VOLUME 57, ISSUE
1.4
11-IE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MARIST COUEGE
FOUNDED IN 1.965
11-IURSDAY,JANUARY22,2004
DOT study shows pedestrian compliance
BY ROB McGUINNESS
Managing Editor
pus. Of all pedestrians observed over two
weeks in September and October 2003,
less than three percent were seen crossing
illegally.
Merolli praised the study's scope and
depth.
ans comply with state law governing
pedes~an behavior, Merolli praised the
college community for its cooperation.
BY THE NUMBERS
POUGHKEEPSIE -
Approximately 70
percent of Marist students cross Route 9
where it is most convenient for them, not
necessarily where it is safest, according to
a recent study from the New York State
Department of Transportation.
The results of the pedestrian question-
naire administered during the week of
Sept. 29, 2003 were only a small part of
the Route 9 Pedestrian Safety Study
released Dec. 31.
"We really appreciate what [DOT
Regional Director] Bob
Dennison
did. He
took a fresh approach," Merolli said.
"It's
a thorough study, and it is based on objec-
tive data. They looked at pedestrians and
vehicles on equal footing."
"The students at Marist deserve to be
complimented and thanked on their
com-
pliance level," Merolli said. "That makes
a difference in the DOT's eyes. We've got
to keep
.
it up."
According
to the NYSDOT
Route
9 Pedestrian
Safety
Study,
39,000
vehicles
travel through
the Marist
corridor
of Route
9 each
day.
Another 79 percent of students said they
'always' wait for the 'walk' symbol when
crossing the four-lane stretch of highway
separating the east and west sides of cam-
•The
study con$idered pedestrian and
vehicular activity in the three-quarters of a
mile stretch from south gate to the north
gate of the Marist campus.
The study found that 39,000 vehicles
travel through the study area each day,
and approximately 4,000 pedestrian cross-
ings occur via the four crosswalks in the
area.
From a vehicular standpoint, the DOT
found that the average speed in the Marist
corridor was 3 7 mph, above the posted
30-mph limit. Speeds in excess of
55
mph
There are approximately
4,000 pedestrian crossings
in the four Marlst
crosswalks
each day.
Marist Executive Vice President Roy
Given the indication that most pedestri-
SEE DOT, PAGE 2
Longview site revision
nearly hits roadblock
BY ROB McGUINNESS
Managing Editor
POUGHKEEPSIE -
Plans to move the
access
road at the Longview Park site survived a plan-
ning meeting Jan. 15, as board
members
voiced
concerns about emergency access, funding and
construction phases of the site plan.
The Longview Park site plan, which
was
initial-
ly approved by the planning board
on
June 7,
2001, involves development of six acres along the
Hudson River. In addition to enhancement of the
scenic waterfront, the finished park will include
picnic areas and recreation space that will be open
to
the public.
Marist College, Vassar College
and
the City and
Town of Poughkeepsie own various parcels of
lanp. that comprise the six acre site.
The park itself
has
been under construction since
2002. The Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled
to finish
bulkhead
improvements next month, and
floating docks will be delivered in May. The last
phase of work is the creation of the park, pathways
and roadways -
this phase is scheduled for the
summer of 2004.
Initially, the Longview Park access road was
slated to travel along the waterfront. The revised
plan shows the access road coming through the
tunnel, across the parking lot, over the grassy hill
and back down
behind the
boathouses.
Continuation traffic would be directed to the over-
flow parking lot owned by Vassar and through to
North Water Street, according to engineer Wtlliam
Rhode of
Rhode
,
Soyka and Andrews.
Relocating the road has multiple benefits for the
park site, Rhode said during his presentation.
"[It creates] better separation between vehicular
traffic and the waterway," Rhode said. "And it cre-
ates more open space along the waterfront."
At 20 feet, the road will be wider than original-
ly planned, with additional space dedicated to
pedestnan walkWays.
A 15
mph speed 1urut w1U
be imposed on the park roadway.
''The expanded roadway will reduce conflict
between vehicular and pedestrian activities,"
Rhode said.
According to Rhode, in December 2003, Marist
invited comments from all appropriate organiza-
tions regarding the roadway and expects respons-
es by the end of this month. The maximum traffic
volume on the road is not expected to exceed 250
cars per day.
Planning board members seeqied skeptical as
to
why the access road needed to be relocated, and
also questioned Marist officials as to emergency
access and aesthetics issues, such as the gazebo
that will stand atop the scenic overlook hill.
Capt. Tory Gallante of the Fairview Fire
Department expressed his department's concern
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Managing
Editor
No ale will be served at the site of McCoy's Steak
and Ale House for the
.next
two years, the New
York State Liquor Authority decided in December.
According to .documents obtained by The Circle
under New York Freedom of Information Law,
SLA commissioners revoked the popular pub's
license Dec. 10, 2003 with a unanimous vote.
McCoy's, a notable nightspot due mainly to its
proximity to the Marist campus, has been charged
with a litany of violations of alcoholic beverage
control law in recent years, according to the docu-
ments.
At an October 2003 SLA board meeting, the
pub's licensees were fined $6,500 as a result of two
charges dating to December 2001: 'sale to a minor'
and 'refilling/contaminated bottles
.
'
Handing down the civil penalty in October, com-
missioners warned that further violations regarding
'sale to a minot could ultimately result in revoca-
tion of the bar's
liquor
license, according to the
meeting
agenda
from Oct. 29, 2003
.
When
McCoy's
faced
additional
'sale to minor'
charges
-
dating to March and April of 2001 -
at
the. Dec. 10, 2003 meeting, the board imposed the
maximum penalty
:
forfeiture of a $1,000 bond;
license revocation and a two year proscription per-
taining to licenses issued for the 11 Marist Dr.
premises. The
two-year proscription
prohibits any-
one from securing a
liquor
license for 11 Marist
Dr
.
until December 2005.
SLA
Chairman
Edward
F.
Kelly
and commis-
sioners Lawrence Gedda and Joseph Zarriello all
voted 'yes' in cons
i
dering the maximum penalty.
Natices of pleading issued to McCoy's licensees
Joseph
('Sonny')
Fichera and Matthew Michael
·since
2001 show multiple charges of violating sub-
division 1 of section 65 of the alcoholic beverage
control
law,
which expre~sly prohibits selling, dis-
tributing or permitting the sale or distribution of
alcoholic beverages to individuals under age 21.
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THURSDA~JANUARY22,2004
maristclrcle.com
From Page One
''
The Donnelly Hall mid-block
crossing should remain open in
the short term for existing
conditions.
, ,
-NYSDOT
Route 9 Pedestrian Study
PAGE2
DOT considers
vehiCular, pedestrian
traffic near Marist
-
and as high as 61 mph -
were
recorded in the study area.
During the fall semester, Town of
Poughkeepsie Police issued 90 speeding
summonses and 118 red light summons-
es. Police issued only 21 pedestrian
summonses
from
September
to •
December. Marist security issued 50
jaywalking citations during the fall, and
no students were placed on disciplinary
probation for jaywalking, according to
documents released by John Gildard,
Marist's director of safety and security.
Intersection-specific
recommendations
SoUTH
GATE
0oNNEU.Y
MID-BLOCK
MAIN
GATE
Route
9 / Marlst
Dr.
Route 9
/
Fulton St.
NORTH GATE
ing a paved path from Marist's south
gate to Water Street, developing plans to
strategically locate buildings and pedes-
trian paths to support grade-separated
solutions.
Merolli and Gildard called the recom-
mendations reasonable.
