VOWME 57, ISSUE 22
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSbAY, APRIL
1,
2004
Champagnat pipe bursts flooding four floors
By
LOUIS P. ORTIZ
Ill
&
CAROLINE ROSS
Champagnat attracted the
attention of the Poughkeepsie
fire department after a pipe burst
on the fourth floor on Monday.
The entire student population
had to be evacuated while the
clean up took place.
Marist
mechanical services, the house-
keeping office, and the office of
residential life were on hand to
assist students.
Patrick Killilee, assistant direc-
tor of housing and residential
life, was on scene over saw the
clean up process throughout the
night.
"We had a pipe that was leak-
ing and it caused a fair amount of
water damage on four floors of
the building
,
" Killilee said.
"They spent a few hours trying to
get it cleaned out."
Students spent the evening out-
side College Activities, sitting
with friends in the alcoves, play-
ing games, watching
TV
in the
PAR,
and wondering what would
become of their dorm room and
possessions. From 8 p
.
m. until
midnight
,
Champagnat residents
were stranded, unaware of when
they would be able to return to
their rooms.
Senior Ladys Guerrero,
an
employee of College Activities
,
said they helped find ways to
entertain Champagnat residents,"
"We basically just rented out
board games so they could play
in the alcoves or student center
rooms
that
were
empty."
Guerrero said. "We also gave
out pool cues and air
hockey
and
table tennis."
Guerrero said the PAR was
setup so students could watch
TV
.
and movies while they wait-
ed.
Visiting hours were extended in
other frosh dorms for the benefit
of the misplaced Champagnat
residents as a result of the inci-
dent.
Michael McLaughlin
,
frosh
president of the Champagnat
dorm, said he was pleased with
ho~ mechanical services and
housing handled the situation
.
"Response seems relatively
organized and maintenance has
been working on it since the start
of the event.," he said. "Realizing
that it might have been their
fault, they are handling it very
well."
"The
RD
and the RAs are def-
initely going out of their way to
try to accommodate everyone,"
McLaughlin said.
The real issue came with the
speculation that maintenance
was aware of the damaged pipe
and decided to wait on fixing the
situation.
No representatives from the
office of mechanical services
who were present that night were
available for comment.
Room 407 was severely flood-
ed
causing damage to the entire
room
and
the
hallway.
Christopher Wieland was one of
the individuals living in the
room. He said the entire situa-
KATE GIGLIO/ THE CIRCLE
Shown above Is the pipe which led
to
the
flood.
The damge done to the wall is
visible,
as It can
be
that the
steam from the pipe was so hot It removed paint on the wall.
tion was
unfortunate.
"We'd been complaining about
this pipe being
broken
for the
past two days and they fixed it did that thing with electrical tape
with electrical tape," he said. and they said they would come
"We called them today and they
SEE FlOOD,
.
PAGE 3
'Your war, our dead,' Madrid mourns those lost in terrorist attacks
Jayson Blair, fired
for fabrication, to
give ethics lecture
SfACEY
CASWELL
THE
CIRCLE
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sign above hung on a government building under
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See page 7
By JONATHHAN SUMLER &
STAFF CONTRIBUTORS
Jayson Blair, the former New
York Times
reporter who plagia-
rized and fabricated dozens of
nalist.
"Certainly, Jayson Blair dis-
graced journalism and brought
shame on the profession
,
" said
Watson. "But as communication
practioners, we need to under-
stories before resigning from the
stand why he did what he did,
newspaper last
- - - - - - - - - - -
and work hard to
spring will be
'As communication prac-
on
campus on
tloners, we need to under-
prevent another
Jayson
Blair
from emerging."
Watson said
that Blair, who
is not being paid
- Jamal Watson
to
appear
at
Journalism Professor
Marist, agreed to
~!~
!~et~::!
stand why he did what he
_
did.'
dal
that rocked
the world of
journalism,
and forced the
top two editors
at the New York Times to resign.
Jamal Watson, a professor in
the communications department,
originally invited Blair to speak
to just his Communication
Ethics class.
He
decided to open
up Blair's talk to the entire
Marist community after several
professors
and
students
expressed an interest in listening
to the 27-year-old former jour-
speak at the col-
lege because he wants to "come
clean" about the misleading sto-
ries he printed.
·
Last month, Blair released his
book
Burning
Down
My
Masters' House: My Life at The
New York Times.
In the book
1
he
divulges the reasoning behind
his deception of the public, rang.
ing from mental illness to race
:
SEE BLAIR, PAGE 3
Students studying in Rome experience anti-American sentiments
By
CASSI MATOS
Editor
in Chief
Students studying abroad in
Rome during Spring Break were
able to experience the interna-
tional affects of the war
in
Iraq
first-hand.
The 32 students accompanied
by Timmian Massie, chief public
affairs officer, were in Rome for
the duration of their Spring
Break. Their week consisted of
an audience with the Pope, pri-
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vate tours of the
.
Sistine Chapel
and St. Peter's Cathedral, and
visits to the Pantheon
,
Coliseum
and Roman Forum.
Massie said that an experience
such as this one is not just impor-
tant from an educational angle
,
it
was also important culturally
.
"As Americans we see only as
.
Americans,"
Massie
said.
"There is also a world view
which does not always agree."
However, it was not until the
day before students left for Italy,
that some of them experienced
what it was really like to be an
American in a foreign country.
To mark the first anniversary of
the
U.S.-led
conflict,
on
Saturday, March 20, protesters
took to the streets in nations
across the ~lobe.
In Italy, anti-war advocates
gathered in Rome and Florence,
showing their dismay for the war
and expressing anti-Bush senti-
ments.
The demonstration in
Rome, considered a peace rally,
NEWS: HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS SHARE THEIR
STORIES OF SAVIOR.
14 Annual
Holocaust Remembrance
Program encourages
students to live about the past from people whowere there.
PAGE3
took place on the streets outside
the hotel where the students were
·
staying.
Massie did not believe the stu-
dents had any cause to
be
wor-
ried, even though the sentiments
expressed by the rally were anti-
war and anti-Bush.
"As Americans we have not
seen any sort of demonstration
like
this
since the 60s and 70s,
during the Vietnam War, so we
are not used to it," Massie said.
"These were peaceful demon-
strations. Just an expression of
public sentiment and there was
not a single shoving match."
Participants waved rainbow-
colored peace flags and many
wore them as makeshift scarves,
skirts, bandanas and capes.
Jennifer Priore, frosh,
described the day of the rally as a
peaceful one.
"When I woke up in the morn-
ing we took the bus and they
were passing out fliers," said
Priore. "The flier was anti.war,
ARTS: PATCHITT'S LYRICAL PROSE RECOUNTS AN
EXCITING, IF PERHAPS FAR-FETCHED, STORY
The reader realizes that it is not the plot that matters,
it
is
the complex human relationships that form throughout.
PAGE 9
but not anti-American. I never
felt unsafe
.
"
Priore did mention
,
however,
that some of her friends
expressed a desire to just blend
in during the rally.
"I was not near the rally, but
my friends walked right through
it," said Priore. "Some of the
girls bought mini peace flags so
they would look like they fit in."
Others were not able to be so
inconspicuous.
SEE ROME, PAGE 3






































































T~IE
CIRCLE
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004
Securitv Briefs:
maristcircle.com
The "Security Briefs" and the "Alcohol Fantasy
•
Beat" are intended
lo
be a parody
and
not a repre-
sentation
of The Circle's editorial stance on drink-
ing - illegal or otherwise - nor is it intended to be
a statement regarding the official Marist college
policy on alcohol consumption.
PAGE2
Gartland
takes the lead in race
...
April Fools!
Compiled
by
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
3/23 -
The Sheahan entry desk officer denied a guest
-pass to a student's friend at 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday. The
two students promptly called a twenty second timeout
and walked outside. The student strategized,
"Ok,
I'll go
in normally, and you can hop through that window over
·there.
They won't know what hit them!" When time was
up, the student walked inside and swiped in, and the
.
guest was caught climbing into a window. She was
asked to leave campus. Man, I do not know where you
guys went wrong.
:3/23-The
security officer at the main gate witnessed a
student jaywalking at 9:40 a.rn. The guard told the stu-
,
dent to stop, but the student continued to cross saying he
did not have to listen because the guard was not a "real
·
cop." When the student returned to the intersection after
class, the guard tailed him to his car and recorded his
license plate number,
successfully
branding the
student
with the scarlet letter
J.
3/23
- A
26-inch gray Fuji bike was reported stolen out-
side of Gartland at
5
p:m. The
student
did not know how
that could have happened because he distinctly remem-
bered chaining and
locking
it to a bush earlier in the day
...
yeah
..
. who chains their bike to a bush? Bushes are
used for landscape and hiding purposes only. Okay
,
and
occasionally for some Sand M, but that's it!
3/25
-
There were two
identical
vehicle break-ins at 8
a.m. in the Lower Hoop lot. Both cars got their passen-
ger
window broken and their CD player stolen. The lead-
ing suspect
thus far is Stretch Armstrong
.
Officials feel
he is the only one who could
successfully
smash two dif-
fer~Ul
i.M~~1l~ttf
fW.~
,Wf~q,9ws
at the same time.
3!2i7
un
~rWCWP
Qf
,s.c;.y,en
students was seen climbing
the
north end hill toward St. Ann's at 2:04 a
.
m. Probably
just trying to do some exploring right? Wrong! These
guys were drinking alcohol!
A jug of Carlo Rossi
Burgandy, five Heinekens and two cans of Guinness
were confiscated. Five of these hikers were guests and
were removed from
campus.
The other two were Lewis
and Clark.
3/27 -
There was an unexpected traffic jam at the
Champagnat entry desk at 10: 15 p.rn. Saturday. A stu-
dent was trying to hold up his intoxicated friend as they
tried to swipe in. Nice cover-up, what is this
"Weekend
at Bemie'.s?" A line of students started to form behind
the two from the delay. One frustrated onlooker asked,
"Corne
on! What's the hold up?" The weak-kneed stu-
dent was soon taken to St. Francis. P
.
S. Puns are sweet.
3/28 -
An unauthorized party in Lower West Cedar Q
block was broken up at 12 a.m. on Sunday. Fifteen peo-
ple were at the scene and another six jumped out the win-
dow; five of them were guests, the other was Geronimo
. .
. "What's
with the historical figures?"
.
. . What?
Friends can listen to Endless Love in the dark!
3/28
-Another student
was stopped at 3 :55 a.rn. outside
Donnelly. A
security guard
noticed her and went to see
what the problem was. When the girl could not identify
her Social Security number
,
the guard knew something
was up. He told the girl about a wonderful place called
St. Francis where all the
security
numbers hang out, a
social if you will.
"I
can take you there, and we can find
your number! I'm
sure
she misses you," the guard said.
Upon hearing this, the girl lit up and skipped to St.
Francis
on her own
.
When she told the nurse how she
was there
.
to
find her missing
security
number at the
social,
the nurse responded,
"Oh,
right up here sweetie."
The psychiatric ward had a new member
.
3/22,
-'A
fire alarm went otf in Gartland D block at 4:34
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to blame. What kind of person bums bacon at
4:34
in the
morning? A hungry one, I guess.
3/29 -
Here comes the rain again
,
looking
like it'll
never end. At l
O
p
.
m.
a
water leak hit the fourth floor of
Champagnat. The water travelled all the way to the
basement and left a path of destruction bad enough to
make General Sherman
jealous.
Alcohol - related
incidents this week
.
