VOLUME 57, ISSUE 21
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2004
Same-sex marriages continue in New Paltz
By
SARA NYLIN &
MICHAEL RISPOLI
Circle Contributors
Mayor Jason West made the
decision to postpone marrying
same-sex couples in New Paltz
this weekend, but the ceremonies
commenced without him.
The New Paltz Equality
Initiative,
alohg with two
Unitarian female pastors admin-
istered 13 lesbian marriages
during Saturday under a tent on a
muddy green, despite the rainy
weather. The ceremonies were
just
like
other
wedding
receptions with gifts, family and
friends sharing in the moment
and the not so usual media
presence, police, and over 300
townspeople watching the event.
and justice I
declare
that you are
one, life partners, married to
each other. May no one tear
asunder what love has brought
together," Greenleaf said as each
couple was joined in matrimony.
Most of those in attendance
supported the equal rights
movement that has brought sig-
nificant attention to the small
college town.
Jamie Rotnofsky, married last
week by West, held colorful
signs to show her support along
with her entire family.
"The village was always like
this. We've started something
great, and we'll have to wait and
see where it takes us," Rotnofsky
said.
"I have nothing against gay
communities, but it's not nor-
mal, and our mayor is breaking
the law because of it," Ackert
said.
Both protesters and supporters
said there has been a significant
change in the surrounding area
due to the gay marriage
movement.
Heather Whitefield, a
Poughkeepsie resident, was one
of Saturday's newlyweds.
"This has given New Paltz a
good name, and all the attention
the town has been getting has
been really good for local busi-
nesses
and
restaurants,"
Whitefield said.
Rev. Kay Greenleaf, Unitarian
Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, not
only performed several of the
ceremonies; she and her partner
were the first couple to exchange
vows.
Although most were applaud-
ing the newlyweds and joining
the families in congratulations, a
few came to protest.
Wayne Ackert, born and raised
in New Paltz, arrived with a sign
quoting the Old Testament to
show his disapproval of the cere-
monies.
New Paltz is one of the few
areas that has begun marrying
same-sex couples in the past
few
months
.
But with the
.
upcoming
decision
on the
amendment to ban gay mar-
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Saturday In New Paltz to support the continuation
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divert attention away from real
decision for themselves.
parative to other controversial
"It's infuriating. I feel it's just a
issues, like the economy," he
"Therefore in the name of.love
Whitefield opposes the amend-
issues of people's rights, such as smoke-screen
.
.. another issue to
said.
Missing Bard student found safe on Long Island
By
COURTNEY KRETZ
Managing Editor
After two weeks of extensive
investigation,
the
Melissa
Kennedy case has now been
closed.
The 21-year-old Bard student
had safely been on Long Island
since her disappearance Friday,
Feb. 20.
Saturday, Mar
.
6,
Kennedy
reportedly
saw a news report that
her parents
were
offering
$10,000 for her safe return. Later
that
night,
Kennedy turned her-
self in to the South Hampton
Police Department, the town in
which she had been staying
.
Kennedy said that on Feb. 20,
she boarded the 8:33 train to
Grand Central Station in New
York City.
According to
Detective Lt. William Siegrist,
after departing from the train,
she found herself on 37 Street
and hitched a ride with a bread
delivery
person. Kennedy then
went on the man's delivery
rounds, traveling to New Jersey,
back to Manhattan, and then
asked if she could stay with him
at his home.
Once Kennedy was in the cus-
tody of the South Hampton
Police Department, her name
was
run
through the computers
to confirm she was a missing
person. The Poughkeepsie Police
Department was called, and
Kennedy's parents drove to Long
Island to pick her up.
Kennedy vanished the night of
Friday, Feb. 20, after being
dropped off at the Poughkeepsie
train station. Authorities from
nine police agencies had been
searching for clues to her where-
abouts ever since her disappear-
ance. Even the FBI had been in
contact with local police depart-
ments regarding Kennedy's dis-
appearance.
The Poughkeepsie
Police
Department
is
happy
that
Kennedy's case ended well, and
that they are now able to focus
their efforts on other chief cases.
"A lot of time, energy, and
manpower went into this investi-
gation," Siegrist said. "The bot-
tom line is that
she
is home safe
and
nothing
has happened to her.
All's well that
ends
well."
The
Police
Department's
attempts at contacting Kennedy
and her family for interviews
have
been unsuccessful, with the
family not returning phone calls.
The only explanation that
Siegrist could give on Kennedy's
motivation for
running
away was
that she was under a lot of pres-
sure from school, as it is her sen-
ior year of college.
Any further motives will not
be disclosed until Kennedy is
interviewed by ~uthorities.
Women win first ever MAAC championship title in Albany
Sniper sentenced to
death penalty
Shown
above
the
team
celebrates
their
vlctx>ry,
showing
off the championship
trophy.
By
KATE GIGLIO
A&E Editor
A
wave of satisfied relief
washed over most people
involved in the sentencing of
Washington D.C. area sniper
John
Allen Muhammad
Tuesday,
March 9.
Prince William County Circuit
Judge
LeRoy
Millette
Jr.
sentenced Muhammad, 43, to the
death penalty in Vrrginia. He
made the decision after review-
ing
a
jury's recommendation.
Millette said the jury correctly
found that Muhammad would be
a "continuing, serious threat to
society'' if allowed to live.
The Oct.
14
execution date,
which Millette set
,
will likely be
delayed by an appeal.
,
Throughout the trial,
Muhammad maintained his
innocence. In addition to trying
to overturn the verdict and
sentence, Muhammad's lawyers
have laid the groundwork for
appeal.
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"I had nothing to do with this,"
Muhammad
said
at
the
sentencing.
Last week, defense attorneys
tried to reduce the verdict by
filing a six-page document
on
Muhammad's
behalf
.
The court
filing,
by attorneys
Peter
Greens pun
and
Jonathan
Shapiro, said that along with
having
no
previous criminal
record, Muhammad was "a
proud member of the ROTC"
serving in the Louisiana and
Oregon
national guards, as well
as the U.S. Army
.
The filing
also said that the state would be
wrong to sanction another killing
and that it would serve only to
make Muhammad's children
fatherless.
However, prosecutors said
Muhammad's actions were moti-
vated by a bitter divorce from his
wife, Mildred, and the resulting
custody
loss
of his children.
Prosecutor Paul Ebert said
Tuesday's outcome satisfied
him.
"We are, of course, pleased
with the verdict," Ebert !>aid.
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THURSDAY, MARCH
U, 2004
Securitv Briefs:
marlstcircle.com
The "Security Briefs" and the "Alcohol Fantasy
Beat" are intended to be a parody and not a repre-
sentation of Ths Circles editorial stance on drink-
ing - illegal or otherwise - nor- is it intended to be
a statement regarding the official Marist college
policy on alcohol consumption
.
PAGE2
March madness has just begun,
baby!
