CURSCA
scheduled
·for
April
By SARAH SHOEMAKER
Copy Editor
The
annual. 'Celebration of
Undergraduate
Research,
Scholarship,
&
Creative
Activity' is scheduled for April
I 8th during activity hour. The
event is an open opportunity for
Marist undergraduate students
to showcase their scholarly
accomplishments in the past
year to the entire Marist com-
munity. During the venue stu-
dents will be able to
present
their original work through dis-
plays, oral presentations, or
exhibitions as long as they have
registered and
been
approved by
the
Faculty
Committee.
Students must have a faculty or
staff sponsor but this sponsor
need not have collaborated on
the project.
"CURSCA fills a niche
between the classroom and the
professional conference, provid-
ing students with useful prepa-
ration practice before actually
presenting in front of their
peers;' said Dr. Daniel Cochese
Davis, assistant professor of
communication and director of
undergraduate research.
Scholarly work that has been
presented for another purpose,
such as an independent study or
a conference presentation, is
acceptable. It is preferred that
the students present work that is
not "course-embedded," howev-
er work that has been done to
complete formal coursework is
admissible.
·
A
Faculty
Committee will review and pri-
oritize the submissions in the
event that the number of
regis-
trations becomes a concern.
Registering students are
required to indicate the type of
presentation they will be giving.
Oral presentations will be limit-
ed to
IO
minutes for the presen-
tation and 2 minutes for a quoo-
tion and answer period and will
be conducted in
·
the PAR.
Posters will be set up in dis-
played in allotted spaces on the
third floor. (Posters should be a
maximum of 48 inches wide by
36 inches high).
Easels and
presentation boards will be pro-
vided but students need to sup-
ply their QWn push pins; Works
of artistic expression, such as
paintings, digital media, music,
dance, etc, will also be accom-
modated in the Student Center.
Questions regarding CURSCA
should first be directed to the
student's faculty sponsor and
then to Dr. Mike Tannenbaum,
Dean of Sciences.
Registration for CURSCA can
be
done
online
at
http://www.marist.edu/academ
-
ics/cursca/regform.html and the
deadline is March 8th (last day
of classes before Spring Break).
For further information please
see http://www.marist.edu/aca-
demics/cursca/
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007
Production of Cabaret
lights up
Marist
stage
By JOHN NORTON
Circle
Contributor
This Saturday wlll
see a
full house at the Mccann Center for the men's basketball
game versus
Siena
Siena,
generally acknowledged rival
of
the Red Foxes, stand between them and a
number
one ranking.
Entering the Nelly Goletti
Theatre
this
past weekend, for
the Marist Theatre production of
Kander and Ebb's
Cabaret,
which ran Feb.
15
to Feb. 18,
was an interesting experience
.
right from the start.
All one
needed to do was glance at the
program to see that it was very
different than any other show the
theatre department has pro-
duced.
First and foremost, it
was being directed by Peter
Westerhoff, a visiting professor
from Oklahoma State University
and at his reins was a somewhat
different cast than one often sees
in
shows here.
Produced by
Professor
Matt Andrews, one of
the mainstays of Marist's theatre
program, the nearly sold-out
house eagerly anticipated what
they were to see on the other side
of that curtain. What t)iey got
was an entertaining, albeit long
performance, with a fascinating
and very diverse cast. However,
the production as a whole could
not seem to shake giving off the
impression that something was
missing and ended up coming
off as generally, a little under-
whelming.
Cabaret
tells the story of the
Kit Kat Klub, a seedy Berlin
nightclub set in 1929-1930 as the
News Analysis:
SEE CABARET, PAGE 9
Wal-Mart fails to protect employees
By SUSAN GLASS
Circle
Contributor
POUGHKEEPSIE, New York-
Wal-Mart,
one
of the biggest cor-
porations in the retail industry,
has a reputation of offering low
prices in addition to having low
appreciation for their workers.
Workers have been complain-
ing about
being
mistreated by
management, deprived of higher
wages, too overworked, cut off
from health care; and facing gen-
der bias. There is no union for
the workers to turn to whenever
a problem occurs. If anybody
tried to contact one they would
automatically be terminated.
The corporation is working to
satisfy the customers' needs
through promises of excellent
service, but at the same time, the
stores are ignoring the needs of
their workers.
Wal
-
Mart is one of the largest
priyate corporations in the
world, with 3,000 stores opened
across the country and new loca-
tions opening around the world.
The company employ with
1.3
million associates.
The company has ranked sec
-
ond on Fortune's 500 lists in
2005 according to Wakeup Wal-
Mart.com,
a website that is run
by the United Food and
Commercial
Workers
International
Union. The site
stated that sales are at 312 billion
and net profits of
11.2
billion.
The company draws in 100
million customers daily by offer-
ing lower prices than its com
-
petitors. When people flock in to
do their shopping, they are
helped by a sales associate and
checked out by a cashier. A typi-
cal customer does
not
know that
most associate do not earn
enough to survive in today's high
standard of living
.
Wal-Mart has opened super
centers throughout the country
where they offer the customers
everything under one roof.
Consumers can purchase any-
thing from groceries to clothes
and health and beauty products.
The trouble is that most of
these stores are understaffed,
workers have to endure crowds
of customers and an over-
whelmed workload.
There were a
number
of cases
that spread throughout the media
where workers would clock out
for the day to go home and were
ordered by their managers to stay
on and continue working after
their shifts. Associates are often
forced to work without taking
their
regular
lunch hours and 15
minute breaks.
Michael Co,
·
iello, a forme
r
Wal
-
Mart
employee
and
2001graduate of Marist College
said, "One issue I
had
was where
it came to getting your breaks
and
lunches
on time because
there
was
not enough help on the
floor."
The New '(ork Times reported
a story last October where a jury
in Philadelphia has awarded
187,000 associates $78 million
in a class action suit. The work-
ers claimed that they were forced
to work without taking lunch and
their regular breaks. Wal-Mart
has been ordered to pay an extra
$62 million in damages because
the jury discovered that the retail
corporation acted unethical.
Coviello said. "I think it's a
violation of human dignity
because Wal-Mart associates
have a life outside the store and
Wal-Mart management does not
practice what they preach.
Making high profits is much
more important than the personal
health of the associates."
Wal-Mart does provide health
benefits to its employees, but
they would have to pay a large
portion of their salaries for it.
The majority of Wal-Mart
employees are unable to afford
the company's benefits and have
to
depend on their local
Department of Social Service
Agency to supply Medicaid, a
health care program for the poor
and disabled.
"People apply for Medicaid for
either they have no coverage or
they get sick and wind up in
nursing homes, unless you come
from a rich family." said Robert
B. Allers, Commissioner at
Dutchess County Department of
Social Service.
According to Wakeup Wal-
HEALTH: UNDERAGE DRINKING AWARENESS ON
CAMPUS
How
Marist
plans to educate students on the pitfalls of
alcohol consumption
PAGE 5
Mart. Com, only 43 percent of
the company's 1,385,090 associ-
ates were insured under their
health plans in 2005.
The Supplemental Benefits
Documentation that was pub-
lished by Wal-Mart's. board of
directors said the healthcare is
one of the most pressing reputa-
tion issues facing our corpora-
tion. In 2004, only 38 percent of
enrolled associates spent more
tha
n
16
percent of th
e
ir
W,1!
Mart income on healthcare:-
-
"People at Wal-Mart are still
applying for government assis-
tance," Allers said. "Wal-Mart
has changed their benefits where
they can work part or full time. I
believe they change their defini-
tion to full-time."
A summary of Material
Modifications was available to
all associates to notify them
about changes in their health and
welfare plans. The current bene-
fits will be available but the fees
will go up in 2007 and some of
the current Standard Network
Savers will be phased out.
Last September, the Wall Street
Journal wrote that the company
is planning
.
to introduce a new
premium package titled Value
Plan where associates would
have to pay a monthly $11 fee.
Additional
lawsuits
occurred
throughout the past few years
about mistreatment of female
employees.
In
2004, a group of
women sued for gender discrim-
ination in a class action law suit.
The Dukes v. Wal-Mart case
emerged when Betty Dukes sued
the company for gender discrim
-
ination.
Dukes is employed at the Wal-
Mart
store
in
Pittsburg,
California, she became an out-
standing employee in the 1990s
where she received a recommen
-
dation with the
firm.
Throughout her years of serv-
ice, Dukes began to notice that
she and other women were being
unfairly treated as men received
positions that were not posted for
other associates. She and other
femal
e
associates discovered that
they w
e
re not receiving any spe
-
cial guidanc
e
or mentoring as her
SEE WAL-MART, PAGE 6
JAMES REILLY
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Women's basketball coach Brian Giorgls celebrated his
100th
win as
his team
clinched
the MAAC for the third consecutive year.
