VOLUME
57, ISSUE
20
FOUNDED
IN
1965
11-IURSDAY,MARCH4,2004
Marines sent to Haiti for civilian protection
By
MARISSA
KOCH
Staff Writer
While the focus of the public
eye may be upon the upcoming
presidential primaries of Super
Tuesday, it is impossible to
ignore what is going on outside
American borders.
This week, several countries
took steps tha~ could change the
face of the world. Topping the
list of international events is the
Haitian rebellion.
Haiti, home to more than eight
million people, has been caught
in a bitter fight for power for
more than three weeks. At the
heart of the deadly street fighting
are current President Jean
Bertrand Aristide and what the
opposition call his corrupt
administration.
In
1990, Aristide became the
first democratically nominated
leader in Haiti's 200-year
history. However, since then,
Aristide's governing has been
riddled with problems. In 1991 a
military coup forced him out of
the country· for three years. He
returned to power with the help
of the United States.
In
2000, he
won re-election
,
only to face
severe opposition, erupting into
full-fledged rebellion on Feb. 5.
In the past week, several
countries, including the United
States and France, offered
possible solutions to the continu-
ing crisis, but none of these
proposals found acceptance.
Opposition forces insisted that,
before
considering
any
resolutions, Aristide must step
down.
Haitian opposition forces were
granted their demand, as Aristide
fled the country in the early
morning hours of Feb. 29.
Although it is unknown in which
country Aristide is seeking
.
asylum, the important thing for
rebel forces is that Aristide is
gone.
As reported by Reuters,
Charles Baker, leader of a coali-
tion of opposition civic and polit-
ical groups, said this will be ben-
eficial.
"It's great for the country,"
Baker said.
"That's
what we've
been waiting for."
For now,
Boniface Alexandre,
a member of Haiti's Supreme
Court, has taken on
the difficult
task of leading a
transitional
government.
As reported by the
Associated
Press, Alexandre said, "Haiti is
in crisis.
It
needs all of its sons
and daughters. No one should
take justice into their
own
hands."
Despite
this plea, many fear
that the "vacuum of power'' that
Haiti is experiencing will lead to
more problems for the nation.
Even as news broke
on
Sunday
of Aristide's resignation,
looters
filled the streets, and prison
guards left their posts, resulting
in an exodus of the national
prison in Port-au-Prince of more
than 2,000 criminals.
Rebel
forces celebrated in the streets
amidst
bursts
of gunfire
and
the
burning of
barriers.
The U.S. has sent a small con-
tingent of
Marines
to
protect
the
U.S. citizens currently living in
Haiti and as part of what will be
an
international security force.
For Haiti, the
poorest
nation in
the
Western Hemisphere,
it is a
welcome move.
Guy Philippe, a leader of the
opposition forces,
told
CNN that
Haitians are now waiting for
international forces.
"I
think
the worst is over,"
Philippe
said. "They will have
our full
cooperation."
In addition to the chaos in the
Caribbean, several
other
nations
have demanded worldwide atten-
tion, among them North Korea,
Iraq, and Israel.
In North Korea, six
nation~~et
to discuss the fate of that coun-
try's
nuclear
weapons p;ogrru;n.
South Korea, China an~ Russia
agreed to offer energy aid to
North Korea, under the condition
that, as a step to dismantling
their nuclear program, they
freeze all research and weapons
building.
Although the U.S. and Japan
are
refusing to offer aid until
North Korea completely disman-
tles their program, the six coun-
tries agreed that these talks had a
much more hopeful outlook than
SEE INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 4
Bard student vanishes
boarding Metro North
By
COURTNEY KRETZ
Managing Editor
Little light has been shed on
the case of Melissa Kennedy, the
21-year-old woman missing
from the area since Friday, Feb.
20.
Kennedy was reportedly sup-
posed to board the 8:33 p.m.
train from the Poughkeepsie
train station, heading to Grand
Central station in New York
City, Friday night. She was on
her way home to Brooklyn and
has not been seen or heard from
since she was dropped off at the
station.
Police have ruled out the pos-
sibility that Kennedy may have
been a tunaway, and are operat-
ing under the assumption that
this is a true missing persons
case.
Detective Lt. William Siegrist
of the City of Poughkeepsie
Police Department, who is head-
ing the case, was unavailable for
comment.
The dispatcher at the police
station could only give a brief
statement on the situation.
"All I can tell you is that she is
still missing," the
dispatcher
said.
However, a sighting of
Kennedy
was
.
reported
Wednesday,
Feb. 25. A caller
reported seeing the Bard College
student near the Vanderbuilt
Mansion on Route 9 that morn-
ing. The area was thoroughly
searched, but to no avail.
Posters have been placed at
train stations along the Hudson
River, in the City, and even
throughout the
dorms
and aca-
demic buildings of the Marist
campus. The flyers have been
posted in hopes that someone
can provide information regard-
ing the case.
The situation has sent a chill
throughout the campus. Many
students have become fearful of
traveling by train, or by them-
selves.
Katherine Poirier, sophomore,
said she is now fearful of travel-
ing alone.
"I took the train that same day,
by myself," said Poirier. "I never
really thought that
I
could be in
any danger. Next time I will
think twice about taking the train
by myself."
With the recent news that a
female was sexually assaulted at
the Poughkeepsie train station
this past Monday, Mar. 1, even
male students, including senior
Jake Morrison, are questioning
the
safety of the area.
"I feel that the Poughkeepsie
train station is a very unsafe
place," said Morrison. "Even I,
being a guy, don't feel safe at
night there by myself.
I
think it is
poorly lit, poorly patrolled, and
in an unsafe neighborhood."
However, there are those that
have no doubts about using the
trains. Senior Ladys Guerrero
said recent events have not
affected her attitude towards tak-
ing the train to her home in the
City. She said having the train
conductor and ticket collector in
close proximity puts her at ease.
"I
don't really feel unsafe, no
matter what time I take the
train," Guerrero said.
"You
just
have to be aware of your sur-
roundings."
Police are asking for any infor-
SEE MELISSA, PAGE 4
Tinker speaks about the importance of a liberal education
By
KATE GIGLIO
A&E Edtipr
Students, faculty and guests
listened intently to Dr. Nathan
Tinker's
lecture,
"The
Accidental Executive, or How to
Succeed in Business With a
Liberal Arts Degree
,"
on
Tuesday, March 2.
Tinker, the co
-
founder and
executive vice president of the
NanoBusiness Alliance, over
-
sees all industry research,
education, and liaison initia-
tives. He is also a founder and
president
of NanoBusiness
Development
Group,
the
Alliance's consulting and mar-
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ket intelligence
arm.
Tinker is the author of more
than 20 market industry analyses
and reports. He is an advisor
of the
The Nanotechnology
Opportunity Report and PBS
's
Nanotechnology documentary
series.
Tinker was invited to speak
because his success
story
is
unique.
Though he has made his career
in the business world, he holds a
PhD in 17 century English liter-
ature from Fordham University.
Having a degree in liberal arts is
uncharacteristic of people in
business, and
Tinker's
lecture
focused on how he has managed
to make his career in a field
other than academia, without
possessing the business degrees
typical of his peers.
Dr. Rose DeAngelis, director of
the honors program at Marist,
introduced Tinker, mentioning
that the two of them had gone to
graduate
school
together.
Tinker, whose
entire
lecture was
punctuated with wit, humorous-
ly alluded to his bond with
DeAngelis. He inserted a photo
of her into his
slideshow.
By
doing so be
illustrated the
opportunities he had been given
to work with
experts
in the liber-
al arts arena.
Every
semester
a guest speak-
FEATURES:
TAKING
A STAND
FOR
.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Perspective
is provided about the importance of
lobbying and higher education.
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er
·
gives the honors
lecture,
and
Tinker was invited this semester
as "the representative from the
School
of
Management,"
DeAngelis said.
However, she said that the
business field was "interdiscipli-
nary," which could appeal to
people in many areas of study.
Tinker began his lecture by
giving a brief background of
himself. He then informed the
audience of the importance of
liberal
arts
in today's world.
"The fact is
that
liberal arts
students play a major role in the
business world," Tinker said.
He provided a list of CFOs who
p(sSEE LECTURE, PAGE 4
KATE GIGUO
/
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Dr.
Nathan Tinker, author
of
more than 20 market Industry
analyses
and reports, discusses the importance of a
liberal arts
education.
NEWS: MARIST GOES IDOL
Lowell
Thomas hosts
a night full of musi
-
cal talent, making
MCTV
history once
again.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2004
Securitv Briefs:
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"
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Bri
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and the "Alc
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F
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Beat
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ollege
poli
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on alcohol consumption.
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Compiled
by
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
2/24
-
A student parked his 2000 Nissan in the
Donnelly
lot
and
went
to the
library around 12:20 p.m.
Tuesday
.
He returned to find
his
car's fender on the
dri-
ver's side bent. The police were not notified about the
accident. The student knew he made a mistake. That will
be
the last time he goes to James A. Cannavino without
flossing.
2/25
-
An intoxicated Champagnat student played it
real cool when security came to write him up at 2: 18 a.m.
Wednesday
.
The guard asked for his ID and the trigger
happy
freshman pulled out two driver's licenses. Now
that
can't
be good. One was real, and the other was
confiscated. Damn man, now you'll have to stay in and
watch "According to Jim" on Tuesday nights. Lucky for
you, Jim Belushi is on top of his game.
2/25
-
A student reported her cell phone and wallet
were stolen while she was in the bookstore at 3:15 p.m.
She had left these items in the cubbies outside of the
bookstore prior to entering. I feel really
bad
for you. You
must be the only poor sap
on
this campus
that
actually
uses those things, and you get punished for it. Isn't that
just spit on your neck, kick you in the crotch fantastic.
But look on the bright side, at least the Cold War is over.
2/26
-
Gartland E block had a very interesting fire alarm
at 11 :07 a.m. Thursday. When the fire department scoped
out
the apartment they found the
burning
embers of a
cigar in the wastebasket. I can't think of a better place for
it.
