VOLUME 60, ISSUE 15
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007
While '07 Christmas Eve make-ups are gone,
debate on schedule modification continues
By
JAMES MARCONI
News Editor
While the college community
will
not
have
to
appear
Christmas Eve next semester for
make-up exams, according to
some the schedule that caused
731 students to protest through
facebook will be a matter for
debate in the months to come.
At the heart of the issue,
according to Faculty Affairs
Committee member James Kent,
is a Facul~ Handbook policy
stating that faculty members can-
not be compelled to work before
Labor Day.
Whenever the holiday happens
to fall late, like this year, it
"squeezes"
the academic calen-
dar by forcing class schedules
between it, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas, Kent said. State reg-
ulations mandate 2250 minutes
of class per semester in order for
the college to give three credits
for any particular course. This
makes it impossible to simply
cut any days out of the calendar,
resulting in a proposed schedule
that
runs
right
up
until
Christmas.
"When
the schedule gets com-
pressed, it gets to the situation
that we're in now," Kent said.
The solution used in the past
was a vote by the faculty as a
whole to dispense with the so-
called 'Labor Day rule,' in effect
enabling academic dates to be
pushed back a week. The change,
however, has always been a tem-
porary year-by year deal.
the AAC technically fit the nec-
essary requirements of both the
law and constraints of holiday
timing, the full faculty was not
asked to suspend the Labor Day
rule for the 2007
-
2008 academ-
ic year.
Rather, after the Student
Government Association voiced
student complaints about winter
break, the offending make-up
ity to Christmas has been
resolved, future dispensations of
the Labor Day rule are still on
the table. Proposals have been
made in the past, according to
Kent, that would make an earlier
school year a permanent fixture
in the calendar.
They were
rejected. After this year's excite-
ment, he said that a version of
those proposals might be better
While the
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faculty
has
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - received.
'Past experience has been that make-
"This time, the
always been
good
about
making
the
requested
suspension,
said
Kent,
"the faculty
has
always
approved that
[change] on a
one-time
basis."
up days were never used - they were
effect
is,
I
believe
we're
automatlcally added to the calendars
going 'to b~ing
just in case there was some major
.
[that permanent
occurence. For fall 2007 they have
change] to the
been ellmlnated'
Faculty Affairs
Committee in the
spting for an up-
- Dr. John Rltschdorff
or-down vote,"
Interim Dean of the School of Communications
Kent said.
At the very
days -
which do not count least, another temporary alter-
towards minutes of class - were ation wi~l be put on the table for
stricken entirely from Marist's the next academic year, said
schedule.
Ritschdorff.
"The faculty governance struc-
ture is currently talking about a
change for 2008 - 2009 and the
administration is supportive of
such a change," he said.
Thanks to the
efforts
of the
Student
Government
Association, according to Kent,
student outrage over the then-
current schedule was quickly
brought to the center of attention.
The Senate branch
of
the Student Government Association is in session at their weekly meeting. SGA was, according to advisor
Dr. James Kent, instrumental in helping to make student opinions heard after nearly one-third
of
Marlst students Joined a face-
book group
In
protest
of
the
2007 academic calendar.
The faculty
at large, how-
ever, can only
vote
upon
measures
jointly
pre-
sented
to
them by the
chairs of the
Academic
A f f a i r s
Committee
(AAC)
and
F a c u l t y
A f f a i r s
Committee
( F A C ) .
Because the
calendar
as
designed by
"Past experience has been that
make.:up days were never used
-
they were automatically added to
calendars just
in
case there was
some major occurrence. For Fall
2007 they have been eliminat-
ed," said Interim
·
Dean of the
School of Communications and
the Arts John Ritschdorff. "The
·
exam schedule that will be pre-
pared for fall 2007 will concen-
trate the free slots at the end of
the week to minimize the risk of
not getting examinations com-
pleted."
Though the immediate issue of
exam make-ups in close proxim-
"The student government got
on top of this early on," he said.
"This is a case where [they] real-
ly acted in the students' interests
very effectively."
News Briefs
World News
Indonesian capital awash with floods
Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians have
been left homeless after excessive rains del-
uged the capital city of Jakarta. In places,
water reached 13 feet. While the water level
has begun to lower, 31 people have already
been claimed by the floods.
·
It will continue to rain there for at least a few
more days, adding more damage to a bill
already estimated in the hundereds of millions
of U.S. dollars.
Suicide bomber dies after shootout
After trading bullets with police at the
Pakistani capital's airport, a suspected suicide
bomber died in a blast that also injured three
officers on the scene. During the gunfight, the
alleged bomber pulled the pin from a grenade,
which fell from his hand to the ground, killing
him.
'
Pakistan has recently experienced a wave of
suicide attacks, notably at the Mariott Hotel in
the capital city Islamabad.
National News
Astronaut arrested on several charges
Astronaut and Navy captain Lisa Nowak left
an Orlando prison Tuesday on $25,000 bond.
Nowak had been previously charged with
attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, and
attempted car burglarly after the assault of col-
legue Colleen Shipman with pepper spray.
Nowak allegedly drove from Houston to
Orlando in order to confront Shipman, a rival
in a supposed love triangle with fellow astro-
naut Bill Oefelein. After her arrest, NASA put
Nowak on a month-long involuntary leave,
preventing her from active duty with the space
agency.
Senate resolution on Iraq war stopped
Democratic leaders did not garner the neces-
sary 60 votes necessary to vote on a non-bind-
ing resolution proposed by Senator John
Warner (R-VA).
The measure, if passed,
would have expressed the United States
Senate's disapproval of the current White
House plan to implement a troop surge
in
Iraq
without actually enacting legislative policy.
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Senior
point
guard Jared
Jordan helps lead the Red
Foxes
to
a
close
71
-
66
victory
over
the
Loyola
Greyhounds last
Saturday
evening.
The
game, which was
played
before
a
pecked
house In the James
J.
McCann
Athletic Center,
helped put the
Marlst
men
on
the
road
to
cur-
rent co-leadershlp with
Loyola In the Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference.
Martst pulled
Into a
tie
for first In the MMC after
Monday's
game against
Rider.
In
that
competl
tlon,
enlor
Will
Whittington scored
a
career
high
of
32
points,
bringing the FoJCes In
to a
ra.zor•thln 79 78 win over
the Broncs.
Marist's current record
Is
13 10 overall, 9 4 in
the MMC.
A&E: MARIST THEATRE PROGRAM BRINGS A
NEW CABARET TO CAMPUS
Why the Marist Theatre Program's performance is an
experience you just can't miss.
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Security Briefs
Another slow week.
Don't
you people have pulses??
Upcoming
Campus Events
By ANDREW MOLL
Leader in homeland
security
Rex Grossman. Seriously.
What the hell was that? I
know it was wet but come
on. Granted, you're better
than Kyle Orton, but you
have to step it up a little.
It was a pretty sloppy
game for the most part,
somewhat close, some-
what compelling. But not
one of tlie best by far.
Even
the
commercials
weren't great. They were
OK.
I
like
anything
involving Robert Goulet,
and the Bud Light com-
mercials were par for the
course for the most part.
I tend to like the commer-
cials that are completely
idiotic yet genius and
have aboslutely nothing to
do with the product that is
being sold.
That being
said, without a doubt my
favorite
commercial
/promo w~s the one with
David
Letterman
and
Oprah.
That is a smart
commercial.
Make
me
laugh and entertain me for
thirtyf sec,0nds/
1
NGti
1ithat
difficlt<k
.
.
