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C
H
R
ISTINE ROCHE
LLE
Opinion Editor
In the past year, dte University
of New Mexico blocked access
to Facebook due to unsolicited e-
mails and a community college
in Texas cut off access to the site
it took up too much bandw1dth
on the network.
The popular social networking
website has been the center of
attention since its birth and now
school administrators are consid-
ering the option of banning the
website altogether. Instead of cit-
ing protection against predators,
universities say that it takes up
too much bandwidth, or frequen-
cy, on the campus network.
Justin Bassignani, Network
Security Analyst at Marist
College, said that it is not
Facebook or MySpace that takes
up bandwidth but rather file
sharing.
The possib
l
e banning of
Facebook at Marist is
"not
any-
where in the works," said
Bassignani. With the present net-
work configurations, the net-
work is
"fully saturated
because
we're oversubscribing." But
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i
ng to modify that
configuratio
n
to improve usage.
"Most of the transfers [ on the
Marist network] are text space,"
said Bassignani. "The problem is
streaming media."
Streaming media, according
the lnformation Technology site,
is
"a
method of distributing
audio or video across the f
n
temet
that does not pre-download the
whole media file (such as a
movie or piece of music).
I
n
stead, the file is played as it is
being
down
l
oaded."
Bassignani personally knows
the dangers of not only down-
l
oading files, but downloading
files that are copyrighted. When
he was a student at the Rochester
Inst
i
tute of Techno
l
ogy, he was
sued by the Recording
I
ndustry
Association of America for
$5,000 for illegal downloading.
"People
really need to wake up
to [the dangers of download-
ing]," said Bassignani. He said
that he feels guilty taking stu-
dents off the network because of
downloading, but it is not only to
free up the bandwidth but also to
prevent the situation that he had
to deal with.
Students should also watch out
for viruses that could infect their
computer by using sites such as
MySpace.
"It's easy to down
l
oad a virus,"
said Bassignani.
"It
could cripple
the
entire
network.''
To avoid a possible virus, make
sure you read the tenns of agree-
ment when downloading a file or
joining a networking site like
MySpace which is not as closely
monitored as Facebook. The
terms that you are agreeing to
could mean that you are allowing
others to put spyware on your
computer.
Foxrnail, which has been slow
throughout the semester, is not
sluggish because oflack of band-
width but because of memory
allocation issues that should be
resolved by January 2007 with a
virtual
memory
upgrade.
Overall, Facebook and
MySpace won't affect the Marist
network so gteatly that a possi-
ble ban would be in the works.
But,
it
could affect your personal
computer so Bassignani said to
always be careful.
"Keep your operating system
patched and be a safe (Internet]
surfer," said Bassignani.
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Booster club in process of
gaining official recognition
The Marist athletic departme
n
t
and the Student Government
"What we've done throughout
the year is pass out cards
with
t
h
e
fight song," he said. "We rea
ll
y
want to try and
get
fans to stand
up and clap during the fight song
like at other schoo
l
s and make
it
a tradition. Really get the fans
invo
l
ved to enhance the atmos-
phere at the McCann Center."
games more and get used to
it."
Expectations of the cl
u
b do not
end
with
merely learning the
fight song,
h
owever. Tellitocci
also said that he wants students
to
be comparab
l
e to such notable
college
fans
as
·
Duke
University's Cameron Crazies.
"We really want the group of
students to
l
ead the student sec-
tion,'' he said.
Kristen Casamento, Marist
'
We really
w
ant the group of
s
tudents to lead
the student section
.
It
'
s a really good Idea to
promote a fan base becaus
e
the more people
at a game the more e
x
citing It Is.'
In addition to
leadership,
Casamento
said
she likes the idea
because
of the
energy that could
be
created.
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r
istin
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asa
m
ento
"It's a really good
un
officia
l
b
oos
te
r
c
lu
b
m
ember idea to promote a
fan base because
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the more people at
Travis Tellitocci, assistant ath-
sophomore and
m
ember of the a game the more exciting
it
is,"
letic director for external affairs
cWTCnt
unofficial booster club she said.
at Marist said that the c
l
ub is still
in the early stages of deve
l
op-
ment and the process to receive
official recognition.
"We're meeting
with
SGA to
make the boosters a club on cam-
pus," Tellitocci said.
attempt
i
ng to become official,
said the fight song will be bene-
ficial to the atmosphere of the
McCann Cenler.
"I
think
learning the fight song
will bring unity to the fans," she
said.
Even though the athletic
department is in the midst of bas-
ketball season, Tellitocci said the
booster club will not concentrate
solely on basketball.
"It
will
be applied to every
sport," he said.
Despite being in preliminary
Similarly, Marist sop
h
omore
Tellitocci said he expects to see
more from the club such as
tail-
gating for footbalJ and baseball
games among other things.
planning for club status, howev-
Marc Sausa said that the fight
er, Tellitocci said that they are
song is a good addition and will
trying to get students involved at
get better as the season progress-
basketball games, especially es.
"We're still really early in the
planning stages,'' he said.
with the creation of the new
''Not everyone seems to know
Marist fight song which debuted the song yet," he said. "But I
at Red Fox Tip Off back in think
the
enthusiasm
will
October.
improve as people go to the
Storms sweep through
N
.
Y.
state
By
JOSEPH G
EN
TI
LE
Staff Writer
Violent thunderstorms that swept through the
Mid-Hudson Valley last Friday left an Ellenville
resident dead and z.apped electricity from
an
esti-
mated 25,000 Ce
n
tra
l
H
u
dson Gas & E
l
ectric
Corp. customers.
State Investigator Stan O'Dell said a large tree
crushed 61-year old Robert Merrihew to death in
his bedroom after crashing through his apartment's
roof.
E
l
sewhere, the villages of Rhinebeck and Milan
incurred significant damage according to
Rhinebeck Fire Department officials.
Chief Kyle Eighmy said no reports of any
injuries had surfaced, but described the number of
felled trees as
"countless."
"It
could be in the hundreds," Eighmy said.
Falling tree limbs damaged four homes in the vil-
lage, i
n
cluding a large V
i
ctorian on Montgomery
Street and the offices of the Gazette Advertiser on
Livingston Street. The inclement weather also
resulted in the cancellation of the Celebration of
Lights in downtown Poughkeepsie.
However
,
the National Weathe
r
Service in
Albany has blamed the damage on straight-
l
i
n
e
winds, gusting to 60 mph, and not on a
t
ornado.
Tornado watches had briefly been recommended in
Dutchess and Ulster Counties at the height of
Friday's thunderstorms.
Freshmen and Leo Hall resident Sam Accurso
said her mothe
r
called her on Friday night to alert
her daughter of the impend
in
g th'understorms,
telling her to stay away from the windows and hide
under her sheets. In her opinion, the college has•
"not prepared itself at all,'' to handle a serious
weather emergency, such as a tornado.
"I wish they practiced a drill or told us what to
do, especially because the windows
are
so big,
they will definite
l
y shatter," Accurso said.
In his last 5 years as
an
employee of Housing and
Reside
n
tial Life, Patrick K.illilee said that Marist
Co
ll
ege has experienced high w
i
nds, but not an
actual to
rn
ado to date. "It's unusual to see tornado
warnings in December," he said.
"In the event of a torhado, [Housing and
Residential Life] would identify areas in each res-
idence hall at the ground or basement floors for
residents to seek refuge."