Lower West Cedar - 1
Champagnat -
1
Total alcohol - related
incidents
Leo-12
Champagnat- 9
Gartland-
3
Midrise-
2
Old Townhouses-
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Upper West Cedar- 1
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marlstclrcle.com
In bringing Jayson to campus
we are honoring the very tradi-
tion of the Academy, by invit-
ing voices to speak who we may
not agree with or endorse.
, ,
- Jamal Watson
Communications professor
PAGE3
Holocaust survivors share their stories of savior
By
KATE GIGLIO
A&E Editor
This year, Marist College will
host Helen and Kp~~ Beck as
speakers at the 14 Annual
Holoca_ust
Remembrance
Program.
Yorn HaShoah, , the National
Remembrance Day for the
Holocaust and those who per-
ished in it, is Sunday, Apr. 18.
"What we have done to paral-
lel that is have an event on cam-
pus," Dr. Joshua Kotzin, coordi-
nator of the Jewish Studies pro-
gram at Marist and a key mem-
ber of the Program's planning
committee, said.
The Program will take place on
Apr. 20, to coincide with Yorn
HaShoah. Yorn HaShoah is set to
coincide with the Warsaw ghetto
uprising of 1943. It is not only
meant to commemorate the
deaths of Holocaust victims, but
the heroic ways in which many
people responded to the situa-
tion ..
The theme for this year
's
pro-
gram is
"
Saved by Schindler:
From Page One
The Story of Two Survivors."
Married couple Helen and Kuba
Beck
both
survived
the
Holocaust.
Oskar Schindler
saved them, though, ironically
enough, they did not know each
other at the time.
Kotzin said
Mr.
Beck is plan-
ning on doing the majority of the
speaking, as Mrs. Beck recently
suffered a stroke and communi-
cation is laborious for her.
"He'll tell both their stories,"
he said. "That'll be the center-
piece of the event."
Mr.
Beck has also agreed to
take some questions from stu-
dents, Kotzin said.
Kotzin said that a commemora-
tive version of
Schindler's List
was recently released on DVD, a
movie that he said many students
have seen either in class or on
their own time.
"When I've taught literature
and the Holocaust . ..
.
Schindler's
List
comes up repeatedly as a
touchstone for students," he said.
Kotzin also said that the expe-
rience of the Becks could have a
profound impact on people who
have seen the movie.
dents.
"Having the opportunity to
have two of the Jews rescued by
Schindler, . . ., could be very
powerful to students who have
seen the movie and connected
with it," he said.
"Maybe we will have a couple
of students reading their own
poems, or well-known published
poems," he said.
Steve Sansola
is a member of
the Holocaust
Remembrance
Program plan-
ning committee,
which consists
of both faculty
and students.
Sansola said
Having students involved with
the program is beneficial in
'We want to encourage stu-
dents to Join us to learn
more about this tragic
event and to never forget
what happened.'
appealing to a
wider public on
campus.
Sansola
said
the
program
strives
to
include
as
much of the
- Joshua Kotzin
campus popu-
Coordinator, Jewish Studies
lation as possi-
readings by stu- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ ble.
dents and musical selections by
"We try to engage members
the College's wind ensemble will throughout the college commu-
further enhance the program.
nity," he said.
"We want to
"The idea is one of using read-
encourage students to join us to
ings and musical selections high-
learn more about this tragic event
lighting the theme of the pro-
and to never forget what hap-
gram," he said.
pened."
Kotzin said that ideas were still
Kotzin, who is Jewish himself,
being considered for these por-
said that the event holds special
tions of the event. He said they
significance to him individually.
were still collecting poems and
"It is important to me personal-
perhaps would also commissfon ly as well as professionally," he
some original work from stu-
said.
"As a Jewish person in
today's world it means a lot to
me to remember and mourn the
tremendous destruction and loss
the Holocaust brought about."
However, he pointed out that
this is not an issue only among
Jewish people.
"It is a tragedy for Jewish peo-
ple, but also for all humanity," he
said.
Past program themes have
included "Holocaust Journey:
Story of a Hidden Child," for
which the speaker was hidden in
France during the Nazi occupa-
tion of the country; and "Rescue
in Italy: A Holocaust Survivor's
Story," for which the speaker was
hidden as a teenager by Italian
priests.
The program pegan under
Milton Teischman fourteen years
ago. Teischman is a retired pro-
fessor
emeritus
of Marist
College. He also developed the
Jewish Studies program at
Marist, which is a minor consist-
ing of courses from various
department.
Brother Frank Kelly, moderator
of Campus Ministry at Marist,
said
that
the
Holocaust
Remembrance Program is a very
important aspect of the College's
social awareness agenda.
"This is an opportunity to edu-
cate much of the Jewish commu-
nity and non-Jewish community
.
.
. in keeping alive the memory
of the Holocaust and remember-
ing to learn from this
·
experi-
ence," he said.
Brother Frank also said that
this year's theme is especially
poignant.
"This year is an important
opportunity for people to hear
people who were actually saved,"
he said. "We need to remember
that this generation is dying and
we're coming to the end of a time
where we can hear stories from
theit mouths [firsthand]."
Sansola summarized the ongo-
ing goal of the Program.
"The idea I think is just to have
people pause in the busy lives we
lead and to just reflect about why
it happened, what each of us can
do, and to never forget,'' he said.
After four hours, students enter the dorm to find their belongings ravaged
back tomorrow but Killilee said. "We'll
be
working Personal items on the floor,
they're busted now," lie
,..,.-------. housekeeping doesn't want
said.
to touch because its students'
Once maintenance
arrived on the scene,
they shut off the water
and electricity for pre-
cautionary purposes.
Later, after assessing
the situation, the water
and electricity were
turned back on.
All
of the residents
were let back into
Champagnat after four
hours of waiting.
Killilee said it is
,
important that students
evaluate their rooms
and make sure that
nothing is badly dam-
aged. The proper reim-
bursments will behas
been made for badly
damaged furniture or
items.
KATE
GIGLIO/ THE CIRCLE
Belongings that were destroyed
by
the
water as It seeped through the build-
ing. The hallways were lined with the
wreckage, which ranged from rugs
and
books
to sneakers and vaccuum
cleaners.
possessions, [so] students
are pulling that stuff out."
Many ·of the students
around Champagnat Hall
became frustrated after expe-
riencing such an unpleasant
night.
"This stinks," frosh Kara
Brunk said. "I don't under-
stand why we are still not in
our rooms. We have been
waiting for the past four
hours and this is just ridicu-
lous," she said.
Champagnat students hope
that the school will continue
to follow up on the situation
and do everything it can to
ensure that a similar situa-
tion does not occur in the
future.
KATE GIGLIO/ THE CIRCLE
The damage done
to
Champagnat room 407 could
be
seen after the water drained out of the room.
"Students are in there
now checking it out,"
with housekeeping to clean it up.
Ex-New York Times
journalist, Jayson Blair, raises ethical debate with scheduled lecture
relations.
"I lied and I lied and then I lied
some more," Blair writes in the
298 page book
.
"I lied about
where I had been, I lied about
where I
.
had found information, I
lied about how I write the story.
And these were no everyday lit-
tle white lies-they were com-
plete fantasies,
embellished
down t~ the tinest made-up
detail.
Marist students seem divided
over
Blair's
appearance
.
Sophomore Josh Crescenzi, a
comrnunicationsmajor
·
said that
he welcomes Blair's visit.
"I think it would be interesting
to hear what Jayson Blair has to
say," Crescenzi said. "Perhaps
Blair is just attempting to sell his
book, but who knows for sure."
.
Sean Shortell, a sophomore
political science major, said that
Blair should not be able to publi-
cize his lies at Marist. "I think
it's great that Marist is attracting said. "This is the hallmark of a nalistic fraudulence was uncov-
guest speakers, but Mr. Blair is democratic society."
ered.
known for what he did wrong,"
Jayson Blair is not the first
In
1997, Stephen Glass, a
Shortell said
.
journalist to plagiarize or fabri-
reporter for
The New Republic
Watson, who is moderating the cate stories.
In
1981, Janet was fired after he fabricated
hour-long discussion with Blair, Cooke, a reporter for
The
dozens of stories as well. And in
strongly defended his decision to
Washington Post
was forced to recent weeks,
USA Today
has
invite the former journalist.
resign after she wrote about an 8-
apologized to its readers, after an
"In bringing Jayson to campus year-old fictious character name exhaustive probe discovered that
we are honoring the very tradi-
Jimmy, who was
.
addicted to Jack Kelly, a former foreign cor-
tion of the Academy, by inviting heroine. Cooke won the Pulitzer respondent for the nation's
voices to speak who we may not Prize for her reporting, but the largest newspaper, fabricated
agree with or endorse," Watson prize was returned after her jour-
almost a dozen stories during his
21-year career at the paper.
Jayson Blair's discuss
.
ion, mod-
erated by Professor Watson, will
take place on Tuesday, April 13,
at 6:30 p.m. in the Nelly Galetti
Auditorium. Admission is free
and open to all who wish to
attend. For more information,
email Professor Watson at
jamal. watson@marist.edu.
Peace rally in Rome exposes students traveling abroad to the anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-American sentiments being shown
Frosk' Alyssa Tucci was stand-
ing outside the Station Termini,
the main station in Rome, having
a conversation with her friends
when she encountered a group of
males who took offense to her
being American.
"I was just standing there when
I felt something hit me in the
back," Tucci said. "I didn't know
what it was, but my friends told
me one of the guys had thrown a
beer cap at me.
We couldn't
understand what they were say-
ing, but it was obvious they knew
we were American."
Karli Smith, who was standing
with Tucci when the incident
occurred, speculated that the
incidents in Madrid had some-
thing to do with the anti-
American sentiments expressed
.
"We were there right after the
bombings in Madrid," said
Smith
.
"On all the Italian news
stations they were saying that
Spain no longer wanted to be our
ally because they felt their ties to
us and the war had something to
do with the attacks."
Smith said that the rally was all
about peace and they no longer
see peace when they look at
Americans
.
that before," Tucci said. "It defi-
nitely opened my eyes to how the
rest
of the
world
views
Americans."
While the rest
of their trip was
very peaceful
,
and they did not
experience any-
thing like it dur-
ing the rest of
their trip, Tucci
'It definitely opened my
eyes to how the rest of the
world views Americans.'
In addition,
thousands
m a r c h e d
through central
London, some
marchers wav-
- Alyssa Tucci
ing placards that
Frosh
called
U.S.
said the incident
P
r
e s i d e n t
was enough to make her leery.
George W. Bush the "World's
"I had never felt anything like No. 1 Terrorist." Early Saturday
morning, two anti-war demon-
strators wearing climbing gear
scaled the Big Ben clock tower at
the House of Parliament and held
up a small banner that read
"Tune for Truth."
Germany, Greece, the
Netherlands and other European
countries also saw protests,
while earlier demonstrations
took place in Japan, Australia,
India and the Philippines.
Other rallies took place in
Belgium, Norway, Switzerland,
the Czech Republic, Sweden,
Poland, Finland, Ukraine and
Denmark,
South
Korea,
Thailand, Hong Kong, New
Zealand and South Africa.
While many countries, such as
Germany and Australia, saw
numbers in the low thousands, as
many as 30,000
·
people turned
out in Tokyo to protest Japan's
involvement in the war.
The
country has sent 1,000 personnel
to Iraq, its largest foreign deploy-
ment since the Second World
War.





















































mariltclrcle.com
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 •
PAGE
4
Summer session all set to sail ahead for 2004
By
MELISSA
FERRIOLA
Circle Contributor
Summer is not only for relaxing
on the beach or playing baseball
all
day; it is also a great time to
be productive
.
Most college students will go
straight to work or start an
internship their first week back
home. They will catch up with
their friends and frequent some
of their favorite hangout places.
And this summer, they can do all
that plus catch up on credits with
Marist's summer programs.