As for the pre-game, the
whole Cirque du Soleil
thing. That scared me a
lot. I'm not even ade-
quately prepared to write
about it. The halftime, on
the other hand, was pretty
good. I thpught Prince did
a nice job, even tho
.
ug.h
out of al
1
the rock songs
he could cover, he did a
·
Foo Fighters song. Not
even a good Foo Fighters
song. I was kind of flab-
bergasted by that one, not
gonna lie.
Anywho, onto the
briefs:
1/30 - l :37
A.M.
(r(r(r,>
Up on Fulton St., a stu-
dent's bike was stolen
because, as it turns out,
they ha'd cabled the front
wheel to the frame, leav-
ing it open to being taken.
The bike was later found
at five in the morning at
Upper West Cedar. So
remember kids, always
lock up your bikes and
scooters
and
whatnot.
Safety first.
1/31 - 5:50 P.M.
(r(r
A call
came into security from
Leo reporting some miss-
ing laundry. An extensive
search of the
·
area was
begun, and clothes-sniff-
ing dogs were called in to
search the entire Hudson
Valley to find the clothes.
People searched far and
wide for them, and a state
of national
emergency
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any
idea what happened to
them. Did they blow up?
Were they stolen? Did
they jump in the river?
Were
they
raptured?
Where did they go?! Oh.
Wait. They were on the
floor of the laundry room.
Nevermind.
2/1
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The entire city of Boston
was shut down for a day
when a number of bomb-
looking
devices
were
found.
The city spent a
large amount of money
bringing in
the
bomb
squad and making sure
that Fenway Park wasn't
demolished in the blink of
an eye. As it turns out, it
was just part of a market-
ing scheme to promote
Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
But, in all honesty, how
could one not think that a
Lite-B_rite rendering of a
Mooninite giving the fin-
ger was a bomb that could
destroy
half
of
Massachusetts? So con-
grats Boston. N evermind
that these same promo-
tions occurred in oth~r
cities withouit incident.
You stepped up to the
plate and overreacted. Anf
if
I
could have picked one
city for that to happen in,
Boston would have been
at the top of the list.
2/2
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Now, normally I don't
agle~ .w,ith the scho9,l's
s~g<;~
ljll)
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,sJhijnig
down the hill in front of
the
library(which
I'm
·
pretty sure is "Anti-stu-
dents sliding down the
hill", but if I'm wrong,
then ignore all this), but
maybe they have a point.
A student had to be taken
to the hospital after snow-
boarding down the hall.
Good
work,
Flying
Tomato.
You have now
ruined it for everybody.
And I now stand on the
site
of
safety.
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A student's car managed
to go slightly off road and
hit
a
fire
hydrant.
Unfortunately for the stu-
dent, the hydrant won.
The car had a flat tire, the
front quarter panel and
the bumper were both
damaged, and the car had
to be towed away. When
the hydrant was hit, the
water spilled out and
started a block pary like
the one in Do The Right
Thing( even though I ha ye
images of the scene where
James Caan misses the
punch in The Godfather).
Of course, once the water
hit the air, it froze, and
everyone was sad.
2/5 - 4:25 P.M.
In the Gartland G area,
a;.'¥
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rill was apparently
;t;jtulted
by
snow
removal equipment .. The
grill was jA!fen
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find out exactly what hap-
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There were tire
tracks found on the grill,
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the DNA results have
no'i come in yet, so we
have to wait to find the
murderer.
Don't worry,
kids. David Caruso is
here. He'll figure it all
out.
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Upon realizing that not
enough stuff had hap-
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briefs allotted space -
well, either that, or Moll
just got laaaazy - one very
tir.ed, fairly-lazy-herself
newspaper editor decided
to just start typing.· So it
should be duly noted that
this
is
not,
in
fact,
Andrew Moll nor is this
particularly
a
security
brief, unless you count
the strong potential that
I
may or may not light LT
on fire so that
I
don't
have to keep filling up
this column.
Seriously
now, dido 't more stuff
happen on Sunday??
I
feel like there's a distinct
possilbility
that
more
stuff happened during, of
all things, the Superbowl.
Clearly you were drinking
and breaking stuff.
For
example, I, for one, roll
with TEN gangs.
I do
what I want! Come on,
people. It's college. Beer.
No parents. No bedtime.
Live
-a;-ii;ttl
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geni~-o-meter:
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of the
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Lawmakers push for smoking, spanking bans for parents
By
KATHRYN BUDZINSKI
Staff Writer
· There are many parents I know
who would put their child's life
before their own. This mindset is
a very loving, caring way to view
the duties that accompany par-
enthood. However, there are
habits that parents develop
which can be very detrimental to
a child's health. All over the
United States lawmakers are
enforcing, or trying to enforce,
several different laws that will
protect the health and well-being
of children.
It is very often that I see adults
smoking
while
driving.
However, I don't usually pay
attention to how often adults are
smoking with children passen-
gers in the car. The fact that
many parents smoke arourld their
children is very often overlooked
by certain people in society. This
issue up for debate is greater of a
problem than many smokers
realize.
According to an article pub-
lished on abcnews.com by Bob
Jamieson, there has been an
order issued in Bangor, Maine
that bans smoking in vehicles
while there are passengers under
the age of 18. There is, as
always, the group that supports
this ordinance and the one that
disagrees with it. Supporters are
happy with the passing of this
ordinance because it is aimed at
protecting children from second-
hand smoke. Action on Smoking
and Health's
John
Banzhaf said,
"We know that the concentra-
tions of tobacco smoke in cars
will frequently be three to five
,
times what they are in offices or
in a bar."
Too many people don't recog-
nize
the
risks· they are taking by
smoking with kids in the car. It is
to
smoke with
children
in the car
will be penalized. The Bang.or
ordinance allows police to
stop
any car
in
which a driver
is
smoking with a child passenger.
that could outlaw spanking chil-
dren under the age of four.
According to an article on
msnbc.com by Victoria Clayton,
if
this bill becomes a
law,
parents
can be charged a fine of
up to $1,000 or a
year
in
jail for such behavior as
spanking.
There are sever-
al other forms of disci-
Libertarian groups are protesting the smoking ordinance on
account of the Idea that It Is
II
another government Intrusion into
the llves of U.S. citizens.
11
Despite this argument, anyone who
decides to smoke with children
In
the car wlll be penalized.
pline that parents can
resort to when children are
almost as
if
certain smokers want
to
turn a deaf e~ regarding the
issue
'because
even though the
ordinance has been passed, many
do not want to have to deal with
it. Libertarian groups are protest-
ing
the ordinance on account of
the idea that
it
is
"another
gov-
ernment intrusion into the lives
of U.S. citizens." Despite this
argument, anyone who decides
Additionally, the person can be
charged $50 for not obeying the
ordinance.
It
is a relief to know
that the mayor of Bangor,
Richard Greene,
supports
the
ordinance.
"I think
it
is common sense,"
said Greene.
While the Bangor
smoking
ban
is
passed and now in
effect, there
is
a proposed law in
California
acting up. For example,
time-outs usually work
when
enforced
at an early age.
In
reality, any form of punish-
ment can be effective
when
dis-
ciplining
a child just as long as
there are clear boundaries set
between the parent and child,
and the child understands why he
or she
is
being disciplined.
It
is
often that parents use
physical
punishment when they have lost
all patience.
I
believe that
an
occasional spanking, when a
child really deserves
it,
may be
appropriate. However, using
spanking as
a
form of controlling
a child is not necessary.
