VOLUME 58, ISSUE 6
FOUNDED IN 1965
TliURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004
Opponents tackle domestic issues as November nears
By
ANNE
RUSSELL
Circle Contributor
With
the overwhelming close-
ness
of the upcoming presiden-
tial election, some voters are still
unsure of how they will decide.
Short
trips,
extended
learning
By
SARA NYLIN
Staff Writer
Marist International Programs
has created the opportunity for
students
to see the world
with
seven new short-term
winter
intersession abroad programs,
but they will only succeed
if
there are enough students
who
sign up.
The programs offered are
Barbados, Brazil,
Chile,
London,
Portugal, Puerto Rico and the
Dominican
Republic
and
Trinidad and Tobago.
Each
course
is
designed to substitute
for one of several major course
requirements, allowing
students
from any major or
class (except
freshmen)
to
participate.
Most of the programs are
fair-
ly wide-ranging, but
a few,
like
the London trip, are much more
specific.
Richard Grinnell,
asso-
ciate professor of
E
n
glish and
program director,
said
that his
goal was to
have students
watch
and learn all
about
Shakespeare
in his own country.
"It's an opportunity as we
get
Qigger and
students get
better to
g-ive
them new things to do and
new ways of learning,"
said
Grinnell.
The
Chile
program
is only
ava
il
ab
l
e
as a
graduate
business
course
and
is the
only
one
-
week
trip.
Ba!bados
is
listed as
a psy-
chology course at either
the
graduate
or undergraduate level.
The other
trips cover majors
such
as
history,
English,
Spanish, communications,
politi-
cal strategies, and
international
studies.
Many
students
are not
aware
of
the many options that
are avail-
able
for
them this winter
.
With
the deadlines
for
deposits
and
l,lpplications
tentatively
set at
October 15
for all
programs, the
minimal
awareness may affect
the participation.
Since each trip
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ABROAD, PAGE 4
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For young
voters,
most of presidential debates,
issues
were
whom have never voted in
.a
raised hoping to sway the unde-
presidential election, obtaining cided voters.
John
Kerry
sought
accurate information is
crucial.
to put to rest the assertion that he
According to the Gallup Poll, is a
"flip-flopper"
unable to take
Kerry is ahead, 50 to 48 percent, a strong stand on issues, as sug-
as of October 9-11. In the recent gested by the Bush
campaign.
The debates
were
the first oppor-
tunity for
voters,
especially
young voters, to see the
candi-
dates go head-to-head discussi1Jg
the issues.
Students on the Marist campus
are
somewhat
undecided as to
who they believed won the
debate.
Freshman
Adam
Katzenback said although he
felt
Kerry may have won the first
debate, the second was much
closer.
He criticized Kerry's
vagueness.
"All [Kerry]
said
was, 'I'm
going to do it differently,"' he
said. He didn't say what he
would
do."
Although
Katzenback said he acknowl-
edged that Kerry
was
the better
speaker,
he said he
ultimately
decided to vote for Bush.
"This
is an important term coming up
for our future," he said.
Student Sean Stebner, an unde-
cided
voter,
said he believed
most young voters have formu-
lated their opinions on the elec-
tion already, and were unlikely to
be
swayed
by debates.
"A
lot of people are so locked
into their decision that they're
unwilling to
listen,"
he said.
Stebner said he felt the issue of
a
draft would have a
large
bearing
on
who would
win
the election,
and
that it
was
more a
matter of who
would make
a
"big
statement" in
this
upcoming
final
debate.
"Neit
her
one is
really
a
change-the-world
kind of guy," said
Stebner.
Martin Shaff er,
chair of Marist's
political science
department, also
commented
on the
effect the
debates may have on
the election. Shaffer
agreed
with
the idea that the debates
were
more influential on tjlose
voters
wl1b had not yet made their mind
SEE DEBATE, PAGE 4
Bright lights on the Mid-Hudson Bridge illuminate the night
ERIC
KIMMD.
/
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The Mid Hudson Bridge
Illuminates
the
Hudson River on
a
brisk October night Constructed
from 1925
untill
1930,
the
suspension
brtdge
serves as
the main connection
between
Poughkeepsie
and Hlghfand
Apple talks
·
about her struggle as a prisoner and mother
By
LAURA FOGERTY
Circle Contributor
' 1
1
am here to
tell
you that I
came
home
to a 12-year-old
boy
who
was
angry
that his
parents
sending them to
prison,
which
separates
them from their
chil-
dren. She
was held
in
minimum
custody at Danbury, and she
said
people
like her
would
do better if
they could
do
community service
Sherrie
Apple
spent
seven
got
taken
away
from him,"
Apple
years of her life
~
the
Danbury said.
Federal
Correctional Facility,
Apple
said there are a
lot
of
and she is now on a
mission
to
women
like
her
tell
her
story in
hopes
of chang-
in prison,
with
ing the
system.
children
on the
While
in prison, App
l
e
was outside.
She
separated from
her
5-year-old considers her-
son and
only
saw
him once
each self
lucky
year.
She spoke at
Marist because her
son
College on Tuesday
night
to pro-
was able to live
mote
awareness of
the
effects
with
family and
----
-
--
-
- - -
'I
think education for pris-
oners
provides
more
opportunities for them to
get jobs when they return
to
society.'
-
Tim
O'Rourke
instead
of being
incarcerated.
App
l
e opposes
the mandatory
minimum
sen
-
tencing
law
enacted of
1986,
which
estab
-
lished
minimum
prison
can
have when it
sepa-
not in
a foster
Sophomore
sentencing for
rates
parents
and children, and to
home.
When
- - - - - - - - - - -
drug
-
re
I
ate
d
promote higher
education pro-
she got
out
of
prison,
she was offenses. She works with the
grams
like the Marist degree
pro-
ready
to do whatever it took to
group
Families
Against
gram she
benefited
from at get
her
son
back.
Apple said Mandatory Minimums (FAMM).
.
Danbury.
many
women just
do
not
~ave Apple said the
law
was supposed
Apple
was
convicted
in 1988
the support network to keep their
to
improve the quality of sen-
for conspiracy
to import
and families together,
and their
chil
-
tencing, but
all
it
did was set
up
export drugs. Her charge
was
dren
become a
part of the sys-
a scale that produces
lengthy
jail
connected to
her husband's,
who tern.
time.
served
18
years, and
died
of can
-
"My son made a personal
The system Apple advocates
cer
two years
ago while
he was
choice
to
grab on
to
the stability for
is
a community structure that
still serving his sentence. While
he
felt at a young age," Apple supports
people
convicted of
Apple was in prison
her
son,
now
.
said.
non
-
violent crimes that would
21,
lived
with family
members
.
Apple's plan for changes in the
help
them integrate back into
She
waited
to
tell
her
story until system include providing a sup-
society. The structure would be
today
because she did not want port system for
mothers
who are faith
-
based
and involve family
to risk losing custody of
her
son. convicted felons, instead of connections. This way, felons
would
be
able to serve their com-
munity
and
re-enter
society with
dignity.
In prison, Apple was able
to
earn
her
associate's degree
in
paralegal studies.
She also
earned a
bachelor's degree in
both
communications
and
English from Marist College.
She graduated as the valedictori-
an of her class of 35 students.
Apple said
that
prison education
can help people
turn
their
lives
around, and now most education
programs
.
have
been significantly
limited
for
inmates.
"In a general
basis,
there is
no
more education
,
" Apple said.
"When people get out of prison
,
they just
don't have the
time o~
the structure
to
educate them
-
selves."
It
is important for people
to
come
home
prepared to earn a
living, Apple said
,
and
to
be able
to
learn
some skills in prison.
"To
be
credentialed to work
with dignity
-
it's a lack of those
things that make them
[crimi-
nals]
do
what they do
,
" she said.
Apple said
her
education in
prison was her empowennent.
It
helped her
to
be able to put the
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e
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college?
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Apple talked
about
her ~nbury
Correctional Facll_lty
experience.
b~d
things in the past, and
move
on
to
a
better life
with
her son.
Tim O'Rourke,
Marist
sopho-
more,
said education in prisons
can help reduce
the recidivism
rate.
"I
think
education for prisoners
provides more opportunities for
them to get jobs when they
return
to society," O'Rourke said.
Apple considers herself
lucky
.
to be given another chance with
her
son
.
"You can take bad experiences,
and
hold
up a
mental
mirror
to
them and
turn
them
around
,
"
Apple said.





























































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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004
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Oh thank heaven for Alumni Weekend
Compiled by DAN ROY
Campus Editor
10/5 -
Gartland G block is back to their normal antics
again. At 10:20 p.m. Tuesday they set off the fire alarm
by burning toast. Fairview responded and cleared out the
smoke. Burning toast, that's like stabbing a ~asochist.
10/8 -
Stupid fashion department, always so smug, why
won't
.
someone rain on their parade? At 3:25 a.m. some-
one attempted just that. A sprinkler head in Donnelly at
the fashion entrance was vandalized causing it to rain
,
indoors until maintenance could fix the problem. I'd like
to see you fix that hem now!
10/8
-
An officer at Sheahan
"noticed"
a car covered in
toilet paper, Saran wrap, and what appeared to be peanut
butter at 11 :25 p.m. The car did not have a parking per-
mit. See, this is what happens when security runs out of
boots.
"Johnson,
I
got another illegally parked car here.
Send a boot." ''No can do Steve. We're all out of boots.
Just give 'em the toilet wrap special."
"Johnson,
that
hasn't been done since
'85,
and we know what happened
then!" "Just do what you're told, damn
tt."
10/9
-
At 9:20 p.m. Saturday, a security officer found a
globe to
a
Talmadge Court light on the ground . . . Hi, I'm
in Delaware.
10/9
-
A student reported his car damaged in the Lowell
Thoma~ lot at
11
:45
p.m. The front windshield of the car
was smashed. Security is looking into this case very
closely.
They don't want to leave any tracks uncovered,
but are leaning towards a rock as the method of demoli-
tion. Now, how many more things can it be?
I
see a rock
or a brick being the two options here. "What about a
shovel?"
Not in
the
winter.
10/10
-
The "Bobby Flay of the Week" Award was
given
to Gartland Fat 6:23 p.m. Sunday. They burnt but-
ter
in a frying pan. That might be the worst one yet. No
food was
even
introduced to the equation, and you still
set off the alarm. I would recommend using PAM next
time, but you might spray it in your eye.
10/11
-
We had a tussle in the Lowell Thomas lot at
11:
15 a.m. Monday. Apparently two students at a home-
coming
party got into an argument, and then one assault-
ed the other. This was what the ar~ent sounded like
Monday morning before it came to blows: "I'm going to
be the last one to leave Alumni weekend!" ''No! They
clearly want me to be the last one to leave." ''No, I'm
their favorite, so I'm going to say goodbye last. So I sug-
gest you leave now before I make you leave." "Well,
you're going to have to make me leave, because I'm say-
ing goodbye last." Let go boys, just let go
...
10/12
-
Oh, kids, always getting themselves into trou-
ble. At
1 :48
a.m. a Sheahan resident was found running
around the halls spraying people with shaving cream.
These young'uns seem to getting wackier and wackier
don't they? "What do you mean young'uns? You're only
three years olde~ than they are." Pssh, yeah in dog years.
Total alcohol-related Incidents:
1. Leo-6
2. Gartland - 5
3. Champagnat - 4
4. Old Townhouses - 1
5. Gregory - 1
6. Upper West Cedar - 1
7. Mldrlse - 1
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16, ~004
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8PM
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Friday, Oct
15
to
Sunday, Oct
17, 2004
"Proof'
8 PM, Friday and Saturday
2 PM Sunday
Nelly Goletti Theater
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.
Tuesday.Oct.
