VOLUME 58, ISSUE 7
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY,OCTOBER28,2004
Bush relying on military
By
MATT
FLAHERlY
Circle
Contributor
This election marks an impor-
tant
choice for all Americans,
but some Marist students are
faced with a unique question:
Should they vote for their own
Commander in Chief?
"It all depends on the situa-
tion/' said Jason Neas, a Marist
College senior who has taken
part in the United States Marine
Corps Officer Candidate School
(OCS) for the past several sum-
mers.
"People will vote for another
person if their cause has an end
in sight," Neas continued.
"If
they believe in an end to their
means,. then they will stay with
their President."
"As long as people look at the
situation objectively, evaluating
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who is the best candidate -
then
it's perfectly acceptable," said
Caitlyn Carr, another OCS par-
ticipant. A third OCS student
disagrees. "I think it's almost
ignorance just to vote for the
Commander in Chief just
because you take orders from
him," said Richard Waterman.
OCS is organized to train col-
lege students who plan to join
the Marine Corps as officers
upon graduation.
Candidates
undergo the same training and
testing that all other Marine
Corps
officers
experience,
including physical fitness tests,
field work, martial arts training,
and weapon training. Training
with Marines over the summer
has led these Marist students to
believe that the military vote will
favor President Bush.
"People
are more confident in
Bush," Neas said.
"Most of the people who join
.
the military are conservative to
begin with," said Carr. "The ten-
dency is to rally behind the
President. But the candidate that
is the strongest on terror will get
more of the vote.
It
is the most
important issue facing the mili-
tary."
The military has historically
favored Republican candidates,
but Waterrnan noted some trends
that have military personnel con-
cerned.
For example, the government
is extending military contracts
and tours of duty without the
serviceman or woman's consent.
"The government has the
power to do that, and with the
current situation, we're seeing
many people very unhappy with
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Don't rule Ralph Nader
out of this race just y~t
By
MARK PERUGINI
&
MIKE LAMASTRO
The 2000 election proved that
smaller political parties could
initiate a change in political
leadership, even if the party has
no chance of winning.
During this 2004 election,
Massachusettes
The Gallup poll said among 1,
461 surveyed and registered vot-
ers, Bush leads Kerry 49 percent
to 4 7 percent. Independent can-
didate Ralph Nader received 1
perpent of the support, compris-
ing a minute part of the project-
ed results.
Although
Sen.
John
Kerry
'The function of leader-
Nader's national
support is thin,'
his impact
on
the
upcoming elec-
tion is a
small but
crucial compo-
nent in which
party will inhabit
the White House.
and
President
George W. Bush
have led their
respected politi-
cal parties in one
of the closest
ship is to produce more
leaders.'
- Ralph
Nader
Presidential
candidate
races in r e c e n - - - - - - - - - - - N a d e r ' s extreme-
election history.
ly liberal views, on how the gov-
According to an Oct. 26, 2004 emment should function and
CNN poll, 51 percent of likely
voters said they favor Bush,
whereas 46 percent of likely vot-
ers support Kerry, with Nader
receiving only 1 percent of the
support. Since the 1853 term of
former
Pre~ident
Franklin
Pierce, the Democratic and
Republican parties have estab-
lished themselves as two domi-
nant political parties in the
United States.
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operate, separate him from being
welcomed by the Democratic
and Republican parties. His
beliefs and political philosophy
suspends political mainstream,
forcing a majority of the
American people to disregard
Nader as a serious and realistic
candidate for tlie presidency.
Nader fosters a history of
opposing authority, fighting for
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2004
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The '
-
'Security Br1eft" and the
"
Alcohol Fantasy
Beat" are intended to be a parody and not a repre-
sentation of The Circles editorial stance on drink-
ing - illegal or otherwise - nor is it intended to b~
a statement regarding the official Marist College
policy on alcohol consumption.
PAGE2
Mid-semester break, in common sense
Students -
learn from your mistakes ( and from D,an Roy)
,
•.
,.,
11■111EV1•
Compiled by DAN ROY
Campus Editor
10/14
-
Ahh,
Oct.
14, a crisp, fall smell is in the air.
Wait,
that's not
autumn's aroma, that's smoke coming
from a
grill at Upper West Cedar. At 11
:20
p.m. the fire
department responded and found that the plastic-coated
cardboard used to start the grill caused the fire. Good job,
now
Mr.
Weber is rolling over in his grave.
10/15
-
The driver's side window of a car parked in the
Townhouse
C lot was found broken out at 10:50 a.m.
Friday.
Luckily, nothing is missing from the car.
Unluckily, there are no suspects. Phew, this
·
will proba-
bly
be
the first
and
last time I use the word unluckily.
10/15
-
"Don't call me, Chris" Benoit finally rears its
ugly head. At 9:15 p.m. 28 cans of Busch Light were
confiscated from thtee students. Well it's good to see
that thirty didn't go to waste huh boys. Right now the
"Crippler" is rolling over in his grave. "That's the sec-
ond
time you've used that line in three briefs." So what,
I like it. "But Chris Benoit isn't even dead." Yeah, but
his wrestling career is!
10/16
-
This week I'll call it the "Yan Can Cook"
Award and it goes to the second floor of Champagnat. At
·
4:08 p.m. the fire alarm was set off for burnt chocolate in
the microwave. When asked to explain herself, the cul-
prit said,
"l'
don't know what happened. It seemed so
easy when Martha Stewart did it on 'Martha SteWRrt
'Living'." Yeah, that's }"hy she's in jail. Next time>just
use Bosco.
10/16
-
A
student tried to go through the Leo gate near
the back of McCann at 6:50 p.m. The key word is tried.
The car came to a halt when she hit the chain draped
across it. The windshield and hood of the car were dam-
aged from the accident. What are you driving with your
pennit? You can't see a big chain across the road? Did
the sun setting earlier than 6:50 throw you oft? What is
this "60 Minutes?" Who am
I
Dan Rather?"
10/17
-
Someone must have just watched "The
Program." At 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning, a student was
found lying in the roadway outside Donnelly.
Apparently, he had one too many shots of
fun,
and he
was taken to St. Francis. Yo, copycatting was so mid
90's, get with it.
l 0/17
-
An intoxicated guest tried gaining entry to
Champagnat at 3:35 a.m. that same morning. His state
was not serious so he was allowed to enter with his host
.
. . Flashback to the last brief
.
. . His host has been taken
to St.
Francis
five minutes earlier. Luckily, another stu-
dent was allowed to serve as the host, and the guest was
let in. For some reason
I
get the feeling that the guest
and Mr. St. Francis could not have been too close of
friends.
"Hey,
I'm going
to stay back here and lie in the
street." "Sounds good, I'm just going to head in to bed.
See you in the morning."
10/17
-
It
really pains me how many times !his incident
occurs. A non-student tried getting into Leo using a stu-
dent's
ID
card at
11
:35
p.m. The savvy security guard
denied access when he spotted the female on the card.
Why in God's name would people try to sneak
'in
to a
dorm with an opposite sex ID? Would it have been that
hard
•
tC!Kfind
a
guy!.s
in this case? And
aJ.i;o,
I'm not
writ
..
:
ing tmise briefs for
my
htalth.
.
I
do it
as
an educational
tool for all of you. You read about it,
you
learn from
it.
I
guess everyone still has the mentality that it can't hap-
pen to you. Well, let me burst your bubble.
Ii
can, and
it will.
10/20
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beer at 9:05 p.m. last Wednesday. Actually
they
got
caught with 24 cans of Miller Lite, and 21 cans of
Milwaukee's Best. Who wants to drink 45 cans of beer
on a Wednesday night? I'll tell you who, Pilgrims!
Damn drunks didn't find Plymouth Rock, Plymouth
Rock found them.
10/23
-
Evidently
.
not everyone went home
for
mid-
semester break. At 9:30 p.m. Saturday security interrupt-
ed a bit of a party in Gartland G block.
Nine
cans of Bud
and one empty can of Bud Light were confiscated from
five students. You could have easily gone home and
relaxed, but instead
you
had to stay and have one more
night of drinking. And
look
where
that
got
you,
the
Security binder. On
the
plus
side,
I had a good weekend
.
.
Alcohol-related
incidents this
week:
Gartland
-1
Champagnat
-
2
Benoit-1
Total alcohol-related Incidents:
Leo-6
Gartland 6
Champagnat-6
Old Townhouses
1
Gregory-1
Upper
West
Cedar
-
1
Midrtse 1
Benolt
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such prestigious t;ecognition.
''
- Modele Clarke
Professor of
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PAGE3
Lever machines - make sure your vote counts the first time
By JENNA LEVANDOWSKI
Circle Contributor
Do you know where your
polling place is? Do you know
how to use the voting machine?
Do you have your
ID
ready to
take to the polls?
Have you
researched the candidates who
will
be
on the ballot? While you
may be officially registered to
vote, you may not be truly pre-
pared.
In the last presidential election,
only 51 percent of the population
voted.
Then the results were
thrown
into
controversy,
recounts and court decisions. In
2004, being a first time voter
may seem more intimidating
than ever, but voting may also be
more important than ever.
"Huge, we think it's going to be
huge," said Fran Knapp, the
Democratic
Election
Commissioner for the Dutchess
County Board of Elections
.
"Last
election
,
we had a 74 percent
turnout in Dutchess
.
" This year,
she estimates voter turnout in
Dutchess County will be clos
.
er
to 85 percent.
John Daniels
,
an adjunct pro-
fessor of American National
Government agrees
.
Daniels
said the tightness of the race and
the controversies are the encour-
agement that people need to get
out and vote
.
First-time voter Jacqui
Mihalik, 19, says that past voting
problems make her even more
passionate about voting in this
election. However, she does feel
nervous about some aspects of
voting. "I'm not nervous about
the responsibility of choosing a
new president, but the mechanics
of actually voting in the booth
might be in\imidating," she said.
Dutchess County has
used the same lever voting
machines "forever" according to
Knapp
.
The directions for voting
are written in fine print on the
ballot, but are not too confusing.
The machines are easy
·
to use,
but they are not infallible.
"There's always a problem,"
Knapp acknowledges. "Not on
purpose, but accidentally." One
year, a Dutchess machine had a
wrong ballot, which \\:ent unno-
ticed for hours until one voter
called the poll site. According to
Knapp, on arriving home, the
voter realized that the ballot was
incorrect. The voter had cast bal-
lots for people who were not
even running for those offices.
Also, during the same election, a
machine was delivered to the
wrong place and had to be
shipped last minute to the right
location.
The problems exposed in
Florida during the 2000 election
have raised awaren
.
ess of acci-
dents like these. Knapp says the
effect of Florida's much-publi-
cized problems will be that elec-
tion officials will be much more
careful.
Election workers are
currently preparing themselv.es
to be scrutinized heavily and to
handle any last-minute problems
..
Students who are interested in
trying out the voting machine
before Nov. 2 are encouraged to
practice with a machine on pub-
lic exhibition at the Board of
Elections office. Knapp assures,
"If
you call the Board, we can
definitely make arrangements."
The Dutchess County Board of
Elections is located at 47 Cannon
Street and can be reached at
(845) 486-2473.
Daniels exhibited a Dutchess
voting booth for high school stu-
dents during one election and
found that they were very excit-
ed to get to use it before the elec-
tion, because some of the nerv-
ousness over making a mistake
was diminished.
Even if a voter feels equipped
to operate the voting machines,
there are other necessary prepa-
rations for the upcoming elec-
tion.
Christina Smith, another
first-time voter, said she feels she
has prepared by
·
watching the
presidential and vice-presidential
debates. "I feel really comfort-
able," she said. "I know a lot
about both candidates and
believe
I
can make a well-
infonned decision."
However, Daniels recommends
doing a little more research; par-
ticularly examining candidates
up for. election in other offices.
Also, Daniels cautions, "One
problem is reading and knowing
the propositions. They are in
small print and legalese."
It
is
necessary that propositions are
written in legal terms, because
they have to be voted on exactly
as will be written into law.
Marist students who are regis-
tered to vote in the Town of
Poughkeepsie will find a propos-
al concerning library districts on
the ballot.
Students should also be pre-
pared for election inspectors.
"Election inspectors are typically
older people who might ask for
identification,"
.
says Knapp.
First-time voters must show a
driver's license or other photo
ID,
or a copy of a utility bill,
ow to use a lever machine
1. Move the handle of the curtain lever from the left
hand
ude
of
the machine to the right and keep It there
until odng
is
final.
1.
Tile
names
of
all the
candidates,
separated
by
office
are U ted on the left hand side of the machine. To make
a .eleetlon,
pull
the
pointer
down
over
the names of t~e
cuclidates you
wish
to
select and leave them down.
3.
It
is
possible for you
to
change your
vote
while still in
6.e
·booth
with the curtain shut.
4.
Wlaen
you
are finished voting, swing the handle of the
curtain lever to
the
left as far as it
wm
go
(this clears
the
l,!Uehine and makes it
Impossible for anyone
to
know
laow you voted).
5. It
ls
not
poplble to
vote for too many candidates for
the same
~
because there are only exactly enough
pointen for each office.
bank statement, paycheck or
government
document
that
shows the voter's name and
address.
If a potential voter shows up on
Election Day, but is not in the
poll book, sometimes called
a
voter roll, the voter will be able
to vote on paper ballot.
It
will
later
be
detennined whether that
ballot will count in the election.
In
Dutchess County, it is also
possible to appear before a judge
on Election Day at the Board of
Eledions Office and get a court
order for pennission to vote.
Knapp assures that the judges
almost always grant permission
to vote.
The polling place for students
registered as living at Marist is
the Violet Avenue School, locat-
ed at 191 Violet Avenue. It is 1.2
miles from the Lowell Thomas
Building. Students can reach it
by traveling east on Fulton Street
to its end, at Violet Avenue. The
school is on the comer.
