VOLUME 57, ISSUE
3
CAMPUS:
What have we
been up to lately?
Twenty-one
Security Briefs.
Could this be a new record?
PAGE 2
FEATURES:
When was the
last time you
were spanked?
Comedian Spanky
delivers his sixteenth
hilarious performance.
PAGE3
FEATURES:
You can run,
but you can't hide
Eight
sure-fire
ways to spot
a frosh.
PAGE5
OPINION: Flying high
Forget crosswalks and
'
jaywalking tickets. A new
solution to solve the
problem on how to
cross Rt. 9
SPORTS: Volleyball
serves up a win
PAGE6
Six aces in one game and it
wasn't even tennis.
PAGE7
ARTS: Catch it in
a theater near you
Nicholas Cage lights up the
silver screen in
"Matchstick Men."
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
18, 2003
F oxF est rocks Mc Cann Center
Festivities persist
despite bad weather
By
TARA MORRILL
Asst. Managing Editor
FoxFest,
an annual event spon-
sored by Student Activities, pro-
·
vided
fun
and entertainment for
students in the Mccann Center
on Saturday, Sept. 13.
Director of Student Activities,
Bob Lynch,
explained
that the
event got off to a slow start when
it was forced to relocate to the
Mccann Center gym due to
inclement weather.
"The Student Programming
Council
event has been in the works since
this past summer.
FoxFest featured musical acts
including Johnny Society, Ants
Marching, Rahzel, and Five
Minute Riot, winners of the
Marist
'Battle
of the Bands,'
who opened for Rahzel.
The first to go on was rock
group Johnny Society, whose
third album
Clairvoyance
won
Album of the Year at the 2002
Independent Music Awards
.
Brian Geitner, the group's
drummer, expressed his enthusi-
(SPC) wants
to do outdoor
festivals. So,
a big chal-
lenge arises
when
bad
weather
comes
our
way,"
Lynch
said.
"You
You can't win If you have It
[the event] indoors or out-
doors. If It's Indoors, you
don't get as large an
audience, and If It's out-
doors, people complain
because It's raining.
asm to be play-
ing at Marist.
"I'm really
excited to play
here," Geitner
said.
"I
can say
I went to
college
today!"
Sophomore
Phil
Deyman
· Bob Lynch
said of the rock
can't win i f - - - - - - - - - - - - - b a n d ,
"I
really
you have it [the event] indoors or
like
them,
My
first rnm:tion
'
was
outdoors.
If it's indoors, you that their music reminded me of
don't get as large an audience,
Chris Cornell
because they both
and if
it's
outdoors, people com-
have the same range."
plain because
it's
raining."
Foltowing the
first
act was
As a credit
to student
govern-
Ants
Marching,
a
Dave
ment he added
,
"This
event Matthews
cover
band.
They
wouldn't
have
been possible attracted a large audience, many
without
SPC's ongoing
commit-
of
whom
claimed to be dedicated
ment to entertaining our stu-
Dave Matthews Band fans. With
dents."
heads bopping and feet tapping,
SPC President,
senior
Kristin one could feel the
energy in
the
Burlage
commented
that the
gym
during their renditions of
College marks
Patriots'
Weekend
By
COURTNEY
KRElZ
Co-News Editor
Marist College will join the
Hudson River Valley Institute in
celebrating the 225 anniversary
of the American Revolution, on
Friday, Sept. 19.
The weekend of Sept. 19-21 is
marked Patriots' Weekend
in
New York. The Hudson River
Valley was a very important and
influential
location in the
American Revolution.
"General George
Washington
understood how important the
Hudson River Valley was, and
that
is why
he brought his army
here
in
the fall off 1778. The
same
fact
holds true
today: if you
want to understand the American
Revolution, you
come
to the
Hudson
River Valley
.
This is
the
place to understand that war,"
said Dr. James M. Johnson
,
a
Marist professor of history and
the executive director of
the
Hudson River Valley Institute.
Patriots' Weekend will be
com-
memorated at Marist with a lec-
~e by professor and author Dr.
Joseph Tiedemann, whose latest
book is "The Other New York:
The Revolution Outside New
York
City."
The lecture will
start
at
7
p.m. in the Nelli Goletti
Theater.
Patriots' Weekend
is
presented
by the Hudson River Valley
Institute, in partnership
with the
Hudson River Valley National
Heritage Area and the
Historical
Society of Quaker
Hill
and
Pawling.
For more information
regard-
ing the 2003 Patriots' Weekend
and
other area
events, contact
the
Hudson River Valley Institute
at
Marist
College at
extension
3052,
or
visit
www.hudsonrivervalley.org.
SGA Elections Calendar
September 19 -
Petitions
due
for all candidates
by
4 p.m.
in
the SGA office
September 21
-
Campaigning begins
at
midnight
September 22
-
Speech Night
at
9:30
p.m.
in
the
PAR
September 24- Meet the
Candidate Night at 9:30 p.m. in
the
PAR
September
29
·
Voting begins at 11 a.m.
October 1
-
Voting will ends at 7 p.m.
October 3 - Official results will then
be
posted
by
9
p.m.
TARA MORRILL/
THE CIRCLE
Above: The multi-talented son~rlter Kenny Siegal of Johnny Society played guitar, key-
board and sang, dlsplaylng his full range of abllitles
.
The New
York-based
rock group
released their fourth album Ufe
Behind the 21st
Century
Wall
this
year.
Right: Senior Jaimie Wajdowla, who Just returned from
a
semester
abroad
In Australia,
gets a
henna tattoo during the performance
.
Dave Matthews'
music.
Sophomore Colleen McAlfyster
felt their
replication of
Dave
Matthews Band's
music was
incredible.
"I
just
saw
the
Dave
Matthews
Band
a couple weeks
ago in
con-
cert. This
group is
probably one
of the best cover bands
for
Dave
Matthews. They're good with all
the instruments.
vocals,
and
1hey
sound
just
like
them,"
McAllyster said.
In addition, FoxFest also
coor-
dinated
other activities such as
Henna
tattoos, frisbee making,
basketball
,
and the "King of the
Mountain"
climbing adventure.
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A look through
native
eyes
By
STACEY
CASWELL
Copy Editor
Independent
videographer,
Renee
Gosson
will
present her
self-directed
documentary
at
the
Marist
College Henry Hudson
room
from 7-8:30 p.m.
on
Wednesday,
Sept. 24. The pres-
entation, "Landscape
and
Memory
:
Martinican Land-
~eople-History", is part of a
series of guest lectures presented
by
the
Department
of
Communication and
the
Arts.
