VOLUME
58,
ISSUE 16
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2005
Newly proposed schedules extend class times
Possible that fall 2007 could introduce
'unit-based
scheduling'; 'Unit Week' in progress
By
TODD BIVONA
Circle
Contributor
The Student Academic Council
from the Student Government
Association has declared this
week "Unit Week". The Unit is
the proposed change from the
current scheduling to a unit-
based schedule that would affect
the students attending Marist
College from the fall of 2007
onward
.
On Monday and Tuesday,
members from the SAC (Student
Academic Council), targeted the
freshman dorms to present
details about this model. Since
this has the potential to affect
them in their tenure at Marist,
SGA felt it imperative that they
become aware of this proposed
idea.
Students were informed about
meetings taken place among
administrators, faculty, as well as
two student representatives from
this student government board;
the vice president of academic
affairs, Michael McLaughlin and
his representative of social and
behavioral
sciences,
Robert
Stecher.· Both have spoken on
behalf of the students at a series
of "Committee B" meetings.
This committee was designed to
map out the newly designed unit
system.
Upon hearing of this new unit
plan, many freshmen, including
Devon O'Nalty, oppose the pro-
posal and think nothing is wrong
with the current system.
"I
feel that the 'unit' is a posi-
tive for the majority of the stu-
dent body," O'Nalty said.
"However
,
as a student athlete,
I
feel it has a major effect.
I
just
think that it would be the best bet disagree with the way the school career preparation with an edu-
to leave things the way they are." is going about trying to imple-
cation in the tradition of the lib-
Freshman Kyle Carson agreed.
ment it."
era]
arts'.
By having courses that
"As of now the unit can be very
The administration has dis-
blend,
the curriculum will be
detrimental to the freshman
cussed the plans for the unit and both integrative and distribu-
class," Carson said.
"Our
class
how they want "to allow students tive."
needs to come together and tell
to devote more time to their sub-
Part of the plan involves mak-
the admin-
ject matter ing a schedQle that has
length-
is tr at ion
'In my opinion, the unit Is an excel-
in a given ened daily sections that has
4
who
is
lent idea in theory
...
however
I
dis-
·
semester, units per semester
(4
classes).
paying the
•
there b y
Full-time faculty would instruct
bills."
agree with the way the school Is
increasing 3 units (3 courses) per semester
However,
going about trying to implement It.'
focus
&
and expect an increase in focus
there are
depth
of from the students since classes
students,
-
Michael Gelormino
what
is will get much more in depth and
such
as
Sophomore
studied," focused. To graduate, students
s o p h o -
states
a
·
would need 30-32 .units, depend-
more Michael Gelormino, who slide that is a part of the S.A.C.
ing on the major that they are in.
think this new unit plan will be presentation. This idea is seen
The new schedule that would
beneficial to the school and stu-
clearly in "The Core" of a stu-
be phased in for the fall of 2007
dents.
dent's schedule. This is in line
is still up in the air. Three differ-
"ln
my opinion, the unit is an with the mission statement, ''the ent layouts have already been
excellent
idea
in
theory," impo~ce of an education is to presented as ideas, with each dif-
Gelormino said.
"However, I
have 'an experience that blends fering in the
length
of the classes
as well as how often they would
meet in a week. For example,
one has similarities to our current
schedule.
Day classes woulli
meet twice a week for an hour
and 15 minutes. .However, each
class has a designated "gray''
area which can be hela for up to
50 minutes
.
Night classes would
meet once a week for
2
hours and
a half and could be extended up
to 50 extra minutes if the teacher
so desired.
This new gray area would be a
requirement for classes and they
would have to meet a minimum
of
3
times during this time sloi.
F.,_day classes would end at
3:1~,
however, the activity period that
we have now would be shortened
to an hour and
15
minutes on
Wednesdays.
Another option has day classes
SEE SCHEDULING, PAGE 3
Santolli, Juras
heat up Debate
Night
Students and service
workers given chance
to meet and unite
CourtfSYofMC'IV
Student Government AsaoclatJOn
veteran Kenneth Juras
defended
his
and
the SGA's
record
on a number
of
Issues
nmgtng
from
tbe
UNIT, the
prfoffty
point
ayatem,
and
club
funding
In
a
debate against
Justin Santotll
last
Thursday at 9 p.m.
Juraa
and
Sentolll
agreed
on
many of the
Issues raised
by
~
1.rOm
the
Clrcle, MCTV end
Martst
College
Radio.
'
but differed In their aolu-
ttone
to
problemtl.
Santolll, an SGA outsider,
advocated
a
-rriinsparenf
government"
that
Is held accountable and
has
high
vfit.
blllty,
whereas
Juras
defended SGA and
said
that
many of their
efforts
feff on
deaf
ears. The
Student Body
President
Is
the only
SGA
position
where
there
was
more
than
one candidate running.
Voting
began
onllne
at
11 a.m. on
Monday
and
end-Wednesday
at
7
p.m.
Results will
be
posted
sometime on Thursday.
By
COURTNEY
J.
KRETZ
Editor in Chief
Oil M6>nday,
Feb . .21 students
were given the opportunity to
meet and speak with service and
maintenance workers, which
included members of mechanical
services, grounds, housekeeping,
·
and ship-
the campus community, helping
build a stronger Marist.
Gerard Lyons
,
chairperson of
the loeal
.union
and
hoUNkeeper
,
explained at the beginning of the
Meet N' Greet that many service
workers both work and study on
campus, and this event was a
step to help build better campus
relation-
ping and
'I think the service staff is far too
ships
.
receiving.
SEED,
in
con-
junction
with SEIU
separated from
the
students. There
is too much division and to pull It all
together would be a good thing.'
"We are
here
to
explain
what our
jobs
are
like, what
services
2
0
0
United,
the local
union that represents Marist
service and maintenance work-
ers, sponsored a Meet N' Greet
Monday in the Cabaret in order
to allow students to discuss ques-
tions, concerns, and give thanks
to those workers they regularly
see, but may never have met.
By hosting this event, SEED
and SEIU 200 United hoped to
establish and maintain solid rela-
tionships between members of
-Anne Rifenburg
McCann athletlc setup
we
pro--
vide, and to build a relationship
with the students," Lyons said.
Anne Rifenburg, Mccann ath-
letic setup, is one such person
who both works and takes class-
es, and feels that uniting students
and workers would be extremely
beneficial.
"Basically
,
I think the service
staff is far too separated from the
students."
Rifenburg
said.
SEE BONDS, PAGE 3
On senator's statewide tour, Ja~es C. Cannavino Library acts as venue
By
JAMES
Q.
SHEEHAN
Staff
Writer
On the afternoon of Feb
.
21,
United States senator Charles
Schumer, known to many in his
constituency as Chuck Schumer
visited Marist College
.
The
event took place in the James
A.
Cannavino
Library
in
the
Margaret W
.
Mair Executive
Presentation Room
.
Marist was a stop on Sen.
Schumer's statewjde tour, during
which he is unveiling
a new
por-
tion of his Web site that allows
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users to compare the benefits
they have under the current
Social Security system to those
they would potentially receive
under the new plan proposed by
President Bush
.
Security at the event was lax, in
contrast to the seemingly endless
barrage of Secret Service and
other security personnel present
last year when Sen. Hillary
Clinton used the library for an
event.
The event was not
in
conjunc-
tion with any club~ organization,
or school at Marist; it was more
of a press event for local make
such a
presentation.
Dutchess County media outlets.