Junior Jessica Crawfordr took
classes last summer in the two
six-week sessions.
"I did not come to Marist with
any credits. So because I had a
y~ar where I only took twelve
credits each semester, I had to
catch up," said Crawford.
Summer Session offers three,
six, and twelve week sessions so
it is easy to fit into anyone's
schedule. 1\vo of the sessions
end before July 4 so the courses
can be completed before the
summer even starts.
Online courses are also a new
offering this year. Students will
be able to take a Marist course
from home
if
they wish.
Eileen Bull, Assistant Dean of
Graduate
and
Continuing
Education, said they wanted stu-
dents to have an opportunity to
try
out a course that is complete-
ly online, which is not something
offered during the normal semes-
ters.
"Undergrad students should
have experience taking an under-
grad course online and we
thought summer would be a good
time," Bull said.
This summer's onlfne courses
being offered are Arts and Values
and
Communications
Revolutions in 10-week sessions.
Cheryl Johnson, Bulrs right-
hand person for Summer and
Winter sessions, warned that
seats are limited for
online
courses;
therefore
students
should sign up as early as possi-
classes during the normal semes-
ters.
"Because it is only six weeks,
the course load is not that heavy,
plus there are no other classes so
it is not as stressful as a normal
..
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2004
-
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www.marist.edu/summer
the undergraduate Marketing
Management course this sum-
mer, said he prefers teaching the
three-week sessions.
"You do not have to interrupt a
lecture as much," Murray said.
"You can keep the
·
flow going
because the students are there
everyday pretty much anp you
don't have to repeat what you
told them."
Registration begins March 29.
Students and
teachers
took advantage
of the
sunny
weather
last summer session. Pictured above, a class finds
shade
from
the
heat under
a
tree
out on the
green.
The three, six, and 12 week ses-
sions beginning May 24 must be
registered for in person with the
School
of
Graduate
and
Continuing Education in
Dyson
127 by May 17. The other six-
week session registration dead-
line is June 28 for people cur-
rently unsure of their summer
plans
.
Other important dates,
registration information, and
schedules can be found on the
W e b
s i t e
http://www.marist.edu/gce/sum-
mer/.
ble. There are only lO openings
for traditional students and 10
openings for adult students.
Students are encouraged to reg-
ister early for the other summer
session courses in order to give a
better indicator of what the pop-
ular courses are
.
This way,
if
another section needs to be creat-
ed, it can be.
If
there isn't
enough interest for
.
a class it will
be
canceled
.
Crawford, a medical technolo-
gy major, said she preferred tak-
ing summer classes over taking
school year," Crawford said.
She said one of the drawbacks
of the summer program is the
lack of activities on campus.
'They don't really provide
anything for the summer students
unless they are in sports
,
"
Crawford said
.
Vernon Murray
,
assistant pro-
fessor of marketing, has been
teaching classes during the sum-
mer session for seven years at
Marist and said he would like to
hold his classes outside.
"They should build a pavilion
nm
. . .
NYJtill
m.g,p
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lo
Ii.
:ai•c
s
outside that is screened in so we
can have classes in it," Murray
said
.
An
appeal was made to the
chairs and professors of all
departments in order to find high
demand classes or classes that
teachers may want to
try
out.
Some special topics being
offered
this
summer-
are
American Sign Language I and
II; Hudson River Landscape
;
Films of Fantasy
,
Horror, and
Science Fiction; and Technology
for Foreign Language. Hudson
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.oo
River Environmental Studies will
include a lot of fieldwork and
hands on experiences
.
The three-week session goes
from May 24 to JuQe 11 and the
six-week session is from May 24
to July 2. The 12-week session
begins May 24 too, and runs
through Aug
.
12
.
People inter-
ested in taking a little break
before jumping right into their
summer classes can lalce ctie six-
week session beginning July 6
and going until Aug. 12.
Vernon Murray, professor of
TAN.
The prices for the undergradu-
ate courses are $420 per credit,
which is due at the time of regis-
tration. There is also a $30 reg-
istration fee. Alternative loans
are available for students taking
at least sic credits and the loan
deadline is April 12.
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can extension 3800 or e-mail
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 •
PAGE 5
Clarke throws the book at Bush's foreign policies
By
JAMES REYES
.
Staff Writer
President Bush is under attack
for his actions in response to the
events of 9/11 by former coun-
terterrorism chief Richard A.
Clarke.
Clarke, who served as countert-
errorism chief for the Clinton
administration and the beginning
of the
Bush
administration,
accused Bush of ignoring multi-
ple reports of possible terrorist
threats.
Through his testimonies and
his recently published book,
"Against All Enemies: Inside
America's War on Terror,"
Clarke portrayed the beginning
of the Bush administration as
indecisive and inactive against
possible acts of terrorism.
Clarke also stated that Bush
responded to Clarke's allegations
and accusations with counterac-
cusations discrediting Clarke's
statements. According to the
New York Times, Republicans
contended that Clarke's state-
ments contradict what he told a
Congressional panel two years
ago as a member of Bush's
administration.
Bush aides have requested that
Clarke's Congressional testimo-
ny be declassified and examined.
Clarke supported their requests.
According to the New York
Times, Bush aides also hope to
shift the blame to the Clinton
administration claiming that
Clinton too had underestimated
potential threats of terrorist
attacks on U.S. soil and he too
failed to eliminate the Al
Qaeda
presence.
One
concern about these claims
had undermined the war on ter-
is the effect· it will have on the
rorism b.y declaring war in Iraq,
Bush campaign whose strong-
thereby diverting government point lies in his execution of the
resources, and
leaving
the home-
war on terrorism. Clarke's accu-
land vulnerable to attack. He sations struck at the center of
stated Donald H. Rumsfeld
Bush's credentials on national
pushed the invasion of Iraq due
to a lack of significant targets in
Afghanistan
.
Dr. Joseph Zeppetello, political
science professor at Marist, stat-
ed that he too was not certain
about the invasion of Iraq.
security and could tear down
Bush's
political
campaign
strongpoint in executing the war
on terrorism.
CHUCK
KENNEDY/
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Director of Homeland Security
Tom
Ridge
and National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice
introduce the
Director for Combating
Terrorism, Gen.
Wayne Downing, and The President's Special
Advisor for Cyberspace, Security
Richard
Clarke.
tion.
"I'm not sure
if
all the money
and effort spent in Iraq
will
make
us that much safer from another
attack," Zeppetello said.
"This can't be good for Bush's
campaign," Zepetello said.
"If
Bush keeps
attacking him
(Clarke), it might become a mat-
ter of Bush sounding as
if
he
protests too much."
A Newsweek poll conducted by
Princeton
Survey
Research
Associates reported that Bush's
support from voters had fallen
13%
after Clarke
'
s book release
and recent appearance before a
9/11 panel.
reviewed by the 9/11 commis-
sion suggest
s
that Bush left the
issue of terrorism mostly to his
top advisers who took no con-
crete action against Al Qaeda.
According to the New York
Time
s,
reports show that Bush let
the terrorism issue fall down the
list of White House priorities
from the high importance placed
on it by national security aides
during the Clinton adrninistra-
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sion will give
Bush the chance to validate his
actions and is expected to deliver
The Bush administration
However, evidence recently
a report on its findings in July.
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students who have been living
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going through. Most students
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they are not alone and that other
students have had similar expe-
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CIRCLE
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Let the
voices
of the Marist
community be heard.
THURSDAY, APRIL
1, 2004
maristcircle.com
PAGES
Pundits of
~
New Age
By GREGORY PARIS
,
Circle
Contributor
You have
heard
them.
Ranting
like an angry preacher on a
•
·sunday morning, they speak to
,
anyone who is willing to listen.
•
Joe Scarborough, Bill O'Reilly,
and Lou
Dobbs,
they all share a
'
knack for criticism. From the
.
pop culture buzz of Janet
:
Jackson's
boob
to the post-war
policies
of
the
Bush
Administration, no issue is safe
•
from their scrutiny.
But do
'
they really discuss
news? "News" itself has a broad
definition as information flows
out of growing media outlets.
The private lives of celebrities,
politicians, and athletes have
found their way to the front
pages of newspapers.
The story about the soldiers
who were attacked in
one
of the
currently
occupied
foreign
nations has taken a back seat to
the romantic excursions of
Britney Spears. Gossip is now a
staple on nightly news programs.
Such stories only give pundits
more rotting waste to add to their
growing compost piles of rheto-
ric. Lost in this orgy of hearsay
are the stories that actually
impact an average news-con-
scious individual.
The lines between entertain-
ment, sports, and news, have
been obliterated. When the
media loses its ability to proper-
ly prioritize news, the public
loses its ability to make
informed decisions. Nightly
pundits profit from Hollywood
mud-slinging contests, while
stories that deserve more atten-
tion are snubbed.
The public does not want to
hear about the budget deficit or
terror threats
.
Those issues do
not draw viewers and sell papers.
But just like a child that must be
told he or she did something
wrong, the public cannot afford
to ignore such issues, they will
dictate government policy and
financial matters for years to
Letters to the Editor
come. Changes in tax rates, gas
prices, and individual paychecks
are all direct results of govern-
ment actions.
It is sad when an average
American has the patience to
watch American Idol and vote
for a pop star that has no bearing
on their daily life, yet lacks the
motivation to vote in a
presiden-
tial election where the affect on
daily life could not be greater.
What holds more weight: the tal-
ent to carry a tune or the power
to send soldiers to war?
·
Pundits like Bill O'Reilly and
Joe Scarborough should lead the
effort to prioritize news stories
and stop averting attention from
matters of public concern. 9/11
occurred at a time when
Americans were falling asleep to
the lullaby of pop culture. It is
time
to
stop
glorifying
Hollywood gossip and start pay-
ing attention to issues that are
truly newsworthy.
icetionE~
Remember ,
you
c.an be
-the
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anqone
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SEED, doing their part despite criticism and lack of support
To whom it may concern:
In response to the article writ-
ten by Alissa Brew in the March
4th Circle, it's obvious you care
about recycling and are upset
that Marist recycles an "astonish-
ing" 25% of their garbage.
I
myself am upset that Marist's
recycling "history" is practically
nonexistent. This is why a com-
mittee has been formed and has
taken an active role in helping to
create this positive change
instead of just complaining about
it
in
the
school
paper.
Unbeknownst to you apparently,
the committee has worked hard
to see any results whatsoever in
this environmental endeavor. So
it's insulting when you sit there
and criticize us for taking an
active role. Perhaps you should
have tried to contact one of us to
see the progress that has been
made instead of asking random
Marist students who know noth-
ing of what it takes to get some-
thing this big accomplished. I
realize commingle is an enor-
mous word, but seeing as though
this is a college and not an ele-
mentary school,
I'd
hope that stu-
dents would at least attempt to
know what commingle means.
Then again, we'd all be lucky if
they know what recycle mean~.
If
you care at all about recycling
at Marist than you should put
your words where your mouth is
and get off your butt and do
something about it.
As for criticizing Students
Encouraging
Environmental
Dedication, which you couldn't
even correctly identify, we are a
very happy club and are always
welcoming new members
.
Then
again as you mentioned, we can't
even promote ourselves (note the
sarcasm). Perhaps, if you attend-
ed any of the Activities Fairs you
would have noticed our small,
but growing club. Our club has
gone through many changes and
we've been working really hard
to do what we set out to do: cre-
ate awareness about environmen-
tal issues and have fun doing it.
Whether or not we create such
awareness is up in the
air,
how-
ever we certainly do fun activi-
ties and are in fact planning for
our huge Earth Day celebration
in April. Wow, look at that! We
just PROMOTED ourselves
.
If
it
weren't for your heartless letter
perhaps our club would never of
gotten such good publicity
.
