VO
L
UME 59
,
ISSUE 22
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006
Student employees get day of recognition, fun
By JAMES
MARCONI
N
ews Editor
"I
wasn't there that
long, but it
in college activities did a good
was really fun, very fun, and job and obviously were working
very enjoyable," Foulbome said.
hard all day. I felt really appre-
Marist student emp
l
oyees took .. I had
fun
just putting tickets in
ciated."
a break last Wednesday to enjoy
baskets for the chance to win
Freshman Victoria Banks said
events given in their honor.
something
[in
the raffles].
Jt
was
she "totally loved" St
u
dent
Student Emp
l
oyee Appreciation almost like a mini carnival."
Employee Appreciation Day.
Day, which
l
asted from 11:30
Some student employees also
"A lot ofmy upperclassman
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the
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friends were like 'you
Cha
m
pagnat Courtyard,
'
It
was well put together
;
the tech guys In
have to go,' " Banks
featured an inflatable
college activities d
i
d a good Job and obvl
•
said. "I got my free
rock wall, picture booth,
food ... my free pie-
choco
l
ate fountain, and
ously were working hard all day
.
I
felt really
tures, and
I
p
l
ayed vol
•
a DJ.
apprec
i
ated.'
leyball.
I
thought the
Student employees
whole thing was great,
like freshman Douglas
-
Ch
lrs
tln
a
T
o
rres
but
I
really liked the
Foulborne said they had
So
ph
o
mor
e p
i
cture stand, espec
i
al-
a
l
ot of fun at the event, - -
- - - -
-
- - - - - - - -
ly the [tropica
l
island]
and definite
l
y took advantage of said that appreciat
i
on day was
background. If you didn't go,
the opportunity to relax with
also a time to connect with oth-
you s
h
ou
l
d have ...
It
was some
-
their fellow workers.
Besides ers emp
l
oyed by the college.
thing
I'll
a
l
ways re
m
embe
r
."
physical act
j
vities like the rock Sophomore Christina Torres said
wall and vo
ll
eyba
ll
, there were she
h
ad the chance to meet
peo-
multiple giveaway raffles for
pie she hadn't even know
n
had
items like duffle bags
,
tickets to jobs at Marist.
R
i
ght.
senior Hector DeAgu
l
ar
does the
limbo
while
other stu
•
dent
employees cheer him on dur
•
Ing
Studen
t
Employment
Appre
ci
a
ti
on D
e
y
,
Wedn
es
day
,
Aprll
12
on
the
ca
mpus
green.
a loca
l
water park, and
gift
cer-
"It was a good bonding experi-
t
i
ficates to Red Lobster, Qui2J1os
ence fo
r
all ofus who worked o
n
Subs, Jazzman's
Cafe,
and Olive camp
u
s," said Torres. "It was
Garden, among others.
well put
t
ogether; the tech guys
A
l
umni pass on experience
s
to students
By
Cessl Matos
Co-Editor m Ch ef
Don tstre sout ifthcda) ath.-rgradu.iuun)OU
aren'I
Ma.rung ~our dr~amJOb
Dun\~J1$1.:Quta£cdi uurn.dupla tg.)~1w
first
Joi:,
Don
t
be
di.!i1.:ouraged
1f
one
)Ctr
(or
C\1.-0,
or
JO)
0111
of
hoot )OU
1U
Jon·t
know
exauly
"-hal
)OU
\\ant to do
[')(m'I
take
1he fot, otfrr \\tth the be.)1 silary.
basing thi: Jccis1on sold)
on thm
fol.'t(lf".
Ncl\.\t1rk ,
Cl\\(lrk
ch\ork.
Inkm lnh.:m. Intern
l)unng
the
Annual
Conunumca11on
Alumni
Panel, 1his \\as the ad\1cc stud~-nt v.c..-re {U\cn b)
.alumni
\\ho
v.crc
spcaLini fnmi
t.-XP<,:ri~.:c.
Ea,h
had their ov,n unique ~tOril.')
to oftC'r
and
those
v.ho uni.·ndo:d
were
able
to
gi;:t
au 1dl!a
\\hat
life \\Ill be
like
afto:r Mam1 The panelists ranged
in e"XJX'rii;:nce and field. as mu,h as they did in
graduating
clas.!l ',\
ith
one pancli~ grat1u:11ing in
'X6- :rnd anothc:1 in
•o~
\\h1k many had Y.vund
up
tn
c(,mmunicalil,n rdatl'd indm,tric
others
had pursued ~ah.'..:rs in sales.
The
ix panelists were Rarhad Vollaro
fRulrenstem ( ommunlcations, Jnc), \.fidtacl
O'Bncn (Cohn
&
\\oll'el. Puul Palmer tESPN).
Priscilla Gallt:gos (MT\
ctworks), Sht:ri
Fit.1gi:rald
(MI"\
t'morksl.
and Jenni th
\1atarauo (Funcss \tagazinc)
On \\cJnc~a), Arni 5th at 7 p.m m I
oY.ell
lhomru.1.2'-, the(ommww::mon
\rut
">OC1ch hosted the pand Accordm lo
Rachel
Koeppel nutgomg pre 1dcn1 or Coimnunication
Arts Soi. iet,
th~
dub arra.ng1; the.• panr to prCl-
idc
uJi:nts lhc opp!,JUumtJ; t iulk
1th
m
1
nd tsk lhc.'ffl qu tio
bout
wlutl lite
t
like
"'1th
a Manst
dcpec-,
how Man.st prepared
them
tor
the Y.ork
world ond
to ask
.advJce
on what
da-,:s,:,;
to
lah. what m1emsh1ps
10
,;ct, ck
..It
1s
,tlv.ays
n11.c
to talk. 10 wmoonc ,, llo
wa~
rn
your
shoe
.and
can
~hare
their
C\pcrn:m.c
.and
,vh:n
thev did to succeed in Communica11on.:1. ··
Koeppel ssid
Pril,r
to
the
paod, a small lffi>UP
of tud~nb
representing the Cornmunicauons .ind
mechn
~l'tlUps
on cnmrus, 1ncludmg .-\dvcrtising Cluh.
MC
rv.
TI1t Circk.
C
ommu1:ii.:ation
\rts
Soc1ctJ
and Lambda 1
1
1
Eta were- in, 1tcd to auend
a
din-
ner wnh the panelists Thi!I gl\\e th\!~t' ~1uJ1.-nls
11
1.:hancc to net\\Ork one-on-one "\\ith th..: panchsL,
Ek,1..-0
studcml
11111..·nJcd the!
111\"itation
onl~
dmer. ,-..hile 11ppro,.,ima1el:, 50 ancmkJ the
l}pcn
pane-I
A~ Koeppel
admits, the
tum,,ut
far
i:xcr.:1..-dcd the
clubs
i.:xpc1.tat1ons.
··1 thought the ni,1:.hl ,-..as a succ.:1..~s;• Koeppel
said .. Thi?-rc \\
a.\.
a huge tumou1 a lot etl people
a.ncndcd the c,ent
~U
of the student-. were r1.."al-
ly cager to learn frorn the alumni. and the 3lum-
ni were jusl as 1..•n1hu ic1~ui; to .share !heir lorics
ind
help students mn," said ko.:ppd
Degree available in Florence
By
KATE GOODIN
Circle Con
tr
ib
u
to
r
have trave
l
ed
t
o F
l
o
r
ence to
e
nsure Lo
r
e
n
zo de'
Medici
i
s comparab
l
e to Marist.
«for the past
18
months, we have dedicated ou.r-
Marist students shou
l
d cons
i
der brushing
up
on selves to
r
ev
i
ew
in
g the entire campus to
m
ake sure
their
I
talian, because as of September 2006, they
it
is simi
l
ar to Marist," she said. "It'• a
n
other loca-
will have c
l
assma
t
es in F
l
ore
n
ce, Italy.
tion of an ins
ti
tution."
Marist College developed a partners
h
i
p
with
the
Marist has worked with Lorenzo de' Medici as a
Scuola Lore
n
zo de' Medici in
- - - - - - - - - - - -
study-ab
r
oad site fo
r
the past
Florence, Tta
l
y, in which for-
1
We have a close relatlonshlp with
30
years.
H
owever, the
eign students, w
h
o are unab
l
e
Lorenzo de' Medici; It's the most
Ma
ri
st-Lore
n
zo de' Med
i
ci
to re
l
ocate to America for an
popular program. Marlst has been
partners
h
ip will
fu
n
ctio
n
educat
i
on, can obtain a Marist
indepe
n
de
n
tly of the Marist
Bachelor's
Degree
in
looking at ways to expand lntema•
Abroad program.
Flo
r
e
n
ce
in
fields that inc
lu
de
tlonal offerings
.'
Franklin said the fact that
studio art,
art
h
istory, fashion,
t
h
e Lo
r
enzo de' Medici is
and English theatre.
Meg Frankl
i
n, exec
u
tive
assistant, vice-p
r
esiden
t
of
-
Meg Franklin
Marist's most popu
l
ar a
b
road
Executi
v
e AssJstan
t,
VP
Acadenl
c
Affair
s p
r
ogram encouraged t
h
e deci-
sion to esta
bli
sh a degree p
r
o-
Academic affairs, spearheaded this organiz.at
i
on.
She said obtaining a Marist degree is the central
idea behind the program.
"'Ibe basic
pr
emise is to make
i
t possib
l
e for for-
eign students to get a qua
li
ty Marist degree in
I
taly," she said.
Deb DiCa
p
rio, student affairs vice-president, said
it was a merger of sorts.
"We'
r
e comb
ini
ng resou
r
ces," s
h
e said. "It's
a
l
most like a merger. Stude
n
ts all over
th
e world
can get a Marist degree with Loren1.0 de' Medici's
resources."
Franklin said she and other Marist staff members
gram
abroa
d
.
"We have a close relationship with Lorenzo de'
Medici; it
'
s the most popular program," s
h
e said.
"And
Marist has been looking at ways to expand
inte
rn
ational offerings."
While this partnership is fina
n
cia
ll
y a
d
vanta
-
geous
t
o Marist, F
r
ank.
Jin
sa
i
d it is no
t
the primary
motive.
"It is a so
u
rce of
r
even
u
e," Frank
l
in said. "We
wan
t
to internatio
n
a
l
ize Maris
t
and prov
i
de higher
educatio
n
for fore
i
gn stu
d
ents, b
u
t Marist w
ill
gai
n
revenue from this. How
m
uch? Well, we know
i
t
SEE ABROAD
,
PAGE 4
'Relay for Life' teams fundraise to fight against cancer
By
DIEGO CUENCA
C
i
rcle Co
n
trib
ut
or
The Greek organizat
i
ons will
be
l
acing up their shoes as they
take part in the upcoming
'Re
l
ay
for Life' c
h
arity event.
The fundra
i
sing event, run by
the American Cancer Society,
will
be
held on Fr
i
day, April 2
1
at 6 p.m. through Saturday, April
22 at 6 a.m. Mult
i
p
l
e teams vol
-
unteer
in
a team relay event that
raises money for cancer research.
Each team must have at least one
member walk or run at any given
time in a series of laps duri
n
g the
THE CIRCLE
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ext.
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i
tethec
l
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3399 f\'orth Road
Poughkeep
s
i
e,
NY 12601
12-
h
our period.
Christ
i
ne Rochelle, Greek
Council
Vice
President
of
Recruitment and Kappa Kappa
Gam
m
a member, said the event
is "good exposu
r
e to
r
aise cancer
awareness and a great opportuni-
ty
to do this with other clubs."
Roche
ll
e vo
l
unteered for the
American
Cancer
Society's
'Relay for Life' when she was in
high schoo
l
and she wante
d
to
co
n
tinue that trend here at
Ma
ri
st.
"I push for e
v
eryone i
n
Kappa
to help raise money for dona-
tions," she said. "We do it in the
spirit of recognizi
n
g our alumni
"We
earned the Counc
il
of the
and all those affected by cance
r
."
Year Award this year by being
Kappa Kappa Gamma has
active
l
y involve
d
o
n
camp
u
s and
raised over
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ou
r
work
$700
for
the
'We want It to be a whole campus
through
event
and
event that will create unity among
communi
t
y
Rochel
l
e
serv
i
ce,"he
says
their
the student body and have every-
sa
i
d. "But
it's
also
goal is to
one show their support.'
r
eac
h
t
h
e
great to see
- M
aryellen Conw
a
y
the Greeks
Stud
e
nt Body Pres
i
d
e
nt
su
p
porting
$
I
,
0 0 0
mark.
Greek
Counc
i
l
P
r
esident
Brian
Ha
l
abuda said the Greeks pres-
ence in the event is important to
the orga
n
izat
i
ons.
not just the
eve
n
ts we're sponsoring but the
ot
h
e
r
eve
n
ts the schoo
l
an
d
organ
i
zat
i
ons arc do
i
ng as well."
H
alabuda attributes a
l
ot of the
effort in
t
o 'Re
l
ay for Life
'
to
Sigma S
i
g
m
a S
i
gma and A
l
pha
P
hi
Delta, the two biggest con
-
trib
u
tors in
m
o
n
ey raised fo
r
the
event among the Greek o
r
ga
ni
za-
tions.
The Greek organizations will
no
t
be the on
l
y groups on cam-
p
u
s involved in 'Relay for L
i
fe'
as Studen
t
Body Pres
i
dent E
l
ect
Marye
ll
en Co
n
way notes, most
of the clubs and o
r
ganizations on
campus including the Student
Gove
rnm
ent Associa
t
ion will
join in the fundra
i
s
i
ng eve
n
t.