When
asked if the college had emergency sirens
that could be sounded, he rep
l
ied "I don't believe
so."
So far, the Na
t
ional Weather Service has docu-
me
n
ted about 50 tornado touchdowns in Duchess
County alone beginning in 1950. Just last June, an
Fl tornado, packing windS of 150 mph, tore
through LaGrange, near the Town of Poughkeepsie
line. Three years ago, a tornado of relatively mild
strel_lgth, pac
k
ing winds of 70 to 90 mph, hi
t
East
Fishkill before turning into the Town of
Poughkeepsie and dissipating.
It's these isolated incidents which defy the tradi-
tional logic that areas such as Marist College, near
lakes, rivers, or mountains are safe from tornadoes.
In the late I 980s, a tornado left a trail of destruc-
tion along a 10,000-foot high mountain in
Yel1owstone National Park.
The intensity of a tornado gets measured on the
Fujita Scale, or F-Scale, as developed by
T.
Theodore Fujita of the University of Chicago.
It
grades a tornado based upon the velocity of
its
winds, distance, and sustained damage to buildings
and trees.
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Security Briefs
Potheads, grocery thieves - unlinked? You decide
Upcoming
Campus Events
but
first a special
NONcampus
event
Thursday, Dec.
7
By
ANDREW MOLL
Leader in homeland
$ecurity
Last week, I held a con-
t.est to see if anyone could
spot the security briefs
tha~ were simply copies of
older security briefs. I
told the readers to e-mail
me their answers with the
Prize of them getting their
name
in
this
week's
briefs. Well, the public
reaction was phenomenal.
And by phenomenal, I
lllea'n
non-existent.
Literally zero people e-
mailed me. Many people
may be dismayed by this
.
but I actually feel good
about the whole thing. No
one should be spending
their time looking for
crap like that. So color me
proud, Marist.
Jl/28-8:lSAM
'
Two employees coming
onto camp~s at the south
entrance saw a strange
male walking on Route 9.
He was wearing a long
fO~t •
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we
.
re unable to find the
man. You know, It's been
tough times for Rep
.
Mark
Foley, but sir, you won't
find what you're looking
,
for here.
All of us are
probably out of your age
range
.
11/28 - 12:30
PM
A resident of the Foy
Towohouses reported that
,
some jewelry was stolen
from their room, and the
police
were
called to
investigate. Kids, make
sure to keep an eye your
bling. You're spending all
this money to look good,
and you don't protect your
stuff. Kind of a waste if
you ask me. Besides, it's
not like SNAP has time to
go looking for your huge
chains. You're not
in
Run
DMC, let them handle
that.
11/29 - 2
AM
An extremely intoxicat-
ed student was taken from
the Campus Deli to St.
Francis
by
Fairview,
because,
you
know,
there's always drunk peo-
ple just laying around in
Campus Deli at random
times in the early morn-
ing. Actually
,
the more
I
think about it, that's less a
joke
and
more of an
unfortunate
truth.
An
inconvenient truth, if you
will.
11/29 - 11
AM
''''
The Donnelly fire alarm
by the lower doorway was
set off because due to the
smoke from a leaf blower
that was being used near-
by. I mean, really, what
else could it have been?
The bigger problem here
is that a leaf blower is
being used on November
29th. Al Gore was right.
Global warming is going
to kill us all, or at least
keep it from snowing for
awhile. Which, honestly,
is cool with me. Makes it
easier for a klutz like me
to get around without
slipping and embarrassing
myself.
11/29 - 6:15
PM
There was another false
fire alarm in Foy, this
time due to the mist from
a
bottle
of hairspray.
Apparently
the
Poison
Reunion Tour made a stop
in Poughkeepsie, and they
had to get ready for the
show
real
quick
like.
"Play 'Every Rose Has It's
Thorn!'"
11/29 - 10:50
PM
The RA at Upper West
Cedar requested the pres-
ence of security after they
noticed the odor of mari-
juana in one of the hous-
es. Three students were
found in a room, but the
marijuana had all been
used up. However, some
wrapj,ing paper was con-
fiscated.
I'm looking to
get my hands on some of
that,
because
I
have
Christmas gifts to wrap.
What's that? That's a dif-
fnen'l
k-ind
•
of,
•
wrappi'11g
paper? Well what paper
did they have? Oh. Oh my.
N
e
ver mind then.
11
/
30 - 10:40
PM
In Marian Hall, a room
was left unlocked
,
and
money was taken from a
couple
pocketbooks.
There
were
$40 taken
from one, and $50 taken
from
the other. That's
$90! That's a down pay-
ment on a Wii! Zelda,
24/7! I can't wait!
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12/1 - 9:20
PM
Security responded to a
call box activation in the
Fulton parking lot. A stu-
dent reported that he has
been accosted by three
other males. According to
the
student
,
he
was
punched in the face by
one of them, and then had
his groceries kicked out
of
'1is
hands.
Unfortunately, a search of
the area did not produce
the
alleged
groceries.
Where are the groceries,
huh? Broccoli doesn't just
up and leave on its own,
you know. I smell con-
spiracy.
12
/
2 - 10:15 PM
We had a burnt food
incident over at Gartland
again. I don't have the
numbers in front of me,
but I'm pretty sllre this is
number I, 763 for them
this semester, So _good for
them.
In
fact,
John
Gildard has awarded them
the
"Emeril
Lagasse
A:warcl" ror tfieir efforts,
-i.!l'd I offf!t tliem
a
he·1rrt-
"'t~lt
congratu
"
la1ions.
12/3 · 12:04
AM
In the Donnelly lot
,
a
Leo student
.
was found
quite intoxicated and sit-
ting on a bench. This is
another residence that has
done itself proudly this
semester. Good job
,
kids.
If you keep this up, you'll
all get a chance to live in
Leo again next year, too
.
12
/
3 - 12:26
AM
A Champagnat resident
was found in the Lower
West Cedar driveway, and
they were apparently a lit-
tle tipsy. They were even-
tually
taken
to
St.
Francis.
I want to know
what they were doing on
our turf! You're coming to
our residence, you should
get your behind kicked!
You don't come to the
LWC playing that stuff!
You're across Route
9
over there.
I
was about to
go get involved myself!
Huzzah!
And that does it for this
semester's security briefs,
folks.
I'll
see you all next
year
,
and have a Merry
Non-Denomination al
Secular Holiday and a
Happy New Year.
genius-o-meter: '
Disclaimer: The Security Briefs
are in/ended as satire and fully
pro/ected free speech under the
Firs/
Amendment
of the
Constitution.
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College students prioritize alcohol over global issues
BY
PATRICK NEGRI
Circle Contributor
In most papers, a
student
must
cite their sources
and give
cred-
it
to
the people who
gave
them
the ideas presented in the essay.
Most
of
the
time,
this
consists of
a
simple
work
cited
page or bib-
liography of
sources
included
with
the final draft
of
the
essay.
Some students
complain about
this idea
saying
that they
feel
that their opinions do not mat-
ter. Some
say,
if
every time
you
make a claim,
you
have to
cite
someone
else,
how do new
ideas come about. The problem
with
this argument is that,
in
general, students
can not back
up their
claim.
Most
students
are not
concerned with serious
issues
in society.
How can we
expect
to
be respected
if
many
members
of
our
generation sim-
ply
just
do not
care
about real
issues?
