The student newspaper of Marist College
VOLUME 56, ISSUE 17
Yo, download that
new R. Kelly joint!
New download regulations
punish college students
who download music.
pg.3
Menigitis vaccine
mandatory?
New York works to pass a
mandatory vaccination
law for all incoming
freshmen. pg. 3
Die, you winged
spawn of satan!
Intensity heats up while
playing comp~ter games.
pg.4
Kurt Russell lost in
the Dark Blue
Dark Blue is such a bad
cop movie, that it even
makes
Top Dog
starring
Chuck Norris look good.
pg.6
Buffy gets slayed
Gellar resigns from her
role as Buffy at end of
season. pg.
6
MAAC Tourn~ment
starts the madness.
But who made the tourna-
ment rules anyway? A
commentary on
_
the MAAG
post season.
pg.
8.
W9men's basketball
end on top
Senior day was not a
disappoint for the women's
team. pg. 8
The World of Writing
JEN HAGGERTY/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Adriana Trigiani, author of "Big Stone Gap," "Big Cherry Holler," and "Milk Glass
Moon," was the guest speaker for the Spring Honors Lecture Tuesday evening.
Trigiani continued on page 7
FAREWELL, NEIGHBOR
Former Marist commencement speaker passes away
PHOTO CREDIT/MARIST.EDU
by
Rob McGuinness
Wire Editor
Beloved children's television
host Fred Rogers died Feb. 27,
after a brief battle with stomach
cancer. Rogers, whose
"Mister
Rogers' Neighborhood" has been
a
·
staple
of
the
Public
Broadcasting System lineup
since 1968, was
74.
A winner of several Emmy
_
awards and an
·
inductee of the
Television Hall of Fame, Rogers
was also a popular commence-
ment speaker at graduation cere-
monies. He received more than
30 honorary degrees over the
course of his career, from a vari-
ety of colleges and universities
including
Yale
University,
Boston
University,
the
University of Connecticut and
Marist College.
For one day in 1999, Rogers
invited the attendees at the
Marist commencement exercises
to be his neighbors, delivering a
brief speech that stayed true to
the message he consistently
delivered in the 1,700 episodes
of
"Mister
Rogers'
Neighborhood."
class of 1999 with his trademark fully.
song ("It's A Beautiful Day in the
"I suspect they watched more
Neighborhood") Rogers easily Sesame Street, but we did watch
held the attention of the audience some Mr. Rogers together,"
of more than 10,-000 gathered on Murray
said. !'He
cel'ta-inly
made
the Marist green, according to an impact on
several
generations
Dean Gerard Cox.
of children, and he• will be fond-
"Never
before him, nor since ly remembered."
him have we had a speaker who
With his 30-plus years on PBS,
held a commencement audi-
Rogers made an indelible mark
ence's attention as he did," Cox on American culture, according
said. "As tney say,
'you
could to Andrew. Utterback, Assistant
hear. a pin drop."'
Professor of Communication at
At one point in his speech, Eastern
Connecticut
State
Rogers asked the members of the University.
graduating class to take a
''Any television show with that
moment to think about the indi-
kind of longevity becomes a
viduals who played an important touchstone, I think, of our com-
role
in their lives.
mon culture," Utterback said.
"Anyone who has ever graduat-
Just as significant as the pro-
ed from a college ... has had at gram's lo1:1gevity,
Utterback
least one person, often many, noted, was that "Mister Rogets'
who have believed in him or her. Neighborhood" was not com
7
We just don't get to be competent mercially driven.
adults_ without the investment of:
"As hard as the commercial
many along the way," Rogers guys try, they will never be able
said. "Wherever they are, if to fathom, create or invest in a
they've loved you and encour-
show like Mr. Rogers or Sesame
aged you and wanted what was Street," Utterback said. "Mr.
best in
life for you, they're right Rogers was not about merchan-
inside you."
dising. Mr. Rogers was about
.
Marist President Dennis discovery imagination, make-
Murray noted that Rogers' b
_
elieve, and ultimately, inno-
remarks seemed to remind the cence."
audience of good memories and
"All of us who watched were
relationships.
not his ratings points, tllcther, we
"There were a lot of wet eyes were his beloved neighbors."
in the audience that day," Murray
According to
The New York
said. "I've heard 24 commence-
ment addresses at Marist, and his
was one of the best."
Murray had the opportunity to
meet Rogers on a number of
occasions and took away a favor-
able impression of the mild-man-
nered television star.
"He was kind, gentle, decent
and caring," Murray said. "He
really cared about people as indi-
viduals, and you can't fake that."
Times, approximately 300 of
Rogers' 1700 episodes are still in
rotation on various PBS affili-
ates. The last original episode
was filmed in 2000 and aired in
August 2001.
Reflecting on his life and
~areer, many see Rogers' contri-
butions as immeasurable.
May 22, 1999 was an ideal day
for a graduation ceremony: warm
weather, sunny skies. One could
almost say: that it was "a beauti-
ful day in the ne
_
ighborhood."
In fact, Rogerldid just that.
===========I
Beginning his address to the
THE CIRCLE
When questioned as to whether
his own children were among the
tens of thousands of
Mr.
Rogers'
viewers, Murray answered truth-
"If
the measure of a life is the
contribution of that life to others,
Fred Rogers not only measures
up, but sets a mark
for us all,"
Utterback said.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2003
1
Marist student
struck by car
by Jennifer Haggerty
Editor-in-Chief
An off-campus Marist student
was hit by a car at the main
entrance Monday afternoon
while crossing Route 9 against
the walk light.
The woman, 21, was taken to
St. Francis Hospital by ambu-
lance and suffered from bruises
and other minor injuries.
According to
John Gildard,
·
director of safety
_
and security,
the Town Police issued the stu-
dent a ticket for crossing against
the signal. The driver was not
charged.
This accident took place after
the new crossfog light signals
were installed on Route 9.
"The timers have
·
been up four
to five weeks and are only at the
Main Entrance - that is where the
majority of people. cross," said
Gildard. "The purpose is to let
people know how much time
they have left to cross and if they
get to the road ·and not much
time is left, hopefully they won't
start to cross and will wait until
the next cycle when the walk
indicator light goes on."
The
.
se lights help make cross-
ing' Route 9 safer as long as
pedestrians obey them.
Marist College is currently
looking into creating a safety
campaign involving the intersec-
tions.
Grad school video
conference to be
re-broadcast today
by
~ourtney Kretz
C-o-News Editor
Career and
Graduate School
Advisor, Lisa Kooperman will
be re-broadcasting
Donald
Asher's
Videoconference,
"Getting
Into
Highly
Competitive Graduate Schools"
on Thurs. March
6.
The videoconference was
broadcast last semester, but due
to students increasing interest
in
graduate school. Kooperman
decided to re-broadcast the con-
ference.
"Eighteen
people came
to the
videoconference last semester,
and I hope a second
screening
will help reach all the students
who missed the first one," com-
ments Kooperman.
The
Yid~9:of~~nce will
touch on topics such as:
How to identify target schools.
How to manage your refer-
ences.
How to research schools and
then actually use the infonna-
tion.
How
to
write a winning ~ssay.
How
to
avoid common errors.
How to get key people on your
side.
The videoconference will last
from 3:30-4:30 in the TV Studio
of LT 205. All those interested
iri
attending the broadcast must
sign up with the Center for
Career Services at extension
2843.
Gibbons defeats
Hackett, Palatucci
Ata glance:
STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT
BOBBI
SUE
GIBBONS
Hometown:
Seekonk, MA
Major:
Communications with a
PR concentration.
Minor:
Psychology
Hobbies:
Watching "The Little
Mermaid" and watching "The
Little Mermaid
II."
Activities:
Comn1unity Service,
Habitat for Humanity, RSC,
MCTV, Campus Ministry,
Intramural Volleyball and
Softball and the Silver Needle
Fashion Show.
Saturday
Cloudy with a
chance of snow.
Highs in the upper
30s.
PAUL SEACH/THE CIRCLE
Plans as President:
Continue
the work she has begun.
·
Work
with senators in other commit-
tees. Work on any issue
brought to her by the students.
Sunday
Cloudy with
a
chance of snow.
Highs
in
the mid
30s.











































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M'arch 6, 2003
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Security Briefs
·
The Circle
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Compiled by Ed Williams
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Sta.ff Writer
VISITING
Jennifer C. Haggerty
Editor-in-Chief
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Katherine Slauta
Managing Editor
CircleManagingEditor@hotmail.com
Monday
2/24
This week's mischievous
activity goi kicked off with a
good ol' fashioned motor
vehicle incident. A hit-and-
.
run in the Old Townhouses-A
parking lot left a Black Acur~
with an 18-inch dent across
the front
quarter
panel.