This will be the
th
ird t
i
me that
Marist has he
l
d the event and
HEALTH: NO CONNECTION FOUND BETWEEN
RENU AND EYE FUNGUS
A&E: SUMMER BOX OFFICE PREVIEW
Alt
h
ough
B
a
u
sch &
L
omb has stopped s
h
i
p
p
i
ng i
ts R
eN
u
co
n
tact solution, some experts don't believe
th
e so
lut
ion
i
s necessa
ril
y dange
r
o
u
s.
P
AG
E
7
G
e
t a
s
n
eak peek a
t th
e upco
m
i
n
g seas
on
's h
ott
e
st n
ew
f
l
icks.
PA
G
E
S
Co
n
way ho
p
es t
h
ere w
ill
be
m
o
r
e o
n-
campus involveme
n
t
this year.
"We want i
t t
o be a w
h
o
l
e cam-
pus event that w
ill
create unity
among t
h
e s
tud
e
n
t body and
have everyone s
h
ow the
ir
s
up
-
port," she said. "I hope
t
his w
ill
create invo
l
vement amo
n
g the
new fresh
m
an class, for so
m
e
have
n
eve
r
experienced it,
an
d
I
hope it will leave
an
i
m
p
ri
nt o
n
th
em."
But for Co
n
way
th
e 'Relay fo
r
Life' eve
n
t
h
olds
a m
uc
h
mo
re
p
ersona
l m
eaning.
SEE RELAY, PAGE 4












































































Security Briefs:
Another nail in the coffin of comedy
By
BRIAN SABE
L
LA
H
ip-hop Impresario
To my cherubic readers of security may-
~em,
It is
I,
Brian "A.C Slater had fake dim
-
Jlles" Sabella. And l have returned to you
after a two-week hiatus.
My
heart has
been in shambles these long weeks, but all
is well now. f'm here, you're there, and
the p
l
anets are back in motion. We've got
a lot of catching up to do, so let's get to
it.
4/1 11:
5
3
PM Gartlan
d
F
B
l
ock
Sloppy Saturdays.
When the student
began to cry, security just smiled and said
sorry, that's what you get for carrying
around two drivers licenses.
4/6 12:30 PM Leo a
n
d S
h
ea
h
an
Security and the Housing Department
went around checking doo
r
s and found
that 23 rooms were unlocked and unoccu-
pied.
Lock your doors kids. Can't say
it
enough.
4/6 6:55 PM T
o
wnhouse 8
A fire alann sounded, breaking the gold-
A pot holder ca
u
ght fire when a
student left
it
on a burner then turned on
the wrong burner to do some cooking.
John
Gildard gave that hearty belly
l
augh
that onJy he can do and said "Student is
now headed to Linens
&
T
hi
ngs to restock
on pot ho
l
ders.
11
When you got it, you got
it.
4/8 S:
0
3 PM Tow
nh
ouse B
4/10 12:38 AM Sheahan
Here's one we haven't seen in awhile. A
good ole fashioned Bob Mar
l
ey tribute
.
The RA caught the scent of burning mari•
juana and keyed into the room. Upon
entry
,
and despite all of their protests of
innocence, the two students were written
up. I for one cannot understand why they
got in trouble for listening to reggae. Bu(
hey
,
stranger things have happened I sup-
pose.
This is the first
in
a long line of Gartland en sile
n
ce of this beautiful evening. The
debauchery th.is week. To start thi
n
gs off smoke was cleared to find it was not
right, an apart•
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mother Raebel
Another day
,
another fire. This one real-
ly scares me. This one was set off by
burnt
n
oodles. Yeah, burnt noodles. That
means they cant boi
l
water.
And we
already know my fee
l
ings on clowns who
cant
boil
water. All of you should
be
tied
to a post and shot.
B
RIANS B
RJ
EF
O
F THE
WE
E
K
.
4/11 Shea
han
10:2S PM
ment
in
F
The smoke was c
l
ared to find It was not
Rey sighting
on campus, but
rather
burnt
food on the
stove. Rachel,
if you're
r
ead-
ing this
,
will
To help retnedy this situatioilc, the fore-
most expert o
n
noodle cooking at Marist
College, Alex "The Bat Wing" Huot,
will
be giving an expo on how
to
properly pre-
Block
was
e
n
te
r
ed
by
security and a
buffet of alco•
anothe
r
Rachel Ray s
i
ghting on campus
,
but rather burnt food on the stove.
Rachel If you
'
re reading th
i
s
,
will you
pare your noo-
dles this week-
end.
All are
This one brings a tearto
'
my eye
,
as I am
a fonner Sheahan Hall resident. Students
were found with 9 cans of assorted beers
,
and a 375 ml
bottle of Paul
Musson Grand
Amber Brandy
.
I take it back
,
Champagnat is
i~I
w:n:oun!f
=m=a=r~ry~m=e
~
? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_
_ _
_
... the foremost expert on noodle cooking
at Mar
l
st
,
Alex
"
The Bat Wing
"
Huo
t,
will
be giving an expo on how to properly pre
-
pare your nood
_
les this weekend
.
Natty Light, 15 cans of Keystone, a half-
liter of vodka, a funnel (presumably for
water and nothing else) as well as a 4x5
shuttle sign for the basketba
ll
games.
In
a
related story, I've heard a group of Marist
crazies are
·
still standing on the comer
waitin
g
for the
s
hunle
.
Poor
guys.
fll C
h
ampagnat Breezeway
In an attempt to outdo Ganland in term,;
of weirdest collection of stuff to be con-
fiscated, Champagnat students were
found with a liter of Southern Comfort, a
bottle of Smirnoff Green App
l
e
,
a liter of
Sky Blueberry Vodka
,
and a bottle of
Cha
r
donnay.
Not only did they best
Gartland, but they get this week
'
s award
for the classiest dorm. Chardonnay, wow.
4/3
Here's a good one. A student left their
wallet i
n
a c
l
assroom. Their kind bearted
professor brought
it
to the lost and found
and security notified the student that they
could have their wallet back, but they
wouldn't be able to go to Toucan's that for
you marry me?
GUE
S
T
BRJ
EF
O
F
WEEK
we
l
come.
THE
419
11
:
40
PM
C
h
a
mp
ag
n
at
E
n
try desk
not the classi-
est dorm on campus. And normally I will
By Joey "Snugglebear" Bums
"r''
I
I
tu
I
A
t
never co
nd
one underage
d
r
ink
i
n
g. b
ul r
m
rtna
y,
a~ rn to nonna cy.
gues
sony
,
SHEAHAN RULES BABY!!!!!!!!
Hi Everyone
.
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guest was sent to his room without any
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not chaining up his bike, but the young lad
was spared because
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Marist 3-on-3 basketball
tournament; sign up now
THE CIRCLE
By
COURTNEY KRffi
Co-Editor in Chief
Have you ever dreamed o
f
being a Marist basketba
ll
star?
On Sunday
,
Apr. 30, every
dreamer
will
have
their
chance
.
From 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
in the McCann Fieldhouse
,
36
teams will battle each other in
a
3•on-3
Basketball
Tournament
Planned and hosted by six
students from Keith Strudler's
Sports Public Re
l
ations cUlss,
the single elimination tourna-
ment will crown Marist's 2006
champions.
Each round will be ten min•
utes long
,
with teams playing
on six different half courts.
Throughout the tournament
there will be 3-point and foul
shooti
n
g contests for all regis-
tered p
l
ayers and fans. The
winner of each contest will
recieve a prize.
Sponsored by the Hungry
Fox, on Violet Avenue, and
Special Tees Plus, every tour-
nament player will receive free
pizza and beverages. The final
four teams will also rece
i
ve
tournament t-shirts
,
courtesy
of Special Tees Plus.
The championship team will
win several prizes from local
stores and businesses.
Every player who enters the
tournament will have the
chance to win a multini.de of
pri
z
es and raffles including gift
certificates, basketballs, and
pizza. Prizes have been donat•
ed by Modell's, Foam
&
Wash
,
Coco's, Quiznos
,
Coyote Grill,
and the Palace Diner.
Each tournament fan will
also have the opportunity win
raffles and prizes.
Any students interested in
entering the tournament should
send
an
email
to
Marist3on3@yahoo.com. In
the email include the names of
three players
,
the team cap-
tain's name and email address,
and a team name.
The team registration fee is
$6 per team and must be paid
before the tournament date.
Sign-in begins at 12:30 p.m.
outside the Mccann
gym
and
games will start promptly at
1:00p.m.
.
Courtney
J. Kretz
cass1
G. Matos
Co-Editor in Chief
Co-Editor in Chief
Chrtstlne Rochelle
Alex
Panaglotopoulos
Derek Dellinger
Opinion Editor
Campus Editor
Copy Editor
James Marconi
Mark Perugini
Adam Guarino
News Editor
Co-Sports Editor
Health Editor
M
i
chael Mayfleld
Andy
Alongi
JustJn
Calderon
Features Editor
Co-Sports Editor
A&E Editor
Alec Troxel
l
G. Modele Clarke
Chris Yusko
Advertising Manager
Faculty Advisor
Distribution Manager
Copy and Layout Staff: Eric Zedalis. James Burns
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News
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006
www.marlstclrcle.com
ResNet provides on-line gaming
By
JUSTIN CA
LDE
R
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N
A&E Editor
Marist College ResNet is offer-
ing
access to lntemet gaming.
TiVo, and hopes to make all
buildings on campus wireless
by
the end of this semester.
As of a couple of weeks ago,
select on-campus students have
begun taking advantage of the
ability to use Marist's server to
play online games. Joe Bums, a
ResNet technician, said that all
students with K accounts can
request a
second
IP address.
"The
second IP address is
free."
said Bums, "Once the
stu-
dent makes an appointment with
ResNct [on-campus]
students
can use our server to play onlinc
games for no additional cost."
Michael
Bamberger,
Marist
College
junior
and
avid
PlayStation
2
user,
was
enthralled about the introduction
of
online gaming
on
the network.
"Marist students
love their
gaming,"
said
Bamberger,
"[ResNet)
is doing their job by
providing easy,
free,
and
enjoy-
able
access
to
an
otherwise
expensive venture."
Not
only that. but
students
who
are
jealous of their
off-campus
classmates
with HBO will be
happy to know that the possibili-
ty for TiVo installation is now
available as well. TiVo, the rep-
utable digital recording televi-
sion
hardware, has increased in
popularity among Americans.
"I
barely know anyone without
TiVo," said Bamburger,
"[It's
great to see] Marist
is
becoming
more technically aware of peo-
ple's media usage."
Students
will have to pay forTiVo use, but
can
expect a helpful installation
from ResNet.
Many students have already
been using AirFox • Marist
College's
wireless network - and
are
aware of its
strength
and
capabilities.
As of now, all
major academic buildings can
pick up the
signal
as
well
as
all
of the freshman dorms.
Bums said ResNet plans
to
have AirFox available to all of
Marist 's bui
l
dings by the end of
this semester.
"Students
need the VPN client
software
to log onto the net-
work,"
said Bums,
"Once
you
get the VPN
software
from
ResNet you can
use
your
K
account and
sign
onto AirFox
anytime."
Marist
College
junior John
Ohern was Web surfing outside
the James Cannavino Library
and
commented
on ResNet's per-
formance.
..
The wireless network
on cam-
pus is usually pretty
strong,"
said
Ohern,
..
The
strengths vary,
but it
usually isn't a problem ...
Marist
students
of the future
can
envision
themselves Web
surfing
in their living room while
playing online on their gaming
conso
l
e.
Don't worry about
missing that last episode of
24;
it'll
be
taped on TtVo.
'
Words of Wisdom
'
help Leo freshman
By
G
RE
G H
RI
NYA
Circle Contributor
As
freshman face the tough
task of integrating themselves
into
college
life,
Leo
Hall is
auempting to make the transitfon
one step easier.
Brother Michael Williams,
F.M
s,
B.A
.. Campus Mlni!,t.t:r,
has
the mantra
that
..
Leo
Leads.''
and the Words of
Wisdom
pro-
gram
that
Williams has
imple-
mented
is
allbwing students to
become
more comfortable
in
the
college
process.
Once
a
week.. usually on
Wednesdays,
a
guest speaker
comes to Leo Hall and shares
their thoughts and experiences
with the freshman residing the;re.
These guest
speakers
are
joining
the Words of Wisdom program
that Williams has been running
for three years. As integral
parts
of this program, the guest speak-
ers, which
are
usually professors,
come in with the intention of
enlightening the student body.
Brother Williams said the pro-
gram
has
a
specific
purpose, and
although its goal is to help the
students,
it is enjoyable for the
speakers
as well.
"The
Words
of
Wisdom pro-
gram
allows
students
and faculty
to
interact
in their
own residence
hall and the
speakers
are free
to
share
any wisdom with the
stu-
dents
they
feel is important,"
Williams
said.
Jason Jacondin, freshman, said
the program is unique and serves
an
important
purpost
"The
Words of Wisdom pro-
gram
is
very
insightful
and
all
the presentations are organized
and
wCII
Rut
to&ether," Jatondi~
said "The
people that
sltow
up
really want to be there and
it
is
a
learning experience for every-
one."
Brother Williams,
Campus
Minister,
said
that the program is
outside
of the box and unique in
its
own way.
"lf
a psychology professor
wants to share their experiences
wi4l music and the effect that it
has
had on their life, then that's
what they discuss."
Williams also said that the
Words of Wisdom program is a
way for faculty to interact with
freshman and
share
ideas and
experiences.