As
for no posters around the cam-
pus, we are an environmental
club and feel that such shameless
promotion would go against
everything we are, because we
try
to reduce waste. Speaking of
reducing waste, perhaps you
think
this response is garbage.
But before you think of throwing
out this paper, remember to recy-
cle it; I already recycled yours.
I'm sure a smart, educated Marist
student like you could handle
it.
Thank you,
Chris Gallo, Junior
Treasurer/Incoming President,
SEED
Criticism from all directions regarding critical MCCTA
•
review
To Faculty Advisor Gerard A.
Cox
and
actor
Eddie
Grosskreutz,
I am responding to your let-
ters to the editor in the March 11
issue of The Circle, in which you
came down pretty hard on Ms.
Gunner who wrote a review• of
the
MCCTA
performance
"You're a Good Man Charlie
Brown".
I feel badly having to tell
members of a college communi-
ty this, but the kind of review
Ms. Gunner wrote is the nature
of critics and theatrical criticism.
She has an obligation to discuss
the play and share her opinion of
it. And please bear in inind, she
.
is not "hired," as Eddie put it.
She is not being paid for her
work, but a student putting her
time in with an extra-curricular
activity like the players of the
performance in question. Let us
keep in mind this is a college
newspaper, not a professional
source of news in the traditional
sense. Similarly to how a
MCCTA performance is not
Broadway, The Circle is not the
New York Times and should not
be held to the same standards.
We are all amateurs with limited
experience, and all of this time in
college is really to gain experi-
ence.
I have seen MCCTAs per-
formances, and I have read the
reviews, and I have agreed and
The media presents soapbox and spin
Statistics
jumble
national news; Hoole urges find new sources
By
BRENli>AN HOOLE
Circle Contributor
Soap Boxes and Silence:
Where is the News?
In today's world of MSNBC,
~NN and Fox News, the sound
bite has become critical ground
on which to plant one's soapbox.
Often, it is a leader telling us he
dido 't have an inappropriate rela-
tionship,
taxes would not be
increased, and that we would
whip the terrorists.
As savvy media consumers,
today's
college students realize
that most sound bites are little
more than rhetoric, appealing to
our base instincts of pride, enti-
tlement, and justification. What
the spin and rhetoric amount to is
at best fodder for the nightly
news and at worst blatant disin-
formation aimed at the American
public.
Sound bites become tougher to
decode when their claims are
laced with statistical support.
This is a point not lost on the
leaders of our nation. In 1998
then Drug Czar General Barry
McCaffrey said, "The murder
rate in Holland is double that in
the United States . . . That's
drugs." This would be an inter-
esting piece of statistical infor-
mation, if it were true. The actu-
al Dutch
homicide
rate was 1.8
per 100,000 people
.
The rate
within the United States was four
times that at the time the com-
ment was made.
Entirely false information pales
in comparison to the defining
silence created when the media
underreport an issue. During the
1990's there were 522 articles
published in the New York
Times, The Washington Post, the
Los Angeles 'rimes, Newsweek,
and Time that mentioned Agent
Orange and Vietnam together.
Only eleven of these articles
mentioned the impact chemicals
had on the Vietnamese people
and their environment.
Three
articles characterized Agent
Orange as a "chemical weapon"
or "chemical warfare" and only
two articles suggested that use of
Agent Orange might constitute a
war crime. History has shown
that this quality of reporting is
insufficient and negligent.
Statistics become extremely
dangerous
when used amongst
peers. While many of us may not
listen to General McCaffrey on a
regular basis we might listen to a
friend who does. If I told ten of
my
friends
what
General
McCaffrey said, I predict I could
get seven of them to believe me.
Those seven people might tell
seven
·
more people, and so on.
What results is an exponentially
growing lie about our nation's
efforts to explain the harm drugs
do. Similarly, a lot of people
read at least one of the five media
outlets mentioned above
.
The
information made available to
these readers is not worthy of
someone who is actively seeking
the truth.
The real problem is not just the
issue of drugs in America or
American foreign policy, but
how we perceive our national
endeavors, as well as other issues
of the day. My advice is to seek
out real news in places where
soapboxes and spin don't travel.
The
Associated
Press
(www.ap.org) and Kyodo News
(home.kyodo.co.jp) are good
places to find news that has not
been put through a filter of gov-
ernmental and economic interest.
If
you are the one out of every
five people that get their news
online maybe having msn.com,
as your home page is a bad idea.
disagreed with what the cnuc
has written. That's my right. The
general population, I would like
to believe, would not rate the
value of a production based sole-
ly on one person's opinion of it.
Similarly, you sho0ld not come
down so harshly on a person wqo
is perfectly within their right to
express their opinion of a per-
formance. There have been many
critics who have been more harsh
than she was, and to be in a per-
formance environment (particu'..
larly theater), you must learn to
take certain criticism for face
value and some of it for what it
is; sometimes amateur and often
sided with the reviewer.
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Madrid mourns loss of civilians in terror attack
By
STACEY L. CASWELL
Copy Editor
A promising spring break in
Spain quickly turned to a trip of
terror via my arrival to Madrid
on March 11.
There, during the morning rush
hour,
Al-Qaeda
operatives
exploded
several
commuter
trains in southern Madrid, killing
over 200 and wounding 1800 in
the worst terrorist massacre in
Europe since the 1988 Pan Am
disaster, which killed 270 over
Lockerbie, Scotland.
I
first learned of the explosions
in Switzerland while preparing to
board my plane en route to
Madrid. Everyone was hunched
in their seats, gathered around a
television at the departure gate,
squinting to see what had hap-
pened.
The "Breaking News" sign
flashing across the screen first
caught my attention, but it wasn't
until after
I
r~cognized the
Atocha station in Madrid, with
train parts and bodies strewn
across it's tracks, that I became
one of the
'
horrified spectators.
Madrid attacked? My Madrid,
the safe haven I had grown to
love and call my home just a year
ago, ripped apart by bombs?
It
was unbelievable.
Together, the pass~ngers and
I
peered into the television screen,
hoping that our loved ones had
I
not been on any of the trains.
After becoming aware of the
situation, the only thought in my
mind was getting in contact with
my friends.
I
was going to be
staying with my Spanish friend,
Jara, who I had met while study-
ing abroad the year before.
Since it is not a common cus-
·
tom in Spain to visit each other's
houses, I didn't know where she
lived in relation to the rest of the
city. I silently said a prayer that
she and Gema, another Spanish
friend, did not have to take the
train to pick me up at the airport.
I raced to the phone and tried
anxiously to contact them, with-
out success.
I had missed my plane out of
New York City due to an eleven-
car pile-up the previous day, and
had not been able to contact them
to let them know about my
deferred take-off in New Jersey.
Panicked after finding out
about what had occurred in
Madrid,
I
left numerous voice
mail messages on each of their
home answering machines, hop-
ing that they and our other
friends had not been harmed.
I could only wait in suspense
about what kind of chaos would
greet me at the aiport.
At first, everyone assumed the
attacks had been ETA's doing.
After
_
all, the Spanish General
Elections were set for the follow-
ing Sunday and the major politi-
cal parties had all taken a strong
stance against ETA. Even CNN
supported the idea that ETA had
been responsible.
It was not revealed until the
next day that Al Qaeda had plot-.
ted the bloody attacks.
The timing couldn't have been
more perfect for Al Qaeda to
sway the country's support of the
ruling Popular Party (PP), advo-
cates of the war in Iraq, to the
Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE)
and Zapatero, who promised to
end Spaniards' involvement in
the war, something the country
desperately wanted.
Upon arrival to Madrid, the
air-
port was engulfed in silence.
The normal hustle and bustle that
usually filled its corridors had
disappeared.
Thankfully, I saw my friends
waiting patiently outsjde cus-
toms, tired from the day, and
from not knowing when my
plane would arrive.
I was overcome with relief that
they were all right and that none
of our other friends had been on
the train.
Although we usually take the
subway home from the airport,
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unseling Center promotes new student support groups
By
COURTNEY
J.
KRETZ
Managing Editor
Approximately 90 million peo-
ple in the United S~tes suffer
from chronic illness, and
1 7 .5
million Americans suffer from
clinical depression. The Marist
Counseling Center knows this
and wants to help.
Even if you are just suffering
from the everyday stressors of
life, the Counseling Center is
there. This is why the center is
providing two new weekly stu-
dent support groups, in addition
to their numerous other services.
Growing Through Grief is
geared toward helping students
overcome their grief as a result of
losing a family member or
friend. Bouncing Back helps
chronically
ill
students cope with
their continuing health issues.
Both groups began meetings
the first week of March, but still
welcome students to join at any
time.
Last semester the Counseling
Center, in conjunction with
Campus Ministry, trained stu-
dents in Peer Loss Support
.
In
the process the center learned
that there were hundreds of stu-
dents interested in learning about
grief.
According to counselor Andrea
Raphael
4
Paskey, who heads both
groups, many students wanted to
learn how to deal with their own
personal experiences as well.
"There was overwhelming stu-
dent interest in learning more
and seeing a group," Raphael-
Paskey said.
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College Life
Looking
ba
c
k
a
nd mov
i
ng forward
The past: some people try to
forget it and start
anew by simply
living
in
the
moment.
Others
live in the past,
wishing
they
could go back in
time if only for ,__~--'--'
just
that
one
moment.
Regardless of how we choose to
acknowledge it, the reality is
that the past is behind us and
there
'
s no turning back
.
Once
the hands of time have touched
our lives, we can't reverse them.
We aren't entirely empty
-
handed
though; we still have a chance to
relive our experiences through
our memories. We do our best to
forget the painful memories
while still holding tightly to the
happy ones.
This weekend, I was able to
revisit a part of my past on my
way home for spring break, and
it was quite a trip.
On my way home, I stopped at
Penn State University
for
Pennsylvania's
high
school
swimming States competition to
watch some of my old team-
mates compete. Since my grad-
uation from the team, my moth-
er has become the assistant
coach, and since I was able to
stay free of charge in my moth-
er's hotel room, I had the oppor-
tunity to go and support my
teammates. Unbeknownst to
them, they were evoking a
whirlpool of emotion by bring
-
ing me down memory lane.
As I watched, I was taken back
to the time I spent on that deck,
the people I spent it with, and all
the emotions that came with it. I
thought back and wished that I
could return to those good times
.
I remembered it all as if it was
yesterday. That familiar feeling
of pride and anticipation rose up
inside me as I listened to the Star
Spangled Banner. I remembered
the depression I felt weeks after
returning from the event due to
the realization that it was all
over.
It
was a great time, and I
would give anything to go back
and do it all over again.
We all get feelings like these
periodically. Memories move to
the front of our minds, and for a
few minutes, we relive our past.
If
only time wasn't so perma
-
nent, would we go back and
change everything? Or would
we leave it untouched only to be
an observer?
Personally, I'd
give anything to start over at the
age of eight and relive it once
more, not changing a single
thing.
Maybe someday in the future,
through
.
some miraculous scien-
tific advances, time travel will
become possible. Until then, we
still have our memories.
From there, Growing Through
Grief and Bouncing Back were
created.
The Co
u
nseling Center realizes
that when a person is faced with
the death of a loved one, they
experience many emoµons that
are difficult to deal with. These
feelings such as denial, despair,
sadness, confusion, abandon-
ment, anger, or guilt,' in addition
to dealing with everyday stres-
sors, can be overwhelming for a
person.
Growing Through Grief
College Life
emphasizes the notion that these
feelings and emotions are a nor-
mal part of the grieving process,
and can be worked through
.
The group facilitators,
Raphael-Paskey and Yvonne
Poley, attempt to normalize these
emotions for the students and
help them cope in two phases. In
the first phase, the groups discuss
the stages of grief and the com-
mon emotions and responses that
one may experience. In the sec-
ond phase the individuals in the
group confront their feelings in
hopes of working through them.
