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THURSDAY,OCTOBER30,2003
Employers recruit from Marist talent
pool
By
CASSI MATOS
Co-News Editor
Dressed in their most profes-
sional attire, students hoped
to
make a goo4 impression on per-
spective employers.
With resumes in
hand,
they
headed to the October Career
Expo. The first of four expos this
year, it was held on Oct. 27 in the.
Mccann Center Gym.
Although the expo focused on
business and technology careers
and graduate schools, students
from all majors were encouraged
to attend.
Deidre Sepp, director of career
services, said that while the
expos are now divided, students
from all majors may attend to
learn about all opportunities
available
to
them.
"It will help students see that
their degrees can span various
industries," said Sepp.
Over 60 employers, 15 gradu-
ate schools and 20 Marist Alumni
were present.
To help students identify which
employers they would benefit
from talking to, a booklet was
distributed that listed the partici-
pating employers and the majors
they typically recruit.
The expo was co-sponsored by
the Marist College Career
Services Office and the Mid-
Hudson Career Consortium to
provide students with the oppor-
tunity to discuss internships, full-
time employment and career and
educational opportunities with
professionals in their field.
As
Sepp said, the expo provides
students the opportunity to view
all their options in one place.
"Ifs like one-stop shopping,"
Sepp said.
Senior Lauren Toscano, a busi-
ness marketing major who will
be in search of a full-time
employer when she graduates in
May, said these expos will be
helpful come graduation.
'As
a Marlst graduate
I
know the quality of
students this college
produces'
- Dana Coghlan, '98
"I'm here to broaden my hori-
zons, get my name out there and
work on my networking skills,"
said Tuscano. "This environment
is a lot less stressful
than an inter-
view. I just spoke with the repre-
sentative from Con Edison, and
he said they will get back to me,
so
I'll
have to wait and see."
While some employers were
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waiting for reinforcements to
help them
try to beat back a
dozen infernos and keep sev-
eral from merging in what
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opening the way for federal
aid, while Gov. Gray Davis
readied
the National Guard
and
sought help from neigh-
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By Monday night the fire
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people,
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homes, threatened 30,000
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SEE RRERGHTERS, PAGE 9
looking for juniors and seniors
they could recruit for full-time
employment, others were looking
specifically for interns.
Madison Square Garden (MSG)
is one of these organizations. Its
booth had one of the longest lines
at the expo.
Dana Coghlan, a representative
from MSG and Class of '98
Marist Alumnae, said that she
looks forward to the Marist expo
each year. While they take on
approximately 70 interns each
semester, M~st is one of the top
schools MSG draws their interns
from.
"As a Marist graduate I know
the quality of education here, as
well as the quality of students
this college produces," said
Coghlan. "We get great students
for our internships."
Select students, who were nom-
inated by members of the faculty
and staff, were invited to net-
working sessions in conjunction
with the expo.
Alumni were paired up with
students to discuss \\;'hat a job in
their field is really like.
According to Sepp, these ses-
sions started last spring to give
students the opportunity
to
meet
with profe~sionals in a manner
they would not ordinarily be able
to.
"The students
are able to sit
down with the alumni
in
a very
personal atmosphere," said Sepp.
"This is something they would
not get to do in any other set-
ting."
The next expo, with a focus on
science and health, will take
place on Nov. 12. The following
two will
be held in March and
April.
Kagle: Learn to live
happy, healthy, wise
By
COURTNEY KRETZ
Co-News Editor
Dr. Arlene Kagle, a past presi-
dent of the Hudson
Valley
Psychological
Association,
spoke to a small group gathered
in the Nelli Golletti theater as
part
of
the counseling
service's
Fall Mental Health Initiative.
"How to be healthy, happy, and
wise in 45 minutes or less," was
the title of a featured lecture
sponsored by the Office of
Counseling Services on Oct. 27.
Kagle is a New York State
licensed psychologist, with pri-
vate practices
in
New York City
and Stanfordville.
Among other achievements, she
is a former contributing editor to
Self Magazine and spoke at
Marist last year about
depression.
Kagle presently gives lectures
and speeches "every chance
[she] can get," including lectures
at both the NYS Psychological
Association and Hudson Valley
Psychological
Association
Conventions. She co-authored
two books on sex therapy.
Roberta Staples, director of
counseling services, introduced
Kagle and gave a short overture
of the topic.
Kagle began her speech with
some well-known and unknown
quotes; one from William
Shakespeare and one from her
father.
She said that college is a time
where students can find out
about themselves. She stressed
the importance of being happy,
healthy and wise at college.
Kagle believes that students
must find something other than
objects to make them happy in
life.
"Things don't make for
happine:s:s," Kagk :sci.id.
Kagel said that it was impor-
tant for students not
to
go
through college hating their topic
of study. Rather
they
should fmd
a subject that really excites them
and one that they will continue to
enjoy for the rest of their lives.
Kagle claims that there are two
main components to happiness:
self-soothers and self-
stimulators.
Self-soothers give one a sense
of calm and help de-stress, while
self-stimulators are activities
used to help people motivate
themselves.
She added that students must
keep in mind that times change.
As
they age, their self-soothers
and self-stimulators also change.
The second topic of discussion
was how to live healthy and free
of mental illness. Kagle said
mental health begins with the
awareness and acceptance of stu-
dents' own genetics.
"Being
healthy means knowing
you own genetics," Kagle said.
"[We must] learn to live with our
own genetics."
She explained
.
that people
need to accept their genetic
predispositions, whether good
or bad, in order to live a low
stress, healthy life.
Kagle spoke of mental illness
and its
high linkage to
genetics.
In order to avoid mental ill-
ness, especially if it runs in
one's family, a key strategy
is
to keep stress levels as low as
possible. For
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The "Security Briefs" and the "Alcohol Fantasy Beat"
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Circle's editorial stance on drinking - illegal or other-
wise - nor is it intended to be a statement regarding the
official Marist college policy on alcohol consumption.
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Security Briefs: Champagnat ties Gartland
Roy
'
s dorm alcohol
incident fantasy beat
Compiled
By
DAN ROY
Campus Editor
10/20 -
Champagnat's security
officer
halted the entry of a non-
Marist student
at 3: 15 p.m.
Monday
afternoon.
He tried
tricking the
guard by
using
a
friend's Marist student ID.
Marist
security may have been
born
at night,
but not
last night.
So
next
time you
try . . . "Wait a
second,
did
you just rip that off
MTV's
Camp Jim?
That is
stooping pretty low." First of all,
thanks
for interrupting. And B,
you don't
know how low I can
stoop.
on Tuesday. At 10:40 p.m. secu-
rity found the glass of a fire
extinguisher
case
broken.
Security is looking for more
details.
I
just think it was some
hot head fuming because he
missed chicken
nuggets
for din-
ner. Which is understandable,
believe me. But next time,
instead of breaking something
that is Marist property, simply
pop a tape of
Dr.
Phil into y9ur
VCR. That guy can make anyone
feel better.
10/22 -
This one goes down in
the books for one of the most
bonehead moves by a Marist stu-
dent. At 10:00p.m. the fire alarm
10/21
-
The fire alarm sounded went off in Gartland F block.
in
Townhouse C at 6:50 p;m.
Tuesday evening.
Excessive
smoke from a dirty stove burner
caused the alarm. Here's a little
advice from someone who knows
his way around the kitchen.
Clean your burners, huh! I mean,
that's just gross
.
Take some
"giddy up" 409 solution and
spray the sucker down.
Then
with a paper towel, wipe off the
surface. Continue wiping until
all residue is gone. When you're
all done wash your hands after-
ward, because sometimes it can
get a little messy. "You're
talk-
ing about burners right?" Umm,
yeah!
10/21
-
Sixth floor Ch~pagnat
was the home to some vandalism
Friday,
Oct. 31
Halloween Movie
Marathon
Begins
at
6
p.m.
PAR
This was due to a student smok-
ing a cigarette in the room. Then,
when security made a sweep
through the room to make sure
everything was OK, they stum-
bled upon six bottles of Coors
Light, one bottle of Wild Irish
Rose and three empty bottles of
vodka.
So not only did this
moron make everyone in the
block evacuate their rooms on a
cold Wednesday night, he was
caught smoking in a room (which
is obviously against Marist poli-
cy), and the room he was caught
smoking in contained over 204
ounces of alcohol! He was relo-
cated to Marian.
10/24
-
Security §P,c;>tt~d two
males, one holding the other one
I
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Sunday,
Nov.
2
"Ellglble
Bachelor"
casting
Call
Noon
Small Dining Hall
up, walking around the Gartland
area
ai
l :30 a.m. When security
approached them, the staggering
student gave the officer an
"unkind gesture." The security
guard quickly realized that this
was no sober person giving him
the bird. He called Fairview, who
then took the student to St.
Francis. Once there, the student
reportedly made an entirely dif-
ferent gesture to one of the
nurses.
10/24 -
Apparently Champ-
agnat has turned into the place to
be on campus. Another person
attempted to gain entry with false
identification at 10:00 p.m.
Friday night.
This guest was
denied
and escorted off campus.
To remedy this, everyone should
just do what I did. There is a
great place in Manhattan that spe-
cializes in making fake Marist
IDs.
I
went there one weekend
,
and he maJe me one for only 30
bucks. Now I can get into any
dorm any time I want.
How
sweet is that! "Dan, you ai.ready
go to Marist, you didn't need to
buy a fake." I just wanted to fit in
with all the other cool kids who
have fake IDs. (Ashamed
,
walks
away with head down ... )
10/25 -
The party of the century
was broken up in Townhouse
B
SaturdaY, mofllPJ.g at 12:30 a.m.
Eleven peoAie were recorded Qy
security while many others fled
I
I
I
I
Sunday,
Nov.
2
"Vagina Monologues"
Auditions
8
p.m.
Student Center
the scene, jumping off the apart-
the Office of Safety and Security
ment's balcony. Security came immediately. Give information
on a noise complaint, but no alco-
only to reputable businesses
.
hol was found. Hmm, I think I
10
/
26
_
A student was found
know what was going on in there!
Why didn't anyone tell me you
were having a crazy eights tour-
nament?
I
rule at crazy eights!
Next time,
I'll
bring the dip if you
bring the ham.
passed out in a Midrise room
Sunday morning at 1 :40 a.m. The
student was picked up by Fairview
and taken to St. Francis
,
an unfor-
tunate ending to an unfortunate
night for the student. His
friends
forced
him
to watch the end of
10/25 -
An alert security guard "Old Yeller" for the
first
time. Prior
noticed a student pushing a back-
to this, his mom always turned it
pack through a window of off halfway through the movie.
Champagnat at 10:55 p.m.
The heart wrenching death of
Saturday night.
The security Yellerwastoomuchforthestudent
guard found the room the bag to
.
handle. He quickly turned to
was sent to, and confiscated a
liquor to drown his
pain.
He was
twelve pack of Bud Light from
it.
.
found passed out not too much
He reluctantly gave back the
later.
book
bag ~aying, "I should get to
keep this
because
they make me
run up seven flights of steps!"