Compiled
by
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
3/1-Security received a call around 5:30 p.m. Monday
that someone was breaking the lights in the Champagnat
courtyard. When security arrived, they noticed the lights
on the stone benches had been kicked in. And speaking
of kicked, I have personally kicked four dogs, three
habits, and one keg in the past week ... well, to clarify, it
wasn't reafiy a keg. It was more a girl that _looked like a
keg. So I guess change the count to five dogs.
3/3 -
A group of students were found in the woods north
of St. Ann's at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. They couldn't fig-
ure out how security noticed them all the way out there.
Hmm,
maybe it was the large amounts of smoke rising in
the air from the bonfire you made! Security, along with
the town police, put out the fire, and confiscated the
refreshments on hand as well. Next time you guys want
to roast marshmallows and tell ghost stories, do it around
a Foreman.
3/3 -
Security rolled up on a sick student outside Benoit
at 3:20 a.m. She had been drinking the night away and
was in the process of vomiting the morning away. The
student was evaluated and taken to St. Francis by
Fairview
.
You know, this never would have happened if
ahe watched According to Jim with my friend from last
week. That's what I do on Tuesday nights, and you don't
see me going to St. Francis.
some alcohol in possession at 2:50 p.m
.
Sixteen cans of
an unnamed beer were in one of their book bags.
Unnamed? Where the heck do you get unnamed beer?
And then choose that over a named beer! "Maybe they
removed the labels from the bottles themselves
,
so if
security came, they couldn't prove it was really beer."
Wow. I hope no one is that dumb. Wait, where did this
happen again? "Outside Marian." Then again ..
.
3/5 -
A guest attempted to swipe into Leo with a student
I.D. at 1:19 a.m. Friday. When security stopped toques-
tion him, he and his friend took off and ran out the door
like Joey in Friends when he had to teach the dance class.
Sadly, a few minutes later these two were stopped by
another security guard outside (Warning: Security guards
have walkie talkies). The runaways admitted to drinking
some beer that night, but nothing was confiscated. The
guest was removed from campus.
3/6-A
real alcohol confiscation took place at
1
:39 a.m.
Saturday in Leo hall. A student and two guests were
found with eight cans of Genny Light. One of the guests
was sick and taken to St. Francis. I've never heard of
Genny Light before
,
but that stuff must be pretty bad if
one of you got sick splitting eight beers between the three
of you.
3/6 -
Leo, do you have a rotation for who's going to get
written up each week?
·
Like the first week of the month
someone from the first floor has to take the heat.
Because you guys really mean business this semester.
Anyway, another student tried swiping into Leo at 2:00
a.m.; the key word being "tried." This intoxicated student
was evaluated then shipped to St. Francis. This will be a
trend for the remaining briefs.
3/3 -
A housekeeper reported damage to the first floor
bathroom in Dyson at 6:55 p.m. Apparently, someone
kicked a hole in the wall. Geez, we really like to kick this
week.
I bet you guys are going to grow up and be soccer
players! "Dude, they are in college. They are already
grown up." Oh. Well, there you go. I stand corrected.
3/7
-
A ladies room in Champagnat is the home of our
next intoxicated student
.
She was found at 12:30 a.m
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beer was confiscated and the student was taken to St.
Francis. That's what happens when you try to drink a
drought for fun. Anything that is darker than asphalt
should be relegated strictly to dinner beers.
3/7 -
Security noticed another intoxicated student on
the benches in front of Donnelly at I :20 a.m. This person
too was taken to St. Francis
.
Around that same time, a
local Poughkeepsie resident was rushed to St. Francis
,
bleeding terribly from the head after a nail
gun
accident.
Unfortunately
,
every room was filled with Marist stu-
dents, so he was forced to stay in the waiting room. To
learn more about this man's life, you can flip to the obit-
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Bush will go down in history as
the first president to try to write
discrimination back into the
Constitution.
''
- Ted Kennedy
Massachussetts S~nator
PAGE3
Bush's plan
t9
amend constitution
causes social and political uproar
By
KATE GIGLIO
&
NOEL VERCILLO
Homosexual couples hoping to
say "I do" anytime soon may
have to wait a while, as leading
presidential candidates are say-
ing "don't."
Bush's plan to amend the con-
stitution to ban gay marriages is
already creating controversy all
over the country. Democratic
National Committee Chairman
Terry McAuliffe said opposition
from the Democratic Party to the
proposed amendment is immi-
nent.
"It
is wrong to write discrimi-
nation into tqe U.S. Constitution,
and it is shameful to use attacks
against gay and lesbian families
as
an
election
strategy,"
McAuliffe said.
Senator John Kerry, the leading
Democratic candidate for the
presidency, opposes gay
mar-
riage, but does not support
an
amendment to ban them. Kerry
said he is against amending the
Constitution because he believes
the issue of marriage should be
left to the states.
"I believe and have fought for
the principle that we should pro-
tect the fundamental rights of
gay and lesbian couples -
from
inheritance to health
benefits.
I
believe the right answer is civil
unions. I oppose gay marriage,"
Kerry said.
Ironically, Kerry voted agains t
the 1996 Defense of Marriage
Act, which holds that states need
not recognize same-sex mar-
riages performed
in
other states.
Senator
Ted
Kennedy of
Massachusetts said
Bush
was
taking a
step
backward for
civil
rights.
_..
"Bush [will]
go down
in histo-
.
ry
as the first president
to try to
write
discrimination back into
the Constitution,"
Kennedy
said.
_
"We
have
amended
the
Constitution only 17
times
... [It]
has
often been amended
to
expand and
protect people's
rights, never
to take away or
restrict their
rights."
Bush, however, said
he
believes
that
marriage is a union
between
opposite sexes,
and
that
there should
be legislation
declaring so.
''The union of
a
man
and a
woman
is the
most
enduring
human
institution,
honored
and
encouraged
in
all cultures
and by
every religious faith,"
Bush
said.
"Marriage
cannot
be severed
from its cultural, religious
and
natural roots without
weakening
the
good
influence
of society."
Whether the
candidates' views
on gay marriage
laws will affect
the
upcoming presidential elec-
tion remains to
be
seen.
Ben
Prota,
22,
political
science
major
at Dutche
·
ss
County Community
College, Poughkeepsie,
NY,
said
this issue would
definitely
have
an
impact
on
the election,
but
not
as
much
as some
might expect.
"Kerry is against
Bush's
pro-
posal to
amend the Constitution,
but he
is against gay marriages
as
well," Prota said. "Their foun-
dations on the
issue are similar."
During
the same-sex
marriages
performed
In New Paltz many came
out to support
the cause, including this
young man.
Mayor Jason West faces charges for same-sex marriages
By
CHRISTINE CATARINO &
CHRISTOPHER GARIBALDI
Circle
Contributors
I now pronounce you lawfully
wedded partners.
