VOWME 60, ISSUE 1B
FOUN[IED IN 1965
Debaters qualify for national competition
By
JAMES
MARCONI
News
Editor
Two members of Marist's
debate team will move on to
national competition after secur-
ing the necessary ballots during
Sunday's regional qualifier held
at the college.
That victory,
according to James Maritato,
.
director of debate, marks
a
mile-
stone in Marist history - the first
time any team will compete on
so high a level.
"The National Debate
Tournament (NDT) is a presti-
gious event that only a select few
students qualify for," Maritato
said.
"I
am very proud of
Margeaux Lippman and Chris
Kozak for their achievement
.
Many debaters spend the better
part of their careers working for
a shot at the NDT.
As sopho-
mores, Margeaux and Chris have
accomplished this goal early
.
"
In order to attain a coveted spot
at the NDT, Lippman and Kozak
had to win a total of seven bal-
lots, or votes, from judges sitting
in the back of the rooms where
the debates were held. Each of
the six rounds of debate, .lasting
approximately
two
hours
,
required the pair to take either an
affirmative or negative position
on the given proposition, in this
case statin
g
that the United
States Supreme Court should
ovemile one or more landmark
decisions, such as U
.
S. v.
Morrison.
Preparation for this event was
thorough, according to Lippman.
Both she and Kozak looked
extensively at case lists and held
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practices
at
least once a week,
formulating their arguments
along the way and trying to cover
all of their bases. When the time
came to put theory into practice,
however, the sheer length of
debates was something
that
ini-
tially proved quite daunting.
"At first I was scared that it
would feel like it would take for-
ever, but. for me it went so fast.
You get a real rush when you're
doing it," Lippman said.
The rewards reaped after the
grueling tournament, though, are
more than worth the effort,
Kozak said. Simply earning a
place at the NDT and going toe
to toe with some of the country's
finest debaters is an honor and
achievement on its own.
JAM
REILLY/
THE CIRCLE
"It's a shock," Kozak said,
"something I've dreamed about
since I was in high school. [The
NDT] is an entire league above
normal competitive debate, like
making the jwnp from minor
league to major league baseball."
Sophomores
Margeaux
Lippman
and Chris Kozak focus on their debate in the NOTregional quallflers.
Of course, being Marist's first
time at the national event, both
Kozak and Lippman are ventur-
ing into completely new and
untested waters. Having no pre-
vious experience or basis for
comparison
,
Kozak said he
doubted whether his team would
be left in the t9p 30 percent.
"These kids ... were elite
<;lebaters in high school. Marlst
has never been to the NDT
before
.
I want to be honest, I'm
l90king at [it] as a learning expe-
rience
,
" Kozak said
Despite the stiff competition
they are likely to face though,
both he and Lippman expressed
every confidence that they would
perform to the best of their abili-
ties once engaged in the debates.
"I'm not going to lie, I'm nerv-
ous," Lippman said, "but it's a
good kind of nervous. We're a
force to be reckoned with ... a
good competitor who should be
taken seriously
.
"
The National Debate
Tournament will be held in
Dallas
,
Texas from March 28
thTO
U
I!h April
J
.
Also involved in the debate
event hosted
by
Marist last
weekend was the regional tour-
nament
for
the
Cross
Examination Debate Association
or C
_
EDA, which included 82
participants from schools across
the eastern seaboard.
"For kids who are in the novice
and junior varsity categories this
is the biggest tournament that
many of them will go to," said
Maritato.
Marist was represented on this
end of the event by Sam
Timinsky and John Duclos
,
both
arguing the same topic as in the
NDT qualifier. The duo amassed
three wins in the competition, an
excellent record, according to
\faritito
.
"I'm very, very proud ofth~m,"
Maritato said.
The competition, Timinsky
said, was an extremely good one
overall. Despite the fact that it
was a big tournament, there were
little nerves involved, and the
actual debates went smoothly
after he and Duclos (his new
partner)
became
accustomed
to
each other.
"It was amazing. John made it
very enjoyable," Timinsky said.
"Everyone at the tournament was
in very high spirits.
Duclos, a first
-
time tournament
competitor, also said that while
the competition was demanding,
it was a
"
really good experi-
ence."
"Tt
was amazing
we wen
t
three
and three,
which is
gpoq
considering we were learning
each other's styles," said Duclos.
"You sleep well that night."
Shakespeare gets Italian flavor in
Pamess's 'Taming of the Shrew'
JAMES REILLY/
THE CIRCLE
Marist held
Its
finale
for
students
who
par
-
ticipated In
the St.
Jude's
Children's
Research
Hospital let
-
ter
writing
campaign
In
the
Cabaret
last
Friday.
Student
bands
like
the
Comeback Tour pro
-
vided
entertainment,
and
one
St.
Jude's
patient, named Jake,
spoke at the event
In
support and thanks
of
the
wonderful
contri
-
bution the
Marist
community
had
made.
By
JOHN NORTON
Staff
Writer
Any production with William
Shakespeare
'
s name attached to
it is done with baggage from day
one. The main cause for this is
that there are a myriad of possi
-
bilities for shows that could be
produced that are relatively
unknown, even to the theatricai
-
ly-inclined,
but this will never be
the case when one seeks to tack
-
le the Bard. It would be a daunt
-
ing task to attempt to find some
-
one who has never been exposed
to
an
incarnation
of
Shakespeare'
s
work in some
form or another
.
Within the past
decade there ha
s
been an
e
xplo
-
sion of re
-
tooled Shak
es
pear
e
works
,
done conc
e
ptually for a
youn
g
er demographic. Through
this, audiences have seen Ethan
Hawke play a modern day
Hamlet
,
Leo DiCaprio play
Romeo, and Al Pacino play
Shylock. This brin
gs
us to this
comin
g
week
e
nd wh
e
re Th
e
Mari
s
t Colle
g
e Council on
Theatre Art
s
(MCCTA) pr
es
ents
Th
e
Tamin
g
of th
e
Shrew
at the
Nelly Goletti Th
e
atr
e,
produc
e
d
by Me
g
an Cody and assistant
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produced by Andrew DiCecco,
March
2
and
3
at
8
p.m and
March 4 at 2 p.m.
Taming of the Shrew
repre-
sents perhaps
·
the most well
received Shakespearean re-make
of the past decade,
JO Things I
Hat
e
About You.
Made in 1999,
this film, one can imagine, is still
fresh in the minds of many the-
atr
e
-goers who will occupy the
seats of the Nelly Goletti this
comin
g
weekend
.
This brings to
light the main point that there is
always a necessity for any pro-
duction to stamp their individual
mark on a pi
e
ce, but even more
so when it is Shakespeare, solely
because of the sheer nwnber of
prior re-makes
.
This always
pre
s
ents a challenge to the direc
-
tor because right from the start,
th
e
y are forced to walk a very
fine line between
.
doin
g
some-
thing creative and inter
e
stin
g
and
g
oing too far over the top.
Director Eric Parness definitely
made clear he was taking acre
-
ativ
e
route with this piece as it is
set in modem day time with an
Italian
-
American family
s
traight
out of a page from
Th
e
Sopranos.
Now, ther
e
is nothin
g
wrong
with doin
g
some unexpected
with a piece, often times it is
necessary when a work,
like
this,
has been produced in countless
other forms.
However, wh~n
taking a bold approach like this
that will undoubtedly permeate
the entire play from beginning to
end, it is important to have a rea-
son for it, other than simply to
stand out and to entertain. If
these are your only reasons
,
as
entertaining as the immediate
shock value can be, eventually
the piece as a whole will begin to
suffer
,
as was ·certain.Jy the case
in this production._
Taming of th
e
Shrew
tells the
story of Katherine and Bianca,
two very different sisters with an
intermingled problem. The very
sou
g
ht
-
after Bianca has been
denied a right to marry until the
"shrew"
and
s
harp-tongued
Katherine has
a
suitor of her
own
.
Arrivin
g
is Petruchio
,
hopeful to solve this family's
woes as he sets off on the seem-
ingly impossible task to tame
Katherine, marry her, and thus,
set all at peace in the household.
As the play
-
within
-
a
-
play
(which is what the majority of
Taming
consists of) commenced
,
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MAAC
for Marist
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THURSDAY, MARCH
1.
2007
Marist
to
redo
Web
site
By
ANDREW
OVERTON
Circle Contributor
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from
thi.-:
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one, the chair
of
the Web
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TtIE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007
www.maristclrcle.com
security
briefs
This week: Morality takes nosedive, one kid faceplants
By KATE GIGLIO
Editor-in-Your Bra
AHEM: John Gildard would like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank the student body for their coopera-
tion during the basketball season. Your flexibility
regarding parking on campus is much appreciated.
In addition, Mr. Gildard commends the students on
their dignified conduct at the game on Saturday.
2/19 12:20 p.m.
A student called the security office with a complaint
about a boot on his car. Demonstrating a tenacious
grip on the subtle nuances of the English language,
the student told the dispatcher to, well, let's just say
it wa.s the sort of eloquent figure of speech that
you'd expect from some moron who was irreverent
enough to get a boot on his car. Boot removal: $35;
blowout and extra hair gel: I dunno, like $20: curs-
ing out the operator who cannot actually help you
anyway: Marist
2/19 2:25 p.m.
A student with a Hoop permit who had had eight
prior tickets (finally) received a boot on their car in
the Upper New Lot. Hey, I've been there. You're a
junior, you just came back from ydur semester
abroad in Australia which was awesome, yo, and
now you have to park in Hoop, even when it's cold,
and when the hill is snowy you can't rea11y walk
down it so you have to trek alllll the way around the
hill and walk all the way down it and back up and
your baseball cap could blow off your head because
it's merely perched on your head as to not ruin your
carefully spiked hair and it gets mighty windy down
there in Hoopland. God. Life is so unfair
2/21 3:48 a.m.
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If
You've Hit an
Alt-Tun
Lm\
A User-Friendly Checklist by Kate Giglio
-
You are a former Marist
student,
-
You are still living in Poughkeepsie,
-
You are trying to get into Champagnat with two of
your friends,
-
You apparently don't have to get up for, oh, work
in the morning,
-
You are a dirtbag.
And after last Wednesday, a trio of suitors can check
Yes! to all. five. The town police escorted the three
overripe gentlemen out of their freshman haunt
2/21 8:14 p.m.
Another kid with a Hoop permit was parked in the
Dyson lot for three days in the same spot and conse
-
quently the car was booted.
If I could put boots on
people's cars, they would be ugly, made of sheep
-
skin, and attached to the foot of a girl wearing leg-
gings
2/214:00 p.m.
This one has a happy ending. Luckily, though, it still
involves someone with less than the
·
required
amount of cognizance to function in society: a girl
reported that she had lost a white gold, diamond-
encrusted ring in the crosswalk between Beck and
Lowell Thomas. The reason:
It was too big. EveR
better: She had gotten it as a birthday gift that day
from her mother. First of all, your mom thinks your
hands are fatter than they are, so that's gotta suck;
secondly, if your ring is too big, maybe you should-
n't wear it around campus, because there are people
like me around who would find, pocket, and pawn it.