Filmed in 2001 in Martinique,
the documentary attempts to
examine how French coloniza-
tion
has
affected the Martinican
people and their culture
.
Its style
mirrors
the
formula by which
French
West Indian
novels have
been structured by use of poetry,
history and personal narratives.
By dividing
the
film into five
sections, Gosson
looks
through
the
eyes of the natives, and to the
landscape to tell the
history of
this country
.
Dr. Paula Willoquet Maricondi,
Assistant
Professor of Media
Arts, teaches course
in
film
theo-
ry at
Marist.
She was impressed
with
the film
and proposed
to
have
Gosson speak as part
of
the
guest
lecture
series. "The ques-
tions that she's trying to raise
about
Martinique
are not unique
to Martinique. It seems to be a
lecture that will reach to different
constituencies of the college,"
Willoquet said. "One of the
things that is very interesting
about the project is that she is
experimenting with the media.
She's trying to create a visual
essay."
Gosson, Assistant Professor of
French and Francophone Studies
at Bucknell University, created
this
film
in conjunction with
Assistant Film Professor
Eric
Faden, also a professor at
Bucknell. She has
published
articles
that include,
"For what
the land tells:
An
Ecocritical
Approach
to
Patrick
Chamo-
iseau's
Chronicle
of the Seven
Sorrows" and
"What
Lies
Beneath?
Cultural ExciJ.vation in
·
Neocolonial
Martinique".
Dr.
Ivette Romero
teaches a
course
in Caribbean Literature
Studies here
at
Marist. Although
her class studies only three
islands of the Caribbean
due
to
language specifications, she has
advised her students
to
attend the
lecture
.
"In
order
to understand
the Caribbean as a whole, and
the similarities and differences
within it, we should take a
look
at the history."
However, Romero feels this
lecture has relevance
to
students
campus wide. "We see the coun-
tries surrounding us as tourist
spots, so
I
think
this
film really
gives a much clearer understand-
ing of the areas around
us
and a
much more complex view
."


























































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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
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PAGE2
Security Briefs: Champagnat's back,
.St.
Francis is packed
ByDAN ROY
Campus Editor
9/10-
Ding Ding Ding! It's sup-
per time Wednesday night at 6:30
in Gartland D-block, but that isn't
the family dinner bell ringing. It's
the ding of a Fairview
fire
truck!
Some
genius
!''!t
off the
fire
alann
while attempting to use ~e stove.
Fairview arrived, detennined the
cause, and told the student that wet
laW1dry is much better dried in a
microwave
·
than on top of the
stove. A lesson well learned.
9/10
-
A major theft attempt was
attempted
at
12:30
p.m.
Wednesday ¢rernoon. I'm talking
Bruce Willis in
Die Hard with a
Vengeance
big; no, more like
cnizy
boy band big! A duffel
bag
was
found owner-less in the dining
room.
When opened, nine
bananas, six pears, two oranges, a
doz.en English muffins, a loaf
of
bread,
and seven dinner plates were
found I know the
fuod
in the
cafe-
teria is amazing, but seven dinner
plates! Now that's just taking it a
step
too
far.
9/10
-
Fairview made a visit to
Old Townhouses at 1:10 am. last
Thursday.
One student became
sick
after
having
too
many beers,
but after being checked by
Fairview, was allowed to go to
bed... "Wow that kid must have
'
cfrnnktlt1tmrif
Fail'View
had
to
come
all
;t.!M)wa~ver~.!!-
1 .
.
,A.ffllllly~
<>~Y
five cans of Bud Light were found
"Oh
man, so he was going solo that
night?" No, no actually there were
13 other people there ... "Oh" ...
9/11
-
Beck Place was host of the
next ''battle of the titans" match up.
A black Acura raced off against a
small Toyota
After
a long and
gru-
eling display of strength and
endurance, the Acura came away
the victor, inflicting minor damage
to the Toyota's
rear
bwnper.
9/12
-
Gartland must have been
still feeling the effects of the first
week's drinkfest when preparing
their food last week.
In
Gartland E
block at 2:00 p.m., the
fire
alarm
went off again. This time burnt
bacon was the culprit. Now, bacon
is one, of those foods that some
people prefer to be cooked a little
burnt.
It is supposed to be burnt
somewhat, because who likes flop-
py bacon? With this in mind, think
how much someone would have to
bum bacon
to
set
off the
fire
alarm.
You would have to be actually sit-
ting there watching the bacon cook,
and think, ''No, it needs a little
more." I can't even fathom how
burnt that poor piece of bacon
looked when the alann finally went
off. In fact, I don't want to.
9/12
-
Leo finally got off the
zero
board Friday night when security
intercepted a couple of students in
the small parlcing lot behind their
dorm at 10:00 p.m.
The back
packs were checked and sure
enough, two 12 packs of Busch
were found Ifl had a nickel every
time two 12 packs of Busch were
found in the little parking lot
behind
Leo ...
well, let me just say
you wouldn't have to wony about
.cancer
ahymore .
.
1
,
vr
11
,
9/12
-
Shortly after that incident,
another student tried entering Leo
Hall at 10:30 p.m. He swiped
in,
and
.
then was on his way.
Haha,
just kidding, this
is
Marist after all.
The security guard stopped him
and confiscated 10 cans of Busch
'
beer
from
his backpack. The other
two are still missing.
9/12-
Leo
Hall's entry
hall
officer
had his work cut out for him Friday
night. Minutes
after
'10
beer
boy'
got caught, another
one came
waltzing
in.
This time, the bag
revealed 12
cans
of Coors Light.
The other
18
are still missing.
9/12 -
An
Upper West Cedar U-
block resident pulled a
fire
box
at
10:40 p.m. Friday. The police
came,
and
the matter is
under
investigation. But for everyone's
knowledge, the
red
head didn't
suf-
fer any major injuries.
9/12 -
The Champagnat breeze-
way saw its first action Friday
night. At 11 :40 p.m., a student was
found to be
pretty
sick after his
night out.
