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Marist recognizes CNN correspondent
By
MARISSA GUERCIO and
LINDSAY STRAUB
Circle Contributors
Christiane Amanpour, Chief
International Correspondent
for CNN, received the 2008
Marist
College
Lowell
Thomas
Award
at
the
Metropolitan
Club
in
Manhattan on Friday, Nov. 14.
The ceremony was the 20th
presentation of the Marist
College
Lowell
Thomas
Award, which recognizes out-
standing individuals in the
communications
industry
whose lives and work reflect
the imagination, courage,
ambition, and humanity of
Lowell Thomas.
In her 18 years. as
an
inter-
national
correspondent,
Amanpour has reported on
major crises from around the
world,
including
Iraq,
Afghanistan, the Palestinian
territories,
Iran,
Israel,
Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda,
the Balkans, and the United
States
during
Hurricane
Katrina.
Prior to the luncheon,
Amanpour participated in a
round table discussion with
students in Tim Massie's orga-
nizational writing class, as
well as members of
The .Circle
and
Student
Government
Association.
As citizen journalism and
iReporting become more pop-
·
ular, Amanpour stressed the
need for knowledgeable and
intelligent journalists. She
said that citizen journalists
should never substitute edu-:
cated journalists.
"Good journalists tell vital
stories froII) vital places that
deeply
impact America,"
Amanpour said. "Such jour-
nalists bring back real stories
that will help electorate under-
stand and support its govern-
ment and policies."
The CNN correspondent said
that we must understand our
role in an increasingly global-
ized world.
"If
you have the means, and
I believe that all of you do, go
out there, find your story and
bring it home," Amanpour
said. "You just have to decide
that it's really what you want
to do."
Later in
the
d ~
Amanpour spoke about the
basis for a compelling story.
"Storytelling is the backbone
of what we do as journalists/'
said Amanpour. "It's what
people are based on."
Amanpour said that in order
to make a compelling story,
U LAVIN / THE CIRCLE
Marist
students gather
at
the Metropolitan Club in Manhattan In
celebration
of
Chief CNN
International Correspondent Christiane
Amanpour. Amanpour,
who
was
given
the
Lowen
Thomas Award
this
past
weekend,
met with
students for
a
round table session.
journalists need to find dra-
matic context and the best
people to tell that story, and in
tum,
make others understand
how it relates to them.
In attendance was
Dr.
Mark
Van Dyke, associate professor
of communication, who said
he met Amanpour during his
time in
Bosnia as Chief
of
P--ul>Trc
Information
ror
NATO's ~ac;e operations.
~:During
a pr.ess conference I
held in Bosnia, I can remem-
ber Christiane asking me those
critical questions to get more
than a story, but to get the
truth," said Van Dyke.
Marist senior Julie Lavin
said she
.
was a very inspira-
tional and graceful speaker.
"I felt very honored and
privileged to be in her pres-
ence," said Lavin. "It was
interesting to hear the advice
she gave to
us
as students and
as prospective players in the
field of communications
.
"
During
he.
accep~ce
spe
eL
h,
m
a
np
ou
r referred
back to the advice she gave
stadents and noted the value
of active minds and people
who work from a grassroots
mentality.
"Sitting on the sidelines is so
yesterday," Amanpour said.
Wine,
cheese event kicks off senior gift campaign
Pledges totalling
over
$1200
garner support for Marist Fund
By
ANDREW
OVERTON
News Editor
The 2009 Senior Class Gift
Campaign,
a
longtime
Marist tradition where sen-
iors make a gift to the Marist
Fund upon graduation, is a
quarter of the way towards
its $4000 goal thanks to a
successful wine and cheese
reception last week.
-"The
2009 Senior Class
Event in support of the
Marist Fund was the most
successful event in senior
class history," said Bobbi
Sue Gibbons, '04 Assistant
Director of Alumni and
Donor P-rograms.
Over one hundred seniors
enjoyed hors d'oeuvres
with
their classmates and learned
about the Marist Fund in the
Tenney V. Stadium press box
on the evening of Nov. 11.
The Marist Fund is unre-
stricted funding appropriat-
ed to any area of the school's
campus that needs it most.
It
covers expenses that tuition
Gift Campaign Committee
Co-Chair. "The press box
was an ideal venue for stu-
JAMES REL.LY
/
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Marist seniors come together in celebration for their last year
In
the press box
of
Tenny V.
Stadium. They
learned about the Marist
Fund
while participating
In
a wine and cheese event, and pledged
donations
totalling about
$1220.
does not cover.
"Every aspect of our
kick-
off event and formal wine
tasting was perfect," said
Julie Lavin, Senior Class
dents to get together and
learn about what specifically
the senior class gift is and
what
the
Marist
Fund
does.
Everyone
truly
seemed to enjoy themselves
and I was honored to be a
leader of such a ground-
breaking event."
The wine and cheese
reception
generated
122
pledges totaling $1220.
Gibbons was pleased with
the
Senior
Cl~ss
Gift
Committee
who
lrelped
organize the event and
are
currently plam'lingi an 1umni
networking rece
ti
n
rior
to home basketball garne as
well as another formal event
in the C~rnell boathouse in
the spring.
"I am very proud and hon-
ored to work with a commit-
tee that is so enthusiastic
about reaching the pro-
gram's goals," said Gibbons.
"Each senior can make a dif-
ference before they leave
this campus in May and I
hope that everyone will take
this opportunity with pride
.
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11/11 - Cabaret
One lucky student had the
misfortune of leaving her cell
phone at a Cabaret dining
table, upon returning to find it
up and out of there. Students
energized and ready to do it all
over again. Because you my
friend, are a champion of life,
don't let anyone tell you other-
wise. Not your professors, not
the police, not your breatba-
lyzer. You go.
11/12 - Marian
are urged to hold onto their Marian went 0-2, with a fire
belongings, a helpful warning alarm resulting from
an
considering I usually go
unidentifiable substance found
around giving my things to burnt in the microwave. Call
random strangers. Try it some-
me crazy, but up to this point,
time; it's like a mugging with-
I had.no idea a microwave was
out all the bodily harm and
such a foreign invention to
switchblades
.
Kidding aside,
grasp hold of.
I
figured, you
for the first time, however,
know, put it in for a bit, let it
you can't blame someone for
get warm, see how it tastes
losing something
at the after. I know, I know, "that's
Cabaret.
I
lose stuff there all what she said." Mature, peo-
the time, usually any memory pie. Mature.
that a quesadilla can't qualify
as breakfast, lunch, and din-
ner.
11/12 - Leo Hall
Leo got in on the action, with
the top story this week being a
fire alarm due to a burnt hot
pocket in the microwave
.
Let
me repeat that. Burnt hot
pocket. Okay,
visualize
it.
This is leading off these briefs.
As in, the most interesting and
scandalous thing done this
week on campus is the appar-
ent inability to follow package
directions and inherent need to
fry processed cheese. Once
again, my top story. This is
like an anchor opening up the
evening news with a cute
thing her cat did. No one cares
about your cat, and no one
cares about a freaking hot
pocket. Well, except the hun-
gry
kid standing in the cold as
his evening snack is being
checked for signs of foul play.
But other than that, no one. No
one.
11/12 -Donnelly Parking
·Lot
Finally, some much needed-
intoxication. And by much-
needed, I mean someone's
going to need some Advil, or
at least a ~w hours writhing
on the ground, waiting for the
room to stop spinning. A
drunken female student was
found straight chilling in the
Donnelly Parking lot, and was
checked out by Fairview and
returned back to Marian.
11/12 -
Campus
By far the most interesting
story this week, and that's say-
ins something considering I
have microwaves gone amuck
galore, is one lucky prankster
that has been doctoring fake
parking tickets and sticking
them on the Marist
security
vehicles.
The tickets them-
selves, which are impressive if
only for sheer professional-
ism, boast fines up to $20,000,
are a suspected political state-
ment against the parking tick-
et epidemic on campus.
Except, in this case, we actual-
ly have to pay ours, and they
just laugh at them. Oh, was
that
a
Debbie
Downer
moment? My bad. Cue the
"wah, wah," and the rain
clouds. Downer or realist? I
like to blur the lines·.
11/13 -
Upper West Cedar
The pranks continued, this
time concluding with four cars
being covered in Saran wrap.
At least this one is kind of
funny, because hopefully they
all knew each other, otherwise
I'd just be pissed. Well, at
least it's a better idea than
try-
ing to wrap someone in Saran
wrap while they're sleeping. It
starts off as all fun and games,
oh, and now they're not
breathing. God, that seriously
was the worst April Fool's
Day ever.
11/14 - Champagnat/Campus
Returned to Marian, to sleep it
The pungent odor
·
of marijua-
off so they could wake up
na was once again abundant
on campus, this time with two
separate
occasions. The first,
lovely scent was found in
Champagnat, with a roorrt
being found freshly Febreie-
ed and Lysol-ed with two fans
running
in
the
window.
Meaning either you really are
a clean freak that has hot
flashes, or
something's
up.
Later that day, I got to think-
ing about relationships - just
kidding. Later that day, the
grotto by Sheahan and Leo
was the scene of a similar
scent, meaning either someone
on campus has experience, or
a highly-trained nose. Well,
either way, it's nothing to
make you feel low. In
fact,
it
should probably make you
feel quite high.
11/14 - Midrise
Two alcohol confiscations
over the past few days, with
some
beer b~ng
taken from a
guest, and a nicely aged bottle
of wine taken from a student.
If
it's any
consolation,
both
these incidents occurred after
3
p.m., so there was nothing
they could do. I suppose they
could've brought it in the
early hours of the morning,
but an unopened bottle of
wine in your room all day may
be too tempting to pass up.
And seriously, enjoying a nice
glass of wine with your break•
fast is just a whole new low.
ll/15 - Talmadge
The Poughkeepsie police, or
the 5-0's as I like to call them,
notified Marist security that
they had arrested a Marist
stu-
dent on Friday night. When
asked what the student was
charged with, the police
responded that the student had
urinated in public, therefore
was being charged with public
lewdness. Wow, this looks
great
for
Mari st
in
Poughkeepsie. Way to piss all
over the Marist
reputation -
literally.