Bless the kind heart of the good little brownie who
found and returned the ring to security approxi-
mately two hours after it was reported lost
2/21 7:40 p.m.
An intoxicated student was detained while trying to
enter Midrise. He was evaluated by an EMT from
Fairview and allowed to return to the dorm. Okay -
even I'll concur that the whole Midrise-Gartland
discrepancy is pretty unfair. In Gartland kids lie on
the grass in pools of their own vomit, and once I wit-
nessed my friend urinating on a fire hydrant.
Granted, 7:40 is a little early for being drunk, but
I'm sure he didn't pee on the guard. Plus, there's the
fact that you live in Midrise, which is basically the
morgue of an abandoned hospital ... I'd be wasted
by sunset, too
2/21 8:28 p.m.
Librarians in Cannavino heard the alarm go off as a
studious little monkey attempted to exit the premis-
es with contraband. The suspect was detained and
investigators
discovered 10 pages of the January
29th issue of BusinessWeek on his person. Behold,
champion
of intellect: www.businessweek.com,
-
-
-
-
,mere,
if you
register
for free
today,
you
will
get
full
access to
archives dating
from 1991. You
should also
probably consider vocational school
2/22 2:00 p.m.
Employees in Fontaine witnessed a
student
strike
the vehicle of another
employee
while pulling into a
parking spot. The
employee's
car
sustained
only
minor damage and the town police did a report. The
student did not receive a ticket for parking in
Fontaine, which may actually be the only document
-
ed incident of a Marist student not getting a parking
violation
2/22 time unknown
A car in Riverview with six prior tickets received a
boot.
The
word
"boot"
has lost all meaning
2/22 5:30 p.m.
Someone
stole a Playstation 3 from
a
house in H-
block. The thief took only the
console
and not the
wires. Okay well generally it's easier to steal stuff
from people's houses than, say, Target, but that
doesn't mean you should do it. So maybe
yqu
should
give it back, and later in the day, drown yourself
2/23 5:50 p.m.
A personal anecdote: My side of the room is a horri-
ble mess. I haven't vacuumed in ... ever, I don't pick
up anything I throw on the floor (which includes
most of my possessions), and I still can't find that
book I started reading a few weeks ago. However, I
still have never slipped on my clothes, crashed into
the bedpost, cut my head open, and gone to St.
Francis for stitches. Though I'm sure karma will
catch up with me in the near future
2/24 12:45 a.m.
On the first floor of Champagnat people reported
that their room had been entered and robbed.
Missing were an iPod and a small safe-deposit box.
There was no sign of forced entry. At first I felt bad
for you guys, but if you're anal
enough
to have a
safe-deposit box in your room, shouldn
'
t you be
apprehensive enough to lock your door?
2/24 3:35 a.m.
A few stories up, the
seventh
floor of
Champagnat
also saw some
rabble-rousing.
One kid was punched
(!) and several others were
"involved"
in a
"fight."
The catalyst of the fight was undetermined,
though
alcohol seems to have been a contributing factor.
Most likely they were arguing over who was going to
keep the iPod they had just
stolen
from downstairs
2/24 1:00 p.m.
An old, blue BMW was
jazzed
up with some antiox-
idant
-
rich tomato sauce, reported the
agitated
owner. The
car,
which was parl<ed without a permit,
sustained
-
no P.~rmanent
dam~e,
thoµgh
its
wtnd
-
s'fiiM~
was sigRtticanfiy re"cider and caRed with
residlie after the student
tried
Using
his
windshield
wipers
to
clean it. He
reportedly
did not
attempt
to
use th~
windshield-wiper
fluid
-
or water
-
because
he
"thought
it
would
freeze." In a
related
story,
the
midday high on
Saturday was
42 degrees
Fahrenheit
2/24 10:15 p.m.
Oh, Leo Hall.
The
briefs
wouldn't
be
complete with
-
out at least
a
cameo from
you. Security
busted
a
room for underage
drinking
and all
guest
passes
were revoked from the
students' visitors.
A third of
a bottle of
Bacardi
was
confiscated and
poured
down
the sink. This
is
somewhat
baffiing,
because
I'm
not sure how
two-thirds
of a bottle of rum split
amongst peers
is
enough to
'
make you that
rowdy/loud
- _
but
Leo
residents
are
here
to prove
that
anything
is possible when
it comes to beirlg
sloppy
.
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spends elections cycle after complaints
By
STEP
HEN KRILL
Circle Contributor
In the wake of two elections
grievances and a susp~nded elec-
tion, the Student Government
Association Judicial Board has
ordered the elections proceed-
ings resumed with a revised
schedule.
Late last week, two candidates
for office in the Class of 2010
filed grievances with the Student
Government Association Judicial
Board. According to an interim
decision released by the Board
on Thursday, Feb. 22, Stephen
Townsend and Mairead Delaney
filed separate elections griev-
ances. The Judicial ordered
Stephanie Venezia, Elections
Commissi<?ner, to suspend all
elections proceedings pending a
final decision of the board.
Stephen Townsend was also tem-
porarily suspended from his
position as president of the class
of 2010.
According to Student
Government Association docu-
ments, Stephen Townsend was
prohibited from seeking re-elec-
tion to the office of Class of2010
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One ..
·.
President on the basis of his fail-
ure to meet elections guidelines
set forth
by the
Student
Government Association Bylaws
and Constitution. He contested
the decision, claiming that both
were unclear, and filed a griev-
ance. At the same time, Mairead
Delaney, candidate for the
Class
of 2010 Vice President, filed a
grievance petitioning for the
right to change her declaration of
candidacy and run for the Class
of 2010 President.
After a formal review of rele-
vant documents, the Judicial
Board rendered decisions on
Director Pa~ess puts et
hnic
spin on Shakespeare's
'Shrew'
Parness had nearly every actor
put on heavy Brooklyn-ish
accents that do not let up for a
moment. Credit should be given
to the cast for sticking to his con-
cept full -force from the get-go,
however after a few minutes the
thick accents became more dis-
tracting than amusing. This was
a trend that did not fade for a
moment throughout both acts. It
was indeed brave of Parness to
go such a bold route that many
\tould not even consider, as it
was clear he was attempting to
play up the modern day equiva-
lent tQ
the characters of
Shakespeare's time; but he
seemed to forget the old adage
"too much of a good thing" in the
process. Throughout the entire
show, the accents and manner-
isms are so non-stop and in your
face that they detract from the
story be
i
ng told and the actors
te
ll
ing it. This was truly a shame
because there was a lot of good
work being done on stage, but
after a while it honestly got hard
to notice.
Parness really ran with the
theme of p
l
aying things up not
only in the accent work but in
certain characters as a whole,
Dan Landa as Sly is first on the
scene
to
display
this.
piroughout the entire show,
Landa did more yelling than
talking as almost every line was
.lel~vered in an overly
-
excited
state.
It soon became clear this
'
was a director-influenced deci-
$ion as Justin Calderon as
1..ucen
t
io also mimicked this
$featly-heightened vocal state
¢arty on in the show. Though
Calderon soon enough
evened
'himse
l
f out and immediately
iame through much more
con-
vincingly, Landa remained at the
high-pitched mark and never
~ame down
.
Along with the
focal work,. physicality was
also
j>layed up as quite often cast
members
slapped,
kicked, and
punched their way through
cer-
tain moments of the
show,
which
again, provided a few laughs, but
after a little while,
l
ooked and
felt out of place.
It
was all too
much_. This is actually a trend
that has been happening in
numerous plays in recent memo-
ry. Directors for some reason
now-a-days seem to feel they
have carte blanche to have actors
throw one another across the
stage and back, yet this never
seems to occur in plays that real-
ly call for
it.
as
yeyy few do.
Less is more.
A
little °f,hysicality
~~
,
olu!erlr
war~
fQf
}Pl~
P~f~f,
,
but tread cautious
l
y, because too
much of it is no longer funny or
plot enhancing
,
Rather, it comes
across as uncreative. That was
the
issue
for
this
play.
Everything that was done to be
different and to stand out was
done too much. A cannoli tastes
good as a choice dessert, but
quickly looses any pleasing fla-
vor when it gets shoved down
your throat.
The actors
_
overall, did
very
well in their parts and worked as
a unit
exceptionally
well. Amy
Kate Byrne as Katherine and
Katie O'Loughlin as Bianca
shined as the feuding sisters
and
both
had
many
different
strengths that were displayed
nicely throughout the play.
O'Loughlin was quick to take
the spotlight as only Bianca
can
and most
certainly
would and
was just as strong during times
when she had no dialogue
as
the
times she did.
Her
gestures,
even when done very
subtly,
were
extremely
effective and
because of this, your
eye
was
always drawn to her whenever
she was on
stage.
Byrne was a
perfect
choice
for Katherine
because
she succeeded
in being
tough when it was
called
for,
yet
was
still feminine
and never lost
the soft side that is deep within
Katherine,
even
though it usually
does not
show
itself. Byrne's
stage
presence was unmatched
and
even
if delivering
a
line
from
the most upstage point of the
set,
she commanded your attention.
She was steadfast throughout,
as
Katherine should be, and
quite
honestly, gave some of the best
line deliveries
in
the
entire show.
The men of Taming had
a
lot
to go up
against, playing oppo-
site such strong
women,
and
they
did not let down. Matt Wolfe
as
Petruchio
seemed
the
most at
home in this Italian-themed
world the show took place in
and
almost
}~am~~~
·
wor\w4
~
the
,
aCL;t:nr
!nt9.
his
'
I
r1,i.:,n'?.YE'tiP.:;
tJi1.
constanth. "Muddahs"
-,"IT
-,1 I
r:>q'T
(Mother) etc.
got a bit tiring. It
would have been
very
interesting
to see Wolfe in this part
if done
sans-accent,
because he was
cer-
tainly the one cast
member the
most
engrossed
in
it.
Justin
Calderon,
Jesse Disbrow,
and
Mark Heftier
all were equally
entertaining
as
Lucentio,
Hortensio, and
Gremio, respec-
tively. They
each
had
a
fun
char-
acter and should be
commended
for really taking the
opportunity
to run
with
it and
make it as
interesting
as
they
could.
Amidst
all
this
good work
being done
on stage, it really was
unfortunate that
so much of it
started to
get
bogged
down by
these extra layers the
actors
had
to contend
with of overly-thick
accents
and played
up
stereo-
types.
If
the
goal was to do
Shakespeare differently, that
goal
was
certainly
met.
However,
it
quickly
became less
like
an
interesting new
approach
to a classic
,
and
more like
an odd
hybrid
of Masterpiece Theatre
and
Growing Up Gotti.