These ~arriage vows were
repeated twenty-five times, one
for each same-sex marriage cere-
11,1oqy New Paltz Mayor., Jason
~~
p~rform¢ in recent weeks:
New York Attorney General,
Eliot Spitzer later announced
that the legality of same-sex
marriages was in question. Now
West may face up to five hun-
dred dollars in fines and up to a
year in jail for each marriage per-
formed.
This controversial bond
stretches beyond the borders of
New York. President Bush has
endorsed
the
constitutional
amendment that prevent$'
same-
sex marriages. This amendment,
if passed, would be the eigh-
teenth time in 215 years that the
Constitution has been ratified
since the
Bill
of Rights.
Spitzer provided an
in-depth
legal analysis of same-sex mar-
riages
.
According to Spitzer,
Article three of the Domestic
Relations Law includes many
references to the terms "bride"
and "groom," "husband" and
"wife." Spitzer contends that the
history of New York State law
says that marriage is inclusive of
only one man and one woman.
Patrick Bean, undergraduate,
Marist College, said the tax
breaks of such a civil rights
movement will become a
nation-
al.concern.
"It might
hurt the amount of
money coming into the country
if there are
a
lot
of
people getting
married
because
of
tax
breaks,"
Bean said.
"I
don't know
if it's
bad for the
country,
but there
would
definitely be
a
lot of
con-
flict."
President Bush
has appealed
to
Cengress for ratification
of
the
marriage amendment
that
would
protect the
bond between
only
a
man
and
a woman.
In order
to
amend
the
constitution
a
two-
thirds
majority in the House
of
Representatives and the
Senate is
required. The amendment will
also require
ratification from
thirty-eight
out of
the
fifty
states.
This is
a complex process and
~e earliest
that
this
amendment
could take
effect is in 2006.
President Bush
vocalized sup-
port
for allowing states to estab-
lish
their own
laws for same-sex
marriages.
Robert
L.
Garibaldi,
Jr.
Esq.,
attorney, New
Jersey, however,
said
that the legality
of same-sex
marriages should not be decided
on
a state-to-state level.
"Why should we allow each
state to decide this issue?"
Garibaldi said. "This is a basic
human rights issue which should
be
guided
by
the
U.S.
Constitution."
The
gay rights issue is not any-
thing
new
to Americans.
In
the
early 1970s same-sex couples
applied for marriage licenses; by
the rnid-l 980s, the same couples
sought recognition of their part-
nership from private companies tection and benefits that mar-
and municipalities. Gays seelgng riage creates."
equal rights increased momen-
Callan said gay marriage and
twn through the 1990s, but it was divorce will continue to
be
only recently that the civil rights debated until legal action is
issues surrounding same-sex taken.
marriages landed at Congress'
"Legally, it will
cause an
door.
increase in divorce litigation,
Paul F. Callan
,
attorney, New
•
since gay marriage will in many
York City, said he believes that cases lead to gay divorce,"
this decision should be left on a Callan
said~
''I
thiok -that fur the
state level.
"Society's attitude about gay
unions has changed radically in
the past 25 years," Callan said.
"Since we allow elderly people
who are incapable of having
children to marry, we cannot say
that the institution is based on
the ability to procreate.
It
is,
therefore illogical to prohibit
gays from enjoying the
,
legal pro-
next ten.years, we should attow
the states to experiment with this
issue. ~n
.
the long run, a federal
approach may be necessary
as
married gays will travel from
state to state and will want their
unions recognized in all states,"
he said.
John Muhammad, sniper suspect, sentenced to death
...
~ontinuedfrompageone
"It's not a verdict, like all cases,
that we take any pleasure in, per
say, but there are certain cases
which deserve the death penalty
and we feel that this was one ~of
them."
A jury sentenced
Lee
Boyd
Malvo, 19, Muhammad's accom-
plice, to life without parole in a
separate trial of another sniper
shooting. His formal sentencing
is set for Wednesday.
Most of the sniper victims were
gunned down in
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"There's always the possibility
of
appeal and reversal
on
appeal," said
Douglas
Gansler,
state's attorney for Montgomery
County, Maryland. "We should
try these men in other states
applying
other
laws
to
other
facts."
White Hous~ press secretary
Scott McClellan said he hoped
that the verdict would somewhat
assuage the pain of those whose
loved ones were killed or affect-
ed by the killings.
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For money, or for love of the game?
By ALEX PANAGIOTOPOULOS
Staff Writer
Sure, George Steinbrenner is
following the rules ... but is it
really worth it?
The New York Yankees spent
$180,322,000 on payroll in 2003,
and won 98 games. This means
that they paid about $1,840,000
per regular season win. Good for
them.
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This is compared to the
World Series Champions, the
Florida Marlins, who won 89
games and
.
spent a
mere
$63,281,000 on payroll, which
means they paid $711,000 for
each win. All Yankee fans won't
even remember 2003 in their
over-saturated, bloated memo-
ries, except maybe that it was the
year Roger Clemens "retired".
Marlins fans will remember
2003 as a miracle season when
their underdog team of beloved,
homegrown players stood up to a
team of soulless mercenaries and
shocked the world.
The Yankees came within two
games of winning the 2003
World Series, and then signed or
traded for Alex Rodriguez, Gary
Sheffield, Kenny Lofton, Kevin
Brown, Javier Vazquez, Tom
Gordon, and Paul Quantrill
in
the
offseason. I know, Alfonso
Soriano
must
have
been
KILLING them; thank God they
didn't keep him. He was only a
perennial 40-40 candidate who
led
baseball
in extra base hits
over the last two seasons. He
was also one of the few players
left on the Yankees who came up
through the system and was there
when the Yankees were still a
legitimate '"team", not the prod-
uct of a fantasy draft. The same
goes for Andy Pettitte and Nick
Johnson, Pettitte being a playoff-
tested 20-game winner who had
been on the team since 1995, and
Nick Johnson an exciting young
on-base machine to back up
Jason Giambi. What's the
fun
in
watching your team win if half of
your stars just got there? Where
are the years of pain and sacri-
fice, or watching young rookies
develop right before your eyes?
I used to at least respect the
Yankees. During their 1996-
2000 World Series run (except
when they lost to the Indians in
1997), they won not by throwing
money at the latest MVPs and
All-Stars, but by
building
a solid
team whose foundations began
in the early 90s. Paul O'Neill
was on the team for eight years,
Tino Martinez stayed for five
years, Chuck Knoblauch, David
Cone, David Wells, Joe Girardi,
and Scott Brosius were all fix-
tures.
Derek Jeter,
Bernie
Williams, Jorge Posada, Pett;itte,
and Mariano Rivera all came up
through the system, and were the
kids that grew up to shine in the
New York spotlight. The team
had its flaws, but they had chem-
istry and poise, and even I admit
were a great dynasty.
Today, the Yankees are
strangers even in the Bronx
,
and
the entrance to Yankee Stadium's
locker room has become a
revolving door. I'm sure you'll
be able to spot a lot of Pettitte,
Clemens, and Soriano jerseys at
Yankee Stadium next year. How
can the fans be expected to keep
up?
