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Security works to limit illegal parking
By
GREG SAPERSTEIN
Circle Contributor
The large number of students
with cars this year has led to stu-
dent concern over the availabil-
ity of on-campus parking.
In
the constant search for
available spots, students are
being ticketed heavily
.
According to the Office of
Safety & Security, the most fre-
quent problem is students
park-
ing in the wrong lots.
When construction of the
Hancock Center begins, the
Lowell Thomas lot will be
decommissioned, and these
problems are likely to increase,
but there are ways students can
avoid ticketing.
Assistant Director of Safety
and Security Al Abdelrahman
said that a blotter system was
implemented this year, which
allows students
to
call security
if they
are
having parking
prob-
lems.
"A student can call security
and tell them their car is dis-
abled
or
they
are
unloading at
Donnelly or in front of their
dorm," Abdelrahman said
Abdelrahman said that securi-
ty will issue students who call a
blotter number, which tells
Security officers on patrol not to
issue a ticket as long as the car
is moved in a certain amount of
time.
GREG
SAPERSTEIN/
THE CIRCLE
Sefety
&
Security intorduced an electronic blutter system
this
year, so that students can unload their
cars in
front
of
their dorms or academic buildin~. like Donnelly Hall,
if
they
call security ahead
of
time.
Gildard, Director of Safety &
Security, said the appeal process
starts
m
the
Student
Government Office with an
appeal form.
Once the students submit their
appeal, student justices meet
and review the appeal and make
a decision.
"If
the ticket is voided, your
record will be cleared," Gildard
said. "However, once a decision
is made, it is final."
Senior Dan Carruthers recent-
ly received a ticket for parking
in the Midrise lot while he was
and SGA accepted his appeal.
Consequences of violations
can range from a $10 ticket to a
$75 one, in addition to losing
campus parking privileges.
The
71
&
fult=nme Marist fac-
ulty members who can park in
ten different lots also have park-
ing issues.
"It
is difficult to find a parking
space ifl arrive on campus after
11
a.m.,"
Dr.
Della Sue, profes-
sor of economics, said.
For students and faculty trying
to avoid tickets, the Marist
Security
Web
site
Abdelrahman also warns stu-
dents
to
not park in a fire zone
or block gates on campus.
Marist College itself does not
issue handicapped
parking
tags,
but your hometown will,
Abdelrahman noted.
''We have an agreement with
the Town of Poughkeepsie
Police Department that if you
park in a handicapped space,
then they can ti,_cket you," said
Abdelrahman.
But if students feel they
wrongly received a ticket, there
being treated at Health Services
.
is a way to appeal
it
John
Carruthers appealed the ticket
(marist.edu/security)
offers
some helpful tips.
Students are encouraged to
take advantage of Security's
"open-door policy" by visiting
the Safety & Security office in
West Point professor discusses conscientious objection
By THOMAS LOTITO
Staff Writer
Peter Tramel, professor of
philosophy at the United States
Military Academy at West
Point, discussed conscientious
objection in the volunteer mili-
tary service before midsemes-
ter break
Tramel began his presenta-
tion by summarizing the story
of Lt.. Ehren Watada of the U.S.
Army. Watada refused to be
deployed to Iraq in 2006
because he believed that
America was unjustly invading
the country. Tramel said that
the problem was that as a mem-
ber of the armed forces he had
an obligation to be there.
He added that the reactions to
Watada's protest are mixed.
"Watada is seen as both a
hero and a villain in this coun-
try," Tramel said. "But his
name is a dirty word back at
West Point."
Trclillel said that those who
enlist in the military in ques-
tion are completely responsible
fur joining a military in which
soldiers must fight despite per-
sonal political feelings.
"Volunteering for military
service is culpably irresponsi-
ble, and thus wrong if the serv-
ice member will have no legal
right to selective conscientious
objection," Tramel said.
Conviction, he said, plays a
large role in his argument.
"I want to focus on moral
wrongs, not legal wrongs,"
Tramel said.
"If
you
·
are con-
vinced you shouldn't do some-
thing then you should do it,
even if it's wrong to not do it."
Tramel read a selection from
philosopher Immanuel Kant
regarding
a
hypothetical
objecting soldier.
"'He must obey,"' Tramel
read. "'But as a scholar he can-
not be justly constrained from
making comments about errors
in military service. or from
placing them before public for
its judgment."'
Freedom of speech, he said,
should not apply to U.S. sol-
diers.
"I don't think U.S. soldiers
have the right to speak out,"
Tramel said.
"If
it's not stated
that they can't, they
'
re certain-
ly discouraged from speaking
out."
That's exactly why Lt. Ehren
Watada received a
·
court mar-
tial, Tramel said.
He
refused to
fight in Iraq, but he believed
that the army was justified in
invading Afghanistan.
According to the Web site of
the Selective Service System
(sss.gov), a branch of the gov-
ernment that would provide
manpower to the military by
conducting a draft but does not
apply to existing military per-
sonnel, "Beliefs which qualify
a registrant for CO status may
be religious in nature, but don't
have to be. Beliefs may be
moral or ethical; however, a
man's reasons for not wanting
to participate in a war must not
be based on politics, expedien-
cy, or self-interest."
Tramel said that a just war
''depends on what its intentions
are.
"You also need to examine
the outcome of fighting the war
versus not fighting the war,"
Tramel said.
He said that a majority of
enlisted and officers in the
armed forces are already will-
ing to fight due to their political
views.
"Most of the people in the
military are of just one political
party, so they're confident that
we're in Iraq for the right rea-
sons."
Tramel does believe that
there needs to be a policy
change within the military.
"If
we had conscientious
objectors, leaders may be more
likely to doubt a war," he said









































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THE
Security Briefs
Grand theft auto? Students not quite that ambitious .. :
By TYLER THURSTON
Margeaux Lippman
James Marconi
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to setting off smoke detectors
in your house. Now, when you
pregame before you go there,
that's a different story. One
student was apparently crav-
ing this idea as well, with
security responding by send-
ing the student on their lucky
way to my favorite place, St.
Francis. So, let me get this
straight, at first you went for a
warm meal from Jazzman's,
and now you're getting all
your nutrients through an IV?
Ouch, look how that hap-
pened.
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10/9 - Leo Hall
Security was forced to inter-
vene when an argument
between two students quickly
escalated out-of-hand in the
hallway of Leo., with the two
parties being separated and
sent back to their respective
corners. Seriously, where's the
love? There's no need to fight.
It's tiresome, there are a lot of
hand gestures, and sooner or
later, everyone is staring at
you like you're all of a sudden
going to bring them in to ref-
eree. Actually, better thought,
where's the love for me? This
is what I'm leading off with, a
fight, and not even a physical
one. My top story of the week
is how words can
hurt
some-
times, I kid you not. Well, you
know what
they"
sa*.
~t~c~~
and
stones may break iiiy bones,
but other than that
jrist
get
10/10- Leo Hall
The chair at the security desk
was stolen from Leo, and to
this day has still not been
found.
Also
not found?
Something better for these
kids to do with their time.
Seriously, while I'm sure these
r
~il~~~
hijinks gave yoµ the
same- rush that hitting those
cars with snowballs did in the
over
10/9 - Champagnat
it.
5
th
grade, isn't it time to move
on? I know this is all coming
as a shock to most. I mean,
one minute it's hysterical, and
A guest was promptly put in the next it's just kind of sad.
his place, and by place, I mean Maybe you should sit down
back home, after security dis-
and think it over. I'm sure you
covered some falsification of have plenty of chairs.
information on their guest
pass. I'm not sure what this
10/10 - Foy Townhouses
falsification could be referring
to, but I'm going to go ahead Marist
students?
Check.
and assume, because I often Marist students attempting to
make an ass out of you and cook food? Check. Marist stu-
me. I think it's a safe bet that dents attempting to cook food,
this referred to where the
having it blow up in their face,
guest would spend the night,
as the room fills with smoke
as we all know that there is no while shrieks and sirens echo?
cohabitation allowed at Marist Check. My growing indiffer-
College. Because everyone ence? Check.
knows what cohabitation leads
to - hand holding, and maybe 10/12 - Campus
even under the sweater touch-
ing. In my book, if you
're
going to do it anyway, it's
going to happen. Meanwhile,
I'd recommend buying as
many sweaters as you possibly
can, this place gets freaking
One student reported their
navigation system missing
from their vehicle, with town
police being notified and no
one being able to locate it.
Maybe what they really need-
freezing. Who you want to let ed was a navigation system.
under them, that's totally your Oh damn. That's irony if I've
call.
ever seen it. But to segue this
beautifully into a public serv-
10/10 - Jazzman's
ice announcement, students
are reminded to lock all valu-
Someone
was
apparently ables into the
trunk
of their
jonesing for some Jazzman's, cars, plus lock their cars.
usually a beautiful alternative Because really, if your stuff is
missing and your car wasn't
locked, you· are up a creek of
you-know-what
without a
paddle - probably because you
locked the paddle in your
trunk.
10/13
-
Midrise
Some Halloween celebrations
started early, as students
reported seeing pumpkins
being thrown out of a Midrise
window. It appears this is just
that, a Halloween spectacular,
and not a tribute to the alterna-
tive rock band from the 90's.
Although, how cool would
that be?
In
fact,
I
might start
doing that. So now, when I
skip class, I can just tell pro-
fessors I'm finding my inner
peace and salvation. Get it?
Nirvana. God, I'm deep.
10/15 - Gartland
In this world, there are three
things I hate. I know, only
three? What can I say, I'm
simple, and I'm lying. Bu~ for
this situation, let's just say it's
morning people, being woken
up, and smoke detectors. So
good for you, Gartland, good
for you. At
7
a.m., you guys
managed to perfect the art of
the trifecta.
10/16
-
Campus
One student reported her car
being tampered with, with the
windshield wipers lifted up,
the mirrors flipped vertically,
and the gas cap being opened.
Okay. So, I'm going to say this
was just some friends messing
with each other, but I don't
know. Or maybe I just don't
care. Either or, I'm definitely
missing the funny in this
whole situation. I'll get back
to you.
10/18 - Foy Townhouses
In another stunning display of
larceny, a student reported his
black Webber grill missing,
with security grilling
suspects
as to its whereabouts. Oh, see
what I did there? God, it feels
so good to
laugh
like this
again.