Nevertheless, the Marist commu-
The reason - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - nity
was
Marist was
'I
was Impressed with the
'killer
represent-
chosen as
app' that Sen. Schumer demon-
ed,
with
the
hoSt
strated to allow individuals to
membersf
for
this
o
event was
determine their Social Security
President
largely a
benefits under both models.'
D e n n i s
logistical
Murray's
m a t t e r .
-
Dr.
Roger
Norton
c a b i n e t
Marist was
Dean, School of Computer p r e s e n t
one of the
Science and
Mathematics
along with
few facili-
M
C T V
ties open on Presidents'
'
Day and and faculty in attendance
.
had the technology available to
The presentation was well
received by those present,
including Dr. Roger Norton,
Dean of the School of Computer
Science and Mathematics
.
"[I was] very impressed with
the 'killer app' that he [Sen.
Schumer] demonstrated to allow
individuals to determine their
Social Security benefits under
both models," Norton said.
During the presentation Sen
.
Schumer asked some individuals
to come up and have the program
figure out their benefits in front
of the group
.
The application on Schumer's
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Resident fashion expert
Meghan McKay
looks at Oscar
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PAGE 5
Kate Giglio spoke to visual artist Jake Berthot about his
exhibition in the Marist Art Gallery.
PAGE 7
Web site was des
i
gned to be user
friendly, and is mockingly titled
"Social Insecurity
.
" The user is
asked for their current ;mnual
salary and the year they were
born. Through a series of calcu-
lations the program then displays
the amount one would receive
under the current system and the
amount received under the Bush
plan. The difference between the
two figures is then displayed and
a percentage of how much the
individual stands to lose und~r
the Bush plan is shown at the
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JHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2004
Securitv Briefs:
www.maristclrcle.com
The "Security Briefs" and the
"
Alcohol Fantasy
Beat" are intended to be
'a
parody and not a repre-
sentation of The Circle
:S-
editor_ial stance on drin{c-
ing- illegal or otherwise - nor is it intended to be
a statement regarding the official Marist College
policy on alcohol
consumption.
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Don't
let the Thai kick you
on
the way out
.
Complied by DAN ROY
~ampWj Editor
~/15 -
Tlie yell of "Is that regulation size or what!?"
. ~as heard coming out of Marian at 9:40 p.m. It turns out
security stumbled onto an unauthorized beer-pong game.
Seven cans of Bud Light were confiscated. Security said
the students violated strict NCAA rules by playing that
game. ""I)leir table wasn't regulation size,". said the offi-
-
~~r. "I never miss that many shots."
·i116 -
Talk about stinking,
"Yeah,
you did that plenty
two weeks ago," a student reported his !pod was missing
~t
3:30 p.m. Wednesday. He said he first discovered his
dresser drawer was lacking the piece of equipment three
days prior to reporting. Coincidentally, his roommate
got an Ipod three days prior
to
the report ... You ill tim-
ing jerk, talk about rubbing salt in a wound.
2/17 -
A mysterious vehicle was spotted with a resident
permit in the McCann lot at 12:30 a.m. Thursday.
Something just didn't add up for the officer; resident per-
mits are only good for Beck, any upstanding Marist res-
ident would know that. He investigated the situation
fur-
ther, and the resident permit turned out to be fraudulent.
Fraudulent permit, more like flatulent permit! Heh heh ...
2/17 -
How sweet would having a flatulent permit be?
\'Excuse
me, did you just past gas in this elevator
crammed with'.' people?" Yeah, but it's ok, I have a
permit. "Ob, I'm sorry sir, go right ahead."
If
I didn't
have a permit there, that could have been very embar-
rassing. Speaking of embarrassing, how about
stupid over there and get caned like that poor spray paint
kid. "You're an idiot, you know that."
2/17
-
People don't like to listen to me. I can't say I
blame them, but every once in awhile I know what I'm
talking about. There was another botched illegal
entry this past week. At 12:35 a.m. a non-Marist student
got caught trying to enter Champagnat with a Marist stu-
dent's ID. Luckily for all of us, the perpetrator was
caught and his fate with AAA Taxi was sealed. There
were two more of these cases this week; but I don't want
to write about it anymore. Guys, I know it is a pain, but
just get the guest pass
.
No one wants their friend who is
visiting
all the way from Tallahassee to get turned away
at the door. That is unless he snores at night.
If
that's the
case, take your tama-hawk chop chanting butt back
where it came from.
2/18
-
A Champagnat student wanted to enter her dorm
and go to bed around 2:55 a.m. Friday. Unfortunately,
she was wasted out of her mind and got stopped at the
desk. Fortunately, she wasn't the only one and had Billy
Joel and Joe Namath to keep her company.
2/19
-
-
Sheahan had its own misfit at 1 :55 a
.
m. the next
day. This drunken student had the pleasure of riding the
Fairview express right to St. Francis. Fortunately, he
wasn't alone and had A.J. Mclean and Bette Midler to
keep him company.
Although also not
confirmed,
I believe
it was
the
Dunpng Dutchman Rik Smits who did it. Now I'm just
speculating, but I think the Dutchman had some
words for the new coach at the beginning of the year
.
Something
to
the tune of,
"I
want to be coach."
And
in
my head he sounds like Arnold Schwarzenegger, but
that's just because I don't know how Dutch people talk.
Brady obviously didn't listen to him
and is currently
leading the Red Foxes
to
an 11-14 record.
Cal(
me crazy
,
but I think the Dutchman has a right to be pissed
.
I mean
the team
is
having another losing season on the
court
he
paid for
.
I think Brady is lucky that Smits didn't do more
to the car. But again, all this is
speculation at
this point.
Alcohol-related incidents this week:
1. Marian-2
2. Champagnat - 1
3. Sheahan - 1
Total alcohol-related Incidents:
1. Leo-3
2. Champagnat-
2
8. Marian-2
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Friday, Feb. 25, to
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005
Mall Trip
Friday 4 PM - 12 AM
Saturday 12 PM
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8
PM
Bus leaves from Midrise
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SPC Broadway Trip:
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10AM
Bus leaves from Midrise
Thursday, Mar. 3, 2005
SPC
Performing Arts
Presents:
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8PM
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Saturday, Mar. 5, 2005
Mall Trip
4 PM -12 AM
Bus leaves from Midrise
slipping and falling in the middle of a cafeteria filled
with your peers. Well at 1: 10 p.m. Thursday, some poor
sap did just that. And what is his excuse? He slipped on
l'hai
food.
Looks like someone
is
canceling his trip to
:
Thailand this summer; which
.is
probably a g9od tt~g
:
becaUit
you don't
want to do wmethlii19
2/19
-
The Marian study lounge was hardly being used
for studying at 3:45 a.m. Saturday. Six students were
found riot only to be drinking beer and but also gam-
bling! No way, college kids don't gamble? The remain-
ing beer and the pot were taken
.
2/19
- A
car was reported keyed in the
Mccann
lot at
5:30 p.m. Although. not confirmed, I believe
il
was the
hfl.ld
tdoach
of
our basketball team, Matt Braay's car.
4. Gregory- 1
5.
Talmadge - 1
6. Upper West Cedar - 1
7. Lower West Cedar -1
8. Sheahan - 1
Sunday, Mar. 6, 2005
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''
The Bush [Social Security] plan would
impact people from all walks of life and
it is important for us to get that message
out.
- Eric Schultz
Representative of Sen. Shumer
''
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2005
www.marlstclrcle.com
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From Page One
Different class scheduling options considered for 2007
per week but extends day classes
to an hour and 40 minutes.