Foxes strive for top spot
·
Saturday marks what can be
According to senior Stephen
considere~ one of the biggest
Krill,
one of the reasons for
basketball games this season cutting rest short is the huge
for the Red Foxes
-
Marist fierce competition and ten-
men versus longtime rival sion that exists between
Siena for undisputed first Marist and Siena. Despite the
place ranking in the
MA.AC.
early hour,
Krill
said that the
The game will t~e place at nature of the game is worth it.
11 :00 a.m. in the McCann
"I can't waif to go for two
center before a game that is reasons," said Krill. "I love
already sold out to the general everything about Marist bas-
public. Doors open at 9:00 ketball, and I love the Siena
a.m., with a special student game in particula
r
because
entrance located to the left of the energy from the students
the athletic center
'
s main is unrivaled. It's going to be a
entrance.
_
Additionally, stu
-
different kind of dynamic
dent tickets are limited to 850 because this is on a Saturday
given on a first come, first morning, but the stud
e
nts are
serve basic, which may cause going to be out in full force."
some Marist residents to lose
One request the Mar
i
st
a weekend sleep-in.
Athletics Depart mak
e
s of the
"I've overheard people dis-
student body is to wear white
cussing camping out to make shirts in an attempt to 'white-
sure they get tickets
,
" said out' McCann for national tel-
sophomore Sara Laing. ''I'm evision broadcast on ESPN2.
planning to gft up around After the game ends, the
seven or seven-thirty and be Marist Athletics Department
in line by eight at the
latest.
will honor the senior mem-
People are really excited so I bers of the men's basketball
think it will be a completely team in a sp
e
cial ceremony.
sold out game
.
"
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CLOSER
LOOK AT THE TOP TEN MOST
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007
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Security Briefs
.
'Suspect had dark spiked hair and reeked of entitlement'
Upcoming
Campus Events
SaturdaJ, Feb. 24
Men's
Basketball
versus 1ena
'tvfcCann enter
11
a.m.
By KATE GIGLIO
Editor-in-theory
2/14 1:33 a.m.
Snow is slippery and
gravity
will
bite
you in the ass every
time, as one, sleigh-
riding lad found out
last week.
As
the
flakes
fell,
so did
he, and was taken to
St.
Francis
for
a
possibly
dislocated
wrist
2/16 time unknown
A
student
reported
that his car had had
~11 four of i t s hub-
caps
Lower
stolen
New
in
the
lot.
Considering the fact
that Marist had man-
aged to plow 95 per-
cent of cars on cam-
pus , into
a
wintry
oblivion,
that's
commendable_ anyone
who
needs
hubcaps
badly enough to dig
through sixteen feet
of
snow
sort
of
earns i t
2/14 2:00 a.m.
First-floor
Leo
2/16 2:30 p.m.
goe~
to
drunktard
s t .
Francis. A person fell in the
Rotunda
and
was
Housing
must
study
the
roommate
ques-• taken
to
Health
Services
for
an
tionnaires, and any-
one who can't 'spell
their
f i r s t
name
must
automatically
be
assigned
to
Leo
first
floor.
"Not
intuitive enough
locate
staircase
here's
another
for the nursery"
2/14 2:10 a.m.
to
one
injured
arm
and
bruised tush.
Since
i t was early after-
noon I'm tempted to
say
they
weren't
drunk
but
I
would
never
underestimate
a
Mari st
student
like that
2/17 1:50
a.m.
from
Leo,
but
Benoit?? I'd like to
think
you
earned
Benoit for a reason.
At
least
try
and
make Joe Fiore proud
.2
I
1 7 11
:
s
3
p . m
.
Scenario:
Female
Marist student try-
ing to leave
Let's
say
Civic.
And
in car.
i t
IS
a
l e t ' s
just say she's wear-
ing
Ugg
boots
and
yellow
pants
that
say PINK on the ass.
Furry-hooded jacket.
Total bitch. Hard to
~magine,
I
know.
Said
female
called
security and demand-
ed
they
shovel
out
her
car
that
had
been
plowed
in.
Threw
hissy
f i t
(weird!)
when
secu-
rity noted that they
generally
do
not
personally
shovel
out
Said
students'
female
cars.
then
snarled that securi-
ty
would
hear
from
her
"father
who
is
an attorney" in the
morning.
Now,
this
extension cords ARE
NOT
2/17 8:15 p.m.
(halftime)
A Colgate men's bas-
ketball
player,
seemingly
unhappy
about the way things
were going in their
game against Marist,
broke
a
mirror
in
the
locker
room
bathroom with his
·
...
fist.
Okay,
we
get
i t -
you're bitter.
But is breaking your
hand
really a
good
way to rally?
2/18 2:18
a.m.
An unauthorized vis-
itor to Marian Hall
was
prevented
from
entering the dormi-
tory, at which time
he
be c am e
1 o u d·
and
verbally
abusive.
After being detained
momentarily by secu-
rity,
the
subject
apologized
for
his
actions, voluntarily
offered to leave the
premises,
and snuck
in
through
one
of
the
four
dozen
things
was
spotted
st{ategically
eras-
ing
letters
off
a
dry erase board out-
side
the
PAR.
"The
Departed 9:00
p.m."
was transformed into
"he
farted
oop."
The
suspects
were
not apprehended.
2/19 2:30
a.m.
You
all
got
the
email; you know, the
one
about
the
t
wo
former
Mari st
s
t
u-
dents being accosted
by a
lone male sus-
pect.
Soooo
we
should all be on the
l
ookout for a "white
Male,
early
2
0
' s ,
5'7" to 5'1
0
", medi-
·
um
bui
l
d,
dark
spiked
hair,
neat
appearance,
wearing
a
white
zippered
jacket with
s
t
ripes
on
the
sleeves
and
blue jeans_ driving
a dark co
l
ored Honda
Civic or Accord." So
basically, I'm look-
ing for ..
.
EVERY GUY
THAT
HAS
EVER
ATTENDED
MARIST
catch it on ESPN2!
Friday, Feb. 23 &
Saturday, Feb. 24
"Casino
Royale'·
in the PAR
10
p.m.
Saturday~ Feb. 24
'P -, presents
Open Mic ight
in the P R
8
p.m.
Sunday.Feb. 25
Women· Basketball
versu Fairfi ld
Mccann Center
2
p.m.
A
(nether)
drunk
kid
fell
i0 the lobby of
Cha~pagnat
and
got
carted
off
to
St.
Francis.
The
cruel
irony
:i.s
thi!!-t i f
r~
weren't
snowing and
suJ:""e'
s
ppery
(as
aforementioned),
the
•youngster
probably
wouldn't
have
fall-
en. Sucker
A Marist student was
spotted
stumbling
out of a cab in the
Donnelly
lot.
The
student was evaluat-
ed ai':
fer,m.,_tted to
return to, wait for
i t .
e~
Bd!
is a
l i t t l e hard to first-floor
·
windows
visualize.
A Marist
EVER;
Armani
Exchange
ca
l
led;
Sunda., Feb. 25
1v1ctrc politan
l\1useum of
rt
Bus Jeave.
Midrisc
girl
being
a
2/18 1:50
a.m.
they want their tar-
2/14 3:00 a.m.
An unauthorized male
suitor
tried to gain
access
to the pants
uh,
room
...
of
a
Champagnat
female.
Couldn't
you
have
just waited another
four
hours
until
security
left?
You
should
know that at
3
a.m.,
she's
only
gonna
want
to
cud-
dle, anyway
Whether
or
not
student
could
her way back is
2/17 7:30 p.m.
the
find
TBD
An
"errant
ciga-
rette"
(read:
smo-1-
dering roach)
found
in a wastebasket was
determined to be the
cause
of
a
fire
alarm in Benoit. One
Keystone Light beer
was
confiscated.
One.
Keystone.
Light.
And
who
the
hell
puts
fiery
things
in
a
trash
can? I
might expect
something like this
a
f>
o
i
a
ct-
f
s•e-.A:
f -
'7
e
-
-
tered
hoy
error?
· 5sh
I'.:..
believe
i t when I see i t
2/17 8:15 p.m.
An industrious Upper
West Cedar
resident
succeeded in putting
out
a 'n
e 1 e ctr i c a 1
fire
with
a
.
fire
extinguisher.
Even
more
of
a
triumph
would have been not
overloading
the
extension
cord
in
the
f i r s t
place.
Incidentally,
John
Gildard reminds you:
according
to
New
York
State
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Code,
tors
surge protec-
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uc
cjjet
cl.emograpn
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"Bus ( c) h
e
ague
,
back . Hey -
is there
Mom e
n
t.
f
he
We
.e
''
ai.
n y
ch an c e
t
h
e re ' s
So you' re a freshman an
Italian
f
l
ag
in
Champagnat
...
reflector
on
the
you've
got
a
bong back
of
t
hat
made out of a
water Honda???
bottle on your desk
and
one
lonely
beer in th
·
e
fridge.
