VOLUME 58, ISSUE 17
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FOUNDED
IN 1965
,
11-IURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2005
One family's history, brought alive by piece of the past
By
JAMES
Q.
SHEEHAN
Staff
Writer
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the
Marist College Honors Program
presented its spring 2005 lecture,
featuring speaker Carol Ione,
author of the book •"Pride of
Family."
Despite the snowy weather, the
lecture was well attended by both
honors students and other classes
which used the event as an alter-
native experience.
The book consists of memoirs,
a story and a history which takes
root from a family diary that Ione
came across. The diary belonged
to
her
great-grandmother
Frances Rollin. The piece spans
the lives of four generations of
African-American women. From
the day she received the diary to
the day the book was published,
a span of
18
years had passed.
"[It was] a major life undertak-
ing for me to create this book,"
Ione said.
She pointed out that while she
was researching for the book the
luxuries of the Internet and other
useful tecJ;mologies had not yet
been widely accessible, making
the process much more strenuous
than it would be today.
In setting out to write the book,
Ione did not want to put out a
work that was glossed over or a
work which only focused on the
positive elements ofher families'
history. Ione wanted to write a
book that was an honest account
of what actually happened. She
said that this approach often
slowed her down when research-
ing and trying to get the book
published since she would not
Ione elaborated.
One such
instance was when sp.e described
the
lifestyle
some of her ances-
tors experienced as actors,
remarking
that
segregation
settle for
the
easy
answer.
The pro-
logue
of
'It was Insightful, the way she put
pieces of a diary together to make a
publication.'
against
thespians
w
a
s
almost as
bad as that
'the book
was read
- Louis
Ortiz
.
faced by
Junior
t
h
e
by Ione to - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A
fr
i can
give the audience a sense of
where she came from and how
her experience began.
In
this
section, she highlighted her situ-
ation growing up; being raised
by three women. There was an
anecdotal quality to some of the
passages and stories on which
Americans.
While not always
informative or pertinent, these
sections did seem to grab the
attention of the audience and
make it seem more personal an
account.
One aspect of !one's story that
was unique is the fact that her
ERIC
KIMMEL/
THE CIRCLE
Poughkeepsie Oxygen Bar, PK-02
for
short,
fills the ph)'Slcal
space
which
was once
occupied
by
Mertst
hotspot
McCoy's
Ber.
Whether
or not
the
trendy
oxygen bar can flit the emotlonal void that
was
created
when McCoy's closed down last year
remains
to
be
seen.
Purified air offered instead of alcohol
By JEREMIAH HOSTETTER
Circle
Contributor
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SEE PK-02, PAGE 3
great-aunt was a doctor in a peri-
od
when it was rare for women,
let
alone
African-American
women, to go to medical school.
This was a true testament to the
societal restrictions her family
managed to overcome and how,
despite adversity, education and
success were still possible.
As for the diary that began her
journey in writing "Pride of
Family," lone is considering
passing it along to an archive.
She feels a strong emotional con-
nection with the artifact; howev-
er, in terms of preservation and
the benefit of others, she said, it
would be better suited in another
facility. Ione also was
hesitant
to
place the journal in an archive
because then she would
no
longer own it. This was a
prob-
lem she ran into when searching
for a picture of her great-grand-
mother. After looking for
I 0
years, the New York
Public
Library had a photo but she was
not allowed to have it and need-
ed their permission
to
use it even
though she felt like it was hers.
Junior Louis Ortiz enjoyed
the
lecture, and said he walked away
with some new knowledge.
"It was insightful, the way she
[Ione] put pieces of a diary
together to make a publication,"
Ortiz said. "I
learned
a lot about
her roots and she added to the
inspiration I already have to
.
become a published writer."
Animal activism
emerges on campus
By
ANDY JOYCE
Staff Writer
FOXPAW,
a new animal rights
advocacy group on campus,
had
its first meeting last Thursday.
Among many of the topics dis-
cussed was the film "The
Witness," a riveting documen-
tary
that \\
ill
no
doubt
change
the way you view animal rights.
It
is the story of a construction
worker who was never allowed a
pet as a kid, and when he adopts
a kitten, he develops a fondness
·
for the four-legged creatures.
Robin Henderson, junior,
brought the group together after
meeting several other animal-
conscious Marist students, on
theFacebook.com.
Her own
views on animal rights issues
come from reading PETA litera-
ture since an early age, and also,
an expen-
animal rights' advocates, that
doesn't make sense.
·
"A lot of people don't make
connections between the "cute"
animals
they would never harm
and the types of animals we con-
sume for food,"
Henderson
said.
Among many of FOXPAW's
goals are to attract representa-
tives
from Boca Foods. makt:rs
of the Boca Burger and other soy
produ<!its. Henderson also hopes
to see the addition of more vege-
tarian goodies to the menu at the
cafeteria. And those cosmetic
products tested on animals being
sold in the bookstore? FOXPAW
would like to see them replaced
with other high quality products,
just ones that aren't tested on
animals.
Henderson and many of the
other club members realize this
may be a bit of a struggle at first,
ence she
1
A lot of people don't make
connec-
but
their
goal pri~
marily is
to educate
Marist stu-
d
e n t s
had
in
tlons between the cute animals
g r a d e
school.
"During
recess we
could tend
to
baby
they would never harm and the
types of animals we consume for
food.'
about ani-
m
a
I '
s
-
Robin Henderson
rights, and
Junior
to increase
cows and
play with
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t h e i r
•
them. Then it would come time
for dinner, and we'd have veal.
It
was the first time I'd made that
connection, and it was shock-
ing," Henderson said . .
"We were just chartered last
week. Up until now we've held
several unofficial meetings"
Henderson said.
FOXPAW's agenda is to foster
a sense of compassion and
respect for animals. They feel
through films like "The Witness"
and education they can change
everyday decision making, such
as maybe staying away from
meat, or only buying products
that haven't been tested on ani-
mals.
Most people wouldn't look or
feel the same way about a pig or
a chicken as they would the fam-
ily dog, and according to many
awareness.
Kerri Kennengieser, a senior
from Medford, NY heard about
the group at a SEED meeting
earlier
in
the week. SEED is a
Marist environmental advocacy
group.
"I'm really excited for an ani-
mal welfare group, through my
involvement I personally hope to
learn more about animal welfare
issues," Kennengieser said.
FOXPAW also hopes to pro-
mote Meatout 2005, which aims
to help individuals change to a
"non-violent" diet of fruits,
grains and vegetables. It also
promotes the availability and
selection of meat and dairy alter-
natives in grocery stores and
restaurants.
Many families throughout the
SEE ANIMAL RIGHTS, PAGE 3
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PAGE6
Andy Joyce writes about how you can fill all those summer
months by doing something worthwhile.
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-
T~URSDAY, MARCH 3, 2005
Securitv Briefs:
www.marlstclrcle.com
The "Security Briefs" and the "Alcohol Fantasy
Beat" are intended to be a pqrody and not a. repre-
sentation of The Circles editorial stance on drink-
ing - illegal or otherwise - nor is it intended to be
a stqtement regarding the official Marist College
policy on alcohol consumption.
PAGE2
When your bank says no, John Stamos says yes!
Compiled. by DAN ROY
Campus Editor
ATTENTION:
There have been a series of harassing prank
· phone calls to the female population at. Marist
College. Here are some tips from security
guru
John
Gildard: don't stay on the phone, and don't
· give out any personal information.
For your
room's voicemail, don't leave your names.
If
you
are thinking to yourself, oh my God, how does he
know my name, it is probably because of your
voicemail.
·
Also, have a ma
.
le friend record the
·
message.
If
the harasser gets through to your
voicemail and hears a man's voice, chances are, he
· won't call back. And
if
you experience one of
these calls, call security immediately to make a
report.
2/22 -
A fire extinguisher from Leo's third floor was
shot off at 4:47 a.m. Tuesday. The dust from the blast
then triggered the fire alarm, causing the whole building
to be evacuated. I hope you guys remembered your
Toast Toasties because not only was it cold out, it was
sljppery too.
2/22 -
There was a minor accident in the Donnelly lot
at l 0:25 p.m. A 1992 Pontiac was backing out of a space
and struck a 2002 Dodge passing by. Really no one's
fault here. Once you reach a certain age, like our '92
friend over here, vision and reaction time just deteriorate.
·
It's science.
another dorm trying to pull the fast one. I'm insulted, I
really am. When it is a student and a guest,just one per-
son fails to read my briefs. But this means both of you
don't read them! What is this school coming to?!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
2/23
~
What a surprise, another failed attempted entry.
At 3:37 a.m. a guest was caught trying to get into Marian
with a student's ID. That's just gross man. If that is
your idea of foreplay, then no wonder Marian didn't let
you in.
2/25 -
A guard rr'iakmg rounds in Midrise found two
wall lights broken on the first floor at 7:30 p.m.
The
two lights were right •outside the elevator. A note was
taped near the damage.
It
read, "Start taking the steps,
or your EXIT sign is next."
2/26 -
Gartland F's filth finally caught up to them at
2:45 p.m. Saturday. A fire alarm was set off because of
a dirty burner on the stove. A student from the apart-
ment said, "Yeah, we were copying a Christina Aguilera
DVD and it just burst into flames."
2/27 -
A student approached Champagnat's entry desk
at 12:15 a.m. Sunday. The student, completely disori-
ented, couldn't keep his balance and fell to the ground
.
Security called Fairview and he was taken to St. Francis.