Fairview came and
thought this person was so sick that
he had to be taken to St. Francis.
am., a security guard on patrol
found "distasteful" graffiti in the
sixth, eighth, and ninth floor com-
mon
areas in Champagnat.
Personally,
_
I have no patience for
artists. If they want to paint stuff,
fine,
but
they better do it on their
own time.
Do
not come and try to
force your ways on me, because
I'm not buying!
9/13
-
A non-student attempted
to
gain
entry to Sheahan Hall at
3:15p.m. usingafalseID. He was
then escorted off campus. You
know,
if
he tried entering 16 min-
utes sooner, he could have walked
right in. Security isn't on watch
until 3 p.m. Oh weli you live and
you learn.
9/13
-
Champagnat wanted to get
their proverbial
drink
on early
Saturday afternoon; unfortunately
Poor thing, I know how violent not early enough. At 3:20 p.m.
diarrhea can be.
security confiscated a 12 pack of
·
Rolling Rock, from a 'would be'
9/13 -
The next day
'
another ill drinker. Again, you have to won-
student was found by the benches der what that person was doing
outside Donnelly.
This person
too,
around 2 p.m. that prohibited him
was taken to St. Francis.
Ok,
from getting his
beer
then. You get
something is definitely up. My it then, you come back, and you
detective nose
is
starting to get a skip your way through the
whiff of a lead.
All these
students
Champagnat
·
doors:
Bada-bing-
have something in common. And bada-boom.
Am
I the only one
all signs put to one thing-Carnies! thinking here?
Heh heh heh, another case solved
by the Roy
man ...
9/13
-
At 4:20 am. another intox-
icated student was stopped in the
Champagnat bree7.eway. Fairview
was called, but did not think the
student
needed
to
go to the hospi-
tal. Apparently the kid didn't have
small hands and smell like cab-
bage
.
9/13
-
This just
in, we have artists
living in Champagnat! At 7:45
9/13 -
Over in Gartland, we had
more trouble with off campus
guests. At 9:30 p.m. two non
-
Marist students were removed
from campus, and 14 cans of
Miller and 13 cans of Bud Light
were removed from the party
remaining. You know, a simple
guest pass would make the lives of
these people so much easier. I
guess Discount Beverage ran out of
those.
Upcoming events
Thursday,
Sept.18, 2003
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003
Poster sale
Bruce Almighty
SPC Broadway Trip
International
Day of Peace
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
9 p.m.
Little Shop of Horrors
World Peace Festival
Champagnat Courtyard
Champagnat Green
Bus
leaves
at 10 a.m.
www.worldpeace.org
9/13
-
Champagnat's entry guard
must be close to a record for
most
alcohol busts for a week. At 9:45
p.m.
a
student tried
to
gain
entry
with six bottles
of
Coors in his bag.
You think he would have been able
to hide six bottles in a bag. Since
not, here's an idea for next time ...
don't use your purse
Mr. "six bot-
tles to get me drunk."
9/14
-
Ok, I think someone in
Old Townhouses lot. The other
vehicle left the scene unnoticed and
most definitely content.
Alcohol related Incidents this
week:
1. Champagnat- 5
2. Leo-3
·
3. Gartland-
2
4. Foy Townhouses- 1
5. Marian-
1
·
Gartland must have taken offense
Alcohol
related
Incidents
by
dorm
to my weak drinking jokes from
toeal:
last issue, because this week,
Gartland's E-block tried to go all
1~ Gartland-
8
2.
Champagnat-
5
out At 12:30 a.m. security came
and confiscated one keg (tap and
all) and four 12 ounce bottles of
Coors.
I applaJJd the effort
Gartland E.
If
it
is
any consolation,
3. Leo-3
4,
Sheahan- 1
5.
Old
Townhouses- 1
6. Marian-1
I saw the tap in the security office;
Roy's
Dorm
Alcohol
Incident
it was
a
nice one!
Fantasy
Beat
9/14
-
Up until now, crickets have
been
chirping over at Marian. At
12:45 a.m. Sunday a bottle of
Southern Comfort was confiscated
at entry. Who can't go for a little
peach flavored bourbon liquor
once in a while?
9/14
-
Once again,
a
student was
taken to St. Francis via Fairview.
This time the student was found
intoxicated on the benches in front
of Donnelly at
·
2
a.m.
I think it
would be funny
if
one time,
instead
of Fairview bringing the drunken
kid
to
St. Francis, they bring
him
to
a
random person's
garage. Then
tell him that he is in serious condi-
tion and we have to operate imme-
diately. This is done while holding
a hand saw and a cordless
drill.
But maybe that is just me.
9/15
-
And
in
_
other news, a blue
Honda received
damage
to its hood
and fender at 2 p.m. Monday in the
Tuesday, Sept. 23,
2003
Independent
Film Series
Real
Women
Have Curves
8 p.m. in the PAR
One dorm you have to have in
your starting lineup this week is
Champagnat. Coming off
a disap-
pointing
first
week, look for
Champagnat to bounce back with
force.
The other residence
hall
that
deserves to play -this week is
Gartland Gartland is streaky, but
they
are on a
tear
right now; I would
be
afraid to
'
sit
them.
If
you want to make a move, I say
pick
-
up
Leo.
They
are usually a
pretty
consistent dorm, giving you
two
or
three
write
ups
a
week.
If
you
have Midrise on
your
ros-
ter,
drop them! They
are showing
not even
the slightest
hint
of life this
year. Greystone
has
a better chance
of getting written up than they do.
The biggest bust of semester so
far
has
to
be Marian. I don't know what
they are waiting for
,
maybe
midterm time, but they have
to
start
cracking
.
If
they
don't, they
will
find themselves in a hole they can
'
t
dig themselves out of.
Wed.,
Sept. 24, ~003
International
Programs
Information Meeting
11 a.m. in SC 349










































THE
CIRCLE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
maristclrcle.com
Have vou
-
been Spanked?
CAROLINE ROSS/ THE CIRCLE
Shown here on the stage in the Cabaret, Spanky brings his hilarity
back
to
our campus.,
·lfhilr
was his
six'te'effl.tfsffl6w "here
at
Marlst1 and
undoubtedly
the
sixteeHtfYUm~ne's:rtacl the
,
~~Clr~ studertt audlence
taughing uncontrollably the whole time.
