VOLUME 61. ISSUE 8
FOUNDED IN 1965
No track on campus forces students to run elsewhere
By
KRISTEN DOMONELL
Circle Contributor
Come spring, the Marist track
team won't be found competing
on
campus.
Although Marist has a Division I
track and field program, Marist
College
has
no
track.
According to Peter Colaizzo, a
Marist runner in the 80's and
17-
year coach of the men's cross
country and track teams, there
has never been a track on cam-
pus.
With the completion of Tenney
Stadium at Leonidoff Field, this
hasn't changed.
"A
6-
or 8-lane track takes up a
lot of space.
Putting a track
around Leonidoff Field would
have required moving or remov-
ing campus access roads and
would have greatly disrupted
landscaping in the area," said
Colaizzo.
"Simply
put, it was not
possible,"
According to Athletic Director
Tim Murray, a track is in the
master plan for the campus that
was recently completed; howev-
er he is unsure when this will be
carried out.
"I
think they are locating it on
the North Field. It is something
that we are aware of and we
understand that there is a need
for
it," said
MWTay.
"We
defi-
nitely want to do that for our stu-
dent athletes and our communi-
ty."
Murray said cost and location
are the main factors in the deci-
sion of whether or not to build a
track.
"Tracks aren't overly expen-
sive, but it still would be a fairly
significant capital expenditure,"
said Murray.
During cross country and
indoor track seasons, the lack of
a track does not pose any incon-
venience to the men's and
women's. teams. During cross
country season, the teams use
local parks and trails, as well as
North Field to train, Colaizzo
said. During indoor track sea-
son, the indoor track in the
Mccann Center fieldhouse is
used.
Come outdoor track season,
however, Colaizzo said, "it is
challenging to schedule off-cam-
pus practices, but we make it
work the best way we can."
As far as performance,
Colaizzo said the team is not
affected.
"I have a simple message to
recruits that are looking at
Marist: No track, no problem
.
We have fielded competitive
teams for years without an out-
door
track
facility.
While we would certainly love
to have a track facility on cam-
pus, it is not productive to whine
about what we do not have."
Some members of the track
teams disagree with ~his.
Sophomore Justine Colabraro
said it
is especially
hard for ath-
letes participating in field events
because the only place they can
practice is in the gym.
"We only get to pole vault
when the basketball team isn't
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Students
running
past campus on Route 9 must make do without a track to
run on.
With no
track
on
campus,
students, as well as the men's and
women's track
teams, are forced to
find other
locations for
running.
there,"
Co
labraro
said
.
"We
With a track on campus the ath-
recruits," Shelley said.
have to work around their sched-
letes wouldn't have· to rush their
"From
a recruiting stand
point,
ule."
workouts in order to get to a not having a track makes it
look
On top of scheduling issues
,
class on time, Masto said.
like your school mjght not hav~
Colabraro said not having the
Conor Shelley, a sophomore the money or that the school
proper
equipment
forces her to long-distance runner, said the doesn't care
about
the team
,"
go to meets not having practiced distance program
is very strong
Masto said.
her events and
feeling
unpre-
because it has proper facilitfes to
Colabraro said
having a
track
pared.
practice on, such as hills and on
campus
would give
the teams
Sophomore Greg Masto said parks.
a little more
recognition.
Spackenkill High School and
"If
the spriuters and throwers
"It's sad-some people
at our
Arlington High School, where and jumpers had better facilities
school don't think
we
have
a
the teams practice, are 20 to 30 they would have better
sprints,
track team because we don't
minute trips.
throws and jumps-and better have
a track."
Expert delivers seminar on causes of campus violence
In wake of VT tragedy, Lt. Grossman stresses violence
prevention
By
CHRISTINE ROCHELLE
Staff
Writer
Police officers who had
walked through the campus of
Virginia Tech said that one of
the hardest
sounds
to hear was
of the cell phones ringing that
belonged to the dead and
wounded
students.
Lieutenant
Co
lonel
Dave
Grossman spoke to students,
educators,
police officers, mili-
tary and
emergency
responders
in the Nelly Goletti theatre this
past Tuesday
.
The
conference,
"Crisis and Violence: Keeping
schools and Campuses Safe,"
focused on the psychological
cost of
school
and campus vio-
lence using examples such as
Virginia Tech and
Columbine
High School.
"The
ultimate
achievement
is
the
crime
we
can
deter," said
Grossman.
Grossman, who has appeared
on
TODAY
and
20/20,
founded
a new
science
which he
calls
"killo
lo
gy."
He has authored
three books about killology
which is described on his Web
site as
"the
scholarly
study
of
the destructive
act."
Grossman
said
that
campuses
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need to deter, detect and delay
violence
while
erasing
any
denial about the possibility of a
school killer.
"The
enemy is denial," said
Grossman.
"Denial
has no sur
-
vival
value."
Many rural areas believe vio-
lence is more likely at inner
city schools but the majority of
school shootings have taken
place in rural areas,
said
Grossman.
"The most unprofessional
words are
'don't
worry it won't
happen to us,"' said Grossman.
The retired West Point psy-
chology professor and Army
Ranger said that
schools
focus
too heavily on fire drills and
keeping up to fire codes
instead of preventing school
killings.
"Our
citizens are a hundred
times more likely to kill by
violence
than
fire,"
said
Grossman, who also said that a
student has not died in
a
school
fire in the past decade.
He continued to point out that
many
campuses
do not have
armed
security guards
or take
any other violence prevention
measures
.
Grossman
said
it
is
"insane"
and "delusional" to
have unarmed
security guards.
Junior Kim Maddalena
attended the conference and
was
"shocked"
to realize how
prepared
students
are for fire
drills and unprepared students
are for school
violence.
"We
have fire drills
starting
in
kindergarten but not school
shooting drills which are ten
times more likely to occur,"
said Maddalena.
Grosstnan said that all
school
killers
display
persistent
themes of violence in their
school work, conversation and
in other areas. The killers fix-
ate
on the
vio
l
ence, actively
plan their killing, prepare for
the killing and then
execute
their plan.
All school killers have a
grievance
about real or per
-
ceived injustice
and they have
an obsession with media
vio-
lence,
said Grossman. He pre-
sented the results of Indiana
University's
Brain
Scan
Research which
showed
that
media violence
"stunts
or
'
retards'
kids'
brain develop
-
ment
."
The side
of the brain
that provides logical reasoning
was
stunted
for those who had
a high amount of violent televi-
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OF RED" AT
SUNDAY'S
GAME
Coach
Matt
Brady calls for
students' support at
Sunday's
men's basketball
game
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sion, movie and
video
game
exposure.
The
Journal
of the American
Medical Association
also
pub-
lished an article in 1992 which
said,
"
... if, hypothetically, tel-
evision
technology had never
been developed, there would
today be I 0,000 fewer homi-
cides
each year
in the U.S.,
70,000
fewer
rapes,
and
700,000
fewer
lllJUflOUS
assaults."
Grossman said that those who
may critique his work along
with media professionals have
"wrapped
themselves up in the
First Amendment" and soon
"there is
going
to be a backlash
of
enormous
magnitude."
To
prevent school
violence,
Grossman
said that school
security
guards
should be
armed
and all
educators
should
be trained on how to respond to
campus violence.
"We
have an
all-time
record
of
school
massacres that pre
-
dicts more to
come,"
said
Grossman.
The Marist
College Council
on
Theatre
Arts
(MCCTA)
is
beginning
rehearsals
for
"Bang,
Bang You're Dead,"
written
by
William
Mastrosimone with the inten-
tion of
educating
students
about school
violence, accord-
ing to MCCTA
president
Mark
Heftier. The
play
follows
the
story of a school killer named
Josh
who is
haunted by his
memories of those
who
killed.
Sophomore Mindy Reed is a
cast member of
"Bang,
Bang
You're Dead" and said that the
gripping
play is meant
to
show
that
a
school shooting
can
hap-
pen
anywhere.
"It
shows
that
there are
so
many people
affecteo
by one
decision," said Reed.
"It
is
a
very
in-your-face play, but
it is
something that needs to be
done and will likely sit with
.
people for
a long
time."
Grossman's final thoughts
were on how those who have
created school
violence
are
now
entering college campuses
and workplaces
so
there will
be
another rough ten years ahead
for
educators and
law
enforce-
ment.
"The genenrtion
that
gives
you this is going
to
give you
hell
for
ge
nerations to
come,"
said Grossman. "I
pray that
I'm
wrong."
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2007
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Security Briefs
Fulton mugging? Really, what mugging?
**#1 Spring
Break
By TYLER THURSON
John
Gildard
in Training
10/31
-
Beck Place
Two cars collided i-n Beck
Place, with one car
back-
ing up into the other. It's
Halloween, the night of all
the childish pranks, and
this what you give me to
work with? Where are the
toilet-papered
trees?
Where's the cars covered
in deli meats? Where are
the
egged houses? The
flaming brown paper bags
on
the doorstep of that
neighbor who gave you a
dirty look once when you
were in the 3rd grade?
Seriously, you 're being
out-pranked
by the 3rd
graders
from
Mrs.
McCluskey's class. Step it
up.
10/31 - Campus
room
~lt(;
~indow
screen?
I
guess it does
make sneaking in
alcohol
a
whole lot easier.
Also, if
you
want to
serenade cam-
pus
with "Come to
·
My
Window," people can now
finally crawl
inside and
wait by ·the
light of
the
moon. Always
a
plus.
11/1
-
Beck Place West
~nother
car
accident
lirvened up security's day
in Beck
Place.
So,
in
ref-
'
erence to these recent car
collisions,
I present
a
solution. It's called a
rearv1ew
mirror.
When
using
one, you can mirac-
ulously see
behind
you as
you are
backing
up your
v~hicle. Every car should
soon come equipped with
one ... oh
wait,
they do. So
use them
-
they work
much better than just fir-
ing it in reverse until you
hear that crunch of metal.
A speeding car was spot-
ted by security on campus,
11/2
-
Dyson Bathroom
and swiftly followed by a
guard on patrol. Wow, you A
purse
was
reported
badass. Please tell me you stolen by a female using
have s.ome <;we
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rw.n
5; ....
the .,!?Y~n r~tr~m~O~e
and tinted windows on
t
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again, of.Jai
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the things to
pimped-out
ridt!,
too
.
steal. Diamoadst' pri~d
Because seriously: speed":' paifilings'; -
.. -~arual>le
ing on campus? You better cars
...
or
used
lipstick.
have
a good reason once Well, I guess you work
security catches up to you, your way qp. Straight up
because they will. Try say-
to jail. I can just picture
ing that you're wife is your beaming parents.
going into labor, or that
you're running really late
11/3
-
Donnelly Parking
to work. OF just say you 're,
Lot
a
complete tool.
That
works too
.
A heated argument
broke
out in the Donnelly park-
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wo stu
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dents. Security responded,
and
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what this c
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remain
optimistic
and assume
it
was
a heated
debate about whether
or
not
we, as
a
country,
should
intervene
in the
crisis in
Darfur. Probably
not, but
I'm holding
out
hope.
11/4
- Upper
Townhouses
Two
noise
complaints
were lodged
against
resi-
dents
of
two
separate
upper
townhouses on the
4th,
and security quickly
reminded the housemates
to use their indoor voices.
Also, they reminded them
to play safely at recess,
share your toys, keep your
hands
to
yourself at nap-
time, and that Friday is
career day for all of the
kindergarteners
11/4
- Security
Security dispatch reported
receiving
an
obscene
email. You know, most
people look at this story
and only see the negative
-
another pervert at it
again. But think about it.
We're really a technologi-
cally advanced campus.
It's not even heavy breath-
ing
and
asking
what
you 're wearing anymore,
it's all sent via email. So,
see, this is really a good
thing
we've
even
brought our obscenities
into the Information Age.
That or we're just disgust-
ingly lazy.
11/5 - Various campus
locations
On a closing note, at three
separate
locations
this
week, food was
left
burnt
on a stove. We bad chick
-
en nuggets in Gartland,
bttelWI Our Grad:a SbJdy Optn Housa .January
7th.
200s
.
(
popcorn gone awry at St.
Ann's, and
bacon
at the
Upper
Townhouses.
There's
only
so many
times I can say this before
it just
becomes
a waste of
time and ink. If you don't
know how
to
cook some-
thing, then don't. When
you were little and your
parents told you you could
be
anything you wanted,
they were lying. Seriously,
it's the only way to get
some kids to stop asking
questions.
I
know I can't
climb Mount Everest, so
guess what; I have no
desire to try. Bacon is just
beyond
some
people.
Students
of
Gartland,
bacon
is
your
Mount
Everest. Think about it.
[[ Ed.
Note:
Okay, Marist.
I've spent the last few
weeks editing the paper
and I've been hoping that
somehow, you would start
your typical debauchery -
but I guess it just isn't
meant to happen. My secu-
rity briefs have been look-
ing sparse. Truth be told,
last week provided a bit of
a wake-up call. Although
we don't=-tfetail it in this
week's Security Briefs,
the Halloween mugging
near Fulton is a scary
truth It's really easy to
pretend that Marist is this
super-safe place, but it
isn't.
