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Beginning stages of SGA elections underway
By
TODD
BIVONA
Staff Writer
The dates are set and Marist's
Student Government Association
is gearing up for the spring 2006
elections. The search for a new
administration begins next week
with
information sessions next
Tuesday through Thursday at
9:30 p.m., in the S.GA. office,
located across from the College
Activities in the Student Center.
One role of the student govern-
ment is to act as representatives
of every student on or off cam-
pus, on various issues that are
brought
up at Board of Trustee
Meetings,
which
President
Dennis Murray is an inlegral
part
of.
"I think
of
Marist as a 'student
centered college'," Murray said.
"The
Student
Government
Association
is
at the forefront of
that philosophy."
From overseeing all 66 clubs
on campus
,
handling student's
parking appeals, debating houn
of operation of the library and
McCann recreational area, to of the planning and organization
aiding in the process
to decide of the elections this year and has
what the Marist students want to made some changes to the sys-
see
as
the next addition to the
campus, the organization focuses
on all students' views
,
opinions,
ideas, and suggestions, to better
the Marist
life.
"In the Board of Trustees
,
fac-
ulty, committees, and student
population, you can see the influ-
ence of our student leaders
,"
Murray said.
Elections Commissioner
Corrie-Beth Hughes is in charge
tem.
"We've amended, removed and
tweaked our constitution and
bylaws," Hughes said. "The
changes we have made will
enable candidates to have so
many more privileges than were
allowed in past years."
On
Wednesday
,
February 22nd,
the Student Body President
Orientation takes place at 9:30
Professor takes critical look at sitcoms
Or.
Laure
Under
By
COURTNEY KRE'IZ
Co-Editor In Chief
fh-c
year:.
uf hard \'iork finally paid off for
Dr.
l..&J.ta
l
111c.lcr. a<1,S<X
iak·
professor-of media arts . .,., hen her
bool.:
.. The
S1b:om Reader Amcnca Vil.!\\ed and
Skt:\H.:d··
V..'85
rckascd m Ocu,rn:r.
Lmdet alont,l;
with
Dr.
Mary
Dalt1111,
B
s1!-.lunt rirof1.•s-st1r
of
commumc.at1on,
~t
Wake fof'C!-it
Um
c~Uv. c.::dued the
book "htch
1s
d
.:omp1hmon of cnucal
c:.sa,~
exarnming
the wa.ys silcom!-i depict and mflucnce Amcncnn t..·ulmrc.
The
{')()\\k ,,
one or r.:w 10 lalr.c II
sc:nous
look at
tdc-,
1-
,ion
situ,tltoo
cOlUl.!tb
S11c(1ms
:ire one of
the
okk<it.
most popular
fomu
ot
te.lc\•1s11•n programming yet
Lmdcr
wJ,
having
Lr
ub1e
finding ari upda1ed text for her
sitt..,11n cl,hs. f.\i-..1ing
books
were ou1daleJ .and onl} look1.-d at !litcoms from a
The
C<Mlf
of
"The Sl1com Reeder. Amer1ca Viewed
and
Skewed.
edited
by
Marllrt. assoclate
profeseor,
l.4urB
Under,
and wake
Forest
Untve,sny asso
dat8
proleaor,
Mary
Dalton.
h11otoncal
pcr.p1..,·t1,e
picked\\ l11ch
ideas th,ey thought flt ,md workc-c.l
v.
1th 1he1r \-1
ion
... Tiierc
wa,
n◊I
n good bo(-lk
th4l
o 1..-rcd t.:crt.am [t1p1cs and
The t:nd result was
J
Q
submmcd charters.
Ill ad.Jn1011
to the two
CO\.crcd
ii
m
J
Cl!rtain
'-'1ly,''
Lind1..'T s.1iJ
chapte~ from I inder and
Dalton
LinJcr wa!-1
looking
for
a lOpk:slly organized u:xt that
CO\·cred
Lmd'--r
and Dalton
~di1cd eai..:h
chapter
tb ..
·msch~s.
m1.:ludmg:
1ssoi..:"<i ~m.:h
a.-.
ta.mil) 1?C1tdcr
ra..:e, ,cxual
ori- - - - - - - - - - - - each Clther s, and even
cr~1tetl thr
h00ks
ema11on "'ork, ,ind
sonal das.i,.
~h of,,h,ch
'People
don't realize that sit-
md<--x.
re looked ul m "'The Silcom Reader. ' She
also wanted a te>.I tha\ used more recent
..,, O'-'i.
,uch
us "The Simpsons" aod .. The
Osboumt..-s

.. These l'ssay:. oo mort: recent sitcorru; fill th,:
mch,;: rn
hterarure that ha,n·t heen puhlishcJ.-
Lin<lcrtillid.
coms
are a way
to
see our
society.
I
don't think that
people give sitcoms the
respect
they deserve.'
Wilen 1hc
book \\
a .. rckascd
tn
<xtotx.-r.
Linder
\\J:;
vc-r)' excited lo ,ec btf \\Ork in
rirint
''WhCil the bool
cM1i.:
ou1 I \\
~
sent
,.·op1i:s, .. suiJ Linder. ""I wu~ jumping around
and
\\as
:,o excited
- Laura
Uncte-r
Linder and Dalton eat;h
\\TOie
a chapter in
1he boul,,. Linder
t.~-.a;
d1:-.cus)Cs the n.-nlily
Assoaate
professor.
media arts
Linder,, now
U.'iing ..
The Sitcom Reader"
J.'>
one
,,r
the tcxL-; for
h1.."f
lde\iiswn
Sillliltion
Lom ...
-d1c~
ACri11tal
Lookda.,i,;
ho¼ "Tht Ostx.umcs" and compares II to
the
1950s s11com
"l11c \d..,cntures of Ozzie Md Hamet."
Linder
and Dalton came up wilh the
ide-J fm the book on
thl'.'1r
'-'~l) 10
11
confcn:rKe
m rnl l 998. The) beg.an work tm the book
:-honJy after, comachng publishers and wurL:mg on their chap-
ters Alier ending ouc a call for papers,
they
recti\ed a mulmude
of ne\\-, ongmal abstract-. and c:,,;ays. l
mdcr
anJ Dallon
then
To be able
10
ha\e 1lus rcsourc-c 10 use mm)
cJa.,;~
i!. great,'
Linder
suiJ.
Lmdcr
1s
presently in the final
cditll}¥:
:;!ages
of an art1clC' on
another -.11'.·om '"C~b!I. and IL\ .:onne.c11on to liberal fem1n1<;m
''Pouplc <lon'I
r~ah1c
that
s11cotn~
an: a way
let
cc our
ROt.:1c-
ty.'
Linder smd "l don'I
think. that
people give
s11.eom:-- the
J"Clipect
lhe}
de$Crh! '
p.m. in the SGA office. Any stu-
dent that is interested in running
for the position currently
held
by
senior Kenneth Juras
,
must
attend this session.
"
I
am
looking
forward to see-
ing a
good
contest," Juras said,
''with a
lot
more student
involve-
ment talking about a greater
diversity of issues."
Juras will be stepping down
from his role at the end of this
semester with the
hopes
of mov-
ing onto grad school for public
administration.
"It has been a very enjoyable
experience working with the stu-
dents
,
faculty, and trustees,"
Juras said.
"I
hope they continue
to build upon the successes of
my administration and continue
to
get more people who are
as
involved
in the college as my
administration was.,.
Campaigning begins on
February
26, followed by Speech
Night
in
the Performing
Arts
Room, across from College
Activities
,
at 9:30 p.m.
SEE SGA, PAGE 3
MCTV goes digital
MCTV
has
completed its transi-
believes it
is
a sign of the col-
tion into the digital age.
Iege's success.
The change from
the
tradition-
"For me, this bas been a
dream
al and
antiquated
analog format come true," Ortiz said. "To see
to
the new, cutting-edge digital
the station go digital is a unique
system has c:sused MCTV to
feat for any college television
bold
off programming shows station.
I
don
1
t
think
many
peo-
until February
8, 2006,
when the
pie understand bow complicated
station will debut its new
look.
the system is and the
hard
work
The tests on the
digital
system it
took
to
bring it to Marist
,
"
he
have been sllccessful and have
said.
"With our college now
greally improved the appearance
recognized as one
of
the
top
25
and quality of the broadcasts.
most
connected
campuses,
Timothy O'Leary, junior, intro-
MCTV's digital age is a testa-
d
u
c e d
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
ment to
the idea
in early
2004 in
a
n
attempt
t
0
expand
the sta-
tion. He
believes
'To see MCTV go digital Is a unique
feat for any college TV station. With
Marlst recognized as one of the top 25
most connected campuses, MCTV's
dlgltal age Is a testament to the feat.'
the feat."
Rather
t
h
a
n
broad-
casting
shows
from tape
decks
-
Louis P. Ortiz
Senior
c o n -
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
trolled by
it will
truly
benefit MCTV and
the college for years
to
come.
"I
think this project was
a
great
foundation for MCTV to move
into
the future," O'Leary said.
"It improves the quality of the
station for the viewing public but
also
uses
new
technology,
removing the
VHS
tapes we
are
used to. Now equipment
pur-
chased will be used to improve
the new system instead of invest-
ing in an old outdated system.
It
was a big step for MCTV.
I
am
glad
I was
apart
of it"
Merv
is one of few college
television stations to switch their
programming to a digital system.
MCTV
launched into the digi-
a single computer, the new digi-
tal system now broadcasts from
hard
drives using a
network
of
three computers and two
AVID
editing stations.
Stephen
Krill,
the station's
entertainment director, explained
the system:
"basically
now
when we tape a show or event
we can record it directly to
portable hard drives, rather
than
tapes. From there we
load it
onto
an AVID station for post-produc-
tion, and when we're
done
we
simply export the file over the
network
to a broadcast computer
system, never
losing
the digital
quality,"
Krill
said.
In addition to clearer picture
and sound,
Krill
said the general
tal
realm
at 9 p.m. on February 8,
2 0 0 6 - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
look
of
with the
'We've done away with the slldeshow
the
sta-
return of
that none of us were ever happy with.
tion will
the
Fox
be differ-
D e n ,
We're going to be using almost exclu•
ent from
That's A
slvely video commercials now for our
w
h
a
t
Shame,
advertising slots and down-time.'
viewers
Cribs,
and The
Showcase Presents: The Fall
2005 Dance Show.
Broadcasts of various sporting
events, special features such as
the fashion show,
and
archived
programs will also
be
·
available
for viewing in the new digital
format.
