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By
KRISTEN ALLDREDGE
Health Editor
'
-
'I
know with the tsunami
I
Jost my
future,
my
hope to become something in life," writes Dilath, a
young Sri Lankan boy who attended a M{lrist
school destroyed by the tsunami.
Di]ath is among the many students who attended
Holy Cross, a Marist Brothers school located near
the shore in Sri Lanka. The Marist Brothers in
Poughkeepsie are heading a campus-wide effort to
help reconstruct the schoo]s and lives of students
affected by the devastating tsunami.
The Marist Brothers serve communities and chil-
dren around the world and have their headquarters
.
in Rome. The headquarters has appealed to all
Marist Brothers schools for donations to aid stu-
dents and their families, as weU as the rebuilding of
schools destroyed
by
the tsunami.
Campus Ministry
is
collecting money from fac-
ulty and staff and planning a collection for stu-
dents, beginning Feb. 10. Brother Frank, director
of Campus Ministry, hopes to col1ect several thou-
sand dollars from the student population
.
The three
steps to reaching the goal include setting up tables
for co11ection ~n F
eh.
10 and 11, located in the din-
ing hall; Donne11y; Dyson and Mccann
.
The sec-
ond step, to be taken in the upcoming weeks,
involves Campus Ministry members coHecting in
the upper class housing residences. Finally, student
organizations will be invited to contribute through
individua] fundraising efforts.
"We guarantee that 100 percent of the funds col-
lected wil1 go to direct
a.id,''
Brother Frank said.
"The money wil1
be
used
in two ways: to help the
families of students in thd rebuilding of their lives
and the rebuilding of the schools."
Holy Cross serves 1600 students and the annex
located close to the bea~h was used to educate
about 400 first- and second-grade students. This
building was completely destroyed by the tsunami.
"When the gigantic waves hit the school, the
walls gave way and the roof collapsed and every-
thing inside-desks, chairs, schools supplies,
books-everything was destroyed," said Brother
Sales, a teacher at Holy Cross ... Luckily the tsuna-
.
mi hit on a day when the school was closed or most
of our students would have died here as well."
Brother Michael de Wass, Provincial of Sri
Lanka
and Pakistan, wrote a letter about his recent visit to
Ka]utara.
"There are students in the refugee camps. They
are being identified now. Most of them have lost
their properties comple~ly," de Wass said. "My
sense is that this school will need a long-term plan
to help the victims and survivors.'•
"We are still not sure where the students in the
branch school will meet .
.
. maybe in the church
just near the school or outside under the trees, or
under a tent," Brother Mervyn was quoted in the
Jetter.
The children of Sri Lanka are receiving the addi-
tiona] help of UNICEF, the United Nations
Children's Fund
.
They aim to ensure the health,
safety and education of the student. UNICEF
Executive Director Carol Bellamy says the organi-
zation's mission is ''to give this devastated tsunami
generation a fighting chance."
Bellamy said that rebuilding the schools quick-
ly is imperative to success. ..Nothing will signal
hope more clearly than rebuilding and reopening
schools," he said. "Being in a ]earning environment
gives children something positive to focus on, and
enables the adults around them to go about the
business of rebuilding with greater confidence."
In the
'
upcoming weeks the Marist community
will have the opportunity to help the students in Sri
Lanka rebuild their educational community.
A Marist
brother
and comrnuntt;y
members
survey the
dam-
818
d
a
part
d
Holy
Cross
0ollege used
for the instruction
d first
and
second
pdera.
Yashita
's
Story
My name is Yashita. I am living in
the
southern
part
of
Sri
Lanka.
l
am in Grade
4
and studying in
Holy Cross College
.
Kalutara.
On 26, December 2004
,
I
was
attending
Holy
Mass with
my
family
in
the
parish church.
The
Mass
was
a
little
long
due
to
Christmas celebrations
.
I
was
very happy because
it
was
the
second day
after
Christmas. After
Mass,
when
we
came out into
the
c-h
u
~
eo
po
und T
w
fil"'°
·e e
om
fo
towards us. In a
loud voice
I shouted to
my
mother.
.. Water is
comingl
0
We were in
panic::
.
We didn't
know where
to go
and
how
to
escape
.
Everyone
was
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Rermants
dthe
Marlst
Blottia•
8ICOndllly
achool
In Kalulalara,,
Sri
l.anlat.
destnJj8d
by
the
tsunami
In
December.
Lure of single bedrooms t"empered by long walk
tuMMEL/
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CIRCLE
The
new
Fulton
Street
Townhouses,
shown
here under
construction, are
expected
to
0pen In the fall
of
2005
across Route 9, between Fulton and West Cedar
Street.s
They
will accommodate 248 students In
eight
bulld-
lngs.
with
all units completely furnished and air-conditioned.
By
ANGELA DE FINI
Staff Writer
Juniors and seniors wi11 have another housing
option to consider when filling out housing paper-
work this spring. Expected to
·
open in the
fat]
of
2005 across Route 9 between Fulton and West
Cedar Streets, the Fulton Townhouses will be
available to accomm.9date 248 students in eight
buildings.
Adjacent to the Upper West Cedar comp1ex, each
unit has eight single occupancy bedrooms, a living
room, dining area, kitchen and two bathrooms.
The common unit will have four bedrooms and a
bathroom on the second floor, with four more bed-
rooms and the second bathroom located on the
third floor.
