was
administering the last rites to a
woman whose throat had been
slit; he saw the sunlight
reflected in her eyes and was
reminded of how Abraham
only saw the angel reflected in
Isaac's eyes, while Isaac actu-
ally saw the angel.
Then after Sept. 11, Chilton
read about the Mohammed
Atta letters, in which Atta
likened his death, and the
death
of the people on the
plane, to the Sacrifice of Isaac.
All this reminded him of the
story's resonance-and the
difficulties of interpreting it.
"I wrote this book to link and
explain the Judaic, Christian
and Muslim traditions and
how to tum Abraham's curse
into a blessing."
"While we
all
have to face
tragic flaws of interpretations
of text," he said, referencing
the Mohammed Atta letter and
other interpretations of martyr-
dom that lead to tragedy, "they
[the good, solid interpretations]
show us the best way forward
within their own context."
Many students attended the
lecture and engaged
insight-
fully with the material.
"I liked how he addressed
martyrdom-and despite what
religions say, the practice and
ideal don't agree," said fresh-
man Dan Rahmlow.
"I had heard all the stories
before,"
said
sophomore
Amanda Benton, "but it was
neat to hear how interpreta-
tions have
·changed."
While the lecture covered
ancient history to current
events, the main ,focus was
timeless.
"The story of Abraham and
Isaac is more than literary,"
Chilton said, "This story is a
human story, existential, with
emotional depth."
Head archivist Ansley is confident that Lowell
Thomas collection will benefit students
John
Ansley
From. Page One
sive set of Thomas' life as an
explorer," Ansley said.
The
Lowell
Thomas
Collection includes a letter
from Helen Keller to Lowell
Thomas and a letter signed by
Sir Edmund Allenby, a British
general. There are three times
the photo graphics in the col-
lection than were previously
thought to be held.
Angelo Galeazzi, the Project
Archivist, was brought to
Marist to work on the Lowell
Thomas Collection. His job is
to preserve material and make
it available for researchers.
"The Archives is a very rich
resource of material that really
can't be found anywhere else,"
Galeazzi said. "The materi-
al. . .is mostly one of a kind in
nature. We off er very unique
items for the Marist communi-
ty and the world outside."
Jill Rifenburg, a senior, spent
her summer working closely
with Ansley and Angelo and
plans to continue with her job
this school year.
"This is what I want to do
with my life," Rifenburg said.
"This is definitely what I'm
going to go into."
Ansley said he is confident
that students will benefit from
the Archives and Special
Collections.
"The materials or collections
help support the curriculum at
the college. The faculty have
students c;ome in and point to
our Archives to do original
research. Part of the reason
we're here is for people to do
original research."
Ansley is well respected by
the students he works with.
"He's awesome," Rifenburg
added.
"He's
extremely
friendly, extremely helpful.
He definitely knows what he's
doing."
As Ansley recalled his expe-
riences at Marist, he offered
advice to students hoping to
succeed in their field.
"Don't let anybody stand in
the way of your
goals,"
he
said.
"Having
thick skin does-
n't hurt either. I get a lot of
feedback from my grants. I
can't let it bother me because I
need to keep pushing ahead."
Firmat: Change in Cuban relations must come from Americans
Love Lucy".
In a particular episode,
Ricky exemplifies the idea
of a
"Latino"
culture, dis-
playing combinations of
Argentine,
Spanish,
Mexican and Cuban tradi-
tions.
This allowed the
creation of a
"nationless
Latino," Firmat said.
Sprung from the
desire
to
lump
entire continents of
people into one group,
something is lost and the
stereotypical
views
of
Cuba are perpetuated.
The "exoticizing" of
Cuba says more. about the
American psyche rather
than the actual island of
Cuba, according to Firmat.
"This act of 'exoticizing'
is
one
country's exercise in
wishful thinking," he said.
The adage "tropical para-
dise" has been applied to
Cuba repeatedly.
Firmat
said he hopes that as the
Cuban regime changes,
Americans will be forced
Sen. John McCain and
Sen. Barack Obama have
both said they would sup-
port closer relations with
Cuba. Firmat, however,
said that the upcommg
elestion will not determine
the future of American-
to see beyond contrived Cuban relations.
notions of Cuba similar to
"The next president will
a
"Garden
of Eden."
not make a difference
in
the relationship between
these two countries, only a
demand from the American
people can be the true
affecter of change," he
sald. "In the future, all bat-
tles between these two
countries are battles of
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SGA
registers students for upcoming election
By
J
OS
EPH GENTILE
Election Editor
Young people might not be
threatened by the morbid
prospect of having to "vote or
die," courtesy of rapper Sean
"Diddy" Combs, this election
year. However, the Student
Govenunent Association (SGA),
located in the Student Center, is
gently reminding the Marist
community about the importance
of voter registration
and absentee
balloting before several state
deadlines elapse - including New
York on Friday, October 10.
Beginning in September,
according to Director of Public
Relations Katie Procter, the SGA
made the official election forms
available to any and all Marist
students eligible to vote; many of
From Page One
MIPO in high
gear as election
approaches
being done now is "a culmi-
nation of a year-long project."
MJPO began polling for this
campaign last fall when two
New Yorkers were the presi-
dential frontrunners, Rudy
Giuliani and Hillary Clinton.
This election was especially
long and Miringoff says it is
"going
extra innings" with
the race coming down to the
wire.
Though• polling for this
election began a year ago,
MIPO began in 1978, grow-
ing out of a class that
Miringoffwas teaching. Now,
MIPO currently employs
close to 200 students.
Originally, they knocked on
doors. Today, they use com-
puter
_
software,
requmng
training.
Student
.workers
are excited
about the 'upcoming election.
"It
helps
me
keep
informed," said Marist soph~
omore and MIPO employee,
Erika Sorg. "It's cool to be
involved in such an important
election."
With little over a month left
in the presidential election
season, Miringoff said that
"there is always an election"
and believes that next year's
mayoral election for New
York City and other smaller
proj"ects
will
keep MIPO
busy.
them in their very first presiden-
tial election. Not only are visitors
to the Student Govenunent office
able to register, but they can
also
kill two birds with one stone by
mailing in their absentee ballot
request form to their board of·
elections.
Through this, Marist
residents that don't see the prag-
matism in traveling hundreds of
miles home to their respective
polling places are still able to
actively participate.
''Student Government has voter
registration forms and absentee
ballots for the five major states
that the majority of our student
population
comes
from:
New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
and Massachusetts," Procter
explained. Yet, she also urged
residents not to be "alarmed" if
they didn't hail from any of those
voter registration/absentee ballot
five states, and highlighted the
drive
from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
availability of a universal absen-
Wednesday, October 8 in the
tee application ballot
Champagnat breereway.
With an abundance of resources
However, Procter recommends
at her
disposal,
Procter has adver-
visiting the Web site for project
tised through the "Get Your·. Rock
the
Vote
at
Updates Here!" group on the
http://www.rockthevote.com to
social-networking Web site,
see the deadlines for the board of
Facebook, and supplied the
elections in all 50 states. There,
Student Government table with
visitors can learn the specific
these forms at the Health and
location to mail their registration
Wellness Fair last month in the
or absentee ballot request forms,
McCann Center. More recently,
or register on the Web site itself
the
Student
Programming
for one-stop shopping.