Will Yankee fans even enjoy
2004? They will expect to see a
victory in every single game that
they watch, and every loss, every
stumble, will bring ridicule and
jubilation from a nation of
Yankee-haters. Even the wins
will seem hollow, because how
can you gloat if you beat a team
that only has $50 million to
spend?
And
although
the
Yankees have a bona fide star at
seven out of eight positions on
the field, will the fans still com-
plain and whine when Miguel
Cairo, Enrique Wilson, Luis
Sojo, or whatever other jobber
they put at second base screws
up?
In
Las
Vegas, the Yankees are
listed at 2-1 odds to win the
World Series. What if they make
it all the way and lose again?
If
the Mets even made it to the
playoffs, I would be ecstatic. For
Yankee fans, making the playoffs
is like breathing. Anyway, be
sure
to
thank "Big Stein" for fol-
lowing the rules and charging
exorbitant ticket prices to build a
winner
.
After a whole season of
stressing over whether or not
your beloved Yankees are estab-
lishing themselves as the greatest
team of all time, winning the
World Series won't even bring
happiness; it'll bring a vacation.
It's all over now but the drug testing
By
JOSH !ANNUZZI
Staff Writer
For so many years, we have
questioned; is it the ~Her ball-
parks, tighter sewn balls, size
and make of the bats, or merely
just the fact that ball players are
more in shape than they were 20,
30, or 40 years ago?
Yet who would have guessed
that the reason for so many shat-
tered records in one of America's
favorite past times, is due to
cheating?
After Barry Bonds' personal
trainer, Greg Anderson, was
indicted for illegally distributing
steroids to athletes, a whole
investigation is underway, in
efforts
to
uncovering
any
cheaters and drug users in the
major leagues
.
Currently Barry Bonds holds
the all-time single-season home-
run record (73); which was pre-
viously held:w.)A;~ M~Gwire,
ironically who at the time was a
known androstenedione user.
While androstenedione, a type of
steroid, is still legal in Major
League Baseball, it is outlawed
in most other professional sports,
including the Olympic games.
Anderson was busted when the
FBI raided the Bay Area
Laboratory
Co-Operative
(BALCO}, a nutritional supple-
ments lab located in San
Francisco, California. While no
athletes were charged ~r named
in the indictment, Bonds, Jason
Giambi, Gary Sheffield, and
NFL's Bill Romanowski are all
rumored to be linked to accept-
ing steroids from BALCO
.
Many people are saying this
could be the biggest crisis in
Major
League
Baseball, ~ince the
Black Sox threw the 1919 World
Series.
If
the information is in
fact true, the ball players and
Major League Baseball will have
a lot of explaining to do. Not
only will they have to clarify
how steroids have / have not
tainted the record books, but they
will also have to come up with a
new and stricter policy on drug
testing in the major leagues.
''This is about performance-
enhancing drug~ capable of
knocking baseball's essence, its
most respected records, out of
sync
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not only Hank Aaron's
755 home runs, but the totals of
all those Hall of Fame sluggers
with clean careers," said New
York Times' Dave Anderson.
Out of all the current profes-
sional sports leagues, MajM
League Baseball is definitely the
most lenient regarding drug test-
ing. This is due to a strong play-
ers union that is against drug
testing, since many individuals
view it as a "privacy issue."
Times have definitely changed
in sports, especially in baseball
.
It used to be about heart,
resilience, and pitchers duels,
and now it is about money, fame,
and long balls. Hopefully the
players will realize this and bring
America's past time back to the
days of honest play and passion
for the game, before the MLB
turns into the WWE.
Where has all the housing gone for students?
By
JONATHAN
SUMLER
Circle Contributor
As the housing selection
process approaches, the stress
level for many students contin-
ues to rise. Unfortunately for
juniors and seniors, the process
presents
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a larger challenge
because they are not guaranteed
on-campus housing. Students are
made aware of this, but many
times the message relayed about
housing selection is
fuzzy.
The Office of Housing and
Residential Life figures out who
will be eligible for on-campus
housing:
I
agree that this is a
daunting task, but I do not think
that they make a determined
effort to inform juniors and sen-
iors that they may have to live
off-campus, due to the lack of
beds
.
I have, however
,
noticed
that the housing department does
make it a point of receiving the
$200 room deposit in a timely
manner.
Many sophomores
,
who cur
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rently reside in Gartland and
Midrise, had no idea that they
may have to look for off-campus
housing. Many are under the
impression that it is the group
average that determines whether
they receive campus housing.
However, it is the individual's
personal point total that deter-
mines the outcome. If a student
does not have enough priority
points of their own, then they are
ineligible to live on-campus.
This could make future juniors
'
and seniorf lives quite difficult.
The housing office does make
small attempts to inform the stu-
dent body of the room selection
process through campus mail
and meetings with the RA's and
RD's. Housing also posts the
room selection information on
their website that describes the
process in some detail, but it
does not spell out specific points.
For example, there is a small sec-
tion about the cut off for priority
points that says housing will
deny some students housing due
to the amount of people request-
ing it. Housing then quickly
explains the selection procedure
and does not elaborate at all.
This topic may be the most
important section in the entire
eight
-
page document, but it is
only four sentences long with no
heading. When a student locates
this all important paragraph, he
then has to understand its mean
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ing. Once he fully comprehends
that he may not have a place to
live, emotions run high.
Suddenly, there is a panic that
goes through the college with the
common question being "Where
am
I
going to live" with an
expletive thrown in here and
there. Frantic calls to parents are
made at a record rate, and par-
ents' bewilderment reaches an
all time high. The parents do not
understand why their child is not
going to get on-campus housing
for the upcoming school year,
and as students try to explain, the
parents either become more con-
fused or increasingly angry.
Some students are faced with the
reality that they may not
be
able
to come back to Marist next year
because their parents do not want
them living in a house in
Poughkeepsie; all because their
child did not get as many priori-
ty points as other students.
The way the priority point sys-
tem is set up can make a student
go insane. It forces us to become
involved in things we have no
interest in, and
to
sacrifice our
academics for clubs and activi-
ties. Current sophomore Dan
Butler said
,
"I
had to concentrate
on my grades because
I
didn't do
so great first semester freshman
year.
I
just didn't have time to get
involved in any clubs
.
" He illus-
trates a prime example of a stu-
dent who focused on his academ-
ics and is now in housing limbo
because of it.
Attending the meetings for
these clubs only gets you so far;
getting the priority points credit-
ed to you for housing is another
uphill battle a student must face.
I personally had to call college
activities at least three times in
order to get credit for the activi-
ties that I had been involved in,
and I am
-
sure that many others
had to do the same.