Security then questioned the residents of this
apartment, and found out that one of them had marijua-
na. It was confiscated and the officer went on his way. I
don't know which idiotic act to make fun of here. You
actually stumped me. Gartland E block - I, Dan - 0.
2/27
-
Argh! I definitely just got a paper cut. Anyway,
Leo Hall got right back into the swing of things this week
at 10:25 p.m. Friday. Two intoxicated students were
found in a room, and both were taken to St. Francis.
Once they reached St. Francis, they held the place
hostage until the
police
found someone to give their son
a heart transplant. "Dude
,
that's John
Q."
What
'
s your
point?
2/27 -
Just over an hour later at 11 :50 p.m. another
intoxicated student was found in Leo. He too was taken
to St. Francis
.
See, he heard about the hostage cris
i
s, and
he
thought
of a way to end it. Instead of performing a
heart transplant, he blasted Cuban Pete and all the cops
started dancing. "Dude, that's The Mask." And so it is.
2/28 -
What do you get when you mix three students
and a guest, and you put them in a Champagnat room?
Well we don't get anything, but they get written up for
smoking pot, and their friend removed from campus! A
roach, a piece of hardware, and a half full fifth of vodka
were confiscated
.
A security brief home game will be
given as a parting gift for all participants.
,t
2/28
-
The entry desk officer of Leo stopped an
intoxicated student at 2:36 a.m. She was evaluated and
allowed to go
to her room. Isn't that nice? Ten minutes
later the guard came up with a glass of warm milk and
tucked her into bed. Yo, pay it forward right. "What
'
s
with all the movie references this week?" I don't know
,
why don't you ask my friend Billy who has been in my
dreams since Sunday.
2/28
-
The entry desk officer at Champagnat was not as
kind. A student carrying a backpack and his guest were
stopped at 6:03
.
P.·~
;
-
~j
!h~
~a.
After a long and
'
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,)
, ,
,
,,
·
, t
•
\1
'
"
r
,
thorough search
,
securi
ty
found
1
2 bottles of Bud Ligh
t.
Also in the bag was a ligh
t
er
,
a magazine, a ping pong
paddle, a little refrigerator you have to open with a key,
and a Citizen Kane bobble head do
l
l. The security guard
was heard saying, "I haven
'
t seen a bag like
t
hat since
Mary Poppins."
2/29
-
Security observed two students
"
walk
"
out of
tµi at 12:40 a.m
.
Sunday. One was holding up the other
as they stumbled back to their dorm. Security stopped
and checked them, and let them return home. Wow
,
these
security guys were really nice this week. I guess hiding
under beds and jumping out of windo
w
s weren
'
t 11. Huh.
Alcohol
-
related
incidents this week
Leo-3
Champagnat - 3
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Friday, Mar. 5, 2
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004
Ceili
Rain
Concert
8PM
'
Nelly Golett
i
Theater
Friday, Mar. 5, 2004
Erin Foley
Comedian
9 PM
Caba
r
e
t
Friday and Saturday,
Mar. 5
&
6, 2004
Book
Fair
10-6 PM Fri.
9-5
PM
Sat.
Caba
r
et
Sunday, Mar
.
7,
2004
'Beauty and the Beast'
Bus leaves at 9 AM
from Midr
i
se
Wednesday, Mar.
10, 2004
Jeffrey
Armstrong
and
the Marist CoUege
Guitar
Ensemble
8PM
PAR
Pre-registration now online
Students must still meet with advfsors, but
are
'/JO
longer required to wait in line
The Office of Housing & Residential life Presents .••
Spring is in the air and summer
is still months away, yet pre-reg-
istration for the Fall 2004 semes-
ter
begins
next Monday
,
Mar. 8.
This registration experience
will be different than any previ-
ously
had here at Marist. The
Registrar's
Office is introducing
online
pre-registration,
which is
described
in the
booklets
~
stu-
dents received in their campus
mailboxes
.
Online
registration is designed
to allow students to indicate their
course requests so that priorities
(e.g. major) can be applied in
the
course selection process
.
At the
end of pre-registration, students
will receive their schedules and
be able to complete or modify
them during the add/drop period.
Despite the change in registra-
tion, meeting with an advisor is
still a necessary part of the
process.
Students will only be
able to continue with the regis-
tration
process
once their advisor
has approved their schedule for
the coming semester
.
Students are advised to meet
with their advisors as early as
possible to allow sufficient time
to work
out
any schedule con-
flicts (e.g. prerequisite checks)
that may arise.
It
is essential for studen.ts to
seek assistance from their
advisors
,
as well as from infor-
mation provided for them online
,
as each student is responsible for
creating their owil schedule
.
The
Registrar
'
s Office will be
monitoring this process and
looking for feedback about the
new method, as it is the first time
for online pre-registration.
_
Pre-registration will end on
Thursday, M~. +5.
Please addres
_
s your reac
t
ions
and
comments
to
registrar
@
marist.edu .
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Copy Editor
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Sports
Editor
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&
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Alissa Brew
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News Editor
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Assistant Editor
Cerollne Ross
Dan
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Maura Sweeney
Opinion Editor
campus Editor
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THIS FALL?
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Wednesday March 24th
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wants to tell women what to do
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with their bodies is appalling.
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Fraternity Alp];ia Phi Omega attempts to gain recognition
By
TARA MCRILL
Ass
i
st
ant Man
ag
in
g E
d
it
or
It's not everyday that a grou
p
of
individuals are as eager and ded-
icated to starting a new fraternity
at Marist as the students and
advisors of Alpha Phi Omega are
right now.
Alpha Phi Omega (AP
O
) is a
national, co-educational, service
-
based fraternity. AP
O
's essential
mission is to help members
develop leadership skills, make
lasting friendships and provide
service to others.
The fraternity has hundreds of
chapters at colleges and universi-
ties across the nation and pri
d
es
itself on being the most represen-
tative undergraduate intercolle-
giate organization in the United
States. Since APO p
l
aces such an
emphasis on leadership and serv-
ice, alumni
i
nclude former become pretty much ceme
n
ted,"
Pr
esidents John
F.
Kennedy and Osborne said.
Bill Clin
t
on.
Osborne also said that having
Matt Osborne, a graduate stu-
an APO chapter here on campus
dent in computer science and would pass on the joy of doing
software development, always community service to other
had the idea
_ _ _
_
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Marist
stu-
of starti
n
g
'We're very serious about
an
APO
chapter
at
community service, both on
Marist in the
campus and in the surrounding
back of his
area
,
and we have a strong
min~i am
a
focus on leadership develop
-
brother
of
ment
.
'
dents.
Yet, APO is
in the process
of becoming
an officially
recognized
fraternity at
w
h
i
C
h
St
ud
e
n
t Governmen
t
to give
APO an initial vote of confi-
dence.
If Student Government
ap
p
roves the fraternity, it will
then move on to Stude
n
t Senate,
who have the final say in
whether or not Marist will offi-
cia
ll
y recognize APO.
Christine
R
ossman, another
br
o
ther and Secti
o
n 88 Ex
t
ensio
n
Committee member, feels that
due to the
l
engthy
p
r
o
cess of
obtaining recognition, APO will
not have a chance to
b
ecome an
Al
p
ha since
I p
l
edged as
an
under-
graduate at
includes
- Mi
ke H
aber
series
Chai
r
person
steps.
a
officia
l
Marist frate
rni
ty any ear-
of lier than Sept.
2004.
SUNY Plattsburgh in the fall of
1997
and I believe strongly in its
[
APO] principles. Once I found
out that another graduate student
was a brother, the idea had
According
to Osborne, the fraternity must
draft a copy of the bylaws, have
a minimum of
10
interested
undergraduate students, and a
faculty advisor, in order for
Currently, Marist officially rec-
ognizes eight fraternities and
sororities
.
However, students say
that Alpha Phi Omega stands
apart from the others already on
the Greek Adv
i
sory Council.
Studen
t
s who possesses this
belief is
Mike
Haber, the frater-
nity's Section 88 Chair, responsi-
ble for overlooking all chapters
in eastern New York.
"We're very serious about com-
munity service, both on campus
and in the surrounding areaj and
we have a strong focus on leader-
ship development. He also said,
members are able to bond with
other folks who are interested in
providing service."
Despite the fact that the frater•
nity is just starting to get on its
feet, many Marist students have
already expressed interest in
j
o
ining the organization.
Freshman Siobhan Skerritt said
that Alpha Phi Omega's empha-
sis on community service and
helping others goes hand-in-
hand with what the Marist
Brothers have taught her.
"I went to a high school that
was owned by the Marist
Brothers. I was taught that our
goal is both academic and spiri-
tual, meaning that you have to
reach out to people. She said
Alpha Phi Omega helps to keep
that spirit alive with community
service and helping others."
Junior Tristan Baker said that
the fraternity has the potentia
l
to
lend a hand to countless individ-
uals
in
the area.
"Many people in Poughkeepsie
need a lot of help and I think it
would be a good experience for
those who live in their own
world here on campus," Baker
said
.
Everyone
is
invited to join
APO. If interested visit their
website
at
http:
/
/foxweb.marist.edu
/
userslk
bkrw or visit their national web-
site at www.apo.o,x
Students audition as MCTV goes Idol
Commuter Corner
By
CARMEN ALU
Com
muter Senator
on campus. This
applies
to
Talmage Rc·idents.
By
LOUIS P. ORTIZ Ill
Assistant
E
ditor
This past Tuesday in Lowell
Thomas,
Mari st
College
Television (MCTV) held audi-
tions for their new show Marist
Idol.
The new production is a reen-
actment of the hit FOX show,
American Idol and thus far has
delivered a good amount of
attenti
on
.
Preparation is the key and it
was asked that all performers
enter the first round with a song
they are willing to sing accapel-
la.
It
is a competitio
n
consisting
of three rounds where the final
round will take place in the
Performing Arts Room (PAR).