Tuesday
2/25
Sheahan was the site of the
first culinary mishap of the
week. Burnt food on the stove
caused the fire alarm to go off
at 4: 15 p.m., and Fairview
Fire Department responded
and took care of the cooking
mishap.
At about 5:33 p.m., the famil-
iar sound of the fire alarm was
blaring in the Old Townhouses
again. Burnt food was once
again the cause, and the faith-
ful Fairview Fire Department
was back at their home away
from
home
.
The apartment
was ventilated, and the alarm
was reset.
Thursday
2/27
Well, no points for originality
here. A student carrying an
obese book bag was stopped
by the entry desk officer in
Sheahan at 11 :08 p.m. A 12-
pack of Budweiser was
uncovered and promptly con-
fiscated. The student was
Wednesday
2/26
allowed to keep his books,
It
sefmed like the alcohol was however.
flowing like water on campus
this week, and the festivities
began in the Old Townhouses-
B block at about 12:30 a.m.
This is the Old Townhouses'
first appearance this semester,
but as you'll see later on, it
certainly isn't their last. This
incident was called in by the
RA
on-duty when an unidenti-
fied beer drinking game was
in progress, and security
responded. Three people were
involved in the g~me, and
I
0
cans of Bud Light were con-
fiscated.
Wednesday
2/26
·
Security spdtted some irregu-
lar activity in the Lower Hoop
lot. at about 2:45 a.m. Further
investigation uncovered three
students
and
one
1986
Plymouth with a broken win-
dow. Upon questioning from
security, one of the students
admitted to breaking the win-
dow.
Wednesday
2/26
Although this incident wasn't
the result of an actual s'tu-
dent's activity, we'll call this
Lower New Townhouses' first
appearance for alcohol this
semester. There was a guest
standing outside of the M
block at 2:56 a.m. enjoying a
nice, cool 40-ounce beverage
that was of an alcoholic
nature.
•
The beverage was
taken by security, and the
guest was escorted off of cam-
pus. Perhaps·next time he will
at least make an attempt to
conceal the beverage.
Wednesday
2/26
Security spotted more pe~u-
liar activity in the Lower
Hoop
lot, this time at 4:27
a.m..
Three
kids were found
inside of a car, and security
said that it didn't look like a
study group. Further investi-
gation uncovered the pungent
odor of cannabis sativa. The
mini-party was broken up and
order was once again restored
t() the Lower Hoop
lot.
Wednesday
2/26
Yet another Marist cooking
adventure gone terribly awry.
Thursday
2/27
Upper Hoop Jot was the site of
the next hit-and-run incident
at 10:40 a.m. A 2001 Alero
was found to have damage to
both driver side doors. The
estimated damages came to
$1,900 but no report was filed
with the police as of press
time.
Thursday
2/27
The car accident epidemic
spread into the ponnelly park-
ing lot at 4:00 p.m. A 1998
Suburu backed into a 1994
Honda. There was damage to
the left passenger door of the
Honda. No police report was
filed, but both drivers did
exchange information.
Friday
2/28
Perhaps she was lost, or per-
haps she was just taking the
scenic route back home.
Whatever the case, a female
Midrise student was spotted
outside of Lowell Thomas in
an obviously intoxicated state.
After further inspection, she
was taken to the St. Francis
Bed and Breakfast ... err, St.
Francis Hospital, rather.
Friday
2/28
Nothing says the weekend like
an alcohol-related incident.
After
_ringing
in the weekend,
a female student was spotted
by the Champagnat entry offi-
cer heading towards a Student
Center bathroom. The student
was found to be visibly intox-
icated at 2:24 a.m. She was
sent to St. Francis by Fairview
Ambulance.
Friday
2/28
The entry guard in Midrise
caught an unauthorized guest
trying to swipe in with some-
one else's ID card at 2:51 a.m.
The gUest had a back-up plan,
though, and presented the
guard with a guest pass. The
only problem was that it was
an expired pass. Since it was
so late, the guest was allowed
to stay until 8:00 a.m. any-
ways, when h'e was then sent
on his way.
Friday
2/28
The
RA
on-duty was making
rounds in Champagnat at
11:
18
p.m. when stumbling
upon what appeared to be an
alcoholic-related
incident.
The RA's instincts proved to
be right
on
the money, and one
12
oz. can
of Coors Light, two
cans of
Busch Light, and
a full
bottle of Vodka
was confiscat-
ed from the three-person
party.
Saturday
3/1
Two male guests attempted to
enter Champagnat, but were
stopped by the astute entry
officer
on- duty at 11 :28 p.m.
The officer uncovered six cans
of Coors Light and a quarter
pint of Captain Morgan's
Rum.
Both guests were
escorted off campus without
their beverages.
another 18 cans of Bud were
taken from the other.
Saturday
3/1
It
took a while this week, but
vandalism was reported again
in Midrise at 3: 11 a.m. The
RD
called security after hear-
ing some noise on the third
floor -
an exit sign was
found ripped off of the wall.
The two students fleeing the
scene of the crime were
stopped and
·
one of them
admitted to the crime.
Sunday
3/2
The powerful v1s1on of the
Marian Hall entry officer was
able to spot two females head-
ing into Ponnelly, and one
was unsteady on her feet. The
RD
on-duty responded to the
call and examined the female
Marian student in question,
Saturday
3/ 1
and allowed her to go back to
While performing their rou-
her room to sleep it off at 1 :45
tine
cleaning
duties, a.m.
Housekeeping found an intox-
icated student in the Donnelly Sunday
3/2
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Security was brought to the I present you with perhaps the
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ed by the
RD
on-duty. She Security on patrol noticed sus-
was
deemed
sober enough to picious activity in the Old
head back to her room for the Townhouses C-block area at
night. Although the incident 1 :34 a.m. The RD was called
occurred in Donnelly, we'll and entered the apartment to
give Cahmpagnat another tick find approximately between
on the stat sheet for this inci-
50-60 students partying the
dent
since
it
was
a night away. People immedi-
Champagnat resident.
ately began trying to exit
Saturday
3/1
The RA was making the
rounds at 1 :24 a.m. in
Sheahan when coming upon
some raucous activity on the
second floor. Ten students
were found to be partying, but
not very hard at all. Either
this was the tail end of the
soiree, or it was just a poorly
planned party. Only two cans
of Bush beer were confiscated
from the premises. This
comes out to 2.4 ounces of
bee.r for each of the 10
partiers.
Saturday
3/ 1
A student stumbled into
Sheahan at about
1
:25 a.m.,
and was stopped by s~curity
due to his visibly intoxicated
state. He was able to pass
most of se~urity's sobriety
tests, though, so he was
allowed to go to his room
rather than spend the night at
St. Francis.
Saturday
3/ 1
Two male, Sheahan re~idents
were found walking around
the hill outside of the Mccann
Center with what appeared to
be over-sized backpacks.
They were stopped by securi-
ty on patrol, and the contents
of the bag were confiscated.
Eighteen cans of Bud and six
bottles of Beck's were taken
from one backpack, and
through a downstairs window.
There was the noticeable odor
of burning marijuana, and a
beer pong table was set up as
well. A half-gallon of Vodka
was confiscated along with an
untapped,
half-keg
of
Lowenbrau. Numerous empty
cans were also found. The
sheer magnitude of this inci-
dent is worthy enough of two
ticks on the stat sheet this
week.
Sunday
3/2
The
RD
came across a
drunk-
en student in Leo Hall at 2:03
a.m. After evaluating the stu-
dent, he was sent to St.
Francis hospital for observa-
tion. No further details were
given.
Sunday
3/2
A student sprinted by the
entry officer in Champagnat at
3:09 a.m. The speedster was
too quick for security to catch
up to, but he wasn't outof the
clear yet About
15
minutes
later
the student exited the donn, but
after
being recogrmed by security,
he was stopped and properly
admonished.
Security briefs oontinued on
page4 ...
TONITE!!!
Foreign Film
Thursday March 6,
Friday March 7,
7:00 p.m
The
Cook,
The
Thief,
His Wd'e
and Her
Lover
1998~/Flc:f're/~-Clia:B:1
!:1,i
Pcu-GreelaM:ry.
The wife of a crime boss
engages in a secretive romance
with a bookseller between meals
at her husband's restaurant.
Food, sex, murder, torture and
can'nibalism are the exotic fare
in this beautifulty filmed, but bru-
tally uncompromising, modern
fable. In English.
TODAY!!!
MTV's
TRL Trip Sign-ups
March 4-6,
3:30- 6:00
p.m.