Council held an event on
"It takes about two minutes, has
Wednesday, October 1 that f~-
specific instructions laid out for
tured the
-
satirical staff from
each state, and is
ready for print.,_
"America's
Finest
News
.
ing with the address
already on
Source,"
The Onion, to discuss
the form,"
Procter exclaimed.
the historic importance of the
But, if applicants both register
upcoming election.
In
the coming
and request their absentee ballot,
days, the SGA is planning or:i a
Procter recommends that both
forms not be stapled together,
and should be mailed separately.
The
voter registration forms for
certain states include a box ask-
ing if an absentee ballot is
also
required.
If there are still linger-
ing questions, though, Procter
encourages applicants to drop by
the Student Government office at
SC 34 7 - directly across the
hall
from the Office of Colle~e
Activities - for further informa-
tion.
In
the meantime, other
than
New York's deadline on October
I 0, deadlines for voter registra-
tion and abseqtee ballot requests
expire on October 6 for
Pennsylvania residents, October
14 for New Jersey residents,
October 15 for Massachusetts
residents, and October 21 for
Connecticut residents.
L
i
eberman has partisan problellls
McCain supporter sits in figurative ho.t seat
By
HEATHER STAATS
Circle Contributor
Senator Joe Lieberman's
endorsement of Senator John
McCain in the upcoming elec-
tion is as unsurprising as it is
daring for the
"Independent
Democrat" of Connecticut.
Stressing the idea of "country
over party," Lieberman gave a
rousing
speech
at
the
.Republican
National
Convention last month, saying
that John McCain is the man
who can truly illicit change in
the United States.
Calling to mind the words of
George
Washington,
Lieberman sought to 'Stress his
belief in McCain, regardless of
party loyalty.
"Well, I'll tell you what: I'i:n
here to support John McCain
because country matters more
than party. I am here tonight for
a simple reason. John McCain
is the best choice to bring our
country together and lead
America forward. And, dear
friends, I am here tonight
because John McCain's whole
life testifies to a great truth:
Being a Democrat or a
Republican is important, but it
is nowhere near as importa9t as
being
an
American,"
Lieberman stated at the con-
vention.
Lieberman has a history of
reaching across party lines on
issues pertaining to foreign
pol-
From
WWW.GOOGLE.COM
Sen. Joe Lieberman (0-Connectlcut) unapologetically
embraces his colleague, GOP candidate John McCain.
icy and defense; a history that
has made him unpopular in his
own party. This is a quality that
Joe DeLisle, pr~sident of the
Marist College Republicans,
respects very much about
Senator Lieberman.
"He has a lot of Democratic
friends, and to side with the
other guy says that he knows
McCain will get the job done.
The American people want to
see politicians with enough gall
to reach across the aisle,''
DeLisle said.
"I'm not surprised at all about
this. Senator Lieberman spoke
at my high school and he
sounded very conservative
from the speech he gave," said
Julianne Homola, a sophomore
and Connecticut resident.
So what will this endorsement
mean for Lieberman should
Senator McCain lose the elec-
tion? DeLisle, who is also a
political science major, does
not see it having a major effect.
Presently, the Democrats have a
slim
majority
over
the
Republicans in the Senate.
However, DeLisle thinks that,
should the Democrats gain
more seats,- they may show
in
ore
h-ostility
toward
Lieberman anyway.
'.'.It's a sad thing when a
Democrat who agrees with his
party on
'.alt
issues but one gets
pushed out. It's no longer the
party of John F. Kennedy and
Harry Truman," DeLisle com-
mented.
As a resident of Connecticut
also, DeLisle doesn't think that
Lieberman's constituents will
tum their backs on him. In the
2006 midterm election, he
received well over 50 percent
of the votes.
Just as this holds implications
for Lieberman's fu,:filre, it also
.Jias bearing over McCain's
campaign.
But,
Del.isle
believes that the benefit of
endorsement lies more in
advertisement.
"I don't think it will sway too
many votes. Both men are seen
as mavericks who disagree on
some level with their party," he
said.
While the race heats up, the
coming weeks and months will
be crucial not only to McCain
and Obama, but also to
Lieberman for the bold stance
that he has taken.












































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The How-To Guide: How to navigate NYC's subway
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BY DANIELLE DELCORE
remember which line
-
you Since our readers would most
Circle CoAtributor
took, and you can easily get likely be traveling from Grand
back to where you came from.
Central, the Lower East Side
With New York City only a
If
you need to get between can be reached by the Four,
train ride away, the appeal of
.
Grand Central and Times Five or Six anyway so do not
the Big Apple is more than Square, the Shuttle, or 'S' line, worry about crossing town to
within reach. But once you get runs along the eight blocks Times Square.
there as Dane Cook would that separate them.
The B, D, F and V
say,
,:Where
do I go?" I know
The One, Two and Three (ORANGE) lines all start in
very few college students that lines (RED) run from the Brooklyn, swooping through
can afford a taxi ride from one
.
~outh Ferry Station at the very East Broadway, to Second
place to the next, and the city bottom of Manhattan on the Avenue, across to Fourth St.
can be boring if you are limit~
same track until 96th St., and up Sixth Avenue, before
ed to a walking radius from
where the One continues until
·
splitting into three directions
Grand Central. I am a strong it reaches the Upper West Side above 50th St. These lines are
supporter
of the
subway
sys-
while the Two and
·
Three typically used for getting into
tern, especially over city move to the east along Lenox and out of Manhattan from
buses. A tumultuous year of Boulevard until '145th St.
either Brooklyn or Queens.
riding Honolulu city buses left
When only traveling
·
within
I would take advantage of
me uninterested in attempting Manhattan, the Four, Five, and the Blue line, A and C, if you
to
·
conquer New York City Six (GREEN) lines run from
were interested in heading to
buses.
the South Ferry Station to
Central Park, as they run along
The good news is that if you
125th St. directly along Central
Park West
(8th
are traveling from Times Lexington Avenue, covering Avenue), starting at 8th
Square or Grand Central, (if the entire east side.
Avenue and 14th St. At 50th
you are traveling from Marist
I ~ically use the N, Q, R or St., the A
&
C split from the E
you will arrive at Grand W lines (YELLOW) to get as it continues straight east
Central)
,
you have a wide
from Times Square to the along 51st St. heading toward
selection of options. Once you Flatiron District, Soho; any
Queens.
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2, 2008 •
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Perspectives:
Muslims
celebrate
_
Ramadan on campus
By GAIL GOLDSMITH
Religion Correspondent
·
During_ Ramadan, a Muslim
holy month of fasting and
prayer, practicing Muslims at
Marist have adjusted
to
observing the month among a
predominately Christian popu-
lation.
