VOLUME 58, ISSUE 12
FOUNDED IN 1965
.
Nine 'Idols' vie for praise
By
KATE GIGLIO
Managing
Editor
Though the winds outside blew bitter,
the ones inside Lowell Thomas wafted
sweetly through the
MCTV
studio
Tuesday night, as nine contestants com-
peted in the second round of "Marist
Idol."
Another change: Matt Andrews, one
of the original judges of "Idol," had to
resign his post. Marist senior Rachel
Wasser joined the lineup, bringing her
own background in theater to the
Gudges') table. Missy Alexander, assis-
tant professor of communications, and
Keith Strudler, sports communications,
returned to their positions as critical
moderators. Alexander said that Wasser
made a good addition to the panel.
dered him less than thrilled.
"It
wasn't my first choice immediate-
ly," Krill said. However, he said, he
quickly changed his mind.
"Now that I think about it, I like it,"
he said. "We found the best student
judge we could have."
Alexander also said she is
happy
to
resume her role.
·
"I very much enjoy working with [the
other judges], and I like seeing who
comes out," she said.
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A couple of things were different this
round. Janet Gilfeather, public relations
director for MCTV, said that in this sea-
son's round two, performers had musi-
cal accompaniment unlike round two in
the first season.
"They had a back-track this time," she
said. "That's something new."
"Rachel fit right in," she said. "I think
it's fun to have that student perspective
of things."
M CTV entertainment director and
producer of "Idol" Steve Krill said that
at first the idea of a student judge ren-
Alexander also said that while
"nobody totally wowed" her on
Tuesday, she expected several of the
performers to "shine" in the final round.
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Of
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Below-freezing temperatures. gusty
winds,
and large accumulattons of snow cause sheets of Ice
to
slide off the Chapel
roof.
Blizzard brings jubilation and hardship
By
ALEXANDER D. PANAGIOTOPOUPI.(
Opinion Editor
Som
19
inche
of
snow
wn rec
rnly
dumped unceremoniou. ly on areas ranging
from the M1d\\est to the East Coast.
Luck.ii}
f1
r
fari
l
:student . the
now
fell
on
aturdav
mght going
into
unda)
allowing
them to attend cla s
as
nonnal
on
Mond.
y
The blizzard. called on
t
the wor t
in
the last I 00 ) ear by meteorologi ts.
caused
O\
·r 1 death and 2 000 cancelled
flights
a -ro:.
the United
t
tc .
In
Poughkeep
1~
the
prec1pi!at10n
began
dur-
in0
th earlv a
ccmoon
of
aturda .
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e" at at
1an
t
th,
t
was
affected ,
as the
basketball
doubleheader
scheduled
,it
the
l!cCann Center.
The
\\Omen's
basketball
gam
at
5:30
p m a •ainst
Manhattan was
cancelled outnght. ,,hi!
the
1
en' game
, a
held
as cheduled
with
e,eml
inches
of
snow alrcad on the
round.
[t , ..
as
deemed that th gam-: h uld go on
111
e
the Loyola
Greyhound:s
and the
officiating
crew were
Ire dy
m to
1
The campus cafot fr continued to en.e
food on its regular schedule, although
"ice
was impacted
by
the stonn ome-
hat
'There \\
ren·1
as
many
on staff a
ual,"
said
Mark Perugini. a ophomore.
.. You could
tell
that because mstead
ot
having
regular
11\
·n.
arc
there
w
re
pla -
tic
uteu
1ls:
·1uden
living in
the Midrise
dl
nn
were
abk to get
to
the
dinrn
hall
ea
·ily,
as
the
two buildings
ar
rnnn
(;fed through
the
Student enter
Rotunda
the domed
and
colwnned three-
ory
edifice
pidured
on
the Manst Coll gc cou
•·
talo
••1t m e that you don't ha
to go
ou -
-.., Ii.:
fit
tt n \\ ]
said Bnan
Hodge,
a
Midrise re
1di.:nt ·
It delinitel
1
a
bonus
that
·ou
can
v.
r hort nd
tl1p
flops
to
get
an omelette·
111
-sno~ torm br
ught
J11y
to
students
who
live
on ·ampu , man
f
whom
frol-
icked on the
campw
green
and
made
no
angel.
Susan
B
rgqu1.t,
a JUntor,
pl. ed m
the
field of
Upper
West
C
dar
dunng
the
nov.
· It
wa
really
fun
getting no, cd
111
dur-
in
the
blizzard ' aid Bergqu1o; . "M
d
my
fn nd had a hug sno\ b 11 fight, and
afkrward
we made hot ch
!.:Olate
and
v.
atchcd a m vie on
demand.·•
For off-camrm tudents the tom1 creat•
cd a
rtuati
n similar to th one that Dr:
un
llm
g
faced
1n
1b
ri
ch11
in
B I he\
1k
Re\ oluuon. Police cars \\ nt up
and
dO\
"11
the
streets of Poughkeepsie with
bullhorns on · turday. am ouncing th
t
the
City
of
Poughk
eps1c
had
c..l
h
r
d
a taT
ofemergenc>
Ry, n Wimm.:r.
1umor
cornn
uter
who
II\
t:s m
the
quaintly ht to
I
modi.: tel
remote town
ofHyd
Park.
said that
1t
wa'i
a J ronouced
~tru
I
)ea\ mg
his
h
u
e and
gcttmg
to class on
1onday
'~e couldn't get
'
out
of
the house
ti
r a
day or two 'cause no
one
plowed th road
around
here,
Wimmer said. 'The road
wi;;rc
till b,td,
and
I
was
sk1ddmg
II
o\er
the
place
\l.
1th
nl)
small,
eh1 le."
t
nearby
State Umvers1t) of
e\\
Yo1k·
N~Y. P
tltL
i;Ju~
was al
o
hel ru
ched-
uled
on
Monday
''The roads
on
campus suck d, • said
Jcrom
Th mp
on.
a Junior.
chri
0Jm,1n.
a
junior
\.\ho
commutes
from Poughkeepsie, \\ a
or
·d
to find
alt n ati e tran
p\1rtnti
n to get
to
d
s.
• I h
<1111ount f
no\~ that
fell
m the
area
really incomemenced me. fon.::m,
me to
find a
means
t
tran~pl)natmn
other than
my
bicycle ., No1man
"ia1d.
One
student, R:, an Dam . was put in
great
peril by hi conunut from
Hyd
p
IT
'M)
car \\a hdmg · II over the road,·
Dame said. '
I
almo
t
hit a guy. In
t1m
like those
rt
,..,ould be nice to live on cam-
pus still. ·
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005
Securitv Briels:
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The "Security
Briefs"
and the "A [coho/ 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
.
PAGE2
Well that didn't take long
·
IIICl■III
ca . .
EVallll
Compiled
by
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
1/18
-
Leo
Hall
had
a welcome back party at 11: 10 p.m. Tuesday. Nine students were
caught with five cans of Miller Lite,
one
bottle of Honey Brown, one bottle of Captain
Morgan,
one
bottle of Jagermeister, and a butt load of empties. "How much is a butt
load?"
Like
a thousand dollars.
One
time I put a hundred dollars in my butt... "What
are
you talking about?"
I
see my 2get+her knowledge is wasted
on
you.
1/21
-
Champagnat gives us our
_
first fire alarm incident of the semester. At 12:30
a.m. the fire alarm went off on the third floor, causing the building to evacuate. I'm
sure everyone loved having to stand outside in zero degree weather because you don't
know how to pop a bag of popcorn. However, after the smoke cleared a little while
later, everyone was allowed to return to their rooms and everything was merry. Except
for the bag of popcorn who never got eaten. That just makes your heart melt doesn't
it? PQpcorn lives his entire life with the purpose to make a child happy, and look what
happens. He gets burned and tossed away like Justin Guarini. Well damn it, I liked
Justin Guarini!
1/21
-
Students from a Gartland G block apartment reported their television was miss-
ing at 5:15 p.m. The next day they woke up and found it sitting on their doorstep.
What friendly burglars. They steal a TV so they can watch Joan of Arcadia on Friday,
and return it on Saturday. Talk about faithful fans.