Marist is looking for
.
fun and
engergetic students to partici-
pate in the trip to TRL
Wednesday April 2. The bus will
leave at 10a.m. and return at
7p.m. Sign-ups for the event will
be held in Dyson March 4-6,
3:30- ijp.m.
Alex House
Friday,
March 7, 9:00
p.m.
·
Come
see
this comedian
in
the
Cabaret and enjoy free food and
drinks along with a lot of laughs.
Freestyle and
BreakdanciWJ
Monday, March 31,
·
9:30p.m.
Join
·
the breakdancing fun.
Compete and win prizes at this
fun event. The event will be held
in the PAR.
TODAY!!!
Mr. Marist sign-ups
March 3-7, 11 :00 a.m.-
1 :00p.m and 2:00 p.m -
4:00 p.m.
Think you have what it takes to
be the next Mr. Marist?
Sign
up
today in Donnelly. Prizes
and
gift certificates will
be held
.
For
more
information
contact
Jerilyn and
Siena at
ex.
5079.
TONITE!!!
Battle of the Bands
Thursday, March 8, 9:00
p.m.
The 4th Annual
Battle of the
Bands
will be held in the
Cabaret. The event will have
free pizza and soda.
Cost:
$2
at the door.
Psychology Club Honor
Society
The
Psi
Chi,
Psychology
National
Honor
Society is
cur-
rently accepting applications. If
interested,
applications can be
found in Dyson.
Advising Week
March 24-28
Official Advising week will be
held. Please
make
an
appoint-
ment soon to review next
semester's schedule with your
advisor.
Registration Deadline
March 28
The last day for turning in com-
pleted registration forms for the
Fall 2003 to Donnelly 207 by
5:00 p.m. Late submissions
will
be returned to the student.
Course change period will be
held in April.




































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IU to punish students for illegal downloads
By
Adam Vanosdol
Indiana Daily Student (Indiana U.)
RIAA, MPAA encourage arrests, expulsions
universities to take a tougher stance, Bruhn said IU
is concerned about the privacy rights of its stu-
dents.
(U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
-
The
Recording Industry Artists of America and the
Motion Picture Association of America are turning
up
the heat on colleges and universities nationwide,
encouraging administrators to expel or arrest stu-
dents who illegally download music and movies
from the Internet.
those agents determine that someone using IU's
servers has downloaded an illegal movie or music
file, they contact the University Information
Technology Services policy office.
Bruhn said he supports expulsions and arrests for
students who ignore the University warnings and
still engage in
illegal downloading.
A national task force with representatives from
both higher education and the movie and music
industries has been formed to examine the privacy
and legal issues from a university standpoint.
Bruhn and IU Vice President for Information
Technology Michael McRobbie are both members
of the task force.
The user who has downloaded the file is identi-
fied only by a discrete tracking code, not by name.
The policy office then contacts the user by e-mail,
warning that the file must be deleted. The student
must contact UITS and state the file has been
removed
.
"Students really need to understand that IU has
obligations under the law," he said. "Our goal is to
educate as much as we can, but there is certainly a
necessary discipline aspect of this."
Dean of Students Richard McKaig said Indiana
University will aggressively punish students who
illegally use peer-to-peer programs like Kazaa.
Some investigations into students are already
underway, he said.
If the
student
affirms the file has been deleted, the
policy office considers the matter resolved.
According to Cnet.com,
half
of all teens
and
19
percent of all
Americans over
the age of
12
report-
ed having
downloaded
music from file-swapping
services in
2002.
Monday, the group met via Weblink to discuss
their
different
goals.
"We need to ensure legal use of the
.
network,
while not impeding other use or
being
overly intru-
sive at the same time," Bruhn said. "J'his is why we
wanted to be involved in this task force, so we
could attempt to learn and influence what happens
in this area."
IU does not police its servers for illegal file shar-
ing out of respect for the privacy rights of its users,
IU Policy Officer Mark Bruhn said.
However, if IU receives a second notification stat-
ing the same. user has again downloaded an illegal
file, that user's access to IU's servers will immedi-
ately be terminated. The user's name will also be
reported to the dean's office.
Bruhn said disconnecting students' access to the
residence halls servers prevents
IU
from being the
target of a lawsuit from the RIAA
and
MPAA. The
.
industries could sue IU under
the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act if IU
did
not halt the
downloading once it was notified.
·
In February, UITS received close to
150
com-
plaints from the music and movie industry about
illegal sharing on IU's servers.
However, when the RIAA and MPAA notify IU
of the illegal activity on
·its
servers, IU responds
according to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of
1998.
The RIAA and MPAA enlist agents to roam the
Internet to watch for illegal downloads. When
Bruhn said most students comply with the first
warning.
"Students who lose their connectivity understand
quickly how inconvenient that is because they have
to go to a residence hall lab or come to campus to
do their computing," Bruhn said.
According to a recent federal court
ruling,
the
RIAA and
MPAA
can also force IU to release
the
names of the users who break
the
law. The indus-
tries have said they have
no
plans to go after indi-
vidual students, however.
IU is also trying to educate students about the
new legal risks involved in file sharing. Later this
month UITS will distribute a flier with a picture of
a giant compact disc asking "Are you legal?" The
flier includes tips on how to avoid copyright law
With the RIAA
and
MPAA pushing IU and other
BEWARE FALSE JOB POSTINGS, MONSTER.COM WARNS
By Katie
Clark
Daily Illini
(U.
Illinois)
(U-WIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - University of Illinois sophomore in
engineering Andrew Wassef posted his resume on Monster.com a
week ago. When asked if he would supply his Social Security num-
ber to an employer over the
Internet,
he said, "I probably wouldn't
think a second about it."
False job postings can trick people into revealing Social
Security
numbers, credit card numurs or other personal information. Job
seeKers can gi~e their personal identitu.,s away, providihg users with
the ability to create new checking accounts or credit cards in their
names.
Monster.com, a Web site serving employers and job seekers, sent
an e-mail Thursday to millions of job seekers regarding this topic.
According to wire reports, Monster.com spokesperson Kevin
Mullins said the e-mail, labeled a "critical service message," went out
this week to all active users of Monster's main site. He said he does
not know exactly how many people received
_it,
but he told the
Associated ~ress that recipients are
"definitely
well into the mil-
lions."
.
The e-mail warns users that false job postings can be used to "ille-
gally collect personal information from unsuspecting job seekers,"
violating Monster's Terms of Use and possibly violating federal or
state criminal laws.
Pam Dixon, Research Fellow of the Privacy Foundation, a group
that studies consumer privacy issues, said she studied Internet job
sites and found that many people will unknowingly be hit with "the
one-two punch."
"A job
ad
looks extremely real, and the job seeker resp.onds. giving
their Social Security number and date of birth. Then it
1
s
all
over,"
Dixon said.
''A
job
ad looks extremely
real, and the
job seeker responds,
giving their Social
Security number
and date of birth.
Then
it's
all over,"
Pam Dixon
Research Fellow of the Privacy Foundation
"It's not something you want to start your career with," she
added.
Omar Shaikh, sophomore in engineering, posted his resume on
Monster.com throµgh the University's career services. Although
employers have not yet contacted him, he said he would have given
his Social Security number over the Internet if the employer
looked
reputable.
"I wouldn't really
think
about it," Shaikh said. "It's kind of a dilem-
,,...
ma; you know (it's dangerous), but at the same time, you really
want
New York may require Meningitis vaccine
By
Andrew Chow
Washington Square News
(New York U.)
(U-WIRE) NEW YORK
-
Incoming
New
York University freshmen may need one
more shot if New York joins other states and
passes legislation requiring immunization for
a category of illnesses that includes meningi-
tis.
New York is considering a bill that would-
require college freshmen to be vaccinated
against meningococcal disease, a potentially
fatal but rare bacterial illness that strikes
freshmen in high proportions.
Freshmen are more likely to contract the
disease than other people
because
they live in
close conditions and engage in high-risk
behavior, university health officials said.
Fourteen states already require college
freshmen to receive immunization for
meningococcal disease before moving into
residence halls. New York is among
10
states
that have
introduced,
but have not yet passed,
similar bills this year. The laws vary, but
most of them require proof of immunization
or
a signed waiver opting out of the mandate,
usually for medical or religious reasons.
''There are some states that have a more
stringent approach to it," said Carlo Ciotoli,
University Health Center medical director.
"Unlike [the measles, mumps and rubella
vaccine], which I think all the NYU students
know they have to show proof of vaccination
for, there is currently no requi,u:ment for the
meningococcal vaccine."