MCTV is hoping for a good
turn
out and on Tuesday night,
over 15 performers signed up,
attempting to move on past the
first round.
Three judges from Marist fac-
ulty have donated their time to
add to the realism and heartbreak
of such a competition
.
Keith
Strudler of the Communications
Department, Missy Alexander
who
is
also
from
the
Communications Department.
and Matt Andrews of the Theatre
Department are the individuals
who critique the presence, style,
and accuracy of the singers.
Secretary Janet Gilfeather, who
is playing a very important role
in the production of the show,
believes that Marist Idol is some-
thing people want to see. "So
many peop
l
e watch American
Idol that we decided it would be
a good idea to adopt the show
idea to Marist, in order to show-
case the musical talent that we
have here," she said. "We have
battle of the bands already, but
there really isn't a competitio
n
for vocalists.
We thought it
would be a fun show that
involved the Marist community,
as well as, a show that students
would enjoy," Gilfeather said.
The judges selected people
from Tuesday's audition to once
again come back to Lowell
Thomas and perform in the semi-
finals. It
has
been said by the e-
board of MCTV that plans are in
the works to have the winners
chosen through the World Wide
Web.
·
Afterward, the remaining
contestants will sing and we will
announce the winner of the
entire competition.
The winner will receive a cash
prize and MCTV is asking other
clubs and organizations (RSC) to
help out with donations so a
good amount can be collected
.
Freshman, Lisa Christine
Padilla performed Tuesday night
and was excited about the oppor-
tunity to perform. "I think it was
a good idea to put this together
since it gave people a great expe-
rience and the opportunity to
perform on an amateur level to
many peop
l
e
that
I
know and
don't know."
Certain individuals came up lit-
tle short and they responded with
their frustration. "I was extreme-
ly nervous but I don't feel that I
was as bad as they said I was,"
stated freshman Chenell Swan.
Although there were a lot of
sharp criticisms from the judges
on the performing talent, it is
quite evident that the future is
l
ooking bright for MCTV and
Marist Idol. The second round
will begin a week after spring
break in March.
For
thus of you
who do
not
know, commuter students are
c
l
assified
into two
separate
cat-
egories: the traditional com-
muter and the non-traditional
c
o
mmuter.
The traditional
commuter
lives at home or
with
within the
are
a and drives
to school every,
da).
A
non.traditional commuter
i.
one who
might
have lived on
campus
1,efore an4
has
now
decided
to
get
his
or
her
own
place off
campus.
Ba icall),
an)one
who
drive
to school
i
considered a com-
muter.
The onl)
c
ccptiun
10
that
rule are
students who
drive
to
chool
hut
technically still
live
Other tudcnts
Inc
o
n
c
am•
pus,
but
drive
because they fee
l
they
li\C
too
fat
away
to
v.alk.
Students who live on
ca
m
pus,
yet
park in commuter lots, have
led me
to draft
a
nc~ proposal.
I
propose a
change
be
made
t
o
Beck Place parki~,g. Any stu-
dent
who
Jives
on campus,
but
has
.
a commuter
sticker, sh
o
uld
have to park
in
tbe back lots
of
Beck.
A
commuter
should
have an
almost empty
lot
to
pa&
in
when
morning
classe
begm.
I intend
to
pursue thi is ue
1f
enough people
off
er support.
Plea
e
email
me
at
CSw, h<iv.aol.com
voicing
our
opinion.
In my
opinion.
somcthmg
needs
to
be done.
Gender equality club will march for women's lives in April
By
JAMES REYES
Staff
W
riter
Marist students of the Gender
Equality club will be among the
millions
marching
on
Washington this April in the his-
toric March For Women's Lives.
In a move to protest the Bush
administration's recent revisions
of laws and acts concerning
women's protectio
n
rights, mil-
lions of men and women will be
marching the streets of
Washington on April 25, 2004.
This event is sponsored by many
organizations
including
the
Feminist
·
Majority, NARAL,
NOW,
and Planned Parenthood
Federation of America (PPFA)
,
which promises the event "to be
one of the
l
argest public demon
-
strations in support of reproduc-
tive free
d
om in history
.
"
Though this march does deal
with pro-choice issues, Gender
Equality president Vanessa Katz
assures that the club is concerned
also with other critical, gender
sociological issues.
"We try to raise awareness of
issues like pay equity, rape
occurrences and domestic
VIO-
ience in the community," said
Katz.
Gender Equality has been
responsible for providing other
gender equality related events
such as this year's Take Back the
Night
and
The
Vagina
Monologues. Katz describes the
club's participation in the March
For Women
'
s Lives as more of
an extension of the club.
"Not everyone in Gender
Equality is comfortable with
talking about this [pro-choice],
and that's fine."
Katz and the rest of Gender
Equality is involved with this
event to stress the fact that it is
not about pro-choice, but about
issues facing women's health
·
and reproductive rights.
Gender Equality has been plan-
ning their participation in the
r:narch since early September
when the club's secretary Lauren
Eberle
,
who has volunteered
with the PPF A for the past three
years, first received word of the
event.
"It's [reproductive rights] an
issue that I've always been pas-
sionate about," said Eberle. "The
fact
that the government wants to
tell women what to do with their
bodies is appalling."
For the past few weeks, Eberle
along with at least twenty other
Gender Equality volunteers have
set up tables c!-fOund campus approval to sell condoms
in
the
offering general information on campus bookstore. Not even
the march and taking contact health services offered proper
information from stude
n
ts inter-
means of protection
.
ested in volunteering. The volun-
"An extra reason we need to do
teers have also been distributing this is because health services is
free condoms to support safe sex.
inadequate about educating stu-
Surprising- _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_
_
_ _ dents about
ly, this distri-
bution
has
not
raised
any
conflicts with
the
college.
Thj.s outreach
program was
unlike the one
sponsored last
year when the
'An extra reason we need to do
safe sex
,
"
Katz said.
this Is the health services Is
Gender
Inadequate about educating
Equality
students about safe sex.
'
will be sell-
ing tickets
-
V
a
n
essa Ka
t
z
to
·
th0Se
Pr
esi
d
e
n
t
,
Gender Equality
interested
_ _ _ _
_ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
in
volun-
college shot down a similar
attempt to hand out such forms
of contraception. The campus
had not even featured any type of
distribution or sale of contracep-
tives until the SGA recently won
teering to
participate in the march. Fifty-
four tickets wiil be sold, which
provide transportation to the
event, an all day Metro pass
,
breakfast and lunch. Ticket
prices have been greatly subsi-
dized by the PPLA and fortu-
nately wont cost too much for
participants
.
If the fifty-four available tick-
ets sell out quickly
,
Gender
Equality plans to provide accom-
modations for more students to
attend the event.
However
,
Gender Equality
encourages those who are not
able to purchase a ticket to still
attend the march by their own
means.
The Gender Equality club will
be selling tickets and offering
more information about their
event
at
6:30
p.m.
on
Wednesday, March 10 in the
Student Center.
This is an event to discuss the
government's decisions concern-
ing reproductive issues.
Habitat for humanity plans build in Jacksonville ov
er s
p
ri
ng break
By
K
E
RRY MCQUADE &
K
R
I
STE
N ROY
Circle Co
n
t
r
ibuto
r
s
The Marist Co
ll
ege Habitat for
Humanity chapter will spend its
spring break in Jacksonville
,
Florida from March 14 to March
20 building a home for a local
fami
l
y.
The group of 15 students and
one chaperone will work on the
construction and completion of a
house during the weeklong stay,
in partnership with students from
Huntington College in Indiana
.
A series of fund-raising events
is scheduled throughout March
to raise money for the group's
trip and other Habitat for
Humanity initiatives.
At
8:00
p.m
.
on Thursday
,
March 4, Marist will host the
Ceili Rain concert in the Nelly
Goletti Theatre on the Marist
College campus
.
Doors will
open at 7:30 p.m
.
The event will
feature traditional Irish music
and dance
,
including an Irish
harp performance by Bridget K
.
Burns
,
class of
2007.
While the
event is free, a suggested dona-
tions of $5 will be collected at
the door to support Habitat for
Humanity.
The next- event is a Scholastic
Book Sale from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
on Friday, March
5
and from 9
a.m. to
5
p.m. Saturday, March 6
in the Cabaret. The event will
feature a food sale, clown, face
painting, and hourly readin
g
s
.
Funds raised from this event will
go to the Marist Habitat chapter
and for providing books for local
area schools.
The final fund-raising event
will take place midterm week
from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Volunteers will sell a breakfast
plate of eggs
,
pancakes and juice
to students for $3
.
On Monday,
March 8, breakfast will be avail-
able to students in Champagnat;
on Tuesday March
9,
the sale
will take place in Leo; and on
Wednesday
,
Sheahan.
March
10
in the Mardi-Bob Hoe Bowl in
Poughkeepsie.
"We are all very excited about
going
to
Jacksonville
for
Habitat," Louis Ortiz, vice presi-
dent of Marist Habitat for
Humanity
,
said. "The Marist
community has been very sup-
portive of our efforts. It's great
to see everyone coming together
for such a great cause."
The first in the s
e
rie
~
o
f
fund-
raising events was a Bowl
-
a-
Thon on Sunday
,
February
2
9, at
Habitat for Humanity is a
national non-profit organization
that renovates and builds houses
for selected low-income fami-
lies. The Marist chapter is spon-
sored through the Student
Government Association and has
more than seventy student mem-
bers. The group gathers every
Saturday to renovate and build
houses in the Dutchess County
area.

































































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Debate team argues its way to the top, defeating Dartmouth
By
STACEY L CASWELL
Copy
Editor
Students prone to argumenta-
tive discussions finally had the
opportunity to put their skills to
good use.
Marist College hosted the
Northeast
Regional
Championship
debate
from
Saturday, Feb. 28 through
Sunday, Feb. 29.
