VOLUME 58, ISSUE 11
FOUNDED IN 1965
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004
Financial shortcuts on path to higher education
By
SHAYNA LYN CARRICK
Circle Contrih11tor
Incoming college students may
find more opportunities to gain
access to the Pell Grant Program.
President George W. Bush's
budget for the 2005 fiscal year
expands overall student financial
aid to $73.1 billion, according to
the official White House Web
site.
The proposal would initially
increase funding for the Pell
Grant program, the cornerstone
of federal need-based student
financial assistance.
According to the Financial Aid
Assistance for Parents and
Students, Pell Grants do not have
to be repaid. The government
uses a formula to determine your
expected family contribution,
and the grant amount is awarded
based, according to that. The
amount will decrease in relation
to the family contribution so that
the total the grant and the fami-
ly's contribution does not exceed
the cost of going to an institu-
tion.
The Pell grant program is the
government's largest in terms of
cost and is for undergraduates
only. The maximum amount of a
Federal Pell Grant is adjusted
annually to correlate with the
program's funding. The mini-
mum Pell Grant amount is $200.
"The maximum amount avail-
able is only $4,000, barely
enough for most students these
days," said Chris Casey, Ed.D.
"Even middle class students find
it difficult to afford school, and
starting out with massive loans is
not a good beginning to life."
Kenneth Eastwood, superinten-
dent of Middletown
District
schools, said that the program is
designed to aid potential students
dent loans. This would inevitably
Increase the number of recipients
of the grant to nearly 10 million
students and parents, according
to the United States Department
of Education.
who face finan-
cial obstacles.
"These
are
grants that go to
needy students
and allow them
access to col-
President George W.
Bush's budget for the
2005 flscal year expands
overall student financial
aid to $73.1 billion.
Evidence shows
that since 2000,
the number of
Pell
recipients
has grown nearly
25 percent, large-
ly based on an
lege,"
Eastwood.
said
The proposal would offer a
broad package of student bene-
fits and p.rogram improvements
in the loan program. The follow-
ing are the highlights of the cur-
rent administration's 2005 budg-
et
increase
proposal: the expan-
sion of financial aid will exclude
the consolidation of existing stu-
in~rease in college enrollment.
According to the United States
Department of Education, ''while
funding for the Pell Grant pro-
gram has increased in recent
years, both insufficient Pell
appropriations and a surge in the
number
of Pell Grant recipients
is expected to result in a $3.7 bil-
lion funding shortfall at the end
of the 2004-2005 award year."
However, the administration
said it is committed to working
side-by-side with Congress to
address the possible existence of
a financial problem.
"I doubt that this issue will be
addressed," Casey said.
"It
is not
that
high
on [the government's]
agenda."
According to Eastwood, the
planned increase in financial aid
assistance for the Pell Grant pro-
gram will give students better
access to a college education.
"I think if the Pell money is not
available, some students that live
at home and attend because of
this scholarship, will be forced to
go
to work and not go to school
full-time," Casey said.
Pell Grants are very much a
part of the college application
process. Whether a student needs
the assistance of the grant or not,
the grants are always there for
the student who is only able to
attend school based on the
grant's existence.
"Without this federal money,
we could easily revert to the way
things were 50 years ags>-<>nlY
the wealthy would have access
to
higher educatjon," said Virginia
Davidson, professor of journal-
ism, Mount Saint Mary College.
"In a democracy, I don't see that
as a viable option."
It
is important that this grant be
an option because it enables
more students to access post sec-
onda_ry education, Casey said.
"We ·need them in the work force
to bring economic benefit to the
country."
Hillbilly hoedown on Western
Night
Bush
turns
cold
shoulder
on global
wanning
treaty
By
ERIKA GRADOS
Circle Contributor
As the earth's climate steadily
rises, the politics of global
warming are heating up as well.
Russian president Vladimir
Putin has recently agreed to back
the Kyoto Protocol treaty on
global warming, which, when
ratified, will finally be ptit into
effect after a seven-year wait.
Putin's actions have led to spec-
ulation about whether the United
States would follow or remain
indifferent to the problem of
global climate change.
The Protocol, originally pro-
posed in Kyoto, Japan in 1997, is
an international treaty which
aims to curtail human-induced
tries to reduce emissions of six
different greenhouse gases by
5
percent by 2012.
In
order for the treaty to be put
into effect, it must be
ratified
by
enough countries to account for
55
percent of all greenhouse gas
emissions made by industrial-
'ized
nations in 1990. Prior to
Putin's approval, that target had
not been met. However, with a
17.4 percent yearly rate, Russia's
entry has caused the total to sur-
pass the required
55 percent, put-
ting the treaty into effect.
Putin's approval of the Kyoto
Protocol has shifted attention to
the Bush administration's con-
tinued inaction on the issue of
global warming. It seems natu-
ral that the issue of climate
climate change. The document change be addressed after such a
requires 36 industrialized coun-
SEE KYOTO, PAGE 3
Above.
Poverty
Neck Hillbllles perform
during
the
Student Programming Council's Western
Night
on
Nov.
18
In
the
Cabaret.
Right,
a
Marlst
student
channels
her
Inner cowpoke as she
bucks away
on
the
mechanical bull in
the
Rotunda.
For shelter dwellers, free voicemail provides comforts of home
By
MELISSA FERRIOLA
Director,
Adult
Case
Circle
Contributor
Management
Services,
Kingston,
N.Y.,
said she does-
For the homeless and phone-
n't think CVM will be helpful
less there is help, but the use-
in Ulster County. Unlike New
ful~ess of the service may York City, Ulster County has
depend on the size of the city.
homeless people that have
Community Voice Mail housing on and off, for a few
(CVM) is a service that pro-
months at a time.
vi des the homeless or people
"We don't have that many
that don't have a place to get homeless people on the street
messages with their own voice here," Miller said.
"We
have a
mail. The system allows them lot of homeless people that are
to check their messages from chronically homeless."
anywhere and keep in touch
In addition, she saio, the
with doctors, social workers shelters in Ulster County allow
and
family
members.
-
homeless people to use the
However, in smaller areas like phones anytime.
Ulster County, CVM may not
"In
here, they have access to
be practical.
telephones," Miller said. "In
Debra Miller, Program the past we've had numbers
we've allowed clients
to
use."
Miller said that most of the
shelters she works with do not
say the name of the shelter
when answering the phones, so
that people are not stereotyped
against for stayin~ in a shelter.
Kings
Inn
is the only shelter
that does say ihe name, so the
first thing the caller knows is
that the person is homeless and
living in transient housing.
A main feature of CVM is
for homeless people to have a
number
-
to give to potential
employers or to landlords
when trying to find J10using.
Without that number the
homeless would either have no
number or would use the one
for the shelter, making it easy
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carpenters p_rotest new dorms due to the hiring of a firm
that employs cheaper, out-of-state
labor.
for emp
_
loyers
and landlords to
find out they are homeless.
A formerly homeless man,
who only wanted to be identi-
fied as Frank, said at times he
would give out the number of
where he stayed, the Living
Room, but that caused prob-
lems.
"When they answer [ the
phone] they say mental health,
so the first thing they think of
is you're a little kooky," Frank
said.
Tamara Holmes, program
director, CVM, said that for
this reason, CVM provides the
homeless with their own num-
ber so there will be no way for
employers and
landlords
to
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CIRCLE
The "Security Briefs" and the "Alcohol Fantasy
Beat" are intended to be a parody and not a repre-
sentation of The Circles editorial stance on drink-
ing - illegal or otherwise - nor is it intended to be
a statement regarding the official Marist College
policy on alcohol consumption.
,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004
:
securitv Briefs
♦
'
www.marlstclrcle.com
:
students
·
sit down and give thanks to beer
.
.
;
Complied
by DAN ROY
.
:
Campus Editor
talking about? Why would running over some grass ruin
your Thanksgiving?" They have families too, Marv.
"My name's not Marv. And plus, you just heard about
this today. Thanksgiving was last week.
It
couldn't have
·
ruined it." * Shakes fist* Next year, Marv, next year ..
.
on nail polish
anq
we just have to go!
:
11/20 -
I have no clue what was going on in Marian this
night, and, frankly,
I
don't want to.
In
a span of eight
minutes, 10:50 to 10:58 p.m., three
_
separate
.
rooms got
busted for parties. The first room featured a student and
some visitors with possession of some beer and
99
proof
Blackberry brandy. If
·
you guys like that stuff, you
sh9uld try Schnozzberry brandy, it tastes just like
Schnozzberries. In the second room, security found
some students, and eight bottles of Bacardi Silver. And
finally two empty bottles of Boons Fann wine, and Anne
Frank were discovered in the last room. I've never seen
such swift authoritative action in all my days Jiere; secu-
rity just excavating all the
.
wrongdoers. one after another
. . . .impressive.
Alcohol-related incidents this
week:
1.
Marian-3
11/19 _:_
This next brief! like to call, "putting in way too
much effort than it's worth." At
12:22
p.m. in the Lowell
Thomas lot, a student successfully c4t security's boot
_
from his car. God knows how long he was at that, but
even if it took just a second it was not worth it. Security
obviously knows who you are you idiot, you ~ere parked
there long enough. By breaking one of their boots, they
transfer the cost for a new one to your parent's bill, in the
tune of $400. Leaving the boot there and getting towed
only would have cost you $100. By trying to be a hard-
ass, you quadrupled your fine. Good work buddy .
