VOLUME 61, ISSUE 7
MCCTA director
suspended
College investigating alleged
misconduct at unofficial cast event
By
CHRISTINE ROCHELLE
Staff Writer
MCCTA's "Children of
Eden" director was suspend-
ed last week due to accusa-
tions made concerning an
on-campus incident in which
he was involved in, accord-
ing to MCCTA President
Mark Heftier.
Artistic Director Tom
Berger
of
Redirections
Theatre, New York, NY, was
allegedly inappropriate w~th
female cast members in an
on-campus
incident
that
occurred outside of normal
production times, Heftler
confirmed.
"I'm confident I' 11 be
found
innocent
of
any
wrong-doing," said
Berger
in an emailed statement.
Heftier, a Marist senior,
said Berger is one of the
hired professionals chosen
by the MCCTA executive
board to help with the coun-
cil's large musical and main
stage productions. Heftler
said that he brought the situ-
ation to the administrators
and they proceeded with
actions against the 28-year-
old director.
Heftier would not describe
the incident since it is under
investigation
by
the Marist
administration, but stated
that "it was notl\ing near the
level of sexual assault."
Director of Safety and
Security John Gildard also
confirmed that no reports of
a sexual assault were made
to the Security Office.
"He's friends with most of
the cast," said Heftier.
"Because the lines were so
blurred between professional
and friend, we had to draw
them."
Heftier said that the sus-
pension was decided due to a
fraternization
clause
in
Berger's contract in which
Berger cannot associate
'r'\ith
the students outside of pro-
duction.
Berger has been
hired in the past to direct
MCCTA productions .. Crazy
for You .. in Nov. 2006 and
•'The Rocky Horror Picture
Show"
in Oct. 2005.
"As a role model he ruined
that
feeling
needed
in
rehearsal," said Heftier. "As
presideJ?,t, I couldn't have
[the cast] feel uncomfort-
able."
Berger's reputation as
more of a friend than a hired
professional is seen through
his public MySpace profile.
Berger posted a photograph
of himself taken at party in
Fulton townhouse in 2005.
The director is slumpe
.
d into
a chair, wearing Winnie the
Pooh pajama pants, has beer
bottles in front of him on the
table and is surrounded by
students
.
A former Marist
graduate and MCCTA cast
member comment~d on the
photograph and linked it to
Berger's
involvement with
"The Rocky Horror Picture
Show."
MySpace posts by MCCTA
members were
seen
through-
out
Berger's
entire MySpace
profile. Berger comments on
his work with the cast
through his
blog
in which he
states, "if Broadway doesn't
come a-callin, I'll be back to
torment my MCCTA bitches
at Marist College again." In
an earlier post, Berger writes
about the numerous awards
that "The Rocky Horror
Picture Show" received at
the theatre banquet and said
"I'm a firm believer that
when the playing is good,
the working is good and it
certainly paid off."
Scott Brady, senior, has
worked under Berger as a
cast member for "Rocky
Horror," "Crazy For You,"
and currently "Children of
Eden." Brady said the situa-
tion has forced the group to
come together as one.
"I hope [Berger's] reputa-
tion doesn't affect MCCTA
or the show," said Brady.
"I
really think it has the poten-
tial to be one of the best
shows at Marist."
Berger works with other
universities as well, includ-
ing St. Peter's College, NJ,
and Fordham University,
NY.
Despite losing their
director a week before the
opening of "Children of
Eden
,
" Heftier said that the
show is ahead of schedule
and since show cues have
been learned a director's
work is over at this point.
Music
Director
George
Croom has also stepped
in
to
help Heftier with produc-
tion.
Heftier said that MCCTA
will look for other directors
·
in the future and that it is
"time to get some different
styles," although "feelings
are mixed" among the cast
about the administration's
decision to suspend
Berger.
Billy Butke, SGA Council
of Clubs President and
MCCTA cast member said
that "the show will go on."
"The investigation of the
incident is in the hands of
higher
administration,
beyond the protocol of stu
-
dent authority" said Burke in
an emailed statement. "The
classification of the circum-
stances as a club related
issue is a decision for those
same administrative parties,
from which Club Affairs will
seek guidance."
Robert Lynch, Director of
College Activities, said that
he was barred from speaking
on the matter, as it is a
human
resources issue, not a
college
activities
one.
"Children of Eden" will
open this Friday at 8 p.m. in
the Nelly Goletti Theatre.
FOUNDED IN 1965
TOP: Brian Rehm and Annie Shannon
$how
off
their Marist
and
Halloween spirit
at
a
pumpkin
carving
event sponsored
by
the Class
of
2010 in
the
cabaret on
Monday October
29,
2007.
BOTTOM:
A
carved pumpkin that still needs
IUI
Insides dlsposedo,f.
TI-IURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
Emergency
contact
•
•
pro gram 1s 1n
works at Marist
the
By
SHANNON LECOMTE
Staff Writer
An emergency contact pro-
gram is on the horizon for the
Marist
community.
Director of Special Projects
and
Telecommunications,
Christine Mulvey, is looking at
many different options for this
program.
"We are looking to add
to
what
we already have in place," said
Mulvey. "We want a compre-
hensive way of reaching out to
the
Marist
community."
Marist has made it easy for
students to contact security in
the event of an emergency as
well as providing measures of
finding
out
about emergencies.
The phone mail system
,
the
school's website and the infor-
mation hotline are easily acces-
sible.
"We've looked at about
5
or 6
different possible programs,"
Mulvey said. "Depending on
what system is selected
,
we may
contact via text messaging
and/or
calling
students."
John
Gildard
,
Director
of
Safety and Security, is closely
involved with this decision-
making
process.
"We are currently looking to
find a company that sells mass
text
messaging
systems,"
Gildard
said.
Colleges across the country are
already using programs that
contact students via text mes-
saging.
Richard
F.
Celeste, President
of Colorado College, eagerly
announced earlier this month the
recent purchase of a campus-
wide
contact
program.
"The program will trigger a
text message from me that will
be delivered to all phone num-
bers and e-mail addresses stored
in our emergency contact data-
base," announced Celeste. "We
have devised a plan to ring the
chapel bells with a special sound
to
alert people to check their
phones for an emergency mes-
sage."
Michael Schaffer, senior at
Marist, seems a bit concerned
abbut emergency contact via
text
messaging.
''Not all students have cell
phone plans that provide text
messaging,"
said
Schaffer.
"How will Marist be able to
relay the message to students
without a text messaging service
When can we expect to see this
plan
put
into
effect?
"This is
an
institutional deci-
sion," Mulvey commented.
"There is no specific time frame,
however we'd like to find a
solution
fairly
quickly."
Michelle Tuna, sophomore at
Marist, is thrilled about the idea
ofreceiving text messages as an
emergency
alert.
"I
would really like to be noti-
fied through a text message,"
says Tuna. "This is a highly
effi-
cient method of contacting stu-
dents."
The IT department along with
higher administration is working
closely to put this plan into
effect.
World Community Grid needs students' help
to assist scientists' quest to eliminate disease
By
SHARON MCAVINUE
Circle Contributor
World C
,
ommunity Grid is
making advancements in its
quest to help scientists dis-
cover treatments for harmful
illnesses.
Grid computing has been
linking individual computers
to create a system that helps
researchers study incurable
diseases and develop solu-
tions to natural disasters.
The Grid operates with dif-
ferent partners such as busi-
nesses, institutions, non-prof-
it organizations, and citizens
to allow scientists from
around the globe to use their
computer system whenever it
is idle.
The Grid's website states
that work has been developed
in technical infrastructure
that serves as its foundation
to a research study and that
its
accomplishments
will
depend on people who offer
their unused computer time to
·
help change the world
.
"You're dedicating unused
computer time compactly to
basically resolving problems
that require all substantial
amount
of computational
power," assistant professor of
information systems Nora I.
Misiolek said.
"You have a number of
projects that are associated
with the Grid," she said.
Each computer has a pic-
togram where the grid can
access the user's network.
The client will obtain data
and send it back through the
server.
Ethel J.M. Lauria, graduate
director of information sys-
tems at Marist, says that it
can be used in two ways: peo
-
ple own a powerful computer,
and if your computer is out
there in idle, researchers will
use it to perform a certain
task.
The Grid does not know
that your computer is in idle,
but knows .to
·
get started when
the screensaver pops up.
The computer will process
the
information that World
Community Grid is doing; the
data is then routed back to the
people who conducted the
research.
"The grid can obtain and
use your network where the
client will use to process the
data and send it back through
the server," Lauria said.
World Community Grid was
launched in November 2004
by IBM Inc.
An article on IBM's website
explains that "the Grid has
the vast and unused·computa-
tional power of the world's
computers, which can be
directed towards research to
unlock
genetic codes that will
help trigger diseases such as
cancer,
AIDS,
and
Alzheimer's."
In Spring of 2006, Marist
collaborated with the comput-
er giant to join the Grid as a
partner.
Dr. Mark A
.
Van Dyke is a
communication professor at
Marist. He had his communi-
cation capping class do a
study on World Community
Grid.
The entire class participat-
ed in the project, in which the
students were divided into
four teams that worked on
different
academics
to
encourage more people to
join the Grid.
Van Dyke stated that we
need the computer to study
the data, then re-examine the
results.
"When not using the com-
puter, researchers have all
this data on AIDS and need to
analyze it. They can use your
computer as a calculator and
as a way to analyze the data,"
he said.
To become a member of
World Community Grid, go to
their
website
at
www.worldcommunitygrid.org
.
Registering is safe and easy,
and is done by simply down-
loading a small program or
agent into your computer.
By clicking on the link that
says "partner," one can
become a partner and join the
Marist team in its quest to
cure
life
-
threatening dis-
eases.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,
200
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Security Briefs
Laundry
th
e
i
ves
an
d
By
ffiER THURSTON
John-Gildard-in-training
10/23 - Midrise
Loud music prompted a noise
complaint in Midrise last
Tuesday, with the objecting
room being asked to politely
turn it down at
3: 10 AM.
Seriously, if there's one thing
you don't mess with, besides,
you know people's children
and their coffee, it's their
sleep. There's only so many
times you can hear "Gimme
More" before your brain starts
to hemorrhage and you col-
lapse on your floor in a hot
sweat, wondering if she's talk-
ing about moves on the dance
floor or prescription drugs. It
could go both ways, really.
10/25 - Upper West Cedar
Wow, maybe you guys are just
ahead of the times, because
apparently the laundry room is
where all the crimes go down.
