VOLUME 61. ISSUE 5
FOUNDED IN 1965
Commuters concerned about parking, safety
By
ANDREW OVERTON
News Co-Editor
Commuter tudents
are unhdp-
py with
the parking . ituation
at
Marist
Colle •c
.
Due
to
in\;rca:cd
campus re. idents, commuters
: n·
having
a harder 11me parking,
and
some even feel
unsafe at
mg
I.
C mrnut
rs arc
limih:d lo park-
ing in the Beok
.and
McCann
parking lo ,
but parkmg:
trnt1ic
has increased
m
these
Io
recently.
senior
commut r,
nrnh
\\'agner, ~md •·n1ere arc a lot
more cars
and
a
lot
m
re
re
i-
dents."
· It ·ake.
at least
ten minute.
to
be where we need to be" fresh-
man commuter Andrea
Miele
said.
A,
L1mlmg
to
som~
l'ommut
r ·,
both commuter lots
are
i1sua1l.
very ~owdcd, but th~ Beck lot
seems to be the biggest
is.sue for
commuters.
Beck is
located
011
the other
side
of Route
9
from
the
main campus.
"Some
of
the
cars
don't move:·
junior
Neil
Meyer
said ...
Most
of
the
time
rm
parking
by
l
Lowe,
West] Townhouses."
Meyer is not the 0nl:- com-
muter
who
has trouble fmding
a
AU.ISON
STRAUB
THE CIRCLE
parking spot in
Beck.
"Residents
tal- e up
all the close
One of the
two
emergency assistance call boxes
found
In the Beck lot
spots," Dan
1angiarcll1
said.
"{Security] hould enforce
it
more when residents aren't park-
ing where the:i, should be
.
"
Commuters nave
senral ug-
gestions
to
remedy their parking
problem.
Miele
thinks that Marist should
offer
parking around the
aca-
demic buildings for commuters.
Wagner
:-.aid,
"Marist should
build
a
parking garage instead of
more dorm buildings."
Senior
Craig
Fargione
s gg~st-
ed that the McCann rarl n° lot
be dedicated
ex lu
·1
,
I_.
to com-
muters.
Parking spaces
are
not the
only
issue that commuters
have.
Several female commuters feel
unsafe when walking lo their.
cars.
"I
don·1
feel safe walking over
there [Beck] at night,
"
freshman
Michela Staffiero said.
\\..1gncr
said
she also feels
unsafe at
1m(•:s.
''If
y
m1 're alone at night and
yLiu're
a female," Wagner said,
"it
can be a little unnerving.~·
The Beck parking lot only has
two emergency assistance call
boxes, located at opposite sides
of the lot.
News Analysis:
Evangelical Christians considering
presidential campaig!} against fell ow Republican Giuliani
By
JOSEPH GENTILE
Staff Writer
Former New York City Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani is invigorating
his base as the front-runner
among Republicans according to
public opinion polling for the
presidential election. So much,
in
fact,
that
evangelical
Christians, a group representing
one third of the Republican
party, are floating the idea of a
third-party campaign agaLrist
him.
Near the end oflast September,
more than
40
Christian conserva-
tives attended a conference in
Salt Lake City for the Council
for National Policy. There, they
discussed the possibility of back-
ing an independent candidate if
Giuliani, a supporter of abortion
and gay rights, clinches the GOP
nomination according to the
Associated Press.
Founded by the author of the
Left Behind series, Tim LaHaye,
in 1981, the Council for National
rolicy is an umbrella organiza-
tion for socially-conservative
activists. Or, as described by
The
New York Times, it is the "little-
known group of a few hundred of
the most powerful conservatives
in the country."
Leaders in attendance at the
summit included James Dobson
of Focus on the Family, Tony
Perkins of the Family Research
~ouncil, and Vice President Dick
Cheney. However, despite their
ambition, participants remained
. realistic about the long-shot of a
third-party candidate getting
elected to the White House.
Dobson, according to
spokesperson
Gary
Schneeberger for Focus on the
Family Action, publicly dis-
agreed with the idea of a third-
party campaign, despite the pos-
sibility that both major political
parties might be nominating
leaders that tend liberal on social
issues.
Still, Dobson is not about to
endorse Giuliani should he be
nominated, calling him an
"unapologetic supporter of abor-
tion on demand."
Richard
A.
Viguerie, a long-
time
conservative
activist,
expressed a similar opinion at the
conference last week, saying that
the Council for National Policy
is making tentative arrangements
for future meetings. Even though
he did not reveal any other par-
ticipants, Viguerie asserted that
President Bush "would not have
been elected in
'04
without the
people in that room."
"Conservatives have been
treated like a mistress
as
long as
any of us can remember,"
Viguerie
said.
"They'll
[Republicans] have lots of pri-
vate meetings with us, tell
us
how much they appreciate it and
how much they value us, but if
you see me on the street please
don't speak with me."
Yet, some political analysts
believe a third-party bid would
have a chilling effect on the
Republican Party. Not only
might it split the electorate in
half, thus paving the way to
\dc-
tory for the Democratic can4i-
date, it also might not attract any
support.
Presently, many of the Grand
Old Party faithful are attracted to
Giuliani, despite his record on
abortion, because they are more
concerned about other issues,
such
as
the war in Iraq, or the
perception that he's the most
electable in the field. But, for
many
m
the
evangelical
Christian community, he is the
lesser of two evils if the
Democrats nominate Hillary
Clinton as their candidate.
Gary
L.
Bauer, a Christian
political activist, telephoned the
Council for National Policy last
week, urging them to reconsider.
"I can't think of a bigger disaster
for social conservatives, defense
conservatives and economic con-
servatives than Hillary Clinton in
the White House," Bauer said to
the AP.
He later added, "But I do
believe there are certain core
issues for the Republican Party
-
low taxes, strong defense and
pro-life -
and if we nominate
someone who is hostile on one of
those three things it will blow up
the GOP."
"I'm working on one party
right now
-
the Republican
Party," said Giuliani about any
prospective third-party chal-
lenger to an AP reporter.
''I believe we are reaching out
very, very well to Republicans.
The emphasis is on fiscal conser-
vatism,
which
brings
Republicans together," Giuliani
said.
"It
would probably be
ill-
advised," said Marist College
adjunct instructor John Daniels
about evangelical Christians
endorsing a third-party candidate
in
his American
National
Government lecture.
"In 1912, when Teddy
Roosevelt founded the Bull
Moose Party and campaigned
_
against the Republican incum-
bent, President Howard Taft, he
essentially opened the door to the
Ov~l Office
for Democrat
Woodrow Wilson," Daniels said.
Still, this hasn't deterred evan-
gelical Christian leaders who,
despite the odds, are reacting
against the GOP leadership they
claim assume their vote is guar-
anteed.
"If
any party does not get the
votes they are counting on, they
are going to be hurt in the elec-
tion,"
said
junior
Joseph
DeLisle, Chairman of the Marist
College Republicans, via e-mail
about the impact evangelical
Christians have on Republican
party policy. "This is why a party
needs to be careful not to take
people that continually vote for
them for granted," he said.
"The club would support
Mr.
Giuliani upon a confirmation
vote," added DeLisle. "But, that
does not mean that every person
in the club would support
Mr.
Giuliani."
THURSDAY
1
OCTOBER 25
1
2007
J
oumalist speaks about
ethnicity and
religion
By
KAIT SMITH
Assistant Editor
According to Richard
Rodriguez, the United States is
more than just black and white.
The distinguished author,
essayist, and journalist told lis-
teners last week that Americans
should not be categorized into
single ethnic groups. Rather,
they should embrace their
"brown," which, according to
Rodriguez, is a color more truly
representative of the generations
of ethnic mixing done by our
ancestors.
"When you marry black and
white...
you
get
brown,"
Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez spoke of the concept
of brown and other ethnic impli-
cations in North America at a
speech on Wednesday, Oct.
17
in
the Nelly Goletti Theatre. His
speech was a part of the June and
Aaron Gillespie Forum of the
Hudson Valley.
According to 'its website
(www.gillespieforum,org), the
program's goal is "to
bring
to the
commWlity noted speakers pre-
senting viewpoints on current
significant issues that will affect
the quality of life."
The topic of Rodriguez's
speech was "Catholic Mexico,
Protestant
America:
Good
Neighbors and Bad." While he
did speak of religious sitnilarities
and differences between the two
neighboring
countries,
he
focused on his belief that the
United States views Mexico as
"dirty and impure."
"There is a long tradition in the
United States of using Mexico to
sin," said Rodriguez. "People go
to Mexico for everything that is
illegal in the United States."
For example, he recalled an
under-aged woman who told
Rodriguez, ~'It's cool to get
drunk in Mexico."
Rodriguez also said that he
wants Americans to stop identi-
fying themselves according to a
singular ethnic group. He argues
that this concept focuses too
much on our differences when,
in his point of view, we are all
similar. At one point, Rodriguez
held up a blank shoot of paper
and said, ''This is white.
It
is
SEE
RODRIGUEZ,
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Student Government Bulletin
The Judicial
Branch
Purpose:
The Judicial Board
is
presided
over
by
the Ctnei
Justice (Shayne Temple) and has Jurisdiction over all cases
involving student governance and reserves the right to review
the decisions
of the
Student Government Association.
What We Do:
The Board
is
responsible for administering
all hearings concerning
and
pertaining
to
the equity and
equality of all Student Government Association business and
club affairs. Also they reserve the power to interpret the
Student Government Association Constitution and Bylaws,
the bylaws for student organizations, and established Marist
College rules
and
regulations. As most of us kno "· their
most popular function is over appeals of any parking viola-
tions issued to students
by
the Marist College Office of
Safety and Security.
Events
College Bowl•
The annua•
falt
Colfege Bowl Tournament
will be held on Tuesday, November 6th begf nnlng
at
6:30pm
in the student Center, third floor. Sign-up sheets are avail-
able at the College Activities Office, and are due this Friday,
October 26th! The tournament will also be a club challenge.
Clubs participating
wm
all
receive
5 points
and
the winning
team
will receive 10 points. If you are interesting ,n volun-
teering with the tournament, please
let
student Government
know. Volunteers are always needed to
help
judge and keep
score!
Take Back the
Night
is on October 25th_ Take Back the
Night
is
an internatfonal rally
and
march
that
is organized
in
local communities with the
purpose
of unifying women, men,
and children in an awareness of violence against women,
children and families.
5pm- The
walk
starts In
the
Rotunda.
6:30pm-
Speak
Out
in the
Student
Center
rooms
348, 348A,
349
For questions, e-mail: College.Activities@marist.edu
General Members
Committee
is meeting November 7th in
the SGA office 347 at 9:30 pm. The purpose
of
the Generar
Members Committee is to provide students another avenue to
get
involved
with
the
Student Government Association. One
way is to
be
another set of eyes and ears on campus to find
out what needs
to
be changed as well as provide
their own
opinions. It
is
also
a
way
for students to get
involved
by
assist.;
ing at
student
Government-run events.
·
Contact generalmembers.sga@gmaH.com if
you
have
any
questions
Further information
can
be
obtained
at (845) 575-3000
x.2206
or
SGA@marist.edu
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ext.
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CIRCLE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007
www.marlstclrcle.com
Security Briefs
Debauchery
+
Marist
increased readership
By
TYLER THURSTON
John-Gildard-in-training
peonies, but I'm
j\Jst reaching for a Various alcohol bottles, including
silver lining really. Worlc with me.
wine and liquor, and shot glasses
were confiscated from a residence
10/9 - Riverside Parking Lot
A car was towed after been booted
and ticketed
6
times in the Riverside
Parking lot. No matter how hard I
try, I can't
wrap my head around
this. One ticket,
I
can
understand
-
you just don't feel like making the
hike from Hoop. Two, almost
understandable.