Circle columnist Andy Joyce receives 2003 excellence award
By ALISSA BREW
News Editor
Congratulations to Andy Joyce
,
last year's winner of the 2003
New York Press Associations
Excellence Award.
Joyce, a specialist in the United
States Army Reserves, wrote a
three-part series for The Circle's
opinion page about his experi-
ences overseas and one of his
pieces won first place in the
Better Newspaper Awards con-
test.
The judges said that they were
impressed that Joyce took the
time to maintain a correspon-
dence with The Circle.
"We felt you deserved first
place because with all the hell of
war around you
-
you took the
time to write your column and''let
people know your feelings back
home," as quoted from their
commentary on Joyce'
s
submis
-
sion.
Joyce explained that he had not
realized that The
,
Circle. submit-
ted his article to the contest and
did not find out that he had won
until he attended the activities
fair on Sept. 3. He said that he
was surprised to find his name on
a plaque sitting on a table desig-
nated for The Circle.
"I just walked up and was like
that's me," he said.
"It
was just
weird."
Modele Clarke, professor of
communications and faculty
advisor for The Circle
,
said that
he is proud to be a part of a news-
paper that has received the
recognition it deserves
.
"I am well aware of the phe-
nomenon that folk love to hate
their hometown newspapers and
college communities love to rag
on their campus newspaper,"
Clarke said. "Bqt I have so many
reasons to be proud of this news-
paper."
Clarke said that one of those
reasons is Joyce's award.
"It is extremely gratifying to
h.ave one of my journalism stu-
dents, Andy Joyce, receive such
prestigious recognition," he said.
Joyce joined the United States
Ariny reserves three and a half
years ago and in Jan. 2003 was
transferred
to
the
325th
Transportation Company of
Brockton, Mass. The 325th
medium truck company special-
ized in fuel hauling.
After its activation, the compa-
ny went through mobilization at
Ft. Drum, N.Y. until their
deployment to Iraq in March of
2003. Sgt. John Flemmi, from
Braintree, Mass
.
trained Joyce to
drive a truck equipped with a
five-speed transmission and said
that Joyce performed well as an
assistant driver.
"He's an excellent soldier,"
Flemmi said.
Flemmi also said that Joyce
took his job seriously but also
showed his lighter side.
"He had a great sense of
humor," he said. "We got along
great."
On April 1, Joyce's platoon met
with
773rd
Transportation
Company of Long Island, N.Y
.
in
Iraq and completed their first
fuel mission to LSA Bushmaster.
Joyce's platoon continued to run
fuel missions until they rejoined
the rest of the company a few
weeks later.
The 325th completed over l 00
fuel missions in support of the
3rd Infantry Division, the V
Corps, Army Air Force, 1st
Armored Division, Air Force,
and elements of the 1st Marine
Expeditionary Force.
The 325th redeployed home in
Nov. 2003 from southern Kuwait
after deliyering over eight mil-
lion gallons of fuel and traveling
over a combined two million
miles.
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in Iraq made him
homesick at first.
"It
was hard being
away from home,"
he said. "The weath-
er made it all that
more tough; we lived
in open-air tents so
sand was everywhere
... I'm glad to be
back."
However, Joyce
said that he was still
glad that he went
overseas.
Joyce
served
In
the
Army Reserves
In
Iraq as
"I don't look at it
an assistant
driver for fuel
trucks In Iraq.
now like it was scary
... I learned a lot" he
said. "I definitely want to travel
more because of it."
Lometti also said that Joyce's
relat
i
ons
h
ip with faculty has con-
tributed to his overall success as
Guy Lometti, dean of the
School of Communications and
the Arts, said that the award
showcases the type of student
Joyce is.
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Religion still big influence for many
voters
By
NICOLE SOLAZZO &
ERIC HANSEN
In
a highly-charged political
environment where votes are
pressured by many areas, reli-
gion may still hold a strong influ-
ence.
When issues like abortion, stem
cell research and gay marriage
factor into the choice of a candi-
date, the religious beliefs of the
voter will most likely have an
impact. According to a poll print-
ed in the Washington Post,
72
percent of registered voters
believe a president should have
strong religious beliefs, while
24
percent say they shouldn't.
Ashley Woerner,
22,
a senior
communications major believes
that religious views do not
belong is politics.
"I don't think religion should
dictate government or what peo-
ple think," she said.
Woerner is a Protestant, but
said she does not practice the
religion. Although religion does
influence
people's
political
beliefs, she does not accept the
influence.
"The Protestant religion does
not affect my political beliefs,"
she said.
Controversy over this issue
develops when religious institu-
tions endorse a particular candi-
date in
an
election. A poll pub-
lished by The Pew Forum on
Religion and Public
Life
said
that
65
percent of registered vot-
ers do not agree with churches
endorsing political candidates,
while
25
percent agreed with this
practice.
Wendy Thatcher, office manag-
er and secretary for health servic-
es, said in a country where there
is separation of church and state,
leaders
discussing their religious
beliefs.
"Political leaders
discussing
their religion, I don't like," she
said.
"I
feel strongly against
that."
politics and
religion
should not
mix
.
"Religions
shouldn't
be involved
in politics
"When
it comes to Issues llke gay
marriage and stem cell research,
people's political views are based
on their morals, which are Influ-
enced by rellglon."
Contrary
t
O
Thatcher's
beliefs,
a
majority of
Americans
seem
to
at all," she
said.
"It
doesn
'
t affect my political
beliefs at all
.
"
Thatcher, a Lutheran who con-
siders herself a religious person,
said she disagrees with political
-
ChrfsUne Glollll
SophomOf'e
favor
a
president
who
dis-
cusses reli-
gion.
In
a presidential election
where religion is frequently dis-
cussed by
Bush and
Kerry,
7
in
l
O
voters said it was important to
them that a
president
have strong
religious beliefs according
t
o a
poll by the Pew Forum on
Religion.
Voters also want a candidate
who has strong morals
,
maybe
more so than a
·
strong faith.
According to a poll in th.-
Washington Post, 65 percent of
voters say issues concerning
moral values will be important to
their vote
:
This shows that issues
other than the war, the economy,
and healthcare are critica
l
to
American voters.
Christine Gioielli, 20, a sopho-
more psychology-special educa-
tion major, a Roman Catholic,
said that her religion
'
s political
views are important to her.
"I
consider myself a relig
i
ous
person and my religion definitely
influences my political beliefs,
" .
.
she said. "When it comes to
issues like gay marriage and
stem cell research
,
people's
political views are based on their
morals
,
which
are
influenced by
religion
.
"
Gioielli said she does draw a
line when it comes to candidates
using their religious beliefs in
politics.
"Religion is going to be in pol-
itics to a certain extent, but it
shouldn't be what a candidate is
all about
,
" she sa
i
d
.
"I
do think
it's a favorable characteristic in a
candidate if he or she is reli-
gious
,
only because
I
am a reli-
gious person."
Kerry's abortion stance not popular with Catholics
By
JASON TOTTENHAM &
LAUREN DZIEDZIC
There is a reason why a priest
has never
run
for president.
Democratic presidential candi:-
date, Sen. John Kerry is a prac-
ticing Roman Catholic who
believes in a women's right to
choose abortion. Some voters
may see these as two conflicting
positions, a Catholi~ who favors
abortion.
Many Catholics believe that
life begins at conception and that
abortion is wrong and goes
against the teachings of Jesus.
But
Kerry,
in his pro-choice
position, justifies his stance by
saying he believes in protecting a
woman's right to choose.
"The partial-birth abortion ban
is a dangerous effort to under-
mine a woman's right to choose
,
which is a constitutional amend-
ment I will always fight to pro-
tect," Kerry said.
Some Catholics
,
such as Fr.
Kevtn Scagnelli, feel that Kerry
has offended them by clearly
promoting abortion rights after
he receives the· Eucharist.
Scagnelli, of St. Margaret Mary's
Church, is against Kerry's sup-
port of abortion.
"When someone has protested
his love for God and has wet-
ing the Church.
corned The Lord and the Church
'
"I
don't
understand why he
into his life, then he should fol-
claims to be of Catholic or
low the word of the Lord," Chtjstian faith, when he is sup-
Scagnelli said. "Abortion is mur-
porting
actions that go
totally
der and I
am very disturbed when against what Catholics believe
I hear his view on the subject and in," Jacobs said.
then see him tum around and call
Jacobs said she would have a
himself Christian."
hard time trusting Kerry on other
A Zogby Poll, conducted last political uissues if he is elected
week
,
shows Kerry receiving lit-
into office.
tie support from Ame,rica's
51
"A person's faith and beliefs
million Catholics on issues are very important to his charac-
where he opposes the Church's ter,"
Jacobs
said. "Kerry is too
position.
fickle with his stance on many
Reese Jacobs, a retired issues, and when he claims to
Wappinger Falls schools teacher, practice one
thing
and then
feels that Kerry is misrepresent-
preach another; tQat gets me
scared."
Kerry apparently tries to avoid
discussing his religious beliefs
during his campaigning, but
recent events, such as
~
court's
ruling that Partial Birth Abortion
Ban Act is unconstitutional is
forcing him to answer questions
about, not only his political
standpoints, but also his religious
views.
Kerry said that he personally
opposes abortion
,
but he can't let
his personal beliefs get in the
way of policy-making.
"I can't take my Catholic
beliefs, my article of faith, and
legislate on a Protestant or a Jew
or an atheist," Kerry said.
J arnes Patista, vice-principal,
Kelley Elementary School, said
he agrees with Kerry's statement
and said Kerry is making a smart
move as a politician
.
" He understands that there are
other people and other religions
in the United States besides
Catholic and that he has to take
all of them into account when he
makes decisions
,
" Patista said.
"I
think his way of thinking is good
for a presiden
t.
"
'SNL' and the like forge many political opinions of youth
By
COLLEEN
MCALLISTER
Circle Contributor
I
"Strategy"
This may easily be the most
recognized catchword of the
election of 2000. Yet President
Bush never actually uttered this
play on the word "strategy."
·
The
word was invented by Will
Ferrell and the writers of
"Saturday Night Live."
Political figures often
suffer at the hands of these and
other comedians,
like
Jon
Stewart, Jay Leno and David
Letterman. Ask any college stu-
~ent to describe a political figure
and the influence of
late-night
spoofs is clear.
Bill Clinton?
Playboy.
Hillary Clinton?
Uptight.
George W. Bqsh?
Stupid
.
John Kerry? Indecisive.
"A lot of people get most
of their news now from 'The
Daily Show,
'
which is kind of
scary," says
seniQT
Jeff
P.()ny
,
a
member of the comedy iIJlP!ovi
-
sation group HuMarists.
"I think 'The Daily
Show' has had a large impact on
young viewers because they
present fact, but in a humorous
way, so people are actually learn-
ing about the issues," says fellow
HuMarist Joe Bums
,
a sopho-
more.
Burns' opinion is backed
up by recent data from the
National Annenberg Election
Survey (NAES), which found
that viewers of "The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart" are, in fact,
quite knowledgeable about polit-
ical candidates
.
NAES found
that the program draws more 18
-
34 year olds during the 11 p.m. to
11 :30 p.m. time slot than cable
news programs.
According to NAES
,
a
poll found that young viewers
who ~<Jtch the program tend
JQ
"~CQT~
)ligher on campai~n
knowledge than young people
who do not watch the show"
even when the survey was
adjusted for education
,
habit of
following politics, party identifi-
cation
,
gen
,
der
,
news viewing,
newspaper reading, and getting
information on line. There was
no similar effect among viewers
of Leno and Letterman, who
include political humor in the
opening monologues.
College students don't
seem to mind getting their news
in comedy form.
"From a college kid's
point of view
,
we don't really
care that much
,
" says junior
Randy Green, another HuMarist.
"It's a lot easier to tum on a show
like "The Daily Show" and
watch for a half hour and pretty
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"Political humor has the
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have a lot of outside political
information," says Dr. Martin
Schaffer, chair of the Political
Science department. The influ-
ence that
humor
has, he says, "is
based 011 the individual and how
many outlets they're using to get
their political knowledge from."
"I
think
that
the
'Saturday Night Live' stuff really
affected the last election," Perry
said. "I think the skits with Will
Ferrell and Darrell Hammond
actual~y persuaded people to vote
differently.
I think that more
people
,
when they voted for
Bush or voted ag~in
s
t Bush, saw
Wm
Ferr~Jl
,
as
Geot~
l;lu~h
rather
Fh~11r
tlM,j
act"LJal Qep~gR
Bush."
Schaff er believes that
"The Daily Show" has the
biggest influence on young vot-
ers because of the way its format
"bridges the news and hwnor
.
"
In
a
similar
way,
"Weekend Update" on
"
Saturda
y
Night Live" is a forum for mock-
ing political figures. One recent
"Update
"
segment
featur
e
d
anchor Amy Pohler quo
t
in
g
Kerry as being "for-ag
a
ins
t"
the
war in Iraq, while her co-anchor
,
Tina Fey
,
reported that Bush
couldn't figure out how to use
the
"
buzzer" at his pod
i
um dur-
ing a debate
.
Although Green does not
feel that people tak
e "U
pdat
e
"
seriousl
y
, he does think that
"stuff like that turns po
li
t
i
c
a
l
cand
i
da
te
s into
c
harac
t
ers
,
rather
th.~
tl
p
eople
."
l;l.
e
yond the la
t
e-night
s
h
ows
,
HuMarists agree that car-
toonists like Garry Trudeau and
publicat
i
ons like "The Onion
"
influ
e
nce young voters.
But
Green points out one more
broadcast personality with influ-
ence: shock-jo
c
k Howard Stem.
"Stem was very pro-
Bush after 9
/
11," he says. "Once
Bush starte
d
cracking down on
Stem, he did a complete 180, and
the majori
ty
of [his show] now is
basi
ca
ll
y
anti-Republican
,
anti-
Bush, just basicall
y
anti-the-
c
ur-
ren
t
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v
ernmen
t.