Total alcohol-related
incidents:
1. Leo- 7
2.
Gartland - 7
3. Champagnat - 6
4.
Marlan-3
5.
Midrlse -
2
11/24
~
We had a minor fender bender ou~ide the
Lower West Cedar lot on Wednesday. Don't ask me why
they were here on the Wednesday before Toanks-G, but
they were. As the two cars approached each other, one
tried swerving out of the way and went off the road, dam-
aging a tree and some grass. Neither of the drivers was
hurt. Way to ruin my Thanksgiving, pal. "What are you
11/18 -
An apartment in Lower West Cedar set the fire
alarm off at 8:36 p.m. Get this, they heated cooking oil,
oil specially made for cooking, too hot, causing smoke
and the alarm to go off. Toe only way you can overheat
cooking oil is if you completely leave the kitchen for
an
extended amount of time. Let me guess,
The OC
was on.
Well let me tell you something, Macy's is having a sale
6. Old
Townhouses
-1
7. Gregory - 1
8. Upper West Cedar -1
9.
Benolt-1
Sophomore housing has downfalls
.
for everyone
By
DORY LARRABEE
Staff Writer
Niki Zanzuccki takes a Coke and a slice
of pizza out of her fridge.
She looks
around her Gartland kitchen and smiles to
herself
.
She is happy with where she
lives
~
Btit she made the decision lialf-
blindly almost a year ago. One of the
many things freshman are faced with
·
is
choosing housing for their sophomore
year.
Almost a11 current sophomores said they
got their first choice in housing for this
school year
.
Every· student asked said
despite some drawbacks and compromis-
es, they are happy with where they live
now
.
Dave Matthews sings it "turns out
not where but who you're with that really
matters."
"The best thing is that the room is nice
and I like my roommates," said Shawn
Jarecki, a sophomore living in Midrise.
He said Midrise has the advantage of a
"central location on campus, no dishes,
and a laundry room." Although Midrise is
conveniently connected to the Student
Center, the suites lack k*hens, which
people who live in Gartland cherish so
much.
"I love having a kitchen because I love
to
cook,"
Stephanie Martin said.
Students claim that sophomore housing
units are less social than the freshman
donns.
"In Champagnat on the seventh floor
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last year, you could walk down the hall on
any given night and every single door
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,
who
now lives in Midrise.
"The worst part about Midrise is that I
don't really know anyone else on my floor.
We keep our door open but
no one
else
does," Jarecki added.
The consensus seems to be that the perks
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Thursday,
Dec.
2, 2004
Talent
Show
9:30-11 PM
Nelly Goletti Theater
Friday,
Dec.
3, 2004
Mall Trip
6
PM -12 PM
Bus leaves from Misdrise
Friday,
Dec.
3,
2004
SPC Comedy Club:
Retta
9 PM
Cabaret
Friday,
Dec.
3,
2004
Play
Trip:
-rhe Nutcracker" Ballet
4 PM
Bus leaves from Midrise
Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004
Chess Master Challenge
2PM
LT 125
Saturday,
Dec.
4,
2004
LessonS' and Carols Service:
Marist Singers and
Women's Choir
7 PM
Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Church
Sunda~Dec.5,2004
SPC Broadway Trip:
"Avenue
Q"
10AM
Bus leaves from Midrise
Sunda~Dec.5,2004
Marist Band and
Orchestra Concerts
3PM and 7 PM
Nelly Goletti Theater
Alissa Brew
News
Editor
Cassi G. Matos
Editor in Chief
carollne Ross
Opinion Editor
Courtney
J.
Kretz
Managing
Editor
Kate Giglio
Copy
Editor
Dec. 2 -
Freshman/Sophomore Talent
Show from 9:30-11 p.m. in the Nelly Goletti
Theater. Admission is $1 in advance and $2
at the door. Marist Money will be accepted.
Prizes for winners as well as the audience
will be giv~n at the show.
Student Center. There will be an assortment
of styles to choose from, so please stop by.
The ring is
·
a great symbol of school pride
and it is something you will always have to
remember your years at Marist.
Jessica
Bagar
A
&
E Editor
Sara Stevens
Features Editor
Dan
Roy
Campus Editor
Joe
Guardino
Distribution Manager
PaulSeach
Sports
Editor
Mark
Perugini
Assistant Sports Editor
Alex Panaglotopoutos
Assistant Sports Editor
G.
Modele Clarke
Faculty
Advisor
Copy
Desk:
Derek Dellinger,
Kristin Billera
Louis P. Ortiz Ill
Assistant Editor
Kristen Alldredge
Health Editor
Eric S. Kimmel
Chief Photographer
Alec Troxell
Advertising Manager
The Circle
is the weekly
student
newspaper of
Martst
College. Letters to the
editors, announcements, and story ideas are always welcome, but we cannot
publish unsigned letters. Opinions e~pressed in articles are not necessarny
those of the editorial board.
The Circle
staff
can
be reached at 575-3000 x2429 or letters to the
editor
can
be
~nt to
writetheclrcle@hotmail com
Dec.
4 - The SGA semi-formal will take
place in the Cabaret from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
SGA members only. Cost: five dollars.
Dec. 6-9 -
Class rings will be sold by
Exemplar: Recognition in the Rotunda of the
MARI
ST
Stu dent•Governmen t•Ass oci ation
Dec. 8 -
Deadline for both the Gingerbread
House and Rotunda Tree Ornament
Decorating Contest Club Challenges. The
first challenge is to create/build a ginger-
bread house using any supplies and decora-
tions. The second challenge is for each club
to
create an ornament
to
be hung on the tree
in the Rotunda. Judging criteria will be
based on creativity, holiday spirit, and how
well your entry represents your club. Bring
your houses and ornaments to the SGA
office no later than
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I
think that people who live off
campus grow up a lot more and
are much more independent
because you really have to take
care of yourself.
, ,
- Stephanie Fields
Junior
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D
AY,
D
ECEMB
ER
2, 2004
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Program expands minds but empties w
a
lle
ts
So
me
students who want to travel abroad realize that lhey cannot foot the bill
By
LAUREN DZIED
Z
IC
Circle Contributor
The Marist Abroad Program
offers the students of Marist
Col1ege to experience part of
their college educations in differ-
ent parts of the world. Students
have the choice to pick their des-
tination and choose the program
they wish to participate in.
Students take courses abroad that
give them the credits they need
to graduate. The credits taken
abroad are at no extra cost and a
semester abroad is the ·same
tuition as a semester at Marist
College.
This program not only offers
students the chance to study an
entire semester away, but they
have also created programs that
run for weeks at a time. These
trips are offered for over the win-
ter break, spring break, and dur-
ing the summertime.
Trips in the winter intercession
are one of the newest additions to
the Marist Abroad Program. The
winter intercession offers to stu-
dents the opportunity to travel to
Chile, Barbados, Brazil, London, we would be taking, is just way
Portugal,
Puerto too much," said Tausig.
Rico/Dominican Republic, and
Students must pay $445 for
Trinidad and Tobago for a few each credit hour they wish to
weeks over winter break.
take abroad during the winter
The initial deadlines for stu-
intercession. One course would
dents for a number of these trips be $1,335 in addition to the ini-
have passed, but some of these tial cost of the trip.
deadlines have been extended
In the spring attachment pro-
due to the
grams,
the
-
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--
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1
a ck of inter-
1
My buddie
s
and
I
thought it
three credit
est showed
hours
that
by students.
would be a great experince to
students take
Students say
spend three weeks in Chile but
are part of
that the high
the initial cost is almost
the
spring
cost of these
$2000
.'
tuition
.
The
trips
is
a
student reg-
determining
isters for the
factor in why
-
Da
v
id H. Tausig
course
he
there are so
Sopho
m
ore
wants to take
few students _ _
_
_ _ _ _
_
_ _ _ _ _ abroad dur
.
-
participating. David H. Tausig,
sophomore, says that he and his
friends wanted to take the trip to
Chile, but it's too expensive.
"My
buddies and I thought it
would
be
a great experience to
spend three weeks in Chile, but
the initial cost is like almost
$2000 and then on top of that
paying over $400 for each credit
ing the spring semester but then
completes the course from May
to June wherever he chooses to
go abroad.
The winter intercession, which
has only been around for two
years, does not offer t~e same
circumstances as the spring trips.
Jerald Z. Thornton, Marist
College's
Coordinator
of
International Programs,
-
says that
the winter intercession is sepa-
rate from the fall and spring pro-
grams and that is why there it
doesn't have the same compo-
nents as the other programs.
"The winter intercession is not
part of the fal1 or spring ses-
sions," said Thornton.
"It is a completely different pro-
gram and that is why it can't be
done."
Thornton said they do want to
encourage students to participate
in these trips,
but he is unsure that their policy
will change in the future.
••1 think that if it would attract
more students to take part in
these trips,
it should be
changed," said Thornton. "But it
is Marist Policy and the change
would have to come from the
administration."