The housing process at Marist
seems to be an overwhelming
task for anyone who is not quite
clear on the guidelines. For stu-
dents who are paying upwards of
$30
,
000 a year we should be able
to attain complete helpful infor-
mation, not only with the hous-
ing selection process
,
but also
with anyt
_
hing else that affects us.
Let the
voices
of the Marist
community be heard.
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Same
workout
or
same diet
ptll?
Letters to the Editor
To whom
it
may
concern:
Re\ iewers of
books,
movies
and pla~s
are entitled to
their
opinions.
The; often
hold firm-
ly
to
the
belief that
b
auty
i
in
the
eye of
the
beholder.
On
occasion
a
reviewer'
tn
opia
may
be at
odds
with the
asses·-
mt!nt
of readers, viewers
or
audiences
.
TI1at
s
the
way
the
to!}
goes. And
so
it
..,.
when the Ctrcl · reporter
concluded
her
review
(03 04
04)
of .. You're A Good
~
Charlie Brown" with the
statement "('Charlie
Brown')
left
the audience un at1sfied
and
disappointed.' Ifs a rum-
mary
statement
based
on?
This small mu
i
al. a
slice
f
cartoon life.
was .a
modest ol-
legc produ 110n that drew good
ize
ud1
n s.
M
most of
the
p
rfonna
,
members of.
the
audience
stood
111
thctr
p)a cs
To whom it
may
concern,
1y
name
1
dd1e
rosskreutz, and
I had the
honor of pla
ing
the
character
of "Pig Pen·• m M CT '
r
t.·ent
produ t1on of "You're a
Good
Man,
Charll
Brown."
Rai cd
on watching the peanuts
gang.
I
have
always
loved
the
world and characters that
Charles
chultz: created.
rhe
ability to
bnng one of those
chara ters
to
hfe helped me to
find happin
, on which the
them of
the
production 1s cen-
tered around.
I
was however.
disappointed
when I read
th
rcvic-w of the produ tion, vmt-
ten
by arah mmer,
m the I ast
i
sue
of The
ircle.
I
1,,1,ould
fl
t
like
to say
that
MCGTA
d
not
look
to capi
-
talize
on
any p1oduction
1t
doe
.
1CCTA
i
an organiza-
tion
mad
up
f
tudents wnb a
profound love of
the
theatre
art . and 11 seeks to hare that
hn
e
with
lt
audience . To
quote
th1:: character
Schroeder.
.. Money? Money? Who care
.ibout money!
Tilis
i
RT
you
blockhead!"
. s
Ms.
Gunner
stated.
"You·re
a
Good
an. Charlie
Bro
,n·•
is
a 1ony wnrd-wm-
mng production. with its book,
music,
and
I
·rics \.Hitten b)
Clark Ge ·sn ·r and re ised
by
Andrew Lippa. AU \
ignette.
are taken directly from the orig-
inal P
anut
comic slnp,
and
the ong ar u ed to emphasize
n certain
character'
pe
onal1ty
trait
The Peanu~
charact
rs
re all e tr me
of
ertam p
y-
..:holobrical berui\ tors
Charlie
Brown
I
depres. ed
yet
al a)
hopeful.
ally ts bi-polar
noopy
is
chizophremc.
• chroeder
is
ob:ae
sed.
O" ractmg
i
required
for a
and cheered for the ca t as th
final curtain fell 1 h
audi-
ences
did not appear
to be
"un ati fied
and di
appointed "
her
vi
w
r may
have felt that
way. but there
s
insufficient
idence
to
upport her conclu-
1on about the
aud, nc . Those
members
of
the audience who
generously
gave standing
ova-
tion
to th
ca
t
would
not
ugr
Feedbac
from
faculty,
administrators.
and
tudents
ince
the close
of
this
show
has
been
by
far
more
po
ith than
negative.
Let's work
10
develop more
hit than
mt
se in
what
talces
place
both on
the
stage
and
in
our media
revie
Gerai;-d . Cox
at
Profes r
Faculty
Adv1
:1r to M C
production
such
a
th1 .
·
Children
are
loud
and
overdra•
mahc.
Also Ms. Gunner
c
pres ed
that many ongs
and
actor's
01ces
were, hke MCCT A'
production 'mediocre. •
I
am
not
saying
that
you must
lo e
e
ery
ong but
each
song
1s
a
platform for
that cha der
to
convey
theJT one goal
or
desire.
Charlie
Bro\\-'Jl wants to get his
kit
to flv. Lucy wants
to
many
chroeder
chroeder wantll
Beethoven
to be
recognized
abo
all others. Yes, the ongs
are cheesy but that
i
the
e
sence
of
Peanuts.
Finally,
the
characters onstag are
children
Children
do not ing
with pro-
fe sional Broad" ay
or
operatic
voices.
Ms.
Gunner eems
to
think
otherw, .
Thi
production
center
around
the
imaginary
world of
,
fh:e-y ar-old children.
fhe
beauty
of
thi world 1s that
,t
remind us of our childhQOd,
and
we rememb
r how
the
world
1:s
seen
through the eyes
of
children.
11li
how
can be
enjoyed
by
audiences
of all
age "Charil Brown•• is one of
th
most
popular musicals
m
the world. and
is
pla)
ed aero
the globe to audicnc on every
contm
nt.
Everyone
can
identi-
•
fy with
chultz's characters,
and in
th,
wa),
Schultz
has
·
achieved
bn11grng happmes
to
people of the world
M (TA ucceeded in bring-
ing ·hult' happmes to four
audienc . all
who
applauded
the a tors directors. and crew
with
a standing O\.atlon ach
mght To make peopl
happ)
i
a gift, and I cannot begin to
des nbe
ho\\-
many au<lien ·c
m mbcrs c pre
sed
to me
ho\,
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homesick, except
for
the
times when
I'm
physically
sick.
It's these
days
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was
sick
in high
school: when my mom wrote
a
letter to
the
attendance qffice, I
had about ten minutes worth of
homework to make up (which
my best friend conveniently
brought home for
me), and
the
fridge was always stocked with
orange juice.
Being sick at college is the
worst. It's not like home when
you get to take the day off, lay on
the couch, and watch movies all
day; your mom calling every few
hours to check up on you. Sure,
you could lie on the couch in
your common room, but you're
sure to be interrupted every ten
minutes by ringing doorbells,
microwave timers, and your
housemates' daily life crises.
Not to mention everybody com-
plaining about you getting your
germs all over the couch. And
the only
"check-up"
you're
going to get is your roommate's,
"Feeling better, dude?
Because
I
need a ride to campus."
because the cabinet was always
full of it. As you search through
the aisles at Eckerd, trying to fig-
ure out what medicine will cover
all your symptoms in the most
economical manner, you realize
that
dropping
ten dollars on
Sudafed is making you feel even
worse.
And then there's NyQuil.
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deatus ...
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NyQuil in college has a whole
different
.meaning.
It's con-
sumption is definitely not only
restricted to the evening hours.
If
you want to catch up on your
sleep, you can take the stuff dur-
ing the day.