Here, he met his Made coach, Bello the Clown. Bello
had him walk a tight rope and he got his balance back in
no time. "Great job lad, you are now ready to swipe in,"
Bello annoupced. The student returned to Champagnat
with a swagger, swiped in, and went to bed. The yell of
the security guard was then heard around campus,
"Damn you Bello! Damn you to hell!!"
2/23 .:...__AP
.
attempted unauthorized e!l_try was put down
2/27 -
Fittingly our last brief is an illegal entry case.
at
·
3:90-a-m:
Wednesday. It was a Marisestudent from
At 2:15 a.m., a Marist ID was given to a non-Marist
per-
'.
-
son for the purpose of entering Marian Hall. However,
since Marist security has seen more of this than
snowflakes on the ground, he was easily caught and sent
away. Now, you might be saying to yourself, "That's
not fair, they use Head and Shoulders! That eliminates
99 .9 percent of flakes
:
Of course there will be more ille-
gal entries!" If
'
you are saying that to yourself, then you
are dumb.
I wasn't talking about those kinds of
snowflakes . . . I was talking about cocaine.
Alcohol-related incidents this
week:
1. Champagnat ...... 1
Total alcohol-related Incidents:
1.Le0-3
2. Champagnat - 2
3,. Gregory - 1
4.
Talmadge -
1
5. Upper West
Cedar - 1
6.
Lower
West
Cedar-
1
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Thursday, Mar. 3, ;2005
SPC Performing Arts
Presents:
Tea for Three
8PM
.
PAR
Saturday, Mar. 5, 2005
Mall Trip
4 PM -12 AM
Bus leaves from Midrise
Sunday, Mar.
6,
2005
SPC
Broadway Trip:
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9 PM
Bus leaves from Midrise
Tuesday, Mar.
8,
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SPC Performing Arts
Presents:
Rob Gonzalez
8 PM
PAR
Thursday, Mar. 10, 2005
SPC
Presents:
Battle of the Bands
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cabaret
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Courtney
J.
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To All Undergraduate Students,
An academic initiative, referred to as
'
The
Unit,' is being considered for implementation
within the Marist community. Administrators
and faculty have been actively involved. If
implemented, this proposal could potentially
change our educational experience.
Student
Government members who have been sitting on
the various planning committees pertaining to
'The Unit.' Students have expressed their opin-
ions regarding the merits and deficits of this pro-
posal.
At this time, based on the general consensus of
those who could be
affected, the Student
Government Association is not confident with
the information that has been provided to the
students thus far. Until all parties involved are
able to ensure the smooth and detailed transition
from the credit system to the unit system
,
we
are unable to fully support this tentative
initiative.
'
I
t
•
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,_
Sarah McMorrts
Mark
Perugini
Dan Roy
Features Editor
Sports Editor
Campus Editor
Aleo
Troxell
Andy
Alongi
AnaTawftk
Advertising Manager
Assistant Sports
Editor
Distribution
Manager
G. Modele
Clarke
Faculty Advisor
Copy Staff: Kristin Billera
The Circle
is
the weekly student newspaper of Marist
College.
Letters to the
editors, announcements, and story
ideas
are
always
welcome, but we cannot
publish unsigned
letters. Opinions
expressed to articles
are not necessarily
those of the editorial
board.
The Circle
staff can be
reached at 575-3000 x2429 or letters
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Respectfully, through forums and presenta-
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informed the students of the details concerning
these tentative alterations
.
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' ' It's only four weeks of your life, but it
was the most rewarding four weeks
·
I've ever had.
, ,
- Andrew Christensen
Cadet
THURS
D
AY, MARCH 3, 2005
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Bea
t
summe
r boredom w
i
t
h a trip to ROTC
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t
r
aining
:
By
A
N
D
Y JOYCE
Staff Writer
ROTC or Army experience an
opportunity to examine the Army
before making any obligation.
The course qualifies students for
entry into the ROTC Advanced
machines. However
,
this is inac-
curate and the reality is different.
And'rew Christensen, cadet
,
junior business administration
major, completed the course last
Marksmanship and squad lead~
ing exercises, as well as
Confidence Courses, not unlike
the ones seen on Fear Factor
o
r
MTV's Road Ru
l
es Challenge.
Looking to avoid another sum-
mer of lame jobs and sitting in
your living room staring at your
parents
'
?
If
this is the case,
Marist Army ROTC has a cure
for the summertime blues.
The Army ROTC's Leader's
Training Course or LTC may be
what you're looking for. It is a
unique, challenging and
fun
way
to spend four weeks of the sum-
mer and possibly earn a 2-year
scholarship
.
Training Course. And it's not
just for students. As a part of the
LTC training experience, educa-
tional representatives, including
university presidents
,
deans
,
coaches
,
trainers and various
administrators
,
are invited to
visit to observe and actually par-
ticipate in the instruction and
leadership training that thei! stu
-
dents are experiencing.
Course.
Most stu-
dents with
a 2.5 or
higher
GPA may
also quali-
'I
l
earned for
the first t
i
me
i
n
m
y
li
fe
the true limi
ts as to where
I
could
push
myse
lf
ment
a
ll
y
a
n
d
physically.'
summer,
and recalls
only fond
memories
.
of
his
experi-
ences
at
a Sharpshooter badge and the
ability to walk in cadence. He
gained skills that will guide him
through
the
Leadership
Development and Assessment
Course this summer and be use-
ful when he becomes a Second
Lieutenant in the Army.
"It
w~s challenging and most of
all enjoyable," he said. "I've also
made some great friends out of
it. You wouldn't think such a set-
ting would be good for building
friendships, but that's it, you
build great friendships."
JeffStevens,junior information
'
technology major, is preparing to
go to LTC this sllll11l)er. One o(
the first cadets in Marist's new:
ROTC program, he's been-:
preparing himself since 1ugust.
:
Each summer, students from
universities and colleges across
the United States t;ravel to Fort
Knox, Kentucky to take part in a
28-day leadership experience,
the Anny ROTC's Leader's
From Page One
The Leader's Training Course
is the Army's 2-year ROTC
Program entry point.
Anny
instructors observe each stu-
dent's progress throughout the
course and determine their offi-
cer potential in a leadership ori-
ented, motivating 4-week train--
iQ.g program.
The Leader
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s Training Course
offers students without previous
fy for a
two-year
scholarship
$50,000
.
worth
nearly
When most college students
think of military training, they
conjure up images from "Full
Metal Jacket
"
, where sadistic
drill sergeants brainwash hapless
enlistees into becoming killing
- Andrew C
h
ristensen
Cadet, junior
Fort
Knox
.
"Above
all else, it was a great learning
experience
,
" Christensen said. "I
learned for the first time in my
life the true limits as to where I
could push myself mentally and
physically."
After graduatio
_
n, Christensen
sai
.
d that he took home more than
The instructors, many former
Army Rangers and Special
Forces operators
,
will observe
and guide students through the
ope-of-a-kind training course.
The different
types
of Ariny
training include Basic Rifle
Plenty of- PT, or physical train-:
i
ng, like the early morning work-:
outs at McCann, and keeping up:
with ROTC coursework has:
given him the edge on many of
the cadets he~n be training with:
from arolllld the country. Is he;
scared? Don't count on it.
"I know I'm going to do real'.
wellt and the best part about it is,
:
SEE ROTC, PAGE 5
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PK.02 will be open for lunch
and dinner seven days a week
,
and entrance is free during the
day, but will be five dollars for
the weekends after 9 p.m. A
poker table will be there on the
weekends, with a pool table,
WiFi network and jukebox there
at all hours. PK02 will also
serve Fichera's popular Buffalo
wings and (non-alcoholic) bever-
ages. The food is 10 percent off
for Marist students with their ID.
Pichera said that students can
leave their fake IDs home.
"If
you feel the need, you can
bring your own liquid refresh-
ment; just don't try walking in
holding a bottle of Jack Daniels
,
"
Pichera said
. '
'There are no age
restrictions whatsoever."
·
Sonny
'
s daughter, Phyllis Ann,
added that there will even be
entertainment available even for
those who prefer to stay in their
room and play video games.
"We are also are setting up a
big screen TV with an Xbox and
we
'
ll have Madden and Halo 2 in
the balcony area for all the hard.:
'
core gamers to go at it."
PK02 is open this weekend,
'
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-
night
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-
THURSDAY,
MARCH 3, 2005
www.maristcircle.com
Let the
voices
of the Marist
community be heard.
PAGE4
:Bush's
army will treat you right, unless you're poor, black, or gay
Commitment to religious secularism compromises homeland security in the name of bigotry
'
By
IGOR VOLSKY
,Staff
Writer
' ...
My last column addressed the
army's recruitment shortage.
~'For the first time since 2001,
.the Army
began
the fiscal year
iwith just 18.4 percent of its
recruitment goal
met
... that
amounts
to
less_ than half of last
,year's figure and
falls
well
j:,elow the Army's goal of 25
'
;percent."
• The cost of troop recruitment
has also gone up. The army is
forced to off
er large
bonuses
to
,ecure troop reenlistment and is
currently experiencing difficul-
1Y
filling undesirable (truck
,$lrivers in Iraq) and highly-
.skilled positions. While minori-
ties and the financially under-
privileged are already overrep-
resented in the forces, they are
becoming harder to recruit.
(See Feb. 25 column). Yet their
openings are not being filled by
middle class or upper class chil-
dren. We, like Dick Cheney,
"have better things to do."
Meanwhile, our army is over-
stretched and underprotected.
America is at war yet it refus-
es to allow all those who volun-
teer to join her armed forces.
Some restrictions rest on credi-
ble weight or strength mini-
mums, others are rooted in
institutional
discrimination.