There are a lot
of dwnb people who listen to
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him and who are goin
g
to be
influ
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PAGE 5
18-30 demographic shows big gains in voter registration
By
DORY LARRABEE
Circle
Contributor
Choose or Lose. 20 Million
Loud.
Chances are you have
heard one or both of these slo-
gans as MTV, the most watched
station among college-age stu-
dents, targets the youth, ages 18
to 30, to vote next Tuesday.
''Young voters could make up
20 percent of the total votes cast"
said Ian Rowe, vice president of
MTV. Strategic and Public
Affairs, in a recent discussion
linked by satellite to MCTV.
Attempts to get the youth to
vote
seem
to be popping up
everywhere. MTV has commer-
cials on television and its own
Web site devoted to the election.
The Marist library home page
also has a special section for vot-
·
ing.
Jen Loverde, a sophomore,
said she started a program called
"First Vote" in her high school in
Waldwick, New Jersey in an
attempt to get young people reg-
istered. She found out about it
In
the Internet. The program
included "going around in the
beginning of the year to all of the
senior homerooms· and having
people fill out voting forms,
whether they are 18 or not."
The school mailed them in and
when students turned 18 they got
a registration card in the mail.
"This way, more people get reg-
istered than if we had left it up to
them," she said.
Lo Verde stressed the impor-
tance of voting in this election:
"We are coming into a very cru-
cial time
in
our lives with educa-
tion and getting jobs, and it is
'Young voters could make
up 20 percent of the total
votes cast.'
- Ian Rowe
Vice president,
MTV Strategic/
Publlc Affairs
important that we can trust the
man
in charge of all that.
Lo Verde said she is "leaning
towards
Bush,
but still not sure."
Tom Willoughby, 19, a sopho-
more from
Williston
Park,
New
York, said he is voting for
John
Kerry because "I feel it's impor-
tant for people our age to vo
_
ice
our opinions when we can."
Willoughby registered to vote
through MTV's Choose or Lose
website, and continues to go to
the website once a week to s~y
in touch with the election cover-
age.
The Choose or Lose website is
extensive.
It
includes articles to
"meet the candidates," "register
to vote," discussions on the
debates that took place, polls,
and even a section called
"PRElecti6n," which got the
youth involved early and offered
prizes.
More emphasis is being placed
on voting in general than voting
for a specific candidate. MTV
commercials say: !'Vote for
peace, vote for tax cuts, vote for
education, vote for
something."
The efforts seem to be working.
Because of celebrity endorse-
ments and the attention the youth
vote is getting this year through
MTV's efforts, individual col-
leges,
and Rock the Vote, it is not
a surprise that the number of
people aged 18-30 planning to
vote this year has already raised
to 60% from the 41 % it was in
2000, Rowe said.
Yet not every young person
plans to vote. Amy Cornell
,
a
sophomore from Newburgh
,
said: "I'm not voting because
r
don't agree with either of the
candidates.
If
I had to vote, I
would vote for Kerry, but some
of his goals are unreachable."
Rowe said the youth vote is one
of the most unpredictable votes
because it is the hardest group to
survey, with many young people
living in
,
dorms and using cell
phones exclusively.
.
During the MTV satellite dis-
cussion
,
Rowe said that, since
1992, every single presidential
candidate has come on MTV and
spoken directly to the youth
audience. Kerry has appeared on
MTV four times this year, while
President Bush has yet to appear.
Rowe also said that this could be
a "big factor" in how young peo-
ple de'cide to vote on Nov. 2.
International students make a point to follow election
By
JOHN STRAWBRIDGE
Circle Contributor
What seems commonplace for
the average American may be a
complete culture shock for a for-
eign person living in
our
country.
A recent interview
with
two
international students at Marist
found that they are watching this
year's election with interest.
"I think that the system estab-
lished by the Constitution is
excellent," said a student from
Ghana. "Consider the fact that
the United States is the oldest
democracy in the world."
But not all of the American
election process is something the
foreign students would want to
imitate
at home. In Ghana,
the
student explained, they imple-
ment a system of instant run-off,
so that the presidency goes to the
candidate who gains the majority
of
the votes.
As for press coverage of the
election, the student from Ghana
said he was not impressed
because
the third parties were
·
given no voice in the media.
"Did any of the major news
networks cover the Third-Party
Debates?" he asked. "Some of
my friends didn't even know
they took place."
A South African Marist student
was
disappointed
in the
debating
process,
too.
The debates "are
made to let the people hear what
they want to hear, instead of
properly addressing or answer-
ing questions," the student said,
and explained that the debates
present more of the personal side
of the candidates
.
.
Not only are Marist interna-
tional students watching the elec-
tion, but their families back
home as well. The media in var-
ious nations have different ways
of covering our election in their
newspapers.
In South African
newspapers, according to the
South African student, the
upcoming election is being cov-
ered with updates and polls.
Thisis not just an American
event,. its progress and results are
felt on an international scale.
Florida's
1-4
seems to be cadidates' fast lane to success
By
ANDREW SMITH
Staff
Writer
If
you're looking for an indica-
tion of how the upcoming elec-
tion will turn out, Marist alum-
nus and Florida resident, Ernest
Arico, said look at Interstate 4 in
Florida.
"The 1-4 corridor, running from
Tampa to Daytona, through
Orlando is a cross section of
America," said Arico. Arico, a
1976 graduate who is
the
Florida
N'eti»oric
Coordinator for Florida
Today newspaper, visited cam-
pus to talk with journalism stu-
dents last week
.
Interstate 4 runs from Tampa,
on the West Coast, directly
through central Florida, to
Daytona Beach on the East
Coast.
Diversity is found off
every exit.
The counties that
touch I-4 include suburban
fami-
lies, transplanted Hispanics and
young people.
"People vote ~ith their pocket-
books," Erico said. "They look
at the last
four
years and decide
whether they were the best four
or worst four financially."
This year, he said, many resi-
dents in 'fIC1Tida
have' beer.I
tin
hard
by
the hurrlca.rres ·and
stilt
need federal and state aid. The
candidate that promises the most
support could possibly have the
upper hand in the state.
I-4 was also a factor in the 2000
election, when President qeorge
Bush beat Senator Al Gore by
approximately 44,000 votes in
the I-4 corridor voting districts.
That gave him all of Florida's 25
electoral votes.
Florida votes had to
be
recount-
ed in 2000 due to deficiencies in
the voting system. Arico said
there may be problems ahead
again this year. Damage from
the hurricanes has left some
polling stations unable to set up
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•Stitmd1s
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an a
other
'
tothmuit1ty ~<!titer's ate
either destroyed or not fit for vot-
ing purposes.
Along with the damage, Florida
faces another voting problem
-
a non-unified voting system
-
Arico said.
"Almost every state in the U.S.
has a universal system of voting
-
not Florida," Atjco said. "We
have voting machines, computer
touch screens and the good old
hanging chads."
One reason for the lack of uni-
formity, he said, is that the
Florida state
legislature
,
which
has control over the state budget,
meets only a few months out of
the year. Florida is the fourth
lar#st
1
state in the United States
lind has a major budget
,
but the
lack
of immediate
policy
changes hurts the state at times
like these, Arico said.
Bush and Kerry have made
their presence felt in Florida,
because of the four hurricanes
that have punished the state, as
•
well as the importance of the I-4
corridor. They have physically
gone door to door and shown
their concern for the area.
Of Florida's nearly 9.9 million
registered voters, about 3.9 mil-
lion,
or
40 percent
;
live in the 1-4
counties. According to state fig-
ures from August 2004, about
1,481,000
are
registered
Republicans and 1,469
,
000 are
registered Democrats.
Although
these voters are registered to
s~
cific parties
,
they do not have to
vote that way. Also, some are
registered
as independents.
The corridor includes a rich
mix: blue and white collar work-
ers, young professionals, Puerto
Ricans and South and Central
Americans, along with tradition-
al Republicans and Democrats.
Analysts say the area's demo-
graphics are changing, with tens
of thousands of newcomers who
have not formed solid party
alliances
.
Some have likened the I-4
cor-
ridor
to
New York City, because
of the parfy d
i
versity and various
ethnicities.
Political analysts
belie
v
e that
th6
1
oaitdidat~
1
wbo
wins the I-4 corridor will win
Florida
.
How the corridor votes,
will likel
y
be a good indicator
.
of
the rest of the voting patterns for
the rest of the United States.
Alu
_
mnus O'Keefe gets involved with election first-hand
By
ALEXANDRA RISUCCI
Circle Contributor
Campaigns are always more
exciting in person.
The crowds, the energy, the
beat of the moment; the details
that one catches when everything
is happening right before your
eyes can only come from an
up-
close perspective. Such is espe-
cially true for this year's heated
presidential election.
Marist College alumnus Peter
O'Keefe is an active Democrat
living and working in the
Washington D.C. area. He has
attended two of the presidential
debates thus far in person and is
an avid supporter of
John Kerry.
As a former White House
employee in the Public Office of
Liasion from the Clinton admin-
istration
,
O'Keefe finds it hard
not to compare Kerry to his for-
mer boss.
He says that although Kerry
continues to do a good job in
articulating his thoughts clearly
and accurately to the public,
Clinton is among the greatest
orators in history:
"He is in a universe all to him-
self," O'Keefe said. "He's in his
own league. Kerry himself
would tell you that."
Nevertheless, O'Keefe feels
that Kerry's speeches and debat-
ing have been a job very well
done, especially when contrasted
with his opponent, President
Bush.
From O'Keefe's point of view,
President Bush doesn't seem to
think clearly and therefore can't
accurately describe what he has
been doing during the last four
years in office to the American
public:
"I truly believe that he (Bush)
needs to take in and dispense
infonnation in very small, con-
cise statements. That's just how
he is. He's a simple man."
O'Keefe also pointed out that
much of the public goes unaware
of the massive amounts of sup-
port Kerry's has gotten simply
because the major media sources
don't report on the ground cam
-
paigning going on in divided
states.
The Democratic Party has
knocked on over 1 million doors
she's at and decide what she's
going to do."
In addition to attending the
presidential debates, O'Keefe
has also attended recent pro-
grams sponsored by organiza-
tions such as Rock the Vote and
and made 10 million calls to vot-
MoveOn
.
Org that enlist various
ers in battleground states.
O'Keefe named Howard Dean
as one of the major Democrats
campaigning for Kerry. He also
named Hillary Clinton, despite
the possibility that she may be
running in the future:
"Right now, Hillary Clinton is
out doing everything she can to
help
.
There is absolutely no con-
flict. In 2012, she'll see where
music groups, pop icons etc. to
take part in events promoting 18-
24 year to vote
.
O'Keefe
believes that these programs will
make a difference. Recen
tl
y, he
attended both the MTV Music
Awards and a Bruce Springsteen
concert in the Washington D.C.
area.
He reported being very
happy with the emphasis on vot-1
ing:
"The enthusiasm and moti
v
a-
tion
I saw at the events to get out
and vote was- very pleasing. It's
i
m
portant because we have to
look to our nation's youth
to
serve us."
.
O'Keefe concluded by saying
that he believed the race for this
tenn's presidency would be tight,
but he thinks Kerry is going to
come out on top:
"
America right now is gravitat-
ing towards his (Kerry
'
s) candi-
dacy
,
" O'Keefe said
.
"The
y
're
fed up with Bush's leadership.
It
will be a close race all the way
through
,
but Kerry is going to
win.
"
'Rock the Vote' accused of misleading young voters with draft scare
By
CARLINA RIVERA
Circle Contributor
An e-mail making the rounds
lately
claims that Congress is
actively pursuing plans to
increase funding of the Selective
Service System and reinstate the
military draft next year.
The origin of the e
-
mail is
unknown but some have pointed
fingers at Rock the Vote.
According to the RTV Web site,
the chairman of the Republican
National
Committee
,
Ed
Gillespie, sent a letter saying that
RTV has "an obligation to
immediately cease and desist
from promoting or conducting
your 'Draft' campaign."
RTV says it did have a
campaign to have people send
"draft cards" to their friends.
This, it says, was done in
partnership with Alliance for
Security and was designed to
encourage young people to
become aware of the issues.
The draft "is not just an inter
-
net rumor," says the Web site.
"Young people in America
deserve an honest and open
debate about the possibility of a
draft." RTV says the aim of the
campaign is to also alert young
voters that the US military is in
need of volunteers and that the
candidates
need
to
tell
Americans what they are going
to do about it.
At the local Marine recruiting
office
,
Captain
David
A.
Doucette disagreed. He has been
in
the military for more than ten
years and said "recruiting goals
have been met consistently for
the past 115 mon.ths."
There are plenty of volunteers
for the Marines, and a draft is not
in the near future, he said.
He acknowledged, however,
that other branches of the service
have fewer recruits
.
"
Army and Navy recruitment
percentages have dipped over the
past few years but not eno~gh to
cause worry," he ~aid.
It
is recruiters that the Center
on Conscience and War (CCW)
warns young people
·
about. In its
publications for college students,
this anti-war organization says
recruiters are salespeople, work
-
ing to sell enlistment, stressing
the benefits of the military and
not the problems.
Asked about this warning,
Captain Doucette
_
said that
college students can join a
program called the Platoon
Leaders where volunteers
"
try
out" the military for four weeks
and can decide after a month
.
whether they will continue with
the Officer Candidate School.
"If
after that they realize the
military is not for them
,"
he said
,
"the contract becomes null and
void. But for the average bread
and butter enlistment
,
time
signed for will be time served."
Recently
,
the House voted 402-
2 to d
e
f eat the draft bill that wa
s
the subject of the rumors.
The bill included two year
s
of
mandatory military s
e
rvic
e
for
both men and women aged 18
-
26.
It did not exclud
e
college stu
-
dents or those conv
e
ni
e
ntly vis
it-
ing Canada
.