Louis
Ortiz,
MCTV
president,
has seen the stations growth
dur-
ing the past four years.
He
h a v e
- Stephen Krlll
b e e n
Junior
used to.
"We've
done away with the slideshow
that none of us
were
ever
happy
with.
We're going
to
be
using
almost exclusively video com-
mercials
now for our advertising
slots and down-time,"
Krill
said.
Lee Walis, from the Media
Center, was instrumental
in
help-
ing to implement the
new
sys-
tem. While MCTV bas experi-
SEE MCTV, PAGE 3
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9,
2006
www.maristclrcle.com
PAGE2
Security Briefs:
Sewage, toilets, and Zima
N
By BRIAN SABELLA
Delivers
delicious
Zima taste
without the calories
Dear
faithful
readers,
It's me again, Brian "Mad
Crazy" Sabella. I've only been
writing to you for a few weeks
now, and already I feel very
close to each ai:id every one of
you. To make sure this bond
keeps growing
stronger
and
stronger, we're going to throw in
some new
fun
things.
First off, each week there will
be one brief written
by
a
special
guest,
handpick
ed
by
me.
Second off, there
will be
the
"John Gildard Quote of the
Week" in honor of the man who
gives us
a]!
the brief info so that
we can mock our classmates.
And my favorite brief of the
week, of course.
Hope you
enjoy.
2/1 -
I
:20 PM,
LWC
The first brief of this week is
the first of many, and I mean
MANY. fire alarms. Thi!. one
i:,,
in the Lower West Cedar S
block. So
I
don't have to keep
making bad jokes here, I'll sum
up the
rest
rigHt'
qul<kly
here
for
ya.
,10
We had one
in
Fulton on the
first, one in
Leo
on the first, one
in A block on the
third
and one
in
dent The RA keyed into a room
Gartland on the sixth.
All
of you
on the third floor of Sheahan a.Dd
are
invited to
a
cooking class found
s
tudents
with a bottle of
with Sean McClain this week-
vodka. The
three
guests in the
end. He will teach you bow to
room
were forced -to leave sober
leave your food
in
the oven for
and the alcohol was confiscated.
hours on end and not set the
I
give you gals credit up there
house
on
fire. Check your
local
for
trying though.
I
don't
think
a
facebook directory for details.
Zima
got up to the third
floor
when
I
lived
in Sheahan.
**BRIAN'S
BRIEF OF
THE
WEEK**
2/3
-
12:30
AM,
Gartland
2/1 -
lO PM, Fulton
It
was
just
after midnight
on
This is my favorite brief that this Friday evening when a stu-
l've written,
read
or had anything
dent was found face down
in
the
to do with. There was a strong street outside of Gartland.
I
hate
smell
in
the Fulton townhouses
to
break it
to
you all, but it was-
that
night.
Was it the srriell of the n't because he
prefers
the cement
magical herb? Someone seemed
to
bis bed. The Fairview faithful
to think so as
-,-------,--------,,-----,,-,--
was
sum-
they
called
I
give you gals credit up
moned
and the
~:: ~:c%'!;
there for trying though.
I
~:':"tke1
:~!
police. They
don't think a Zima got up
the
hallowed
responded
to the third floor when
I
halls of St.
and discov-
lived In Sheahan.
Francis where
ered
the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
he will live out
smell was not
the rest of his
cheeba, but actually the sewer days in shame. Or at
least
until
system.
happy
hour this week.
Security was then
notified
bccau..i;c
-upper class.men
in
col-
lege did not know what weed
**JOHN GILDARD
QUOTE
smells
like.
The police only beat
OF
THE
WEEK**
a few people on their way back
to
the donudHidp'.'
"''
11
J/
.
J
2/2-10
PM
,
Sheahan
Here's the first alcohol inci-
2/3 -
8:55
AM,
Boathouse
HCre'S
another great one.
fl:
Sludeilt was
pn'lling
some don\lts
in the gravel down by the river
and
managed to tip
his car over.
I've seen
the pictures
and they
are
not pretty.
But,
in
his finest
tongue-in-
cheek performance
I've
ever
seen, John Gildard bad this to
say about our young friend; "He
They're a sleeping giant just
waiting to
break
free.
2/4 -
10 PM, Gartland
A
toilet was overflowing and
tbe
re
side
nts
of the house
attended
the Joey
Chi twit
s t
u
n t
driving
I have faith In the mighty
Marian. They're a sleeping
giant Just waiting to break
free.
thought it would
be smart
not
to
call maintenance,
but
sec
urity
instead
.
school.
- - - - - - - - - - -
Tums
out they
were
surpris
ingly
right
as
securi-
ty showed
up
and fixed the prob-
lem
in a matter of seconds. We
salute
you
Mr.
Security
Guard/foilet Bowl Fixer.
A
true
Probably
got
a
0-."
It's
way
too
easy
being
me.
2/3 -
7:28
PM,
Foy
Townhouses
A
car
was reported
keyed
in
the parking
lot.
That's right,
keyed.
Every time
a
car gets
keyed,
I
think
of John
Travolta.
"Boy,
I
wish
I
could've caught
him
doing
it.
I'd
have given any-
thing
to
catch that
<CENSO
R
>
doing
it.
It'd been worth
him
doing
it just
so
I
could've caught
him doing
it."
So well said.
2/4 -
12:49 AM,
·
Marian
The Marian
faithful
have been
pretty quiet thus far this year.
But they
got back
in the
swing of
things
week..
A student was
found
highly
intoxicated and
Fairview 'Y._as summoned.
Up6n
fl1.s'pection be Yfas found
to
tie
ok
arill
-aUbWed
to
'rethfn
to
American hero.
GUEST
BRJEF OF
THE
WEEK
By: The Lone Ranger
(rm
not kidding, this is what be
wanted to
be
called)
2/5-4:38AM,
UWC
In an attempt to cover
up
their
evil shenanigans in Upper West,
a
couple young
hoodlum
s
blamed the
fire
alarm going off
on the fire extinguisher that
"happened" to
be
''knocked off'
during
a "wrestling match"
and
"happened" to go off.
[f
the
pin just "happened" to
fall
out and the trigger "haP-
t,'o,n,d" to
be
s~ueen,d
during'
his room. Hey, baby steps. I this
melee
,
then
my name isn'r
have
faith
in
the mighty Marian.
the Lone Ranger.
......
1:111111 EVIIII
"Noises Off"
Feb.
9-118
P.M.
Feb. 12 2 P.M.
NellyGolettl
$6
General Admission
$3
Maris! Students
-Vagina Monologues•
Feb
14-15
NellyGolettl
Friday, February
17
9P.M.
Cabaret
Nigel
Lawrence,
Comedian
Sunday, February
19, 2006
SPC Comedian:
Lewis Black
7:30p.m.
$10
Student tickets on sale
now.
$25
General public:
Tuesday February 7
at
noon
SPC Trip: Rent
Sunday, February
19
Bus Leaves@ 10
AiM,
$25
With
Maris!
10
Wednesday, Feburary
22
BP.M.
Michael Bartone
Novelist
Nelly
Galetti Theater
There have an alarming number of
harassing
phone calls going around Marist
College
recently
.
If you should be the
victim of
one of these calls, do not engage
the caller and hang up immediately.
Notify security as quickly as possible.
Also, be sure not to divulge any personal
information, not even your name.
Thursday, March
2
BP.M.
Mark
Doty
Poet
,
Memoirist
Nelly
Galetti Theater
Disclaimer:
TM Security Briefs
are
intended
os so/Ire and
fully prot
ected
free speech
under the
First
Amendment of the Constitution.
Senior Class Gift Campaign
Kick-Off
and
Networking Reception
The
Annual
Fund and Alumni Offices invite al/members of the Cla.u
of
200610
join young
Maris!
Alwnni at • networking reception in support of the Senior Class Gift Campaign.
Saturday, February 18
7:30
-
9:30
p.m.
Poughkeepsie
Grand
Hotel, Market
SINel,
Poughkeepsie
A
$5
contnl>ution
10
the Senior Class Gift Campaign
will allow you admittance into the
reception and
will
also count as your participation gift
to
the
Marist Fund. You can always
add
more if you would like
10 •
after
all
your
gift
10
the
Mari>t
Fund
goes
towards
scholarships. technologies and programs
for Marist students just like you! Free hors
d'oeuvres and soft
drinks
will
be
available along with a cash bar including
wine and
beer,
A
me
bus shuttle.
sponsored
by
the alumni associatiotL will be available from
Donnelly
to
and
from
the event.
Attire is business casual. Please
RSVP
by
calling 575-3283
or
e-mail
M11ri!itAJumni/Q)M1rist.Nlu
www.marist.edu/alumni/seniorgift06
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UARY 9, 2006
Martone to demonstrate creative
writing technique
·
s for storytelling
By
ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
campus
E
ditor
Like James Frey and Jayson
Blair, Michael Martone is mak-
ing
a career tip-toeing between
fiction and reality.
Unlike Blair, a former New
York Times reporter though,
Marist writing students can actu-
ally learn something from
Martone when he visits
.
Martone will spend the week of
Feb. 20 in a fiction workshop
class, demonstrating different
ways to create stories. Martone,
whose book jackets describe
b.im
as the
"master
of the nearly
true," has authored nearly a
dozen
books
and edited or con-
tributed to countJess more, the
most recent
being
Best American
Essays of 2005.
In
addition to
the workshop, Martone will have
a public reading 8 p.m. Feb. 22
in the Performing Arts Room.
Thomas Zurhullen, an associ-
paradigm that often plagues bud-
ate English professor instructing ding writers.
the fiction workshop class, said
.. It'll be called 'Fonns
in
Court•y
of
NU
PRESS.NORTHWESTERN.EDU
M
artone's
newest
book,
Mlchae
l
Marto
n
e by Mic
h
ae
l
M
art
o
n
e,
expertfy
blends
pe
rso
n
al
fe
et
with
fictio
n
.
Martone will exhibit how to
break the
"beginning
to end"
Fiction:
Co
ll
age,"
said
Zurhu
ll
en.
''They're going to
bring in different narratives and
piece them together. His style
shows there is no wrong way to
tell a story."
Martone's latest book,
"Michae
l
Martone: Fict
i
ons,"
tells the same story
25 different
ways.