10/26 -
Sheahan finally comes
out of the woodwork. At 1 :03
a.m. the entry desk officer confis-
cated 18 12-ounce cans of Coors
Light. Thanks to
him,
the whole
dorm went to bed disappointed
and sober that night. Next time
Sheahan, next time ...
Crime Prevention
Tip:
Prevent
Identity
Theft
Students should be cautious not
to give out personal information
to
telepqone
solicitors. Callers
wb.o ~sk-foi; ga~
-
pf
~~
-
Af?~jfll
security number and o ~
,
per-
sonal data should be reported to
'
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Tuesday, Nov.
4
"Spellbound"
Foreign Film
8
p.m.
PAR
Wednesday,Nov.5
Jason
Levasseur
Perfonner
9p.m.
PAR
For the first time this semester, we
have a tie for first place. Gartland's
smoking boy doesn't count for an
alcohol-related incident because
he
wasn't caught sneaking it
in,
he
wasn't
drunk
when it was found
and security didn't come because
there was a party, Champagnat
may not look back from this point
on.
To celebrate the new development
at the top of the leader
board,
we
will
play Fact or Fiction
.
!
l.
Midrise
s
only point of the
semes
t
er came last week
FACT.
Midrise
has
never been a big
drink-
ing donn, at least in tenns of get-
ting in trouble. They aren't a dorm
looking at a
first
place
finish.
They
are
happy with their one, and that
will tide them over for the rest of
the semester.
2.
A dorm other than Gartland or
Champagnat will win the division
this year.
FICTION.
Everyone
else is too far behind at this point.
The next
closest
dorms
are
Leo
and
UWC at four. With
holidays
and
finals approaching, I don't see any
other dorm having enough time to
come back.
3
.
Now for the big one:
Gartland
will pull the ups
e
t and p
l
ace fir-st
this s
e
m
es
t
er.
Tough one,
but
I
have
to say FICTION.
Now
that
Champagnat
has
first
place in its
grasp, I don't see them letting go.
Gartland
has
impressed me
,
how-
WeP,
and will
make
it
a
nail-biter
urttil the
final
week of the season,
but I don't see them pulling it off.
Thursday,
Nov. 6
Emlly
Dickinson
Lecture
8 p.m.
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''
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 30, 2003
maristcircle.com
Singing is one of the ways we
can express our joy and
sorrows as a corporate body.
' '
- Janet Davis
Assistant Music Director
News Editor
Cassi Matos
News Editor
Courtney Kretz
PAGE3
JSTOR is here: Library unveils new database
By
JUDY DIFFENDERFER
Circle
Contributor
The Cannavino Library has added a new
database to its arsenal of scholarly
resources - JSTOR.
So what is JSTOR (pronouncedj-store),
you ask?
.
JSTOR is an archive of core scholarly
journals in many different disciplines.
Each journal title in the database is digi-
tized from its very first volume to within
two to five years of its current issue.
links from its
database to
the current
con-
Mathematics,
Philosophy,
Political
tent in other
databases.
There are several different collections
within JSTOR. The Library has sub-
scribed to the
original
collection, Arts
&
Sciences I, which includes
117
titles in 15
disciplines. Some of
the
titles in
this
col-
lection include: The
American Historical
Review
(1895-1999); American
Journal
of Mathematics
(1878-1995);
The
American
Journal
of Sociology (1895-
2000); Modern Language Notes /
MLN
(1886-1994);
Political
Science
Quarterly
(1886-1998); and The
Quarterly
Journal
of Economics ( 1886-1997).
Science, Population Studies, Sociology,
and Statistics.
Jstor was initially funded by a grant
from the prestigious Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation. Since its-inception in January
1997, more
than 1150 U.S. institutions
have joined JSTOR; there are also a num-
ber
of international subscribers.
The
Cannavino Library is pleased to join this
growing group of colleges and universi-
ties
providing
access to JSTOR.
Check
out
some of the user comments
on the database in the JSTOR NEWS
online
at
wwwJstor.orglnews
.
VERNE NEWTON/ MARIST LIBRARY
JSTOR's purpose is to create an easily
searchable,
permanent digitized archive,
not a database of current content. The
current issues of many of the titles may be
found in either the Library's print period-
icals collection or other Library databas-
es, and JSTOR is working
on
providing
The 15 disciplines represented in the
Arts
& Sciences
I
collection are: African
American Studies, Anthropology, Asian
Studies, Ecology, EconOffi\CS, Education,
Finance, History, Language & Literature,
As Andrew Lass, Professor of
Anthropology, Mt. Holyoke College,
writes in the June 2003 issue, "I'm com-
pletely addicted to JSTOR."
Students try out the library's newest database
,
JSTOR.
Cancer Benefit Concert raises awareness, funds
By
TARA MORRILL
Assistant Managing
Editor
The animal Cancer Benefit
Concert presented by the Marist
Singers and Chamber Singers
raised more than $500 in dona-
tions and was held on Oct. 26.
The group's fund-raising
efforts will benefit the American
Cancer Society. The non-profit
organization is a nationwide
community-based
volunteer
health association whose mission
,-l~
l~l.eJ.jmi0-atti cancer
ai,
a
JMi9t
he.alth
i~ue.
Through research,
education, advocacy, and serv-
ice, the organization hopes to
advance its mission.
Prior to the event, students
asked for a
one
dollar
donation
which placed a cancer victim or
survivor's name in the program
book. As a result, there were
nearly 100 names published in
the program.
The concert was the first of
several events to occur in an
effort to raise cancer awareness
and funds for the American
Cancer
$99.i.~ty.
The second
event,
Singers'
Night
on
Broadway, will be held Nov. 1 at
5 p.m. in the Nelli Goletti
Theater. In the past, it has sold
out quickly, so students are
encouraged to purchase tickets in
advance.
According to Assistant Music
Director Janet Davis, the Music
Department has maintained the
tradition of donating proceeds
from
their
events to the
American Cancer Society
.
Sophomore Kate Godfrey
served as this year's event coor-
dinator for
the
-Cai'tl!er
~
Ben'efit
Concert
.
Esteemed award ceremony held
By
STACEY
L
CASWELL
Copy Editor
forty years, she has continued
there as a volunteer in order to
educate others on the
legacy
that
Eleanor Roosevelt's spirit was Roosevelt left behind.
alive in the recipients of the Val-
Wendy Roosevelt, Franklin and
Kill medal Sunday afternoon as Eleanor's great-granddaughter,
each reminisced of the imprint presented the award.
she left on their lives.
Schlessinger, renowned schol-
Historians Joyce Ghee and ar, WWII veteran and Pulitzer
Arthur Schlessigner, Jr., educator Prize-winning author, served
as
Donald Stewart, and investiga-
special assistant to John F.
tive journalist, Mike Wallace,
Kennedy in the White House.
this year's recipients of the Val-
He reminisced of an event in
Kill award, dedicated speeches
1960
in
which he and Roosevelt
in her honor.
had each been, invited to speak in
Elayne Seaman, president of support
·
of opposing political
·
the Val-kill Center relayed candidates.
through the words of Eleanor
"I have never felt more pub-
Roosevelt the theme of the event.
licly spanked than by Mrs.
R,"
"When you have decided what he said:
you believe, what you feel must
Jean Kennedy Smith, former
be done, have the courage to U.S; ambassador to Ireland and
stand alone and be col}Ilted," she President
John
F.
Kennedy's sis
-
said.
ter, awarded Schlessinger his
The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill medal.
medal is awarded to individuals
who have dedicated themselves
to their community
,
both on a
national and international level,
and contributed in areas of the
arts, education, citizenship, phil-
anthropic causes, and humanitar
-
Donald Stuart said Roosevelt
first impacted him when she
appeared on the cover of Ebony
magazine with Mary Jane
McLeod Bethune, an African
American
lobbyist.
"Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs.
ianism
.
Bethune were truly soul sisters,"
Ghee, a regional historian he said.
attended church with the neigh
-
Stuart, the president and chief
boring Roosevelts. Although she executive officer of Chicago
never
actually
met
Mrs.
Community Trust, is also a
Roosevelt
,
her work had a pro-
renowned educator. Through the
found impact on her life. She Overseas Development Division
used some of Roosevelt's ideals
of the Ford Foundation in the
in her valedictory speech to her 1960s, he traveled within Africa
high school class and continued to generate projects to aid the
to apply them to her work
.
needy
.
He served as the sixth
"She taught us
all
the value of president of Spelman College, a
listening
,
" Ghee said.
historic black women's college
Co-founder of the Eleanor supported by the Rockefellars.
Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill,
He felt drawn to Roosevelt's pro-
Ghee worked tirelessly to pre-
gressive attitude and persever-
serve the home of the Roosevelts
ance
in
implementing the
as the first National Historic site Universal Body of Human
to honor a first lady. For the past Rights.
"She understood the impor-
tance and power of ideas .
.
. free-
dom and human dignity, moral
courage and respect that can so
·
easily be lost through human
error and folly,"
he
said.
Stuart was given his award by
·
brother-in-law, David Levering-
Lewis.
Seasoned investigative journal-
ist of more than
sixty years,
Mike Wallace was the last to
receive his award
.
He met
Roosevelt when he won his first
emmy in 1956 for a six-part
series on children. It was not
until a year later that he had
the
.
opportunity to interview Mrs.
Roosevelt.
Wallace has been co-editor of
"60 Minutes" since its debut
in
1968.
He has i
_
nterviewed
numerous political and contro-
versial figures.
Also a World War II veteran,
Wallace started his
broadcast
career in the 1940s as a radio
news writer and broadcaster for
the Chicago Sun. After serving
as a naval communications offi-
cer during the war, he became an
integral part of CBS as a News
Correspondent.
"Eleanor was indeed the eyes
and ears of the
troops
and the
US," he said.
Wallace's stories have aided in
humanitarian efforts throughout
the world, and his journalism has
affected millions.
Although Wallace claimed that
he did not have many heroes
growing up, he acknowledged
Roosevelt as one of them.
"Eleanor Roosevelt has been
one of them forever it seems," he
said.
Wallace was awarded the Val-
Kill Medal by David Roosevelt,
Eleanor Roosevelt's grandson.
"My responsibilities as the
event
coordinator
included
organizing an advertising cam-
paign, getting food, and making
the program," Godfrey said.
"We've raised over $500 through
the event and I think that this
year's program was better than
last year's and more people
attended."
Sophomore Amanda Giordano,
who participa~ed in the event last
year, agreed with Godfrey.
"This is my second year
singing at the cohcert and
I
know
the'concert
as
a whole was much
better this year," Giordano said
.
"We knew we had to step it up
for this year."
Davis believes that there is
something unique about the
group reaching their goals after
performing
.
"Singing is one of the ways we
can express our joy and sorrows
as a corporate body
,
" Davis ~aid.
"It's a very special thing to §e@
them conquer their goals and
arrive at the point where they are
not only giving a gift to the audi-
ence, but also giving a ~ift to
tl\.emsdves.';
'
.
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Yet, when the singers
'
work
raises money for a cause, Davis
finds even more value in their
performance.
"With the funds going to the
American Cancer
·
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i
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makes the event doubly as
important,"
Davis
said.
"
Especially since cancer has
been the plague of the past and of
this century."