1/21
-
A student was found intoxicated and incoherent
in
Leo Hall at 9:40 p.m. He
was taken to St. Francis. Leo certainly is jumping out to an early lead. Wait, what's
this? Champagnat is challenging the ruling on the field saying that it should be their
point because the student was a Champagnat resident. 70 seconds later ... After review-
ing the play, the call on the field stands. The student landed on his left foot and dragged
his right, while still on Leo property. Also, residency of the student does not determine
points, proximity does.
,
1/22
-
Townhouse A had their fire alarm go off at 11 :30 a.m. Saturday. A slice of
pizza in the oven starting smoking, and Fairview responded. Fairview allowed every-
one to come back in saying, "Everything is all right. The pizza had a long, stressful
day and he just wanted to light one
up
and relax. He won~ do it again." Fun fact, l 0
people a year die from second hand smoke coming out of a pizza.
1/22
-
Gregory was observed trying to sneak
in
a keg at 3
:
30 p.m
.
"The structure
itself was sneaking it in? Not a student living there, but the actual edifice." Whatever.
The
student
was asked by security, "Hey, why the keg on Saturday afternoon? The
football championship games are on tomorrow." "Screw, Championship Sunday,". the
student replied. "This is for the Buick Invitational; my boy Tom Lehman is right in the
hunt."
1/22 -
Hopefully, this one will cool down the hot tempered Champagnat fans after my
last call. At 3:50 p.m. a student tried entering Champagnat with a suspiciously heavy
book bag. When questioned on it, the student walked away. He didn't go too far
though. He was f?und in a third floor Student Center bathroom trying to conceal 16
cans of Coors Light in his clothing. Between the big book bag, and walking to a bath-
room that is joined with Champagnat, it is safe to say you couldn't have been more
obvious. In fact, I haven't heard about anything so obvious since George Bush said he
was stupid. "He never said that."
1/23 -
I don't even know why we report Talmadge Court
in these briefs. You guys
have to be the fakest residential facility at Marist. However, we do, so here it is. At
1 :20 a.m. an unauthorized party was broken up Sunday morning. The apartment was
crammed with 75 people! Yeah, it was so packed you couldn't raise your beer to drink
without hitting the girl's butt in front of you. Needless to say, more alcohol was
drunk
that night than the rest of days of the week combined. "Sorry, I'm just trying to drink
my beer."
1/24 -
A Leo student reported a missing pair of shoes at 12: 15 a.m. Monday. He told
security they the shoes cost $120, and who he thought had them. Sure enough, the sus-
pect did have them but said, "The shoes are being held hostage until he pays the $50
he owes me from poker." "I see," said the officer. He turned around to the shoeless
boy, "Pay the man," and walked away.
Alcohol-related incidents
this
week:
1. Leo-2
2.
Gregory -
1
3.
Champagnat -
1
4.
Talmadge -
1
Total alcohol-related
incidents:
1.
Leo-2
2. Champagnat
-
1
a.
Gregory- 1
4. Talmadge
-
1
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Centrist policies might not be what Democrats need right now
By IGOR VOLSKY
Staff Writer
Speaking on the December 5th
edition of Meet the Press,
newly-elected
Democratic
Senate Minority Leader Harry
Reid admitted that with just 44
seats in the Senate, his party will
"have to work toward the mid-
dle" on social and moral issues.
Reid's admission came at a time
of fierce debate over the future
of the Democratic Party, and his
statement became an addition to
it. Internally, the party is in a
tug-of-war between more liber-
al-leaning lead~rs like Governor
Howard Dean and moderate
Clinton era Democrats like
Simon B. Rosenbei;-g, founder of
the New Democrat Network.
The w
i
nning ideology and
approach will be responsible for
maintaining the party's coalition,
preparing (and hopefully win-
'
ning) cru~ial off
-
year elections
in 2005 and 2006 and sustaining
large fundraising operations
.
And while most Democratic
strategists have sided ideologi-
cally, political consultant, lin-
guist
,
and cognitive scientist
George Lakoff approaches the
matter empirically
.
This former
advisor to the Dean campaign
argues that if Democrats want to
win a political majority, they
will have to learn how to proper-
ly communicate and frame their
message.
First, they must understand the
roots of their political ideology
and frame their arguments
with-
in their creed. According to
Lakoff, political ideology is an
extension of family life. And,
since progressives and conserva-
tives idealize different family
models or structures, their polit-
ical outlook is also different. For
instance, conservative causes
have their roots in a "strict-
father famiJy." Their world is a
Hobbesian-like universe of g9od
and evil. The role of the strong
father is to protect and discipline
his wife and children from the
dangers of society. Children are
properly disciplined once they
begin to pursue their self inter-
est, without question or concern
for others. The world is a dark
place, and only the
.
strong sur-
vive.
Appropriately, laws and insti-
tutions which impede the pursuit
of personal gratification and suc-
cess must be abolished, along
with government programs that
provide
·
help to the undisci-
plined. On the national stage, the
government is seen as the strict
father whose sole function is to
support and protect only those
citizens that are self reliant and
prosperous.
To that end, environmental
regulations, corporate supervi
-
sion, social welfare programs,
and even abortions must all be
abolished since they reward and
give tg the undisciplined that
which they have not earned.
Taxes take wealth away from the
prosperous and transfer it to the
,
poor, who, incidentally, deserve
poverty and punishment since
they were not sufficiently disci-
plined for the pursuit of selfish-
ness. A woman's right to choose
only serves
for all
.
Environmental regula-
Luntz, the conservative word
tions, corporate supervision and guru, has manufactured a host of
social
·
welfare programs are all
rhetorical conservative catch
necessary to maintain personal phrases which, once applied,
responsibility and accountability incite a conservative family
and to ensure respect for fellow
framework. Lakoff gives the
human beings
.
and for mother example of "tax relief."
earth. Taxes serve as a member-
The word "relief' conjures up
ship fee for living in America a framework in which there is a
and finance the infrastructure of victim, villain, hero and a crime.
our democracy
.
Since
the The crime is taxation (what they
w e a
1
t h y
call the distribution of wealth
to undermine
the authority
of
the
father/gov-
ernment, as
does
the
opinion
of.
Taxes are disproportionately
cut for those
in
the upper
Income brackets and the tax
burden Is shifted towards the
middle class.
from rich to poor), the victim is
the taxpayer, the villain is the
liberal bureaucracy and the hero
is the conservative strong-father
figure who cuts taxes.
-------------
receive most
from the bene-
fits of mem-
bership, (i.e.
drugs devel-
oped
with
public money
are given to
Since voters are able to identi-
fy with this fairy-tale like frame-
work, they vote in its favor.
Realistically however, taxes are
disproportionately cut for those
in the upper income brackets and
the tax burden is shifted towards
the middle class. But by then,
the framework has served its
purpose. If Democrats apply
such Luntz-inspired terms as
"tax relief' or "death tax" they
lock themselves within a conser-
vative framework. And tl;t.ey
lose.
1 e s
s e r
nations who dare contradict the
established ruling doctrines.
On the contrary, the progres-
sive family model, based on
empathy and responsibility is
that of two nurturan~ and respon
7
sible parents who believe that
their children are innately good
but are always capable, of
becomi
_
ng better. "Respol}Sibility
implies protection, competence
,
education, hard work and social
connectedne~s;
empathy
requires freedom, fairness and
honesty, two-way communica-
tion, [and] a fulfilled life and
restitution," writes Lakoff. Thus,
it is the job of the government to
protect the population, preserve
democracy and promote fairness
pharmaceutical companies for
patent and private profit, compa-
nies hire scientists trained under
government grants etc ... ) they
should
pay
higher
dues.
Globally, the nurturant family
worldview dictates that America
must include other nations
in
the
decision-making process of
issues which hold world ramifi-
cations.
Yet
·
conservatives
·
have been
more successful at using their
framework to shape public opin-
ion. Frames are connotations
that are part of what scientists
call "cognitive unconscious",
inaccessible to the conscious
mind
,
but influential in the deci-
sion making process
.
Frank
While conservatives and pro-
gressives have their respective
world views
,
the 25-30% of
American swing voters alternate
between the two frameworks
.
During a political campaign,
each party tries to sway more
voters
towards
its
side.