Symptoms of men1ngococcal disease
include headache, stiff neck, high fever, nau-
s~a, rash, confusion, sleepiness and sensitiv-
ity to light. Because the symptoms are simi-
lar to those of the
.flu,
the disease often goes
undetected until it is too late, according to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Web site.
Living in a residence hall increases the
probability that students will exchange oral
secretions through actions such as kissing,
coughing or sharing dining utensils, accord-
ing to the CDC Advisory Council on
Immunization Practices. Freshmen have less
time to develop immunity to oral bacteria, a
study reported in
1999.
Freshmen adjusting to college life also tend
to place themselves under high risk by drink-
ing and smoking, for example, Ciotoli said.
"Early data on the disease actually came
from the military, where everyone lives in
enclosed barracks," Ciotoli said.
"It
is less of
a problem at NYU because the dorms do not
have long halls sharing one bathroom. Most
[rooms] are more apartment-style."
Meningococcal disease, which strikes
about
3,000
Americans per year, takes two
forms. The more severe form, meningococ-
cemia, lead$ to death in
30
percent to
40
per-
cent of those affected. In this form, the bac-
teria can pass through
"the
mucous layer of
the throat and dump large amounts of toxins
into the bloodstream, killing a perfectly
healthy person in fewer than
24
hours.
The other form, which is called meningo-
coccal meningitis, is less serious and infects
the fluid in the spine and surrounding the
brain. Ten percent to
15
percent of those
affected die, and about
15
percent are
left
with significant impairments,
such as brain
and kidney damage or an infection
requiring
amputation, according to the National
Meningitis Association Web site.
The vaccine, called Menomume, is often
not required because the disease is so
rare.
An average of five freshmen dorm residents
out of
100,000
actually
develop
the disease.
New York had three deaths in
December
from meningococcal
bacteria.
NYU has had two cases of meningococcal
disease in the past five years,
but
neither
were fatal. These numbers are to
be
expected,
Ciotoli said.
"NYU is a big school," Ciotoli said. "It's
not. surprising that over the years, we've
had
a couple of cases."
An informal poll done at NYU
in
spring
2002
found that 56 percent ofNYU freshmen
had received the vaccine, Ciotoli said. In
comparison, the national average is only
35.5
percent, he said.
David Chin, a junior at the Stern School of
Business, said he received the vaccine at the
urging of his mother.
•
"I am a commuter, but I have slept over at
friends'. dorms," Chin said. "My
mother
read
an article in a magazine about how
it
affects
dorm rooms and made me get the shot."
The vaccine lasts for three to five years,
which is typically sufficient to protect col-
lege students during the years when they are
most at risk, Ciotoli said. The health center
offers the vaccine for $75.
Ciotoli said he would recommend the shot
for anyone fo~ whom cost is not an issue.
that
job."
Dixon said many employers, especially after Sept.
11, 2001,
ask for
background
checks that require a Social Security
number.
However,
it is illegal for employers to do a background check without a "wet
signature," or a real signature on paper.
"There is never a good reason to
release
(personal information) over
the Internet like that," she said.
Some false job postings also ask for information about bank
accounts, credit card numbers, height or hair color or other personal
information.
No employer should ever ask for that kind of information for any
reason, and a date of birth and Social Security number is the only
information employers need once they have written permission to do
a
background check, Dixon said.
.
Shaikh said his date of birth appears on his resume, and he also
included his Social Security number until someone advised him to
remove it.
Monster and its competitors, such as CareerBuilder.com and
HotJobs.com, already post information warning of the potential for
identity
theft and informing users about what they can do to protect
themselves
from false postings.
Monster's
blanket
e-mail appears to
be
the first time
one
of the big
job sites has addressed job seekers directly about such dangers,
according to the Associated Press.
·
"Monster did the right thing telling people about (the dangers),"
Dixon said.
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Online games off er
.
an addictive new world
b
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John
Sag
in
ari
o
Staff Writer
"A new world has opened up,
and it's right on your computer.
Unfortunately, it's all too easy to
get sucked in and addicted to this
new world."
Everquest, started in
1999
by
Sony Online Entertainment, has
attracted nearly 100,000 people
playing at any given minute. It is
projected that by 2005, nearly
10
0
million people will have
played Everquest.
.
During the day Jerry Griffin of
Seattle, Washington works as a
cardiac catheterization specialist
at a local hospital. By night at
home, he
b
ecomes a giant lizard
who likes to
kill
things. Griffin is
consumed by the online role-
playing game, "Everquest." "He's
on it constantly," says his wife,
Renee. "He has got to play the
game the minute he gets in the
house. Jeny often eats his dinner
in front of the computer."
Jerry admits to playing at least
20 hours a week. "He gets up in
the morning and plays before he
goes· to work," Renee says. "I
want my girls to be able to have
him, you know, as a father, not as
a fixture in our house in front
.
of
the computer."
Shawn Woolley, a 21 year old,
quit his job and stopped speaking
to his family after he started
playing
"Everquest
11
•
•
On
Thanksgiving, after an apparent
upsetting event on his gam~,
Shawn shot himse
l
f once in the
head, and was
d
iscovered dead
soon after
.
"He was so upset, he
wasn't angry
-
he was hurt
.
I tried
to
t
ell
him
they we
r
en't real peo-
ple ... " said Elizabeth Woolley,
his mo
th
er. E
l
izabeth is suing
Sony for t
h
e loss of her son, but
says she wants to see change
more than mo
n
ey. She wants a
warning label p
u
t
on
the game,
similar to cigarettes, warning of
the addiction of online gaming.
This story is not unc
o
mmon by
any means. Numerous web sites
have sprung
u
p since "60
Minutes" and "48 Hours" both
aired stories on addictive online
gaming and "Everquest", known
as "Evercrack" to many online
game players, in August of 2002.
Elizabeth Woolley, who lost her
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Everquest Addiction" created a
website to help those who think
loved ones or friends are add
i
ct-
ed to Everquest, and how to deal
with the problems of the game,
and others like it.
Many relations
h
ips and mar-
riages are lost because a spouse
spe
n
ds more time with the game,
than with their mate. Sony
Online CEO John Smedley said
calling Everquest "addictive" is
nonsense. "It's entertainment. Is
a book dangerous? Is a TV show
dangerous? I think the answer is
no. People need to take responsi-
bility and say, 'Hey, you know,
this is too much
.
Enough's
enough.' It's a game."
"I think we are starting to see
just the beginning of what is
going to be a larger issue," says
psychologist
David
Walsh,
adding "The makers of these
games have to start thinking
about warnings for people.
11
He
believes this will be an easy
place for people to escape real
life, and they completely lose
touch of it.
College students are at a great
risk to develop these addictions,
more so than most adults
.
Often
they are in their rooms in front of
their comp
u
ters all day like some
Marist students, and with a fast
internet connection it's easy to
get involved in these games try-
ing to pass time on boring nights.
School work and social lives
often times suffer.
An online survey of more than
2,000
Everquest players found
the average playtime was 20
hours a week. Thirty-seven per-
cent of players said they were
addicted and another 27 perce
n
t
admitted they were probab
l
y
addicted.
The problem is many peop
l
e
don't know it's addictive until its
too late, and can often mask real
life problems
.
Ga,mes that are
published today that may face
these problems in the future are:
Ultima
Online,
E~rth
and
Beyond Online, The Sims
Online,
America's
Army,
Ascheron's Call, and others.
On driving .. .
nothing
spoils fun like a dud
b
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r Ha
gge
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ty
Editor-in-Chief
ihere you are, driving down
the highway, blasting music with
the windows open, enjoying the
slightly warmer spring air.
It's a Sunday afternoon and you
decided to take the car out for a
joy ride.
Managing to dodge the craters
the winter season has left behind,
you're cruising, until you acci-
dentally hit the mother of them
all.
Suddenly, the thump of a blown
tire accompanies the music beat
and sends your spirits plummet-
ing.
Anxiety and many expletives
cross your mind.
This situation
is
more danger-
ous than one would think; don't
become one
of
the nearly 400
people who die ~very year on the
roadside while changing flat
tires.
First off, do not panic
.
Find a
way to pull off.into the shoulder
lane of the road
.
In driver's edu-
cation, new drivers are often
taught to pull off to the right
shoulder lane, but if you are driv-
ing in the .left
-
hand lane and
there is space ( such as medians
vehicle. Of course, the further
you drive, the better the chance
that the tire cannot be repaired
.
As soon as you stop, everyone
should get out of the car.
Passengers should be a safe dis-
tance away from traffic but in
sight of the car.
Never stand directly in front of
the car in case oncoming traffic
hits your vehicle.
Always carry reflective trian-
gles in your car in case of
in
emergency like this.
If
you have
three, stagger them so cars are
gradually moved away from your
car (th
i
nk the way highway con-
struction uses them when traffic
merges).