A student reported a stolen ID
card while doing laundry in
Upper West Cedar, and securi-
ty responded accordingly. I
never thought
e,f laundry
rooms as ceS'spoofs
of cnriW-
nal actllvlfy; ttiere was
fest
a
little too much fabric softener
and Martha Stewart-esque
embroidered towels for that.
At least you guys have now
taken away the innocence of
laundry
rooms,
though.
Seriously, what would Martha
Stewart think' of your crimi-
nals? Actually, forget about
that last one.
10/27 - Fairview Fireho
u
se
The Fairview Fire Department
alerted Marist Security of two
intoxicated students loitering
in front of the Firehouse, and
the local police were called to
handle
the situation. Yeah,
because every time I'm drunk,
the first place I want to go is
the fire department. I just love
being wasted around armed
officials and my friends'
fathers. How does this even
occur to someone? My guess,
someone really thought the
roof was on fire, and seriously
objected to letting that you-
know-what burn.
10/27 - Camp
u
s
A disgruntled guest was
reported acting disorderly on
campus, prompting security to
report to the scene. Upon
arrival, security documented
the guest as appearing intoxi-
cated and sporting a fresh
shiner on one eye. Now, once
again, I don't know all the
details of this situation, but
that doesn't stop me from
making my assumptions. So,
here's how I assume this went
down. It's a boyfriend-girl-
friend situation, with the
boyfriend being the former on
a
nice
little visit
to
Matist.
The
bo.yfrieqd, re~lizing he.~s. com-
plet~Jy
a
kAAt:~'14
.
\'.l~yt;ri~1'd,
drowns his sorrows in a bottle
of bourbon and begins to act
irrationally. Because if there's
anything a baitered boyfriend
wants to do, it's have their
girlfriend written up at
her
college. You won't be in a
world of pain or anything.
10/27 - C
b
ampagnat
A student "accidentally" hit
the fire box in this freshman
dwelling, shockingly sound-
ing the alarm. Actually, I take
back my air-quotes; this prob-
Ma
rc
1
s
oranges
ably was just an accident, not
the prank of the century.
If
it
was meant to be a prank, you
better get your coat and scarf,
because you have to go out
-
side and wait in the cold too,
genius. So, you're one of
either: incompetent prankster
or complete masochist. Please
circle one. Take your time.
10
/2
8
- Foy Town
hou
ses
While on a relatively harmless
brownie baking expedition,
students reported the heating
element in their oven turned
red, with sparks shooting out
to complete the effect. Piece
of advice, actually, top ten
signs you aren't meant to be a
baker. Your oven starts shoot-
ing flames at you when you
try to cook.
If
you open the
oven door, and it tries to kill
you, put down the box of
brownies. It's not worth it.
Some people aren't meant to
be everything.
10
/
28 - Campus Gree
n
A student harmlessly playing
bone:os on a bench
in
front of
Cha~pagnat had another stu-
dent throw an orange at
him/her, albeit the citrus
weapon only hit the bench.
Are ... you ... kidding ... me?
First off, not only does your
aim completely suck, but an
orange? What
•
, was the cabaret
fresh out of lemons? Why
don't you just turn around, go
squeeze that orange out, pour
yourself a nice glass, drink it
up, and get some vitamin
C.
If
there's anything vitamin C can
do, it's help people realize
what a complete and utter
waste of life they are, so
you're in good company.
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TrIE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
www.maristcircle.com
Colbert announces candidacy for presidency
By
SARAH BRIGGS
Circle
Contributor
It
is
official,
ladies and gents.
Stephen
Colbert,
one
of
America's mest
beloved
political
satirists, is running
for president.
Colbert
formally announced his
candidacy on his show, "The
Colbert Report",
on
Oct. 17.
Colbert
will
be
running as both
a
Republicrui and
a
Democrat.
He
also
stated that he would only
be
runriing
in
South
Carolina,
his
native
state.
Ever since his show
debuted
over
two years ago, Colbert has
always
toyed around with the
idea of
making
a bid for the
White
House. Now that he has
announced
his candidacy
he
is
taking his
campaign lightly.
Granted,
he is rarely seen out
of
character,
but
Colbert and his
staff have
taken
steps to avoid
breaking election laws, such as
moving
a
petition for
South
Carolina Democrats from his
show's
official
website
to
an
independent one.
Colbert has
also been
working
to
maintain a distinction
between
campaign coverage and activism
on
his show. He
uses the
funds
from
his
official
sponsor,
Doritos, only for his television
coverage
of the campaign, and
not
the
campaign
itself.
Furthermore, according to an
October
18 article in the
New
York Times, his staff consulted
both
Joe Werner, executive
director of the SC Democratic
Party, and Katon Dawson, the
chairman of the state Republican
Party, before declaring his candi-
dacy. Neither of them finds this
to be a laughing matter.
Other politicians are not joking
much about this campaign,
either. Republican candidate
John McCain has even been cited
as encouraging Colbert's partici-
pation in further Republican
debates, for it could draw more
attention from younger viewers.
All politicians know that the 18-
29 year old demographic, where
the majority of Colbert's viewers
come from, is the second most
powerful demographic in terms
of votes.
Yes, Colbert has said in an
interview on "Meet the Press"
that he does not want to actually
be president, rather he just wants
to
run
for it. His campaign is
already
having
an impact,
though. Donations• to a website
for helping state schoolteachers
has raised over $13,000 since he
entered the races, trumping the
funds of both Hilary Clinton and
Barak Obama in the state.
Colbert even has a Facebook
group called "l,000,000 Strong
for Stephen
T
Colbert." Since its
creation on October 17, the
group has proven to be the fastest
growing Facebook group ever,
reaching its goal in about eight
days. Now there are more than
500 Facebook groups supporting
Colbert.
Perhaps it is true that his cam-
paign can be compared to that of
the movie "Man of the Year"
with Robin Williams. And it does
seem highly doubtful that he
could actually win the 2008 elec-
tions. However, the voice of
Colbert and his impact on the
elections is certainly not going
unnoticed, either.
"ASK NOT WHAT AMERICA WILL DO FOR
voy.J
BUT WHAT TOGETHER WE CAN
DO FOR THE FREEDOM OF
MAN"
-President J .F .Kennedy
November
5-9
is SuP.portthe Troops
Week
at
Marist.
Coinciding with National Freedom Week and the
we
k
of
Veteran's
D!,ly,
tliis is a
time
for
the Marist
community
to come together in support of those men and
women
defending
our country.
Throughout
the
week.i donations will be accepted
to benefit Operation USO Care
Package,
a
government
sanctioned program tl).at delivers
.25,000
packag_es
a
month to troops overseas.
J\
care
package
can
be.pur-
chased for $25
·
donat10ns
of
all sizes
are
appreciated.
The funds collected
at
Manst
dunng the
week will
be
sent
to
th~
USO
headquarters,
an4
will
go
towards
a
package tha! will include toiletries, pre-paid phone cards,
snacks, disposable cameras,
playmg
cards,
and other
requested items.
Donations
will
be accepted
~t
the College Activitie~ 9f.lice between. November
5-9i·
Marist Money will be
acceP.te?, and
_checks
~an be
sent
to
College Act1v1t1es, c/o
Melissa
McDonnel. SGA and ~e Youp.g
R~publican wtll be.
cllmg Support
the
Trcops
nagncts to upport H"Jc ( •
t
e
an
1
)'t:
k1,
nhh ns
\\tll
be h ·-
tnl:Suted to students hroughou
fh
week.
Rcgardles of how vou feel about the United States' presence in Iraq and elsewhere, I h9pe you
will
help
SUP.-
port our
oldie
s
in whatever
way you
are able. Contact
Melissa
McDonnell~
or e-mail
MaristTroopSuppor1@gmail.com
with
questions,
or for more infonnation.
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From
www.tll~,oNlp.com
Stephen
Colbert, popular host of Comedy Central's
The Colbert Report,
recently announced that he
is
in
the running for the 2008 presidency.
Student Government Bulletin
Things We
Are
Working On
To
Make Your Life Easier
•
Student Body
President Omar Diaz is currently
·coordinating
bus
trips
to Stop
and Shop
(in
Hyde
Park) to ease the
shop-
ping process of
students
without
cars.
Events
College
Bowl-
The
annual fall
College
Bowl
Tournament will
be
held on Tuesda):"~ November
6th beginning
at
6:30vm
in
the
<;t,
1dcn{
C
n( r,
third
fl
nor. ign-up
sheet.._
re
a,ailable
at
the
College
Activities
Office, and are du th1 Friday, October 26th!
The
tournament
wiJl
al ob a clull ch[lllenge. Club
p
rticipating
will all recei1, e
5
points
and
the
winning
team
will
receive 10
points.
If
you
are
interesting
in
volunteering
w11h
the
tournament,
plea~e
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community be heard.
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Student focus on grades takes away from learning experience
By
RICHARD FRIAS
Circle Contributor
It's
3
in the morning and you
are writing a paper. Your eyes
are red from staring at
be the symbol that completely
undermines their passion and
effort.
Most students thrive on achiev-
ing a good grade or not earning a
bad one. Grades have
become
the very meaning of college.
that hideous "F," students have
cheated, plagiarized, lost sleep,
and crumbled under the pres-
sure.
Many
people
believe that hav-
ing a low GPA sets off a domino
effect where one fails in life
a computer screen that
WI h
.
I
d
because it is harder to get a
t out great importance p ace on
radiates an eerie glow
good job or get into a good
in the darkness of your
grades,
the motivation found in stu-
graduate school. Although
what the purpose of a test is.
Individual meetings with stu-
dents where concerns are dis-
cussed hold more value than
simple notes on an essay cou-
pled with a letter score.
Grades encourage students for
all the wrong reason. Many
believe that without a grading
system students would not be
motivated and, somehow, aca-
demic chaos would reach the
masses. They think that without
motivation found in students
would be genuine. Without
grades to overshadow a student's
actions, the chances of pure and
true learning would increase.
Advocates for grades would
have people believe that a grad-
ing system prepares a student for
the fact that life isn't fair. They
say that after college, we are
tested and measured for our
worth everyday of
our
lives.
What they fail to realize is that
scrutiny and subjective judg-
ments of schools
.
Because we
have grown up this way, it is
•
only natural that when we
become adults we
try
to put a
symbolic value on the worth of
others.