11/15
-
Leo Hall
In a story hopefully in no way
related, a pool of blood was
found outside Leo Hall, with
no one injured or at least
wounded found nearby. Pool
of blood? Unless this was a
bloody nose gone gusher, this
is some
creepy, crime-scene
~le
stuff.
J
mean,
SLTI
:s
•
if
OJ wasn't in isolation,
I'd
have him in for questioning.
He'd probably tell everyone
that he didn't do
it,
but
if
he
did, he would have at
least
mopped up the blood, but I'd
still have him in just for safe-
keeping.
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Security
Briefs are intended as satire
and fully protected free speech
under the First Amendment of
the Constitution.
Capping group to host
basketball tournament
The Dunk and Donate capping
group is organizing a basketball
tournament to raise organ dona-
tion education and awareness at
Marist.
The 3-on-3 tournament will be
held on Sunday, Nov. 23 in the
Mccann Center at 4:30 p.m.
Sign-ups are November 18 in the
Mccann Center and November 21 in
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President-elect Obama
speeds onto XBox
360
By GREG SAPERSTEIN
supporters.
"~en ?eople h~ar he:s
Circle Contributor
"Like political spots on the
advert1smg, 1t makes hlill eas1-
Driving
along
the highway,
you
sp
_
ot a billboard
advertis-
ing ~pmething
and it makes
YQ.\l
want to get a second look
-
from
your
couch. That's the
alternate
reality
video gamers
encounter
these days as cam-
paign politicking meets play-
television networks, these ads
~~~-
er to identify with kids our
do not reflect the political
age," Werdick added.
policies of Electronic Arts or
Demographics for the multi-
the opinions of its develop-
billion dollar video gamirtg
ment teams," said Holly
industry have changed
dramat-
Rockwood, the director of cor-
ically
within
the
past
few
)ffl&
porate communications for
According
to
the Entertainment
EA, to Jalopnik.com, a Web
SoftwareAssociation(ESA), the
site for sports car enthusiasts.
average video gamer is "35
time.
Targeting the younger demo-
years old and has been playing
In the popular video game
graphic and encouraging
them
to
games for 13 years."
In
addi-
"Burnout Paradise," racers on
a highway can see a colorful
billboard of Barack Obama
with the slogan, "EARLY
VOTING
HAS
BEGUN.
VOTEFORCHANGE.COM".
vote, campaigns
are
looking to
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From JALOPNIK.COM
this brand of fresh advertise-
For the first time in the his-
tory of presidential campaign-
ing, Obama advertised in
video games like "Madden
NFL 09", "NBA Live 08,"
"Burnout Paradise," and six
other video games created by
Electronic Arts (EA), to attract
ment.
But does the average video
gamer concentrate on the bill-
board or on winning the race?
"In
the games I play, stuff
goes by too fast," said fresh-
.
man Steve Werdick, a video
game fanatic. "You write it off
as being unimportant-it's
subliminal advertising".
But not all video gamers
Players of •Burnout Paradise" see an Obama advertisement
share this outlook.
"I would pay more attention
to advertisements in video
games rather than on TV," said
freshman Alex Roithmayr. "I
feel that in the coming years,
there will no doubt be an
increase in advertising in
video games."
One-third of American
households have an up-to-date
gaming system and most
gamers are in the age range of
18-34 years old, according to
Atelier-Us.com, a technology-
themed Web site. However,
due
to President-elect Obama's
popularity with video gamers,
players' attention spans possi-
bly expanded.
percent of video gamers are
females, and that women older
than 18 represent a larger pro-
portion of the game-playing
population (33 percent) than
boys aged 17 or younger ( 18
percent).
Freshman Angela Carafas, a
video gamer, agreed that much
has changed since she began
pl~ying them in the 1990s.
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Three states terminate anti-abortion measures
By
JOSEPH GENTILE
Politics Editor
Pro-life campaigners failed
to carry three ballot initiatives
that banned abortion to term
earlier
this
month
after
Election
Day
defeats
in California,
Colorado and South Dakota.
However, the growing split in
the anti-abortion movement
pitting traditionalists; opposed
to all abortions, and the prag-
matists, that condone abortion
in the event of rape or incest,
possibly led to an internal
meltdown.
mother had
to first identify the
violiltor,
determine paternity
through a DNA test, and com-
plete it within the first 20
weeks.
"They tried to twist it to
make it seem like there are
exceptions, but there are not
nario abortion rights s.upport-
ers brought up had a pregnant
mother, diagnosed with can-
cer, unable to seek chemother-
apy or other treatment because
a miscarriage would be crimi-
nal under the proposed South
Dakota ban.
"Some
of the strongest oppo-
nents of abortion may have
been
responsible
for (the
South Dakota)
measure's
defeat," Bob Burns, a retired
educator from South Dakota
State University, told a
reporter
from
Gannet News Services about
the
South
Dakota Right
to
Life
organii.ation
''Irey
[Sclllh
nikrtl
RigJ:it
to
Lire)
q:pBXl
the initiative
because
of the exceptions,"
Burns said of the "absolutist"
Pro-choice demonstrators
in
South Dakota
rally
in
support of
Measure 11 to further
limit
abortion rights
in
the
state.
exceptions," said Jan Nicolay,
group.
.
.
a
former
state legislator
and
co-
These exceptions m Measure
chairwoman of
South
Dakota
for
11, no! inclu~ed in
_the
_o~~-
·
Healthy
Families, in an inter-
nal, fatled anti-abortion imtta-
view with the
Los Angeles
tive from 2006, added meas-
ures permitting abortion in the
event of rape or incest. Yet, it
still maintained the language
from 2006 that accepted
abor-
tion for
the
safety
of the mother.
In
the
event of
rape
though, the
Times.
Besides that, the stipulations
aimed at protecting the moth-
er's health, according to sup-
porters of reproductive rights,
are limited only to the threat of
major
organ
failure.
One
see-
Proponents for reproductive
rights also released a memo
from attorneys, representing
South Dakota's largest hospi-
tal chain, that hinted the pas-
sage of Measure 11 might
"require a physician to choose
between possibly committing
a felony or subjecting a preg-
nant woman to a higher degree
of medical risk than what
would otherwise be clinically
desirable."
With a requirement for doc-
tors to correlate abortion with
an increased suicide risk, and
a mandatory 24-hour wait
before an abortion can be
completed,
South Dakota has
the most restrictive anti-abor-
tion legislation on record.
Planned Parenthood operates
the state's one abortion clinic
in Sioux Falls, and must fly
physicians in from Minnesota
because South Dakotan doc-
tors fear they might be at risk
for performing abortions.
South Dakotans
rejected
Measure 11 by a l
O
percent
margin, 55 percent to 45 per-
cent, that mirrored the failure
of their 2006 referendum on
abortion. However, the defeat
in South Dakota is incompara-
ble to Colorado, as exit polling
revealed more than 70 percent
of Coloradans opposed a con-
stitutional amendment
giving
fer-
tilized eggs identical rights
to
human
beings.
Proposition
4,
an
initiative from California that
has been defeated three times
in four years, failed by a much
closer margin of 52 percent to
48 percent in attempting to
restrict abortions for underage
girls.
Senior Kate Costello, a
South Dakotan, believes that
although her state tends to side
strongly with the Republican
.
Party, the high level of voter
turnout indicated a desire for
the change Barack Obama and
the Democratic Party repre-
sented.
"I
think many in this state
will continue to support the
right to life, but possibly in
different ways," Costello said.
"Hopefully
we will see an
increase in support and. infor-
mation concerning alternative
options."
Prof. Bruce Luske, a resident
sociologist at Marist, believed
the "extreme" ban in South
Dakota lost because of the
national attention it received
from abortion
rights
activists
afraid of what its passage
might do to the right of repro-
ductive freedom.
"I think conservatism has
failed, and that wedge issue
has failed,"
Luske
said.
"People
are no longer voting
for that because they see their
interest in economic and other
rights as more important."
Convinced the anti-abortion
movement cannot regroup as
easily as before, Luske doubt-
ed the debate about abortion
has an immediate end.
"The last trimester is more
complicated," Luske said. "In
fact, even liberals, Democrats
and the further left believe that
abortion should be safe, legal,
rare, and restricted in the last
trimester."




































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Obama decides to address the nation
through sp
-
eeches made on YouTube
By ANDREW OVERTON
News Editor
On Saturday, Nov. 15,
President-elect Barack Obama
spoke directly to the American
people through a platforan
unfamiliar to past presi-
dents-YouTube.
Connecting the White House
and the American home has
been an important part of the
presidency since Franklin
Roosevelt held his fireside
chats over the radio. But
Obama, who utilized the
Internet more than any candi-
date in history, has decided to
fulfill that role through Web
videos.
Four years ago, during
President Bush's reelection
campaign, YouTube did not
exist. But, in the last two
years, the Obama campaign
uploaded over 1,800 videos of
various
speeches,
events and
advertisements to the site,
which was a factor in his
grassroots success.
"This election, more than
any other, was an Internet
affair," said freshman Justin
Bassett. "One of the major
reasons that Obama was able
to win the election was his
campaign's ability to embrace
the Internet and drum up sup-
port there."
Andrew Rasiej and
Michah
L.
Sifry, founders
of TechPresidentcom, a blog
about technology and
the
'08
campaign, found as of the end
of October, that Web users had
spent more than 14 million
hours watching videos posted
to YouTube by team Obama.
Had the campaign opted to
purchase the same amount of
time on TV in 30-second
spots, it would have cost about
$4
7
million.
As the former senator transi-
tions into the White House,
Obama has made it clear that
his Internet presence will
remain strong. The YouTube
video released last Saturday is
the first weekly address that
the President-elect plans to
disseminate.
Junior Sal Furino, who
voted for Obama, appreciates
Obarna's use of technology,
but is weary of the problems
the videos might pose.