The company is
constantly trying to add extra
flavors to make it taste better -
no reason to. You'll be seeing
your eyelids before you even
taste it.
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trademark
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Doormen
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U.K.
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Panama, e.g.
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heans1rings?
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O.T. book
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punches
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Milk of_
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London subway
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grp.
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Mexicali Mme.
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Kodak offering
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Violent tirades
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Vampire
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Touches
vanquisher
emotiooally
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Actress Sommer
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Butterfingers
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Bum balm
26
Tenant's
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Wedge-shaped
expense
mark
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Droops
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Fewer
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Rotary•phone
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Takes the odds
feature
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Functional
undergarment
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Entertainer
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MystlcaJ
incantaUon
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5
Greek market
6
Salad-service
piece
33
Attributes
34
Affectedly
humorous
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Actress
Farrow
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getting better. Very much like
my first grocery shopping expe-
rience, I was shocked td·find'out
how expensive cold medicine is.
The tree in my backyard must
have either been growing twen-
ty-dollar bills or Robutussin,
So, being sick at college is
pretty bad,
and
it makes you
wish that you could take back all
those days on your couch with
stacks of videos and leftover
spaghetti in the fridge, and enjoy
them a little bit more. It's the
only time you can say, "I want
my mommy" and really,
really
mean it.
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Irish rock band Ceili Rain 'storms' the Theater
By
CAROLINE ROSS
Opinion Editor
The sounds of step dancing and
the Irish rock band Ceili Rain
filled the Nelly Goletti Theater
on Thursday, March
4.
Students from Marist and peo-
ple from the surrounding areas
gathered in the theater to enjoy
the night and, if they were Irish,
celebrate their heritage.
An
overall sentiment of anticipation
and excitement emanated from
the audience all the way through
the performance.
Helen Bohan, a professor from
Dublin, Ireland, introduced the
opening act' and Ceili Rain in
Gaelic, the native language of
Ireland.
Bob Lynch, Director of
College
Activities,
helped
Bohan introduce by translating
her Gaelic
introduction.
Bridget Burns, Marist fresh-
man, sang and played the Irish
harp as the opening act for the
band.
Burns, trained under a
renowned harpist, amazed the
crowd with her performance.
Ceili
Rain,
led by vivacious
lead singer Bob Halligan Jr.,
intrigued the crowd with their
eclectic mix of rock and tradi-
tional Irish sound.
'Celll ls a Gaellc word that
means party. Rain Is stuff
that falls from the sky.
Thus, Celll Rain Is a down-
pour of heavenly partl-
ness.'
- Bob Halligan Jr.
Members of
-the
audience
danced in the aisles and formed a
conga line towards the end of the
show. Each band member was
spotlighted and performed a solo
highlighting their talent and
unique instrument.
Shawn Jarecki, Marist frosh,
attended the show with some
friends and was impressed by the
liveliness of the band.
"The
combination pipes and
guitar definitely make for a high-
energy performance that just
makes you smile," Jarecki said.
Buddy Connelly, the accordion
player of the group, provided
background music for a trio of
young Irish step dancers from a
local Irish dance school. They
captivated the audience with
their detailed footwork and syn-
chronicity, under the watchful
eye of their instructor.
Ceili Rain, founded in I 995,
released their fifth CD,
"No
You,
No Me," in September 2002 and
has a new CD due out later this
year.
Halligan describes the
band as a combination of Irish
and American culture.
"Ceili is a Gaelic (Irish) word
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that means party,
specifically
one with live musicians, danc-
ing, general merriment, an
all-
ages
crowd,"
Halligan
said.
"Rain is that stuff that falls from
the sky. Thus, Ceili Rain
is
a
downpour of heavenly parti-
ness."
The members of Ceili Rain
have undertaken the
responsibil-
ity of donating money and
time
•
to Mercy
Corp,
a relief program
that aids communities around
the
world depending on their needs.
Halligan traveled to Guatemala
with Mercy
Corp
to aid with the
distribution of
food
and build
shelter for those
in
need.
Halligan explained that the title
track off
the
new
album,
"Change
in Your Pocket," makes
an ambitious social
statement.
"With the change in your pock-
et,
you can change the
world,"
Halligan said.
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The Irish rock band Ceili Rain performs Thursday. The band intrigued
the crowd with their eclectic mix of rock and traditional lrlsh sound.
'This is art, you blockhead!·' ...
continued from page four
members
expressed to
me
how
much they loved the
show. Each
person had a different
favorite
moment,
in
which
they connect-
ed with a
character
through
their
action or behavior.
I
assume
that
Ms.
Gunner
left
the performance
in a hurry,
because
her comment
that
the
production "left the
audience unsatisfied
and disap-
pointed"
is either
a
fabrication or
MA
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just the ramblings of a person could have done a better job
than
that has no insight into the the-
Ms
.
Gunner. This
letter has
not
atre.
been written to
defend
a show
In conclusion, my advice to that I was in,
but
instead to clar-
The Circle is to hire a writer who ify the misunderstanding of
a
has knowledge and a back-
great
theatrical
work
of
ground in the theatre arts.
American culture. Thank You.
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was "extremely annoying and Sincerely,
insufferable." I have written to a
Eddie
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2004 •
PAGE
7
Men place second at ECAC, women fmish fourth
By MARK PERUGINI
Assistant Sports Editor
The Marist College men's
swimming and diving team
placed second at the
ECAC
Championships, and earned
fourth in the ECAC competition
on Feb. 29 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Larry Van Wagner, the coach
for both the men and women's
swimming and diving teams,
indicated that the men were
incredibly intense and competi-
tive throughout the meet.
"The men placed third in the
2003 ECAC Championships,
and this year, they placed sec-
ond," Van Wagner said. "The
men only lost by 28 points and it
basically came down to the last
event."
Junior Matt Castillo led the
charge
for the men's team, win-
ning the ECAC Championship
in
the 200-yd IM with a time of
1:51.03. He also finished fifth in
the 200-yd breaststroke and
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seventh in the 200-yd freestyle
with times of 2:06.12 and
1
:42.97,
respectively.
Freshman Nick Chevalier, jun-
ior Jeffrey Paul, junior Matt
Castillo and senior Ray Ferranti
captured the 400-yd freestyle
relay, finishing the event with a
time of 3:05.73.
Castillo and Paul were also an
integral part
,in
capturing the
400-yd medley with sophomores
Kevin
Connors and Joe Pilewski,
completing the event in a time of
3:26.31.
This was the first time the
Marist men's swimming team
won at least one relay event, let
alone
two,
at an
ECAC
Championship event.
Van Wagner said he is elated
with the work ethic of the men's
swimming and diving team, and
he expects his athletes to main-
tain their success.
"We expect everyone to exceed
his or her standards individually
as well as a team;" Van Wagner
stated.
"Improvement is
expect-
ed every year."
