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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2004
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By
BOB KEMPER
Chicago Tribune (KRT)
administration's concern about the
election-year attacks.
"It's early in the game, but he would
WASHINGTON -
After weeks of rather be on the field than on the
having his credibility questioned by
Democratic challengers, opponents of
the Iraqi war and conservatives in his
own party, President Bµsh has retreated,
retooled and re-emerged as Candidate
Bush.
Bush has dwnped a re-election game
plan that called for him to remain
"presidential" and above the political
fray until mid-March or later. He has
begun making overtly political appear-
ances while advisers launch attacks on
his likely opponent and prepare his first
campaign ads.
With his popularity ratings at the low-
est point of his term -
though
comparable to successful two-term pres-
idents at this point in their tenures -
Bush has spent the past week patching
up political damage and shifting to the
offensive against his Jikely Democratic
f<;>e this fall, Sen. John Kerry of
Massachusetts
.
sidelines," said Bush adviser Charles
Black. "The 'Meet the Press' effort
clearly was an effort to get back on the
offensive."
Bush appeared on NBC's Sunday
morning
talk
show Feb. 8 in hope of put-
ting behind him
some
of the
questions raised about his presidency,
including why none of the unconven-
tional weapons that chiefly prompted
the U.S.-led war in Iraq have been
found.
In
coming weeks, the president plans
a host of campaign-style appearances,
beginning with a trip to Florida on
Sunday for the Daytona
500
stock car
race, where he is to mingle with a group
of voters some analysts say could
be
key
to this year's election: "NASCAR
Dads."
TIFFANY TOMPKINS/
KRT
That was reflected dramatically in the
White House release late Friday of hun-
dreds of pages of Bush's military
records,
an
attempt
to
counter
Democratic attacks on his service
record. Those records revealed little
additional information, but their sudden
release showed the extent of the
On Tuesday, Bush travelled to a
Louisiana military base that showcased
the president surrounded by hundreds of
cheering soldiers, bolstering his status
as a popular commander in chief.
At the same time; Bush plans to ham-
mer hard on the domestic themes that
polls say are voters' greatest concerns.
He will emphasize his success as an
effective chief executive in winning pas-
sage of tax cuts, education reform and
President Bush addresses an audience of factory employees at a town hall meeting.
Medicare legislation.
attack his opponent.
That, in a sense, summarizes the Bush
strategy -
reinforce the president's
national security credentials, emphasize
his domestic accomplishments and
Bush aides have already begun to rip
into
Kerry.
Bush's campaign on Friday
e-mailed to about six million people a
link
to a campaign video that declares
Kerry "unprincipled" for taking cam-
paign money from "special interests."
Campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel
said the video was a response to Kerry's
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Davis hig
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lights music and
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ion to comb
at racism
By
MARISSA KOCH
&
STACEY
L
CASWELL
Daryl Davis is changing race
relations one Ku Klux Klan
member at a time.
family moved again, living
overseas for another ten years.
At the age of 16, Davis returned
to high school in the states, only
to have a member of the
American Nazi Party come to
speak in one of his classes.
But instead of becoming bitter,
Davis attempted to learn from
the experience.
Davis
began
gathering
information about racial groups
from people with first-hand
experience.
N
John Mullady and Linda Crane, candidates for student body president.
Davis, the first black man to
write a non-fiction documentary
on the Klan; spoke to students
Feb. 11 to encourage education
as a way to combat racism.
" I never set out to convert
anybody ... I simply set out to
expose myself and to learn from
them."
"From that day in 1974, I
became obsessed with racism,"
Davis said, explaining how the
taunting spurred him to find
every book, every article, and
every video that he could in
order to help him understand the
root of racism.
Over the next few years,
Davis continued to use his music
as a way of initial
l
y meeting
other members of the
KKK,
getting to know them on a more
personal level, and eventually
meeting Roger Kelly
,
one of
the-
national leaders of the Klan.
Student candidates present platforms
By
CAROLINE ROSS
Opinion Editor
As Democratic candidates
are
campaigning
around
the
country
in hopes of winning
the
nomination,
Marist
students are campaigning for
the
Student
Government
Association elections at the end
ofthe month.
Students gathered signatures
and
can,1paigned
around
campus over the past few
weeks
to
quiilify
for the ballot.
Each student was required to
collect 350 student signarures
to
be
considered fur one of the
many available goveroment
positions.
'This
week begins a
run of events which will pres•
ent the candidates and their
ideas to the student body.
Monday kicked off the week
of events with speech night
in
the Nelly Goletti Theater. All
11 candidates spolt:e about their
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ideas for the upcoming year,
and
how they
plan
to
improve
the
lives
of
the students.
Every
position
needs to
be.
filled.
Alyssa Oxford, the
election commissioner
for tt,,e
SOA~
introduced Bobbi
Sue
Gibbons, current student
body
president,
who
addressed
this
year's candidates.
"Working with administration
who have different views
.
of
different
subjects,
if.-
sometimes hard to convey
students
perspectives,"
Gibbons said,
"I
wish you all
luck for next year."
After each candidate had
spoken, speech night wrapped
up
a short question
and
answer
session.
Meet
the
Candidates
provided a forum for students
t
0
question the candidates
about
plans for the upcoming
year.
The final event of the week will
be
a debate between the two
student
body
presidential can•
didates.
Linda Crane and
John
Mullady; will
talce
part
in.
a
debate which will air on
MCTV tonight
at
9:30
p.m.
The debate
will
be the last
event--and,gi¥e
students an idea
of
what the candidates stand
foi
and;
what
they
can bring to
the
table
for student govern-
ment
next
year.
Oxford
stressed
the
importance of students' atten-
dance
at the upcoming event$
to hear what the candidates
have
to
say;
"Everyone
should watch the
debate .on MCTV to
find
out
who the people are that
will
represent (them]," Oxford said.
Dr.
Jim
Kent, also
emphasized the importance of
Marist students taking the
time
to hear what the candidates
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The Marist
Student
Programming Council sponsored
Davis' lecture, "Klan-destine
Relations," which focused on his
experience as the first black man
to infiltrate the
KKK.
Davis began his life living
overseas with his parents who
worked in the Foreign Service.
The time abroad exposed Davis
to many cultures in an environ-
separate from the pervading
American culture of the time. It
was not until he moved back to
the United States that he collided
with one of the major issues of
the 1960s: racism.
As an eight-year-old boy
marching with his Cub Scout
group, he was pelted with rocks
by members of the community
angry that a black child was
socializing with white children.
"I couldn't understand it,
because I hadn't grown up that
way," Davis said.
Not long after this incident, his
After graduating from Howard
"
By
act
iv
el
y l
ear
n
i
n
g
a
bo
u
t
someone e
ls
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, you're
pas-
sively teach
ing
th
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o
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yo
ur
self
."
- Daryl Davis
University in 1980, Davis
became a full-time musician.
While his profession was music
,
his obsession was still race
relations.