When diagnosed with chronic
illness, students may experience
a sort of identity crisis. These
students must continually deal
with their illness on top of their
everyday lives. They may also
believe that their illness changes
the person that they are. The sup-
port group Bouncing Back aims
at helping students cope with this
everyday pull and regain a sense
of self.
"This group helps to support
SEE GROUPS, PA
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Fr
ien
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s f
or
now an
d
frien
d
s forever
I have been _ ...............................
thinking a lot
about
friends
lately.
Not specifical-
ly my own per-
sonal friends, but
friends in gener-
al. This barrage of thoughts was
prompted by numerous conver-
sations with my younger sister
over spring break.
She's a
freshman in college, immersed
in those wonderful two semes-
ters where everything is new
and it seems like absolutely
everyone is your friend. After
all these stories of parties, dorm
life, classes, and trips to the
cafeteria, I began to wonder
how she kept track of all these
so-called "friends."
The word "friend" gets thrown
around all the time. We have
girlfriends, boyfriends,
·
good
friends, best friends, kinda
friends,
sorta friends, ex
-
friends, current friends, and
those drifting around outside of
all these categories. We
_
have
friends on our buddy lists, con-
tacts in our email address books,
and numbers carefully stored in
our cell phones. Everyone has
so many people involved in their
lives: How do you divide them
into the different levels, intima-
cies,
and
categories
of
"friends?" How do you choose
those who do not fit into that
category at all?
Really, how
many different types of friends
are there?
First, of course, there is the
quintessential "best friend."
Established in the throes of ele-
mentary school, when the hier-
archy of friendship was essen-
tial to everyday survival, the
"best friend" is obviously some-
one very important. Although,
in college, we are not writing
"blank
+
blank
=
best friends
forever:• in our notebooks, we
still hold certain friends in high-
er regard than others (since most
of us have more than one "best
friend").
And although we
assume we have grown up from
our elementary school days,
much of this hierarchy is very
much the same. When we were
kids, our "best" friends got
invited to our sleepovers and
picked for our dodge ball teams.
Now, they hold our hands when
we get tattoos, and take shots
with us on our twenty-first
birthdays.
.
Then there are your basic
"friends.'' Whether they be your
housemates, those girls from
your lit class, or those guys you
play intramural basketball with,
you like them. You enjoy their
company. You probably hang
out with them on a regu~ar basis.
You will probably call them
over the summer. But you most
likely will not be asking them to
be in your wedding party any
-
time soon.
Next, there is the boyfriend /
girlfriend. Of course, you see
this person on a regular basis.
You enjoy their company; other-
wise you would not be having a
romantic
relationship
with
them. You definitely like them;
you probably even love him or
her. This relationship may be
the most delicate of all within
the scheme of friends
.
hip. Are
they above or below the "best"
friends? Or perhaps on the same
level? Do your friends need to
approve of them .
.
. or do they
need to approve of your friends
?
If
these questions had consistent
answers,
our
relationships
would be frighteningly easy.
There is also the "kinda
"
friend. The "sorta" friend. The
person you refer to as
:
"
W
e
ll
,
she is not really my
friend."
You
don't
really
like this person, but
you do not have a problem with
them either. They make up our
friend-of-a-friend-of-a-friend
category. We politely call these
people "acquaintances.'' Then
at least we have somewhere to
place them .
And, since so many things in,
college life are random
,
it is
only natural that there would be
random friends as well. If you
think about it, you encounter
these people on a regular basis.
You wake up from an alcohol-
induced slumber and there are
missed calls on your phone. You
have voicemails from people
you feel that you have never met
before
.
Then you vaguely recaH
taking shots and barhopping
with these "friends" that you
realize you would not be able
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pick out of a group of two peo:.
ple in front of you. Or there is
that guy that you run into about
once a month who buddies up
with you like you have known
each other your whole lives.
Who
are
these people?
Of course there are many more
friendships than this. There are
friends that fit into more than
one category, and friends that do
not fit into any at all
.
There are
friends that you know you have
uncond
i
tionally, and friends you
do not even know you have.
There is the
"
why can't we be
friends
?"
and "why are we
friends
?
"
Not to get too mushy, but they
say
-
college is not about finding
your spouse, it is about finding
your bridesmaids or your
groomsm
e
n
.
So among all the
"could
be,"
"
would be," "kinda
,
"
and
"
definitely not" fri
e
nds, are
.
those that you should keep clos
-
est to your heart .
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIi 1, 2004 •
PAGE 8
Tragedy strikes
in
Madrid, Al Qaeda to blame
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continued from page 7
after hearing about the day's
events, I was overcome with
nervousness and decided to hail a
cab.
The driver said the roads were
unusually busy for that time of
the afternoon, as most people
had
either taken cabs or their
cars to work the morning of the
attacks
.
One of the things that most sur-
prised me after I arrived were the
attitudes of my ~panish friends.
Instead of tearily expressing their
grief oyer the incident, they chat-
ted about school and what had
been happening since I last saw
them. They seemed to be unaf-
fected by what had happened.
In the same regard, I was
shocked tl}at Spaniards did not
react to the bombings in the same
way as did the American people
on September 11. Although they
were saddened by
-
the tragedy,
they continued with their regular
ro(ltines, knowing that a terrorist
threat existed, but understanding
that they had no control over
where the next bombings could
take place.
Madrid residents continued to
use all modes of transportation,
after they were reopened that
day. They didn't appear to be any
more or any less paranoid about
their surroundings, or use any
extra precautionary methods.
The nonchalant attitudes of the
Spanish probably reflect the fact
that for years, Spain has been
threatened by its own form of
internal
terrorism,
that
of
Euskadi Ti Atasuna or ETA, the
Basque separatist group which
has killed over 800 people since
1968 in its quest for its own sys-
tem of self-government in
the
north of Spain. In addition
,
Spaniards have endured two
world wars fought on their own
soil as recent\y as 1945.
The three days were declared
days of mourning to pay tribute
to the victims of the attacks, and
all schools were closed.
Madrilenos took to the streets
in protest of the attacks, with
more anti-war and anti-Bush slo-
gans than I had seen in the previ-
ous year, at the
beginning of the
War with Iraq while studying in
Spain.
In
one
of the largest manifesta-
tions in
Spanish
history,
over
10
million
Spaniards
marched
through major cities to express
their
discontent
about
the
gov-
ernment's political decisions ..
Signs
declaring
"Paz," or
peace, were plastered throughout
the main center of
Madrid
and
streams
of
red candles
flowed
through both Sol, in
the heart
of
the city, and the
RENFE
station
in Atocha, where some of the
bombs had exploded.
People
everywhere expressed
their sadness and grief over what
had occurred.
Mourners
hung
pink roses tied with black rib-
bons to commemorate the dead.
Newspapers
from the day of the
attacks and "Te quiero
Madrid"
memos were strewn
throughout
the streets
On Sunday, Election Day, there
was celebrating in the streets
after the
PSOE
was officially
declared the new ruling party,
STACEY CASWELL/
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CIRCLE
candles light the way In Sol, the heart of Madrid, for mourners and tourists who came to pay tribute to those
who perished In the attacks on several Ren Fe train stations
in
the
South of
Madrid on March
11.
with Luis
Rodriguez
Zapatero as
the winning presidential candi-
date.
For now, and with Zapatero's
promise to bring remaining machine will once again restore
Spanish troops home from Iraq,
peace to their country.
Spaniards linger in the hope that
the dawning of a new political
Marcuse'
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successful experimentation with varied media ...
continued from
page 9
However, h~ said what really
mattered was the image. He was
intrigued by the subjects of the
ph:otos themselves, which are
pieces of metal armor and
almost-as-restricting undergar
-
ments of centuries past.
"It's fascinating, and sensuous,
that's for sure," McKinney said.
"That's what makes it interest
-
ing."
Marcuse said she was interest-
ed in the subject of annor and
undergarments
because of its
longetivity,
as contrasted with
the
humrui form it i§ made to
house.
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'It's what is left when the body
is gone," she said.
Platinum prints are known for
their delicate tonal scales derived
from hand-coated noble metals
and printing on fine art
papers.
Modern black & white photo-
graphs are also known as
silver/gelatin prints where the
image is formed with silver
metal in a gelatin emulsion.
Almost all black & white prints
are made by using "factory-
made"
commercial
paper.
However
,
most platinum prints
are hand crafted. When one
refers to a
"
platinum print" it can
be inferred that it includes palla-
dium, as most prints have a com-
bination of the two prnciou§ met=
als.
Platinum/palladium printing
begins by first mixing the sensi-
tizer. Then the paper is coated,
dried, and pnnted with exposures
counted in minutes rather than
seconds. The last step is the final
processing of the print.
The
process can take an hour or
longer. The goal is to produce a
one-of-kind image of the highest
quality
.
Marcuse
said she finds this
laborious process enjoyable
because of the
rewarding
out-
come.
"I love the intimate scale and
the rich tones of the prints," she
said.
Marcuse photographed these
§Ubject§ in m1rneum archive§
both in the United States and in
England. She said she it was eas-
ier to get access to archives of
museums like the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York and
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military
mindset
is a prime
example of over-specialization, the
wealth of nations depleted, civilizations
going extinct - as though they had no
other choice. [Rome. The Third Reich.
The French Empire. The British Empire.]
.
WE
are not to behave like mindless rep-
tiles, mere eating machines. WE are not
supposed to be adaptable, learning some-
thing new when it comes along. Over-
specialization is a fatal response on
human plane, a
''tarpits of the
mind''
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the Higgins Armory Museum in
Massachusetts
because
a
Gugghenheim
Fellowship fund-
ed her project.
"Everyone takes you a little
more seriously," she said of the
grant.
"When you
·
have a
Gugghenheim Fellowship they
know that you 're really serious."
She
also said that in addition to
letting her do a very expensive
project with platinum printing,
the Fellowship also provides
morale boosts that artists need.
"Basically, you get a really big
ch~ck and
validation at the same
time," she said. "And that's what
artists need - money and valida-
tion."
Marcuse is currently
ffi
the
process of publishing a fin
1
e
art
book containing prints from her
"Undergarment& and Armor"
study. N azraeli Press has taken
on the project, which Marcuse
said was her first choice publish-
er because of their excellent
record of quality
.
"They just do beautiful fine art
photography books
-
it's very,
very specific," she said.
"I
thought of using University
Press, but you don't get the type
of beautiful fine art reproduc-
tions [as with fine art publishers
like Nazraeli]."
Marcuse said the book will be
out in late 2004 or early 2005
.
She also gave a talk on
"Undergarments and Armor
"
for
Marist's Fall Honors Lecture.
People familiar with Marcuse
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wort
were glad to see so much of
it displayed all together
.
Sheila
Moloney, groundswriter for Bard
College as well as a friend of
Marcuse'
s
, was impressed by the
collection.
"It's interesting to see similar
subject matter done in different
mediums, and with the different
techniques ~e uses," she said.
While examining
·
the steel
corsets and wire bustles depicted
in "Undergarments
,
" Moloney
said she is appreciative of the
styles that exist today, as
opposed to those
·
of times past.
"
When I look at this, I'm so
happy I was born in this genera-
tion!" she said.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004
maristcircle.com
PAGE 9
,
Photos resonate through rich tones and evolved theme
By
KATE GIGLIO
A&E Editor
Tanya
Marcuse's
relatively tiny
photographs are like
specks
of
pepper
in the
vast
spaces of the
Marist College Art Gallery
although the space is more often
used for large pieces of artwork.
Even the stretching white walls
of the gallery fail to devour prints
that are mostly all smaller than a
piece of computer paper.
In
the
platinum-hued
monochromes
and vibrantly textured, modified
Polaroids, an evolution within
the themes of Marcuse's work
can be seen.
The exhibition, which opened
on Thursday, Mar.
25,
is titled
simply,
were mostly sort
of
fairy tale
things for them."