So
you
play
really
loud music at 2
in
the
morning,
your
neighbors file noise
complaints and secu-
rity
confiscates
both bong and soli-
tary beer. Sigh ... my
brain cells hurt
2/17 11:38 p.m.
A
rogue
gang
of
unruly
twentysome-
Disclaimer
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are intended as satire
and are
fully
protected as free
speech
under the First
Amendment of the United
States Constitution.
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Let the
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community be heard.
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Environmental issues steal spotlight in political arena
By
DANIEL BLACK
Staff Writer
The environment has become a
hot topic in politics lately, seem-
ingly everyone
on
all sides of the
political debate acknowledging
that we have a serious problem.
About half asserting that global
climate change threatens the sur-
vival of life as we know it, the
other half asserting the problem
is the first half itself.
The spotlight story appeared on
the
Union
of
Concerned
Scientists' homepage, under the
title "Global Warming Obscured
by Politics," offers some indica-
tion of the current debate's sub-
stance and quality. Because the
scholarly inquiry into global cli-
mate change has been so serious-
ly defiled by the biases that
invariably accompany environ-
mentally crass political agendas,
the scientific community has
been forced to pursue authentic
inquiry through their own inde-
pendent means.
Government
supported inquiry has proven
valueless because the ends it
seeks always have an eye to cor-
porate profit, a reality that effec-
tively compropiise its utility.
The issue of whether our home
planet can sustain our current
lifestyle -or even sustain our
continued presence as a species
at all- is, it would appear, unwor-
thy of anything beyond the
deceitful and subversive political
tactics that typify most other
social concerns.
The environment, it is impor-
tant to realize, differs sharply
from other political issues; this is
one topic of political debate
wherein contempt for the per-
evidence suggesting that they
shouldn't.
When th·e United Nations'
experts appeal to our national
conscience, asking that we
open our minds to the possibil-
ity that grotesque over-con-
sumption could be responsible
for
impe
.
nding
ecological
catastrophe,
the
United
Nations itself is baselessly dis-
credited as threatening our
"American way of life" or
attempting to attack our global
Because the scholarly inquiry into global
climate change has been so
serlously
defiled by the biases that invariably
accompany environmentally crass political
agendas, the scientific community has
befm forced to pursue authentic inquiry
through their own
Independent
means.
economic sov-
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When
scien-
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report expos-
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the
urgency
of
environmental
crises, corpo-
rate lobbyists
spective of science is more than
just foolish, it is suicidal. The
stratagem of the leading skeptics
is hopelessly misguided, and
quite shameless, I believe. Few
people, I think, are able to
acknowledge reality for what it
is, with all its discomforting
implications, and continue to
believe as they wish against all
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be.
These practices, though
regarding
global
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change
are
rarely
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addressed in our culture's nar-
row spectrum of public debate.
common
among
l a r g e
environ-
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ing cor-
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tions,
are well-
kn own
When scientists publish a report
exposing the
urgency of environmental crises,
corporate lob-
byists offer other scientist$
cash incentives to
dispute the reports, or they slmply attack
the
credlblllty of the scientists that
have
the
audacity to suggest something contrary to
the
corporate agenda.
but somehow escape public
scrutiny.
When measured in
terms of its likely conse-
quences, the truly criminal
nature of this corporate behav-
ior cannot be overstated; it is
conceptually reducible to mur-
der for profit. In that it its aim
is to threaten the survival of
humanity as an undivided col-
lective, solely for the purpose
of self-interest, intervention of
this sort is more serious a
crime than is genocide.
The most urgent arguments
The conventional lines of even
the most liberal solutions offer
little hope in saving the human
race from self-destruction.
Constructive solutions such as
"E85" (an alternative fuel
source attained through mixing
ethanol and gasoline at a ratio
of 17:3) are patchwork solu-
tions whose hope of restoring
our environment's health and
stability are nil. It is as though
we cannot face the inescapable
truth that meaningful environ-
mental improvement demands
significant lffestyle change.
Efforts toward other objectives
are tantamount to attempting
improvement of one's health
by switching cigarette brands
or transitioning to smokeless
tobacco.
Unless our attitudes change,
it is reasonable to assume that
the fate of the earth's people
will ultimately be decided by a
scant 4% of its population, an
influential few who thrive on
poorly presented lies which
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Underage Drinking Awareness
on Campus
By
LINDSAY STRAUB
Staff Writer
The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
.
Services, known as OASAS, presents Marist with a grant used to
increase
awareness amongst underage students.
OASAS is an agency known for the prevention and treatment of
alcohol
and chemical dependence problems. Their latest program,
"Underage
Drinking: Not a Minor Problem: College Edition," seeks
to raise awareness for young people about the risks associated with
alcohol consumption. The monetary grants they offer to colleges and
universities allow for the distribution of information campus wide.
According to Steve Sansola, Associate Dean of Students, Marist is
sponsoring a series of awar~ness efforts with the $2,850 grant. The
programs began in January and will continue through March.
"This grant i~ part of an effort to infuse information to students and
keep them aware of alcohol education," said Sansola.
"It's
a chance
for Marist to really reach out to its students."
OASAS supplied Marist with fact
sheets,
which include alcohol
statistics associated with thebehavior and activities on college cam-
puses. Miniature versions of these sheets known as palm cards were
given out in
January
at the new student orientation. Sansola operated
a booth at this semester's Activities Fair. where the distributed the
palm cards as well.
"We recently held a pretty successful poster campaign," said
Sansola. "The fact sheets were given out to all residence areas so that
the RAs could provide them to students."
A copy of the fact sheet was given to the Marist radio station, news-
paper, and TV
31.
"It
was somewhat of a PSA campaign," said
Saitsola.
Awareness efforts can further be seen at the Men's and Women's
home basketball games. Sansola arranged for the Town of
Poughkeepsie Police Department to pass out palm cards at the
entrance of all games. A group of students from Marist Counseling
Services called "Active Minds" also volunteer to hand out palm cards
during the games.
Sophomore Danielle Sherman picked up a card before
entering
the
game. "The facts on the sheet very surprising and informative," said
Sherman.
"While I think students will take time to read and consider the
information,
I
am not convinced they will alter their lifestyle based
on only that," said Sherman
.
At halftime, there is a
_shooting
contest for a few students who agree
to wear beer goggles, which impair their vision and judgment. If a
student makes a basket they are awarded a gift certificate provided
by Sodexho.
"It's a lot of fun," said Sansola. "Since they are wearing the beer
goggles, students are hitting the comers of the backboards or some-
times hitting nothing at all!"
The grant also allowed for keynote speaker, Riva Houston, to visit
Marist and speak to athletes about the dangers and consequences of
Their latest program, "Underage Drinking: Not a Minor
.
Problem: College Edition," seeks to raise awareness for
young people about the risks
_
associated with alcohol
consumption. The monetary grants they offer to colleges
and universities allow for the distribution of Information
campus wide.
underage drinking. Houston appeared on campus yesterday after-
noon in the Nelly Goletti Theatre.
Plans for future awareness include giving out palm cards at the
upcoming Off-Campus Housing Fair.
"There are some sophomores and juniors planning to move off-
campus, and should be made aware of the figures we've learned from
OASAS," said Sansola.
Napkins featuring the information on the palm cards are currently
in the process of being made. They will be placed in the Dining Hall
and other retail outlets in the surrounding Dutchess County area.
Efforts to increase consciousness of the negative outcomes of
underage and excessive drinking are now constantly preseht on cam-
pus. The grant has enabled mass production of conclusive statistics
that could
potentiall)'
affect all members of the Marist
community
.
After each program, both OASAS and Marist are one step closer to
reaching their ultimate goal of student awareness.
Blood
Alcohol Concentration Estimate -
for Men
Drinks
A
1
2
3
Impaired
4
5
6
Body Weight In Pounds
Influence B
100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
.04
.03 .02 .02 .02 .02 .02
.02
.08 .06
.05
.05
.04 .04
.03
.03
.11 .09 .08 .07
..
06
.06 .05
.05
.15 .12
.11
.09
.0
8
.08 .07 .06
Possibly
.
. 19
.16 .
13
.12 .11 .09 .09 .09
DUI
.23
.1
9
.16 .14
.13 .11 .10 .09
A
One drink is
1.25
oz. of
80
proof liquor,
12
oz. beer, or
5
oz.
of
wine
B
Subtract
.01
for each hour of drinking
Blood
Alcohol Concentration - for Women
Drinks
A
1
2
3
4
5
6
Body Weight In Pounds
lnfluenceB
90 100 120 140 160 180 200 220
.05 .05 .04 .03
.03
.03
.02
.02
Possibly
.10
.09
.08
.07
.06
.05 .05
.04
.15 .14 .11 .10
.09
.08 .07 .06
Impaired
.20 .18 .15
.13
.11
.1
0
.09 .08
.25
.23
.19 .16 .14
.