The Financial Aid office at
Marist College has taken notice
to the difficulty for many stu-
dents to pay for trips such as the
winter intercession trips. They
have taken the steps in creating
an alternative loan policy specif-
Students can catch a
first
hand look at the London s
kyl
i
n
e. F
or others
that do not have the
'
opportu
n
lty to study for a semester
or
a year
there
are shorter programs
that
pro
vide
an ab
r
oad
experie
n
ce.
ically for these instances.
Cathy Ridgway, Marist College
Financial Ai~ Secretary and loan
officer, says that there is aid
available for students who want
to take a trip like that.
"A student who wanted to go
on a trip in the winter would be
taking less than 6 credits and
could apply for the CITIBANK
CITIASSISTLOAN,"
said
Ridgway.
"Whether or not they get the aid
depends on their credit and
application and there is a chance
they might be denied."
Students who are living life o
ff
campus
a
nd lo
ving e
v
e
ry minut
e
of it
By
DORY LARRAB
E
E
Circle Contributor
No RA's. No swiping for secu-
rity. No rules. Living off campus
sounds like the pe~t
.J.ife;
Artd
for many Marist students
it
is
their life.
"I love living off campus," said
Stephanie Fields, a junior. Fields
·
transferred to Marist her sopho-
more year and was refused cam-
pus housing.
"I never Lived on [Marist's]
campus, but I've spent enough
time in people's dorms to know
that I would never be good living
on campus," she said.
The off-campus experience is
very different from on-campus
life. People who live off camp
u
s
say there are many perks. Living
without a roommate seems to be
near the top of the list.
"The best thing about it is hav-
Fr
om P
ag
e On
e
ing my own room and my own
space and my own door to
close," said Fields. "You don't
have to worry about having
alone time or anything."
Christina Rotondi, a senior,
agreed.
percent of Marist students live
off campus, which includes com-
muters.
The housing office
offers a listing of available hous-
ing in Poughkeepsie and
.
sur-
rounding
.
tons
.
outside their
office, in the Rotunda (Student
Center) Room 387, and on the
Marist Web site.
The Web site offers a 30-page
"Having my own room is total-
ly worth living off campus," she
said. Rotondi, who lives with
five other
Marist sen-
•
Havi
ng
my own room
is
tot
a
ll
y
chart
which
tells students
the type of
housing, num
-
ber of bed-
rooms, exact
location
and
iors, said
worth living o
ff-ca
mpu
s .
.
.
that there
parties at my hou
se
ar
e
·
a
are a lot of
.
bla
s
t
.,
things she
can do off
c a m p u s
-Christina Rotondi
distance from
that
she
Senior
campus, rent
could not - - - - - - - - - - - - - cost, and con-
do when she was on campus.
"Parties at my house are a
blast," she said.
According to the Marist hous-
ing website
,
approximately 35
tact numbers.
The chart also
tells the student if the housing
offers utilities, private bed, bath,
and/or kitchen, air conditioning,
if it is furnished, dishwasher and
laundry facilities available,
if
it
allows smoking, and additional
notes.
"I think that people who live
off campus grow up a lot more
and are much more indepenclent
because you really have to take
care of yourself
,
" Fields said.
·
However,n living off campus
means the added threat of intrud
-
in their houses.
"I lock my bedroom door every
time I leave the house so I feel
safer about it," Rotondi said.
Like any town, Poughkeepsie
has
gqp9
and bad areas. "I have
seen some pretty bad qff-cam.pus
housing that I would never ever
live in, but I have a pretty good
deal where I am," Fields
ers; paying for - - - - - - - - - - - - - said.
heat,
lights,
water,
and
Internet
access;
gro-
cery shopping
•
1
don't
t
hink that
li
ving on
campus is an
y
safer ... peop
l
e
s
t
ea
l
your
t
hi
n
gs anywhere.'
She also
said
that
relatively
off campus
and cooking;
cleaning, and
many
other
respons
,.
ibili-
ties.
Many students feel ready to
live off campus their junior or
senior year. But students say that
they also al~ow for extra security
housing is
-Stephanie Fields
not neces
-
Junlor
sarily much
more sus-
,
ceptible to
theft than living on campus
.
"I don't think that living on
campus is any safer
,
" she said
.
"People steal your things any-
where
.
Nothing is re.ally that
safe, and people are always in
and out of your room, especially
with your roommates having
people come in that you don't
know. That is just asking for
troub
0
le."
:With f~w.d
to the students
commute, the inconvenience of
living off campus is minimal,
with most students leaving only
15 to 20 minutes before they
have class. Many people live
with their friends from Marist as
well, making the off-campus liv-
ing experience an enjoyable one.
The feeling of being
_
surrounded
by close friends makes the bene-
fits of living off campus much
greater than the drawbacks.
"I love the freedom of living in
my own house because I can do
whatever I want--just me and
my friends
,
" Fileds said.
Bu
s
h deni
es
Kyo
t
o Prot
oc
ol
ca
u
sing c
o
ncerns in scie
n
tific co
m
m
unity
devastating hurrica
n
e season,
which is suspected to have been
a result of global warming.
The United States is the top
producer of man-made green-
house gases, comprising over 20
percent ~f the world's total emis-
sions,
yet
President
Bush
declined to sign the Kyoto
Protocol when it crossed his desk
in March 2001
,
In a letter from the president
,
published on whitehouse.gov,
President Bush cites a lack of
sound science behind the pro-
posed strategy as his chief reason
for refusing to ratify the treaty.
He also maintains that the pro-
posed restrictions would damage
the United States economy given
the current energy shortage.
Finally
,
he acknowledged that,
although carbon dioxide is one of
the chief greenhouse gas that
contributes to global warming
,
it
is not a pollutant as defined by
the Clean Air Act, so there is no
reason for government regula
-
tion of its emission
.
John Nolan, an environmental
scientist in Paramus, N.J. who
wrote his first master's degree
thesis on policy decision
-
making
tools used in g
l
obal climate
change, disagrees with President
Bush's decision to ignore the
Kyoto Protocol.
·
••Toe scientific community,
including the Inter-government
Panel on Climate Change, a mas-
sive panel of leading scientists,
economists and policy experts
from around the world, has virtu
-
ally no doubt that carbon dioxide
and other green house gas emis
-
sions are trapping heat energy
inside the atmospher
e,
" he said
.
"This is causing and will con-
tinue to cause global warming,"
he continued. "That President
Bush is bru
s
hing this stunnin
g
evidence under the rug is a most
heinous crime beyond any com
-
mitted in war."
Jennifer Lyons, junior environ-
mental studies major at the
University of Delaware
,
agre~s
that the Kyoto Protocol is not
something
to
be ignored
.
••rm worried for the future
,
"
she said. "One day, I'm going to
have children and I don't want
them to experience the devastat
-
ing effects of global warming
that are sure to come ifwe don
'
t
begin to take action
.
If
we rati-
fied the Protocol, I would feel
that we are at least making an
att
e
mpt."
How
e
ver, some are unsure of
the impact the Kyoto Protocol
will have on the issue of human
-
induced climate change.
Leslie Lynn, environmental
science professor at Bergen
Community Col1ege in New
Jersey
,
is unsure of tlie signifi-
cance of the president's action
towards the document.
"I do believe that we are seeing
early effects of global warming,
"
he said. "But do not believe that
the signing of the Kyoto Protocol
by Bush would have had any
effect at all on climate and the
weather patterns we are seeing."
According to an article in the
New York Times
,
the Russian
government expects the ratifica
-
tion proce
ss
to he complete by
the yeilf 's end.
Nolan said has hope for the
future.
"We tend to live for today, it is
our nature," he said.
"It
is neither
typical nor comfortable to think
about our long-term impact on
the environment
,
as if the envi-
ronment were some entity sepa-
rate from us. But changing indi-
vidual lifestyles and the Kyoto
Protocol are a great place to start.
It is never too late to start
.
saving
our planet and ourselves from
g
lobal wanning
.
"
CVM phone a
n
swering service for the homeless provides a connection with potential employers
"Th
e
client can record his own
message with his own voice,"
said Holmes.
Frank said that this service
would hav
e
been beneficial, pre
-
viously before he had to give out
his parent
s
' or case worker's
number to avoid people finding
out he was home
l
ess
.
How
e
ver
,
he would then have to wait until
he spok
e
with them
to
get the
message.
"It would hav
e
made it a lot
easier," Frank said. "I wouldn't
have to wony about not getting
the me
s
sage or waiting a while to
get it."
Holmes said that the service
h
e
lps the homeless maintain con
-
tact with vital people in their life.
"It connects peopl
e
that ar
e
n
'
t
alr
e
ady connected to
s
oci
e
ty
,"
Holmes said.
Martin Rousseau i
s
currently
homeless in Poughkeep
s
ie
,
and
he said he keeps in touch with
e
veryone he ne
e
ds to using
e
-
mail at the public library.
"I think [CVM] a good s
e
rvic
e,
but I probably wouldn't use it
,
"
said Rousseau.