She said she' originally pho-
tographed Eve, now 7, and Abby,
5, dressed up in their fantastical
costumes, but gradually moved
on to the more symbolic aspect
of the subject matter.
"I first started photographing
my kids dressed up, but I pre-
ferred the more sort of iconic
abstract [phot6graphs] of just the
fabrics," Marcuse said.
This ideological progression,
Marcuse said, led to the photo-
graphs of different fabrics in this
section
to
represent the idea
of
the bodily structure with fanciful
undertones.
"It
was sort of that same idea of
transforming
fabrics
into
" T a n y a
Marcuse:
Photographs
1993
2004."
The
display con-
•it's amazing how sensual it
is, a piece of fabric and the
way it works with the body.'
these fantasy-
type things,"
Marcuse said.
Ansell said
sists of dif-
ferent collec-
tions of pho-
tographs that Marcuse has shot
during the past eleven years.
Attendees of the exhibition open-
ing were impressed by the physi-
cal size of the prints and the
artistic maturation of Marcuse's
work.
"You see the evolution of her
work, that it revolves around the
same subject matter," Amy
Ansell, Bard sociology profes-
sor, said. "You can see the conti-
nuity across the different [collec-
tions]."
The exhibition evokes corpore-
al themes with a whimsical air,
loosely tying all the work togeth-
er with the idea of fabrics and
coverings.
Marcuse said her
inspiration for.the "Textiles" por-
tion of the exhibition was a result
of her daughters' imaginations.
"It
started when I saw my
daughters play with
these
chintzy fabrics that I had given
them, she said. "It was interest-
ing to see them transforming
these tacky things into anything
they wanted them to be, which
that Marcuse
- Amy
Ansell
captured
the
dynamic
between
the
body and its coverings.
"It's amazing how
sensual
it is,
a piece of fabric and the way it
works with the body," she said.
Some of Marcuse's early work
is featured, which includes pho-
tographs of the human
body,
all
nude. This is representative of
the core of Marcuse's study- the
body as the framework on which
fabrics hang.
If
these nude photographs
are
one extreme, representing the
raw tangibility of the human
body, then Marcuse's Polaroid
emulsion transfers are the other,
indicative of the fabric taking on
a human form yet still remaining
an abstract depiction of it.
With emulsion transfers, the
photographer
actually
cooks the
image off of the Polaroid picture
and places it on practically any-
thing he or she wants. Imagine
dropping a Polaroid into a pot of
boiling water and having the
'epidermis' of the photo separate
from
its backing, and then taking
that skin and applying it to a new
surface.
Marcuse said the
process
allowed a
transformation
where
the medium
virtually
became
the
subject.
''The emulsion
transfer
itself
is this
membrane
or
piece
of skin," she said.
Marcuse
said she
stumbled upon the
concept of emul-
sion transfers.
"I was actually
looking
for some-
thing new to teach
my students," she
said:
Marcuse is an
adjunct professor
at
Simon's Rock
College of Bard,
where she initially
became interested
in photography as a
student.
The pieces in this
section of the exhi-
bition are vibrantly
colored, a depar-
ture from the mon-
otones in
her
other
work.
Marcuse said
she
enjoyed
employing
new
techniques in her
work.
"The Polaroid
emulsion transfers
are totally different
from anything I'd
done," she said.
"It
was an experience;
having
this nice
departure from this
process I [usually]
do."
The postcard-
sized
platinum
prints
in
the
"Undergarments
and Armor" collec-
tion surprised ama-
TANYA
MARCUSE
/
THE
CIRCLE
Four of the platinum prints in the ·undergarments and Armor" collection of Tanya Marcuse's exhibition of photographs, on
display In the
Marlst
College
Art
Gallery
until
Apr. 24th. Clockwise
from
top
left:
•cage Crinoline,
1870s;;
"Medieval
Helmet,
14th
Centu~; •wrapped Armor"; "Maximilian Helmet, 1510".
·
teur
photographer,
website
developer, and former Dutchess
Community College
co-profes-
sor
of Marcuse, John McKinney.
"I'm amazed by
the
size of the
prints,"
McKinney
said.
"Usually, you see something big-
ger."
However, he said what
really
mattered
was the image.
He was
intrigued by
the
subjects of
the
SEE
MARCUSE,
PAGE 8
Patchett's
·
lyrical
·
prose recounts an
exciting, if perhaps
farfetched,
story
The cover of Patchett's novel,
In
which
the multifaceted story
is
told
through the author's fluid and poetic writing style.
By
SARAH GUNNER
Staff
Writer
The terrorists have
come only for
the president,
Masuda,
who at
the last moment bowed
out of
Hostages,
t
errorism,
opera and
attending
in
order
to
watch his
love: all of these are prevalent
favorite soap opera
in his own
themes in Ann Patchett's fourth home
.
novel
Bel
Canto.
Patchett man-
The
terrorists are
left
with
no
ages to
combine
these
seemingly other options: without the presi
-
unrelated topics into
a
novel that dent
in attendance, they
take
the
is
strange
ly
captivating and entire party filled
with hundreds
breathtakingly beautiful.
of
people from
Patchett weaves
together a
novel
that is more
about love
than
the terror that it begins with
.
While the
plot
is
at
times
far-
fetched,
the reader realizes
that it
is
not
the
plot that matters,
but
the complex
human
relationships
that
are formed through the
hostage
experience.
Her
words
resonate
as powerfully as the
opera
that this
The novel begins inconspicu
-
several differ
-
ously with a kiss.
Roxanne
ent countries
Coss,
a renowned American hostage
.
As
opera
singer,
has
just finished a
the
hostage
performance in an unnamed
situation drags
South American
country
in the
on for
months,
home of that
country's
vice
pres-
the
distinc-
ident. She has been contracted to
·
tions
between
sing
because a Japanese
busi
-
hostage
and
nessman,
Mr.
Hosokawa, is
an
terrorist slow-
ardent
fan of
opera
and
the
coun
-
ly disintegrate.
While the
plot Is at times
far-
fetched,
the
reader realizes
that
it
Is
not the
plot
that mat-
ters, but the complex
human
relatlonships that are formed
through
the
hostage
experl-
book centers
around, and
her
portrayal
of characters
is excellent.
She
forces
the
reader to feel
sympathy for
.the
leader
of
ence.
try
is throwing him a birthday
While
all of
party
in the hopes that he
will
the
people know that the situa
-
build
some factories
to
boost
the
tion will never
be resolved
poor economy.
peacefully, many wish that the
As her last
aria ends,
the
li
ghts world would simply forget about
in the house
extinguish and
them
and
leave
them in the vice
RoxanI).e's
accompanist kisses president's
house
forever. The
her. This
strong
display
of
love
relationships
that
develop, and
contrasts
with the
event that
the
surprising bonds between
immediately follows: the
over-
hostages
and terrorists alike,
taking
of
the
vice president's
make
for a book that is
both
house by
a group of
terrorists.
compelling and provocative.
the terrorists
just as she
shows
the
power
Roxanne
Coss wields
over the entire
house
with
her
magical voice.
The only downfall of the book
is
its unbelievable plot.
It is
extremely
hard
to imagine a
group of terrorists allowing
bonds to form between
·
them-
selves and
hostages,
just as it is
extremely
hard to
imagine
the
terrorists
not
turning
violent
after months of stagnant negotia
-
tions.
It
is also fairly far-fetched
that the hostages
did
not rebel or
try
to
escape after
months of
incarceration,
but
instead
many
actually began to enjoy
the
situa-
tion.
Patchett's writing style is very
similar to
that
of
Michael
Cunningham or
Isabelle Allende.
Her writing style is fluid and
almost poetic, invoking emotion
from
the reader
due to
the ren
-
derings of
her
characters
and
their
strong personal
_
ities.
She
captures the
different
nationali-
ties of
the hostages perfectly,
ranging from
Russian
to French
to
Spanish to American
.
Bel canto, translated from
the
Italian, means beautiful
song.
Patchett
'
s writing and rendering
of characters is as beaut
i
ful as
the title
of the novel,
and it
is
a
difficult novel to put down
and
forget once it has ended. Patchett
truly
understands
the inner
workin
g
s of
the human heart
and
has
managed to convey this
in
a
book that is
never
quite
what
it
seems.































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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, APRIL
1,
2004
•
PAGE
10
John Mayer and Guster 'play' at West Point
Both put on top performances, leaving the audience satisfied, but wanting more
Guster was
available to sign auto-
graphs after their set The line
snaked around the room, as ador-
ing fans hoped to spend a few sec-
onds with the band.
Above,
John
Mayer per-
forms to the
crowd
In
Eisenhower
Hall at West
Point, March 21. Mayer
performed
14
songs, which
Included hits from his lat-
est CD
'Heavier Things'
as
well
as
his last CD
'Room
for Squares.'
By
DOROTHEA LARRABEE
Circle Contributor
.
To many, West Point is only
associated with the "all work and
no play" ethic of cadet life.
However, after the John Mayer
and Guster concert on March 21,
West Point should be associated
with great live shows as well as
hard working cadets.
On the last night of spring
break, while most people were
unpacking and visiting friends,
John Mayer and Gustir per-
formed in concert at Eisenhower
Hall, at West Point. The concert
began at 7:30 p.m. with Guster, a
relatively old band with four
albums under their belt, playing
"Happier," off 1999's Lost and
Gone Forever.
Next was a definite crowd and
band favorite, "Airport Song,"
from 1998's Gold.fly. After an
upbeat "Barrel of a Gun," lead
singer and guitarist Ryan, clad in
a t-shirt and jeans, exclaimed,
"Do you feel as
underdressed
as
I do?" amidst the sea of formally
dressed West Pointers.
Next, Guster treated the audi-
ence to two songs off their latest
album, Keep it Together, entitled
"Backyard" and "Homecoming
King
.
" They finished the set with
an older, but very popular "Fa
Fa."
After asking the crowd if any-
one had ever heard of them, it
was apparent that they had
underestimated their popularity.
Once they finished the set, the
band signed autographs in a sep-
arate conference room behind
the theatre. The line snaked
around the entire room. It was
obvious that many girls and guys
were in love with Guster that
night.
As Mayer took the stage,
teenage girls shrieked wildly in
anticipation of his first song.
Along with Mayer's popularity,
his
band
has also grown. When
he performed in November 2003,
his band had consisted of four
members. By the night of March
21 the
band
grown to eight mem-
.
bers, including backup singers
and horn players.
Despite
this obvious growth in
backup, Mayer faced no compe-
tition as fans screamed out "I
want your babies!" and "I love
you, John!" to which a modest
Mayer replied "I love you, too."
Mayer's 14 song set
·
on the
Heavier Things tour could have
been called his "Room for
Squares
Tour Repeated," since
he played seven favorites from
Room for Squares
and only six
from the newest CD Heavier
Things,
including one unreleased
song. He started his set with the
first song on his new album,
"Clarity," a jazzy number remi-
niscent of his earlier release
"Neon."
He switched back and forth
between albums playing "Why
Georgia,"
"Something's
Missing," "Great Indoors," his
breakthrough hit "No Such
Thing," "Daughters," and his
newest single "Bigger Than My
Body." Mayer proved to be a
tease when he said "This is a
song
called 'Comfortable"' then
proceeded to play "My Stupid
Mouth."
It was obvious Mayer loves to
play his many guitars when he
improvised a five-minute instru-
mental jam followed by a 15
minute extended version of
"Come Back To Bed." After an
enthused rendition of the begin-
ning of the B-52's "Love Shack,"
Mayer proved that it had the
same drumbeat as his own song,
"Only Heart."
The show concluded with
another extended favorite of
"Your Body is a Wonderland"
and closed with "83." He was
obviously expecting an encore,
since he left the stage
·
with "I'll
see you in a few minutes."