Last Thursday the General
.
Accounting Office found that
under
President
Clinton's
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy,
hundreds
of highly skilled
troops were forced out of ·the
forcys after it was discovered
that·they wer~ gay or lesbian.
The
American
tax
payer
financed this disenfranchise-
ment to the tune of $200 mil-
lion. "The estimated cost was
for recruiting and training
replacements
from
1994
through 2003 for the 9,488
troops discharged from the
Army, Navy, Air Force or
Marine Corps."
Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't
Tell" policy allows gays to
serve in the armed forces as
long as they do not take part in
homosexual activity or disclose
their sexual orientation. Of the
gays and lesbians pushed
out
of
the service, 757 held
hard-to-
fill jobs and 322 spoke Arabic,
Farsi, Korean, and Mandarin,
"which the Pentagon has called
critical skills amid threats from
terror-
awareness.
Yet conservative ideology tri-
umphs
over
American safety. A
majority's personal distaste for
homosexual activity is extended
into
the public
policy sector and
its
dis-
.
i
s
t
s . "
Of the gays and lesbians pushed out
c
·
rimina-
of the service 322 spoke Arabic,
tory ten-
Farsi, Korean, and Mandarin, which
t
a c
1
e s
against a sexual preference is as
immoral as racial segregation or
gender inequity. While gay
marriage has replaced
_
social
security as the "third rail" of
American politics, its acc
.
ept-
ance is forthcoming. Until then
Americans deserve a reassess-
ment of Clinton's ill fated mili-
tary policy
.
u . s .
intelli-
gence
agencies
and
the
9
I
l I
serve to
the Pentagon has called critical.
strangle Igor Vo/sky is the host of the Luske-
skills amid threats from terrorists.
t
h
e
Vo/sky Show (with Dr. Bruce
opportu-
Commission have lamented the nity of a minority and endanger
death of properly trained and the whole. American fear of
educated translators. Many homosexuality transcends the
believe that sufficient interpre-
·
terror of Islamic
.
fundamental-
tation of pre-9/11 communica-
tions could have resulted in pre-
emptive action
pr
greater threat
ists.
Fear should not supercede
morality.
Discrimination
Luske) and Political Thought, two
public affairs programs airing
every Monday and Friday from
4-6
p.m. on WMAR 1630AM Both
shows can be streamed at
W}fW
,
pol iticalthought. net
.
Thompson's exit as bizarre and unique as entrance into American culture 35 years ago
;By
HAYDEN BATES
Circle
Contributor
•
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, a.k.a.
){aoul Duke, has played a semi-
nal role in my development as a
.writer and as a person. Upon
excitedly pouring over his mod-
em
masterpiece "Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas" at the
tender age of sixteen,
I
cheerily
announced to my parents that I
knew what I wanted to become
when I grew up: a dangerous
dope fiend of a journalist,
carousing the continent in search
of the ·American dream, a type-
writer slung over my shoulder.
stares. Over the years since, I
always held a special place on
have countless times stolen my bookshelf and in my heart.
Thompson's "gonzo" writing
·
Thompson's
larger-than-life,
style - a form that is part journal-
roguish character celebrated the
At seventeen,
I
read Thompson's
"Fear and Loathing on the
Campaign Trail '72," which
motivated me to trade in the
journal-
ism half
The
hardboiled
quality
of
ism
and American essence for which he
part per-
was perpetually searching. His
~
o n a
I
no-holds-barred approaches to
memoir -
both writing and
·
living hear-
in sculpt-
kened back to a purer (even with
ing
my the drugs) vision of freedom
o
w
n
than you'll ever find today. "I
of
my
Thompson's writing is comparable
vision
-
only with Hemingway's, and thus, It is
but cer-
tainly not
fitting that both men should exit the
the dan-
stage in the same tragic way.
gerous,
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
pieces.
hate to advocate drugs, alcohol,
adventure-seeking
.
addict part -
for a more lucrative post as a
campaign hack. As you may
have presumed, my parents
greeted each of my announce-
ments with long, indignant
Fellow, ardent Republicans violence or insanity to anyone,"
often recoil with astonishment he once said, "but they've always
when
I
glowingly
praise
w-t>rbt
(Qr
ti'l:el'
~
iii.-
.
Thompson
,
a hardcore leftist. America could such a crude,
Despite our obvious differences licentious character make the
in
political ideology, Hunter ha~
entire square culture quake in its
shoes. From his early days on a
Harley with the Hell's Angels
through his long stints with
Rolling Stone Magazine and the
ESPN web site, Thompson fear-
lessly
blazed himself into the
annals of American literature.
The hardboiled quality of
Thompson's writing is compara-
ble only with Hemingway's, and
thus, it is somewhat fitting that
both men should exit the stage in
the same tragic way. Last week,
the seemingly invincible dean of
gon~o joum~lisin felled his own
pen with a fatal gunshot to the
head. In death, he has rekindled
public interest i~ his life's work.
A
message from Student Body President-elect Kenneth
Juras
Tu
he
Marist
Community,
ould hk to take
th1
oppor-
1unity 10
introduce
myself a
th
new
tudent Body PreS1dent-
elect
My
mvolvcm
nt
v.1th
Stud nt
mment b
gan
dur-
ing
my
fir
t
year
of
tud)
ly
experience
includes
servmg
nd r the McAlpin admm,stra-
tioo as the Assistant
10
the 1iee
President
f
,
Ctub
A
ff
airs
n<l
under the G1bbn11, adminislr
tion a
the \
I\.: •
P
1dcn of
Club
Affairs.
Currently,
I
~urk
with the
current
Student
Body
Pre ident.
I.111Ja
.111 ·.
as
the
Sp • k
r
6t
the
•n
t
My
du11e
1m
oh,
t:
bemg
the
tmg
chair
f
the
,encral Members
Committ
h1
h
i
om
1hfng
entirety
aew
La
1udent
, , 1:mtnent
cmt1
n
Ii
hn
, pened Studem G
\Cnuncnt
up
to
man new
-students
and has
provided ideas that
otherw1.
e
would not ha e realiied.
I
I
k
fon
urd m continuing
t
ork on addressmg th con ems
of the
student body
.
le
1s
1111per-
t1
tor
Student G , cnun
nt
10
c
ntinu
10
\\ork on
unpl m
nt-
mg
the
Rape
ggres ion
Oden c ( R D program
on-
work
lo Dl:C
mpli h
and
long
i..:.lmp
1 •
Thc,c
lso m.:cd~
to
be
road
to tra,el.
Anyone
\\ho
i!i
a
l
ontmua110n ot a drnlogue
wi
he
to
help
the
student bod.
regarding
the-
stattt5 of
ha, mg
ad,
att
c
·hould apply for an
/
yearbook for
future
clas
E
uti
Board position.
If
Student Govi;:mmcnt also needs
interested,
applications are a
11-
to pro
td
an atmosphere that able
Ill
the
l
d"nt
cmmcnt
e11 nurag s
-,tudcnt
111vnl'>ctnent
Otlicc,
locate
tn
th
tu
:lent
in
the
i
·
ue
wi;
foe:
Center,
room
347
I am
more
1 he ·1mknt ,memment than willmg to addres an_
tu-
Association
still bas
.a
lot
f
dent'
c
ncem
that
the
m }
Volsky
responds
to last week's
reader
arguments
Dar Chn,
1
thank
you
for
j
our com-
ments.
l.et me
reply
I
y
Lr
~guments
m
the order you
pre~
senled them
Gang
v10lcni..:c
You assume
t:bat
gang preYen-
hon programs contribute to
gang
1olence.
ondom use
do
not m re c pr gnan :,.
rates
ir.
ftghung tenon m
ou might hav read
:m
my
Feb.
24 c lumn, Porter Goss
(th
IA Director ha
dmttted
th
obv1ous: th i11cgal im a on
of
Iraq
has turned
that
country
into n epic nter o te:rron m.
~
e
ar le s
·ecurc
toda th,m
we \
er
four
j
ears ago
- Joh tramtnl!
Mr
u~h ha:-.
systematically
• Ia
hed
both vorntional
training
and job
training
.
Consider
tht:
folio, mg:
In
his 2004
budget,
Bush pro-
posed a 25 percent cut ($300
million) to federal funding of
, ocat10n· I iucut1on.
ln his 200 budget Bu h pro-
p
ed
t
con ol1dat J
b
lram-
ing
•rant
to
tat
s
fi
r
adult
rv1ces mto a ,
mgle
grant pro-
gram totaling
$3.080
hilh1 n
-
a
60 million
11
from tl e
grants
it
con ohdute from a
ear
i1go
.
In his 2004 budg
1.
Bu
h pni-
p
S\!d
to
eliminate
all
funding
for
th1.:
Youth
Opportunity
Grants
a probrram
that pro-
vides job lra1IDng to the nation's
youth.
In hL 2003 budget Bush
prl\
•
posed a
Q
percent
($47
mil-
lion)
cut
t
U1e o erall hudgt"t
tor Job training programs.
Bush's 2002 hudgel propo;; d
to cut
541
million (IO per1.:en1,
from Joh
trai~ing
program
onh
Kor
a
Ther
1
a difference between
si -party
~
and
htlatcral
negotiations. \\'lul
il
1
true
that the
Bush
odrmni tration
took
part
111
:ix-party
dipl ma
-
r:y,
11
tailed t
directly commu-
n 11.:alL' ,
1
h the Kon.:
ns
.