10/20 - Champagnat
Wow, again with
larceny?
Seriously, people, can't you
just stop
stealing stuff?
Seriously, what is wroqg with
you~
~
student reported her
clothes
missing
from the dryer
of Champagnat, with jeans
and a velour
jacket
mysteri-
ously gone missing. I don't
·
even
-
care anymore. Here's a
thought, if it's not yours, don't
touch it.
If
I was a therapist,
this is where I'd throw my cof-
fee in your face and tell you to
move out of your ~other's
basement and into the real
world. Probably why I've
never been a therapist.
Public Service Announcement
Through
the
month
of
October, Security conducted
the
"lock-it
or
tose-it,u
pro-
gr~
in
which
teams
from
either Security or Housing and
Residential Life visit your
room, in order to check if the
room was left unlocked while
no one was home. During this,
15
rooms were left unlocked
with nobody home, and many
rooms were left unlocked with
one student sleeping inside. In
short, students are reminded to
lock their room when they
leave, as it takes less time for
you to lock your door than for
a thief to steal. So basically,
lock-it or lose-it.
If
the alliter-
ation doesn't get to you,
I
don't know what else will.
Public Service Announcement
Over the past few
days;
some
students have reported prank
phone calls. Students are once
again reminded that if you
receive these phone calls, and
don't know the caller, hang up
and call security innnediately.
If
you do know the caller, you
may want to tell them to go
outside. Maybe grab a foot-
ball. Maybe get some friends.
Let's take it slow.
Disclaimer: The
Security
Briefs are intended as satire
and fully protected free speech
under the First
Amendment
of
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Comedian Fey affects opinions of Palin
By
HEATHER STAATS
Staff Writer
In
the
final
weeks before the
2008 election, "Saturday Night
Live"
revels in the highest rat-
ings in the show's history.
TlHa
Fey's patented Sarah
Palin
'
impersonation has America
paying close attention to both
the vice presidential nominee
and the latest skits on the
show.
Besides the numerous Sarah
Palin skits, "SNL" also re-
enacted each presidential
debate. This type of skit is per-
formed each election season
and everyday on shows such
as Jon Stewart's "The Daily
Show" and Sfeven Colbert's
"The Colbert Report."
Dr.
Laura Linder ofMarist's
communications department
has found research revealing
that many people say they
receive their news solely from
sketch comedy shows, such as
"The Daily Show," and it's a
very scary thought to her.
"These shows shouldn't
make sense if you don't know
the stories behind them," said
Linder. But, she said she
hopes these skits and shows
will inspire people to research
the original stories that they
come from.
The "SNL" stage was rocked
again last weekend when Palin
made a guest appearance to
counteract the Fey impression.
"I
think she did well," noted
Linder.
"It's
certainly one way
to diffuse the bad publicity. At
the same time, I feel like it
makes her look naive."
Julianne Homola, a sophomore
and registered Republican, feels
that these skits are not hurting
Palin.
'"I
think they're really
fun.
Humor is a great way to put
things in perspective. They did
point out some of Sarah
Palin's flaws and I think it's
great that she had the poise to
go on the show and play
along," said Homola.
Linder, on the other hand,
thinks that this is
attracting
negative attention to the
Republican
ticket
.
and to
Sarah
From
WWW.GOOGLE.COM
Comedian Tina Fey brings
record ratings to
SNL
as
Gov. Sarah Palin
Palin.
Sarah Palin and compared the
"It
isn't a show that many statements that the two have
of Palin's supporters watch,
made. The similarities are
but those who do are probably numerous; making them even
appalled by seeing her play funnier to those who view
along with it," she said.
them.
Accuracy is one of the
"There are just too many
aspects of these skits that instances of Palin looking
make them so appealing.
incompetent," says Meghan
Many shows and videos online O'Neill, a sophomore who
have shown Tina Fey next to
supports
Barack
Obama.
"These
skits are making her
look foolish, especially given
how accurate they are."
Barack Obama is also imper-
sonated on the show, but not to
the same level as Sarah Palin.
Critics have said that "SNL"
and the media are too easy on
Obama.
"The liberal media is a
myth," Linder says.
"There
have been studies that prove
that the media has been far
harsher
on Obama than
McCain."
The real winner here is
"SNL." In response to the
assertion that Tina Fey's
impression of Palin is the most
accurate in the history of the
show's political skits, Fey said
on David Letterman's "The
Late Show" that "she just has
a voice that anyone can take a
swing at."
Whether the impression is
easy to do or not. it is certain-
ly bringing "SNL" and Sarah
Palin to the forefront of both
the entertainment and political
headlines.
Connecticut Supren1e Court legalizes san1e-sex inarriage
By
JOSEPH GENTILE
Election Editor
Getting
to
the chapel
in time
for Election Day, gay and les-
bian couples from Connecticut
celebrated
their
state's
Supreme Court ruling on
Friday, October 10 that made
it the third state to legalize
same-sex marriage. Decided
upon by a 4-3 margin, the
Connecticut Supreme Court
Joms
Massachus.etts
and
California in legalizing these
marriages, as the states of
Arizona,
Florida
and
California decide on Nov. 4 if-
their constitutions should be
amended to bar their legal
recognition.
Writing for the majority,
Justice Richard N. Palmer
delved into societal percep-
tions of homosexuals, compar-
ing injustices leveled against
other
minority
groups
throughout history, and found
that homosexuals are entitled
to equal treatment by the state,
including marriage rights.
Currently, this is the first chal-
lenge of its kind in a state that
had previously recognized
civil unions between gay and
lesbian couples, and found
that institution to be separate
and unequal.
.
"To decide otherwise would
require us to apply one set of
constitutional principles to
gay persons and another to all
others," declared Palmer to the
New York Times
in an Oct. 10
interview.
"[F]irmly
estab-
lished equal protection princi-
ples leads inevitably to the
conclusion that gay persons
are entitled to marry the other-
wise qualified same-sex part-
ner of their choice."
Essentially, the ruling has
broadened the options of gay
and lesbian couples from New
York that, after Gov. David
A.
Paterson issued an executive
order last May, required all
state governmeIJ.t agencies to
honor same-sex marriages rec-
ognized elsewhere once it
takes effect Oct. 28. Other
states, such as New Jersey,
Vermont and New Hampshire
which recognize civil unions,
and
states
like
Maine,
Washington,
Oregon
and
Hawaii with domestic-partner-
ship laws, are bracing for
future legal challenges by gay
rights activists that argue those
statues
deny them the fman-
From
WWW.NYTIMES.COM
Beth Kerrigan, front, and
Jody Mock celebrate with twin
sons
Carlos,
back,
and
Fernando in
their West Hartford
yard
cial, emotional and social hen-
"Our phones have been ring-
efits attributed to marriage.
ing off the book, asking for
Even though the high court's lawn signs."
decision cannot be appealed,
However, although Gov.
conservatives are petitioning Jodi M. Rell and the court dis-
their elected officials through agree, she is committed to
an Election Day vote to decide upholding the ruling. "I do not
whether or not the state should believe their voice reflects the
hold a constitutional conven-
majority of the people of
tion to further debate the mat-
Connecticut. However, I am
ter. Hoping this might lead to a also firmly convinced that
voter
referendum,
Peter attempts to reverse this deci-
Wolfgang, the director of the
sion, either legislatively or by
Family
Institute
of amending
the
state
Connecticut, believes that Constitution, will not meet
"[i]n a way, if we do get a yes with success," Rell said to a
vote, we have the State
Hartford Courant
reporter.
Supreme Court to thank,"
Senior Sara Laing though, a
according to an Oct.
.
16 inter-
Connecticut resident, believes
view in the
New York Times.
that the Supreme Court's deci-
sion represents one of the
"better" rulings made by them,
and did not understand why it
took them so long to reach that
conclusion when the suit,
Kerrigan
&
Mock
v.
Connecticut Department of
Public Health, first entered the
legal
.
system
m
2004.
Previously, a
lower-court
judge, Patty Jenkins Pittman
of Superior Court in New
Haven, ruled in favor of the
defendants in 2006 that gay
and lesbian couples weren't
harmed by Connecticut's deci-
sion to refuse extending full
marriage rights to them.
"Civil unions are a step in
the right direction, but mar-
riage is what makes a truly
equal partnership and it is a
right that should be given to
every member of the United
States, no matter their sexual
orientation," said Laing.
Familiar with several gay
and lesbian couples that
entered into civil unions,
La'ing is confident that they
"will be very happy as a result
of this decision" once it goes
into effect by month's end.




























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Palin' s campaign performance confirms
_
voter doubts
BY DEANNA GILLEN
Opinion Editor
This year's presidential
race has been called one of
the most significant in
United
States
history.
Though there are many
"firsts" in terms of age, race
and sex, it seems one issue
supersedes
the
rest:
Republican vice presiden-
tial candidate Sarah Palin.
McCain's unconventional
choice has been subject to
heated debate throughout
the voters, the media, and
has even brought about a
weekly segment on NBC's
Saturday Night Live. Make
history McCain did
1
by
choosing a running mate
that, as Politico.com sug-
gested, was the "least expe-
rienced, least credentialed
person to join a major-party
ticket in the modem era."
The one decision that a
presidential hopeful makes
before he or she is elected
that clearly reflects their
judgment is the choice of
their running mate. In light
of this, I can't help but won-
der, what was Sen. McCain
thinking? I mean, come on,
is Sarah Palin really the
most qualified person in the
Republican Party that was
vying for the job? I'm going
to go out on a limb here and
go with no.
Prior to her year and a half
stint as Gov. of Alaska, she
had not had any major
experience in the public
eye. Such quips ofObama's
experience
then
seems
laughable, whom the Grand
Old Party have repeatedly
criticized for being inexpe-
rienced, after serving nearly
four years in the United
States Senate, after eight
years in the Illinois State
Senate.
The big pink elephant in
the room that nobody wants
to acknowledge is that Palin
has no experience in nation-
al office. Before becoming
a governor in December
2006, she served as a coun-
cil member and mayor of
Wasilla, Alaska, which had
a population of just over
5,000 during her time in
office.
While I understand
McCain's need to diversify
himself and make him seem
like a more dynamic choice
in order to balance his age, I
wonder if he ever had an
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McCain chooses virtual unknown as his right hand woman
intelligent conversation on
the issues with Palin before
inviting her on board the
train to the White House.