These classes would be required
to meet a minimum of 3 times for
25 minutes in the gray area time
slot. Night class times would be
the same, however they could be
required to meet for an extra 50
minutes a minimum of 3 times
per semester.
This plan would not have
assigned gray areas but courses
would be required to meet during
any gray area time slot. The
activity period would be for an
hour and 40 minutes on
Wednesdays.
The final proposed schedule is
different in comparison to our
current schedule and the two
other schedules proposed. Six
classes would meet for an hour
and five minutes, three times a
week (classes 1,3,5,7,9,11) and
six classes would meet for .an
hour and 40 minutes twice a
week ( classes 2,4,6,8, 10, 12).
The night classes are scheduled
the same way that they are in the
previous schedule.
With this
schedule, there would be no
activity period and no allotted
gray area for classes; nonethe-
less, these required times will
vary.
It
is important to note that all of
these schedules are merely ideas
being discussed at meetings of
"Committee B," which was
designed to fmalize the schedul-
ing for this plan. Nothing has
been finalized and there are still
plenty of issues to be discussed.
For example, as mentioned,
changes to our core classes
would occur.
"The Core provides students
with a well-rounded education
and has many benefits ... becom-
ing more aware of values and
ethical implication, becoming
more intellectual through inte-
grating various methods, and
becoming critical in writing."
Many are familiar with the cur-
rent system of our core classes
that includes taking six credits
from each general field of study.
With this plan, there are plenty of
changes being made as to how
many lower level classes will be
required.
Different courses that students
can expect to be added, changed,
or emphasized more, are the fol-
lowing: three units of what is
being called
"Foundations,"
which will have a seminar on
community, nation, world ( clus-
tered with college writing), and
another seminar with communi-
ty, nation, and world with info
literacy component; two units of
"Traditions"
that include philos-
ophy (in a world views and val-
ues mode) and history (in
themes);
five
units
of
"Perspectives",
two of which
will include logical reasoning
and natural world, a science
requirement, and a math require-
ment (no stats or excursions),
two units of expression that
include literature and fine
arts
(lit-designated
courses
in
English and modern language,
fine arts--courses in
art,
com-
munications, theater, music, and
film), and a citizenship and soci-
ety unit with a focus on social
science.
A main focus of this new plan
is to. make the curriculum writ-
ing-intensive
_
and more involved.
SAC's presentation further stated
that classes will look to achieve
the following: developing writ-
ing through a series of drafts and
show profess through substantial
-
revisions; producing written
work with a clearly defined pur-
pose that fulfills various course
assignments; using informal
•
writing (like journals or in-class
writing) to facilitate c~e read~
ing and promote critical think-
ing; and to produce writing char-
acterized by mature prose
arid
conforming to c
_
onventions of
standard English."
The final section of the presen-·
tation includes the "Guiding
Principles" which are drawn out
at the
"Committee
B" meeting~.
Each of the 12 principles
explains the transition that
win
occur and what changes can be
expected.
No
time like present to cultivate bonds between students and school workers
:
"There is too much division and
to pull it all together would be a
good thing."
Kerri
.
Kannengieser, senior,
vice
president
of SEED,
explained that although SEED is
an environmental campus club,
they have concen for social
issues on campus and think the
Meet N' Greet is a stepping stone
to help unite the community and
build bridges between workers
and students.
"If
we combine our efforts, we
could get more done
/
on cam-
pus," Kannengieser said.
With the contract between the
college and service and mainte-
nance workers expiring June 30
of this year, workers feel there is
no better time to build bridges
between students and workers.
"Students have an indirect role
as stakeholders in this college,"
Rich
Drucker
,
advocate of SEIU
200 United and Marist workeri,
said.
Senator
Chuck
Schumer outlines new application on Web site
that
compares Social Security plan
with
Bush's
bottom.
North said.
The
president
of
the
Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of
Commerce, Charlie North, men-
tioned that Schumer was gener-
ous with his figures in the appli-
cation, which uses a 6 percent
stock market growth, and that the
real figures could be much
lower; this would mean the dif-
ference and negative repercus-
sions of the Bush plan could be
even larger.
"Sen. Schumer made a point; it
[Social Security] with bipartisan
cooperation, can be fixed,"
However, North felt that a few
more plans were probably in the
works in addition to the Bush
plan.
"A little bit more needs to be
heard on both sides," North said
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Biting the hand that feeds him: Bush betrays the poor
By IGOR VOLSKY
Staff WrJter
-
The occupation of Iraq has
made Americans less secure.
l)ush
adtninistration policy has
radicalized Muslim extremists
!lnd
drastically enhanced the
Muslim call to jihad. Bush did
this knowingly and deliberately.
In his testimony to the Senate
rntelligence
Committee, Porter
Ooss; the new CIA Director con-
fessed that the war in Iraq "was
giving terrorists experience con-
tacts
'for future attacks ... They
represent a potential pool of con-
tacts; build
transnational terrorist
cells, groups and networks."
The American progressive
movement and the U.S. intelli-
gence community have long cau-
tioned against such an outcome.
The
National
Intelligence
Estimate of 2002 warned that an
invasion could increase the threat
of terrorism and the National
Intelligence Council has recently
concluded that "Iraq has replaced
Afghanistan as the training
ground for the next generation of
'
,
professionalized
terrorists."'
But Bush invaded anyway. The
benefits of the ends superceded
the consequences of the means.
The means have had dire con-
sequences. For the first time
since 2001, the Army began the
fiscal year with just 18.4 percent
of its recruitment goal met.
According to the Washington
Post, that amounts to less than
half oflast year's figure and falls
well below the Anny's goal of 25
percent. Fewer soldiers are join-
ing the army out fear of ending
up in Iraq, the epicenter of inter-
national terrorism and the local
of a poorly planned and ill-justi-
fied war. For many potential
army recruits, the President's
campaign of lies, misrepresenta-
tions and omissions has drained
enthusiasm from the American
ideal of volunteerism. For this
reason, the army has had to offer
large monetary incentives and re-
enlistment bonuses to potential
"volunteers." The average cost of
signing up a recruit has risen
from $15,265 in fiscal 2001 to
$15,967 in fiscal 2004.
These and other costs have
resulted in a staggering $427 bil,.
lion budget deficit- the great
majority of which can be attrib-
uted to the President's irresponsi-
ble tax cuts and the $220 billion
invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Bush's 2006 budget plans to
extend the former and supple-
ment the letter. And in order to
"cut the deficit in half in five
years," the budget slashes $212
22.2 percent." Middle class
Americans • experienced a tax
increase. Those earning $51,500
to $75,600 "saw their share of
federal tax payments increase.
Households
earning
around
$75,600 saw their tax burden
jump the most, from18.7 percent
of all taxes to 19. 5 percent."
The tax cuts have effectively
shifted
the
billion from
150 domestic
discretionary
programs
and $ 138 bil-
lion
from
mandatory
While such policies dispropor-
tionately benefit households
making over $200,000 a year,
they are financed through the
sacrifices of the middle class.
tax
burden
from the rich
to the middle
class. And in
his
2006
budget, the
programs.
These programs disproportion-
ately benefit the poor and middle
class. The same cannot be said
for Bush' tax cuts.
An August 2004 Congressional
Budget Office study confirmed
that from 2001 to 2004, the
wealthiest
20
percent
of
Americans experienced
a
drop in
their federal taxes from
64.4
to
63.5 percent. The richest 1 per-
cent of Americans, "earning $1.1
million saw their share fall to
20.1 percent of the total, from
President is
kicking the poor while they're
down. lhe more desperate their
situation becomes, the greater
the possibility for recruitment.