This cast
deserved better. Regardless,
the
actors have worked
to create
interesting characters living and
playing
in this quasi-surreal
environment they are thrust into
and
hopefully will
be rewarded
with a
strong
turn
-
out
this week-
end.
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both grievances, and ordered that
the
elections be resumed.
Mairaed Delaney was prohibited
from changing her declaration of
candidacy and, in a precedent-
setting decision, the
board also
ruled that
Stephen Townsend
would remain disqualified
from
the election because he "does
not
meet
the minimum qualifications
to
participate
in the current elec-
tions." The board also
recom-
mended
his removal from office.
Both Delane
y
and Townsend
were
unavailable
for comment at
the time of print.
Chief Justice T. Neil Wynne
explained
that
"the
Townsend
and Delaney grievances
were
decided based on the facts.
The
negative
impact
of
these
deci-
sions on the elections should be
negligible,
as the Judicial Board
always
strives
to
preserve
the
integrity of the elections process-
es when handling
grievances."
With elections resumed,
the
Student Government Association
has
issued
a revised
elections
calendar.
Speech and Debate
nights are
currently
available
on
MCTV
and on
MCTV29.com,
and elections
will
be held during
the
first
week
of
March.
Students may
vote
by
visiting the
homepage of
Marist.edu a
_
nd
clicking
on
the
elections
link.
''It's
important the
students come
out
to vote," Wynne said.
"Grievances help
to
affirm
the
integrity
of the process, but
we
never
want that
to
deter
students
from voicing their
op
inions
at the
polls."
The results
of the
election will
be broadcast
live on
MCTV
at
the conclusion
of
voting, and
will be available
on the Student
Government
Association
's
Web
site.
College Web site to get major overhaul
and start~d preliminary work
on
a new design and information
architecture, but Rinehart said,
it's v~ry incomplete. Once we
feel like we have an information
architecture that we're comfort-
able s a good architecture we fill
in the content form there. We
want to structure the website
more effectively and efficiently.
"The
current webs"ite is very
narrow and very deep," Manager
bf
'
Web Services, Melissa Egan
said. "Our goal is
to
have it far
more intuitive."
Michael
Sterchak
'07 was
appointed
~o
the Academics and
Alumni committee, which met
several
times
throughout the
semester
to debate
different lay-
outs for
all the
various academic
programs
on
campus.
"The
process
was enlighten-
ing," Sterchak said,
"because
it
got
us
thinking about what is
offered here that
is unique to
Marist
-
the
'Marist
difference.'
In other words, what would
Alumni, parents and
prospective
students need most from a
new
website?"
The committee wants a
lot
of
feedback from students,
Rinehart
said.
"We
don
't
like that group
we have knows it all."
When the project
is
officially
announced students will be
allowed to submit their input,
ideas,
and complaints concern-
ing the new website.
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The HuMarists_
:
C
o
o
k
ing
up comed
y
By
SANDRA BUJALSKI, MATT SPILLANE, AND
OBOZUA EHIKIOYA
Circle Contributors
.
It
was time for the meeting to start, but there was
nowhere for them to go. Still, the HuMarists, wait-
ing in the Student Center alcoves, were not worried
that their usual practice rooms on the third floor
were not available.
Joe Burns led the group downstairs, snooping
around for any vacant space and finally found a
lonely room in the music department. This fonn of
thinking is nothing new for the improv comedy
group, which is used to being creative and flexible.
The HuMarists have been putting on shows at
Marist and performing at national comedy festivals
since 1991. Once a semester, the HuMarists put all
of their talents on display when they host the Big
Show, which will be held on May
1
in the Nelly
Goletti Theater.
Junior Keara Driscoll said the show is very
important to the group.
"Everything we worked on all semester goes into
that show," she said.
In order to join the HuMarists, students must go
through tryouts that are held at the beginning of
each semester. Burns described the tryouts as selec-
tive, and said they can draw as many as 20 people.
There are usually six to eleven people in the group.
"We take whoever we feel is talented enough,"
Burns said. "If you can't get up in front of people
and do it, you're not going to be very good, obvi-
ously."
He said the most important factors are comfort,
characters, and basic rules. "We like to see people
get into a scene - create a real character instead of
looking like a college kid playing an improv game.
Finally, there are rules for good improv: listening
to your scene partner, accepting and building off
their ideas, and avoiding questions."
Improvisation is more difficult than it may
appear. Junior Diego Cuenca said that people do
As basketball high fades away ...
By
MICHAEL MALONEY
Staff Wnter
known
as
the day
lhc
Mccann
Center "bump-
ing".
I
attend Marist College. ot
fc=xas,
Punlu ·, or
Duke. And while
some of
our sports
team~ have
competed against the top colle
0
iate programs
in
the country,
we do
not
possess
any athlete
.,... hn
have
the
potential of playing at
me
prof c
-
sional level.
E
cept
or
course
for Jared.
ov.
E
P (2) does not come to \kCann very often.
hut this past Saturday, the nct\\ork paid
us
a
vi. it. The reason for the earl) tip-off v.as
because
of
the
fact
that it was the only time we
were offered. The game
was
sold-out.
student
tickets were limited,
and
everyone at
thut
gym
saw
,,,h).
The
victOT)
put an
exclamation mark on the
already
great
regular season the men's team
had.
!though the lady red foxes had a better
n.-cord, the atrno, phere has
never been the
same
for
the
game
of their male
counterparts.
l
attribute
that to the
blow out the
girl
routinely
produce
against their opponents. lt isn't alwa) s
~ntcrtaining to
see
a team destroy another 70-
30.
It
had to come down to the final minutes of
this game
before
a
winner
could clearly be pro-
jeckd.
H's
almost sad, becau ·
1
don't kuo
·
ir
an_
f
my
remaining years at
1ari
t
if
there
will-
\ier
be
a
game
\\tth that
l)p
o atmo
phere. It is
nothing .against the future athletes. but it' been
said b.
e\CT)one.
"This is the year". With the
star
talent departing. so
v.
ill
the
chances of us
returning
to
such
a high level. But
it i
uni) nat-
ural to ac;k
\~ hat's next. To avoid the
question
we
f
urth1:r
rclk"'Ct on
the recent events. I've
never seen so
many people intoxicated nt 9 am,
ur
o
many
kids risking bypothem1ia just so
they could gel
a
couple
~econd. of TV time.
lt was 9:00 am on a Saturday
morning,
and
the atmosphere in
McCann
kept e, el') one from
feeling like th..:y
had ju
t
gotten
up for
an
8
am
class.
Gary
Thome
(1.111
ESP
,
broadcaster)
and
800 or so or u for almo.
t
2
hours
befort:
the
game began. Wh..:n th
· cameras
were
turned
on, and the stands
began
to fill,
cvcryon' gol a
sense
ofhliv.
~pecial
that
morning was
going to
be.
Even
though the guys
gave
us
~ome
butter-
flies
when they fell behind at the
start
of the
game,
they didn't disappoint. and delivered
th..:
\\. f\:bruary
24. 2007
,1.:
ill
n r be
remembered
o
much
as the day
we
beat
k'1la
or won the
A
C champion
·
hip
s
much
as
it
will
be
o
matter what time
you
wok up. no matter
how much
your Jegs
hurt standing, or how
man. people lo
t their -. oices,
it
was ,vorth
it.
I'll
see
)
all at
the big dan..:1:
.
For one member of the younger genera
t
ion,
television's gblden years hold their luster
By
MICHELLE FABER
Staff Writer
.
For most teenagers the names
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
mean nothing. They may faintly
recognize the names, or they
tnay even be able to place them
with old television.
For
me, these
names mean one thing: my
stars
.
Ever
since I was young, I have
loved the
show,
"I Love Lucy." I
remember
my mother introduc-
Jng me to this
TV
classic when I
was young.
She
had bought a
VHS tape
of
the top ten best
episodes
of the
show.
I watched
jn awe as
Lucy
and
Ethel
desper-
ately
tried to prove their hus•
banas wrong by
getting
jobs
which resulted in
chocolate
pverload.
I laughed as Lucy
ended
up doing
a
television
com
-
mercial unintentionally drunk.
(My friends all think I.am
crazy,
by the way, because I am
able
to
recite the
entire commercial
Lucy
has
to
say
for
Vitameatavegamin)
.
I was
rivet-
ed
when Lucy
got
locked in a
freezer
and had to be de
-
thawed
with
an electric
blanket. These
memories will never leave me
.
From
the beginning
,
I was
hooked.
I may be a compete dork, and
I'll be the first to admit that I
probably am, but I could not
get
away from Lucy, Ricky, Ethel,
and Fred. I loved them with all
of my heart. After watching this
VHS tape a zillion and one
times, my mom bought me sea-
son two of the show on DVD
.
Season one and numerous Lucy
memorabilia,
including
a
Vitameatavegamin
t-shirt
I
bought off-line, quickly fol-
lowed this.
My friend bet me
sophomore
year
of
high school that I would
not wear this
shirt
to
school.
Of
course,
I had to prove her wrong.
When I was in my Spanish class,
I
sat
next to a
gorgeous senior
boy
whom
was my
Espanol eye-
candy
.
That day, he turned to me
and looked. "I Love Lucy!" he
smiled and said,
"My mom loves
that
show!"
That was the last
time I wore that
shirt
to
school.
There
is
a point
to this trip
down memory lane, I promise.
Although I may
sound
like your
grandmother
when I
say
this, I
wish our
generation
had
a show
like "I Love Lucy" to look
for
-
ward to
e
very week.
Granted
there are still really good sitcoms
on television, but they are limit-
ed. Most shows are "reality TV,"
and I can't stand those! I don't
want to watch ten bimbo
girls
from Laguna Beach talk about
what ( or who) they want to do, I
want to see Lucy try to redeco-
rate and accidentally wallpaper
over the windows and door! Isn't
television
supposed
to be enter-
tainment? I see enough "reality"
in real life, I do not need to
see
it
when I'm trying to mellow out
and relax.
All of my friends and family
know that I love old television.
When my friends are watching
"American Idol," I am watching
"The Twilight Zone" or "Lost in
Space
.
" I am
sure
that when my
mom first introduced me to "I
Love Lucy,"
she
had no idea
what
she
was
starting.
Now
she
refers
to me as an I Love Lucy
"freak
.
" I assure her that I am not
in the "freak"
category
until I
dye my hair bright red and know
each episode
by number. Then I
will have to
stop
my obsession
before I have no friends, and for
a good
reason. Until then, I will
continue
loving this
show
for
all
it's
worth.
not realize how much
listening and
t
eamwork
it involves.
Burns said that group
members need to have
confidence in each other.
Many factors, including
the venue and audience,
can present difficulties.
One skit, called "Anne
Frank," is known for
pushing the envelope.
Driscoll said. The skit is
a three-part series that
parodies the Diary of
Anne Frank, portraying
her
"as
a
clueless
teenage girl," Burns said.