This carefree attitude
can be seen
through neglect
of
global news, choice of enter-
tairunent
favorites and everyday
actions.
For
the most
part, a student's
life
is very simple. They go
to
their
classes,
do their home-
work, sometimes
hold
jobs, and
for the resl
or
the time, they
can
pretty
much
choose what they
would like
to
do.
It would be
very
rare
to
find a student who
takes even some
of
that extra
time
reading
up on
politics and
world
issues. Many of
them
are
devising plans
on
how to
obtain
alcohol
this upcoming weekend,
or who is going out with whom,
or
talking
about what is
in
and
what
is
out for
the
winter sea-
son.
It
is
not
as if
the
informa-
tion
is unavailable to
them, it is
just that
the)' simply do
not
care.
News
stations are one click
away from MTV on
the televi-
sion
and
at the rate
that
some
students can type
it is not
even a
bop,
skip,
and
a
jump
to view
CNN.com. Modem
technology
is
so advanced and all
this infor-
mation
is
right
at
our
fingertips,
but
for some reason we are
not
taking advantage of
it.
Too
many
conversations
among
ado-
lescents start with "Yo Bro, what
are
you doin'
this
weekend."
r
have been going to college
for about two and a
half months
now and I
have learned that
it is
not
all that
it
is
hyped
up to be.
Many high school students fear
that
they will work all
the
time
and always act serious. This is
one
of
the
furthest
ideas
about
college from the truth that
I
have
ever heard.
It
seems
like
college
is a
party
city 24/7.
I have
found
about two people on campus
who
I
know will
talk
about
top-
ics such as conupted American
values, and the problems
in
Africa for enjoyment and to
broaden their horizons.
It
scares
me
that
I
feel
that the
only way
that
I
could get an opinion about
the
war in Iraq
is
when
a
teacher
asks about
it.
Then when they
finally
do
say something there is
nothing
behind
their
claims. If
they
do not
even want to talk
about global issues they are not
going to spend the time to
research these
issues.
How about the idea that
America is a massive consumer
while China is a massive pro-
ducer? Over recent decades the
conswnption of foreign goods in
the United
States has been
increasing, while Chinese coun-
trits th3t
make
all of
lhese items
are reaping the benefits. The
growth of the Chinese middle
class in recent years is astound-
ing;
Many .PSQPiel specifically
students, do not realize that
China is on the verge of surpass-
ing
America
as the number one
"superpower" in the world.
Sooner or later countries are
going to be able to rely on them-
selves for American products
and the source of government
revenue will decrease substan-
tially, leaving
America a poor
country. How many children's
action figures
can
you confi-
dently say have "made in
America" inscribed on the bot-
tom?
The problem is that
nobody knows about this in my
generation. We need
to
take a
look
at what is really important.
We are willing to take advantage
of all
the
benefits
that
we have
in
this great country but, we are
not
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willing to work for them. Too
many of us want to be
lawyers
and CEO'i because that is
"where the money is," but too
few of us want to become engi-
neers and create new American
technology.
American Beauty, and Crash
while
thinking
about what they
are saying about society. Even
the comedic movies that appeal
to my generation which contain
a
real
purpose, such as
Borat,
are not looked at in
the
way
they
We need to take a look at what Is really Important. We are
willing to take advantage of all the benefits that we have In
this great country but, we are not willing to work for them.
The idea that students do
not
concern themselves can even be
seen through the choice of
movies that they watch.
If
you
get a general consensus on the
average
student's
favorite
movies you will probably find
films such
as
Anchorman: the
Legend of
Ron Burgundy, Dude,
Where's
My
Car, and Wedding
Crashers. Though funny,
none
of these movies have any under-
lying meaning to them and serve
no purpose other than to enter-
tain the masses, and draw
a
large
sum of revenue. Students are not
watching epic films such as
should
be.
After talking to my
peers
about the film, they would
only focus on the comical parts
of the movie while overlooking
how
the
Producers are telling
us
that America is generally an
ignorant and racist society. The
depictions of
real
people,
mak-
ing racist claims,
and degrading
women
and foreigners, really
drives home
the
point
that
most
students miss because they are
not focusing on what
is
really
important.
Although some of this may be
true
I
can see
how
one can argue
that students
really
do have
real
9pinions on things and care
about our society. This is clearly
shown through classroom dis-
cussions brought up by a profes-
sor which evoke some well
thought
out opinions
from
the
students. We can also
look
at the
debate
clubs, and competitions
that are conducted in academia
all
the time. Those student!!! want
to
be in that club because they
enjoy
discussing
influential top--
ics in society. Due to the volun-
tary nature of the club we know
the students are joining the
group for a reason. Lastly, there
are a few members of my gener-
ation who really do great things
and have very influential opin-
ions about our
society.
Even
though this
is
the minority,
it
does exist and they
usually
ban
together and take control of the
future.
If we want to become
respect-
ed members of society with our
opinions being considered sub-
stantial, we
need
to affect a
change. The main focus of
our
days can no
longer
be how to
smuggle alcohol
past
the
secu-
rity
guards on campus.
We
need
to
look
at what
is
rcaJly
important., not only
to
us,
but
to
the
rest of
the
world
as
well.
I
am
not saying
we
can not have
any more
fun,
and we
do
not
need to stop enjoying
the
movies
that
we enjoy.
What
I
am saying, is we should
take
some of the time
that
We
have
on our
hands to
read
periodi-
cals such as
The New
York
1imes and watch
CNN
every
now
and
again
so we
can
become
aware of what is
hap-,
pening around
us.
It
is
up to
our
generation to find cures
for
things such as cancer
and
AIDS
becfuse by
the
time
it
gets
to
the generations
after us these
problems may
be
too
severe
to
be manageable, No
one person
can save
the
world,
but
if
everyone
put
a
little effort into
making
the world
a
better
place, we would effect
massive
changes.
Marist professor has right to practice prayer at start of cl
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in
his uwn life and lhc
life
(l(
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111ft1.-r spmdin" some lime- in
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mo, c hai:k off
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tcr. lon~mg fnr the complete
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same c:>.pcr1ences from i.:urrcnl
and
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students
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irour of people tmm
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wish
IO
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pus,
"ill
tand
dents
in
figh11n1
mg,
regulations
The Circle
lacks in depth reporting of Marist
campus
issu
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THE CIRCLE
Featur
e
s
THURSD
AY,
DE
C
E
M
B
E
R 7
, 2006
www.marlstcircle.com
P
A
GE4
Transforming th
e
historic r
ailroad
bridge into a pedestrian walkway
By KRISTINA CIONI
C
i
r
cle Contr
i
b
u
tor
Just
outside
your window is a structure 212 feet
above the Hudso
n
River that offers some of the
best views of the Mid-Hudson Valley. This spot,
spanni
n
g over a half mile across the river, can
be
fou
n
d on the historic Poughkeepsie-Highland
R
ailroad Bridge.
To most students, this bridge is just pn obsolete
object in our scenic background.
It has not been
open to the public, however, some have actually
had the opportunity to walk across the bridge and
see what
it
has to offer. 1 luckily was one of them.
Once
I
got over the creaking wooden p
l
anks
J
was
stepping on, and the river rushing 200 feet beneath
me - and maybe the screeching from the woman
suffering from vertigo five feet in front of me -
I
was able to take in the most awe inspiring
views
on the Hudson Valley.