Because of this, the $2.5 trillion
budget eliminates education,
environmental and housing pro-
grams. Forty-eight education
programs will be cut, rural health
grants will be phased out, many
federal-funded community food
·
and malnutrition programs will
be terminated, food stamp bene-
fits would be eliminated for
200,000 to 300,000
people,
"a
freeze m child-care funding
would cut the number of low-
income children receiving help
by 300,000
m
2009" and
Medicaid will face a $45 billion
reduction over
the next 10 years.
Meanwhile, the
President
plans
to
make his tax cuts permanent at
a
cost
of $1. l trillion over the
next
10
years and
to
eliminate
two obscure
tax
previsions that
carry with them $ 115 billion 10-
year price
tag. And while such
policies disproportionately
bene-
fit
households
making over
$200,000 a year, they are
financed
through
the sacrifices of
the middle
class. Most American
military
families fall below the
·
$200,000 income .
bracket
and
find themselves at the mercy of
Bush's domestic reductions.
Here in Poughkeepsie, military
and
other
middle class families
are
already hurting. In recent
weeks, the YWCA has been
forced
to
shut down. The Youth
Resource Development Corp.,
"ah
agency which provided job
training and life skills to [577)
local young people for 20 years"
has also had to close it doors
and
file for bankruptcy.
Program
directors blame the closure
on
a
loss of state and federal funding
and foresee more closings in the
future.
President
Bush's 2006
budget brings this vision to
fruition. The proposed budget
cuts grants to state and local gov-
ernments by $10,7 billion and
reduces federal spending
on
domestic programs by
14
percent
over the next five years.
If
all presidential
budgets
pro-
vide a glimpse into administra-
tion priorities, then
Bush's
inter-
ests lie with the top 20 percent of
Americans. While the president
acknowledges that "during this
time of war, we must continue to
support our military and give
·
them
the tools for victory," his
domestic and foreign priorities
endanger the soldiers and finan-
cially devastate their families.
Such policies only aide interna-
tional terrorists and endanger
Americans
.
.
Don't take my word for it; go
read Porter Goss's statement. I'm
simply pointing out the obvious.
Red vs. Blue: One says everything is peachy; other says impeach
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program
a
final
point
Mr. Volsky'
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our
February
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the
president
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aim that
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doubled
lfohting d: I. to
create an h:J~!
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and could
that
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free from the m
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increasing
funding to
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lo
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up .ome of rh point.:·
that
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education
he
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and
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JU
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at
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him.I
many
!or
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countne
and
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poh
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thcn
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for interna•
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size of Poughkeepsie's jail won't give
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to
do
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I'd like to thank my stylist, my hair-
_
dresser and, oh yes, the Academy
By
MEGHAN McKAY
Staff Writer
The invitations have been sent,
the champagne ordered, the red
carpet vacuumed and properly
Febreezed. Hollywood hotshots
are tanning, whitening their
teeth, and popping Valiums as
haggard stylists and designers
flounce around putting the fin-
ishing touches on outfits that will
be the talk of the town until this
time next year; the 77th Annual
Academy Awards Ceremony is
just about ready to roll.
This
Sunday
night,
Hollywood's A-list will gather
again for the gala of glitz which
celebrates the gifted and talented
of our beloved entertainment
industry.
Competition is stiff and ten-
sions run high as the best and
fashion-statement-making, and
outright shocking displays of
poor taste.
The early years of the Academy
Awards featured demure yet
glamorous styles which have
become classic looks enshrined
in Hollywood history
.
Awards
show glamorpusses Grace Kelly,
Marilyn ~onroe and Audrey
Hepburn have become fashion
icons whose timeless beauty
,
charm and chic sense of style•
continues to
'
inspire designers,
starlets, and the average style-
conscious dreamer even today.
One of the most emulated Oscar
ensembles in its 77-year history,
created by famed costufJle
designer Edith Head was Grace
Kelly's 1955 regal-glam blue
silk spaghetti strap gown and
wrap. Hepburn brought Dior's
new look front and center at the
brightest battle
for the biggest
honor of the sil-
ver screen, hop-
ing to join the
ranks
of movie
g r e a t s
Katharine
Oscar fashions provide an
alternate medium for stars
to affirm their Individuality
and status and possibly
make a splash.
26
Annual
Awards in a
crisp
white
etched-floral
tea dress with
classic
belted
nipped
waist
and protruding
Hepburn
,
Laurence Olivier, Jack
Nicholson and Susan Sarandon.
Over one billion viewers world-
wide will tune in to experience
the exhilaration and glamour that
makes
the Oscars so intriguing.
·
Perhaps the highlight of the
night
wm
be the' red-carpet
parade of elegant and outlandish
evening-wear, which tends to be
far more entertaining than over-
scripted-joke
clunkers
or
tediously lengthy acceptance
speeches. Oscar fashions pro-
vide an alternate medium for
stars to affirm their individuality
and status and possibly make a
splash. While you might not nec-
essarily leave clutching one of
the coveted shiny golden fig-
urines
,
you can certainly still
look fabulous! Over the years,
the red carpet at the Oscars has
exhibited countless examples of
exquisite style
,
trend-setting
chicness, misguided attempts at
skirt.
Oscars fashion has taken some-
what of a downward tum since
the more subtly smart era of sil-
ver screen starlets.
Today
'
s
fashion goals are less about
being attractive and more about
attention•gmbbing or making
a
political point. Granted, some
stars pay homage to the classy
and sophisticated aesthetic of
days gone by. Renee Zellweger,
Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts
and Scarlett Johansen have gar-
nered compliments in recent
years for their discerning choices
of simple and refined vintage-
.
inspired creations.
However, it seems that many
subscribe to the belief that she
( or he) who shows the most skin
or drops the most jaws wins
.
One notoriously hideous Oscar
get-up was the dead swan
wrapped around edgy entertainer
Bjork at the 2001 ceremony.
Protruding from a tutu-like con-
coction of layered white tulle
and worn over a flesh-toned
body-suit, the fateful feathered
creature by Marjan Pejoski was
understandably
ill-received
;
Bjork hasn't attended the Awards
since
.
In 1995, Dawn of the Dead
costumer Lizzy Gardner turned
heads in a one-of-a-kind gown of
her own design
,
created com-
pletely of plastic credit cards.
Metallic
links
painstakingly con-
nected over 200 American
Express Goldcards, all with
invalid numbers
,
of course.
Demi Moore earned sharp criti-
cism for her own self-designed
ensemble for the 1989 Academy
Awards.
·
Her black cutaway
motorcycle-mama gown fea-
tured an edgy bustier and burn-
enhancing bustle, worn over a
vile pair of stretchy black bike
shorts that looked suspiciously
girdle-like, making the stunning
thirtysomething star appear
shabby
,
matronly and cheap.
Kim Basinger fared no better
with her own futuristic wedding
gown concoction worn in 1990,
which consisted of a tent-like
bubble skirt and hacked-apart
one-shouldered
long-sleeved
bodice
.
Singer
-
turned-movie-star Cher
has created sparks multiple times
in Oscar history
.
Her bizarre
198'6 feathered headdress and
navel-exposing black gown by
fanciful
designer fav
Bob
Mackie
had
a
dominatrix
Dracula-meets-Native American
feel.
She appeared to have
toned it dowp at the 1987 awards
in a subdued black cloak, which
later slipped
.
off, revealing a
completely translucent net gown
which apparently left little to the
imagination. Showing skin was
.
nothing new at the Academy
Awards.
