VOLUME
58,
ISSUE 15
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 17, 2005
Juras, Santolli outline plans for class presidency
Student Body President only contested office; Speech Night poorly attended by students
By
JAMES
Q.
SHEEHAN
Circle Contributor
On
Monday, Feb. 14, the candi-
dates for all class officers, sena-
torial and presidential positions
met
·
in the Performing Arts
.
Room to discuss their creden-
tials,
platforms, and plans in
concise speeches
for the appro-
priately
named
"Speech Night".
The event had a poor
turn
out;
most of those in attendance were
those running for one of the
positions. A concerned sopho-
more,
.
Rachel
Patterson,
expressed some disappointment
with the amount of people there.
"It's a shame that so few stu-
dents came tonight," Patterson
said. "Hopefully the new admin-
istration
will
vote from 33 percent of their
constituency in order to be elect-
ed. This would eliminate unop-
posed positions being given to
candidates
by default. Juras did-
n't think that the SGA needed
such intense changes but did feel
the lack of communication
between students and their rep-
resentatives was
something
that
needs to be
remedied.
Resident Senator Michael
Sterchak felt that each presiden-
tial candidate brought
something
unique to the table.
"Both candidates offered, what
I think, were stark
views
on how
they perceived the role of
Student Government here at
Marist, which is good," Sterchak
said.
"Justin
Santolli outlined
focus on getting
s t u d e n t s
involved."
Most of the
candidates
are
running uncon-
tested
.
In
fact,
the only posi-
tion which has
'The bottom line is ... stu-
dents aren't a static pop-
ulation, and they
_
want to
see change.
overarching
themes, which
may appeal to
the
strong-
headed reform
minded
student,
while Ken Juras
- Michael Sterchak
offered
prag-
matic, and easy
to understand
competition is that of
student
body president, which has two
contenders. The men
stepping
toe to toe in this race are
Kenneth
Juras and Justin
Santolli. Juras
has
SGA experi-
ence, having served for a year as
the vice-president of Chib
Affairs and
serving
this
current
academic
year as Senate
speak-
er. He has worked on
several
bills involving hazing and diver-
sity
on campus. On the other
hand, Santolli has a
strong
desire
to
change the inner workings of
the
SGA and
feels
that the
voice
of the studenf is being drowned
out
by partisanship and
struggles
for
power.
One of Santolli
's
ideas for
restructuring the
SGA
is adding
a
31
member
House
of
Representatives to the legisla-
ture. The
House
would be
com-
prised of Resident
Student
Council
presidents, commuter
representatives, and gradua~
school representatives. Santolli
also addressed the
issue
that,
since so many candidates were
running unopposed,
if elected
he
would work to make
it
policy
that a
candidate
must receive
a
Sophomore
solutions
to some
pressing
issues."
However, Sterchak felt
Juras had the upper hand
saying.
"Both candidates
were
attractive
in their own sense, but the bot-
tom
line is ... tudcnts
aren
·t
a
static population, and they
want
to
see
change"
Juras
's
primary
focus
was on
campus concerns;
some
ideas
expressed were
creating
a text
book
exchange
program for
stu-
dents and
working to reform
the
priority points system
to
make it
fair for all
see~g on-campus
housing.
The point on
text
books was also brought up by
Resident
Senator
Brett
Giarrusso, who
said students are
paying far
too much
for their
books.
Santolli
focused
on campus
concerns such as the need
for
the
library and
gym
to increase their
hours on the weekend.
It
is
Santolli
's
belief that the lack
of
accessibility of
these
·
facilities
on the
weekends is
part of the
reason
why
there are drug and
alcohol related incidents taking
place
.
on and off
campus.
Resident Senator Brett
SEE SGA, PAGE 8
Brett
Giarrusso
Sopttomo,e
Resident
senator
1
I
think the most
Important
thing
Is
to
make
SGA
more
responsive,
more
effective, and more
efficient for the stu-
dent
body.'
- Kenneth
Juras
Junior
Student Body
President candidate
Aprtl
Hewston
Freshman
Resident
Senator
Michael Sterchak
Sophomore
Resident Senator
'I
want my
cabinet
to
be
proactive and
not
let actions dictate
what
my
admin~stra•
tlon does. We
need
reform.'
-- Justin Santolll
Junior
Student Body
President
Candidate
Michael Uttley
Sophomore
Resident Senator
Mary
Cornetta
Sophomore
Vice
President 2007
AmandaNethaway
Sophomore
Tresurer 2007
Maryellen
Conway
Sophomore
President
2007
Jennifer Hickey
Junior
Vice
President
2006
FrankYocca
Junior
President 2006
DanShea
freshman
Treasurer 2008
Katie
Desena
Freshman
Vice
President 2008
Omar
Diaz
Freshman
President
2008
stephanle
Markey
Freshman
Secretary
2008
All
pl\otos
by
ERIC KIM . .
/
THE
CIRCLE
Maµdatory meal plan possibility leaves bad taste in students' mo1Jths
By
ANGELA DE FINI
Staff Writer
One of
the perks
many upper-
classmen
look
forward to is
being able to cut down their
time
eating Marist food and
cooking
for
themselves in the
kitchens
provided
in
the
townhouses.
The
current dining
options
allow
juniors
and
seniors to
choose
how
many (if any) meals
they still
want
in
the
cafeteria, as
well
as the
option
lo get rid of
Thrifty
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options allows
students
to
pick
the plan that best works
for
them.
However, next
semester
Marist
wants to
implement a mandatory
a la carte meal plan of $200
thrifty cash per
semester
for
every
junior and senior. Many
upperclassmen
will
not
utilize
this 400
dollars, and lose it by
the
end of the year. This mandatory
plan depletes
students' ability
to
choose
whatever meal plan they
are
most
comfortable with.
Unsure why
this
sudden
requirement
is being enforced, it
can
be speculated that it has to do
One possible reason is that this
with
many
local businesses has taken away from the cafete-
a c c e
pt in
g
- - - - - - - - - - -
ria
and
the
Marist Money
.
'Juniors and seniors are
Cabaret, since
Q u i z n
°
s
,
mature enough to decide if
students have
Mc
D
O
n
a
1 d
's
they wa ntto use the schools
the option to
and Applebee's
buy groceries
all accept
this
facilities for food or cook on
and dine at
form of pay-
their own.'
we
11
-known
ment, and even
restaurants.
the
Stop
&
-
Matt stone
Students such
Shop in Hyde
Junior
as junior Matt
Park
h a s - - - - - - - - - - - Stone,
have
jumped on the Marist Money
bandwagon.
begun
to voice strong dislike at
the news of this obligatory 200
dollar charge.
"I think that making it manda-
tory for juniors and seniors to
have a
meal
plan is a bad idea."
Stone said.
"Juniors
and
seniors
are mature enough to decide if
they
_
want to use the school's
facilities for food or cook on
their own. All upperclassmen
housing comes- with kitchen
facilities. Plus, I think a good
amount of students would rather
use that 200 dollars to buy
gro-
ceries instead of overpriced
Cabaret food."
FEATURES: ONE DAY OUT OF 365 DOES NOT A
VALENTINE MAKE
A&E: LACK A 20 DOLLAR BILL? MAKE A MIX TAPE,
OR, RATHER, A MIX CD
Kara Brunk points out the
contradictions surrounding
the
infamous date of Feb.
14 and
offers
a
few
suggestions
to
make it worthwhile.
PAGE3
Circle writer James
Sheehan explains in
detail
the art and
soul of creating a custom
mix
CD.
PAGE5
Marist Online
has
already
start-
ed a discussion forum on
the
sub-
ject, and they received
the
fol-
lowing letter from Steve Sansola,
Associate Dean for Student
Affairs in response to their ques-
tion and concerns:
To the Marist Students,
Based
on your com_ments
and
questions regarding the A La
Carte Dining
Plan, (he
college
is
reviewing the plan
:S,
program
components
.
We do listen and
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The "Security Briefs" and the "Alcohol Fantasy
Beat" are intended to be a parody and not a repre-
sentation of The Circles editorial stance 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
17, 2004
www.marlstclrcle.com
Securitv Briefs:
Slow week punctuated by
zealous raid and a solitary keg
over-
Compiled
by
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
2/9 -
A small party was going on Wednesday till secu-
rity
came at
3 :22
a.m. and nipped it in the bud. The party
featured beer pong, which was swiftly disabled by the
officers, and all opened beer was poured down the drain.
