Marchers
iri NYC protest House
bill HR
4437
By
JA
MES MARCO
NI
.N
ews Editor
The
immi
gra
Li
on
d
eba
t
e wh
i
ch
b
as spa
rk
e
d
public protes
t
s
acr
o
ss the nation reached New
York City on April I. The Great
Wa
l
k
in
Solidarity
wit
h
Immigrants drew thousands of
people i
n
a march which began
a
t th
e Brooklyn Bridge and
en
d
ed at the federa
l
office build-
ing in lower Manhattan
,
ence and the walk was opposi-
tion to HR 4437, a bill which
would crimina
l
ize illegal immi-
gration and those who aid illegal
immigrants to the Un
i
ted States.
One Marist student
,
freshman
Diana Olivarez
.
attended the
walk. She said that this particu-
lar issue is close to home for her,
as
her parents and many peop
l
e
from
her family and community
are immigrants.
"A lot of my family and com-
munity would be affected
,
"
Olivarez said,
"
apart from the
fact that
I don't think it's fair. It
will affect
i
mmigrants as a
whole.·•
family back
in their home cowi-
tries,
i
llegal immigrants actually
pay taxes, which puts a furt
h
er
drain on their income. HR 4437
would onJy add to these prob-
lems by alienating people who
are willing to aid
ill
egal immi-
grants.
"If
they help immigrants in any
way, [the governme
n
t] would
make that a crime.
It would real-
ly mess up their [immigrants
'
]
lives ... deny them basic adult
needs," said Olivarez.
The Great Walk in Solidarity
with Immigrants, according to
Olivarez, was a way in which
people could protest what they
see as an inhumane bill
.
Coming
together towards a common goal
had
a bond
i
ng effect, she said.
Protesters gathered at the end
of t
h
e route to listen to a press
conference given by NY Senator
Reverend Ruben rn
.
az, the New
York
Hispanic
Clergy
Orga
n
ization
,
Radio
Vision
Christiana lnc., C.O.N.L.I.C.O
.
Confraternity
of
R~ligious
Leaders of New York, among
other speakers.
The unifying
theme behind both the confer-
Olivarez said that HR 4437 is a
bill which would adversely
affect immigrants' qual
i
ty of life,
mentioning the hardships that
they endure
.
She said that
beyond sending money earned to
"Everyone was wiited, talking
to each other [about this issue]
,"
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,
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Thou
sa
nds
of
peop
l
e
m
arched f
rom th
e
B
rooklyn
B
ridge
to
lower
Manhattan on
Apr1I1
In
prot
est
of
HR 4437,
a
blll that
would m
a
k
e Illega
l
I
mm
i
gration and aidi
ng
Illegal Immigran
ts
federal
fe
lonl
es
.
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after devastating fire
SEMS evaluation available online
By ALEX PANAGI0T0POULOS
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largely unfoun<leJ.
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By
COURTNEY KRETZ
Co Editor-in-Chief
The Marist Office of
lm
t
liluti
o
nal
Research
and
Plann
in
g (OrRP) has posted
their annual Student Evaluation
of Marist Services (SEMS) sur-
vey onlinc. for
the first time.
Each year, for over a decade,
the OIRP has conducted this
survey
to
gauge the campus
services offered to students.
These services dining, security
,
parking, advising. coun_seling,
and check cas
h
ing s«!rV'ices.
S
u
bjec~ like Marist «cultural-
ly" and "socially", as well
as
student life are also included in
the survey.
This year, rather than admin-
istering the survey to a random
samp
l
e
of
classes, the
OIRP has
opened the survey
to
all stu-
dents in an online fonnat, so scale of very satisfied to very
"
everyone has an opportunity to
dissatisfied.
get their voice heard."
Throughout the survey there
From Wednesday, Mar. 29
through Wedn"'day
.
Apr 19
.
the anonymous survey will be
are various comment sections,
where students
are encouraged
to comment on services they
are
both
satisfied and dissatis-
availab
l
e
at
http
://
www.marist.edu/
i
r
/
satis-
fied with.
fact
i
on.
According to Victoria Mulle
n
,
The survey, which takes al;,out Director
Of
i
nstitutional
15
min-
Research
uJes
10
'The more expllclt a student can
a
n
d
c_omplete
,
be, the more helpful they are. We
P
l
anning,
::;;.,
0~
wa
nt as much feedback as possl
-
;i~in~
0';;;'.
services
ble
.'
offered by
Marist.
Students
are able to
rank
the importance of the serv-
ice, on a scale of very important
to non-important
,
and their sat-
isfaction of the service, on a
meat sec-
tions
is
-
V
i
cto
ri
a
M
ulll
n
extremely
vey.
Dir
ect
o
r,
OIRP
important
to the sur-
"We cannot do anything if
you are dissatisfied [with a
service], if you don't tell us
why," she said. "The more
explicit a student can be~ the
more he
l
pful they are. We want
as much feedback as poss
i
ble."
Results from the '5urvcy nre
reported
to
upper level adminis-
tration by the OIRP
to
target
p
r
oblem areas and celebrate
s
u
ccesses.
After
rece
i
ving the
SEMS results, each office care-
fully pinpoints areas that may
need
improveme
n
t and looks
for ways to enhance their serv-
ices.
.
Several serv
i
ce improvements
which have come about
as a
direct result of the SEMS sur-
vey
are dining hall hours of
operation, and the coordination
improvements
betwee
n
Housing and Physical Plant
regard
i
ng student generated
work tickets.
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,
PAGE 7
Erin Quinn urges open discussion of same-sex marriage issue
By
CLAIRE SEMDER
C
i
rcle Contributor
Lack of diversity breeds igno-
rance, and at Marist College it
hinders the open discussion of
sensitive issues.
Erin Quinn, an award-winning
journalist from the New Paltz
Tirqes, has the courage to fight
the ongoing battle to open
closed-minds, yet is afraid of
somet
h
ing most people living on
the Hudson do every day.
"I'm afraid of driving over the
bridge, so just gett
i
ng here
ton
i
ght was an accomplishment,"
she said.
Quinn carried a message with
her as she drove over the Mid-
H
udson Bridge. During her
speech, she delivered an intimate
portrayal of the national news
story of Mayor Jason West's trial
over marrying same-sex couples
to a crowded
room of captivated
stµdents. The speech was given
in
the Henry Hudso
n
room in
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Monday, March
27,
exact
l
y two years and one month
after the
l
ast couple was married.
Shawn McClain, President of
Pi
S
i
gma A
l
pha, the political sci-
ence honor society, which was
one of the speec
h
's three spon-
sors, voiced why the society
be
l
ieves Quinn's p
r
esence at
Marist College
is
in
tegral.
"The New Paltz same
-
sex
marriages
occurred a little over
two years ago, which we kind of
see as hitting close to home and
Marist students should be aware
of local events," he said.
Many students, upon first
hearing of Quinn's presence on
campus, did not know of her
work or of the controversia
l
acts
which happened just across the
river. As Quinn said in her
speech, which is also the topic of
her
book,
''Pride and Politics
,
"
it
is a "big story in a small town."
Quinn was grateful for the
inv
i
tation from Marist Co
ll
ege in
order to have "a night away from
the kids." However, according to
Michael Rapoport
,
a
junio
r
member of
Pi Sigma Alpha, it
was Marist that benefited from
her presence.
.. I think that her message
shou
l
d be spread furthe
r
on the
Marist campus, in that
I
think
there should
be a greater empha-
sis on debate and discussion of
important contemporary po
li
tical
and social issues among the stu-
dent body," he said.
Brian B
u
onamano, t
h
e
President of the Marist Lesbian
Gay Straight All
i
ance, another
s
p
onso
r
of the event, also
be
l
ieved that the presence of
Quinn on campus would help to
foster open discussions.
"We have a labguage prob
l
em
here at Marist, where the term
'gay' is dominated by negative
connotatio
n
s and the te
rm
'fag' is
often used regu
l
arly," he said.
''T
h
ese kinds of campus-wide
issues
can
only be addressed
through direct knowledge and
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confrontation.
It is through these
kinds of speakers that a better
campus envi
r
onment can
be
achieved."
Pi Sigma Alpha, according to
McClain, likes to sponsor any
politically
motivated
event,
regardless of what side of the
polit
i
ca
l
spectrum it falls. This
year's speech is
an
extens
i
on of
the event hosted by the society
last year, when Major Jeff
McGowan (ret.) spoke about his
book,
"Major Co
n
flict,
"
and his
e,cperience as a gay
man in the
..Don't Ask, Don't Tell" mi
l
itary.
During Q
u
inn's speech, she
spoke about the opponents who
transcended on New
Paltz
during
the trial of West from the
Reverend Fred Phelps to the
Libe
rt
y Counci
l
, a group of
lawyers from Florida who vie for
the rei
n
tegration of Church and
State.
"I've never had my stomach
turned like
I did when they came
to town," said Quinn.
Rapoport found great meaning
in the lengths that the opponents
of same-sex marriage went to
during their protes
t
of the events
in New Paltz
.
'The way she described the
tactics they used
-
s
u
c
h
as
exp
l
oiting young c
h
i
l
dren for
their cause
-
really demo
n
strates
the hypocrisy of the claim of
moral s
u
periority made by oppo-
nents of same-sex marriage," he
said.
Although the district atto
rn
ey
is no longer pursuing prosecution
of West, the charges were not
dropped, and New York does not
recognize any of the same~sex
m;uriages West performed.
Quinn, although open
l
y on the
side of same-sex marriage,
was
still objective e
n
ough
to
see that
even
in
her hometown of New
Paltz there was not a unanimous
fee
l
ing towards the marriages.
'There we
r
e hundreds of
Jason supporters," she said.
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l
ook at last
F
riday's
performa
n
ce by nationa
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-
ly acclaimed band 0.A.R.
P
AGES
"There was great support, and
I
mean, a
great sense of pride ..
.
Peo
pl
e
l
ike to think of it
as
a
utop
i
a ... but we're a mongrel,
th
ere were many people opposed
to the marriages who showed up
as we
ll
."
Even though there was no pro-
nounced vic
t
ory for the same-sex
marriage
movement,
Buonamano sees hope in the
future,
as
Quinn's words w
i
ll
help "bridge" the gap of silence
on the Marist campus.
'The fact that there are com
-
muni
t
ies out there
beginning
to
r
ecognize the injus
t
ice carried
aga
i
nst the homosexual commu
-
nity is a great step forward, an
d
luckily
I
think we are o
n
the right
side of history," he said.
"It
is my
hope that in con
t
inuing wit
h
events such as these, the Maris
t
campus wi
ll
not only develop
to
l
erance, b
u
t u
lt
ima
t
ely tota
l
acce
p
tance of those who are
di
f
-
ferent."











































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THURSDAY, APRIL 6,
2006
www.marlstclrcle.com
Security Briefs:
Strolling
down memory
lane
Dear Reader,
John
"
The Wizard" Gildard was
unable to connect with Security Briefs
writer Brian Sabella this week.
We
are running briefs from October of
2003 courtesy of the Ghost of Security
Briefs Past.
The Briefs will return next week.
9/29/03
There was a hit and run accident in
the Upper Hoop Lot at 12:50 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon. The victim, a
I 995 black Chevy, suffered a pushed
in
rear passenger bumper. The town
to
Talmadge
Court at 4:35 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon.
After the
smoke had dissipated, the patented
burnt food on
the
stove was found to
be the culprit. Students were worried,
though, when fire trucks didn't arrive
on the scene immediately. Once they
got there
,
the firefighters apologized
saying
,
"Sorry, we: had never
beard
of
Talmadge before."