Barbra
Streisand
accepted her 1968 Oscar for
"Funny- Girl" clad in a see-
th~ough pantsuit intended to
exhibit her modem, youthful
spirit. In 1974, streaker Robert
February Dates in Black History
Feb. 1,
Feb. 2,
Feb. 3,
Feb. 4,
.
Feb. 5,
Feb. 6,
Feb. 7,
'
Feb. 8,
Feb. 9,
1865 -
John S. Rock, first Negro to practice before U.S. Supreme Court
1776 -
George Washington answered letter from Phillis Wheatley
1868 -
John Mercer Langston spoke at Alabama capita.I
1867 -
Peabody Fund established to aid black education
.
1934 -
Hank Aaron born
1961 -
Jail-In Movement began in Rock Hill, S.C.
1867 -
Frederick Kouglass and Negro delegation called on Pres.
.
Johnson
1951 -
Private Edward
0.
Cleaborn, Memphis soldier, awarded
Distinguished Service Cross
.
1965 -
President Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. met at White
House
Feb. 10,
1780 -
Seven Negroes challenge taxation without representation
Feb. 11,
1933 -
Lois Gardella was the original "Aunt Jemima"
t
Feb. 12,
1909 -
NAACP founded
Feb. 13,
1746 -
Absalom Jones, first black Protestant minister, born
Feb. 14,
1867 -
Augusta Institute, later Morehouse College, opened in Atlanta
Feb. 15,
1957 -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized
Feb. 16,
1874 -
Frederick Douglass elected president of Freedman's Bank
&
Trust Co.
Feb. 17,
1950 -
Thomas
L.
Griffith admitted to Los Angeles Bar Association
Feb. 18,
1688 -
First formal protest against slavery -
Quakers
·
Feb. 19,
1790 -
George Bridgetower, musician, made London debut
Feb. 20,
1895 -
Death of Frederick Douglass
Feb. 21,
1965 -
Malcolm X assassinated
Feb. 22,
1967 -
Adam Clayton Powell stripped of seniority
Feb. 23,
1868 -
W. E. B. DuBois born. Died 1963
Feb. 24,
1811 -
Daniel A. Payne, educator, born
Feb. 25,
1870 -
Hiram Revels elected 1st Negro in U.S. Senate
Feb. 26,
1930 -
"Green Pastur~" opened in N.Y.C.
Feb. 27,
1844 -
The Dominican Republic established
Feb. 28,
1842 -
Charles Lenox Remand testified before Mass. House Committee
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Singer Bjork's infamous swan
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FGM, a violation of human rights
ay
KRISTEN ALLDREDGE
Health Editor
the opening must occur for most women thinks that FGM is a challenging issue to
before intercourse. Inept
cutting
can result in tackle because of it is a lohg standing tradi-
additional damage and increase the risk: of tion in many cultures, but also a violation of
•
"In
countries where it is practiced, mainly
lilV
during intercourse.
human rights.
}tfrican, about 2 milJion youngsters a year
As devastating as the - - - - - - - - - - - - -
"It is hard to say who is
can expect the knife - or the razor, or glass FGM sounds and detri-
It is practiced by groups In a
right and who is wrong
s~ard - to cut their clitoris or remove it alto-
mental to the girl's health,
variety of religions, including
and to enforce it, because
~ther." This "Unhappy Vagina Fact" from
there are a nwnber of rea-
it is a cultural feature that
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Islam and Christianity, neither
,...ve
ns er s
ragma
1Y1.ono
ogues
re1ers to
sons given in the FGM's
we are not a part of. It is
female genital mutilation, one of the most defense. It is practiced by
of which commends It.
an involuntary act against
widespread violations of human rights.
more than 28 A f r i c a n - - - - - - - - - - - - - an unknowing youngster,
Non-governmental organizations including
.
countries. Also by groups in a variety of reli-
but so is male circwncision
-
which our cul-
Amnesty International and UNICEF have gions, including Islam and Christianity, nei-
ture justifies," Gorman said.
been alerting the world
,
about FGM and ther of which commends it. In most of the
James Rachels, author of"The Elements of
~veloping strategies for to abolish it. Since instances the practice is rooted in cultural Moral Philosophy" concludes that excision
the 17th century colonists have been trying beliefs and the group
'
s values. For example, of the female genitals is one of
the
"bad" cul-
to prevent the practice, but then: efforts were women unable of experiencing sexual pleas-
tural practices that should not be tolerated·
p~rceived as attempts to destroy cultural tra-
ure are said to be less promiscuous, thus because it hinders the welfare of the people
ditions.
resulting in fewer unwanted and pregnancies whose lives are affected ~y it.
,
Female genital mutilation (FGM) refers to in unmarried women. The counter to this
Philosophy professor Mark Worrell thinks
the removal of part or all of the female geni-
argument is that a study reported by Amnesty ofFGM as an issue of morality while consid-
talia. The most severe procedure is called International found that 90 percent
·
of the ering its cultural origins. He takes an ethical
iofibulation, consisting of a. clitoridectomy women who have undergone FGM reported
standpoint
condemning the act.
and excision, in which all or part of both the experiencing orgasm.
"We
must uphold certain human dignities,
clitoris and labia minora are removed. The
If
the girl does not undergo the initiation which may mean finding certain cultural
labia majora is cut - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - rite, she is deemed practices run counter to that," Worrell sai<,l.
We must uphold certain human dignities,
which may mean finding certain cultural
practices run counter to that.
''
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor,
- M. S. Worrell
Professor, philosohy
PAGES
In response to the brief "Guiltless gourmet minus the butter-
sause," Norway is considering revising its Animal Welfare Act to
include all animals. The fishing and lobster industries are obvious-
ly trying to
"prove"
that lobsters don't feel pain, which
would
thus
eliminate them from protection under the act.
As a former science teacher with a biology degree, I find this most
interesting. First, all animals, sea life included, have a desire to be
free and safe, and will try to escape danger and peril. Second, since
humans don't need to eat animals to survive, they should not be
exploited in the first place. Not only is consuming fish and
lobster
unnecessary, it harmful to us. Fish, lobster, and other marine ani-
mals have high levels of cholesterol, fat, and dangerous, radioactive
metals because they live in highly polluted waters. Whether a sci-
entist can prove that an organism can or can't feel pain
is
arbitrary.
A scientist can "prove or disprove" anything if they have
the
prop-
er funding from an agency or company.
We should support the strengthening of Norway's Animal Welfare
Act and keep fish, lobsters, and other sea animals off of our plates
- for their sake and our own.
-
Mark Crimaudo
Biologist
Do you
like
pending
time with kids?
and then
stitched
to
The procedure is often done to girls
an outcast an ineligi-
He compared the practice of FGM to slav-
form a new covering
between the ages of four and eight who
ble to marry. The cli-
ezy, a former cultural practice in the United
The
PsycholQgy
Club
Is sponsonng
an event
over the
vagina,
with
have varying amounts of knowledge of
toris and labia are States that
is
j11stified by today's
society
as
called
OJ18
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One to One Day
IS
an
a small hole left
viewed by some cul-
an immoral
.
institution despite Americans'
opportunity
for
.,11!~'1'111
to
spend
some time with
behind for fluids
,to
what is happening to them.
tures as the "male widespread practice of it for over a hundred
escape.
parts" of a woman's years.
children
'ilMMft
bfflties.