Each chapter is titled
"Contributor's
Notes"
and
begins with the same sentence:
Michae
l
Martone was born
in
Fort
Wayne
,
Indiana ... "
Any similarities between each
story ends there, with the plots
branching out
to
wil
dl
y differe
n
t
conclusions.
In
one story, he
wakes up to discover that be bas
been transfonned into a giant
insect.
In
another, he happens
upon the set of the movie
"Diner."
The rest, Zurbullen
Author
M
icha
el
M
a
rto
ne
said, is based on fact and then
expanded upon
with
Martone's
supple imagination. However, it
does not follow the "Million
Little Pieces" paradigm.
"James Frey is doing this thing
now, where be says the story is
emot
i
o
n
ally
true,"
said
Zur
h
ullen. "There's a big back-
lash because people are being
lied to and it's supposed
to
be
inspirational..
but
this
is
Michae
l
Martone doing fiction
called
'Michael
Martone,' and
some of it is true, some of it
might not be."
Cramer makes debut as Director of Fashion
By
TODD B
IV
ONA
Staff W
r
iter
Starting
this semester
,
the
Marist Fash.ion Program
has
a
new director.
An
adjunct faculty
member last
semester,
Mr.
Radley Cramer was announced
as the
next-
leader
fo, lhe,ti.i!part-
ment,
li>:,/
ln1otim
l!leart
ijf
the!
School of Communication and
the
Arts,
Mr.
John Ritschdorff.
In
a memo to the Marist staff
introducing Cramer, Ritschdorff
out
l
ined the experience and edu-
cation of the Empire State
College graduate.
His resume includes being the
co-founder
and
officer
of
"Amazing
Threads"
an
area fiber
arts
supply
retailer/e-tailer.
Cramer also worked as a consult-
ant to various names
in
fashion,
beauty, and home furnishings,
including Bergdorf Goodman,
Laura
Ashley, Revlon,
A
lmay
and Conran's Habitat, as well as
from the Young Menswear
institutions such as the Brooklyn
Association," Cramer said, "an
Museum.
important asset
to
their career
"I
am
very pleased to bring
my
development.
This
and several
fashion industry experience
to
other national and international
the position of Director of the
competitions will continue to
Fashion Program," Cramer said.
present Program students with
"Tremendous
opportunities chances to earn recognition."
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programs
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Cramer Fashion
Dir
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a
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Department
at Marist, for
the fashion department have had,
which give their students the
competitive edge in their field,
when graduating.
"I
am
delighted to report that
recent
l
y four students were each
awarded a $5,000 scholarship
quite some time.
"I
am
delighted to
be
on
board," Cramer said, "and thank
everyone in the Marist commu-
nity for making me feel welcome
and supported."
With regards to his experience
News Briefs
World
News
as an adjunct faculty professor,
Cramer thought it was a fantastic
experience.
"I
immediately (felt) comfort-
able at Maris\..'' he said.._ "and al
home with the top-notch faculty
team
and tenific· students in the
program.
The
directorship
seeme
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a
na~I fit
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assist the evol
u
tion of the pro-
gram toward the goals of even
greater ind
u
stry awareness and
growing national stature."
In
the memo to the Marist staff,
Ritschdorff wanted to express
his
gratitude
towards
Sue
DeSanna, Richard Kramer, and
Lydia Biskup, as they filled the
void and maintained ''the spirit
and operation of the Fashion
Department,"
as the search for a
new director went on.
The Fashion Department's
"Silver Needle Show" takes
place this spring.
Danish caricatures of Islamic prophet Mohammed spark protests, ,iolent riots, cross globe
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PAGE3
From Page One
SGA election events
soon to be underway
On the 27, Marist College
Television will air "Debate
Night'' live on Channe
l
29 at
10:00
p.m. For those wanting to
be in attendance for the event, it
will
be
in Lowell Thomas
210.
"I
hear so many great ideas
from students," Hughes said,
"changes that would make this
camp
u
s a better place. Everyone
talks, yet no one acts. We need
student leaders to look up to, to
lead us into the next year."
Meet the candidate
day
is
March
I
from
12
p.m. to
2
p.m.
in the cafeteria.
Elections take place March
6
through
the
8,
on
the
www.marist.edu website, witb
results reported live on MCTV
Channel 29, at 9:30 p.m., on the
8.
The results for all positions
will
be
posted the following day,
outside of the S.GA office.
"The elec
t
ions
are
qu
i
ckly
approachi
n
g," Hughes said,
"stude
n
ts need
to
keep making a
difference on campus.
If
you
want change, vote. If you want
action, vote.
If
you want a voice,
vote. This
is
your campus and
this is your chance."
MCTV con
v
erts programming
to all digital technology
ing
to
implement the new sys-
tem. While
MC
rv
has experi-
enced de
l
ays p
r
oviding pro•
gramming during the past few
weeks, due to technica
l
diffic
ul
-
ties with the audio and video
feed from the student center,
Walis was able
to
-help sort out
the problem.
MC
T
V has continued to
improve both
i
ts
look
and di'!'er-
sity of p r o ~ , ,
There is talk of a new situa-
tional comedy, music videos and
other d
i
ffe
r
ent sty
l
es of shows
coming out in the near future.
"Now that we have improved
the broa
d
cast quality, we're
looking to improve the quality
of our shows" said
Kri
ll
.
"We
want to push the envelope and
start producing some rea
ll
y ere•
ative and excit
i
ng programming.
We have some fantastic new
people
in
volved this year that
have brought a great deal of
enthusiasm and expertise to the
table when it comes
to
produc-
ing new shows."
The transit
i
on to the digital
fonnat has caused a wave of
excitement within MCTV and
with its v
i
ewers, as they antici-
pate the future endeavors that
these new capabil
it
ies will allow
the station to perform.
The Office of College
Activities
and
Student
Government Association (SGA)
approved the funding and idea
ofMCTV going digita
l.
Robert
Lynch. directo
r
of College
Activities,
is
excited for the
organization.
"College
..Activities
is
very
excited that MCTV has entered
the digital world," Lynch said.
"Th
i
nking back two ye~, we
~
·
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witb
fu>w
J\l.uch
the club has grown. The digital
world will provide great oppor-
tunities for MCTV and the stu-
dent body," he said.
Brandon Lee, student govern-
ment vice president of academic
affairs, said making. this new

technology avai
l
ab
l
e will benefit
students.
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l
is ates-
tament to this college to make
sure that it is keeping up with
the technological knowledge
that our students need when pur-
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wor
l
d," Lee said.
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l
evisio
n
here at Marist College. Stay
tuned for many changes and
improvements in all three sec-
tors of the station; news, sports,
and
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www.marlstclrcle.com
Let the voices of the Marist
community be heard.
PAGE4
Reaction to Jyllands-Posten caricatures cause
for
media reflection
By
JAMES MARCONI
News Editor
It
is
bard to imagine that
cartoons could spark such strong
emotions, but one particular
set
has.
A
few
months ago,
in
September
,
Danish
newspaper
Jyllands-Posten
printed
12
caricatures of the
Islamic
prophet Mohammed.
The
pictures
were
later
reprinted in
several other papers across
Europe, and have created an
international
controversy.
Muslim protesters have
rioted
in
Lebanon
and Syria, among
others, and
across
parts of
Europe.
.. The violence
(in
Beirut] came
one day after
protesters
in neigh-
boring Damascus,
Syria,
torched
the Norwegian Embassy and the
Danish Embassy, furious
that
newspapers
in both
nations
had
printed images
banned
under
Islamic law."
(www.cnn.com)
The
anger
,
in
part,
is
because
any pictorial representations of
Mohammed
are
considered
blasphemy
-
the
rule
was
initial-
ly
implemented to avoid
the
pos-
sibility of idolatry. AdditionaJly
1
the most
controversial of
the
car-
toons depicts Mohammed wear-
ing a turban shaped
like
a bomb
with
a
lit fuse.
While both
the
government of
Denmark and
Jyllands-Posten
have apologized for
having
offended so many, both
maintain
that the newspaper
bad
every
right
to
publish
what they did.
An apology was essentially
turned
into a free speech
issue.
The question being
debated
internationally is this: Does a
media outlet have the
right to
print, publish, or otherwise make
public any material
it
wishes,
even if that
material
is blatantly,
tastelessly,
and
needlessly
inflammatory?
I say that
the
answer is no.
Despite the violence against the
Danish Embassy
in
Damascus
,
Syria and consulate in Beirut,
Lebanon
,
the
pure
rage over this
issue
is quite understandable.
To
have one's
religion
and one's
core
beliefs
so
cavalierly
ridiculed is something that pro-
vokes extremely strong emotions
- namely disbelief and anger.
Granted,
responding
with vio-
lence
and
lawlessness
is ptoba-
bly
not the best. or at least
most
peaceful
,
solution.
On
the other
hand,
I
can sympathize with their
anger.
What those European
papers
did was
deplorable,
crass,
and
thoughtless.
Western
media
has
traditional-
ly
enjoyed
great
freedom
in
the
nature of their printed product.
It
might be a cliche,
though,
but
with great power comes great
responsibility.
And a
part
of that
responsibility means exercising
good taste and restraint. Really,
what did any of
those papers
think they were trying to
prove?
Did they print those caricatures
simply to show
that
they could?
That is the only plausible
expla•
nation that
I
can
conjure
up,
unless
Jyllands-Posten
actually
wanted to provoke widespread
riots.
Freedom of expression is not
truly
the
problem
here.
Obviously,
Jyllands-Posten
and
others were able to print what
they wished without censorship
( or, really
,
much forethought).
That power of
the media
is and
will remain relatively unshack-
led
by government. The heart of
the problem, though, is basic. It
entails evaluating some action;
considering its benefits and
bal-
ancing
them
against the potential
consequences.
Allowing those
caricatures
to
be
printed wasn't illegal, true,
but the decision to do so was
reckless
,
thoughtless, and
did not
take into consideration how
peo•
pie
might actually feel.
As a consequence, millions of
Muslims
across the globe were
greatly offended (to put it mild-
ly) and are
making their
displeas-
ure
known any way they can.
And
all
for
what?
Did
the
carica-
tures
accomplish
anything
except
to
offend and alienate one
of
the
world's
largest
religions?
I
mean
really, giving
Mohammed
a
bomb-shaped turban
is basical-
ly the
equiva
l
ent of portraying
Jesus
with
an
ammo-clip and
an
M-16 -
that
is
to
say,
not
at all
'enlightening' or 'thought pro-
voking,'
but needlessly
and bla-
tantly insulting.