9/29/03
A
1997 purple
Geo was the next car
to receive damage on Wednesday. At
7:20 p.m. in the Riverview
Lot,
the
police
were
notified. The
Chevy obvi-
ously felt vio-
lated
,
but you
know
,
some
cars like to
- - - - -
-
-
-
- -
- -
-
-
-
vehicle
was
found with its
passenger
side
front
fender
and
Two males In Mldrlse were stopped when
the entry officer on duty heard clinking
and noticed "two large bulges In the
front crotch area of the students."
door scraped
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
and
dented.
have things pushed into their rear
bumpers. At
least
that's what I hear .
The
town
police didn't understand
why the owner was so upset. "It's a
purple Geo. Dog crap can be poured
on it, and it would be an improve-
ment." Note: Not an actual police
quote
.
9/29/03
.
9/29/03
The- most ex!eiring event
cif
tne
WeCk
happened at 10:
15
p.m. in the
man once, and they can do
it again.
9/30/03
The
fire alarm was set off in
Townhouse
C at 9:50 p.m. Thursday
evening. The fire ctepartment came,
and discovered that grease on
the
stove was
the
cause. Wow, someone
must really have a beef with Olivia
Newton
John.
Roy's Alcohol
Fantasy
Beat
Reflection:
This was the first time in
my memory here at Marist that there
was not even one alcohol
related
inci-
dent during
the
course of a week.
I
knew it would be a slow weekend with
the
parents here and all
,
but none
is
surprising. As campus editor,
I
would
And
from September
1997 ...
9/14/97
2:00a.m
-
Two males in Midrise
were stopped when the entry officer
on duty
heard
clinking and noticed
"two large bulges in the front crotch
area of the students
.
" The bulges were
Rolling Rock beers, which were con-
fiscated.
12:4S
p.m -The
Fire Alarm was
sounded in Dyson while Alpha Sigma
Tau sorority was blowing up balloons
with
a
helium
tank
for
their
Preference
Party.
9/13/97
1:55
a.m. -
Two students and their
guests had alcohol confiscated when
they walked into Leo with six bottles
and
14
cans of beer clinking in their
like
to com-
mend every-
one's efforts
that
helped
make
this
poss i b
I
e
Good
work
... Teddy Ruxbln! That bear has been plot-
ting his revenge on mankind for over a
decade now. Let•~ Just hope we can find
him
before he strikes again.
backpacks .
The
visitors
were made to
stay the night
in order to
sober up, and
sent home the
guys,
now
let's try for two in a
row!
next morning.
Prediction: Rather than telling you the
dorm that you should Start this week-
en
'
d, J am going to t'Cll yon the song
that
I believe will be the next big
9/
13
&
9/
14/97
-
There were two
incidents
Or
Unhea.Tth
)'.
'
alcOhOI
con-
W'rrf'piion
.
80th
ril!d€
shtdent
s-
were
sent to the hospital to be treated.
Less than an hour later in the
McCann parking lot, there was anoth-
er incident.
At l :35 p.m. a 1999 grey
Honda had
•
its driver s-ide rear fender
denttdt.d
"hror iaceident was not seell
;
and no note was left. A dead end
right? Wrong! After going to the scene
of the crime
T
noticed something very
peculiar; there was some brown fur
next to the car. See, this was no car
that bit the Honda. No, it was some-
thing else entirely. The brown fur
found at the scene was none other than
the fur of ... Teddy Ruxbin! That bear
has been plotting his
revenge
on
mankind for over a decade now. Let's
just hope we can find him before be
strikes again.
Donne
11
y
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party
song
on campus.
Hey
why
not? This is
my
space
and
I
can do
what
I
want.
9/29
parking lot.
A
sec u r
i
t y
guard stum-
bled upon a
parked Nissan
that
didn't
The Fire Alarm was sounded In Dyson
while Alpha Sigma Tau s
o
rority was blow-
ing up balloons with a helium tank for
their Preference Party.
look
quite
right. Upon further
investigation
,
it
was found that the vehicle had flour
dumped on the windshield,
marshmal-
lows stuffed under the door
handles,
and marshmallows skewered over
the
antenna
like
a shish kabob. Don't
worry
,
I
have already made a call to
Ray, Venkman, and Egon
.
They have
The
song
that
I
think will be getting
e
veryone's
booty bouncing is Andre 3000's "Hey
Ya!" It's a fun
loving
song with a great
beat. Not to mention, the video is hys-
terical. So
if
you haven't heard it,
check
it
out. Runner
up
song: "Cry Me
a River.''
The fire department made a trip over defeated the Stay Puft Marshmallow
9/12/97
2:11
a.m, -
The fire alarm in Champagnat was
sounded after 40 one inch fire crack-
ers went off in the fourth floor stair-
well. The perpetrator was not caught.
Several obscene phone calls have
beenm made to numerous rooms from
both on and off campu
s.
Head of
Security, Joe Leary stated that off
campus calls are hard to trace but they
will call the police and phone compa-
nies. If made from on campus
,
the call
can be traced.
Friday,
April
7
Comedy Club: Robert Kelly
9
PM,
Cabaret
Saturday April
8,
Six Flags Trip
Bus leaves Donnelly 8 AM
Tickets: $20
Thursday, Aprll
13
Classes end at
6:15
P.M.
Friday, April
14-17
Easter/Passover Holiday
Monday, April 17
Residence Halls open at
10
A.M.
Classes Resume at
6:30
P.M.
Thursday, April 20
Barry Drake: Rock
in
the
60s
9
PM,
PAR
Friday, April 21
'
Movie: King Kong
9
PM,
PAR
Saturday, April 22
Movie: King Kong
9
PM,PAR
Wednesday, April 26
Coffeehouse: Scott Celani
9
PM PAR
Personacards
11-3 PM in
Champagnat
Breezeway
Disclaimer:
The Security Briefs
are
inlmded as
sallre
and fully
pro1ec1ed
fre
e
sp
e
ech
under lhe Firs/
Amendmenl of1he Constilution.
April Fool's pubic lice prank
leaves students feeling crabby
THE CIRCLE
By
ALEX PANAGIOTOPO
U
LOS
C,ampus Editor
Last week an article by the
imaginary Meg
Duhrer
ran in this space titled
"
Spread of pubic
lice
a
growing concern."
The article stated
that
§J.
Francis
hospital
had
Jiagnosed 24 students
with crabs, which spread
fro~
an
outbreak in
Midrise's second floor
laundry room.
The article said hospital
workers were
braced
for
the next waves of the
itchy
sexually transmitted
Condition
,
led by venereal
disease
expert
"Dr.
Richard Sirloin."
and he just wrote, 'Not yet
,'
and stopped answering. I
had
.
just taken a
nap
in my room-
mates' bed."
dents, would
be
held
in
the
Nelly Galetti Theater.
Despite all of this and the
passing of April Fool
'
s Day
two days after publica-
Congratulations, you
don't have crabs!!!
tion,
a
Midrise
Resident
Assistant
reported
having to
field
a deluge of
questions
regarding
a crabs out-
break, while the SGA
reportedly received 44
calJs from concerned
parents over the week-
end.
There is
no
crabs out-
break.
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,
it
would be impossible for
crabs or
their
eggs to
survive a trip
through
a
washing machine and
11
dryer.
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,
the
rest
of
~~~ =~en,
these
crabs sing end dance. In the
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junior said
,
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texted me
during
night class
and asked if I bad [been
itchy]
,"
she said. "J said no,
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was added that ''Ditch the
Itch,
"
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be
transmitted
through
sexual contact and
on surfaces such as toilet
seats, bedding and clothing.
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THURSDAY, APRI
L
6, 2006
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Scenic park to open in August
By
J
E
NN
IFER BU
AK
Circle Contributor
Long View Park, a $6 million
project, is expected to
be
open to
the public in August, just in time
for students returning from sum-
mer vacat
i
on.
When completed, the park wiU
offer Marist students and towns
-
people of Poughkeepsie an up-
close view of the Hudson River
and
will
be the first completed
project of severa
l
the college has
planned for the next
few
years.
Tim Massie. Public Affairs
Officer for the college said the
park will
be
worth the wait
it
has
taken to complete the project.
Massie said, "This park has
been a long time coming, and
will
help to improve the overall
look of the campus immensely."
The park was supposed to be
finished six years ago in 2000,
but has been delayed pending
governmen
t
approva
l
. Part of the
land belongs to the town and city
of Poughkeepsie,
as
the park cov-
ers six acres. While this may
sound small, the project has
taken a lot of coordination on the
part of everyone involved, said
Massie.
Marist has contributed between
$1
to $2 mimon for the park, and
the state and federal governments
have helped to match those
amounts by contributing money
wh.ich was used to fix up or
clean
different portions of the area.
The shorelines of the Hudson
River were restored to help make
the park more attractive,
as
well
as new sewer, water, and electric
lines that
n
eeded to be put in. The
entire original septic system in
the area had to be taken out and
replaced.
A new bike path and walkway
have been added for those who
want to take a scenic bike ride or
go for a walk or
run
down by the
river. A new roadway
has
been
constructed as well to allow
peo-
ple
an
easier way to access the
park, and new parking areas have
been added, said Massie.
Marist sophomore Lindsay
Kelly expressed her enthusiasm
for the idea.
"I'm excited about it," said
Kelly.
"It
will be a nice place to
go for walks and e
n
joy the river
.
"
A gazebo has also been con-
structed for those who wish to
picnic down by the river to help
make the area more beautiful.
"It really will be a beautiful
park," said Massie
.
"We're really
looking
forward
to
it
being
com-
pleted
for
Parent
'
s Weekend this
year sd everyone can go down
and enjoy the river together."
A
new boating dock has also
been put in for those wishing to
take their boat out on the
Hudson. However
,
no motor
boats
are
allowed to launch from
the boating dock said Massie.
The old floating docks have also
been replaced
,
with the new
floating docks being crew teams.
"We wanted
to
help make the
crew teams more noticeable,
"
said Massie. "The old floating
docks were corroding, and we
want to help the crew teams con-
tinue to be successful."
The
new floating docks
can
also
be
used to launch canoes and
kayaks by a
n
yone who wants to
Seder meal shared by Marist community
By
SA
RAH SA
N
D
S
TE
D
Circle Contributor
On a predominately Catholic
campus
,
one may find il odd to
witness over 20 individuals tak-
ing part
i.n
a
traditionally Jewish
ceremony.
On
Monday
.
April
3,
Marist
College
'
s
Campus
Ministry
sponsored its annual Passover
Seder meal. The event was host-
ed in the Presidenti!\l pining
Room,
Which. was
d~orated to
accommodate the event.
The
meal incorporated traditional
customs and prayers
as
well as
wine and symboljc food, About
25
Jewish and Christian mem-
bers of the Marist Community
partook in the traditions of the
Seder meal, while dining and
reflecting together
.
Marist Co
ll
ege Associate Dean,
Student Affairs
,
Steve Sansola,
who has led the Seder for 14
years, said that he always
expects a relatively good turnout
for the event.
"We generally
6.11
the table,"
Sansola said. "There is usually a
mixed group of students and
staff."
Sansola also said that the Seder
is not only meant for Marist's
Jewish population, but is open to
anyone who wants to take time
to
be
thankful and reflective.
"For many
,
the Seder repre
-
sents the Exodus," Sansola said,
"It
is a metaphor to go forth, and
seek out the best.