Representative
debaters from
over 15 different universities
around the Northeast, including
Harvard, Boston University,
SUNY
Buffalo
and
the
Rochester
Institute
of
From Page One
Technology, traipsed the campus
in hopes of becoming one of
eight
teams
to
wm
an
invitation to the upcoming
National
Public
Debate
Tournament in Virginia.
Amidst the back and forth of
bantering of students, members
of the Marist
Debate
team rose to
the occasion and placed twelfth
at the conference, beating rival
Dartmouth.
The debate consisted of two-
person teams who worked
together to formulate valid
debates against other teams. The
first presents the topic and starts
the debate by stating their
position
.
Then the second speak-
er chimes in with the advantages
of their plan for the specific topic
and how they plan to sketch their
argument and smooth it into a
functioning position.
Juniors Matthew Hannon and
Matthew Gardner were
members
of the winning Marist team.
Through the use of music and
other interactive media, they
focused on the use of
hip-hop
music as a means of educating
people before they are recruited
to lead military lives. Selections
included songs by Paris, Dead
Presidents, Immortal Technique
and David Rovics.
"We let the music get up there
and make the arguments for us,"
Hannon
said.
The groups spend
.
over 20
hours a week working together to
research material
to
prepare
for
their
debates,
and talk about
"some of the 'strategery' of how
the round is going to play out,"
according to
Hannon
.
"Debate is like
mental
chess
and you have got to know how to
move your pieces
correctly,"
he
said.
Debates
take place on the
weekends during which time
teams have the opportunity to
travel
to
other
schools
nationwide to mat'eh wits with
some of the fastest thinking
minds at other universities.
Dr.
Maxwell
Schnurer, advisor
of the debate team, said that
these types of educational
confrontations are some of the
most
important
forms
of
communication and analysis.
"Debate is
an
intellectual
exercise where students learn to
organize their thoughts and
express themselves," he said." It
is the highest level of critical
thinking
."
The group is planning to travel
to
the
Novice
National
Championships
at
Towsen
University in Maryland for its
next verbal contest.
In addition, during Spring
Break,
Schnurer,
Hannon,
Gardner, and two other members
of the debate team, Chris Arena
and Robin Westland, will travel
to the National Public
Debate
where teams compete for a vari-
ety of prizes,
including
a final
award of $10,000.
Overall Schnurer was pleased
with the performance of the team
and is eagerly looking ahead to
the upcoming championships.
" I was really proud of their
work," he said. "We worked like
crazy for this."
U.S. plays international role: Marines sent into Haiti to protect citizens, tension builds in Middle East
last year's discussions. Future
talks
were
planned for June.
In
Iraq,
the Feb. 28
deadline
for
the
passing
of an interim consti-
tution for the new Iraqi govern-
ment
came and went without an
agreement. The two most
diffi-
cult issues facing the constitution
committee
·
involve the role of
Islam in Iraqi government and
the degree of independence
allowed to the Kurdish people
who share that region.
The U.S. has said that it will
veto any constitution setting up
an
Islamic
republic, but there are
reasons to be hopeful that it will
not come down to that. The cur-
rent draft of the constitution,
although not yet passed, contains
an extensive bill of rights
guar-
anteeing freedoms of speech,
assembly, and religion, all steps
that could
dramatically
change
life in Iraq.
Finally, the issue of the Israeli
wall being, built in the West Bank
is keeping tensions in the Middle
East high. The issue went to the
International Court at The Hague
on Feb. 23. The Israelis claim the
wall
is
protection
from
Palestinian suicide bombers,
while the Palestinians see the
wall as an attempt by Israel to
take Palestinian land.
·
Gideon Meir, leader of the
I
_
sraeli delegation at The Hague,
as reported by the New York
Times, denied this claim. "We're
protecting people, we're not pro-
tecting land."
Melissa Kennedy, Bard College
student,
disappears after boarding train heading
from
Poughkeepsie to Brooklyn
mation that can be provided.
They ask that if anyone was on
the
same
train, and may have
seen
her, to call with even slight
information.
Melissa Kennedy is about 5
feet 7 inches tall, 135 pounds
with brown hair and hazel eyes.
She was last seen wearing a blue black zipper-up boots. She was
blouse, black pants, a gray and also carrying a black cloth bag
white long-knit sweater, a long with the words "Christie's
black woolen coat and short Education," and an emblem of a
U.S. penny on it.
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Nathan Tinker informs students
about
the benefits of a liberal arts education as seen by employers
in
the business world
have liberal arts, not
business
,
degrees;
a list that included Carly
Fiorina of Hewlett-Packard,
Steve Case, Michael Eisner,
Oprah
Winfrey, Steve Forbes,
and most notably George W.
Bush.
These people have all
succeeded in the business world
with degrees in fields such as lit-
erature, philosophy, and even
East Asian history.
The point Tinker conveyed was
that liberal arts majors were seen
by potential employers to be
smarter and more broadly
educated; harder workers too,
because they understand the
system of critical thought and the
concept of working through
problems.
In finding that corporate
strategic intelligence focused on
five areas: research, close
reading,
critical
analysis,
synthesis, and persuasion. Tinker
said he realized this was
"exactly
what we do in freshman ;writing"
class.
"This was automatic for
someone with my education,"
Tinker said of his experience
finding a business-related job
while holding a liberal arts
degree.
Tinker also talked extensively
on nanotechnology, which is the
art of manipulating materials on
an atomic or molecular scale to
create
improvements
in
technology. Nanotechnology in
the
commercial
market
is
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"Anyone can be
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Steinbrenner: He's just playing by the rules
By
JOSH !ANNUZZI
Staff Writer
I
Ok, so you
are
the
owner
of a
major league sports franchise.
What is your main task?
You would think it would be
to
doing
anything in your power to
improve your ball club, right?
Well if this is the case, then
how come George Steinbrenner
and the New York Yankees have
been getting so much heat over
the recent acquisition of All-Star
short stop
(now
third baseman),
Alex Rodriguez?
Time and time again, the
Yankees are scrutinized for
going out and purchasing the
best
ball
players money can buy.
But, can you really blame the
Yankees?
Yes, there is a huge problem
with the economics in baseball,
but there
is
no way you can point
a finger at the Yankees.
It
is not
Steinbrenner's responsibility to not have obtained
a
number
of
exorbitant
expenses.
Both ball
govern how much teams should
their
stars if
it
were not for the
clubs
are within
the five highest
be spending. The Yankees sim-
opposing teams that
traded them.
salary teams in
the major
ply play within the rules, and do
Secondly, ticket sales
/
television
leagues,
so this pathetic outcry
is
'
what every team should be ratings almost
always
increase
obviously a
deep-rooted
sign of
doing, which is
to
try and better for opposing ball clubs
when the envy.
their ball club.
Yankees are in
town.
Besides, money does not guar-
Another thing many people do
So what
is all the fuss
about?
antee
a
championship.
This
is
not realize is how much Major The thing that probably agitates
evident
due
to the
fact that
the
League Baseball and all of
its
me
the
most is
when fans
or
offi-
Yankees have not won
a
World
franchises benefit from the New cials, from teams like
the
Boston
Series since 2000,
even
though
York Yankees.
Red Sox or the
New York Mets, they
have had
the highest
salary
First of all, the Yankees would
complain
about
the
Yankees in
the majors
throughout the past
several seasons.
I
understand
that something
needs
to
be
done to help out
lower salary teams like the
Tampa
Bay Devil
Rays or
Kansas
City
Royals,
but the fact
remains that it's not the Yankees'
responsibility nor their fa
.
ult.
If
you want to complain then
cry to
Bud
Selig, but. do not
blame
George Steinbrenner for
playing
by the rules. He is sitn-
ply doing
his job.
Marist Recycling
What it really means to commingle
By
ALISSA BREW
News Editor
The Merriam-Webster diction-
ary defines commingle as a verb
that means to
mix
together; to
mix
in one mass, or to blend.
According to some Marist stu-
dents, Merriam-Webster is way
off.
When
I asked several students
(who
I am pretty sure weren't
fashion majors) what the word
commingle means, they stared
blankly at me like
I
had just
talked to them in Japanese.
Several made failing attempts to
define the word. One student
remarked
that it
sounded
like a
sexual disease. Another person
said it was an animal. I even
1
went so far as to ask a custodian
at Marist what commingle means
and even he had a hard time
guessing what it could be.
Hopefully Marist's newly
implemented recycling program
can better define the term as it
begins to place bins around cam-
pus labeled commingles to col-
lect recyclable material from stu-
dents and faculty.
Having read a press release that
gave
"A
short history of recy-
cling at Marist College" (short or
nonexistent?),
I
found out that
Marist campus recycles an aston-
ishing
25 percent (please note the
sarcasm) of its garbage. Maybe
the best thing for Marist to do
would be to
change
the signs
to
"recyclables" instead of "com-
mingles.''1
get
a
feeftiig'tfiat
the
students might
be
standing in
front of the bin in their Adidas
sandals
scratching their heads in
wonder as they stare at the sign
that says commingles.
Another
problem
is that the
bins themselves need to be emp-
tied more often or be replaced by
bigger receptacles.
On
more than
one occasion,
I
have gone to put
recyclables in the proper contain-
er and could only
accomplish
such a feat if
I
was a champion
Jenga player.
Although,
I will give credit
where credit is due.
I
have
noticed more blue containers
around the campus. What
I
haven't noticed are posters
around campus promoting the
new
organization
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search thousands
of
scholarships
worth over $3
billion
www.maristcircle.com
Environmental
Education)
.
How
can they promote a
campaign
for
recycling
if
the
environmental
group can't even promote
them-
selves?
Don't
think
that all the blame
should be placed on the adminis-
tration. The
housekeeping staff
might
have
an
easier time dis-
cerning what bin
the recyclables
are in if
every
single one of
them
wasn't filled with garbage along
with
plastic bottles
and newspa-
pers.