"I
always tell the guest
speak-
ers to
share something
with
stu-
dents that
they
may have never
had the chance to do in a clas,-.
room
setting,"
Williams said
As
a student. the goal is to enter
the Leo Stone
lounge
and hope-
fully gain some lcnowledge from
a person who
spends
their living
surrounded by Marist
students.
"I
think the
students
are
touched by
the insight
the
sp<ak-
ers bring and absorb the passions
that they bring to the program,"
Williams
said.
..... ,
F4,rthcrmor~ Jessie, Boj'lc,
~Junan,
said
that
the
program
is
very beneficial for all those
involved.
"I think
it's a great program
and it really shows us the bigger
sides
of this
campus,"
Boyle
said.
"It
also allows for
students
to get together and relate with
one another."
In
addition to the benefits the
students
receive from the Words
of Wisdom program, the guest
speakers
also profit.
Brother
Williams, Campus Minister, said
that professors and other guest
speakers
realJy enjoy
conversing
with the student body and shar-
ing
their knowledge with them.
"Most
professors that I ask to
come and join us are thrilled with
the
invitation
and always look
forward to coming," Williams
said
"Some
even want to be
invited
Jan
Stivers
responded
to
me within one day of my
request."
The discussions in¥olved in the
Words of Wisdom program,
are
concentra1ed on Marist College
and
the
,tud,nt,•,t~ee
in
it
On~
program will focus on the goals
that a
student
brings to Marist
and.how
they
go about achieying
Ulora,
Another
wiU
reVOl"'t'
around
the
history
Of
the camws
and how much it has changed
from what
it
once was.
Jason Jacondin, freshman,
said
that the diversity in the
programs
makes them
fascinating
to
be
a
pan
of.
"The
first
program revolved
around
goals
and the one
I
went
to last week focused
on
spiritual-
ity," Jacondin said.
Words of Wisdom attempts to
get the students to think about
who they are and what they want
to become.
Ali
freshmen, stu-
dents are new to the college life
and these
guest
speakers try to
make
an
impact on the students'
current
and
future
lives at Marist
College.
Stadium construction schedule delayed
By
JENNIFER
B
UAK
Circle Contributor
Some new
changes
are coming
to Marist with.in a few years, and
are sure to
change
the look of
the
campus dramatically.
A
new football field to rep
l
ace
Leoni doff Field, a new technolo-
gy center will possibly go up in
place of Benoit and Gregory, and
the exit of the
Bank
of New
York
from
the North end of campus all
will
alter
the appearance of cam-
pw.
Chief Public Affairs Officer for
the college, Tim C. Massie said
the football field was supposed
to
be completed over the summer
in
time for the upcoming football
season, but one problem has
aris-
en.
"We
just found out recently
that the building of the stadium
will have to be put off for anoth-
er year," said Massie. "We
can-
not get the pre-cast concrete,
which are large sections of con-
crete
that
fit together like a puz-
zle."
The
college
is
very
disappoint-
ed at the delay because they have
all
approvals
necessary to begin
taking out the current scats and
field, and begin constructing the
new stadium, said Massie.
'The
college
was hoping to
break ground right after gradua-
tion," said Massie.
"Now
we will
have to wait until the completion
of
the football season at the ear-
liest. which could impact the
spring
sports
schedule."
The college is also looking
to
enhance the field, and will hope•
fully be able to install an artifi-
cial
turf
surface
which will allow
the field to be used for more
events. This will
also
provide
more
safety
for the athletes. The
drainage will also
be
greatly
improved with the artificial
turf
said Massie.
The
stadium
will
cost
in the
neighborhood of around
$4
mil-
lion said Massie, as the
college
received a gift from Tim Tenney
.
Tenney is a trustee for the col-
lege and President of Pepsi-Cola
of Hudson Valley, which is based
in
Newburgh.
The name
of
the
stadium
will most likely
be
Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff
Field
The
new
stadium will have
around the same number
of
seats
as the current field, which is
around
2,000.
The new seats will
be opposite where the current
ones stand and will face the river,
The existing stands
will
bt
removed, and a hill will be put in
for spectators to allow them to
lay down blankets and watch the
games, said Massie.
Plans for
a new
technology
center
are
also
in
place, but noth-
ing concrete has
been
decided
upon yet. The center will be
named
after
Ellen
M.
Hancock.,
a
trustee for the
college,
who gave
a $5 million donation.
Construction
for the technolo-
gy
center will not begin for at
least
two
to
four years. The
pre-
ferred site for the center is where
Benoit
and
Gregory are located,
meaning the two buildings
would have to be tom down and
new student housing would have
to be
built
elsewhere, but
it
is too
early yet to
say
that
is exactly
what will happen,
said
Massie.
'Toe
new technology center
will not just be a home for
Com
purer Science and Math,"
said Massie.
"It
will also help to
put the technology in place to
integrate into all areas of study at
the college."
The Bank of New
York
located
at the North end of campus near
Gartland
Commons
will
be
mov-
ing
out of
the building at the end
of
April.
"We
want to
improve
the
park-
ing lot in that area, and take out
the drive-thru
structure,"
said
Massie,
The building will remain stand-
ing for a while,
as
something
temporarily will
be
put in there.
The college hopes to create
80
new parking
spots
in the area,
and help with the parking crunch
on campus.
It has not yet been determined
who the parking spots will
be
for
h
owever, and they will not
be
available until next year said
Massie.
PAG
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News Briefs
World ew.~
Israeli go,ernmcnl
rescinds
Jerusalem
residen-
cy
rights
for
Hamas
la,m1akers
Hama members of lh< Palcst1n1an
Aulhoril)'
Ion er
be
welc me to h vc m Jerusalem
1d a
<pokcspcrson for the hraeh go,rmmenL The mo e
by
lhe I rach go, emmenl comes after a
u1cide
bomblft8
m
kl
A'il\
thal
k1l1cJ
nine
peuple Dcsp'lle
the
fact
thut the Pale
11111an
mili1a111
group
Islamic
Jllwl
claimcJ rcspun-.1h1l1ty for 1hc bombing, the lsraeUsare
holJm the
llama,-.JOO Pak
1iman
gmemment
respoa-
&1hl !or 1h aC\. Both llamas ,nd I
lam1c
Jihad
on 1drn:d terronst organu.auons
by
some,
111Cludina
lhc
l mtod State anJ lhc E urorcan Union.
The
llaied
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f
hoth
grou
IS
the
desuw:tion of
lsnacl
oae
\\hoch ha
pum:d concern
in
Israel after
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gamed
a
fll3JOnty
of
t.ents
in
the Palestinian legislature
China hit
b) massive dust storm, Beijmg co
ered
\\ith
chalk) )dlo\\ du I
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was bombarded
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low 111d
compelling
health
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be
issued
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pa.-
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reportcd1
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111
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National
News
l\\o
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npe,
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sauh
or
CCU student
Duke
lacro,,c pla
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and
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team
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were
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k1dnupping
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said that
authonues arc attemplllll
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charge •
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Defense
attom,) ll11l TholllllS
dismwed
die
alk
attons as
'absolutely
outrageous.'
Bush deflect
ncgall\ e
critiques
agaimt
Defense Sccrctal) Donald Rumsfeld
Pres1dc:nt Bush
i,
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stalcmc-nts
lucsday
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of I lcfcnse Sccrettry D,>nald Rumsfcld
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botll
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change
the ccrct.1') rnlroduccd to
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retired
general
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out
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Senator Schumer calls for federal
investigation
inlo 011 compame and refineries
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a federal
m,est.i •auon of oil companic
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School of Management continues to improve program
Bu
s
in
ess, eco
n
o
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ics co
u
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s o
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lib
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By
JOHN
S
ULLIVAN
Circle Contributor
The Marist College School of
Management is becoming a well-
respected institution with its
well- founded bus
i
ness classes,
in addition to Marist's liberal arts
setup.
The School of Management has
been
accredited
by
The
Association
to
Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business
(AACSB). This agency, founded
in
1
916
by such notable business
schoo
l
s as Harvard
,
Columbia
and Cornell
,
accred
i
ts wort
h
y
schools to help further the cause
of business education.
To
be
inducted into this pro-
gram,
Marist went through a six-
year process of inSpection and
improvement. Bei
n
g recognized
by this organization places
Marist College among the top 30
percent of the business programs
in the country
,
As of January
2002,
only
411
colleges, univer-
sities, and higher education insti-
tutions were accredited by the
From Pa
ge
On
e
AACSB.
Assistant Professor of and
Masters
of
Public
Assistant P
r
ofessor of Accounting Joan Hollister said Admini!tta
t
!Qn (MPA).
With
Management
Joanne
Gavin
she thinks Marist College's pro-
743
undergraduate and
691
grad-
thinks that Marist CoUege com-
gram
is just different
,
not less
uate students, it is the
l
argest and
pares very favorably with other demanding or educationa
l
, from
most popular school at Marist
more established names in the the more well- known names on College. It is also the home of
business school world.
the AACSB list. Holl
i
ster said,
two business hoJ)o
r
ary sociFties:
"While M,.rist might not yet
as
an
example
,
while Harvard
Beta. Gamma
Sigma
and Beta
have the name [the
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Alpha Psi.
other schoo
l
s have],
'
While Marlst might not yet have the name [other
Once students have
we have two very
schools have], we have two very lmportantthlngs
~;::-::~ce~:i
1 ~;
:;rt;;~r s~~:
0~:
other schools do not have
.
One Is that we have a
the business world.
do not have," said
ilberal arts environment for students wh
il
e other
Ga
v
in
.
"
Orie is that
schools might concentrate on business
.
we have a liberal
Marist
Career
SeiviCCs will some-
times land stude
n
ts
arts
environment for
students while other
schoo
l
s m
i
ght con-
centrate on only
business
.
"
Gavin feels that the small size
of the co
l
lege aUows
·
for pos
i
tive
relationships berween students
and professors
.
"I
know all the students
in
my
classes by name," said Gavin.
"When I write a recomme
n
dat
i
on
for a student, it's because
I
know
them in person
."
with a helpfu
l
intern-
-
Joa
nn
e Gavin ship that might open
Ass
i
s
ta
nt Professor
of M
an
age
men
t up a possibi
li
ty for a
has a large and prestigious grad-
uate business program, Marist
has a competitive
full-
time
undergraduate program in this
field.
The Sc
h
ool of Management has
many areas of study
,
including
accounting
,
business administra-
tion
,
economics
,
Masters of
Business Administration (MBA)
job after grad
u
ation
.
The effectiveness of this route,
however, has been
d
iscredited
by some students, ij.Ccording to
Ho
ll
ister.
They say Ca
r
eer
Services was not the most help-
ful
route to securing a job after
graduation.
ACford.ing 10 her,
alumn
i
from MaiistcW!,helpa lot
more when find
in
8 a potential
emp
l
oyer. When fomier Marist
stude
n
ts secure a job in a large
J"lI'IIl
and 'WQrk
haia,
they cast
a
favorable light on Marist and the
employe
r
s come back for more.
Some students
are
now work-
ing for
l
arge, successful multi-
J1ati1
;
mal firms now because of
this networking, such
$
KPMG
and Price Waterhouse- Coopers
.
Another way to find a job after
gra
d
uatio
n
is th
r
ough the school
of management
'
s professors
themselves. Acco
r
ding to Gavin,
the relatively small size of the
schoo
l
allow's studCilts
tO
cOnneci
with professors' past jobs. Most
of the professors in the business
department have held jobs in the
business world before.
Gavin
said that professors' experiences
in the field can help students net-
work and some students actually
end up working at places where
their professors used to work.
Dan SpadOra is a junior
in
the
school of management with a
co
n
ce
n
tratio
n
in
human
resources.
He felt that the school p
r
epared
him for the business world
"a
bo
u
t as well as a business
school can prepare y9
u.
"
He
metJrioned that the liberal arts
envi(Vnment can help
a
more
cohcentrated
fOQUS
io an
aspect
of business. Spado
r
a offered the
..examp
l
e qf
.a
student wantinl
more
Of
a busi
n
·
eSs strategy foqUI
could take a military history
course to supf>lement their
Jean( ..
ing.
Spadora said that he feels that
"coming to Marist and passi
n
g
through the B
u
siness Schoo
l
wifti
flying
'
colors Will ge
t
you
into
any
position you have the
ambition for.
'
'
Spadora
,
neverthe
l
ess
,
also sa
i
d
that he feels Marist still has a
tough time tryi
n
g to establ
i
sh
itself in the world of the AACSB.
"Wh
i
le not necessaiily a
n
ame
that comes to mind when
you
think business, Marist's program
stands tall and strong
.
" said
Spadora
, "
My personal feeling
is
that education is primari
l
y whit
a
student makes of it, and with the
resources Ma
r
ist bas to offer
we're in good sttape.'
"
Marist offers degree to foreign students studying abroad
want to internationalize Marist
and provide higher education for
foreign students
,
but Marist will
gain revenue from this.
How
much?
Well
,
we. know it is
expensive to live in Florence, so
we tried to make this as affo
r
d-
ab
l
e ss-po
sq
ible But
Fl
ore
n
t:e
s
tu
de
n
ts will also not have access
to
.
the same
slWVices
,
u.A.metiean
,
studllntSJ',
'I
For. a srudent
ttl
attmd Maris~
Lorenzo de' Medic
i
full time, the
cost is $8
,
000 per semester.
The Marist-Lorenzo de
'
Medici
p
r
ogram is intended to give for-
eign students who want an
American education the chance
to obtain it abroad at an
A
m
erican
-
acc
r
edited program.
