Commuters behold welcoming arms and armchairs
By
ALEX
PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Opinion Editor
The Commuter Lounge Open House
had all of the makings of a great party:
a veritable Murderer's Row of Marist
administrators and campus fixtures,
three dozen commuter students enjoy-
ing their Wednesday morning activity
time, and an opulent spread of fruits
and cheeses.
those driving from far away. It features
four desktop computers, study booths,
an array of big comfy couches. luxuri-
ant reclining chairs, a television set, and
even a piano (in case someone gets the
urge to play "A Thousand Miles" by
Vanessa Carlton).
Murray emphasized that commuters
make up over a third of Marist's stu-
dents.
"An important part of our student
The only hitch was that Marist body is our commuter students,"
- - - - - - - - - - - - - Murray
said:
'It's not enough Just to have fur-
"Historically, com-
nlture and new paint; you need
muter students have
College President
Dennis Murray, the
opening
speaker,
was running a little
late thanks to a
packed
schedule.
Fortunately,
he
bounded into the
had a significant
an outreach for the students.'
impact on our cam-
pus.''
- Marie Austin
Melissa Favell,
Director,
first
year programs
president of the
room only ten min-
utes tardy and didn't miss a beat, shak-
ing hands and working the crowd
before getting the Commuter Lounge
Open House started with a speech.
Commuter Student
Council, said that the lounge has been
vastly improved from when she was a
freshman.
"I'm here almost daily like our other
commuters," Favell said.
"I'm
extremely proud of how far we've
come in the last two years."
The open house celebrated the many
improvements that have been made
recently to the Comm1,1ter Lounge,
which is located
.
on the second floor of
the Student Center above the College
Bookstore. Its purpose is to provide a
"home base" for commuters, especially
Marie Austin is the director of first
year programs at Marist. She empha-
sized that beauty is only skin deep
SEE LOUNGE, PAGE 3
The new commuter lounge
boasts
four
desktop
computers,
study
booths,
an array
of
big comfy
couches, luxuriant reclining
chairs
flt
for kings, a television
set
for extended
study
breaks, and even a piano, because you never know when someone
Is
going
to
get
the
urge
to
break out
Into
song,
and
If
th~ do,
they'll
need piano accompaniment The
lounge
should make commuters feel at home.
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ALEXANDRA RISUCCI
Staff Writer
Marist security and students
alike were relieved last semes-
ter when a new traffic light was
erected on Rt. 9 between
Donnelly Hall and the Beck
parking lot.
There have been no problems
or glitches with the light thus
far. According to sophomores
Olivia Porcello and Tina Ward,
the only downside to the new
.
traffic light is that it "takes a
long time to change" when they
are waiting at the crosswalk.
John Gildard, director of safe-
ty and security at Marist,
expl~ined that this is because it
is coordinated with the light at
the Marian entrance and if
there are people waiting at both
crosswalks, the
walk
signals
wi
11
wait until the light turns at
the main entrance before they
change
.
He estimates that the
difference in time seems long,
but it is really only about a
minute and
10
seconds.
"Once the director
from
the
department of transportation
recommended that a light
_
be
put up there,
it
just became a
matter of having the state final-
ly put the light up," he said.
Over the past few years, the
Jessica Guglielomoni, Marist
school had been petitioning the sophomore, said that she is
s
t
a
t
e ,
requesting
that a light
be placed at
t
h
e
Donnelly
'I
feel much safer with a light at
every crosswalk, especially
when I'm walking at night.'
very happy
that
the
light
was
finally
impleme
_
nt-
ed.
She
entran.ce
because of
the
high
- Jessica
Guglielomoni
hopes to be
volume of students and facu1ty
members crossing the four-lane
road every day. According to
Gildard, the state was very
reluctant to comply until a traf-
fic study was done in the fall of
2003.
Sophomore
a resident
of either the
Upper
or
Lower
West
Townhouses next year and
knows that it will be easier to
get to class safely with the light
in place,
"I'm relieved that they put a
light there," Guglielomoni said.
"After hearing
about the stu-
dent getting hit by a car this
year, I would feel much safer
with a light at every crosswalk.
especially when I'm walking at
night."
Sophomore Erik Schmitz said
he appreciated the addition of
the light.
"It was a pain to walk to
either Donnelly or Lowell
Thomas to cross," he said,
''when you only wanted to go
somewhere in between and
such."
Sophomore Thomas J.
Duggan said, however, that the
light was a bit of a nuisance.
"It's
kind of annoying to have
to wait for another light, when
before, it was convenient to
cross at any time," Duggan
said.
"It's
just a matter of
look-
ing both ways."
smdents found to lack understanding of First Amendment
By
ALEXANDRIA BRIM
Staff Writer
"Congress shal
I
make no law
respecting
an
establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the
people
peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the Government for a
redress of grievances."
Above is written the First
Amendment as it appears in the
Constitution.
While
many
Americans may not recall the
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know of the freedoms it guaran-
tees them. The First Amendment
is one that many citizens pride
and James
L.
Knight Foundation
has set up a High School
Initiative. The project enc011T-
ages high school students to par-
themselves
for.
The high
school stu-
dents of this
country are
constantly
ticipate
in
journalism
and
other
media cours-
es as well as
'Thirty-six percent of polled
high school students admit
they take the First Amendment
for granted.'
sponsor
a
research proj-
ect on the students' feelings
towards the First Amendment.h
The latest results were released
referred to as America's "next
generation." To see how much of
an impact the First Amendment
has on this section of the
American population, the John S.
last week, revealing how poorly
high school students feel about
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the First Amendment. The study
also revealed that these numbers
are related to a school's media
program, or lack thereof.
bum the American flag, which is
actually protected as free speech.
83 percent agreed that people
should be allowed to voice
Of high
- - - - - - - - - - - -
unpopular
opinions, but
this figure is
low
when
compared to
the 99 per-
school
stu-
dents, 36 per-
cent respond-
ed that they
take the First
'Media
programs, especially
school newspapers, are disap-
pearing from high schools
across the country.'
Amendment
for granted whfle 3'7 percent
admitted that they didn't know
how they felt about it. A vast
majority of the students polled
also believed that it is illegal to
cent of their
principals and
teachers
who
agreed
.
When
it
came to government
censorship, 51 percent of high
school students said that they felt
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The School of Liberal Arts recently made its successful
maiden attempt at theater. Review by Kate Giglio.
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stories printed in newspapers
should
be
approved by the gov-
ernment. On the flip side,
70 per-
cent of students believed that
music lyrics shou1d not be cen-
sored-while
43
percent of prin-
cipals and 58 percent of teachers
agreed with them.
When the researchers broke the
results down, they reached cer-
tain conclusions about students,
media involvement and the First
Amendment. Out of the
75
per-
cent of
.
students who believed
that it was illegal to bum the flag,
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Securitv Briets:
For the
second week
in a
row
Compiled by DAN ROY
Campus Editor
2/1 -
A student in Champagnat reported at 4: 10 p.m.
Tuesday that there was a hole in his wall. He went on to
tell security that he was asleep when a few unknown
vis-
itors entered his room, poked in a hole, and left. They
also damaged his wall, he said. Unfortunately, this event
happened
"in
mid-November, and is just now being
reported. I'd be ashamed too, guy; it's ok.
2/2
-
I will let you know when I start making my own
stuff up for this. At 2:00 a.m. outside Leo Hall, a student
was found sitting up a tree. Security told the student to
come down immediately. He replied, "I paid to go to this
school, so I have the right to be here." The officer and
the Leo R.D. tried explaining to the boy how dangerous
it w~s to be up there, and that he should really come
down. In response the student said, "There is nothing in
the student handbook that prohibits climbing and
sitting
in trees. I'm staying." I am still not making this up, peo-
ple. He told the officer and the R.D. that he was watch-
ing the moon and listening to birdcalls. About an hour
iater, he did what he had to do and came down. All of
that was factual. This isn't: That night about 1,000 birds
sat and pooped on the rotunda.
2/2
- A
student reported a hit and run in the McCann lot
at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. A Nissan Altima had its front
~umper cracked in the accident. The baseball suffered no
~njuries.
'2/3
-
The fire alarm in the cafeteria went off at
2:50
a
.m.
Thm!idiiy
morning.
Pf~tly
hilariom;ly.
it
Willi
from
an employer buffing the floor. The machine started to
smqk~ and it set off the detectors. First of all, what did
that guy have to do wrong to land a job buffing the floor
at .three in the morning? Secondly, I'm kind of surprised
that kind of thing doesn't happen more often. I mean
Calling all aspiring journalists ...
when I'm buffing up in the gym, I'm sometimes amazed drawers and put in the pocket of a thief. The intruder
that the smoke coming off my hot bod doesn't set off then ran away with the money. You guys are all alike.
alarms.
2/3
-
I think Talmadge is purposely going to do some-
thing
stupid
each week, j~st so I have to write about
them. At 6:50 p.m. the fire alarm went off due to burn-
ing rice. You know, I heard for every rice kernel that gets
burned a dolphin is killed .J:?y a motorboat motor. So
thank you
Talmadge
Court for not only wasting a meal,
not only killing hundreds of dolphin, but littering the sea
with rusty old Yamahas.
2/5
-
Larceny was
reported
in Townhouse A at 5 :30
p.m. Saturday. A
student
said they had a bunch of peo-
ple over their house, and when the smoke cleared, their
CD and DVD players were missing. The town police are
investigating. Man, that burns my bridges. I get mad
when people steal some of my toothpaste, let alone a
DVD player.