The group that made this possible is the non-
pr
ofit organization. Walkway Over the Hudson.
Wa
l
kway is based in Poughkeepsie,
New
York. Its
m
ission is to convert the relic of the railroad age
into a linear park for walkers, hikers, joggers, bicy-
clists and people with disabilities. The walkway
wi
ll
be an added attraction to the Poughkeepsie
waterfront.
Upon complet
i
on, the park and walkway will not
The
view
from
the Poughkeepsle-Hlghland
ra
ll
r
oad
b
ri
dg
e.
profi
t
organization charged with developi
n
g and
maintai
n
ing the trail in Dutchess County.
·
It
may
n
ot seem as if any progress has been
made, but
in
the past few years Wa
l
kway Over the
Hudson has swpassed numerous goa
l
s,
every year
gett
i
ng closer and closer to its fina
l
vision. Last
mon
th
,
d
i
vers were sent into the river to inspect the
piers holding the bridge up. The
reports
coming
back have been positive, giving Walkway the
green light for trekking on. In addition
,
Walkway
has raised more than a million do
ll
ru;s from
it
growing members
h
ip and grants
from
government
and priva
t
e resources.
only connect Poughkeepsie to Highland
,
the entire
Over the bridge to Highland, the rail trail will end
rail trail will start in Hopewell Junction
,
go in
New
Paltz, connecting a total of four towns and
through Vassar
College,
connect Marist
College
on
four colleges. This will be done with the he
l
p of
its way to the Poughkeepsie
shores of
the river.
the Hudson
Valley
Rail Trail Association, a non-
The group hopes that the bridge will be complet-
ed by
2009
to celebrate the
400th
anniversary of
Henry Hudson's voyage and discovery of the
River. In order to make this happen, Wa
l
kway
Over the Hudson is turning to the community and
asking people to join thei
r
efforts by becoming a
me
m
ber and
volunteering.
This does not necessar-
ily involve money;
rolunteers
can help the organi-
zation with
community
events or simply just
spread
the word about the organi:zation to others.
The more
community support
Walkway Over the
Hudson has, the easier it will be for this project to
become a reality.
For mo
r
e infonnation visit www.walkway.org.
cartoon corner
By VINNIE PAGANO
Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority takes
part in the Linus Project
By
TR
ICIA CARR
Staff Writer
On
Christmas
Eve in 1995,
"Joy
to the World," an article
featuring
a small child going
through chemotherapy, was fea•
tured in Parade Magaz
i
ne. In this
article
,
the child said that her
security b
l
anket was there with
her for all
of
her treatme
n
ts.
After reading
"Joy
to the World,"
Karen Loucks started providing
homemade blankets to the Rocky
Mounta
i
n Ch
il
dren's Cancer
Ce
n
ter in De
n
ver. With this,
Project Linus was born.
The Linus Project is a (\ational
program that prides itse
l
f in
pro-
viding
blankets for severe
l
y i
ll
c
h
ildren and teens. The blanke
t
s
are co
ll
ected by
l
ocal Project
Linus chapters and distr
i
b
u
ted to
hospitals
,
she
lt
ers, and socia
l
service
agencies where they are
given to young people who need
th
em.
SEE LINUS
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www.marlstcln:le.eom
column about nothing
Kate Moss,
P
ar
is
Hilton, an
d
Maris
t
Girls
By
MORGAN
NE
D
ERHOO
D
Staff Writer
As I walk
up
the Stairs to my floor, I detect a
slight
beat wafting down the stairn-ell, and I
immediately know that it
is
either Tuesday.
Thursday. F nday, or Saturday night. I open the
hall's door, and my senses are assaulted by an
overload of
noise and commC1tion. The girls
are
obviously primping for a night at a club or party.
It is only 8:30 at night. and the musk bas
already begun - usu:11ly
it will not start until 9:30
or I 0:00. As I walk to my room at the end of the
halL my eyes and ears arc overwhelmed with the
scene: Almost every
single
door is
open,
and as I
look through each doornay, I sec about four girls
per
donn room. Girls run from one room. to the
bathroom, to another room, and then
they
dash
back to their
first room. My eyes arc practica
ll
y
bleeding from seeing
such
an indecent amount of
my floor mates' bodies, and the
overabundance
of
sequms, glnter.
and j\.!?.-els is causing me to
squint.
I contmue do\\-n the hall, and my head is invad-
ed by an onslaught of techno and pop beats.
Rather than play their fa'vorite mixes to them-
selv~, most of the girls
spread
the love by open-
ing their doors and b
l
asting some tunes. Walking
through four different
songs
ull at once is a dis~
turbing
experience
that usuully rt'ndcrs me con-
fused and
overwhelmed.
My mind is only able to
hand
l
e one song at a time, so the thought of four
songs is polliti\:el) terrifying. Th~ play lisLS
all
have
the ~ c
common ingredients: Ashlee
Simpson.
·•sYNC.
and
Justin T1mbcrlake. For
some extn.
flair,
a fc\\-
rap and l«hno songs can
be
heard
C\Cf)'
so
often. \lathing is \\<rong with
these
ams1s,
as long as they are practiced within
moderation.
I constanll>· wonder if the songs arc
p
l
ayed loud enough
to create beatS able to make
a
pac~-makcr
5kip.
I
1hink
\l's
possible.
Hi:h\een the booics everywhere, the glitter. and
the mind-numbing
beats, "'alkmg to my room is
a mmd-bogghng experience, and
1t
is easy for
a
ho
m
ebody like me to feel ovct""hclmed. I imag-
ine it is has1~ll) the cquiulenl of snortJ.ng five
lines of coke and then attending some under-
ground
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From Page Four
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Anorexia
st.ill prevalent among young women
By LAURA MIDDLETON
Circle Contributor
Some students' desire to
be
thin
leaves them starving for perfec•
tion.
The average woman
is
5'4" and
weighs 140 pounds while the
average model is
5'
11"
and
weighs 117 pounds. This star-
tling statistic from the National
Eating Disorders Association
reveals the unhealthy standards
that many young women are
aspiring to meet. Some students
at Marist College are feeling
the
pressure to live up to the emaci•
ated "ideal.,. Both men and
women encounter
unrealistic
images
and their expectations are
flawed.
Dr.
Mary
Dunne, the college
physician at
Health
Services,
said that women are vulnerable
to unreasonable expectations and
that today voluptuous Marilyn
Monroe
would be considered fat.
"The visual model for women
has become more extreme," said
Dunne.
freedoms
that
come with
the
col-
lege setting can put peop
l
e
at
risk.
"Without a support structure
they
can
walk c
l
ose to
the edge
when exploring
things
on their
own and
it
is with
those people
that early intervention
is really
important,"
said
Dunne.
Early intervention from
friends
is vital and they
need to under-
stand
that
~ating
disorders are
a
believe it
is
under
recognized
in
ma
l
es," said Dunne.
Gina Barricelli, a senior
,
said
that
men are just
as
concerned
about
their
bodies as women.
"A
lot
of guys here are overly
health
conscience and their eat-
ing habits
are unhealthy
,
" said
Barricelli.
Erin
Kibble.
a senior
,
said that
there
are men at Marist suffering
from eat
in
g disorders and that
The average woman Is
5'4"
and weighs 140 pounds
while the average model Is
5' 11"
and
weighs
117
pounds. This startling statistic from the National Eating
Disorders Association reveals the unhealthy standards
that many young women are aspiring to meet
challenge
that is managed rather
than fixed.
