VOLUME 56, ISSUE 19
You can buy it on
EEEbay!
But you can also get
robbed. Northern
llinois
student
was charged with
felony theft of Ebay.
pg.
3
Marist plans
upscale renovations
Marist has many plans in
the works for
changing
the
campus,
including
new dorms for upper-
classmen. pg. 4
Let the sound
evolve
Ani
DiFranco's
new
album
Evolve
is music
that has matured and
grown,
is now
ready
for
wroldwide domination.
pg.8
My bologna has a
first name
...
It's
O-S-C-A-R, my
bologna
has a
second
name
it's
P-O-L-A-N-S-K-I. pg. 8
See ya St. Peters
Men's
baseball brought
out the
brooms
last
week,
winning
three
against
the
Peahens.
pg.8
,
Softball gets second
win
With
a 8-4 victory
over
Stony
Brook
the girls look
to
swing around
their
season. pg. 8
MAAC pitcher of the
week!
Our
very own
Chuck
Bechtel threw a
no-hitter
against
Manhattan last
week.
pg.
8
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THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2003
Bush, Coalition delare
war on Hussein, Iraq
By Matt Dunning
A
&
E Editor
For the first time in over a
decade,
the
United States is at
war with a foreign country. On
March 19, 2003, President Bush
issued an order that sent more
than 242,000 American troops
along with 59,000 Coalition
troops-consisting mostly of
British and Australian forces-
into
battle.
The order came after
Bush
delivered a 48-hour
ultima-
tum
to Iraqi president Saddam
Hussein
to either disclose the
location(s) of weapons of mass
destruction that he had allegedly
hid from U.N. weapons inspec-
tors or face a military invasion.
The following is a day-by-day
account of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, spanning from the ini-
tial attacks until press time, April
1.
March 19,
2003-Air strikes on
the cities of Baghdad and Basara
included more than 40 satellite-
guided Tomahawk cruise mis-
siles fired from U.S. warships in
the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.
Targets were said to be "leader-
ship targets."
March 20,
2003-Iraq
fired as
many as ten missiles into
Kuwait. Two were intercepted
by
Patriot
surface-to-air mis-
siles.
March
2l,
2003-The
first
Coalition casualties of Operation
Iraqi Freedom when a U.S.
·
Marine
CH-46
helicopter
crashed in Kuwait. All 16 pas-
sengers-4 U.S. flight operators
and 12 British troops-were
killed.
March 22,
2003-Iraq's 51 st
Army Division surrendered at
Iraq's southern border, the first in
a series of Iraqi unit surrenders.
Two U.S. marines were killed in
action, becoming the first
Coalition combat casualties.
March
23,
2003-Coalition
troops advanced more than 150
miles into Iraqi territory and
crossed the Euphrates l~.iver
using existing
bridges.
March 24,
2003-Some
Iraqi
troops have ambushed coalition
forces by faking an intention to
surrender and dressing in civil-
ian clothes, actions the Pentagon
called "serious violations of the
Jaws of war."
March 25,
2003-U.S.-led coali-
tion forces killed an estimated
150 to 200 Iraqis Tuesday in a
land battle in the ~uphr~tes
Valley east of Najaf
.
The
battle
was said to be the single biggest
firefight to date.
March
26,
2003-Coalition
deaths in Operation
Iraqi
Freedom totaled at 43.
Iraqi
officials claimed at least 93
civilians have died since the
U.S.-led invasion began.
March 27,
2003-British military
officials claimed to have fol.ind
chemical weapons suits when
Iraqi soldiers abandoned a facil-
ity in southern Iraq.
March 28, 2003-An
Iraqi hospi-
Darren
Hilderlwww.defendameri
c
a.mil
Preparing for military action against Iraq, Australian soldiers from the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian
Regiment (Commando) use state-of-the-art night vision equipment
to
conduct a night patrol in mid-
March on a remote range. The soldiers
are a
critical part of
the Special
Forces Task Group deployed
to the Middle East.
tal official said at least 52
pooi,le
were killed when a Baghdad
neighborhood was bombed.
Iraq's health minister said the
war has left approximately 4,000
civilians dead or wounded.
March 29,
2003-Two journalists
for Newsday, reported missing
while in Iraq, may have been
detained by the Iraqi govern-
ment, the newspaper's editor said
Saturday
.
Four
·
u.s.
soldiers
were kiIJed Saturday morning
when an Iraqi suicide bomber
towtt ofNajaf.
March
30, 2003-An
Egyptian
electrician working for the U.S.
military drove a pickup truck
Sunday into a line of American
·
soldiers waiting outside the post
exchange at Camp Udairi in
Kuwait's northwest desert, injur-
ing 15 of them.
March
31, 2003-U.S.
Marines
raided an air base in southern
Iraq and seized a large weapons
cache. Marines also raided Fajr,
where they captured Baath Party
destroyed Iraqi air defense
equipment.
April 1,
2003-In
what was called
the beginn
i
ng of the battle of
Baghdad, U.S. forces began a
major ground offensive against
at least two Repub
l
ican Guard
divisions -- the Medina and
Baghdad -- south of the Iraqi
capital.
The Marist
Circle
will contine
coverage of Operation Iraqi
Freedom next week in a special
insert of the paper.
attacked a checkpoint in the members, found weapons and
Timeline courtesy o
f
CNN
.
COM
Gregory student held at gunpoirit
On Friday, March 14, 2003, at
approximately 3:09 a
.
m. two
·
males allegedly entered the
Gregory dorm.
They accosted a male Marist
student in the lower level com-
mon area, and then, according to
the male student, the subjects
held him at gunpoint and
demanded his wallet. The stu-
dent claims that he fought with
the two men and was hit on the
neck and head with the gun.
Shortly after, the two subjects
ran off with the student's watch.
The two subjects were
described as follows: a black
male, in his 20s, wearing a
fatigue jacket and a black ban-
dana
.
The other subject was a
white male, also in his 20s, wear-
ing a Windbreaker jacket.
Marist College Security,
Fairview Ambulance, and the
Town of Poughkeepsie Police
responded. The student was
taken to St. Francis' emergency
room for treatment of injuries to
the head and the neck.
Marist Security urges students
to "think safety at all times" by
taking precautions. This involves
simple tasks
like
keeping doors
locked, and to not propping open
any
building
entrances. Students
are also encouraged to report any
suspicious activities or persons
to the Office of Safety and
Security.
Marist College asks anyone
with information pertaining to
this incident, to please report it
to the Office of Safety and
Security
·
at extension 2282 or
471-1822.
The
Town
of
Poughkeepsie Police Detective
Division can also be contacted at
485-3670.
- Alissa Brew
Cortez admits to shooting of Monagan
By Melissa
Ferriola
Staff Writer
Fonner Marist student, Jose
Cortez, faces up to two years in
prison after admitting to shoot-
ing a Marist basketball player at
McCoy's Steak and Ale House
last semester
.
He pl
e
aded guilty
to second-degree assault, a
felony, on Monday, March 24
,
2003 in proceedings before
Dutchess County Court Judge
Gerald V. Hayes.
Most Marist students will
Weekend
Weather
remember the frightening event
that took place across the street
from Marist on Halloween this
year.
In a crowded bar, with about
400 people around
,
Cortez and
another man entered in an argu-
ment. Cortez admitted that he
cocked a loaded gun as the argu-
ment intensified. Then, the gun
was
fired and hit Pierre
Monagan, a junior transfer stu-
dent, in the face. His cheekbone
was shattered and he was not
able to play basketball this sea-
Thursday
Afternoon show-
ers. Highs
in
the
low 60s and lows
in the mid 40s.
son because the injury didn't heal
fast enough.
There is a maximum of seven
years in prison for second-degree
assault
,
but in exchange for
Corte
z
's guilty plea, he will face
no more than two years
.
Linda Crane
,
a sophomore at
Marist
,
expresses her opinion
about the possible sentence.
"It's scary that someone can do
something as serious as shoot
someone and only get two years
in prison
."
His s
e
ntence is scheduled for
Friday
Showers possible.
Highs in the mid
60s and lows in
the
low
30s.
May 21, so until then he is free
on $50,000 bail.
Senior Assistant District
Attorney Edward Whitesell said
that even though Cortez did not
intend to shoot Monagan, his
behavior
was
reckless.
Therefore
,
he needs to learn a
lesson and others need to see the
importance of being responsible.
Another student, Kate Hanly
,
reflects back on that night and
said she does not think two years
of punishment is enough.
"He obviously intended to
Saturday
Showers possible.
Highs in the mid
40s and lows in
the upper 20s.
shoot someone, or why else
would he have brought a gun into
a bar," said Hanly. "A lot of peo-
ple could have been shot that
night, including me, and I just
don't think that less than two
years is enough punishment."
However, Athletic Direc
t
or,
Tim Murray, says that Mona
g
an
is just trying to put the incident
behind him.
"He said, 'I really am trying to
put this behind me and I have. "
Sunday
Mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper
40s and lows in the
low 30s.


















































THE CIRCLE
CAMPUS COMMUNITY
(845)-575-3000 ext. 2429
April 3, 2003
Security Briefs
Friday
3/14
Town Police came to campus
at about 12: 10 a.m. to inter-
view a student about an acci-
dent that had occurred earlier
in the night at the Applebee's
parking lot across the street.
It was a hit and run incident,
but a witness was able to get a
good look at the reckless driv-
er and reported the incident to
an Applebee's employee. Due
to the good description of the
driver, the employee was able
to track down the bill of the
hit and runner. The bill was
actually paid for by Marist
Money, so the student was
easily tracked down with this
infonpation.
According to
security this was the first time
Marist Money was used as a
"forensic tool."
Sunday
3123
A student in Upper West
Cedar came back from Spring
Break and was rudely greeted
with an unwanted surprise.
The student found that the car
windshield of their 1993
Honda was broken at 8:20
p.m.
No police report was
taken.
Monday
3/24
FOUR!