Coffee with
Kyler England
By
MELISSA DAVIS
Staff Writer
What do North Carolina and
Brooklyn, N. Y. have in com-
mon? Singer-songwriter Kyler
England, the star of the SPC cof-
feehouse held Tuesday Sept. 9,
in the PAR.
enced the emotions of her lyrics
·
at least once.
The lyrics of
Breathe Again ring true for most
students.
By ALICIA WELLS
life is comedy, and we should
Staff Writer
find something every day that
The crowd at Spanky.'s "Men makes us laugh. Only then, he
are Sluts" tour performance explained, will we live long
clearly wasn't easily offended;
happy lives.
there was nothing but thunderous
Spanky clearly has an easy
laughter for the comedian's dirty time finding his humor.
"My
jokes. The Cabaret was filled material finds me. I usually just
with amused students last Friday stumble across it," he said. "The
night at the show organized b.y
muse visits from time to time."
the
Student
Programming In addition to having hilarious
Council.
material, Spanky made sure the
This was - - - - - - - - - - crowd was on their
Spanky's sixteenth
'I'll always be addicted
toes. He talked to
show at Marist,
to performing live. It's
people in the audi-
and he couldn't
such a rush.'
ence
a~d even
say more about the
chose a girl to help
school which he
him with his act.
says is' his favorite
-Spanky
She provided his
out of all the col-
comedian
"hands" for him by
leges he visits. - - - - - - - - - - standing
behind
"The crowd was great as him with her arms through his,
always," he said. This school performing the actions of his
has one of the best programs for story, a classic comedy routine.
the students." Spanky referred Spanky worked well with the
to the excellence of the
'
SPC.
audience, which added to the
show.
The students were equally
enthused about Spanky's per-
formance.
"The
crowd was
really
involved," said sophomore Jenna
"I've seen
him
three times and Notti. "He had a lot ofretum."
it's
funny every time," said jun-
ior John Delaat. Other students
enjoyed it just as much.
"The
show was hilarious,"
sophomore Michael Assenza
said. "He also brought it back to
a good message for college
kids."
'Spahky'
-
s
messlig~
was
'fo
'$find
your humor.'' He explained that
Spanky has been featured on
several TV shows, including ER
and Profiler, and he hopes to
continue along the lines of tele-
vision. He would also
like
to
consider the possibility of fea-
ture films, but he doesn't plan to
stop his stand~up.
"I'll
al.ways
be
·
addicted·
to
performin~
liv.e,"
he said. "It's such a rush.
The Dail
y Grind
Features Editor
S
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Tips for avoiding the
'
'Freshman fifteen''
"It
does seem strange and
unfriendly of God to have made
most of us with an appetite that
exceeds our need for food. if we
get thirsty, we drink water and
our thirst disappears. If, on the
other hand, we eat a big meal
containing everything we need
to sustain us, we often have a
desire to eat more."
-
Andy
.
Rooney
It's ironic, but he's exactly
right. We all suffer from a food
addiction, and that's where our
·
problem lies. When it comes to
fast
food,
Americans
take the cake
(no pun intend-
ed). There is a
==-=-====
solution,
but
even the word
carries a lot of weight: dieting.
Dieting
is
hell. We all know
how bad it is. How can you even
begin when there are so many
different methods of weight
loss? Since everyone says some-
thing different, who do you lis-
ten to?
I
have come up
with
a perfect
and simple solution to all your
weight gain problems. I'm not a
nutritionist, but it doesn't take
one to know how to lose a few
pounds. Eat healthy and exer-
cise. Common sense, right?
It's what we've been taught
since kindergarten. You have to
do something extreme and con-
centrate on the BIG picture if
you want to get any results. If
you want to lose weight, you
have to go through a complete
lifestyle change. You cannot just
say you're going to cut back and
eat less; you're only setting
yourself up for failure. Everyone
makes excuses for themselves or
gives themselves days off, but
you must build up your will
power and think of it as an all or
nothing affair.
Step
1
:
Drink lots of water. It
will
fill
up your stomach and
fool your brain into thinking that
you're not hungry.
Step 2
:
Hit the
gym.
The only
way to lose weight is to exercise
it away.
It
may not be possible
to
do it
everyday.
However, you
should be exercising at least
three times a week at a high
intensity level for a minimum of
a half hour.
Step 3
:
Don't eat three big
meals a day. Instead eat smaller
portions for
all
your m~als. Start
with a small breakfast, even if
it's a piece of toast. Snack on
fruits and other healthy bits all
day long instead of clumping all
your food into meals. This will
keep your metabolism working
which
will
enab
l
e you
to
burn
more calories. Before you sit
down to eat your dinner, go for a
nice little stroll. Your metabo-
lism
will
be
raring
to
go, and
you
will
feel less hungry.
Lastly, stop eating all food at
10 p.m. You burn calories at
a
much slower rate while sleeping
than when you're awake.
Step 4
:
Give up sweets - go
cold turkey.
I
know how hard
this is because I'.ve done it
myself for extended periods of
time. There is no way to just cut
back on sweets and high fat con-
tent
foods.
However,
if
you cut
them out completely for an
extended period of time, you
will not
be
tempted. You can
slowly introduce them back into
your diet in small
'pottititi.s
later.
That way, your desire to eat
them will be cut in half.
Everything will taste extremely
sweet and you will only
be
able
to take them in small doses.
Step 5
:
Keep track of your
progress and set a goal. Measure
and weigh yourself daily.
It
will
definitely help you stay motivat-
ed. It is important
t
o reward
yourself, not with food but with
other
.
things that make you
happy. A good idea is
!O
buy
new clothing in your new size.
Once you've reached your
goal, don't stop. You have to
maintain your new body,
and
going back to old habits will
only ruin it.
Finally, remember that dieting
and exercise will not make a dif-
ference unless you're happy.
You are the o
n
e who has to
be
happy with yourself
-
and your
happiness is all that matters.
Raised in North Carolina and
currently living in Brooklyn, the
duality of her very existence
lends itself to her truthful lyrics.
The inscription on her newest
release, A Flower Grows in
Stone, reads "
...
melodies like a
city
skyline/
lyrics like a road
map to the heart/ voice like a
warm smpmer day." Truly this
captures the essence of a country
girl living in a big city.