Fout
two-story units are avai1able with
four bedrooms and a bathroom on the ground level
and an additional four bedrooms and bathroom on
the second leve1.
All units will be completely furnished, including
curtains, with two full-sized refrigerators in the
kitchen area. All units wi1l be air conditioned.
Simi1ar to the rest of the townhouse complexes,
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Igor Volsky reflects on the current and future political state
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residents are responsible for their own cooking as
"I think it is a good idea since Marist does need
wen as the cleaning of their living area.
more housing, but I wouldn't want to live there
·
Microwaves are permitted in the kitchen and 3.6 since it's so far away from everything," junior
cubic feet refrigerators are allowed in bedrooms if Alison Van Brero says.
desired.
Junior Keith Voss echoes this sentiment, saying
A smoke-free residence area, laundry facHities
"The singles are appea1ing for students with past
are Jocated under the "V" ~lock of Upper West roommate problems, but many might be skeptical
Cedar complex. Fulton Townhouses will also share
about the walk."
a community center with Upper West Cedar.
Junior Laura Monroe also points out the possible
Residents 21 years of age or over are permitted to inconvenience of sharing the laundry facilities with
consume alcohol in the priva- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the Upper West complex.
cy of their own townhouse
'The singles are appealing for stu-
"I think it's weird that they
out of the presence of minors.
dents with past roommate prob-
don't have their own Jaundry
Many students are excited
facility. That's a lot of people
that this new housing pres-
lems, but many might be skeptical
to share the Upper West
ents students with the option
about the walk.'
Cedar washer and dryers,"
of living in a sing1e.
said Monroe.
"The Fulton Street housing
-
Keith Voss
According to the assistant
complex has several advan-
Junior director of housing, Patricia
tages for Marist. It offers a
Petacchi, the entire housing
completely new living arrangement for juniors and selection process is going to be different for
stu-
seniors with its desirable single rooms," junior Lori
dents this year then in past years. Starting on
Ann
Trenholm said
.
March 1, forms will be avai]able online for stu-
Other students agree and are excited about the
dents to fill out who·they would like to live with.
privacy of single rooms.
Each group will be given a date and time slot in
"I think it is convenient that Marist is building a
April to visit the Cabaret and choose their housing
housing complex that has single rooms, but allows based on priority points. "This new arrangement
you to still live in a house with your friends," jun-
will allow students to know their housing options
ior Tim Feltman said.
·
before going home for surmper break," Pettachi
"Juniors
·
and seniors become very busy with said.
harder classes
.
and internships, so having the single
For more information on the Fulton Townhouses,
is very important so you can work on your own including sketches of the living room
/
kitchen
hours and not affect another person's lifestyle," areas
and
floor
plans,
visit
junior James Homby said.
http://www
.
marist.edu/housing/fulton.html.
Despite the attractions of single rooms, some
stu-
For more genera] housing information, visit th~
dents are hesitant about choosing Fulton Marist Housing and Residential Life homepage at
Townhouses because of their location
.
http
:
//www.marist.edu/housing.
A&E: YOU'LL HAVE TO 'SEEK' HARDER FOR A
MOVIE WITH YOUR MONEY
'My Two Cents:' A movie review column by Justin Calderon.
This week reviews "Hide and Seek."
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TtIE CIRCLE
The "Security
Briefs"
and the "A/coho( Fantasy
Beat" are intended to be a parody and n1t a repre-
sentation of The Circles editorial stance
i
on drink-
ing - illegal or otherwise - nor is it intended to be
a statement regarding the official Marist College
policy on alcohol consumption.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2004
www.marlstclrcle.com
Securitv Briefs:
Be our (guest pass-bearing) guest!
Compiled by DAN ROY
Campus Editor
1/25
-
An officer
heading
up towards Talmadge ran
smack
into a Marist on Marist car accident at
3:40
p.m.
Tuesday. One car was leaving Talmadge; the other was
going back. I'll tell you right now, if it were up to me to
find that accident, they'd still be blocking that road. I've
been here for three and a half years now, and I still have
absolutely no clue where Talmadge is. I'm proud of it.
1/25 -
Going with that for a second, the second fakest
thing next to Talmadge has to be the Steel Plant. It took
until my junior year to figure out it was .for fashion 'and
art people and not engineers. And
I
only learned where
it was last semester.
If
you are an
·
artist who works in the
Steel Plant and lives in Talmadge, God help you, you're
a better person than
I
am. Anyway ... a student came
to
the security office at
3 :00
p.m. and reported that her
books had been stolen from her book bag while she was
in class. That's right, the book bag and the books were in
the
same
room as her when they got stolen. She told
security that after class she went up to talk to the teacher,
and when she got back to her desk, the books were gone.
Well you know what Sally, no one likes a suck up.
1/26 -
The fire alarm went off in Townhouse C at
2:03
p.m. Wednesday. Evidently, it was grilled cheese that
pulled the trigger. After everything was aired out, stu-
dents were allowed to return to ~heir rooms. Yeah, but
how that grilled cheese was made is the question?
It
takes someone to cut the cheese first. You see folks, it
wasn't the grilled cheese that caused the smoke detector
to
·
go off,
_
it was the cutting of the cheese. Peeeuuwwww!