A
student in
Champagnat was sound asleep
at 9:45 p.m. but was rudely
awoken by the sound of
breaking glass. The bedroom
window was broken by
·
an
errant golf ball. The students
practicing for the Marist Open
clearly need to work on that
,
wicked slice and stay on the
fairways.
Wednesday
3/26
Even through rain, sleet,
Compiled
by Ed Williams
III
Staff Writer
snow, and apparently fender
benders, the Marist mail will
not be stopped. A Marist post
office van was found damaged
by the loading dock behind
Champagnat at 10:20 a.m.
There was damage to the tail-
light anq fender.
Friday
3/28
The skillful eyes of the securi-
ty guards at the Champagnat
entry desk were hard at work
once again. At 2: 15 a.m. an
way to her own room rather
than a one night's stay at the
luxurious St. Francis Hospital.
Saturday
3/29
Trying to evade the entry desk
officer of Leo, an unautho-
rized guest tried removing the
screen from a lower level
room in Leo to gain entry into
the building. A security guard
on patrol witnessed the act,
and stopped the tomfoolery.
the alcohol was confiscated.
This was another slow week
,
but Champagnat qgain took
advantage of the weak compe-
tition. After three more ticks
on the stat sh_eet, they have
doubled up their lead on Leo,
and Marian is starting to fall
further and further behind.
We
're
in the home stretch now,
and Champagnat seems to be
running away with
'it.
unauthorized male guest tried Saturday
3/29
to pull a fast one and used a The normally quiet Midrise
female ID card to swipe in. pop-s up this week in the alco-
Needless to say this guest was hol column. An intoxicated
caught and forced to leave student drunkenly tried to gain
campus. Now, I've heard of access into the dorm but was
guys trying to get in touch stopped by the entry desk offi-
with their feminine sides, but cer. The student was deemed
that's going a bit too far
.
.
coherent enough to just wait
Weekly alcohol or dru~-relat-
ed
incidents tally by dorms:
Champagnat -
3
Marian- 1
Semester's total of alcohol or
drug-related incidents by
dorms:
Friday
3/28
Now for this week's first alco-
hol related incident. And of
course it's brought to you by
the crazy kids in Champagnat.
An officer on patrol at 2:44
a.m. noticed a cab driving
erratically in the Donnelly lot
and
,
flagged it down. Inside
.
the cab was a highly intoxicat-
ed Champagnat student. The
student was taken to St.
Francis
by
Fairview
Ambulance and ordered the
Marist special.
Saturday
3/29
Champagnat kept up their
drinking ways at l :33 a.m.
T~e entry desk officer spotted
a slightly inebriated guest try-
ing to enter the room. The
female student was made to sit
for an hour, then after further
observation, was deemed fully
functional and was sent on her
for an hour before going back
to his room at 2:31 a.m.
Champagnat - 20
Leo- 10
Sheahan-7
Saturday
3129
What they lack in alcohol Marian - 6
offenses, the Marian kids Midrise - 4
always seem to make up for it Old Townhouses - 3
with vandalism. This week Benoit -
2
proved to be no different. Upper West Cedar - 2
Security on patrol at 11 :30 Lower West Cedar - 1
a.m. found a I-foot by 2-foot Donnelly- 1
hole in the wall in the South Garti~hd -
1
hallway of the West End of the
second floor.
Note from Security:
Due to some recent traffic
Saturday
3130
indicents,
the
Town
of
The slow week ended on an
Rvl,·ce
Poughkeepsie
alcohol.:related note, and yes,
Department will be strictly
it was from Champagnat. An
RA was making their rounds enforcing th
,
e laws in reg9rd
and heard a noise coming to both motorists (sp_eeding
from a first floor room. and ~o turn on red) an
,
d
·
Further investigation of the PEDESTRIANS (crossing
noise uncovered half a bottle agai~st
·
the walfc in
_
dfcator).
of Seagrams and two unautho-
rized visitors.
The visitors
were escorted off campus and
Fines can reach as high as
$100, so please obey the traf-
fic laws at all times.
MTV interviews students for show
Students line up for their dreams to be MADE
ByAli Reina
Staff Writer
MTV, along with the producers
of "MADE," invaded Marist
College last Wednesday, March
26, 2003
in an attempt to give
students the opportunity to fulfill
their dreams.
"MADE" is a program that
helps people achieve a reachable
goal,
·
by working with the stu-
dents for six months and appoint-
ing the necessary coaching.
Tim Massie, head of Public
Relations for Marist College,
said this was a great opportunity.
"I think it's a great thing,"
Massie said.
"It
gets the name of
Marist out there."
There are no guarantees if any
Marist students will even make it
on the show, but about two dozen
students showed up for the open
casting
call
Wednesday.
Interviews lasted for up to three
hours and students hoping to
become professional singers,
lose weight, and learn how to
street luge were among the many
that competed for a place in the
show.
Inspired Soul
One student who showed up for
the interview
,
sophomore Taylor
Twist, hopes that
MTV
will
get
him
the equipment and coaching
he needs to become a successful
street luger. Twist was first intro-
duced to the sport in
1996,
when
ESPN's X-Games came to his
hometown of Providence, Rhode
Island.
At that time, he was
given the opportunity to see what
According to Massie,
MTV had a great time
taping "I Bet You Will,'' in
the fall semester and now
contact Marist first for
upcoming events.
the sport was all about and learn
from professional athletes
.
Two
of these athletes, w
_
ho were spon-
sored by his father's company,
were actually staying at Twist's
home <luting the games.
Later that summer
,
Twist began
building street luges out of old
skateboards and scraps of wood.
For a few years he spent his time
riding the makeshift luges down
the hills of his neighborho
_
od
.
However
,
without any real train-
ing and the proper equipment,
his dream slowly started to fade,
but not completely. When Twist
found out that MTV was coming
to campus, he thought this would
be the perfect opportunity to
make his dream come true.
Twist believes that with the
proper coaching and quality
equipment he can be successful.
"I know I'll be good at it. I was
introduced to the sport by pr(?feS-
sionals, I've done an unthinkable
amount of research ~d I know
everything there is to know. I just
need a luge under me and some
coaching
.
I know I· can be suc-
cessful, I just need a liaison."
While none of the interviewers
really knew what street luging
was, Twist said they were really
nice and now all he can do is wait
for a call.
MTV's bigger presence
In addition to this recent visit
from "MADE," Marist should
expect to see more of MTV on
campus. According to Massie,
MTV had a great time taping "I
bet You Will;" in the fall semester
and now contact Marist first for
·
upcoming events.
A take-off (rom "Trading
Spaces" is in the works for MTV,
and the network is looking at
Marist for ,potential students.
In~tead of remodeling houses,
MTV will revamp wardrobes.
Overall, Mas
.
~ie said these
endeavors have been a positive
experience for the Marist com-
m.µii):y.
·
"')'m just happy that Marist is
on their list," Massie said.
mtv.com
MTV visted the Marist campus
last campus last Wednesday.
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Events
Calendar
.
Renzo Devia, Director of Ubran Latino
Television
Thursday, April 3
Come nnd out first hand what
it
takes to make a tel-
evision show become successful. Admission is
free and all are welcome. The event starts at 8
p.m. in SC 349.
Tastes of Latin America
Friday, April 4
Come sample food from different Latin American
countries! The event starts at 8 p.m. in the Small
Dining Room
.
Admission is free.
42 Days 'Til Graduation
Saturday, April 5
The 21 Society is holding a gathering in the Small
Dining Room at 8 p.m. Music, beverages, snacks
and good times promised! Must be 21 to attend
.
Cost is $4. Marist ID and proof of age required
.
Car Wash
Sunday, April 6
Kappa Lambda Psi is hosting a car wash. Get
that car sparkling between 1p.m. and 5p.m. in
the LT parking lot. Proceeds go towards the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
"Living in a world with AIDS"
Tuesday, April 8
Elaine Pasqua speaks about the HIV infection
.
Join her at 9 p.m. in SC 349.
"Music for a While, Let Your Cares be
Guile"
Wednesday, April 9
The Marist College Music Department presents
Joanne Fenton accompanied by Dr. Ruthanne
Schempf. The event begins at 9 p.m. in the
Performing Arts Room.
"Man of La Mancha"
Sunday, April 27
The Broadway trip beings at 10 a.m. when the
bust departs from the Midrise Parking lot. For
more information contact SPC.







































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Despite
war,
OU students
studying abroad
• they travel
overseas.
expect during their trip.
By Jennifer Jackson
Oklahoma baily
(U.
Oklahoma)
(U-WIRE) NORMAN, Okla. -The war with Iraq
won't keep University of Oklahoma students from
studying abroad, but it might cause students to face
problems other than language and .cultural barriers.
Mauldin said the only
change the
program has
made because of
the
war is to
put
study
programs
in Turkey on hold
because
it is so close to Iraq.
Each student is individually advised by a staff
member and a student who has previously partici-
pated in the program.
Morris said. "They acknowledged that Americans
overseas may be at risk and asked that they take
extra precautions and not hang out at Hard Rock
Cafe or American Embassies; places that might be
target for anti-U.S. sentiment or attack."
Nick Mauldin, program coordinator for
Education Abroad, said the war won't cause prob-
lems for students
as
far as putting them in danger,
but
instead they might have to deal with confronta-
tions from people around the world.
Michael Morris, assistant
director
for
Education
Abroad, said OU
has
very
little
legal liability when
students travel abroad.
"We operate our program on a good faith effort.
"Recommendations, instructions and opinions on
everything from housing and courses to public
transportation to airport safety and procedures are
addressed," Morris said.
Jeff Smith, international and area studies senior,
has participated in six study abroad programs
through OU.
"Students will have a whole new dynamic to deal
with besides cultural and language barriers,"
Mauldin sai~. "They'll have to worry about con-
frontations
·
qver what our country is doing; espe-
cially
·
the students who study in Europe since
Europe is so critical of the war."
We have
practices
in place that guarantee safety
and success of our programs," Morris said.
Before students can participate in the program,
they must sign a contract. The contract states that
students must uphold academic standards and the
conduct standards of the country and university.