Use
this
as
a
reminder to watch out for
yourselves and each other
whenever possible. This
doesn't mean we'll stop
maki.-ng fun of people who
burn bacon - or fashion
majors. Really, that's just
too much to ask. //mbl. ]]
Disclaimer: The Security Briefs
are intended as satire and fully
protected
.
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the First Amendment of the
Constitution.
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Butta
'
s difficult
i
e
s hig
h
light Hous
ing predicamen
t
By
JO
S
EPH G
E
NT
I
LE
Staff Writer
While sophomore Alex Butta
casualJy lounged in a folding
chair, the florescent light in his
Midrise suite bounced off his
smoothly shaved head. The
intimidating pirate flag hanging
on the wall behind him could not
compare to the eight-inch scar
beginning at his left temple and
ending at the base of his skull.
"During the winter break of
last year, I had a routine checkup
with my doctor and they found
that my brain tumor had grown
to the size of a lemon, and that I
needed to get immediate sur-
gery," Butta said.
"It
would have
lasted the entire month of
January, at least, and because of
that,
n:iY doctors decided that I
should not come back to Marist
that semester, to just take it off."
Scratching at the fine bristles
of hair poking through his
scalp,
a smile spread across his face.
"In
the end, it was for the best,
because I had
to
get radiation
and chemo," he said.
"It's
annoy-
ing," he added with a laugh.
Despite the fact that Butta is
living in the Midrise dormitory
among other
sophomores,
he
technically refers to himself as a
second-year freshman.
Fortunately for him though, at
Marist College, the Department
of Housing and Residential Life
guarantees on-campus housing
for all resident freshmen and
sophomores.
In the 2006-07 academic year,
Butta's freshman year, the col-
lege admitted about 1,100 appli-
cants. Prior to that year, though,
it only admitted 975 freshmen
-
a difference of 125 more resident
students. Consequently, during
the 2006-07
academic
year, the
Department of Housing and
Residential Life had to place res-
ident sophomores in housing
typically reserved for upper-
classmen, such as the Foy and
New townhouses.
This year, the
college
scaled
back the number of admitted
applicants
to 1,038.
"When they were saying on-
campus housing, I was pretty
much expecting maybe the worst
of the freshmen dorms or some-
thing like that," Butta said.
"But,
of course, they never have left-
overs."
"It's
not by design," Dean of
Admission Kent Rinehart said
about the
sudden
population
surge.
"We
have reduced the
number of admits, at least for
this past year."
In
sharp contrast,
the
com-
muter population has increased
this year by a margin of 60 per-
cent,
according
to Rinehart.
"Recognizing
the housing chal-
lenge that we have, we lowered
the number of transfer residents
we were admitting," Rinehart
said.
However, predicting the num-
ber of freshmen
applicants
who
are
serious
about Marist is a dif-
ficult estimate,
according
to
Rinehart.
"With
the Internet
now, it's kind of difficult to get a
sense of what kids are really
interested, which kids are not
that
interested,"
Rinehart
explained. "For
thirty to
thirty-
five percent of our
applicants,
their
first contact
with us is
the
application."
He later added,
"They
never
went on
a
tour with
us.
We never
met them at their high school.
They
never called
up and said
'Mail
me more information."'
Describing the current housing
situation as ''very, very
tight,"
Rinehart
said
he believes that
any tension
shall be relaxed by
next
year. "I feel very confident
in
saying
that we are going to
admit fewer
students
this year
than we did this previous year in
an effort
to
lower the resident
number."
By the
2008-09 academic
year,
the college will have built the
Lower Fulton
townhouses,
capa-
ble of holding upward of 260
residents,
according
to the
Department of Housing and
Residential Life.
The Department of Housing
and Residential Life had made
special accommodations
for
Butta after recuperating from
chemotherapy at
the
Marriott
Residence Inn on Rt. 9 in
Poughkeepsie,
a
full six miles
away
from
campus.
"It's
just not guaranteed,"
Sarah H.
English,
the Director of
Housing and Residential Life,
said about the
availability
of on-
campus housing for
resident
stu-
dents returning
from
a medical
leave of
absence. "They're
told
this by Academic
Advising,
who
then
report the leave to
Housing,
and upon
their
return they are
initially
housed
at
the Inn until
they can
be
accomm,odated
more
appropriately."
English said that
no one
from
the
sophomore class
had been
Beer
p
on
g
to
ur c
ome
s to Poughkeepsie area
By
STEP
H
A
NI
E ESPINA
Staff Writer
As they unloaded their offi-
cial World Pong Tour
van
in
the parking lot of Mahoney's
Irish Pub and decorated walls
with their
sponsors'
logos,
there was anticipation for the
night's beer pong tournament.
The
event attracted
over one
hundred people.
Class
of
'05
Marist
graduate
Sam Pines
predicted before the tourna-
ment,
"It's going
to be a
crazy
night."
The first New York Beer
Pong Tournament launched in
October
2006,
but the desire to
take beer pong to the next
level is nothing new for Pines.
"When
I was a
senior
at
Marist, I actually had a week-
ly beer pong league that my
friends and I put together,"
Pines
said. "Then
when I
grad-
uated, I had the idea of doing
a
tour
of
New York
and
man-
aged to
get sponsors.
A bunch
said
no, but we
started
last
fall
and
since
then we've been
get-
ting bigger."
Pines' business
and
beer
pong partner, Peter Alchoz,
has
also witnessed
the pro-
gression of the tour.
"We've
come
a
long way with the tour.
We
started
a
year ago
with
six
cities.
It was
really
nothing.
Our
first event,
we had
eight
teams
including
me
and Sam,"
Alchoz said. "We
turned
it
into
64 teams
at each event
we do.
We're in
the
beginning
of a
movement."
When they
are
not running
the beer pong
tournaments,
they are busy
promoting their
events and
recruiting peop
l
e
to
participate in
the competi-
tions
.
The success of the
tourna
-
ments depends on the number
of
teams
that are
registered
.
A
prepaid
fee of 40
dollars
is
required per
team
.
With the
entrance fee, players receive a
teammate t
-s
hirt
,
cups
to
play
beer pong
and a chance at win-
ning
the grand
pri
ze.
First
prize winners
from the
Poughkeepsie
tournament
walked
away
with a seven day
spring break
vacation
package
to
Cancun, ,Mexico,
courtesy
of Red
Hye
Breaks, one of
the
sponsors
for
the
event.
According to the official web-
site, WorldPongTour.com, the
tour has
given
away a total
of
18
vacation packages to
Cancun at nine
New York tour-
naments.
Participants
in the event
must be
21
years of
age
or
older, and
a
release form must
be
signed
prior to playing.
The
release
form is for safety
pur-
poses and
reminds
players
that
they
are responsible for their
actions.
"People
can play with water
at our
events,"
Alchoz
said.
"We
are trying to promote
the
sport
of beer pong
and
not
[trying to
promote]
unhealthy
drinking."
Alchoz
stressed that a
limit-
ed
amount of beer is provided
for players
and
that drinking
is
100% optional.
According
to
Alchoz
and
Pines,
they
have
not
experienced any safety
problems
in
their
past events.
Cities on
their N.Y.
Beer
Pong Tour
include
Albany,
Syracuse,
Manhattan
,
White
Plains
and
Buffalo, just
to
name
a few. Since their first
tour, they
have had to double
their team capacity
due to
such
high demand
.
The
N.Y
.
Beer
Pong Tournament
has been
featured
in
a
number
of col-
lege publications
and The Wall
Street Journal. Alchoz and
Pines
see a strong future for
their
tournaments
and
hope to
eventually expand their audi-
ence
base in
the
tri-state
area.
"A
lot
of
people are
against
beer
pong," Pines said. "They
think it
promotes
binge
drink-
ing,
but
we're
here promoting
good
activity and
fun
enter-
tainment. It
's
a good way to
meet new people and it's a
great time."
Pines and Althoz
will
be
preparing for their
tour
on
Thursday,
Nov.
8
at
McGilicuddy's
in New Paltz.
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denied on-campus housing. Still,
she also admitted that it did not
initially happen that way.
"We had a lot of sophomore
spaces open up, particularly
among fema
l
es, this year,"
English said.
Subsequently,
almost all of the sophomores
housed at the Inn were trans-
ferred onto campus right away.
"We [Housing] would prefer
to
help those with transportation
issues," Eng
l
ish added.
"I don't have a car.
In
fact, I
don't even have a driver's
l
icense,"
Butta indicated.
"I
am
blinded on the right sides of bo
t
h
eyes, so it's going to take me
some time to get a car, if ever."
Yet, transportat
i
on issues
aside, Butta also had to contend
with living among total strangers
once again.
"I
was freaking out,"
Butta recalled, "Because, I was
like, oh my God, people who
didn't have enough priority
points, rejects and stuff."
"But
then of course, I didn't
ever really think of the good
side," he said. He often won-
dered, "Well, what
if
there are
people just like me?"
In the end, Butta managed
to
find a last-minute opening with
his friends in Midrise a week
before the start of the semester.
"It
was hard enough, because
with all of the surgery and stuff,
it was really hard
to
talk
to
my
friends anyway," Butta said.
"Even just coming back here, I
was already worried that all the
friends I made had forgotten
about me, which of course was-
n't true."
'
Still, Butta is somewhat disap-
pointed about the way Housing
handled his
initial
request.
"They
just told me that somehow my
name, or slip, or whatever
feH
through somewhere and they just
forgot about me and I ended up
in the hotel," he said.
"I
was for-
gotten."
However, in
spite
of all that
happened, Butta said he is
extremely happy that things
eventually worked out the way
they did.
"This
is my ideal of what I
wanted to happen," he said.
"When I heard about
all the
housing and how to get
it fresh-
men year, being in Midrise was
my number one choice
."
Stretching, his
eyes scanned
the entire length
of
the room.
"For that to come true was, like,
wow," he said.
Bo
utique
o
pens for
fashion consc
i
ou
s
By
KA
TH
ER
IN
E
CA
RPE
NT
A
R
Circ
l
e Contributor
"Fashionology,"
it is said,
"is
the science
of
knowing what to
wear."
This is the slogan for the fash-
ion boutique located in the
Donnelly Fashion Plaza
in
Donnelly
Hall
at
Marist
College.
The
grand opening
this
year was held on Monday,
October
29,
and the boutique
will remain open until the week
before
finals
in December.
"It's priced for the fashion-
conscious,
money-tight
stu-
dents,"
professor
Lydia
Biskup,
the director of Fashionology at
Marist,
said.
Jill Gabriel, a sophomore fash-
ion major,
said
Fashionology is
"cheap, cool,
and easily accessi-
ble."
"It
targets
a
lot
of
the
girls
here," she said.
"The
location is
smart."
The boutique offers items such
as
rings, necklaces,
-bracelets,
belts,
bags
,
clutches,
ties,
graph-
ic
t-shirts,
women's and men's
designer
sunglasses,
and
scarves.
Examples
include
chunky
jeweled cuff
bracelets
for $8-12,
Betsey Johnson
sun-
glasses for
$40 and
gold
hoop
earrings for $8.
The store hours
are
Monday
l la
.m.-3
p.m
.,
Tuesday 5p.m.-8p.m., Thursday
l la
.
m.-3:30p.m.,
and Friday
from
lOa.m.-lp.m. All
faculty,
staff and
students
are
welcome.
There is even a
student design-
er,
Kari
Maguda, who displays
her hand-woven scarves
and
takes
custom
orders.
Biskup
said that fashion stu-
dents
in
her class are
taught
merchandising
skills.
Fashionology is
a
"hands-on
laboratory." All the
profits
bene-
fit the
experience for
the
follow-
ing
year.
The
students begin with a trip
to
New
York
City to
learn line
buying
and off-price buying
from
wholesalers and show-
rooms
.
They
learn how to nego-
tiate the
prices of
undersold,
returned
and
out
of
date
items
just
as department stores do.
The
class also
incorporates the
skills of
advertising,
merchan-
dising
math
and
inventorying
the items
they purchase.
Stacy Allaire, a junior and a
member of the
advertising team,
went on the trip
tq
New
York
City
and said the
showroom was
"mind-boggling."
Allaire
designed the business cards and
helped with
the posters, a radio
commercial, MCTV and
the
invitations to
the
event.
"This
does not feel
like
an
elective class,"
she
said.
Senior
garments are also dis-
played in the Donnelly
Fashion
Pla
za
next to the
boutique.
These
garments will be included
in the upcoming
annual Silver
Needle
Fashion Show
in
May.
Student Government Bulletin
Communication Coordinators Needed!
The public relations board is looking for
communication
coordinators to
fill
open positions. People majoring in pub-
lic relations ora communication major (but open to any
major) would benefit greatly from the experience this posi
-
tion would create in working in
conjunctfon
with the
Student
Governm~nt
and Marist
student
population.
Anyone interested should contact Katie Proctor at
kat
h
erlne.procter1@marist.edu
Further information
can be obtained
about
any
Student
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007
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Steel
Plant Gallery serves students with
upcoming
'Five Painters Painting' exhibit
By
KAITLYN ZAFONTE
Staff Writer
A flower bud, delightful in its
own way, has tremendous beauty
in its near future;
it is
on the
verge of blooming into a full
grown glorious flower.