Now it's time to choose which
road to take: you can either call
an agency s~ch as AAA, the
Automobile Club of New York,
which can tow your car to a local
station, or you can put the spare
on yourse
l
f.
If
you chose to make the phone
call
,
stay with the <?ther passen-
gers on the side of the road until
help
·
arrives.
If
you chose the latter, get
ready to get down and dirty ( this
is of course if you have a jack
and proper equipment in your
car) and follow these steps to fix
or grassy shoulders) or you your car.
believe that the left
-
hand side of
First, unscrew the lug nuts with
the car has the flat tire, opt for the jack .ha_ndle. Be patient
the left side. In some cases
.
because this 1s the hardest part.
pulling off to the left is safer than
.
(This is because of the high-
cutting across two lanes of traf-
speed wrench guns that are used
fi
to put nuts tightly on the whe
e
ls
c.
of the car.)
Also, remember that a flat tire
does not mean your driving must
come to a halt. It's better to drive
some distance on the rim looking
for a safe place to stop than risk
-
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Next, find a heavy (ock, brick
or wood block to "chock" the
wheel diagonally across from the
flat. This will help keep the car in
place.
Consult the owner's manua
l
for
the best place to set up
tlie
jack-
if this is unknown, the car could
suffer from potential damage if
the jack is positioned in the
wrong place.
When
the base of the jack is
secure on solid ground, raise the
car so that it is three inches
above the ground.
Never
,
ever, ever get under the
car when it is raised. Cars can
slip off jacks, and according to
Car and Travel magazine,
h
a
l
f of
all flat-tire fatalities occur w
h
en
a falling car pins the person
changing the tire underneath it.
Remove the loose nuts and pu
t
them in the hubcap so they don't
get lost.
Now, use your muscles to slide
·
the tire off the car and replace i
t
with the spare. Keep your dam-
aged tire in the trunk - it may be
repairable, possibly saving you
some money when you bring the
car into the shop later on
.
To finish up, tighten th~ nuts by
hand and lower the jack until the
spare touches the ground.
Using the wrench
,
tighten the
five lug nuts in a star pattern: top,
lower left
,
lower right, upper left
and µpper right.
Stand back and admire you're
work. You did it.
Now, the joy ride tale you were
originally going to tell your
friends about now turned into a
story where you are the cairn,
levelheaded person in a situation
others would have panicked in.
Little do they have to know!
plenty of distance between the
rivaling freshman dorms
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on reputation, Marian Ha
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however, and can't be counted
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Knowing a United States Marine--my greatest pride
By Jackie Stasiuk
America. At 20 years old, my
ply that, a thought.
It
is just a
about.
friend of mine is there. Perhaps
for the thousands of men and
Staff Writer
generation has qever experi-
flash on the news, a clip on the
I spoke to him the other day
it is that fact that brings me
women serving in Iraq and in
enced severe economic depres-
front page of the newspaper, but
from Kuwait. He is waiting
closer to the reality that this
other United States military
sion or seen the effects of war of nothing more. I am not one of
there unloading American
world is far from perfect.
actions. Be thankful there are
Deep inside my heart and in my
mass destruction.
Tl'lis
is a gen-
these detached Americans.
ammunition ships. He is leav-
However, despite the hardships
individuals that display such
soul, there is a pride that exists
eration that has been masked
The war in Iraq is a reality for
ing for Iraq in a month. My
in this world, patriotism, in
bravery and courage without
like no other I have ever experi-
from the terrors that have previ-
me because a very dear friend of friend is in a faraway land ready
some capacity, still exists.
asking to be recognized for it.
enced. This pride is not from
ously
haunted
this country.
mine, 21 years of age, a fresh
to fight and die for a country
It should not take the destruc-
The United States of America is
academic accomplishments, ath-
Now it is 2003 and our gener-
young mind with much to offer
that he loves.
tion of the World Trade Centers
the greatest country on earth and
letic accomplishments or social
ation is faced with fear of war
this world, is waiting in Kuwait.
I admire this man greatly. He
to bring Americans together.
It
these selfless individuals are liv-
achievements. This pride is
and nuclear
destruction.
The
He is a United States Marine.
and the rest of the men and
should not take terrorism to
ing proof. The United States
devoid of social status, religion
prosperity is over and reality has
Lance Corporal Christopher
women that serve in our Armed
bring out American Flags. We
Armed Forces are made of the
and race. This is the pride that I
begun
to set in. The world is
Henry
went to school with me
Forces should be inspirations to
should not need a tragic event to
bravest men and women in this
have for the thousands of men
not as safe as we once thought it
in New Jersey. Upon high
us all. Whether or not you sup-
show our love for this country.
country. Support
our
soldiers.
and women that voluntarily give
to be. We are not as safe as we
school graduation Chris
port the war you must support
If
these men and women can
Support our country. Pray for
their lives for our country and
once thought we were. Our
announced that he was going to
the soldiers. Tht:se people self-
sacrifice their lives for this
our
soldiers.
serve in the United States
days of invincibility are over
serve the United States as a
lessly devote their lives for the
country, the least Americans can
Armed Forces.
and it is time to face it.
Marine. Three years ago it did
better of others. They are there
do is put a flag on our cars and
The Circle staff would like to
The past 20 years; for the
For many who are detached
not seem like a big deal. The
fighting for a cause that most
support the United States sol-
send our prayers to all of our
most part, have been prosperous
from the problems existing in
country was not going to war, so
here are not even aware of.
diers.
young men and women over-
decades for the United States of
Iraq the thought of war is sim-
Chris had nothing to worry
Perhaps I am biased because a
Please pray for my friend and
seas.
When adult children move home again
Have
something
By Tim
Duguay
Now I'm
not
saying that par-
two years. Hey, why not make
Staff Writer
ents should not always leave
it longer? Freeload
for
life!
their door open to their children
I hate to sound so shrewd but
when they are put in particular
when I first looked at this arti-
Just- when parents think they
predicaments,
but
they should
cle, I could not help but think
have finally rid themselves of
not just allow their children to
about what my father said to me
their children, more and more
live off of them
at
that point in
as I was growing up. He said,
seem to be moving back home
their life. There are several rea-
"Tim, if you ever need anything
again.
sons why these so-called
the door will always be open.
It
may not seem like that big
"Boomerang Kids" are returning
But that doesn't mean that you
of a deal, but according to
home.
don't need to realize that there
NBC's Today it is a more com-
As of now, student debt has
is a point where every child
mon occurrence than many real-
risen and housing costs are
up
needs to grow up."
ize. A recent survey found that
nearly 40 percent since 1997.
This is my point in this col-
one in 10 adults between the age
Surveys done by sociologist
umn: There is a certain point
of 25 and 34 are back at home
Barbara Mitchell show that
where all humans need to grow
living with their parents. When
these kids are largely single and
up and despite all of the harsh
will parents realize that there
trying to save money. She also
conditions of the world, work
has to be a line drawn between
says that the
length
of stay, for
bard and do it on their own.
when kids need to become self-
the vast majority of these peo-
There are also a couple of tips
sufficient and live on their own?
ple, ranges from six months to
that the author of the article that
I read
sqggests:
I. Remember
he's no longer in diapers and 2.
Make him pay rent.
I thought these suggestions
were gr~at since there seems to
me no better way to make a
child self-sufficient than doing
·
chores and paying rent. The
article also said that even if the
child cannot afford rent, they
would still be able to contribute
to the daily tasks of the house-
hold. If he or she can't afford
the rent, as them to contribute to
the household by cooking,
_
food
shopping,
or same other impor-
tant task.
I believe the reason that this
article struck a nerve with me so
much is that I am coming upon
that age where I have almost
,,
graduated college and about to
ljve on my own. I come from a
hard-working family who has
taught me the values that I hold
sacred every day of my life.
These values include working
hard and living on my own,
which I am getting the practice
of while in college.
My plea to my fellow under-
graduate students is that we
change this recent trend of peo-
ple moving back home. Even if
people of our generation find
places to live together, at least
we're not bothering our parents
and
living
off of their hard
work.
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takes
a
breather
during a set at the Fillmore Auditorium
l
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the support act for John Mayer.
Condolences
can be sent care of her label, Bluenote Records.
The Grammy and Ms.
Jones
by Matt
Dunning
. A&E Editor
It's been said that it is far easier
to write about bad musicians
than it'is to write about the good
ones.
That theory may help
explain why it's taken me six
months to write about jazz
crossover sensation Norah Jones.