Conservatives are far more com-
pelling: they speak about issues
with the moral fervency that
attracts voters; and voters identi-
fy with it. Meanwhile,
progres-
sives often lack a common
theme or link
between
their poli-
cies and thus they fail to incite
enough passion to increase their
votes.
Unfortunately, Reid and the
others believe that by placating
to the Republicans on moral
,
issues, they will be able to win
votes economically, with raw
statistics and facts. But voters
think in frames and the facts that
don't fit their framework are dis-
regarded. Thus, progressives
need to find a common theme, a
framework, and imbue it with
enough morality and righteous-
ness as to convince voters that
their own
morality
is
progres-
sive, not conservative. Only then
will Democrats be able to bond
with those voters
·
who vote their
identity, not their interest
,
Progressive Democrats need to
clearly communicate their poli-
cies, not change their policies.
The former
will take great
adjustment and self inspection;
the latter is erroneously seen as a
quick fix. Henry Reid seems
content on working on the latter.
He's a follower, not a leader.
Returning from
abroad
brings culture shock
By
CHRISTOPHER
BRENNER
Staff Writer
Ch-ch-ch-changes.
So the
David Bowie song goes. After
spending last semester overseas,
over one hundred Marist stu-
dents are
.
returning to campus
and noticing some... well,
changes.
It's a little strange,
coming back - everything's the
same as it was before and yet
-completely different.
Going
abroad is such an incredible,
exhilarating experience that
attending Marist again might
take some painful readjusting.
Of course, everyone should be so
lucky to have that kind of read-
justment.
So what's changed since last
May? The route
9
crosswalk has
a traffic light.
·
Toucan is out,
Mahoney's is in
.
Oh, and Lowell
Thomas has new carpeting
(Wow!) In short, Marist looks Sydney? And no disrespect to
pretty much the same as it did Dough Boys, but they got noth-
before. The changes that abroad ing on a San Niccolo pizza from
students are noticing are more Florence. Living in a foreign
personal. It'd be wonderful to country, everything was new and
believe that you can come back exciting; you never knew what
after
being
away for eight the day had, in store for you.
months and pick up where you Best of all, you became accus-
left off, but that's just wishful tomed to that excitement.
thinking. Friends have moved
"Being back at Marist is like
ori. The effort of doing actual being a foreigner
.
London was
college work suddenly
·
seems my home," said junior Courtney
.
daunting. Worst of all, you wake King. Mixing it up with those
up and think
"Hey!
Wasn't I just Chinese
go-go
dancers
in
in Malta? Why is it so damn
·
Madrid. Or bonding with your
cold?"
stripper roommates at that hostel
Much of the discomfort stems in Cairns. Every day had some
from the fact that you've had th,e
sort of adventure, even if it was
privilege of living on your own just heading to a class or intern-
in a major world city and in com-
ship. The thrill, the high, the
parison, Marist seems pretty
,
inexplicable rush of possibility
ordinary. Hatter's, house parties,
followed you everywhere and
and happy hours are all well and honestly
,
what could be better
good,_ but can it really compete than that?
with the Coogee Beach Palace in
SEE ABROAD,
PAGE
6
Campus recycling
program
shows
improvment
Dear
Mari
t
mmunity.
The Man t College Recyclmg
Comnutt
has,
in
the past
year,
assessed r
ycling
efforts, pro-
moted recyclmg, and taken
tcps to
~tandardizc
recycling
practices
at k cation on cam-
pus. The Recycling
ommittee
i
a diverse group of tndl\ iduals
including mt:mbers of th
Student
(ro\Jemment
Association,
tudents
Encouraging
Em ironmental
Dedication\ the Div1s1on of
Student
ff
air .
Hou mg,
Sodexho,
Royal
Carting
Service, and Manst faculty. \\e
have been m ting regular!
since last year to 1mpru
Marist's recycling program.
L,
year we created a
new.
plan to make
rec
cling easier.
We fir
t
took
1mentory of recy
-
cling
bins
on campu and ..., ere
astounded
to
find
no unifi
nmty.
Although
ome on-campus
apartments did have the correct
number of
bins (2). many only
had one or none We ct out to
make more recycle bm a, ail-
able
Each apartment hould
ha,e 2
rec)cle bins: one for
mixed paper and another for
commmglc-
(#
I
and #2 plastics
glass.
and
aluminum).
Residence hall
should also
ha\e these
bins located
in
the
tra
hi
recychng
rooms
on
each
floor
,
There should al o be
po
t
rs e plaining
exactly what
can and can not
be
re ·yclcd
in
these areas.
For academic
buildings,
we
ha, adopted a
proce
of phasmg
-
m n " recy-
lable c
llection
sites.
E\'erv
butldmg on campus no"
·
has
bin
for
placement of r
cy-
clables.
Now
that
\\e ha,c: partially
succeeded in makmg recycling
mor· a
c
sbk to the 1 ·bt
community,
we mu
t
all do our
part' Ret)cling
at
tari
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will
onl
be
UCCi;
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if
we all
cooperate. \\emu
t
make sure
that we are infom1ed and aware
of what can be re )
dcd. E, en
one piece of non-rccy table
\\a
tc can contaminate an entire
bin of rec clablc .
W
v.ould be
most appreciative
1f
you "oul<l
join our efforts to make
the
recychng
program at Marist
succ s ful
If you ha,
any
qu
tion •
concerns, or com
-
ment plea
fi
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u
at· rec;clmg@manst ed11
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005
·
www.maristcircle.com
· PAGE 4
I
naugural weekend as mu
ch a
bout dress a
s address
By
MEGHAN McKAY
Circle Contributor
Thursday morning in a dazzling
winter white ensemble including
an embroidered cashmere coat
Who says politics can't be worn over a wool boucle sheath
glamorous?
Decked out in dress, in comparison to the moth-
everything from sequins to er-of-the-bride suits she dis-
snakeskin, America's rich and played four years ago. Enlisting
powerful gave Hollywood stars a the aid of more prestigious and
run for their money as the 55th
,
edgy designers has hel
p
ed Bush
. Presidential Inauguration week refine her taste, visibly become
hurtled by in a flurry of high-
more
·
trend-conscious and "up
profile formal balls and bashes.
the fashion wattage" for 2005.
As inaugural festivities kicked The First Lady's full-skirted
off in Washington this week, our raspberry awning-striped taffeta
nation's capital was a hub of shirtdress dreamed up by innova
-
activity with security tight and tive American designer Carolina
tensions high. Though perhaps Herrera
was
appropriately
not everyone shared the giddy unconventional for Wednesday's
celebratory spirit brought on by Black Tie and Boots ball, the
Bush's
second
victory, hottest inaugural event in
Democrats and Republicans had Washington.
one pressing issue in common:
Bush has a lot to live up to. "In
what to wear!
America, people look at the First
Glitz and glam were in for
Lady as an image of something
inauguration 2005. First Lady that represents the country," said
Laura Bush wowed America and de la Renta, whose elegant
its harshest fashion critics in designs are favorites of divas
Oscar de la Renta at her hus-
from Senator Hillary Rodham
bands' swearing-in ceremony Clinton to Sarah Jessica Patker.
Thursday and its subsequent As one of the most familiar
inaugural balls. Bush's striking female faces in America, First
silvery blue wrap evening gown, Ladies have a tremendous
embroidered throughout with responsibility and face tremen-
bugle beads and edged in dous
s
crutiny when it comes to
Austrian crystals, was a tremen-
choosing suitable and yet fash-
dous improvement over the blase ionable attire.
red C
h
antilly lace creation she
Jackie Kennedy
'
s fashion state-
wore in 2001 by Texan designer men ts earned her icon status in
Michael
Faircloth.
Bush 1961, raising style standards for
appeared tasteful and elegant future generations of First
Fro
m P
ag
e Four
Ladies. Kennedy's pillbox hats,
brig
h
t colors, designer duds,
bouffy hairdo, elegance and
charm inspired trends that now
define the sixties era.
She
designed
.
her off-white
,
sleeve-
less chiffon inaugural gown her-
self.