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 •
PAGE 4
RICHARD LEE/
DETROIT
FREE PRESS (KRT)
The _nine ca~did~t~ for the Democratic nomination for president participate in a debate Sunday, October
26,
in
Detroit, M1ch1gan. From left are: Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Richard Gephardt, retired Gen. Wesley Clark,
Sen.
Joseph Lieberman, Sen. John Edward$, Rep.
Dennis
Kuclnich, Howard Dean, Carol Mosely Braun and
Sen. John Kerry with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
High college-age turnout
predicted for Election
Day
By
BRYAN O'KEEFE
Knight Ridder/ Tribune News Service
(KRl)
College students Nathan Mertz and Shira Roza don't
11 terrorist attacks.
"It
was the pinnacle event.
Everything just came to fruition
after
that. He has
shown
real
leadership," Mertz added.
Roza is equally enthusiastic about the Democratic
front-runner
Dean.
Roza said that she first heard
Dean
have much in common.
at a College Democrats convention in January and has
Mertz is a sophomore at Augustana College, a
small
been hooked ever since
.
Lutheran affiliated liberal
arts
school in Illinois that has
"He just blew me away," Roza said "And i(just was-
a student population of only 2,200. Meanwhile, Roza
is
n't the issues. He had
great rhetoric about taking back
a jwtlor attending the robust University of Wisconsin-
the Democratic Party and changing America; it just
Madison, a place 41,000 badgers call home and Big appealed to young people
.
"
Ten football is a time-honored tradition.
Like Mertz, Roza said her candidate is "absolutely the
The cultural differences extend back to their roots,
main
reason" she
will
be
at
the polls this winter and
with Mertz originally hailing from Aberdeen, South
next
fall.
Dakota,
a
small rural
city in the northwestern
part of
Hoplin and Michael Whitney of Generation Dean. the
the state and Roza coming from a self-described "oro-
Vermont governor's youth outreach effort. said their
totypical" submb of Milwaukee.
organizations are
making
it easier for college students
And then there's their politics. Mertz is a staunch
to get involved and that college students are moving
in
Republican, serving as an officer in the South Dakota their direction.
College R.eprd?J.tcans, and µelping fellow conservatives
Ho_plin touts 10
full-time
field
~
actively recruit-
organiz.e and
svread
theirmessage through campaigns,
ing
and motivatin& conservative students. He said that
letter writing and petitions
.
Roza is an equally
proud
in his own time with the CRNC, he has seen growth in
Democrat, a former intern with the pro-choice group
the number of students leaning toward the GOP.
NARAL and the Democratic _ _ _ _ _
_ _ , ; ; _ _ _ _ _ _ _
"I have noticed the trends. We
Coordinated Campaign, and a
...
59 percent
of students said
have really grown."
veteran of some campaigns of her
Whitney touted Dean's latest
own.
they will
'definltely
be
voting
four-day eight-city tour that
But for all of their differences
In the 2004 contest, and
focused on young people and
both Mertz and Roza have one
another 27 percent reported
broke rally records in key
pri-
thing in common: they say they
that they will
'probably
vote.'
maiy
states.
definitely
will
be voting in the
"Students showed up in record
2004 presidential election. And if
numbers. In this election cycle
a
recent study by Harvard University
is
'
correct, Mertz
we finally have a candidate who spent four days of
his
and Roza might be joined
at
the polls by hundreds of time with college students
.
That shows
Dean is
a per-
thousands of other young people, who for the first
time
son for our generation," Whitney added
in generations seem interested in politics and voting.
Other nonpartisan organizations also are trying to get
The Harvard University Institute of Politics study has
young students politically active
.
Black Ent
e
rtainment
caused uproar in political circles with researchers find-
Television recently announced that it would spend $1
ing
that
59 percent of students said they
will
"definite-
million on television ads featuring well-known enter-
ly be voting" in the 2004 con~st, and another 27 per-
tainers encouraging young people to vote. And World
cent reported that they
will
"probably vote." These new
Wrestling Entertainmeht has teamed up with several
figures represent a dramatic jump for college students,
other
nonprofit
organizations to promote youth voting.
as only 32 percent voted in the 2000 presidential elec-
But, despite all of the optimism, not everyone
is
con-
tion.
vinced college students
will
finally show up at the vot-
The survey also found
that
students do not consider ing booths
.
"I guess it's possible, but I
think
it's very,
themselves strong partisans in either direction. Nearly very unlikely," said
Lany Sabato, director of the
equal number of students aligned with the Republicans
University of Vrrginia's Center for Politics.
and Democrats, with a
full
40 percent saying they are
Sabato said he has seen the same prediction
made
"independents."
every election with no results
.
With
~
.5 million people enrolled in a college or
uni-
"It
just has not happened"
versity
_
and the vast majority rejecting partisan labels
Out of the field of candidates, Sabato
thinks
only Bush
_ party officials say this age group is up for grabs and and
Dean
might be able to excite younger voters.
might have ~e chance to
tip
the election in either direc-
Sabato contends th~ other Democrats fall flat with
·
J
8-
tion.
to 24-year-olds.
"This is a major demographic coming alive," said
"Bush
has made a connection and
Dean
has certainly
Eric Hoplin, chairman of the College Republican
made a stro(lg connection. But the other Democrats
National Committee. "If this demographic comes into
have not
been able to excite young people to
.
the same
play, then the youth could decide the outcome of the
degree as
Dean," Sabato said
''They
might
like
them
next election."
and vote for them, but they just don't get excited for
His
counterpart on the left, Stephanie Sanchez, exec
-
them."
,
utive director of the College Democrats of America,
While there
is
disagreement whether young people
agreed "There is every reason to believe
that
college
actually
will
vote, both Mertz and Roza agree that
students
will
vote in record numbers," Sanchez said
young people should vote
.
And both are equally com
-
One reason
that
both parties believe greater political mitted to making sure the youth of America are behind
participation
can be expected from younger voters
is
their candidates.
that candidates in both parties - Bush and especially
"There is n~thing more important than the
future of
Vennont Gov. Howard
Dean -
have been effective at our country. It's extraordinarily important and we are
targeting younger voters.
going to get our message across," Mertz said
For Mertz and Roza, this certainly
has been the case.
"Their vote matters. And young people
will
vote
if
Both students said they had a general interest
in
politics
they have an inspiring candidate, like
Dean,"
Roza
that began several years ago, but the pair also was
said.
adamant that the candidates themselves are a large
part
Roza also
thinks
that those students who stay home
of their motivation to exercise their right to vote.
on Election Day forfeit another important political tool:
"We just lov
e
him
on campus," Mertz said, describ-
the right to complain
.
"If
you don't vote, you can't com
-
ing President Bush
.
Mertz said he was impressed with
plain about what
happens,"
Roza said.
how the President handled himself
after
the
September
Playwrights
needed
Annual contest calls for one-act wonders
By
AUBREY ROFF
Staff Writer
The
John P. Anderson
Memorial Playwriting contest
is
entering
its fifteenth year this
fall.
The contest is seeking
original,
unstaged, one-act plays to be
submitted
before
finals.
The
winning play from this
year's
contest
will
be performed
at Marist's
annual
April
festival
of
student
written
plays.
The
contest
is
held
in
memory
of
Anderson, a 1986 graduate of
Marist
who died tragically
·in
London
after
receiving his
degree.
Dean Gerard
Cox coordinates
all
components
of the
contest.
He
greatly encourages
interested
writers to
participate in the
con-
test.
"There
are a
number
of stu-
dents who
have participated
in
the contest who
are doing
very
well in the
professional
world,"
said Cox.
The
contest
itself spans over
almost the entire year;
there are
typically anywhere from thirty to
forty
submissions
.
Only ten are
moved on to
the next round.
These chosen plays are
compiled
into a
publication,
which is used
·
for the theatre workshop
class in
the spring.
Students who are
not pub-
lished
in the
book
are encour-
aged
to revise and resubmit
their
plays
throughout the
course of
the spring semester
since they
are still eligible
for the contest.
Final
drafts
of
all
scripts are
'There are a number of
students who have par-
ticipated In the contest
who are doing very well
In
the
professional
world.'
- Gerard Cox
resubmitted
in March.
In April,
all plays that were
involved in the theatre workshop
class
are
performed
at the festi-
val
of
student-written plays.
:
Then, independent
.
of the per-
formance, a
decision
is made
on
the winner of the contest.
Playwrights
whose plays are
being
used in the
course
are wel-
come and encouraged to work
with the students in the class
on
their
"
plays.
"Students need to
realize that
although it is a contest, it is great
preparation for those who want
to write in the competitive mar-
ket," said Cox.
Revisions are continuously
made to the scripts.
Dean Cox is very confident
not only in the
theatre
compo-
nent of programs at Marist,
but
the entire English program,
and
the college as a whole.
"In time, we will have
more
and more successful writers due
not only to the contest:
but pro-
grams on campus, and the over-
all tenor of the campus," said
Cox. ''They all stand
as
evidence
of what are students are capable
of doing. And in
turn, it allows
them to have greater confidence
in themselves and their abilities."
Complete rules and guidelines
are available from Dean Cox,
whose office is located in
Student Center 369.
NBC recruiters visit campus,
discuss job options for students
By STACEY CASWELL
Copy Editor
required to fulfill a minimum of three· workdays if
they are chosen to join the company.
However, Staffing Coordinator, Zinnia Navarro
Students
learned
about career
opportunities
at the
feels the
process
is necessary to ensure
that
NBC
National
Broadcasting
Company and
the
competi-
receives top-notch employees
.
Navarro was
tive job market at
an
information session with recruited to join
the
company a few months
after
recruiters from the media giant.
graduating college, and is ecstatic to be part of the
The company, which incorporates Telemundo, NBC team. " We have a great culture in the com-
Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sport~
!
~d NBC
PFY ..
.
It's a great working environment," she
News, offers a wide-variety of job positions
in
the l!aiµ.
communications field. The number
one
rated tele-
Unlike other major media companies
,
NBC does
vision station, NBC is selective when choosing not participate in college job fairs.
possible job candidates.
"What our strategy is has to do with college info
The recruiters encouraged
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
sessions," Navarro said. "We're
interested students to apply for
able to answer specific ques-
internship, entry-level positions
'It opened the door for
tions regarding job opportuni-
or enroll in their
highly
sue-
our students to enjoy
ties and the business. The stu-
cessful Page
Program, despite
opportunities In other
dents are [specifically] interest-
the high rate of competition.
GE businesses.'
ed with NBC."
Carrie Maltese is the Staffing
The forum was arranged by
Manager at NBC, and helps to
-
Ron Woods
Ron Woods, professor of mar-
. fr
h
marketing
professor
recruit
es graduates
to join
keting in the school of manage-
their team.
ment. He organized the event to
"It's very important
that you have
a well-round-
ed education," she said.
According to Maltese, NBC looks for prospective
employees and
internship
participants to
be
in
good academic standing, have performed a high-
level of community service and be involved in
some form of a leadership role
on
campus.
"Currently we're recruiting for spring semester,"
she said.
NBC receives hundreds of resumes a semester.