There
WIii
be
The
procedure is
most often done to girls body, and their removal is thought to
"It may not be comfortable to
choose
to be
games,
crafts,
animals
food, and much more!
between the ages of four and eight who have enhance the girl's femininity and define her
ethically·
conscious persons who .uphold and
This
year
One
to
0ne
Day will be held on
varying amounts of knowledge of what is
as a woman. In cultures where
it
is an act of honor the human
fellowship;
it would be eas-
Wednesday
.Ap
27th.
from 9 00 am to 2·00 pm at
happening to them. It is often a part of initi-
purity to be mutilated, the women who are ier to be indifferent and
silent,"
Worrell said.
the
Dyson
Quad
So
get
your friends together and
ation into
womanhood
in which girls are not are regarded as unclean and not
allowed
"FGM
is
not, on solid
grounQ, ethical;
it
sign up to parlicil)lde
and
truly
make
a difference
encouraged to be brave. Usually, there are no to handle food and water.
should give us pause."
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By
KATE GIGLIO
Managing Editor
In
its
study
released reh
2.2,
th~
Partnership
for a Dmg-Free
America found
tbattoday's
gen-
eration
of
parents-who,
sta11
ticall,. have the
most
firsthand
experience
with
diug
use,-,...-are
notably
fax about Lhe
role
ot
drugs
in
the
lives
of
their
own
children.
In
the
group
of
1,205
parents
~uncycd
)
the 2004
Par111crsh1p
Attitude
Tracking
Study (PATS),
12
percent
rr.:portcd
never
having
talked
With
their child about
lrngs (hn1bk 6
percent reported
111
1998,
Parents see less risk
in
trying
or u.
ing
drugs
like
mariJuana, cocaine and even inhalants than
tfley'
did
in
1998. And onl~
-il
pen:ent
of
today\
par~
ents said th
y
,
ould
be
iUpSet
1
t
their child
experimenteJ
with mJrijuana. While
Just
one
fu.
the
parents
believes
their
l.L"Cnager
has
friends
\\
ho
u
c
manj uana, 62
percent
of teens n:poricd
having friends who smoke pot.
Growing
The
study also found that
the amount
of
teens
who report
ever
using
marijuana
1s
double the
percentage of parents
who believe their teen
bas
uM:d the
drug.
When
it
comes to designer
drngs
tha~
weren't
even
around twenty
or
thirty
years
ago,
parents
are
even more disconnected, the
tud)
found.
Onl)
I
percent
of
patents
bcltc
·
their teen
may
hav used
Ecstasy,
while m
rcah-
ty
about
9 percent
of all teens
l~.
I
mitHon
in
American)'
used
Ec:-.tas)
for the
nrst
tim~
last
yum.
TbQ.ugh
it
1s
a
drop
ITl>rn
a
hjgf.IQf
12
per-
cent
in _oo
I,
tt
is
still riine times
more
tban \\ hat
parents
collective!) think. What may· be rhc
most
1mport;ml
aspect of the
~tudv is
the
data's
reinforcement
of
Just
how
mllu
·niial
pa.renttcan
be regarding
their
children\ decisions
aboul
druus.
1
\ccording
totheteport,
teens
\~hn
11.;purt
learning a lol
about
the
risks
of
drugs
at home
are up to
half
as
likely to,
use
drugs.
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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
24,
2005
www.marlstclrcle .
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An original in metier and mind-set
By
KATE
GIGLIO
Managing Editor
them," Berthot said. "When I
work,
and
is therefore
did them it was just something "an opportunity for me
that I did, not necessarily for to look
back
at" what
On an anonymous,
white,
public
c
onsumption.
"
he's done.
gallery-wall
ocean,
Jake
The d~cision to include them in
In
addition to the type
Berthot's drawings are each the show, Berthot said, hinged of work in the Steel
buoys.
mostly
on the intrigued reactions Plant, Berthot has also
The themes of each seem to of
gallery
director Donise painted extensively.
In
sway in front of the eye; each Edwards and adjunct art profes-
fact, most of what he
suggests there is something sor Ed Smith, who both came to has done in the recent
important below the
surface
but select works for the exhibition past
is
paint, especially
you cannot be sure what until with Berthot.
since moving from New
you've spent a
significant
"When
I was going through the York City to upstate
amount of time with it.
drawings that I have in my studio Accord, New York,
Although Berthot describes from that period [1985-2005], I where, he says, nature
them as "more conceptual," tlie came a cross these artist/model has been both his moti-
drawings all convey a certain
drawings,"
Berthot said.
"I vation and inspiration
stability and definiteness. You pulled them out not knowing for his paintings.
cannot look at the drawings and whether Ed or Donise would be
"I was a nonrepresen-
even consider that anything is interested in them, and, indeed, tational painter until I
JAKE
BER'IHOT
/
THE CIRCLE
not thought-out or vague. they were, so I decided to bring moved to upstate New
Artist/Model, above,
by
Jake
Berthot.
Ink
Berthot expressed the psycho-
them out into the world."
York," Berthot said. "I
logical nature of his drawings.
Berthot also said that he "real-
never, ever thought that
on
paper.
"I would lay down a coat of ly would have liked to do more"
I would become a repre-
down a whole lot of stuff and
enamel and in the scraping away, of those types of drawings but at sentational painter, but I was so then
try
to make sense and order
there would be ghosts," he said, that point in his life, he said, "
I
moved by nature up here that it of it.
In
a sense,
I
reverse that
"and
I
. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,
was so into sort of crept into my work."
whole process
·
because I start
w o u
I
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my paint-
So, Berthot said, his location with something that's complete-
keep draw-
ing
and has been the catalyst, not result, ly logical in its development,
ing in this
landscape of his work's subject matter.
then work that to a point where it
very open
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drawings,
"If
I still lived in the city; if I blows open and I'm working in a
way until
that I didn't didn't live here,
I
wouldn't be completely free way; not having
the materi-
have time." painting
landscapes,"
he said.
"I
any formal measure
to
fall back
al,
the
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I
on."
material in
drawings was doing before
I
moved here
He also said that despite tech-
itself, the
themselves because I think those paintings nically being a painter of land-
hand and
are medita-
that
I did were really influenced scapes, he was· not interested in
the mark
h'll14~
t i v e
-
by living in New York City, portraying the
number
of
and
the
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indeed, the w,hereas I think the paintings that branches on a tree or clouds in
space and
more time I'm doing now are influenced by
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more you not work among it.
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"I'm still a studio painter, I
separate
not
just don't go outside," he said.
things."
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11
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Berthot also spoke of how his
Berthot
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but some-
paintings develop. He said that
George Innis," Berthot said,
'.'in
that I'm more interested in the
spirit of nature rather than the
representation of nature."
Berthot has also taught art
since the early 1960s. He was a
said
that Untitled
1986,
above,
by
Jake Berthot. how
the he makes a
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
the
best Enamel
drawing
on paper.
mood
of sort of
gri?,
·
'I
would keep drawing In this very
student at
the
Pratt
way
to
each draw-
a geometric
des c rib e
ing will seep through your eyes chart
of
open
way
untll the mat~rlal ..• the
Institute in
t
h
e
evening art
school, in
a
special
the enamel drawings "is that they and into your mind. Despite the what
the
hand and the mark and the space
were like zen drawings, a total obvious distortions of actual painting is
and the image all became one.'
merger" between all the ele-
visual reality, the aura that sur-
going to be.
ments that went into them.
rounds each piece is so authentic
,E
v e n
"And then the artist/model and almost humorous at times, underneath
drawings were something that which reality so often is. Berthot what may
-Jake
Berthot
studies
Artist
p
ro gram
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
with about
were completely different," he compared them to another mas-
seem like the simplest of paint-
said.
ter's work.
ings, there is almost positively
The artist/model drawings are
"It's like they're humorous in an intricate map of the painting.
the other constituent of the Steel the way that some of the Picasso Berthot described his working
Plant exhibition_. Not originaUy drawings are humorous," he backwards from a place of total
expected to be a part of the show, said.