13
.11 .10
DUI
.30 .27 .23 .19 .17 .15 .14 .12
.
A One drink is
1.25
oz. of
80
proof liquor,
12
oz. beer,
or
5 oz. of wine B Subtract
.01
for each hour of drink-
ing
Courtesy of http://www.gdcada.org/statlstlcs/alcohol.htm
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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
By
BRITTANY FIORENZA
Health Edftor
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the
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niti('"
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007
Couture
style graces the masses
.
By KATE GOODIN
Staff Writer
"GO is a bold, new way for Target to deliver the
latest styles to our guests at an affordable price,"
von Walter said. '.'This apparel program features
You could go to Neiman Marcus and purchase a limited edition fashion and accessories from inter-
Proenza Schouler dress for $5,525.
nationally renowned designers. Each collection is
Or you could go to Target and buy a dress by featured for 60 to 90 days and is compromised of
the same designer for a mere fraction of the price:
complete looks, separates and accessories."
$44.99.
Proenza Schouler for Target line debuted
Couture has never been so accessible to the February first and thus far, von Walter said the line
masses, particularly since several high-'end design-
has "exceeded expectations." There are, however,
ers have partnered with chain stores, such as Target differences between the designer's mass retail
or Sweden-based retailer H&M, to offer their chain line and their pret-a-porter (ready-to-wear)
designs at a price the majority of shoppers can collections.
afford.
·
Roy said designer have to pare down and tailor
Sonia Roy, Marist College professional lecturer their looks to suit the needs of the mass-retail cus-
of fashion design, said that this is a good move pro-
tomer, who is vastly different from a high-end
fessionally because it promotes brand recognition
·
shopper.
in a competitive industry.
"The changes the designer must make to their
"As a busip.ess strategy, I think it's brilliant,"
'look' are changes designed to both accommodate
said Roy.
"It
expands your customer base and the consumer of that particular retailer and to make
name recognition and in an age where so many themselves more appealing to a larger, much larg-
designers are attempting to become 'lifestyle' er group of people," said Roy. "The mass market
brands. It's a huge step towards making sure that consumer tends to be less experimental and daring
more people around the country know your name." than a designer level customer, so this difference in
Stella McCartney, Viktor a'nd Rolf, Karl taste must affect the way the designer styles the
Lagerfeld (whose line at H&M sold out in mere line for the mass market retailer."
hours), and, most recently, design team Jack
Von Walter also said while differences exist,
McCoullough and Lazaro Hernandez of Proenza both parties benefit because the designer can make
Schouler have all peddled their wares-or a lower their looks available with the resources of retail
-priced form of them- to give moderate-range shop-
giants
-
such as Target
-
at their disposal.
pers a taste of couture.
·
"These partnerships are mutually beneficial - we
Roy said the partnership of high-end designers can provide access to our production methods
and major retail chains has opened a whole new which gives designers the opportunity to offer an
market for customers and brand recognition for the affordable collection to a broader audience," von
designers.
Walter said. "In addition, the designers are able to
"The stigma against mass market and retail focus solely on design and benefit from our ability
chain stores has diminished a lot over the last ten to produce collections on a large scale."
years or so, precisely because of stores like Target
Although there are indeed differences between
and H&M," Roy said. "Once that happened jt collections, the availability of a Proenza Schouler
became acceptable to use them as a means of dress at Target for less than $50 will not detract
reachi~g much larger groups of consumers.')
·
some consumers from purchasing a bona fide cre--
'llic
.J>tb"erlia
'
Sehoufer line is the fil~t-lrl.~etlP-
Jil<
Jtliori
tlj&
the same designer at a,higft~etichetatl~r1fo;
ment of the GO Designers concept for Target. over $5000
.
Target spokesperson Amy von Walter said GO
Roy said there is great enough difference
Designers offers the most current trends to their
consumers at appropriate prices for a limited time.
y
for
th
SEE FASHIONABLE COUTURE, PAGE 9
PAGE6
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Wal-Mart neglects
working environment
male counterparts.
Dukes started to experience
verbal abuse as the company
began retaliating against her
issues. Management accused her
of taking late breaks and lunches
and was turned in for calling in
sick for one day. The male asso-
ciates would do the same task
without ever receiving any. disci-
plinary actions, according to the
transcript from the United States
District Courts in Northern
California
.
In 2001, Duke became one of
seven women who filed a class
action lawsuit against the corpo-
ration accusing them of gender
bias. The case has expanded
nationally as more current and
former female employees came
forward.
The plaintiffs in the case have
suffered emotional damages,
humiliation, loss of opportuni-
ties and extra motley. Wal-Mart
also violated the Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 where
the company has deprived the
women of their civil rights
.
';rh~
maJ,odty of peopie
~J1J.WQYF1d
1
~Wt\\
1
Mm
l~t.Qi:~
;a.re
IAQ6tlf
w.00\en
that
are
unskilled, uneducated or stay at
home moms. Women do work at
the same positions as their male
co
-
workers, but earned less
h
money.
Most women will remain
with the company because
they believe this is a job
that brings in a steady
income into the household
and try to forget about the nega-
tive aspects of the business.
·
"They have been discriminat-
ed against or treated badly such
as, race, sex, and disability.
These cases are sometimes
diffi-
cult to prove." said Marilynn A.
Vetrano, Executive Director at
Dutchess County Human Rights
Commission.
Male associates have a better
chance to get promoted to man-
agement than do female associ-
ates. Men receive cross-training
in different departments and will
also get other training and sup-
port that opens the door for
advancement while
women
receive less training and motiva-
tion to advance in these promo-
tions.
Women make up about 70 per-
cent of Wal-Mart's hourly
employees
,
the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer
reported
last
month
.
Women who do enter
management
position
earn
$14,500 lees than their male col-
leagues.
Vetrano saici,
Ii
goes straight
blt.Ck
,
.
to the nianagero.ent t.eam
where th~y have disrespect for
their workers
.
In 2005, the websit.e American
Rights at Work put out a 3 l page
report titled "Wal-Mart
:
Rolling
Iii
back workers' Workers' Wedges,
Rights,
and the American
Dream". The report talks about
the mistreatment of associates
.
It
gives a comparison between the
standard of living of General
Motors employees and Wal-Mart
associates claiming that between
1947 to 1973, GM employees
were granted annual raises
through
the
United
Auto
Workers Union that helped their
workers build a solid middle
class. Employment standards at
GM improved over decades of
negotiation and gave the workers
much of what they wanted.
%rkers also received excellent
health benefits and an excellent
pension package.
The report also said that the
standards set by Wal-Mart stand
in sharp contrast to those set by
GM. Most Wal-Mart associates
earn fewer than 10 dollars an
hour and only 45 percent of them
are covered under health insur-
ance.
"When it comes to Wal-Mart,
you should always believe in the
negatives they say about Wal-
Mart and never the positive,"
Coviello said. "We must contin-
ue to spread any awareness of
the corruption at Wal-Mart
.
It
can
.
t
iii
k
im
prove
d
andthat's
~ti~
#i
'
§,
impor:tant to spread. O,\lt
Wal-Mart
'
s true nature."
Editors Note
:
For more infor-
mation
on this topic, visit
www.wakeupwalmart.com and
www
.
walmartwatch
.
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Features
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007 •
PAGE
7
cartoon corner
By VINNIE PAGANO
A celebrity
obsessed nation
why
c;Jo we love them so much?
By
MICHELLE FABER
Circle Contributor
·w~
live
in a
nat10n
where
girls
want
LO
wear
what Lindsay Lohan
1s
wearing,
hoys shave
their
,
their
skinn). that's what
w~
want
to
see,
·o
v.:hat
do
we care'!
Ho
abouc Britney
Spea~?
ec<l
l
even
say
moti.;?
Conic on.
ym1
kno\\
·xa1,;tly
what
l'm
going
to
say. What
djd \\
e
do
to her!~' She was
cute and talented: she was a Mickey fouse Club
membc-r! Now she
has
gotten
divorc
d, sh1.: is
trm,hy, she has admitted
herself
into
rehab for
a
whole
24
hours
and yes. the rumors
nre true,
her
head
is
haved.
America,
J think
\\
e
r
ally
screwed
up
on
this one.
Oops!
/t1 ~- K
£5l.E-R,
YoV
&Av£
ME
AN
f
ON
ft\V
J{E.SeA~H
PAPE~?!!?
YEAH
&-ARY .... n,HE.
U.
S.
"1Al>6
A
WH00P.s1c AT
HtRosH,~A,"
1s
~
A
~ooD
-f
HE.S.1
.S.
cruff \ 11.:n
Brad Pitt
does,
and ch:ntolo~y
seems
.m
ote
n:hablc
than all of those "old-
school" religions. Yes. that's
right
Americn
it's
finally
t,me lo
admu.
we
do hav
a
problem.