1/27 -
Remember when people would honestly ask you
if you cut the cheese. Man I got ~hat all the time as a kid:
Anyway . . . this is the first of many unauthorized entry
attempts this week ... hence the headline, aren't I clever?
At
11 :30
p.m. a guest tried to enter Mid.rise using a stu-
dents ID, and was promptly escorted off campus. It's not
your fault guest. It's your idiot friend's idea to live in
Mid.rise sophomore year instead of Gartland.
1/28 -
Two non-Marist kids tried to get into
Champagnat at
12:30
a.m. Friday with Marist IDs.
These fine chaps were escorted off campus as well. This
is really no one's fault. As freshmen, you have no choice
about living with security. Unfortunately,
I
can't say the
same thing for my moronic friend from Mid.rise. That
lame-brain chose to live with security instead of being
free in Gartland. "Maybe they like being close
to
every-
thing instead of being cast away like some war-time
hussy." Watch your mouth!
1/28 -
Sweet Strait of Gibraltar, it happened again. At
1 :29
a.m. a student gave their ID to a non-student in
attempt to infiltrate the Marian border. Security caught
this hoodlum before he could cross that proverbial bor-
der, and sent
him
back to his
own
land. To make this eas-
ier for security, we should jusf take Pat Buchanan's
advice and build a giant wall around our dorms. "Yeah,
there's a great idea Einstein. Then you wouldn't even be
able to see Marian . . . Dan, you know for once I think
you are on to something."
1/28 -
Here's a sad story. A student in the bookstore at
3:30
p.m. got her camera stolen. That really stinks. She
said she put it down for a second to grab some books, and
when she turned around, it was gone; all
$200
of it. Man
that reeks! I mean it really smells bad that that happened.
Great Pete's Wicked it has a stench to it!
The odor
of that
happening ~~a!ly offends me! That funk is so rotten ...
"Ok, enough
.
"
1/31 -
... That my nose broke itself in attempt to never
have to sniff that wretched aroma again. Heh heh. This
just in, Townhouse C still can't cook. They caused anoth-
er fire alarm at
4:50
p.m. Monday due to food on the
stove. Come on, that's bush league C, you're better than
that.
1/31 -
Our last unauthorized guest appeared at
11:10
p.m. He tried gaining entry to Champagnat with a Marist
'
ID, but was seen right through by security. But you
know, keep trying to cover the picture with your thumb.
I mean, it's got to work sometime right?
Alcohol-related incidents this
week:
-none
Total
alcohol-related
incidents:
1.
Leo-2
Z
Champagnat-1
3. Gregory-1
4.
Talmadge -1
Young
Tsunami survivor tells story
of her struggle
...
continued from page 1
confused and running here and
there. Parents were shouting at
their children and the children
were crying with fear.
My mother pulled my arm and
ran
towards
the
road.
Unfortunately the water was
.
coming from the same direction
therefore it was very difficult for
us to reach the road. The waves
were coming like giants.
I
had
never seen this much
-
water
run-
ning towards the town.
The
wave hit me so badly I couldn't
keep my balance and fell down
into the water. Still we beat the
waves and reached the bus stop
and managed to get into a bus
and escape.
On that day my whole family
was scattered. We were not sure
about each other's life.
My
mother and I embrace~ each
other and cried; I was so fright-
ened and worried about my
younger sister, brother and
father. Throughout the day
I
thought that maybe they had
become victims of the wav~s. It
was in the evening that we found
each other again and knew that
we were all safe. I was so happy.
Now in the night time I hear the
cries of the people and the noise
of the giant waves.
I
get very
afraid and cannot sleep. Maybe I
won't forget this terrible scene in
all my life.
After some days when we came
back to see our property,
I.
saw
that our
,,
house is no longer there.
It is completely demolished. Our
TV, books, pens, coloured pen-
cils, bag, b~cycle, bat and ball
and collection box - -everything
was washed away. My dreams
have also been broken but I
believe God will help me in
some ways.
Now we need a new house,
proper food and things for
school. My father can no longer
go fishing and has no job. Who
will provide these things?
I
don't know.
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Iraq election provides step in right direction and host of questions
By IGOR VOLSKY
Staff Writer
Sunday's elections
were
a great
success. An estimated 60% of
Iraq's 14 million eligible voters
cast their ballots and
all
went as
expected. While Swuii turnout
was low,
the
Shiites voted in
great numbers. In the insurgent-
Sunni stronghold of Ramadi for
example, only
1,700
of the eligi-
bl_e 400,000 went to the ballot
box, but in the Shiite town of
Najaf, 85% of eligible
Iraqis
voted. The Iraqi Election board
reported that even as 80% of all
polling places documented irreg-
ularities, the election was fraud-
free. To the relief of many,
Election Day was also relatively
bloodless. Out of 175 attempted
attacks, only
44 Iraqiij and 11
U.S. soldiers lost their lives.
Once final election results
become
available, the newly
elected 27 5-member-assembly
will serve out an 11 month term.
The group will select
a
govern-
ing council--which will elect a
prime minister--and draft a per-
manent constitution which, if
approved, will clear the way
towards a
national
election of a
permanent
body
in
mid-
December.