The Department of State also provides students
with literature on the country's political structure,
climate, crime, transportation and relations to the
United States. Contact information for the U.S.
Embassies located in the country is also provided.
Smith said he wouldn't be apprehensive about
going overseas during the war.
.
"I wouldn't hesitate to take a trip right now,"
Smith said. "I'm not going to wander around
Europe wearing a shirt with an America~ flag on it,
though."
The contract also states that OU cannot be held
liable for the student.
"After Sept.
11,
the State Department included a
warning sheet about chemical and biological
agents," Morris said.
Smith said he had to sign a contract to release OU
from being liable. He said he didn't think OU
should be held liable because there is nothing the
university can do to prevent things from happening.
Although the program will continue despite the
war, students will be given extra precautions before
"It basically says the student is participating in a
very real-world program, and there are certain
things out of the university's control," Morris said.
Students who are currently studying abroad were
notified by the State Department that the United
States had waged war with Iraq.
"Why should they be legally liable for things out
of their control?" Smith said.
Before leaving the country, students are given
information from three sources about what to
"The department informed stud~nts that this
would no doubt be a source of anxiety for them,"
FROM VIETNAM TO IRAQ
Why student protests
have
changed
over
30 years
By Amy Orringer
Indiana Daily Student
(Indiana U.)
(U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
-
Former Indiana University student body
president Keith Parker had barely stepped
into office when he started n;ceiving death
threats.
It
was May 1970. Nixon had just given
the order 'to invade Cambodia, and four stu-
dents at Kent State University had been
shot after protesting the war. Parker and
other student leaders knew the community
response to these events would manifest in
some sort
6f
,largt'l
a~semb1)\
Current
IU
Student Association Vice
President Judd Arnold said the draft is
probably the primary reason why students
today are not protesting in the same num-
bers they once were.
"I know a lot of people in my Dad's gen-
eration that were in college to avoid the
war," Arnold said.
Helmke also said that many of the issues
surrounding the war in Iraq are seen as
affecting
only
a small group of people, and
thus do not draw the same kind of reaction.
During the Vietnam conflict, student lead-
ers were highly involved in the opposition
movement. They submitted "demands" to
the University, asking, among other things,
that it denounce American
involvement
in
Southeast Asia. Th~y also asked the
University to commit to minority recruit-
ment in order to make the racial makeup
of
about the war. There is a large difference
between the 500 signatures collected by
the Coalition to Oppose the War in Iraq and
the 10,000 students that protested in Dunn
Meadow after the invasion of Cambodia.
"It
is a very divided campus," he said.
"We think it is best that students voice their
opinions through their own means."
And with thousands of protesters willing
to
march, Parker said the activism in
Bloomington during Vietnam was not lim-
ited to one group of people.
"There was a wide cross-section of stu-
dents and people in Bloomington, not just
radical students or hippies," Parker said.
But Gass notes that even within groups
that would normally protest the war, the
lines are blurred when it comes to deciding
on the war in Iraq.
"I think it is a lot less black and white
Student leaders
·
had two re'sponsibilfties
-
making sure the protest hap- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
...... _ _ _ _ _ today," he said. "We were attacked,
~~ned and m<1,king sure it happened
'The issues back in
the
'60s
and
'70s
had
and that
,
changes everything."
safely. They did not want a 'repeat of
the potential
to affect everybody. More
Parker said he agrees the threat of
Kent State, nor did they want to put
terrorism definitely sets this war
Parker
in
any sort of danger.
and more people
were being drafted
_
.
I
apart from Vietnam.
Mike
King,
student body vice
"We did not have to worry about
pres'ident at the tinie, said he and'
Vietnamese terrorists," he said.
Parker talked about calling the
Another major difference between
Paul Helmke
Former IU Student Body President
whole thing off because of the
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the anti-war protests today and
threats, but then reali:z;ed they "couldn't just
the student body more
representative
of the those that happened more than 30 years
back down."
racial makeup of Indiana.
ago is the time frame in which the protests
Soon enough, word got around that there
The University did not submit to the took place. The demonstrations Parker
was going to be a protest for peace in Dunn demands, although it did make a commit-
participated in occurred at the height of
Meadow, and 10,000 people from the
ment to minority recruitment. To this day, it the movement, which reached its peak
Bloomington community covered the field.
is working to attract minority students, but after the United States had been involved
"The protest was so large, it was unprece-
the percentages still do not reflect Indiana with the conflict for more than five years.
dented," King said. "Students and faculty populati·on.
"H
h
·
1·
t
ere you ave enormous oppost 10n o
SUTTounded .K.eith during the march, so he
Whereas current IUSA leaders recently the war before it began," Parker said.
was protected."
·
declined to take a position on the war,
International protest against the war also
King
said they had originally planned to Helmke believes that student government sets this peace movement ap!1,rt from the
march through
town,
but thought it better to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Vietnam protests. Today, millions of peo-
staY in a smaller radius because of the
'We
have
another
president
ple across the globe have flooded the
amount of people.
streets of maJ'or cities to
·
express their
1u
tud
t
t t
h d
th
who
doesn't care
if
he ftghts
a
s.
en pro es ers mare e
em-
opposition, to the Bush administration's
selves right into
·
the history books; From
war with or
without the people,,
_
decision to use force in Iraq.
chaining up the administration building to
Gass said the current administration
forming picket lines outside classrooms,
Glen Gass
reminds him of the administration during
students on the IU Bfoomington campus
Vietnam.
knew how to make their position known.
Professor,
Indiana University
"We have another president who doesn't
"It was certainly the most active place in - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
care if he fights a war with or without the
lqdiana;'' Professor Glen Gass said, who
should not be afraid to take a position dur-
people," he said.
was still in high school .in Greencastle
;
ing times of conflict, he said:
·
B t
th
h IU
t
d
ts
Ind., when things started to pick up in the
.
u even
oug
s
u en are not
"I
think it is appropriate to take positions protesting like they used to, there are still
'60s. "It was the center of counter-cul-
on things like that," Helmke said. some, like the students who make up the
ture."
"Sometimes the only way to help influ-
Coalition to Oppose the War in Iraq, that
Arnidst tuition hikes, a controversial war ence people is to join with others in 'are working to keep the fire of opposition
in,
Vietnam and the civil rights movement,
speaking out ... it doesn't need to be a alive.
IU developed a reputation for being one of
unanimous position."
"I think in general, if you live in a
the most active campuses in the country
.
He said when he was student body pres-
democracy, part of that is taking an active
"The issues back in the '60s and '70s:had
ident, students often held more than one role in the decisions that are being made
the potential to affect everybody," former position when they got together for large in yow name," COWi member Lauren
student body president Paul Helmke said. rallies or meetings.
Taylor said. "It is really important that
"More and more people were being draft-
Arnold said that
if
the student position people on this campus ... be vocal about
ed."
Helmke points to the draft as one of the
reasons that students might have been more
vocal during the Vietnam conflict.
on the war was as apparent now as it was how they feel about the war."777
during Vietnam, IUSA would have no
problem coming up with a resolution
Online ripoff
leads
to felony charges
for
Northern Ill.
student
By
Rachel Helfrich
Northern Star
(Northern Illinois U.)
(U-WIRE) DEKALB,
Ill. -
A
Northern Illinois University stu-
dent was arrested on March
·
21
for allegedly defrauding people
on the Internet auction site eBay.
Kelly McClure, a journalism
major and fonner Northern Star
employee, was taken into cus-
tody by the DeKalb County
Sheriff's Department after a war-
rant was issued for her arrest on
March 19. McClure was charged
with felony theft.
Lt. Jim Kayes of the De.Kalb
Police Department said McClure
allegedly received payment for
tickets she advertised online, but
she never sent buyers the tickets.
The incidents, which occurred
in February, cost the alleged vic-
tims a total of $2,586, with each
person losing
an
average of $500
to $720 a piece. People alle~edly
sent checks and money orders to
McClure, w~ cashed them, but
they never received the products
they paid for.
·
EBay policy states, "It is not
permitted for a seller on eBay to
refuse to accept payment or fail
to deliver an item at the end of a
successful sale," according to its
website, www
.
ebay.com.
The website also lists the
appropriate steps to report viola-
tions and possible consequences,
from
warnings
to suspensions
.
Misrepresenting the item or not
delivering the
item
for sale count
as "Seller Non-Performance"
according to the Web site, which
also will result in the same con
-
sequences.
EBay investigates the reports
of fraud, but privacy policy pre-
vents it from discus~ing the
results of the investigation.
McClure will have a status
hearing at
1
:30 p.m. on Friday at
t~e DeKalb County Courthouse
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Staff Writer
If you're reading this, congrat-
ulations, you SUI'fived Spring
Break. There were three types of
Spring
l3reak ihls
year: "relax-
ing" (example: home or vacation
with family) "good times," (typi-
cal levels of partying and fun
wi:lli'
friends)
and "near death"
(you don't remember anything
after Friday and are surprised
you're still breathing).
Unfortunately, most of us
chose the last option.
Spring
Break is a good time, but you
·
need to look out for post-Sprin_g
Break issues.
If
you went on Spring Break,
then I'm sure you know the rules.
The first rule, of course, is that
there are no rules on Spring
Break. You have one week to go
crazy without having to stay
awake through your 8 a.m class
the next day. But even though
fun
_
and consumption of alcohol
should be encouraged, I mean,
it
is Spring Break after all, it's
essential for friends to watch out
for each other. Also, pictures or
videos taken from the trip must
be kept within the Spring Break
group until it's detennined that
they can be shown to other
friends. This is crucial because
although it seemed funny at the
time,
other people may not
understand why you were run-
ning outsiae the hotel with a bra
on your head at 3 a.m.
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do stupid t
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Break, most like
l
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will regret when you are sober.
Obviously you're in a different
state or country, so you can do
things you normally wouldn't do
within
the
confines
of
Poughkeepsie.
But, you don't
need all of Marist to know about
actions also need to be infonned
of the "what happens in ..
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" rule.
But then again, they may have
embarrassing pictures too. This
may be a problem.