ATTENTION:
Students are urged to keep doors locked
at all times.
If
anyone is having prnblems with their lock,
they should call security immediately. So again, lock
your doors, or your Discman could be next.
2/6
-
Townhouse H had a fire alarm go off at 1
:59
a.m.
Sunday morning. This wasn't your ordinary fire alarm,
however. Just before the alarm, a few students came to
an H apartment looking for "the party." The resident
kindly
said she didn't know what they were talking about,
and that there was no party being held. In a
fury
of anger,
the party hunters
pulled
the box and ran next door to see
if th~y wer~ the oneg with tht: party
.
Coincid~nrnlly. that
house was in the processing of burning bacon.
anctset
off
the fire alarm.
2/6
-
Another larceny happened at 4:15 p.m. in
Champagnat.
A
student's
money was taken out of his
Alcohol-related incidents this week:
-none
Total alcohol-related incidents:
1. Leo-2
2. Champagnat -
1
3. Gregory - 1
4. Talmadge
-1
Total Fire Alarms:
1. Old Townhouses-4
2. Champagnat - 1
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Talmadge.-1
4. Cafeteria - 1
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Faculty Lecture:
Rwanda, Radio, and
Reconciliation
4:30 PM
Kirk Reading Room, LT
Friday, Feb. 11, to
Saturday, Feb.
12,
2005
Mall Trip
Friday
6
PM
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AM
Saturday
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PM
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PM
Bus leaves from Midrise
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Mr. Marist
9PM
Nelly Goletti Theater
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2005
SPC Presents:
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7
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8PM
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Alumni giving tradition starts before graduation
By
KATE GIGLIO
&
ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Staff
Editors
Marist College's Senior Class
Gift, administered by the SGA
and the Office of Human
Resources, is consistent with a
national trend of colleges solicit-
ing donations from students
prior to graduation.
The Senior Class Gift is a tra-
-
dition that is believed to have
been begun by the Class of 1997,
who tried to raise money for the
then
-
new James C. Cannavino
Library
.
The donation
,
like it or not,
may lead to a slippery slope of
donating money to Marist
.
In
a
CNN.com
article
titled
"Undergrad, Can You Spare a
Dime?"
Graham Smith, coordi-
nator of the University of
Alabama's student campaign,
said that donating money to
schools is not just about the
money, it is also to start a trend
of
donating
whilst in college that
will
hope~lly
continue in the
years yon graduation.
"It's about establishing a
firm
tradition of giving," Smith was
quoted as saying.
Later in the article, college
fund-raising maharishi
John
Taylor
of Durham,
North · tates to the earlier you contact ing
to
scholarship funds
i
f it
Carolina, said that fund-raising
the student the better
.
"
wou
l
d help another student like
efforts have targeted students
Towards the end of last spring himself.
earlier and earlier.
semester, several Marist seniors
"
Even though I've got a ton of
"You typically didn't approach demonstrated against the Marist my own bills, I'm all for giving a
people until
College sen
-
little bit to help out someone
a good five
'I don't mind donating If it is
ior gift tradi-
who needs i
t
,
"
he said.
years post
going to help someone or help
tion.
They
Marist sophomore Tom
graduation.
make Marlst a better place.'
claimed that Duggan said that although some
T h a t
Mar
i
st asks people may be averse to the
seemed
to
be rule of thumb
,
"
for way too much money from prospec
t
of giving even more
Taylor said in the article
.
"Over them already, and that for them money t~ Marist, he does not see
the last decade or two, we've to be expected to give more much of a problem w
i
th g
iv
ing a
seen that shift, so the day after money is ludicrous.
few extra dollars for the sake of
graduation they're fair game.
Adelphi sophomore James scholarship money or another
Now the shift has moved further Dunphy said that despite h
i
s own viable option
.
to
talking
to seniors before they volatile financial condition
,
he
"
Although a lot of kids gradu-
graduate,
so logically
that trans-
supported the practice of donat-
ate w
i
th debt, the c
l
ass gift is
something outside of tuition or
room and board
,"
Duggan said.
"
I don'
t
mind donating if it is
going to help someone or help
make Marist a better place for
the next round of senio
r
s.
"
However
,
many disagree,
including the afo
r
ementioned
demonstrators
.
The '04 seniors said that they
did not be give any money to the
Marist class gift. In fact
,
when
asked if he would be contribut-
ing, one student replied decided-
l
y
negat
iv
ely.
"
Here
'
s my class gift,
"
he sa
i
d
.
"
Th
i
s de
m
onstrat
i
on is my gift to
Marist. Free
,
creative though
t.
"
Commuters need not feel foreign in home away from home
By
JENNA COLEMAN
Staff
Writer
Welcome to
the Commuter
Comer! My name's Jenna
Coleman
and
this
i.
my
econd
scme tcr as a
commuter
student
at good ol Munst. I um
going
to take this first article to tell
)OU
a little bit about our "home
away from
horn
.,
and how
to
From Page One
get
mvolved
as a commuter.
E-.·en
though
we
are only a
mall
percent. commuter
tu-
dents are n
large
part
f
the
Mari
t
community
.
On
the
sec-
ond floor ofthe
Rotunda,
locat-
ed
next
to the
Cabaret
1s
the
commuter lounge where com-
puters, couches and televisions
are
a"ailable
to u c in between
cla e.
A well as
being
a
"home away
from
home" for myself and my
follow commuters, there are
also
cveral events that take place
throughout
th
emester
and thi
lounge
I
where important
com-
muter
mfonnation
is
po
ted
reg-
ularly.
Because we make up
such
small number of Marist
tudents, there
1
a council that
represent
us, the
tudent
Refurbished lounge acts as vessel of commuter
outreach; described as place to call home
when it comes to improving the
commuter experience.
"It's not enough just to have
furniture and· new paint," said
Austin. "You need an outreach
for the students."
Austin cited the 250 ice scrap-
ers that were handed out in
Matist's parking lots at the start
of the spring semester. Another
change is an increased sense of
community,
thanks
to
an
increased number of social
events being held in the lounge.
There has been a political debate,
a performance by vocal group
The Sirens, Halloween and
Holiday
parties,
and
a
Valentine's Social.
There is also a frequently
updated webpage located at
http
:
//www.marist.edu/campus-
life/firstyear/commuters.html.
The webpage features a list of
upcoming events, a directory of
off-campus resources, and a
photo gallery.
Joseph
Connell has been a
mentor of commuters at Marist
since May and also serves as an
advisor for the Commuter
Student Council. His office is
located within the lounge, and is
most in tune with the everyday
spirit of the
lounge.
He
likened
it
to
a popular 80s
TV show about a bar, just with-
out the alcohol and Ted Danson.
"I see it as
Cheers, everyone
knows each other's names,"
Connell said. "It's been exciting
for me to see all of the improve-
ments."
Approximately 40 or 50 differ-
ent students use the lounge regu-
larly, with about five or 10 stu-
dents present most of the time.
Connell said that the Office of
First Year Programs endeavors to
try
to make the students feel con-
nected
to
the school, which is
often difficult for someone not
living in a dormitory.
"I
try
to work with resident
counselors to get them involved
with the rest of campus," said
Connell. "It's tough for them.
They
have
to balance school,
their own community, their fam-
ilies, and maybe even a job.
They have a ·1ot going on."
The day even provided some
guffaws for the tight-knit com-
muters in attendance.
President Murray remarked
extemporaneously about his
favorite piece of furniture in the
lounge.
"I love that rocking chair,"
Murray said. "I don't know if
it's because I'm getting old."
Austin
lauded
Student
Activities Director Bob Lynch's
dedication to his work and his
role in acquiring the new furni-
ture.
"Bob Lynch practically lives
here!" Austin exclaimed. "He
really cares about the students at
Marist."
"That's why I got the furni-
ture," Lynch said.
Lack of media involvement on high school campuses
curtails many students' knowledge of free speech
76 percent of them had little to
no activity in media. Those who
have taken media courses or are
involved in some form of the
media agreed that people had the
right
to
voice unfavorable opin-
ions
.
A high amount of students
that participated in media also
believed that the government
should not have a say in what
newspapers print.
The research project discov
-
ered that media programs, esp
e-
cially school new
s
papers, ar
e
dis
a
ppearing from high schools
across the country.
F
orty perc
e
nt
o
f
high schools polled don
'
t
have student newspapers and 68
percent have no media options at
all. School administrators want
media programs in their schools
but claim that financial problems
prevent this from becoming a
reality.
. Carol Pauli, journalism profes
-
sor, felt that the results of the
study were saddening
.
She
believes that America
'
s strength
comes
from
the
First
Amendment
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Let the voices of the Marist
community be heard.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
10,
2005
www.maristcircle.com-
PAGE4
State of Union
by
presidential Pinocchio
Bush
s
address
overwhelmingly e:ontradicts previous statements and
policies
By IGOR VOLSKY
Staff
Writer
Dear President Bush,
I'll try to keep this short; I
know you don't like to read.
You see, I've been following
your presidency rather closely
and I've come to believe that
you're a liar. I'm writing to you
so· that you can convince me
otherwise. I don't like to think
of my president as a liar. But
sometime, we all must face
reality.
Mr.
President, you lie to your-
self, you lie to the American
people and you lie to the
'world.