In
1983, a member of the
Maryland chapter of the Ku Klux
Klan attended Davis' show. He
was so impressed with Davis'
playing that he invited him over
to his table for a drink.
" I found that music can bring
people together,
"
he said
.
It was at that moment that
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Without revealing Davis was a
black man, his secretary, Mary
Barber, arranged an interview
with Kelly. During the three hour
meeting, Kelly informed Davis
about the operation of the Klan,
and even modeled his robe for
him.
"I had all kinds of different
feelings overwhelm me," Davis
said. "
I
felt sad, bitter, and even
hostile because of all the
atrocities
that
had
been
committed by people who wore
those robes, to my family."
After that frrst encounter Kelly
and Davis continued to keep in
contact, meeting whenever they
were in the same town, and
continuously discussing
their -
individual beliefs.
It
was
through these meetings that
Davis learned one of the most
important lessons about how to
start changing race
,
relations.
"By acti
v
ely learning about
someone else, you 're passively
teaching them about yourself
,
"
Davis
said,
stress
i
ng
how
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official statement, a security officer said, "No February A sick student was taken to St. Francis on account of
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A Gregory student reported his door had been
damaged at 4:18 p.m. Monday. Upon inspection, it
appeared the door was forced open,
breaking
the lock.
Nothing in the room was stolen, and there are no sus-
pects as of yet.
Hmmrn,
the lock was broken
on
the
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door, but nothing from the room was taken, and the stu-
dent reported it in the middle of the afternoon. I'm
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solved itself.
2/10
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A half-naked male was seen running around
Lower West Cedar at 9:25 p.m. Tuesday. He was asking
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Now, past experience tells me not to write a joke that
makes fun of the less fortunate. But hey, I'm a slow learn-
er ... Yo buddy, my cell phone just rang and it was for
1
you. It was Corky. He said he wants his pants back.
2/12 -
A fire alarm was set off in Lower West Cedar P-
Block at 1:10 p.m. Thursday. The fire department
•
responded and found an over-cooked taco to be the
s~urce of the fire. A fireman explained the situation,
"Yeah,
the extra cheese on the taco is what caused it to
flare up."
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Cupid obviously missed this next vandal. At
3:35
a.m.
security
reported that a student ripped up the
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Valentine's Day decorations from a bulletin board in
Midrise. Since the
attack,
the President's Day bulletin
board has been under high surveillance by secl!lfity
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an
2/14
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An intoxicated student was stopped as he
attempted to exit Charnpagnat at 11 p.m. Saturday. The
entry desk officer sensed a little too much drunkenness,
so the student was taken to St. Francis. That really stinks
man. Hatters was
hopping
that night.
2/14
-
There was an unauthorized party at Old
Townhouse C at 12: 10 a.m. The group was dispersed but
no alcohol was confiscated. That's disappointing. Kind of
like biting into a Gusher with no juice.
2/14
-
Two intoxicated students were stopped at the Leo
entry desk at 12:46 a.m. They were both taken to St.
Francis. Earlier in the day, these two cut out a coupon in
the circular for St. Francis that read, "hospitalize one, get
the second half-off." At least they were being financial-
ly responsible that night.
2/14
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Security spotted two students coming back from
Mobile On the Run at 2:04 a.m. The officer stopped the
two in the Townhouse Clot and discovered that a 12 pack
of Coors had just been purchased. Then, the officer dis-
covered that these poor saps were under 21, so he took
the fake ID along with the beer. I guess you have to ask
yourselves if six more beers a piece at 2:30 in the morn-
ing was worth all this hassle? I'm leaning toward no.
2/15 -
At 5:13 a.m. an officer noticed the
card
swipe
mechanism
in
the front of Benoit was smashed. A lock-
smith was called and installed a new one. Residents of
Benoit refused to comment on the situation. I can't
blame them because I wouldn't want people to know I
lived there
either.
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C
was on a
tear
this past
week.
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Alcohol-related
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Nobody chang,ys overnight.
It's a process, Davis
said.
"Any
dent that you can make
in racism,
is a dent for a bet-
ter
society.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1.9, 2004
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all
the
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"months of attacks on President what
George Bush
has told us
Bush."
By the Bush
campaign's
about
the
war or
about the econ-
count, Kerry has
run
15 televi-
omy," she said. "We certainly
sion ads attacking
Bush
that
can't
trust what he has to say
aired 9,712 times and cost $4.9
about
the special interests."
action
of
a
campaign, the White House
abruptly released
Bush's
entire
personnel record Friday night.
The papers confirm that Bush
had his pilot status suspended in
1972 after failing to take a phys-
ical exam, but the White House
says Bush was being transferred
to a non-flying position in
Alabama and did not need to
take the test.
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on
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day. Feb. 25
during activity
hour
to
lake donations for
the
American Heart Association Annual
walk
held
at
Lonles
High
The documents mostly consist-
ed of routine
personnel
forms,
but the release was designed to
signal that the White House has
nothing to hide and is revealing
all it knows.
School
in
Poughke psic
Saturday, Feb. 28.
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million.
Bush
has been especially dam-
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be
holding a
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ednesday
Kerry spokeswoman Stephanie aged by questions about his serv-
Cutter shot back that
Bush
was
ice in the Air National Guard
distorting the senator's record.
from 1968 to 1973. In a move
"We haven't been able to trust resembling the "rapid response"
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Commuter Corner
Daryl Davis, first black man to write of KKK, lectures in PAR
By
CARMEN ALU
Commuter Senator
meet their personal n~ds as well
as the needs of commuters in the
future.
important
personal
interaction and education is in
helping
to
change
racial
viewpoints or in making others
question their own beliefs about
race.
"When people begin to ques-
tion you ... they begin to question
themselves," he said.
In fact, some of the
members that Davis came in con-
tact with have since quit the
Klan.
After meeting Davis and pon-
dering
their
own
motivations for belonging to a
racial group, many including
Roger Kelly, relinquished their
robes to Davis.
He
keeps them
not only as reminders of
person-
al victory
,
but also as small
markers
·
in the fight agai
.
nst
racism
.
"Nobody changes
overnight.
It's a process," Davis said. "Any
dent that you can make in
racism, is a dent for a better soci-
ety. That's the dent that I've put
in racism
.
How many robes do
you have?"
He is pleased that those who
gave him the seemingly offen-
sive items understand his need to
have them.
"I'm glad that I have this stuff,"
Davis
said.
"The
people who were wearing this
stuff gave it to
me
because they
no longer believed in it."
Inspired by Martin Luther King
Jr.
and Chuck
Berry,
Davis
attempts
to
educate
others by using his music as a
unification tool and stresses the
importance of listening as a way
to fully understand the position
of another.
Pam Nessel, a sophomore at
Marist, attended Davis lecture
and can apply it directly to one
of her classes.