From those submitted they choose 200 students to
join their network. They have already received 225
for the
.
coming spring semester,
but
will
continue
to
accept them until early
December. Interns
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within NBC, which is owned by General Electric
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"It
opened the door for our students to enjoy oppor-
tunities in other GE businesses," Woods said. He
hopes to be able to sponsor other information sessions
for students in years to come
.
'The GE people were
very impressed
.
.. this was the best treatment they've
been given."
The recruiters are planning to come back in the
spring to interview selected students for job positions.
Navarro says that no matter how difficult the job
search, students should continue to be perseverant in
their efforts. "Don't stop the hunt and don't give
up
hope," she said
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THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
30, 2003
maristcircle.com
Halloween Classics
Spooky flicks to raise holiday spirits
By
CHRISTOPHER BRENNER
legendary chiller from England.
Staff
Writer
A haunted mirror and a terrify-
There's nothing like a great
scary movie to get you in the
mood for Halloween.
"The
Exor~ist,"
"Friday
the
Thirteenth," and "Nightmare on
Elm Street" have been staples of
junior high sleepovers for years.
Here are some alternatives that
are just as good in creating the
Halloween spirit.
ing ventriloquist's dummy make
up the two best segments, but the
surprise ending is especially
memorable.
Alien
(1979) - Setting the stan-
dard for sci-ti fright fests, the
original is still the best. A group
of astronauts pick up an unwant-
ed hitchhiker in the form of a
marauding monster and ... well,
you know the rest. Sigourney
Weaver became Hollywood's
Halloween (
1978) - Alright, so first action heroine and Ridley
this is an obvious one, but it's Scott's direction heightens the
still the scariest slasher movie claustrophobic terror. "Alien" is
ever made.
Director
John
being re-released in theaters
Carpenter favors atmosphere Oct. 29.
.
.
.
WILLIAM STEINMETZ/
Philadelphia Inquirer (KRTI
M~llssa ~1randa, a Community College of Philadelphia student, on her job at an Athlete
'
s Foot store.
Miranda 1s one of America's thousands of working college students.
over gore, using shuffling shad-
The Vanishing
(1988) - A man
ows and eerie piano music to is on vacation with his wife
create suspense, with Jamie Lee when she mysteriously disap-
Curtis in full shriek mode, and pears. His obsession with dis-
the masked, knife-wielding killer covering her fate brings him
Michael Myers.
closer and closer to a sickening
Donnie Darko
(2001) - A small
truth.
A Dutch thriller that
Working, studying, living?
independent film that became focuses on both the killer and the
Work sucks, I know.
popular on home video, "Donnie victim, "The Vanishing" has the
Going to school and working
Darko" is one of the funniest,
most shocking ending this side
~ - - - a l m o s t seems like
most original films in recent of "Seven."
·
an
oxymoron
.
years, touching on time travel,
I Walked With a zombie
Since the
.
former is
parallel universes, religion, and (1943) _ Lousy title aside, this is
preparation for the
prescription
drugs.
Jake wonderfully entertaining stuff.
latter, it kind of
Gyllenhaal stars as Donnie, who A young nurse, on a trip to the
doesn't make sense
learns the world will end on West Indies, uncovers a bizarre
that you do both at
Halloween.
It
features a terrific
worlq of voodoo and nightmares.
L...-...;;=;.;;..:.--1the same time. But
cast, a great 80's soundtrack, and Skillfully combining the real
chances are, you
a creepy talking bunny named with the imaginary, director
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This classic
is
like an old Grimm
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crop fields.
SilfJ].e
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m
Qigh school.
In
high
fairy tale. Robert Mitchum is the
Re-Animator (
1985) _ Like
school, if you didn't get enough
treacherous stalking preacher "The Evil Dead" movies, "Re-
hours, then you didn't get that
who has LOVE / HATE written Animator" is a true cult-classic.
new CD you wanted. However,
on his knuckles and delivers a
Equal parts fantasy, comedx, and
if you don't earn a large enough
most blood-curlipg call to his horror, "Re-Animator" has a
paycheck in college, you're beg-
scared, trembling step-kids:
young medical student bringing
ging yow: morn for food or
"Chiiiildren!"
corpses back to life, which
wrestling your roommate for the
Sleepy
Hollow
(
1999)
_
results in all kinds of hilariously
last package of Ramen noodles.
Washington Irving's famous
gross hijinks. Iffor no other rea-
There are basically two types
story is given the Tim Burton son, see it if to view cinema's
of jobs that you can get while
treatment in this magical movie first sex scene between a woman
you're going to school: On-cam-
that pays tribute to both the and disembodied head.
pus and off-campus.
Both
Oisney cartoon and the horror
The Devil's Backbone
(2001) _ A
options have their pros and cons,
films of the 1930's. This one is haunting
film
set in a bombed out
but in the end, neither one is real-
plenty bloody, but more spooky orphanage following Spain's Civil
ly going to make your life that
than outright scary, plus Johnny War. An intelligent and moving
much more exciting
.
Depp plays the finicky Ichabod ghost story, with original charac-
On-campus jobs are close and
Crane.
ters,
creepy chills, and a
real
feel-
accessible. They work around
Dead of
Night
(1945) _ A series
ingfortime and place.
If
you don't
your class schedule, let you have
of five short tales make up this mind subtitles,
this
one is definite~
time off for school-mandated
ly worth checking out.
vacations, and usually let you do
your homework when things are
slow. But then again, you don't
·
get paid a whole lot, and many
times you need to have that little
work-study allocation, the one
that for some reason depends on
your
parents'
income.
As for off-campus jobs,
you've got a much bigger selec-
tion to choose from, the pay is
often better, and there's a possi-
bility that your job might be a lit-
tle cooler (think discounts at
Either
way,
you're
a
college
student. You're
probably
going to get bad hours and
lousy pay.
For one, complete apathy
towards your place of employ-
ment. Example: You're a sales
associate. You do not
care
about
the :financial
future
of the corpora-
tion. You are waiting until Friday
so you
can
grab your check and
head off to happy hour. You're
probably not
too
concerned with
''moving
up"
at
your job; you're
quite happy folding shirts, thank
you.
Also, chances
are,
you work with
other petiple your age. You
can
mess
ai-oood with'
aiiiioyirig cus-
tomers and make
fun
of them when
they leave. You can chat about the
weekend and complain about your
hangover
.
You can switch hours
and cover for each other. When
Express). However, that store at you
graduate
and you're a corpo-
the mal~ doesn't care that it's
'
rate executive, you're not going to
finals time and you need to ·
be
able to get your buddy to fill in
s~dy. And t~e restaurant defi-
for you when you want a day off.
m~ely doesn t shut down for
No one said that work was going
Mid-Semester Break.
·
to be
fun.
But you need money and
Either way, you're a college stu-
they need workers, and that's how
dent. You're probably going to get things go. So go into work, try to
bad hours and lousy pay. Even make the best of it. Then go home,
though you attend a prestigious
watch Room Raiders, and down-
~our-year_ college, you're most load music.
Think
about how
great
likely gomg to get treated like
it is that you don't have to wony
you 're stupid.
about mortgages or health benefits.
But there are definitely some
Cross your fingers and hope that
perks to working one of these "col-
graduation will mark the end of
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ties. We've even
developed
this
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inside the front cover page.
These
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briefs, currently composed by
Dan Roy, tickle our funny bones
and entertain us. We look for our
friends' names and proudly dis-
play our achievements on our
dormitory walls. But is this a
good thing or a bad thing?
Some would say it isn't a good
thing.
There
are
many conse-
quences
to our prohibited actions,
such as reprimands,
Dry
Fox meet-
ings, and of course, the loss of
those coveted priority points
.
It is
never a good
thing
to have a
record, but in the long
nm,
does it
really matter that
.
we got caught
drinking in the bathroom or acci-
dentally swiping in with our fake
ID
instead
of our student ID?
I
propose
that these acts will
indeed follow us into the real
world,
but
not in a negative way. I
remember
my father telling me
stories of how he and
his
budrues
stole electric signs from bar
win-
dows.
One of these stories
detailed his part in the removal of
a very large Penn State sign meant
to
direct
people to the football
games at Beaver Stadium. Not
only did he perform such illicit
acts,
but he also has something to
show for it today: these neon
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my dorm room walls.
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Fibonacci, the
rabbits & you
By
KAlY SILBERGER
&
VERNE W. NEWTON
Circle Contributors
One day you
'
re sitting in the
library taking in the view of the
Green and the Hudson when
suddenly a rabbit runs by
.
Then
another one. You ar~ a junior
math major and you wonder -
it's kind of a slow day -
"How
many pairs of rabbits can these
two produce by the time I'm a
senior if every month each pair
begets a new pair which from
the second month becomes pro-
ductive?
"
(Note to Liberal Arts
students: As Scott Fitzgerald
might have said, Math majors
are different from you and me).
You remember a formula you
once learned to solve such prob-
lems: the Fibonacci Numbers.
But you can't remember exactly
how it worked
.
You've heard
about Marist's brand new
·
and
terrifically exciting database,
JSTOR. But you
'
ve heard it's
just for naval gazers
-
you
know hi
s
to
ry
and ph
i
losophy
majors
.
Then you di
s
cover that it con-
tains the Ame
ri
can Journal of
Mathematic
s
from 1878-1995
and over 100 years of two other
math journal
s.
You go to the Libr
a
ry
'
s home
page, pull down the A-Z listing
of databases under
"
Research
"
and scroll down to JSTOR. You
type
in
"
Fibonacci Numb
e
rs."
There are many articles and you
open the first one which imme-
diately reminds you how the for-
mula works. You never really
had a reason to use it until now,
but the problem of the rabbits
must be solved
.
You begin to
scratch out the sequence
.
1+
1
=
2
,
1
+
2
=
3
, 2
+
3
=
5,
3
+
5
=
8, and so on. Applying
the formula-
,
you determine that
in one year those two rabbits
could grow to 288
!
OK
,
so enough already with
the rabbits
.
You're wondering
about Fibonacci. Who was this
guy?
You look at some of the other
articles in JSTOR that are long
on math and theory
,
but sketchy
on Fibonacci's
life. You go to
the reference desk and explain
the dimension of the rabbit prob-
lem facing Marist in another
year. And then you ask how you
can find out more about
Fibonacci. To your amazement,
the reference librarian knows
exactly who he is. She even
mentions that Fibonacci and his
formula
.
figured into a recent
best-selling
novel
about
Leonardo da Vinci. Then she
directs you to the "Dictionary of
the Middle Ages
'' -
a real hard
copy book!
As
you walk to the Library's
reference section
,
you promise
yourself that you'll study really
hard so that one day you will be
as smart as the Marist librarian
you just spoke to.
You learn how the young
Leonardo grew up in the early
thirteenth century
,
traveling the
Mediterranean and learning the-
oretical math from Arabic and
Greek sources
,
and how he used
the rule of three
,
single and dou-
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,
and reverse
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Woody
31 Violent conflicts
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Koppel
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theme
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Let the
voices
of the Marist
community be heard.
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 30, 2003
maristcircle.com
After we scare the freshmen girls
in Champagnat
is boring
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Heatwole, check your civil disobedience
ByJOSH KATZ
Cornell
Daily Sun
(Cornell U.)