Just because life is not fair
does not mean that we cannot
try
to make it fair. It is an injustice
towards everything that learning
stands for when a letter is valued
more than an experience. It is a
dorm room. Perhaps
dents would be genuine. Without
this is not completely true, it
you
are
m
the
grades to ove~shadow a student's
does show why there is such
Donnelly
computer
urgency in doing "good"
in
lab and you feel the
actions the chances of pure and true
school. Apparently, those who
sun rising as you work
learning would increase.
can regurgitate information
on the last paragraph _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ can get a higher grade than
of your paper. No matter where
Somehow during the pursuit of those who genuinely love a sub-
students choose to write papers higher education, a letter or ject.
in the wee hours, there is one number value has emerged to
The importance of grades
thing that they must all face: a cruelly measure academic worth.
should be eliminated in educa-
grade.
Somewhere in history, ''what did tional systems. A resume should
A grade is a symbol consisting you learn today" was replaced not reflect what GPA a student
of no more than four strokes with ''what did you get in the has; rather, it should reflect what
stamped on your work. For class."
a student has learned. Instead of
some, a grade is the only thing
Instead of reaching for knowl-
a system where papers are grad-
that motivates them to do well in edge, the average college student ed and averaged, professors
a required class. For others who reaches for a grade. To achieve
should devote lectures to explain
love a specific class, a grade can that oh-so-sexy "A" or escape what a paper should contain or
grades to control
crazy students, book
burning pigs would
fly while Harvard
alums of decades
past
would
roll
around
in
their
graves with tran-
scripts in hand.
crime against a stu-
dent's natural ability to
learn when a transcript
is perceived to mean
more than that student's
growth
as
a person.
At the end of the day,
while the subjective let-
It Is an injustice towards everything that
learning stands for when a letter Is valued
more than an experience. It is a crime against
a student's natural ability to learn when a
transcript Is perceived to mean more than
that student's growth as a person.
ter grade stamped on a
paper fades into nothingness
,
the
little piece of yourself left within
the lines of your words reaches
the glorious
"
eternity that only
experience and passion can
achieve
.
Is it really so hard to imagine an
educational system without
grades? Yes, it would be harder
to
motivate
students.
Without great importance
placed on grades, however, the
the root of this pressuring con-
cept is the result of the grading
system that exists. We are fol-
lowed by our report cards and
transcripts for our entire aca-
demic lives, constantly under the
Presidential candidates fail to distinguish themselves from the pack
By
MIKE NAPOLITANO
Staff Writer
is the fit for their party.
records
as
governor
of regard by many Democratic
Another example from the
Massachusetts,
where
he voters.
Republican Party is Fred
allowed certain left
leaning
On the other hand, many see
Thompson
.
Although many
laws slide while in office. In Clinton as a partisan force.
It seems like the 2008 presi-
praise his "late entrance" into
any case, Romney isn't polling Generally, the perception of
dential election will never the race, there are still a good
_
very well anymore and his her is either of adoring love or
come. It really is true - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - chance
i:.
o
f b
i
tt
e
r hat
e
-
very few
people
what some political pun-
It really
Is
true what some political pundits say-
actually getting are in the fhiddle ground. Many
dits say-you can get
you can
ge,t
sick of the presldentlal race tather
the nomination see her to be a bureaucr~t
, ·
att-
sick of the presidential
quickly. We've had one of the earliest campaigns
are slipping.
ing on the whim of the lobby-
race
rather
quickly
.
with some candidates who have been running for
Even the ing firms. Additionally many
vinced that he doesn't have a
clear cut plan for his policy
points.
They believe that he doesn't
have the proper knowledge or
planning to carry out some of
h
i
s
proposed
poli
c
i
e
Interestingly enough, the
Democrat that is
p~ljtrg
hind
Clinton and Obama is former
Vice President Gore. Ever
since the release of his docu-
We've had one of the
Democratic liberals-myself included-
earliest campaigns with
almost a year.
Party,
who don't like her - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
some candidates who
have
been policies, finding
All in all, it's safe to say that no matter
have been running for almost a
year. Through the fray it seems
like potential candidates have
begun to surface, and yet they
haven't.
number of people who have
their reservations about his
c
_
andidacy. Many laud his con-
servative policies, while others
detest his "passionless" public
appearances and debates.
somewhat uni-
them to be slight-
what party is being discussed, there
fled since their victory last ly conservative.
are still serious reservations about
year, are having problems with
Senator Obama
their candidates
.
The current is having a diffi-
the candidates.
Democratic
front
runner, cult time con-
Senator Clinton, holds a double vincing the party - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
digit lead in most the current that he .has the proper experi-
polls. She has been consistent-
ence to lead the country.
ly
raising the most money, and Although this is his largest
is considered in very high drawback, many are also con-
mentary, people have been
shrouding Gore in praise and
admiration.
This bas led some to urge him
to run for the Democratic nom-
ination. This manna has been
heightened of late because of
he received the Nobel Peace
Prize. All of this can be dis-
m
is
cd
i
mply
b
cc
au
s h
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not running
.
All in all, it's safe to say that
no matter what party is be
i
ng
discussed, there are still seri-
ous reservations about the can-
didates. Some are considered
unorganized, while others are
not completely accepted by
their bases
.
Even though it isn't
another year until the general
election
,
and the primaries are
only a few months away, the
candidates are go
i
ng to need to
start distinguishing themselves
and stop arguing poin
t
s that are
the same amongst all the candi-
,
dates.
Take Rudy Giuliani for
example. He is widely consid-
ered one of the top contenders
for the Republican nomination,
yet he is also considered too
liberal by many conservatives.
Even though Giuliani's peers
have a great deal of respect for
him, they still are unsure ii he
The Republican woes contin-
ue as you investigate the cloud
surrounding Mitt Romney.
Although he is trying to boast
his conservatism, many c
·
on-
servatives aren't jumping on
board with him. Many cite his
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg faces legal trouble
Lo of popular networking site may be devasting to co11ege student
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'Blackout' gives fans a mediocre comeback album
By
TRICIA CARR
A&E Editor
"It's Britney, bitch!"
With the first single off
Spears'
new album
"Gimme
More" at
number
13
on the The Billboard
Hot
I 00
this
week,
Britney could
possibly have a
comeback.
One
problem: "Gimme More"
is
one
of only a few potential chart top-
pers on Spears' fifth album,
"Black out."
Unfortunately, Spears may try
to make the most of her new
album by turning mediocre
songs into
singles.
Club songs
"Break
the Ice," "Heaven on
Earth," "Freakshow," and
"Hot
as Ice" all started solJilding the
same after listening to them a
few times. All describe Spears
picking up men and dancing,
at
clubs, which is exactly what her
real life is like right now.
"Heaven
on Earth" could be mis-
taken for a Madonna single.
The strongest song on the
album is the third track,
"Radar."
From the first l
O
seconds of the
song, the club beat is apparent.
In my opinion a better song than
"Gimme More," "Radar"
is
about spotting a guy at the club
with that "interesting sense of
style/ten million dollar smile."
This track could boost Spears'
comeback.
"Ooh Ooh Baby" is
another
song, with a beat similar to
"Radar'' that is one of the best on
the album, It isn't as overdone as
some of the other tracks. The
lyrics are sweet at times, "Your
voice is like music to my
ears/whisper softly and the world
just disappears" and risque at
others, "Touch me and I come
alive/I can feel you on my lips/I
can feel you deep inside."
''Get Naked
(I
Got a Plan),"
despite the not-so-appealing
title, might not be single material
but is the most unique song on
the album. Male voices sing in
exaggerated voices "As long as
you wanna come with me we can
do it, bapy, baby" in the back-
ground, mixing with the dance
beat and creating a likable sound.
"Toy Solider," which has simi-
lar lyrics to the Destiny's Child's
single "Soldier," has a catchy,
marching band beat, making it
another distinctive song. The
lyrics are average, but Britney's
computer-generated voice sings
them surprisingly well.
"Pieces
of Me" is Spears'
attempt to react to the press. In
my opinion, the lyrics are a bit
pathetic and are basically a list of
what has been printed about
Spears in the tabloids. She sings,
"I'm
Mrs. most likely to get on
the TV for strippin' on the
streets/when getting' the gro-
ceries/no for real/are you kidding
me." As the second track, it's a
typical start to a Spears album
and has a
catchy
beat but should
never be a single.
Of course this album would not
be complete without a few
K-
Fed references.
"Why
Should I
B'e Sad" is an awful song dedi-
cated to him. She sings
"I
sent
yeu to
¼gM -w1th
1t
pocket full
of paper and with no ultimatums
Broadway Review:
Young Frankenstein
By
RUSS VOSS
Circle Contributor
Its
been rumored that the orig-
inal cut of"Young Frankenstein"
was awful. There were two jokes
that flopped for every one that
flew.
After an editing marathon,
the crap got cut and Mel Brooks
released the classic we have
tod,ay.
The stage version
Qf
"Young Frankenstein," which
opens at the Hilton Theatre on
Nov. 8,
is good but needs more
editing before it can be great.
The musical follows more or
less the same plot of the film.
The show manages to stay fresh,
adding new jokes to the familiar,
but still gut-busting jokes from
the film.
.
The addition of music to the
show works in some places, but
not so well in others. Elizabeth's
number
"Please Don't Tou.ch
Me"
as she bids Dr. Frankenstein
goodbye is good evidence. I've
never heard an audience laugh so
hard as Elizabeth stood center
stage, spread her arms and belted
out "And please don't touch my
TIIIIIIIIITS
! "
Unfortunately, most of the
musical numbers felt drawn out
and I found myself thinking that
a song would have been funny if
it were two minutes shorter.
Arguably the most anticipated
number of the show, the iconic
"Puttin'
On The Ritz" scene
where Dr. Frankenstein civilizes
the monster and teaches him to
dance, does not live up to the
movie. While the monster's
shadow dance (reminiscent of
Groucho and Harpo 's mirror
scene in Duck Soup) is hilarious,
the rest of the number is purely
music and dance. Anyone hoping
for humor in the number will be
disappointed.
All in all the cast did a fine job
of living up to their on-screen
counterparts.
In the matinee
showing, Roger Bart was not
playing
the
role
of Dr.
Frankenstein,
however
his
understudy, Matt LaBlanca, per-
formed admirably. While they
are clearly not the same people,
the cast fits right in and you will
not find yourself wfahing for
Gene Wilder, Teri Garr or Cloris
Leachman. The only issue was
that Sutton Foster as Inga tended
to lose her accent when singing.