But that's what this week is for
: ·
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Tell
your friends the stories that you
remember.
Get your pictures
developed and try to piece
your
embarrassing
drunken
,
together the sequence of events.
hook-up, that ridiculous fall Try to recover all incriminating
down the hotel steps, or that time pictures and stories. And if you
that you really thought you had a
hold on your drink, only to find
yourself soaked two seconds
later.
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strangely familiar all of a sud-
den, try really hard to figure out
The phenomenon of Spring how you know him or her.
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Oh, and in between all of this,
other Marist kids during the
week.
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this happened to you
,
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it's been a week
,
so take it slow-
ly. You'll be fine.
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The
future of
Mar
i
st
College prepares ideas for new additions
By Gregory Paris
Staff Writer
Since its completion into a
school offering college-level
courses in 1929
,
Marist has
evo
l
ved from a Catholic semi-
nary institution into a four-y
e
ar
liberal arts college
.
Over the past
73 years, both the physical cam-
pus and student body have
changed immensely
.
Many alum-
ni return to Marist vi
vi
dly recall-
ing the details of the campus
when they attended school.
Speaking with some of these
alumni and examining old p
i
c-
tures of the campus has led me to
wonder what plans the adminis-
tration has for the future of the
college.
According to Tim Massie
,
Director of Public Relations
,
Champagnat Hall, the bree
z
eway
·
and surrounding area will be ren-
ovated this summer. Crews have
already started work on the
building since it took all of last
·
summer to renovate
Leo
Hall.
Leo Hall only has six floors
,
whereas Champagnat has nine.
To alleviate a growing number
of build
-
ups in upper-
c
lassman
housing
,
a new series of town
houses will be built across Route
9 this summer and are slated to
be ready for the Fall 2004 semes-
ter.
front of the Hudson River
e
x
tending beyond the Marist and
Cornell boathouses. Currently
,
crews are working to replace old
pipes and re-route electrical
wires. They are also redistribut-
ing ground to create a more
l
evel
park-frie
n
dly landscape. Over
the summer the Army Corps of
Engineers will be constructing a
retaining wall
t
o protect the new
shoreline. Final details such as
benches
,
picnic tables, and lights
should be installed at the latest
To alleviate a growing
number of build-ups in
upper-clas
s
man housing
,
·
a new seri
e
s
.
of town
houses will be built
across Route 9 this sum-
mer and are slated to be
ready for the Fall 2004
semester.
by Spring 2004.
Academically speaking
,
Marist
c
ontinues to grow as an institu
-
tion of e
x
cellence as this year
'
s
applicants will have a minimum
requ
i
rement of a 90 GPA and
1200 SAT to gain admittance
into the college
.
The school cur-
r~ntly
ranks in the top 200 of all
colleges within the country and
ac
c
epts less than half of its
a
ppli-
Cf\!1
!
~
,malgng it ''highly selec-
tiye." Tim Massie emphasized
c
ontinuing education programs.
In
athletics, Marist would mod-
ernize Leonidoff Field .if they
were awarded the 2006 Empire
State Games
,
an athletic event
involving premier ath
l
etes from
around New York
.
This renova-
tion would include expanded
bleachers, a new track, and ten-
nis courts
,
which were
'
los
t
with
the expansion of the student cen-
ter in 1994.
A
representative from Sodexho
showed me the plan to renovate
the cafeteria and eating areas in
Donnelly and Dyson. Sodexho is
willing to contribute four million
dollars to the projects collective-
ly
,
if the board of trustees gives
an approval and an optimal
schedule would have the renova-
tions completed by Fall 2005.
The plan wou
l
d include a new
floor and ea
t
ing area la
y
out. The
outside square "courtyard
"
as
it
is called would be made indoors
t
o accommodate more tables and
give office space to college activ-
ities on the floor above
.
There
has been no word as
t
o when the
board will vote on the proposal.
In addition, all patqs that need
to be re-i,
a've
d
:
s
h
t
h
as th6 on'e
from
D'ohn'eflf
lli
Champagn
tl
t
,
will be turned into cement side-
walks
.
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:)
that Maris
t
has no plan
s
on..__,
The Board of Trustees will
soon fonnulate ano
t
her strategic
plan
for the next five years that
will most li
k
ely include some of
the above building projects. Such
projec
t
s certa
i
nl
y t
empt specu
la
•
tfon
~
and in
10.
20, or 30 years,
we as stud
e
n
t
s may be the alum-
ni who return to campus
v
i
vi
dly
remembering how the
c
ollege
existed when we were students.
Also to be close to
c
ompletion
by Fall 2003 will be Long View
P.ark, a new recreation .area
in
becoming a uni
ve
rSity, as it does
not fit the current demographics
for perspect
iv
e s
t
udents. Any
expansion that occurs will take
plil~e
.
within the graduate and
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Letters
to the Editor: Iraqi war co~cems from a Marist student
A letter to
our
Leader
from
a concerned student:
Dear
Mr.
Bush:
Before I get into my main ques-
tions and opinions on the topic of
war, I would just like to say
thank you for taking the time to
read this e-mail.
I wish
I
could have a face-to-
face conversation, or even one
over the telephone, however I
understand how that cannot hap-
pen.
I
also acknowledge that
those who will be reading and
responding to this e-mail are just
representatives of the president,
however I thank you nonetheless.
For the past few weeks leading
up to the actions we have taken
within the past 24
hours
,
I have
had many conversations with
friends about the pending war.
Some are all for it, and some feel
that at this point, war will onJy
lead to more death, destruction,
and sadness. I am on the latter
side. Having had family mem-
bers, friends, and associates in
the world trade center on 9/11,
acts of terror have certainly hit
home hard.
Yet,
I
feel like I am the only one
who is not in .full support of this
war, out of those who have lost a
friend or loved one during 9/11.
Part of me thinks that this is a
good idea, that Saddam is an evil
man, that he treats his people in a
way no leader should treat their
people, and that he needs to be
ousted.
There is no denying
these thoughts, because they are
fa-;:.~,
However, as a college educated
person, I must also look at the
Please
note:
This letter was sent in e-mail
form to President George Bush and
copied
to
The Circle
prior to the war.
other side. Is Bush in it for the
oil? I don't think so,
but
then
again, that's something the pub-
lic could never know for fear of
the repercussions.
Is he doing this to spite his
father, who couldn't get the job
done the first time?
I
sure as
hell hope not, because
that
rea-
son alone would infuriate the
general public.
Is he in it
because he has factual informa-
tion that Saddam has weapons of
mass destruction? NO. There
is no factual info that Saddam
does indeed have weapons of
mass destruction,
but
rather
hearsay.
If
there was factual printed evi-
dence, we would never have had
the debate with the U.N., which
brings me to a question. How, in
a country as great as this, do we
go against a union we created?
Was it because in the proposed
30-45 days to disarm and
inspect, the desert would be too
hot for our soldiers to go in?
The United Nations was
our
idea, although it wasn't original-
ly called the United Nations, it
was called the League of
Nations. Originally the center
of the League of Nations,
proposed by Woodrow Wilson,
was to be in Europe.
Many countries loved the idea,
but when it came time for an
answer, we backed out. Why?
Because we wanted it on our soil,
so we could make the money,
and we could have 'the
center of trade. Not too
shabby, cause it worked,
and in the end everyone
was happy. Yet here we
are close to half a century
later, and
the
very thing
we created, we have
turned
our
backs on.
Sure, recently I have
heard we have the back-
ing of close to forty
nations. Great, wonder-
ful,
we're the best! Did
anyone bother to take a
look at whom
·
we 're
against??
France, Germany, Russia.
WWII
anyone??
Another point I'd like to
address is this war has
become something we
have never done before.
We are picking the fight.
When this country was in
Robert
D.
Ward/www.defendamerica.mil
the early stages of break-
With
U.S.
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and
Deputy
Defense Secretary Paul D.
Woitowitz
to his
right
ing away from
Britain,.it President
George W. Bush addresses the military's senior leaders March 25 at the Pentagon.
He said
is sending
was because of their
the
Congress "a wartime supplemental appropriations
·
request of $74.7 billion to fund needs directly arising
from
imposing laws that halted the Iraqi conflict and our global war against terror."
our freedom.
So we
.
&:
h
&:
fr d
d
the world who need help. Yet
September 11th, 2001, could you parents, or aunts and uncles,
1oug t 1or our ee om, an won.
.
.
I
h
d fight t
.
could you imagine if all our look this great country m the eye,
would y_ ou be able to say that it
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d
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was a wo
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guys who won.
for trouble? I don't think any-
That it was worth the death of
Yet I can't see how it is wise to one could say that would be ok, thousands of innocent Americans
Again I thank you for your time
and look forward to
reading
your
go and pick the fight for the first
because it wouldn't.
to go on the other side of the
time in this country's history.
Finally,
I
would like whomever world to pick a fight with a guy response.
I've heard America called the was reading this to personally we know is very capable of
international police force. I like ask the president this question: if lattrtching such an attack?
that, I like to think we are there another attack happens on. U.S:
Mr. P'residetit,
ff
your
wife
were
to protect and serve those around soil, with the ramifications of killed in a terrorist attack, or your
Sincerely,
Ryan L. Schmalz
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Citizens frown upon
.
anti-war protests
By Tim Duguay
Staff Writer
Since the official start of the
war
last week, when the bombs
dropped,
people have been
told
to be quiet about protesting the
war, as if it is wrong to have anti-
war sentiments even when the
war
has started.
Both
Senator Tom Daschle and
Michael Moore, even though
frowned
upon
with their com-
ments, seemed to make some
good
points
in their comments.
It seems to
.me
that in our "free"
country we would be able to
speak our minds without fearing
dissenting opinions coming from
our peers and others whom do
not mind that we are currently at
war. The whole idea of never
having lived through a war, and
now that I'm watching one go on
right before my eyes, is a little
too much to take.
As David Greenberg from
Slate.com writes,
"If
dissenters
were to follow this advice, it
would be not only a mistake, but
a historic first." We need look no
further than the War of
1812
where the humiliating defeats
made that fight so unpopular that
the states of New England con-
sidered
seceding
from the Union.