"The
less isolated
someone
is
the
healthier they will
be,"
said
Dunne.
"Communication
is
always
important.
Peer commu-
nication, about
pressures
for
women
to conform to stereo-
types
t
o be 'perfect,'
is
especia
ll
y
important in
a college."
Dunne sa
id
that
females
they
too
are striving for unrealis-
tic
ideals.
"I
think
there is just as much
pressure
for a guy to
look
good
as
there
is
for a girl," said
Kibble. "At
least on this campus.
No one on
this
campus sees
over
-
exercising
as
a problem
and it is a
serious symptom of an
eating
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7,
2006
www.marlstcircle.com
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Christmas movie gui4e: the best and worst holiday flicks
By
ALISON
JALBERT
Staff Writer
It's the
holiday
season, so you
know what that means-you're
constantly being barraged
with
holiday movies from the second
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day
Parade ends until the last pine
needles have fallen off your
Christmas tree.
Some of them are bad, some of
them are good, and some of them
aren't even worth watching in a
postwChristmas dinner stupor. To
help you sort out the holiday
movie options out there, I give
you my personal picks of the best
and worst. movies of the holiday
season.
We'll start out with my
favorites, because I really try to
be a glass-half-full kind of girl.
One recent movie that has
become a staple of my holiday
viewing is the 2003 comedy
"Elf." This movie tells the story
of sweet, innocent Buddy the Elf,
(Will Ferrell) who finds out as an
adult that he is not, in fact, an elf,
but
a
human who was
adopted
after he climbed into Santa's bag
as
a baby.
Buddy makes the long journey
from the North Pole to New York
City in search of his biological
father, played by James
Caan.
The story is
simp
le
yet sweet,
and there are plenty of funny
moments as Buddy experiences
life as a
human.
And let's
be
hon-
est, the sight of Will Ferrell in
bright yellow tights could
make
any movie funny.
I don't know about your holi-
day family gatherings, but mine
are far from perfect. Maybe
that's why "National Lampoon's
Christmas Vacation" is such a
refreshing holiday movie. Chevy
Chase reprises his role as well
intentioned
but ill-fated Clark
Griswold, who simply wants to
have the best Christmas ever. As
hard as Clark tries, nothing
seems to go right, from a disaster
with the Christmas lights to a
crazy
uncle
burning
their
Christmas tree down.
This movie is a great holiday
flick because it's not only hyster-
ical, but it paints a more realistic
picture of what the
holidays
are
actually like. We may not all
have a Cousin Eddie who emp-
ties his motor home's toilet into
our sewer, or
an
Uncle Lewis
who bums down our Christmas
tree, but
I think
"Christmas
Vacation" helps us to appreciate
our families, despite their quirks.
You won't find many animated
selections among my favorite
holiday movies, but I make a
specia
l
exception for the
1996
versio
n
of
"How
the Grinch
Stole Christmas." Everyone
knows the story of the miserable
green Grinch who detests every-
thing
about the Whos and
Christmas.
This movie has been around
since our parents were young,
but I think that only makes it
even more of a good
holiday
film, enabling different
ge
nera-
tions to share in this
holida
y
tra-
dition. When the Grinch's heart
grows, my heart grows too. I'm
not ashamed to admit that I have
songs from "How the Grinch
Stole Christmas" on my iTunes,
or that I know all the words and
sing along.
Don't even get me started on
Ron Howard's live action ver-
sion of"the Grinch." I'll take my
Grinch animated with a dash of
Boris Karloff.
Okay, so maybe I
lie<l.
There is
actually room in my heart for
another animated Christmas
movie.
"A Charlie
Brown
Christmas" is the last one,
I
swear.
I have memories of
watching this movie every time
I
visited my grandparents in
Massachusetts, no matter the
season.
I used to watch this every
Fourth of July Weekend, much to
the chagrin ofmy family.
There's just something about
the simple joy of this movie that
always
gets
to me. I
have
never
been a fan of the
"Peanuts"
char-
acters, but watching
Charlie
Brown discover the true meaning
of
Ciuµtm~ never
fails
to make
me smile. Not to mention
I share
his pain in trying to decorate a
measly scrap of a Christmas tree.
Oh, and in case
you
were won-
dering,
yes,
I do have the songs
from
"A
Cha
rlie
Brown
Christmas"
on my iTunes.
My final favorite holiday
movie is one that I've only
recently come to enjoy.
I
saw
"A
Christmas Story"
on
TV a few
years
ago, and after the movie
was over, I found
my
self settling
in for the annual twenty-four
hour marathon.
"A
Christmas Story" tells the
story of
young
Ralphie Parker,
(Peter Billingsley) who really
just wants
"an official Red
Ryder, carbine action, two-hun-
dred shot range model air rifle,"
but all of the adults around him,
including a department store
Santa Claus, tell him he ·will
"shoot his eye out."
Based on short stories written
by
Jean
Shepherd
,
"A
Christmas Story"
is
a fun,
campy look at
Christmas
through the eyes of a young
boy. The movie has become
somewhat of a cult classic,
with such famous scenes as
Ralphie's father winning that
infamous
lamp
in the
shape
of
a woman's leg, or Ralphie's
friend being "triple dog dared"
to stick his tongue
against
a
frozen pole.
I still find myself tuning in
various times during the twen-
ty-four hour
marathon
on
Christmas Eve to
catch my
favorite
scenes
of
"A
Christmas Story." If you've
never seen this movie,
I recom-
mend you to
tum
on your TV
to
TBS
at some point on
Christmas Eve to add another
tradition to your holiday.
Now that I've shared my
favorite holiday movies with
you, it's time to disclose my
least favorite holiday movies.
The worst, if you
will. I under-
stand that some of the movies I
am
about to mention are clas-
sics,
and maybe some of
your
favorites. but keep in mind
that
this is my personal opinion.
Just a meas!)' little college stu-
d
e
n
t
So please don't hurt me.
With that being
said,
let's
get
on to what
I consider the worst
holiday movies. If the
combina-
tion of Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Sinbad, and a
Christmas movie
doesn't
turn
you away, then I
don't know
what
will.
"Jingle
All
the Way" tells the
story
of
two
fathers (Schwarzenegger and
Sinbad) desperately
searching
to
find Turbo Man, an action figure
as popular as Tickle-Me-Elmo.
Hilarity is
supposed
to ensue.
This movie is about as materi-
alistic as it
can get. There is not
an ounce of holiday wannth or
cheer to be found in this movie
,
and the
so-called
jokes
are
flat
and clearly forced.
"Jing
l
e
All
the Way" should be used as
Exhibit A in an
argument
as to
how commercialized Christmas
has become.
I have
el
ready
stated
my dislike
fofi
~
.. ,-row
t!!e Crinch
Stole Christmas,"
so
it
s
houldn
't
be any
surprise
that it landed on
my list of least favorite holiday
movies. Director Ron
Ho
ward
and
star
Jim
Carrey suck
all the
fun out
of
the animated original
in this big-budget remake.
Now,
I
nonnally love Howard
and
Carrey, (see "The
Da Vinci
Code"
and
"Ace Ventura,"
respectively) but their
version
of
Dr.
Seuss'
much-loved
Christmas
tale left
me
feeling
irritated
and
ripped•off.