Miller, program director
,
Adult
Ca
s
e Manag
e
ment S
e
rvic
e
s, said
bein
g
phone l
e
ss is not as big of a
problem for the homeless in
Ulster County
,
so
,
she said, she
doesn't see th
e
sh
e
lt
e
rs adopting
CVM. Instead
,
she said, they
have to work on transportation
issue
s
because th
e
homeless live
outside of Kingston, and they
have to be shuttled back and
forth to their caseworker or
given bus token
s
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Let the voices of the Marist
community be heard.
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Bush administration an alternate reality
By
IGOR VOLSKY
Staff Writer
During the first debate,
President Bush said, "there's
100,000 troops
I
trained: police,
guard, special units, border
patrol. There's going to be
125,000 trained by the end of
this year. Yeah, we're getting the
job done. It's hard work." But on
Nov. 24, the Washington Post
t'eported something quite differ-
·ent. The paper noted that "U.S.
authorities have concluded that
plans to provide new police offi-
cers with a two-month introduc-
tory course followed by some
on-the-job mentoring will not be
enough to ensure their effective-
ness. With many police officers
intimidated by killings and
threats, some U.S. officials have
begun questioning the notion of
trying to establish a system of
local policing at this time."
Thus, in a sense, we have been
vindicated
.
The p~esident was
1iving in an election-induced
alternative reality; and that's put-
ting it mildly. A more honest
columnist would call the presi-
dent a liar - U.S. authorities must
have known of the ineffective-
ness of Iraqi security forces three
weeks ago (before the election).
What's more, consider the fol-
lowing
quote
from
Ron
Suskind's pre-election New York
Times expose
:
"We'r~ an empire now, and
when we act, we create our own
reality. And while you're study-
ing that reality - judiciously, as
you will - we'll act again, creat-
ing other new realities, which
you can study too, and that's how
things will sort out. We're histo-
cy's actors ... and you, all of you,
will be left to just study what we
do."
Such candid comments are a
rarity for any government, but
coming from the ultra-secret
Bush administration, they are
almost unheard of. (A new report
by
OpenTheGovernment.org
revealed that "the federal gov-
ernment spent $6.5 billion last
year creating 14 million new
classified documents .
.
. more
than it has for at least the past
decade.")
One almost feels sorry for the
"unnamed senior aid" that s}5illed
the beans to Ron Suskind; she or
he will most certainly be joining
the unemployment rolls, for if
there is one thing we know, the
the minds of the spectators (the
great masses of the public).
Consent, Lippmann argued,
should be manufactured in the
realm of policy and politics. The
president and his administration
(like many before him) have
brought Lippmann's theory into
the 21st century.
Most recently, consent has
been manufactured for the inva-
administra-
tion's lust for
secrecy
is
second only
to its infa-
The president was living in an
election-Induced
alternative
reality.
sion in
Iraq.
Our intelli-
gence agen-
cies
were
engaged in
mous thirst for retribution. But,
while the quote is derogatory
,
even insulting, it is in no way
unique.
This sentiment was once
expressed by Walter Lippmann
,
a
leading public intellectual of the
20th century. Lippmann believed
that societal elites should "manu-
facture consent" for the
.
rest of
the population. That is, the small
influential minority should use
lies and propaganda
to
control
what was later described as
"group think/' undoubtedly
encouraged by the Pentagon
which set up an office of special
plans and staffed it with conser-
vative ideologies to cherry pick
intelligence that rationalized an
invasion of Iraq. Meanwhile, the
media did their best to ignore the
critical voices of former head
weapons inspector Scott Ritter -
who claimed that Iraq had no
stockpiles of weapons - and
those of countless others in the
intelligence community.
We were told that Saddam had
used weapons of mass destruc-
tion on his own people, yet our
role in their acquisition and our
support for his mass graves was
almost never reported. And thus,
dissent was taken out of the per-
missible spectrum of public dis-
cussion; consent for an invasion
of Iraq was manufactured.
Meanwhile, the moral, legal,
economic, and security ramifica-
tions of such an invasion went
entirely unreported. For instance,
while we were being told that
Saddam Hussein had violated 17
U.N. resolutions, our own defi-
ance of international law was
ignored. After Hussein had been
toppled and the insurgency
erupted, "other new realities"
were created. As our soldiers
began coming home in body
bags, and the war became
increasingly unpopular, we were
lied to again. This time, "histo-
ry's actors" got into the game.
They told us that war in Iraq was
of last resort, and in the process
rewrote history, expunging from
it the inspector's requests for
three more months of diplomacy.
(Rule of thumb: if history doesn't
support official rhetoric, it's
expunged from the records
.
)
In
such a governmental system
truth has no place. The president
·
all but admitted this in mocking
John
Kerry's "truth standard.
II
The president bragged that his
administration would not pass a
"truth standard to its own citi-
zens." And who's to blame them?
They can regurgitate lies, and
half truths and we will all "be left
to just study what [they] do." By
repeating lies incessantly, the
truth becomes history.
Igor Volsky 1s the host of
Political-Thought,
a
public
affairs program airing every
Friday from 4-6 p.m. on
WMAR
Marist Radio.
Home for the holidays takes on a new meaning
The practice of
••going home
for
the holidays" has
been throughly
cover~
in
mm ie , music,
and
books.
Newspapers publish statistics of
holiday-related traveling fatali-
ties. And
y
d
when pu h comes
to .
hove.
we all do everything
we can
to
be home to celebrate
the holidays with our family and
friends. And that's the way
it
should be. Thanksgiving, like
eYery other holiday, 1 filled
with
food,
friends
,
and family
.
Being a freshman in college,
this was the first time that I ever
bad
to
travel m order to get
home for the holidays, and
although I went home
for
mid-
semester break, this was the first
time I had been home for a kmg
period of time. And I realized
som thin that a lot offreshrnan
realize when they go home as
..., ell there are going to
h ·
some
problems when we go home.
What problems? Going away to
colle_g offers the opportunity
to
be independent, to leam, to
grow, and to be self-sufficient.
So
,
after three months of being
away and acquiring All of these
things, when we come home, we
are shocked
to
fmd
that we
are
still kids to our
parents.
Early in the break,
my
friend
asked me how it felt to be
around
my
parents after being
away
for so long. I responded
saying that th
y
were so
happy
to
have me home that I could do
no wrong.
And
that
was
tnie.
for
a while. After gomg
up
to
the
counter to pay the check at
D nny' at 3 a.m., I made the
cashier laugh as I told my
friends th,d there was no way
my
father could
be
mad at me for
staying
out so
.
late: I'm in col-
lege, I do what I want
However.
as soon as I
got
through the front door, I saw
my
father sitting on the couch
wait-
ing up for me.
This
1s
something
I'm not accustomed to, because
I could be dead in a
gutter
some-
where, and my roommate would
be safe
in
our room, • lecpmg.
How -., er
my
father is ob 1ou
I)
more concerned about
my
wel-
fare
than my roommate
1s,
so he
waited up for me. He wasn't
mad that I
""W
coming home
late. he was concerned for
my
well-being.
This
is
a
definite
culture shack.
Three
months
of
not having to
answer to anyone,
three
months
of being able
to
do
whatever
you
wa,nt,
three months
f
never
being told that you
have
an.atti-
tude problem. Then, all of a
sudden, you're m high school
again.
And my
parents being
worried and concerned about me
is definitely a good
thing.
rd
feel terrible
if
they didn't care
enough about me
to
worry, how-
e\ er. as I left the house at 10:30
p.m.
to
go to my friend's house
the next night and was barraged
with 4uc.;;t1ons such
:is.
"where
are
you
going?" and "when are
you going to be ho,
1e'!" left me
annoyed and asking my elf
"who are
the to
ask
me
where
I'm going or what time I'm
going to be home?" And; after
all. to quote a certain cafeteria
worker.
"I'm
grown
.
"
But, as I said, I kriow they are
parents and
it
is their job to be
annoymgl)
concerned about
their children. Hov.cver. while
-being worried about
1
cute,
being reprimanded is not. As I
mentioned before, I hadn't
been
told that I had an attitude prob-
lem in quite a long tim
.
Site speaks against violence
Io Whom It May Concern:
My name ii;; Christina Hope
and I am a 2003 graduate of
Marist. I have recently read an
ai11dc
published
in
the
N()vember 18th edition regard-
ing my website about Shelley
Sperling.
the
author of this
article, Lindsay
r
q uori stated
that th
e
''web site may have
public
t
z d the ghost stof) ".
Even though the title of the site
is "The Hauntings of
Sheahan
Hall" that was not my original
go 1 Tbe purpose of the site
was to .make students
and
other
members of the Marist commu-
nity aware of our history
and
hopefully publish the correct
ersion of the crime
When I was a student at Marist
there were many stories that
were
circulating
regarding
Shelley. l ju
t
wanted people to
know
the truth. Since that sit
has been published, 1 have been
contacted
by friends of Shelley
who "ish to remain anony-
mous. They think that
jt
is a
nice tribute to her memory.
It is also unportant to recount
hcllcy s stoT) because
1t
deals
with domestic violence, which
hould be stopped. If we had
the
dome ti~ violence laws
1oda~
30 years ago, maybe she
would still be ali\
i.:.
So please, next time when
v1e\\ ing the site, do not
think
about Just the ghost tory behind
it, think about tf).e death that
could have been prevented.
Thank you
Christina Hope
Marist Graduate 2003
Apparently, I was
long overdue.