This year, Ramadan
lasted from September 1 to
September 30.
The Quran states that the
value of good deeds is multi-
plied during Ramadan, the
observance of which also
emphasizes charity,
orie of the
Five Pillars of Islam, along
with daily fasting. Ramadan
ends with Eid al Fitr, a cele-
bration of charity and enjoy-
ing blessings with family and
friends, which can last for
three days.
Sophomore Araib Nasir, a
Muslim, said that the Muslim
holy
_
month is about practicing
piety.
"It's about getting closer to
God and getting closer to peo-
ple around you who may not
have as much," Nasir said.
But Nasir also said that his
schedule makes it difficuJt to
fast.
"I've fasted, but as far as col-
lege is concerned, I can't do
it," said Nasir.
"The
whole
concept is to be grateful and
closer to God, which I do."
Daye Kaba, a Muslim stu-
dent who recently transferred
to
Marist
from
Boston
College, said he juggles bas-
ketball, school and his
spiritu-
al life daily.
"I can't always pray at the
right time, so I catch up later
on that day," Kaba said, refer-
ring to Islam's five daily
prayers.
"Personally,
I'm not fasting
because of basketball," said
Kaba. "I used to, in France,
because basketball wasn't that
intense."
Kaba said that when he
attended Boston College, a
Catholic institution, he prayed
with other Muslims on cam-
pus during Ramadan.
''.They had a group of about
20 students at
.Boston
and the
school gave us a room to pray
in on Fridays," he said.
Aladdin Metwally, a pro-
grammer and analyst m
Administrative Computing at
Marist
and a
practicing
life-religion is more of a
guideline of how to live and
act in the world."
Muslim, said that observing
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Ramadan at Marist is a change
of setting for him
"The timing is the hardest-
you live in a society that does-
n
;t
know, but still respects
you,"Metwallysaid.
"Ramadan
is different in Middle Eastern
countries. Timing
is
adjusted
to fasting. You can go to work
late and leave early."
Metwally said he is proud of
observing the holy month
among many who may not be
familiar with his beliefs.
"We
can tell people about
what we are doing," Metwally
said.
"Things
might be differ-
ent for the younger genera-
tion, however, it is still their
responsibility to educate."
Nasir said that lie isn't as
strict in practicing as many
Muslims of older generations.
"God helps those who help
themselves. I believe in him,
but I do what I can for myself.
I'm very dogmatic, very set in
my beliefs," Nasir said. "I
l""."::c?~r.
don't want to live through
._
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
__,
guidelines set down so many
From Aladdin
Metwally
years ago. I live my own
A night scene and a Ramadan greeting.
Alumni
Weekend:
Graduated Red
.
Foxes return to their den
By-KELLY LAUTURNER
Staff Writer
This weekend marks Marist's
annual
Homecoming
&
Reunion
Weekend,
often
referred to as
"alumni
week-
end." From Friday October 3
to Sunday October 5, Marist
Alums and their families will
visit the campus and local
areas to reconnect, celebrate,
and explore what Marist has
become. With a variety of
•
sporting events, receptions, a
large picnic, alumni mass, and
other special ceremonies,
alumni weekend promises to
be busy for the Marist com-
munity.
Amy
Woods, the Executive
Director of Alumni Relations
and class of '91, said that she
is happy to run alumni week-
end. It takes about a year to
plan, but it is worthwhile. She
expects a good turnout for this
year's events, explaining that
attendance depends largely on
the weather. Many of the
events,
including
alumni
.
sporting events, are
tun
out-
doors. Woods said, "It's great
to get people back to campus.
Some people haven't been
back here since the '70s or
JAMES
RBLLY/
THE CIRCLE
Enthusiastic graduates celebrate
at
last year's Homecoming & Reunion
Weekend on
Leonidoff Field.
'80s when they graduated and
Marist has changed so much."
The weekend's biggest
events are taking place on
Saturday. This is when the
academic receptions for alum-
ni and faculty picnic will be
taking place on the campus
green. This event is free and
will have food for purchase, as
well as activities for children
like face painting, crafts inflat-
able rides and a petting zoo.
The reception includes special
reception tents for the nine
classes celebraiing milestone
reunions this year. These
classes are the classes of '68,
'73, '78, '83, '93, '98, and '03,
as well as the Heritage Class,
which includes the classes of
'47-'66.
On Saturday night, these
classes will be celebrating
their reunions simultaneously
at various places on· and off
campus,
including
the·
Cabaret, Shadows on the
Hudson and River Station
Restaurant.
The class of 1958 will be
receiving 50th anniversary
gold plated watches with the
Marist seal as a part of their
reunion festivities during the
Heritage Class reunion.
Two unique events this year
will be taking place on
Saturday. The flagpole across
from Donnelly Hall will be
replaced by a new flagpole, a
gift of the class of' 68 as
a
part
of the 40th reunion. Anyone
interested can attend the dedi-
cation at 6:30 p.m. on
Saturday, October 4. Saturday
will also be a classroom dedi-
cation in honor of the late Dr.
Edward J. Cashin, class of'52.
Mary Ann Cashin will be in
attendance at the event, which
takes place in Fontaine, room
103 at 10:30 a.m.
For this year's Homecoming
game, Marist alum Rik Smits,
class of
'88
and retired NBA
player, will be participating in
the coin toss at the game. The
Red Foxes ~ill play Bucknell
at one p.m. Additionally, there
are alumni sporting events for
·
hockey, baseball, softball,
swimming
and
diving,
and
women's and men's lacrosse
this weekend. There will also
be alumni receptions for
abroad
students,
HEOP,
MCCTA, band, the School of
Continuing
Education,
SGA,
crew, and an art exhibit. More
information about these events
can
be
found
at
http://www.marist.edu/alum-
ni/home08.html or by calling
the Office of Alumni Affairs at
.
845-575-3283.

















































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Candid Candidates: Those are our only options?
In
this election season, the
ey issue is without a doubt
be economy. After seven
reat years, despite what the
edia would tell you, the
economy is sinking faster
ban Ted Kennedy's car.
ow both candidates are
uick to tell you they have
he solution, but really, John
cCain is clueless and if
arack Obama institutes all
is plans, the taxes will rise
nd the economy will be so
ad America will miss the
arter Administration.
Let's start with Barack
bama. The Democrats
ave been saying for years
hat the national debt is way
oo big. They have said
resident Clinton left us
ith a surplus and this pres-
. dent will leave us with the
iggest debt ever. This is
e. Barack Obama can use
his as a reason why repub-
licans have not done the
est in the past eight years
d therefore will appeal to
ome. However, he really
annot say this, considering
is plans will just increase
he debt. "This rising debt is
a
1
en omestic enemy,
Barack Obama said in 2006.