"It went over really,
really well at our show
here, as well as at a com-
edy festival we went to
H
u
Marl
s
ts
practice
f
or thei
r
a
nnu
a
l B
i
g Show
,
pr
e.p1le
rln
g
May
1,
2007.
in Rhode Island last year,
but when we did it at last year's national comedy
festival, it bombed," Burns said. "Several of the
other comics came up to us afterward and told us
how brilliant it was, but the general audience did
not react well at all."
Despite the various difficulties
.
of improvisation,
the group members said they have a lot of
fun
doing it. Driscoll said the best part about perfonn-
ing comedy is the first laugh from the audience.
Junior Stephen Cozzarelli likes the creativity.
"I
love when peop
l
e come up with their own
sketches," he said. "I \ike being able to act out the
funny ideas."
"It's a ton of
fun,
obviously, but it's tough to
describe what it's like," Burns said. "You're so
focused on your partner and what they are saying
and what is happening in the scene that you can't
stop
and thwk about .what ~.-lctuiJly li~fter.a
really gootl scene, there is an almost
surreal
feeling
of, 'Woy,1, how did we just
do
that?"'
One thing that everyone agreed upon was how
much they enjoyed the camaraderie. Members said
they are all different from each other, but their love
for comedy has brought them together.
"You go out there to
·
make everyone else look
good,
not yourself," Driscoll said.
The friendship among HuMarists does
·
not end
after college. Cuenca said it is valuable to have ties
with HuMarists alumni, especially in your field.
"You never know when you can collaborate with
them down the road," he said.
Burns said that alumni inc
l
ude Jon Gabrus,
Danny Glover, and Chris Camp, who work for
Spike, VHI, and the
NYC
group, Fiefdom, respec-
tively.
Maintaining relationships with alumni can help
with the group members' career aspirations,
Cuenca said. With a minor in animation,.he said he
hopes to do cartooning in the future.
Cozzarelli said he wants to do standup comedy,
while sophomore Emily Lanzo said• she
h
opes to
work for Comedy Central.
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members when they could meet again. Everyone
shouted out a different schedule, making it difficult
for them to agree on a time.
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have to improvise and make do.
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F
i
nd
ou
t this year~s best and worst of the Oscars at the Celebrity Comer
By
CHELSEA MURRAY
Staff Writer
I have been an avid watcher of
· the Academy Awards since
I
was
a little girl. I would get all com-
fortable in my pajamas and hun-
ker in to watch the most exciting
celebrity night of the year. I~ was
always fun to critique the dress-
es, watch for hilarious moments
and wait for a powerful accept-
ance speech to come along. This
past year was an inspirational
year for film. Most of the movies
released this year attempted to
reach out to the public about a
problem
going
on in the world
whether
it
was conflict dia-
monds, adultery, broken fami-
lies, gangs, ruthless dictators,
poverty, racism and much more.
Every person can connect to at
least one of the problems
addressed in films like "Little
Miss
Sunshine",
"Little
Children" and even the animated
film
"Happy
Feet." The movies
this year were extremely real and
human, which made them all the
more powerful and moving for
the viewets. With all these great
movies it
proved
to be a good
year for the Oscars.
Many people watch the Oscars
for one reason and one reason
only - to see· what the stars are
wearing. Here are my picks for
best and worst dressed of the
evening. I'm not exactly an
expert on fashion, but I have
been watching these awards
show!t for years and have
observed what looks glamorous
or atrocious on these celebrities.
Best
Dressed
Helen Mirren -
The Best
Actress Oscar winner for her
stunning portrayal of Queen
Elizabeth the Second in "The
Queen" arriyed in a sparkly out-
fit fit for a queen.
Reese Witherspoon
-
-
This legal-
ly blonde bombshell proved that
being single has improved her
look dramatically. She looked
sultry in her plum colored,
Spanish-inspired gown. Eat your
heart out, Ryan Phillipe.
Gwyneth Paltrow -
Apple
Martin's mama has made some
horrible fashion faux pas over
the years but looked stunning in
her rose colored Zac Posen gown
this year.
Rachel Weisz -
She lost all the
baby weight from last year and
looked fantastic in a silver form-
fitting gown as she comfortably
strutted down the red carpet.
D
aniel Cr.aig -
It looked like the
new 007 is taking his role very
seriously as he even dressed like
the famous agent in a sexy tux.
Give this man a martini. Shaken,
not stirred.
W
o
rst
Dr
essed
.
Anne Hathaway -
Actually my
pick for worst dressed was a tie
between the two stars of "The
Devil Wears Prada," Meryl
Streep and Anne Hathaway.
You'd think the aura of the fash-
ion filled film would rub off on
.
them.
Kirsten Dunst -
The hair and
dress did not bode well for the
Spiderman star.
It
looked too
old-fashioned for this youngster.
Penelope Cruz -
The movie that
Cruz was nominated as Best
Actress for was the Spanish lan-
guage film, "Volver" which
means 'to return.'
Advice to
Penelope: return to the sexy
dresses you used to wear, this
puffy thing wasn't doing it for
ya.
Carrilr6h Diaz -
Charlie'$ g,or-
geoos angel had beautiful hair,
earrings and a golden hue about
her, but the dress didn't work for
me.
It
looked like a big piece of
paper. I had mixed feelings about
it, but overall,
I
didn't like the
dress.
J
ennifer Lopez -
Jenny from the
Block did not wear her usual
form fitting dress that shows off
her famous assets. This dress
was not exactly flattering to her
body type. It almost made it look
like she was hiding the fact that
she may be pregnant. And her
arm candy for the night, Marc
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Anthony, seemed
like
a
twitchy
bundle of nerves.
T
o
p
5
Moments of the
Nieht;
Ellen DeGeneres was a fantas-
tic host. She made the crowd and
the billions of
viewers
at home
feel at ease as she cracked
jokes
with directing greats Martin
Scorsese and Clint Eastwood.
Her opening monologue was one
of the best and funniest in years.
"It's my job to relax you," she
said during her monologue.
"To
put your mind at ease and make
you forget that this is a make-or-
break night for you. I cannot
imagine what you
people
are
going through! You SHOULD-
N'T worry about that." No one
seemed
to \.'fOrry about any¢.ing
Martin Scorsese, above,
took home his
first
Oscar for
Best
Di
re
ctor.
with her as the host.
Martin Scorsese
finally
nabbed finally announce his plan to run
his first Oscar for Best Director.
for President in 2008. Gore
It was a beautiful moment when began to announce and then the
he got on stage to hold the gold-
music swelled and it was all
a
en statue in his hands and the joke. Melissa Etheridge also won
entire Kodak theatre was on their an Oscar for Best Original Song
feet giving him a well deserved from the documentary.
In
her
standing
ovation.
acceptance
speech
she stated
"An Inconvenient Truth" won how this film made her realize
Best
Documentary,
which that it is not about being red or
allowed
former
Vice blue,
it
is about being green.
President
... actually,
former Taking care of the
environment
President Al Gore·, to make an was a huge theme of the
evening.
acceptance
speech.
Earlier in the
The big Oscar upset was the
evening,
Gore appeared to
speak
fact that Eddie Murphy came
about the Oscars
going
green away
empty-handed
for his elec-
along with Leo DiCaprio.
trifying role
in
"Dreamgirls."
DiCaprio
encouraged
Gore to Murphy had been
favored
to win,
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drug addicted grandfather in
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my opinion should not have even
been nominated, but I must have
been very wrong since he ended
up winning the prize.
The telecast of the Oscars
seemed much lengthier .than in
years past. They tried to add sus-
pense and save the big categories
until last like always, but they
took their sweet
time
getting
there with musical acts and
somewhat
lengthier
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time.
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she was trying to out sing
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into that song. That girl can sing.
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was a fun, albeit lengthy,
night in
Hollywood. The films enter-
tained audiences but also wove
in an impactful lesson. 2007 was
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RACHELE FITZ
Senior Jared Jordan and freshman Rachele Fitz lead their number one-seeded Red Fox teams into the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) tournament at the Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, CT.
INSIDE: MAAC TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS
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Marist men and women locked up number one seeds for
the conference tournament, but a change in tournament
format no longer favors the number one seed.
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INSIDE: RACHELE FITZ FEATURE
Rach
e
le Fitz continues stunning play; her collegiate
career is still young, and is a "slam dunk" for MAAC rook
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First seed carries little weight in 'new' MAAC tourney
By
JOE FERRARY
Staff
Writer
With Saturday's thrilling 98-
88
victory
over Siena
in
over-
time,
the Marist men's basket-
bal
I
team clinched the number
one
seed for the upcoming
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conferencr.:
(MAAC) tourna-
ment.
The Red Foxes finished the
·i.:ason
with a record of23-7, 14-
4
in the MAAC and will play the
winner
of the Canisius vs. Saint
Peter's
game Saturday March
3rd
at 4 p.m.
Along with the number one
seed
for the tournament, the Red
Foxes
automatically clinched a
berth
into
the
National
Invitational
Tournament (NIT),
if
they fail to reach the NCAA
roumament.
Lasr
car's
\IAAC
Tourney
Last year the Red Foxes fin-
ished
the season with a record of
18-9, 12-6 in the MAAC and
were
the number three seed
heading
in
the
MAAC
Toumamem.
After receiving a
first
round bye, the Red Foxes
faced
Canisius,
(the
number 9
seed),
in their opening round
gamt..!'
in the quarterfinals.
Behind 17 points from junior
guard
Will Whittington, includ-
ing
four three-pointers, the Red
foxes
defeated the Golden
GriITs
68-62. Marist had three
other
players score in double
ftguri:s,
Jared Jordan with 14
points
and James Smith and Ben
Fanner
with
13
and
11
points
respccti vdy.
Ryan Stilphen led
the
Red Foxes with 12 rebounds.
With the
victory
the Red Foxes
advanced
to face the number
two seed,
Iona
Gaels, in
the
semifinals
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guard
Ricky
sc
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a
play having clinched the regular season tltle and ensurtng an
NIT
lrlp.
career-high
31 points to lead the
They can go to the
NCAA
tournament with a tournament championship.
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signals
Gaels to a 100-84
victory
over
Marist in the
semi-finals.
Jordan
and Farmer
scored
18 and 17
points a piece to lead the Red
Foxes.
After a
·see-saw
battle in the
first half. the two teams were
tied at 46 going into the break.
The Iona Gaels came out red hot
to start the second half by going
on
a 22-
7 run fueled by five field
goals and
five
free-throws by
Soliver.
Fellow senior back-
court mate Steve Burtt finished
with 30 points.
First
Round
Match-up
The Red Foxes will face either
no. 8
Canisius
or no. 9 Saint
Peter's. Marist finished with a
combined regular season record
of 3-1 versus these two teams.
Marist
spilt
the regular season
series with Canisius with both
teams winning on their home
floor. The Red Foxes picked up
their first
victory
in the MAAC
against the Golden Griffins on
Dec. 8 with an 80-69 victory.