Three
...
alright
that's really lazy, but we've all been
there. But six? This isn't prison,
people; the nwnber of tickets you
get isn't representative of your nwn-
ber of kills. It just adds up to how
much you're going to have to pay
before waving bye-bye to that 1982
Toyota Corolla
10/9- Gartland Commons
A fire alarm in
a
Gartland
apart-
ment? No way, I don't believe it
Some student chef-in-training
couldn't cook bacon?
What?
But
we're so known for our
culiruuy
abilities. Okay, there's really no
other way around this. To the resi-
dent students of Gartland, I offer the
following tips of friendly, useful
advice. Breakfast is overrated, skip
it:
If
you do fipd yomself famished
·
when you
rise with the
sun
for your
8:00 classes, stick to toaster
prod-
ucts. Bagels, English muffins,
Poptarts ... just anything with a set
time limit and package directions.
If
you still encounter problems, make
sure to have an adult
supervise.
10/9 - Midrise Laundry Room
Of all the places on campus to com-
mit the
perfect crime, the laundry
room doesn't strike me as the
crim-
inal
hotspot of campus. However, a
student recently
reported missing
laundry detergent, fabric softener,
Clorox bleach, and a laundry
bas-
ket Interestingly enough, none of
the laundry was stolen. So that's
good, you get to keep your clothes.
They may not feel softer
than
a
wool blanket and smell of fresh
10/10 - Champagnat Hall
A
party
in progress was quickly
ended by the resident staff of a
Champagnat floor, with the confis-
cation of a Beerpong table an~ the
removal of all remaining
beer.
So
not only are your days of flip cup
and
re-racks over, but no longer can
you have a channing breakfast over
your collapsible dining room table.
Or
at least that's what you told your
mom it was for. Shame on you.
10/10
-
Champagnat Hall
For what must be a
record,
another
student attempted to gain access to
the dorm using a false ID
card. I
have no idea where the student was
going, but I'd like to venture a guess
it was the party previously posted.
In
which case, good thing they did-
n't get
in,
considering that table
being shoved into the elevator.
So
why don't you take your friend's ID
card, grab
your friend
too,
and go
back to where you came from. Far,
fur
away.
10/10
-
Leo
Hall
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go wait outside for 10 minutes, and
you'd rather sit
in
your room; paint
your nails black,
tum
up the My
Chemical Romance CD,
cry
about
your black soul and broken heart
and wait for the easy way out, but
it's
a fire drill. Get
up
and get out.
10/10-Tenney Stadium
A
student reported the loss of their
keys and ID card during an athletics
event, and their Marist Money was
quickly cancelled. See kids, this is
why
you
dori.'t play sports. The
minute you
get
active, your prized
belongings
get going.
This is
why
you nap.
10/12 -
Champagnat
Hall
J
Trinity Players presents
Richard O'Brien's
'19W
room.
The student's guest, however,
was allowed to stay until the follow-
ing morning. The student's other
guests, Jose and Jack, however,
were not. God, I'm clever.
10/12-Cbampagnat Hall
During a routine bag check, a secu-
rity guard confiscated 8
cans
and 2
bottles of
beer. Does the phrase
"before
3
PM' mean nothing to you
people? Seriously, it's not a hard
concept. Write yourself• a helpful
reminder. Maybe a post-it, those
always work. Now stick it right on
your write-up notice. There you go.
10/13- Lower
West Cedar
A fight in a cab broke
out,
with one
student reporting assault by possi-
bly another student Upon further
inspection,
the student was unable
to identify the attacker and the case
was handed over to the local police.
God, there's really no need for
physical violence
.
Can't we just
set-
tle things the civil way?
In
a dance-
off.
I
mean, what
are
we animals?
10/13 - Champagnat Hall
1n'anotiier~
cii.s1J
ot'''i'&lic-it
ol-
1
r&e-
i~•!.\if_
1t•s
fin~
a student
ieportbd
the loss of
expensive
sneakers frdril
their room, and couldn't remember
if
the door was locked or unlocked.
I may be
wrong, but I'm pretty sure
you're only supposed to wake up
without your shoes
if
you 're sleep-
ing on the street in the city, not in a
cozy residential dorm. So seriously,
lock itup.
10/14 - Lower West Cedar
After a noise complaint,
security
reported the strong odor of marijua-
na and
stumbled
upon another game
of Beerpong in progress. Once
again, the table was confiscated, and
the students involved were
asked
to
go play more child-friendly games.
And to
think, this would never have
happened
if
it
wasn't
for the noise
Live on Stagef
at
the Cunneen~HackettArts\Center
12 Vassar Street, Poughk~psie NY.
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Sunday
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21, 3:00
pm
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complaint. Another piece of advice,
go
ahead
and have a party. Party like
it's 1999, have a good time. It's
when you start blasting
"Mary
Jane's Last Dance," by Tom Petty
and
talking
about how it relates to
your life that you're in trouble.
10/14 - Midrise
A student attempted to enter with a
guest of the opposite sex and no
room accommodation. Of course,
security asked the student to find an
opposite sex friend to sign the guest
in,
prompting the student to give the
security guard a hard time, and the
guest was banned. If you're a soph-
omore, you know by now that we
aren't allowed to have opposite sex
friends stay over,
because they don't
want us doing what boys and girls
do together. And by
that,
I
mean
hold hands obviously. Get your
mind out of the gutter, people.
10/14- Boathouse
Vandalism was reported at the
Boathouse, with the guard on duty
finding turned over benches and
kicked-over garbage
cans.
Come
on
guys, I know that
Cleveland
utterly
embarrassed your beloved Yankees,
sending
Joe Torre scrambling for a
1
job
and Alex Rodriguez
c~unting
r
clown
\-Jie clays
to
·
free
agC?Jlcy,
but
thete
ate
&trer
Wa~
to deal.
Try
some breathing
exercises.
Maybe a
yoga class.
10/17 - Foy Parking Lot
A sly student
attempted
to evade
security's
5
parking tickets, only to
have them
counteract
with
a
boot
straight
to the
tire.
Five
tickets. As
in,
1,
2, 3,
4,
5.
There's no
excusing
this
-
it's just
stupid
You should
probably be
slapped
in the
face
5
times. I, 2, 3,
4,
5,
and then booted
straight
to
the
ground
10/17
-
Sheahan and
Leo
Hall
With their
powers combined,
Sheahan and
Leo
Hall are back and
ready for
acti6n.
Although
combin-
ing
strength
doesn't make them
Captain Planet, really only
Captain
Idiocy. During the
"lock-it
or lose-
it'' routine check,
9
rooms were left
unlocked and unoccupied.
Also,
in
related news, a Champagnat student
reported an unknown visitor enter-
ing their room via an unlocked door.
Really, lock your doors up. The only
late-night visitors you should have
are the Tooth Fairy; when they have
no teeth, that's just a Poughkeepsie
local.
Very. Different. Story.
10/18-Marian Hall
Again with the alcohol? Bottles of
Sam Adams Oktoberfest were con-
fiscated by the residential staff and
security, and the students were
allowed to be on their meny way.
It's somewhat ironic
that it was
Oktoberfest, considering it would
probably be November until your
RD
stops shooting you death stares
at floor meetings. Good job though,
that won't be awkward or anything.
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under the
First
Amendment
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Constitution.
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Major
League Baseball in need
of instant replay
system
By
DANIEL BARRACK
Staff Writer
Baseba]] is America's past
time, but there
is
one thing about
baseball that remains in the past.
Major League Baseball is the
only professional sport that has
not adopted instant
replay,
and is
the only sport instantly paying
for it.
There have been many
instances
in
sports history where
a bad call has cost a team a game,
or an entire season. Within the
past decade,
the
National
Football League,, the National
Hockey
League,
and
the
National Basketball Association
have adopted instant replay to
avoid any altercations that could
arise from a mistaken call during
play. Each league has its own
variation of instant replay, all of
which are safety nets for human
officials.
In a sports world where we
emphasize the unacceptable act
of cheating, baseball is cheating
itself by not jumping on the
replay wagon. While an umpire's
mistake is not the same as a play-
er using steroids, someone or
some team will maintain an
unfair advantage.
When discussing instant replay,
there is the subject of which kind
of replay baseball should have.
Football
has
a complicated
instant replay rule, giving each
team two challenges against a
call made on the field.
If
one
bead coach thinks that the refer-
ee has made a mistake, he can
challenge the play and have it
reviewed. In hockey, instant
replay is used for one thing,
determining if the puck went past
the line in fhe goal. Basketball is
similar to hockey, reviewing if
the ball left the players hands
before time ran out. In both cases
there is a yes or no answer. It is
not necessary for baseball to
review every facet of the game,
but instant replay should be
implemented on homerun calls
and calls on the bases.
Since baseball originated,
human umpires, not video
'tape,
have determined every homerun
call and every safe or out call.
The commissioner of Major
League Baseball, Bud Selig,
thinks that replay will take the
human element away from the
game.
"I
think the human element in
baseball is really very impor-
tant," Selig told Barry M. Bloom
From Page One
From
ESPN.com
With a tied game in the bottom of
the 13th inning, Rockies out-
fielder Matt Holliday was in a
very close play at home plate
during a sacrifice fly play.
Holliday was called safe, and
the
Rockies are now in the World
Series.
If
we take a
closer
look at the
play, it appears that Holliday
never actually touched the plate,
and therefore was tagged out at
home. If the play had been
reviewed, Holliday would have
been called out, and the game
would have resumed, which
is
just one more example of why
instant replay is needed.
Rockies general manager Dan
O'Dowd is in favor of replay for
home
run
calls but not for safe or
out calls, as was reported after
the Rockies win over the Padres.
O'Dowd commented on this
in
an article by Thomas Harding of
MLB.com.
Michael Barrett successfully blocks Matt Holliday from the plate, but
Holliday
was called safe
anyway
and the
"I'm
not in favor of it on calls
on the bases," said O'Dowd.
"We
don't want to take away
the
hwnan element."
Rockeles clinched a spot In the NLCS
of MLB.com.
"The
umpires for
the
crowd waits for the call
...
the most part do a wonderful job. Out!
Sure, there are controversial
It looks like the wait is now 101
decisions as there are in every
years. A simple
look at the replay
sport, but I think overall, the would have shown
that
he was
umpires have
really, really
tight-
safe, and the game should have
ened up on everything, and I'm been tied. Imagine being a Cubs
satisfied with the job they
are pJayer, better
yet,
imagine being
doing
right
noWt he s':ild.
a
Cubs
fan.
X~s# p~s~P,alJ;is
j~~~
a
SMi~
is
right,
there
are
contro-
g~'lput sp
are all of the other
versial <!alls in
every sport, but ones. A
call
like that can be
every other sport has adopted lethal.
replay to back them up. The ref-
Players have been known to
erees in football, hockey, and
commit suicide
after life
chang-
basketball are
respected
just as
ing calls, as well as fans that
much as baseball umpires, but have done the same. Donnie
respect and reliability have noth-
Moore was
a
pitcher in the
ing to do with it. Replay is about American
League
for
the
the players, the teams, and the California Angels during the
fans. Teams go decades
without
1980's who killed himself after
winning
championships, and blowing game five of the cham-
fans live or die by their teams.
pionship series to the Boston Red
The last time the Chicago Cubs Sox. Moore did not end his life
won the World Series was in over a missed call, but a missed
1908. Ninety-nine years later, call could have the same results.
they have yet to win another. Not only can bad cans be clanger-
What
if
next
season,
on the ous
to
people, they can change
team's
100-year
drought the course of history.
anniversary, the Cubs make it to
In the past and at this moment,
the big show? They play a game missed calls haunt the credibility
seven, it's bottom of the ninth of baseball. During the 1985
inning, one out, Cubs down by World Series, a call in game 6
one run with runners on second affected the winner of baseball's
and third. Derek Lee, Cubs first
championship.