''I
applaud
the use oft.echnology
that
the
President-elect
is
using,"
said Furioo, "However, I am
concerned that this might pro-
voke some impulsive viewers
to believe whatever
he says, with-
out
doing
their own research on
the issues
for which he speaks ...
We as a public have to make
informed decisions upon what
is truly best for us, before
addressing our respective rep-
resentatives."
In
the three and a half minute
video, Obama urged Congress
to approve a down payment on
a rescue plan during what he
called "the greatest economic
challenge ofour times."
"Our global economic crisis
requires a coordinated global
response, and yet as we act in
concert with other nations we
must also act immediately
here at home to address
America's own economic cri-
sis," Obama concluded.
In the meantime, Obama is
gearing up his ambitious agen-
da to meet the challenge of
withdrawing U.S. forces from
Iraq, improving our energy
independence, and improving
foreign relations.
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From
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Obama has a victory lap
in "Burnout Paradise"
Yet. when asked to describe
the average gamer, she still
visualizes a male figure
.
"When
I was little, I was
always outside playing. I did-
n't spend a lot of time inside
and now I see my little cousins
and it's pretty much reversed,"
Carafas said.
In
his pre-election
filing
with the
Federal Election Committee,
President-elect Obama paid
Microsoft, the makers of
Xbox, $44,465 for his in-game
billboards. Yet, having only
advertised for Xbox 360
Online,
the
effect of Obama's
vir-
tual c.ampaigning
is
arguable.
"I am astounded at the
amount of people that came
out to vote," Roithmayr said.
"It really helps me believe that
there will be change for the
future."
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Obama needs to prioritize
Where are the fans?
.
By
ALLISON BURKE
Vouyoukas was very excited
By
DEANNA GILLEN
Opinion Editor
-lts--has-
been
true in nearly
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~P~icfontial election,
:tM!ll~
tb
Lincoln, newly
inaugurated presidents often
use their executive orders as
soon as possible to make
their mark on Washington .
President-elect
Barack
Obama is no exception.
Executive orders allow presi-
dents to implement current
policies immediately, without
requiring the months or so it
would take to pass a law in
Congress. Upon taking office
is January, Obama is expected
to use his executive authority
to reverse Bush's order limiting
the types of embryonic stem
cell research that can receive
federal
tax
dollars.
According to CNN.com,
Obama's transition team is
reviewing hundreds of Bush's
executive orders, as said by
John Podesta, Obama's transi-
tion co-chair. As one of his
first orders of business after
taking office in January,
President-elect Barack Obama
plans to reverse some of
President Bush's most contro-
versial orders, including his
stance on abortion, oil drilling
and embryonic stem cell
FfomBOSTON.
President-elect Barack Obama lhas let the economy fall
by
the
wayside on his agenda, lettlng other Issues take the lead.
research.
ly seem
to matter when there
According to CNN.com, in are millions of jobs at stake.
August 2001, Bush barred the
The unemployment rate has
National Institutes of Heath jumped to
6.5
percent, the
from funding any additional
highest point in
14
years. The
research on embryonic stem labor market has literally col-
c~lls, other than the 60 existing
lapsed in the past
three
months,
cell lines that existed prior to
and there doesn't seem to
be
an
when he signed the executive
end in sight.
I don't know
order.
about you, but when I graduate
While personally, I do agree
in a year and a half, I would
with Obama using executive like to hope that
it
would be in
review to reverse the ban on
a more stable economy where I
stem cell research, for banning can even have the vague, albeit
it would seriously limit the
umcalistic,
hope,
that
I'll
actu-
progress made by scientists in
ally get a job. Obama has said
finding cures for many dis--
that he would do whatever it
eases), I think that in general takes to get the economy mov-
Obama needs to get his priori-
ing again. However, I have yet
ties straight.
to hear of any concrete ideas or
All of his lofty goals, while
ambitious and great, don't real
SEE ECONOMY, PAGE 6
Staff Writer
Few "It's Basketball
Season!" signs appeared in
Gartland Commons late last
week adyertising the Marist
women's and men's basketball
teams' home opener games on
Nov. 16 and 17, respectively.
The signs were not stamped
with approval by the housing
department, so they must have
been posted by student fans -
but where are they?
The Marist women's team
beat University of Albany
74-
56
on Sunday afternoon in
front of an estimated crowd of
2,200, said assistant coach
Keila Whittington.
Defending MAAC champi-
ons and making the NCAA
tournament second round last
season, the Lady Red Foxes
deserve fan support.
Director of Athletics Tim
Murray was disappointed with
the student turnout, but said it
was not a-typical for the
women's games.
Traditionally, the women·
team- does not draw as much
student fan support as the
men's team, said Associate
Athletic
Director
Travis
Tellitocci '04.
Freshman forward Alex
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY:
Letters to the Editor
about the game against St.
Bonaventure
Uni~er
,
sity
Monday night. He expecte'd' a
huge crowd.
Vouyot:iJcas-
)ft
confident because
fie
•
tafke'rl°ti
over
50 stud~ts
,'
f~duti'§
;~'11
staff that claimed
' ·'
they
w~re
coming. Murray said he
na1
not heard much on campus
regarding the Marist men's
basketball team's home open-
er.
"I
know Monday night is a
big class night, but I hope the
new coach and team generates
enough excitement
fo
draw
students," he said Monday
morning.
Excuses of class, homework
and lack of interest were given
Monday
.
afternoon by
20
sports communications stu-
dents who did not plan to
attend the game. Only seven
students said they would go to
tlie home opener and continue
to go throughout the season.
Senior John Kanjian loves
going to the basketball games
and is excited for the season
opener, but even he was sur-
prised to hear the home open-
ers were this weekend. On
campus awareness is so-so,
but "everything is last minute
around here," he said.
Sophomore Christopher Leap
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By CHRIS tPPOLITTO
This
letter
will
bring up an
old issue that
has
not been
fresh on
students' minds, but
will
inevitably become
a
problem
one
again c_ome
April.
I
am of
course
talking
about
the
lack of
televised
baseball
here at Marist. As
most people
know,
Marist's
cable provid r does
not
include
the YES
Network
{Yankees)
or
Sportsnet
New
York (M
·t ).
At
.a
college
in
baseball-crazed New
York,
w:ith
two
hometown teams, it
1s an utter disgrace that
Marist students
do
not get
·the opportunity
to watch
their share of baseball.
Every September, baseball
fans that attend our
school
have had
to
endure 1.:x ·iung,
often heart~stopping pennant
races without being able to
watch their teams live.
Every April,
baseball season
sneaks up ()11 us and tt is
assumed
that
something
will
be different and magically
the Mets and Yanks
will
be
on
TV. Yet,
that
bas not hap-
pened.
Jt
is an unfortm1ate
ituation
that
baseball
fans at
1
ri
t
arc
forced
to
tolerate_
This ., jd, there
is something
simple
that
cati.,h£l
done.
Like veryone else. I wish
that the school would add the
YES
Network and SNY
to
its
cable
package.
Ho
•ci,,cr.
since
I
truthfully do not
!mo · about \>farist's. finan-
cfa.l
spending ability at this
point.
l
lUJlnot
going
to
sug-
gest that
the
·
school
pay
a
boat load of cash for two tel-
t:v1sion
channels
when
other
things
ob iously take priori-
ty.
What most students don
1
t
know
is
that
the Cabaret,
the
gym, and
Jazzman's
get
both
channels on the big screens
at
their
respective locations.
The
only
catch:
the
channels
cap only
be
switch d on
by
ce~in "authorit)·
figures••
that
ha.ve access
to
a particu-
lar remote
control
that puts
on YF$
and
SNY
(I
know, ?it
smmds ridiculous),
Ironically,
when
I
went
with
a
friend
to
1hese
locations
in late
September,
none of these
"authority
fig-
urc.s" were
around to
access
the netwQrks.
To
solve
this
l
sue
l
believe
that
there
should be a
set schedule
£or
\ icwing baseball
games
at
these
three
locations,
Students
would
know
when
and" here
their
teams
will
be
seen on campus, in advance,
so
they will
not have to go
through a scavenger
hunt
in:
an
effort to just
maybe
watch
baseball. College Activities
is
definitely the
organization
I
think this rcsponsihility
should
fall on. It certainly
won't be the same as watch-
4tg
from
the comfort of
your
own
room~ b4t it beats the
only
other alternative: no
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From Page 5
Students
fans are
M.I.A.
at games
is excited to see the home
opener and thinks the team is
better than last year based on
what he saw at Marist
Madness.
"I know because
I'm interested in sports, but I
haven't seen advertisements
around campus," he said.
However, he expects the stu-
dent section to be filled.
Last season, former head
coach Matt Brady and the
team promoted their home
opener by bringing free pizza
to the freshmen dorms,
said Leap.
This season, new Assistant
Athletic
Director/External
Affairs, Frank Lombardy, pro-
moted the basketball season
openers with Marist Madness.
Schedule cards, posters, and
magnets are located in the
Mccann Center. Lombardy is
increasing literature in the
Circle and around campus.
At 7:30 p.m. tip-off, the stu-
dent section appeared full, but
almost half of the stands were
taken by the band and cheer-
leaders, and student fans sit in
the empty paid seating sec-
tions 207 and 206.
More students attended the
first home game last year, said
Tellitocci. The first game is
tough, but "there is not as
much as there should be," he
said.
Marist was down by ten
points at halftime, and so was
student attendance.
Few
stayed
.
with five minutes
remaining and an over 20
point deficit.
Junior Patrick Harrison
knew about the game and was
debating to go if his friends
were
.
also. Perhaps doubting
the teams' skills kept him
away. He did not know Marist
was facing St. Bonaventure in
the Garden State Challenge.
Many expect more people to
come to the men's games, but
the women deserve as much
support.
Kate Gernert is a sophomore
band member and walked onto
the track team this season.
She is excited for the season
openers
and
playing
in
Madison Square Garden. The
role of a band member is to
pump up the students and
players, said Gernert.