And
to expect
any other reaction but
fury
on
the
part of Muslims is the height of
arrogance and
disconnection
from
how
the world
works
in
reality.
I
sincerely doubt (given the
g
l
obal
reaction) that
many
Muslims
are
overly concerned
with our oh-so-precious
right to
freedom of expression. While it
is a valued and cherished
right
here
in the United States and
Europe, I'm going
to
go out on a
limb and
say that most Muslims
are
more concerned with the fact
that their
religion
was
publicly
and persistently
mocked
by the
media than the right of said
media to publish what they did.
Again, while
I
do not
believe
that the kind of violence seen
(particularly
in
Syria
and
Lebanon) is at all justified, the
emotions motivating those acts
are certainly valid.
And we
should not expect that
reaction
to
change when we invoke the
mantra
of
the
almighty
media
-
'
we
have
the freedom of the
press.' In fact, the media should
probably take a
good
hard
look at
itself, and ask whether the reac-
tion to its
product
is an
indication
.
of the value of its own good
judgment
Defense
redefined:
president's
efforts at
literary distortion
achieved
By
DAN BLACK
Staff Writer
Owning Latin roots, like so discover the true meaning of this
141
other government
programs.
from
a
mathematically-inept
,
against terrorism, we attempt to
many other English words, to word in our cultural context,
I
many of which function to foresight-deficient
ti-year
old "defend" America by traveling
"Defend" is defined as
an
act
to
propose
we put it under the
improve the
lives
of the
poor,
are
who
receives a
platinum credit across an ocean
to
a distant con-
President Bush bas plans for "drive danger or attack away
microscope and adjust the fine
slated to be reducied or complete• card in
the mail.
tinent
,
parking
hundreds
of thou•
vast sums of money this
country
from"; taking the
Latin
word
focus.
ly eliminated.
Tax
cuts for
the
I feel
.this is
the
appropriate sands of troops on foreign sand,
doesn't have,
and
unless you've
"
fendere
"
(to strike) and attach-
Earlier this week, "Defense" rich
,
always a hot topic,
are
still
time
to point out the
highly
actively seeking
out
alleged
been comatose the last
4
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
carved into the budget tablet's salient
and
undisputed
fact that
'enemies of freedom and democ-
years, you can probably
Defense
Is being tossed
around
In Informal conversation, along
stone; I'm
fairly
certain we'd all of
this
'home
l
and security
'
racy
'
, and
killing
them using
gues
s
what the
y
in
v
ol
v
e: with
several
macabre
defense•related
words
also
turned
lnnocu•
soo
n
e
r b
ruter
1hc
v
iral
organs
s
pending ha
s
resulted in
the
cap-
almost exciusiveiy area.effect
defense.
ous through overuse, that I wonder, has this word ,Wdefense"
of stilJ-living impoverished ture of exact
l
y zero
terrorists
and and piwrectly target7d weapons
Throughout the course of
American orphans to drum up also
thwarted
that many terrorist systems
(
we'ap0ns thai 'sacrifice a
the Bush years thus far, few
become SO hackneyed that It's
lost
Its denotative punch?
a
few
war
blk:ks
before we'd attacks sinte
9/1
I.
Roll that one great deal of precision in fllvofof
words have been spoken
ask a billionaire to
pay
taxes.
around
in
your
head,
and if you
keeping a safe
distance
from the
around Washington as frequently
ing the prefix "de"
in
order to
needed
to borrow the definition
So, what does all this fiscal
attempt
to
refute by pointing out skirmish). War tactics
that
result
as the word 'defense
'
. This is
reverse its meaning
.
"De•strike"
,
of
"
Compulsive Spending"
as
mindlessness
equate
to? that perhaps
it's
because of these
in
losses
of the local
populace
understandable, of coUJSe, seeing sounds appropriate;
I
had always President Bush proposed his Surmised
in
25
words or less: the
'
homeland
security' measures exponentially higher than our
as we are at war with nearly presumed defense carried that
$2.77
trilliori
budget to congreSS.
128
billion
dollar
budget
SUIJ>IUS
that there
haven't
been anymore own, resulting from a fight
that
every foreign faction of the sort of literal
identity
,
but our Military spending is sharply on the Bush Administration inherit-
attacks,
realize
you
are
making
we instigated thousands of miles
world populace that lives on top
society
,
whether consciously or the rise, as usual (Bush still has-
ed from Clinton in
2001
has
an argument using
patterns
of from our homeland is how we
of crude oil resources and whose not, has through its actions gone
n
't yet
.
overcome
his
fixation
become a budget deficit of at government-sanctioned
war make our "defense".
religion we do not comprehend
to
great
lengths
in
recent years to
with war-making machines
Lerus not forget
the lessons
or agree with.
alter what
is
implied by the word and dispatching them to Arab
War tactics that
result
In
losses of
the local
populace exponen

of Abu Ghraib: the realization
in:u:e8!~t:
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racy who we must seek out and
43rd
president
,
our
citizenry
bas
will enjoy
a
5
percent
ing the
fury
of the
high
courts
exterminate ifwe hope to protect embraced new
infrastructural
increase
and
the
pentagon
"de
fense".
against the seven
lowest
rank-
OUJSelves from the threats they
designs of
'
homeland
security' will
receive 120
billion dol-
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ing servicemen involved,
pose. Defense is being tossed and a 'g
l
oba
l
war on terrorism'
lars
for
the
wars in Afghanistan
least
337
billion
dollars.
From crimes,
bigotry
and ethnic-intol-
holding trials of predetermined
around in informal conversation, that endeavors to 'defend' our and
Iraq.
Maintaining their
tra·
Bush's prodigious economy-mis-
erance, corrupted international outcome against them
to draw
along with several
macabre
nation and
lifestyle.
Wise,
1
dition of
leaving
substantial mil-
management
,
we see military policy, and admitted tactics of attention away from deeply
defense-related
words
also believe, is instituting
new
policy
itary
expenditures off the budget,
budgets swelling to unprecedent-
homeland deception as your incriminating evidence against
turned
innocuous
through over-
that takes action to ensure our the details of these
funds
will not ed extremes
as
cardinal cause of basis.
the command, and disposing of
use
,
that I wonder
,
has this word
well-being, but what implica-
appear on its pages.
our debts.
The
wars in Iraq and those seven to federal prisons
"defense" become so hackneyed
tions do these actions carry for
Those to suffer the conse-
The reason-free spending Afghanistan put a co
l
orful spin just to make face.
That
sums
up
that it's
lost
its denotative punch? the word "defense
'
'?
In
order to
quences
will be the elderly, as
habits of this president
resemble
on
the
American
conceptualiza-
the ethical grounding
and
moral
Defense is an interesting word.
Medicare takes
the heaviest
hit.
the sort of behavior you'd expect tion of "defense".
In
the
war
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Cochlear implant recepients at risk for bacterial m
e
ni
ngitis
By:
ADAM GUARINO
Staff Writer
cochJear implants containing positionen; have been
used since July 2002
.
While the halt in production
is no doubt a benefit to future implant users
,
the
Cochlear implants have
been perceived
as a mir-
risks are still pre
v
alent.
acle device by many, allowing children with severe
The FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and
bearing loss
to
once again expenence the sounds of Prevention invcstiga1ed
the magnitude of the prob-
the world
.
These implants are in
s
erted into
the
lem. Overall
,
they
found 138 cases of meningitis
inner
ear and activate _
_
_ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ caused
by
nerves,
allowing
Streptococcus pneu-
reverberations
to '
•.•
According to the FDA
,
studies have
monia, the most com-
reach
the
brain
.
begun to show that children with an
mon germ, for every
However
,
o.ccording
early ve
rs
ion
of
the cochlea
r
Implant
IOO
,
OOO years of life,
to
the
FDA,
studies
which is 30 times the
have begun
10
show
face an Increased risk of bact
e
rial
incidence among chit-
that chi
l
dren
with
an
meningitis ..
. '
dren the same age
in
early version of the
the general population.
coc
h
lear
implant
While these results
face an increased
appear to
be
stagger-
risk of bacterial meningitis
,
beyond just the
first
ing,
researchers are quick to point out that they are
two years as previously thought, following implan-
not sure how much of this
i
s caused by the implants
tation of the hearing devices.
themselves and how much from other factors
,
such
About half of the increased risk appean.: to
be
due
to one model of implant that was taken off the mar-
ket about four years ago. This model was created
by Advanced Bionics
,
one of three companies to
sell the device
in
the United Stales
.
Their model
contained a rubber wedge originall
y
used
by doc-
tors to help position the implant during surgery. It
remains unclear as to whether or not the rubber
positioner played a
key
role in developing the
infection
.
"The
incidence of meningitis turned out
to be greater than any ofus
had
realized
,
and while
we don't really know all that went into it, one fac-
tor appeared to
be
the design of the Advanced
B
i
onics imp
l
ant," reported Dr. Noel Cohen of New
York University, a researcher on organizations who
perfonn the surgery.
Likewise
,
too little infonnation exists to recom-

mend
the
surgical removal of the device given the
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committed
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providing Marist College with
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the recyc
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ows
:
I. 200
tons x 340 kwh/ton
""
68,400
kwh.
(The average home
in
Dutchess County uses about 600
kwb
per month).
2
.
The
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200 tons
of waste supplies elec-
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month
.
(68
,
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per
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).
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from
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there
is
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c
ial
use credit,
"
which
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be
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utable to this waste stream, and
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:
I.
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tons
x
30% by weight
=
60
tons
.
2. 60 tons of ash as daily cover
is equivalent to four tractor trail-
er
loads of soil that would be
uti-
lized
as
landfill cover material.
Municipal solid waste
streams
typicall
y
contain about
5%
of
recoverable ferrous and
nonMferrous metals
.
Using our
example
,
the estimated "ferrous
and non-ferrous metal recovery
credit" wouJd be: 1. 200 tons x
5
.%
metal

IO
tons ferrous/non-
ferrous
metal.
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anal
y
sis conclude
s
that using the
Dutchess
C
o
unty
Resource
Recovery Ag
e
ncy's waste
-
to-
cnergy facility pro
v
ides a valu-
able
,
environmentally superior
waste
di
s
po
s
al
solution
.
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an
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are
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as the ear abnonnulities that underlie the children's
deafness
.