From a technical aspect, the
show
is
a marvel.
It used every
,.
Spears'
fifth album
cover
on you/I thought, What could
separate us/But it just
seemed
that Vegas
only
brought the
-
playa
out of you."
Spears
may have
wanted to record this track for
personal
reasons,
but she should
have left it off her
comeback
album.
"Blackout"
is
getting
mixed
reviews
from
the
critics.
Entertainment
Weekly
said
"'
Blackout'-a
collection
of
well-produced,
thoroughly
enjoyable
dance
songs-may
just put this once-celebrated pop-
star back on top," while
1
cwsday said "The
Qew
Ilritney
Spears albllm
is.bible.
But
how.
can it
not
be?"
probat!].y
referring
to her ongoing
custody
trial,
run-,
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ins with the paparazzi and shock-
ingly bad VMA performance.
I feel the same way about
"Blackout"
as I have about most
of Spears' albums. There are
some songs that I love, some
I
could care less
about,
and some
that I love to hate.
"Gimme
More" is a perfect
.preview
of the album. If you
turn
up the radio when
it
comes on or
secretly
listen to it on your iPod,
you'd probably
enjoy
the dance
songs on
"Blackout."
As for fans who claim
"Blackout"
is her best album yet,
I wouJd
c;ay
that
~pearc,
ha,;;
read-
il)l ..\Ge.Pt
¼i~
IB»!JiR
up_
'f(ith
-the
times,
but this
afuJmi
4~
not
spine above the rest.
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Elizabeth (Megan Mullally) performing "Please Don't
Touch Me~ in
Young Frankenstein:
The
Musical
on
Broadway.
bit of technology and theatre
winning
quality. It's two hours
trickery without
abusing
them.
and twenty minutes of fun, but
The set pieces were detailed and do not expect it to sweep the
functional.
Tony Awards the way "The
Case and point: the
swinging
Producers" did. Anyone who has
bookcase in the
"Put
the Candle seen the film will appre9iate it
Back" scene. It glides on stage and it is also easily accessible to
like everything
else,
but when those who have not.
the candle gets pulled, it spins
The cost of tickets when the
until Dr. Frankenstein blocks it show opens will prevent most
with his body.
college students from seeing
it,
Even more
impressive
was at
but if College Activities plans a
the beginning of a dream trip to see
it,
expect the line to
sequence when the entire set
run all the way through the stu-
appears to blur and shake.
dent
center,
down the stairs of
"Young
Frankenstein" was the Rotunda, and somewhere
entertaining, but not yet of award onto the campus green.
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Finding fashion in film
By
KATE GOODIN
Staff Writer
Recall
lasl
"eek'
d1
·cu:-;sion
of fashion
novels and
magazines
as ail c cape into
the
gloriou
worJJ
of fa-;hion. Both
media
artfully
construct
storie
for
r adcrs
to
lose
thcmsch-e
m.
taking th
on a joumcy
the)
could
not
or \.Vould
nol
c 'P n-
e ce
in
real life.
Hem
i.:v r,
for th
se of
us
who
don't
ha'1
' thi.:
time
llf
i11fCfl.'.SI
to
read a
book
or
magazine,
there
are
two
other
important chan-
nel
tlmt trail
port u
into
the
fashion
fantasy: mo\
i
~
and
t
·1-
cvision. As
rart
deu
of mv
appr
i
al
or
fashion
in th~
mcd1a.
I
will
look
a1
1hc
rok
or
fashion
in
1110\
ics
and the
por-
trayal of the rndustry
on
tclevi-
s1on
shm.,.-s
Movie.
are somct1rncs
the
uhi-
mat c cape.
and
can sometimes
paint
a
bd
t
r picture
than
C\
en
the most
de~cnptivc
passages in
a
hook.
Instead of
imagimng
how
a
charai.:I
r
looks
or ounds,
or
bm,
a
particular ·ccnc
would
tran.
pin:,
the
audience
can
it
back and watch
1he
story unfurl.
h1sh1lm and
coslurnc
arc n
integraJ
pai1
of
th.it
process
utl
r all,
there';,,
an Academ)
A\\ ard
gi
11
for ju
t
that evc1;
year. But
how the
ch,ir:1C1..:rs
look
pa11icularl;•, what thi;>
\ '<if
ts
an
m1portant
a._c;pect
o
the
translation
from
script
or
110
d
screen.
Co.rumc
re
n
c
en.
i
in
of
a charach.'r. Thin abuur' lio,,
teminine,
ffiOCl'Stly-cut drl~sses
mtlucnced
the
portrayal ofna'ivc
a
d
innocent
fariu
( Nat,di1.·
\VooJ)
m "\
e~t Side
Storv
··
or
ho
the
elaborate
kin;.~no.
tran
formed
ayur
(Zi)i
Zhang) in "M1.:mo1r
of a
Geisha.·· 1
h.!
co~turne Audrey
Hepburn
wore
in
her t0lcs as
JI
II_
Gol1ghtl.,
abtina
,mJ
Eliz
1
DouliUlc made those
char-
acters
icons.
11d
you
can bet
character.
like
aptain
Ja
k
Sparr0\
(Jol11111
D
ppl
or
ln<liana
Jone
H,
m.
on Ford)
1rvoi1ldn't
be
half a fan11,u had
they not
donned
their
leg ndary
a\:"cuutrcm
nt ·.
h1shion
has
its
own
role m all
mm
ie genres and
acb
a:,, a c, ta-
lysL
in
the
lran:sfonnation of
actor to
ch
racter.
\
hile fashion
is cgually
important
in
tcl1.·, ts.ion
·hows,
tck\'i
·
ion
shows
del\
L'
deeper
in
the
portrnyal
of
the
1ndu~try
i~
elf.
Thrl!C hu,,
s
in
particular
ha,c
1;cntral
fucu
·
on fashrnn:
•· gly
Betty," ··what
Not
to
Wi.:ar•·
nd
"S
· and
the
Ci1y.,.
I
Ht
tnitiall} turned
off
by
th•
pr
mi.s
o
'·Ugly
Detty"
bei.:ause
rt
seem
d
o
I
probn-
hlc.
J
fioallj , armed
up to
it
last
sprmg and
now
I can
t
mi.-,
a
mmutc
of
it!
Ye·,
thcrt:
· re
C\
nt
in the
:shu\.\-
th,
I
coul<.I
nt.:\
·r occur m
real
life.
but
1t
never
. ecms
ridiculous
ir
O\
er-
the-t. ,p.
l love \\,tching
Bett_
(Aml.!nca Ferrera
l
navigate
the
\'icrnu ·
waters
of
the
r
hi
n
industry.
She can
app1.:ar
n-
1ve,
but Betty
Juggles
family.
work
and
relationships with
co1 :;idcr•
able. pion
h
But
th·
·how·
portrayiJI
of the
fashion
rndustry is fairly
accu-
rate,
at
least
c
)rnpar1.:d
wnb
my
c pcri
·nces
and
intern
·hip
..
It
is
competitive
industry. hut per•
haps
all it take.
to sue
cc tt a
]lute
of
Betty's
kindn
WWW.'TV.COM
Clinton
Kefly and Stacy London
of
TLC's 'What Not to Wear.'
' \
l
1
1
Not
to
\\·
:t •
1ak ...
't
different
.ippro,1
·h
iu
its
appmis~
ul of fashion.
hu
is
one
ot mv
favorit.: .. how
t,
·.wsi:
tac~
London
and(.
Jin
•Jll
Kelly
th~
hO\
!-i
dynamic
d
c10
hu~ts
-
understand
t
1a1
not
1,;V
ryon,
lias
the
time,
l"I
.
r
•
mon
or
kno\\-hn,
to
pllll off
a
dcsign-
er-pe1fc~t
look.
~\'erv dav Stm.:v
and
11
nt
n
llC\
1-!f
1~1
j,;e -~
p,1rli~-
ipant
lo dr~s:s
in
a
st) I
other
than
their
ov.
n,
thcy'ri,; Just
teachin!!
the.11
I
ow
tu
do it not
onl_ " ll
bu,t.so
they
c·m
look
and
fo
•I
go
1d.
One
thing
the ho" ~pow s
is
that
hm., \c
lo11k
and pres;
·111
oursch ·s
I
II
w
rlr
1s
cry
mdicati\e oJ
our
~elf-worth,
I
haH~
::ii\
ays
thou
ht that
1s
trm:,
· nd
I
appn.:~mri.: how
S1·11.:y
aml
Clinton
h Ip
others learn ho\\ to
dn; s
nml
.
hop for clothes
rhey
Ii
e
.ind .m
fi
I i,;onfi(l nt
m.
lthuugh
the sho\\
pr m1
·
i:.
not
centered
~
n
ta'ih1on.
I
had
to
nddrc ·
'$ex
aud
th· (
ity" as
an 1.:x· mpk of
hm
·
f .
hi n ""
·
u
testament
to
each
ol
the
women's
ch:uaL:ter.
I
a\\)11,;t
1iranda
(C'yn1hin
p,:on)
\\MC
·en
tbl
mh
nd
pragmatic
dresses:
Ch:irlotte'.
Kn
tin
Davi )
~undre
M.:
and
mat1.:hmg
·11
t:ml
ks:
proJ1.:CLl·d
her
fcmi-
nuuty
and
propriety.
::.unantl1a
(Kim Cattml!J
was
1.11
l.>
·
n
our
lll
naml
O)'Bll
I;
colored
and
cut-t
·
-thcr
• o 11 fit . complete
with
man-eater heels,
, nd it was
Uh\ }
11tcr1um11
g ·~
1.:i.: \\
h,11
kooky
c>ulfit co tumc
d ",tgner
Patricia
.b
ielJ concucte<l for
Cmrie'
outl.1nd1sb
f
hi
n
!-.CO
• •
Whatcv1:r thl!
women
of
"ex
and the
City \
ore.
the
wardrohe
wa, o
omtncing
T
.11
a_fo.
felt
like the
char
1cter
rrcl.cd
it out
her
elf· tl1e1ein he~
the
po ver ot
lru
hion to
tr
m~fon
1
a1;11
I
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
www.marlstcircle.com
column about nothing:
Don't Frighten ...