W
arc cclcbnt)
Obsessed
with a capital "O. •· o the
question
h,, ,, hy
du \\ e
love
them so much':
l
elebrities
IM
·e
alY.ays heen a focal
point
in
American culture;
Frum A
udrcy
Hepburn to
Halle
Barry,
America loves
their celeb beauties.
But
doesn't
W
seem
like_
now,
more than
ever~
this
JO\
e
h3, transformed inlo an unhcalth),
obsession'? I mt!an should we really revolve our
lives
around
the people we see on the big
creen'?
Tile
scariest
part
about our ob e sion is what
,~,e .lCtually do
10
the
celebrities. Yes. I'm talking
about how
We
tum
our poor actors and actresses
into mtcasL:
T
.o k
~t
the
m
t
ob,
ious exam-
ple:
Tom
Cruis1:.
\l
1rnl
the hell happ .. med to this
guy'' Does anyone
remember
when he used
to
lie
a normal
human
eing? He went from A-Ii
t
actor to
,
•
1
i
l
p ) cho, and
took
our girl-nc.:t-
door Kalie Holmes down with him! But, once
agam,
why
do we care'?
Or ho\ ,
f>oul
Lindsa)
Lohan, the Olsen
T,
iru.
Hilary Duff. and an) other actrcs ·
that weighs
les."I
than
l
00 pounds'!
I can remember all four of
lh
sc
girls
and
..
pow
adorable
thi.:}
were in
their
younger <lays
merica fell in
10\e
with
these
\Veet
little
innocent children from the
beginning
and no\\
l00k
\~hat
c did to
tl11.:m.
lbe)
feel
guilt
for
eating
;
a grape
... all da).
But
,, hut ever,
Anyone for
the
most
recent
news
story on Anna
·icole
tnith?
If
you
do
not
know thi
tory. you
must
!he
umh:r u
rock at
the
bottom of
the
ocean
be~ause
it
has.
gotten so
much publici~y that it
is
practicall}' impossible
to flip
through
the chan-
nels
and
r1ot hear
somt:lhing about
this story.
Everyone is gripping
their
seats, waiting
to
see
the
catL<se of
death!
America:
don't
v.orry.
they
\'i.on't
hold
out on us for too much longer! Jus1
kci;p
your
TV
turned
on. Forget
about
going
to
work, you wouldn't
"ant
to miss this!
\Vh)
do
we
care!?
As ashamed as
I
am
to
admit it,
J care! I care
whether
Brad
and Angelina get married_
I care
how
many times
the
Ols n
twins
visit rehab. and
I
c.1re
Lh,il
Ryan
ch1:ated on
Reesel
('I
hat jerk!)
l'we
come
to
the conclusion
that
it
is
utterly
impo,.
ihle to
ward off
chir..
ob. cssion.
Celebrities: we
lov ·
to
10\
·
em' and love
to
hate em'. We are
obst:ssed,
we
have
a
problem,
and
T
d
n't think
we
will
ever get any help.
One
lhjng
is fbr !Sllr .
if
anyone wants to gel our
atten-
tion, don
'
t tell us
the death
toll in
Iraq, tell
us
about
Brittany's
new
tattoo~
... and
no,
they
aren't
on top of her
1,havcu
head
.
r
•
•
Fashionable couture styles make the crossover· to Target and others ...
from page six
between the
collections
that the
shoppers
at Target and the customers
at Bergdorf Goodman or Neiman Marcus will probably remain at
their
respective
retailers.
"The line for Target and their designer level [ready-to-wear] line
are two comp-t'etely different ahd
se~ate
Hries;" said
Ro'y.
!!Jn
ether
words,
tht!
customer·
wh& btlys
from the Proenza Schouler designer
collection
will probably not go to Target and the customer who shops
Target will probably not buy from the Proenza Schouler designer
line."
Discrepancies aside, the Proenza Schouler for Target line, and
other designer lines for mass retail chains, is a weJJ-received idea.
Fashion merchandising junior Ashley Rake said that the designer,
¢hain store, and- customer, all· benefit from this partnership.
"It's a good opportunity to
·
expand business because many people
cannot afford top designer prices," Rake said.
"It
can also reach a
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Roy said this partnership is a positive move because it lets every-
one have access to high fashion.
"I
think everyone deserves to have a bit of fashion available to
them at their pric~
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R9y. "I like
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007
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PAGES
A closer
look
.
at the top ten
most underrated actresses
By
ffiER THURSTON
Staff Writer
Maybe
it's
the weather. Maybe
.
·
it's the schoolwork I just seem to
keep putting off
("I
know that
damn philosophy book is under
here somewhere ... "). Maybe
it's
the fact that every time I
choose
to leave my dorm nowadays, I
get to throw on my winter best
and hope that if there is one fight
I can win,
it's
me vs. the wind.
Whatever the reason may be,
something has me feeling a little
glass-half-empty lately.
So in an effort to
turn my gray
skies blue, this w'eek I decided to
focus my list on some of the
most
underrated
actresses in the
business today. And although
they may not all receive their
due, there's no denying their
immense talents; their resumes
boast some of the
best
perform-
ances of the past few years. But
even though you may not recog-
~ize their names, or sometimes
their face, these actresses' per-
formances will never leave you
cold -
despite what the ther-
mometer might read.
10)
Constance Zimmer
You might
recognize
her as Dana
Gordon, a movie
executive
with
a penchant for torturing agent
Ari Gold
on
HBO
'
"Entourage."
Or Wftybe you caught her as an
advisor to the innocent on ABC's
wrongfully-convicted drama
"In
Justice." Perhaps it was as sar-
castic secretary .Penny on NBC's
failed
sitcom, "Good
Morning,
Miami." Judging from her
plethora of both guest and star-
ring roles on countless television
shows, Zimmer has carved a
career out of being the response
to a snap of the fingers and a
"whats-her-face."
With the flash
of a smile and the glisten in her
eyes, it doesn't matter what
comes out when she opens her
mouth, be it the world's biggest
insult or a carefully concealed
compliment, you cannot help but
like her. And with a now-starring
role on
"Boston
Legal," hope{ul-
ly Zimmer's name can flow more
easily off of America's tongues,
and keep their fingers at bay.
9) Luc,Uu
In
"Ally McBeal," she played an
assassin in the courtroom, and in
"Kill Bill" she played, well,
um ... an assassin. There is no
doubt about it; Liu has the abili-
ty. to channel inner ferocity. So
why is she now relegated to
catch-and-you-miss-it
guest
stints on "Joey," and "Ugly
Betty," while movie studios
chomp at the bit (and filin critics
cringe)
to
make
another
"Charlie's.
Angels"? If I were
Liu, I'd be a tad bit upset - no
wonder that inner ferocity con-
veys so easily.
·
8)
Loretta Devine
On
"Boston Public," her role was
of a teacher who had had
enough. On "Grey's Anatomy,"
her role is of a wife who has had
eRough. And in life, her role
should be of actress who has had
enough. With limited roles writ-
ten for powerful women, Devine
has
instead
been forced to settle.
for bit parts stereotyping her race
and gender. She deserves better,
the film industry deserves better,
and audiences deserve better.
7)
Jeaat,n
Gllslg
Gina Russo is hardly a likeable
character. She's a sex-addict,
she's coerced a man into raising
a baby that wasn't his, and even-
ruaU
--
attempted to kidnap
th
child back from that very same
man. So, for starters, she proba-
bly isn't eligible for mother-of-
the-year. But there's something
about Jessalyn Gilsig's perform-
ance on-
"Nip/fuck,"
that makes
the character relatable, if not
entirely likeable. It is usually one
of our deepest fears: that one day
we'll wake up and realize we are
everything
we never wanted to
be, and Gilsig makes that small-
est nightmare a bigger reality
with her portrayal. Hopefully,
her current role as the fire-start-
ing biological mother of cheer-
leader
Claire
on
NBC's
"Heroes,"
can finally light" some
fire under her career.
8) Brtdget Moynahan
Sure, the paparazzi follow her
wherever she goes. And readers
of US Weekly have probably
toyed with the question of
whether her takipg out her
garbage is "normal" or "not nor-
mal." There's no denying that
Moynahan gets plenty of press
coverage. However, most of the
time, the photographers camped
in the bushes outside her house
are crossing their fingers for a
shot of her and (now ex-)
boyfriend Totn
Brady, not
because they loved her in "The
Recruit or Lord of War." Instead
of stalking her, these nitwit pho-
tographers should head to the
video store.
