FOUNDED IN 1965
11-IURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
Students push to ban
Christmas Eve exams
Spring semester adjustments force
students to cope with new changes
Back-to-school experience can be
trying
By
JUSTINE MANN
Staff Writer
rcak \\ould
tart
on December
21, a
,,eek later
than m pa t
years. Students alkcd
at
the
last
a~ad ·mic day's close proximity
to
Christmas
E
e, \\ h1ch
v.
a
By LINDSAY STRAUB
tlon was rejected
by
a faculty
Staff
Writer
vote, DeLi le .
aid, accepting
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kitchen. For most students, this means leaving their
own room and home-cooked meals, and moving
back to a room with up to two people.
Mari
t
tudcnts \\
ho
took to
th
ir
keyboard
p
ting
rant
and protest
about nc
t
car
prop
d \
mt r
break
schedule
on
facebo k can finally
re t
n ),
After con
iderin , th
f cl-
ing.
of tl1e
student
body. Marist
ha d
c1d
d
o
ehmmnte final
cheduled
as a make-up day for
finals.
c
phomore
Joanna Rutko\\ JJ
said,
"Ha, in to
make
up a
final
on C'hn tma
, c .. ound. a lit-
tle
bit like a
horrible idea."
onl)
the
climinauon
of
D
emb
r
24
as a
make-up da}
for
finaJs. The
i
ue app r ntl.
is a contractual on .
The facult) ' contract says
t11e)
can't
come in before Labor
Day,.
said
Deli
le.
"Our
nate
resolution
don•t
ha,
the
legal
authority ...
to
niter contrach. ·•
After a month of winter break, students adjust both
academically and socially to a semester of new
schedules, deadlines and commitments.
Some students use the holiday season as time to
relax, spend time with family and friends, and par-
ticipate in their choice of leisurely activities. As
opposed to during the academic semester, classes
and homework do not interfere with or limit daily
activity. In a matter of one weekend, however,
According to sophomore Barbara Butler, who
lives in Gartland Commons, it is harder for her to
readjust to her living environment considering the
difference in room size, and the fact that she lives
with five other girl~. The bathroom, for example, is
one the hardest things to share, said Butler.
"Imagine six girls each waiting to use the shower
at the same time on a Friday night," she said
.
"It
can
really tum into a madhouse!"
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Marist students pack up their whole lives, move
back onto campus, and prepare for the first day of
Students may also feel tom between their school-
work and the desire to spend what most would con-
sider quality time with friends. Both, however
,
can
be done as long as students use their time wisely,
said Cullen.
' am
make-ups
on
Chri
1ma
fa .
.. tudents got rcall.
up
ct and
formed a aceboo
group
[10
protest
the
h clule
l "
1d tu-
dent body pre 1d nt Maryellen
C
n,\a
·•u
ually
the
a tual
calendar
i
oted on
for
thre
year.
I
in
advance]
The} [the
adm1111
tration) understand ,,hat
happen d
lhis
time
and the:y 'll
m ke sure that it do n 't h ppen
again"
fh d bate a ut int r hr:
ak
began
la
t 1.:m t r when stu-
dent! di o,
ered
that dunng the
1
2007-200
ch ol year th1.:
In
deference
10
pcrceh.ed
pop-
ul
r d ire.
the
enate
f
the
Student
Go,emment
s ocint1on pas d a re olution
that
it
believed
ould
pre nl
student
fr
m
ha
ing to remain
l)n
campus
th
\\ ck before
C hri tma ,
according to
opho-
more enator Joe
Del.i
le. The
prop
ed solution v.ould ha\ie
required
student and facult. to
r turn to 1arh,t from summer
break a ,,eek
rl}.
With
this
c tra \
eek
built into th1: chcd-
u le the
winter inter
e ion
v.ould also b push db k.
Jfo
e\-er, the propo d olu-
According to Meg Franklin
istant dean of academ c
affairs. th
cheduling
1s
furth r
comphcated because Ne" York
ate' gm,emm
nt
al o has
an
influence in
the crea11on ot
Marist's
a"'ademic calendar.
Franklin said that
the NY ED
ha a pre-set
number
of m truc-
tional bou that a college musl
ha,e their
tudenL
complete
v.
ithin
a
emester, and it
be ome
diffi
uh for Manst to
include break and
final
exam
p
riod
whil
abiding
by these
cons;traint .
Mari st professor receives Fulbright
Scholar grant for research in Nepal
'
By BRITTANY FIORENZA
Staff Writer
Onkar P. Shanna, Ph.D., a pro-
fessor and graduate director of
computer science and mathemat-
ics has received a Fulbright
Scholar grant to assist at
Tribhuvan University in Kitpur,
Nepaluntil August 2007.
Abroad, Sharma will be work-
ing to assist in the development
of faculty, guide master's stu-
dents through research, and
teach at Tribhuvan University.
Dean of the School of Computer
Science and Mathematics Roger
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Norton said that while in Nepal,
Sharma will be "enhancing a
course he's developing to teach
here at Marist." This course is a
compiler designs course; Sharma
will also be working on an oper-
ating systems course while in
Nepal. Until Shanna's return to
Marist College in August,
Shekhar Pradhan, Ph.D., will be
filling in as graduate
director
of
computer science and mathemat-
ics.
Foooded in 1959, Tribhuvan
University was the first national
university in Nepal. The univer-
sity consists of 62 campuses, as
well as other private campuses
affiliated with the university.
The Fulbright Scholar grant
was designed in 1946 by
Congress and was sponsored by
Senator J. William Fulbright, in
an attempt to improve interna-
tional relations. Those who
receive the Fulbright Scholar
grant are chosen for their leader-
ship potential. The program is
meant to allow experts from var-
ious fields to observe each other
as well as work on projects side
by side.
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the Spring semester.
Director of advising and academic services
, Kristine Cullen said she relates to the pressures stu-
dents face while readjusting to college life.
"Time management is of the essence," said
Cullen. It is
TTtOSt
beneficial for students to make a
detailed schedule of their new requirements in order
to get, and stay, on track.
Not only does the spring semester bring new
schedules, but a different climate as well. According
to Cullen, during the winter students are more like-
ly to avoid the cold weather and ultimately, their
new responsibilities.
"It's easy to stay indoors," said Cullen. "We all
seem to have a hibernation trait this time of the
year."
Sophomore Bridget Colella is one student who is
used to the comfort of home. She has found that her
home life allows more time to relax and less time to
feel stressed or anxious about classes.
"At home I can relax all day, but now my sched-
tue revolves around classes," said Colella. "But, I
mean, that's college!"
It is during the spring semester ~at students pre-
pare and apply for summer internships and graduate
schools. There is little time to put the finishing
;touches on a resume and to research different
~chools, while still keeping up with five new class-
'es. Programs here at Marist are designed by profes-
sionals to help students organize and accomplish
such obstacles.
Pat Taylor, graduate school and fellowship advis-
er, is holding a graduate school information session
on April 4 from 12-2 in the PAR. The session will
enable students to make a short list of schools they
wish to apply to and to make a stronger application
in general, said Taylor.
"If
you are a senior, you should be getting the
graduate school application finished, sent out and
gone," said Taylor.
"If
you are a junior, I highly rec-
ommend coming to the information session in April
to get the process started."
Campus housing coqsists of living arrangements
with more than one student, and in some cases, a
"It's entirely possible to readjust to friends and a
social life," said Cullen, "but to be motivated
enough to realize that when it's time to hit the
books, it's time to hit the books."
S
_
ome students like Colella find it comforting to
re-enter their living environment after a month
away from school.
"At home, you just sit around and do nothing if
you're bored," Colella said. "At least here at Marist
there are people to be bored with."
Marist senior named
Fulbright finalist
Karl
Minges, a senior
at Marist College, was
selected
as
a finalist for
a Fulbright srant to
Australia
to
pursue
research on diabetes.
"It's a combination of
social work and psy-
chology as well as bio-
logical
research,"
Minges said
Minges, a social work
major with minors in
biology, Spanish and
sociology,
spent six
weeks in Australia last
summer on a fellowship
The finalists were
announced on Tuesday,
Jan. 30 after a four-day
delay.
Twelve Marist
students applied for
grants. Minge!. was the
sole applicant to be
named as a finalist.
T~e names of candi-
dates who make it past
the first round are sent to
the respective countries
for closer inspection
.
The governments of the
host countries make the
final decisions.
According to the Web
site, candidates who are
recommended to the
host country for further
consideration will learn
the final decision by the
end of spring 2007.
Many countries do not
make their final deci-
sions until May, when
most students graduate.
"I'm extrememly hon-
ored and excited that I
might have the opportu-
nity to represent Marist
in
Australia,"
said
Minges. "I'm anxious to
find out about the final
decision come spring."
Members
of
the 2006 MAAC co-championship football team
pose
with
the conference championship trophy
last
Friday
night at
halftime
of the Marlst
men's basketball
game versus
Niagara. This
was the Red
Foxes
first
MAAC title since 1994, and second
overall. The team
boasted
13 all-MAAC
squad selections.
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PUS
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In the dog-eat-dog world of housing, some will take any
opportunity
to
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
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Security Briefs
There are no jOkes about
horses in here this week
Upcon1ing
Campus Events
F1·iday, Feb. 2
SPC
Comedy
Club
Mark Reed)
By
ANDREW MOLL
·
Leader in
homeland security
1/24 - 7:00 A.M.