The vote showed
that Congress opposes a draft,
but it also shows that it would
not be impossible to brin
g
th
e
question up again in the future
.
President Bush has said there
will not be a draft so long as he is
pr
e
sident. Sen. Kerry has said he
would not pursue a draft. So
why are so many young voters
worried they will be called for
duty
?
The Military Authorization Act
and the Military Appropriations
Act giv
e
Congress the power and
opt
i
on of adding active troops.
The
military
has
seldom
increased in size
,
with the excep•
tion of last year
.
Ev
e
n then, the
in
c
rease did not e
x
ceed 25,000
.
Rock the Vote says it has only
stressed the issue because the
candidates have avoided its dis-
cu
s
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,
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Circl
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In
a government where every
voting constituent should be liv-
ing and breathing politics we are
instead drowning in a sea of
media jargon· and hype.
_
As the voices of the nation, we
):µlve the political duty to give
our input on the laws and regula-
tions that govern us. Instead, we
sit at home and ask ourselves,
''Why bother," and "What's the
p
oint." How can we expect our
lives to change if we d~ not get
involved in politics?
The media is granted spec4al
privilege to nationa
l
elections.
How exactly do national figure-
heads affect our lives? There are
so many issues close to home
that are taking place without our
know
l
edge. Why? They're sim-
ply too small to notice. We don't
turn
on the television and watch
our mayor discuss at a press con-
ference tl}e new property taxes
he intends to implement. We
don't bother reading about
it
in
the paper. But when those new that is, if they are being consid-
taxes come in, we're angry. Ifs ered at all
.
a shame we didn't vote for that
I don't care about whether lives
"unimportant" person on the
local election part of the ballot.
I like to look at the colonials in
admiration of their undivided
interest in politics.
Certainly
they were only the educated
middle classes, white and male,
but they had a vested interest in
how democracy, a long dormant
system of governing, influenced
their lives and the lives of their
countrymen.
Where has that interest gone?
To big business and the demo-
cratic aristocracy, of course.
Only the big
·
players with
.
the
money to play the most expen-
sive popularity contest in the
world and the businesses who
seek to maintain their profit mar
-
gins by buying out Congress see
value in actively participating in
a government where they can
influence the policies that will
protect their interests.
I wonder what interests of ours
are being considered in all this,
are too busy or that politics is too
complicated ..
As
a generation of
American's entering the vote this
year, it's time we take an active
role
as
citizens of a democratic
state.
Get involved with politics, read
about your local candidates,
research the issues you want to
see resolved or met by state leg-
islatures, and finally, as you vote
for the next president of the
United States, do not vote for
him
because
he
captured
Saddam (but ruined relationships
with foreign nations and negated
a number of environmental pro-
tection acts) or because he can
offer nothing but his veteran sta-
tus ( although even that is ques
-
tionab
l
e, thanks to media hype).
Instead, vote for who you
believe will offer the intelligence
and reasoning to lead a nation
and encourage politica
l
action
from you.
P.S. Vote Ralph Nader!
Nader
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people. Nader has long been in Albrecht, sophomore, said.
public service, as a
l
awyer, con-
A number of young adults
sumer advocate and Green Party either echo these sentiments or
It's a tradition that has beset the leader. He has contributed more express no interest in politics
nation since the second presiden
-
to this country, and the people of altogether.
tial election. A tradition that was this country than either candidate
"I'm not into politics," Nick
accepted blindly despite warn-
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running for office under the tra-
Sardos, junior
,
said. "It's not
ings from our first president, ditiona
l
parties has. Regardless, interesting enough to care."
George Washington.
people are wary to consider cast-
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The tradition is the two
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party ing their vote for Nader
.
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no
alternative
to
the
system.
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"As far as I'm co
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from the two most powerful par
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ties are sure io be excluded from other two idiots," said Sarah individual powerful enough to
po
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a nation that
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Democrats and R
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publicans in for Kerry. I don't like Kerry but American citi
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en to campaign
the name of independence from he's not Bush."
for public service, only the rich
the system is shut out from
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have the ability to
nationa
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elections.
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Ralph Nader goes against ttadition, again, runs as third party
Many young people I talk to present candidacy for American
find that they either love the man President.
or hate him.
Some hate him
Never mind that Nader wants
because they believe he cost Al to nationalize healthcare so that
Gore the 2000 presidential elec-
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his policies regarding environ-
Canada by 70-year-old grand-
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that will allow people other than
the aristocracy the ability to run
for political office.
Certainly some of his policies
strike us as radical, like giving
Americans over the age of 16 the
right to vote and legalizing gay
marriage.
These policies are
probably the result of his years
fighting for affirmative action
and equal rights protection for all
American citizens.
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political platform.
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Editor in
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yearbook, providing students
with pictures of their fellow class-
mates. The program allows stu-
dents to get to know each other
and also connect with other stu-
dents by as~ing them to be
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"Marist is the type of school
where everyone knows every-
one, or has at least seen them,
and it will become a race to
see who has the most friends
first," Bell said.
She was right. When it
became available to Marist
students on Oct. 26, 50 mem-
bers had already joined by the
end of the day.
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Unive~ity and was first launched as a simple online directory for
Harvard students. Started in Feb. 2004 by then-sophomore comput-
er major Mark Zuckerberg, the site has now grown into a sponsored
Web site that reaches far beyond Harvard and now houses more than
190,000 members at over 150 universities and colleges.
Ithaca College junior, Anthony Zucconi, who first logged on to the-
facebook Oct. 21, when it became available at his school, warns stu-
dents that the site becomes very time-conswning, much like AOL
instant messenger.
"It was dumb at first, but beware," Zucconi said. "It becomes very
addicting."
Each member creates a personal profile where they can list all of
their contact information, including campus residence and extension,
as well as personal information,
including
AIM screen name and rela-
tionship status. Proving that this Web site really is tailored to the col-
leg<:?-age demographic, one of the options listed under "Interested
In,"
is "Random Play."
Within your school, there are different groups you can join, and you
can search for people through these common interest groups
.
These
groups range from
fan clYl>
g_royp_s to groups hosted
l>y ch~l>_s
on
cam-
pus; Marist already has Student Government Association, Student
Programming Council and Marist Band groups available. Anyone
can create a group, and the creator of a group has the option of reject-
ing people from their group. Once you have several friends in any
group which you are not a member yourself, you are considered a
groupie.
In addition to being able to connect with people at your own school,
you can also connect and become '"friends" with students at other
schools. Through this a social network is formed, showing you all
the people you are connected with through your friends. However,
even though·you may ask someone to be your friend, they do have
the option of rejecting the invitation
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By
LINDSAY LIQUORI
Circle Contributor
The physicians never pre-
scribed a doctorate in history for
an adolescent boy they diag-
nosed with Attention Deficit
Disorder (ADD) and dyslexia.
Fred D. Opie, a professor at
Marist College, witµ a doctorate
in history, has battled two learn-
ing disabilities and the life of a
Division I athlete, to earn his
prestigious position. Behind his
bow-tie and creased pants, Opie
is a man who was rejected from
every colleg~ and graduate
school to which he applied.
Opie grew up attending Croton
Harmon High School, Hudson
N.Y., where he had been placed
m
BOCES
(Board
of
Cooperative
Educational
Services) because of his two
learning disabilities. ADD and
dyslexia were two contributing
factors that would prevent Opie
from breaking 630 on his SATs.
Challenged by academics, Opie
turned his efforts to athletics.
"The level of frustration can be
overwhelming when
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you are a
BOCE in high school," said
Opie. "You were labeled as stu-
pid. So, I had to excel in other
things, like sports."
Opie played several sports as a
high school student, being heav-
ily recruited for college lacrosse
his se~ior year. He said his skill
at lacrosse sent him chasing a
Division I scholarship. Several
coaches knew of his talent, but
he would attend Herkimer
Community College, in the fall
of 198 l because of such low test
scores. Opie said he spent his
two years at Herkimer playing
for their 'B' team, working hard
to pull up his grades. His coach-
es 'bncouraged him to earn the
C+ average that would make him
eligible for
Division
I programs.
While playing for Herkimer, the
coach from Syracuse University
who attended a game was
impressed enough that he offered
Opie a scholarship to play there.
Adelphi University on Long
Island also offered Opie a full
ride.
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"Adelphi offered me a tooth-
paste scholarship," he said.
"You know, when they pay for
everything except your tooth-
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paste."
Once Syracuse claimed the
national title in the spring of
1983, Opie said he had made up
his .mind that he wanted to
be
part of that team.
Leaving
Herkimer Community College,
with one class left in order to
graduate, Opie began his career
as an Orangeman.
Opie had
reached his dream of playing
Division I lacrosse, but his expe-
rience did not match his imagi-
nation. Grades might not have
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THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
14, 2004 •
PAGE 9
Political fault lines can run right through families
By
LAURA HICKEY
Staff Writer
·
Like mother like daughter?
Like father like son? Not in pol-
itic~.
Not only are Americans divid-
ed and 'swing states' up for
grabs, but debates are also hap-
pening across the dinner table,
dividing families on the vote.
"I'm not my parents," sopho-
more Abigail Rusinek said. "I
didn't grow up in the times they
did. I don't feel the same way
F
rom Page Eight
they do on everything ap.d it is
the same with politics."
Around the holiday table that
compacts 17 people too close for
comfort, politics comes up
among my family. It is as if a
line were drawn down the mid-
dle. The conservatives, includ-
ing my grandparents, my mother
and a few aunts and uncles, ver-
sus the liberal younger genera-
tion: most of the grandchildren,
my father and the scattered aunts
and uncles who are willing to
challenge their parents. This is
not an unusual case for American things the way I want to."
families.
Junior Jacob Davis has parents
The debate a~ the dinner table who are conservative, while he
can be challenging to the parents considers himself a liberal.
and the child, each trying to
-
"It's interesting to have such a
sway
the
other's
views. division in my own family; we
Sophomore Jessica Ferguson can discuss topics during a regu-
said that her parents are always lar day or a holiday with my
looking for ways for her to see extended family.
It helps me
their side of topics.
gain the other side and perspec-
"They do
try
to change me,
tive on things," Davis said.
she said. "They
try
and get me
Many students do not feel obli-
to see the 'right way.' But as far gated to change their views to
as I
am
concerned, there is no conform to those of their parents.
right way,
I
can choose to do Karl Minges, a sophomore said,
"My parents don't expect me to
follow them. They encourage
me to have different views, even
if it's not what their views are."
Most younger people tend to
be regarded as more liberal than
the population as a whole, but
they also can skew far to the
right ideologically - especially
when it comes to war, according
to Thomas Patterson, a professor
at Harvard University's Kennedy
School of Government as quoted
by Adrienne Mand of ABC
News. Patterson said that either
way, the youth voters of America
are strong supporters of either
side. "There tend to be both more
people strongly to the left on that
issue and more people strongly
to the right," he said.
·
According to an
.
ABC
News/Washington Post poll from
April 2004, 41 percent of 18-to-
24 year olds said the war in Iraq
was worth fighting for while 58
percent said it was not. The poll
found that among the general
population, 51 percent
·
of the
SEE FAMILY, PAGE 11
A faculty success story to inspire anyone faced with challenges
been a problem anymore, Opie
would find himself sharing play-
ing time with a walk-on fresh-
man, despite being a j~ior. He
said he lost confidence in the one
part of his life he thought made
sense
.
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said Opie.
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After a discouraging junior
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He would spend a whole
week
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In order to
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Opie,
growing
up
in a predomi-
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study with these other African
American athletes helped him
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dence," said Opie. "It was seri-
ous athletes who loved God. I no
longer felt like that whipping
boy."
Opie studied physical educa-
tion at Syracuse and would
engage in six months of student
teaching in order to earn his
degree
.
He said he was still aca-
demically unstable at this point
and needed to finish his one
course from Herkimer. Opie was
trying to graduate fi:om two dif-
ferent institutions at the same
time. Both of Opie's diplomas
are dated 1986.
Opie lived at home for the next
two years while teaching physi-
cal education in Danbury, Conn.
He said the Bible study that he
had engaged in during his senior
year built his confidence on the
lacrosse field, and also in his
abilities as a student.
While
home, Opie spent a lot of time in
the
library
reading
about
Malcolm
X
and Frederick
Douglass.
"Who am I with a
learning disability to
S!lY that I
can not earn an education?" said
Opie.
"These guys were
enslaved and practically high
school drop- outs."
It was here that Opie found his
passion for history and continued
to read as much as he could.
Using his lacrosse contacts, he
found himself working as a grad-
uate assistant in the department
of cultural commitment at
Shippensburg College in Penn.
While there, Opie said he decid-
ed to apply graduate school to
pursue his passion of history.
Opie was denied from every
graduate school that he applied
to because his GPA was still too
low and he did not have an
undergraduate degree in history
.
Again
,
he used his lacrosse con-
tacts and returned to Syracuse in
1992 to earn his Ph.D. Prior to
that, everyone thought of Opie as
a dumb jock so when he returned
to Syracuse he didn't want any-
one to know of his lacrosse histo-
ry or his learning disabilities.
"I took all the energy I used for
lacrosse training and transferred
it to, let's say an, academic train-
ing," Opie said.
Until graduate school Opie said
he could not remember being
interested in anything but
lacrosse. His mother, Margaret
B. Opie, was a delegate for the
Democratic convention in 1976,
but politics were a distraction
from lacrosse
.
He voted
Democratic solely because his
family was Democratic.
"Sure
,
I voted
,
" said Opie
.
"I
am not sure for who or when it
was. 'I was brain dead at that
point in my life."
As an evolved student and now
adult~ Opie values politics much
more seriously. ·Currently Opie
supports the Democratic Party
based on his own views and not
those of his parents. A few rea-
sons
Opie
supports
the
Democratic presidential candi-
date are his policies on interna-
tional ~volvement in Iraq and
Afghanistan, health care and tax-
ation on the wealthy. With the
2004 presidential election less
than a month away Opie has
made the decision to vote for
John
Kerry.