19,2004
Video Bingo Night
9
PM
Cabaret
Wednesday,
Oct
20, 2004
"Economics and the
Presidency"
Noon - 2 PM
;Enrichment program offers artistic opportunities
PAR
Wednesday, Oct
20, 2004
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rrogi:am. offered beginner and
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~is semester, all of which were
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Sarah Colwill, assistant direc-
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said
she
wanted to offer· programs
that
did not involve college credits or
grades that would be of interest
to
students.
"[There are] no priority points,
no credit,
[it's]
just for intrinsic
value,"
she said.
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There were a limited number of
spots open for the programs and
they filled up quickly after the
advertisements began in the
beginning of the semester. The
guitar lessons were the most
popular programs this semester.
Last
semester,
the Pilates and
yoga programs were big hits.
The programs vary in regard to
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what they do and how often they
meet. For instance, the begin-
ner's guitar has a 10-week
sequence, while scrapbo9
_
kii;i_g
only has four sessions.
Colwill said that all of the pro-
grams are done as group lessons
rather than one-on-one with the
instructor.
"The idea is for students to
interact with other students and
meet students wHh similar inter-
ests," she said.
James Alackness, Upper West
Cedar resident director, is in
charge
ofl
the scrar,bbok work•
shop and said that the enrich-
ment program is a great idea.
"I
think it's good to give stu-
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Come kick off the 2004
/
2005
NCAA
basketball season and support your Red Foxes at
"Midnight Madness" from I 0:30 p.m. to 12:30
a.m. in the Mccann Center. Admission is free for
all students. There will be prizes, games, enter-
tainment, and free T-shirts for the first 1,000 stu-
dents. Don't forget to wear red! Event sponsored
by The Student Government Association (SGA),
Marist College Television (MCTV), and Marist
College Radio (WMCR).
Oct. 15
-
Take a stand against sexual and
domestic
violence
by attending Take Back the
Night
starting
at 7:00pm inside the Rotunda.
Oct. 15
-
Student
Life
Council Positions are
·still
available. All applications are due
in
the
SGA office no later than Friday.
Oct. 20
-
There will be a Town Hall meeting at
9:30 p.m. in the
PAR,
located across the hall
from college activities. All students are welcome
to voice problems or concerns, and have any
questions answered by the SGA board. The SGA
is
your voice, so come_to the meeting and help us
better serve you.
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THE
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004
Floridians still
trying
to rebuild their lives
By ERIKA GRADO$
"A
lot of people ignored the
Circle Contributor
warnings at first, and then
wanted to evacuate once they
Life
is finally beginning to realized how bad it would get,"
return to nonnal for many U.S.
she said. "But if you didn't get
residents affected by this off the island in time, you were
year's devastating hurricane stuck -
there was no way
season.
out."
Charley, Frances, Ivan, and
Theresa Rios, resident of
Jeanne were the four major Miramar, Florida, was left
storms
that rayaged
the without power in her home for
nation's southeast this season.
four days.
In less than
"We had to
two months,
'We had to go sta~ with rela-
go stay with
they caused
tlves
In
Jacksonville because
relatives in
billions of
we had no power, no phones,
Jacksonville
dollars
m
because we
damage,
noth1ng.'
had
no
rendered
over 80,000
people
- Theresa Rios
power,
no
Resident of Miramar, Fla. P
h
O
n
e s ,
nothing,"
homeless in eight states, and she said.
were responsible for over
114
The hurricanes hit Florida the
deaths in the United States hardest, leaving millions with-
alone,
according
to
a out power for several weeks
CNN.com article.
and one in every five homes
Mary DeBenedetto, resident damaged.
According to
of Hutchinson Island, Florida, National Geographic News,
lost her home to Hurricane this hurricane season marks the
Frances.
"I lived in an apartment com-
plex ... which was almost com-
pletely destroyed," she said
.
"Thank God I left my windows
boarded up, because a lot of
my belongings were salvaged."
DeBenedetto, who is current
1
ly
staying With relative~
irt
Edgewater, N.J., knows she is
lucky to have evacuated the
state before it was too late.
first time a state was battered
by four hurricanes in succes-
sion sin.ce
I 866, when four
hurricanes
ripped
through
Texas.
Since the hurricanes caused
so much damage, the restora-
t.ion effort is ,mgojng
in
many
of the mQst .iffected areas.
According to the Florida Sun-
Sentinel, the devastation left in
SEE FLORIDA, PAGE 9
''You can't even find like one
piece of furniture. There isn't a
couch. There isn't a chair.
·
Nothing is intact at all.
, ,
- Virginia Tyson
Resident, Fla.
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Harrowing hurricanes hammer east coast
By
MATT ALRERI
Circle Contributor
I'll buff. and
I'll
puff, and
I'll
l:,Jon
your
house
do\+n.
ln
Florida, not even houses
large
buildings made
of bricks could
escape the wrath of the Big Bad
Wolf.
Fifh-two d
y
Five storms.
Four Hurricanes. One hundred
seventeen
people
dead.
Millions left homelc ..
$41 bil-
lion
estimated
m prop
rt,
dam-
age.
This
1s
the
I gacy
left
this
summer
in the outbe tern
United States by
Tropical
Stonn
Bonnie and hurricanes Charley,
Frances, Ivan,
and Jeanne.
This summer served as a
r
i..;
rd-
'tltn ,
hurricane season
thus far despite the fact
that
we
still
ha,
e
a month and a half
until November 30 marks the
end
of
hum
am:
season.
Ho\\
C\
er
these records were
not meant to
be
broken. When
Florida
a
hit ,
ith
four
hurri-
canes
w
1thin
twn
months ot
each
other.
it
marked the first
time
four
hurricanes
have
bit
one state
in
a
single
season
since
four
hurricanes hit the
Texas coast in
1886, n~t.:ordmg
to the National Weather Service
as
pro-. 1dcd b) the Weather
Channel.
Tropical
t
nn
Bonn1e began
hurricane season
2004 by
dumping
heavy
rain
m
the
Fl
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Officials announce no evidence of weapons of m~ss destruction in Iraq
By MICHAEL RISPOLI
Circle Contributor
It
was officially announced last
week that there were, in fact, no
weapons of mass destructio'n
(WMD) in Iraq.
The Iraq Survey Group (ISG)
released a report nearly 1,500
pages long detailing their find-
ings in Iraq. While inspe~tors
declared that there were no
weapons since the e~ly 1990s,
Saddam Hussein had intentions
to gather materials to produce
and distribute them.
CNN.com reported that
John
Warner, panel member of the
Senate
Armed
Services
Committee, said last week in a
conference that although no
weapons were found, the find-
ings served as a reinforcement of
Hussein's potential thre~t.
"While the ISG has not found
stockpiles of WMD, the ISG and
other coalition elements have
developed a body of fact that
,
shows that Saddam Hussein had
the strategic intention to contin-
ue to pursue WMD capabilities,"
said Warner.
With the growing number of
casualities and the recent ISG
findings, some are becoming
continually disenchanted about
the war in Iraq and U.S. involve-
ment.
Tara Donohue, a 20-year-old
junior at Marist, said she
believes that while Bush's initial
intentions to retrieve WMD's
was good reason to invade, the
United States should not be in
Iraq because of the recent find-
ings.
'
·
'The initial attacks on Saddam
Hussein and the Iraqi people
were to retrieve the weapons of
mass destruction," Donohue
said. "There are none, though,
and I don't think it's important
for the U.S. to be over there anq
reconstruct."
President Bush and the White
House, however, still stand
strong about their involvement in
Iraq. During the first presiden-
tial debate on September 30,
President Bush defended U.S.
involvement saying, "We're
being challenged like never
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speech concerning Iraq and the
danger they possessed.
"The danger is already signifi-
cant and it only grows worse
with time," Bush said. He went
on to say that Iraq "possesses
and produces chemical and bio-
logical weapons
.
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When hearing the report by the
ISG; Bush stood by his original
decision, stating that, with the
information given, Iraq and
Hussein were a real risk, and in a
p06t-September 11th world, with
the potential for Iraq to pass on
weapons to terrorists, going into
the war was a risk the United
States had to take.
With the presidential election
nearing, the issue of the war
is
on·
the mind of many young voters.
Andrew Senno, a 20-year- old
junior at Marist, said he trusts
Bush and said he would do better
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004 •
THE CIRCLE
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From Page One
Candidates hope debates will sway undecided
'·
young voters
up about the candidates
.
Shaffers
said that Kerry clearly won the
first debate, but that the second
was more even.
"Kerry was expected to do
more poorly in the first debate,"
,
he said.
1
Shaffer also noted that he felt
~
Kerry's
performance in the
:
debates
helped alleviate the "flip
I
- flop''. image he has had thus far
in the campaign. He said that
many people are set in their ideas
when it comes to certain policy
issues, but for those who are not,
character and speaking ability
can matter. "Kerry appeared
more likeable,:• he said, which
was something that was impor-
tant for the American people to
see, although Shaffer stated that are much different than giving debates were interesting, but wire during the debate.
Kerry needs to "introduce him-
speeches along the campaign were unlikely to have a signifi-
"Either Bush had to resort to
self more."
trail.
cant impact on the election. He cheating, or he speaks so poorly
On the Vice-Presidential
"When you're in the same did say that he felt that Kerry people think he is waiting sec-
debates, Shaffer s
.
aid he felt that room as the other guy, it's human was the winner, but that it was
onds at a time to be told what to
Vice-Presidential
candidate nature to not be on attack mode," unlikely
to
change
any say," he said. Cormier said he
Chaney was more assertive than Shaffer said.
Republican minds.
Cormier felt that the debates should have
Bush.
Roger Cormier
,
who writes a joked that there are various web-
a larger effect than they do, but
'
'
Chaney can be tougher
,
" he Web blog on various social and sites dedicated to the .idea that voters who have made up their
said. Shaffer noted that debates political issues, said that the Bush may have been wearing a
mind
.
are unlikely to change.
:
Brazil, Chile, London among places offered for winter interim abroad program
I
,
I
requires approximately
15
stu-
:
dents in
order
to take place,
,
Marist hopes to attract attention
•
soon.
,
Originally, Cuba was
one
of the
:
programs to
be
offered, but the
•
trip was cancelled due to politi-
'
:
cal reasons. Meg Franklin, exec-
utive assistant to the vice presi-
dent
and director for Cuba's
replacement
program,
Puerto
Rico
and
the
Dominican
Republic, said she hopes to intro-
;
duce students to a new culture
:
through literature and
history.
"I was attracted to showing the
Hispanic Caribbean in areas that
wouldn't normally be available
to students," said Franklin.
The Trinidad and Tobago pro-
gram, which is directed towards
communication majors, visits
several media facilities on these
Caribbean Islands.
G
Modele
Clarke, the program's director
and communications professor,
said he has spent a lot of time
putting this trip together and said
it could be a valuable learning
opportunity to experience some-
thing that is not available in text-
books
.
"I really want this program to
work but given my course load
and the demands of office hours
,
I'm not able to do the marketing
required in this very competitive
environment,'' said Clarke.
Jerre Thornton, coordinator for
the Marist Abroad Programs,
explained that the many diverse
programs offered this winter are
not intended as competition, but
to offer more choices to students.
"It may be possible to extend
the deadline but it all depends on
the reserv3:tions and accommo-
dations with each program," said
Thornton.
The extensive choices for short
term abroad programs are a
newer development that will be
continued each year. The desti-
nations will depend on faculty
and staff.
John Watras, a Marist junior,
said he did not know much about
the availability of programs and
would have put serious thought
into getting involved if he had
known sooner.
"You see those little signs in
the halls, but I think they should
get big posters
,
have promotions
,
and get people to talk in all the
classes," said Watras
.
Laura Spuff
,
another Marist
junior
,
said she was not aware at
all of any winter programs, and
although she did not want to go
abroad for a full semester, she
sees the short term programs as
perfect opportunities to see a
new country
.
"Maybe they should send out
more emails
,
because I always
check,'' said Spuff.
"If
I had read
something about that I definitely
would tve looked into it."
For now, information for each
trip can be found at the abroad
office on the third floor of the
.
library as well as on the office
doors of any of the professors
involved.