Lady Bird Johnson was
hardly
a
contender
for
Kennedy's role as America's
trendsetter, with her less than
cutting edge
Nancy Reagan brought a bit of
Hollywood
sparkle
to
Washington in 1981 with a bead-
ed white one-shoulder sheath by
John Galanos,
though her
$46,000 inaugural wardrobe for
1985 was cause for intense pub-
lic scorn. Barbara Bush wasn't
famous for incredible fashion
sense and cultivated a non-pre-
tentious, modest
,
grandmotherly
profile, but her
yellow silk
A - l i n e
gown
by
J
o
h
n
Moore;
drawing
serious dis-
approval
from critics
'In Amer
i
ca
,
pe
o
p
le look at the
First Lady as an Im
age of some-
thing that repr
esents the c
o
un-
try
.'
1989
royal
blue
gown
with
velvet
bodice by top
designer
Arnold Scaasi
- Oscar de
la
Renta
earned her the
respect of crit-
in 1965
.
Pat Nixon's gold and
silver mimosa silk dress by
Karen Stark featured Austrian
crystal, similar to this year's
First Lady's silver confection.
However, her gown was far from
fashionable in 1969-as her hus-
band Richard's conservative pol-
itics kept her from appearing in
the hippie-inspired garb popular
at the time. Similarly, 1977 First
Lady Rosalyn Carter's pointed
choice of a nothing-special store-
bought blue and gold chiffon
·
gown and matching coat (which
she'd worn to previous inaugural
ceremonies) reflected her hus-
band's economical, "just-plain-
folks" campaign values
.
ics.
.
Hillary
Clinton
,
a former business-
woman infamously ignorant in
all
matters
fashion-related,
sparked criticism for a matronly
hat and loud beaded-lace dress
and cape set by Arkansas
unknown Sarah Phillips worn at
1993
inaugural
events.
Thankfully
,
like our current First
Lady
,
she learned from her mis-
takes. She garnered praise by
donning a gold de la Renta gown
for the 1997 festivities.
.
Of course, the First Lady was-
n'.t the only one getting dolled up
for the inaugural festivities
.
Thousands of politicians, lobby-
ists and socialites suited up for
the myriad celebratory activities
Co
ming
·
back to Marist a mixed bag
So it's a little weird for those
abroad students right now.
'Going out' used to mean skydiv-
ing over the Great Barrier Reef
or a weekend trip to Amsterdam
for... sightseeing.
Now, it
means something more routine.
But there's comfortableness in
routine, too. That's why we all
came back to Marist ( though
some,
.
like senior Greg Paris,
have done subsequent semesters
abroad).
"It's definitely a change. The
whole drinking thing is sort of a
-
s
hock
,
" says junior Brian Rotae,
who spent last fall in Australia.
Like pretty much everywhere
else in the world, Australia's
drinking age is 18.
The experie
n
ce is gloriously,
frustratingly subjective; it might
be hard at first to relate to your
old Marist buddies. After all, it's
not the changes outside of us
that we're noticing. It's the ones
inside.
"Time may change me. But I
can't trace time." I've been so
fortunate to live in a beautiful
foreign country. And I've been
equally fortunate
to
live at
Marist in our own beautiful
country. I am so, so grateful for
the people I'.ve met here, who
( while not as 'exotic
'
as those
abroad), are the best fiiends any-
one could ask for. So while us
whiny world travelers may yearn
for some of that old adventure,
deep down we know it's pretty
fantastic here, too. The gloomy
Poughkeepsie winter might be
cold, but there's always the
warmth from the sun ... oh, that
bright shining sun of possibility.
Sodexho mourns lose of two
beloved
bake
rs;
stt1dents
help
to
keep their memories aliv
e
Recently, one of
Marist's logu
.
We all mis. her trong
beloved
siaff
membe.rs
unform-
and wond
nut
personality and
11a1i.:I)
p·
!',ed
a\\oay
.
considerable skills
in
the
bak-
\\8
Pat ra had worded as the
ery."
b, ke1
for Sodexho
Dining
Ewa:
"ill
alway
be rcmem•
n
ii.:i.:
since
1997. H r bered for the love and care he
fri ndly attitude
and
loving per-
put mto her
""ork
.
She was as
sonnl!ty
tnade
her pre. ence
S\lo
t
of
a
person
as the
de
~
i.:nJO
abl .
she created
'" wn \\a a gr at person
and
a
\\onderful
employee,"
G
eneral Manager
Joe
H avy
s
aid "She took pnde m her
w
,rk and it showed
through
m
th~
lini
hcd product E\\a
Jways cnJO)Cd baking for our
tudents
and looked
toward to
the
posith
e
f.:Omm
nt
she
h ard ot en about h r work.
'
h
e
was a great
conver auonal
-
1
t
and
had a
unique abiht_ to
e
ngag-
p oplc in urprisingly
incere and meaningful dia
-
This past holiday
eason
fari
t
College
Student
Go\-cmm nt
clubs and organi~
zations
honored an endearing
man
py
continuing
a
delightful
tradition.
Gus Heer. a dear
friend and
beloved haker had continuously
brought
smiles
to our faces
with hi annual gmgerbread
house creations
.
l
·
nfortw1ately,
Guspassed
a ay
befor having
the chance to orgamz
thi
ye~r•
event.
Thanks to
the many thought
•
ful
Marist student \\ ho
partici-
pat d, ""
were again able to
enJoy
the
tradition
a
Ous
intended.
Your smc re ·!Ton
and con
iderations
were
greatly
appreciated by
tho e
who Gu .
Though Gus is no longer , lth
u , hi charismatic and
loving
personality will al\\ays
b~
remembered through the act· of
kmdn
s
hown by Mari t
·
tu
-
dents
.
Laur n S-Okolm ki
Marist Dining
of the past week. Men had it
easy-a simple business suit or
tux
was uniform for most events.
The President looked dashing
whether in a suit or his b]ack-
and-whites, though he added
suede and leather cowboy
footwear
for
Wednesday's
famously quirky ~e]ebration of
Texan pride, the Black Tie and
Boots ball. He also spiced up his
inauguration-day garb with a
pair of gold-platinum 1943 Navy
cufllinks given to him by his
father.
His twin daughters, Jenna and
Barbara, appeared considerably
more grown-up than on previous
occasions in classy, conservative
pastel separates for the swearing-
in ceremony. Later they showed
some skin in bold
.
designs by
pioneering
American
duo
Badgely-Mischka, known for
their elegant and body-conscious
gowns
inspired by
1940s
Hollywood allure.
The tooth-
some 23-year-olds were far from
frumpy; in fact, a few eyebrows
were raised by Jenna's cleavage-
revealing deep green crepe gown
with metallic leather trim and
jeweled insets and Barbara
'
s
backless ( and practically front-
less) silk chiffon dress with ruf-
fled skirt worn for Thursday
night's revelry.
"They
'
re more sophisticated
.
They're older and more mature
... They have their own sense of
..
.
.
'
.
~
.....
,.
.
------
style
,
" said a spokesperson for
Texan designe
r
Lela Rose (who
created their fiilly frocks in 2001
and contributed a few gowns for
this year) of the twins
.
American d
e
signers prevailed
at the patriotic fest
i
vities
,
though
hot international names such as
Prada
,
Dior
,
and Manolo Blahnik
were also r
e
presented.
Judith
Giuliani
,
like the newly chic first
lady, chose de Ja Renta for inau-
guration day, while National
Security adviser and Secretary of
State nominee Condoleezza
Rice, sported shoes by Italian
master of ac
c
e
s
sories Salvatore
Ferragamo. Libby Pataki
,
wife
of New York State gqvernor
qeorge Pataki
,
stepped out in a
taffeta gown in emerald green by
ToSfa Couture
.
Many of this season's hottest
trends show
e
d up as Washington
painted the town red
:
mixing dif-
ferently textured fabrics such as
boucle and cashmere
,
highly
detailed pie
c
es
,
brilliant and bold
color
s,
and updated versions of
vintage Hollywood looks.
In
a
u
g
ur
a
tion 2005 was refresh-
ingly free of major fashion faux
pas
.
While First
t
ady Laura
Bush may not turn out to be the
next Jacquelin
e
Kennedy
,
she
and her fellow political hotshots
have nothin
g
to be ashamed of;
they can certainly hold their own
on the polit
i
cal runway
.
New
SU
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1
376
,
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2005
www.marlstcircle.com
' '
The discovery of contamination forces
scientists and politicians to re-examine
many of the policies and ~laws in place
that regulate stem cell research.