Marist's
art community is at such a pinna-
cle in its trajectory
toward
great-
ness. Ed Smith, director of the
Steel Plant Art Gallery, feels that
the school is reaching this matu-
rity in the art world.
Not knowing what
to
expect
when waiking into the Steel
Plant, I was surprised by the vast
emptiness and clean sleek con-
tour of the building.
As
Ed Smith
gave me a tour, he talked about
more than just upcoming events
or class
schedules.
Instead,
he
explained the
atmosphere
of
Marist's art
community
with
immense passion and pride.
The Steel Plant most certainly
gives off a different
ambiance
compared to other
locations at
the school. As I
walked around,
a
clear picture
appeared
in my
mind of the happenings here. Ed
Smith described
the
place as
having an "organic and
normal"
vibe.
The most
striking
feature of the
building was the huge empty
gal\ezy~ It seemed to be waiting
for artwork, as if that would ful-
fill
it.
As the semester winds to an
end, the Steel Plant will feature
"Five
Painters Painting." This
exhibition, running from Nov.
15
allow
students to
see the breadth
that art can have.
Not only will they learn
from
the paintings themselves, but stu-
dents have the opportunity to
spend time with the artists.
During an
exhibition
opening,
the artists serve as real human
Not only
·
will
they learn
from
the paintings themselves,
but students have
the
opportunity to spend time with the
artists. During
an
exhibition opening, the artists serve as
real human connections to the world in which the stu-
dents strive to join. Unlike in the business world, this is
not simply networking, but
more
of a personal, learning
process.
to Dec.
15
features artists who
are incredibly respected and well
known.
Among the featured artists,
Graham Campbell, Alan Cote,
William
Willis,
George
Pearlman, and Steve Nickel are
numerous accolades. From being
Guggenheim Fellows to having
artwork
displayed
in
the
Museum of Modem Art, each of
these individuals carries a great
deal of weight in the art world.
Marist art students can learn a
lot
from
these
painters.
According to Ed Smith, the
abstract nature of the artwork as
well
as their immense size
will
connections to
the
world in
which the students
strive
to join
.
Unlike in the business world, this
is not simply networking, but
more of a personal learning
process
.
Ed Smith stresses this, explain-
ing that it is about the people;
impressed with students' work,
artists serve as one-on-one con-
nections to the art world.
"We try quite literally to bring
in the best artists in the world,"
said Ed Smith of the exhibitions
.
While he often requests their
presence at Marist, many contact
him because of Marist
'
s growing
stature. Having exhibitions of
museum quality
establishes
Marist's art department as a cut
above the rest. More than ever, it
is deemed as a "tremendous
place" for art students
.
On any given day you can walk
into the Steel Plant's loft-like
floor plan and find students
working on anything from digital
design to sculpture. Most of the
rooms flow freely into one
another
,
thus eliminating any
sense of feeling enclosed or sep-
arated. The sound of the radio
travels to every corner of the
space; in a way, it brings every-
one together, highlighting the
importance of communication
and even camaraderie that exists.
The Steel Plant is open to more
than just art students. Ed Smith
expressed
a strong desire to wel-
come the Marist community at
large.
"We love for them to come
over," he said. "The gallery is
here to serve the students. [We
are] really anxious to have more
students have a dialogue with the
art."
The opening of the "Five
Painters Painting
" '
exhibit is
from
5-
7pm on Thursday, Nov.
15. Mark your calendars and
don
~t
miss this opportunity to be
a part of such a promising and
unique feature ofMarist College.
Backstreet
Boys produce successful album
without'
T{~vin
By
KELLY LAUTURNER
Staff Writer
Backstreet's back! While some
people may be confused to hear
this, the popular boy band that
first hit it big 10 years ago
returns with their sixth album,
"Unbreakable."
Come on, you know deep down
inside that you still know all the
lyrics to their 1999 hit, "I Want it
that Way." I proudly confess I
have always been a fan of the
Backstreet Boys and
I
truly
enjoyed their new album.
With 14 brand new tracks, this
"man-band" still manages
to
make quality music and grow
with their fans. Plus, they will
begin their next world tour in
early 2008.
My major concern with
"Unbreakable"
was
that
Backstreet
Boy
Kevin
Richardson decided not to be
involved
in
this
album.
Richardson, 36, has been mar-
ried for the last seven years and
his wife recently gave birth to
their
first
child.
On
the
Backstreet Boys' website last
year, Richardson made it clear
that he still loves the group but
wasn't ready to return to the rig-
ors of promoting and touring
with a new album.
"After 13 years of what can
only
be
described as a dream
come true,
I
have decided that it
is time to leave the Backstreet
Boys," he said.
"It
was a very
tough decision for me but one
that was necessary in order to
move on with the next chapter of
my
life."
Despite this, the remaining
Backstreet Boys-
Nick Carter,
Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell,
and A.J. McLean- have gone on
without Richardson, making sure
their harmonies are tighter than
ever. This album also finally
gives Dorough his due. He sings
a lot more on this album than
ever before, sharing vocals
equally with Carter, Littrell, and
McLean.
As an album, "Unbreakable"
deals with more complicated
issues than Backstreet Boys' ear-
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lier albums primarily focusing
on falling in and out of love.
Much like their 2005 release,
"Never Gone," the Backstreet
Boys have given their music
more of an upbeat and rock edge,
but still keep some strand of their
90s pop sound.
The first song of the album,
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By
KATE
GOODIN
Staff Writer
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maxim.
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Rolf
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exactly like those
Marc
Jacobs
pumps-who can tell the differ-
ence? But there
is
that one spe-
cial
purchase
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woman
should
make
in
her life when
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it
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By
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Imagine being given the
chance to have a new start, to
change who you are and to cre-
ate a new personality.
This is the premise of ABC's
new comedy, "Samantha Who?"
Samantha Newly (Christina
Applegate) awakens from a
coma with no memory of who
she was before her accident. She
soon realizes that she wasn't the
world's nicest person and, with
the help of her family and
friends, seizes the opportunity to
change her image.
Each episode of the series is
set up to allow Samantha to dis-
cover
something
important
about her old life, such as her
job.
In
one episode, she learns
that she didn't particularly care
for her job but can't quit due to
credit card debt.
During the course of the show,
she gets flashes of her old life as
"bad Sam"_:_..in this case, it was
about a drastic yet superficial
decision to please the boss.
As Samantha, Applegate is a
quirky heroine balancing the
woman she wants to be with the
woman she was before. She
shines in the role, allowing the
audience to care for Samantha
and root for her as she changes
her ways.
Applegate is also supported by
a talented cast. Jean Smart plays
Regina Newly, Samantha's self-
absorbed yet loving mother
.
Samantha
learns
that
she
stopped talking to her parents,
and Smart subtly plays Regina
as a mother who wishes to create
a new bond with her amnesiac
daughter.
Jennifer Esposito and Melissa
McCarthy play Sam's best
friends Andrea and Dena. They
are the devil and angel on
Samantha's shoulders. Esposito
does especially well with the
vain, party-girl Andrea.
When it comes to the
script,
"Samantha
Who?" is well-writ-
ten. The jokes mesh with the plot
and do not feel forced. Many
cf
ever quotes
come
from each
episode.
According to Nielsen's ratip.gs
and Zap2kcom,
"Samantha
Who?" has won its time slot rat-
ings since it premiered. The
show was also one of the top ten
shows
watched
quring its first
week and ABC has ordered six
more episodes.
My prediction is that the show.
will
last the entire season but
may have a tough time in its
sophomore season. However,
there are still many avenues
about Samantha to
be
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and
the
writers
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Backstreet Boys produce successful album
without Kevin
titled "Intro," is an acapella ver-
sion of their album closer
"Unsuspecting
Sunday
Afternoon." The boys have man-
aged to make up for the lack of
bass in Richardson by strength-
ening their harmonies more than
they have ever done on their pre-
vious albums.
The second track is the upbeat
"Everything
But Mine," a syn-
thesizer heavy song about being
in love with a girl who is afraid
tp get into a relationship.
The next song, "Inconsolable,"
is the Backstreet Boys' first sin-
gle off this album. This song,
which is reminiscent of their past
hit "Incomplete," is a song about
trying to get the courage to tell
someone you love them.
Their fourth track is the sweep-
ing guitar-heavy
"Something
that
I Already
Know,"
which is sure
to be a classic Backstreet Boys
breakup song.
In "Helpless When She
Smiles," the Boys have crafted a
classic love song where the bot-
tom line is that no matter what
happens they are devoted to this
girl. I really enjoyed the imagery
part of the song's lyrics: "I'm a
house of cards in a hurricane/ A
reckless ride in the pouring
rain/She cuts me and the pain is
all I wanna feel."
The seventh and eighth tracks
"One in a Million" and "Panic"
are my two favorite songs on the
album. They both have great
lyrics that were written by the
whole band. ''One in a Million"
is a mid-:tempo tale about a girl
whose life is always going
wrong.
"Panic" is an up-tempo song
about a girl that can't make up
her mind whether or not to take
,
back her guy. The lyrics are
clever, but not overly poppy:
"You say-I've let you down/Baby
just take me in or just take me
out/I'm already dead/I already
said "I'm sorry." The greatest
moment of the song
is
when all
four of them hit the word "panict
in a four part minor chord har-
mony.
"You Can Let Go" is a simple
song with acoustic guitar and
piano about having somebody
you can trust, with a similar
theme to "Safest Place to Hide."
The sweet and laid back post-
breakup song "Trouble Is" is
another
contender
for
a
Backstreet hit, explaining that
"love
is what the trouble is."
The 11th song on the album,
"Treat Me Right," is co-written
by McLean and former 'NSYNC
member J.C. Chasez. Could this
collaboration
mean
peace
between the feuding boy bands?
Only time, but this song is a
good starting point.
"Treat Me Right" reminded me
thematically of the 1999 song by
Backstreet, "Don't Want You
Back," but done more maturely.
There is a synthesized harp and a
voice under the lyrics that sings
"I can't let it go," with a hand-
clapping beat. It is a really
intense song and could be a big
dance club hit. Plus, they rhymed
hypocritical and pitiful; definite-
ly a plu~ as far as songwriting is
concerned.
The remaining songs are about
deep love issues and have power-
ful, heart-driven lyrics.
"Love
Will Keep You Up All
Night" is
a sweet song about sometimes
being driven miserable by loving
someone.
"Unmistakable" is a song
caught somewhere between fast
and slow tempos, but the mes-
sage
is about imagining someone
to love before they are even in
your life.
The album's final song
"Unsuspecting
Sunday
Afternoon" is about figuring out
you have feelings for someone
you detest, with a nice long 80s
style, power ballad guitar riff at
the end.
By the end of the album, I felt
like I had been through an emo-
tional rollercoaster. Overall, I
was impressed with Backstreet's
continuing maturity in their work
and ability to still relate to their
fans as they age. If you've even
been a fan of theirs, listen to
"Unbreakable;"
you might still
be a fan.
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Brotherhood
Redefined: Theta Delta Chi comes to Marist
By
DEANNA GILLEN
Co-Features Editor
With the hustle and bustle of midterms finally
over, one cannot help but notice the new changes
around campus. Perhaps it is the crisp Autumn air,
which forces even the most resilient student to put
on a sweater and boots before making the trek to
class. Or could it be the fall foliage that graces our
campus with breathtaking views characteristic of
the Hudson valley this time every year?
0~
might
it be, by chance, the new prospective fraternity,
Theta Delta Chi, that has been seen making waves
on campus since last semester?
"We just want to meet new people and get our
name out there," said Aforme Agawu, the
Secretary of Theta Delta Chi, on the eve of their
highly attended barbeque on Oct. 18. "Honestly, it
isn't like the others. Everyone can get in. We just
want genuine people who are interested in making
a difference."
The Brothers get together for a ·Family Picture•
Once the founding members set out to bring
Theta Delta Chi to Marist, they took off with a
running start. Theta Delta Chi will have to attend
a series of meetings, which is only part of the vig-
orous process it must undertake, in order to
become an official fraternity on campus. The first
meeting was with Greek Council last week, and
the following two are with SGA on Thursday
November 8 to be recognized as a student organi-
zation. The prest;ntations with the Student
Government and Greek Council will show a con-
stitution and bi-laws in order to get official cam-
pus approv:;il.
Moreover, they have to give a presentation to the
"Grand Lodge", where they hope to elevate from a
nationally recognized colony, to a full-fledged
chapter. Currently, Theta Delta Chi boasts
16
members and one faculty adviser, Brother Frank
Kelley.
Unlike the others indeed, Theta Delta Chi's
beginnings are unique. Friends first, the members
decided to come together to form something on
campus that they could be proud of for years to
come.
Founding Fathers Aforme Agawu (recording sec-
retary) and Jesse Shea (herald), came together to
do just that.
just not that guy. But TDX is different.
I
know this
sounds cliche, but they honestly just accept you
for who you are and not what you do."
While the members of Theta Delta Chi have ral-
lied and gained support from plenty of students on
campus, it seems they have a lot of work to do
before becoming a "real" frat.