:
Washington announces no weapons of mass destruction can be found
...
coRtinued from
page
3
•
:
elected.
;
"I think Bush will pull us out of
~
there when the time is right,''
•
Senno said. "I have complete
•
faith in that. Bush started this
:
and
he will finish it when his
,
entire plan is carried out."
On
the Democratic side,
•
Senator John Kerry is attacking
Bush
and his regime for the way
,
they acted
m
invading Iraq.
•
Without going into the war with
•
the backing of the United
,
Nations, Kerry said Bush made
;
an error without the help of our
•
allies.
"I would reach out to our allies
in a way that this president has-
n't. He pushed them away time
and time again, pushed them
away at the U.N.
;
pushed them
away individually,'' said Kerry.
Kerry
'
s plan, if elected, is to
hold a summit to try to bring in
other countries to help the recon-
struction oflraq. While there are
other allies in Iraq with America,
America has taken the biggest
blow. As of Oct.
12,
there has
been 1,217 coalition causalities
in Iraq, and 1,078 of them have
been American soldiers.
Along with looking for more
allies to take some weight off the
United States' shoulders pertain-
ing to the security of Iraq, the
U.S. is also taking the financial
burden in the reconstruction of
Iraq
.
Last week
,
the
State
Department
released
the
Emergency Appropriations Act
for
Defense
and
of the
Reconstruction of Iraq and
Afghanistan
2004
quarterly
report. In the report, it showed
that only
$1
.
2
billion out of the
promised
$18.4
billion has been
spent thus far.
These funds were intended to
support basic reconstruction,
infrastructure
needs, security,
and law enforcing capabilities.
Congress, however
,
has recent-
ly asked that $1.8
billion
be
moved from infrastructure to
security needs. It was said that
security is the key to creating
jobs in Iraq and allowing for the
elections to be held in
January.
In
a hearing on Sep. 24, Jim
Kolbe, chairman of the House
Foreign
Operations
Subcommittee of the House'
Appropriations Committee stat-
ed that, although the building
process has been slow, it does not
show signs of failure
.
"Without security
,
reconstruc-
tion of the infrastructure is either
a physical impossibility or
doomed into repeated sabotage
and destruction,'' said Kolbe.
Some Bush dissenters disagree
however
. '
Democrats argue that
asking for a shift in money distri-
bution is a sign of failure in Iraq
.
Although there are over 700 con-
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schools, water treatments plants,
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,
and electrical facil-
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Molly Shnpson
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,
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then we should use the funds to
directly benefit the people.
"Why waste it on bad stuff? We
made some of the mess, we
should help the clean it up,'' said
Simpson
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community be heard.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
14,
2004
www.maristcircle.com
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Staff Writer
Along with the leaked CIA
report, showing no ties between
Saddam Hussein and the al
Qaeda influenced Zarqawi, the
newly-released Deulfer report,
the final word on Iraq's weapons
of mass destruction, seems to
solidify the case against an inva-
sion. That is, the president went
to war for all the wrong reasons:
there were no stockpiles of
weapons in Iraq, and the Hussein
regime had no operational ties
with al Qaeda and Osama bin
Laden.
Hard to believe, but the admin-
istration has claimed that the
Deulfer report has only strength-
ened the case for war. For
instance, Cheney has argued the
report proves that to "delay,
defer, wait wasn't an option." In
his comments, President Bush
quoted the report as saying that
Hussein "retained the knowl-
edge, the means, and the intent to
produce weapons of mass
destruction. And he could have
passed that knowledge to our ter-
rorist enemies."
First, while it is true that
Saddam "retained the knowl-
progressively decayed ... [and
there has been
J
no credible indi-
cation that Baghdad resumed
production."
Third, the Deulfer report does
claim that
·
Saddam had "the
intent
mass
to produce weapons of
destruction." However,
edge"
to
produce
weapons of
Look, Saddam was delusional;
he had a lot of intent. He didn't
since
Iraq
was under an
international
m
a:
s
s
destruction,
such infor-
mation had
have capabilities. Intent with-
out capabilities is not an immi-
nent threat.
sanction
regime, and
had
no
weapons
capabilities,
been avail- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
able (and taken advantage of by
hundreds of foreign scientists)
since 1946, when the U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission
published the Smyth Report.
Second, Saddam did not have
"the
means"
to
produce
weapons. The Deulfer report
notes that after the 1991 Gulf
War,
"Iraq's ability to reconsti-
tute a nuclear weapon program
Hussein's intent could not have
been acted on. And, even if the
sanctions were to be lifted, the
report notes that Saddam "had no
formal written strategy or plan
for the revival of WMD after
sanctions."
Bush also claims that "The
Duelfer report showed that
Saddam was systematically gam-
ing the system, using the U .N.
oil-for-food program to
try to
influence countries and compa-
nies in an effort to undermine
sanctions . . . with the intent of
tial debate, during the buildup to
the invasion, 30-40 other coun-
tries
posed
a greater threat to the
J]nites States than
did
Iraq.
In
fact, North Korea, Iran and
Pakistan
are the countries that
I
I
So, while the main justifica~
restarting his weapons program
once the
·
world looked away."
Yet the world did
not
look away.
tions for war have been peele~
away -
we now know tha
Saddam had no stockpiles o
weapons and no operational con.;
nections with terrorist organiza;
have most benefited from the tions -
only the humanitariKif
And, by in
large,
the sanctions Iraqi invasion-building up their
were work-
ing.
North
Korea, which
had received
$10 million
from Saddam
Hussein for
the purchase
Saddam had no stockpiles of
weapons and no operational
connections
with
terrorist
organization - only the humani-
tarian ratlonallzatlon remains.
arsenals
while
the
administra-
tion looked
the
other
way.
To
them,
the
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
president
of illegal Scud-type missiles,
hesitated to deliver them, for fear
of being caught red-handed.
Moreover, while Saddam was
exploiting sanction loopholes to
obtain
conventional
weapons, he
was
not
able to obtain weapons
of mass destruction and thus
posed no threat to the United
States. In fact, as
John Kerry
pointed out in the first presiden-
has sent a clear message: "The
United States of America will
only attack small defenseless
·
nations; those with any real
weapon capabilities, like Iran or
North Korea will be dealt with
diplomatically." And, while the
president tries to re-open negoti-
ations, the now-well armed super
threats are more likely to pass on
weapons to terrorists.
rationalization remains. Yet, th~
administration is not reframin~
the war as a humanitarian effort!
rather, it stilJ claim (as the quote~
above indicate) that Saddant
posed a national security risk. :
It is true that Saddam "retaineq
the knowledge . . . and the intent
to produce weapons of mas$
destruction." Yet, as former
weapons inspector (Duelfer'~
predecessor) David Kay pointe4
out:
"Look, Saddam was delusion;
al; he had a lot of intent. He did~
'
n't have capabilities. Intent with~
out capabilities is not an immi-r
nent threat."
Blish botches war budget, billions could be spent better
By
IGOR
VOL.SKY
Staff Writer
Two years ago, Hans Blix and
his UNMOVIC team of interna-
tional weapons inspectors were
spending $80 million a year to
contain the threat of Iraq's
weapons of mass destruction
.
Instead of continuing the United
Nations inspections, the United
States chose to invade Iraq, at a
cost of $80 billion a year. So far
we have spent $150 billion in
Iraq.
Meanwhile, our homeland
remains
unprotected
.
For
instance, while we are spending
billions in Iraq, this year the
administration has allocated just
$27 billion for the Department of
Homeland Security, the bulk of
which goes to the routine opera-
tions of agencies.
In Iraq, we spend $12.5 million
each hour, $1.1 billion every four
days, $8.4 billion each month. In
the meantime, just $6 billion is
needed
for
basic
security
upgrades in subway and com-
muter trains, equivalent to just
20 days of spending in
.
Iraq.
Three billion dollars is needed to
equip all U.S. airports with
machines that screen baggage for
eJCplosives
,
equivalent to 10 days
of Iraq spending. Furthermore,
experts estimate that $1.1 billion
would pay for security upgrades
at 361 ports, comparable to four
days of Iraq spending.
The war and the reconstruction
would have been justified if
Saddam Hussein had not been
complying with the weapons
inspectors and the invasion was a
last resort. But this of course was
not the case.
For instance, on March 7, 2003
just before head weapons inspec-
tor Hans Blix was pulled out of
Iraq, he said that "the Iraqi side
has tried on occasion to attach
And so, Hans Blix asked for
three more months of inspec-
tions. President Bush refused.
Now, after 1,071 American
troops, 1,210 total coalition
troops, and 13,000-15,000 Iraqi
civilians have died, President
Bush
is
condi-
tions ...
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Iraq] has
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however
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so
far
persisted
President Bush could have allowed
rewriting
history,
claiming
that
he
did in fact
the Inspections to continue
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no
weapons would have been found and
we would have saved thousands of
lives and billions of dollars.
use war
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in these or other
.
conditions for
the exercise of any of our inspec
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tion rights." In
.
other words, Iraq
was complying
-
it was disarm-
ing (at this very time, Blix and
his team were destroying two
Scud missiles that went beyond
the permissible range).
resort and that Saddam Hussein
was undermining the inspectors.
Had the inspections continued,
"it would have been much more
difficult to start the war,] .. , we
had been to dozens of sites given
to us by ..
.
U.S., U.K. and oth·
ers. And at these sites we had
found nothing ...
If we had con-
tinued, then, during March and
April and May, and we would
have gone to all the sites that
intelligence had, we would have
found nothing, since there was
nothing," Hans Blix said in a
recent interview.
Thus, in his
·
rush to war, not
only has President Bush misused
the authorization Congress had
given him - to use force only
after all diplomatic possibilities
have been exhausted, but he has
also immersed the United States
in a war, forcing us to spend bil-
lions on police training in Iraq
while cutting the COPS program
for Americans.
It was "the wrong war, at the
wrong place, at the wrong tim~."
It was a war of choice, not of
necessity. President Bush could
have allowed the inspections to
continue-no weapons would
have been found and we would
have saved thousands of lives
and billions of dollars. Instead,
as Hans
.
Blix pointed out, "the
Iraqi affair [is] stimulating more
terrorism ... the reaction among
the Arab world against the U.S.
and the invasion has been so
strong that I fear that more ter-
rorism will come out of it." This
is why during the second presi-
dential debate
John Kerry said
that "the world is more dangei-
ous today because the president
didn't make the righ~ judg-
ments." He is not scaring
the
'
American people, he is leveling
with them.




























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THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
14, 2004
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Recognizing the symptoms of suicide
By KRISTIN BILLERA
Circle Contributor
Picture a
17-year-old
high
school
senior named Franky.
He
plays football, is captain
of the
wrestling team, and he is
on
stu-
dent council.
He is the vice
president
of the Holy Name
Society, a Catholic organization
in his school. He's smart and in
honors classes.
Franky was
found dead
·
in his car last Friday
night.
He killed himself.
I went to high school with
Franky, but
I
never knew him.
I
have been told that he seemed
happy, and
I
know that he was
always popular and had a lot of
friends. He had such a hopeful
future ahead of him. On the sur-
face, it seemed like he had
everything, but apparently that is
precisely where it all was -
on
•
the
surface
..
My friend, Samantha Alvino,
said it best: "He pad a BMW
when he really needed some-
thing to hold on to."
Students have died at my high
school before, but I don't think
that it's had quite the effect on
the student body as Franky's
death has. During my sopho-
more year, we lost two seriiors to
car accidents. Those were dif-
ferent somehow; still tragic but
completely unavoidable.
This
time, the entire student body
feels like there must have been
something we could have done.
This did not have to happen.
I do not think Franky realized
just how many people his death
would affect.
I
do not think he
knew there would be so many of
us, even those of us who did not
know him well, who would
think of him after he was gone.
Suicide is the third leading
cause of death among adoles-
cents 15-24. Only motor vehicle
accidents and
homicide
rank
higher. Of these three, suicide
is the one that is entirely pre-
ventable.