She
thinks on-campus awareness
is mediocre.
Since the basketball season
starts earlier every year, it is
tough to draw a large student
turnout, said Lombardy. He
thinks MAAC play will draw
more students and anticipates
bigger
crowds
after
Thanksgiving break. "Usually
more students will come out
mid-season because there are
more advertisements," said
Harrison.
The teams have great com-
munity support, but Lombardi
would love to have more stu-
dents. "One of my biggest ini-
tiatives is to get more student
support for the women's
teams," he said.
"Make sure to come and
cheer on our teams!" reads the
signs hanging in Gartland
Commons that Lombardi had
nothing to do with. Student
fans attempt to generate for
their basketball teams.
The
athletic department promotes
the games in the Mccann cen-
ter to students already active
in athletics.
However, the
home openers did not generate
enough on-campus awareness
to fill the student section.
THE CIRCLE
•
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20,.2008 •
PAGE 6
From Page 5
Economy needs to be put
first
policies that will truly fix the
problems of our economy. The
U.S. economy is on the brink
of recession, and it's hard to
see how he is going to push it
into a different direction.
Desperate times call for des-
perate measures. If action is
taken soon, companies across
the country will soon bear the
brunt of its consequences. For
instance, if a solution to the
ongoing bailout saga involving
the auto industry is not sorted
out within the next couple of
weeks, General Motors is like-
ly to be in bankrupt by the time
Obama is inaugurated in
January.
Wake up Obama. We are in
the worst economic crisis since
the great depression and with
two wars raging abroad; I think
that it is suffice to say that fix-
ing the state of our crumbling
economy should be one of the
most important items on the
table. That's where most of
America
is
suffering.
Everything else is just gravy.
.
Don't get me wrong, I am one
of Obama's biggest fans. My
biggest point of contention
is
that while Obama
is
not
y~t
in
office, he still has a gr~at
amount of influence on what
will happen in the months lead-
ing up to his inauguration, a
time where we will need his
leadership the most.
The Circle
staff wishes
the Marist community
a happy and healthy
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008
www.maristcircle.com
PAGE7
Marist in Ireland:
A
significant lack of leprechauns
By COLIN JOHNSON
Circle Contributor
Basically this was how I
imagined my arrival into
Ireland:
there would be sheep
~fywhete, possibly even on
the runway, which would be
annoying after a six hour
flight. Once in Dublin we
would be surrounded by peo-
ple with red hair and would
have a great view of some
rolling green hills. And of
course, a gorgeous Irish girl
would be waiting to pour me
out a pint of true Irish
Guinness. Sounds great right?
WRONG.
The second we left the air-
port
I
realized this was not
going to be the semester I
imagined. Our group was
greeted by wind and rain. It
would be weeks before I actu-
ally saw a person who even
had a trace of red hair. As for
sheep, I have not seen any
within the limits of Dublin
County. And worst of all, that
Guinness wasn't poured by an
Irish girl, but a short chubby
bearded man who smelled like
bee£
Needless to say, a few hours
later I was sitting on the bal-
cony of our tiny apartment
thinking to myself 'this is
gonna suck.' I decided to do
what I always do when I'm not
in the best mood--go running.
So I laced up my trainers and
headed out in the direction of
what I assumed was a park. As
I ran I thought about everyone
back home, enjoying the
remaining summer weather. I
spent the next few minutes
regretting my decision to go
abroad, that is until
I entered
Phoenix Park.
Unbeknownst to me, Phoenix
Park is the largest park in all
of Europe, and contains some
of the coolest trails I have ever
run on. After getting lost for a
brief period, I emerged in a
field, looked to my left, and
saw what I had been waiting to
see all along-- a massive range
of endless
mountains.
I
stopped for a few minutes to
column about nothing:
What's the deal with these
Jack in the
Box
commercials?
By MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Staff Writer
Seriously, what gives?
I can remeJ!lber exactly
where I was on that fateful
day: it was the end of the
school year and I was spend-
ing my afternoon at the local
gym my entire school fre-
quented every day after
school. As I ran on the tread-
mill, I saw what I thought I'd
never see again.
The bulbously round head.
The angular cone nose. The
crazy hat in an indescribable
fashion. It was Jack. Jack from
Jack in the Box.
As a native Californian, I'd
grown up and been schooled
in the theory that the three
foods I'd ever need in iny life
were ln-N-Out Burger, legiti-
mate Mexican food (Tito's
Tacos was the Messiah of
tacos,) and Jack in the Box.
If
I were to live a happy life, I'd
only have to visit these food
meccas on a regular basis.
When we left California, I
figured I should just take those
eight and a half years, cherish
them for what they were
worth, and accept the fact that
I'd never eat at Jack in the Box
agam.
I thought Jack had left me
forever ... until he appeared on
the TV in front 9f my tread-
mill.
To say the least, I lost control
of my nervous system as I was
caught so off guard by his sud-
den assault on my TV screen.
I stumbled as I tripped over
feet, got tangled in the head-
phones wire of my iPod that
I'd dropped in shock, and
watched the iPod fly across
the floor as it was vaulted by
my treadmill.
If
someone had
seen me, and not been con-
sumed in their workouts,
( damn physically fit people). I
would've
looked
totally
insane. At the very least, I
looked like a danger to myself
or anyone on neighboring
treadmills.
When I got home that day, I
sprinted to the kitchen com-
puter - I had to locate a Jack in
the Box. I was on a mission.
When the store locater fmally
loaded, I came to a stunning
realization.
I'd been duped
.
There was no
Jack
in
the
Box
in
Connecticut.
SEE WHERE ARE YOU, PAGE 8
look at them. By now the sun
was setting, painting the sky-
line various shades of orange
and pink, and the moon was
just barely visible. As I turned
to head back, I thought to
myself 'I guess I can do this.'
Since then my trip has been
a rollercoaster ride. Ireland is
easily the wildest, most unpre-
dictable place I have ever
been. Every day has the poten-
tial for a new adventure. I
spent the first two weekends
hiking mountain trails along
Dublin's coastline.
A few weeks later, I ventured
to Galway to check out his-
toric castles, and the Aran
Islands. While there, I found
myself on the edge of cliffs so
massive I felt like I had
reached the edge of the earth
(plus I finally saw some
sheep).
Following this my buddy
Graham and I snagged a tan-
dem bike and investigated the
parts of the island our tour
guide had skipped over.
As time passed I did ev~cy-
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out with some real hooligans,
and cliff jump into the Irish
Sea. As I write this I'm prepar-
ing for a surfing expedition to
the west coast of Ireland.
If
you had asked me months ago
what I would be doing in
Ireland, surfmg would have
been my last response.
Ireland has opened my eyes
to a country far beyond my
imagination; it is full of cul-
ture, history, and has a beauti-
ful landscape. Without seeing
it for yourself it is almost
impossible to describe, but all
I can say is it's a lot of fun, and
definitely a great destination
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PAGE 8
Freshman
101:
Alternative ways to get home for break
From Pa
ge
7
Where are
you,
Jack in the
Box?
By
CLARE LA~GAN
Staff Writer
It is the plight of the fresh-
man class. No wheels means
no cruisin' around Po-town,
no drive-in movies and cer-
tainly no easy way of getting
home.
The ban on cars for freshmen
actually does have its benefits,
believe it or not. You are more
lik
~
ly to stay on campus
,
which leads to a quicker accli-
mation
to
access the Board online and
coordinate rides home.
It
works like a message board,
with threads for students offer-
ing rides and
·
those needing
them.
It
is not too late to
arrange
a
ride
for
Thanksgiving break. With the
cost of gas these days, it is the
ideal solution for both drivers
and riders alike.
The Poughkeepsie Train
Station is another alternative
for getting home.
It
offers
Amtrak
school. So
what
are
first-year
students to
do
when
they need to
get
back
It's not too late to arrange a
ride for Thanksgiving break.
With the cost of gas these
days, it Is the ideal situation ...
andMetro-
North rail
services,
and tickets
can bepur-
c has e d
home?
There are a slew of options
for getting home, from trains
to planes to good old-fash-
ioned car pools. So don't
worry, you won't have to
hitchhike the Taconic to get
home for the holidays.
A good place to start is the
Student Ride Board located
under Online Services for
Current Students on the Marist
homepage.
Students can
online or
at the station. Metro-North
will
.
take you south on the
Hudson
Line
to
Grand
Central. From there you can
take local lines or transfer to
Penn Station to get to the L.I.
Railroad or N.J. Transit.
Amtrak
is another option for
those north of Poughkeepsie.
With four routes going to
Central and
Western New
York and New England, you
can get home without the has-
CARPOOLS ON~Y
;
.·,
,
,-,
2
OR MORE PERSONS
PER VEHICLE
From
DESICARPOOLNET
Save money by carpooling with friends that live in the same area
sle of the highway. An inex-
pensive cab ride will get you
to the train station in minutes.
Visit
www.mta.info
or
www.amtrak.com.
Not everyone lives close
enough to drive or take a train.
For those students, Stewart
Airport will fly you home. A
30-minute drive from campus
near
Newburgh, Stewart
offers carriers including Delta,
jetBlue, Northwest and US
Airways Express. The airport
also has a student discount on
ground transportation. Check
out www.panynj.gov and book
your flight for winter break.
Carpooling with friends is
another way to go. Know an
upperclassman that is from
your hometown? Contact
them to see if there is room in
their car. It is a win-win situa-
tion; you get a ride home and
they get some company on the
road (and gas money).
Getting home for break does
not have to entail a two hour
car ride with your parents.
Whether you carpool to
Connecticut or fly to Florida,
you will wonder why you ever
worried about not having a car
in the first place.
In fact, there was no Jack in
the Box in Massachusetts,
New York, Rhode Island, New
Jersey, anywhere. The closest
Jack in the Box? I had a choice
between
North
Carolina,
Tennessee, or Illinois.
Why would the restaurant
chain I loved so much play
such a dirty trick on me?
Didn't Jack understand how
his absence in my life had can-
onized him into some sort of
mythical figure in my eyes?