"I"m taking Social Inequality
right now, and so I'm paying
much
more
attention to little comments that
people make," she said. "It made
so much sense to me when he
[Davis] was talking about fear
stemming from hate and needing
to understand each oth~r because
those
two
things
are
so
important."
"Fears stop people from want-
ing to learn about others, and if
those fears can be erased, maybe
then
we can understand," Nessel
said.
According to Davis, society
still has a long way to go, but it is
the small steps that count.
"Racism changes through one
person at a time and through
education
.
We have to take the
taboo off of race and start talking
about it," Davis said.
Kristin Burlage, president of
Marist's Student Programming
Council, agrees.
"Because of his tolerance, he
was able to change people who
hated him. I
think
that's some-
thing that we should all aspire to
do."
The Commuter Comer is back
in full effect
bringing
you the lat-
est news and updates involving
the commuter students of Marist
College. It is here that commuter
students can read the
happenings
of the newly formed Commuter
Student Council, or recent
goings on
directly
affecting
commuters.
Just like every other club on
campus, the CSC is made up of
executive board members who
organize and host each meeting
and event,
President
Keri
Boyle,
Vice
President
Kristen Metzger,
Secretary
Melissa
Favell
and
Treasurer
Brittany
Simmons.
'
For the first time,
Student
Government
approved
a
budget
request for the council to host
events, student discussions, and
faculty
presentations during
the
semester.
All events
will
be
posted throughout campus and in
the weekly "Commuter Comer."
Be
sure to check each week for
the latest news from the CSC.
Student Government Association hosts Meet the Candidates night
The CSC recently held their
first eboard meeting of the
semester just two weeks ago.
The focus of the meeting was to
hear suggestions as to what peo-
ple were hoping to experience
while being a club member
,
what
they feel needs to be done to bet-
ter accommodate commuters in
the most efficient way possible
on campus and how they person-
ally feel about being a commuter
student at Marist. Their main
objective is to get as many peo-
ple involved as possible. This
council offers a unique opportu-
nity for commuter students to be
a part of a group. designed to
Anyone wishing to join the
CSC or to submit article ideas
can
email
me
at
Carmen.J.Alu@marist.edu
or
drop a note in my Commuter
Senator mailbox located in the
SGA office.
have to say about improvements
around campus as well as their
opinions. Kent would like the
general population of Marist stu-
dents to realize the amount of
work the elected students put
into the student government.
"I
think
student government is Wednesday at 7:00 p.m
.
Students
one of the least understood can vote online at the Marist Web
organizations on campus,''
Kent
said.
Voting will take place next
week, starting on Monday at
11 :00 a.m. and ending on
site anytime during this time
period.
Oxford
said that voting in the
student
government
elections is essential for all stu-
dents.
"It is important that
everyone comes and votes
because
SGA
leaders
represent the students," Oxford
said. "We provide a way for stu-
dents to be heard."
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you.
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This
is a great school
with
many
resources, and it's about time
administration used them to
invite some speakers we've at
least heard of or care about.
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- Alec Troxell
Columnist
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
19,
2004
maristcircle.com
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Last Monday morning while on
my way to the library, I noticed
something was different. There
were security guards posted
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periodically
throughout
the
campus, and a shiny black van
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was parked at the basement door
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of the library with men in
business suits standing all
around it. I knew something was
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up.
Then, when sitting in the cafe
of the library, I
noticed
in the
upstairs window in front of me
many more suits with earpieces
pacing and looking all around.
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Now I knew some big hot shot
. :
had to be here if they had secret
service men.
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Then a well-dressed elderly
man walked in and said to me,
"Is this where Hillary Clinton is
speaking?"
With that one
statement he answered every
question running through my
mind, except the question, "Why
is she here?"
With that, the classmates I was
working with and I walked
upstairs in an attempt to see if we
could sit in and lis-
ten to her speak,
only to find that
our names weren't
on the list.
It was explained
to me that Hillary
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to
Poughkeepsie for a breakfast at
the Mid-Hudson Civic Center
and came to Marist as a last
minute thought to speak in the
James A. Cannavino Library.
This is where my gripe begins.
If
this was a last minute
decision, why was there a list
including a number of students?
Marist inundates us with flyers
promoting boring authors and
speakers that are coming to
Marist encouraging us to attend,
but when someone of interest
actually comes, it's all hush
hush.
This presentation was so closed
up that even my editor for The
Circle wasn't notified, as I called
her to see
if
anyone was covering
the story. Now this is due to lack
of communication
,
however she
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still had difficulty gaining entry
when she rushed over. Had she
not quickly come over to the
library, not only would we have
been
denied
a
first-hand
encounter, but we also would
have been shut out from a sec-
ond-hand report. No one would
have known Hillary was here
except by word of mouth.
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appreciate being kept out of the
loop where I miss amazing
oppor-
tunities when truly important peo-
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ple visit our campus. Sure, this
may have been a quick visit limit-
ed to a small number of people,
but then why isn't Marist bringing
in bigger people like Hillary
Clinton?
If
Hillary
and her people
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can't we convince other prominent
people like her to speak here as
well? This is a great school with
many resources, and it's about
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as I was driving home from work
on Sunday night. We only have
three months left to this
sem~&ter. m.Jf\c;.t, our summer is
goill8J,tQ
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be,Jonger than
the time
we have left in school.
This
revelation made me contemplate
why time seems so different in
college.
Most people in the "real world"
go through their weeks on a
relatively steady basis.
Work
Monday through Friday, and
relax on the weekends.
Or
at
least some variation of that set
schedule. Even in high school,
we went to school for the same
time every day, and our after-
school jobs had some sort of
consistency.
But in this bubble we call
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and those "need-to-skip" days,
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homework to do
every night, and
there's always a
different marathon
on VH
1. College
life
is
anything but
dependable,
and
that makes time go
by much differently.
Unlike most people who hold
out for Friday night to unwind
and relax, college students yearn
for random events such as
Tuesday drink specials, or
Thursday
afternoon
Happy
Hour. We make plans for all the
stuff that we are going to
accomplish on the weekends,
only to spend them doing
nothing, and planning more
things that we aren't going to do.
Some days seem to drag by
endlessly, while others feel like
they pass in the blink of an eye.
We measure time differently,
with various methods and incre-
ments. Years are measured in
'
semesters and breaks. Days are
divided into the one-hour-and-
fifteen-minute blocks of class,
and half-hour slots of TV
programming.
Work
is measured
in four,
six,
and eight-hour
shifts.
Homework and papers
pass by the number of songs
played on your computer, with
interruptiqµs of instant ~es.,sa~es
distracting you. Nights out are
measured in numbers of drinks,
amounts of money spent and the
periodic glances at your watch to
decide whether it's too early, or
too late.
But no matter how you
measure your time, or how
quickly or slowly it seems to
pass, in the end, it always goes
too fast.
You only have four
.
years in college: to wear pajamas
to class, to drink until sunrise, to
watch TV all day with your
friends, and to blame all your
mistakes and shortcomings on
the fact that you 're a college
student. Eventually you're going
to hav.e to enter the real world.