I)
Christina
Applegate
held her own against Will Ferrell
in
•'Anchorman:
The Legend of
Ron Burgundy," and was the
saving grace of "The Sweetest
Thing" and "View from the
Top," two comedies that had
every right to be a disgrace to
cinema. Yet for some reason,
maybe some leftover stigma
from a decade-long stint on
"Married
With
Children,"
Applegate's film roles have
never amounted to anything
b~yond the "funny best friend."
She has perfected that role, now
it's time for something more.
4)
Sarah
Wa,ne C&lllel
As
a former drug-addicted doc-
tor on FOX's hit drama
"Prison
Break," Wayne Callies
grounds
the
h
in ality.
Her
de elo -
ing relationship with main
inmate escape artist Michael
(Wentworth Miller) is
easily
the
most interesting dynamic on the
show, and her tragic flaw keeps
the show from going over-the-
top, reminding viewers that char-
acters are flawed, relationships
are complicated, and of course,
not everything goes according to
plan.
3) Kate Walsh
Kate Walsh is not an enviable
woman. Of all the roles to land
on a hit show, Walsh landed the
one of Dr. Addison Montgomery,
whose first task of duty was to
drive a wedge right between
Dr.
Derek
Shepherd
and
Dr.
Meredith
Grey,
television's
hottest couple since Ross and
Rachel. And to her credit, Walsh
took the role and ran with
it.
She
has now developed the
character
from vengeful
ex-wife
to one of
Touchstone
Pictures'
'The
Prestige'
will
leave
you expecting
the unexpected
By
CAELA PROVOST
Circle Contributor
Christopher
Nolan's "The
Prestige" is a
gripping
film in
which the
storyline
centers on a
rivalry between two magicians:
Robert
Angier
(played by Hugh
Jackman) and Alfred Borden
(P.layed by
Christian
Bale).
The
movie is set in London
at
the tum of the
century,
a time
when magic was
an
integral part
of all forms of
entertainment.
Throughout the
film,
both Angier
and Borden
compete
to see who
can
successfully
perform the best
magic
trick
through
deceit,
cheating,
and sabotage.
The two
men
are at
odds due to
a
tragic
accident
and a terrible
secret
that
David Bowie in Touchstone
Pictures' "The Prestige•
involves Angier's wife ( played sible to understand untjl the
end).
by Piper Perabo). The obsession "The Prestige" is a
brilliant
each
man has with beating the
.
drama,
thriller, fantasy, and
mys-
other leads to a series of plot tery that will enthrall anyone
twists and intense scenes which who chooses to enter its world.
constantly
leave the
film's
view-
Forget the popcorn
...
the most
ers
guessing.
important thing this film requires
While viewing the film,
I
was is
~
sharp
and open mind.
never bored and
I
was constantly
Expect
the unexpected
and
the
asking
myself questions and ana•
unexplainable.
lyzing the plot (which, in this
particular
film,
is
close
to impos-
the most complex on the show, a
lonely woman wanting every-
thing she thinks she needs. What
Walsh really needs
is
an Emmy
nomination, there's nothing to
think about.
2) Rachel McAdams
In "Mean Girls," she proved she
can do
catty comedy.
In
"Red
Eye," she proved she can doter-
ror in the air. In
"The Notebook,"
she proved she can do romance,
not to mention a monologue in
the rain with the best of them.
And in
"Married
Life," her new
period-piece analyzing an affair,
she'll hopefully prove she
can ... act? By
carefully
picking
and,
choosing
her
roles,
McAdams has proven that while
her
characters
may vary as often
as her hair
color,
her talent never
does.
1)
Zooey
Delchanel
First, let me stop
you.
Who?
Okay, so her name might not be
instantly
recognizable. And
the
scroll of
$20
million actresses
will
probably
never
read
Roberts, Diaz, and Deschanel.
But with starring roles in
"Elf'
and
"All
the Real Girls," as well
as
carrying the comedic weight
of
films
like
"Failure
to
Launch"
and
"The
Good Girl," Deschanel
is certainly making a strong cas
for a pay hike. Her pale features
accented
by
strikingly
black hair
makes her
stand out from
the
sea
Thurston's pick for the number one most overlooked actress, Zooey
Deschanel (above) has appeared in such movies as "Elf,• "All the Real
Girls,• "Failure to Launch• and "The Good Girl.•
of
too blonde,
too tan Hollywood evoking and emotional, but
also
starlets today. Her comedic tim-
unfortunately underrated. With
ing
simmers more in the sardon-
an attempt to break into main-
ic
than the
slapstick, a welcome stream Hollywood, including a
rdic
f
rrrnn
Lh~ ,,urld
of
pratfa
ll
s
mu
11-
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tic
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p
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leg-
and
spit-takes. And
her
current endary singer Janis Joplin, hope-
role as one
of
the
queens of indie fully it's only a matter of
time.
cinema
makes
her
·
performances
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CHELSEA MURRAY
Staff Writer
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m
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007 •
1
a Je
()11e
A great success, Marist production· of 'Cabaret' pleases audience
.
and lights up the stage
rise of the Third Reich becomes
a vivid reality. The club is occu-
pied by its main attraction, the
Kit Kat Girls, the flamboyant
Emcee who serves as their
Master of Ceremonies, and
English singer Sally Bowles.
Arriving on the scene is Clifford
Bradshaw, an American writer
looking for some material for a
novel he is writing. What he
finds is a dream-like world in the
club and Berlin as a whole; as he
and Bowles begin to develop a
relationship with one another
and the winds of change begin to
fiercely blow around them and
the people they care about, both
politically and socia11y. So much
so that it soon becomes clear that
this care-free world one is greet-
ed with upon entering the club is
becoming nothing more than an
artificial smile from someone
struggling
fo
ignore the world
around them.
As the Cabaret sign lit up and
the drums kicked into action, the
show began as the Emcee, Kurtis
McManus, came through the
stage-left curtain' to begin
Wi/lkommen,
the show's first
number. What was immediately
noticeable was something that
soon became clear was a com-
mon theme throughout the show.
Westerhoff seemed to take more
than a nod from the most recent
Broadway revival. Right down
to the very manner in which the
Emcee made his appearance,
with his index finger inviting the
audience in, all the way to how
he was dressed. He wore a black
leather trench 'coat that, once
removed, revealed multiple sets
of white suspenders, intermin-
gled with long black shorts, the
exact outfit the Emcee wore on
Broadway. This replication was
a very unfortunate theme that
bore its head more than a few
other times throughout the show.
Although it is true that Cabaret
has been revived professionally
many times, with each incarna-
tion being very different from the
other, that it is important to make
clear which version is being
done, there is a very fine line
between keeping to a certain area
of design and being unoriginal.
This production unfortunately
seemed to favor the latter.
The talent in the cast was
strong, but lopsided, very much
favoring the women with Joanna
Stein being the standout as Sally
Bowles. From the moment she
hit the stage with Don
't
Tell
Mama,
it was clear that seeing
her in action throughout the rest
of the show was something to
look forward to. Katie McSherry
was also very solid as Fraulein
Kost and the Kit Kat Girls
(Bridget Bums, Kate Costello,
Courtney Cuomo, Cali LaSpina,
Kristen Mahony, and Jillian
Salcido) shined in every one of
their numbers. Perhaps though,
the most pleasant surprise of the
entire show was Dr. Missy
Alexander as Fraulein Schneider.
She absolutely commanded the
stage with not only her acting,
but beautiful singing and tremen-
dous accent work as well. As for
the men, Prof. Jeff Bass and
Ryan DeFoe did very well in
their parts with Bass being
another nice surprise along side
Alexander. However there was a·
substantial amount left to be
desired in their two main male
leads, McManus and Topher
Ziobro.
McManus fit the part of the
Emcee very well and his singing
voice held up strong, most
notably in his performance of /
Don't Care Much,
however,
whenever he was on stage there
was always the feeling of want-
ing a little more from him. He
needed a final push acting wise
to really hammer in that part.
The character of the Emcee is
one of the best known in musical
theatre and is truly an actor's
vehicle.
It
offers anyone the
chance to really play it up, but
McManus seemed to forego• the
last bit of that opportunity. The·
Emcee should command the
show and McManus needed to
go that one step further to do so,
but unfortunately did not, and his
lack of overall control made his
scenes lose
something.
Ziobro,
also fit his part very well, but
needed more work on the lower-
key moments of the show. Often
times, lines that were merely
conversational and should be
delivered as such, he made much
grander than was needed and his
scenes felt awkward because of
it. Most of his scenes with Stein
represented this lopsidedness
that ran through the cast as
she
was usually right on the money
and he was a little off-kilter.
The music overall was done
very well with The Money Song
being the standout number and
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
a close
second. The only number that
really faltered was 1wo Ladies,
which was very qisappointing,
because this is a fantastic mun-
ber, however right from the start
the singing was plagued with
pitch problems and the actors
seemed to be running out of
breath while going through the
piece's intricate blocking.
It
was
almost as if they,.