"The members of Theta Delta Chi in
Binghamton are basically taking us under their
wing and showing us the ropes" said Agawu.
"We decided to start the frat because we were
looking to increase the Greek community on cam-
pus and 'take the road less traveled' as our Alumni
Brother Robert Frost once said," stated Stephen
Stafutti, chapter president.
Last November friends Stephen Stafutti (presi-
dent), Mike Squillante (vice president), Tyler
Vinal (treasurer), Tyler Johnson (social chair),
Christopher Nemienski (philanthropy chair),
Anton Brel (recruitment chair), along with
The new chapter of Theta Delta Chi was first
inspired by Stafutti 's friends Matthew and Justin
Zimmer, who had recently started the same frater-
nity at SUNY Binghamton. Finding themselves in
a similar situation
,
Stafutti 's friends couldn't find
a fraternity at Binghamton that suited them, so
they took the initiative themselves and started one
on their own. They were chartered last April.
Their true goal, Qowever, seems to be to make a
difference at Marist. This fraternity has been seen
around campus at various charity events, including
Relay for Life, a walk for the American Cancer
Society, Adopt-a-Highway, the food drive,
Freshman Move
In,
Take Back the Night, the
blood drive, river clean up, and Miles for Medals.
Though they have come a long way, they still
have a long way to go. Approval or No approval,
it seems that the members of Theta Delta Chi's
have forged a bond that no amount of legislation
can break.
"We were friends first." Aforme confirmed
"While this experience of coming together to form
TDX has made us close, there's no doubt in my
mind that we would still be close without it. With
or without TDX, we'd still be brothers."
"I
never thought
I
would be into it" said Agawu,
of the fraternity
.
"I
don't drink
,
I
don't smoke,
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"They were a really big help with Saint Jude let-
ters at 'Up 'til Dawn"' affirmed Steve Townsend
of Student Government.
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If
there's ever been a by-product of the
Internet that's worth wasting hours and
hours of your time on, it's the webcomic.
Most are published exclusively online, and
I'd say about 99% of them are completely
free to the public. Currently there are over
18,000 webcomics updated at least once a
week by hardworking artists who usually
receive little or no financial compensation.
Like everything on the Internet, about
80% of the webcomics are crap while Jhe
other 20% are golden. Listed below are my
top five absolute favorites, which were
rather hard to pick and choose out of the list
of top twenty-five webconncs that I started
with.
Although
Queen of Wands
technically fin-
ished its run back in February of 2005, I feel
like it's vital to mention it here. Qo W, illus-
trated by Aeire, won the Outstanding
Romance Comic at the Web Cartoonist's
Choice Awards back in 2002 and definitely
deserved the title. It centers around how the
main character, Kestrel, and her two 'room-
mates adjust to life after college and begin
to get into that whole American dream
thing.
If
you like comics that have some bad
puns, great romance, realistic storylines and
lovable characters, this strip's available for
your reading pleasure at Queenofwands.net.
If
I had to compare
The Perry Bible
Fellowship
to anything, I'd say it's like
The
Far Side
with fewer cutsey punchlines. PBF
originated in the Syracuse University news-
paper and is known for its somewhat dis-
gusting and disturbing humor. The most
common themes are religion
,
war, science,
sex, and death, which is a pretty good cock-
'tail of material if you ask me. Each comic is
drawn in a slightly different style, but the
prevailing theme is a group of <;haracters
who have white, marshmallow-like bodies
with simple dots for eyes and a line for a
mouth. The creator, Nicholas Gurewitch
,
has received numerous awards for the
comic, most recently the 2007 Harvey
Award for "Best Online Comics Work."
Check it out at PBFcomics.com
.
Penny Arcade
first came to my attention
back in 2005 when artist Mike Krahulik and
author Jerry Holkins donated $10,000 to the
Entertainment Software Association in the
name of Jack Thompson, an infamous and
radical attorney who insists that violent
videogames create child murderers. After
Thompson declared he would
.
donate
$10,000 in response to a challenge and
refused to follow through,
Penny Arcade
gave the donation instead with the memo:
"For Jack Thompson
,
Because Jack
Thompson Won't"
.
Penny Arcade
focuses
mainly on video games, the industry, and
gamer sub-culture and is worth reading even
if that's not completely your forte. The two
main characters, Tycho Brahe and Jonathan
Gabriel, are the artists' alter egos and spend
much of their time playing and/or comment-
ing on video games, the main source of
hilarity in the strip.
Penny Arcade,
located at
Penny-arcade.com, is something you read to
understand exactly how many Internet-only
inside jokes have been flying over your
head.
Something Positive,
also known as
S*P,
follows a well-written
·
storyline that sur-
rounds se-Veral fleshed-out characters creat-
ed by artist
R. K.
Milholland. The subject
material can range from the past to the pres-
ent t< . li1
c
to
political commentary or
points, all rrfade in a scathing and offensive
fashion. Surpnsingly, a major theme of S*P
is relationships and how they can work or
fail according to mysterious rules. Most of
the strip's romances, however, end badly. To
give you an idea, the first strip has the main
character giving his ex-girlfriend a coat
hanger as a baby shower pr
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esent. Despite
the jokes that occasionally dance over the
line between sick and sicker humor, S*P
succeeds as one of the most popular web-
comics online today.
Ctr/+ Alt+ Del,
drawn by Tim Buckley, is a
living, breathing example of how web-
comics can become one's major source of
income. CAD is not only a comic; in Feb.
2006, it became an animated series that,
much like the comic, focuses on hopeless
videogamer Ethan McManus and his friends
Lucas Davidowicz and Lilah Monroe. Ethan
is usually the character to drag the rest into
an insane situation that may involve fire,
explosions, or just videogame marathons
that go on for weeks. The strip features
many one-time gags, but also has some
drawn-out story lines and ongoing jokes that
keep it fresh. A running theme is that when-
ever a new game or game system is
announced (in real life), Ethan will attempt
to sneak into the company to steal an early
copy for himself. Buckley is also the creator
of Winter-een-mas, the gamer holiday that
began as a joke in the comic and is now r~g-
ularly celebrated offiine every year from
Jan. 25 to Jan. 31.
Are you a starving artist, desperate for a place to display your craft?
How
about an aspiring writer, waiting for your chance to show the
world you've mastered the art of the written word?
E-mail WriteTheCircle@gmail.com
By
MORGAN NEDERHOOD
Staff Writer
During one of our weekly
phone calls, a friend from
high school told me about a
girl who was driving him
absolutely crazy. According
to his side of the story, she
flirts with him when they are
together, but they rarely ever
see each other outside of
class.
He tries to act on her signals
by constantly inviting her
over to his dorm or out to
various happenings around
their campus, but she always
declines. To make matters
more difficult, they are good
friends, and he is worried
about ruining the relation-
ship they have.
After hearing his story, I
spent the rest of the day
thinking about the common
but hopelessly twisted idea
of signals, whether they are
flirtatious or simply friendly.
Obviously, my point of ref-
erence toward my friend's
case was skewed because
I
had never seen him and this
mystery girl together, so I
could only base my interpre-
tation on what information
was given by my friend.
Basically, I had to take
everything with a consider-
able grain of salt.
Initially,
I
felt that the girl
in question had feelings for
my friend because he said
she would flirt with him in
class and whenever they saw
each other around campus.
As he described one instance
after another of their encoun-
ters, I could easily see their
chemistry together and the
obvious attraction between
the two people
.
Yet his persistence toward
meeting outside of class and
her obvious resistance raised
some questions on my part.
Yes, there is always the
pos-
sibility that her schedule is
truly ridiculous and she gen-
uinely has no time to meet
my friend outside of class.
This is the story to which my
friend was clinging, and the
story that I hope, for his
sake, is true.
I
could never try to decode
her flirtations without seeing
them firsthand, and I had no
desire to tell my friend that
I
thought she was avoiding
him.
So,
I
offered him a test.
I told him to slow his pur-
suit of her and see if she
responds to his absence.
If
she likes him but is honestly
forced to constantly reject
his invitations. then she
should take the initiative to
offer plans of her own.
Let's face it; if your crush
constantly invites you over
but you're forced to decline,
chances are that you will go
out of your way to hang with
them at another time. No one
in their right mind
willingly
and generously turns down
invites from their crush.
If
she does not seem to
notice his obvious absence,
then perhaps she sees him as
nothing more than a good
friend. Either way, he would
have his answer.
Because, in my opinion, if a
person truly likes someone
else, they will pursue said
person. It's a very simple
opinion for such a complicat-
ed issue, but sometimes a
simple solution is to avoid
making something any more
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column about nothing:
Revenge of the reruns
By ASHLEY POSIMATO
Staff Writer
(as suggested by the "Full
House" theme song), and con-
ceptualizing the fact the next
Lately it seems as though the hour will be consumed by two
focus of most conversations, at episodes of Tanner family fun!
lt.ast those I tend to witness, are I am even further gratified
based primarily on current sit-
when the opening credits font is
corns.
colored yellow rather than
There
are
the
"Grey's white, signifying that a new
Anatomy" girls who cannot (still ten years old) episode is
seem to get enough of the about
to
begin.
explicit surgical scenes or even
As Uncle Jesse would say,
more important, Izzie's love
tri-
"have mercy." I have yet to
angle.
estaP,li~l), the source of pure
Then there are those who happiness that I fall victim to as
laugh hysterically day after day the show
progresses.
It
could
reciting one-liners from "The be Joey's innocent humor,
Office."
Michelle's adorable dilemmas,
And maybe most abundant are or the inevitable comforting
the Lauren Conrad fans who resolute music that signals
would rather be stricken by Danny (Mr. Mom)'s always
smallpox before missing a sin-
corny words of wisdom.
gle episode of "The Hills."
What I do know, however, is
I, conversely, have yet to find that I have been unable to
my place in these TV based derive the same effectual bliss
conversations. I will admit to from any current program.
voluntarily
viewing episodes
And it is not only
a
classic
from each of these programs, "Full House" moment that I
but I would not credit myself deem to be transcending.
with any level of devotion or
Any time I revisit episodes
loyalty to any currently running from the old shows that previ-
television show. I will never-
ously contributed to the
master-
theless
publicly
announce fully crafted TGIF line-up, I
myself as a
rerun
addict. I can instantly regress to the best of
recite any line from the ABC my youth.
family
line-up,
including
These shows ultimately provid-
"Family Matters", "Step-by-
ed the framework for my child-
Step", "Full House", and my hood.
personal favorite "Boy Meets
As Cory Matthews fought fer-
World". The morals! The con-
vently to conceal his brillo-like
flicts!
hair, I too struggled in my
awk-
Whether it be the insightful ward state of appearance.
revelations experienced by a
When Topanga Lawrence drew
young Cory Mathews or the with lipstick on her face and
always hilarious calamity ignit-
claimed to be different, I subse-
ed by a Steven
Q.
Urkel science quently established a personal
experiment,
my
continued sense of confidence in opposi-
attraction to these shows has tion to conformity.
surpassed a simple pleasure and
And
as
Shawn Hunter
become a!f--obsession.
.a.
~
~ c e d
'tle'1"ndi~ba~~ fl.e
There is nothing I find
mor~· } ~ e m ~sisteti\.
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enjoyable than turning on the retiei'fion, I too dominated my
rv
at noon, wondering "what trailer park and set off cherry
ever happened to predictability" bombs in the neighbor's mail-
box
...
okay, ~o maybe I embel-
the
n
lish, but his contentious behav-
ior did allow me to fulfill my
own unruly desires.
The nature of these charac-
ters' acts can be considered
insignificant as they are merely
intended for climactic out-
comes.
Why then have I found arbi-
trary pieces of such elemental
storylines
to
serve as impera-
tive personality constructs?
Perhaps it is within the series'
fundamental
morale
that I gar-
nered eternal meaning.
The inevitable lectures of
George Feeny extend far
beyond the classroom,
but
not
only for the
John
Adam's High
School Class of 1998. I heard
the
same
teachings, I learned
the
same lessons,
and I too will
carry with me the advice about
education, friendship, and any
momentarily insurmountable
life's challenge. Therefore the
creation of my character can be
directly attributed to the televi-
sion personalities that were
present throughout my child-
hood.
I undoubtedly appreciate the
benefits of having these shows
to reflect upon, though my
resistance to look forward can
be seen as disadvantageous.
My inability to redefine the
present and allow my past to be
the past has stifled my move-
ment to the future. In order to
reach my current potential, I
first must find the courage to
distance my identity from that
of Stephanie, DJ, and Michelle.
As Carrie Bradshaw (my idol,
my mentor, my TV alter-ego)
brilliantly stated: "Maybe the
past is like an anchor holding us
back. Maybe, you have to let go
of who you were to become
who you will be." Goodbye,
"Full House". Bon voyage,
"Boy Meets World"... Hello,
"Grey's Anatomy"?
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 •
PAGE 7
Featured Photographer
James Relllv/
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Chinese Food and
MTV Reruns
... but Eight
Days a
Week?
By
MICHELLE DELBOVE
Circle Contributor
When it comes to relationships, an age old ques-
tion that even the smartest sometimes struggle with
is, "how can two people keep their love alive?"