It
is a chance
to
emanc
i
pate oneself intellectu-
ally and emot
i
onally; a time of
transition and renewal . .,
Many of Marist's Jewish stu-
dents attended, and found solace
in the familiarity of the Seder.
Kaitlyn Zafonte
,
freshman,
fashion merchandising major
,
said that as a Jewish student, her
first experience
at
Campus
¼nisb):'~ Model Seder
was
very
enjoyable.
"[The Seder] was different than
at home," Zafonte said. ''There
was more explaining invo
l
ved
,
but it was nice to have something
to remind me of my family and
of home."
Similarly
,
Masha
Mitsengendler
,
senior
,
interna-
tional busi
n
ess and marketing
major, has attended a total of two
Seders at
Marist
and
said
that the
meal was enjoyable
,
but different
from her experience at home.
"At home [the Seder's] pretty
much all
'in
Hebrew and it takes a
really long time," Mitsengendler
said
.
"It usually takes hours and
hours."
Despite Mitsengendler's appre-
c
i
ation for the Seder and other
attempts Marist makes
to
accom-
modate the Jewish population,
she said that the effort should
be
increased.
Look for a greater selection of
Vegetarian, Vegan and
Gluten
Free products in the Cabaret
Including
:
Scct.lsofChangrOrganic
Salsa
Pesto and Spicy
Thai Tofu
Tofurky
Soymilk
Gluten Free Cookies
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Breads
and much more
l
Marist Dining Services
Also
look for My Brother Bobby's Salsa,
now
avai
l
able in the Cabaret.
"I
think that Marist tries to do
ted
to
my faith, but
I
think we
a lot, and they make an effort
,
"
should be open to all faiths
,
"
Mitsengendler said,
"
They do
Boyl
e
said. "We
are
all intercon-
more than other school
s,
but they
nected.
"
could do a lot more. They don't
Boyle also said that taking part
even have a Kosher meal plan, in the Seder gave him the oppor-
and there isn't really
any
organi-
tunity to learn more about bis
zations for Jewi
s
h students,
"
peers.
Jewish students and fac
u
lty
"
I
can begi
n
to understand the
were not the only people to
_
traditions and customs of my
attend the Seder.
Jewish friends
.
" Boyle said.
"It
Ruth France
s
e
,
administrative gives us all a better appreciation
as
&
jstant, advanceme11t_
1
pffi
y
1~,
of one another."
bas
ll,tti,nded tiJe Seder
for
,even
];l!~Seder meal
L>ij
/
~
wiib
Jn>-
years and said that her
that
her dition that takes place every
interest in the Jewish
faith
is
Passover to remember when the
what originally attracted her to
Hebrews were
freed
from
Egypt.
attend the meal.
At the Passover Seder meal, food
"I
wanted to
learn
more about
is served to
in
representation of a
a beautiful tradition," Francese
s
ymbolic purpose. At Marist's
said.
"As a
·
Christian,
I
wanted
Model Seder
,
a piece of
l
ettuce
to learn what my savior, Jesus
,
dipped
in
salt water
was
eaten to
did as a faithful Jew. It bas a spe-
represent
s
pringtime or renewal
,
cial meaning in many ways,
"
and the
tears
of the slaves.
Francese also said that the
Participants also ate Maror
,
or
Seder at Marist is
a
wonderfu
l
horseradish
,
to
remember
the
bit~
opportunity to connect people of temess of slavery, Haroset, a
all faiths.
mixture of chopped apples
,
nuts,
"I
needed to join in something cinnamon and wine, to symbol-
that brought us all together- not
ize the mortar used by the
in our differences, but in our Hebrew laborers in
Egypt
,
and
simi
l
arities," Francese
s
aid.
l
astly
,
Matzo
,
unleavened bread,
Furthennore, Jess Boyle, fresh-
to signify the bread that the
man
,
history major
,
said that he
Israelites ate. According to the
'
did not
want to
let
his story
,
the bread was prepared
Christianity prevent him from
quickly and was not given the
participating in such a unique chance to rise so that the
tradition
.
Hebrews could escape
.
"As a Catholic
,
I am commit-
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Protesters crowd streets throughout
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community be heard.
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lliria.
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006
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PAGE4
Realities of-illegal immigration call for compromise
By
JAMES MARCONI
News Editor
Illegal immigration
to
the
United
States,
particularly
through
states
along the
southern
border, is an issue that has
elicit-
ed heated debates this
week
both
in
the halls
of Congress
and
in
city
streets.
Specifically, deciWng on legis-
lation to prevent
and
regulate the
steady
flow of illegal immigrants
to America has prompted divi-
siveness
in
the Senate, and has
sparked protests
across the
nation.
Last
year,
the
U.S.
House
of
representatives
passed a bill
making undocumented
immigra-
tion- or
aiding
an undocumented
immigrant-
a felony. Under
this
bill, future
consequences for
ille-
gals,
if
caught, would
be
far
more
severe
than the
current sys-
tem permits.
Now
the
Senate
has
begun the
debate to overhaul
immigration legislation, and
the
battle lines have
been
drawn.The
Senate Judiciary
Committee
introduced
a
more
moderate
bill
which would give illegals the
opportunity to receive pennanent
legal
status as U.S. citizens or
residents.
If
passed, this
bill
would also
rescmd
the abt11ty
to
charge undocumented immi-
grants
with a felony.
Many senators,
including
Senate
Majority
leader
Bill Frist,
disagree
with
the Judiciary
Commllt..,.,
JJropo,ed
bill;
argu,-
ing
that
it
essentially grants
amnesty to people who have bro-
ken the
laws of the United States.
stated consequences and waiving
"I
disagree
with this approach,
those consequences only guaran-
not
just as a
matter
of principle. tees future infractions.
If
we
but
because
granting amnesty
send a message that this nation
now will only encourage future
does
not
have the will to enforce
and further disrespect for
the
its own laws, we will make an
law,"
Frist said. (www.cnn.com) already bad situation worse.
In
response, Frist has drawn
up
Second, granting any residency
an alternative
bill
that would
rights to illegal immigrants is
eliminate pennanent residency
unfair to those people who strug-
for
illegal immigrants. Instead
gled
to
get through the immigra-
of giving illegals a path towards
tion
process
according to our
citizenship,
- - - - - - - - - - - -
laws. These
Frist
has
'If we send a message that this
individuals
thrown his
nation does not have the wlll to
spent years
sbeuhp•·npdo rat
enforce Its own laws, we wUI
filling
out
paperwork
g
u
e s t
make an already bad situation
and answer-
worker
worse.'
ing
ques-
program
- - - - - - - - - - - -
tions
to
that would grant temporary
determine
whether they should
rights
to
illegal
workers current-
be
allowed
to
live
here.
ly living
in America. This pro-
Allowing illegal immigrants to
gram
is one that President Bush
bypass this
series of steps is an
has
advocated for years now,
insult to those who became resi-
usually meeting with negative dents or citizens in
the
right man-
reactions
from
his
fellow
ner.
Republicans.
In
practice, however, the guest
In principle
,
I
find the imple-
worker program is our best (and
mentation of any legalization of only) option to stop the flow of
current undocumented
immi-
illegals
across the southern bor-
grants
-even
a guest worker pro-
gram -
offensive on a variety of
levels.
First and foremost,
I
absolute-
ly abhor the
idea
of pandering to
people who very blatantly broke
the
law.
My gut emotiona
l
reac-
tion is
that
those who knowingly
and
flagrantly
violate legal
statutes deserve to
be
punished
after
being
prosecuted to the
fullest
extent possible. Not to
mention, violating the
law has
der and put the ones already here
into the system, so to speak. At
present
,
an estimated
11
million
people are living in this country
illegally.
Many of those are
pouring into the United States
through states like Arizona,
which has tens of thousands
attempting the dangerous border
crossing through the desert
every
year.
The cold reality is that these
millions of people, who come to
work in this country are here to
with other
measures.
After all,
stay, and we have absolutely no
legalizing the illegal
is itself a
viable options to stringently
limitedfonnofamnesty,asortof
enforce deportation
laws.
To
get out of jail free card
that
actu-
even attempt such an endeavor ally rewards people who broke
would require the government to our
laws. That
sort of
leniency
bankroll a massive initiative would only be added
incentive
costing millions, possibly bil-
for
more people
to
flout
immi-
lions of dollars and take years
to
gration laws, not fewer. As it
document and deport every last stands, the
proposed program
illegal alien. Additionally, these
would grant temporary
legal
sta-
people are perfonning
jobs
that
tus
to workers who arrived
in the
are
vital to keep some of our United States before 2004. What
businesses competitive in
today's
would stop someone from cross-
economy. Granted,
illegal
immi-
ing through Arizona undetected
grants shouldn't even be
in
and
later
claim to have been
America to fill those jobs
in
the working here for ten years?
first place. But the fact is, they Nothing, really.
are here,
in
numbers
which make
In
order to resolve
this
prob-
it
impossible to track
them
and lem, the guest worker program
kick them out en masse.
needs
to
be coupled with stricter
A guest worker program, one
punishments for
illegal
immi-
w
h
i
c
h
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
grants (and
offers tern-
'In
practice, however, the guest
the employ-
porary legal
ers
who
status (three
worker program Is our best (and
hire them)
to six years)
only) option to stop the flow of
and much
to workers
Illegals across the southern bor-
more
secu-
7o~ar~oa~:
der and put the ones already here ;~;
s~;~!
register for
into the system,
SO
to
speak.'
em
border.
identifica-
With
the
tion is
ideal. In
theory, if these
people did utilize the
program,
they would be able to work with-
out
1he
foar of
pos-;i61e expulsion
from the United States.
The
U.S., in return, would
be
able to
keep track of the millions who
currently
are beneath the govem-
men("s rltdar screen.
However, this approach would
only be effective in halting the
flow of illegals if implemented
illegals currently residing here
legally
registered
and enabled to
live in the U.S., border agents
and
thf TNS
could
devote mon:
attention
to
watching for new
arrivals
In and of itself, this
should
reduce
the influx of ille-
gal
immigrants
crossing
the
bor-
der.
Laws harshly punishing those
who do make it across and are
later discovered would serve as a
further disincentive
to
potential
illegal immigration.
At least,
that is the reasoning, as President
Bush described last week in a
radio address.
"When
illegal
immigrants
know they will be caught and
sent home, they will
be
less
like-
ly break
the rules, and our immi-
gration system will be more
orderly and secure," Bush said.
(www.cnn.com)
This fusion of
leftist
and right-
ist
ideological
propositions
would, of course, upset those on
both sides who cannot see the
value of finding a practical, if
moderate solution to this prob-
lem.
The
realities
of the current sit-
ftation, however, are more con-
ducive to
compromise than
clinging to principle. As it is, a
combination of
the
guest worker
program
and stricter laws and
more capable border patrols
would have two main benefits.
First, the government would
finally have some measure of
legal
control over those currently
living
illegally
and
undocument-
ed in this country.
With that
worry temporarily alleviated,
government agencies would free
up
manpower
and
other
--resources
o physically
stop
would-be illegal
immigrants
from crossing through Arizona
and punish those who did slip
through.
lt's not a perfect idea, but at
this point it may be the best
option available to this country.
DeLay's resignation is no great loss for Congress, society
By
DAN BLACK
Staff Writer
Picture a
cathedral built of
thousands
of matchsticks. Draw
one
from
its base; what happens
next?
Keep your eyes on
Washington
if you're curious
because the
World's about
to
find
out.