The St. Louis
baseman, hits a fly ball to center Cardinals led the Kansas
City
field which is caught and the run-
Royals
3-2 in
a best of seven
ner on third attempts
to
score on
series,
and held a 1-0 lead going
a sacrifice fly. It seems as if the into the ninth inning. First-base
runner safely gets his left hand umpire Don Denkinger called
under the tag of the catcher, and Royals Jorge Orta safe at first-
base to lead off the ninth inning
of that game.
The safe call sparked a Kansas
City rally, and the Royals beat
the Cardinals 2-1. The Royals
eventually
went on to win the
series in the next game. Replays
have shown that
Orta was
out.
t9.~Ilx c~jlllging
_
the
situation
of
that
inning.
Instead of a lead off
.runner on base only down by one
The human element is once
again the reason for a negative
perspective of instant replay. San
Diego Padres fans would argue
O'Dowd's convenient post game
opinion. Padre fans might now
wonder why the human element
affects plays on the bases. but not
home run calls.
Why
can
1
(
the
human element
be
taken ~way
from baseball, out it can
be
taken
"People
can make errors all the
time,
no
matter
what sport
it
is.
It Is especlally hard when you're an
umpire watching to see If a homerun Just barely
made
it
out. You need the assistance
of
cameras
and other
umpires to see what It
Is,"
-Tom
HIii
Marist Junior and WMAR radio analyst
run, there should have been one
out and no one on base. One call
changed the momentum of the
game, and the series.
Currently, the
Colorado
Rockies have won 22 of 23
games this season, including a 7-
0 postseason record. They will
face the Boston Red Sox in the
2007 World
Series,
but perhaps
the Rockies
·
should be playing
golf with all of the other teams
who failed to qualify for postsea-
son play. Colorado forced a one
game playoff with the San Diego
Padres to decide who would win
the National League Wild Card
and participate
in
the postseason.
away in all other sports?
Tom Hill, a junior at Marist
College, and radio analyst on
WMAR
1630, is
in
favor
of
instant
replay
for baseball, and
doesn't dwell on the effect it
might have on the
human
ele-
ment.
"People
can make errors all
the
time, no matter what sport it is,"
Hill said. "It is especially hard
when you 're an umpire
watching
to see if a homerun just barely
made it out. You need the assis-
tance of cameras and other
umpires to see what
it
is,"
Hill
said.
"Also,
plays at the plate
have many elements.
If
the
umpire doesn't see a ball fall out
of
a
catcher's glove on a tag, he
would be called safe when he
shouldn't be
.
"
The commissioner of baseball~
the
Rockies
general manager,
and others
who oppose instant
replay all say that it will take
away the human element of the
game. There
will stil) be human
umpires, just like there are still
human
officials in other sports,
even
after the addition of instant
replay. Football, hockey, and
basketball
have a history just like
baseball
does,
so
why is this only
a big
deal for baseball? The
National Football League is
more
popular and more watched
than Major League Baseball, and
replay
is a non-issue
.
Others
who oppose replay say
that it
will slow down the game,
but if anything
,
it will speed it
up. For every questionable call,
there is at least a five minute
delay
because
of a manager
screaming at an umpire for mak-
ing
a bad call. Substitute that
with two minutes to review a
play
on video, and you have
actually saved time. There will
be
no argwnent if there is visual
evidence of the correct call.
There is really only one reason
that people such as Bud Selig
doesn't
want instant replay; they
are
stubborn.
It
1
s
n
't tha
t
co
mp
licate
d. P
im
cameras at e ~ base and on the
outfield fence.
If
a home tun call
is questionable
,
review it. If an
umpire makes a risky call at a
base,
review it. Teams should be
able to
challenge a questionable
call, or umpires should review
video tape any time they have to
meet
to discuss a decision. That's
it. No additional infonnation
needed.
It
won't slow down the
game, but
it will enhance
i
t.
Every other sport is doing it, and
every
other sport has had success
with it.
It
makes the game fair.
Bud
Selig, the comm
i
ss
i
oner
who is against instant replay in
baseball, is the same man who
decided that the All-Star game
should decide who has home
.field
advantage in the World
Series.
That rule has been highly
debated, and is still highly
debat-
ed.
The only people who will
continue to debate instant replay
in
Major League Baseball are the
people who have nothing better
to
do.
Adopt instant replay like
every other sport. The time is
now. Let's re-"play ball."
Rodriguez talks
about
ethnic and religious
issues
Wanna be heard?
very rare to meet anyone
...
who
looks this color."
Rodriguez used the example of
former president Bill Clinton to
convey his point. He said that
while Clinton looks
''white,"
he
is
actually
one-sixteenth
American Indian.
Rodriguez also said Americans
have an "I" mentality that often
includes high degrees of igno-
rance. He used an example of the
United States Senate, which
recently passed a bill making
English the official language of
the country.
''Now it is impossible to go to
the Senate dining room and order
a burrito," Rodriguez said.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007
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By
ASHLEY
POSIMATO
Staff
Writer
Public disclosure
be
prepared. Less than
a week away is the ultimate opportunity to
shed your clothes and your skin along
with it. Alternate identities?
What a concept. Calling all ghosts, gob-
lins, nurses and schoolgirls.
.
. it is almost
Halloween!
Oh where are the days when the success
of your costume was measured exclusive-
ly by the amount of candy you accumulat-
ed in the pillow case you stole from your
mother's linen close? She chased you out
of the house and around three blocks
before relinquishing all chances of revok-
ing your ticket to Candy Land. Her
brand
new pillow case was stitched to perfection
and capable of holding at least
86
houses'
worth of treats.
But
it wasn't only the
quantity you managed to collect that mat-
tered; the quality of the selection was an
equally important indicator of achieve-
ment. I remember one year, quite possibly
the best year of my life, when I was some-
how blessed by the consumption of both a
king size Butterfinger and extra large pack
of Reeses Cups (you can bet my reputa-
tion skyrocketed).
Yes, it maintains true that every child's
fantasy was fulfilled by this one night of
ominous mysticism that allocated unlimit-
ed inventiveness.
So when did the groundbreaking
changes in celebratory methods take
place? For me it was about
370
days ago;
freshman year of college. I will never for-
get goin home Mid-Jemester o'reak,
r~~n~
"thfo~
~'B&it the upcoming
Halloween party at the well attended club
The Chance, thus rummaging through my
attic for the perfect combination of fab-
rics, wigs, and extravagant make-up that
would eventually fashion the ideal cos-
tume.
After swimming through piles of feath-
ers, witch hats, clown noses, and Dracula
fangs, I struck the gold pot of creativity.
Right there in the middle of generic char-
acter accessories was a mangled looking
Elvira wig lying next to a pair of old pur-
ple lens' d hippie sunglasses.
There erupted my epiphany; I would go
as Ozzy Osbourne.
I returned to Marist with my completed
creation, bursting with fervent excite-
men\. My roommate had made it back to
school before I had, hence the immediacy
of my desire to reveal my masterpiece.
Without hesitation, I emptied the two
bags that held it's components as quickly
as possible on the floor of my dorm room.
It was all there. The black jeans and cut-
off sleeves, midnight color nail polish,
whitening face make-up, wood and
leather strap cross necklace, sunglasses,
wig, and my supplemental explanation of
how I planned to
ink
O-Z-Z-Y across my
knuckles replicating the famous tattoo, yet
my roommate didn't seem impressed. In
fact she seemed concerned.
What was the problem? I did all but bite
the head off a bat to accurately depict this
legendary rock star.
It was unclear as to
where I went wrong.
But the ambiguity quickly dissolved
into ubiquitous obviousness.
As I stepped out of my room and into a
hallway full of barely there sailor suits,
dominatrix looking devil outfits, and the
unanticipated assortment of "one night
stands", I was instantaneously acquainted
with the foundation of my roommate's
uneasmess.
The costume I had prepared was not only
male in gender, but terribly unattractive.
The fruitful pride of my creativity was
automatically replaced with embarrass-
ment and panic. Prior to encountering the
rest of the girls, I had thought for sure my
Ozzy outfit would be another king size
Butterfinger winner, or at least gain me
the same recogni~on. Instead I had fallen
victim to college-girl uninformed social
suicide.
They were all impeccably put together,
accenting their best features and taking
advantage of the one time it was ok to do
so without the usual potential threat of
ridicule.
And there I was a shapeless, colorless,
addiction stricken singer; I was, however,
completely believable as my nervousness
evoked the same case of the tremors that
decades of drugs inflicted upon Mr.
Osbourne.
As I stood in utter humiliation, I sudden-
ly became aware that the years of trick or
treating
to
establish costume credibility
were over.
My mother's pillow case
regardless of the newly stitched seams
was no longer
valuable
and the ability to
compile candy had become essentially
worthless.
The function of the costume had shifted
from concealing to
revealing
which con-
sequently turned the one night that served
as an escape of reality and fantastical dis-
play of ingenuity into a Moulin Rouge.
As I watched the end of an era devastat-
ingly approach, I decided to conquer my
mortification for one last exhibition of
innovative
accomplishment. I remained
dressed in my well thought out costume,
reaffirmed the past of which I was deter-
mined to show loyalty, and immersed into
Halloween hysteria at The Chance.
About four songs and two on-stage,
exclusively female contests later, it
became evident that every guy had found
his naughty nurse to call upon that night.
Hocus Pocus where was the focus?
Well dressed as a mumbling junkie I can
say with confidence that it was not on me.
The repercussions produced by this
experience involved the institution of
obscure attire as a flaunting mechanism,
and my newfound knowledge of this phe-
nomenon. A hard learned lesson, but
indeed a lesson well learned. So in prepa-
ration for this year's festivities an alter-
nate plan proved
entirely
necessary;
Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?
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H
eadless Horseman and other
fall attractions draw students
By
TRICIA CARR
A&E Editor
With October
coming
to an
end, Marist students are talcing
advantage of what the Hudson
Valley has to offer for fall.
Apple
picking, pumpkin picking, and
haunted houses are scattered
throughout the area. Most of
these attractions close soon
after
Halloween, so now
is
the time to
take advantage of them.
College Activities is offering
its annual trip to Fright Fest
in
Six Flag's Great Adventure
this
Saturday Oct. 27, 2007. The $20
cost includes
transportation,
admission, Dead Man's
Party,
five haunted trials, and a haunt-
ed graveyard. Junior, Kristine
Kennen, went to Fright Fest
last
year.
"It's so nice because there are
no lines," she said. "It's really
fun
if you go with a big group of
friends."
If
you haven't
signed
up for
Fright Fest, there's more going
on in Dutchess
County
and
across the bridge in
Ulster
County.
One of the most popular events
this fall is the
trip
to
the
Headless Horseman
Hayrides
and Haunted Houses, which was
organized by RSC. For $15,
Headless Horseman
entertftins
visitors with three haunted hous-
es, a one mile hayride, a com
maze and live shows. Kerry
Owen, a junior, experienced the
Headless Horseman hayride last
year.
"The costumes and makeup
were so realistic," she said.
Located in Ulster
Park, NY,
Headless Horseman was rated
the #1 haunted house in the
country,
according
it
its
MySpace
page,
http:( /www.myspace.com/headl
esshorsemanh5. The MySpace
page shows the some of the
employees, who are the Top
Friends, in costume.