From there, the officers kind of got carried away. They
proceeded to knock over lamps, break dishes, and turn
over furniture, all on horseback. One of the students
said,
"It
was like Fiddler on the Roof, but no one was get-
ting married."
2/11 -
An old fart ran through our fence on her way
down Route 9 at 2:00 p
.
m
.
Friday. After careening
through the fence, she slid across the green, nailed a large
rock, and crashed into a parked car in the St. Peter's lot.
Luckily, no one was in the parked car.
2/11 -
An untapped keg of Busch Lite was confiscated
Dough Boys Pizza Wings
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Fast
DeNltery
to00Uese!!
from a bathroom in an Upper West Cedar apartment at
9:10
p.m. Well you couldn't get much less of a reward
for that risk. No one even smelled that beer before it was
taken. And as I recall, it's a pretty serious penalty if you
get caught with a keg on campus. They'll probably make
you move to Talmadge for that one.
2/13 - A loud fight was heard in a
Leo
room at
2: 11
p.m.
Sunday; probably over
·
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thing. While investigating the scene, security stumbled
upon some Pinder white wine, a liter of Smirnoff green
apple vodka, a bottle of Bacardi Vanilla, and a bottle of
Bacardi Razz. Also in the room. they found some grena-
dine, basil, Hershey's syrup, garlic, cinnamon, ginger, a
lemon and bay leaves.
Then everything suddenly
became obvious. They weren't fighting over the Pro
Bowl; they were just frustrated because they just tied in
their "Find a Flavoring" scavenger hunt.
Alcohol-related incidents this week:
1. Upper West Cedar - 1
2. Lower West Cedar - 1
3. Leo-1
Total alcohol-related Incidents:
1.Leo-3
2.
O'lampagnat-
1
3. Gregory-1
4.
Talmadge-1
5. Upper West Cedar -1
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Thursday,Feb.17,2005
SPC Presents:
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' '
My summer
internship was a fantastic
learning experience because they
treated me like a valuable member
of
, ,
the team.
- Sandra Proulx
Senior
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2004
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'Countdown' host Olbermann fumbles O'Reilly facts
ByA~EX
PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Opinion Editor
A
perceived
micf5cosm of the
red
vs.
blue
country
that
we live
in is
the new sport sweeping the
~iberal Northeast, replacing wine
and
cheese tasting: the
Bill
O'Reilly
contradiction game.
What
do you need to partici-
.
pate? A television set (tuned to
the
Fair and Balanced network),
Internet access to Lexus-Nexus,
a framed picture of Stuart
Smalley, and a copy of "The
O'Reilly
Factor for Kids: A
Survival Guide for America's
Families". Bonus points award-
ed for
loofahs.
It
is a game that and life.
Self-deprecating,
has served to fuel the combative funny, and devoid of any Monica
conservative's fan base, as well Lewinsky cheap shots, it is remi-
as his opponents (one Web site niscent of O'Reilly's old column
even sells t-shirts, mugs, and for The Circle, "Attitudes:
other accessories emblazoned Outrageous."
It
even talked
with a "Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill about
one
time when he actually
O'Reilly" logo).
For once, booted a punt backwards. For
O'Reilly has caught his oppo-
once, maybe people from all
nen~ in a miscue of their own.
over
the political spectrum could
It
all started with an essay that relax, crack open a bottle of
0
'Reilly
wrote for the back suds, and watch 250-pound foot-
cover of
a
program
distributed at
ball
players smash each oth6rs
the Super Bowl. Titled "Super bones as if made of balsa wood,
Bowl
Essay,"
it
details American balsa wood.
O'Reilly's football career as
"I won the ~ational punting
placekicker and punter while he title for my division as a senior,"
was a student
at
Marist from
O'Reilly mentioned.
"I guess
1967 to 1971, and draws a signif-
you could say the end zone was
icant parallel between athletics the beginning of the no-spin
zone."
The next day, Feb. 7, the New
York Times brought the essay to
national attention with a story by
Mark Glassman titled "Who
Countdown
with
Keith
Olbermann ( coincidentally com-
peting with the O'Reilly Factor's
eight o' clock time slot), Keith
Olbermann (being without sin)
threw
the
Knew?
B i 1 1
O'Reilly of
Fox Found
His
No-
Spin Zone
With
a
Botched
Maybe people from all over the
political spectrum could relax,
crack open a bottle of suds, and
watch 250-pound football play-
ers smash each others bones.
first rock in
2 0 0 5 ' s
biggest
media cat-
fight
"Mr .
Punt."
Glassman merely out-
lined the essay, but inadvertently
got up the collective dander of
contradiction game devotees
O'Reilly has
done a little spinning of his own
here. Others might call it resume
padding," Olberman mused.
''The football office at Marist
everywhere.
That night on
told me
today
that football was
MSNBC's not a varsity sport there until
1978-seven
years
after
0'
Reilly graduated. When he
played, it was a so-called club
sp9rt where players paid all their
·
own expenses, and schedules
and, most importantly, statistical
record keeping was haphazard."
Olbermann (who used to be a
Sportscenter anchor on ESPN)
had personally called Marist
College tight ends coach Juwan
Jackson, and found out, that foot-
ball was a club sport until 1978.
His main beef was that O'Reilly
had "exaggerated" his gridiron
accomplishments for the infla-
tion of his ego.
Mysteriously, a copy of the
1971 punting statistics for the
National
Club
Football
SEE O'REILLY, PAGE 8
Internship opportunities will be gone before the sn
_
ow melts
By AUBREY ROFF
Circle Contributor
Can you imagine spending your
summer
accompanying reporters
and
photographers to cover
breaking news stories? Or plan-:
ning a weekend-long bike trek to
take place in the fall? Or how
about working side-by-side with
prominent state legislators? You
can experience all this and more
through a summer internship.
Even though the snow hasn't
melted yet, it's never too early to
start preparing for a summer
internship.
There are several Association in Boston.
resources available online, as
"I was surprised, and excited,
well as on-
by how much
campus
to
Even though the sno~ hasn't
responsibility
find an intern-
melted yet, It's never too early
I was given,"
ship near your
Proulx
said.
hometown.
to start preparing for a sum-
"They
truly
You
can
mer internship.
appreciated
locate intern-
- - - - - - - - - - - -
my input. The
ship!\ on MonsterTrak.
internship gave me a good idea
com, the Marist College Web of what it was like to do public
site, or Web sites affiliated with relations in the nonprofit sector."
your area.
The first step is being eligible
Senior public relations major for the internship. You must be
Sandra Proulx was an intern last enrolled in a bachelor's degree
summer at the American Lung
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program, and have completed 60
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mum GPA of2.5 as well as com-
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courses that relate to
the duties that you would be per-
forming at the internship.
.
In
order to participate in a sum-
mer internship, you must make
an
appointment with the Center
for Career Services by calling
X3547. Then you need to com-
plete
a
Field
,
Experience
Supplementary Form, available
at
www.marist.edu/careerser-
vices/fieldexp.htm. You can then
register
on
Monster Trak
(www.monstertrak.com).
Your
p;issword for Monster Trak
will
be issued after completing the
Job Placement
Release
Form,
found
at
www.marist.edu-
/careerservices/release.html, or
in the Center for Career Services
in Library 332.
Students in some majors need
to meet directly with their intern-
ship faculty coordinator in order
to
set up an internship. If you
major in Athletic Training,
Communications Arts, Criminal
Justice, Medical Technology,
Psychology, Public History,
Social
Work,
or
Teacher
Education, you need to meet
with the internship advisor with-
in your department in order to
arrange a
summer
internship.
The deadline to apply for a
summer 2005 internship in the
Center for Career Services is
February 16. If-you need more
information or have any ques-
tions, call the Center for Career
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Radio screamers have lots in common with controversial Cherokee
When Limbaugh exaggerates, they call it patriotism;
for
Churchill, they call it treason
By
Igor Volsky
Staff Writer
pal of universality: that which
we apply to ourselves we must
apply to others. Otherwise we're
Shortly after September 11, hypocrites.
University
of
Colorado
The public outrage that
Professor
Ward
Churchill accompanied
Churchill's
authored an essay in which he remarks was rooted in the mes-
suggested that "'technocrats of senger, not the message.