Now let's look at what his
policies would do to this
"domestic enemy." Well,
according
to
the
Washington Post, the debt
would continue to rise and
add $3.4 trillion by 2018,
·
regardless who is elected
after him. Now I am not a
math major, but usually
when you add to something
you make it bigger. So, by
adding his $3.4 trillion to
the national debt he is help-
ing the "domestic enemy."
Using that logic to fight the
terrorists, he might as well
mail them a nuclear bomb
for use. Just looking at the
healthcare plan of Senator
Obama, it becomes obvious
lowering the deficit is not a
priority. He plans to insure
46
million
uninsured
Americans. He claims this
will cost the country $50-60
billion a year. Medicare
insures 3 8-40 million and
costs $400 billion a year.
Now unless Obama knows
something the government
does not about insurance, it
should cost upwards of that
$400
billion
number.
Currently the U.S. military
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"No
day but today ... " for "Rent"
Acclaimed musical rocks out last performance on camera
By
JACEL EGAN
was effortless and overall farewell had on fans world-
was obvious that others felt
Asst. News Editor
highly effective, it was some-
wide.
the same way too, because
what disorienting at times.
"Since
I've seen 'Rent' on there wasn't a moment that
As an astounding conclusion The editing was quite fast dur-
Broadway five times, it was someone wasn't dancing and
to
its
12-year
run
on ing
several
scenes, cutting such a nice surprise to see the
singing along."
Broadway, the revolutionary
back and forth between close musical transcend multiple
The essence of the final
musical "Rent" took a final
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show was captured as
encore in theatres as "The
each cast member
Hot
Ticket",
Sony Pictures'
poured their heart
new business line, gave fans
into every line and
the chance to see the lastper-
song,
and
the·
formance on film in high def-
strength and onstage
inition.
chemistry
of the final
This special event was
cast caught the audi-
shown in limited release in
ence pulling them
select theaters September 24,
along for the entire
25, 27,
and 28 throughout the
story.
country.
Cast members Will
As soon as the film began,
Chase, as Roger and
the play fixated the audience
Renee
Elise
in its last
"Goodbye
Love" to
Goldsberry, as
Mimi
loyal fans.
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from the
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with their passion,
opening bars you just get lost
The seventh longest running musical
had
Its
final curtain call
on
Sept.
7.
especially
in
the
in the music and the moment,
up shots of the cast members mediums,"
said
Renee scene where the couple sings
as is always intended in such too quickly, resulting in odd Gennarelli, Marist sophomore
"Light
My Candle."
art.
The chills fly up the spine visual pacing.
and
"Renthead,
" a term used
Eden Espinosa, who played
from minute one and don't go
Regar.dless, the :vivid emo-
to describe fanatics
of
the Maureen, and Tracie Thoms,
away,"
said
Danielle tional display of each charac-
musical.
"The intimacy
I originally Joanne in the movie
Turchiano
of
Starpulse ter's energy due to those tight would normally feel in the
version
of the musical, acted
Entertainment
in
her review. of shots only magnified the sig-
Nederlander Theater was out their flamboyant love
the show
nificance of the last perform-
reflected
in
a commercial affair for the audience to
Though the cinematography ance and the impact this movie theater
in
Chelsea.
It
SEE RENT, PAGE 11
Fashion Week is
for the
consumer
By
MEGHAN MCKAY
Fashion Columnist
What do Janet Jackson, Dita
Von
Teese
and
Claudia
Schiffer have
in commpn?
Okay, so they all own expen-
sive shoes and probably don't
do their own laundry. But
besides that, the three semi-
prominent
celebrities
all
attended last week's Milan
Fashion
Week.
The women were joined by
hordes of other stars, ranging
from hip-hop hotties Ne-yo
and Rihanna, to famously con-
troversial teen queen Lindsay
Lohan. Jennifer Lopez, Kelly
Rowland, Gwenyth Paltrow,
Josh Hartnett and Solang~
Knowles were other notable
attendees. The press, fashion
editors, buyers for large retail
stores and other industry play-
ers made up the remainder of
the fashion week crowds.
So are fashion weeks only
for industry insiders and the
rich and famous? After all, it
seems like they're the only
humans with the resources
to
sink
$2,000
on a pair of
designer
snakeskin
pants or
chain mail bikini. Who else
would have the occasion to
wear such elaborate,
swanky
and downright outlandish get-
ups that appear on the runway
each
season?
It seems as though the glitz
and glam of fashion
week is
totally off-limits for the aver-
age person. Invitation-only
shows,
burly
security
guards,
exclusive
after-parties,
haughty
guests that wear
sunglasses
inside, disapproving looks
shot at Abercrombie wearers,
runways featuring clothes that
can only fit and flatter a pen-
cil..
.Fashion
Week may be
where style history is made,
but it is obviously not
_aver-
age-Jane friendly. Or is it?
Let's look back at that gµest
list. Sure, there. are a bunch of
celebrities that attend the
shows. However, for every
SEE FASHION, PAGE 11
WWW.MORETHINGS.COM
Will Ferrell demonstrates the Importance of cowbell.
"I
need n1ore cowbell"
The top
10
cures for cowbell fever
·
By
KATIE LEONARD
Circle Contributor
A dinner bell calls you to
come eat, a church bell tells
you when it's time for Mass,
but perhaps the most impor-.
tant bell of all is the one that
signals that it's time to get up
and freaking DANCE; that's
right, it's the cowbell.
Any group of losers in a
garage can make a song out of
electric
guitars, bass
·
and
drums, but it takes true bril-
liance to kick
ass
with a
clunky
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with
an agricultur-
al history. Here are the top ten
best songs ever to use cowbell.
10.
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Boys:
"Everybody (Backstreet's
Back)"
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Let's ignore that a
song called
"Backstreet's
Back" was actually· the popu-
lar boy band's pseudo-come-
back single, and instead focus
on the genius of the intro; a
cowbell dominated jaunt that
imm~diately connects with
some
deeply
imbedded
instinct to "rock your body
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singin
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weekly review
of the latest songs.
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The best cowbell songs
right." Is
it
original? Is it the
only one? Is it sexual? Well,
yes. But
mostly
because of the
fun and playful cowbell that
bounces along throughout the
track.
9. Blue Oyster Cult: "Don't
Fear the Reaper": Thanks to
a Christopher Walken SNL
skit, the brilliance of the cow-
bell
in
this song has been
turned into one big joke.
When you're done laughing
though, listen to the actual
track and you will discover the
joy and enlightenment that
comes with ceasing your fear
of death ... with the help of
some creative percussion.
8. Cake: "Short Skirt/Long
Jacket": The lyrics describe a
fantasy woman with very
detailed specifications that
range from the prosaic to the
poetic, but when this band
runs out of words to describe
this woman, the only thing left
to do is bring out the cowbell.
7. Guns n' Roses: "Welcome
to the Jungle" The cowbell
solo in the middle of this clas-
sic "80s hit evokes the very
primal, animalistic instincts
described in the song. When
you're high on this cowbell
feeling, you never want to
come down. The song was
also famously used during the
Operation Just Cause invasion
of Panama in 1989, when
Manuel Noriega fled to the
Vatican Embassy in Panama
and U.S. troops surrounded
the embassy and played loud
music, including the track in
question. A few days later,
Noriega surrendered due to
international pressure. The
cowbell is so powerful, it can
even resolve international
crises:
6.