The Headless Horseman Web
site,
www.headlesshorseman.com,
gives information about the
shows that are scheduled for the
season. Also, their website says
the Headless Horseman will be
featured on the Travel Channel
special "Extreme Halloween."
It airs on Friday Oct. 26 at
8pm.
If
you're not going through
RSC, tickets are available online
or by calling ahead at (845)339-
2666.
Another popular haunted
house that's located right in
Wappinger's· Falls is the Annual
Haunted Mansion at Bowdoin
Park. Broadway set designer,
Kevin
M'1Curdy designs the
haunted mansion with a differ-
ent theme each year.
For $25, guests can experience
the haunted house, and many
other attractions including the
Barons Wasteland and Carnival
DeCadaver. Their Web stie, the-
haunt cdma nsion .com,
~ives
more iofoouatiao about tickets
and dates.
Many students enjoy apple
picking and pumpkin picking in
the fall, and of course all the
apple cider
·and
mouth-watering
cider donuts they can get.
Barton Orchards is a popular
pumpkin farm that has two loca-
tions: Poughquag and Fishkill.
Kerry Aris, a junior, went to
Barton Orchards in Fishkill ear-
lier in October.
"They give you a free hayride
to the pumpkin patch," she said.
"They also had live music."
Their season ends on Sunday,
Nov.
4.
Their
website,
www.bartonorchards.com gives
directions and more information
about the orchard.
For apple picking, Dressel
Farms and Weed Orchards have
attracted students in the past.
At Dressel Farms, visitors pay
for the size bag they want and a
hayride talces them to the apples.
Their
Web
site
www.dresselfarms.'com
posts
daily updates about the types of
apples that are ready for picking.
Junior, Liz Krug, went apple
picking at there last fall.
"They teach you how to pick
the apples," said Krug.
"If
you
can twist them off, they're good
to pick."
Located about 20 minutes from
Marist in Marlboro, NY is Weed
Orchards. Not only do they have
apple picking, they also offer
pick-your-own peaches, nec-
tarines, pears, tomatoes, egg-
plant, zucchini, peppers, water-
melon and cantaloupe. Their
Web
site,
www.weedorchards.com, gives
the dates each fruit and
veg-
etable is
in.
season.
In October, their main focus in
on apples. Like most
farms*
Weeds offers a hayride to their
apple orchard. Justin Ritz, a jun-
ior,
went apple picking at Weed
Orchards this fall.
"It
was pretty cool," he said.
"They
actually had live music
the Saturday I was there."
B
roadway Review: The Lion King
By
COURTNEY SAVOIA
Circle Contributor
The Lion King is one of the
most
unique
shows
on
Broadway. Being a Disney clas-
sic, it brought all the characters
to life. All aspects of this show
were remarkable from the cos-
tumes to the dancing. The cast
also had great energy, which
made for a wonderful perform-
ance.
Most people are familiar with
the story of the Lion
King,
but
you get a different perspective
seeing it live. You can relate to
the characters better and see
more of their true personalities.
The costumes in this show
were beautiful and eye-catching.
Most characters wore body-suits
and held face masks in front of
themselves. The masks were
made of wood and were decorat-
ed to suit the character. All of
the animals, especially the
giraffes and elephants, looked
life-like and wore stilts. The col-
ors and details of the costumes
were exquisite and really made
the show fantastic.
I thought it was interesting how
the characters' faces were paint-
ed while they held the masks.
They spoke through the masks
and the effect achieved by the
blending of these two elements
was very distinctive.
The scenery of this show was
also incredible. Many memo-
rable scenes from the movie
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the
Elephant
Graveyard reflect-
ed the mood they were meant to
portray.
One of the most brilliant
scenes was the Circle of Life.
Seeing the scenery and the danc-
ing and singing of all the ani-
mals was a great sight. You
could feel the energy and excite-
ment throughout the whole song
and it made me nostalgic of the
first time I watched this movie.
Another feature of this show I
really
enjoyed
was the acting.
Young Simba was played by
Shavar McIntosh, who is only
10 years old. I thought he did a
great job and was very enthusi-
astic. He had a great singing
voice and added sparkle to the
show.
The hyenas were comical and
witty throughout the show, mak-
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and musical numbers. The per-
sonalities of all the characters in
the show were uplifting and
made me admire them more
than I did when I was a child.
I would highly recommend
"The Lion King" on Broadway
to anyone who loves the theatre.
It's funny, entertaining and will
leave you applauding for more.
I bought my ticket through
Marist for $25. I thought this
was a great price for seats that
normally would cost over $100.
Transportation was provided by
bus.
"The Lion King" is performed
at the Minskoff Theatre on
Broadway and 45th Street.
Showtimes
are Wednesday
through Saturday at 8pm,
Wednesday and Saturday at 2
pm and Sunday at 1pm and 6:30
pm. Tickets can be purchased by
phone through the Disney
Hotline (212)-307-4747 or at
DisneyOnBroadway.com.
Finding fashion 1n fiction
By
KATE GOODIN
Staff Writer
People love to
bat
nd
hate
to
love the
fashion
indu
try
We
shrug uITthe icka
that
the
b1zarr
creutions
parad
d
down
nmwn, s
'n
Pari and Milan ha
e a~y
afii
:1
on our
""'ardrobei'.i
and yet
we re cl
tn
de uring every
sor-
did dcuul and
jui
y
tidbit
o
gos-
1p
c
can
get
about
the
in
nd
outs of""
mdu
try
where
image
i
ev
rything.
So
why
do
w
care
ev
·n
when
we _prcl 11d we
don't'
1
thmk rhe
aru
'i
•er
he
in
the fact that fa'lh-
100
i
hke a fantasy. Mo::.t
people
would
nc-.
er work m
the
fashion
industry;
1t'
utthroat. image-
conse1ou and
ficr cly
compet1-
ti
'C
Rut many
love
the
1d
a
o
1t
glamour and decad nee
because
we
w
nt to be
glam-
r
u and decadent. h re·
·
no
mdu
1
.,
on
earth
hke
1t;
in fa.sh•
,on,
anything
nd
e mean
am tl11ng
goe
·
check
uut a
Jc,
n-Paul
,aulrier
show or
Dolce
& Gahbana ·s
fall
ad am-
pa1gn and
you·
u
kllow what I
m nn.
For
tho
e ot u
ho choos
not
'
to devote our
11
e
to
tlw, fanta-
y
world. there is
a
ou
can
ape
to
it.
tf
only
'br
a Jmndr
J
or so page
. Fa
hion
is
prolific
mu • for th
'.\'TIit
n ,, ,rd and
I
ould estimate th
u
anu
of
book nnd magazines de,
oted
t
it
are
publi
hed
annual!).
The
foll
wing
ar~
a ew
of
my
favorite fashion books and mag-
azines
that pay
homagl!
to the
fashion mdu
try.
J'he mother of all
fa
hion
book.
is
"The
Devil
Prada.·
Th mo
I
W.-t
entcr-
tainin
m 1u
own nght,
bul
it
alt
started
with
,rnthor
Lauren
eisbcrgcr· ·
tat·
of
her
helli
h
cxperien
e
as an as
I
latll
(por-
truyiil ,
ia
the cha ct r
ndi
m
the b()ok
tu
acting
editor
Mir nda
Priestly,
suppo.
cdly
b.
c<l
on Vogue'.
Anna
Wmtour.
I
think
thi book s Id
a
well
it
did becau
-c
it
off
cn.:d
nm;
glimp
into
a
world
mo
t
llf
~
only
kno
v
from
how ,,
e
imag-
ine
It
to
b •.
Pc
pl
read tins
boo
to
team
the
truth
about
fasluon.
Is
1t
upcr
I
ial a
ll
.ccms
The
answer
to
that
que
twn
1
_ubjcclivc
and
the b k
docs n
,t
offer nn ah
Jut·
truth
on
t11
ta
hion indt try
But ,
i:
loved
lo
mg
ourselw
in
the
fantasy
of
ndic's
lite
od ,ma mmg what
w would do in
h r
thigh-hi
h
han
1 boots
Of'
cour
·
·.
w
would ,tll
hate
Andie'i; job. hut
cret1y.
for tho
e
f
w1dred
par,es,
we ,
ould
lo
·e
to h
vc
Minmd
/ nna'
umptuou
Fcndi
co,tts
and Pr.ufa
h ndbag
flung
on our
dcsb bcc.tU e
\Ii
\.\Ould
be
part
ofth1.
1mpo
·ibl)
glam
rou
rid.
..
Bergdorf
'Blond,: "
hy
Plum
Syke
i
anoth r
novd ll
.it
take
us
to
a tier of
so
iety
few of
u
can hop
to
c
pcrience
rhc
world of a
Park
Avenw.'
Pnnc
\Ve
folio\\ our name-
I
h1.-roinc o
l1er que
t
for
th
pcrfc
hade
f
blonde
hair,
th
pern
t
Cfiole Jeans
and b p r•
f
t
P.H.- Potential Hu
band
Tlli"
tory
i:
v
ry
for
removed
from
mo
·t
of
our lhe.,
but 1
couldn't
put
this
book dO\
nth'
not
that
I
particularly want
to
pend
m} da
s
bopprng for
cloth· , . ho :. nd men (oh,"' o
am
l
kidding'!
The point
i:..
v,
l
at
)ripped me v.•a ti
1.:
id
a
l}f
Iii.
ing
h
a
Park
vcnu •
Prince
s.
I
n
't
h
c
1t
but
l
can
shp
mto
thnt
lanta
y
l n ~r l
open
Ill)
co
y of
crgdo
f
Bl0ndcs.
For
those of u who r c1.-d a
qui
fi
nf fa
..
-.h1 n font y,
thcr • arc
magaz
ucs ,
plenty
that
nffer
up
e. cap . 'o
•uc
i
~he
gold
tan<lard for tha l open If.lie
J
age of
\it
gue and soak in h
"!amour nnd
styk.
1metimes
it
I
n
·d
,nc-
thing a
little
mm
r adabl
•
I
tum
to
Lucky,
for
hopping
fiend
.
or
Ilarpcr' ·
Baz, ar, light,
fre
h
uad con. ciow of th . foci
that
y
s.
women
o
er O
not to
Jo
k
sryhsh Allure, th
uty
b1bl . l
ve
no
ye sh d v
palette
unturned
1ri
their
appraJs-
al of ·kml'arc and
ni
kcup.
Coad
ast Tra\
1
dt: ,
fo
·hio11
ma •
1.ine
but
director
M, rk Con11olly never
fail.
to
·u
prei;.
rue\\
ith
inno,
a-
th,c
fashion
pc
ea& anvwhcr
from Mose
I
P;ri
in gpore.
1\n
i
altlh1U h men are not th
convcnt,onal
t
rgd
for
fa.fhion
magazme • the. can g
t
their fill
with GQ. which
1 ·,
in my opin-
ion.
L)O~ (Ir
th
·
marte.st
mag·.
1.111
out thcr
.
or 1cn · · Vo rue.
perfect for a refined and sc pus-
1,
at
d
gc:ntleman.
We
may
never kno,, what
1t'.
really Ii
t
rk in
f:
shi n.
but
long as v.
~
rem m und r
1tl
spell, fashmn
·will
continu
to
fuel the written
word.
Jf
ever we
want a glimpse into th fashion
mdustry. all
we need to
do
open a book or
magazine.
Kanye graduates as producer with new album
By
LUKE CAULFIELD
Circle Contributor
Kanye West may have finally
proven himself as more than just
a
"producer-rapper"
with the
highly
anticipated
album,
"Graduation,"
but even his rising
popularity cannot solidify Kanye
as a rap legend.