I like to consider
In the area around
myself a bit of a music Donnelly Hall, a speed
connoisseur. A snob, if
·
bump sign was stolen, and
you wilL (And you can if you have any informa-
find that out for yourself tion regarding the theft,
this
Saturday
on
Not then please
let it be
Sucky Music on M'arist known
to
the
proper
Radio!) Last year was an authorities. But, due to a
excellent year for music, technicality there is no
as
we
had The
Hold speed bump there any-
Steady, TV .on the Radio, more.
Rather, there is
Clipse, Mission of Burma, just a random bump in the
and a host of other great middle of the road, which
records.
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Fortunately, for no mandate for a person
me, this year has the to
slow
their
vehicle
promise to be just as• down. This could eventu-
good.
New stuff from ally cause problems. Can
Menomena
(Awesome you imagine what the
record), the Arcade Fire SNAPmobile will be able
,
(awesome),
Bloc Party to do now that there is one
L
(not too bad), Spoon, Ted less restriction?
Sure,
'
Leo, Bright Eyes. Pixies, you may be saying that
Dinosaur
Jr,
Witco, there millions of other
Radiohead, Roxy Music, speed bumps on campus,
•
and a lot more. Hell, we what is one less going to
may even get a new Guns
N Roses album this year!
Although I wouldn't bet
,
on it. And why am I
telling you this? Because
A) I feel it's important to
do? Well, I can't answer
that.
But I can say that
we are now on a slippery
slope. Just watch yourself
when you start sliding
down. There ve~y well
may be no speed bumps.
1/27
~~
At the Gartland E block,
an intoxicated student was
evaluated by Fairview,
and was allowed to return
home instead of going to
St. Francis. Allow me to.
know tell a story. about
my life. Not a story, ·per
se, but just more stuff to
fill space. I learned over
this past Christmas break
that
I
hate alcohol. Maybe
not
all
alcohol,
but
specifically beer. As I was
finishing
a
semi-cold
Coors Light, I made the
decision to never drink
beer again. Now, I'm not
sure if this will last, but I
kind of hope it does.
Although, if I do drink,
I'm only going for the
best stuff; like Big Bear,
Wildcat, and Busch. My
money is going to be
spent wisely.
1/27 - 10:20 P
.
M.
Going back to Gartland
E, ten cans of Bud Ltte
were found in a house and
attempting to bring in
alcohol to their house. A
twelve-pack
of
Coors
Light and 14 loose cans
were confiscated at the
scene. I think I've made
my point clear about this,
1/28 - 12
:
30 A.M.
A party at Talmadge was
briefly interrupted until it
was
discovered
that
everyone in attendance
was
21 or older, so the
party was allowed to con-
tinue if the noise was
lowered. Besides, as well
know, there ain't no party
like a Talmadge party,
'cause a Talmadge party
don't stop.
1/28
We come back to our
new favorite destination,
Gartland E. A visitor was
spotted in the Gartland
Commons(ls that the offi-
cial name of Gartland, or
the grassy area in the
middle? Someone help me
latter, that's kind of sad.),
and they were carrying a
thirty pack of Keystone
Light.
I have friends at
home
who
only
drink
Keystone Ice. And you
wonder why I hate beer.
1/28 - 2 :00 A.M.'
In the Sheahan parking
lot, an off~campus student
was arrested by the Po-
Town police for DWI.
This is pretty serious
stuff
.
At least he didn't go
all Mel Gibson on them,
that's good.
Allow me another oppor-
tunity to go off on a tan-
gent.
I am very happy I
made
no
jokes
about
Barbaro i/n this space.It's
a moral victory,
I
think.
genius-a-meter:
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First
Amendment
of the
Constitution.
here. Because if it's the
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and B) I need to fill
space. Onto the briefs we
go.
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M.
t•m.
.talking
a.bout pe<ip,Je.
Spending all that money
for something that will be
taken from you, and isn't
that good in the first
place. I'll give you all a
hint. Here's something I
had the• other night for the
first time in a long time:
Root beer. And it was
excellent. And legal. And
safe. That's all I need.
The Marist Lock
It
or
Lose It program made a
stop in Sheahan and Leo
last week, and wouldn't
you know, it was pretty
successful.
Only
four
:_I
rooms total in the two
1
dorms were left unlocked
,
and unoccupied. So kudos
:!
to you youngsters. This
I
PSA has been brought to
:1
you
by
the
Marist
Security HQ.
A noise complaint from
Lower West Cedar was
responded
to
and
the
offending
house
was
asked
to
quiet
things
down. As it turned down,
they were banging on the
wall so hard that pictures
.fell off from the other
side of the wall next door.
That's just plain rude.
Shame on you, whoever
did that. Shame on you.
1/27
It
was a busy Saturday
for Gartland E as some
students
were
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
1, 2007
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Let the
voices
of the Marist
community be heard.
I
PAGE4
Posing qu~stions I'm
not
supposed
to
ask
By
DANIEL BLACK
Staff Writer
This past
weekend,
as I briefly
considered all the topics
about
which I could write my
column,
I found myself unable to stop
drifting back
to
the same unan-
swerable, disconcerting question
that I've pondered for years, but
never as seriously as
I
have these
recent days. The question, diffi-
cult to formulate into
words,
has
proven elusive not
because
it
is
unanswerable, but because
it is
too
often unasked.
By traveling from one end
of
the mainstream political dia-
logue to the
o.ther,
anyone can
easily discern the
limited
range
of acceptable discussion and dis-
cover that only
specific issues
are
appropriate
for such discus-
sion. Any ideas outside of these
bounds, independent of their
legitimacy or urgency, are sim-
ply omitted from public dis-
course. This reality, though sel-
dom acknowledged, is neverthe-
less real and alarming.
I have found that explaining
political disagreement is no
longer
reducible
to merely ten-
sion across party lines or
vari-
.
ance between differing but com-
patible democratic
ideologies;
specific
"reali
ties
have
come to
light, at least in my
eyes,
that
preclude
that sort of
easy-out.
Our
president and his
top
offi-
cials
have
committed war
crimes; they continue to make
policy
decisions that
flagrantly
violate international law
and per-
vasively abuse
human
rights.
The underpinning rationale,
along the lines of "piss on the
global community
and
justice-
seeking activists be damned; we
are at war", has not escaped the
attention
and protest of the inter-
national community, especially
not by the victims and observers
of
our
grand-scale aggression
who feel that they, themselves,
have a right to exist too. These
decisions
and the collective will
of U.S. citizens have been sev-
ered from each other and operate
autonomously from one another.
The democracy that was once
this country's sacred design is
now nothing more than a doctri-
nal technicality, a fading memo-
ry
that
has, for far too many,
evaporated entirely.
Our president maintains the
support of scarcely a quarter of
his people, trusted only by those
he and his cohorts have been able
to deceive plus a handful of cog-
nizant though psychologically
unhinged plutocrats. This non-
representative
minority
is
responsible
for consistently
blockading progressive social
action, derailing attempts to
enact legislation that could
potentially restore global stabili-
ty, minimize the volatility of ide-
ological and sectarian intoler-
ance, stifle nuclear proliferation,
and preserve the environment as
a livable habitat for forthcoming
generations.
Recall that these
pressing concerns don't even find
their way onto the president's
agenda; mpst of these are touted
as high priority, but are clearly
masks that disguise the real
agenda.
That agenda, we are
told, although it is beleaguered
with making war against impov-
erished peoples, diplomatically
isolating others, and crushing
still others with oppressive eco-
nomic sanctions, is revealed to
President Bush through his com-
munications
with
God.
Justification of that nature
should
-whether
you
are
Christian or not- cause your fear
and anxiety to redline.
The strategies this president
has undertaken in addressing the
problem of terrorism has, as
detailed
in scholarly literature,
dramatically increased the prob-
ability of future terrorist activity
in our homeland. His reasoning
is kept secret, allegedly in our
interest, though it may be
observed that his friends and the
friends of one Dick Cheney grow
exceedingly wealthy from those
strategies. If there is any point at
which their friends' app~tit~s for
wealth might become satisfied,
they haven't found it yet, and it
appears unencumbered by any
sense.of conscience or decency,
These words are probably
harsher than many of us are
pre-
pared to hear, further testifying
to the public dialogue's narrow
scope.
We may believe that
Bush & Company arf trying to
make the world a safer place; we
may even believe that they care
about the suffering and death of
thousands of American soldiers
and close to a million Iraqi dead,
but there isn't any hard evidenc;e
to support this belief.
Iraqis' unimaginable plight (the
requisite suffering, apparently,
·
SEE PERSPECTIVE, PAGE 9
YouTube Stirs controversy with crude content, infringement
By
l<ATE BUDZINSKI
Circle Contributor
streamed
into
households, work-
places, and schools everyday. In
a recent article in
TIME,
high-
Ever
since it was founded in lighting the founders, John
February of 2005, YouTube.com Cloud mentioned how Hurley
has
been a
leading source
of
and
Chen discovered the reality
entertainment for _ _ _ _ _ _
th_at_p_e_op_l_e_w_er_e ......
p_os_t_in_g_an_y
__ -
audiences world-
wide.
The video-
sharing website
attracts
millions
of
viewers, ulti-
mately broadcast-
.
ing 100 million
videos
daUy.
It is extremely difficult for the site's 67
employees to have power over the
65,000 new videos uploaded each day.
As a result, anyone who has access to
the Internet can have access to the
assonment ot Yldeos on "foulube.
YouTube allo<ris
_ _ _ _ _ _
....... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_
users to not only view and share
videos,
but
also
to
rate videos
and subscribe to specific mem-
bers'
uploads.