Last Wednesday, during your
·
State of the Union address you
told
us that "we are working
with European allies to make
clear to the Iranian regime that
it must give up its uranium
enrichment program and any
plutonium re-processing, and
end its support for terror." But
we're not working with our
European allies, Mr. President.
In fact, just two weeks ago, the
UN
urged us to join forces with
the EU and "persuade Iran to
give up atomic processes that
could be used
to make
weapons.
11
We
refused.
You
don't believe in negotiation.
During your speech, you
announced "a
three-year
initia-
tive to help organizations keep
young people out of gangs."
But Mr. President, you have
previos.ly proposed 40 percent
cuts in federal juvenile crime
prevention programs and spon-
sored 44 percent reductions in
But
you tried to reassure us,
Mr. President. You told us that
everything would be alright,
that we would be safe. Here is
what you said:"We have created
a new deeartment of govern-
ment to defend our homeland,
focused the FBI on preventing
terrorism,
... improved border
security, and trained more than
delin- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a half mil-
quency-
fighting
and anti-
g a n g
funds. Are
But if there Is one thing
I
like about
you, Mr. President, It's that you
I
re
always on message. You' re so pre-
dictable. You don't let the facts
lion
first
respon-
ders." But
that's fic-
tion. Your
you a flip
get in the way of your rhetoric.
latest budg-
flopper?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ et
under-
You
reminded us, Mr. President, that
"during this time of war, we
must continue to support our
military and give them the tools
for victory." But your secretary
of defense, Donald Rumsfeld
disagrees. He once told a sol-
dier that "you have to go to war
with the Army you have," and
you yourself have previously
forced soldiers to buy their own
body armor. Your latest budget
doubles veterans' copay for pre-
scription drugs and closes sev-
eral veteran hospitals. Do you
think
that's 1:atriotic?
cuts
first
responders.
The
proposal
reduces federal grants to local
police forces by $540 million
and local firefighters grants by
$215 million. You
/
also won't
protect us from bioterrorism
·.
Your budget under funds an
agency that helps state and local
officials prepare for bioterror
attacks by 12.6 percent.
But if there is one thing I like
about you, Mr. President, it's
that you're always on message.
You're so·predictable. You don't
.
1
let the facts get in the way of
your rhetoric. Or maybe you
Cross-country skiing is awesome, and
by awesome, I mean totally sweet
By RACHEL ANDERSON
Staff Writer
Snowboarding has Shaun
White.
Alpine skier, Bode
Miller,
·
had a highly publicized
chance at World Cup skiing
night, I'm not at my most
appealing when I'm on my
skis.
Yet that isn't what cross-
country skiing is all about. I
know I'll never impress some-
one with flashy jumps or fast
history earlier
this
month.
1998 Olympic
Gold
Medal
winner Johnny
Moseley made
mogul skiing
exciting, espe-
No matter how fast or slow,
how young or how old,
cross country skiing Is a
great and safe way to get in
shape.
turns. Though
I'm not very
.
good, I like to
go out in the
cold
winter
weather
for
the exercise,
cially in the 2002 Olympics
with his signature "dinner roll"
move. But cross-country ski-
ing? Cross-country just, I
admit, isn't cool. From the
knickers I sometimes wear
(yes, I said knickers) to the
funny little headlight I use at
the
explo-
ration, and the enjoyment.
·
Though I'm only a freshman,
you've probably seen me
somewhere on campus.
I've
already been out skiing this
season, but before the snow
had fallen I was the one hitting
practice balls with my left-
handed golf clubs.
It is possi-
ble you laughed at me, or per-
haps joined me as some did, or
was part of the tour group I
accidentally hit. I'll say it
straight out, I can't golf. But,
like skiing, you have to forget
about those watching and do it
for yourself.
Cross-country skiing is the
best aerobic exercise you can
do. According to the Cross
Country
Ski
Areas
Association, a typical 175-
pound male can burn up to 800
calories in an hour. Practically
every muscle in your body is
used
1
and unlike many exercis-
es, cross-country is very low~
risk and doesn't put stress on
your muscles that could cause
injury. No matter how fast or
SEE SKIING
,
PAGE 8
Singles can add meaning to their lives by
replacing love with courtesy on Valentine's Day
By
GREGORY PARIS
Circle Contributor
cial someone is easy. These peo-
human condition. It is the condi-
ple care for us when we need to tion that makes us laugh when
be nurtured both physically and we're happy, and cry when we're
That special day of the yeat is
.
emotionally. Sometimes howev-
depressed. Kindness needs no
approaching. That day when er, a person has an opportunity to reason and is the greatest expres-
couples cuddle like puppies in a care for some-
- - - - - - - - - - -
sion of love.
basket. It's a day that most single one
they've
Maybe It would be better to
Maybe it
people wish would go unnoticed.
never met. It
celebrate Valentlne's Day
would be better
Buy some roses and light some can be as sim-
with a random act of kind-
to
candles, it's Valentines Day!
pie as holding a
Valentines Day
celebrate
But between the Russell Stover door or smiling
ness rather than a dozen
with a
.
random
Chocolates and the Hallmark at
someone
roses.
act of kindness
Teddy Bears, it is hard not to who's wearing a
wonder, where has all the love frown. Courtesy is in short sup-
gone? The stores are still selling ply, but it grows when every
all of the sentimental memorabil-
individual wants to make another
ia, and everything from candy to
condoms is being sold in a heart-
shaped package, but what about
the love we are supposed to have
towards each other?
Loving ones friends or that spe-
person's day a little bit better.
Marist College is a community
of people with different beliefs
and experiences. But despite
these differences, every person is
bonded together through the
rather then a
dozen ros~s.
It will leave some-
one else feeling special and keep
some hard earned money in the
bank account. Can you imagine
if everyday was Valentines Day
and was celebrated the same
·
way?
just don't know the facts ( or us that "we will help an addi-
don't care for
them).
You keep tional 200,000 workers to get
telling us that "our men and training for a better career, by
women in uniform are fighting
·
reforming our job training sys-
terrorists in Iraq, so we do not tern
and
strengthening
have to face them here at America's
community
col-
horhe." That's not true. You see, leges." But just last year, you
according to the CIA director's wanted to slash the Perkins pro-
think
tank,
the
National gram for technical and voca-
Intelligence Council, "Iraq has tional training, from $1.3 bil-
replaced Afghanistan as the lion to $1 billion and in your
training ground for the next 2005 budget you called for
generation of 'professionalized' "cutting job training and voca-
terrorists ... Iraq provides terror-
tional education by 10 percent."
ists with 'a training ground, a You seem to have a problem.
recruitment ground, the oppor.: You say one thing, but then do
tunity for enhancing technical another. Has anyone else ever
skills." The national intelli-
told you this?
gence officer for transnational
Oh, Mr.
President,
one last
threats was quoted as saying thing. (Remember, I'm trying to
that "there is
- - - - - - - - - - - -
keep
this
even,
under
You [George W. Bush] seem
short.)
It's
the best see-
to have a problem. You say
about
North
nario,
over
Korea.
You
time, the like-
one thing, but then do
said that "we
are
working
closely with
lihood
that
another. Has anyone else
some of the
ever told you this?
.
jihadists who _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ governments
are not killed
there will, in a sense, go home,
wherever home is, and will
therefore disperse to various
other countries."
Alright, getting back to
domestic issues. You promised
in Asia to con-
vince North Korea to abandon
its nuclear ambitions." But this
is a lie. Remember how during
those presidential debates you
mocked John Kerry for his
'internationalism'? Well, just to
remind you, during the first
debate you told us that we
shouldn't negotiate with North
Korea because doing so would
"reward bad behavior." So,
we're not "working closely to
convince North Korea
...
" That
would be rewarding bad behav-
ior. Don't you remember?
Mr. President: I can't decide if
you purposefully lie or if you
just don't know what you're
talking about. Could it be both?
But bottom line
is, you're a liar.
And do you know what happens
to liars? They get impeached.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2004
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PAGES
Fashion Week
predicts colorful
Spring '05 garb
By
MEGHAN McKAY
Staff
Writer
As groggy Marist students
trudge through the caf, clad in
variations of the typical hoodie,
scrubs and Ugg boot uniform
this morning, fashion may seem
like the last thing on anyone's
mind, unless you happen to
be
either fashion obsessed or a
design major doing some furious
studying while you wolf down a
semi-stale bagel before class.
However, (believe it
or
not)
only a short train ride away, New
York City is swanning with
leggy models, frazzled design-
ers, celebrities, hopeful
trend
spotters, buyers, and plenty of
fashionistas alt decked out in
their
snazziest
threads-
0
lympus Spring 2005 Fashion
Week is in full swing.
Over 80 designers will strut
their stuff inside those infamous
white tents at 7th on 6th over the
course of the week, showcasing
creations both chic and shock-
mg,
What's on the menu for spring
Courtesy of
www.newyortonetro.com
Bolero
Jackets
and
vintage cloth-
ing
were
popular in
Betsey
Johnson's
spring fashion llne.
attire this
year? Get ready for
fun
and funkiness with color,
texture, new silhouettes and dis-
tinctive embellishments.
·
Girls
can kick aside the frilly, fussy
frou-frou of the
past
few
seasons
with the toe of a leopard-print
ballerina-
slipper
clad
foot.
Finally we're getting away from
the sweet and girly
and
moving
on
to the grungy
side
of. glam-
orous.