Even though
it's
.
convenient
and easier
to
place blame on
someone
else,
students
should
be
questioning what Marist
does
with the 60 page
academic jour-
nals
students
print and
throw
out
at the
library. They should ques-
tion
whete
all their
bottles-, cans,
and
newspapers
go. In
other
words,
they
should
care.
However; making students
take
action
is difficult
because
the
two
main priorities for
students
revolve
around
two things:
Alcohol and
... alcohol.
Hopefully
the
current recycling
committee will
make
this
a prior-
ity
on
campus for
everyone
to
start
recycling
more
.
If that does-
n't
work there are
other
options.
One
Marist student
has
a radical
idea
.
Marist
should
provide
busses to take students to the
local Stop
& Shop so
·
they can
recycle
cans and bottles
and
make
some money for
Happy
Hour.
What
it
comes
down to is
this:
Marist needs
more
than just
a
couple
more eans
around-campus
that
are
blue. They don't need a
pre~
release
to talk about their
recycling record that doesn't
exist.
They
need students and facul-
ty
to
take
on
the task of recy-
cling.
An organization like
SEED
really needs to push the
recycling
issue as well as the
Student
Governmen
t
Association.
I know that
I
can't
expect
an
immediate ~hange but
I
can
at
least hope for a student
body that
is
a
little more aware
of
the recycling program
.
lfl
can't
get that,
then
at least
change
the signs above the cans
to
read
"
recyclables." This way
someone doesn't throw
out
their
idea
of a commingle. Whate
v
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r
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Lobbying is a year-round
process,
not just an annual trip
to
Albany.
It
involves consis-
tent
communication with gov-
ernment representatives
through
letter writing, telephone calls,
postcards and e-mail
messages.
Lobbying
requires
a
commit-
ment to
staying current with the
issues
you
are
advocating for as
well as the other pertinent
issues currently facing the gov-
ernment.
What is admirable
about
Higher Education
Opportunity
Program (HEOP) students is
their
commitment
to not only
lobby
for HEOP and other
opportunity programs, but to
also seek support for other high-
er education funding issues that
impact many college students in
New York State. Programs such
as the Tutition Assistance
Program (TAP) and Direct
Institutional
Aid for independ-
ent colleges and
universities
(also known as Bundy Aid) are
among
those also supported. On
many campuses, HEOP is the
leading
force in voter registra-
tion
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drives and
lobbying
initia-
tives, often working in conjunc-
tion with the campus student
government organizations.
Lobbying is an excellent
career
development
experience,
as effective networking is
essential in every profession.
(Lobbying is, after
all,
simply a
means
of networking. In addi-
tion, th~ New York Legislature
represents a wide array of pro-
fessions.) This
broad
range can
open career opportunities for
politically active students for
internships,
summer
jobs and
permanent employment. The
networking done
between
the
students
and
graduates
enhances this experience.
HEOP's annual Lobby Day is
held in February when students,
alumni and staff gather at the
Legislature to rally for higher
education funding
and
meet
with the legislators that repre-
sent their colleges.
In 2003, we joined forces with
the
Commission
on
Independent
Colleges
and
Universities (CICU) for the
Independent Sector Lobby Day,
bringing more unity
and
strength to our efforts
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by both HEOP and general
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the governor
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senators and
assembly persons why your
cause should be fully funded
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It
is also intriguing to observe leg-
islators and key officials stop at
the rally to hear the testimonies
of HEOP students, as well as
the success stories of HEOP
alumni.
About four years ago
,
the
HEOP
Professional
Organization (HEOPPO) began
a
"HEOP Directors Lobby Day
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in March to focus on lobbying
the Higher Educat
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on
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Senate
Finance, and Assembly Ways
and Means committees, which
is a good follow-up to the stu-
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legislative
process in person,
and their realization that just as
they believe their cause is
important, there are
thousands
of other groups lobbying for the
same thing.
It
was exhilarating
to host the February 10 "HEOP
Speak Out" for the first time
this year. Students, represented
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addition
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Women's team eager to play
By
MIKE
BEN
ISCHEK
Staff Writer
13-5 and tied Siena for the
MAACc10wn.
Marist head coach Brian
As the rebound of Kendra Giorgis said he is proud of how
Kirby's missed lay up bounced to his team captured the title when
the ground and finally corralled it was in sight.
by Alisa Kresge, the final horn
"I'm so happy for these kids,"
sounded. Maureen Magarity he said. "What a great way to
turned towards her bench with a
win the championship. The kids
smile on her face and saw her just really sucked it up and really
Red Fox teammates jump to their went after it."
feet in celebration of the team's
The Red Foxes trailed through-
first Metro Atlantic Athletic out the first half by as many as
Conference regular season cham-
12, at 22-1
O,
but were given a
pionship in the program's history.
sUiprising lift by senior Kerry
With Marist's 66-61 victory Sullivan. Sullivan knocked down
over the Iona Gaels at the back to back three-pointers to
Mulcahy center on Sunday, the cap an 8-0
run
to pull the Foxes
Red Foxes improved its record to within four and trailed by just
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seven at the break, 31-24.
"She looked
very
comfortable.
Even when
I yelled and
screamed
at her, she just blew it
off which was great," Giorgis
said.
"That's
what we needed
from her. We had a talk with her
about just going out and having
fun. Within the flow of the
offense she was just great."
Stephanie Del Preore, who
was
side
l
ined for much of the first
half with two early fouls, provid
-
ed the first five points of the sec-
ond
half,
and Marist took its first
lead at 33-32 on a Kresge lay up.
Down the stretch the Foxes
were led by its two freshman
guards, Kresge and Minter.
The
tandem scored
11
points over the
last nine
-
minutes, including
two
threes by Minter and two free
throws by Kresge to put the team
UPCOMING EVENT
MAAC Tournament
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om
en
Marist vs. TBA
Men
Ma
ri
st vs. Siena
Friday March 5,
2004
Women
11:30
AM, Men
9:30
PM
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ent
up eight with a minute and
a half
to play.
Marist, the
two-seed in the
MA.AC Tournament,
will play in
the quarterfinals on
Friday at
11
:30
a.m.
in the
Pepsi
Arena in
Albany
,
N. Y.
against
the winner
of a first round contest between
the Fairfield Stags
and the
Manhattan Jaspers.
Giorgis
said he
hopes
to have
as much Marist
support in
Albany as
the team has
had
all
year.
"We've had great support all
year," he said. "Once
people
caught the fever from these
kids
and their refuse
to
lose
attitude
it's
just
been
wonderful."
The Foxes were 2-0
in
the
reg-
ular season against the
Stags,
but
just 1-1 against the Jaspers.
If
Marist wins its
quarterfinals
match
-
up,
the Foxes will play
on
Saturday in the semi-finals at
2:00 p.m.
The MAAC final
is schedu
l
ed
for noon on Sunday.
,
"We're not going to win
a
championship in the MAAC
play
i
ng
seven kids in
three
straight days," Giorgis said.
"We're going to need a
lo
t
of peo-
ple
to
change things around
a bit,
and
people are going to have to
step up."
Men
still
have a great chance to
win
it all
in
Albany
By
S
CO
TT
M
ONTESAN
O
Staff Writer
are all erased back
to
0-0,
statis-
tics are kept anew and for the
most part, games are played in
Here me loud and clear. The neutral settings.
Red Foxes men's basketball team
So, while Marist is a woeful 6-
has a good shot at winning this 21 ( 4-14) and seeded ninth in the
weekend's
Metro
Atlantic ten team MAAC, the Foxes
Athletic Conference champi-
could still very easily get an invi-
onship.
tation to the BIG
D
ance. Yes, the
Wait, let me correct that. .. they evidence pointing in the direc-
have a great chance of winning it tion of an early exit is daunt
in
g,
all.
but remember that is all mean-
No,_
I
haven't lost my mind and ingless stuff from the regular
yes I have followed the team all season ... or in college basketball
year. However, keep your chin terminology
...
the
exhibition
up Marist fans, for in college games.
basketball everything is even
It doesn't matter that
the
Foxes
•come
the postsea~on. Retords have lost
.'
l'l"t,fl~gatne~
(includ-
ing four
straight).
What about the
fact the Foxes have lost their
last
two games by 25 points each?
Ancient history!
I
mean, those
losses happened last month for
heaven's sake!
Some of you may remember
the loss to Loyola on Jan. 29,
which ended
the
Greyhounds
losing streak. Sure it was painful,
but hey, our school was featured
on ESPN and other national
news outlets. Colleae presidents
always say they look towards
their athletic programs to pro-
vide
free publicity. Well, our
men's basketball team delivered
in a oig
way.
Nonetheless, all of this is
meaningless
.
Erase
it
all from
your
minds,
for the
real
season
begins
Friday
at the MAAC
Tournament at Albany's Pepsi
Arena. Where a little four game
winning streak
is
all that stands
between Marist at the
NCAA
Tournament's 65th seed.
True the Foxes haven't won
four
straight
in two years, and
yes, Marist opens against Route
9
rival Siena on the Saints' home
court. Oh yes, Marist also hasn't
reached a postseason
title
game
in nearly a decade.
Still, Marist
is
my pick to win
the
MA.AC,
/
To the
novice
,
this claim
seems
ridiculous and
borderline
absurd.
Most feel
the Foxes season will
end around midnight on
Friday.
However, to
the discerning afi-
cionados, one
can see
the
Foxes
have a great shot at winning
their
first
MAAC title.
If
Lord of the
Rings can sweep the Oscars
,
anything
is
possible
.
Like
a Dennis
Young
three
-
point attempt, it
may take a while
to rationalize the
reasonin&
.
but
upon
further
inspection
,
it
does
become clear
the Foxes should
actually
be considered the tour-
nament favorite&
-Bate'
wilt.
1-tW
for a
1
stV;"-bttt
as
BE THERE AS THE RED FOXES
CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY TO
THE NCAA TOURNAMENT!
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MARCH 4-8
with Eric Siegrist's shots,
eventu-
ally I will get to my
point.
Why Marist
Will Win
Again, Marist opens tourna-
ment play against
Rte.