Popular
empire' working in the World reactionaries like Sean Hannity,
Trade Center were the equiva-
Rush Limbaugh, and (my per-
lent of 'little Eichmanns.' sonal fav.orite) Bill O'Reilly
([Nazi] Adolf Eichmann was not immediately
condemned
charged with direct killing but Churchill as an anti-American,
with ensuring the smooth
run-
neoliberal professor. The
slan-
ning of the infrastructure that der was a transparent attempt to
enabled the Nazi genocide.)" sweep accepted government
Churchill argued that since the truths under the carpet and focus
United
States
Defense on the eccentricity of their mes-
Department continues to defend senger.
In
this respect conserva-
its Baghdad target selections tive
outrage
manufacturers
despite the civilian deaths that (O'Reilly and his crew)
serve
as
result from their destruction, • filters for tolerable U.S.
ideolo-
then "the U.S. public [should] gy. Debate has to be held within
accept these 'standards' when its permissible framework and
the are routinely applied to other those out of bounds must
be
people, they should be not be embarrassed and made
exam-
.
surprised when the same stan-
pies of so that future
dissidents
-<lards are applied to them." This learn to keep their mouths shut.
argument is based on the princi-
Churchill's thesis has been
substantiated by
U.S. govern-
ment s·tudies and analysis. On
November 24, 2004, while con-
servative government propagan-
da
agents were busily avoiding
substantive
political
debate or
discussion, the "US Defense
Department
confirmed the con-
tents
of
a report
by the Defense
Science Board
thaf is highly
critical of the administration's
efforts
in the war on terror and
in the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan."
Specifically,
the
board
found
that
"Muslims do
not hate our freedom, but rather
they
hate
our policies,"
thus
confirming the
basic
premise of
Churchill's entire body of schol-
arship.
In their mockery and bewilder-
ment,
the
mainstream media
conveniently
excluded
the
Department's
findings. Scholars
like
Ward
Churchill and
Robert
Jensen
filled
the
void using his-
torical
examples of American
imperialism and indigenous dis-
satisfaction with its aftermath.
Mainstream media suppressed
such discussion since it under-
mined the popular justification
for empire and domination.
It
was also outside the framework
of permissible debate.
Churchill was purposefully
inflammatory. As one
Marist
Professor opined, Churchill
could have softened the blow by
labeling capitalists as "-unwill-
ing" 'technocrats of empire' and
not equating them with Nazis.
Inflammatory or not, Churchill
was forced to resign from the
University
and
has
since
received numerous death threats
from the fundamentalist cult.
Great irony can be found in his
critics. Conservative torch-bar-
riers like O'Reilly, Hannity, and
Limbaugh make their livings
using inflammatory language
and rhetoric. In fact, the more
outrage they create, the higher
their rating shares. When the
Abu Ghraib prison abuses pho-
tos first surfaced top rated talk
show host Rush Limbaugh char-
acterized them as
nothing
more
than "fraternity hazing" and said
that tl).e soldiers were just
"blowing
off some steam."
Hard-right
conservative
Michael Savage (the third high-
est rated radio personality in the
country) routinely insults immi-
grant
minorities
and
once
told a
gay caller to "get AIDS and
die.'' (Savage was fired for his
remarks
but
was picked up by
another station and has since
experienced a large ratings
bump.)
Churchill was following this
same conservative playbook,
using
inflammatory
language to
stir up debate and discussion
.
But when his remarks were
picked up
by the press they were
mischaracterized and distorted.
Coverage
focused
on the
inflammatory nature of the
statements, not the message
within them.
In
some respect,
Churchill was almost too effec-
tive. For this he was fired.
The real test for free speech
and academic freedom c9mes
when one is forced to respect
remarks contrary to one's deeply
held beliefs and ideals. O'Reilly,
Hannity, and Limbaugh would
no doubt expect liberals to
respect their freedom of expres-
sion yet ( exempting themselves
from the principal of universali-
ty like all good Americans) they
themselves find it permissible to
call for Churchill's resignation.
America's greatness is rooted in
its tolerance; what O'Reilly,
Hannity, and Limbaugh do in
the name of patriotism only
.
weakens American dedication to
freedom of expression.
Igo~ Vo/sky is the host of the
Luske-Volsky Show (with Dr.
Bruce Luske) and Political
Thought, two public affairs pro-
grams airing every Monday and
Friday from 4-6 p. m. on WMAR
1630AM Both shows can be
streamed
at
www.po/iti-
ca/thought.net.
If a basketball team wins a championship and no one sees, does it make a sound?
By
LOUIS P. ORTIZ
Ill
Staff
Writer
have soared to make this year
one to remember.
the McCann Center.
These but those of their fellow stu-
Thursday
,
the Women's basket-
ball team has the opportunity to
win twelve straight games when
they battle Niagara. So instead
of worrying about what dance
club you~re going to fi11, pack
the sixtli
maa
to its limit.
I
know all of you out there don't
have night classes; show some
school spirit and witness what
could be one of the best seasons
in all of Marist athletics history.
Recently, a scenario has been
brewing on the Marist campus:
Could this be the year that the
·Men and Wotnen's basketball
:team cqntend for a Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Division
-championship? Well, it's a posi-
"
tion that the Red Fox women are
:quite familiar with. Does any-
,one remember last year?
A
~
MAAC championship came to
;
Poughkeepsie courtesy of the
women's
basketball
team.
Stephanie Del Preore and
:Maureen Magarity are just to
:name a couple of the stars that
took Marist to grace land. After
exiting the first round
-
of the
NCAA
tournament
to
0kalahoma in Arizona, some
:
believed that it was the end of
~the women's basketball success,
at least for the next Couple of
:
years.
Coach Brian Gior~s
thought otherwise.
Returning
players Megan Vetter, Alisa
Kresge, Shannon Minter, and
rising superstar Fifi Camara
Snapping a nine-year losing
streak to Route Nine rival Siena
and setting the historical mark
of 10 straig_ht wins has been the
biggest statement any defending
underdog MAAC championship
team could make. Now that the
men's basketball team has
lost
six straight MAAC games, it is
unclear what their future holds.
However, the women are in first
place once again and seriously
contending for two straight
MAAC championships
.
Does it
matter though? I still
look
up
into the stands and see empty
seats.
Don't get me wrong,
men's basketball is packed full
of drama and excitement,
but
has anyone seen what the girl's
team can do?
.
The elegance and grace they
play with is immeasurable. If
you want to see a real chess
master, observe Giorgis on the
sidelines.
You've never seen
such a complete mental and
physical articulation by a team
until you've seen them play at
women leave their hearts on the
court
and are
playing
with so
much
momentum.
What if peo-
ple filled the seats? Just think of
the fire that would fill the arena.
It's
an incredible
thought, and
guess what? We have the power
to
bring
it to life. I know we all
have busy lives and go through
so much, but take a break for a
couple
of hours. Enjoy 40 min-
utes of competitive
basketball.
A winning team is going unno-
ticed
on the Marist
campus and
that's not right.
Students
and administrators all
have a front
row
seat to witness
the formation of a
dynasty
on
Route
9
in
Poughkeepsie,
New
York. That's right
I
said it, a
DYNASTY.
The team
·
is still
young. I am a junior at Marist,
and by the time I graduate I may
have seen them win three
straight
MAAC
championships.
That means three NCAA berths,
.
plus more money and prestige
for Marist College. The Marist
women's basketball team is not
only serving their own interests,
Marist student's endeavor to become totally
jacked derailed by the weak and proteinless
By VINNt STRAPPATO
Circle
Contributor
So this past Thursday, I get
out of class, throw on a wife
beater, slam a whey shake
and
head
to
McCann.
Nothing helps me release
stress from the day like a
good workout, but what do I
see when I'm about to start
my circuit? Three puny fresh-
man wimps trying their hard-
est to figure out how to work
the leg press.
I mean, this is like when
Hollywood makes a sequel to
a
·
good movie that had Vin
Diesel in it without Vin
Diesel. Read: "The Fast and
the Furious" and "Triple X."
Bros,
J
kid you not when I say
I go into a rage when some
-
one is on MY machine
,
so
rather than getting really
steamed, I went to the dining
hall.
Twelve hard boiled egg
whites and a chicken sand-
wich later and I'm back at
McCann
.
Lo and behold the
aforementioned nerds are still
puttering around the gym,
trying to find a muscle group
on their bodies to try and
work out. But, at least I can
get on the leg press. So, I
throw on my iPod and press
play, and just as Disturbed is
getting me pumped, these
jerk-asses are trying to bench
way
too
much
weight .