Frank
l
i
n
said an American
degree is an indispensable asset
"
A U.S. degree
i
s the most
valuab
l
e credential
in
the world
,
"
she said. "There are no degree
programs in Flore
n
ce, and
Lorenzo de
'
Medici does not
have the same weight or prestige
as
Marist.
"
One hurdle to overcome with
establishing this partnership was
to ensure the Lorenzo de' Med
i
ci
acadt.'mic
program was
si
m
i
l
a
r to
Marist's
.
,Di.Cappo,;,&LwiecLufaim wice,.
pr!'5idmf/ ..
i<I
mtoningdumew
1um
·
i
was
Very'
important
because
European universities have a dif-
ferent approach to education.
"
A big step was making sure
their curriculum matches ours,
"
she said. "It's a d
i
fferent colle-
giate environment.
European
colleges just study their subject
matter."
A
n
other question that arose
with the dec
i
sio
n
to effective
l
y
estab
li
sh a Marist campus abroa
d
was exploring housing options.
Current
l
y, the Marist
-
Lorenzo
de
'
Medici program does not
offer housing op
t
ions
,
but it
could become a possibility in the
future.
D
i
Caprio said there is a possi-
bility of purchasing a bui
l
ding
for housing.
''We're possibly looking into
acquiring
h
ousing where Marist
College students
.
atAha
.,
Lor.enzo
1
de
!.Jr
MedicJ
program:
lca.ri
ri
mfd,"
she said.
•t
•Short"tenn
p
r
ogram
students could also use the hous-
ing."
DiCaprio did say there are
lim-
its
to ho
u
sing w
i
th the Lorenzo
de' Medici program.
"There are
l
imitations," she
said. "A, we have to find a p
l
ace.
B, it has to be close enough for
the use of pub
li
c transportation,
and C, it has to
be
affordab
l
e and
in good shape."
However, DiCaprio also said
the issue of hous
in
g will not be
explored in
-
depth until the pro-
among other European universi-
gram
itself proves to
be
a sue-
ties
,
lacks hous
i
ng.
cess
.
"The
r
e are no donns in
"We're not in a position to do
anyth
i
ng about housing before
the program takes off
,"
she said,
The
issue
of housing
did.
how-
ever
,
precipitate the discussion of
differentes between student life
i11
.
..6lor.cnoe
anddilll:Crica
.:111
um,
,
!iiia,p,id~lrid:lhe1aclootibool
1£
ingi~ con&istmt:wiih t
h
t1ffl0trtl:tat
foreign students are not as
dependen
t
as American st
u
de
n
ts
on their university.
"It's very anc
i
llary
,
" she said.
"It
'
s very
much
on ,your
Owr(.
Fore
i
gn students do not necessar-
ily expect housing. Students are
more indepenPent from their col-
lege."
Franklin, executive assisla(lt,
academic affairs, said the jnde-
pendence
from
a co
ll
ege
is
one
reason
L
or~nzo de' Medici,
Florence
,"
she said,
"
But it
is
a
walking city."
Frank
lin
said there are clubs
and organizations in
Florence
.
but the stark difference betwe
e
n
Marist in America and
a
schoo
l
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,
9~
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q~n.t~
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!RqkiJJgr,at
r
N
kinds of things
,
" she said.
"
They
have to figure out the bus sys-
tem
,
currency, and how to order
at a cafe
.
And students navigate
that
vezy
well!"
DiCaprio said the d
i
fference
between Marist and Lorenzo de'
Medici is simp
l
y that they are
d
ifferent.
"It's different," she said.
"
lt's
socially d
i
fferent
,
and the expec-
ta\ions are different."
'
The Maris
t
wLore
n
zo de
'
Medici
partnership, while
still
undergo,-
ing
final preparations befo
r
e
the
officia
l l
aunch, is an exciti
n
g
event for staff and students
a
t
Marist and abroad.
Sophomore Nini Vuong said
the partnership
is a way to
expand Marist.
"
S
i
nce Marist is such a smalt
school.,
-
1h.is
1
is
a
good
chance to
makr:imtr 'School
more
di.ffl'SC
1
''
slut-i,ai,dr
'
I(
the Marist-Lorenzo de'
Medici
program
succee
d
s,
Franklin said perhaps the best
advantage is. that Marist cou
ld.
effectively do this 8gain.
"The advantage hete is
that
Marist will be authorized
t
o
duplicate their ~fforts," s
h
e said.
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"
Du
ring my freshman year, in
the fa
ll
of 2003, I was aetected
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l
y for ovarian cancer and
whe
n
I first found out I was real
nervous and depressed
,
" she
said. "But I had such good sup-
port
from my friends and family
that it
h
elped me during that
tough transit
i
oning time
int9
my
fr~hman year and u
n
dergoing
two surgeries to remove the can
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,
now in her junior
year, said the expe
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ience has
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i
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will
show
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DeLay's resignation signifies devotion to conservative cause
By
JAMES
MARCONI
News
Editor
Say what you
wilJ
about
Representative Tom DeLay (R
-
TX) but he certainly knows how
tq
10ake a
perfectly
timed exit.
After nearly twenty-two years
serving in the
House
of
R,epresentatives,
DeLay
announced his withdrawal from
thl;
,
2006 congressional race and
hia-
,
resignation from
Congress
e;µ-Jier last week. The swprise
mQVe
has
prompted enormous
tUnounts of speculation as to his
mptives.
Most have pointed to his recent
political troubles as the key fac-
tor behind his actions
,
citing
polls showing that he would have
difficulty winning his seat in the
upcoming November elections.
As
columnist David S. Broder of
the Washington Post put
it,
"The
former House majority leader
'
s
decision
to
abandon
what
appeared to
be an increasingly
uphill fight for reelection
in
his
Texas district and retire from the
House was the latest and by far
the
'
largest
consequence of a
widening probe of corruption on
Cltpitol Hill." (www.washing-
tonpost.com)
Others have
·
said those same
political entanglements (i.e.
indic
r
m
cnl
by Trav
i
s Co
un
ty
D
.
A.
Ronnie Earle and
'
connec-
tions
'
to disgraced lobbyist Jack
Abramoff) have rendered him
iihpoterd
as
'
tri
politital
-force irr
the House. That loss of ptrsonal
JX'IWer
,
they say, was a prime
motivation for him to retire.
I
agree that DeLay's decision
Republican .. ,could take the his
former
communications
stems from his political troubles.
seat." (www.cnn.com)
director,
John
Feehery, wrote in
However,
I
would argue that it is
So, basically, Delay does not the Washington Post that while
not a fight for re.election or loss
want to be made
the
poster
boy he believed DeLay
let
his staff
of political stature and clout that for a Democratic "culture of cor-
run
•amok,' he also said that
drove Tom Delay. Rather, it is
ruption
"
campaign
in
the 2006 "Delay was an amazing legisla-
the
fa<;t
that he has become a lia-
congressional elections, because tor, probably the most talented
bility both to his district and his that kind of negative publicity this town has seen since Lyndon
party and a hindrance to further-
would do damage to the party
Baines
Johnson.
"
(www.wash-
ing the conservative cause in and
ideology
he has faithfully
ingtonpost.com)
Congress that caused his resign.a-
served. Sure, he would likely
That legislative career began
tion.
win his seat in the House,
but
he when Delay was elected into the
The evidence of this claim is would draw time and
money
House in 1985.
Three years
clearly shown in both DeLay's
away from his party and give the later, he was appointed deputy
statements from
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
whip
by
then
the past few days
Delay's track record as 'The Hammer' does not
Majority Whip Dick
and a close exam-
point to a self-serving, power hungry, glory seeking
Cheney.
After the
ination of his
man. What It does show Is an
Incredibly
capable and
election of 1994•
career.
In
an
where Republicans
devoted polltlclan who puts his party and his cause
won a majority in
above all else - even himself.
the house, he was
Blitzer, he said
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
elected
Majority
that he believed he could win Democrats a huge bulls-eye with
Whip. In this capacity
,
Delay
reelection as representative to which to aim smear campaigns.
proved
extremely
good
at
Texas's 22nd Congressional
Unwilling to face this situation, extracting the necessary votes to
District.
However, the sheer he intentionally sank his own pass Republican bills in the
amount
of time and effort needed political career by resigning on House
,
It was around 1995 that
to
run
the kind of campaign nee-
his own terms. Does that really
he helped launch the
K
Street
essary
to
win would do the sound like the self-serving,
Project to refonn the
lobbying
Republican Party more harm power hungry
,
corrupt politician
industry. The
lobbying
firms of
than
good.
we've heard about in the news? the time employed a vastly dis-
"
Well,
it
became quite obvious Heck, the whole POINT of cor-
proportionate
amount
of
interview
CNN
'
s
with
Wolf
to me that this election was going ruption is to put one's self-inter-
Democrats to Republicans; their
to
be
a referendum on me and not est ahead of everyone else. political
monetary
.
donations
the values and priorities of my When you look at his actions
,
were similarly disproportionate
.
constituents," DeLay said. "It's Tom DeLay doesn't even come DeLay successfully pressured
·
going to be nasty. Millions of close to fitting that definition.
those firms into hiring members
dollars would
be
spent by the
!h
e
re
s
t
o
f hi
s
career
also
h
as
o
f hi
s
p
a
rt
y an
d d
o
n
ating
money
Democrats to take this seat.
J
the earmarks of a politician to Republican campaigns by
have worked my entire adult life incredibly devoted to his party
threatening to deny access to
for
\hC
7
'tt'ef,"~8fic':ik\
1Jutjd'ri~
t,
lu'\_
1
1f
•
and his
,,
.beliefs
, ..
um
JMhateV.eii
House.members.
,
the conservative"Rflweffi2n'f
~
at18
t
aUcgdd
o
cthit,
ri
tbmplaints 1;)afs
De:tpite.his
1
po'1U\lal:Nictbtit
sp
r
felt
tnc
1
~
do~
~
J
!fuion
opJ)oneRts
l~eled at
him
,
he was never
the
public
'
face
af
,
would be to step aside so that a
nobody ever accused DeLay of the party, remainiog in the shad-
R e p
u
b
t
i
c a n .
.
a n y
being
lazy
or
ineffective.
Even
ow of men like Newt Gingrich
,
who was frequently put on cam-
era in the media. In fact
,
until his
indictment
in
2005
,
the
Congressman was a relative
unknown outside of Washington.
He certainly didn't get nearly the
amount of airtime of prominent
senators Hke Hillary Clinton or
Ted Kennedy
.
Another Delay example of
Delay's political self sacrifice
came
in
2003 when he success-
fully
helped
engineer an effort to
redraw the congressional dis-
tricts in Texas. It is widely know
that the move gave Republicans
a majority of the seats available
in
that state by grouping together
higher
concentrations
of
Republicans
per
district. What
many don't know
,
though
,
is that
he slashed the comfortable
majority in his own district to do
it.
Before redistricting, his dis-
trict was about 65 percent
Republican
-
afterwards, only
about 54 percent Republicans
resided in his district.
Delay
knowingly, voluntarily took that
hit to help his party overall
.
Delay's track record as 'The
Hammer' does not point to a self-
serving, power hungry
,
glory
seeking man. What it does show
is an incredibly capable and
devoted politician who puts his
party and his cause above all else
-
even him
se
l
f. That
'
s
why
J
jusl
don't buy some of the charges
leveled against him in connec-
tion,with.aU.egcd.camp~gp.scan-
dab
r
mcL
SllppOseds
IMs,tQ
.comipt
lobbyists
.
Firs\ of all
;
the fust
charge is an indictment
,
not a
conviction
.
Innocent until
proven guilty, remember? The
~
econd charge is just wild suppo-
sitions
-
no federal
investigation
has even bothered to look into
any illicit connections to Jack
Abramoff.
The primary reason
I
don't
believe Delay is guilty of any-
thing
beyond
causing
the
Democratic
Party a
major
headache is because be is so
stringently examined by said.
Democrats.
As
he told Wolf
Blitzer
,
it would just be plain
dumb to do anything illegal.
Yes, he does push the boundaries
(he has been scolded by the
House Ethics Committee on
three occasions) but he has not
done anything illegal.
"
\}'olf
,
I'm not stupid
.
The
Democrats have scrutinized my
operation
-
every part of my
operation
-
for 20 years and,
most particularly
,
for the
11
years we
'
ve been in the majority
.
I
would be incredibly stupid to
do anything illegal, because they
would find
it,"
Delay said.
"I
have never done anything
-
while I've been in elective office
-
for my own personal gain."
(www.cnn.com)
My conclusion? Tom DeLay
might not be a saint
-
but he
'
s
certainly not the demon that he
has
been
characterized
as.
His
r
esignat
i
on
is
no
t an
ad
mi
ss
i
o
n
of guilt, merely the final attempt
of a devoted man to serve his
ideals
.
and-bis cou.nlliy
.
1
Whil.c
he
,
plans to pursue the coDSClft'tUh•
·
e
agenda
from
the
prit.ate
sector,
his dedication and zeal in
Congress
will
be sorely missed
.
Nepal demands restoration of civil rights from manipulative king
By
DAN BLACK
Staff
Writer
Recently
in
Nepal, thousands
of
citizens have taken
to
the
streets in civil disobedience.
They are protesting the tyran-
nous rule of King Gyanendra
who seized absolute power of the
stal
e'
last year and caused a
cul-
tuf.l}
regression that
leaves
Nepal
re
s
embling a medieval feudal
ei:t:ip_ire.
'iiie Nepalese demand restora-
tion of their civil rights; freedom
of speech and freedom of
thought have in the past year
been stripped of them by the
king.
Several days ago, three
lost
their lives in the struggle to
recapture what is rightfully
theirs.