During the game, Marist had
five players score in double fig-
ures including a team-high 20
points from point guard Jared
Jordan.
The Golden Griffins would get
their revenge on Jan. 20 as they
beat the Red Foxes 84-74.
Canisius was led by freshman
point
guard.
Frank Turner, who
scored a
career-high
24 points.
Jordan led the Red
Foxes
with
17 points and 11
assists.
Marist head coach Matt Brady
is
worried
about a potential
match up with Canisius.
"Canisius
has the .best overall
team
speed
in the MAAC, and
team
speed
is not one of om
strengths,"
Brady said.
"They
also have three
seniors
Darnell
Wilson,
Chuck
Harris, and
~ty
Htft:rin:gJ
whot,~rer
the
ftkt&.it?pni9euiT'tmllteit1 r,;Mittlm!
Freshman
guatd
Frank
Turner
is
the
fastest
player
at
his
position
in the league, and this will pose
some problems for us."
The other potential first-round
match up for Mi¢st is Saint
Peter's. During the season, the
Red Foxes swept the season
series from the Peacocks.
On
Dec. 10, Marist won 89-70 in
Jersey City, N.J. Marist was led
by
senior
guard
Will
Whittington, who
scored
21
points on 7-10 shooting from the
field.
The Red Foxes completed the
sweep on Jan. 20 with a 67-58
victory
in the Mccann Center.
Once again Whittington led the
Red Foxes in scoring, tallying
18 points on 4-8 shooting from
three-point range.
Although Saint Peter's finished
with a poor record, 5-24, 3-15 in
the MAAC, they finished with
the second-best scoring defense
in the league only averaging
66.8 points per game.
If
it was up to Brady he would
rather face Saint Peter's in the
first round game.
"If
I
had to choose between
Canisius and Saint Peter's,
I
would choose Saint Peter's,"
Brady said. "We just match up
better against them, but I would
really like to play the loser of
this game instead of the winner."
Tourney
Talk
At the end of last season, the
MAAC decided to get rid of the
double-bye for the first place
team heading
into
the ~onfer-
ence postseason tournament. In
previous seasons, the double-
bye allowed the first place team
to start its tournament in the
semi-finals,
and they would only
have to
play
two games to win
the MAAC.
With the double-bye format
gone for this year's tournament,
this year's tournament
really
does not help us out at all,"
Brady said.
"With
the current
format, the first six teams all get
first round byes, so there really
is no advantage for us. The dou-
ble-bye would have been help-
ful, because we would have got
extra rest for our players."
Head Coach Brady talked
about the one advantage that his
team does have by being the
number one seed.
"There
is one advantage to
being the number one seed in
this year's tournament and that
is both Loyola and Niagara are
both on the other side of the
bracket," Brady said.
"This
means that we would only face
them in the finals if we got
there."
•
Coming
into
the MAAC tour-
nament, the Red Foxes do have
some injury concerns to worry
about, Brady said.
"We
do have some players
who are banged up right now,"
Brady said.
"Miles
Orman re-
injured his
shoulder
during prac-
tice, and his status is
_
uncertain
fo~
the tournament.
Jared
Jordan, who rolled his ankle dur-
ing the game versus Siena is as
healthy as he is going to be."
Brady and the rest of his staff
also have some concerns about
how much guards Wittington
and Jordan have had to play this
year.
"I
am concerned with the min-
utes
that
Will and Jared have
played this
season,""Brady
said.
"They
will both play their usual
minutes on Saturday, because if
we don't win on Saturday, then
we can't play on
Sunday."
Over the course of the season,
Whittington
·
has played
1120
minutes and Jordan 1099 min-
Brady
feels
that
being the mun-
utes.
be~
orle
team
real\y does
not
have any
advantages.
"Being
a number one seed
in
Men's All-MAAC First Team
G
rald Brtrwn,
Loyola
-
A
juni r
guard.
Bro,\11
led the
1
m
scoring
a\.ernging
2::.1 point. p~r game,
and
in
steals
v.'lth
52.
Br
'>.n scored in
doubl
figures in 26
of
the Gr yhounds 29 !!Umc this scnson.
He
had
011e
double-dou-
ble and
VvaS
named
MAAC
player of
Lhe
week
four times during
the
2006-2007
season. Brown
transferred
from Providence
..,o
llcg.c
of the
Big
East Cl nferen c,
and
led
Loyola
lo
a three seed in the
onfi•rc111.:c:
tournament to face sixth-
·ec
d•
cd Fairfidd on at
far.
3. at
lO
p.m. The
game
ill
air
lhc
on the
MSG
Jaued
Jordan,
·tarist - A senior guard
fr
m
llartford,
T.
this is his second
appearance on the AJI-M AC first team. Jordan
bus
I
·J
lhe
nation
in
as. ist~ for
the
pa
·
·t
t
rn seasons;
averaging
8.9 a sist p r game in the 2006-2007 cam-
pai
•n.
He ranked third
in
lh conference
in
scoring, a,-craging 17. 7 points per
game.
He
scored in
double
digits in
27 of
the
Fo.·cs O rnalch-up ,
while
rec rd-
-ing 14
dmlblc-<loubles and
two
tripk-doublc
. 'he senior guard was named
TvtAAC
player
of
the
week five timi::s this season.
tvlarist
i
the
top-st:ed
in
the
MAAC
tournament
after winning its
first
outright re ular ca.son
hampionshtp
in program
histury.
The
Red
foxes
will
quarc off gain st the
w
nner of
Crutisius and .Saint
Peter's.
The quartcrlinal
contest
i
schedul d
to
tip-off
al
4 pm.
on
at. Mt
r: ,
and
"ill be televised on the M
ctwork.
barron Fisher~
i
_g
ra - The
junior swine,•111an
led
the MA
in
confer-
ence s.:oring,
with
22.6 point per game.
I
le snatched the
fourth
most
rebounds in the MAAC, 8.6 per game. and shot 44.6 per cent from three in hi
third sea on as a Purple Eagle. Fisher ,,as named
pl:.t)er
of
the
week
by
the
MAAC
twic
this season.
The
6-foot-3
1%'TTHll1
had
three
doublc-doubk
·,
cor d double-digit points in 21 of30 games and
pos.ted
~realer
than 30
points
on two occasions, one of which came against the Red Fo. c on
Jan
. .26 when
h.e
netted 3
point5.
The
second-seeded Purph: Eagks will face the, inner of
Ridcr and
Iona. Niagara \:
•ill
take
th
court on at.
Mar.
3, at 7~30 p.m. [he game
·ill
be sho\ n on
the
M
<,,
e~ork.
.Ja~on
Thomp on, Rider
•
Thomn on, a junior
forward
ranks second in th
MA.AC, and 29th
in
the
nation
1n
scoring, with 19.9 point per game. Hi.: also
leads the conference in rebounding 9,9) and blocks (.2.2 l. 1l1ompson has been
named MAA player
the \',eek three times this c
.
on. posting
16
douhle-
doublc-s
and scoring grelrter than
IO
points in 2 of the Rronc. ..9
games.
Seven :.eed
Rider
will face l
O
.
c
d
Jona in a first
round
mau.:h-up
on Fri. Mar.
2,
al
the Arena at
the
Harbor Yard in
Bridgeport.
T
,......_"'="
Michael Haddi ,
Siena -
A enior center,
f
laddi
kcl
lhe Samts m scoring and
rebound,
averaging
16.6
and 7.7 respcctivel). he semor was named M
AC
pla ·er of
the
\
eek four
times
during lhc 2006-20
7
campaign shooting 56.
7
per ceot
from
the
field,
whid1
is good for third best a ong 1
C shooters.
I
faddix had
IO
d ubl -doubk:s
thi::.
sea.son while curin
·
,
d
ublc-Jigit points in
25 of 29 cont
sis
for iena.
TI1e
fourth~
ee<lcd
airll' \
•
ill take n
fifth-. ceded
Manhattan at 2 p.m. on Sat. Mar. 3;
the
game
will
he
televise
011
the M 'G
er-.vork.






















































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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY,
MARCH 1, 2007
•
PAGE 3A
Women's basketball seeks third tourney championship
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Co-Sports Editor
Listen up.
The Marist women's basketball
team
must win three games
before it earns its third Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC)
tournament champi-
onship and third
NCAA
tourna-
ment appearance in four years.
According to head coach Brian
Giorgis, anyone thinking it is a
foregone conclusion that the
number-one
seeded
Red Foxes
will win the MAAC trophy is
sadly mistaken.
"People who think we're a
lock, they don't pay attention,"
Giorgis said.
The Red Foxes won a program-
best 24 games this season and
dominated the MAAC en-route
to a 15-1 conference record and
regular season title. Yet, they
know they have business to take
care of before they can punch
their ticket to another NCAA
tournament.
"I think the kids are very proud
of the
accomplishments
they had
in the regular season.
I thinl<:
they're confident
going
in," he
said.
"They
know
they
have to
win three games, and that any-
thing can
happen.
They're
excit-
ed,
but they know now it's a new
season. The regular season does-
n't mean much of anything right
now."
In the past, a
regular
season
title and number one seed would
have assured Marist a double-
bye,
and an automatic spot in the
semi-final
round;
however,
MAAC officials
changed
the
tournament
format this
year
to
create more
balance.
Now,
the
top-six MAAC
teams receive a
one-game
bye,
and the bottom
four teams play-off, with the two
winners advancing
to
face
the
top two seeds.
The first round, which starts
Thursday, Mar. I, features no. 7
Saint Peter's vs. no.
IO
Rider
(noon), and no. 8 Manhattan
vs.
no. 9 Niagara (2 p.m.). The fol-
lowing day, Friday, no. 2 Iona
takes on the winner of the first
game, and Marist faces off
against the winner of the second
game.
The last two years, Marist has
been the beneficiary of the two-
game bye and made an appear-
ance in the championship game
both years.
According to
Giorgis, the balance created by
the format change will pose more
of a challenge to the top-seed.
"We've
had the double-bye the
last two years as the first seed,
and now they have
it
to where
it's more balanced.
It
definitely
doesn't fav_or the first seed," he
said.
Although the tournament for-
mat is not on Marist's side this
year, tournament
experience
cer-
.
tainly favors the Red Foxes.
The reigning conference tour-
nament champions return last
year's tournament most valuable
player, Meg Dahlman, and two
all-tournament
team members,
Nikki Flores
(2005
and
2006)
and Sarah Smrdel. Giorgis said
the team seems to thrive in the
post-season.
"Our kids love the post-season.
They're
experienced;
they've
won in the post-season, and you
kind of hope that carries over
into
some of these
games,"
he
said.
Giorgis added that there is a
.
great deal of parady
in
this
league,
but he thinks the team is
very
capable
of bringing home
another MAAC title and
NCAA
tournament
berth.