Britney Spears: "(You
Drive Me) Crazy": The third
single from the infamous pop
singer, originally released
from her debut album " ... Baby
One More Time," this track is
said to be Brit's confession of
falling head over heels in love
with a special boy, but I think
we all can agree that it's not
just some dude, but rather her
love for cowbell that keeps her
up all night.
5. Wild Cherry: "Play that
Funky Music": While it is
undeniably the bass line that
drive..s this song, it's the cow-
bell that puts it over the top.
The combination of the two
earned Wild Cherry their well-
deserved place in rock 'n' roll
history. The song became an
instant classic, and united
white and black music fans
alike, suggesting that the cow-
bell did more for civil rights
3:nd racial relations than any-
one else in history.
4. Grand Funk Railroad:
"We're an American Band":
The
stadium-rock
power
chords of this song are com-
plemented perfectly by cow-
bell in Grand Funk's anthem
tribute to, themselves. They'll
come to your town and help
you party down, but not with-
out the help of their trusty
cowbell. Don Brewer man-
ages the drums, vocals and
cowbell all the while sporting
one of the best afros ever to
exist on a white guy's head.
3. Van Halen:
.
"Dancing in
the Street": From the "Diver
Down" album, this was an
unlikely cover of a song
Edit
like
recorded by Martha and the
Vandellas. Van Halen also
released the song as a single,
which reached number 38 on
the Billboard Hot 100 singles
chart and number 3 on
Billboard's Mainstream Rock
Tracks chart. This was a
tremendous push to bring the
cowbell to the mainstream.
2. Creedence Clearwater
Revival:
"Down
on the
Corner": This cowbell classic
was on their 1969 album
"Willy and the Poor Boys."
The song chronicles the tale of
the fictional band Willy and
the Poor Boys and how they
p
_
lay for nickels on street cor-
ners. The percussion used
especially at the beginning of
the song is creatively evoca-
tive of noises that are arbitrar-
ily made by people hanging
around on a street comer.
1. Rolling Stones: "Honky
Tonk Women": No one is
immune to the infectious
dance-y mood brought on by
the genius intro to this track.
Cowbell is the very first thing
you hear on this swinging
bluesy tune, providing a per-
fect opening and setting the
mood flawlessly. This 1969 hit
song was released as a single
on July
4,
1969 in the United
Kingdom and a week later in
the United States, and it
topped the charts in both
nations. This was one of the
songs government authorities
banned the Stones from play-
ing during their tour of China
in 2003, proving that the cow-
bell is an important interna-
tional tool for fighting against
Communism and promoting
democracy.
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Last
week's
Fashion Week
In Milan exhibited diverse collections.
Fron1A&E
Who's who at Fashion Week
Cate Blanchett in the front
row at Armani, there are hun-
dreds more attendees that may
be stylish and fashion-savvy
but are only there for one rea-
son: the consumer.
The press i_s invited so
they'll take pictures and video
clip~ and report back to their
audience. Fashion editors go
in order to inform their readers
what's hot and what's not,
which will affect what we buy
when we shop for our new
spring or fall wardrobe.
Buyers watch the shows with
a discriminating eye, search-
ing for styles they believe that
their consumers wilJ want -to
purchase.
Other fashion industry mem-
bers attend just to pinpoint
trends on runways and devel-
op those trends at a cheaper
price point for the
.
average
consumer.
Celebrities ate
invited because they draw the
consumer's attention to spe-
cific shows, therefore attract-
ing more publicity and con-
sumer awareness. After all,
even major names like Dolce
& Gabbana and Michael Kors
still need to make money.
Even if you weren't invited
to sit next to Fergie at the
Dolce & Gabbana show this
fall, get over it! It appears that
FromA&E
Fashion Week and its velvet
ropes, flashbulbs, VIP passes
and Perrier have little rele-
vance in the lives of the aver-
age college student. The
clothes don't seem wearable
and you couldn't afford them
even if they were. Don't forget
that fashion is a business, and
it revolves around you, the
consumer. No pouting allowed.
If you won't be purchasing
one of MaxMara's ·canary yel-
low blazer-dresses for spring
this year, you might buy a
knockoff at Forever 21. I
know you want to splurge on
J;)squared's massive duchess
satin bubble dress, but instead
you might peruse the "must-
haves for spring" feature in
Cosmo, Lucky or Teen Vogue
before supplementing your
spring wardrobe.
Though you didn't rub
elbows with Katy Perry and
Jermaine Dupri at the cocktail
hour after Gucci, you might
check out the candids on
Style.com, fabsugar.com or
_Perez Hilton.
What happens on the run-
ways at Fashion
Week
does
impact your style future, so
don't feel left out because
you're not a member of the
glitterati. They only exist
because of you.
The final curtain call
for "Rent"after
12
years
experience along with them
during their high-energy
num-
ber, "Take Me or Leave
Me."
·
It was hard not to fall in love
with Adam Kantor's depiction
of Mark, and have your heart
broken during Collins' (played
by Michael Elroy) reprise of
''I'll Cover You" when his
love
_
r, Angel, finally succumbs
to AIDS.
Unique features incorporat-
ed in the screening included a
10-minute intermission shot
of the stage and audience.
The moment that brought
some members of the audi-
ence to tears was when mem-
bers of the original cast,
including director Michael
Greif, joined final cast mem-
bers in the finale of "Seasons
of Love" to commemorate the
show and its author, the late
Jonathan Larson.
Since its debut on
Broadway in 1996, "Rent"
has since received various
awards, such as the Pulitzer
Prize for drama and four
Tony Awards, commeriding
its 01iginality and ground-
breaking openness with con-
troversial issues such as
HIV
I
AIDS and homosexuali-
ty.
With such an influence on
an entire generation of musi-
cal theater, hopefully "Rent"
will be able to return to
Broadway. For now, Larson's
"One Song Glory" will be
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Sex,
love
& relationships: The haphazard hookup
By
KARLIE JOSEPH
Asst~
Health Editor
[Disclaimer: All names are
~hanged to protect the identi-
ties of those mentioned.]