Former
House Majority
Leader and disgraced Texan
Republican
Congressman Tom
Delay announced
he
is resigning
his
seat
in
Congress sometime in
the
next few months. Once the
most
powerful
and controversial
congressman of our time, ole
Tommy Boy
is
tucking
tail-
between-legs
and scurrying back
rate
interests
and
selling
out the
to the Lone Star State where he
citizenry he was elected to repre-
knows criminals
are
always wel-
sent' as 'unethical'. With his res-
come, provided they are wealthy
ignation coming just days after
and white.
Tony Rudy,
Although
'The truth he wlll never divulge,
Tom's for-
indicted,
that he has furthered the lnflu-
mer deputy
D e
I
a y
chief
of
insists
he
ence of a grotesquely corrupt
staff, pied
has
never
pack of polltlcal predators and
guilty
to
broken
the
represented the interests of
conspiracy
law
or done
money over men, we already
and agreed
anything
to comply
unethical
know.'
with inves-
during
his
- - - - - - - - - - - - tigators
,
I
terms
as a congressman. Well,
I
suppose this is true unless you
term 'allying
himself
with corpo-
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have difficulty envisioning this
complex criminal
conspi
rac
y
coming to crumble with an inno-
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cent man, Tom Delay,
an
inno-
cent victim at the top.
He
is
insulting
the average American's
intelligence by even suggesting
this is the case. The truth he will
never divulge, that he has
fur-
thered the influence of
a
grotesquely corrupt pack of
political predators and represent-
ed the interests of money over
men, we already know. After a
political career defined by its
deep and extensive ties to big
business, he will have the thanks
of
numerou
s
millionaires but not
their help. Tom
can
expect to
be
left out in the cold by those he
once considered friends. He will
Opinions
expressed
In articles do not necessarily
repre-
sent those of the editorial board.
Slltvfng Ara Co//111 studllnts
tor aur
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about
our
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be
as
useful to them
as
the
hard
working, tax paying, everyday
citizens they fleece, and
he
will
receive just the sort of
treatment
he
used
to
bestow upon
those
cit-
izens himself.
Enjoy it, Tom,
every drop of
it.
It
may
be
bitter
but it
is
justice, and justice is
always good.
House majority
leader
John
Boehner
,
Delay's successor, said
Delay was
leaving
congress with
"integrity
and
honor".
I
wonder
if
any other
Democrats
were
laughing hysterically upon
that
jest.
Honestly
,
indictment
and
integrity are
not
used
to
describe
the same
individual
,
and this is
for a reason. Tom
Delay
had
an
impressive
run
of exploitation
that he will probably escape pun-
ishment for; be is
savvy,
for sure,
but lets not say the man has
honor or integrity. Save
those
words for people
undeserving
of
public
degradation,
tarring,
feathering, etc.
Off-subject, you know what
must
be
great about being a
dem-
ocratic politician? You're activi-
ties
are
never soiled by having
the self-evidently ignorant and
ill-chosen
words of our intellec-
tually-debilitated
president
attached to them. Delay's ex.it
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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006
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Do not be burned by false
sunscreen
advertising
By
ALEXANDER TINGEY
Co-Health Editor
A
recent
class action
lawsuit
involving five sunscreen ip.anu-
facturers may make spring
breakers second guess
that
tan.
The
lawsuit
was
filed
after
mar-
ket
testing
discovered the claims
made
on
the
product
label
were
false.
Among
those
involved
,
Coppertone, Banana Boat , and
Hawaiian Tropic
came
under
fire
when tenns such as
'waterproof,'
'all-day protection,' and 'sun
block' were found
to
be
mislead-
ing.
"Sunscreen is
the
snake oil of
the
21st century, and these com-
panies
that market
it
are Fortune
500
snake
oil salesmen," said
Samuel, ~udman, a
lawyer
with
Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller
Rudman and Robbins
LLP.
On
the
other hand,
dermatolo-
gists, in the
interest
of their field,
have defended
the
sunscreen
manufacturers. They agree that
sunscreen is an effective Way
to
combat the
harmful
effects of
the
sun's rays if
used properly.
"Sunscreen
is believed by most,
if
not all dermatologists to be an
effective means of
reducing
exposure to
hannfuJ
ultraviolet
light that can start
the
formation
of skin cancers," said Murad
Alam,
a
Northwestern
University
dermatologist.
In
conjunction with other forms of
sun protection, such as hats and
long
sleeves, sunscreen, with
regular
application, can prevent
skin cancer--to a degree.
The tests conducted concluded
that no sunscreen
·
is totally
waterproof, and many lost their
effectiveness after only
a
few
minutes in
the
water.
Some of
the sunscreens in
question
do not
protect against all forms of ultra-
violet
light.
WhiJe many provide
protection against UVB rays,
few
provide protection against
UV A
rays. Currently there is
no
standard to test
the protection of advertising for all our
products
,
UVA
light.
including sun
-
care products,
are
"The manufacturers named in
developed
in
compliance with all
the class-action suit include • applicable laws and FDA
regula-
Schering-Plough,
which tions." Other lawsuits Qf this
makes
Coppertone;Sun nature have been
filed
in the
Pharmaceuticals and Playtex
past; and have met resistance
in
Products, which make Banana
the courts.
Boat;
Tanning
Research
Essentially, it
lies
in
the
hands
Laboratories,
which
makes of the consumer
to read
and fol-
Hawaiian Tropic; Neutrogena
lo~ application
directions
and
Corp. and Johnson & Johnson,
indications.
Dermatologists
,
which make Neutrogena; and
having used this consumer-error
Chattem
Loe.,
which makes argument to further their point in
Bullfrog," reported ABC News.
past cases, will no doubt again be
Denise Foy, a representative an issue the courts will have
to
for the sunscreen manufacturers,
grapple with.
defended
their product publicly
During peak hours of exposure,
last week. "The
labeling
and
10
a.m. to
2
a.m., extra care
should be taken
to
ensure the
well-being of your skin. Recent
medical
studies
have
found
a
link
between the
frequency of.
sunburns during
adolescence
and
the instance
of skin cancer
latef
in
life.
The results show that
sunburns early
in life provide
a
high risk of
developing
basal cell
carcinoma
as
an adult.
As
the wann
weather ushers a.
flood of
towels
and blankets
across
the
campus' green spaces,
lend
a hand
to
your fellow
bather; spread some sunscreen
on their back for them, and when
they
fall
as
l
eep draw a smiley
face.
Obesity causing more t
_
han
waistlines
to grow
By
ADAM
GUARINO
Co-Health Editor
Weight gain and obesity are
two very real concerns,
plaguing
the citizens of the United States,
more so
than
anywhere else in
the
world. One aspect of this sit-
uation that is often neglected is
how these overweight individu-
als
manage
their bulk
in
settings
like
hospitals, which follow
more of a one-size-fits-all men-
tality.
They appcor. in
e<;~ence. to
be caught in a catch-22, needing
the services of health care
providers to overcome their
weight while at
the
same time,
being
nearly
immobile in the set-
ting because of it.
In
response,
hospitals have taken action by
inc
r
easing the sizes of
the
mate
-
rials
they
use. From slippers to
syringes, everything keeps grow-
ing.
pounds or
more
on any given
day.
"We
ran
the data again to make
sure we weren't hallucinating,"
Becker said. "We weren't. So we
had
to somehow
figure
out the
appropriate supplies, equipment,
training and care
for
the
patients
we're dea
lin
g with."
One hospital at the forefront of
this expansion is Barnes-Jewish
Hospital
in St. Louis, who began
their transfonna1ion a few years
ago when patient care director
Colleen
Becker decided to check
nwnbers.
The ¢lily hospital cen-
sus indicated that about one-third
of the 900
patients
weighed 350
Hospitals around
the
nation
have begun working with equip-
ment suppliers to accommodate
larger
patients.
These
accommo-
dation'i have
come as a
much
welcome
respite
for not only the
clients, but for the staff as well
.
ATF Healthcare, a union
repre-
By
ADAM GUARINO
Co-Health Editor
ASPARTAME
NAME CLEARED
Gixk.lne\\ forallofyou1.het~drmker.-.
,\nt'W
-.nid) ha~
finally cleared
the name of Jsp:U1.amc
and removed its p11..'\iou!-, link to l.:al.iCcr.
In a rua.,~i,c study. perfonne<l h)' scieulislx al the
Nut1111ul
Cancer
lnqiru1e.
340,045 m~n and
216
q45 \,omen, ngc:. 50 to 6q, ,,ere mtmiton:J
for .1bout ten
H'.lr.i
from ~1.1ri.·c)'S filled
,.:iut
in
I Q95 and I'>% detailing. ltXld and
be, erage
c.011-
sumrtrnn. n.."-carthm calculah,-J
hi.)\,
much
1l'iJliU"
tume
lhi:
suby.:cts
1..-onsumed, focusing thdr e.fliJrts
opeciaJly on soda and swce~
used fo1
cofft.-e
anJ te,1
Over
lhl.' next fi\e
ycan.,
2.106de>telopl.'d blood-
rclatc.·J cancers
SllLh
a~ lymphoma or leukemia
,md 376 dcvelo1X(I br<tm
tumoTh.
Howe\'er. no
rclat1on~h1p
"-a:-.
tounJ to a,f)'.utl1m1.· consumplion
for these .anccn;
111
gi:m:ml or for specific lypc$
said
t
lnh~ Lim. who reported thcstudy's
findings.
TI11s rud) has. hcen praised b) w11,unn·r gt\1urs
as the mformatioo was collecti:d
by
reputable
resenrchm ,.., ithout any
t11,,"',
ro
mdu~iry
gf\llJJ'1>
Howc, ....
-r. the
Ccnkr
for Scienc1.: in
tJ1e
J>ubtic
lnierust :-.!ill v.,uns
about one potenhal
ha,.an.J of
a.'9"3-namc:
thinking caloncs
"..a,
cd '
from using a
sugar subslitutc ju~t,fies 'JX'm.fing, more on
unh1:ahby lt'lO<ls
1s II
cummon pitfall
anc.l
UIJdi·
mtcly
tlfh.:
to bit
,t,
01cJe<l
Drinking
di~1
.50da
is
m no \\ ay a irubi>1.1tutc
tor
h~hhy hvmg.
POT
LINKED
TO INFERTILITY
tn
a
'>Ludy
p~rfonni:d by
Dr.
Hillur~i S. KlnnoIT
C'oh.:n from Uimer-;1ty of California,
La
Jolla.
1he mcc~\ of tt'rttlity tn:utmcm!-.
t,
as Ji.hown to
be
rle'duc,cd
1f
eilhu
1hc man or tht "'oman us1.~
man1uana.
Kl11nC1t't~(. tihcn and her ti:-um im~tig.neJ the
ellC::cts of poi u~ on the t)Ut..:omes of 221 cou-
plt:S
"ho
uude.:r"WeDI either
i.n ,
itro fonihz.ation
(1Vfl
or gamet.: intrnfallopuu, tmus.tcr (Glfl)
treatments. Th., ~ulh ~hQ\'\·c<l 1hat
\I.Oll)('n
who
,mokcJ a year tiefon: lhl.'
pruccduR·
haU about
:!