And by love being alive, I mean that burning,
stomach-turning excitement, kill for each other
passion, and cloud nine sensation that serves as one
of the most euphoric,
life
changing feelings in the
world. It is the sheer power in both loving one and
being in love with one at the same time that pro•
duces a "can't live without you" lifestyle that
makes movies like' The Notebook seem weak!
When it comes down to it, there are two, often con-
flicting worlds that present themselves to any pair
of lovebirds.
There is the stay at home, suit up in your sweat-
pants and sweatshirts, no makeup, Coitt~s~ ffiqcl
and Entenmanns, rent a movie, breakfast
in
bed
world.
Then there is the out to dinner, hiking to the top
of the mountain, walks in the park, spooning each
other ice•cream in public, dancing and handhold-
ing in the streets
type
of world.
In
order to keep a
relationship
from getting
boring
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stale, ordinary, or
contrastingly fizzled out, tiresome, and high p,res-
sured, a couple must attain a balance between the
two worlds.
The more quiet, stay at home dates where }?oth
parties can truly relax and feel comfortable, the
better for building trust and stability. You have the
chance to show the real you and explore the other
person in a carefree atmosphere; no flash, no fuss,
no bullshit.
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or necessarily bring your conversational game.
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both
can
keep
open,
creative
minds.
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try
activities they've never done before,
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T~IE CIRCLE
Tournament
MAAC Tournament Semi-final Schedule:
Friday, Nov. 9 - (2) FAIRFIELD
vs. (3) LOYOLA 4 p.m.
A,
rwmlu
Friday, Nov. 9 -
(1) MARIST vs. (4) NAIGARA 7 p.m.
* Games played at Marist College
un,
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TV
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007
www.maristclrcle.com
PAGEA1
Marist
finishes Cinderella season
first in MAAC
By RICH ARLEO
Assistant Editor
The Foxes were already down
1-0 to Niagara on a chilly Friday
night in Poughkeepsie, and the
stage was set for them to go
down 2-0 in what was a game
with huge implications for the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference (MAAC) tourna-
ment.
Niagara was awarded a penal-
ty kick on what could be consid-
ered a questionable call, and
goalkeeper Allison Lane was
faced with stopping a tough one-
on-one shot to keep Marist from
falling down 2-0.
The shot came in hard to
Lane's left, and out of pure reac-
tion she dove to her left, got her
finger tips on the ball which
deflected it right into the post. It
bounced off the post, towards
Lane, and she dove on it to
secure the miraculous, game-
saving stop.
"Historically against Niagara,
we've
had a questionable call
(on a penalty kick) just two
years
ago,"
Head· Coach
Elizabeth Roper said. "To not be
victim of that again, to the reac-
tion save by Allison [Lane] was
phenomenal.. .it definitely was a
spark plug."
Marist had come out a step
behind Niagara and they were
feeling the pressure all through-
out the beginning of the first
half. They went down 1-0 on a
goal by Niagara's Stephanie
Gartley, and
if
not for that great
save by Lane they would~ve
been down 2-0.
"Niagara had us on our heels a
little more than we expected,"
Roper said.
But after that save by Lane,
everyone, could sense
the
momentum swing as Marist was
able to start putting on the pres-
sure in Niagara's zone and they
started getting off some good
scoring
opportunities.
Unfortunately, right as Marist
started to gain momentum, it
was halftime.
"The only thing I was con-
cerned with going into halftime
was could we keep up the
momentum?" Roper said. "We
made sure we tightened up a few
things [going into the second
half]."
Once the second half started,
you could tell the Foxes were on
a mission. This was a huge
game, on their home field, and
they would not be denied.
The Foxes finally got on the
board when sophomore Kate
Fox scored her eighth goal of
the year, when she kicked in a
rebound just inside the left post.
Two minutes later, Marist final-
ly took the lead when Katie
Zasly sQCmad 11ff a p~s from
Maria
BM
"We kept the momen-
tum ... then just turned it up a
scale," Roper said. "Zasly's play
was a trern:endous individual
play ... she took the keeper on
one-on-one to put a beautiful
shot in .. .it was a top class play.
Marist then took a 3-0 lead
when sophomore Ashley Chase
decided to tum on the jets and
streak down the right side. She
found
freshman
Merrilynn
Esteve coming up the middle
and got the ball to her, and
Esteve was able to finish off the
outstanding effort with a goal.
Coach Roper said that Esteve
told her that once she saw Chase
running up the side, she knew
she had to run harder to not let
Chase's effort go to waste, and
she did just that by scoring on
the play.
The win clinched a spot in the
tournament for Marist, some-
thing the Foxes had set out to do
since the year started, and the
team was visibly emotional at
the end of the game. However,
the team needed to keep their
focus with Canisius coming to
town just two days later with the
number one seed in the tourna-
ment up for grabs with a win.
Foxes vs. Griffs
"I've always had a lot of
respect for Canisius," Roper
said. "They really were cc,,mpet-
iti\lC
this yea!...
['filer
hflveJ
'cl
"1P
of;'f)laylrs~t *ot\:
~
hard ... we knew we couldn't
take them lightly. I told them
you have to come out and set the
tone right at the beginning."
To say that Marist "set the
tone" would be an understate-
ment, as the Red Foxes, led by
two goals from sophomore
Teresa Ferraro, scored three
times in a span of about
15
min-
utes to lead the Foxes to a 3-0
shutout victory.
"Each game this year this team
has matured. To score three
goals in a span of a little over
ten minutes
...
I think they set the
tone," Roper said with a laugh.
Esteve and Fox connected to
put Marist on the board first,
and then Ferraro scored her third
and fourth goals of the year to
put the Red Foxes up for good.
"Teresa's a kid who never
stops working, she's such a spe-
cial player and person," Roper
said. '\Ali and Teresa have
played on a club team in the
past, and they know how to con-
nect on the field, T [Teresa] has
come up big time in conference
games for us .. .it shows her con-
stant work ethic."
Freshman keeper Allison Lane
was once again impressive to
say the least as she picked up
her fourth shut out of the year
and
was
named
MAAC
Defensive player of the week.
She made three saves versus
Cafl.is
,
ahd had' thret, more
JAMES
REIU.Y
/
TliE CIRCLE
Sophomore Maria Baez, and the top-seeded Marist Red Foxes will take on the fourth-seeded
Niagara Purple
Eagles, Friday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.
MAAC Offensive, Defen ive and Rookie of the week
Frobey wored tlrree
TO:U
ed
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began
Lh ,
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m
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fanst's 3-1
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more save· m a 3-0
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again
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her tourth shutout
of the yc.ir
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JAMES REILLY/
THE CIRCLE
Sophomore Kate Fox
helped
the Foxes to a 2-0 weekend.
Marist
earned the top seed In the
MAAC
tournament in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
a~ainst Nia~ara to total six on that ¥ave Marist momentum for
the
',fedcefd,
qte,uding one seemingly the entire rest of the
hug'e
~
cfflltthal
~nalty kick weekend.
Foxes eye
MAAC
Tourney
By
RICH
ARLEO
Assistant Editor
Marist is on their home field
for the tournament, and while
that could be looked at as an
advantage, Coach Roper also
believes it could be a disad-
vantage.
"We have to make sure we
don't get too distracted," she
said. "We are the only team
out of the four teams who
haven't been in the champi-
onship
the
last
three
years ... here it is, it's just us
four. We're also going to be
involved in more distractions,
these girls still have to go to
classes ... it makes it a very
long day. Friday night, our
home venue, in front of our
home crowd ... we hope a lot of
the student's come out to see a
quality game ... it's exciting to
be here but, we have·a game to
win," Roper said.
Marist now begins their
quest to take home a MAAC
championship right here in
Poughkeepsie at 7 p.m. when
the
defending
champion,
Niagara Purple Eagles look to
squash Marist's hopes of a
fairy-tale ending to their
Cinderella story.
"Niagara's going to be com-
ing out defending their title,"
Roper said. "We're ready to
take it to them. We question
their respect for our program,
and that's a kind of motivation
for us. We'll make sure we
make you [Niagara] respect
us," Roper said as a message
to Niagara.
"We have the best overall
record the program's had in
twelve years, and it's the first
time in history we are first
place in the MAAC," she said.
"It's nice that Marist and the
players are getting the recog-
nition they deserve ... this team
has made history."
The team has gone through a
lot this year, and they went
into the season with the goal
to be playing on November 11.
They already exceeded their
regular season expectations by
finishing first in the MAAC;
something that the coach said
surprised even the team.
However, now they have lofti-
er goals ... they are coming into
the tournament with a target
on their backs, and the team's
motto of playing on November
11 isn't enough anymore.
"It's not a matter of just
playing on November 11,"
Roper said, "It's about win-
ning ... "
See page 2-3 for more
information on the
MAAC
women's soccer
match-ups!






















































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PAGE A2
(#1)
Marist Red Foxes
C
a
hing
taff
Ma rist Season Reca
ati
t
cal Leaders
He dCo ch:
Ehzab
·t
ope,
As
i
nt
Coa :
Sarah Dwyer
.:>cl
ic
Assis nt C
cht
Barr H
ket
C
a
H ad Coach:
Pete Veltri
Assist nt Coa
h:
Scot Vdllow
Coach Roper is in her
3rd se son here at
Marls . She is the
fifth
coach In pro~ram
his-
to and
t
Is
1s
her
second MMC tourna·
ment
w1
hMarcst
Coach Dwy
I'·
Schick
1s
In
her
seco
d
sea on
h
re
t
Marlst as
an assistant
coach.
Coach Hackett
1s
in
his fir,t _season
here
at
Ma,
t
College.
He
has pre 1ously
co ched ror the
M,ddlePath
Jaguars.
The
Manst
wom n's socce
team surpris
d
v
ryone
this
season, including themselves
While there was buzz
around
the
team
at the
beginning
of
the
year.
,t's safe
to
say
that
nobody expected
the
Red
Foxes to
follow
up
.a
5· 12· 1 s a-
son
by
putting pa
7 • 1 • l MAAC
record and get first place
II
the
conference The 2006 team did
show a promismg young fresh
man class however, and that
class develop d into
the
core of
the team in their sophomore
season, Led
by
Kate
F-o , Mana
Baez, Teresa Ferraro, Katie and
Laura
Zasly,
Kristen Toliver, and
Alexandra La1,1terborn, the class
of
2010 led
Marist
to
their
first
ever number one s ed in he
MAAC
tournament.
I
wasn't
just the sophomore
class
how·
e11 r as
he team get big , ontn·
butions from two key freshmen
Mer'ilynn Esteve and
Allsson
L
ne.
En~ve tied teammate
Kate
Fox for
th
team lead m
goals
with
eight,
and
Altsson
Lane had an .ar aztn
roo
ee
season m net
tor Manst
as she
talli
cl
four shutoub on her way
to
7-3-3
overall
record
Th
Red Foxes will have o beat
defending champion Niagara in
the irs round
1
a
t
am hey loS1
to
2-1 In
t
e semift als
in
00S
on
penalty ki k in ov rtlme.
The
Red
F,o
e are
still
looklng
for the respect they deserve,
and
they'll
have to beat the
defending
ch mpions Ir, order
to get
it
Goals:
Kate Fox/ Meri
ynn
Esteve (8)
Points:
Kate FoX/ Merilynn
Esteve (18)
GAA:
Alisson Lane
(.91)
#4)
iagara Purple Eagles
1ng
Staff
Coach Veltri
is
in his
ninth
season as
Niagara's head
coach.
and
i5
a thre time
MAAC coach of the
year.
Coach Shalen is in her
hird year
with
the
Purple Eagles Her
alma•m ter is Niagara
and sh is a former
player on the earn.
Th
1s
Coach Vallow's
first
year
wfth
Niagara. He has previ
-
ously
played
soccer
with MLS and USL-1.
Niagara eason
Recap
The Niagara Purple Eagles
followed up tieir 2006 MAAC
Championship
$eason
with
a
9-5-2 overall and 4~ 1 •2 con·
ference
record,
good
for the
number four spot in he
MAAC
tournament. Niagara
beat Fa!rfleld
in
the
f
rs
round and Siena rn the
finals
to become 2006 MAAC
champions, but this year
they
will
have to face
the
number
one seeded Red
Foxes m the first round
in
their attempt at defending
their title. he last
time
these
two teams met in the MAAC
tournament was
in
2005
when Niagara came out
wi
h
a
2-1
overtime victory. The
Purple Eagles were I d by
senior Brittany
Bisnott this
season She
had
1 O goals and
otaled 25 points for
the
2007
season to
lead th
t
am.
They
will
look to
avenge their
3·
1 loss agai,
st
Marist
last
rlday
and
tr
to
put do
✓n
he
team
they
believe isn't n their class.
at1st·
cal Leaders
Goals:
Brittany Bisnott
{10)
Points;
Brittany Bisnott
(25)
GAA:
Ashleigh Bowers
(1.19)





















































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(#2)
Fa1rfi
Id
tags
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Coaching Staff
Head Coach:
JimO 811en
Jim
O'Brien
1s
in his third
season s Fairfield head
coach and has compiled a
19
14
7 ecord during
his
tenure.