Above all, the (?lections are a
powerful victory and credibility
boost for the president. But he
can't take all the credit. The
Washington Post reminds us that
"the Bush administration initially
resisted the idea of holding elec-
tions this soon and only suc-
cumbed under
pressure
from
Iraq's most powerful cleric,
Grand Ayatollah
Ali Sistani. Th(?
original plan,
designed
by then-
U.S. administrator L. Paul
Bremer, was a complicated for-
mula of regional caucuses to
select a national government,
which would write a constitu-
tion, and then hold the elec-
tions."
"It was Sistani who demanded
one-person, one-vote elections.
So to the extent it's a victory, it's
a
victory for
Iraqis.
The
Americans were maneuvered
into having to go along with it,"
said Juan Cole, an Iraq expert at
the University of Michigan.
But while credit allocation is
superfluous
,
voter intent and
objective are not. Opinion polls
have long shown Iraqis' desire
for U.S. troop withdrawal. A new
Zogby poll is no different.
According to the survey, 82% of
Sunnis and 69% of Shiites now
favor a U.S. puUout. As the Post
points out, "many
Iraqis
viewed
the election as one way to accel-
erate the U.S. withdrawal rather
than a vindication of U.S.
poli-
cy." Put
another
way, the
Iraqis
went to the polls
and
voted for
troop withdrawal. But the
presi-
dent
has
never
respected
free-
dom of choice and "ruled out
creating a timetable for with-
drawing U.S. troops from Iraq"
even before the election.
In
the eyes of
Iraqis,
a troop
withdrawal is well justified. And
despite administration fiction,
Iraqi justification is rooted in
ground-war realities, not anti-
Americanism
sentiment
(although that might be a con-
tributing factor). Figures from
Iraq's Ministry of Health suggest
that of the 3,300 civilians
killed
between July of last year and the
New Year, over 2,000 were killed
by the U.S. coalition and Iraqi
forces; 1,200 were killed by the
insurgency.
Occupation oppo-
nents ( and
I'm not
talking about
the extremists) are mothers and
fathers, and
a
perception that
Americans only intensify con-
flict and violence persuades
many to vote for withdrawal.
(Whether this will happen or not
is of course impossible to pre-
dict).
Still, many questions lie
unan-
swered: If great majorities of the
Iraqi
people want American
troops out, but the newly elected
government
doesn't
yield to pop-
ular
demand,
what does this
mean for democracy in the
region?
Or, what if Iraqi policy
goals don't match American for-
eign objectives?
What will the elections
mean
for other Middle Eastern coun-
tries? What kind of precedent
have they established? Major
conflicts must be avoided: How
will the new Shiite dominated
government attract the secular
Sunnis? When will Iraqi troops
stand on their own? And what
about reconstruction? Only $2.
7
billion of the $18.4 billion appro-
priated has found its way into
Iraqi rebuilding efforts
,
With the
elections behind us, will the
focus shift to reestablishing basic
services?
Igor Vo/sky
is
an undergraduate at
Marist College in Poughkeepsie
,
NY
and the host of the Luske-Volsky
Show (with Dr. Bruce luske) and
Political Thought
,
two public affairs
programs airing every Monday and
Friday from 4-6 p.m. on WMAR
J
630AM. Both shows can be
streamed
at
www.politicalthougJit.net
.
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Top name in
comedy set to
light up lives
at Marist
By
TARA DRIGGS
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12:00 PM
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1, 2005, it was
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guarantee
that
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the line at the College Activities "Crank
Yankers,"
Center would be down the
hall
"The Late Show with
and around the comer for tickets David
Letterman,"
On February 20, Dane Cook, who has
appeared on shows
Including
• Jimmy Kimmel
Live" and
"Crank
Yankers," will perform
at
the
McCann Center at 8 p.m.
to
an
approaching
show. and
"C
omedy
Central
Presents
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Wherever top comedian
Dane
His career and
accomplishments
Cook goes, the crowds follow.
in
comedy have led
him
to
The young comic's uninhibited
appear on
television and in
film.
and natural stand up is loved
and
He has roles in the movies
enjoyed
by all audiences, young
"Torque,"
"Stuck
on
You,"
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and old. His jokes are unbeliev-
Touch," and
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Men" and
ably
unique
yet fans can easily he also debuted his own short
relate them to everyday experi-
film
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Cook
ences.
made his first
directorial
appear-
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ance in 2003 with the film "8
tied
"Harmful
If
Swallowed" Guys," which he also wrote and
continues to be a success. He has starred in. In addition, he has
appeared on many well known written the
script
for
an
upcom-
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film
entitled "Thieves
Fortune."
Cook has
a new
CD coming
out
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March
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Retaliation
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His
official
tour,
dubbed
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begins
on
April 1, 2005. This
tour
includes
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30 days across
the
entire United States, and Marist
College is getting a sneak peek.
Don't miss your chance to see
the incredible and hysterical
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this month.
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was
orlglnally Black History Week, but In
1976
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to
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THE CIRCLE
''
Chris Walla's ethereal lead guitar riffs
'and the various other sounds that the
band experimented with made thiS1
album as close to musical perfection as
humanly possible
''
- Rob Celletti
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2004
www.maristci
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hakes Town Hall
By
CARL GUASTAFERRO
Circle Contributor
On Wednesday, Jan. 26; it was
a typical chilly night in New
York City. Omaha, Nebraska's
Bright Eyes (singer/songwriter
Conor Oberst as the creative
force leading his back-up band of
often-replaced talent) headlined
the sold-out second of three
shows for the "I'm Wide Awake,
It's Morning" tour at the historic
Town Hall theater. The tour is in
Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your tions over Nintendo-style beats.