The site is home to a wide col-
lection
of content, including
videos ranging
from movie and
television
clips, to music videos,
to original
homemade
videos
such
as
videoblogging.
Additionally, YouTube serves as
an
informational source, provid-
ing videos regarding current
events and news stories.
Despite the popularity of
YouTube, the content of the
videos
broadcasted
is not always
appropriate
for general audi-
ences. This is due to the
fact
that
the owners of the company,
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, do
not select the
·
material that is
thing they wanted on the site.
"In the end, we just sat back,"
said Hurley.
On
YouTube, it is simple for a
user to upload videos that may
include inappropriate or contro-
versial material. Although there
is an ongoing attempt to control
.
the content aired, it is extremely
difficult for the site'.s
67
employ-
ees to have power over the
65,000 new videos uploaded
each day. As a result, anyone
who has access to the Internet
can have access to' the assort-
ment of videos on YouTube.
In a personal experiment, I
browsed YouTube.com to see
what types of videos I would
come across. After taking a look
at the most recently viewed and
top rated videos, I had found
several
items that were of vio-
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lent, crude, and pornographic
nature. I was not surprised at
what I saw because of the seem-
ingly user-run concept of the
website.
I
was,
however,
appalled when I saw several
postings of Saddam Hussein's
hanging. Although many people
believe that it was a reassurance
to witness Hussein's hanging on
video, I do not consider it
neceS!-
sary to make something as perj-
sonal as a death sentence
av11iJr
able to the public.
Anotner recent
~nt;roversy
regarding YouTu~
'd<tals With
piracy of the popular television
show "24." Twentieth
Centur}'
Fox
subpoenaed
YouTube after a
registered user posted four
episodes of the show ahead ofair
As stated in the company info
on YouTube.com, "As more peo-
ple capture special moments on
time, the millions of users are
exercising their right to free
speech. However, it is more than
the "special
time. Not only
was this content
available
to tbe
public before it
aired on prime
·time
television,"
!but
the
four
Although many people believe that it was a reassurance
moments"
to witness Saddam Hussein's hanging on video,
I
do not
-that
are being
consider It necessary to make something as personal as
~:~tu:;t!.
0
~
a d~ath sentence available to the public.
will remain a
ep
,
isodes comprised
the season
P,femiere
of
the
show.
1A4ditionally,
the YouTube pirate
_p~sj~~ twelve
_episodes
of the
"The
~•~.P~•"
A.s
a
t1rsult.
Fox
lcon~wt
Y.Qµl'ube and request,
ed that the
infringed
material be
!removed
from the site.
video, YouTube is
empowering
them to become the broadcasters
of tomorrow." It is quite possible
for the
general
public to become
the broadcasters of tomorrow,
due to
the
fact that YouTube
is
giving
them the power to post as
they wish, while at the
same
difficult task
for
the YouTube employees to
keep the website content
suitab
le
for all viewers.
YouTube is a good source of
entertainment and n,~w
.
s...,.
!\P.~twil}
continue
to
he as
l~iig
as·
its ·user4
avoid posting videos that may
cause controversy.
Athletic Director announces new Spirit Committee to students
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tudents,
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of the
·ntire
\thkm:s
Department.
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student's creativity
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Life is calling.
How far will you go?
Peace Corps
will
be on campus February 5th.
Come learn more and
meet
Peace Corps recruiter
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and former
Volunteer,
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Lunch
with a
Returned
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Your chance to in-rormally.
ask
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Monday, Fepruary 5th
Byrne at 12:30 PM
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Living accommodations
on campus: it's all about the points
By
MICHAEL MALONEY
Circle Contributor
It doesn't matter how
long
it
is
before we have
to submit the names of those we hope to live with
next year: once priority points are given out, the
game begins. Who am
I
with now, who has to go,
and who needs to be separated from their friends
so they can join my group? Start with your own
total. Are you the Benoit type, or Fulton? You
need to have an idea of where you have fallen.
How much more do you like the person who has
22
points as opposed to the kid down the hall with
27?
Because remember, they can always vlsit
you.
For freshmen, it's usually your current room-
mate, people on your floor, or the kids who found
out that you have
35
points that you live with next
year. For me, it was a case of finding two lucky
individuals with 32 or more points to boost our
,
solid four
into
Benoit range. Andrew Rosenblum·
and his 34 points are the reason my roommate and
I chose the first room in Benoit - a room with a
scenic view. Some call it breathtaking,
I
call it
home.
I received 22 points my first time around. That's
what happens when you receive only
1 point for
discipline. After cleaning up my act, and becom-
ing more active around campus
I made the "jump"
to the 30-point plateau. For a guy, I'm in comfort-
able place with a solid 30 to my name. Although
it never hurts to find a Rosenblum to boost your
average, the only rule is that everyone in the
·
group must be true to such person. It is their home
.
too. With a single open in Midrise, Andrew was
kept from being part of the Benoit experience.
Now there are some people who, no matter how
low their points may be, you chose them to be in
your group because
they're
your friends. But there
are others
.
.
.
others who you were never really
THAT
close to. People who you could literally,
On College: Trials and Transitions
By
REBECCA ROSE
Clrcle Contributor
Cat, someone please tell me
again
"°
h)
I \\ as
so eager to get
back
to
school? Where is the
appeal
in
the public
bathro,1m .. the lack
of pri-
vacy. the
pressure
and
stress of
school
work?
\\-1ty
was
I
excited
to
get
back
to the
dail.
skcp
deprhation?
Tell me \\ hy
l
was
eager to I ·a,,e
the comfon
and
safet)
of
111)
home,
my
mother's
quality home
~ooking
and
the
love
or m) fami-
ly.
As l walked
into th1: dorm
building
on
the
first
day
of
my
seconds
ml!
t
rat
Marist,
T
\\3'-
once
again flooded
with wishes
to return
home to m}
parents. I was
reminded
of bad
cafeteria
food
and late
night ot "or .
t
is
hecause
of
th1:se things that 1
wa.
fo
·cd
to
make
a transition
from an c
tremdy
comfon-
abl home
life
to
my
lackluster
Ii
ti.:
at
college.
1
have to share a room once again,
b111
this
time
with
a
person
I
actual!}
kn
\.\
and
enjoy
.
I have only been
here
for
h\o
v.eck
, more or
less, and
l
have
already
been
bombarded
by
an
inconceivable
amount
of work In fact
l
think
my brain.
is
going
to
fall
out on
the
desk in
front
of me.
This
transition.
although
it
·ccllls
highly
tres fu] and extrcm
·ly
overnhelming,
is
made
b<:tter
by
my
realization that ei,eryone around
me is
trying
to
make
this
transition too.
l am
not alone
m
ffi)
thoughts of had
food
and
pub
He bathrooms, or
in
the
stres. of colle
•c. I
am among
pee~
people \\ho
I
like
and
l
·horn
I
can
n:latc
.
I i.:an put a
~ tn}
tears of
making
my
transit10n
from
hom
tn
s
hnol
and can
deal
\\ ith
the
everyday
pressures of ,;ollcgi.:
life.
Aller two v.eeks
oi
being
on campus,
my
stomach
nn
Ion
•
r a
he
when I eat
the
cafeteria
food. I have already sp m
mon.:
money
on use-
less
tl1ing
than
J
had intended on pending
dur-
ing the
fi
·t
weeks ot
scbl
ol. J'm going to
try
and work on that.
I'm
starting
to
enJO)
the compan of
my
fri1.:nd,
hc:re,
and
unlike
tn)
first
semester,
I
Imo.,..
bat
college
profrssors
expect
ol
me.
rve
become aw.ire ot
the
fact that
I have
to
stay
aw ke during
cl-
sand r
DO
have to
tud
. No
mattcr
hm
much
f
wanl them
t
,ny
I,
orih:
TV sho\,:-.
cannM
come bcf(,r'
my
homework.
With this ~ccnnt.l realization. I can a.
rith
extreme confidence th,,t th i
-em
ester is lookin
,
lo
be
a
lot better than
th1.:
l(L~l.
I
,,·ill
get
better
grades.
make
more
friends learn how
to
manage
m)
money
better,
and
be
O.K.
\\ ith
th
mediocre
food
and
living
condition .
J
am
fine
with that
and
I
,m1
happ)
IO
he back al
fari
t,
,
tronger
lhan e
er
and
,,,
ith
more
detennination
to reach
my
guals Perhaps
it
wa:.
lhis
detem1ination
that
kept p..;ople from reminding me
nf the
down-
ides
of being hack
al
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Survivor mode;
I
am
building alliances, outwit-
ting
other
students,
because like in the reality
show, we all want to make
the merge.
The worst part of the
whole process is the awk-
wardness of avoiding those
who don't make the cut.
Especially
the
following
year when you're walking
past them in the rotunda,
heading to your nice room in
Midrise, knowing they have a
Sophomore housing, the Gartland Commons townhouses.
cold walk home to Gregory. It's a numbers game,
and while the cafeteria is a place with unlimited
space, residential areas are not so accommodat-
ing.
Priority
points
are everything, when they
shouldn't
be
;
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Th~ Annual fund and Alumni Offices invite
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members of the Class of 2007 to join Marist
Alumni
at a networking receptiol)
in
support of the
Senior Class Gift Campaign.
Saturday, February 10
7
:30 - 9:30
p.m.