This season is
all
about
being sophisticated while still
comfy, casual and relaxed but
certainly
.
not
boring or
boyish.
Menswear-inspired looks are
softened with feminine flourish-
es,
and
rugged details
like
exposed seams, distressed fab-
rics and raw edges to bring
out
the "tough girl" in all of us.
Pink
is over, and black is over-
done. Prepare
to
embrace shades
of purple and designers' new pet:
brilliant blues
like
turquoise and
aquamarine.
Bold, dark lustrous hues as
well as vibrant candy-tinted
shades are taking center stage as
part Qf
this spring's love affair
with color.
Key trends mcluoe
autli.eiillc
military details like anny jack-
ets, metal and epaulets, fuller
fifties-esque skirts, relaxed tai-
loring, cropped trousers, ginor-
mous
plastic-framed
glasses in
fanciful shapes, and layering to
the max.
Silhouettes are softer, garments
are toned down glitzy rather than
gaudy, "tough chic" details
abound: embroidered embellish-
ments, pinstriping, lace, fringe,
hemp,
straw, wood, and shell
accessories, folkloric trims,
rebellious pop
art,
beads, but-
tons, and rips, Some may shud-
der, but fur isri't just for pimps
and sketchy old ladies anymore-
it's back in action and fabulous
whether it's
.
mink, chinchilla,
alpaca, shearling, fox, rabbit, or
·
Courtesy of
www.newyorkmet o.com
Chic menswear lnsprlred fashions
and comfortable, yet sophisticat-
ed clothing were all over the run-
way during Fashion
Week.
faux, for the animal lover in all
ofus.
Rather than blow $5000 on a
pair of gray couture gaucho
pants, raid your attic and grand-
mas' closet for banished vintage
rejects like tunics, bolero jack-
ets, skinny belts, cowboy hats,
weatherbeaten obscure
band
tee
shirts, and all the costume jewel-
ry
you can dig up. As always,
vintage is f9rever in style. The
50's are a source of inspiration
for many of this season's bright,
fanciful looks, with
fun,
bright
and exotic "conversational"
printed fabrics,
voluminous
skirts, longer shorts, classy sepa-
rates and an emphasis on the
coveted hourglass figure that
fec"ails the
heyday
of glamour-
pusses Audrey Hepburn and
Jackie
0. Higher, more defined
waists take apparel up a notch, as
those of us who are less enthusi-
astic about showing skin will be
happy to experience. Nostalgic
70's and 80's hipster-punk looks
are hot as -well, though there's a
notable
absence of scary zippers
and the color palette brings to
mind a bag of Skittles more than
the contents of Ozzy Osbourne's
closet.
So what does all this mean for
your spring wardrobe? Don't
feel overwhelmed by the explo-
sion of new trends and "must-
have" items. With the incorpora-
tion of a few new items, most of
fall's leftovers can still sizzle for
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categories are out so be
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Record Of The
Year
(Award to the Artist and to the
Producer(s)1 Recording
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other
than
the cJrtist.)
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Let's Get
It
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The Black Eyed Peas
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Ray Charles
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Norah Jones
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American Idiot
Green Day,
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Heaven
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Los Lonely Boys
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Yeah!
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artist.)
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Ray Charles
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American Idiot
Green Day
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Alicia Keys
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Confessions
Usher
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The Col_~Qe Dropout
Kanye West
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John Mayer
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Alicia Keys
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Miri Ben Ari,
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Los Lonely Boys
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Maroons
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Oceania
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Josh Groban
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Doctors fail to reach consensus on miscarriage mystery
Despite widespread use,
_
progesterone injections are not proven effective for prevention
By
JESSICA SAGAR
A&E Editor
Each year, millions of
hopeful
American
women
try to
become
pregnant,
.
and each year, thou-
sands of those women lose their
babies
to sickness and disease.
Among the most prominent caus-
es of infant mortality are miscar-
riages. Until recently, miscar-
riage studies have been
limited
and, as
a
result, miscarriage
remains a mysterious topic for
patients and doctors alike.
fourth
of
those couples will
remain in
the
"don't know why"
category.
In
a study conducted at
the Centers for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention, researchers
esti-
mate that of the 6.23 million
pregnancies recorded in the
United States in
1999,
l million
Because
of a lack of training in
the field in the past, doctors are
often hesitant and
unprepared
to
research and treat infertility in
women. There remains little con-
sensus among the experts in the
field.
According to
Dr.
Kutteh,
one
of
ended · in
miscar-
riage.
A
2
5-year-
old has a
15 percent
Until recently, miscarriage studies
have been limited and, as a result,
it remains a mysterious topic for
patients and
doctors alike.
chance of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_
the
biggest
problems in
treating
infertility is
that "doc-
tors forget
to order the
miscarry-
While infertility used to sug-
gest a couple's inability to con-
ceive, more and more often it
refers to the fact that women can-
not hold
on
to their babies
beyond the first few weeks of
pregnancy. This growing prob-
lem is a mystery to professionals.
ing. By 42, that figure exceeds
50 percent.
very basic
tests, check the uterus." Over
half of the women he sees with
recurrent pregnancy loss have
never been given
a
cheap, simple
test for insulin resistance,
although that problem is associ•
ated with higher miscarriage
rates.
"Doctors say that as many as
3
or 4 percent
of couples who try
tod;iave children suffer from wmit
doctors call recurrent
pregnancy
loss, in which women younger
than
40
experience three
or
more
consecutive miscarriages with
the same partner," according to
an article in the New York Times,
!'Specialists Trying to Unravel
the Mystery of Miscarriage" by
Emma Daly.
The most common miscar-
riages in women occur because
an embryo with genetic abnor-
malities is not able to make
it
to
delivery. In cases such as those,
Daly said, women can
opt
for in
vitro fertilization and pre-
implantation genetic diagnosis,
which ensures that only embryos
deemed genetically normal are
implanted in the uterus.
There are many aspe'cts of mis-
carriage treatment that continue
·
to provoke controversy among
doctors.
While some doctors
argue that injecting proges-
terone, a hormone vital to a
healthy pregnancy, helps prevent
miscarriage, others argue
that
it
does nothing but ~bstpone the
inevitable. New research sug-
gests that as a result' of the hor-
According
to those
doctors. a
Dr. William H. Kutteh, a spe-
cialist in immunology and repro-
ductive
endocrinology
at
Fertility Associates of Memphis,
explained that when he was a
student 15 years ago "there was
no
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on pregnancy
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Local heart walk to raise awareness
By
KRISTEN ALLDREDGE
Hea Ith Editor
The American Heart Association's major fund
raising event, the Heart Walk, is taking place in
Poughkeepsie
on
February 26 and Marist will in
attendance. The heart walk promotes physical
activity and awareness of
the number
one and
num-
ber three killers of American people, heart disease
and stroke.
·
Heart disease includes numerous ailments such as
Diabetes, Arrythmias (irregular heart beating disor-
ders), high cholesterol, congenital and acquired
heart disease that affects children, high blood pres-
sure, and congestive heart failure. Some of these
'Conditions are still incurable. Abstaining from
smoking, keep a healthy '1iet, and engaging in
physical
activity will help prevent the worsening or
occurence of some heart ailments.
Strokes are the leading cause of serious long term
disability in
.
the United States. In addtion to
'
unhealthy routines, risk factors include hereditary
traits, sickle cell
disease
and other blood disorders.
f;ach year about 700,000
people
suffer from a new
:or recurrent heart attack. Advancements in research
and
healthcare
have allowed for 4.8 milli~n stroke
By KATE GIGLIO
Managing
Edltor
THE FAT APPLE
In it
.
seventh annual America"s Fattest and
Fittest
Cities report, Men ·s Fitness
magazine
ha named Houston the fattest city in the
United
·w11:s. and Seattle
the
fittest.
In
its
report, the magazine said
their
"panel of
experts put every city
on
a scale of sorts and
considered the real.world
factors
that make all
people . more
likely to
put on pounds."
Western states
dominated the top ten
ol
the
"fittest" l
I
st:
while
the scales tipped eastwards
when it
came
to
the
fattest of
folk.
New
York
was named
the
l.'ighth-fattc
t
1:it.
reflecting a
significant gain
'
in both weight and list position
from last
ye1;1r,
when
it was the ~1st fattest
cit)
.
According to the report, New Yorkers watch
too
much television; do not take advantage of
amply
available fitne·ss centers;
and
don· par-
ticipate enough in sports.
It
i.
however, the
'"city that eats the least
junk:
food."
victims to be alive today.
The American Stroke Association estimated the
cost of heart
related
research and care
in
2004 is
$53.6 billion. Currently, the .Heart Association has
a research program for Connecticut; Long Island,
New Jersey and New York City. The money col-
·1ected will support the valuable projects such as
new forms of surgery, life saving dtugs and the
development
'
of pacemakers.
Fifty-five percent of the American Heart
Association's funds come from the annual heart
walk fundraiser. Money donated
by
Marist wtll
come from selling paper hearts for a dollar to stu-
dents, staff and faculty.
Now until Monday
February 14, hearts will be sold in Donnelly from
11 :00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Tables located at both
entrances to the cafeteria will staffed by members
of Campus Ministry during lunch and dinner hours
on February 17.
Anyone interested in participating in the Heart
Walk can call Campus Ministry at 'i.2275. The walk
begins at
Our
Lady of Lords High School and the
length
of the course is depend!>
on
the weather.