"The DOT recommendations are very
reasonable," Merolli and Gildard said in
their joint statement. "And we are hope-
ful that the town will endorse them and
assist us in the implementation process."
Intersection recommendations
made
• Reprogram traffic signal
College officials hope that some of the
short-term solutions will take effect in
the near future.
• Install countdown
• Install traffic signal with
•
Provide diagonal
for pedestrian phase when
"We would hope to see the diagonal
crosswalk lines painted at the Route 9
and Fulton Street intersection, the con-
sistent 3t, mph speed limit authorized,
the crosswalk lines painted o~ Marist
Drive and the traffic light pattern at [the
North Gate] adjusted to mirror Route 9
as soon as possible," Merolli and
Gildard said in the statement. "We feel
that these are low cost yet effective solu-
tions."
In addition to analyzing area vehicle
and pedestrian activity, the DOT also
made intersection-specific recommen-
dations for the four Route 9 crossings in
the Marist corridor, most of which
called for
_
additional lighting or signals
in the area.
signal heads on existing
countdown pedestrian
crosswalk markings on the
Route 9 traffic stops.
pedestrian signals
signals
pavement
• Install countdown
• Prohibit right turns on red
•
Improve crosswalk
• Continue Marist / Town of
pedestrian signals
where possible to Improve
lighting
Poughkeepsie Police
pedestrian safety
education and enforcement
•
Improve lighting
The DOT's suggestions include long-
anticipated feedback on the controver-
sial Donnelly mid-block crossing. At
planning meetings in September and
October, college officials said they
would close the crosswalk if the DOT
recommended that they do so.
traffic signal with pedestrian countdown
heads should be installed."
If such signals were installed in the
mid-hlock crossing, they would need to
be synchronized with existing signals in
the corridor.
Potential improvements for the main tion efforts, work with student affairs
gate intersection, which is utilized by 63
and the town police on the enforcement
percent of pedestrians, included a lined, component and seek the collaboration of
dlagona( crosswalk.
DOT in securing engineering improve-
College officials were ultimately satis-
fied with the study's findings.
"This would legalize the preferred ments to make the corridor safer,"
pedestrian path and improve pedestrian -Merolli and Gildard said in their state-
"We certainly _are pleased that this
study affirmed our efforts to safely
move students from one side of the cam-
pus to the other while at the same time
causing as little delay as necessary in
moving vehicles through this very busy
section of Route 9," Merolli and Gildard
said in their statement.
safety," according to the study.
ment.
For the time being, the crosswalk
should remain open, according to the
report.
The DOT suggested upgrading cross-
walk signal heads at the north and south
gates to countdown signals like the ones
at the main gate intersection.
The DOT also suggested continued
The DOT also recommended long and
"The Donnelly Han mid-block cross-
ing should remain open in the short term
for existing conditions," the report said.
"To improve safety at this location, a
Improved lighting was also recom-
mended for all intersections except the
main gate, where lighting was upgraded
over the summer.
enforcement by both campus security
.
short-term solutions for the Marist corri-
and town police.
·
dor, including implementation of a 30
In a joint statement, Merolli and mph speed limit throughout the corridor
Gildard said the enforcement program is at all times. This solution will likely be
ongoing.
implemented soon.
"The college will continue our educa-
Long term solutions included provid-
Fr.om
Page
Qne
Longview road
revision gets
town approval
with emergency access to the waterfront.
"We have no concerns over the road
changes," Gallante said. "Emergency access
is an issue. The fire department does not feel
that we have adequate emergency access to
the property."
Roy Merolli, Marist's executive vice pres-
ident, was quick to assure the board that
Marist keeps Fairview informed of all major
events scheduled for the campus and plans to
do the same with events at Longview Park.
"When we have a major event on the cam-
pus, we always coordinate with Fairview
ahead of time regarding emergency servic-
es," Merolli said. '
1
1f
there were a major
regatta down there, we would coordinate
with Fairview."
Planners questioned Merolli as to why the
aforemep.tioned gazebo was not scheduled
for immediate construction. Merolli said that
gazebo funding is currently being sought.
JEN
HAGGERTY/
THE CIRCLE
The top of the hill at the Longview Park site affords a view of the relocated access road.
"It's still part of the plan, pendi:ng fund-
ing," Merolli said of the gazebo. "We didn't
get enough funding this time around."
emergency access issues and a construction
phasing plan regarding the gazebo and
greenway trail were resolved.
-
is a sound one, could we request that the
revised plan be approved subject to these
conditions?" Merolli asked.
As discussion of the revised site plan
wound down, planners first considered
deferring action on the amended plan until
Thinking quickly, Merolli asked the board
if they agreed with the reasoning behind the
access road relocation.
Chairman John Weisman and the planners
agreed, and instead unanimously voted to
approve the site plan revision, subject to the
conditions regarding emergency access and
construction phases, as Merolli suggested.
"If
you agree that our rationale
-
increased green space and pedestrian safety
Fulton Street housing
complex to open by Fall 2005
POUGHKEEPSIE
-
The recent New York State Department of
Transportation study on Route 9 vehicular and pedestrian activity
in the Marist corridor will have little bearing on the college's
plans to build student housing at 54-58 Fulton St., though the
report will serve as a guide for future expansion.
Currently, the Fulton Street project, a 250-bed development, is
in the stage where map notes are added to the site plan, according
to Marist Executive Vice President Roy Merolli. The town plan-
ning board approved the project site plan in October.
"It's more of a mechanical procedure," Merolli said. "We had to
work out the language with the town attorney .
..,
Once the notes are added and John Weisman, chairman of the
Poughkeepsie town planning board, signs the plan, Marist can
proceed with the Fulton Street project. The college has
·
already
filed for a building permit.
Merolli said construction is scheduled to begin in June, and the
townhouses should open with the start of the Fall 2005 semester.
"We're going to allow 14 months for construction," Merolli said.
The 250-bed development will feature single sleeping rooms,
with eight students sharing a housing unit.
The Fulton Street townhouses will connect to Upper West Cedar,
ultimately creating a townhouse community.
"I think these are
·
going to be nice townhouses," Merolli said. "I
think these will be desirable."
-Rob McGuinness
Local
News
Mall management
gets town's consent
for theater expansion
Planners unanimously granted
preliminary site plan approval,
subject to several conditions
POUGHKEEPSIE -
Plans for including the creation of a drop-
an 885-seat addition to the off zone in front of the theater, as
Galleria Mall theater received a well as addressing traffic safety
preliminary go-ahead from town issues, including one notorious
planners Jan. 15.
stop sign.
,
BY
ROB McGUINNESS
Managing Editor
The 35,403 square foot, one
Planning board member Ed La
level expansion of the existing Perche pointed out the mobile
theater will allow for stadium traffic control device, which has
seating at the complex, which is a tendency to roll
.
away from
owned by Regal Entertainment.
where it is placed.
The plan represents a smaller
"You seem to have a rolling
scale addition than the one origi-
stop sign out in front," La Perche
nally proposed by
said. "I've seen it roll down the
theater and mall
- - - - - - - - - -
road."
'This is a downsized
h
1
man a g e me n
t.
La Pere e a so
Initially, the
version of what we
suggested modify-
Galleria sought to
came In with before.'
ing
_
pavement to
add 60,000 square
calm traffic by the
entrance
to
feet and 1,200
seats. Currently,
the Galleria's 12
-
Mark Castaldo
Lowe's.
General Manager"
"You can't see
screens
can
Galleria Mall
around the corner,"
a cc om mod ate - - - - - - - - - - La Perche said.