ITHACA,
N.Y.
(U-WIRE)- "Be the
change you wish to see in
the
world."
This is the quite admirable message of
Guilford College, a pacifist Quaker
college in North Carolina. A bit trite,
but a good, hearty collegiate slogan
nonetheless.
It
was
.
so good in fact, that one of
their students, Nathaniel T. Heatwole, a
very bright 20-year-old,
decided
to
plant some box cutters, bleach, clay
and matches on two commercial air-
planes this September. He performed
this stunt in an effort to alert the airline
industry and the country of the fright-
ening vulnerability of airplane security.
He now faces felony charges of bring-
ing a concealed weapon onto a plane,
and he could face up to ten years in
prison.
In
the midst of all the debate
surrounding this young man's actions,
let me state loudly and clearly that this
is a perfect example of what not to do.
"But wait! That boy's got a point!
Give that
man
a Nobel Peace Prize,"
some people are saying as they praise
Heatwole for bringing the nation's sad
state of security into the public eye.
There's no question that he- got his
point across. He knew what he was
doing. He told national newspapers
that he was committing "an act of civil
disobedience with the aim of improv-
ing public safety for the air-traveling
public." In doing so, he made the air-
line industry and the
Department
of
Homeland Security seem ridiculously
foolish, especially when he actually
e-mailed the Transportation Security
Adrnini
_
stration telling them what he
had done, and the TSA completely dis-
regarded it as an e-mail that "wasn't an
country as rapidly as flash mobbing.
Heatwole
crossed the line that sepa-
rates
healthy
and unhealthy civil dis-
obedience. The civil rights era and
anti-war movements of the 1960s -
the courage of Martin Luther King, Jr.
as well as countless marches, sit-ins,
arguments and
literature
-
displayed
perfectly what social activism should
be about.
imminent threat."
- - - - - - - - - - - -
When Heatwole hid
Furthermore,
the
airline industry did-
n't find his weapons
until more than a
month later during
a
routine
mainte-
nance
check.
While there's no question
potential weapons on
that Heatwole"-matle H clear
airplanes on two sep-
that the airline Industry was
arate days,
he
was
,
playing a dangerous
being negllgent, It s his
game. Not only was
method that disturbs me.
he
committing
a
Perhaps
this is both an
indication
of
safety
negligence
but also a sign that
maybe
we need more "routine" mainte-
nance
checks.
While there's no question that
Heatwole
made it clear that the airline
industry
was being negligent, it's his
method that disturbs me.
"It's good that he did it, rather than
someone else like a terrorist," Casey
Coughlan, a resident of Heatwole's
hometown,
told The New York Times.
True. So now that he proved how sim-
ple it is, terrorists might feel freer to
give hijacking our planes another try.
If
civil disobedience was Heatwole's
objective in performing this stunt, then
God help us if this spreads across the
crime, but
he
was cre-
ating a potential disaster. Who knows
~ho could have gotten their hands on
his weapons before the authorities
found them?
Heatwole put hundreds of lives in
danger simply because he wanted to
prove a point.
I
can picture it now:
"Hey, that infidel's got a
point!;'
said
Osama bin Laden watching CNN in his
luxurious five-bedroom cave the other
day.
Maybe Heatwole took the
uplifting
slogan "Be the change you wish to
make in the world," a wee
bit
too seri-
ously. He could have easily made the
same change by not planting dangerous
weapons on a plane, and just notifying
the federal government exactly how
easy it was to fool security.
Please.
I'm
not
kidding
anybody.
If
Heatwole
sent
an e-mail to the TSA saying,
"Hi,
I put
bombs
on
your
plane,
you
might
want
to check that out," and they still didn't
get the
picture,
there's no way the TSA
would
listen to
a damn thing this kid
had to say.
It
is for this reason that the
TSA certainly has a lot of work ahead
of them. They should really be more
open-minded to possible threats, even
from pacifist cpllege students who are
part of the hain radio club. The TSA
was wrong to disregard this kid's e-
mails. But Heatwole was wrong too.
All this self-proclaimed pacifist
essentially accomplished was to prove
to the world that there are ways around
airport security. Quick, somebody alert
the press! It's like D
_
eputy TSA
Administrator Stephen McHale said to
the
newspaper;
"We know where the
vulnerabilities are and we are testing
them," and "this does not help."
When it comes down to it, the TSA
should be a little
-
no,
a lot more -
careful in the future. But also, we as
potential journalists should not try to
expose how stupid the TSA is, and cre-
ate an even more dangerous and
regressive situation. "Two wrongs
don't
make a right," our parents used to
say. A bit trite, but a good, hearty slo-
gan nonetheless.
Questions continue to fuel core debate at Marist
By
DR. EDWARD
J.
O'KEEFE
Psychology Professor
In
response to my first two articles on the Marist core/
liberal studies ~uirements, a number of students
wrote
to express their views; one faculty member did also. My
~
to
all.
Most students' opinions were negative
regarding their experience, but a few were positive.
The most disconcerting aspect of the letters expressing
positive views was that none of these focused on or laud-
ed the uniqueness of Marist core / liberal studies pro-
THE
CIRCLE
·
Jennifer
C.
Haggerty
Editor in Chief
Rob McGulnness
Managing Editor
gram.
These letters simply supported the liberal
arts
in
general, because being "well rounded" was viewed as
necessary for career decision making and living a mean-
ingful life. It would seem to follow from this "support"
that just about any arrangement of liberal
arts
require-
ments would meet the needs of these students. But if that
is the case, why did the Marist faculty take
three
years to
debate, create and then revise the present requirements?
Why
did they put form and structure in the core, and why
is there sequencing of courses, if any arrangement would
do? And again, why is it that so few students know the
answer to these questions?
The Circle
is published
weekly
on Thursdays
during
the
school
year.
Press
run
Is
2,000
copies
distributed throughout the
Marlst
campus.
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To request advertising Inform~
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or
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Assistant Managing Editor
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Opinions
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In
articles
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of
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Something else I would like readers to ponder:
If
the
major objective of a liberal
arts
education
is
to make stu-
dents ''well rounded," shouldn't students be required to
take courses in subject areas they were not exposed to in
past schooling? Since every student has already
had
courses in history, literature, science, math and writing,
how does taking more courses in the same areas con-
tribute to being ''well rounded''?
Think
about what
courses could really ''round out" students' education and
aid career decision making, but
are
not required.
Reactions
are
solicited at
Edward. 0 'Keefe@marist.edu
or directly to The Circle.
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Praise for MarlstClrcle.com
This
is
just a short letter I wanted to write
complimenting all of you on a job well
done in putting this web site together. I
graduated Marist College this past May,
and wish this had been available when I
was actually attending, since I'm totally
blind, and could never read The Circle. I
have found all of
the
things on this site
use-
ful
and awesome to read. My favorite part
has to be Dan Roy's Security Briefs. He
turns the simplest incidents of Marist stu-
dent stupidity into some of the funniest
readings ever. Keep up the good work
Dan, and the rest of the staff.
- David Dunphy
Class of
2003
Students' misuse
of credit cards
will
permanently Impact their llves
According to data released by the
Administrative Office of the United States
Courts, the number of new banlauptcies
filed at the end of 2002 increased over pre-
vious years and included over 100,000
young adults. Many of them college stu-
dents and recent graduates. Of the
bank-
ruptcies filed, the largest growj.ng segment
were young people between the ages of 18
and 25. This is a disturbing fact that needs
public discussion and legislative action.
Credit card debt has become a growing
prnl>l~m
fQr
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Am~riqµ1~.
Unfortunately, a huge number of young
Americans have
ruined
their credit history.
Many of these young people
are
current
and recent college undergraduates and
graduate students who have been preyed
upon by credit
card
companies. The lack of
financial experience or education in
per-
sonal finances
has
lead many students into
serious debt and troubled financial futures.
They
are
starting out their adult lives with
bad credit and a lifelong problem of having
to pay extraordinary high rates of interest
for car loans, mortgages
,
personal loans
and future credit cards.
The
main
culprit is the increase in stu-
dents' dependence on readily accessible
credit
cards. It
is
im_portant to note that a
population of bad creditors is being creat-
ed, one which will eventua~y be paying
high rates on most, if not all, future loans
for the rest of their lives. The companies
issuing credit cards to young college stu-
dents lacking the financial resources to
take on such a responsibility, and the col-
•
lege campuses that allow unrestricted
solicitations and mass marketing of credit
cards on their property should be
made
to
be more responsible for their
acti't.ns.
According to an extensive consumer
finance report on college students and
credit cards, conducted by the United
States General Accounting Office,
64
per-
cent of college students owned at least one
credit card in 2001
.
To make a case in
point, the average undergraduate student
with a credit card owes an average balance
of $2,748. Half of these students
can
not
even pay the
rninimlllll
amount on their
balances every month.
These young debtors life not only being
subjected to problems with future personal
loans, but their bad credit also
has
implica-
tions for their immediate need of attending
and even affording college and graduate
school tuition. Unable to pay for school,
many
are
leaving school to enter the work
force in hopes of paying off some of the
debt. They
are
postponing their education
and deferring graduate study. The ripple
effect continues even further when some of
these graduates
,
with hopes of entering the
labor-starved human servi
c
es fields, opt
for higher paying jobs to pay off their
debts. Thus
,
this issue not only leads to
devastating implications for these students,
but it also
has
a negative impact on socie-
ty at large.
- PeJer M. Rivera
New York Assembly
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'Massacre' of a movie
By
JON SUMLER
Staff Writer
"Texas
Chainsaw Massacre"
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outof
****
An
updated
version of "Texas Chainsaw
Massacre" was released on Oct. 17, just in time
·
for
the
Halloween
season
of movies.
Unfortunately for moviegoers, this movie does not
deliver the thrills or chills that a good horror
movie should.
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is a remake of the
1974 classic of the same name, and follows th~:
exact story line of its predecessor. Five hippie
teenagers are en route to a Lynyrd Skynyrd con-
cert, and must talce several dirt roads in order to
get there (although I do
believe
that in the 1970's
there were highways), but during their ride they
almost run
down a young girl who is obviously
disturbed.
The teens have some compassion for
the
distraught
girl and invite her into their
Volkswagen Bus. To the teenagers' dismay, the
young
girl talces out a
gun
and shoots
herself
in the
mouth, instantly
ending her life.
The
group must
now
decide what to do with the
decaying
body-0fthe unknown girl, so they decide
to call
the sheriff, who arrives and seems more
concerned with
hearing
himself talk then the dead
body
in the
back
of the vehicle. The sheriff,
played
by
R.
Lee Enney, is one of the cast mem-
bers
whose
performance
is decent; he plays the
part
of
the
twisted sibling of the chainsaw wield-
ing
psycho,
with
an
eeriness•that is reminiscent .of
Anthony Hopkins
performance in "The Silence of
Foreign Film Program
the Lambs."
On the other hand the main character of
the
film,
Erin, portrayed by
Jessica
Biel, lacks the ability to
play a scream queen as is necessary for this role.
In
one
scene Erin actually uses Macaulay Culkin's
signature scream pose while the murderer is less
than ten feet from her face, which lessens the
scare factor for the audience, leaving them asking
themselves 'Is she kidding?'