Once again, Kanye West has
brought in some extraordinary
production from ... himself. The
album begins with an
introduc-
tion similar to what has graced
the beginning of fellow Roc-A-
Fella artist (and boss/Def-Jam
President) Jay-Z's albums.
~'Good
Morning" is a wake up
call for anyone who has ever
doubted Kanye's credibility on
the mic. He raps that he
is
the
"Fly
Malcolm X, by any
jeans
necessary." Just through the first
song of the album it is apparent
that Kanye has drastically
stepped up his flow for this LP
and even ends the track with a
sample from lyrical mastermind
Jay-Z's "The Ruler's Back"
( which was the intro track to one
of Jigga's better albums,
''The
Blueprint").
"Graduation" then jumps into
the
bumpy,
fast
moving
"Champion"
which begins with
boastful lyrics about how far
Kanye has come with his wealth.
He eventually begins question-
ing future generations about their
choices for idols in hip-hop.
However, even with a duration of
less than three minutes, the song
runs out of meaning halfway
through.
"Stronger"
is a techno
influ-
enced track and one of the first
singles
off
"Graduation."
Kanye's flow has once
again
improved and he must have set
the studio on fire with the beat,
but the
lyrics
are so random and
off track that the chorus of
"now
that that don't
kill
me can
only
make me
stronger" is
the
high-
light
of
the song.
Kanye then brings
in
a slow,
Jay-Z era inspired beat with
"I
Wonder." Some of the
produc-
tion mimics that of
"Stronger,"
but Kanye's lyrics are much
more consistent on this track. He
raps about why men
should
treat
women better and how this feel-
ing has never changed
during
his
lifetime.
"I Wonder"
launches
into
WWW.AMAZON.COlllt
:
another
single, "Good
Life"
fea-
!
•
turing T. Pain, an
unfitting time:
to tell us
his "good life" is the,
ease of getting
women in his bed.'
Kanye
suspiciously mentions
50:
Cent (his
newly established rival'
with
the
joint release date
of their•
albums) in the
chorus, rapp
i
ng:
'
l
4
' 50 to d me go
'head switch the!
style up and
if they hate then let:
'em
hate and
watch the money
i
pile up."
!
"Can't Tell
Me
Nothin"'
is•
another
single from the album,'
but its street
sounding
beat
and
1
surefire lyrics give it an urban'
edge for
city
dwellers.
Kanye
emphasizes
the decisions he has
made since
his last album and
how
his
life has
changed.
This is
the
best
song
on
the
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Music Review: Kanye West's 'Graduation'
albwn, with the best beat and the
best lyrics. Kanye steps up his
game by bringing up Magic
Johnson's fight with
mv,
rap-
ping "No I already graduat-
ed/and you can live through any-
thing if Magic made it."
The Controversy King of the
music industry for the last few
years, Kanye antes up with a
song entitled "Barry Bonds." He
compares himself to Bonds as an
underdog in the game, but that he
is top five without all the contro-
versy. Arguably one of the cur-
rent top five in the rap game, Lil'
Wayne, brings more credibility
to Kanye's rap as a collaborator
on the track.
One of the reasons I have never
been a fan of Kanye is because
many of the songs on his past
LPs were so obscure and point-
less that they failed to display
any talent besides the production
value. A disappointing appear-
ance by Mos Def in a song that
can be labeled neither singing
nor rapping brings the albwn to a
halt with "Drunk and Hot Girls."
Lucldly "Flashing Lights" has
one of the best beats and stories
of the albwn.
It
seems that even
Kanye can be heartbroken.
"Everything I am" was once a
song
Kanye produced for
Common
,
but
the
chorus
expla
i
ns why it's now his jam.
This is the anthem of the albwn,
with Kanye slowing down the
beat with an emotional piano riff
and touching on who he really is
lyrically. He rhymes "You see
how I creeped up/ You see how I
played a big role in Chicago like
Queen Latifa."
"The Glory
'
brings back
classic Kanye with the produc-
tion skills that have become the
signature
of
Roe-A-Fella
Records. He expresses how
money was not the only thing on
his mind when he came into the
music industry
,
but his legacy as
well. With this album he is cer-
tainly one step closer to that, and
"The Glory
:•
prov
i
des us with a
look at the future Kanye as he
wraps up the song with the best
flow of his young career.
"
Homecoming" was originally
a track called "Home
"
with a
much better beat, but Kanye
changed it up to fit the lyrics of
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"Big Brother" ends the albwn
with a fitting but corny tribute to
his mentor Jay-Z
.
It
makes me
wonder if Kanye was given more
money to end the albwn with
such a song, considering who his
boss is. We will never know, but
with Kanye becoming more
independent than ever it does not
seem like the song is necessary
on his biggest albwn to date.
Kanye West decided to concen-
trate more on his lyrics and flow
than production in "Graduation,"
but since the production has
always been there, the final puz-
zle pieces seemed in place for a
classic album. Although his flow
is better than ever ( and even up
to caliber with other multi-plat-
inwn rappers), some of the lyrics
are still abstract
,
random, and
repetitive, and bring down the
albwn. Kanye West finally made
me a fan, but after
"
Graduation"
comes the real world, and Kanye
will have to step up his game to
find a career as a legendary rap-
per.
Three out of four stars.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007
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Let the voices of the Marist
community be heard.
PAGE9
Controversy around naming of Al Gore as Nobel Laureate
By
CAITLIN NOLAN
Circle Contributor
itself. Many people are still
skeptical toward the concept,
maintaining the claim that
such extreme climate changes
are normal and before we
know it, everything will go
back to the way it was. Science
stresses a different perspec-
tive: the world is being
generation and the following dependence on oil and show-
ones will have to face.
cased companies that dedicate
Not only will the annoyance their time to finding said alter-
of temperatures that do not natives.
correlate to the month continue
No, he did not invent the
to plague us (80 degrees in hybrid and no, he was not the
October!? Come on!), but a first to present this issue to the
vital resource that is important general public. He was, how-
to the vast majority of the ever, the first to successfully
The Nobel Peace Prize,
named after Swedish industri-
alist and inventor Alfred
Nobel, is given each year,
according to Nobel himself,
"to the person who shall have
done the most or the best work
for fraternity between the
nations, for the abolition or
reduction of standing armies
and for the holding and promo-
tion of peace
·
congresses."
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world has make global warming a topic
While the choice of a recipi-
ent sometimes causes debate, it
is usually due to their past
actions regarding violence.
This year, Al Gore and the
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change were awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize, causing
controversy for a completely
different set of reasons: is the
awareness of global warming
truly
the
"promotion
of
peace"?
No, he did not Invent the hybrid and no, he
was not the first to present this Issue to the
general public. He was, however, the first to
successfully make Global Warming a topic
that people were constantly focusing their
attention on.
become
a that people were constantly
s e r i o u s focusing their attention on.
issue for all Which, of course, is the first
that use it step. Awareness to a problem
oil and its is needed for the problem to be
availability. solved. If more people work
News briefs towards
alternatives
to
The issue of global warming
is a controversial issue in
destroyed by carelessness and
if we do nothing to change
this, the future looks bleak. Al
Gore translated this to the gen-
eral public in his Academy
Award winning film on climate
change and the consequences
of
negligence,
"An
Inconvenient Truth". I've seen
it and, running the risk of
sounding narve, was complete-
ly awoken to the problems our
are made on
a
daily
basis on the price of oil, the
trade of oil and, most impor-
,
tantly, the availability of oil.
Countries have gone to war
over more minor matters, and
the possible outcomes of a
superpower without its power
supply are not a pretty picture.
Not only did Al Gore bring this
topic of concern to the atten-
tion of many, he offered alter-
natives to such a heavy
resources that cause problems,
the solution will be found
faster
.
Such a unity amongst
people may be what is needed
to promote peace, prevent ten-
sion and in tum, war.
The selection of Al Gore and
the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change as recipi-
•
ents of the 2007 Nobel Peace
Prize was a wise one. Not only
does the selection bring even
more awareness to the dire
reality that is global warming,
From
www.envlronews.cars-end-trees.c:om
but it truly establishes the Every other problem takes a
problem
as
a
legitimate back seat to this one. After all,
predicament we need to con-
if there is no Planet
,
how can
cern ourselves with solving. any other problem exist?
College Halloween costumes raise questions of female integrity
Scantily-clad Marist students run risk of wardrobe malfunction duri°:g Oct. 31 festivities
By
LISA BRASS
Copy Editor
As a freshman at Marist
,
there are a lot of scary and new
things you have to figure out.
For me though, the scariest
part wasn't figuring out where
my classes were or how to do
laundry
.
It wasn't being awok-
en by my roommate or learn-
ing how t(! write a college
e
_
ssay.
It was Halloween here at
Marist College
.
If
you want to witness some-
thing absolutely horrifying this
Halloween, there's no need to
go to a cornfield maze or visit
a haunted house. All you have
to do is sit in the Champagnat
breezeway starting at about 10
p.m
.
to watch the naughty through. Sometimes the cos-
nurses, sexy sailors, and the tumes get even more creative,
overdone French maids parade and you'll see a raunchy race-
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car driver or a whored-out
Alice in Wonderland.
I was always under the
impression
that
for
Halloween, you dress up as
something you want to be
when you grow up. Does
Marist have a major in 'whor-
ing oneself out' that I missed
reading about?
If
that's a
major, there definitely have to
be a few relevant classes so
Marist's percentage of gradu-
ates with immediate job place-
ment doesn't slip. For fall
semester, students with this
major take "How to Wear As
Little Clothing as Necessary"
and, as a special topics class
taught by the one-and-only
Professor Spears
:
"The Bright
Future that Awaits".
What other conclusions can
we pull from the past few
Halloweens? The fact is that
the purpose of October 31 at
Marist involves tying scraps
of material over the few risque
parts of the female body and
letting everything else hang
out. And I do mean every-
thing.
Ladies, what is your prob-
lem? I can understand wanting
to dress up and look good on
Halloween.
If
you normally
dress in a grunge-style, maybe
you want to try a pretty-in-pink
theme that shows off your best
The fact Is that the pur-
pose of October 31 at
Marlst
Involves
tying
scraps of material over the
few risque parts of the
female body and letting
everything else hang out.
assets in a way that black never
could.
If
you normally go con-
servative, maybe you ought to
spring for that mini-skirt and
be brave for the night. A little
cleavage and some leg are nor-
mal in American culture
,
let
alone on Halloween. As a girl,
I know and love what it is to
feel like I'm the sexiest woman
alive
.
That said, there's a distinc-
tion between sexy and slutty,
and it's a line I refuse to cross.
If
your costume is supposedly
what you wish you could be
and you 're barely wearing any
clothes, how can you expect a
guy to treat you?
I would laugh at anyone who
called me a feminist. I'm not
normally gung-ho about the
difference
between
us
i
ng
'foreman
'
and 'forewoman' or
resi
s
ting soci
e
ty
'
s urge to
objectify women
,
and all the
other issues feminists get bent
out of shape over
.
Hell, I love
being thought of as the weak
stereotype. I like men to open
doors for me and give me the
occasional appreciative glance.
I don't overly mind if they pay
for the first date and the second
and the third.
I am, however
,
concerned
might appreciate a little cloth-
ing on a girl
.
It might mean
t-O
f -
- -
him that the girl isn't insecure
enough to have to flaunt all her
goods at once. It might mean,
just maybe
,
that he can talk to
this girl without being accused
of staring at her chest. Because
I hear that's realty difficult to
stop doing when only the nip-
ples are covered.
My point is that this
Halloween, everyone should
take it easy. Go eat some candy
and de-stress from classes.
Pick out a costume that's based
with
self- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Does Marist have a major in 'whoring one-
respect as a
gender-neutral
topic
.