If
people just educate
themselves regarding the symp-
toms of suicide, this absolutely
does not have to happen. The
American
Association
of
Suicidology (AAS) has pub-
lished lists of warning signs to
watch out for and ways to help
someone who is suicidal.
The warning signs are:
-Talks about committing suicide
-Has trouble eating or sleeping
-Experiences drastic changes
in
behavior
-Withdraws from friends and/or
social activities
-Loses
interest in hobbies, work,
school, etc.
-Prepares for death by making
out a will and final arrangements
-Gives
away prized possessions
-Has attempted suicide before
-Takes unnecessary risks
-Has had recent severe·losses
-Is preoccupied with death and the feelings.
dying
-Loses interest in their personal
appearance
-Increases their use of alcohol or
drugs
People who are suicidal feel
they cannot stop the pain, cannot
think clearly, cannot make deci-
sions, cannot see any way out,
cannot sleep, eat or work, cannot
get out of depression, cannot
make the sadness go away, can-
not see a future without pain,
cannot see themselves as worth-
while, can not get someone's
attention and cannot seem to get
control.
If you recognize these signs in
someone you know, you can
help them. The AAS makes the
following suggestions:
-Be direct. Talk openly and mat-
ter-of-factly
about suicide.
Be willing to listen. Allow
expressions of feelings, Accept
-Be
non-judgmental.
Don't
debate whether suicide
is
right
or wrong, or feelings are good or
bad. Don't lecture on the value
of life.
-Get
involved.
Become avail-
able.
-Show interest and support.
-Don't dare him or her to do it.
-Don't act shocked. This will put
distance between you.
-Don't be sworn to
.
secrecy. Seek
support,
-Offer hope that alternatives are
available but do not offer glib
reassurance.
-Take action. Remove means,
such as guns or stockpiled pills.
Get help from persons or agen-
cies specializing in crisis inter-
vention and suicide prevention.
If you experience any of these
feelings, get help. These feelings
are temporary; they can be
treat-
ed. Death is permanent and
it is
not the only way out. You affect
the lives of more people than
you even realize. Ir' someone
you know exhibits these warn-
ing signs, offer help. Seek the
help of a community mental
health agency, private therapist,
counselor, family physician or
suicide prevention or crisis cen-
ter. The phone number for
the
National Hopeline Network
is 1-
800-SUICIDE.
This hotline
pr~vides access to trained
tele-
phone counselQrS, 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. Suicide is
preventable and
there
's
Iio rea-
son for
this
type
of tragedy to
take place again.
Lobster fishing is the 'Maine' eVent for student
By DORY LARRABEE
Circle Contributor
While most college kids stum-
ble into bed around 4 a.m., this
summer I experienced some-
thing very different. I woke up
each morning at 4 a.m.
My step brother Rob Hudson is
a lobsterman who fishes off the
coast of Maine, where we live.
His boat is docked out of Goose
Bay, Maine,
.
near the f~mous
tourist hot spots Boothbay and
Bar Harbors.
So one da}'. in August, my best
mend Monica and I braved the
Atlantic Ocean in hopes of expe-
tiencing what it would be like to
be "lobster people" for two days.
We left the house at 4:30 a.m.
and stopped for some very-nec-
essary coffee in a gas station
that, as far as I was concerned,
was way too crowded
at
that
hour of the morning. We drove
45 minutes until we got to the
bay.
It was still dark at the
dock, but we were looking for-
ward to embarking on the jour-
ney thatnot
many
people, even
Mainers, get to experience.
Rob, who just turned 29,
is
one
of two younger lobstermen who
have to row out to their boats in
dinghies.
All the other "big
time lobstermen" have motor-
ized boats to get to their lobster
boats.
Once we got on the boat,
named "Dizzy Lizzy" after his
wife Liz, we had to put on huge,
bright orange, rubber jumpsuits.
Looking around, I tried to take it
all in. I saw amid the dirty,
fishy, boat laid thousands of dol-
lars of geographical and global
positioning
equipment.
Preparing to put thick rubber
gloves
on
that would protect my
manicure, Rob handed me thin
white cotton gloves that were
soon soaked, cold, and smelly.
Monica and I were tasked to be
"baiters and handers," as in, put
the bait (dead, stinky, juicy blue
heron) into bags for the traps,
and to band the lobster's claws
that came out of those traps.
Soon we were off, the boat
rocking and swaying as we hit
each new wave. Every now and
then I would lick my lips and
taste a salty· drop of the ocean
that had splattered on my lip.
We didn't waste any time, and
soon we were pulling up our
first trap. Rob would reach into
the water and grab the trap using
a metal hook on the end of a
wooden pole.
Then the rope
would be pulled by an automatic
lever. The water we fished in
ranged from 80 feet to 300 feet,
and the time it took for the trap
to reach the surface was between
30 seconds
and
two minutes.
The lobster trap is like a com-
bination of a dream catcher and
a rock climbing apparatus; full
of nets, circte'S', and
bungee
cords.
The trap usually con-
tained about fifteen crabs and
two or three lobsters. All crabs
are thrown back, as are the
starfish, seaweed, and fish
that
sneak in.
The lobsters need to
be checked for eggs and meas-
ured before they can be kept.
The fullest trap we pulled had
ten lobsters, and we were able to
keep nine.
"Eeehawww!"
·
A random don-
key-like call over the radio sig-
nified a big catch. Hearing the
lobsterman talk over the radio
w~ like thearing them speak
their own language.
A Maine
native, even I couldn't under-
stand some of the dialect of
"down-eastahn
talk."
Lobstering is a lucrative pro-
fession, but has a high start-up
cost
to
the entrepreneur.
Rob
has 300 traps, each which costs
about $70, not
including
ropes
and buoys. A "big
time"
fisher-
man can have up to 800 traps.
While riding in
the
boat,
it
amazed me that he didn't crash
into the sea of buoys. He said
about 100 people fish in that bay
area.
One hundred times an
average of 500 traps is a sea of
5,000 traps, each colored differ-
ently.
The colors varied from
browns and yellows to neon
pink and green.
Rob's were
black on top and bottom with a
neon orange strip through the
middle and an orange handle.
After the two-day experience,
we had caught 309 lobsters total,
which amounted to about 400
pounds.
Selling the lobsters was anoth-
er process; docking at another
bay, and weighing the huge plas-
tic crates. The
lobstermen
sell
for $3.50 a pound, making my
cut of the day's catch well worth
the 4 a.m. wake up call.
I
Even though six
hours
after I
was off the boat I felt like
I
was
still swaying, and even though
I
had to throw away my lobstering
clothes and the smell of fish
lin-
gered on me for days after,
I
would not trade my
lobstering
experience for anything
.
I
could never do it for a living, but
I
have a greater appreciation
every
time
I
eat lobster, which is
fairly often thanks
to
Rob. The
behind-the-scenes look at
lob-
stering was a perfect way to end
the summer in Maine and return
to college and my New York
life
.
Graduating from the electoral college to consider other options
By KATE GIGLIO
Copy
Editor
This year, amid predictions
of the clo~est race in history, the
debate between the credibility of
the electoral vote versus the pop-
ular vote will likely surface as
it
has in years
before.
In 1876, the United States
Electoral Commission gave
electoral votes to
Rutherford
B.
I
Hayes, allowing him to win the
U.S. presidency, despite the fact
that Samuel Tilden had won the
popular vote. Likewise, in 2000,
the
Democratic
nominee for
president lost the competition
even though he had beaten his
opponent.
George W. Bush
became
president
instead
of Al
Gore. And in 2004 it is likely
that electoral-vote numbers will
hover very close to 270, the
required amount for the presi-
dency.
According the Federal Election
Commission's Web site, the sys-
tem affords each state a number
of electors equal to the number
Second in a four-part
series
about
voter awareness
of its senators (always two) plus
the number of its House repre-
sentatives, which can change
each decade according to the
size of each state's population.
The political parties
,
in each
state
submit
a list of individuals,
equal to their state's number of
electoral votes, who have
pledged that party's
·
candidate
for president.
When the voters cast their bal-
lots, they are voting for a party
slate of electors
·
representing
their choice for president and
vice president.
Then, says the Web site, about
two weeks later, eacli state's
electors meet in their respective
state capitals and cast their elec-
toral votes - one for president
and one for vice president.
Established in 1789, the
Electoral College first chose
George Washington as president.
Since then, the United States has
used essentially the
same
method to eleot subsequent lead-
ers, despite snowballing doubts
about the system's accuracy.
Michael White, director of
legal affairs for the Office of the
Federal Register, said, "There
are people who are opposed to it
and there are those who support
it." He added that in 2000's
election, "there was a lot of con-
troversy surrounding the issue"
of whether Bush or Gore had
won.
White said that in spite of the
ambiguity that sparked a flare of
public distrust in the election
system, "it would take a joint
resolution of Congress" to alter
or abolish the Electoral College,
and that that was unlikely.
"All efforts in the Congress to
pass an amendment to change
[the Electoral College] went
nowhere," he said.
"Senator
Hillary Clinton introduced the
first bill, but no action was taken
after that."
White said that the delicate
political circumstances sur-
rounding the issue were most
likely what inhibited any change
from taking place.
"I think if there had been a
serious effort to change the sys-
tem," he said, "it would have
been sort of a repudiation" of the
election of Bush to the White
House. "So it was unlikely that
it was going to get anywhere in
the Congress since Republicans
control Congress."
White also said that even if the
Electoral College were abol-
ished, the next, even more press-
ing issue would be what election
system to use instead.
"Of course, the question would
be what system would replace
the Electoral College," he said.
Some see room for improve-
ment
in
the current system and
are working to change it. Make
Your Vote Count is a Colorado-
based group aiming to reform
the way the state's electoral
votes are distributed.
In 48
states, the candidate who wins
the popular vote (by any margin)
gets the all of the state's elec-
toral votes.
However, Kate
Keiser, a representative for the
group, said,
"What
we're pro-
posing is that whoever wins the
state will be given the number of
electoral votes proportional to
the percentage of the popular
vote" won.
Keiser said that Colorado was
technically a swing state, but
that it would be
"very,
very sur-
prising if Kerry won." Since the
state anticipates such a close
race, she said, "what this would
do would be to get some of the
electoral
votes"
for each candi-
date.
Keiser gave an example of the
imbalance in
the
current system.
"In 1996, Bill Clinton won the
state but he only had 40 percent
of the
vote,"
she said.
''Twenty-
three percent voted for Perot ai:id
the remainder for Bush . .
.
So
basically you had 60 percent of
people who didn't want Clinton
and he still
took
all the [ elec-
toral] votes."
Keiser said the only two states
that divide their electoral votes,
Maine and Nebraska, each allot
two votes to the popular-vote
winner and then distribute the
rest accordingly to the runners-
up.
The strongest opposition to
Make Your Vote Count comes
from people who believe that
candidates will stop caring about
Colorado
if
the electoral
votes
are divided up, Keiser said. She
said their claims were unfound-
ed and that candidates
would
likely spend more resources on
voters in Colorado if the system
were changed. In the
last
elec-
tion
"candidates
spen
t
17 cents
per
voter
in
Colorado,"
she said.
"But in
Maine
and
Nebraska,
candidates spent $1.53 and
$1.95 per voter, respectively."
She
said that an election-sys-
tem change in Colorado would
be a positive reform for
the
state
as
well as a catalyst for elec-
toral-vote evolution across the
country.
"I
think
if
it succeeds
in
Colorado, it'll take hold in other
states," Keiser said.

































































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On the seventh day
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CHRISTINE CATARINO
Staff Writer
Sunday is quite possibly the
most unsettling day of the week.
Sundays usually begin with an
abrupt awakening - like your
roommate standing over you ask-
ing you why you were sleeping
on the floor of your living room,
instead o£your bed. Even though
this is
an
answer even you cannot
provide, you are not the only
thirig in disarray.