But until then, enjoy every
moment of college, whether
you're happy, bored, busy, sober,
drunk
,
tired, awake, or several
things at once. Because before
you know it, it all will pass.
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When training camp opened in
September, the team had dreams
of contending for a national
tournament spot. A few months
later, the team finished at 8-18-1,
in a tie for last place in the Super
East Collegiate Hockey League,
and nowhere near a national
tournament invite.
With the season over there is
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only one thing left .
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. placing the
blame. So let the finger pointing
begin.
Players point to the coaching
staff, headed by Bob Simmons
,
who wrapped up his third season
behind the bench with the Holy
Cross loss. In return, Simmons
points to players ~ot listening,
and at times lacking intensity.
Then of course, there was the
issue
of
injuries,
which
constantly seemed to be popping games
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up,
leaving
virtually no member
In
addition, Doug Engler and
of the team untouched.
Rich Pocock will be back. The
The situation is messy, though
it has to be expected considering
how far the team came from
preseason expectations. The
question is, how long will the
finger-pointing last? If it still
exists come training camp in
September, Marist hockey could
be in for another dismal season,
and further continue its plummet
from being a top club hockey
program to a team no one fears at
all anymore.
Goaltender Stephen Butka is
set to return, which will provide
stability in net. In his first
season, Butka showed promise
in net and while his statistics
don't agree, he was spectacular
at times keeping Marist in
two freshmen were a consistent
scoring threat all season and both
have amazing speed and puck
handling ability.
Still,
the question remains as to
size, which the team desperately
lacks. Dan Federico will be fully
healthy, as will Justin Petrosini,
the
team
still
lacks
any
significant size. It is this lack of
size that hurts Marist when it
comes to trying to play any sem-
blance of a physical style.
Needless to say, it will be a
long off-season for a team that
has come to grips with the rough
season they had. A season that
began with high hopes, ended
with a stunning defeat to cap a
disappointing run.
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the voices
of the
Marist
community be heard.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2004
maristcircle.com
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Student spe
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By
TIM BRUDEREK
Circle Contributor
After
reading
last
week's
article
entitled "More Young
People
Are
Going to Vote in 2004,"
I
have
realized that America needs
our
vote
now
more than ever.
The article not only angered
me,
but
it frightened me.
It
frightened me to know that peo-
ple in this country actually think
that President George W.
Bush
is
doing a good job.
It
frightened
me that people think
that
bombing Iraq
was
necessary and
morally right. It frightened me to
think that young people might
actually want to re-elect
Bush
for
a second term.
Butka wrote that every vote
does count, and that "Al Gore
and his entourage of loons might
have tried to rig it." This is by far
the most
backward
statement I
have heard in the past four years.
Gore did not have an equally
moronic brother who made up
voter names, hid ballots, and lied
to the American people about
who actually won the election.
And let's face the facts: Gore
won the popular vote, which
means that the American people
wanted him in office, not the
vapid. war-mongering fool we
are now sadly forced to call
our
"President."
Since
Bush
came to office,
both
the
economy
and
the
environment have been on a
downward
spiral.
Bush's
environmental policy opens
up
national
forests for commercial
logging and pushes for domestic
oil exploration in protected
areas.
He
is single-handedly
ruining our environment.
Also, when President Bush
took office there was a $127
billion surplus, and now we are
left with a deficit that is expected
to top $500 billion this fiscal
year. The job market is a wreck.
In Butka's writings about our
President's "impressive" past, he
failed to
mention Bush's
previ-
ous drunk driving and drug con-
victions, as well as his friendship
with the Bin Ladens and as
sociation
with
the
Saudi
Government. He also neglected
to state that in May of 2003,
Bush gave the Taliban in
Afghanistan $43 million dollars
of American tax money, and that
the only planes that were allowed
to fly out of the country were
members of the Bin Laden fami-
ly exiting the U.S.
As we all know, Bush boldly
and recklessly went against the
Iraq is now in a complete state
United Nations and decided that of chaos.
It
is a war zone, and the
it was important to rid Iraq of its people are worse off then when
"Weapons of Mass Destruction."
Hussein was running the place.
Well, the weapons have not been
Sadly, the media in the United
found, and it recently surfaced States
has
a
tremendous
that Bush had been planning the
Republican bias
.
They have
attack at the start of his somehow
convinced
the
presidency, much earlier than the American public that waving a
events of September 11. Iraq has flag or brandishing a sticker that
shown no outward signs of says
"Proud
to be an American"
hostility towards the United makes you loyal and a true
States, and has not threatened patriot.
our country. Bush Jr. decided to
This country has forgotten what
carry on his father's unfinished those
symbols
stand for: f
(and unreasonable) business, reedom. Freedom of expression,
plugging his ears to the outcries
of speech, of protest. The media,
of his people. He unleashed a
and this administration, have
series of horrible
bombings
,
limited these freedoms and are
killing
unrecorded
amounts of trying to rid us of those that still
civilians and
thousands of remain.
If
you speak your mind
American troops
.
To Bush, oil or express your opposition to the
has become more important than
President,
you
are
"Un-
the blood of his people
.
American." Is that not the reason
why our Constitution was written
and
our
country
became
independent in the first place?
Well, these are the facts about
our joke of a President.
If
you
choose to ignore the
horrific
bias
that exists in this country and
choose to think for yourself, then
please, I implore you: vote. Get
your point across that you are an
intelligent American who cares
about the state of our country. Do
your research, comb the Internet
and the papers for the candidates
and the
issues,
and make an
informed decision
.
Kick the next
Saddam out of his palace and put
a rational human being in office;
one who cares more for his
people than his family name.
Make the point that young peo-
ple
's
opinions actually do count
fol something.
A-Rod trade: may not be the best move for the Yankees
By
BRIAN MANG~N
Staff
Writer
Take heart, Yankee haters -
the
acquisition
of
Alex
Rodriguez isn't the end of the
world.
When I first got word that the
richest team in baseball was
acqumng
the
games'
best
all-around player, American
League Most Valuable Player,
and Golden Glove shortstop,
my
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on the surface? A closer look at
the players involved paints a pet-
ter picture.
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Alex Rodriguez, SS
Texas
Rangers
Get:
Alfonso Soriano, 2B
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Be
Named Later
Soriano batted .290 on the
season with 38 homeruns and a
sluggin_g percentage of .525.
Rodriguez batted .298 with 47
homeruns with a
.600
slugging
percentage. Soriano had 18 more
stolen bases, but 20 points le~s in
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with regard to
the Yankees, that's mostly
irrelevant. Examining the players
alone, there's no doubt that Alex
Rodriguez is the better player -
but how much
better?
Not as much as you would
think. Soriano' s performance in
the playoffs last season (includ-
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low and away last October? That
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great he was in the regular
season, and alters how we think
of his last two monster seasons.