.
Problem number two: The
kids' spotter can't even help
him get the bar back up.
So there they are, sitting
there with their thumbs in
their rears as this kid is piss-
ing his pants trying to
breathe. I run over and help
them out, and then chew them
out for being in my gym not
knowing what they are doing.
After all this, I was late pick-
ing up a case of Red Bulls
and XXXL Hungry Man din-
ners
for
.
the evening, and
when I got to my Honda, I
realized someone clipped my
car. No body damage done,
but my
Italian
flag
reflector
came off. Seriously, if I see
these clowns at Toucan's this
weekend, I swear by my back
acne I'm going to smash a
Michelob Ultra bottle over
their heads.
In conclusion, I don't mind
if these kids come in and ask
for
help;
I mean, I am a~ ath-
letic training major with a
business minor.
They just
need to get a shirt without
sleeves and learn to use some
L.A. Looks gel. The hair on
the side of your head isn't
going to stay spiked by grav-
ity alone. And if they buy me
a few Red Bulls, that would
be sweet too.
dents. Let's show them love and
support instead of ignoring their
undeniable talent.
Tune into
channel 29 or get a free ticket at
the Mccann Center.
It
makes a
world
of
difference.
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One day out of 365 does not a Valentine make
By
KARA BRUNK
Circle
Contributor
chocolates, a rose, anything. Are
we fools for thinking this? Yes.
The
story of Valentine's Day is
one of much contestation. Some
historians claim that Valentine's
Day originated during the third
century in Rome, when Emperor
Claudius
II
declared that men
marriage for men under his juris-
diction. "Saint Valentine," then
a priest, thought the Emperor's
decision to be ridiculous, and
continued to
perform mar-
riages against
Claudius'
love
'
blossom. Maybe it's just
me, single yet again for
Valentine's Day or maybe it's my
logical thought process
that
says,
ting on our hips within 2-3 days.
The flowers will be dead and
wilting by Friday and all those
stupid stuffed animals will be
in
a box before the month is over.
Well, forget
that.
Everyone looks forward
to this
day, hoping and praying that
"this year will
be different."
Don't
kid yoursel¼ we
all
do it,
on
the off chance that a "special
someone" may actually take
notice
and
give
us
a
box
of
made
better
soldiers than bus-
o r d e r s .
bands and fathers and
outlawed
When he was
Remember
In
elementary
school when everyone got pres-
ents? Not just the people with
girlfriends
or
boyfriend~?
Those were the days.
" W h e n
someone dies
to create a
holiday,
maybe
we
shouldn't
celebrate it."
Remember in elementary
school when everyone got pres-
ents? Not just the people with
girlfriends or boyfriends? Those
were the days. You would get so
excited to have your mom bring
you shopping, so you could pick
out the coolest paper Valentines
in the classroom
.
And
now? We
see people smiling, holding bou-
quets of flowers and boxes of
presents while we walk to class,
hea~s hung with disappointment.
And a holiday is not a real hol-
iday when you still have to go to
school.
Either we call off the
holiday altogether or we at least
get classes cancelled, so that we
can burrow ourselves into our
pillows and not leave until there
are no "happy couples"
in
sight.
With that said, I leave
you
with
one thought. If you really need a
specific day to show
,
someone
how much you care about them;
you don't r~ally love them. So,
until next year, Happy freakin'
Valentine's Day.
Need advice
on
relationships?
Family?
Friends?
Coming soon
to
The Circle, advice columnist
Kristen Rollins.
Send your questions to Krlsten.Rollins@Marist.edu
or writethecircle@hotmail.com.
found
out,
the Emperor
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Call me
declared death upon him.
Ironic, don't you think? The
one person who wanted every-
one in land to be happy; 1)
couldn't even wed, himself and
2) was killed for trying to make
crazy, even pessimistic if you
will, but I just don't see the point
in celebrating a
holiday
where all
the gifts that come from it won't
last more than a week.
The
chocolates will be gone, and sit-
Constructing a media empire, from ground up to very top
By
NATASHA WILSON
Circle Contributor
Oprah Winfrey is known all
over the world. She is an inspira-
tion for all African Americans
today and will be for the future.
Marist students should appreci-
ate and learn from this top busi-
nesswoman, since many of the
students here are majoring in
business and communications.
However, whether business or
biology major, all can admire her
for her dedication to help and
change the world and inform oth-
ers of important and educational
topics. She. is a wonderful mod-
em woman that should be appre-
ciated for her contributions and
should be one of the figures rec-
ognized this month.
Winfrey was born Jan. 29, 1954
on a farm
in Kosciusko,
Mississippi. At 19, she became
the youngest person and the first
African-American woman to
anchor the news at the Nashville
television station WTV-TF.
She is the first African
American to own her own TV
studio; she is a multi-millionaire
businesswoman; owner of a
movie production company and a
committed philanthropist.
She
was the first black woman to win
Nashville's Miss Fire Prevention
title. In 1971, she was named
Miss Black Tennessee.
Winfrey's experience in acting
sparked her interest in television
and cinematic productions, and
she formed her own production
~
company, Harpo, Inc., in August
1986. Harpo has produced sev-
eral television programs based
on stories written by black
authors. Winfrey once told Ms.
magazine that she was
"starting
a
minority training program ...
specifically to bring more people
of color into film and television
industry as producers."
Being abused as a child and
dealing
with racism from former
television stations doesn't seem
to have stopped her ambition.
Winfrey has won numerous day-
time television Emmy awards. A
television
station had wanted to
give her a makeover, which
Winfrey believes was her assis-
tant news
director's
attempt
to
"make her Puerto Rican." She
also attributes the makeover
to
an incident when she was told
her "hair's too thi~k, nose too
wide, and chin's too big."
Winfrey takes interest in proj-
ects that other leading media and
entertainment companies choose
to ignore. She does not do it for
the money, but rather for the
important messages these proj-
ects perpetuate.
As a result,
Winfrey has clearly had a great
social and economic impact on
the world.
She maintains influential proj-
ects such as Oprah's Book Club
to promote literacy, which has
boosted book sales so dramati-
cally that Winfrey has become
the most important book mar-
keter in any communications
medium. She has also made gen-
erous contributions to
·
charitable
organizations and institutions
such as Morehouse College, The
Harold Washington Library, The
United Negro College Fund and
Tennessee State University, and
in February of 2000 she was hon-
ored by Coretta Scott King at the
Salute to Greatness Awards at the
King Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
*Information
found
at
http:
//
www.oprah
.
com/about/press
/
a
bout-press-bio
.j
html;
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Winfrey
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siness
Leader Profiles
for Students
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2002.
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Resource Center. Fannington Hills,
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' ' The broken heart syndrome is a condition
brought about by the sudden drop in blood
pressure and increase in
adrenaline
causing
the heart to struggle.
' '
- New England Jouranl of Medicine
PAGE6
Medical link to pain from broken hearts
By
JESSICA SAGAR
A&E Editor
and one was a male. Of these women, studies
show that many were grieving over the death
of a husband, parent or child. Other cases
With the conclusion of this year's reported a surprise party, car accident, armed
Valentine's Day, many heartbroken lovers robbery, fierce argument, court appearance
are left alone listening to the poignant cries and fear of public speaking.
of sensitive genius Chris Carrabba of
According an article published by the John
Dashboard Confessional and sobbing over Hopkins Medicine website, in each
instance
failed relationships. Those ill fated to experi-
blood tests revealed that their adrenaline (a
ence
breaking
up, around a time that is sup-
stress hormone) levels were up seven to 34
posed to radiate Cupid's arrows and vows of times higher than normal. However, MRis
love, claim the rights to a "broken heart," a and other tests revealed that the sufferers had
condition that, until recently, was only recog-
not suffered heart attacks, not even mild
nized by philosophers, poets, and hopeless . ones.
romantics.
.
After docwn.enting that a day-long surge of
Though one may laugh at the thought of a
stress hormones, such as adrenaline, caused a
broken heart, the truth of the matter is that decline in the heart's pumping capacity, the
such a condition does actually exist, and not researchers theorized that the hormones
just for hopeless romantics. Recent research probably cause tiny heart blood vessels to
has deemed the broken heart - - - - - - - - - - contract, according to a CBS
syndrome to be stress car-
The broken heart syn-
news report.
diomyopathy
,
which may be
drome is reversible, pro-
Cardiologist Dr. Ilan
more common than doctors
vided the initial shock
Wittstein, assistant professor
realized. Not only is this con-
at John Hopkins University
dition a steadily growing
isn't too
severe.