9
rival
Siena on Friday night at
9:30
p.m. The Saints have ousted
Marist from the tournament
each
of the past two years.
Can
they
do
it
a third time? History says
no.
In the MAAC's two decades
of
pla
r,
no
team
has
lost
in the \)OSt-
season tournament
to
the
same
opponent
in
three
·
consecutive
years, So with
history
on the
Foxes side, Marist is primed
for
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MARCH 4, 2004 •
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Five questions for Bisnett-Cobb
Foxes track stars
qualify
for I C4 A
championships
Recently The Circles \prirts editor Paul Seach sat down with Eli Bisnett-Cobb, who qualified }or the IC4JJ.
champiort~lup
.
\ after winning
the
high
hurdle
event.
and asked him Jii·c
'
quick questions.
1.
Now that you qualified for the IC4A
Championships,
how do
you
feel?
It's
like a big
monkey
offroy
back.
I
have been close
for
three years now, sol
got
over the hump
a lot
[by
qualifying].
2.
How do
you feel looking back on your
senior year
at
Mari st?
So far
this is the most talented team I've been a
part
of.
I
have
had
the most success this year,
which
took
me
by
surprise.
GOREDFOXES.COM
EJI Blanett-cobb
By
ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Staff Writer
guys."
3. Where does track fit
in your
future?
I would
like
to
keep
competing, but
I
am not
sure
with
my
knees.
I
am not sure
if they
can
hold
up much
longer.
I
would
also
like to go into athletic training
and
coaching, while competing
part
time
in
high hurdles.
Bisnett-Cobb
qualified for the
IC4A
in
the 55-meter hurdles at
It
looks like Eli Bisnett-Cobb the Fastrack Invitational at
will have some friends at the
IC4A
Championships
next
weekend.
Boston University
.
.4.
What
do you think of the track program from when
you
first
came to
Marist
until now?
Senior shot-putter Adam
Waterbury beat his former
school record of 14.58 meters by
.
06 seconds
.
It
progre!; ed
~
lot over the past
tbree to
four
ye;trS,
strictly guys and
~
i
r,.,
track.
Back
then,
there were
IO
total [ athlete
on
the team].
No" there's 20-25.
5.
Who do you think you can credit for
that?
The
head men
and
women's track coach, assistant sprinters and jumpers coaches.
6.
What advice would you like to leave Marist
College with?
Just
make
sure whatever you do, you do
it
because you want to do it and
cnJoy
it.
If
you are not having
fun.
it
might be time for a
change.
Also,
as I
look
back at colJege, my athletic experiences have been the cause ofmy most memorable moments at Mari
t.
The 3,200 meter relay team of
Justin Harris, Sean Prinz and
Brian DeMarco qualified for the
prestigious
83
Annual
Intercollegiate
Association of
Amateur Athletes of America,
with a school record time of
7:49:63, making the cut with
more than a second to spare.
They placed first in their event at
last
weekend's New
York
University
Last
Chance
Invitational,
which gave all of
the participants a final shot at
making the IC4As.
"Adam Waterbury went out
with a bang," Colaizzo said. "It
was his last indoor meet and he'd
had that record for two years
Women's swimming wins MAAC, men
fall
short
already."
.
Colaizzo also lauded the per-
formance of Jeff
Belge,
who
competed in the 5,000 meter
dash with a time of 15:29:82
.
By
MARK
PERUGINI
Assistant
Sports
Editor
The Marist College men's
swimming and diving team was
the runner-up in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
championships, falling
behind
Rider University 877 to 868,
while the women captured the
championship on Feb. 21 in
Baltimore, MD.
Overall, out of the 20 events
that the men swam and dove in
the
championships
,
Marist
captured nine of them:
Larry Van Wagner, Marist head
coach,
leading
both the men and
women's swimming teams for
the first time in his coaching
career, said that the men's team is
still the powerhouse in the
performance
.
nruder had nineteen official
scores in the meet, and Marist
had 18 official scores in the
meet,"
Van
Wagner
said
.
"Basically, Rider beat us by one
man and one event. However, I
believe we still outperformed
Rider
.
"
The Red Foxes set three school
records. Leading the way was
freshman Nick Chevalier
,
who
won all three of the events in
which he competed.
Chevalier set the school
records
in
the
1,000-yard
freestyle and the 1,650-yard
freestyle, finishing with times of
9:30.91 and 15:57.70, respec-
tively. Chevalier also won the
500-yd freestyle with a time of
4:34.65, finishing as the MAAC
Champion.
Junior Matt Castillo was
impressive as well, winning two
individual events. Castillo was
the MAAC Champion in the
200-yard freestyle, and he set the
school record in the 200-yard
breast-stroke with a time of
2:04.70.
Junior Jeffrey Paul and senior
Robert
Dunn
were
key
individuals
m
Marist's
performance
.
Paul was crowned
the MAAC Champion in the
50-yard freestyle, finishing with
a time of 21.11. Dunn was the
MAAC Champion
,
winning the
100-yard breast-stroke with a
time of 57.97
.
"We trained extremely hard to
prepare for this event," said Van
Wagner. "Even though we placed
second as a team in the
conference
,
I still feel we were
very successful."
Over the past nine years, the
Red Foxes have dominated their
/
competition. The men's team has
won eight consecutive MAAC
titles dating back to 1995. Marist
also won the MCSC crown in
1994
.
According to Van Wagner,
Rider University has
·
been
Marist's major adversary during
it's championship run.
"Ironically, over the past nine
years, Rider had finished runner
up when we defeated them in the
championships," he said. "The
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Women dominate
The Marist College women's
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entering the event,
and they played the role of
spoiler by winning the MAAC
Championship with 820.5 points.
The Women Red Foxes rewrote
the history book by breaking 12
out of 20 school records. The
women took 14 of the 20
individual events in which they
competed, and the women also
won all of its team
relay-events.
Coach Van
Wagner
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the women's swimming and
diving team were
.
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throughout the entire meet.
"The women's team was the big
surprise ot the tournament,
..
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pre-entry times for all athletes,
Rider should have beat us
SEE SWIMMING, PAGE 9
.
Pete Colaizzo, the Marist
Men's track coach
,
said last
weekend's performance was only
a taste of what is to come.
"They beat the school record
by four seconds," said Colaizzo.
"Hopefully they [will] keep
getting better and better
.
Brian
Demarco was sick all week, so
he couldn't even work out with
the team before the meet. And
there
is
still
room
for
improvement with the other
"Jeff had the second best time
we've ever had from a freshman
in that event, and it was his first
time running it," said Colaizzo.
The team entered the Last
Chance
Invitational
mainly
looking for their 3,200 meter
relay team to qualify for the
IC4As, with the rest of the team
trying to improve their personal
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.
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all set personal records.
The IC4As will begin at 10
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Saturday.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2004 •
PAGE 9
'Lord of the Rings' sweeps Oscars, winning 11 awards
By
CARRIE RICKEY - KRT
Knight Ridder
Newspapers
The 7 6 annual Academy
Awards was a coronation for
Peter
Jackson's "The Lord of the
Rings: The Return of the King."
The third in Jackson's epic trilo-
gy
of
hobbits
and wizards came
into the ceremony with 11 nomi-
nations and went home with 11
awards, including best picture.
The New Zealand-made phe-
nom, which has earned more
than $1 billion worldwide, made
Oscar history by tying 11-time
winners "Ben-Hur" (1959) and
"Titanic" (1997). It was the first
year
since "Titanic" that the big
box-office movies such as
••Return of the King" and
"Finding Nemo" collected so
much Oscar gold.
Among the awards "Return of
the
King"
picked
up
at
Hollywood's Kodak Theatre
were director, adapted screen-
play, score and song.
Sean Penn won the lead-actor
Oscar for his grieving, vengeful
father in Clint Eastwood's
"Mystic
River." "Monster" star
Charlize Theron accepted the
lead-actress award for her por-
trayal of serial killer Aileen
Wuornos. Her win continues the
trend of Oscar given to
beauties
who go beastly.
Sofia Coppola took the origi-
nal-screenplay awaro for her bit-
tersweet comedy
"Lost
in
Translation." Like the Hustons-
Walter,
John
and Anjelica -
the
Coppolas, Carmine, Francis and
Sofia are now a three-generation
Oscar clan.
Tim Robbins took the support-
ing-actor honor for his role in
"Mystic River" as a
hollow
man
haunted by his past as a victim of
child abuse. And for her role
as
the scrappy Ma Kettle figure in
"Cold
Mountain,"
Renee
Zellweger won the supporting-
actress trophy, widely perceived
as a reparation for failing to take
home the lead-actress prize last
year for her work in •'Chicago."
In the wake of Janet
Jackson's "wardrobe mal-
function" at the Super
Bowl, producers played It
safe an~ employed a five-
second delay.
Pixar Animation's
"Finding
Nemo," the captivating fish story
·
about a
timid clownfish's
odyssey to find his abducted son,
took the prize for animated film.
The win for last year's top mon-
eymaker was a triumph of the
new-era of computer animation
represented by Pixar Studios
over old-school hand-drawn ani-
mation. It mirrored Pixar's
recent corporate rift with Walt
Disney Studios, purveyors of
paintbrush animation.
In the unusually competitive
year for documentaries, Errol
Morris' "The Fog of War," a
nuanced portrait of Vietnam-era
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara, took the prize for
nonfiction
film,
besting
Nathaniel
Kahn's
"My
Architect," about his struggle to
understand the paradox of his
·
father, architect Louis Kahn.
Morris noted that,
"Forty
years
ago, this country went down a
rabbit hole in Vietnam-millions
died
....
I fear we're going down
the rabbit hole once again."
Blake Edwards, 82, the wit
behind
classic
movies
"Operation Petticoat" (1959),
"Breakfas
t
at Tiffany's" ( 1961)
"The Pink Panther" (1963), and
"Victor/Victoria"
(1982),
received only
one
Oscar nomina-
tion
during
his 50-year career.