He was my version of Harold
an~ Kumar's White Castle
,
for
God's sake.
Why would he toy with my
emotions like this?
Sadly, this story has no
happy ending, as I've never
obtained any Jack in the Box
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www.maristcircle.com
Paramore gets Woodie at mtvU
awards
By
ANDREW OVERTON
News Editor
Last week mtvU recognized
the hottest acts on college cam-
puses in 2008 at the fifth-annu-
al Woodie Awards in New York
City. College students across
the country cast over 5 million
votes online to determine the
winners and Paramore, the pop-
punk band from Tenn., took
home the big prize-Woodie of
the Year.
Tyson Ritter, lead singer of the
All
American
Rejects
announced the winner by tear-
ing his shirt to reveal the
win-
ner's name written on his bare
chest.
"I'm the first girl in a band to
get a Woodie!" exclaimed
Pararnore's lead singer, Hayley
Williams, upon accepting the
award from the All American
Rejects.
Other Woodie winners includ-
ed
There
For Tomorrow
(Breaking Woodie), Chromeo
(Left Field Woodie), Motion
City Soundtrack (Best Video
Woodie), and Jack's Mannequin
(Good Woodie).
The Nov. 22 show featured
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Paramore, the poi:>-punk band lead by frontwoman
Hayley
WIiiiams,
accepts the Woodie of the Year at the mtvU Woodle awards.
powerful performances from
the likes of Vampire
Weekend,
Santogold, Chromeo All Time
Low, Lykke Li, The Cool Kids,
Asher Roth, DJ A-Trak, and a
surprise performance from Q-
Tip.
Andrew McMahon, the brains
behind Jack's Mannequin and
leukemia
survivor, won the
Good Woodie for the Dear Jack
Foundation he began to fund
cancer research.
McMahon said he established
the charity when he realized he
had a lot of
fans who were very
passionate about the cause of
blood leukemia.
"We just
try
to do our best to
make sure that someone who
encounters what I encountered
that they'll be closer to a cure,"
said McMahon.
Motion City Soundtrack's
"It
Had to be You" award-winning
music
video
was unique
because it was directed by a
Texas A &
M
student who won
a music video contest.
When indie kings, Vampire
Weekend
performed
their
newest single "Kids Don't
Stand a Chance," P-Thugg
(Patrick Gemayel) of Chromeo
was right alongside them on
keyboard fully-equipped with a
talk-box. Vampire Weekend
fin-
ished their set with "Cape Cod
Kwassa Kwassa."
Hip-hop artist Asher Roth
kicked off the night with "I
·
Love College" before crowd-
surfing to the Cool Kids' per-
formance of "Delivery Man."
Lykke Li was joined on stage by
surprise guest,
Q-Tip,
for a hip-
hop collaboration of "Can I
Kick
It"
by Tribe Called Quest
of which Q-Tip was a member.
Pop-punk
upstarts All Time
Low were joined by scantily
clad dancers for "Dear Maria"
and "Poppin Champagne."
Woodie of the Year nominee,
Santogold performed her hit
"L.E.S. Artistes" before Naeem
Juwan of Spank Rock joined
her for "Shove it."
A half-hour special "Best of
the mtvU Woodie Awards" will
air on
Nov. 21 at 7
pm
on
MTV2 and Nov. 22 at
10 pm on
MTV.
Michelle Obama brings fashion back to White House
By
MEGHAN MCKAY
Staff Writer
Firstladies tend to be hit or
miss when it comes to style,
and
usually
they
miss.
Everyone remembers fashion
darling and pop culture icon
Jackie
0,
wife of President
John
F.
Kennedy. We're still
wearing her signature over-
sized sunglasses and she
remains as close to a fashion-
ista's heart as style idols
Audrey Hepburn or Twiggy.
Jackie was a bit of an excep-
tion to the first lady rule since
the past couple decades of
Bush and Clinton females
have certainly been less
than
stellar in
the fashion department
Eleanor Roosevelt was a fan of
boxy, drab suits, while Lady
Bird Johnson was an eccentric
who eventually toned down
her style to blazers and other
typical first lady fare. It's
doubtful that anyone would
name Nancy Reagan
or
Rosalyn Carter as arbiters of
style, though they always
looked presentable on the job.
Given the lack of stylishness
that has plagued most of the
preceding first ladies, it looks
like Michelle Obama is about
to bring "chic" back
to the White
House
after a 45-year absence.
Isabel Toledo, Narciso
Rodriguez,
Ma;chino,
Thakoon,
Peter
Soronen,
and
Maria
Pinto are
just a few of the designers
Obama has worn over the
course of her husband's cam-
From NYDAILYNEWS.COM
Michelle Obama
is
proving
to
be
more than
Just
a
first
lady, but a
first
lady
of
fashion
as
well. Her
elegant attire
and
keen eye for
good fashion
has
not
been
seen
in
the White
House for
45
years.
paign. Never a woman to be
elitist or snobby, the political-
ly savvy Obama mixes budg-
et-friendly (and recession-
conscious) labels like White
House/Black
Market, J. Crew,
and H&M into her diverse
w a r d r o b e .
Obama usually looks striking
in
bold or bright colors, graphic
prints and slim body-hugging
lines, and she isn't afraid to
play up her tall, curvy figure.
She's an expert at dressing
high and low, and combining
different pieces to create an
elegant, well put-together
ensemble. There are no blase
suits or morbid overuse of
Donna Karan black for this
confident alpha-female! Nor
does Obama limit herself to
the usual go-to designers of
former and current first ladies:
Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la
Renta, and the like. There
have been rumors that a
"Vogue" cover is in the works
for Obama. It looks like
America is getting not
just a
first
lady, but a
first
lady of fashion.
Good taste must run in the
Obama family. The junior mem-
bers of the Obama family are
already impacting the fashion
world. The Iris & Ivy dress
that 7-year-old Sasha Obama
wore on election night com-
pletely sold out just the next
day. The company that owns
the label, Gerson & Gerson,
has renamed the dress the
"Sasha," and plans to rework
the style for next year.
Meanwhile, the red taffeta
dress
10-year-old
Malia
Obama wore the same evening
has spurred a buying frenzy
for the company that created
it, California-based Biscotti
Inc. After completely selling
out of the dress the morning
after the election, B iscotti
found
demand
was still high
enough to warrant rushing
another round of production of
the bubble-skirted dresses.
Apparently the key to selling
clothes is to put them on
America's first family-to-be!
Obviously there's more to a
presidency than what the fam-
ily wears, but man, I know that
when Bush won the second
time around, I was a lot more
excited by his wife's choice of
inaugural outfit than by any-
thing
he
had
to
say.
The question at hand is, can
America embrace a first lady
that we look up to not just as a
smiling figure beside the pres-
ident, but also as a fashion and ·
style icon? Yes we can!
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A
weekly review
of the latest songs
from
STIREOGUM.COM
The indle rock band Animal
Collective
will
release their
new album •Merriweather
Post
Pavilion· on Jan.
20.
By RYAN RIVARD
Co-A&E Editor
Animal Collective "Brother
Sport" - This tune is an indie
kaleidoscope of ounds.
Its a
soundtrack to
a
day
at a trop-
ical beach with the sun's
rays
beating down on you. It feels
sunnier than Philadelphia.
T-Pain
"Can't Believe
It
(Remix)
featuring Justin
Timberlake"
-The laidbac ·
track swaps out Lil Wayne
f<
r
n
t
T
n
in
Timberlake,
who·
naturally
soothing voice make
the
track sleeker.
At the end. T-
Pain say "Auto Tune's on the
way out." Take note, Kany .
Kan
ye
\Vest
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Morning" (The Kickdrums
Remi.·) - Found on Kan,>c's
new mixtapc "Sky
High,"
this rem
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flavored guitars and
bli tcring
blues
riff,;.
Lil Wayne "'Get
Bi7.zy" -
A
highlight off Weery's new
mixtape "Dedication 3."
Minimalistic yet bold beats
dominate for three minutes.
Britney Spears "Shattered
Glass" -
Britney is back. A
blend of old school Britney
and ''Blackout" is sugary pop
bliss. Listen closely for the
Lil Wayne ' Go
Dr'
sample.
Bruce Springsteen .. iVorking
on a Dream"
'111c
Boss pla ycd
thi:s song while on the cam-
paign trail in support of
Barack Obama.
1
he studio
version debuted last Sunday.
With a hopeful optimistic
vibe, the sound docs not stray
too
far away from the past
music from Spring ·teen and
the E Street Band, which is
definitely not a bad
thing.
The new album, "Working
On a Dream," drops Jan. 27,
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 •
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The top ten "Twilight" characters
By
KELYN BORTZ
Staff Writer
years of living.
3. Jacob Black -
Part of the
Quileute
tribe,
Jacob
is
Warning: Spoiler Alert
arguably the most controver-
The movie version of sial character in the book. He
Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight''
is the one who reveals the true
hits theaters on Nov.
21.
identity of Edwan1' to Bella.
Here's a quick look at who's
who in the world of Bella and
Edward.
1. Isabella "Bella" Swan -
Without Bella there would be
no "Twilight." Even though
she knows Edward is tempted
to kill her, her love for him
prevails over fear. Bella, like
Edward, has never felt the pull
of love and is swept into a
potentially
life-threatening
relationship.
She's smart,
humble and accepts Edward
for who he really is. Although
every girl is a bit jealous of
her, Bella is a perfect match
for the dazzling Edward.
2. Edward Cullen -
When
any girl hears that name, he~
heart skips a beat. The epito-
me of the perfect man, Edward
captures every girl's heart.
With his romantic lines and
gorgeous looks, he puts all
other men to shame. He will
do anything to protect his fam-
ily, but once Bella comes into
the picture, their true identities
may be revealed. Edward has
a hard time deciding what to
do-stay away from Bella, or
potentially kill her. Edward
cannot resist the love that he
After Bella and Edward's rela-
tionship begins, he is set on,
breaking them up in order to
protect her life.
4. Carlisle Cullen -
The old-
est and "father" of the Cullen
family, Carlisle is the original
"vegetarian." He is the only
vampire who has no problem
resisting
human
blood.