As Jack
Prit~hard. former
U.S
.
rec1al
r.!O\O)-
for
negotiations
v.1th
nrrh Kmea noted,
''lhc!
rth
Koreans
.ir
not
sa1isfi
d
\\ 1th
th1: .
1 -p·111
pr ce : .
the}
are rreparcd ..
to have; a serious
di,c11
~,on
, nhrn
lh
i.:l)nte
t
llf
mullilal ral
discussions.
but
directly "'1th the
nired
tates
tu
rcsol
i:
the
ou taudtn ,
issues."
The North Koreans
cited an
example
in
wlmh they tned to
i.:omrnuni at
, 11h
the
United
Stales
through
what
1s
~alled
the
·
e\1; York chaniwl
We ~ould
· clrnn • m1.: age
\ c didn't
do any
negot1at1on
~
but.
n flt:1hch: . ,t
as .
n
op
n
channel of
cOlDlDLlllH.:atwn.
[The!] North
Koreans
now
are
sending
r
t
m ,
t
end me -
age
t
the
United St te for
\\ hich there
I
n
return
~
..
munication. The. cncd
n
i:.
ample [
ituatiou
1
m \·}uch
the
Umted
States had some
questions
that
they wanted the
North
Korean to an , er hey
.. r
ubstanh\i
que lion
.
n
the ix-part ·
talks ...
bur
1'11.:
United
Stat . 'nl th, q111:.lti
11
to
China to be d,
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to th
01th
Korean
The North
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I, 1d , rhe1
·
\
an opportumfl to s1mplJ
cl
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,
,.
Amazon.com reported that in the
one week since Hunter's suicide,
it has sold as many copies of
"Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas"
as
it does
.
in one year.
His darkly comic writings will
live on in publication
,
and his
persona has been immortalized
by Johnny Depp in celluloid.
His body may be gone, but his
free soul still rumbles through
the heart of America like a bull
on acid
'
in a china shop. I, for
one, am thankful for that.
have:
StuJi..:nt
ovt.:mm
:nl
can
h
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e-mail
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an amateur 11pprooch "
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Kor •an
admitted
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nuclear
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mullilat r I ncgottations
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2005
www.maristcircle.com
With the many benefits of con-
tinued education, find out if
graduate school is right for you
By
AUBREY ROFF
Circle
Contributor
Although the law and our par-
ents make us go to elementary
school, we finish high school in
hopes of making more than min-
$139,000 more in their lifetime
than those with bachelor's
degrees, and those with profes-
sional or doctoral degrees earn
about $600,000 more than those
holding updergraduate degrees.
However, graduate school isn't
i m u m
wage, and
we go to
college
dreaming
of a career
Those with professional of doctoral
degrees earn about $600,000 more
than those holdlng undergraduate
degrees.
just
an
instant
ticket
to
h
i
g
h
salaries
and great
j
o
b
s
.
and com-
fortable life in the suburbs, we
don't really have to go to gradu-
ate school.
There are many things to con-
sider when deciding if attending
graduate school is tke right step
for you. First, there is the phe-
nomenon of "jobless recovery,"
where the economy continues to
improve without new jobs being
added. This will force people
seeking good employment to be
more competitive within the job
market.
Attending graduate school also
increases your likelihood of
making more money throughout
your career.
Individuals with
master's degrees make about
Those seeking master's degrees
will have at least a one-year
commitment, and those seeking
higher degrees could be devoted
to as much as a decade of work
and apprenticeships.
Also, graduate school programs
have become more cautious to
accept students straight out of
undergraduate
programs.
The
reason is that many students
apply to graduate school, just
because they are not sure of what
else to do. This situation usually
leaves them unprepared for the
demands of graduate school,
causing them to drop out before
the
program
has
ended.
Therefore, schools have begun to
consider both the students' aca-
demic accomplishments, as well
as their seriousness of
purpose.
It's important
to make sure that
you are truly ready for graduate
school before you make the
major decision to attend.
And then, of course, there's the
financial aspect of attending
graduate school. Tuition and liv-
ing expenses usually amount to
about $26,000 a year, and many
students find it difficult to
finance their ongoing education.
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Shakespeare rounds
_
out
MCCTA p~
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rformances
By
ALEXANDRIA BRIM
Staff Writer
save his friend, but Antonio's York City director. Chu is a
fate is determined by a mystery member of Lincoln Centre
witness.
"We're
approaching
Shakespeare in an ageless man-
ner to make it accessible to
everyone," Jennifer Goldsmith,
president of MCCTA as well as
Jessica in the production, said.
Theatre Directors Lab. She also
serves as a director for the
Shakespeare
Project and
the
Drilling Company.
"With time short, we pooled
together our efforts and created a
great show," Zacek said.
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Cure for class induced sleep
Sl>
how
often do you
doze
on
in
clas
even
\\h
n
it's
unintcn11on-
l,
or
ju
t
find
your-
elf
in
a fan-
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world
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i made
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chocolate
and
you
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control
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huh?
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It'. quite tru tratmg
lo
hold
those
eyelids
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when
they
must
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about
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car.
\nd the thmg that
come
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call
me
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it's m amtyl I'm
trymg
to
pell
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instance, and
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scribbles.
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the
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nitcd
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didn
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notes.
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test, I can
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t1mc \\
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jou'rc m
a
diffe~t pla c at a
different
time
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Rom · in the giant
public
baths
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into other
thoughts
1s
ju l
me 1table sometimes
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what
happcru? Doodles
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course'
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those
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are·
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hapes and shadmg
b autify
ing
the page. Who
y.,ouldn't \\ant
to read
at
after
that? These margins
are quit
dazzling indeed.
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it
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pens that I'm wntmg thi fine
article
to
k
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my
mind
from
dnfimg
to
parallel uni\~rses.
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enemy
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almost
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Bu h·s thought
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and
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rnd
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swear,
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the
clock
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booming
in m
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in
favor, say
"'A~
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Marist College Council on
Theatre Arts (MCCTA) will con-
clude its 2004-2005 mainstage
season March 4-6 with a produc-
tion of William Shakespeare's
"Merchant of Venice" in the
Nelly Goletti Theatre.
"Merchant" tells the story of
friends Antonio and Bassanio
and their dealings with the
shrewd
Shylock.
To
help
Bassanio wed his love Portia,
Antonio borrows money from
the vengeful Shylock with one
strange demand .. Antonio's busi-
ness fails and he cannot lJay
Shylock back. Shylock, upset at
his daughter'.s sudden elope-
ment, demands a pound of his
debtor's flesh.
Bassanio
fi~hts to
Joe Matero, who is playing
Shylock,
agreed
calling
Shakespeare a "classic" and this
particular play "a great show."
The show promises to be one
of MCCTA's p.nest and is open to
the
public
.
Performances on Mar.
4 and 5 will be held
at
8 p.m.
while the Mar. 6 performance
will be held at 2 p.m.
Tickets
will
be free for local high school stu-
dents, $3 for Marist students, and
$10 for general public admis-
sion. Reservations can be made
by calling the MCCTA box
office at X3133 or online at
www.mccta.com.
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"Shakespeare ... would a name
by any other evoke such fear?"
said Justin Zacek, who plays
Antonio -
.
the Merchant of
Venice. "We embrace our fear
with the help our fearless
leader."
The director ofMCCTA's pro-
duction
of "Merchants
of
Venice" is Nancy Chu, a New
Spend your summer getting paid with ROTC training
even if
Y.OU
haven't been as pre-
pared as I am, they dont expect
cadets coming in to know every-
thing,"
Stevens said.
Even though LTC is a basic
training for officers- in-training,
it is far different from the basic
training endured by Army enlis-
tees.
"I look at it more as a paid
summer
Army
internship,"
Stevens said.
Frank Licameli, lieutenant
colonel, assistant professor of
military science, notes that there
are differences between what
most students think about Army
training
and what actually
occurs.
"Training that occurs in LTC is
designed to build confidence,
and in
tum,
enhance
.
ones' abili-
ties," Licameli said. "The old
mindset that cadets are beaten
down and rebuilt up a certain
way doesn't apply here."
He also noted that there is an
ROTC lunchtime information
session on Thursday, Mar. 3 at
noon in the Student Center, room
348.
LTC consists
.
of four phases, or
training cycles.
They are the
Soldier First Phase, the Warrior
Leader
Phase,
the Bold Leader
Phase and finally, the Future
Leader phase. The Soldier First
phase
is
·
primarily an introduc-
tion to the Army and its history.
It
is in this phase where cadets
will learn all the necessary skills
for success in the fbllowing three
phases. Skills like marching,
military customs and courtesies.
In the Warrior Leader phase,
cadets learn basic military skills.
It is also
considered
the "adven-
ture" aspect of the training,
where cadets build self-confi-
dence and esprit-de-corps, or the
"gung-ho" attitude that is essen-
tial for success in any military
training, or civilian life.
·
In the Bold Leader phase, the
cadets are finally put to the test
on all they have been taught. In
the field, cadets are tested in land
navigation and assume leader-
ship
responsibilities,
like squad
or team leader. Cadets also take
part in their first Field Training
Exercise, or
FTX.
It
is intention-
ally tough
and
introduces the
element of stress. Cadets are
evaluated
on
how they respond
to the stressful conditions of this
part
of the training.
And the final phase, the Future
Leader phase introduces the
trained ROTC cadets
.
to the
social aspect of the Army. This is
when Family Day takes place
and
the
cadets graduate.
·
Christensen looks back on his
graduation day with pride, and
remembers the hard work it took
to get him there.
"It's only four weeks of your
life, but it was the most
reward-
ing four weeks I've ever had,"
Christensen said.