It's funny how people devel-
op patterns in their lives, and
it's even more interesting to
see how
Y<?U
react once you are
challenged to break out of
those patterns. The day Bebe,
Mary, Kristen and I hung our
signature $70 Marilyn Monroe
picture at the focal point of our
Gartland living room; I felt
relaxed. We were back at
.
mixed with cheap liquor and was a steamy inake out session
freshman hormones usually with a smooth talking upper-
leads undeniably to one thing:
classman ended up to be some-
the random hookup. And while one's 15-year-old brother who
the topic may seem trite, I had come up for parent's
think that in many cases its
weekend. Lucky kid.
humiliating and ridiculous
Eventually, my friends and I
nature is too precious to over-
got bored of the typical scene
look.
of grinding with Poughkeepsie
We always knew Bebe was
locals that was common in the
really intoxicated when the Loft. After we matured to the
night would lead to her habitu-
arena of 21-and-over bars, I
al swing dance sessions and remember physically dragging
drunken hookups with the
Kristen from the corner of
most awkward guys. The most
Darby's. She had been stand-
entertaining part of it all was
ing head cocked and sugges-
the cafeteria-sighting the next tively staring up at a junior, her
day. She always gagged at the
index
finger
tracing
his
sober realization of how unat-
d
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Marist, and this time, it felt
exp~se c es arr own o ts
comfortable.
tractive they truly were, a real
navel, apparently she was still
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wasn't too
drunk
to unbutton
1t
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twb categories: sluts and
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new pattern. While
ther one is positive.
hookup was from way
changes range from
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down south in Georgia;
your study habits to the
appropriately,
we
amount of times yo_ u're willing
sexy persona.
referred to him as "Savannah,"
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to wear your black lace bra
or as my
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forget is being jolted awake to
named him,
"Sav."
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·
laundry room, many would
my
att at anson nng tone
Garden Street rendezvous led
agree that our highest priority at
3
a.m.,
only to hear my to a cab fide back to Marist.
home-town best friend's voice,
After about
20
minutes of
in college is a social
one.
piercing
and
horrified.
Th.
· l
1·
sloppy kissing and uncomfort-
is new soc1a c 1mate
Apparently, what she thought
able touching,
I
started won-
dering why
I
was in this posi-
tion in the first place. After
making an indirect yet obvious
reference to him leaving, he
proceeded to ask me a ques-
tion that left me shocked.
"What are you, a virgin?"
Needless to say after just end-
ing a five year relationship, I
found his question amusing.
The next _day
I
was surprised
to find that
I
had a missed call
from Sav, even after our abrupt
goodbye. Though
I
dido 't call
http://medla.canada.com
him back, I pondered his inten-
tions. Was he really that much
of a prick, or was lJ_e just taken
aback? I began thinking about
our
society and today
'
's expec-
tations. Is getting sex really
anticipated to be that easy?
It
seems like our culture places
girls in two categories: sluts
and prudes,
.
and neither one is
positive. Whatever the case
may be, we shouldn't let these
groupings define us. Screw the
double standard and have
fun.
Go bananas: Cheers to PMS and hangover cures
By BRITTANY FIOREN4' & KARLIE JOSEPH
Health Editor
& Asst. Health Editor
Banana Smoothie: the hangover cure
Bananas have potassium and magnesium that help to
rehydrate
you, while honey raises blood sugar levels
and milk
soothes
your wasted
stomach.
Bottoms up!
INGREDIENTS:
-
1 ripe banana
-
1/2 cup of nonfat
yogurt
-
l tbsp of honey
- l cup of crushed iced
Combine
ingredients and blend until
smooth.
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Banana Daiquiri: kick back, relax and enjoy
A less intense
drink
to kick back and relax with while you're
watching re-runs of
"Sex
and the
City"
with the girls.
INDGREDIENTS:
-
1 banana
- l 1/2 oz lime
juice
- l tsp sugar
-
1 cup of crushed iced
Combine ingredients and blend until
smooth.
Top off with a cher-
ry
...
and feel free to add that extra
zing.
Banana Ice Cream Sandwich: a not-so-guilty indul-
gence for when a monthly craving strikes
Bananas satiate hunger while the chocolate and
ice
cream cure
your
cravings.
A healthy alternative
·
to
eating
raw
cookie
dough.
Say good-bye to
cramp-filled
cravings.
INGREDIENTS:
- 3 bananas
-
3 ice cream
popsicles
-
2
chocolate bars
Cut bananas
width
wise, insert ice cream.
Melt the
chocolate and
use
it
to
cover the sandwich. Freeze
for
3 hours.































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·THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008 •
PAGE 14
Foxes set
for
MAAC
schedu e
By RICH ARLEO
Sports Editor
Despite falling to
2-
7 after
two losses to Army and
Bucknell on the weekend, the
Marist women's soccer team
is currently 0-0 in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) standings, and con-
ference play is about to begin.
"We're part of a winning
program,"
head
coach
Elizabeth Roper said. "This
team won a lot last year. pid
we expec_t to? No, we just
gradualijt matured through the
season last year ... we have a
lot of freshman who have
come from winning programs.
We have to rely on that confi-
dence and that history and say
hey, when we hit the MAAC,
this is where all the prepara-
tion, the harder competition
that we faced out of confer-
ence, will prepare us for the
MAAC conference."
That harder competition has
not produced wins for the Red
Foxes, but it has produced five
games in which the game-win-
ning goal was scored with less
than eight minutes left in reg-
ulation or in overtime.
One of those games was
their loss to Army, where the
winning goal was scored in
the 86th minute by Army's
Sarah Goss.
Marist showed a penchant
for answering back quickly
early in the game after Army's
first goal was scored in the
19th minute. Only 90 seconds
later,
Marist
sophomore
Kassandra Palmer tied the
game with a dribbler into the
lower left comer of the net.
"They capitalized on our
mistake on that first goal,"
off with just four minutes left;
a recurring ending for the
Foxes early
on
in the season.
"There seems to be the
theme of, the overtime, the
last 10 minutes, and my whole
Kate Fox and the Marist women's soccer team have had a
rough
schedule with many physical teams
thus
far.
They
will
look
to
use the experience gained
from those games when
they
start
the MMC
schedule
this Friday, Oct.
3
at
Canisius.
Roper said. "Then we had a
tremendous response to come
back and even
it
a minute
later. Kassie Palmer showed a
great individual effort to
equalize it."
After tying it up, the Foxes
outplayed Army for much of
the rest of the game until
_
Anny was able to finish them
focus has been ... no, it's
because we're not getting the
job done at the beginning of
the game," Roper said.
After losing 2-0 to Bucknell
on Sunday, the team sets its
focus on a road trip to start off
the conference schedule and
face Canisius on Friday and
Niagara on Sunday.
"I think the trip will be
something
good for the team,"
Roper said.
"I
think at this
point we need to get away, we
need to
come
together as a
team and e~oy some time
together and have some posi-
tive experiences with one
another off the field."
Canisius is currently 5-1-3,
while Niagara is 7-2-1. While
both have strong records, the
argument can be made that
they have not faced the level
of competition that Marist has.
"Canisius is coming off a
strong beginning to their sea-
son and they have a very good
freshman goalkeeper," Roper
said. " ... we're going to have
to put it all together with the
pressure of making a state-
ment now that we are playing
in the MAAC conference."
The two teams from the
2007 MAAC Championship
game, Marist and Loyola, are
currently in the bottom half of
the standings. However, with
the MAAC schedule starting
up, there could be some
changes on the horizon.
Marist faces Canisius in
Buffalo, N.Y. on Friday, Oct. 3
at 7 p.m. They then travel to
Niagara to face the Purple
Eagles on Sunday, Oct.