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If we use stem cell research, we
will be able to replicate cells for
people who have series nerve
damage, diseases
and illnesses.
, ,
- Janice Baldwin
Assistant to the Director of Admissions
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004
www.marlstclrcle.com
PAGE
10
Science versus
-ethics:
.
stem cell research cultivates controversy
By
MARK PERUGINI
Assistant
Sports Editor
However, numbers and budgeting have failed to
recognize the controversy behind this matter. Some
citizens oppo$e stem cell research because they say
Christopher Reeves death
was
a tragic loss of a
it is immoral and unethical to kill new living cells
cultural icon,
but
revived an unresolved, controver-
in
order
to try to prolong life. Advocates say
stem
sial medical
issue - stem cell research.
cell r~search can lead to a discovery of a cure to
Since
his equestrian accident in May
1995,
Reeve life-threatening diseases.
has
been an
advocate of
stem
cell research.
It
is
Colin Mccann, Sheahan hall mentor,
adjunct
based on
a theory that embryonic stem cells can be
·
instructor in the School of Communication and the
extracted from
an
embryo
and
morphed to replace Arts, said people must be prepared for the likeli-
other cells
lacking
in a person's body. Scientists hood that stem cell research may not be as promis-
believe they
can
morph stem cells into specific cell ing as its advocators think.
types, replacing damaged tissue and curing con.di-
"I think people who favor stem cell research have
tions such
.
as diabetes,
Parkinson's
disease and to be careful for what they wish for," he said.
spinal cord injury.
"Stem cell researc~ opens the door to choices
According to the 2004 Harris poll, the majority regarding what it is to be a human being and what
supporting stem cell research increased to a
6-
f
composes spirituality and what does not. Stem cell
ratio up from 2001, when tpree
out
of four people research could find a way to cure diseases
but
it
supported it. This year, 73 perce~t to 11 percent of also could open Pandora's Box, unleashing differ-
the American public favors stem cell research com-
ent extremes."
pared
to
68 percent to 21 percent who favored it in
Mike Albert, an environmental science
major,
2001.
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said stem cell research is a
A major supporter of this
Stem cell research Is based on a
start to how scientists can end
practice
is th~ cw:rent gover-
theory that embryonic stem cells
the spread of these diseases.
nor
of Cahfomta, Arnold
''You have to use stem cell
Schwarzenegger.
can be extracted from an embryo
research to test on something
On Oct. 18, 2004,
and morphed to replace other cells
small," he said.
"If
you work
Republican Schwarzenegger
lacking In a person's body.
on something small, then you
endorsed a $3 billion bond
can understand how stem cell
measure that supports stem
cell research, a proposal that opposes his party's
policies and views
on
the issue.
According
to CNN, Schwarzenegger said he
wants California to
lead
the nation in the scientific
breakthroughs for stem cell research.
"California has always been a pioneer," he said.
"We daringly led the way for the high-tech indus-
try and now voters can help ensure we lead the way
for the biotech industry."
If
the measure is passed, it will provide California
researchers with nearly $300 million annualll' for
l
O
years but cost a total of
$6
billion to pay back.
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research operates.
If
you can
find an answer through stem cell research, then you
can find a way to prevent these diseases from
spreading."
In
1998,
researchers at the University of
Wisconsin discovered the utility of stem cells by
successfully isolating and growing adult embryon-
ic cells.
Since then, a growing number of people who
have seen the ethical debate on whether to pass
stem cell research hav~ favored stem cell research.
Atq>rding
to a 2004 Harris Poll, supporters hav~
increased from 68 percent in 2001 to 83 percent in
••••••••••••••••••••••••
2004.
any of the millions of cells that compose the
Janice C. B~ldwin, assistant to the director of human body
.
admissions, i:iaid stem cell research will bring a
Human embryonic stem cells are created during
new opportunity to enhance the nation's health.
the first days of conception and ultimately convert-
"If
we use stem cell research, we will be able to ed into the cells, tissues and organs that make up
replicate_ cells for people w?o
According to a
2004
Harris
Poll
the human body. Embryonic
have senes nerve damage, dis-
' stem cells extracted from a
eases and illnesses," she said.
supporters for stem cell research
five-day-old embryo are called
"Those particular cells can
have increased from 68 percent
blastocysts, capable of divid-
morph into any of the body's
In
2001
to
83
percent in
2004.
ing and renewing themselves
cells and create remarkable
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
over long periods of time.
healing.
It
will
hopefully
find a cure for these dis-
Although stem cell research could c~e diseases
eases that have plagued us."
that have plagued the world for the past century, it
Stem cells are cells that have the ability to replace still perpetuates skeptical thoughts if it is the ulti-
other crucial cells lacking in a person's body.
mate solution for improving the health of the
Scientists are eager to learn how to use embryonic world's citizens. Similar to most moral issues in
cells because they have the ability to transform into
SEE STEM
CELL,
PAGE 11
Depression lecture lifts students'
spirits
8';
CHRISTINE ROCHELLE
Staff
Writer
Ten
percent of
college tudents are diagnosed
with depr
ion,
and
nearly ne-tlurd
of l'Oll~ge
students
report
fi
cling
overwhelmed.
On Oct.
18
a
lecture was given on an
i ly
and
d
pr
sion
among
college
tudcnt by
Marist
death among colleg'e students,
Dr.
Meyer
:spoke
on ways to not onl) r
·i.:ogntz
stress,
an
1cty and
depression, but
h \\
to cope as well
as v
h
r1;
to
receive help and treatment. The causes o
nx1c •
can be a trc
ful
life c,ent, nc 1t1\e
thmking
patterns. n
molnn mittcr
11:rn • gcm.:ti
di
po
i-
tion
or trauma.
'·\\ hi.:n
we feel overwhelmed
it
can lead to
feel,.,
College
alumnu
and
licensed
psychologi
t
Dan
1
Meyer,
Ph.D
He
explamed
facts,
m th and
propo
als
on .. how to manage
'Cl)·
day
hfe m a \\ orld that is
collap ing
all
around
us."
The causes of anxiety can be a
stressful llfe event, negative
thinking patterns, neurotrans-
mitter
flaws,
genetic disposition
or trauma.
ings of hclplc ne
and
h
p
h:
nc s.'
Dr
Mc)Cr
said.
Dcprc
:ion
can also he
caused b} g1.:n tic h. po
i-
tion and sucl disorders as
anori.: 1a
bulimia, and bipo-
lar disorder are associated
Dr.
Meyer's lecture
in
the
Nelly
Goletti Theater
was
sponsored by the
Office of' Housing and Residential Life, the
Psycholog)
Club
and Social Work
Association.
With
u1c1
e as the
ccond
leading cause of
with depression. While anxiety can be character-
ized as having too much energy, depression is
having not enough energy.
Dr.
Meyer suggests
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004 •
PAGE 11
From Page Ten
Medicine is not the only route to heal anxiety and depression
ing too much energy, depression is hav-
Negative Thoughts (ANTs).
ing not enough energy.
Dr.
Meyer sug-
"People who go to therapy are well on
gests that to avoid negative thoughts that their way to getting well because they're
could lead to depression, one can motivated to get well," said
Dr:
Meyer.
increase their cardio-
"It's people who
vascular activity.
"People who go to therapy are
do
not
seek thera-
Both anxiety and
well on their way to getting well
py who spiral
depression can be
down."
because they're motivated to get
prevented or treated
Dr. Meyer feels
by finding a coun-
well. It's people who do not seek
that
both
therapy
selor to talk to, and
therapy who spiral down."
and
treatment
by
developing
a
should go hand in
sense of trust with the
_Dr.Dan
Meyer
hand in helping to
counselor or thera-
Pyschologlst
manage anxiety
pist. He advises to
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and depression;
remain optimistic and follow the treat-
we should not depend solel
.
Y on medica-
ment regimens that are given. Also, one tions.
should volunteer for a cause and be
"We are led to believe that medication
more forgiving to fight Automatic is a magic bullet," said Dr. Meyer. "I
would love to say that this is true but it
just isn't ... treatment helps but the ques-
tion of healing is stil.1 unanswered."
Dr. Meyer led the audience in a deep-
breathing exercise that can be used dur-
ing times when we feel overwhelmed.
He instructed the students to col\centrate
just on
breathing
in order to practice
calmness. The main point is to not judge
thoughts during this exercise but to
instead just let them pass.
"He used a lot of techniques that
everyone could relate to," said junior
Lauren DeNoia. "But at first a lot of the
terminology he used was technical, and
I wasn't expecting someone so profes-
sional."
As far as alcohol and substance abuse,
Dr. Meyer says that students who drink
heavily are only self-medicating them-
selves.
If
depressed students are already
on medication, alcohol can seriously
damage their treatment regimen.
Otherwise, students can contact their
RD, RA or Marist Security at exts. 2282
or
5555.
Students can also contact the
Counseling Services at ext. 2152, for
Despite the med-
--------------
free and confiden-
tial
help.
The
Counseling Center
assists in issues
like adjusting to
college, roommate
and
relationship
conflicts, suicidal
ical
terminology,
If depressed students are already
Meyer
presented
·
issues applicable to
on medication, alcohol can
serl-
college
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aspects of his phi-
losophy surprising.
"I thought what he said about sub-
stance abuse was really interesting,"
said junior Jackie Osden.
Counseling Services here at Marist are
offered at Byrne House, available Mon.-
Fri. from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
thoughts, difficult family situations,
feelings of depression or anxiety, etc.
"We need to be honest about our
capacity, we need to be honest about our
strengths," Meyer said. "But we need to
be honest on what we can't do."
Stem cell research, an ethical issue for public and presidential deb::1.te
still perpetuates skeptical thoughts if it
is the ultimate solution for improving
the health of the world's citizens.
Similar to most moral issues in the
world, the country hosts people who
oppose stem cell research and those
who approve of it.
A 2l>Ul ABC News poll said 42 per-
cent of those people who oppose stem
cell research do so because of their reli-
gious beliefs.
The main public opponents of stem
cell research are U.S. Roman Catholic
bishops, who believe that life is sacred
from the moment of conception. They
said that stem cell research is "immoral,
illegal and unnecessary."
Moreover, the National Catholic
Reporting Co. conducted a poll that said
52 percent of American voters support
embryonic stem cell research, increas-
iIJ.g nine percentage points over the past
two years.
On Aug. 8, 2001, George W. Bush stat-
ed his opposition against stem cell
research. He has limited federal funding
until the scientists can find ways to con-
du<.t research without destroying human
embryos.
Unlike Bush, Democrat John Kerry
guaranteed that if elected, he would
overturn funding restrictions imple-
mented by his opponent. Kerry's posi-
tion on stem cell research was supported
by Ronald Reagan, Jr., who spoke at the
Democratic National Convention this
past July.
Reagan,
Jr. has pushed for the
funding of stem cell research since the
death of
his
father,
former
president
Ron~ld Reagan, who died this past June
from Alzheimer's disease.
On Aug. 8, 2001, president
George W. Bush stated his oppo-
sition against stem cell research.
He has limited federal funding.
Additionally, Schwarzenegger urges
for more funding of stem cell research
may be due to his father-in-law, Sargent
Shriver, who is in the early stages of
Alzheimer'.s disease.
But the issue of how much stem cell
operations will cost remains unan-
swered. The expensive operations are
limited to those who can afford it, such
as celebrities like Michael J. Fox, who
suffers from Parkinson's disease, and
the late Christopher Reeve.
In 2004, Reeves said to
CNN
that if
the government approved stem cell
research, it would increase the possibili-
ty of him, as well as others, making a
full recovery.
"I refuse to allow a disability to deter-
mine how I live my life," he said. "I
don't mean to be reckless, but setting a
goal that seems a bit daunting actually is
very helpful toward recovery."
Baldwin said once stem cell research
is passed, then its cost will fit into the
public's price range.
"If
stem cell research is passed, then I
think funding, under the public sector,
would be affordable for the majority,"
she said. "Scientists and government
officials would police what the country
believes and what they want to see in the
scientific future."
In
opposition, McCami thinks that
even if stem cell research is approved, it
still will be costly.
"It seems that money can buy you just
about everything," he said.
"It
[stem cell
research] would not suit everybody
because of its cost, and it's not afford-
able to the people on the low end of the
totem poll."
Bush relys
.
on Commander in Chief position for military vote
...
continued from page one
this," he said.
"Even though the military gets
more
money
from
the
Republican Party, it tends to fol-
low the stance of 'big business,'
Waterman continued.
"For
example, they'll set aside $85
billion dollars for the military.
Maybe $80 billion will go to
contracts with Halliburton, or the
development of the F-22. Very
little goes to better living, body
Kerry plans to connect classes
...
continued from page one
College Library Cafe, who
believe that if a person isn't
raised in a certain class, they will
never understand it.
"I think that you can read as
much as you want and listen as
much to other people," said
Joseph.
"If
you don't live it, I
don't think you can feel what
those people feel."
America has been somewhat
governed by the upper class
since the Constitution was writ-
ten.
Under such a system,
America has managed to become
a prominent figure in the world.
With some presidents, the static
between the upper and middle
classes has seemed to almost dis-
appear. This is not a result ot
some presidents being less
wealthy than others, as much as
it is a result of an effort to under-
stand the middle class.
Pete Colaizzo, sports section
editor of the Poughkeepsie
Journal and head track and field
coach at Marist, said there is a
class difference, but it is possible
to be remedied.
"There has always been a basic
disconnect between candidates
and the general populace," said
Colaizzo. •:But, they can bridge
this chasm with effective leader-
ship and
policies
that have a pos-
itive influence on the masses."