Where does one even begin, her
phenomenal chart success (this
week is
Come Away with Me's
52nd week on the Billboard 200;
the album was released 53 weeks
ago)? Her one-week sweep of
late
night's
"big
four"
(Letterman, Leno, O'Brien, and
SNL )? The fact that her debut
effort garnered more Grammies
in a single night than the entire
Jive Records army has in the last
three years? It speaks volumes
of Jones' talent that despite all of
these feats, .the thing that begs
the most attention is still the
music.
Come Away With Me
is not a
top-down,
sun-soaked drive
along Venice Beach ( or even
Nantasket Avenue). It's one of
those rare albums that make you
wish for rainy day. It's waking
_
up alone on a cold December
morning in a two-room apart-
ment in the middle of Manhattan.
It's a Saturday night in a smoky,
downtown piano bar with noth-
ing to do but nurse a gin and
tonic and sink into Jones' warm,
breathy croon. It's disillusioned,
but in a contemplative sense. It's
frail without being weak. Most
of all,
Come Away With Me
is
unified by the theory that ques-
tions are almost always more
interesting and thought provok-
ing than answers.
The album, for all its simplici-
ty, is a strange trip through time
and space. "Don't Know Why",
Come Away ...
's opening track
(and this year's Record of the
Year), is about as present-day as
it gets. From there, we're taken
on a carpet ride over a variety of
landscapes.
We get a spectacular
view of Jones' Texas roots in
"Seven Years" and in the pokey
campfire ballad "Lonestar". We
spend a great deal of time lean-
ing against the wall at the back of
the Village Vanguar
,
d sometime
around the end of the second
World War, as Jones slinks her
way from verse to verse on
tracks like "Cold, Cold Heart",
"One
Flight Down'\ and the pen-
sive, yearning title track "Come
Away With Me". It is a rare artist
that can write so desperately and
yet remain so cool and composed
in her delivery. We're even treat-
ed to a glimpse of Jones' heritage
.
via the sultry middle-eastern
swagger of "I've Got to See You
Again" (Jones is the daughter of
world-famous
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Ravi
Shankar). '
,,,
Come Away With Me
isn't all
cigarette smoke and empty bour-
bon glasses
.
Jones demonstrates
a sunnier side in the western
twang of "Feelin' the Same Way
all Over Again" with the lines,
"Sun just slipped its note below
my door, and I can't hide beneath
my sheets."
Where she truly
shines
,
though, is at the album's
mid-way point. Jones absolutely
smolders on "Turn Me On" as
she .coos, "My hi-fi is waiting for
a new tune. The glass is waiting
for some fresh ice cubes." (Most
guys spend their whole lives
wishing a woman would write
about them like that.)
In a perf~ct world, Norah Jones
would be one of a hundred bud-
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charts,
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of
records
,
and picking up Grammy
awards as if they were rocks on
the beach
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run by insipid, nauseating pop-
stars, it seems that the reason
Jones is enjoying such success is
that she is such an antithesis of
the standard young
,
popular,
female vocalist.
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indeed, the case, then at least the
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Gellar
calls it quits after
seven seasons, two networks
by Paul Lukason
Staff Writer
"The show
as
we know it is
over," says "Buffy" star Sarah
Michelle
Gellar
in
an
Entertainment Weekly exclusive
discussing the end
of the
cult
favorite televis_ion show "Buffy
the Vampire Slayer."
After seven years of
brilliant
work, the show's star is calling
it
quits.
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer
was originally conceived as a
feature length movie by creator
and writer Joss Whedon.
The
library
wh~re
Buffy
and her
watcher Giles would meet and
train daily.
The show's two-part series pre-
miere
"Welcome
to
the
Hellmouth"
and "The Harvest"
had a running time nearly that of
the feature film, yet the show had
something that the movie
lacked,
a leading lady that could carry
the show on
her
shoulders.
The show's second and third
seasons
picked
up
as viewer
numbers rose
based
on word of
mouth to 5.3 million tuning in
weekly. "Buffy ... " was the high-
est rated show on the WB at the
knew what to make of it.
Some highlights through the
entire series include the two-part
premiere, which introduces
us
to
Buffy Summers and her friends.
The two-part episode "Surprise"
and "Innocence" of the second
season deals with Buffy and her
240 year old lover, Angel. A
slayer and a vampire with a soul,
the ultimate unlikely couple who
wind up sleeping together trig-
gering a moment of true happi-
ness, undoing the incantation
that
gav~
Angel
(David
Boreanaz) his soul back. This
reverts him back to his old
movie tanked at the box office,
as
{t
was not well envisioned.
time, and it would become the
show that rebuilt the network
wicked self. Season Three was
probably the best as Buffy and
rogue slayer Faith (Eliza Dusku)
bat,tle Swmydale's mayor and his
inevitable ascension. The season
finale in the 5th season may be
the single best episode, as Buffy
sacrifices herself to save her sis-
ter
Dawn
(Michele
Trachtenburg) and human
kind.
The 6th season saw the resurrec-
tion of a Buffy who was torn out
of heaven to resume her life on
Whedon,
however,
was not satis-
fied to simply put
the
idea to rest
and move on. He
believed
so
strongly in his idea that he decid-
ed to
turn
the failed movie into a
television series.
Whedon and his crew went
ahead and cast Sarah
Michelle
from the ground up.
After the show's 5th season,
their contracts
ran
out with the
WB and VPN signed to pick up
the show for two more seasons
.
The show saw a significant
plunge in ratings during its
Gellar
fo
the lead. She was hot move. "It was a bard transition.
UPN has been very supportive of
off her work in the soap opera
.
drama "All My Children". What
many may not know is that
Gellar was originally cast as the
arrogant, outspoken Cordelia.
However, Gellar wasn't certain
that she wanted to play the same
role
that
she
had been
playing
on
"All My Children" for the past
three years.
She begged and
pleaded to re-audition for the
role of Buffy. She even risked
losing her role as Cordelia. After
prodding her way through the
crowd, she was cast as Buffy
Summers and would become a
the show. They gave
us
a home.
But I will always have a loyalty
and a very, very deep apprecia-
tion for the support
I
felt
at the
WB,"
Gellar said.
The show bas often been
panned by critics, yet hailed by
fans as one of the greatest shows
to grace television. Many claim
that the resentment held by crit-
ics was due to the difficulty that
lay classify the show.
In
a given
episode, various writers Jane
Epstein, Joss Whedon, David
Fury,
and Marti Noxon bring you
through all the emotions. At one
earth as the Slayer, a position she
did not wish to hold· anymore.
household name.
The show started as a mid-sea-
moment you will be laughing out
son replacement on the WB in loud from the witty banter
1997.
All
13
first-season Xander (Nicholas Brendan) has
to say, yet fearing for you life in
the next when Buffy encounters
The Master (Marc Metcalf). Yet
later, on feelings of endearment
will be running through your
veins only to be interrupted with
emotions of angst and misery.
This will all be thrown away in
the next moment, as Buffy saves
the
·
day,
bringing a sense of clo-
sure and contentment to the
episode. With so many charac-
teristics to this dynamic and
complex show, critics never
The future of the "Buffy"
uni-
verse is uncertain at this point.
All talks of a spin-off are still
being mulled over at this point.
In
1999, Boreanaz left the show
to star in his own series "Angel."
The show is in
its
fourth season
(lnd
VP
one has picked it up for a
fifth year
yet.
However, movie
buzz is indicating that Boreanaz
has signed a 3 picture deal with
Warner Brothers to portray "The
Man of Steel" in the new
Superman films with director
Brett Ratner
.
With this in mind,
the "Buffy" universe is in a state
of uncertainty at this point
,
how-
ever Gellar's mind is made up.
episodes were shot beforehand
and then shopped around to vari-
ous networks. The WB was the
only one that jumped at the
chance.
The show started off
slow with a mere 3. 7 million
viewers tuning every week to
watch Buffy and her "Scooby
gang" battle the forces of evil
above
the
one
and
only
Hellmouth, a mystic portal locat-
ed directly below the Sunnydale
(a fictional L.A. suburb) school
"You always worry about being
the show that's been on too long-
especially when you're a cult hit.
,
[So when] we started to have
such a strong year this year, I
though, 'This is how I want to go
out-on top, at our best."' The
final 6 episodes of "Buffy" can
be seen on VPN Tuesday nights
at 8 starting March 25th.
Police thriller Dark Blue a bust
by
Paul DeMichelle
Staff Writer
continue
.
By now you are proba-
mere confusion
.
I also have no
bly saying to yourself, "Wait
,
problem passing the rest of the
haven't I seen this before?" Well,
bad performances off as a prod-
Kurt Russell stars in the latest let me assure you that you uct of the print on the cue cards
haven't; you have never seen being too small. Hell, maybe the
anything this bad.
writers were stoned while work-
Hollywood car wreck.