Junior Jeffrey Paul finished
third in the 50-yd freestyle with a
time of21.04, while also placing
fourth in the 100-yd freestyle
with a time of 46.21.
Nick Chevalier had notable
performances in both of his indi-
Women place
fourth
Coming off an impressive
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference Championship win,
the Marist women's swimming
and diving team completed their
outstanding season by finishing
fourth
in
the
ECAC
Championships with 369 points.
The women
vidual events.
Chevalier
placed fourth
in the 1,650-
yd freestyle,
1
Thls year's performance
demonstrated a remark-
able Improvement for the
Red
Foxes
placed
only
finishing with
women's program.'
a
time
of
behind
Boston
College,
St.
J o h n ' s
University
and
New Hampshire
University.
1 6 : 1 0 · 6 2 ·
-
Larry
Van Wagner, head coach
Chevalier
also
placed
fifth in the 500-yd freestyle with
a time of 4:38.06.
Furthermore, the men's swim-
ming team avenged their nine
point MAAC Championship loss
to Rider University, beating the
Broncs by 123 points.
Van Wagner
sa1d he is pleased
with
the perse-
verance and the effort
the
women's
team
showcased
throughout the season, especially
at
the ECAC Championship.
"I
don't
think
I can
expect
more
of a
successful
outcome,"
Van
Wagner
said. "At
the
2003
ECAC
Championships,
the
Women bring home first MAAC title, defeat Canisius
_
"I just feel so great for
the
kids,
especially our
seniors,"
he said.
"What the five seniors have gone
through for four years and to
have their careers end like this
with a championship, it is just a
tremendous feeling."
Marist had previously defeated
the Manhattan Jaspers, 60-49, in
the quarterfinals, and the Saint
Peter's Peahens
in
the semifinals,
62-:S4. The
championship
victory
is the Foxes' twentieth of the sea-
son, a new program record.
The Foxes have to wait until
Sunday, Mar. 14 to find out
where, when, and who they will
be playing in the NCAA
Tournament.
The Tournament seedings
will
be announced live on ESPN.
Fans gather to cheer on Men's team as they face rival Siena
saw our school spirit.
While Marist may not have
won the game (an exciting close
game however), those students
who made the trip made it worth-
while. The Saints' fans did not
have set chants.
The Saints' fans lacked the Red
quite the way the "sixth man" did
for the Red Foxes. When I final-
ly left the Pepsi Arena after the
game, those who stood around
began chanting for Marist, show-
ing that no matter the outcome of
the game, our school will not
stand around and watch Siena
Foxes' intensity on and off the push us around. At that point, I
court.
The
Saints' fans did not was never more proud of the
show appreciation for the team team or our school.
1
So, despite the result of the
game and the season, the
support
is there. Our
voice
was clearly
heard throughout the Pepsi
Arena. And while we may not
have beaten Siena this year, at
least our 100 or so fans proudly
stood up to the likes of the high
school kids and
30-something
drunken fans.
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they will go home and look for-
ward to their junior and senior
proms,
while sneaking beer
behind mommy and
daddy's
backs.
For the mid-aged fans,
they can
laugh
and reminisce
about the good old
days.
For me,
rn
drive back to
Poughkeepsie waiting
for our
team
to destroy Siena next
year.
women placed nineteenth. This
year's performance demonstrated
a remarkable improvement for
the women's
program."
Freshman Lauren Malski was
the
stellar swimmer of the
women's meet by winning the
100-yd
breaststroke
with a
·
time
of
1:03.46. She also captured
bronze in the 200-yd breast-
stroke with
a
time of 2:22.62.
Malski
was the first swimming
athlete in Marist history to quali-
fy
for the
NCAA
Division
One
Championship
meet,
which will
be held
this year at Texas
University
and
Texas A&M.
Malski beat
the consideration-
qualifying time by
.4
7 seconds.
"The addition of Lauren made
a
major
impact
not only
on
the
breaststroke but on
the medley,"
Van
Wagner
said. "Not only does
it motivate
me
to continue to
coach,
but
it also motivates the
team to
reach that type of suc-
cess."
Freshman Anna Sanner, soph-
omore, Meghan Duffy and senior
Amber Van De Carr were the
anchors of the team. Duffy
placed second in both the one-
meter and three-meter dives,
while Van De Carr placed fourth
and fifth in both the one-meter
and three-meter dives. Sanner
was close behind, finishing sixth
and seventh in the one-meter and
three-meter dive.
This past weekend, Coach Van
Wagner found out that Malski
missed the NCAA 'B' cut in the
l 00-yd breaststroke by 34
one-
hundredths of a second.
"I am still very proud of
Lauren," Van Wagner said. "It
will be fun to watch Lauren com-
pete for the next three seasons.
More importantly, expect the
men's team to continue their
growth as a team, and expect the
women's team to make more sig-
nificant strides over the next
years to come."
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ATF
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Poop
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THURSDAY,MARCH 11,2004
marlstclrcle.com
I am so proud of everyone on this
team," she said. "We
had
confi-
dence in each other and it is just
a huge win; the biggest win of my
life and a dream come true.
''
- Stephanie Del Preore
PAGES
Women make history
by
winning
first
C title
By
MIKE BENISCHEK
Staff Writer
·
Do not
adjust
your
Internet
connection
and don't go to
the
optometrist;
you weren't seeing
things.
On
Sunday from 4:40 P.M.
to
5: IO P.M. the picture prominent-
ly displayed in the center of
espn.com's homepage was of the
Marist women's
basketball
team.
The second-seeded Marist Red
Foxes defeated the fourth-seeded
Canisius Golden Griffins, 76-74
in the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference Tournament finals at
the Pepsi Arena in Albany, N.Y.
·
The team captured its first
MAAC Tournament title ever,
just
one
week after securing its
first MAAC regular season
championship ever.
Senior forward Stephanie
Del
Preore, who was named MVP,
scored 30 points and nabbed 16
rebounds in the contest, said she
was excited about the
win.
"I am so proud o( everyone
on
this team," she said. "We had
confidence in each other and it is
just a huge win; the biggest
win
of my life and a dream come
true."
After
leading
45-35 at the half,
the Fox.es -..lowly let
its
lead
dip
away. With
2:
14 remaining in the
game, a short jumper from the
elbow by Canisius point guard
Becky Zak cut Marist's lead to
71-69.
Following a Del Preore basket
to put Marist back ahead by four,
MAAC Player of the Year Jenel
Stevens was fouled by Kristen
Vilardi while shooting a three-
pointer from the comer.
Stevens, a senior and an 80 per-
cent free throw shooter, made
just one o:t: the three shots to cut
the margin to 73-70 with 1 :32
remaining.
Up by just a point following
Stevens' lay up, 73-72, freshman
Shannon Minter was forced into
a three-pointer with just three
seconds left on the shot clock
and missed long. The rebound
fell straight into the hands of
Canisius senior Lonnie Brown,
but Alisa Kresge, playing
'with
four fouls, knocked it out of her
hands and onto the floor.