The academy redressed that
oversight Sunday night with an
honorary
Oscar, which Edwards
accepted from an effusive Jim
Carrey and an audience that gave
him a standing
0.
With his unsparing ribs and
ripostes, host Billy Crystal was
in top form, spoofing film piracy
as well as
"Pirates
of the
Caribbean" in a film montage
that also took aim at Arnold
Schwarzenegger in "Terminator
3" and wondered what the heck
were those "Matrix" sequels
about. But even his electric ener-
gy
couldn't brighten
an
evening
overloaded with endless tributes
to Hollywood titans and what
Crystal said were thank-yous to
PAUL E. RODRIGUEZ/ KRT
Best
actress winner Char1ize Theron kisses presenter Adrien Brody
during the 76th Academy Awards at the
Kodak Theater In Los Angeles,
Cellfornla,
on
Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004.
every Kiwi alive.
·
Crystal, who hosted the Oscars
for the eighth time, introduced
the ceremony with an antic film
montage and monologue. He
tweaked the second-most talked
about film of the evening, Mel
Gibson's "The Passion of the
Christ," which earned a stagger-
ing $117
.5
million in its first five
days. Joked Crystal, "It opened
on Ash Wednesday, had a good
Friday and an even better
Saturday and Sunday."
In the wake of Janet Jackson's
"wardrobe
malfunction" at the
Super Bowl last month, produc-
ers of the Oscar show played it
safe and employed a five-second
delay to excise any untoward
high jinks.
The producers
pledged that the delay would not
be
used
to
censor political state-
'
ments,
yet only
Morris
veered
toward
the
topical.
Robbins,
whose outspoken
lib-
eral
politics led many to think he
might use the evening as a forum
for his opinions on Haiti or Iraq,
spoke
instead
on behalf of
vic-
tims
of
child
abuse, saying "there
is no
shame"
in
seeking
help.
Women's basketball team to play in MAAC tournament
...
continued from page 8
a first round upset over the home
standing Saints.
Next up would be the number
three seeded Fairfield Stags, with
whom Marist went 1-1 against
thls season.
-80 why showd Marist be ~on-
sidered the favorite in this game?
Well, the Stags lost 60-58
against Siena at the Pepsi Arena
a
couple
weeks ago. Meanwhile,
Marist will enter the game hav-
ing recently taken down the
Saints on their home court a
night earlier.
Make sense? Probably not, but
trust me on this. When your team
,
has only won six times all year;
you need to have delusional
reaches when
rationalizing
their
playoff
chances.
After the upset of Fairfield, the
Foxes will then play the number
one seed Manhattan Jaspers and
Luis Flores.
In
two games this
year, the Jaspers dominated
Marist winning
in
blowout
f~b.ioo.
. ~
..
tirnc;..:..Tue Foxes
have no chance of winning then,
right? Wrong!
In
each of the past two MAAC
tournaments played at the Pepsi
Arena (2002, 2000), Manhattan
has lost in their first game. Both
times those losses came at the
hands of the Fairfield Stags, the
team Marist will have beaten the
night before.
With
the
upset of the Jaspers
over with,
the
Foxes
will then
rest
up for their
chance
to
play on
national television Monday night
in the MAAC
title game.
The
opponent
could
be a host of
teams, but at this point would it
really matter who they play.
At
this point, who would go
against
the Foxes, so basically
give
Marist the title right then
and
there.
While
it
may be
a stretch, there
is
a rationale
behind Marist's
unlikely MAAC
title run. Don't
laugh, and instead jump on the
bandwagon.
Marist
men's
basketball.
2004
MAAC
champions.
Then
on
Mar. 14,
you can
stand
with pride as CBS 's Greg
Gumbel proclaims, ••with the 65
seed,
the
,
.Roo
F-0x-es- of
Marist
:
'l
My final recommendation,
book
your hotel reservations
early for Dayton, OH on Mar.
16;
You won't want to miss Marist's
return
to
the
NCAA tournament.
Women's swimming dominates MAACs, men's team fall
short ...
continued from page 7
by 140 points. However, the
women beat Rider by 80 points,
which has been the biggest turn-
around in
champio
nship
per-
formance that I have
ever
wit-
nessed."
The women Red Foxes were
led
by
standout
junior
Emily
Heslin, who was awarded the
2004 MAAC Swimmer of the
Meet. She broke school records
in the 500-yard freestyle and the
1,000-yard freestyle, finishing
with individual times of 5:01.82
and 10:28.08, respectively.
Freshman phenomenon Lauren
Malski set the MAAC and school
records in the 100-yard and_
200yard breast-stroke with times
of 1
:04.53
and 2:20.66, respec-
tively. Malski missed considera-
tion for qualifying for the NCAA
Division I Finals in the 100-yard
breaststroke- by
.4
seconds,
which would have made Marist's
swimming
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Senior Jennifer Meyer won the
100-yard freestyle with a time
of
54.09, and
senior
Amber Van De
Carr
captured the MAAC
3-
meter diving title with
380.6
points. Van De
Carr
was named
the MAAC Diver of the Meet.
This is
the
first
time
Coach
Van
Wagner
has
controlled both the
,,,
women's
success
at the MAAC
Tournament."
"In
the
end, the women's
team
exceeded
my
expectations.
Nonetheless, I am
completely
pleased and satisfied with the
men
,
and women's teams.
This
season can be defined
as
the
most successful
season
in
Marist's
swimming and
diving
history."
ed
he
is overwhelmed with the
leadership
of the men and
women's seniors. He also men-
tioned the bright future for
both
programs.
Junior Jennifer Gelsomino
patented Marist's successful day
by winning the
200-yard
with a
time of
2:10.02.
Gelsomino
also
broke the school record in the
400 yard IM with a time of
From Page Ten
men and women's
swimming
and diving programs. Thus, Van
Wagner has been able
to
improve
the
standards
and the perform-
ance of both teams.
"The
key
to
the
success of the
men and women's
performances
was that
they trained side
by
side," Van Wagner
said.
"It had
a
completely
positive affect on the
Van Wagner
said, MAAC
Women's
Coach
of the
Year, stat
-
"I
am really
excited about
next
year,"
he
said. ••The motivating
.
force of
this
program is
the
equal
;
relationship
between both
teams.I
We
are graduating
10
swimming
:
l
and
diving
seniors and they
willl'
be missed.
However,
the future is
promising for these programs."
I
I
I
l
Charlie Brown
-
is a 'good
man,' but
is his play any good?
"The Baseball Game" was the only song that
really emulated the
Charlie
Brown
comic
strip
and was the
only
number
that
touched
an
emotional
core in the
audience.
Unfortunately, the pointless
"Glee Club
Rehearsal" followed it.
The musical
ended
with
"Happiness",
in
which the
entire
company
took part.
Incorporating the first
song, "You're
a
Good
Man,
Charlie
Brown", it was a well-per-
formed
ending
that
showed
off the
collective
voice
of the
company.
Although the musical
as a whole was
mediocre, there were parts that
stood
out and
were
reminiscent of
the
Charlie
Brown
America
knows
and
loves.
"My
Blanket
and
I
Me",
"The Baseball Game", and
the
vignette
'.
portraying
Sally and Snoopy chasing a rabbit'.
l
are
examples of
the
cast embracing their!
roles
and
doing
a great job.
I
Unfortunately, moments were few and fari
between.
"You're a Good
Man
Charlie!
Brown"
left
the audience unsatisfied and
dis-
1
appointed.
Bob Marley's legend
continues to grow decades after his death
1
I
I
which
elicits
one of the loudest responses
from the
crowd.
But it
is
the next
song,
••want
More," that
is
the high
point of
the
disc. One more, the
I-Threes play a crucial
role,
as their and Marley's tremendous
ener-
gy serve
to make
a song with fairly strong
political
content sound
upbeat.
This seven-
minute masterpiece is
followed
up
by anoth-
er excellent track,
the hit
"No
Woman
No
Cry."
While this
version
is not
as good as the
classic
which was
released on Marley's
first
live
album,
it is
still a
high
point
in the
album. The
first disc
concludes after
three
more
songs,
the upbeat
"Lively Up
Yourself," and "Roots
Rock Reggae," and
the
eight
minute
"Rat
Race,"
which con
-
cludes with
an instrumental jam,
accompa-
nied
by vigorous clapping by
the
audience.
This seems
to
conclude
the
set,
but
after
loud
chants of ••more,"
Marley
and
the
Wailers
return to
the
stage. The first song of
this
encore performance is "Positive
Vibration," another good song. But it is the
next
track, a 24
minute
medley consisting of
"Get Up Stand Up," ''No
More
Trouble," and
"War." This is the
highlight
of the entire
concert as
Marley
and
the
entire backing
band
give an impassioned performance,
lengthy
.
performance which seems to go byl
too
quickly, if anything
.
!
All
in all, "Live at
the
Roxy
"
is a
must have;
for any die-hard fan of Bob Marley, as well
!
as
an
excellent introduction to any
new lis-1
teners. This album is a superb example of a
i
performer at his best, live on stage.
It's
a:
must-have for any appreciator of greatl
music.
I
The people who came out of the Roxy
:
Theater at
the
end of Marley's show certain-
ly left
more
than
satisfied. So will anyone
1
who purchases this new edition
to the•
already
-
large
legacy
of Bob Marley.
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A 'Passionate' director creates art that reflects life
Mel Gibson
s
new movie features excellent actors, scenery, and filmmaking
By
KATE GIGLIO
A&E Editor
As blood seeps from the under-
side of a wooden
cross, it
becomes more and more appar-
ent that the crucifixion of a man
named Jesus
is
not a fairy tale.
Nor
is
it
something
distant and
untouchable,
something
that hap-
pened long ago. It
is real,
and
raw.
.It
is
agonizing
just to
watch,
sometimes
even nauseat-
ing.
Mel Gibson's latest directorial
feat,
The Passion
of the Christ,
is
a two-hour
portrayal of
the
last
J
2
hours of Jesus Christ's life.