5
fewer eggs and that
both
men and women wht)
smoked
ir.in"ferrcd one
fewt"r
embr) ,,
rurthcrmore. a lo\.\er b1t1ll weight has-been lbso-
ciakd \I.Ith
marijuana.
con~umplion. Ho,,cwr.
the l>fuJy
W'J'i
quick
t.tl
nofc
tha1
further rc:.carch
WHS nc1,,1.--S~t)
hi. prO\e and \•erif\· the result<:
MARIST RECYLING
FACT
# 4
SEED, Students Encouraging Environment
Dedication, promotes
Unity Day/Earth Day on April 22nd.
senting 70,000 nurses and other are 48 or 52 inches wide. The
workers at hospitals in
18
states,
bathrooms are being fitted with
last week called for new laws
floor-mounted commodes that
forcing hospitals to buy equip-
can't be
pulled
out of the wall,
ment such as portable hoists to
and
rooms
reconfigured so
prevent worker injuries. At patients can essentially
get
out of
Barnes-Jewish, lift machines
bed
and step into the bathroom,
help some patients get in and out
Issues extend beyond
the
of bed. Chairs have been made patient's room. Operating tables
stronger and wider. Lights have
have been widened because the
been added at floor level because
girth
of some patients was
lap-
the bodies of extremely obese
ping over the table, in some
people can cast a
shadow
that cases
all
the way
to
the floor,
makes
it
hard
to
,;;ee
the,
flOOf
Becker
said
CT 'ican
machines
Furthennore, some wings of the
weren't wide enough. Syringes
hospital are replacing 36-inch-
with the longest available nee-
wide doorways with those that
dies
-
4 1/2
inches - couldn't
~,~n-
etrate
the
fat
According to Sandy
Wise,
of
Novation LLC, a Texas-based
company
that provides
contract-
ing services between hospita
l
s
and
manufacturers
,
there
are
now
more than
I
000
items designed
specifically for obese patients.
"It's been a
trend
probably for
the last
four or
five
years," Wise
said. "Hospitals
are
continuing to
see
an
increase
in
obese
patients,
and
it
affects every department.
You
have to
think of the patient
from head to toe, everything they
do
in
the hospital until
they
walk
out
ttw
~oor or
tqyx,
~o\JJd
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THE CIRCLE
Features
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006
www.marlstclrcle.com
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Clubs, organizations address apathy
issues
Encourage student involement by informative, proactive
measures
By
KATE GOODIN
Circle Contributor
Students at Marist
College
are
more
involved
in
clubs and
organizations on campus than
ever before.
In
the
Fall
of 2002,
4,298 students were involved
in
clubs;
in
the Fall of
2005, that
number
increased
to
5,838. •
Yet
the
question
of student's seem-
ingly
apathetic attitudes toward
leadership
positions and pol
iti
cal
processes on campus
is
one
many organizations strive to
answer.
Corrie-Beth
Hughes,
Elect
i
ons
Commissioner, said increasing
student involvement
is important
to
leadership organizations.
"It
has
become the
sole focus
of Student Government," she
said.
Both 2006-2007 student
body
presidential cand
i
dates, Todd
Bivona and MaryEllen Conway,
addressed involvement as
an
important issue in
their
speeches
and debate.
But
as
organizations, particu
-
larly
those
involving
leadership
and politics; work fervently
to
increase their
numbers, they
must address the causes of stu-
dent
apathy, and determine if stu-
dents
are indeed apathetic at all.
Corey Allen, Commuter
Senator,
says
the reason
students
shy from
leadership
positions is
apathy is not unique to Marist.
Lynch said this is
an
issue
that
reaches
national
elections.
"This is an issue nationally and
regionally
,"
he said.
"Forme
r
President Bill Clinton went
not
apathy
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_
through
MTV
to
reach apa-
thetic vot-
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'The trend
In
higher
education Is
"I
think
that 20-25 percent of students
they see the
vote In student body elections
.
.
.
ers."
same group
Marlst has about 17 percent of
Ken Juras,
of
people
students voting.
'
s,
u dent
running
B o
d
y
Maris t,"
_ Ken Juras
President,
she
said,
Student
Body
President
agrees this
"but
with
- - - - - - - - - - - -
is a
prob-
more peo-
ple, we can divide the responsi-
bilities
and focus
more
on indi-
vidual positions."
Bob
Lynch,
Director
of College
Activities, said he also does not
think apathy is necessari
l
y the
problem, but
rather
a
lack of
understanding.
"The political
process might
h
inder
involvement
,"
he
said.
"But we have
to
be
politically
active.
Vote
[
in elections) to
make
things right."
Jt
is important to know the
issue of political and leadership
lem
that
affects other colleges and
univer-
sities.
"The
trend
in
higher education
is that 20-25 percent of students
vote in student body elections,"
he said. "Marist has about
17
percent of students voting."
Juras said this could be for two
reasons.
"A,
[ students
J
don't know a
l
ot
of what Student Government
does, and B, we have to find
new
issues
they are concerned with
that the college should know
about," he said.
Keep your job by not smoking
Smokers punished for personal
habits
By
KATE GOODIN, JOHN
SUWVAN, PATRICK TUU.Y
&
CHRIS
YUSKO
Circle
Contributors
An
increasing
n
umber of
employers
are
mandating
employees who use tobacco
products to pay
more
for
health
insurance.
According
to the
Center for
Disease Co
ntr
ol and
prevention
,
smoking costs companies $75.5
bi!Jion per
year
in
direct health
care costs.
An
estimated $92
bil-
lion
accounts for wages
lost
from
employees who
die
p
r
ematurely
from smoking.
More companies are
talcing this
action to reduce
their health care
costs and those for
the
employ-
ees. Gannett, Co.,
the
nation's
largest newspaper
publisher,
will
charge smokers and
extra
$50
per month for
insurance; Pepsi,
Co. will c
h
arge emp
l
oyees and
extra $100 annually.
Grand-
Rapids, Michigan
based
compa-
ny Meijer will charge smokers
$25 per month, but
will drop the
fee if the smokers
quit.
Some public
and private
employers
are
firing employees,
even if they use
tobacco
products
in their own
time.
A
recent
CNN.com
article
r
eported
Weyco, a Michigan-based
med-
ical benefits admin
i
strator, will
perform tests
to
enforce
the non-
smoking ban on its emp
l
oyees.
David
Houston,
Weyco gener-
al counsel, said this will moti-
vate those who smoke to break
the habit.
"This is an opportunity for
employees at Wecyo
to have
the
encouragement and
incentive
to
stop a damaging
habit
,"
said
Houston.
Andrew Berstein, visiting pro-
fessor,
philosophy,
Marist
College, said companies are
within their rights
to
demand
emp
l
oyees
pay
higher insurance
premiums
if
they smoke.
"I
think
the private and public
employers
have
the moral right
to
l
ay
down
any rules and associations they
want," said
Bernstein.
"It's their
company; they can do what they
want.
Individual
employees
are
vol
u
ntari
l
y associated with the
companies they work for."
States
are
also
participating
in
this movement of companies
to
charge employees who smoke.
Alabama
began chargi
n
g $20 per
month
per
employee insurance
contract for smokers: that fine is
charged if anyone under the
employee's
plan
smokes.
Similarly, Georgia will c
h
arge
$40 per month for smokers on
state
health plans.
Julia
Graham, Marist Co
ll
ege,
senio
r
,
public
relations major,
said she
likes
what
these
compa-
nies
are
trying
to
achieve,
but
raising premiums
or charging
fines
is
unfair.
"On one hand,
l
was overjoyed
when peop
l
e were prohibited
from
smoking in bars
because [ ...
] the effects of sec-
ond
hand
smoke
can
be deadly,"
she said. "On the other
hand,
I
feel
that is
it slightly wrong that
companies would
raise
the insur-
ance
for employees who smoke
when society, in part, perpetuat-
ed this habit."
However,
Bernstein, a visiting
professor, said he is not con-
vinced actions taken by compa-
nies
to
make smokers literally
pay
for
their
habit
will
work.
"For people who want
to
smoke,
I don't
think.
that's going
to stop them," he said.
"The per capita for
the
U
nit
ed
States is roughly $30,000 a year,
so this won't be a major deter-
rent for smokers to quit
the
habit."
But whether
the
actions taken
by companies against smokers
will work is not necessarily the
issue; rather, the
issue
here may
be privacy.
Wendy Wagenhaim, American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
said a
problem
arises when com-
panies dictate what employees
can or cannot do in the privacy
of their
homes.
"There is no law that prevents
Weyco from doing this, but
I
think
there's a problem when
people can't do what they want
to
do in
the privacy
of their
home," said Wagenhaim.
Erin
Berg, Marist College
sophomore, computer science
major,
said
she considers
fines
imposed on smokers by compa-
nies a fonn of discrimination.
"After thinking about
it,
I
do
think that it wouJd
be
a form of
discrimination,"
-she
·
said.
"Some people do choose
to
smoke regardless of its effects.
It
is
not
fair to them that we punish
them for what they choose to do,
espec
ially
since the
U.S.
is a free
country."
Houston, Weyco genera
l
coun-
sel, said this is not a violation of
privacy; rather,
it
is a
matter of responsibi
li
ty.
"There's
not a liberty, right or
any other right to have any par-
ticular employment, and
I
think
it's time for
people
in our coun-
try to start taking personal
responsibility for many aspects
of their
life
,
including
health
.
care," said Houston.
Wagenhaim said she questions
where the line is drawn concern-
ing an employee's health and
what a company can do
about
it.
"Does it
mean
that you won't
be
able to sit in the sun because
there is a possib
i
lity of skin can-
cer, or if you have children that
there's an inherent danger
in
childbirth? Where does it go?"
said Wagenhaim.
Wendy
Baron, Communicat
i
ons
"All you need is your k account
major,
said she agrees with the
to have your voice heard," she
idea that
students should be more said.
informed about
l
eadership and
po
l
i
ti
cal organizatio
n
s
like
stu-
dent
g0vemment.
"I
do
n
't
really
see
a
lot
of ads
for
it,
"
she said. "TeU
us [stu-
dents]
exac
tl
y what happens
in
meetings."
While
students may feel that
organizations
like
Student
Governmen
t
do
not
communi-
cate
e
n
ough
with
students,
Juras
said
he
has confidence Student
Government
looks
to
engage
stu-
Matthew H.ittenmark, Vice-
President of Club Affairs,
said
he
has another idea about getting
not only students, but all of
Marist together to encourage
interaction and
a
free ex.change
of ideas.
"We
need a student
center,"
he
said. "Like a
student
hub; a cen-
trally-located area, designed like
a coffee bar, where students, pro-
fessors,
and administrators can
meet."
dents.
Hittenmark
"I
think
As
of Fall 2005, 22.2 percent of
said he still
SGA
has
the student body
was involved
recognizes
looked
to
the impor-
find
new
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lance
of
ways
to
publicity.
invo
l
ve an ever-changing cam-
"Student
government needs to
pus," he said.
publicize what they're part of,"
"We
are
trying to use
new tech-
he said.
"Student
Programming
nologies like
instant
messages
,
e-
Council (SPC) is part of Student
mail, and
Facebook."
Government. There are so many
Hughes said she agreed
these
facets of student government we
new
technologies
will help
need
to associate with the bigger
encourage
involvement
in the
picture."
future by maki
n
g
things like
vot-
Students may not know
student
ing
as simp
l
e as a few clicks of government
includes
SPC,
the mo
u
se.
among other organizations.
In
fact,
according to College
Activities, as of Fall 2005, 22.2
percent of the student body was
involved with student govern-
ment agencies, which incl
u
des
SPC and the Resident Student
Council (RSC).
While organizations and Clubs
work hard
to
increase
involve-
ment and engage students, there
is also a certain
level
of individ-
ual commitmenf that
no
one can
change,
Lynch said students who criti-
cize
leaders
or clubs with lower
numbers
s
hould
be
constructive
itl6tead.
''I
want a student who makes
complaints
to walk a
mile
in their
shoes,"
he said.
''People will
always be critical,
but
that
is
not
h
e
lpful.
Offer suggestions to
c
hange
things.;,
Hughes also said students with
a vested interest
in
organizations
wm give their time for it.