In fact, the only major war that
did not have an organized block
of dissenters was World War
II
where most anti-war activists
decided the defeat of fascism
was worth fighting over.
Many seem to think in these
times of heated debate that those
who are against the war are
against the troops that are over in
Iraq right now. I
am
writing
.
this
to try and explain my point that
the opposite is true. I am indeed
not against the troops that are
fighting for my well-being, but I
CNN war coverage laughable
By Jason Hooper
Daily Mississippian
(U.
Mississippi)
(U-WIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -
Have
·
we won the war yet? I
wouldn't know. I haven't been
watching CNN. Twenty-four
hours of absolutely nothing isn't
very fulfilling.
CNN is the journalistic equiva-
lent of chocolate-flavored rice
cakes. You have the perception
that you're watching something
good, but there's nothing really
there.
I loathe the 3-
those cool graphics into their
video game.
One day I'm half-expecting to
turn on CNN to see John
Madden spouting off tactics on
how to take Baghdad. Think
about it. I'm not a big sports fan,
but I do know that prior to a big
football game and at halftime, a
couple of anchormen sit around
with a bunch of ex-football play-
ers, and talking about the strate-
gies each team needs to defeat
their opponent.
CNN invites ex-military moguls
to wave over vague maps with
ridiculous cardboard icons to tell
us how the
D graphics of
the
weapons
This war will do more
war
is
g o i n g .
Howe¥er,
d a i l y ,
they're say-
ing basical-
ly the same
thing. One
can predict
the gist of
and the military
vehicles
that
both sides are
using, may be
using or might
even
think
about using.
Oh
sure, I
learn a lot about
these vehicles
to inspire terrorism
than it will to stop it.
You can't win
hearts
and minds
if
you
bomb them.
and
weapons and retain the
range, speed and possible pay-
load of an Apache h~licopter for
about three minutes.
However,
if you ask me to
repeat this information later, I
won't be able to. I've seen these
rotating graphics of vehicles and
weapons elsewhere.
There was a game for the Super
Nintendo
system
C!llled
"Starfox." The game had a spe-
cial screen you could access, and
you could flip and turn the ships
and missiles so you could see
them at any angle. I've also seen
quite a few computer war games
that have the same feature.
So
basically,
what CNN is pro-
viding is a virtual presentation
suited to a video game genera-
tion. I can't wait until AOL/Time
Warner releases "Operation Iraqi
Freedom." Maybe they'll recycle
the
daily
spiel much like a severe football
fan can predict the rhetoric
before the Superbowl.
The best part is when these ex-
military types actually use foot-
.
ball terms.
I guess it's dandy if you like
this sort
'
of thing, but I would like
to turn on the TV sometime and
hear CNN dwell on something
other than military tactics. What
about the political ramifications
of this war?
·
This war will do more to inspire
terrorism than it will to stop
it.
You can't win hearts and minds if
you bomb them.
Fair enough, maybe you don't
give a flying muskrat about our
image in the world, but CNN is
ignoring other things as well.
I remember that shortly after
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was
captured, we were told that our
government was close to captur-
ing Osama bin Laden.
OK, where is he?
I want to be
,updated
on this pur-
suit. However, the American
people don't need to hear about
the administration's failure, not
when we're at war.
Earlier in the war, I saw one of
the most blatant disregards of
reality I have ever seen in the
media. CNN was showing a live
feed being shot with a night
vision
camera of a British force
assaulting a building in Irnq.
While the soldiers were pouring
rounds into the structure and
explosions were flashing bright
gr~el} onscreen, the military Mfi-
da1
'(sportscaster)
in the CNN
office was talking about non-
lethal flash grenades being used
to help distinguish combatants
from non-combatants.
Then part of the building began
to blaze: The
sportscaster
explained that in some
"rare"
cases the flash grenades start
fires. Then the
cameraman
(seemingly
independent and
unaware of the commentary)
e:oomed
in on an unidentifiable
figure that came running out of
the building.
He
or she was on fire. One
British soldier appeared to be
clapping
while the others were
trying
(half-heartedly,
it
seemed)
to put the person out. Neither the
CNN anchorman nor the military
official addressed the events that
were unfolding on the screen.
They were too busy talking about
methods of non-lethal force.
CNN gives objective and thor-
ough world news coverage like
MTV plays music
videos.
I think
CNN should
change
its name to
"BWC"
Bush's War Channel. No
wait, FOX already has that title.
am saying that I am against the journalistic feelings aside, I am
fighting in the first place.
I not sure that it is the best
idea
to
understand that Saddam Hussein have embedded journalists over
is very dangerous and can strike there who are not even fighting
at any minute, and I may be blind the war, but can
be knocked off
to the fact that there may not just as easily while they are
have been any other options, but watching the war being fought.
I can't help but think that we All it seems that I can do now is
could have removed him without just watch as we put the war into
a full-scale war.
the hands of our government and
Maybe this
is
just ignorant old just pray that a quick and a
harm-
me, but I don't think that we are less as possible resolution is
getting the complete story from found.
the Bush administration, and
It seems to me that if we do
unfortunately we need to rely on indeed still live in a democracy,
the
sometimes-untrustworthy then everyone should be able to
media to give us the story. My still speak their opinion. I am not
saying
that I
complet
,
ely
agree
with the fact that there seem to
be rallies on every street comer
almost every day, but
if we
com-
pletely trust the Bush administra-
tion
and not say anything,
then
they are free to do as they like
for
whatever the duration of
this war
might be. I
am
·
saying that if
people are educated enough
about the war to have
,
an opinion
and would like to have this opin-
ion
heard, I feel that it is their
constitutional
right
to have
someone listen.
Cherie A.
Thurlby
l
www.defendameri
c
a.mil
In the skies near Iraq, an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base,
Germany, receives fuel from
a
KC-135 Stratotanker based out of McConnell Air Force Base, Kans.
Protesters: Don't disrupt daily
life
Staff
Editorial
The BG News
(Bowling Green State U.)
(U-WIRE) BOWLING GREEN,
Ohio - Many people throughout
the world are protesting the
United States' war with Iraq,
includµig U.S.
citizens.
There
hav(} even been some arrests
made in connection with the
protests. In some cases, the
police stepped in only after the
protesters became violent. In
other cases, protesters were
arrested for trespassing and other
minor offenses. So where should
protesters draw the line when
trying to prove their point?
In Madrid, Spain, 200,000 pro-
testers forming a line one mile
long became
violent.
Four pro-
testers were arrested and 50 peo-
ple were injured. Violence
should never be used when
protesting, by the police or by
the
protesters. But sometimes a
bit of force is needed to dislodge
the protesters. Does this sound
like an injustice?
In
New
York City more than
200 people were arrested after
protesting
in
midtown
Manhattan. The protesters were
staging
a
"die-in"
to show the
loss of American life that the war
with Iraq will bring. However,
these protesters were outside of a
government building. These pro-
testers chose to lay in the middle
,
of a New York City
intersection.
According to organizers quoted
on CNN.com, the idea was to
show that
"every
day now, the
lives oflraqis are
ending,
and our
everyday lives must end as well."
We at The BG
News support
the
right to protest, but
it
should not
disrupt everyday life to such an
extent that people are laying
in
streets and blocking building
entrances. This is
not free
speech.
These types of
protests
were
used during the Civil Rights
Movement. In that case,
they
were warranted because people
were protesting an unjust law
that disrupted the
everyday
lives
of millions of people.
And
no
one laid in the streets to stop traf-
fic. The protesters sat
in restrict-
ed sections of restaurants. They
Continued on
page
7
Leave the cove~age to
respectable
journalists
Staff
Editorial
Daily Mississippian
(U.
Mississippi)
(U-WIRE) OXFORD, Miss. -
Geraldo Rivera and Peter Arnett
both crossed the lines of journal-
ism.
The inevitable has happened --
the news is becoming the news.
In what
will be known as the
greatest media war ever, Gulf
War
II
has had its fair share of
journalists getting themselves in
trouble and turning themselves
into news. Such is the case of
Fox News' Geraldo Rivera and
NBC's Peter Arnett. Rivera, a
legendary trash-journalist and
former talk show host, has been
expelled out of Iraq according
to
CNN. In a live report from Iraq,
the imbedded Rivera drew a map
in the sand detailing the location
of the 10 l st Airbome's location
in relation to Baghdad, and their
route to go to the Iraqi capital.
Arnett, a legendary British war
correspondent, was fired from
both
NBC
and
National
Geographic for appearing on
Iraqi television and claiming the
U.S. war plan had failed and
would have to be
revamped
due
to a large number of resisting
forces. NBC initially stood by
Arnett, claiming his interview
was one of "professional cour-
tesy," but then fired him a day
later.
There is a· huge difference
between Arnett and Rivera.
Arnett is a proven, award-win-
ning war correspondent whose
work in Vietnam and the first
Gulf War helped to
shape
the
way we
view
those
conflicts
today. Rivera is a notorious pub-
licity hound who became famous
for low brow talk shows and PR
stunts. Arnett expressed an opin-
ion, that while unnecessary and
contrary to a journalist's objec-
tivity, was just an opm1on.
Rivera, in his usual tradition,
stepped beyond the
logical
laws
of reporting and into
sensational
trash. Just months prior Rivera
was
covering
the War on
Terrorism
in
Afghanistan
when
he declared he
would report
armed with a
weapon
in case he
encountered Osama bin Laden
so
he could shoot the
terrorist
leader.
Geraldo Rivera
is
a
joke,
and
his antics will hurt the
surging
Fox
News
network,
who current-
ly leads the ratings of war cover-
age. Fox should
immediately
fire
Rivera, who blames
reports
of
his dismissal on his former net-
work
CNBC
.
Arnett,
a
journalist
of the
highest
order, should not
be
expressing
opinions on a story
he
is currently cover
i
ng
,
but
shouldn't have been
fired
by
NBC or National
Geographic.