After a few minutes of clapping
and screaming, Mayer and his
band returned to the stage. He
warned the audience that the next
song could be his "bathroom
break
"
song, since it was an
unreleased and unknown song.
The song itself was catchy, with
simple lyrics of "I don't trust
myself with you, I don't trust
ntyself loving you."
The last
song,
Room for
Squares'
"Neon," was a crowd favorite
and a great way to end dynamic
performances from two diverse
artists.
Guster and Mayer clearly
proved their worth to many loyal
fans and won over countless new
ones, as every person leaving the
theater seemed to
.
be sporting a
Guster or John
.
Mayer t-shirt.
The concert was well performed
and enjoyable, as both bands per-
formed tight, talented sets that
left the audience satisfied and
confident in the musical talent of
both Guster and John Mayer.
You
won't want to erase your memories of Eternal Sunshine
BY ANNA TAWFIK
Circle Contributor
"Would you erase me?" serves
as the tagline for Michel
Gondry's (of Bjork music video
fame) Eternal Sunshine of the
Spotless Mind.
This is exactly what Joel
Barish
'
s (Jim Carrey) ex-girl-
friend, Clementine Kruczynski,
does to him after an argument.
Joel's blue-haired ingenue (Kate
Winslet
~
who loses her English
accent for the role) is his polar
opposite in nearly every regard,
including her fascination with
her collection of potato dolls.
The nearly inexhaustible
vibrancy of Clementine serves as
the perfect tableau to paint Joel
against
,
as he is unadorned
.
Hilarity
_
and complications
ensue as Joel_undergoes the same
procedure to erase her with the
help of Dr. Howard Mierzwiak.
It is during the "brain map"
process
,
performed
by
Clementine's current boyfriend,
Patrick (Elijah Wood), that Joel
realizes he does not want to for-
ever lose these memories of his
Cross of the television show,
Arrested Development,
you are
sure to laugh. Especially at the
insane antics that Clementine
and Joel go through as they try to
outrun "the erasers" by going to
places they are sure to not find
them: Joel's childhood and the
ex as he relives each memory
·
humiliation portion of his brain.
with her from most recent b~ck-
Without giving away too much,
wards
.
we learn that Clementine and
With a cameo from David Joel are not the only ones who
have had this "brain damaging"
process done to erase a selected
portion of his/her brain.
This dark comedy is a mixture
of suspense (Will Joel be able to
wake up in time to stop the
process from completely elimi-
nating Clementine from his
brain?), humor, and brain-teasing
disjunctive directing as well as
plot.
Overall, the movie is a must-
see that will leave you pondering
the question, "Would you com-
pletely and utterly obliterate a
person from your mind?"
The query posed by the
Alexander Pope poem where the
title of the movie originates,
seems like a simple one, but after
seeing this movie you might have
to think t"Yice.
Young Joss
Stone predicted to be newest, and cutest, breakthrough artist
By TIM BRUDEREK
Circle Contributor
I want to marry Joss Stone
.
Joss is a 16
-
year
-
old female
singer from England who sings
soul music. In 2003, she released
.
the album "The Soul Sessions
,"
·
which featured 10 cover songs
that she has made her own
.
Some
are old
,
classic
s
and little-known
soul gems
;
others are contempo-
.
:rary songs that she has given a
soulful twist. Either way
,
this girl
can sing
.
Upon first listen, you would
never guess that the powerful
vocals belting out these neo-soul
tunes belong to a teenage white
girl. Stone fits right in with the
likes of Aretha Franklin, Angie
Stone, and Betty Wright (who
helped produce and sing backup
vocals on the album)
,
and though
she is young, there
is
a deep
maturity in her voice.
Another reason why I want to
marry Joss Stone is that she is
beautiful. She is a blonde-haired,
blue-eyed beauty who is real.
She does not have fake boobs
,
she does not wear layers of
makeup, and she does not wear
rubber suits while parading her
·
goods all over the stage. Stone is
'
female album of the year. The
songs are delicate, but her vocals
and the quality of the session
naturally pretty
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but does not use
Joss
Stone
is the new voice
make
them
her look~ to ~et
of popular music. She has
strong.
The
by
.
This
girl
album is not
relies on her
tal-
turned
soul Into pop and
very polished;
ent alone.
pop
into
something deep
it has a raw-
Joss Stone is
and rich.
ness
and
the new voice of
stripped-down
popular music
.
feel-to it.
She has turned soul into pop and
Joss has picked the perfect
pop into something deep and songs to add her melodic, sultry
rich. Her album "The Soul voice to. She had a breakthrough
Sessions
"
is easily the best hit with her reinterpretation of
the White Stripes' "Fell In Love
With A Boy." You have to sit
down for this one. She has turned
a mediocre song into a breathtak-
ing,
knock-you-off-your-feet
masterpiece.
Other standout tracks include
the upbeat, funk-flavored "Super
Duper Love," the sassy, female-
empowering "Dirty · Man," and
the gorgeous "I Had A Dream,"
which itself is very dreamlike
.
Every song on this album is
exquisite, and the strength and
sheer power of her silky voice
will blow you away on every
track.
As she sings in "For The Love
Of You," Joss is 'smoother than a
gentle breeze and soft as candy,'
and that is why she would be a
perfect match for me. She is
beautiful, extremely talented
,
and she seems ni~. Sure, she's
only 16, but I am willing to wait
a few years before we tie the
knot. Hopefully on her sopho-
more album, you will hear Joss
crooning seductive ballads about
her new husband, Tim Bruderek
.
Matt Hoff
er showcases
lllUsical
abilities
in hulllorous SGA performance
By
LOUIS P. ORTIZ Ill
Assistant Editor
A
g
uitar rift wa
s
not the o
n
ly
sound coming out of the
Performing Arts Room (PAR) on
Wednesday night when the
Student Pro
gr
ammin
g
Council
(SPC) introduc
e
d Matt Hoffer.
The 27-year-old up-and-com-
ing performer broke out on the
Marist scene to a small yet ener
-
getic
c
rowd of 20 student
s.
His
style of hard ro
c
k and alt
e
rnative
"
colle
ge"
rock set the sta
g
e for a
night full o
f
ex
ci
tement.
Hoffer's dry humor proved to
be a factor needed for relaxing
the
s
tudent body. By making fun
of himself, he de
s
cribed his rea-
sons for writing songs.
"I have the attention span of a
five-year-old
,
"
Hoffer
said.
"
Trying to get someone who
would never even look my way
was the motivation behind writ-
in
g
this son
g
. I call it "Never
Comfortable
,
" he said.
Adding to the list of fe
s
tiviti
es,
Hoffer llttem})ted to p
e
rform cov
-
er
s
from
the
albums
of
re
s
p
ec
table
musicians
like
Vertical Horizon and the Beatles
.
In a world full of
c
ompetitive
,
individuals
s
triving to reach
s
tar-
dom, Matt Hoffer gave it hi
s
all,
performin
g s
even
s
in
g
le
s
that he
wrote himself.
Of these son
g
s, "Lov
e
and
War
,"
"All-American White
Boy,
" "
Standin
g
Ei
g
ht Count,"
and "Pretty Boy Jones
"
demon-
strated the potential he po
s
se
s
se
s
toward a solo career.
R
ig
ht now
,
he i
s
workin
g
on
his first solo album
.
He plans to
relea
s
e 12 tracks and po
ss
ibly
work with a supportin
g
staff.
"I am currently writing on var-
ious songs and hoping to work
with a bass player and drummer
that will add to the mix," Hoffer
said. "Honestly, I know this
process will take a long time
since so much time and money
are spent when recording in a
studio," he said.
Originally from Chicago
,
Hoffer is making every attempt
to move around the college cir-
cuit and build his credibility with
the people that his music genre
represents
.
Kristen Hu
g
ger
,
the new pr
e
si
-
dent of SPC, was disappointed
with the turnout. "There wasn't
as large of a turnout as we had
hoped for, but Hoffer put a great
show for the people who were
there," she said. "He is a very
talented, skilled guitarist' and I
wish more people could have
been there to see him."
Listeners felt that the night
went well and it gave people a
chance to enjoy live music. "I
thought it was good times," frosh
Patrick Hull said
.
"I did not stay
for the entire show, but the two
songs I did hear were ex
c
ellent.
He definitely has skills," he said
.
Hoff er reflected on his per-
formance and the crowd reaction
with a carefree attitude
,
which
showed how excited he was to be
performing at Marist.
"I'm like a human karaoke
machine," he said. "A smaller
crowd is a better time. I would
not mind working with a larger
crowd
,
but a smaller crowd
allows for more interaction and it
gives me a chance to play differ-
ent songs I would not normally
play," he said.















































































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,
2004 •
PAGE 11
Men's lacrosse team cruises to 9-5 victory
By
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
Brian Diele netted four goals
and Steve Gravino was solid in
net as the Red Foxes men's
lacrosse team cruised to a stress-
free 9-5 victory over Mt. St.
Mary's on Mar. 27 at Leonidoff
Field.
The Foxes simply controlled
most of the possession and had
virtually all of the scoring oppor-
tunities in the game.
Though it was not a close
game, it was one that was quite
successful for the Red Foxes
who made a statement that under
interim
head
coach
Andy
Copelan, the team is now a con-
tender in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference. Mari st is
looking to return to the playoffs
for the first time since the 2000
season.
The team went a long way
towards earning a berth in the
playoffs with their win over the
defending MAAC champion
Mountaineers. Though not as
potent of a team as they were a
season ago, Mt. St. Mary's has
been the class of the league since
its inception in 1996, winning
three league crowns, and antici..:
pated to be a contender this year.
However, the loss dropped the
Greyhounds to 1-3 in the
MAAC.
The win moves Marist to 2-0 in
the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference and 3-2 overall.
After the Mountaineers scored
the first goal midway through the
first quarter, the Foxes took con-
trol of the game by unleashing
four unanswered. Diele tied the
game with just over four minutes
left in the first. Then he made it
2-1 less than a minute later.
Pat Van Horne and Andrew
Walsh tallied goals early in the
second quarter to make it 4-1.
The Mountaineers scored a pair
DORY LARABEE
/
THE
CIRC!;E
The Red
Foxes lacrosse team
is
off to a 2-0
start
In
the MAAC after
defeating
Mt
Saint
Mary 9-5 on March 27. The team
Is
3-2 overall.
of goals late in the half to draw to
within 4-3, but they couldn't get
any closer.
Marist outscored Mt. St. Mary's
_
5-2 in the game's second half
.
Sophomore Steve Gravino fin-
ished with 14 saves -
including
seven in the fourth quarter to pre-
serve the win.
Marist is next in action Apr. 3
at Army, before returning home
to face MAAC foe Canisius at
7pm on Apr. 7. The Foxes were
scheduled to play at non-leagtle
opponent, Leh
i
gh on Mar. 31.
Marist baseball takes two of three from Stags
By
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff
Writer
The Red Foxes baseball team is
picking up right where it left off
in the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference during the previous
six seasons.
In
the process, the
team is raising hopes after a less
than promising stretch of non-
conference games to open the
season.
Marist used a pair of superb
pitching performances from
Scott Chambers and Lucas
Robinson, winning two of three
at Fairfield last weekend, to open
MAACplay.
After dropping the first game of
tile series 5-1, on Mar. 2
7
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Foxes
won
the night£ap
of
the
doubleheader
1-0 in extra The 5-1 would be more than
innings. Marist then shutout the
Stags 6-0 on Mar. 28 to finish the
weekend series.
Sophomore catcher Bryan
Towler hit .364, including a dou-
ble, home run and three
RBI
to
pace the Foxes at the plate in the
series.