Assistant Coa<h:
Laura Duncan
L
ura Duncan join d he
staff
With 0
1
Brien
three
sea ons: a o and
1s
a
graduate of
Central
Conne ,cut State
University
Assistant Coach:
Tiffany Weimer
llffany W
1mer
15
in
her
first sea
on
as n a s1 -
tarlt coach after
g
dua
ing
from
Penn State
Assistant Coach:
RickKoaak
Koczak
serves as
he
tags' goalkeeper coach
and graduated from
Southern
Connecticut
State University.
UffllfERSITV
Statistical Leaders
Goals:
Casey
Frobey
(11
Points:
Nicole Cavallaro
(30)
GAA
Casey
Maron
(0.97)
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::-
(#3) Loyo
a
Greyhounds
Coaching Staff
Head Coach:
John
Byne
Assistant Coach:
Peye Garcia
Assistant Coach:
Carly Draper
John Byner
1s in
his sec
ond
season
as
Loyal
head coach a d led the
Greyhounds to a
15-5
record
in his fir
t
season
Gama spent wo s
a-
sons
with
St
Joseph's as
an assistant
coach and
oined Byner's staff st
season
Draper ,s In her first sea
son
with
Loyola and
Joined the team af e_r
starting for four years
wtth
t
L
wrence
Loyola
Season
ecap
The Loyol Gr
yhounds fln
I h d the 2007
easori
Ith
number
thre
seed
in
he
MAAC
tourr ment.
hey
had
an 8 5 5 ov rall record and a
s-
o
MAAC
.record.
Loyola has
been I d this season by
Chnst,na Go ez
and
Th resa
Ferralna
who
totaled 13 goals
<1nd
po111ts
for the
Greyhounds. The team al o ad
som gr at
play
be w en the
pipes from their ophomore
g
ahe Brittany H nderson. he
had a
0.91
goals llowed
aver-
age and a p rsonal record of
7
s-J.
They will face the number
two s
ded
rfi
Id
in
the first
r u d of th MA
tourna-
ment. The'r on m tchup thl
season ended
n
2 2 1e af
er
Fairfi I
ame back from down
2
o
and
scored twice n
h
I
st
25 ml ut s. The last tim th s
t
i.Jo
teams
faced
in
the MAAC
tollrnam nt as
f
20
5
w
en
F
1rn
Id
edged
Oll
th_
Greyhounds by a sC:Of'. of 2 1
In
their one n
ting
this year
against Mart
t,
a
lo!.
co est
ended up
in
ao
Ot1
an
,r
h
two
a
a11
in
the
finals o
the oum
m
n,
dont
be sur
prised o
:S
e another close
contest
-
GREYHOUNDS-
Stat1st1cal
Leaders
Goals:
Theresa Ferraina
(7)
Points;
Chr'stina Gomez
(17
GAA:
Brittany
Henderso
(0.91)

































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Ct
E
Tournament
MAAC Tournament Semi-final Schedule:
6~~~
Friday, Nov. 9 -
(2) FA1RFIELD vs. (3) LOYOLA 4 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 9 -
(1)
MARIST
vs. (4) NIAGARA 7 p.m.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007
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PAGE
10
Ending
the
rumor about MRSA at Marist
By KAIT SMITH
Opinion Editor
Recent media coverage of
tragic
deaths
caused
by
Staphylococcus Aureus- Staph
infection- has caused wide-
spread concern regarding pub-
lic health.
Rumors of an outbreak at
Marist have begun to surface
,
raising student concern to an
alarming level.
Tim Massie, Marist's Chief
Officer of Public Affairs, said
such rumors are not true.
"For a community the size of
Marist and with all the activity
on campus, we have fortunate-
ly had few cases of infections,"
said Massie.
"Unfortunately,
news reports have whipped up
fears that cause people to think
there is an upcoming pandem-
ic. That is not the case. "
According to the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC), about
30 percent of the population is
colonized with Staph.This
means that the bacterium is
carried without any infection.
Breaks in the skin allow bacte-
ria in and are usually the cause
of infection. Once this bacteri-
um becomes resistant to antibi-
otics,
it
becomes
the
Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus Aureus
(MRSA).
Mary Dunne has been a doc-
tor in the Health Services
Office for eight years and said
that MRSA infections have
been at Marist for three years.
"We see an average number
of Staph infections for a col-
lege health service," said
Dunne. "A small fraction of
those are MRSA."
An e-rp.ail sent out by Health
Services states that outbreaks
of MRSA are commonly found
in communities or places
where people gather in close
quarters, such as schools.
According to Dunne, athletes
and those who use the McCann
center often are the most at
risk, but precautions taken by
the staff of McCann and by the
athletics department have pre-
vented any type of outbreak.
The residential staff of
Midrise Hall held an informa-
tion meeting on Staph and
MRSA
this past Monday,
November 5.
At that meeting, 2006 Marist
alumnae Kim Lauria, who cur-
rently attends St. Francis
University to become a physi-
cian's assistant, gave students
advice regarding the infection
as well as ways to prevent and
treat it.
"Don't freak out!" said
Lauria.
"Staph has been
around for a long time but just
recently
hit
the
media.
We know how to treat it!"
A pamphlet sponsored by the
CDC and the Washington State
Department of Health said that
patients should follow antibiot-
with MRSA and sharing per-
sonal items such as towels,
razors and athletic equipment.
The following tips are recom-
mended by the CDC in order to
prevent infection:
always
wash hands thoroughly, keep
open wounds cleaned and cov-
ered, avoid contact with the
wounds of others, and avoid
sharing personal items.
In
addition to these tips, the
Health Services Department
also recommends making sure
to disinfect machines at the
gym after exercising, and to
use a towel as a barrier
between you and shared equip-
ment. Showering immediately
after a workout or game is also
highly advised
'
by Health
Services.
happens,
Health
Services
advises students to seek med-
ical care immediately. Dunne
said that early recognition is
key and can prevent the infec-
tion from spreading into the
bloodstream.
"We have seen in the media
that you can be sick enough to
die," said Dunne. "But most
infections remain confined to
the skin, so death is very rare."
"Dunne said that as long as proper hygiene is main-
tained and students become more aware of MRSA,
no real problem will surface at Marist."
Dunne warns that MRSA is a
contagious infection and advis-
es those infected to follow a
careful hygien~c routine in
order to prevent the spread of
the infection. She directs those
infected to carefully clean open
wounds and keep them covered
by a bandage, carefully dispose
of old bandages, and to seek
health care immediately.
According to Health
Services, MRSA has been
around since the 1990s. Dunne
said that she feels a combina-
tion of factors have made it so
prominent in the media today,
including the tragic deaths of
adolescents around the country
atl4i a recent article in the
"Journal of the Americao
Medical Association"
that
characterized MRSA as a
major public health problem.
Dunne said that as long as
proper hygiene is maintained
and students become more
aware of MRSA, no real prob-
lem will surface at Marist.
Dunne said the two most
common ways to treat an infec-
tion would be through an
antibiotic or, if a boil appears,
drainage
of the
abscess.
According to Lauria, some of
the antibiotics that could be
prescribed to treat MRSA
include those normally used to
treat urinary tract infections.
ic instructions carefully and to
continue taking the prescrip-
tion even after you feel better,
for "the last few pills kill the
toughest germs."
The CDC's web site
describes several common
yvays to develop the infection,
some of which include touch-
ing the skin of those infected
An e-mail sent by Health
Services said an infection will
normally look like a pimple or
a bug bite. The bite will get
worse progressively.
If
this
"As long as we practice sim-
ple measures such
·
as washing
our hands and not sharing per-
sonal items, we will not only
be safer from staph, but we will
significantly cut down on
exposure to other illness," said
Massie.
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER
8,
2007
Fallen
trees and
.
presence
of garbage
taint
Marist 's
Arboretum
By
HALEY NEDDERMANN
Circle Contributor
If a Marist student feels the
urge to escape from the constant
barrage of technology that
plagues their everyday lives
-
Flfcebook, instant messaging,
cell phones - all they have to do,
according to the college's web-
site, is visit Fem Tor, and there
they will be able to find a place
to relax and unwind.
While the idea of finding a lit-
tle peace and quiet sounds like a
nice idea, the reality of the situa-
tion is much different than the
idyllic, peaceful woods present-
ed on the college's webpage.
Upon entering Fem Tor several
times for the purpose of complet-
ing an assignment for my envi-
ronmental issues class, I encoun-
tered several things that sadly
only reinforced the increasing
encroachment of technology
-
and the apathy associated with
it-into our everyday lives.
The first unnatural sight
I
encountered was a ItJess off,::lle~
.
branches and limbs of trees
around the border of the arbore-
tum, as well as an area of cleared
land further in on the side of the
path. My impression was previ-
ously that an arboretum existed
for the purpose of protecting and
preserving a natural area. So why
are these trees being chopped
down? Their absence certainly
doesn't ·encourage a feeling of
peace and tranquility. Rather, it
brings about the terrible realiza-
tion that technology really has
seeped into every aspect of our
lives, aided by the utter lack of
concern for maintaining a
healthy natural environment.
Another sad spectacle was a
cascade of garbage tumbling
down the slope from behind a
private residence bordering on
Fem Tor - beer cans, plastic cups
and chip bags nestled among the
layer of fallen leaves as if they
belonged there. But they simply
don't. Their presence interferes
and takes away from what
should be an area reserved for
the appreciation of natural beau-
ty, in addition to encouraging its
protection. Fem Tor is not safe
from the outside world, and it is
surely not "untouched by civi-
lization and technology" as the
college website would like us to
believe.
If
a small area of land
dedicate:d
fq~
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nature is ~ated withou'.t ccmsid-
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purity and beauty, where can
anyone find a place to just let go
of the monotony of daily life?
People have
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A view
of
Fem Tor, MariSt's aboretum
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From Page
12
Colbert's book
laced with sarcasm
and
irony
Conserving the beauty of
Fern Tor
been gradually losing their con-
nection to the natural world due
to the rise in technology over
the years, but now the natural
world is succumbing to the
ever-growing dependence on
technology, and society as a
whole may lose that connection
for good.
Fem Tor reflects only a small
portion of this epidemic that has
spread to almost every area of
the world. The fraying of the
bond between nature and
humans cannot be denied; the
debatable issue is how it can be
repaired. By pushing the exis-
tence and
importance
of Fem
Tor further into the conscious-
ness of Marist students, appreci-
ation for the environment will
begin to grow on a global scale
as well. Only with knowledge
can this college community
make a difference and move to
counteract the problem, so that
the next generation doesn't
accept that used napkins
and
plastic straws are part
'
of the
natural scenery,
and
return
serenity back to places like Fem
Tor.
Marist Defined:
An urban dictionary
for the
Poughkeepsie-inclined.
CREEPER
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usually
male
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character
who
can
be
party
found
committing
fouls,
awkward
shiesty.
being
generally
acting
or
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and
be found
at
Darby's
lishments.
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also: Poughkeepsie
Locals
(LoPos),
''THAT
guy
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party foul.
By
MIKE NAPOLITANO
Staff Writer
After reading Stephen
Colbert's new book
"I
am
America (and so can you)" I felt
a wide sense of disillusionment.
It was written much like he talks
during his late night show "The
Colbert Report."
The book lists Colbert's view
of issues in America with his
trademark sarcasm and illogic.
His opinions are so severely
partisan that they can only be
taken as unrealistic which is
reflected in his sarcasm.
Colbert rants out his opinions
on each page arguing points that
make little to no sense. As he
usually does, there is a lot of ego
boosting on his behalf. At the
end of each chapter, he includes
a
segment
duly
named,
"Stephen speaks for me. . . A
chance
for
the
average
American to agree with what I
think." He constantly cites his
own "experiences", stating how
they
made
him
more
"American" artd that everyone
should follow in his proverbial
footsteps.
Some of Colbert's arguments
are
so absurd that they should
not be taken seriously; all the
blatant partiality is his way of
satirizing the view of the far
right. In one instance, Colbert
discusses the "Homosexual
Agenda," which is merely high-
lighting the absurdities of many
members of the social-conserva-
tive movement involving those
who believe homosexuals are
responsible for every "immoral"
situation arising in the country.
His absurd conservative
dogma is spread quite thick
throughout the book, and at
times it is quite obvious
.
During
his chapter on sex, he makes a
questionnaire designed for you
to find someone who's right for
you. Some of his questions
include,
"George
W Bush: Great
president or Greatest president,"
and a political leaning chart
where each choice has some-
thing
to
do
with
being
Republican.
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In
the chapter on religion, he
tries to promote abstinence with
"Abstinence Bases." Some of
the stops include pleasant con-
versation at first base and eye
contact at second. I cannot say
what is at home plate; needless
to say, my editor would not be
able to print it. In any case his
absurdity present at every tum
can only steer the reader away
from his ideas, it would be very
hard for someone to take his
world as gospel.