"Responsibility
suffocates/ I got
differences I can't reconcile/ I've
had
enough,
grab
my
boots,
hit the
concrete/ !,gotta get out of my skin
for a while/ so I can breathe again."
Anyone who has ever
felt
the p.ain
of lost love would find the SO!}g
Distill to runs along the vein of his
or her own emotional turmoil.
·
Saves the Day
England's performance was part
of the SPC
·
coffeehouse series,
where new and upcoming
artists
are introduced to the Marist cam-
pus.
The
event
filled
the
Performing
Arts
0
Room with
witty
banter, quick-witted anecdotes and
even
a
few
cover songs.
Her
moving lyrics and
finesse
with the
acoustic guitar
rivals
that of Jewel
and Sheryl Crow, and her
informal
interludes complete the picture of a
sure-hit
star.
When
asked
what she hoped
people would
take from
listening
to her musio,
England said, "I'm
addicted
to that
feeling
you get
when a song just hits you in the
gut
... it can happen when acer-
tain song
appears
in y~ur life
right when you need it most and
it helps you get through
some-
thing."
Surely, everyone
has
experi-
"I cried again today/tears they
vandalized my face .. .I'd bum
off the liquid of your love until
the crystals of myself remained/
but even then my heart would be
stained/ separate my life into
before and after you
...
that's how
I'll get through."
To find out more about
Kyler
England, check out her website:
KylerEngland.com. There you can
find her touring schedule, clips
from her newest album, and links
to purchase the album through the
site
in
conjunction
with
c.dbaby.com
To keep on top of all the acts and
performances that will
be
at Marist
this
semester,
add MaristSPC to
your AIM buddy list. Don't take
these perfonnances for
granted--
you just might be
seeing
a future
star!
JOHN MAZUSH
/
PRESS PHOTO
Singer-songwriter Kyler England poses for the camera. Kyler was the
star of SPC's Student coffeehouse last Tuesday, Sept 9.
logging on
Kyler England's official website:
www.KylerEngland.com
Producer's website:
www.trlbaseproductlons.com
Continued
from Page
8
verse and a crisp, snarling chorus
to follow.
Conley's
vocals are
still as amazing as ever on
"In
Reverie", with his still-boyish
voice giving life to every song
on the album. On "Wednesday
the Third",
Conley's
vocals sport
a Morrisey-ish monotony to
them, evidence
·
that his influ-
ences are beginning to wander
away from the back lots of the
Warped Tour. Now
24, Conley
finds himself in the vocal com-
pany of higher-range frontmen
such as the Alkaline Trio's Matt
Skiba and the Ataris Kris Roe.
Though many fans of early
Saves the Day may find them-
selves alienated by the album's
experimental nature, if looked at
as a separate entity, The Reverie
is a musical masterpiece with
amazingly written songs and
meaningful lyrics about living in
today's world and finding your-
self. Saves the Day have already
achieved so much throughout
their career, and with the release
of In Reverie they are on the
verge of becoming more than
just respected members of the
emo
/
punk
community,
but
respected musicians.
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Psychology professor says program has outlived
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Dr. Edward
J.
O'Keefe
Psychology Professor
Last year at this time during
a
class discussion of the Marist
core/liberal studies
program,
an
angry third-year student shouted
out: "The purpose of the core is
to keep students here an extra
two years so the college can
make money off them!"
strong aversion to the core
requirements. Worse yet, he may
be reflecting a strong negative
attitude
toward
the core held by a
great many
other
students.
Regrettably,
I
believe this is true.
In part, my belief that many
others share this negative atti-
tude stems from over 40 years of
teaching and advising at Marist.
During
pre-registration I have
frequently heard students lament,
"I don't know what to take next
topics that they think are impor-
tant,
so this
is not
a
positive sign
either.
It is also
interesting
to note that
a faculty committee recently
approved a revision of the stu-
dent evaluation form that is used
to assess courses. The form did
not include any assessment of the
extent to which courses receiv-
ing core credit fulfill the objec-
tives of the core/liberal studies
program. Faculty members usu-
pared with my previous institu-
tion"; or "This values-oriented
core
really
informs ~d comple-
ments the content of my
advanced courses."
This was said in response to a
question
asked by a first year stu-
dent. Surprisingly, (at least to
me) this view of the core was
supported by another upperclass-
man and
.
refuted
by no one. If the
statement is !fue, then the core is
a "rip off," and Marist students
its victims!
semester but I
know I want
to get core
out
of the way."
Most of
us
only want
to
get a "pain,
pest
or
prob-
I
don't recall ever hearing a
student rejoice over core
requirements, as In, 'I can't
wait to take another
ally evaluate
that which
they think is
important,
so this too is
not
a posi-
tive sign.
I have. however, often heard
students and faeulty laud courses
and requirements in the
"ma
jor."
Why not the core?
It
seems to
me
that if the core were high,\y,
prizep, less negative and more
positive sentiments would be
heard on campus. Interestingly
enough, outside agencies such as
the Middle States Association
and
the
Templeton Foundation
praise
our
core/liberal studies
program.
In previous columns in The
Circle and at faculty meetings
and retreats, I have stated the
reasons why I
believe
these neg-
ative atti'tudes exist and have
suggested remedies for the prob-
lem. But rather than reiterate
them npw, I would like to await a
reaction to the comments made
in this article. In
particular,
I am
interested in students' views
on
philosophy, math, science,
history or writing course.'
On
the
As chair of the committee that
originally
developed this core
over twenty-five years ago, I of
course would be expected to dis-
agree with this statement, and
perhaps to dismiss it simply as
the fulminations of one disgrun-
tled student given
to
hyperbole.
But such a response would not'be
instructive. At the very least it
can
be
inferred that the student
lem" out of
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other hand, I
don't ever recall
hearing
a stu-
dent
rejoice
over
core
require-
ments, as in, "I can't wait to take
another philosophy, math, sci-
ence, history or writing course";
nor can I ever recall a faculty
member speaking
excitedly
about the core as in, "I'm quite
impressed by
'
the connection
between the foundation and the
the
way, so this is
not
a positive
sign.
(for whatever reasons) has a
Students have even told
me
that
some faculty encourage them to
get core "out of the way," reflect-
ing their own
pejorative
view of
these requirements. In that
regard, I am aware of very few
course syllabi that denote core as
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My e-mail address is:
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campus radio station
has been
these prizes for
people
to listen. It is
past
few weeks,
the
audio
wires
got more
indoctrination
than fact.
cut That's the short
story.