.and
perhaps
their director, were more con-
cerned with making the number
funny, than keeping
it solid
vocally. Musical Oire9tor, Liz
Toleno and the rest of the band
sounded great and made playing
through a very long and compli-
cated score seem easy.
The
dance work in the show was right
on par with the singing, also exe-
cuted very well.
It
was obvious
a lot of time had been put into
certain numbers and it showed.
Special re
.
cognition should be
given to the Kit
-Kat
Girls who
really stole the stage with their
dancing prowess. Westerhoff's
choreography held up very
strong throughout the entire
show and really utilized the tal-
ent available to him.
The other technical elements to
the show worked well with an
interesting set, good lighting and
sound work, and a few special
effects that complimented the
show nicely. One of the things
that stood out the most was actu-
ally how well and with what
speed the set changes were done.
Often times for shows, especial-
ly rpusicals, set changes take
way too long and hinder the flow
of the show; it was a pleasant
change t~ see this was not the
case.
Overall, Cabaret did a lot of
things right, which is refreshing
to see. It had the makings of a
blockbuster show, but unfortu-
nately too many times had to
fight with itself mainly in the
forms of some parts needing
additional acting work as well as
performers really having to take
that one extra step to own the
stage. Since this did not happen
quite as often as a show of this
caliber needs it to, parts of the
production suffered and Cabaret
did not reach quite as high as it
had the potential to. Never-the~
less it did succeed in providing
an enjoyable escape for two and
a half hours into a land where life
is beautiful and the audience
truly could leave their troubles
outside.
For as Sally Bowles
relll.inds us all, from cradle to
tomb isn't that long a stay.





















































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Marist and Iona
clash Friday
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Co-Sports Editor
Head coach Brian Giorgis
earned his 100th career win and
the women's basketball team
clinched the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
regular season crown for the
third straight year- on Monday,
Feb. 19 with a 75-57 victory over
· Rider at the Mccann Center.
Monday night's win also
improved Marist's record to 22-5
(15-1 in the MAAC), one win
away from tying the program
record for wins in a season, set
by the team last year. With two
games remaining on the sched-
ule, the Red Foxes have a chance
to surpass the 23-win mark, and
set a new record for wins iri a
season.
First standing in their way,
however, is 6"? ', pre-season
conference player of the year,
Martina Weber and the number
two team in the MAAC, the Iona
Gaels ( 17-1 O; 12-4), fresh off
their 64-49
victory
against
Loyola, a team that beat Marist
last Friday.
·
Marist travels to New
Rochelle, N.Y. this Friday, Feb.
23, to take on Iona at the Hynes
Athletic Center, where the Gaels
have won their last nine games.
The last time these two confer-
ence
powerhouses met was back
on Jan. 21, in the battle of
unbeatens. Marist dominated the
Gaels, the pre-season favorite to
win the conference, 70-49, hand-
ing them their first conference
loss of the season.
While the Red
Foxes allowed Weber
to score 23 points,
they held the rest of
the Iona team,
·
in
check, as no other
player scored in dou-
ble figures.
Iona head coach,
Anthony Bozzella,
said in the press con-
ference
after the
game, that the Red
Foxes are very well-
schooled on defense,
and they make it very
difficult for oppo-
nents to get open
shots.
"They
talk very
well. They slide their
feet
very
well.
They're extremely Center Meg Dahlman and
the Red
Foxes will
well-coached, and have their hands full Friday
with
Iona's
MAAC
they close out as
pre-season
player of the year, Martina
Weber.
well
as
any team in The last time these two teams met was
on
the
league,"
January
21
and
the
·
6"5'
Weber scored
23
Bozzella said.
points; however, Marist routed Iona
70-49
at the
Both Bozella and McCann Center. The Red Foxes look to complete
Weber said. during a season sweep of the Gaels with a win Friday.
this
•
press conference that after of victory in the teams'
last
meet-
having jumped out to a 6-0 lead ing, it was in no way an easy
in the early going by executing win. Even back in January, she
the game plan, the Gaels failed to predicted that the next time
stick to that game plan, and around would be more challeng-
.
things just unraveled.
ing, and tougher still if the two
"We had a game plan and we teams should meet in the tourna-
didn't stick to it like my coach ment.
said, and that's what's so disap-
"We worked really hard to get
pointing," Weber said. "We just this win," she said.
"We're
lost our heads."
going to need to step up to the
According to point guard Alisa challenge the next time, and
Kresge, despite the large margin maybe the time after that."
Men's
swimming
and diving
earns best ever ECAC
finish,
walk
on
Collins ends Marist career a champion
By
MATT SPILLANE
Staff
Writer
The Marist men's swimming
and diving team had its best
Eastern
College
Athletic
Conference
(ECAC)
Championships ever by securing
second place in Boston this
weekend. The Red Foxes, with a
score of 458.5, were the runner-
up to Harvard with 513.
Coming off its third consecu-
tive
MAAC
championship,
Coach Larry Van Wagner said the
team was very confident. Since
teams do not know who they are
competing against until the day
before
the event, Van Wa~er
said
the swimmers were focused
on themselves and their individ-
ual
performances.
Van Wagner said that his team
trailed Harvard throughout the
event, but that they won a close
battle with Columbia, Rider and
Yale for second place.
"We competed very closely
with them for the entire three-
day week~nd," Van Wagner said.
Columbia, Rider and Yale fin-
ished third, fifth and seventh,
respectively.
It was fitting that the team's
seniors, in their final competi-
tion, guided the team to its his-
toric finish. Former walk-on, Pat
Collins, led the way by winning
the 100-yard freestyle in 45.48
seconds on Sunday, propelling
the team ahead of the pack into
second place. He also placed sec-
ond in the 50-yard freestyle with
a time of 21.15.
Van Wagner said it was
extremely satisfying to see
Collins's years of dedication and
determination result in such
unparalleled success.
"Pat's progress has been histor-
ical," Van Wagner said. "For him
to come in as a walk-on, basical-
ly not being recruited, and leave
as an ECAC champion - it's
never been done before."
Collins was not the only senior
that Van Wagner was proud of
during the team's championship
run.
"All the seniors did an out-
standing job the last two week-
ends," he said.
In the 200-yard backstroke,
Dan Garaffa placed fourth by
finishing with a time of 1
:52.49
and captain Brandon Youse post-
ed a seventh-place finish with a
time of
1
:55.05.
Nick Chevalier posted a ninth-
place finish in the 200-yard but-
terfly with a time of 1 :55.50.
Will Shearouse and Collins guid-
ed the 400-yard freestyle relay
team, along with sophomore
Ralph Rienzo and Junior Greg
Jablonski, in securing third place
with a time of 3:06.42.
Jablonski also recorded a time
of 2:08.77 in the
200-yard
breaststroke to secure
sixth-place
in that event. Rienzo pqsted the
team's
·
best time in the 1,650-
yard freestyle with a time of
16:24.42, good enough for a spot
in ninth place, while fellow
sophomore Spencer Hartmann
posted a time of 17:02.12 in the
event to place 14th.
.
Freshman Luke Johnson's time
of 1 :54.98 in the 200-yard back-
stroke gave him a sixth-place
finish.
The Red Foxes' divers also
enjoyed a successful weekend, as
junior Devon O'Nalty led the
squad by scoring a 269.25- in the
one-meter event and securing a
third-place spot. Fellow junior,
Jesus Santos, took sixth place
with a score of 224.00, followed
by freshman Mitchell Katz, who
posted a seventh-place finish
with a time of209.65.
Van Wagner said his team was
able to post such a great finish
not because they are always the
most talented, but because they
are the best conditioned team in
the conference.
"A team's conditioning deter-
mines their success, not their tal-
ent," he said. "I've always made
a point of being the best condi-
tioned team in the conference.
The most talented team rarely
wins the championship."
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007 •
PAGE 10
Women's swimming and div-
ing takes second at ECAC's
By
RICH ARLEO
Staff
Writer
The Marist women's swim-
ming and diving team capped off
another successful season at the
Eastern
College
Athletic
Conference
(ECAC)
Championships on Sunday. The
team placed second in the meet,
with a team score of 589.5.
Junior Jamie Falco finished.off
an amazing junior season by
being named swimmer of the
meet. In the event, Falco won the
200-yard breaststroke while set-
ting a new school record in the
event with a time of2:02.63. She
also led the team of Kim
Koehler, Jenell Walsh-Thomas,
Sandra Bujalski, and
herself
to a
third place finish in the 400 yard
freestyle relay. The team finished
with a time of 3:32.76.
Falco heads into her senior sea-
son next year, and a very excited
coach Larry Van Wagner thinks
she has already shown
herself
to
be one of the premiere athletes
here at Marist.