As the movie continues on the five
characters
end up at the Hewitt residence, where Thomas
Hewitt, better known as
"Leatherface,"
lives and
does his "work." One by one each character is
slaughtered by Thomas's chainsaw then skinned
or
hung
on. hooks
1
iri the
'brutem.~nt,r
left
'to
die itr
agony. One scene in particular that was actually
played
out
very well was a scene between Erin
and Andy (Mike Vogel). Andy has already been
captured by Hewitt and is hanging from a hook
that is embedded in his back. He is slowly dying
and cannot talce the pain anymore. When Erin
finds him, he begs her to end his misery.
It
is a
touching scene between friends that helps salvage
the movie from becoming another mindless horror
flick.
Overall "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is only an
adequate attempt to recapture what was the
essence of the original film. There are the occa-
sional scenes where the audience will jump from
surprise, and the
audience
will have an eerie feel-
ing when walking out of the theater since the film
is based on a true story. All in all, if you are in the
mood for a good Halloween flick, see
"Scary
Movie 3," as i~ is probably more frightening than
Jessica Biel emulating "Home Alone."
'Lola' leaves audience gasping
By
TIMOTHY GRIFFIN
Staff Writer
"Run,
Lola,
Run,"
directed by Tom Tykwer, is a
mind-graphing
combination of action, humor and
suspense paced
by
an
award winning soundtrack.
·
Part of Marist's
foreign film program, this
German
film shows how the most routine differ-
ences can
make an extraordinary change in the final
result, as
we realize the fragility of the lives we
can make all the difference.
Portente gives an stirring performance, as she is
the focus of the camera for the vast majority of the
film; Her urgency is clear and her performance of
few vocal parts are well done as her pained screams
shatter glass at every turn.
This is not the only way that Tykwer shows us
reality as he focuses on a few characters and shows
a series of snapshots of how Lola's run affects their
life. The differences b~tween the scenes are drastic
and striking, ranging from
lead.
The
movie
opens
when Lola,
played by Franka Portente,
receives
a call from her
boyfriend,
Manni,
portrayed
by
. .. The most routine differences
unfortunate deaths and happy
marriages. The film gives us,
can make an extraordinary
change
in
the final result ...
as viewers, a great insight into
how such little changes in our
days can affect the lives of
Moritz Bleibtreu,
who has lost money he was car-
rying
for a
local mobster. She has to try and come
up with
the
lost
money in 20 minutes, or else'Manni
will
be
killed.
The
camera
follows Lola's run with a dazzling
array
of camera shots as she sprints through the
streets.
She is unable to come up with the money
before Manni robs a supermarket, and Lola is shot
in
the
escape.
This is not the end, but only the beginning of
the
film. Lola goes through this situation twice more,
each time her path
differing
by a few seconds. This
film is accentuate the reality that those few seconds
ourselves and so many others.
The film is not so much about what happens to
L~la and Manni as it is about the investigation of
the decisions we make in our lives. The film lacks
much character development, but the characters
themselves remain completely believable. The
heart-pounding pace of the film is only paused
twice for cynical, but tender bedroom scenes which
give the audience a chance to catch their breath.
This film does not disappoint those who are look-
ing for an interesting film
to
watch this winter. It
certainly keeps the viewer on the edge of reality, as
well as their seats.
Monday
9 - 11 a.m. -
Nick
(Morning Chat)
11 a.m. - l p.m.
-
John & Pete (Rock/ Jazz/ Funk)
l -
3
p.m.
-
Lisa & Monica (Pop)
S - 1
p.m.
-
Audra & Maya (Jam
Band Show)
7 - 9
p.m.
-
Ryan & Rich (Crazy Music)
9 - 11
p.m.
-
Erika & Lisa (Hip Hop /
R&B)
11 p.m.
-
1
a.m. -
Annie & Lauren
(Punk/
Rock)
Tuesday
9 -
11
a.m.
-
Justin & Jeff (Pop
I
Punk
/
Rap)
11
a.m'. -
1
p.m.
-
Kenny & Tony(Emo/Punk/Hardcore)
I - 3
p.m.
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Marcus & Darren (Hardcore)
3 - 5
p
.
m.
-
Alex (Variety)
5 •
7
p.m.
-
Kimberly & Kimberly (Alternative)
7 - 9
p.m.
-
Jennifer (Country
I
Tec~o
I
Hardcore)
9 - 11
p.m.
-
Jackie,
Lauren,
Nicole
(Rock/
Alternative)
11 p.m. - l a.m.
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Coral (Goth
I
Metal/
Alternative)
Wednesday
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9
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11
a.m.
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Heather (Alternative
/
Punk
/
Rock)
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Jenn &
Laura
(Alt./ Rock/ Top
200)
1
-
3
p.m.
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Kevin, Dan & Matt (Punk)
3 - 5
p.m.
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Sarah & Brian (Variety)
S
- 1
p.m.
-
Alex (Rock)
7
- 9
p.m.
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Cyndi & JB (Variety)
9 - 11
p.m.
-
Michael (R&B
/
Hip Hop)
11
p.m -
I
am.
-
Sandra,
Kristen
(Hip
Hop/
R&B
/
Dance)
Thursday
9 -
11 a.m.
-
Mike (Alt
/
Ska/ Rock)
11
a.m. -
1
p.m.
-
It-rod (Punk/ Ska/ Emo)
l - 3
p.m.
-
Erin & Nikki (Punk
/
Alternative
/
Rock)
3
-
5
p.m. -
Kara
&
Shamika (Rock)
5
-
1
p.m.
-
Michele & Katie (Hardcore/
Punk
/
Indie)
7 -
9 p.m.
-Tim
& Sam (Rap/ Hip Hop)
9 - 11 p.m.
-
Shannon, Jessica
&
Doug
(Punk/
Sica)
11 p.m. - I a.m. -
Wild Bill (Classic
I
Alt.
Rock)
Friday
9 - 11
a.m.
-
Jessica
(Country)
.
11
a.m.
-
I
p.m. -
John,
Chris & Richard
(Alt. /
Punk)
I - 3
p.m. -
Mike
&
Jesse (Rock/ Jam Band/ Eclectic)
3 - 5
p.m.
-
Katie
& Janet
S - 1
p.m. -
Kristin, Andrea & Tory (Punk
/
Emo)
7 -
9
p.m.
-
Alex
& John
(Indie
/
Talk
/
Underground)
11
p.m.
-
I
a.m. -
LeRoy (Hip Hop/
R&B)
Saturday
IO
a.m. - Noon
__,
Chantel (Variety)
Noon -
2
p.m.
-
Dan
&
Craig (Alt./
Rock)
2 • 4
p.m. -
Paul, Phil
&
James (Punk/Alt./Rock)
4
-
6
p.m. -
Paul
&
James (Punk/Emo/Hardcore)
6
-
8 p.m. -
Brendan
(Classic
/
Alt.
Rock)
10 -
Midnight -
Ryan
&
Caitlin (Variety)
Sunday
IO
a.m.
-
Noon
-
Bryan, Paul,
Mike,
Scott
&
Alison
Noon -
2
p.m.
-
Andrew/ Brendan (Variety)
2 - 4
p.m. -
Joe, Chris &
Brendan
(Variety)
4
-
6
p.m.
-
Summer
&
Becky (Variety)
6
-
8
p.m. -
Stephanie
(Alternative)
8 - 10
p
.m.
-
Megan & Miranda
('Frank
& Friends')
IO
-
Midnight -
Mike, Andy, Brian, Tom
(Classic
Rock)
Midnight -
I
:30
a.m. -
Angela
&
Denise
(Alt.
Rock)
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campus
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station.
We also employ a "IO watt FM leaky cable technology
unit" to penetrate buildings on campus.
Our
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carried
on the audio portion of
4
cable
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s;
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THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2003 •
PAGE 9
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USED WITH PERMISSION
The story of "Rad
ion
is essentially about a friendship that develops between two
men,
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (I) and Ed Harris, who, through their example, touch the hearts and minds of everyone around them.
'Radio' boasts heartwarming message, great performances
By
DEE DEE
CHEW
The
Daily Aztec
(San
Diego
State U.)
SAN DIEGO (U•WIRE)-There are two reasons
why many have already decided not to watch the
film, "Radio." The first reason is because it was
produced by Disney, a studio infamous for its abil-
ity to take a perfectly good plot and turn it into a
super-sappy feel-good movie with a predictable
Hollywood ending. The second reason is because it
stars Cuba Gooding Jr., an actor whose career went
from the unforgettable "show me the money" guy
in "Jerry Maguire" to the cheesy dentist-who-talks-
to-dogs guy in the movie "Snow Dogs" (which
coincidentally was also a Disney film).
With these two factors in mind, many may find
themselves pleasantly surprised when they discov-
From Page One
er that this film was able to cast aside all the stereo--
types people have placed on it for being another
Disney/Gooding movie and stand on its own as
a
decent and even enjoyable movie.
The film, which opens Friday, features Gooding
as James Robert Kennedy, a mentally challenged
football fanatic who lives in a small, southern town
full of closed-minded individuals. Because of his
mental handicap, James is a little slower than the
rest of the kids his age. This does not, however,
have an effect on his outlook on life, which soon
catches the attention of the local high school foot-
ball instructor, coach Jones (Ed Harris).
After saving James from being harassed and tor-
mented by some of the kids at school, Jones offers
to help him by offering him a position as coach's
assistant and gives him the nickname "Radio." It is
on the football team Radio discovers his real talent
Firefighters battling tnultiple blazes
are no better thari domestic terrorists and should
be dealt with as such," said Los Angeles Cbl'lnty
District Attorney Steve Cooley.
Attention turned away from San Bernardo
County, where two fires combined Sunday to cre-
ate a wall of flames 35 to 40 miles long, to
San
Diego, where three fires that had
_incinerated
585
homes and 200,000 acres were perilously' close to.
becoming one major blaze. Hundreds of rein-
forced fire crews from other western states were
rushing from fire to fire, many expecting to be
fighting with their backs to the Pacific Ocean.
Simi Valley fire threatened
lO
race unchecked to
the sea, imperiling the famous beach haven of
Malibu.
"Worst case scenario, and that's the Simi fire,
this fire could spread to the west across Los
Angeles County to Rocky Peak and into Malibu,"
said California Department of Forestry Battalion
Chief Thomas Foley said.
But Monday, for the first time since the fires
erupted last weekend, there was relief as 70-mph
·
winds eased to gusts of 45 mph.
"We feel very good," said San Diego City F~
Chief Jeff Bowman, "because the weather has
worked with us and not against us."
cl-Oser to her home in the San Bernardino moun-
tains.
The sheriff's deputies had roused Lane and oth-
ers in the canyon community of Devore at 2 a.m.
Sunday, ordering them to evacuate. The Lanes
had
enough time to find shelter for their mule and
three dogs, gather their belongings and check in to
a nearby Motel 6.
Firefighters assured her that the family's two-
acre ranch was untouched by the fire, which has
consumed 56,474 acres of San Bernardino
National Forrest and destroyed 60 homes.