The CDC's Jennita Rcefhuis
,
principal author of
the study
,
had
some encourngmg news
.
She said
the
results do no
_
t mean cochlear implants
are
too
risky for the young
.
"It'
s
important for people to
remember that cochlear implants can do wonderful
things for children,
"
she said
.
"Those who
are
deaf
can
learn to sing songs and to speak.."
While hopes for
future
,
risk free implants remain,
By
AL£XANDER TINGEY
Health
Editor
LOW
F
AT DIET PROVES
NO
HEL
P
CU
R
BING
CANCER
I
N
ELDERLY WOMEN
Low
fal
J1
ts
fail
to
curb th l'rogress of cancer
,n
the cldcrl
a
new report filed February 7th by
the AP RetcarChm
1uuon
the
populal:lon
not
10
IP
up
1bcu
healthy
ting
bah1
JUSI yet as
the
111IIJl'"led
that
the
women
m
the
oag
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ng
,tudy "
h
62 may
5tanedlhcirhcal
didn reduu
anJIIJOlt
tor
or cancer
ems
s
}
found that '"Wlll
low
fat dJCb
had
no
~
on
colon
anJ
brea,t
cancer
The
541 S
nulhon dol-
lar study
"'u nol m V'IID as
rs
point
to
mmor
rtduct
on
ID
bra.st
cancn-, bean di.seasc:
and
colon cancer
ID
the
women
who
at a
low
fat
diet
for
the
long t tune po551ble 'The eight-
year tudy showed no difference m the rate
of
blC8ll
cancer.
colon caru.:cr .and hdU1 di
moos
lho5C
who
ate lower
I
diets and
those
who
d1dn'L
The
lud .... llarted before
the
steps can be taken to help prev
e
nt the infection
today
.
The FDA rec
o
mmends that
y
oung implant
patients should
be
monitored for
s
igns
o
f the
so
me-
time fatal infection of the fluid surrounding the
brain and spinal
cord
.
Be
yo
nd m
o
nuorin
g coc
hlear
implant patients for sign
s
of menin
g
iti
s,
which
include high fever and
a s
tiff n
ec
k
,
the FDA also
recommends the
c
hildren rec
eive
the proper
v
acci-
nations
.
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Students share true feelings about Valentine
'
s Day
By
MI
C
HA
E
L MAYF
IE
LD
Features Edito
r
How do M
a
ri
s
t studen
ts
fe
e
l about
V
al
e
ntine
'
s Day?
People have always had mixed feelings about
Valentine's
Day.
Some love the holiday and cele-
brate to the fullest, while others hate the commer-
cialism
and
don't celebrate at
all
So, how does
Marist feel about this apparently
controversial
hol-
iday?
Jess Ca
mpili
a
ng
o
..
When it comes down to it. I love Valentine's
Day,
even though
I've never
bad
a Valentine.
I'm
a hope
l
ess romantic and
every•
one
wants
to feel specia
l
every
now and again, and even
if
r
dont have a Valentine, just the idea of the day male
es
me happy.
I
don't
think.
it needs to be commercialized, like
I
don't look
at
it like
I
have to
get
something;
just
having
a
Va
l
entine, and
spending time with
each
other. There
are
ways to
show
some-
one they are special without buying them stuff."
Happy
Valentine's
The answer is really quite varied among students,
ranging from the
"I
love Valentine's Day.
Everyone wants
to
feel
special
every now and
again," to simply
"I
don't care for
it
much," and
everything
in between.
Junior Tom Willoughby shares the
view
of most
when he said, "it's pretty nice, but I don't like
peo-
ple who think should
be
a huge deal. I also think
that
if coup
l
es truly cared for one another they
shouldn't feel like they need to prove their love on
Va
l
entine's Day just because Hallmark says so."
Kim Mc.Eathron took a more sentimental
approach
saying ..
it should really just be about
writing
someone
you
love
a
letter
in
a card.
spend-
ing time with
them
and giving
them
a hug."
Regardless of what people think: about
Valentine's Day,
most
people do not know
how
the
holiday originated. So, where did Valentine's Day
come from?
VaJentine's Day is thought to originate from a
priest who became a martyr around AD 270. He
had fallen in love with his jailor's daughter and
signed
his letters
''from
your Valentine." Also, the
Roman
festival
of Lupercalia, held in mid-
February, that celebrates the coming of
spring,
includes a lottery where men and women arc
paired-off.
In later years, Pope Gelasius I changed
Lupercalia lo SL Valentine's
Doy. The dny is
linked to
Cupid,
Roman God of Love, and with
birds,
along
with
their association
with
peace,
who..-l!llllfng
season
W1Sllflrogh1
to
11>n
wt11llll
thismlrntl1.
It
wasn't
until
the
1800s though, that fonnal
cards
and messages were printed commercially
here
in
the United States.
While VaJentine's
Day
can be
very
mushy and
cheesy, is
all become
part
of the ambiance of the
holiday.
Kim
McEa
ibron
"'1
feel
that people get pressured to
go
all
out
and
buy their
boyfriend or gir
l
friend
expensive
stuff
ti.kc
c
h
oco
l
ates, jewe
l
ry,
s
tu
ffed an
i
mals, ba
ll
oons,
fl
owers and everything, when
I think
it
s
h
o
ul
d
rea
ll
y
just be abo
ut
writi
n
g
so
m
eo
n
e
you love a
l
etter
in
a card
and
spe
n
ding time wi
t
h them and givi
n
g them a hug."
Criltl
n
a Ce
rul
o
"I
think
it's a day that people
get
to
tell
ones they care about
that
they
love them
l
ike
their
boyfriend
or girlfriend,
fami
l
y and
friends. It's an occasion to tell people you love them
they
can
and they should- but on Va
l
entine's
Day
you
ca(I
tell
long
l
ost friends or
family
that you still care and hope they are doihg
we11."
Ric
h M
oo
rf
oo
t
"I like all the heart decorations
that
come with
it."
T
om Wlllou
g
bh
y
"Crap.
It
shou
l
dn't
be
any different from any other
day.
It
is
kind of nice, but I don't like people who
think
they
have to
make a huge deal. I
also
think
tha
t
if co
u
p
l
es
truly
cared for one
another they s
h
ouldn't feel like they need
t
o prove their love on
Va
l
e
n
tine's Day just becau1e Hallmark
!:IIYS so.u
NlckA
lri
1
rt
"J
don't
care for
it
much."
Ste~
en
Krill
..
lt's nice I guess. I personally don't care
that
much for
it,
but girls seem to
like it, so I don't really have a problem
with
it, I suppose. It's probably nice
if
you're
witb
your girlfriend or boyfriend. I never do anything
special
though."
A S
u
pport Group for Students Who H
a
ve Lost
A Mother, Father, Family Member or Friend.
Feeih,gllkeahurden
lo1jourfrlends?
C.,,.cem,,d
about
tallting
lo IJour
lamil'l about
a
loved
one who
has
died?
Day
Erin
R
ega
n
"'People
shouldn't need
a reason to
celebrate
bemg together.
It
shouldn't
be
more special just because of the day, and then they fill the quOIA,
you
know?
It's
sad if
you can't share it
with
anyone, but it's also sad if it's the only rught
special
between you and that
someone . .,
Worried
that
lriendscan't understand IJour
loss?
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, , A
good change
of pace from the
normal Friday night.
, ,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006
www.marlstcircle.com
-
Mike
Gelormino
Junior
PAGE7
Students tum down the
.
volume, tum
up
tpe
atmosphere
By
JAMES
Q
.
SHEEHAN
Staff Writer
It's a normal Friday
night
in
Poughkeepsie,
NY, and while
some Marist students
will
begin
their night
with
a rousing
pre-game
session and
that
humorously
touches on
e
l
ements of
life that all people
can
l
a
u
gh at
like the
trials and
tribulations
of
on-campus
employment.
Pat
Hull
bas also created a
serious side of this scene
by
.
venture off to various
pubs
and clubs around
campus, others
wilt
choose to
bead
across
:z: ::
~:o:;u~!!
'The reason I enjoy playing small
venues such as the Cubby Hole
Is
that there Is a level of Intimacy
with the audience that
Is
really
refreshing.'
bridge
and into New
Paltz
to
experience
one of
the
Mid
Hudson
Val1ey's
best
kept
secrets; live acoustic music.
-
Paul Stavish
Drummer,
Pass One
beginning with an impressive
solo act
that
is
f.ar
from
the
antics.
of Pass
the
Broccoli Grandpa.
His
incredible
atmospheric
blend
conquering the complete atten-
"The reason
I enjoy playing
tion of the audience.
small venues such as the Cub by
Junior
Michael
Gelormino
said Hole is
that
there is a level of
be experienced a connection
with the artists as he
l
istened.
"Seeing Pat Hull and
Pass
the
Brocco
l
i
Grandpa is a good
change of pace from
the
normal
Friday
night at Marist," said
Gelormino. "I also
support them because
they
'
re my friends and
I
like to support their
endeavors."
Indeed
the connection that is
emphasized
by
Ge
l
ormino
is
an
important part of this
developing
scene.
Many of the audience
intimacy with the audience that
is really refreshing," said Paul
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
members
and
feel
a
connection."
One of the many monetary ben-
efits
associated
wl.th attending
small
shows
like these are that
they
don't induce cover charges.
suggests a minimal pressure on
the audience to give what they
can and perhaps buy
a
drink.
This is refreshing as w·eu, given
that
most venues, even small
ones in Poughkeepsie,
b
V
relationships with pro-
moters, Ticketmaster,
and other e
l
ements of
the music
industry
which
are
focused
more on getting their
cut of ticket sales and
Jess on
the
music being
played.
With
the
rise of
new
singer
songwriters in
the
mainstream
such as Jack Johnson. Rufus
Wainwrig
h
t, and Damien
Rice
it
comes to
no
surprise
that
a
demand for an
underground
counterpart bas come about.
This demand coup
l
ed with the
practicality of acoustic music for
co
ll
ege students
to
create bas
started what appears to be a
promising scene.