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For the modern-day zoo to have elephants
does nothing for the preservation or con-
servation of the species. And it does noth- , ,
ing for the welfare of the elephant.
- Carol Buckley
Elephant sactuary owner
PAGE6
Clean air reform
for N.
Y.
if
not
in U.S.
By
JEFF VARECKA
Circle Contributor
Recently the Kyoto Protocol came into
force in 126 nations, not
iJ?.cluding
the
United States. New York has taken an initia-
tive
in
protecting the environment despite
the country's refusal to join the world wide
effort.
The aim of the Kyoto Protocol is to fight
g~obal warming by reducing the production
of greenhouse gasses. CO2, a greenhouse
,
gas, is building up in the atmosphere and has
been linked t~ a rise in temperatures world-
wide. CO2 is mainly released into the.atmos-
phere as a by product of fossil fuel combus-
tic:m, from burning coal to produce electrici-
ty right down to the gasoline that burns in a
car's engine.
The United States is the leading country in
energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
The U.S. produces over 5.3 million tons per
year, while China the second largest produc-
er, emitting 3.3 million tons of CO2 per year.
These top two producers of CO2 in the
w.orld,
,
the U.S. and China, have not signed
the Kyoto Protocol.
President Bush's refusal to sign the Kyoto
Protocol has come as a shock to many.
Kyoto is the beginning of a solution. Since
the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, the pro-
visions in the Kyoto Protocol are projected to
only reduce CO2 levels by 5.2 percent from
their 1990 levels by 2012. Without the coop-
eration of three of the top five CO2 produc-
issues for many years. Before Kyoto, in 1970
the Clean Air Act was passed in an effort to
reduce harmful pollutants being emitted into
the atmosphere. The Clean Air Act targets
pollutants such as carbon dioxide, sulphur
dioxide found in acid rain, nitrogen oxide
which contributes to smog and causes lung
problems, and mercury which has caused
mental retardation in babies. The Clean Air
Act forces polluters to keep up with technol-
ogy that will reduce the amount of pollutants
they produce.
A major obstacle on the way to reform is
that the Clean
Air
Act is not enforced. The
CleanAir Act has laid out a set oflaws meant
to but not effective in reducing pollution and
fighting global warming. The Clean Air Act
has also been weakened by the Bush admin-
istration's Clear Skies Act.
The Clear Skies Act proposes a 70 percent
cut in pollution over 15 years, though in truth
it weakens the Clean Air Act. By 2015, Clear
Skies allows for 450,000 more tons of nitro-
gen oxide, one million more tons of sulfur
dioxide, and 9.5 more tons of mercury than
allowed by the Clean Air Act. The Clear
Skies Act does not address carbon dioxide.
Clear Skjes also lets polluters ignore the
Clean Air Act mandate to use cleaner tech-
nologies.
In the spirit of the Clean Air Act, Governor
Pataki of New York State has proposed the
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or
RGGI, includes 11 northeastern states from
Maine to Maryland, and its purpose is to
reduce industrial production of CO2 and
ers, many critics believe that the goal will be greenhouse gases in these
11
states. The
difficult to reach.
RGGI is based on a cap system, which sets a
Global warming and pollution have been
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However, there are still 39 other states that
contribute to the United States' number
one
position among greenhouse gas producers.
The RGGI mainly addresses industry.
Infrastructure and
.
transportation
are
also
important
in
solving problems of energy con-
sumption and pollution. While industry is a
main producer of CO2, production of ~lec-
tricity and the c~ fumes account for much of
the CO2 production in our country.
Responsibility for controlling greenhouse
gases and global warming depends on more
than Kyoto an_d the RGGI. Moving towards
use of renewable resources and helping
developing nations to do the same are vital to
sustaining the goals of the Kyoto Protocol.
Seven years of partial cooperation with
respect to solving the problem of CO2 pro-
duction, and setting a limit for CO2 produc-
tion within one region of the United States
are not going
to
achieve a long
_term
goal.
Nevertheless, they are steps in the right
direction.
Getting results will
ultimately
take more
than regional policies and failure. to enforce
the laws already created. Work needs to be
done within this country and in conjunction
with others. Only when global warming and
CO2 production are recognized as
legitimate
problems can there be a legitimate solution.
By KRISTEN ALLDREDGE
Health Editor
Elephant Rights
Animal
Rights
protesters argue ..., 1th zookeepers over the pur-
'
pose
of
zoos.
following reports ot
d1s1urb111g
behn,.:
tor from am-
rnals
and
the death
of four cl phant
.
CNN reports both id s
or' the
i
sue: zoos are important tor re carch and sun ival of
pecie
,
while
critic
say
animals
are subjected to
phy
1cal nd
mental strc.
s
in capt!\ ity
Bill
fo tcr. pre idcnt uf the Amcncan Zoo and Aquarium
Association
belte, i.:s that
the
ammal '
natural
habitats arc being
ruined
hy
human populations and
v.
ill cause their redu
·tion
and
c tinction if not pr·
cl'\cd
b)
lh
zoo .A spokesman for Pcliplc
for the Ethical Treatment of mmals (PETA) pomted out
th.tt
animal art> bchavmg ddl) m zoo
and this,
d1 turban e
on
spectators
is
defeating
the
exhibition'- educational purpo
c
,
R,eports
show
thi.ll
zoo elephants that
are
kept in ~ramped
quarters and susceptible to infe(t1ons often die younger and
are
less
capahlc
of
brecdmg
than
man) left
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zoo to
hu
c dcphants do nothmg for
the pre en.auon or corn,crvation of
(lie
species.
And
it
docs
nothing for
the
welfare
ot
the elephant.''
said
arol
Buckley.
crcalor
of a anctuary for a dozen
cast-off
zoo and c1rcu ele-
phant
.
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countne
that
have
ncgl
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d
to
ign
uch as
China
and the
United
States arc
set to take action m combatrng against
global
warmmg.
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ctnnpaign
i call ·d Zero
'arbonCity
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by
the
British
Coum:il is
fo
u
cd on
!hos
cities
that are the biggest
consumers of
elcctnctt)
and generators of
greenhouse
ga es,
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reported.
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f
ihe
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I have never. seen that many
people in the park at one time
during the winter, regardless
of the cold weather.
, ,
-Jody Menna
Junior
PAGE7
Central Park Gates warm
barren winter landscape
By
KERRI MARKS
Circle Contributor
The trees add color in most sea-
·
sons, but since February
12
"The
Gates" are what have been
adding color and life to Central
Park.
Claude,
two artists who peti-
tioned the
city
for nearly thirty
years in order to see their idea
materialize.
Mayor Bloomberg finally
approved their idea in
2003,
and
was the first to drop the fabric
from one of "The Gates" at the
The celebrated
exhibit
that opening
ceremony
held on
lines the paths of Central Park is February
12.
the work of Christo and Jeanne-
After
21
million dollars of
financing by
C.V.J. Corp.,
which
is
- . . ~ headed
by
Christo, this
idea can be
now
be
observed by
all the visitors
to
Central
--rhe Gates· in Central Park wer_e exhibited for 16 days,
warming up the desolate winter atmosphere.
park. For
16
days
till
February
28,
7,500
of "The Gates" that park lack.
Christo
and
Jeanne-Claude
Junior, Jody Menna,
imagined can be seen standing who
visited
"The
16
feet tall throughout all
23
Gates" on February
19
miles•of pathways in the park.
said the exhibit added
"The Gates" are actually vinyl color and life to the
frames with saffron colored fab-
park unlike any other
ric hanging from
·
the top-inside time she had been there
until
·
about
7 feet above the in the winter.
ground. According to the Christo
"I have never seen that
and Jeanne-Claude website, the many people in the park
saffron fabric chosen by the at one time during the
artists was meant to be a "golden winter, regardless of the
ceiling creating warm shadows." cold weather," said
The fabric, however, has been Menna. "There was a
disputed by many people and variety of people gath-
even ne"".spapers such as the ered there; families,
New York Times, since it couples, students and all
appears much more orange than to experience the art."
saffron in reality. Despite the
The Christo and
Costing $21 million, "The 'Gatesw stand 16
actual color of the fabric, it Jeanne-Claude website
feet tall and stretch 23 miles throughout
serves its purpose as a warm also states that the idea
Central Park in NYC.
welcome by adding color that the behind the project was to
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SEE GATES, PAGE 8
'In Between' outstanding a~d
ordinary, Jack
Johnson's third album released
By
KATE GIGLIO
Managing Editor
Jack Johnson
"In Between Dreams"
Universal Records
2005
singing channing,
poetic lyrics,
and his relaxed guitar. The light
piano
in between verses is anpth-
er element that pushes this into
the top
echelon
of the album.
The next track,
''Never
Know,"
is more of a rhythmic segue way
than anything else over to track
three,
"Banana
Pancakes." With
the sound of rain in the back-
After seeing the
video
for
"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing," I
developed some rather high
hopes for the new Jack Johnson
ground,
Johnson preaches the
album. After all, the
veritable
oft-overlooked importance of
"singles" from his
first
two
slowing
down life a bit, taking it
albums weren't even my favorite
easy, staying
in bed and making
songs on the discs; albeit
~~y
some banana pancakes.
And
were really
good.
So here I am, who's going to argue
with
that?
giddy with
anticipatory
glee,
"Good People" is next on the
pressing play on track one of "In list, in which Johnson poses a
Between Dreams."
rather ingenuous question. "I've
Well, I wasn't immediately dis-
been chahgin' channels / I don't
see them on the
TV
shows /
appointed-the first track is my
second-favorite on the album. Where'd all the good people go?