"Anybody
can beat anybody
in
this conference.
But I like
our
vhances if
we
contimle
,
to pla~
well and
stay
out of foul trouble
and don't
get
hurt/' he
said.
Last Year
point shooting, slashing team,
No.
1
Marist drew a double-bye and
is
more undersized."
last year, and did not have to play
Manhattan and Niagara split
until the
semi-final
round, where
.
games this year, both teams
it faced the no. 4 Iona Gaels.
falling on their home court.
A see-saw match-up that saw Niagara dominated the first game
five ties and 12 lead-changes,
·
at Manhattan on Jan. 8, 70-51,
this semi-final game came down and then Manhattan beat Niagara
to one final Iona possession, with on the road 70-67 when they last
the Gaels trailing 60-59 with 26 met Feb. 18.
seconds remaining.
A stifling
While Giorgis is not sure which
Red Fox defense denied the team the Red Foxes will have to
Gaels of even getting off a shot, play, he is confident his team <:an
and Marist prevailed.
beat either one.
The Red Foxes went on to face
"They're
both teams we're
Loyola in the finals. Marist con-
confident that, if we play well,
trolled the game most of the way, we can beat," he said.
leading by
as
many as 25 points.
What to watch
But that 25-point lead dwindled
While top-seeded Marist and
down to just four before Giorgis no.
2
Iona should have no prob-
took a time-out with
1
:34 left
in
lems getting passed the second
regulation.
round on
Friday,
no. 3 Loyola vs.
During the timeout, the Red no. 6 Canisius and no. 4 Fairfield
Foxes re-gathered their compo..:
vs. no.
5
Siena should prove to
sure,
and closed the game out on be exciting games.
a 7-0
run, to win 68-57, and take
Loyola is the only MAAC
team
the conference crown.
that has beaten Marist all year.
Possible First Round Match-
The Greyhounds have a tough
JW.S.
road, however, opening with
Marist will face whoever wins Canisius, and then likely having
the
first-round
match-up to play Iona.
between no. 8 Manhattan and no.
Marist could have its hands full
9 Niagara.
Marist dominated in the semi-finals with the win-
both teams twice this season, but ner of the Fairfield vs. Siena
nevertheless, Giorgis said both game. Fairfield will,
in
essence,
teams are dangerous.
be the home team, playing at
"Both Manhattan and Niagara Arena at Harbor Yard in
are teams that have had up and Brideport,
CT,
where they went
down
years,"
he
said.
3-1
this year.
"Manhattan played
a good sec-
Marist Iniury Report
ond half against us the last time,
Sarah Smrdel suffered a high-
down there [Riverdale, NY]. ankle
sprain
in the team's final
And Niagara played us tough up game at home against Fairfield.
at their place."
Her return is
in
question.
While Marist can narrow down
its game preparation to just two
teams, the stark differences
between those two teams make it
hard to
focus, Giorgis
said.
"They're
two
completely
dif-
ferent
,
reamsii'
oo
~id.
f:'f-hey
both
i
lHimg
ditfereatr-thittgs
ro•tM
table. One's bigger and
slower,
and the other is more of
a
three-
,.
JAMES REILLY/
THE
CIRCLE
Division Ill Player of
the
Year in Ohio from a year ago,
freshman
Rachele Fitz hes made an immediate impact for the Marist Red
Foxes.
Women's All-MAAC First Team
abra
Wrlce,
Fairfield
-
The
jun1(1r guard, led
-
the
-tags in
scoring and
v.as
third
in the
MAAC
in
that
category.
av..:raging
15.2
points
per
game.
\V:rice
is
sec~
nd
on the
team
in
a isb and steal.
with
61 and
49
respectively.
She is
also
third
on
the
t
am in
rebounds,
veragin 4
.
5
boards
per game.
Wrice
set
a
school record
by
netting 36 point· ag.iinst Siena
thj
!;e.ason;
this
tands a the
strongest scoring output b) a
tAA '
player this season.
She garnered
1he
play-
Freshman Fitz a candidate for rookie
of the year, named to all-rookie team
r
of
the
c
k
a, nrd t\\-'icc
chis
season
,
Wrice and the Stags are se
ded
fourth
and will
fa
e
th
fifth-seeded Saints of Siena
in
a quart
·rfina1
match-up
on Fn
.
Mar. 2,
at
3:30
p.m, TI1e
game will be tele i ed on the
t
G el\\ork.
Martina \Yeber. Iona
-
eber started the sea:.on as pre-season pla;er of lh
year. A senior center, \
chcr
averaged
15
.
5 points per game and 6.9 rebounds.
\\hile shooting 53.6 per c
rH
from lht:: field. Weber \\as
named
pla. er o ·
tht'
week
lw1ce
this season despite playing in
just 17
games for
the
Gael
this
sca-
·
on
due to
injury.
The second- eeded Gael will take on
the
inner
of
eighth
-
seeded Jasper:, of Manhattan and th
ninth-Sl.!Cdcd
P-utple Eagles of
Niagara
at
9:30
a.m
.
on Fri
.
Mar. 2 The game
will
be broadcasted on
the
MSG et\ ork.
Jill Glessner,
Loyola
~
A senior guard, Glessner led the Gre) hounds m scoring
thi
ycar, a raging 14.9 points per game, and shot 45
.
2 per cent from the field
.
1
he
Mechanicsburg, Pa
.
native ranks
in
lht:
top
10
of
sc,
n statistical cate
-
gories in the MA.AC
,
These categories include: points, field goal perccntag ,
as
·ists.
free throw percentage,
.
teals, assist,; tunm er ratio. and
minutes
played. Glessni.;r \\
ill
lead
lh
third- ·
·dcd
Grc) hounds into their quarterfinal
match
up against the sixth
-
seeded Golden Griffs of C ni iu Coll g on Fri.
Mar
.
2 at 11
:~
o
a
.
m. The game will be sho n on the M G etwork.
mbro.
e, . 'iagara
-
Ambrose was th~ league's
leading
scorer th.is
se11so11, averaging
1
i
.
3
points per gam
.
The cniol' guard shoots 74
S
per cent
fi-om the charity stripe which is
the
best percent, gc · mong women'
ba'kcthall
players in the MAAC
.
Ambrose scored more
than
20 points
m
11 contest and
more than
in
l\
o
.
mbmse
1s
a
twl'l-timc
MAA player of
the
week
..
inth-
st>eded Niagara will squari:
•
off gainst
eighth
-
s
dcd
1anhattan
m the first
round of
the
MAAC' tournament on Thurs. Mar. I
.
Tip-off
i
.:sch dul •d for 2
p.rn.
Laur Ment),
Siena
-
The junior forward
1s
second in
the
MAAC in scoring
and
1idd
goal p rccntag ,
a,cra:ring
15
.
points per
game
while shooting 55.l
per cent from I.be field. This c.tsou
sh..:
bccami.: the ninth amt
to
jom the
1,000
['\ int club and stand.'l with 1,200 points \\ hkh
i.s
good for 13th all time
.
Men
\\
given the nod as MAAC
phiyer of the week tv,o times this season. Siena.
the fifth seed
,
will face fourth ·cec.led Fairfield in a
quarterfinal
match-up ,~hich
is slated to begin at 3
:
30 p.m. on
hi.
!-.far. 2
.
1he game
will
be sho"n on the
M G 'i.:mor.
By
BRIAN LOEW
Staff Writer
While
watching
the Marist
vs.
Iona women's
game
on
ESPNU
on Feb. 23,
a question popped
into my head: Is there
anything
Rachele
Fitz
can't
do?
Last year,
the
six-foot freshmen
from Seven Hill,
OH
finished off
an
incredible
high
school career
scoring 2,073 points
as
a
four
year starter
on
Trinity High
School's varsity squad. She
recorded
1,400
rebounds
in
those
four years,
three
of
which
she
was
captain for.
Last
year she
was
making
noise
all over
the
state
of Ohio, roping
in
a
Division III Player
of
the
Year
award
.
Named
to the first
team
All-Ohio
district III,
first
team All-District
and first team
All-North coast
league
and lead-
ing
the her
school in rebounds
and points scored.
Just one
year
later,
she's
now
the talk of
the
town in
the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC). Since
the Red
Foxes
first appeared
on the MA.AC
scene during
the 1997-98
season,
there
hasn't been
a freshmen
more talked
about than this one.
Fitz
has
been
named
the
MAAC rookie of
the
week and
incredible 11
times this season.
By winning
the honor
six con
-
secutive times going into the
week of Feb.
12,
she broke the
previous record
held
by Siena's
Liene Jansone during the 2000
-
01 season.
That's
not
the only record she
broke.
By receiving the
nod
from the
MAAC
fi-ont office
11
times, she
annihilated
the previous record
of
seven that
~as
held
for over
20 years.
It's
no wonder she received the
award so frequently when you
take a
look
at her statistics.
During a record setting year for
the Red
Foxes, who won 24
games, it would usually be hard
to
find a standout. However,
when you look at all the post
game reports
,
it's hard not to see
Fitz's name at
the
top of every
stat sheet.
Right
from the get-go
,
Fitz
showed that she would be a force
to
be
reckoned with. In her first
game as a
Red
Fox against Stony
Brook on Nov. 10, she started to
show
her
true colors head coach
Brian Giorgis said.
"In
her
first game she struggled
slightly in the
first
half," said
Giorgis. "After
that
she settled
down and had a phenomenal sec-
ond
half,
where she scored 1
7
points. Right there we knew she
would be someone who could
mold into
the system and play
extremely well."
Beginner's luck you say
?
Not
even close. She
led
the
league
in
field goals per game - an out
-
standing 57 .9 per cent. Not to
mention that also
lands
her in the
17th
spot in NCAA Division I
women's basketball.
She averaged
14.4
points per
game to finish fifth overall
in
·
the
league.
This went aJong with her
fifth place 5
.
9 r
e
bounds per
game
.
Fitz' 83.9 per cent fre
e-
throw accuracy was second best
in the league also.
On the season, Fitz had five
twenty-point games and four
double
-
doubles. Just thi
s
last
week in the final three games of
the regular season, she shot 60
per cent (18-for-30) from the
field and 88.9 per ~ent (8
-
for-9)
from the free-throw line.
Coach Giorgis said that not
only is she a great shoot
e
r
,
but
she has a remarkable touch.
"She has a tremendous touch
around the basket
,
she can shoot
from a lot of different positions
and different spots," he said.
"She is one of the best finishers
I've ever seen."
On Thursday
,
the MAAC will
be announcing the MAAC
Rookie of the Year. If you don't
hear Rachele Fitz called, it will
be a travesty
.
Coach Gior
g
is said
that if she doesn't win, it will be
an incredible upset.
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she didn't win
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she doesn't win, you
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check the ballots
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dunk [for this award].
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to continu
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to wow the field
in the years to come. Ther
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www.maristcircle.com
Let the
voices
of the Marist
community be heard.