His comments may
.
not have
been friendly to the Bush
admin-
istration, but his previous
work is
invaluable to the field of journal-
ism. Rivera should
take
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April3,2003
'03 Oscars snub
year's best titles
Chicago,
The Pianist clean up
while Scorsese
and his Gangs leave ceremony
empty-handed
By
Paul DeMichele
Staff Writer
The Academy was pretty fair
with
nominations
this
year
...
although I would proba-
bly have more respect in their
choices for winners if they
released an official statement
revealing that they simply pick
the winners out of a hat. It seems
that as The Academy further pro-
gresses as an established organi-
zation in
film
recognition, it
fur-
ther buries itself with monumen-
tally poor decisions
.
Before I can
even discuss the irrational win-
ners this year, I feel the obliga-
tion to illustrate the ingrained
trend of unspeakable mistakes
made in the past.
For a movie on the level of
Titanic
(1997) to win more
Oscars than The Godfather
(1972), Casablanca (1942), and
Citizen Kane (
1941) combined is
cause enough for negative com-
mentary
.
It seems that the
Academy voters have lost the
ability
to distinguish between the
individual categories they're vot-
ing on. Is it fair to sum up
·an
entire
year of film with the titles:
Chicago
and The Pianist? I'd
love a chance to sit down with a
few members of the Academy,
have tliem look me in the eyes,
and tell me that Chicago had
superior art/set decoration to
Gangs of New York;
or that it had
superior editing to The Hours.
Obviously, voters prefer the eas-
ier task of checking off the same
movie in every box rather than
affording separate thought to
each category.
The Academy also has a diffi-
cult time recognizing great direc-
tors with something other than a
lifetime achievement award.
Directors such as Kubrick,
Hitchcock, and the still active
Scorsese were never awarded an
Oscar. Looking back, the idea
is
ridiculous, as these are widely
considered to be three of the
greatest directors of all time. So,
after more than
20
years of being
snubbed on Oscar night, it
should be no surprise that
Scorsese was once again looked
over this year. The Academy is
more than likely aware
_
that
Scorsese deserved an Oscar for
his brilliant
work
in Raging Bull
(1980), as they are probably
aware that he deserved one for
his work in Goodfellas ( 1990). I
assure you that they will also be
aware several years from now
that they somehow managed to
overlook him a third time for his
work in Gangs of
New
York.
As I look down the list of win-
ners this year, I realize that I
wholeheartedly agree with only
two of the decisions made:
Conrad Hall's cinematography
in
Road to Perdition
and the sur-
prising win in the "Best Song"
·
category by Eminem for "Lose
Yourself;" easily one of the most
popular songs of the year. While
I will pass off some of the other
decisions as mere
artistic
differ-
ences in opinion; many are sim-
ply inexcusable
.
I could go on
·
forever
denouncing
The
Academy's choices. However, I
feel that just like in the past, the
truth will be revealed over time.
So for now, I will give my con-
gratulations to Adrien
Brody
(The Pianist),
Catherine Zeta-
Jones (Chicago), and Roman
Polanski (The Pianist); you get
the privilege in telling your
friends y-0u won an Oscar ...
yet
at this rate, it's only a matter of
time before no one will care.
DiFranco
sheds
co.coon
Singe:lsongwriter
phenom explores,
evolves with new .album
By
Jennifer Goldsmith
Staff Writer
Ani Difranco is no
butterfly.
She is a moth, fluttering away
from over a decade inside
an
acoustic cocoon. And, though
she's still learning to differentiate
between a lightbulb and
the
moon, she looms in thel light
gathering as many metamor-
phoses as her dreadlock-brown
wings can
cany,
secures them
with a well-worn guitar strap,
and delivers them in song
to her
expectant following.
It is no coincidence, then, that
the new record is called Evolve.
The small insect
lands
slightly
left of center
on
the cover of
DiFranco's
new
release:
changed, yes, but not entirely
secure, as
Ani
seems well aware.
The album's title track confides
that no new endeavor is without
risk;
likewise, without risk there
can be no progress. Evolve
abounds with contrasts of this
nature.
The album opens with a flour-
ish,
swaying
the listener into a
jazz-club atmosphere worthy of
an old black and white film.
Ani's croon in "Promised Land"
lingers alongside mellow saxo-
phones and a subtle drum tap,
wafting in the air like peels of
smoke from some flapper's ciga-
rette holder. One can almost
imagine the spunky songwriter
sitting
cross-kneed on the piano,
dressed in the glistening sequins
of an Ella Fitzgerald. But don't
expect
to see Ani on the easy lis-
tening racks anytime soon. The
nightclub scene merely sets the
tone for one of her more obvious
evolutions: the addition of a five
piece
band-complete
with
vibrant horns and deep, smoky
bass-to
her old generally one-
woman
sound. Cradled by the
musicians' sultry lull,
Ani
steps
back
from the spotlight and lets
that
ever-faithful
guitar
take a
breather.
But the righteous singer
doesn't
remain silent or idle-
handed
for too long. Her state-
ments have merely found new
vehicles: some fully functional,
others at the early end of the evo-
lutionary
scale.
The funk-infused
"In
the Way"
strolls along with a
head-bop-
ping beat; soulfully rhythmic,
with
Ani
playing
her vocal cords
like the horns and percussion
behind her. Consequently, por-
tions of the song retain the
levels
of articulation that a trumpet
might
have, if asked
to
sing.
Unless you
read
the
lyrics
as you
listen,
chances are good that this
lyrically
raw, post-breakup rant
will speed by without expressing
its point-though that's not to say
you won't
be
grooving along
with it anyhow. A similarly ener-
getic track, "Here for Now"
melds subtle jazzy undertones
with an exuberant Latin tempo:
perfect for tropical dance twists,
though
again sacrificing articula-
tion for style.
Throughout Evolve, throw-
backs to Ani's "pre-evolutionary"
style weave
themselves
between
experimental tracks, refreshing
the palette of
listeners
for whom
the vanguud songs are an
acquired
taste.
"Second
Intermission," an aptly titled
break from the newer forms,
showcases the lyrical introspec-
tion and candid vulnerability that
avid Ani fans have come to
expect at least once per albuin.
But the record's true standout lies
in "Serpentine," a ten-minute
melodic poem with soapbox
intentions, which points an
impassioned finger at everything
from the music industry to the
government and back again. This
piece alone is enough to quell
any complaints that the album
doesn't confront the usual politi-
cal issues: instead of disbursing
her rant throughout the record,
Ani has opted for a concentrated
upbraid
of American society as
we know it. She laces these
reprovals with lyrics of a coarse-
ly personal nature, affirming her
stance that the personal and
political are eternally inter-
twined, and reassuring the listen-
er, once and for all, that no mat".
ter in what musical direction
evolution may lead, her probing
insights will always
crystallize
through
language
.
Evolve
does not claim to be a
butterfly. The evolution is within.
It doesn't promise to be pretty,
and it might prefer
resting
on a
smoke-stained
coffeehouse
wall
to somersaulting above green
meadows, but it has wings, and
it's replaced its
caterpillar
com-
bat boots with shoes of a
slightly
different style. There is no end to
evolution, nor should we assume
this is a landing point for
Difranco. But Evolve is
a
step in
a new direction, a flight over
unexpected terrain,
and
Ani
Difranco should be
commended
for
retiring the
cocoon,
despite
a
few
glides
on
uncertain wings.
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Everclear running on
_
empty,
·
new album nothing but fumes
Alexikas and Co. come up
short
with
Slow
Motion Daydream
By
Paul Lukason
Staff Writer
Art Alexikas, front man of the
band
Everclear,
will
turn
41 this
·
year, and after 6 albums he is
starting to show his age.
Everclear
launched their debut
album, World
of Noise,
in 1995.
The independent album reached
a small
audience
and positive
word
of mouth helped their next
album,
Sparkle and Fade,
sell
close
to
a million albums.
Sparkle and
Fade
dealt mainly
with Art's battle with drugs. The
lyrical content, in combination
with
excellent guitar
riffs, pro-
duced
a
quite morose yet excel-
lent
album.
So Much
for
the Afterglow,
Everclear's
next album and best
to date was released in 1997.
Art
and
the band had finally
gotten
over their drug problem and
decided to
go
with a more upbeat
album.
While the underlying
tone was not true exaltation, it
was
more upbeat than the last
album.
Songs about Art and his
father
leaving,
and
one hit won-
der bands proved
to be the best
material
for Everclear
to
express.
The album
went on to be
Everclear's most profitable sell-
ing well over 2 million copiys.
Everything seemed to be looking
up for Everclear until their next
album.
In
200q, Art
dec~ded to do a
solo project f?r a change of pace.
After second-guessing himself,
he decided to bring his band
along for the ride. Everclear pro-
duced two albums, which would
be part of a collection titled
Songs From An American Movie
Parts
1 and 2.
The albums
lacked
the certain something that
was present on Sparkle... and
. . . Afterglow.
The riff work was
-
n't anything spectacular and it
seemed Art and Co.
·
were run
-
ning out of things to say. All Art
kept talking about was the way
things used to be, possibly
sym-
bolic of his past efforts that were
motivated as he had something to
tell the world. Now it seems as
though
Everclear is
making
albums just to make albums.
The bands newest album, Slow
Motion Daydream,
is an attempt
by Art and his fellow band
·
mem
-
bers, Craig Montoya on bass gui
-
tar
and Scot
Cuthbert
on drums
to attack suburbia.
The
content
of the album begs only one ques-
tion: why?
The first single
,
"Volvo Driving
Soccer Mom", is an
attempt
by
Art and his band to mock socie-
ty. This is
certainly
something
society could do back at Art and
his band for trying to be some-
thing
that is designated for
20-
somethings with
everlasting
girl
troubles.
At times, th~ album can be a
breath of fresh
air,
as it
is
a nice
escape from the all too radio-
friendly music that is out there
now. However, at other times,
the album can be
hypocritical.
Certain things Art talks about are
things that he also does.
Art
and
his band need to
take
a break and
think of
something
to say rather
than just go and talk
about
the
latest trends
in society.
In
short, Everclear
needs to sit
back and try
something
new
while
attempting
to
retain
the
spark
that they had before on
Sparkle
and Fade
and
So Much
For
tire
Afterglow.