And
as
1
was half-listenitig to
my
father
yell
at me for being
inconsiderate
and
moodyr
I
thought
about
bow
weird
it
is
to
be perpetually in transition while
)OU
r in college
:You have
your
independence and freedom
for
a
few
months at a ume, but
then
you
're back home, back
into
the routine of having to
answer questions, empty
the
dishwasher. and keep
YOUl"
"atti-
tu®''
in
check.
All
of
this being
sait
howev•
r
I will contin\le
to
look
for-
ward
to going home for the holi-
days,
as I'm sure everyone else
will as well.
And
it's
not
Just
because
my
mom does my laun-
dry
and I
don't
have
to
shower
with sandals on,
it's
because
even though
we're
thrown
back
into
a
world
of
rules
and
restric-
tions,
it's a small price to pay
fot
a
nice reali~
check,
and know-
i_ns
that
'iiirough their
concern,
your
parents still love and care
about you, even
if
you are
gro'"n-
JIISSINC•
TAMMY
SCHOESSOW
Have you seen this woman?
She was last seen cutting ha\r in late
May, 2004, near Marist College in the
City of Poughkeepsie, New York.
Her clients have heard nothing from
her since then and are desparate with
worry.
Tammy knows the Poughkeepsie area
quite well, but it
is
possible that s
_
he's
traveled across the Mid Hudson Bridge.
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Local construction workers strike against Marist
By
CHRISTINE CATARINO
Staff Writer
For students, Marist's new
dorms may be exciting new addi-
tions to on-campus housing
options but they only ~ean one
thing to local carpenters: protest!
Last Saturday, a crowd of local
carpenters boasted signs that
read "Protesting for Utilizing
Contractors Undermining Wage
for Local Carpenters." The
Empire State Carpenter's Union
organized the protest along
Route 9 next to Marist's south
gate entrance.
Despite the rainy conditions,
strikers stood their ground on
Marist soil for hours, led by Paul
Rinaldi, Council Representative,
for the Empire State's Regional
Council of Carpenters.
Rinaldi said Marist's Board of
Directors opted
to
employ
Kirchhoff
Construction
for
building the much anticipated
new dorms, even though the
Empire State Union has con-
tributed to the assembly of sever-
al main
buildings
on campus,
including
the infamous James
Cannavino library. The problem,
Rinaldi insists, is that the college
has hired out-of-state framing
contractors, including carpenters
from Texas, Kansas City, New
Mexico and Missouri to work for
minimal pay.
Being both a local resident and
working within the confines of
the
Dutchess
County region,
Rinaldi said he is furious that
Marist hired out-of-state-friendly
Kirchhoff Construction just
because
they were the lowest
bidding
company. Interestingly
enough, Rinaldi's son graduated
from Marist in the spring of
2004,
so he said is well aware of
the surplus of revenue collected
from hefty tuition bills
and
is
thus surprised that there is a need
to hire out-of-state contractors
for their cheaper price tag.
The Board of Directors, which
organizes such affairs as the con-
struction of the new dorms,
could easily rectify the situation
by hiring union laborers, accord-
ing to Rinaldi.
"By not using the local work-
force they are undermining the
local workforce," Rinaldi said.
"[Marist] claims to be a commu-
nity-based organization so they
should support the community."
Rinaldi asserted that he repre-
sents the union as a whole; and
his fellow picketers, all
22
of
them, will stand with signs that
say "Shame on Marist College"
every Saturday until awareness
of the labor crisis is understood.
However, the Board of
Directors and the Empire State
Carpenter's Union have not
reached any such understanding
as of yet.
Additionally
,
Rinaldi said the
initial employment of out-of-
state carpenters reflects poorly
upon the merit of such. an accred-
ited institution. In effect,
he
explained that hiring :Midwestern
and Southwestern contractors
destroys locally accepted wages.
"Marist doesn't care how it gets
done, as long as it gets done,"
Rinaldi said.
Abroad program calms students' fears, encourages global travel
By
LINDSEY SIEGRIEST
Circle Contributor
She's always wanted to go
there, and it is so far away that
she may never have the opportu-
nity to stay this long ever again.
These are just some of the rea-
sons why sophomore Beth
Camire has decided to spend her
spring semester in Australia.
"I just want to experience
another culture," she said.
"I
come from a very homogenous
town and Marist is the same."
The Marist Abroad Program
has been helping students experi-
ence life in various
different
countries for approximately
40
years, according to their Web
site.
Li.lee Camire,. many stu-
dents want to
.
expl9,re
.
alld
experi,
ence a different way
ot'
lffe
·
.
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, . . .
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ltl:llwal
IJllowt'lfKIYdt•wwa
Some also feel a sense of
urgency, since they may not be
able to go after graduation
.
"Some students understand it's
a
once-in-a-lifetime experience,"
coordinator of international pro-
grams Carol
Toufali
said. "They
know once the real world sinks
its talons in, they're not going to
have the opportunity."
The Marist Abroad Program
aims to calm any apprehension
students may have about travel-
ing to another country by outlin-
ing certain e~pectations. During
the first two weeks overseas, stu-
dents can expect to face a period
of adjustment in which they will
feel euphoric upon arrival and
then experience a slump,
Toufali
said. Most students will experi-
eru;e w~at is calleq
.
culture
SOOCK. 'Toufali defmed culture
shock as a feeling of tiredness
and frustration one will feel for
having to deal with mundane
details such as asking for some-
thing in a different language.
Students can expect to make
constant
comparisons
to
American culture.
"Some students realize when
they come back that they've
changed and they've learned
more about American culture
than the new culture," Toufali
said.
The program offers two differ-
ent types of living situations,
according to the Web site. One is
dorm-type living and the other is
a host family setting.
Some
schools are very small, in Dublin
and Sydney for instance, and do
not have enough
,
housing, so stu-
dents need to be put with host
ew
rnerlJn
Plaza
Rte 376,
Wa,pp1~ers lls
227-32.27
229-'!llltl
families, Toufali said. Students
are put with families matched by
interests. For example, if a stu-
dent has an interest of
playing
soccer, he or she will be matched
with a family who has
kids
play-
ing soccer or even a father
involved in coaching soccer.
" Some students stay in contact
with their host familie~ for
years," Toufali said.
"They
enjoy the experience
because
they are really living with the
locals, getting involved in the
community and »eeing things
normally
people
wouldn't see."
In
the dorm setting, students
can expect to live with students
from a variety of other countries.
"In
Australia and Europe stu-
dents typically live at home and
commute to the nearest c~llege
so students living in the donn
Sunsets over the majestic Sydney
harbor is
Just
one
of
many sites
students studying abroad get the
oppurtuntty to enjoy.
live either too far to commute or
are
,
fy9m
.
d~:(fJte
_
i;it cou
_
ntries,"
Toufafi
said.
This may allow students
tb
~pand their travel opportunit)'
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004 •
THE CIRCLE
Fashion magazines criticized
for influx of advertisements
By CHRISTINE CATARINO
Staff Writer
Most fashion magazines are
sold for about four dollars, but
critics say journalists are selling
out for even less.
Magazines, especially those
with specific images and mission
statements, appeal to advertisers
because they have tailored and
recognized target markets. The
demographics of the magazine,
especially fashion-oriented mag-
azines are crucial knowledge to
have in order to achieve profi-
cient marketing impact.
Elle
magazine, which reaches
4.6
million people and is published
in
16
different countries, is an
advertiser's ideal marketing
companion. Although Elle is crit-
icized as ad-saturated, its sales
numbers
indicate it is still large-
ly appreciated by its primarily
18-34
year-old market.
Jennifer
Mason, fashion design
major at Marist, said she feels
that Elle magazine embraces a
·
myriad of attitudes and fashion
trends throughout its print copy
articles and extensive advertising
scheme.
"I think Elle is the best fashion
magazine not just for someone
who knows about fashion, but
for a person who wants to learn
about it," Mason said. "It has a
good
balance
of diverse articles
about fashion,
art,
and human
interest stories. The magazine
gi¥es you trends for many differ-
ent tastes."
Despite
typical consumer per-
ctptions, critics of the print
industry in general stress their
concern with compromising
jqurnalism for editorial copy.
Acco~g
to
a
recent Financial
Times article by Gary Silverman,
the loyalty of readers is being
te~ted.
Silverman quoted Michael
Neiss, media director of Lowe
Worldwide, when he said he
thinks
objectivity needs to be
restored.
"The wall between editorial
and commerce-editorial objec-
tivity- is on the wane or on life
support," said Neiss.
Neiss' assessment of magazine
journalism is reiterated by Zenith
Optimedia,
advertising forecast-
mg company, in their projections
of the unbalanced ration of print
to advertisements.
Indeed,
in the United Kingdom
Zenith Optimedia predict that hy
2006
print will constitute less
than half of the mag-
azine
itself,
and
advertising
will
dominate the pages,
comprising 58 per-
cent of content.
Karen Schlusberg,
Marist
Fashion
Department, said she
thinks
magazine
copy is often com-
promised. Evidence
of this is obvious
when prime adver-
tisers are featured
not only in adver-
tisement pages, but
features columns as
well.