While
Do me a favor and look in the
WMCR's
studios have been garbage can at any dorm and
cleaned up
and are
ready
to
roll, it count the number of beer bottles
appears
that
the audio cable
feeding
,or go out to
Donnelly
Hall after
the transmitter was inadvertently dark. I
think
your perspective
severed during renovations to
wiH
change pretty quickly.
Champagnat
As
a result and
in
I take issue with some of the
addition, some of the equipment
is
stories written in this paper as
now
in
need of maintenance. The well. All well informed and
problem
will
hopefully
be
fixed
in
intelligent writers, of course.
the
very
near
future.
In
the mean-
H'6'Wever, there are some mis~
time, the webcast is
up
and running.
conceptions of drinking that
The campus station's
first
meet-
have not been addressed to date.
ing
was held yesterday. At
this
First, drinking is not necessar-
meeting, nominations were sub-
ily a peer-pressure induced
mitted for the various positions occurrence. That may be a con-
within the organiz.ation. Another tributing factor, but it is not the
meeting has been called for primary cause of drinking.
Wednesday,
Sept.
24, at 12:30 p.m.
Alcohol is a drug and like any
WMCR is a student-run cam-
desirable drug, it gets our mind
pus radio station operating at off of the problems at hand. It is
88.1 on the FM dial, and online a depressant which slows our
via links on the Marist College reactions and thinking processes.
website. The radio club is open We may have problems we want
to students from all departments.
to forget (a dangerous use of
As faculty advisor, I am hoping alcohol incidentally) or simply
that we can have a great year at want to kick back and release
the campus station. I will work after a busy week. Consuming
hard ~o ensure that students have alcohol is not stupid (as a writer
for this paper suggested), it just
happens for whatever reason.
You can find a rationale for any-
thing as long as you consider the
context.
answers to issues concerning the
station. Over the coming weeks,
one of the main tasks will be to
formulate realistic short-term
and long-term goals for the sta-
tion. Also, students involved
with the station need to listen to
their fellow classmates to get
ideas as to what kinds of things
they'd like to hear from the cam-
pus station.
I'd like to thank the SGA and
Office of Student Activities for
all of their help in the past few
weeks to ensure a bright future
for WMCR. The Fox will be
back and better than ever in the
upcoming weeks.
Thank for
your patience.
Bradley C.
"Bree" Freeman
WMCR
faculty advisor
When drinking, focus on
the person, not the beverage
It
is my opinion that the "Social
Norms" program represents the
utter failure of an interest group
to influence the community prac-
tice
.
I had passed their booth at
the Marist activities fair
-
not
much to my surprise, they were
offering prizes on the condition
that the student repeat the
phrase
which somehow eludes me at the
moment (paraphrasing), most
Marist students abstain from
drinking or have 0-4 or at most 5
drinks when they go out. You
The only stupid thing is the
excessive use of alcohol or any-
thing for that matter. We must
address the person before we
address the drug.
If
we continue
to ignore the individual and
demonize the tool, we will never
make progress and we will ulti-
mately turn out worse off than
when we started.
Editorial Note
Ernest
Hanes
Student
The
article addressing the con-
swnption of alcohol pertains to the
first
edition of The Circle.
In
it, a
syndicated columnist
through
U-
WIRE explains why drinking was
not a choice for
him.
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CIRCLE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
18,
2003
marlstclrcle.com
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Asst. Sports Editor
Heather Lee
PAGE7
Riding in the wind: Branham champion
JEANINE BRANHAM/
FOR THE
CIRCLE
Jeanin6l Branham, a senior at Marist, is the first
Marist
Western
Rider
to win a Western championship other than someone from the Army.
She is a biology major and a Resident Assistant for Upper West
Cedar.
By PAUL SEACH
&
ANTHONY OLIVIERI
Circle
Staff
In the five-year existence of the
Zone Two Region One High Point
Western
Rider Champion-ship, the
United States Military Academy
(USMA)
has
walked away with the
championship
each
year.
That is, until Mari.st
senior
Jeanine
Branham stole the show, winning
the championship, and taking it out
of USMA's
hands
at
the
Intercollegiate
Horse
Show
Association's
IHSA
Regional championshlp February
16,
2003.
Branham qualified for the nation-
al finals with a first-place finish in
open reining, and second in open
horsemanship classes,
during
a
competition at Centenary College.
She won the championship with
58 points defeating USMA,
Centenary
College,
Drew
Volleyball team def eats Sacred Heart
By
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
WEST POINT, N.Y, -
Frosh
outside hitter Stefanie Miksch
dropped six aces against Sacred
Heart, as the Red Foxes women's
volleyball team salvaged
.
the
final
game
at
the-r
,
~
Tournament last weekend.
With a 3-0 victory over the
Pioneers on Sept.
13,
the Red
Foxes snapped a two-game los-
ing skid. Marist had lost to host
Army and Yale in their first two
tournament games by a com-
bined score of
6-1.
Sophomore outside hitter Jamie
Kenworthy helped pace the
Foxes' assault on Sacred Heart
with a team-high 14 kills and 13
digs.
Nevertheless, it was the fresh-
man Miksch who was the story.
The
Austin,
Texas
native
wrapped up a stellar week over-
Womens Volleyball
Marist
@Fairleigh
Dickinson -
5
p.m.
Saturday,
Sept
20
Football
Siena
@
Marist
Leonido1f Field
-
7 p.m.
all by dominating the Pioneers
from the service line with her
team-high six aces.
The six aces are the most by
any Red Fox in a single game
this season.
Marist was able to edge Sacred
Heart 30-28 in the first game,
then eolistl?!:i
to a
30.;:l:tl
win
m
the second game, before wrap-
ping up the match with another
convincing 30-13 win.
For her effort, Miksch was
named the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference's (MAAC)
rookie of week. The true fresh-
man, who also
ran
track in high
schoo
l
,
leads the Red Foxes with
a .115 hitting percentage, with 92
kills, 12 aces and 83 digs.
Miksch becomes the first Red
Fox to earn rookie of the week
accolades since current sopho-
more Meghan Cochrane was
given
that distinction
last
November.
Saturday,
Sept.
20
Men's Soccer
Marist@Binghamton
lp.m.