' '
PAGES
Federally funded stem cell
research projects contaminated
By
SARAH GUNNER
Staff Writer
Stem cell research projects may be con-
taminated by the existence of non-human
molecules. The impurity exists in the culture
mediums, the nutrient substances scientists
use to grow microrganisms. This discovery,
reported by the Univeristy of California,
could significantly lessen the effectiveness of
using stem cells to treat and cure illnesses •
such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
These non-human molecules contain an
acid, known as Neu5Gc (N-glycolylneu-
raminic acid). The human body does not pro-
duce this acid naturally, and humans have
antibodies against Neu5Gc.
It is very likely
that if Neu5Gc is used in stem cell research
could also be used
to
cure ill-
nesses such as Alzheimer's
and Parkinson's disease.
The controversy arises when
stem cells must be taken from
embryos that are only a few
days old. Once the cells are
harvested, the embryo dies.
One stance on the debate is
that killing an embryo for
stem cell research is
akin
to
an abortion, and therefore
unethical. President Bush has
responded to the opponents of
stem cell research by limiting
the amount ofresearch allowed in the United
States. Currently in the United States, feder-
al funding will only be applied to stem cell
to grow things such as organs, problems lines that are already in use, but new lines
could arise within
·
the body's autoimmun~ must be privately funded.
system.
Scientists at the
This disco
.
very forces
Scientists have proven in a recent
University
of
scientists and politi-
study
that all the lines currently
California, ~an Diego
cians to re-examine
have proven
m a recent
many of the policies
being funded with federal govern-
study that all the lines
and laws in place that
ment monies are contaminated.
currently being funded
regulate
stem
cell - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - with federal govern-
research. However, the ethical question of ment monies are contaminated. This study
stem cell research makes this situation a
only confirms what many scientists have sus-
tense one. Stem cells are cells that form very
early in an embryo's development. These
cells have the potential to become any part of
the body, including organs.
If these cells are
harvested from an embryo, scientists believe
that they could use these cells to grow new
organs for people who need them, without
the risk of these new organs being rejected
by the body. Not only could stem ce11s be
used to repair and grow organs, but they
pected for some time. The Senate responded
to the idea of possible contamination in the
summer of 2004 with more than one-half of
the Senate calling for a relaxation in the reg-
ulations on new stem cell lines.
The study published several ideas on ways
to either lessen or completely avoid contam-
ination by non-human molecules. Currently,
fetal calf and mice serum is being used in the
growth medium. From this serum, connec-
tive tissue cells cause the contaminatiori.
Unfortunately, using commercially produced
growth serum is not an option because these
are derived from animal products and still
cause Neu5Gc to be released into the cells.
The study suggests that using human growth
serum could remedy the problem. Some sci-
entists not affiliated with the study have also
suggested that allowing the cells to be isolat-
ed from the animal growth serum for some
tirne could dilute the amount of acid in the
£ells enough so that it would not pose a prob-
lem.
·
The study, done by the University of
California in San Diego, was released in the
online edition on Nature Medicine and was
funded by the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences of the National Institutes
of Health, the Lookout Fund and the
Ci
Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable
Foundation
.
For more information on stem
cell research, policy, and news, visit the
National Institutes of Health Web site at
http://stemcells.nih.gov/index.asp.
Science
Headlines
By
KATE
GIGLIO
Managing Editor
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''
I
write my music from a power-
ful initial feeling - if you have
that, the song will make
itself.
You can't force it.
, ,
- Jonah Cohen
Singer/
Songwriter
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005
www.maristcircle
.
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l
No witchcraft needed for this 'spell'
Tales of New Testament
promise to captivate with spirits
both high and holy
By PAT PHILLIPS
Circle Contributor
The School of Liberal Arts will
be
presenting its first
production, "Godspell," written by John-Michael
Tebelak with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
Performances will
be
Feb. 3, 4, and 5
'
at 8:00 PM, and
Feb.
6
at 2:00 PM, in the Nelly Goletti Theater.
"Godspell" was the product ofTebelak's desire to have
the
study
of God, Jesus, and the
Biblical
teachings of the
New
Testament become a celebration instead of a chore.
It
is
a theatrical_
version
of the Gospel according to St.
Matthew, and through song, dance, and storytelling,
Jesus (Eddie Grosskreuz)
and
his
followers
recount the
parables from the New Testament.
Boasting
such well
known songs as "Day by Day" and "By My Side,"
"Whether
one is
reli-
gious
or
not,
"Godspell" will touch
a place deep within
you and upon leaving
the theater, will
make
you look at not only
the people around you,
but your own life in a
different way," cast
member
John
Norton
"Godspell" celebrates the joy
and
hope of life all around us.
One of
the
play~s characteris-
tics is that
it
is not built on tra-
ditional
plot.
It
utilizes
improvisation,
pantomime,
charades,
and
vaudeville to tell
its story.
English professor
Matt
Andrews, "Godspell 's"
director
and choreographer,
has brought his
own
electronic
and computer age
interpreta
-
tion into this
l
970's rock musi-
cal, giving freshness to the pro-
duction while still
remaining
true
to
the original concept.
The cast will be singing and
dancing in
the
aisles, guaran-
teeing that both young and
old
will enjoy this jubilant and
high-energy good time tliat
says.
Cast member Kate
DeAngelis
,
also
responsible for cos-
tuming, agrees that
"Godspe
ll
"
is not only
entertaining and excit-
.
A MUSICAL
BA.~ED
UPON
THE GOSPEl
ACCORDING
TO
ST. MATtHEW
ing, but a great experi-
._Th_e_S-ch_o_o_l _of_U_be_ra_l
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ence that
will
change
presenting
"Godspellw on Feb.
3,
you.
4,
and
5
at
8:00
M and Feb
6
at
Other cast members
2:00
PM
in the
Nelly Goletti
include
'Joe
Theater.
Cummings, Stephanie
Speranza, Susan Yzquierdo
,
Ryan Defoe,
Lesley
Henderson, Alyssa
Ciampaglio,
and Justin Zacek.
The cast of "Godspell" gathers for a group shot. "Godspell" is the theatrlcal version of
promises to lift your
_
spirit.
Tickets are $3 for
students
and $6 for
general admis-
sion. Due to limited
seating, tickets
can be
reserved by
calling (845)
575-3133,
or purchased at the door,
subject
to availability.
the Gospel
according
to Matthew, presented through song, dance and
storytelling.
Jonah Cohen starts off spring setnester at SPC Coffee House
By ALEXANDRA RISUCCI
Circle Contributor
Jonah Cohen performed at the Marist
College SPC Coffee House for the first
time on Wednesday, Jan. 19. As a solo
singer/songwrite
r
,
Cohen performed a set
list of 10 songs accompanied by his own
acoustic guitar-playing. His soft pop-rock
sound was light and refreshing and com-
parable to that of John Mayer or Gavin
DeGraw. Though the audience was rela-
tively
small,
they seemed engaged by
Cohen's humor and personality through-
out the entire performance.
Danny
Rubenfeld, one of the fans present at the
performance cited Cohen's music as,
"something
genuine,
refreshing. Something
everyday
on the radio
.
"
different, and will make itself. You can't force
it,"
you don't hear he said.
Cohen, born and raised
in
Syracuse,
New York, began playing the acoustic
guitar
at
age
13.
He spent a
number
of
years talcing lessons with a music teacher
whom he now cites as one of his
greatest
inspirations, along with artists such as
James Taylor, Cat Stevens, and Stevie
Wonder
.
Cohen started songwriting
in
college, drawing the lyrics for his
songs
from
real-life
experience that everyone
can relate to
-
girls,
college,
and
growing
up.
"I
write my music from a powerful ini-
tial feeling
-
if you have that, the song
In the future,
Cohen
hopes to reach
a
broad
er
audience with his music. He
also wants to play electric guitar with
a band one day. Above all, however,
he "hopes to keep eajoying what he's
doing."
JONAHCOHENMUIC
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1
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Jonah Cohen
made
his
first appearance at
Marist becoming
a fast hit at SPC's Coffee
House.
Cohen currently resides iri
Cambridge, Massachusetts and per-
forms at colleges across the Northeast.