"The cre<pbility [is
affected];
they
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wouldn't say any-
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ELLE.COM
thing
negative
Women's
magazine
Elle prints articles about
because
without
fashion,
art and human interests.
them they wouldn't have a mag-
business but they do a good job
azine," Schlusberg said.
representing other nationalities
Although this is a general state-
in fashion spreads," Pierre said
.
ment
1
fashion-oriented maga-
"On a consumer level, Elle is
zines like Elle still need to main-
perfect-it tells all the trends,
tain appropriate balance through-
tips, et cetera. It's not as hour-
out their publication, integrity of geois as Vogue where price-
their profession, and loyalty to points are ridiculously high
their consumers, according to appealing to 'old money'. Elle
Mark Whitaker, president of the appeals to the 'fashionista.'"
American Society of Magazine
As for integrity though, maga-
Editors.
zines as well respected
,
as Elle
In a recent Wall Street Journal are undoubtedly still key influ-
article
written
by
Brian ences on the innovations that
Steinberg, Whitaker affirmed become celebrated trends.
that magazines have a known
Their dependence on advertis-
level of commitment to their ing revenue directly contributes
readership.
to which designs are more
"I still think at the end of the
emphasized,
according
to
day, even a Cosmo
,
even a Richard Kramer, fashion design
Maxim-the reader values the professor, Marist College.
independent voice and sense of
"It affects it totally," Kramer
those magazines, and they don't said.
want to feel-even with those
Lori Arkin,
textiles
professor,
magazines'
subject
material-
Marist College fashion depart-
they are somehow for
sale,"
ment, said she feels Elle's adver-
Wbitaker said.
tising
is
harmless, but its purpos-
Elle
is
its own enterprise out-
es are more related to entertain-
side of the Christian Dior and ment than the reality of the fash-
Manolo Blahnik advertisements ion industry.
printed
between
features
"In
terms of the
'world's
best
columns and fashion show cri-
selling
fashion magazine,' I feel
tiques. Elle Decor, Elle Girl, Elle that making that statement is far
Cuisine, and Elle.com are a~l
more innocuous than Bush say-
spin-offs of the original. Elle is ing he's the right candidate,"
sold at newsstands anywhere Arkin said.
"If
something as
from England to Brazil, from the important as our presidential
Czech Republic to Hong Kong, campaign lacks credibility, the
from Quebec to Sweden.
credibility of fashion mags
Cyndi Pierre, a journalism should be completely, caveat
major
at
Marist, said she recog-
emptor. That is, buy them for
nizes that Elle is a business in the escapism, or the fantasy they
itself, and that the content of Elle try to create."
is more relaxed than its competi-
tors.
"Overall,
Elle doesn't focus on
Abroad program
...
continued from
page five
and visit students they've devel-
oped connections with.
Leaving family and friends
behind can make some students
feel unsure and nervous.
'
"Of course I'm nervous to be
away fro~ home and to miss my
family and friends," Camire
said. "I know I will miss them,
but this is something I really
want to do and something I need
to do for myself."
Overall the Marist Abroad
Program
has gotten excellent
COMPL
E
t.
1959
feedback.
After working at
Mari st for
10
years, Toufali
could not think of anyone who
regretted the experience or said
it was a mistake.
"Students
shouldn't be worried
about what they'll miss out on
here," Toufali said.
"When
they
come back Marist will still be
chugging along and their friends
will still be doing the same
things and going to the same
places, but they will have had a
experience like none other."
,.
&u:.
Toufali advises students who
are interested in studying abroad
to start early by meeting with
their adviser and saving core and
elective classes to take overseas.
"You
could talk to students
around the dorms or on campus
about their experience abroad,"
Toufali said.
"Make
an appoint-
ment with the Marist Abroad
Program to answer questions or
·
concerns."
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''
... I always liked the fact
that there were limits and
[Stern] pushed the limits.
, ,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004
www.marlstclrcle.com
- Elliot Wood
Research Analyst, Broadcast Architecture
,
PAGE
7 -
U2's
latest album
makes 'explosive' debut
Christmas
comedy
puts
an end to
holiday
hype
By
ROB
CELLEITI
Circle Contributor
I'm sure we've all had our fill
of U2's newest single
"Vertigo"
because frankly, you don't need
to look too far to find it If it's
not on the radio, then it's on that
damn iTunes commercial and
if
it's not there, then it's the back-
ground music to a montage of
pro football highlights. But the
great thing about "Vertigo" is
that it's the firi:;t song on U2's lat-
est release "How to Dismantle an
Atomic Bomb" and that there are
10 outstanding and
substantive
songs that follow.
All in all,
these tracks make up an album in
which U2 blends soaring pop
anthems with straight-ahead rock
'n' roll and a touch of the aggres-
sive New Wave Sound that
brought them to the forefront in
the early and mid-80's. The boys
from Dublin don't disappoint.
The album's title is slightly
misleading because it sounds as
though the listener may be in for
a slew of political s~mgs. After
all, Bono is known to
.
shake the
hands of many world leaders
when he is not fronting U2, and
with the current state of the
world, a few political songs were
anticipated
on an album with
such a provocative title.
However, with the exception of
"Love and Peace or Else," Bono
mostly sticks to the lyrical
themes of "All That You Can't
Leave Behind," the album that
put U2 back at the top of the
heap in 2000. He sings about
love, hope, desire and even spiri-
-
tuality. The album's last song is
entitled
"Yahweh,"
the Hebrew
word for
"God,"
and is one of the
record's strongest songs in tenns
of lyrics.
Bono has· always been poetic
with his lyrics and this album is
no different. What is so impres-
sive about "How to Dismantle an
Atomic Bomb" is the energy
with which the music is per-
fonned.
Bono, guitarist The
Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and
drummer Larry Mullen, Jr. are all
in their mid-40s, but certainly
don't play like it.
Songs like
"Vertigo"
and "All Because of
You" (the album's next single)
are energetic, fun, straight-head
rock
'n'
roll; somewhat new ter-
ritory for U2, although it do es
resemble some of the band's ear-
liest work which was all but for-
gotten about after l 987's "The
Joshua Tree."
There's also plenty of the clas-
sic, anthem-type U2 that charac-
terizes the group in so many peo-
ple's minds right alongside of the
newer sound heard on "How to
Dismantle an· Atomic Bomb."
.
"Miracle DT4g" and
"Crumbs
From Your Table" feature melod-
ic guitar and piano lines that are
so typical of The Edge's innova-
tive musical style which has
always complimented Bono's
beautiful vocal melodies. The
drums and bass drive these songs
forward and keep the energy up:
My personal favorite on "How
to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"
is its fifth song, "City of
Blinding Lights."
This song
finds all of the band members at
the top of their respective games
and it really encapsulates the
entire album.
It
is energetic yet
ethereal and it is truly an uplift-
ing piece of music.
Also, pay close attention to
"Sometimes
You Can't Make It
On
Your Own," a song that Bono
wrote for his late father Paul
Hewson who passed jlWay in
September of 2001.
It
is one of
Bono's most personal songs and
adds to an album chock full of
u2·s
latest
high energy-release,
"How
to
Dismantle
an
Atomic Bomb"
(c;over
.
art shown above) mixes a newer sound with the traditional,
anthem-type U2, to please old and new fans alike.
Atomic Bomb" is a gorgeous
rock album that only U2 could
make. It traveled quite a long
road to the record store shelves
the album also has the capability
of bringing
in
new fans for U2,
just like
"All
That You Can't
.
Leave Behind'' did four years
and finally hit them last week.
It
ago.
certainly won't disappoint the
emotional and healing music.
loyal following that U2 has built
Overall, "How to Dismantle an over the past 25 years. However,
• lis the
sea-
on for mild-
I
humored
Chri
tmas
comedies
F
aturcd
in
th1.
·u
on·
hne-up
i
"Chn tma<;
v.
ith
the
K.ranks,
eas:onal comedy
tamng
run
Allen
and
Jamie
Lee Curtis
Luther and Nora
Krank.
The
Kranks
ha,
c
decided to
take
a;
break
from hnstmas
th.is
year
after the departure of
their only
daughter,
Blaire, who has
joined
th
Peace Corps
for
the
upcoming
Chnslma
season.
Unfortunately, the
Kranks
bavt-
a
harder
time
than
they
thought
in e
capmg Chn
tmas,
and
hilarity ensues
...
or does
it
'"Chri
tma.
with
the
Kranb"
may
seem
lik
a
hannl
edy
on
the mt ston
to
please,
but
don't be fooled by
its
packaging
becau
e the
only
thing at the bottom of
this'
stocking
i
a
lump
of coal.
Howard
Stem's
highly anticipated jump to
Sirius
in
2005
While mildly amusmg
times,
the
Krank ultunately
do
not deliver.
Where there
should
be laugh . the only thmg
that
seems to
linger
1s
silence,
and
although l know we all
love
awkward
11
nc
I'd ratbet
stick to the good
stuff.
"Christmas
with
the
Knmlcs"
By
LAURA
FOGERTY
Circle Contributor
Howard Stem is finally
getting
what be'~ always wanted
:
the
ability to say anything he wants
to.
Stern is taking his show to
Sirius Satellite Radio in 15
months, after his contract expires
with Infinity Broadcasting, Inc.