But
those assurances offered little comfort,
as
Lane
sfood helplessly watching fire trucks
race up
the
Cajon Pass toward her home and
helicopters
circle
overhead.
"What else do you do? It's your home. It's hard
to walk away and
just
leave it," said Lane, her
eyes welling with tears. "I don't know if I want to
watch my house go up in flames, but I can't walk
away."
In Ventura County, northwest of Los
Angeles,
the 20-mile long Simi Valley fire tore through
rocky canyon passes and chaparral-covered
mountains, charring 85,000 acres and closing
a
stretch of the six-lane 118 Freeway or Ronald
Reagan Freeway. The Simi Valley conflagration
formed the northern flank of the semicircle of out-
Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger had a brief-
ing in Ve,_ntura County and thanked the president
for
swiftly
declaring
an
emergency.
Schwarzenegger will go to Washington on
Tuesday to meet with federal emergency and con-
of~control wild fires arcing around Los Angelt:!s.
gressional leaders "to make sure that the federal
money will come through."
As the hot Santa Ana winds veered this way and
"I want to thank them for their hard work," he that, firefighters battled
on
the ground and in the
said. "The firefighters are the true heroes. They're air to keep the fire from spilling east into the sub-
risking their lives in order to save people's lives."
urban sprawl of Los Angeles' San Fernando
Local airports had shorter delays and fewer can-
.
Valley or southwest toward the bedroom comrnu-
celed flights than Sunday, when a key Federal
nitY.
of Thousand Oaks.
Aviation facility in San Diego was evacuated after
"The factors that are making this so tough to
it was inundated with smoke. The center w.as
fight are the terrain _ especially
in
the Rocky
expected to reopen this morning.
CHP officers said roads between Northern and
Southern California were clogged because of free-
way closures and because more people chose to
drive after their flights were canceled.
For displaced residents, Monday was a
day:
or
tears.
Monda Lane stood at the edge of Interstate 15,
helplessly
watching the flames move closer and
Peak area -
it's really rocky, steep and inaccessi-
ble, even for bulldozers; the winds; and humidity
in the single digits," said John Foy, a spokesman
for the Ventura County Fire Department.
By Monday night, the fire was only
5
percent
contained, and firefighters anticipated that they
would not have
it
under control until Wednesday
night.
on the field -
the ability to make people smile.
This "talent" is met with much opposition from the
rest of the town, who believe Radio should be kept
away from the other students at school.
As the film
progresses
,
Radio continues to help
each person in town realize a measure of a person's
talent should never be based on their physical abil-
ity, but rather by the size of his/her heart.
Though the film has not even been released yet,
many are already beginning to criticize the movie
for its portrayal of p~ople who are mentally chal-
lenged. Those who have not seen the movie yet are
quick to judge Gooding's performance and criticize
him for his portrayal of the character of Radio.
They base their judgments off Gooding's frwnpy
appearance and what few parts they have seen in
the 30-second preview. And while Radio's
mis.-
matched -clothing and fake teeth do seem to suggest
Gooding is playing off the stereotypes that sur-
round people who are mentally challenged,
th
e
film's message makes it obvious he really never
intended for his
character to
come off that way.
In
fact,
one of the film's greatest strengths lies in
Gooding's portrayal of Radio. Though some of
Gooding's own charismatic personalit~ shines
through his character on-screen, he is still true to
the real nature of the character, which unfortunate-
ly is limited to the confines of his disability.
Unlike some other films that center around char-
acters who are mentally challenged, Radio does not
overcome his disability. He doesn't become captain
of the football team and isn't an undiscovered
genius, as everyone would
expect.
He is simply a
normal human being with -
as
Disney would put
it,u.,....
1
'the
•heart
of
a• oha:mpimt.
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The Marlins were good enough to beat the Yankees this year, but will
·
the Yankees come back next year with all the
same
p
l
ayers?
Yankeeland
Drama
A few minutes after the final out was made in
game six of the World Series,
I
came to terms
with the fact the smaller
~am
defeated the slug-
gish "Evil Empire."
Now if you know me, you understand just how
big of a Yankee fan
I
am. You also know that
I
am very fair when it comes to evaluating the
Yankees.
So after they handed the Marlins the World
Series trophy, I stepped outside my house and
proudly wore my World Series Yankee hat.
_
The only thing that bothered me is the sudden increase of Marlins
.
fans across campus.
When it comes down to it, people are rooting for the other team
solely to go against the Yankees.
Luckily for me, after the game ended, only one person decided it
would be fun to rub the loss in my face. He was a jealous Mets fan.
,
The night the Yankees lost the World Series everybody else sent me
·
messages as if
I
lost something valuable asking me "Are you
OK?"
or "I know they lost but I hope you're doing fine over there."
I
think that's when
I
stepped aside as a die hard Yankee fan and
'
moved into the perspective of a sports writer in general.
'
As
I
attend Marist to graduate with a degree in Sports
Communication and Journalism,
I
realize that
I
can be a Yankee fan,
but
when it comes down to it, I cannot hold a bias towards promot-
ing how good they are - at least not until
I
become the Yankees beat
writer for a major newspaper.
This is why I truly didn't
think
the Yankees would win it all this
year. Sure beating Boston was great, but as
I
watched them win, the
thought of 'maybe this is their year' slowly started to come back like
it did in 1996 and 2000 when they won 86 games on the season. But
many other times during the playdffs, those memories vanished like
the ghosts of Yankees' past did during game six.
All season long I felt that the Yankees didn't look like a champi-
onship team. Something was lacking, whether it was the fire or the
fun that comes with the game.
Then
I
realized that perhaps it is George Steinbrenner who could
- - - - - - - -
be causing all the grief behind closed doors.
The night the
All year long Joe Torre dealt with the sud-
Yankees lost
den and harsh remarks from The Boss. Don
the World Series
everybody
Zimmer, a long time good friend of
Steinbrenner became fed up with the criti-
cism against the coaches and the team. Now
Mel
Stottlemyer
might not want to return
next year, while Zimmer held back lashing
out
against
his former boss when he
announced his retirement.
Something keeps telling me this was the
last year the Yankees had a real chance to
win the Series. With Boston improving, hun-
gry
to finally dethrone the Yankees, time is
not on the Yankees side unless they make
tremendous changes to their team.
else sent me
messages as if
I
lost something
valuable asking
me 'Are you OK?'
or
'I
know they
lost but
I
hope
you' re doing fine
over there.'
And if that happens, I don't think it can be
- - - - - - - -
too
good
for the players and the fans.
While the Yankee clubhouse
is
a professional
environment,
that
sense of professionalism can only get them so far.
Take a look at the Marlins, the hot shot kids who rode into the play-
offs with the wild
card spot.
They were happy just to be in the World
Series, nonetheless the playoffs as well.
Sooner or later this
extreme
professionalism can only lead to the
demise
bf
the mystique of the
Yankees.
Sure
~t
seems to be working
in the
Steinbrenner era,
but sooner or later players will be hesitant to
join a team that is
scrutinized
by its boss for failure, playoffs or not,
World Series or not.
It
may be
good
to have a
'you
must win it all or the season wasn't
worth
it'
mentality, but I
think in
the future players will feel less
secure, leading to more
pressure
to perform.
Look at Jeff Weaver. Here's a kid with a boatload of talent, yet he
can not perform in New York.
Could
the pressure of the media and
his boss be to blame?
·
With Vladimir Guerrero becoming
a
free
agent,
word is out that his
mother does not want him performing in a big market
such as
New
York. Perhaps
she
believes the hype and pressure may be too big
for
her precious
star.
The Yankees need to make a move. That
is
indisputable. But when
the
changes come
at the
cost
of the players who are loyal to their
team
and
play hard
day
in
and
day out, the
character
of the team is
tarnished
.
So as
Steinbrenner gather.s
his inner
circle
to make
changes
and has
a lapse in memory of what his players
and coaches
did for him dur-
ing
seasons
past, the
era
of intense professionalism will not
fade
away
anytime
soon.
When it does, I might have to
step
aside
as a Yankee fan
and
become
a sports
fan in
general.
E-mail
questions or
comments to
TheCireleSports@yahOC' com
THE CIRCLE •
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
30, 2003 •
PAGE
10
Men's soccer team
looking to
move
up in MAAC
standings
the
regular season
in
fourth place
On
Halloween night, Marist
travels to Northern
Castor netted two goals in a 5-0
Marist rout of Iona.
By
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
with
two games
---------
If the
Red Foxes men's soccer
team likes its current standing in
the
Metro Atlantic
Conference,
they
might be best apt to take pic-
tures
for posterity reasons. For in
all likelihood,
come the
end
of
this weekend,
Marist will be in a
drastically
different place in the
standings.
r e m a i n i n g
.
For In all llkellhood,
New
Jersey
to face
However,
by the end
come the end of this
St.
Peter's
before
of the
weekend
wrapping up the
Marist could be any-
weekend, Marlst
will
regular
season
at
Castor was named MAAC
offensive player of the week for
his effort.
where from second
be
In
a drastically
·
Manhattan
on
Nonetheless, on Oct. 26, the
Foxes
dropped
a
1-0
heartbreaker
to
Fairfield
in front of an excep-
tionally sparse senior night
crowd.
Official
box scores list the
attendance at 110, though only a
couple dozen people actually dot-
ted the Leonidoff bleachers.
to seventh place.
different place
In
the
Sunday.
Every
team makes
Last weekend, the
the postseason tour-
stand1ngs.
Foxes split a pair of
At 4-3 in
MAAC play, the Red
Foxes enter the
final
weekend of
nament this season, - - - - - - - - -
games in their final
since
it
is being held in Orlando,
regular
season weekend of the
FL at the Disney Complex.
year.
On Oct.
24,
Benjamin
Commentary
Giants
and Jets go head
to head for
bragging
rights of the Meadowlands
FREDAZZURO
Circle Contributor
Whether you
are
a New
York
Jets or a New York Giants fan,
this football
season
is
not
turning
out as
planned.
Both
teams suffer from
poorly
executed plays, weak running
games and injuries. These
two
team's expectations were
so
high,
and now we
are
all forced
to
sit
and watch as they both crumble
before us.
The Jets were in
trouble before
the regular season even started.
In
a game
between
these two
teams during the preseason, the
team's
quarterback,
Chad
Pennington, went down with a
fractured wrist. This forced the
soon-to-be
forty
Vinny
Testaverde to step
up
and take
t
~~ge
of.the
team.
As we all hoped a losing season
the Vikings
home
with the team's
would not happen this season but first
defeat of the
season.
feared might be a reality, the Jets
Since
it
is
only the halfway point
start are near midseason with a
of the
season, both
teruns
still
pos-
record of 2-5.
sess a glimmer of hope for a spot in
Not to say
T
estaver
de
did a
bad
the postseason.
job, but without a running game
Both the Jets
the Jets were complete-
_W_l_n_n-ln_g_t_h-ls_g_a_m_e_
and
the
Giants
ly depending on him to
work well as a
1 d
th
t
· t
may amount
to
ea
em o v1c ory.
team,
but
neither
Sadly,
when
more
than Just
has
found that
Pennington came back
bragging
rights.