·
"It's a blind comer."
more than 2,300 moviegoers.
Planners first deferred the orig-
Castaldo acknowledged the
inal plan in .May 2003 and adopt--
suggestions.
ed a negative declaration vetoing
"We've talked about cutting
the site plan in August.
the pavement," Castaldo said.
Galleria General Manager "We'll put some signage up [to ·
Joseph Castaldo seemed sure show the] sharp curve."
that the new plans would accom-
The Galleria is in the process-
modate planners' feedback on ing of finalizing bids for contrac-
the site.
tors to perform the theater
"We've been able to take the expansion.
comments and we've come back
with a plan that's one level and
adds 885 seats," Castaldo said at
the meeting. "This is a down-
sized version of what we came in
with before."
When the addition is complete,
the Galleria will join the
Destinta 12 in New Windsor,
N. Y. as the only area theaters
featuring stadium seating.








































New parking appeal forms
offer justice to deserving
greater justice and efficiency in the appeals process.
By
ROB McGUINNESS
Managing Editor
During the fall semester, the Student Government
Association received more than 400 parking ticket
appeals.
Given the number, and especially in light of many
unfounded ticket appeals, it is not surprising that two
SGA justices sought to revise the process so only legit-
imate appeals can be considered.
"The primary objective of the parking appeals
process is to ensure fairness for stu~ents in regards to
parking violations," Wynne said. ''The new appeal
form
..
.
will make the appeals process more efficient
and better able to protect those students with
legitimate
appeals."
SGA Chief Justice Kimberly Cuccia and Judicial
Board member Neil Wynne collaborated in the revision
process.
Reworking the fonn took a month, from the
original
revisions to the review from several college adminis-
trators, including Robin Torres, director of judicial
affairs, Pat Cordner, assistant dean of student affairs
'
John Gildard, director of safety and security, and
Bob
Lynch, director of student activities.
The sheer volume of appeals prompted the need for
a change, according to Cuccia.
Cuccia said the administrators were helpful
and
coop-
erative throughout the revision process.
"We were receiving an overabundant amount of
appeals on a daily basis because with the old form,
there really was no reason not to appeal," Cuccia said.
"You really had nothing to lose by appealing, and peo-
ple were not talcing responsibility for their mistakes."
"They
were all very willing to help and thought
the
.
idea of a new form was a good idea and was very nec-
essary," Cuccia said. "The previous form was a very
'Mickey Mouse' sample of what needed
.to
be on the
form."
The new forms, which have been available since late
November, require appellants to meet certain guide-
lines for their parking ticket appeal to be heard.
Cuccia emphasized the importance of thoroughly
completing the parking appeals fonns prior to submit-
ting them to the SGA and said that judicial decisions
pertaining to appeals are final.
Cuccia believes the new guidelines will reduce the
number of appeals received and will allow justices to
devote more time to appeals worthy of consideration.
According to Cuccia, the forms have not received
an
overwhelming response from students, ~ho preferred
the old, simpler forms.
"If
one of the guidelines is not met, we do not even
consider the appeal," Cuccia said.
"I
believe that students were not as pleased with the
new forms as they were with the old forms," Cuccia
said. "We are just trying to make the system more fair
for those deserving an appeal and hold those responsi-
ble who are not deserving."
The forms also require appellants to complete all
fields on the form and sign their names, thereby talcing
responsibility for their appeal.
Wynne said the new forms would ultimately provide
KERRY
CARRIES
IOWA
By
ANNIE SHUPPY
The Dally
Iowan
(U.
Iowa)
DES MOINES, Iowa (U-
WIRE) -
In a surprising vic-
tory, John Kerry triumphed
Monday in the Iowa caucuses
over two men who had been
·
considered. front-runners
·
for
months and a third who closely
trailed him just days before.
"Thank you, Iowa, for mak-
ing me the Comeback Kerry,"
the Massachusetts senator said
to a packed crowd in the Hotel
Fort Des Moines' grand ball-
room. "Not so long ago, this
campaign was written off. You
stood for me so that together,
we can take on George Bl.\sh
and the special interests."
Kerry's surge in the polls dur-
ing the final week of his
statewide campaign likely gave
him the boost he needed to win
the first-in-the-nation caucus-
es. After months of being rele-
gated to third-place status
behind Rep. Dick Gephardt and
fonner Vermont Gov. Howard
Dean, he rose to first place in
the polls days before the cau-
cuses.
"I started to worry about
Dean, even though I was lean-
ing toward him at first," said
Drake University junior Mark
Fetterhoff. "He's got a good
shot against Bush. I want
someone who could beat
Bush."
Kerry, a Vietnam veteran, has
two decades of congressional
experience behind him. In
stump speeches, he often
speaks of a desire to fight spe-
cial interests and points to his
record of standing up to the
conservative agendas of Newt
Gingrich, Richard Nixon, and
Ronald Reagan.
Next up is the New
Hampshire primary, where
Kerry will face Gen. Wesley
Clark and Sen: Joe Lieberman,
who skipped the Iowa caucus-
CHUCK
KENNEDY/
KRT
Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.)
as he celebrates at the victory party in Des Moines, Iowa on Jan. 19.
Iowa caucus: How candidates fared
KERRY
EDWARDS
DEAN
GEPHARDT
KUCINICH
38%
32%
18%
11%
1%
LIEBERMAN
and
SHARPTON -
0%
Kerry photo by Chuck Kennedy/ KRT; Edwards photo: campaign press Image; Dean
photo by John Pettitt/ DeanforAmerlca press Image/ Gephardt photo by
J.B.
Forbes/
KRT;
Kuclnich photo
by Robin
Doyno:
campaign Image.
es. Dean, Clark, and Kerry have
been the top three in New
Hampshire polls recently.
As Kerry's opponents conceded
Monday night, most vowed to
continue on in the nominating
process with their eyes set on the
upcoming New Hampshire and
South Carolina primaries.
However, after an unexpected
weak showing in Iowa, Gephardt
foreclosed on his bid for the nom-
ination. He had won the caucuses
in 1988, and many political
experts have said that he needed to
win Iowa in order to leave the
state with viability
.
"Now,
I want to take this time to
congratulate a man who I have a
lot of personal respect and affec-
tion for
-
Rep. Dick Gephardt,"
Edwards said.
Edwards, who garnered votes in
a trade-off with Dennis Kucinich,
closely
followed
Kerry
on
Monday nigfit in his runner-up
showing; his positive message
devoid of cynicism and attacks on
his opponents
seemed
to win over
supporters throughout the cam-
paign, particularly in the final
week.
While Edwards
has
been at the
top of the polls in South Carolina,
it remains to be seen how he will
do in New Hampshire.
Coming into the caucus, Joe
Trippi, Dean's national campaign
manager, said he thought the ex-
governor's chances at first were
''very good" and that the focus
after Iowa "immediately" changes
to New Hampshire.
"The thing is, you can campaign
in Iowa for two years, but this is
just the start," he said.
,
The pundits who had predicted
Dean's victory earlier weren't the
only ones surprised. Asked about
Kerry's win as he slipped out of a
political celebration, comedian
and outspoken Democrat Al
Franken shook his head. "I didn't
expect this."
Daily Iowan reporter John
Mo/seed
contributed
•
to this
report.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004 •
PAGE 3
WWW.MARIST.EDU
Bro. Paul ~mbrose
Fontaine_. President-Emeritus of Marist College, pictured outside the Our Lady
Seat
of
Wisdom
Chapel, which he helped build. Fontaine died Dec. 27, 2003.