His biggest show yet was last year at
the University of Pennsylvania's
Spring Fling, where he performed for
about 3,000 people. Over the next two
months, he is playing his most
intense
says he'd
love to
return
to Marist
for
a
tour yet, appearing in 20 shows. Cohen second performance.
Successful film adaptation makes 'Phantom' fears vanish
By ALEXANDRIA BRIM
Staff
Writer
The success of the movie
"Chicago"
revitalized a long-
thought-dead
genre.
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ects that involved turning popu-
lar Broadway musicals into
movies were suddenly given new
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production
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the novel by
Gaston Leroux
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Christine Daae
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005
.•
THE CIRCLE
www.marlstclrcle.com
Executive Chef,
Bill Edwards,
presents at Culinary
Program graduation
By
LAUREN SOKOLOWSK
Circle Contributor
On Wednesday, Jan. 19,
Executive Chef Bill edwards
presented at the 19th gradua-
tion of the Educational
Training Insitute's Culinary
Program.
Edwards,
an
employee of Sodexho Dining
Services, has worked for
Marist College since 1999 and
has had the opportunity to
work with many graduates of
this program.
The Educational Training
Institute's Culinary Program
gives a second chance to those
individuals whom, otherwise,
may not have had such oppor-
tunities.
"We
have had great success said.
with these candidates. Mr.
Thompson also spoke at the
.
Robert Thompson, for exam-
·
graduation and gave a heart-
ple, has now been employed felt speech regarding the ben-
iwth us as a cook for over two efits of participating
in
the
years and has proven to be a
•
program.
stellar
employee," Edwards
The Culinary Program is
sponsored by VESID,
aNew
York State finded
organiza-
tion. For more information
on
the program and VESID, visit
the official Web site at
www.
vesid.nysed.gov.
'Phantom of the Opera' musical transitions well to big screen
...
continued
from page 6
talcing the role, Gerald Butler
had very little musical training
outside of a band he once front-
ed. His singing voice may be
weak, but he successfully adds
the sexiness needed for the
Phantom. The movie seems to
focus more on the Phantom's
obsession with Christine than the
fact that he is a lonely
·
man
shunned by the world because of
his disfigured looks, however
brilliantly explained in a new
scene between Madame Giry and
Raoul.
Though "Phantom" is a
Broadway musical, Rossum fell
back on her operatic experience,
adding a genuine feel to
Christine. Her strong voice com-
plements Butler's weaker one
during their duets and brings life
to her solo pieces. She success-
fully plays the full range of
Christine's conflict between her
love for Raoul and her belief that
the Phantom is the fulfillment of
her deceased father's promise to
send her the Angel of Music'. For
a young actress, Rossum already
confidently captures the big
screen.
Wilson,
Richardson
and Driver
rounded the rest of the outstand-
ing cast Wilson is a relatively
unknown actor movie-wise, but
well known on the Broadway
stage. He adds the feeling of a
stage actor to the film in a cast of
mostly
comic relief into the film that is movie has a wide appeal as it is
normally reserved in the play for both a love story and full of
the managers.
action; there are even a couple of
Those who have seen. the death scenes in the movie, at
staged
version of
"Phantom"
will least one of which is done in
Overall, the movie was excellent-
ly
transitioned from the stage to
the screen.
notice some detail. There aren't any curses,
of the big but a few crude images appear
c h a n g e s when the camera pans to show
made to the the under-workings of the Opera
plot, such as house.'
m o v i e
actors.
Richardson
played up
the
eerie
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when
the
Overall, the movie's transition
feeling of Madame Giry's char-
acter on stage so that it also
shone through on screen. As
Carlotta, the Opera's overbearing
diva, Driver played up the
woman's antics, allowing a bit of
chandelier drops-the musical's from the stage to the screen was
most
memorable
moment. excellent. Since Phantom is one
Fanatical phans will be a~le to of the few remaining musicals
detect the more subtle changes in where nearly the entire play is
lyrics and the elimination of
·
sung, some of the song lyrics
some smaller plot points. The were altered so that they could be
spoken for the movie. However,
nothing drastic has been
talcen
and there doesn't appear to be
a
single song completely missing;
the few songs that
do seem
absent at first
are instead
stretched out to either
allow for
more dialogue or have
been
moved to different scenes. Those
who haven't gone to see
the
movie yet are encouraged to
go
and to allow themselve~ to give
into the "music of the
night."
'Racing Stripes' should have hightailed it straight to video or DVD
...
continuedfrompage6
the
The after holiday seasons have creation is further proof of
this
dropped on America. My sug-
cious time for repaying
those
.
WhMpie Goldberg.
overall pitch of what would oth-
always been known for what theory. Frankie Muniz and his gestion would be to stay far away outstaying holiday debts and
try-
erwise be a boring film, the fog some would call bad movie comedic troupe seem to be the from this film if given the ing to remember the last time
of shame still lingers.
month and Disney's horrendous perfect post-holiday deuce to be choice. Instead, save your pre-
you even heard the name
From Page One
Idol returns to MCTV for second half of
season two;
five contestants
will
remain after round two
Krill compared the current and
previous seasons' contestants,
saying that overall he thought
they had "better competitors than
last season."
The judges picked four out of
five finalists to compete in the
third, final round. Fans of the
show are invited to cast their bal-
lots for the fifth, wild card final-
ist
online
at
http://clubs.marist.edu/mctv/idol
Season two, round two begins
airing on MCTV Monday, Feb.
21.
The first round will be
repeated starting Jan. 31.
The final show takes place in
the Nelly Goletti Theater, March
13 at 2 p.m. All the judges
will
be there as well as a "celebrity
judge:" CJ, the host of "CJ's
Playhouse" on Pouglµ(eepsie's
KISS-FM radio station. Siobhan
Skerritt, winner of last season's
"Idol,"
will perform.
Louis Ortiz, one of the second-
round participants, said he
thought that this round will
attract a bigger and more inter-
ested audience.
"I
do
think
that the
new
format
is better for "Marist Idol," he
said. "It enhances it and
I think
it will definitely have
people
watching."
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l'HE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY,
JANUARY
27, 2005 •
PAGE 8
Co~entary: While students were away, the Red Foxes continued
to
play
By
ALEXANDER DIMITRIOS
PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Opinion Editor
Matt Brady
,
the coach of the
men's basketball team, just grins
when
he is told about the course
his team has charted this season.
"This is not the team I envi-
sioned," he said.
Would he have expected to
be
in first place at this point? Did
he
anticipate this turnaround
with a majority of the same play-
ers
that finished 6-22 and ninth
in
the Metro Atlantic
·
Athletic
Conference
last
season?
Without getting virtually any-
thing from the senior guards
Pierre Monagan and Brandon
Ellerbee? Wait, I forgot some-
thing.
"Oh, and with Kerry Parks get-
ting kicked off the team," Brady
said.
Until winter break, it sure did-
n't look like he would be
grin-
ning. The team headed into win-
ter break with an overall record
of 4-4 and a split of their two
conference games.
Although Jared Jordan was
dishing and Will Whittington
was swishing at an unprecedent-
ed rate, the team looked like it
was in no shape to contend for
the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference crown this season.
Without Monagan and Ellerbee,
they lacked their two best on the
ball defenders on the perimeter
and any kind of backup for
Jordan
.
Although putting up fine
numbers, senior center Will
McClurkin was like Robin
Williams in the movie Jack, a
6'9, 240 pound man among a
team of boys.
The team has vastly improved
from last year's train wreck, but
appeared to be doomed to a
heartbreaking mediocrity, capa-
ble of playing just well enough
to lose to good teams.
The team hit the road during
the winter solstice, losing tough
out-of-conference games to St.
Johns and Notre Dame by 8 and
15
points, respectively, which
isn't bad considering they are
much bigger schools.
They returned to the Mccann
Center eight days later with a
game against the Flames of
Liberty University, who had won
one game in nine tries up to that
point ( although to be
'
fair, they
have won five of eight games
since), and lost in what was
becoming a typical Red Fox
game: a roaring offense, grind-
ing down into a period of scoring
famine and defensive depression
with a comfortable lead slowly
disappearing until the game is
decided on the final
.
shot.