5
at 1
p.m.
"If
we
1
re able to come away
with two wins I think that will
definitely set a statement in
the MAAC," Roper said.
Marist
dominates at
UConn-·Invitational
ByJIM
URSO
Circle Contributor
After pounding conference
rival Siena last week, The
Marist men's tenriis team
turned in another exceptional
performance Saturday at the
UConn invitational.
Through continuous rainy
conditions, a groin injury to
junior Christian Coley
,
one of
the team's top players, and a
tournament field which hosted
a variety of talent including
the University of Connectic
_
ut
and perennial powerhouse
Stony ~rook, along with
Quinnipiac, and Sacred Heart,
Marist stole the show.
In what coach Tim Smith
called "a banner weekend,"
prodigious freshman Matt
Himmelsbach won each match
in which he competed, captur-
ing a share of the Flight C sin-
gles championship and the
Flight A doubles champi-
onship alongside teammate
Loic Sessagesimi.
Sessagesjmi
and
Himmelsbach won a hard
fought match over John
Hughes and Brian Mikkelson
of Quinnipiac
8.:.7(5)
to
advance to the championship
.
match. In the championship
match, the combination from
Mari st
defeated
another
Bobcats team featuring James
K wei and Garret Lane, taking
the match 8-4.
"It's only our third tourna-.
ment together (Himmelsbach),
and to already win a title was
just amazing," Sessagesimi
said.
Himmelsbach was set to
contend in the Flight C singles
championship until time limi-
tations due to the inclement
weather forced Stony Brook to
board a
ferry
back to Long
Island.
As
a
result,
Himmelsbach took a share of
the title.
"Being part of a team who
can compete at a high national
·
level is really cool and
I
hoP.e
I can bring my game up as
much
as
possible,"
Himmelsbach said.
"He gets better with each
match," Smith said.
In an equally impressive
weekend, Sessagesimi took
the Flight A singles champi-
onship as well, defeating
Stony Brook's
.
Ivan Rummel
in the championship match by
a score of 6-5 (7-2).
"Having won ·an these
matches this weekend gives
me a lot of confidence for the
next
tournament,"
Sessagesimi said.
In Flight B doubles, Landon
Greene and Nick Pisecky con-
vincingly defeated Thomas
Curran and Zach Tuck:man of
Quinnipiac in the semifinals,
8-1. They then advanced to the
Flight B doubles champi-
onship to square off against
UConn's Tom Cook and Scott
Warden, where the competive-
ness of the match would force
a tiebreaker. The Red Foxes
emerged victorious from the
duel 8-7 (7-0).
"Success does breed suc-
cess," Smith explained, and
evidentially this sentiment has
hit home with the squad.
Sessagesimi attributes the
feeling of winning a confer-
ence championship last season
to his drive to achieve even
more.
"Competing at s~ch a high
level every weekend is some-
thing that makes our team so
good.
There is never a time
where you can slack; off,"
Greene said.
"The team goal
is
clearly to
win
the
MAAC
(Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference)
and to play in the NCAA tour-
nament," Pisecky added.
Marist will be in action
Wednesday, October
1
at
home versus conference chal-
lenger Rider. Although they
are off this weekend, prepara-
tions will continue for the
Columbia Classic, which will
feature every team from the
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Great Danes bite Foxes
ByCODYLAHL
Staff Writer
The Albany Great Danes
capitalized on the inability of
the Marist men's soccer team
to force their style of play
Sunday afternoon en route to a
5.;.1 victory on LeonidoffField
at Tenney Stadium. Marist
was led by freshman Troy
Confessore, who recorded
three shots and Marist's lone
goal.
"That was the only thing I
felt they did better than u& on
Sunday," Marist head coach
Matt Viggiano said. "They
imposed their will and their
style of play won the day. We
didn't adjust to that and didn't
do what we wanted to do."
Albany took control of the
match e~ly as Erik Dilorenzo
and L.J. Papaleo each record-
ed their first goal of the season
at the 14:49 and 24:09 marks
respectively.
Down 2-0 with less than one
minute
remaining
in
.the
first
half, Marist received one of
their most promising
scoring
opp9rtunities. The Red Foxes
were awarded a direct kick
after being fouled by Albany
Fro
m Sports
on the edge of the 18-meter
box; howev'er, freshman Lucas
Szabo's shot was deflected
away by the Albany defense.
Viggiano believed a
_
poten-
tially game-c~anging penalty
kick should have been called
instead of a direct kick from
outside the box.
"I think it had a direct influ-
ence on the game," Viggiano
said. "We are
.
a young team
playing a mature, foreign team
and if you're not going to get
calls like that in your own
building then you are fighting
an uphill battle.
It
would have
been 2-1 and we would have
been right the~e knocking on
the door. It changes the game's
complexion completely."
.
Albany struck first in the
second
half when
Don
Johnson was assisted by
Shaun Kane and Ian Peach in
giving Albany a 3-0 lead one
minute into play; however,
Marist would not go down
without a fight. Two minutes
later, Szabo crossed the ball to
the left side of the Albany 18-
meter box to a waiting
Confessore who headed it past
Albany goalie Steward Ceus
to cut the Grate Danes' lead to
3-1.
Viggiano applauded the two
freshmen for their well con-
structed and flawlessly exe-
cuted play.
"The way Lucas and Troy
scored our goal is the way the
game is played at its highest
level," Viggiano said. "And it
was a freshman assisting
another freshman in scoring
the goal which is a positive
sign for our future."
Marist continued to pressure
the Albany defense but was
unable to
.convert
any addi-
tional
.attempts.
For the match,
Marist outshot Albany 16-15
and earned seven comer kicks
to Albany's four.
Marist concludes non-con-
ference play Saturday, Oct. 4
at the University of Richmond
where
Viggiano
believes
Marist
will
succeed in impos-
ing their style of play.
"We've struggled a little bit
but we 're growing up quick,"
Viggiano said. ''Every time we
play a ganie, win or lose; we
take something from it. I'm
confident going to Richmond.
It is a result we should get and
we need to win on the road.
It
will be a good way to end our
non-conference schedule."
Pioneers win at Leonidoff
was 6-0 in favor of the Red the game with 213 yards before
Foxes.
handing off the ball to Evin
"I think it's still growing
(the
Jones for a five yard touch-
on-field relationship between down run with 1 :06 remaining,
Debowski and Lamacchia) making the score 21-9.
having been together only five
The contest grew more phys-
garnes and a couple of weeks ical as the afternoon wore on.
in the pre-season. They're Sacred heart was guilty of two
starting to really get a good feel personal fouls and an un-
for· each other and they're start-
sportsmanlike conduct infrac-
ing to build that understanding tion. There was constantly
of where each other is going pushing and shoving after the
with the football," head coach whistle of every play. It was
Jim
.