Whovil\e is
supposed
to be
grandiose, but instead looks like
a
rejected Disne)' World ride.
Ca
rr
ey
turns the Grinch into a
spast
i
c
buffoon, and his ad-
libbed
scenes
are just too
painfully long.
I'm a little afraid to admit what
my least
favorite
holiday movie
is, because it
is one of the
world's
most treasured holiday
movies.
Yes, "It's a Wonderful
Life" is
my
least
favorite
Christmas movie
.
I
know, I
know, it's
so
touching
and
inspi-
rational and
all
that, but I just
can't
stomach
the
sickeningly
sweet plotline.
I
assumed that I
was simply
too
immature the first time I
watched
it, and watched it
again
last
year,
but
I
still
didn't like it.
I
lose
interest in the
plot and the char-
acters, and it's
just so
pre-
dictable.
I
still
hold
out
hope that
maybe
I'll
watch
"It's a
Wonderful
Life"
in
ten or
twenty
years
and finally understand
why
everyone
loves it, but
for
now,
I'll
just
change
the
channel
and
find which
channel "A Christmas
Story
"
is on.
Update your iPod with the ultimate holiday playlist
By
BETHANY BOHLIN
Circle
Contributor
It's officially caroling season.
With the temperature
suddenly
dropping
to
its
distinct
December
chilliness
and the
Marist
Camp
u
s
Tree finally
brightening the dark
sky,
the
spirit of Christmas decorates
not
only the campus, but also the
moods of the
students.
Along with the customary cam-
pus holiday activities,
such
as
The Giving Tree and The Sno
Ball, familiar holiday songs and
jingles seem to pop up
every-
where
the
day
after
Thanksgiving. The traditional
carols and classic tunes
stay with
u
s
each and every
year,
but here
are some new tunes for spread-
ing that holiday cheer. Some
yo
u
may have heard, some
you
may
dislike, but all represent the
cheerfulness of Christmas.
Sufjan Stevens - Come On!
Let's
.
Boogy to
the Elf· Dancel
Straight
off his new release,
"Songs
for Christmas
-
A Sing-
A-Long," this original piece is a
fun and quirky carol that is per-
fect for both children and adults.
Stevens usually takes a soft•spo-
ken approach to his music, so
this upbeat song is a refreshing
addition
to
the
traditional
Christmas classics.
The
Blind
Boys
of
Alabama
and Me'Sbell Ndegeocello -
0
Come All Ye Faithful
The raspy deep voice of
Ndegeocello speaking the
lyric
s
leads
the
gospel a cappella back-
ground of the Blind Boys
of
Alabama, making theirs of the
most original approaches to a
Christmas
carol I've ever heard.
John
Lennon
-
Happy
Christmas (War
is
Over)
Not
new or revised, this song
had to make the list because it is
a classic tune written by an icon-
ic
singer.
Amazingly, decades
after
it was written
,
the lyrics
still provide hope.
,
Kate and Anna McGarrlgle
(featuring Loudon Wainwright
Ill)
-
Counting Stars
A different approach to looking
at the holiday season, this song is
from the nostalgic point of view
of someone who can't
be home
for
Christmas.
The sadness and
regret is a harsh reminder that
not everyone is lucky enough to
have a
h
ome,
a family and happy
memories in
the
making.
Sarah McLachlan - Song for a
Winter's
Night
Covering a Gordon Lightfoot
hit, McLachlan slows down the
original tempo of the
song
and
adds some emotion, making it a
romantic and
heartfelt
piece to
li°
ste
n
to when the snow is falling
and the wick of the candle burns
to
its
whisper of a close.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra -
Christmas Canon
Rock
Only this rock-and-roll holiday
e0$Cmble could
tum Pachelbel's
Canon
into an
extraordinary
I 980's-esque Christmas power
ballad. All the elements are there
-
the belting of the
lyric
s,
the
piano leading the emotion and
the electnc guitar solo combme
to create an astounding anthem
for all
Christmas
believers.
Jewel - Winter Wonderland
Twinkling,
light and festive in
the
beginning
with bells and
harps, this song shifts to a twang
of a country hit, and Jewel
cre-
ates a tempo
cha
nging
,
genre-
jumping song
complete with
a
children's choir, making
it both
inspirational and powerful.
Dave
Matthews - Christmas
Song
This
slow
guitar-led
Christmas
story is perfect to listen to while
wrapping gifts for
your
friends.
For that reason, this was one
of
the most common responses
when Marist students were asked
to name one of their favorite
sea-
sonal tunes.
Barenaked Ladies (featuring
Sarah McLachlan) - God Rest
Ye
Merry
Gentlemen/We
Three
Kings
During this
carol,
the usual
Barenaked Ladies
sound
is
given
another dimension by the
sweet
sound of Sarah
hannonizing
along the
way.
A great
s
in
g-a•
long
song.
II Divo
- Oh, Holy Night
This
is for
all those
abroad stu-
dents
who
have
st
udied
in
Europe
or for those
who
plan to
visit
sometime soon.
The Italian
male.diva group,
II
Divo, domi-
nates the airwaves in
Europe
with their powerful balance of
emotion and musical talent.
Keeping
this Christmas
classic
close to the
original version,
II
Divo
adds
the perfect
amount of
zest and freshness to make the
list.
Leon
Redbone
and Zooey
Oeschanel
-
Baby
It's
Cold
Outside
Yes,
this is from
Elf. Yes, it
is
the same actress
s
ingin
g.
Yes, it's
fantastic.
Even
if
this song wasn't used in
the
college student's
favorite
holiday movie, it would
still
be
on
here
for
its
flirty
duet that fea-
tures two voices from
opposite
ends of
the musical
spectrum.
The deep
crooning voice of
Redbone
is tempting while
Deschanel's
voice
is innocent
enough
to make us
be
l
ieve
that
she
'really
can't
stay.'
Rufus Wainwright
-
What Are
You Doing New Year's Eve?
Wrapping up the holiday
sea-
son and hoping
for
a
companion
for the
New Year,
Wainwright
vocalizes
the worry
that he might
be alone when the clock
strikes
twelve. With a
warm sound
and
s
impl
e
lyrics, this
song is perfect
to listen
to between December
25th and January
I
st~
12:00 a.m.
While these carols may not
be
standard
holiday
songs that are
heard on the radio or in
your
home
,
they represent
every
aspect
of
the
yuletide season.
With
fun, exciting
and
unique
sounds,
these
songs
can embody
any holiday
sentiment. Enjoy, be
merry, and remember,
always
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006 •
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Men's swimming and diving program earns 200th win
GREG HRINYA
Staff Writer
to win
multiple
evenls and
stroke in
59.53.
He would finish
anchor three out of four winning
out with a win in the 200-yard
relay learns.
breaststroke in a time of2:12.18.
The Marist
Red Foxes
swim-
Collins won the 100-yard back-
ming
and diving learn won the
stroke and the l00-yard freestyle
H20unds
I
nvitational and earned
in times of 52.19 and 46.49
,
its 200th win in school
history
respectively.
The 46.49 time
In
diving
,
junior Devon
O'Nalty won the one-meter event
on Friday and scored a 438.00 on
the 3-meter dive to finish second.
over
the
weekend in
Baltimore.