I
wonder what it is about this
King Gyanendra that he isn't
able to efficiently and effectively
oppress his own people when
there has been a model of how to
do just that right in central North
America for the past five years.
The things we shaie with the cit-
izens of Nepal, the loss of our
civil rights and dignity, make our
differences nonsensical.
Two
groups of people, autonomous
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leadership, one stands
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
those who arrogantly
up
for themselves. the
The citizens of the United States, however,
took them away. The
other
does
not.
don't feel Inclined
to
fight for the same rights
United States will con-
Concentrate on the
that the Nepalese die for, despite suffering
tinue to be oppressed
,
;:t!:a~:~: :.: ::
the same disenfranchisement, because we
:e~!d
0
!orS:~~~;
as
you begin to
see
why
misperceive ourselves as free
"But we have civil
are responses are so
rights and free speech
;
varied.
rights that the Nepalese die for,
nobody's shooting at us. Don
'
t
The citizens of Nepal boldly despite suffering the same disen-
let your tenibly virulent strain of
stand in the face of their oppres-
franchisement, because we mis~
chronic absent-mindedness make
sors~ some of them have lost
perceive ourselves as free.
you delusional
,
Mr.
Black.
"
Ah
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Resulting from the deaths in
yes, civil rights we have
,
but do
thi~ has attracted the world's Nepal, international attention has
we? We do not exercise them
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lliE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006 •
P
AGE 6
Iran's nuke threat calls for immediate response by Bush
By
CHRISTINE ROCHELLE
O
pinion
E
ditor
If Iran is found to be in direct
violation of the Nuc
l
ear Non-
Pro
l
iferation Treaty, it would be
a major risk of the U
n
ited States
to sit back and watch another
nuclear crisis unfo
l
d.
Last month Mohamed
E
I
Baradei,
director
of
I
n
t
ernational A
t
omic Energy
Agency
(lAEA),
uncove
r
ed
i
n
fonnat
i
on about a uranium
facility
I
ran in the midst of con-
struction. Si
n
ce uranium
i
s a key
component for the development
of advanced nuclear weapons,
IAEA was obligated to release
this i
n
fonnation to the public.
With Iran demanding missiles
and nuclear weapons that would
be aimed for the U.S. and
Europe, President Bush has no
choice but to
act
quickly. Europe
is sti
ll
scrambling to find enough
courage to confu:mt Iran and ter-
rorism,
so
the U.S. cannot wait
for European. support. Now Iran
claims to have thousands of sui-
cide bombers ready to attack and
Pres
i
dent
Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad warned that Iran
will "cut off the hand of any
aggressor" that gets
in their way.
This is not a time to be diplomat-
ic.
But libera
l
s
will
still use these
circumstances as an opportune
time to point fi
n
gers at the Bush
administration
'
s effort to protect
the United States. In other words
,
it is better for Bush to be diplo-
matic than to do his job as
Commander-in-Ch
i
ef of a coun-
try that is being t
h
reatened. To let
a government openly state its
desire to defeat the U.S. and find
it acceptable is asinine
.
In
a situ-
ation such as this where this is a
chance of a nuclear crisis, there
is no longer conservative or lib-
eral - Ohly right and wrong. To
tum the other cheek is
,
without
hesitation
,
absolute
l
y wrong.
Richard Clarke and Steven
S
i
mon
,
two
counter-terrorism
advisors who wo
r
ked under
President C
l
inton, said that to
avoid attacks from the suicide
bombers, Bush should just
ignore the fact that Iran is bla-
tantly violating a
treaty. A solu-
tion that requires Bush to be
ignorant, and s
i
mply "do noth-
ing," is no so
l
ution at all.
Broadcast journalist Bi
ll
O.'Reilly, star of "The O'Re
i
lly
Factor" on Pox and Marist
alumn, had the most logical
answer to the dilemma of Iran to
date. O'Reilly's plan, posted on
www.Bi
ll
OReilly.com,
said
.. there should be a summit
among industrialized natio
n
s,
and each nation would sub
m
it a
plan to deal with lran. Those
plans s
h
ould be made public so
everybody can see wh.ich nations
want control and which nations
want chaos. After the summit
,
the United Nations Security
Council should vote on sanc-
tions. Finally
,
Amer
i
ca and
Britain and other w
i
lling nations
shou
l
d meet secre
tl
y and decide
a worst case scenario- what will
h
appen
if
Iran
continues
its
terror
policy."
O'Rei
ll
y continues to say that
terrorism at this level must
be
confronted. Americans cannot
afford a
n
othe
r
September
11
while
l
ibe
r
als play games to
make nice with the enemy. There
is
n
o mo
r
e time for games, and
A
m
ericans need
t
o s
u
pport any
strides that Bush needs to make
i
n order to protec
t
our country
and our military.
Students petit
i
o
n for a more permissive bulletin board policy
on camp
us
To Member-. ol 1he \1.1rist
Community,
Around the
couutry numc."Tl'lL"
liberal an.., schools offer their
students forums to announce
their opinion:. to !he puhhc
Regionall) Vas.....ar $ClS 1he ~tan-
dard
"11h 1hc1r c~emplary bul-
letin board poht:\". Smdents are
free to
post
"'hati:,
l."f
they
ti
ire
for
c\.Ct')'Onc to sec, wtlh the
excepuon of st!xually ellpl1c:11
From Page Five
material
l kre at
\.fansl, \\ hilc ,, c ha, e
TI1.: ( 11cl .. a,adubl~
to
us as
.t
n..-suurct:. we are litt11ted in Ot1r
abtlittr lo tn(:rea..,e
B¾J.rtncs.~
11nd
s\\eay public
optn1on
Any
post
ing
on a Man~t bulletin hoard
must
be
apprmcJ h} Student
Acli\
nie.
bctNchand and can
only he abour a campus acti\11}
or evenL. Ohtfl t mes. posl ings
suhmiHcd lnr urpro-..al will
be
;illc;rcJ or rejected entire!)
Pmtmgs arc appm\.ed co1nplcll:-
lv
3t
the <l1sui.11,)n of ~ludcnt
-\1;t1vities and nu concret~
gui<ldmcs ~i-,.l
fOI'
students
10
follt'"'
in
order
10 rccc:1,c
approval
Y.
c should adopt \ assar bul-
ii:tm bo:ird pnlic\
r~ch md1
, 1dual
1s
g1\.cn four po nng:
around
c,1mpus
and the)
remnin
~l;mding: lor
l\\ll
v,,cckJ
The
colkge doe.s not
Ct..'T1S(11
n
.
-p:ard-
)CS!.
ol v.hethcr
I
given po:-.tmg
,., i;ritkal of the school.
~1chc1le R.111snm \s-.1s1an1
l)ircct11r
ot lampus AL.1.l\111f:s at
\/ISSar, t:.spou-.cJ lhc henditS ul
Lhe poli..:~
--c;;wJcnl.., can
.ul...-cnlsc their
\1rgm11z.ation. evenL,;,
.
or
cH•n sell
rhctr h1Lcs.
PO!- n,g
1,
the
bc~t
wa~ on
campt1'1
to rubli-:1.-c am
rhmg.
he s.ud
\1.Jri"I 'ltudcnts Qr,; al~o
re::.pon,;,1\t: to
.1
more •iht:ral pol-
1c)
Jumor Joe l·err.ir) :i,1id
ultcrJllons
w
the bullcllll bo<U"d
rolic) ('an m&kC' ,m 1mpm:t
·Bull..iin hoardl' .:an park
mtcllectual diahicue on ;1ny
u1l-
le£e .:ampll'i
\\c·
nc d
10
t,tke
adumtagc of !hat,' he said.
dyanta~es to th1::. poh9
,m.·
d~ar.
A gwup of u ha"e
already ,chct.luied a meeling
\' 1th Rob
l.)
nch Director of
t
allege \cln
1l1t."S.
m
a11 c-ffi.111
to
clungi: the hnu quo. In aJd1-
l1t1n
a rct1t1011 has Ix-en
initia1cJ
to
displa)
s.tudt.•m ad\ ocsc) of a
11e..., bu1li:t111
ho,trd
policy.
If
\\ c ma~e a con..:erred dfort
3!".
a
communlt) to
m-.11mte
change,
11
can be done
Concerned \.{ember:-. of the
Marist l ommunity
Anthony
lnp1 chw,
k::irl
~1ngC'\. Eamim lJ,,od\, m
Americans can learn from asserti
v
e Nepalese in defeating manipulati
v
e leaders
at,
t
he end resu
l
t is the same as
als", a mantra that is embraced don't have to be; the typical
unco
n
tested opp
r
ession:
ou
r
by the tho
u
ght
l
ess masses and
American will not waste any
l
ea
d
ers may do as they please.
drowns out the voices of the con-
thought process contemplating
The atten
t
ive sect of the popu-
cemed few.
Never mind that
them. The Tyrants do not shoot
l
ace is sma
l
.1 enough to blac
k
ba
ll
these labels are not s
u
bstantiated
at us because they do not have to;
"ex
tr
emis
t
~" or "irrat
i
nm1
I Ii
her-
hY eood sen~e n
r
reason
~
tbev thev will not waste bullets on cit-
izens who by measure of politi-
ca
l
and social awareness are
already corpses.
So awaken yourself, King
Gya
n
endra, and see the latest
trend."- in cultural manipulation
and justice deprivat
i
on. Observe
us watching our Fear Factor and
American Idol, our 'iPods' per-
pet
u
a
ll
y jammed into our ears,
cranked up louder than the
world's <:ries for help
.
Know
that we could be yours if on
l
y
you were just a
l
ittle more Bush-
like with your methods.
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Health
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006
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No connection found between ReNu and eye fungus
By
ALEXANDER TINGEY
Co-Health Editor
The rash of fungal eye infec-
tions across the nation has tenta-
tively been linked to contact lens
manufacturer Bausch & Lomb.
So far
,
109 cases offusarium ker-
atitis. a fungal infection which
eventually causes blindness
,
have been reported to the Center
for
Disease
Control
in
Washington, of which 30 have
been investigated
.
The reports issued on Monday
indicat
e
that Bausch & Lomb
have stopped shipping their
ReNu with MoistureLoc Multi-
Purpose Contact Solution in
response
to
the CDC's reports
earlier last week.
The CDC
reported that of the
30
cases
they
studied, 26 involved the ReNu
solution or another made at the
same facility
.
The infection
s
were reported between March
and
JW1e
of 2005.
The FDA released a brief this
week which
indicated that
inspections of Bausch & Lomb's
S(JUth Carolina plant will contin-
ue through the rest of next week.
They arc also investigating other
causes of the contamination.
The low number of outbreaks
has officials baffled at the cause.
Experts agree that there is little
to
worry about.
Dr. Thomas
L.
Steinemann
,
a
corneal disease
expert
told ABC News that this is
"not what
I
would call an epi-
demic," when asked about
the
number of outbreaks and the sig-
nificance of the investigation he
replied "I'm not downplaying or
minimizing this problem. I think
we need to figure it out."
Jennifer Oooren reported that a
letter
to consumers published
Friday
in
some U.S. newspapers
that Bausch Chief Executive
Ronald
L.
Zarrella said the com-
pany has conducted "exhaustive
tests on the product and a thor-
ough inspection of the plant, and
nothing has yet been found to
show
that
ReNu
with
Moistureloc contributed
to
these
infections in any way."
Approximately
30
million peo-
ple
in
the United States wear
contact lenses on
a
daily basis, so
the relative risk of infection at
this point is
low.
However
Bausch
&
Lomb encourages
peo-
ple to
take safety
measures no
matter
what cleaning solution
they use. Washing your
hands
before touching your lenses
helps
to
reduce the risk of con-
tamination
from
you
hands
to
your eyes,
One common
risk that nearly
all contact lens wearer's engage
in
is also one of the most danger-
ous. Sleeping with your contacts
in is never recommended. Even
extended wear contacts
designed
to
last
for between
25
and
30
days should
be
removed on
a
daily basis to be cleaned and dis-
infected.
According to a
leading
contact
lens
manufacturer
over
75%
of
contact lens
wearers in
the
United States use
soft lenses
.
These contacts are
made of plastics which
incorpo-
rate water
molecules
to help soft-
en and moisturize
the
lens.
These
lenses
are among those
which are
least
at risk for con-
tamination due to their construc-
tion.
The gas-perme3ble
lens
allows
the
transfer of oxygen to
the thin layer of saline between
the contact and the cornea.
Older contact designs
use
rigid
plastic lenses which are not gas-
penneable, they tend to trap the
layer of stagnant tears between
the lens and cornea increasing
the possibility for
infections.
If
you have any questions about the
contact solution you are using or
the possibility of infection, don't
hesitate
to speak with your
Optometrist.
Genetic link found amongst caffeine and heart disease
By
ADAM GUARINO
Co-Health Editor
gest caffeine can cause short-
tenn
blood pressure increases,
a
linger in their
bodies.
Of the
4,000
people to participate in the
study, about
half had
the trait and
were considered
.
"slow caffeine
metabolizers
.
" The other half
possessed the opposite trait,
which caused their bodies to rap-
id.Jy break down or
metabolize
caffeine. Coffee-drinking in this
group appeared to reduce heart
attack risks.
- - - - - - - - - -
study last year said coffee drink-
Caffeine
has
come to play an
immensely important role in all
of our lives. Regardless of ones
stance towards it, its undeniable
ability to rejuvenate and revital-
ize is clear. But is this modem
American diet
s
taple really the
wonder drug we all hope it to
be?
ing didn't appear to cause long-
tenn high blood pressure
,
at least
in
women.