Parady said.
becoming an emotional affair
With 10:57 remaining in the by both sides.
second quarter, Sacred Heart
The game remained scorele~s
quarterback Dale Fink con-
until Bo Ehikioya broke a one-
nected with Rich Rossi, the yard touchdown
run
with 8:56
freshman wide receiver in the remaining in the fourth quarter
comer of the end zone, for a to make the score 21-16. This
touchdown. The touchdown touchdown marked the first
pass gave Sacred Heart the
lead with a 7-6 score.
Minutes later, with 6:21
remaining
in
the first half,
Sacred Heart scored again to
give the Pioneers a 14-6 lead,
when Dale Fink hooked up
with Steve Tedesco· for a five
yard touchdown pass towards
the middle of the end zone.
An eight play, 46 yard drive
by the Red Foxes late in the
second quarter set up a 36 yard
Kevin Pauly kick that made the
score 14-9.
.
The Sacred Heart Pioneers
were quick to answer as Dale
Fink led his potent offense
down the field into Red Fox
territory. Fink was 16 for 21 in
time that Marist has scored in
the second half of a game since
they played St.
·
Francis on
Sept. 13.
Dale Fink led the Pioneers on
a long 10 play, 70 yard drive
that resulted in a touchdown
pass to Tony Patterson with
just under four
minutes
remaining in regulation. The
touchdown made Jhe score 28
to 16.
On a fourth and long attempt,
Chris Debowski was hit as he
threw, and his pass was deflect-
ed and intercepted by Sacred
Heart. The Pioneers never
looked back as they went on to
win 28-16.
The loss dropped Marist to a
1-4 record on the season.
"I think that
·
we're a few
plays away from getting into
the win column in each of our
games," Parady said. "It's not
one particular area that's get-
ting us. It's kind of a mixture of
plays on offense, defense and
special teams during the course
of a game that we're not get-
ting to. We understand that
we're close, but we also under-
stand that we can't be close, we
have to take that next
step.
We're not satisfied with being
close, we're frustrated with
being close."
The Red Foxes will face the
Bucknell Bisons on Oct. 4 in
the third of five consecutive
home games.
"They're another good foot-
ball team coming in and
they're 2-l coming into the
game," Parady said.
"They
h.ad
two quality wins over Robert
Morris and Duquesne. They
also had a tough loss to Cornell
by one point in a ga~e that
they were virtually leading 90
percent of the time. They run
an offense that you don't see
very often in the triple option
and defensively they are not
big, but they're very athletic
and they
run
well to the foot-
ball."
The Red Foxes will certainly
have their hands full against a
tough Patriot League opponent
during homecoming weekend.
THE
CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008 •
PAGE 15
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CIRCLE
Jared Jordan finished his collegiate career at Marist
with
1,538 points, 813
assists,
and 557 rebounds. He managed
to
lead the nation in assists his last
two
seasons, and was
the second player ever drafted from Marlst
to
the NBA.
Jordan sighting
By MIKE WAL.SH
Staff Writer
Two years ago, Marist grad-
uated one of the best players
ever to pass through the Red
Fox basketball program.
Wherever you go on campus,
there is sure to be someone
mentioning the name "Jared
Jordan" and telling a memory
they had of him. Well after
leading the nation in assists
for two consecutive years at
Marist, Jordan has been busy
chasing down his dream of
playing in the NBA. This jour-
ney has led to stops with the
Los Angeles Clippers, New
York Knicks, Phoenix Suns,
and BC Lietuvos Rytas of
Lithuania.
Most recently however,
Jordan signed a training camp
contract with the New Orleans
Hornets.
The deal was
announced on their website
last Friday, September 26,
though the exact terms of the
deal were not disclosed.
This move by the Hornets
brings their training camp ms-
ter up to 16 players.
At
Jordan's position of point
guard, New Orleans already
has one of the best in the
NBA: superstar (hris Paul.
However, behind him the team
is not too deep at the position.
Aside from Paul, the closest
thing to a pure point guard on
the roster is Jannero Pargo.
Pargo is
-
better known as a
co
·
mbo guard and will become
a free agent this summer.
With a guard like Paul, there
isn't a whole lot of playing
time left to go around. Paul
did log a lot of minutes in the
Olympics and New Orleans
head coach Byron Sc~tt prob-
ably will rest him in order not
to burn him out. This could
give Jordan a chance to dis-
play his skills to more than
just the Hornets - he can dis-
play his skills to the rest of the
NBA and teams overseas.
With Jordan, the assists are
guaranteed, so if he has
improved his shot to NBA
level, this could be his best
chance to land in the NBA.























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Sacred He
a
rt
passes i
t
s way to victory
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Assistant Sports Editor
Bo Ehikioya 's rushing touch-
down in the fourth quarter of
Marist's game against the
Sacred Heart Pioneers marked
the 41st score of his career.
The touchdown tied him with
the late
J.J.
Allen for the all
time
program
record.
However,
the
score
by
Ehikioya was not enough as
Marist fell to the Pioneers 26-
18.
The teams have met six times
prior to this game, with each
team winning three games
apiece. The Pioneers came into
this game undefeated through
their first three games, sporting
a very powerful offense. The
Red Foxes came into the
matchup with a 1-3 record that
is not necessarily indicative of
how competitively they have
played this season.
It
had all
the makings of an excellent
matchup
during
Family
Weekend at Marist College.
On the first drive of the
game, the Pioneer offense cer-
tainly came as advertised. Dale
Fink, the Sacred Heart red-
shirt freshmen and 2007 NEC
(N c,rtheastem
Conference)
Rookie of the year came into
the game with a 66 percent
completion rate and 641 yards
passing. He completed his first
six passing attempts of the
game. Four were caught by.
Steve Tedesco and two by
freshmen Jared Kemp. After
moving the ball deep into Red
Fox terrjtory, the Pioneers
faced a fourth down following
a holding penalty. They opted
to go for it on fourth down and
were unsuccessful after an
enpnnous defensive stance by
Marist.
On their second possession,
Sacred Heart faced another
fourth down. They lined up
their offensive unit, but instead
o( running a play, they faked
and tried a quick kick and
punted the ball. Luckily for
Marist, there
W<JS
an offside
infraction by Sacred Heart that
forced the Pioneers to punt
from the 48 yard line.
The Red Foxes started their
second drive on the 26 yard
line, but were moved up to the
41
yard line after a late hit
penalty on quarterback Chris
Debowski
.
Nothing developed
for Marist, and they were
forced to punt on fourth down.
After the Marist punt, a Dale
Fink pass was deflected by a
Marist defensive lineman and
intercepted by linebacker Nick
Andre. The interception was
Andre's second of the season.
Following a Bo Ehikioya run
and a
Will
Brown reverse play,
the Red Foxes had possession
inside the Pioneer 10 yard line.
Chris Debowski then fired a
four yard touchdown pass in
the middle of the end
·zone
to
James LaMacchia with just
over 14 minutes remaining in
the second quarter. After a
missed extra point, the score
SEE FOOTBALL , PAGE 15
JAMES
REIU.Y
THE CIRCLE
Quarterback Chris Debowski gained 49 rushing yards
against Sacred Heart. He has tallied 286 on the season.