The fact that the voters
could elect a person to the
highest office in the land
that is too intellectually
insecure to appear on such
programs as "Meet the
Press" or "Face the Nation"
is baffling. Her lackluster
performance in interviews
and press conferences have
made it all the more appar-
ent that Palin is not ready
for such a position in public
office.
In the wake of the infa-
mous Katie Courie inter-
view, where Palin dis-
turbingly linked her foreign
policy with the fact that she
could see Russia from her
house, Bob Hebert, op-ed
columnist of the New York
Times said, "The press has
an obligation to hammer
away at Ms. Palin 's qualifi-
cations. If it turns out that
she has just had a few bad
interviews because she was
nervous or whatever, addi-
tional scrutiny will serve
her well."
Even former Secretary of
St
_
ate, Republican Colin
Powell endorsed Senato
·
r
Barack
Obama
for
President of the United
States. While Powell stated
that both would be qualified
for
the
position;
he
expressed concern
1f
both
McCain's negative cam-
paign and choice of running
mate, Sarah Palin.
While initially, once
McCain unveiled his selec-
tion for vice president, The
Gallup Poll Daily Report
showed a double-digit lead
for the GOP
_
presidential
hopeful
from
Sept
8
through 14. Shortly after,
the polls quickly rebounded
to "Pre-Palin levels."
It seems tbat McCain's
choice of vice president has
done more harm that it has
done good. As the election
on Nov. 4 looms in the not-
so-far distance, it seems
that the majority of poten-
tial voters are going to be
paying close attention to
what Palin could possibly
do to redeem herself in the
eyes of the American pub-
lic, that is, if its not too late
for her already.
Palin's credibility not lllain issue
Primary focus should shift to Obama's own record
By
JAMES MARCONI
Editor-in-Chief
According to a recent CNN
poll,
the electoral map of the
nation is looking rather blue.
Of course, poll numbers don't
necessarily
translate
into
votes, but the numbers are
quickly arraying themselves
against Senator John McCai
_
n.
It doesn't help that one con-
troversial aspect of McCain's
call_lpaign remains his choice
of running mate - Sarah Palin.
Although popular among con-
servatives, undecided voters
have voiced concerns in the
past month about her experi-
ence and ability to take the
reins of state if necessary.
Another moment of pause
came after Palin's less than
stellar performance in an inter-
view with Katie Courie.
Critics have said that Palin is
just not ready for national pol-
itics, that she doesn't know
enough about the issues and
that she simply isn't prepared
to be president.
And yet the fact remains that
Sarah Palin, despite all the
comments, is still not running
for the office of president. I
made the observation to a
group of friends after McCain
effectively clinched the GOP
nomination that he desperately
needed to consolidate the
Republican base. Even now, I
still believe that Palin was the
right choice in that regard, pri-
marily because she is younger
and more dynamic than
McCain and also more defini-
tively conservative - a trait
that has endeared her to the
party's base.
She did what
McCain could not by breath-
ing new life into the ticket and
getting Republicans excited
(or the election.
As for her qualifications, I
can't say that she has the capa-
bility to be president tomor-
row. Then again, who really
does until they get into the
Oval Office?
Certainly not
Barack Obama, who has all of
three years on the national
scene, with a solid chunk of
that time spent campaigning.
And when you come right
down to it, Palin won't have to
be in the top spot at all,
because the last time I
checked she's still at the bot-
tom of the ticket, and McCain
is hale and hearty. Obam!
'
,
though, most certainly is at
top, and I for one am n t
impressed with HIS command
of the issues.
At the last
debate Obama was specifical-
ly prompted to address the fact
that America spends
more
per
student than any other country
but lags behind in test scores.
His reply, among other
items, indicated that a key part
of his policy would be
increased spending! I can for-
give Patin's fumbling around
with complex and lengthy
economic policies, because no
one I've heard has yet present-
ed a coherent solution to the
crisis. It's far more difficult to
justify flagrant contradictions
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Your guide to the ins and outs of the Ada/Drop systeni
By CHRISTINE SAVOIA
Staff Writer
Learning the ins and outs of
the Add/Drop system at Marist
is a must for every freshman.
The process of signing up for
courses may seem easy
enough, but organizing your
schedule and planning ahead
can make life much easier by
the time senior year rolls
around. This is especially true
for those ambitious over-
achievers trying to juggle mul-
tiple majors and minors that
may not share a great deal of
dual-listed courses. In this
case, it is never too early to
learn the importance of a four-
year plan. Even if you have
not declared a major yet, here
are some important tips to
keep in mind.
Your adviser.
Although you
ultimately have the last say,
your adviser can provide some
valuable tips when choosing
which courses to take. When
you meet, your adviser will go
through your degree audit and
help guide you through a
schedule that will ensure you
meet all core and major
requirements.
.
Advisers are
there to help you and are given
copies of your information to
help you to the best of their
ability, so do not take an
opportunity to speak with
them for granted. You must
also meet with them to get
approved for pre-registration.
Pre-registration.
This is
something you definitely want
to take advantage of. About
the same time midterms roll
around, y~u should find the
course schedule for next
semester in your mailbox.
After going through it and
picking the courses you want,
be sure to make an appoint-
ment with your adviser so he
or she can give you advice and
approve you_ to pre-register
your courses online. During
pre-:registration, you use the
online self-service on the
Marist Web site to add the
courses you would like to take
Things you didn't know about
environmental efficiency on campus
By KELLY GALLUCCI
Circle Contributor
Feel like you're the one try-
ing to live a green life? Well
never fear Planeteers - Marist
College is on your side!
For the last twenty five years
the Marist community has
been adamant about the con-
servation of the Hudson River
Valley. They've cleaned up at
least five contaminated indus-
trial sites, purchased a 13-acre
preserve, have planted 20 trees
annuaUy, turned a parking lot
into the campus green and
that's just the beginning.
Energy efficiency is a high
priority and all lights, shower
heads, boilers and kitchen
appliances used by the school
are quickly being switched out
for more eco-friendly models.
In addition the toilets, washers
and dryers are all designed to
waste less water and in the
2004-2005 school year over
1,815,090 gallons of water
were saved! The dining halls
are helping out as well - offer-
ing cups made from corn and
discounts for students who
store their
drinks
in reusable
mugs.
Last October President
Murray appointed the Campus
Sustainability
Advisory
Committee to help the school
set and reach environmental
goals each year. This group is
responsible for the recy-
cling/trash containers placed
around campus last spring and
is currently working through
new ideas of how to educate
and involve the students and
faculty in other eco-programs.
Did you know?!
...
.You can recycle printer
cartridges and old cell phones
in Donnelly.
.... All concrete and bricks
from Marist demolitions are
recycled.
.... The Green Mountain
Coffee the college purchases
ensures that farmers are paid
fairly for their product.
.... Marist is a member of five
eco-friendly societies (includ-
ing
Scenic
Hudson and
Hudson
River
Valley
Greenway).
...
.In fall 2007 the Dining
Hall began composting food
waste and bought a hydraulic
compressor for cans and plas-
tic bottles.
Feeling inspired yet? Check
out the school's recycling
Web site (marist.edu/stu-
dentlife/recycle/) for more
information on Marist's eco-
activity!
for next semester.
Pre-registration doesn't
guarantee that you will defi-
nitely get the courses you
want- seniority and major
requirements determine who
gets kicked out of an over-
loaded course. It does, howev-
er, make it more likely that
you will get at least some of
the course sections you want.
As you get more credits and
begin taking classes toward
your major, you should gener-
ally find that you get to keep
more courses every pre-regis-
tration. This year pre-registra-
tion ends October 24, so make
sure to get it done.
Add/Drop.
Students will be
closed out of the course selec-
tion section online until the
official
Add/Drop
period
begins on December 1st. At
this time, you will be able to
see how many courses you got
to keep. You will also be able
to add any available courses to
compensate for those you lost
or switch around your sched-
ule entirely. This is done the
same way you
..u
preregistered
online,
but
Add/Drop is
only available
for five days,
so there is less
time to put it
off.
If you for-
get to make
any necessary
changes, there
will be another
Add/Drop
period during
the first week
of the next
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online to be sure that they do
not require any prerequisites
or are taught on a different
campus. Some courses may
also be online or have an
attachment that involves a trip
abroad after the semester ends.
And beware ratemyprofes-
sor.com- many students find
this site useful, but keep in
mind that people have differ-
ent opinions about teaching
styles or may have unfair bias-
es against the professors them-
selves. For more information,
see your adviser or the
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008 •
PAGE 7
Column about nothing: The tragedy of relatives on Face book
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Staff Writer
Being friends with your
cool, older cousin from
Boston who invites you to
spend the summer with her in
a downtown apartment? Cool.
Being friends with your Aunt
Nora who makes a killer
homemade applesauce but is
otherwise clinical19" insane?
Tragic.
Facebook is a double-edged
sword when it comes to famil-
ial ~iending. You can keep in
tou ·
"th parts of your fami-
ly hat you'd long forgotten
existed, or you can friend
them only to remember just
why you stopped talking to
them in the first place.
The general rule of thumb is
that friendi?-g y~ur cousin is
acceptable - friending an aunt
and anyone over the age of 40
is a serious taboo.
If
you know your uncle or
grandparent has a Facebook,
don't seek their friend request.
Instead, lay low and hope that
they don't realize you, too,
have an account.
If
you do happen to fall into
the trap of receiving a friend
request from a crazy relative
( or anyone who would tattle to
your parents about some of
your photographs), it's impor-
tant to be incredibly diplomat-
ic in your approach to the
problem.
Facebook is riddled with bits
of personal information that,
when placed in the hands of
relatives, can be catastrophic.
While your friends might not
care that you attended a lin-
gerie party on
Saturday
(maybe your friends even
hosted said party), Grandma
Tabitha probably would take
offense. True, she might not be
able to figure out how to for-
ward the pictures
to
your par-
ents; but anyone who can fig-
ure out Facebook is usually
tech-savvy enough to email
photos.
So, what are you todo? You
can't decline the request
unless you legitimately hate
your relative and aren't afraid
to make those feelings known.
This basically leaves you
with two choices: accept them,
or accept and assign them to
an abridged account.
The latter is usually the
wiser of the two if the relative
in question is significantly
older, not 'chill,' and extreme-
ly conservative. Younger sib-
lings who have no place
appreciate the video your
roommie sent you that mocks
a quirk possessed by half of
your extended family, but your
Uncle Chuck might-not share
in your enthusiasm.