Brady said that the road losses
taught the team
.
some tough les-
sons.
"We learned from those loss-
es," he said:
"You
can't grow
without some adversity.
It
gave
us a large dose of humility."
Perhaps, it was the schedule
moving on to only conference
opponents; perhaps the stench of
losing was becoming as familiar
to
the team as the sewage treat-
ment plant downwind from cam-
pus;
or
maybe it just took a few
games for a rookie coach and a
team made mostly of freshmen
and sophomores to gel.
Whatever the reason, the team
has rolled off six straight wins
and is sitting on top of
the
MAAC with a
7-1
conference
record,
10-7 overall. In three
straight home games over winter
break, they finally stayed Siena
(the team that has knocked them
out of the MAAC tournament
three years running), tamed the
Manhattan Jaspers (two-tirrie
reigning MAAC champions),
and outgunned Niagara (who
was beating
opponents
by an
average margin of
7.8
points per
game).
The team has been bolstered by
the return of Pierre Monagan,
who had been a shadow of his
old self up until recently, as his
surgically repaired knee is
improving. Brandon Ellerbee is
expected
to return to action
tomorrow
against
Iona, although
he will be
coming
off the bench.
-
Ellerbee and coach Matt Brady
are very mindful of the momen-
tum that the current team has
gathered and are unwilling to
tamper with it.
"I don't forsee any lineup
changes,"
Brady
said.
"Thankfully,
13randon under-
stands that the team is bigger
than one player. He just wants to
fit
in."
Despite the winning streak,
Brady is not getting carried
away.
"We feel like we can beat any-
body," he said. "We also can
lose to anybody."
Bigger sixth man section will equate to home court advantage
...
continued from Page
9
dents
would
·
get upset at some-
of years back. I sat in the right
one
else trying to show support.
field
bleachers
in Yankee
hnagi~e if someone at a Duke Stadium as the Yankees took the
game
yelled at the rest of the field against the Cleveland
crowd
to
stop going "OHHH-
Indians. In the top of the first
HH"
when an opposing player is inning it is a growing tradition
at the free throw line. That per-
that the right field bleachers
son would be denied the right to stand up and chant each player's
be
called a true Duke fan.
name.
This all reminds me of a
Well during this particular
Yankee game I attended a couple game, a father decided to tell
everyone to sit down, threatening during every game." After that
to ruin tradition. The fans fired he knew it would be best to bep
back, asking the man if he ever his mouth shut.
attended a Yankee game. in the
The moral of the story is to
right field bleachers. The man embrace the tradition. The sixth
replied he had attended many man section is designed to show
games. The fans told him then he rabid support for the home team.
should understand this takes Many bigger colleges around the
place at every game. The father country all have rituals of their
grew quiet. After a long pause he own, many may be obnoxious
said "Yeah, and they sat down but they are effective in creating
a supportive group.
So today I ask the students of
Marist College, if you plan to sit
in the sixth
·
man section, wear
red and be prepared to stand and
enjoy the crazy environment that
is the college basketball scene.
Our team is in first place in the
MAAC, and as a departing sen-
ior, I want to see our team win
the MAAC and do something
that have not done in over twen-
.
ty years-go to the NCAA
Tournament.
And should they enter the tour-
nament and play somewhere
near by, you better believe I
.
will
be there in red shouting until I
los~ my
voice,
standing all the
while.
McClurkin's five
three-pointers
propel Marist
to
first place in MAAC
...
continued from page
10
number
of chances to put the
game
away late in the second
'
half.
The
Red
Foxes owned a
four
point lead with possession
twice,
but
came away with no
points.
Following
two
McClurkin
free throws, Marist
owned a three point lead. After
Fairfield's Tayquawn Goode's
layup cut the deficit to one, the
Ho
ASpor
,•
3
Red Foxes quickly lost the ball.
Goode again converted on
an
easy two, giving the Stags the
lead late. However, Marist
stormed back, taking the lead for
good.
McClurkin
·
finished with a
career high 26 points, including
5'..
7 from three-point range, lead-
ing Marist to their fifth victory in
Happy Hours
.
a row.
/
Head coach Matt Brady said
McClurkin has produced one of
his best seasons.
"He's been terrific all season,
very steady," he said. "He gives
us the opportunity to always
have a guy in the lane to score.
He can also step out and knock
down some shots and that's what
campus
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Friday
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McClurkin also had some help
from his friends. Sophomore
Will Whittington dropped in
16,
while Jordan scored 12 and
recorded six assists.
With the-win, Marist now finds
themselves in a unique position -
first place. But don't
think
for a
minute Brady's bunch will
become complacent. They know
there is a long road ahead of
.
them.
"We're taking it one game at a
time," Brady said. "Now, we're
seeing the fruits of our labor. You
don't win a conference title in
January. Our goal is to become a
team that no one wants to face
come tournament time."
Marist takes another step
towards this goal, hosting con-
ference foe Iona this Friday at
7:30
p.m. They begin their three-
game road trip as they play the
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Greyhounds fall
victim
seventh
Foxes,
consecutive
confererice win
to
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By ALEXANDER D.
PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Opinion Editor
The Marist men's basketball
team beat Loyola 71-53 on a
snowy
Saturday
in
Poughkeepsie.
The win improved Marist's
record to 10-7 (7 -1 in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference)
and solidified their hold on first
place. Loyola fell to 3-13 and 2-
5 in the MAAC. Despite the
wide disparities in their records
,
the game was very tight through
the first half, ending with a
Marist lead of3 l to 29. The lead
would have been much bigger
had
Marist handled the ball bet-
ter.
Coach Matt Brady attributed
some of the sloppiness to the
sparsely
attended
Mccann
Center, since the massive snow-
storm made it hard for many fans
to make it.
0
1 think it's just human nature,"
he said. "The kids respond well
to the home crowd, and it wasn't
there. I thought we came back
and had a strong second half."
That's an understatement, as the
Foxes poured in 40 points in the
second
,
half
compared
to
Loyola's 24. The scoring was
fairly
even,
with
Will
Whittington, Ryan Stilphen, Will
McClurkin, and Carl Hood all
reaching
double
figures.
Stilphen htt seven of eight of his
field goals on the way to scoring
Senior center Will
McClurkin pre-
pares to shoot
a free-throw in
Marist's
71-53
win
over
Loyola.
McClurkin scored
12
points and
was
five-for-seven from
the
free-
throw
line.
17 points.
The Red Foxes will return to
action on January 28
,
at 7:30
p.m. in the McCann Center
against the Iona Gaels; the Gaels
are 7-11 overall and 3-5 in the
MAAC.
Keller's 500 career rebound highlights
Fo-xes home win over Jaspers
\vould not quit
Fu es dodged a bull t
on
1anhattan's Donnette
their II me floor
.
R ·cd SLOred
,gl
t
p
10ts
Aubrie D llin
•e1
led all
do~n the stretch,
rndud
-
scorers
with
J
7 po nt
tor
tng a
J )
up that barely
M.ln
hattan
and
<
amara
beat
the
shot
lock bring-
had 13 points and seven
111g
the Jaspers within rebound
m ju
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I
m1n-
t\\O
utes
of
pl.l)
for
th
Red
H \\ , er, that's as olose J<oxes.
as they would get in
the
Marist
wall
lQok
to con-
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half
as
the R d
t1nue
its ,,.inning wa. son
a
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night
and
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horn~
to
Pough k
·ep ,e.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSPAY, JANUARY 27,
2005
•
PAGE 9
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-·
•
Commentary:
The sixth nian needs;
to add points tO the scoreboard
By
PAUL SEACH
Staff Writer
ToufJ\ament
game
against
Hofstra. The NIT game set a
precedent for Marist, gaining the
Over the past three years when respect it deserved through the
the Marist men's basketball team hard work of players of the past
began to make some noise in the such as Sean Kennedy, Rick
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic Smith, and Nick Eppenheimer
.
Conference, the students around That night, the electrlcity flowed
Marist College captured that through the building, and if there
noise and elevated it to new was an outcast sitting down in
heights.
the sixth man section during the
The "sixth man section" stood game, the Foxes faithful would
and roared its approval with each yell at that person until they
three-pointer made.
In
fuct, the stood.
section stood the entire game.