During this election year, vot-
ers have to choose
between
two
candidates with
.
very similar eco-
nomic backgrounds. While the
issues of war and foreign policy
are extremely important, candi-
dates must not forget that in
order to win the election, they
must relate
to
the middle class.
Joe Kirtland, a mathematics
assistant professor at Marist, said
that the most important thing is
that the candidates do not detach
themselves into wealth.
"There is no need to be from
the middle class to lead them,"
Kirtland said. "However, they
need to be living in the same cul-
ture; a candidate cannot isolate
himself from the rest of the
country."
Differing
political
views within families
...
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people support the war while 47
percent do not.
"When I talk to my parents
about the war in Iraq, sometimes
they change the way I think, but
I never change the way they
think," Da~is said. "They are
firmly set ~m their views, but at
least I can expose them to differ-
ent ideas."
Mark Hugo Lopez, research
director at the Center for
Information and Research on
Civic Learning and Engagement
said on the center's Web site that
young people who do vote, tend
to vote a lot like their parents.
"But, college students generally
tend to be more liberal while
non-college students generally
tend to be more conservative,"
he said.
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respect her right to vote and that
the might be disappointed but at
least they care enough accept her
opinion. "My parent's know that
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don't have
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Though many support Vote for Change tour, its opposers are alienated by once-beloved artists' affiliations
By ROB CELLETTI
Staff Writer
When
Bruce
Springsteen,
Eddie Vedder,
Dave
Matthews,
Michael
Stipe
and Martie
Maguire stood
on
stage
at the
MCI Center in Washington, D.C.
earlier this month, many music
fans must have been awe-struck
thinking, "Pinch
me."
These legendary artists would
never
share
the stage without
a
significant
reason
to
do so
and,
as
a matter of
fact,
their
purpose
was quite clear:
Get
George W. · Bush
out
of the
White House.
their bands
-
Bruce
Springsteen and the E
Street
Band, Pearl Jam, the Dave
Matthews Band,
R.E
.M.
and the
Dixie Chicks, and over 20
other
•
supporting acts, had embarked
on a two-week "Vote for
•
Change" tour through this elec-
tion year's
"battleground
states."
They played separate shows in
the same state each night to raise
money for America Coming
Together (ACT), whose purpose
is to "get out the progressive
vote,"
according
to
MoveOnPAC.org, which organ-
ized the tour.
The tour touched down in states
from Pennsylvania to Michigan
to Washington and culminated
with a finale on Oct. 11 in
Washington, D.C., which fea-
tured all of the artists in a one-
time-only performance.
At the end of the
night,
all of
the artists came on stage to per-
form two songs: Elvis Costello's
"(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace
Love and Understanding'' and
Patti Smith's "People Have the
Power." The lyrics from Smith's
song echo the sentiments of the
Vote for Change artists: "The
people have the power / To
redeem the work of fools / Upon
the meek the graces shower/ It's
decreed, the people rule."
The consens.us among the
musicians who joined the effort
last August was that this election
is too crucial to sit out.
"This is the fourth presidential
election which Pearl Jam has
engaged in as a band, and we feel
it is the most important of a life-
time," Eddie Vedder, lead singer,
said on MoveOnPAC.org. "We
want to encourage people to vote
fodhe change they wish to see in
the world."
Pearl Jam has a history of polit-
ical activism, but many of the
other bands entered entirely new
territory when they began the
tour.
Bruce Springsteen had
always tried to separate politics
and music, but felt it was n~ces-
sary to somehow get his voice
out for the upcoming election.
"It was the tax cuts, the envi-
ronmental rollback, the civil
rights issues, these are all things
where
I
said, 'I've got
.
to find
some way of getting involved,"'
said Springsteen in the New York
Times
on
moting a country group called
The Right
Brothers,
formed by
Aaron Sain, one of its members.
Songs such as "Hey
Hollywood" and "Welcome to
the Waffle House" are available
for
download
on
the
RightMarch.com website. The
album
is
entitled "For My
Country" and is "full of conser-
vative, patriotic,
in-your-face
pro-American songs that will fire
you
up"
according
to
a
Aug. 4.
The Bush
admin is tra-
tion is aware
Some people feel that artists
like Pearl Jam or R.E.M. have
RightMarch
.com e-mail
recently sent
to its mem-
bers.
of
these
artists
and
many
more
that oppose it
and has tried
no business even speaking
about politics since they are
neither educated nor estab-
lished In the field.
However, a
search
on
Google.com
for a term
to respond to
the overwhelming criticism from
the entertainment worlg. Mark
McKinnon, the Bush campaign's
media director, told the New
York Times that stars such as Kid
Rock, Britney Spears and Jessica
Simpson are Bush supporters.
In
addition, RightMarch.com,
the conservative group compara-
ble to the liberal MoveOn.org
effort, has recently begun pro-
such
as
"Artists for
Bush" turns up many anti-Bush
websites and articles
•
about the
Vote for Change tour. In a recent
article, the Pittsburgh Post-
Gazette called this phrase "art
oxymoron" as it commented on a
general lack of support for the
president from artjsts nation-
wide.
Still, the real question sur-
rounding the Vote for Change
Tour and similar efforts is: how
effective will ~ey actually be?
Some people feel that artists
like Pearl Jam or R.E.M. have no
business even speaking about
politics since they are neither
educated nor established in the
field.
Jason Sherman, a 19-year-old
student at
Rutgers
University in
New Jersey, attended
an
Oct. 1
Vote for Change show which fea-
tured Pearl Jam and up-and-com-
ing group Death Cab for Cutie.
He noticed some prot~stors out-
side the concert holding signs
that express.ed displeasure with
the artists trying to ~ffect the out-
come of the upcoming·etection.
Sherman
disagreed
with the
demonstrators
because,
"music is
a way for artists to get their voice
out to the masses, and if they feel
that political issues can be incor-
porated into the music, then they
have every right to say \\'.hat they
think," he said.
When asked about the atmos-
phere inside the Sovereign
Center where the show was held,
he felt that most of the crowd
was there for a rock concert and
not a political rally. He said he
did not notice any John Kerry
signs or bumper stickers, nor was
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2004 •
PAGE 13
Stars blur the line between acting and activism
As
many
celebrities take center stage in presidential campaign, their critics throw verbal tomatoes
By
ALEXIS
TEDESCO
Circle Contributor
Hollywood has met
Washington in the past year, with
celebrities campaigning harder
than ever for their presidential
hopfful.
Since the days of Frank
Sinatra's performance at John F.
Kennedy's
inaugural
ball,
Hollywood has associated itself
with politics. Actors, musicians,
producers and other celebrities
use not only their cash to pro-
mote political candidates, they
use their starpower.
The media is calling it the most
important election of our time
and attracting more voters, espe-
cially Generation Y voters, has
been a major goal in this cam-
paign. A recent Media Vest poll
of 1,000 people suggests that
candidates should put their,
celebrity support center stage to
attract the youth vote.
Democratic candidate Sen.
John Kerry's campaign has cer-
tainly done just that, with an
impressive
roster of big names in
Hollywood leading the attack on
the president and raising millions
of dollars to support Kerry's
campaign.
The Republicans are doing the
same, though their roll of A-list
celebrities isn't quite as impres-
sive. Still, the Terminator has led
the pack of cel~brities support
ing Bush, and they have raised
millions of dollars as well.
With Election Day nearing, the
attacks are becoming vicious and
both campaigns are pulling out
their A-list supporters to grab
whatever votes are left. This past
summer, the first punch was
thrown in the box-office.
Michael Moore, one of
America's most outspoken liber-
als, released his controversia.l
documentary
"Fahrenheit
9/11"
in June
.
It
depicted Moore's view
on what happened to the United
States after Sept. 11. He accused
the Bush administration of using
the tragic event to push its agen-
da for wars in Afghanistan and administration for the disaster
in
Iraq.
Iraq.
"Celsius
41.11"
is
Lionel
"Whatever
my
decision
is,
I
Chetwynd's response to allega-
would like to see Bush out of
tions made by Michael Moore in office," Eminem said. "I don't
Fahrenheit 9/11, which pre-
want to see my little brother get
miered at the conservative drafted -he just turned 18.
Liberty
Film
Festival. People think their votes don't
Legendary screen actor Paul cowit, but people need to get out
Newman is one of the many and vote." Eminem's upcoming
actors
and - - - - - - - - - - - - album, Encore,
musicians who
'Too many people will take
features
the
oppose Bush's
what Ben Affleck says and
fiercely anti-
policies. At the
Bush
song,
Radio
City
go vote for Kerry, because,
"Mosh."
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denounced
Bush's tax cut
plan.
Marist
political
science major Thompson is
"Tax
cuts for
wealthy thugs like me are crimi-
nal," Newman said. "I put my tax
cut in my sock and buried it
away. In November, let's sock it
to them."
While Paul Newman is disap-
pointed with Bush over
tax
cuts,
rapper Eminem blamed the Bush
just one of the
growing number of well-known
faces who say they support the
president's stance on Iraq and
want the American people to
know not all celebrities are
against .the current administra-
tion.
"I have been kind of surprised
at the unanimity that seems to
be
coming out of Hollywood
against those policies and against
those precedents that have been
established," Thompson said.
Thompson is not alone in prais-
ing Bush
.
Dennis Hopper, Rob
Lowe, Dennis Miller, Howard
Stern, rocker Ted Nugent and
even hard-partying Kid Rock
have all come out in support of
military action against Iraq.
Tom Segal, writer for American
Daily News and Commentary,
said that celebrities have a duty
to perform for enteqainment, not
for political support.
"Those,
particularly in
arts
and
entertainment, have a special
duty to the audiences who pro-
vide their livelihood," he said.
"They
should avoid using their
stage to project political rage.
The only reason they have such a
stage us through the grace and
support of Americans who pay to
see their performances."
There is a feeling around cam-
pus that maybe entertainers
should stick to entertaining an'd
politicians should worry about
politics. Gina Russo, 20, is a
political science major at Marist.
She said that the entertainment
industry's involvement in poli-
tics is not only unnecessary, but
it gives a very biased view to
many uneducated voters.
"Too
.
many people will take
what Ben Affleck says and go
vote for Kerry, because, well,
Ben is doing that and they love
Ben," she said.
Charles Gokey, 21, said that he
thought that celebrity campaign-
ing was deceptive. He expressed
how stars use their public images
to sway voters without giving
them any
real
facts about the
candidate,
"Celebrities definiteiy do have
an impact," Gokey said. "I don't
know that they should, but they
do. When people are swayed in
debates by what people are wear-
ing, of course they're going to
be
swayed by celebrities."
Film focuses not on the revolution around Che, but inside of him
By
CARL GUASTAFERRO
Circle Contributor
"The Motorcycle Diaries," or
"Diarios
de motocicleta," a new film from direc-
tor Walter Salles, is largely based on the
personal reflections of Ernesto "Che"
Guevara de la Serna, leader of the
Cuban Revolution,
murdered by
Bolivian soldiers with the support of the
CIA
and Alberto Granado who still
resides in Havana, Cuba, today with his
family. Salles tells the story of the jour-
ney that shaped Guevara's
views.
Guevara
is played by Gael Garcia
Bernal, and Rodrigo de la Serna fills the
role of Granado.
The film begins in the early 1950s in
middle-class Argentina. Guevara, a 23-
year-old medical student, just shy of his
doctorate and Granado decide to cruise
the vast lands of South America on an
old motorcycle they named, "The
Mighty One." They plan on riding from
Argentina to Chile to Peru and the San
Pablo Leper Colony to Colombia and
then to Venezuela. What first starts off
as
a road trip between friends eventual-
ly becomes a life-changing journey,
which is now doc-
rules set forth by Mother Sister Alberto.
Guevara goes so far as to move across
the rivet and live with the ill for his
re~aining time at the colony. For
attending mass, our travelers and a few
lepers are not given meals by the
nuns.
In his final night at the colony, also his
birthday, Guevara remarks
umented in "The
Motorcycle
Diaries."
The young Che
begins
to
see
inequality
all
Let the world change you
...
and you can change the
world.
that he wishes to spend it
·
with the lepers and swims
across the Amazon River in
complete darkness, easily
around him on his journey. It strikes him
most noticeably at the San Pablo Leper
Colony, split in two by the Amazon
River, where doctors, nurses, and nuns
live on one side while the sick live on
the other. Guevara and Granado refuse
to wear gloves when working with the
lepers and are told they are breaking the
.
becoming one of the most
awe-inspiring scenes in
modern
cinema.
The film ends in
Caracas,
Venezuela, with each man
becoming forever changed despite their
shared experiences. They truly adhered
to
"two
lives running parallel for
awhile" but each now knows his destiny.
"The Motorcycle Diaries" strikes me
as one of the better films of this year.
In a scene
In
the movie,
~uevara and
his
friend
Alberto
Granado embark on
a
journey
through
the vast
lands
of
South
America. Throughout
their travels they
roam from
Argentina
to
VIie to Peru
and
the San Pablo Leper
Colony, to Columbia and then to Venezuela.
Walter Salles was
voted number 23
of the 40 Best
Directors in the
World by the UK
newspap,S!r, "The
Guardian" and he
deserves every bit
of that honor. The
film is accented
with a powerful
soundtrack (listen
closely at the end-
ing credits) and
beautiful images of
the broad land-
scapes and South
American culture.
While
Guevara
and Granado talk
to
a
migrant
Communist couple
who were kicked
off their land, you
actually feel that
you are at the
campfire, listening
to their story of
Walter Salles
directs "The Motorcycle Diaries• (promotional
poster shown above), a film
concerned not
with
Guevara's
fame
as
a
revolutionary more with the
man's
concerns
over
soclal Injustice.
social injustice. While the subtitles are a
bit much to handle at times, it does not
take away from being able to learn about
and appreciate the
culture.
The relation-
ship between Guevara and Granado
brings much humor to the movie but this
is still a drama/adventure movie. The
ending credits are impressive, summing
up each man's endeavors in his life with
collages
·
of
photos from
the original
journey
.