Let's not forget that Soriano
was A-Rod's double play partner
in the last All-Sta, game -
a
peak performer at his own posi-
tion. And don't forget that
Alfonso finished third
in the
MVP voting two years ago, and
only one stolen base short of
being the first second baseman in
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to
be
40-40.
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nifoup
since becoming an everyday
player in 2001.
For those of you who don't
know, OPS+ is (players on-base
+ slugging percentage) divided
by {league average on-base +
slugging
percentage) and deliv-
ered in a ratio. A-Rod had an
OPS 148% better than league
average last season,
while
Soriano's was 128% better. As
stated earlier, Rodriguez is a
superior player, but his big-name
recognition has caused most of
the members of
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A new breed of warriors fights with ferocious wit
The cast of The Vagina Monologues delivers a poignant political message amidst hilarious social
commentary
By
SARAH GUNNER
Circle Contributor
Vibrators,
rape,
masturbation,
domestic
violence, menstruation,
female circumcision, and
birth:
.
these are only
some
of
the
themes that
were touched
upon
.
in
Sunday
night's performance of
The
Vagina
Monologues.
The play, directed by Jessica
DeFlumer and Bryan Trapp,
con-
sisted
of an
excellent all-female
cast
of
capable
actors
who enthu-
siastically embraced
the theme
of
her monologue, Through
the
efforts of these actors, play-
wright Eve Ensler's vision came
alive as the Cabaret
was
trans-
formed
into a stage that
demand-
ed the audience pay attention to
the
vagina and everything it rep-
resents to women around the
world.
The play is composed of 20
monologues,
beginning
with
"Hair", performed by
Stephanie
Speranza. It was a strong appeal
for
women
to stand
up
for
their
bodies
and
their
beliefs,
and
elicited riotous peals of laughter
from the audience.
"What
would
your vagina wear
and
say?;'
was the
question posed
in
the next
monologue. The vari-
eties of answers given
were both
thought
provoking and humor-
ous. The
humor
continued in the
monologue,
"The
Flood," in
which an older woman describes
a sexual experience of her youth
that
left her fearful of sexual con-
tact
for the rest of her life. "The
Vagina
Workshop", performed
by Courtney King and
Jessica
Lane, mingled two women's
experiences of their first orgasms
into one, creating a scene that
was both
poignant and
amusing.
The performer of the fittingly
titled "The Vagina Happy Fact"
educated the audience that
women's clitorises have twice as
many nerve endings as a man's
penis, and therefore provide
twice the amount of pleasure.
The monologue ended with the
quote, "Who needs a
handgun
when you've got a semiautomat-
ic?"
Eventually, the monologues
focused
on
darker themes,
addressing issues such as sexual
abuse, domestic violence and
female circumcision.
Women
who were
burned
with acid in
Pakistan,
set on fire in Iraq, and
kidnapped in Mexico were repre-
sented in different monologues
.
"Crooked Braid" dealt with the
abuse that many female Native
Americans endure at the hands of
their
husbands
.
"The Memory of selves, and urged to love the
Her Face" was a testament to the essence of their womanhood; the
many foreign women who are
This performance was not
Just a play. It was also a
means of educating the
publlc about the many seri-
ous Issues faced daily by
women around the globe.
mistreated solely because they
are female.
The monologues ended with
"Eve
Ensler's Vagina Warrior
Statement", a call to action for all
women to stand up for their
rights and make the communities
in which they live aware of issues
such as rape and domestic vio-
lence.
Women
were called upon
to become vagina warriors them-
vagina.
The mixture of serious and
comical issues made this play
captivatingly varied. The women
in this play were as diverse as the
monologues themselves, with the
actors portraying women of
vary-
ing ages, ethnicities, and sexual
orientations. All the performers
were clothed in black and red,
and many had flowers in their
hair. No props were used. This
e~anced the play, as the
audi-
ence then focused solely on the
gestures and
emotions
of the
characters. The actors dropped
all their inhibitions and frankly
performed scenes that dealt with
masturbation, moaning, and
orgasms. Even the men in the
audience seemed moved and
intrigued by the many facets of
womanhood that were portrayed.
This performance was not
just
a play. It was also a means of
educating the public about the
many serious issues faced daily
by women around the globe. It
was a call to action for all people,
of all races and cultures, to stop
the violence and the discrimina-
tion that harms millions of
women each year. By producing
this play, Marist College has
included
itself
among the list of
institutions that are fighting
against these injustices.
If
you would like to find out
more about how you can join the
fiJht, visit the website at
www.vday.org. You can also
watch Eve Ensler read her
Vagina Warrior Statement at
http://vspot.vday.org/docu-
ments/2004/video/vagina_ war-
rior_md.mov.
Phantom Planet's self-titled
,
LP worthy of their good namesake
By
CHRIS DANN
Circle
Contributor
The only exposure most people
have had to the Los Angeles
quintet Phantom Planet is their
hit
"California,"
the theme song
of Fox's
The O.C.
But after put-
ting out two moderately success-
ful albums of this brand of
breezy
alt-rock, Phantom Planet
aims for a different sound with
the release of their third album, a
self-titled LP.
Their sound on "Phantom
Planet" is
distinctly
darker than
that of the previous two
releases
but
no less compelling. Even a
quick examination of song titles
such as "Big Brat," "You're Not
Welcome
Here,"
and
"Knowitall," convey the darker
sensibilities of this new Phantom
Planet.
The poppy rock of the band's
last release, "The Guest," is no
longer
present in this
latest
release.
Phantom Planet has
instead
opted to join the ever-
growing
garage-rock
movement,
with lead singer Alexander
Greenwald doing his best to
sound like Julian Casablancas,
lead singer of The Strokes.
Greenwald can't quite capture
the mix of arrogance and vulner-
ability perfected by Casablancas,
but still does a good job.
"Phantom Planet" kicks off
with a crackling drum roll at the
start of the first track, "Happy
Ending." The drums here are the
work of Jason Schwart
.
zman,
who left the band midway
through the recording of the
album to pursue acting full time.
Schwartzman, best known for his
starring role in the cult-hit movie
Rushmore, plays drums on half
of the album. Newcomer Jeff
Conrad takes over for the second
half. The
difference
is not very
noticeable, as they both seem to
gravitate towards the same
rhythms.
The album moves along at a
fast pace to its first single, "Big
Brat." "Brat", "Happy Ending"
and "Making A Killing" are
some of the
highlights
of
"Phantom
Planet." In all three
songs, the rugged guitar riffs of
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Jacques
Brautbar
and
Darren
Robinson back up Greenwald,
while Sam Farrar is steady in his
limited
role as
bassist.
Their style has certainly
changed a great deal from their
first two albums, becoming
much less polished. Rather than
a decline in quality, however, this
is an example of a gogd band
.try-
ing
something
new. The album
does have some low points, but
the good songs make up for
them.
Despite
the
stylistic
changes the
band has undergone, there are
moments on the album that still
evoke the old, melodic style that
first made Phantom Planet the
band it is today.