Please visit the American Heart Association's Web
site AmericanHeart.org for information regarding
research, donations and other
walk locations.
FOR POTATOS' PLIGHT, THE
END IS IN SIGHT
Hoping
for a
n c
in as-of-late unleavened
profits, the grain industry launched
its
$35
mil ..
lion "Grains for
Life" cam aign
in
Washington
and New
York last week,
r
'Pl•rts
'an
article
on
CNN .com. The
industry
has t;~n suffering
ever since the Atkins-diet craze exploded
like
a
ball
of yeasty dough
left
ferm;9.,ing
for da
,
s
Bread-based
businesses
suffered' as rnrboh} -
drate consumption plummeted
in
fa\
or of
Atkins-style diets of salads, eggs .•
d1eeses,
and
meat.
However, bakers
and
other bread-makers
are fighting back this
year,
proclaiming the
benefits
of having whole-grains as a dietary sta-
ple,
Whole
grains, which are complex carbo-
h dr 1te . are the
best
source of energy. And
Lee Schwebel
of
Schwebel Baking Co. in
Youngstown, Ohi-0
pmntcJ
out
in
the
CNN arti-
cle that
despite
the Atkins
tren<i,
.
bread is still a
favorite of both gounnand5i and gourmets
everywhere. "Try making a peanut butter and
jelly sandwich without
bread."
he
says.
effects, very high
doses
of prog-
the Yale School of Medicine,
Dr.
While intensive
studies contin-
esterone
may
be
effective in Aydin M. Arici, claims that lie
to be
conducted on these treat-
some, but not
all,
cases.
recurrent miscarriages have
ments,
doctors note that the stud-
Dr.
Alan B. Copperman, direc-
many
causes.
ies
are
complica~ed by the fact
tor
of reproductive endocrinolo-
"For two-thirds of
the
known
that even
without treatment,
gy and infertility at
the Mount
causes," he said, "there is a spe-
women whose recurrent miscar-
Sinai Medical Center is less opti-
cific treatment. Then you have riages cannot
be
explained have
.
mistic
about
progesterone sup-
about 40 percent where you
a 60 to
70
percent
chance of a
plements.
don't mow exactly what
has
successful pregnancy.
"How many patients do we caused it. So
there
are some
"About 40
different
treatments
save
from miscarriage with prog-
empirically unproven
treatments
over the past century claim to be
esterone supplements? Not
that out
there that are highly
debat-
successful,
and some sound
O.K.
many. Do we do it routinely? able."
But
when you look at them,
all
of
Sure we do. It's a mostly harm-
A common
theory
explaining them claim about a
70
percent
less, inexpensive treatment, repeated
miscarriages
suggests success rate," Arici said. "When
which
a
lot of patients go on.
But
that
the immune
system fails
to
you
take this unexplained
group
it probably doesn't save that recognize and protect
a pregnan-
and give them tender loving care;
cy, releasing antibodies to attack
many pregnancies," Copperman it instead.
In
the New York Times contact, reassurance, about 70
said.
article, Daly percent will carry to term."
Many mis-
e x p
l a
i
n e d
Even with the growing
:aumber
carriages con-
"It's just a big mystery. My
doctors
tests
of successful treatments, many
tinue to go
doctor has given up hope and
of two treat-
couples continue to suffer from
~nexplained
told me my miscarraging is
ments
to the heartbreak brought about by
despite mod~
restore nor-
miscarriages. These couples are
em
medi-
because I'm overweight."
mal
immune desperate to try anything, but
cine's
best
-
Isabel Letsch
function. One they are
not
alone. As doctors
efforts.
In
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treatment' continue to unravel the mystery
many cases doctors simply give
up, as in the case
of
Isabel
Letsch,
25,
of Baltimore.
called intravenous immunoglo-
of'
miscarriages,
-thousands of
bin therapy, involves a blood
product pooled from thousands women worldwide continue to
of donors and used to regulate mourn the deaths of their unborn
abnormal responses of the children. Until there is a definite
immune system. The other, lym-
treatment, the isolating pain of
phocyte
immune therapy, uses these women will continue to
blood
from a woman's partner to grow.
"It's just a big 'mystery. My
doctor has given up hope and
told me it's because I'm over-
weight," Letsch said.
Director of reproductive
endncrinology
and infertility at
prompt her immune system to
recognize
a pregnancy.
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.While
I would have preferred
jumbo
shrimp,
I had to keep in
mind that Jesus only multiplies
fish on very special occasions.
''
- Kate Giglio
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Not
just
any ordinary
guitarist
Our resident
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buff
predict. 2005
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winners
By
ANGELA DE FINI
Circle Contributor
On Tuesday, Feb. 1, .the PAR
·was
filled with 33-year old
Dominic Gaudious' unique blend
two albums and touring with an
eclectic rock band in the 1980s,
Gaudious found his passion in
the
contemplative
world of
Classical/World Beat music.
According to the performer, he
Being unable to read or write music, Dominic Gaudious impressed the
Marist community with his Incredible musical ability. He plays on six
·
and 12-string acoustic guitars and Incorporates exotic Instruments into
his
playing.
of classical, jazz, flamenco, rock, cannot read or write music and
and world-beat
musical stylings.
all his work
is strictly
instrumen-
.
After
successfully
releasing. tal. whenever he gives work-
shops or lectures about music, he
focuses on conveying two main
elements he feels every musician
needs-creativity and confi-
dence. He works mainly with six
and 12-string acoustic guitars,
including a double-neck guitar,
and incorporates exotic instru-
ments such as the Australian
didgeridoo, an instrument made
from hollowed out eucalyptus.
Gaudious explained that circular
breathing is key to playing the
didgeridoo; breathing in through
the nose while breathing out
through the mouth.
His set
·
list Tuesday night
included "Sharpening the Saw,"
an upbeat rhythmic piece, and
"Bareback,"
a piece he feels
would be playing in the back-
ground of someone riding bare-
back on a horse. Gaudious also
played the ballad "Joey, Jackie,
Riley," named after his ex-wife,
cat and parrot. He performed
this ballad at the 1996 Centennial
Olympic Games for star athletes
such as Evander Holyfield and
Kerri Strug.
Most recently, Gaudious was a
finalist on FOX TV's "30
Seconds to Fame," a
show
where
people
showcase their talent for
30 seconds to a panel of
judges to be considered
for a $25,000 prize.
Oaudious was up against
an a cappella group and a
break dancer in the final
three, and unfortunately
lost to the break dancer.
He is grateful for the
experience on a major
television network show,
even if he did not win the
grand prize.
Well received by
Marist
students,
Gaudious was mostly
praised for being a
unique talent to the SPC
lineup. "He was unlike
anything
I
have ever
seen or heard before,"
junior Kara Varga said.
"He put a lot of emotion
into the. song he played
at the Olympics. That
song was amazing, defi-
Dominic Gaudlous expertly blends classi-
cal, Jazz, flamenco, rock, and world-beat
music to form his own unique instrumental
sound.
.
nitely his best," echoes junior
Lauren Rowlan.
Dominic Gaudious,
including
upcoming appearances,
visit
www.dominicgaudious.com
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Sold-out
crowds
take
in a 'Godspell' worthy
of praise
By
KATE GIGLIO
Managing Editor
Thou~h one mi~ht argue that it
was divine intervention, it was.
likely excellent
word-of-mouth
and relentless self-promotion
that sold out all four
"Godspell"
perfonnances this past weekend.
I saw the show on Friday, and I
walked
in with higher expecta-
tions than usual, since I figured
the School of Liberal Arts would
be pulling out all the stops for
their debut
·performance.
And
honestly, for the most part, I was
not disappointed.
Though I
found a couple of things I might
change, I laughed at most of the
jokes and I generally agreed with
the direction.
The play opened with the
Prologue, in which Jesus (Eddie
Grosskreuz) had a monologue.
Back
to
the audience, on a p!at-
form upstage, Grosskreuz fal-
tered in neither his stone-still
stance nor his speech.
The nine other members of the
cast then traipsed onstage for
"Tower of Babble."
Susan
Yzquierdo brought her outside
theater experience
to Godspell,
her
strong
vocal
conviction
and
talent
lighting up
the
opening
bars of
"Tower."
Clad in nonde-
script
black
suits,
the
cast
each
had a few
verses
to sing and the
audience had their first
glimpse
of the group's sound as a whole.
Their voices blended well, which
reflected
good direction.
John
the
Baptist
(Joe
Cummings)
sounded
strong dur-
ing
"Prepare
Ye,"
which he sang
with the ensemble. A talented
musician as well as actor, he
blasted out a few bars on his
trumpet and then proceeded to
walk down the aisle of the the-
ater onto the stage.
Jesus was back in soloist action
for "Save the People." While,
unfortunately, there were techni-
cal problems with his micro-
phone at the show I caught,
Grosskr«?uz managed to project'
his
voice
over the musical
accompaniment, and I could still
hear him from all the way in the
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"Day by Day," sung by Kate
DeAngelis and the ensemble,
was a standout number. Leavin~
any attitudes or baggage at the
theater doors, the grinning cast
trooped down both aisles and
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sunny lyrics. Kate's clean, reso-
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Stephanie Speranza belted out
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I was happy to see Yzquierdo in
her solo,
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the Lord."
While all the cast demonstrated
vocal talent, she stood out, and I
would look forward to seeing her
in a weightier role in another
musical.