.....
,..
...
.
you can accept your relatives'
friend requests, grant them full
access to your profile, and see
what happens. This is espe-
cially fun and effective when
your immediate family mem-
knowing
what
you really do on
weekends
at
school also fall
into this category
of
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You
can
use Facebook's "How do you
know1•opt1on to indicate family members.
you unless you
have specifically c;leared them
and deemed them to be rated
PG. Aunt Nora doesn't need to
see you doing keg stands at a
frat party, nor does your 14-
year-old sister, who shouldn't
have a Facebook in the first
place, but that's another story.
Next, it's usually a good idea
to restrict wall posts, or to at
least scan through the last few
pages of posts. You might
Also. you, brother probably
has hysterical jokes about
Uncle Chuck and everyone
else on your dad's side of the
family, but these posted jokes
can backfire if you later
become friends with said rela-
tives and forget to delete the
posts.
If you'd enjoy shaking up
the family tree - and possibly
losing some of the branches -
hers and you are already the
black sheep of the extended
family and tensions are high.
Aunt Nora and Uncle Chuck
would certainly adore those
pictures of your keg stand, and
the following photos of you
running the naked lap after
losing in beer pong would cer-
tainly make them want to
invite you to this summer's
reunion in Wyoming.
Perspectives: Through the eyes of the Literary Arts Society's president
By
ALISON SARDONINI
Stall Writer
Alexander Sutton is a pret-
ty extraordinary guy among
today's college elite.
For starters, he has two
majors (English and French).
He is a member of several
clubs, including Marist for
Barack Obama
,
Sigma Tau
Delta and the intramural ulti-
mate frisbee team. He's also in
the Honors Program.
Oh, and he's premed. And he
wants to be a neurologist. And
he has a job on campus. And if
that's not enough to top off
your typical senior year activ-
ities, Sutton is also president
of the Literary Arts Society
(Lil.
"
e Literary Arts Society is
a
for people who love to
write in any genre," Sutton
explain .
He also said that in the daily
struggles of life, people often
forget to relax.
•·with everyone's classes
and other activities, people
forget to be creative," Sutton
said. "The
Literary
Arts
Society is an oasis for creativ-
ity where it would elsewhere
be stifled."
But, as Sutton continues, the
LAS has another side.
"People often bring their
class work to meetings, and
we go through it," he said.
"We will give suggestions,
and people actually end up
getting betwr grades on the
papers."
In addition to being a cre-
ative hub and a helpful envi-
ronment for class, this club
writers. poets. cartoonists. columnists.
IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED IN
GETTING YOUR
WORK
PUBLISHED,
SEND AN E-MAIL
TO
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President of LAS, Alex Sutton.
has one more aspect - acting as
a "haven" for students under
extreme amounts of stress.
"If
you just broke up with
your girlfriend, we can help
in a way that housemates or
friends really can't, because
literature is a really calming
thing," Sutton said.
As president, Sutton has
added several new features to
the LAS. One of these fea-
tures is an entirely new
:
publi•
cation called Fox Forum, a
monthly publication featur-
ing opinions and academic
essays.
"I saw that people worked
on term papers for weeks and
weeks, and they just threw
them out after," Sutton said.
"I thought that other people
would think that these papers
were interesting."
Sutton has also added a stu-
dent poetry reading night,
where students can share their
creativity with the whole
school, and a trip to the Strand
- the world's biggest used
bookstore - in New York.
"I also hope to add more fun
activities for the group," he
adds.
The LAS is a lot of work,
and Sutton has an e-board that
is just as motivated as him.
"I have fantastic officers,"
Sutton said. "Right off the bat,
I made a point of surrounding
myself with the smartest, most
successful people. Now we're
the officers."
If
you would tike to join the
Literary Arts Society, attend
their Wednesday night meet-
ings at 9:30 p.m. in the com-
muter lounge. You just might
be surprised at what you find
there.
One family's story of
Hurricane
Ike's impact
By
NICKI BOISVERT
Circle Contributor
Author
s
Note: This is a true
story.
The
characters,
Carmen and Louise, are the
brother and sister of one of
my
professors here at Marist.
They lived through Hurricane
Ike and lost everything
.
This
is their story.
At about 4 a.m. on Saturday,
September 14,
.
Hurricane Ike
struck Texas's Gulf Coast.
Although
most
of
the
Galveston area residents had
evacuated, most did not expect
to return to much damage
.
Hurricanes were not unutmal
occurrences-everyone was
used to at least one every year
and had fallen into the pattern
of boarding windows and
leaving for a
few days, then
returning to clean up debris.
Occasionally, the predicted
storm would miss the coast
completely--Oustav had just
a few weeks earlier. When Ike
hit as a category two storm
with 110 mph winds and vio-
lent surf, most still did not
expect much. Shock set
in
as
CNN ran footage that night of
not their homes, but a war
zone in Ike's aftermath.
Among the residents who
evacuated were a brother and
sister: Carmen and Louise--
restaurateurs and homeowners
from the nearby Bolivar
Peninsula. They almost didn't
leave-what recent evidence
had there been that Ike would
be any different than the previ-
ous years' storms?
It
took
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
www.maristcircle.com
Halloween in the Hudson Valley
There's something scary or fun for everyone-
By CAITLIN NOLAN
Assistant Opinion Editor
If you're beginning to crash
from the hectic schedules of
midterms, paper.s and group
projects, the month of October
holds all you need for a good
distraction_
The
Hudson
Valley
has
an
abundant
amount of activities and
attractions filled with the air
of Halloween. Every county
holds numerous houses to be
scared in, fields to pick pro-
duce in, and festivals to wan-
der through. Many of these
attractions close their doors
come the end of October, so
choose wisely.
Marist SPC is sponsoring its
annual trip to Six Flags Fright
Fest on Saturday, October 25.
The $20 trip includes admis-
sion to the park as well as
transportation. Once there,
you can roam the grounds and
encounter all the monsters
waiting for your arrival.
Mazes, zombies, the "Globe
of Death" and extreme rides in
the dark are among the attrac-
tions. Currently the trip is sold
out, but a waiting list is active
and there are plenty of days to
go on your own.
a one-mile hayride, shows,
food and a gift shop, was one
of the most popular events last
fall. The trip, priced at $20, is
worth every penny, according
to past participants.
top 13 haunted attractions in
.
"Haunt World Magazine," is
located in Ulster
·
County, a
quick
ride
away
from
Poughkeepsie_
"I had an awesome time,"
sophomore Kim Bennett said_
"The costumes were great
and it was just a lot of fun."
Buses leave the Midrise
parking lot at 4:45 p_m_ and
are expected to return to cam-
pus around
I
lp.m. For more
information
on
Headless
Horseman,
visit
www. headless horseman. com
or call (845)339- 2666. The
Headless Horseman is open
until November
2,
but tickets
sell fast.
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any more attractions
The Headless Horseman Hayrides, located
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30, you can venture to the
Headless Horseman Haunted
Houses and Hayrides, organ-
ized
by
Marist
S:PC_
The
Headless Horseman, which
includes three haunted houses,
"It
was great," Marist soph-
omore Kerry O'Shea said.
"The hayride was really fun
and the lines ~eren 't that
bad_"
Headless Horseman, which
has placed among the nation's
wit m t e
u son va ey.
Kevin McCurdy's 31st Annual
Haunted Mansion, located on
Sheafe Road off Route 9, fea-
tures a Haunted Mansion,
Castle Van
Helsing and
Horrorwood Studios_ General
SEE HALLOWEEN, PAGE 9
Marist Theatre Program
to
·
present 'Nunsense'
By SARA GRETSCHEL
Circle Contributor
The happenings of the Little
Sisters of Hoboken will have
the audience roaring with
laughter when the Marist
Theatre Program presents
"Nunsense_" Written by Dan
Goggin, a former Catholic
school student, the play is
based on nuns Goggin knew
growing up.
Under the direction of
·Professor
Matt Andrews and
musical director Ryan Defoe,
a Marist alum, the play stars
the Little Sisters of Hoboken,
who recently lost 52 members
of their order when their cook
accidentally served poisoned
vichyssoise one night for din-
,
ner_ The play focuses on their
efforts to run a benefit musical
revue to raise money to bury
the deceased nuns, who reside
in the convent freezer.
These wacky nuns do song-
and-dance routines, conduct
an audience quiz and take part
in many other shenanigans.
Sister Mary, Amnesia, played
by senior Caryn Shatraw, is a
would-be
country
singer
whose silly and forgetful
demeanor is the result of a cru-
cifix falling on her head_
Mother Superior's second-
in-command, Sister Mary
Hubert, played by freshman
Mariam Calleja, is consistent-
ly trying to steal her limelight.
Sister Robert Anne is the
toughest nun, who drives the
convent car and fixes its flat
tires. This street-smart nun is
played by junior Kristen
Mahony. Sophomore Jaclyn
Fitzgerald plays Sister Mary
Leo, whose only desire lies
outside convent walls; she
longs to become a prima balle-
rina.
Presiding over the show,
Mother Superior, played by
Dr. Missy Alexander, tries
fruitlessly to maintain order,
but she is repeatedly undone
by her own irrepressible mis-
chievousness.
The shO\f will be performed
in the Nelly Goletti Theater on
October
30,
31,
and
November 1 at 8 p.m., with
matinees on November l and
2 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for
students and $10 for general
admission and can be reserved
by calling the theater box
office at (845) 575-3133.
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Thrift stores hold hidden, cheap fashion gems for frugal shoppers.
Fashion balances with frugality
By MEGHAN MCKAY
Fashion Columnist
Fashion may
be
the last thing
on your mind, given the recent
downward plummet of our
economy. Crashing stocks,
bank buyouts, stagnant credit
markets and a massive gov-
ernment bailout of Wall Street
with your
tax
money doesn't
exactly scream, "Let's go
shopping!" to the typical con-
sumer.
College students and their
insulated campus lifestyles
may nor be as directly impact-
ed by the crisis as the average
American. We're still out at
Darby's on Saturday night,
ordering the same amount of
pizza and Chinese food, buy-
ing Starbucks, and taking field
trips to the Galleria. Still, we
may feel guilty shopping 'til
we drop in the midst of a
gloomy economic crisis.