Ear to the Ground." The album In so many ways, the dual-
is more concentrated around release of these albums shows
Oberst, his trembling voice, and the coming-of-age of this artist.
his guitar. It is noted for always-
The Town Hall is known for its
present acoustic roots and a acoustics and personal setting
degree of country influence. The and certainly lived up to the rep-
24-year-old sings of relation-
utation. Opening acts included
ships,
personal
philosophy, Tilly and the Wall and Coco
sociopolitical issues, uncertainty, Rosie. The first band to play was
growing up, and the human con-
the five-piece Tilly and the Wall,
dition in a. way that reminds you another act from Omaha,
·
which
of the way Bob Dylan's folk played indie-pop in ways like
songs on life seemed so honest. never before. Guitar, bass, and
Honestly, I wasn't very into
this group as they traded tal-
ent for noise-making toys,
failing to "fit" into the night.
Bright Eyes finally took
the stage, led by Oberst, beer
bottle in hand. The night was
literally filled with songs
from "I'm Wide Awake, It's
Morning" such as "Old Soul
Song" and "Poison Oak."
The
set
also
included
favorites from other albums
such as "A Scale, a Mirror,
and
These
lndiff erent
Clocks," "Method Acting,"
and "Bowl of Oranges." He
p
l
ayed the new song (as
introduced) "I Must Belo
n
g
B
right Eyes frontman, Conor Oberst,
Somewhere" and the crowd
sings.of relationships, personal philoso-
shouted approval at "When
·phy,
soclopolltical iss~es; uncertainty,
the President Talks to God"
growing
up, and the human condition.
"Lua"
and
"Road
to
Joy." The
night ended
with
the
anthem
"Road
to Joy'' and the
chorus:
With two new
albums
gracing
the
stores, Bright
Eyes played
three sold-
ollt
shows for the
·rm
Wide Awake, It's Morning"
tour at the historic
Town Hall theater.
keyboards are nothing new but
tap-dancing for percussion? It
was definitely a sight to behold.
The set was marked with Jason
Boesel from Rilo Ki
l
ey playing
drums on a trash can. Boesel
would go on to play drums for
Bright Eyes later in the evening.
The next act was the duo Coco
Rosie, who sound innocent and
sweet yet twisted; a cross of
Bjork and Joanna Newsom. The
group consisted of sisters Bianca
(acoustic guitar, keyboards, harp,
and opera-style singing) and
Sierra (funny noises off of toys
and random chirps and squeals).
Although not part of the official
line-up, there was an anonymous
man who, donning a Native
American headdress, beat-boxed
like Biz Markie and then free-
styled. They performed songs off
of "La Maison De Mon ReVe,"
recorded in Paris in the spring of
2003. This all went on while a
digital .projector displayed
.
v.ari-..
ous pictures and paintings.
as Oberst sung: "When the
President talks to God
/
do
they
drink
beer and go play golf?
/
When they pick which country
should we invade
/
and which
Muslim souls still can be saved?
/
Yeah, I guess God just call~ a
spade a spade
/
when the
President talks to God." Don't go
crying "Liberal elite!" just yet;
Oberst has played benefit con-
certs for Tibet and
·is
involved
with Amnesty International,
donating proceeds from pre-
orders of the two new albums to
the Human Rights campaign.
"The
sun came up with no
con-
clusions,
/ Flowers sleep in'
in
their beds.
I
The
city
cemetery's
hummin',
/ I'm wide awake,
its
momin'!"
shook through the
Town
Hall.
The
band
continued
to rock out as Oberst
put
his
gui-
tar down
next
to
the
amp,
reverb
shaking your
insides, stepped
back, and kicked the
guitar
neck
in a drunken
stumble.
The feed-
back still trembled
throughout
the
venue as
the band
left. Even
promotion of the Jan. 25 releases
of Bright Eyes' fifth and sixth
albums "I'm Wide
Awake,
It's
Morning" and "Digital Ash in a
Digital Um" for the indie record
label, Saddle Creek.
The folk-indie rock
"I'm
Wide
Awake, It's Morning" is reminis-
cent of 2002 's
"Lifted
or The
The electronic-backed
"Digital
Ash in a Digital Um" sounds
more
"produced"
yet refined.
Eerie beats flow, matched with
Obert's quivering voice
.
"Digital
Ash in a Digital Um" incorpo-
rates electronic beats into indie-
rock in a
way
that supercedes
general thoughts and lamenta-
The band's sef ended with
"Landlocked
Blues" and after a after an intimate
night
of
honest
fe.w
minute~
tbe
band returned.. music,.
he-
still
.had
~ h m g
to
for the encore, consisting of let out.
2004 proves to be
a year of rich music
a
l
discovery·
By
ROB CELLITTI
Circle Contributor
On Feb. 13. the best artists and
albums of 2004 will be honored
at the Grammy Awards. So here,
I present my own favorite 10
albums of 2004-or, at least, the
ones I personally discovered last
year. Here we go:
10. Snow Patrol
- "Final
Straw"
On what is actually their third
full-length release, Snow Patrol
not only made a great album, but
they were successful in earning
some mainstream success. They
might
remind you of a noisy
ver-
sion of Coldplay at times, but
Snow Patrol definitely has a
sound of their own.