The film, much to my pleasure,
reflected less of Guevara's revolution-
ary
aspect and more of the man's con-
cern over social injustice with the
indigenous people he met on his journey
throughout South America. This is
where Che became truly legendary.
Voting doesn't stop on Nov. 2 for those who want
to
cast a ballot for AMA's
By
MELISSA DAVIS
Circle Contributor
The list of performers for the 32 annual American
Music Awards has been extended to include some
·
of today's hottest artists. The AMA's will be airing
Sunday, Nov. 14 on ABC. This award ceremony
honors
the past year's elite in
contemporary
music
as voted by record buyers. Awards will be present-
ed to top artists in pop/rock, country, soul/rhythm
and blues, rap/hip-hop, ~atin music, contemporary
inspirational, adult contemporary and alternative
music.
The nominee line-up includes American Idol win-
ner Fantasia, favorite rock/pop male nominee
Lenny Kravitz, pop and blues guitar sensation John
Mayer, neo-soul rock outfit Maroon 5 and
"motor-
mouth MC" Twista. They will all be seen perform-
music artists Josh Groban, Toby Keith, Jessica ed on the show. T-Mobile sub~cribers can cast their
Simpson, Gwen Stefani, Usher, Kanye West and
.
votes
via
text messaging using their T-Mobile SMS
Gretchen Wilson.
ing from the Shrine Auditorium
in
Los Angeles.
Also scheduled to appear as presenters is unusu-
Also appearing will be hip- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - al cast of characters span-
hop artists Snoop Dogg and
With all the emphasis on voting In
ning from all across the
Pharrell, performing a song
our presidential election, have your
entertainment business.
from Snoop Dogg's upcoming
voice heard for the awards given to
Clay Aiken,
Ciara,
Kelly
album together.
Performer
•
'
Clarkson, Sheryl
Crow,
Kenny
Chesney
will collabo-
musicians, too.
Carmen Electra, Macy
rate with singer/songwriter
Gray; Billy
Idol,
William
Uncle Kracker, perforni.ing a duet of their chart-
Shatner, John Stamos, and the Ying Yang Twins are
topping country hit "When the Sun Goes Down."
among the varied presenters.
These artists are just the new additions recently
In
addition to traditional
voting, the
T-Mobile
revealed to the public. They will be joining fellow Text
In
Award as voted by the fans will be present-
Capable cellular phones.
Other people wishing to cast their votes can do so
at www
.
abe.com, keyword: AMA, and
viewers
of
the AMA's can also vote during the show via
Enhanced TV by logging on to ABC.com and
clicking on the Enhanced TV logo.
Voting is now open and will conclude during the
show on Nov. 14. With all the emphasis on voting
in our presidential election, have your
.voice
heard
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PAGE 14 •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004 •
THE CIRCLE
McCann
Center
chock full of hoops Madness
By KATE
GIGLIO
Copy Editor
If Marist's very first
Midnite Madness is any
indication
of what
the
approaching basketball sea-
son will be like, then the
College can look forward to
much success on the court
this year.
The evening began at
10:30, when the first of the
event's 1,200-plus attendees
started to arrive. The first
1,000 basketball enthusiasts
to
walk
through
the
McCann
doors
received
bright red Midnite Madness
T-shirts.
The head coaches of both
the women's and men's
teams, Brian Giorgis and
Matt Brady, respectively,
spoke at the event.
"We hope that you guys
can make a lot of games this
year and help us defend our
MAAC title," Giorgis said,
referring to last season's
tournament run.
And what would the night
have been without some
MAAC-level.
basketball
playing?
The men's and
women's teams competed
against one another in three
competitions.
The women
won the first, a "rapid fire
contest" where they made
30 three-point shots
before
the men could. The second
contest,
a
"battle of the
sexes," was an
exercise
in
male domina-
tion.
Senior
guard Brandon
Ellerbee
won
the last, the
slam-dunk
competition.
The
night's
festivities
were open to
the
adoring
ERIC KIMMEL/
THE
CIRCLE
Right A
ravenous row
of
Marlst
students
stare Into
their
crystal
bowls
of
pasta and ask "Who
Is
the
hungriest one of
an?·
crowd,
as
well.
Events
included
a
pasta-eating
contest, a $1,000 "money
scramble," and a dodge ball
competition.
In keeping
with the gluttonous theme
of the pasta-eating contest,
$250 in Thrifty Cash cour-
tesy
of Marist
Dining
Services.
The winner's
name was also inscribed on·
a championship plaque in
Marina's Pizzeria.
The
IO
contestants in the
money scramble wete blind-
folded,
and
the
emcee
announced their earnings at
the
end
of
the
race.
Leftover
money
was donat-
ed to Campus Ministry. As
for the dodge ball competi-
tion, the Champagnat fac-
tion triumphed. Each victor
was awarded a
basketball
autographed by the men's
and women's teams.
"How 'bout this guy,"
Brady
said, referring to
Louis Ortiz, who emceed
ihe
entire
evening
and
seemed to enjoy his time in
the spotlight. Marist junior
Alexander
D.
Panagiotopoulos
expressed
admiration and affection for
Ortiz and his antics.
"Sweet Lou really had the
crowd
fired
up,"
Panagiotopoulos
said.
"[He] had magical chem-
istry with the deejay," a
Marist alum who calls him-
ERIC KIMMEL
/
THE CIRCLE
New coach Matt Brady addresses
the captive audience
of
over a
thousand
at
the McCann Center.
self "H-Bomb."
The Marist College cheer-
leaders, dance team, and
band all performed, adding
cultural and artistic flair to
an evening otherwise domi-
nated by the squeaking of
basketball shoes and the
throaty yells of the raven-
ous Marist faithful.
However, the stars of the
show expressed apprecia-
tion for their fans' presence
and enthusiasm.
"We all liked how every-
one came out to support
us," Will Whittington, soph-
omore forward, said.
"We
haven't done thi.s before so
we didn't know what to
expect. But all the
·
students
that came really made us
feel
pumped
about the
upcoming season."
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Duffy qualifies for
ECACs
in first
Women's
swimming
and diving
meet at Rutgers Invitational
By
ALEXANDER DIMITRIOS
PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Assistant Sports Editor
women was freshman Jamie
Falco, who finished in 8th place
in the 200 yard individual med-
ley with a time of 2: 11.61, 9th in
The defending Metro Atlantic the 50 yard freestyle with 25.58
Athletic Conference Women's points, 4th in the 100 yard back-
Swimming and Diving champi-
stroke with 1:00.72 and 6th in
ons kicked off a month and a half the 200 yard backstroke at
of breast strokes, butterflies and 2: 11. 76.
belly flops with a trip to the
Sophomore Lauren Malski and
Rutgers Invitational on Oct. 22
freshman Whitney Butler fin-
and 23.
ished 6th and 8th in the 200 yard
The swimming and diving breaststroke,
respectively.
team was led by junior Meghan Junior Karen Fleckenstein fin-
Duffy, who dominated in diving ished 8th in the 200 yard back-
by winning both the 1 and 3
stroke.
meter events. She also qualified
The team will be at Fordham
to go to the Eastern College University today for a match at 7
Athletic
Conference p.m. They will then play host at
Championships, a national event the James J. Mccann Center to
that will take place in Pittsburgh Rider,
on
Nov.
·6,
and
from Feb. 25 to 27.
Fairfield/St. Peter's, on Nov. 13.
Another big performer for the
Both meets will begin at l p.m.
Swimming
and diving
to compete at Fordham
see how his
team
would respond
to a
three~y
v.1mmmg
event
similar to
an.
end
of season con-
ference
meet.
" he format closely simulated
a
champion.
hip
event
Recovery
rate&
(ho\\ quickly a
"1mmcr r pond aft r w1m-
ming muluplc
events m multtpl
day ) are
the
most important
thing
right
now and we
did
a
pretty
g®d
job."
Van
Wagner'
Foxes
n
t
tak
the pool
today
at Fordham.
ni ersity to begm
their
dual-
meet season.
Ehikioya mounts assault on record books before big Duques
_
ne game
...
continued
_
from page fifteen
onside-kick and ending the game
on a final rushing play.
Wtth
the
victoiy,
the
Red
Foxes
earned its
third
victoiy
of
the
season,
moving
to
3-4 overall and
sustaining
an unbeaten 3-0 record
in
the
MAAC.
Senior quarterback James Luft
completed
nine
of 17 passes for 135
yards, throwing
a
pa.s.5
to five differ-
ent receivers. Unfommat.ely, he
has yards
on two catches. Junior tight end
remained without a touchdown
pa.s.5
Mike
Marshall
caught
three
passes
in
two consecutive games.
for 29
yards,
leading
the Red Foxes
in
Behind Ehikioya's impres&ve offen-
receptions on the day.
sive
day,
Brad Rowe canied the
ball
The
Red Foxes' offensive unit com-
eight times
for 46
yards.
Luft
also
piled 432
yards
of total
offense
and
contnbuted
with
nine
canies for four
'
completed
all
three
of
their
red
z.one
yards.
oppom.mities.
The also
completed
Guy
Smith led
the
Foxes
in
receiv-
nine of
their
13 third-down
attempts
ing
yards
on the day, attaining 47
while achieving 25
first
downs
in
the
Nader
provides an alemative
...
continued from page
one
the rights of the lower class and
disfranchised, with the publica-
tion of Unsafe at Any Speed. In
his book, Nader said automo
-
biles were
·
dangerous because
automakers cared more about
·
their profits than the public's
safety.
Nader said he decided to com-
pete for the presidency because
both major political parties
refused to specify and discuss a
universal health
care
system and
a push for public
.
financing of
elections,
two issues that are the
foundation for his campaign.
"I
urge the liberal
establish-
ment to relax and
rejoice,"
he
said in a Jun.
25,
USA
Today
article. "This is a campaign that
strives to displace the present
corporate regime of the Bush
administration. The function of
leadership
is
to produce
more
leaders."
Nevertheless
,
Nader's minus-
cule national
support
is over-
shadow~d
by the Democrats'
belief that he
was
the
scapegoat
of the
.2000 campaign.
As the
Green Party candidate in 2000,
Nader
attracted 97,000 Florida
votes,
uniting most Democrats
and many Republicans in
agree
-
ment that his votes
cost
Democrat Al
Gore
the presiden-
cy.
Bush won by
such a
narrow
margin that had
Gore
received
the portion of Nader's votes
from
Fla
.
, Gore
would have
eas-
ily won the
election.
In
2000, Nader appeared on the
ballot
of
43
states
and
Washington
D.C., earning 2
_
.
7
percent
of
the nation'
s
vote.
Bush
eventually
won
Florida
by
537 votes
during the 2000
election with
the unintentional
help of Nader, who received
2
percent
of
the
F
lorid
ian vote.
Current
Florida
polls show
that
Kerry has
overtaken Bush in
F
lorid
a 49 percent
to
43
percent
,
with 2 percent still in favor of the same as 2000. The reason is
Nader.
that he is not on that many state
-
Tara M. Delmour, comrnunica-
ballots in 2000."
tion major, said Nader's impact
According to the New York
will not be as significant in the Times, Nader's name has been
upcoming election.
removed from the Keystone
"On election night, I believe state's
ballot,
in
which
Ralph Nader will have minimum Pennsylvania courts said that
impact on the election," she said.
two-thirds of the signatures on
"Although he has appeared on his nominating petitions were
news talk shows, he was not invalid or were forged. Unless
included in any of the debates.
this decision is appealed, the
And therefore, the maJority of election could change signifi-
the public is not in tune with cantly with Pennsylvania's
21
where he stands on most of the electoral
votes
remaining
important issues for this elec-
tion."
Florida,
Ohio
and
Pennsylvania form the
"show-
down states," which are states
that Bush or Gore won in 2000
by less than 6 percentage points.
About 49 percent of
likely
voters
in these
showdown
states sup-
port Bush while 48 per~ent sup-
port Kerry. Overall, Bush leads
by I percentage point among the
combined
showdown states.
Current Ohio polls show that
Kerry leads Bush 46 percent to
44 percent while Nader controls
5
percent. In 2000, Bush beat
Gore 50 percent to 46 percent
with Nader
garnering 3
percent
of the vote
.
Matthew S. Costa, business
major, Marist
Co
ll
ege,
said it is
unlikely that another "2000
elec-
tion" quagmire will resurface in
another
five
days.
"He
will not have a real
impact
on this
election
,
"
he said. "It will
not lead to
a significant change
like it did in the last
e
l
ection."
Tom
Mccarron,
a specia
l
serv
-
ices
advisor, Marist
College,
said
although Nader is unlikely
to win this
e
l
ection,
his impact is
still critical.
"I'm
sure he will have some
impact and it will be
against
the
Democratic
Party," he
said.
"However,
the impact will not be
unclaimed.
Pennsylvania polls show that
Bush and Kerry are tied for the
state's potential vote whereas
Nader earned
3
percent of the
electorate.
Although politics focuses pri-
marily on the Democratic and
Republican parties, Nader pro-
vides a third voice and choice in
which the American public has
the freedom to hear.
·
Mccarron said Nader's second
consecutive campaign hurts his
political image.
"Nader lost his credibility
when he ran for his second
term," he said.
"It
questions his
motives of why he is running."
Delmour said Nader represents
the small amount of citizens who
cannot choose between Bush and
Kerry
.
•
"I think Nader is wise for run-
ning two straight
e
l
ections even
though he knows he cannot win
with
a
smaller party because any
voters he
gets
he detracts from
the amount that the two main
·
candidates receive," she
said.
"He
is important for the voting
public to have more than just
two
choices
when voting for the
leader of our
country.
In
a
coun-
try founded on democracy and
free
speech,
it is the obligation
of our
country
to
ensure
that
all
voices and opinions are heard."
game.