.. Lt's an intrinsic thing," she
said.
"Peop
le
with genuine inter-
est will be there
if
they want to."
*This
number accounts for stu-
dents invo
l
ved in
more than
one
club or organi1.ation.
Cheap
rides
on
Chinatown buses
By
CLAIRE SEMDER
Circle Contributor
suicide."'
"Mr. Liang took on
more work himself," the
article said.
"He
now
works seven days a week
and jokes that his role is
that of
'general
help.'
Sometimes a boss,
some-
times a driver,
sometimes
a mechanic."
Over the past eight years, the
number of Chinatown bus com-
panies has multiplied. Some
have even branched out of the
original Chinatown bases and
added more
said, "HoweVer, there was
no
real. station in New York; it was
just like someone was camped
out on the side of the road, which
made it hard
to
get tickets. On
the Boston side the buses were
located at South Station, which
is the main bus terminal,
making
it very easy and convenient."
Brady was "scared
to
take the
bus at first," because the
reviews
he heard of the bus were not
favorable.
"I
beard it was really ghetto,
and that the bus drivers all sped,
The
Chinatown
buses
provide
inexpensive transportation
con-
necling
New York
and
Boston,
making
i
t easier for students, and
their
wa
ll
ets,
to
travel home for
short
periods
,
such
as
spring
'break
and
Easter weekend.
destinations
'It
was the best,
cheapest
,
and that it
was
in the
middle
of
nowhere,
"
he
said.
such
as
fastest way to getto
Boston.'
Philadelphia,
Washington
- Mellssa
McDonnell
D
.C.,
and
Sophomore
While many travel Web sites
offer
inexpensive
airfare,
accord
in
g
to
Steven Brady, a
sophomore
at
Boston University
who travels
the
215-mile trip
from Boston to New York often,
the
Chinatown
bus is
the cheap-
est
deal
he
has heard
of yet.
Atlanta.
- - - - - - - - - - -
After
taking
the bus
a
few
"You
can't
ask for more," he
said.
"It
mig
ht
be
a five
-h
our
drive
,
but
for $15
l'm
not going
to complain about it. It's faster
According to the Chinatown
Bus Line Web site, Fung Wah
Buses, located on Canal Street in
New York City, is the largest bus
service provider between
New
York and Boston. Fung Wah has
buses
leaving
New York on
every hour from 7 a.m. to 10
p.m. every day. Additionally, it
t
h
a n
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_
was
the
Grey
h
o
und
from
my
experience.
If I
just
want
to
go
home
for
the
week-
'You
can't ask for more
••.
It might
be a 5-hour drive
,
but for 515
I'm
not going to complain about
It.'
first
bus
company to
offer
this
service,
starting
the
end,
and
still want
to
have
money
to
spend when
I
get
there, it's
the
best option."
Acco
r
ding
to
a February 21,
2004
New York Times artic
l
e by
Mtchael
Lou, Pei Lin
Liang
,
the
owner of Fung
Wah
Bus
Transportation,
said that keeping
his rates
low
is '"bus
in
ess
by
- Steven Brady
fierce com-
Boston
University
pet
i
ti
on
seen in this
market today.
Melissa McDonnell, a
sopho-
more
who
lives
in
Massachusetts, reluctantly took
the Fung Wah Bus borne
,
as her
reception at the bus
''station"
in
New York was unsettling.
"It
was the
best,
cheapest, and
fastest way to get to Boston," she
times, Brady's fears dissipated.
"I
enjoyed my experience on
the bus, they are
like
any other
coach buses you would take with
school trips," be said.
"They
are
nice, decently clean and have a
bathroom, but the seats are a
lit-
tle small for my taste."
Marist students
living in
the
Boston area face a nine-h,our
train ride, or similar
round
trips
for parents picking them
up
from
school.
According
to
McDonnell,
the
alternative
found in the Chinatown buses is
"the
most convenient form
of
public transportation."
Comparab
l
e to other forms of
public transportation, the
buses
tend to be crowded and
tickets
can sell out,
but
McDonnell did
not mind the company of a
diverse group.
"The
way home was crowded,"
she said. "There were a lot of
college students, and I overheard
SEE BUSES
,
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www.marlatcltcle.com
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APR
I
L 6, 2006 •
P
A
G
E 7
From Page One
Protesters gather in Ne
w
Yo
r
k City in opposition to immigration bill
Olivarez said. I talked to a few
people who were bothered and
distraught. Definitely, there was
a lot of hatred towards the Bush
administrJtion, and Republicans,
and the government."
But mainly, she said, the talk
amongst marchers and the
speeches he
l
d at the press confer-
ence were about unity and
defeati
n
g 4437. This overriding
message defined and permea
t
ed
the entire experience, making
it
"almost
like magica
l
to me,"
Olivarez said.
The
speakers
"were really call-
ing upon all immigrants to
unite," said Olivarez.
"They
really expressed their anger
towards this proposed bill ... told
us to yoice our opinions as much
as poss
i
ble."
Though the walk
has
ended,
Olivarez said she hopes that peo
-
p
i
e, particularly at Marist, will
become advocates for this cause.
She has contacted groups like
BSU, the Asian A
ll
iance, and
Internat
i
onal Students Club.
"I
urge these gro
u
ps to come
t
ogether ... to let people know
what's really going on," she said.
Annual SEMS sutvery available online
;
results gauge Marist services
OIRP
also recognizes offices
and services that were rated as
very
satisfactory
and well
· received by students.
Mullin said administration
views the SEMS survey results
From Page Four
extremely serious
l
y and takes all
comments
into
account.
Preside
n
t Dennis Murray also
has a hand in service improve-
ments.
''President
Murray is
very
involved with all aspects of cam-
pus life," Mullin said. "[He]
takes everything serious
l
y."
The OIRP's
goal is to have
1,000
students,
with representa-
tion from all classes, take the
survey. Well over 400
students
have taken the survey since it
was made avai
l
able online, with
300 responses the first night.
After t
h
e survey
i
s completed
and submitted, the data wiU
be
saved, and a separate form will
appear g
i
ving students the
opportunity to have their name
entered into a drawing for a $250
Amazon.com g
i
ft cert
i
ficate.
Mullen assures the survey is
anonymous, and any demogra
p
h
-
ic information will not be associ-
ated with s
t
ude
n
t rank
in
gs or
comments.
Congressman Tom DeLay's recent resignation indicative of corruption
from Congress, a decision he is
being forced by circumstance to
make and is presumab
l
y less
than
proud of, evoked the followi
n
g
words from
Mr. Bush
:
''My own
judgment is that our party will
continue to succeed because we
are the party of ideas." These
words, owning no easily'"4
i
scem•
ab
l
e correlation to the events
From Page
Six
they reference, were g
r
abbed
ra
n
dom
l
y from anyone's•guess-
where by a se
l
dom-used mind
that has, ove
r
the last five years,
prove
n
itself
i
ncapable of any-
thing beyon
d
dream
in
g fantasy
..
weapons of mass des
t
ruction"
into exis
t
ence and furthering eth-
noce
n
tric i
n
to
l
erance of eastern
world religions and ideo
l
ogies.
Bush's words
are so mangled and
incoherent; I am ashamed we use
the same language.
Back onto Delay,
I love his
arrogant pot-shots at
l
iberals on
the way out the door, attnbu1ing
his career's end to them rather
than his scandalous
i
nvolve•
ments. Go down swinging Tom;
don't allow your record of desp
i
-
cable cond
u
ct to distract you
from the fact that there is an
opportunity for some
l
ast-word
n
ame-calling here.
Stand on
those pseudo-Christian moral
princip
l
es that you've stuck with
throughout your
22 years as a
congressman, after all, l'm sure
Christ's teachings included cor-
rupt
i
on, coercion, bigotry, and
deceit.
Those pagan,
l
iberal
democ
r
ats a
n
d their
n
agg
i
ng
rationale just don't spare your
emotions, do they? Sorry Tom,
but you haven't got my sympa-
thy. Pe
r
haps you'll receive a cry-
ing shoulder from your cell-mate
Jack Abramoff; if not, await the
arriva
l
of
Ed
B
u
ckham, because
he's not far behi
n
d.
As for the rest of my politica
l
-
l
y attentive Americans, enjoy
Tom's
l
ess-than-graceful exit,
but don't lament the entertain-
ment's comp
l
e
t
io
n
, there are
sure
l
y more to follow. They
should
be
eq
u
a
ll
y
just
and
equally comical.
Chinatown bus fairs worth the distance; cheap prices ideal for city hopping
a
l
ot of people Speaking different
l
anguages."
The buses may
be
fi
ll
ing up,
but business is still difficult,
according to Liang
's
ledger.
"It
costs about $800 to cover
the driver's sa
l
ary, tolls, fuel,
maintenance and insurance every
round
trip;
on a 57
-
passenger
bus,
if the
bus
is
full, he
makes
about $340;
if
it is
not,
he could
lose money," the article said.
Pub
l
ic transportation from
Boston
to
New York has become
a more competit
i
ve market in the
last eight years, and the buses
still must contend with the
free.
dom of the
h
our
l
y shuttle
flight
from New York to Boston.
"The shuttle flight is awe-
some," Brady sa
i
d. "It takes
45
minutes, but then
i
t takes foreve
r
to get to the a
i
rport from my
dorm.
I
like
the actua
l
flight
bet-
ter, but it is a huge hassle
to
get
to and costs ove
r
50
bucks.
That's why me and
Fung Wa
h
have a close relations
h
ip."













































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Alleged assault of cab driver
by two Marist students
By
TO
DD
B
IV
O
NA
Staff Writer
Two Marist students were
arrested early Sunday
morning
for alleged assauh of a cab driv-
er,
in
the
Fulton
Street
Townhouses on the east side of
campus.
At about 4 a.m. Shawn T.
Marion and Christopher M.
Schafer, both 21 and from
Bensalem, Pa., were dropped off
by the cab driver in the overall
flow lot on Fulton Street, desig-
nated for the townhouses. Aver-
bal altercation with the cab driv-
er about fare ensued and one stu-
dent
smashed
the
windshield
witbhisfi.rst.
After allegedly
Oeeing
the
scene
the
cab
driver
called
the
police and
tracked
down a
female
that
accompanied
the
two
students. Both
Marist
security
and police were then
notified
about a girl screaming and
yelling, outside
the
3 and 4
blocks of the
lower
quad of
Fulton Street.
Witnesses saw the driver get hit
by the female, a 38-year-old
Poughkeepsie man, followed by
Marion
and
Schafer attacking the
cab driver after noticing the
female'
s
screams.
The cab driver was taken
to
Saint Francis
Hospital to be
treated
for facial
trauma and
bruises
.
One student was
treated
for cuts and re
l
eased.
According
to
Monday's
Poughkeepsie
Journal
,
Marion
and Schafer were each charged
with misdemeanor third-degree
assault Marion was also charged
with felony third-degree crimi-
nal mischief.
D
ance team and at
h
letic training c
h
artere
d
as
club
s
By
TO
DD
B
IV
O
N
A
Staff Writer
The
Maris1 College Dance Team
and the Marist College Athletic
Training
Club (MCATC) were
chartered
by
the
Student
Government Association
last
week.
Following approval from the
club affairs council and the Vice
President
of Club
Affairs
Matthew Hinenmark, the leaders
of both organizations went to the
executive
board
meetmg of SGA
on Monday the 3rd and the
Senate meeung on Wednesday
the
5th. Both
the
"E-hoard"
and
Senate
unanimously
voted the
students in as being the newest
clubs to
be
chartered on campus.