As fellow Americans tighten
their belts, stock up on frozen
dinners, and avoid extravagant
purchases, college students
·
can economize as well. Here
are a few ways college fash-
ionistas can still g~t their style
on when wallets are thin_
Thrift stores_
Please get
over the fact that somebody
SEE FASH[ON, PAGE 9
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currently singin'
A weekly review
of the latest songs.
From
WWW-ROWNGSTONECOM
By RYAN RIVARD
Assistant A&E Editor
Eminem "'I'm Having a
Relapse":
Slim
Shady
is
back with a Middle Eastern-
influenced rap describing
a
serial killer, which isn
~
real-
!~
a
surprise. According to
"Rolling Stone," Eminem's
new disc "Relapse," pro-
duced by
Dr.
Dre,
is
sched-
uled
for
an early 2009
release.
Brimey
SpfflI's "Womanizer'':
Britney's latest
is
a dancing
jam that sounds like the '80s
and the present
day
clashed,
fonns
an intense fusion of
beats and poppy synths.
''Womanizer"
is
catehy
and
will cement the line ''you're
a womanizer''
in
your
head
and has
already
had success
on the iTunes charts. Oops,
she did it again.
Fall Out Boy "Headfirst
Slide Into Cooperstown on
a Bad Bet" & "What a
Catch, Donnie": ..
Headfirst
Slide" is anthemic rock
accompanied with a power-
ful
string
arrangement,
riam . and a horn section.
Imagine FOB covering
stadi-
um rock songs like Queen
and you have a good idea of
what this sounds like. "Does
he
know
the way the sun
shine gleams from
your
wed-
ding band?"
"What a
,11ch.
Donnie'.,
i~
a
power ballad opening
wlth
Patrick Stump singing along
to
a somber piano and
intri-
cate
gu ,tat
work
The
anthemic theme is still pres-
ent with group vocals and
numerous
guest
appearances
from
clns
Costello, Travis
l'-.1
oy
of
G)
rn
Class
H
roe , and Panic at the
Disco· s Brendon L
ri
c. all
rcfcn:ncing
other
FOB
sung.
Kanye West "Heartless":
.. Heartless," the second sin-
gle off "808s
&
Heartbreak"
i
again in
,A.uto-Tune
singing, which will hold true
for the entire album as
proven
by
the private album
listening party. The album
will
be ra -less_






































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Kat Oemmlngs and Michael Cera star in the lndle-lnspired •Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."
'Nick and Norah' provide 'Infinite' laughs
By
ALISON JALBERT
Asst. A&E Editor
It's rare to find a movie
whose main characters are
teenagers and act age-appro-
priately. That's why "Nick and
Norah's Infinite Play list" is so
enjoyable. Its main characters,
all seniors in high school, act,
talk and dress like real kids
plucked out of obscurity and
placed into the magical world
of Manhattan of the movie.
The basic plot of the film
seems like something that's
been done over and over
again: boy meets girl, things
get in the way of them being
together, hilarity ensues, and
everyone's happy in the end.
That's really all there is to
"Nick and Norah," but the
genuinely likable characters,
witty dialogue and excellent
cinematography prevent it
from becoming another one-
dimensional teen movie.
Nick
(Michael Cera) and
Norah (Kat Dernmings) are
high school students who meet
From
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in Manhattan in search of a
secret show by their favorite
yet elusive band, Where's
Fluffy. He's also on the island
to play bass in his band with
an ever-changing name, and
she's there to hang out with
her
hard-partying
friend
Caroline (Ari Graynor).
The two realize they're con-
nected
by
Tris,
(Alexis
Dziena) a pouty-lipped Lolita,
who Nick dated and is one of
Norah's classmates. There's
an instant connection between
Nick and Norah, but the
search for Fluffy and keeping
tabs on a very drunk Caroline
prevent them from spending
much quality time together.
The chemistry between Cera
and Dernmings sells the
movie. Would an awkward,
vaguely nerdy guy like Nick
really be attracted to a sarcas-
tic, rich girl like Norah?
Maybe, but the two actors try
their hardest to convince the
audience otherwise. Cera has a
seeming monopoly. on geeky,
likable roles, (see: "Superbad"
and
"Juno")
but he brings a
quiet self-assuredness to Nick
that sort of explains why a girl
like Tris would be attracted to
him. Dennings is strikingly
pretty in an approachable way,
and her effortless delivery
makes it seem like not a lot of
acting was required.
Director Peter Sollett turns
Nick and Norah's New York
into a beautifully lit, magical-
ly safe urban playground. Tris
somehow turns up unharmed
after being abandoned by
Nick,
and Caroline is miracu-
lously alive after roaming
around Manhattan completely
drunk for the majority of the
movie.
What "Nick and Norah's
Infinite Playlist" lacks in plot,
it makes up for il1 heart. After
the film's 90-minute run is
over, it feels like you were
right there alongside Nick and
Norah,
cru1S1ng
·
down
Manhattan streets in his Yugo,
searching for that mysterious
concert and simply enjoying
being young and carefree in
New York City.
Halloween happenings on a college budget
Horrorwood Studios. General drive, Thunder Ridge Ski
Admission is $22, but a $2
Area, located in Patterson,
coupon is available on the
offers "The Haunting on the
website at
www.thehaunted-
Hill," featuring a House of
mansion.com.
Horror, Forest of Fear, and
The Clermont State Historic Psycho Cemetery. Chairlift
Site Legends by Candlelight rides, hayrides, mazes, farm
Spook Tours are available on animals and pumpkin picking
October 17, 18, 24 and 25. For are also available and
occur
only $10, take a candlelit tour every Friday, Saturday and
of the museum and grounds,
Sunday from October 3rd
learning about ghosts and through November 1st. Visit
ghouls from the museum's
www.thunderridgeski.com.
past. The museum is
located
.
The Bakery in New Paltz is
on the Hudson River off Route
hosting its 18th annual "Night
9G between Germantown and of 100 Pumpkins" pumpkin
Tivoli. For further directions carving
contest.
On
and
.
information,
visit Halloween, have your pump-
www.friendsofclermont.org.
kin judged by local artists and
For those who don't mind a win prizes donated by local
businesses. Call (845)255-
8840 for further information.
If
scary attractions do not
tickle your fancy, apple and
pumpkin
picking is rampant
around the Hudson Valley
area. At Apple Hill Farms,
located in New Paltz, you can
take your pick of the many
pumpkins, apples and apple
cider donuts.
Pick-your-own season ends
October 31. For more infor-
mation visit
http://applehill-
fann.com/.
No matter the expectations
one holds for the Halloween
season, there is something for
everyone. The only problem is
making time for it all.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
23, 2008 •
PAGE 9
ashion Watch
Fallfashion's shortcoming
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STACK
Circle Contriby.tor
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Wallet-friendly fashion
else wore that pair of perfect-
ly destructed Seven jeans.
They're
$7.
If
Kirn
Kardashian or Sienna Miller
offered you her designer cast-
offs, would you tum up your
nose? I think not.
So grit your teeth, grab some
style-minded friends and head
down Route 9 to the massive
Goodwill Superstore-or try
Poughkeepsie's
somewhat
sketchy
but
promising
Salvation Army (Sally's) on
Main Street. Goodwill has
half-off
Sundays,
while
Sally's features 50% off spe-
cific items on Wednesdays.
The Nearly New Shop near
Vassar on Raymond Avenue is
another thrift shop worth a try.
With the current trend ofhigh-
waisted skirts and pants,
menswear-inspired
vests,
scarves, thin belts and eighties
silhouettes~
second-hand
stores are a great source for
trendy, cheap clothing that not
every other Forever 21 shop-
per will have.
Discount stores.
They may
play elevator m'l!,sic while you
shop, but discount stores like
Marshall's
and
T.J.Maxx
(right down Route 9) are treas-
ure troves for cheaper prices
on designer labels.
Burlington
Coat Factory,
located
in the
South
Hills Mall just past the
Galleria, is another great spot
to find department store labels
for cheap prices.
Swap clothes.
If
you're
lucky enough to have friends
that are your size, sponsor a
clothes-swapping soiree. Have
everyone
go through their
closets, shoeboxes and jewelry
and weed out items they're
just not enthusiastic about
anymore.
I'm not talking
about old D.A.R.E T-shirts or
flares left over from 2000, but
maybe a dress that just doesn't
flatter your body right, a
sweater
tn
an awkward color,
pants you just never feel like
wearing, or an impulse buy
that you've regretted ever
since.
Let your friends go
through your cast-offs while
you look through theirs-it
may end up being a gold mine!
Be creative.
You probably
already have a ton of clothes,
even if it seems like there's
nothing cute to wear. Think
outside the box and try wear-
ing your old clothes in new
ways. Layering and combin-
ing prints is huge this season,
so experiment with your exist-
ing wardrobe pieces to refresh
your Style.
Take one of last year's long
tunics or graphic print dresses
and belt it at your natural waist
for a more current look. Tuck
blouses into pants and skirts,
layer sweatshirts under blaz-
ers, pair summer's shorts with
tights for fall, try dresses over
skinny jeans with booties and
add scarves to everything to
make it more now.
Investing in a few trendy,
relatively inexpensive acces-
sories from Forever 21 or
H&M, like
a
Bohemian scarf,
fake Ray-Bans, skinny belt,
schoolboy satchel bag, punky
shoe or cloche hat will update
your look without you break-
ing the bank
on
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
www.maristclrcle.com
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Preventing another influenza epidemic at Marist
By
KAil SMITH
Co-Managing Editor
October'29 in the student center
alcoves. At the clinics, students,
faculty and staff will be able to
During last year's flu season,
.
receive a flu shot for $20.
Health Services asked Marist
Susan Strauss, a nurse in the
stll4ents to "get in the game, and Health Seivices office, said the
tak~ your shot."
flu clinics are starting earlier this
'fhlle 1,100 members of the
year in order to encourage stu-
Mapst community did "get in
dents to get vaccinated and
the game" and receive flu vacci-
build up immunity in time for
nations, more than 300 students
winter.
were sent home with the flu last
''U
s
ually
January and February
year.
are the worst months for the flu
As this year's flu
More than 300 students
at
Maris~,"
· h
·
Strauss
said.
season approac -
were sent home with the
"
es,
Health
It
takes at
Services
has
flu last year.
least
two
adopted a more
- - - - - - - - - - -
weeks for a
straight-forward slogan - "Want person's immunity level to build
to spend more time in bed?
Try
up
enough after receiving the
the flu
on
for size!"
shot, so the earlier the better."