Collins post-
The Red
Foxes beat Delaware,
ed
was
a
We
've
come a long way In 28
The team
would offi-
cially finish
with wins of
244-126
Loyola,
and Niagara
to
push the
meet
and
years, and a lot of that has to do
schoo
l
win
total to 202
all time,
Pbees,",.
0
n
",•hel
with consistency and coaching
and earn
an
impressive
7-0
(5-0)
mark
on
the
season.
I
O O
-
Y
a
r d
Marist rode strong performanc-
freestyle.
es from
Pat
Collins, Greg
Spencer
Jablonski,
and
Spencer Hartmann
•
Hartmann to
sweep all three
and Greg Jablonski were also
matches
at the Invitational.
multiple event winners for the
The meet began with Dan
Red Foxes. Hartmann won the
Garaffa, Greg
Jablonski,
Nick
500-yard freestyle
in
4:40.00
and
C
h
evalier, and
Pat
Co
llin
s win-
th
e
1650-yard
freestyle
in
ning the
400-yard
m
edley relay
16:28.47.
Jab
l
onski won the
in a time of3:31.58.
400-yard individual medley in
SCniorPatCollinswouldgoon 4;11.47 and the 100-yard breast-
o v e r
-Head
C
o
ach Delaware,
LarryVanWagner
228 _
1
40
over Loyola
and 272-95 over Niagara.
The team win at the H20unds
Invitational
also marked the
200th win in school
history
in the
28 years the
program
has been
in
existence.
Marist Red Foxes coach Larry
Van Wagner said the historic win
was a testament to the team and
coaching staff.
"We've come a
l
ong way in 28
years, and a lot of that has to do
with consistency and coaching,"
Van Wagner said. "A lot of it is
also due to Melanie
Bolstad
[associate
head
coach/diving
head coach] who has been with
the school for 18 years."
Coach Van Wagne
r
also
said the
team's success has been a credit
to the swimmers and their will-
ingness to train and compete day
in and day out.
·
'
'
I'm
proud of our kids,"
Van
Wagner said.
"l
think this is
the most demanding sport here at
Marist and there's not another
team that makes a greate
r
com-
mitment than
this
one.
It
is
their
decision to
dedicate
themselves,
and it has been a wonderful tran
-
sition over the 28 years."
Diving coach Me
l
anie
Bolstad
said she is also p
r
oud to
be
part
of this winning
tradition
the
school has
establis
h
ed.
"It's exciling to do so well
when you only swim in ten to
eleven meets all season
long,"
Bolstad said. "This means that
the team
has
ro go .800 every
year to get where we
have.
"
The Red Foxes will begin to
prepare for the second half of
the
season as they will have
a
short
hiatus over
this next month.
The
next month will be
fuU
of train-
ing and
preparation
for Seton
Hall on
January
12, 2007.
"We
will train for the
l
ast two
weeks before
taking
a trip to
Coral
Springs,
Florida,"
Van
Wagner
said. "Our
last
four
weeks will get
us
r
eady for
the
MAAC conference champi-
onships."
Mangona and Falco lead
women's swimming
and diving at H20unds
By
RICH ARLEO
Staff Writer
J
unio
r
s
Melissa
Mangona and
Jamie
Falco led
the
Marist
women's swimming and diving
team
to wins over two of its
three
opponents in
the
H20unds
invitational at
Loyola
this past
weekend.
Falco
won two individual
events for Marist,
as
she bested
th
e fie
ld
in
the
100-yard
butterfly
and
then
again in the
100-yard
freestyle
,
posting times of59.16
and
54.62 seconds respectively;
continuing her great season thus
far
.
Mangona also had another
spectacular meet. as she was able
to sweep the
diving
events for
the
Red Foxes. She placed
first
in
both
the one and three-meter
diving
events on Saturday. The
jun
i
or diver posted a winning
score of 226.45
in
the one meter
dive, while also winning the
three-meter
event with a score of
424.30.
Mangona has bad
an
impres-
sive season off the
boards
thus
far,
and when asked about his top
diver, coach
Lany
Van Wagner
had nothing but positive things to
say.
"Outs1anding," Van Wagner
said. "Melissa obviously
.
after
being runner up
in
the [Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference]
MAAC for the past two years, is
without a doubt the most talented
diver in the MAAC
.
"
As for the teams overall
per-
formance, Coach Van Wagner
was satisfied with defeating
MAAC
rivals
Loyola
and
Niagara. He knew though, that
De
l
aware would pose some
extremely tough competition.
"We performed well over all,"
Van Wagner said. "We knew we
had
tough competition with
Delaware. They are ranked, and
it was our
first
time competing
with them, so we knew they
would be our biggest challenge."
The coach went on to mention
freshman
Lyndsay Martin's sur-
prising performance
.
"We
'
ve been without senior
Lauren Malski for this
first
part
of the season, so freshman
Lyndsay Martin has been filling
in for the breaststroke and med-
ley relays
,
and she had
an
out-
standing weekend," he said.
"She posted a season best
in
the
100-yard butterfly, and personal
bests in the 100-yard and 200-
yard breasts1roke. She's been
g
e
tt
in
g
r
a
:-.1
cr a
nJ fo!ttcr
.
a
nd 1 am
pleasandy surprised
.
"
The Foxes opened Saturday by
placing second in the 200-yard
freestyle relay with a time of
1:41.97.
They also came in sec-
ond in two other re
l
ays on
the
against Seton
Hall
and the
University
of
Maryland
Balti
m
ore County (UMBC).
"The first
is
against Seton
Hall,
who we
lost to last
year.
Then
day, posting a=
- - ~ - - , - - ~ - - -
next,
against
score
of
We performed well over
top-ten-ranked
1:51.09 in lhe
an.
We knew we had
UMBC."
he
200-yard med-
said.
"I
sched-
ley relay
,
and
tough competition with
uled
them
to
3:39.59 in the
Delaware.
get more com-
400-yard free
relay.
After
petition, and
-Head
Coach
placed them
at
Larry
Van
Wagner
the
end of our
Saturday·
s
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
schedule
so
events, the Red Foxes move to
5-
we're prepared for the champi-
2 on the season, and remained
onship season."
undefeated
in
the MAAC with a
The Red Foxes
next
meet is at
5-0 mark. The team
will
head to
Seton HalJ at 2 pm on
January
the west coast for intersession
12, and their final meet before
training.
the c
h
ampionship season is at
Coach Van Wagner said
the
UMBC
on
January
27.
Red F
ox
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ha-..e two extremel
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competitive meets coming up
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Marist overcomes 14-point deficit to defeat Richmond
Senior center James Smith tamed eight
points
end seven rebounds In
the
80-73
overtime victory against the
Rlchmond Spiders. The team
game and
Is
on a three game winning streak as
they
enter MMC pfay.
By
JOE
FERRARY
Staff Writer
The Mari st men •s basketball
team extended its winning streak
to three games, defeating the
University of Richmond Spiders
80-73
in overtime on
Saturday
night
in Richmond, VA.
With
the win, the
Red Foxes
improved their record to 6-2
while Richmond fell to 3-3,
Senior guards Jared Jordan and
Will Whittington scored a game-
high 30
points a piece for the
Red Foxes.
Both players fin-
ished the game eight-for-18 from
the field.
All
of
Whittington's baskets
came via the
three-pointer.
Jordan
led
Marisl with eight
assists
and
secured
seven
rebounds to tie senior center
James Smith.