Many
parents fail to set
boundaries
with their children regarding
rules, behavior, etc. This,
in
the
long run, can eliminate
having to
bribe or hit
children
in order for
them to simply
behave. •
Along with countless
other
measures society has taken
to
protect the health and
well-being
of children,
these
prove
that
new
steps can be taken all the
time.
Both the
smoking
ban and
the
possible spanking ban
will, ulti-
mately, mediate
parents' actions
that may not be
of the
best
judg-
ment:
Lack of proper student bathroom etiquette leads to aggravation
By
REBECCA ROSE
Circle Contributor
I hate using public bathrooms.
I really hate using public bath-
rooms in which their
cleanliness
is a question. H~re at Marist, the
bathroom
Here is an obvious bathroom
tip: if
you sprinkle
while you tin-
kle, be neat and wipe the seat.
This is a motto by which every-
body should live. Let us think
for a second. Would you rather
touch your own urine or some-
one else's?
n e v e r
seems to be
clean. Even
after house-
keeping has
done their
Here is an obvious bathroom tip: if
you sprinkle while you tlnkle, be
neat and wipe the seat. This is a
motto by which everybody should
llve.
The sinks
in our bath-
r o
om
s
serve many
purposes.
We
use
them
to
job and
,I
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_
brush our
teeth,
wash
am the first person to use the toi-
let or brush my teeth in the
fresh-
ly washed sink, I am haunted by
thoughts of bacteria
festering.
Of
course,
I would not be haunt-
ed by these thoughts
of
festering
bacteria if people took time to
think about proper etiquette.
Why don't people flush the toi-
lets? Is
it
too hard to hit the lever
before you
exit
the stall?
Granted, I'm sure we have all
forgotten to flush the toilet once
or twice in our lives. But when
you
share
a bathroom with
30
other people
and
are
constantly
reminded of how
gross
it is
whtn
you
see
that a toUet hasn't been
flushed,
it
seems like
it
would
be
hard to forget to flush.
our faces, and to
clean
our dish-
es.
If
you notice excess tooth-
paste in the
sink,
rinse it out.
Nobody
wants to
wash
their
dishes on
someone
else's
spit.
Likewise,
no one wants to wash
their face in a sink with
spoiled
food. Be
conscientious,
if you
wash your dishes, do
so
in the
sink
with the stopper
so
that your
food will
be
washed down
the
drain. Always
rinse
out the
sink
when
you
are through using
it.
Speaking
of dirty dishes,
the
counter in the bathroom is not
the place
for
all of the used cafe-
teria plates and bowls. It may
seem
like housekeeping will
take
those dishes back to the
cafete-
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ria, but they won't.
It is
not their
job. The person who used the
cafeteria
dishes
is
responsible
for
bringing those dishes back down
to the cafeteria.
Not washing your hands
spreads
germs. It does not do
any
good to wash
your
hands
after using the bathroom if the
person who used it before has not
washed theirs. You may
get sick
from
the
germs that fester and
grow
on the door knob. Do
your-
self a
favor
and pra~tice
good
hand washing.
Remember
to always
clean up
after
yourself.
Whether it
is your
toothpaste in the sink,
the
piece
of toilet paper
that you dropped
on
the
floor,
your
hands after
you
have
emptied your
bladder, or
the
food particles in the
sink, try
to be
conscientious!
If you showed
a little more
respect for
yourself
and one
another, the cleanliness of the
bathroom
and my mood would
be
greatly improved. ·
Army officer charged for refusal to deploy
By DANIEL BLACK
Staff writer
Earlier this
week,
charges were
•
·
1Hn
brought
agamst
I
st Lt. Ehien
Watada,
an officer
in the
United
States Army, for refusing to
deploy
with
his unit to Iraq. Last
June,
Watada had
expressed
his
understanding
of
the war as ille-
gal
and
immoral,
an irreconcil-
able
reality
that
precludes
his
involvement.
Succinctly put,
participation constitutes com-
mission
of
war
crimes;
he
has
not the
freedom
but
the
duty to
disobey
.
He
desires
to
plea these
pretenses
before
the
court.
Allegations of this
nature, espe-
cially when they come from a
junior officer, are
never taken
softly
by
any military
unit or
the
United States Government. On
Monday,
retribution from both
culminated
in
the form of a gen-
eral court martial for "missing a
movement by
design"
and
four
counts of
"conduct
unbecoming
an officer and gentleman". So
began
what's been interpreted
by
many as court action that, at
least
indirectly, puts the war itself on
trial.
Shortly after commencing,
though, this
trial has
proven
a
disappointment
for anyone antic-
ipating its
provision of insight
into the
Iraq war's legitimacy.
Whether Watada's
case against
the
legality of the Iraq war has
any substance,
Wt:
will
never
know. The institutions waging
their wrath against
him have
decided against our right to have
all the facts or rightfully con-
ceive of Lt. Watada as a criminal
or a
hero. The Judge,
Lt. Col.
Head, will
not
allow
into the
courtroom ai:iy evidence reveal-
ing the bigger picture
behind
Watada's
resolve to reject orders
to fight in Iraq.
It
is a man, not a war, that
is
on
trial, and this
has
been made
clear. This is sound reasoning
for
isolating
vastly different
i'ssues and harldlirtg them
i'r1di~·
~dtiafly
in
their appropriate
8&i~
texts, and
I
wish that was the
·
end
of the
story. The truth
that
Lt.
Watada
wishes to share with the
.
nliJ
MP,tece"dent~:'cf Jct~b1fot
of pridt!His,
'
tfiJ
radical tratrsfHt-
mation from those
prescribed
by
international
law
to these pushed
by the American government,
can
be
This unprecedented scrambling of priori-
ties, the radical transformation from those
prescribed by international law to these
pushed by the American government, can be
expressed In Just a handful of plain-English
words: the value of obedience supersedes
the value of truth.
expressed
in
just
a handful
of
plain-
E n g l i s h
words:
the
value of
obe-
dience super-
sedes
the
value
of
truth.
rest of
the
American people -that
the larger
issue, whether
or not
the war
itself is
legal
or criminal-
is
effectively silenced through
omission from any critical evalu-
ation and the
issue
of
him
refus-
ing orders is subsequently inval-
idated.
In fact, the
disparity of their value
is
so
great, that they cannot even
share an arena of
debate
or com-
pete in the same courtroom.
I would argue that this prioriti-
zation is
nothing
new in global
history.
It
is a recurring theme,
in
fact, in fascist and totalitarian
regimes
.
Though placeless in an
authentic democracy
,
it must
always
have
been the trump card
in any genocidal dictator's
deck.
Are
these
interpretations of
any
value? We don't know;· the mili-
tary court -possibly acting
under
some
higher
authority-
is
shield-
ing us from the answer. What
is
being hidden from us?
T.hough this-ocdeal :may, yield
little inasmuch
as answers
'
t11>
1
the
questions I've thus far raised, it
is painfully enlightening in
another. Perhaps the most dis-
heartening
revelation
that
Watada's
trial
has forced upon
this
nation's
self-concept
is
the
insignificance of the American
public's will. Also, it may be
inferred that
the
apathy of the
majority
enables unchecked
criminal behavior in our coun-
try's government. On
the
who
l
e,
Americans
don't
care,
and
pres-
ent conditions of the global com-
munity reflect this unfortunate
truth. A democracy ridden with
apathy
in
its people is tanta-
mount
to an engine ridden with
sand
in its
block; if they are not
cared for properly
,
then they will
not
function properly.
But I
stand
by what I've said; this is
merely skepticism, placeless in
the Watada fiasco. We will have
no
answers, for it has been deter-
mined
that
in order for us to ful-
fill
our
function
,
the unques-
tioned obedience
to
authority,
does
not require an understand-
ing of its leg
i
timacy.