Carlisle keeps the family
together, and is known for his
overwhelming
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compassion
and vast knowledge.
5. Alice Cullen -
Possibly
one of the most lovable char-
acters of "Twilight." She
become Bella's best friend,
but is the only one who has no
problem with Bella and
Edward's love.
6. Jasper Hale -
Jasper was
transformed by a vampire
named Maria but quickly
became unhappy with his way
of living. He became a part of
the Cullen family after being
tracked down by Alice, who
saw him in a vision. Out of all
the Cullens, Jasper has the
hardest time resisting human
blood, because he lived off it
for almost
100
years.
7. Emmett Cullen -
The
has never felt in his hundred
largest of the Cullens, Emmett
is the jokester of the family.
He sees Rosalie, his wife, as
his angel, since she was the
one who saved him from
death. He is unquestionably
the strongest of the family and
is used frequently to protect
Bella from her pursuers.
8. Rosalie Hale -
Brought
into the family to be Edward's
companion, Rosalie's egocen-
tric personality was damaged
when she was rejected b_y him.
Although she is now married
to Emmett and has no fee~~~
towards Edward, she still
holds an immense grudge over
it. Rosalie would give up any-
thing to be human again, and
is jealous that Bella is able to
choose.
9. Charlie Swan -
As
Bella's father, Charlie is
strongly opposed to her rela-
tionship with Edward.
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Not
knowing who Edward really
is, Charlie believes that he is
just a typical guy who has a
one-track mind. Bella's only
opposition to being changed
into a vampire is that she will
not be able to contact her par-
ents afterwards.
10. James -
The most hated
of all characters in the book,
James is a tracker vampire
who, after meeting Bella and
seeing how well protected she
is, makes the commitment to
kill
her no matter what it
takes.
The red carpet report straight from the mtvU Woodie Awards
By
JOE WALSH
Staff Writer
If
you ever get the chance,
sneak onto a red carpet.
I
promise you won't regret it.
You'd be surprised how far
wearing a camera around your
neck can get you. Just blena in
with the mob of reporters and
you're in the presence of your
favorite musicians.
The mtvU Woodie awards
taped last Wednesday and
were aired last night. It's the
occasion which allowed me
to give you the previous
recommendation.
Surrounded by musi-
cians, ip.aµa.gers, photogra-
p9r-ers, and reporte-rs, one
getr,
a gp~
impression of the
~ymbiotic
relationship celebri-
ties and repo~ers share. You
might even get an internship
or job offer from the people
you are standing next to.
The photographers seldom
thank the artists for posing
after
instructing
them like they
are directing their film debut.
For the record, I said thank
you.
The lesser known artists like
Au Revoir Simone practically
beg
indie
blogs
like
Stereogum to interview them.
Reporters say thank you.
In an attempt to relate to col-
lege journalists, the press
release after the show men-
tions how mtvU brought us
beer pong on the night of the
awards. I'd like to take the
time right now to say that
there was only one, very short,
beer pong table that was avail-
Performers Santogold and
Vampire Weekend got high
praise from the crowd as the
two top indie acts of the year
played for the Roseland
Ballroom crowd. The press
talked a lot of trash about
Boys Like Girls though.
·
Another key suggestion: if
MTV.com. They may call you
and your friend Emile Hirsch
and Michael Cera too; quite
the flattering compliment.
Being the cool guys they are,
they might even let you pre-
tend to be in their band to get
into the after party. Yes, that
last sentence was completely
Don't get me wrong, it's a
pretty sweet party; much more
memorable and unique than
any
average
night
in
Poughkeepsie. Just think of it
like going to any bar around
here, only that there are a
bunch of better dressed and
better looking musicians and
able for the artists to
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TV personalities than we
use in the VIP area
prior to the show.
Just thought I'd let
the
Marist
beer
pong purists know
out of respect for
the game.
On the plus side,
the alcohol was free
once you got into
the press and artists
area.
You
don't
even need to have
your crappy fake ID
that you got for
$50
from that kid in
your dorm. That's a
JOE
WALSH/
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nice touch because
Vampire Weekend appears on the red carpet at the mtvU Woodle Awards.
some of us more
than others known the pains of
getting their I.D. ripped at the
hands of a Darby's bouncer.
I'm sure mtvU intentionally
lets the press drink for free. As
the show progressed, the press
box grew progressively happi-
er and fair praise of artists
turned to an all out love fest.
you walk by security like you
are allowed to, they will not
question it. You might be able
to talk with some of
tlie
artists
during and after the show.
Out of nowhere, you may
run into a band like Locksley
who immediately includes you
in their video blog for
devoid of journalistic integri-
ty.
For any event involving
celebrities, award shows espe-
cially, the after party is the
stuff of
legend.
It's the place
where debauchery rules and
the open bar flows booze.
Eh .. .it's kinda true.
find here.
You definitely get to meet
a lot of interesting people.
Musicians are friendlier than
the average person; probably
because they don't want to
look like jerks. I can't deny
the happiness
I
got from
talking to people whose
music has had such
a
huge
impact on my life. You
can
thank these people for giving
you the music which
bi'ihgs
back fond memories and
connects with you in ways
they will never know.
One last thing, no matter
what happens, if you get the
1 :50
train
back
to
Poughkeepsie, DO NOT miss
the
transfer
at
Croton-
Harmon. Seriously
,
No one
likes standing under a heating
unit reading their friends book
for class at 5 a.m. in the freez-
ing cold.
Even if that happens, it will
all be totally worth it.

























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·
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PAGE 12
Thanksgiving break:
Avoid the worry and weight
By
MARYTREUER
Staff Writer
j
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For those
ofus
in the United
t
tates
who are fortunate
nough,
the fourth Thursday
f
November
.
every year is a
~ime to
eat,
relax, be with fam-
'
ily and eat some more.
However, for college students,
Thanksgiving is a time ·to
make a small trip home before
the end of the semester where
they may feel smothered by
their family, friends and food,
with thoughts of final projects
and exams plaguing their
minds.
Do not worry! There are
ways to enjoy the holiday
without fretting about finals
and fear of a few extra pounds.
Use the break as a time to
rejuvenate yourself and relax,
so that you will be refreshed
and ready to conquer finals
when you return to Marist.
According to the Anxiety
Disorders
Association
of
America. at least 80 percent of
college
students
feel stressed
with schoolwork. This number
is
likely to increase during the
week
of
finals,
but
Thanksgiving break is not the
time to start stressing
.
If you
feel obligated, get a head start
on studying by organizing
your notes, making flashcards
or outlines, or formulating a
list of questions about any
unclear materia- but don't go
overboard.
This is your time to relax.
Spend time with old friends,
catch up on sleep, or try some-
From
DISCOVERSD.COM
Don't
stress - enjoy the
holiday.
thirig new and exciting. Last
year, I was able to attend the
Macy's Thanksgiving Day
parade, an awesome experi-
ence that made the holiday
memorable. Do
something
fun
and different and refocus your
attention for a little while.
Another concern that
Thanksgiving brings is the
problem of gaining weight.
This may be an anxiety for
college students, especially
those who already have a poor
diet at school. According to a
study done by the University
of Oklahoma; college students
gained a pound on average
over the T~anksgiving break,
while students who were pre-
viously overweight gained
twice as much.
There are some ways, to
avoid the
extra pounds
.
Instead
of
looking
at
Thanksgiving as a time to eat
as much as you possibly can,
view the holiday as a time to
eat some of your
favorite
foods. Eat the foods that yoll
really love, or save extra room
for dessert instead of
getting
tha
.
t second helping of turke~
Also, stay active on the holi
da_y.
Instt'ad
\
of loungin
around
wattlupg
the game od.
televisibtl, go out and play
your own game of football, or
take a walk with your family
.
This is an easy way to stave
off the extra pounds while get-
ting in some family bonding
time.
Although our society has
filled this time of year with
stress and obligation, the holi-
days are about enjoying your-
self and unwinding. Don't
waste your time worrying.
Have a happy and healthy hol-
iday.
Sex, love & relationships: Yin-yang of love
By
KARLIE
JOSEPH
Assistant Health Editor
If you hold two South Pole ends
of a Magnet together, the mag-
netic fields will always
repel.
However, if you use the two
opposing ends, it will
instantly
connect. When it comes to rela-
tionships; we follow a similar
philosophy, "opposites attract."
Even in friendships, we can
often see patterns of obvious dif-
ferences: the outgoing · and the
shy, the
crazy
vs. the reservi;d or
the emotional opposed to the
stoic. And while these contrasts
may appear as a mode of
bal-
anct:: or initial intrigue, the ques-
tion becomes not whether oppo-
sites attract, but if they last. The
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences per-
formed a study which showed
that in western civilization,
peo-
ple don't necessarily look for
people of similar or opposite
personalities, but instead
ones
that complement them.
When I look back, I find
per-
sonally have experienced both
similarities and differences
in
relationships. When I met
Holmes his silent confidence
and mysterious persona fasci-
nated me.
On
the outside he
seemed to epitomize my com-
plete opposite; and W1til very
recently I have thought of us in a
similar perspective. He was
quiet while I am loµd. He was
calm
and laid back, I am
animat-
ed and dramatic. He grew
up
on
a
dairy
farni; my father
is
a cor-
porate CEO. His tranquility
eased
my craziness, and his pure
mind rose to the challenge of my
complexity.
In
the five years we
were
together,
we learned to
grow together and fought
to
understand one another. We
ranged from utter extremes of
psychotic fighting to innocent
best friends and sweet love mak-
ing. Though we held on through
the craziest of rides, our differ-
ences were not enough
to
hold
us together through college.
After freshman year's emo-
tional rollercoaster of break ups
and fall backs, this summer
I
finally began to move on. My
initial impressions of James
were exciting and simple.
Our
outgoing personalities aild simi-
lar interests
made
conversations
and hanging
out
easy and
fun.