Researchers have long since
attempted to understand caffeine
and its relationship to our health
.
Previous studies have linked cof-
fee drinking to a higher risk of
heart disease
,
but other cases
have suggested the opposite.
While evidence
remains
to
sug,-.
With these conflicting views, it
is not hard to understand why so
many people have mixed feel-
ings on caffeine conswnption.
It
was clearly time for a new study
to
be
enacted which attempted to
get to the bottom of this mystery.
Researchers in Costa Rica were
up for the challenge.
Among slow-metabolizers
,
those who drank two or
more
cups of coffee daily were at
least
36 percent more likely to have a
nonfatal heart attack than those
who drank little or no coffee
,
according to the study. Even
higher risks were found for
A
new study suggests that heart
attacks might
be
a risk for coffee
drinkers who possess a common
genetic trait that makes caffeine
By
ADAM GUARINO
Co-Health Editor
STEROID EFFECIS REVERSIBLE
A
new
'){Ud)'
sugg~
iha1
tt."Cnagen'
UJe
ol ana-
bolic teroids may h.lvc
lastini,J
Put re\
ersit,!1.•
effc..'cts
lWl
Pehav1or and the
\3 llpr'CSSin '.,)'Stc:m.
accordrn
to
lead
srudy
au1h,,r
Dr.
Richard H
Mellom Jr of Northcas1em Uni\;ersity
lJl
Bnston
In thr ~"'perimenl, pohhshed m the Journal
lxha,ioral Neuroscience-, t1..•enagc ham!iter.,. were
gi,en
,U"l'al:klhc tero1ds
and
lhc1r behavior and
vasopr~m
S)<;t(ffi \\BS
m~un:d 1bc
\BSO-
pressm sySJL-m.,....bu,;h iilmkcd
hl
ilggre!."ilOll.
was
ei4el atcd m the
stcro1J..tre:1ttd
h·unstt.'l'S.
After 19
da~
ofwuhdnn-.al, howt-ver, ,.il&Opfes."'in
ac1i\;1f)'
and
aggression subsided suggeslmg that teenagers'
use of anaboh ...
$lttoid..<1
rn.t)
ha,;e- lasting but
mi.~1ble
etf!X"ts.
HowC\er, Mdloru is quick: to
point
out thal docsn'I. m ...
-un
that
anabolic
st
ro1d:i
811:?
sale. He
said
ht:
wid colleagues have <Vidt:oce
fTOm
iep8!3il!
rete'arth bll_ggoung that
tither
brain
system.. affected b) sttr0id$ ma) not.
n:covl!f'.
Sb:-Wlds
ma)
hinder
the de\
clopm"11t
of the sero-
tonin :;\-Siem, Y.h1ch s u ~
~ i o n TI1is
damage ma~
be
permanent n1.111ng
dw
depression
v,h1ch
involves ~rotomn
ddic1ts
is
a common
problem ~--en
during ..
1eroid withdnwal.
FDA
DISMISSES
CANCER
S1UDY
A relationship bct\\-een cancer and cc11 phone
U.'le'
ha!> long since bec-n
thought
lo
c~ist. Earll«
this month, ho.,.,e,·er. the Food and Drug
Admmistralmn disnus.sed a tud)' done suggest-
Ing thi-. link is \ ahd The study had lhought to
have f(,und an increased ri-.k of malignant bram
tumors
ussoc1a1.ed \\
ith
US(.!
of
the
phone,
ovtt
a
decade or more m populations in S1Acden The
mA,
h,w.ever, stated that the lindin,is
wen:-
1111;ons1!t!L-OI
with
lhe
i:,lfldusions reach'"'1 b)
otht..7
!-.IUdit:'i.
pomling nut sc,;~ral shortcomings.
TI1e ~1ud,· s desurn and lack of supporting dala
have
made
the
c~ndusion
ditfo;:ult to mterpret
Rctrospecm e quc"itlonnatres
,
which were
used
lo ot'ltuin the rcsulti,
an·
not con.,;idcrcd to
be
the
m~~::,;t
ac~urate
method determining n:lation.'ihips
rhi: FDA. howc,er, pro,msed 10 continue to
monitor the
effects
of radio frequcnq energy
and c, aluate funher re:.earch on the
ljUbject,
ded-
icating more time ;1.nd ~·m:rgy lt)
gaps
m the
data
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Dedication, promotes
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.
younger slow
metabolizers;
those under
SO.
They were
up
to
four
times
more
likely
to
have
a
heart
attack than slow metaboliz-
ers
in their age group who drank
little
or no coffee.
These
findings help explain
why there have been such mixed
results
in
past
studies concerning
caffeine and its effects on
the
cardiovascular system.
"The
new
study clCar!y illus-
trates that one size does
not
fit
all," said University of
Toronto
researcher Ahmed El-S
o
h
e
m
y
,
a
study co-author. '!Perhaps in the
future
we'll
be
making
different
dietary recommendations based
on people's genetic makeup."
While these results
may
pro-
vide relief
to
some, they may
also cause dread amongst others.
For now, there is
no
easy
way to
know if you're a fast or slow caf-
feine metabolizer. Staying awake
all night if you drink coffee in
the afternoon doesn't mean
you're a slow metabolizer, and a
genetic test that could answer the
question
is
used
in
research but is
not commercially available
,
El-
Sohemy said.
"This data is very provocative
and
very inte
resti
n
~" s
aid
Dr
.
Roger
Blwnenthal,
a cardiologist
at
Johns
Hopkins
Medical
School.
According
to
Dr.
Blwnenthal. even i( .filture
research confinns the findings,
it's
likely that caffeine plays a
much smaller role in heart
attacks than conventional risk
factors like high
blood
pressure,
cholesterol and smoking.
While
coffee consumption no
doubt is far from being curbed,
experts express the
notion
that
moderation
is
the key to remain-
ing
healthy.
One cup of coffee
will probably never have a nega-
tive effect on your health.
Several cups a day, however,
ma
y
pro
ve
t
o
be
dtirimcnta.1
ln
the future.
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THE CIRCLE
Features
Dress codes decoded
By
KATE GOODIN
Circle Contributor
As
,ure: as
)OU
will
someday he imited to a
wcd<lm~, class reunion. ur swanky s01rCc, )ou
are going
10
nL-cd ~omething to \\car. Theim
ii.a-,
tJon
v.
ill
usllllll) \!lln1;ey the
dre~ code with
j')IU'J\'i~ liKC
-ntili'S..
lfC
or -rormfl1
SU 1,- but
!her~
,ir,: \.
.,st pn !;ih1h11cs anJ mterp1clat1ons of
Jm:; ,odn \1an) l'atqorics
o\.erlap, bu1 tn
aitl
thl.'
proc<:•>.<:.
l1
dr~ssing -. ... wnJ1ngl)'
fllllowing
1
lht' 1Nd1rt1111ti1
meaning of ornmonh used dr . s
,vd<o,
lfAn
10\.1tauon
cla1S1fies the
drt-
~
code as bla,k
tic,
that
indil.'Jlcs
ronnal
v.car. Mt!'n
hould v.c.u-
tu eJos 1md ¥,;Vm,.-n should V.t'.tr cH:rung go\\n..,,
or clcgaru scpara1es
fur
v-hite~tic
~\'t!nU.,
the
dress is ,e~ IOnnal. mo~ so th.an
Mad. lie
Women
\\-Cilr
loo~ evening iownci and men wear
1uxcdo!i
with
a v.hitc ue vest, tmJ ~h1n. II n
m, ualion savs fonnal
>
ou can go h> lhc bli1d
lie .. 1:1ndards.
hut
m ome 1:111c-. hke New York.
or
los l\ngdes. men ,an
geta\\.'3.\
wilh a
bLldMurt
wi1h
theirtu.11.es
inslC'.'ad of
a
tH!
Dla ... -k hC ophlln-
al
or
hlad.., he ,n .. ,tcJ. mcam tht
L'\ent ill
fo-nnal
Nn womt•n can \\l!'ar
1.:ockt:111 dresse
1ns.tc,1d of
evenin11,
go"'ns; men. ~an "ear sinar1,
d1nlc
suit
rath"'-r ,han
tu-.:
d\~
S11me
inv11at1ons
"iH
sl1pu-
lal.C'
,.-rcat1vc
hind,;
t11: •
...,hich allov.s the most
sn1sti.;
Ji ...
ense w11h d~ Roth men ,m<l women
Cllf\
co tm
o-cndicr
mort modern inu.-rpretauons
u( hla~i..
11e
AMain.
men i;an "ear the black-or
\loh1Le•shirt
v.i1h no lie,
amd
,rnlll(n
1.:an
upl for
.,;ocl;ta1I trod,s
m
dressier
c,:
cning:
S:""
ns
For the more lnfonnal categories the meaning
ot Hu.:
Jres..,;
1,:ode rs less
d,:tin11c.
Scnu~lonnal.
c.:ons.iderc-J the
tnCk1l."!!ll
of drco wJcs depends
dll
1hc 11111c "'' 1h.e CH'tll. Ounng the da)', men
is.hould go for dark suil~ and woml."n ,.;(l(,.•kmil-
leuglh or simple-. 1,,11g dre!.SC!
l'IJ\:J..lail .attm! rs
ver)' $Un
l,u
10 SC.Jt1t•fom111J.
Ore:.-."
c:mml
t}pi•
ca!I)
(1"1)-
exduJe. short~
.J.nJ
di:nim jean$
I .aslly
there
i!t
informal and 1.:n-."1Jal, mc:.i11ing pret-
t}
much an)'thing goc .
Sp1!4,;1al
o~casitln dressing
la)
sound comph-
..:.tlcd. '--onsidt.•nng lhe be\-")' ol drL-s,; codes bu1
the must imponam
lip
\\1>uld
be
to
ctinsicter !ht"
c,
CTII
For more
mfonnat1on.
C, nlh,a
cllis
,,hn dL-...elt.1ped a glossary of
th~
dre.ss rode
tame:.
m
1f
few-
n,~f
n page Jt
Abnut.COtt1
O\'erall, ju~! use:- your Judgmcnt tu dN·ern
l\haf
ulhl-rs ilrc
\\tanng.,
or ~imply asl...!
In
geueml, th>!'
~1
bet
for mt"n
Is :a
dnrl
;uil ilnd for \'.
uinan ,,
rrcttv
cocktft1!
~
nrs1mrle
gown
Hut~
hen
m Ji:>Uhl a:. m, mother ah\.1) tcll me 1t
j!',
bet
tL'f 10
J, "'
rdre~d
than
unJcrdreS,!r;C'd
I here is tme otha dress l!t><lc c:llegory In ,;,m-
1Jcr
and
11
1s
mu:
nk•sl
1-olte,gt.·-ag.e- lwknLS \\ 111
lind mo l u~ful:
the 10b mtct'\.ic" Ueanlmes.,
aud professionalism are ke). Men should ·uck to
s1mplt
v,,e,IJ-ta1l,,r~J
su1
111 ha .. 1.;
1.:olor'i
\\1,m 111,,; m
we
r
c1thL't'
a pantsu
1
l
or .1
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but nu, or h\ad:. art' nl,Q
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color
Ou! jusl
tl!i
u •'-
1111pcrntrvc tn v..car a dean. \\t:ll•
rr,rsscJ
1W11 •,1r
an
1n1~n.
,ev.
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adJ
p<-r:wn-
ol toud1~
to outtiU-t:\Cn ones 1h11 are stnctl)
pr1,ti:~ 11 nal-j1LG1 hl
help
tHOcre11t1a1c
Ol)"ielf
from 01hcr 1.:tm1fo.iale'>- Herc,
tasicfuJne-.s
is J...ey
Men uod
\\Omen
l.!,lI1
d1ru1~L· the
i.::1•h1r
uf1he
bu1-
t1111-1Jov.n l11rt
for
J1n1pk yet
noncc-,,Mt'
diffc:r-
i:ncc
~kn ha,c
cnJl,:s.s
ross1bililies "ilh
lit· ,
ond
\h•men
tan rt'lllam
mJ1v1Ju11I "irh <..t}'li,h
shtX.·, ~carv~
.
m .iCci:s:!!lvrH.:
l$u1
1.·nsure
your
pc:S",1mal
1ou~h
du
not t"dipsc
your
prorcssi~m-
alism. !t)•m 1.:an
t
pull
11
offw11h
p1111achc.
lc-,n.-
i1 at home,
11
I~, for the: iflkrvit."w
The
m:1i11
tlwmt.:
\\iili lhts 1
"lh!'
of Jress coJe is
m lind the balance ~tween res~tmg the e,cnl
md rctain111g
)'()Ur
ndl\ 1duali1y
Jt''f
i:1ca1
111
hiJ\c:
,1
ffi~ulous uu11i1 that
mak ..
s )OU
foci
hke a
million
bll(:ks. bul alwa)' put yuur perStmal r.pin
on \\hat('\er ~ou
\\!!at
to rcn11n<l p;oplt' )~'ll art
lso oru: m a 1n1\liou
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s
te to help feed the h
u
ngry
.
PAGE
S
'
Old World Charm
'
provides
much needed relaxation
By
JESSICA CAMPILANGO
Staff
Wr
ite
r
and of its two exq
u
isite ou
t
door
If you 're just looki
n
g for a
gardens.
p
l
ace to rest your weary co
ll
ege
Sticking with the
h
istoric
feet, Cold Spring is still the place
Does wrapping up your sp
ri
ng
t
heme, Constitu
t
ion Island is
for you.
A
short walk down
semester have you all stressed only a short ferry ride ac
r
oss the
Main
Street and through the
tun-
out? Need a time out from all the
Hudson.