·
Enlighten
By
ASHLEY POSIMATO
Staff Writer
Since I failed to tum on the sleep timer last night, I
woke up this morning to my exceedingly loud televi-
sion. I was fortunate enough to have Bill O'Reilly's
voice to be the first one I heard. In his live interview
with Regis and Kelly this morning, he was discussing
the release of his new book, titled "Kids are
Americans Too." His interview covered about the last
fifteen minutes of the show (including commercials),
but was informative despite its brevity.
Whether or not you're a fan of Bill O'Reilly and his
extremely conservative views, his perspective on
young America, and guidelines for adolescent behav-
ior are interesting and evocative.
One of the main purposes of this book is to educate.
He advocates the idea of informing kids of their
rights
.
They are unaware of what they are protected
from and entitled to under the laws that govern their
actions
.
This becomes increasingly important when pertain-
ing to the school environment. Many rules within
schools exist to halt behavior that constitutes a nega-
tive deterrent from academics. Rules range from
proper clothing to forbidden gum chewing
,
although
minor and sometimes
i
nsignificant infractions are
what establish the atmosphere of the school.
The resistance of students in response to these rules is
apparent on a variety of levels as seen in many public
schools
.
In his new book, Bill O'Reilly focuses on a
different approach of instituting discipline to ultima.te-
ly create the same kind of structured environment.
"Kids are Americans Too" introduces the proposal
of highlighting the rights of the youth
,
rather than the
restrictions. I find this extremely interesting and inno-
vative because kids are generally more receptive to
ideas that seem foreseeable to enhance their position
and experience rather than constrain them. For exam-
ple it may be more effective to ~
,
d~gr_
.
~~
-
k,i
.
<;l~.
a99ut
their entitlement to a comfortable,
fr~e.
from distrac-
tion, learning environment instead of consistently
enforcing the "no hat" policy. By changing the focus
to the positive side of the argument, kids may have a
different outlook on some universal rules that previ-
ously seemed irritating. Reminding them of their
right to having clean hallways, desks, and learning
facilities is more appealing than telling them they can-
not chew gum. Enlightening students as an alternative
to frightening them may prove to be a more effective
and well received strategy of control.
The concept of enlightenment, although ostensibly
effectual among adolescents, need not be confined to
the academic environment.
The ideal of emphas~zing the positive aspects of a sit-
uation can be extended into all life's
·
happenings
.
I
was reminded of this while taking my first breath of
crisp, cool, autumn air this Sunday afternoon. My
first thought: "Great
,
in a minimal number of weeks
my tears will be streaming from my eyes and freezing
on my cheeks upon the arrival of winter winds and
insatiably low temperatures." As a person who hates
the cold weather, the initial signs of the summer's end
are at first glance frightening
.
But after examining the
situation in its entirety, the changing colors of the
leaves, the ignition of beautiful fall evenings, and the
onset of the holiday season, I was able to locate a
sense of recreation: enlightenment.
Often times it is easy to ignore the positive when
looking from an exclusively one-'sided perspective.
The changing seasons brings a heightened awareness
of this misconstruction. On the road to attaining
enlightened conceptualization, the ability to consider
variant perceptions is strategically imperative.
Sometimes it is only possible to seek beauty from
alternate angles.
Bill O'Reilly suggests enhancement as being more
effective than restriction; in the same light, apprecia-
tion is far more valuable than apprehension
.
Proper
recognition should be given to kids as Americans and
shi
ft
i
n
g
temperatures
sho
u
ld be
e
quated
w1
tl1
oppor-
tunistic reinvention
;
conclusively we should all chal-
lenge ourselves to 'transcend our inherent fears and
engage in the phenomenology of enlightenment.
C.oRN El..\U
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i>IDtJ'T
CoME-
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1
,
2007 •
PAGE 8
IT girl: Tec
h
&
w
eb culture from
-
a net-savvy chi
ck
By
LISA BRASS
C
o
py Editor
I know I wasn't alone in panicking when OiNK
was shut down on Oct. 23rd.
Oink's Pink Palace, often abbreviated to OiNK,
used to be one of the stranger file-sharing commu-
nities online. If you've ever used one, you'll know
that a file
-
sharing web site is usually free, you can
download whatever you want without having to
upload anything, and sometimes the files you
download are faked; for example, a download
titled 'the sixth sense the movie' turns out to be
low-quality pronz that you really, really didn't
want. Talk about an awful hypothetical situation.
(Ahem.)
OiNK decided to put a stop to faked files by
requiring invitation-only membership so that ran-
do
m people couldn't join and upload one.
In
addi-
tion,
O
iNK required a minimum upload to down-
l
o
ad
ratio, which means that a user must upload a
certain number of files before that user can down-
load. There was also the mandate that all avatars
( or user-personalized icons) must be cute.
Seriously. The administrators even cared eno
u
gh
to define exactly what the t
e
rm 'cute' constitu
t
es,
and they enforced the rule. Nevertheless,
O
iNK
was a success in terms of fewest faked files and
most dedicated user base.
The site was also quite a secret. A large
mo
v
e-
ment by the online community sq
u
ashe
d
any men
-
tion of OiNK on Wikipedia, and 'its by
-
invitatio
n-
only rule ensured that it snuck
un
der the radar,
content to provide high-quality fi
l
es to over
180,000 users who wouldn't tattle. For quite a
while, OiNK even managed to avoid association
with notorious entities like infam
o
us file-s
h
aring
web site The Pirate Bay.
That period of bliss came to a
n
e
n
d on Oct. 23rd
when British and Dutch authorities shut the site
down and seized its alleged admin
i
strato
r
, 24
-
year-
old Allan
·
Elljs, only to
r
elease him later the s
a
me
day.
I think every loyal OiNK user waited with
bated breath while he was interviewed a few days
later by Telegraph about his arrest and got asked
the vital quest
i
on: "Did you take any p
r
ecautio
n
s
regarding site design and logs and w
h
atnot to pro-
tect the community?"
His answer: "The logs we store aren't enough
t
o
incriminate users." Phew.
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The main problem (or perhaps advantage) that
OiNK faces among authorities is that, for the most
part, no one understands exactly what OiNK is.
According to Ellis, the police who arrested him
didn't even know how to set up a web site and
''wanied [him] to teach them
.
" (He refused
,
telling
them to "google
i
t".) Ellis bel
i
eves he's done noth-
ing wrong because his site is no different than
Google. "If Google directed someone to a si
t
e
[where] they can illegally download music, they
are doing the same as what I have been accused
of," he insisted. "I am not making any OiNK users
break the law. People don't pay to use the site."
Will OiNK
be prosecuted? It's true that it only
stores links to the files and does not actually host
co
n
tent. Is it now illegal to provide links to illegal
file
-
sharing sites?
As of right now, the old OiNK site is down. The
0i.hk
.
cd dc$ain, however
;
is home toa small
p\t-
ture of
d
elicious-
l
ooking waffles that is hosted on
the Pirate Bay's servers. Underneath the
fi
lling
breakfast, a link reads: "These are the waffles that
taste really good according to google
.
" Clicking
the link brings the user to a search for
"
what to use
i
n
stead of oink". A grand total of 3 73 resource
s
p
op
u
p, ready and waiting to be browsed.
Both parts to this message are clear. First,
OiNK
is no different than Google in how it indexes links
to files tha
t
may or may not be under copyright.
Second
,
OiNK
is only one of severa
l
thousand
priva
t
e sources
,
not
t
o mention one o
f
several hun
-
dred thousand public and private sources com
-
bined. Already
, t
he Pirate Bay has announced that
i
t
will be creating another version of O
i
NK, which
is to be appropria
t
ely named BOiNK. The site will
launch to the public sometime around Nov.1st.
Although it will in
i
tially hold fewer links than
·
the
original si
t
e
,
the Pirate Bay has put out an open
invitation
t
o the OiNK community. With the help
of
the original users
,
it is entirely feas
i
ble that
every single file on
OiNK
could be transferred to
BOiNK within a week or less of the site's birth.
&y copyright agency who cares must feel
beyoqd helpless. Sure, they've won the battle and
Oi
N
.K< is down. But' what abou
t
BOiNK? And for
that matter
,
what about the Pirate Bay, which still
has yet to be brought down past its knees? I really
think the generals of the music industry, and all
other agencies for tha
t
matter, only have one burn-
ing quest
i
on on their mind at this moment: "How
the hell are we going
t
o win the war?"
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10
Marist
offers the
flu vaccination on campus
By
KAIT SMITH
Assistant Editor
If missing two weeks of class
or work doesn't sound appeal-
ing, especially with the end of
the semester approaching, the
nurses in Health Services rec-
ommend the flu shot.
are necessary· this year; those
looking to receive the shot can
simply show up and get vacci-
nated on the spot.
Susan
Strauss, a nurse in the Health
Services office, said she feels
the presence of the clinics will
encourage more members of
the Marist comml!-nity to get
vaccinated.
This year, Health Services
"It
will bring an immediate
has changed its plan in terms of response," said Strauss.
distribution of flu vaccinations.
According to Strauss, a total
The slogan for the new cam-
of 400
.
students, faculty and
paign reads "Get in the game staff received vaccinations
and take your shot," and that is from Health Services last year.
exactly what it wants the This year, Strauss hopes that
Marist community to do.
number will double.
Health Services will be hold-
In an email sent to the student
ing Influenza (flu) vaccination body in late October, Health
clinics at various locations Services informed students that
across campus ovet the next
few
weeks.
At the clinics, students,
facul-
ty and staff will be able to
receive a flu shot on site for
twenty dollars.
On
average,
the process only takes about
five minutes.
In previous years, those
wishing to receive the shot had
to make an appointment with
the Health Services office well
in advance. No appointments
the shot is recommended for
all. Strauss said the shot
is
par-
ticularly recommended for
those living on campus.
"[Students] are living in close
quarters," said Strauss. "If one
person gets the flu, the chances
of it spreading throughout the
dorm are much higher
.
"
Strauss said the flu is spread
through respiratory droplets,
which can include an innocent
cough or sneeze from the per-
son sitting next to you ill class.
According to the Center for
Disease Control (CDC), the flu
is a contagious respiratory
virus which can cause mild to
severe illness.
The
CDC's
website
(www.cdc.gov) said that each
year, anywhere from
5
to 20
percent of the population gets
the flu.
Symptoms of the influenza
virus can include high fever,
headache, extreme drowsiness,
dry cough and a sore throat.
Strauss said that many ques-
tion whether
or
not they need
the vaccination.