I
started
reading an article in
·Sci enceDai 1 y. com: "Do
Opposites Attract
Or
Do
Birds
Of A Feather Flock Together," it
basically concluded that couples
that are highly similar on atti-
It
becomes apparent
that
opposites attract,
but do they last?
tudes
and
values will last, as
oppose to those who relate pure-
ly on personality. It seemed to
prove true for me. While I was
flattered by James' public
flirta-
tion and -antagonizing humor
that so greatly contrasted with
H<:,lmes's shyer impression, I
started
to
realize
his open nature
was more for public appearance.
Though we seemed
to
click
in
so
many ways, his less sentimental
mentality gave me a new appre-
ciation for the passionate emo-
tion that Holmes had always
confided in me, regardless if it
was visible
to
anyone else.
,
·
friend
:.
icnce
was reminiscent of a typical
good girl meets bad boy sce-
nario. Though Mary and Zee
matched in their outgoing per-
sonalities, teasing flirtation and
deep conversations; it was not
enough to
sustain
a long term
connection. Zee's liberal mind-
set and unorthodox beliefs
pushed Mary's desire for struc-
ture too
far,
while their similarly
stubborn personalities prevented
them to come to mutual under-
standing, and the two decided
they were better off on their
own.
Bebe's relationship phases
provide ample substance on
both ends of the
spectrum.
In
the
wake of ending her two year
relationship with Cheeks, our
late night girl-talks usually con-
cluded the same reasoning for
the split: distance and their
undeniable similarity. While
their natural chemistry provided
an instant
best
friend fueled by
similar humor, passionate sex,
Anchorman quotes and an Wldy-
ing love for Weezy
F.
Baby, their
identical jealous minds, unruly
emotions and heated
tempers
could just as easily launch them
straight out of paradise to depths
of relationship hell.
With a broken heart and
crush
spirit, Bebe began the
slow and painful process of
moving on. Just when she was
getting comfortable with the sin-
gle life; the perfect Ken doll
came and gave her hope for a
perfect Cheeks-cure. While their
similarly gorgeous, dark fea-
tures were the primary appeal,
Bebe soon learned that was the
only thing they had in common.
While their blatant contrast
seemed attractive
to
Bebe, she
eventually grew frustrated of
their general misunderstandings
over how a relationship should
evolve. Things went downhill
when their common ground
couldn't be sought in anywhere
beyond
the
lust
of
attraction.After further reading I
realized Bebe's experience was
also
not that uncommon,
according to the
Proceedings
of
the National Academy of
Sciences people with a certain
amount of likeness in physical
appearance are often attracted to
one another.
Kristin, too, had an experience
of clashing similarities. Though
her happiness with ex-boyfriend
Chuck was initially simple with
shared favorites such as fishing
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ally it seemed their mutual stub-
bornness backfired to cause bar-
riers of emotional expression.
Their consistent fight to "win"
within every argument led to an
eventual loss as they could not
express their own vulnerability.
I started thinking about rela-
tionships and what "works
.
"
Ar~
we really just looking for the
opposite pole of the magnet, or
is it more eomplicated than that?
It
seems people try too hard to
classify standards and "societal
rules.,,. Opposites attract.. . but
what is an opposite? Every situ-
ation is different, you just have
to decide what magnetic pull
will stick for you.
·
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Sophomore Lindsey Schmid had 13 kills and hit a team high .391
in Marlst's five-set loss
to
Siena. Marlst ended the season in sixth
place In the MMC with a
9-9
conference record.
Its
playoff run
ended with losses In
its
final two games against Siena and Iona.
THE
CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 •
PAGE 14
Comeback fal s short
By
RICH ARLEO
Sports Editor
Schultze's 25 kills,
which back from a
four
point
deficit,
moved her to second all-time McCurty
stopped
any hopes of
at Marist
with
1,164. After
a.
come back
with
a powerful
The
looks of
intensity
on
taking the
third and fourth
kill that
smashed straight
their faces told the
story.
Since
sets, the team couldn't defeat down to the
ground
on
Manhattan and Iona already
Burgandy McCurty and the
Marist's side
to end
the
match.
won, the Marist
volleyball
Siena Saints in a fifth and final
McCurty was
unstoppable
team needed to beat Siena in
set and lost the match 3-2.
for Siena, and led her team
order to keep its chances of
"If
we have one skill that with 26 kills and
13
digs. Ten
inaking
the
MAAC we're pretty good at it's that of her 26 kills came
in
one
Tournament alive. The thing we're pretty resilient. I think rotation.
is;
head coach Tom Hanna we understand that when
"You can commit block, you
didn't tell that to his players we're good we're pretty can jump with her
.. ,~lie's
still
before the game. Although good," Hanna said.
going to beat you," Hanna
they had no idea they needed
After getting dominated in said. "She's the fastest kid in
to win, you wouldn't know
the first two sets, the Red the conference, end of.discus-
from the way they played.
Foxes came back to win the
sion. You want to stop her?
With almost every point the
third set 25-22.
She's got to graduate."
Foxes scored they pumped
In the fourth set, Marist
The loss dropped the Red
their fists and let out a scream
dominated at the start and Foxes to 9-8 in MAAC play
that reverberated throughout jumped out to a 10-5 lead.
and eliminated them from
the McCann Center.
Marist was able to get through
contention for the conference
Down two sets to none,
a Siena rally and take the tournament. Marist finished
Marist rallied behind its out-
fourth set 26-24. It came down its season with a 3-2 loss at
side-hitter
Alexandra to a fifth set, but after coming Iona on Sunday.
Martin era begins at Marist on low note
By
GREG HRINYA
and how Kevin Garnett's Williams said.
Staff Writer
Chuck Martin's much antic-
ipated Marist debut did not go
exactly to plan.
After falling 63-61 in the
opene
_
r to Big East opponent
Rutgers, Marist fell flat on its
face to Saint Bonaventure in
the Red Foxes' home opener.
The Bonnies delivered a
77-
54
knockout punch to the Red
Foxes. The loss equaled the
worst defeat Marist has ever
suffered in a home opener.
Marist fell to Siena in the
opener of the 1990-91 season,
89-66.
Marist lacked the hustle and
energy that Saint Bonaventure
brought to the Mccann Center
on Monday night. Marist capi-
talized on the opening tip-off
when David Devezin found a
streaking
Lawrence Williams
for a dunk four seconds into
the contest. That was the last
time Marist held the lead.
"I
just think that we weren't
ready at the beginning of
tonight's game," Marist head
coach Chuck Martin said. "I
don't think we were ready
mentally for a physical battle,
and I think it showed that we
couldn't recover."
Marist turned the ball over
24 times and had eight of its
shot attempts blocked. Marist
has had 24 shots blocked in
the first two games.
Saint Bonaventure guard
Chris Matthews finished with
2
I
points on 8-for-12 shoot-
ing. The Washington state
transfer emphasized his team's
desire to dominate defensive-
ly.
"Well we try to bring inten-
sity because it starts
jn
.
prac-
tice and leads to the game,"
Matthews said. "Coach was
telling us about Kevin Garnett
known as one of the hardest
workers in practice, and he
tells us like every day, 'play
hard, play hard.' So we've
been trying to emphasize more
in practice on working hard so
that in the game we don't have
game slippage."
The Red Foxes
struggled
to
get to the basket in part
because of the length
uf
1tre
Bonnies
guards.
Saint
Bonaventure's defense held
Marist to 33 percent on field
goals and 24 percent on three-
pointers.
Coming up next
Marist will play the last two
games of the Garden State
Classic this weekend at
Rutgers University. The Red
Foxes take on Robert Morris
on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. and
then turn around to play the
Delaware Blue Hens on
Sunday at 4 p.m.
Marist has struggled offen-
sively in the first two games of
the Garden State Classic, aver-
aging 57.5 points per game.
Coach Martin believes the
answer to the team's offensive
struggles lies on the defensive
side of the ball.
"I
go back to defense. If we
can't score, our mindset
should be. you can't score
either and we'll keep it 2-2 for
39 minutes and see who gets
the last possession," Martin
said. ''That's been our mind-
set at every place I've been at
when we were successful."
Goint into this weekend,
redshirt sophomore forward
Lawrence Williams believes
the team needs to keep its con-
fidence level up and continue
to play aggressively.
"[We need] to be more
aggressive on offense and
defense and I think we'll do
fine once we do that,"
First leg of the Garden State
Classic
The new-look Marist Red
Foxes nearly escaped from the
Rutgers
Athletic
Center
(RAC) with an upset victory
on Friday night in Piscataway,
NJ.
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights
entered the season as a dark-
h
.
tn theBtg E~ and .
ed off the upstart Red Foxes,
63-61. The game marked the
first of ten slated for the
Garden State Classic.
Marist head coach Chuck
Martin lauded the effort of his
team and staff for competing
with a team that upset ranked
opponents Pittsburgh
·
and
Villanova last season.
"It
was a great effort, unbe-
lievable effort on the road
against a Big East team,"
Martin said.
"Obviously
you
want to win the game, but I
thought we did a great job."
Rutgers relied heavily on
freshmen Mike Rosario and
Gregory Echenique. Rosario,
the Jersey City, N.J. native,
poured in a game-high 17
points and Echenique con-
tributed
11
points and six
blocks while hauling in a
game-high
15
rebounds.
Rutgers blocked 16 shots in
the game, a program record.
Marist entered the game with
a much smaller lineup than
Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights
boasted a backcourt with 6-
foot-11 Hamady Ndiaye and
6-foot-9 Gregory Echinque,
while the Red Foxes coun-
tered with the 6-foot-7 for-
wards Lawrence Williams and
Ryan Schneider.
Martin thought the size dis-
advantage hurt the Red Foxes
chances down low.
"[The size] hurt us in a sense
that
[Ndiaye]
had
eight
RYAN HlITTON/ THE CIRCLE
Redshlrt sophomore Lawrence Williams totaled
24
points for
Marlst in
its
first
two
_games.
After
a solid
effort In a
63-61
loss at
Rutgers in
its
season
opener, the team
lost
its first home game
to
St.