Overall, "Phantom Planet" is a
major step forward for the band.
Even though the group has
moved
away from
the
.
style
that
made
them
famous
with
"California" into
something
somewhat darker, the youthful
exuberance of the band's first
two albums is still present.
From
left
to
right,
members of Phantom Planet, Alexander Greenwald
(vocals,
guitar), Sam Farrar
(bass),
Jacques
Brautbar
(guitar),
Darren Robinson
(gu
itar)
,
and Jeff Conrad (drums).
Rufus Wainwright show fills Valentine's Day void
By
TIM
BRUDEREK
Circle Contributor
Rufus Wainwright provided a
welcome alternative for those
lacking traditional Valentine's
Day plans last Saturday, as he
performed a set of his trademark
lush music at Vassar College.
Tickets were cheap,
_
and since
the show was held in Vassar's
chapel,
the audience had an up-
close
experience
with Rufus.
Many sat impatiently through
the opening band, Rainier Maria,
whose dreadful noise made the
audience
yearn
for the beautiful
music of the headlining
act.
After Rainier Maria
,
finished
their
set,
Shannon McNally
delivered her quiet
country/folk
stylings
-
nice, but nothing
spectacular.
Finally Rufus took the stage.
Backed by
six astounding
musi
-
cians he opened with
a song
in
French, then proceeded with the
Broadway twinged
"14th
Street"
from
the new album "Want One".
This
set
the
standard
for the rest
of the night. The band was tight,
and everyone
sang
backup. The
·
sheer
power of the band and
Rufus' dynamic,
sparkling
voice
carried
throughout the
22 songs
to follow.
His showmanship was
remarkable;
besides
singing with a voice that
can make the stars weep,
he
dellvered
hilarious
anecdotes, quips, and one-
liners between songs that
helped to llghten the
seri-
ous nature of his emotional
and personal lyrics.
Wainwright performed 13 out
of 14
songs
off
of
"Want One":
an
exceptional feat, considering
the intense
complexity,
layering,
and
orchestration that
character
-
izes each of
the
album's
brilliant
pieces
.
His
showmanship
was
remarkable;
besides
singing
with
a
voice
that can
make the stars
weep, he delivered hilarious
anecdotes, quips,
and
one-liners
between songs that
.
helped to
lighten the
serious
nature of his
emotional
and
personal
lyrics.
Highlights from the new album
included the jazzy
"Harvester
of
Hearts," which
smoked
up the
altar; the delicate
"Natasha,"
which
featured
some
of
Wainwright's most impressive
singing;
the epic
"Go
or Go
Ahead;" and the knockout, pul-
sating "Beautiful Child,"
which
ended
the
set.
Thrown in
between
gems
from "Want One"
were
some
older
standouts such
as the baroque-inspired
"Greek
Song," the
sinister "Matinee
Idol," and the
passionate, swing-
ing
"Foolish
Love."
Wainwright
introduced
a
few
songs
that
will
be
featured
on his
forthcoming album "Want Two."
Included
were
the
funny yet
poignant "Gay Messiah"
(ironi
-
cally performed
in
a church), and
the tongue
-
in
-
cheek
"The Art
Teacher," which tells
of a young
girl's
("a.k.a.
Rufus
Wainwright's,"
according
to the
singer) infatuation
with her
handsome
yet unreachable
art
teacher.
Another highlight of the
show
was Wainwright's
cover
of
the
Leonard
Cohen
classic
"Hallelujah."
Accompanied by
his
piano
and the
angelic
,
choir-
like
voices
of
backup singers
McNally
and
Joan Wassar, the
sheer
beauty of the lyrics and
Wainwright's
pristine voice
were
sure
to
give
the
crowd chills
and
bring tears to many
eyes.
The
crowd
was treated to three
encore songs:
"Oh What
a
World"
(in
which the
band
wore
witch
costumes and proceeded
to
melt
at
the
end
of the
song),
"Cigarettes and Chocolate
Milk"
(clearly
the
crowd favorite),
and
"Liberty Cabbage" (a song about
Wainwright's
"love/hate
relation-
ship
with
this country")
.
He
pre
-
ceded
this
song
by proclaiming
"We
have to
get
rid
of George
Bush,"
a statement
that induced
the most
positive reaction of
the
night.













































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Men end eight game losing skid with win over Iona
Ellerbee's lay-up helps secure winfor Red Foxes
By
ANDREW PEARSON
Staff Writer
Marist guard Brandon Ellerbee
has not exactly been on an offen-
sive tear during the Red Foxes
last three games.
In fact, he's been downright
cold, scoring 18 points on 6 of 29
shooting from the floor.
The rough stretch continued for
Ellerbee versus Iona as he
connected only once from the
field for two points. However,
they may have been the biggest
two points he has scored all year
as the Red Foxes snapped their
eight-game losing streak with a
59-57 win over the Gaels in a
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference match up on Sunday
at the Mccann Center.
"The Ellerbee basket was
obviously huge," said Marist
head coach Dave Magarity. "He
didn't have a great night, but he
came up with the big play."
To those in attendance at the
Mccann Center, it seemed as
if
the Red Foxes were going to let
one slip away again after Iona
guard Steve Burtt drilled a three-
pointer from the right side to
knot the contest at 53 with 3:38
remaining. It was the first time
during the entire game that
Marist was not in the lead.
After a Jared Jordan free throw
and a Marist turnover on the
ensuing posses.sion, Red Foxes
senior Chris Handy hit perhaps
the second biggest shot of the
night. With Iona's Greg Jenkins
-
who had already been respon-
sible for five blocked shots of the
night -
pressured Handy as he
drained a jumper from the top of
the key to give Marist a sliver of
breathing room at 56-53.
"Eric Seigrist was driving to the
hoop and I saw that my man
stepped over to kind of stop
him
for a second," said Handy. "I
saw a little bit of daylight and
.
he
found me. I put it up and it went
in."
Handy finished with ten points,
one of four Red Foxes in double
figures
.
Iona's Ricky Soliver had a
chance to pull the Gaels even but
was only able to convert one of
two free throws, setting up
Ellerbee's heroics
-
a double
clutch layup off of a feed from
Jared Jordan with 34 seconds
There's always
next season to win
By
ANTHONY OLIVIERI
Staff Writer
anticipated newcomer of
the group, was coming off
a medical red shirt season,
In his 18th season as the head and would have to shake
coach of the Marist College off the rust to be the team's
men's basketball team, Dave leader.
Magarity probably thought he
Marist began its season
had seen all the highs and lows by hosting the first round
of Division I college basketball.
of the preseason National
After1ill-,
Mftgarity had
brtfflg11t ""'iffl,itatfflnttl
1'ooml:Ullent at
Hie
'Red Foxes to the NCAA the Mccann Center, a
tournament in the late l 980's.
landmark moment for the
program.
remaining that increased the lead
to 58-55.