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A
$5 contribution to the Senior Class Gift Campaign
will
allow you admittance in~o the
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to th~
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Stud
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r the 79th Academy Award winners unveiled
By
ALIS
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A
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Staff Writer
year-old
girl and a former
"American Idol" finalist.
Abigail Breslin is the ten-year-
It's time once again to roll out old girl in mention, nominated
the red carpet and start working for her role in "Little Miss
on those acceptance. speeches,
Sunshine" as Olive Hoover, a
With the announcement of the beauty pageant hopeful. If she
Academy Award nominees last wins, Breslin will become the
week, Oscar season has begun.
second yoµngest Oscar winner
Academy of Motion Picture ever, with Tatum O'Neal being
Arts and Sciences president Sid the youngest
·
with her win in
Ganis and 2002 Academy Award
1974.
nominee
Salma
Hayek
Rounding out the diverse selec-
announced the nominees for the tion of nominees is "American
79th Academy Awards on Jan. 23
Idol" finalist
·
Jennifer Hudson,
in a live news conference.
nominated for "Dreamgirls."
As
the nomi- - - - - -
- -
- -
- -
-
This film not
Ev
en though Hollywood
only
marks
nees
were
announced live,
.
entertainment
journalists and
bloggers
around
the world began
what is essential-
ly the highlight
of their profes-
sion
-
analyzing
the nominations
and
predicting
a
l
w
ays loves when the
Hudson's film
Academy acknowledge
s
debut, but also
her rise from
n
ewcomers
,
some critic
s
are comp
l
a
l
nlng that In
this case, th~ Academy
overlooked veteran actor
s
who are a
r
guably more
d
es
erv
i
ng.
obscurity as an
"Idol"
has-
been to an
actress up for
awards against
v e t e r a n
actresses, and
then winning
those awards
.
who will go home with the cov-
eted golden
statuette
in
February.
I am neither an entertainment
journalist nor a blogger, but I
will do my best to
analyze
and
predict the outcome of the 2007
Oscar race.
Most of the
~xcitement
among
the nominations seems to be
found in the Best Supporting
Actor
category. Full
of
first-time
nominees, the Best
Supporting
Actor race has
tlJ?
b1}
tm'.,Jf
tpf
by many entertamment
cntlcs
and Hollywood watchdogs for
snubbing
certain performances.
Three
out
of
the five nominees
in the Best
Supporting
Actor cat-
egory, Mark Wahlberg ("The
Departed"), Jackie
Earle
Haley
("Little
Children"),
and
Eddie
Murphy ("Dreamgirls"), have
been
acknowledged
by the
Academy for the first time.
Even though Hollywood
always loves when the Academy
acknowledges
newcomers,
some
critics are
complaining
that in
this cas«?, the Academy over-
l
ooked veteran actors who are
arguably
more
deserving.
Various critics have
criticized
the
Academy
for not
including Jac_k
Nicholson
for
"The Departed,"
Brad Pitt for
"Babel,"
or Ben
Affieck
for "Hollywoodland,"
all
three of whom were nominated
for a Golden
Globe in the Best
Supporting
Actor
category.
Personally
,
I am in
favor
of the
Academy
acknowledging
new
faces.
Nicholson has
already
won three
,Os
cars
and
has been
nominated 12
times,
Pitt has
been nominated once,
and
Affieck has won
an
Oscar once.
It's
time to share the wealth,
if
you
ask
me
.
So
who
is going
to
win
in
February?
I
think Eddie
Murphy
should start making space on
his
mantle
for an Oscar. The
comedic
.
actor's dark
and dra
-
matic
turn
as
James
"Thunder"
Early in "Dreamgirls" is
nothing
short
of
career changing,
and I
will be
very surprised
if the
Academy
does
not
reward
him
for such an amazing
perform-
ance.
The
ballot for Best Supporting
Actress
is
the most diverse
out of
all of
th
e
categories. Two of
the
nomin
ees,
Adriana Barraza and
Rinko Kikuchi, are first
time
nomin
ees
for the
film
"Babel,"
while the rest of the
nominees
are previous Academy Award
winner Cate Blanchett, a ten-
Fresh off her Golden Globe win
for her role as Effie White
,
Hudson's name has quickly
climbed to A-list status with her
subsequent
Academy Award
nomination
.
I predict that Jennifer Hudson
will win the Oscar for Best
Supporting Actress. It is obvious
that she is a tremendous actress,
if
she
can
go from a
nobody to
·
a
~,:1tre
~\'!T~!~l~~
not to win an Oscar would just be
disappointing to me.
The nominees for Best Actor
are notable because they range in
age from 26 to 74, and none of
the five men nominated have
ever won an Oscar. Ryan
Gosling
is the youngest of the
group,
nominated
for
his role as
a
crack-addicted
teacher in the
seldom-seen
"HalfNelson." Ifhe
takes home an Oscar in February,
he will become the youngest
ever
Best Actor winner. Peter
O'Toole is at the other
end
of the
age
spectrum,
and his nomina-
tion for
"Venus"
marks his
eighth Oscar
nomination.
The rest of the nominees in
between Gosling and O'Toole
are Leonardo DiCaprio for
"Blood Diamond," Will Smith
for
"The
Pursuit of Happyness
,''
and Forest
Whitaker, who
just
took home
a
Golden Globe
for
his
role
in
"The Last
King
of
Scotland."
While
critics
agree that
DiCaprio was rightfully nomi-
nated
for "Blood
Diamond,"
most think that his
role
in
"The
Departed"
also
deserved
recog-
nition
.
However, the Academy
does not
allow an
,
actor
to be
nominated twice within the same
category,
unlike the
Golden
Globes,
where DiCaprio was
nominated for both roles.
Some
critics also feel
that
Sacha
Baron
Cohen should
have
been
nominated for "Borat:
Cultural Learnings of America
for
Make Benefit
Glorious
Nation
of
Kazakhstan."
Although
Cohen's
work
as
Kazakh
journalist
Borat was
crit-
ically acclaimed, it is very
rare
for
the Academy
to
nominate
actors
or
actresses in comedic
roles. The Academy also
likes to
avoid controversy,
and with
all
of the
controversy
s
urrounding
"Borat,"
I
think
the Academy
made
a
ise decision not to
nominate
ohen.
Predicting a winner for Best
Actor has been difficult. I would
love to see Gosling pick up an
Oscar and become the
youngest
ever Best Actor winner, but at the
same time I think poor Peter
O'Toole has been waiting long
enough to win. I also think that
DiCaprio should finally be rec-
ognized for his acting skills, as
should Will
Smith.
Forest
Whitaker could very well take
home the Oscar, since he
just
won a Golden Globe for the
same role. While I can't make up
my mind, I hav~ a feeling that
the
Academy
·
will
honor
Whitaker, who
is
a safe
choice,
considering his recent
accolades.
·
Toe list of nominees for Best
Actress reads like a Hall of Fame
of Oscar nominees.
Four
out
of
the five
nominees
have been
nominated at least three times.
The only first time nominee in
the group is Penelope
Cruz,
nominated for
"Volver."
The rest
of the list includes Helen
Mirren,
a three-time nominee; Kate
Winslet, a
five-time
nominee
;
Judi Dench, a
six-time
nominee;
and Meryl
Streep, who holds
the
record for the most
Academy
Award nominations of any actor
with fourteen nominations
.
Despite
Streep's
impressive
collection of nominations,
she
has only won two
Oscars.
It
h~
been
23
years
since Streep
has
taken home an Oscar,
and
her
perfect portrayal of demanding
magazine
editor
Miranda
Priestly in
"The
Devil Wears
Prada" may be
enough
to add a
third Oscar to her collection
.
While I feel that Streep is more
than deserving of an Oscat, "The
Devil Wears Prada" falls danger-
ously into the Academy's least
favorite
category. Streep certain-
ly brings drama to the film, but
its lighthearted content may
cause voters to look elsewhere.
They
will probably look
towards Helen Mirren, who has
received honors from practically
every
critic and film association
for
her portrayal of Queen
Elizabeth
II in "The Queen."
Personally, I think Meryl
Streep deserves to win the Oscar
because she brought so much
depth to a character that could
have
easily
become one-dimen-
sional.
However, this awards
season belongs to Mirren, and
the Academy seems to honor
actors who star
in
biopics, so she
very
well could take home the
Oscar.
The ballot for Best Picture,
which
is arguably
the
most
sought-after
award,
is
filled with
six
of the most critically
'
acclaimed
films
of
2006.
"Babel," "The
Qu
·
een," and
,"L
ittle Miss
Sunshine"
and are
among· those
nominated. One
critically acclaimed
movie
is
mysteriously
absent.
"Dreamgirls"
man-
aged to get eight
nominations,
but
missing from that
eight is the one that
matters the most
-:-;:-
Best Picture. The
film picked up the
Golden Globe for
Best Picture, which
usually guarantees a
nomination for an
Oscar, which is
why
the Hollywood com-
munity was shocked
to see
"Dreamgirls"
missing from the
nominees.
The film that more
or
less
took
"Dreamgirls"
place
on the ballot is
"Letters
from Iwo
Jima," a controversial
pick by the Academy.
The film opened in limited
release in the United States on
Dec. 20,
·
which would enable
it
to be nominated for an Oscar.
Strategic moves like
this have
always been
viewed
negatively
among HoIJywood
and the
Academy, so
it is
a surprise
to
see
"Letters
from
Iwo Jima"
nominated for the
award.
I would love to
see Martin
Scorsese's crime drama
"The
Departed" take home
the Oscar
for Best Picture.