In
an effort
to
prevent a repeat
of last year, Health Services will
hold Influenza (flu) vaccination
clinics on campus over the
remainder of the semester, the
next of which is scheduled for
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
each year an average of 5 to 20
percent of Americans get the flu,
while more
than
200,000 people
are hospitalized from flu com-
plications. These complications
can include pneumonia, bron-
chitis and ear infections.
Symptoms of the flu include
fever, headache, fatigue, cough,
runny nose - sometimes resem-
bling a more common respirato-
ry
illness. But the flu is much
more intense,
Strauss
said,
and
will "put you flat in bed for sev-
eral days."
Strauss also said that several
students claim to have gotten
sick from the shot in the past,
but
those illnesses
are
mostly
regular colds that
are
commonly
associated with the change in
seasons.
1
"1
was vaccinated
last
year and
was around infected
people
all
the time," Strauss said. "But
I
never got sick."
At the first of the flu clinics,
which was held on October 8,
vaccinations were given
to
236
members of the Marist commu-
nity.
"Last
semester I was abroad,
but
I
heard there was an
epi-
Se~, Love & Relationships
Horrors
at the
gynecologist
By
KARLIE
JOSEPH
Assistant Health Editor
You're
talking
to
a guy and you
quickly
pop
open your black
clutch to
grab
some lip glos.s.
If
he
happens
to glance
down
at
your Tampax Pearl shoved
halfway into side
'
zipper
pocket, a
Frvm
OiRONICLESOFCONCEPTION.Fl
DPR
slight awkward moment will
See
the Jump page for
facts
and Information for OBGYN visits.
always
pass.
This reaction is
stan-
dard
to
the
persoµal
boundaries
checkup.
As
she confidentially
that come from a conscious
requested an appointment date, I
hwnan
mindset.
was
shocked
to see the
reception-
Though
most people evade
ist slightly judgmental tone
turn
these sensitive and even embar-
to
cutting
glare.
When
I
finally
ras.<fing
situations; some things
realized she
had
fixated on the
are .unavoidable. For female col-
massive
hickey
from
ex-
legb
student, one thing epito-
boyfriend Cheeks,
I
had
to
con-
mires
this
type=-------------
trol an out-
of
anxiety:
the
We can all relate through its
burst
of
gynecofogi st.
crass nature and dreaded
laughter as
And
while
Bebe con-
most shy away
uncertainties.
tinued
to
from discussing details ranging
obliviously
toss
her
hair
exposing
from fear of an STD to the basic
her battle wound
questions
of
"to
shave or not
to
shave," we
can
all
relate through
its crass nature and dreaded
uncertainties.
The most harmless situations
bring awkward encounters.
I
will
never forget going with Bebe to
Health Services
freshman
year
to
make her appointment ~th the
resident "women's health
spe-
cialist'' for an
innocent
routine
Even a
first
time visit
to the
gyno can yield embarrassing
results; no one proves this better
than my hometown friend
Tmkerbell.
Given her usual mod-
est
and
reserved
personality,
even
a typical appointment would
have
been
uncomfortable.
After
braving the initial shock of heels
rests,
parted legs and uncomfort-
able swabbing, Tinkerbell fig-
ured
things
couldn't get any more
uneasy. Wrong; and by that I
mean the wrong hole. Needless
to say she switched specialists
immediately.
For those more experienced
with
these habitual checkups,
even standard
procedure
can be
uneasy. Kristin best
sums
up this
feeling as, "the irony of being
violated by a total stranger, while
chatting about your summer."
And while that is discerning in
itself,
Brijeh's incident with her
final shot of the tri-sequence
Gardicil Vaccine tops most oth-
ers. Though asking the patient
to
wait 20
min
before driving
is
usually
just
gynecologists safe-
guard to avoid a lawsuit, Brijeh
defied
this
myth. Her reaction to
the meds gave a new meaning
to
"face
down,
rear
up"
as the nurse
discovered she had fainted in
the
bathroom "mid-stream".
SEE SEX, PAGE 11
It
Is only a myth that the flu vaccine wlll make you
get
sick.
demic on campus," said senior
Rob Carroll, who received his
shot at the
first
clinic.
"I
don't
want that to happen to me."
Maryellen
Conway,
Coordinator for First Year
Programs, was among the staff
members who received vaccina-
tions at the first clinic. Conway
said she has had the flu before,
and got vaccinated so she would
not be out of work for an
extended period· of time.
"Right
now, freshman students
are
still in the transition stage,"
Conway said. "It's important
for me to be around
to
help
them, so
I
can't get sick."
Clinics will also be held in
November and
December,
but
no definite date has been set at
this time. Students with ques-
tions should direct them to the
Health Services office.
void the frosh 15
By
MARY
TREUER
Circle
Contributor
Day after day of eating in
the dining hall can be the
start of a routine that leads to
packing on the pounds.
Hamburgers, grilled cheese
sandwiches, French fries,
pizza, and various flavors of
ice cream are just a few ways
to get on the fat track. To
outweigh
the
unhealthy
choices, however, there are
also a wide variety of healthy
foods, such as items that are
broiled instead of fried, fresh
fruit, the salads, or anything
that does not include bread-
ing or oil. The staff
in the cafeteria has done its
best to provide more nutri-
tious items for Marist stu-
dents and continues to seek
new ways to improve health-
ful
dining.
Mohamad Charafeddine,
cafeteria manager, said that
dinfog services has added
healthier options in recent
semesters and encourages
students to try them. The
salad bar has grown this year
and
increased
to
what
Charafeddine calls, "the focal
point of the dining room,"
with more fixings such as
grilled chicken or the occa-
sional seafood salad.
The dining room has also
become a
little greener
thanks to the Caesar salad
bar, conveniently located
next to the greasy, high-fat
content pizza. Also, a vegan
station was added last semes-
ter to provide for healthier
options.
While these healthier choic-
es are beneficial, portion con-
trol is key.
"The servers are trained to
give proportioned meals,"
Charafeddine said. "Students
can interact with the server to
control
their
portions.
Students are given a portion
the first time, but they can go
back a second time if they
chose."
Marist dining services is
looking into conducting
.a
cooking demo in the
do
for the
upcoming
year. ·
1 h _.·
are also distributing surveys
for student input for more
upgrades to the dining pro-
gram.
SEE
FROSH,
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THURSDAY, OCTOIJER 23, 2008 •
PAGE 11
Fro1n
Page
10
Sex, Love &
·
Relationships: Horrors at the gyno (plus facts and
.
info)
Nothing
compares to the
gyno-trama Murph experien~ed
our senior year of high school.
To put things mildly, she sensing
some discomfort and
irregulari-
ties and decided to get
things
checked out. At her appoint-
ment, she was mortified
as
the
gyno informed her she had
"never seen anything like it" and
quickly
signed
off
on
Zithromicin, a standard
Herpes
prescription. After weeks of
shameful self torture, brain
wracking
and no healing
progress, the rash spread her
underarms and stomach area A
secbnd, third and
fourth
doctor's
opinion later all deemed the
"mystery disease" shingles (a
completely non-sexual disease
related the chicken pox virus)
and prescribed her a generic
antibiotic that
cured
it in a week.
False alanns suck.
Fortunately, my first gyno
experience represents the oppo-
site end of the
spectrum:
slightly
painful yet embarrassment
free.
Regardless, most can relate to
awkward pre-gyno mother-
daughter, "I'm sexually active"
talk and the qualms of outward-
ly requesting birth control.
Strangely
_enough, the most
awkward part of my
visit
wasn't
the papsmear itself, but the con-
versation afterward Though my
doctor seemed very understand-
ing, I was shocked at her insis-
tence of an STD check even
after
I
had explained
I
had one
boyfriend since I was 14.
Though any chance of a con-
tracting syphilis would have
been impossible, her uncertainty
was enough to fuel mine,
I
took
the test.
I
have come to
realize
most
girls
share the same insecurities.
I started thinking about people
and our own fears regarding
something as simple as our own
bodies.
Is
it merely that we lack
understanding of ourselves?
Or,
a societal emphasis that regards
these issues as ''unpleasant?" It
seems like no matter what your
sexual history is; everyone is
skeptical when it comes to
per-
sonal health. We have all
had
the
experience of leaving through
Cosmo, seeing top ten
symp-
toms of
'"XY
disease," and no
matter how unrealistic it may
be,
thinking: "damn that's me, gotta
call the gyno."
Basic Facts:
- A woman should have a pelvic
exam every year beginning when
she starts having sexual inter-
course, or when she turns 18
Pelvic exams are important to pro-
tect your health, rectal exams
sometimes performed.
- 80 percent of college-aged
women have the HPV virus, which
has been closely linked to cervical
cancer.
-According to the New York State
Department of Health, one in five
teens gets a sexually transmitted
disease each year in the United
States
**Marist health services provides a
nurse practitioners specializing in
womens health**
Phone number:
845.575.3270
Student Center, Room 350
Hours for Academic Semester
Mon-Friday 9:00 am - 9:30 pm
Sat-Sun 12 noon - 4:45 pm
From
Page
10
Benefits of the gynecologist:
- Regular Check-ups keep women
healthy by checking for abnormal
b~ast lumps, infections, cervical
cancer and STDs
- Educates young women about
the risk and prevention of of STDs
(including one of the most com-
mon, the human papillomavirus, or
HPV)
- Can provide birth control to
avoid unplanned pregnancy
- The FDA recently approved a
.
HPV vaccine, which may help
women guard against the virus and
avert cervical cancer.
[ Ed Note:
We strongly urge all
.
female students to visit the gyno-
cologist despite the horror stories
featured in this article. These were
intended as entertainment; howev-
er, it is very important to maintain
your health and well being - one
way is to visit the gynocologist
regularly.]
Steering clear of the freshman
15
With 6 percent to 7 percent of the
vegetables and other ingredients at the
vegan station being grown regionally,
Marist is looking to a greater amounts
of homegrown food. Some of the food
is
even grown
locally
in
the
Poughkeepsie area. Charafeddine said
he hopes eventually Marist dining will
reach its goal of having almost all of
the food used for this station to be
grown locally.
The riglit choices in the cafeteria are
there, but it is up to the student to make
the decision. Eating conservatively and
adding a vegetable or fruit to that
starchy meal is a good way to start.
"As upperclassmen advance to other
dining plans, they begin to make more
conservative choices and not overeat as
much," said Charafeddine.