Sirius, who is in heavy competi-
tion with the larger XM Radio, is
paying Stern $500 million with a
five-year contract, expecting to
boost listenership by
adding
Stem to theirz station.
Bradley C. Freeman, an assis
-
tant professor of media
arts
at
Marist College, said he sub-
scribes to Sirius because he likes
the fact that it has three public
radio stations.
He said that
adding Stem to the station will
increase the number of sub-
scribers.
"T
here
were many markets
[Stem]
was not in," Freeman
said. "Now I can click on Sirius,
and there he
wiU
be,
clear
as a bell."
Satellite radio is not free,
and if
listeners
are going
to
rollow Stem,
the.y,
will
have to subscribe to Sirius
for $12.95 per month.
arti§tie
element,
it
will have
potential to become more enter-
taining.
Research analyst Wood said
1
that its
Ule
ru.l~
that Sten;i had
to
work around that made the show
more compelling.
He said he
does not think people will pay
for his show just so they can hear
the bad language.
Elliot Wood, research
analyst
for
Broadcast
Architecture, a company
specializing
in smooth
jazz, feels that there is no
good way to predict if
people will follow Stern to
satellite since it is hard to
predict listener behavior.
"Satellite
has been avail-
After i1is contract expires with Infinity
Broadcasting, Inc, Stern (above) will move
to Sirius Satellite Radio.
'"As
a listener to Stem, I feel
the show can move around issues
more freely, but I always liked
the fact that there were limits and
he pushed the
limits,"
.Wood
said. "With no limits, it
sounds
kind of boring."
able for years and the
adoption process has been
slow,"
Wood said.
"Radio
has
survived
as the 'take along' free
medium."
Satellite radio is unregulated,
which will allow Stem's contro-
versial show free range deejays.
Opie & Anthony were removed
from terrestrial radio (or their
content,
and can now be heard on
XM Radio.
Freeman said the show will
benefit from satellite; however
Stem may take too many liber-
ties with his freedom and eventu-
ally get old to listeners.
'
"If
you do it because you can
do it, it loses its resonance,"
Freeman said.
Freeman said that as long as the
show pairs its vulgarity with an
Marist College junior, Daniel
Calandra, who
co-hosts
"The
Show" on
_
Marist College Radio,
WMCR, said he would never pay
for radio.
However, Calandro
said he thinks Stern is making
the right move by moving to
satellite.
"It's
good he is moving to
satellite because I think he is
fairly
amusiug
and now he can
say
whatever
he
wants,"
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One benefit of satellite radio is
that it has 9ommercial free music
stations. Most major car compa-
nies now offer s~tellite radio
options, which is attractive for
people driving long distances
.
Listeners can tune in to one sta-
tion for hours.
Freeman said that satellite can
survive alongside traditional
radio, although if its popularity
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004 •
THE CIRCLE
Women's basketball pulls through against Bonnies
By
BRIAN
A.
HODGE
Staff Writer
Stellar defense and some time-
ly offense spurred the Marist
Lady Red Foxes first win of the
season. The win came at the
expense of a talented St.
Bonaventure team on their home
court in Olean, N.Y.
The defending Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference champions
found themselves down seven
points to the Boonies with just
6:00 left in the contest. However,
the Red Foxes ripped off a 14-6
run to secure a 56-52 victory.
Junior forward Fifi Camara led
Marist offensively, tallying 13
points.
Freshman Stephanie
Youdath and senior Megan
Vetter also contributed to a bal-
anced, offensive attack, adding
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points and 12 points and six
rebounds,
respectively.
The story of the game, howev-
er, was the Marist defense. For
the second time in as many
games, the Red Foxes put the
clamps on the opposing team,
holding their opposition to under
60 points. The Red Fox back-
court shut down St.
Bonaventure
star guard Stephanie Collins,
who scores 19 .5 points per
game, holding, the junior to a
mere four points.
The Boonies showed they knew
how to play some defense of
their own, hmyever, as Marist
scored only 22 points, and shot
27 percent from the floor in the
first half. The two teams spent
much of the game within a few
baskets of each other.
The second half played out
much like the first, with the two
teams trading baskets. Camara
broke a 48-48 tie with a free
throw and Marist tightened up
defensively, limiting the Boonies
tQ 2-8 from the floor. Vetter
showed her experience and pres-
ence, knocking down five clutch
free throws en route to a well-
earned inaugural victory.
Sophomore Alisa Kresge built
on an impressive freshman
reswne, notching seven points,
six assists, and eight rebounds
without a turnover in 3 8 minutes
of playing time.
Marist also showed a better
touch from the floor in the sec-
ond half, shooting 48 percent
from the field as well as going
12-17 from the free throw line.
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soccer
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guys stayed right in the micjdle
and never deviated. While the
NCAA tournament was a first,
we played it like any regular
game - fearless. We didn't miss a
beat."
While a lesser team may have
crumbled when UConn scored
the first goal of the game with
four minutes into the second
half, Marist continued attacking
until the very end when sopho-
more Anthony Graci's scored his
seventh goal of the season to
send the game to overtime.
"There was never any panick-
ing," Herodes said. "That's why
they are
champs.
They played
even more intense after UConn
scored. From that point on we
pinned them in their half [of the
field]. We just kept pounding
and pounding, and they were
holding on for dear life, and we
finally broke through."
The 2004 season was not only
highlighted by Marist's first
NCAA tournament bid, but team
records for shutouts ( eight) and
consecutive shutouts (seven) as
well as a best-ever four All-
MAAC First Team selections,
featuring
sophomore
Keith
Detelj, juniors Tomislav Rogic
and Benjamin Castor, and senior
Mike Valenti.
Also, senior midfielder David
Musinski was named to the All-
MAAC Second Team while
freshman back Matt Mones
earned All-Rookie Team honors.
A big reason for the team's suc-
cess was the leadership from the
seniors, according to Herodes.
"Every one of our seniors
showed
leadership,
even
the
one's who didn't see playing
time," he said.
"They all,
in their
own
way,
were tremendous
foundation pieces
...
all of them.
Some played more than others,
but
each of
them were
equally
valuable.
You've got to have
leadership, and they
showed
it,
on and off the field."
Although Herodes said the loss
to Uconn was a devastating end
to the season, it does not sully
the team's accqmplishments.
"I had to pull the kids off the
field, they were so
spent,"
he
said. "They didn't want to leave,
and for the season to be over.
For me, having to go to the press
room and be interviewed right
after the game was really tough.
But when you have a day or two
to look back, it doesn't take away
from this campaigl! at all,
because
it
is remarkable what
these guys did."
Herodes said this team will be
one that will be remembered for
quite some time.
"It was an honor to coach these
kids," he said. "It was a
great
experience, and only time can
change the memory of
it;
but
it
will be around for quite
some-
time."
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Tough Vermont team hands men's
basketball team a 90-70 road loss
By.ANDREW ALONGI
Staff Writer
The Marist College men's bas-
ketball team traveled to a sold-
out Patrick Gym last Friday
night to take on the Vermont
Catamounts, where they suffered
a 20-point loss by the score of
90-70.
Leading the Red Foxes offen-
sively was sophomore guard
Will Whittington, scoring a
career-and team-high 25 points
and solidifying his 17.8 points-
per-game average. Whittington
also went three for three from the
free throw line.
Sophomore Miles Orman
added a career-high 12 points to
the Red Foxes attack while
snatching fi:ve rebounds.
Also contributing to the Red
Foxes was senior center Will
McClurkin,
·
who scored nine
points and ripped down 11
boards. Mcclurkin also shot 75
percent from the free-throw line
and is averaging 12.8 points per
game this season.
The Catamounts were
led
by
red-shirt senior T.J. Sorrentine,
who scored 31 points, and red-
'We need· to spend
more time becoming
fundamentally sound
on defense.'
-Matt Brady
Head coach
shirt senior Taylor Coppenwrath
added 18 points and nine
rebounds.
The
Catamounts
scored 50 of their 90 points in
the
paint.
Despite the minor breakdown
in the paint, head coach Matt
Brady said they guard well from
the three-point line.
"We need to spend more time
becoming fundamentally sound
on defense," he said. "As a team,
we
guard
well
from the three-
point line but need
to
defend
the lane
better."
Senior Brandon
Ellerbee did not
play due to an
injury in his hand.
Brady
said
Ellerbee will miss
up to six weeks
due to the injury.
"The loss of
Ellerbee causes a
change in the start-
ing line-up," Brady
said. "Our best ball
def
ender is lost. He
puts great pressure
on the basketball,
which can lead to
Jared
Jordan bringing the ball up In the
72-67
home-ope11er victory over
Cornell.
turnovers. Not having him in the
line-up affects us defensively
.
"
The Red Foxes return home for
a Monday evening match-up
with Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference
(MMC)
foe, the St.
Peter's Peacocks on Dec.
6
at
7:30 p.m. in the James J.
Mccann Center.
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004 •
PAGE 9
Pepsi-Marist
Classic gives
fans with a taste
of the Wild
West in Poughkeepsie
By ALEXANDER
D.
PANA-
GIOTOPOULOS
Assistant Sports Editor
It's no coincidence that three
players on the men's basketball
team are from Texas.