The combina-
tion of
Scorsese
as director
and
Leonardo
DiCaprio,
Mark
Walhberg,
Matt Damon and Jack
Nicholson
in
starring
roles
is
a
winning combination. However,
I
feel
that the
Academy
may
honor "Babel/
which
is
a
gritty
ensemble
drama
similar
to last
year's
Best Pictur
_
e
winner,
"Crash."
To see just
how well I did in
predicting the
Oscar
winners,
be
sure
to
watch the 79th
Academy
Awards,
hosted
this year
by
Ellen
DeGeneres, on
Feb. 25
at
8
p.m. on ABC.
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Spo
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A liberal perspective and questioning
Undefeated Foxes face-off against St.
Peter's at Yanitelli Center Friday night
that goes with being liberated)
is of extraordinary
interest
because it is completely absent
from nearly all media cover-
age on the war. Sympathizing
with the indigenous Arabs is
not
something
that should dis-
tract us from the "moral call-
ing
of our time", to borrow the
president's words, to cleanse
the world of ideological filth -
a process called 'genocide'
when
non-Americans
do it.
As American citizens, we
. may choose to ignore these
discomforting truths, but that
decision will ultimately be
inconsequential
as increasing-
ly larger numbers of the
world's
population -outside the
United States- fail to choose
parallel ignorance.
The likeli-
hood of widespread Third
World
rejection
of U.S. hege-
mony,
especially
as our stran-
glehold
over
foreign
economies
tightens,
will
steadily grow until, at the
appropriate hour, popular
movements will topple the
most powerful and tyrannical
global power: the United
States Government.
Does
such an initiative from outside
our borders constitute terror-
ism? Ought we not launch
preemptive strikes against per-
ceived threats to our global
domination, in accordance
with the Bush Doctrine? No,
not so long as those initiatives
are grounded in foreign
nations' right to self-detenni-
nation and protecting their cit-
izens' economic freedom from
global terror.
My question then, simple
and apolitical, is when does
the
people's
intervention
become obligatory? Where is
the threshold of corruption and
deceit that, once crossed,
forces the people to act against
it else be counted among it?
Can individuals entrusted with
the people's representation
abuse their power past a point
that is realistically tolerable
and, once so crossing, force
the common people they rep-
resent to disobey? Surely we
all agree that if living in
Gennany during the late thir-
ties/early forties entailed any
kind of social responsibility,
then respectable citizens were
the ones that questioned the
legitimacy of the Third Reich's
power, effortlessly arrived at
shocking conclusions, and
then acted in defiance of the
government whose goal was to
extenninate Jews and commit
other
acts
of genocide.
Considering our cultural paral-
lels, do we have a comparable
obligation, ourselves?
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I)elafield St, Pough,
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Formal Affairs
By ERIC ZEDALIS
Co-Sports Editor
This Friday night, the women's
basketball team will travel to
Jersey City, N.J. to take on Saint
Peter's College at the Yanitelli
Center. Tip-off is
scheduled
for
,
7
p.m.
The Yanitelli Center has been a
dreadful environment for Marist,
whose last and only win over the
Peahens on their home floor was on
Feb. 14, 2004. The senior duo of
Maureen Magarity and Stephanie
Del Preore helped seal the 54-5 I
victory, and only ever season
sweep.
In fact, last year at Yanitelli, a
very physical Peahens squad
snapped Marist's 12-game win
streak, which at the time, was the
fifth longest in the
nation,
and gave
Marist its first Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference
(MAAC) loss
of the season.
Heading into
this year's
show-
down at Yanitelli, Marist has
won
its last eight while
averaging
an
astounding 20.3-point margin
of
victory. In those eight wins
are
back-to-back dominating perfonn-
ances over Saint Peter's, and pre-
season MAAC favorite, Iona.
But beware,
Giorgis
said, because
Marist's
73-34
thrashing of Saint
Peter's came on the Red
Foxes'
home floor. Saint Peter's is not to
be
taken
lightly,
especially when
they are playing at Yanitelli.
"We've only beaten them at their
place once, ever,
II
Giorgis said.
"They play very well
there, and
we
just
never
have played
well there.
Yeah,
we beat
them well at
our
place,
but they're a
very
dangerous
team.
We can't
overlook them."
Giorgis pointed
out that Saint
Peter's arrived
late for
the game
in
Poughkeepsie,
and it looked as
though it
affected
how
the
Peahens
played that night.
However,
Giorgis
said he hopes his squad
brings
the
same
kind of defensive
intensity
this next
time
around.
"They
got here late, and they
played
like
it," he
said. "They
shot
18 per cent. But we have to play as
g1:>0d of defense as
we did then."
Giorgis
said
that
the
Saint Peter's
team
that
showed
up at the
·
Mccann
Center back on Jan. 19
was
"an
aberration," and that'
Marist will have
to fight hard
to
beat them
again.
"They're
a
solid basketball
team,"
he said.
"We're going
to have
to
play
well
to
beat
them. We just
can't
mail
it in
and think
that we're
going
to
see
the
same
thing that
happened
here."
In
games
that Marist has
won
this
year, particularly against
Saint
Peter's,
the
Red
Foxes
have gotten
off
to
good starts.
Giorgis
said
that
getting off to a
good
start will
be
key Friday night.
"First of all is jumping
out
well,"
he
said. "Right away we
need to
get the
ball inside,
we
need to take
care of the ball,
and
we
need
to
defend their
guards well."
Saint Peter's backcourt duo
of
junior
Johnell Burts and
sopho-
more Tania Kennedy lead
what
Giorgis
calls
a
very quick,
bal-
anced offensive attack.
"They
may be the quickest
team
in
the league,"
Giorgis said
.
"They've
got four kids
that
average
between like nine
and 12
[
ppints
per game].
Kennedy had
20
[Monday]
night
[
against
Manhattan].
Burts really makes
them go, their leading
assist
person
and third leading scorer."
The Saint Peter
'
s
guards
also
rarely
turn
the
ball
over, according
to
Giorgis
,
so
how well
Saint
Peter's shoots the ball
on the night
will have hea
_
vy implications
on
the
outcome of the game.
Last time
around; Marist held
the Peahens to
18
percent from the
field, and
Giorgis can only hope
for similar
results.
"Since
they don't
turn
the ball
over
much
that
means
you
'
ve got
t
o
contest
shots and
hope
they miss
them. They don't
get crazy, they're
pretty
4iisciplined."
Senior guard Alisa Kresge
is
19th in the nation In assists
per game, averag
-
ing 5. 7 per game. The Red Foxes are
first
In th~ nation In assist-to-turnover
ratio at 1.45. Marist takes these numbers
to
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
1,
2007 •
PAGE 10
Marist dominates Niagara, MAAC unbeaten streak at 1
-
0
Nikki Flores scored a career high 18 points, and added six assists and
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five rebounds In the Red Foxes 8(}59 win over MAAC rival
Niagara.
By
DANIEL BARRACK
Staff
Writer
With an 80-59 win over confer-
ence rival Niagara Sunday, .the
Marist women's basketball team
improved its Metro
·
Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
unbeaten streak to 10. The
team's 21-point victory at the
McCann Center was led by jun-
ior guard Nikki Flores who
scored a career high 18
points.
The Red Foxes started off great
right by hitting its first nine shots
from the field and getting out to
a 19-1 lead. Head Coach Brian
Giorgis was very pleased with
the teams' quick start.
"Life would be great if every
game started like this. I don't
think
we could start much better.
I think a couple things happened
early. One, we established our
inside presence. We got the ball
into Meg [Dahlman], who hit
some big shots. Rachele [Fitz]
hit some big shots, then Julianne
[Viani] hit two threes right off
the bat. Nikki [Flores] hit
jumpers, and it just started to
snowball."
Along with scoring the games
high of 18 points, Flores also had
six assists, five rebounds, and
was the big talk of the post-game
press conference.
"Nikki played amazing, and I
don't even know how many
assists she had, but it felt like a
million.
She was just finding the
open man, and that's what she
does," teammate Meg
Dahlman
.
said.
The score continued to snow-
ball for the first 20 minutes, giv-
ing Marist a 45-20 lead at half-
time. From that point on, Marist
played conservatively.
Freshman star Rachele Fitz had
another solid performance with
13 points, along with Meg
Dahlman
and Julianne Viani also
scoring in
double
figures. As a
team, Marist shot 45.5 percent
from the field, 41.2 percent from
beyond the arc, and 76. 7 percent
from the free-throw line.
While the offense exploded
from the opening tip, the defense
was impressive as well. Marist
held the Purple Eagles to 24.2
percent shooting in the first half,
which included going 0-10 from
three point
land.
At the conclu-
sion of the game, The Purple
Eagles made only 4 of 21 three-
point attempts and finished with
a shooting percentage of 35.4. In
both of its contests
against
the
Red Foxes, Niagara, the best
three-point shooting team
in
the
MAAC, went 6 for 42 from
deep. Niagara managed only one
player in double
figures
with
Shuanna Ambrose scoring 13
points.
Marist completed its first per-
fect January in school history
going 8-0, and won
its
22nd con-
secutive MAAC home game.
The Red Foxes have eight games
remaining on its schedule, all of
which are conference games.
After an impressive win over
Niagara, the streak must contin-
ue with the most crucial games
yet to come.
Water Polo team shows promise at Michigan Kick-off Tournament
By
DAVID HOCHMAN
Staff Writer
Only one sports team at Marist
College could start its season in
one
weekend with. four games,
.
two of them against teams in the
,
top-20 nationally,
and one
taking
four
overtimes to finish.