"It's
another side of me,
·
consciousness to a total lack of
the drawings, Berthot said, were and I will make more of them."
restrictions on his work.
not even done as something to be
Berthot also said that the show
"It's like a kind of reversal ...
presented to the outside world.
at Marist is unique in that it Let's say in abstract expression-
"Most people have never seen spans the last 20 years of his ism, where the painter would
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class,
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he thought that it would
be a good experience for
Berthot.
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A&E Editor
On
unday, Feb. 20,
11.
old
out
McCann
C
ntcr hl t
d much
sought-after
comedian
Dane
Cook. Proving
to
be
xtrem
ly
friendly and
e,1'-)•going, Dane
Cook answered
I
m
q111; 11011
and
expre sed
1
·gret about
not
being
able
lo
:stay after the how
because
of
1h
impending
nl)w-
storm.
He did. bowe\ r,
stress
the
fact that he had an
amaLmg
time
.at Man
t
and
ho1 e to
come
back.
Jessica
Bagar \Vo\\
...
v.
hat
a
show!
So ho"
did
)
ou hk
Marist?
Dane
ook:
maz1ng
l'\<c
been
on
thi
tour for
a \\ lulc
now
ud 1t
was
JUSt
inaed1ble.
The
set
up
was
am,uing.
the
sound
was
amazm!.! ..
from
the
minute I
got
on stage
I
knew
I'd
be
up there longer than 4
-
min-
utes.
JB:
_
I
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p · onall_ oe er een
a
performer
so \\ ell
n:icel\
ed at
Marist it
\\a
r1.:ally
·1ung
to
be
a part of.
DC:
Yeah. I
mean
1
·,e been
doing
this for .. :m,
and
it's
still
exciting
that
p
1plc
are
so
enthusiastic
d11ring
the
perfonn-
Oane
Cook,
above,
kept
fans
chuckling heartily
at
his sold-out
stiow
on
Sunday.
ance
and flattering
that
the_
want
to han, om a tcr.
JB: I can
mmgrnc.
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do) ou
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yom
jokes
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show?
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d
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th
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<lon
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a
set h
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wa
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ur
wor,t
.
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as
crazy
..
I
was
p
rfonning md
the
cnttre
stage
broke.
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11} high
off
the
•·
Cook's animated
stage
antics left
the audience doubled over
with
laughter.
ground
like
eight
fo
t
off
the
ground and
I
slid
.
the entire
wa, dm\11.
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no
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up
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material?
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when
I
wake
up
there
i
a
bo at
th¢
ti
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of
my
bed
and
1
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dust
comes
out
and l
bathe
m
it.
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. . . o
really, lju.
t
keep
it
fresh and have a
g od
time
and
J
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what
comes
out
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tlung
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was
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yqu
prefer
dill,
the
kind
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get
at
the
dmer
with
colc ·Iaw,
or c.)
other?
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actuaJI
newt
liked.
p1ckl
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)-OU
remember y ur
first
pcrfi
inm-mcc?
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was
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Ma
chusett at a place
called
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where
you
put your name
on a
list
and
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ou re luckv ou'B be
called
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PAGE 8
From Page Seven
.
Artist Jake Berthot talks about life as an artist and teacher
·
bein~ a teacher than being a stu-
:
dent," he said, "and that's when I
started teaching."
Since then Berthot has taught at
·
Pratt, Cooper Union, Yale, and
·
currently at the School of Visual
Arts.
~e said that he "never
thought I'd be teaching this long,
•
and in a way sometimes I would
.
complain about it, 'teach to pay
:
bills."'
But
after reflection, he
,
said, he appreciated his situation.
:
"Then when I started to look at
:
it," he said, "I started to feel very
:
fortunate because I stay in touch
with younger artists."
learn something from your stu-
for a friend and fell when the lad-
dents, but I think [teaching]
der, which had not been set up
keeps you on your toes."
correctly, collapsed underneath
He said that even though he
does not believe he actually
gains
actual
knowledge
from his stu-
dents, teach-
ing still keeps
him sharp and
aware.
"I think the
'I think it's some sort of myth
that you learn something from
your students, but
I
think it
keeps you on your toes.'
For an artist him. He broke bones in his right
who seems to
hand and wrist; and now has
have done it been almost completely unable
all, it seems
to
paint or draw with it, although,
ironic
and he said, he had recently complet-
almost sadly ed a little painting with his left
fitting that a hand. "I don't want to become a
- Jake
Berthot
recent twist in left-handed painter," he said.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A_rt_ls_t Berthot's life
Berthot
said that he was unsure
relationship
between teacher/student is pretty
one-way," Berthot said. "I think
it's some sort of myth that you
has presented a challenge in his of the future.
"I don't know
work. Last December, Berthot what's going to happen because
was cutting a branch out of a tree there's no way I can make geo-
metric drawings now," he said.
"My right hand is totally useless.
For me, usually a painting is like
building something, but the little
painting that
I
did was much
more lyrical."
As he spoke of his definitive
past and his unstable future,
Berthot's manner remains famil-
iar while still being somewhat
secretive; he is authoritative
while at the same time gentle.
The ways in which he describes
his process sound almost script-
ed, until you realize Berthot
wrote the script.
It
is almost
cliche, until you realize that
cliches have to start with some-
thing genuine, and Berthot
is
it.
One cannot help but be in awe of
someone who seems to have
established what it means to be
an artist.
Jake Berthot: Enamel, Ink and
Artist
/
Model Drawings, 1985-2005
,
is on display at the Maris/ Art
Gallery in the Steel Plant Studios
ii
Mar. 10
,
2005.
Sold-out McCann Center hosts the charismatic and talented Dane Cook
.
'
to perform. There was a guy on
the list, Ernest Glen, who, when
they called his name, didn't
.
respond.
So they called him
again, and
I
put my hand up and
•
for my first five minutes of live
comedy,
l
performed as Ernest
·
Glen. I'd like to meet him one
.
day.
JB:
Since you've been perform-
.
ing at colleges lately and in
regard to your college tour,
Tourgasm, do you find that per-
forming for a college community
differs greatly from performing
for a more general audience?
from Page Five
DC: Not so much ... I mean JB: When out in public, do you
some people say that at clubs or get noticed and-slash-or groped?
whatever the people are
drink-
DC: Haha, definitely more in the
ing, but college kids tend to last few years; the first time I
drink
before shows too, so it's was "noticed" I was at Boston
not really different in that aspect.
Market, and a guy came up to me
There's a wild atmosphere at col-
and started talking to me. I just
leges that you don't really get wanted to say, "I'M EATING" ...
elsewhere.
College kids are
·
haha, no but I mean I guess I
more relatable and the energy is have a lot offans now and people
just amazing
-
you can really must see me around
.
I think peo-
feel it
.
.
.
it hits you. It knocks pie look at me and think they rec-
the cockles all over the place!
·
ognize me, put they probably just
And that word was
"cockles"
in think I work at the bank.
case you missed the last part of JB:
Does your stage persona
the word or something.
ever filter into your personal life
or vice versa?
DC: Absolutely - all the things
that happen on stage affect me.
It's like I say the things that peo-
expected to be the "entertain-
ment" on holidays?