"I am really proud to be a
part
of an organization that is being
recognized for its
involvement,"
a
junior
and.
incoming
captain
Jessica
Fitch said. "We're
hoping
to
be
able compete at a dance
competition in the next year and
are really excited about that
opportunity."
"Now
that we are a club we
have the oppommily to get a
coach," junior Kristi
Diaz
said,
"and possibly travel outside of
the
Marist
area
to
possibly per-
form
for
other types of audi-
ences." Diaz
is
the
other incom-
ing captain for
the ladies.
The athletic training club came
in almost 30 strong to the execu-
tive board meeting and
had
plen-
ty to inform the executive board
about their goals. Following
minor clarifications
with
their
bylaws, a unanimous
"yes"
pushed them along
to
the senate.
"I
believe this
will
be a good
start for incoming freshmen to
get a good bold on for the field."
Resident Senator Devon O'Nalty
said.
"This
way, you can say that
they have
a
club of big
brothers
and sisters that
have
taken class-
es and know
the
ins
and outs of
what
the
freshmen will be expe-
riencing."
"We are grateful to finaJly
be
given the opportunity to
become
an Athletic Training Club," sen-
ior Michele Z1elinslci said, "we
are very excited to finally get
it
moving
along. We are eager to
get
the
word out to our fellow
classmates and
the
rest of cam-
pus
on what
the role
of
an
Athletic
Tra
in
er is, since
most
people still aren't sure."
Zielinski
will
be
the acting
treasurer
for
the organization.
"Our goals are to open
up
the
eyes of the
community,"
senior
Andrea DiTrani said. DiTrani
is
the actmg vice president for the
club.
"Now
students around campus
can see bow we really make a
difference
to
the athletes we
treat," DiTrani said.
"This
wiJl
also
be
good for the
majors," O'Nalty said, "because
now
they can explore the world
outside of
Mccann
and its com-
munity. Overall,
this
is a big step
for the
majo
r
and its students as
they will
have
a bigger
part
in
the
Marist Community."
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THE CI
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CLE •
THURSDAY, APR
IL
6, 2006 •
PAG
E
9
Women's Water polo team ties
the school record at thirteen wins
By DAVID HOCHMAN
Staff
Writer
The Marist women's water
po
l
o team tied the school record
for wins
in a season this past
weekend with their 12th a
n
d
13th
wins.
McCahill.
where Westo
n
once again netted
The team's defense also stayed three goals to lead the team. This
stellar as sophomore goalies time,
it was not enough.
Katy Zweifel and E
l
izabeth
The Red Foxes were outplayed
Davis
split time
and each by a
slim
margin as the final
stopped seven shots.
score showed, 6-5.
The goalies also had a big
Desp
i
te
l
osing such a close
game in the latter portion of the contest, the end of the touma-
Here's the catch: the team still day as Davis made four saves,
ment did have some pos
it
ives
has a
n
other ten games before the
and Zweifel tallied save
si:rc
when Weston and McCahi
ll
Metro
At
l
an
t
ic
At
h
letic against host Siena. The MAAC made the All-Tournament first
Conference
(MAAC)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
team, and Davis was cha-
Champio
n
ships start.
The team
'
s defense also stayed stellar
sen to the
second
team.
This squad is going to
as sophomore goalies Katy Zweifel and
Next up for the Red
create a new school record
Elizabeth Davis split t
i
me and each
Foxes is the o
p
ening of the
by a wide margi
n
,
the only
conference
schedule
when
q
u
estion rema
in
ing is how
stopped seven shots.
Marist heads back to Siena
wide.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
on Saturday for games
The Red Foxes beat up on rivals battled until the end with agai
n
st the Saints and the
Me
r
cyh
u
rst and Sie
n
a, ga
in
i
n
g a Marist coming away with the 8•6
Vi
ll
anova Wi
l
dcats.
birth in the Siena Invita
ti
o
n
a
l
victory.
Championshi
p
against Sl
i
ppery
In this contest, McCahill came
Rock.
Marist
defea
t
ed up with the three goals
to
l
ead
Me
r
cyhurs
t
12-5 i
n
the first con
-
the charge. Senior
Mary Grisey
test on April Fool's Day be
h
ind
showed
why she was the third-
anothe
r
three.goal effort from
leading scorer on the team last
freshma
n
Kari Westo
n
.
Weston
year, chipping in two goals of her
led t
h
e way as she has all season own.
while other multip
l
e
-
goa
l
scorers
That victory led the women
incl
u
ded Weston's classmates into
the
championship
on
Caitlin Hopkins and Katelin Sunday versus S
li
ppery Rock,
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in
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Walsh leads Marist scoring attack in 13-9 win over Wagner
By
JOSEPH FERRAR
Y
Staff Writer
Four p
l
ayers
tallied multiple
goals to lead the Marist men's
lacrosse team to a 13-9
victory
over Wagner in their home open-
er iast Saturday.
With the
win,
Marist
i
mproved
its record to 4-3 and a
perfect 3-
0 in theMAAC.
Senior Andrew Walsh lead the
Red Foxes by
scoring
three goals
and tallying one assist in the
match.
With his three goals,
Walsh and
fellow
senior Tim
Iuculano are tied for the team
lead in points with 14.
The first period saw a lot of
action as the Red
Foxes
jumped
out to a quick 4-0 lead; however,
the Seahawks of Wagner would
not go away. Wagne
r
rallied late
in the quarte
r
for three goals,
mak
i
ng the score 4-3 at the end
of pe
ri
od one.
F
r
eshman goal keepe
r
Ryan
Pe
n
ner keyed a defensive
second
period as Marist would outscore
Wllgne
r
3
-
1
in the second quar-
ter, giving them a
7-4
advantage
going into ha
l
ftime.
In the
second
half, the Red
Foxes outscored Wagner 6-5,
secu
r
ing a 13-9
win,
its third
straight
league
victory.
On the afternoon, Pen
n
er made
12
stops, bnngmg
his
n ... -cord to
4-3 on the
season
and continuing
his solid rookie
year.
Marist he
l
d an advantage in the
majority of the
statistical
cate-
gories in the game i
n
cluding
committi
n
g four fewer turnovers
then Wagner. The Red Foxes out
shot the Seahawks by a ma
r
gin
of
58-38,
which included 36
i,hots
on
goal.
Joining Walsh in multiple goals
included Nick Hautau, Iuculano,
and Tim
P
feffer each with two
goals on the afternoo
n
.
Marist will look to keep its per-
fect conference reco
r
d intact as
they face MAAC rival Mount
Saint Mary's on Saturday April
8th at I p.m. on Leonidoff field.
The
Red Fo~c:s
defeated
Mount
Saint Mary's 10-6 last May to
capture the 2005 MAAC title.
Brian Karl leads Red Foxes t-o fifth-place finish at Lafayette-Rider Meet
By
DIEGO CUENCA
Staff Writer
Freshman Brian Karl led the
Red Foxes to a
fifth place finish
at the Lafayette-Rider Meet held
last Saturday at Rider University,
winning the long jump event
with his outdoor, personal
-
best
jump of 6.66 meters.
Kar
l
was just short of his
indoor season-best jump of 6. 76
meters.
Junior-captain Brian DeMarco
contributed with a
second-place
finish in the 400 meters with
a
time of 50.63
seconds.
He also
anchored the 4 x 400 meter relay
team of Pat
Carro
l
l, Bryan Q
u
in
n
and Mike Bamberger, attaining
third place with a cumulative
time of3:26.09.
Senior-captain Justin Hanis
and freshman Girma Segn
i
earned runner-up finishes
in their
respective events. Harris posted
a
second-place
time of9:46.52 in
the 3,000-meter
steep
l
echase run
with teammate
John Keenan, fin-
ishing
in
fourth
place at
10:04.41. For Harris, it was
h
is
first time compet
i
ng in the race
since 2004, missi
n
g
l
ast year's
outdoor t
r
ack seaso
n
due to
injury.
his early lead cost him the first
place finish during the last
l
ap in
the
r
ace.
Segni
fin
ished seco
n
d
i
n the
"For a runner, going against the
~:oa t:,:1e;
'lndlYldually
,
we put In so
:~;:e~akest~
!5:J 4_33 _
much effort, and It has
maintain
your
Segni said he
helped us to become a very
b
r
eathing," he
was
co
n
ten
t
close and disciplined team.'
said.
"The
with his run.
race was a
"I
felt great
good experi-
about my per-
- Girma Segni ence
and
f o r m a n c e
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
F
_
,es
_
h
_
m
_
a
_
n taught me not
beca
u
se my goa
l
was to run to take the
l
ead ear
l
y on."
around that pace," he said.
The freshman runner
explained
Segni said the stro
n
g winds and th&importance of the Red Foxes'
two upcoming meets
in New
J
ersey.
"T
h
ese invitationals will
be
impo
rt
a
n
t for me because I'm
going
to skip the Metropo
l
itan
Championships,"
Segni said.
"As
a runner, you don't want to
compete
in every race, because it
will interrupt your tra
inin
g, and
it's important to cut
down on
your mi
l
eage prior to a race."
The
Metropo
l
itan
Championsh
i
ps (held o
n
Apr. 2
1
-
22) will be the Red Foxes' first
meet following the upcoming
back-to-back inv
i
tationa
l
s this
weekend. Segni said he rea
ll
y
has no concerns over the track
team's preparation following the
two-week break.
"Indiv
i
dually, we put in so
much effort, and it has helped us
to
become a
very
close and disci-
p
l
ined team," he said.
The Red Foxes will
b
e back in
action with back-to-back meets
in New
J
e
r
sey,
with the Sam
Howell Invitational being held at
Princeto
n
on Friday, Apr.
7,
and
the
Rider
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l
at
Lawrenceville.
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Men's Lacrosse:
Saturday, Apr.
8 -
vs. Mount Saint
Mary's, l
p
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.
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T
HUR
SDAY, A
PR
IL 6, 2006
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Foxes sweep Griffs in first home series of the semester
.
By
DREW
BUDD
Staff Write
r
The Marist Red Foxes swept
.
their three game series against
~
Canisius Golden Griffins in
die home opener this
past
week-
end.
The series included a one hour
rain
delay during the first game
on Sarurday.
The rain started in the fifth
inning of game one.
It
delayed
play for an hour, but
it
ended up
affecting the rest of the series.
The second game that was sup-
posed to be played Saturday got
pushed back to Sunday and
would only go seven innings.
Madst eve.ntually won
Saturday's game 11-5.
Junior
right
fielder Travis Musolf had
two triples and four runs batted
in.
Senior shortstop Andy
K.iriakedes, junior third basema
n
Pat Feeney and second baseman
Kyle Meyer each had two hits as
well.
Marist head coach Dennis
Healy talked about Musolfs
style of play.
"If you just look at his career
stats, they really speak for them-
self," he said. "The one thing we
rea
ll
y like about Trayis is
that
he
can p
l
ay all
·
of the positions.
He's
quality
all the.way
around."
Red-shirt senior Jonathan
Smith, now 1-3 on the season,
started and earned the win. He
threw five innings and gave up
four runs on seven hits.
The seven inrung game that
was played first on Sunday
incl
u
ded a 2~for-3 effort at the
plate by Feeney. The Red Foxes
won 5-2 behind a great start from
red-shirt senior George Heath.
Heath (2-2) notched his seco
n
d
win of the season, giving up one
earned run on three hits in s
i
x
innings. He struck out five and
did not walk a single batter.
Junior Robert Ryan
came
in the
seventh inning for his sevent
h
save of the season.