It
spark
to
give,
this week against Philly,
could put either
them the
consis-
he contributed to anoth-
t
th t
k
tency they need
er loss for the team.
earn on e rac
to
win
games.
The Giants, although
they
need to make It
This
Sunday
not doing as well as
to
the
postseason.
these
teruns
will
they hoped, are in a bet-
go head to
head
ter shape than the Jets.
in a battle for
bragging
rights.
They seem to have fallen apart
In
the preseason
the
Jets topped
in the fourth week of the season.
the Big Blue
15-14,
but in the
last
After a huge victory over the regular season meeting between
Redskins, they had gone on to them in
1999,
the Giants were
lose three straight games.
victorious
41_
28_
Playing the undefeated Vikings,
Winning this game may
things
could have gotten worse for
amount to more than just brag-
the G-Men.
ging rights. It could put either
Surprisingly, the Giants ovecame team on- the track they need to
the odds and were victorious - end-
make
it
to the postseason. This
ing their losing streak and sending
will be a hard fought battle and a
Intramural Basketball Standings
MONDAY NIBIT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TEAM
RECORD
TEAM
RECORD
1. The
Coalltlon
3-0
1. Olde English
3-0
2. Bum-Fight
Krew
3-0
2. So11's of
Liberty
3-0
3. C-Clampers
3-0
3.
The
Badgers
2-1
4.
FIST
2
-
1
4.
Old School
2-1
5.
Ground Zero
2-1
5.
Team Domination
2-1
6.
Aqua Teen
Hunger
Force
-2-1
6.
Money
Shot
2-1
7. 2
Nice
on
Natty
Ice
1-2
7.
Nixon
2-1
8. Baby
Beluga
1
-
2
8.
Busch
Boys
1
-
2
9.
RamRod
1-2
9.
Untouchables
1
-
2
10. The Celtlcs
0-3
10
.
PoTown Globetrotters
0-3
11.
The Gunners
0-3
11.
Thick
N'
Spicy
0-3
12.
The Blazers
0-3
12.
Cleveland Steamers
0-3
Only the top
eight
teams make
the playoffs.
Mon•av Resub for
Oct.
20
Coalition 73 -
Blazers
39
FIST
60
-
Baby
Beluga
32
BurTH'ight
Krew
41
-
2
Nice on
Natty
Ice 34
RamRod
41
-
Gunners 39
Q
.
T
.
COampers 54
-
Aqua Teen
Hunger
Foroe
40
Wednesday
Resub
tor
Oct.
23
Olde
English
43
-
Untouchables
35
Team Danination
39
-
PoTC7Ml
Globetr00ers32
Busch
Boys
42
-
Old
School
40
Son's
of
Liberty
69
-
The Badgers
36
The
Jets and Giants are both having their share of problems during the
season. Fred Azzuro believes a game between the two can
catapult
a
team on the right track towards a playoff spot.
close game, where a little mis-
figured out their running
game,
take by either team could cost with
Curtis
Martin running for
them a victory.
more
than
100
yards
for the first
Although the G-Men are com-
time this season.
ing off a huge win, this week
the
I believe the Jets
will
come out
Jets will work ~heir hero
on top of this one with
a
·
score of
Pennington back into the mix.
28 - 24, unless the
G
_
iants can
The Jets may have also
finally
shut down Penny and the Jets.
From Page One
Kagle lect~res at Marist
college students,
that means
keeping a reasonable work
load and getting
enough
sleep
and exercise.
Kagle then qiscussed depres-
sion and suicide, and
stressed
that depression is serious and
can be treated. She
added
that
suicide
was
the
second
la
rgest
cause of death
among
college
students,
and it kills
more than breast cancer
and
AIDS.
The final
section of Kagle 's
l
ecture
was on wisdom.
every aspect of their
studies.
Leaming time management
enab
l
es a
student
to
learn
more
about
who they
are and
what they need to do to be
successful.
Kagle
concluded
her lecture
by advising the
audience
that
if they, or
anyone
they know,
is
in need of help to
call
the
counse
lin
g
services
immedi-
ately.
"For
those
people having a
According to her, a wise
col-
good
time in
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lege
student
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in
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From Page Twelve
l\night chides NCAA
over scholarship rule
Lubbock-area reporters focused
on issues dotting the college bas-
ketball landscape.
The National Association of
Basketball Coaches held a
mandatory meeting earlier this
month to discuss
coaching
ethics. About 300 Division I
coaches attended, but Knight did
not. NCAA president Myles
Brand, the former Indiana presi-
dent who fired Knight at IU, was
a keynote speaker.
Knight said the meeting was a
"public relations move by the
NCAA, period."
"I would have rather listened to
Saddam Hussein speak on civil
rights than some of the people
that have spoken on ethics to this
point," Knight said.
Knight then suggested one way
to bring about change: dump the
"5-8" scholarship rule.
The NCAA rule enacted in
2000 prevents a team from sign-
ing more than five players in a
given year and more than eight
players over two years. The rule
was created to promote player
retention, but most coaches feel
it does not work on a practical
level.
"You can listen to all the bull
and the rhetoric, and I've heard
that as long as I've been in
coaching. But do something,"
Knight said
.
"There isn't a coach
in America who's in favor of the
[5-8] rule, so get it rescinded
tomorrow."
The rule has prevented Tech
from getting back to the NCAA-
allowed 13 scholarship limit
after being hit with
NCAA sane-
tions before Knight arrived. This
year's
team
has only 12 players
on scholarship. Redshirt fresh-
men
Tanner
Ogden
and
LucQuente White and freshman
Michael Milton are walk-ons.
Tech has
appealed
to the
NCAA twice to have its 13th
scholarship restored. The appeal
was denied twice. In fact, Tech
compliance director Pat Britz
said only two out of 33 appeals
have been granted.
So now, Knight, who turned 63
on Saturday. wants to sue the
NCAA. Tech administrators
seem unwilling to go down that
road.
"I can't imagine there
is
a court
that would expect you to adhere
to a rule that was enacted after an
agreement had been made
between two parties," Knight
said.
Athletic director Gerald Myers
said: "We're just looking at our
options at that 5-8 rule, and basi-
cally that's all we've done."
Knight's comments came dur-
ing a news conference originally
scheduled to discuss the upcom-
ing season, his third at Tech.
Wearing a multicolored sweater,
Knight appeared relaxed and
ready to get the season up and
running
Nov.
18
against
Davidson
in
the Preseason
National Invitation Tournament.
Other Big 12 reporters can
judge for themselves Thursday
when Knight, Emmett and senior
Mikey Marshall attend the Big
12 men's basketball media day at
the Renaissance Hotel in Dallas.
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THE
CIRCLE
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER
30,
2003
marlstclrcle.com
Tough days ahead for Marist
Red Foxes ice hockey team
By
SCOTT MONTESANO
Staff Writer
Maybe Red Foxes fans should not
reserve hotel rooms in Maryland for
the National Tournament quite yet.
Entering this season, expectations
were high for the Red Foxes club
hockey tellIIl, whose members felt
they were ready to move back into the
upper-echelon of the American
Collegiate
Hockey
Association
(ACHA).
Four weeks into the season the team
is only 3-3 overall, however. Coming
off a disappointing pair of losses arid
with its top scoring threats in a slump,
the team is in a frustrated mental psy-
che.
In other words, the Foxes have been
knocked back into reality after losing
5-2 to Central Connecticut and 6-3 to
New York University last weekend.
The losses, both Super East
Conegiate Hockey League (SECHL)
games, leaves the Foxes in last place
in the nine-team league.
In
addition,
the losses weren't a good way to
impress ACHA voters. The first edi-
tion of the ACHA rankings - which
ultimately
determine
national
tournament teams - were due to be
released Oct. 29.
Mental lapses, a problem that is
pJaguing the Foxes for two seasons, is
the root
iaf
the problem, says head
cqach Bob Simmons.
"We keep having mental lapses, and
those are what gets us," he said.
Senior defensemen and captain,
Jerry Tavena, echoes that sentiment.
"For whatever reason we still have
mental
lapses
,
even if for only a
min,ute," TaveHa said after Tuesday's
practice in which the team's captains
and coaching staff had to reprimand
players for losing focus a few times.
"I think some guys are going out too
intense and not remembering
·
to have
fun
while we play hockey," Tavena
said.
Six games into the season, Marist
finds itself at a crossroads in their sea-
son, similar to the way things were a
year ago. Last season, after a decent
start, the team went on a disastrous
eight-game winless streak which
ended national tournament hopes.
That is
something
players admit is in
the back of their minds, and something
they are refusing to let happen again.
"We've just got to work harder this
weekend and turn things around earli-
er rather than later as compared to last
season," Tavella said. "I definitely
think we have to come to games pre-
pared."
Along with
mental
lapses, the team
is
also dealing with an early season
slump of its
leading
scorers from a
year ago. Senior Kevin Alteri and jun-
ior /ordan Plante have recorded only
three goals
combined
this year, after
scoring 28 goals last season.
However, picking up the slack is
frosh Richard Pocock who is
leading
the team with six goals, and junior
Frank Furno who has netted five goals
after not scoring any
in
his first two
seasons.
This Weekend
The Foxes will host
-
a non-league
game before taking to the road for
what will surely be labeled a "must-
win" SECHL game this weekend.
On Oct. 31, while many people are
out getting Halloween treats, the
Foxes will be trying to fill their trick-
or-treats bags with a win as they host
the University of Maryland at
Baltimore County
(UMBC) at 9:30
p.m. at the Mid Hudson Civic Center.
UMBC is out of the Mid-Atlantic
Collegiate Hockey Association, a
league considered one-step below the
SECHL.
The following night, Marist travels
to Montclair State to face the
RedHawks in a SECHL game.
Montclair is 0-2-1 in league play, but
currently holds down the final playoff
spot.
Tavena is coming into the weekend
with optimism.
"I
think
if we enter this weekend ready
to
play two
hockey
games and we get
through this weekend 2-0, then we will
be
able
to
turn
the season around and
win
a bunch more hockey games," he said.
GAME OF THE WEEK
SWIMMING
MAfuST V. FORDHAM
Mccann Center
Tonight, 7 p.m.
Sports Editor
PaulSeach
Asst. Sports Editor
Heather Lee
PAGE 12
A
man
of
many
words ...
.
ALISON WOODWORTH
/
FORT
WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM (KRT)
Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight yells
-
from the bench durtng a March 2003 game.
Knight chides NCAA
over scholarship rule
By
BRIAN DAVIS
The
Dallas
Morning
News
LUBBOCK, Texas (KRT)
-
Texas
Tech
basketball coach Bob Knight
opined about the Dallas
Cowboys,
Saddam Hussein and the possibility of
suing the NCAA
in
an
hour-long
news
conference Monday at United Spirit
Arena.
Oh, there was some basketball talk,
too. Knight said the Red Raiders have
more athleticism, which should lead to
better defense and rebounding, and
maybe some solid depth at guard. And,
according
to
Knight, senior Andre
Emmett of Carter still can't play
defense, either.
Basketball season must be right
around the corner.
"So other than straightening out the
Cowboys' offense, what do
you
want
me to tell you about?" he said.
The best part of the Q&A session with
SEE KNIGHT, PAGE 11