But as it turns out, the
single i~
I
We got heaps and heaps of what
we sow." He also claims televi-
by far the best on the CD. And
while it is
·
a great song that sion
1s
"desensitizing
the
evokes
Johnson's break-out nation."
Likewise, in "The
"B
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F 'rytal
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rus ire a1
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disheartening that there are no • Fairytales album, he sang "A
hidden gems on this one like billion people died on the news
there are on ''Fairytales" and his tonight! But _not~? many cri~? at
sophomore effort, "On and On."
the_t~mble sig~t. _Tho~gh Its a
The opener of "Dreams," legitrrnate rummation, 1t
_seems
"Better Together,"
is
a relaxed, out of place on so1;1ethmg as
sweet opener, proclaiming that mellow as Johnson s albums.
"Love is the answer/ At least for And on "Staple It Together"
most of the questions in' my (track,, seven) and "Crying
heart." Besides b~ing one of the Shame (track nine), he speaks
stronger songs on the album, it out. a~ainst the chronically
also demonstrates classic Jack demal-ridden and warmongers.
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there's
really no point.
"Situations"
like this need to
be
avoided-
the
album
becomes stilted.
"Crying
Shame" and
"If
I Could," the
next two songs,
again, are stan-
dard - issue
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with
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Jack
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Granted, I like Jack-Johnson
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other types, but after two CDs
like "Fairytales" and "On and
On," I had hoped for something a
little !!).9_re.
½uckily, the disc
picks
up
witlr
"Sitting;
waiting,
Wishing," the aforementioned
best song on the album. This is
where he comes closest to
hitti~g
the feeling of "Fairytales," where
you listen on a loop. It is proba-
bly the tightest song on the
album, as well, and for anyone
who's heard other stuff of
Johnson's, this is the category
where his not-as-good stuff is not
as good. Sometimes he tends to
linger and lag on tracks, and
while it works on some of the
really lazy surfer stuff; some-
times it just gets, well, tired.
melodies
and
Cover art for Jack Johnson's third album, "In
insightful lyrics.
Between
Dreams:
The roughly one and a half
minute-long "Situations" pops
up after the filler-esque "Staple It
Together."
Not sure why he
included it
on
here,
but
the last
tiny song I liked on an album
was the Foo Fighters' "Doll" on
"The Colour and the Shape"-
you don't need to ask, What is
this song doing here ... It's only
Track eleven,
"Breakdown" is another one of
the better songs on the album.
Though the metaphorical lyrics
could be cheesy if they were
another
musician's,
indeed,
Johnson makes them work. The
chorus
is catchy, and the guitar
work is nice.
"Belle" comes closest to being
that hidden gem I complained
about not really finding.
The
French-sounding
accompani-
ment, French
lyrics,
and an
0.
Henry-esque
twist
in this
vignette of a song make it glisten
with originality.
"Do You Remember" continues
to pick up the album.
It
is short,
but sweet. And the last song,
"Constellations," is a good clos-
er, in both its dreamlike melody
and wistful message. "Listen to
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sings.
As the track melts away
with the same
simple guitar
lick
with which it
started,
you are left
thinking
,
"That's
all?" Alas,
the al bum is only a mere
40
minutes
long. None of the
songs are more than three and a
half minutes, and most are
between
two
and
three.
The album's overall
weakness
is that none of the songs, though
they are enjoyable (for.the most
part) sound particularly distinc-
tive. The
only
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are
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the
annual
calamity that
is
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2005 •
PAGE 8
Fifth place finish at ECAC compliments strong season
·
Womens swimming
and
diving
place in top fifteen for second
.
time in sc.hool history
Sy
CHRIS
TORRES
Staff Writer
The women's swimming and
diving
team capped off a largely
successful season by placing
fifth
at
the
ECAC
Championships this weekend in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Coming off their first place fin-
ish in the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference Championships, the
Red Foxes had a strong outing
by accumulating 284 points,
behind only Boston College,
New Hampshire, Harvard, and
Wagner.
From Page Seven
Coach Larry Van Wagner said
he was pleased with the perform-
ance but admitted last week's
MAAC Championships was the
Nonetheless, this year marks
only the second time in Marist
school history that the women's
swimming and diving placed in
peak of the
team's per-
formance
this year.
"I think we
had our best
perf ormanc-
es at the
This year marks only the
second
time
In
Marist
school
history
that
the women
1
s swimming and
diving placed
In
the top fifteen
at the ECAC
championships.
the top fif-
teen at the
E C A C
champi-
onships after
finishing
fourth a year
]vfAAC Championships," he
said. "Our finish this weekend
was what I expected but I'm still
extremely pleased with how we
did."
ago.
Marist was led by their super-
star
swimmer,
sophomore
Lauren Malski, who broke her
own school record in the 200-
yard breaststroke by finishing
the event with a time of 2:16.92. chipped in a 12th-place finish in ing the girls break an incredible
She also swam to her second
.
the
·
1,650-yard freestyle in amount of school and MAAC
NCAA"B" standard time in that 17:45.63.
records, coach VanWagner said
~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
By qualifying for the "B" stan-
team competition for the 2004-
great strides in their improve-
dard time, Malski will be taken 2005 season, but the diving team ment since last season.
into consideration to compete in will be sending two of its stars to
"I couldn't say this at the
the NCAA Championships. The the NCAA Zone A Diving beginning of the year, but
I
actu-
announcement of the field will Regionals in two weeks.
ally think we're a better team
be Friday.
Junior Meghan Duffy and now than we were last year'' he
The 400-yard freestyle relay freshman Melissa Mangona will said. "We had some really great
•
squad of sophomores Kimberly go to Annapolis, Md. on Mar. 11-
accomplishmenis
and
I'm
Koehler and Victoria Fres.al.one,
12 in hopes of qualifying to com-
extremely pleased with the way
senior co-captain Emily Heslin pete in the Division I champi-
the girls performed' throughout
and reigning MAAC swimmer of onships this year.
the year."
the year Jamie Falco placed sixth
After coaching the team to a
in a time of 3:36.67. Heslin also MAAC championship and see-
Gates give
·
NYC
splash of color amid winter snOw
upon from the surrounding build-
ings, but
it has actually served as
much
more.
"The Gates" do
serve as
a colorful river but have
also
served to bring about a live-
lier atmosphere
into the park.
"The Gates" have brought an
influx of
people
gathering in
Central
Park
despite the hostile
winter weather.
The Park is
overwhelmed with
·
people who
want to experience the work of
Christo and Jeanne-Claude as it
runs along the pathways. Many
people can be seen gathering on
large rock formations which over
look the skating rink .
.
This is one
spot where a portion of the color-
ful river idea can be seen without
entering a surrounding building,
but from actually inside the park.
Menna said she experienced
that sight when she stood on the
rocks herself
.
She thought that
the view from those rocks
showed the river of color that
Christo and Jeanne-Claude want-
eel
their audience to experience.
the paths in the park."
"When I was walking around, I
"I stood on rocks so that I could
Menna also stated that many could hear a lot of people talking
get a better
people she about what they thought of [the
view of "The
The Park is overwhelmed with
saw walking exhibit], some liked it, some did-
Gates," said
Menna. "It
was
really
pretty, with
people who want to experience
around the n't," said Memia, "but either way
the ~ork of Christo and Jeanne-
park
were they were still the~
in
the freez-
Claude.
expressing
-
ing.cold to see it, so I thinkjust
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
different that makes the project success-
the orange color highlighting all opinions toward the exhibit.
ful."
Classic Jack Johnson compilation promises to please fans, not strangers
Keep in
mind, though, that
although this all might sound
somewhat harsh, it is only a rela-
tive
comparison of past Johnson
albums,
not a coid review.
"Dreams"
is solid and will be a
fixture in my car's CD player.
Johnson's lyrics are always things perfectly; things- that
something to look forward to. many songwriters would have
They read
.
di
ff
i cu 1 t y
and
listen
If all the songs
sound
the same
saying with-
like poetry,
.••
none can really be bad.
out
being
s e e m i n g
awkward
.
somehow to always phrase
Also, even though most of the
songs may not stand out musical-
ly, per se, the Jack Johnson fan
already has this album and loves
it for what it is--a Jack Johnson
album.
There is no song that I'm itch-
ing to skip over. I'm not even
going to argue his anti-war a pretty good song. Overall, "In
views
;
it's just odd that he incor-
Between Dreams" just needs a
porated them
•
into one of his little
extra
oomph-some
trademark beachy, laid-back proverbial
chocolate
chips
compilations.
Arid granted, thrown on top.
while chocolate chip pancakes
.
are better than "Banana," it's still
Resident movie critic views Academy Awards ceremony
·
as major
·
calamity
dare
I
go
so
far as to say, vomit at an event that he has absolutely off all of this; Chris Rock actual-
show. Dear Mr. Rock, you're not ioned Oscars when the actual social political bull .
.
. ya know
.
inducing.
Not only that, but P.
nothing
do
to with and should ly had the balls to yell out in Brooklyn, so shut up. What subject of the matter-was focused
Diddy
also
made an appearance therefore have no part in. To top "Brooklyn!" at the end of the ever happened to the old fash-
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PAGE 9,
Seniors drop last home game; seeded eighth in MAAC!
By
GABE PERNA
Staff Writer
The men's basketball team suffered a
heartbreaking 85-81 loss to Canisius in
front of a packed McCann Center full
of 2,563 Red Fox fans, excited for the
last home contest of the year and the
events of "Senior Night."