Red-shirt senior John Axford
started for the Golden G
ri
ffins
and gave up five earned runs and
an astonishing nine walks in 5.2
inni
n
gs.
Feeney knocked in three runs,
scored
a
run and also b
i
t his
team
-
leacfu,lg eighth double in
the game. Junior designated-
h
it-
ter Justin Lepore bit his team
leading six.th homerun in the top
of the fifth inni
n
g and ended the
game 3-for-3 with two RBIs and
one run
scored.
Healy, the head coach,
described bow important the
seven inning game was.
"If one game was important it
was the second game," he said
.
"Playing seven innings you don't
have much time
to get
your
offe
n
se going so that's what we
wanted to do.
We wanted to
score runs early and get out to an
early lead so we can put the pres-
sure on them [Canisius]."
Senior right fielder Matt
Mazurek and freshman third
baseman Kevin Mahoney both
had a hit and an RBI for
Canisius.
The second game on Sunday
included
13 walks issued by
Canisius' pitching staff. The Red
Foxes had seven hits and got the
win 12-3.
Feeney once again
added a pair of hits and scored
three
runs,
and junior right field-
er Tom Ciccarone contributed
three RBIs.
Junior outfielder
Adam Pemasilici and freshman
first baseman Brian Gibbs also
drove in a pair of runs.
Feeney described his spectacu-
lar play from this past weekend.
"I
was just taking one at bat at
a
time," he said. "Your taught to
play hard whether it's
a
one run
game or nine
run
game and that's
really all
I
did was play hard."
Feeney said lie was happy
about sweeping Canisius.
"We needed to get back on
track and really get on a roll," he
said.
''Now,
we're back up in the
standings."
Canisius got a hit and
RBI
each
from senior second baseman
Kevin Smith and junior shortstop
Matt Tupek.
Sophomore
starting
pitcher
Tom Close, now 2
-1
on the sea-
son, got the win for Marist going
Softball win streak reaches ele
v
en
By ERIC ZEDAUS
L
ayout Staff
The Marist women's softball
team swept Saint Peter's in a
double header Sunday afternoon
7-1
and
9-4
to bring its winning
streak to 11 games.
Chrystine McHugh belted
three home runs, and Megan
Rigos earned her twe
l
fth win in
game one and second save in
game two.
In
game one, the Red Foxes
did
fall
behind
1-0
on a home
run by Megan Papiemak in the
top of the second, but that would
be its only deficit the entire day.
Marist immediately responded
in the bottom of the sqcond,
scoring
four runs that included
McH
u
gh 's three-run home run.
The first of those four runs
came on an RBI
single
by
B
ri
dget
Hurlman.
After
Hurlman, Laurissa Riley got hit
by a pitch, and then McHugh
drove the offering from Saint
Peter's starter M
i
chelle Blair
over the wall
in
left center field.
The Red Foxes would earn a
pair of runs in the fifth on a
lead after
three
innings, with a
ll
RBI-single
by
Melissa its five runs coming on borne
Giordano, and McHugh would
runs.
Hurlman and freshman
hit her second homerun of the
Jess
i
ca Green added two-run
game in the sixth to give Marist
the
7-1
victory.
Rigos gave up just the one
run
in her six innings of wo
r
k,
which in a double-header series
is a complete game. She struck
out four Pea
h
ens and walked
four.
Three Red Fox players had
multiple hits
in
game one, with
McHugh leading the way with a
3-for-4 day at the plate, two runs
scored and four RBIs. Annie
Castellano and Giordano each
went 2-for-3
i
n the game.
Game two of the set for Marist
featured the long ball.
The Red Foxes hit three home
runs on its way to a
9-4
win and
eleventh straight victory.
McHugh started right where
she left off in the sixth
inn
in
g
of
the
l
ast game, as she
l
ed off the
bo
tt
om of the first with
a
solo
.
homerun to center field for her
third homerun of the day.
Marist j
u
mped out to a 5-0
shots
in the second and third
innings, respectively.
Freshman Cait
l
in Carpen
ti
er
earned her fourth win of
the sea-
son in game two as she went 4.1
innings, giving up four earned
runs on six hits.
Saint Peter's scored three
times in its half of the
fifth
to cut'
the lead to
54,
but Rigos came
on for the final 2.2 innings to
earn her
second
save of the sec,-
son.
Marist would add some insur-
ance with a four run fifth keyed
by a two-run double by Kate
Eskin.
Marist moves to 18-5 on the
season overall and 4-0
in Metro
At
l
a
n
t
i
c Athletic Conference
(MAAC) play after the sweep
on Sunday.
The Red Foxes
will
be
back in
action on Saturday, Apr. 8 when
they visit Rider University
in
New Jersey. The game will start
at
I p.m.
Senior Infie
l
der Chrystlne M
c
Hugh batted
4-fo
r
-
7 while drtvlng In
five
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of
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for he
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efforts
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streak
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sti
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nst
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lslus
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went
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the
p
late w
hll
e
sco
rin
g fou
r
ru
ns
and
brf
n
glng
f
o
ur runs
a
cross
the
plate.
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rlst
swept
ca
n
lslus
In
the
three
gam
e
series.
seven innings. He gave up three
runs o
n
five hits to go with four
strikeouts and one walk.
Ca
ni
sius freshman starter Matt
Weber got his third loss of the
season going just one inning. He
gave up five runs on four hits
with one
strikeout
and two
walks.
Hea
l
y said the offense and
pitching
reaJly--combined
for
the
win.
"The real big thing this week-
end was that o
u
r pi
t
chers were
throwing strikes," he said.
"It
was really the walks. We d
i
do 't
walk many batters and we were
patient at the
p
late.''
Healy said the efforts of Feeney
and Close contributed greatly to
the sweep.
"Feeney had a big weekend for
us. He really stepped up offen-
sively and
defensively." Healy
said. "Tom Close coming
in
and
throwing well really helped
us
too."
With the sweep, Marist goes
from the bottom of the standings
to fourth place with a 4-2 record
in the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) and 9-13
overall record. Canisius falls to
1-5 in the MAAC and
7-20 over-
all.
Marist
will
travel to Niagara
University
this
Sat11rday.
Apr. R
for a three game
series.
The
opening game begins at noon.
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THE CIRCLE
A&E
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2006
Children's theater a
'valuable' tradition
By
JUSTIN
CALDERON
A&E Editor
This
past weekend Marist
College Council on Theater
Arts
(MCCTA) presented The Spell
of Spe
llin
g Beauty in the Nelly
Goletti Theater.
Crissy Rogowski, one of the
directors of The Spell of
S
l
eeping Beauty, be
l
ieves
there
is a unique sensation
that
chil-
dren's theater
brings to
Marist.
"Children's theater has been a
long
standing tradition
in
the
[Marist College] community,"
Rogowski said, "It's
the
most
fun
an actor will have."
The
.
play is double cast and
everyone who tries out is given a
part. There are
severa
l
perform-
ances for children that take place
throughout the week.
Some
membe
r
s of the cast even go out
and entertain the children before
every performance and are
encouraged to interact
with
the
performers.
Brain Sabella, King Rudolph,
has participated in the past four
years of children's theater.
"Never have
I
seen such a viva-
cious cast and crew," said
Sabella, "Children's
theater is
truly a unique experience."
There is a
heavy
amount of tra-
dition involved in children's the-
ater at Marist College and the
shows attract
elementary
schools
every year; many of them who
have been fans of past perform-
ances. Over seven local elemen-
tary
schools have become avid
participants in the past three
years.
7
year-old
Michael ofGayhead
Eleme
n
tary was ecstatic after the
9:30
a.m. performance. Michael
said,
"I
liked the show. [When
the prince defeated the witch]
was my favorite."
Sabella says,
"I
love
seeing
the
twinkle in all the little kids' eyes
when we talk to them after each
show. [Chi
l
dren's theater] is a
valuable
tradition to Marist
College
.
"
The cast and crew have even
created some traditions within
the show
itself
.
Every year dur-
ing
tech-week
the cast performs
a tag rehearsal in which the var-
ious roles trade with their coun-
terparts without
stopping
the
performance.
Children's theater is free
admission but all donations from
the show go to the John
P.
Anderson
Playwriting
Scho
l
arship
which
1,
J\l,urdcd
to
a Marist College student annua
l-
ly.
Scene
from Spell
of
Sleeping Beauty (From
Len
to
Right)
Katie
McSherry
,
BIiiy Burke
,
Joe Burns, Jessica
Strohl, Elizabeth Apfel
and
Stepanie
Garrlson.
Guitarist Jason Hamlin plays guitar
with tiny
drumsticks.
Up and coming band opens for O.A.R.
By
JUSTIN CALDERON
A&
E
Editor
This past Friday Of A
Revolution (0,A.R.) came to
Marist Co
ll
ege's McCann
Center
bringing with them an
acoustic
hip~hop
soul
trio
from
Tennessee.
Scratch Track's trio consists of
musicians D,J Lee, Jason
Hamlin
,
and Will Gray. Scratch Track
began in 2000 when Will Gray
approached DJ Lee and Jason
Hamlin to
start a trio during their
stay at Union Univers
i
ty in
Jackson,
Tennessee.
The band
was c
r
eated much
like
most
bands
are
created in college. A
group of close friends getting
tog
ether
to
release
some of the
stresses of co
l
lege
life
by
pla
ying
music is a all too common trait
that
most
m
u
sicians (especially
at Marist)
have in
common.
After two years of endless
rehearsals and campus tours. the
members of Scratch Track set-
tled down in Martha's Vineyard
and began taking classes at the
Contemporary Music
Center.
During their stay the group man-
aged to release their debut album
The Simple,
simp
l
y
putting their
fresh sound on the charts.
Scratch Track combines
a
vari-
ety of fast-paced lyrics, acoustic
street melodies, and original gui-
early enough to catch the up and
coming band in action. Gonsior
said,
"The performance was
upbeat and
entertai
nin
g.
I
enjoyed
the
variety
and would
definitely listen to their music
again."
The group
has
the qualities of
such popular
l
yrists as hip-hip
groups like Outcast and Jurassic
S,
while their guitar melodies
stand
alone.
Guitarist Jason
tar.
Hamlin,
M a n
y
The performance was upbeat and
original-
c r i I i c'
entertaining
.
I
enjoyed the variety and
ly from
h a v e
Detroit,
already
would definitely listen to their music
credits
attempt-
again.
h
i
s
ed
to
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
unique
describe Scratch Track's unique
style.
The Chicago Sun calls
Scratch Track's music a combi-
nation of "D
i
gable Planets and
Jack Johnson."
guitar
sty
l
ings to the likes ofThe
Beatles,
Led
Zeppelin, and Jeff
Buckley.
Kate Poirier, Marist College
Senior was well aware of the
Ma
r
ist Co
ll
ege Senior unique music being created
Christine Gonsior got to O.A.R.
onstage and
commented
on Will
Gray's performance.
Poirier
said, "The guy was crazy. He
just recorded his voice and
played it back on stage."
No matter how you look at it
Scratch
Track blends an original
variety
of hip/hop and soul
that
synthesizes
new energy
in
an
otherwise static music scene.
After Marist the band will
not
have a chance
to
stop for at
least
to months.
The group has played with
groups such as
J
urassic
S,
DJ
Skribble,
Soulive,
George
Clinto
n
,
and now O.A.R. After
Marist the band will not have a
chance to stop for at least
to
months. The group will be tour-
ing colleges and arenas in
Indiana, Pennsylvania, North
Carolina, West Virginia and
Georgia; and that's only within
the next week.