Saturday,
Sept
20
Womens
Soccer
Marist@LIU Brooklyn
1
p.m.
Marist's record
now
stands at
3-8 overall. MAAC play is still
two weeks away. Until then, the
Red Foxes
·
still have nearly 10
non-conference games to pre-
pare: These include a tournament
this weekend hosted by Holy
Cross College in Worcester,
Nfitss:
In the middle of a rebuilding
stretch, the 2003 Red Foxes' ros-
ter features only one senior,
middle
blocker
Christina
Brozek. In addition, only two
juniors hold spots in the team's
fairly young'
14-person
roster.
Last season the Red Foxes
went 10-23 during the regular
season before
dropping
their first
two matches at the MAAC tour-
nament.
This was a drastic improve-
ment from 200
I
when the team
went only 3-23 and 2000 when
Marist won just one match the
entire campaign.
Saturday, Sept. 20
Womens
Tennis
Bucknell
Townament
Sp.m.
Lewisbw:g,
Pa.
Check
MaristCircle.com
for
more
sports
Pedestrian
·
Responsibilities on Route 9
Public Service Announcement
The State Traffic Law
regard-
ing pedestrians who cross at
crosswalks
regulated
by
Traffic Lights (Rt.
9
and Fulton
Street and the North
and
South
Entrances) requires
pedestrians
to obey the traffic
signals
when
using
crosswalks
at intersec-
tions
controlled
by traffic
lights
.
It
is
a violation of the
State Traffic Law for
a
person
to cross when a "don't
walk"
signal
is displayed.
The
person
can
receive a
traffic
summons
(ticket) from the police
.
This
violation is commonly
known
as "jaywalking
.
"
Receiving
a ticket for
"jay-
walking" requires
the violator
to
attend a court
hearing
and if
found guilty, can result in a
fine, possibly as high as
$100.00.
Safety Enhancements
The traffic light
sequence
has
been changed to facilitate
movement of pedestrian traf-
fic.
■
Signs have been installed
reminding
pedestrians to cross
only at designated
crossings.
■
Overhead lighting has been
improved.
■
Rt. 9
speed
limit between
the North and South
entrances
has been reduced to 30 mph,
Monday to Thursday from 7
a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and
Friday
from
7
a.m.
to
7
p.m.
Continued Enforcement by
local police
and
Marist
security
The Town of Poughkeepsie
Police Department will be
enforcing the laws in regard to
both motorists ( speeding & no
tum on red) and pedestrians
( crossing when the don't walk
indicator is displayed or not
crossing
at
intersections).
Marist
security
staff will also
be monitoring pedestrian activ-
ity at the crosswalk.
Students who receive two or
more
summonses
from the
Town Police and/ or citations
from Marist
security
in a
semester will be placed on disci-
plinary probation.
University and the College of Saint
Elizabeth.
"(Jeanine)
is
very good," Peter
Cashman, regional president and
member of the board of directors of
the IHSA said. "(She) works
hard
and will get even better."
She is
the
only Mari.st western
.
rider to ever go to the IHSA nation-
al finals.
"Western Horsemanship is some-
times
referred to as western
equi-
tation," said
Branham.
"(It)
is
judged on a rider's ability via subtle
movements to control the horse
while maintaining correct body
position."
When
Branham performs, she
must execute with precision a pre-
determined pattern that is set and
approved by the IHSA in the rein-
ing phase.
In
reining, riders
are
judged on
seat,
hands arid ability to control
the horse while doing patterns such
as galloping in
small
and large cir-
Academic Standing:
Senior, Marist College
Hometown:
Middletown, NY
Major:
Biology
cles.
Also,
the rider must maintain
control while the horse sits on its
hind legs, and its front legs
do
a
360-degree
turn.
Another difficult task is the slid-
ing
stop
in which rider commands
the horse to halt its hind legs while
the front legs are still in motion.
The
History
of
the
IHSA
The IHSA began in April 1999 to
provide opportunities for riders of
any skill level to compete, regard-
less oftheir financial
status.
According to the IHSA's website,
competitions within the IHSA
are
affordable
because
colleges host
-events
on
campus
and provide the
horses for the riders through a ran-
dom drawing.
The website also said that levels
of competition range from begin-
ner walk-trot through advanced
open
equitation competition.
First place finishers
are
given
JEANINE BRANHAM
Notables:
Resident Assistant
of Upper West Cedar
Years
Experience:
11
Style:
Open Western
Horsemanship and Open
Reining
seven points, second place five
points,
third
place four points
and
fourth place
three
points.
When
a
rider totals 35 points, they move on
to the next level of competition.
Winners of the individual horse
shows then compete at the regional
finals.
However, riders are also
concerned about team' success.
Each school
tries
to be the ''high
point" college representing the
region at the National Horse Show.
The
three best
teams compete
at
the zone finals, the
top
two com-
pete at nationals and the national
championship team takes home the
Caechione
Cup.
According to Peter Cashman, the
regional president of the IHSA, the
league hosts over 300 schools and
7,000 riders.
The next competition
is
Oct.
4.
No. of horses owned:
2
College
Achievements:
NBHA
nationals qualifier,
NYS Medallion Barrel Racing
finals; Zone Two Region One
High Point Western Rider,
2003 IHSA nationals qualifier
Source:
www.IHSA.com














































































THE c
·
1RCLE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003
Once
Upon
a
Time
...
just a grim fairy
tale
By
PAUL DEMICHELLE
Staff Writer
ONCE UPON A TIME
IN MEXICO
*½
(out of five)
Director Robert Rodriguez's lat-
est
film
continues the legend of "El
Mariachi" (Antonio Banderas) as
an infamous Mexican desperado.
In the third
.and
hopefully final
chapter, El Mariachi is
hired
as a
key player in a coup d'etat of the
current Mexican government.
With seemingly nothing to live for
now that his love Carolina (Sal.ma
Hayek) has been killed (before the
movie opens), he accepts an
assignment from Sands (Johnny
Depp), an widercover CIA agent
The
assignment
is
simple:
Mariachi has to kill General
Marque-z (Gerardo Vigil) once
Marquez has assassinated the
President (Pedro Armendariz).