The next thing you wonder is a
thought which finds its way into
your brain by the end of every
chaotic weekend: did my house
explode?! As for me, I do a quick
assessment of my t
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ownhouse and
realize even a bomb wouldn't
account for the crusty dishes
occupying all counters, tables,
and overflowing the
sink.
Forgotten laundry sits in heaps
atop the dryer and almost every
movie
to our house's name is
spread around the living room
floor-even though not one of
them made it into the DVD play-
er.
When did this happen?
The
bathroom
is by far the most
disgusting place by the end of the
weekend.
In fact, the ladies' room
in the most unkempt bar is proba-
bly
.
a healthier place to wash up.
Pushing aside the spilled bronzer
powder and eyelin
_
er that so
appropriately stained the bath-
r<>Qm sink
on
your way out to the
bar is not half as terrifying as the
realization that your garbage has
somehow spilled all over the
floor as well. At this point all
hope of sanitation is gone.
If
you're anything like me you
choke back your disgust and just
leave it as it is, dirt intact.
Actually, Sunday is the only day
when doing homework becomes
an escape and excuse to
-
avoid
cleaning at all costs. It is unar-
guably the more attractive task;
the lesser of two evils.
Later on, about five hours after
you said you'd
start doing your
work, and after about two hours
of changing your away message
back and forth from
"doing
work
all day" to "doing work, please
interrupt" to "Please put me out
of my misery," you finally make
the long haul to the beautiful-but-
commonly-avoided library.
Walking through the computer
room on the main level of the
library on a Sunday, one will
notice it is brimming with stu-
dents you've never even
seen
before.
Do this many people real-
ly go to Marist? It's almost as
though all those who survived
their weekend hangovers crawled
out of their beds just to reconvene
in the name of James Cannavino.
Next you are left to wonder
where the time went and how you
are going to finish all your work
before it is due to your professor
on Monday. This is the point
when desperate and elaborate
plans are developed to make up
for the severe procrastination
problem with which every col-
lege student is immediately
infected upon acceptance.
"If
I
get up at six, I can write three
more pages to my paper before
eight o'clock and then I will
study until my midterm at 9:30."
Finally, the end of the night will
arrive and you will have wasted
more time not doing work and
imperative-for-future-survival
cleaning in one day than you did
all week; Sunday, the day of
unrest, has passed.
Don't worry too much though
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is
only five
more days away.
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We are economic decision mak-
ers as consumers. We respond to
market signals, but the market is
not telling the truth, so we make
bad decisions, based on bad
information.
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-
Lester Brown
Author,
Environmental
Analyst
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004
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Speaker links distressing environmental issues to global affairs
.
By
KRISTEN ALLDREDGE
Health Editor
Lester Brown, an award winning environmental
analyst, launched Plan
B
at Dutchess Commuriity
College last week.
Brown, author of "Eco-Economy:
Building an
Economy for the Earth"
delivered a
lecture
outlin-
ing the points in his new
book "Plan B: Rescuing a
Planet under Stress and
a
Civilization in Trouble."
He addressed environmental issues in a
room
of
students, faculty and
local community members as
well as upstate farmers who
are all
directly
linked
to
global economic affairs. Brown's lecture point-
ed out current and future environmental
and eco-
nomic problems, and presented
feasible
ways that
society can take action to save the environment
from further destruction.
Brown's proposal, called Plan B, entails
a world-
wide effort to stabilize population and climate,
and
preserve water resources. Brown
addresses three
main environmental issues: rising temperatures,
emerging water shortages, and food scarcity. He
briefly mentioned concerns further explained in his
book such as the shortcomings of Plan A:
Business
as usual, eroding soils, causing shrinkage of crop-
land, and rising sea levels.
Lester Brown's proposal, called
.
Plan B, entails a worldwide effort to
stabilize population and climate,
and preserve water resources.
Brown presented legitimate facts to support
his
statements: rising temperatures, erosion and
tripling the water demand over the last half centu-
ry reduces food production immensely Erosion
causes a third of topsoil on croplands "the founda-
tion of civilization," to deteriorate faster than
new
foil
is
Torin.mg
:
He established these environmental issues as
direct
links
to global economics.
If
we continue to
conduct "business as usual,"
Brown
said,
troubles
will
worsen
for
the
global economy
as the
environ-
ment continues to decline. "Water scarcity, once a
local
issue, is now crossing international
bound-
aries via the international grain trade," as stated in
"Plan
B."
If we continue to conduct "busi-
ness as usual" troubles will worsen
for the global economy as the envi-
ronment continues to decline.
China is an example, where water shortages are
inhibiting food
production.
Grain harvests have
fallen from
392
million
tons
in
1999
to
340
million
tons in
2003.
This amount exceeds the entire grain
harvest of Canada.
Brown predicts
that within
the
next few years China's grain
production
will be
exhausted and "they will
look
to the world market
for an unprecedented amount of grain." Given that
the United States produces
more
than half the
world's grain supply, he envisions a long line of
cargo ships exporting grain from the California
coast to China.
"The rise in grain costs may
destabilize
develop-
ing countries
that
are
depleting
their groundwater
resources like Indonesia, Nigeria, and Mexico,
which all are oil exporters,
thus
affecting the oil
market,"
Brown
concluded from facts provided by
the International Water Management Institute.
Brown's lecture did not leave the audience hope-
less and helpless; he provided feasible solutions to
address environmental issues. He suggests that
countries' populations have to be sustained
by
gov-
ernments who need to direct attention to current
threats of hunger and disease.
To justify that serious situations can be improved
'luickly by reorganization, Brown uses the example
of the United
States'
rapid restructuring of the
automobile industry to manufacture tanks, turning
the tide in World War II.
Cutting carbon emissions to stabilize the climate
is possible by using gas electric hybrid engines
.
"The demand exceeds the supply for these vehi-
cles," Brown said after pointing out audience
members who waited six months to buy a hybrid.
Raising water productivity and using renewable
resources
for energy are parts of Brown's Plan B.
He suggests using wind.
"It
is inexhaustible, abundant, clean, benign, and
cheap!" Audience members directed questions to
establishing "wind farms" in the New England
area.
"We are economic decision makers as consumers.
We respond to market signals, but the market is not
telling the truth, so we make
bad
decisions, based
on bad information." Brown encourages civilian
awareness, since capitalism does not allow the
world to tell the environmental truth. To prevent
the downfall of the global economy he reiterates
"the
one
thing that seems certain it is that it is time
for a new approach - Plan
B."
Brown is founder and president of the Earth
Policy Institute,
a
Washington D.C.-based, non
profit research organization
.
Translated and inter-
nationally distributed, his book "Eco-Economy:
Building an Economy for the Earth" was named
one of the world's top
10
books in·
2001
by
TheGlobalist.com.
The
World Affairs Council of
the Mid-Hudson Valley sponsored his lecture. The
organization's mission is to inform, engage, and
empower Hudson Valley residents about world
affairs. For more information visit their website at
http://hvworldaffairscouncil.org.
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THE CIRCLE • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004 •
PAGE 9
From Page Three
Damaged areas seek to rebuild massive hurricane damage
the wake of Charley, Frances,
Ivan and Jeanne has prompted
the largest relief effort ever on
the
part
of the
Federal
Emergency
Management
Association (FEMA).
According to whitehouse.gov,
President Bush has allocated a
additional 7.1 billion to be divid-
ed amongst FEMA and other
government agencies. This will
cover all aspects of restoration
including direct monetary assis-
tance to families and individuals
who have lost homes, emergency
repairs for damaged highways,
roads, hospitals, clinics, and fed-
eral facilities, loans for ·small
businesses and homeowners, and
financial assistance to agricultur-
al producers whose crops were
destroyed.
In addition, a per-
centage of this money will go to
international disaster and famine
assistance funds to aid other
nations affected by this year's
hurricane season.
According to the FEMA web-
site, hurricanes are tropical
cyclones with winds that exceed
74 miles per hour. They begin as
thunderstorms, but gain their
strength from two factors: the
ocean's
temperature and the
atmosphere. Hurricanes draw
their energy
·
from the heat and
moisture of warm water. For a
hurricane to form, the
ocean
must be warmer than 26.5
degrees
Celsius
(81
F).
Hurricanes also require a high
level of humidity, which reduces
the amount of evaporation in
clouds.
According to the National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Aq.ministration (NOAA), and the
National Weather Service, tem-
peratures across the tropical
Atlantic Ocean were 2 degrees
higher than normal approaching
this year's hurricane season.
This undoubtedly increased the
strength and severity of the hurri-
canes we endured.
Richard Feldman, chair of the
environmental science depart-
ment at Marist, acknowledges
that the most important step to
take in prevention of future hur-
ricanes is to reduce human-
induced climate change as much
as possible.
"I regard [this year's] devasta-
tion as a likely outgrowth of
human-induced climate change,"
he said. "This hurricane season
should serve as a wake-up call to
start taking serious efforts to cur-
tail emissions of greenhouse
gases like carbon dioxide and
methane."
Feldman went on to explain
that the United States has yet
to
sign the Kyoto Protocol, which,
according to a CNN.com article,
is an international agreement to
reduce the greenhouse gas emis-
sions that cause climate change,
initially negotiated during a
meeting held in Kyoto, Japan in
1997. It requires industrialized
countries to reduce emissions of
six greenhouse gases by 5 per-
cent by 2012. President Bush
has yet to sign this document.
"I oppose the Kyoto Protocol
because it exempts 80 percent of
the world, including major popu-
lation centers such as China and
India, from compliance, and
would cause serious harm to the
U.S. economy," the president
wrote in a 2001 letter to several
senators published on white-
house.gov.
President Bush maintains that
he does not believe the govern-
ment should regulate mandatory
emissions reductions for carbon
dioxide, which is not considered
a pollutant under the Clean Air
Act.
According to CNN.com, in
order to be put into effect, the
Kyoto Protocol must be ratified
by enough industrialized nations
to account for at least 55 percent
of total carbon dioxide emissions
from industrialized countries in
1990. Russia, a country with
high
.
greenhouse gas emissions,
has ratified the Kyoto Protocol
and it has been put into effect.
Florida coast hit by four major storms, wreaking havoc across state
maximum sustained winds of
145, reported by the Weather
Channel. Making
landfall
just
west of Fort Myers, Hurricane
Charley devastated the state of
Florida to the point that
President Bush declared a state
of emergency, which led to the
evacuation of two counties,
including Myrtle Beach, accord-
ing to Wikipedia Encyclopedia.
All in all, 27 deaths in Florida,
countless injuries, and $14 bil-
lion in property damage, the
National
Hurricane
Center
(NHC) estimated. Charley would
become the United States' sec-
ond most costly hurricane,
behind
1992 's
Hurricane
Andrew. Sixteen days later,
Hurricane
Frances
struck.
Although not as severe, Frances
still resulted in 32 deaths $4 bil-
lion m property damage as
assessed the NHC. While the
damage was highly concentrated
in Florida, flood damage was
widely dispersed throughout the
southeastern and mid-Atlantic
United States.
Two weeks later, Hurricane
Ivan, packing winds hovering
150
miles per hour, slammed
into Florida and Alabama after
leaving
a path of demolition
throughout
the
Caribbean.
Seventy people lost their lives in
Jamaica, Grenada, Venezuela,
and the Dominican Republic.
Another 52 people lost their lives
in the United States. A total of
nearly $9 billion dollars in the
United States alone can be attrib-
uted to this merciless storm
alone,
as
per the
Swiss
Reinsurance Company.
Less than two weeks into the
lost their lives in Haiti as a result
of this storm. This would be the
cleanup of Ivan, Hurricane final of the five storms to hit the
Jeanne
slammed
into
the state of Florida in a 52-day peri-
Floridian Peninsula, claiming the od, spanning August 9th through
lives of six people and causing September 29th.
between
six and eight billion
"The resiliency of this state is
dollars in damage, according to awesome. While we're strained
the National Hurricane Center.
in terms of the resources of our
Flash flooding occurred as far
.
state right now, we're unbowed,"
north as New Jersey. Before the Jeb Bush, Florida governor, told
storm began to die down 200 reporters for CNN.
miles east of New York City,
Put yourself in the shoes of
reports the Weather Channel, someone who lives in an area
approximately 1,970 people had that experienced not one, not
two, not three, but four major
storms in a period of less than
two months.