Richmond was led by freshman
center Dan Geriot who tallied 18
points while red-shirt freshman
Ryan Butler tied
a
career high
with 16 points for the Spiders.
In the first half, neither team
led by more than five points as
good defense and poor shooting
were two themes of the first half.
The Red Foxes only shot 28.6
per cent from the field while the
Spiders shot 35. 7 per cent from
the floor.
After a see-saw first half, the
Red Foxes found themselves
down only three points, 27-24,
going into break. At halftime,
Jordan led the Red Foxes with 13
points.
Head Coach Matt Brady. said
he was not concerned with his
team's offensive output
in
the
first half.
''Everyone talks about how
they are a great offensive team,"
Brady said. "But they are a great
defensive
team.
At the halfl just
told the guys to put the ball in the
lane, and I knew that
both
teams
would score more points in the
second half."
Coming out of half time, the
Red Foxes offensive woes con-
tinued as the Spiders built a
14-
point lead, 53-39, with only
10:08 remaining in the second
half.
With his team down 14 points,
Coach Brady was not worried
about the outcome of the game.
"I
thought that we might come
back from this deficit," Brady
said. "When we watched
film
on
Richmond, we saw that they had
a tendency to build big leads and
not to put teams away. They are
a young team."
The Red Foxes staged a come-
back as they went on a 19-4
run
over the next eight minutes to cut
the lead to just two points, 57-55,
on a Shae McNamara lay-up.
The Spiders conti~ued to add to
their
lead
as Ryan Butler's three
pointer extended the lead to
5
points, 63-58.
with
just
I
:05
orr
the clock.
After a quick Jordan lay~up and
a turnover by Richmond, the Red
Foxes found themselves down
three points, 63-60, with 18 sec-
onds left in the game.
Jordan described the last pos-
session
for the Red Foxes.
"In
the timeout we had a play
that was for me to drive into the
lane and get a quick two points,"
he said. "As I drove into the
lane
,
the defense collapsed and I
saw Will coming off of a flare
screen in the comer.
I
passed
him
the ball and he made the
shot.
"
Richmond was unable to win
the game
in
regu1ation as fresh-
man
David
Gonz.alvez's
shot in
the paint rolled out as time
expired.
The score was tied at 63
going
into overtime.
With the momentum on
Marist's side, the Red Foxes hit
their
first
three
shots
to build a
71-66 lead with 2:21 to go.
The
Red Foxes would hit their free-
throws down the stretch to close
out the victory.
Jordan said he was proud of
this team as they stole the win a
way from Richmond.
"We
knew going into this game
that we were the better team,"
Jordan said.
"We
didn't play
well to start off the game and
they caught us off guard. We
fotmd
-a
way
to
steal
this
.game
from them.
In
the past, this is a
game that we wou1d have lost,.
For the game, Marist held the
edge in field goal percentage
41.8 to 40.4 and three point per-
centage 35.3 to 22.7. The Red
Foxes held a
s
light
margin
in
rebounding 39-37.
After an impressive start to the
season against a tough schedule,
Coach Brady said it is time to
focus on the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (~C).
"Over
the first part of the sea-
son
,
we proved that we could
play with most teams in the
country, but that is behjnd us
now," he said. "Next week starts
the regular season for the MAAC
and everyone starts out with
the
same record,
0-0."
Coach Brady's Red Foxes are
back in action Friday
,
Dec. 8 at
1Jo
in the McCann
Center
to
take on up-state rival Canisius.
This contest is the
second
part of
a double-header with the Marist
women who play Loyola at 5
p.m.
In news off the court, the Red
Foxes climbed
-six spots
to num-
ber
11 in the collegeinsider.com
Mid-Major Poll.
Senior guard
Jared Jordan claimed his
second,
consecutive MAAC
co-player
of
the
week for finishing the week
averaging 28 points,
9
assists,
7
.5
rebounds, and
1.5
steals.
Foxes
maul
Bison
while
handing
them first home
loss
of
season; MAAC play
begins
this weekend
By
CASEY LANE
Circle Contributor
The Marist women's basketball
team defeated Bucknell 57-38 on
Sunday, handing the Bison their
first home loss at
the
Sojka
Pavilion this season.
The Red Foxes were led
in
scoring by red-shirt junior Meg
Dahlman and freshman Rachele
Fitz, who
both
had 15 points and
six rebounds. Red-shirt sopho-
more, Julianne Viani, had a
career-high seven rebounds
and
a season-high 13 points, nine of
which came via three-pointers.
The
Bison shot a season-low
26.9 percent (14-52).
Marist
coach Brian Giorgis believes his
team put forth its best defensive
effort of the
year.
"We contested (shots) and we
didn't give them
a
lot of open
looks," Giorgis said.
"I
thought
that was huge.
We contested
every shot and forced
17
turnovers, a couple which lead to
crucial
baskets
for
us.
"
Free throws by Kesha
Champion gave Bucknell an
early lead with
the
first two
points of the game.
Marist
would never trail again.
The Foxes
scored
the next 10
points on
their
way to taking
a
16-3
lead
as the Bison missed
their
first
13 field goal attempts
.
By the end of the
first
half,
Marist had a 30-15 lead, the kind
of
start
Giorgis
said
is important
for the Red Foxes to have.
«Jt
is really critical for
us
to get
off to
a good
start against
a good
team at their place," he said.
"It
forced them to have to work
much harder to get back.
Sometimes when you use
so
much energy to come back, at
some point you hit a
wall,
and
I
think that's
what
they did."
The Bison
started
the
second
half with a lay-up from Amanda
Brown and a three-point shot by
Lauren Schober to cut the lead to
IO.
But Viani answered for
Marist by draining threes on
back-to-back possessions.
Lindsey Hollobaugh cut the
Red Fox lead to
seven
by hitting
two free throws with 5: 15 left in
double digits in points.
Fitz was named Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
rookie of the week for the
second
week in
a
row.
.
She
averaged
15.5
points,
4.0
rebounds,
and
1.0 assist in the two Marist
victo-
ries of the week.
the game.
The seven points
Fitz joins Kristen Vilardi
as
the
would be the closest the Bison only players
in
school
history to
came the rest of the way.
win MAAC rookie of the week
Coach Giorgis
said
he never award in consecutive weeks
.
felt that the game was
slipping
Vilardi's achieved the honors
away.
"The
people that we had out
there had been in those
typeS
of
games," he said.
"We
had expe-
rienced people out there who did
the job."
Marist finished
the game on a
12-0
run,
featur-
ing eight points
from Dahlman.
The Foxes shot
41.5 percent for
the game.
Senior Alisa
Kresge to1aled
three
poin1s
,
seven
assists,
seven rebounds,
and four steals
for the
game.
The
seven
rebounds
and
four
steals were
season highs. It
was the 49th
time
in
her
career
she
recorded twq or
more steals in a
game.
Hope, Foster,
and
Champ
ion
led
Bucknell
with eight points
each.
It
was the
first time in over
during the
2002-2003
season.
The Red Foxes next game will
be the first MAAC contest of the
regular
season,
as
they host
Loyola at
5
p.m. at the McCann
Center.
~o
years
that
a
Red-ahlrt
unlor Meg Dahlman
for
a
team
high
In
Bison
player Points
wtth
15 when
the Red Foxes
defeated
the
failed to record
Bison 57--38
on Saturday afternoon
at
Bucknell.