Moving forward to the 2004-
The Marist faithful equipped 05 season, the sixth man section
itself with ready-made chants prov.ided for a greyer experience.
when calls failed to go the team's
I attended the game against
way or when the Red Foxes Lafayette with my buddies hop-
needed a boost on offense or ing to spark the crowd
.
I knew
defense.
the crowd had an impact -after
This year the section sports an all, Will Mcclurkin told me in a
entirely different look. The preseason interview that the
crowds are serene, sitting com-
crowd added a
.
couple of poin:ts
fortably during the entire game on the board for the team
.
while making their presence felt
After reciev~g our blessings
when it was too little, too late.
from last year's sixth man crowd
However, this is not the sixth to carry on the tradition of being
man section that the students rowdy and supporting our team
,
have worked on for the past
·
niy buddies and I felt ready to
tmee years. This is a more timid make McCann go crazier than
crowd.
years
past.
Now
,
do not get me wrong,
Our experiences
in
the sixth
there is nothing wrong with man section betrayed any other
going to a basketball game and we felt before.
wanting to sit comfortably and
My buddy Chris Asher tried to
enjoy the display of athleticism get everyone to stand, however
,
of the
talept
beforehand. the section greeted him with
However, this is a college bas-
such pleasantries
as
"you're an
ketball game, and this is the sixth embarrassment" and "you are
man section. There are different running the game."
·
expectations
.
For those who
Asher felt the only embarrass-
want to sit and socialize to the ment was the students who were
background of a basketball yelling at us to sit down. Had
game, there are plenty of other they forgotten what went on the
sections to occupy
.
prior season? Were they
·
around
Rewind
to
the season opener when the Marist faithful showed
last season in the Marist up for every single game and
National
Invitational stood in the same exact spots
?
Or are these the people who
crawled out of hiding from the
other sections
,
or worse, are they
freshman?
Listen up, Marist: The sixth
man section i~ designed to be a
sea of red that stands and cheers
throughout the entire game, not
the last 2 minutes of the second
half.
Asher
,
a senior at Marist, said
he is disappointed at the section
this year.
"It
'
s not nearly as good as it
could be," he said. "Only a few
dozen people stand. Everyone
needs to be standing. Everyone
needs to be wearing red. We're
in
·
first place now, and we have a
chance to do something that this
school has not done in•nearly 20
years. It needs to be bigger
ancl
much louder."
Coincidentally enough, due to
limit constraints an article was
cut from an issue where
I
pre ..
dieted that Marist would finisll
second or third in the MAAG;
surprising many. However, that_
is not the issue; the real issue is
a
cry for
bigger
and
louder
support
from the sixth man section.
Senior Chris Stott said the stu-
dents cannot waste a perfect
opportunity.
•
"We have a terrific opportunitY.
this year to do something that the
men's basketball team hasn't
done in a long
t
ime, and that is
win the MAAC championship
and get into the NCAA
tourna
0
ment," he said
.
"As fans, we
need to be doing everything pos~
sible to give the guys an'y
momentum possible- showing
UJ?
and sitting down doesn't cut
it."
I think it is interesting stu-
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2005
www.marlstcircle.com
Women's basketball
defeats Manhattan
Men's basketball wins on
McClurkin buzzer beater
By
BRIAN HODGE
Staff Writer
displaying
an
evenly
matched throughout. The
nail biter of
a
contest fea-
tured 11 lead changes and
five ties in the second half
alone.
By
ANTHONY OLIVI ERi
Staff Writer
The Marist College women's
basketball
team made the game
interesting for the 682 fans at the
McCann Center, holding off a
furious rally by the visitors in
defeating the Manhattan Jaspers
59-57, Monday night.
The
Red
Foxes (11-6, 5-3) held
a
ten-point lead with just over 11
minutes remaining in the game,
but
struggled down the stretch
with turnovers and free throw
shooting.
As
a
result
of
Marist's inability
to finish strong, the Jaspers were
able
to
cut
the
lead
to three
points
on
three separate occa-
sions.
Responding to. Manhattan's
attempt at trucing the lead, Marist
leading scorer Kristin Keller hit
a jumper' with 18 seconds left to
give the Red foxes a 58-53 lead,
a extinguish the ra11y.
Keller had 15 points and nine
rebounds to pace Marist to its
fifth win•in a row.
Marist had a 32-24 lead at the
half after leading by as many
as
13 points in the first half.
Fifi Camara opened up the sec-
ond half for the Red Foxes with
six straight points. Marist even-
tually pumped the lead up to 46-
35, but once again couldn't hold
the advantage.
The Jaspers went on an imme-
diate 10-2
run showing that they
SEE MANHATTAN, PAGE 9
Senior center/forward Kristen Keller takes
It
to the rack against Manhattan's Gabrielle
Cottrell.
Keller scored 15 points and
grabbed nine boards
in
the Marlst win.
To borrow an expression
from an old cigarette com-
mercial: You've come a long
way, baby.
For the men's basketball
team, that may be an under-
statement.
While 2003-2004 Red
Foxes won just six games all
season, the new-look Red
Foxes find themselves at
(10-7) overall, and 7-1 in
the
competitive
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference.
Marist earned their sixth
conference
victory
Wednesday night,
beating
a
tough Fairfield team on their
home floor. The game's final
ended with a score of 74-72,
The Red Foxes, after own-
ing a slim margin for much
of the second half, found
themselves down only one
with
12
seconds
left.
Following
a
Marist timeout,
sophomore Jared Jordan
drove hard to the lane.
When the Stag def~nse col-
lapsed, Jordan found center
Will McClurkin at the top of
the key. The senior drained
the three-point shot with 2.5
seconds left on the clock
and that was all she wrote.
Marist actually had a num-
ber of chances to put the
SEE McCLURKIN, PAGE 8
Foxes visit Stags with convincing fifteen point road victory
By
ANDY ALONGI
Assistant Sports
Editor
With
a
swarming
defense
that
was counterbalanced with solid
offensive efforts, the Lady Red
Foxes attained their fourth
straight win, defeating the
Fairfield Lady Stags 65-50 on
Jan.20, at the Arena at the
Harbor Yard in Bridgeport,
Conn.
Leading the Red Foxes was is ninth in the MAAC.
junior Fifi Camara. Camara led
This tandem combined for
all scorers with 18 points while approximately
half
of the Red
pulling down
·
nine boards. She Foxes' offense on the evening.
has averaged 14.8 points per
Sophomore Alisa Kresge
game (PPG), which places her passed a career high 11 assists
fifth in the Metro Atlantic while scoring four points in the
Athletic Conference.
contest. Kresge now leads the
While her senior counterpart MAAC with a 4-1 assists to
Kristen Keller added 15 points turnover ratio.
and nine rebounds of her own.
The
Stags
were led
by
Janelle
Keller averages 12.9 ppg, which McManus' 16 points in 37
min-
utes.
Fairfield's record fell to 2-5 in
the MAAC with the loss as they
approach the last month of con-
ference play.
Marist improved their record to
5-3 in MAAC play, putting them
in fifth place with 10 games
remaining in
a
wide open confer-
ence. Most importantly, they
have won
seven
out of their last
eight contests.
The Red Foxes' next contest
will be against MAAC rival, the
Canisus Golden Griffiths (
I
0-
7,
6-2) on Friday, Jan 28 at 7 p.m..
The next home game will truce
place on Thursday, Feb. 3,
against the Iona Gaels (3-13,
1-
6) at 7 p.m. in the Mccann
Center.
•
PAGE 10
Upcoming
Schedule
Men's Basketball
r
n<lay.
Jan
28 - \ .
Iona
7:30
p.m.
fonday. Jan
at
t.
Pd
t
·s.
7
.00
p.m
Women's Basketball
Friday, Jan. 2 -
at Cam u ,
7·00
p.m.
Sunday,
Jan. 30 -
01
Niagara
1;00
p.m.
Men's
Swimmin&
and
Divin,:
aturday,
Jan.
29 - at
UMBC
12:00
p
m.
Women's Swimmin& and
Diving
aturday. Jan 29 -
at
UMBC.
12:00
p.m.
Men's
and
Women's Track
unda)
Jan.
0 - at
etropohtan
hampt n hip.