"You can't even find like one
pie~e of furniture. There isn't a
couch. There isn't a chair.
Nothing is intact at all," Virginia
Tyson said to CNN reporters.
However, hurricane season
does not end until November
30th, leaving more than two-and-
a-half months for potential storm
development in the active
Atlantic Basin.
Flu vaccine not going to be given to just anyone this year
...
continued
from page
8
.
uated influenza vaccine will be
made available this season by
Meddlmmune Corporation.
At Marist, there is not an imme-
diate scare of a widespread and
destructive influenza epidemic.
Most students have at least heard
that there has been a shortage of
vaccinations in the United States.
"I'm not really afraid; I'd think
they would be able to control it
before the flu has a big impact,"
said Caitlin Viani, sophomore.
Martine Alimena, a junior, sees
the need most people would have
for an annual flu shot.
"I'm not worried. I think most
people my age look at getting flu
shots as something of a routine,"
Alimena said
.
"I feel at this
point, only people in need should
receive the vaccinations."
Until vaccinations are more
widely available, the CDC is
promoting good health and
awareness tips for Americans
this flu season. Am0ng some of
these tips are
to
avoid close con-
tact with those who are already
sick, and if you are sick,
try
and
avoid those who are not. This
includes getting rest and prevent-
ing the spread of germs with tis-
sues and frequent hand washing
.
Avoid touching germ-catching
areas of the body like your eyes,
nose, and mouth.
Jane O'Brien, director of
Health Services, said "Stress is a
big problem in undermining the
immune system response."
Outside factors in your daily
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 14, 2004
www.maristcircle.com
The Dodge Poetry
·
is the
largest poetry event in
North America and it is the
most energetic, festive, and
high-spirited celebration of
poetry I have ever seen.
, ,
- Billy
Collins,
Former U.S. Poet Laureate
PAGE 10
Biennial poetry festival returns to Duke Farms to
share poetic voice
By JESSICA
BAGAR
A&E Editor
Every two years, the largest
poetry event in North America is
hosted in New Jersey.
The
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry
Festival is a four day poetry cel-
ebration, called "poetry heaven"
by former U.S. Poet Laureate
Robert Hass (1995-97), "a new
Woodstock" by the Christian
Science Monitor, and, my per-
sonal favorite, "Wordstock" by
The New York Times.
This biennial Festival has been
held in even-numbered years
since 1986, drawing thousands
of poetry enthusiasts and over
five
dozen
internationally-
acclaimed poets.
As David
Grant, executive director of the
Geraldine
R.
Dodge Foundation
explains, this gathering of poets
is an effort to "help make society
more humane and the world
more liveable."
At the beginning of the month,
thousands of people gathered at
ically an oral / aural art in which
the audience plays a critical role.
In
addition, "Giving Voice" is a
Festival activity devoted to read-
ing aloud poems by selected
poets who have passed away.
This year,
such poets as
Gwendolyn
Brooks,
Jane
Kenyon, Czeslaw Milosz, Sylvia
Plath and Cole Porter were hon-
Duke Farms in Hillsborough, ored.
New Jersey to participate in
The Festival offers "Poets on
readings and discussions con-
cerning poetry and enjoy the
sunny October weather together.
One of the most popular events
at the Festival are readings.
These poetry readings are meant
to remind us that poetry is histor-
Poetry," sessions in which
Featured Poets (Better known
poets) and Poets Among Us
(more up-and-coming poets)
individually discuss their own
relationship to poetry by present-
ing and discussing poems (by
others and by themselves) that
are important to them.
Visitors to the Festival are also
invited to share their own work
in areas designed for open mic
participation, inviting anyone to
read their own poetry or poetry
by other poets. This year, the
Festival also featured Yarina
,
musicians from Ecuador who
interpret the hauntingly beautiful
music of the Andes and the Paul
Winter Consort, one of the earli-
est proponents of world music.
The Dodge Poetry Festival is
unmated in its ability to bring
together poets from all over the
nation. The amount of people
who come to share the love of
poetry is astounding and moves
the poets who come to share the
work that is so dear to them.
Former U.S. Poet Laureate, and
speaker at the Festival, Billy
Collins, agrees that the Festival
is an amazing experience. "The
Dodge Poetry Festival is the
largest poetry event in North
America and it is the most ener-
getic, festive, and high-spirited
celebration of poetry I have ever
seen," he said.
"The spectacle of crowds of
people shouldering past one
another in all directions
,
the long
lines of book-buyers, the rapt
attention to readers, the outbursts
of applause, and even standing
O nl y What
You
Let Change, Will
A short story in
honor
of National Coming Out Day
~
LISA CHRISTINE
PADILlA
Circle
Contributor
The way the door slammed
after he left, it was like no other
sound I had heard
:
What had he
expected? You don't just tell
your son news that huge, and
expect him to be accepting.
How had I not noticed, why
couldn't I tell? The phone rang
and my head slowly turned to
watch the red light flash over
and over.
My feet wouldn't
move.
My mind wouldn't
budge. Click, the answering
machine picked up. Blessed by
my
mother's
five-year-old
recording, the caller began to
speak. A foreign voice, a person
I no longer knew spoke.
"Jeremy, I've tried. Tried to
deny it, fight it, not give in, but
I can't, okay? I can't, damn it!
This is who I
.
am. It doesn't
change my love for you; it does-
n't change anything between us.
Only what you let change, will."
Was that it? Now it was my
fault? Now all of a sudden the
change, the air, the distance the
size of a country between us,
was all up to me? He must be
joking.
Drip, a wet feeling broke
the tight grip between my fin-
gers and I noticed
'
my tears
falling uncontrollably. My face
turned red with anger. Finally I
was able to get my feet moving
and before I knew it I was run-
ning down the street, front door
wide open, the same way my
heart felt. Anyone could get in if
they wanted, why even bother to
lock it anymore? My own father
could deceive me.
You grow up thinking that
your parents are the world, the
only people in your life you can
really
trust.
Imagine how
screwed up you can get when
you find out that you can't trust
them. I wanted my mother, her
soft words and gentle honesty
.
She was still the same person,
and she wouldn't
hurt me the way my father did. I
felt like curling up right back in
her womb and not letting them
take me out. The warm flowery
Winter Intersession Programs
-Trinidad
&
Tobago
-Brazil
-Portugal
-Chile
-London-Theatre
-Puerto Rico
&
Dominician Rep.
scent of her perfume still lin-
gered from her good-bye this
mon;iing. I wish she were here.
The road ended by the lake
where my father and I used to
fish every weekend. I saw us out
there on the water, when he
would tell his long childhood
stories. Stories that made my
mind water and run deep into
forests and huge cornfields and
when I would say, "For real?"
He'd smile, and say, ''No." We
would laugh for what seemed
like forever and no one could
ovations are enough to convince
you that poetry has somehow
been restored to its ancient
prominence and might even be a
force to be reckoned with," he
said.
I absolutely agree with Collins
in that the Dodge Poetry Festival
is unlike any other event I have
ever seen. The crowds of people
who flock to this "Wordstock
"
is
astonishing, and to see so many
people gathered to share their
love of poetry is a beautiful
sight. It may only come around
every two years, but the Dodge
Poetry Festival is truly worth the
wait.
tell me that I didn't love my
father. He was great but what
was he now? Was he still my
father? Could we still be close?
The scene blurred like a dream
as the tears welled up in my
eyes, where do we go from
here?
His message on the answering
machine played 'back in my
head and he was right. Only
what I let change, will. He still
loves me and cares about me.
He is still my father
,
even
though he is gay.


































































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THE
CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,
2004 •
PAGE
11
Students take time to support friends
and fell ow performers
The
years first
SPC Coffeehouse proves
successful with seven performances
By
JESSICA BAGAR
A&E Editor
SPC hosted its first Student
Coffeehouse of the year on
Tuesday night, Oct.
12.
With a
total of seven acts, students
packed the Performing Arts
Room to listen to their friends
show off their musical talent and
relax in a friendly and welcom-
ing atmosphere. Each act was on
stage for seven minutes or for the
duration of two songs, showing
off their acoustic' skills.
It didn't take long before all of
the available seats were filled
and there was only standing
room available in the back:
Students enjoyed the closeness
that was present between listen-
ers
and performers alike, and
showed enthusiasm and support
for each performance.
personal
and
emotional,
"Searching for a Reason," a song
filled with powerful lyrics that
showed off Santiago's strong
vocal ability. He followed with a
unique, stylized version of Van
Morrison's "Crazy Love," giving
the well-known song a different
spin.
David Carotano was third to
perform with Frank Vieli on
back- up guitar and Andrew
Russell
on
the
keyboard.
Carotano's first two original
songs,
"Alone"
and "Coming
Home," were filled with heartfelt
lyrics and Carotano's energy on
stage brought a great deal of life
to his music. He ended his set
with a cover of matchbox twen-
ty's "Bright Lights," showing
both his undeniable instrumental
and vocal talent.
Amy Matarazzo performed an
original song and her gentle
acoustics complemented her soft,
clear vocals. Her short set was a
welcome break from the more
upbeat music, giving the audi-
ence a short time for quiet reflec-
tion as she performed.
theme song for a show that's w
e r
e
going to be on Cartoon Network. Tuesday's
One of the most welcomed winners, also
bands of the night was the trio b r i n g i n g
consisting of Jeremy, Alex and home a gift
Will. This dynamic group incor-
certificate
to
porated expert guitar rhythms the mall.
and a soft percussion, playing
The SPC
with a distinct intensity showing Coffeehouse
their clear ability on their respec-
provided for
tive instruments.
They began a relaxed and
their set with an original song, e nj o ya b
1
e
and ended it with a cover of atmosphere
Kenny Loggins' "House on Pooh for
Marist
Comer," a song that was strong-
s tu dents
.
ly appreciated by the audience.
Marist soph-
Chris Fortney joined the group omore Carl
onstage for this song, introduc-
Guastaferro
ing his vocals to back up the showed his
lead.
enjoyment of
The Coffeehouse ended with a the event by
set by Radfax, who overcame a
.
bit of difficulty with the bass and
proceeded to perform two ener-
getic numbers. Their enthusiasm
on stage found its way into the
audience and everyone watching
found themselves getting more
and more into the music as the
duo continued on.
As the scores were tallied up,
Chris Fortney returned to stage
and entertained the audience
with two more acoustic numbers,
separating him from the group he
had performed with earlier and
showing his talent
as
,
a solo per-
former.
saying,
"There were
good vibes
all around,
all the bands
played really
well and it
was all very
relaxed."
The SPC Coffeehouse opened
with Middleway, consisting of
Rob Celletti and Paul Stavish,
who also played at Marist's
Battle
of the Bands. Middleway
opened with their rendition of
Pearl Jam's "Nothingman,"
~
moving song thanks to Celletti's
powerful vocals and Stavish's
strong back up. For their second
song, Middleway performed
"Rainy Day," written by Paul, a
beautiful, relaxing !Ilelody which
showed off the duo's instrumen-
tal talent. Said Celletti about the
Coffeehouse, "It's a great chance
for musicians to perform to a
pretty large
·
audience. The
turnout always amazes me."