Constit
u
tion Is
l
and nel, which takes you underneath
studying, paper writing, and offers walking tours of
h
istoric
the train tracks, is where you'll
group projects • especially when
landmarks
such
as:
Fort find the riverfront.
l
know we go
it
seems that you are the only one Co
n
stitut
i
on, the Warner House,
to sc
h
ool right on the Hudson,
doing the work? Well,
[
think,
and the Great Chain which was
but there's so
m
ething about the
right
about
now,
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hudson
at
Cold
everyone could prob-
You can easily spend all day walking up and
Spring,itjustseemsto
ab
l
y use • p
l
ace to go
down the street soaking up not only the sun
,
sparkle more.
Cold
where they couJd juSt
but extraordinary finds and great dea
l
s as
Spring offers a quant
forget about it all.
pier which inc
lu
des a
Why not head on
well
.
gazebo,
plenty
of
down to Co
l
d Spring?
benches,
and
a revo
lu
-
Only a short - 30 minu
t
e - drive
down Route
9
South, Cold
Spring has the relaxing atmos-
phere that college students need
every now and again. You won't
find many bars or clubs or much
nightlife for that matter. Cold
Spri
n
g is a «visit
d
uring the day-
light" kind of town. And if you
do visit during this time, you will
not be disappointed.
Cold Spring is
a
small town,
but not without
a
plethora of
things to keep you busy. h has
an eclectic: 8JT8Y of thing.., ro
do.
The Boscobel home is only a
short walk up the
hill. lt
offers
tours of the Federal-style house
pl
aced across the Hudson
d
uri
n
g
the Revo
l
utionary
War.
lf historic landmarks aren't
really your cup of tea
,
don't
worry.
Co
l
d Sp
ri
ng is st
i
ll a
great tow
n
to visit. Main Street
is full of renovated nineteen
t
h
century a
r
ch
i
tecture, which only
adds to its "old worl
d
" chann. It
is lined with a d
i
verse mix of pri-
vately owne
d
shops
-
jewelry,
c
l
othing, stationary, an
t
iques,
home dCCor • and restaurants.
You can easily spend all day
walking up and down the
street
soaking up not only the sun, but
extraordinary finds and great
deals as well.
tionary war
cannon mo
n
ument
which always seems to get the
kids
excited.
Do
whatever your
little heart desires on the pier.
You can just relax and enjoy its
b
r
eathtaking views, you can fish,
you can kayak, or you can listen
to the jazz-type music played by
an old man who comes to the
pier religiously. No matter what,
you will not
be
disappointed .
So come o
n
down to Cold
Spring. You can come tired and
h
ungry,
because Cold Spring has
just
what
you
need. With a little
rest, re
l
axation, and a bit of reju-
venation, you will probably be
hesitant to leave.
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THE CIRCLE
A&E
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006
www.marlstclrcle.com
Summer box office preview
By
ALISON JALBERT
Circle Contributor
screen adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novel 'The Da Vinci
Code." The highly-anticipated film stars Tom Hanks as symbologist
Robert Langdon, who becomes involved
in
a struggle to decipher a
Major movie studios are relying on their summer movies to bring centuries old riddle left
by
Leonardo
Oa Vinci. Acclaimed director
up
box office sales
that
are still significantly lower than average.
Ron Howard directs a cast that also
includes
Audrey Tautou and Sir
Box office sales have not
improved
since last summer's
18-week
Ian McKellen.
drop in sales, which was the
longest slump
in
Hollywood
history,
Lauren
Plante,
freshman
Public Relations
major,
says the success
bypassing
I
985s 17-week slump, according to an Associated Press of the
novel
is a deciding factor in her desire to see the moYie.
release. Ticket sales in 2005 were down seven percent from
2004,
"Dan
Brown
is
one ofmy favorite authors and I'm
interested
to see
marking the third year in a row of declining ticket sales since the mid
how they can take such a complex book and make it into a movie,"
1990s.
she said.
Everyone from actors to producers to movie critics have their own
"The Break Up," starring Jennifer Aniston and VinCe Vaughan, may
theories
as
to why the box office has suffered so much in the past not be
an
anticipated film for
its
money
making potential, but rather
year. The rise
in
ticket prices as welJ as the rise
in
the home entertain-
for
its
curiosity factor. Aniston and Vaughan play a couple caught in
mentmarket are
popular theories, as well - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the throes of a nasty
breakup, and
their
as the rise of gas prices and the general
'Dan Brown Is one of my favorite authors and
rumored
off-set romance could be a
public's desire
to
avoid the barrage of
I'm Interested to see how they can take such
major
factor in selling tickets.
commercials and rude behavior that now
a complex book and make It Into a movie.'
"Superman
Returns,"
one of two comic
frequents movie
theaters.
book-based
movies this summer, (the
However, everyone in
Hollywood
can
_ Lauren Plante
other being "X-Men: The Last Stand,")
agree on one thing: movies si,nply are
Freshman
looks to pick up on the success of the
not good enough any more.
franchise Christopher Reeve created as
Last summer's box office was littered
the Man of Steel. Relatively unknown
with
disappointments,
including "Cinderella Man," "The
Island,"
and
"Stealth," all big-budget films that flopped.
Michael Lynton, chairman of Sony Pi.ctw"Cs Entertainment, believes
that movies have not lived up to the expectations of the audience.
"Audiences have gotten smart to the
marketing,
and they can smell
the good ones from
the
bad ones at a distance," Lynton said.
Although this weekend's box office, fueled by the horror spoof
movie "Scary Movie 4," showed impressive figures, movie studios
are
looking
forward to the summer to boost their earnings.
The
first big release of the summer is the much-anticipated
"Mission: Impossible ITT," starring tabloid favorite Torn Cruise.
J.J.
Abrams, creator of the hit TV show "Lost," directed the third movie
in the million-doliar franchise. Oscar winner Phiilp Seymour
Hoffman and Ving Rhames also star in the movie.
One of the more controversial movies of the summer is the big-
actor Brandon Routh plays Clark Kent and Superman, with Kate
Bosworth as Lois Lane and Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor. The antici-
pation of this movie is ten years
in
the making, with various
directors
involved
until Bryan Singer became permanently attached and the
filming was able to progress.
Johnny Depp and Orlando
Bloom
are back in "Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
In
this sequel to 2003's successfuJ
movie,
Depp is
back
as Captain Jack Sparrow, who
is
this time run-
ning from Davy Jones, to whom he owes his soul. Keira Knightley
returns as Bloom's love
interest.
Having a successful, established
franchise can bring in a large audience to a
movie,
and the second
"Pirates of the Caribbean"
film
will
be
no different.
Aiexandra LoBue, freshman TV/Radio/Film and Public Relations
major, says
her
love of the first movie makes her excited to see the
second, as well as the. draw of the movie's stars.
"The first one was amazing, plus any movie with Johnny Depp and
Orlando Bloom is worth seeing to me," she said.
Following the success of
last
summer's TV remake films, such as
"The Dukes of
Hazzard,"
and "Bewitched," comes this summer's
remake of the 80s
hit
"Miami Vice."
Colin Farrell rakes on Don John,on'• llll'lel jackets and
trademark.
five o'clock shadow as Sonny Crockett, while Jamie Foxx plays
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__._maJlttclrde.c:om
MCCTA's final performance
set to showcase student works
By
RJ
LANGLOIS
Circle Contributor
To complete the year, MCCTA
is having its last curtain call of
the year in the fonn of Festival,
six one-act performances from
Marist's own students.
This
year,
Festival will consist
of six different one-act perform-
ances written and directed by
students at Marist. Festival
will
run
from
April 20 to
the
22.
1
Unlike
last
year where the
shows were performed of differ-
ent
nights
that required planning
to see
them
all, this year each of
the
six performances will be
shown every night. Each show
will
last
roughly 20 minutes.
Man
Angrisani
,
the recent
director
of children's theaters
production of "The Spell of
S
l
eeping Beauty" is performing
on one of the six plays called
"The Pastor's Wife" by Lorraine
V.
Gordon.
"Festival is
for
getting students
work
out there."
said
Angrisani,
From Page Eight
"MCCTA gives them a forum
and a stage to see their ideas
per-
formed."
Festival is
unique
from most
perfonnances
pqt
on by
MCCTA
by the fact
that it is part
of the
Theater Workshop class
taught
by
Dean Cox.
The productions of these one
-
act plays
are,
for the
most
part. a
student-based production right
down to directors of each per-
the stage for one
last
time in two
plays
during
Festival, "I Do" and
"Blessed
Are
The
Forgetful".
''Theatre is my biggest
passion,"
said
Grosslacuz., "so
I
make
time for it.
It
takes
up all
of my spare time-I
wouldn't
have
it any
other way."
formance
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Already a
successful
year
for
MCCTA,
who
also
won Club
of the
Year
and
has
being stu-
dents.
"It's your
friends."
s a
i
d
Angrisani,
" T h
C
'
It Just goes to show that no matter
what the circumstances handed
you,
If you possess the drtva, deter-
mination, and passion for your
craft, you will go far.'
respect and
-
Eddie
Gross
k,euz had shows
authority is
Senior
I
i
k e
still there
- - - - - - - - - - - -
"Rocky
and
it
does feel
more
l
aid back,
but the professionalism is main-
tained
.
"
Eddie Grosskreuz, the Vice
President of MCCTA and senior
at Marist College, wilJ be
taking
Horror"
sell out multiple
limes,
the
cast
and
crew is
preparing
for
its
last
perfonnance of the year
as April 20 draws closer.
"I
hope
that
I
can perfonn my
part
as well as
I
have learned to
from my experience
in
past
shows," said Grosskreuz, "and
I
hope I can bring the student play-
wright's words to the life."
Jesse Disbrow is a member of
MCCTA and actor in this years
Festival.
"Festival to
us
,"
said Disbrow,
"is our last cwtain call of the
year. So we really want to go out
with a bang."
"It just goes to show," said
Grosskreuz
,
"that no matter what
the circumstances handed you,
if
you
possess
the drive, determina-
tion, and pas
s
ion for your craft
,
you wi!J go
far
.
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Dance show filled
with array of styles
By
Al.EXANDRIA
BRIM
Staff
Writer
On April 8, 2006, parents and
students gathered in the Nelly
Goletti Theatre for
the
Marist
College Dance Club's Spring
Show at either the
4
p.m
.
or
8
p.m. performances.
After
an
opening
number
per-
before LaRocchia kicked off the
second
act.
It
was as diverse as
the first part. including "Pwtjab
Sensation.'
'
This medley of
Indian songs showed off a differ-
ent style of dancing then the
usual Americanized
types
the
students were used to from
music videos. The audience kept
their energy up and enjoyed the
evening altogether
.
fonned by the club's executive
b o a r d
,
- - - - - - - - - -
It
was
MCTV
'
s John
The audience kept
their
announced
La Ro cc h i a
energy
up and enjoyed the
that the shows
was
intro-
evening altogether.
were sold out,
duced as the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
but
anyone
show's emcee.
wa
l
king
in
LaRocchia staned with a story after intennission during the
8
about how
he
had
to
borrow
his
p.m. showing would
'
ve doubted
dad's suit when
he
was in1errupt-
this. As each
number
was
corn-
ed by someone in the audience.
p)cted
,
the audience became
He was soon joined by two oth-
smaller and smaller
.
LaRocchia
ers
and a fight broke out. They even
had the
house lights turned
were soon revea
l
ed
to
be up to reveal a
mass
exodus leav-
LaRocchia's co~hosts: Mark
ing the theatre.
This did
leave
a
Louie, Mike DiGiaimo and Dan
core group of audience members
Grecnip. The quartet started the
who wanted to
be
there and their
show.
excitement made up for the
Summer
movies
to kickstart box office
slump
The first act was
filled
with dif-
growing number of empty seats.
ferent musical and dance sty
l
es
If the audience had fun, the
that were choreographed by stu-
girls performing
had
even more
dents. One choreographed by
fun.
"
I've never done dance
Marist football player Olugbemi
before,"
Sophomore
Sera
Otulaja was incredibly popular Laganelli said. "But the choreog-
wNch followed a performance raphy was easy and fun. Anyone
by the Marist College
Dance
can
do
the
dance
club.''
Team
.
The audience got
loud
Sophomore Marisa Paider and
through out the
dance
numbers
,
Freshman
Alicia
Salvatore
especially when member Taryn
agreed with Laganelli
.
.. I've also
Fitsik's little sister joined the act.
met a
lot
of amazing girls, ..
LaRoeehia and his gang came on
Salvatore added.
Ricardo Tubbs. Director Michael
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Marist improves to 4-2 in MAAC, tied with 'Nova
By
DAVID HOCHMAN
Staff Writer
Excitement and water polo go
together
like
peanut butter and
jelly; they are bonded, linked,
and come
hand
in hand.
If
you don't believe me, then go
see for yourself.
The Marist water polo team
proved once again
last
weekend
why they are one of the
hottest
tickets on campus.
On
Easter eve, the Red Foxes
played their normal double head-
er schedule, but with one twist.
Their first game of the day was
a rematch against the Wagner
Seahawks, a conference foe who
dominated Marist for the
majori-
ty of an
11-4
contest six days
ear-
lier. Less than a week after
Wagner swam all around Marist;
the Red Foxes forced a double
overtime game:
Even though water polo
is
a
naturally exC\ling game with
frantic up and down offense, all
the pressure of a double over-
time,
sudden-death
contest
makes the match even more
exciting.
Sophomore goalie Elizabeth
Davis
had
a stellar day stopping
18
shots throughout the contest.
But
freshman
Nicole
Maichrowicz netted the game
winner on Davis to end the Red
Foxes' hopes of evening the sea-
son series.