The women's water polo team
traveled to the University of
•
Michigan in Ann Arbor, and they
·
went 2-2 in the Michigan Kick-
off Tournament. On January 27,
the Foxes dropped their first con-
test
to. the
13th-ranked
Wolverines, 12-5, before outlast-
ing Colorado State 7-6 in four
overtimes. The next day, Marist
beat up on the University of
California-Santa Cruz,
I 0-3, and
then nearly upset number 20
Indiana, but lost 7-5.
These games excited head
coach, Andrew Silva, who saw
.
great winning potential for his
team this year.
"We showed lots of heart this
weekend, especially going to
-four overtimes against Colorado
State and coming back against
Indiana," he said. The Foxes'
comeback against Indiana saw
the Red Fox draw as close as one
goal after going down 4-0 in the
first quarter. From that point on,
the
girls kept it close, almost
tying the game at six with 2:30 to
go. "That was the story of most
of the weekend. We had open
shots th.at just weren't falling.
That was almost expected
though, and hopefully as the sea-
son continues those shots will
begin to fall for us."
This tournament came just two
weeks into school. The girls only
had nine practices before these
games while the big programs
like Michigan came back to
school two weeks early and have
already had 25-30 practices. Not
only were the Foxes out-prac-
ticed, but also out-experienced
with a newly expanded roster
including 12 freshmen.
"With these young players that
want to prove themselves, prac-
tices are now more competitive.
In addition to our core veterans,
we have a lot more depth," Silva
said. "The effort was great. For
a young group to go out there
and not show any fear and have
such poise and confidence was
very good."
Even with all the new young
guns, it was a few returning play-
ers from the only MAAC
Championship team in school
history who played major roles
this past weekend. Junior goalie
and co-captain, Elizabeth Davis,
was stellar, stopping 13, 12, 6,
and 13 shots in each game,
respectively:
Aceording to Sitva,
that kind of play lets the team
play the style they enjoy.
"Libby
[Davis] played excep-
tionally well," Silva said.
"The
players' confidence in our
goalies allows
us·
to do more
defensively."
That other goalie is Davis'
classmate, and co-captain Katy
Zweifel, who is slowly working
back into condition after study-
ing abroad for a semester.
On the offensive end, sopho-
more Katelin McCahill started
right where she left off last year,
scoring 11 goals over the four-
game opening weekend. Last
year it was McCahill and class-
mate Kari Weston who dominat-
ed the offense for the Lady
Foxes, leading the-team in goals
and assists. The two were a for-
midable team who were both
named to the All-MAAC First
Team and the MAAC All-
Tournament Team. Weston was
also a Co-Rookie of the Year.
•~y
are our
two anchors on
offense," Silva said.
"One
is just
as valuable as the other. They
give us a very nice balance."
Despite her huge numbers from
last year, Weston only put up a
goal and two assists this week-
end. This speaks to her all-
around game, according to Silva.
"When Kari's shots aren't
falling, she finds other ways to
help on offense and on defense.
That is what makes her such a
good player."
Also, Marist had ten different
goal-scorers
thi~
weekend, show-
ing off the championship team's
new depth. No individual player
will be asked to do too much
with that deep of a roster.
The team now has three weeks
to prepare for their next set of
games,
the
Maryland
Invitational, starting Feb.
17
in
College Park. Coach Silva has
his training strategy set out for
the next few weeks.
"Conditioning is
going to be
•
priority number one( he said.
"This tournament was a bench
mark to see where we are and
what we need
to
focus on.
Our
goal is not just to be more com-
petitive in the MAAC, but also to
be more
competitive
nationally."
Men's swimming and diving team falls short in final meet of season
By
GREG HRINYA
Staff Writer
The Marist Red Foxes swim-
ming and diving team's quest for
•
a
perfect
season came to a halt in
Baltimore on Saturday when it
lost to UMBC 158-120.
The Retrievers from Bahimore
took advantage of a short-handed
Marist squad and lived up to
their 5th seeded
national
ranking
as Marist saw its record in dual
meets finish at 9-1.
Despite the loss, Marist
received a strong performance
from junior Greg Jablonski, who
was a multiple winner for the
Foxes., Jablonski won the 200-
yard breaststroke in 2: 10.18 and
had his personal best in the 200-
yard Individual Medley in
1:55.86.
Marist Red foxes coach Larry
Van Wagner said that Jablonki
has performed extremely well for
the team all season.
"Greg has been very consistent
for us all season," Van Wagner
said. "His last two events have
been two of the best performanc-
es in his career."
Nick Chevalier and Ralph
Rienzo were the only other
Marist swimmers that notched
wins against UMBC.
Although Marist lost the
chance to finish the season at a
perfect 10-0, they were missing
a
number of key contributors and
UMBC capitalized on that.
"I
left 12 athletes at home
because of disciplinary reasons
for
violating
team
rules,"
Van Wagner said. "Even with a
full squad, we could not live up
to the depth that UMBC has, so
the results were not very surpris-
ing."
The Red Foxes will now look
to put the loss behind them as the
team focuses on the MAAC
championships, which will begin
February
8
in
Baltimore,
Maryland.
Coach Van Wagner said that the
message to his team remains the
same as it does every year when
the team competes in the MAAC
championships.
"The message always remains
the same," Van Wagner said.
"We want to come out in first
place, and it's hard when you
have no other place to go, and we
cannot improve on our past per-
formances. We can only main-
tain that level."
Diving Coach Melanie Bolstad
also has high hopes for her divers
in the MAAC championships.
"We want to build on our per-
formance from last year, which
had us placing three divers in the
top eight," Bolstad said. "We
hope to have four of our divers
finish in the top eight this year."
Bolstad has been impressed
with her divers all year and
Devon O'Nalty and Jesus Santos
have led them.
"Devon
has been very consis-
tent this year and Jesus has taken
on a lot of difficult
dives,''
Bolstad said.
"Mitchell
Katz has
also added to our team's depth
and he posted an impressive win
in the
I -meter dive against Seton
Hall a few weeks ago."
After the MAAC charppi-
onships, the Red Foxes will have
one
final test in the ECAC cham-
pionships, which will be held in
Boston beginning February 16th.
"The ECAC is another compet-
itive test
to
further evaluate our
team," Van
Wagner
said.
"It's
an
open competition that involves
every conference from Maine to
Virginia and features three times
the competition."
Martin claims lone individual victory in season finale loss to UMBC
By
NATE FIELDS
Staff
Writer
man, who is one of the top but-
terflyers in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC).
After two consecutive wins to
"Lyndsay is really becoming an
start 2007, Marist's women's integral part of our team," he
swimming and diving team final-
said. "She is now the second
ly tasted defeat last Saturday.
fastest 200-yard butterflyer in the
The Foxes dropped their final MAAC, and both of her first
dual meet of the season, 161-130 place finishes Saturday were
to the University of Maryland career best times."
Baltimore
County (UMBC).
Although Martin posted
Only one Red Fox swimmer, Marist's only individual event
freshman
Lyndsay
Martin, wins, several other Foxes had
•
claimed an individual event vie-
strong performances, including
tory in the loss,
besting
the field
some close second-place finish-
in
both
the 200-yard butterfly es.
and 100-yard fly with times of
Junior Jamie Falco had several
•
2:09.84 and 59.02 seconds second place finishes, including
,
respectively. Head coach Larry both the 100 (59.66 seconds) and
Vanwagner praised his fresh-
200-yard (2:08.86) backstroke.
Her 100-yard time was only .89
seconds behind UMBC's Agnes
Stanislawska.
Falco also set a Marist College
record for 100-yard freestyle
with a time 52.91 seconds while
swimming
the opening leg of the
400-yard
freestyle
relay.
Van Wagner said the previous
record, 53.01 seconds, was set by
Erin McGrath in 2001.
"Erin's record swim was per-
fonned in a championship
event," he said. "Jamie did it in a
dual meet, where we don't per-
form as well."
Other Foxes who performed
well included junior Lauren
Malski, who finished second in
the-
100-yard
breaststroke,
behind
UMBC's
Christin
Cantwell by only .32 seconds.
Junior diver Melissa Mangona
finished second in both the
1
and
3-meter dive events, posting
scores of 243.74 and 259.20,
respectively. Senior Anna Sanner
finished fourth
in
both diving
events with scores of 221.17 and
222.52, respectively.
The loss capped Marist's dual
season, and dropped the Foxes
record to 7-3 going into the
MAAC championships in two
weeks.
Although the regular season is
now over, Van Wagner said that
all the competitions during the
season are just prep work for the
MAAC and ECAC conference
championships. The East Coast
Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a
bigger conference
than the
MAAC and provides yet another
challenge for the Foxes.
"Being in two conferences
offers a higher level of
competi-
tion for the individual athletes,"
Van Wagner said.
Van Wagner also said expecta-
tions are high going into
the
championships, and that the goal
is to win a third consecutive
MAAC championship.
"I
feel that this will be the most
successful women's swimming
and diving team we have had at
Marist," he said. "We have great
depth at every event, something
we have not had in the past."
Roarin'
Red Foxes
Marist
~
male
and
fem ale
tar perfonner
for the
weekend of
Jan.
26-28.
Brian De.l\tlarco
Track. Senior
DeMarco
wa named
MAAC
track performer of
the week.
The
enior
cap-
tain led
the
Red
Fo
e
la
t
riday
at
the MetTopolitan
Champion
hips.