Gary
Lightbody's
voice
is
soothing
Understands."
"Sick
Sad Little World," and
and his melodies are simple yet 8. Incubus -'.'A Crow Left of the "Here in My Room."
beautiful.
The album's high-
Murder''
7. The Format
- "Interventions
lights
include
"How to be Dead,"
Incubus proved a few things and Lullabies"
"Run,"
and
"Chocolate."
with this release in early 2004.
This is probably some of the
9. Elliott Smith
-
"XO"
One was that they would not catchiest rock music I've heard.
Elliott
Smith died in October of adhere to industry standards just
·
in
a
very,
very
long
2003 from what most believe to to keep their fanbase (for exam-
time ... maybe since the Gin
be
self-inflicted
knife wounds. pie, you won't find songs like Blossoms'
"New
Miserable
.
When 2004 came
around,
I pur-
"Drive"
or
"Wjsh
Yo~ Were Experience" which I like to com-
chased "XO"
and listened to it Here" on this a
l
bum). Also, they pare this album too. But what
over and over again because it proved
.
that they were willing to sets it apart from most
altema-
was
simply
that
good.
Just two
_
challenge t
h
emselves as a band pop albums is its rawness, hon-
or three
spins
revealed to me that by extending their songs and
·
esty and ambition.
The band
Smith
was
a true lyrical and changing their sound. Incubus experiments
with
different
musical
genius
whose life came
.
really matured on
"A
Crow
sounds
to add flavor effectively
to
an end way
too
soon.
Left
...
" and proved that they are to its batch of P<?P songs. It's a
Highlights
on
this album
include
a group that has staying power great warm-weather album and
"Waltz #2," "Pitseleh,''
and even
·
without
hit
singles. its highlights include
"Tie
the
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Highlights include:
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Women's swimming and diving suffers loss at UMBC
By
DAVID HOCHMAN
Staff
Writer
The Red Foxes' swimming and
diving team experienced just
their second loss of the season
this past Saturday; Jan. 29, in
Baltimore, Md.
Marist was defeated by
University
of
Maryland-
Baltimore County by a score of
126-106. However, the meet did
see some great individual per-
formances out of a couple Red divers in the Metro Atlantic
Foxes.
Athletic Conference.
As always, Marist was very
"We consider Meghan to be the
dominant in the diving portion of best diver in the conference," he
the meet. Junior Meghan
Duffy
said. "And now that Melissa is
won the 3-meter with a mark of competing this well with her, it's
240.15.
great."
•
Duffy placed second behind
Coach Van Wagner said this
freshman teammate Melissa
performance
should make the
Mangona in the I-meter compe-
MAAC Championships a worth-
tition. Mangona placed first with while event to witness.
a score of 238.79.
"This should make the MAAC
.
Head coach Larry Van Wagner championships very interesting,"
said Mangona is ~ne of the top he said.
On the flip side of the coin,
sophomore Ashley Papuga had a
career day in a combined four
swimming events. She started off
by leading her leg of the 40()..
yard medley relay, and she not
only equaled a season best in the
100-meter backstroke, but also
set a lifetime best in the 200-
meter freestyle.
If that wasn't enough, Papuga
also came within
.4
seconds of
her season best in the 200-meter
backstroke
.
Papuga's great day
still couldn't edge out the unstop-
pable Retrievers, though.
Another notable performance
came from senior co-captain
Emily Heslin, who was the only
Marist victor in a swim event on
Saturday. Heslin took the l 000
freestyle in 10:48.80.
The last dual meet of the sea-
son is coming up Saturday, Feb.
5 at Seton Hall. The tail end of
the schedule this year sees the
Red Foxes go up against major
competition as always.
The last three meets, which are
agai113t Southern Connecticut
State University, UMBC, and
Seton Hall, were planned accord-
ingly to help prepare for the
MAAC Championships.
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tough
meet
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said.. •last ryear was the first
time we ever beat them, and we
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PAGE 7
Red Foxes receive
.third
MAAC loss
By
BRIAN
HODGE
Staff Writer
The men's basketball team once
again took again took the floor
without second leading scorer and
leading rebounder - senior center
Will McClurkin. And, for the sec-
ond time in as many games, the
results were not encouraging.
The Red Foxes, in one of their
worst perfonnances of the season,
fell to St. Peter's by a final score of
71-57 l~st Monday. Plagµed by
turnovers, including four in their
first four possessions, Marist could
not sustain an offense amidst the
intense Peacock attack.
"I
thought [St. Peter's] came out
very aggressively," he said. "We
were not ready for that kind of
energy ... We turned the ball over
way too much and allowed too
many fast break opportunities."
Indeed, St. Peter's held· signifi-
cant advantages in the points off
turnovers category (28 t() Marist's
14) and fast break points (15-2).
Combined by a lack of ball control
with shooting a frigid 34 percent
from the floor, the Red Foxes
found themselves facing a 47-21
deficit at halftime.
Sophomore guards Jared Jordan
and Will Whittington led Marist
offensively. Jordan finished with
15 points, while Whittington
added 13 points
.
Jordan and
Whittington were the only two
Red Foxes to reach double digits
in scoring.
Peacocks' junior guard Keydren
Clark, the nation's leading scorer
with 28.0 points per game and the
reigning MAAC Player of the
Week, finished with 19 points.
Last year, Clark led the nation in
scoring with 27.0 points per game.