The seniors for the Red Foxes, center
Will McClurkin and guards Brandon
Ellerbee and Pierre Monagan, did their
best to help the Red Foxes overcome
the Golden Griffins and leave the
Mccann Center on a winning note.
Monagan posted a career high 21
points to go with seven rebounds and
four points. McClurkin added 22
points, 15 boards and three blocks in
the losing cause.
Three players
·from
Canisius, sopho-
Canisius ended the half on an 18-5
mores
Darnell
Wilson and Chuck run, giving them a ten point lead at the
Harris and red-shirt junior Kevin break 50-40. The Red Foxes made sev-
Downey, had 17 points, in which all
eral comeback efforts in the second
three led their team in scoring during half, even coming within one point dur-
the contest.
ing one point of the game.
Head coach Matt Brady said Canisius
However, the Red Foxes couldn't
has an offense that is - - - - - - - - - - - - overcome
Canisius
arduous to contain.
Brady
said
the loss to
and suffered their
"I think they are the
Canisius
capped an unfor-
ninth loss in ten tries,
most talented offen-
tunate end to the regular
which ends their regu-
sive team in this
lar season with a
league,"
he
said.
season for the Foxes, one
record of 8-10 in the
"They
sometimes
that he did not envision.
Metro
Atlantic
force you to play
Athletic Conference
small, and we played small. We weren't and 11-17 overall.
as quick to the ball tonight. We could-
Brady said the loss to Canisius
n't come off screens
'and
gave them too capped an unfortunate end to the regu-
many open shots. This game I think lar season for the Foxes, one that he did
was decided in the first half as was the not envision.
last game."
"This is not finishing strong;_ this is
For the seniors, the loss was a tough~
way to end their careers at the McCann
~
Center, especially after the celebration
and events surrounding
"Senior
S
Night." The seniors on the basketball
;.;:
team, as well as in-the band, cheerlead- -
ing squad and dance team, were cele-
brated with plaques and walked on tot.!•
the court with their parents in earlier
1~
ceremonies.
The Red Foxes will coincidently get:.,
another chance at the Golden Griffins
l
next week in the MAAC tournament in
the first round.
Brady said he hopes the three times in
~
'
a season effect, where in all forms of
·
team sports it's he.rd to beat the same
1
team three times: a season, comes into
~,
play.
"In
sports and in college basketball,
Ji/
it is hard to beat
a·
team three times," he -
said.
"These
guys [Canisius] are going
Senior center Will
McClurkin scored
22 points
while
grabbing
15
boards
in his
last
game.
But despite the efforts from the sen-
iors, Marist could not stop a Canisius
offensive onslaught. This especially
was true in the first half, when the
Golden Griffins scored 50 points and
shot 60 percent from the field.
Brady had to be frustrated during a not what I envisioned or something we
late stretch in the first half when his are building to," he said. "We have to
team committed several turnovers and keep our heads up. The
hardest
thing in
gave up several second chance points
·
athletics is when you lose some game
to the Griffins.
is to stay confident."
to be playing in Buffalo wi~ some
fans, but when we went up there\
before, we had a lead late and we were,
undermanned."
Point guard, Monagan's Marist
career gives better handle on life
By
ALEX
PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Opinion Editor
Any cliche-spouting jock can
tell you that basketball is a game
of inches, that a season of good
fortune can turn to disaster in an
instant. Pierre Monagan can tell
you that life is the same way.
Both from his age (23) and the
hardship he's experienced on and
off the court, Monagan is a man
among boys on the Marist men's
basketball team.
Hofstra, Monagan was wel-
comed back by a frenzied crowd
of almost 3,000 at the Mccann
Center and showed glimpses of
why he had caught former coach
Dave
Magarity's
attention.
Sharp
crossover
dribbles,
tightrope forays into the lane and
brilliant passes to wide-open
teammates gave Monagan 12
points and 8 asststs and the mem-
ory of the best game of his
career.
He came to
Poughkeepsie
in the fall of
2002 as a junior
transfer
from
Utah
Valley
State Coflege;
along with big
man
Chris
"That first game was the high
-----------~
P
o i n t , "
'I remembered
what
I had
Monagan said.
to do to get here.
I
really
Monagan was-
fell back In love with the
n't able to keep
game.'
it
going. and
the
team went a dis-
astrous
6:..22.
- Pierre Monagan
For the rest of
Senior, point
guard
the
season
he
shot only 34 percent from the
field while trying to shake ofI"
both rust and issues related to the
accident. Handy, since graduat-
ed, said that Monagan never was
the same as he was at Utah
Valley State.
Handy.
It
feels like it was an
eternity ago, and in college bas-
ketball years, it was.
A 6-foot-2 point guard with a
sick handle and a quick first step,
he was touted as one of the top
five junior college point guards
in the country.
As practices
began in October, all indications
were that Monagan would be
starting for then-coach Dave
Magarity when games began in
November.
On Halloween, he dressed up
as Oakland Raider Rod Woodson
and headed to McCoy's across
Route 9, to hang out with friends.
He wasn't there for long befor~ a
stray .38 caliber bullet went from
the side of his face out through
his neck.
The gunshot was the result of
an altercation between two other
patrons,
unbeknownst
to
Monagan. Fate threw him a no-
look pass.
A few inches here or there, and
the result would have been a lot
worse than having to take a red-
shirt season.
Magarity said he is still upset
about what Monagan had to
endure.
"I think there's
no question
about the fact that it was physical
and mental," he said. "Can you
imagine having to deal with the
issues he dealt with? He said
things to me that I wouldn't ever
think about... &omething like
that would re~lly
mess
anyone
up."
On
Feb.
5,
2004, he tore the
posterior cruciate ligament in his
right knee while
blocking
Niagara All-MAAC point guard
Alvin Cruz's shot, and missed the
rest of his junior year.
Monagan said that he watched
as freshman Jared Jordan took
over his job and became the
cherubic new face of the team,
but he wasn't jealous.
"Jared's my boy," Monagan
said. "I knew he
had
it in him
Monagan's
play
when
he
returned to Poughkeepsie.
"Pierre is healthy and much
improved ... he's the guy who's
improved the most shooting-
wise," he said at the time.
·
It sounded like the perfect start
to a fairy tale senior season, for
someone
harboring
dreams of
playing
professionally after
graduation.
Knee pain struck
again, and Monagan had surgery
to repair his right knee's menis-
cus on Oct. 29, almost a year to
the day of the accident at
McCoy's.
Knee problems have ended
many basketball careers, but
Monagan said he pressed on.
"[Quitting] never crossed my
mind," he said.
''There were
tough days. Where I'm from we
never give up."
Monagan returned to action on
Dec. 6 against St. Peter's, at
home. He sported a bulky brace
on
his right knee, but Monagan
said he was able to spell Jordan
at point for a few minutes.
"I felt awkward, I felt like I
didn't
belong with the team," he
said.
This season, he has averaged
four points a game while shoot-
ing 42 percent from downtown in
twelve minutes a game.
If
all
had gone well, Monagan would
have been a senior carrying the
team last year while Jordan was
his understudy, but instead,
Monagan is stuck playing behind
·
a
future All-MAAC guard.
"He should've been done play-
ing here, but instead he got
caught in a whole different situa-
tion," Magarity said.
"My
heart
goes
out
to him."
Against Iona on Feb. 21, Jordan
suffered
a high ankle sprain and
has
been
on crutches since.
Monagan had another chance,
albeit at
the
expense of a friend.
On Senior Day against
Canisius, with Marist needing a
win to salvage playoff position,
His jaw was wired shut for six
weeks,
and
according
to
Magarity, he had a year in stasis
to recover mentally and physical-
ly.
from the start.
I'm
happy for
Monagan watched as Jordan
him.
1 do
took over
.
his job, but he
Monagan was
himself again.
He poured in a
career-high 21
"I think he was a little
depressed that whole year," said
Magarity. "I can't even imagine
what was going through his mind
after
something
like that hap-
pened. Complete victim of cir-
cumstances, he had nothing. to do
with anything, and
'it
completely
changed his life."
Monagan said that despite the
difficulty the situation, it made
him a stronger individual.
"It was tough, to go through it
all just made my skin tougher,"
he said.
In 2003, he was ready to give
basketball another try. In a pre-
season National Invitational
Tournament home game against
know
I
wasn't jealous.
could've did
that too, it just didn't happen that
way."
He returned home to Chicago
to live with his mother, and spent
summer break playing pickup
games with old friends.
Monagan said he was discour-
aged by his struggles to rehabili-
tate his knee and his horrific luck
at Marist, but he said a flashback
to his childhood was what he
needed.
·
"I remembered what I had to do
to get here," he said. "I really
fell back in love with the game."
New coach Matt Brady said he
saw huge differences in Pierre
points,
shot
four~for-five from three-point
range, grabbed seven boards, and
dropped off four assists, though
the team lost.
"I
just felt the most comfort-
able that I have here,"
.
said
Monagan: "I didn't think about
anything, I was just playing out
there."
And
as
he talkei;l friendly trash
with
Canisius
guard
Jon
Popofski or screamed with joy as
he drew a foul on a layup,
Monagan looked like a teenager
running in a pickup game, with-
out scars, without a burden. The
way it should have been.
Courtesy of
GOREDFOXI.S.COM.
Sophomore guards
Jared Jordan and Will Whittington were named
third
team AII
-
MAAC
conference,
while red-
shirt
freshman
Ryan
Stilphen
was named
to
the
All-Rookie team.
On
the
women's
side
freshman
guard Nikki
>
Flores
was
named
to
the
All-Rookie
team while senior center Kristen Keller and
Junior forward
Fifi
camara,
r
headlined the first team AII-MAAC.