"People claim they have
never gotten the flu and think
they don't need it," said
Strauss. "[The vaccination] is
a way of preventing it and
making it far less severe."
Strauss' argument against
that statement is simple. She
said that if someone is vacci-
nated and contracts the flu
virus, they could be sick in bed
for three days. If someone is
"The
slogan for the new campaign reads
"Get
in the game and take your shot," and that Is
exactly what it wants the Marlst community to
do."
For a full list of flu symptoms
and ways to differentiate
between the common cold and
the flu, visit the CDC's website
or speak with Health Services.
Serious complications can
occur for those who are not
vaccinated and contract the
virus, including dehydration,
pneumonia, sinus infections
and ear infections.
not vaccinated and contracts
the virus, they could be sick in
bed for two weeks.
Students, faculty, and staff
have already begun attending
clinics and
receiving
their vac-
cinations.
Sophomore Moe
Betz said she got the shot
because
she can't afford to
catch the flu.
"I hate getting sick," said
Betz. "The play is coming up
and I really don't want to get
the flu for the weekend."
Senior Kate Goodin said she
wasn't sure if she needed the
shot, but was getting it as a
precaution.
"It's best to keep yourself
protected," said Goodin.
Director of Judicial Affairs
Christine Nadeau-Pupek said
she received the vaccination to
avoid an illness similar to one
she had last winter.
"I just don't want to have the
flu affect the upcoming holi-
days or downtime in January,"
said Nadeau-Pupek.
According to Strauss, the
most common side effect to
receiving the vaccination is
soreness in the arm where the
shot was given, which is cured
by a warm compress on the
sore area. She also said that,
contrary to popular belief, a
person cannot get sick from
getting the vaccination.
"The flu shot is a treated,
killed virus," said Strauss.
"You cannot get the flu from
getting the flu shot."
The twenty dollar cost is
standard for any flu shot, no
matter if you get it from a
home physician or through
Health
Services.
The CDC said that flu season
can start as early as October
and
last as late as
May. Strauss
said that the Marist Health
Services Department has an
ample supply of shots, howev-
er, so going home for the shot
is not necessary.
As far as staying healthy this
winter goes, Strauss said there
is more to it than simply get-
ting
the
flu
vaccination.
Dressing
appropriately in the
cold weather
.
is of key impor-
tance. Strauss said that if it's
cold outside, wear a coat,
gloves, a hat, or whatever 1s
necessary to stay warm. She
also recommends not sharing
dr~nks or utensils with anyone,
no matter whether or not they
are
sick.
Maintaining good
hygiene is also crucial to stay-
ing healthy this winter.
"More than anything else,
wash
your
hands,"
said
Strauss.
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Health Poll
Revolutionary birth control pill leaves students asking
'fei er
JJen'ods
today, but what happens tomorrow? '
Of 26 Marist women, ages
18-21,
polled by
The
Circle.
20
of them said that the idea of
having
a
peri•
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only four times a year was worrisome.
96%
of women
surveyed
said that they
accept
their periods as
something
they have to deal with
every
month.
77%
of the women surveyed said that they would not take Seasonique
50%
would take a different oral
contraceptive
that did not stop your period.
The
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals released a
study
in
2003
saying,
"50% of women
and
only
7%
of health care providers think a menstrual period is necessary every month."
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,
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the new invention,
Time Magazine gave
its
seal of approval by
awarding
it as one of 2003
s
coolest
inventions.
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Foxes face
big
weekend
By
ANDY
ALONGI
Sports Co-Editor
The Iona Gaels completed a
season sweep of the Red Foxes
in
volleyball
011
Sunday after
defeating Marist 3-0 at the Hynes
Athletic
Center,
in
New
Rochelle,
N.Y.
The final score of the individ-
JAMES
REILLY/THE
CIRCLE
Sophomore
outside
hitter Alexandra Schultze (15)
goes
up
for the
kill
against Iona. Schultze
was
named MAAC offensive player
of
the
week.
ual games were 30-24, 30-=20,
30-20. The Gaels improved to 9-
5 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC), while the
Foxes dropped to 6-8 in confer-
ence
play. Iona is in fourth place
(the final
play-off
spot), and
Marist is in sixth place, just two
games behind the Gaels.
The Gaels hit .411 for the
match and were led by senior
middle blocker Kristin Allain
who punched home 12 kills. Five
Gaels had a hitting percentage of
over .400.
Offensive Honors
After the Foxes recorded a 1-1
weekend record, sophomore out-
side hitter Alexandra Schultze
was named MAAC offensive
player of the week. She tallied 18
kills in a
3-1
win over
Manhattan, and 16 kills against
Iona just one day later. This is
Schultze's second award of the
week, after capturing the award
on Sept. 4.
Upcoming Schedule
This weekend, Marist will trav-
el to Buffalo to take on Niagara,
Saturday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. and
Canisius, Sunday; Nov. 4 at 2
p.m.
Niagara stands at 4-10 in con-
ference play, good for eighth
place in the MAAC.
When Marist faced off against
Niagara in Poughkeepsie, the
Red Foxes won 3-0, on Oct.
7.
Freshman outside liitter Joanna
Foss led all players with 14 kills
and Schultze added 12 kills of
her own. Defensively, Foss had
eight digs while Schultze picked
up nine digs. Additonally, junior
outside hitter Kelsey Schaffer led
all players with six blocks, fresh-
man Allie Burke and senior
Christie Lukes combined for 10
blocks, five each.
The Red Foxes held the Purple
Eagles to a .085 hitting percent-
age, and Niagara hit .000 during
the second game of the match.
Offensively, the Purple Eagles
were led by junior Nicole
·
Piette
who had 12 kills, and senior
Maurin Lawrence tallied 10 kills.
Meanwhile, the Canisius
Golden Griffs stand in fifth place
with a MAAC record of 7-7, and
are one game in front of the Red
Foxes, coming into this week-
end's play.
The Griffs are led by senior
libero Jess Stackhouse, who is
the reigning MAAC defensive
player of the week. This week
marks the third straight week she
has garnered the award, fourth
this season, and 10th of her
career. Stackhouse is second in
the MAAC in digs, averaging 5.8
per game, and has recorded over
2,000 digs in her career. This is a
feat only accomplished by 24
other players in NCAA history,
prior to this season.
Last time out against Canisius,
the Griffs won the match 3-1 in
the McCann Center.
Marist was led by the tandem
of Schultze, the current MAAC
offensive player of the week, and
Foss .
.
They had 19, and 17 kills
respectively. Defensively, the
Griffs were led by Stackhouse,
who had a game high 24 digs.
After the road trip to western
New York, Marist will return
home for
its
final home game
against Fairfield on Saturday,
Nov. 10 at 2 p.m.
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Marlst head basketball coach
Matt
Brady received a contract extension
through the 2010-2011 season.
How much does Brady make?
Th
tcnn of m
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ba
k
tball
head coa h Matt
Brady'
n
v.
1,;ontract \\ ere not
di
closed as
per
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p
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Brady,
m
2005,
made a
gm
alary of$
I 83,519
under
the contract
h
signed
upon coming to Man
t
m
2004,
m,1kmg
lum
the second highe.
t
patd mplo , c
other than offi-
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and
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tee,
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Women s head ba. kctball coa~h
tht!
top-fiv m
that
cutcgory}
Brady kd the Fox s to a pro ..
gram-r ord
25
win
last year,
o
what
i
1nri
t
pa)'lng him now
I kre arc
som~ relevant s lari s
from
2005
f1
r
argument
sake.
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Denni,·
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M11rrary
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H ad BB
Coach
Jam~
Putw.1
192.075
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Marist still in hunt
for piece of
MAAC
crown
By GREG HRINYA
Assistant Editor
After four years of film,
gassers, the highs and the lows,
23 student .. athletes will take the
field in front of the Marist fans
for the last time.
The ]led Foxes celebrate
Senior Day as they take on the
Georgetown Hoyas for the fourth
and final home game on
Saturday, Nov. 3 .
.
Even though the team has not
tallied as many wins as expected,
Coach Jim Parady said the sen-
iors have put in a lot
cu
work
over four years
.
"Sometimes you don't always
get as many wins as you 'want,
but you look at what these guys
have meant to the program and
they've always done the right
thing in being a great example
out there," Parady
said. "That's
something
that I'll take from this
group of guys."
Senior offensive lineman Dan
Cooper said it is going to be
tough to leave after four years.
"It's going to be good to haye
all of our families with us out on
the field at the end," Cooper said
.
"It's kind of coming to an end,
and we're sad about that, but it's
been a good run, the four years
have been fun, and we're sad to
see it go.".
Senior Day also provides an
opportunity for unsung heroes to
be recognized for their efforts.
"We have some guys that are
seniors that haven't
always
seen
a lot of playing time and those
guys I have the most respect for
because sometimes guys will
give it up at that point if they're
not getting on the field as much
as they'd hoped for," Parady
said.
"They've
always come to
practice
everyday
and worked
hard. We've incorporated a lot of
them into special teams and
whenever they've had a chance
to get on the field, they've made
a nice positive impact for us."
The coaches are preparing the
players for the event but keeping
them focused on the game that
follows.
"Until they take that walk out
there for the last time, that's
when the emotions
really
kick
in
for them," Parady said.
"It's
an
important game for us to have
them have that lasting memory
of their ,last game on home field
being a
victory."
The Red Foxes face a
Georgetown team that is 1-8, but
like Marist, has faced a difficult
schedule.
Despite
the 1-8 record,
Georgetown beat Bucknell on
the road and suffered a seven-
point loss
,to
the Fordham Rams,
38-31.
Even though Georgetown has a
losing record, coach Parady
knows the Hoyas pose a stem
test for his team.
ing.
The Hoyas defense has yielded
229 rushing yards per game over
their last four games against
Penn, Fordham, Bucknell, and
Lehigh in which the team went
1-3. The Red Foxes best chance
against the Hoyas will be to keep
running the ball. Marist totaled
178 yards on the ground against
Fordham. Keith Mitchell and
Adam Hansen led the Red Foxes
"We know that they have the in rushing with 107 yards and 47
tools both offensively and defen-
·
yards, respectively.
sively.
They've just run into a buzz saw
of a schedule," Parady said.
"They played Penn, Yale, and
Cornell, three teams that are hav-
ing very good seasons out of the
Ivy League, so no breathers at
all."
Senior linebacker Nick
Teodosio said Georgetown is a
tough Patriot League team and
Marist hopes to end its last game
at home on the right note.