School
of
Medicine
problem, but it exists to such - - - - - - - - - - explained that tragic or
a degree that
.
death can result from an unat-
shocking events can stun the heart, produc-
tended broken heart.
ing symptoms resembling a heart attack -
In a recent publication, the New England including
,
but not limited to, chest pain,
Journal of Medicine confirmed the reality of shortness of breath
,
and fluid in the lungs.
"broken heart syndrome
,
" a condition
"The amount of adrenalin produced over-
brought about by the sudden drop in blood whelms the heart and actually causes what
pressure and increase in adrenaline causing we call a stunning of the heart," Dr. Wittstein
the heart to struggle. The condition is usual-
said.
ly mistaken for the traditional heart attack,
The broken heart syndrome does not
but recent research has proven otherwise.
always pose as much of a health threat as a
Between 1999 and 2003, doctors at Johns heart attack. For one, broken heart syndrome
Hopkins conducted studies on 19 people who is reversible
,
provided the initial shock isn't
. were hospitalized after a suffering
·
from a
too severe. While in extremely serious cases
sudden stressful event. Nearly all of the it can actually be fatal, if treated immediate-
patients were middle aged or elderly women ly sufferers receive treatment of bed rest and
Do
you
like
spending
time
wftti
k
d
?
fluids, suffering no permanent damage to
their hearts.
Dr. Wittstein asserts, however, that of the
19 sufferers of broken heart syndrbme
,
at
least five (and perhaps more) would have
died without treatment. USA Today reported
that all of the patients' hearts returned
t
o nor-
mal after treatment, which is unprecedented
.
if they suffered a major heart attack.
"It
should also reassure patients that they
have not had permanent heart damage
,"
Dr.
Wittstein said, confirming that the findings
of his tests prove that there is hope after suf-
fering from a broken heart.
Dr. Hunter Champion, cardiologist and
assistant professor at Hopkins and its Heart
Institute, asserts that by recognizing broken
heart syndrome
,
doctors have saved people
from getting unnecessary heart procedures
,
but the reasons why it happens are still
unidentified.
"How stress hormones act to stun the heart
remains unknown, but there are several pos-
sible explanations that will be the subject of
a
_
dditional studies," Dr. Champion said.
Although folklore about the
"
broken heart
"
syndrome has been around for ages, the fre
-
quency of it actually causing heart difficul-
ties and death is still unknown. Elderly wid-
.
pws often pass on near the death or the date
of death of their loved one, but physician
s,
have yet to make discoveries on the spec
i
fic
clinical features of the broken heart syn-
drome to justify it as their cause of death. For
now, the best medicine of pre
v
ention is
to
provide TLC and attention to those who are
suffering from traumatic stress
.
This may
mean comforting a roommate during a d
i
s
-
tressing breakup or visiting elderl
y
widow
s
who have lost the love of their lives
.
By
KATE
GIGLIO
Managing
Editor
GUILTLESS GOURMET,
MINUS THE BUT~
TERSAUCE
According the J\ ociatcd
Prei. ,
a new
st
udy concludes that lob-
sters cannot, in fact, f~l pain.
This pops
th
bubble
ofa
myth
that lobsters suffer "'hilsl their
bodies are boiled in vats of
2 12-
d
cg
re -F
hr
•nhei1
water. The .__ _ _
t
m
l
which
was
done
in orway. says that since lobsters
have
\ \!
fY
primitive
nervous
systems and underdeveloped brains
(similar to
in
cct ). they are unable to procc
pain
signals.Therefore, the .. drop and
boil"
method of cooking live
lobsters is apparently not inhumane or torturous,
as
animal
ng
ht.,
activists have claimed for so long. Pcopl for
the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrate yearly at the Maine
Festival of Lobsters. and even pcc1ftcally added lobster rights
to
its Fish Empathy Project, printmg pamphl t and stickers
declaring "Being-Boiled Hurts. Let Lobsters Live:• But as
biol-
ogist Mike Loughlin phrJscd
it
in the AP report · It's a seman-
tic thing:
No brain,
no pain."
FDA UPDATING
DRUG INFORMATION
An Associated Press report says that the Food and Drug
Administration
will
cstabli
·h
a "new
independent
Drug
afcty
Oversight Board to monitor FDA-approved medicines" on
e
they are available
to
for
the
public's consumption,
as
u.ell
as
keep
p
h) ~,c1ans and patients updated
with
infonnarion about
the drugs, as it becomes available, The board
U recommend
what information and update to
put
on the gov mmcn1 ·
Drug
Watch, re=-,,h
e
dispute over
drug
afety
issues
and oversee
the
development of a drug safety policy, the AP reported. Members
of the board
will
include
FDA
employees
and
medical
c perts
from other govemment
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2004
www.maristcircle.com
Musician takes fans on 'Emotional Rollercoaster'
Fred Nizniks emotion and talent mesmerize this New York City concertgoer
By
MELISSA DAVIS
Staff Writer
"Single White Male seeks
someone who is down to earth,
has a sense of humor and can
deal with me being silly. Is not
scared by me jumping up and
down on the bed in my boxers
and can appreciate me and
This is up and
coming
artist
Fred Niznik's fictional dating
personal. He
forgot
to include
"ridiculously
talented" and
"bar-
rier breaking" as two of his
attributes. Fred, a man of
Ukrainian lineage born in
Brooklyn and raised in Hoboken,
N.J. wrote and arranged all
10
songs on his genre-blending
Musician Fred Niznlk's stylistic medley of rock, pop, and
R&B
with
a
Latin twist pleased audiences at Piano's in
NYC.
His rapidly growing fan
base boasts the beauty
of
his music and emotional truth In his lyrics.
appreciate the fact that
I am a
broke musician."
How can you put it any better
than that?
debut album, "The Renaissance
LP." His music style is a medley
of rock, pop and R&B, with a
Latin chaser.
Today, we can
appreciate someone who doesn't When I first heard the song I got
fall into one category.
that "yeah that's exactly bow I
I attended his performance at feel" feeling. Which continued
Piano's in NYC, a former paint throughout the album. The hook
store turned multi-level bar, and on "Your Number'' goes
_"But
I
suffice to say that I had a smile got to know one more thing
on my face throughout his entire before you go
/
Can I get your
performance.
number?
/
I know that you're
Fred's performance was truth-
older/ But age is just a number."
fully emotive. That is the beauty How many bar memories does
of his music; emotional truth that bring back?
comes through in every song.
.
Album producer Ariel
He is not interested in following Borujow, who has worked with
a song writing system, all he's the likes of J.Lo and The Strokes
interested in is for every song to is impressed by Niznik's talent.
show an emotion. He's telling a "This project has blown me
story about what he's felt in his away as far as the amount of tal-
life.
ent and diversity Fred has, be
is
With songs titled "Your the truth," she said.
Number," "White Soul" and his
Fred's album was recently fully
current
single,
"Emotional licensed for the upcoming sea-
Rollercoaster," he speaks to his sons of MTV's The Real World,
peers. Emotional Rollercoaster as well as Jimmy Fallon and
begins with: "Well I've tried so Kate Hudson's summer release,
many times to carry the world on "Earth to Jimmy." His music is
my shoulders, and I think it's fully available online at his man-
time to give it all a rest.
Vm
run-
agement's
Web
site
ning bead first into doors that PrototypEntertainment.com and
just cannot be opened and I keep on iTunes.com for download.
on moving
...
and what I want is Take a moment and listen
to
to be free of all the burdens left Fred's music it will be well
on me and I'll take what I can worth your time.
get, but
I ain't giving up yet."
There is also a full-on college
You
may
think
_
Agoraphobic
Nosebleed's "Razor Blades Under
the Dashboard" is a really great
number, ... unfortunately your won-
derful lady friend might not dig it.
, ,
- James
Q.
Sheehan
You can
buy
Fred Niznik's music
onllne
at his management's Web
site or
from ITunes.
tour
in the works.
If you like
what you hear, contact SPC
directly
to
make sure
Fred
comes
to
Marist
(IM
MaristSPC
now
and
often!).
Honestly,
isn't
live
music
just
that much better?