At the rate
they're
going Everclear
run the
risk of turning a Rolling Stones
corner
and
just
trying
to
cash in
on
the
poor saps who used to
love them 40
years ago.





















































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Bigger is better: Why Marist needs an arena
Commentary
by Anthony Olivieri
Staff Writer
In Division
I
men's baske
tb
all,
the competition is fierce an
d
unrelenting, and to be at a disad-
vantage, is to be left in t
he
dust.
The Marist College men's bas-
ketball program just comple
t
ed
its sixth season as a membe
r
of
the Metro Atlantic At
hl
etic
Conference (MAAC). In their six
seasons, the Red Foxes have
improved the status of their pro-
gram slowly, but surely.
In the 2001-2002 season,
Marist enjoyed a
19-9
regular
season record, a tie for first place
in the MAAC conference regular
season standings, and after los-
ing a tiebreaker to Rider
University, a second seed in the
conference tournament.
The Red Foxes were subse-
quently eliminated from the con-
ference tournament by the under-
dog Siena Saints in the quarterfi-
nals. The same Siena team that
plays its home games at the
11,000 seated Pepsi Arena in
Albany.
It was no coincidence that the
MAAC conference tournament
was held at the Pep'si arena that
season.
In college basketball, home
court advantage is an extremely
important thing to have. You can-
not put a price on thousands of
craze
d
fans, liv
i
ng and dy
i
ng
with
th
ei
r
team, turning the arena
int
o
fre
nz
ied house of horrors for
the away squad.
However, for the Red Foxes, it
is not possible t
o
host a single
MAAC tournament game. The
"
Re
c
ruits w
a
n
t
to
come to a
sc
ho
ol
whe
r
e
.
th
ey
h
ave
e
x
po
s
ur
e."
contract with Atlantic Coast
Conference (ACC) powerhouse
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
(along with games against
NCAA
tournament
teams
Cen
t
ral Michigan and Holy
Cross). However, Marist's home
court was none other than
Madison Square Garden, the
20,000 seat court known as "the
world's most famo\}s arena", not
the Mccann Center where Marist
students would be able to enjoy a
high-profile game. Georgia Tech
would not agree to play Marist at
McCann Cen
t
er, busting at the the Mccann Center. However,
seams, can hold 3,000 people, most teams from power confer-
500 of which would be standing.
ences will not even grant a team
The MAAC conference is look-
like Marist a game anywhere.
ing for a ven
u
e where it can put
If Marist were able to have a
people in the seats, s
h
owcase its bigger home gym ·that would
corpora
t
e sponsors, and make· a hold 8,000 to l 0,000 people, it
killing in concessions.
would become much easier to
This is not news to anyone,
scheduler bigger teams. Siena
sports is a business, and schools capitalized on its large facility by
who want to become well known scheduling home games with
to recruits, and regulars on Providence College and Xavier
national television, will find a University, both from powS':r con-
way to generate the almighty ferences.
dollar. This is just the nature of
Xavier sports National Player
the i
n
dustry.
of the Year
candidate
David West
This is not to say that Marist is on Siena's roster. When high
has not' taken considerab
l
e profile recruits make their deci-
strides
towards improvement.
sions on where they should
Head coach Dave Magarity has
attend
college,
they will
consider
continued to recruit all over the a few factors. Playing
against
country and sc
h
edu
l
e mid-major top-level
competition
would be
powers alongside the tough one of them. Recruits
want
to
MAAC conference schedule.
come to a school where they
This past season the Red
Foxes
have
exposure.
Many
college
planA the
first game of a
2,.year
basketball players want to be on
Sports off er distraction from
w
ar
By
M
a
t
t
hew
M
uench
University Daily
(l'exas Tech
U.)
(U-WIRE) I,,UBBOCK, Texas -
Eight-year old Miles Hancock
waved a small American flag on
Saturday at Dan. Law Fie
l
d min-
utes before the Red Raiders were
to play baseball against Texas
A&M.
"I love baseball," he said. "I
wanted to see baseball today."
The youngster was one of
many.
His mother, Sara Hancock, a
Lubbock, Texas, resident, said
she wanted to get away from the
TV, the radio and the Internet
that are flowing with news about
the war in Iraq. Her son had the
same idea.
"He asked me why cartoons
were not on [Saturday]," she
said. "I told
him, and I don't
think he
•really
understands. But
coming to a
sporting event
helps
you forget about what is going
on.
It
eases
.
your mind a little
bit."
Many Texas Tech students and
Lubbock residents have the same
sentiments.
Since the war began
Wednesday, many fans have
attended two men's basketball
games
and three baseball
games.
Some may have
gone
because
they are big fans, but others said
they went to
get
away from CNN
war coverage.
"I am in
support
of the war, and
I really
feel
for the
soldiers
and
fami
l
ies,"
said
Ryan Ross, a jun-
ior
mechanical
engineering
major from Houston. "But Tom
Brokaw's voice was
starting
to
get
in my dreams, and all I want-
ed
to do was watch what was
happening."
So Ross decided to buy an $18
ticket and watch Tech win its
first
-
round NIT game against
Nevada.
"All my friends are out of
town;" he said. "Watching bas-
k
e
t
ball is getting my mind away
from Iraq, eyen if I had to come
by myself. I thought about going
to see a movie, but I think bas-
ketball will do the trick a little bit
better."
During the three baseball
games and two basketball games,
fans stood up for a moment
of
silence.
During Wednesday's basketball
game, the first bomb was
dropped in Iraq, and at ha
l
ftime,
President George W. Bush's
address to the nation was
aired
on Raider Vision.
"I was not quite off the floor
[ when I heard he was
going
to
talk],'' Tech coach Bob Knight
said.
"Before I
got
to thinking
about what the hell we
should
be
doing in the second half, I lis-
tened to the preside
n
t."
It has been a difficult time to
play, Knight said, but he
thinks
playing is
good
for the public.
"There is not
a
person in
America that has
access
to a tel-
evision set
at anytime whether at
work or at home or wherever that
hasn't been
glued
to the televi-
sion
set
with what
goes
on," he
said.
"Every time there is an American
causality, your heart
stops
a little
bit. I think peop
l
e
have watched
that all day,
and
they come
see
some recreational enjoyment to
see us play."
Knight said he is
glad
sporting
events
were not
canceled.
"Next to
staying
alive, our
serv-
ice people over there
are
paying
attention to the NCAA
tourna-
me1_1t," he said. "A lot of them
are
watching the
NIT,
and
a
hell of a
lot of them will be
glued
to the
opening of Major
League
Baseball. These [sporting
events]
need to be
going
on
for every-
body's sake."
About 8,000 fans
attended
both
Wednesday and
Friday's
basket-
ball
games,
and about 3,000
showed up
each
day
for
the
three-game
baseball
series
against
Texas
A&M.
"Right here," Lubbock
resident
William Baled
said at
the base-
ball
game.
"This is
America.
Baseball is the pastime
of
this
country .• And I
tip
my hat
to all
those
soldiers fighting for
us.
Although watching this helps
me
get
away
from
the tube, I
still
have my mind on them."
His
son,
Ryan Baled,
a
high
school student, said
he
feels
badly for
coming
to the
games.
"I kind of
feel selfish,"
he said.
"I
get
to do this while they
are
dropping bombs
and firing
weapons."
Wednesday
at
the basketball
game,
J
.
R. Rodriquez,
a sopho-
more undecided major
from El
Paso,
Texas,
did
not
have
much
of an opinion
about
the war
.
But he did
guarantee
one
thing.
"Tech will win
tonight,"
he
said.
"And
America will win
this
war."
He was right
about Tech. As
for
America, they are in the lead~
but
the war is not
over.
"I hope it
ends
qu,ick," he
said.
"So
l
diers
should
be watching
basketball
with me, npt getting
dust in their
eyes in Iraq."
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ESPN and have Dick Vitale sing
their praises. Siena has a leg up
in the recruiting world just for
having played power teams. It
also has improved its status
locally by scheduling such high
profile home opponents, allow-
ing local basketball fans to real-
ize that high-level basketball is
played in the MAAC conference.
With a small facility, large
power programs will not come to
the on the road to play, and
national television will not cover
were
"If
Maris!
able to have a big-
ger home gym that
would hold 8,000 to
10,000 people, it
would
become
easier
to
much
scheduler
bigger
teams."
the game. Thus, limiting the
school's
exposure,
and suffocat-
ing
its chance to lure big time
players to a small program. As a
result
,
many mid-major pr<:>-
grams around the country cannot
keep up
·
economically with the
power
schools.
However, as parity
continues
to
run
rampant in
college
basket-
ball,
a
select group of smaller
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programs are able
to
compete
with larger schools on the bas-
ke
t
ball court. This is a result of
their school's commitment to
their success. Their arenas are
not NBA type comp
l
exes, but are
large enough to draw power
teams. They are also nice enough
to attract recruiting studs that
would have otherwise taken their
skills to another conference.
Manhattan beat Big East pow-
ers Seton Hall and St. John's this
season and boasts one of the
na
t
ion'-s top scorer,s m Luis
Flores
.
The Jaspers made it to the
NCAA tournament, losing to
eventµal Final Four participant
Syracuse. Marist also played the
Ja
_
spers
twice
m conference
action, playing two competitive
games. However, while there was
not a large gap
in
talent between
Marist and Manhattan, adminis-
trative
commitment
has
to
be
questioned.
Does Marist College want their
men's basketball team to be a
mediocre team
in
the MAAC
conference?
Do they want the
Red
Foxes
to be a team only the
Poughkeepsie
locals
know
about? Or are
they
committed to
the gradual improvement of our
program into a mid-major
power?
Success does not come easy,
and
it starts
with an attitude
Magarity said.
Teams such as
Manhattan,
Fairfield, and Siena. have facili-
ties
that
allow them to schedule
better teams for on-campus home
games.