Fontaine, Marist College
founder, dies at age 90
By
JENNIFER C. HAGGER1Y
Editor
in Chief
·
The life of a
pragmatic
dreamer who helped
·
build
Our
Lady
Seat of Wisdom Chapel was
mourned and
remembered
Jan. 3.
•
Brother
Paul Ambrose Fontaine, President-
Emeritus of Marist College, died on Dec.
27,
2003 in Florida. He was 90.
"I believe this is the first time in recorded his-
tory that a man
has
been buried from a chapel
that he helped build, located on the campus of a
college he helped found," said Marist College
President Dennis J. Murray in a tribute to
Fontaine.
Fontaine spent more than
75
years of his life
as a Marist
,Brother
and played a founding role
in the modern-day Marist College.
Murray said that college students related to
Fontaine, affectionally remembered as Brother
Paul,. regardless of their nationality, faith or cul~
ture.
"It didn't matter
if
they were from
India,
Japan,
Africa, China,
or the Bronx -
they all
knew that Brother Paul
had
served in their com-
munities and lived his faith," said Murray.
"Young people have an uncanny ability to
dis-
tinguish between the
phony and the genuine,
and they knew Brother
Paul was the real thing."
A driving
force
"I
think
it
has
endured because it taught each
of us important lessons about dreams and goals
and a community's vision," said Cox. "They
were
lessons
that would later impact strategic
plans and mission' statements; they would guide
governing boards and executives; they would be
imbedded in the quality of campus life."
Murray explained that Fontaine particularly
enjoyed the section of campus that was made up
of the library and the chapel. He said that
Fontaine
felt
the library represented a symbol of
his commitment to education while the chapel
represented a commitment
to
his faith.
"He called the sidewalk that connects the two
buildings
'the
way to wisdom,"' said Murray.
"He recognized that to live a meaningful life,
you
had
to nurture both the intellect and the
soul. He took particular pride
in
the statue of
Marcellin Charnpagnat he had commissioned,
which sits beside this connecting ~i.dewallc "
Fontaine served as the college president for 13
years.
In 1960,
the charter was amended, chang-
ing the institution's name from Marian to Marist
College.
Fontaine left Marist in 1958 and traveled
throughout the world, establishing Marist
Brothers schools and expanding apostolates in
India,
Japan, Pakistan,
Sarawak
and
Sri
Lanka.
He received an
honorary
degree from
the college in .1972.
Fontaine returned to
the college in 1990,
Born
Leonard Edward
and continued to assist
Fontaine in Southbridge,
with numerous proj'-
,.
Mass. in 1913, Fontaine
e~ts that benefited the
entered the brothers'
college and the Marist
junior
novitiate
in
Brothers.
Tyngsboro, Mass. at the
One of Murray's
age of 13. Fontaine
fond and humorous
arrived in Poughkeepsie
memories of Fontaine
in
1927
and studied at
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Commencement
in
Normal
Training Bro. Paul Ambrose Fontaine in an undated file
1990.
Fontaine
had
School. He received the photo from the Marist College archives.
recently returned to the
habit in 1930 and professed his vows
in
1931.
campus from Africa to recuperate from a bout
After earning bachelors degrees in education of
malaria
and the disorientation often associat-
and
library science and a master's degree in ed with this disease.
English, Fontaine taught for several years
,
"The Commencement ceremony began on the
before returning to Poughkeepsie in 1943.
campus green behind the Lowell Thomas
Called by his
provincial,
Brother Louis Omer,
Communications Center, but Brother Paul was
to become the Master of Scholastics at the ~owhere to be found Partway through the
Marist Brothers' Normal Training School, Commencement speaker's
address,
the
infre-
Fontaine accepted the position and began the quently
used
back doors of the Lowell Thomas
transformation of the Training School into a building flung open," said Murray.
"There
stood
four year college.
Brother Paul in his majestic white cassock, his
Three
years later, Fontaine successfully
peti-
gold cross gleaming in the sun, staring
at
the
tioned the New York State Education 8,000 guests. The ceremony stopped as Brother
Department
to grant a charter that would
trans-
Paul
made
his way to the Commencement plat-
form the training school into a four-year institu-
fonn. One of the graduates asked a classmate
tion, known at the time as Marian College.
sitting next to
him,
'Is that the Pope?'
-
and he
Gerard Cox, associate professor of responded, 'No, stupid, that's Marcellin
E gli h/th
d
&.
Champagnat,· he
has
returned home."'
n s
eatre an 1onner dean of student
affairs, remembers Fontaine fondly. He
In
2000, the newly constructed Fontaine
Hall
described the-day Fontaine cancelled recreation was named
in
his honor. Fontaine lived on cam-
time and study
hall
to begin preparing the fand
pus until moving to Florida in
2001.
for the future chapel.
Fontaine received numerous awards through-
"Student-brothers milled about, suspiciously out his lifetime, including the "Cross Pro
eying several small wheelbarrows and a much-
Ecclesia
et
Pontifice," one of the highest honors
used
assortment of hand shovels and rakes.
of the Roman Catholic Church in
1997.
Brother
Paul appeared to explain that this was
to
Murray explained that having Fontaine as
be the first day of our project to build by our-
President-Emeritus (Life Trustee), and a cam-
selves a chapel on
this
spot," said Cox. "But first pus resident allowed Marist to reach into the
the landscape
had
to be cleared. Today's agenda future without losing contact with the past
called for removing rocks and stones from the
"As
President, I have been afforded the oppor-
site. It was as manual as manual labor can be."
tunity to meet many world
leaders,
and Brother
Cox believes
this
specific memory of Fontaine Paul ranked up there with the best of them," said
touched
him
because it was a historical moment Murray.
for the college.














































THE
CIRCLE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004
maristcircle.com
PAGE4
Discovering
the Library
Cannavino special collection boasts exclusive fore-edge paintings
By
JENNIFER C. HAGGERTY
Editor In Chief
The lower level of the Cannavino
Library holds more than just books.
The largest college collection of fore-
edge paintings,
35
volwnes, were donat-
ed to Marist in 1996 by George and
Alice Gill.
Those unfamiliar with the term "fore-
edge" may wonder why this is so
extraordinary.
John
Ansley, college archivist and spe-
cial collections director, explained that
the image remains hidden until the
book's
pages are fanned out and then
held in place.
The paintings themselves are rare, and
were popularly created during the seven-
teenth and eighteenth centuries in
England.
Having a collection of this size
is unprecedented.
"A fore-edge painting can refer to any
It
is believed that this technique began
in the mid-eighteenth century. The most
productive time for creating double fore-
edge paintings was between 1785
and
1835.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
These two fore-edge paintings can be found on "The Poems of Thomas Gray," which features the engravings of Richard Westall.
This is an example of a ~double fore-edge"painting: the top image features an ice-skating scene with a view of the city in the back-
ground, while the illustration above features a country-side manor with a river and ship in the foreground.
"The bifficulty in creating the
double
fore-edge is the most likely reason
that
there are so few of them," said Ansley.
"Probably two or three percent of exist-
ing _volwnes with fore-edge
paintings are
doubles."
decoration on the fore-edge of the leaves
of a book," he said.
The smaller the volwne, the better the
effect.
Ansley explained that after the image
was painted on the book, the pages were
squared up and gilded, thus hiding and
protecting the painting while the book is
closed.