Take his advice
.
Eating healthy takes
some practice.
Looking to brush up on your
journalistic skills?
Come to The Circle's reporting
workshop.
Tuesday, October 28
at 9:30 p.m. in LT 208
Questions?
-
E-mail writethecircle@gmail.com
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TltURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008 •
PAGE 12
From Page 7
Hurricane Ike displaces a
-
family and brings together a community
tearful protests from Louise
and from their mother Teresa
(calling from New York) to
convince Carmen to follow
the rest of the locals
,
inland.
With their three dogs and three
days worth of clothes, the sib-
lings drove five hours north-
east to stay with a friend away
from the heart of the storm.
Carmen and Louise had
lived on the Gulf Coast for 30
years
since
moving
to
Galveston with their father,
into a house he built with his
own hands. This became the
family house, filled w:ith pho-
tographs and all that Carmen,
Louise, and their older sister
Maria (who also lives in New
York) had come to treasure
from childhood. Carmen and
Louise ultimately moved from
Galveston to Bolivar, where
they owned four houses (two
of which they rented). They
also took over their father's
Italian restaurant on the penin-
sula after his death-Mama
Teresa's Flying Pizza, after
their mother
.
Because of its
success, they opened a second
restaurant
nearby,
Mama
Teresa's American Grill, con-
verted from a beachfront
home and doing so well it was
recently expanded. Carmen's
and Louise's restaurants were
a focal point not only of the
seasonal tourist crowd but also
of the local community. They
only hired locals-about 30
between
the
two--and
remained open year-round.
Because neither Carmen nor
Louise had any children and
Maria and Teresa both live a
five-hour flight away, the
community has become like
family to them. Carmen is a
father figure to many of the
younger men, and the siblings
have a tradition of taking the
extra profits from tourist sea-
son and using it to help some
of their employees' (many of
whom subsist paycheck to
paycheck) children achieve
their dream of going to col-
lege.
From their inland vantage
point, Carmen and Louise
were not initially aware of the
extent of Ike's damage. Still,
they sat together on the couch
glued to CNN, each tightly
gripping the other's hand as
they had as children, when
frightened by the winds whis-
pering like ghosts outside.
Their eyes widened as clips
showed bulldozers pushing
sodden debris
from
the
Galveston seawall into the
ocean because there was
nowhere else to put it. The
devastation truly became real
as they recognized Mama
Teresa's American Grill in one
segment. It hardly passed for
a restaurant, much less one of
the peninsula's more success-
ful year-round joints. The roof
Carmen had hand-shingled
was gone and the restaurant
itself had been crushed as if
stepped on by a celestial giant.
Upon returning to Bolivar
two weeks later to assess the
damages, Carmen and Louise
were shocked as reality. again
hit them. They cried as they
found Mama Teresa's Flying
Pizza-or rather, the mounds
of ~eckage and sepia-brown
water where the restaurant
should have been. Their hous-
es on the peninsula suffered a
similar f~te; all that remained
of one of them was a toilet,
gleaming porcelain amid frag-
ments of what was the neigh-
borhood. Because it was on
the "right" side of the seawall,
their
family
house
in
Galveston was still standing.
Some water had seeped in,
leaving fingerprints of mold in
its path, but most was salvage-
able.
Despite being what some
would call "ruined," Carmen
and Louise can't fathom leav-
ing the Galveston area now-
not when there is such a need
for compassion and solidarity.
Rebuilding their restaurants
and former lives will take
months, years even, and still
nothing will be the same.
Perhaps though, what was is
never
meant
to
return.
Carmen's and Louise's sister
Maria believes that, "maybe
this tragedy gave them an
opportunity. Maybe they can
take this experience and make
the community stronger."
Already, the siblings are vol-
unteering in shelters and
working to clear debris from
their surrogate neighborhood
in the northeast. Carmen also
has aspirations of starting a
nonprofit to help his commu-
nity-his family, ceally-
rebuild
.
If
Carmen and Louise
can find hope amid the chaos
and bring that hope to their
devastated community, it will
be enough.
If
you would like to help
Carmen, Louise, and other$
like them, please considet
making a donation. You can
stop by College Activities and
indicate that you want to
donate to Ike victims (Marist
Money and cash are both
accepted), can contact me
directly, or you can go to the
Dutchess County chapter of
the American Red Cross's
website: http://dutchesscoun-
ty.redcross.org/donate.html.
The funds can be earmarked to
help Ike victims.
If
everyone
donated just a few dollars, we
would make thousands to
help.
























































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JAMES REILLY/
THE
CIRCLE
Junior Allie Lauterborn (22) scored her
first
goal
of
the season for Marist against Iona. The team's
struggles continued however this past
weekend with two conference
losses. Their losing streak now
stands at nine, and
they
continue
to
have
trouble scoring. In their
nine
losses, Marlst has mustered
up
Just
four
goals, and only
has
scored 10 for the season. After coming in
to
the MAAC as favorites
this year, Marlst will
try
to
salvage what's left
of
their season
by
winning their last four MAAC games.
Women's soccer still
can't
find back of net
By
RICH ARLEO
Sports Editor
"You can't just be satisfied
with playing well, that ball has
to go into the back of the net,"
head coach Elizabeth Roper
said.
Scoring has been a problem
all year long for the Marist
women's soccer team, and that
problem
continued in its
two
most recent
games. Despite
playing
extremely
well against
Fairfield
(11-4-2, 4-2),
which
was
ranked third
in
the north-
east region
coming
in to the
contest, and despite out-shoot-
ing
Iona 21-8 on Sunday, the
end result of this past weekend
was two more losses.
Against
Fairfield,
the Foxes
stayed
even throughout all of
regulation. Through 90 min-
utes, they stuck with one of
the best teams in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC),
and that's some-
thing their coach was pleased
with.
"We
showed we can play
with the best," Roper said.
"We
went out there and got
what we had to get done
against them. The problem
was to turn that comer we
needed a lit!le bit more confi-
dence. How do we then capi-
talize and take it that extra step
and actually score?"
Marist was not able to figure
that
·
out, however, and in the
93rd minute of the contest,
Fairfield's Nicole Cavallaro
was able to kick the ball out of
Mari st
keeper
Jamie
Balzarini 's hands and in to the
goal.
"There
was no reaction to
the goal, you could see that
Fairfield was questioning if
that was legal," Roper said.
"We
couldn't see from the
bench, we thought she bob-
bled the ball or
something."
The referee
checked
with the
linesman
and
agreed
that it
was a goal, which ended the
game and sent Marist to yet
another overtime loss.
"We
played them very, very
well," Roper said. "It's just
unfortunate to go into over-
time and lose again."
After dropping the contest to
Fairfield, Marist wanted to
rebound against a much weak-
er Iona team. Unfortunately,
after coming out strong and
going out to a 1-0 lead, the
team could not finish the job.
After Iona came back to tie the
game, and later take the lead,
the Red Foxes looked slug-
gish, and failed to respond.
They went down quietly and
suffered a disappointing 2-1
loss.
·
"We came out and dominat-
ed
Iona at the start, Roper said.
"We just didn't get the ball in
the back of the net."
"That's the way it's been all
season, it's not that we're not
playing well, we get some
mental lapses that allow them
to score. We 're shooting, we
got balls on goal, we're not
shooting effectively though.
We weren't shooting danger-
ously and effectively, we just
didn't have the momentum
and I think the mental strength
to come back after they tied
it
up and after they went ahead.
We didn't get the job d~ne ear-
lier in
the game when we
should've and there just was-
n't the fight to come back."
In the midst of a
nine-game
losing
streak, the Foxes will
try to end their skid and get
some wins this weekend. They
first travel to Riverdale, N.Y.
to face Manhattan on Friday,
Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. They then
head to Jersey City, N.J. to
face Saint Peter's at 1 p.m.
"We had a goal Sunday to try
to go 5-0 the rest of the
games," Roper said. "Now we
have a goal to go 4-0 and win
the rest of the games and sal-
vage something out of the sea-
son. It's about respect and
pride, and we're going to try
to mess up some other MAAC
teams. At this point we ask if
we can still keep building
towards the future and still get
four wins. Every single game
is a contest and we've got to
be stronger and deal with
adversity and things like that."
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
23, 2008
•
PAGE 14
Segni leads
Marist to
first
By
MIKE WALSH
Staff Writer
Marist star runner Girma
Segni keeps breaking
records,
adding another title to his tro-
phy case at the University
of
Albany
Invitational. He outran
186
other racers
with
a time of
24:35.2,
beating
fellow
Marist
captain
David Raucci
by
roughly
three seconds this past
Satur~y morning.
"They've
been
leading this
team for
four
years
and
they
are a nice
1-2 punch
to
have,"
Coach Pete
Colaizzo
said.
Marist, paced by the 1-2 fin-
ish of its senior captains, was
able to beat out the other 21
teams at the meet by a large
margin. The Red Foxes were
first overall with a score of 23,
while their closest competitor
was Brandeis with 91 points.
This was a six place and a 158
point improvement for Marist
since
last
season's
Invitational.
Placing third for Marist and
fourth overall was junior
Conor Shelley, who finished
the 8,000 meters in 24:48:3.
Closing out the scoring for the
Red Foxes were two fresh-
men, Will Griffin and Matt
Flint, who finished in 25 :05 .1
and 25:25.5, respectively.
With these two youngsters
leading the way, the freshman
class is making a large impres-
sion on head coach Pete
Colaizzo.
"Will has been a pleasant
surprise; I knew he'd be good
but not this good," he said.
Segni finished first for
Mari st and 31st overall at the
Paul Short Run at Lehigh two
weeks ago. He helped Marist
set a school record for their
average
time in an
8K with
25:17. The 24:27 was the first
sub-25 minute run on an 8K
course in Segni's career. This
occurred just a short while
after he set the school record
for a race at Van Cortlandt
Park in the Iona College Meet
of Champions. He also fin-
ished first overall at the home
opener for the Foxes at
From P~ge
16
Bowdoin
Park
in
Poughkeepsie.
The Marist women's cross
country
team also had a ban-
ner day on October 18th. At
the invitational,
the
women
set
a program record
for average
time in the 5K,
finishing in
18:48.3.