Junior Jillian Jefferds led the
way for Marist with three goals
and two steals, and freshmen
Kari
Weston
and
Katelin
McCahill each scored two goals
while McCahill also added an
assist.
In
the second game of the day
,
Marist beat St. Francis
(N.Y.)
9-
4.
Davis stood strong in goal for
another
full
game, making six
saves. Weston came up big on
the offensive side, scoring anoth-
er three goals. Six different team-
mates accounted for the other six
Maristgoals.
After going
1-1
in Philadelphia
last weekend
,
the Foxes' record
now stands at 17-12, 4-2 in
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference (MAAC) play, good
enough for a second place tie
with Villanova.
Heading into last weekend,
Weston garnered her fourth
MAAC Rookie of the Week
award, and Davis took home her
third MAAC Defensive Player of
the Week award.
The Red Foxes close their reg-
ular season this weekend with
four games. On Saturday
,
Apr.
22, they will head to Staten
Island to face Siena and Iona.
On
Sunday
,
Apr. 23, they will travel
to New Rochelle to compete
against Villanova and St. Francis
(N.Y.).
Men's tennis rolls through MAAC foes with one blemish
By
NATE FIELDS
Staff Writer
After a shaky start to their sea-
son, the Marist men's tennis
players
have found their groove.
The Red Foxes have been vic-
torious in eight of their
last nine
contests, including dominating
performances against Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) opponents St. Peter's,
Niagara and Fairfield.
The
team's
only
loss
came at
the hands
of
MAAC
powerhouse
Manhattan, which is undefeated
in conference play.
A March 31st
matchup
with
visiting
Bucknell
started the
ball
rolling for the team, as Red
Foxes took four of six singles
points and narrowly missed
sweeping doubles, losing second
doubles
9-7.
Coach
Tim
Smith said after the
victory, "I was very happy we
beat Bucknell. They are usually a
top Patriot League team."
Following their home victory,
they
hit the road for a two-day
road
trip to the Baltimore area
where they faced
the
University
of Maryland at Baltimore and
Loyola of Maryland on back-to-
back days. Both schools were
dealt
defeats
at the hands of the
Foxes, who won the two meets
by a combined score of 13-1.
The closest matches came at
first and second singles
,
where
seniors Brendon Van Wasbeek
and Leo Rodriguez battled for
their victories, but set the
win-
ning tone for the rest of the day.
The remaining singles matches
in
third through sixth won by a
combined score of
48-2.
The team continued its domi-
nating reign the
following
Wednesday by blanking MAAC
opponent St. Peters 7-0. Marist's
first and second singles players
again
battled
for their victories,
in the case of Rodriguez requir-
ing three sets, and then watched
their teammates in third through
sixth singles thoroughly demol-
ish their opponents again.
Apr. 8th, winning five of six sin-
Marist's
lone
conference loss
gles and two of three
doubles
thus far came at the hands of matches. Fairfield was tho Foxes
rival,
undefeated
Manhattan,
who surrendered only a sixth sin-
gles victory to the Foxes
.
Marist
was also able to pick up the point
for doubles
,
winning two out of
three doubles matches, and con-
tinuing its strong spring in part-
ner play.
The team quickJy got back to
winning
,
however,
with three
home victories over MAAC
opponents Niagara and Fairfield,
and America East opponent
University of Hartford.
Marist sent the Purple Eagles
of Niagara
packing
on Saturday
next victim, and Marist
disposed
of them handily, winning every
match to notch a 7-0 vfotory.
With the win, they pushed their
conference record to 6-1.
The team's most recent match
against Hartford was reminiscent
of their seven previous victories.
Rodriguez required three sets to
pull out victory at first singles,
and then the rout began. Each of
Marist's second through sixth
singles players recorded a 6-0
score in at
least
one set as they
swept singles play, and
took
all
three doubles matches handily.
The month of April has been
kind to the Foxes, and with only
two matches remaining before
the MAAC tournament starts; the
team is peaking at the
right
time.
Coach Smith is also coaching
women's tennis now after coach
Peter Angarola stepped down.
The Red Foxes sit atop the
MAAC standings, owning a per-
fect 7-0 mark in conference play,
Both the men's and women's
te,pns look to make a strong
showing in the upcoming MAAC
tournament.
Red Foxes out-jousted by Knights, falling by score of 10-4
By
MATT ANGRISANI
to the
10-4
victory.
Staff
Writer
Bellarmine struck first as
Anderson scored at 6:08 in the
The Marist College lacrosse
first quarter. Marist's freshman
team fell to
the
Bellarmine Nick Hautau answered Anderson
Knight
s
last Saturda
y
llS
Shane with•
goal of
his
own
with
1:09
Anderson and Adam Gardner's
in the opening period.
The
seven combined goals outscored
Knights, however
,
took over
the
entire Red Fox team and
Jed
from there, scoring five straight
goals on the Red Foxes.
Hautau,
who finished with
three goals, and senior Bill Duerr
each
helped
to cut dbwn the lead
to 6-3 with two quick goals but
the Knights quickly responded
with a
4-1
run
to finish the game
with a final score of 10-4.
With the exception of the final
score, Marist did lead in every
other statistical category includ-
ing total shots (29-28)
,
ground-
balls
(23-22)
,
and freshman
goalie Ryan Penner
led
in saves
with eleven
.
Marist
s
ophomore
Dan Needle did what he does
best, leading all players by
win-
ning 15 of 16 face-offs.
In addition, the
Knights
com-
to SiCna
to
face MAAC rival
mitted nine penalties and gave
Saints April
19
and then they will
Marist an extra man for a total of be home against St. Joseph's on
6:30
,
but Marist never capital-
Saturday.
ized, making their season con-
version percentage .241 when
having
an
extra man on the field.
The loss put Marist at
an
even
5-5
as the team will
be
traveling
Strudler's students to host dodgeball tournament on Sunday afternoon
Dr.
Keith Strudler's Sports
Public Relations class will hold a
campus wide
dodgeball
tourna-
ment
on Sunday April 23 from 4-
7p.m. in the Grey Gym at the
McCann Center.
The tournament which will
be
a double elimination format will
feature teams with five players,
with
a six.
person
as a
substitute.
The
tournament
will have pizz.a,
drinks,
and prizes for the win-
ning team, all for an entry fee of
$1
dollar
per
person.
In addition,
there will
be
a separate prize for
the
team
with the best uniform.
"I
think this dodgeball
tourna-
ment
will
be
a great idea
for
the
Mari
st Community," said Tom
Riedel of the dodgeball commit·
tee.
"This
tournament
should
provide students with an oppor-
tunity
to
take
a break from the
customary hectic end of the
school year schedule.
The teams will only
be
allowed
to consist of Marist College stu-
dents from freshman to seniors.
Four teams will be playing at the
same
time on two different
First Spelling Bee to be held in Cabaret
The first annual Marist
Spelling Bee will
presented
by
Professor Keith Strudler's Sports
Public Relations
Class on
Tuesday, April,
25 2006
from
7:00
p.m.
Ip
9:00
p.m. in the
Cabaret.
Food and refreshments will be
served throughout the Spelling
Bee. Every participant, as well
as the first
10
patrons will
receive
a FREE T-shirt.
By
entering the
competition,
every
participant also has the chance to
win one of three prizes. The top
three winners, in order of finish
will have their choice of
prize.
:
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information
contact
Colleen
Rendall
at
Colleen.Rendall@marist.edu.
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Staff Writer
After taki
n
g game one,
11-2,
the Marist Red Foxes brought
another offensive explosion
in
the later half of the doublehead-
er, routing
St. Peter's 19-1 on
Saturday,
at
the
McCann
Baseball Field.
The Foxes were led
by
the hit-
ting
i:>f
freshman catcher Andrew
Stanton.
Stanton went,2-2 in the second
game
with
four
RBI,
including a
three-run homer
in
the sixth off
of
the
Peacocks'
Nik
Edmondson.
The catchers' contribution did-
n't end there, as sophomore Keith
Glasser also
h
omered over the
left field wall in the
second
frame, the first of his career.
Junior Pat Feeney also con-
.
tributed
by
going 3-for-4, with
three
RBI
of his own and
scoring
three runs.
Junior Travis Muso
l
f crossed
the plate
four
times
in
the win.
Marist had
35
hits
in
the dou-
bleheade
r
and played flawless
defense. St. Peter's was held to
only
13
hits and committed six
allowing just four hits, and strik-
ing out five.
St. Peter's only
run
came cour-
tesy of a sacrifice fly from Mike
McGuire in the fourth, as Heath
improved to 3.3 on the season.
The Peacocks' starter G
r
evin
Rodriguez dropped to a
l ·4
record with the loss.
errors.
With the weekend
sweep,
George Heath was brilliant on Marist improved to 12-19 over•
the mound, going seven innings,
all, and
6-,S
in Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
p
l
ay. St. Peter's dropped to
3-8
in league and 8-22 overall.
Coach Healy commented on
his team's perfonnance.
"Just like any other team
in
col-
lege baseball, it is about momen-
tum
and taking advantage of
opportunities," he said.
"We
need our older players to step up
and take control of the series.
We will co
n
ti
n
ue to work hard in
practice and keep deve
l
oping as
much as possible. The St. Peter's
games have been good for us,
because have swung the bats
well so far, and we have gained
some confidence."
Marist continues its MAAC
play as they head to Fairfie
l
d this
Saturday, Apr.
22
for three-game
series. The
first
game will begin
at noon.
Marist athletic funding proves equal relative to size of team's roster
By
VALERIE CAPULLO
S
taff W
r
iter
Jf
it seems that the men's
ath
l
etic teams on campus are bet-
ter equipped than women's
teams, some athletes would
agree with you.
Athletes in many of the sports
offered at Marist believe that
there
are
noticeable differences
in the funding of women's versus
men's sports, as well as betwee
n
the
sports
themse
l
ves.
Some
sports
such as basketball and
baseball bring in a bigger audi-
ence and more money for the
co
ll
ege, but many athletes can
Dot comprehend how certain
sports like the swim team are not
funded more than they are right
now.
These sports
ha,·e recmtly
won
severa
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Metro Atlantic Athletic
Confe
r
ence (MAAC) touma•
ments and championships.
Caitlin Bergin, Marist athlete,
said that a
l
though there is
a
difference
i
n the way athletics
are fu
n
ded, she knows there are
reasons why this is so,
"I don't think that they're
treated equally, but
I
Wtderstand
that some sports bring in more
money than others," Bergin said.
"I
don't think it's necessarily
men's teams
vs.
women's teams
though. The swim team has won
MAACs many years
in
a row,
and the men's soccer team won
MAACs two years in a row, and
neither get nearly
enough
recog-
nition (in terms of funding] as
they deserve."
According to our college's
athletic mission
statement, "The
Athletics Program
is
committed
to
be
competitive at the NCAA
D
i
vision
I
or other me
m
ber
confere
n
ce
level, to offer equi-
table opportunities to all students
and
staff,
and to advance their
welfare, health, and
safety."
These equi1able opportunities
are not
always
as they
seem
according to Mar
i
st athletes.
El
i
zabeth A. Donohue, Marist
College, assistant athletics
direc.
tor/senior woman administrato
r
said that
comparatively,
the
men's and women's teams are
funded
equally
here at Marist.
"The
teams are funded
equal-
ly," Donohue
said. 'There
are
roster differences, the football
team, for examp
l
e has a lot more
players than most teams here,
so
the money is split accordingly.
There are many
'c
h
ecks
and
ba
l
ances' in place to make sure
that all of the
teams'
tUJldings
are
up to par. Women as well as men
both get fundi
n
g for their sports
and we make sure that each team
gets what they need."
John
Keenan, Marist athlete,
said that he believes there is a
n
oticeab
l
e d
i
fference in the way
athletics
are
funded
here
between men and wo
m
en, espe-
cially in the men's and women's
basketball teams here at Marist.
'"Judging
from my experience
here as an athlete it seems to me
that
only
in particular exa.mples
are there differences in funding
and treatment between boys and
girls teams here at Marist
College,"
said Keena
n
.
«J
think
the biggest difference would
be
between the men's basketball
team and the women's basketball
,
team.
It
seems to me that the
men's team gets a lbt more atten-
tion and funding whereas 1he
women's team gets less, but wins
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the MAAC conference and
moves on to the nationaJ play•
offs, something the men's team
has not done. However, on a col-
lege-wide scale
I think
Marist
has a fundi
n
g
'problem'
when it
comes to any team, because they
refuse to give many athletes a lot
of money
(in
tenns of
scholar-
ships), making it difficult to
judge between the two
sexes'
teams."
The real problem here seems to
be that ath
l
etes are upset in gen•
era) with the way sports are fund.
ed overall as opposed to
women's teams versus men's.
There is always going to be a
problem with money, and no
team is
ever
going to get the
amount it really deserves/wants,
but perhaps a more equal distri-
bution
is
called for.
A
l
though many athletes feel
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that there is a need fo
r
more
equa
l
distribution of funds
throughout the athletic depart-
ment, others feel that the way
things
are
broken down now are
fair, and are
h
appy with the fund-
ing.
Danny Doremus, member
of
tht
hockey team here at Marist
says that he feels that although
there is a difference between the
funding, he feels that the sports
cannot
be
that different in tenns
of funding.
"Men's and women's teams
seem to
be
fu
n
ded equa
ll
y
because they
are
all NCAA sanc-
t
i
oned,
..
said Doremus.
"The
hockey team gets a large amount
of money, and it is more than a
lot of D-1 teams [because we are
a D-ll club] but that is only
because ice time is expensi\/e."