Completing a fore-edge painting was
difficult for the artists of that era. Since
paint has a tendency to run, the text
block used to keep the book in the
fanned
,..
display (in order to paint the
image) had to be clamped very tightly,
otherwise the paint would mar the pages.
"As
dry
a brush as possible is used with
perpendicular strokes because the paint
has a tendency to run sideways," Ansley,
said. "The painting must
be
completely
dry
before the gilt is applied"
Afterwards, a gold leaf was applied. If
the gilt was not properly applied then the
painting will show through.
Ansley explained that the fore-edge
painting was sometimes applied after the
gilding process. This indicates that the
fore-edge is a fraud.
In
addition to an already complicated
process, double fore-edge paintings exist
as well.
Ansley also says that he considers the
fore-edge books as artifacts.
"There are more books produced today
than
ever before and yet t~ere has been a
distinct shift away from the book that is
enjoyed for its physical beauty as well as
"This of course means that if you fan for its content," said Ansley. "Perhaps
the pages of a book one way you can
·
we'll see a rebellion to the world going
view one scene, and if the text blaek is digital and thete will be a fenewed inter-
fanned in the opposite direction you can est in producing high quality books once
see another scene," said Ansley.
again."
Hollywood on the
'
Hudson: The Intrepid Researcher does
'Psycho'
By
CATHY CARL
&
VERNE W. NEWTON
Cannavino Library
You're taking a film class and
-
since
you don't want to go to Blockbuster
-
you're hoping Marist Library has a film
collection.
When you arrive at the Library and ask
a helpful
librarian,
you learn that Marist
owns
5,000 audiovisual titles. Over
4,500 of these are videocassettes and
almost 150 recently purchased DVDs.
Now that you know that we have a col-
lection that may rival Paramount and
dwarfs
DreamWorks, you want to
browse
the feature film titl~.
Let's find It
You begin your search at the library
•
1
home page. On the menu bar at the top
of the page there is a button marked
"Catalog." Move your cursor over that
button, and choose "Search" off the
drop down menu.
·
You will find yourself on the "Basic
Search" screen. Here you have three
boxes to fill in. In the
Search for:
box
enter "feature films" (in quotes,
because it's a phrase).
In the Quick Limit box click on the
drop down menu and choose "Visual
Materials."
One more to go. The
Find Results in:
box defaults to a "Keyword Search,"
and you can leave it just the way it is.
Whenever you are limiting your search
to audiovisuals, it is
\xist
to find your
results in the keyword index.
You have completed the screen and
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cash for college is child's
play.
Register
now and search thousands of scholarships
worth over $3 billion
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you can click the search button at
.
the
bottom of the "Basic Search" box. Your
results will indicate that Marist owns
651 feature films
,
such as "Gone With
the
Wind,"
"Erin
Brockovich,"
"Apocalypse Now," "Casablanca,"
"Rabbit Proof Fence," "Bowling for
Colwnbine" and "Psycho."
But you would like to see the most
recent films first, so you l9ok for the
Sort by:
drop down menu on the left side
of the page.
Choose "Publish Date
Descending" and hit "Enter." The list of
651 items will
be
sorted with the most
recent films displayed first, which as of
mid-January are several top foreign
films as well as several of those listed
above.
Your immediate assignment is to view
and report on three foreign films. To
find a list of foreign films, go back to the
Basic Search page.
In
the
Search for:
box, type Foreign
films
(without quotes
because, you knew this, it is a subject
heading).
Leave the Quick Limit: set at None,
and this time choose Subject
Headings
in the
Find Results in:
box. Then click
search.
You will get back
~
list of subject
headings, such as
Foreign
films,
Argentina,
and you can see Foreign
films, France
by clicking to the next
page. Every entry will also display how
many films Marist owns that were pro-
duced in each country. Click on the line
number associated with your choice and
the list of films will display.
All videocassettes and DVDs can
be
viewed in the audiovisual viewing room
in the Library. We hope that you enjoy
the Marist film collection.
·
coming
soon!
Headphones so you can watch DVDs
on the library's computer or your own
laptop.
Dave Matthews rocks during
Madison Square concert
...
from
1
track off "Some Devil."
Often with their backs to the crowd, Matthews, Anastasio and
Reynolds formed an inner circle jam, seemingly overtaken by their
colorful creations. Throughout the Garden, eager fans basked in the
tremendous stage presence generated by the truly gifted trio of
gui-
tarists. Meanwhile, Blade, Hall and Paczkowski seized their ample
opportunities to shine onstage, adding depth and texture into each
well-crafted accompaniment.
Stirred in among Matthews' new mat~rial was an abundance of
cover tunes; including takes on songs from Peter Gabriel ("Solsbury
Hill"), The Band ("Up on Cripple Creek"), The Beatles ("Hey
Bulldog"), Bob Dylan ("Oh Sister"), and Paul Simon ("Oh American
Tune"). Under spiraling house lights, "Dave Matthews and Friends"
ended their long-winded set with a cyclone of energy that was
"Sweet Up and Down."
Then, much to the excitement of devout Phish fans
,
Dave Matthews
and Trey Anastasio returned to the stage with acoustic guitars for the
first phase of the encore. In clear appreciation for one another's art,
the duet happily warmed our souls to Matthews' "Everyday" and
Anastasio's "Bathtub
Gin,"
where they found themselves boogying
across the stage as the zealous audience hummed its refrain.
Topping off a rare collaboration of musical masterminds
,
the rest
of the band resurfaced and fittingly closed the night with Led
Zepplin's "Fool in the Rain." Some experimental solo acts are writ-
ten off as cheesy or risky
;
however, Dave Matthews seems to have
pulled it off seamlessly, all the while appearing to have as much
fun
as his audience
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THE
CIRCLE
-
Let the voices of the Marist
community be heard.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004
Does Longview
Park plan put
students at risk?
By
JENNIFER C. HAGGERTY
Editor In Chief
Those concerned about the Route 9 main gate access have a new
burden to consider come this July. What is already a hectic and at
times unsafe intersection, will have even more traffic flow once
Longview Park has finished construction in 2004.
Don't get me wrong -
having a scenic park overlooking the
Hudson River to play frisbee on sounds appealing, but what troubles
this senior is that future Marist students will have to tolerate
Poughkeepsie drivers (that are usually contained to Route 9) on their
own campus
.
Why? Because the main gate of the campus will also serve as the
main entrance to Longview Park.
Never in my time as a student at Marist have I feared crossing roads
on campus like I do off campus on Route
9.
This past fall alone, I
have observed multiple red-light runs (while
.
the walk cycle
,
was in
session) as well as
a
car's close stop that almost hit a p~estrian
(again
,
when the walk cycle was in session). The safety
1
feel on
campus is mainly due to the fact that, for the large part, the drivers
that pose a risk to students on Route
9
are kept off the campus.
When Marist agreed to create Longview Park, the plans allowed
for public access for all Poughkeepsie residents. Perhaps the idea of
Poughkeepsie community access to the park is what led the planning
board to approve the park to begin with, since, let's face it,
Poughkeepsie is
concerned
with
Poughkeepsie, not Marist College
students.
But what about Marist College students? Does anyone ever pay
attention to the pedestrian walk flow of students during the change of
classes? Anyone notice the in
c
hing of cars through the roadway that
separates the library side 6f campus witli the Lowell 'I'Lomas side of
campus? Has anyone thought of what impatient Poughkeepsie driv-
Poughkeepsie drivers can
be
obnoxious and Impatient
- so why are we Inviting
them willingly on the Marist
campus?