Jesus and Judas seemed to
charm the majority of the audi-
ence with their duet "All For the
Best." However, I was some-
what less than impressed with
the lack of chemistry the two
appeared to have onstage. There
was not as much interaction as I
thought there should have been
between the two of them, and
though
the
program
lists
Cummings' character as Judas, it
didn't seem like there was much
of a distinction between the two
historically-infamous foils. The
only excuse I can think of is that
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"movement
clothes,"
Judas
could have used improvement in
his costume. His leather pants
unsettled me, and I had to won-
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practical with those 30 silver
pieces.
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audience up to the stage for bug
juice and cookies. While I would
have
preferred
jumbo
shrimp,
I
had
to keep
in mind that Jesus
only multiplies
fish on
very spe-
cial occasions,
and
that
the
School
of Liberal Arts is on a
budget. Plus, it was
highly
and
appropriately nostalgic,
as I felt
like
I
was
back in Sunday Bible
school.
Even the discipline hear-
kened back to my earlier
years-
my date tried to
smuggle a
cook-
ie offstage, and was
promptly
scolded.
The more
emotionally-volatile ·
second
act opened with
"Tum
Back,
0
Man," performed by
Lesley Henderson with the rest
of the
cast.
Henderson
strutted
among the
audience, seductively
interacting
with
various
theater-
goers and
demonstrating
a great
stage--and, for that
matter, off-
stage-presence.
Jesus
then sang
"Ala~ for You,"
coming to terms with
his bleak
future. Grosskreuz was convinc-
ingly emotional, if somewhat
SEE GODSPELL, PAGE
8
fcbni,
ry
roll:s
on
through.
Holly
ood
begins
prepar-
ing
01
its
annual
O
cnr
bout,
hilting a
JUSTIN
CllDERIN
telc
1sio11 et
near
you unday,
fe-b. 27. Among
the
bi
7
names
crolhng
in
tlus year' head
lines
core
e's "1 he
.. 1dcw ys.
·•Ray,''
nd Jami F
l11m
if.
long
\\
ith
th1.:
announccm nt of
lhc
nommees.
the
committee
has
I
o
nnmed Chari ize Theron to
be!
tlidr
lir
presenter.
I gue- s
Anna 1colc
was
b okcd.
··Ray;'
the three
hour
film
1
dedicated to
the
li1tc
Ray
Charles,
ha:- grc
t
pot nti.
l
to
win
its
big Best
Picture
nonu-
n
t1on
and it lead
actor, Jamie
Fo ' .
Best
Actor
nomination.
Jamie
oxx'
a
b1
lity
to
ill
u -
trate
v,·ith
ease
the
lite
and
hnrcl
hips of
Ray
Charles
, nd
d mon Irate
a
fi;.m l . s tran
1-
tion out
of mm
d)
m,1kes
him
look
like
a
prim
candidate
for
a
1 1tl1 •
0
t.:ar
winner.
"'Ra)"'
extra dark tone, ho\1,n
through
the famous singer's
prolonged
heroin exposure
and mega jolt
into an overnight
up
r- tar-
dom,
make ·
lb
··
one
of
the
most moving p1ctur . of
the
ye·
r.
Jamie o x
has
also
managed
10
v.cu
!
LIi
a Best
upport111g
nomination
for
"Collateral ,, along
with
hi
Be~t
Acto
nomination
for
"Rn ." 1
am hesitant
10
ac®I)t
this
nommatwn b~au
Clint
E,1
two
d h al o been •i-.en a
Best
Aclor numl.Jlati on for
•• 111lion
Dollar Baby''
, hich
;i.
1
II
not
win
anything
be •
use
lint
Fa
t\\
ood
ut.:k
. Hillary ,
Swank
v.
s nommat
d
for Be
t
Actresl> but win
most
hkcly
net
w
i11
bccau
. he
is
in
I
movie
v.
ith Clint
I:
t\
d
and,
l1kc
I
aid, Clint Easl\lrood
sucks.
· Sideways,"
1s
the disturbing
tale
of
inc
tru
tmg
getaway
fora coup!· ofb ddic a a
pr~
"cddmg
part).
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film is sur•
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2005 •
PAGE 8
Eight 'calendar boys' seek Mr. Marist title in
formal wear, and talent competitions
•
swim wear,
- ANGELA DE FINI
Staff
Writer
The Communication Art
Society wtll he hosting the 2005
Mr
Marist Compeht1on on
Wednesday,
Feb 16, where
eight
mal
tudents
will
com-
From Page Four
pete in
swim wear, fonnal wear.
and talent competitions.
The eight "calender boys"
vying for the
Mr.
Manst tttle
include
se01ors
Brian Moore.
Adam
CitTone,
and
Jan
Concannon,
jumor
Bnan
Sabella. sophomores
Joey
Fontanta
and
Mike Ma> fi Id,
and fre
hmen
.Jamie
clafoni
and Olugbemi Otuloja
Hosts Eric
hmont, junior.
and Michaela Sweet junior,
will present the bo) s to four
faculty
Judg , Jame Fahey,
Paula
W1lloquet-Mancondi.
arda Chn t.
and
K 1th
Strudlcr.
phomori: Doi) Larrabee.
pre ident, commumcati m a
society, encourages . tudcnt tu
attend thi c cnt.
" 1r.
Marist
is,
one of the
Communicauon
rt
ocicty'
biggest e\.ents of
th
year. ,"
I arrahee says." hance
·
arc
)'Oll
know one of the guys in the pag-
eant so pleas make urc) u go
and how your upport for them
and for ) our chool
1"
1·he
Mr
.
fari
t
pageant will be
held at 9
p
m
in
the
di
olett1
1
heater. General admis-
1on is 1 and prize
wall
be
given to elect aud1 nee m m-
bers.
Cross-country skiing provides exercise with campus vie~
slow,
how
young or
how
old,
cross-country skiing is
a
great
and safe
way to get in shape.
Marist has a
very
beautiful
campus, however, walking to
class or to
the cafeteria doesn't
provide
much in change of
From Page Five
scenery. So
I
strap
on
my skis
and go exploring. In all hon-
esty, if you
saw
someone lurk-
ing aimlessly by themselves,
you would be
a
little leery of
them.
Yet when you are skiing,
it's your excuse for
being
in
weird places
:
People are more
likely to dismiss your presence
sliding past their window than
if you were strolling by.
Finally, I love putting my
headphones on and gliding to
the beat. Soon enough, I am no
longer worrying about school
work or dorm-room drama
.
It
is a welcome respite from the
typical routine. Even if it is
only for an hour, cross-county
skiing provides you with an
escape from the hectic world
around you.
I encourage anyone to get
cross-country ski equipment.
It is relatively inexpensive and
will last for years.
Cross-
-
country skiing is something I
have grown to love. I hope
now that instead of laughing
and wondering,
"
What the hell
is this person doing?" you
'
ll
smile a_nd give a little nod as I
slowly glide by.
Fashion Week introduces new looks, while updating some old
spring.
Amazingly enough, it appears
that
brooches
and
pins
are
hang-
ing in
there, adding visual inter-
est
to slouchy bags and loosely
fitted blazers
_alike, and, accord-
ing to
bling
clad Liz Taylor
and
this
week's runways, there's no
such
thing
as
too much jewelry.
Don't discard your
legwarmers,
tweed and boucle,
ballet-inspired
pieces, charm bracelets, or
cloche hats-these items are still
going strong.
However, you
may want to leave your poncho
at home
next
time you step
out
to
Hatter's. Capelets, classic or
punked-up
cardigans, cropped
jackets and slouchy blazers are
more up-to-date options to keep
you cozy.
Animal prints are still popping
up all over; despite it's apparent
current popularity, leopard still
tends to conjure images of perox-
ide blonde bimbo drag queens.
in a rainbow of colors, the louder
the better. Perhaps the most
In the shoe - - - - - - - - - - - - - pressing
query
of
fashionistas
worldwide
is:
will
department,
flats are still a
la mode, espe-
cially
flam-
boyantly dec-
orated ballet
'The overall feel of Spring
Fashion 2005 is of comfort,
sophistication and whimsy, with
bright colors and bold prints.'
.
Uggs ever
- - - - - - - - - - - - - go
away?
slippers and driving .mocs.
Wedges and pumps with metal
and plastic accents are also smart
Only time can tell. Despite their
conspicuous absence on the run-
way, the ubiquitous fuzzy boots
seem to have become wardrobe
staples.
The overall feel of Spring
Fashion 2005 is of comfort,
sophistication
and
whimsy.
Bright colors and bold prints are
important, as are a range of
diversely textured fabrics, fibers,
and rugged embellishments.
Girty grunge, militaristic ele-
gance
and
vintage~inspired
details add hobo-style funkiness
to an expansive array of sophisti-
cated separates
.
The innovative
and fashion conscious don't need
to get stuck feeling like a follow-
er
.
This season's emphasis on
mixing and matching, more
relaxed, edgy styling and plenti-
ful quirky accessories
l
ends itself
to creativity and personal expres-
sion.
From
.
Page Seven
School of Liberal Arts presents their first
theatrical performance to packed houses
What's your scholarship?
more wistful than
I would think a
man
who
knows
he is con-
demned
to
death
would typically
be.
•
Alyssa Ciampaglio and
Yzquierdo sang a really lovely
duet on
"By My Side." Their
voices worked really well
together and
both demonstrated
ski
11
fu
1
tities were hard to pinpoint.