PAGE7
''Hitch" a ride
to
the
theaters
to
see this
great
flick
In the \\oakc
of Valcnnnc'
Day,
or
.. B l a c k
Monday" as
I've
heard
some
call
1t,
' Hitch"
1
m,
king
nn impact
on v1ewcn1
across
the
nation.
Alex
Hitchens (Will
Smith), al o
known
,1
Hit h,
1~
Manhattan•s
underground self~proclairn~
"lo
~
doctor. '
a title
elev~
him to
utbtin
myth status.
H11
h
comes
lully
equipped
w1tl1 the
mo'\-e
and kno\\-ho"
of
what
it
take to properly
woo
a
woman.
In hi$
mot
recent
as 1gnmcnt, Huch instructs
lfred
Brenn man
(Kevin
James. a middle a~l:d
ccount-
ant,
o.n·
how
to
.
deal \\
uh
his
cru
h
on a '-hent
of
h1
furn.
Yet
Hitch is
unexpect«tl.Y
thrown off \ hen
he
meets a
gossip
columnist
(Eva
Mendes),
and
aU h1.
w
ual tac-
tic
begin
to
i,:rur hle.
Lack a 20 dollar bill? Make a mix tape, or rather a mix CD
The long lost art of making a suitable mix CD for that very special someone
Hnch is
as
excellent
and
suav, a
H
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rnuself.
W'.dl
Smith:
~hmes throughout
the
n111
1c
and kc
p
the
audience
thorough!:,
entertained.
The'
opi:ning cene
hav~
mith
talkmo
diredly to the \
1ewing
audi
in
1t
feel as
,f
lhtch
1.
helping the \
1C\l,Crs,
too,
throughout
the
film·
an
, spect of the
film that
I fowtd
very
mtnguing.
t
fir
t
get
th
impr
1011
that Hitch
go
through condoms
like
a clean-
tn
lady
throu
h K
lcene •
but
we are soon
hown mu1.:h dif-
ferent
side ,, h n his
haracter
come m contact with
Sara
(\1
nd ),
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hru given up on
I
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1th
th
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By
JAMES
Q.
SHEEHAN
Staff Writer
We are now on the other side of
St. Valentine's Day, and although
I'm sure some guys out there
wined and dined their female
counterparts into an evening of
pure bliss, the majority of the
men were probably ineffective.
Believe it or· not, women like
gifts that involve thought and
effort, and for those of us on a
limited budget and without musi-
cal, poetic, or artistic
skills,
the
options are limited. Yet there is
hope comrades, a
mix
CD! Slow
down, it's not as easy as just let-
ting iTunes give you twenty ran-
dom tracks. Like anything else
there are rules governing its cr&-
ation. Rob Gordon, played by
John Cusack in "High Fidelity"
touches on how to make a superb
compilation and while some of
my rules play off of those ideas I
Is
f1111
S.
~
believe
there
are many things he
leaves out. It
is
my intention
with this piece to provide the
hard working, good
natured
men
of Marist with a cost effective
and heartfelt alternative gift for
those
special
occasions.
The first rule of creating a
mix
CD worthy of
earning
a spot in
that special someone's stereo is
to keep a good balance between
classic and
contemporary
songs.
Too many older songs will make
the mix seem like a novelty and
you won't come off as
serious.
On the other hand, if the CD
is
comprised mostly of new songs
she might not be familiar with
enough of the tracks curbing her
initial
interest
to
listen.
Familiarity with the songs is a
tricky issue. The mix has to grab
her attention, and songs that she
knows will do a better job
at
this.
However, it isn't a bad idea to
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know she'll enjoy; Keep it fresh
You want the CD to look
and exciting; let her know there's appealing. If you throw
a
few
more to you than meets the eye.
tracks onto a CD-Rand give
it to
One common misconception her unlabeled and unprotected
about creating a mix for some-
you are in store for some
very
one is that all
lonely nights
of the songs
.
For those of us on a limited
ahead of you.
need to be
budget and without musical,
At the very
about love.
least put the
Thl·s
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options are limited. Yet there Is
and
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mix will be compromised if this packaging; after all, this is her
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creation.
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a
mix is like a collage, there
is
a meaningful picture on the front
unifying theme but all the bor-
and a nice title. Stay away from.
rowed images are unique. In ere-
names like
"Songs
for
<insert
ating a mix there is general girl's name here>"; make it cute,
.theme
of "I think you're really make it funnyt make it something
swell, let's get together or what that will make her excited to lis-
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she will 'like the
songs.
You
may
think
Agoraphobic
Nosebleed's
"Razor
Blades
Under
the
Dashboard"
is
a
really
great
number, and I won't argue
with
you
there, unfortunately your
wonderful lady friend might
not
dig it. You need to think of the
songs
you are selecting in con-
text.
Think about for whom the
mix is being
made and
how
the
songs
you
are
selecting tie in
with
the
rest
of your masterpiece.
So,
rejected lovers,
armed
with
this new knowledge:
Take the
Chris Carrabba quotes
out of
your
away message, throw away
your Get
Up Kids albums
and
get
to
work! You're
on
your way to
making a lasting
impression
on
that
special
someone
in your
life.
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in
uch a
wa) that
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ouldn
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ha
ccn 1t ommg
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and
of
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to , tch and unfold
on
screen,
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least
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005 •
PAGE 8
From Page One
SGA candidates take to the podium during Speech Night
Giarrusso noted the distinctions
between the candidate's plat-
forms.
"I thought both candidates did
a really great job of appealing to
the student body," Giarrusso
said. "On the one hand, Ken
Juras rightfully touted his SGA
experience and set forth great
ideas that will enable the organi-
zation to better meet the stu-
dents' needs. On the other hand,
Justin Santolli provided interest-
ing solutions to student issues
that will move the organization described as a still pending, dras-
in a different direction."
tic change in the academic struc-
He felt both contenders had the ture of Marist. The candidates
he had no idea what this "Unit"
was, and said that the problem
with SGA was just that-infor-
best interest of the students in
mind.
"Clearly, it is evident that both
candidates have a clear vision to
strengthen the welfare of the stu-
dents in the u·pcoming year,"
Giarrusso said.
A topic that came up in many
speeches and solicited extensive
questioning from those present
was the "Unit." The "Unit'' was
were
very
- - - - - - - - - - - -
mation is not
vague about
'Both
candidates have a
relayed to the
information
clear vision to strengthen
students from
concerning
the welfare of the students
the SGA with
this proposed
In the upcoming year.,
enough
effi-
r e form.
c i e n c y .
M i c h a e l
J e n n i
,
f e r
- Brett Giarrusso
Uttley, a can-
Hickey, a can-
d.d t
ti
Resident senator candidate
d'dat
ti
1
1
a:
e
or
1
e or c ass
Resident Senator, remarked that of 2006 president, also remarked
having not been involved in SGA on the issue regarding getting
information to the students, say-
ing she would like to inform stu-
dents more about activities and
changes that are happening on
campus.
The issues this election cover a
broad spectrum, from internal
gpvemmental reform to issues
everyday students face on cam-
pus. For those who missed the
speeches the event will be aired
on MCTV, Channel 29, this week
Hopefully, whoever
is
elected
will look out for the best interest
of the students whom they repre-
sent.
Despite
the lack of candi-
dates it is still very important that
you do get out there and vote.
The polls open at 11 a.m. on
Monday, Feb.
,21
and close at 7
p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23.
You can access the voting page
online by going to the main
Marist College home page. So
log in and make your voice
heard.
Upperclassmen may be mandated to have a la carte dining plan
plan to meet with Student
Government within the next few
weeks to discuss further. Our
goal is to provide the best service
for our students
Thank you,.
From Page Three
Steve Sanso/a
Associate Dean for
Student Affairs
Marist is looking to change
their dining setup within the next
four years. With plans to add
more dining locations by The
Bank of New York, Fulton
Townhouses and Upper and
Lower West Cedar townhouses,
implementing a 200 dollar a la
carte dining plan for upperclass-
men would
definitely
be more
beneficial.
Current freshman
will be able to take advantage of
the new dining options once the
new locations have been added.
Until then, it doesn't make much
sense for housing to attempt to
implement this plan on current
upperclassmen.
As Marist begins to reconsider
the decision to implement this
plan, Housing requests all com-
plaints from students and their
parents be submitted in
writing
(via e-mail or letter) so they can
be presented to higher
,
adminis-
tration for review.