.
ers will be like when they want to
get to Longview park and Marist
students happen to be crossing the
road? I doubt they will inch for-
ward as on-campus drivers do
now.
,
My assumption is that the
aggressive driving prevalent on
Route 9 will also appear on the
campus.
It's pretty obvious that Poughkeepsie drivers are risk-takers, due to
the results found in the September 2003 DOT study. Of the violations
recorded, 67 were vehicular
,
35 of which were for running red lights.
Meanwhile, only 13 violations were for pedestrians. In addition, the
DOT recorded speeds as high as 61 mph.
Let's face it -
Poughkeepsie drivers can be obnoxious and impatient -
so why are
we inviting them willingly on the Marist campus?
Perhaps I'm selfish to believe that a park that Marist creates should
be a park for the Marist community alone. I'm not very open to wel-
coming Poughkeepsie residents on the campus to access roads that
my tuition helps to maintain .
.
Now, I will admit a popular
time
to access the park will be during
the summer months, when the student population on campus is prac-
tically nonexistent. However, has Marist forgotten the 80 degree
summer-like days that can occur during April? What about the Indian
summer days that can occur in September?
What concerns me the most, however, is the on-campus crosswalk
separating the library side of campus from the Lowell Thomas side.
Once Lohgview Park is completed, it could hold 250 cars at peak;
just imagine what getting to class will be like. Not only will students
have to leave earlier to get to where they want to go, but
Poughkeepsie residents will be more than welcome to drive erratical-
ly on our campus just as they have proven on Route 9. I despise the
main intersection crosswalk now -
I can't imagine how Longview
Park will influence that entrance, the student (on campus) crosswalk
and even the future residents of the Fulton Street housing
.
The Marist community must face the fact that we're approaching a
situation that may put students at risk.
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Exploration ( or exploitation?) on Mars
By
KATE
GIGLIO
Staff Writer
A reader poll on CNN.com showed that
about three quarters of those surveyed favor
exploration of Mars, despite risk to humans
involved.
The question prompted me to wonder how
many people have considered the risk to a
pristine and fragile environment of a world
virtually untouched by human hands, and if
they would
oo
8lightly more he8irant about
their vote if they did.
Let this serve as my disclaimer that I am
first in line to sign the proverbial petition for
scientific advancement. However
,
I am also
aware that there is a delicate
lin'.e
between
advancement and destruction
,
and my
research has made me more alert than I ini-
tially thought in regards to manned missions
to the moon and Mars.
I wouldn't normally jump to such drastic
conclusions concerning something for which
only planning -
much less actual execution
-
is barely underway. However, given the
current administration's somewhat callous
stance on environmental issues, I felt com-
pelled to shed some light on ex
_
actly what a
manned mission to Mars would entail.
/
President George W
.
Bush expressed in his
Jan. 14 speech his aspirations for the United
States space program
.
He noted that America
has not developed any new vehicles for space
exploration in nearly 25 years nor have any
humans set foot on ground other than Earth's
in 30 years, and proclaimed that the time for
such things had come once again.
Most ambitious among Bush's goals is that
of manned missions "to Mars and worlds
beyon~."
Oh, Mr. President. You never fail to be
a pseudo-Inspiration to those
incapable of introspective thought.
"
Human
beings are headed into the cosmos,"
he said.
Before we rocket off to space, however, we
tnust be aware of what we're getting into:
Joseph Boyce
,
Mars exploration program
scientist at NASA from 1985 to 2000, writes
in his "Smithsonian Book of Mars":
"[N]o matter how well planned or prepared,
the first visit by humans will mark the point
where the pristine biologic environment of
Mars will be dramatically changed .... It is
conceivable that we might become the carri-
ers of a 'plague-like
'
epidemic to Mars."
Such an epidemic is what on Earth is mere-
ly the makeup of humans; it can be as seem-
ingly insignificant as the dust mites on our
clothes, yet make a world of difference in a
completely new environment. Therefore,
.
we
must proceed with unprecedented caution
into unprecedented territory. Before altering
the present state of another planet or moon,
~
we have to consider the possible effects of
our actions.
The following portion of Bush's speech
alannedme:
"And along this journey, we'll make many
technological breakthroughs. We don't know
yet what those breakthroughs will be. But we
can be certain they'll come and that our
efforts will be repaid many times oyer ... We
may discover resources on the moon or Mars
that will boggle the imagination, that will test
our limits to dream... And the fascination
generated by further exploration will inspire
our young people to study math and science
and engineering and create a new generation
of innovators and pioneers
.
"
Oh,
Mr.
President
.
-
You never fail
IO
be
a
pseudo-inspiration to those incapable of
introspective thought. While I am certainly
not opposed to "technological break-
throughs," the disturbing obsession our coun-
try's leader has with finding "resources"
makes me very wary as to his intentions in
space. Are we exploring or exhuming?
Perhaps someone should inform Bush that the
chances of oil on Mars are slim, and that his
predilection for bleeding precious landscapes
in the name of, ahem, "exploration" has
reached its quota. And just because
he
hasn't
spawned any "new generations of innovators"
doesn't mean there aren't plenty of them out
there, to whom the term "resources" is syn-
onymous with knowledge not profit.
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THE CIRCLE
GAME OF THE WEEK
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
THURSDAY, JANUARY
22,
2004
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'He was the best we
·
ever had'
Allen, former Red Fox football standout, dies
.
at 28
'I
want people to say 'You
should have been at Marist
and saw the way this kid
played."
- J.J.
Allen
1998 Circle proflle
In three
seasons
of being part of
the Marist
College football team,
J.J.
Allen set the school record for
touchdowns (41) and led Marist
to 20
wins
during his three years
in Poughkeepsie.
THE CIRa.E ARCHIVES
BY ROB McGUINNESS
Managing
Editor
The Marist community mourned
the loss of an alumnus earlier this
month,
one
remembered for his
prowess
on
the football field, his
dedication to his team, and his will-
ingness to perform community serv-
ice.
downs.
Little
did
he know, the best
was
yet to come.
In fact, Allen's
late-season
play
was so impressive that then-Circle
Sports Editor Thomas Ryan lauded
Allen's ability for posting record-
breaking statistics, game
after
game.
"J.J. Allen is starting to make
a
career of having career games,"
Ryan wrote in the Nov. 5,
1998
edi-
.
tion of The Circle after Allen carried
J.J. Allen, arguably one of the best
players
in
the history of the Marist
football program, died Dec. 31 from the ball 34 times for a school-record
cancer. He was 28.
316 yards and scored four touch-
In 30 games over three seaso
.
ns at downs in a Red Foxes victory
over
Marist, Allen set the school record St. Francis.
for touchdowns ( 41) and led Marist
The next week, on senior day, the
to 20 wins during his three years
in
Foxes torched Canisius, 60-0. Allen
Poughkeepsie.
With 3,015 yards on scored four touchdowns,
added
to his
597 carries, Allen rates third on the school-record yardage totals and
team's all-time list.
played particularly well in front of
After spending his frosh year at one special audience member: his
Howard University, Allen arrived at father. The senior-day rout marked
Marist in the fall of 1995. NCAA the first time Allen's father had seen
rules forced him to sit out his first him play a collegiate game.
season at Marist, but Allen certainly
During the final game of the 1998
made the most of the next three foot-
season, Allen again led the Red
ball campaigns.