The first
one
to cross
the
finish
line
wearing
the red
and
white was
freshmanA.ddie
Difrancesco. She
r
I ,
an
impressive
11th overall
!flhile
running the fifth fastest
SK
in
school history in 18:14.1.
She
was followed
closely by her
classmate Kathryn
Sheehan in
15th.
Colaizzo
credits women's
coach Chuck Williams with
the recruitment and develop-
ment of DeFrancesco and
Sheehan.
He believes that
both have the potential to be
top college runners and the
greatest freshmen pair to come
through Marist.
Along with junior captain
Brittany Burns, grad student
Lisa D' Aniello, and sopho-
more Jillian Corley, the Marist
runners placed fourth in a tie
with Binghamton, tallying 188
total
points.
The race featured
a total
of
24 teams as th~ Red
Foxes only trailed Brown,
Middlebury and Sacred Heart.
Both teams will be returning
to action
on
Saturday, Nov. 1
as they head down to Florida
to compete in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) Championships
in
Lake Buena Vista.
"We are not at all satisfied
yet," Colaizzo said, looking
ahead to the
championship
meets.
The men's team
has
been
solid all year and
will definite-
ly look
to
be
a strong
second
to
nationally ranked
Iona
College.
The women
have
been on the fast track,
irpprov-
ing with each race
an1d
will
look to
continue
that
upward
trend when they roll down
south.
"The girls' race is up for
grabs and we can only control
what we do," Colaizzo said
optimistically.
Marist Madness
kriew that night was going to
be a long night," Martin said.
Fans will also see women's
basketball head coach Brian
Giorgis and the '08-'09 team.
Coach Giorgis, who will be
entering his seventh season as
head coach, led the Red Foxes
to a 32-3 overall record during
the 2007-2008 campaign. The
Red Foxes advanced to the
second round of the NCAA
tournament last season before
losing to Louisiana State
University.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.,
and the event begins at 7 pm.
The first 1,000 fans in atten-
dance will receive a free
Marist Basketball T-Shirt.











































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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008 •
PAGE 15
Men's
soccer
in
search of spark
ByCODY
LAHL
Staff Writer
Losing at halftime and still
searching for the team's first
conference victory in four
games, Marist men's soccer
head coach Matt Viggiano
replaced freshman goalkeeper
Scott Kessler with sophomore
Tom DeBenedetto.
"We were looking for a
spark," Viggiano said. "We
were looking to change things
up to see if we could motivate
the team. Scott has played
well for us all year but I think
the season may have caught
up with him."
Less than five minutes after
Viggiano made the goalie
change, the Rider University
Broncs scored
what became
the
winning
goal en route
to a 2-1 victory
on Sunday in
Lawrenceville,
New Jersey.
"It
doesn't
matter
who
you are play-
ing," Viggiano
said.
"You
can't spot a
team the lead.
It's soccer, you
don't
score
three
goals
every time you
go out."
Rider senior
Colin Jennings
l-A~~~~~:~·-~~:·.i
put the Broncs
up 1-0 in the
36th minute on
a
50
yard
direct
kick.
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Kessler
was
Sophomore
Joe
Touloumis was p~I~
~
h~ · ·'
there
ro
inake
coach for strong play
In
their game against Rider
the save and
and for improved
play
throughout the season. The
got a hand on
team
ls
still
looking for
Its
first
conference win.
Jennings' shot
but he could not keep it out of
the net.
"Scott misjudged the ball a
little bit," Viggiano said.
"These are the types of breaks
you get when you are losing
games. It's Murphy's Law. We
are just a little snakebit right
now."
Coming out of halftime,
Rider wasted little time in
extending its lead over Marist
as Broncs sophomore Andrew
Coates put a shot past
DeBenedetto to give Rider its
first two goal lead over an
opponent this season.
The goalie switch did not
spark Marist as Viggiano had
hoped it would. Kessler and
DeBenedetto's
numbers
against the Broncs were iden-
tical as each played 45 min-
utes, made two saves and
allowed one goal.
"We are letting up too many
goals," Viggiano said. "You
have got to keep it out the
back of your net. The other
team cannot win if they don't
score."
While Marist's hopes of
reaching the postseason are
fading,
sophomore
Joe
Touloumis has found his scor-
ing groove. Touloumis - who
recorded one assist in nine
non-conference games - has
scored a g_oa! in t;ich of the
three conference gin.es
he
has
played in.
"Joe Touloumis is having a
great year," Viggiano said.
"He is y_oung and he is
improving. Every day he is
playing better ... he is under-
standing what we want him to
do and he is finishing his
opportunities."
Touloumis cut the Broncs'
lead to 2-1 in the 58th minute
when the sophomore inter-
cepted a sloppy pass by Rider,
dribbled through the defense
and placed a shot out of the
reach of Broncs' goalie Chris
Pimentel.
"I am really happy with the
way he has developed,"
Viggiano said. "He gets better
every day."
The Red Foxes will continue
to search for the spark they
need when they host the
Canisius Golden Griffins on
Friday Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. The
team is still in need of its first
conference win, and will have
five more chances to get it
done. Marist currently stands
at 0-3-1 in the MAAC, which
has put it in a tie for last p)ace.
"We are taking it one game
at a time, one day at a time,
one practice at a time,"
Viggiano said. "We know
we've got talent. We are just
gojng to keep plugging along.
We
know
we~ve got the ability
and the talent but sometimes it
.
takes a while to learn how to
win. and we don't µec
_
essarily
lrno how to do that."
Men's tennis has great showing at
ITA
By JIM URSO
Staff Writer
In what is widely recognized
as the toughest event of the
fall season, the men's tennis
team competed against stem
competition at the ITA tourna-
ment and secured the pro-
gram's best finish since 2001.
At the ITA tournament in
New Haven, Connecticut,
Marist competed against 44 of
.the most elite programs on the
east coast, extending from the
Northeast to Virginia.
Marist's lone doubles team,
as well as two singles players,
advanced to the main draw,
marking the first time since
2001
that
three
players
advanced to the main draw. In
the main draw, Christian
Coley and Rhys Hobbs defeat-
ed Au'stin Longacre and
Camillo
Perez
of
the
University of
·
Delaware 8-5,
advancing to doubles play on
Saturday.
Junior Christian Coley
turned in one the best perform-
ances of his career, after a
groin injury had kept him out
of action for the last month.
Coley came back strong,
tak-
Pisecky rallied to win the see-
ing the court against Harvard's ond set 7-6 (3), and handily
number one seeded player, took the third set 6-2.
Michael Hays. Coley won the
"At 4-4, I was back in the
first set
6-4,
and would come
match, and kind of ~urprised
within a point of defeating to be back in the game because
Hays in - - - - - - - - - - - - - - he was really
the sec-
''At
4-4,
I
was back
In
the match,
killing a few
ond set.
and kind of surprised to be back
m i n u t e s
In one
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b e f
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really k1llmg a few mmutes
"I realized 1
compet-
before.
I realized I had my
had
my
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chance to win the set and
just
chance
to
matches
started to fight on every point."
win. the set
of the
and Just start-
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H a y s
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Nicholas Plsecky
every point."
returned _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Pisecky's
to take the final two sets 7-6 effort exemplifieq. Smith's
(8) and 6-2. Marist coach Tim motto of staying in every
Smith could not have been point.
more impressed with Coley's
The team failed to capture a
hard fought match.
win Saturday. Coley and
"That's the best match I've Hobbs feH 8-3 to a Penn State
ever seen Coley play in three
years," Smith said.
In
another crucial match,
sophomore Nicholas Pisecky
made a magnificent come-
back,
derailing
Connor
Dawson, the third ranked
player on Yale. After losing
the first set -6-1, and falling
behind 4-2 in the second set,
pair, and Loic Sessagesimi fen
to Cornell's Jeremy Feldman
7-6 (5), 6-1.
"We live in a world of empty
flattery, instead of character
building honesty," said Smith,
who is not afraid of giving
players
honest
feedback.
Smith would not praise his
players for an uninspired out-
ing, and felt this weekend's
performance was among the
season's best.
"Considering the talent
in
this tournament, our players
played terrific," Smith said.
He cites the teams young age
as a source of his optimism for
the years to come.
For Nicholas Pisecky and
Rhys Hobbs, this was the first
time competing against such a
high magnitude of competi-
tion. The other competing
teams from the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
were eliminated in the first
round.
After a weekend off, the
team will return to action
against
Ivy
League competi-
tion Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 at
the Cornell tournament in
Ithaca, N.Y.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
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Marist Madness ushers in new season
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Assistant Sports Editor
A slam-dunk contest, a half-
court shot worth $10,000 and
intra-squad
scrimmages.
Although all of these activities
may remind fans of a half-
time show at any professional
basketball game, fans of
Marist basketball can experi-
ence these exciting events and
countless others during the
Fifth Annual Marist Madness
on Friday, Oct. 24 at the
Mccann Center.
In addition to the slam-dunk
contest and intra-squad scrim-
mages, there will also be
per-
formances by the Marist
College cheerleaders, dance
team, and band. A dodgeball
competition will also take
place along with the opportu-
nity for one randomly chosen
fan to win $10,000 by making
a half-court short.
Fans will be introduced to
the men's and women's bas-
ketball teams and will hear
from men's coach Chuck
Martin and women's coach
Brian Giorgis.
Much hype and attention has
surrounded the arrival of
Chuck Martin, the former
assistant coach at Memphis
University. Martin and head
coach John Calipari led the
Tigers to a 38-2 overall record
and an appearance in the
NCAA Division I tournament
championship game.
The
Tigers lost a 75-68 decision in
that game to the Kansas
University Jayhawks.
Martin will now be coaching
a Red Fox team that calls the
McCann Center its home.
With a capacity of approxi-
mately 3
,
200, the McCann
Center provides an intimate
environment for players and
fans alike.
"I think it's critical for our
program and our team,"
Martin said. "Home court
advantage is always a plus at
any program, this year in par-
ticular because it's a new staff,
JAMES REILLY
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Marist Madness
will
get fans primed and ready for the upcoming basketball season. The men and
women's team's anticipate and exciting season of competition in the MAAC and hopefully beyond.
a new coach, and five new
players. We need every advan-
tage that we can get."
"We want to get the student
body and the community to
come out and support us. I
think that the places where
I've been (Memphis, St.
John's, and Drexel), when we
went to hostile environments
whether or not the team was
very good or not, it made a
huge difference. You just
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