De
1arCt)
broke
the
record
in
the
500-meter,
\\
ith
a time of
I
:05.07. breakmg his
m
n
record.
Additionall
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he
qualified
for the
lC4A
C
hampion:ships
in the 500-
m ter
and the
d
istancc
medley
rday.
On the horizon:
Part
of the quad will
return
to action this
\.\eek-
end
at the ew Balan e
Collegiate
Invitational
in
ev,, York
City.
Rachele Fitz
Basketball,
Fre.Jnnan
Fitz
collected her M
AC
record
ighth rooki of
th~
\\ eek honor
this
s
ason.
he .
cored
23
points
in
two hom
game against
icna
and
·iagara
last
w
ckcnd. Mari
t
is 10-0
in
the
MA.AC
and 17-4
over-
all.
On the Horizon:
The
Red
Fo. es will tak
to
the rnad
this \\ ekend
where
the}
,s.
ill f
ac off
again
t
t.
Peter's
on
Fnday
and at
1
lanhattan
on Sunday
atlemoon.
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Can Jordan go pro?
By JOSEPH FERRARY
Staff Writer
Team his freshman year, to the
third team All-MAAC his sopho-
more year and to first team all-
On
June 28, in the world's most MAAC his junior year.
famous arena, Madison Square
Throughout his playing career,
Garden, basketball fans from Jordan has worked hard to con-
Poughk:eepsie,
N.Y.
and stantly
improve
his game.
•
Hartford, Conn. will be waiting
His hard work and improve-
for one name to be called.
ment year after year was a topic
With the 58th pick in the 2007 head coach Matt Brady dis-
t
•
NBA Draft the San Antonio cussed
.
•
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Spurs select Jared Jordan, point
"When I first saw Jared, I saw
:
guard from Marist College.
that he was a kid who just loved
:
Could this be true?
to play ball," Brady said. "Year
I
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Well according to nbadraft.net after year Jared has improved
:
it is.
every facet of his game and his
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How could a player of Jordan's personality has grown over the
caliber not be considered by three years I have been here.
NBA teams during the draft. On When adversity strikes during a
:
the season, Jordan has averaged game, his teammates look to him
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18.8 points, 6.2 boards and 8.9 for answers; that is how tnuch
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assists. Jordan is the team leader Jared has grown."
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in points and assists. He is cur-
One ~f the main skills that
:
rently tied for the team lead in Jared possesses is his ability to
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rebounds with senior center see the court. His court vision
•
:
James Smith.
and play-making ability enabled
Already on the season he has him to lead the nation in assists
been named Metro Atlantic
.
(8.5) per game last year.
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
And again he leads the nation
player of the week four times this in assists, averaging 8.9 per con-
season and captured both the Old test.
Spice Classic MVP as well as the
Coach Brady feels that Jared's
Pepsi Marist Classic MVP.
play-making ability is his best
According
to
Sp6rts ~kill on the court.
,
Illustarted.com
writer
Seth
"When a normal player drives
t
Davis, Jordan is "the best under into the lane, they only see one
I
1
the radar basketball player in option," Brady said.
"When
America ... " (Cnnsi.com 1/18).
Jared drives into the lane, he not
But how did this under the only sees the option in front of
,
radar player grab the attention of liim, he knows exactly where his
:
NBA scouts and executives?
four teammates are on the floor.
t
It
was not until the first ever This allows him to make plays
~
Old Spice Classic in Orlando, that other players can't make."
Florida when the Red Foxes
With all of these skills Jared
Senior guard Jared Jordan h~s opened the eyes
of
many NBA scouts by
leading the Red Foxes
In points
(1&.'8), and assists (8.9) this season.
:
were televised nationally for has bolted up many draft boards direction of Coach 'Brady.
1
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The Liberty ultimately cut
:
three days.
and is the number one rated point
Jordan realized that he w~Id
loiQlu:nara
from their roster and
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This was the first time that the guard in the country. This is not be where he was today,,with-
25
Mw she is playing basketball in
nation got a chance to see the according to George "Roadie" out the help of Brady he sa.uiln
5
iJEw;ope.
She is playing in Spain
6'2" point guard from Hartford, Rodecker who 16 year member
"Coach
Brady
is
,Jhe,eifor
Pious
XII
in the LF2A
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Conn.
of the l!nited States Basketball player/coach that has helpedlhle,o
L&:agJie.
During the three-game tourna-
Writers Association
at14
has cov-
out the most
during-
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basket-
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ment the Red Foxes finished
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third and Jordan was named tour-
last 18 year_s.
totally
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game
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,
Marist for two seasons is playing
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nament MVP. He averaged 20.7
Jordan ts currently the 28th
For now the mild-mannered for Sham Rovers oflreland in the
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points, nine assists, and 6.3
best draft eligible player out of point guard is not worried alr9ut-q1illper. League North.
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rebounds.
200 . prospects according to his draft status or where he!will~d
Former Men's Soccer player
An anonymous NBA executive Roadie.
be
playing basketball nexqmar. iuand two.time MAAC defender
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said that Jordan's performance
But when Jared first arrived So what is he thinking ,about>'g
51<0fi
the year, Ben Castor was
,
opened eyes scouts and teams here on the beautiful campus of
The answer is Loyola. The Red selected by the Philadelphia
across the country.
Marist College the thoughts of Foxes next opponent.
Kixx in the fourth round of the
"Being on_ national TV this past the NBA were far from his mind.
If.Jared does get drafted to tht Major Indoor Soccer League
month has helped him out a great
"When I first got here, I NBA b,e says he will go.
Draft (MISL) in 2006. Although
deal," the NBA executive said. thought a little bit about playing
"Of course I will go," he
.~aid.
Castor was. drafted he currently
"He has created a buzz by the in the NBA," Jordan said. "I was
"If
I
don't make an NBA team I is not listed on any MISL team's
'
numbers that he put up in just happy to get a full scholar-
will probably go over seas and roster.
·
Orlando."
ship to a division I program to make money playing basketball
Next there are two baseball
Former Marist head coach play basketball."
in Europe rather then playin~ in players who are continuing their
,
Dave Magarity who recruited
During his first full season on the
[National
Bask~tb.all careers at the next level Keith
Jordan to the Hudson Valley campus, the Red Foxes finished Devdopment League] NBDL"
Brachold and Tim Bittner.
echoed the comments of the with a record of 6-22 and the
But in ;wliat rolQl.d or what team Brachold, a former outfielder for
NBA executive.
head coach, Dave Magartiy will draft the Red Foxes point the Red Foxes, is playing for the
"I have spoken to a few NBA resigned from the job.
guard?
Broxton Rox of the Canadian-
•
scouts about Jared," Magarity
The man who recruited Jared
Coach Brady offered some pos-
American Independent League.
•
said. ''The interest is genuine away from both Canisius and the
sible answers to these questions.
In his first year in the league
•
and real. His performance in the University of Hartford was leav-
"He certainly has a chance of Brachold appeared in 75 games
Old Spice Classic on ESPN real-
ing Marist College.
getting drafted," ~rady said. and had a batting average of
ly put him front and center."
Jordan said he considered fol-
"He will
be
drafted 9y a team .200. He drove in 22 runs on 36
Jordan is trying to become the lowing his former coach.
who is looking for a great point hits including five long balls.
second Marist player to be draft-
"The thought of leaving the guard, and if a team feels that
Bittner, was drafted by the
ed into the NBA.
college crossed my mind when Jared is their right choice, then Chicago White Sox's in the 10th
The only other Red Fox to be Coach Magarity left," Jordan he will be drafted.'~
round of the 2001 draft. He cur-
drafted was none other then the said. "I was very close to him
The anonymous ~A execu-
rently is pitching for the AA
'Dunking Dutchman,' Rik Smits. and it upset me that he left. tive agrees with the projection of Birmingham Barons of the
Smits was taken with the number However I was involved in the NBADraft.net.
Southern league. The Barons are
two pick in the 1988 NBA draft hiring process and Coach Brady
"I think he has a ".ery goqd the AA affiliate for the White
by the Indiana Pacers. Smits was was the guy for this program. He chance of being drafted in June/ Sox's.
a once and a lifetime player at liked to push the ball up the court the NBA
.executive
said.
"I
In
order for Jared Jordan to
Marist due to his size and athleti-
and he was good at developing would doubt he would be a first have a chance to make it to the
·
players."
d · k b
fr
c1sm.
roun pie , ut om the way he professional level and join these
Jordan, who is not the biggest
One player that Brady devel-
has played he would definitely other Red Foxes he will have to
and fastest point guard in the oped was point guard Jal'neer be 2nd round material."
stay healthy according to his for-
country, does have the skill set to Nelson who was a first round
Whether or not Jared Jordan mer Coach Dave Magarity.
compete at the next level the draft pick out of Saint Joseph's gets drafted into the NBA, he
"Jared will have a terrific
NBA executive said.
University in 2004.
will play basketball professional-
chance if he stays healthy and
"Jared is a lot like Jason Kidd,"
There are a lot of similarities ly somewhere.
injury free," Magarity said. "He•
the NBA executive said.
"In
the between the two point guards
has worn down in each of his
matter that he can score, rebound according to the man who taught
Marist Pros
first three years and has not been
and make plays for others. He both of them.
He will he joining
a
growing 100 per cent entering the MAAC
does not need to score to be sue-
"Jared and Jameer have· very number
of
athletes
'from
Marist Playoffs in those three years,
cessful which is important at the similar playing styles," Brady who are playing at the profes-
mainly ankle problems."
next level. Doing the little things said.