Sometimes they seemed like per-
haps they were playing a differ-
ent role from one song to the
next, while other characters
remained
the same, personality-
wise, throughout the whole play.
This was somewhat confusing to
me
-
I think more clarification
vocal con-
t
r
o
l .
Justin
Zacek
and
t
h
e
High points of the show Included the
cast's solid grasp of physical comedy
and their general chemistry.
was need-
ed here.
As far
as
the
casting of
Judas and
-
included the
.
cast's solid grasp of
physical comedy and their gener-
al chemistry and ability to play
off one another. And not to be
overlooked
is the G-Spell Band,
with conductor Liz Toleno on
·
keyboards, Lauren M. Jackson
on
electric and acoustic
_
guitars
,
Chris Wasilewski on bass,
Meghan O'Neil on drums, and
Jessica McNamara on flute.
They adeptly kept the pace of the
show going, feverishly exercis-
ing the muscle that is their craft.
ensemble sang "We
Beseech
thee," which I think may have
needed
a
bit
more polishing, but
was not out of place in the over-
all
excellent program.
John
Norton,
Defoe
and
Henderson
sang
"On
the
Willows,"
which segued into the
finale. Unfortunately,
the
finale
consisted
of
a rather
disturbing
scene that seemed
like
a
grotesque
mix of dying zombies
and a scene
from "Fosse." The
cast
members
clung
to various
pieces
of
the set
and writhed as
Jesus
was put
on the
cross and
died. Jesus' death
was
mostly
painful to
watch only because it .
A
general
grievance
I
had was
that some of
the characters' iden-
Jesus, I was conflicted through-
out the performance about how
I
(elt. I suppose my own personal
id_eas of what the characters
Director: Matt Andrews should
be proud of his cast-they put on
a generally tight, well-performed
show, even if a few bits were off.
The School of Liberal Arts
should be like would influence should continue to produce
my opinion
of the cast-
·
The School of Liberal Arts should
i
n
g .
continue to produce musicals, and
I
mus i
-
cals, and
I would
However, 1
would also put money on its success
also put
feel
that
m one y
Grosskreuz
at a play, whether comedic or dra-
on
its
may have
matic.
success
been better
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
at a play,
whether comedic or dramatic.
suited, playing the dual role of
skittish Judas / highly energetic For the most part, "Godspell"
John the Baptist; and that cast a level-five charm spell on
Cummings might have shone me.
more in the part of
Jesus,
lending
his
natural
stoicism to the role.
High
points
of the show
Calderon gives insight on Oscar nominations;
who will win the Academy Awards?
Picture
nomination
as
well as
Best Adapted
Screenplay and
Best
Direction.
The story is
touching and original, making it
stick
out
widely among the other
nominees.
I
was very pleased to
see
"Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless
Mind" grab a nomina-
tion
for
Kate Winslet and Charlie
Kaufman for Best Original
Screenplay, but was also sad to
see that it was not given a shot
for Best Picture. The easiest job
in the world must be
being
a
member on the Oscar panel of
judges. Where was my guidance
counselor for that?
With that in mind, I would do
my best to view any of these
films, not only because they are
'the highlight for the year, but
also because there is nothing else
worth paying dirt to see. I hear
Canal Street has some good
bootlegs if you are having prob-
lem locating the movie of your
choice. Tell them I sent you.
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Golden Griffins ha
·
nd Red
Foxes fourth consecutive
MAAC defeat in overtime
By
BRIAN HOOGE
Staff Writer
The men's basketball team
competed in another conference
game, but with an all too familiar
result.
ment, shooting 32 percent
in
the
first half.
To the Red
Foxes'
credit, how-
ever, they battled back against
the Golden Griffins. Marist shot
44
percent from the floor and
held a 9-1 advantage in second-
chance points before
eventually
forcing overtime.
lighting a balanced offensive
attack.
Marist, who have lost in four
consecutive
contests,
fell 71-61
in overtime to Canisius last
Monday.
With the loss, the Red Foxes
have dropped to 7-5 in the con-
ference, holding a slim lead over
Iona, Canisius, and St. Peter's.
And if those schools sound
familiar, they should- they-make
up three of Marist's four most
recent losses.
Unfortunately, in the extra peri-
od, the shooting struggles
returned, as Marist snot
an
icy
I I
per cent
(1-9)
from the floor.
Will Whittington continued his
impressive
sophomore cam-
paign, scoring a game high
19
points while sophomore guard
Jared Jordan added nine points
and dished out six assists.
Stilphen has now missed
two games with a stiff lower
back. Following some phys-
ical therapy, both Brady and
Stilphen thought he would
be ready to play. Just
min-
utes prior to tip-off, howev-
er, Stilphen again stiffened
up and sat as a precautionary
measure.
McClurkin,
still
serving
an
indefinite
suspension,
has
now missed four games
for
the
Red Foxes.
Concentrating on his upcoming free
throw,
sophomore
guard
Will
Whittington shot
67
percent from the
charity strike In the
71-61
overtime
loss
to canisuis. Whittington led the Foxes
with
19
points, scoring
17
points
In
the
second half.
The loss Monday came largely
in part to. Marist's inability to
consistently turn possessions
into points. Ironically
.
enough,
this is the area where Marist has
shown the most improvement.
The Red Foxes· continued to
struggle
in the offensive depart-
Freshman Shae McNamara
recorded a career high 12 points,
a beneficiary of the continued
suspension
of Will McClurkin
and the back injury to center
Ryan Stilphen.
Canisius was led by a quartet
of double-digit scorers, high-
The Red Foxes return to the
Mccann center on Thursday,
hosting a tough Fairfield
squad
at 7:30 p.m.
The
Foxes will start
a three game road trip, beginning
with Manhattan this Sunday at
2
p.m.
The Stags
(8-4 in
the
MAAC)
gave Marist all they could handle
when these two teams
first met
this past January.
Besides a solid
conference
record, Fairfield
also
boasts the
reigning
MAAC
player of the
week in
Deng
Gai.
Gai
notched a
triple-double against Loyola
last
week with
19
points,
11
rebounds
and
tO
blocked shots.
Upperclassmen quartet sets record, short of IC4A mark
By
DREW BUDD
Circle Contributor
Geoff Decker finished in a
time
of
7:57.12
in the
4x800
relay.
In
the first Millrose games that
Marist College attended, the Red
Foxes placed fourth out of eight
schools
last Friday night.
They fmished
11 seconds behind
first-place American
University.
Duke finished in
second-place
followed by Boston College at
third.
finished with a time of 3~1.42,
finishing
seventh
overall
while
breaking a
school
record by
4.5
seconds.
The previous
record
was
set
last
February at Boston
College.
Bamberger led the relay
off
with
a 49.9-second
split.
Quinn fol-
lowed him,
completing
his part in
a 50:7-second split, followed by
freshman Greg Marks
with
a
50.6-
second split. DeMarco
finished the
The 98th annual Millrose games
were held at Madison Square
Garden where
sophomores
Mike
Bamberger, Brian DeMarco and
Bryan Qµinn and senior
co-captain
The men then raced again
Saturday at the Annocy in New
York in the
New
Balance Annory
Collegiate
Invitational.
They raced the 4x400 relay and
Third loss fails to hinder motivation
for
women's MAAC Chanipionship
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Staff Writer
Despite a 123-120 loss to
Seton Hall this past Saturday to
end Marist women's swimming
dual meet season, head coach
Larry Van Wagner said the meet
was anything but a setback, and
that the team is primed for the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference Championships.
VanWagner said his team
stacked up well with Seton
Hall as far as individual talent,
but it was team depth whkh
allowed the Pirates to comman-
deer the three point win.
"We won eight out of 13
events, so we had the more tal-
ented swimmers," he said.
"They had the depth though. I
still think we were probably the
better team because we won so
many individual events."
The fact that it came down to
three points was a direct indi-
cation that team depth was a
factor,
according
to
Van Wagner.
"Having a lack of depth cost
us," h_e said.
'♦rhree
points is a
difference of just two places
changing in two different races.
And we had a lot of close fin-
ishes in many of the races ...
If
we had won by one-tenth of a
second, we would have won
the meet."
in her entire career."
to give to our kids all season
Also, junior tri..:captain long. And when you have
a
Meghan
Duffy,
freshman meet such
·
'as
we did on
·
Melissa Mangona, and sopho-
Saturday against Seton Hall, it
more Kim Koehler had peak shows you how everyone con-
performances in this meet.
tributes
to the success of your
"Meghan Duffy set a school team."
record in the three meter event,
Van Wagner said that Marist
and Melissa Mangona, a fresh-
has as much depth as any team
man, set the school record in in the conference; however,
the
one-:meter
event," Rider's depth poses a threat if
Van Wagner said. "Also, Kim the Red Foxes hope to repeat as
Koehler, a sophomore, had an
MAAC Champions.
outstanding day.
She is a
"The question will be if Rider
MAAC Championship finalist, has more depth than we do," he
and she performed her career-
said.
"That
will be
the
outcome
best time in the
I 00 freestyle."
·
of the MAAC Championships.
While
the
MAAC We have, by far, many of the
Championships may be the most talented swimmers and
most important meet of the sea-
divers in the conference, but
son, Van Wagner said each meet what is going to determine the
is a learning experience for outcome will be the depth."
each individual athlete.
The Lady Red Foxes, with
"Winning (the MAAC
·
this loss, finish the dual meet
Championships] is the most season with a record of 8-3 and
important objective for the now head to Baltimore for a
team," he said.