·
I
believe it very important to
appreciate what is implied by the
decision of this court. Consider
that one of two things must be
true: either the war in Iraq
is ille-
gal and immoral or it is not.
I
will
not disclose my opinion one
way or the other, I don't see that
it makes a difference, what is of
gravest concern is the
detennina-
tion of this issue as off
limits.
We are plainly not allowed to
question anything if doing so
threatens the unqualified power
of
this
administration and the
image
that
all decisions they
make are purely justified and
moral.
This is a horrifying
precedent. The presumption of
those in power (and what they
expect
us
all to accept at face-
value) is that the war in Iraq is
legal, absolutely and uncondi-
tionally, and
that
that presump-
tion is inscrutable. We may very
well wonder ourselves whether
this assessment of the war is
credible or not, but skepticism,
however
valid it may be,
becomes intolerable when it
threatens the stability of the
authority from which these
issues originated.
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Marist math club hold technique seminars for Sudoku craze
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD, MICHELLE
MORICO, AND ALICIA MATTIELLO
Circle
Contributors
"Sudoku" is the latest in pop culture that Japan
has
graciously passed down to America - after
Tamagotchi, Power Rangers, and Anime.
lbis JXlpular logic puzzle will be examined at the
Marist College Mathematics Seminar on Friday
1
Feb.
23.
Bob
McGrail,
an
Assistant Professor of
Computer Science and Mathematics at Bard
College, will speak at 3:30 p.m. in Lowell Thomas
001. The seminar is open to the public.
Jeanne Sihksnel, a freshman Mathematics major,
first saw a Sudoku puzzle in her high school senior
math class.
"We had to do it in class," Sihksnel explained.
"Then I just started playing it."
She was hooked after that first game. She said
she feels
'really
good' after completing a Sudoku
problem and now plays Sudoku online to broaden
her math skills.
"It requires you to think a lot," she-6aid.
McGrail looks forward to speaking to math
enthusiasts.
quotes in newspaper and magazine puzzle sec-
"1 should confess that my reason for giving this tions," said McGrail.
·
"It is very mathematical in
talk is to entice talented Marist students and facul-
nature,
yet
quite
accessible."
ty members to work with me on related problems,"
Richard J. McGovern, an associate professor of
he said.
mathematics, also noted the availability of Sudoku
A common misconception is that Sudoku
in
newspapers. He
labeled
the Sudoku movement
require~ a mathematical background. However,
as a temporary phase.
anyone can complete a puzzle. Associate professor
"Crazes like this happen every once
in
a while,"
K. Peter Krog, who has taught Mathematics at he said.
While McGovern does not know if
Marist for- more than
11
years, has seen Sudoku Sudoku has a
long
future in American pop culture,
puzzles where colors or shapes replace the num-
he compared Sudoku
to
cross-word puzzles.
bers. The puzzles have "nothing to do with the
"Once things get established in a newspaper, they
numbers themselves," he said.
tend
to
root there."
Sudoku is a puzzle of
81
boxes. Each box will
·
McGrail said he completes approximately three
eventually contain a digit that is one through nine.
to four puzzles a day.
The puzzle begins in a partially-completed state,
"My talk explores some nice results concerning
and the object is to fill in the remaining boxes. the use of alternative collections of algebraic rules,
However, no row or column may contain a repeat-
such as the rules of addition or multiplication, to
ed number
.
produce other Sudoku-style puzzles," he said.
"You sort of have to think your way through,"
"The process of
solving
such a puzzle
i~
the
says Krog. "You have to piece it together."
process of
completing
an algebra."
Many people first encounter Sudoku when they
An algebra, he said, is similar to the "addition and
open a newspaper.
times tables" students memorize in grammar
"It tends to sit along side crosswords and crypto
school.
Each algebra has its own set of rules.
McGrail's
visit
is part of a weekly seminar series
run by the Math Department and
Marist Math
Club.
Full-time
faculty
members
in the
Math
Department have no
classes
on Fridays from
3 :30
to 5:00 p.m. so they can attend the seminars.
The program has no funding, so most speakers
are booked on a volunteer basis.
A
majority of the
seminars are presented by faculty of the
Math
Department and nearby colleges. Past speakers
have also included Marist graduates and current
seniors who present senior projects.
While the seminars are open to
the
public,
they
are usually advertised
only through
the math
department. Anyone
who
would
like
to be on the
mailing list may contact
McGovern.
A
link to
the
list of seminars and a ca
l
endar can be found
online
a
t
http:
//
www.academic.marist.edu/math/Seminar
/
sc
hedule.htrn. A brief description of each
seminar
can be found by clicking on the seminar title.
A website called .,www.websudoku.com offers
Sudoku puzzles of different levels online for
free.
Haute couture hits the Paris runway as
fashionistas
ogle original designs
,
By
KATE GOODIN
Staff Writer
For the fashion world, it's the most
wonderful time of the year.
'
It's Fashion Week!
Well, the fall fashion show season
'
recently commenced with New York
Fashion Week. The season
actually
spans for about four glorious weeks.
Even though the fashion weeks in New
'
York, London, and Milan are held in the
highest
regard, there is one other week
that trumps them all.
I
am
speaking,
of
course,
about
Couture Week, which occurred from
January
22 to 25 in Paris. Couture Week
,
is probably the single most important
week in the fashion season.
This
is when
the top
designers
like Christian Dior,
Arrnani, and Chanel showcas~ their cou-
,
ture collecti?ns, not to be confused with
:
pret-a-porter, or ready-to-wear. The
: •
designs in the couture collections are not
meant to be bought off a rack at
·
Nordstrom; a couture
show
is a theatri-
cal production of sorts. While the
in Jean Paul Gaultier's case, a mixture
designs are certainly breathtaking to
of both- but Gaultier can get away with
behold, they epitomize the designer's
pretty much anything. Gaultier was
inspiration and forecast trends for the
responsible
for Madonna's
infamous
coming season.
I
think the words of
cone bra. A stark
contrast
to those col-
Coco Chanel are most fitting to
ors was the creamy white and
ivory
in
describe what Couture Week means,
Valentino's collection. This just proves
"Fashion is not
something
that exists
in
fashion, anything
goes.
in dresses only. [
...
] fashion has to do
The second thing I noticed that
with ideas, the way we live, what is
occurred in all the shows was the
happening." In other words, the cou-
abundance
of ladylike accents on the
tort:!
shows represent the upcoming
designs.
Ruffles, bow
accents; pleats,
iaeas in faspion, but througb.,tb~ eyes
and
tie~s
that
rival
any wedding cake's
·
of
the
designer. This is truly what fash-
pervaded
the
catwalk.
There
was
still a
ion is all about.
healthy dose of the leggings
/
minidress
So what pearls of sartorial wisdom
ensemble
in
the Chanel show,
but the
did this season's couture shows offer?
overall tenor during
Couture
Week
was
Well, as difficult as it is to
categorize
more
feminine
than mod.
these designers,
I
spotted
a few recur-
The third and final
.
trend I
perceived
ring themes in the couture shows. First
in the
Couture
Week shows was metal-
was color.
I
noticed the shows were
lie
accents.
The metallic pieces
seemed
either bursting with vibrant reds and
futuristic on
the
soft pinks and frosty
sunny yellows,
evident
in. the
Christian
blues, but a little shine is
good
for the
Lacroix and Christian Dior shows or
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sartorial soul.