Bonaventure
by
a
score
of
77-54.
The
Red
Foxes return
to
action
on
Saturday,
Nov. 22
vs.
Robert
Morris
in
Piscataway, NJ.
blocked shots," Martin said.
59 with 13.2- seconds left. An
"It's a Big East team and that's J\Iithony Farmer free-throw
what Big East teams should sealed the win, giving the
look like."
Scarlet Knights a 63-59 lead.
Williams, the redshirt soph-
Marist guard David Devezin
omore, scored a career-high
added a buzzer-beating lay-up
14 points and also added six.
to close the game at 63-61.
rebounds. Schneider grabbed a
The game signaled a chang-
team-high 12 rebounds.
ing of the guard for Marist as
Despite shooting 33 percent three Red Foxes made their
from the field, the Red Foxes debuts, in addition to Chuck
had a chance to win. Marist Martin and his coaching staff.
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Foxes inish season
.
with win
By PHILIP TERRIGNO
Assistant Sports Editor
"The satisfying
part is to see
their growth from year one to
year four. It's that satisfaction
to see them having progressed
as young men off the field as
well as their athletic ability on
the field. This group was a
very close group and these
seniors helped get this team
focused for a con1petitive sea-
son."
In
the words of head coach
Jim Parady, the 2008 cam-
paign for the Red Foxes truly
was a "competitive season."
Although struggles dotted the
road to a 4-7 overall record,
·
the Red Foxes have paved
-
a
positive path for themselves as
they prepare to
·
enter the
Pioneer League starting in the
2009 season.
Marist's fourth win of the
season came in its last game
against
the
Davidson
Wildcats, a Pioneer league
team. The 24-19 victory for
Marist proved that it's ready to
enter the Pioneer League and
compete at its level.
Bo Ehikioya opened the
scoring for Marist after a 31-
yard touchdown run. Ehikioya
had 222 rushing yards in the
contest. It has been a record
breaking season for Ehikioya
a~
o
hotds the Mamt
program record for most
career
touchdowns
(42),
attempts, and Division 1 rush-
ing yards., and he also became
the first player to amass 700
carries in his career.
"I'm happy for him with the
way that he went out with a
bang. It was a great capper to
his career," Parady said. "The
runs that he made, he made
people miss at the second and
third level. That was the
biggest change that I saw with
him this season, what a pro-
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gression for him."
Each of the teams converted
a second quarter field goal,
keeping Marist in the lead
with a 10-3 score. Davidson
soon tied the game at 10 with
pass from Ryan Alexander to
make
the
score
24-19.
Davidson attempted an onside
kick but they were penalized
for touching the ball before it
went l
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yards. Marist ran out
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Wide receiver James Lamacchia and the Red Foxes ended their
season with a 24-19 win over Pioneer League opponent Davison
a three-yard touchdown pass the clock to seal the victQcy.
~
Alexander to Kirk
"This·
gwes.
us an indicator
Benedict. The senior complet-
of what other teams are in the
ed 22 of 37
_
passes for 189
league and what the competi-
yards and two touchdowns. He tion is like. We know another
surpassed 9,000careerpassing opponent that we'll be facing
yards during this game.
next year," Parady said.
Midway through the fourth
One of the leaders of the
quarter, Davidson scored on a
powerful Red Fox offensive
safety, giving them a 12-10 line was senior Jake Dembow.
lead. The Red Foxes soon Dembow has played in all 44
responded as Ehikioya's rush-
games since he arrived at
ing scores from eight and Marist as a freshman in 2005.
seven yards away gave Marist Such a long tenure as
_a
Red
a 24-12 lead in the fourth
Fox certainly led to the cre-
quarter. With 1 :07 remaining ation of many memories
on the clock, Kirk Konert among teammates.
caught a 22-yard touchdown
"I really like being part of
the routine. I like having my
day set and knowing how it
will go," Dembow said. "It
gets old after a while but it
gets comfortable. You just
know where you bave to be at
what time. You become a crea-
ture of habit but it is fun.
Game days are great here and
it's been awesome to see this
program build up."
The win against Davidson
was not just a memorable one
for Dembow, but for all of the
senior players as well.
"I think it's a particularly
important win because it
marks the end of our careers,"
he said. "I always viewed our
class as one that might see all
these changes that take place
and it has been. It also marks a
new beginning.
If
you fast for-
ward to next year, that's a con-
ference game and a confer-
ence win. To end it against
Davidson really shows that
Marist is going to be a force
m
the Pioneer League."
Looking forward to next sea-
son, the Red Foxes return
much of their personnel. The
losses from graduating seniors
will certainly be felt, but the
foundations are in place for
the Red Foxes to be competi-
tive.
"I think that defensively we
have real solid kids coming
back
at
every
position.
Defensively we have a great
nucleus of kids that are going
to be able to grow and learn
this defense in the off-season.
We will be losing Bo and then
Keith Mitchell, also three
starters on the offensive line,"
Parady said.
Many great strides were
made by the seniors during the
2008 season and many new
challenges await the 2009 Red
Foxes as they prepare to
become a member of the
Pioneer league.
Women's basketball starts off strong
scheduled match-ups in Tulsa
and Oklahoma. Also, Marist
will travel to Florida to play
East Carolina and Florida
International
or
Georgia
Southern m late December.
"I think our kids really enjoy
the trips and they enjoy seeing
some of the other institutions,
especially
a
place
like
Oklahoma. They like spending
time with each other and they
like doing things together,"
Giorgis said.
"I just like the experience on
the road because the MAAC
tournament is on the road and
you are spending time with
your people and organizing
your day. It's just as important
as playing the game."
Season Opener
Marist started the 2008-2009
campaign on a positive note
with a convincing 74-56 win
over the Albany Great Danes.
Senior Julianne Viani led the
charge with a career-high 26
points while Rachele Fitz
added 23.
The Red Foxes opened the
game with a 7.;0 run that took
just over two minutes; causing
Albany head coach Trina
Patterson to take a timeout.
"I think everybody would
like to see a start like that, but
especially in a first game. I
thought it was huge that we
came out strong. Sometimes
you aie worried about home
game jitters," Giorgis said.
6'3" sophomore Maria
Laterza played a pivotal role in
Marist's staunch defense, as
the Great Danes shot just
36.1 % from the field. Laterza
finished with eight points, four
rebounds, two blocks, two
steals and one assist.
"Her size and power is going
to be important m
our
approach. I think as you'll see
with the other younger interior
players, that all bring different
things to the table," Giorgis
said. "It's great that Maria got
off to a great start because her
size can cause problems to
opposing centers."
The Great Danes managed to
cut the Marist lead to just nine
at one point following a 12-0
run to make the score 54-43
halfway through the second
half. Marist rebounded from
the temporary mjshap and
never looked back. Their 50%
shooting percentage ultimately
proved too much for Albany to
handle.
Janea Aiken and Tiffanie
Johnson each had 'eleven
points to lead the Great Danes
in scoring.
The 1-0 Red Foxes now
embark on a four game road
trip that begins with a match-
up against Northeastern. They
do not return to the McCann
Center until their match-up
against Lafayette on Monday,
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Marist begins new campaign with victory
By
PHILIP TERRIGNO
Assistant Sports Editor
The scoreboard at the Pete
Maravich Assembly Center in
New Orleans, La. on March
24, 2008 read 'LSU: 68
Marist: 49'. The winners of
five straight MAAC (Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference)
titles lost to LSU one game
after defeating DePaul 76-57
in the first round of the 2008
NCAA women's basketball
tournament. The Red Foxes'
appearance in the second
round of the tournament was
just one of many accomplish-
ments achieved by the team
during its record breaking
2007-2008 campaign.
In addition to three straight
NCAA tournament appear-
ances, seventh year head coach
Brian Giorgis' team won 32
games last season, setting a
program record. Also, Marist
became the first team in
MAAC histoty to go 18-0 in
conference play since 1997
when the league expanded to
10
teams.
It
joined
Chattanooga, UTEP, Utah,
LSU and North Carolina as the
only Division
I
programs to go
undefeated in their own con-
ferences last season.
Fmwards Sarah Smrdel and
Meg Dahlman along with
guards Alexis Waters and
Nikki Flores were the seniors
who anchored the ultra suc-
cessful 2007-2008 Red Foxes.
"I think to some degree they
were [mentors]. Usually what
we like to have is that the
upperclassmen become men-
tors to the younger and newer
kids, it's kind of like passing
the torch down," head coach
Brian Giorgis said. "We
brought in good people so it's
about the
_
team and they know
that we are only going to get
better by mentoring the
younger kids and helping them
through."
Marist does boast a wealth of
experienced talent with nine
returning players including
2008 MAAC player of the year
Rachele Fitz, rookie of the
year Erica Allenspach, sixth
player of the year Lynzee
Johnson, and MAAC player of
the week Julianne Viani.
"They are the faces of the
program now. I think they have
bought into the philosophy of
how we do things. They are the
new faces to
cany
on the iden-
tity that we do have," Giorgis
said.
Five new faces join the Red
Foxes this season, including
four freshmen and red shirt
transfer Katheryn Lyons from
Maryland.
Kristine
Best,
Brandy Gang, Emily Stallings
and Corielle Yarde make up
the true freshmen class. All of
the freshmen put up significant
numbers over their illustrious
high school careers, and their
impact should be felt immedi-
ately.
"I think they are all making
an
immediate
impact. I think
you saw that in
the first game,"
Giorgis
said.
"Our
system is
not a simple
sy~tem, and
I
lhiitk
_
a
lot of
them are trying
to get used to
and feel
-com-
fortable with it.
They are trying
to get used to
the intricacies
of
our
motion
offense but they
are
becoming
more and more
comfortable.
I'm sure that
you will see that
in their play ...._
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
____.
once the season
JAMES REU.Y/ THE CIRCLE
oes ,,
Rachele Fitz recorded 23
points
and seven
gTh · R d F
.
rebounds against the
Albany
Great
Danes.
e e
oxes
will certainly rack up a lot of
travel miles this season with
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