"However,
the three-day
MAAC
dual meets are very important. Championship meet, starting
They are where you determine on Thursday, Feb. 17.
whether or not the preparation
The Red Foxes will look to
you've done in the pool during defend their team title and win
the week has made any
its
seventh conference crown in
changes, positively or nega-
nine years.
tively on performance.
And
you learn where your mistakes
are, how to correct them, and it
gets you to a point where you
YD,c1min1
Schedule
Thursday
-
Saturday.
Feb.
17-
19
-
f
C
Championships
event
with
a
49.9-second split.
The record
relay time was a little
more than two seconds slower
than the IC4i(" qualifying mark in
that
event,
which was 3:19.40.
The men'~ J{p~k will compete fit
the
St. Valentine Invitational this
Friday and Saturday
'
in Boston.
The team will follow this meet
with the
MAAC
Championships,
which is
·
scheduled for February
18.
THE
CIRCLE •
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
10,
2005 •
PAGE
iJ'
Pirates pilfer victory
1
,
from Red Foxes
1
l
By
DAVID HOCHMAN
Staff Writer
performance. O'Nalty won the
I-meter diving competition
l
and finished second in the 3.:. ,
The Marist men's swimming
meter. O'Nalty scored a 260.85}
and diving
team closed out its
in his victorious dive.
O'Nalty
~
regular
season
this
past
is still trying
1
to learn
on the
31
Saturday, losing to host Seton
meter board though, after
com•~
Hall
Pirates.
ing into Marist as mainly
a
l
l
1
The meet was closer than the meter man. Second place in the
134-108 final score it reflected 3 meter was very respectabl~
because
of a turning point in since the Seton Hall diver did
the 200-yard freestyle race. have a higher degree of diffi:c
l
Freshman Greg
Jablonski
had a culty.
great opportunity to steal the
The Red Foxes will head into
race and
gain
an
upset
the
Red next Thursday's Metro Atlantic
Foxes were hoping for,
but
just Athletic
Conference
got
beaten on his turns. Championships in Baltimore;
Jab Ions
k
i
- - - - - - - - - - -
MD with a 9-2
touched only
'I would say Ralph was the
.22
seconds
star of the meet. We
r~cord. Loyobi
is hosting thi
,
championships
this year.
behind
the
weren't expecting him to
winner.
"That
race
do that much and he
Marist will
be attemptin~
to avenge their
first
confer-
was probably
swam really well.'
the
turning
point of the
meet," Coach
L
a r r
y
Van Wagner said.
-
Larry Vanwagner
Swimming Coach
ence
champi:.
.
"That was one of tlfe upsets we
were looking for.';
The 200 freestyle wasn't the
only
upset VanWagner
·
and
the
team
was
searching
for.
Freshman Ralph
Rienzo
set
three personal bests throughout
the meet in South Orange, NJ.
Rienzo
grabbed second place
in the 500 and 1000-yard
freestyles
while breaking his
personal
records.
"I would say Ralph was the
star of the meet,"
Van
Wagner
said. "We weren't expecting
him
to do that much and he
swam
really well."
Freshman Devon
O'Nalty
also had a great, une~pected
onship
loss
ever, in which they lost the
championship to Rider, 877._
8~. The last three years have
seen some very close competi~
tion with Rider, culminating
i:{l
a Red Fox loss last season.
This year, though, Marist
is
back with a full compliment of
divers which should be the
main difference from last year.
With that big chango
;
Van Wagner said his squad wm
probably be favored to win the
title again.
.
·
1
If
the Red Foxes
can pull
it
out, they will claim their ninth
'
MAAC Championship in the
10
years that they've been com-
peting within the conference.
•
Individually, Van Wagner
pointed out that senior captain
Emily Heslin won two of the
three events she competed in
during the meet.
can achieve peak performance
at your conference champi-
onships, and I think we did just
that this year."
Perhaps the most important
lesson the team can learn from
this three-point defeat, accord-
ing to VanWagner, is how vital
every single member is to the
team's success.
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three performances were the
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which is the way it should be,"
he said. "That is the point of
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20IJ5
Relay team dashes
into record books
By
CHRIS TORRES
Staff Writer
omettm
fre hman get no
re
pect.
That
could
change after the
), m n track team',; perfom,-
ance
thi
"
k nd
w
anchored by
a rre
hman-onl
4 00
re
ay
squad that . t a
·hool record
this weekend at
th
Met op
litan
Champ1onsh1p in Ne, Yor
Cu
The
fi'
hman
r la)
Cflk1d
f
S
rah Domermuth, Lind
-.t,
1
Rapple) ea, l isa D'Amello, and
Chnstm Wahl
fini
h d rn a
record
time
Q
2 .Ou.
qt
lifying
them tor a pot m the ECAC
Champ1onsh1p in March
Coach Phil
Kell}
aid he
a!
n
t
at the lea t
b1l
urpn
ed at
the outstanding perft nnance
by
th r la) squad.
¥./e put that quad out there
1th
II
the mtenuon of
<1uali-
f) ng for the I AC' champi-
on hips,· h
d
"They
ran
gre
t
but I thmk that group ~an
run e,en
better.-
'Iner
a,;
lev. of person•
al-be
t
perf
rm n
the most
notable
by
•
phomor
Chn tine McDe
ltt,
w
h tied
M~n
sa
Art1
no'
chool
reco
d
in the 200-mete , run-
rung
1t
m
26 4 7
econd
McDev1t y,as al o r
po
i-
ble for settmg the re rd m the
60-mcter hurdler earlier thi
"ear
l
th
f rdh n
lmitational.
Per onal
ocsts
mduded
oph-
omore Rachael Watson's per~
fonnance m
th
5,000-mct
rs
sh1: fim ·h d the
e\.ent
tn
19·17.64
Other notabl
w
c opho-
m re
Ali ·
n Kim
wh ran
the
,000
meter
m
10·42.18
Jumor
nd
3
DJTrani
finish
d
the
800-mct
2 31.6 l
The Red Foxes ,, ho finished
t
l
th of
14
o ralf on .
unda ,
ha e a p it1, outlook on his
upc mmg year. htch \
111
b
K lly'
I th
year \\
1
the
t
m.
Kelly
al
h
I C
pectmg a
break out
year
th!!) trac
t
am
·•we ve contmu u
I)
1
prmcd,' he said.
"I'm look-
ing for
m real op p
rform-
ance
in the up mmg
w
c ."
Th Red fo e , 111
ti)
to
m •
I
th '
p1; tauon beg, -
nmg this \\·e.ekend at B
t
n
nh
ersi~
's Val ntme Cius. tc
Upai
•fa&
Sdlftlalr.
Mat99
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Sunday.
Feb- 13 ..
at
Manhatlan.2p..m..
Waam•• lmkdhall:
Samday.,
Feb. 12 •
al
~ o o o n
Foxes pounce Stags in ninth
straight conference win
the contest while being led by the sen-
·
ior combination of Megan Vetter and
Kristin Keller; each player recorded
21 points on the night.
Marist's 71 points were its largest
offense output this season.
Vetter shot 9-11 from tM field,
achieving her career high scoring
mark.
The Red Foxes ran out to a 15-4
lead in the game's first five minutes,
but let the Stags back into the game as
Fairfield pulled with in six points
with 9:11 remaining.
Marist then went on a 17-0 run that
blew the game wide open, and held a
40-14 halftime lead on the strength of
Keller's 17 first-half points, along
with the Foxes
·
• stellar half-court
.
defense.
The Stags were held scoreless for
the last nine minutes of the first half.
Junior transfer Fifi Camara started
the second half off right for the Red
bination from the field, hitting on a combined
18 of 27 shots. Keller added IO rebounds, two
blocks and two steals to her line, for her second
double-double of the season.
The Stags were led by Cathy Dash who net-
ted 14 points and Candice Lindsay who had 12
on the night.
Marist returns to action on Thursday when
they travel to Albany to play their archrival the
Siena Saints at the Pepsi Center at 6 p.m. They
will conclude their week of play this Saturday
against Loyola.
ERIC KIMMEL /
THE CIRCLE
Senior toward Kristen Keller shoots over
Stags
Junior cen-
ter Ivana Podrug
for
three
of
her
21
points. Keller
shot 3-
for-4
from
behind the three
point
line, making her one
one
of
three Foxes
scoring
In double figures.
Foxes as she nailed a jumper within
the half's first minute.
Freshmen Sarah Smurdel and Niki
Flores combined for seven straight
points midway through the second
half to help boost Marist and keep
By
ANTHONY
OLIVIERI
Staff Writer
The Marist College wornen''s basketbaJl team
set a school record with their ninth straight vic-
tory in a 71-50 blowout of the Fairfield Stags at
the
James J. McCann Center last Saturday.
The
R
d
Foxes
dominated
for
the majority of
. their stranglehold on the contest.
Marist would pump the lead up to as much as
30 points with 5:04 remaining in the game as
Vetter knocked home a three.
The Red Foxes then called off the dogs, and
allowed every player on the roster to get some
time with the outcome well in hand.
Keller and Vetter proved to be a lethal com-
1:1t11,
NfflffllCL /
I
t11:
l ; l ~ U
Senior guard Megan Vetter
scored
a career
high 21 points grabbed five
rebounds and
dished
out four
assists
en
route
to
a
71-$)
win
over the
Stags of
Fairfield University.