Five
men's and women's
-
receive postseason accolades
players
·~
•
•
•
'
•
•
•
By
PAUL $EACH
Staff Writer
While the men's basketball
team may not have had much
success on the court this season,
some player's hard work did not
go unnoticed. On the women's
side, the ac<:olades they received
reflect the solid team work that
has delivered them a 15 game
win streak and a regular season
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference Championship.
Three players from each team
were selected to various All-
MAAC teams as announced by
the conference on Feb 28.
Sophomore starting point
guard Jared Jordan and shooting
guard Will Whittington were
selected to the All-MAAC third
team. Jordan, who is currently
sidelined with a · high ankle
sprain, finished the season sec-
ond in the conference with
assists per game at 6.4 as well as
assist to turnover ratio. Jordan
was selected to an All-MAAC
team for the second year in a
row. Last year, he was part of the
All-Rookie team.
Whittington found a spot on the
third team for continuing his
solid play that dated back, to last
year's MAAC tournament in
Albany, when he finished with
18
points while nailing five
three-pointers in 73-64 loss to
Siena. This year, Whittington
finished the season ranking
among some of the top shooters
in the nation, placing 12th in
three point percentage at an even
50
percent. Whittington aver-
aged 16.6 points per game, tops
among his teammates.
Redshirt freshman Ryan
Stilphen garnered MAAC All-
Rookie honors, after a stellar
season in which he added size to
the front court next to senior
Will
Mcclurkin. Before going down
with a back injury, Stilphen led
the team in offensive rebounds
with 2.3 per game, and grabbed a
board
fu
the loss to Can:isius last
Saturday.
For the women, senior Kristin
Keller and junior standout Fifi
Camara made All-MAAC first
team. Camara made a big
impression on the MAAC, gain-
ing 13 of her school record 14
doublesdoubles against MAAC
:
opponents. She nearly averaged
l
,
a double-double for the season,
:
bringing 15.7 points and 9.5
;
boards to the table during each
;
,
•
game.
,
Keller, who was selected
to
the
l
pre-season first team, did not dis-
~
appoint
this
season, posting a
~
solid senior season in which she
~
averaged 14.7 points and 7.3
J
rebounds a game. She had a team
~
high 27 blocks and combined!
with Camara's 57 steals, con-
I
tributed to the
stifling
defense
,
that is third in the
nation,
giving
i
up 51.0 points per game.
I
Freshman guard Nikki Flores
made the All-Rookie team,
shooting a team-best 75 percent
l
from the free throw line, while
t
totaling 22 assists and 12 steals.
Both teams gear up to play in
the MAAC tournament in
Buffalo
tlis
weekend.
The men
will pl~ tomorrow against
Canisuis in the 7-8 game, while
the women earned a double bye
and will wait to play on
J
Saturday.
'
Red
Foxes
devour Terriers .in decisive road
win
By
PAUL $EACH
Staff Writer
The Marist men's tennis team
won their fourth straight match,
defeating Boston University 6-1
in Boston, Ma. last weekend.
The Red Foxes started off the
match by sweeping the doubles
set. Number one doubles Pedro
Genovese
and
Leonardo
Rodriguez defeated Boston's
number one duo Mike Orden and
Barrett Wolf 8-3.
Last semester's surprise player
Ray Josephs and comebacker
Alain Boletta defeated Kris
Kubacki and Phil DeMeo 8-3.
Genovese's only win came
from his doubles
victory
as he
dropped his singles match to
Wolf in straight sets, winning 7-
5, 6-2.
Marist took the rest of the sin-
gles matches often going to three
sets in each match. The only two
set win for the Red Foxes came
from number four Ray Josephs,
who cruised past Kubacki 6~2, 6-
3.
With Pedro at one, Rodriguez
·
playing two, Mark Santucci at
three, Josephs at four, Federico
Rolon manning
'
the five spot and
Brandon
'tan
Wassbeek round-
ing out the order at six, the sin-
gles formation seems to be more
in place as the team prepares for
I
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference play beginning on
Afr.
2 at home against St.•Peters.
Newootn.er Federico Rolon
,
escaped
~ith
a
victory
in over-
j
time of th. third set, defeating
!
Ross Lolli in three very close
;
sets 7-5, 5~, 11-9.
!
The team takes a break from
,
competition for a few weeks
:
before heading to South Carolina
~
to play Lafayette and Coastal
t
Carolina on Mar. 17.
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THE CIRCLE
Men and women's MAAC Basketaball
Tournament in Buffalo, N.Y.:
Personal
record set
by
Berry
By
DREW BUDD
Circle Contributer
Th
men's track
t
am
com-
peted m
the
YU
Fa trn
k
Im
1tational this
pa
t
we
kend
at
th
Annory Track
and
Field
Center
in
C\
'rork
City.
'emor Clayton
Beny to ed
a personal-best
d1
tani:e
of
13
59 m
tcr (
44
feet,
8 mch-
e ) m
the
hot
put. His
pre,
1-
ou.
best
was
13.52
mete ·
\\<
hi h
he set
earlier
th1
sea-
son
Also
having
a strong
per-
fonuanc
was
sophomor:e
Bryan Qumn,
v.
ho pla cd
1xth
111
the
I J}OO-mekr
run
with
a tune
of
2:30.13. He
be
ame th
second fastest
run-
ner
m school
history
m
1h
ev ~nt,
now
trn,hng Chn
M
Clo k
In th
1.600
m
t
r relay
ophomore Bnan
DeMarco
ran
a personal best plit time
of 49
c nd .
DeMarco will
run
in
the
400-meter run at
the
IC4A
relay
ne
t ,,
eek.
The
J
4A
Champi0t1$hips
will
take plac
at Boston
nl\
ersity
this
., \; kcnd
It
wm
be
the
men'. final
iiiloor
meet
of the
sea.'lon.
ERIC KIMMEL/THE
CIRCLE
Above, Junior forward Fifi Camara goes up as she scores two
of
her game
high 22 points while grabbing 11 rebounds and
earning her
14th dou-
ble-double
of
the season. Marist improved to 15-3
in
the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference and are the
first
seed in the MAAC Tournament
Women's Basketball:
Saturday, Mar.
5
-
VS;
;,
TBD, 11 :30
a.m.
Men's
Basketball:
Friday,
Mar.
4 - vs
Canisius, 7 p.m.
PAGE 10
Fifteenth consecutive win
·
caps
historical season for Foxes
By ANDY ALONGI
Assistant
Sports Editor
The Red Foxes erased a two
point halftime deficit and clinched
the
Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC) regular sea-
son title last Sunday as they
defeated the host Rider Bronco
s
55-49
.
Junior'forward Fifi Camara post-
ed a school record 14th double-
double of the season while leading
all scorers with 22 points and
grabbing 11 rebounds
,
eight o
f
which were off the defensive
glass
.
Senior guard Megan Vetter was
the only other Marist player scor-
ing in double figures, earning 15
points and hitting three of Marist's
four three point field goals
.
Additionally, senior center Kristen
Keller scored nine points while
shJ>oting 7
5
percent from the free
throw line in her last regular sea-
son game.
The Broncs were led by senior
forward Leanne Moore who
scored 15 points and sophomore
guard Kara Borel, who notched a
game-high 15 rebounds. However
,
Marist out-perfonned the Broncs
in the rebounding column 40-35.
The Red Foxes outscored Rider
in the paint by an overwhelming
24-10 margin and capitali
z
ed off
R
ider
turnovers,
scoring
1
4 poi
n
ls
to Rider's 4.
Multiple Marist players received
postseason accolades
.
These play-
ers
included
freshman guard Nikki
Flores
,
Camara and Keller. Flores
was named to the MAAC All-
Rookie
Team. Flores came off the
bench this season seeing signifi-
cant minutes in all 27 games
played by the Red Foxes.
Camara was given First Team All
MAAC honors
.
Camara averaged
15.7 points per game while shoot-
ing 43.4 percent from the field.
She also led the MAAC in
reboW1ding with
9.5
rebounds per
game, averaging 3
.
26 offensive
rebounds per game, and defensive-
ly aver~ged two steals per game.
Keller shot 42
.
6 percent from the
field and placed fif
t
h in the
MAAC in scoring averag
i
ng 14.7
points per game and averaged 7.4
rebounds per game
.
The Foxes received their last loss
was
on
Jan
.
8, at the hands of
Canisius, the second
place
team in
the MAAC, only losing by three
points,
61-58.
Since then, they
have
won
15
games in a row, captured a second
consecutive MAAC regular sea-
son title, and given up
an
average
of
51 points
per
game, which was
the third best
average in
'
the nation
only
behind
eleventh-ranked
UCONN and
Delaware
State.
Marist
i
s the number one seed in
the MAAC tournament this week-
end in Buffalo,
N.Y.
The team
will
play their first
tournament
game in
the semi-finals on Saturday, Mar.
5
at 11:30 a.m. against either fourth
seeded Fairfield Stags, fifth seed-
ed Siena Saints, or tenth seeded
Iona Gaels. The game will be aired
on MSG Network, channel 17
.
If defense wins championships,
then Marist is
in
line to repeat as
MAAC champs.
Final Standings
Team
Record
1 ).Marist
2) Canisius
) Niagara
4)
Fairfield
5) Siena
1 -_3
14-4
11-7
9 .. 9
9
-
9
Team
6) Loyola
7
St. Peter's
8) Manhattan
9
Rider
10)
Iona
Record
9-9
7-11
6-12
6-12
4-14
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