"I noticed my man was going
over to help out Jared on the
screen," said Ellerbee.
"I just
waited on the block to see
if
Jared would find me and he saw
me."
Jordan played a stellar game as
he buzzed tirelessly around the
floor, finishing with 10 points,
eight assists and five rebounds in
a team-leading 38 minutes of
action.
"I thought
.
Jordan did a terrific
job running the team for us
tonight," said Magarity.
With 11.7 seconds left, the
Gaels drew up a play al~ng the
baseline for their leading scorer
Jenkins (26 points) who had
manhandled the Red Foxes'
defenders inside most of the
night. On the entry pass, Jordan
came along the baseline behind
Jenkins and made an apparent
steal, only to have the referee call
him out of bounds.
The call not only gave Iona one
last chance to tie the game with
just over three seconds to play,
but it incensed Marist athletic
director Tim Murray, who
He
also experienced the growing
pains of moving the Red Foxes
to the highly competitiye Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference,
and as recently as two years ago,
won a share of its regular season
title.
The Red Foxes narrowly
lost to Hofstra that night,
CARUSLE STOCKTON /
MARIST COLLEGE
and ever since, have not While Dennis Young may
be
in his last
However, nothing can match
the 2003-2004 season, which has
been the toughest stretch of
Magarity's career.
That may be precisely why
there is hope for the Red Foxes
in the near future. Magarity can
attest to the fact that college
basketball can be a roller coaster
ride, and Marist may have
dipped down to its lowest point
this season.
With the loss of seniors David
Bennett and Nick Eppenhimer to
graduation, the defection of
Steve Castleberry to Rider, and
Jared Hunsaker deemed ineligi-
ble by the NCAA, the Red Foxes
had a hill to climb.
Marist started the 2003-2004
season 'with seven newcomers
who were each going to play
integral roles for the team on
game nights.
Pierre Monagan, the most
be
bl
. h th hi
season, the outlook for the next season
en a e to ng t e s p. shows promise, writes Anthony Olivieri.
As Monagan began to
shake off the cobwebs and take
4. Marist has lost eleven, count
the reigns as leader of the Red
Foxes, he suffered another
medical setback tearing the PCL
in his right knee ending his sea-
son.
If
that was not bad enough, the
Red Foxes also ended the
second-longest losing streak in
Division I history by losing to
Loyola,
and even allowed
Castleberry. to dump in a few
jump hooks to sweeten his
homecoming in a loss to Rider.
What possible light can be seen
at the end of a dark Marist bas-
ketball tunnel? Consider these
five offerings of hope:
5. The Red Fox newcomers
have shown extreme promise this
season. Jared Jordan has taken
over the starting point guard job
and has been likened to a young
Sean Kennedy. Jordan has been
named MAAC Rookie of the
Week twice.
them, eleven games by seven
points or less. As this young
group matures, they will learn to
win close games.
3. Miles Orman has been called
the star of most practices by
Dave Magarity, and is also the
king of the lay-up line 360-
degree dunk. Once he translates
his great athletic ability to
games, we may all be in for a
treat.
2. Experience. Marist will
return its top three leading
scorers,
Will
McClurkin,
Brandon Ellerbee, and Pierre
Monagan. Its second leading
rebounder in McClurkin, and its
top two assist men in Jordan and
Ellerbee.
1. This is college basketball,
remember? Grady Little doesn't
coach basketball, and according
to
ESPN's Bill Simmons, that's a
good thing.
Women's basketball defeats Jaspers
By
ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Staff
Writer
It was fitting that the song
"Taking
Care of Business" blared
from the speakers after the game,
as Marist's Women's Basketball
Team took care of business
against Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference doormat Manhattan
last Thursday, winning 68-56 at
the Mccann Center.
Maureen Magarity, Stephanie
Del Preore, and Kristin Keller
combined for 45 points and also
limited preseason All-MAAC
forward Rosalee Mason to a
quiet 13 point, nine rebound
effort.
Del Preore dominated in the
first half, pouring in 12 points to
help build a 35-32 Marist half-
time lead. Jasper guard Nikoletta
Deutsch helped her team keep
pace with the Foxes, scoring 15
points (on 6 of 18 shooting) with
a trio of three-point bombs.
Backup Kristen Tracy also hit
three treys, and Manhattan over-
all shot 9 of 20 from downtown,
helping them keep pace with
Marist's scoring.
In the second half, Kristen
Keller caugpt fire, scoring six
consecutive points to make the
score 50-43 with 9:41 left in the
game. Coach Brian Giorgis then
put Keller, Del Preore, and
Magarity on the court at the same
time, giving the Foxes a marked
height advantage, and they began
to pull away. As Del Preore
brought the ball up, she was
fouled by Deutsche, and left the
court holding her face. She
would not return, but would play
against St. Peter's on Saturday.
Manhattan was not able to gain
any ground against Marist's zone
defense, and Kristen Keller
scored the last points of the game
by hitting two free throws. Guard
Alisa Kresge chipped in with 12
rebounds, while Nicki Wancel
and Nina Vecchio scored seven
points apiece.
jumped out of his seat along the
sideline and let the official know
his displeasure with the call.
Following the brief verbal
altercation, Burtt missed a fall-
away jumper from the right
baseline, giving the Red Foxes a
hard fought victory
.
"Tonight was a night where
pretty much everybody was
doing everything they could do
scoring,
rebounding,
everything, and we won the
game," Marist forward Carl
Hood said. "That's what we need
to do every game."
Hood led the Red Foxes with
17 points and nine rebounds.
More importantly, it was the
second game in a row in which
Hood recorded 17 points,
possibly hinting at a turnaround
for the Marist sophomore head-
ing
towards
the
MAAC
Tournament.
"My teammates are finding me
open and I'm hitting shots," said
Hood. I'm just trying to step up
for my team. We're coming to
·
the conclusion of the season
going into the tournament. We
need to have all the momentum
we can going into that."
CARLISLE STOCKTON/
MARIST COLLEGE
Brandon Ellerbee might not have had
~
hot hand lately, however his
.
only two points against Iona were crucial in a
59-57
win last Sunday at
the Mccann Center.
Men's tennis wins twice in Vermont
The men's tennis team
returned to its winning
ways
after
defeating
Fairleigh
Dickenson
7-0
and
the
University of Vermont
7--0 last
weekend in Burlington,
VT.
Senior captain Chris Hagen
defeated Alex Sarria
of
FD ;i-6,
6-2 (11-9). Pedro Genovese
earned a
win
against
Brendon
Van WMbeek
6-2.
s~
7 (10-8).
Co-captain Mike Nassif
defeated Chris Bowers in
number six singles
6-1, 6-0.
Against the University of
Vermont, Hagen and Genovese
continued to
win,
capturing
singles victories
as
well as
a
doubles
win
a;ainst Eric
Conway and Matthew Spring 9-
7.