Defensively,junior linebacker Mike
Giummo
finished
with
nine
1ackles
Mid-Major All-American by the
Sports Network, after tallying 73
1ackles, 9.5 sacks 18 lackles for a loss
for
55
yards
and one forced fumble
during the 2003
campaign.
ance jolted
him
into
the
Marist recotd
books, tying the school's Division I-
AArecotd for
touchdowns
in
a
game.
His
246 rushing
yards
is
the
fomth.
highest totaled mustered
by
a Marist
runner
in
a Division I-A.A-game.
and one sack
for
the Red
Foxes while
earning
MAAC Defe11:3ive Player of
the Week
Senior defensive 1ackle Payton
Rogers
added
five more 1ackies and
two
more sacks to his season totals.
Rogers
was
named a preseason
I-AA
Most importantly,
the
Red Foxes
halted
the
rurming
attack of LaSalle
tailback Ken
Tnboletti,
who gained
four
yards
on 11 canies.
Ehikioya's stellar offensive perform-
This
weekend, the Red Foxes
hope
to give a
full
team
effort and
dethrone
the
Dukes for
the
first
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Men's soccer beats Iona 3-0 in sixth consecutiv~ shutout
Senior
goalkeeper Mike Valenti named
MAAC defensive
player of the week
By
ANDY ALONGI
Staff
Writer
The Marist men's soccer team
continued their excellent play in
the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference as the Red Foxes
defeated the Iona Gaels 3-0 on
Sunday, Oct. 24.
Sophomore Keith Detelj scored
his seventh goal of the season in
the thirty-first minute while sen-
ior Matt Flaherty picked up his
second assist of the season.
In
the second half, Marist added
its final two goals of the game.
Sophomore
Anthony
Graci
scored his six~ goal of the sea-
son, the second goal for the Red
Foxes off a rebound by the Gaels
goalkeeper, Patrick McAllen.
Junior Kyle Nun~s and senior
Patrick Safi.no both assisted on
Graci's poignant goal.
The final goal of the game was
scored with under a minute to
play when senior David Musinski
scored on a free kick from 19
yarqs.
Defensively, Marist picked up
their sixth consecutive shutout
and has not given up a goal in
over 606 minutes of play.
Senior goalkeeper Mike Valenti
bas been between the pipes for
every shutout recorded by the
Red Foxes. Against Iona on
Sunday, Valenti recorded four
saves.
With the win on Sunday, Marist
pulled into a tie for first in the
MAAC conference standings
with Loyola; each team has 15
points after five conference con-
tests.
The Red Foxes finished their
three game road trip undefeated
with a record of 3-0-0. The Foxes
have two home games remaining,
one
against the Manhattan Jaspers
on Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. and another
Sunday Oct. 31 at 7 p.m. they will
meet with third place team, the St.
Peter's Peacocks.
Coach
Herodes
said St. Peter's is
a deep team with many veterans.
"St. Peter's is a deep team with
many veterans," he said.
"If
we
win
Friday against Manhattan St.
Peter's means nothing. We've
never been
.
in this position before.
If we get through this weekend,
we will play Loyola next week-
end for the regular season MAAC
championship."
Mike
Valenti recorded four saves
for his
sixth
straight
shutout He
was named MAAC defensive play-
er of the
week.
Marist football goes to 3-0 in MAAC with win over La Salle
By
MARK PERUGINI
Assistant
Sports Editor
After beating the Red Foxes
last season 33-3 l on Leonidoff
Field, the Explorers longed to
repeat their performance without
its former quarterback Ed
Marynowitz.
This year, La Salle lacked
Marynowitz but gained its fifth
loss of the season due to Red Fox
freshman running back Obozua
Ehikioya.
Ehikioya broke the ankles of
the entire Explorer defensive
unit, carrying the ball 28 times
and rushing for 246 yards while
lifting the Red Foxes over the
Explorers 41-35 At McCarthy
Stadium last Saturday afternoon.
Red Foxes head coach Jim
Parady said Ehikioya's perform-
ance was one of the peak
moments of his coaching career
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%
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z
...
Vl
at Marist.
"It was one of the best efforts
I've seen out of anyone in my
time here," he said to the
Poughkeepsie Journal. "He put
us on his back and literally car-
ried us to victory."
The win not only sustained the
Red Foxes' undefeated record in
MAAC play, but it qualified
them to play for the MAAC
Football League crown while
they travel to Pittsburgh, Pa. this
Saturday to oppose five-time
consecutive league champion
Duquesne. The Red Foxes hope
to avenge their 31-6 loss to
Duquesne last season, in which
current Dukes' senior quarter-
back Niel Loebig passed for 354
yards and threw for three touch-
downs
during his last meeting
against the Foxes.
The Explorers began the scor-
ing frenzy when senior wide
receiver/quarterback
Vernard
Abrams scored on a one-yard run
with 7: 15 left to play in the first
quarter.
It
·
seemed that with the
early score, the Explorers would
achieve its third straight victory
of the season.
However, the Red Foxes con-
cocted either plans.
Marist's offensive explosion
began on its third drive of the
game when Ehikioya galloped
52-yards on a surge up the mid-
dle. After earning the extra point
thanks to the efforts of freshman
place kicker Bradley Rowe, the
score was notched 7-7 all.
The Red Foxes regained the
ball quicker than expected when
senior
linebacker
Robert
Thompson intercepted the ball at
the La Salle
37-yard
line.
Faur
plays later, Ehikioya reacquaint-
ed himself with the endzone,
running for a 20-yard touchdown
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score.
With 3:16 left to play in the
second quarter and the score
remaining at 13-7, Luft connect-
ed with senior tight end Anthony
Madigan on a 24-yard passing
route, capping a five play, 34-
yard drive. With the extra point
good, Marist led 20-7
.
La
Salle rapidly responded
with a five play, 62-yard scoring
drive when Abrams rushed for
his second touchdown of the day
on a 4-yard run.
The first half whined down as
Marist led 20-14
.
The Red Foxes started the sec-
ond half strong when Ehikioya
scored his third touchdown of
the day on a 2-yard
nui.
The third
quarter remained silent until the
Explorers' sophomore
running
back Kevin Sullivan barreled
into the endzone for a 4-yard run.
Sullivan's score remained the
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004 •
PAGE 15
No shortage of good news in
Boston
Sox Nation That is as long as
the Sox
win
the Series.
But even
if
the Sox do not win
this year, which barring a
Yankee type collapse, will hap-
pen, the 2004 ALCS will forever
be remembered and cherished as
one of the greatest moments in
sports history. Besides the thrill
from the games, the disbelief in
the
face
of the Yankee supports
was priceless.
I had to laugh to myself while
walking around campus the days
after the ALCS. All the Yankee
paraphernalia
was gone, packed
away until next season. I under-
stand
that with a team like the
Yankee's, football's equivalent
being the Cowboys, there are a
lot of bandwagon supports. The
embarrassment rnay have been
too much.
But to the true
Yankee fans,
JU
t
remember
there is always next year.
While baseball fans watch on
the Sox
in
the Series, football
fans are watching the Patriots in
awe.
If
I
only
I was Pat's
fan,
I
would have never have to endure
the horrible moments the Bills
have given me, four
_
Super Bowl
loses, the Music City Miracle
and a 1-5 record this year. What
if
Drew Bledsoe never got
injured a few years ago; maybe
final off~nsive surge for both
teams in the third quarter with
the Red Foxes leading 27-21.
With 6: 18 remaining in the
fourth quarter, Red Foxes' soph-
omore running back Brad Rowe
bolted past the goal line, scoring
the Red Foxes' fourth rushing
touchdown of the day and aug-
menting the lead to 33-21.
La
Salle eagerly answered
on
their next drive when Abrams
lobbed a 3-yard pass to junior
wideout
John
Zabel.
no Super Bowls, Tom Brady, or
even the Bills being
so
awful.
The Patriots have given
New
England two Super Bowls in
the
last three years
and
are well on
their
way
to another one.
Even beyond the Sox and
Patriots, the college football
teams are excelling. This past
weekend Boston College defeat-
ed Notre Dame with a last
minute touchdown, and UConn
picked up their fifth win of the
season to remain on track for a
bowl.
This season also had the
Maine B
0
lack bears defeat
Mississippi State, a team that
recently defeated number 19
Florida. Although these teams
may not be the elite college foot-
ball program, they are strongly
supported in New England, and
have surprised many college
football fans by their
play.
Right now New England sports
fans have more to cheer about
than they have in years. Having
the NFL champions, MLB
champions (knock on wood),
NCAA men's and women's bas-
ketball champions, and probable
bowl games for two schools;
it
is
hard to deny that New England
is not atop of the sports world
this year, and the envy of sports
fans.
Marist stopped the Explorers'
momentum
immediately
as
Ehikioya flew into the end zone
on a 32-yard run, giving the Red
Foxes a 41-28 lead after a Brad
Rowe two-point conversion.
With four seconds remaining in
the game, Zabel caught his sec-
ond touchdown pass of the game,
slicing the Marist lead to 41-25.
La
Salle
hoped to
perform
a last
second comeback, but Marist
easily recovered the Explorers'
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THE CIRCLE
Upcoming Events:
Football: Saturday, Oct.
30 -
at Duquesne,
1:30 p.m.
Men's soccer: Sunday, Oct. 31 - against
St. Peters at home, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2004
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Women's soccer drops
home finale 2-1 to Iona
By
GABE PERNA
Staff Writer
The woman's soccer team lost
its home finale against Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
rival Iona by the score of 2-1 to
the Gaels, giving up two first
half goals and unable to rally
late.
Senior captains Laura Clark,
Libby Ludwig, and Courtney
Moore were honored before the
game due to Senior Day. The
trio all have played and con-
tributed greatly to the soccer
program for all four years of
their college careers.
Moore gave one last strong
contribution for the Red Foxes
as she tallied her fifth goal on
the season late in the game with
16:00 remaining in the game.
The goal cut the Gael lead to
one, however, Marist could not
score the tying goal as Iona's
Jessica Martin made the critical
saves to secure the victory for
her team.
The unassisted goal for
Moore just adds to what has
been an impressive season for
the senior. She is currently tied
eighth in points overall and
tenth overall in goals in the
MAAC conference, as well as
leading her team in both cate-
gories.
Playing in net for the Red
Foxes was Sophomore Danielle
Cibelli, who played well
despite giving up the two first
~alf goals. To Cibelli's credit,
.
the first goal happened to be a
free kick for Iona from 15-
yards out. The goal by the
Gaels' Eleri Earnshaw barely
made it past Cibelli as it hit the
post and bounced in.
After a back-and-forth offen-
sive battle, with just under ten
minutes remaining in the first
half, Iona's Emily Martin shot a
free kick just over the head of
Cibelli to make the score 2-0.
Ultimately the goal would be
the game winner for Iona, who
improves to 8-7-3 on the sea-
son.
The loss drops the Red Foxes
to
1-5-1
in the MAAC
Conference and 3-13-1 overah.
Marist finishes their regular
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Senior forward Courtney Moore, 10, tries to
get
possession
of
the ball.
Moore scored
In
her final career game at Marist on Sunday.
season with two road show-
downs with Manhattan on
Friday, Oct. 29 and Saint
Peter's on Sunday, Oct. 31.
Marist will commence
MAAC Tournament play on
Nov.
5
in Fairfield, Conn.
Men's swim coach, Van Wagner, pleased with results at Rutgers
By
BRIAN HODGE
Staff Writer
Having seen the nine-year run
of MAAC conference titles
snapped last year at the hands of
Rider (by a mere nine points),
Coach Larry Van Wagner was
eager to see how his men's swim-
ming and diving team would
approach the 2004-2005 season,
beginning this past weekend at
Rutgers University.
The early returns are more than
favorable.
Senior co-captains Matt
Castillo and Jeff Paul led the
way for the Red Foxes at the
Sonny Werblin Invitational, both
notching individual wins. The
pair were also a part of three first
place relay teams.
Castillo won the 200-yard indi-
vidual medley with a meet
record time of 1:54.79. He also
placed second in the 200-yard
breast stroke (2: 11.65), fourth
place in the 50-yard freestyle
(22.04), and fifth in the 200-yard
freestyle (1 :44.51).
Paul gar-
nered second place in the 100-
yard freestyle ( 48.30) to go
along with his victory in the 50-
yard freestyle (21.9).
Also contributing for Marist
was sophomore Daniel Garaffa,
earning second and third places
in the 100-yard and 200-yard
backstroke events, respectively.
Freshman Jesus Santos made an
impressive debut, taking third
fourth place in the I -meter div-
ing event.
Coach Van Wagner said he was
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notably about the improvement
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"We're excited about the depth
we've added to the roster. We
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last year.;;
Additionally, VanWagner said
he was specifically looking to
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Boom times
in Beantown:
By
""4OY GATES
Staff Writer
E cryb dy
in the oountr)t
nght now wishes they were a
·
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England
sports
fan. How.
could
you not, they have the!
Red
Sox and
Patriots,
the
besi
teams
in professidnal basebalf
and football. Their basebalt
team that has just completed
the greatest comeback
in
team
sports, destroyed
the lore of a
franchise, and by the time
)'Olf
read this article,
may
have
erased the
.
words curs~ and
1918. Their football team hrur
the
longest win streak in NFI.:
h1
tory, twenty one games, and
could
potentially
go down
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the records as the greatest team
in
league
history:
Even Yankee fans have to
be:
enviou. of the Red Sox;
grant~
ed the Yankee's have won
twcnt -
1.
World
Series, buf
its
fan will never
be
able
expe:
rience and appreciate a worlct
championship the same Tf!a'J.
that
a Sox fan
will
ifthey
beat
the Cardinals. It is amazing
that
after all the world title$
_and
wins
over the Red
Sox;
one series, has the
power
to
taint the Yankees for all of his.,
tory
and erase the
pain in Red
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