After I reexamined the layout
of the last six chapters, I found
that Colbert cleverly grouped
them. Three of them, entitled
Hollywood, Educatio11
and
The
Media,
focus on stereotypical
views
conservatives
hold
towards liberals. He blames
these three things in particular
for what he deems the "liberal-
ization" of society.
In the chapter on Hollywood,
Colbert blames movies for cor-
rupting the youth, and blames
celebrities for using their power
to influence public opinion. He
labels those he singles out as, in
some way, making society inch
towards liberal domination. This
is incredibly ironic considering
that he uses his celebrity status
and image not only to sell the
book, but also to distribute his
opinions.
Throughout the chapter on
education, Colbert frequently
tries to label universities as a
liberalizing force.
In
the open-
ing line of the chapter he writes,
"If
there's a bigger contributor
to left-wing elitist brainwashing
than colleges and universities
I'd like to see it." Although col-
lege is typically a liberalizing
force, he exaggerates on the
effect making it seem like a
plague on the country.
In the last of the
"liberal"
chapters,
Colbert writes about
the media. Once again this
chap-
ter is incredibly ironic since
Colbert is technically a member
of the media. The chapter opens
with a picture of Colbert look-
ing like he's about to puke
because he's reading a copy of
The New York Times. The chap-
ter progresses to describe all the
negative effects of the media,
some of which are true, but most
are blown out of proportion.
The last three chapters of the
book seem to glorify conserva-
tive views on several issues. The
first is the issue of race. Colbert
claims, quite illogically, that
racism wasn't an issue until
after slavery because that's
when people started to differen-
tiate between black and wbite as
opposed to white and slave. Its
arguments like these that lead
many to completely discredit his
opinions in any serious manner.
Colbert's next chapter is on
immigration where he makes an
argument stating that it would
be a good idea to round up eyery
illegal immigrant and drive
them out of the country in a line
of Dodge Caravans. I found this
particularly odd because in 2006
during the last congressional
election, I attended a debate
between
two people running for
Congress, and the Republican
candidate actually suggested
rounding up all illegal immi-
grants and driving them to
Mexico in buses.
{n the final chapter of the
book, Colbert discusses science.
Predictably, he tries to prove
that science is a subsidiary to
the omnipotent word of the
gospel.
Although
it
is
respectable for someone to hold
their religious beliefs, when
they start mixing fact with fic-
tion they are no longer rep-
utable. Luckily, Colbert is blunt
enough to ensure that his opin-
ions. would not be taken as any-
thing more than a satirical repre-
sentation.
What many people don't real-
ize about Stephen Colbert is that
he is not serious. Although he
portrays himself as a hard line
conservative,
he could not say
fti.1
'things
lie
says ana
teaIIy
mean it. Colbert, in reality is a
moderate conservative that
is
most likely fed up with people
that make claims similar to his
satirical
claims.
If
more people
realized he was really making
fun of neo-conservatism, he
would be funnier in many peo-
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14
Foxes to rematch no. 16 Buckeyes Sunday
JAMES
REILLY/
THE
CIRCLE
Sophomore
Rachele
Fitz
will lead
Marist
Into Columbus,
Ohio on
Sunday when the Foxes take on the Buckeyes. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.
By ERIC ZEDALIS
Sports Co-Editor
What
began
Marist's
Cinderella run in the NCAA
tournament last year was also
what ended Ohio State's sea-
son. The no. 13 seed Red Foxes
shocked the no. 4
seed
Buckeyes in the first round on
Mar. 18, 2007, and marched on
to the Sweet 16 in the Dayton
Regional. Nearly eight months
later, the two teams meet again
on OSU's home floor in
Columbus, Ohio to kick off the
2007-2008 season. Tip-off is
set for 2 p.m.
Marist, which for the first
time
in
program
history
received four points in the AP
preseason poll, faces a tough
challenge in 16th ranked Ohio
State. But head coach Brian
Giorgis insisted that this game
will not make or break Marist's
season.
"We don't kid ourselves in
believing that we go in as the
favorite," Giorgis said. "We're
still
a
severe
underdog.
This time it's at their place
with their officials.
So we
have our hands full. But we get
to play 28 more games after;
whereas last year, it was lose
Red
Foxes
wrap up fall season
By CASEY LANE
Staff
Writer
individual play. For the second
straight week, the Red Foxes
took home an individual title, as
With only one tournament Landon Greene defeated Brett
remaining in the fall portion of Hartwick from Harvard
5-
7, 7-6,
the men's tennis team's season, 10-3 in the Flight B singles
head coach Tim Smith decided to finals.
shake up his roster.
Perhaps the most impressive
All three of his doubles teams player over the weekend was
were remade with the intention Nicolas Pisecky.
of seeing improved play by the
As a freshman, Pisecky had
time Metro Atlantic Athletic been playing in the B flights to
Conference
(MAAC)
plav start-
get acclimated to the college
ed:
S'm1tli•s· l~resrgnt
11t1ci~a
~~~-
"PftdttW'the(.jtltnlftb 'the
immediate results.
A flight for the first time and
As both teams in the Flight B played well.
doubles finals were from Marist,
"He's played very well the last
the Red Foxes were guaranteed couple of ~oumaments," Smith
the championship at the Big
'
said of Pisecky, "so I said, 'How
Green Invitational at Dartmouth do you feel about playing up?'
College.
and he said, 'I feel good about
Antonio Oliver and Loic it.' He answered the bell."
Sessagesirni defeated teammates
On Saturday, Pisecky dominat-
Christain Coley and Peter Luck ed Ilya Trdov from Princeton 6-
10-8.
0, 6-1. He then held on to defeat
The match was closely played Matt Prosack of St. Joseph's 6-1,
and could have gone either way.
4-6, 10-3.
It
didn't take long for Smith to
"Nicolas had two very good
see the improvements in doubles wins against ivy league schools,
play that he desired.
which we're very happy with,"
"I did see immediate results, I said a proud Smith.
definitely did," Smith said. "I
The fall portion of a tennis sea-
felt that the chemistry with those son is used for coaches to decide
teams was the b~st chemistry which players will start in the top
we've had the whole year. six during conference play. For
The guys felt good about it,
the players, it is a time to prove
too."
they deserve to play each week.
Smith's team also excelled at
Coley and Pisecky have earned
See page
1A
section for
more information on the
MAAC
women's soccer
tournament.
spots in the top three with their
standout play this season.
According to Smith, they were
the two most improved players.
Sessagesimi has not disap-
pointed after winning rookie-of-
the-year last year and will round
_
out the top three.
"He's just extremely solid and
someone you have to beat,"
Smith said of Sessagesimi.
"He's been very consistent."
As of right now, the top six for
Smith-
ate,
in ord~e 'Coley;
Sessagesimi, Pisecky,
Greg
Marks, and Peter Luck, with
Green and Oliver splitting time
at six.
Those positions could change
by the time the spring season
begins.
"I've
been known to tinker and
question, based on immediate
results," Smith said.
With the long layoff looming,
Smith is setting up programs for
his players to stay in playing
shape.
"We want them to play some
tournaments.
In
that long period
of time, we've got some specific
things we want to work on: tour-
naments, running, sprint works
and a series of other things," said
the coach.
Before the season began, Smith
was confident that his team
would win the MAAC title.
"I still feel the same way."
and go home."
Giorgis said Ohio State
would be wrong to look at this
game as a revenge game,
because he and his team feel
they have nothing to prove.
"Right
now it's their first
game of the year, and they
should want to win it and see
where they're at," he said.
"That they could turn around
and end up beating us to show
the world that [last year] was a
fluke ... well, whether it was
a
fluke or not, we
beat
them."
Senior guard Julianne Viani
added that while the team
wants to beat a quality team
like Ohio State, there is no
sense in putting pressure
on
themselves.
"I don't think it was a fluke,
and I think they know
now
that
we're not to be taken lightly,"
she said. "But we're not going
to put pressure on ourselves
just to prove that to people."
Ultimately the goal for
Marist, Giorgis said, is to
advance in the NCAA tourna-
ment again, but he knows he
first has to take care of busi-
ness in the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC).
"Our focus has always been
·
and always will be
on the
MAAC title," he said. "We're
Marist. We're not Gonzaga,
we're
not
somebody else.
We're Marist women's basket-
ball, this is how we
do
things,
and we hope it's good enough
to bring home championships."
Bringing home champi-
onships is what Giorgis and
Marist have been able to
do
three of the last four seasons.
The
Red
Foxes set a
program
record with 29 wins last sea-
son, and they return
all but one
starter, Alisa Kresge.
Without
its four-year
stand-
out point guard Kresge,
the
Foxes are a different team,
Giorgis said.
"We're asking a lot of differ-
ent people
to
step up and fill
in,"
he said.
"We have a
solid
core
returning
from last year.
Our freshmen are blending in
pretty
well so far.
And
I
like
our
depth. Defensively,
having
lost Alisa Kresge, right now
we 're not near where we
want
to be or where we were last
year. We need to improve
there.
We'll have more scoring from
the
position, but will we
be
able
to
get the
ball to
our other
scorers
[without
Kresge
dis-
tributing]? That'll be the ques-
tion."
JAMES REIUY(THE CIRCLE
Senior forward Ryan Stilphen and the Red Foxes take on UDel on Sun.
Speedy Foxes open up
Sunday against UDel
By ERIC ZEDALIS
Sports Co-Editor
Brady
or
any of the guys still
on
the team, and they will all tell
you it's team speed.
If
you ask Marist basketball
fans what the most glaring dif-
ference between this year's team
and last year's team is, many will
tell you no more Jared Jordan,
Will Whittington or James
Smith. But ask head coach Matt
Last year's team, which won a
program-record
25
games,
earned the school's first ever
out-
right Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) champi-
onship and won the school's
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THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 8, 2007 •
PAGE 15
Marist collects first victory over Patriot League opponent
By GREG HRINYA
Assistant Editor
For the first time in six years,
the Marist Red Foxes faced an
overtime
game
at
home.
Although the stadium is new,
the result was not.
The Red Foxes played their
first overtime game since Oct.
27, 2001 and outlasted the
Georgetown Hoyas 37-34 in
triple overtime. Marist's last
overtime game ended with a 38-
35 Red Foxes' win against these
same
Georgetown
Hoyas.
Marist finishes its season at
home with a 2-2 record, and 23
seniors end their careers in front
of the home fans in style.
"That was one of the most
exciting games I've been a part
of," senior linebacker Nick
Teodosio said. "Since I've been
here we've never played an
overtime game. All of the sen-
iors really wanted to win it and
even the younger guys were
saying 'We're not quitting and
this is for you guys.'"
The win ended the team's
struggles against the Patriot
League as Marist won its first
game against the
league.
Marist
head coach Jim Parady said that
this win validates the work the
team has put in over the course
of this season.
"The smiles that I saw in the
locker
room
after was just
something special," Parady
said. "As we're going through
the season with our win-loss
record, for them to earn that and
get
that
payday,
that
we talked
about meant a great deal to
everybody in the program."
After freshman safety Rory
Foley knocked away a Matt
Bassuener third-down pass, the
Hoyas settled for a field goal to
take a 34-31 lead in the third
overtime. Following two rushes
that landed the
ball
on the 6-
yard line, senior running back
Bo Ehikioya powered his way
over the goal line to seal the vic-
tory for Marist. A sea of red fol-
lowed the captain's third rush-
ing touchdown of the afternoon.
Coach Parady said that
Ehikioya's
run
produced a feel-
ing that most players never get
the opportunity to be a part of.
"It
was great for the guys to
get that reward," Parady said.
"It
was [ a feeling
of] happiness
for everybody in that they could
experience that one moment
right there. A lot of times guys
go their whole career without
.
being able to experience some-
thing like that."
Ehikioya said
the
team expect-
ed to win when it held
Georgetown
to a
field goal in
the third overtime.
"Coach was telling me to stop
running scared, put your head
down, just start getting it
going," Ehikioya said. "Once
they kicked the field goal, we
knew right away we were going
down to score and coach told
me we're running the ball in."
Defensively, senior linebacker
Dan Smith broke the Marist
record for tackles in a game
with 20. Smith also maintains
second place in Marist program
history for career tackles.
"Obviously [Smith was] all
over the field and emotional
throughout
the game," Parady
said. "He always plays with a
high motor though so it wasn't
anything that all of a sudden
happened this game."
With Marist trailing 24-21 in
the first overtime, kicker Chris
Collins nailed a 37-yard field
goal to extend the game. After
the kicking team enabled the
game to continue, Ehikioya
took over. The senior captain
rushed for 48 yards in the three
overtimes, including a 22-yard
scamper up the middle in the
second overtime and 17 rushing
yards on the game-winning
drive.
This game marked the first
time since playing Columbia
that the
Red
Foxes had Ehikioya
JAMES
RElLLY / THE CIRCLE
The
Red
Foxes
defeated the Hoyas of Georgetown, a Patriot League opponent.
37-34
on
Saturday afternoon
at Tenney Stadium at
Leonidoff
Field.