PAGEi
Media questions suicide bombing as assassination attempt
;~
By DANIEL BLACK
Staff
Writer
Something newsworthy hap-
pened in Afghanistan this past
Tuesday, but it's unclear precise-
ly what. Did a suicide bomber
miss his target, or
did
the
American people miss the point?
At
10
a.m. that morning, at the
gate of an Air Force base in
Bagram, Afghanistan, a suicide
bomber killed 23 people; Vice
President Dick Cheney was on
premise, having spent the night
there on account of inclement
weather. Dependi
,
ng on whom
you ask, the perpetrator's intent,
his origin and identity, and other
particulars of the occurrence are,
to some degree, variable. The
consensus I've deduced from
looking at several news sources
are
basically as follows:
An
assassination was attempt-
ed on our vice
president,
Dick
exceptional clarity in practically
every
.article
I've
read.
Appropriate responsive action,
news sources indicate this -in
their first sentence. Their proof
includes information pulled off
Cheney;
although
23 people
w
e r e
killed, the
target of
the attack
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
of a Taliban website
An assassination was attempted on our vice p~esident,
Dick Cheney; although 23 people were killed, the target
of the attack was not harmed. This attempt on Cheney's
life was planned and executed by the Taliban.
and a quote taken
from an anonymous
phone call by a self-
reported "spokesman"
for the Taliban (my
what rigorous stan-
was not harmed. This attempt on
Cheney's life was planned and
executed by the Taliban. The
central Afghani government is
unable
to satisfactorily maintain
security and order within its own
borders.
The necessity for
armed presence in the Middle
East is as pressing today as it
was over five years ago, and
more intensive action must
be
taken in the global war
on
terror.
These conclusions are simple
enough for all readers to grasp,
and if not, they're spelled out in
then, is an issue
on
which all will
agree. All will agree, that is, that
.
see nothing wrong or contradic-
tory about the evidence as it's
been presented.
When considered with a clear
and open mind, glaring inconsis-
tencies become difficult to
ignore, notwithstanding their flat
omission from mainstream news
media. That the attack's princi-
pal objective was to kill Dick
Cheney is, for the majority of
correspondents, Wlderstood and
stands beyond scrutiny; most
dards these reporters have). This
suggests that one of the preemi-
nent terrorist organizations in the
world thought they'd succeed in
murdering the second highest
U.S. official, the single most
influential player in U.S. foreign
policy, by detonating a bomb
outside the gate of
a
tightly
secured Air Force base, about a
mile from where he was
located.
This chain of reasoning is
large-
ly taken for granted, without
argument; seldom anyone
sees
fit to offer alternative
.
explana-
'
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICY:
tions.
It is of further ipter~st that it
takes the
pro"imity
o a high
U.S.
official
to attract media
attention toward violence in
Afghanistan.
A five fold
increase in
'Afghani
suicide
chance; it simply
must be
inter-
preted as another
call to arms.
Despite a
bitter dearth of sub-
stantive evidence, various
media
are in agreement
that the only
valuable wisdom
one can
glean
from Tuesday's
tragedy
is
that
One of the preeminent terrorist organizations
in the world thought they'd succeed
in
murder-
Ing the second highest U.S. offlclal, the slngle
most influential player In U.S. foreign pollcy, by
detonating a bomb outside the gate of a tight-
ly
secured Air Force base, about a mile from
where he was located.
w
e
should'
contin-
ue sup-
port
for
unsus--
t
a
in -
a
b 1
e
cam -
paigns,
which
bombing attacks between
2005
are failing
their
objectives,
and
2006
could not possibly killin~ unnumbered
masses, and
mean
that
the
concurrence of a
agitating vigorously
an already
bombing at
Bagram
Air Force highly unstable
and fragile
Base and
the Vice President's geopolitical house
of cards.
presence
there was mastermind-
ed by the agents of random
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Marist whites-out Siena
on senior day at McCann
By GREG HRINYA
Staff Writer
The.Marist Red Foxes rode an
electric atmosphere and 71
points from their three starting
seniors to a 98-88 overtime win
on Saturday against Siena.
The sold-out Mccann Center
watched as Jared Jordan, James
Smith, and Will Whittington
took over the game and pumped
up the crowd on senior day in
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front of a national audience
on
ESPN2. Jordan and Smith
both
contributed game-high 24 points,
while Jordan added· 15 assists
and Smith grabbed 12 rebounds.
Whittington scored no points in
the first half, with his time limit-
ed by foul trouble, but he came
out of the locker room and put up
43 points in the second half and
the overtime period.
The win secured Marist's first
regular season MAAC title in the
school's history. Marist finished
with a Metro Atlantic Athletic
yonference [MAAC] record of
14-4 and an overall record of 23-
7.
By winning the regular season
MAAC championship, Marist
accomplished its first goal, with
the ultimate goal being to reach
the NCAA tournament.
Coach Matt Brady said that this
accomplishment is just one of
many the team hopes to achieve
this year.
"Since we've been together
these three years, they've talked
about this moment, and to
accomplish
what they set out to
accomplish is meaningful and
profound for our program,"
Brady said.
"It's
not really what
we want, it's a stop on the road to
v,,
hat we
all
want
and hope for
.
We
can continue to
get
a little
b'etter, and hopefully we win on
Saturday and put ourselves in the
semifinals [ of the MAAC tour-
nament)."
One of the most impressive
things on Saturday was the ener-
gy
and intensity the crowd
brought to the Mccann
Center.
Rowdy fans lined-up outside the
McCann
Center starting
as early
as
6
a.m.
Senior guard Will Whittington
said to win in that type of atmos-
phere was thrilling for the team
and the fans.
"Me and Jared were talking [in
the] morning about it, and we
knew the game was important,
but we started writing off things.
Last game at home for us,
ESPN2, MAAC championship
on the line against a rival Siena,
everything just
culminated
to
this moment," Whittington said.
"The fans understood it just as
much as we did, and they were
ready to go. They made it a com-
munity, and they come
out
to
every game and showed us great
support through thick and thin.
It's just
been
an unbelievable
morning."
The first half ended with Marist
leading
38-36,
despite
Whittington being held scoreless
due to limited minutes on
account of early foul trouble.
Siena freshman guard Ronald
Moore drained a three-pointer to
cut the Marist lead to 2 going
into the locker room.
In the second half, the game
went back and
forth
and saw
Siena take a 75-71 lead on two
Alex Franklin free-throws with
3 :03 left to play. Marist respond-
ed when James Smith hit a three-
pointer from the comer to bring
the team back within one. Smith
would then add a tip-in with l :41
remaining
in
the game to cut the
Siena lead back to one at
77-
76.
Senior point guard Jared Jordan
said that Marist is a dangerous
team when Smith is playing like
he is now.
"He plays well, and he gives us
a great opportunity to win,"
Jordan said. "He's one of the
most talented kids
in
the league
and everybody knows that. He's
starting
to play like it, and if he
can carry it over we'll be in
good
shape."
Smith
has
made a
conscious
effort
to
expand
on his
outside
game and establish a presence
underneath the basket.
"Coach
Brady tells me every-
day at practice that
I have to be
in the post
a
lot more," Smith
said.
"I
knew
in
the
second
half,
and towards
overtime,
that
I just
had to
go
down low and
give
it
my
all."
The
Marist
fans
would
explode
when Whittington hit
a
three-
pointer to
give
Marist the lead
with
1 :07 to
play. The gym
was
shaking as
the Red
Foxes clawed
JAM£S REILLY/ THE: CIRCLE
Senior guard Will Whittington scored all of his 23 points In the sec-
~nd half and overtime as Marist defeated Siena on senior.day 99-
88,
before a sold out McCann Center on Saturday afternoon.
their way back on a national Haddix would finish the game
stage.
with 19 points and seven
Whittington
and the Red Foxes rebounds for the Saints. Ronald
knew that he would get going Moore would add
15
points
and
~
a
1qtfW1}
fif!t fillf; ;ind he 5 assists while Kenny Hasbrouck
respop ed with seven tbiee~ pour
_
ed in 16 points.
•
.
I
pomtet .
Marist was up to the task in
"[ knew I'd step up and start overtime as it jumped out to an
doing
something, because we early 9-2 run, and the team never
needed
to
break
ahead,"
looked
back. The run saw Ben
~ittington
said. "I was able to Farmer nail a three-pointer and
get open on
a
couple shots, and Ryan Stilphen and James Smith
once I hit a cbuple, I knew I'd
hit
added the other six overtime
a couple more."
points
.
Ryan Stilphen finished
Siena would counter the game with 15 points.
Whittington's
late
three-pointer
Marist would hit its free throws
though,
as
Michael
Haddix hit
a
down the stretch and close out
jumper to kriot the game at 79 the win. Following the game, the
with 34 seconds left to play.
fans stormed
the
court and cele-
That's the way the game would brated the momentous win with
stand heading into overtime.
the team.
Marist baseball swept in first
series of season against
UNC Green~boro, four freshman
pitchers impress in loss
By RICH ARLEO
Staff
Writ
er
The Marist baseball team was
swept
in its
first series
of the
sea-
son. They
were defeated by UNC
Greensboro,
in
Greensboro,
N.C.
by
a score
of
5-3 in
the first
game
on
Friday, Feb. 23,
and by
scores
of 8-3 and 11-6 in
a
doublehead-
er
the following
day.
In the
opener
on
Friday,
the
Red
Foxes got a strong
perform-
ance
from senior starting
pitcher
Erik Supp
l
ee,
who tossed
five
solid
innings,
allowing
only one
run on four
hits
in
his first
start
of the
season.
He
struck
out four
while dishing out
two walks.
"'Soup' (Supplee)
was
good,
he's
been throwing that
way all
season,"
head
coach
Dennis
Healy
said. "He threw good,
had
guys on
in
every
inning but
made
quality
pitches when
he had
to
which he's been doing
for
most
of
his
career really."
UNCG struck first in
the
sec-
ond
inning, jumping out to a
1-0
lead
off of a solo
homerun.
The
Spartans
thr~atened
for
more in
the inning
by getting two
more
runners
on base,
but
Supplee was
able
to keep them
from scoring
by retiring the final batter on a
pop-up
to the
shortstop to end
the
inning.
.
Marist was
able to
answer back
in the fourth inning,
tying
the
game
when
senior
third baseman
Pat Feeney was
driven in with
a
ground out
to third by redshirt
senior
designated hitter
Adam
Pernasilici.
The
Red
Foxes were
then
able
to take the lead in the
sixth
when
Feeney rounded the
bases
again, this time via an RBI
single from sophomore
Max
Most.
UNCG
re-captured the lead
with a
big
sixth
inning
in
which
they
scored two
runs
on three
hits.
Their
lead
was short lived
however as
Marist
answered
back
in
the
seventh
inning,
tying
the
game at 3-3.
In the bottom
of the inning,
UNCG was able to take
the lead
on a wild pitch by the
Red
Foxes,
and then extended their
lead
on
yet another wild pitch by
Marist.