It
was
actually Elie Saab
muted with stormy
greys,
lilacs, and
One of the dresses from the Christian Dior
who
created the all-gold
Spring
2007
blues
a
la
Elie
Saab and Givenchy or,
Spring 2007 collection.
pret-a-porter collection;
Balenciaga
featured the
gold-plated leggings. While
people shouldn't need
sunglasses if they
encounter
you
this spring
,
a
me
ta
llic or
patent leather
accent piece-
belt,
bag,
shoes,
what
you will- should
be
cleverly
worked into
your
ensemble.
While I love
Couture Week
and all
it
stands
for,
I
confess I do play favorites.
This
year,
I
thought the Dior and
Elie
Saab shows were magnificent. I
adored
the
Dior
show because
it
embodied
i
everything
I
love
,
about
Couture Week.
It was a beautiful
sight to behold.
Cherry blossom
trees
provided the back-
drop for the
models, surrounded
b
y
ruf-
fles and tiers
lighter than
air
or folded
into
crisp
and
voluminous origami crea-
tures. In my
other favorite, the Elie Saab
show, the models swept down the
run-
way
in
shimmering greys
and
icy lilacs
draped femininely
over their
figures.
Those designs,
with their
•
simplicity,
chic ness,
and ingenuity, will undoubt-
edly be devoured
by celebrities for the
awards
season.
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Trini, Kimberly,
Billy,
Zack,
Jason,
and
Tommy. Yes
1
the
Mighty
Morphin
Power
Rangers,
Years
ago, they
were synonymous
with
everything amazing
in life
.
Now,
the reputation
of unstoppable
popularity has been
tarnished
by
the newest
generations
of Power Rangers
:
Neo,
Turbo, and S.P.D.
certain filmsfor ten
years.
Every
episode
of the
Might Morphin Power Rangers
has
be¢~
sys-
tematically removed
from youtube.com and
other
sites,
so
people
who
want
to
relive the
glory of their youth
have to
wait
for
the vault to
open. Honestly Disney,
taking
away the Power
Rangers?
What
1:s
wrong with
you?
So,
what is
it
about
the Power
Rangers
that
gives
it
such a
timeless quality?
In my
opinion,
Tommy,
the
green
and white
ranger, and
Kimberly, his
pink ranger girlfriend, made the
show
the legend
that
it
is.
I
would entice anyone
to look up their names on
youtube.com, andjust
be
amazed
( or
disturbed) at the
amount
of trib-
utes
there are
to the couple.
Obviously,
reminiscing
about the Power
Rangers is beyond random, it's downright
insane. In
my
defense
,
I
am not
the only person
who still
thinks the original Power Rangers
were the
greatest superheroes of all
time.
This
entire thought process surrounding
tltem was
ge
nerated
a couple of
weeks
ago
when
1
saw
someone
in
the
dining hall wearing a
Power
Rangers
jacket.
So:
to
whoever wore
that
jacket:
rock on,
and
wear it
with
pride.
After
mentioning the Power
Rangers
to just
about who
will
listen,
and many
people
who
wouldn't, I've realized
that the Mighty Morphin
Power
Rangers have a
-soft spot
for
anyone
in
our
generation.. Everyone
has his
·
or her favorite
ranger,
and
people
still
reminisce
about that
ranger
with unwavering
pride. For
a
brief
period
of time,
the Power
Rangers basically ruled the
world. Kids dressed
up
as
the
Power
Rangers
for
Halloween
,
washed
their pint-si
zed
bodies
with
Power Ranger soap, and slept in Power
Ranger
footsie
pajamas
.
The Disney empire
bas noticed the
marketabil-
ity of the old-school
Power Rangers, and
has
squirreled away every
old
episode into
its
"yault," which
halts the
production of DVDs for
Girls
wanted
to
be
the
pip.k
ranger, and girls
also wanted to be Tommy Oliver'
girlfriend.
I
don't
know
wb:o
bovs
wanted
to
be,
but
I
remember
my
little brother
dressing
as the
red
ranger.
Sure,
the
Power Rangers
was
racially
awkward
because
it
cast
the Vietnamese Thuy
Trang
as
tM
'
>
cllov.
ranger, and
African~
American Walter
Jones
as the
black ranger.
A
few of
the sequences
were actually
voice-overs
of
the original Japanese show,
and
the
moti0f!S
of the
actors
in
costume
never matched
their
voices. But who cares? n,c
Power
Rangers
were
ridiculou!.ly
perfect
kids
who
promoted
world peace,
who could have
a
problem
with
such a perfect
image?
Only
the
original Power Rangers
could make
brightly
colored
unitards and pathetic
special
effects look so
coot
So rock
on.
Power
Rangers,
and
especially
you, boy
who
sports a Power
~gers
jacket. It's moxphin' time.
















































































































































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lot to her," he said.
RYAN SMITH, AND MARC SAUSA
Circle Contributors
Michelle Losicco, a Highland resident, has been
the recipient of a loving and unique gift.
"I got a voice recorder that had our picture on it,
As Valentine's Day approaches, so does the anx-
and when you pressed play it was my boyfriend's
iety of finding a meaningful and creative present voice reciting a poem and saying
'I
love you."'
for that someone special. Valentine gifts need not
One unusual and extreme way to show affection
be
traditional flowers and candy, some people like might be to get a tattoo.
John
Casulli, a tattoo artist
different surprises.
NYU sophomore Anne at Planet New York Tattoo and Body Piercing, said
Sebastian
is
that Valentine's Day tattoos are not common.
one, for exam-
"There isn't a sig-
' nificant increase in
ple.
"The. usual
the amount of tat-
flowers
and
toos that we do
chocolates are
around Valentine's
always
nice,"
Day," he said, "But
she said, "but
when
people do
getting
some-
make this choice,
thing unexpect-
there are some popu-
ed and
fun
is a
lar themes."
better surprise."
"Most people
Gift givers in a
either get names,
more intimate
hearts, or interlock-
relationship opt
ing symbols," he
for a sex-related
said,
"The funny
gift.
Tim
part is that
80
per-
McGeever,
a
cent of the time, the
Marist sopho-
people come back to
more, has gone - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - get the tattoo cov-
ered up."
this route.
"I
once gave a girl edible underwear," he said.
Sometimes the most unusual gifts require no
Danielle Velez, an engineering major at Johns money. Meredith Klein, a sophomore at Syracuse
Hopkins University, was the recipient of an explic-
University, could not put a price on her favorite
itly sexual gift.
present.
"One time on Valentine's Day, my boyfriend gave
"Last year, my boyfriend and his fraternity sang
me a hot pink female sex toy," she said, "I was love songs to me outside my dorm," she said.
completely shocked by the gift."
"This was the most thoughtful gift I'd ever received
With many different options a~ailable, some ipeor
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V~~ptior's
.
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Mana in Editor
Around Val nrme' day, people
plit
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separate
camp ..
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sid \ you ha, e tho
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who
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of
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yearly
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an almost
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virtues
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to
heart.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007
Course offers valuable jnfor-
mation on anxiety and stress
By
SANDRA BUJALSKI,
MATT SPI
L
LANE AND
. OBOZUA EHIKIOYA
Circle Contributors
Dealing with everyday stress
can be difficult. Finding ways to
cope with that anxiety can be
even tougher.