'Seeing Pat Hull and Pass the
Broccoll Grandpa
Is
a good change
of pace from the normal Friday
night. They're my friends and I llke
to
support
their endeavors.'
know the
per-
formers per-
sonally. This
may seem
like
the start of an
elite
"gro
up
of
fans
and
-
Mich
ael
Gelonnlno
artists
pro-
The most
exci
ting
part about
this scene is that Marist students
Junior
rooting exclu-
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
sivity, howev-
have had a chance to make
their
of slick riffs and smooth vocals er this is not the case.
coffeehouse
The acoustic music
scene that
is
develop-
ing
in
Poughkeepsie is
a very exciting one
that
shows a lot of promise
mainly because of the
dedication its artists
and its audience offer.
Hopefully we can keep
the music alive by pro-
moting the
use
of these
venues and ensure that
others will
have
the
chance to relax to some
acoustic melodies with
a nice wann espresso.
Pass
the
Broccoli
Grandpa is playing on
Friday, February
17
at
claim in it Juniors Pat
Hull,
Scott
Harrison
and Paul Stavish
have
formed an acoustic act
called Pass the Broccoli Grandpa
which has lyrical subjec
t
matter
Jend themselves
well
to
the
dimly lit,
small venues whe~
his
music competes
only with
lhe
sound of the
hardworking
espresso machine
ultimately
The scene is warm,
welcoming. and open to anyone
looldng
to
enjoy
themselves.
This sentiment is echoed by the
artists
themselves.
Every Wednesday
February
1 •
A,ru
26
Must
bring
your
own guitar!
gn
up aJ College Activite
Limi
space
available!
Stavish, the
drummer
for
.Pass
the Broccoli Grundpa
~'h's great
to be able
to
look
members of the
audience in the eye when I play
Those in attendance are often
a.,kcd tu Jonah!
some
mt,ncy
in
order to
support
the continued
use of the facility, but the attitude
the
Cubby
Hole
in
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From Page Four
Bush's State of the Union: A sad state of affairs
message we convey through
these wars, now naked and unde-
niable, and still we fight (more
on Abu Ghraib in forthcoming
liberal
articles).
All
things
considered,
I
think
the clearest, most comprehensive
definition
our culture
has
ascribed the word defense is "the
abandonment of a culture's
moral integrity by combining
hasty,
irrational diplomacy with
impulsive,
extravagant resource
expenditure, derived of deep
seeded fear and cowardice-
induced
anxiety."
A
lot
all at once, for sure, but
that's precisely one of the pillar
thematic principles underlying
this new definition of defense;
Complexity. Complex,
blovious,
and arcane; admittedly so,
but
my definition
has
a
refreshingly
up-front and
unashamed quality
to it that
the
administration lacks.
The money may continue to flow
directly lDto incinerators by
the
barrel-full; the bullets shall
con-
tinue to fly, the bombs continue
to fall, the innocent shall still die,
and to the amazement of all,
nothing
will change. From our
discovery
of what exactly
a
politician means when he or she
utters
the word defense, injustice
will dwell
in
our presence, but at
least
we learned
a
new vocabu-
lary
word.
From Page Ten
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Red Foxes continue
sweep of Siena Saints
Have you been lucky enough to
have a friend help you through
a scary situation?
well" he said. "We're strong in
conference. Marist has yet to
that postion; Nikki [Flores]
lose a MAAC game at
home
this
backs
up the one and two spots.
year and has been
defeated
only
She gave us the boost we needed once all year before their home
in the second half."
crowd.
The Foxes shot 26-for-5
l
from
After winning all three games
the field while the Saints shot 20-
on their last road trip,
the
Red
for-59. The Saints, however, won Foxes
will retwn
to the McCann
the battle on
- - - - - - - - - - -
Center
for
the
charity
stripe. Siena
shot 75 per-
cent
from
the
free-throw
line, boosting
their season
'It starts with playlng good
two games.
team defense. We held them
O
O

Saturday,
26 points under their average
last time; they are second In
the league In scoring defense.'
Feb.
II, the
Foxes will
take
on
Manhattan.
percentage to
_
Brian Glorgls
The
Jaspers
73.7
percent,
Headcoach
currently
which is good
- - - - - - - - - - -
hold a 4-7
for third
in
the
MAAC.
Marist
shot 60
per
cent from the tine.
Siena was led by senior center
Whitney Cave, who scored
16
and
pulled
down eight rebounds.
Sophomore
forward
Laura
Menty was the only player to
post a double-double with 12
points
and 10 boards.
MAACrecord.
Coach Giorgis said every day
isn't a
great
shooting day.
"It
"tarts:
with
playing good
team defense" he said.
"We
held
them 26 points under their aver-
age
last
time.
They
will
get
up
and pressure you; they are
sec-
ond
in
the league
in
scoring
defense. We
had
four consecu-
tive
three's
when they
played
zone."
Every
day children
go
through
frightening
experiences
and
are
not
so
lucky
to
have
the comfort of a friend.
You can help by donating a
new teddy bear
that
will
be a friend to
a child
in
need.
Teddy bears can be dropped off
in
the SGA Office
in
the Student Center
or Fulton Townhouses lA or
2E.
Call Kaitlin at ext. 5254 or Joe at 5031
for more information.
Donations
to the
Teddy Bear Cares program
will
be made
in
memory of
JI{[
Car6uni
who
not
only
loved Teddy Bears,
but
was always a
friend
to
those
in· need.
Marist averages the highest
attendance in the
MAAC
,
aver-
aging over
1,050
guests per
game
,
the highest average
in
the
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Siena sweep continues as Red Foxes win 68-55
By
ANDY
ALONGI
Co-Sports Editor
The Marist women's basketball
program completed a season
sweep of the archrival Saints this
season,
pouncing on Siena
68-55
last Friday night.
This was Siena's first home
loss in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference
(MAAC)
this season.
After
giving up the first basket
of the game, the Red Foxes went
on a 17-1
run
that lasted until
half way through the
first
half.
The Foxes outscored Siena
33-
15.
This is the
second
time
Mari st held the opposition
to
15
points in the first half this sea-
From
Page
Eleven
son.
Marist's team defense
leads
the
MAAC
in
fewest-points-
allowed, giving up
an
average of
~2.5
points per game.
Marist was paced by the front-
court tandem of
red
shirt
sopho-
more Meg Dahlman and senior
Fifi Camara. Dahlman scored a
game-high
24
points and added
eight rebounds, w~ile Camara
added
15
points and nine boards.
Camara
leads
the MAAC in
scoring
with 18.5 points per
game while
shooting
51.6
per-
cent from the field. She is also
second
in
the conference in
rebounding,
tallying
eight
rebounds per game.
Dahlman was named MAAC
player of the week for the second
time in a row. This is the third
consecutive week a Marist play-
er
has
been given this prestigious
honor.
Sophomore
guard
Nikki
Flores
got her first collegiate start
in
place of red-shirt freshman
Julianne Viani. Head coach
Brian Giorgis said Viani dido
't
travel with the team due to a
virus.
Flores scored
IO
points, while
dishing five assists and making
two steals.
Coach Girogis said it wasn't a
bard decision to put Flores
in
the
line-up.
"She [Flores] bandied the ball
SEE SIENA, PAGE 8
Peacocks' 22 offensive boards haunt Red Foxes in loss
forward Ryan Stilphen executed
a
textbook pick and roll move.
By sealing off his own
man after
the pick, Stilphen gathered
Jordan's pass and had a wide-
open lane
to
the basket. He
took
two steps and punished the
rim
with
a
thunderous
two
handed
turnover on
an
errant inbounds
pass.
Hood
was able
to
corral the
ball and call
a
timeout to retain
p9ssession.
With Jordan inbounding on the
baseline, Stilphen again sealed
off his man, but this time under-
neath
the
basket.
Jordan
dunk that sent the crowd into a
launched a bounce pass to the
frenzy.
6'8
forward, who got a tricky
The two would pair up
again
reverse
layup
to
fall
and drew a
with just
11
seconds remaining.
foul.
After
seve
ral
lead changes, St.
Stilphen,
a
nonnally solid
free-
Peter's held a
73-72
lead
and throw
s
hooter,
was unable to
Marist
bad
narrowly avoided
a
make the and-one attempt, and
From Page Twelve
possession came away to the
Peacocks.
Clark dribbled into a doubJe-
team,
lost possession momentar~
ily, dribbled around another
defender, and from the right
baseline, lofted an eight-foot
floater
that
softly kissed the glass
and touched only the bottom of
the net.
With less than
a
second left,
Whittington's desperation heave
was picked off and St. Peter's
held on for the win,
75-74.
It
was the third game-winning
shot
of Clark's career.
Several Marist players
defend-
ed him throughout the night, but
their efforts were no match for
bis
superior
quickness and ball
handling skills.
Clark's 32-point effort was
impressive, but the more telling
story
was played out throughout
the game.
Saint Peter's
struggled
shoot-
ing the ball, talcing over
70
shots
and managing just
40
percent
from the field as
a team,
but
exerted
supre
me
effort rebound-
ing
the ball. Every Peacock that
saw action pulled down
an
offen-
sive
board,
as they totaled
22
in
the game.
Marist coach Matt
Brady
said
be knew his where his team
failed.
''This game was won [by St.
Peter's], because
they
out hus-
tled us to every
loose
·
ball," be
said. "When you give
a
team
22
more chances
to
score, they
are
going
to beat you."
[n
the
losing
effort, Stilphen
recorded his
fifth
double
double
of the season, notching
19
points
and
10
rebounds
,
while Jordan
scored
18
points and dished out
nine assists.
The Foxes
sho
t
almost 60 per·
cent as a team from the field, but
left
something to
be
desired
in
tenns of
effort
and bustle.
"We feel like we can beat any
team
in
the
league,
"
Stilphen
said after the game. "We just
have to come out and play bard."
The Red Foxes will hit the road
this Saturday, Feb.
11
to play
Niagara University at 3 p.m.
Foxes pick up 11th MAAC win corning into important two game homestand
catalyst, and
it
came through MAAC defensive player of the
against the fourth-ranked scoring year,
held
the MAAC's fourth-
offense
in
the MAAC.
ranked scorer Sabra Wrice to 13
"They
went a long
period
of
time without scoring, mid-way
through
the second half," he
said.
"T
think that helped,
because we went through a little
bit of a
scoring
drought at that
time as well.
We forced 23
turnovers and we made their
shots difficult."
Junior
Alisa Kresge.
last
yenr's-
points, much of which came
when the game was out of reach
for the Stags.
"Seven of Wrice's
13
points
came
late
when [the game] was
already decided. She hit a real
deep
three
to cut our lead
to
11
with four seconds to go," be said.