Resuming a more energetic
pace was Sean Probert, showing
a strong instrumental command
as well as an undeniable vocal
control. Probert explained that
he is in two bands, and his first
song was one of his band
Embers' songs and the second
was a song from his other band,
Raising Twilight. His presence
on
stage was extremely well -
received, and Probert also
informed the audience that one
of his bands is responsible for the
Coming in third place at
Tuesday's Coffeehouse was
Radfax, receiving movie tickets
and thunderous applause. Sean
Probert came in second and was
awarded a gift certificate to the
mall, and Jeremy, Alex and Will
Those who
filled
the
Performing
Arts Room
were treated
to a wonder-
ful
show,
witnessing
the musical
talent
of
SPC
Coffeehouse performer David Carotano performs two original
seven acts, songs and a cover
of
matchbox twenty's •enght
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He brought a distinct energy to the
all of which stage and delighted the audience
with
his strong vocals and talent on the guitar.
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John
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Football team
wins
in final seconds, 29-yard
field goal
By
ALEXANDER
D.
PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Assistant Sports Editor
After missing a point-after
attempt earlier in the game, and
with Marist trailing 20-19,
Bradley
Rowe found himself
perched on the precarious line
between
hero and scapegoat.
With 18 seconds left, Rowe
picked hero.
The freshman kicker kicked a
29-yard field goal over St.
Peters' defense to put the Marist
football
team
on top for good,
with a 22-20 lead. The trey put
an end to a game that saw Marist
almost squander a 13-0 halftime
lead.
Marist had gone up on two
first-half touchdown passes from
senior quarterback James Luft,
who completed 16 of 20 tosses
for 154 yards overall.
Rowe,
who has missed three out of 12
point-after attempts on the sea-
son, missed his first PAT and hit
his second
try.
The St. Peter's
Peahens stormed back for three
touchdowns in the second half,
thanks to quarterback James
Bonnono's 254 passing yards
and three touchdowns
(two
pass-
es, one run).
The
victory
lifted Marist's
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference record to 2-0, 2-3
overall.
Marist's special teams play
swung from shaky to successful
over the course of the game.
After Rowe's botched a PAT, the
return team triumphed in the
third quarter with a 93-yard
streak to the end zone by corner-
back Daniel Diaz, to go up 19-7
(2-point attempt failed).
The
special
teams unit would go on
helped
engineer both this
year's
!O
block a fourth-quarter PAT by and
last year's
final drives.
St. Peter's after Bonnono had
"We had the confidence
passed for his final touchdown,
because we've done
it
before,"
and with 1 :30 remaining,
chased
Luft said
in
the Poughkeepsie
down St. Peter's punter Wayne Journal.
"We
were just excited
Guarino as he was running on a
to
have
the
chance
to
go back out
botched punt attempt. He was
there."
tackled on the St. Peter's 38, set-
Another star for Marist
in the
ting up a five-play, 26 yard drive, decisive fourth quarter was sen-
for Rowe's field goal.
1or
defensive lineman Scott
It was reminiscent of Marist's Shukri. Shukri sacked Bonnono
victory over St. Peter's last year,
on a third and nine on St. Peter's
in which the team marched 80 final possession, with St. Peter's
yards downfield to win in anoth-
on the Marist 23. This set up a
er white-knuckle game. Luft fourth down illegal motion
penalty
on a
punt,
followed by
a
bad snap
which turned the
ball
over
to
the
Foxes
on
downs.
Shukri
tallied two sacks total to
go along with
four tackles
.
Rowe's performance in the
fourth
quarter
earned him
MAAC Co-Rookie
of the week
honors. For the
season,
Rowe is
.second in the MAAC for scoring
with 18
points
total.
He
has hit
on 3
of 4 field-goals
and 9
of 12
point-after
attempts.
Baseball contenders are
,
no sure thing
in
October,,.
continued from page 13
League in strikeouts. Pedro is
coming off of four strait losses
and
has to get over the' demons
from last season.
Bronson
Arroyo and Tim Wakefield will
scare
nobody when they start,
and
their bullpen is weak other
than Keith Foulke.
Terry
Francona
has struggled in the
playoffs as a manager and the
demanding
Boston faithful will
be over his shoulder for every
decision.
The best offense in baseball
pushed the Cardinals to a league
best 105· wins. Albert Pujols, Jim
Edmonds, and Scott Rolen were
all legitimat~ MVP candidates
and a deadline deal for
Larry
Walker made them even better.
St. Louis also has the best
defense in baseball as Rolen,
Walker,
Edmonds,
Mike
Matheny and Edgar Renteria
have all won gold gloves. The
Cardinals will send four 15-game
winners to the mound, and a
bullpen where all five primary
relievers have ERAs under 3.00.
The Cardinals pitching is noth-
ing to be particularly scared
about. Their ace, Matt Morris,
has a
4. 72 ERA. Woody
Encouraging new artistic hobbies
...
continued from page 2
dents
opportunities to
try
things
they hav~'t done before," he
said.
Steven Villalobos, sophomore
from
Old
Bridge, NJ, is taking
the beginner guitar lessons and
strongly
recommended
the
enrichment
program.
"I like learning new things and
'
I
just started learning guitar this
summer," said Villalobos.
"I
think the enrichment program is
a
great program because I am
able
t9
come to college and learn
from people who know so much
about it."
The instructors from each of
these programs don't necessarily
have to be a Marist employee,
although all of the workshops are
held on campus.
Helen Avakian, of Pleasant
Valley, NY, taught the beginner
guitar lessons the past two years
but is a member of the music
department faculty at Dutchess
Community College and the
dance department at Bard
College.
"I
thought [the program]
sounded fun," Avakian said.
"I
love working with college stu-
dents, and I found the Marist stu-
dents to be very bright and they
eat it up."
Though the class has only 10
students in it, Avakian said, it is
still a great learning experience
for them.
"If
they practice and show up
they can get a
lot
out of it," she
said.
Next semester Colwill
hopes
to
do some artistic programs, like
dancing or painting, or off
er a
cooking class.
Janet Gilfeather, senior com-
munications student, said cook-
ing classes would
really
help the
students
that live in on-campus
housing with kitchens.
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Williams has been extremely
inconsistent, and their other
starters are Jeff Suppan, Cris
Carpenter, and Jason Marquis.
No, that's not the waiver wire,
ladies and gentlemen.
The Astros finished the season
by winning 36 of their last 46
games.
Jeff Bagwell, Craig
Biggio,
Jeff Kent,
Lance
Berkman, and Carlos Beltran
may all be in the Hall of
Fame
one day and lead the best offense
not in St. Louis. Roger Clemens
and Roy Oswalt are the best one-
two
punch in the
National
League, and Brad Lidge is the
most underrated reliever in the
game. Houston
i
s also a
veteran
team and may be
dismantled
after this season,
creating
a
strong sense of urgency.
,,
9nc.
They
are
old. The
Original
Killer B's
are more like mosqui-
toes.
Add Jeff Kent
to the list of
.
.
highly-paid aging hitters who are
integral
cogs
.
in Houston
's
offense. Brad
Lidge
is underrat-
.
ed, btlt
honestly,
does he
really
scare
anyone? They
better
hope,
Clemens
and Oswa
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can
pitch
every game.
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PAGE 13
Women's soccer puts together 90 error-free minutes in
win over Canisius
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Staff Writer
The Marist women's
·
soccer
team
blanked
Canisius 2-0 on
the road this past Friday
evening, earning its first
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference win of the season.
Head
coach
Sheri
Huckleberry said the Lady
Red Foxes' ability to play the
entire 90 minutes without any
major mistakes enabled them
to win.
"In the last two weeks or so,
we'd just have mental lapses,
and hadn't been able to put a
complete game together," she
said. "We were able to piece
things together and play for as
close to 90 minutes as this
group's been able to do so far.
That was the big. thing."
Huckleberry said it was not
just the goalkeeping and the
fullbacks, but team defense
that preserved the shutout.
Red
Foxes
clip Golden Griffens'
wings; first MAAC win of year
By
CHRIS TORRES
Circle Contributor
•
I
The most important stretch
of the season has begun for the
men's soccer team and they
seem to be up for the chal-
lenge. The Marist Red Foxes
opened their Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference schedule
with a dominating 5-0 victory
over visiting Canisius
(1-8, 0-
1
MAAC) last Friday night.
Senior midfielder and co-
captain David Musinski led
the scoring attack, scoring his
first two goals of the season in
the 17th and 33rd minutes of
er Adam Sleyzak and sending
the Red Foxes into the locker
with a huge surge of momen-
tum.
There was no letdown in the
second half as the Red Foxes
scored twice to seal the win.
Senior midfielder Matt
Morsch put away any thoughts
of a Canisius comeback, scor-
ing his first career goal in the
50th minute off of a Kyle
Nunes
corner
kick.
Sophomore forward
Keith
Detelj would cap off the scor-
ing with his fifth goal of the
season, scoring in the 76th
minute.
the first half to
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provide all the
There was no letdown In
Marist's
defensive
unit put forth
an outstand-
ing effort as
well.
The
scoring Marist
the
second
half as the Red
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ce o
need.
seal the win.
Junior back
Peter Rea dealt the big blow as
he scored his first career goal
with 13 seconds remaining in
the first half.
Rea took an
entry pass from senior forward
and co-captain Patrick Safino,
beating the Canisius goalkeep-
Red Foxes'
de?ense did not allow a single
shot on goal, allowing senior
goalkeeper Mike Valenti to
pick up his second consecutive
shutout, which was also the
fifth of his career
.
Marist is tied for second in
"Our forwards were defend-
ing, our mid-fielders were
defending, and our backs and
our goalies did extremely
well," she said. "They kept
things clean and simple."
Mari st jumped in front early
on Deirdre Murray's second
goal of the season off Ashley
Johnson's assist at 14:54, and
never looked back according
to the second-year coach.
"We're a team with personal-
ity," Huckleberry said.
"If
we
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earned
MAAC
offensive player
of
the
week honors
with two
goals
and an
assist last
weekend.
the MAAC standings behind
Loyola. The Red Foxes have
been ge
_
tting outstanding per-
formances from sophomores
Anthony Graci and
,
Keith
Detelj, who lead the MAAC in
points scored with 13 apiece.
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get the lead first, we tend to
hold onto it because it ener-
gizes us that much more."
Senior Laura Clark added an
insurance goal, sealing the
game for the Red Foxes. This
was Clark's first goal of the
season, coming off an assist
from fellow captain Courtney
Moore
.
"For a senior, it's your last
.
hurrah. For LC [Clark] to get
that goal was just
tremendous
because she's been working so
hard as a role player coming
off the bench, and that's vita
_
l-
ly important to this program,
that you can come into the
flow of the game, and make a
huge difference," Huckleberry
said.
Looking ahead, jµst as
Marist used an early goal to
spur them on to victory in this
game, an in-conference win
can just as easily re-energize
this young Marist squad's
MAAC tournament hopes
,
Huckleberry said
.
"[This game] was h
u
ge
because it still keeps us in
conten
t
ion,
"
she said
.
"We
need to realize
,
as a young
team, we still have an oppor-
tunity
t
o get into the MAAC
tournament. We've got to win
some games, but we've got
one under our
·
belt.
I
t's always
nice to win.
"
The Red Foxes will host
rival Siena this Friday
,
Oct. 15
at 7 p.m.
Goalkeeper
Valenti
posts
third shutout of season
By
ANDY ALONGI
Staff Writer
The Marist men's soccer team
improved to 2-0-0 in Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
play last Sunday afternoon,
defeating the Niagara Purple
Eagles 1-0 on Leonidoff Field.
Sophomore Anthony Graci
scored his team leading sixth
goal of the season in the 33rd
minute, unassisted
.
Graci puf a
rebound in the back of the net
of the near post, just past jun-
ior Purple Eagles goalie Eric
Sullivan.
The Foxes put a lot of pres-
sure on the Purple Eagle
defense, putting 11 shots on
goal. Sophomore Keith Detelj
and Graci put three shots on
goal each, while senior Matt
Flaherty contributed two shots
on goal. Also, senior Rob
DiPiero,
junior
Bruno
Mechado and red-shirt junior
Bobby Van Dyke each added
one shot to the Marist offense.
Defensively for the Foxes, Eagles brought the team over
only one shot headed toward .500 for the first time this sea-
senior
goalkeeper
Mike son with a record of 5-4-0.