Although no one had to check
.
their Nikes for scorpions, and
there
.
wasn't a leathery-faced
piano player at
mid-court, the
Pepsi-Mari st
Classic in the
McCann Center
showed a new
swashbuckling,
quick-draw
style that relies
mainly
on
three-pointers
and
cojones.
This
com-
pelling form of
basketball
Matt
Brady
'
s
offense
.
McClurkin
,
who at 6-9 is the
tallest player on the team not
wearing a suit
,
was named to the
All-Tournament Team by averag-
ing 13.5 points and 7 rebounds
over the two games and hitting
3
of 4 vital free throws in the clos-
ing seconds of the Cornell game
.
Whittington
,
of Kingwood
,
Texas, bit like
a ratt
l
esnake
on
the
perimeter by
hitting
an
incredible 10
of
1
6 three
po i,n
t
er
s
,
man
y
of them
with a defend-
er's
hand
being shoved
in his face. He
also proved
that he can
Magarity returns to McCann sideline ... as color
commentator on TV
proyed
just
Will
Mcclurkin
helps up sophomore
share with the
enough
to
forward Miles Orman.
rest of
·
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nudge awake a
class, as he
By ALEXANDER DIMITRIOS
PANAGIOTOPOUL OS
Assistant Sports Editor
There was a Dave Magarity
sighting in the McCann Center
on Nov. 20 at th~ Mari~t vs.
Birmingham Southern game, and
he didn't have to wear a fake
mustache, glasses and trench
coat.
Magarity sat on press row, pro-
viding color commentary next to
Time Warner Cable 6's Tony
Morino for a television broadcast
of the game. Time Warner Cable
needed another oerson for their
broadcast team and found a will-
ing and extremely qualified can-
didate in Magarity, who
in
March relinquished his coaching
duties with the Marist men's bas-
ketball team.
Magarity will be involved with
Time Warner's
11
men's broad-
casts and two women's broad-
casts this season.
·
It will not
interfere with his other job as
director of men's basketball
operations
·
with the
Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Magarity was the face of
Marist basketball for 18 seasons,
and many longtime fans surely
expected to see him throw off his
headset and jacket, loosen his tie.
and start pacing up and down the
sideline when Marist began to
'I'm
not gonna lie, It
was a little tough for
me. You gotta move on.
I
really enjoyed It.'
-
Dave Magarlty
Former
head coach
struggle in the game.
Magarity said it was strange to
watch the players that he recruit-
ed out on the court.
"I'm not gonna lie, it was a lit-
tle tough for me," he said. "You
gotta move on. I'm not coaching
this year, and this is a great
opportunity for me to
try
some-
thing that I always wanted to do.
I really enjoyed it."
Magarity said he accepted the
job with current head coach Matt
Brady's blessing.
·
"The first thing I did when they
approached me was I called
Coach Brady," he said. "I s~id,
'Would you have a problem with
this?
I'm
not sure
I
want to do
this, but
I
want to make sure you
don't have a problem.
:
He told
me 'Great, that's a great opportu-
nity.' I'm certainly not rooting
against Marist."
Without any feelings of resent-
ment or ill will, Magarity said he
was able to focus on calling the
game.
"My biggest adjustment was
working with the replays and the
headset and talking with people
talking in my ear," he said. "For
me personally, I had a lot of
things going on in my mind, but
I had a lot of fun, and it was
something I could really enjoy
doing.
I
just hope
I
can get bet-
ter at it .. . as far as I'm con-
cerned,
I
could stink at it.''
Magarity said he was happy to
see Jared Jordan and Will
Whittington
·
build on their strong
freshman seasons.
"[Whittington] is shooting the
ball well ... Jared is a gr@at point
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teams
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pot for
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even ranked m the BCS top
25
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take
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bid away from
a top
ten team
in
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t
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or
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BCS
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this
season is
greater than In
years
past
and wlll hopefully lead to a
change In the system.
and fie
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b wl
for the
confer-
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Big 12.
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and
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the
BCS
has
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th1
season
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greater
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a1
past
and
will
hope-
fully
lead
to a cl.iaa
m lhc
sys-
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detemnnc an
undisput-
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national
champion
college
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Magarity will be back at
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women
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basketball team's game
against last season's MAAC co-
champion Siena College
.
Courtesy of
www.goredfoxes.com
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will
be doing
color commentary of Marlst bas
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this season.
slumbering Sixth Man section,
dished
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which actually was able to main-
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tain
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entire possession at the end of the
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rather than lapsing into the usual
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hearkening back to the days of son
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THE CIRCLE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2004
www.marlstclrcle.com
Women's bask
.
etball beats Wildcats 52-
34 in blowout home opener on Monday
By ALEXANDER D. PANA-
GIOTOPOULOS
Assistant Sports
Editor
The Marist women's basketball
team won their fourth straight
home opener with a 52-34 drub-
bing of the New Hampshire
Wildcats
on
Monday night.
The victory lifted the Foxes to
a 2-1 record
·
heading
into their
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic
Conference opener at
7
p.m.
Friday night against rival Siena,
who tied Marist last season with
a 13-5 conference record before
Marist triumphed in the MAAC
tournament.
The game was
dominated by Marist's two star
forwards,
pre-season
All-
MAAC player Kristen Keller
and junior transfer Fifi Camara.
Keller helped get her teammates
involved in Marist's motion
offense, dropping six assists for
easy baskets while scoring a
dozen points of her own,, while
Camara
helped
blow
the
Wildcats out in the second half
by pouring in 12 of her 14
points on a variety of lay-ups,
over Thanksgiving break and
couldn't
make it, or maybe
they're waiting for Siena. We
hope they
come
out
on
Friday.
It's a huge game against
our
rival."
put-backs and jump
shots.
Despite. being the
home opener for
the
reigning
MAAC champions,
the
game
was
sparsely attended,
' ...
Maybe they're wait-
ing for Siena. We hope
they come out on Friday.
It's a huge game against
our rival.'
Keller was
second on the
team in points
and Jed in
rebounds
(six)
and
assists.
Giorgis said
that Keller is
with maybe a third
of the fans of the
-
Brian Glorgis
at her best
Head coach
when
she
men's home open-
·
- - - - - - - - - - blends
in and
er. Head coach Brian
-
Giorgis uses her many fools, instead of
wasn't bothered by the lack of trying to score every point.
support, but was optimistic
"She's always been a good
about the turnout for Friday's passer," Giorgis said.
"She
showdown.
struggled a little bit wlien she_
"I
didn't even think of [the forced the issue. When Kristen
turnout]," Giorgis said
.
"Maybe is in the flow of the offense, but
they didn't do any of their work not the fpcal point
.
of the
offense, she's at her best."
Statistics indicate that Marist
struggled to score points in the
first half, with a shooting per-
centage of .24, but it was actual-
ly the result of scoring too many
points. Marist led 16-2 in the
first half, and Giorgis saw the
lead as a chance to let his
younger players get on the floor.
"Once we started making
massive substitutions, we got
out of sync," he said. "We went
11 minutes without a field goal.
lt was some people's first time
of getting action that early. It
was a different reason other than
the offense wasn't working."
Behind Camara and Keller's
sparkling performances were
guards Alisa Kresge and Megan
Vetter.
Kresge had five
rebounds and four assists, while
Vetter scored six points,
SEE WOMEN, PAGE 9
Men's soccer coach Herodes proud of team after NCAA exit
By
ERIC ZEDALIS
Staff Writer
As head coach Bobby Herodes
had
to
pull his team off the field
after a devasuiting 1 ..
1
overtime
loss against the University of
Connecticut in the first round of
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) touma-
ment, he could not help but
detect a bit of irony in how his
team was beaten.
Team depth, the very reason for
Marist's second Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
championship in school history
and first ever NCAA tournament
berth, was what led to its demise
in
its NCAA tournament debut.
Herodes said the team mus-
tered
all the
energy they could to
hand UConn a loss, but they
came short.
"In
tying the game [ at one goal
apiece1 we uiedjustaboutevery-
thing we had left in the tanks," he
said.
"During the season, we
buried teams when we used the
whole team.
Normally depth
was
our
strongpoint, but it ended
up being UConn's."
According
to
Herodes, the Red
Foxes were without two key
players off the bench, junior
Dustin Byrnes and senior Pat
Safino.
"Without their minutes, it hurt
us," he said. "They kept us bal-
anced. Without Byrnes, we had
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Junior transfer
Afl
camera jumps for
the opening
tip. camera led the
team with 14
points
and 5 rebounds.
Inside:
Andy Gates on the lunacy ofthe
BCS,
Dave Magarity spotted
with
a
headset
in
Mccann,
and the
full story
on
what's been going
on
with the men ·sand women's basketball teams
to use the same three defenders
the whole game, because we
couldn't rotate any other guys
in."
Nevertheless, the nine-year
head coach said the amount of
character his team showed in
what he called "a great sporting
event" was brilliant.
'
·
'They were true warriors,"
Herodes said. "No complacency
and no anxiety. As a coach you
worry about two things. One,
that your guys will be cavalier
because of how far you've got-
ten, and two, you worry about
them having anxiety and playing
not to lose, especially with some
of our players injured. But these
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SOCCER, PAGE 6
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