"[Wrice
)
got very frustrated,
especially in the
first
half.
because of Kresge's defense."
Kresge
finished
with eight
rebounds, seven points, four
assists, and three steals.
Camara had five rebounds to
go with
12
points
Dahlman took home her second
consecutive MAAC player of the
week honor for her outstanding
play in this game and against
Siena earlier in the week.
Giorgis said Dahlman is play-
Ing
with
a
lot of confidence
right
now, and has really stepped up
her game
as
a result of the atten-
tion Camara draws.
"She's just playing at a very
high level right now,
and
all of
her teammates
are
able to get her
the basketball where she needs to
be
effective," be ~id.
"She's
just doing
a
great job, and it
helps since Fifi is drawing so
much attention, that she
is
able to
step up and pick up some of the
slack that Fifi can't
because
of
double and triple teams."
The
Red
Foxes have some time
off before hosting Manhattan on
Saturday, Feb. 11 at 7
p.m.
at the
McCann Center. Then they host
the second-ranked team in the
MAAC, defending champions,
and pre-season number-one-
ranked Canisius on Monday
night.
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its support
in
Monday night's
crucial game.
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now, we're
in
first place
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two
games ahead of
them, alone
in
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really could use the
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of
the student body," be said.
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a real
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Marist plays
.
ODD in Bracketbuster game on ESPN 2
By
JOE FERRARY
Staff Writer
The men's basketball team will
travel to Norfolk, Virginia on
Saturday, February
18,
to take on
Old
Dominion
University
(ODU) in the BracketBuster con-
test sponsored by eBay.
The
game will be
televised
on ESPN
2at4p.m.
Head coach Matt Brady was
very excited to hear that bis pro--
gram was not only picked for this
contest,
but
to
be
televised
nationally as well.
"This is truly a great accom-
plishment not only for this
pro-
gram,
but for the entire Marist
community as well,"
Brady
said.
"In
addition, since this game is
on television it will bring a lot of
national
attentioo to our
pro-
gram. However, Old Dominion
is a good team and is a very
tough place to play in."
Brady knows all too well about
playing at Old Dominion: While
he was an assistant coach for
Saint Joseph
'S,
the team traveled
to play in Norfolk.
'1t
is
a
very difficult place
to
play," said Brady. "They have a
big arena that is very
loud
and
I
am
positive
that they
will
sell out
that
game."
The Monarchs of Old
Dominion
are
16-
7
and
9-4
in
the
Colonial Athletic Association
(CAA) which
puts
them in a tie
for
fourth
place
with
Northeastern
and
Virginia
Commonwealth.
ODU is
led
by senior guard
Isaiah Hunter, who is averaging
14.8
points and
3.0
rebounds per
game. Senior forward/center and
2004-2005 CAA Player
of
the
Year, Alex Lougbton, contributes
with
13.2
points and 7.1
rebounds per game.
The Red Foxes
c
urrently
are
14-7 overall and 8-5
in
the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC). wltich puts them
in
third place. Marist is led by jun-
ior guard Jared Jordan, who is
averaging 15.7 points and 8.6
assists per game, which ranks
second nationally.
Junior
guard
Will Whittington chips
in
14.8
points per game and redshirt
sophomore Ryan Stilphen leads
the team in rebounding with
7
.2
rebounds per game.
The concept of the
BracketBuster contest is to allow
the programs
involved
to play a
top
non-conference
team three
weeks before Selection Sunday.
Over the past few years, teams
that
have
won
these
BracketBuster games have gone
on to
play
and upset higher-seed-
ed
teams
in
the
NCAA
Tournament.
The Red Foxes, who have won
10
out of its last 13, will travel
to
take on MAAC foe Niagara on
Saturday.
Foxes fall to St. John's in first non-tournament action of year
By
NATE FIELDS
Staff
Writer
In
their first non-tournament
action of the year, the Marist's
men's tennis team fell to St.
John's, 5-2, last Sunday in
Queens.
The Foxes claimed victory
in
just one of six singles matches
but had a strong showing on the
double
s
side; taking two of three
from
the Red Storm.
Sophomore Greg Maries defeat-
ed St. Johns Jordan Talbot
6-3, 2-
6, l 0-8
for Marist's
lone
singles
victory.
"The
overall
·
score was
not
indicatiVe of our effort and per-
formance,"
bead
coach
Tim
Smith said.
"A
lot of our guys
won their first sets,
so
we bad
some very competitive matches."
In
doubles, Marist's top pair of
senior Leo Rodriguez and
junior
Pedro Genovese
handed
St.
Johns' Louis
Desmarteaux
and
Aliaksandr Svetlakov a loss, 8-6,
and junior Ray Josephs and
Marks
handled
Morgan Bauer
and Claudio
Halim
in two sets.
Smith said
be
views singles and
doubles
as two different animals.
"You
can
do
more coaching in
doubles,"
he
said. "Our doubles
teams are more knowledgeable
than some of their competition.
Doubles is more about court
po
sitioni
ng
and
technique
whereas singles is more about
pure talent."
Not to say Marist doesn't have
the talent to compete in
s
ingle
s,
because
in
their first action of the
season at the Anny Invitational,
the Red Foxes took 13 of
18
matches from players of several
schools. St. John's, however,
enrolls five times as many stu-
dents
as
Marist, and is therefore
better funded and supported. The
Red Stonn also belongs to the
Big East, one of the premier ath-
letic
conferences in the country.
Needless to say, Smith said he
sees improvement in his players.
"Our goal is to get better every
match, and
I
think we
are
doing
that," be said.
The
team bas three
upcoming
matches on the road, beginning
this Sunday against SUNY
Binghamton.
On
Feb.
20,
the
Foxes travel
to
Providence to
take on Brown University before
finishing
up
the month just down
the
Hudson
at West Point.
Despite second loss to end season, Marist is ready for MAAC Championships
By
DREW BUDD
Staff Writer
The Marist women's swim-
ming and diving ended their sea-
son with a two game losing
streak
losing
their last match of
the season to the Seton Hall
Pirates,
I
55
-
145, last Saturday
afternoon
in
the Mccann Center.
The Red Foxes got out to their
usual
quick
start by winning the
200 medley relay. The team of
senior Jackie Fountaine,
junior
Lauren
Malski,
sophomore
Jamie Fah:o
,
and
fre~hmnn
Sandra Bujalski finished with a
time of
I :48. 77
which was six~
tenths of a second behind
the
school
record.
In individual events, Falco won
the 200 freestyle in a time of
1:57.70
and
the
100 freestyle in
54.85. Fountaine took the
top
spot in the
50
freestyle with a
time of 25.09. She was also a
part of the team
that
included
fel-
low
senior Karen Fleckenstein
and juniors Victoria Fresolone
and
Kim
Koehler, who won the
200
freestyle relay.
Head
roach Larry Van
Wagner
noted
that the
past
two
losses
are
nothing
to worry about going
into the
Metro
Atlantic Athletic
Conference
(MAAC)
Championships.
"Both
losses
were non-cpnfer-
ence
losse
s,"
he said. "We have
to
focus ~till
on
ourselves and
individual performances and
then we should
be
fine."
In
diving
,
senior Meghan Duffy
once again swept the competi-
tion
by winning the one meter
and three meter events.
She
posted a score of
273.90
in the
three
meter
and
281.60
in
the
one
meter in her last match
in
the
Mccann
Natatorium.
Sophomore Melissa Mangona
took second in both event, while
Seton Hall's Ashley Frantz took
third.
Coach
Van
Wagner stressed that
while a team cannot worry about
other teams they still have to be
aware of the
stronger
ones.
"We cannot worry about other
teams," he said.
'·H0weve
r
,
Rider is a team we are worried
individuall
y
about beca4se they
are very competitive, and we just
squeaked
past
tht..'m the
la..-.1
time
we went against each other."
Senior Ashley
Johnston
was the
star
for Seton Hall. She led the
Pirates to
victories
in three
events. She won the 200 meter
butterfly with a time of
2:08.98,
the
100
butterfly
in 59.38 and the
400
individual
medley
in
4:35.71.
The five seniors who were
honored before the match on
Senior
Day
were
Duffy,
Fountaine, Fleckenstein, and
captains Trish Maxim and Jamie
Cannata.
Coach
Van
Wagner bad just a
couple of words about a few sen-
iors who are leaving the pro-
gram.
"Meghan Duffy is definitely
the most decorated in the pro-
gram," he
said.
"Jackie
Fountaine
strengthened
our
freestyle program."
With the loss, Mari.st fell to 9 -
2
overall to finish the season.
The Red Foxes will travel to
Baltimore on February
16 -
18
where they'll
try
to win their
third straight MAAC title.
Although Pilewski barely missed school record, Foxes end season with win over Seton Hall
By
DAVID HOCHMAN
Staff Writer
Saturday, Feb.
5
did not simply
culminate another
winning
sea-
son
in
the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
for Marist's men's swimming
and diving team. Coach Larry
Van Wagner said the
last
dual
meet of the
regular
season
capped the careers of
four
suc-
cessful swimmers.
Senior Day recognized the con-
tributions
made by
Kevin
Connors, Alec
Troxell
,
Joe
Pilewski,
and Kevin
Bobenchik.
"It's
a culmination.
an
ending
point," VanWagner said. "Jn
most cases, this culminates
the
final
four
years of their careers,
because there is no professional
league for
our
sport. So J've
taken it upon myself to make
sure
they realize their full
poten-
tial
in
this short time."
Connors and Trax.ell captained
the team
all
season and realized
their
potential.
After defeating
the
Seton
Hall
Pirates, 161·127
,
Connors said,
"As
a freshman and sophomore,
you never think you're going to
be there. Knowing that it's mine
and Alec's team makes
it
that
much more important."
Connors swam with
the
200
medley
and the
200
freestyle
relay
teams,
which
both
garnered
second
place
finishes. He also
took
third
in the
200
backstroke
with a time of
I
:58.60 behind his
teammates, juniors Dan Garaffa
and
Brandon Youse.
Pilewski did
not
just swim his
last race at Marist, but he also
sang
his
final national anthem
before
a
competition at Marist.
The next to
last
meet of bis fresh-
man year, a teammate asked
Pilewsk.i to sing the anthem
before they started
swimming,
and he has kicked off meets the
same way ever since.
On
Senior
Day, Pilewski
's emotions
were a
little
different than usual.
"It
was a little bittersweet this
timet
he
sai<I.