The Marist
College Advisory Committee on
Safety and Security has an
answer for students and faculty.
Marist, in conjunction with the
Dutchess
County
Critical
Incident Response Team, is
teaching a two-day course on
stress management.
The course, "Critical Incident
Stress Management (CISM):
Group Crisis Intervention," will
be held on February 23 and 24 at
the Dutchess County Fire
Training
Center
in
Poughkeepsie. It costs $125, but
is free for full-time Marist stu-
dents and employees.
.
In addition to general stress
management, the program will
also focus on how to handle
"critical incidents", such as the
death or illness of a friend. This
session will also concentrate on
overcoming stress as a group,
rather than as individuals.
Roberta Staples, the Director
of Professional and Student
Development/ Special Projects
at Marist, is one of two instruc-
tors for the course
.
Paul
Coiteux,
the Director of the
Dutchess
County
Critical
Incident Response Team, is
the other. Both are approved by
the
International
Critical
Incident Stress Foundation to
teach this course.
Staples said that the training
can benefit everyone by teaching
people how to suppress and
overcome tension, using a vari-
ety of techniques, both physical
and mental. "There are a lot of
different tools in the toolbox",
she said.
Breathing, relaxation, nutri-
tion, and getting plenty of sleep
can help lower people's heart
rates and calm them down.
"Once
Y«?U slow the body, the
mind will follow," Staples said.
She pointed to a familiar inci-
dent in which group stress man-
agement was critical.
A few years ago, Staples was
awakened during the night after
a student had died in her dorm
room.
Staples' knowledge of
critical incident management
and group intervention helped
th~ students and faculty cope
with the loss of the student.
Coping with a death is only one
example of how CISM applies to
real life situations. This is why,
in addition to Marist students
and faculty, others, such as fire-
fighters, police officers, resident
directors, security officers and
EMTs will attend the class.
Meagan Ellsberry, Leo Hall
RD, will be taking the class. She
has already received training in
the individual courses and now
she would like to get the group
training.
"I think it's important, being an
RD, to have the training,
11
she
said. "You need someone to help
with students in a crisis. It's
something important
staying in higher education."
Spaces are limited, but students
interested in attending the pro-
gram may contact Staples.
"It
can't make stress go away, but it
can help it," she said.
www.maristcircle.com
By
K
RISTI
N G
RI
MSGAARD
Circle Contributor
At this year's Boston
Marathon, over 20,000 runners
will be lacing up their sneakers
and taking to the streets. This
year's race is the 111 th, but for
Brian Loew, a Marist College
senior and native of the Boston
area, it wiU be his first.
1
hou
gh
he. laced up a pair of
n.mnmg shoes for the first time
onl~ J\YO e_.a1~mt~ in an
~~~~.F
.
~
to de, elop a new hobby and lose
weight, Loew has not only
achieved those two goals, he
said
1
but has also fallen in love
with the sport
.
In
fact, he said, he had "actual-
ly lost 40 pounds." He cited a
"sense of accomplishment and
food
an
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Fitness goals push
Marist student to
Boston Marathon
feeling good physically" as his
favorite effects of running. If
you had asked Loew two years
ago ifhe though he'd ever run a
marathon, he would have
laugheq, he said, and answered
bluntly: "Absolutely not!"
When he began, his goal was
a l0K (7.2 mile) race. Upon
completing the l0K Falmouth
Road Race in Cape Cod,
Massachusetts in August of
2005, he set his
America.
Touched by the sudden loss of
fellow Marist College student
Caitlyn Boyle to meningitis last
fall, Loew said he wanted to
honor his late classmate as well
as some of his peers. Although
he was not close to Boyle, he
said, many of his good friends
were. He explained, "She meant
a lot to them, so anything I can
do to help raise awareness of
sight s on the
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-
meningitis, and
help
others
remember Cait, I
thought I should
do it."
26.2-mile
B o s t o n
Marathon.
Now,
Loew
runs
seven
miles a day and
will begin to
increase
this
amount until he
is able to run 26
miles
before
April 17th. You
Loew began running only
two years ago In an
attempt to develop a new
hobby and lose weight
,
and
hc1s
not
only
achieved those two goals
but has also fallen In love
with the sport
.
The race is
scheduled
to
take place on
April
17th,
2007.
Students
interested
m
funding
Loew
for his race in
can see him on any given day,
running around the Marist
campus, up Route 9 to the FDR
Library and back.
In order to qualify as a partici-
pant in the Boston Marathon, a
runner must have a previous
qualifying time at a certified
marathon
,
or run the Boston
Marathon as part of a fundraising
opportunity for a charitable
cause
.
This being Loew's first
marathon, he plans to run in an
effort to raise money for the
Meningitis
Foundation
of
the
Boston
Marathon, and contributing to
his charitable efforts for the
Meningitis
Foundation
of
America, should email him at
Brian.Loew@marist.edu.
All
donations collected by Loew
will be given to the Meningitis
Foundation of America
it't
Boyle's name.
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Marist Theatre Program brings a new 'Cabaret' to Marist
By BRIDGET SULLIVAN
Staff
Writer
Come to the
Oibaret,
old
chum! The Marist Theatre
Program will be presenting the
musical Cabaret by Kander and
Ebb, a traditional yet dark show
starring a highly talented cast
from Feb. 15 to Feb. 18
in
the
Nelly Goletti Theatre. Dr. Missy
Alexander and Prof. Jeff Bass
join seventeen students in the
cast. There are also at lea~t ten
crew members working behind
the scenes to pull the show
together.
"It
is a special show to
do because it has intense dancing
and great music, such as the well
known title song,"
·
said Matt
Andrews, the director for the
By
CHELSEA MURRAY
Staff Writer
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and
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me big
cckbnt:,
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to
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to
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show as well as Associate
Professor of English/Theatre
here at Marist College. The show
is also historical because it is set
in Berlin at the time of Hitler's
rise to power. Topher Ziobro, one
of the leads in Cabaret, said that
the show is "about romance,
desire, and the tribulations dur-
ing the rise of Nazism in
Germany ... it has very expertly
choreographed dances that daz-
zle the eye and make the audi-
ence feel like they're at a real
Cabaret in Germany."
AH of the cast and crew mem-
bers have been working very
hard for the past two months to
get the
show
ready
.
They were all
required to come back twelve
days early from winter break for
poinlm n1
ftgh1ics
pllp
:stdr
Prin
c
grcntly embarras ed
111m
elf at
the sup r Bo vi
unda) ni
•l1t
b_ rr \
11
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to
Hr. n
.
that h.
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•
rehearsals, and were expected to
be off book by the time they got
back to campus. During the time
when they were back on campus,
according to Kurtis. McManus
who plays the Emcee, they had
eight to ten hour rehearsals. One
of the freshmen in the cast,
Aforme Agawu, expressed his
feelings about the show by stat-
ing "It's much harder than I
expected. When you watch a
dancer who's smiling you never
really know just how much w.ork
he's doing. When I finish one
of
the dance nwnbers in reheansal
I
feel like
I
just ran a hundred
meter race! Everything is fast
paced
.
"
An
'
other
freshman,
Stephen Echeverri, seconded
Agawu's feelings regarding all
i.;an n
w
t
J.;e back their
snide
c<)mment ,tbout
h
w
cold nd
heart I
ss Johe\
a at the Gold ·n
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Brad
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Bowl goes, what a
disappointment ...
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artists
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a part of his daily life. When
asked if all of the work was
worth it he said, "Oh yes, it's
worth it. It's going to be a really
great show."