Dark Blue
is a complete mess from start to
credits. The mess begins in 1992,
shortly before the L.A. riots that
leveled nearly a quarter of the
city. L.A
.
Sgt. Eldon Perry (Kurt
Russell) plays a corrupt cop tak-
ing orders from the future chief
Jack Van
Meter (Brendan
Gleeson)
.
Perry is partnered with
rookie
,
Bobby Keough (Scott
Speedman)
,
and is responsible
for teaching
him
,
the ropes of
S.I.S
.
Shortly. after the movie
begins, the audience learns that
Keough blew his first chance to
kill a suspect in cold blood, forc-
ing Perry to do it for him. Deputy
Chief Arthur Holland (Ying
Rhames) learns of the mishap
and hopes to use it in an attempt
to end the corrugtion plaguing
the L.A.P.D
.
The predictable
story unfolds as the scandals
Training Day
mee~s
L.A.
ing on the script. What really
Confidential?
Not at all.
Dark
bothered me about the movie is
Blue
doesn't hold a candle to the disgusting direction by Ron
either of film. While the story Shelton. There was no focus or
line does share the common ele
-
·
thought put into any aspect of the
ment of corrupt cops, the similar-
film. Emotions were tossed back
ities end there. I have never seen and forth like dialo
gu
e in a porno
a movie in which the dialogue with seemingl
y
no cause or pur-
and the acting are both equally pose
.
bad. There were so many sub
What ama
z
es me most about
plots jammed into Kurt Russell's
Dark Blu
e
is that at one point
character that you cot!ldn't tell someone in a production studio
what he was trying to do. I'm said
,
"Yup, this movie is ready
fairly certain that Russell himself for release
.
It
'
s perfect
,
I would
-
wasn't sure either. Is he pissed n't change a thing
.
" These are the
off at his corrupt life, his future people at the heart of the prob
-
ex-wife, or his alcoholism
?
For lem, yet rarely the ones that take
me to figure out the reasons any of the heat for it. Movies
behind his random outbursts I like
Dark Blu
e
haunt my dreams
would need to watch it again
;
becaus
e
some moron at a desk
in
which isn't happ
e
ning anytime Hollywood has a deadline to
soon .
.I
have no problem passing meet. A
v
oid this movie at all
Russell's performanc
e
off as costs
.
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Pae 7
Trilogy author Trigiani shares insight,
inspiration with Marist community
By Jennifer C. Haggerty
Editor-in-Chief
When Dr. Rose DeAngelis,
a~sistant professor of English,
read Big Stone Gap this past
summer, she felt that Adriana
Trigiani would be the perfect
speaker for Mqrist College.
"I read her book and I emailed
her. and she wrote me back," said
DeAngelis.
Tuesday evening, the spring
honors lecture presented "The
World of Writing According to
Adriana Trigiani," an enlighten-
ing experience that allowed
Marist students and faculty to
see into the mind of a television
writer, producer and author of
the Big Stone Gap trilogy.
The eccentric writer is one of
seven in an Italian family that
grew up in Big Stone Gap,
Virginia, a small coal mining
town on the Virginia/Tennessee
border.
Trigiani began her career as a
journalist at age
IS,
but her inter-
ests drew her to the local com-
munity theater instead. The peo-
ple she met later influenced the
characters in her novels.
Trigiani was catapulted into the
movie industry by writing a spec
script 'for the pilot show of
"Roseanne."
She had a job in the
industry within two weeks.
Writing for television was a
different experience for Trigiani.
She explained that cooperation is
key in order to produce a suc-
cessful television show.
Since 1989, she has written and
produced for hit shows, includ-
ing "The Cosby Show," and "A
Different World."
·
"Television
needs writers of
various backgrounds. It needs
P.eople with different points of
view and informed of something
besides television," she said.
Around 1998, Trigiani's friend
advised her to change Big Stone
Gap
from a script to a novel.
"I just began to write [and the
main character] Ave Maria
Mulligan spoke to me," she said.
Trigiani explained briefly the
theory behind her three novels.
"The first book is like a fairy
tale. The second book is when
you get the fairy tale, and you
wake up and ask why you're not
happy. The third book is a reality
check, and you learn how to let
go and move forward," she said.
explained
that every location in
the books is real.
"There
are people who read the
books here and go over there and
follow the path," she said.
Trigiani's next novel will be
"Lucia, Lucia."
She reflected about her previ-
ous novels and said that she
would like to go back to "Big
Stone Gap."
Trigiani is currently the writer
and director of the upcoming
film, Big Stone Gap, based on
her first novel.
"It's taken me a long time to
get the movie made. The compa-
ny making the movie [originally]
went oui of business," said
Trigiani. "I'm getting my movie
made because I'm writing and
directing it."
"I want to do a death of a
spouse but I don't know who I
want to die. I like the idea of a
man dying, because the average
age of a woman widow is 56,"
she said.
Trigiani said she has her own
routine in preparing to write.
"I have to sleep a very great
deal. I have to cut out any activi-
ties not directly related to writ-
ing," she said. ''And I have to
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Members of the audience in
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characters and how she made it
to where she is today. Trigiani
even offered to help aspiring
writers and screenwriters make it
in the industry.
She said that she relies on her
subconscious mind in order to
write. She recommended "The
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THE CIRCLE
SPORTS
(845)-575-3000
ext.
2429
March 6, 2003
Write TheCircle@hotmail.com
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BASKETBALL
SEASON
FINALE
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TOUGH LOSS FOR MEN, HISTORICAL
WIN FOR WOMEN
ON SENIOR DAY
Handy
with career
high
21
points
by Anthony
Olivieri
Staff Writer
The opportunity was right there
for the taking, but time ran out
for the Red Foxes in their final
game of th~ regular season.
The Marist Red Foxes (12-15,
8-10) men's basketball team lost
in heartbreaking fashion Sunday
night, falling to Niagra 88-87 in
the waning seconds of their regu-
lar season finale in Lewiston,
N.Y.
Marist scored the first 15 points
Brandon Ellerbee pass as time
expired.
Handy had a career-high 21
points for the Red Foxes.
Ellerbee and
Nick
Eppehimer
had 18 points apiece.
Juan Mendez scored 25 points
for the Purple Eagles who will be
seeded fourth in the MAAC tour-
nament, after losing a tiebreaker
to Siena College for the third
seed.
The Red Foxes return to action
Friday when they tip-off MAAC
Tournament action in Trenton,
NJ. Marist will
be
playing at
9:30 against ninth
seeded
Cansiu~.
of the game, and went on a 20-4 MAAC ..,
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review
run m the first six mmutes of the
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gruth e I~g
regu ar season ac 10n,
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Conf~rence (MAAC) contest.
finally light at the end of tunnel.
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stc,~rmng back with a huge run of all 10 Metro Atlantic Athletic
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outscored the Red Foxes 15-3
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during that spurt, and kept berth in the NCAA Tournament.
Marist's lead at 42-40 at half-
time.
The Red Foxes went five min-
utes in the first half without a
field goal, helping Niagra stay
within striking distance.
The game was clo~e down the
stretch as the lead
changed
hands
four times in the last 1 :06 of the
second
half. Niagra's Tremmel
Darden slashed into the lane and
missed a shot from point blank
range, with the Purple
_
Eagles
down by just a
single
point.
However, Niagara was all over
the offensive glass. James
Reaves snatched the ball away
from two Marist players and put
it in off the window with 2.8 sec-
onds remaining on the clock.
The action will begin at 5p.m. on
Friday, when the fifth seeded
Iona Gaels face tenth seeded
Loyola. The 7-8 game will fol-
low with seventh seeded Rider
squaring off against eighth seed-
ed Saint Peter's. The final game
of the triple-header will feature
the Marist College Red Foxes, a
sixth seed,
against
ninth seeded
Canisius at 9:30p.m.
The format of the tournament
has changed considerably this
year. The second,
'third,
and
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fourth
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seeds have earned a first-
round bye and an automatic
placement into the second round.
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Nick
Eppehimer scored 18
points in a crushing 88-87 loss
against Niagara.
standing performance this season
by receiving byes in the first two
rounds of the four round tourna-
ment. Manhattan moves directly
to the semi-finals, well rested
and ready to face whoever sur-
vives the preliminary games.
The Jaspers are equipped with
All-MAAC first team honoree,
and Rutgers transfer, Luis Flores,
the conference's leading scorer at
24.7 points per game. Manhattan
should be the team to beat in the
tournament boasting wins over
Big East conference powerhous-
es St. John's and Seton Hall.
The Red Foxes enter the tour-
nament as the sixth seed, needing
to win four consecutive games to
get the
automatic
NCAA tourna-
ment bid that goes to the winner
of the MAAC tournament.