Using
the
New Testament as his
framework,
Gibson
crafted a
visually stunning masterpiece
that aims
to depict
the
Passion
as
accurately
as possible.
The minimal
dialogue
is
all
in
Latin and Aramaic, the indige-
nous
language
of ancient
Palestine,
though
there are
English subtitles. The foreign
dialect
enhances the film's
authenticity; as the believability
of a movie containing English-
speaking
Palestinians
and
Romans would be limited.
The film opens with a passage
from Isaiah 53, segueing into a
scene of Jesus and a few of his
disciples in a forest.
After
spending some time in the forest,
the film cuts smoothly to the
infamous scene of Judas betray-
ing Jesus.
When the camera revisits the
forest, we see the arrest of Christ.
First,
however,
is the appearance
of Satan's character
-
the depic-
tion of which in itself is a very
interesting
aspect of Gibson's
filmmaking.
The way Gibson chooses to
portray Satan is surprisingly non-
symbolic. While one
might
think
that
a
filmmaker
would represent
the presence
of
Satan
by using
imagery (such as a serpent),
Satan is instead
played
by an
actor,
Rosalinda
Celentano.
She
is constantly lurking, especially
in
the scenes
where hope appears
to be
fading the most.
In
a
fl~
where subtlety is
not
the
goal, it is fitting
that Satan
should be
played by a real person
rather
than
be an idea conveyed
by symbolism. Celentano does
an excellent job embodying this
force of evil, from the way she
glides
menacingly
through
crowds of people, to the way she
glares at Jesus during the cruci-
fixion - as if to hammer the nails
through the cross with
one
sinis-
ter stare.
Maia Morgenstern, who plays
the Virgin Mary, and Monica
Bellucci, who plays Mary
Magdalene, both excel in their
roles of the central women in
Jesus' life. Morgenstern, who is
Jewish
herself, invests
herself
in
the role of Jesus' mother, absorb-
ing
herself
in portraying the
unimaginable grief that can only
be experienced at the loss of a
child.
Bellucci, best known for her
involvement in
The Matrix
Reloaded,
also skillfully plays
her role. As a past adulterer once
sentenced to be stoned to death
until Jesus saved her life,
Bellucci
's
finest acting work in
this film is evident in the flash-
backs she has of Jesus, and in her
portrayal of the consequent grief
she experiences at Christ's cqn-
viction.
Bellucci's
Mary
Magdalene lets the
audience
see
how grateful she was for Jesus'
guidance and unconditional love,
and how that made it all the
worse for her to witness his
death.
'A good man' makes
for a mediocre play
y
SARAH GUNNER
Staff
Writer
Charlie Brown is an icon in
American culture. The cartoon
strip and television shows such
as "A Charlie Brown Christmas"
are revered by many, both young
and 9ld. The Marist College
Council on Theatre Arts attempt-
ed to capitalize on this by pro-
ducing the Tony Award-winning
musical "You're a Good Man,
Charlie Brown" on Feb. 27,
28,
and 29. While at times the play
was funny and heartfelt, it was
often tedious to watch and diffi-
cult to devote full attention to.
Often the play seemed to be
more appropriate for a group of
five year-old children than an
auditorium of college age stu-
dents and adults.
Co
ntaining
a total of 14 musi-
cal numbers, the play began with
Sally, Lucy, Schroeder, Charlie
Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Marcie,
and Pigpen singing the title song,
"You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown." Interspersed between
each of the 14 songs, the cast
performed a series of tiny
vignettes dealing with themes
such as rabbit hunting, Snoopy
flying after the Red Baron, and
Charlie Brown longing after a
certain red-haired girl. At first
amusing, the vignettes quickly
lost their appeal as
Lucy
screeched a bit too loud, Sally
acted slightly too
martyred
and
Charlie Brown became a little
too pathetic.
At the beginning, the cast's
voices nicely
melded together
in
harmony. Whenever the cast
sang in full company, the effect
was pleasant arid enjoyable.
However, many of the
actor's
voices did not hold up especially
well on their own. Schroeder was
particularly difficult to under-
stand and seemed to slur his
words together on numerous
occasions.
The choreography was basic
and for the most part well exe-
cuted. The best part of the danc-
ing was the tap numbers, princi-
pally the one performed by Dan
Matos as Linus in "My Blanket
and Me." The upbeat, slightly
jazzy
number, "M)l Blanket and
Me" was a highpoint in the musi-
cal that came in the middle of the
first act, bringing the play back
into focus after two mediocre
songs.
Directly before the last song of
the first act came the only truly
PHILIPPE ANTONELLO/ ICON
DISTRIBUTION INC.
Mel Gibson directs James cavlezel in
The Passion of
The Christ,
a film that depicts the last twelve hours
of
Christ's
life.
Arguably the biggest and most
demanding role is that of Jesus,
played
artfully
by
James
Caviezel. Undertaking the part
of Jesus was a huge task to ask of
any actor, but Caviezel invests
the energy of every one of his
muscles into the role, most
notably that of his heart.
I thought it was interesting and
perhaps
inaccurate that Gibson
chose to portray Pontius Pilate as
a rather sympathetic character.
Pontius Pilate is recorded in his-
tory as being one of the most
ruthless
,
bloodthirsty
leaders of
this tinie, yet in the movie, he is
shown as almost apathetic and
nonchalant towards the entire
ordeal.
Rather, he turns all the respon-
sibility over to the Pharisees,
who are fully enthused on the
idea of crucifying Jesus, and it is
in this light that I can understand
why some people might accuse
the film of being anti-Semitic.
The Pharisee priests are shown
as being callous and merciless
towards the fate of Jesus.
However, I personally don't
think there is any very strong
evidence of anti-Semitism in the
film. After all, it is based on the
New Testament, which is going
to have a bias towards Jesus and
his followers. One cannot expect
a movie based on the New
Testament to depict the Pharisees
as kind-hearted people.
•
SARAH GU NER
/
THE
CilRCLE
Dan Spadora has
an
Introspective moment on stage
as Charlle
Brown.
funny vignette,
in
which Sally
and Snoopy attempt to catch a
rabbit and run across the stage in
slow motion, making hilarious
facial expressions and move
-
ments. This led directly into
"The
Book Report," a song about
writing a report on Peter Rabbit.
Performed by all but
Sally
and
Snoopy,
it was well-sung but
lacked
any emotion
or
substance
that could have made it much
more
entertaining
.
The
second
act began
with
Sally
and Schroeder
singing "My
New Philosophy." In this num
-
ber, Sally named a number of
negative phrases she wished to
use as her philosophy, while
Schroeder questioned her choic-
es. While Sally's singing voice
(performed
by
Lauren
Crossman)
was one of the better
ones in the musical, she over-
acted Sally's ''the
world is out to
get
me
attitude"
and ended up
coming
off as
extremely annoy-
ing and insufferable
.
The best number of the
second
act
was performed next by
Charlie
Brown
and Company.
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PAGE
9
One of the reasons I wanted to
see this film was because I was
curious to see what audience
reaction would be like. I had
seen the news story of the lady
who died in reaction to the film;
I had read the accusations of
anti-Semitism and I wanted to
see for myself what this was all
about.
Gasps and even verbal out-
bursts from the audience resulted
during many parts of the film.
The overall sentiment seemed to
be one of shock and ensuing
strong emotion.
When asked why she went to
see the film, Michelle Paradies
of Brooklyn said,
"Everyone's
talking about it and I wanted to
have my own thought on it."
Was
it
what
she expected?
"It
was very unsettling
...
I did-
n't really know what to expect,"
Paradies said. With such graphic
violence and vivid sound, it was
disturbing "to see something
generally associated with the
sanctity and peace of the
church."
Though the film is very graph-
ic, it is not intended to be dis-
tasteful. Gibson wanted only to
portray the events in the manner
in which he thought accurate.
"The
film is intended to inspire,
not offend," Gibson has said.
"This is a film about faith, hope,
love, and forgiveness."
A reggae legend lives on
By
CHRIS
DANN
C
i
rcl
e Cont
r
ibutor
In
the twenty-plus years since
his unexpecte
d
death in 1981,
the legend that is Bob Marley
has only continued to grow.
During his lifetime, Marley
r
eleased two live albums,
1975's "Live" and its follow-
up, "Babylon by Bus," released
in 1979.
Botti albums are
acknowledged as classics, as
Marley, a consummate live
performer, shows off his talents
to their fullest extent. Now,
decades later, Is
l
and Records
has released another Marley
live album, "Live at the Roxy
.
"
This two-disc set contains
Marley's concert at the Roxy
Theater in its entirety, with the
first disc possessing the main
set, and the second the half-
hour encor.e
.
Recorded on May
26, 1976, the album captures
Marley in rare form, as he
stands at a crossroads in his
musica
l
career. This is a lively
Marley, not quite the legendary
figure he would eventually
become a man coming into his
own on stage as a solo per-
former. Two years had passed
since Marley had split with the
origina
l
Wailers,
Bunny
Livingston and Peter Tosh, and
he had since released two
albums with his new backing
lineup. It was at this stage in
his career which Marley too
k
the stage at the Roxy.
Following a brief introduc-
tion, Marley and the Wailers
begin their set with the classic
"Trenchtown Rock," a solid
opening number, complete
w
i
th nice backing vocals by the
I-Threes~ the three-woman
backing band which serves as a
perfect counter-balance to
Marley's vocals over .the
course of the entir<; album.
The set
m
oves along next ta
s
li
ghtly darker places, lyrically,
with
th
e powerful political
message of "Burnin' a
n
d
Lootin'." The political theme
continues with the next song,
"Them Belly Full (But We
Hungry)," one of the standout
songs o
n
the album
.
Once
again, the I-Threes play a
major role, singing harmony in
the background over the cho-
rus. The song also features a
nice guitar solo by lead gui~
tarist Donald
Kinsey.
From then on, the Wailers
and their leader continue on a
good clip through the set, next
playing "Rebe
l
Music (3
O
'
Clock Roadblock)" and an
extended version of the classic
"I Shot the Sherriff," a song
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