"They
both can fill up the sional level.
If
Jared Jordan is able to follow
is just as important as scoring box score and not care about it.
One of the most recognized his coach's advice and continue
20+ points a night."
They also have beyond great Marist women's basketball alum, at the playing like he is, his name
Previous Years
play-making and decision mak-
Fifi Camara is currently playing will be called on June 28 at
Jordan did not start his way on
ing skills."
in Europe.
Ailli~~i~
she was not Madison Square Garden.
top, but had to work his way up
As the years progressed, the drafted by any
WNBA
team, she
to where he is today.
Red Foxes continued to get bet-
briefly appeared on the roster for
He was named to the all Rookie ter and so did Jared under the the New York Liberty.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007 •
PAGE 11
Freshman makes big
impact on program
By
DANIEL BARRACK
Staff Writer
Duke and #1 Maryland.
Starting five games so far this
season, Fitz has put up impres-
Rachele Fitz is a 6-foot fresh-
sive numbers, playing an aver~
man forward from Seven Hills, age of 22.1 minutes per game,
Ohio. Fitz began her interest in scoring 13.6 points per game,
basketball when she was in sec-
and grabbing six rebounds per
ond grade, playing for the com-
game. Her stats are impressive
munity recreational league.
so far, but there are a few things
Fitz's interest in tlJ_e game grew that Fitz wants to work on as a
larger and larger until she player.
reached high school. While play-
"I think I need to work on my
ing at Trinity High School, Fitz post moves more and playing
scored 2,073 points and accumu-
better defense more than any-
lated over 1,400 rebounds. The thing," she said.
Trinity High School star won
Whether Fitz needs to work on
many prestigious awards in her defense more or not, the Red
four year stint, including awards Foxes have allowed an opponent
such as division
III
player of the to scor~ 60 points or more only 4
year, first Team All-Ohio District times this season, an impressive
III, first team all-district and statistic for any team.
many more. She was named
Coming into the season Fitz
most valuable player all four had high expectations about her-
years at Trinity High School and self and how she thought the
led the team in
scoring
and team would do with her addition
rebounds each season.
to the lineup.
Since that time, Fitz has grad-
'
1
I knew that we would be a
uated from Trinity High School good team and wanted to be the
and is now a major contributor to best player
I could be," she said.
the Marist women's basketball "I,want to accomplish as much
program. Like every high school as I can and help the team out a
graduate beginning their career lot. I really believe that we can
in college, Fitz noticed the dif-
win the MAAC every year and
ferences right away.
finally get a win in the NCAA
"The speed of the game is the tournament."
biggest difference," she said.
The team is leading the MAAC
"When
I first came here, I didn't and playing very impressive bas-
know about each schools' ketbalL Last season the Red
defense and how they run and Foxes made the tournament, but
play together. There is also a big were met with a rude awakening
difference about how to run our when they were shut down by
offense and defense.
It
usually Georgia 75-60 in the opening
takes freshman a year to learn round. The addition of Fitz will
the system and the game
is
a lot hopefully take this team to the
quicker. The first game I played
I next step.
kept saying 'Oh my God!' There
There is still more of the sea-
are much more hand
signals
and son to play and many more
there
is
a name
for
everything
we things that have to pan out but
do."
so far Fitz
is,
very
pleased with
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wli1t~'Fftrtr
~fl
;ajUsflll.i
to
>
h~
heri
~b1legl.1
caree11
.is
going.
the speed of the game, th~· eight
"I'm glad to this point,"
'Fitz
time rookie of the week brings a said. "I'm very happy with how I
lot to Marist basketball, both have been playing and the rookie
personally and athletically.
of the week awards I have
"I think more than anything me received. I love my teammates
and my roommates (freshman and am pleased with how this
guards Brittany Engle and season has gone so far."
Lynzee Johnson), bring the team
With such an impressive track
tog~ther because we level out record and all of her awards, it
everyone and feel like we can
.
would only make sense that Fiti
just talk and communicate with dreams about playing in the:
everyone," Fitz said. "In terms of WNBA right? Well, not as much
basketball skills I think I help as you would think.
improve
our rebounding, scor-
"I'm not sure
if
I am going to
ing, and just the little things to continue playing basketball once
help our team out."
I graduate from Marist," she
Fitz is definitely helping ovt.
said. "I want to accomplish more
The Red Foxes lead the Metro awards in college and help our
Atlantic Athletic Conference team win as much as I can, but I
(MAAC) with a 10-0 record in really don't think basketball will
conference play, while two ofihe be my next step once I gradu-
teams four loses have come to #5
ate."
Freshman
forward Rachele
F1tz
has had a big Impact on the Marlst
women's basketball program. She has collected a record eight
MMC
rookie
of
the week titles while averaging 22.1 minutes per game.
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THE
CIRCLE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007
www.maristcircle.com
Upcoming Schedule:
Men's Basketball: Saturday, Feb. 3 - vs. Loyola (MD),
7:30
p.m.
Women's Basketball: Friday, Feb. 2 - at St. Peter's, 7
p.m.
PAGE 12
Marist seeks r~demption vs. Loyola Saturday at McCann
J3y
JOSEPH FERRARY
Staff Writer
The Red Foxes will look to
. avenge their first Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
loss of the season, on Saturday
Feb.
3
at
7:30
p.m. as they wel-
tome the first place Loyola
~eyhounds to the McCann
Center.
Currently the Foxes are 15-
7
on
ihe season and are in third place
in
the conference with a
7-4
record. The Greyhounds are 13-
8
overall and
9-2
in conference
play.
Last Time
When these two teams last
meet back on Jan.
2,
Gerald
J3rown's 33 points led the
Preyhounds to a
77-69
win over
the Red Foxes.
0
The game was
ilominated in the early going by
t-,oyola as they found themselves
up by
16
(31-15) with 2:32 to go
in the first half.
However, the Red Foxes con-
tinued to fight there way back as
~ey went on an
11-3
run over the
j-est of the half to cut the Loyola
lead to
34-26.
The Greyhounds would open
lip the second half, just as the
~pened up the game. Over the
first nine minutes of the second
tialf, the Greyhounds built an
18
J>oint advantage
(57-39)
on a
l3rown three-pointer with
11 :29
to go in regulation.
Loyola seemed to have the
game locked up, but the Red
Foxes came roaring back cour-
tesy of a
22-4
run over the next
7:25
to cut the lead to just three
points
(64-61)
at the
4:04
mark.
Brown proved to be too much
for the Red Foxes as he hit a
three point to push the lead back
to six points, at
67-61,
and that
would be as close as Marist
would get.
In the game, the Red Foxes
were lead by senior guard Will
Whittington who scored
19
points in the losing effort. This
game also featured senior Jared
Jordan's first career triple double
(12
points,
10
rebounds and
10
assists).
Head Coach Matt Brady talked
about some of the keys to why
Loyola wort.
. "One of the first things that
they did as a team was trapping
Jared [Jordan]," Brady said.
"This forced a lot of turnovers on
our part."
For the game the Red Foxes
turned the ball over
18
times
including seven by Jordan.
Brady also said that his team
missed too many open shots.
'
_
'We had way too many open
looks from three [point land] that
we missed,'' Brady said. "We
simply were not ready for
Loyola.
Gerald Brown made
some difficult shots that I
thought were not going to go in."
Pressure of Being #1
In the beginning of the season,
the Red Foxes were chosen by
the coaches of the MAAC as the
preseason number one team.
Being
·
the number one team in
any conference means there is
always a "bull's-eye" on your
back.
Coach Brady talked about the
pressure of being number one
and what his team has to do in
order to live up to their status.
"We just have to be more ready
for the bull's-eye on our back,''
Brady said. "Once the MAAC
schedule came out, every other
team circled us on their schedule
because we are their champi-
onship game. In order for
us
to
live up to our name, we need to
get better offensively. We need
more consistent lane scoring
from our front line and we need
to work the shot clock more
instead of shooting the ball so
early."
Plan for Loyola
In all three of the Marist's
MAAC losses, there has been
one main scoring that has caught
Coach Brady and his team by
surprise.
Frank Turner of Canisius
scored a career high
24
points in
a
84-74
win
m
Buffalo.
Niagara's Charron Fisher hit all
five of his three point shots on
his way to scoring 33 points in a
83-75
Niagara win at the
McCann Center. Finally there
was Gerald Brown who scored
33
in a Loyola
.
For the Red Foxes to win this
Saturday, they will have to find a
way to stop Brown.
Head Coach Brady says that he
has some things in store for
Brown.
"In order to stop Gerald Brown
we are going to do a couple of
fuings," Brady said. "First we
are going to limit their offensive
rebounds and we are going to use
more than one defense on him."
Marist
74
Manhattan
75
F
Darryl Crawford cored on
a floater in the lane \\.
1th
ust ·even econd Jefi in
the game
t
1i
fl
Manhattan
to a one-point win over
Marist Tuesda) night
.
The
Red Foxe ( 15-7, 7--4) had
a hancc to wm
it,
hut
Jnrcd Jordan' layup \\
1th
0
.
I
ft
was
block d
by
D
~von
Austin.
Will Whittington ored
21 poims
,
including six 3-
pomtcrs. Ryan t!lphen
and
Jared
Jordan
added 17
each for Mari t, losers in
three
of
it
last four
game~.
Senior guard Will Whittington will lead Marist as they take on the
first
place Loyola Greyhounds. Whittington led the Foxes In their last
game against the Gerald Brown and the Greyhounds with 19 points.