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Foxes to victory. Allen carried 33
Allen's senior season rates as one times for 199 yards and scored four
of his most memorable. In mid-
touchdowns in a 40-14 win over
October 1998, Allen played a superb Siena.
game, leading the Red Foxes to a 45-
After making his mark in the
7 win over Iona, rushing for 247 Marist football record books, Allen
yatds and scoring three touch-
graduated in May 1999 with a bach-
Allen carried the ball 34 times
for a
·
school-record 316 yards
and scored four touchdowns In a
Red Foxes victory over St.
Francis In the fall of 1998.
elor's degree in biology.
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a
statement from the Marist ath-
letic
department, football coach Jim
Parady
praised
Allen's football
records
a11d
willingness to volunteer
in local community service projects.
"He
was
the best we ever had, as a
person and
a
player," Parady said.
"He was
tremendous;
there are not
many
like
him."
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his own words
Profiled
in the Oct. 29, 1998 edi-
tion of The Circle, Allen discussed
career highlights, aspirations of try-
ing out for the NFL, and his passion
for biology classes with staff writer
Alfred DeMatta. He also described
how he'd like his Marist football
career remembered.
"I want people to say 'You should
have been at Marist and saw the way
this kid played,"' Allen said.
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004
marlstcircle.com
Circle Exclusive
UPCOMING EVENT
Gavin DeGraw in concert
with
Michael Tolcher
Jan.31
8
p.m.
Nelly
Goletti Theatre
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Up-and-comer DeGraw to headline at Marist
Rising R&B star Tolcher to open concert
Find out more
By
JEN HAGGERTY
Editor
in
Chief
It's
not
everyday Marist College
can
boast
to
be the host of the "next
big
artist."
The big day, or rather, night, is Jan.
31. And the
place
is the Nelly
Goletti Theatre.
Twenty-six-year-old pianist Gavin
DeGraw's debut
album, "Chariot," (J
Records)
is
backed
by
prominent
drummer, Joey Waronker (R.E.M.,
Beck),
guitarist Michael Ward
(Wallflowers, John Hiatt),
and
Alvin
Moody
on
bass. However, it's the
blues-tinged voice
that
grabs the
attention
on
his breakthrough album.
Fonnerly appearing on "Good
Morning America," "The Sharon
Osbourne Show," "Last Call With
Carson Daly," as well as many oth-
ers,
DeGraw
is
quickly
gaining
recognition.
9, but has already gained recognition
after becoming the
theme song
for
the new WB
program,
"One Tree
Hill." The newcomer is also slated
to join The Barenaked
Ladies
tour in
late winter.
"Chariot" was
released
in July
2003 and gained the singer/son,g-
writer/pianist and guitarist more
fame outside of his New York City
club-groupies who have followed
him since 1998. Prior to pursuing his
dream in Manhattan, the
upstate
New York resident (Fallsburg, near
Catskill) attended Ithaca College
and later the
Berklee
College of
Music in
Boston before
withdrawing
to discover a more captivating road.
People magazine acclaims DeGraw
as a "young Billy Joel." His 11-song
collection, including songs "Just
Friends" and "Follow Through,"
olends raw yet intimate emotions,
making him a highly anticipated
artist for 2004.
Santana and Alicia
Keys
to star-
dom),
DeGraw
was introduced in
2002 as Davis' "next big artist" at his
big
pre-Grammy
party.
DeGraw will accompany the
Barenaked Ladies at the Continental
Airlines Arena in East Rutherford,
N.J. and the Boston Fleet Center in
late ~ebruary and early March.
Tolcher to warm-up audience
R&B artist Michael Tolcher will be
supporting
DeGraw
at the concert.
Promoting his debut album, "I Am"
(Octone Records). the Georgia
native is a talented artist who writes
and performs his own work. His
Southern upbringing has
influenced
the R&B, soul and urban grooves
with his melodic sensibilities.
To
learn
more about Gavin
DeGraw
and Michael
Tolcher, check
out next
week's edition of
The
Circle.
Dylan, Weezer, and Dashboard
Confessional, helped produce "I
Am." The album was mixed by Tim
Palmer
(U2, Pearl Jam and The
Cure) and Mark Endert (Fiona
Apple, Madonna).
After completing the album,
Tolcher shared stages with The
North Mississippi Allstars, Crosby,
Stills
8!,
Nash, George Clinton & the
Parliament Funkadelic,
.
Cowboy
Mouth, Sister Hazel, Everclear
(Marist College 2001 performers),
Pat McGee Band and Tonic.
Tolcher will accompany DeGraw
into 2004, as well as Virginia
Coalition and The Pat McGee Band.
PROMOTIONAL PHOTO/ USED WITH PERMISSION
Gavin DeGraw will
perform at
Marist
on Jan. 31.
His second single, "I Don't Wanna
Be," will be formerly released Feb.
Under Clive Davis'
J
Records (who
guided Bruce Springsteen, Carlos
Formerly perfonning at the Atlanta
Summer Olympics (1996), his ori-
gins began in cross-country gigs
starring in bars, coffee houses and
clubs in search of fans. Chris Shaw,
who recorded albums for Bob
Marist students will be able to
sample the performer's works
before "I Am" will be :rel~ased; the
album is due in March 2004.
'A cqtchy title would help here'
By
KATE
GIGLIO
Staff Writer
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It's three a.m. You've done your
research, written your paper, and yet
you're still struggling with what is
seemingly the hardest part: choosing a
title for it.
You don't want to take away from
your caffeine-induced masterpiece with
a title that doesn't reflect the genius of
what you've written. Everything you
think of, however, seems generic or
dull. Ideally, you want a catchy title that
prompts a reader from its location at the
top of the page all the way down to the
bottom.
It's now 3:15 a.m. You're not sure if
your eyes are open or shut anymore, and
"Untitled Work by Exhausted and
Frustrated College Student" is starting
to sound like a pretty good header to
you.
But don't give up just yet. A prelimi-
nary title like that could evolve into one
that is a big hit. After all, it worked for
a film initially titled "The Untitled
Teenage Sex Comedy Which Can Be
Made for Under $10 Which Studio
Readers Will Most Likely Hate but I
Think You Will Love"
-
known to
moviegoers as "American Pie," and to
studio executives as "that movie that
grossed more than ten times its budget
in the United States alone."
Committees that choose names for
movies go through the same arduous
task of selecting a title that will strike
the right chord with filmgoers as you
perhaps have with a paper, or even a
film of your own. And when the fate of
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·
the line, they're under more than a bit
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of
pressure to pick exactly the right one.
Forget posters, trailers, and commer-
cials -
a film's title should
be
its most
Moustakis of
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"Wedding." "I love any-
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that
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to do
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l!lY.
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itage."
Movie titles that work aren't vague
and generally give audiences a sense of
what the movie is about. The title of the
effective advertisement.
It should
be
top grossing film of all time leaves no
catchy, memorable and somewhat doubt as to the subject matter of the
descriptive.
"My Big Fat Greek movie.
Wedding" was not anticipated to be a·
"Titanic" has grossed $600,788,188
big hit with filmgoers. It was low-budg-
worldwide to date. Other titles of sue-
et and starred Nia Vardalos, a virtually cessful films include "Home Alone,"
unknown actress. However, it is cur-
"Star Wars,"
"E.T.
The Extra-
rently the thirty-third most successful Terrestrial,"
"Spider-Man,"
and
film of all time, with a present gross of "Independence Day."
AnY, of these
$241,438,181.
titles roll off a person's tongue when he
It worked for a film lnltlally titled
'The Untitled Teenage Sex
Comedy Which Can Be Made for
Under
$10
Which
Studio
or she turns to a friend and says, "Hey,
wanna go see (insert title here) tonight?'
.