Senior guards Corey Hinnant and
Terrance Watkins ~ontributed 16
points and 12 points for St. Peter's,
respectively.
The loss dropped Marist to 10-9
overall, 7-3 in the conference.
Additionally, the upcoming sched-
ule does not look favorable for the
Red Foxes, playing five of their
next six on the road.
Marist will finish their road trip
with a Saturday, Feb. 5 visit at
Niagara and a Monday, Feb. 7 visit
against Canisius.
Jared
Jordan was 1-2 from
the
free-throw line, bolstering his
point total to a team leading
15
points in the
71-57
loss to
St.
Peter's. Jordan had a career-high
32 points against Iona last Friday.
The Purple Eagles of Niagara
boast the conference's second lead-
ing scorer (behind Clark), Juan
Mendez
.
Mendez
,
a 6-8 senior for-
ward, averages just over 23 points
per game and leads the conference
in rebounding. This will certainly
be
a strong test for th,e McClurkin-
less Marist.
Brady said the Purple Eagles will
be looking for a payback after the
Red Foxes defeated them 88-87 on
Jan.IS.
"Niagara certainly presents a
tremendous challenge," he said.
"We've beaten them once (a one
point squeaker at McCann) and
they're going to be looking for a
little bit of paybac~."
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with its first
blemish
By
GABE PERNA
Staff Writer
The men's swimming and div-
ing team suffered their first loss
of the season recently in dual-
meet action against the unbeaten
University
of
Maryland-
Baltimore County Retrievers by
the score of 142-96
Leading the way for the Red
Foxes was senior co-captain
Matthew Castillo and freshman
Devan O'Nalty, who both won at
least one event.
Castillo took home first in the
200-yard breaststroke with a
time of 2
:
10.57 while O'Nalty
won the !-meter diving platform
with a score of 240.75.
Ca.stillo also earned second in
the 200 yard freestyle with a
time of
1
:42.32.
Head coach Larry Van Wagner
said the Red Foxes could have
been more intense
.
"I think we could have been
the outcome of the match or at
least drawn us closer
.
Two· of the
matches we lost in the waning
moments in the 100-yard and
200-yard freestyle."
Also
·
doing well for the Red
Foxes was senior co-captain Jeff
Paul, who earned two individual
second p
l
ace finishes in the 50-
yard freestyle with a time of
22.27,
and
the
100-yard
freestyle, with a time of 48.35.
Finishing .21 seconds behind
Paul and placing third in the 50-
yard freestyle was sophomore
Patrick Collins.
Sophomore Daniel Garaffa
placed second in the 200 yard
backstroke with a time of
1 :56.48.
O'Nalty had himself a career
day, earning his second career
win in the !-meter with a score
of240
.
75. His success didn't stop
there as he managed third place
in the 3-meter platform with a
score of 207.44
.
more competitive in this match
,
"
"
He's made tremendous
he said, whose team
.
falls to 9-1
progress since he's been here,"
on the season,
"
There were four
-
said coach Van Wagner on the
events that could have changed freshman sensation, "W,e
'
ye been
•
in the pool now for twenty weeks
and he just continues to get bet-
ter and better."
The only other win by the Red
Foxes came in the 400 medley
relay
.
Freshman Greg Jablonski,
junior Patrick Collins, Garrafa,
and Paul made up the winning
team that swam for a collective
time of 3
:
33
.
29.
The other relay squad consist-
ing
of
sophomores
Will
Shearouse and Brandon Youse,
Collins, and Castillo earned sec-
ond in the 400-freestyle relay
with a time of 3: 16.35.
The Red Foxes will conclude
their dual-meet season against
Seton Hall th.is
upcoming
Saturday at
I
p.m.
However, coach Van Wagner
said that he definitely has the
MAAC Championships which
are approaching rapidly in the
back of his mind
"We have a dual meet upcom-
ing against Seton Hall to learn
from our mistakes," he said.
"Then after that all our focus
goes
on
the
MAAC
Ckampionship."
Distan~e medley team qualifies for IC4A championships
with standout performance
By
CHRIS TORRES
Circle Contributor
Don't be surprised if you see
the men's track team walking
around with I Love New York t-
shirts this week after their trip to
the Big Apple for the 68th annu-.
al Metropolitan Championships.
ry at the New Balance Armory
and Track Center Sunday night,
finishing seventh out of fourteen
teams with 50 total points.
March to compete With some of
the best schools in the Northeast.
The star of the relay was
undoubtedly Brian DeMarco as
he finished the 400-meter leg in
an astounding 49.8 seconds
.
Following this relay split,
DeMarco showed the kind of
toughness that makes him a
leader on the team as he lowered
his own school record in the 400-
meter dash by finishing sixth in
50.40 seconds, even after he was
With record-bre~ng and
IC4A qualifying performances,
the Marist Red Foxes had their
best performance in school histo-
The standout performance of
the event came from the distance
medley relay team as they placed
first overall with a time of
10:19.37. Led by sophomores
Bryan Quinn, Brian DeMarco,
Mike Bamberger
,
and senior
Geoff Decker, the team qualified
for the IC4A Championships in
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Foxes snag Eagles for seventh straight MAAC win
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Staff Writer
It
all
starts with defense.