"We know we've got a pretty
big challenge ahead of us,"
Teodosio said.
"We're
excited,
it's Senior Day and a chance for
all the seniors to get together and
celebrate their time here and
we're hoping to have a good out-
"I
think our run's going to be
very good against Georgetown,"
Cooper said.
"We
did a great job
last year against them with the
Iso play. I
think
we match up
well, and our running game's
coming
along so we'll be in good
position."
Duquesne
falls to lqna
With Duquesne's loss to the
Iona Gaels on Saturday, Oct. 27,
Marist will play Iona (6-2 over-
all) for a share of the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
·
(MAAC) title on Nov. 10 at Iona.
The Red Foxes are 1-8 overall
but maintain a 1-1 conference
record. Iona improved to 2-0 in
the MAAC, and Duquesne fell to
1-1. A Red Fox win means the
I
team would claim a share of the
conference title for the second
straight year after capitalizing on
a similar situation last season.
"It's kind of like last year that
way," Cooper said.
"Obviously,
we didn't have the season we
were looking for but we always
come out fired up against Iona.
We consider them one of our
biggest rivals and we'll be happy
to whoop some [butt]."
Despite a 1-8 overall record,
the Red Foxes incentive to win
the final two games of the- season
remains high.
"That
adds to the
excitement,"
Parady said. "You
win
and you
get a piece of a championship. At
2-1, it would be a split between
three teams, but still that's the
league
we're in right now. What
a great way to go out.
"You can't hope for anything
more going through a tough sea-
son like we're going through,"
Parady said.
"If
we can finish
strong then those are the memo-
ries you take away.
·
The Red Foxes will have a
chance to atone for a
tough
sea-
son against the toughest schedule
the program has faced. A win
against Iona would validate the
hard work this team began in.
August.
"We come out, we practic~
hard
everyday,
and that's an
important part of it," Parady said.
"It's a good
environment.
As you
-
look back over the seasons that
we've been here, this is
one
of
the best teams we've had as far
as that part of it and you hope
that we get some success on
game-day now."
Despite the tough season, line~
backer Nick Teodosio said the
team is going out there to win a
game no matter what the stakes;
"It's like a matter of pride,
we
just want to beat them to beat
them," Teodosio said.
"Maybe
if
we can finish the last two games
winning, finish the season
strong. Granted we've got two
good teams but we would love to
come out and finish strong."
Last game vs. Fordham
Marist suffered a 33-0 loss to
the Patriot League's Fordham
Rams on Saturday, Oct. 27 at
Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff
Field.
Sophomore quarterback John
Skelton completed five of his 11
passes for 178
yards
and a touch..;.
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FOOTBALL,
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Marist finishes in second behind Iona at MAAC Championships
By
STEVE SCHULT
Staff Writer
Some say that timing is
every-
thing, the Marist men's cross
country team would surely agree
with that.
The Red Foxes have picked a
good time of the year to put in
one of their best performances of
the
year.
After running
strong
all year, the
Red Foxes put forth
a strong
effort last Friday
at
Van
Cortlandt
Park, finishing
second
to Iona
College
at the Metro
Atlantic Atheltic
Conference
(MAAC)
Championships.
The Foxes were led by the three-
headed monster that is Girma
Segni,
David Raucci, and Mike
Rolek, who all
earned
All-
MAAC selections.
Conor
Shelley and John Keenan also
put forth good performances,
where they scored for the Foxes
and finished 17th and 21st
respectively.
It was a total team
effort
as 15
runners put forth personal best
times.
Even
if
Segni
and Raucci
didn't
finish fifth
and
sixth
respectively,
Marist
still
would
have been
able to
finish
second.
Rolek credits the training regi-
ment put together by head coach
Pete Colaizzo as to why there
were so many personal bests in
the Bronx.
"The training was perfect this
year," Rolek said. "We put in the
work at the right time and coach
Pete is doing a great job. Right
now we are in a tapering phase,
where we cut down the total
mileage and focus on quicker
workouts and getting m the
weight room."
Even
with the satisfaction of
being named All-MAAC, both
Rolek and Segni downplay their
own personal achievements and
praised the team as a whole and
realize that there is no time to
celebrate with
regional champi-
onships right around the comer.
"It
was one of my personal
goals, but it was a great team
day" Rolek said.
"I'm focusing on regionals
now," Segni said.
"I want to
qualify for nationals
.
"
In order for Segni to reach his
goal of qualifying for the nation
-
al
championships,
he is
going
to
have to finish in one of the top 10
spots
m
Boston.
According to Segni, he plans on
finishing no worse than 25th.
For the regional championships,
the race is
extended
by another
two kilometers. Most races are
8k races, but
·
this one will be
extended to 1 Ok, which Segni
feels
is an advantage to him.
"I
have
a
tendency to run fast
and hold pace
against
better
competition,"
Segni said. "It's
a
fast course and I'm
going
to
improve
by a huge
margin
from
the last time I ran there."
As
a team, the Red Foxes all-
time best finish
at
the regional
championship
is 15th.
Each
year
it is their
goal
to improve upon
that, but this year, they might
be
able to shatter it.
"We
want to be in the top 10
as
a team," Rolek said.
"We
are
going to have to beat some good
.
schools like the Ivy League
.
squads and Boston College to do'
so."
The Red Foxes will take
of{
from the starting line in
·
Boston
on
Nov.
10.
The field is the biggest regional
competition
in
the
country
with
more than 40 teams
competing
for a spot
in
the national champi-
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
1,
2007 •
PAGE 13
Allegra nets three goals in three point weekend
JAMES REILLY /THE CIRCLE
Sophomore
JP Allegra scored two goals In the
4-0
victory over Fairfield
at
home. Marist will finish the regular season with two road games.
By
MATT SPILLANE
Grouten
played in front of
a
N'ews Co-Editor
home ·crowd
at
Marist. Owens
For three members of the
Marist men's soccer team, Oct.
2!t
marked a special occasion.
·
SJnday's 4-0 trouncing of con-
ference rival Fairfield was the
last time that seniors Shareif Ali,
Daniel
Owens,
and
Scott
made
four
saves in goal to
earn
his second shutout of the season,
while Ali
added
his fourth goal
of the year.
"Getting the shutout was
good," Owens said. "My backs
played well, everyone stepped
up to hellf preserve the win."
"It
was amazing, absolutely
necessary," Ali said of the win.
"We're
on
our first real winning
streak of
the season, and it was a
spectacular win by that margin."
Head
Coach
Matt
Viggiano
said he
was proud
of the way
his
seniors led the team past the
defending
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
champions.
"All three seniors are
success
stories in their own right," he
said.
"It
was
a
pretty special win
for
all
three of them."
In addition to making for
a
memorable Senior Day, the vic-
tory
brought
the
team
closer
to
its goal of clinching a first-round
bye in the MAAC tournament.
Each team in the
conference
receives a bid
to the
tournament,
but
the top six teams receive
automatic
byes into the second
round.
"Getting
the
first round bye is
the
most important thing,"
Owens
said, "and we've been
talking about it all season. We
haven't
beaten
Fairfield in the
regular
season
in three years, so
it was a convincing win for us."
The Stags are
now
in fifth place
in the
league
standings,
one
spot
ahead of Marist, with a 4-3-1
record in MAAC play. It was a
crucial win for the
Red
Foxes, as
they attempt to
hold
onto that
sixth spot with only two games
remaining in the regular season.
"Every game
now
is the
biggest
of the year," Viggiano
said. "Niagara's nipping at our
heels in seventh place. There's
not much separating the teams in
the conference this year."
After some early season strug-
gles, in which Marist compiled a
1-3-1 record to start the year, the
team is now 6-6-3, including a 3-
2-2 mark in the MAAC. The
team is 4-1 in its last five games,
and is in good shape heading
into its final two regular season
contests.
The thrashing of Fairfield
capped off a weekend that also
saw Marist battle Iona through a
cold and rainy evening to a 1-1
tie on Friday, Oct. 26. Under the
lights
at Tenney Stadium at
Leonidoff Field, the Red Foxes
played the Gaels to a stalemate
in the first half. Redshirt sopho-
more
forward Jamison Allegra
broke the tie about 6:00 into the
second half.
Allegra, who also scored twice
against Fairfield, gave Marist the
lead when he snuck behind the
Iona defenders, received a pass
from junior midfielder Steve
Fantuzzo, and tapped it past the
charging Iona goalie.
However, the Gaels were able
to counter with just under 20:00
remaining in the game. Iona jun-
ior defender Ben Williams field-
ed a corner kick and sent it to
junior midfielder Aly Lo in front
of the net, who turned and drilled
it past
Owens.
It was La's tenth
goal of the year, making him the
second leading goal scorer in the
MAAC. Neither team was able
to capitalize in the two overtime
periods, ending the game in a
draw.
Viggiano said that, overall, the
inclement weather conditions
did not affect his team, but that it
had some subtle impacts.
"It
affected Owens a little," he
said, "because the wetness made
him a little tentative. Some of the
freshmen might have been
affected by it, and the subs were
affected by the cold."
The slick conditions on the
turf
may also have affected freshman
midfielder Steven Morales, who
went down with a knee injury.
The extent of the injury was not
certain, but Viggiano said it did
not appear as though he would
be returni.og apy time soon. He
said he expects the team's upper-
classmen to step and fill the void
l
eft by Morales, who was peak-
ing at the right time.
If
anyone wanted to beat Iona
more
·
than the players, it was
Viggiano, who was an assistant
coach for the Gaels last season.
"It was difficult," he said.
"They have some good kids over
there. In some ways, I knew
what to expect. But I root for
them,
[Iona
head
coach
Fernando Barbato] a good guy."
Iona assistant coach Steve
McAnulty had nothing but com-
pliments to say about his former
colleague.
"It
was great," he said. "It was a
fantastic game. Matt's a class act
and an excellent addition to
Marist. We were sorry to lose
him."
Owens was rewarded for his
performance over the weekend
by being named the MAAC
defensive player of the week on
Monday, Oct. 29. Freshman for-
ward Joe Touloumis, who scored
the first goal against Fairfield,
was named the conference rook-
ie of the week. It was Touloumis'
third goal of the year, placing
him third on the team with nine
points on the season.
Marist finishes the regular sea-
son by traveling to St. Peter's
and Manhattan on Friday, Nov.
2, and Sunday, Nov. 4, respec-
tively.
The
MAAC
Championships take place from
November 15 to November 18,
in Orlando, FL.