Marist can capture a share
of
the MAAC
crown
win
a
win
on Saturday.
Fro1n
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14
Foxes seek to inatch success
first ever
postseason game
beating Oklahoma State in
the NIT, was missing team
speed.
According to Brady, this
year they've got it.
"In
most ways we're a
different team this year.
We've got more players in
the rotation, we're more
versatile, and we've got
more team
speed."
Senior forward/center
Wilfred
"Spongy"
Benjamin said the team
was limited in what it
could do because of the
lack of
speed.
"I
definite.ly think we're
going
to be
able
to play
much
faster,"
he
said.
"We're
going to
trap a lot
more. This was
stuff
we
couldn't
do
last
year
because we weren't very
fast. But with
all
the
guys
on the team this year, we
can
definitely play a more
up
-
tempo
style."
Senior
forward Ryan
Stilphen
,
who was selected
preseason second team All-
MAAC, said that with this
team's athleticism, the Red
Foxes will play a more
aggressive style of basket-
ball.
"We're going to be up
and down the floor a lot
more," he said.
"We're
'
going to try to play pres-
sure defense for
40
min-
utes and try to
get
after
[our
opponents]
as
opposed to sitting in a
half-court and packing it
in."
Stilphen, Benjamin, and
senior
guard
Ben Farmer
are what Brady calls his
"known
quantitie
·
s."
But
other than those three, a lot
remains
unknown.
"Shea
[McNamara] has a
much bigger role this
sea-
son.
Louie Mccroskey,
from Syracuse, has a lot of
potential. We have to look
at a lot of these
guys,
but I
expect for great stories
to
emerge."
Stilphen
said
there is not
the same buzz on campus
about this year's team as
there was last year, but he
and his teammates are just
as
excited
to start this
sea-
son.
"I
think we can [do as
well as we did last year],"
he said.
"We
have the tal-
ent. A lot of people aren't
as high on us as they were
last year. But we 're pretty
confident."
The Foxes open the sea
-
son this Sunday as they
take on the University of
Delaware at
4:00
p.m. in
the McCann Center.
This
game,
Stilphen
says,
is the
first step
toward
cre-
ating a
stir on campus.
"We
f
ust
gotta
win a
cou-
ple
games.
Obviously it
starts with Delaware, and
then we
go
to Puerto Rico
and play in a tough tourna
-
ment out
there.
We've
got
a tough non
-
conference
schedule."
running as the feature back.
"He instills confidence in our
offense," Parady said. "In over-
time he just took over. After
the
first overtime period, the game
was his, and he wasn't going to
be denied at that point."
The game-changing play for
the Red Foxes took place when
sophomore defensive lineman
Dan Sullivan forced
Georgetown's Robert Lane to
fumble deep in Hoya territory.
Sophomore Kevin Foley recov-
ered the ball at the Georgetown
2-yard line to set up a I-yard
Ehikioya touchdown run that
tied the game at 14 with 51 sec-
onds remaining in the third
quarter.
Coach Parady attributed that
play's success to the punting
team's ability to pin the ball
deep at the 2-yard line.
"You have to go back to the
punt team and Brad Rowe kick-
ing it down in that comer,"
Parady said. "We executed that
part of the punt game to pin
them and earlier in the season
we didn't do that. It started with
that and we came through with a
great defensive call."
The Red Foxes took a 21-14
with 6:46 remaining in the game
when senior quarterback Steve
McGrath lofted a pass to the
right comer of the end zone and
receiver Tim Keegan elevated
over the defensive back to snare
the ball for the touchdown.
"[Keegan]
timed it beautiful-
ly," Parady said. "The defensive
back was kind of surprised to
see him launch up,
qut
we've
seen him do it in games before
and we've seen him do it in
practice over and over again."
Quarterback Steve McGrath
competed
in
the game with a
foot injury that
had
him n0tice-
a~ ,p.9bb!ipg,.lat~. in
.t~
~ 1 -
Despite the injury, McGrath
continued to lead the Marist
offense on several scoring
drives in the fourth
quarter
and
overtime.
"After really only practicing
one day last week and obvious-
ly it was bothering him just to
walk and push off, it takes a lot
of mental toughness and the
physical toughness too," Parady
said.
"That's
just the way he's
always played."
MAAC title on the
line
Marist enters the final game of
the season with a share of the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference (MAAC) title on
the line. With a win against the
7-2 Iona Gaels on Saturday,
Nov. 10, the
Red
Foxes would
finish
the
season at 2-1
in
the
conference. Duquesne currently
sits at 2-1 and Iona at 2-0.
Marist faced a similar situa-
tion last season when the Red
Foxes beat the Gaels 24-17 at
home to earn
a
piece of the
MAAC crown with Duquesne.
"We'
re
playing for a piece of
a MAAC championship and any
time we go down there, it's
always a close game," Parady
said. "They have all sides
of
the
ball going for them and nine out
of 11
·starters
on defense are
seniors."
The Sports Network named
Iona
the
No.
5
team in the
nation in its Mid-Major
Poll.
The Gaels moved
to
7-2 with a
34-3 win over the
Pace
Setters.
The Iona defense
limited
Pace
to
157
yards of total offense and
-3 yards rushing. The Gaels
boast the best defense in the
Division
I
Football
Championship Series (FCS) and
sit seven yards ahead of the sec-
ond-ranked Yale defense.
The Red Foxes will need to
contain running back Dane
Samuels and quarterback Nick
Rossetti. Samuels runs the ball
at 6.1 yard per carry clip and
has seven touchdowns this sea-
son. Rossetti has thrown for
1,650 yards this season and
ranks third on
the
team in rush-
ing with 136 yards on the
ground.
One of the most daunting fac-
tors for the Marist defense will
be Iona's creativity on offense.
"Everything
that
you
could
ey,.f,T,,P<l$~1:)b;~,w
.Md
lm-Y~
seen in the history of football
they can pull out of their bag of
tricks," Parady said.
"Reverses,
double reverse passes, really
funky formations and every-
thing you could possibly imag-
ine you'll see."
According to senior wide
receiver Dan Dulac,
the
Red
Foxes carry confidence into the
season finale after their win
against Georgetown.
"It's
only going to help the
team," Dulac said. "It's a big
moral victory and
it
gives us a
lot
of confidence going
into
the
next game, and hopefully it will
carry
through."
The game against Iona marks
the
final game of the season for
the Red Foxes and the final
career game for 23 seniors.
"It's a weird feeling; it goes by
so fast," Teodosio said.
"I was
just thinking about it today
in
the locker
room. I've only got a
couple more days and I'm never
going to have this feeling
to
play football in pads and
the
camaraderie of all the guys. It's
an exciting feeling but a sad
feeling,
it's
hard to explain. We
want to finish strong and hope-
fully we end on a good note
."
Three Foxes
honored
The MAAC honor~d Bo
Ehikioya,
Dan
Smith, and fresh-
man Rory Foley for their per-
formances against Georgetown.
Ehikioya
_
rush~d for 177
yards
on 28 carries and found the end
zone three
times
in the
triple
overtime thriller against the
Georgetown Hoyas on Saturday,
Nov.
3. Ehikioya has seen limit-
ed cfrries since his
injury
against Columbia, but the run-
ning back felt healthy
against
Georgetown.
"I
felt real healthy and coach
told me last
week
I'm
going to
try
and get you the
ball a
little
more," Ehikioya said.
"I
think
he was being precautious
[in
previous games]
with my
injuries that
I've
had and he
said
he would get me the ball
more
this
week
and it happened."
Dan Smith earned
MAAC
defensive player of
the week for
his effort on Saturday. Smith
broke the
Marist program
record for tackles in a game
by
tallying 20 tackles.
The senior
captain
tallied
2.
'i
tackles for__,,a
....._ _ _
_;,
lpsi; ,and two saclcs.
~,ni~
's
40
tackles
were the most
since
·
safety Huck
Correia
notched 15
stops against Duquesne on Oct.
21,
2006.
Safety Rory Foley received
MAAC rookie of the. week hon-
ors for his defensive
perform-
ance against Georgetown
that
included 14
tackles.
Foley
took
over at safety for the
injured
Paul Rabito. Rabito suffered
a
leg
injury against the La Salle
Explorers
on Oct.
13, 2007.
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Despite rough week, Red Foxes earn first round bye
By
MATT SPILLANE
News Co-Editor
Each year, teams establish
goals for themselves, usually
involving playoff aspirations.
The men's soccer team is no dif-
ferent, with ambitions of advanc-
ing to the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) champi-
onship and hopefully even
fur-
ther.
However, before the team can
achieve its goals of winning
championships, it had to first
complete the first step. Since the
start of the 2007 campaign, the
team had one primary goal on its
mind: earning a first-round bye
in the MAAC Tournament.
All ten teams in the MAAC
make the conference tournament,
but the top six teams are awarded
automatic byes into the second
round. Having to play one less
game makes for an easier path to
the championship, and the Red
Foxes had their sights set on that
path since the first game of the
season.
"Getting the bye was our mini-
mum goal from the beginning of
the year," Head Coach Matt
Viggiano said, "and we've met
that goal."
The Red Foxes captured the
league's sixth seed and will face
the third seeded Fairfield Stags
on Thursday, Nov. 15 in the tour-
nament's quarterfinals The tour-
nament will take place from
November 13-18 at Disney's
Wide World of Sports Complex
in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
A
4-1-2
record to finish the reg-
ular season helped Marist earn
sixth place in the league, but the
team needed some help last
weekend to remain in that spot.
H e · ~ into the weekend,
Marist held a-llalf game lead over
seventh place Niiipra in the con-
ference .standings.
However, the Red Foxes lost to
St. Peter's 1-0 on Friday, Nov. 2
and played Manhattan to a 2-2
draw two days later. The poor
1
weekend
could have cost the
team a first-round bye, but it
caught a break, with Niagara
going 0-2 to finish the regular
season.
"Things shook out the way they
should have," Viggiano said.
"Sixth is where we belong. But
can we beat teams ahead of us?
Yes."
The team was dealt a tough loss
against second place St. Peter's,
which enters the postseason with
a I 3-4-
l
record. Senior goalie
Daniel Owens made nine saves
for Marist, but St. Peter's senior
forward Juan Gaviria was able to
sneak in his ninth goal of the sea-
son with just under 20 minutes
remaining in the game, which
proved to be just enough for the
Peacocks. Brothers Chris and
Jason Nacca led the Red Foxes
with two shots on goal apiece.
"We lost to a tough team,"
Viggiano said. "We were missing
that extra push, but overall we
played well."
Marist appeared to be finishing
the regular season with an easy
opponent in Manhattan, which
sat in last place in the MAAC
standings. However, the Jaspers
gave the Red Foxes all they
could handle, hanging on for a 2-
2 tie.
Senior forward Shareif Ali
opened the scoring 3:58 into the
match with his fifth goal of the
season, when he put in the
rebound from his own penalty
kick and gave Marist the lead.
Manhattan countered at the
20:00 mark whep sophomore
forward Stephen Van Rossem
nailed a shot from 35 yards out to
knot the game at 1-1.
The Red Foxes grabbed the
lead back with 27 :00 left in the
second half, when. Ali sent a
cross to redshirt sophomore for-
ward J.P. Allegra, wh9 headed it
in for his fourth goal of the year.
Just when it appeared that Marist
would hold on for the win, Van
Rossem struck again~ scoring
with less than 4:00 to go in the
game. Neither team was able to
capitalize in the overtime pen-
ods, leaving the Red Foxes with
a disappointing finish.
"We weren't awake," Viggiah(j
said. "We didn't come
to
play
and we weren't focused enough.
It was a team we should have
handled easily. The St. Pet.er's
game took a lot out of
us,
and
with the Manhattan game at 10
a.m.; but there is no excuse. The
guys underestimated Manhattan.
They thought Manhattan would
roll over for us, but we gave a
weaker team life and confidence,
and they gave us a headache the
rest of the game."
Freshman goalie Tom
DeBenedetto made four saves in
the game, making the start in
place of Owens, who sustained a
minor pre-game injwy. Viggiano
said the senior captain will be
fine and that it was nothing
major, and that he will be ready
for the game against Fairfield.
Fairfield witl be looking for
revenge in the postseason, as the
Red Foxes enjoyed a crushing 4-
0 victory over the Stags on
October 28. However, Marist's
coaches agreed that the teams'
rematch will not be so one-sided.
"It
won't be 4-0, that's for
sure," assistant coach Bobby Van
Dyke said.
"It
is a good match-
up."
"It's wide open," Viggiano
said. "We are not overconfident.
They are going
to.
he out there to
hwy us."
With a two week layoff until
the
MAAC
Tournament,
Viggiano must keep his players
focused and game ready.
"You win or you go home," he
said.
"There
is no tdmorrow. If
you are not focused at this point
of the season, you are doing the
wrong thing."
JAMES REILLY/ THE CIRCLE
Senior forward Shareif
Ali
has helped the Marist Red Foxes to a
first
round
bye
in the MAAC Tournament.
Marlst
will
take on thlrd-seeded Fairfield In the second round. The Foxes defeated the Stag.s
4-0
this year.