The show is being directed by
Peter Westerhoff, a professor of
acting, directing, dance, and
makeup at Oklahoma State
University who holds an MF A in
directing from the University of
Connecticut.
Marist professor
Matt Andrews is also involved
with directing. There are also
hired professionals or faculty
members covering every part of
the show, from costuming to
lighting, along with groups of
students. The students work
closely with the professionals.
"We want students to learn as
they do," said Matt Andrews,
who started work on this project
over a year ago when he had to
hire the professionals and get the
rights to do the show
.
In addition
to his role as director, Andrews
serves as the acting coac, and
tries to get the students to better
their skills as they rehearse.
Joanna Stein, the female
lead,
feels that the show is
"turning
into
an amazing thing, not just
with the singing and dancing, but
with the way we 're interpreting
the rise of Nazi Germany. The
,ast
ha come to
icth1.:r
o \ di
and we have formed a tight knit
team." Steph;mie Spi:,ranza, the
production stage manager
,
also
feels that the show is
coming
along
very
well. She
feels
that
the actors are dedicated and
knows the show
will go
over
well because "there are a lot of
really exciting and light hearted
moments and a lot of poignant
ones
...
as well as a massive and
extravagant
set,
costumes and
BRIDGET SUWVAN
/
THE ClRCt.E
lighting.
Alt
of the
cast members
have had
a great
time putting the
show
together
and
look
forward
to opening
night.
Performances w"ill
be
Feb. 15
and 16 at 8
p.m., Feb.
17 at
2
and
8 p.m.,
and
Feb. 18
at
2
p.m.
Tickets will be $10 general
admission; $5 with a
Marist
ID,
and group
discounts
are avail-
ab
l
e.
T
he
subject
matter may
not
be
suitable
for
children,
because
the show takes
place
at a cabaret
night club. Reservations can be
made by calling
the
box office
at
(845) 575-3133. Group discount
inquiries
only at 5
75
-3000
x7507. The show is
sure to be
a
huge
succes-s,
and
is
not to be
missed.
Spring 2Q07
SPC Concert
featuring
Gym
Class
Heroes
and
Suga
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Marist senior guard Will Whittington scored a game-high 23
points
on six three-pointers to lead the Red
Foxes to a 71-66 win over Loyola Saturday night In front
of
a sold-out James J. McCann Center crowd. With
the win, Marist lmproved to 16-7 and 8-4 in the MAAC. This win also put Marist in a tie for second In the
MAAC with Manhattan. Marist went on to beat Rider 79-78 on Monday, earning a
first
place tie with Loyola.
Nesbitt's Foxes fall in coaching debut
By
GREG HRINYA
Staff Writer
The Mari st Red Foxes
women's tennis team opened its
winter season with a 5-2 loss to
Colgate on Sunday, despite an
impressive performance from
junior Erin Godly.
The match· also marked the
head coaching debut of Marist
Coach Roge Nesbitt, who was
hired just a little more than two
weeks ago after having coached
~t Poughkeepsie's Lourdes High
School.
Erin Godly's dominant per-
formance gave coach Nesbitt
plenty to be optimistic about in
spite of the team's loss. Godly
won both matches she played,
opening with an impressive sin-
gles victory 6-0, 6-0 over Erin
Fenn. She would·then team with
Christine Ong for an 8-5 win
over Colgate's Jackie Couture
and Elise Derose.
"Erin was great for us and she
brings a lot of energy to our
team," Nesbitt said.
"She's a
real go-getter, and
I
see her as
one of our leaders who sets goals
and brings unity to our team."
Marist's only· other victory
came from Cassie Strange, who
beat Jackie Couture 6-0, 6-1.
The Red Foxes saw three other
players lose in straight sets to
Colgate, while Mirelva Colon
dropped a three-set game to
Cameron Thaney, losing the
third set 10-5. Marist would also
drop a second doubles match in
~Mch'Alexa
Strange and Cassie
Strange
fell
to Cameron Thaney
and Samantha lnacker 8-5.
Coach Nesbitt remained opti-
mistic after the loss and was not
discouraged at losing the first
match of the season.
"I
don't look at it as getting off
on the wrong foot," Nesbitt said.
"We had a good start, and
I
saw
some things we need to work on
and tighten up before our next
match."
Nesbitt said there are some
adjustments she plans on making
before the team travels to face St.
Peter's on Sunday, namely con-
sistency and ~rving.
"We need to
wotk
on becoming
more consistent and improving
on our serves," Nesbitt said.
"Colgate was a tough team and
that was to be expected, but we
will get some night practices in
and do a lot of running to
pf
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us for the next match."
The Red Foxes will facet~
~t.
Peter's Peahens on Sund~.
1
p.m for the first MAAC matcli of
the seas'?Jit.
'TM
m11nr
Wm
~
to meet some of its go~ .~d
improve to 1-1 on the year.
"I love what
I
see in
girls," Nesbitt said. "I have.
~igh
expectations for them,
arld I
think they will meet those expec~
tations."
·
The St. Peter's Peahens have
opened the year with two losses
to NJIT and Temple and will
play their first MAAC meet of
the season as well against the
Red Foxes.
Giorgi completes Foxes puzz e
By
IAN
HODGE
Staff Wnter
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CIRCLE •
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 8, 2007 •
PAGE 9
Foxes edge Rider
By
DANIEL BARRACK
Staff Writer
Will Whittington scored a
career high 32 points in a 79-78
win over conference rival Rider
Monday at Alumni Gymnasium.
Eight of Whittington's baskets
were three-pointers, which tied
the school record and his own
personal record for the fourth
time.
The victory improved Marist to
17-7 overall and now share first
place with a 9-4 record in the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference.
Marist took the locker room
with an 11-point lead at halftime,
but almost squandered it away at
the very end. With a game-high
15 point lead with 7:57 remain-
ing, Rider went on an 18-5 run to
slice the Red Fox lead to two.
Marist did not collapse, extend-
ing its lead to seven points with
just under a minute left in the
game. Guard Terrance Mouton
score three of his final 12 points
on a meaningless three-point
shot with one second remaining
that left Rider one point short of
sending the
_
contest into over-
time.
As a team, Marist shot 48.3
percent from the field and 50
percent from beyond the arc.
Much of the Red Foxes' success
from deep can be attributed to
the star of the game, Will
Whittington.
"I was able to get open shots
against their zone defense in the
first half. Guys on our team just
found me, and
I
was able to put
the ball in the hole," Whittington
said.
Found him they did, and he
took advantage by hitting eight
of 15 attempts, and accounting
for half of the team's three-point
field goals. While much of the
team•s success can be attributed
to Whittington, the Kingwood,
Texas native believes that the
win was a complete team effort.
"It was a good game [Monday]
night. We really had things flow-
ing on offense in the first half. It
is tough to
_
win games on the
road in this league so we are
happy to have won that one."
Jared Jordan was a contributor
in the win as well, scoring 18
points and accumulating five
rebounds and eight assists.
Senior center James Smith
scored in double figures with 11
points, and junior Ben Farmer
had a team high eight rebounds.
Marist played shaky defense
and shot a mere 46. 7 percent
from the free-throw line, but still
managed to do enough to top the
Broncs.
Forward
Jason
Thompson led Rider· with 22
points on 9-of-16 shooting on the
game. Terrance Mouton went 4-
of-7 from deep, and there was a
strong perfonnance from Jason's
brother, Ryan Thompson, who
scored 16 points off the bench.
The Red Foxes look to stay in
the win column as they finish out
the five remaining MAAC
games. Of its five conference
games remaining, the only team
with a losing record is Iona.