The team is hitting its stride at
the right time,- and is playing
well against the conference's top
teams.
"We have to keep playing the
way we're playing and eliminate
mistakes," Viggiano said. "The
guys feel good about th.emselves.
Good teams peak in playoff
time, and right now everything's
coming together for us and click-
ing."
Oliver claims l9ne Marist win at Cornell tourney
By CASEY LANE
Staff
Writer
·Only one point stood between
Antonio Oliver· and a second
trip to the finals during the
Cornell Tournament. However,
a freak play cost him a chance to
win Flight B in doubles play.
, Heading into the final day's
play of the tournament, the
Marist men's tennis team occu-
pied
five of the fourteen semifi-
nal spots available in all flights.
Individualiy, Loic Sessagesimi,
Nicolas Pisecky, and Oliver
CCi>mpeted in Flights A, C and D,
raspecti vel y.
Oliver defeated Alex Jome of
Farleigh Dickinson University
to
,win the flight. After dropping
the first set 4-6, ~e rebounded to
~ron1
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take the next two 6-3, 6-2 to
take the title. Oliver won
the
only title for the
Red
Foxes dur-
ing the tournament.
In doubles, Oliver played with
Jordan Keene.
In
the semifinal
match against Cornell, Marist
needed
one
point to win
the
tiebreaker and the match.
Instead of rushing the net after
his serve, Keene hung back
about ten feet behind the base-
line.
The return volley was crushed
and about to go long, giving
Marist the win.
However,
Keene was struck with the
ball
out of bounds, giving the point
to Cornell, who would go
on
to
take the match.
Head coach Tim
.
Smith was
satisfied with Oliver's overall
play during the tournament.
"Anytime a player wins any
flight, I'm very happy for him,"
Smith said.
"Antonio did a
good job in b~th singles and
doubles, winning the D Flight
and coming within one point of
going to the finals in
B
flight
doubles. [The tiebreaker] was a
very unusual play."
Although
he
was pleased with
Oliver's
play, Smith's eyes were
really opened up by the doubles
play as a whole.
"This weekend let me know
that I have to take a look at our
doubles teams again," Smith
said.
"For the Dartmouth
Tournament (this weekend), I'm
going to switch up all the dou-
bles teams."
According to Smith, the first
doubles
team
will be Christian
Coley and Peter Luck. Gregory
Marks and Landon Greene will
play at second doubles and
S~ssagesimi and Pisecky will
play third.
Smith made the decision early
SaNrday and did not tell his
players until the end of the tour-
nament.
Coincidentally, all
three teams sat next to each
other at dinnc;:r Saturday night.
"Setting up doubles teams is
complicated because you're
looking
to get an assertive~ big
serving person with a solid
retriever; a person that can win
points and one that can set
points up," said Smith.
With the Dartmouth
Invitational Tournament being
the last of the semester, Smith
just wants to see good play out
of the newly minted teams.
"What I would consider a suc-
cess is their team chemistry, or
how they relate and react to
each -other and if they are put-
ting themselves in the right
position to do well in doubles
,
"
he said.
Smith is making the changes
now to allow the teams to jell
and get comfortable before
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference (MAAC) play starts
in the spring. He believes the
point earned from winning dou-
bles is the key to winning a dual
match.
"You're not going to beat any
good teams if you don't win the
doubles point," Smith said.
"The chances of winning four
out of six singles to wiri the
match 4-3
i
s not very good."
Usually, lineups need to be
submitted two weeks in advance
of the tournament. Dartmouth
accepted Smiths' late changes
and the new teams
will
be able
to compete
.
Red Foxes prepare for Senior Day against Georgetown
qvwn. After scrambling for
a I -yard touchdown run on
tlte Rams' opening drive,
..
Skelton hit wide receiver
~sa Lucas on a screen pass
tnat went for a 78-yard
touchdown on third-and-8
{~ make it 14-0.
Despite being shutout, the
M'arist offense compiled
178 yards rushing and 357
y;rds
overall.
Running
~cks Keith Mitchell and
A'dam Hansen combined for
1?4 yards on the ground.
'"I thought [Mitchell] had
4¥..S
finest game here in his
career," Parady said. "Not
jtist with the yardage, just
th
0
e runs that he made and
he made people miss at the
second and third level so it
was really encouraging to
see."
Marist's offense struggled
to score in the red zone, a
problem that has plagued
the team all season.
"We were on the plus side
of
the 50 [yard line] seven
times and came away with
zero points," Parady said.
"Unfortunately we were 0-2
in the red zone, we hit the
upright on a field goal and
then we threw the intercep-
tion. I thought in the first
half we had a chance to
score 14, if not 17 points,
and if you're at that point
in the game, you're going
into halftime looking at it
completely differently ... but
we didn't."
JAMES REILLY
/
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captains (from left) Dan Cooper, Dan Smith,
Bo
Ehlkloya and Dani Diaz
will
garner the red and white to play at
Tenney Stadium one more
time.
Roarin'
Red Foxes
Marist's mal and
female tar p1:::rformer
for the weekend of
Oct. 26-28
.
Dan Owens
Soccer, Junior
0\.\ ens played between the
pipes m both game for
the
Red o
ov r the week-
end,
a
1-
ti-= \\
ith Iona and
a 4-0 win over F, 1rfield
.
The junior made l I a\(:s
betw en the two game .
.
For
hi,
em
rts he
1.
as
named MAAC defcnst e
player of
th1.:
w
ek
.
On the horizon:
Marist wiJI
fini h th re u-
lar s
'U~on
on the road for
t •
match s ag · n
t •
t
P ter' and Manhattan
.
The
foxes ill try to mamtain
their po mon
m
ixth place
for the
MAAC
tournament.
Alli
on Lane
Soccer. Freshman
Lan \ a the backbone
ti
r
the Man t d
fcnsc,
as h
help d th
J<o
l:
to
I 0-l
record on the road o "r lh1,,;
weekend
.
he made eight
:,,a\ e
during
both games
I
or
tJ1c
second
time in
three week , Lan1:: wa
named MAAC rookie of
the "eek.
On the Horizon:
tarist , ill retum home for
their
final
t\\
o matches of
the cason against iagara
and Canisiu . The ed
Foxes
will
prepare for the
MAAC tournament
in
Poughkcep
1e
on
0\.
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Upcoming Schedule:
Football: Saturday, Nov. 3 - vs. Georgetown, 1 p.m.
Women's Soccer: Friday, Nov. 2 - vs. Niagara, 7 p.m.
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Marist
tops
Rider, draws Loyola, back atop MAAC
Foxes to take on third
place
Niagara at Tenney Stadium Friday
By RICH ARLEO
Assistant Editor
The Marist women's soccer
team went on the road to face
Rider and Loyola, and the week-
end can definitely be classified
as a success.
As expected, the Red Foxes
were able to rebound from a
tough
home
loss
against
Manhattan and defeat Rider 4-0
on Friday. They then went to
Baltimore to face Loyola, a
team who is right behind them
in the standings, and they were
able to come out with a hard
fought 0-0 tie. Overall, the team
and their coach feel pretty happy
with how the weekend went.
"Our focus in training last
week was great," head coach
Elizabeth Roper said. "We
ended the Manhattan game and
said
'it's
over', and we just got
to look forward to the next four
games. It really shows the char-
acter of this team ... other teams
might've started doubting them-
selves,
but we showed a lot of
maturity."
Marist scored four goals
in
the
game against Rider. Sophomore
Kate Fox continued to play well
and score goals at a fast pace, as
she scored her seventh goal of
•
•
the season, good for seventh
overall in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC).
Her goal came in the twelfth
minute of the match, and eight
minutes later Marist added
another score off the foot of fel-
low sophomore Katie Zasly.
"To
go into Rider, be at their
place, and just put them away
from the beginning showed me a
lot," Roper said. "No disrespect
meant to Rider, but we 're just
the better team out there and it
showed."
After finishing off Rider with
relative
ease, the Foxes had to
go to Loyola to face a team
that's been right on their tail all
year long.
"We had a very strong, consis-
tent performance (at Loyola].
Players stepped up, our 'D' was
phenomenal.. .I think we have
the best defense in the confer-
ence," Roper said.
"They
work
very hard
...
just play with so
much confidence and strength.
Everyone
had such a good
game ... there really was no one
on the field that I could've asked
more from.
After the tie with Loyola, the
team is now 5-1-1 in the MAAC
and is one point ahead of Loyola
for first place in the conference.
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•
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On the road trip, the Foxes were
able to pick up four points to
give them a total of 16. A big
reason that Marist came out of
this weekend· in first place was
the performances of freshman
keeper Allison Lane.
Lane was named MAAC
Rookie of the Week for the third
time this season after she picked
up two shutouts over the week-
end. She had eight total saves on
the road trip; three against Rider
in bad weather conditions, and
five against a tough Loyola
squad to preserve the much
needed points for the Foxes. The
two shutouts gave her a total of
three on the season and she now
has a career record of 5-3-3.
"She's a big part of the back-
bone of the defense/' Roper
said. "She made two tremen-
dous saves
[against
Loyola]. A
Loyola player even ran right
into her and knocked her over
but she recovered. She's a big,
big part of our
strength
and
anchor in our defense ... she's
really come a long way this sea-
son.
Marist returns home this
weekend to face Niagata and
Canisius in their last two games
of the regular season. The
Niagara game is particular\y
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ly only two points behind Marist
in the MAAC standings. The
following weekend the MAAC
championships will be held right
here in Poughkeepsie, and the
Red Foxes hope to be a big part
of the tournament.
"We made it a goal to not only
make the tourney, not only make
the championship game, but
let's finish the regular season on
top, and it's a realistic goal for
us," Roper said. "Niagara's
going to come in here looking to
prove them selves, but we feel
we match up with them very
well. We're the team everyone is
looking
at this year ... the sur-
prise."
The Niagara game will take
place on Friday, Nov. 2 at
Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff
Field at
7
p.m. Canisius will
then come to the stadium for the
Foxes final game of the regular
season on Sunday, Nov 4 at l
p.m.
The MAAC championships
will begin Friday, Nov. 9, with
the games yet to be announced.
Marist will look to not only be
in the tournament; but to put on
a great performance and hope-
fully win it all right here in
Poughkeepsie.
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team to a 1-0-1
record over
the
weekend. The
Red
Foxes are
the
MAAC's
first
place team
with 16
points .
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