The game was then closed out by
UNCG
reliever
Clinton
McKinney,
who
held Marist hit-
less in the
final 2.1
innings
of the
game.
The doubleheader on Saturday
wasn't much better for the Foxes,
as UNCG was able to complete
the three game sweep
.
The Spartans were able to jump
out to an early 4-0
lead
in the
bottom of the second
·
inning of
the
first game thanks to some
sloppy defense by the Red
Foxes. They then added three
more runs in the third, including
a two-run
homerun.
Marist was finally able to jump
on the scoreboard in the top of
the
fifth as Most had an RBI sin-
gle. They then scored again in
the seventh with another RBI
from Mo'st, driving in Feeney,
who had reached base with a
double. They would add another
run but it wasn't enough as
UNCG was able to get the easy
8-3 win. They finished off the
sweep with an
11
-
6 win in the
second game.
~ealy was able to find some
positives, as well as designate
what he thinks his team needs to
do in order to perform better
.
"On the whole, we swung the
bats real well," Healy said.
"Travis Musolf and Adam
Pemasilici
struggled at the plate,
and those are two guys who are
mainstays in our lineup. Once
they get it going we'll have a
chance to be really good. We
need to do a better job on the
mound and with handling adver-
sity. We'll get jt figured out
..
. we
need to find our seven guys who
can handle the pressure from the
fifth to seventh innings on, and
that's really what these first 15
games are for."
As for any pleasant surprises in
the series, the coach mentioned
the solid play of Richie Curylo,
and said that Kenny Anderson
was swinging the bat well and
that he has a chance to really do
some damage this
.
season. He
then went on to mention the per-
formances of his four freshman
pitchers.
"Our four freshmen on
the
mound, Richard Cary, Eric
Alessio, Sandy Susstnan, and
Stephen Peterson, all threw the
ball well which shows that once
they get more experience on the
mound they'll be able to do real
well out there." Healy said.
The Red Foxes
hit
the field
once again this coming weekend
with a three game series in South
Carolina. Coach Healy com-
mented about the upcoming
w~ekend as well as the rest of the
season.
"I think we'll play better this
weekend," Healy said. "We
'
re
going to play hard and we're
going to swing the bats. We need
to get to the point where we can
control sequences on the mound
and have quality at bats in order
to start having some success this
season."
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007 •
PAGE 11
Encore
By
BRIAN
HODGE
Staff Writer
I just want to see all of it, all
over again.
I want to see Jared Jordan's
drives, Will Whittington's three-
pointers, James Smith's jam at
the end of overtime.
I want
to
see Dave Magarity,
Jr. introduced in the starting line-
up. I want to see Miles Orman's
face
after the
game. All of
it.
The portions of the telecast I
have
seen simply
don't do it
jus-
tice.
I
mean, how
could it?
There are no instant replays for
it all how
it
felt,
From pre-game tailgates, to
hundreds of kids
braving
the
cold
for hours; draping
Mccann
in white and storming the court
after the win.
This is
what
Duke
or UNC
must feel
l
ike
every
weekend
- big time hoops buzz
in little Poughkeepsie.
And what a send
off
for the
seniors.
The first outright con-
ference
crown.
They_
seemed
absolutely
determined to not
let
Siena
steal
the show. A bounce
here
or there and ~aybe
Marist
loses
this
game - but
this
is a
special year
and the team
is
playing special
basketball.
But,
I think the best news
is
that the
season
isn't over. Even
if I
can't relive the Siena
game,
we
all have
the
opportunity to
see the
team play
at least
two
more games.
But
we'd all be
kidding ourselves if we
said
we'd be
happy
with Marist
in
the
NIT.
Ever since
freshman
year, it's
been a
dream
and a goal for all
the players, especially the
sen-
iors
to make the "Big
Dance."
Now the team is
·
one step clu.er
to adding that e l u s . i ~ l P
the rafters and etching their col-
lective
names to the
history
books.
One of the things
I love
about
this team is
the
fact that they
seem totally focused on winning
the conference tournament -
clearly their chief aim since
freshman year.
Jared Jordan is most likely the
player of the year
in
the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC)
after leading
the nation
in assists for two years in a row.
A two-time first
team-MAAC
selection,
he's
achieved so much
in his college career. Still, he
has not reached one goal.
.
"It's great
to
win the [regular-
season] championship,
but
the
ultimate goal is to make the
NCAA tournament," Jordan said
after the Siena win. "We're just
looking forward to next week-
end."
Whittington just broke into the
!OP
25 in career three-pointers
made in NCAA history. He cur-
rently stands at 23rd all.time. He
leads the nation in threes made,
and is second in the country in
threes per game.
"It
means everything in the
world to
me,"
Whittington said.
He was talking about winning
the MAAC tourney.
So as the days slowly peel off
the calendar of my college days,
I will be thankful to have at
least
a tape of the Siena win and infi-
nite
chances to replay
the
game
again. But even better,
I
- no,
we, still have the chance to see
this team play a few more
games.
We get to see Jordan dropping
a
dime
to
Stilphen
and
Whittington knocking them
down from long range; big
James Smith controlling the
paint
and
Dave
Magarity •
patrolling the
lay-up
lines.
We get to see all of it! all over
again.
Y
o
u
c
an
co
nta
c
t Brian Hodg
e
by
e
-mail
:
Brian.H
o
d
ge@m
arist
.e
du
Roarin'
Red Foxes
Marisr
s
male and
female
star
perfom1er
for
the
weekend
of
Feb.
23-25.
Will \Vhittington
Ba
ketball,
Seni
r
Wluttington
cored 23
points in
the
second half
and
ove1111n
of a 99-88
\Vin
mer iena.
He
was
al o named to the All-
MAAC second team for
the first
time. Whittington
is second in the
nation
thi
}ear
,,
ith
4.0
three-point-
ers per game.
On the horizon:
The Red Fox
\\.
ill
play
th
ir
li .
an1
of
the
fAAC
T
umamcnt on
aturday at 4 p.m. fhe
t
am
ill
face the,, inn r
of the Friday night game
betv. e n ( anisiu and aint
Peter' .
Alisa Kresge
Basketball,
Senior
Kresge
re1.:orded
eight
points
and
~d
the Mari
1
record for as
i
t
with 565
he was aLo named to the
AH-MA C ·econd team.
Kresge is a
tv,
o time
MAAC defon ·ive
player of
the year and
\\.U
an 11-
MAA third
team
play
r
la
l
e~on.
On the Horizon:
The Fo ·es
will
face the
\\ mn r of Fairfield and
Siena in a quarter.fin I
match-up, slated for 1 :30
p.m. on ri.
Mar.
2 at
I
:30
pm.
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Upcoming Schedule:
Men's Basketball: Saturday Mar. 3 vs. TBA, 4:00 p.m.
Women's Basketball: Friday, Mar. 2 - vs. TBA, I :30 p.m.
*Games to be played in Bridgeport, CT in MAAC tournament
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007
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PAGE 12
Seniors live s~orybook ending to careers on McCann finale
Foxes are number one seed heading into 2907 .MAAC tournament
By
GABE PERNA
Staff Writer
For coach Brian Giorgis and
the Marist College women's bas-
ketball team, 2006-2007 has been
all about setting new records.
This past Sunday was a culmi-
begin the game. Duff set a career
high with eight points, while
Minter and Hein chipped in with
eight and six r~spectively.
"They came out and played as
well as I have ever seen them
play," Giorgis said, who was also
honored before the game for
ber of the all MAAC second
team along with teammates
Dahlman and freshman Rachele
Fitz, "l am just giving them the
ball and they are finishing. My
thing is that we get the win.
That's all I care about."
nation of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
rec
O
rd
'We got to start and we got to finish
recent-
]
y
win-
The win against Fairfield was
a chance for the senior class to
say goodbye to the Mccann
faithful which has seen them win
setting, as
together so it was perfect.;
n i n g three MAAC regular season
h i s titles, record four 20-win sea-
l 00th sons, and go to two NCAA tour-
Maris t
·
recorded
a program
record
24th win
by defeating the Fairfield Stags
72-53 in their last home game.
With the win they finished the
regular season with a record
tying 1 7 -1 in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
and a record breaking 12-0 at
home.
But most importantly it was
.
also a celebration of the seniors.
The class comprised of Alisa
Kresge,
Mary Alice Duff,
Shannon Minter, and Kristin
Hein. The class of 2007 was hon-
ored before the game and recog-
nized as the most successful
class in Marist women's basket-
ball history.
It was only fitting that the sen-
iors set the pace early and gave
Marist a comfortable 15-2 lead to
-Alisa Kresge, senior
victo-
naments.
ry
at
Seniors Duff and Kresge
Marist, "I can't think of a better agreed that was definitely the
way for them to go out then to way they envisioned their
have the type of game that all McCann careers coming to an
four of them had. They have end. Giorgis allowed the seniors
obviously been a huge part of the to not only begin the game
· success we have had over the together but finish it together as
four years."
Marist's top senior and cap-
tain, Alisa Kresge also set a
record of her own against
Fairfield when she dished her
564th assist to red-shirt junior
Meg Dahlman at the 11 :42 mark
of the second half. Kresge with
the assist now currently is Marist
College women's basketball all
time assist leader, passing former
teammate Nina Vecchio
.
"I cannot do it without my
teammates," said Kresge, who
recently was awarded as a mem-
well.
"We got to start and we got to
finish together so it was perfect,"
said Kresge.
Off the bench, Fitz led all
Marist scorers with 14 points,
while Dahlman chipped in 12
points and eight boards of her
own.
Red-shirt
sophomore
Julianne Viani added 13 points,
four rebounds and four assists for
the Red Foxes.
Sabra Wrice of Fairfield led all
scorers with 21 points to go with
five rebounds
.
Marist will likely see Fairfield
again as the Stags are the fourth
seed in the upcoming MAAC
tournament meaning a semi-final
date is likely. Despite the recent
success (nine in a row against
Fairfield dating back to the 2003-
04 season) coach Giorgis said he
expects to add some new ele-
ments to his game-plan
.
"We'll throw in a couple of
new wrinkles because obviously
when you see someone for a
third time that's the biggest dan-
ger," said Giorgis,
"I
do want to
have something that people
haven't seen
.
It's at their court
too."
The first seeded Foxes begin
quarterfinal action in the MAAC
tournament
against
either
Manhattan or Niagara at Friday,
Mar. 2, at l :30 pm.
JAMES REIUY / THE CIRLCE
Senior point guard, Alisa Kresge, became Marist women basketball's
all-time assist leader when she dished out her 64th assist to red-shirt
junior Meg Dahlman at the 11:42 mark in the second half. Kresge,
along with Dahlman and freshman Rachele Fitz were awarded second
team all-MAAC. •My thing is that we get the win ... • Kresge said.
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young
e ages
16-40
St
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p.m.
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