Another bittersweet moment
for Pilewski came
in
the 200 but-
terfly. He finished in
1:52.91
,
ahead of junior Nick Chevalier,
who clocked in at
I
:56.39.
"I
got touched out and
I
was
ticked off." Pilewski said of his
momentary fit of anger after the
race.
"I
missed the school record
by three-tenths and was upset.
But
I
don't want to be known
as
they
guy
who flips out,
so
I
cooled down.
I
went and
talked
to my tc:ammates ancl realized it
was still a
good
race even though
it didn't feel like it."
Pilewski has one more chance
for the school record.
"I'm
going to break it, that is,
as
long
as
Kevin [Connors] does-
n't break it first," he said light-
heartedly.
The men finished the
sea-
son
9-1
and
will
bead into the
MAAC Championships on Feb.
15.
Thanks to St. Peter's second half surge and Keekee Clark's hot play, Peacocks snap Foxes' eight game win streak
By
NATE
FIELDS
Staff
Writer
Fans packed into
the
Mccann
Center
last
Thursday night and
witnessed a basketball game for
the
ages.
The Marist men
played
host to
Saint Peter's and national
fifth
leading
scorer Keydren Clark.
The
Peacocks
eventually
escaped with a
75-74
victory, but
not
before some of the most
exciting basketball this season.
Clark wasn't the only feature
guard on the floor, as Marist's
Jared Jordan came into the game
second in the nation in both
assists per game and minutes
played. With two such dynamic
playmakers on
the
floor, the
game was destined to be a battle.
Clark and
Jordan
seemed to be
somehow involved in every big
play
that
their teams
had.
Clark
created his own shots, and when
Jordan couldn't find a seam or
an open
look,
be was extremely
effective passing the
ball.
quick
to
respond
,
however,
using
Despite
a
slow start by
Jordan
,
a
nifty
move on a drive for a
the Foxes came out strong
to
layup and then draining a deep
start the game,
building
a
19-10
three-point shot on the Foxes'
lead. But each time they tried to
next
possession to
keep his team
pull away, Clark was quick
to
in the
game.
answer.
Clark and Spann got
back
at
it
The
Peacocks scored on four of and combined
to put
the
their next five possessions, cour-
Peacocks
up by
seven
with
just
tesy of three Clark three-pointers over six and a
half
minutes
and a basket
by
guard Kevin
remaining before Jordan's back-
Spann.
court
mate and
long range
sniper
With
less
than a minute junior Will Whittington got
remaining in
the
first half,
involved.
Jordan was
involved
in
a
scary
Whittington bad not
scored
collision with St. Peters' Tim since
the
first
three
minutes of
Spitler, and was taken
to the
the game, but
keyed
an
11-3
locker
room. Clark missed a
half
Marist
run
with two deep threes.
court heave by inches to end the
After senior Carl
Hood
drained
half with the Foxes clinging to a
two free
throws
to
tie the game
38-36
lead.
at
67,
Whittington was fouled
The teams traded baskets for
and made one of two from the
the firs't five minutes of the
sec-
ond half, until Clark knocked
down two free throws and a
three-point field goal while the
momentum seemed to shift in
favor of St. Peter's. Jordan was
line to give Marist
the
one point
advantage.
Clark answered with a
quick
jump shot, but Jordan was not to
be outdone.
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to
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Foxes upset first place Gaels in big win
By
GABE PERNA
Staff
Writer
Marist bead coach Matt Btady
knows winning in a hostile envi-
ronment on the road
is
tough
against any Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
opponent.
But
winning on the
road
is
especially tough when
you
are
playing the first place
Iona Gaels.
Yet on the strength of superb
performances
from
juniors
James
Smith and Jared Jordan,
the Marist Red Foxes made a
statement and
upset
the Gaels at
the
Hynes
Athletic Center, 87-
81,
this past Sunday
On the heels of a
last
second
heartbreaking loss to Saint
Peter's, where an eight game win
streak was snapped, the Red
Foxes were looking
to
rebound
in a big way.
'We lost to Saint Peter's where
we could have won the game,"
Coach Brady said.
"In
a way, that
Saint Peter's game could be an
awakening for
us.
Because now
we know it doesn't matter what
we've done in the past games.
J
am
thankful for the win.
I
think
we can move forward, and
if
we
keep playing to this
level
,
then
we have a
good
team."
After
dominating
the majority
of the first
half,
the Foxes saw a
15 point lead dwindle to a
sing
le
point, 78-77, with just less than
two minutes to play. However,
in what turned out to be
a
game
changing play, red-shirt sopho-
more Ryan Stilphen drained a
clutch
three-point field
goal and
gave the F6Xes a four point
lead
,
81-77,
as
the shot clock expired.
The shot took the wind out of
the Gaels' proverbial sails and
gave Marist enough energy to
finish
out the game. Junior Will
Whittington and Jordan drained
key free-throws to ice the victory
and send Iona players and head
coach Jeff Ruland home dis-
pleased.
"We
don't play good basketball
if we
give
pp 65 PiC,rcent sh,)oting
from
the
floor
in
the ftn;t half,
that's
why we put ourselves
in
a
hQ.le," Ruland said. "Kudos
to
Marist; they played a great game
and beat us on the boards."
The Foxes came out firing on
all cylinders while
bitting
65 per-
cent
from
the field in the first
half. At one point, the
Red
Foxes
flexed a 15-point lead
with
their
play, keeping the entire crowd
quiet as a mouse. Smith especial-
ly came
prepared
to play as he hit
four three-pointers and scored
24
of his 27 overa11 in the first half.
Coach Brady said be was cer-
tainly impressed with Smith. He
was, however, not surprised with
Smith's ,PCrfonnance since he
considers him one of the more
talented players in the
league
.
"
I
am not surprised that James
performed that well, because
be
has a lot of natural ability," he
said.
"In
the first half, James
played
as
well as he can probably
play
on
offense.
As
he gets a lit-
tle older and
is
in the program a
little longer, he's going to
learn
that be can do that on
both
ends."
While Smith was lighting
up
the
basket
,
Jordan
was putting
forth another excellent
perform-
ance of his own, as he was a
rebound away from a triple-dou-
ble. While
be
put
up
16 points,
more impressively be
led
the
team in assists with 15 and
rebounds
with nine.
"Tha
t's
the way
J
have been
playing all along;
I like
to
get
people the ball,"
Jordan
said.
"Growing up, that's the best way
to play.
I
was always the younger
guy, and to get
people
the ball,
well they want to play with you.
I
mean
I
love seeing 15 assists;
the
16
points
I
really don't
care
about."
A big factor in the Red Foxes
win against the Gaels was their
improving upon giving up sec-
ond chance
points
from the Saint
Peter's
game.
Against
the
Peacocks, the Red Foxes gave up
22
offensive rebounds and 24
second chance points. They only
gave up nine offensive rebounds
and six second chance ooints
last
Sunday.
"Giving
up
second
chance
points and offensive rebounds
has been something of an
Achilles heel for our team,"
Brady said. "We
drill
it,
but
to
me, it's a mentality. We
are
not
the fastest, most athletic
team
and we've got to guard a certain
area of the court and against
Saint Peter's we did not
do
that.
We've worked on that and will
continue to work on it."
Despite losing in the
final
sec-
onds to Saint Peter's, Brady said
that
be does not reflect back on
the past close losses his team has
suffered.
"I
tell
you what, I'd like to go
back and play the Seton Hall
game, the Ohio University
game,"
he
said.
"That's
college
athletics. You're going
to lose
some games that maybe you
sh'ould win. Should we have
some more wins? No doubt
about it. But every team
in
the
league can say that, so we're not
worried about what we can't
change."
The win gives the Red Foxes
nine victories in the
last
ten con-
tests
and keeps them tied for
third
place (8-5)
in
the MAAC
with St. Peter's. Marist has an
overall record 14-7.
Marist will begin a three-game
road trip, starting with Niagara
University this Saturday, Feb. 11
at
3
p.m.
Foxes' defense catalyst in road win
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Layout
Staff
The Mari st women's basket-
ball
team
defeated Fairfield
59-
48 on the road last Sunday,
improving its record to 16-5
and
11-1
in Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC).
The Red Foxes came out
strong to start the second half
pushing its lead to double-dig-
its
on
freshman
Julianne
Viani
and senior Kristen Vilardi's
baskets.
Once Marist got the
lead
head, coach Brian Giorgis said
he wanted the team Went to a
spread offense and simply
managed the clock.
~e bad one run where
Julianne Viani hit a three and
then followed it
up
with anoth-
er basket and an assist
to
Smrdel early in the second
half, and then Kristen Vilardi
made a big three that got
us
into
the double-digit
lead,"
he
said.
''Then,
we continued to
find Meg Dahlman and Fifi
[Camara], and once we get it to
that point, we kind of go into
our spread offense where we
run the shot clock down and go
into some sets late, try to uti-
lize
the clock
in
the
last eight
to
IO
minutes of the game, and
I
thought we did
that
pretty
well."
According to Giorgis, the
Red Foxes failed to
play
up to
its potential
in
the first half,
which bad a lot to do with for-
mer Marist men's basketball
head
coach
•s
daughter
Maureen Magarity's scouting
as an assistant coach for
Fairfield.
"I
thought
Fairfield executed
their scout pretty well," he
said.
"They
know
us
pretty
well with Maureen Magarity
on their staff She knows the
tendencies of our kids and
sniff
In
the
first
half, it was
nip and ruck the whole way,
and
I
don't think we were play-
ing as well as we could, but
that may have been due
to
bow
well they knew our tenden-
cies."
Giorgis also added, "We did-
n't play well,
but
we didn't
play poorly either ... we would
have liked to have played
bet-
ter, but that's a credit to
Fairfield·and what they did."
The first half, according to
Giorgis, was a
"batt
le
of the
big kids," so the
difference
maker in the second half was
Viani and Vilardi getting bot
starts followed by a balanced
scoring attack throughout the
half.
"Their leading scorer was
their
big
kid
[Baendu
Lowenthal,
14
points], and our
leading scorers were our big
kids (Dahlman,
16 points
and
Camara,
12
points]," be said.
"I
think part of the difference
[in the game] was how well
Julianne
got off in the second
half and Vilardi making a
big
three. We had some nice
bal-
ance down the stretch
outside
of Meghan and Fifi. We had
three or four kids with seven
points a piece."
As Giorgis
has
said all year,
the Red Foxes' defense is its
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