'
The best titles bring a sense of intrigue
-
"The Sixth Sense," for example,
aptly describes the film's subject matter,
yet steeps a high interest in the plot.
Readers WIii Most
.
Llkely Hate
People are going to see this movie
but
I
Think You WIii Love' -
because it just sounds interesting.
known
to
moviegoers
as
A main reason for increasing difficul-
ty in selecting movie titles is that even-
tually, well, all the good ones are taken.
Executives, directors and committees
are sometimes forced to reuse a title.
Even "Titanic" (1997) was preceded by
an identically-named film on the
doomed ship. "Honey," "The Missing"
and "Sylvia" (2003) all are not the first
to use their respective titles. Barring the
aforementioned rare exception, it is dif-
ficult for most of these films to establish
a firm name in a sea of titles that are
equally lackluster.
'American Pie.'
While no single element of a
film
is
.
entirely
responsible
for its success or
failure, it can
be
argued that the catchy,
memorable, and perfectly descriptive
title of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
was a main factor in its popularity with
moviegoers. The mere rumor of a movie
with this title was enough to assure an
audience in many people of Greek her-
itage.
"As soon as I heard that there was a
niovie with that title, I knew that I
would go see it," says Katerena
Some titles are simply too offensive or
crude to ensure a large audience
.
"Freddy Got Fingered," while a cult
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USED WITH PERMISSION
MThe Missing• is an example of a movie that has reused the title of a former movie.
In this version, Cate Blanchett plays Maggie Gilkerson in the suspense thriller.
classic among the high school and col-
lege crowd, does not hold a wide appeal
with most people
.
When asked if she would consider see-
ing the movie, Julia Rumore
,
age 65,
says
"Whats the name of it? Oh no, no,
no. Disgusting kids these days."
Moviegoers aren't the only ones
snubbing movies with titles they con-
sider offensive.
On a script she
received titled "Cock," Julia Roberts is
quoted in The Philadelphia Daily
News as saying, "I just don't know ifl
could call my mom and say, 'So ...
'Cock!' Coming this summer!"'
Of course, some original titles are
only "original" because they're so bad
no one else wants to use them. One
word: "Gigli." In addition to the fact
that the title is phonetically-challenged
(it's pronounced gee-lee, not giggly), it
provides zero insight into what the
film is about.
While this may be a good thing for
films as critically vetoed as "Gigli,
"
generally a title should use a d
e
scrip-
tive power to draw an audience in
.
"Someone Like You,
"
"Reindeer
Games," "The Hudsucker Proxy,"
"The Core,"
"
Crossroad
s"
-
all for-
gettable, generic titles that are as easi-
ly random groupings of words than
solid names for films.
"What's the Worst That Could
Happen
?
"
Your movie earns less
money than what it cost to film and
,
ultimately, become
s
noth
i
ng more than
a bad joke
_
in a newspaper art
i
cle.
Dave Matthews and friends give marathon performance at MSG
By
AUDRA TRACY
Staff
Writer
NEW YORK (Dec. 17)
-
In
the
company of guitar gods Trey
Anastasio and Tim Reynolds,
Dave Matthews' Madison Square
Garden performance proved song
by song that the man of the hour
could easily carry out a remark-
able solo tour
.
The surreal night featured a
unique
mix
of cover jams, new
material from Matthews' recently
released solo album "Some
Devil," and an acoustic arrange-
ment of classic Dave Matthews
Band cuts.
Opening act, Emmy Lou Harris
and her band, warmed .up the
early crowd with a soulful set,
getting the audience into the
spir-
it of what was to come with a
closing cover of Matthews' "The
Maker."
Dreams came true for the lucky
fans as two spotlights then hit the
stage floor, illuminating two
empty chairs. Amid shrieks of
delight, Dave Matthews
and
Tim
Reynolds joined center stage,
greeting the audience to an
acoustic
mini
set that opened with
an
intoxicating
shot
from
"Bartender."
The hearty tune was chased by a
light and melodious old favorite,
"Lie in
Our
Graves," featuring
Reynolds' twist of slide guitar.
Guitar virtuoso extraordinaire,
Reynolds, has won the admiration
of listeners ever since his acoustic
sessions with Matthews at Luther
College in 1999.
The fellows followed up with
two songs from the Dave
Matthews Band's breakthrough
album
,
"Under the Table and
Dreaming"
(1994).
First,
Reynolds teased the starry-eyed
crowd with a freak-out intro to
"Satellite"
;
then he dazzled them
with a dizzying solo in "Typical
Situation."
But the focus again shifted to
Matthews as he melted hearts to
the sounds of "#40" and "Where
Are You Going," closing the first
act of his marathon performance
with the driving rhythms of
"Dancing Nancies
.
"
An already surreal night was
electrified as Reynolds and Phish
guitarist Trey Anastasio plugged
in, joined by drummer Brady
Blade, bassist Tony Hall, and key-
boardist Ray Paczkowski
.
Still on
acoustic guitar, Matthews leads
his extraordinary fri
e
nds into
"Dodo," the first
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Burton's 'Fish'
tale not bogged
down by truth
By
KATIE LATANICH
The Chronicle
(Duke U.)
DURHAM, N.C.
(U-WIRE)-
Old
storytellers, like old fishermen,
never
really die.
At
heart, Tim Burton's "Big Fish" is no more preten-
tious than the occasional bumper sticker
or
needlepoint pillow,
though -
for
the
most part -
more intelligent.
"Big Fish" is the story of reconciliation
between
a dying father,
Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) and his son Will (Billy Crudup).
Edward's the family storyteller, who embellishes stock family tales
with embarrassing enthusiasm. Father and son stop speaking after
Dad
steals the spotlight
one
too many times, but Will finally returns
home to make peace with father and fiction. The film's constructed
as a series of flashbacks, featuring Ewan McGregor as the young Ed
Bloom.
Burton is best known for visual imagery (think "Sleepy Hollow,"
"Beetlejuice" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas"). What makes
"Big Fish" a success is
Burton's
ability to finally reconcile startling
visuals and an equally unusual story, without having to oscillate
between the two. Where Burton has been criticized in the past for
placing style before substance, this is a movie about style turned sub-
stance -
a happy coincidence of material and technique more than
a real breakthrough in Burton's style.
For a little truth-stretching and myth-making, "Big Fish" gets
tagged with indulgent epithets like "whimsical," "free-spirited" and
so forth. But like any good blood-and-guts Grimm fairy tale, stylis-
tic incongruities rescue the story from cloying sweetness. And, like
the clumsy phrases of a foreign novel
,
these incongruities actually
make Burton's imagt:s more potent by virtue of their oddities and
inconsistencies. There is such a thing as
,
expecting the unexpected,
and Burton perpetually hovers just beyond that boundary of the con-
ceivable.
A jerky start-and-stop chronology actually works to Burton's
advantage, helping us recognize the temptation -
and the ease
-
of
exchap.ging one world for another
.
There's a moral, of course, and the
story winds down with head-scratching perfection
;
but "Big Fish" is
at once a spectacular exercise in storytelling and a nod to the old-
school admonition that half a story lies in the telling. There's nothing
here we didn't already know, but perhaps that's the point: That there
are no new stories, only new tellings.
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ROSENTHAL/
COLUMBIA PlcnJRES
/
USED WITH PERMISSION
Top: ~They say when you meet the love
of
your life, time stops and that's true. What
they don't tell you is that once time starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up,·
expla"tns Ed Bloom (Ewan McGregor), the young adventurer ln "Blg Flsh.
"
Above: McGregor and Tim Burton on the set of 'Big Fish.'
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