Mariachi gathers his- two close
friends and waits for a phone
call
from Sands to confirm the
assign-
ment. With the addition of a retired
FBI
agent, a former
U.S.
top 10
criminal, and a Mexican girl that
swit.ches sides more times than she
has scenes, the plot becomes
so
misdirected that the numerous
action
sequences
become more
confusing than entertaining. The
theme of this
film
seemed to be a
test study of
hQW
far the suspen-
sion of disbelief can be stret.ched
before the audience finally
doesn't care anymore.
The one silver lining of the film
lies in the performance of Johnny
:Depp. While Antonio Banderas
and Salma Hayek (who has
approximately five minutes of
screen time ... ) give solid perform-
ances, Depp dominates every
scene he's
jn.
It
is always impres-
sive to see a supporting actor dic-
tate the pace a film; not since Jack
Nicholson's performance in A Few
Good Men
(1992)
do
I
remember
simply waiting for a supporting
actor's next scene.
Rodriguez had seemingly no
basis in reality when he sat down
to write this convoluted script.
None of the character's made any
sense and therefore the sides they
chose to take were as irrelevant as
the coup d'etat itself.
Action films are often looked
upon as inferior films, largely
because many action fihns entirely
miss what they are trying to
accomplish. Once Upon a Time in
Mexico
is a mediocre action film
desperately trying to
be
something
more. The entertainment value is
sacrificed for unnecessary politics
and plot twists. Anyone going
to
see it for sheer entertainment in an
attempt to escape life for two hours
will walk away confused and frus-
trated,
while anyone looking for a
hard-nosed, smart
drama ...
will
walk
away laughing.
In Reverie a sign
of
things
to come for Saves
the Day
By
CHRIS ARENA
Staff Writer
Since their inception, Saves the
Day
have become one of the
most influential bands in the
emo/punk scene with their
amazing albums, magnificent
lyrics, and incredible live shows.
Signed to Equal Vision Records
when the members were ortly17,
Saves the Day have matured at
an incredible rate and it shows in
their
music.
Their last effort, 200l's Stay
What You Are demonstrated. the
start of the new direction for the
band, with more practiced and
deliberate structures, while
maintaining the same catchy
hooks that had made
them popu-
lar. In Reverie takes things one
step further with its jazzy guitar
lines and classic rock influences.
The lyrics find singer Chris
Conley striving for a sharp
change from the past with more
spiritual works about life and
living, rather than young teenage
love
and angst The opening
track,
nAnywhere
With You'\
has a v~ry brit-pop tone reminis-
cent of early Radiohead or
Oasis, yet retaining a punk rock
edge to· it with crunchy guitars
opening the s.ong, leading into
a
very
jazzy
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INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE.COM
Nicholas Cage and Alison Lohman make a terrific match in Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men. Brenner, staff writer gave the movie three and a half stars.
Sparks
.
fly
_
as Cage burns
bright in
Matchstick
Nf
en
By
CHRISTOPHER BRENNER
Staff Writer
MATCHSTICK MEN
•••½
(out
of five)
With the ~widance of recent
movies about thievery, it's no sur-
prise that Matchstick Men feels a
little familiar. What is surprising is
the freshness director Ridley Scott
(with the help of an exceptional
cast) brings to this
tired
material.
Matchstick Men
is cobbled
together from other movies like
The Sting, As Good As It Gets,
and
Paper Moon,
yet it still gives off
an enjoyable hum. This is the kind
of
light, harmless entertainment
that happens
'
when talented people
decide to take a break from ambi-
tious, challenging projects and just
give the audience a good time.
Based on the book by Eric
Garcia, Matchstick Men is really
three movies in one. The
first
is
about Roy (Nicholas Cage), an
opsessive/eompulsive,
vltgttely
unhappy person who happens
to
be
a world-class con man ( or con
"artist," as he likes being called).
The second concerns the big 'sting',
in which Roy and his slob partner,
Frank (Sam Rockwell),
try
to steal
$80,000 from a slimy business-
man. The
third
deals with the sud-
den arrival of Roy's daughter,
Angela (Alison Lohman), a world-
ly 14-year-old girl who takes to his
criminal profession like a duck to
water. Since Roy is such a neat
freak, this teenage daughter he
didn't even know he had throws his
entire world off kilter.
It
goes with-
out saying that these three stories
(Roy's neurosis, the heist, and the
father-daughter relationship) will
eventually cross in various ways,
leading to a climax that will leave
some viewers scratching their
heads, others rolling their eyes, and
many with a delighted smile.
The problem is that this
'twist'
ending, like much of the movie, is
not all that surprising or even orig-
inal.
Arlyone
who's
seen The
Spanish Prisoner
or
The
Game
·
will probably guess how it's all
going to
tum
out. What elevates
Matchstick Men
above its genre
trappings is that the characters are
genuinely interesting and the
actors who play them are WO(lder-
ful.
Nicholas Cage, so good in
Adaptation,
immerses himself in
Roy, marshaling an impressive dis-
play of tics and shouts. Characters
with mental disabilities are
favorites of actors, but they often
come off theatrical and overplayed
(see Sean Penn in
I
Am Sam -
on
second thought', don't). But no one
overacts better than Cage, who is
funny, pathetic, and endearing.
Sam Rockwell is a perfect foil for
Cage; they're a thieving "Odd
Couple." The
real
star
is Alison
Lohman, a 24-year-old who's
incredibly convincing as a girl
·
10
years her junior. Angela can scarf
down a pizza and still appreciate
the delicate
art
of the scam. The
relationship between her and Roy
is
sweet arid
surprisingly layered,
given what happens at the end.
Ridley Scott, who directed
Gladiator
and Black Hawk Down,
seems an odd choice to direct a
quirky
character piece, but his cold
visual style helps undercut the sap-
piness of the father/daughter s~ry.
The
Los
Angeles of Matchstick
Men
is an atmospheric place,
where pool reflections fill every
room, wind-swept blinds cast
dancing shadows, and Frank
Sinatra tunes float through the air.
It's a stylish setting for a stylish
film,
and a remarkably entertaining
one, given how familiar it is.
It never achieves the breezy cool-
ness of Ocean's 11 or Catch Me
ff
You Can,
but it has a small charm
all its own. You'll get your money's
worth. And at the end, when our
restless con man finally finds
peace, you might find yourself
pleased, even elated, and entirely
wiconned.
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