"I'm ecstatic," Van Wagner
said. "She has become, this sea-
son, the best all-around athlete in
school history."
Van Wagner said that Falco
already broke half of the school's
swimming records.
"She broke six individual
school records this season
including the 50, 100, and 200
yard backstroke," Van Wagner
said. "All in all, she broke 10 of
the 20 possible school records."
Falco certainly had·a spectacu-
lar season, but hopefully not lost
in her outstanding achievements
is the success the team has had
this year.
In re_gards to their final meet of
the seasolh the coach said the
team performed,
''l>etter
than
expected." He was also more
than pleased with the team's
overall success.
"We basically. repeated what
was said last year, and that was
that this was our most successful
season overall," Van Wagner
said. "We won the conference by
the widest margin in school his-
tory and finished second to
Harvard in the ECAC's, which is
well-regarded as
being one of
the
more prominent swimming pro-
grams in the nation."
Marist received impressive
performances by senior Lauren
Malski,
Bujalski,
Lyndsey
Martin, and senior Kim Koehler.
Malski met an NCAA 'B'
Qualifying Standard for the sec-
ond straight day on Sunday, fin-
ishing with a time of 2:
16.13
in
the 200-yard
breaststroke.
The
senior also met the Qualifying
Standard in the 100-yard
breast-
stroke the previous day.
In the 200-yard butterfly,
Bujalski was able to finish ninth
for Marist with a time of 2:07 .51.
Lyndsey
Martin followed close
behind, finishing 11th in the
same event with a time of
2:16.13.
Koehler, in addition to being a
part of the team that placed third
in the
400
yard freestyle relay,
was also able to place 10th in the
100-yard freestyle, finishing
with a time of 53.56 seconds.
Freshman also had a strong
showing with two top-ten finish-
es in the 1650-yard freestyle.
Jenell Walsh-Thomas placed
second with a time of 17:31.07,
while Emily Hammang finished
eighth with a time of 17:50.98.
Looking forward to next sea-
son, Van Wagner realizes the
team will have to replace some
lost talent.
"We'll have to replace four
young ladies ... most importantly
Lauren Malski, which will not be
easy," Van Wagner said. "It was
a small, but high-quality senior
'class
tliat will need to be
replaced."
Van Wagner was also named
coach of the meet at the ECAC's,
a fitting end to another superb
season.
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Marist's water pl!>lo team
picked up some serious steam
this weekend. The women went
3-1 over a two-day tournament at
the University of Maryland in
College Park. On Satutday, the
Foxes beat Bucknell for the first
time in program
history
,
7-6,
before dropping their second
contest to Princeton, 11-5.
Princeton
is currently ranked as
the number 17 team in the coun-
try.
On the second day of the
Maryland
Invitational,
Marist
toppled its opponents, beating
Maryland 12-7 and then George
Washington 6-5. These victories
pushed the team's record to 5-3
on the year, with its only losses
coming to teams ranked in the
top 20 nationa{.ly.
Freshman Kristen Barnett is
leading
the way offensively,
early this season. She scored
another four goals against
Maryland after notching two
against Bucknell. In addition to
Barnett, sophomore Katelin
McCahil scored three
·
goals
against the Terrapins. Freshman
Samantha Swartz added two
while her classmates Hilary
Schroeder and Maggie Hatcher,
along with sophomore Kari
Weston, added a goal apiece.
Schroeder also produced one of
the top defensive games on the
weekend, grabbing two steals
and drawing two
ejections
and a
penalty
shot.
Backstopping
Schroeder and the rest of the
.
team, junior captain Elizabeth
Davis stopped 11 shots and had
three steals against Maryland
before making nine saves and
snagging two steals in the game
against George Washington.
In the 6-5 win over George
Washington, six different players
scored for Marist. Schroeder,
Hatcher, Weston, McCahill,
Swartz, and Angie Rampton all
found the back of the net to help
the Foxes squeak out the victory.
Weston also had three assists and
McCahill had two.
Maryland, George Washington,
and Bucknell will
all
have
chances to redeem themselves
against Marist this weekend at
the Bucknell Invitational.
The other team involved is
Grove City, who Marist plays
against on Saturday after its
11
:45
a.m.
game
against
Maryland. Then, Sunday fea-
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007
www.maristclrcle.com
PAGE 12
Foxes look to clinch
first
outright MAAC
title in
history
By
JOE FERRARY
Staff Writer
The regular season Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC)
men's basketball title
will be decided Saturday, Feb. 28
at 11 a.m. at the McCann Center
as the Red Foxes face off against
Route 9-rival Siena.
The senior day game will be
televised on ESPN2 and will be
the last time seniors Miles
Orman, James Smith, Will
Whittington, and Jared Jordan
step onto the McCann Center
title, they will be the automatic
number one seed in the MAAC
Tournament and are guaranteed a
spot in the NIT post-season tour-
nament.
Last
Time
On
Jan. 15, the Red Foxes
needed overtime to defeat Siena
84-75 at the Times Union Center
in Albany,
N.Y. During the con-
test, the Red Foxes were led by
senior point guard, Jared Jordan,
who m;,tched his second career
triple double (24 pts, 11
rebounds,
1.1
assists).
After a see-saw battle for much
court.
of the game, the Red Foxes
Marist enters the contest as the found themselves up by six
top team in the MAAC with an points 60-54 with 2:30 left to
impressive record of 22-7, 13-4 play in regulation. However, the
in conference.
Siena, mean-
Saints responded by closing the
while, comes in with a reco,rd of gap to just two points (63-61)
17-1
O
11-5 in conference which with 23 seconds remaining.
'
'
is good enough for a second- . After
a
steal
by
Kenny
place tie with Loyola and Hasbrouck,
senior
forward
Niagara, as of Monday, Feb. 20.
David, Ryan made a lay-up with
·
The Red Foxes control their 16 seconds to go, forcing over-
own destiny since they have
already clinched a share of the
MAAC title, courtesy of a 67-60
victory
over
Fairfield
on
Monday.
If
the Red Foxes beat
Siena, they will clinch their first
out-right MAAC regular season
in school history. Marist shared
the regular season MAAC crown
with Rider.during the 2001-2002
season.
In
addition, if the Red Foxes
clinch the regular season MAAC
time.
In
overtime Siena came out
red-hot, as Ronald Moore hit two
quick three-pointers, but the Red
Foxes proved to be too much. In
the extra period, Marist was per-
fect in all areas of shooting
.
The
Red Foxes went 8-8 from the
field, 1-1 from three point land
and 4-4 from the foul line to seal
the 84-75 victory.
All-time, these two schools
have met 54 times with Siena
leading
the
series
34-20.
However, the Red Foxes have
won the last five meetings and
are looking to complete their
third straight season sweep of the
Saints.
The Game
Siena comes into the game
ranked as the highest scoring
offense in the MAAC, averaging
75.2 points per game, while the
Red Foxes are third, averaging
74.3 points per contest. Both
teams enter the game with the
longest current winning streaks
in the MAAC
.
Marist is riding a
seven-game
winning
streak
while Siena has a six-game win-
ning streak.
Assistant
.
coach
,
Rob
O'Driscoll, said that Marist will
have to rely on its improved
defense to stop Siena.
"During our seven-game win-
ning streak, we made a team
commitment to playing better
defense for the entire game,"
O'Driscoll said. "We will most
likely
continue to use a combina-
tion of man-to-man and zone,
which should help slow Siena
down
.
"
This new commitment and new
style of defense have made the
Red Foxes the third toughest
scoring defense in the league
,
only giving up 67.8 points per
game
.
One player that the Red Fox.es
will have to worry about is senior
center Michael Haddix. Haddix
is currently leading the team
in
points per game (16.4) and
rebounds per game
(7
.
6). In the
previous game versus Marist, the
senior center scored 15 points
and grabbed 9 rebounds.
O'Driscoll said Marist will rely
on Smith and Wilfred "Spongy
"
Benjamin to stop Haddix
.
"We are going to rely on James
[Smith] and Spongy [Benjamin]
to guard Haddix
,
" O'Driscoll
said.
"During our winning
streak, James has been playing
great defense, especially in the
post, and he has kept his man
under control. We may also
try
to give them some help with a
double team."
To sum up what this game
m~ans to this program, and the
entire school, O'Driscoll said it
best.
"This is the biggest game of the
year, a game for first place, on
senior day, shown nationally on
ESPN2, versus our rival Siena."
Come out and support the Red
Foxes bid for the Regular Season
MAAC title. Fans are encour-
aged to wear white to the game
to "white out" the McCann
Center.
I
JAMES REILU'
/ THE C
IR
CLE
Senior guard Jared Jordan will lead the Foxes In his last
regular season
game
before
a sold out McCann Center against the Siena on Saturday.
Tip-off
is set for
11
a.m.
with
the
game
televllsed
natlonally
on ESPN2
.
ri