Jeff Nguyen earned his first
victoey of the spring semester,
defeating Griffin Maloney
7-5.
6-4.
Santucci continued his solid
play into week three, defeating
Samuel Carl
6-3,
6-3.
The Red Foxes
will
take the
next few weeks off from
competition
before
facing
Savannah State on Mar. 16.
-Paul Seach
Mari st Sports Briefs
Water Polo comes
up
short
at
Princeton Invitation
The Red Foxes women's polo
team
dropped
to l-8 overall and
0-1
intbe
MAAC after this com-
peting
last weekend in the
Princeton
Invitational
in
Princeton,
N.J.
First
year
student Jillian
Jefferds scored the lone goal
in
a
12-1
loss to Bucknell on
Sunday. Goalie Amanda
Long
made 1o·saves for Marist
In
their second game on
Sunday,
the Red Foxes
found
a
similar
fate,
losing 11-3 to
Brown. Jefferds scored her
sec-
ond goal of the day in as
many
games.
Utility
Susan Grant fired
in
a goal.
The Water Polo
team will be
competing
in
the
Brown
Invitational this weekend.
Magarity earns
MAAC
player of
the week
She also topped the 800 point
m:ark
for her career.
Women's Lacrosse
ranked fourth in
preseason poll
Seven ·head coaches of the
MAAC placed Marist fourth
i1i
the conference. Juniors Patricia
Leahy and Lauren Sherman
Senior captain Maureen were voted to the first All-
Magarity earned MAAC player MAAC team.
of the week honors for the sec-
Fairfield, who was upset b:>
ond time this season.
Marist last season in the MAAC
Magarity
averaged 20 points tournament, is the top pick this
and seven rebounds during the season.
week
including her first double-
The Red Fox.es finished 8-9
double
of
the season with 20 overall last season, losing to
points and 1
O
rebounds in a win LeMoyne in the MAAC cham-
against St, Peters lMt Satur<lay.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
19, 2004
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UPCOMING EVENT
Women's basketball
Fairfield at Marist
Friday, Feb.
20
7:00
PM
McCann Center
PAGES
'.
Women's team set to play crucial game against Fairfield
:
By
MIKE
BENISCHEK
:
staff Writer
The team that was to be the
conference's best at the season's
outset
is
coming
to
Poughkeepsie on Friday to play
:the conference's best team.
:
The Fairfield Stags are the next
·
to
try
and knock the top-ranked
Red Fox Women's Basketball
team off the top of the mountain
when the teams meet in the
Mccann Center on Friday night
at 7 p.ni.
On Tuesday night the Red
Foxes defeated the Loyola
Greyhounds in Baltimore, 61-58,
winning its third straight and
establishing a one-game advan-
tage in first place of the MAAC
with just three games remaining
in the season. The win also
secured the Marist Women's first
winning season in eleven years.
The Stags were the consensus
choice to be champion of the
MAAC during the preseason,
boasting arguably the most
individually talented roster in the
conference. However, mixing
together all of the talent into one
cohesive unit has been a problem
throughout the year and it has
produced an uneven 6-8 record
in MAAC play.
The F9xes thumped Fairfield
earlier in the season, 59-45, at
the Bridgeport Arena at Harbor
Yard on Jan 22. Marist was able
to shut down Fairfield's two top
guns, holding Janelle McManus
to just five points and Schrene
Isidora to two in the second half
after allowing 12 in the first.
Stephanie Del Preore led
Marist with 14 points and 12
rebounds,
and
Maureen
Magarity scored 11 and grabbed
eight rebounds. Alisa Kresge
nabbed four steals and eight
rebounds
while
defending
McManus throughout the game.
The Stags recently had its
biggest win of the season, an 80-
68 victory over the Purple Eagles
of Niagara on Monday night,
knocking them out of a first
place tie with Marist.
The Foxes had an impressive
game of its own on Saturday in a
building in which it had never
won in before.
Down 51-50 with SO-seconds
remaining the individual heroics
of three different Red Foxes
equated into a fantastic 54-51
victory over the home Saint
Peter's Peahens in the Yanitelli
Center.
With three seconds remaining
on the shot clock
,
Maureen
Magarity received a pass from
Kristin Keller at the elbow and
sank the go-ahead basket with
just over 19 seconds to play.
Following a St. Peter's timeout,
the Peahens created an isolation
play for Tyonna Vance, the best
slasher, to go one on one and
take the final shot. Alisa Kresge
defended Vance stride for stride
forcing her into a tough shot
from 14-feet that missed off the
rim.
After the rebound went out of
bounds and the Foxes gained
possession, Stephanie Del Preore
was
fouled
and
promptly
knocked down both free throws
with just 3.4 seconds left to play,
celebrating Valentine's Day with
a victory.
Magarity paced Marist with 24
of the team's 54 points, and
grabbed IO rebounds for her
third career double double. For
her efforts Magarity was named
the conference player of the
week on Monday. Kristin Keller
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Stephanie Del Preore (22) jumps towards the ball in a victory over
Manhattan.
scored 12 and pas
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ed out five
assists.
Ice hockey team loses season ender in games final
minutes
By
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
It was a fitting way to end a
disappointing season.
Unfortunately for the 2003-
2004 Marist College ice hockey
team, just because their final
game of the season, on Feb. I 5 at
Holy Cross, was a "fitting end"
did not mean a joyous one at
their final home game of the
season last Sunday at Holy
Cross.
Leading Holy Cross 2-0 with
under a minute remaining in the
third period, the Red Foxes
somehow managed to surrender
two Crusaders' goals to force
overtime
.
Holy Cross then put an
emphatic end to a painful Foxes
season with an overtime goal
only 21 seconds into the extra
period to seal the coffin door shut
on Marist.
For Marist, it was not only a
stunning 3-2 loss, but also a sad
reminder of how painful this
season was. As for the seniors, it
leaves a taste of failure in their
mouths, something they never
grew accustomed too, though
they faced plenty of it over the
years.
In
many ways, the game was a
microcosm of the entire season.
The Foxes played well however
in the end, they simply could not
finish the job, nor did they catch
the breaks
.
·
Mike Caruso scored in the first
period to give Marist a 1-0 lead.
Brian Kushner then made it 2-0
with seven minutes left in
regulation .
The Foxes seemed poised to
end their season with a win,
while in the process snap a seven
Weber
scored
again
in
game winless streak.
overtime
,
shocking the Foxes
The win would also have ended whose faces still wore looks of
Holy Cross's 12 game winning
streak.
To the stunned sparse crowd at
the Hart Center, the Red Foxes
found a way to let the game slip
away. Joe Weber made it 2-1
with 27. l seconds remaining.
Brendan Webb then tied the
game with 12. 7 seconds left.
pain and surprise long after the
Crusader's on-ice celebration had
ended.
Buried in many of those pained
facial expressions were watery
eyes. Not only for what had
tran-
spired at that moment
,
but on
thoughts of a long and painfu
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