Junior
first basemen
Kevin Buck went 3-for-7 at the
plate and added a double during
the weekend.
On the mound, George Heath,
Scott Chambers and Lucas
Robinson combined to hold the
Stags to only a
.177
team batting
average in the series, not to men-
tion the two shutouts.
In the opener of the series, the
§tags scored four runs in the bot-
tom of the fifth to snap a 1-1
tie.
enough for Tom Maisano who
picked up the win on the mound
.
Meanwhile, junior George Heath
suffered the loss for Marist,
allowing the five runs, only three
of which were earned, over eight
innings.
Marist would come back, how-
ever, to win a thrilling 1-0 extra
inning affair in the second game
of the doubleheader. The game
actually went nine innings, but
was scheduled for seven, which
is customary for the second game
of doubleheaders in the
MAAC.
In
the top of the ninth, Eric
Johnson drew a leadoff walk to
start the scoring chance. The
chance though appeared to have
been severely hampered when
Foxes men's tennis team defeats
Coastal Carolina over spring break
By
PAUL SEACH
Sports Editor
While many students were
relaxing at home
or
at the beach
during spring break, the Marist
men's tennis team headed to
Hilton Head, S.C. to play Coastal
Carolina.
However, the team had no com-
plaints as Marist won against a
top 25
·
team in the country,
downing Coastal
Carolina
4-3.
Coach Tim Smith said this was
an important win.
"This was the best win in the
history
of our program," he said.
Co-captain Chris
Hagan
who
won a crucial match
in
the num-
ber one singles, defeating Simon
Taylor
7-6,
6-1, led the team to
victory.
Hagan
said this match was spe-
cial to him.
"This is the biggest win I've
had so far," he said. "We played
them last year and won pretty
easily."
Regardless
of last year's game,
being able to play a prestigious
team like Coastal Carolina
demonstrates
Marist's
ability to
play with the top teams.
"A win of this magnitude is a
credit to the hard work of the
players of the team," Smith said.
"One only needs to take a look at
our scores to note the intensity
and closeness of the matches.
After falling behind and drop-
ping the first set, Nick Bass
defeated Florentine Meyne 3-6,
6-4, 7-6 (9-7).
In doubles, Bass and Mark
Santucci defeated Taylor and
Andy Caress 8-3. In number
_
three singles, Alain Boletta and
Ray Josephs defeated Ryan Vrba
and Adler 9-8(9)
.
The team's next game is at the
Dutchess Raquet club on Friday,
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, APRIL
1,
2004
maristclrcle.com
"The college is grateful for Dave's
18 years of service as a coach.
Dave Magarity has always been a
class act and as a college commu-
nity we are glad to h~ve h¥1J still
be a' part of OU~ athletics
.
pro-
gram."
, ,
- Dr. Dennis J. Murray
President
PAGE 12
Magarity no .longer Foxes head coach after 18 years
By
PAUL SEACH
Sports Editor
After 18 years as head coach of
the Marist men's basketball team,
Dave Magarity has decided to
accept a position in the depart-
ment of athletics and resign ·as
head coach.
The announcement came at a
press conference on Tuesday in
the Mccann center.
Marist College President,
Dr.
Dennis
J.
Murray, said he is
appreciative of Magarity's serv-
ice as the Foxes' head coach.
"The college is grateful for
Dave's 18 years of service as a
coach," he said. "Dave Magarity
has always been a class act and
as a college community we
are
glad to have him still be a part of
our athletics program."
The decision to step down was
made by both Magarity and Tim
Murray, the athletic director.
"Over the past three weeks or
so, as I do with all- our athletic
programs, I've been in the
process of evaluating
our
men's
basketball program both from a
current perspective and a future
direction where we want our pro-
gram to go," Tim Murray said.
"It is at this time that Dave and I
mutually agreed that it is in
everyone's best interest that he
(Magarity) ~ove from his
coach's role to one within my
athletic administration."
It is not known what Magarity's
new position will be, however
Murray will attempt to solidify
Magarity's athletic role within
the Marist community in the
upcoming weeks.
Magarity, who spoke after
Murray, said he enjoyed his
experience as head coach of the
Red Foxes.
"It's been a tremendous experi-
ence (here) these past 18 years,"
he said. "My family and
I
have a
great experience ... I would like
to thank President Murray who
hired me."
At
a press conference at
the
Mccann Center
on
Tuesday,
Dave
Magartty
announced
he
is
step-
ping down as head coach of the
Foxes
after 18 years.
Magarity also thanked various
other members of the athletic
department including his assis-
tant coaches who are also at risk
of being reassigned.
"Obviously the new coach will
bring in his own staff ,
1
'
Murray
said. "I will meet with [the assis-
reason for Magarity being let go,
tant coaches] and explain to them and Tim Murray said he was not
what the college will do for planning to do so during the sea-
them."
As far as the new coach is con-
cerned, Tim Murray emphaszed
that Marist will find someone
who will meet Marist's academic
and athletic standards.
"One of the things
I
will clear-
ly be looking at is someone who
will understand recruiting and
who understands that it is a clear
priority," he said.
The new coach will also be
expected to communicate clearly
with the athletes, to understand
the game of basketball and to
maintain academic success from
the student-athletes.
This season was not the best for
Magarity or the team, going 6-22
overall. The Siena Saints elimi-
nated the team for the third
straight season in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
tournament.
This past season was not the
son.
"All programs go through an
evaluation," he said. "I think it
would be inappropriate to think
that way until the end of the sea-
son."
Magarity began coaching at
Marist during the 1986-1987 sea-
son, leading the school to its first
20-win season at 20-10. His first
season also marked the school's
second straight NCAA tourna-
ment appearance, the last time
the men's team took part in the
festivities.
In 1996, Magarity led the Red
Foxes to a National Invitational
Tournament appearance. It was
during that season the team
achieved its highest winning per-
centage of .759, while going 22-
7. Two seasons ago, he was
named the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference coach of the
year when the team won 19
games as well as sharing the reg-
ular season
MAAC
title.
Magarity was also successful
off the court, with over 90 per-
cent of his student-athletes earn-
ing college degrees. During his
tenure at Marist, 24 players went
on to become professionals, with
11 currently playing in various
countries.
Magarity began bead coaching
23 years ago at his alma mater St.
Francis (PA). He started as an
assistant coach, and three years
later, was named the team's head
coach. Magarity guided them to
a 17-10 record, the first winning
season for the school at that time
in approximately 12 years. At the
time and tender age of 27, he was
the
youngest Division I coach in
the nation.
During his career, Magarity has
won 313 games. His overall
record at Marist stands at 253-
259.
The school is currently looking
for Magarity's replacement.
Women went dancing in Tempe, Arizona
Hanging
around
In the Wells Fargo Arena
In
Arizona,
the
Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference Champion Lady
Red
Foxes enthuslastlcally anticipate
their
matchup against the Lady Sooners.
By
RYAN MCGHEE
and 11 rebounds. Rush made 7-
0klahoma Daily (U. Oklahoma)
of-11 shots from the floor and
all nine free throws she attempt-
(U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -
ed.
No. three seed has ever lost to a
14 seed in the Women's NCAA
Tournament, and Oklahoma
freshman forward Leah Rush
·
made sure it stayed that way
Saturday night.
Senior guard Maria Villarroel
and senior forward Caton Hill
were held well below their sea-
son averages, but Rush had a
career-high 23 points in OU's
first-round game agai/tst Marist.
She also had four rebounds.
"It
was a close game and we
needed some points," Rush said.
"My teammates were getting me
open and I was trying to knock
them down."
OU advanced to the second
round of the tournament with a
58-45 win over Marist Saturday
night in Tempe, Ariz. The
Sooners advanced to play
Stanford on Monday. The
Cardinal defeated Missouri, 68-
44, on Saturday night.
Hill ended the game with six
·
points
.
Villarroel had 12 points
The Sooners started the game
on a 14-2 run only to see Marist
cut the lead to three. OU led 28-
23 at the half.
"We knew that when they
fought back we had to step up,"
Coale said. ''We've been put in
that situation before, and
I
think
we handled it well."
After the break, OU looked
like they put the Red Foxes
away with a 14-0 run to start the
second half.
However, Marist answered
and cut the OU lead to five with
four minutes to play. Rush
answered the Marist rally with
four points in 30 seconds.
The Sooners ended the game
with a 10-3 run. OU made 23-
of-24 free-throw attempts.
Stephanie Del Preore led the
Red Foxes with 12 points.
Marist
College athletic
department
press release
The Marist College women's
basketball team played its first-
ever NCAA Tournament game
at Wells Fargo Arena in Tempe
AZ,
this evening, falling to the
number three seed jn the
Midwest Region, 58-45. The
number 14 seeded Red Foxes
finished the 2003-04 season
with a 20-11 record.
The Sooners (24-8) opened a
game-high 20-point lead, 47-27,
with 9:22 remaining in the
game, and seemed to have put
the Red Foxes away, but that
was not to be.
Marist scored the next 15
points in the game over the next
5
:
16 to close to within five
points, 47-42 with 4:06 to play
in the game. After a successful
free throw and a jumper with
3:07 to play by the Sooners,
Megan Vetter hit a pair of free
throws to make
it
a two-posses-
sion game, with 2:45 to play,
50-44. Oklahoma pulled away
by making 4-4 from the free
.
throw line in the final 1:57, and
out scored Marist 8-1 in the
final 2:45 of play.
Marist was solid defensively,
forcing 21 Sooner turnovers
.
Offensively, the Red Foxes had
an assist on 11 of their 15 field
goals in the game.
Lady Sooners' stand-out sen-
ior forward Caton Hill said the
Lady Foxes' team had a differ-
ent playing style than most
1
l'm
extremely proud of
our kids. They came back
from deficits and really
put a scare to them. They
did
everything
I
asked
them to do.'
national teams.
- Brian Glogls
Head
Coach
"They
are
a totally different
team than playing a Big-12
team," she said. "Everyone
knows how to play, and you
have to be aware all the time or
they are going to make you
pay."
Marist dominated the offen-
sive boards, pulling in 12, while
allowing Oklahoma just four
offensive boards
.
The Sooners
won the overall battle on the
glass, 42-32.
Senior forward Stephanie Del
Preore said that although Marist
had difficulty with their Big-12
opponent, there were some pos-
itive things on which to relfect.
"Things just weren't falling for
us," she said. "We were playing
well together and had good
defense--we limited them to
four offense rebounds but things
just weren't falling for us."
Stephanie Del Preore paced
the Marist effort with 12 points
and six boards. Kerry Sullivan
played 20 minutes off of the
bench for the Red Foxes, scor-
ing 10 points, including 7-10
from the free throw line.
Marist went to the line 14
times, and connected 10 times
.
Oklahoma was nearly perfect
from the line, going 23-24 in the
contest, including 12-13 in the
second half.
The Red Foxes struggled at
the start of both halves, as
Oklahoma opened the first half
10-0, and a 12-0 run in the sec-
ond half. Marist took 4:42 to
score in the first half, scoring its
first NCAA point on a Kristin
Keller lay-up, with an assist
from Maureen Magarity.
Alisa Kresge tied a career-high
with four steals in the game,
while dishing out three assi~ts,
and pulling down five boards.
Vetter finished with seven
points and four boards, while
Magarity added six points.
Despite the game's outcome,
Lady Foxes' head coach Brian
Giorgis said he was pleased
with his team's effort.
"I'm extremely proud of our
kids today," he said. "They
came back from deficits and
really put a scare to them. They
did everything I asked them to
do."
The 2003-04 season was one
of numerous firsts for the Red
Foxes, as they earned their
NCAA berth on the strength of
winning the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
Tournament and regular season
titles.
It was Marist's first winning
season in 11 years and their sec-
ond 20-win season in program
history.