There's
no reason to
dress like a
slut
unless
you really and
absolutely
want to be
self out' that
I
missed reading about? For
fall semester, students with this major take
"How to Wear As Little Clothing as
Necessary" and, as a special topics class
taught by the one-and-only Professor
Spears: "The Bright Future that Awaits".
treated
like - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
one.
If
there's a guy you like
and you want to get his atten-
tion, why not try, I don't know,
talking to him? You don't need
a man who only wants you for
your body anyway. ·The few
guys who are worth any of
your time and happen to be at
The Chance on Halloween
on something you'd be proud
to be and tell people why
you're wearing it.
If
all else fails, you can
always join those who sit in the
entranceway to Champagnat
and laugh at the ridiculously
dressed partygoers going by.
Marist Defined:
An UrbanDictionary for
the Poughkeepsie inclined.
By
MARGEAUX LIPPMAN
Editor-in-Chief
Freshman Village (n.):
South-end enclave of
Champagnat, Leo and Sheahan. Best known for the smell
of cheap beer wafting from the windows and impromptu
frisbee games on the knoll. Residents can be identified by
their North Face jackets, Long Island cell phone area codes
and preponderance of Vera Bradley merchandise.
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French social
services admirable,
despite U.S. rivalry
By MIKE NAPOLITANO
Staff Writer
ernment readily provides seven civil freedoms, and equality
social workers who are available under the dollar.
Stop making
fun
of the French!
What have the French done
to all French citizens. These
social workers provide services
for families, patients, new moth-
ers, the poor, communities, and
Despite the government pay-
ment for most services, there are
many semipublic
·
agencies that
are affiliated with trade unions
,
that causes such a
negative
reaction
with
Americans?
Perhaps the
American
people
don't like the French
because the ,French
don't
like
the
Americans, simple as
that may be. Maybe
The French welfare system Is based on the
prlnclple of solidarity: to help those who
need help now knowing that you will need
help later. By mutually accepting responsi-
bility for payment, the French ensure that no
one Is untreated or left behind.
religious groups, and
non-profit organiza-
tions that also aid the
poor
.
And amongst all
the government inter-
vention, the public
sector still remains an
important
factor in the
French economy and
the French welfare.
it's because Americans
think
they're
ungrateful
because
America helped them out
over
sixty years
.
ago.
Or possibly it's simply because
Americans view them as "cow-
ards."
In any case, there is no
legiti-
mate reason for so zealously hat-
ing the French people; at
least
,
there is none that
I
can
think of.
France has contributed
some
major accomplishments
to the
world: the cr<>issant, the beret,
and the French kiss. Aside from
the trivial
,
France has con-
tributed some of the greatest
ideas to the sociopolitical land-
scape.
France is one of the leading
countries in the world with
respect to social services. Their
s
ystem is based on two princi-
ples, ensuring that all its citizens
are assured proper insurance and
assistance
.
The French welfare
s
ystem is based on the principal
of solidarity; to help those who
need help now knowing that you
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ment, the French ensure that no
one is untreated or left behind.
The French welfare system
offers many social services at
many different levels. The gov-
those involved in court cases.
Some
of the best services
offered are for new mothers and
young
families. The French
offer
its citizens with a home-
maker
type social worker that
will aid the new mother in cook-
ing, cleaning
,
and child care
while the mother
becomes
accli-
mated to
caring for a child as
well as going
back
to work.
The French medical system is
also a useful aid to the French
citizen. In France, there is a hot-
line that anyone
can
dial, tourists
included, that a registered MD is
on call for. When summoned
,
a
doctor will drive to your home
and administer free, YES FREE,
medical care and advice no mat-
ter what is wrong with you, what
time of day it is, or where you
live. Good luck finding that in
America.
These services are paid for the
government and
,
yes
,
it is a part
of a socialist system
.
(Oh no,
COMMUNISM!) Well,
not
quite
.
There are very dist
i
nct dif-
fete-icos
betweeij a totalitarian
jtale'
whi!te
the' go
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e
nt reg-
ulates what you say and do like
in the old Soviet Union, North
Korea, and China, and a socialist
republic. There are subtle differ-
ences such as free elections,
Another positive aspect of the
French is their electoral system
.
They have what is called a two-
round system. In the first round
,
the people vote amongst all the
political parties in the country.
From that, the two parties with
the highest percentage of the
vote run against each other in
the second round. This system
allows for greater competition
where as in a winner take all
system, such as the system in
America, it offers no hope for
third parties. In fact, the last
third party to draw over 20 per-
cent of the popular vote in an
American presidential election
was the Reform Patty back in
1992, and that was one of the
few times it has happened in his-
tory
.
In
summation, I would just like
to say, stop making
fun
of the
French
.
If
you are going to, can
you at least base it on something
other than basic stereotype? The
truth is that the French system
offers many positive services,
some of which the United States
can learrl from. Before
you
rip
on a French guy for wearing a
beret, keep in mind, he's going
to rip on you for wearing that
trucker hat.
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Statement shutout
By
MATT SPILLANE
News Co-Editor
Riding a three game winning
streak, Marist's men's soccer
team is beginning its playoff
push with the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
tournament starting in three
weeks.
The Red Foxes will finish the
regular season with a challeng-
ing stretch of four games in 10
days, including games against
Iona, St. Peter's and Fairfield,
who have a combined record of
25-15-3. Those three teams are
second, third, and fourth,
respectively, in the MAAC
standings.
Marist is coming off a 1-0 win
over MAAC foe Siena on Oct.
20, improving to 5-6-2, includ-
ing 2-2-1 in conference play.
Freshman
forward
Joe
Touloumis gave his team the
lead 12:00 into the first half,
heading in a pass from senior
forward Shareif Ali. It was
Touloumis' second goal of the
season.
Redshirt junior Daniel Owens
made his fifth start of the year,
but his first since Sept. 25,
against Stony Brook. Freshman
Tom DeBenedetto started the
last five games in goal. Head
Coach Matt Viggiano said he
made the change in part because
of Owens' experience.
"He played the best in practice
all week, at;1d I went with my
gut," Viggiano said. "He played
pretty well."
Siena totaled 10 shots, but
only two on goal, both of which
were saved by Owens. After tak-
ing the lead, Marist was able to
pack in its defense and fend off
the Saints.
"Our defense stayed organ-
ized, and Siena only had one or
two dangerous chances the
whole game," Viggiano said.
The players did not receive
much rest against Siena, with
Viggiano playing just three subs
the entire game.
"I went with the guys who
were playing the best over the
course of the game," the coach
said.
"It
had to do with my feel-
ing and the match-ups."
Marist must now turn its atten-
tion to Iona, a team that disman-
tled Canisius 5-0 on Sunday,
Oct. 21. The Red Foxes host the
Gaels on Friday, Oct. 26, at 7
p.m.
Viggiano was an assistant
coach at Iona last season, and
will use his knowledge of his
former players in game-plan-
ning for the match-up. Marist
will need his insight in order to
contain junior midfielder Aly
Lo, who is tied for second in the
conference with eight goals on
the season. However, Viggiano
said his team will not do any-
thing differently in trying to
stop him.
"We will play it straight up,"
he said. "He's a good, fast play-
er, but we will not change our
game plan."
JAMES REILLY/
THE
CIRCLE
Freshman Joe Touloumls scored the lone goal for Marlst in a win over
Siena. Junior Dan OWens recorded the shutout In net. The Red Foxes
are 2-2-1 in the MAAC. Marist wlll take on Iona on Friday, Oct. 26.
Viggiano said his players must streak going in order to receive
take more shots, in order to a bye. Viggiano said his players
increase their offensive produc-
are not overlooking any oppo-
tion.
nents, but that a top sixth spot is
"We cannot be satisfied with a definitely on their minds.
one goal lead," he said.
"That was our goal in the
All ten MAAC teams qualify beginning of the year," he said.
for the conference tournament, "The guys know we control our
but the top six receive automat-
own destiny. But we are taking
ic byes into the second round. it one game at a time. We will
Marist is currently in the sixth not think about Fairfield until
spot, and must keep its winning Saturday."
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ITAs
test Foxes
By
CASEY LANE
Staff Writer
Heading into last weekend's
ITA Tournament, sophomore
Christian Coley had an opportu-
nity to build upon his strong play
of late. Coley did a little more
than just play well.
The Intercollegiate Tennis
Association Regional Qualifier,
held on the campus of Princeton
University, boasted a field of 120
players who were chosen to
compete in the main draw.
Thirty-two other players were
invited to play their way in to
receive one of the remaining
eight spots. Coley was one of
those eight, becoming the first
Marist Red Fox to advance from
the qualifying round in ten years.
To reach the main draw, Coley
had to win two matches. In his
first, Coley faced Victor Lecina
from St. Bonaventure
.
Coley led
from the start, beating Lecina 7-
6 (6), 6-4 in a match that was
played well on both sides.
His second victory came
against
Cornell's
Jeremy
Feldman. Feldman fell without
much of a struggle as Coley took
the win, 6-1,
6-3.
According to head coach Tim
Smith, Coley is at his best when
playing aggressively.
"If Christian can bottle the for-
mula he used for getting into [the
main draw]," Smith said, ''which
is to serve and volley more, he's
going to have a very successful
sophomore year."
Sophomore Loic Sessagesirni
joined Coley in the main draw.
Both players lost their opening
round match.
In a back-and-forth match that
endured for almost two hours,
Sessagesimi
fell
to
Stony
Brook's Artem Baradach 3-6, 6-
4, 6-3. Coley lost in nearly iden~
tical fashion to Jason Hill of
Navy 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
"They both had very competi:.
tive three set matches that really
could have gone either way,"
Smith said.
Coley and Sessagesimi also
teamed up as doubles partners,
where they lost in the first round
due to a slow start.
"They went down 4-0, but
played very well from then on;"
Smith said. "In an eight game
pro set, if you don't get out of the
gate quickly, you 're probably not
going to win."
'
The top doubles team for tlie
spring semester has yet to
be
determined.
Smith's decision
will be a lot clearer after this
weekend's play at the Cornell
Tournament in Ithaca.
"[This weekend] is all about
getting better and them undet--
standing what they need to do.
:t'm still not sure about whose
going to be playing doubles,"
said Smith.
Even though Coley defeate<l
Feldman en route to his appear-
ance in the main draw, a rematch
is not expected
.
Feldman is not
expected to be in the first flight,
which
is
where Coley is expect-
ed to play.
Foxes prepeare for MAAC Championships at Van Cortlandt
By
STEVE SCHULT
Staff Writer
With the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Championships coming up in
just a couple days, the Marist
men's cross country squad is
peaking at just the right time.
Junior David Raucci led the
way for the Red Foxes on Oct.
13 at the University of Albany
Invitational, helping them to a
sixth
place finish. He came in
first place out of the 228 run-
ners and. set a course record
with a
time of 24:41.8. which
was
Senior
Joe
Sophomore Conor Shelley and Tarantella's time of 27:06.8.
freshman Tim Keegan were the Freshmen Nick Webster, Sam
next two Red Foxes to place at McCullen, John Reilly, Patrick
28th and 37th, respectively, Dugan, and Zachary Smetana,
with times of 26: 10.8 and as well as sophomore Greg
26:20.2
Mastro and senior Matthew
Maynes also put up career
bests.
and
the
tri-meet
with
Manhattan and Iona.
"Girma runs better when we
space out his races," Colaizzo
said.
Last week, the Red Foxes ran
a tri-meet wj~h Hanhattan
College and Iona College.