Marist and Loyola are currently
deadlocked at the top of the
standings, but while the Red
Foxes will play four of its last six
games at the Mccann center,
Loyola's final three contests are
on the road.
Sessegemin
proves
most
impressive Fox
at
West Point
By
NATE
FIELDS
Staff Writer
While many students return to
campus in January with a fresh
perspective, ready to start over,
Marist's men's tennis team
looked to pick up exactly where
they left off in November; and
they did just that. In just their
first month of action, the Foxes
dominated the field at the Army
Winter Tournament, had a strong
showing
at
the
Harvard
Invitational, and split their first
two dual matches.
Marist opened the spring sea-
son by capturing four titles on
Jan. 21 at West Point. Coach Tim
Smith said his team's work ethic
and dedication in the off-season
Swiss freshman, Sessegemin,
who is still getting acquainted to
the US.
"I was most impressed with the
play of Sessegemin," Smith said.
"He'd only been in the country a
week at that point. His work
ethic and energy level was most
impressive."
The Foxes were back in action
.
the final weekend of January in
the
Harvard
Intercession
Invitational. Despite a tough
start in which only one Marist
player, Pedro Genovese, won.
their first round singles match,
the Foxes finished strong in the
back draw. Four Marist players
reached Ute back draw semifi-
nals, assuring a back draw title
for the Foxes.
was evident.
Both Marks and Sessegemin
"Its obvious that most of our won their semifinal matches,
players trained and played over defeating Josephs and Coley,
the break," he said. "This it the respectively, to set up a rematch
best results we've had in the
,
of the West Point secopd flight
Army tournament in the last five
singles final. The two battled in
years."
both sets, with Sessegemin even-
All three doubles flight finals
tually prevailing again, 7-5, 6-4.
featured Marist teams, and the
Marist opened its dual match
second flight tandem of senior season
at
Dartmouth
last
Ray Josephs and junior Greg Saturday with a 6-1 defeat. The
Marks downed Army's Charles Foxes won two of three doubles
Mullenger and Christ Albornoz, matches to earn the doubles
8-4, for the victory.
point. The first doubles team of
Marist enjoyed success in sin-
Genovese
and
classmate
gles action as well, winning titles Federico
Rolon
defeated
in the second, third and fourth Dartmouth's Dave Waslen and
flights. Marks faced fellow Red Daniel Freeman 8-3, and Coley
Fox Loic Sessegemin· in second and Sessegemin ·downed Andy
flight singles, and fell to the Kim and Dave Steinberg in third
Swiss
freshman
6-2,
6-1. doubles, 8-3 as well.
Josephs posted a 6-2, 6-2 victory
The Foxes battled in singles
over Binghamton's Alex Dobrin action, forcing three sets in three
in third singles for his second of six matches, but failed to pick
title of the weekend. Perhaps the up a victory in any.
most exciting match of the day
The team had no time to rest
featured freshman Christian however, as they traveled to
Coley matched with Colgate's Long Island to take on Stony
Tyler Deck in fourth singles.
Brook on Sunday. The Foxes had
Deck bested Coley 6-4 in the much better results against the
first set, but Coley fought back Seawolves, sweeping doubles
to win the second set 6-2 and and splitting the singles matches
took the third 10-7.
for a 5-3 victory.
Smith gave a lot of credit to the
Roann'
Red Foxes
Marist' male and
female tar perfonner
for the \ eekend of
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3-5.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007
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Upcoming Schedule:
Men's Basketball:
Thursday, Feb. 8 - vs. Fairfield, 7:30 p.m.
Women's Basketball:
Friday, Feb. 9 - vs. Canisius, 7:30 p.m.
PAGE 10
Foxes to
face Stags, attempt
to
remain
in
first
By
JOE FERRARY
Staff Writer
The Marist men's basketball
team will look to stay in a tie for
first-place as it plays host to the
hottest team in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC), the Fairfield Stags, on
Thursday, Feb,
8, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Mccann Center.
Currently the Red Foxes are
17-7. and 9-4 in the MAAC.
Their 9-4 record is good for a
first place tie with the Loyola
Greyhounds. The Stags are
10-
15 and 8-5
'in
league play.
Fairfield has won its last seven
contests.
Marist has won its past two
games including a 71-66 victory
over first place Loyola and a 79-
78 victory over Rider on Monday
night.
Preview
This is the first time this season
_
that these two teams meet. Last
year, the Red Foxes swept the
season series, winning 91-72 in
P<;mghkeepsie, and 67-61 in the
final regular season game in
Fairfield.
This will be another MAAC
classic as the highest-ranked
offense, Marist, will face the
MAAC's
best
defense
in
Fairfield. The Red Foxes are
averaging 7 5
.4
points per contest
while Fairfield only gives up
65.5 points per game.
The Stags' seven-game win-
ning streak has featured tough
physical defense as well as time-
ly shooting. In its last game,
Fairfield used a late 23-6 run to
defeat Loyola 65-62.
Marist sophomore forward
Vince Anthony said during its
run, Fa:inield has been playing
well on both sides of the ball.
''They have a high shooting
percentage, and they are playing
great defense," Anthony said.
''They have the ability to lock up
key players and shut them
down."
Head coach Matt Brady said
Fairfield is a young and physical
team, and they are heading into
this game having been playing
very good basketball.
"They have played an excellent
seven games," Brady said.
"They are a very young team
who plays great defense. They
have a very physical front court
and I expect a very physical
game from them."
With Coach Brady expecting a
physical game, he will hope to
have the services of junior for-
ward Shae McNamara back on
the court. McNamara has not
dressed for the past two games
and is listed as day to day with a
hamstring injury
.
~d Foxes back in 1st
Just over one week ago the Red
Foxes suffered a heartbreaking
loss to Manhattan when Darryl
Crawford hit a floating jumper
with seven seconds left to give
the Jaspers a 75-74 victory. With
the loss the Red Foxes found
themselves in third place.
One of the main reasons why
Marist is back on top of the
MAAC is due to the play of sen-
ior guard Will Whittington.
In
the Red Foxes latest wins,
Whittington has averaged 27.5
points.
Anthony
said
that
Whittington's play and the
team's "do-or-die" mentality has
helped put the Foxes back on
top.
"On paper we are the nUll_lber
one team in the MAAC,"
Anthony said.
"After the
Manhattan loss, we found our-
S'elve.s with our backs against the
wall. As a result, every game is
do-or-die for us. With a couple
more losses we could easily slip
from first to seventh."
Coach Brady cited improving
defense and three-point shooting
as the reason for the Foxes quick
turnaround.
~•we are playing better defense
right now," Brady said. "We are
also making strides on the thrte-
point line. We are not where we
want to be right now in those two
areas, but we are getting close."
•
1S
,
Senior center James Smith and the Red Foxes take on the 8-5
Fairfield
Stags
on Thursday,
Feb. 8
at
the Mccann Center at 7:30 p.m.
all!
7
pcoming Schedule
Thur day, Feb. 8 - , s.
Fairfield. 7:30 p.m.
unday. Feb. 11 - at lona,
3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 14 - \,.
Manhattan. 7:30 p.m.
Sa1urday, Feb. 17 - s.
Colgate, 7:30 p.rn.*
Monday. Feb. 19 - at
Fairfield. 7 p.m.
Saturday, Fl:b. 24 -
vs.
Siena, I
J
a.m.
+
%
Friday.
far.
2 - Monday.
Mar.
5 -
tvV\AC
'tournament in Bridgeport,
er.
* denotes BracketBuster
opponent
+
denote· game telc, is d
on ESP '2
% dcnot Senior Da