O'Reilly challenged by Olbermann; president Murray
.
supports claim
Association
appeared
O'Reilly's Web site.
on
III, I-A, and the difference
between a club sport and a varsi-
ty sport, with a fervency and
detail that most people usually
reserve for talking about real
issues, such as the
Iraq
war. He
also posted an entire column on
MSNBC's website about it, stat-
Olbermann then appeared on
Air America Radio with Al
Franken, debating the meaning
of the word "division" and
painstakingly discussing the
structure of NCAA Division I, II,
From
Page Eight
ing that the runners-up in the
punting leaders got ''jobbed"
because O'Reilly only punted 23
times for his 41.4 yard average,
as opposed to the 36 punts that a
New Haven kicker ma,,de for a
40.7 average.
"There was no division, the
outfit was semi-national at best,
and the title might have been sta-
tistically dubious," Olbermann
wrote.
Marist College president
Dennis Murray even went
to
bat
for a Marist graduate in a state-
ment, which was read on the Fox
News morning show Fox and
Friends.
Sounds
like
Keith Olbermann
was splitting hairs to make a
point that is factually incorrect.
Mike Malet,
a member
of the
football staff in 1970, confirmed
that Bill O'Reilly did indeed win
the national punting title for his
division in his senior year.
Olbermann
is making a trivial
distinction to
detract
from a
record that any athlete would be
proud to list among his accom-
plishments.
Titnely romantic comedy, 'Hitch,' will delight singles and couples alike
very funny scenes together and istry is also
something
worth awkwardly, yet humorously put share this hallmark holiday with moving comedy that is sure to running late for that appointment
they really hit their mark without noting, especially since the two together.
your love
-
or lack thereof. Not keep you longer than my prom I made for my Valentine rash.
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mis.'liug
a beat. Their chem-
share an on screen kiss that is
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Jaspers' 24-0 run stops
Red Foxes in their tracks
By
ANDY ALONGI
Assistant Sports Editor
The Manhattan Jaspers handed
Marist their sixth Joss in as many
games last Sunday Feb.
13 as
Manhattan rolled to an 86-54
home win.
In the first half, the game was
tied at 16 when the Jaspers began
a 24-0
run
and they never looked
back as Marist was down by 28
at
halftime. 'The Foxes shot 33.3
percent from the field in the first
half while the Jaspers shot 63.3
percent. The halftime score
reflected the field goal percent-
age
as Manhattan led 50-22.
Marist was led by the sopho-
more backcourt tandem of Jared
Jordan and Will Whittington, tal-
lying 15 points and four assists
and 11 points, respectively.
Senior Will McClurkin added
11 points in his second game
back from a four game suspen-
sion.
Coach Matt Brady said adding
Will back to the mix takes time
to readjust.
"We developed a style without
him," he said. "We're going
through a transition. Adding Will
back to the mix takes time to
readjust. We've had
·
a series of
stops and starts and feel we will
play better basketball from this
point forward."
Freshman Ben Farmer added
four assists to the otherwise dis-
mal Red Foxes offense
.
Senior center
Will McClurkin
splits
Junior
Mike
Konvelchick and
freshman
CJ
Anderson as he nets
two of his
11
points In the
86-54
loss
Sunday
afternoon
at
Manhattan.
Leading the Jaspers was fresh-
man CJ Anderson, who scored
18 points and pulled down 13
boards in the win. Senior for-
ward Peter Mulligan scored a
game high 19 points for the
Jaspers.
The Foxes were out rebounded
by a margin of 34-25 against
Manhattan and shot 42.2 percent
.
from the field for the game.
The loss dropped Marist into a
tie for fourth place with Iona.
The Red Foxes have four
games remaining before the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference Tournament.
The Foxes will make their final
road trip this weekend when they
go to Loudonville, NY to take on
MAAC rival Siena (4-20, 2-11)
on Friday Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.
Coach Brady said the Foxes
need to prevent second chance
points against his ahna mater,
Siena.
"I feel we will need to defen-
sive rebound against Siena; they
are a quick team," he said. "Also,
we need to prevent second
chance points
.
Offensively, we
need to find open shots because
they are one of the better defen-
sive teams in the MAAC
.
"
Their final road game takes
place on Monday Feb. 21 to
face-off against the Iona Gaels
(11-13
,
7-7) to break the fourth
place tie: The Iona game will be
broadcast on MSG Network,
channel 17 on campus.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17
,
2005 •
PAGE 9
Freshman gaurd Nikki Flores defends Saints freshman Melissa Manzer. Offensively, Flores scored eight
points and shot five-for-six from the free throw line
in
the Marist's 62-44 win. F
l
ores held Manzer to three
points, an
example
of Marist's superior defense; Marist's defense, as a whole, ranks fifth
In
the nation.
Women's
basketball eradicates ten
year
losing
streak
against
·
Siena
By
CHRIS TORRES
Circle Contributor
When you haven't defeated a
team in ten years, it's hard to be
real optimis
t
ic about your
chances.
Unless, of course, you're as hot
as the women
'
s basketball
t
eam
Foxes (16-6,
1
0-3) dominated
from start to finish.
~e Red Foxes were led by a
•
career-high 24 poin
t
s from sen-
ior center Kristin Keller.
K
_
eller started the onslaugh
t
by
scoring 17 po
i
nts before halftime
to stake Marist
t
o a 32-16 lead a
t
the half.
is right now
.
Keller also added e
i
gh
t
The Red Foxes earned their
-
rebounds and five assists to cap
tenth straight win with a 62-44 off her incred
i
b
l
e performance.
thrashing of Metro Atlantic
Giorg
i
s said Keller gave the
Athletic Conference rival Siena Foxes the scoring
lift they need-
last Thursday at the Pepsi Arena, ed in
t
he game.
_
keeping them in first place in
"Right off
t
he bat, she came out
their division.
strong," he said.
"
She wen
t
to
The Foxes promptly ended the basket more, and she got to
thetr drought that had plagued the foul line
.
"
has been instrumental in the Red
Foxes
'
success this season
.
Besides her dominance on the
board
s,
Camara
i
s third in the
MAAC w
i
th 345 points and
fourth in
t
he di
v
ision with
1
5.0
ppg.
Freshmen
Ni
kki F
l
ores and
Sarah Smrde
l
a
l
so added
t
o the
winn
in
g cause b
y
contribut
i
ng
e
i
gh
t
poin
t
s each
.
Marist pu
t
on a de
fe
ns
iv
e show
as they fo
r
ced S
i
ena
(
11-11
,
8-5
MAAC) into comm
i
tting 18
turnove
r
s, while also for
ci
ng
t
hem to shoot a putrid 29.4 per-
cen
t
from the fie
l
d.
Personal best
times
equate
·
to
strong finish
for women's track
.
them since December 1995.
Junior Fifi Camara continued
Maris
t
responded by
·
shoo
t
ing
42.6 percent from
t
he field and
converting Siena's
1
8 turnovers
i
nto eight fas
t
break po
in
ts
.
By
DREW BUDD
Circle Contributor
was a good warm-up for the
MAAC Indoor Championships;
Kline's time in the 5,000
run
This past weekend at the St.
was a personal-best 18:23.37.
Valentine Invitational at Boston
·
She completed her mile run in
University, sophomore Allison 5:21.77. Junior Denise Tumulty
Kline won both of her events in also ran in the 5,000 and finished
the 5,000 meters and mile
r:wLlD...
_
in .
..
JL
..
p
.
etso.nal:-best
19:14.38.
power the women Red Foxes Freshman Sarah Domermuth
fin-
track and field team to a good ished with a section-winning
overall weekend.
time of 10:37.06 in the 3,000
Kline, along with the ~est ef the meters. This was Dobermuth's
Red Foxes, ran many personal-
third personal record of the sea-
best times at the meet, which son.
Freshmen Lisa D'Aniello and
Christine Wahl won their sec-
tions with personal-bests as well
in the 800 meters. D'Aniello fin-
ished in 2:19.80 and Wahl actu-
ally overcame a slow start but
came back and ran a
5:13.59 in
the mile.
The Red Foxes go to the New
York City Armory this weekend
for
the
MAAC
Indoor
Championships.
Coach Kelly was not available
for comment this weekend.
Stilphen's back injury
P?Stpon
·
es stel-
lar play until
MAAC
Tournament
BY ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
McClurkin is back and starting,
Opinion Editor
while Stilphen has his sights set
on the Metro Atlantic Athletic
After being an afterthought for
Red Fox fans in the run-up to the
2004-2005
season,
Ryan
Stilphen is suddenly indispensa-
ble.