Coach Colaizzo looked at this
"Only a handful of guys have
broken 25 minutes," said head
coach Pete Colaizzo. "I don't
keep tracl;c of most results that
aren't at Van Cortlandt [Park],
but he ran one of the fastest
Coach Colaizzo didn't run the meet as more of a scrimmage,
entire squad at Albany in order
to rest some of his guys so they
would run faster at the MAAC
times ever."
championships, including lead
Eight Red Foxes set personal runner Girma Segni who sat out
bests at Albany, the fastest of both the Albany Invitational
and was more concerned with
getting his guys back to run at
Van Cortlandt Park, which is
the course that they will be run-
ning
for
the
MAAC
C h a m p i o n s h i p s .
This meet was a short 3k meet,
instead of the typical 8k meets
that are usually run.
Senior captain
Mike
Rolek
was the fastest Fox on the
course, finishing i~ sixth place
with a tim.-e
of
9:04.].
•qs
"I
I
t was good to get another
look at the course," Rolek said.
"This just shows that we are
moving in the right direction."
The Red Foxes have their
most important meet of the
year thus far on Friday, in the
form of the MAAC
Championship at Van
Cortlandt Park. The squad
will cut back their total
mileage in training this week
and will cancel their double
'•
sessions in order to be well-
rested for
Friday.
The team
has pig~ expe~tat~ons for
Friday and Rolek feels that
they are ready to go.
•
"This is a big meet and our
confidence is up," Rolek saicl.
"Our
[training] program has 4s
peaking now we are going in
there feeling like we have
something to prove."
Mari st falls at Sacred Heart, prepares for home contest with RamS
By
GREG HRINYA
Staff Writer
With 6:57 remaining in the first
h!ilf, Sacred Heart quarterback
Dale Fink pitched the ball to run-
ning back Brian Friedmall. who
subsequently
threw a pass into
the end zone to a streaking Fink
for a 6-yard touchdown. The
score gave the Pioneers a 28-0
lead over the Red Foxes.
The game did not end in the
second quarter though. Marist
fought its way back and scored
2 7 points in the second half,
more points than in any entire
game this season. The comeback
fell
short
though, as Sacred Heart
held on for a 41-34 win on
Saturday in Fairfield. Conn.
The Red Foxes rallied behind
senior
quarterback
Steve
McGrath who set Marist pro-
gram records with 396 yards
passing and 28 completions.
McGrath threw three second half
touchdowns and added 48 yards
rushing
for
a combined 444
offensive yards. The Red Foxes
amassed 526 yards offensively.
Marist head coach Jim Parady
praised McGrath's effort and his
ability to create opportunities in
and out of the pocket.
"It
was a real gutty perform-
ance on his part," Parady said. "It
wasn't always pretty on what we
were
trying
to
execute.
He came
out of the pocket a bunch of
times, he took some big hits after
he threw the football, and he kept
getting up."
Marist's 34 points were not
enough to beat Sacred Heart,
however. The Red Foxes'
defense forced one punt in the
game and allowed 447 yards,
including 207 yards rushing to
Pioneers' running back Jason
Payne.
With three games remaining,
the Red Foxes' defense will need
to tighten up and eliminate the
problems preventing them from
getting off the field.
"We need stops," Parady said.
"How do you get them, that's a
great question, but right now
we're looking for those answers.
"We need to limit our mental
mistakes. We lined up offside
and you just have to check where
the football is. We can't extend
their drives by making mental
mistakes and that's really what
we're concentrating on this
week."
Freshman safety Rory Foley
said team is looking to limit
those mistakes and prevent get-
ting down early in the game.
"We just have to limit mistakes
and penalties. We had, I
think,
six penalties and lined up wrong
a lot," Foley said. "Once you
start digging a hole like that it's
tough to get out of."
Following Dale Fink's 5-yard
touchdown strike to wide receiv-
er Steve Tedesco, Sacred Heart
opened up a 41-14 lead over
Marist with 14:55 remaining in
the game.
On
Marist's next possession,
McGrath connected on two con-
secutive passes with tight end
Robert Spano, one being a 42
yard completion to the Pioneers'
25-yardline. After Sacred Heart's
Bill Hayden sacked McGrath on
third down, the Red Foxes faced
a fourth and 22 on the Pioneers'
3 7-yardline. McGrath found
sophomore wide receiver Will
Brown for a 23-yard gain and
then hit running back Keith
Mitchell on the next play for a
14-yard touchdown to cut Sacred
Heart's lead to 42-21.
On the ensuing kickoff, Marist
recovered Chris Collins' onside
kick to regain possession. The
drive ended with another suc-
cessful fourth down conversion
when McGrath found senior
wide receiver Dan Dulac in the
left side of the end zone for a 4-
yard touchdown to bring Marist
within two touchdowns of tying
the game.
With I :51 remaining in the
fourth quarter, McGrath threw a
24-yard touchdown pass to wide
receiver Tim Keegan to cut the
deficit to seven. The touchdown
marked a 27-point second half,
but the second onside kick
attempt failed and Marist suf-
fered its seventh loss of the sea
-
son.
The Red Foxes offensive pro-
duction provided a bright spot in
a
tough
loss on the road to
Sacred Heart
.
The Marist offense
converted on three fourth downs,
including a fourth and 27 from
its own 4-yardline.
"We take a lot of positives from
that second half and we convert-
ed on a bunch of long situations.
[In addition to the fourth and 27
conversi<,n] we converted on a
fourth and 23. The ball he
[McGrath] threw to Will Brown
is as good a ball as he's thrown in
his time here. We got a lot of
contributions from a lot of differ-
ent people."
Next week vs. Fordham
On Saturday, Oct.
27
the Red
Foxes return home to face the
Patriot League's Fordham
Rams
at 7 pm. Fordham boasts a 6-2
overall record with a 4-0 confer-
ence record. The Rams beat the
Lafayette Leopards 34-23 last
Saturday to tally their sixth win.
Sophomore quarterback John
Skelton completed 19 of his 26
passing attempts for 323 yards
and two touchdowns in the
Fordham win.
The Marist
defense needs to contain a
Fordham offense that put up 408
offensive yards at Lafayette.
"They're
a very tough and tal-
ented team coming off a big win
at Lafayette," Parady said.
"They're playing at a really high
caliber right now and they're
going to come in here with a lot
of confidence. [Skelton] has
played well and he started last
year against us. We defensed him
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JAMES REIU.Y /
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Senior quarterback Steve McGrath shattered the school's passing
record, after throwing for 396 yards in a 41-34 loss
to
Pioneers of
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•
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007 •
PAGE 13
:
family Feud: OG vs. Amen
-
·_By
ERIC ZEDALIS
J~o-Sports Editor
.
For the second consecutive year,
bragging rights at the table and
qi.~s
on the turkey drum stick dur-
µig Thanksgiving dinner at the
-
I~binosun house will be decided
by the Marist vs. Fordham game
~this
Saturday.
.
,.
Round
one last year saw
,ypunger brother Amen Igbinosun
(no. 65), left guard for the Rams,
;steal Marist defensive end OG's
'(t1.o. 88)
thunder.
Big bro wants
.r~venge this year.
:-•
''It's always the game I want to
,win because there's bragging
rights,"
0G
said. "He does more
~ n g right now because he's got
J~e better team. Hopefully I
can
1
tjiange
that."
;
The trash talking was at its peak
:~ Thanksgiving dinner last year,
according to Amen.
, •
"I remember getting on him
.aj>out who gets the turkey drum
!!J:ick.,. long story short, I won,"
ft.tJten joked.
·
·
Although Amen won the broth-
~~•
"Turkey Bowl," all OG has to
is!o
to silence his brother is take
_Q_ll~
his bling.
"He crushes me by showing me
his [MAAC Championship] ring,
and asking ifl got one yet," Amen
said.
OG (21) and Amen
(19) at just two years
apart, have always becri
very
competitive,
according to Amen.
"Growing up we'd
fight about who's get-
ting dropped off at
school first
or
who got
to
use the car ... we
compete all the time.
He
usually pulls the,
'Well
I
am
older,' b.s.,
but
we sometimes go at
lot bigger than me," OG smiled.
Amen, who is 6'4" and 300 lbs
compared to the 6'2" 215 lb. OG,
thing back for that this year."
While the two brothers
exchange jokes, they refuse to
exchange any inside
information
.
"I
gave him a call to
find out what kind of
offense they're rupning.
And he never wants to
tell me, even though I
try so hard to get it out
.
of him."
Since the brothers
work-out and run drills
together in the summer
at their alma mater
Rahway High School,
Amen said that he will
it."
share a tip with the
Last year,
QG
took
a...~
•&:=,-~ti:
offensive tackles that
the one and only oppor-
··<.,., ... _.,.~-,
have to block OG
tunity to "go at it" with
~!dllr;=i
"I
am going to warn
his brother during an
the tackle that the sec-
extra point attempt.
ond he leans forward, he
"He was on the field
might as well lead my
goal kicking team, and
courtesy
of
oo
111>111~n
brother to the quarter-
I
was on field goal
Brothers OG
and
Amen wlll
fight
for family bragging
rights.
back," Amen said.
"I've
b
1
o
c
k
claims he did not absorb any kind been watching a lot of
film
on
And during an extra point of shot from OG that he can him, and he is a great pass rusher.
attempt, I got a little hit on
him
remember.
He knows how to get around the
even though it wasn't my gap.
I
"Wow .. .if he did [hit me], then
tackle and hunt out the quarter-
just wanted to hit him.
He he really hits like a girl," Amen back.
"
laughed about it, because he's a
laughed. "He'll get a little some-
Only a sophomore at Fordham,
"Amen
has good technique," OG
said. "He's also smart as far as
knowing blocking schemes and
stuff."
Head Coach Jim Parady said
that he and his staff took a close
look at Amen in high school.
"We would've loved to have
him come here.. We definitely
wanted him here but he chose
Fordham," Parady said .
In addition to watching film of
each other, the two
·
brothers also
talk
on the phone on the weekends
after each game, according to OG
The two have always been
"good
oarin'
Red
Foxes
buµdies," OG said, but when they
Mari
t,.
m le and
set foot on the field, that all
emal
.
-..tar p
1
fonncr
changes.
"As soon as we're in between
for th
W'
kcnd of
the lines, there's no friends or
,
Oct. 19-.21.
family,"
0G
said
.
..I
would lay
him out.
..
he's bigger than me
anyway," OG laughed.
But one person who will not lose
sight of the family bond is the two
brothers'
mother,
Mercy
Igbinosun, who, according to OG,
will try
to
stay impartial.
"My
mom's gonna be tom, but
she's
coming
to root for both of
us.
She'll wear something for
both teams," OG said.
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day
By
RON JOHNSON
Staff
Writer
Following
the
Orange
Invitation, the Marist swim
team is ready
_
to start their run
to another Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Championship.
On Tuesday afternoon I met
with
dig
<Ifr~ctof'of~~fu'hifirg
Larry Van Wagner and associate
head coach Melanie Bolstad to
1
discuss
the upcoming meet
·against
Fordham and the season
<.
ahead.
'
"We are looking at probably
'the best diving core in the23
year
history
of
Marist
Swimming," said Van Wagner.
"They have
more
depth than
last year's squad."
The men's swimming team
has one of the largest recruiting
classes this year in the history
of men's swimming, including
ten true freshmen and one trans-
fer student.
The men's swi111ming team
also appead
11
c.f6i:Ye
1ffij3re~Wi,
as there are two returning
MAAC champs, from last
year's more than 200 point win
in the MAAC C,hampionships.
These two students are Greg
Jablonski, a graduating senior
m
the sprmg, and junior,
Spencer Hartmann.
Jablonski
set a new record in the 200-
meter Breaststroke last year.