Marist will have senior shooting
guard, and second leading scorer,
David Bennett back for the tour-
nament. Bennett missed the
team's fina~ game with an ankle
injury.
The winner of the Marist-
Canisius
game
will face third-
seeded Siena
College,
'last year's
tournament champion, in the sec
~
ond round. Siena boasts an All-
Marist had one final
chance
to
win
•
the game at the buzzer, but
Chris
Handy
could
not handle a
The top seed in this year's tour-
nament is the Manhattan Jaspers
fresh off a
21-6
regular season,
which featured a 14-4
confer-
MAAC first team member in
6-7
ence
record.
The Jaspers
are .senior guard
Prosper
Karangwa.
being rewarded for their out-
Commentary
Five seniors honored in final home game
Nina Vecchio scored
10 points and five
assists in Red Foxes
win in season finale.
By
Mike
Benischek
Staff
Writer
There is
nothing
like going
out with a
bang. Just
ask the five
Mari st
women's
basketball players who
ce
lebrat-
ed Senior Day on Sunday.
In a year in which the Marist
women's basketball team defeat-
ed a top team in the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Conference
(MAAC) for the first time in
their history, reached the 10-win
plateau by th~ir first game in
February for the first time since
the mid-80's, and
achieved
another goal on Sunday after-
noon.
Marist defeated the fourth seed
in
the MAAC, the St. Peter's
Peahens
57-51
in their final
game of the
reguhrr
season. and
in doing so won their eighth
game in the MAAC
conference,
a new team record.
.
Seniors Lauren Baskinger,
Elisha
De
Jesus,
Sarah
Ferguson,
Kathy
Murray, and Sarah
Tift
were honored before the game
for their years of play at Marist
College,
and then
all
five were
made starters for
the
day by head
coach
Brian Giorgis. The Red
Foxes
then proceeded to win on
Senior Day for the first time
since 1994.
After falling
behind
early,
the
Foxes came
charging back
behind a
strong
defensive
effort.
The Foxes didn't allow
very
many open looks in the
first 20-
minutes
for
the Peahens,
who
only managed to shoot 22-per-
cent in the half. And after Megan
Vetter knocked down a three-
point bomb at the buzzer, Marist
hit the locker room with a 23-19
advantage.
Kristin Keller and Nina
Vecchio both played possibly
their best games of the season to
lead the Foxes to victory. Keller
w~s a force on the interior,
blocking five Peahen shots and
altering countless others. Though
St. Peter's collected 16-offensive
r~bounds on the afternoon they
only converted on seven-second
chance points, and Keller was a
big reason for that.' On the offen-
sive end, Vecchio played like the
leader
Marist needed her
to
be.
Seemingly on every possession
Vecchio attacked the Peahen
defense with a combination of
penetration and quick passes to
the interior.
Vecchio constantly challenged
the defensive skills of freshman
,
point guard Tyonna Vance, who
was only in the game because the
Peahen's
starting
point guard,
first team
all-MAAC
selection
Lindsay Gonzalez, was thrown
off the St. Peter's bench after
engaging in
a shouting match
with coach Mike
Granelli.
Keller
finished
with
eight-
points,
five-blocks,
fout-
rebounds,
and
two-steals
- a full
afternoon. Vecchio scored
IO and
dished
five-assists.
The benefici-
ary
of many of those passes was
Stephanie Delpreore, the
game's
high scorer with 15-points.
Marist shot nearly 49 percent
from the floor
and
held St.
Peter's
under
35-percent
shoot-
ing.
Marist moves into the MAAC
During the regular season Marist
and Loyola split their meetings
with the Greyhounds winning on
Dec. 6 in Poughkeepsie and the
Foxes winning in
·
Baltimore on
Feb. 2. If Marist can defeat
Loyola they would move on to
challenge Siena Friday at noon.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, March 6
Women's Basketball
Loyola
2:15
PM
Trenton,
NJ
Friday, March 7
Men's Basketball
Canisius
9:30
PM
Trenton,
NJ
Women's
Basketball
MMC Championships
12:00
PM
Trenton,
NJ
Baseball
Maryland
6:00
PM
College Park,
MD
Saturday, March 8
Men's Basketball
MMC
Tournament
9:15
PM
Tournament as the seven seed
Trenton,
NJ
and will play the
Greyhounds
of
Loyola
Thursday afternoon.
For
-
MAAC tournament, there's no place like home
Women's
Basketball
MMC Championships
1:45
PM
Trenton,
NJ
Baseball
Maryland
1:00
PM
by
Scott
Montesano
Staff Writer
Imagine working hard all
semester
and
earning good
grades. •Then
at the
end
of the
year, you find out that the previ
-
ous few months don't count, and
that everyone's
grade
will
simply
be determined by
a
quick multi-
ple-choice
exam.
Despite your
good grades,
you
have no bonus
above
those who
faired poorly during
the
year
.
Sound unfair? It
is,
but while
professors
at
Marist usually don't
subscribe
to this format
,
there is
one
entity
we are tied to that
does ... the
Metro
Atlantic
Athletic Conference
(MAAC).
After
slugging
it
out
for two
months, the MAAC basketball
season will come down to a
short,
single-elimination
tourna-
ment at a
n
eutral
site this week-
end. No home court advantage,
no boisterous
crowd support,
just
basketball manufactured so that
everything
is "even."
So
congratulations
Manhattan
on winning the MAAC men's
and women's regular
season
crowns. Your reward?
To
travel
to Trenton, NJ and take part in
a
tournament format that has
proven to favor underdogs.
Sure you'll
get a
couple of
extra
days off due to byes, but judging
by the last
few seasons,
this
rnay
be more harmful.
With this
said,
the time has
come for the MAAC tournament
to incorporate home
court advan-
tage into its playoff
structure.
Anyone who has
ever attended
a
home playoff
game of
his or her
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favorite team, in
any
sport, will
attest that it is an
atmosphere
that
can't be matched.
·
Sure, holding tournaments at
neutral sites breed their own
level of
excitement.
But
really,
how many Trentonians are
going
to attend the Sovereign Bank
Arena if Niagara
plays Canisius.
In
addition,
the lack of home
court advantage fails to
give
a
well-deserved bonus
to
those
teams that
proved
they were the
cream of the
crop
in the regular
season. Home
court advantage
is
something
that higher seeds
deserve,
and
is a well merited.
Consider
that Miµiliattan's men's
team is
7-2 at
home while
its
women's team
is
I 0-4.
They've
earned
the right to play on famil-
iar
ground.
This season,
minor
changes
were made to the tournament
,
to
try to
give
the higher
seeds
an
Quick Scores:
Women's Lacrosse
Suny-Albany
8
Marist
Petersen: 4 goals, 2
assists
Ripp: 12
saves
14
advantage. The top
five teams
receive
a bye, with the top two
teams moving
automatically
to
the
semi-finals.
_Nonetheless,
this is hardly
enough
of a reward after
a gruel-
ing regular
season.
Sure teams
get extra
time to rest players, but
in
this situation
it
can
be
a
bad
thing.
Since this is a "neutral
site,"
the
team with the bye won't have as
much time to become
aquatinted
with depth
perception,
the
court
lighting nor the atmosphere.
I
shouldn't
say that there
will
not be any home
court advantage
completely. The
number
seven
seed Rider
Broncos occasional
play
some games
in
Trenton.
The
MAAC basketball
tourna-
ment is flawed. Sure they want to
create a
party-like
atmosphere
for one
condensed weekend.
However, what
they are doing is
Men's
Baseball 3/2/03
Marist
9
Old Dominion
2
W- Ryan Kondratowicz
L- James
.
Burok
Marist off to 3-0 start
making the regular season mean-
ingless
and taking away
the
much-more
entertaining aspect
of home playoff
games.
The
best solution for the league
may be to do what some other
conferences
have done.
The first
two
rounds
of the tournament
are
held on the
campus
of
the
higher
seed.
Then
the
semi-finals and
finals
can
be held
at
a neutral
site.
Or this can be done the other
way around, with
the
champi-
onship held at the higher seeds
gymnasium.
In
either case, peo-
ple
get
the best
of
both worlds.
Home games, as
well
as
neutral
site games.
Home
playoff games at the
McCann
Center, you can't
tell me
that
wouldn't
be
great.
Women's Softball
2/23/03
Marist
Elon
W-Whitney Meeks
L- Elizabeth
Moyer
0
4
College Park,
MD
Women's Track
ECAC Championships
Boston, MA
Men's
Track
ICMAA
Championships
Boston,
MA
Men's
Tennis
University
of Montreal
TBA
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada
Water Polo
Queens
12:00 PM
Poughkeepsie,
NY
Men's Lacrosse
Mount St Marys
2:00
PM
Emmitsburg, MD
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