Maureen Magarity ended up with
the ball and was tied up for a
jump ball
-
the possession
arrow pointed towards Marist
with 21 seconds left on the game
clock.
The Golden Griffins were
All-MMC team member senior Maureen
Magarity
(I.) holds
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship
Trophy
with
the tournament's Most Valuable Player Stephanie
Del
Preore
(r.).
For seniors
Maureen Magartty
and
Nina Vecchio, the
long
road has
come to an
end.
Awaiting them
Is
the MMC trophy.
forced to foul Del Preore after
she received the inbounds. Cool
and confident, the senior stepped
to the line and knocked down
bo~ shots.
After Brown hit a lay up off an
offensive rebound and sliced the
margin back down to one, Nina
Vecchio was fouled and sent to
the line for two shots. Vecchio
made the first and missed the
second as Canisius grabbed the
rebound.
a great feeling."
Magarity, who scored eight of
her team's first 17 points, fin-
ished w1th 18 and five rebounds
and was named to the All-
two points. Minter played 30
minutes, scoring seven-points
and dishing five-assists.
Marist turned the ball over
seven times in 40 minutes of play
and just once in the second half,
Tournament Team.
Kristin
Keller,
the
MAAC's
sixth-player
of the year,
came off the
bench
to
score 11 and
grab
nine
rebounds.
a
stat
that
Marist's
year
Coach,
Giorgis
ironic.
second
Head
Brian
found
1
1 Just caught the ball and
didn't know what to do with
It. I
wanted to find my team
and Just hug them all. It was
a great feellng.'
"When
I came
here the only
thing we led in
.
-Stephanie Del
Preore
was turnovers,"
With the Foxes up two with six
seconds remaining, Zak had one
last chance to tie. An open push
shot from the elbow which fell
The FoxeS'
woefully short and into the hands freshmen backcourt of Kresge
ofDel Preore.
and Minter also gave big contri-
he said. "It's
hard to express what I'm feeling
right now, to go from there to sit-
ting up here; its just incredible."
"I just
caught
the ball and did-
n't know what to do with it," Del
Preore said. "I wanted to find my
team and just hug them all. It was
butions. Kresge gave out four
assists while not turning the ball
over a single time, and collected
five-rebounds to go along with
Earlier
in the weekend Giorgis
was named the conference's
Coach of the Year.
·
Stevens and Zak, both All-
Tournament Team selections, led
Canisius with 24 and 14 respec-
tively.
Stevens
added
11
rebounds and Zak added seven
assists.
Following the game it was
announced that Marist captain
Magarity would be the player to
receive the championship trophy
from MAAC Commissioner,
Richard Ensor. In a gesture
showing both how united the
Marist team is and how classy a
person Magarity
h
erself
is, the
captain insisted that four felJow
seniors, Del Preore, Vecchio,
Kerry Sullivan, and Vicki
Wancel receive the trophy with
her.
.
Giorgis
said
he felt especially
happy for his senior class.
SEE WOMEN, PAGE 7
Foxes fans
may
have been outnumbered, but not unheard
By
PAUL SEACH
Sports Editor
There were roughly 5,400 peo-
ple spaced out at the Pepsi Arena
for
Friday
night's Marist
-
Siena
matchup. Of those
5,400,
maybe
100 were Red Foxes' supporters.
For the "sixth men," it was
going
to be a long night.
.
Sitting in
section
102 before
the start of the game, the Marist
faithful
-
with their "sixth
man"
shirts
-
felt
section 102
was not good
enough
to
combat
the Saints faithful fans (
coinci-
dentally
supporting
their home
team in their home court in a
supposed
"neutral"
site).
The
empty
floor
seats
next to the
Marist band were too tempting to
pass on filling.
As
everyone
crowded down to
the floor seats, the "sixth men"
began what then might have been
their final game of the season for
chanting on
a
team that did not
meet preseason
expectatio
n
s.
As for the
game,
it was much
closer than some
expected, espe-
cially for a team that has been
knocked out by Siena for the past
two seasons. For Marist, there
was nothing to lose
.
Save for a
few bad calls falling Siena's way,
the game was close.
Powered by frosh
guard
Will
Whittington, whose
career
night
left Red
Foxes fan
with
some-
thing to look forward to next
sea-
son,
Marist gave
everybody
rea
-
son
to believe the
Saint's jinx
may come to an end.
Sadly
this was not the case
.
After
jumping
out to a quick 4-
0 lead off jumpers by Dennis
Young and Will McClurkin, the
Red Foxes were moving up and
down the court with
great
confi-
dence.
Hopefully it wasn't that
small
boost of
confidence
that
got
to
the Foxes' heads as they quickly
lost the lead and had to play
catch-up the rest of the way
.
The final blow came with
2:07
left in the
game
and Marist
trail-
ing 64-62 after Whittington
drove to the basket on a
quick
lay-up causing
Siena
to call
a
timeout. On their next posses
-
sion,
Saints' Antoine Jordan
missed a jumper, but it was
rebounded by Michael Haddix,
resulting in a Jamal Jackson lay-
up that extended the lead 66-62
with just a little over a minute
remaining.
Suddenly,
the Siena Saints fans
showed up.
Chants
of "warm the
bus up" filled the arena. Siena
fans started jumping into the Red
Foxes' section talking trash.
Once again, the joke was on
Marist as Siena fans felt great
pride in a bittersweet victory,
knocking Marist out for the third
straight
year.
Walking out of the
arena
was
not
easy. Everywhere
the
sixth
man went, two times the number
of Saints fans were readymade
with
chants.
The only positive
thing
came
from a
guy
who
humbly
asked
what
year
Whittington
is
.
One razor
sharp
genius
proudly asked me, "What
year is
Rik
Smits?" in which I
replied "a redshirted freshman."
I
suppose
he thinks Smits was
some kind of fluke or
something.
What would he know anyway?
He's too
smart
for the likes of
Marist.
Most of the trash talk came
from 30-something fair-weather
fans who decided to make their
presence known in the final 60
seconds.
That
caught
the atten-
tion of the authentic Marist fans
who in defense began chanting
"Mid-life crisis" while pointing
around
to the "clinging to their
college days"
men that
Siena
drags into the Albany arena.
Aside from a rousing cheer for
graduated
Saint Prosper K wanga
(in which Marist chanted "I hate
Prosper") in the second half, the
Saints' fans did not become a
force until the game was
wrapped up and decided
.
The Red Foxes fans', on the
other hand, are a far different
story. Those who drove through
the thickest
fog
this
side
of the
Atlantic Ocean
.
showed up and
stayed
the
entire game
as their
voices did not go unrecognized.
For nearly three quarters of the
game, the Saints' fans sat back
like
college students
in
·
the
library and watched quietly.
They heard all of our chants
,
our
complaints
to the
referees
and
SEE
FANS,
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