"Our team for this year [ in
diving and swimming], holds
about 75 percent of the school
records," Van Wagner said.
On the women's side of the
squad,
senior Jamie Falco holds
10 of the 2Q school
swimming
records.
,.
Tife'
~
is
1
ttffintltrg
t1nilier
to help the squad beat Fordham
on Thursday, since the
women's swimming team has
only beaten Fordham once in
their history. Although, Van
Wagner said the past two sea-
sons have been·the best on the
women's side he's seen.
In addition, Sarah Bujalski,
the school record holder of the
100-meter Butterfly, 400-meter
and 800-meter Freestyle
.
Relay,
and the 400-meter Medley
Relay and Jenelle Walsh-
Thomas who holds four school
records of her own, will compli-
n'l.ent Falco to help bring the
second
defeat of
Fordham for
Marist
~
,.
"The men's diving team
is
stronger
than last year, and is
one of the largest
squads
in
years," Bolstad said.
The diving team led
seniors
Devon O'Nalty and Jesus
Santos,
and
sophomore
Mitchell Katz, will hope to
make
the
run to the
champi-
onship -again
this
year.
"The
women'& team has more
quality but the men's team has
more depth," Van Wagner said.
The Marist
swimming team
should consider itself lucky
to
have the two MAAC
athletes
of
the week for last
week.
Devon
0'Nalty
from
the
men's d'iving
squad,
and Melissa
Nf:d~
from
the womeh•!i diving s·quad.
Van
Wagner concluded stat-
ing,
"We
have never lost
to
Fordham
on the men's
side, and
we look
to continue
that
ThurSday
night here at Marist at
7
p.m."
MAAC Championship on horizon
for women's
XC
By
JUSTINE DECOTIS
:Staff
Writer
=·
~ross
country may have started
·
1?1
September but it is really
:iaarting
now.
.. ;The
Marist women's cross
<:,ountry team is coming up on
ilie
end of their season which
:means the most
important
meets
:¥
the year, beginning with the
::W:etro
Atlantic
Athletic
:
:(:onference
(MAAC)
~hampionships on Saturday in
:t,tie
Bronx.
::rhe
meet will be held at Van
'.:Cortlandt
Park, where the team
I •
:Jlas
already had three meets so
~
this season.
~-
z..~
Wrom
Page
12
The team's last meet was a
ninth place finish
at the
University
of
Albany
Invitational.
Head coach Phil
Kelly was very pleased with the
team's performance.
"We ran very well at Albany,
outstanding
performances,
where nobody ran poorly," he
said. Sophomore Brittany Bums
was the top finisher for the
Foxes, followed by senior
Caitlin Garrity, senior Kerri
Mannino,
freshman
Sarah
Parsloe, and freshmen Julie
Hudak to round out the scoring
for the team.
The Red Foxes are hoping to
carry
the
momentum
into
Saturday's
MAAC
C h a m p i o n s h i p s .
The Foxes were able to com-
fortably beat both Canisius and
Siena who the team will meet
again
this
weekend.
The team is hoping to carry the
positive momentum into the
MAAC
Championships.
Over the last few years, the
team has either won of finished
second in the MAAC and with
cross country powerhouse Iona
expected
to take the crown, the
Foxes
are hoping for a second
place finish.
The meet will consist of all
MAAC
schools;
Canisius,
Fairfield,
Iona,
Loyola,
Manhattan, Niagara, Rider, Saint
Peter's, and Siena.
Kelly
believes th~t Canisius,
Siena,
Rider, and Loyola, and of course
Marist's main
rival Manhattan
will be the biggest
competition
for Marist.
Kelly has a very
simple goal
for the meet.
"Run
as well as we can, and
we've
been t,aining hard for
this," he said.
"We
really can't
afford not to
run
well,"
Kelly believes that
_
there are
too many competitive teams for
the Foxes to run any less than
their
best.
There are many competitive
teams in the MAAC that the
Foxes will be up against.
The purpose of September
meets in cross country is to pre-
t'oxes
comeback falls short in 41-34 loss at SHU
(".-•
~
~ry
well last year and they that thing taken care of and get
The MAAC also named Red
Coach
Parady hopes to have
~ored
13
points and one [touch-
off to a
little
better start."
Foxes' rookie safety Rory Foley Rabito back for the last two
.
:4own]
was on a hail mary right
"We know that from the very rookie of the week. I:oley tallied
games of the season. In the
~fore the end of the half, so we beginning it has to happen for us
a team-high 13 tackles against meantime, Parady feels com-
~eed to execute our game plan [against Fordham]," Parady Sacred Heart, including seven fortable with Foley manning the
~ke we did last year."
said. "We can't afford to come solo tackles. Foley's physical
safety position.
~Marist's
tendency to surrender out flat and not be into the foot-
style of play made him a cata-
"He's high energy, high motor,
lrge
leads to begin the game ball game from the very begin-
lyst to step up for the injured and as physical a player as we
~ill
need to change against ning."
Paul Rabito who suffered a \eg have on the defensive sfde of the
l-ordham. After falling behind Foxes claim MAAC honors
injury against La Salle.
football," Parady said.
"Every
~
28 p0ints to Sacred Heart,
Marist quarterback Steve
"I've always
been raised
t~
single play, he plays it like he's
ijie Red Foxes needed to play McGrath earned MAAC offen-
play physical, come out ther~ never going to get another play
~tch-up
for the rest of the
sive player of the week honors ready to hit and ready to pl~y,"
\
of football in his life. Not
every-
.:$~e.
for his performance against Foley said. "That's just always
\
body's
capable
of that and phys-
ll:-,
tWe
don't want to get in that Sacred Heart on Saturday.
how I've been. It's a pretty
g-0od ically
capable of doing that
also.
1bol(;
anymore," Parady said.
McGrath went 28-40 passing feeling [being named MAAC
that's
been the way he's been
.,'tit's
frustrating.
I
addressed the with three touchdowns and 48 rookie of the wee\(]. I was lucky sftice the
first
day he's put on
team on how we come out and yards rushing. McGrath set
enough
to be in position to make pa~ and hopefully for
another
why we're
getting
ourselves in Marist records for passing
yards
some plays and make some
34
or
~5 games
of his
career."
these holes. We're trying to get and
completions.
tackles."
pare for the
meets at
the
end of
the season
in October and
November.
The
Red
Foxes began to come
together
as a team
over the past
few meets which
cumulated
in
a
strong showing
at the
UAlbany
Invitational.
Following
the meet
Saturday,
the Red Foxes have the NCAA
Regionals in Boston on Nov. 10,
and the Eastern
College
Athletic
Conference
(ECAC)
Championships
on Nov. 17, in
the
Bronx.
The team hopes that their
momentum
will
carry them
through the next
.
three meets, the
most important of the season.
Sophomore forward Rachele
Fitz
was named MMC pre-season
player of the year Tuesday a
MMC
Media
Day.
In
addltlon, she
was named to the AII-MAAC
first
team along
with
nlor
teammate
Meg
Dahlman.
The
Red Foxes
WIii
open their season
With a rematch
of
the NCAA Tournament
first
round
match-up with Ohio
State
on
Sunday,
Nov. 11.
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Despite
minor setback Foxes remain
atop
MAAC
By
RICH ARLEO
Staff Writer
The Red Foxes have been on
fire as of late, and the team
hopes that they can rebound
from a minor setback suffered
against Manhattan when they
head into the closing weekends
of the season.
The women's soccer team
recently has fought their way
to
the top of the standings in the
Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference
(MAAC)
with a 4-1-
0 in-conference record. They've
done that with wins against Iona,
Siena, Fairfield, and St. Peters
before dropping a tough game
against Manhattan.
The Wins
Head coach Elizabeth Roper
spoke a little about those victo-
ries leading up to their most
recent setback.
"Two weeks ago, we got a lot
of confidence and momentum at
Iona," Roper said. "We came out
flat, but we regrouped at half-
time and we played our game the
second half. Kerri Koegel was a
tremendous spark plug that game
and Allison Lane made an amaz-
ing save to ensure the 'W.'
"We played very well against
Fairfield ... we stepped it up
[despite Zasly's injury]. We went
out determined to win, and it was
a tremendous win for us," Roper
continued.
"It
was tough to get up for St.
Peters. The first few minutes we
were anxious, but we recovered
and scored those five goals ... we
were able to rest a large number
of our starters."
The coach went on to praise
her team and a few players in
particular.
"Either
Teresa
[Ferraro; ~o goals vs. Fairfield]
or Keri [Koegle] really should
have gotten player of the week
the previous week for their per-
formances, but they are people
we look to depend on. Kate
[Fox] had a breakout weekend.
She's been working hard and we
expect more things from her. Our
defense has been pretty strong
all year, and we've had a great
team
effort
[ overcoming
injuries]. We know that we can
turn
to quality players [ on the
bench] who will play with the
same skill level as our starters,"
Roper said.
Kate Fox won MAAC offen-
sive player of the week for her
four goals in the St. Peter's and
Manhattan games, while her
teammate Alison Lane received
rookie of the week honors.
The Loss
After starting out 4-0 in the
conference, Marist went on to
face Manhattan. Despite playing
a physical game that went into
overtime, the Foxes weren't able
to
stay
undefeated in the MAAC
as they fell to Manhattan 3-2.
"Manhattan is more of a phys-
ical team, and we knew we had
to play the ball quicker and
avoid their physical game .. .it
took us a little bit out of our
game," Roper said. "In the sec-
ond half we got our second goal
which made us breath a sigh of
relief, but then they scored their
first goal off a questionable call.
We thought she was off-sides but
the refs didn't call it which
resulted in a goal and we got rat-
tled from that. We were more
upset and lost our focus.
It
was
an intense physical game. We
had two tom shirts and even a
punch was thrown, but the ref
was letting it go, 'we weren't
ready for a physical, fighting
game ... we lost our mental focus
after their first goal, and they just
took over from there."
Road to November 11
The Red Foxes have just four
more games before the MAAC
Championships begin, and the
team is looking forward to these
games to get more wins on the
board and secure their spot in the
tournament. As of now, Marist is
on top with
a
4-1 MAAC reco(ij,
but there are six other teams who
are still in contention and only a
few games behind the Foxes.
"No team in our conference is
easy ... the conference has gotten
better and better as women~
soccer has gotten more popular,"
Roper said. "There has been a
lack of turnover in coaching
staffs in the division, and that
stability has allowed our teams
to recruit a solid group of play-
ers. This is my fifth year in the
conference, and it's the closest
this run has been. Right now
nobody is set, and we still got to
focus on getting four 'W's."
The first team on their radar is
Rider, who they will face on
Friday, Oct 26. The team will
want to take care of them first
before focusing on their next big
game the following Sunday ver-
sus second-place Loyola.
"Rider is a fighting team just
like Manhattan, so we're going
to have ~o be ready. We haven't
lost our focus and enthusiasm,
and we'll make sure we come
home next week with two more
wins," Roper said.
"As for Loyola, they have def-
initely had a lot of close contests
this year. We were tight with
them last year ... we're going to
be a bit hungrier to avenge last
year's loss."
The MAAC championships
will take place in Poughkeepsie
this year and has sei;ved for extra
fuotivation for the team to con-
tinue to play well all season.
"Come last spring, we knew
we wanted to be one of the top
four teams," the coach said.
''November 11 is all we have to
say.
It
about 'November 11,' it's
been our goal and focus through-
we are more determined to make
out the season. We had a minor up for it and come back this
set back with Manhattan ... now weekend with two 'W's."
JAMES
REILLY/
THE CIRCLE
Sophomore Kate Fox
was named MAAC player
of
the week after scor-
ing
four goals. Marist stands at
4-1,
good for first place In the MAAC.