DC: Well
...
it's really interest-
ing. On Thanksgiving they set
ple
actually
think, things
that I would
never actually
do but that
'All the things that happen on
stage affect me.'
up a
giant
steel cage and
I grapple with
my
grand-
everyone has
thought
about
- like, I can't shoot you in the
chest but I want to. How funny
•
would that be anyway? Haha. I
am honest in my comedy.
IB: That's for sure. Are yo~
-
Dane Cook
mother . . . we
Comedian
rub chicken
grease
on
each other and my Uncle Diddles
is there too. People laugh.
JB:
Haha, that's fantastic. Well,
I won't keep you any
longer,
but
I think I speak on behalf of the
entire audience when I say that
you were am~zing tonight.
Thanks so much for taking the
time for this interview and have
a safe trip back!
DC: And thank you too! I had a
great time tonight, Marist is fan-
tastic. I hope everyone under-
stands why I bird to get out so
quickly [impending snowstorm]
and know that next time I will
stick around to meet all of you!
Oscar red carpet gives attendees opportunity to shine whether or not they win gold
the sweater may have tweaked
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she ruined the gown she had
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our and status to the Gap and
empowering women by showing
the world that actresses don't
need to be Barbie Dolls.
Diane
Keaton took a chance donning
Ralph Lauren menswear for the
76th Annual Awards. The cute,
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the influential masculine sepa-
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Meanwhile Dion's brilliant white
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,
2005 •
PAGE 10
Red Fox rally against Gaels falls short in offensive thriller
Mens team to lick wounds and return to Poughkeepsie
for season
finale
By
ANDY ALONGI
Assistant Sports Editor
Scoring was at a premium as
the Red Foxes fell to the Iona
Gaels in a high scoring offensive
battle by the score of 92-88 last
Monday
afternoon
m
a
President's Day matinee.
Closing the first half with a 7-
0 run, the Red Foxes were up 36-
30 at halftime; however, the
Gaels offense came out of the
locker room and started the sec-
ond half on a 10-0 run to take a
40-36 lead early in the second
half. During the course of the
game there were eight ties and 14
lead changes.
Sophomore guard Will
Whittington led Marist scoring
29 points whiie shooting 9 for 18
from the field. Whittington cur-
rently ranks second in the nation
with a 50.3 per cent rating in
three point shooting. Also scor-
ing in double figures for Marist
were
semor
center
Will
Mcclurkin, scoring 11 points
and freshman forward Shae
McNamara who netted a career
high 15 points, shooting 6 for 7
from the floo, and 2 for 2 from
three point range. Also sopho-
more guard Jared Jordan con-
tributed 11 points while scoring
five points against the Gaels
defense.
The Foxes shot 16 for 19 (84.2
per cent) from the free throw
line
.
Although they only got to
the charity stripe four times in
the first half. But the Gaels
earned more opportunities at the
free throw line shooting 25 for
34.
'
Defensively, the Red Foxes
could not find an answer to the
inside outside combination of
center Greg Jenkins who scored
21 points and guard Steve Burtt
who scored a career high 38
points. Burtt also found his way
into the record books Monday
afternoon. He and his father
Steve Burtt senior, an Iona alum-
nus became the number one
father son scoring duo in divi-
sion one men's basketball.
The Red Foxes fall to 8-8 in
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference play which puts
them in a three way tie for fifth
place with Iona and Manhattan.
They have two games remaining
in their schedule, both of which
are home. Thursday the Red
Foxes will host Rider (
1
5-10,
11-
5) and Saturday night the Foxes
will host Canisius (9-16, 7-9) on
senior nigh
t
for the Red Foxes.
Both games are scheduled
t
o
start at 7:30 p.m. in the James J.
Mccann Center.
Coach Brady could not be
reached for comment.
Purple Eagles shot down by women's hoopsters for 12th straight win
Red Foxes used a 15-1 run and a 9:30 defensive run going in to game at Manhattan
By
BRIAN HODGE
Staff
Writer
The last time the Marist
women's team lost, there was
still snow
on
the ground.
OK, well maybe there is still
snow
on the ground, but since
January 8, the Red Foxes have
been storming through the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference.
On Thursday
,
Niagara joined
the not-so-exclusive club of
defeated MAAC oppo
·
nents.
Leading by only one point at
halftime, the Red Foxes ripped
off a 15-1 run, stretching a lead
that Marist would never relin-
quish. Final score: 62-43. With
the win, Marist pushed their win-
ning streak to a record 12 games.
Marist now sports a record of 18-
6 overall, 12-3 in the MAAC -
good for first place.
Senior
captain
and
Poughkeepsie native Kristin
Keller led Marist offensively,
pouring in a career-high 25
points. Fifi Camara performed
well, scoring 20 points while
grabbing 11 rebounds. Megan
Vetter also notched double-digit
points, finishing with 10.
From Page Twelve
•
What won the game, however,
was Marist's tenacious defense.
After allowing Niagara to shoot
46% in the first half, the Red
Foxes clamped down, forcing the
Purple Eagles to go 5-23
(21%)from the floor. In one par-
ticular stretch, Marist held
Niagara without a field goal for 9
minutes and 30 seconds
.
Marist
is currently tied fifth in the
nation in scoring defense, hold-
ing opponents to 51.3 points per
game.
And don't look now, but
Marist
has their eyes on another MAAC
championship and extending
their season deep into March.
But this team looks a little differ-
ent from last year. According to
Keller, they're a lot different.
"We have eight new peop
l
e, so
the chemistry is different,
"
the
senior center said. "Lt was just a
matter of the new people step-
ping up. We struggled a little bit
in the beginning (starting the
year 0-3 in the conference)
,
but
every game we play better and
better."
That might be a scary thought
for the rest of the MAAC.
Winning streak continues for Red Foxes as they pick up road win at Jaspers
fire
on
a 14-3 run, sparked by
three shots from downtown, two
by junior transfer Fifi Camara.
Caitlin Flood and Lupe
Godinez helped pull the Jaspers
back into the game with a 6-0 run
of their own.
Godinez nailed a three to pull
within two at 16-14 untiJ the Red
Foxes pulled away once again.
Both
teams ended the first half
with fireworks, as the Jaspers
scored six points in just over a
minute but the Red Foxes were
able to stay ahead
on
the strength
of their outside shooting.
Kristin Hein and senior Megan
Vetter each drained their first shot
from long distance to lead Marist
into the locker room.
Keller propelled the Red Foxes
at the outset of the second half, as
she scored eight of Marist
'
s
points in a critical 11-0 run
.
She also swatted a shot on con-
secutive possessions, as she
added three blocks and two steals
to her impressive stat line.
Camara had one of her most
impressive games in her first sea-
son with the Red Foxes.
She poured in 20 points and
ptllled down 10 boards as she
recorded her 13th double-double
nine points, four assists, a block
and a steal for the Red Foxes who
played a well-balanced, consis-
tent game.
Alisa Kresge was the floor
leader for Marist as she had a
game-high seven assists.
Flood led the Jaspers with 16
points and 12 boards on the night.
The Red Foxes shot a red-hot
of the season, a school record
50% from three point range and
Vetter also contributed with 48% overall, and they held their
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the field.
29 live with pre-game coverage
Marist will be back on their beginning at 6:00 p.m. as well as
home court Friday as they host live post-game coverage i.mrne-
St. Peter's at the James J. diately following ~e contest.
Mccann Center.
It will mark the fmal game for
the seniors Keller, Vetter and
Laura Whitney, and Senior Day
festivities will take place before
the 7:00 p.m. tip-off.
Friday night
'
s game will be
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