Valenti.
Currently, Mar
i
st is tied for
Herodes said the answer is second place with Rider
i
n the
moving junior Ben Castor MAAC. Each team has six
from central midfielder to points, three poin
t
s behind the
defensive sweeper.
first place team, the Loyola
''The defense is clicking pri-
Greyhounds.
marily because of Ben Castor,"
Marist is now approaching a
he said. "We moved him from pivotal three-game road trip,
central midfielder to defensive making s
t
ops to p
l
ay Siena,
sweeper, and since the move, Fairfield, and Iona, all MAAC
we have given up one goal in opponents
.
five games
.
This is something
Herodes said tha
t
this next
we have never done before stre~h is cri
t
ical to
t
he Foxes'
here at Marist. I give credit to
Castor. He's a dynamite player
that has just been overlooked."
Valenti continued his superb
play
between
the
pipes
increasing his season shut-out
total to three in as many
games. Valenti has not given
up a goal in over 350 minutes
of play. Valenti now has seven
shutouts over his three plus
seasons at Marist College.
The win over the Purple
chances.
"If
we can get two out
of
three games we'll be in good
shape," he said
.
"We must get
points
;
usually six wins are
needed to clinch a playoff
berth."
The men will return home on
Oct. 29 when they take the
field against the Manhattan
Jaspers under the
·
ligh
t
s of
Leonidoff field at 7 p.m.
Taking
a
look
at
October's
version of Final Four
By
ANT1-IONY
OLMERI
Staff
Writer
The Yankees
have an
extreme~
ly
expenenced ro. ter and a
manager
ith four World
Series
ring .
Every mght, Joe lorre
fills out
a
line-up
card
that
makes
oppo ing
pitche
wake
up in
cold
~eat.
If
their
leagu -
leading
2
I
home
runs are
not
enough. and you
think that
y.:>ur
offense
can
eome back
on
·Ulern
in
the late mnmg
think
agam.
Mariano
Rivera
and Tom
Gordon fonn one of
the
most
intimidating
late
mmng combi-
nations
in
recent memory.
The Yankees
have
a ton of
home run power: but
JU.St
like
last
yeax-.
they hav ,
ery
few
contact
hitter
No one
man.-
aged
to
hit over ,300. and
majority
of
their lineup
strikes
out a lot,
making
them
vulnera-
ble to power pitchers. A 1 o
,
their
rotation
is
a
mess;
eve
starter
has been on the DL
at
some
pomt
this
season.
Orlando Hernandez
is
the only
starter
with
an
ERA
under
4.00
and
he
1s havmg
shoulder
prob-
lems. If the rotation
does
not
pick
1t
up,
they
will
never make
1t
to
that
great
bullpen
The
Red Sox
boast
the
colos-
sal
combination
of
David Ortiz
and
MaMy
Ramirez m the
mid-
dle of their
line-up
.
With
their
combined
175 extra base
liiti;
it
'
i
a
back-to-back power-hitting
twosome that can single-hand·
edl)
lift
the ex
to the
promised
land.
Pedro
Martinez
may
not
be
the
pitcher
of
1999,
but
he
doesn't
need
to
be. Pedro
is
the
best
number-two starter in the
league
.
Curt Schilling is a horse,
and
he
hru.
a
new
and
impro
ed
defense
behind
him.. along
with
a
top
of
the line
closer.
The Red o · still cannot man-
ufa1.:tur
any
·
runs
and
will
be
dependant
on big hits
to
ore.
They are
also
poor
ituational
hitters
and
led the
American.
SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 12
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However,
it takes more than
JU
t
a
winning
team to
be
a
respected
program m
higher-
le.vel
men's
and
women's bas-
ketball •.
the
women's
team
rook
a
1arge
$WP
in the right direction
by
makmg the
CAA
tourna-
ment, and
tabhshing Mari t
on
.a
national
stage.
Marist's name
was
m all
the
n
w
paper ,
on
the
spons
talk
radio
.shows,
and
on
the net-
work tournament
preview
pro-
grams.
•
ot
only did 1t
give the
play-
ers e
thrill, but
it
gave
the col-
legt. a
public r lation boost,
along with
a
hot
in
the
arm
on
the recruiting
trail.
Coach
Giorgi
can't wait
to
get out
on.to
the
practice
court
and conti11ue to reap the bene-
fits
of last year's successful
run.
MQnce
you get there, you
want
to
get back, ' he
said "It's
as
simple as
that. '
In
an
att\:mpt to k p th t
pos-
itive
energy flowmg,
the
school
hopes to get
the
student
body
involved
in
the 2004-2005 sea~
son.
Kn ·tm
Keller,
a
senior
center
on
th
omen' team, thinks
this
1s
an
opportunity to
get
the
younger
players e cited for
the
new
ason, a
w
IL
·•Toe older players
on the
t:cam
have
been through big
moment:,
and
a
lot
of
excite-
ment.''
he said. •
0'1i
we
can
pass
it
on to
the
younger play-
ers.'
College
basketball is
about
the students'
contagious
energy
infu ing
the
player with that
same
vigor
on
the court.
There
i
no better
way
than
idmght
Madness to get th fans fired up
for another
ea on of
R d Fo
basketball.
Over
the
yea,s
1
I\e heard
many an
excuse
for
students on
campus
about
their lack ()/
up-
pon for our
ba ketball program.
They
make reniark.s
about
our
standing
as a
mid-maJor school
in
a
small
conference y,1th
only
a
small
chance
of
making
the
AA
tournament
However after la
t
)Car'
app arancc by
the \\ om
n'
team
in
the big
dance
there is
no
reason not to believe
that
in
ZOOS,
both the men
and women
could be playing deep into
March.
\ ith
each new
season,
the
slate
I
wiped
clean
.
o. the
Marist
commumty should
feel
prh
ilcged to
have
the
opportu•
nity
to
express their
support
towards
our basketball
teams,
see some great talent d1 played
m the seasonts first
official
practice,
and
have
some fun
in
the
process.
If you don't b
l1
,
,
c me when
I tell
you
that
fan
support
is
essential to a
winning
college
basketball team
,
let
Marist en-
tor forward Will
McClur.kin
tell
yPU
him
elf
.
'Thi
1
definitely
a
p
stti,,
-for us,"
he
said.·
Fans
are
a big
key down the stretch, and I
have
enough experience
to
know
that
with enough support,
they
can
give
us
an
extra ten
points in a game.''
Ten
points
a game
might not
seem
like
a lot when
ou
are 6-
22
,
until
you
realize that last
season Marist Jost 11
games
by
ten
points
or
less.
At
midnight on
Friday,
start
your
quest
to push
the
Marist
basketball program to the next
level.


























































Ti,IE CIRCLE
Upcoming Events:
Football:
Saturday, Oct.
'
16
-
~ against Sacred
·
Heart at home,
7
p.m.
Men's soccer:
Saturday, Oct.
16 - against
Siena,
1
p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004
www.marlstclrcle.com
McCann Center
,
ready
for Midnight Madness
By
PAUL $EACH
Sports ~ditor
After the women's
basketball
team won their first Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
title and the men's team said
goodbye to a coach who spent
almost two decades with the
team last season, it is fitting that
the new
season
will begin with
much hype.
On Friday, Qct.
15
at
10:30
p.m., the doors of the Mccann
Center will open for Midnight
Madness - the wildly popular
pep rally that features both
fun
and games for players and fans.
Assistant sports information
director Colin Sullivan said this
event will be fan-oriented.
"I
look at this event much like
a fall concert,
r.
he said.
"Everyone is looking forward to
it.
It
is focused on attracting
Marist students."
The first
1,000
students will
receive
free
"Midnight
Madness" t-shirts.
Groups throughout the Marist
Community came together for
the planning of Midnight
Madness including long time
supporter Marina's Pizzeria,
who is donating pasta for the
pasta eating contest, one of
many other events scheduled on
the night
At
10:45
p.m. the program will
begin as a DJ and Master of
Ceremonies kick off the event,
which has not taken place in
many years here at Marist. The
pasta-eating contest will most
likely
be
the first event of the
night.
There will also be a "money
scramble" contest where blind-
folded contestants will scramble
around the McCann floor trying
to pick up as much money
as
possible in the time allotted.
Prizes will also be given out to
the person who can master the
half-court shot.
With the scoreboard counting
down an hour before midnight,
along with perfomiances from
the cheerleaders, dance team
and Marist band, the fan interac-
tion part will end with a dodge-
ball contest where teams are
divided according to housing
.
At midnight, the coaches will
come out, speak a few words,
introduce the players and con-
tinue the rally with layup drills.
The teams will engage in a
"Battte of the Sexes" three-
point contest and the men will
~omplete the night with a slam
dunk contest.
Senior basketball player Will
McClurkin said he probably will
not be a part of the event but he
still cannot reveal his pick.
"The event is more for Carl
Hood and
Brandon
Ellerbee,"
he said.
Women's head coach Brian
Giorgis saiq the event will get
everyone excited for the season.
"This is kind of a bridge from
last year to this year," he said.
"It
will get the kids pumped for
the season."
Although new to the Marist
community, Midnight Madness
is something that bigger schools
.
These l-Shlns wlll be
11Ven DUI
II
the
flnt
thousand Sbldents
tllrough
the
door.
have been incorporating into the
COURTESY
OF
COLIN
SUWVAN
preseason for years.
"It
wasn't a big deal (at event will bring everyone clos-
The concept
began
in
1970
UMBC)," he said.
"It
is more er.
when then-Maryland coach for [the fans] than us.
I'm
hop-
"This is an opportunity for stu-
Lefty
Driesell gathered his team ing for a lot more students to dents, athletes, and coaches to
on the track and niade them come out and get a little wild."
come together and build the
practice at the earliest time pos-
So far the student body is school spirit that every school
sible-midnight, Oct. l.S.
embracing the idea of having needs to be successful in athlet-
In
1998,
Kentucky Wildcats midnight festivities. Senior ics," he said.
coach Tubby Smith dressed up Chris Asher said it is about time
Colin Sullivan said he wants
as Don King and the players as the school does s9mething dif-
the event to be
fun
for the fans
wrestlers when the team took ferent to hype the season.
"I expect a fun festive
the court at midnight to promote
"I think it's a great idea that is evening," he sa
i
d.
"
There will
the new season.
long overdue," he said.
"It
feels be lots of contests
,
prizes and
McClurkin was a part of
·
good to be apart of something general excitement for meeting
Midnight Madness at Maryland-
that so many other prominent this year's teams."
Baltimore County College. He programs have been doing for-
"The road to the tournament
said he hopes that this turnout is ever."
starts here," he said.
better than the one at UMBC.
Senior Jose Estrella said the
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Madness
will
help .give Foxes
home advantage
By
ANTHONY OLIVIERI
Staff Wr
i
ter
t
the troke of midnight
on
Oct. 16, 2004, the tarist men
'
s
and
women' basketball
squads
rill make
their
first offi
ial
appearances of the season on
the
Mccann Center hardwood
and catapulting into a ne\\ era o
Red Fox basketba
l
l.
The women' team
1
.
off of the program's best """'"""',..
·
to date a
MAA
tournament
champ
i
onship. a trip to the
C AA
toum
ment,
and the
con truction
of a
leg1timat
Divi ion
I
power
under Coach
Brian Giorgi
.
The
men's
squad had sigmf-
icantly
tougher 2003·2004 sea-
son,
finishing
with
a
6-22
record and another fi t
-
round
MAAC tournament
xit
at the
hand of
archrival iena
.
Then-h :ad
coach Dave
Magar1cy
rehn{JUished bi dutiC$
at the helm of
tl1e
men
1
s pro-
grum
after
18
years patrolling
the sidelines
for the
Red Foxe·
.
Longtime St. Joseph
'
i
tant
Man Bradv took
O\
er th
po
ition and plnn to help
Mari
t
regain re pcctabilit
within the MAAC conference,
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