The 6-8 redshirt freshman for-
ward, averaging almost ten
points and seven rebounds, has
missed the last four games with a
mysterious back ailment after
surprisingly starting the first
nineteen games of the season.
Precious few in the James
J.
McCann Center on opening
night even knew who he was,
other than perhaps a Chris
Handy stunt double.
Hiding under a mane of hair
the color of ripening wheat was a
basketball player willing to do
dirty work under the boards and
on the floorboards, with a decep-
tively quick first step capable of
producing easy lay-ups at any
time.
It doesn't take a lumbar expert
to figure out why the Foxes have
lost all four games in Stilphen's
absence.
Coupled with center Will
McClurkin's four-game s~spen-
sion,
which
overlapped
Stilphen's time off by two
games, Marist has had a serious
shortage of big bodies. Freshman
Shae McNamara and sophomore
Miies Orman have fought
valiantly in the paint, but a lack
of size and experience has hand-
cuffed them.
Fortunately,
Conference tournament on Mar.
4.
"It's tough to say right now, but
hopefully I'll be back in two to
three weeks
,
" Stilphen said. "I'm
doing rehab five days a week to
.
get ready again."
Stilphen has two stress frac-
tures in the vertebrae of his
lower back. His rehab is
_
being
supervised
from
afar
by
Red
shirt freshman
Ryan
Stilphen
was
having a great
first
season In
MMC play before Injuring
his
back for the
first
time
on Jan.
15
against
the Niagra Purple Eagles.
Cleveland Cavaliers trainer Max
Benton, a family friend.
Stilphen said this is the first
time in his life that he has expe-
rienced any back pain.
"It
kind of started during the
Niagara [home] game,
f
started
feeling some back pain," he said.
The injury became progres-
sively worse until Stilphen was
forced to sit out at Niagara on
Feb
.
5.
Since Cleveland is
_
a
·
short trip from Niagara
,
Stilphen
paid Benton a visit and was diag-
nosed.
"It's activity induced," said
Stilphen
.
"It hurts all the time,
but the more I do, the more it
bothers me."
Stilphen said that he'll definite-
ly be back in time for the MAAC
Tournament, where four guard
lineups will not be enough to
combat the formidable front
lines of Rider, Fairfield and
Manhattan.
"The plan was to be in stride
[for the Tournament]," Stilphen
said. "I hope to be playing. I
can't afford any setbacks."
Head coach Brian Giorg
i
s said her stellar play by posting her
this victory not only ended tenth double-doub
l
e of the sea-
Siena's tenured dominance over son, finishing with 16 points and
Marist
,
but it was a solid victory a game-high 12 rebounds in 32
overall.
minutes
.
"What a grea
t
way to break that
After capturing MAAC Play
e
r
streak
,
" he said.
"It
was an of the Week honors three
t
imes
amazing game."
already this season, the junior
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005
ew school record
evokes
IC4A bid
By
DAVID HOCHMAN
Staff Writer
The Marist men'
track
and
field team
competed in
its
last
mec before the
Metro
A
laohc
Athlehc
Conti rencc tM AC)
hampmn
hip
la
t
weekend,
traveling to Bo ton l
mve
1t}
for
th
t
Valentine
JnV1tational.
Many mile tones wer
reached
thJS
weekend.
bod1
per-
sonally
and
for
the
t m
ophomore
M1k
Bamb
rg
r
quahfied
for
the
ll 4
hamp1on
hip
m
the
800-
meter
run,
wbil
setting
a
nc
chool record wtth a mark of
1.53.65. Tht tenth place fimsh
broke hr s
McCloske)'
2002
record ttm of 1.55.2
.
This
will
be the first
t1m
Red
Fo
will
represent the
chool in the men' 800-meter
run at
th IC4
'
Al
makmg
hool historv
as Bamberger'
ophomore
cla mat Bnan DcMarco, fin-
1
hmg the 500-m tcr run m s v-
enth place with n tune of
1.05 l 2 This
improved h1
O\\
n
schooi record a
1d
made him the
first member of the m n' track
and field team
at
Man to reach
th
IC4A Champion hip
in
the
500
run.
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fini
h
d ll
meet very
\\ell
lso
h un
K ppms leaped
l
12th place m
lh
long
Jump
1th l
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mark
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6.5
m
t
rs
Tht
Jump was
the
econd
longe
t
111
school
h1
tory,
ju
t
1
0
m
t
behind
the
1973
p
rfonnan c
by
T
tm
Murphy
On
the track. Bnmdon Carlie.a
and
M
1k1;;
Rolek
comp
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the
3.000-mcter
run m
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b
1
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of
8· 5 90
and
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46,
re
pectl\eh
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of
the up1
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men
on
tl
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I
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the
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p
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and
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as , el I De ker clocked
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4
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while
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13.
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meters.
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prum:d
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tra
k
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Champion
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11
start
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p m this
f
n
ay
·
cnm ,
Feb.
18
at
the AmiuI)
I
rack
&
Field
Center
m
ev.
York
City.
Upcoming Schedule:
Women's Basketball:
Tonight, Feb. 17 - vs.
Niagara, 7 p .m.
Men's basketball:
Friday, Feb. 18
~
at Siena,
7 p.m.
www.marlstcircle.com
PAGE
10
Above,·
Junior transfer
Fifi Camara
dropped
17
points
and
grabbed
10 rebounds for her
10th
double
double
of
the
season at Loyola
last
Saturday evening.
Below, senior forward Kristen
Keller scored
17
points
In
Marlst's
.
49-40 victory over
Loyola
last
Saturday evening.
Front court duo net Red Foxes
eleventh
straight
MAAC win
By
ANTHONY
OLIVIERI
Staff Writer
The Marist College women's
basketball team won its eleventh
straight game, and held on to
first place, with a 49-40 win over
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference
foe
Loyola,
Saturday night in Baltimore.
Frontcourt stars Fifi Camara
and Kristin Keller had 17 points
apiece as the Red Foxes
improved
to
1 7-6 on the season,
and 11-3 in MAAC play, tying
Canisius Griffins for first place.
Both teams started off slowly
at the outset of the game, as
Marist had a five-minute scoring
drought mid-way through the
half.
Two Loyola hoops with under_
a minute left tied the game 18-
18, going into the halftime
6reak:.
The second half was a totally
different story as the Red Foxes
went on a 13-2 run right after
'intermission.
Megan Vetter netted six of her
eight points during the run, and
Camara capped off the spurt
with a three-pointer that pwnped
the lead up 31-20
·
in favor of
Marist.
The Greyhounds fought back
with a small run of their own
bringing th~ lead under 10 points
Remaining Schedul,:
Tomght. Feb
17
-
ersu
ia ara, 7 p.m.
1mdav,
Feb.
_Q
-
at
Manhattan
2
p
m
*Fnd
y.
Feb. 25
St P
ter
,
7
p
n
unday. Feb 27 - al Rider.
2pm.
*
enior
ight
at the 11 :00 mark, but Camara
scored six straight points to help
secure Marist's
command
on the
contest.
Loyola was forced to foul and
the Red Foxes helped
continue
their winning streak by making
eight-of-11 free throws down the
stretch,
led by Keller's four-for-
four performance.
Camara
recorded her 11th dou-
ble-double of the season, as she
added l 0 rebounds to her 17
points.
Camara's performance against
the Greyhounds bolstered her
points and rebounding total on
the season. The junior has accu-
mulated 231 points on the sea-
son, placing her third in the
MAAC. Camara controls the
MAAC in three rebounding cat-
egories, ranking first in total
rebounds
(217),
defensive
rebounds (141) andTebounds per
game (9.4).
•
Keller added seven rebounds,
three assists and two steals to her
impressive line.
Sophomore guard Alisa Kresge
was a huge asset on the glass,
as
she
hauled
in 11 rebounds,
which is one shy of her career
high.
Kresge also added five assists
and four steals.
Greyhound junior forward
Katie Scherle led all scorers with
14 points and nine rebounds,
while fellow classmate Krystle
Harrington netted 12 points,
dished out four assists and
swiped four steals.
The Red Foxes will
be
back in
action on Thursday against third-
place Niagara at the Mccann
Center, as they
try
ta hold onto
first place and add to their 11-
game win streak. The Red Foxes
conclude their week of play
when they travel to Manhatten
this Sunday at 2 p.m.