Just
ask Marist head women's
basketba)] coach Brian Giorgis,
whose Red Foxes notched its
seventh straight win against
Niagra
on
Sunday, and first-ever
win at the Gallagher Center.
Heading into Sunday's action,
Niagra was first in the M etro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
standings, and averaging
66.8
points a game. However, a red-
hot Red Fox team stifled the
\
.
Purple Eagles offensive attack
en-route to a
69-41
win.
Giorgis said the Red Foxes'
defense succeeded in shuting
down the Purple Eagles potent
offense.
"I
think we made a statement
early defensively, especially on
the leading scorer in the confer-
ence at the time, Shaunna
Ambrose," he said. "We
did
an
incredible job holding her to
1-
13
for the game."
Giorgis said that Marist also
got off to a great start on the
offensive end of the floor, but
shutting down the two top-
ranked scorers in the MAAC was
the key to victory.
"We were able to shake people
open
on
screens and find the
open man, and we shot well from
three," he said. "Not only in the
game were we 6-10, but we shot
especially well in the first half.
Megan Vetter hit one, Kristen
Vilardi hit two, and that really
kind of propelled us."
Giorgis said the highlight of the
Marist defense was diminishing
the Purple Eagles open looks
from behind the arc.
"But it really came
down
to the
job we did on the two leading
scorers in the conference -
Ambrose and Eva Cunningham.
Cunningham did finish with
16
[points], but she was 7-19 and
only
1-6
from three," he said.
"[Niagra] was also a top-10 team
in the country shooting threes,
and we held them to
3-11. I
thought
we did a real good job."
Not only did the Red Foxes
hold the Purple Eagles to
27.3
percent from three-point land,
but they accumlated one of their
largest three-point percentages as
well. Senior guard Megan Vetter
was three-for-four from behind
the arc, bringing her point total
to
14
along with five rebounds
and assists each.
According to Giorgis, through-
out the streak.
defense
enables
the Lady Red Foxes to, if noth-
ing else, keep the game within
reach early on, and then come
out on top at the final buzzer.
"We've done a very good job of
holding everybody that we've
played during this streak to under
their average," he said.
"We've
played good team defense and
really gotten after [teams]. It's
kept us in games, especially
when we've struggled," he said.
Also during this seven game
span, Giorgis said he has seen
improved guard play, as well as
continued consistent play down-
low from Kristin Keller and
MAAC Player of the Week, Fifi
Camara.
"[Guard] Megan Vetter has
really stepped up on both ends of
the floor," he
.
said. "[Guards]
Alicia Kresge and Kristin Vilardi
have done a great job defensive-
·
ly, and are doing a lot of the little
things offensively.
[Forwards]
Kristin Keller and Fifi Camara
have been steady on the boards,
and scoring-wise.
And now
we're getting contributions from
our freshman,
Nikki
Flores,
Stephanie
Youdath,
Sarah
Smrdel. They have come in and
done a nice job. It's been a nice
team effort, and good to see the
team coming around."
With the win, Marist ties
Niagra for first place in the
MAAC.
Besides Vetter, two other Red
Foxes were in double figures.
Camara led the Red Foxes with
15
points and
14
rebounds, lead-
ing the team that night
in
both
categories. Kristin Keller, the
reigning MAAC Sixth Player of
the
Year, scored
12.
points and
ripped down seven boards.
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McClurkin is suspended indefinitely for violation of university policy
By
ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
ball team.
Opinion Editor
They came because he wasn't
A few minutes before the tip-
off of Marist's home game
against Iona, 6'9 center Will
Mcclurkin strode out of the
locker room tunnel and
felt
four
wearing a unifonn, but a button-
down shirt with a large chain
dangling from his neck. As the
game went on, the crowd could
osly speculate what had hap-
pened. The news became official
thousand eyeballs affixed on shortly:
Marist
suspended
him.
McClurkin indefinitely for a
The stares didn't come for the
usual reason, that he is the criti-
cal player on a first-place basket-
''violation
of institutional and
department policy".
McClurkin's case is being
reviewed by the Marist Athletics
Department and his ex~t pun-
ishment will be determined some
time next week. The violation,
as per standard Marist procedure,
is being kept under wraps,
although unconfirmed rumors
are flying on various Internet
message boards.
He was also suspended last sea-
son by former coach Dave
Magarity for unspecified rea-
sons.
Sophomore forward Miles
Orman has taken McClurkin's
spot in the starting lineup.
Onnan is averaging
3.3
points
and 2.1 rebounds for 13 minutes
per game. Marist has lost its last
two games by a combined score
of 167 to 142.
McClurkin said that he is aware
of his actions and will use the
experience to learn.
"rm deeply disappointed in my
behavior
.
and µnderstand that
I
must
be
held accountable for my
decision," he said in a press
release.
"I
accept all responsibil-
ity in this matter and look for-
ward to putting this behind me."
Marist sports information
director Jason Corriher said that
the NCAA will review the
sus-
pension once the internal review
is completed.
The heavy-handed suspension
is
consistent with the Marist bas-
ketball program's history of
integrity. Magarity has said that
he prided himself on running a
clean
program
for the last
18
years, after inheriting a team that
had endur¢d multiple NCAA vio-
lations.
Current
toach
Matt Brady con-
tinued that legacy by cutting
promising sophomore forward
Kerry Parks from his scholarship
prior to the
04-05
season, citing
a
lack of confidence in Parks'
behavior on campus.