This
creates a buzz about
the basketball
team. Fans will
fill
the arena in anticipation of a
match-up with a
well-known
school, creating new fans and
supporters that
the
team
·
never
had in the past. MAAC confer-
ence teams have to create as
much hoopla as they possibly
can. They are the
little
brothers
of college basketball
waiving
their hands,
trying
to get noticed,
trying
to
create a
tradition
that
serves as a foundation for future
team~
I do realize that it
is
not easy
and the money for
a
new arena
will not appear out of thin air, but
it
is not impossible
for
this
to
•
happen
if
the right people take
some incentive.
It
is
an on-going
struggle
to
com~ete with
the teams
from
Durham,
Chapel
Hill,
Lawrence
and Westwood,
when your
team
comes
from
Poughkeepsie.
However, the longer
we watch
our games at Mccann, the longer
the Marist
College
ba!;ketball
team
watches
the NCAA
tourna-
towards
winning.
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How sweep it is!
Baseball team wins three against St. Peters
By
Mike
Benischek
Staff Writer
Don't let the snow on the
ground fool you.
For those of you who have not
been checking goredfoxes.com
religiously, Red Fox baseball is
back. And while you were not
watching, the Foxes have been
hard at work, compiling an over-
all record of 11-8 and a record of
4-2 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference (MAAC). Over the
past weekend, Marist traveled
down to Jersey City to play a
three-game set with St. Peter's
and swept the Peahens by a com-
bined margin of 18 runs.
In
the latest of the three games,
played on Monday afternoon,
Senior Catcher Mike Sidoti was
able to propel the Foxes when
placed in a situation that most of
us have dreamed about but will
never accomplish. In the top of
the ninth inning Marist trailed
5-
4 with two on, Keith Brachold
and Kevin Grauer, and two away.
Down to their last chance, Sidoti
stepped into the batter's box
and
crushed a Chris Hughes pitch
over the right field wall for a
game saving three-run home run,
giving Marist a 7-5 lead. The
<linger was Sidoti's first of the
season, and it could not have
come at a better time for Marist.
In the bottom half of the inning
Chris Homer cleaned things up
for the Foxes, throwing a score-
less inning and securing George
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Marist's starter, Kevin Ool, left
the game with the 4-3 advantage
after pitching five complete
innings.
Monday's thriller seemed to
have the drama that was
unused
in game two of Saturday's dou-
bleheader
between
the same two
teams in• which the Fox~s
absolutely
decimated
the
Peahens 16-2. The 14-run advan-
tage tied for Marist's
largest
of
the season, equally the mark they
set in a 14-0 shutout of
Manhattan. Entering
the
fifth
inning the contest was still in
question, with the Foxes
holding
a slim
4-2
advantage, but Marist
would break out with seven-runs
in the stanza and cruised to the
victory.
The monstrous inning was
highlighted by a three-run home-
run
off the
bat
of Tyler Brock, his
first of the year. Brachold was 4-
4 on the day, with four runs
scored and four runs batted in.
Grauer was
4-5
with four runs
batted
in as well.
Despite the awesome offensive
assault, the star of the game,
however,
may
have been Marist'
pitcher, Chuck Bechtel. Bechtel
threw a complete seven innings
,
striking out 13, but allowed
an
unforgivably high amount of
nms-two.
The two earned runs allowed
allowed before the game. The
fifth year senior star is having a
season worth writing home to
mom about. Earlier this week
Bechtel was named the MAAC
Conference's first 'pitcher of the
week' of the season. He holds a
4-0 record with a 0.74 era in five
starts, and averages 1.16 strike-
outs per inning. Bechtel also
threw Marist's first ever nine-
inning no-hitter in program his-
tory earlier this year against
Manhattan.
It seems this perpetually suc-
cessful ball club's season is back
on track. After starting the year
hot by winning their first five
games, Marist fell into a slump,
losing eight of their next ten,
including two out of three to
MAAC foe Manhattan. With the
three wins against St. Peter's
over the weekend, the Foxes
have now won four straight and
the ship seems to be back on
course.
Marist is tied with Niagara for
third place right now in MAAC
standings, trailing Iona and Le
Moyne whom have both yet to
drop a game in conference play.
Marist will next play Central
Connecticut on Thursday in New
Britain Connecticut. The Foxes
return home this weekend for a
three game set with Rider.
Saturday the teams will play a
double header at Mccann base-
were not only Bechtel's
highest
ball field starting at noon, and on
total in any of his five starts, but Sunday their lone game will
also it
doubled
his total amount begin at noon as well.
Chuck Bechtel MAAC pitcher of week
By
Paul Seach
(ERA) of 0.74. Most
Sports Editor
notably was Bechtel's
complete game no-hit-
After starting the baseball
ter against Manhattan
season with statistics any
on March 23. The nine-
player would dream of,
inning no hitter was the
senior
pitcher
Chuck
first one thrown in the
Bechtel was named Metro.___.____.....___.history of the men's
Atlantic Athletic Conference
baseball
program.
(MAAC) pitcher of the week.
Bechtel's solid performance
The award was the first pitcher continued, striking out 13 against
of the week honors given to any St. Peters last Saturday. The
player this season. During the Collegiate Baseball News also
week, Bechtel was 4-0 with a gave Bechtel the pitcher of the
miniscule earned run average week honors.
Chuck Bechtel 200·3 Statistics
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4
L
0
ERA
0.74
K
41
BB
12
Marist 11-8 overall, 4-2
in
the MAAC
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The Marist women's rugby team practices in Gartland Commons in preparation for their game against
Hofstra last weekend. The team won 14-11 with Amy Matarrazo and Michelle Rose each scoring to
put the Red Foxes ahead.
Softball team wins for first
time since season opener win
By
Scott Montesano
Staff Writer
For the first month of their sea-
son, the Red Foxes' softball team
has spent more time battling the
elements of nature than opposing
pitchers.
Eight games have already been
canceled or postponed do to
inclement whether.
When the team has been able to
get on to the field, things have
been as rough as a freak .spring
snowstorm. Marist has dropped
16 of its first 18 g~es this sea-
son and has only scored 59 runs
this sea·son.
Hopefully things are now start-
ing to
tum.
The Foxes defeated the Stony
Brook Sea Wolves 8-4 on Apr. 1
marking the team's first win
since they were victorious in
their season opener February 23.
Kathleen McEvi
l
y sparked the
Marist offense going 3-4, while
Bobbi
Jo
Gonnello had three
RBIs.
Freshman
·
p
i
tcher Elizabeth
Moyer earned her first co
ll
eg
i
ate
win.
The two teams swapped
l
eads
t
hrough the first four
i
nnings
until the Foxes took con
t
rol in
the fifth and sixth innings
.
Trailing 4-3 in the top of the
fifth, Gonnello singled, allow
i
ng
McEvily to score and tie the
game. Gonnello later scored a
passed ball, to gi
v
e Marist a 5-4
advantage.
Then in the top of the sixth.
Freshman Chrystine McHugh hit
a two-run homerun, the first
homer of her collegiate career,
giving the Foxes the 7-4 advanw
tage.
Marist t
a
cked on one more
insurance run
t
o make the final
score 8-4.
The Foxes are schedu
l
ed to
have the
i
r first home game of the
season April 3 versus Hartford.
However, with the unexpe
ct
ed
snowfa
ll
earlier this week
,
that
game may be in ques
ti
on
.
Marist
i
s also scheduled to host
Metro
Ath
l
e
t
ic
Atlantic
Conference-foes Fairfield and
Iona this weekend at North F
i
eld.
Quick Note
The Stony Brook game
,
played
during unseasonably cool and
damp weather
,
offic
i
all
y
drew
only 23 hearty soles according to
the Stony Brook sports informa-
tion office. Divis
i
on I s9ftba
ll
in
the northeast generally draws
around 100 fans per game
.
Men's lacrosse wins first game of
season
By
Scott Montesano
Staff Writer
The wait was definitely worth
it for fans of the Marist inen's
lacrosse team.
After spending the first month
occurred if not for Andrew
13 minutes remaining.
Ne
v
ertheless, that firs
t
win
never seems to come easy.
VMI's Leo Mcinerney s
i
mpl
y
took control
,
leading his team on
a comeback charge.
. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,
of the season on the road, the
.
Walsh. With Marist trailing
1
1-
10 in the final minute of the
fourth quarter, Walsh scooped up
a groundball in front of
t
he
Keydets' goal and scored past
VMI goalie Brian Ward to tie the
game with 32 seconds remain-
ing.
Mcinerney
t
allied two go,als,
and ass
i
s
t
ed on anothe
r
as part of
four unanswered Keydets goals
that gave VMI the 11-10
l
ead
with under four minutes remain-
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Red Foxes gave their fans every-
thing they could have hoped for
when they finally opened up
their home schedule March 29 at
Leonidoff Field.
There was good weather (until
the last quarter), a last-minute
comeback and most importantly
an overtime win for Marist.
With a steady shower soaking
the already muddy turf, Josh
Ben-E
l
iayhu scored 29 seconds
into overtime to give the Foxes a
12-11 win over Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference (MAAC)
opponent, the Virginia Mi
l
itary
Institute Keydets.
However, Ben-Eliayhu's dra-
matics
would
never
have
The victory was Marist
'
s first
of
t
he season, improving
t
he
squad to
1
-7 overall and 1-2 in
the MAAC. The Foxes were
scheduled
t
o play at Mt. St.
Mary
'
s on April 2.
On
l
y the top four teams in
t
he
MAAC qualify for the post-sea-
son, something Marist has not
done since the 2000 season.
Suffice to say, the Foxes were in
dire need of picking up a v
i
ctory.
ing in regulation.
Quick
Notes
Mcinerney finished with five
goals and an assist total
Bill Duerr led the Foxes with
three goa
l
s. He now has
t
en goals
on the year
,
Brian Diele
,
who had one goal
against VMI, leads the team with
11.
For a while
,
it appeared as
though the Foxes would cruise to
their firs
t
win
against VMI. After
Marist is at MAAC opponent
entering halftime tied
5-5,
Marist Wagner on April
5·
scored five of the next seven
goals to open up a 10-7 lead with
Sports Opinion Question
of
the
Week
Should Marist College build
a
new arena that could seat 8,000
or
more
people? Also, should the arena
be solely
for men's basketball?
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